外研版选修七单元测试 Module 4 Music Born in America 能力提升（含答案，无听力部分）
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Module 4 Music Born in America 能力提升——2022-2023学年高二英语外研版选修七单元测试
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
A Singaporean woman will return to normal life today after spending three days in a glass box. 26-year-old Cheyenne Lu has been living in full view of the public on a busy shopping street in an effort to quit smoking.
Lu, who has been smoking for the last 12 years, knows how difficult it is to quit. Her previous efforts all failed be-cause she didn't tell her family and friends that she was trying to give up. So this time she has made her decision very public. The experiment was organized by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) as part of an effort to encourage young Singaporean women not to smoke. There has been a large increase in the number of women smokers in recent years.
Lu has been eating and sleeping in a glass room for the last three days, with an Internet connection and a collection of DVDs to help her pass the time. Besides, she has been having yoga classes with a fitness trainer. Lu, who is a writer, has been keeping an online blog of her experiences in the glass house.
Lu says she has received a lot of encouragement from people passing by. However, some people have tried to make it more difficult by stopping in front of her window and smoking. One stranger even offered to give her $ 500 to smoke with him. "Surprisingly, it made me want to stop smoking even more," said Lu.
Although Lu has tried not to smoke for three days, she knows this is only the beginning of her smoke-free journey. But she has something to look forward to. She is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club, and she plans to use all the money she saves by not smoking to travel to London.
1. Why was Lu living in a glass box
A. She needed more public support.
B. She failed to quit smoking in private.
C. She wanted to make money for HPB.
D. She hoped to ask other women to join her.
2. How did Lu kill time when she stayed in the glass room
A. She recorded her experiences online. B. She slept for most of the time.
C. She talked with passers-by. D. She taught yoga classes.
3. What was Lu's attitude towards people's smoking in front of her
A. It made her angry. B. It worried her a lot.
C. It attracted her attention. D. It strengthened her will.
B
Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling all the time.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in them. After 20 minutes, he took them out, putting the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and the coffee in a cup.
Turning to his daughter, he said, "Look closer, and touch the potatoes." She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. Its good smell brought a smile to her face.
"Father, what does this mean ” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity(逆境)—the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The strong and hard potato became soft and weak in boiling water. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. "Which one do you want to be like," he asked. "When adversity knocks on your door, how will you respond "
In life, challenges happen to us all, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
1.Why did the girl complain to her father
A.Because of her hard life. B.Because of her tiring job.
C.Because of her father's busy work. D.Because of the food her father cooked.
2.What can we infer from this story
A.The girl liked the coffee best.
B.The father was good at cooking.
C.The girl didn't like the potatoes and eggs.
D.Different people have different reactions to adversity.
3.What does the underlined word "fragile" mean in the fourth paragraph
A.Thick. B.Easily-broken. C.Strong. D.Hard.
4.What would be the best title for the passage
A.Father and daughter B.Adversities and a chef
C.A chef and coffee beans D.Challenges and responses
C
It was May 23, 2016. Arnot, the 32-year-old mountain guide, reached the top of Everest without the use of oxygen(O2) equipment. It was achieved after seven years, three previous attempts, and fourteen straight hours of climbing.
After 15 minutes at the top, Arnot began her descent(下坡). Eight hours later, she reached the camp at 7,600 meters and became the first American woman—and only the seventh woman ever—to successfully reach Mount Everest without oxygen equipment.
"There are so many reasons for her impressive achievement, especially the physical and emotional efforts that she's put forth over the years to make this happen," said the professional climber and photographer Richards. "The mental courage that it requires is something very few people have."
Arnot didn't start climbing until she was 19 years old. Money was tight in her family, and climbing mountains never occurred in her mind. After graduating from college, Arnot was invited by her friend to climb a mountain. "It totally changed my life," said Arnot. "I always know that if you want something, you can achieve it, but knowing what you want is a whole different thing," she said. "I am athletic but not competitive. After my first climbing, I knew immediately that mountains are what I want—as that is where I felt at home for the first time in my life."
After that first climb, she devoted herself to learning how to climb and move through mountain. It was during her second trip to Everest in 2009 that she first set her sights on a no-oxygen attempt. However, while hiking into Everest Base Camp that year, she hurt her leg and wasn't able to climb without oxygen. In 2013 she nearly made it to the top, but was forced to take oxygen at 8,504 meters while helping another climber.
When Arnot finally stood atop Everest, she called her best friend, "I reached the top and I'm not using any oxygen." Then, tears began to stream down from her eyes. So much of Arnot's life has been about pushing the limits of her abilities, and in this case, she's also pushed up against the outer limits of the human spirit.
1. What did Arnot do on May 23, 2016
A. She spent 8 straight hours climbing.
B. She stayed at the top for 50 minutes.
C. She made her first attempt to climb Everest.
D. She reached the top without oxygen equipment.
2. Why did Arnot fall in love with climbing
A. Money was no longer a problem to her.
B. Mountains gave her the feeling of comfort.
C. She tried to be more athletic and competitive.
D. She wanted to build up her body through climbing.
3. What do we know about Arnot's climbing experiences
A. She took up climbing when she was 19 years old.
B. She has always been a good climber since her childhood.
C. She climbed Everest with her family during her first trip.
D. She hurt her leg badly while helping another climber in 2009.
4. Which of the following can describe Arnot best
A. Determined and brave. B. Cautious and honest.
C. Caring and open-minded. D. Confident and creative.
D
A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.
Frank Hurley's pictures would be outstanding—undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism—if they had been made last week. In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival. Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.
The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-masters that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea. From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled(雪橇) across the continent. The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.
As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort. Scott's last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honour drew crowds. Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.
1. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley
A. They were made last week. B. They showed undersea sceneries.
C. They were found by a cameraman. D. They recorded a disastrous adventure.
2. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text
A. Frank Hurley. B. Ernest Shackleton.
C. Robert Falcon Scott. D. Caroline Alexander.
3. What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage
A. Artistic creation. B. Scientific research.
C. Money making. D. Treasure hunting.
4. What can we infer about the scene where Scott was lying in the tent
A. It was encouraging. B. It was exciting.
C. It was very sad. D. It was disappointing.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Current digital technology gives us music of flawless quality. It also makes it easier to copy, upload and stream music without having to download it. ①_____________ However, as climate change is on everyone's mind these days, the question related to music arises: Which music consumption form is worse for the environment: CDs, vinyl(黑胶唱片),or digital music The answer might surprise you.
②_____________, logic would suggest that music downloads and online streaming are good for the environment. But must it surely be more environmentally friendly Even though streamed music is material-free, that doesn't mean it doesn't have an environmental impact. In fact, the information is searched and sent to our electronic devices across the network, which costs energy. ③_____________.
Researchers found that streaming an album over the Internet will use 27 times more energy than it takes to produce a single CD or vinyl record. In any given second, the music platform is serving about 2.5 million streams at the same time. If average albums contain twelve tracks, that means almost 210,000 albums, worth of music has been streamed. It will use nearly 8,000 times more energy than what making one CD takes. ④_____________ The only extra energy required is whatever you need to power your CD player.
The study was published before Record Store Day—an event that encourages listeners to buy physical record. ⑤_____________ Rather, they want you to think about your power use and choose services that minimise their effect on the planet. They also hope this could develop alternatives that are more sustainable without sacrificing the convenience you expect.
A. Since our digital music uses less plastic
B. This happens every time we stream music
C. As a result, streaming music becomes popular
D. Although streaming music is a greener alternative
E. Meanwhile, if you buy a CD, it's there permanently
F. It wants to convey effects of streaming on economy
G. But the researchers aren't advising playing music traditionally
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was many years ago. I was a young father on my way home to my wife and baby boy after spending all day 1 college classes. I had gone back to school to get a degree in education. It was a two-hour round trip to the 2 , so every day I would pray for my 20-year-old car to 3 it all the way.
As I started down a lonely stretch of highway about 12 miles from my home I 4 a car parked along the side of the road with its emergency flashers 5 . A small woman was struggling to 6 a flat tire. This was long before the age of cellphones 7 I knew that any other help might not arrive for a while. I 8 behind her car and offered to give her a hand. Her own hands were bruised (擦伤的) and bleeding from struggling with the lug nuts (车轮螺母) and she had tears of frustration in her eyes. The lug nuts were rusty(生锈的) and 9 , but after a while I got the flat one off and the 10 tire on. As I said goodbye the little lady hugged me with tears of 11 this time. I waved and drove off, a little embarrassed at her 12 . After all, it had just been one kind act.
It took me a lot of years after that to learn the true power of one kind act. One kind act can change the world. One kind act can teach more love than a million words. One kind act can save a lost soul and heal (治愈) a 13 heart.
Never pass up the possibility of using your own 14 to make this world a better place. Every day we are given the choice to be 15 or kind. Always choose to be kind.
1.A.preparing B.missing C.taking D.giving
2.A.college B.hospital C.garage D.store
3.A.forget B.ignore C.get D.make
4.A.passed B.stopped C.noticed D.heard
5.A.out B.over C.on D.off
6.A.repair B.borrow C.buy D.change
7.A.and B.but C.though D.unless
8.A.set off B.pulled up C.showed off D.lay down
9.A.shiny B.simple C.useful D.tight
10.A.worn B.spare C.clean D.cheap
11.A.pride B.regret C.pain D.relief
12.A.appreciation B.doubt C.expectation D.surprise
13.A.light B.broken C.brave D.cold
14.A.kindness B.patience C.interest D.wisdom
15.A.tough B.busy C.cruel D.free
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Hip hop, including four main aspects: breakdance, graffiti and two types of hip hop music—Dj-ing and rapping, is an American ①____________(culture) movement which started in the 1970s at block parties in New York. The DJs noticed that people ②____________ (prefer) the percussion breaks in the songs ③____________they were the best parts to dance to. So they started repeating the percussion breaks, ④____________ were usually short, but Here and other DJs made them longer by ⑤____________ (use) two records on two turntables, side by side. And so rap was born.
Hip hop was successful because it is cheap and easy. Another reason was that hip hop took advantage ⑥____________ the strong beat of disco music and it was easy ⑦____________ (dance) to, while people were ⑧____________ (bore) with the pop music of the day. During the 1980s hip hop spread to other ⑨____________ (part) of the US. In the late 1980s, hip hop spread across the world, to Japan, India and many other places of Europe, ⑩____________ (especial) France, Belgium and Italy.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是学生李华,请你以"An unforgettable experience"为题,用英语写一篇短文。内容要点如下:
1. 事情的经过;
2. 你感到难忘的原因或从中得到的启示。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
An unforgettable experience
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写词数应为150左右。
Adventures Through the Gorge
We put the raft in the calm, cold water. I looked down. The water was like a mirror. It was a foggy morning, so I could barely make out what was down the river. When we took our places in the raft, I was in the back with my dad right across from me. Our tour guide was telling us the basics of rafting, and it seemed that she was patronizing(以高人一等的态度对待) us! I was terrified. Since I was in the back, I was sure I would be the one to fall out. But I had always been an optimist, so I thought it would turn out okay.
Then I looked up and saw a big, gray cloud. I looked down at the river, and it started to get louder and closer to us; soon raindrops pelted down(倾盆而下). Once we moved out of the rain, the clouds faded away, and the sun was shining down on us for the rest of the day. As I looked around, I saw the monstrous, green trees standing over me. It was beautiful.
As we moved farther down the river, I heard the water flowing gracefully. When we moved deeper into the gorge, it got louder and louder. This was our first rapids. It seemed that we were approaching the rapids slowly, but we were at the top of the rapids in the blink of an eye (眨眼的功夫). It felt like time stopped. I was so excited and nervous; I thought I was going to die. It was a bumpy ride down. Getting splashed with water, we raced up and down the rocks. There was not a patch of dry skin on us by the time we hit the bottom.
After we got through the rapids, I was so excited! Going down made me feel I could do anything. Our tour guide told us we were going to approach Category 5 rapids. They were more intense than the Category 1 rapids, and I got a little more nervous. It took us a little while to get to the rapids because we had to go down a long river. We were allowed to jump off the raft and swim down the river until we had to get back.
注意:续写词数应为150左右。
Paragraph 1 :
About three minutes later, the Category 5 rapids were coming._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2 :
After racing down the rapids, I was no longer scared.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案解析
第一部分 阅读理解
第一节
A
答案：1-3 BAD
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Her previous efforts all failed...So this time she has made her decision very public.”可知，她以前私下里一个人戒烟一直没有成功，所以她希望这次在大庭广众之下可以戒烟成功。故选B。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Lu, who is a writer, has been keeping an online blog of her experiences in the glass house.”可知，把自己在玻璃房里戒烟的经历发到网上是卢要做的事情之一。故选A。
3.推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Surprisingly, it made me want to stop smoking even more”可知，卢看见别人在她面前吸烟后更加坚定了自己戒烟的信念。故选D。
B
答案：1-4.ADBD
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段"Once upon a time, a laughter complained to her father that her life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling all the time."可知女孩向她的父亲抱怨是因为她艰难的生活。故选A。
2.推理判断题。根据文章第四段中的"He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity—the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently."可知,不同的人对逆境有不同的反应,故选D。
3.词义猜测题。由画线词后的"with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid"可知鸡蛋是易碎的,所以fragile的意思是“易碎的”,B选项与fragile的意思最接近,故选B。
4.标题归纳题。文章介绍一个女孩向父亲抱怨,说她的生活不快乐,她厌倦了一直在奋斗。父亲将她带到厨房,把土豆、鸡蛋和咖啡豆分别放在盆里煮,让孩子看这三种东西的反应,从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。所以文章主要讲的是生活中的挑战和你的反应,故选D。
C
答案：1-4 DBAA
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“It was May 23,2016. Arnot, the 32-year-old mountain guide, reached the top of Everest without die use of oxygen (O2) equipment.”可知，2016年5月23日，32岁的阿诺特在没有使用氧气设备的情况下登上了珠穆朗玛峰峰顶。
2.细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“After my first climbing, I knew immediately that mountains are what I want—as that is where I felt at home for the first time in my life.”可知，阿诺特爱上登山是因为登山让她感到舒适，即山给了舒适感，故选B。
3.细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Arnot didn't start climbing until she was 19 years old.”可知，阿诺特直到19岁才开始登山。
4.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第一句“After that first climb, she devoted herself to learning how to climb and move through mountain.”与第三句“However, while hiking into Everest Base Camp that year, she hurt her leg and wasn't able to climb without oxygen.”可知，阿诺特第一次爬山之后，她全身心地投入到学习如何爬山和穿越高山之中；虽然腿受了伤无法进行无氧登山，但她还是没有放弃登山，说明了阿诺特非常有决心。根据最后一段最后一句“So much of Arnot's life has been about pushing the limits of her abilities…”可知，阿诺特一生的大部分时间都在挑战自己的能力极限，说明了阿诺特非常勇敢。
D
答案：1-4 DCCC
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck”可知，照片拍摄的是一次灾难性的冒险。
2.推理判断题。第三段中提到，被发现的照片所展示的这次旅行是为了获得比Robert Falcon Scott船长先前的探险更大的收获，该船长在1912年就到达了南极。由此推断Robert Falcon Scott比其他三人先到达南极。
3.细节理解题。题干的Alexander在最后一段中出现， the 1914 voyage指本文谈到的Endurance这艘船的探险，该段开头说，这个作家在她的小说The Endurance中说，在那时，探险就已经是纯商业活动（a thoroughly commercial effort)了，因此1914年航行的目的是赚钱（money making),故选C项。
4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Scott's last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger”可知，当时的场景非常凄惨。
第二节
答案：①-⑤ CABEG
解析：①根据上文It also makes it easier to copy, upload and stream music without having to download it. 可知, 它还使复制、上传和用流式传播收听音乐变得更容易, 而无需下载。所以可推测下文将叙述这种情况带来的影响:因此, 流媒体音乐变得流行起来。故选C项。
②根据下文logic would suggest that, music downloads and online streaming are good for the environment (从逻辑上讲, 音乐下载和在线流式传播对环境是有好处的)可推测, 上文是说明数字音乐对环境有好处的理由, A项(因为我们的数字音乐更少使用塑料)符合语境。故选A项。
③根据上文In fact, the information is searched and sent to our electronic devices across the network, which costs energy. 可知, 事实上, 信息是通过网络搜索并发送到我们的电子设备上的, 这需要消耗能源。B项(每次我们用流式传播收听音乐时都会发生这一情况)承接上文。B项中的代词This是关键词。故选B项。
④根据下文The only extra energy required is whatever you need to power your CD player. 可知, 此处分析CD耗费能量的问题。E项符合语境, a CD为关键词。故选E项。
⑤根据下文Rather, they want you to think about your power use and choose services that minimise their effect on the planet. (相反, 他们想让你考虑你的能源使用情况, 并选择那些对地球影响最小的服务), 可知研究人员并没有建议使用传统方式播放音乐。Rather为关键词, 前后意思相反。故选G项。
第二部分 语言知识运用
第一节
答案：1-5.CADCC; 6-10.DABDB; 11-15.DABAC
解析：1.根据下文的I had gone back to school to get a degree in education.可知,作者整天在上课。take在此意为“研读;研修;参加”,符合语境。prepare意为“准备”;miss意为“错过;想念”;give意为“给予”。
2.根据上文的after spending all day _______ college classes,处是指到大学(college)往返两个小时的路程。
3.根据pray for可知,作者的家距学校往返需两个小时的路程,因此此处是指他祈祷他二十年的老车能够顺利到达。make it意为“(及时)到达(尤指来得及做某事);及时赶上参加;(经历艰难困苦后)成功”,符合语境。forget意为“忘记”;ignore意为“忽视”;get意为“获得”。
4.根据下文的with its emergency flashers ________可知,作者注意到有车停在那里。notice意为“注意到”,符合语境。pass意为“通过;传递"stop意为“停止”;hear意为“听到”。
5.根据下文的struggling to ________ a flat tire可知,车主在更换轮胎,所以汽车的紧急闪光灯应该是开着的。故on符合语境。
6.根据下文的but after a while I got the flat one off 可知,女司机是在费力换瘪胎。change意为“更换”,符合语境。repair意为“修理”;borrow意为“借”;buy意为“买”。
7.句意为:这是手机时代很久以前的事了,我知道或许暂时不会有其他的援助到场。前后分句之间为并列关系。故and符合语境。
8.根据空后的offered to give her a hand可知,作者主动停下车帮助她。pull up意为“(使车)停下”,符合语境。set off意为“出发;启程;动身”;show off意为“炫耀”;lie down意为“躺下”。
9.根据上文中的struggling with the lug nuts可知,车轮螺母是有些紧的。tight意为“紧的”,符合语境。shiny意为“闪光的”;simple意为“简单的”;useful意为“有用的”。
10.根据空前的I got the flat one off及空后的on可知,作者拆下瘪胎,换上了备用胎。spare tire意为“备用轮胎”,符合语境。
11.根据上文的after a while I got the flat one off and the ________ tire on可知,作者帮女司机换好了轮胎,女司机自然会如释重负。relief意为“宽慰;安心”,符合语境。pride意为“自豪;骄傲”;regret意为“懊悔;悔恨”;pain意为“疼痛”。
12.根据上文的As I said goodbye the little lady hugged me with tears of ________ 可知,女司机非常感激作者。appreciation意为“感激”,符合语境。doubt意为“不确定;怀疑”;expectation意为“预料;期待”;surprise意为“惊讶”。
13.由空前的heal可知,治愈的应是破碎的心。broken意为“破碎的”,符合语境。light意为“明亮的;淡色的”;brave意为“勇敢的”;cold意为“冷的”。
14.本句回归文章主题:“友善”能使世界更美好。kindness与上一段的kind act和本段段末的kind相呼应。故选kindness。
15.由空前的choice和空后的or可知,该空应是与空后相对应的词;空后是kind,该空应是与之相反的词。cruel意为“冷酷的”,符合语境。tough意为“难办的;费力的”;busy意为“忙碌的”;free意为“自由的;免费的”。
第二节
答案：1. cultural2. preferred3. because4. which5. using6. of7. to dance8.bored9. parts10.especially
解析：
1. cultural设空处后是名词,应用形容词修饰,故填cultural。
2. preferred根据主句谓语noticed可知此处应用一般过去时。
3. because此处指的是“人们喜欢歌曲中的打击乐因为打击乐非常适合跳舞”,设空处引导原因状语从句,用because。
4. which设空处引导的从句修饰限制前面的breaks,为非限制性定语从句,先行词是物,关系词在从句中作主语,故填which。
5. using by doing sth意为“通过做某事”,介词后用动名词形式作宾语。
6. of take advantage of 意为“利用 ”。
7. to dance此处为“be +形容词+to do”结构中不定式的主动形式表示被动意义。
8. bored be bored with为固定搭配,意为“对……感到厌烦”。
9. parts other作“其他的“讲时,其后常接可数名词复数,意为“其他的人或物”,表示泛指。
10. especially此处表示陈述某一事实之后,列举具有代表性的例子作进一步强调,especially意为“尤其是”。
第三部分 写作
第一节
答案：
An unforgettable experience
I never forget how proud I felt when I did a foreigner a favor on the Great Wall.
It was a cold day during the winter vacation. When I enjoyed the fantastic view of the Great Wall, a middle-aged foreigner asked if I could tell him something about the Great Wall. So I gave him a vivid description of the Great Wall in English. The man felt pleased and expressed his admiration for the Great Wall, saying that it was an excellent wonder in the world.
I felt proud at that moment, not only because I was helpful to a foreigner, but also because I can spread our splendid culture to the world.
第二节
答案：
Paragraph 1:
About three minutes later, the Category 5 rapids were coming. The raft raced down the rapids. Water was splashing on the rocks, letting out louder noise. Screaming all the way down, I saw white water all over. I was so nervous because there were five big solid rocks sticking out. If a little careless, we might hit one and get turned upside down. In the blink of an eye, we passed by the last huge rock, entering a small calm ride. When we settled at the bottom, I wanted to go back up and do it all again.
Paragraph 2:
After racing down the rapids, I was no longer scared. "What did you think about the Category 5 rapids " my dad asked. "I was super nervous at first. But when we hit the bottom, I wanted to do it once more." "Would you say you become more confident about yourself " he continued. "Yes, I would say I become more confident about myself," I smiled. Then we walked towards our campsite.
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
A Singaporean woman will return to normal life today after spending three days in a glass box. 26-year-old Cheyenne Lu has been living in full view of the public on a busy shopping street in an effort to quit smoking.
Lu, who has been smoking for the last 12 years, knows how difficult it is to quit. Her previous efforts all failed be-cause she didn't tell her family and friends that she was trying to give up. So this time she has made her decision very public. The experiment was organized by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) as part of an effort to encourage young Singaporean women not to smoke. There has been a large increase in the number of women smokers in recent years.
Lu has been eating and sleeping in a glass room for the last three days, with an Internet connection and a collection of DVDs to help her pass the time. Besides, she has been having yoga classes with a fitness trainer. Lu, who is a writer, has been keeping an online blog of her experiences in the glass house.
Lu says she has received a lot of encouragement from people passing by. However, some people have tried to make it more difficult by stopping in front of her window and smoking. One stranger even offered to give her $ 500 to smoke with him. "Surprisingly, it made me want to stop smoking even more," said Lu.
Although Lu has tried not to smoke for three days, she knows this is only the beginning of her smoke-free journey. But she has something to look forward to. She is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club, and she plans to use all the money she saves by not smoking to travel to London.
1. Why was Lu living in a glass box
A. She needed more public support.
B. She failed to quit smoking in private.
C. She wanted to make money for HPB.
D. She hoped to ask other women to join her.
2. How did Lu kill time when she stayed in the glass room
A. She recorded her experiences online. B. She slept for most of the time.
C. She talked with passers-by. D. She taught yoga classes.
3. What was Lu's attitude towards people's smoking in front of her
A. It made her angry. B. It worried her a lot.
C. It attracted her attention. D. It strengthened her will.
B
Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling all the time.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in them. After 20 minutes, he took them out, putting the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and the coffee in a cup.
Turning to his daughter, he said, "Look closer, and touch the potatoes." She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. Its good smell brought a smile to her face.
"Father, what does this mean ” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity(逆境)—the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The strong and hard potato became soft and weak in boiling water. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. "Which one do you want to be like," he asked. "When adversity knocks on your door, how will you respond "
In life, challenges happen to us all, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
1.Why did the girl complain to her father
A.Because of her hard life. B.Because of her tiring job.
C.Because of her father's busy work. D.Because of the food her father cooked.
2.What can we infer from this story
A.The girl liked the coffee best.
B.The father was good at cooking.
C.The girl didn't like the potatoes and eggs.
D.Different people have different reactions to adversity.
3.What does the underlined word "fragile" mean in the fourth paragraph
A.Thick. B.Easily-broken. C.Strong. D.Hard.
4.What would be the best title for the passage
A.Father and daughter B.Adversities and a chef
C.A chef and coffee beans D.Challenges and responses
C
It was May 23, 2016. Arnot, the 32-year-old mountain guide, reached the top of Everest without the use of oxygen(O2) equipment. It was achieved after seven years, three previous attempts, and fourteen straight hours of climbing.
After 15 minutes at the top, Arnot began her descent(下坡). Eight hours later, she reached the camp at 7,600 meters and became the first American woman—and only the seventh woman ever—to successfully reach Mount Everest without oxygen equipment.
"There are so many reasons for her impressive achievement, especially the physical and emotional efforts that she's put forth over the years to make this happen," said the professional climber and photographer Richards. "The mental courage that it requires is something very few people have."
Arnot didn't start climbing until she was 19 years old. Money was tight in her family, and climbing mountains never occurred in her mind. After graduating from college, Arnot was invited by her friend to climb a mountain. "It totally changed my life," said Arnot. "I always know that if you want something, you can achieve it, but knowing what you want is a whole different thing," she said. "I am athletic but not competitive. After my first climbing, I knew immediately that mountains are what I want—as that is where I felt at home for the first time in my life."
After that first climb, she devoted herself to learning how to climb and move through mountain. It was during her second trip to Everest in 2009 that she first set her sights on a no-oxygen attempt. However, while hiking into Everest Base Camp that year, she hurt her leg and wasn't able to climb without oxygen. In 2013 she nearly made it to the top, but was forced to take oxygen at 8,504 meters while helping another climber.
When Arnot finally stood atop Everest, she called her best friend, "I reached the top and I'm not using any oxygen." Then, tears began to stream down from her eyes. So much of Arnot's life has been about pushing the limits of her abilities, and in this case, she's also pushed up against the outer limits of the human spirit.
1. What did Arnot do on May 23, 2016
A. She spent 8 straight hours climbing.
B. She stayed at the top for 50 minutes.
C. She made her first attempt to climb Everest.
D. She reached the top without oxygen equipment.
2. Why did Arnot fall in love with climbing
A. Money was no longer a problem to her.
B. Mountains gave her the feeling of comfort.
C. She tried to be more athletic and competitive.
D. She wanted to build up her body through climbing.
3. What do we know about Arnot's climbing experiences
A. She took up climbing when she was 19 years old.
B. She has always been a good climber since her childhood.
C. She climbed Everest with her family during her first trip.
D. She hurt her leg badly while helping another climber in 2009.
4. Which of the following can describe Arnot best
A. Determined and brave. B. Cautious and honest.
C. Caring and open-minded. D. Confident and creative.
D
A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.
Frank Hurley's pictures would be outstanding—undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism—if they had been made last week. In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival. Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.
The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-masters that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea. From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled(雪橇) across the continent. The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.
As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort. Scott's last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honour drew crowds. Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.
1. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley
A. They were made last week. B. They showed undersea sceneries.
C. They were found by a cameraman. D. They recorded a disastrous adventure.
2. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text
A. Frank Hurley. B. Ernest Shackleton.
C. Robert Falcon Scott. D. Caroline Alexander.
3. What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage
A. Artistic creation. B. Scientific research.
C. Money making. D. Treasure hunting.
4. What can we infer about the scene where Scott was lying in the tent
A. It was encouraging. B. It was exciting.
C. It was very sad. D. It was disappointing.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Current digital technology gives us music of flawless quality. It also makes it easier to copy, upload and stream music without having to download it. ①_____________ However, as climate change is on everyone's mind these days, the question related to music arises: Which music consumption form is worse for the environment: CDs, vinyl(黑胶唱片),or digital music The answer might surprise you.
②_____________, logic would suggest that music downloads and online streaming are good for the environment. But must it surely be more environmentally friendly Even though streamed music is material-free, that doesn't mean it doesn't have an environmental impact. In fact, the information is searched and sent to our electronic devices across the network, which costs energy. ③_____________.
Researchers found that streaming an album over the Internet will use 27 times more energy than it takes to produce a single CD or vinyl record. In any given second, the music platform is serving about 2.5 million streams at the same time. If average albums contain twelve tracks, that means almost 210,000 albums, worth of music has been streamed. It will use nearly 8,000 times more energy than what making one CD takes. ④_____________ The only extra energy required is whatever you need to power your CD player.
The study was published before Record Store Day—an event that encourages listeners to buy physical record. ⑤_____________ Rather, they want you to think about your power use and choose services that minimise their effect on the planet. They also hope this could develop alternatives that are more sustainable without sacrificing the convenience you expect.
A. Since our digital music uses less plastic
B. This happens every time we stream music
C. As a result, streaming music becomes popular
D. Although streaming music is a greener alternative
E. Meanwhile, if you buy a CD, it's there permanently
F. It wants to convey effects of streaming on economy
G. But the researchers aren't advising playing music traditionally
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was many years ago. I was a young father on my way home to my wife and baby boy after spending all day 1 college classes. I had gone back to school to get a degree in education. It was a two-hour round trip to the 2 , so every day I would pray for my 20-year-old car to 3 it all the way.
As I started down a lonely stretch of highway about 12 miles from my home I 4 a car parked along the side of the road with its emergency flashers 5 . A small woman was struggling to 6 a flat tire. This was long before the age of cellphones 7 I knew that any other help might not arrive for a while. I 8 behind her car and offered to give her a hand. Her own hands were bruised (擦伤的) and bleeding from struggling with the lug nuts (车轮螺母) and she had tears of frustration in her eyes. The lug nuts were rusty(生锈的) and 9 , but after a while I got the flat one off and the 10 tire on. As I said goodbye the little lady hugged me with tears of 11 this time. I waved and drove off, a little embarrassed at her 12 . After all, it had just been one kind act.
It took me a lot of years after that to learn the true power of one kind act. One kind act can change the world. One kind act can teach more love than a million words. One kind act can save a lost soul and heal (治愈) a 13 heart.
Never pass up the possibility of using your own 14 to make this world a better place. Every day we are given the choice to be 15 or kind. Always choose to be kind.
1.A.preparing B.missing C.taking D.giving
2.A.college B.hospital C.garage D.store
3.A.forget B.ignore C.get D.make
4.A.passed B.stopped C.noticed D.heard
5.A.out B.over C.on D.off
6.A.repair B.borrow C.buy D.change
7.A.and B.but C.though D.unless
8.A.set off B.pulled up C.showed off D.lay down
9.A.shiny B.simple C.useful D.tight
10.A.worn B.spare C.clean D.cheap
11.A.pride B.regret C.pain D.relief
12.A.appreciation B.doubt C.expectation D.surprise
13.A.light B.broken C.brave D.cold
14.A.kindness B.patience C.interest D.wisdom
15.A.tough B.busy C.cruel D.free
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Hip hop, including four main aspects: breakdance, graffiti and two types of hip hop music—Dj-ing and rapping, is an American ①____________(culture) movement which started in the 1970s at block parties in New York. The DJs noticed that people ②____________ (prefer) the percussion breaks in the songs ③____________they were the best parts to dance to. So they started repeating the percussion breaks, ④____________ were usually short, but Here and other DJs made them longer by ⑤____________ (use) two records on two turntables, side by side. And so rap was born.
Hip hop was successful because it is cheap and easy. Another reason was that hip hop took advantage ⑥____________ the strong beat of disco music and it was easy ⑦____________ (dance) to, while people were ⑧____________ (bore) with the pop music of the day. During the 1980s hip hop spread to other ⑨____________ (part) of the US. In the late 1980s, hip hop spread across the world, to Japan, India and many other places of Europe, ⑩____________ (especial) France, Belgium and Italy.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是学生李华,请你以"An unforgettable experience"为题,用英语写一篇短文。内容要点如下:
1. 事情的经过;
2. 你感到难忘的原因或从中得到的启示。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
An unforgettable experience
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第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写词数应为150左右。
Adventures Through the Gorge
We put the raft in the calm, cold water. I looked down. The water was like a mirror. It was a foggy morning, so I could barely make out what was down the river. When we took our places in the raft, I was in the back with my dad right across from me. Our tour guide was telling us the basics of rafting, and it seemed that she was patronizing(以高人一等的态度对待) us! I was terrified. Since I was in the back, I was sure I would be the one to fall out. But I had always been an optimist, so I thought it would turn out okay.
Then I looked up and saw a big, gray cloud. I looked down at the river, and it started to get louder and closer to us; soon raindrops pelted down(倾盆而下). Once we moved out of the rain, the clouds faded away, and the sun was shining down on us for the rest of the day. As I looked around, I saw the monstrous, green trees standing over me. It was beautiful.
As we moved farther down the river, I heard the water flowing gracefully. When we moved deeper into the gorge, it got louder and louder. This was our first rapids. It seemed that we were approaching the rapids slowly, but we were at the top of the rapids in the blink of an eye (眨眼的功夫). It felt like time stopped. I was so excited and nervous; I thought I was going to die. It was a bumpy ride down. Getting splashed with water, we raced up and down the rocks. There was not a patch of dry skin on us by the time we hit the bottom.
After we got through the rapids, I was so excited! Going down made me feel I could do anything. Our tour guide told us we were going to approach Category 5 rapids. They were more intense than the Category 1 rapids, and I got a little more nervous. It took us a little while to get to the rapids because we had to go down a long river. We were allowed to jump off the raft and swim down the river until we had to get back.
注意:续写词数应为150左右。
Paragraph 1 :
About three minutes later, the Category 5 rapids were coming._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2 :
After racing down the rapids, I was no longer scared.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案解析
第一部分 阅读理解
第一节
A
答案：1-3 BAD
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Her previous efforts all failed...So this time she has made her decision very public.”可知，她以前私下里一个人戒烟一直没有成功，所以她希望这次在大庭广众之下可以戒烟成功。故选B。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Lu, who is a writer, has been keeping an online blog of her experiences in the glass house.”可知，把自己在玻璃房里戒烟的经历发到网上是卢要做的事情之一。故选A。
3.推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Surprisingly, it made me want to stop smoking even more”可知，卢看见别人在她面前吸烟后更加坚定了自己戒烟的信念。故选D。
B
答案：1-4.ADBD
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段"Once upon a time, a laughter complained to her father that her life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling all the time."可知女孩向她的父亲抱怨是因为她艰难的生活。故选A。
2.推理判断题。根据文章第四段中的"He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity—the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently."可知,不同的人对逆境有不同的反应,故选D。
3.词义猜测题。由画线词后的"with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid"可知鸡蛋是易碎的,所以fragile的意思是“易碎的”,B选项与fragile的意思最接近,故选B。
4.标题归纳题。文章介绍一个女孩向父亲抱怨,说她的生活不快乐,她厌倦了一直在奋斗。父亲将她带到厨房,把土豆、鸡蛋和咖啡豆分别放在盆里煮,让孩子看这三种东西的反应,从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。所以文章主要讲的是生活中的挑战和你的反应,故选D。
C
答案：1-4 DBAA
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“It was May 23,2016. Arnot, the 32-year-old mountain guide, reached the top of Everest without die use of oxygen (O2) equipment.”可知，2016年5月23日，32岁的阿诺特在没有使用氧气设备的情况下登上了珠穆朗玛峰峰顶。
2.细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“After my first climbing, I knew immediately that mountains are what I want—as that is where I felt at home for the first time in my life.”可知，阿诺特爱上登山是因为登山让她感到舒适，即山给了舒适感，故选B。
3.细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Arnot didn't start climbing until she was 19 years old.”可知，阿诺特直到19岁才开始登山。
4.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第一句“After that first climb, she devoted herself to learning how to climb and move through mountain.”与第三句“However, while hiking into Everest Base Camp that year, she hurt her leg and wasn't able to climb without oxygen.”可知，阿诺特第一次爬山之后，她全身心地投入到学习如何爬山和穿越高山之中；虽然腿受了伤无法进行无氧登山，但她还是没有放弃登山，说明了阿诺特非常有决心。根据最后一段最后一句“So much of Arnot's life has been about pushing the limits of her abilities…”可知，阿诺特一生的大部分时间都在挑战自己的能力极限，说明了阿诺特非常勇敢。
D
答案：1-4 DCCC
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck”可知，照片拍摄的是一次灾难性的冒险。
2.推理判断题。第三段中提到，被发现的照片所展示的这次旅行是为了获得比Robert Falcon Scott船长先前的探险更大的收获，该船长在1912年就到达了南极。由此推断Robert Falcon Scott比其他三人先到达南极。
3.细节理解题。题干的Alexander在最后一段中出现， the 1914 voyage指本文谈到的Endurance这艘船的探险，该段开头说，这个作家在她的小说The Endurance中说，在那时，探险就已经是纯商业活动（a thoroughly commercial effort)了，因此1914年航行的目的是赚钱（money making),故选C项。
4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Scott's last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger”可知，当时的场景非常凄惨。
第二节
答案：①-⑤ CABEG
解析：①根据上文It also makes it easier to copy, upload and stream music without having to download it. 可知, 它还使复制、上传和用流式传播收听音乐变得更容易, 而无需下载。所以可推测下文将叙述这种情况带来的影响:因此, 流媒体音乐变得流行起来。故选C项。
②根据下文logic would suggest that, music downloads and online streaming are good for the environment (从逻辑上讲, 音乐下载和在线流式传播对环境是有好处的)可推测, 上文是说明数字音乐对环境有好处的理由, A项(因为我们的数字音乐更少使用塑料)符合语境。故选A项。
③根据上文In fact, the information is searched and sent to our electronic devices across the network, which costs energy. 可知, 事实上, 信息是通过网络搜索并发送到我们的电子设备上的, 这需要消耗能源。B项(每次我们用流式传播收听音乐时都会发生这一情况)承接上文。B项中的代词This是关键词。故选B项。
④根据下文The only extra energy required is whatever you need to power your CD player. 可知, 此处分析CD耗费能量的问题。E项符合语境, a CD为关键词。故选E项。
⑤根据下文Rather, they want you to think about your power use and choose services that minimise their effect on the planet. (相反, 他们想让你考虑你的能源使用情况, 并选择那些对地球影响最小的服务), 可知研究人员并没有建议使用传统方式播放音乐。Rather为关键词, 前后意思相反。故选G项。
第二部分 语言知识运用
第一节
答案：1-5.CADCC; 6-10.DABDB; 11-15.DABAC
解析：1.根据下文的I had gone back to school to get a degree in education.可知,作者整天在上课。take在此意为“研读;研修;参加”,符合语境。prepare意为“准备”;miss意为“错过;想念”;give意为“给予”。
2.根据上文的after spending all day _______ college classes,处是指到大学(college)往返两个小时的路程。
3.根据pray for可知,作者的家距学校往返需两个小时的路程,因此此处是指他祈祷他二十年的老车能够顺利到达。make it意为“(及时)到达(尤指来得及做某事);及时赶上参加;(经历艰难困苦后)成功”,符合语境。forget意为“忘记”;ignore意为“忽视”;get意为“获得”。
4.根据下文的with its emergency flashers ________可知,作者注意到有车停在那里。notice意为“注意到”,符合语境。pass意为“通过;传递"stop意为“停止”;hear意为“听到”。
5.根据下文的struggling to ________ a flat tire可知,车主在更换轮胎,所以汽车的紧急闪光灯应该是开着的。故on符合语境。
6.根据下文的but after a while I got the flat one off 可知,女司机是在费力换瘪胎。change意为“更换”,符合语境。repair意为“修理”;borrow意为“借”;buy意为“买”。
7.句意为:这是手机时代很久以前的事了,我知道或许暂时不会有其他的援助到场。前后分句之间为并列关系。故and符合语境。
8.根据空后的offered to give her a hand可知,作者主动停下车帮助她。pull up意为“(使车)停下”,符合语境。set off意为“出发;启程;动身”;show off意为“炫耀”;lie down意为“躺下”。
9.根据上文中的struggling with the lug nuts可知,车轮螺母是有些紧的。tight意为“紧的”,符合语境。shiny意为“闪光的”;simple意为“简单的”;useful意为“有用的”。
10.根据空前的I got the flat one off及空后的on可知,作者拆下瘪胎,换上了备用胎。spare tire意为“备用轮胎”,符合语境。
11.根据上文的after a while I got the flat one off and the ________ tire on可知,作者帮女司机换好了轮胎,女司机自然会如释重负。relief意为“宽慰;安心”,符合语境。pride意为“自豪;骄傲”;regret意为“懊悔;悔恨”;pain意为“疼痛”。
12.根据上文的As I said goodbye the little lady hugged me with tears of ________ 可知,女司机非常感激作者。appreciation意为“感激”,符合语境。doubt意为“不确定;怀疑”;expectation意为“预料;期待”;surprise意为“惊讶”。
13.由空前的heal可知,治愈的应是破碎的心。broken意为“破碎的”,符合语境。light意为“明亮的;淡色的”;brave意为“勇敢的”;cold意为“冷的”。
14.本句回归文章主题:“友善”能使世界更美好。kindness与上一段的kind act和本段段末的kind相呼应。故选kindness。
15.由空前的choice和空后的or可知,该空应是与空后相对应的词;空后是kind,该空应是与之相反的词。cruel意为“冷酷的”,符合语境。tough意为“难办的;费力的”;busy意为“忙碌的”;free意为“自由的;免费的”。
第二节
答案：1. cultural2. preferred3. because4. which5. using6. of7. to dance8.bored9. parts10.especially
解析：
1. cultural设空处后是名词,应用形容词修饰,故填cultural。
2. preferred根据主句谓语noticed可知此处应用一般过去时。
3. because此处指的是“人们喜欢歌曲中的打击乐因为打击乐非常适合跳舞”,设空处引导原因状语从句,用because。
4. which设空处引导的从句修饰限制前面的breaks,为非限制性定语从句,先行词是物,关系词在从句中作主语,故填which。
5. using by doing sth意为“通过做某事”,介词后用动名词形式作宾语。
6. of take advantage of 意为“利用 ”。
7. to dance此处为“be +形容词+to do”结构中不定式的主动形式表示被动意义。
8. bored be bored with为固定搭配,意为“对……感到厌烦”。
9. parts other作“其他的“讲时,其后常接可数名词复数,意为“其他的人或物”,表示泛指。
10. especially此处表示陈述某一事实之后,列举具有代表性的例子作进一步强调,especially意为“尤其是”。
第三部分 写作
第一节
答案：
An unforgettable experience
I never forget how proud I felt when I did a foreigner a favor on the Great Wall.
It was a cold day during the winter vacation. When I enjoyed the fantastic view of the Great Wall, a middle-aged foreigner asked if I could tell him something about the Great Wall. So I gave him a vivid description of the Great Wall in English. The man felt pleased and expressed his admiration for the Great Wall, saying that it was an excellent wonder in the world.
I felt proud at that moment, not only because I was helpful to a foreigner, but also because I can spread our splendid culture to the world.
第二节
答案：
Paragraph 1:
About three minutes later, the Category 5 rapids were coming. The raft raced down the rapids. Water was splashing on the rocks, letting out louder noise. Screaming all the way down, I saw white water all over. I was so nervous because there were five big solid rocks sticking out. If a little careless, we might hit one and get turned upside down. In the blink of an eye, we passed by the last huge rock, entering a small calm ride. When we settled at the bottom, I wanted to go back up and do it all again.
Paragraph 2:
After racing down the rapids, I was no longer scared. "What did you think about the Category 5 rapids " my dad asked. "I was super nervous at first. But when we hit the bottom, I wanted to do it once more." "Would you say you become more confident about yourself " he continued. "Yes, I would say I become more confident about myself," I smiled. Then we walked towards our campsite.