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单元质量检测（四）
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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
English Conversation
Leader: Mandi Ashmore
english@ iwc lausanne. org
We meet on Mondays at 14：30 at the IWC clubhouse.We chat for about an hour and discuss everything.Mandi asks “students” to contact her on Monday to confirm the class as sometimes she needs to cancel for various reasons or occasionally she may choose to hold the class at a different venue (举办地点) or at an earlier time for us to be able to have lunch together.
French Conversation, Advanced Beginner
Leader: Marielle Sulmoni
frenchconvo@ iwc lausanne. org
I'm French (born in Bordeaux) and Swiss by marriage.I hold an advanced beginners' French conversation class on Tuesday afternoons from 14：30—16：00.We meet weekly at the clubhouse in a friendly atmosphere.I hope to help you use your knowledge of French, allowing you to speak with no fear of making mistakes, which in time will become fewer and fewer.
French Language Lab, Beginner
Leader: Maija Remlinger
frenchlab@ iwc lausanne.org
The group meets on Thursday afternoons from 15：00—16：30 at the clubhouse.The first half of the class is devoted to reading out loud from the book “Easy French Reader”， working on proper pronunciation and phrasing.During the second half, we listen to audio recordings from “New French with Ease” and work on oral comprehension.
French Conversation, Advanced
Leader: Juliette Brull
french@ iwc lausanne.org
We meet every Tuesday at the IWC clubhouse from 9：30—11：00. Most of our time is devoted to very lively discussions about current events and various topics. We also read a book written by a French author and sometimes we see a French movie.
1．Why are you advised to contact Mandi
A．To check the arrangement.
B．To exchange ideas.
C．To decide the topics.
D．To ask for leave.
2．Which of the clubs focuses mainly on the basic knowledge of language
A．English Conversation.
B．French Conversation, Advanced.
C．French Language Lab, Beginner.
D．French Conversation, Advanced Beginner.
3．Who will you get in touch with if you like watching French films
A．Mandi Ashmore. B．Marielle Sulmoni.
C．Maija Remlinger. D．Juliette Brull.
B
I started to learn English from the first grade. That year I was six. In class I learned basic phrases for greeting and describing objects. I don't have much memory for the first year of English learning. The only thing that I still remember is reading vocabulary list. A classmate of mine who was good at English would lead the whole class to read the list. One of the new words that I learned that year was “earth”. “The earth orbits the sun，” he said in Chinese. Every time we came to the word “earth”， he would repeat that sentence. I was secretly admiring him because he knew the earth orbits the sun.
My family moved when I was in my second grade, and I transferred (转学) to a private school. My English class continued. Luckily I could use the same series of text books.
I stayed in the same private school for my junior high school, which is from the 7th to the 9th grade. In junior high school, I hardly felt my English skill improved because the first English class here was still titled “Good Morning” and the content was still basic greetings.
Following was one year of high school life: a_different_school,_the_same_story.
Then my family moved again, and I began to really use English. We came to America. I attended a couple years of high school, and now I'm in college. I learn to write essays and start to read books in English. I can see my progress. However, I still have a lot of space to improve. In writing, the flow between sentences isn't good and I'm still using basic words. In speaking, maybe because I hang out with Chinese speaking friends too much, it takes me time to think when telling long stories.
4．In Grade One, the author admired that classmate because he ________.
A．could speak two languages
B．had a very wide vocabulary
C．often led the whole class to read
D．knew about the earth and the sun
5．How did the author most probably feel during the first English class in junior high school
A．Moved. B．Interested.
C．Disappointed. D．Relaxed.
6．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means in senior high school the author ________.
A．didn't live a very difficult life
B．liked her new school very much
C．learned English in a different way
D．had to learn simple English all over again
7．What do we learn about the author now
A．She is looked down upon by others.
B．She still isn't very fluent in English.
C．She has no chance to speak Chinese now.
D．She likes practicing English through telling long stories.
C
Sunitha Suresh was a college student when her grandmother had a major operation and was put in intensive care (特别护理) with three other patients. This meant her family couldn't always be with her. They decided to put her favorite Indian music on an iPod, so she could listen around the clock.
Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Sunitha was majoring in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor. So father and daughter decided to work together on a study.
It was a small study, with 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old taking part in it. All the patients, who were children, had big operations that required them to stay in hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after their operations, the patients took medicine to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group listened to 30 minutes of music of their choice, one listened to 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.
To measure pain, the researchers presented a smiling, frowning (皱眉) and crying face. The children pointed to which picture best showed their level of pain before and after they listened to music, stories and silence. After a 30 minute session, the children who listened to music or stories reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10 point scale (级别) compared to the children who listened to silence. That might not sound like much, but Sunitha says it equals to pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.
Children don't tolerate such medication as well as adults. They are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects from pain medication such as trouble breathing and feeling of disgust. So the less pain medication, the better.
8．What made Sunitha start the study
A．Her grandmother's desire for music.
B．Her majoring in biomedical engineering.
C．Her grandmother's listening to music after the operation.
D．Her sympathy for patients who suffered from illnesses.
9．How did Sunitha and her father draw the conclusion
A．By observing. B．By making comparison.
C．By asking questions. D．By analyzing causes.
10．What do we know about the research
A．It is of greater benefit to children.
B．It should also be conducted on adults.
C．It shows children suffer more from pain medication.
D．It finds more and more children are on pain medication.
11．What may be the best title for the text
A．Reaching for your playlist to ease pain
B．Sunitha does an experiment with her father
C．Sunitha's grandmother likes to listen to music
D．Stopping using pain medication on children
D
Public libraries have had another bad year. They are like local railways. People like having them around, and are angry if they close. But as for using them, there is so little time these days.
To the US historian Matthew Battles the library is a metaphor (隐喻) for the land of chance, a place where, lost in the piles, new Americans could “dream of personal success, unaided by unnamed others, a stage with a mirror for backdrop (背景幕布) that reflects only the reader”. In Britain, the library was a grammar school, a teach yourself academy, a way of learning.
Digitization has changed everything. The public library is no longer a place sacred to knowledge. Its walls have been bombed open. So much rubbish is said and written about the death of books. Five years ago, when Amazon ebook sales were higher than those of paperback copies, it was assumed the book was dying. Print was yesterday, one more victim of the great digital wipeout. But Waterstones last year stopped selling Kindles and changed the shelf space to physical books. It saw a 5% rise in sales. Though the bookshop has suffered, the book has not.
But these are buyers, not borrowers. The library must rediscover its specialness. This strength lies not in books, but in its readers, in their desire to gather, share with each other, hear writers and experience books with a group. It is in plays, concerts, comedy, lectures, debates, quizzes, performances of every sort. It should combine coffee shops, book exchanges, playgroups, art galleries, museums and performances.
Ever since the days of Alexandria, the library has been the palace of the mind, the “University of All”. The Internet has removed its complete control of knowledge, but cannot copy its sense of place, its joy of human gathering.
12．What is stressed by mentioning Matthew Battles
A．The meaning of the American Dream.
B．The role of libraries in Americans' life.
C．The things people can learn in a library.
D．The decrease in the number of libraries.
13．What did people use to think about books
A．Digital technology left books dying.
B．A lot of books were becoming rubbish.
C．Physical books took up too much space.
D．Books in libraries were better than e books.
14．How can the library gain its popularity again
A．By offering readers better books.
B．By holding live events for readers.
C．By buying more books to fill its shelves.
D．By providing relaxed atmosphere for readers.
15．What might be the most suitable title for the text
A．Libraries are dying but not for books
B．Libraries will have no physical books
C．Libraries are not about books any more
D．Libraries play new roles in modern times
Ⅱ.阅读七选五(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
We usually don't mind when people call us by positive nicknames (绰号). __16__ But when people call us by cruel nicknames, it can be difficult to get them to stop. So what should you do
Ask your friends to give it a rest. Maybe you tripped (绊倒) over your feet a few times, and your friends started calling you klutz, thinking that you don't really mind. __17__
Leave a nickname behind. Sometimes, life gives us a chance to start fresh. __18__ If you're moving from elementary school to middle school, let your friends know that you don't want to go by your old nickname.
Ignore those who call you by a nickname. If the kids calling you by a bad nickname aren't your friends, you should do your best to ignore them. __19__ It may be hard to pretend that it doesn't hurt, but if you get angry or obviously upset, it will just encourage them to use the nickname all the time.
__20__ Remember that if you have a bad nickname now, you probably won't always be stuck with it. Just look at Elvis Presley! When he first started singing onstage, he wiggled (摆动) his hips so much that cruel critics and the audience nicknamed him Elvis The Pelvis. He never stopped wiggling. People soon found it impossible to ignore his talent and began to call him The King of Rock & Roll.
A．If it does bother you, tell them.
B．Believe that things will change.
C．If the kids refuse to stop, talk to your teacher.
D．It feels good when these nicknames get repeated.
E．Although words can be hurtful, they can't change who you really are.
F．The chance can be a good time to get rid of a nickname that you don't like.
G．If you act like they aren't hurting you, they'll eventually get bored and stop.
Ⅲ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
Access to electricity has always been limited for people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a remote village in Peru. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 __21__ a flood damaged the power station in the area. The villagers were __22__ to turn to kerosene (煤油) lamps, which are not only expensive but also __23__ because of the poisonous matter they give off.
__24__， the researchers and students at the Universidad de Ingenieríay Tecnología (UTEC) in Lima, Peru heard about their __25__ situation and came up with a creative solution. They __26__ a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be found __27__ in the Amazonian rainforests where the village is located. Called Plantalámparas, the __28__ draws energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to __29__ an LED bulb.
While that may sound complicated and even impossible, it is quite __30__. The waste produced by plants undergoes oxidization (氧化作用) in the soil, which produces electrons (电子). The UTEC team placed electrodes (电极) inside the soil to __31__ the energy and store it in the lamp's batteries for __32__ use. The researchers say a single charge can light an LED bulb for two hours — enough __33__ for people to get their evening chores done. The university __34__ ten such lamps to Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge __35__！ Elmer Ramirez, UTEC's professor, believes the plant powered lamps could also help improve the lives of thousands of other __36__ rainforest communities, 42% of which have no access to __37__.
This is not the __38__ time the students and professors of UTEC have come up with a(n) __39__ solution to a problem. In 2014, to deal with Peru's severe __40__ pollution they created a large advertising board that could be used as an air purifier (净化器) as well!
21．A.after B．though
C．unless D．until
22．A.advised B．taught
C．asked D．forced
23．A.disappointing B．inconvenient
C．strange D．dangerous
24．A.Fortunately B．Suddenly
C．Certainly D．Usually
25．A.real B．embarrassing
C．bad D．unstable
26．A.bought B．designed
C．discovered D．repaired
27．A.in detail B．in time
C．in harmony D．in abundance
28．A.village B．lamp
C．rainforest D．soil
29．A.light up B．make up
C．give up D．use up
30．A.widespread B．straightforward
C．well known D．labor saving
31．A.waste B．save
C．produce D．direct
32．A.additional B．free
C．regular D．later
33．A.energy B．space
C．time D．brightness
34．A.distributed B．sold
C．lent D．returned
35．A.success B．challenge
C．change D．surprise
36．A.nearby B．small
C．remote D．ancient
37．A.education B．electricity
C．technology D．entertainment
38．A.best B．first
C．accurate D．normal
39．A.clever B．simple
C．temporary D．immediate
40．A.noise B．water
C．air D．vehicle
Ⅳ.语法填空(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。
Summer is almost here, and the weather is heating up. __41__ you drink enough water every day Many kids don't, according to a new study __42__ (publish) in the American Journal of Public Health.
Erica Kenney, a __43__ (science) at Harvard T．H. Chan School of Public Health, originally planned to look into the amount of sugary drinks that kids were consuming in schools. However, __44__ she was doing the research, she noticed that many kids were __45__ (simple) not drinking enough water.
Kenney and her team examined figures from a group of 4,000 children aged from 6 to 19, between the years of 2009 and 2012. While looking through the survey results, she __46__ (find) that more than half of the kids were dehydrated (脱水的)．
A lack __47__ water can lead to health problems such as headaches, poor physical performance, and even more serious problems. Your body needs more water when you are in hot climates, when you are physically active, and when you have a fever.
Kenney said, “__48__ is good news that this public health problem has a simple solution. If we can focus on encouraging kids __49__ (drink) more water — a low cost, sugar free drink — we can improve their drinking habits, which may allow many kids to feel __50__ (great) throughout the day and do better in school.”
Ⅴ.短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Cars have become popular means of transportation as the development of society. They constant bring great convenience to our life. Unluckily, they have also caused problem such as air pollution and traffic jams. So the current task for us is how we can do to solve the problems. As far as I am concerned, switch our transportation from cars to bicycles is a good solution. For one thing, bicycles don't need any petrol. For other, bicycles are environmentally friendly. What's much more, riding bicycles is a good way of exercising and it is very benefit to our health. Therefore, I would rather that people try bicycles.
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是一位来自美国的交换生，现在在中国某校学习。在一次讨论课上，你的英语老师要求你谈一谈有关美式英语和英式英语的异同。请你根据以下要点，写一篇发言稿。
1．两国语言的共性；
2．两国语言的差别；
3．两国人民在交流上是否有困难？为什么？
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。PAGE
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单元质量检测（四）
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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
English Conversation
Leader: Mandi Ashmore
english@ iwc lausanne. org
We meet on Mondays at 14：30 at the IWC clubhouse.We chat for about an hour and discuss everything.Mandi asks “students” to contact her on Monday to confirm the class as sometimes she needs to cancel for various reasons or occasionally she may choose to hold the class at a different venue (举办地点) or at an earlier time for us to be able to have lunch together.
French Conversation, Advanced Beginner
Leader: Marielle Sulmoni
frenchconvo@ iwc lausanne. org
I'm French (born in Bordeaux) and Swiss by marriage.I hold an advanced beginners' French conversation class on Tuesday afternoons from 14：30—16：00.We meet weekly at the clubhouse in a friendly atmosphere.I hope to help you use your knowledge of French, allowing you to speak with no fear of making mistakes, which in time will become fewer and fewer.
French Language Lab, Beginner
Leader: Maija Remlinger
frenchlab@ iwc lausanne.org
The group meets on Thursday afternoons from 15：00—16：30 at the clubhouse.The first half of the class is devoted to reading out loud from the book “Easy French Reader”， working on proper pronunciation and phrasing.During the second half, we listen to audio recordings from “New French with Ease” and work on oral comprehension.
French Conversation, Advanced
Leader: Juliette Brull
french@ iwc lausanne.org
We meet every Tuesday at the IWC clubhouse from 9：30—11：00. Most of our time is devoted to very lively discussions about current events and various topics. We also read a book written by a French author and sometimes we see a French movie.
语篇解读本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了四个语言学习俱乐部，内容包括俱乐部的负责人、联系方式以及俱乐部的活动。
1．Why are you advised to contact Mandi
A．To check the arrangement.
B．To exchange ideas.
C．To decide the topics.
D．To ask for leave.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据English Conversation中的“contact her on Monday to confirm the class ...”可知，与Mandi联系是为了确认俱乐部的课程安排。
2．Which of the clubs focuses mainly on the basic knowledge of language
A．English Conversation.
B．French Conversation, Advanced.
C．French Language Lab, Beginner.
D．French Conversation, Advanced Beginner.
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据French Language Lab, Beginner中的“working on proper pronunciation and phrasing”和“work on oral comprehension”可知，该俱乐部更注重基础语言知识的学习。
3．Who will you get in touch with if you like watching French films
A．Mandi Ashmore. B．Marielle Sulmoni.
C．Maija Remlinger. D．Juliette Brull.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据French Conversation, Advanced中的“sometimes we see a French movie”以及“Leader: Juliette Brull”可知，该俱乐部有时会观看法国电影，其负责人为Juliette Brull。
B
I started to learn English from the first grade. That year I was six. In class I learned basic phrases for greeting and describing objects. I don't have much memory for the first year of English learning. The only thing that I still remember is reading vocabulary list. A classmate of mine who was good at English would lead the whole class to read the list. One of the new words that I learned that year was “earth”. “The earth orbits the sun，” he said in Chinese. Every time we came to the word “earth”， he would repeat that sentence. I was secretly admiring him because he knew the earth orbits the sun.
My family moved when I was in my second grade, and I transferred (转学) to a private school. My English class continued. Luckily I could use the same series of text books.
I stayed in the same private school for my junior high school, which is from the 7th to the 9th grade. In junior high school, I hardly felt my English skill improved because the first English class here was still titled “Good Morning” and the content was still basic greetings.
Following was one year of high school life: a_different_school,_the_same_story.
Then my family moved again, and I began to really use English. We came to America. I attended a couple years of high school, and now I'm in college. I learn to write essays and start to read books in English. I can see my progress. However, I still have a lot of space to improve. In writing, the flow between sentences isn't good and I'm still using basic words. In speaking, maybe because I hang out with Chinese speaking friends too much, it takes me time to think when telling long stories.
语篇解读：作者讲述了她从六岁一直到大学学习英语的经历。
4．In Grade One, the author admired that classmate because he ________.
A．could speak two languages
B．had a very wide vocabulary
C．often led the whole class to read
D．knew about the earth and the sun
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第一段的“I was secretly admiring him because he knew the earth orbits the sun.”可知，答案应选D项。
5．How did the author most probably feel during the first English class in junior high school
A．Moved. B．Interested.
C．Disappointed. D．Relaxed.
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第三段的“In junior high school, I hardly felt my English skill improved because the first English class here was still titled ‘Good Morning’ and the content was still basic greetings.”可推断，作者当时很失望。
6．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means in senior high school the author ________.
A．didn't live a very difficult life
B．liked her new school very much
C．learned English in a different way
D．had to learn simple English all over again
解析：选D 句意理解题。根据第三段的内容可知，作者进入初中后英语又得从头学习，而画线句子的意思是：进入高中后还是这样。故选D项。
7．What do we learn about the author now
A．She is looked down upon by others.
B．She still isn't very fluent in English.
C．She has no chance to speak Chinese now.
D．She likes practicing English through telling long stories.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第五段的However后面的内容可推断，作者现在英语还不是很流利。
C
Sunitha Suresh was a college student when her grandmother had a major operation and was put in intensive care (特别护理) with three other patients. This meant her family couldn't always be with her. They decided to put her favorite Indian music on an iPod, so she could listen around the clock.
Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Sunitha was majoring in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor. So father and daughter decided to work together on a study.
It was a small study, with 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old taking part in it. All the patients, who were children, had big operations that required them to stay in hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after their operations, the patients took medicine to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group listened to 30 minutes of music of their choice, one listened to 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.
To measure pain, the researchers presented a smiling, frowning (皱眉) and crying face. The children pointed to which picture best showed their level of pain before and after they listened to music, stories and silence. After a 30 minute session, the children who listened to music or stories reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10 point scale (级别) compared to the children who listened to silence. That might not sound like much, but Sunitha says it equals to pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.
Children don't tolerate such medication as well as adults. They are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects from pain medication such as trouble breathing and feeling of disgust. So the less pain medication, the better.
语篇解读本文是说明文。听音乐可以让人们感到不太焦虑，从而减轻手术后的痛苦。
8．What made Sunitha start the study
A．Her grandmother's desire for music.
B．Her majoring in biomedical engineering.
C．Her grandmother's listening to music after the operation.
D．Her sympathy for patients who suffered from illnesses.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain”可知，她祖母在手术后听音乐的经历使她开始做这项研究。
9．How did Sunitha and her father draw the conclusion
A．By observing. B．By making comparison.
C．By asking questions. D．By analyzing causes.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，研究者主要是通过对比三组实验对象在听了音乐、故事或静音后对疼痛的感知程度来判断他们所采取的方式是否有助于减轻痛苦来得出结论的。
10．What do we know about the research
A．It is of greater benefit to children.
B．It should also be conducted on adults.
C．It shows children suffer more from pain medication.
D．It finds more and more children are on pain medication.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，孩子们从该研究中受益更多。
11．What may be the best title for the text
A．Reaching for your playlist to ease pain
B．Sunitha does an experiment with her father
C．Sunitha's grandmother likes to listen to music
D．Stopping using pain medication on children
解析：选A 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了Sunitha和她父亲的一项研究，表明听音乐可以帮助减轻痛苦。
D
Public libraries have had another bad year. They are like local railways. People like having them around, and are angry if they close. But as for using them, there is so little time these days.
To the US historian Matthew Battles the library is a metaphor (隐喻) for the land of chance, a place where, lost in the piles, new Americans could “dream of personal success, unaided by unnamed others, a stage with a mirror for backdrop (背景幕布) that reflects only the reader”. In Britain, the library was a grammar school, a teach yourself academy, a way of learning.
Digitization has changed everything. The public library is no longer a place sacred to knowledge. Its walls have been bombed open. So much rubbish is said and written about the death of books. Five years ago, when Amazon ebook sales were higher than those of paperback copies, it was assumed the book was dying. Print was yesterday, one more victim of the great digital wipeout. But Waterstones last year stopped selling Kindles and changed the shelf space to physical books. It saw a 5% rise in sales. Though the bookshop has suffered, the book has not.
But these are buyers, not borrowers. The library must rediscover its specialness. This strength lies not in books, but in its readers, in their desire to gather, share with each other, hear writers and experience books with a group. It is in plays, concerts, comedy, lectures, debates, quizzes, performances of every sort. It should combine coffee shops, book exchanges, playgroups, art galleries, museums and performances.
Ever since the days of Alexandria, the library has been the palace of the mind, the “University of All”. The Internet has removed its complete control of knowledge, but cannot copy its sense of place, its joy of human gathering.
语篇解读本文是议论文。文章讨论了图书馆的数量虽然减少了，借书的人少了，但是书却并没有消失。
12．What is stressed by mentioning Matthew Battles
A．The meaning of the American Dream.
B．The role of libraries in Americans' life.
C．The things people can learn in a library.
D．The decrease in the number of libraries.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第二段可知，Matthew Battles强调了图书馆是机会之地，人们可以在图书馆中寻求自己的个人成功等，说明了图书馆对于人们的影响。
13．What did people use to think about books
A．Digital technology left books dying.
B．A lot of books were becoming rubbish.
C．Physical books took up too much space.
D．Books in libraries were better than e books.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“So much rubbish is said and written about the death of books. Five years ago, when Amazon ebook sales were higher than those of paperback copies, it was assumed the book was dying”可知，过去人们认为数字技术的出现，使得实体书快要灭亡了。
14．How can the library gain its popularity again
A．By offering readers better books.
B．By holding live events for readers.
C．By buying more books to fill its shelves.
D．By providing relaxed atmosphere for readers.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段可知，在数字时代，图书馆要想重新恢复它是知识代表的称号，需要举办各种现场活动。
15．What might be the most suitable title for the text
A．Libraries are dying but not for books
B．Libraries will have no physical books
C．Libraries are not about books any more
D．Libraries play new roles in modern times
解析：选A 标题归纳题。本文主要讨论了随着数字技术的发展，图书馆的作用似乎越来越小了，但是书并没有消亡。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
We usually don't mind when people call us by positive nicknames (绰号). __16__ But when people call us by cruel nicknames, it can be difficult to get them to stop. So what should you do
Ask your friends to give it a rest. Maybe you tripped (绊倒) over your feet a few times, and your friends started calling you klutz, thinking that you don't really mind. __17__
Leave a nickname behind. Sometimes, life gives us a chance to start fresh. __18__ If you're moving from elementary school to middle school, let your friends know that you don't want to go by your old nickname.
Ignore those who call you by a nickname. If the kids calling you by a bad nickname aren't your friends, you should do your best to ignore them. __19__ It may be hard to pretend that it doesn't hurt, but if you get angry or obviously upset, it will just encourage them to use the nickname all the time.
__20__ Remember that if you have a bad nickname now, you probably won't always be stuck with it. Just look at Elvis Presley! When he first started singing onstage, he wiggled (摆动) his hips so much that cruel critics and the audience nicknamed him Elvis The Pelvis. He never stopped wiggling. People soon found it impossible to ignore his talent and began to call him The King of Rock & Roll.
A．If it does bother you, tell them.
B．Believe that things will change.
C．If the kids refuse to stop, talk to your teacher.
D．It feels good when these nicknames get repeated.
E．Although words can be hurtful, they can't change who you really are.
F．The chance can be a good time to get rid of a nickname that you don't like.
G．If you act like they aren't hurting you, they'll eventually get bored and stop.
语篇解读本文是说明文。文章介绍了如何不再让别人叫你的绰号。
16．解析：选D 根据该空前的“positive nicknames”及该空后的But可知，此空内容与好听的绰号有关，故“当这些绰号被重复时会感觉很好”正确。
17．解析：选A 结合“Ask your friends to give it a rest”可知，举这个例子是为了说明如果绰号让你感到恼怒的话，要告诉你的朋友。
18．解析：选F 结合该空前的“Sometimes, life gives us a chance to start fresh”及该空后的“从小学到中学”可知，这个机会是你摆脱你不喜欢的绰号的好时机。
19．解析：选G 根据该空后的内容可知，该空内容与“绰号与伤害”有关，故G项“如果你表现得好像他们不会伤害到你的话，他们最终会感到无聊并不再叫你的绰号”正确，且与下文形成对比。
20．解析：选B 从该空后的内容可知，举Elvis Presley的例子是为了说明要相信事情将会改变。
Ⅲ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
Access to electricity has always been limited for people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a remote village in Peru. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 __21__ a flood damaged the power station in the area. The villagers were __22__ to turn to kerosene (煤油) lamps, which are not only expensive but also __23__ because of the poisonous matter they give off.
__24__， the researchers and students at the Universidad de Ingenieríay Tecnología (UTEC) in Lima, Peru heard about their __25__ situation and came up with a creative solution. They __26__ a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be found __27__ in the Amazonian rainforests where the village is located. Called Plantalámparas, the __28__ draws energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to __29__ an LED bulb.
While that may sound complicated and even impossible, it is quite __30__. The waste produced by plants undergoes oxidization (氧化作用) in the soil, which produces electrons (电子). The UTEC team placed electrodes (电极) inside the soil to __31__ the energy and store it in the lamp's batteries for __32__ use. The researchers say a single charge can light an LED bulb for two hours — enough __33__ for people to get their evening chores done. The university __34__ ten such lamps to Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge __35__！ Elmer Ramirez, UTEC's professor, believes the plant powered lamps could also help improve the lives of thousands of other __36__ rainforest communities, 42% of which have no access to __37__.
This is not the __38__ time the students and professors of UTEC have come up with a(n) __39__ solution to a problem. In 2014, to deal with Peru's severe __40__ pollution they created a large advertising board that could be used as an air purifier (净化器) as well!
语篇解读本文是说明文。秘鲁UTEC大学的师生为了解决偏远乡村用电难的问题发明了一种利用植物和土壤供电的灯。
21．A.after B．though
C．unless D．until
解析：选A 根据本句中的“from bad to worse”可知，在洪水毁了当地的发电站“后(after)”， Nuevo Saposoa村用电难的问题更加严重。
22．A.advised B．taught
C．asked D．forced
解析：选D 没有电，村民们“被迫(forced)”使用煤油灯。
23．A.disappointing B．inconvenient
C．strange D．dangerous
解析：选D 根据本空后的“the poisonous matter”可知，使用煤油灯很“危险(dangerous)”。
24．A.Fortunately B．Suddenly
C．Certainly D．Usually
解析：选A 根据下文内容可知，“幸运的是(Fortunately)”，UTEC大学的师生们想出了一个好主意帮助村民。
25．A.real B．embarrassing
C．bad D．unstable
解析：选C 根据上文内容可知，Nuevo Saposoa村的村民无电可用，情况很“糟糕(bad)”。
26．A.bought B．designed
C．discovered D．repaired
解析：选B 根据本空后的“a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil”可知，他们“设计出(designed)”一种利用植物和土壤供电的灯。
27．A.in detail B．in time
C．in harmony D．in abundance
解析：选D 只有制作新型灯的材料容易获得，这项发明才有可能得到广泛使用。故此处in abundance(大量地)符合语境。
28．A.village B．lamp
C．rainforest D．soil
解析：选B 根据本空前的Called和本空后的“draws energy”可知，这种“灯(lamp)”名叫Plantalámparas，从植物中获取电能。
29．A.light up B．make up
C．give up D．use up
解析：选A 本空前的it指代本句中的energy，表示这种灯利用从植物中获得的电能“点亮(light up)”LED灯泡。
30．A.widespread B．straightforward
C．well known D．labor saving
解析：选B 本句开头的While表示对比或相反的情况，因此这里指尽管从植物中获取电能听上去很复杂，甚至不可能，但其实并“不难(straightforward)”。
31．A.waste B．save
C．produce D．direct
解析：选C 根据本空前的“placed electrodes (电极) inside the soil”可知，UTEC大学的团队把电极放进土壤就是为了“发(produce)”电。
32．A.additional B．free
C．regular D．later
解析：选D 根据本句中的store可知，把电能存进电池里是为了“以后的(later)”使用。
33．A.energy B．space
C．time D．brightness
解析：选C 根据本空前的“two hours”可知，两个小时的“时间(time)”足够人们完成夜间琐事了。
34．A.distributed B．sold
C．lent D．returned
解析：选A 根据上文内容可知，UTEC大学的师生发明这种新型灯就是为了帮助Nuevo Saposoa村的村民，所以他们完成发明后给该村“分发了(distributed)”十个这种灯。
35．A.success B．challenge
C．change D．surprise
解析：选A 根据下句中的“could also help ...”可知，这些灯很“成功(success)”，所以UTEC大学的教授认为它们也可以被推广到其他地方。
36．A.nearby B．small
C．remote D．ancient
解析：选C 根据上文内容可知，UTEC大学的师生为了解决偏远乡村Nuevo Saposoa村用电难的问题才发明了这种灯，因此这里指将这种灯推广到其他用“电(electricity)”难的“偏远的(remote)”乡村。
37．A.education B．electricity
C．technology D．entertainment
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
38．A.best B．first
C．accurate D．normal
解析：选B 根据下句内容可知，这不是UTEC大学的师生“第一次(first)”想出这么“聪明的(clever)”点子。
39．A.clever B．simple
C．temporary D．immediate
解析：选A 参见上题解析。
40．A.noise B．water
C．air D．vehicle
解析：选C 根据本句中的“an air purifier (净化器)”可知，这个也可以充当空气净化器的广告牌是用来应对秘鲁严重的“空气(air)”污染的。
Ⅳ.语法填空(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。
Summer is almost here, and the weather is heating up. __41__ you drink enough water every day Many kids don't, according to a new study __42__ (publish) in the American Journal of Public Health.
Erica Kenney, a __43__ (science) at Harvard T．H. Chan School of Public Health, originally planned to look into the amount of sugary drinks that kids were consuming in schools. However, __44__ she was doing the research, she noticed that many kids were __45__ (simple) not drinking enough water.
Kenney and her team examined figures from a group of 4,000 children aged from 6 to 19, between the years of 2009 and 2012. While looking through the survey results, she __46__ (find) that more than half of the kids were dehydrated (脱水的)．
A lack __47__ water can lead to health problems such as headaches, poor physical performance, and even more serious problems. Your body needs more water when you are in hot climates, when you are physically active, and when you have a fever.
Kenney said, “__48__ is good news that this public health problem has a simple solution. If we can focus on encouraging kids __49__ (drink) more water — a low cost, sugar free drink — we can improve their drinking habits, which may allow many kids to feel __50__ (great) throughout the day and do better in school.”
语篇解读一项调查表明，许多在校的孩子没有喝足够的水，超过半数的孩子处于脱水状态。
41．Do 考查一般疑问句和时态。根据该句中的“________you drink enough water every day？”可以判断，该句为一般疑问句，且问的是经常发生的动作，故用一般现在时，故可知答案。
42．published 考查过去分词作定语。a new study和动词publish之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词作后置定语。
43．scientist 考查词形转换。根据该句中的不定冠词a可知，该处用名词，表示“一位科学家”。
44．when/while/as 考查状语从句的引导词。根据该句中的进行时态“she was doing the research”并结合语境可以判断，此处表示“当她进行研究时，她注意到许多孩子根本没有喝足量的水”。when/while/as都表示“当……的时候”。
45．simply 考查副词。空处修饰动词，故用副词形式。
46．found 考查动词的时态。根据该句中的“the kids were”并结合语境可知，该处陈述的是过去发生的事，故用一般过去时。
47．of 考查固定搭配。a lack of为固定搭配，意为“缺乏”。
48．It 考查it的用法。分析该句结构可知，该句为包含that引导的主语从句的主从复合句，It作形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的主语从句。
49．to drink 考查动词不定式。encourage sb.to do sth.为固定搭配，故此处用动词不定式。
50．greater 考查形容词的比较级。根据该句中的“and do better in school”可知，空处与此处对应，应用形容词的比较级。
Ⅴ.短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Cars have become popular means of transportation as the development of society. They constant bring great convenience to our life. Unluckily, they have also caused problem such as air pollution and traffic jams. So the current task for us is how we can do to solve the problems. As far as I am concerned, switch our transportation from cars to bicycles is a good solution. For one thing, bicycles don't need any petrol. For other, bicycles are environmentally friendly. What's much more, riding bicycles is a good way of exercising and it is very benefit to our health. Therefore, I would rather that people try bicycles.
答案：第一句：popular前加a; as→with
第二句：constant→constantly
第三句：problem→problems
第四句：how→what
第五句：switch→switching
第七句：other→another
第八句：去掉much; benefit→beneficial
第九句：try→tried
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是一位来自美国的交换生，现在在中国某校学习。在一次讨论课上，你的英语老师要求你谈一谈有关美式英语和英式英语的异同。请你根据以下要点，写一篇发言稿。
1．两国语言的共性；
2．两国语言的差别；
3．两国人民在交流上是否有困难？为什么？
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考范文：
Good afternoon, everyone. As we all know, English has been widely used in the world for a long time as a communication tool. I would like to tell you some interesting facts about American English and British English.
Basically, American English and British English are the same when it comes to the usage. They have no differences in most cases and they have much in common. However, they still vary from each other in spelling, pronunciation, grammar and so on. Despite the fact that there are some differences between American English and British English, people from the two countries seldom have difficulty understanding each other. Actually, it is very easy to tell them apart.
Thank you.
