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单元质量检测（三）
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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
Some 30,000 years ago, artists living in caves in Europe painted pictures of the animals around them: panthers (豹), rhinoceroses (犀牛), lions and other creatures now long extinct. The paintings were highly realistic, some of which even showed movement.
The artwork, more than a thousand drawings, is considered the oldest group of human cave drawings ever discovered. They were well preserved for the cave was sealed for 23,000 years.
On December 18, 1994, a group of French cave scientists were exploring caves in southern France. Jean Chauvet, who led the group, describes discovering the cave paintings.
“Eliette was just walking behind me, and Christian behind. Eliette said she saw two marks made with red ochre. And at this very moment everything began. The drawings and everything linked to the parietal art (壁画). That's where it started.”
Cave art expert Jean Clottes reviewed the paintings. “I was amazed at the number of paintings there were and of their quality and particularly in front of the panel of the horses.”
Scientific analysis confirmed the prehistoric date of the artwork. Studies showed the drawings were created tens of thousands of years ago, before human history was written.
The United Nations group UNESCO lists the cave as a World Heritage site. They think the drawings form a remarkable expression of early human artistic creation of grand excellence and variety.
The Chauvet cave is named for the explorer who first entered it. Its environment and drawings are very fragile. So the cave is closed, and only people there for scientific purposes can go inside and see the artwork.
However, French authorities wanted the public to see the cave and artwork, too. So they asked experts to create an exact copy of the cave, called Pont d'Arc Cavern. The copy cost D|S59 million to build, which opened in April 2015 in France.
Pascal Terrasse, the president of the cavern, says everyone will be able to experience the thrill of looking at drawings made by the first humans in Europe. Authorities say they think as many as 400,000 people will visit the Pont d'Arc Cavern every year.
1．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Chauvet cave
A．It was closed off for tens of hundreds of years.
B．It is thought to be the origin of modern parietal art.
C．The environment and drawings are very easy to damage.
D．The majority of drawings there are about the extinct animals.
2．According to the passage, the first scientist to enter the cave was ________.
A．Christian B．Eliette
C．Clottes D．Chauvet
3．Who can pay a visit to the Chauvet cave nowadays
A．People who do scientific researches.
B．People who found the cave first.
C．Officials protecting the environment.
D．People from the United Nations.
4．The purpose of creating Pont d'Arc Cavern is to ________.
A．arouse visitors' awareness of protecting relics
B．show admiration to the earliest artists in Europe
C．offer visitors chances to view the earliest drawings
D．collect money for the perseverance of the Chauvet cave
B
Chinese painting, also known as the traditional national painting, one of the traditional paintings with a long history, has its unique and independent system.Using brushes, ink, and Chinese pigments (天然颜料), a painting is drawn on a special kind of paper (Xuan paper) or silk.The traditional subjects are figure, landscapes, flowers and birds.
In comparison with Western painting, Chinese painting has its own artistic characteristics.After a careful study of the object, a painter can discover the rules of its structure, and then produce it by the mind's eye.It is not merely a simple copy, but it combines the object with the artistic concept of the producer, turning a natural image into an “artistic image”．The object can show the artist's feelings and personality to achieve the effect of “being alike not only in spirit, but also in appearance.”Not all the objects are to be drawn on the paper, and much space is left for the imagination.The use of line is important in Chinese painting.Clear, swift, sharp and changeable lines are combined with the push, pint and press of the brush and ink to show the quality of the object and variations of tone.Ancient Chinese artists listed 18 different ways of drawing lines with the brush in figure painting.Different ways of creating lines are used when painting a landscape, flowers and birds, clouds, and bamboos.
Traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy (书法) are different branches of art stemming from the same origin.They use the same kind of tools and all the lines used in painting are variations of the points and lines of calligraphy.Though they are different artistic forms, they are closely linked in terms of their expression of thoughts and feelings.They influence each other to create another artistic feature.
5.Which of the following words can be used to describe the common subjects of traditional Chinese painting
A．Valuable. B．Independent.
C．Special. D．Natural.
6．The writer believes that a traditional Chinese painter's picture ________.
A．reflects social problems of his times
B．describes mainly a natural image
C．expresses his thoughts
D．tells a true story
7．What do painting and calligraphy have in common
A．Using the similar techniques.
B．Starting from the same period.
C．Belonging to the same artistic forms.
D．Covering the same themes.
C
Everyone seems to be living for someone else.
I had once helped a friend of mine run a watermelon stall. I noticed something interesting when people came to buy watermelons, but nobody paid any attention to it because it seemed to be a common practice: almost every buyer would lift the melon up to their ear, smartly rap it, apparently trying to listen to something. I wondered what they expected to hear. Finally I could no longer hold back my curiosity and made bold to ask a customer — an elderly gentleman — about this. Hearing my question, he roared with laughter. Then he replied in a self mocking tone，“Young lady, I have been doing this for more than fifty years. But all I know is that everybody would stare at you like you were a fool if you just pick up a melon and leave.”
Not long after that, my watermelon stall friend sent me an invitation to her wedding, which really surprised me. I asked her，“How come you're seized on a whim to get married I even didn't know you had got a boyfriend.” She answered while counting money，“Everyone has to get married anyway. So, better sooner than later.”
Have they forgotten their own heart It may be safer and save a lot more worries to swim_with_the_tide. The use of WE or US will give one a steady and sure sense of pride. But why do people usually feel uneasy when using “I”？
I find these somewhat funny. We have got used to following others' example. We feel at ease and justified simply because this is a way of US, a way having been practiced by so many people. But this massive practice is still wrong though we all follow suit. And in turn, we also take it for granted that we should judge the right and wrong of others by our own standard.
8．Why did the elderly gentleman rap the watermelon before buying it
A．Because he expected to hear something.
B．Because he knew nothing about it.
C．Because he just followed suit.
D．Because he was a fool.
9．Which of the following can best replace the phrase“swim with the tide”？
A．Follow the crowd.
B．Swim against the tide.
C．Wear other people's clothes.
D．Follow your heart.
10．What will be most likely written about by the author in the next paragraph
A．Nothing.
B．A story about following your heart.
C．A funny story about how to follow your heart.
D．An example about judging others by your own standard.
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。
Eating a lot of vegetables every day can give vitamins and nutrients to your body. __11__ If you are not fond of eating vegetables then you are on the right track now. This article will give you tips to aid you with healthy eating.
Try something new.
__12__ Learn some healthy recipes that include vegetables as one of the main ingredients. When you research into a recipe, read the information about its health benefits, too.By learning how it can be beneficial to your overall health, you can be more motivated.
__13__
When you try to make your own garden salad, try to be more creative. Make it colorful because it can be more enticing (吸引人的) and mouthwatering, and even those who are not fond of eating vegetables might want to give it a try. You can add some colorful ingredients such as red bell peppers, red cabbage, carrots or any other vegetables that can brighten it up.
Fill your fridge with vegetables.
According to Errick McAdams, a famous personal trainer, “If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food”. __14__ Eating vegetables is not just for people who aim to lose weight but for everybody who wants to live longer and stay healthy.
Learn the quick and easy way to cook.
If you're busy and don't have time to prepare and cook, learn the easy way of just microwaving your frozen vegetables for your healthy meal or snacks (零食)．__15__
Now that you have these top options to help you with eating vegetables, you will not have a difficult time encouraging yourself to include vegetables on your daily meal plan. Take it one step at a time and soon you will see the results and not regret doing it.
A．Make your life more colorful.
B．Create a colorful garden salad.
C．Being healthy and fit is a lifestyle.
D．Time to learn something new through cooking healthy meals.
E．Whenever you're in a hurry, you can still eat your vegetables.
F．It can also keep you in good shape and keep your skin healthy.
G．This is the best way to encourage you to eat more healthy food.
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。
How do you send a love note to space By writing it on the Earth Sending post to space is __16__， so when a teenager from Houston, Texas, wanted to send a message to her dad who travels for __17__ — to the International Space Station, she had to be creative.
Thirteen year old Stephanie tho ught that long distance phone calls weren't __18__ and wanted to give her father a visual note of how much she missed him while he was away. __19__ this NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) employee was up in space, she decided to create a __20__ art project in the desert that he would be able to __21__ from the International Space Station.
Her father is a photographer and likes to take pictures of the Earth when he is __22__ in space. Stephanie thought she could make use of his __23__ to send him a message from back on Earth. She __24__ the help of car maker Hyundai to __25__ the Earth drawing. The car company used eleven cars to draw the __26__ on the land in Nevada's Delamar Dry Lake by using coordinates (坐标) and a helicopter. The tire track __27__ spelled out “Steph ?'s you！”. It was a genuinely __28__ gesture and a pretty cool engineering achievement. “It looks __29__ like my handwriting，” she said. “I'm happy that he __30__ see it and know that we're __31__ him back home.”
The message's size paid off. __32__ took a picture of the image from space to show her that her plan worked. __33__ Stephanie, the project's success helped them __34__ despite the incredible distance between them. She was __35__ to show her father how much she loves him by writing the giant message that can be seen from space.
16．A.worthless B．exciting
C．difficult D．practical
17．A.wellness B．fun
C．rest D．work
18．A.expensive B．enough
C．rare D．strange
19．A.Although B．If
C．When D．Until
20．A.huge B．funny
C．real D．fresh
21．A.share B．copy
C．finish D．see
22．A.preparing B．swinging
C．floating D．struggling
23．A.hobby B．talent
C．belief D．wisdom
24．A.sought B．needed
C．refused D．offered
25．A.make B．check
C．update D．test
26．A.text B．message
C．attention D．interest
27．A.label B．image
C．map D．plan
28．A.brief B．familiar
C．funny D．sweet
29．A.even B．hardly
C．just D．only
30．A.should B．could
C．must D．might
31．A.looking after B．hearing from
C．listening to D．thinking about
32．A.Hyundai B．Her father
C．The girl D．NASA
33．A.By B．With
C．For D．From
34．A.connect B．meet
C．cooperate D．stay
35．A.allowed B．eager
C．determined D．able
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Palace Museum received a painting of __36__ (history) value, Silk Road Landscape Map, which was donated by Xu Rongmao, chairman of Hong Kong Shimao Group, on November 30, 2017.
The more than 30 meter long scroll (卷轴) is painted on silk.The painting describes trade routes (路线) __37__ (start) at Jiayuguan Pass in Northwest China's Gansu Province to Tianfang city.As many as 221 cities in __38__ now are some 10 countries are on the scroll.Some key spots __39__ (include) on the ancient Silk Road, like Gansu Province's Dunhuang, Mecca, Damascus, Esfahan in Iran and Samarqand in Uzbekistan.
The map, with a large amount of geographic information, proves that China __40__ (have) the world's best mapping techniques at that time.__41__ also shows Chinese people had had a clear understanding of the outside world __42__ Western maps came into the country.
Obviously, the map is a __43__ (contribute) of ancient Chinese geography to the whole world.It reflects the frequent business and cultural communication between China and __44__ (country) along the ancient Silk Road.
At the moment further archaeological (考古学的), geographic and linguistic (语言的) research on the map __45__ (carry) out.It will soon be shown to the public.
Ⅴ.写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节：应用文写作(满分15分)
假如你是李华，从报纸上看到中老年英语培训机构Mid. Senior ESCH面向高中毕业生招聘暑期兼职辅导员，负责学员课间服务事项。请根据下面的广告内容用英语写一份求职信。
ASSISITANTS WANTED
Valuable chances are open for high school graduates who are good at English. Their work is to tend the senior students during the break.
Requirements attached:
1．Good at English.
2．Experienced priority.
Contact us by e mail: englishtec@.
注意：1.词数80左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的格式已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Director，
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua
第二节：读后续写(满分25分)
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
A Gift of Gold
It was the winter of 1937, just after Christmas.The Depression was still going on, but I was in good spirits.I was going to graduate from elementary_school,_but my mother still dressed me in shorts.Most of my classmates had given up wearing shorts.For the graduation ceremony, all the boys were expected to dress white shirts and dark blue wool pants.
I waited until a week before I told my_mother.On a cold Monday afternoon I went home from school.
“Mom，” I said, “about graduation ...”
“Yes？” she answered.
“They are going to give me the first prize medal，” I said.
Still working over the_stove,_she looked over her shoulder at me and smiled broadly.“That's wonderful，Babe.Dad and I will both be there, and we'll be the proudest in the place.”
She must have seen by the look on my face that something was wrong.She turned her back and said，“ So？”
“So, I have to get long pants，” I said.
“Babe, we don't have the money for new_pants right now，” she said.
“Okay，” I burst out.“Then I won't go to graduation.Plus, I'm running away from home！”
“If I were you, I wouldn't pack my bags.We'll solve the pants problem somehow，” she said.
The following Saturday, when my mother said，“Let's go shopping，” I knew that she had solved the problem.Then we left home.We took_the_trolley and got off at Southern Boulevard, the best shopping street.Our clothing store was just a couple of blocks away.
But first we walked a short way down the Boulevard and stopped at a place I had never noticed before.
“Wait here，” she said.Then she opened the door with the hand with a gold_wedding_ring on her ring_finger and entered a storefront that looked like a bank.
She went out about ten minutes later with a purse in her left_hand,_and then we went to the pants store. I chose a pair of pants. After a patient bargain with the_seller,_my mother bought it at the price of three dollars and fifty cents and handed it to me.
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3．续写部分分两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4．续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1：
I was holding the pants tightly under my arm when my mother went to pay the money.
Paragraph 2：
We took the trolley back home.
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单元质量检测（三）
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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
Some 30,000 years ago, artists living in caves in Europe painted pictures of the animals around them: panthers (豹), rhinoceroses (犀牛), lions and other creatures now long extinct. The paintings were highly realistic, some of which even showed movement.
The artwork, more than a thousand drawings, is considered the oldest group of human cave drawings ever discovered. They were well preserved for the cave was sealed for 23,000 years.
On December 18, 1994, a group of French cave scientists were exploring caves in southern France. Jean Chauvet, who led the group, describes discovering the cave paintings.
“Eliette was just walking behind me, and Christian behind. Eliette said she saw two marks made with red ochre. And at this very moment everything began. The drawings and everything linked to the parietal art (壁画). That's where it started.”
Cave art expert Jean Clottes reviewed the paintings. “I was amazed at the number of paintings there were and of their quality and particularly in front of the panel of the horses.”
Scientific analysis confirmed the prehistoric date of the artwork. Studies showed the drawings were created tens of thousands of years ago, before human history was written.
The United Nations group UNESCO lists the cave as a World Heritage site. They think the drawings form a remarkable expression of early human artistic creation of grand excellence and variety.
The Chauvet cave is named for the explorer who first entered it. Its environment and drawings are very fragile. So the cave is closed, and only people there for scientific purposes can go inside and see the artwork.
However, French authorities wanted the public to see the cave and artwork, too. So they asked experts to create an exact copy of the cave, called Pont d'Arc Cavern. The copy cost D|S59 million to build, which opened in April 2015 in France.
Pascal Terrasse, the president of the cavern, says everyone will be able to experience the thrill of looking at drawings made by the first humans in Europe. Authorities say they think as many as 400,000 people will visit the Pont d'Arc Cavern every year.
1．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Chauvet cave
A．It was closed off for tens of hundreds of years.
B．It is thought to be the origin of modern parietal art.
C．The environment and drawings are very easy to damage.
D．The majority of drawings there are about the extinct animals.
解析：选C 细节理解题。从倒数第三段的“Its environment and drawings are very fragile”可知，肖维岩洞里的环境和壁画极容易受到破坏。fragile意为“易受伤害的，易碎的”。故C项正确。
2．According to the passage, the first scientist to enter the cave was ________.
A．Christian B．Eliette
C．Clottes D．Chauvet
解析：选D 细节理解题。从第四段的“Eliette was just walking behind me, and Christian behind”和倒数第三段的“The Chauvet cave is named for the explorer who first entered it”可知，第一个走进岩洞的人是Jean Chauvet。
3．Who can pay a visit to the Chauvet cave nowadays
A．People who do scientific researches.
B．People who found the cave first.
C．Officials protecting the environment.
D．People from the United Nations.
解析：选A 细节理解题。从倒数第三段的“... and only people there for scientific purposes can go inside and see the artwork.”可知，现如今只有那些做科学研究的人才可以进肖维岩洞。故答案选A项。
4．The purpose of creating Pont d'Arc Cavern is to ________.
A．arouse visitors' awareness of protecting relics
B．show admiration to the earliest artists in Europe
C．offer visitors chances to view the earliest drawings
D．collect money for the perseverance of the Chauvet cave
解析：选C 推理判断题。从最后两段的内容可知，法国政府为了揭开肖维岩洞之谜，让更多人了解肖维岩洞并观赏到岩洞内的艺术画作，他们让专家们根据肖维岩洞原型创建了另外一个Pont d'Arc Cavern。故答案选C项。
B
Chinese painting, also known as the traditional national painting, one of the traditional paintings with a long history, has its unique and independent system.Using brushes, ink, and Chinese pigments (天然颜料), a painting is drawn on a special kind of paper (Xuan paper) or silk.The traditional subjects are figure, landscapes, flowers and birds.
In comparison with Western painting, Chinese painting has its own artistic characteristics.After a careful study of the object, a painter can discover the rules of its structure, and then produce it by the mind's eye.It is not merely a simple copy, but it combines the object with the artistic concept of the producer, turning a natural image into an “artistic image”．The object can show the artist's feelings and personality to achieve the effect of “being alike not only in spirit, but also in appearance.”Not all the objects are to be drawn on the paper, and much space is left for the imagination.The use of line is important in Chinese painting.Clear, swift, sharp and changeable lines are combined with the push, pint and press of the brush and ink to show the quality of the object and variations of tone.Ancient Chinese artists listed 18 different ways of drawing lines with the brush in figure painting.Different ways of creating lines are used when painting a landscape, flowers and birds, clouds, and bamboos.
Traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy (书法) are different branches of art stemming from the same origin.They use the same kind of tools and all the lines used in painting are variations of the points and lines of calligraphy.Though they are different artistic forms, they are closely linked in terms of their expression of thoughts and feelings.They influence each other to create another artistic feature.
语篇解读：本文是说明文。中国的国画艺术，用一张宣纸，一支毛笔，勾勒出画家的内心世界，写意出山水花鸟的生命和灵魂。
5.Which of the following words can be used to describe the common subjects of traditional Chinese painting
A．Valuable. B．Independent.
C．Special. D．Natural.
解析：选D 推理判断题。由第一段可知，画的内容通常是人物、风景、花鸟，故自然物较多，D正确。
6．The writer believes that a traditional Chinese painter's picture ________.
A．reflects social problems of his times
B．describes mainly a natural image
C．expresses his thoughts
D．tells a true story
解析：选C 推理判断题。由第二段“The object can show the artist's feelings and personality to achieve the effect of ‘being alike not only in spirit, but also in appearance’．”可知国画更侧重创造出“艺术形象”，表达作者的情感和个性，不仅“形似”，而且“神似”，故C正确。
7．What do painting and calligraphy have in common
A．Using the similar techniques.
B．Starting from the same period.
C．Belonging to the same artistic forms.
D．Covering the same themes.
解析：选A 细节理解题。由第三段“They use the same kind of tools and all the lines used in painting are variations of the points and lines of calligraphy.”可知中国国画与书法艺术都注重线条的运用和变化，绘画中线条的运用只不过是书法中线条运用的变通，故在这一技法上是相通的，故A正确。
C
Everyone seems to be living for someone else.
I had once helped a friend of mine run a watermelon stall. I noticed something interesting when people came to buy watermelons, but nobody paid any attention to it because it seemed to be a common practice: almost every buyer would lift the melon up to their ear, smartly rap it, apparently trying to listen to something. I wondered what they expected to hear. Finally I could no longer hold back my curiosity and made bold to ask a customer — an elderly gentleman — about this. Hearing my question, he roared with laughter. Then he replied in a self mocking tone，“Young lady, I have been doing this for more than fifty years. But all I know is that everybody would stare at you like you were a fool if you just pick up a melon and leave.”
Not long after that, my watermelon stall friend sent me an invitation to her wedding, which really surprised me. I asked her，“How come you're seized on a whim to get married I even didn't know you had got a boyfriend.” She answered while counting money，“Everyone has to get married anyway. So, better sooner than later.”
Have they forgotten their own heart It may be safer and save a lot more worries to swim_with_the_tide. The use of WE or US will give one a steady and sure sense of pride. But why do people usually feel uneasy when using “I”？
I find these somewhat funny. We have got used to following others' example. We feel at ease and justified simply because this is a way of US, a way having been practiced by so many people. But this massive practice is still wrong though we all follow suit. And in turn, we also take it for granted that we should judge the right and wrong of others by our own standard.
语篇解读：作者通过身边人的事例，发现人们在生活中往往“随大流”，盲从别人，没有跟随自己的内心。
8．Why did the elderly gentleman rap the watermelon before buying it
A．Because he expected to hear something.
B．Because he knew nothing about it.
C．Because he just followed suit.
D．Because he was a fool.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“But all I know is that everybody would stare at you like you were a fool if you just pick up a melon and leave.”可知，老人不知道敲西瓜的确切原因，只是看到别人都在敲，如果自己不敲一下，会被人认为是一个傻子。故选C项。
9．Which of the following can best replace the phrase“swim with the tide”？
A．Follow the crowd.
B．Swim against the tide.
C．Wear other people's clothes.
D．Follow your heart.
解析：选A 词义猜测题。根据第四段第三句“The use of WE or US will give one a steady and sure sense of pride.”可推断出本句中的tide(潮水)指的应该是“WE or US”，而swim with the tide意为“跟随人群；随大流；从众”。故选A项。
10．What will be most likely written about by the author in the next paragraph
A．Nothing.
B．A story about following your heart.
C．A funny story about how to follow your heart.
D．An example about judging others by your own standard.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据最后一段末句“...we also take it for granted that we should judge the right and wrong of others by our own standard.”可推断出下文可能会与“用自己的标准评价别人”有关，故选D项。
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。
Eating a lot of vegetables every day can give vitamins and nutrients to your body. __11__ If you are not fond of eating vegetables then you are on the right track now. This article will give you tips to aid you with healthy eating.
Try something new.
__12__ Learn some healthy recipes that include vegetables as one of the main ingredients. When you research into a recipe, read the information about its health benefits, too.By learning how it can be beneficial to your overall health, you can be more motivated.
__13__
When you try to make your own garden salad, try to be more creative. Make it colorful because it can be more enticing (吸引人的) and mouthwatering, and even those who are not fond of eating vegetables might want to give it a try. You can add some colorful ingredients such as red bell peppers, red cabbage, carrots or any other vegetables that can brighten it up.
Fill your fridge with vegetables.
According to Errick McAdams, a famous personal trainer, “If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food”. __14__ Eating vegetables is not just for people who aim to lose weight but for everybody who wants to live longer and stay healthy.
Learn the quick and easy way to cook.
If you're busy and don't have time to prepare and cook, learn the easy way of just microwaving your frozen vegetables for your healthy meal or snacks (零食)．__15__
Now that you have these top options to help you with eating vegetables, you will not have a difficult time encouraging yourself to include vegetables on your daily meal plan. Take it one step at a time and soon you will see the results and not regret doing it.
A．Make your life more colorful.
B．Create a colorful garden salad.
C．Being healthy and fit is a lifestyle.
D．Time to learn something new through cooking healthy meals.
E．Whenever you're in a hurry, you can still eat your vegetables.
F．It can also keep you in good shape and keep your skin healthy.
G．This is the best way to encourage you to eat more healthy food.
11．解析：选F F项中的It指代设空前一句中的“Eating a lot of vegetables every day”。
12．解析：选D D项中的something new原词复现了本段小标题中的something new；设空后一句中的healthy是对D项中的healthy的原词复现。
13．解析：选B 设空处为本段小标题。本段主要讲了通过制作颜色丰富多彩的田园沙拉来鼓励自己多吃蔬菜。B项适合作本段标题。
14．解析：选G G项中的This指代Errick McAdams所说的内容中的“keep good food in your fridge”；G项中的healthy food与设空前一句中的good food为同一所指。
15．解析：选E E项“无论何时，当你很忙的时候，你都能吃到蔬菜”与设空前一句“If you're busy and don't have time to prepare and cook, learn the easy way of just microwaving your frozen vegetables for your healthy meal for snacks”呈语义上的因果关系。
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。
How do you send a love note to space By writing it on the Earth Sending post to space is __16__， so when a teenager from Houston, Texas, wanted to send a message to her dad who travels for __17__ — to the International Space Station, she had to be creative.
Thirteen year old Stephanie tho ught that long distance phone calls weren't __18__ and wanted to give her father a visual note of how much she missed him while he was away. __19__ this NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) employee was up in space, she decided to create a __20__ art project in the desert that he would be able to __21__ from the International Space Station.
Her father is a photographer and likes to take pictures of the Earth when he is __22__ in space. Stephanie thought she could make use of his __23__ to send him a message from back on Earth. She __24__ the help of car maker Hyundai to __25__ the Earth drawing. The car company used eleven cars to draw the __26__ on the land in Nevada's Delamar Dry Lake by using coordinates (坐标) and a helicopter. The tire track __27__ spelled out “Steph ?'s you！”. It was a genuinely __28__ gesture and a pretty cool engineering achievement. “It looks __29__ like my handwriting，” she said. “I'm happy that he __30__ see it and know that we're __31__ him back home.”
The message's size paid off. __32__ took a picture of the image from space to show her that her plan worked. __33__ Stephanie, the project's success helped them __34__ despite the incredible distance between them. She was __35__ to show her father how much she loves him by writing the giant message that can be seen from space.
语篇解读：本文为记叙文。13岁的小女孩Stephanie非常思念当宇航员的父亲，通过向汽车公司寻求帮助，在沙漠上画出了一副巨大的图画，使父亲能够在国际空间站上通过拍照就能看到。女儿通过这幅画传递了对父亲的思念和爱。
16．A.worthless B．exciting
C．difficult D．practical
解析：选C 根据上下文，把邮件从地球发送到太空中是一件挺难的事情。
17．A.wellness B．fun
C．rest D．work
解析：选D 通过“... to the International Space Station ...”的提示，知道女孩的父亲是一名宇航员，上太空是为了工作。
18．A.expensive B．enough
C．rare D．strange
解析：选B 根据下文可知，女孩认为长途电话不足以表达她对父亲的思念。
19．A.Although B．If
C．When D．Until
解析：选C when引导时间状语从句，指当女孩的父亲在太空中的时候。
20．A.huge B．funny
C．real D．fresh
解析：选A 根据上下文可知，要使宇航员从太空中看到沙漠里的画，那这幅作品必须足够大。
21．A.share B．copy
C．finish D．see
解析：选D 此处表示要从国际空间站中看到。
22．A.preparing B．swinging
C．floating D．struggling
解析：选C 人在太空中应该是漂浮的。
23．A.hobby B．talent
C．belief D．wisdom
解析：选A 根据上下文，小女孩是利用父亲的爱好来表达对父亲的思念。
24．A.sought B．needed
C．refused D．offered
解析：选A 此处表示寻求帮助。
25．A.make B．check
C．update D．test
解析：选A make the drawing表示“画画”。
26．A.text B．message
C．attention D．interest
解析：选B 此处指利用车画出图案，传达信息。
27．A.label B．image
C．map D．plan
解析：选B 上文中提到小女孩向汽车生产商寻求帮助，这里指汽车轮胎走过之后留下车痕而形成的图案。
28．A.brief B．familiar
C．funny D．sweet
解析：选D 汽车轮胎形成的心形，是温馨甜美的场面。
29．A.even B．hardly
C．just D．only
解析：选C just此处为了加强语气，表示“看起来就像……”。
30．A.should B．could
C．must D．might
解析：选B 此处表示能够。
31．A.looking after B．hearing from
C．listening to D．thinking about
解析：选D 表示正在想念，根据第二段中的“she missed him”可知。
32．A.Hyundai B．Her father
C．The girl D．NASA
解析：选B 上文中提到，女孩的父亲是一名宇航员，而且还是摄影师，所以这里应该是女孩的父亲从宇宙中照相。
33．A.By B．With
C．For D．From
解析：选C 介词for表示“对……而言”。
34．A.connect B．meet
C．cooperate D．stay
解析：选A 指尽管13岁的女儿和父亲相隔很远，但是通过这一工程，把彼此联系了起来。
35．A.allowed B．eager
C．determined D．able
解析：选D be able to do表示“能够做某事”。根据前文的“paid off”和success可知，女孩能够以此方式表达对父亲的爱。
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Palace Museum received a painting of __36__ (history) value, Silk Road Landscape Map, which was donated by Xu Rongmao, chairman of Hong Kong Shimao Group, on November 30, 2017.
The more than 30 meter long scroll (卷轴) is painted on silk.The painting describes trade routes (路线) __37__ (start) at Jiayuguan Pass in Northwest China's Gansu Province to Tianfang city.As many as 221 cities in __38__ now are some 10 countries are on the scroll.Some key spots __39__ (include) on the ancient Silk Road, like Gansu Province's Dunhuang, Mecca, Damascus, Esfahan in Iran and Samarqand in Uzbekistan.
The map, with a large amount of geographic information, proves that China __40__ (have) the world's best mapping techniques at that time.__41__ also shows Chinese people had had a clear understanding of the outside world __42__ Western maps came into the country.
Obviously, the map is a __43__ (contribute) of ancient Chinese geography to the whole world.It reflects the frequent business and cultural communication between China and __44__ (country) along the ancient Silk Road.
At the moment further archaeological (考古学的), geographic and linguistic (语言的) research on the map __45__ (carry) out.It will soon be shown to the public.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了香港世茂集团主席许荣茂捐赠给故宫博物院的一幅画——《丝绸之路风景图》。
36．historic/historical 考查形容词。故宫博物院收到了一幅具有历史价值的画作。此处应用形容词修饰名词value，故填historic/historical。
37．starting 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，此处为分词作定语，动词start与先行词trade routes之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，故用现在分词。
38．what 考查关系词。分析句子结构可知，空处引导宾语从句，且在从句中作主语，故填what。
39．are included 考查时态和语态。古代丝绸之路沿线的一些重要景点被包括在内。根据语境可知，此处主语key spots与动词include之间为被动关系，且此处描述的是客观情况，故填are included。
40．had 考查动词时态。根据句意及时间状语“at that time”可知，此处应用动词的一般过去时。
41．It 考查代词。它也表明，在西方地图进入中国之前，中国人已经对外面的世界有了清晰的了解。此处用It指代上文中的The map。
42．before 考查连词。参见上题解析。此处应用before“在……之前”引导时间状语从句。
43．contribution 考查名词。根据空前的冠词a及空后的of可知，此处用名词单数。
44．countries 考查名词复数。它反映了中国和古代丝绸之路沿线国家之间频繁的商业和文化交流。根据句意可知，此处用名词的复数形式。
45．is being carried 考查动词的时态和语态。目前，考古学、地理学和语言学方面对地图的进一步研究正在进行。根据句意及时间状语“At the moment”可知，此处应用现在进行时，且主语research与动词之间为被动关系，所以此处用现在进行时的被动语态。
Ⅴ.写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节：应用文写作(满分15分)
假如你是李华，从报纸上看到中老年英语培训机构Mid. Senior ESCH面向高中毕业生招聘暑期兼职辅导员，负责学员课间服务事项。请根据下面的广告内容用英语写一份求职信。
ASSISITANTS WANTED
Valuable chances are open for high school graduates who are good at English. Their work is to tend the senior students during the break.
Requirements attached:
1．Good at English.
2．Experienced priority.
Contact us by e mail: englishtec@.
注意：1.词数80左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的格式已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Director，
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua
参考范文：
Dear Director，
I'd like to apply for the post of assistant advertised in the newspaper. I found this position quite appealing to me.
I've just graduated from high school. Luckily I am good at English and I can speak English fluently. In addition, I have previous experience. I used to be a volunteer looking after the old in a nursing home on weekends.
In short, I believe my experience and fluent oral English will be a great help for me in doing the work. I'm available for interview at any time. It would be appreciated if I could get your offer.
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua
第二节：读后续写(满分25分)
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
A Gift of Gold
It was the winter of 1937, just after Christmas.The Depression was still going on, but I was in good spirits.I was going to graduate from elementary_school,_but my mother still dressed me in shorts.Most of my classmates had given up wearing shorts.For the graduation ceremony, all the boys were expected to dress white shirts and dark blue wool pants.
I waited until a week before I told my_mother.On a cold Monday afternoon I went home from school.
“Mom，” I said, “about graduation ...”
“Yes？” she answered.
“They are going to give me the first prize medal，” I said.
Still working over the_stove,_she looked over her shoulder at me and smiled broadly.“That's wonderful，Babe.Dad and I will both be there, and we'll be the proudest in the place.”
She must have seen by the look on my face that something was wrong.She turned her back and said，“ So？”
“So, I have to get long pants，” I said.
“Babe, we don't have the money for new_pants right now，” she said.
“Okay，” I burst out.“Then I won't go to graduation.Plus, I'm running away from home！”
“If I were you, I wouldn't pack my bags.We'll solve the pants problem somehow，” she said.
The following Saturday, when my mother said，“Let's go shopping，” I knew that she had solved the problem.Then we left home.We took_the_trolley and got off at Southern Boulevard, the best shopping street.Our clothing store was just a couple of blocks away.
But first we walked a short way down the Boulevard and stopped at a place I had never noticed before.
“Wait here，” she said.Then she opened the door with the hand with a gold_wedding_ring on her ring_finger and entered a storefront that looked like a bank.
She went out about ten minutes later with a purse in her left_hand,_and then we went to the pants store. I chose a pair of pants. After a patient bargain with the_seller,_my mother bought it at the price of three dollars and fifty cents and handed it to me.
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3．续写部分分两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4．续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1：
I was holding the pants tightly under my arm when my mother went to pay the money.
Paragraph 2：
We took the trolley back home.
参考范文：
Paragraph 1：
I was holding the pants tightly under my arm when my mother went to pay the money. I saw her take a tiny brown envelope from her purse，tear back the sealed flap and remove the contents.There were four brand new one dollar bills inside.She carefully unfolded them and handed them to the_seller.The seller gave my mother the fifty cents' change.How did she manage to get such a large sum of money？Maybe my parents found new jobs with higher salary.
Paragraph 2：
We took the trolley back home.Sitting next to my mother on the_trolley,_I had the window seat and looked out for most of the ride.I even imagined Father had come home early and prepared a wonderful meal.About halfway home, I shifted around in my seat to face forward.I glanced down at my mother's hands folded across her purse, which was resting on her lap. It was then that I saw the gold_wedding_ring that had always circled the ring_finger on her left_hand was no longer there.
