宁南县中2022-2023学年高二下学期4月第一次月考
英语
（考试时间：120分钟，满分：150分）
第I卷
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5个小题;每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分)
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B 、C，三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的 相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. How does the woman feel
A. Bored. B. Excited. C. Disappointed.
2. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Work. B. Travels. C. Body language.
3. What does the man want the woman to do
A. Drive him to the mall. B. Have coffee together. C. Return some things.
4. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In the office. B. In the hospital. C. At the police station.
5. What is the probable relationship between Mary and the woman
A. Schoolmates. B. Boss and secretary. C. Teacher and student.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题， 从题中所给的 A 、B 、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前， 你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
请听第 6 段材料，回答 6 至 7 题。
6. How long did Mike stay in China
A. Five days. B. Seven days. C. Two weeks.
7. Where did Mike go last year
A. Norway. B. India. C. Japan.
请听第 7 段材料，回答 8 至 10 题。
8. What will the speakers do on Saturday
A. Watch a game. B. See a movie. C. Play tennis.
9. How many people will have fun together
A. 4. B. 3. C. 2.
10. When will the speakers meet
A. At 1:00 pm. B. At 1:30 pm. C. At 2:00 pm.
请听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. What is the man reading at first
A. A book. B. A newspaper. C. A business report.
12. Why does the girl ask her father to read the book to her
A. Her father promised to do it before. B. The book belongs to her friend.
C. It is her teacher’s requirement.
13. What does the man decide to do at last
A. Go to bed. B. Read to the girl. C. Make some cookies.
请听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. When will the party start
A. At 2 o'clock. B. At 4 o'clock. C. At 6 o'clock.
15. What does the man think of making coffee
A. Easy. B. Tiring. C. Challenging.
16. What can we infer about Susan
A. She works in a coffee bar. B. She knows well about coffee.
C. She will help the man make coffee.
17. What will the speakers do next
A. Get some milk. B. Invite Susan to the party. C. Hurry to the ice cream shop.
请听第 10 段材料，回答 18 至 20 题。
18. What will control the tree house’s temperature
A. The roof. B. The leaf. C. The soil.
19. What is the most important design of a lizard house
A. Changing colors. B. Collecting sunlight. C. Producing energy.
20. Why can the chimney be a useful air conditioner
A. It is deep under the ground. B. It is easy for hot air to flow out.
C. It allows cool air to come in easily.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从题中所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
There are many idioms in English. An idiom is a phrase that we can’t understand from the meaning of each word. The following are some of them.
As the crow flies
When a bird flies from place to place, it takes the most direct route. But when people drive, they have to follow roads and often go farther. When people give a distance “as the crow flies”, they mean the shortest distance between the two points, not the distance you would have to travel by following roads.
As Dan and his mum drove along the river, they could see the beach on the opposite side, Dan asked “How far is it to the beach ”
“It’s only about a quarter of a mile as the crow flies,” his mother said.
Blow hot and cold
In one of Aesop’s Fables, a man blows on his fingers to warm them up and then blows on his soup to cool it down. In both cases, the man is opening his mouth, but what comes out is different. If a person says one thing and later says the opposite, we say that the person is blowing hot and cold.
“Is Felicia going to tryout for the soccer team this year ” Stacy asked.
“I don’t know,” Tricia replied.” Last week she was saying yes, but this week she’s saying no. She’s really blowing hot and cold.”
Break the ice
Nowadays people use the phrase to refer to ending an awkward silence by beginning a conversation.
It was the first day of summer camp. The four girls began to make their beds in silence. None of the girls knew each other, and no one knew what to say. Finally, one of them broke the ice by saying “Hey, where’s everybody from ”
Bury the hatchet
In native American culture, when two nations agreed to end their war, they buried the hatchet. So to bury the hatchet is to make peace with someone else.
Colin could not excuse his sister for breaking his tennis racket. Finally, his sister said, “Colin, can’t we bury the hatchet ”
21．What does “as the crow flies” mean
A．By plane. B．At top speed.
C．In a straight line. D．In the smoothest way.
22．Which can be used to describe people’s changing attitudes
A．As the crow flies. B．Blow hot and cold.
C．Break the ice. D．Bury the hatchet.
23．Where can we probably see this passage
A．In a fiction story. B．In an academic essay.
C．In a students’ magazine. D．On a commercial brochure.
B
For my 56th birthday, my daughter, Beth bought me two beautifully carved wooden butterflies. I hung them in prominent (显眼的) places on my walls so that I could see them often during the day. Each time they gave me a wonderful reminder of love.
My love of butterflies goes back to many years ago. After a long battle against cancer, my mom passed away when I was only 25 years old. Beth was only a baby at the time and never got to have any memories of her grandma. I tried to make up for it by telling her stories of my mom, but each time I did, I could see that there was a little sadness in Beth’s eyes. One day when she was only seven or so, we were outside at the playground. Beth suddenly said without her grandma around, how much she missed her. Well, sometimes I said the right thing and this time I told her how much her grandma loved her, I said she was watching over her from distant places and that maybe she was even taking a ride on the back of a butterfly to come down and get a closer look. At that very moment, a butterfly appeared. It flew around Beth’s face and then moved away. We both laughed with our hearts full of love and joy.
Since that moment, all of those years both Beth and I have seemed to attract butterflies like flowers. Whenever we are outside, they seem to fly down, circle around us, take a good look, and then fly away. And each time we are reminded of my mom’s love watching over us. The only time this doesn’t happen is during the coldest months of the year when there are no insects of any kind. But now during those times I can take a look at the two, beautiful, wooden butterflies my daughter bought me and still be reminded of that love.
24. What do the wooden butterflies mean to the author
A. Age. B. Anxiety. C. Love. D. Energy.
25. Why did the author often tell Beth the story of her grandma
A. It could have Beth recover from sadness.
B. It stressed the significance of butterflies.
C. It told Beth about her mother’s childhood.
D. It could make Beth know more about her grandma.
26. What is the purpose of the author telling Beth the butterflies
A. To give suggestions. B. To make a warning.
C. To give comfort. D. To show disappointment.
27. Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling in telling the story
A. Warm. B. Nervous. C. Bored. D. Angry.
C
The Chinese new year begins on 22 January, 2023 and lasts until 9 February 2024.While most of Asia celebrates the year of the rabbit, Vietnam celebrates the year of the cat. In the Chinese zodiac(十二生肖), there are 12 animals, and the 4th animal is the rabbit; while in the Vietnamese zodiac, the 4th position is occupied by the cat. How the cat covered for the rabbit in Vietnam’s zodiac is still the subject of debate.
It was said the Jade Emperor organized a race across a river for all the animals in the world. The first 12 to reach the other side would appear in the zodiac. In the Chinese version of the story, the cat and the rat were riding across a river on an ox when the rat pushed the cat into the water. The rat won the race, turning the two animals into enemies. That is why cats have been hunting rats ever since. However, in the Vietnamese version—which did not have a rabbit—the cat could swim and ended up arriving.
One possible explanation for replacing rabbit with cat might have to do with language. In old Chinese, there is’ a word tied to the sign of the rabbit that is pronounced mao (卯).The pronunciation is similar to mèo, the Vietnamese word for cat.
Quyen Di, a lecturer at UCLA, said the custom has to do with the landscape of Vietnam. “Initially, the Chinese lived in the savanna(稀树草原)area, while the Vietnamese lived in the lowland area. The people of the savanna prefer a nomadic life, close to the wilderness, and they chose the rabbit as an animal that lived in the wild fields. In contrast, the lowland people of Vietnam consider rabbits as animals that are used for food and chose the cat because they believe cats are friends living in their house.
This year, many Vietnamese are buying new cat-themed cases for their mobile phones. And one of the top Google searches in Vietnam is “why there is no cat in the Chinese zodiac”.
28．What does the underlined phrase “covered for” in paragraph 1 refer to
A．took charge of. B．fought for.
C．took the place of. D．depended on.
29．What can we learn from the Vietnamese zodiac story
A．The Jade Emperor showed favor to the cat.
B．The rabbit fell into the river in the zodiac race.
C．The cat finished fourth by swimming across the river.
D．The rat and the rabbit were enemies in ancient times.
30．According to Quyen Di, what made the Vietnamese choose the cat
A．Their living environment.
B．Their language pronunciation.
C．Their lifestyle of raising cats as pets .
D．Their custom of hunting rabbits for food.
31．Which can be a suitable title for the text
A．The History of the Chinese Zodiac
B．Ways of Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit.
C．The Popularity of Chinese Traditional Culture
D．The Origin of the Year of the Cat in Vietnam
D
Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir（合唱团）. Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are uploaded onto the Internet, and then they are put together into one video that you can see online—a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. A virtual choir enables people to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a positive influence on the lives of many people.
The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. He fell in love with Mozart’s classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.“ Over ten years after his graduation, Whitacre’s original compositions（作品） began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir.
In 2009,Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. Inspired, he asked his fans to make videos, which he then joined together into one performance. His first virtual choir, “Lux Aurumque”, had 198 singers from 12 different countries. It has received millions of views on the Internet. Since then, the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon. Whitacre’s next effort was the virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF, which was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014 in the UK. Altogether, 2,292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacre’s song “What If”.
The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the world a better place.
32．Which of the following is a virtual choir
A．Many members performing on their own.
B．Hundreds of people singing together on a stage.
C．Many people singing online together at the same time.
D．Individual singing videos combined into one on the Internet.
33．What resulted in the appearance of the virtual choir
A．The popularity of Whitacre’s composition.
B．The encouragement of Whitacre’s professor.
C．Whitacre’s desire of being a famous composer.
D．Whitacre’s love for communication with others.
34．What can we learn about Whitacre’s first virtual choir
A．The singers from 80 countries joined in it.
B．He joined nearly two hundred videos together.
C．He made his first virtual choir on stage in the UK.
D．He asked a girl to sing his work to make it popular.
35．What is the purpose of the last paragraph
A．To advertise Whitacre’s music composition.
B．To introduce the influence of the virtual choir.
C．To persuade people to join Whitacre’s choir team.
D．To appeal to netizens to compose their own music.
第二节（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。
Have you ever had to wait in line at a store and found yourself avoiding eye contact, whether with employees or other customers You may wish it was easier to meet new people or feel at ease at a party. 36 .This article will show how to reach out to others and start potential friendships.
● Stop worrying about the outcome
37 .But not every conversation will lead to a new friend. It is completely normal to feel nervous about the idea of striking up a conversation with someone you don’t know. For many people, it can be difficult to overcome the fear of saying something wrong. Remember that authentic(真正的) conversations can lead to increased self-confidence and lasting friendships.
● 38 .
Remember that being true to yourself is more important than what strangers think. Who you are is no less important than who anyone else is. Every person has their own story and journey, and yours is just as important as anyone else’s. 39 .
● Don’t share too much too quickly
It can sometimes be easy to share a little too much information about yourself, especially if you are excited or anxious when engaging with strangers. 40 .Remember that you are simply striking up small talk with someone, not trying to turn them into your instant best friend.
A. Share your important stories
B. Don’t worry what strangers think of you
C. This helps advance your friendship.
D. So be proud of yourself and be honest about yourself.
E. Learning to talk to random people can be challenging but fun and rewarding.
F. A conversation is usually the most common way to start a relationship with another person.
G. But oversharing information may lead to an uncomfortable situation for you and the people involved.
第三部分 语言运用（共两小节，满分45分）
第一节 完型填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
When spring arrives, it’s a custom for my family to clean up the last winter’s dust and dirt. This year, I decided that it would be a(n) ___41___ cleaning and we tried to ___42___ our house of years’ of accumulated (堆积的) stuff.
The stuff was ___43___ in our house, lining the walls, filling the shelves and ___44___ the closets(壁橱). I couldn’t remember how I got some of it, but I knew I wanted it ___45___ now. The stuff was messing up not only my home but also my ___46___, not bringing me any bit of ___47___.
Then we got down to cleaning. It turned out to be a ___48___ job. Twenty-year-old bills and receipts were ___49___ in the trash bin. Outdated ____50____ were cleared from file cabinets. Broken bowls and damaged handcrafts also found their ____51____ straight to the trash as well. Unworn clothes and unused pans were packed up to be ____52____ to the local charity. Old books were ____53____ up to be passed on to others to read and enjoy.
In spite of days’ hard work, it ____54____ that I was able to walk through a much tidier home. More importantly. I felt mentally ____55____ than ever before, which was beyond my ____56____. Cleaning is like the metabolism (新陈代谢) in the body, we need to ____57____ keep what works for us and push out what doesn’t.
Therefore, we need to take ____58____ off our minds and bodies from time to time and to just focus on what really ____59____ to us. We can regain a free life by cutting down material things and adding ____60____ ones.
41. A. thorough B. temporary C. instant D. sensible
42. A. warn B. rid C. remind D. cheat
43. A. wherever B. somewhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
44. A. repairing B. locking C. crowding D. closing
45. A. burnt B. separated C. broken D. gone
46. A. purpose B. work C. mind D. credit
47. A. appreciation B. pain C. happiness D. disappointment
48. A. tough B. decent C. secure D. promising
49. A. forgotten B. hidden C. recorded D. thrown
50. A. clothes B. papers C. books D. handcrafts
51. A. potential B. fame C. way D. aim
52. A. allowed B. selected C. sold D. donated
53. A. dug B. boxed C. picked D. given
54. A. ended up B. depended on C. turned down D. made out
55. A. lighter B. healthier C. weaker D. stronger
56. A. control B. power C. comprehension D. expectation
57. A. equally B. constantly C. rarely D. obviously
58. A. responsibilities B. ideas C. loads D. thoughts
59. A. matters B. exists C. responds D. hesitates
60. A. realistic B. spiritual C. expensive D. imaginable
第II卷（非选择题部分，共55分）
第二节 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。
A small village in Yunnan Province is ____61____ (wide) known as the Dai paper factory. There are nets for ____62____ (dry) paper all over the village and inside villagers’ houses. Dai paper ____63____ (make) for over 800 years there up to now.
One of the best papermakers is Yan, who was already interested in Dai paper at an early age. ____64____ the guidance of his grandparents at 16, Yan was quickly able to complete ____65____ production independently.
Unlike ordinary papermaking where trees need to be cut down, Dai paper is environmentally friendly. This is ____66____its raw material is the recyclable bark(皮) of a kind of trees unique to the area. Dai paper’ production process is still used today. In a workshop, Yan demonstrated 11 different papermaking ____67____ (process) to us.
Although Dai paper carries the culture and ____68____ (believe) of the Dai people, the crafting of it is faced with great challenges. ____69____ (address) the problems, Yan improved Dai’s papermaking technology, thus saving production time and reducing labor costs. And then he _____70_____ (start) teaching the villagers his new papermaking process for free.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 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。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（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
I am sorry to hear that you are frequently suffered from illnesses because your weak immune system. I am writing to offer you some advices. Firstly, keep a balanced diet, which benefited your body a lot. Secondly, which is known to all, the best way to prevent diseases are to take exercise. Therefore, remember to keep doing exercise regular. Thirdly, the happier you are, the healthiest you will be. In other words, keeping your spirits up is another effective way to improve our immune system. If you follow my suggestions, and I am sure you will be healthy and happy.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，在即将到来的暑假，你与朋友们计划在社区开办一个英语角（English Corner），方便英语爱好者交流学习。请你用英语写一则通告，邀请英语爱好者前来参加。
内容包括：1.开办的目的；
2.时间：每周五下午3：00-5：00，地点：the Violet Cafe；
3.交流内容。
注意：1.词数：100词左右。
2.通告开头已给出，不计入总词数。
3.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear all,
Yours,
Lihua
宁南县中2022-2023学年高二下学期4月第一次月考
英语参考答案
1-5 BCAAA 6-10 BCCAB 11-15 BCBCA 16-20 BACAB
21-25 CBCCD 26-30 CACCA 31-35 DDABB 36-40 EFBDG
41-45ABDCD 46-50 CCADB 51-55 ADBAA 56-60 DBCAB
听力
1. 【答案】B
【原文】M: Look up there! It’s a rainbow!
W: No, there are two of them! This is a lucky day! We have a super weekend.
2.【答案】C
【原文】W: Matthew, do you know much about body language in countries around the world
M: Sure. I’ve picked up (学会) a few things from traveling around for work.
3. 【答案】A
【原文】M: Can you come with me to the mall today My car is in the garage, and I don’t want to take the bus there.
W: Sure. I need to return some things to the GAP, anyway. Let me just finish my coffee first.
4. 【答案】A
【原文】M: Miss Green, Tom can’t come to work this afternoon. He was injured in an accident and he’s in the hospital now.
W: Oh, poor Tom. Let’s go and see him when our work is done.
5. 【答案】A
【原文】W: You seem to have something to say, don’t you
M: Did you hear that Mary has become CEO of an advertising company
W: Mary A CEO Did you know that she always failed the examinations in high school
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
【答案】6. B 7. C
【原文】W: Hi, Mike. I heard you just came back from a holiday.
M: Yes. I stayed for a week in China, and five days in India.
W: You do travel a lot, don’t you Last year, you went to Norway, right
M: Well, I’ve been to quite some countries, but not yet to Norway. Last summer, I toured Japan for two weeks.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. B
【原文】W: Hi, John. Are you looking forward to this weekend
M: Sure, it’s been a busy week. I even didn’t have time to watch a movie.
W: Yes, it has. Well, I’m thinking of booking a court for a game of tennis on Saturday afternoon. Fred and Jane want to play, too. Would you like to join us
M: Sure, that would be fun. I haven’t got anything planned for Saturday yet.
W: Great! How about, say, 2:00 pm
M: Yeah, that would be a good time for me. Where shall we meet
W: Why don’t you come to my place around 1:30 pm
M: No problem. See you!
【答案】11. B 12. C 13. B
【原文】W: Dad, will you read to me
M: Uh, let me finish the newspaper first.
W: You’ve been saying that forever!
M: Well, how about reading the business section of the newspaper together
W: That’s boring. Let’s read this book. It’s about a bear and a cat that become friends. And these books too.
M: Whoa, I thought you said one book. There must be ten here.
W: My teacher, Mrs. Green, says you have to read to me every night, and the newspaper doesn’t count. And let’s eat some popcorn and cookies while we’re reading.
M: Well, it’s bedtime right now. So, okay, here we go. Once upon a time in a deep, dark forest, lived a brown bear…
【答案】14. C 15. A 16. B 17. A
【原文】M: Mom, what drinks do you think we should prepare It’s nearly four. The party will begin in two hours.
W: Well, there must be coffee, water, cola and fruit juice.
M: Ah, I love making coffee very much and I will do that by myself.
W: What kind of coffee can you make
M: Mokha, Java coffee, Brazil coffee, and some common ones, like black coffee, white coffee, or mild coffee. It is just a piece of cake for me.
W: That’s wonderful! How can you do that From books
M: Do you remember Susan She is my good friend and she once worked in a coffee bar, and she can do almost every kind of coffee. She taught me all she knew last summer.
W: She is so nice. Will she come this evening
M: Of course. Ah, Mom, I think we should make some ice cream and buy some milk as well.
W: Good idea. Now, let’s hurry up.
M: I will.
【答案】18. C 19. A 20. B
【原文】W: We won’t know what the future house will look like, but we can imagine three kinds of houses. The first one is the tree house. Like a leaf, the surface of the house collects sunlight during the day. The energy can be used to heat water, produce electricity and even create fresh air for the home. The root of the house is deep under the ground. It uses the soil to control the home’s temperature.
The second one is the lizard home. Like a lizard, changing colors with the weather is the most important design of a lizard house. When it’s in the bright sun, the cover of the house will turn dark to protect it from strong heat. During the dark days, it turns white and takes in (吸入) as much light and heat as possible to produce energy.
The last one is the chimney house. In such a house, a chimney can be a useful air conditioner because it is easier for hot air to flow out of the chimney.
A
21．C 22．B 23．C
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了四个英语中常见的习语。
21．细节理解题。根据“As the crow flies”部分关键句“When people give a distance “as the crow flies”, they mean the shortest distance between the two points, not the distance you would have to travel by following roads.”（当人们给出“as the crow flies”的距离时，他们的意思是两点之间的最短距离，而不是你必须沿着道路行驶的距离）可知，“as the crow flies”指的是两点之间的最短距离，两点之间的最短距离是直线，由此可知，“as the crow flies”的意思是成直线地。故选C项。
22．细节理解题。根据“Blow hot and cold”部分关键句“If a person says one thing and later says the opposite, we say that the person is blowing hot and cold.”（如果一个人说了一件事，后来却说了相反的话，我们就说这个人反复无常）可知，“Blow hot and cold”用来表示一个人反复无常的态度，之前说了一件事，后来却说了相反的话，由此可知，“Blow hot and cold”可以用来描述人们不断变化的态度。故选B项。
23．推理判断题。通读文章，结合第一段内容“There are many idioms in English. An idiom is a phrase that we can’t understand from the meaning of each word. The following are some of them.”（英语中有许多习语。习语是我们无法从每个单词的意思中理解的短语。以下是其中的一些）可知，文章主要介绍了英语中一些常见的习语，由此可知，这与英语语言学习有关，我们可能在一本学生杂志上看到这篇文章。故选C项。
B
【答案】24. C 25. D 26. C 27. A【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了作者和女儿怀念过世亲人的感人故事。
【24题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“Each time they gave me a wonderful reminder of love.(每次它们都唤起我的爱)”及第三段最后一句“But now during those times I can take a look at the two, beautiful, wooden butterflies my daughter bought me and still be reminded of that love.(但如今在天冷的日子我可以看看女儿为我买的那两只美丽的木蝴蝶，它们仍会唤起那份爱)”可知，文中的木蝴蝶被赋予了爱的含义。故选C项。
【25题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段中“Beth was only a baby at the time and never got to have any memories of her grandma. I tried to make up for it by telling her stories of my mom(Beth那时只是个婴儿，对她的祖母没有任何记忆。我尽力通过向她讲述母亲的故事来弥补这一点)”可知，作者给女儿讲述母亲的故事正是为了让她多了解母亲，弥补记忆的缺失。故选D项。
【26题详解】推理判断题。根据第二段中“Beth suddenly said without her grandma around, how much she missed her. Well, sometimes I said the right thing and this time I told her how much her grandma loved her, I said she was watching over her from distant places and that maybe she was even taking a ride on the back of a butterfly to come down and get a closer look.(Beth突然说没有祖母在身边她是多么的想念祖母。有时我说了正确的事，这一次我告诉她祖母有多爱她，我说祖母正在从遥远的地方看着她，也许祖母甚至乘在蝴蝶的背上下来只为凑近看一眼)”可知，作者给女儿说起蝴蝶是为了安慰思念祖母的她。故选C项。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。总览全文，作者由女儿送的两只木蝴蝶引入，讲述了母亲、自己和女儿三代人之间关于爱的温馨故事，文中第二段最后一句“We both laughed with our hearts full of love and joy.(我们都笑了，心中充满了爱和欢愉)”贴切地描述出了作者讲述这个故事的感受，与A选项“Warm”相符。故选A项。
C
28．C 29．C 30．A 31．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。本文讨论了越南生肖与中国生肖的区别，重点介绍了猫和兔子。
28．词句猜测题。根据第一段中“In the Chinese zodiac(十二生肖), there are 12 animals, and the 4th animal is the rabbit; while in the Vietnamese zodiac, the 4th position is occupied by the cat. ”可知，在中国十二生肖中，有12种动物，第4位是兔子；而在越南十二生肖中，第四位被猫占据，由此可知，与中国的12生肖中第4位是兔子不同的是，在越南的12生肖中，第4位是猫，即：兔的位置被猫代替了，由此可推测covered for意思为“取代，代替”，故选C。
29．细节理解题。根据第二段“In the Chinese version of the story, the cat and the rat were riding across a river on an ox when the rat pushed the cat into the water. The rat won the race, turning the two animals into enemies. That is why cats have been hunting rats ever since. However, in the Vietnamese version—which did not have a rabbit—the cat could swim and ended up arriving. (在中文版的故事中，当老鼠把猫推入水中时，猫和老鼠骑着牛过河时，老鼠把猫推入了水中。老鼠赢得了比赛，这将两只动物变成了敌人。这就是为什么从那以后猫一直在猎杀老鼠。然而，在越南版本中——没有兔子——猫可以游泳并最终到达。)”可知，由于在越南的生肖中没有兔子，所以猫游过河并获得了第四名。故选C。
30．细节理解题。根据文章第四段中“In contrast, the lowland people of Vietnam consider rabbits as animals that are used for food and chose the cat because they believe cats are friends living in their house. (相比之下，越南的低地人认为兔子是用来做食物的动物，他们选择猫是因为他们认为猫是住在他们家的朋友。)”可知，越南人在选择生肖中的动物时，猫的选择受到了他们的生存环境的影响。生活在低地区的人认为兔子是可以用来作为食品的动物，而猫则是作为他们家里的朋友而存在的动物。故选A。
31．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了越南生肖与中国生肖的区别，重点介绍了猫和兔子。文章提供了关于越南猫年起源的信息，并探讨了替换的可能原因。因此，选项D，“The Origin of the Year of the Cat in Vietnam(越南猫年的起源)”是本文最合适的标题。故选D。
D
32．D 33．A 34．B 35．B
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了虚拟合唱团的诞生，以及对世界的积极影响。
32．细节理解题。根据第一段“Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are uploaded onto the Internet, and then they are put together into one video that you can see online—a virtual choir. (虚拟唱诗班成员在独自表演时录下自己的视频。这些视频被上传到互联网上，然后它们被整合成一个视频，你可以在网上看到一个虚拟的合唱团。)”可知，个人唱歌视频上传到网上，并整合而成虚拟合唱团。故选D项。
33．推理判断题。根据第二段“Over ten years after his graduation, Whitacre’s original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir. (毕业十多年后，惠特克的原创作品开始在唱诗班和歌手中流行起来。这导致了虚拟合唱团的诞生。)”可知，惠特克的作品在唱诗班和歌手中流行起来导致虚拟合唱团的产生。故选A项。
34．推理判断题。根据第三段“In 2009,Whitacre received a video of a girl who was singing one of his works. Inspired, he asked his fans to make videos, which he then joined together into one performance. His first virtual choir, ‘Lux Aurumque’, had 198 singers from 12 different countries. (2009年，惠塔克收到了一段视频，视频中一个女孩正在演唱他的一首作品。受到启发，他让他的粉丝制作视频，然后他把这些视频组合成一场表演。他的第一个虚拟合唱团Lux Aurumque有来自12个不同国家的198名歌手。)”可知，惠塔克的第一个虚拟合唱团的表演是由198个不同国家的歌手的视频合成而来的。故选B项。
35．推理判断题。根据最后一段“The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the world a better place. (虚拟合唱团是一种美妙的方式，让世界各地的人们用一种声音唱歌，从而使世界变得更美好。)”可知，虚拟合唱团这种合唱方式对人们的生活产生了积极的影响，此处介绍了虚拟合唱团对世界的影响。故选B项。
七选五
36-40 EFBDG
36. E。本文主要是分享一些结识他人的技巧和建议。E选项“学习如何与新遇到的人自然交谈，是一件有挑战，却也十分有趣、有回报的事情”与后文照应。
37. F。根据下一句话可知，这里前后为转折关系，且谈论的中心与“conversation”和“relationship”相关。将F选项代入原文：谈话通常是结识他人最常见的方式，但并不是所有的交谈都能够带来新的朋友，符合文意，同时照应小标题“不要担心结果”，故选F。
38. B。根据第三段首句可知，这一段主要论述不要太在意陌生人的看法，故选B。
39. D。根据前一句话可知，我们不要太在乎别人的看法，也要重视自己的经历和感受，自信一些，诚实地面对自己，故选D。
40. G。由小标题“Don’t share too much too quickly”以及最后一段可知
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41. A 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. D 46. C 47. C 48. A 49. D 50. B 51. C 52. D 53. B 54. A 55. A 56. D 57. B 58. C 59. A 60. B
【解析】【导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者在春天来临之际，把家彻底打扫了一番，清理了堆积多年的东西。清理完之后，不但家里变得更加整洁，而且作者的心情也随之变得更轻松愉快了。文章告诉我们，我们可以通过减少物质、增加精神来重获自由的生活。
【41题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：今年，我决定要彻底大扫除，并且要丢掉一些陈年旧物。A. thorough完全的，彻底的；B. temporary暂时的；C. instant立刻的；D. sensible理智的。根据后文“Then we got down to cleaning. It turned out to be a ___48___ job.”可知，作者准备彻底地给家里做个大扫除。故选A项。
【42题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：今年，我决定要彻底大扫除，并且要丢掉一些陈年旧物。A. warn警告；B. rid使……去除，摆脱；C. remind提醒；D. cheat作弊。根据后文“Twenty-year-old bills and receipts were ___49___ in the trash bin. Outdated ___50___ were cleared from file cabinets. Broken bowls and damaged handcrafts also found their ___51___ straight to the trash as well.”可知，作者是把以前的不用的东西全部扔掉了，故空处也需要填和“扔掉”同义或近义的词。故选B项。
【43题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们的房子里到处都是东西，挨着墙放着，架子上放着，柜子里塞着。A. wherever无论何地；B. somewhere某个地方；C. nowhere没有地方；D. everywhere到处。根据空后“lining the walls, filling the shelves and ___44___ the closets(壁橱)”可知，作者的家里是塞满了杂物，到处都有。故选D项。
44题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们的房子里到处都是东西，挨着墙放着，架子上放着，柜子里塞着。A. repairing修理；B. locking上锁；C. crowding挤满；D. closing关闭。结合上文“lining the walls, filling the shelves”可知，此处是想表达橱子里也放满了杂物。故选C项。
【45题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我不记得我是怎么得到这些东西的，但我知道，我想要这些东西都消失。A. burnt烧毁的；B. separated分开的；C. broken破了的；D. gone离开的、消失的。据后文“Twenty-year-old bills and receipts were ___49___ in the trash bin. Outdated ___50___ were cleared from file cabinets. Broken bowls and damaged handcrafts also found their ___51___ straight to the trash as well.”可知，作者把这些杂物几乎都扔掉了，所以是希望这些杂物都消失。故选D项。
【46题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些东西不光搞糟了我的房子，还搞糟了我的脑子，没有给我带来一点快乐。A. purpose目的；B. work工作；C. mind思维、脑袋；D. credit信用。根据后文“not bringing me any bit of ___47___.”可知，作者看到这一屋子乱糟糟的，一点也不开心，所以是搞糟了作者的心情、头脑。同时后文“Therefore, we need to take ___58___ off our minds”有mind原词复现。故选C项。
【47题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些东西不光搞糟了我的房子，还搞糟了我的脑子，没有给我带来一点快乐。A. appreciation欣赏、感谢；B. pain痛苦；C. happiness快乐；D. disappointment失望。根据前文可知，一屋子乱糟糟的，让作者心情也变得很差，所以是没有给作者带来一丝快乐、积极的情绪。故选C项。
【48题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：结果却是一项困难的任务。A. tough困难的；B. decent体面的；C. secure安全的；D. promising有希望的、有前景的。据后文“Twenty-year-old bills and receipts were ___49___ in the trash bin. Outdated ___50___ were cleared from file cabinets. Broken bowls and damaged handcrafts also found their ___51___ straight to the trash as well.”可知，作者把二十年保留的杂物都要在今天一天清理干净，所以是一项很艰难的工作。故选A项。
【49题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：二十年的账单和小票都被扔进了垃圾桶。A. forgotten忘记；B. hidden藏起来；C. recorded记录；D. thrown扔。结合空后“in the trash bin.”和常识可知，东西是“扔”进垃圾桶。故选D项。
【50题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：过期的文件从档案柜里清理出去了。A. clothes衣服；B. papers文件、论文；C. books书；D. handcrafts手工艺品。根据后文“file cabinets”和常识可知，放在文件柜里的一般是文件。故选B项。
【51题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：破了的碗和坏了的手工艺品也找到了去垃圾桶的路。A. potential潜力；B. fame名气；C. way路；D. aim目标。固定短语the way to表示“通往……的路”，此处用于表示这些物品也被扔进了垃圾桶。故选C项。
【52题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：没有穿过的衣服和没有用过的盘子也被打包好准备捐去当地的慈善机构。A. allowed允许；B. selected挑选；C. sold卖；D. donated捐赠。根据后文“to the local charity.”可知，是送去慈善机构，作为捐赠品。故选D项。
【53题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：旧书也打包好传递给了其他人，供他们阅读和欣赏。A. dug挖，dig up挖出；B. boxed箱子，box up装箱；C. picked挑出，pick up接电话；D. given给，give up放弃。结合空后“to read and enjoy”可知，作者是打包好了这些书籍，让其他人可以看。故选B项。
【54题详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：尽管忙活了一整天，但我最终却可以走穿一个更加整洁的房子。A. ended up结束；B. depended on依靠；C. turned down拒绝；D. made out理解、填写。前文“In spite of day’s hard work”可知，作者花了一整天的时间打扫屋子，这一天结束了。故选A项。
【55题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：精神上，我感觉比以前更轻松了，这超出了我的预期。A. lighter更轻的；B. healthier更健康的；C. weaker更弱的；D. stronger更强的。根据后文“Cleaning is like the metabolism (新陈代谢) in the body,”可知，清理完家里之后，就像完成了一次新陈代谢，所以是感觉更轻盈了。故选A项。
【56题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：精神上，我感觉比以前更轻松了，这超出了我的预期。A. control控制；B. power能力；C. comprehension理解；D. expectation预期，预料。根据后文“Cleaning is like the metabolism (新陈代谢) in the body,”可知，作者认为打扫屋子就像是给身体完成了新陈代谢，所以打扫这件事对精神上造成的影响是作者没有预料到的。故选D项。
【57题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：打扫就像身体的新陈代谢，我们需要经常保留我们需要的，而排出我们不需要的东西。A. equally平等地；B. constantly经常地；C. rarely很少地；D. obviously显然。结合常识，新陈代谢是不断进行的，所以作者认为，我们也应该经常打扫。故选B项。
【58题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，我们需要时不时地卸下脑袋和身体上的包袱，集中注意力在对我们来说真正重要的事情上。A. responsibilities责任；B. ideas想法；C. loads负载；D. thoughts想法。固定短语take a load off和take loads off表示“卸下负担”符合句意。故选C项。
【59题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，我们需要时不时地卸下脑袋和身体上的包袱，集中注意力在对我们来说真正重要的事情上。A. matters重要；B. exists存在；C. responds回应；D. hesitates犹豫。结合句意可知，需要放下包袱，把注意力放在重要的事情上。故选A项。
【60题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们可以通过减少物质、增加精神来重获自由的生活。A. realistic现实的；B. spiritual精神上的；C. expensive贵的；D. imaginable可想象的。前文有“cutting down material things”可知，此处要和material things“物质”进行对应，故应该填表示“精神的”词。故选B项。
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61．widely 62．drying 63．has been made 64．Under 65．the
66．because 67．processes 68．Belief/beliefs 69．To address 70．started
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了传统的傣族造纸工艺。
61．考查副词。句意：云南的一个小村庄被广泛称为傣族造纸厂。修饰动词用副词形式，注意 wide 和 widely之间的区别：wide 指的是具体的宽度，为空间宽度，没有感彩；而 widely 指的是抽象概念的广泛地，指的是范围上的宽广。此处表示范围广泛。故填 widely。
62．考查非谓语动词。句意：村里到处都有晒纸的网，村民的房子里也有。介词之后用动名词作宾语。故填 drying。
63．考查时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：傣族造纸至今已有 800 多年的历史。根据时间状语 up to now 可知，用现在完成时，主语为 Dai paper 与 make 之间存在被动语态，所以用现在完成时的被动语态。主语是单数，所以用 has。故填 has been made。
64．考查介词。句意：16 岁时，他的祖父母教他造纸术，他很快就能独立完成造纸术。分析结构可知，空处为介词，表示“被、由”，所以用介词 by。故填 by。
65．考查冠词。句意：16 岁时，他的祖父母教他造纸术，他很快就能独立完成造纸术。名词 production 为上文提到的造纸术的生产，为特指，所以用定冠词 the。故填 the。
66．考查连词。句意：这是因为它的原材料是一种该地区特有的可回收树皮。根据上文“Unlike ordinary papermaking where trees need to be cut down, Dai paper is environmentally friendly.(与需要砍伐树木的普通造纸不同，傣族纸是环保的)”以及空后“its raw material is the recyclable bark of a kind of trees unique to the area.(它的原材料是一种该地区特有的可回收树皮)”可知，这是解释傣族纸与其他纸不同的原因。故填 because。
67．考查名词的数。句意：在一个车间里，严向我们展示了 11 种不同的造纸工艺。根据 11 different 可知，后接可数名词的复数形式。故填 processes。
68．考查名词。句意：傣族纸承载着傣族人民的文化和信仰，但其制作却面临着巨大的挑战。根据连词 and可知，空处和名词 culture 为并列关系，所以用名词形式，名词 belief 为“信仰”之意，为可数名词，单复数皆可。故填 belief(s)。
69．考查非谓语动词。句意：为了解决这个问题，严改进了傣族的造纸技术，从而节省了生产时间，降低了劳动力成本。句中用不定式作目的状语，表示“为了……”。句首单词首字母要大写。故填 To address。
70．考查时态。句意：然后他开始免费向村民们传授他的造纸新工艺。根据 then 可知，和上文的时态是延续关系，所以用一般过去时。故填 started。
改错
【答案】1.suffered→suffering 2.在because后加of
3.advices→advice 4.benefited→benefits
5.which→as 6.are→is
7.regular→regularly 8.healthiest→healthier
9.our→your 10.去掉and
【解析】【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章是作者给的一些对身体好的建议。
【详解】1.考查时态。句意：听说你因为免疫系统弱，经常生病，我很难过。由“you are”可知，句子时态是现在进行时，即be doing，故将suffered改为suffering。
2.考查固定短语。句意：听说你因为免疫系统弱，经常生病，我很难过。because后加句子，because of后跟名词或名词性短语，“your weak im-mune system”是名词性短语，因此用because of。故在because后加of。
3.考查不可数名词。句意：我写信是想给你一些建议。advice是不可数名词，故将advices改为advice。
4.考查时态和主谓一致。句意：首先，保持均衡的饮食，这对你的身体有很大好处。句子描述客观事实，时态用一般现在时，主语which指代整个主句的内容，因此benefit用第三人称单数，故将benefited改为benefits。
5.考查定语从句。句意：其次，众所周知，预防疾病的最好方法是锻炼。as is known to all意为“众所周知”，是as引导的非限制性定语从句，故将which改为as。
6.考查主谓一致。句意：其次，众所周知，预防疾病的最好方法是锻炼。主语“the best way”是单数，句子描述客观事实，时态用一般现在时，因此be动词用is，故将are改为is。
7.考查副词。句意：因此，记得要经常做运动。修饰动词短语“keep doing exercise”应该用副词，故将regular改为regularly。
8.考查比较级。句意：第三，你越快乐，你就会越健康。“the+比较级，the+比较级”是固定用法，意为“越……越……”，healthy的比较级是healthier，故将healthiest改为healthier。
9.考查物主代词。句意：换句话说，保持良好的精神状态是提高免疫系统的另一种有效方法。根据语境可知，句子表示“换句话说，保持良好的精神状态是提高你的免疫系统的另一种有效方法”，“你的”是your，是形容词性物主代词修饰名词短语immune system，故将our改为your。
10.考查连词。句意：如果你听从我的建议，我相信你会健康快乐的。if引导的是条件状语从句，I am sure you will be healthy and happy是主句，and是多余的，故去掉and。
写作
Dear all,
Are you an English learner who’d love to communicate with others in the language and to practise what you’ve learnt in class Good news for you ! Our English corner to be held this summer will certainly provide you with a rare opportunity to use the language in your daily life!
You’re more than welcome to the Violet Cafe to join in our chats from 3:00 to 5:00 every Friday afternoon. A wide range of topics will be covered, including school life, sports and games. Topics may rotate and conversations will flow. If you’re shy as a new corner, you don’t need to feel the least bit of pressure to speak up. Your presence alone will be a good learning experience.
Come and join us! We’re looking forward to your participation!
Yours,
Lihua
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