宜兴中学、泰兴中学、泰州中学2023-2024学年秋学期联合质量检测
英语学科试卷
考试时间：120分钟
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5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。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 will the woman contact John Terry
A. By phone. B. By email. C. In person.
2. What color does the man like to paint the office
A. Pink. B. Orange. C. Yellow.
3. Where will the man go after work
A. The bookstore. B. The burger place. C. The department store.
4. What did the woman do to her jeans
A. She threw them away. B. She repaired them. C. She gave them away.
5. What does the woman plan to do on Wednesday night
A. Attend a concert. B. Make pizzas. C. Write a report.
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。听每段对话或独白前，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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Friends. B. Mother and son. C. Brother and sister.
7. What will the man probably do next
A. Play football. B. Prepare lunch. C. Do the washing-up.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What has the woman decided to do
A. Try film making. B. Learn a language. C. Study photography.
9. Why does the woman want to develop a new skill
A. To travel. B. To kill time. C. To get promoted.
10. What are the speakers going to do fist
A. Eat something. B. Buy some coffee. C. Watch a performance.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. How does the man probably feel
A. Regretful. B. Nervous. C. Confused.
12. What are the speakers talking about
A. Losing a game. B. Missing a game. C. Hosting a game.
13. What does the woman think of the man’s words
A. They’re reasonable. B. They’re useless. C. They’re kind.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Where are the speakers
A. At the office. B. At the restaurant. C. At the woman’s home.
15. Who is the woman probably
A. An editor. B. A writer. C. A publisher.
16. Why does the man talk to the woman
A. To answer her call. B. To ask about her work.
C. To inform her of a meeting.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long did it take for the speaker’s application to be processed
A. Two weeks. B. Four weeks. C. Eight weeks.
18. What did Barry teach the speaker to do
A. Cook. B. Play chess. C. Play the violin.
19. What was Barry ‘s favorite food
A. Rice. B. Meat. C. Potatoes.
20. What did Barry enjoy doing best
A. Seeing films. B. Doing the shopping. C. Walking in the park.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
This year, we are once again bringing our annual Adopt-a-Book Evening online via two salons (沙龙). The program provides essential funding to support the conversation, acquisition, and digitization of books, manuscripts, and other materials held by the world’s largest museum complex and research institution.
September 20—Adopt-a-Book Salon: The Lived Experience
5: 30 to 6: 45 pm ET
Focusing on stories of life from across the Libraries and Archives (档案馆).
September 26—Adopt-a-Book Salon: Your Smithsonian: Past, Present, and Future
5: 30 to 6: 45 pm ET
Showing items celebrating the Smithsonian, past, present, and future.
$35 per person, per event. We’re offering a discount if you attend both salons: $ 60 for both.
FAQs.
How will the salons work
The events will be held on Zoom, and each one will feature about 20 books presented by six of our librarians and archivists. After you buy your ticket, you’ll get the link to join. Right before 5: 30 pm ET on the day of the event, you’ll click on that link to join the Zoom. Then you’ll be rotated (轮换) through three “rooms”. While it would be great to see you during the event, you certainly don’t need to have your camera on if you don’t want to! However, we do recommend that you join by computer so that you can see the presentations.
How do I adopt during the event
This year, you’ll be able to bid on (竞标) your favorite items during and after the events. After you buy your tickets, you’ll receive the link to the online auction (拍卖) before the event, and you’ll have the chance to browse. Once the auction opens, you’ll be able to place the bid. You will have to set up an account and provide your credit card information to ensure that your bid is legal. If you have the winning bid, a member of our team will follow up to process your donation with you or provide our address for you to send a check.
1. How much should a couple pay if they attend both of the salons
A. $60 B. $70 C. $120 D. $140
2. What can be learned about Adopt-a-Book Salon: The Lived Experience
A. It will last more than two hours.
B. It will be held in three virtual rooms.
C. It aims to excite people’s interest on reading.
D. It helps people learn about the Smithsonian’s history.
3. What is required to participate in the online auction
A. Providing your mailing address.
B. Sending a check to the provided address.
C. Joining by computer while keeping your camera on.
D. Setting up an account and providing your credit card information.
B
“Where I grew up, there were not a lot of plants outside,” said Yolanda Palmer. “Some people had them; some people didn’t.”
Palmer, who is from Southwest Philadelphia, discovered her love for plants at the age of 10. Growing up, she developed great skills in growing plants and learned more about nature each and every day.
“As I got a little older, one block in my neighborhood would be filled with flowers and things in the yard,” she said. “But in another block there would be none.”
Since then, Palmer had wanted to share her love of plants with the community. But the dream remained just a seed (种子) while she worked an ordinary day job. Sitting in the company she often thought she had to do something else. Palmer then planted the seed. She started small, selling at a local outdoor market in Southwest Philadelphia and then coming to shows and festivals in Chestnut Hill.
By December 2021, she had her store on German town Avenue, “Foliage”. There, she sells common plants, rare (罕见的) plants, small plants, and large plants. “The goal is to sell them to homeowners to beautify their home and also to clean the air,” she said.
Palmer’s home is in Chestnut Hill, a central gardening center in the city. She hopes her message will be able to reach other communities in the Philadelphia area. “Everyone should buy houseplants. Everyone should want cleaner air,” she said. “And that way, in the future when our children grow up, we can make it better.”
Palmer plans on continuing to work hard to support not only her store, but her boys, four dogs, one cat and 128 plants at home.
4. What did Palmer find when she was young
A. Her neighbors disliked plants.
B. People knew little about plants.
C. There were few kinds of plants.
D. Plants were not seen everywhere.
5. What is Palmer doing now
A. Managing a gardening center. B. Running her own plant store.
C. Beautifying her block with plants. D. Teaching communities about plants.
6. What does Palmer hope
A. Everyone can protect the plants.
B. More locals will have houseplants.
C. Children can learn more about plants.
D. She will have an outdoor market for plants.
7. What is the best title for the text
A. From hobby to job: Palmer has made it
B. From class to work: Palmer’s happy habit
C. From village to city: Palmer is on the road
D. From seed to flower: Palmer’s future dream
C
In the past five years, a revolution (革命) has gathered pace in the transport sector. Electric cars have hit the mainstream.
The latest figures released on 26 April by the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggest almost one-in-five new cars sold worldwide this year will be either a full-battery or plug-in hybrid (插电式混合动力) models. In total, 14 million of these kinds of vehicles are expected to be sold this year, up from around a million in 2017.
This explosive growth is a testament to industry innovation and government interventions (干预). Falling battery costs have delivered longer-range cars, boosting their consumer appeal. Meanwhile, government policies, including upcoming restrictions on the sale of new petrol and diesel (柴油) cars in some countries, have caused people to choose zero-emission driving.
But although electrification of the global vehicle fleet brings climate benefits, there is also cause for concern. SUVs have been growing in popularity in recent years, accounting for 42% of all car sales in 2020. At the same time, electric SUVs have also gained ground, representing roughly 35% of electric passenger car sales in 2022.
Electric SUVs are still greener than their petrol and diesel counterparts, but their size and weight erase some of the climate gains from moving to electric vehicles. Their larger batteries also require more raw minerals, putting extra pressure on already stretched global supplies. “The trend towards larger cars is definitely not desirable at all,” says Christian Brand from the University of Oxford.
Air pollution is another worry. “The benefit of moving to an electric vehicle, from an exhaust (废气) emission point of view is pretty small,” says Frank Kelly from Imperial College London. And since electric vehicles still produce pollution from their tyres, brakes and road wear, air pollution won’t fully go away. “We’re still going to have a pretty big problem in our cities,” says Kelly.
As such, governments must do more to reduce car dependency, particularly in urban areas, says Kelly. “Clean public transport is the solution to our air pollution problem in urban areas.” he says.
8. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about
A. How the car industry transformed.
B. Why people turn to electric vehicles.
C. A prediction of the car industry’s future.
D. A comparison between electric vehicles and traditional ones.
9. Which of the following can best replace the underlined part “gained ground” in paragraph 4
A. Met with opposition. B. Control the market.
C. Made significant progress. D. Gone into gradual decline (下降).
10. What does Kelly suggest people do
A. Use public transport. B. Share cars with others.
C. Stop using petrol vehicles. D. Choose smaller electric vehicles.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Electric vehicles are rapidly taking off — but is that a good thing
B. The future of electric vehicles and material resources
C. How green are electric vehicles Well, that depends.
D. Did SUVs just win the electric vehicle market
D
Since NASA’s Voyager I Spacecraft became the first humanmade object to cross into interstellar (星际的) space, scientists have studied decades of its data sent back to Earth from billions of miles away gaining insight into the mysteries of our universe. Now, a physicist and a flutist (长笛手) have transformed such waveform data of interstellar space into music fit more for a classical concert. The new piece of music was first played on 9 March, 2023.
The musical work charts (记录，跟踪) how Voyager I left the bubble around our sun and entered busy interstellar space. The melody (曲调), played by a solo flute, begins with smooth, connected notes at a lower register (声区) to illustrate the data from inside our solar system. A gradual increase in loudness follows to indicate the spacecraft crossing the heliopause, or the boundary that leads into interstellar space. Then the melody becomes very high and changes shape, with more jumps to describe the busy interstellar space environment.
“Understanding that is connected to what Voyager I was measuring, I think, adds another dimension (方面，维度) to what people are perceiving (理解).” said Domenico Vicinanza, a music composer and physicist, who created the piece. “It is different because the physics is different…something very, very dramatic changed.”
Alyssa Schwartz an award-winning concert flutist, performed the piece from Voyager I data together with Vicinanza. But, sometimes, turning data into sound can lead to unreasonable musical tasks for a human to perform. For instance, the Voyager I piece has 37 measures (小节), and there is no place to rest or breathe until Measure 32. “I have learned that nature doesn’t care about my need to breathe,” joked Schwartz.
Schwartz said the music has pushed her technical development with complex cross fingerings and broad, difficult jump—patterns she hasn’t encountered anywhere else. “What’s interesting in this kind of music is that the composer that I’ m trying to relate is nature” Schwartz said. “I can’t rely on my knowledge of music theory or music history to try to inform the decision.”
12. What makes the creation of the new piece of music possible
A. Musical instruments taken aboard the space shuttle.
B. A physicist’s great curiosity about the flute.
C. A flutist’s proper understanding of physics.
D. Data collected by a NASA spacecraft.
13 What does the new piece of music describe
A. Voyager I journey into deep space.
B. The changes in the shape of the solar system.
C. A bubble’s gradual formation around the sun.
D. The sound of busy interstellar space environment.
14. What does the author want to show by mentioning “Measure 32”
A. The musical work’s overall structure. B. The performance’s challenging nature.
C. Alyssa Schwartz’s remarkable musical skills. D. Domenico Vicnanza’s unreasonable demand.
15. What does Alysse Schwartz think of the new music piece
A. It has some room to improve. B. It has educational significance.
C. It is hard for her to understand. D. It is a brand-new experience for her.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Journalists are looking out for news stories that attract a significant audience. They must discover which information is newsworthy. By applying a set of guidelines or criteria (标准), they can recognize what material will make the best stories ____16____ Here are some critical factors in determining the news value of a story.
Impact
The greater the effect of a particular event, the more news value that event has. The COVID-19 pandemic is a recent example. When this story first broke in late 2019, it wasn’t given cross-world coverage by the media. ___17___
Timeliness
Timeliness is an important news value, especially as we live in an age when the news cycle occurs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Consider popular sports. ___18___ However, a result from last month isn’t a news story. It will attract practically no interest if it is posted as a news story.
Oddity
___19___For instance it is not news that boats travel through the Suez Canal daily. However, the unexpectedness of a boat getting stuck in the canal and blocking the passageway was so surprising that it made news headlines all over the globe.
Trending (热门的) stories
With the arrival of social media and 24-hour news, audience are more aware of the current affairs than ever before. Many of them are eager to see how trending news stories are developing. ___20___News audiences wanted to know as much as possible about how many people it was affecting and how it affected them locally, as well as if any famous companies were involved.
A. Take the Suez Canal event mentioned before.
B. It is more important that you’re right than first.
C We call these guidelines “news values” or “news factors”.
D. The stranger the event, the more likely it will have a news value.
E. If there’s a big game in the National Football League, its result is newsworthy.
F. However, as more countries were affected, it became a global and local news story.
G. This means that a good news journalist can spot the local angle and make a story newsworthy.
第三部分 语言知识运用(满分50分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
My mother worked as a housekeeper, and she often brought many leftover things home, including used ____21____as well as many other things.
One December day, an old-model toy car ____22____ among a load of other things. It was as long as my forearm and took both hands to lift. I immediately began ____23____ it and polishing (抛光) it to a bright candy-apple red. It was a thing of ____24____, and I glowed (容光焕发) as much as it did from the pride of ____25____.
Our relatives from France came to visit that Christmas, and my young French cousin ____26____ that wonderful, shiny red automobile. He’d been ____27____ so far in life, suffering several illnesses as a child and ____28____ himself badly earlier in the year when his bicycle hit a plate-glass window.
By now, everyone ____29____ how I felt about the car, so nobody dared suggest that I give it to him. But, deep down, I knew it was the _____30_____ thing to do. So when they _____31_____, my red car went with him. Though I was sad to see it go, my heart _____32_____ when I saw the pleasant smile on his face as he tightly held it.
I still _____33_____ that car and miss it to this day. But with that beloved _____34_____ Christmas gift I bonded with my cousin for life.
Giving that gift _____35_____ showed me that it is better to give than to receive. It was the first gift that I gave that keeps me giving.
21. A. candies B. toys C. clothes D. books
22. A. arrived B. returned C. hid D. parked
23. A. driving B. packing C. cleaning D. studying
24. A. memory B. magic C. interest D. beauty
25. A. ownership B. membership C. companionship D. leadership
26. A. took pride in B. got hold of C. kept an eye on D. fell in love with
27. A. indecisive B. independent C. unfriendly D. unlucky
28. A. treating B. hurting C. finding D. controlling
29. A. agreed B. reflected C. wondered D. knew
30. A. final B. true C. right D. easy
31. A. left B. visited C. waited D. searched
32. A. raced B. sang C. opened D. broke
33. A. play with B. look for C. think about D. run into
34. A. repaid B. preserved C. recycled D. improved
35. A. out B. away C. back D. off
第二节 短文语法填空(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
语法填空
The Phantom of the Opera (《歌剧魅影》) ___36___ (perform) in the theaters around China these days. Audiences are excited to watch the classic musical in Chinese. But some are more excited about the show’s star, Ayanga (阿云嘎), ___37___ only appears in certain performances.
Musicals often use famous performers ____38____ (bring) in crowds. These “big names” have “star power”. People love them just because of who they are.
Some audiences get annoyed when they are hoping to see a star but don’t, not ____39____ (realize) the stars may only do certain days or not perform in the afternoons. This can leave some audiences feeling cheated. Every star needs ____40____ break sometimes, and that’s why there are B and C casts (阵容) . They do the show when the main actors can’t. Sometimes, they are for planned performances and may make a difference____41____the show.
Some audiences will ____42____ (special) go to see B casts. They might know and like the actors in ____43____ (it). But for audiences who don’t know it’s a B-cast day and hope to see their favourite star, they can get upset.
For UK musical singer David Matthews, a musical shouldn’t need a star to sell the show, ____44____ the right star can make a great show even ____45____ (good).
第三节 单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
46. It isn’t a new type of technology. Actually, people are already f________with it. (根据首字母单词拼写)
47. No matter how f ________ performed, the works of Beethoven always attract large audiences. (根据首字母单词拼写)
48. Zhang Yimou’s latest film, an a ________of a bestseller, is definitely a visual feast (视觉盛宴). (根据首字母单词拼写)
49. Make sure that you wear proper clothes and e ________when exercising. (根据首字母单词拼写)
50. —I’ve passed the driving test.
—C ________!(根据首字母单词拼写)
51. It is strongly ________ (建议) that we should wear facial masks in public places.(根据汉语提示单词拼写)
52. Ambulances rushed the ________ (受伤) to a nearby hospital shortly after the accident. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
53. With Christmas ________ (临近), the children are all getting increasingly excited. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
54. He made some minor________ (修改) to the report before printing it out. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
55. On winter nights, our dog usually ________ (舒展) itself lazily near the fireplace. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
第四节 根据要求翻译句子(共20空;每空0. 5分，满分10分)
56. 我和朋友保持联系，让他们了解我们家乡的最新进展。
I ________ ________with my friends, ________them ________the latest development in our hometown.
57. 他们没有听从我的建议，而是坚持自己原先的计划。
They ________ ________their original plan ________ ________following our advice.
58. 另一个我非常重视的方面是培养学生的创造性。
Another aspect I ________ ________ ________ ________is to develop students’ creativity.
59. 勤能补拙。
Diligence can ________ ________ ________a _________ ________intelligence.
60. 期末考试前，学生一向熬夜学习到很晚。
It is ________ ________students ________stay up late learning till late night before the final exam.
第四部分 书面表达(满分20分)
61. 假如你是李华，上周你校学生会组织开展了“运动健康周”活动。请你为校英语报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.活动内容；
2.活动反响。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Sports and Fitness Week
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听力答案：1-5 BCCBA 6-10 CCBAA 11-15 AABCB 16-20 CBBCA宜兴中学、泰兴中学、泰州中学2023-2024学年秋学期联合质量检测
英语学科试卷
考试时间：120分钟
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5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。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 will the woman contact John Terry
A. By phone. B. By email. C. In person.
2. What color does the man like to paint the office
A. Pink. B. Orange. C. Yellow.
3. Where will the man go after work
A. The bookstore. B. The burger place. C. The department store.
4. What did the woman do to her jeans
A. She threw them away. B. She repaired them. C. She gave them away.
5. What does the woman plan to do on Wednesday night
A. Attend a concert. B. Make pizzas. C. Write a report.
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。听每段对话或独白前，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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Friends. B. Mother and son. C. Brother and sister.
7. What will the man probably do next
A. Play football. B. Prepare lunch. C. Do the washing-up.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What has the woman decided to do
A. Try film making. B. Learn a language. C. Study photography.
9. Why does the woman want to develop a new skill
A. To travel. B. To kill time. C. To get promoted.
10. What are the speakers going to do fist
A. Eat something. B. Buy some coffee. C. Watch a performance.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. How does the man probably feel
A. Regretful. B. Nervous. C. Confused.
12. What are the speakers talking about
A. Losing a game. B. Missing a game. C. Hosting a game.
13. What does the woman think of the man’s words
A. They’re reasonable. B. They’re useless. C. They’re kind.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Where are the speakers
A. At the office. B. At the restaurant. C. At the woman’s home.
15. Who is the woman probably
A. An editor. B. A writer. C. A publisher.
16. Why does the man talk to the woman
A. To answer her call. B. To ask about her work.
C. To inform her of a meeting.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long did it take for the speaker’s application to be processed
A. Two weeks. B. Four weeks. C. Eight weeks.
18. What did Barry teach the speaker to do
A. Cook. B. Play chess. C. Play the violin.
19. What was Barry ‘s favorite food
A. Rice. B. Meat. C. Potatoes.
20. What did Barry enjoy doing best
A. Seeing films. B. Doing the shopping. C. Walking in the park.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
This year, we are once again bringing our annual Adopt-a-Book Evening online via two salons (沙龙). The program provides essential funding to support the conversation, acquisition, and digitization of books, manuscripts, and other materials held by the world’s largest museum complex and research institution.
September 20—Adopt-a-Book Salon: The Lived Experience
5: 30 to 6: 45 pm ET
Focusing on stories of life from across the Libraries and Archives (档案馆).
September 26—Adopt-a-Book Salon: Your Smithsonian: Past, Present, and Future
5: 30 to 6: 45 pm ET
Showing items celebrating the Smithsonian, past, present, and future.
$35 per person, per event. We’re offering a discount if you attend both salons: $ 60 for both.
FAQs.
How will the salons work
The events will be held on Zoom, and each one will feature about 20 books presented by six of our librarians and archivists. After you buy your ticket, you’ll get the link to join. Right before 5: 30 pm ET on the day of the event, you’ll click on that link to join the Zoom. Then you’ll be rotated (轮换) through three “rooms”. While it would be great to see you during the event, you certainly don’t need to have your camera on if you don’t want to! However, we do recommend that you join by computer so that you can see the presentations.
How do I adopt during the event
This year, you’ll be able to bid on (竞标) your favorite items during and after the events. After you buy your tickets, you’ll receive the link to the online auction (拍卖) before the event, and you’ll have the chance to browse. Once the auction opens, you’ll be able to place the bid. You will have to set up an account and provide your credit card information to ensure that your bid is legal. If you have the winning bid, a member of our team will follow up to process your donation with you or provide our address for you to send a check.
1. How much should a couple pay if they attend both of the salons
A. $60 B. $70 C. $120 D. $140
2. What can be learned about Adopt-a-Book Salon: The Lived Experience
A. It will last more than two hours.
B. It will be held in three virtual rooms.
C. It aims to excite people’s interest on reading.
D. It helps people learn about the Smithsonian’s history.
3. What is required to participate in the online auction
A. Providing your mailing address.
B. Sending a check to the provided address.
C. Joining by computer while keeping your camera on.
D. Setting up an account and providing your credit card information.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了两个在线沙龙活动，这两个活动旨在为全球最大的博物馆和研究所提供资金支持，以促进书籍、手稿和其他材料的交流、获取和数字化。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章“$35 per person, per event. We’re offering a discount if you attend both salons: $ 60 for both.(每次活动，每人35美元。如果你参加两个沙龙，我们会提供折扣：两个都参加60美元。)”可知，如果一对夫妻两个活动都参加，所需费用为：60*2=120美元。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章“How will the salons work ”部分中的“Then you’ll be rotated (轮换) through three “rooms”.(然后，你会被轮转到三个“房间”。)”可知，该沙龙在三个虚拟房间里举行。故选B。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“You will have to set up an account and provide your credit card information to ensure that your bid is legal.(您将不得不建立一个帐户，并提供您的信用卡信息，以确保您的出价是合法的。)”可知，如果想要参加网上拍卖，需要建一个账户，并提供信用卡信息。故选D。
B
“Where I grew up, there were not a lot of plants outside,” said Yolanda Palmer. “Some people had them; some people didn’t.”
Palmer, who is from Southwest Philadelphia, discovered her love for plants at the age of 10. Growing up, she developed great skills in growing plants and learned more about nature each and every day.
“As I got a little older, one block in my neighborhood would be filled with flowers and things in the yard,” she said. “But in another block there would be none.”
Since then, Palmer had wanted to share her love of plants with the community. But the dream remained just a seed (种子) while she worked an ordinary day job. Sitting in the company she often thought she had to do something else. Palmer then planted the seed. She started small, selling at a local outdoor market in Southwest Philadelphia and then coming to shows and festivals in Chestnut Hill.
By December 2021, she had her store on German town Avenue, “Foliage”. There, she sells common plants, rare (罕见的) plants, small plants, and large plants. “The goal is to sell them to homeowners to beautify their home and also to clean the air,” she said.
Palmer’s home is in Chestnut Hill, a central gardening center in the city. She hopes her message will be able to reach other communities in the Philadelphia area. “Everyone should buy houseplants. Everyone should want cleaner air,” she said. “And that way, in the future when our children grow up, we can make it better.”
Palmer plans on continuing to work hard to support not only her store, but her boys, four dogs, one cat and 128 plants at home.
4. What did Palmer find when she was young
A. Her neighbors disliked plants.
B. People knew little about plants.
C. There were few kinds of plants.
D. Plants were not seen everywhere.
5. What is Palmer doing now
A. Managing a gardening center. B. Running her own plant store.
C. Beautifying her block with plants. D. Teaching communities about plants.
6. What does Palmer hope
A. Everyone can protect the plants.
B. More locals will have houseplants.
C. Children can learn more about plants.
D. She will have an outdoor market for plants.
7. What is the best title for the text
A. From hobby to job: Palmer has made it
B. From class to work: Palmer’s happy habit
C. From village to city: Palmer is on the road
D. From seed to flower: Palmer’s future dream
【答案】4. D 5. B 6. B 7. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了爱好种植植物的Yolanda Palmer通过努力将自己的爱好变为工作，并希望能够影响更多人去种植植物的故事。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“‘Where I grew up, there were not a lot of plants outside,’ said Yolanda Palmer. ‘Some people had them; some people didn’t.’(‘在我长大的地方，外面没有很多植物，’尤兰达·帕尔默说。‘有些人有;一些人没有。’)”可知，Palmer小时候发现她长大的地方植物并非随处可见。故选D。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“By December 2021, she had her store on German town Avenue, ‘Foliage’. There, she sells common plants, rare (罕见的) plants, small plants, and large plants. ‘The goal is to sell them to homeowners to beautify their home and also to clean the air,’ she said.(到2021 12月，她在German town 大道上开了一家名为Foliage的商店。在那里，她出售常见的稀有植物、小植物和大植物)”可知，现在Palmer经营着自己的植物商店。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“She hopes her message will be able to reach other communities in the Philadelphia area. ‘Everyone should buy houseplants. Everyone should want cleaner air,’ she said.(她希望她的信息能够传播到费城地区的其他社区。她说：‘每个人都应该买室内植物。每个人都需要更清洁的空气。’)”可知，Palmer希望更多当地人有室内植物。故选B。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其第二段“Palmer, who is from Southwest Philadelphia, discovered her love for plants at the age of 10. Growing up, she developed great skills in growing plants and learned more about nature each and every day.(来自费城西南部的帕默在10岁时发现了自己对植物的热爱。在成长过程中，她在种植植物方面发展出了高超的技能，每天都在学习更多关于大自然的知识)”和倒数第三段“By December 2021, she had her store on German town Avenue, ‘Foliage’. There, she sells common plants, rare (罕见的) plants, small plants, and large plants. “The goal is to sell them to homeowners to beautify their home and also to clean the air,” she said.(到2021 12月，她在German town 大道上开了一家名为Foliage的商店。在那里，她出售常见的稀有植物、小植物和大植物。她说：‘我们的目标是把它们卖给房主，以美化他们的房子，并净化空气。’)”可知，文章主要讲述了爱好种植植物的Yolanda Palmer通过努力将自己的爱好变为工作，并希望能够影响更多人去种植植物的故事。故A项“从爱好到工作:Palmer成功了”可以作为本文的最佳标题。故选A。
C
In the past five years, a revolution (革命) has gathered pace in the transport sector. Electric cars have hit the mainstream.
The latest figures released on 26 April by the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggest almost one-in-five new cars sold worldwide this year will be either a full-battery or plug-in hybrid (插电式混合动力) models. In total, 14 million of these kinds of vehicles are expected to be sold this year, up from around a million in 2017.
This explosive growth is a testament to industry innovation and government interventions (干预). Falling battery costs have delivered longer-range cars, boosting their consumer appeal. Meanwhile, government policies, including upcoming restrictions on the sale of new petrol and diesel (柴油) cars in some countries, have caused people to choose zero-emission driving.
But although electrification of the global vehicle fleet brings climate benefits, there is also cause for concern. SUVs have been growing in popularity in recent years, accounting for 42% of all car sales in 2020. At the same time, electric SUVs have also gained ground, representing roughly 35% of electric passenger car sales in 2022.
Electric SUVs are still greener than their petrol and diesel counterparts, but their size and weight erase some of the climate gains from moving to electric vehicles. Their larger batteries also require more raw minerals, putting extra pressure on already stretched global supplies. “The trend towards larger cars is definitely not desirable at all,” says Christian Brand from the University of Oxford.
Air pollution is another worry. “The benefit of moving to an electric vehicle, from an exhaust (废气) emission point of view is pretty small,” says Frank Kelly from Imperial College London. And since electric vehicles still produce pollution from their tyres, brakes and road wear, air pollution won’t fully go away. “We’re still going to have a pretty big problem in our cities,” says Kelly.
As such, governments must do more to reduce car dependency, particularly in urban areas, says Kelly. “Clean public transport is the solution to our air pollution problem in urban areas.” he says.
8. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about
A. How the car industry transformed.
B. Why people turn to electric vehicles.
C. A prediction of the car industry’s future.
D. A comparison between electric vehicles and traditional ones.
9. Which of the following can best replace the underlined part “gained ground” in paragraph 4
A. Met with opposition. B. Control the market.
C. Made significant progress. D. Gone into gradual decline (下降).
10. What does Kelly suggest people do
A. Use public transport. B. Share cars with others.
C. Stop using petrol vehicles. D. Choose smaller electric vehicles.
11 What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Electric vehicles are rapidly taking off — but is that a good thing
B. The future of electric vehicles and material resources
C. How green are electric vehicles Well, that depends.
D. Did SUVs just win the electric vehicle market
【答案】8. B 9. C 10. A 11. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了电动汽车行业迅速发展，但是也有令人担忧的理由。
【8题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“This explosive growth is a testament to industry innovation and government interventions ( 干预 ). Falling battery costs have delivered longer-range cars, boosting their consumer appeal. Meanwhile, government policies, including upcoming restrictions on the sale of new petrol and diesel ( 柴油 ) cars in some countries, have caused people to choose zero-emission driving.(这种爆炸式增长是行业创新和政府干预的证明。电池成本的下降带来了续航里程更远的汽车，提高了它们对消费者的吸引力。与此同时，政府的政策，包括即将在一些国家限制销售新的汽油和柴油汽车，促使人们选择零排放驾驶。)”可知，文章第三段主要讲述了为什么人们转向电动汽车。故选B。
【9题详解】
词句猜测题。根据上文“SUVs have been growing in popularity in recent years, accounting for 42% of all car sales in 2020.(近年来，SUV越来越受欢迎，到2020年占汽车总销量的42%。)”和下文“... representing roughly 35% of electric passenger car sales in 2022.(……到2022年约占电动乘用车销量的35%。)”可知，与此同时，电动SUV也取得了进展，由此可推知，gained ground意为“取得重大进展”。故选C。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段““Clean public transport is the solution to our air pollution problem in urban areas.” he says.(“清洁的公共交通是解决城市空气污染问题的办法。”他说。)”可知，Kelly建议人们使用公共交通。故选A。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“In the past five years, a revolution has gathered pace in the transport sector. Electric cars have hit the mainstream.(在过去的五年里，一场革命在交通运输领域加快了步伐。电动汽车已经成为主流。)”和文章第四段“But although electrification of the global vehicle fleet brings climate benefits, there is also cause for concern.(但是，尽管全球汽车的电气化带来了气候效益，但也有令人担忧的理由。)”可知，文章主要讲述了电动汽车行业迅速发展，但是也有令人担忧的理由。A项：Electric vehicles are rapidly taking off—but is that a good thing (电动汽车正在迅速起飞——但这是一件好事吗？)是合适的标题。故选A。
D
Since NASA’s Voyager I Spacecraft became the first humanmade object to cross into interstellar (星际的) space, scientists have studied decades of its data sent back to Earth from billions of miles away gaining insight into the mysteries of our universe. Now, a physicist and a flutist (长笛手) have transformed such waveform data of interstellar space into music fit more for a classical concert. The new piece of music was first played on 9 March, 2023.
The musical work charts (记录，跟踪) how Voyager I left the bubble around our sun and entered busy interstellar space. The melody (曲调), played by a solo flute, begins with smooth, connected notes at a lower register (声区) to illustrate the data from inside our solar system. A gradual increase in loudness follows to indicate the spacecraft crossing the heliopause, or the boundary that leads into interstellar space. Then the melody becomes very high and changes shape, with more jumps to describe the busy interstellar space environment.
“Understanding that is connected to what Voyager I was measuring, I think, adds another dimension (方面，维度) to what people are perceiving (理解).” said Domenico Vicinanza, a music composer and physicist, who created the piece. “It is different because the physics is different…something very, very dramatic changed.”
Alyssa Schwartz, an award-winning concert flutist, performed the piece from Voyager I data together with Vicinanza. But, sometimes, turning data into sound can lead to unreasonable musical tasks for a human to perform. For instance, the Voyager I piece has 37 measures (小节), and there is no place to rest or breathe until Measure 32. “I have learned that nature doesn’t care about my need to breathe,” joked Schwartz.
Schwartz said the music has pushed her technical development with complex cross fingerings and broad, difficult jump—patterns she hasn’t encountered anywhere else. “What’s interesting in this kind of music is that the composer that I’ m trying to relate is nature” Schwartz said. “I can’t rely on my knowledge of music theory or music history to try to inform the decision.”
12. What makes the creation of the new piece of music possible
A. Musical instruments taken aboard the space shuttle.
B. A physicist’s great curiosity about the flute.
C. A flutist’s proper understanding of physics.
D. Data collected by a NASA spacecraft.
13. What does the new piece of music describe
A. Voyager I journey into deep space.
B The changes in the shape of the solar system.
C. A bubble’s gradual formation around the sun.
D. The sound of busy interstellar space environment.
14. What does the author want to show by mentioning “Measure 32”
A. The musical work’s overall structure. B. The performance’s challenging nature.
C. Alyssa Schwartz’s remarkable musical skills. D. Domenico Vicnanza’s unreasonable demand.
15. What does Alysse Schwartz think of the new music piece
A. It has some room to improve. B. It has educational significance.
C. It is hard for her to understand. D. It is a brand-new experience for her.
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. B 15. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。一位物理学家和一位长笛演奏家将这种星际空间的波形数据转化为更适合古典音乐会的音乐。文章主要介绍了这首曲子的特点、人们对这首曲子和看法等。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第一段中“Since NASA’s Voyager I Spacecraft became the first humanmade object to cross into interstellar (星际的) space, scientists have studied decades of its data sent back to Earth from billions of miles away gaining insight into the mysteries of our universe. Now, a physicist and a flutist (长笛手) have transformed such waveform data of interstellar space into music fit more for a classical concert. (自从美国宇航局的旅行者1号宇宙飞船成为第一个进入星际空间的人造物体以来，科学家们已经研究了它从数十亿英里外发回地球的数十年数据，以深入了解我们宇宙的奥秘。现在，一位物理学家和一位长笛演奏家已经将这种星际空间的波形数据转化为更适合古典音乐会的音乐。)”可知，美国国家航空航天局航天器收集的数据使这首新音乐的创作成为可能。故选D。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第二段中“The musical work charts (记录，跟踪) how Voyager I left the bubble around our sun and entered busy interstellar space. (音乐作品描绘了旅行者1号如何离开太阳周围的气泡，进入繁忙的星际空间。)”可知，这首新音乐描述了旅行者一号进入深空。故选A。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。由文章第四段中“For instance, the Voyager I piece has 37 measures (小节), and there is no place to rest or breathe until Measure 32. (例如，旅行者1号有37小节，在第32小节之前没有休息或呼吸的地方。)”可知，作者提到“第32小节”是想展示这首曲子的表演具有挑战性，因为在第32小节之前没有休息或呼吸的地方。故选B。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。由文章最后一段中“Schwartz said the music has pushed her technical development with complex cross fingerings and broad, difficult jump — patterns she hasn’t encountered anywhere else. “What’s interesting in this kind of music is that the composer that I’ m trying to relate is nature” Schwartz said. “I can’t rely on my knowledge of music theory or music history to try to inform the decision.” (Schwartz说，这种音乐推动了她的技术发展，包括复杂的交叉指法和广泛而困难的跳跃模式，她在其他地方从未遇到过。施瓦茨说：“这种音乐的有趣之处在于，我试图联系的作曲家是大自然。”“我不能依靠我的音乐理论或音乐史知识来决定。”)”可推知，她认为这对她来说是一次全新的体验。故选D。
第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Journalists are looking out for news stories that attract a significant audience. They must discover which information is newsworthy. By applying a set of guidelines or criteria (标准), they can recognize what material will make the best stories ____16____ Here are some critical factors in determining the news value of a story.
Impact
The greater the effect of a particular event, the more news value that event has. The COVID-19 pandemic is a recent example. When this story first broke in late 2019, it wasn’t given cross-world coverage by the media. ___17___
Timeliness
Timeliness is an important news value, especially as we live in an age when the news cycle occurs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Consider popular sports. ___18___ However, a result from last month isn’t a news story. It will attract practically no interest if it is posted as a news story.
Oddity
___19___For instance, it is not news that boats travel through the Suez Canal daily. However, the unexpectedness of a boat getting stuck in the canal and blocking the passageway was so surprising that it made news headlines all over the globe.
Trending (热门的) stories
With the arrival of social media and 24-hour news, audience are more aware of the current affairs than ever before. Many of them are eager to see how trending news stories are developing. ___20___News audiences wanted to know as much as possible about how many people it was affecting and how it affected them locally, as well as if any famous companies were involved.
A. Take the Suez Canal event mentioned before.
B It is more important that you’re right than first.
C. We call these guidelines “news values” or “news factors”.
D. The stranger the event, the more likely it will have a news value.
E. If there’s a big game in the National Football League, its result is newsworthy.
F. However, as more countries were affected, it became a global and local news story.
G. This means that a good news journalist can spot the local angle and make a story newsworthy.
【答案】16. C 17. F 18. E 19. D 20. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了决定故事的新闻价值的一些关键因素。
【16题详解】
上文“By applying a set of guidelines or criteria (标准), they can recognize what material will make the best stories. (通过应用一套指导方针或标准，他们可以识别哪些材料会成为最好的故事。)”以及下文“Here are some critical factors in determining the news value of a story. (以下是决定故事的新闻价值的一些关键因素。)”说明一套指导方针或标准能够识别哪些材料有用，而这些因素可以决定故事的新闻价值。空处承上启下，C项中的“ these guidelines”和上文“By applying a set of guidelines or criteria (标准)”相呼应，“ “news values” or “news factors””和下文中的“the news value of a story”相呼应，说明我们将这些准则称为“新闻价值观”或“新闻因素”。故选C。
【17题详解】
上文“When this story first broke in late 2019, it wasn’t given cross-world coverage by the media. (当这个故事在2019年末首次曝光时，媒体并没有对其进行跨世界的报道。)”说明新冠肺炎在2019年末首次曝光时，媒体并没有意识到这是一个全球的事件。空处和前文为转折关系。F项中的However和前文形成转折关系，“it became a global and local news story”和前文中的“it wasn’t given cross-world coverage by the media”相呼应，说明媒体并没有意识到这是一个全球的事件，然而随着越来越多的国家受到影响，它成为了全球和当地的新闻报道。故选F。
【18题详解】
上文“Consider popular sports. (以流行体育为例)”说明文章用流行体育作为例子来证明新闻的时效性。空处顺接前文，给出了流行体育的例子。E项“如果国家橄榄球联盟有一场重要的比赛，它的结果是有新闻价值的。”符合语境，该项中的“the National Football League”和前文中的“popular sports”相呼应。故选E。
【19题详解】
标题“Oddity(奇异性)”以及下文“However, the unexpectedness of a boat getting stuck in the canal and blocking the passageway was so surprising that it made news headlines all over the globe. (然而，一艘船被困在运河中并堵塞通道的意外事件令人惊讶，成为全球新闻头条。)”说明本段主要讲述新闻的奇异性。空处说明标题，引出下文。D项中的“The stranger the event”符合本段的标题，说明事件越奇特，就越有可能具有新闻价值。故选D。
【20题详解】
下文“News audiences wanted to know as much as possible about how many people it was affecting and how it affected them locally, as well as if any famous companies were involved. (新闻观众希望尽可能多地了解它影响了多少人，以及它对当地人的影响，以及是否有知名公司参与其中。)”说明了该新闻的内容。空处说明该新闻是一个什么新闻。A项“拿前面提到的苏伊士运河事件为例。”符合语境，下文中正好对此新闻做出了说明。故选A。
第三部分 语言知识运用(满分50分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
My mother worked as a housekeeper, and she often brought many leftover things home, including used ____21____as well as many other things.
One December day, an old-model toy car ____22____ among a load of other things. It was as long as my forearm and took both hands to lift. I immediately began ____23____ it and polishing (抛光) it to a bright candy-apple red. It was a thing of ____24____, and I glowed (容光焕发) as much as it did from the pride of ____25____.
Our relatives from France came to visit that Christmas, and my young French cousin ____26____ that wonderful, shiny red automobile. He’d been ____27____ so far in life, suffering several illnesses as a child and ____28____ himself badly earlier in the year when his bicycle hit a plate-glass window.
By now, everyone ____29____ how I felt about the car, so nobody dared suggest that I give it to him. But, deep down, I knew it was the _____30_____ thing to do. So when they _____31_____, my red car went with him. Though I was sad to see it go, my heart _____32_____ when I saw the pleasant smile on his face as he tightly held it.
I still _____33_____ that car and miss it to this day. But with that beloved _____34_____ Christmas gift, I bonded with my cousin for life.
Giving that gift _____35_____ showed me that it is better to give than to receive. It was the first gift that I gave that keeps me giving.
21. A. candies B. toys C. clothes D. books
22. A. arrived B. returned C. hid D. parked
23. A. driving B. packing C. cleaning D. studying
24. A. memory B. magic C. interest D. beauty
25. A. ownership B. membership C. companionship D. leadership
26. A. took pride in B. got hold of C. kept an eye on D. fell in love with
27. A. indecisive B. independent C. unfriendly D. unlucky
28. A. treating B. hurting C. finding D. controlling
29. A. agreed B. reflected C. wondered D. knew
30. A. final B. true C. right D. easy
31. A. left B. visited C. waited D. searched
32. A. raced B. sang C. opened D. broke
33 A. play with B. look for C. think about D. run into
34. A. repaid B. preserved C. recycled D. improved
35. A. out B. away C. back D. off
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. C 35. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者忍痛割爱将心爱的玩具送给表弟，使作者体会到给予的快乐。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的母亲是一名管家，她经常把许多剩下的东西带回家，包括旧的玩具和许多其他东西。A. candies糖果；B. toys玩具；C. clothes衣服；D. books书。根据下文“an old-model toy car”可知，母亲带回来的东西包括旧玩具。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：12月的一天，一辆老式玩具车和一大堆其他东西一起送到了这里。A. arrived到达；B. returned返回；C. hid隐藏；D. parked停车。根据上文“she often brought many leftover things home”可知，妈妈会把很多剩下的东西带回家，此处指妈妈带回了一辆老式玩具车，即玩具到达家里。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我立刻开始清洗它，把它擦得像糖果苹果一样鲜红。A. driving驾驶；B. packing包装；C. cleaning使……干净；D. studying学习。根据空后“polishing (抛光) it to a bright candy-apple red”可知，作者将玩具清理干净。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：：这是一件美丽的东西，我因拥有它而感到自豪，也因此和它一样容光焕发。A. memory记忆力；B. magic魔力；C. interest兴趣；D. beauty美丽。根据下文“I glowed (容光焕发)”可知，作者容光焕发，说明这个玩具在作者看来很漂亮。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. ownership所有权；B. membership会员；C. companionship陪伴；D. leadership领导。结合语境可知，母亲带回来的玩具自然是给作者玩的，第四段中“my red car”也说明这个玩具归作者所有。故选A。
【26题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：那年圣诞节，我们从法国来的亲戚来看我们，我年轻的法国表弟爱上了那辆漂亮的、闪闪发光的红色汽车。A. took pride in以……为骄傲；B. got hold of抓住；C. kept an eye on密切关注；D. fell in love with爱上。根据空后的“that wonderful, shiny red automobile”以及下文“so nobody dared suggest that I give it to him. ”可知，表弟很喜欢这个玩具汽车。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：到目前为止，他的生活一直很不幸，小时候患过严重的疾病，今年早些时候，他的自行车撞到了一块玻璃，伤得很严重。A. indecisive不明确的；B. independent独立的；C. unfriendly不友好的；D. unlucky不幸的。根据“suffering several illnesses as a child and ____8____ himself badly earlier in the year when his bicycle hit a plate-glass window.”可知，表弟很不幸。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. treating对待；B. hurting受伤；C. finding找到；D. controlling控制。根据“when his bicycle hit a plate-glass window”可知，骑自行车撞到玻璃应是会受伤。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：到现在为止，每个人都知道我对那辆车的感觉，所以没有人敢建议我把车给他。A. agreed同意；B. reflected反映；C. wondered想知道；D. knew知道。根据“so nobody dared suggest that I give it to him”可知，大家都知道作者很喜欢这个玩具，所以不敢建议作者把它送给表弟。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但在内心深处，我知道这样做是对的。A. final最后的；B. true真的；C. right正确的；D. easy容易的。根据下文“my red car went with him”可知，作者把玩具送给了表弟，说明作者知道这样做是正确的。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以，当他们离开时，我的红色轿车也跟着他走了。A. left离开；B. visited拜访；C. waited等待；D. searched搜索。根据“went with him”可知，此处指表弟离开时，把玩具也一起带走了。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然我为它的离去感到难过，但当我看到他紧紧握住它时脸上露出的愉快的微笑时，我的心在歌唱。A. raced比赛；B. sang唱歌；C. opened打开；D. broke打破。根据“when I saw the pleasant smile on his face”可知，看到表弟脸上露出愉快的微笑，作者应是也开心。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：直到今天，我仍然想念那辆车。A. play with和……玩耍；B. look for寻找；C. think about考虑；D. run into撞上。根据“miss it to this day”可知，作者想念玩具，说明会想起它。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是有了这个心爱的回收的圣诞礼物，我和我的表弟建立了一辈子的联系。A. repaid偿还；B. preserved保护；C. recycled回收利用；D. improved提高，改善。根据上文“including used ___1___ as well as many other things”可知，妈妈带回家的是用过的东西，所以此处指那个回收利用的玩具。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：送出那份礼物让我明白，给予比接受更好。选项与前文的give构成短语。A. (give) out分发；B. (give) away赠送；C.(give) back返回；D. (give) off发出（光热，气味）。根据“it is better to give than to receive”可知，此处表示送出礼物。故选B。
第二节 短文语法填空(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
语法填空
The Phantom of the Opera (《歌剧魅影》) ___36___ (perform) in the theaters around China these days. Audiences are excited to watch the classic musical in Chinese. But some are more excited about the show’s star, Ayanga (阿云嘎), ___37___ only appears in certain performances.
Musicals often use famous performers ____38____ (bring) in crowds. These “big names” have “star power”. People love them just because of who they are.
Some audiences get annoyed when they are hoping to see a star but don’t, not ____39____ (realize) the stars may only do certain days or not perform in the afternoons. This can leave some audiences feeling cheated. Every star needs ____40____ break sometimes, and that’s why there are B and C casts (阵容) . They do the show when the main actors can’t. Sometimes, they are for planned performances and may make a difference____41____the show.
Some audiences will ____42____ (special) go to see B casts. They might know and like the actors in ____43____ (it). But for audiences who don’t know it’s a B-cast day and hope to see their favourite star, they can get upset.
For UK musical singer David Matthews, a musical shouldn’t need a star to sell the show, ____44____ the right star can make a great show even ____45____ (good).
【答案】36. is being performed
37. who 38. to bring
39. realizing
40. a 41. to
42. specially
43. them 44. but
45 better
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了《歌剧魅影》这部作品在中国各大剧院都有上演，但是因为明星阿云嘎只在部分剧目中出演而使得一些观众很沮丧。文章对此进行了解释。
【36题详解】
考查动词的时态和语态。句意：这些天，《歌剧魅影》正在中国各地的剧院上演。根据句意和these days可知，主语The Phantom of the Opera 和动词perform“表演”为被动关系，故句子用现在进行时的被动语态。故答案为is being performed。
【37题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：但更让人兴奋的是这部剧的主演阿扬嘎，她只在某些表演中出现。分析句子结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为Ayanga，指人，且在从句中做主语，故答案为who。
【38题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：音乐剧经常请著名演员来吸引观众。bring in“引入，请来”。本句谓语为use，此处应用非谓语动词，此处用动词不定式，作目的状语。故答案为to bring。
【39题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：有些观众希望看到明星，但却没有看到，他们没有意识到明星可能只在特定的日子里演出，或者下午不表演，这让他们很恼火。本句谓语为get，此处应用非谓语动词，且Some audiences与realize“意识到”为主动关系，应用现在分词，作状语。故答案为realizing。
【40题详解】
考查冠词。句意：每个明星有时都需要休息，这就是为什么会有B级和C级阵容。根据句意可知，每个明星都需要休息，此处break为可数名词，need a break“需要小憩”，此处为泛指，且break以辅音音素开头，应用不定冠词a。故答案为a。
【41题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：有时，他们是有计划的表演，可能会对演出产生影响，make a difference to sth.“对某事产生影响”，其中to为介词。故答案为to。
【42题详解】
考查副词。句意：有些观众会专门去看B级阵容。此处用副词specially“专门地”修饰动词go。故答案为specially。
【43题详解】
考查代词。句意：他们可能认识并喜欢里面的演员。此处用宾格形式them，指代B casts，作介词in的宾语。故答案为them。
【44题详解】
考查连词。句意：对于英国音乐剧歌手大卫·马修斯来说，一部音乐剧不需要明星来推销，但合适的明星可以让一部伟大的音乐剧变得更好。a musical shouldn’t need a star to sell the show和the right star can make a great show even 10 (good)，前后句意存在转折关系，应用连词but“但是”。故答案为but。
【45题详解】
考查形容词比较级。句意：对于英国音乐剧歌手大卫·马修斯来说，一部音乐剧不需要明星来推销，但合适的明星可以让一部伟大的音乐剧变得更好。结合句意和空格前的副词even（修饰比较级）可知，此处用good的比较级better表示“更好”作宾语补足语。故答案为better。
第三节 单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
46. It isn’t a new type of technology. Actually, people are already f________with it. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】familiar##amiliar
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：这不是一种新型技术。事实上，人们已经很熟悉了。根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处使用形容词familiar“熟悉的”，作表语。be familiar with“熟悉”。故填familiar。
47. No matter how f ________ performed, the works of Beethoven always attract large audiences. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】frequently##requently
【解析】
【详解】考查副词。句意：无论演奏频率有多高，贝多芬的作品总是能吸引大批观众。根据首字母以及“the works of Beethoven always attract large audiences”可知，无论贝多芬的作品演奏的频率有多高，总是能吸引大批的观众。根据空前的how以及空后的performed可知，空处需要副词frequently“频繁地”，修饰后面的动词。故填frequently。
48. Zhang Yimou’s latest film, an a ________of a bestseller, is definitely a visual feast (视觉盛宴). (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】adaptation##daptation
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：张艺谋的最新电影改编自一本畅销书，绝对是一场视觉盛宴。根据句意“改编”和首字母可知，空处需填名词adaptation，不定冠词an修饰单数可数名词。故填adaptation。
49. Make sure that you wear proper clothes and e ________when exercising. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】equipment##quipment
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：锻炼时一定要穿上合适的衣服和装备。根据首字母以及“wear proper clothes”可知，锻炼时要穿合适的衣服和装备。equipment“设备”，符合语境。该名词为不可数名词。故填equipment。
50. —I’ve passed the driving test.
—C ________!(根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】Congratulations##ongratulations
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：——我已经通过了驾驶考试。——祝贺！根据句意“祝贺”和首字母提示可知，此处为名词congratulation，常用复数形式congratulations，位于句首，首字母需大写。故填Congratulations。
51. It is strongly ________ (建议) that we should wear facial masks in public places.(根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】recommended##advised##suggested
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：强烈建议我们在公共场所戴口罩。根据汉语提示“建议”可知，此处为动词recommend/advise/suggest，it is strongly recommended/advised/suggested that...为固定句型，意为“强烈建议”。故填recommended/advised/suggested。
52. Ambulances rushed the ________ (受伤) to a nearby hospital shortly after the accident. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】injured
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：事故发生后不久，救护车迅速将伤者送往附近的医院。根据汉语提示“受伤”可知，此处为形容词injured，the+adj.表示“一类人”，此处the injured表示“受伤的人”。故填injured。
53. With Christmas ________ (临近), the children are all getting increasingly excited. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】approaching
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：随着圣诞节的临近，孩子们都变得越来越兴奋。根据汉语提示可知，空处需要动词approach“接近，临近”。分析句子结构可知，该动词在句中作宾语补足语，所以需要非谓语动词的形式。宾语Christmas和该动词之间为主动关系，所以用现在分词作宾语补足语。故填approaching。
54. He made some minor________ (修改) to the report before printing it out. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】revisions
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：他在把报告打印出来之前做了一些小修改。minor是形容词，修饰名词，“修改”的名词是revision，空格前有some，空格处用复数revisions，故填revisions。
55. On winter nights, our dog usually ________ (舒展) itself lazily near the fireplace. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】stretches
【解析】
【详解】考查动词和时态。句意：在冬天的夜晚，我们的狗通常懒洋洋地躺在壁炉旁。根据句意和汉语提示可知，应填动词stretch“舒展”，结合句意可知本句陈述事实，故时态用一般现在时，且主语为our dog，故谓语用第三人称单数形式。故填stretches。
第四节 根据要求翻译句子(共20空;每空0. 5分，满分10分)
56. 我和朋友保持联系，让他们了解我们家乡的最新进展。
I ________ ________with my friends, ________them ________the latest development in our hometown.
【答案】 ①. maintain ②. contact ③. updating ④. on
【解析】
【详解】考查动词以及介词。根据汉语提示可知，空处需要动词maintain“保持”，在句中作谓语。句子为描述一般事实，所以用一般现在时。主语为I，谓语动词用原形。联系用名词“contact”，在句中作宾语。maintain contact with sb.“保持和某人的联系”；第三个空需要动词update“向…提供最新信息”，该动词需要非谓语动词的形式在句中作状语，和主语I之间为主动关系，所以用现在分词作状语。第四个空需要介词on，意为“关于”。update sb. on……“就……向某人提供最新消息”故填①maintain②contact③updating④on。
57. 他们没有听从我的建议，而是坚持自己原先的计划。
They ________ ________their original plan ________ ________following our advice.
【答案】 ①. stuck ②. with ③. instead ④. of
【解析】
【详解】考查固定短语和动词时态。由所给句意可知，①②空格处应表达“坚持”，故用stick with，根据语境可知事情发生在过去，故时态用一般过去时，故用过去式stuck。③④空格处应表达“而不是”，故用instead of。故填①stuck②with③instead④of。
58. 另一个我非常重视的方面是培养学生的创造性。
Another aspect I ________ ________ ________ ________is to develop students’ creativity.
【答案】 ①. attach ②. great ③. importance ④. to
【解析】
【详解】考查固定短语。结合句意“非常重视”可知短语为attach great importance to；第一空为定语从句的谓语动词，结合后文is可知为一般现在时，主语为I，谓语用原形。故填attach great importance to。
59. 勤能补拙。
Diligence can ________ ________ ________a _________ ________intelligence.
【答案】 ①. make ②. up ③. for ④. lack ⑤. of
【解析】
【详解】考查固定短语。表示“弥补”应用固定搭配make up for，位于情态动词can后面，使用动词原形；表示“缺乏”应用固定搭配a lack of。故填①make；②up；③for；④lack；⑤of。
60. 期末考试前，学生一向熬夜学习到很晚。
It is ________ ________students ________stay up late learning till late night before the final exam.
【答案】 ①. typical ②. of ③. to
【解析】
【详解】考查固定句型。根据句意可知，“某人一向……”可以用固定句型：It is typical of sb. to do sth.表示。故填 typical of ; to。
第四部分 书面表达(满分20分)
61. 假如你是李华，上周你校学生会组织开展了“运动健康周”活动。请你为校英语报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.活动内容；
2.活动反响。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Sports and Fitness Week
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【答案】范文
Sports and Fitness Week
Last week witnessed a Sports and Fitness Week organized by the Student Union with the aim of building up the strength of both teachers and students.
The activity had a far-reaching influence on us. A lecture delivered by a professional coach popularized the knowledge of exercise, including the benefits of workout, how to plan the exercise routine and how to avoid injury. Moreover, different sports clubs were open to the participants, ranging from archery to swimming.
The activity was highly spoken of, because not only did it provide a chance for us to get into shape but also it made us realize the significance of fitting exercise into busy daily routine.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。假如你是李华，。要求考生为校英语报写一篇报道，报道上周你学生会组织开展的“运动健康周”活动。
【详解】1.词汇积累
影响：influence→effect
演讲：lecture→speech
重要性：significance→importance
机会：chance→opportunity
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Last week witnessed a Sports and Fitness Week organized by the Student Union with the aim of building up the strength of both teachers and students.
拓展句：Last week witnessed a Sports and Fitness Week organized by the Student Union, whose aim is to build up the strength of both teachers and students.
【点睛】[高分句型1] A lecture delivered by a professional coach popularized the knowledge of exercise, including the benefits of workout, how to plan the exercise routine and how to avoid injury. (运用了疑问词+不定式结构)
[高分句型2] The activity was highly spoken of, because not only did it provide a chance for us to get into shape but also it made us realize the significance of fitting exercise into busy daily routine. (运用了倒装句)
听力答案：1-5 BCCBA 6-10 CCBAA 11-15 AABCB 16-20 CBBCA
