2023-2024学年第一学期高一英语期中
一、阅读理解(共11小题;每小题2.5分，满分27.5分)
A
Some Sightseeing Tours
Tour A: Bath & Stonehenge, 39
It includes entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum. Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments dating back over 4,000 years.
Tour B: Oxford & Stratford, 36
It includes entrance fees to the University St Mary’s Church Tower and Anne Hathaway’s house. Oxford: It includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires (尖顶)” from St Mary’s Church Tower. Stratford: It includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.
Tour C: Windsor Castle & Hampton Court, 37
It includes entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace, a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry Ⅷ’s favourite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not included). With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four kings and one queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze (迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!
Tour D: Cambridge, 33
It includes entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great. It also includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.
1. Which tour is the most expensive
A. Tour A. B. Tour B. C. Tour C. D. Tour D.
2. What do Tour B and Tour D have in common
A. They include a free tour of a church.
B. They offer a chance to visit some gardens.
C. They include a guided tour of a university.
D. They encourage visitors to know Shakespeare.
3. What can you do in Tour C
A. Meet a king. B. Visit a palace. C. Build a maze. D. Live in a castle.
B
Richard Campbell is a secondary school student. He is 15 years old. He lives in a small town in the north of England. Every morning, he gets up at eight o'clock, puts on his uniform and walks to school.
One hour later, the lessons start. The students usually study maths, English, history and geography in the morning. They usually study music and drawing and they play sports after lunch. They have a ten-minute break between classes. They also spend a long time in the school library, reading books and doing their homework.
Richard likes his school very much. His favourite subjects are English and geography, but he doesn’t like maths because he is not good at it.
Richard and all his friends spend the whole day at school. Lunch is at one o'clock. He doesn’t like the food that the school serves. This is why he often brings a packed lunch from home. He always has his lunch in the dining hall, but some of his friends sometimes eat in the courtyard or outside the school gate.
At weekends, he always goes out with his friends because he doesn’t go to school. On Saturday, he always goes to the cinema or to the sports centre. On Sunday, he just goes for a walk with his dog.
4. What time do Richard’s lessons begin in the morning
A. At 8:00. B. At 8:30.
C. At 9:00. D. At 9:10.
5. What does Richard like best
A Maths and English. B. English and geography.
C. History and maths. D. Geography and history.
6. Where does Richard have lunch on weekdays
A. In the dining hall. B. At home.
C. In the courtyard. D. Outside his school gate.
7. What does Richard always do on Saturday
A He reads and does homework.
B. He goes to see films or does sports.
C. He walks his dog or does exercise.
D. He spends a long time in the library.
C
Some students get so nervous before a test. They do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers. The students start worrying about the results. And when they worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources (资源).
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short maths tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12% worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B-for those who did not.
“What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who’d done our writing intervention (干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. They were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these tests.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
8. What may the students start worrying about before an exam
A. Whether they can pass the exams.
B. What other students do during the test.
C. Whether they have remembered the materials.
D. What kind of problems they will meet on the test paper.
9. What is the solution developed by researchers
A. Asking the students to ignore the test.
B. Asking the students to focus on the test.
C. Asking the students to sit quietly before the test.
D. Asking the students to write about their worries before the test.
10. According to Professor Beilock, those who thought about things unrelated to the test ________.
A. became less nervous before the test
B. were better at controlling their feelings
C. did worse than those who wrote about their feelings
D. did better than those who wrote about their feelings
11. What can be learned from the last paragraph
A. Writing about our worries before an exam can work a bit.
B. We can only write about our worries right before an exam.
C. The best place to write about our worries is in the test room.
D. It doesn’t matter where we write about our worries before an exam.
二、七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Tips on How to Study Smarter
Having good study skills is always helpful. And it’s more important in the present situation, where online classes are growing. Students are likely to learn without a teacher or parent watching over. So you will have to manage your time and study more on your own. ____12____
◆Practice, practice, practice! Musicians, practice their instruments. Athletes practice sports skills. ____13____ If you want to be able to remember information, the best: thing you can do is practice. In one study, students took practice tests over several weeks. On the final test, they scored better than those who studied in the normal way.
◆Test yourself. Before big tests, you may often cover up the notes, and then try to recall them. This practice can help nearly everyone. You can put questions down on one side of the paper and the answers on the other side. Try to test yourself in the way the teacher asks questions. ____14____ They don’t just ask shallow questions.
◆Learn from mistakes. A secret of science: Mistakes help understanding. If you don’t find out what the answer is, you’re wasting your time. Checking the answers can make your study time more efficient. Check to see if you are right. ____15____ In fact, mistakes are actually a primary key to learning.
◆ ____16____ Students know some good study skills, yet many of you don’t actually do these things. Often you fail to plan ahead. So do make plans. And try to stick to a routine, too. For example, you can have a set time and place where you do schoolwork and study. And get enough sleep — not just the night before the test but for weeks or months on end.
A. You can add more skills.
B. Teachers often dig deeper.
C. Friends can test each, other.
D Make a plan and stick to it.
E. The same should go, for learning.
F. You can then focus on what you get wrong.
G. Here are some tips to develop good study skills.
三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A six-year-old kid walked into a candy store with his dad and was surprised by so many candies on offer. “It’s amazing. What should I ____17____ ” he asked himself.
“Come on, son, we don’t have much ____18____. I have to attend an important meeting,” his dad said.
“These are all my ____19____ and I don’t know what to choose.” He picked up some bags and then put them back. He couldn’t make up his mind. “____20____, son, we have no time. I’m very ____21____,” his dad said. So the boy ran around the store ____22____ again. His eyes moved from one bag to another,but all of the sweets looked so good and he couldn’t make up his mind. ____23____, the dad had enough. He caught his son by the hand and they ____24____ the store empty-handed. The boy ____25____. He wanted them all, but ended up with ____26____ because he couldn’t choose just one.
Some of us are that boy. The world is that candy store. We have a great number of choices available to us, but if we don’t make a(n) ____27____ about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage or other ____28____ things, we will end up empty-handed. Sometimes we worry about making the ____29____ choice. What if we regret the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back We don’t have to worry about this. How do we ____30____ whether it is good or not if we don’t make a choice The bigger ____31____ is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.
17
A. think B. make C. say D. choose
18.
A. time B. money C. interest D. power
19.
A. secrets B. favorites C. ideas D. needs
20.
A. Hold on B. Come over C. Go on D. Hurry up
21.
A. tired B. busy C. fair D. patient
22.
A. carefully B. quietly C. quickly D. nervously
23.
A. Luckily B. Certainly C. Finally D. Hopefully
24.
A. got hold of B. walked out of C. searched for D. checked with
25.
A. cried B. waited C. returned D. understood
26.
A. fun B. fear C. peace D. nothing
27.
A. plan B. decision C. guess D. ending
28.
A. important B. simple C. common D. good
29.
A. right B. great C. difficult D. wrong
30.
A. doubt B. explain C. know D. expect
31.
A. danger B. game C. difference D. fact
四、语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Qi Baishi is a world-famous art master in China.
He was born in ____32____ poor family from Xiangtan, Hunan province. He was at school for less than a year because ____33____ illnesses. One day, he found a Chinese painting guide book — Jieziyuan Huapu. The book inspired his interests in painting ____34____ (picture). He decided ____35____ (learn) by himself and later became a master of art through his hard work. In 1902, he ____36____ (start) to travel around China. He visited famous places, met many people and saw different kinds of art pieces. These experiences helped him become one of the ____37____(good) artists of all time.
____38____ (He) paintings are generally about the small things of the world, such as fish, shrimps (虾) and frogs. “Mouse and Cat with Lamp” is one of them. In the picture, a mouse is standing on the top of a long pole (杆子). Under the pole is a cat. They are so lively ____39____ it looks like they would jump out of the paper to fight.
All the works ____40____ (create) by Qi Baishi in a fresh way which expressed his love for nature and life. His talents and skills amazed the whole world a lot. He is____41____ (real) a master of art and the pride of Xiangtan.
五．用括号里所给的词的正确形式或所提供的汉语意思正确完成句子。(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
42. As a graduate, he found it ________ (extreme) difficult to find a job. (所给词的适当形式填空)
43. ________(obvious), he was telling a lie because he had never been to the USA. (所给词的适当形式填空)
44. I don’t think Lily is ________ (suit) for the job. (所给词的适当形式填空)
45. The media has a________ (power) influence on public opinion. (所给词的适当形式填空）
46. We were looking forward to________(pack) suitcases and leaving for a sunny and warm place. (所给词的适当形式填空)
47. He admits that recently, he has become________(addict) to playing online games. (所给词的适当形式填空)
48. Parents should encourage their children to spend more free time ________ (explore) the unknown world. (所给词的适当形式填空)
49. The graduate is preparing to ________ (申请) for a job so he is having a busy time. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
50. Because he was born in a poor family, he failed to get a ________ (正规的) education. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
51. She helps in a local school as a ________（志愿者）three days a week. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）
52. My brothers ________ jazz to rock music. (较喜欢) (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
53. I must say I ________ (钦佩) your determination. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
54. Though they all live nearby, I lost ________ (联系)with them really quickly. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
55. I don’t know what to read, could you please r______ something to me (根据首字母单词拼写)
56. The country’s o______ language is Spanish, but English is also widely spoken. (根据首字母单词拼写)
六．写作(共1题，满分15分)
57. 假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike刚进入高中，觉得学习压力大，心情沮丧，写信向你征求建议，请你给他回一封信，内容包括：
1.表示理解；
2.给出两条建议和理由；
3.你的祝愿。
注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已为你写好(不计入总词数)：
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua2023-2024学年第一学期高一英语期中
一、阅读理解(共11小题;每小题2.5分，满分27.5分)
A
Some Sightseeing Tours
Tour A: Bath & Stonehenge, 39
It includes entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum. Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments dating back over 4,000 years.
Tour B: Oxford & Stratford, 36
It includes entrance fees to the University St Mary’s Church Tower and Anne Hathaway’s house. Oxford: It includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires (尖顶)” from St Mary’s Church Tower. Stratford: It includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.
Tour C: Windsor Castle & Hampton Court, 37
It includes entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace, a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry Ⅷ’s favourite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not included). With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four kings and one queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze (迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!
Tour D: Cambridge, 33
It includes entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great. It also includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.
1. Which tour is the most expensive
A. Tour A. B. Tour B. C. Tour C. D. Tour D.
2. What do Tour B and Tour D have in common
A. They include a free tour of a church.
B. They offer a chance to visit some gardens.
C. They include a guided tour of a university.
D. They encourage visitors to know Shakespeare.
3. What can you do in Tour C
A. Meet a king. B. Visit a palace. C. Build a maze. D. Live in a castle.
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。主要介绍了一些观光旅游景点的相关信息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Tour A: Bath & Stonehenge部分“ 39(39英镑)”，Tour B: Oxford & Stratford部分“ 36(36英镑)”，Tour C: Windsor Castle & Hampton Court部分“ 37(37英镑)”以及Tour D: Cambridge部分“ 33(33英镑)”可知，Tour A的费用最高，Tour A的旅行最贵。故选A项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Tour B: Oxford & Stratford部分“Oxford: It includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges.(牛津：它包括英国最古老的大学城和学院的导游之旅。)”以及Tour D: Cambridge部分“It also includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.(它还包括在导游的带领下游览剑桥，著名的大学城和18世纪的花园。)”可知，Tour B和Tour D的共同之处在于都可以在导游的带领下参观大学。故选C项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据Tour C: Windsor Castle & Hampton Court部分“It includes entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace, a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry Ⅷ’s favourite palace. (它包括汉普顿宫的入场费，在导游的带领下游览温莎和汉普顿宫，汉普顿宫是亨利八世最喜欢的宫殿。)”以及“Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze where it is easy to get lost!(参观宫殿及其各种历史花园，其中包括著名的迷宫，在那里很容易迷路！)”可知，在Tour C中，你可以去参观宫殿。故选B项。
B
Richard Campbell is a secondary school student. He is 15 years old. He lives in a small town in the north of England. Every morning, he gets up at eight o'clock, puts on his uniform and walks to school.
One hour later, the lessons start. The students usually study maths, English, history and geography in the morning. They usually study music and drawing and they play sports after lunch. They have a ten-minute break between classes. They also spend a long time in the school library, reading books and doing their homework.
Richard likes his school very much. His favourite subjects are English and geography, but he doesn’t like maths because he is not good at it.
Richard and all his friends spend the whole day at school. Lunch is at one o'clock. He doesn’t like the food that the school serves. This is why he often brings a packed lunch from home. He always has his lunch in the dining hall, but some of his friends sometimes eat in the courtyard or outside the school gate.
At weekends, he always goes out with his friends because he doesn’t go to school. On Saturday, he always goes to the cinema or to the sports centre. On Sunday, he just goes for a walk with his dog.
4. What time do Richard’s lessons begin in the morning
A. At 8:00. B. At 8:30.
C. At 9:00. D. At 9:10.
5. What does Richard like best
A. Maths and English. B. English and geography.
C. History and maths. D. Geography and history.
6. Where does Richard have lunch on weekdays
A. In the dining hall. B. At home.
C. In the courtyard. D. Outside his school gate.
7. What does Richard always do on Saturday
A. He reads and does homework.
B. He goes to see films or does sports.
C. He walks his dog or does exercise.
D. He spends a long time in the library.
【答案】4. C 5. B 6. A 7. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了一名叫Richard Campbell的中学生。详细介绍了他的年龄，住址，上学时间，课程及其在学校生活学习的情况。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段“ Every morning, he gets up at eight o’clock, puts on his uniform and walks to school.”（每天早上，他八点钟起床，穿上制服，步行去学校。）和第二段“One hour later, the lessons start.”（一个小时后，课程开始了。）可知，他9点上课。故选C项。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段“His favourite subjects are English and geography, but he doesn’t like maths because he is not good at it.”（他最喜欢的科目是英语和地理，但他不喜欢数学，因为他不擅长数学。）可知，他最喜欢的科目是英语和地理。故选B项。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第四段“He always has his lunch in the dining hall, but some of his friends sometimes eat in the courtyard or outside the school gate.”（他总是在食堂吃午饭，但他的一些朋友有时在院子里或校门口吃。）可知，他总是在餐厅里吃午饭。故选A项。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“On Saturday, he always goes to the cinema or to the sports centre.”（星期六，他总是去看电影或去体育中心。）可知，周六他总是去看电影或做运动。故选B项。
C
Some students get so nervous before a test. They do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers. The students start worrying about the results. And when they worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources (资源).
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short maths tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12% worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B-for those who did not.
“What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who’d done our writing intervention (干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. They were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these tests.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
8. What may the students start worrying about before an exam
A. Whether they can pass the exams.
B. What other students do during the test.
C. Whether they have remembered the materials.
D. What kind of problems they will meet on the test paper.
9. What is the solution developed by researchers
A. Asking the students to ignore the test.
B. Asking the students to focus on the test.
C. Asking the students to sit quietly before the test.
D. Asking the students to write about their worries before the test.
10. According to Professor Beilock, those who thought about things unrelated to the test ________.
A. became less nervous before the test
B. were better at controlling their feelings
C. did worse than those who wrote about their feelings
D. did better than those who wrote about their feelings
11. What can be learned from the last paragraph
A. Writing about our worries before an exam can work a bit.
B. We can only write about our worries right before an exam.
C. The best place to write about our worries is in the test room.
D. It doesn’t matter where we write about our worries before an exam.
【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. D
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一位心理学教授对考前焦虑症的学生的研究及帮助焦虑症学生的方法。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“The students start worrying about the results.(学生们开始担心考试结果)”可知，考前学生开始焦虑的是他们的考试结果——是否够能通过考试。故选A。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.(在考试前，高度焦虑的考生花十分钟写下他们对考试的担忧)”可知，让学生写下他们对考试的担忧是研究者研究的解决方案。故选D。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12% worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B-for those who did not(贝洛克教授说，那些静静地坐着的人在第二次测试中的平均得分要低12%。但那些写下自己的恐惧的学生的表现平均提高了5%。接下来，研究人员对生物课上低年级的学生进行了测试。他们让学生在期末考试前写下自己的感受，或者想一些与考试无关的事情。贝洛克教授说，那些写了担忧的高度焦虑的学生平均成绩为B+，而那些没有写的学生只得了B)”可知，根据贝洛克教授的研究，那些思考与测试无关的事情的人比那些写下自己感受的人表现得更差。故选C。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance(但是如果学生们在考试前没有机会写下他们的恐惧呢？贝洛克教授说，学生可以在家里或图书馆里自己尝试，仍然可以提高他们的表现)”可推知，考试前在哪里写对考试的担忧并不重要。故选D。
二、七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Tips on How to Study Smarter
Having good study skills is always helpful. And it’s more important in the present situation, where online classes are growing. Students are likely to learn without a teacher or parent watching over. So you will have to manage your time and study more on your own. ____12____
◆Practice, practice, practice! Musicians, practice their instruments. Athletes practice sports skills. ____13____ If you want to be able to remember information, the best: thing you can do is practice. In one study, students took practice tests over several weeks. On the final test, they scored better than those who studied in the normal way.
◆Test yourself. Before big tests, you may often cover up the notes, and then try to recall them. This practice can help nearly everyone. You can put questions down on one side of the paper and the answers on the other side. Try to test yourself in the way the teacher asks questions. ____14____ They don’t just ask shallow questions.
◆Learn from mistakes. A secret of science: Mistakes help understanding. If you don’t find out what the answer is, you’re wasting your time. Checking the answers can make your study time more efficient. Check to see if you are right. ____15____ In fact, mistakes are actually a primary key to learning.
◆ ____16____ Students know some good study skills, yet many of you don’t actually do these things. Often you fail to plan ahead. So do make plans. And try to stick to a routine, too. For example, you can have a set time and place where you do schoolwork and study. And get enough sleep — not just the night before the test but for weeks or months on end.
A. You can add more skills.
B. Teachers often dig deeper.
C. Friends can test each, other.
D. Make a plan and stick to it.
E. The same should go, for learning.
F. You can then focus on what you get wrong.
G. Here are some tips to develop good study skills.
【答案】12. G 13. E 14. B 15. F 16. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了如何更聪明地学习的一些技巧。
【12题详解】
上文“Having good study skills is always helpful.(拥有良好的学习技能总是有帮助的)”说明良好的学习技能的重要性，G项“这里有一些培养良好学习技能的技巧。”承接上文，引出下面段落，符合题意。故选G。
【13题详解】
上文“Musicians, practice their instruments. Athletes practice sports skills.(音乐家们练习他们的乐器。运动员练习运动技能)”说明练习的重要性，以及下文“If you want to be able to remember information, the best: thing you can do is practice.(如果你想记住信息，最好的办法就是练习)”说明学习中也要进行练习，E项“学习也应该如此。”承上启下，符合题意。故选E。
【14题详解】
下文“They don’t just ask shallow questions.(他们不只是问肤浅的问题)”说明老师们会提问有深度的问题，句中They指代teachers，B项“老师们经常挖掘更深入。”承接上文，符合题意。故选B。
【15题详解】
下文“In fact, mistakes are actually a primary key to learning.(事实上，错误实际上是学习的关键)”说明关注自己的错误是学习的关键，F项“然后你可以专注于你做错了什么。”说明专注于自己的错误，符合题意。故选F。
【16题详解】
下文“So do make plans. And try to stick to a routine, too.(所以一定要制定计划。也要坚持常规行为)”说明一定要制定计划并坚持，D项“制定一个计划并坚持下去。”可以作为本段标题句。故选D。
三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A six-year-old kid walked into a candy store with his dad and was surprised by so many candies on offer. “It’s amazing. What should I ____17____ ” he asked himself.
“Come on, son, we don’t have much ____18____. I have to attend an important meeting,” his dad said.
“These are all my ____19____ and I don’t know what to choose.” He picked up some bags and then put them back. He couldn’t make up his mind. “____20____, son, we have no time. I’m very ____21____,” his dad said. So the boy ran around the store ____22____ again. His eyes moved from one bag to another,but all of the sweets looked so good and he couldn’t make up his mind. ____23____, the dad had enough. He caught his son by the hand and they ____24____ the store empty-handed. The boy ____25____. He wanted them all, but ended up with ____26____ because he couldn’t choose just one.
Some of us are that boy. The world is that candy store. We have a great number of choices available to us, but if we don’t make a(n) ____27____ about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage or other ____28____ things, we will end up empty-handed. Sometimes we worry about making the ____29____ choice. What if we regret the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back We don’t have to worry about this. How do we ____30____ whether it is good or not if we don’t make a choice The bigger ____31____ is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.
17.
A. think B. make C. say D. choose
18.
A. time B. money C. interest D. power
19.
A. secrets B. favorites C. ideas D. needs
20.
A. Hold on B. Come over C. Go on D. Hurry up
21.
A. tired B. busy C. fair D. patient
22.
A. carefully B. quietly C. quickly D. nervously
23.
A. Luckily B. Certainly C. Finally D. Hopefully
24.
A. got hold of B. walked out of C. searched for D. checked with
25.
A. cried B. waited C. returned D. understood
26.
A. fun B. fear C. peace D. nothing
27.
A. plan B. decision C. guess D. ending
28.
A. important B. simple C. common D. good
29.
A. right B. great C. difficult D. wrong
30.
A. doubt B. explain C. know D. expect
31.
A. danger B. game C. difference D. fact
【答案】17. D 18. A 19. B 20. D 21. B 22. C 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要通过一个小男孩在有很多糖果的糖果店买糖果，最终却一无所获地离开的故事，告诉我们要大胆的去做决定才知道它好不好，否则最终会是一事无成。
【17题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：“我该选什么呢？”他问自己。A. think思考；B. make制作；C. say说话；D. choose选择。呼应后文“I don’t know what to choose.”指男孩不知道如何选择。故选D。
【18题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：快点，孩子，我们没多少时间了。A. time时间；B. money金钱；C. interest兴趣；D. power力量。根据后文“I have to attend an important meeting(我得参加一个重要会议)”可知，时间不多，催促男孩快点。后文“we have no time.”也是提示。故选A。
【19题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：“这些都是我最喜欢的，我不知道该选什么。”A. secrets秘密；B. favorites最喜欢的事物；C. ideas想法；D. needs需要。根据后文“I don’t know what to choose.”可知，不知道如何选择是因为都是男孩喜欢的糖果。故选B。
【20题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：快点，孩子，我们没时间了。A. Hold on坚持；B. Come over过来；C. Go on继续；D. Hurry up赶快。根据后文“son, we have no time”可知，父亲催促孩子快点。故选D。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很忙。A. tired疲惫的；B. busy忙碌的；C. fair公平的；D. patient耐心的。根据上文“we have no time”以及“I have to attend an important meeting”可知，男孩的父亲很忙。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：于是男孩又在商店里飞快地跑了一圈。A. carefully仔细地；B. quietly安静地；C. quickly快速地；D. nervously紧张地。根据上文“the boy ran around the store”可知，时间紧迫，所以男孩又在商店里飞快地跑了一圈。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：最后，爸爸受够了。A. Luckily幸运地；B. Certainly当然；C. Finally最后；D. Hopefully有希望地。根据后文“the store empty-handed”可知，父亲最后受够了男孩的犹豫不决，故选C。
【24题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：他抓住儿子的手，他们两手空空地走出了商店。A. got hold of抓住；B. walked out of走出；C. searched for寻找；D. checked with证实。根据后文“the store empty-handed”指他们两手空空地走出了商店。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：男孩哭了。A. cried哭泣；B. waited等待；C. returned返回；D. understood理解。根据上文“the store empty-handed”可知男孩最后没吃到糖果，伤心得哭了。故选A。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他都想要，但最后什么也没有得到，因为他不能只选一个。A. fun乐趣；B. fear恐惧；C. peace和平；D. nothing没有什么。根据上文“the store empty-handed”和后文“because he couldn’t choose just one”可知，男孩什么都没得到。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们有很多选择，但是如果我们对工作、教育、人际关系、婚姻或其他重要的事情不做出决定，我们最终会空手而归。A. plan计划；B. decision决定；C. guess猜测；D. ending结束。根据上文“We have a great number of choices available to us”以及男孩不知如何选择，可知是关于对重要的事情做出决定，故选B。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们有很多选择，但是如果我们对工作、教育、人际关系、婚姻或其他重要的事情不做出决定，我们最终会空手而归。A. important重要的；B. simple简单的；C. common普通的；D. good好的。根据后文“our jobs, education, relationships, marriage”可知，指对工作、教育、人际关系、婚姻或其他重要的事情做出决定，故选A。
【29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有时我们担心做出错误的选择。A. right正确的；B. great伟大的；C. difficult困难的；D. wrong错误的。根据后文“What if we regret the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back (如果我们后悔我们选择的方向，而回头已经太迟了怎么办？)”可知，是担心做出错误的选择。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果我们不做选择，我们怎么知道它是好还是坏？A. doubt怀疑；B. explain解释；C. know知道；D. expect期待。根据后文“whether it is good or not if we don’t make a choice”不做出选择就无法知道选择的好坏。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：更大的危险是我们根本不做决定，结果哪也不去，什么也不做。A. danger危险；B. game游戏；C. difference差异；D. fact事实。根据后文“we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing”可知，比起做错选择，更大的危险是我们根本不做决定，结果哪也不去，什么也不做。故选A。
四、语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Qi Baishi is a world-famous art master in China.
He was born in ____32____ poor family from Xiangtan, Hunan province. He was at school for less than a year because ____33____ illnesses. One day, he found a Chinese painting guide book — Jieziyuan Huapu. The book inspired his interests in painting ____34____ (picture). He decided ____35____ (learn) by himself and later became a master of art through his hard work. In 1902, he ____36____ (start) to travel around China. He visited famous places, met many people and saw different kinds of art pieces. These experiences helped him become one of the ____37____(good) artists of all time.
____38____ (He) paintings are generally about the small things of the world, such as fish, shrimps (虾) and frogs. “Mouse and Cat with Lamp” is one of them. In the picture, a mouse is standing on the top of a long pole (杆子). Under the pole is a cat. They are so lively ____39____ it looks like they would jump out of the paper to fight.
All the works ____40____ (create) by Qi Baishi in a fresh way, which expressed his love for nature and life. His talents and skills amazed the whole world a lot. He is____41____ (real) a master of art and the pride of Xiangtan.
【答案】32 a 33. of
34. pictures
35. to learn
36. started
37. best 38. His
39. that 40. were created
41. really
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇人物传记，文章主要介绍了著名画家齐白石。
【32题详解】
考查冠词。句意：他出生在湖南湘潭的一个贫困家庭。family“家庭”，可数名词，此处泛指“一个贫困家庭”，应用不定冠词， poor以辅音音素开头，故填a。
【33题详解】
考查介词。句意：因为生病，他在学校待了不到一年。because of“由于”，固定短语，后接名词作宾语，故填of。
【34题详解】
考查名词复数。句意：这本书激发了他对绘画兴趣。picture“绘画，图片”，可数名词，此处应用复数形式泛指，故填pictures。
【35题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：他决定自学，后来通过他的努力成为了一名艺术大师。decide to do sth“决定做某事”，故此处应用动词不定式，故填to learn。
【36题详解】
考查一般过去时。句意：1902年，他开始周游全国。根据时间状语“In 1902”可知，此处是描述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时，故填started。
【37题详解】
考查形容词最高级。句意：这些经历帮助他成为有史以来最好的艺术家之一。结合空前的the以及“of all time”可知，此处指“有史以来最好的艺术家之一”，应用形容词最高级作定语，故填best。
【38题详解】
考查代词。句意：他画一般都是关于世界上的小生灵，比如鱼、虾和青蛙。空处修饰名词“paintings”，应用形容词性物主代词，首字母应大写，故填His。
【39题详解】
考查结果状语从句。句意：它们是如此生动形象，看起来就像它们会跳出来打架。此处是“so…that…”引导的结果状语从句，表示“如此……以至于……”，故填that。
【40题详解】
考查时态语态和主谓一致。句意：所有的作品都是齐白石以新颖的方式创作的，表达了他对自然和生活的热爱。结合句意以及从句时态可知，句子是描述过去发生的事情，且主语“works”和动词“create”之间是被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是名词复数，故填were created。
【41题详解】
考查副词。句意：他真是一位艺术大师，是湘潭的骄傲。空处作状语修饰“is”，应用副词形式，故填really。
五．用括号里所给的词的正确形式或所提供的汉语意思正确完成句子。(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
42. As a graduate, he found it ________ (extreme) difficult to find a job. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】extremely
【解析】
【详解】考查副词。句意：作为一名毕业生，他发现找工作极其困难。分析句子结构可知，此处应为副词作状语修饰形容词difficult，extreme的副词为extremely意为“极其地”符合句意。故填extremely。
43. ________(obvious), he was telling a lie because he had never been to the USA. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】Obviously
【解析】
【详解】考查副词。句意：很明显，他在说谎，因为他从未去过美国。空处作状语修饰整个句子，应用副词形式obviously“明显地，显然”，首字母应大写，故填Obviously。
44. I don’t think Lily is ________ (suit) for the job. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】suitable
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：我认为莉莉不适合这个工作。此处作表语，应用形容词suitable“适合的”。故填suitable。
45. The media has a________ (power) influence on public opinion. (所给词的适当形式填空）
【答案】powerful
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：媒体对舆论有很大的影响。分析句子结构可知此处位于名词之前修饰名词；因此需要填入形容词作定语。power的形容词为powerful。故填powerful。
46. We were looking forward to________(pack) suitcases and leaving for a sunny and warm place. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】packing
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：我们期待着收拾行李，前往一个阳光明媚、温暖的地方。look forward to doing sth“期待做某事”，to是介词，空处用动名词作宾语，故填packing。
47. He admits that recently, he has become________(addict) to playing online games. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】addicted
【解析】
【详解】考查固定短语。句意：他承认,最近他对玩网络游戏上瘾了。be/become addicted to “ 对......上瘾”为固定短语。故填addicted。
48. Parents should encourage their children to spend more free time ________ (explore) the unknown world. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】exploring
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：父母应该鼓励他们孩子花更多的自由时间去探索未知的世界。spend time (in) doing sth.“花费时间做某事”，固定短语，故空处用动名词作宾语。故填exploring。
49. The graduate is preparing to ________ (申请) for a job so he is having a busy time. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】apply
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：这个毕业生正准备找工作，所以他很忙。根据汉语提示可知，apply“申请”，动词，apply for“申请”，固定短语，空前的to是不定式符号，故空处用动词原形，故填apply。
50. Because he was born in a poor family, he failed to get a ________ (正规的) education. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】formal
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：因为他出生在一个贫穷的家庭，他没能接受正规教育。根据汉语提示可知，formal“正规的”，形容词，在句中作定语修饰名词“education”，故填formal。
51. She helps in a local school as a ________（志愿者）three days a week. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）
【答案】volunteer
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：她在当地的一所学校做志愿者，每周三天。根据汉语提示及空前的a可知，空处应使用可数名词单数形式volunteer，作as的宾语。故填volunteer。
52. My brothers ________ jazz to rock music. (较喜欢) (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】prefer
【解析】
【详解】考查时态。句意：我的兄弟们喜欢爵士乐而不喜欢摇滚乐。根据汉语提示可知，prefer“较喜欢”，谓语动词，句子是描述一个事实，应用一般现在时，主语“brothers”是名词复数，空处用动词原形，故填prefer。
53. I must say I ________ (钦佩) your determination. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】admire
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：我得说我钦佩你的决心。根据句意及汉语提示可知，应用动词admire，作谓语，陈述目前事实，应用一般现在时，主语为I，谓语用原形。故填admire。
54. Though they all live nearby, I lost ________ (联系)with them really quickly. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
【答案】contact
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：虽然他们都住得非常近，我和他们很快就失去了联系。lose contact with为固定搭配，意为“与……失去联系”，其中不可数名词contact作lose的宾语。故填contact。
55. I don’t know what to read, could you please r______ something to me (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】recommend##ecommend
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：我不知道读什么，你能给我推荐一些吗？结合句意和首字母提示可知，动词recommend“推荐”符合题意，本句为一般疑问句，空处填动词原形。故填recommend。
56. The country’s o______ language is Spanish, but English is also widely spoken. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】official##fficial
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：该国的官方语言是西班牙语，但也有很多人说英语。根据句意和首字母提示可知，形容词official“官方的”符合题意，作定语，修饰名词language。故填official。
六．写作(共1题，满分15分)
57. 假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike刚进入高中，觉得学习压力大，心情沮丧，写信向你征求建议，请你给他回一封信，内容包括：
1.表示理解；
2.给出两条建议和理由；
3.你的祝愿。
注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已为你写好(不计入总词数)：
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Mike,
Knowing that you are experiencing stress and depression due to the new high school life, I understand your confusion and struggle. Therefore, I am writing to offer you some suggestions to help you deal with this situation.
Firstly, to ease your stress on study, it is a wise choice to consult with your teachers about your challenges in each subject, which enables you to receive the most effective and suitable solutions from them. Besides, it is highly recommended that you develop a habit of regular exercise, since sport is a universally tested method to relax your body and mind. In this way, not only can you turn negative emotions into beads of sweat, but also you will feel refreshed and dynamic to defeat pressure and anxiety.
I hope my advice will be of some help to you, and that you can gradually overcome your difficulties through your efforts.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。要求考生给刚进入高中的英国笔友Mike写信，就他觉得学习压力大，心情沮丧的情况给出建议。
【详解】1.词汇积累
压力：stress→pressure
给某人提供某物：offer sb. sth.→provide sb. with sth.
应对：deal with→handle/cope with
克服：overcome→get over
2.句型拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Therefore, I am writing to offer you some suggestions to help you deal with this situation.
拓展句：Therefore, I am writing to offer you some suggestions which I think will help you deal with this situation.
【点睛】[高分句型1]Knowing that you are experiencing stress and depression due to the new high school life, I understand your confusion and struggle. （运用了现在分词作状语和that引导的宾语从句）
[高分句型2]Firstly, to ease your stress on study, it is a wise choice to consult with your teachers about your challenges in each subject, which enables you to receive the most effective and suitable solutions from them. （运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句）
