郑州外国语学校2023-2024学年高二上期月考2试卷
英语
(120分钟 150分)
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Which person does the man want to follow
A. The man on the bus. B. The woman in the taxi. C. The man on the motorcycle.
2. Where should the man put used envelopes
A. In the biggest box. B. In the medium-sized box. C. In the smallest box.
3. What record did the woman just break
A. Her personal record. B. The school record. C. The national record.
4. When will the flight take off
A. At 4 o’clock. B. At 5 o’clock. C. At 6 o’clock.
5. Where does the conversation most likely take place
A. At a cinema. B. At the speakers’ home. C. At a restaurant.
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2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题;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至7题。
6. What time will the man use the car
A. At 3:00. B. At 4:00. C. At 4:30.
7. What does the woman have to do if she wants the car
A. Do some housework later.
B. Drive her brother somewhere.
C. Finish her schoolwork before leaving.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What are the speakers doing
A. Attending a party. B. Discussing a lecture. C. Working part-time at a hospital.
9. Which job has the woman applied for
A. Waitress. B. Volunteer. C. Salesgirl.
10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Father and daughter. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Why did the man’s aunt and uncle leave their homo
A. To visit family. B. To have a vacation. C. To escape the natural disaster.
12. How do the man’s relatives learn about the latest news about the volcano
A. They call their relatives. B. They read the newspaper. C. They watch news programs.
13. What do the man’s aunt and uncle think about San Francisco
A. It isn’t very fun. B. It’s too cold. C. It’s scary to visit.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What are the speakers talking about
A. Their trip abroad. B. Vacation plans. C. Cultural differences.
15. Why doesn’t the woman want to go to Mexico
A. She’s afraid of flying.
B. She hates the food there.
C. She went there with her cousin last summer.
16. What does the man say about Spanish
A. It’s not easy to learn.
B. He’s been learning it for a year.
C. He can only say a few words.
17. What probably makes the woman change her mind
A. The beauty of the beaches in Mexico.
B. The possibility of learning some Spanish.
C. Many people speaking English in Mexico.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. In which year did Ritchie Valens make his first record
A.1950. B.1958. C.1959.
19. What was Ritchie Valens’s most famous song
A. La Bamba. B. American Pie. C. Donna.
20. Who got a seat on the plane because of illness
A. Don MeLean. B. Buddy Holly. C. J.P.Richardson.
第二部分 阅读理解(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、和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Expecting to travel abroad but lacking a loose budget Interested in meaningful volunteering programs but worried about issues like your security or working conditions Here comes a right place for you — Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary (保护区).
Highlights
Volunteering with elephants and bringing them back into their natural habitat
Making a difference in the conservation efforts to save elephants living under awful conditions
Helping teach English to the communities and raising awareness about the captive (圈养的) elephant situation
Wandering the forests and observe elephant’s natural behaviors in their home environment
Our Sanctuary
Our sanctuary has rescued 5 elephants from the tourism industry and we have now brought them home to live out their lives in the forest, in semi-wild conditions. We need volunteers to help us keep these elephants happy and healthy in their natural habitat. With volunteer support, we hope to return more elephants to the forest soon.
Your tasks
Performing research on the natural elephant behaviors and the surrounding forest
Taking part in community projects such as teaching English at the school and to other locals
Carrying out litter pick-ups with the kids to educate on waste management
Your Rough Schedule:
Day 1: Pickup from Chiang Mai at 9 am. Travel through a national park and stunning mountains until you arrive in our unique village. Meet your homestay family and the other volunteers, and immerse yourself in hill tribe culture.
Day 2: Wake up early to hike in the forest and find our elephants. Spend the morning recording and learning about these amazing animals and their natural behaviors. Return to the village in the late afternoon and take part in our community & camp & teaching projects.
Day 3: Another early start to hike to observe our elephants one last time. Return to Chiang Mai in the afternoon.
1. Which of the following is a feature of volunteer work at the sanctuary
A. Looking after captive elephants with the locals.
B. Seeking and observing elephants in natural forests.
C. Helping rescue elephants living in the poor environment.
D. Teaching people to conserve elephants’ natural habitat.
2. What should you do as a volunteer there
A. You should participate in anti-poverty projects.
B. You should have the great ability to go hiking for days.
C. You should master local languages and know about tribe culture.
D. You should undertake research into wild elephants independently.
3. Where does this text most probably come from
A. A holiday brochure. B. A travel journal.
C. A geographical essay. D. An educational website.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章是Kindred Spirit大象保护区的志愿者招募信息。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据Highlights部分中“Making a difference in the conservation efforts to save elephants living under awful conditions (为保护生活在恶劣环境下的大象做出了贡献)”和Our Sanctuary部分中“Our sanctuary has rescued 5 elephants from the tourism industry and we have now brought them home to live out their lives in the forest, in semi-wild conditions. (我们的保护区从旅游业中救出了5头大象，现在我们把它们带回家，让它们在半野生的条件下在森林中生活。)”可推知，保护区志愿工作之一是帮助拯救生活在恶劣环境中的大象。故选C项。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据Your Rough Schedule部分中“Travel through a national park and stunning mountains until you arrive in our unique village. (穿过一个国家公园和壮丽的山脉，直到你到达我们独特的村庄。)”、“Wake up early to hike in the forest and find our elephants. (早起在森林里徒步旅行，找到我们的大象。)”和“Another early start to hike to observe our elephants one last time. (又一次提早徒步出发，最后一次观察我们的大象。)”可推知，作为一名志愿者，你应该具有连续几天徒步旅行的能力。故选B项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Expecting to travel abroad but lacking a loose budget Interested in meaningful volunteering programs but worried about issues like your security or working conditions Here comes a right place for you — Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary (保护区). (想出国旅游，但预算不够宽裕 对有意义的志愿活动感兴趣，但担心安全或工作条件等问题 这里有一个适合你的地方——Kindred Spirit大象保护区)”可知，本文为想出国旅游但预算不足，或想作志愿者又担心安全或工作条件的人提供了一份大象保护区的志愿者工作，与国外旅游有关。所以，文章可能出自假日宣传册。故选A项。
B
A schoolgirl has created a solar-powered backpack that filters (过滤) out air pollution after being inspired by her asthmatic (患哮喘病的) mother.
Eleanor Woods, 12, from a town in northern England, entered the “Backpack to the Future” competition after her mother put the application form in her room. She went on to win the award for her innovative bag.
The “Backpack to the Future” competition was launched to change perceptions, encourage more diversity within engineering and to show children how they could combine an interest in fashion with a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering or maths).
Powered by green energy from solar power and a dynamo — a machine that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy — the backpack filters polluted air before fanning out cleaner air nearby.
“I have an air filter at home because my mum has mild asthma. My Breathe Better Backpack is all about keeping my friends, family and classmates safe using an air filter. It looks cool and will help get kids outside and fight off colds,” said Eleanor. “The first thing that came to mind is that blue is one of my favorite colors and blue feels clean and the bubbles on the outside have a clean theme for breathing.”
The pandemic encouraged Eleanor’s awareness of how pollution affects a person’s health and the spread of diseases. Spending a lot of time with her asthmatic mum over several lockdowns gave the 12-year-old food for thought. The schoolgirl added, “My generation is really aware of pollution, and we have lessons on it at school along with diseases spreading, and this is another reason I designed this, because it is getting much worse.” The young designer said she is becoming increasingly aware of the pollution that surrounds her, as she lives on a main road. Eleanor said, “I walk to school, next to the road, and can taste the petrol when buses come through.”
Speaking after winning the competition, Eleanor said the impact of her backpack will he far- reaching. “If just a few people start using it, it could be really good for the planet,” she said.
4. According to the passage, the “Backpack to the Future” competition aims to ________.
A. introduce the diversity within engineering
B. develop people’s interest in fashion design
C. encourage application of STEM to fashion
D. raise the public awareness of air pollution
5. Eleanor invented the Breathe Better Backpack to ________.
A. cure her mother’s mild asthma by transforming energy
B. help those who need air filters by reducing air pollution
C. attract kids1 attention by its colors and bubbles outside
D. prevent diseases spreading by fanning out cleaner air
6. Which of the following is TRUE about the backpack
A. The outside design of it shows the theme of the competition.
B. Eleanor’s inspiration to invent it comes from bubbles.
C. It is equipped with an energy transfer to produce fresh air.
D. Its impact on the competition will be far-reaching.
7. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage
A. Use of Backpack Brings Benefits to Environment
B. Young Designers are Becoming Aware of Pollution
C. Mother assists Schoolgirl in Winning Competition
D. Schoolgirl Creates Bag that Filters out Air Pollution
【答案】4. C 5. B 6. C 7. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了12岁的Eleanor Woods在哮喘母亲的启发下，制作了一个太阳能背包，可以过滤空气污染。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“The ‘Backpack to the Future’ competition was launched to change perceptions, encourage more diversity within engineering and to show children how they could combine an interest in fashion with a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering or maths).(发起‘面向未来的背包’比赛是为了改变人们的观念，鼓励工程领域的更多多样性，并向孩子们展示他们可以如何将对时尚的兴趣与STEM——科学、技术、工程或数学——方面的事业相结合)”可知，这个比赛旨在鼓励同学们将STEM应用到时尚上。故选C。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“A schoolgirl has created a solar-powered backpack that filters(过滤) out air pollution after being inspired by her asthmatic (患哮喘病的) mother.(一名女学生在哮喘母亲的启发下，制作了一个太阳能背包，可以过滤空气污染)”和第五段中的“My Breathe Better Backpack is all about keeping my friends, family and classmates safe using an air filter.(我的Breathe Better背包完全是为了通过用空气过滤器来保护我的朋友、家人和同学的安全)”可知，Eleanor发明Breathe Better背包是为了通过减少空气污染来帮助那些需要空气过滤器的人。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“Powered by green energy from solar power and a dynamo — a machine that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy — the backpack filters polluted air before fanning out cleaner air nearby.(背包由太阳能和发电机——一种将机械能转化为电能的机器——提供的绿色能源提供动力，过滤污染的空气，然后在附近扇出更清洁的空气)”可知，这个背包配备了一个能源转换器，可以产生新鲜空气。故选C。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文可知，第一段“A schoolgirl has created a solar-powered backpack that filters (过滤) out air pollution after being inspired by her asthmatic (患哮喘病的) mother.(一名女学生在哮喘母亲的启发下，制作了一个太阳能背包，可以过滤空气污染)”点明主题：一名女学生制作了一个可以过滤空气污染的太阳能背包。由此可知，D项Schoolgirl Creates Bag that Filters out Air Pollution(女学生发明了一种滤除空气污染的包)最适合作本文标题。故选D。
C
Could the next Ernest Hemingway or Jane Austen be a well-engineered AI software program It’s a question becoming increasingly pressing as machine language-learning software continues to evolve.
Much of this is just nerves. Today’s AI creative writing programs are not yet at a stage of development where they pose a serious threat to Colleen Hoover or Charles Dickens. But while attention continues to focus on the possibility of a blanket takeover of human literature by AI, far less consideration has been given to the prospect of AI co-working with humans.
Earlier this month American sci-fi writer Ken Liu, who had been awarded Hugo and Nebula to his name, joined 12 other professional authors for a writing workshop on Google’s Wordcraft. This AI tool, a language generating model, is not yet publicly available but is advertised as an AI-powered writing assistant that can, when given the right instruction from the writer, provide helpful descriptions, create lists of objects or emotional states, and even brainstorm ideas.
The writers at the workshop, however, emerged with mixed reports. “Wordcraft is too sensible. Wow!” Robin Sloan wrote. “But ‘sensible’ is another word for predictable, overused and boring. My intention here is to produce something unexpected.”
I’m unconvinced that writers awarded the Nobel Prize have much to fear from AI. Their work, and that of countless other novelists, short story writers, dramatists and poets, is too particular, too beautifully unique. Even if a model learned what they had done in the past, it would not be able to predict where their creativity might take them in the future. But for authors who write following a pattern, AI might step in, first as assistants before some day to authorship.
Production-line novels are nothing new. In the 1970s, Barbara Cartland, who wrote more than 723 books in her lifetime, many of which are romance bestsellers, would read her novels for her secretary to type up at the remarkable rate of roughly seven chapters a week. But already machine has replaced the secretary’s role. Perhaps creative writing software isn’t that far from replacing the Mrs. Cartlands of today.
8. Which aspect of AI calls for more attention
A. Its damage to our nerves.
B. Its progress in literary studies.
C. Its cooperation with humans.
D. Its influence on human literature.
9. What can we learn about Wordcraft from the text
A. It generates novels automatically.
B. It outperforms professional writers.
C. Its works receive praises from the public.
D. Its works bear similarity to existing ones.
10. What can writers do to avoid the threat from AI
A. Increase writing speed.
B. Use diverse resources.
C. Produce creative works.
D. Follow the latest patterns.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Will AI Replace Human Writers
B. AI Warns Mrs. Cartlands of Today
C. Is Writing Running into a New Era
D. Word craft Lies at the Center of Debate
【答案】8. C 9. D 10. C 11. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道，主要讲的是本月早些时候，曾获得雨果奖和星云奖的美国科幻作家Ken Liu与其他12位专业作家一起参加了一个谷歌的Wordcraft写作研讨会，这是一款人工智能写作助手，文章主要探讨了人工智能是否会取代人类的作家。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段的“But while attention continues to focus on the possibility of a blanket takeover of human literature by AI, far less consideration has been given to the prospect of Al co-working with humans.(但是，当我们继续关注人工智能全面接管人类文学的可能性时，人们对人工智能与人类合作的前景的考虑要少得多。)”可知，人工智能与人类的合作更值得关注，故选C。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段的““Wordcraft is too sensible. Wow!” Robin Sloan wrote. “But ‘sensible’ is another word for predictable, overused and boring. My intention here is to produce something unexpected.”(Word craft太明智了。哇！但“明智”是可预测、过度使用和无聊的另一个词。我的目的是创造一些意想不到的东西。”)”可知，Wordcraft的作品与现存作品有相似之处。故选D。
10题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的“Their work, and that of countless other novelists, short story writers, dramatists and poets, is too particular, too beautifully unique. Even if a model learned what they had done in the past, it would not be able to predict where their creativity might take them in the future.(他们的作品，以及无数其他小说家、短篇小说作家、剧作家和诗人的作品，都太过独特，太过美好。即使一个模型了解了他们过去的行为，它也无法预测他们的创造力在未来会把他们带到哪里。)”可知，作家们可以通过创作有创意的作品来避免人工智能的威胁，故选C。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段的“Could the next Ernest Hemingway or Jane Austen be a well-engineered AI software program It’s a question becoming increasingly pressing as machine language-learning software continues to evolve.(下一个Ernest Hemingway或Jane Austen会是一个精心设计的人工智能软件程序吗？随着机器语言学习软件的不断发展，这个问题变得越来越紧迫。)”和第二段的“Much of this is just nerves. Today’s AI creative writing programs are not yet at a stage of development where they pose a serious threat to Colleen Hoover or Charles Dickens.(这在很大程度上只是神经紧张。今天的人工智能创意写作程序还没有发展到对Colleen Hoover或Charles Dickens构成严重威胁的阶段。)”可知，本文主要探讨的是人工智能是否会取代人类的作家，因此最好的题目是A选项“Will AI Replace Human Writers (人工智能会取代人类作家吗？)”，故选A。
D
People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic tend to take it for granted that human nature is selfish and that life is a struggle in which only the fittest may survive. According to this philosophy, the basic law by which people must live, is the law of the jungle. The “fittest” are those who can bring to the struggle superior force, superior cunning and superior ruthlessness.
But we are entitled to ask whether the ruthlessness of the tiger, the cunning of the fox and the obedience to the law of the jungle are, in their human applications, actually evidence of human fitness to survive. If human beings are to pick up pointers on behavior from the lower animals, are there not animals other than beasts of prey from which we might learn lessons in survival
We might, for example, look to the rabbit or the deer and define fitness to survive as superior speed in running away from our enemies. We might point to the earthworm or the mole and attribute their fitness to survive to the ability to keep out of sight and out of the way. If we simply look to animals in order to define what we mean by “fitness to survive”, there is no limit to the subhuman systems of behavior that we can think up. We may emulate any animal because they have all obviously survived in one way or another. We are still entitled to ask, however, if human survival does not revolve around a different kind of fitness from that of the lower animals.
Biologists distinguish between two kinds of struggle for survival. First, there is the interspecific struggle, warfare between different species of animals. Second, there is the intraspecific struggle, warfare among members of a single species. A great deal of evidence in modern biology indicates that those species that have developed elaborate means of intraspecific competition often make themselves unfit for interspecific competition, and that strength and fierceness in fighting and killing other animals, whether in interspecific or intraspecific competition, have never been enough in themselves to guarantee the survival of a species.
If we are going to talk about human survival, one of the first things to do, even if we grant that people must fight to live, is to distinguish between those qualities that are useful in fighting the environment and other species and those qualities that are useful in fighting other people. There are also characteristics important to human survival that do not involve fighting.
Cooperation is essential to the survival of most living creatures. And human beings are the talking animals. Any theory of human survival that leaves this fact out of account is no more scientific than would be a theory of beaver survival that failed to consider the interesting uses a beaver makes of its teeth and flat tail. Let us see what talking means.
beaver
12. According to the passage, the “Survival of the Fittest” theory .
A. shows that the tough-minded and realistic survive
B. is often used as an excuse for one’s being selfish
C. applies better in human society than in the wild
D. is universally acknowledged among scientists
13. What does the underlined word “emulate” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean
A. Copy B. Protect. C. Trap. D. Admire.
14. According to the passage, the author is most likely to agree that .
A. humans have no superior force over other species
B. humans have survived because they are the fittest
C. humans don’t have to learn from animals to survive
D. humans need to fight each other for their own survival
15. What is most likely to be talked about next
A. Ways to make humans more competitive.
B. Human’s cooperation via communication
C. Differences between beavers and humans.
D. The development of human survival skills.
【答案】12. B 13. A 14. C 15. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了”适者生存“理论在人类社会中与动物之间的区别。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic tend to take it for granted that human nature is selfish and that life is a struggle in which only the fittest may survive. According to this philosophy, the basic law by which people must live, is the law of the jungle. The “fittest” are those who can bring to the struggle superior force, superior cunning and superior ruthlessness.”（那些认为自己意志坚强、现实的人往往理所当然地认为，人性是自私的，生活是一场只有适者才能生存的斗争。根据这种哲学，人们必须遵循的基本法则是丛林法则。“适者”是那些能够在斗争中带来优越的力量、优越的狡猾和优越的残忍的人。）可知，对于信奉“适者生存”理论的人而言，他们往往认为人性是自私的，生活是一场只有适者才能生存的斗争。可推知，这些人会把这个理论作为自己自私的借口。故选B。
【13题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第三段的“If we simply look to animals in order to define what we mean by “fitness to survive”, there is no limit to the subhuman systems of behavior that we can think up. ”（如果我们只是看动物来定义我们所说的“适者生存”，那么我们可以想出的非人类的行为系统是没有限制的。）可知，我们不应只是看动物来定义“适者生存”。划线词后内容“because they have all obviously survived in one way or another. ”（因为它们显然都以这样或那样的方式幸存了下来。）可知，动物们以自己的方式生存下来证实了适者生存的道理，所以我们应该不仅只是看动物来定义“适者生存”，而且要模仿它们，让自己生存下来。由此可知，划线词所在句指“我们会模仿动物来让自己生存下来”，所以划线词的含义为“模仿”，故选A。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“We are still entitled to ask, however, if human survival does not revolve around a different kind of fitness from that of the lower animals.”（然而，我们仍然有权问，人类的生存是否围绕着一种不同于低等动物的适应性。）和倒数第二段“If we are going to talk about human survival, one of the first things to do, even if we grant that people must fight to live, is to distinguish between those qualities that are useful in fighting the environment and other species and those qualities that are useful in fighting other people. There are also characteristics important to human survival that do not involve fighting.”（如果我们要谈论人类的生存，首先要做的事情之一，即使我们承认人类必须为生存而战，就是区分那些有助于对抗环境和其他物种的品质，和那些有助于对抗其他人的品质。还有一些对人类生存非常重要的特征不涉及战斗。）和最后一段前两句“Cooperation is essential to the survival of most living creatures. And human beings are the talking animals. ”（合作对于大多数生物的生存是必不可少的，而人类是会说话的动物。）可知，作者认为，人类的生存不同于其他物种之间的生存的适应性，因为人类能区分那些有助于对抗环境和其他物种的品质，和那些有助于对抗其他人的品质。还有一些对人类生存非常重要的特征并不涉及战斗，此外人类是会说话的动物。即人类不必向动物学习才能生存，故选C。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Cooperation is essential to the survival of most living creatures. And human beings are the talking animals. Any theory of human survival that leaves this fact out of account is no more scientific than would be a theory of beaver survival that failed to consider the interesting uses a beaver makes of its teeth and flat tail. Let us see what talking means.”（合作对大多数生物的生存至关重要。人类是会说话的动物。任何不考虑这一事实的人类生存理论都不会比海狸生存理论更科学，因为后者没有考虑到海狸利用牙齿和扁尾巴的有趣用途。让我们看看说话是什么意思。）可知，本段结尾提到了人类会通过沟通获得合作，因此接下来可能谈论的是人们如何通过沟通来实现合作。故选B。
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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I have now learned that there are a few easy things to do to make a great first impression It all comes down to three things, according to human behavior expert Vanessa Van Edwards: your hands, your posture, and your eye contact (接触).
___16___ “The easiest thing you can do to improve your first impression is to keep your hands visible (可见的)”, says Van Edwards. This means keeping your hands out of your pockets and in sight whenever you meet a new person. ____17____ Van Edwards notes that job candidates who use more hand gestures in their interviews are more likely to get hired. On the other hand, a perfect handshake is also important when meeting someone new. ____18____ Never pass on the opportunity to shake someone’s hand and make sure it is effective by keeping your hand dry and firm.
___19___ This posture can show your self-confidence when you first meet someone. In fact, it has been shown that having a high degree of confidence is more important than reputation to earn a memorable first impression.
Make eye contact. The third and final point is using the right amount of eye contact. We like people who look at us more. ___20___ People often worry about making too much eye contact, but that is unlikely to happen. Van Edwards says that we should hold eye contact for 60 — 70% of the time when having a conversation with someone.
A. Stand like a winner.
B. Show your hands in a friendly way.
C. Shake hands with people confidently.
D. This gesture of your hands puts people at ease.
E. Make sure to make the full shake instead of just waving to him or her.
F. Similar to a good handshake，this gesture can make you a great winner.
G. Therefore, we should avoid looking away shyly when we meet someone new.
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. E 19. A 20. G
【解析】
【分析】本文属于指导类说明文。介绍了初次见面时，给对方留下美好印象的三个方法：礼貌地亮出你的手；站得像胜利者；多与对方进行眼神交流。
【16题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空属于段首句。本段主要谈初次见面时，我们应该亮出手，让对方看到我们的手，同时，要紧紧地与对方握手。因此选B。本空容易误选C。本段的确讲到与对方握手的情况，但不是本段的全部内容。故选B。
【17题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空属于段中句。本空前面在谈：当你遇到一个新朋友的时候，要把手从口袋里拿出来放在视线范围内。本空后面在谈手势在人际交流时的作用，与后面句子相互配合，分析选项可知，D项（你的手的这个手势让人放松）符合题意，故选D。
【18题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空属于段中句。本空前面谈到：当遇到新朋友时，一个完美的握手是很重要的，因此本空在告诉我们：当第一次遇见对方时，我们应该握手，而不是向对方招招手。分析选项可知E项（要握手，而不是向对方招招手）符合题意，故选E。
【19题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空属于段首句。本段主要谈：当你第一次见到某人的时候，这种姿势可以表现出你的自信。事实上，有研究表明，要想赢得令人难忘的第一印象，高度自信比声誉更重要。即“站得像个胜利者”，这样才能显得充满自信。由此推知，A项（站得像个胜利者）符合题意，故本空选A。
【20题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空属于段中句。本段谈的是，第一次见某人的时候，要与对方多对眼神。本空前面谈到：我们更喜欢用眼神与我们交流的人。因此，本空选G（当我们遇到新朋友时，我们应该避免害羞地把目光从对方移开），承接前面的句子，故选G。
【点睛】七选五题型看似简单，实际上有时完全作对并不容易，需要方法和分析能力及足够的耐力。首先快速浏览一遍七个备选答案，先确定哪个选项适合放在文章的什么位置。试题的位置不同，解题策略也不同。
若问题在段首 1）通常是段落主题句。认真阅读该段落，根据段落一致性原则，查找相关词或者同义词，从而推测出主题句，找到答案。如第1小题，属于段首句。本段主要谈初次见面时，我们应该亮出手，让对方看到我们的手，同时，要紧紧地与对方握手。因此选B。本空容易误选C。本段的确讲到与对方握手的情况，但不是本段的全部内容。故选B。
2）段落间的过渡句。这时要瞻前顾找启示，即阅读上一段结尾部分，通常正确答案与上一段结尾有机地衔接起来，并结合下一段内容，看所选的答案是否将两段内容连贯起来
3）若是在段中，要精读空格前后两句，利用各种衔接手段选择正确选项填入空格。七选五空出的是整个句子，而这些句子与句子之间，必然有一种联系，因此我们可以通过选项中某个名词或动词跟空前或空后的一致性或者相关性来确定这两个句子之间有一种关联性，从而选择正确的答案。
4）若问题在段尾 （i）空白前的一句或两句是重点语句，重点阅读以锁定关键词。 （ii）通常是结论、概括性语句。要注意表示总结的信号词（iii）所选答案是引出下一段的内容。如果在选项中找不出与前文之间的关联，此时可考虑与下一段开头 是否有一定的衔接。认真阅读下一段开头几句，看是否与选项的最后一句紧密连接起来。
5）用代入法，检查答案是否合理。做完后，通读全文。将所选项放入空白处，通读一遍，看看是否与上下文构成语义及逻辑上的直接关系，是否符合该处语境，从而判断选择的答案是否正确。
第三部分 语言知识运用(共三节，满分45分)
第一节 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In 2007, a group of researchers began testing a concept that seems as if it would never need testing: Is more happiness always better than less The researchers asked college students to rate their feelings on a scale from “unhappy” to “very happy” and compared the results with academic and social outcomes. Although the “very happy” participants had brilliant social lives, they performed ____21____ in school than those who were merely “happy”.
The researchers then examined a data set from another study that rated college freshmen’s “cheerfulness” and ____22____ their income nearly two decades later. They found that the most ____23____ were not the highest earners. That distinction (荣誉) once again went to the second-highest group, which rated their cheerfulness as “above average.”
As with everything in life, happiness has its ____24____. Pursuing happiness to the exclusion of other goals-known as psychological hedonism (享乐主义)—is____25____. It gives a life where you do not reach your full potential, where you are ____26____ to take risks, where you choose temporary pleasures over challenging experiences that give life meaning.
When I talk with people about their fear of negative outcomes in life, their true source of fear, in many cases, ____27____ how they will feel about having failed, not about the consequence of the failure itself. This is similar to the way that discomfort with ____28____ causes more anxiety than guaranteed bad news. To ____29____ these bad feelings, people give up kinds of opportunities that involve the possibility of failure.
However, bringing good things into your life, whether love or career success, usually involves risk. Risk does not, of course, _____30_____ make us happy. A risky life will very likely bring disappointment, but it can bring greater _____31_____ than a life played safe, as the studies above suggested.
None of this is to say that we are foolish for wanting to be happy. _____32_____, the desire for happiness is natural and normal. Making the pursuit of positive feelings your highest or only goal, however, is a costly life strategy. Endless happiness is impossible to achieve, and doing so _____33_____ many of the elements of a good life. As the Canadian-American psychologist Paul Bloom wrote, “It’s the _____34_____we choose that affords the most opportunity for pleasure, meaning, and personal growth.”
Though pain should never be anyone’s goal, each of us can strive for a rich life in which we not only seek the sunshine but fully ____35____ the rain that inevitably falls as well. This is the paradox (悖论) of being fully alive.
21. A. unwillingly B. unpleasantly C. admirably D. incredibly
22. A. generated B. increased C. tracked D. drained
23. A. joyful B. wealthy C. successful D. distinctive
24. A. advantage B. balance C. opportunity D. preference
25. A. fruitful B. significant C. priceless D. rewardless
26. A. desperate B. hesitant C. likely D. tempted
27. A. centers on B. works on C. takes on D. passes on
28. A. performance B. discipline C. uncertainty D. ignorance
29. A. conceal B. create C. tolerate D. avoid
30. A. necessarily B. inevitably C. similarly D. deliberately
31. A. fascination B. rewards C. depression D. challenges
32. A. On the contrary B. That is to say C. For instance D. In turn
33. A. harvests B. encounters C. designs D. sacrifices
34. A. happiness B. wealth C. dishonor D. suffering
35. A. escape B. predict C. experience D. produce
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. D 35. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了快乐也有平衡，多一点幸福并不总是比少一点好，适当的不开心可以提高对生活的感受和解决问题的能力。
【21题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：尽管“非常快乐”的参与者有着辉煌的社交生活，但他们在学校的表现比那些仅仅“快乐”的人要糟糕。A. unwillingly不情愿地；B. unpleasantly令人不愉快地；C. admirably令人钦佩地；D. incredibly难以置信地。根据“the “very happy” participants had brilliant social lives”和表示转折关系的although可知，比起那些“快乐”的人，“非常快乐”的人在学校的表现不难么令人愉快。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：研究人员随后检查了另一项研究的数据集，该研究对大学新生的“快乐”进行了评级，并在近20年后追踪了他们的收入。A. generated产生；B. increased增加；C. tracked追踪；D. drained排除，使疲惫。根据下文“They found that the most ____3____ were not the highest earners.”推知，研究人员追踪了他们近20年的收入。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们发现最快乐的人并不是收入最高的人。A. joyful快乐的；B. wealthy富有的；C. successful成功的；D. distinctive独特的。根据上文“Is more happiness always better than less ”可知，本文研究的是“多一点幸福总比少一点好吗”，因此此处指那些快乐的人并不总是收入最高的。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：和生活中的一切一样，幸福也有它的平衡。A. advantage优势；B. balance平衡；C. opportunity机会；D. preference偏爱。结合常识和“As with everything in life”可知，幸福和生活中的其他事情一样，也有平衡，过多过少都是不行的。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：追求幸福而不顾其他目标——被称为心理享乐主义——是没有回报的。A. fruitful有成果的；B. significant重要的；C. priceless无价的；D. rewardless无报酬的。根据“Pursuing happiness to the exclusion of other goals-known”可知，这样做是没有回报的。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：它给人的生活是，你没有充分发挥自己的潜力，你对冒险犹豫不决，你选择暂时的快乐而不是挑战赋予生活意义的经历。A. desperate 绝望的；B. hesitant迟疑的，犹豫的；C. likely可能的；D. tempted诱惑的。根据上文“you do not reach your full potential”和下文“you choose temporary pleasures over challenging experiences that give life meaning”可知，此处应选择负向感彩的词，即面对冒险时犹豫不决。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我和人们谈论他们对生活中负面结果的恐惧时，他们真正的恐惧来源，在很多情况下，集中在他们对失败的感受上，而不是失败本身的后果。 A. centers on以……为中心，集中于；B. works on致力于；C. takes on呈现，从事；D. passes on传递。根据“how they will feel about having failed”可知，人们恐惧的来源集中在对失败的感觉上。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这类似于不确定性带来的不适会比肯定的坏消息引起更多的焦虑。A. performance表演，表现；B. discipline自律；C. uncertainty不确定性；D. ignorance无知。呼应下文“guaranteed”此处指对不确定性的不适。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：为了避免这些不好的感觉，人们放弃了各种可能失败的机会。A. conceal取消；B. create创造；C. tolerate容忍；D. avoid避免，避开。根据“people give up kinds of opportunities that involve the possibility of failure.”可知，人们为了避免不好的感觉，放弃了很多机会，尽管这些机会带来的可能是失败。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：当然，风险并不一定会让我们快乐。A. necessarily必定，必然；B. inevitably不可避免地；C. similarly相似地；D. deliberately故意地。根据上文“bringing good things into your life, whether love or career success, usually involves risk.”和下文“A risky life will very likely bring disappointment”可知，幸福伴随着风险，风险可能带来失望，因此风险并不一定会让我快乐。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：正如上述研究表明的那样，冒险的生活很可能会带来失望，但它比安全的生活带来更大的回报。A. fascination魅力；B. rewards回报；C. depression沮丧，抑郁；D. challenges挑战。根据上文“However, bringing good things into your life, whether love or career success, usually involves risk.”可知，比起什么都不做，冒险的生活会带来回报。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查短语辨析。句意：相反，对幸福的渴望是自然和正常的。A. On the contrary相反；B. That is to say也就是说；C. For instance例如；D. In turn轮流，反过来。根据上文“None of this is to say that we are foolish for wanting to be happy.”可知，与之相反，渴望幸福是自然且正常的。故选A。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：无尽的幸福是不可能实现的，这样做会牺牲美好生活的许多要素。A. harvests收获；B. encounters偶遇；C. designs设计；D. sacrifices牺牲。根据“Endless happiness is impossible to achieve”可知，想要无尽的幸福需要牺牲生活中其他美好的东西。故选D。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：正如加拿大裔美国心理学家保罗·布鲁姆所写：“正是我们选择的苦难为我们提供了快乐、意义和个人成长的最大机会。”A. happiness幸福；B. wealth财富；C. dishonor拒付，丢脸；D. suffering痛苦。结合常识和下文“Though pain should never be anyone’s goal”可知，苦难为我们提供了快乐、意义和个人成长的最大机会。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然痛苦永远不应该是任何人的目标，但我们每个人都可以为丰富的生活而奋斗，在生活中，我们不仅寻求阳光，而且充分体验不可避免的下雨。A. escape逃避；B. predict预测；C. experience经历，体验；D. produce生产。根据“in which we not only seek the sunshine”可知，除了在生活中寻求阳光，我们还应该体验不可避免的“雨”。故选C。
第二节 单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
36. The sorry-looking, blackened thief from the chimney, admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had been stuck there for ten hours, which shows that punishment is meted out quite human interference.
A. emerged, dependent of B. being emerged, independent of
C. emerging, independent of D. having emerged, dependent of
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词和形容词短语。句意：从烟囱里钻出来的那个满脸愁容、浑身漆黑的小偷，立刻承认他在夜里曾企图闯进店里，但在那里被困了十个小时，这说明惩罚是完全不受人为干预的。emerge出现；independent of不受……支配的；dependent of依赖。emerge from the chimney作后置定语，修饰名词thief，emerge(出现)是非谓语动词，与其逻辑主语thief之间是主动关系，用现在分词表主动；结合句意可知，小偷自己被困烟囱十个小时，说明上天的惩罚不受人为影响，所以用形容词短语independent of human interference表示“不受人为干预”，作状语。故选C项。
37. , it’s estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China crops generated from Yuan Longping’s hybrid strains.
A. Presently, is consisted of B. Apparently, is made up of
C. Specifically, is composed D. Currently, is comprised of
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查副词辨析与动词词组。句意：当前，据估计，中国国内消费的大米中约有60%是由袁的杂交品种生产的作物。A.Presently,is consisted of 当前，由……组成；B.Apparently, is made up of 明显，由……组成；C.Specifically, is composed 特有地，明确地，由……组成；D.Currently, is comprised of 当前，由……组成。根据语义，第一个空可以填Presently或者Currently，排除BC；由……组成对应的英文是consist of、be made up of、be comprised of 或者be composed of。故选D。
38. The long cruel winter came to an end at last, a warm spring.
A. yielding to B. contributing to C. leading to D. appealing to
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：漫长的严冬终于结束了，温暖的春天到来了。A. yielding to被……替代，让位；B. contributing to有助于，促成；C. leading to导致；D. appealing to吸引。根据“The long cruel winter came to an end at last”可知，此处指冬天被春天取代。故选A。
39. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by his readers with a series of coincidences — most of them improbable.
A. acquainting, credulously B. presenting, extremely
C. offering, steadily D. relating, wildly
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动词和副词词义辨析。句意：在19世纪，小说家在结束他的故事时，会向读者呈现一系列的巧合——其中大多数是极不可能发生的。A. acquainting使熟悉， credulously轻信地；B. presenting呈现， extremely非常；C. offering提供， steadily稳步地；D. relating涉及， wildly野蛮地。根据句中“bring his story to a conclusion”和“with a series of coincidences”可推知，小说家会向读者呈现一系列的巧合来结束故事，用动词present，作介词宾语，用动名词；结合常识和“a series of coincidences”可推知，这些巧合是极不可能发生的，用副词extremely作状语。故选B项。
40. Economic development is certainly affecting culture and customs which are reacting on what is going on in the economy.
A. in return B. on the contrary C. in this sense D. in turn
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查介词短语辨析。句意：经济发展当然会影响文化和习俗，而文化和习俗反过来又会对经济发展做出反应。A. in return作为回报；B. on the contrary相反地；C. in this sense在这个意义上；D. in turn反过来，因此。根据句意可知，“经济发展影响文化和习俗”和“文化和习俗对经济发展做出反应”是相辅相成的关系，用介词短语in turn，意为“反过来”，符合语境。故选D项。
41. Emily closer to the telephone, ready to grab it.
A. approached B. edged C. switched D. wired
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：爱米丽慢慢靠近电话，准备抓起它。A. approached靠近；B. edged缓慢地移动；C. switched打开，关闭；D. wired接通。根据句意和句中closer to可知，爱米丽是“慢慢靠近”电话，用动词edge，符合语境；动词approach也表示“靠近”，但它是及物动词，直接跟宾语，而edge需要与介词或副词搭配，edge closer to“慢慢靠近”。故选B项。
42. Mrs. Bussman commented on the workman’s close to her husband and suggested that he might be his brother. Franz poured on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war.
A. similarity, blame B. likeliness, disbelief
C. relation, assumption D. resemblance, scorn
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：巴斯曼太太说那个工人和她丈夫长得很像，并暗示他可能是她丈夫的兄弟。弗朗茨对这种想法嗤之以鼻，指出他的兄弟在战争中阵亡了。A. similarity相似性，blame责怪；B. likeliness可能性，disbelief怀疑；C. relation联系，assumption假定；D. resemblance相似、相像，scorn轻视、嗤之以鼻的态度。根据句中“he might be his brother”可推知，工人和她丈夫长得很像，用名词resemblance，意为“相似，相像”，符合语境；根据下文“pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war”可知，弗朗茨并不相信，因为他的兄弟在战争中阵亡了，所以用短语pour scorn on，意为“对……嗤之以鼻”，符合语境。故选D项。
43. The director was not for comment, for he was occupied with something else for the time being.
A. convenient B. reputed· C. available D. distinguished
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词辨析。句意：导演暂时没空置评，因为他当时正忙于其他事务。A.convenient 便利的；B. reputed 据说的；C.available 空闲的；D.distiguished 卓越的。由语义可知导演忙于其他事务，所以没有空闲评论。故选C。
44. To the distant past, historians are always faced with a difficult task. They have to deduce what he can from the few clues available.
A. reconstruct, insufficient B. conspire, scanty
C. recall, arduous D. convert, existing
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词和形容词词义辨析。句意：要重建遥远的过去，历史学家总是面临着一项艰巨的任务。他们必须从现有的一些不充分的线索中推断出他所能推断出的东西。A. reconstruct重建，insufficient不充分的；B. conspire密谋，scanty少量的；C. recall记起，arduous艰辛的；D. convert转变，existing现存的。根据“the distant past”和“historians”可推知，历史学家要“重建”遥远的过去，用动词reconstruct，符合语境；根据“the few”可推知，线索不充分，用形容词insufficient作定语。故选A项。
45. Sitting in the lecture hall a number of committed teachers, attention was on an outstanding teacher’s lesson.
A. were, their B. was, whose C. was, their D. were, whose
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查时态和倒装。句意：在讲堂里坐着一群忠实的老师,他们的注意力集中在一个优秀的老师的课上。本句是倒装句，现在分词短语在句首，句子需要倒装。本句主语是a number of committed teachers，是复数，谓语动词用复数，故排除B、C，空二引导定语从句，修饰teachers，在从句中作定语，用关系代词whose，故选D。
46. One of the reasons for the resistance to women leaders is that women achievers their male colleagues, which is completely ridiculous.
A. straighten up B. give preference to C. weigh up D. pose a threat to
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：抵制女性领导的原因之一是，成功女性对男性同事构成了威胁，这是完全荒谬的。A. straighten up整理，收拾整齐；B. give preference to偏爱；C. weigh up仔细考虑，权衡；D. pose a threat to对……构成威胁。根据“the resistance to women leaders”可推知，女性对男性同事“构成威胁”是抵制女性领导的原因之一，用动词短语pose a threat to，符合语境。故选D项。
47. The discussion on whether the human race can go against nature by cloning themselves has heated up the first cloned sheep Dolly.
A. in case of B. with the advance of C. in memory of D. with the advent of
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查介词短语辨析。句意：随着第一只克隆羊多莉的出现，关于人类是否可以通过克隆自己来违背自然的讨论已经升温。A. in case of万一；B. with the advance of随着……的进步；C. in memory of为纪念……；D. with the advent of随着……的到来。根据句意和句中“has heated up”可推知，人类克隆的讨论随着克隆羊多莉的出现而升温，用介词短语with the advent of，符合语境。故选D项。
48. It was quite some time I managed to catch the drift of what she said.
A. when B. before C. until D. since
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查连词词义辨析。句意：过了好长一段时间我才明白她所说的意思。A. when在……时候；B. before在……以前；C. until到……时；D. since在……以后。根据句意，句中使用了固定句型：It be (some time) before...，意为“过(多久)才……”，before引导时间状语从句。故选B项。
49. The drop in stock prices of East Buy taught all live streamers a lesson that with taking credit for someone else’s achievement, a good relationship with consumers was the only way to maintain success.
A. comparing, to establish B. compared, establishing
C. comparing, establishing D. compared, having established
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：东买股价下跌给所有直播主播上了一课：与抢别人的功劳相比，与消费者建立良好的关系是保持成功的唯一途径。compare比较，establish建立。分析句子可知，(compare) with taking credit for someone else’s achievement作比较状语，compare是非谓语动词，与其逻辑主语(establish) a good relationship with consumers之间是被动关系，用过去分词表被动；(establish) a good relationship with consumers作主语，establish用动名词形式establishing。故选B项。
50. The smash-hit reality TV show Divas Hit the Road recently returned, featuring 7 celebrities journeying to foreign countries, who from Beijing to exotic countries including Saudi Arabia, Iceland, etc.
A. set out B. set aside C. set about D. set in
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：近日，热播电视真人秀《天后上路》回归，7位明星出国旅行，从北京出发，前往沙特阿拉伯、冰岛等异国。A. set out动身，出发；B. set aside省出；C. set about开始，着手；D. set in到来，开始。根据句中“7 celebrities journeying to foreign countries”可知，明星出国旅行，从北京“出发”，用动词短语set out，符合语境。故选A项。
第三节 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。
The English word “garden” gives an entirely wrong idea of the Chinese yuan, for “garden” suggests a lawn and an infinite _______51_______ (vary) of flowers, altogether too prim (呆板的) and tidy to suit Chinese taste. The Chinese yuan suggests first of all a wild landscape, perhaps better arranged and more artistically ____52____ (plan) than nature, but still a bit of nature itself, with trees, creeks, and flowers. Dotted in this natural landscape are the human structures like pavilions and long winding corridors, so _______53_______ (perfect) belonging to the scenery as to become a whole with it. The Chinese garden _______54_______ (characterize) by studied disorderliness. There are no even-cut bushes or symmetric (对称的) rows lining avenues as if in battle formation.
No Chinese mansion allows an outsider _______55_______ (look) through theiron gates at along drive, for that would be against the principle of concealment. _______56_______ (face) the gate, we see a small courtyard giving no idea of the expansiveness of space inside, and leading one step by step into newer views, in _______57_______ continual series of surprises and astonishments. With wooden framework _______58_______ (bear) most of the weight of the house, windows, doors and walls are not restricted to certain locations. The essential idea of interior (室内的) decoration is the beauty of simplicity. Home designs are not something fancy we buy from a first-class firm. What distinguishes a home _______59_______ a public building is the personal touch that we give it. It is only when the spirit of leisure and loving care exists _______60_______ living at home can become an art and a pleasure.
Adaptation from My Country and My People by LinYutang
【答案】51. variety
52. planned
53. perfectly
54. is characterized
55. to look
56. Facing 57. a
58. bearing
59. from 60. that
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍中国“园”的特色。
【51题详解】
考查名词。句意：英文单词“garden”给人一种完全错误的“园”概念，因为“garden（花园）”表示草坪和各种各样的花。分析句子可知，冠词an后面应填可数名词单数形式。故填variety。
【52题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：中文“园”首先意味着一个野生的景观，也许比大自然安排得更好，规划得更艺术，但仍然是大自然本身的一部分，有树木、小溪和花朵。分析句子可知，这里考查非谓语，a wild landscape与plan为被动关系，再由句意可知，这里应用过去分词作状语。故填planned。
【53题详解】
考查副词。句意：在这片自然景观中，点缀着亭台楼阁和蜿蜒曲折的长廊等人文建筑，它们与风景完美地融为一体。分析句子可知，此空应填副词修饰后面动词。故填perfectly。
【54题详解】
考查时态语态。句意：中国园林的特点是刻意杂乱无章。分析句子可知，此空应填谓语动词，The Chinese garden与characterize为被动关系，且由上下文可知，这里时态应用一般现在时。故填is characterized。
【55题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：任何一座中国的豪宅都不允许外人从大门往外看，因为这违反了隐蔽的原则。分析句子可知，这里考查allow sb to do sth，表“允许某人做某事”，为固定搭配。故填to look。
【56题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：面对大门，我们看到一个小小的庭院，丝毫不知道里面空间的广阔，一步一步地进入新的视野，在一系列的惊喜和惊喜中。分析句子可知，这里考查非谓语，we与face为主动关系，再由句意可知，这里应用现在分词作状语，且句首时首字母应大写。故填Facing。
【57题详解】
考查冠词。句意：面对大门，我们看到一个小小的庭院，丝毫不知道里面空间的广阔，一步一步地进入新的视野，在一系列的惊喜和惊喜中。分析句子可知，这里考查a series of 表“一系列”，为固定搭配。故填a。
【58题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：木框架承担了房子的大部分重量，窗户、门和墙壁不局限于某些位置。分析句子可知，这里考查with的复合结构，wooden framework 与bear为主动关系，所以这里应用现在分词作宾补。故填bearing。
【59题详解】
考查介词。句意：住宅与公共建筑的区别在于我们赋予它的个人风格。分析句子可知，这里考查distinguish.......from表“区分”，为固定搭配。故填from。
【60题详解】
考查强调句。句意：只有当休闲和关爱的精神存在时，在家生活才能成为一种艺术和乐趣。分析句子可知，这里考查it is...that构成的强调句，对时间状语从句only when the spirit of leisure and loving care exists进行强调。故填that。
第四部分 写作(满分25分)
61. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
My hearing aid was a box that was tied to my shoulders and hung from my neck. I carried it because when I was young I became deaf. After consulting(协商) with a lot of educational experts, doctors, and parents of other deaf children, my parents decided to send me to a school where all of my classmates and teachers would have normal hearing, instead of sending me to a private school for the deaf. So I was the only deaf child at Blue Creek Elementary School.
I experienced great anxiety throughout Elementary School because, in addition to the problems of “fitting in” with the other students, I also struggled with most of my school work. I seemed to spend every spare moment doing homework just so I could keep up. I could feel that my parents and teachers were deeply disappointed in me because of my academic struggles. The teachers didn’t know what to do with me nor did they show much interest in any of my poor performances.
My hearing disability required me to ask everyone from time to time, “What did he or she say ” I worried that everyone would soon grow tired of repeating everything back to me. When the kids made fun of me, I had no way but to accept it. I was sure that I was a bad person; my self-esteem(自尊心) was quite low. I saw myself as an ugly kid wearing a box around his neck who wasn’t even smart enough to keep up with the rest of the other kids.
Mrs. Jordan, my 5th grade teacher, changed all of that with a simple two-word phrase. One morning, she asked the class a question. I read her lips(嘴唇) from my front-row seat and immediately raised my hand. I couldn’t believe it—for once I knew the answer.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
But, when she called on me, I was afraid.
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For the first time in my young life, I was a star in my class.
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【答案】
But, when she called on me, I was afraid. I took a deep breath, stood up slowly and answered Mrs. Jordan’s question in a low voice.Then came the silence. I felt so nervous that I lowered my head and did not dare to see the reaction of the teacher and other students. I would never forget what happened next. Mrs. Jordan pointed directly at me. With shinning eyes and a wide smile, she cried: “That’s right, Stephen!” Surprise and then joy overwhelmed me.
For the first time in my young life, I was a star in my class. I became the focus of my class, with everyone looking at me. My confidence soared like never before. I decided right then and there that I would make a place for myself in this world. No matter how many difficulties I might meet in life, I knew I could overcome them. A simple three-word phrase delivered with incredible enthusiasm had totally changed my young life. “That’s right, Stephen!”
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章通过作者的亲身经历讲述了“恰当时间下的恰当的话”会彻底改变一个人的生活。作者是一个失去听力的人，他需要助听器才能正常沟通交流，这使得他一度非常自卑。尤其是进入正常的学校之后，作为一个特殊的学生，他不仅需要融入集体，还要努力学习，但却都不尽如人意。一次，老师Jordan在课堂上提问，作者鼓起勇气举手回答，之后得到了老师的赞许，这极大的鼓舞了作者。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“But, when she called on me, I was afraid.(但是，当她叫我的时候，我很害怕。)”可知，第一段可描写作者是如何小心翼翼地回答问题的，同时描写老师听到答案后对作者的称赞。
②由第二段首句内容“For the first time in my young life, I was a star in my class.(在我年轻的生命中，我第一次成为班里的明星。)”可知，第二段可描写作者被称赞后的心理变化，有了自信，有了克服困难的决心。
2.续写线索：小心翼翼回答问题——紧张不敢抬头——得到老师的称赞——有了自信——有了决心——感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
①深呼吸：take a deep breath/ breathe deeply
②大声说：cry/speak out/speak up/shout
③高涨：soar/rise/rear
④下决心做某事：decide to do/ make up one’s mind to do/ be determined to do
⑤克服：overcome/get rid of/conquer
情绪类
①笑容满面的：with a wide smile/ with a big smile/beaming
②热情：enthusiasm/passion
【点睛】[高分句型1]. I will never forget what happened next. （由what引导宾语从句）
[高分句型2]. I decided right then and there that I would make a place for myself in this world.（由that引导宾语从句）
[高分句型3]. No matter how many difficulties I might meet in life, I knew I could overcome them.（“No matter how many difficulties I might meet in life”为让步状语从句，且从句中包含省略关系代词的定语从句“I might meet in life”，其先行词为“difficulties”）郑州外国语学校2023-2024学年高二上期月考2试卷
英语
(120分钟 150分)
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Which person does the man want to follow
A. The man on the bus. B. The woman in the taxi. C. The man on the motorcycle.
2. Where should the man put used envelopes
A. In the biggest box. B. In the medium-sized box. C. In the smallest box.
3. What record did the woman just break
A. Her personal record. B. The school record. C. The national record.
4. When will the flight take off
A. At 4 o’clock. B. At 5 o’clock. C. At 6 o’clock.
5. Where does the conversation most likely take place
A. At a cinema. B. At the speakers’ home. C. At a restaurant.
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2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题;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至7题。
6 What time will the man use the car
A. At 3:00. B. At 4:00. C. At 4:30.
7. What does the woman have to do if she wants the car
A. Do some housework later.
B. Drive her brother somewhere.
C. Finish her schoolwork before leaving.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What are the speakers doing
A Attending a party. B. Discussing a lecture. C. Working part-time at a hospital.
9. Which job has the woman applied for
A. Waitress. B. Volunteer. C. Salesgirl.
10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Father and daughter. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Why did the man’s aunt and uncle leave their homo
A. To visit family. B. To have a vacation. C. To escape the natural disaster.
12. How do the man’s relatives learn about the latest news about the volcano
A. They call their relatives. B. They read the newspaper. C. They watch news programs.
13. What do the man’s aunt and uncle think about San Francisco
A. It isn’t very fun. B. It’s too cold. C. It’s scary to visit.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What are the speakers talking about
A. Their trip abroad. B. Vacation plans. C. Cultural differences.
15. Why doesn’t the woman want to go to Mexico
A. She’s afraid of flying.
B. She hates the food there.
C. She went there with her cousin last summer.
16. What does the man say about Spanish
A. It’s not easy to learn.
B. He’s been learning it for a year.
C. He can only say a few words.
17. What probably makes the woman change her mind
A. The beauty of the beaches in Mexico.
B. The possibility of learning some Spanish.
C. Many people speaking English in Mexico.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. In which year did Ritchie Valens make his first record
A.1950. B.1958. C.1959.
19. What was Ritchie Valens’s most famous song
A. La Bamba. B. American Pie. C. Donna.
20. Who got a seat on the plane because of illness
A. Don MeLean. B. Buddy Holly. C. J.P.Richardson.
第二部分 阅读理解(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、和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Expecting to travel abroad but lacking a loose budget Interested in meaningful volunteering programs but worried about issues like your security or working conditions Here comes a right place for you — Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary (保护区).
Highlights
Volunteering with elephants and bringing them back into their natural habitat
Making a difference in the conservation efforts to save elephants living under awful conditions
Helping teach English to the communities and raising awareness about the captive (圈养的) elephant situation
Wandering the forests and observe elephant’s natural behaviors in their home environment
Our Sanctuary
Our sanctuary has rescued 5 elephants from the tourism industry and we have now brought them home to live out their lives in the forest, in semi-wild conditions. We need volunteers to help us keep these elephants happy and healthy in their natural habitat. With volunteer support, we hope to return more elephants to the forest soon.
Your tasks
Performing research on the natural elephant behaviors and the surrounding forest
Taking part in community projects such as teaching English at the school and to other locals
Carrying out litter pick-ups with the kids to educate on waste management
Your Rough Schedule:
Day 1: Pickup from Chiang Mai at 9 am. Travel through a national park and stunning mountains until you arrive in our unique village. Meet your homestay family and the other volunteers, and immerse yourself in hill tribe culture.
Day 2: Wake up early to hike in the forest and find our elephants. Spend the morning recording and learning about these amazing animals and their natural behaviors. Return to the village in the late afternoon and take part in our community & camp & teaching projects.
Day 3: Another early start to hike to observe our elephants one last time. Return to Chiang Mai in the afternoon.
1. Which of the following is a feature of volunteer work at the sanctuary
A. Looking after captive elephants with the locals.
B Seeking and observing elephants in natural forests.
C. Helping rescue elephants living in the poor environment.
D. Teaching people to conserve elephants’ natural habitat.
2. What should you do as a volunteer there
A. You should participate in anti-poverty projects.
B. You should have the great ability to go hiking for days.
C. You should master local languages and know about tribe culture.
D. You should undertake research into wild elephants independently.
3. Where does this text most probably come from
A. A holiday brochure. B. A travel journal.
C. A geographical essay. D. An educational website.
B
A schoolgirl has created a solar-powered backpack that filters (过滤) out air pollution after being inspired by her asthmatic (患哮喘病的) mother.
Eleanor Woods, 12, from a town in northern England, entered the “Backpack to the Future” competition after her mother put the application form in her room. She went on to win the award for her innovative bag.
The “Backpack to the Future” competition was launched to change perceptions, encourage more diversity within engineering and to show children how they could combine an interest in fashion with a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering or maths).
Powered by green energy from solar power and a dynamo — a machine that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy — the backpack filters polluted air before fanning out cleaner air nearby.
“I have an air filter at home because my mum has mild asthma. My Breathe Better Backpack is all about keeping my friends, family and classmates safe using an air filter. It looks cool and will help get kids outside and fight off colds,” said Eleanor. “The first thing that came to mind is that blue is one of my favorite colors and blue feels clean and the bubbles on the outside have a clean theme for breathing.”
The pandemic encouraged Eleanor’s awareness of how pollution affects a person’s health and the spread of diseases. Spending a lot of time with her asthmatic mum over several lockdowns gave the 12-year-old food for thought. The schoolgirl added “My generation is really aware of pollution, and we have lessons on it at school along with diseases spreading, and this is another reason I designed this, because it is getting much worse.” The young designer said she is becoming increasingly aware of the pollution that surrounds her, as she lives on a main road. Eleanor said, “I walk to school, next to the road, and can taste the petrol when buses come through.”
Speaking after winning the competition, Eleanor said the impact of her backpack will he far- reaching. “If just a few people start using it, it could be really good for the planet,” she said.
4. According to the passage, the “Backpack to the Future” competition aims to ________.
A. introduce the diversity within engineering
B. develop people’s interest in fashion design
C. encourage application of STEM to fashion
D. raise the public awareness of air pollution
5. Eleanor invented the Breathe Better Backpack to ________.
A. cure her mother’s mild asthma by transforming energy
B. help those who need air filters by reducing air pollution
C. attract kids1 attention by its colors and bubbles outside
D prevent diseases spreading by fanning out cleaner air
6. Which of the following is TRUE about the backpack
A. The outside design of it shows the theme of the competition.
B. Eleanor’s inspiration to invent it comes from bubbles.
C. It is equipped with an energy transfer to produce fresh air.
D. Its impact on the competition will be far-reaching.
7. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage
A. Use of Backpack Brings Benefits to Environment
B. Young Designers are Becoming Aware of Pollution
C. Mother assists Schoolgirl in Winning Competition
D. Schoolgirl Creates Bag that Filters out Air Pollution
C
Could the next Ernest Hemingway or Jane Austen be a well-engineered AI software program It’s a question becoming increasingly pressing as machine language-learning software continues to evolve.
Much of this is just nerves. Today’s AI creative writing programs are not yet at a stage of development where they pose a serious threat to Colleen Hoover or Charles Dickens. But while attention continues to focus on the possibility of a blanket takeover of human literature by AI, far less consideration has been given to the prospect of AI co-working with humans.
Earlier this month, American sci-fi writer Ken Liu, who had been awarded Hugo and Nebula to his name, joined 12 other professional authors for a writing workshop on Google’s Wordcraft. This AI tool, a language generating model, is not yet publicly available but is advertised as an AI-powered writing assistant that can, when given the right instruction from the writer, provide helpful descriptions, create lists of objects or emotional states, and even brainstorm ideas.
The writers at the workshop, however, emerged with mixed reports. “Wordcraft is too sensible. Wow!” Robin Sloan wrote. “But ‘sensible’ is another word for predictable, overused and boring. My intention here is to produce something unexpected.”
I’m unconvinced that writers awarded the Nobel Prize have much to fear from AI. Their work, and that of countless other novelists, short story writers, dramatists and poets, is too particular, too beautifully unique. Even if a model learned what they had done in the past, it would not be able to predict where their creativity might take them in the future. But for authors who write following a pattern, AI might step in, first as assistants before some day to authorship.
Production-line novels are nothing new. In the 1970s, Barbara Cartland, who wrote more than 723 books in her lifetime, many of which are romance bestsellers, would read her novels for her secretary to type up at the remarkable rate of roughly seven chapters a week. But already machine has replaced the secretary’s role. Perhaps creative writing software isn’t that far from replacing the Mrs. Cartlands of today.
8. Which aspect of AI calls for more attention
A. Its damage to our nerves.
B. Its progress in literary studies.
C. Its cooperation with humans.
D. Its influence on human literature.
9. What can we learn about Wordcraft from the text
A. It generates novels automatically.
B. It outperforms professional writers.
C. Its works receive praises from the public.
D. Its works bear similarity to existing ones.
10. What can writers do to avoid the threat from AI
A. Increase writing speed.
B. Use diverse resources.
C. Produce creative works.
D. Follow the latest patterns.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Will AI Replace Human Writers
B. AI Warns Mrs. Cartlands of Today
C. Is Writing Running into a New Era
D. Word craft Lies at the Center of Debate
D
People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic tend to take it for granted that human nature is selfish and that life is a struggle in which only the fittest may survive. According to this philosophy, the basic law by which people must live, is the law of the jungle. The “fittest” are those who can bring to the struggle superior force, superior cunning and superior ruthlessness.
But we are entitled to ask whether the ruthlessness of the tiger, the cunning of the fox and the obedience to the law of the jungle are, in their human applications, actually evidence of human fitness to survive. If human beings are to pick up pointers on behavior from the lower animals, are there not animals other than beasts of prey from which we might learn lessons in survival
We might, for example, look to the rabbit or the deer and define fitness to survive as superior speed in running away from our enemies. We might point to the earthworm or the mole and attribute their fitness to survive to the ability to keep out of sight and out of the way. If we simply look to animals in order to define what we mean by “fitness to survive”, there is no limit to the subhuman systems of behavior that we can think up. We may emulate any animal because they have all obviously survived in one way or another. We are still entitled to ask, however, if human survival does not revolve around a different kind of fitness from that of the lower animals.
Biologists distinguish between two kinds of struggle for survival. First, there is the interspecific struggle, warfare between different species of animals. Second, there is the intraspecific struggle, warfare among members of a single species. A great deal of evidence in modern biology indicates that those species that have developed elaborate means of intraspecific competition often make themselves unfit for interspecific competition, and that strength and fierceness in fighting and killing other animals, whether in interspecific or intraspecific competition, have never been enough in themselves to guarantee the survival of a species.
If we are going to talk about human survival, one of the first things to do, even if we grant that people must fight to live, is to distinguish between those qualities that are useful in fighting the environment and other species and those qualities that are useful in fighting other people. There are also characteristics important to human survival that do not involve fighting.
Cooperation is essential to the survival of most living creatures. And human beings are the talking animals. Any theory of human survival that leaves this fact out of account is no more scientific than would be a theory of beaver survival that failed to consider the interesting uses a beaver makes of its teeth and flat tail. Let us see what talking means.
beaver
12. According to the passage, the “Survival of the Fittest” theory .
A. shows that the tough-minded and realistic survive
B. is often used as an excuse for one’s being selfish
C. applies better in human society than in the wild
D. is universally acknowledged among scientists
13. What does the underlined word “emulate” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean
A. Copy B. Protect. C. Trap. D. Admire.
14. According to the passage, the author is most likely to agree that .
A. humans have no superior force over other species
B. humans have survived because they are the fittest
C. humans don’t have to learn from animals to survive
D. humans need to fight each other for their own survival
15. What is most likely to be talked about next
A. Ways to make humans more competitive.
B. Human’s cooperation via communication
C. Differences between beavers and humans.
D. The development of human survival skills.
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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I have now learned that there are a few easy things to do to make a great first impression It all comes down to three things, according to human behavior expert Vanessa Van Edwards: your hands, your posture, and your eye contact (接触).
___16___ “The easiest thing you can do to improve your first impression is to keep your hands visible (可见的)”, says Van Edwards. This means keeping your hands out of your pockets and in sight whenever you meet a new person. ____17____ Van Edwards notes that job candidates who use more hand gestures in their interviews are more likely to get hired. On the other hand, a perfect handshake is also important when meeting someone new. ____18____ Never pass on the opportunity to shake someone’s hand and make sure it is effective by keeping your hand dry and firm.
___19___ This posture can show your self-confidence when you first meet someone. In fact, it has been shown that having a high degree of confidence is more important than reputation to earn a memorable first impression.
Make eye contact. The third and final point is using the right amount of eye contact. We like people who look at us more. ___20___ People often worry about making too much eye contact, but that is unlikely to happen. Van Edwards says that we should hold eye contact for 60 — 70% of the time when having a conversation with someone.
A. Stand like a winner.
B. Show your hands in a friendly way.
C. Shake hands with people confidently.
D. This gesture of your hands puts people at ease.
E. Make sure to make the full shake instead of just waving to him or her.
F. Similar to a good handshake，this gesture can make you a great winner.
G. Therefore, we should avoid looking away shyly when we meet someone new.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共三节，满分45分)
第一节 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In 2007, a group of researchers began testing a concept that seems as if it would never need testing: Is more happiness always better than less The researchers asked college students to rate their feelings on a scale from “unhappy” to “very happy” and compared the results with academic and social outcomes. Although the “very happy” participants had brilliant social lives, they performed ____21____ in school than those who were merely “happy”.
The researchers then examined a data set from another study that rated college freshmen’s “cheerfulness” and ____22____ their income nearly two decades later. They found that the most ____23____ were not the highest earners. That distinction (荣誉) once again went to the second-highest group, which rated their cheerfulness as “above average.”
As with everything in life, happiness has its ____24____. Pursuing happiness to the exclusion of other goals-known as psychological hedonism (享乐主义)—is____25____. It gives a life where you do not reach your full potential, where you are ____26____ to take risks, where you choose temporary pleasures over challenging experiences that give life meaning.
When I talk with people about their fear of negative outcomes in life, their true source of fear, in many cases, ____27____ how they will feel about having failed, not about the consequence of the failure itself. This is similar to the way that discomfort with ____28____ causes more anxiety than guaranteed bad news. To ____29____ these bad feelings, people give up kinds of opportunities that involve the possibility of failure.
However, bringing good things into your life, whether love or career success, usually involves risk. Risk does not, of course, _____30_____ make us happy. A risky life will very likely bring disappointment, but it can bring greater _____31_____ than a life played safe, as the studies above suggested.
None of this is to say that we are foolish for wanting to be happy. _____32_____, the desire for happiness is natural and normal. Making the pursuit of positive feelings your highest or only goal, however, is a costly life strategy. Endless happiness is impossible to achieve, and doing so _____33_____ many of the elements of a good life. As the Canadian-American psychologist Paul Bloom wrote, “It’s the _____34_____we choose that affords the most opportunity for pleasure, meaning, and personal growth.”
Though pain should never be anyone’s goal, each of us can strive for a rich life in which we not only seek the sunshine but fully ____35____ the rain that inevitably falls as well. This is the paradox (悖论) of being fully alive.
21. A. unwillingly B. unpleasantly C. admirably D. incredibly
22. A. generated B. increased C. tracked D. drained
23. A. joyful B. wealthy C. successful D. distinctive
24. A. advantage B. balance C. opportunity D. preference
25. A. fruitful B. significant C. priceless D. rewardless
26. A. desperate B. hesitant C. likely D. tempted
27. A. centers on B. works on C. takes on D. passes on
28. A. performance B. discipline C. uncertainty D. ignorance
29. A. conceal B. create C. tolerate D. avoid
30. A. necessarily B. inevitably C. similarly D. deliberately
31. A. fascination B. rewards C. depression D. challenges
32. A. On the contrary B. That is to say C. For instance D. In turn
33. A. harvests B. encounters C. designs D. sacrifices
34. A. happiness B. wealth C. dishonor D. suffering
35. A. escape B. predict C. experience D. produce
第二节 单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
36. The sorry-looking, blackened thief from the chimney, admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had been stuck there for ten hours, which shows that punishment is meted out quite human interference.
A. emerged, dependent of B. being emerged, independent of
C. emerging, independent of D. having emerged, dependent of
37. , it’s estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China crops generated from Yuan Longping’s hybrid strains.
A. Presently, is consisted of B. Apparently, is made up of
C. Specifically, is composed D. Currently, is comprised of
38. The long cruel winter came to an end at last, a warm spring.
A. yielding to B. contributing to C. leading to D. appealing to
39. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by his readers with a series of coincidences — most of them improbable.
A. acquainting, credulously B. presenting, extremely
C. offering, steadily D. relating, wildly
40. Economic development is certainly affecting culture and customs, which are reacting on what is going on in the economy.
A. in return B. on the contrary C. in this sense D. in turn
41. Emily closer to the telephone, ready to grab it.
A. approached B. edged C. switched D. wired
42. Mrs. Bussman commented on the workman’s close to her husband and suggested that he might be his brother. Franz poured on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war.
A. similarity, blame B. likeliness, disbelief
C. relation, assumption D. resemblance, scorn
43. The director was not for comment, for he was occupied with something else for the time being.
A. convenient B. reputed· C. available D. distinguished
44. To the distant past, historians are always faced with a difficult task. They have to deduce what he can from the few clues available.
A. reconstruct, insufficient B. conspire, scanty
C. recall, arduous D. convert, existing
45. Sitting in the lecture hall a number of committed teachers, attention was on an outstanding teacher’s lesson.
A. were, their B. was, whose C. was, their D. were, whose
46. One of the reasons for the resistance to women leaders is that women achievers their male colleagues, which is completely ridiculous.
A. straighten up B. give preference to C. weigh up D. pose a threat to
47. The discussion on whether the human race can go against nature by cloning themselves has heated up the first cloned sheep Dolly.
A. in case of B. with the advance of C. in memory of D. with the advent of
48. It was quite some time I managed to catch the drift of what she said.
A. when B. before C. until D. since
49. The drop in stock prices of East Buy taught all live streamers a lesson that with taking credit for someone else’s achievement, a good relationship with consumers was the only way to maintain success.
A. comparing, to establish B. compared, establishing
C. comparing, establishing D. compared, having established
50. The smash-hit reality TV show Divas Hit the Road recently returned, featuring 7 celebrities journeying to foreign countries, who from Beijing to exotic countries including Saudi Arabia, Iceland, etc.
A. set out B. set aside C. set about D. set in
第三节 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。
The English word “garden” gives an entirely wrong idea of the Chinese yuan, for “garden” suggests a lawn and an infinite _______51_______ (vary) of flowers, altogether too prim (呆板的) and tidy to suit Chinese taste. The Chinese yuan suggests first of all a wild landscape, perhaps better arranged and more artistically ____52____ (plan) than nature, but still a bit of nature itself, with trees, creeks, and flowers. Dotted in this natural landscape are the human structures like pavilions and long winding corridors, so _______53_______ (perfect) belonging to the scenery as to become a whole with it. The Chinese garden _______54_______ (characterize) by studied disorderliness. There are no even-cut bushes or symmetric (对称的) rows lining avenues as if in battle formation.
No Chinese mansion allows an outsider _______55_______ (look) through theiron gates at along drive, for that would be against the principle of concealment. _______56_______ (face) the gate, we see a small courtyard giving no idea of the expansiveness of space inside, and leading one step by step into newer views, in _______57_______ continual series of surprises and astonishments. With wooden framework _______58_______ (bear) most of the weight of the house, windows, doors and walls are not restricted to certain locations. The essential idea of interior (室内的) decoration is the beauty of simplicity. Home designs are not something fancy we buy from a first-class firm. What distinguishes a home _______59_______ a public building is the personal touch that we give it. It is only when the spirit of leisure and loving care exists _______60_______ living at home can become an art and a pleasure.
Adaptation from My Country and My People by LinYutang
第四部分 写作(满分25分)
61. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
My hearing aid was a box that was tied to my shoulders and hung from my neck. I carried it because when I was young I became deaf. After consulting(协商) with a lot of educational experts, doctors, and parents of other deaf children, my parents decided to send me to a school where all of my classmates and teachers would have normal hearing, instead of sending me to a private school for the deaf. So I was the only deaf child at Blue Creek Elementary School.
I experienced great anxiety throughout Elementary School because, in addition to the problems of “fitting in” with the other students, I also struggled with most of my school work. I seemed to spend every spare moment doing homework just so I could keep up. I could feel that my parents and teachers were deeply disappointed in me because of my academic struggles. The teachers didn’t know what to do with me nor did they show much interest in any of my poor performances.
My hearing disability required me to ask everyone from time to time, “What did he or she say ” I worried that everyone would soon grow tired of repeating everything back to me. When the kids made fun of me, I had no way but to accept it. I was sure that I was a bad person; my self-esteem(自尊心) was quite low. I saw myself as an ugly kid wearing a box around his neck who wasn’t even smart enough to keep up with the rest of the other kids.
Mrs. Jordan, my 5th grade teacher, changed all of that with a simple two-word phrase. One morning, she asked the class a question. I read her lips(嘴唇) from my front-row seat and immediately raised my hand. I couldn’t believe it—for once I knew the answer.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
But, when she called on me, I was afraid.
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For the first time in my young life, I was a star in my class.
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