高二年级上学期期末考试模拟卷
(120分钟 150分)
检测模块：选择性必修第二册
考试范围：Unit 4~Unit 6
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. What kind of car will the speakers buy
A. The one with four doors.
B. The one with two doors.
C. The one in red.
2. Why does the man make the call
A. To confirm a booking.
B. To make a booking.
C. To change a booking.
3. What kind of animal does Simon like
A. Cats. B. Dogs. C. Rabbits.
4. What will the woman do for the man tomorrow
A. Treat him to lunch.
B. Tutor him in his studies.
C. Write him a thank-you note.
5. How much will the man pay finally
A.￥50. B.￥65. C.￥150.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What did the man do this morning
A. He watched a movie.
B. He did his schoolwork.
C. He bought a book.
7. What will the woman do next
A. Offer some information.
B. Finish a report.
C. Ask for help.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How did the man eat on the wedding last week
A. By using a spoon and a fork.
B. By using chopsticks.
C By using his hands.
9. What did the man think of the food
A. Terrible. B. Just so-so. C. Delicious.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Who are Jane and Robert
A. The speakers’ neighbors.
B. The speakers’ classmates.
C. The speakers’ colleagues.
11. What will the speakers buy
A. A small doll. B. A nice dress. C. A music box.
12. What has the man decided to do in the afternoon
A. Visit Jane and Robert.
B. Go to a department store.
C. Drive Dave to the airport.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the man doing
A. Applying for a swimming club card.
B. Applying for swimming and diving club cards.
C. Applying for a diving club card for his daughter.
14. Who will get the extra money
A. The woman. B. The swimming coach C. The rescue worker.
15. When is the swimming pool open
A. From 8:00 am to 11:00 pm.
B. From 8:00 am to 11:00 am.
C. From 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
16. How much will the man pay the woman
A. $ 450. B. $600. C. $750.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who are the listeners
A. Parents. B. Students. C. Teachers.
18. Where do the listeners sign their names
A. At the student health center.
B. At the entrance of the school hall.
C. In the international student office.
19. How can the listeners get the information about the procedures
A. From the speaker. B. From a doctor. C. From a handbook.
20. What does the speaker suggest the listeners do in the end
A. Get some travel medicine.
B. Offer their medical history to the doctor.
C. Make an early appointment with the specialist.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
There’s good news and bad news for flower fans this spring in Washington state.
Good news: The Tulip (郁金香) Festival in Skagit County plans to return for 2021 with new rules, and with reserved tickets available for Tulip Town.
Attendance will be limited at Tulip Town this year but it is planning to open earlier and stay open later. As in any public place statewide, face coverings are required. As of March 7, the tulips were not yet blossoming (开花) in Skagit County. When they start to blossom each year depends on the weather in March, but mid-April is historically the peak for tulip blossoms in the gardens and fields.
Bad news: The University of Washington in Seattle is asking people to view the cherry blossoms from home again this year in order to reduce crowding. UW Video has a live webcam overlooking the campus, and there’s a virtual tour with photos from campus that will be updated throughout the blossom season.
There are dozens of different varieties of blossoming cherry and plum trees in the Seattle area, with blossoms visible from early February until May for some.
1. When is the best time to enjoy tulips
A. In February. B. In March. C. In April. D. In May.
2. Where are people advised to admire cherry blossoms this year
A. The Port of Seattle. B. Tulip Town. C. UW campus. D. The web.
3. What is the purpose of this text
A. To educate. B. To inform. C. To persuade. D. To explain.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。本文主要告诉花迷们有关华盛顿州赏花的好消息和坏消息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“When they start to blossom each year depends on the weather in March, but mid-April is historically the peak for tulip blossoms in the gardens and fields.(每年郁金香何时开始开花取决于三月的天气，但从历史上看，四月中旬是花园和田野里郁金香开花的高峰期)”可知，欣赏郁金香最好的时间是四月份。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“Bad news: The University of Washington in Seattle is asking people to view the cherry blossoms from home again this year in order to reduce crowding. UW Video has a live webcam overlooking the campus, and there’s a virtual tour with photos from campus that will be updated throughout the blossom season.(坏消息:西雅图的华盛顿大学要求人们今年再次在家观看樱花，以减少拥挤。UW Video有一个可以俯瞰校园的实时网络摄像头，还有一个虚拟之旅，里面有来自校园的照片，这些照片将在整个开花季节更新)”可知，人们被建议在家里通过网络视频来欣赏樱花。故选D。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“There’s good news and bad news for flower fans this spring in Washington state.(今年春天，华盛顿州的花迷们有好消息也有坏消息)”提到了好消息和坏消息，接着介绍了好消息和坏消息分别是什么，所以本文主要就是告知人们一些消息。故选B。
B
My best friends travelled to stay with my family last weekend. When she arrived, she went straight to the kitchen and, without asking, ate some dried fruit. She wasn’t being rude. I knew she would do this. We’ve known each other for almost 20 years. She can eat anything she wants from my kitchen. Indeed, I bought her favorite fruits and snacks that morning.
Our long weekend together was simple. I was recovering from surgery and couldn’t go to shopping malls. We passed the time running errands (做杂事), but there was never a quiet moment. We’ve lived in different cities for almost a decade. Reunions demand conversation.
Our personalities are matched, to be sure, and a shared history is indescribably (难以形容地) valuable. We were competitors at high school before bonding. Then we discovered many interests that we had in common. Our friendship developed itself quickly. We stayed companions and supported each other through law school and through our first jobs. Ours is a friendship for the ages.
There is something special about friends who know everything about you. They are rare. They have seen your bright lights of achievements, the depths of desperation and the boring routine of the in-between. It’s special to unpack feelings without wasting time filling in the blanks. As my long weekend shows, with such friends we don’t have to “do”, but we simply have to “be”. We drop the act, the performance, the public version of ourselves. The special friendships are those which never fail to delight us, whose continuation is worth the extra effort, despite distance and difference in our separate lives. I had the very great joy of this reminder last weekend. I’m lucky to have found this friend, and to see a future where her companionship remains. Being together is perfection.
4. What can we learn about the author and her best friend from paragraph 2
A. They talked constantly about their lives.
B. They enjoyed running around.
C. They had a noisy weekend.
D. They quarreled at times.
5. What does the author appreciate about the friendship mentioned in the text
A. They remind each other not to waste time.
B. They’re comfortable with being themselves.
C. They’re best friends despite different hobbies.
D. They help each other achieve in their study and careers.
6. What message is conveyed in the last paragraph
A. Good friendships are worth more effort.
B. Special friendships may fail to delight us.
C. Real friends help each other achieve success.
D. Distance and difference strengthen friendship.
7. Why does the author write this text
A. To make more friends.
B. To share the friendship she treasures.
C. To describe what her best friend is like.
D. To explain how she offers help to her friend.
【答案】4. A 5. B 6. A 7. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者和一位好友的深厚友谊，她们从高中时期的竞争对手到成为知己，共同经历了许多人生阶段，彼此支持。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Our long weekend together was simple. I was recovering from surgery and couldn’t go to shopping malls. We passed the time running errands(做杂事), but there was never a quiet moment. We’ve lived in different cities for almost a decade. Reunions demand conversation.(我们一起度过的长周末很简单。我刚从手术中恢复过来，不能去购物中心。我们通过做杂事来打发时间，但从来没有安静过。我们在不同的城市生活了将近十年。团聚需要交谈。)”可知，作者和自己的朋友整个周末都在不停地交谈。故选A。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“They have seen your bright lights of achievements, the depths of desperation and the boring routine of the in-between. It’s special to unpack feelings without wasting time filling in the blanks. As my long weekend shows, with such friends we don’t have to “do”, but we simply have to “be”. We drop the act, the performance, the public version of ourselves.(他们见证了你取得成就的光辉时刻，也见证了你绝望的深渊和中间乏味的日常。不用浪费时间去填补空白，去揭示你的真实感受，这很特别。正如我度过的这个漫长的周末所证明的，对于这样的朋友，我们不需要“做什么”，而只需要“存在”。我们不需要假装、表演或展示公众眼中的自己。)”可知，作者认为真正的友谊是可以展示真实自我的友谊。故选B。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“The special friendships are those which never fail to delight us, whose continuation is worth the extra effort, despite distance and difference in our separate lives.(特别的友谊是那些永远让我们快乐的友谊，尽管我们的生活距离遥远，差异很大，但这种友谊的延续值得我们付出额外的努力。)”可知，作者认为好的友谊值得我们付出更多的努力。故选A。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，文章作者讲述了自己和一位好友的深厚友谊；根据文章最后几句“I had the very great joy of this reminder last weekend. I’m lucky to have found this friend, and to see a future where her companionship remains. Being together is perfection.(上周末收到这个提醒，我感到非常高兴。我很幸运能找到这样的朋友，并看到她陪伴我的未来。在一起是完美的。)”可知，作者非常珍惜这段友谊。由此可知，作者写这篇文章是为了分享自己所珍惜的友谊。故选B。
C
If Benjamin Franklin were alive today and read the latest science-based sleep news, he might update his “early to bed and early to rise” advice to include “less likely to become clinically depressed”.
A new study of 840,000 adults by a team of researchers from CU Boulder, Harvard Medical School, and MIT suggests that “early risers” may be at a significantly lower risk of developing depressive disorders than “late risers”.
According to the first author Iyas Daghlas and the lead author Céline Vetter, this research “shows strong evidence that a person’s propensity (倾向) to sleep at a certain time influences depression risk”.
Based on their latest findings, Daghlas thinks that going to bed one hour earlier and getting up an hour earlier (e. g., sleeping from midnight to 8 am instead of 1 am to 9 am)can reduce a person’s risk of major depression by 23%.
The reason why earlier risers are less to get depressed seems to be linked to getting more light exposure during the day. Therefore, there’s no need to wake up before sunrise in an attempt to lower your risk of depression if the sun isn’t up yet.
It’s unclear if someone who is already an early riser would benefit from getting up a bit earlier. But for night owls, the latest research suggests that shifting to a slightly earlier bedtime could lower depression risk.
Based on getting eight hours of sleep per night, the latest “early to bed, early to rise” advice for night owls might mean going to bed at 2:00 am instead of 3:00 am, and getting up at 10 am, instead of 11 am. This shift to being a slightly “earlier riser” means you’ll experience more daylight during your waking hours.
“Keep your days bright and your nights dark,” Vetter recommends. “Have your morning coffee on the porch (门廊). Walk or ride your bike to work if you can, and dim those electronics (电器) in the evening.”
8. What’s the function of paragraph 1
A. To lead in a new finding. B. To offer advice to readers.
C. To state the result of a study. D. To introduce a popular word.
9. Why can getting up one-hour earlier help reduce the risk of depression
A. It allows people to get the sun more. B. It reduces people’s risk of being burnt.
C. It enables people to have a better sleep. D. It gives people more time to get around.
10. What does the underlined word “dim” in the last paragraph probably mean
A. Make something obvious. B. Make something far better.
C. Make something less bright. D. Make something convenient.
11. What can be the best title for the text
A. Shifting to a slightly earlier bedtime is really easy
B. Being a night owl increases your risk of depression
C. Increasing sleeping time can lower depression risk
D. “Early to bed and early to rise” makes work more effective
【答案】8. A 9. A 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。一项新的研究表明，“早睡早起的人”悲抑郁症的风险低于“晚睡晚起的人”。文章解释了研究开展的经过以及对于“早睡早起”的建议。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“If Benjamin Franklin were alive today and read the latest science-based sleep news, he might update his “early to bed and early to rise” advice to include “less likely to become clinically depressed”.(如果本杰明·富兰克林今天还活着，读到最新的以科学为基础的睡眠新闻，他可能会更新他的“早睡早起”建议，包括“不太可能患上临床抑郁症”)”可知，该段主要为了引出一项新的研究发现。故选A。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第五段“The reason why earlier risers are less to get depressed seems to be linked to getting more light exposure during the day. Therefore, there’s no need to wake up before sunrise in an attempt to lower your risk of depression if the sun isn’t up yet.(早起的人不容易抑郁的原因似乎与白天接触更多的阳光有关。因此，如果太阳还没有升起，没有必要在日出前起床，试图降低你患抑郁症的风险)”可知，早起可以降低患抑郁症的风险可能是因为它能让人们多晒太阳。故选A。
【10题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“Keep your days bright and your nights dark(让你的白天光明，让你的夜晚黑暗)”可知，Vetter建议人们在晚上把电子设备调暗。故划线词意思是“使某物不那么明亮”。故选C。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段“A new study of 840,000 adults by a team of researchers from CU Boulder, Harvard Medical School, and MIT suggests that “early risers” may be at a significantly lower risk of developing depressive disorders than “late risers”.(一项由科罗拉多大学博尔德分校、哈佛医学院和麻省理工学院的研究人员组成的研究小组对84万名成年人进行的新研究表明，“早起者”患抑郁症的风险可能比“晚起者”要低得多)”结合本文主要介绍了一项研究发现：“早睡早起的人”忠抑郁症的风险低于“晚睡晚起的人”。以及文章解释了研究开展的经过以及对于“早睡早起”的建议。B选项“做一个夜猫子会增加你患抑郁症的风险？”最符合文章标题。故选B。
D
Politicians and the public tend to worry about carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (排放) but neglect the effects of cutting methane (甲烷). Actually, dealing with the gas would have a large effect rapidly and at relatively low cost.
Human activity emits far less methane than carbon dioxide, but methane has a heavier impact. Over the course of 20 years, a ton of the gas will warm the atmosphere about 86 times more than a ton of CO2. As a result, methane is responsible for 23% of the rise in temperatures since preindustrial times. Carbon dioxide gets most of the attention, but unless methane emissions are limited, there is little hope of controlling the climate.
By how much do methane emissions need to fall Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for centuries, making it hard to reduce its atmospheric concentrations (浓度). By contrast, methane has a half-life of roughly ten years, which means that it degrades quickly. If new emissions can be cut to below the rate at which old emissions reduce, the concentration of methane in the atmosphere will soon fall, slowing global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that, to keep temperatures between 1.5℃ and 2℃ above preindustrial levels, human methane emissions must drop to 35% below where they stood in 2010 by midcentury.
That is entirely possible. A big step would be to stop millions of tons of methane from leaking out of fossil-fuel infrastructure each year, through pipes with holes, leaky valves and carelessness. The International Energy Agency, a global forecaster, estimates that 40% of methane emissions from fossil fuels, equal to 9% of all human methane emissions, can be got rid of at no net cost for firms. The harder task is to reduce emissions from agriculture, but even here farmers can make use of new ideas, including developing new forms of food for farm animals, and changing how rice is watered.
12. What does the underlined word “neglect” in paragraph 1 probably mean
A. Ignore. B. Blame. C. Value. D. Delay.
13. What does the author intend to communicate in paragraph 2
A. A less serious threat to global warming.
B. The little hope of controlling the climate.
C. People’s more attention on carbon dioxide.
D. The urgent need to reduce methane emissions.
14. Why does the author call attention to methane emissions
A. They are the only hope of controlling the climate.
B. Their atmospheric concentrations are hard to reduce.
C. Their impact on the climate is huge but manageable.
D. They stay in the atmosphere longer than carbon dioxide.
15. Which source of methane emissions is more difficult to reduce according to the text
A. Coal mining. B. Rice farming. C. Fuel burning. D. Oil leaking.
【答案】12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了甲烷排放对气候变暖的影响以及人们可以采取的应对策略。
【12题详解】
词句猜测题。由第一段中“Politicians and the public tend to worry about carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (排放) but neglect the effects of cutting methane (甲烷). (政客和公众往往担心二氧化碳（CO2）的排放，但neglect减少甲烷的影响)”可知，画线词上下文是转折关系，与“worry about”相对，应意为“忽视（Ignore）”，政治家和公众倾向于担心二氧化碳的排放，但忽视了减少甲烷排放带来的影响。故选A项。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。由第二段中“Human activity emits far less methane than carbon dioxide, but methane has a heavier impact. Over the course of 20 years, a ton of the gas will warm the atmosphere about 86 times more than a ton of CO2. As a result, methane is responsible for 23% of the rise in temperatures since preindustrial times. Carbon dioxide gets most of the attention, but unless methane emissions are limited, there is little hope of controlling the climate. (人类活动排放的甲烷远远少于二氧化碳，但甲烷的影响更大。在20年的过程中，一吨甲烷气体将使大气变暖，大约是一吨二氧化碳的86倍。因此，自前工业化时代以来，甲烷造成了23%的气温上升。二氧化碳最受关注，但除非限制甲烷排放，否则控制气候的希望很小)”可知，在20年间，甲烷的暖化效应是二氧化碳的86倍。全球气温上升的23%是由甲烷排放造成的，甲烷的影响更大。因此，作者想要表达减少甲烷排放的紧迫性。故选D项。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。由第二段中“Human activity emits far less methane than carbon dioxide, but methane has a heavier impact. (人类活动排放的甲烷远远少于二氧化碳，但甲烷的影响更大)”和第三段中“Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for centuries, making it hard to reduce its atmospheric concentrations (浓度). By contrast, methane has a half-life of roughly ten years, which means that it degrades quickly. If new emissions can be cut to below the rate at which old emissions reduce, the concentration of methane in the atmosphere will soon fall, slowing global warming. (二氧化碳在大气中停留了几个世纪，很难降低其大气浓度。相比之下，甲烷的半衰期大约为十年，这意味着它降解得很快。如果新的排放量能够减少到低于旧排放量减少的速度，大气中的甲烷浓度将很快下降，从而减缓全球变暖)”可知，作者呼吁人们关注甲烷排放是因为甲烷排放虽然影响巨大却易于治理。故选C项。
【15题详解】
细节理解题。由最后一段中“The harder task is to reduce emissions from agriculture, but even here farmers can make use of new ideas, including developing new forms of food for farm animals, and changing how rice is watered. (更艰巨的任务是减少农业排放，但即使在这里，农民也可以利用新的想法，包括为农场动物开发新形式的食物，以及改变水稻的灌溉方式)”可知，减少农业排放是减少甲烷排放中更困难的任务，说明水稻种植产生的甲烷排放较难减少。故选B项。
第二节(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。
Being the first in your class is a goal that you can achieve.____16____Try these tips along your way to help you to be a member in the first rank in your school.
Read beyond assigned reading.____17____But to pull ahead to the first rank, you also need to read books that can provide extra information that you need. If you are studying World War Ⅱ, for example, read biographies of the important players.
Participate in teamwork in class. Be a part of group discussion, and volunteer for extra projects and teams.____18____If the class has a debating team, take part in it often and come prepared with notes for every debate.
____19____If you feel that you are having trouble grasping certain topics, don’t struggle until your grades begin to slip. Turn to the teachers if necessary.
Stay physically fit. Get plenty of exercise either through a team or through individual activities. You should also eat well, drink lots of water and get plenty of sleep.____20____
A. Ask for help if necessary.
B. Finish your homework on time.
C. But you must set it for yourself early.
D. Doing all of your assigned reading is important.
E. Take the leadership roles whenever they are offered.
F. Spend some time outdoors and it’s good for your studies.
G. Concentrate on what your teacher explains to grasp the main points.
【答案】16. C 17. D 18. E 19. A 20. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些帮助在学习上名列前茅的方法。
16题详解】
前文“Being the first in your class is a goal that you can achieve.(成为班上的第一名是你可以实现的目标)”讲述了你可以设定成为班级第一的目标，空处应承接上文，讲述要早点设立这个目标，C项“但你必须早点为自己设立这个目标。”符合题意，选项中的it指代前文的goal。故选C。
【17题详解】
首句“Read beyond assigned reading.(阅读超出指定阅读范围)”是本段的主旨句，讲述了要阅读超出指定范围之外的书籍。根据后文的But可知，空处与后文是转折关系，后文“But to pull ahead to the first rank, you also need to read books that can provide extra information that you need.(但要想抢先获得第一名，你还需要阅读能提供你所需额外信息的书籍)”讲述了还有必要阅读额外的书籍，所以空处是说阅读所有指定书籍很重要，D项“完成所有指定的阅读是很重要的。”符合题意。故选D。
【18题详解】
前文“Be a part of group discussion, and volunteer for extra projects and teams.(参加小组讨论，自愿参加额外的项目和团队)”讲述了要参加小组讨论、额外的项目和团队，空处应承接上文，讲述要在其中发挥作用，E项“无论何时提供这些项目，都要担任领导角色。”符合题意，选项中的they指代前文的group discussion和extra projects and teams。故选E。
【19题详解】
空处是本段主旨句。根据下文“If you feel that you are having trouble grasping certain topics, don’t struggle until your grades begin to slip. Turn to the teachers if necessary.(如果你觉得自己在掌握某些主题方面有困难，不要直到你的成绩开始下滑才努力。如有必要，请求助于老师)”可知，本段主要讲述了遇到困难时要向老师求助，A项“如有必要，就寻求帮助。”符合题意。故选A。
【20题详解】
前文“Stay physically fit. Get plenty of exercise either through a team or through individual activities. You should also eat well, drink lots of water and get plenty of sleep.(保持身体健康。通过团队或个人活动进行大量锻炼。你也应该吃得好、多喝水、多睡觉)”讲述了要保持身体健康，并介绍了锻炼和健康的生活方式，F项“花点时间在户外，这对你的学习有好处。”讲述了户外活动对学习有好处，照应了主旨句“Stay physically fit.(保持身体健康)”，也强调了对学习的用处。故选F。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago, just as I do every winter, I was bagging up the clothing my sons had outgrown. It is always my ____21____ to re-purpose those things that do nothing more than ____22____ space.
I found an ugly pair of hand-knitted socks. I had to ____23____ — garbage or donation Not being unusable, they were simply ____24____ to look at. I put them in the garbage, but minutes later, I took them back.
Later that afternoon, ____25____ up the car with clothes, I drove to a local shelter. As I distributed them, I ____26____ into the bag and pulled out the last of the donations — the ugly socks. ____27____, I held them in my hand as the crowd of the homeless went away, each with a ____28____ smile. Just as I was about to drop the socks back into the empty bag, ____29____myself for even bringing them along for the _____30_____, a teenage boy walked up to me. “Can I have these socks ” he asked. A little _____31_____ that I hadn’t anything left to give him except for these socks, I replied, “Of course.” “Thank you!” he said_____32_____. “These socks remind me of my grandmother. She used to knit stuff like this for me!”
Not only were his feet _____33_____ that day but so was his heart — and mine. To this day, the socks continue to bring me _____34_____. It’s a proof that there is happiness in life’s simplest things, and we’ll never know how much we get until we’ve _____35_____ those things with others.
21. A. worry B. beauty C. hope D. secret
22. A. take up B. leave C. make D. free up
23. A. compare B. decide C. record D. explore
24. A. wonderful B. clean C. uncommon D. unpleasant
25. A. painting B. washing C. loading D. lifting
26. A. turned B. ran C. put D. reached
27. A. Secretly B. Fortunately C. Generally D. Sincerely
28. A. tight B. strange C. grateful D. winning
29. A. caring for B. living up to C. putting up with D. laughing at
30. A. show B. ride C. sale D. space
31. A. frightened B. satisfied C. disappointed D. surprised
32. A. bravely B. happily C. anxiously D. angrily
33. A. warmed B. hurt C. fixed D. whitened
34. A. money B. peace C. luck D. joy
35. A. shared B. divided C. supported D. collected
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者打算把儿子们穿不了的衣物捐给无家可归的人，整理衣物的时候，她发现了一双难看的手织袜子，虽然它们依旧可以使用，但看着实在令人不快，犹豫一番后作者还是打算把它们捐掉。捐衣物的时候，作者又偷偷把这双袜子藏了起来，不想最后一个男孩请求作者把袜子送给他，并高兴地表达了感激。作者的内心由此感到温暖，领悟到生活中最简单的事情中也存在幸福，而在分享的过程中我们会知道自己得到了多少。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我一直希望重新利用那些只占空间东西。A. worry担心；B. beauty美丽；C. hope希望；D. secret秘密。根据下文“to re-purpose those things”可推知，作者是希望重新利用这些东西。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查动词（短语）词义辨析。句意：我一直希望重新利用那些只占空间的东西。A. take up占用；B. leave离开；C. make制作；D. free up释放。根据上文“I was bagging up the clothing my sons had outgrown”可知，作者的儿子们已经穿不了这些衣物了，因此这些东西什么也做不了，只会占用空间。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我必须做出决定——垃圾还是捐赠？A. compare比较；B. decide决定；C. record记录；D. explore探索。根据下文“garbage or donation”可推知，作者需要决定是把这双袜子当垃圾扔掉，还是捐赠出去。故选B。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：它们不是不能使用，只是看起来令人不快。A. wonderful美好的；B. clean洁净的；C. uncommon不寻常的；D. unpleasant令人不快的。根据上文“I found an ugly pair of hand-knitted socks.”可知，这是一双难看的手织袜子，因此看起来会令人不快。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：那天下午晚些时候，我把衣物装上车，开到当地的一个避难所。A. painting绘画；B. washing洗涤；C. loading装载；D. lifting举起。根据下文“up the car with clothes, I drove to a local shelter”可推知，作者是把衣物装上车，然后开车去避难所捐赠衣物。故选C。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：分发它们的时候，我把手伸进袋子，拿出最后一件捐赠品——那双丑陋的袜子。A. turned转向；B. ran跑；C. put放置；D. reached伸手。根据下文“into the bag and pulled out the last of the donations”可推知，作者是把伸进袋子去拿最后一件捐赠品，reach into表示“把手伸进”。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：当这群无家可归的人都带着感激的微笑离开时，我偷偷地把它们握在手里。A. Secretly偷偷地；B. Fortunately幸运地；C. Generally一般地；D. Sincerely真诚地。根据作者是来捐赠这些衣物的情境，以及下文“I held them in my hand”可推知，作者此时又觉得这双袜子太难看了，不能捐出去，于是偷偷地把它们握在手里。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当这群无家可归的人都带着感激的微笑离开时，我偷偷地把它们握在手里。A. tight紧的；B. strange奇怪的；C. grateful感激的；D. winning获胜的。根据上文“the crowd of the homeless”可推知，无家可归的人收到作者的捐赠，应该会带着感激的微笑。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：就在我准备把袜子扔回空袋子的时候，我嘲笑自己竟然把它们开车一路带过来，一个十几岁的男孩向我走来。A. caring for照顾；B. living up to达到；C. putting up with忍受；D. laughing at嘲笑。根据作者想捐掉这双袜子，但最终还是没捐的情境，以及下文“myself for even bringing them along for the ____10____”可推知，她会嘲笑自己居然还把这双袜子带了过来。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：就在我准备把袜子扔回空袋子的时候，我嘲笑自己竟然把它们开车一路带过来，一个十几岁的男孩向我走来。A. show展示；B. ride(乘车或骑车的)短途旅程；C. sale销售；D. space空间。根据上文“I drove to a local shelter”可知，作者是开车来避难所的，因此此处指把这双袜子开车一路带过来。故选B。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我有点失望，因为除了这双袜子，我没什么可以给他，我回答说：“当然。”A. frightened害怕的；B. satisfied满意的；C. disappointed失望的；D. surprised惊讶的。根据下文“I hadn’t anything left to give him except for these socks”可知，作者除了这双袜子，没有其他东西可以给这个男孩了，因此会失望。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：“谢谢你！”他高兴地说。A. bravely勇敢地；B. happily高兴地；C. anxiously焦虑地；D. angrily愤怒地。根据下文“These socks remind me of my grandmother. She used to knit stuff like this for me!”可知，这双袜子让男孩想起了常给自己织衣物的祖母，因此他会因为得到这双袜子而感到高兴。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：那天不仅他的脚暖和了，他的心也暖和了——还有我的心。A. warmed使变暖；B. hurt伤害；C. fixed修复；D. whitened漂白。根据上文“Can I have these socks ”可知，男孩成功得到了自己想要的袜子，因此他的脚会暖和起来。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：直到今天，那双袜子还在给我带来快乐。A. money金钱；B. peace和平；C. luck运气；D. joy快乐。根据下文“It’s a proof that there is happiness in life’s simplest things”可推知，作者从捐出这双袜子这样简单的事情中得到了快乐。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这证明，生活中最简单的事情中也存在幸福，而我们永远不知道自己得到了多少，直到我们与他人分享了这些东西。A. shared分享；B. divided分开；C. supported支持；D. collected收集。根据上文叙述的作者把袜子送给男孩的故事，以及下文“those things with others”可推知，此处指与他人分享这些东西。故选A。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式。
There is a gigantic study that’s been done in 38 cultures. ___36___turns out that in every culture, both males and females desire their potential mates to be bright. But we don’t have our IQs ___37___ (print) on our forehead. How do we know that someone’s ___38___(intelligence) In Western cultures, at least, it’s often by the person’s sense of humor. Because creating and appreciating jokes both require us to make ___39___ (connect) between many separate pieces of information, ___40___ (have) a sense of humor shows that we possess a wide knowledge and ___41___ we know how to think about things in novel and creative ways.
Take a cartoon ___42___ example: a mouse is standing outside his house, having just pulled a gun on a cat, who pretends to give in by raising one paw (爪). “Six rounds. Nine lives. You do the math,” the cat says. In order to appreciate this joke, you need to know that mice are ___43___ (usual) the victims of cats, many guns have six bullets (子弹), and cats ___44___ (say) to have nine lives because of their ability to always land on their feet. You also need to be able to do some math ____45____ (understand) that the cat has the advantage in this scene after all.
【答案】36. It 37. printed
38. intelligent
39. connections
40. having 41. that
42. for 43. usually
44. are said
45. to understand
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。这篇文章主要讲了在西方文化中，人们经常通过一个人的幽默感来判断其智商，并分析了原因。
【36题详解】
考查代词。句意：研究结果显示在每一种文化中，男性和女性都渴望自己未来的一半是聪明的。本句是主语从句，谓语 turns out之前缺少主语，其真正的主语为turns out 后面的句子，因此，可知本句缺少形式主语，故填It。
【37题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：但是我们的IQ并不是印在额头上。本句已经有了谓语don’t have, 给出词print跟谓语并无并列关系，因此可知print为非谓语。IQs跟print之间为被动关系，用have sth. done结构，故填printed。
【38题详解】
考查词性转换。句意：我们怎么知道一个人是聪慧的呢？根据know that可知后面为宾语从句。因此，someone’s不是所有格形式，而是someone is 的缩写形式。be动词后需要形容词充当表语。故填intelligent。
【39题详解】
考查词性转换。句意：因为创作和理解笑话都需要关联好多信息，所以具有幽默感意味着我们知识渊博，并且我们懂得以一种新奇且有创造性的方式来思考问题。本句make为及物动词，后面需要添加名词充当宾语，再结合between many separate pieces of information可知需要跟很多条信息相关联，用名词复数。故填connections。
【40题详解】
考查动名词。句意：同上。前面的Because…为原因状语从句，可知have后面整个部分为主句。主句的shows为谓语，可知前面为主语，因此have须变为动名词。故填having。
【41题详解】
考查从属连词。句意：同上。前面的Because…为原因状语从句，可知have后面整个部分为主句。shows后面为宾语，两个句子之间有and可知它们都为宾语从句。第二个句子意思完整，故填that。
【42题详解】
考查固定搭配/介词。句意：以一部卡通片为例。本题考查固定搭配take sth for example，意为“以…为例”。固填for。
【43题详解】
考查副词。句意：为了能够理解这个笑话，你需要知道老鼠是猫的天敌，很多枪有六发子弹，猫据说有九条命，因为猫总有能安全着地的能力。从are the victims of cats 可知此处为系表谓语，usual为形容词。usual修饰系表谓语时，需要变为副词。故填usually。
【44题详解】
考查被动语态。句意：同上。主语本句有后面的动词都为不定式，故可知say为谓语。主语cats与say之间为被动关系，再结合上下文，可知时态为一般现在时，故填are said。
【45题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：你也需要会做数学题，以便能够理解在此幕中猫所拥有的优势。本句的谓语为need to be able to do sth ,因此可知understand为非谓语，understand表目的，故填to understand。
【点睛】熟悉一些固定句式有助于迅速提高解题速度。比如 第一题中的It turns out that …(结果…)。第九题中的 Sth is said to …=It is said that sth …(据说, ...) 。
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第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 最近你所在的国际班中有许多同学缺乏体育锻炼，每天都十分困倦，所以你决定给全班同学写封英文倡议信，劝说大家每天早上到校后参加晨跑。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。
Dear classmates,
I’m writing to persuade you to take part in morning jogging after arriving at school every day.
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【答案】Dear classmates,
I’m writing to persuade you to take part in morning jogging after arriving at school every day. Recently I noticed many students are under huge pressure of study, lack of exercise and thus sleepy in class. Morning jogging can bring us a lot of benefit.
Regular exercise will do good to health. Morning jogging can help lessen stress and at the same time, equip us with firm will to overcome difficulties. Finally, if a day begins with exercise, we can keep a positive state of mind and remain in high spirits all day.
I would appreciate it if you could consider my suggestions.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生写封倡议信，劝说大家每天早上到校后参加晨跑。
【详解】1.词汇积累
缺少：lack of → short of
减少，减轻：lessen → decrease
坚定的：firm → determined
克服：overcome → get over
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Regular exercise will do good to health.
拓展句：It is known to all that regular exercise will do good to health.
【点睛】【高分句型1】 Recently I noticed many students are under huge pressure of study, lack of exercise and thus sleepy in class. (运用了省略that引导的宾语从句)
【高分句型2】Finally, if a day begins with exercise, we can keep a positive state of mind and remain in high spirits all day. (运用了if引导的条件状语从句)
第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
In my early thirties, my career in teaching was not what I dreamed it would be. I left the job and moved in with my parents for a year while I tested out a new career.
Living with my parents proved to be an even bigger challenge than my new job. To tell the truth it was probably harder for them than it was for me because I was a big trouble. I yelled at my mom for buying junk food and ignored my dad when he offered advice. I complained my mom never did my laundry the way I wanted and my dad never let me choose what show to watch. Instead of being grateful for their hospitality(款待), I was mean to them and most likely made them regret their offer.
“This is only for a year,” I would repeat to myself on a daily basis, sometimes hourly. Instead of living in the present, I would wish for the future and to have it all figured out. My life wasn’t what or where I wanted it to be. By this age, I expected to be firmly rooted on a career path with a huge circle of friends who liked to hang out. I did not expect to be living with my parents and starting over.
My attitude grew worse. One day when I was tearfully talking about something that was making my life miserable, my mother interrupted me. She nearly shouted, “Why don’t you just try smiling more ” I am pretty sure I laughed at her, but she went on to explain that sometimes things don’t work out the way we thought they would. “Don’t wait for things to get better,” she said. “Make them better.” I decided I was going to show my mother just how wrong she was. I would follow her ad-vice and try smiling more.
Weeks passed, and somewhere along the way, I forgot about trying to smile more as it became a habit. I worked on approaching situations with a better perspective and slowly star-ted to feel the weight on my shoulders lighten.
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。
The second half of that year was better than the first.
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I wasn’t aware that I was different, but my friend told me a simple change did appear.
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【答案】The second half of that year was better than the first. It was still a challenge to be living with my parents at age 33. But it was definitely better. I started noticing the birds singing and appreciating nature for what felt like the first time. Smiling lifted the cloud that had hung over me for years. I bought my own place and realized I had begun to love my job. I made friends at work, and started to feel like I had purpose and drive.
I wasn’t aware that I was different, but my friend told me a simple change did appear. I once asked one of my friends what I was different from. He said that I was always happy and smiling. At that moment, my mother’s suggestion rushed back to me: “Why don’t you just try smiling more ” That simple advice, which I had initially fought so hard against, changed me. Now I smile every morning, and I do see a big difference in my life.
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者辞职后和父母住在一起，但却发现和父母住在一起是更大的挑战。当母亲建议作者多笑一些，作者选择听取母亲的意见，然后作者发现自己的压力减轻了，生活也发生了巨大的改变。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“那年下半年比上半年好。”可知，第一段可具体描写作者下半年的具体情况，买了新的房子，结交了新朋友并且爱上了自己的工作。
②由第二段首句内容“我没有意识到我变了，但我的朋友告诉我一个简单的变化确实出现了。”可知，第二段可描写作者所出现的变化，也就是经常面带微笑了。作者发现自己面带微笑后，生活确实发生了巨大的变化。
2.续写线索：情况变好——注意周围景色——爱上周围的一切——发生变化——回想母亲的话——生活发生变化
3.词类激活
行为类
①开始做：start/set out
②建议：advice/proposal
③巨大的：big/huge
情感类
①高兴的：happy/delighted
②喜爱：love/be keen on
【点睛】[高分句型1] I started noticing the birds singing and appreciating nature for what felt like the first time. (运用了what引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型2] That simple advice, which I had initially fought so hard against, changed me. (运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句)
听力答案：1~5 ACBAB 6~10 BACCA 11~15 CCABA 16~20 CBBCC高二年级上学期期末考试模拟卷
(120分钟 150分)
检测模块：选择性必修第二册
考试范围：Unit 4~Unit 6
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. What kind of car will the speakers buy
A. The one with four doors.
B. The one with two doors.
C. The one in red.
2. Why does the man make the call
A. To confirm a booking.
B. To make a booking.
C. To change a booking.
3. What kind of animal does Simon like
A. Cats. B. Dogs. C. Rabbits.
4. What will the woman do for the man tomorrow
A. Treat him to lunch.
B. Tutor him in his studies.
C. Write him a thank-you note.
5. How much will the man pay finally
A.￥50. B.￥65. C.￥150.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What did the man do this morning
A. He watched a movie.
B. He did his schoolwork.
C. He bought a book.
7. What will the woman do next
A. Offer some information.
B. Finish a report.
C. Ask for help.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How did the man eat on the wedding last week
A. By using a spoon and a fork.
B. By using chopsticks.
C. By using his hands.
9. What did the man think of the food
A. Terrible. B. Just so-so. C. Delicious.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Who are Jane and Robert
A. The speakers’ neighbors.
B. The speakers’ classmates.
C. The speakers’ colleagues.
11. What will the speakers buy
A. A small doll. B. A nice dress. C. A music box.
12. What has the man decided to do in the afternoon
A. Visit Jane and Robert.
B. Go to a department store.
C. Drive Dave to the airport.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the man doing
A. Applying for a swimming club card.
B. Applying for swimming and diving club cards.
C. Applying for a diving club card for his daughter.
14. Who will get the extra money
A. The woman. B. The swimming coach C. The rescue worker.
15. When is the swimming pool open
A. From 8:00 am to 11:00 pm.
B. From 8:00 am to 11:00 am.
C. From 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
16. How much will the man pay the woman
A. $ 450. B. $600. C. $750.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who are the listeners
A. Parents. B. Students. C. Teachers.
18. Where do the listeners sign their names
A. At the student health center.
B. At the entrance of the school hall.
C. In the international student office.
19. How can the listeners get the information about the procedures
A. From the speaker. B. From a doctor. C. From a handbook.
20. What does the speaker suggest the listeners do in the end
A. Get some travel medicine.
B. Offer their medical history to the doctor.
C. Make an early appointment with the specialist.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
There’s good news and bad news for flower fans this spring in Washington state.
Good news: The Tulip (郁金香) Festival in Skagit County plans to return for 2021 with new rules, and with reserved tickets available for Tulip Town.
Attendance will be limited at Tulip Town this year, but it is planning to open earlier and stay open later. As in any public place statewide, face coverings are required. As of March 7, the tulips were not yet blossoming (开花) in Skagit County. When they start to blossom each year depends on the weather in March, but mid-April is historically the peak for tulip blossoms in the gardens and fields.
Bad news: The University of Washington in Seattle is asking people to view the cherry blossoms from home again this year in order to reduce crowding. UW Video has a live webcam overlooking the campus, and there’s a virtual tour with photos from campus that will be updated throughout the blossom season.
There are dozens of different varieties of blossoming cherry and plum trees in the Seattle area, with blossoms visible from early February until May for some.
1. When is the best time to enjoy tulips
A. In February. B. In March. C. In April. D. In May.
2 Where are people advised to admire cherry blossoms this year
A. The Port of Seattle. B. Tulip Town. C. UW campus. D. The web.
3. What is the purpose of this text
A. To educate. B. To inform. C. To persuade. D. To explain.
B
My best friends travelled to stay with my family last weekend. When she arrived she went straight to the kitchen and, without asking, ate some dried fruit. She wasn’t being rude. I knew she would do this. We’ve known each other for almost 20 years. She can eat anything she wants from my kitchen. Indeed, I bought her favorite fruits and snacks that morning.
Our long weekend together was simple. I was recovering from surgery and couldn’t go to shopping malls. We passed the time running errands (做杂事), but there was never a quiet moment. We’ve lived in different cities for almost a decade. Reunions demand conversation.
Our personalities are matched, to be sure, and a shared history is indescribably (难以形容地) valuable. We were competitors at high school before bonding. Then we discovered many interests that we had in common. Our friendship developed itself quickly. We stayed companions and supported each other through law school and through our first jobs. Ours is a friendship for the ages.
There is something special about friends who know everything about you. They are rare. They have seen your bright lights of achievements, the depths of desperation and the boring routine of the in-between. It’s special to unpack feelings without wasting time filling in the blanks. As my long weekend shows, with such friends we don’t have to “do”, but we simply have to “be”. We drop the act, the performance, the public version of ourselves. The special friendships are those which never fail to delight us, whose continuation is worth the extra effort, despite distance and difference in our separate lives. I had the very great joy of this reminder last weekend. I’m lucky to have found this friend, and to see a future where her companionship remains. Being together is perfection.
4. What can we learn about the author and her best friend from paragraph 2
A. They talked constantly about their lives.
B They enjoyed running around.
C. They had a noisy weekend.
D. They quarreled at times.
5. What does the author appreciate about the friendship mentioned in the text
A. They remind each other not to waste time.
B. They’re comfortable with being themselves.
C They’re best friends despite different hobbies.
D. They help each other achieve in their study and careers.
6. What message is conveyed in the last paragraph
A. Good friendships are worth more effort.
B. Special friendships may fail to delight us.
C. Real friends help each other achieve success.
D. Distance and difference strengthen friendship.
7. Why does the author write this text
A. To make more friends.
B To share the friendship she treasures.
C. To describe what her best friend is like.
D. To explain how she offers help to her friend.
C
If Benjamin Franklin were alive today and read the latest science-based sleep news, he might update his “early to bed and early to rise” advice to include “less likely to become clinically depressed”.
A new study of 840,000 adults by a team of researchers from CU Boulder, Harvard Medical School, and MIT suggests that “early risers” may be at a significantly lower risk of developing depressive disorders than “late risers”.
According to the first author Iyas Daghlas and the lead author Céline Vetter, this research “shows strong evidence that a person’s propensity (倾向) to sleep at a certain time influences depression risk”.
Based on their latest findings, Daghlas thinks that going to bed one hour earlier and getting up an hour earlier (e. g., sleeping from midnight to 8 am instead of 1 am to 9 am)can reduce a person’s risk of major depression by 23%.
The reason why earlier risers are less to get depressed seems to be linked to getting more light exposure during the day. Therefore, there’s no need to wake up before sunrise in an attempt to lower your risk of depression if the sun isn’t up yet.
It’s unclear if someone who is already an early riser would benefit from getting up a bit earlier. But for night owls, the latest research suggests that shifting to a slightly earlier bedtime could lower depression risk.
Based on getting eight hours of sleep per night, the latest “early to bed, early to rise” advice for night owls might mean going to bed at 2:00 am instead of 3:00 am, and getting up at 10 am, instead of 11 am. This shift to being a slightly “earlier riser” means you’ll experience more daylight during your waking hours.
“Keep your days bright and your nights dark,” Vetter recommends. “Have your morning coffee on the porch (门廊). Walk or ride your bike to work if you can, and dim those electronics (电器) in the evening.”
8. What’s the function of paragraph 1
A. To lead in a new finding. B. To offer advice to readers.
C. To state the result of a study. D. To introduce a popular word.
9. Why can getting up one-hour earlier help reduce the risk of depression
A. It allows people to get the sun more. B. It reduces people’s risk of being burnt.
C. It enables people to have a better sleep. D. It gives people more time to get around.
10. What does the underlined word “dim” in the last paragraph probably mean
A. Make something obvious. B. Make something far better.
C. Make something less bright. D. Make something convenient.
11. What can be the best title for the text
A. Shifting to a slightly earlier bedtime is really easy
B. Being a night owl increases your risk of depression
C. Increasing sleeping time can lower depression risk
D. “Early to bed and early to rise” makes work more effective
D
Politicians and the public tend to worry about carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (排放) but neglect the effects of cutting methane (甲烷). Actually, dealing with the gas would have a large effect rapidly and at relatively low cost.
Human activity emits far less methane than carbon dioxide, but methane has a heavier impact. Over the course of 20 years, a ton of the gas will warm the atmosphere about 86 times more than a ton of CO2. As a result, methane is responsible for 23% of the rise in temperatures since preindustrial times. Carbon dioxide gets most of the attention, but unless methane emissions are limited, there is little hope of controlling the climate.
By how much do methane emissions need to fall Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for centuries, making it hard to reduce its atmospheric concentrations (浓度). By contrast, methane has a half-life of roughly ten years, which means that it degrades quickly. If new emissions can be cut to below the rate at which old emissions reduce, the concentration of methane in the atmosphere will soon fall, slowing global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that, to keep temperatures between 1.5℃ and 2℃ above preindustrial levels, human methane emissions must drop to 35% below where they stood in 2010 by midcentury.
That is entirely possible. A big step would be to stop millions of tons of methane from leaking out of fossil-fuel infrastructure each year, through pipes with holes, leaky valves and carelessness. The International Energy Agency, a global forecaster, estimates that 40% of methane emissions from fossil fuels, equal to 9% of all human methane emissions, can be got rid of at no net cost for firms. The harder task is to reduce emissions from agriculture, but even here farmers can make use of new ideas, including developing new forms of food for farm animals, and changing how rice is watered.
12. What does the underlined word “neglect” in paragraph 1 probably mean
A. Ignore. B. Blame. C. Value. D. Delay.
13. What does the author intend to communicate in paragraph 2
A. A less serious threat to global warming.
B. The little hope of controlling the climate.
C. People’s more attention on carbon dioxide.
D. The urgent need to reduce methane emissions.
14. Why does the author call attention to methane emissions
A. They are the only hope of controlling the climate.
B. Their atmospheric concentrations are hard to reduce.
C. Their impact on the climate is huge but manageable.
D. They stay in the atmosphere longer than carbon dioxide.
15. Which source of methane emissions is more difficult to reduce according to the text
A. Coal mining. B. Rice farming. C. Fuel burning. D. Oil leaking.
第二节(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。
Being the first in your class is a goal that you can achieve.____16____Try these tips along your way to help you to be a member in the first rank in your school.
Read beyond assigned reading.____17____But to pull ahead to the first rank, you also need to read books that can provide extra information that you need. If you are studying World War Ⅱ, for example, read biographies of the important players.
Participate in teamwork in class. Be a part of group discussion, and volunteer for extra projects and teams.____18____If the class has a debating team, take part in it often and come prepared with notes for every debate.
____19____If you feel that you are having trouble grasping certain topics, don’t struggle until your grades begin to slip. Turn to the teachers if necessary.
Stay physically fit. Get plenty of exercise either through a team or through individual activities. You should also eat well, drink lots of water and get plenty of sleep.____20____
A. Ask for help if necessary.
B. Finish your homework on time.
C. But you must set it for yourself early.
D. Doing all of your assigned reading is important.
E. Take the leadership roles whenever they are offered.
F. Spend some time outdoors and it’s good for your studies.
G. Concentrate on what your teacher explains to grasp the main points.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago, just as I do every winter, I was bagging up the clothing my sons had outgrown. It is always my ____21____ to re-purpose those things that do nothing more than ____22____ space.
I found an ugly pair of hand-knitted socks. I had to ____23____ — garbage or donation Not being unusable, they were simply ____24____ to look at. I put them in the garbage, but minutes later, I took them back.
Later that afternoon, ____25____ up the car with clothes, I drove to a local shelter. As I distributed them, I ____26____ into the bag and pulled out the last of the donations — the ugly socks. ____27____, I held them in my hand as the crowd of the homeless went away, each with a ____28____ smile. Just as I was about to drop the socks back into the empty bag, ____29____myself for even bringing them along for the _____30_____, a teenage boy walked up to me. “Can I have these socks ” he asked. A little _____31_____ that I hadn’t anything left to give him except for these socks, I replied, “Of course.” “Thank you!” he said_____32_____. “These socks remind me of my grandmother. She used to knit stuff like this for me!”
Not only were his feet _____33_____ that day but so was his heart — and mine. To this day, the socks continue to bring me _____34_____. It’s a proof that there is happiness in life’s simplest things, and we’ll never know how much we get until we’ve _____35_____ those things with others.
21. A. worry B. beauty C. hope D. secret
22. A. take up B. leave C. make D. free up
23. A. compare B. decide C. record D. explore
24. A. wonderful B. clean C. uncommon D. unpleasant
25. A. painting B. washing C. loading D. lifting
26. A. turned B. ran C. put D. reached
27. A. Secretly B. Fortunately C. Generally D. Sincerely
28. A. tight B. strange C. grateful D. winning
29. A. caring for B. living up to C. putting up with D. laughing at
30. A. show B. ride C. sale D. space
31. A. frightened B. satisfied C. disappointed D. surprised
32. A. bravely B. happily C. anxiously D. angrily
33. A. warmed B. hurt C. fixed D. whitened
34. A. money B. peace C. luck D. joy
35. A. shared B. divided C. supported D. collected
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式。
There is a gigantic study that’s been done in 38 cultures. ___36___turns out that in every culture, both males and females desire their potential mates to be bright. But we don’t have our IQs ___37___ (print) on our forehead. How do we know that someone’s ___38___(intelligence) In Western cultures, at least, it’s often by the person’s sense of humor. Because creating and appreciating jokes both require us to make ___39___ (connect) between many separate pieces of information, ___40___ (have) a sense of humor shows that we possess a wide knowledge and ___41___ we know how to think about things in novel and creative ways.
Take a cartoon ___42___ example: a mouse is standing outside his house, having just pulled a gun on a cat, who pretends to give in by raising one paw (爪). “Six rounds. Nine lives. You do the math,” the cat says. In order to appreciate this joke, you need to know that mice are ___43___ (usual) the victims of cats, many guns have six bullets (子弹), and cats ___44___ (say) to have nine lives because of their ability to always land on their feet. You also need to be able to do some math ____45____ (understand) that the cat has the advantage in this scene after all.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 最近你所在的国际班中有许多同学缺乏体育锻炼，每天都十分困倦，所以你决定给全班同学写封英文倡议信，劝说大家每天早上到校后参加晨跑。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。
Dear classmates,
I’m writing to persuade you to take part in morning jogging after arriving at school every day.
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第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
In my early thirties, my career in teaching was not what I dreamed it would be. I left the job and moved in with my parents for a year while I tested out a new career.
Living with my parents proved to be an even bigger challenge than my new job. To tell the truth, it was probably harder for them than it was for me because I was a big trouble. I yelled at my mom for buying junk food and ignored my dad when he offered advice. I complained my mom never did my laundry the way I wanted and my dad never let me choose what show to watch. Instead of being grateful for their hospitality(款待), I was mean to them and most likely made them regret their offer.
“This is only for a year,” I would repeat to myself on a daily basis, sometimes hourly. Instead of living in the present, I would wish for the future and to have it all figured out. My life wasn’t what or where I wanted it to be. By this age, I expected to be firmly rooted on a career path with a huge circle of friends who liked to hang out. I did not expect to be living with my parents and starting over.
My attitude grew worse. One day when I was tearfully talking about something that was making my life miserable, my mother interrupted me. She nearly shouted, “Why don’t you just try smiling more ” I am pretty sure I laughed at her, but she went on to explain that sometimes things don’t work out the way we thought they would. “Don’t wait for things to get better,” she said. “Make them better.” I decided I was going to show my mother just how wrong she was. I would follow her ad-vice and try smiling more.
Weeks passed, and somewhere along the way, I forgot about trying to smile more as it became a habit. I worked on approaching situations with a better perspective and slowly star-ted to feel the weight on my shoulders lighten.
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。
The second half of that year was better than the first.
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I wasn’t aware that I was different, but my friend told me a simple change did appear.
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听力答案：1~5 ACBAB 6~10 BACCA 11~15 CCABA 16~20 CBBCC
