高二年级11月英语月考测试卷
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共五小题，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 does Jenny think of the movie
A. Funny. B. Special. C. Horrible.
2. What is Tim fond of
A. Jazz. B. Pop music. C. Rock music.
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. A math class. B. A math test. C. Math homework.
4. When did Mindy get up this morning
A. At 6:45. B. At 6:30. C. At 6:15.
5. Who will assist Mike in presenting the financial report
A. Amy. B. David. C. Sarah.
第二节(共五小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7小题。
6. Why is Sarah walking funny
A. Her ankle was broken. B. She fell on the ground. C. She got tired at the gym.
7. What will Sarah probably do this weekend
A. Take an X-ray. B. Go to the gym. C. See a doctor.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9小题。
8. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Strangers. B. Hostess and guest. C. Waitress and customer.
9. When does the man make the phone call
A. On July 2nd. B. On July 7th. C. On July 9th.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12小题。
10 Where are the speakers
A. At the ticket counter. B. In the supermarket. C. In the toy store.
11. What do we know about the man
A. He is thinner than his son. B. He is much taller than his son.
C. He is interested in sports.
12. How much shall the man pay
A. $20. B. $48. C. $60.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16小题。
13. What does the man do
A An interviewer. B. A judge. C. A tutor.
14. What is Sue’s suggestion for people with difficulties
A. Believing in themselves. B. Pushing their limits. C. Looking for help.
15. How does Sue feel about her job
A. Overwhelmed. B. Confident. C. Satisfied.
16. What does Sue think happiness is
A. Solving problems. B. Sharing with others. C. Achieving personal goals.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题。
17. Which activity will the tourists enjoy on the last day
A. Climbing the Tower of London. B. Paying a visit to Big Ben.
C. Enjoying a concert.
18. How will the tourists mainly travel
A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By subway.
19. Which is the first point of the attention
A. Drinking. B. Littering. C. Crossing the road.
20. What does the speaker advise the tourists to take
A. Umbrellas. B. Coats. C. Hats.
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)
A
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1. From which station can you catch a bus to Brisbane
A. Noosa Junction. B. Maroochydore. C. Landsborough. D. Gympie North.
2. What is the discount when using go cards during off-peak periods
A. 10%. B. 20%. C. 30%. D. 50%.
3. What should you do with a go card if you want a full refund
A. Top it up at a train station. B. Return it to a selected retailer.
C. Touch it off at the end of your trip. D. Return it at a major bus interchange.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍阳光海岸旅游，分为主要目的地与票价费用两个部分。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Brisbane部分中“Plan your journey down to Brisbane with regular departures from Nambour and Landsborough bus stations, and up to two trains a day from Gympie North.(计划你去布里斯班的旅程，定期从Nambour和Landsborough汽车站出发，每天最多两趟火车从金派北站出发)”可知，从Landsborough可以乘公交去 Brisbane。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Save 30% with a go card部分中“Go cards are 30% cheaper than buying a paper ticket and if you travel off-peak, you’ll save another 20%.(旅行卡比纸质机票便宜30%，如果你在非高峰期旅行，还可以再省20%)”可知，go card原本就比纸质票便宜30%，非高峰时段使用还可再便宜20%，即为50%。故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“If you’ve just visiting the Sunshine Coast, you can return your go card to selected retailers or Queensland Rail ticket offices at the end of your stay to receive a full refund.(如果你刚刚游览了阳光海岸，你可以在停留结束时将您的前往卡退还给指定的零售商或昆士兰铁路售票处，以获得全额退款)”可知，将go card退还至指定的零售商或昆士兰铁路售票处即可全额退款，故选B。
B
Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children did their school homework by candlelight: There was no electricity. But that started to change in 2006, when villager Colrerd Nkosi finished secondary school in Mzimba some 40 kilometers away, and returned home, and found he could no longer live without power.
Aged 23 at the time, Nkosi soon figured out that a small river past the house where he grew up had just enough force to push the pedals on his bicycle. He created a generator (发电机) that brought power into his home. Word spread quickly among brick houses and neighbors began paying regular visits to charge their mobile phones. “I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,” said Nkosi.
With no previous training, he turned an old fridge compressor (压缩机) into a water-powered turbine and put it in a nearby river, generating electricity for six households. Today, the village is supplied by a bigger turbine.
The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance — slightly more than $1 per household per month. “The electricity is basically free,” Nkosi said, speaking in local Chichewa. He admitted that the maintenance income was too small to cover repair costs, which he mainly funded from his own pocket.
Despite the challenges, he was determined to expand his mini electricity network to surrounding areas. “Once more villages and schools have electricity, people will no longer cut down trees for charcoal (木炭),” he said. “Students will have a lot more time to study.”
As dusk settled over Kasangazi Primary School, groups of learners rushed into a classroom for a night-time study session. “Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,” said student Gift Mfune, sorting through a pile of textbooks on his desk. “Now, we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,” he laughed. Courtesy of Nkosi, the building is the only school with power out of 17 others servicing the area.
4. Why did Nkosi upgrade his first generator
A. To make much more money. B. To meet people’s need for power.
C. To match new mobile phones. D. To attract more people to his home.
5. Which words can best describe Nkosi
A. Open-minded and tolerant. B. Creative and generous.
C. Easy-going and courageous. D. Intelligent and cooperative.
6. What can we infer about the students in Kasangazi Primary School
A. They have to stay up late. B. They do well in exams.
C. They are very grateful to Nkosi. D. They must have a promising future.
7. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text
A. To advertise a remote village. B. To share an encouraging story.
C. To show students’ love for a teacher. D. To put forward a practicable project.
【答案】4. B 5. B 6. C 7. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Colrerd Nkosi通过制造了一个发电机来为自家发电，后来他又通过改装的涡轮机帮整个村子发电，并且他还决定将自己的小型电网扩展到周边地区，他希望这样能够改善人们的生活条件和学生的学习条件。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中的“‘I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,’ said Nkosi.(Nkosi说：‘我开始收到用电请求，并决定升级。’)”可知，他决定升级自己的第一台发电机是为了满足人们的用电需求。故选B。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中的“He created a generator(发电机) that brought power into his home.(他制造了一台发电机，为家里供电。)”可知，他自己动手制作了一台发电机，这说明他很有创造性。根据第四段中的“The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance — slightly more than $1 per household per month.(用户不支付任何电费，但会给Nkosi一些维护费——每户每月略高于1美元。)”和“He admitted that the maintenance income was too small to cover repair costs, which he mainly funded from his own pocket.(他承认，维修收入太少，无法支付维修费用，而维修费用主要由他自己掏腰包。)”可知，用户免费使用Nkosi制造的发电机，给Nkosi的维护费用很少，他自己会掏腰包垫付，由此可推测出，他非常慷慨。故选B。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“‘Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,’ said student Gift Mfune, sorting through a pile of textbooks on his desk. ‘Now, we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,’ he laughed.(‘在我们这里通电之前，我们经常用蜡烛学习，’学生Gift Mfune一边说，一边整理桌子上的一堆课本。‘现在，我们都没有任何借口，只能通过考试，’他笑着说。)”可知，根据学生Gift Mfune的说法，学校没通电之前学生们要用蜡烛学习，而现在他们有电了，他们想要好好学习，不辜负Nkosi的付出，由此可推测出，他们很感激Nkosi。故选C。
【7题详解】
目的意图题。根据第二段中的“He created a generator(发电机) that brought power into his home. (他制造了一台发电机，为家里供电。)”、第三段“With no previous training, he turned an old fridge compressor(压缩机) into a water-powered turbine and put it in a nearby river, generating electricity for six households. Today, the village is supplied by a bigger turbine.(在之前没有受过任何培训的情况下，他把一台旧的冰箱压缩机变成了一台水力涡轮机，并把它放在附近的一条河里，为六户家庭发电。如今，这个村庄由一台更大的涡轮机供电。)”、第五段中的“Despite the challenges, he was determined to expand his mini electricity network to surrounding areas.(尽管面临挑战，他还是决心将自己的小型电网扩展到周边地区。)”并结合全文可知，Nkosi通过自己动手，先是为自己家制造了一台发电机，后来又为个别邻居供电，然后使整个村子都有电可用，而且他决定拓展自己的小型电网区域，他希望这样能够改善人们的生活条件和学生的学习条件。由此可推测出，本文主要是为了分享一个令人鼓舞的故事。故选B。
C
Plant biologists have found a way that may enable poor farmers to do away with the need to purchase expensive hybrid seeds every year. Researchers at the University of California report that they have solved a long-standing problem of hybrid seeds by making exact clones of the hybrid plants from seeds.
For long, many crops have been grown from high-yielding, anti-disease or climate-tolerant hybrid seeds. But the seeds of hybrid crops do not produce plants with the same qualities during reproduction and hence farmers cannot save the seeds for the next growing season. They end up paying for new hybrid seeds each sowing season. The discovery, long sought by plant researchers, could make it easier to grow desirable high-yielding crops and make them available to the world’s farmers. Farmers could thus replant seeds from their own hybrid plants and enjoy the benefits of high production year after year, the scientists report.
While the discovery would help farmers, it would also impact the commercial interest of the hybrid seed industry. Siddiq, a former Deputy Director General in the Crop Science Division of the ICAR, said at first sight, this might seem like a setback for hybrid seed companies but there would be plenty of things they can still do. “Rice is grown over such a vast climatic and geographical range that specialized hybrids would have to be developed for each region,” he said. The companies, he said, would continue to improve their hybrids. “It will be interesting to see how all this plays out in the years to come.”
Currently, the high costs of producing hybrid seeds are a major barrier to farmers in developing countries, especially South Asia and Africa. Siddiq said if efficiently used, this method could potentially be a game-changer for poor farmers, who would need to purchase hybrid seeds just once and plant the progeny(后代) seeds from their own harvest in the following seasons.
8. What problem do the researchers aim to solve
A. Farmers’ income. B. Farmers’ costs.
C. Hybrid seeds’ cloning. D. Hybrid seeds’ climate tolerance.
9 What is the disadvantage of the present hybrid seeds
A. They have a pretty long growth cycle.
B. They tend to be affected by various diseases.
C. They have stricter requirements for sowing time.
D. They fail to reproduce plants with the same quality.
10. What’s Siddiq’s attitude to the commercial interests of the hybrid seed industry
A. Hopeful. B. Concerned. C. Doubtful. D. Anxious.
11. What is the main idea of the text
A. The future of the hybrid seed industry.
B. The drawback of cloning hybrid seeds.
C. A method of cloning hybrid plants from their seeds.
D. A means of promoting the specialized hybrid seeds.
【答案】8. B 9. D 10. A 11. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了加州大学的研究人员发现了一个方法，通过用种子精确克隆杂交植物，这个方法可能让贫困农民不用每年购买昂贵的杂交种子，并且保证以后年度的高产。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Plant biologists have found a way that may enable poor farmers to do away with the need to purchase expensive hybrid seeds every year.(植物生物学家找到了一种方法，可以让贫困农民摆脱每年购买昂贵杂交种子的需要。)”可知，研究人员想要解决的问题是农民种植成本的问题。故选B。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中的“For long, many crops have been grown from high-yielding, anti-disease or climate-tolerant hybrid seeds. But the seeds of hybrid crops do not produce plants with the same qualities during reproduction and hence farmers cannot save the seeds for the next growing season.(长期以来，许多作物都是用高产、抗病或耐气候的杂交种子种植的。但是，杂交作物的种子在繁殖过程中不会产生具有相同品质的植物，因此农民无法将种子保存到下一个生长季节。)”可知，目前杂交种子的缺点是这些种子不能复制出具有相同品质的植物。故选D。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Siddiq, a former Deputy Director General in the Crop Science Division of the ICAR, said at first sight, this might seem like a setback for hybrid seed companies but there would be plenty of things they can still do.(ICAR作物科学部前副总干事Siddiq说，乍一看，这对杂交种子公司来说可能是一个挫折，但他们仍然可以做很多事情。)”可知，Siddiq认为虽然这个发现可能会对杂交种子公司造成发展挫折，但这些公司仍然有很多其他事可以去做，由此可推测出，他对这些公司的商业利益怀有希望。故选A。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文可知，第一段中的“Researchers at the University of California report that they have solved a long-standing problem of hybrid seeds by making exact clones of the hybrid plants from seeds.(加州大学的研究人员报告说，他们通过用种子制作杂交植物的精确克隆，解决了长期存在的杂交种子问题。)”引出了本文话题，即加州大学发现了通过种子精确克隆杂交植物的方法。故选C。
D
The homelessness popularity across the Pacific Northwest is now going to be disposed of in a unique kind way by two Seattle-born non-profit organizations. Through The BLOCK Project, tiny sustainable homes are being built in the backyards of the charitable volunteers to be delivered to the homeless people of the neighborhood.
Architect and founder of The BLOCK Project, Rex Hohlbein joined Facing Homelessness, another non-profit organization to launch the collaborative project. The latter organization has the responsibility for finding land in the household backyards, on which Hohlbein’s The BLOCK Project will build small, low-emission housing. The name of the company and the project comes from Hohlbein’s pioneering design of the tiny sustainable houses. To support their initiative, thousands of Seattle residents have already offered their house backyards to the project. The government also stepped in to make the entire process as legally convenient as possible.
Seattle has been facing a double problem of having expensive houses on the one hand, and being a large homeless community on the other. In such context, Hohlbein realized that willingness of kindly neighbors could provide a much better and quicker solution than a long waiting for state allowances (补贴) or government programs. The good idea of the architect is now getting proved by continuous construction of thousands of tiny backyard homes across Seattle.
The long-term goal of the project is to copy the globally changing definition of lodging (暂住) brought about by Airbnb. According to Hohlbein, in his childhood, it was absurd to think about hosting complete strangers in any regular household just in exchange for little money, especially with the risk factors of a night-time stay. But the Airbnb has made the concept as casual as it can get. Through The BLOCK Project, Hohlbein aims to copy the same kind of “cultural shift” with future sustainable housing, starting from the grass-roots level of local neighborhoods.
12. What does the underlined phrase “disposed of” in paragraph 1 mean
A. Observed. B. Increased. C. Addressed. D. Restored.
13. What’s the main duty of Facing Homelessness
A. Attracting more architects and supporters.
B. Finding places to build sustainable houses.
C. Building some low-emission houses.
D. Making houses legally convenient.
14. What is one of Hohlbein’s reasons for coming up with the project
A. Low state allowances. B. Seattle’s housing conditions.
C. Willingness of kindly neighbors. D. Emergence of backyard houses.
15. Which of the following agrees with Airbnb’s definition of lodging
A. Trying to help strangers overcome difficulties.
B. Solving the house problem in a short time.
C. Hosting strangers in private housing.
D. Reducing the risk of a night-time stay.
【答案】12. C 13. B 14. B 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。介绍了一个解决西雅图地区无家可归问题的创新项目BLOCK Project。
【12题详解】
词句猜测题。根据根据后文“Through The BLOCK Project, tiny sustainable homes are being built in the backyards of the charitable volunteers to be delivered to the homeless people of the neighborhood.(通过BLOCK项目，在慈善志愿者的后院建造了微型可持续住宅，并将其交付给附近无家可归的人)”可知，此项目是建造住宅，并将其交付给附近无家可归的人，也就是解决无家可归者的流行问题，推知disposed of是“解决”之意，和C项意思相近。故选C项。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“Architect and founder of The BLOCK Project, Rex Hohlbein joined Facing Homelessness, another non-profit organization to launch the collaborative project. The latter organization has the responsibility for finding land in the household backyards, on which Hohlbein’s The BLOCK Project will build small, low-emission housing.(建筑师和BLOCK项目的创始人Rex Hohlbein加入了另一个非营利组织Facing Homelessness，发起了这个合作项目。后者负责在家庭后院寻找土地，Hohlbein的BLOCK项目将在其上建造小型、低排放的住房)”可知，Facing Homelessness的主要职责是寻找建造可持续房屋的地方。故选B项。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Seattle has been facing a double problem of having expensive houses on the one hand, and being a large homeless community on the other. In such context, Hohlbein realized that willingness of kindly neighbors could provide a much better and quicker solution than a long waiting for state allowances (补贴) or government programs.(西雅图一直面临着双重问题，一方面是昂贵的房子，大型的无家可归者社区。在这样的背景下，霍尔拜因意识到，好心邻居的意愿可能比长期等待国家补贴或政府项目提供更好、更快的解决方案)”可知，Hohlbein提出这个项目的原因之一西雅图的住房条件。故选B项。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“The long-term goal of the project is to copy the globally changing definition of lodging (暂住) brought about by Airbnb. According to Hohlbein, in his childhood, it was absurd to think about hosting complete strangers in any regular household just in exchange for little money, especially with the risk factors of a night-time stay. But the Airbnb has made the concept as casual as it can get.(该项目的长期目标是复制Airbnb带来的全球不断变化的住宿定义。根据Hohlbein的说法，在他的童年时代，考虑到仅仅为了一点点钱而在任何普通家庭中接待完全陌生的人是荒谬的，尤其是考虑到过夜的风险因素。但Airbnb让这个概念变得尽可能随意)”可知，在私人住所接待陌生人与Airbnb对住宿的定义一致。故选C项。
第二节(共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
Human beings are extremely diverse in many ways. People differ in opinions, races, nationalities, lifestyles and so on. Yet we are all human species, we feel pain and joy despite the differences. Today, it is impossible for any group of people to live without interacting with others outside their group. ____16____.
Diversity creates richness in opinion. Some problems can’t be solved by a homogenous (同种类的) group of people. ____17____ . A diverse group will offer fresh ideas to solve problems. Diverse groups have been found to be creative and thus producing better solutions to problems.
Diversity makes us compassionate (有同情心的) about others. When we interact and try to understand others, we won’t judge them. This instead makes us compassionate about others. passion allows us to realize that all human beings are the same.
Diversity is a growing trend. Today, there is no country in the world that has only natives living there. ____19____. In the process, people of different cultural backgrounds often find themselves going to the same schools, working in the same offices and so much more. As citizens of this world, we are therefore left with no choice other than to embrace our diversity.
____20____ Through diversity, entrepreneurs (企业家) have been able to reach new markets. Today, we have multinationals setting up offices in different parts of the world. This further creates employment opportunities for people in those parts of the world.
A. Millions of people move every day.
B. They are in search of good lifestyles.
C. Diversity opens up new market chances.
D. Diversity requires us to respect each other.
E. We are then able to love and help one another.
F. Cultural diversity, therefore, is very important today.
G. Those require people from different backgrounds to work together.
【答案】16. F 17. G 18. E 19. A 20. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章主要介绍了文化多样性再当今社会中重要的原因。
【16题详解】
根据上文“People differ in opinions, races, nationalities, lifestyles and so on. Yet we are all human species, we feel pain and joy despite the differences. Today, it is impossible for any group of people to live without interacting with others outside their group.(人们在意见、种族、国籍、生活方式等方面存在差异。然而，我们都是人类，我们会感受到痛苦和快乐，尽管存在差异。今天，任何群体的人都不可能不与他们群体之外的人互动)”可知，如今多样性是重要的，F项承接上文，进一步总结说明文化多样性的重要性。F项“Cultural diversity, therefore, is very important today.(因此，文化多样性在今天是非常重要的)”符合语境。故选F。
【17题详解】
根据上文“Diversity creates richness in opinion. Some problems can’t be solved by a homogenous (同种类的) group of people.( 多样性创造观点的丰富性。有些问题不能由一群同质的人来解决)”可知，有些问题是一个同类群体解决不了的，所以G项Those require people from different backgrounds to work together.(这需要不同背景的人一起工作)是前文问题的解决方法，符合语境。故选F。
【18题详解】
根据上文“When we interact and try to understand others, we won’t judge them. This instead makes us compassionate about others.(当我们相互交流并试图理解他人时，我们不会评判他们。相反，这让我们对他人富有同情心)”和下文“Compassion allows us to realize that all human beings are the same.(同情心让我们认识到所有的人都是一样的)”可知，空处应该是关于对他人产生同情的好处。E项“We are then able to love and help one another.(然后我们就能够互相爱和帮助。)”符合语境。故选D。
【19题详解】
根据上文“Today, there is no country in the world that has only natives living there.(今天，世界上没有一个国家只有当地人居住)”可知，空处承接上文，解释说明世界上没有一个国家只有当地人居住的原因。A项“Millions of people move every day.(每天都有数百万人搬家)”符合语境。故选A。
【20题详解】
根据下文“Through diversity, entrepreneurs (企业家) have been able to reach new markets.( 通过多元化，企业家能够开拓新市场)”可知，本段主要说明了多元化所带来的新的市场机会。C项“Diversity opens up new market chances.(多样性开辟了新的市场机会)”符合语境。故选B。
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)
Vinod Menon, head of the physics department at the City College of New York, was going through his office mail. He opened a package, only to find it contained $180.000. Piles of $50 and $100 notes ____21____ in paper bands, a letter, and a return address that in the package ____22____ to “Head of the Physics Department”.
“I’ve never seen so much cash in my dreams. ____23____in real life,” Menon said. “That really ____24____ me, so I just did not know how to react.”
The sender obviously had unshakable ____25____ in the U.S. postal system, and desired to send the cash to ____26____ students looking to pursue physics and other ____27____. “ Supposing that you are a bit curious as to why I am doing this, the reason is very ____28____, ” the letter read. It continued to explain that many years before, its generous writer had ____29____ the excellent educational opportunity, available at City College to study physics and pursue a rewarding scientific _____30_____.
The return address was to Kyle Paisley, a name _____31_____ from the college’s graduation registers, at a house in Pensacola, Florida, whose owner _____32_____ had no idea of the donation. The money was first_____33_____, but after the two-month-long research which had found nothing linked to illegal activities, the college decided to keep the _____34_____ . Menon stated that the gift would provide fully-funded scholarships for students who couldn’t _____35_____ the expenses of schooling for a decade.
21.
A. filled B. settled C. buried D. wrapped
22.
A. donated B. addressed C. introduced D. related
23.
A. much less B. rather than C. even if D. except for
24.
A. inspired B. floored C. defeated D. restricted
25.
A. faith B. trouble C. experience D. favour
26.
A. excellent B. poor C. promising D. disabled
27.
A. colleges B. positions C. sciences D. activities
28.
A. sensitive B. irresistible C. meaningful D. straightforward
29.
A. broken away from B. kept control of C. taken advantage of D. made comments on
30.
A. profit B. reputation C. campaign D. career
31.
A. distinct B. absent C. safe D. free
32.
A. frequently B. initially C. apparently D. extremely
33.
A. put aside B. set down C. given up D. called off
34.
A. cash B. letter C. register D. name
35.
A. limit B. cover C. record D. reduce
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. A 35. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了纽约市立学院物理系负责人Vinod Menon收到了18万美元的捐款，捐款人希望将这笔钱提供给学习物理和其他学科的贫困学生。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一堆堆用纸带包着的50美元和100美元的钞票，还有一封信，包裹里写着寄给“物理系系主任”的回信地址。A. filled填满；B. settled定居，解决；C. buried埋葬；D. wrapped用……包裹。根据上文“He opened a package”可知，用纸袋包着的50美元和100美元堆在一起。故选D。
22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. donated赠送；B. addressed写（收信人）姓名地址；C. introduced介绍；D. related联系。根据上文中“Vinod Menon, head of the physics department at the City College of New York, was going through his office mail. He opened a package”可知，这个包裹是寄给物理系负责人的。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查固定短语辨析。句意：我做梦都没见过这么多现金。更不用说在现实生活中。A. much less更不用说；B. rather than而不是；C. even if即使；D. except for除……之外。根据“I’ve never seen so much cash in my dreams.”可知，Menon做梦都没见过这么多钱，更不用说是在现实生活中了。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：“这真的让我很震惊，所以我不知道该如何反应。”A. inspired激励，鼓舞；B. floored（因惊讶而）不知所措；C. defeated打败；D. restricted限制，约束。根据下文中的“so I just did not know how to react.”可知，Menon感到不知所措。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：寄件人显然对美国邮政系统有着不可动摇的信心，并希望把钱寄给那些希望攻读物理和其他学科的贫困学生。A. faith信心；B. trouble麻烦；C. experience经验；D. favour喜爱。根据下文中的“send the cash”可知，寄件人对美国邮政系统有着不可动摇的信心，选择通过邮寄的方式捐赠大量现金。故选A。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. excellent优秀的；B. poor贫穷的；C. promising有前途的；D. disabled残疾的。根据下文“Menon stated that the gift would provide fully-funded scholarships for students who couldn’t ____15____the expenses of schooling for a decade.”可是，寄件人希望将这笔钱送给希望攻读物理学和其他自然科学学科的贫困学生。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. colleges大学；B. positions位置；C. sciences科学，学科；D. activities活动。根据上文中的“physics and other”可知，此处指自然科学学科。故选C。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：信中写道：“如果你对我为什么这样做有点好奇，原因很简单。”A. sensitive敏感的；B. irresistible极诱人的；C. meaningful有意义的；D. straightforward简单的，直接的。根据下文中的“It continued to explain that many years before, its generous writer had ____9____ the excellent educational opportunity, available at City College to study physics and pursue a rewarding scientific ____10____”可知，这个原因很简单。故选D。
【29题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：信中继续解释说，许多年前，这封慷慨的信的作者利用了城市学院提供的极好的教育机会，学习了物理学，并追求了一项有回报的科学事业。A. broken away from逃脱；B. kept control of控制；C. taken advantage of利用；D. made comments on评论。根据下文中的“available at City College to study physics”可知，这个慷慨的写信人曾经利用了一次极好的教育机会，可以在市立学院学习物理。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. profit利润；B. reputation名声；C. campaign活动；D. career职业生涯，事业。根据上文中“available at City College to study physics and pursue a rewarding scientific”可知，此处指追求有益的科学事业。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：回信地址是凯尔·佩斯利(Kyle Paisley)，这个名字在学校的毕业登记簿上没有出现，地址在佛罗里达州彭萨科拉的一所房子里，主人显然不知道这笔捐款。A. distinct有区别的；B. absent不存在的，缺席的；C. safe安全的；D. free自由的，免费的。根据下文中的“whose owner ____12____ had no idea of the donation.”可知，这个名字没有出现在大学的毕业登记表中。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意同上。A. frequently频繁地；B. initially起初；C. apparently显然；D. extremely极其。根据下文中的“had no idea of donation”可知，这个房子的主人显然对捐赠不知情。故选C。
【33题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：这笔钱最初被放在一边，但经过两个月的调查，没有发现任何与非法活动有关的东西，学院决定保留这笔钱。A. put aside把……暂放一边；B. set down制定；C. given up放弃；D. called off取消。根据下文中的“but after the two-month-long research which had found nothing linked to illegal activities, the college decided to keep the ____14____.”可知，这笔钱一开始被暂时放到一边。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. cash现金；B. letter信；C. register登记表；D. name名字。根据上文中的“I’ve never seen so much cash”可知，此处是信息词cash的词汇复现。故选A。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Menon表示，这笔捐款将为那些10年内无法支付学费的学生提供全额奖学金。A. limit限制；B. cover足够支付；C. record记录；D. reduce减少。根据“and desired to send the cash to ____6____ students looking to pursue physics and other ____7____.”可知，这笔捐款将为那些无法支付学费的学生提供全额奖学金。故选B。
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
语法填空
Xie Xiaohua, a special education teacher has won the heart of hundreds of children with special needs and is called Mom Xiaohua by many of them.
“It is my greatest happiness and ____36____ (fulfill) to care for them as they grow up,” said 49-year-old Xie, who ____37____ (work) at Yiyuan County Special Education School for the past 27 years.
Fully aware ____38____the difference between special education and general education, Xie provides ____39____ (specialize) care for each student according to their physical condition. In 2013, Xie’s workload became heavier after she ____40____ (assign) to work at the school’s rehabilitation(康复) center. ____41____ (ensure) every child received scientific and targeted rehabilitation training, she worked out specific plans for them. For children with mental handicaps, Xie ____42____ (patient) coached them to master basic skills of taking care of themselves in daily life. She also spent lots of time training children with hearing and speech impairments to work on their pronunciation, which often caused her to develop ____43____swollen throat.
Several years ago, the school launched a campaign of offering door-to-door education to students ____44____ could not attend school because of severe physical disabilities. Xie was among over 30 teachers _____45_____ (task) with tutoring those students. “Although we do feel exhausted sometimes, we feel our work is valuable after witnessing their progress, even just a little bit,” Xie said.
【答案】36. fulfillment
37. has worked##has been working
38. of 39. specialized
40. was assigned
41. To ensure
42. patiently
43. a 44. who##that
45. tasked
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了特殊教育老师谢小华为需要特殊照顾的残障孩童奉献自我。
【36题详解】
考查名词。句意：49岁的谢在沂源县特殊教育学校工作了27年，她说：“在他们长大的过程中，能照顾他们是我最大的幸福和满足。”空处和and前的happiness并列，应用名词。fulfillment意为“实现，满足”。故填fulfillment。
【37题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意参考上题。根据句中的时间状语“for the past 27 years”可知，这里可用现在完成时，表示动作从过去某一时间开始一直持续到现在，还可能继续下去，强调对现在产生的影响，也可用现在完成进行时，表示动作从某一时间开始，一直持续到现在，可能仍然要继续下去，强调动作的持续性。主语who指代Xie，为第三人称单数，所以谓语应用单数。故填has worked/has been working。
【38题详解】
考查介词。句意：谢充分认识到特殊教育和普通教育的区别，根据每个学生的身体状况为他们提供专门的照顾。(be) aware of意为“意识到”。故填of。
【39题详解】
考查形容词。句意参考上题。空处应用形容词作定语，修饰后面的care。specialized意为“专门的，专用的”。故填specialized。
【40题详解】
考查时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：2013年，谢被分配到学校康复中心工作后，她工作量变得更大了。根据句中的“In 2013”和“became”可知，这里表示过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时。主语she为第三人称单数，且和assign之间是动宾关系，所以应用被动语态，且谓语应用单数。故填was assigned。
【41题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：为了确保每个孩子都能接受科学和有针对性的康复训练，她为他们制定了具体的计划。根据句意，这里表示目的，应用不定式作目的状语。故填To ensure。
【42题详解】
考查副词。句意：对于有心理障碍的孩子，谢耐心地指导他们掌握生活自理的基本技能。空处应用副词，修饰谓语动词coached。patiently意为“耐心地”。故填patiently。
【43题详解】
考查冠词。句意：她还花了很多时间训练有听力和言语障碍的孩子学习发音，这经常导致她喉咙肿胀。develop a swollen throat意为“患喉咙肿胀”，为固定搭配。故填a。
【44题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：几年前，该校发起了一项运动，为因严重身体残疾而无法上学的学生提供上门教育。分析句子结构，空处引导一个定语从句，指代指人的先行词students，且在从句中作主语，所以可用who或that引导。故填who/that。
【45题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：谢是被指派辅导这些学生的30多名老师之一。分析句子结构，本句的谓语是was，所以空处应用非谓语动词。逻辑主语over 30 teachers和task(指派)之间是动宾关系，所以应用过去分词，作后置定语。故填tasked。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 本周以环保为主题的英语教学结束后，为提升同学们的环保意识，英语老师要求班上各位同学用英语写一篇以Please Protect Our Living Environment 的文章来倡导大家行动起来，保护我们的生活环境。
内容包括：
1.你身边的环境问题;
2.相应的解决办法。
注意：1.词数80左右;
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
Please Protect Our Living Environment
With the rapid development of the economy, air pollution in our area has become one of the most serious problems nowadays. Sometimes we have to wear masks. In order to protect our living environment, we must take necessary measures.
First, go to work on foot or by bike instead of driving a car. Second, some factories which release waste gases should be closed or moved out of the city. In addition, we must plant more and more trees. Only in this way can we breathe fresh air freely and live a happy life.
In conclusion, we should advocate and practise a low-carbon lifestyle.
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇开放性作文。要求考生用英语写一篇以Please Protect Our Living Environment 的文章来倡导大家行动起来，保护我们的生活环境。
【详解】1. 词汇积累
首先：first→to begin with
走路：on foot→by walk
释放：release →discharge
总之：in conclusion→all in all
2. 句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：With the rapid development of the economy, air pollution in our area has become one of the most serious problems nowadays.
拓展句：As the economy rapidly develops, air pollution in our area has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of the present day.
【点睛】[高分句型1]Second, some factories which release waste gases should be closed or moved out of the city.(运用了which引导的定语从句)
[高分句型2]Only in this way can we breathe fresh air freely and live a happy life.(运用了only+状语位于句首倒装句)
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。续写的词数应为150左右。
8-year-old Evan was standing by the sidewalk when he noticed Mrs. Carter opening her shop again.
Several days ago, when Evan was passing by her store, he saw a closed sign on the store’s door. When the shop remained closed for not just two days, Evan was worried he’d never be able to get his “dream job”.
85-year-old Mrs. Carter was a woman selling flowers for a living and Evan had befriended her when he helped her cross the street one day.
Now seeing her again, Evan ran up to her and greeted her. “Can I help you today, Evan Do you want flowers ” Mrs. Carter asked. Evan smiled, “I’m looking for a job! Can you please hire me ”
“A job ” the elderly lady laughed, thinking Evan was too little for that. But Evan proudly replied he knew many things, like making sandwiches and helping his mom get grocery bags from the car. Mrs. Carter laughed and asked Evan how much money she would have to pay him if she hired him.
Evan shook his head. “All I want is a big bouquet (花束) for my mom. Her name is Stacey and her birthday is one week away. Mom says we should work hard for what we want. I want to work hard for that bouquet. Can you hire me ” Evan asked. Mrs. Carter was impressed and nodded.
Then for a whole week, Evan would come to Mrs. Carter’s store in the evenings and help her, and having Evan around relieved Mrs. Carter’s boredom while she was working. Some customers thought Evan was lovely and entertaining, so they bought more flowers. Mrs. Carter’s business became better.
A week later, on Evan’s last day on the job, Mrs. Carter was emotional. They had grown close for working together, and Evan had become like a grandchild to her. While making a huge bouquet for Evan’s mother, Mrs. Carter secretly placed one envelope into the bouquet. The envelope contained $200. When handing him the bouquet, she said, “Will you come to see me someday, Evan I’d be delighted to have you here.”
“I will!” Evan smiled and waved goodbye to Mrs. Carter.
注意：续写词数应为150左右。
Paragraph1:
Carrying the flowers, Evan rushed home to surprise his mom.
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Paragraph2:
Then, Evan and his mom hurried to return the money to Mrs. Carter.
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【答案】Paragraph 1:
Carrying the flowers, Evan rushed home to surprise his mom. “Happy birthday, Mom!” he cried, running up to her. Stacey was shocked at the huge bouquet. “Where did you get it ” she asked. When Evan told the whole story, Stacey was delighted and hugged her son closely. Evan smiled and was about to give her the bouquet when he suddenly noticed the envelope. He pulled it out and found the money in it. “But I told Mrs. Carter not to pay me! I think this got here by mistake!” said Evan.
Paragraph 2:
Then, Evan and his mom hurried to return the money to Mrs. Carter. When they reached her shop and were about to return the money, Mrs. Carter smiled and said, “It’s my pay for Evan. He did a very good job. Keep it. The flowers are my gift for you.” Stacey was grateful for Mrs. Carter’s kindness and invited her home for dinner that night to celebrate her birthday together. From then on, Stacey started to join Evan in helping Mrs. Carter in her shop and they became friends.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了8岁的Evan想要去卡特夫人的花店帮忙，卡特夫人觉得Evan太小了，不适合工作，但是在得知Evan只是想用工作换取一束鲜花送给妈妈当礼物时候，卡特夫人很感动，于是同意Evan在花店工作。工作一周后，卡特夫人为Evan的妈妈制作了一大束鲜花，并偷偷放在花里一个装有200美元的信封，Evan同卡特夫人告别。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“Evan捧着花冲回家，想给妈妈一个惊喜。”可知，第一段可描写Evan把花送给妈妈，妈妈得知事情经过后非常开心，并且发现200美元的过程。
②由第二段首句内容“然后，Evan和他的妈妈赶紧把钱还给卡特夫人。”可知，第二段可Evan和他的妈妈去找卡特夫人还钱并且最后邀请卡特夫人一起回家并成为朋友的过程。
2.续写线索：给妈妈惊喜——妈妈很开心——发现200美元——去卡特夫人家还钱——卡特夫人拒绝拿回钱——邀请卡特夫人一起庆祝生日——成为朋友
3.词汇激活
行为类
①.得到：get/obtain/gain/recieve
②.拥抱：hug/hold in one's arms/embrace
③.返还：give back/return
情绪类
①.感谢：be grateful for/showing one’s appreciation/show one’s gratitude
②.高兴的：delighted /happy /glad
【点睛】
[高分句型1]. When Evan told the whole story, Stacey was delighted and hugged her son closely.（由连词when引导的时间状语从句）
[高分句型2]. From then on, Stacey started to join Evan in helping Mrs. Carter in her shop and they became friends.（动名词做宾语）高二年级11月英语月考测试卷
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共五小题，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 does Jenny think of the movie
A. Funny. B. Special. C. Horrible.
2. What is Tim fond of
A. Jazz. B. Pop music. C. Rock music.
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. A math class. B. A math test. C. Math homework.
4. When did Mindy get up this morning
A. At 6:45. B. At 6:30. C. At 6:15.
5. Who will assist Mike in presenting the financial report
A. Amy. B. David. C. Sarah.
第二节(共五小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7小题。
6. Why is Sarah walking funny
A. Her ankle was broken. B. She fell on the ground. C. She got tired at the gym.
7. What will Sarah probably do this weekend
A. Take an X-ray. B. Go to the gym. C. See a doctor.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9小题。
8. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Strangers. B. Hostess and guest. C. Waitress and customer.
9. When does the man make the phone call
A. On July 2nd. B. On July 7th. C. On July 9th.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12小题。
10. Where are the speakers
A. At the ticket counter. B. In the supermarket. C. In the toy store.
11. What do we know about the man
A. He is thinner than his son. B. He is much taller than his son.
C. He is interested in sports.
12. How much shall the man pay
A. $20. B. $48. C. $60.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16小题。
13. What does the man do
A. An interviewer. B. A judge. C. A tutor.
14. What is Sue’s suggestion for people with difficulties
A. Believing in themselves. B. Pushing their limits. C. Looking for help.
15. How does Sue feel about her job
A. Overwhelmed. B. Confident. C. Satisfied.
16. What does Sue think happiness is
A. Solving problems. B. Sharing with others. C. Achieving personal goals.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题。
17. Which activity will the tourists enjoy on the last day
A. Climbing the Tower of London. B. Paying a visit to Big Ben.
C. Enjoying a concert.
18. How will the tourists mainly travel
A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By subway.
19. Which is the first point of the attention
A. Drinking. B. Littering. C. Crossing the road.
20. What does the speaker advise the tourists to take
A. Umbrellas. B. Coats. C. Hats.
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)
A
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1. From which station can you catch a bus to Brisbane
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2. What is the discount when using go cards during off-peak periods
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3. What should you do with a go card if you want a full refund
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C. Touch it off at the end of your trip. D. Return it at a major bus interchange.
B
Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children did their school homework by candlelight: There was no electricity. But that started to change in 2006, when villager Colrerd Nkosi finished secondary school in Mzimba some 40 kilometers away, and returned home, and found he could no longer live without power.
Aged 23 at the time, Nkosi soon figured out that a small river past the house where he grew up had just enough force to push the pedals on his bicycle. He created a generator (发电机) that brought power into his home. Word spread quickly among brick houses and neighbors began paying regular visits to charge their mobile phones. “I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,” said Nkosi.
With no previous training he turned an old fridge compressor (压缩机) into a water-powered turbine and put it in a nearby river, generating electricity for six households. Today, the village is supplied by a bigger turbine.
The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance — slightly more than $1 per household per month. “The electricity is basically free,” Nkosi said, speaking in local Chichewa. He admitted that the maintenance income was too small to cover repair costs, which he mainly funded from his own pocket.
Despite the challenges, he was determined to expand his mini electricity network to surrounding areas. “Once more villages and schools have electricity, people will no longer cut down trees for charcoal (木炭),” he said. “Students will have a lot more time to study.”
As dusk settled over Kasangazi Primary School, groups of learners rushed into a classroom for a night-time study session. “Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,” said student Gift Mfune, sorting through a pile of textbooks on his desk. “Now, we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,” he laughed. Courtesy of Nkosi, the building is the only school with power out of 17 others servicing the area.
4. Why did Nkosi upgrade his first generator
A. To make much more money. B. To meet people’s need for power.
C. To match new mobile phones. D. To attract more people to his home.
5. Which words can best describe Nkosi
A. Open-minded and tolerant. B. Creative and generous.
C. Easy-going and courageous. D. Intelligent and cooperative.
6. What can we infer about the students in Kasangazi Primary School
A. They have to stay up late. B. They do well in exams.
C. They are very grateful to Nkosi. D. They must have a promising future.
7. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text
A. To advertise a remote village. B. To share an encouraging story.
C. To show students’ love for a teacher. D. To put forward a practicable project.
C
Plant biologists have found a way that may enable poor farmers to do away with the need to purchase expensive hybrid seeds every year. Researchers at the University of California report that they have solved a long-standing problem of hybrid seeds by making exact clones of the hybrid plants from seeds.
For long, many crops have been grown from high-yielding, anti-disease or climate-tolerant hybrid seeds. But the seeds of hybrid crops do not produce plants with the same qualities during reproduction and hence farmers cannot save the seeds for the next growing season. They end up paying for new hybrid seeds each sowing season. The discovery, long sought by plant researchers, could make it easier to grow desirable high-yielding crops and make them available to the world’s farmers. Farmers could thus replant seeds from their own hybrid plants and enjoy the benefits of high production year after year, the scientists report.
While the discovery would help farmers, it would also impact the commercial interest of the hybrid seed industry. Siddiq, a former Deputy Director General in the Crop Science Division of the ICAR, said at first sight, this might seem like a setback for hybrid seed companies but there would be plenty of things they can still do. “Rice is grown over such a vast climatic and geographical range that specialized hybrids would have to be developed for each region,” he said. The companies, he said, would continue to improve their hybrids. “It will be interesting to see how all this plays out in the years to come.”
Currently, the high costs of producing hybrid seeds are a major barrier to farmers in developing countries, especially South Asia and Africa. Siddiq said if efficiently used, this method could potentially be a game-changer for poor farmers, who would need to purchase hybrid seeds just once and plant the progeny(后代) seeds from their own harvest in the following seasons.
8. What problem do the researchers aim to solve
A. Farmers’ income. B. Farmers’ costs.
C. Hybrid seeds’ cloning. D. Hybrid seeds’ climate tolerance.
9. What is the disadvantage of the present hybrid seeds
A. They have a pretty long growth cycle.
B. They tend to be affected by various diseases.
C. They have stricter requirements for sowing time.
D. They fail to reproduce plants with the same quality.
10. What’s Siddiq’s attitude to the commercial interests of the hybrid seed industry
A. Hopeful. B. Concerned. C. Doubtful. D. Anxious.
11 What is the main idea of the text
A. The future of the hybrid seed industry.
B. The drawback of cloning hybrid seeds.
C. A method of cloning hybrid plants from their seeds.
D. A means of promoting the specialized hybrid seeds.
D
The homelessness popularity across the Pacific Northwest is now going to be disposed of in a unique kind way by two Seattle-born non-profit organizations. Through The BLOCK Project, tiny sustainable homes are being built in the backyards of the charitable volunteers to be delivered to the homeless people of the neighborhood.
Architect and founder of The BLOCK Project, Rex Hohlbein joined Facing Homelessness, another non-profit organization to launch the collaborative project. The latter organization has the responsibility for finding land in the household backyards, on which Hohlbein’s The BLOCK Project will build small, low-emission housing. The name of the company and the project comes from Hohlbein’s pioneering design of the tiny sustainable houses. To support their initiative, thousands of Seattle residents have already offered their house backyards to the project. The government also stepped in to make the entire process as legally convenient as possible.
Seattle has been facing a double problem of having expensive houses on the one hand, and being a large homeless community on the other. In such context, Hohlbein realized that willingness of kindly neighbors could provide a much better and quicker solution than a long waiting for state allowances (补贴) or government programs. The good idea of the architect is now getting proved by continuous construction of thousands of tiny backyard homes across Seattle.
The long-term goal of the project is to copy the globally changing definition of lodging (暂住) brought about by Airbnb. According to Hohlbein, in his childhood, it was absurd to think about hosting complete strangers in any regular household just in exchange for little money, especially with the risk factors of a night-time stay. But the Airbnb has made the concept as casual as it can get. Through The BLOCK Project, Hohlbein aims to copy the same kind of “cultural shift” with future sustainable housing, starting from the grass-roots level of local neighborhoods.
12. What does the underlined phrase “disposed of” in paragraph 1 mean
A. Observed. B. Increased. C. Addressed. D. Restored.
13. What’s the main duty of Facing Homelessness
A. Attracting more architects and supporters.
B. Finding places to build sustainable houses.
C. Building some low-emission houses.
D. Making houses legally convenient.
14. What is one of Hohlbein’s reasons for coming up with the project
A. Low state allowances. B. Seattle’s housing conditions.
C. Willingness of kindly neighbors. D. Emergence of backyard houses.
15. Which of the following agrees with Airbnb’s definition of lodging
A. Trying to help strangers overcome difficulties.
B. Solving the house problem in a short time.
C. Hosting strangers in private housing.
D. Reducing the risk of a night-time stay.
第二节(共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
Human beings are extremely diverse in many ways. People differ in opinions, races, nationalities, lifestyles and so on. Yet we are all human species, we feel pain and joy despite the differences. Today, it is impossible for any group of people to live without interacting with others outside their group. ____16____.
Diversity creates richness in opinion. Some problems can’t be solved by a homogenous (同种类的) group of people. ____17____ . A diverse group will offer fresh ideas to solve problems. Diverse groups have been found to be creative and thus producing better solutions to problems.
Diversity makes us compassionate (有同情心的) about others. When we interact and try to understand others, we won’t judge them. This instead makes us compassionate about others. passion allows us to realize that all human beings are the same.
Diversity is a growing trend. Today, there is no country in the world that has only natives living there. ____19____. In the process, people of different cultural backgrounds often find themselves going to the same schools, working in the same offices and so much more. As citizens of this world, we are therefore left with no choice other than to embrace our diversity.
____20____ Through diversity, entrepreneurs (企业家) have been able to reach new markets. Today, we have multinationals setting up offices in different parts of the world. This further creates employment opportunities for people in those parts of the world.
A. Millions of people move every day.
B. They are in search of good lifestyles.
C. Diversity opens up new market chances.
D. Diversity requires us to respect each other.
E We are then able to love and help one another.
F. Cultural diversity, therefore, is very important today.
G. Those require people from different backgrounds to work together.
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)
Vinod Menon, head of the physics department at the City College of New York, was going through his office mail. He opened a package, only to find it contained $180.000. Piles of $50 and $100 notes ____21____ in paper bands, a letter, and a return address that in the package ____22____ to “Head of the Physics Department”.
“I’ve never seen so much cash in my dreams. ____23____in real life,” Menon said. “That really ____24____ me, so I just did not know how to react.”
The sender obviously had unshakable ____25____ in the U.S. postal system, and desired to send the cash to ____26____ students looking to pursue physics and other ____27____. “ Supposing that you are a bit curious as to why I am doing this, the reason is very ____28____, ” the letter read. It continued to explain that many years before, its generous writer had ____29____ the excellent educational opportunity, available at City College to study physics and pursue a rewarding scientific _____30_____.
The return address was to Kyle Paisley, a name _____31_____ from the college’s graduation registers, at a house in Pensacola, Florida, whose owner _____32_____ had no idea of the donation. The money was first_____33_____, but after the two-month-long research which had found nothing linked to illegal activities, the college decided to keep the _____34_____ . Menon stated that the gift would provide fully-funded scholarships for students who couldn’t _____35_____ the expenses of schooling for a decade.
21.
A. filled B. settled C. buried D. wrapped
22.
A. donated B. addressed C. introduced D. related
23.
A. much less B. rather than C. even if D. except for
24.
A. inspired B. floored C. defeated D. restricted
25.
A. faith B. trouble C. experience D. favour
26.
A. excellent B. poor C. promising D. disabled
27.
A. colleges B. positions C. sciences D. activities
28.
A. sensitive B. irresistible C. meaningful D. straightforward
29
A. broken away from B. kept control of C. taken advantage of D. made comments on
30
A. profit B. reputation C. campaign D. career
31.
A. distinct B. absent C. safe D. free
32.
A. frequently B. initially C. apparently D. extremely
33.
A. put aside B. set down C. given up D. called off
34.
A. cash B. letter C. register D. name
35.
A. limit B. cover C. record D. reduce
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
语法填空
Xie Xiaohua, a special education teacher has won the heart of hundreds of children with special needs and is called Mom Xiaohua by many of them.
“It is my greatest happiness and ____36____ (fulfill) to care for them as they grow up,” said 49-year-old Xie, who ____37____ (work) at Yiyuan County Special Education School for the past 27 years.
Fully aware ____38____the difference between special education and general education, Xie provides ____39____ (specialize) care for each student according to their physical condition. In 2013, Xie’s workload became heavier after she ____40____ (assign) to work at the school’s rehabilitation(康复) center. ____41____ (ensure) every child received scientific and targeted rehabilitation training, she worked out specific plans for them. For children with mental handicaps, Xie ____42____ (patient) coached them to master basic skills of taking care of themselves in daily life. She also spent lots of time training children with hearing and speech impairments to work on their pronunciation, which often caused her to develop ____43____swollen throat.
Several years ago, the school launched a campaign of offering door-to-door education to students ____44____ could not attend school because of severe physical disabilities. Xie was among over 30 teachers _____45_____ (task) with tutoring those students. “Although we do feel exhausted sometimes, we feel our work is valuable after witnessing their progress, even just a little bit,” Xie said.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 本周以环保为主题的英语教学结束后，为提升同学们的环保意识，英语老师要求班上各位同学用英语写一篇以Please Protect Our Living Environment 的文章来倡导大家行动起来，保护我们的生活环境。
内容包括：
1.你身边的环境问题;
2.相应的解决办法。
注意：1.词数80左右;
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。续写的词数应为150左右。
8-year-old Evan was standing by the sidewalk when he noticed Mrs. Carter opening her shop again.
Several days ago, when Evan was passing by her store, he saw a closed sign on the store’s door. When the shop remained closed for not just two days, Evan was worried he’d never be able to get his “dream job”.
85-year-old Mrs. Carter was a woman selling flowers for a living and Evan had befriended her when he helped her cross the street one day.
Now seeing her again, Evan ran up to her and greeted her. “Can I help you today, Evan Do you want flowers ” Mrs. Carter asked. Evan smiled, “I’m looking for a job! Can you please hire me ”
“A job ” the elderly lady laughed, thinking Evan was too little for that. But Evan proudly replied he knew many things, like making sandwiches and helping his mom get grocery bags from the car. Mrs. Carter laughed and asked Evan how much money she would have to pay him if she hired him.
Evan shook his head. “All I want is a big bouquet (花束) for my mom. Her name is Stacey and her birthday is one week away. Mom says we should work hard for what we want. I want to work hard for that bouquet. Can you hire me ” Evan asked. Mrs. Carter was impressed and nodded.
Then for a whole week, Evan would come to Mrs. Carter’s store in the evenings and help her, and having Evan around relieved Mrs. Carter’s boredom while she was working. Some customers thought Evan was lovely and entertaining, so they bought more flowers. Mrs. Carter’s business became better.
A week later, on Evan’s last day on the job, Mrs. Carter was emotional. They had grown close for working together, and Evan had become like a grandchild to her. While making a huge bouquet for Evan’s mother, Mrs. Carter secretly placed one envelope into the bouquet. The envelope contained $200. When handing him the bouquet, she said, “Will you come to see me someday, Evan I’d be delighted to have you here.”
“I will!” Evan smiled and waved goodbye to Mrs. Carter.
注意：续写词数应为150左右。
Paragraph1:
Carrying the flowers, Evan rushed home to surprise his mom.
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Paragraph2:
Then, Evan and his mom hurried to return the money to Mrs. Carter.
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