银川一中2023/2024学年度(上)高一期末考试
英 语 试 卷
（总分：150分；考试时间：120分钟）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 color is the shirt
A. Blue. B. Green. C. Yellow.
2. Which is the right gate for the man’s flight
A. Gate 16. B. Gate 18. C. Gate 20.
3. What is the man probably doing
A. Washing a car. B. Painting a car. C. Repairing a car.
4. Where is Henry’s father
A. In the garden. B. In the living room. C. In the kitchen.
5. Why didn’t John go home last weekend
A. He was ill. B. He was busy. C. He went to New York.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. Where will the two speakers probably buy a bed
A. At Pricerite. B. At Design 2000. C. At IKEA.
7. What do the two speakers need to buy for their study room
A. A chair. B. A bookshelf. C. A lamp.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题
8. How many nights did the woman stay in Paris
A Five. B. Six. C. Seven.
9. What did the woman do in Rome
A. She enjoyed sitting at a café.
B. She visited some pretty villages.
C. She visited some old buildings.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Which classes will play against each other
A. Class 5 and Class 6. B. Class 4 and Class 5. C. Class 3 and Class 4.
11. When will the football match be held
A. This afternoon. B. This Saturday. C. Next Saturday.
12. What is the weather like now
A. Rainy. B. Fine. C. Cloudy.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. When will the man probably go back to work
A. This morning. B. Next week. C. In one month.
14 Which part of the man’s body was injured
A. An arm. B. A leg. C. An eye.
15. Who is Molly most probably
A. The man’s doctor. B. The man’s boss. C. The man’s wife.
16. Where has the man been for his holiday
A. To the mountains. B. To the seaside. C. To the woods.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. What can students do tomorrow as usual
A. Do their employment program .
B. Take the first three classes.
C. Have a test in the gym.
18. Which language exam will be held in Room 301
A. English. B. Spanish. C. French.
19. When can students know the Asian language exam times
A. On June 12th. B. On June 14th. C. On June 16th.
20. Who will monitor the afternoon math final
A. Mr. Jones. B. Mr. Brown. C. Mrs. Smith.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共一节，满分10分）
单项填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分〉
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
1. With Christmas ________, people have been doing more shopping online.
A. approaching B. observing C. jogging D. settling
2. There are 400 workers in the factory, most of _________ are women.
A. who B. whom C. them D. whose
3. ________ hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.
A. However B. Whatever
C. Whichever D. Whenever
4. When we talk about banning mobile phones in school, we should also look at the good side. In a word, we should not ______.
A. kill two birds with one stone B. throw the baby out with the bathwater
C. do in Rome as Romans do D. have butterflies in our stomach
5. ______, my boy. You can’t expect to finish all the work in such a short time.
A. Kill two birds with one stone B. Rain cats and dogs
C. Hold your horses D. Brave the elements
6. Yesterday I bought an ancient Chinese vase, was very reasonable.
A. which price B. its price C. the price of which D. and whose price
7. —I can’t find Mr Smith. Where did you meet him this morning
—It was in the hotel ________ he stayed ________ I met him.
A. where, that B. which, that C. the one, that D. that,where
8. I’ll never forget the days ______ we lived together on the summer camp.
A. A. where B. when C. why D. that
9. We went to visit the house________Mao Zedong and his colleagues held important meetings.
A. with whom B. in which C. about which D. from where
10. Jim passed the driving test，________ surprised everybody in the office.
A. which B. that
C. this D. it
第三部分：阅读理解
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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
A big part of an American road trip is to get your music on as you head out on the highway and enjoy the sights and the scenery. Here are the top four scenic drives in America’s Southwest.
Big Sur Coast Highway, California
It is officially known as California State Route 1 with views of high mountains and rolling waves. Photo tip--just after you cross the bridge (going south), there’s a parking area which is great for shots looking back towards the bridge.
Las Vegas Boulevard, Nevada
Number two is not to be confused with “The Strip” in Las Vegas. It is worth checking out for its neon (霓虹) signs along the roadside. You can see the Hacienda Horse, Rider and the iconic Silver Slipper along this way which takes only 15 minutes to drive.
Death Valley, California
As the hottest, driest and lowest national park, Death Valley is a land of extremes. More than just a desert, Death Valley provides park visitors with a chance to admire natural beauty from the snow mountains to the wildflower fields and small oases (绿洲) to the endless desert.
Red Rock Scenic Byway, Arizona
The Scenic Byway is south on the way to Oak Creek, which is surrounded by an amazing landscape of red rock hills set against clear blue skies. The sandstone rock glows in the sunshine and it’s worth taking your hiking boots and getting out into the landscape to experience its positive energy.
11. Who is the text probably written for
A. Hikers. B. Self-driving tourists.
C. Photography lovers. D. Adventurers.
12. What is recommended if you choose California State Route 1
A. Parking to listen to the waves. B. Enjoying the beauty of neon signs.
C. Going for a hike on high mountains. D. Taking pictures across the bridge.
13 Which offers you impressive changes of natural views
A. Big Sur Coast Highway B. Las Vegas Boulevard
C. Death Valley D. Red Rock Scenic Byway
B
Having moved to a new city, I was looking for things to do in my spare time. I intended to meet new people, for I am a social person. Hearing that the Business Confucius Institute (BCI) was offering Chinese evening classes on the university campus, I was determined to sign up for Level 1 class.
This initial (最初的)decision was made on a whim. I had no grand career goals or plans to travel to China in the near future. Learning a new language was the fact that it was not something I had done before. My mother is from Spain and I was raised with two languages, but there is a huge difference between acquiring a language in childhood and learning one in adulthood. I expected to find out how I would get along with Chinese.
In each class my Chinese teacher would teach us what seemed like thousands of new words and expressions, and then get us to act them out in role plays reproducing basic Chinese introductions and conversations. After each lesson I felt as though my brain had been placed in a deep oil pot for a long time. But then, I began to realize that the more my brain ached right after class, the more information I had taken in. I found that Chinese words and expressions we had covered would rush unexpectedly into my head at any moment, such as when I was in the shower or driving to work. I have now completed the Business Confucius Level 3 class and am able to hold basic conversations with Chinese people on a variety of topics.
This experience helped me a lot. Recently I landed a new job at the University of Leeds’ School of Law, providing job opportunities for Chinese students. Learning Chinese will help me in my career, further fuelling my motivation to continue my studies.
14. What was the writer’s purpose of signing up for the Chinese class
A. To make new friends. B. To show off his ability.
C. To adapt to the city life. D. To get working experience.
15. What does the underlined word “whim” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A. Deep love. B. Careful thought. C. Sudden wish. D. Strange dream.
16. What can be known about the writer from Paragraph 3
A. He was an expert in spelling words.
B. He enjoyed the Chinese classes a lot.
C. He was troubled by those Chinese words.
D. He made great progress in learning Chinese.
17. What does the writer think of the experience of learning Chinese in the end
A. Unusual. B. Beneficial. C. Funny. D. Stressful.
C
Screen time before bedtime may leave people feeling sleepy in the morning. Cell phones, computers and TVs emit (发出) blue light. And exposure to that bluish light during the two hours before bed can keep us from getting a good night’s rest, a new study finds. It cuts down on the length of people’s sleep. It also leaves them feeling tired in the morning and can disrupt the body clock. Data shows that this blue light tends to make us more alert at night, making it harder to get all the rest we need.
Green and his team surveyed 19 people — all in their 20s — for a sleep study. All spent two hours on a computer right before bedtime. But they didn’t all experience the same light exposure. Looking at screens that gave off intense blue light cut someone’s sleep by about 16 minutes, compared to when they had used screens with red light. Those exposed to blue light also woke up more often at night than if they had been exposed to red light.
“The normal blue light emissions from the computer screen also affect how much melatonin (褪黑素) each volunteer makes. It is released into our blood around 9 p.m. When our bodies make less melatonin, we may still feel too alert at bedtime to fall asleep when the body is tired. And body temperature won’t drop as expected after we use devices emitting lots of blue light. Using screens before bed damages the body’s biological clock,” Green says. “More and more kids are using screens nowadays. Sleep is important, especially during the first few years of life when ‘neural plasticity’ (神经可塑性) is at its greatest. Their brains are still developing the ability to learn and pay attention. That makes the new results worrisome,” Green says.
Rahman says that the new work makes a good point about how blue light from screens can be bad for our bodies. However, he points out, the light in this study is extremely bright. It is far brighter than what a normal computer, tablet or TV will emit. Still, Rahman says the results remind us to think about how we should use screens before bed.
18. The blue light from the screens may cause people to ________.
A. tend to work at night B. get attentive in the morning
C. be less sleepy before bed time D. be affected less by the body clock
19. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A. People’s concern about light exposure.
B. A study on blue light’s effects on sleep.
C. Reasons for blue light’s effects on sleep.
D. Effects of various types of light on sleep.
20. What can be implied from Green’s remarks
A. Melatonin may affect people’s neural plasticity.
B. Blue light may affect children’s brain development.
C. Exposure to normal screen has little impact on sleep.
D. The low temperature of body helps produce melatonin.
21. What’s Rahman’s possible attitude towards the Green’s study
A. Uncaring. B. Approving.
C. Objective. D. Critical.
D
Last week was Sports Day at my daughter's school.She was part of the Yellow House.She had to wear yellow and race for points.The Yellow House won.I was really pleased for my daughter because last year the Green House won.In fact，when the winning house was announced last year，many little faces turned sour.There were many tears and children were bitter because they had lost.
Losing is never fun.From a young age children know that winning is the best result.As parents，we can talk to children about the importance of everyone having a chance to win; we can teach our children to be happy for their friends when a friend wins.
As children grow older they will be exposed to more and more competition.It is important that we teach our children to learn to “bounce back” from losses，to experience loss in a positive way and to keep on going even when they don't achieve the desired outcome.
By teaching children how to be resilient(适应性强的)，we can prepare them for adult life in the future.Our children can learn to compete for fun and learn how to bounce back from life's failures and disappointments.
We can talk to our children about competition.We can teach by examples and show our kids that losing a game or failing a test is not the end.Losing is simply a chance to try again and a chance to become more successful.
Raising emotionally healthy children is very important for the future generation and by teaching our children the above principles we can help them to overcome the difficulties of life and they will learn to compete in healthy ways throughout their lives.
22. In the first paragraph，the author intends to ．
A. describe the sports event
B. introduce the topic of the text
C. show the cruelty of competition
D. make a comparison between winners and losers
23. What kind of instruction will the author give to his children
A. You are allowed to fail.
B. Winning is the best result.
C. Competition is not healthy.
D. You should try your best to win.
24. What is the text mainly about
A. Preparing children for future life.
B. Raising emotionally healthy children.
C. Teaching children to face failure bravely.
D Teaching children about healthy competition.
25. In which column of a newspaper is the text likely to appear
A. Health. B. Education.
C. Science. D. Entertainment.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Today we take a look at the word “smart”. If someone says you are smart, what do they mean Is it a good thing or something bad ____26____ This is because the word “smart” has many meanings.
For example, someone could say you look smart or are dressed smartly. That means they like your physical appearance or what you are wearing.
But if something smarts, it can be unkind or hurtful, either physically or mentally. If you accidentally trip over a chair and fall down, you might shout, “Ow! That smarts!” Or if a friend says something that hurts your feelings, you can say you are smarting from the hurtful comments. ____27____
If you are standing too close to a campfire, you could say your eyes are smarting from the smoke of the fire. Here the word “smarting” means feeling a sharp pain.
____28____ If someone is smart as a whip, they are able to think very quickly.
____29____ Some people are considered streetsmart. They may not have a strong education. But they are good at dealing with people and problems in the real world. Other people might be booksmart. This means they have spent many years in school. But they may not be so smart when dealing with people or real world problems.
And then there is a definition of smart that means to talk or behave disrespectfully. If you say something disrespectful to your parents, they might say, “Don’t get smart with me!” Here, “smart” means showing a lack of respect by saying something unkind. This definition of smart can also be used as a verb. ____30____
A. Do they really mean you are smart
B. The answer is not as easy as you might think.
C. People have different attitudes towards being smart.
D. In fact, maybe that person is no longer your friend.
E. But the most common meaning of “smart” is to be intelligent.
F. However, different people have different ways of being smart.
G. If you smart off to the wrong people, they could hit you in the face.
第四部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30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。
Growing up in the 1960s, I was taught from an early age to send a handwritten thank you note expressing ___31___ for kindness. My mother used to buy me a box of paper and ___32___ me in the art and value of saying “thank you”. She ___33___ to be right.
A study showed that it took less than 5 minutes to write the thank you notes. Just 5 minutes to make another person feel overjoyed! ___34___, in our “instant” world, the idea of getting an actual pen and writing an actual note seems to never come to mind. We tend to do what is ___35___ to us — a quick text or an email.
It is easy to use the excuse of being busy, but even very busy and ___36___ businessmen find time to ___37___ thank you notes. For example, when Douglas Conant became CEO of Campbells, the company had ___38___ half of its market value and morale (士气) was at an all time low. He ___39___ fixing that by doing some simple things that probably not ___40___ in any MBA class. For one thing, Conant wrote to every ___41___. He gained their confidence and naturally, turned the company around.
In his ten years as CEO, Conant wrote over 30,000 notes to employees. It’s ___42___ not to ask how he did it. ___43___, he had many other things to do ___44___ writing thank you note. Conant made time for it because he knew the impact each one would have. An expression of ___45___ in this crazy world still makes a difference.
31
A. concern B. sympathy C. affection D. appreciation
32.
A. consult B. instruct C. answer D. impress
33.
A. remained B. proved C. appeared D. claimed
34.
A. Yet B. Therefore C. So D. Otherwise
35.
A. special B. necessary C. convenient D. important
36.
A. humorous B. optimistic C. successful D. experienced
37.
A. pen B. receive C. design D. deliver
38.
A. lost B. gained C. developed D. damaged
39.
A. gave up B. kept up C. set about D. worried about
40.
A. permitted B. taught C. checked D. tested
41.
A. market B. businessman C. company D. employee
42.
A. hard B. great C. amazing D. disappointing
43.
A. As usual B. In short C. By the way D. After all
44.
A. by B. in C. besides D. without
45.
A. kindness B. joy C. value D. confidence
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
单词拼写：根据汉语或首字母提示在空白处填入单词的正确形式。
46. The children of Nome would be helpless if the disease _________ (突然袭击) the town. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
47. I decided to ________ (集中) all my efforts on finding somewhere to live. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
48. He is expert at _________(包) books in beautiful plastic paper. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
49. Jack suddenly fell ill, which p_________ him from going to school. （根据首字母单词拼写）
50. This song is a t_________ example of American country music. (根据首字母单词拼写)
短语应用（根据以下短语完成句子）
选词填空
go to the trouble to do sth, wash away, pass down, reflect on, lead to, make one’s fortune, in case
51. Before I make a decision, I need time to _________ the problem.
52. With these trees, the soil couldn’t be _________ easily.
53. Too much smoking can _________ lung cancer, so giving up smoking is of great importance.
54. In the 19th century people rushed to the big cities where they expected to _________ .
55. The doctor shares his phone number with the patients _________ they need medical assistance.
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
Light pollution is a serious problem. This became completely obvious when the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness, a computer-created map based on thousands of satellite (卫星) photos, ____56____ (publish) in 2016. The map shows how and where ____57____(we) world is lit up at night. Large areas of North America, Europe, and Asia are glowing (发光) with light, while only the most remote (偏远的) places on Earth are in total darkness. Some of the most light-polluted____58____ (country) in the world are Singapore, Qatar, and Kuwait.
Sky glow is the brightening of the night sky, mostly over cities, because____59____the electric lights of cars, streetlamps, offices, factories and buildings, turning night into day.
People ____60____ live in cities with high levels of sky glow have a hard time ____61____ (see) stars at night. Scientists are ____62____ (particular) worried about sky glow pollution as it influences their ability ____63____ (view) space.
According to research, more____64____ 80% of the world’s population, and 99% of Americans and Europeans, live under sky glow. It sounds pretty, but sky glow_____65_____(cause) by human activities is one of the most common forms of light pollution.
第五部分 写作(满分25分)
66. 在世界环境日之前，某英文网站开展了以“Our Environment in the Future”为主题的征稿活动。假定你是李华，请你写一篇英语短文投稿。内容包括：
1．设想一下未来地球的自然环境展望；
2．解释原因。
注意：1．词数80左右；
2．合理增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Our Environment in the Future
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英 语 试 卷
（总分：150分；考试时间：120分钟）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 color is the shirt
A. Blue. B. Green. C. Yellow.
2. Which is the right gate for the man’s flight
A. Gate 16. B. Gate 18. C. Gate 20.
3. What is the man probably doing
A. Washing a car. B. Painting a car. C. Repairing a car.
4. Where is Henry’s father
A. In the garden. B. In the living room. C. In the kitchen.
5. Why didn’t John go home last weekend
A. He was ill. B. He was busy. C. He went to New York.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. Where will the two speakers probably buy a bed
A. At Pricerite. B. At Design 2000. C. At IKEA.
7. What do the two speakers need to buy for their study room
A. A chair. B. A bookshelf. C. A lamp.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题
8. How many nights did the woman stay in Paris
A. Five. B. Six. C. Seven.
9. What did the woman do in Rome
A. She enjoyed sitting at a café.
B. She visited some pretty villages.
C. She visited some old buildings.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Which classes will play against each other
A. Class 5 and Class 6. B. Class 4 and Class 5. C. Class 3 and Class 4.
11. When will the football match be held
A. This afternoon. B. This Saturday. C. Next Saturday.
12. What is the weather like now
A. Rainy. B. Fine. C. Cloudy.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. When will the man probably go back to work
A. This morning. B. Next week. C. In one month.
14. Which part of the man’s body was injured
A. An arm. B. A leg. C. An eye.
15. Who is Molly most probably
A. The man’s doctor. B. The man’s boss. C. The man’s wife.
16. Where has the man been for his holiday
A. To the mountains. B. To the seaside. C. To the woods.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. What can students do tomorrow as usual
A. Do their employment program .
B. Take the first three classes.
C. Have a test in the gym.
18. Which language exam will be held in Room 301
A. English. B. Spanish. C. French.
19. When can students know the Asian language exam times
A. On June 12th. B. On June 14th. C. On June 16th.
20. Who will monitor the afternoon math final
A. Mr. Jones. B. Mr. Brown. C. Mrs. Smith.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共一节，满分10分）
单项填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分〉
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
1. With Christmas ________, people have been doing more shopping online.
A. approaching B. observing C. jogging D. settling
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：随着圣诞节的临近，人们在网上购物更多了。A. approaching（在距离或时间上）靠近；B. observing观察；C. jogging慢跑；D. settling解决，定居。根据句意可知，人们在网上购物更多了，是因为圣诞节临近了，“approach”意为“（在距离或时间上）靠近”，动词词性，符合句意，句子为“with的复合结构”作状语，“Christmas”与“approach”为逻辑上的主谓关系，故空格处应用“approach”的现在分词“approaching”作宾补。故选A项。
2. There are 400 workers in the factory, most of _________ are women.
A. who B. whom C. them D. whose
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句。句意：这家工厂有400名工人，其中大多数是女性。句中先行词为workers，指人，在非限定性定语从句中作most of的宾语，所以用关系代词whom引导。故选B。
3. ________ hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.
A. However B. Whatever
C. Whichever D. Whenever
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查让步状语从句。句意：不减少进食，无论你怎么努力，要减肥是困难的。however(＝no matter how)无论怎么，引导让步状语从句。故选A。
4. When we talk about banning mobile phones in school, we should also look at the good side. In a word, we should not ______.
A. kill two birds with one stone B. throw the baby out with the bathwater
C. do in Rome as Romans do D. have butterflies in our stomach
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查习语辨析。句意：当我们谈论禁止在学校使用手机时，我们也应该看到好的一面。总之，我们不应该将精华连同糟粕一起丢弃。A. kill two birds with one stone一箭双雕；B. throw the baby out with the bathwater不分精华糟粕全盘否定、将精华连同糟粕一起丢弃；C. do in Rome as Romans do入乡随俗；D. have butterflies in our stomach忐忑不安；感到不舒服。根据“When we talk about banning mobile phones in school, we should also look at the good side.”可知，对于学生使用手机，不能全盘否定，因此空格处意为“不分精华糟粕全盘否定”。故选B。
5. ______, my boy. You can’t expect to finish all the work in such a short time.
A. Kill two birds with one stone B. Rain cats and dogs
C. Hold your horses D. Brave the elements
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查习语辨析。句意：别着急，我的孩子。你不能指望在这么短的时间内完成所有的工作。A. Kill two birds with one stone一石二鸟，一举两得；B. Rain cats and dogs倾盆大雨；C. Hold your horses慢慢来，别着急；D. Brave the elements冒着风雨。根据“You can’t expect to finish all the work in such a short time.”可知，此处指“慢慢来，别着急”，故选C。
6. Yesterday I bought an ancient Chinese vase, was very reasonable.
A. which price B. its price C. the price of which D. and whose price
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句关系词。句意：昨天我买了一个古老的中国花瓶，价格很合理。分析句子的成分可知，后面的句子为一个非限制性定语从句，根据后面的表语为reasonable可知，定语从句的主语应该是“花瓶的价格（the price of the vase）”；先行词中的vase应用which代替，但仍需保留the price of，故用the price of which或者whose price引导从句。故选C项。
【点睛】分析定语从句关键抓住两点：第一、找准先行词；第二、看先行词在定语从句中所作的成分。先行词往往为名词或代词，如本题中先行词为名词the price of the vase，再分析先行词the price of the vase在定语从句中所作的成分，将先行词the price of the vase带到从句中可知，只能主语，而先行词在主句只出现了the vase，还需补充the price of，故确定应填the price of which或者whose price。
7. —I can’t find Mr Smith. Where did you meet him this morning
—It was in the hotel ________ he stayed ________ I met him.
A. where, that B. which, that C. the one, that D. that,where
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句和强调句型。句意：——我找不到Smith先生。你今天早上在哪里见到他的？——我是在他住的旅馆里遇见他的。分析句子可知，“________ he stayed”是定语从句，先行词是“hotel”，关系词在从句中作地点状语，应用关系副词where引导；第二空和句首的“It was”构成强调句型“It be+被强调部分+that/who(被强调部分是人时可用who)”，本句中被强调部分是地点状语“in the hotel”，强调句型中用that。故选A。
8. I’ll never forget the days ______ we lived together on the summer camp.
A. A. where B. when C. why D. that
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句。句意：我永远不会忘记我们一起住在夏令营日子。分析句子结构可知，此处应为关系词引导的定语从句，对先行词the days进行限定说明，先行词为the days指时间在从句中作状语，所以使用关系副词when。故选B项。
9. We went to visit the house________Mao Zedong and his colleagues held important meetings.
A. with whom B. in which C. about which D. from where
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句。句意：我们去参观了毛泽东和他的同事们举行重要会议的房子。分析句子可知，空处引导定语从句，修饰the house，从句中作地点状语，应用关系副词where引导，又关系副词=介词+which，表示“在房子里”用介词in，故用in which引导定语从句，故选B。
10. Jim passed the driving test，________ surprised everybody in the office.
A. which B. that
C. this D. it
【答案】A
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】考查定语从句。句意：吉姆通过了驾考，这让办公室的所有人都很吃惊。A. which关系代词；B. that关系代词；C. this 这个；D. it它。分析句子可知，设空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词是前面的整个句子，关系词代替它在从句中充当主语，应用关系代词which。故选A。
【点睛】
第三部分：阅读理解
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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
A big part of an American road trip is to get your music on as you head out on the highway and enjoy the sights and the scenery. Here are the top four scenic drives in America’s Southwest.
Big Sur Coast Highway, California
It is officially known as California State Route 1 with views of high mountains and rolling waves. Photo tip--just after you cross the bridge (going south), there’s a parking area which is great for shots looking back towards the bridge.
Las Vegas Boulevard, Nevada
Number two is not to be confused with “The Strip” in Las Vegas. It is worth checking out for its neon (霓虹) signs along the roadside. You can see the Hacienda Horse, Rider and the iconic Silver Slipper along this way which takes only 15 minutes to drive.
Death Valley, California
As the hottest, driest and lowest national park, Death Valley is a land of extremes. More than just a desert, Death Valley provides park visitors with a chance to admire natural beauty from the snow mountains to the wildflower fields and small oases (绿洲) to the endless desert.
Red Rock Scenic Byway, Arizona
The Scenic Byway is south on the way to Oak Creek, which is surrounded by an amazing landscape of red rock hills set against clear blue skies. The sandstone rock glows in the sunshine and it’s worth taking your hiking boots and getting out into the landscape to experience its positive energy.
11. Who is the text probably written for
A. Hikers. B. Self-driving tourists.
C. Photography lovers. D. Adventurers.
12. What is recommended if you choose California State Route 1
A. Parking to listen to the waves. B. Enjoying the beauty of neon signs.
C. Going for a hike on high mountains. D. Taking pictures across the bridge.
13. Which offers you impressive changes of natural views
A. Big Sur Coast Highway B. Las Vegas Boulevard
C. Death Valley D. Red Rock Scenic Byway
【答案】11. B 12. D 13. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。主要向读者介绍4条美国西南部便于公路旅行的风景路。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段“A big part of an American road trip is to get your music on as you head out on the highway and enjoy the sights and the scenery. Here are the top four scenic drives in America’s Southwest.”可知，本文是在向喜欢边听着车载音乐边欣赏沿途风景的人们介绍4种美国西南部便于公路旅行的风景路。由此可推知，这篇文章的读者应该是喜欢自驾游的人们。故选B项。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“…California State Route 1 …,Photo tip--just after you cross the bridge (going south), there’s a parking area which is great for shots looking back towards the bridge.”可知，在加利福尼亚1号线，游客过桥之后有一个停车区，在那里可以照相。故选D项。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段“As the hottest, driest and lowest national park, Death Valley is a land of extremes. More than just a desert, Death Valley provides park visitors with a chance to admire natural beauty from the snow mountains to the wildflower fields and small oases (绿洲) to the endless desert.”可知，在死亡谷这个地势最低的国家公园里，游客们可以体验极端的天气：最热、最干燥。这里不止是一片沙漠，它还是一个可以让游客体验到从雪山到绿洲再到沙漠的地方。所以，可以推测出，这里是给游客留下最深印象的地方。故选C项。
B
Having moved to a new city, I was looking for things to do in my spare time. I intended to meet new people, for I am a social person. Hearing that the Business Confucius Institute (BCI) was offering Chinese evening classes on the university campus, I was determined to sign up for Level 1 class.
This initial (最初的)decision was made on a whim. I had no grand career goals or plans to travel to China in the near future. Learning a new language was the fact that it was not something I had done before. My mother is from Spain and I was raised with two languages, but there is a huge difference between acquiring a language in childhood and learning one in adulthood. I expected to find out how I would get along with Chinese.
In each class my Chinese teacher would teach us what seemed like thousands of new words and expressions, and then get us to act them out in role plays reproducing basic Chinese introductions and conversations. After each lesson I felt as though my brain had been placed in a deep oil pot for a long time. But then, I began to realize that the more my brain ached right after class, the more information I had taken in. I found that Chinese words and expressions we had covered would rush unexpectedly into my head at any moment, such as when I was in the shower or driving to work. I have now completed the Business Confucius Level 3 class and am able to hold basic conversations with Chinese people on a variety of topics.
This experience helped me a lot. Recently I landed a new job at the University of Leeds’ School of Law, providing job opportunities for Chinese students. Learning Chinese will help me in my career, further fuelling my motivation to continue my studies.
14. What was the writer’s purpose of signing up for the Chinese class
A. To make new friends. B. To show off his ability.
C. To adapt to the city life. D. To get working experience.
15. What does the underlined word “whim” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A. Deep love. B. Careful thought. C. Sudden wish. D. Strange dream.
16. What can be known about the writer from Paragraph 3
A. He was an expert in spelling words.
B. He enjoyed the Chinese classes a lot.
C. He was troubled by those Chinese words.
D. He made great progress in learning Chinese.
17. What does the writer think of the experience of learning Chinese in the end
A. Unusual. B. Beneficial. C. Funny. D. Stressful.
【答案】14. A 15. C 16. D 17. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。讲述作者学习中文的经历和体验感受。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段中“Having moved to a new city, I was looking for things to do in my spare time. I intended to meet new people, for I am a social person. ”（搬到一个新城市后，我在寻找空闲时间可以做的事情。我打算结识新朋友，因为我是一个社交人士）可知，作者加入中文课堂是为了结识朋友。故选A项。
【15题详解】
词义猜测题。根据文章第二段中“I had no grand career goals or plans to travel to China in the near future. Learning a new language was the fact that it was not something I had done before. ”（我没有宏伟的职业目标，也没有在不久的将来去中国旅行的计划。学习一门新语言是因为我以前没有学过）可知, 作者最初学中文的决定是一时的念头，只是为了尝试学一门新语言。由此可知，划线词意为“突然的想法”。故选C项。
【16题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段中“I have now completed the Business Confucius Level 3 class and am able to hold basic conversations with Chinese people on a variety of topics. ”（我现在已经完成了商务孔子三级课程，能够就各种话题与中国人进行基本对话）可知，作者在中文学习上取得了很大的进步。故选D项。
【17题详解】
推理判断题。 根据文章最后一段中“This experience helped me a lot. ”（这次经历对我帮助很大）以及“Learning Chinese will help me in my career, further fuelling my motivation to continue my studies.”（学习中文将有助于我的职业生涯，进一步激发我继续学习的动力）可知，作者认为他学中文的经历是很有益处的。故选B项。
C
Screen time before bedtime may leave people feeling sleepy in the morning. Cell phones, computers and TVs emit (发出) blue light. And exposure to that bluish light during the two hours before bed can keep us from getting a good night’s rest, a new study finds. It cuts down on the length of people’s sleep. It also leaves them feeling tired in the morning and can disrupt the body clock. Data shows that this blue light tends to make us more alert at night, making it harder to get all the rest we need.
Green and his team surveyed 19 people — all in their 20s — for a sleep study. All spent two hours on a computer right before bedtime. But they didn’t all experience the same light exposure. Looking at screens that gave off intense blue light cut someone’s sleep by about 16 minutes, compared to when they had used screens with red light. Those exposed to blue light also woke up more often at night than if they had been exposed to red light.
“The normal blue light emissions from the computer screen also affect how much melatonin (褪黑素) each volunteer makes. It is released into our blood around 9 p.m. When our bodies make less melatonin, we may still feel too alert at bedtime to fall asleep when the body is tired. And body temperature won’t drop as expected after we use devices emitting lots of blue light. Using screens before bed damages the body’s biological clock,” Green says. “More and more kids are using screens nowadays. Sleep is important, especially during the first few years of life when ‘neural plasticity’ (神经可塑性) is at its greatest. Their brains are still developing the ability to learn and pay attention. That makes the new results worrisome,” Green says.
Rahman says that the new work makes a good point about how blue light from screens can be bad for our bodies. However, he points out, the light in this study is extremely bright. It is far brighter than what a normal computer, tablet or TV will emit. Still, Rahman says the results remind us to think about how we should use screens before bed.
18. The blue light from the screens may cause people to ________.
A. tend to work at night B. get attentive in the morning
C. be less sleepy before bed time D. be affected less by the body clock
19. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A. People’s concern about light exposure.
B. A study on blue light’s effects on sleep.
C. Reasons for blue light’s effects on sleep.
D. Effects of various types of light on sleep.
20. What can be implied from Green’s remarks
A. Melatonin may affect people’s neural plasticity.
B. Blue light may affect children’s brain development.
C. Exposure to normal screen has little impact on sleep.
D. The low temperature of body helps produce melatonin.
21. What’s Rahman’s possible attitude towards the Green’s study
A. Uncaring. B. Approving.
C. Objective. D. Critical.
【答案】18. C 19. B 20. B 21. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章主要讲述了屏幕发出的强烈的蓝光对人们睡眠质量的影响。
【18题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“Data shows that this blue light tends to make us more alert at night, making it harder to get all the rest we need.(数据显示，这种蓝光往往会让我们在晚上更警觉，让我们更难得到所需的休息)”可知，夜晚在屏幕的蓝光下会让人们更清醒，故选C。
【19题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段“Green and his team surveyed 19 people — all in their 20s — for a sleep study. All spent two hours on a computer right before bedtime. But they didn’t all experience the same light exposure. Looking at screens that gave off intense blue light cut someone’s sleep by about 16 minutes, compared to when they had used screens with red light. Those exposed to blue light also woke up more often at night than if they had been exposed to red light.(Green和他的团队调查了19名20多岁的人进行睡眠研究。他们都在睡觉前花了两个小时在电脑上。但它们并不是都经历了相同的光照。与使用红光屏幕的人相比，看发出强烈蓝光的屏幕会使他们的睡眠时间缩短约16分钟。那些暴露在蓝光下的人也比暴露在红光下的人更经常在晚上醒来)”可知，本段介绍了Green小组关于蓝光对睡眠的研究的影响，故选B。
【20题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中“Data shows that this blue light tends to make us more alert at night, making it harder to get all the rest we need.(数据显示，这种蓝光往往会让我们在晚上更警觉，让我们更难得到所需的休息)”根据第三段中“More and more kids are using screens nowadays. Sleep is important, especially during the first few years of life when ‘neural plasticity’ (神经可塑性) is at its greatest. Their brains are still developing the ability to learn and pay attention.(现在越来越多的孩子使用屏幕。睡眠很重要，特别是在生命的最初几年，‘神经可塑性’处于最佳状态。他们的大脑仍在发展学习和集中注意力的能力)”可知，蓝光可能会影响孩子大脑的发育，故选B。
【21题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Rahman says that the new work makes a good point about how blue light from screens can be bad for our bodies. However, he points out, the light in this study is extremely bright.(Rahman说，这项新研究很好地说明了屏幕发出的蓝光是如何对我们的身体有害的。然而，他指出，这项研究中的光线非常明亮)”可知，Rahman对Green的研究持客观态度，故选C。
D
Last week was Sports Day at my daughter's school.She was part of the Yellow House.She had to wear yellow and race for points.The Yellow House won.I was really pleased for my daughter because last year the Green House won.In fact，when the winning house was announced last year，many little faces turned sour.There were many tears and children were bitter because they had lost.
Losing is never fun.From a young age children know that winning is the best result.As parents，we can talk to children about the importance of everyone having a chance to win; we can teach our children to be happy for their friends when a friend wins.
As children grow older they will be exposed to more and more competition.It is important that we teach our children to learn to “bounce back” from losses，to experience loss in a positive way and to keep on going even when they don't achieve the desired outcome.
By teaching children how to be resilient(适应性强的)，we can prepare them for adult life in the future.Our children can learn to compete for fun and learn how to bounce back from life's failures and disappointments.
We can talk to our children about competition.We can teach by examples and show our kids that losing a game or failing a test is not the end.Losing is simply a chance to try again and a chance to become more successful.
Raising emotionally healthy children is very important for the future generation and by teaching our children the above principles we can help them to overcome the difficulties of life and they will learn to compete in healthy ways throughout their lives.
22. In the first paragraph，the author intends to ．
A. describe the sports event
B. introduce the topic of the text
C. show the cruelty of competition
D. make a comparison between winners and losers
23. What kind of instruction will the author give to his children
A. You are allowed to fail.
B. Winning is the best result.
C. Competition is not healthy.
D. You should try your best to win.
24. What is the text mainly about
A. Preparing children for future life.
B. Raising emotionally healthy children.
C. Teaching children to face failure bravely.
D. Teaching children about healthy competition.
25. In which column of a newspaper is the text likely to appear
A. Health. B. Education.
C. Science. D. Entertainment.
【答案】22. B 23. A 24. D 25. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了孩子在成长的过程中会面对很多竞争，而教会孩子们健康的竞争是必要的。
【22题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“In fact，when the winning house was announced last year，many little faces turned sour.There were many tears and children were bitter because they had lost.”事实上，当去年宣布获胜方时，许多小脸变得不高兴，孩子流了许多眼泪，他们很痛苦，因为他们失败了。再根据下文说明了教会孩子坦然面对失败的必要性。由此判断出，第一段作者想介绍主题。故选B。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。从第二段“we can talk to children about the importance of everyone having a chance to win; we can teach our children to be happy for their friends when a friend wins”可知虽然失败的滋味不好受，但要教导孩子为别人的成功喝彩。第三段“Our children can learn to compete for fun and learn how to bounce back from life's failures and disappointments”可知孩子们要学会从感受竞争带来的快乐和从容面对失败和失望。第四段“Losing is simply a chance to try again and a chance to become more successful“”指出教孩子学会适应失败。由此可知，作者会给他的孩子的教育是可以失败。故选A。
【24题详解】
主旨大意题。综合全文及最后一段“teaching our children the above principles we can help them to overcome the difficulties of life and they will learn to compete in healthy ways throughout their lives“”可知通过教会孩子规则我们可以帮助孩子们克服生活中遇到的困难和学会用正确的方式去应对竞争。文所以短文主要是关于教孩子们健康的竞争。故选D。
【25题详解】
推理判断题。文章是关于教会孩子坦然面对失败，探讨父母既要教会孩子竞争，也要让他们学会正确的竞争方式，正确应对生活中遇到的困难和失败。由此判断出，短文出现在报纸的教育专栏。故选B。
【点睛】概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词)。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。该文是讲述了坦然面对失败的重要性，因此，综合全文及最后一段“teaching our children the above principles we can help them to overcome the difficulties of life and they will learn to compete in healthy ways throughout their lives“”可知通过教会孩子规则我们可以帮助孩子们克服生活中遇到的困难和学会用正确的方式去应对竞争。文所以短文主要是关于教孩子们健康的竞争。故本题选D。
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Today we take a look at the word “smart”. If someone says you are smart, what do they mean Is it a good thing or something bad ____26____ This is because the word “smart” has many meanings.
For example, someone could say you look smart or are dressed smartly. That means they like your physical appearance or what you are wearing.
But if something smarts, it can be unkind or hurtful, either physically or mentally. If you accidentally trip over a chair and fall down, you might shout, “Ow! That smarts!” Or if a friend says something that hurts your feelings, you can say you are smarting from the hurtful comments. ____27____
If you are standing too close to a campfire, you could say your eyes are smarting from the smoke of the fire. Here the word “smarting” means feeling a sharp pain.
____28____ If someone is smart as a whip, they are able to think very quickly.
____29____ Some people are considered streetsmart. They may not have a strong education. But they are good at dealing with people and problems in the real world. Other people might be booksmart. This means they have spent many years in school. But they may not be so smart when dealing with people or real world problems.
And then there is a definition of smart that means to talk or behave disrespectfully. If you say something disrespectful to your parents, they might say, “Don’t get smart with me!” Here, “smart” means showing a lack of respect by saying something unkind. This definition of smart can also be used as a verb. ____30____
A. Do they really mean you are smart
B. The answer is not as easy as you might think.
C. People have different attitudes towards being smart.
D. In fact, maybe that person is no longer your friend.
E. But the most common meaning of “smart” is to be intelligent.
F. However, different people have different ways of being smart.
G. If you smart off to the wrong people, they could hit you in the face.
【答案】26 B 27. D 28. E 29. F 30. G
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。介绍了“smart”这个词的多种含义。
【26题详解】
根据上文“Is it a good thing or something bad ”（是好事还是坏事呢？）下文“This is because the word smart has many meanings.”（这是因为聪明这个词有很多意义）”可知，空处并非回答前文的问题，因此横线处是一个过渡句，承上启下，既没有准确回答前面的问题，又引出下文，即这个问题不好回答。选项B.“答案并不像你想象的那么简单。”符合题意，故选B。
【27题详解】
根据上文“Or if a friend says something that hurts your feelings,you can say you are smarting from the hurtful comments.（或者，如果一个朋友说了一些伤害你感情的话，你可以说你是从有伤害的评论中变聪明的。）”可知，受了伤害变聪明后，下次可能不会给别人伤害自己的机会，即不与那人继续做朋友。选项D.“事实上，也许那个人不再是你的朋友了。”符合题意，故选D。
【28题详解】
根据下句“If someone is smart as whip, they are able to think very quickly.（如果有人像鞭子一样聪明，他们能够很快思考）”可知，此段先介绍smart刺痛的含义，然后介绍聪明的含义，等同于intelligent。前后是转折关系，选项E.“但是“smart”最常见的意思是聪明。”选项E中有转折词。故选E。
【29题详解】
根据下文“Some people are considered street smart.（有些人被认为是街头智者）”及“Other people might be book smart.（其他人可能是书呆子。）”可知，此段介绍了不同的人有不同方式的聪明。选项F.“然而，不同的人有不同的聪明方式。”引出了下文的两种智者的方式，符合题意，故选F。
【30题详解】
根据上文““Don’t get smart with me!”Here,“smart”means to show a lack of respect by saying something unkind.This definition of smart can also be used as a verb.(“不要跟我耍聪明！”在这里，“聪明”意味着说一些不客气的事实而表现出缺乏尊重。聪明的这个含义也可以用作一个动词。)”可知，smart有自作聪明的意思，但自作聪明的结果往往是尴尬的，有可能聪明反被聪明误，给自己带来不快。选项G.“如果你对不恰当的人无礼，他们可能会打你的脸。”，短语：smart off to sb.“你对某人说出一些粗鄙的言论，显得不敬”，承接上文，讲述了自作聪明带来的结果，该作动用法的词为词是且符合题意。故选G。
第四部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30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。
Growing up in the 1960s, I was taught from an early age to send a handwritten thank you note expressing ___31___ for kindness. My mother used to buy me a box of paper and ___32___ me in the art and value of saying “thank you”. She ___33___ to be right.
A study showed that it took less than 5 minutes to write the thank you notes. Just 5 minutes to make another person feel overjoyed! ___34___, in our “instant” world, the idea of getting an actual pen and writing an actual note seems to never come to mind. We tend to do what is ___35___ to us — a quick text or an email.
It is easy to use the excuse of being busy, but even very busy and ___36___ businessmen find time to ___37___ thank you notes. For example, when Douglas Conant became CEO of Campbells, the company had ___38___ half of its market value and morale (士气) was at an all time low. He ___39___ fixing that by doing some simple things that probably not ___40___ in any MBA class. For one thing, Conant wrote to every ___41___. He gained their confidence and naturally, turned the company around.
In his ten years as CEO, Conant wrote over 30,000 notes to employees. It’s ___42___ not to ask how he did it. ___43___, he had many other things to do ___44___ writing thank you note. Conant made time for it because he knew the impact each one would have. An expression of ___45___ in this crazy world still makes a difference.
31.
A. concern B. sympathy C. affection D. appreciation
32.
A. consult B. instruct C. answer D. impress
33.
A. remained B. proved C. appeared D. claimed
34.
A. Yet B. Therefore C. So D. Otherwise
35.
A. special B. necessary C. convenient D. important
36.
A. humorous B. optimistic C. successful D. experienced
37.
A. pen B. receive C. design D. deliver
38.
A. lost B. gained C. developed D. damaged
39.
A. gave up B. kept up C. set about D. worried about
40.
A. permitted B. taught C. checked D. tested
41.
A. market B. businessman C. company D. employee
42.
A. hard B. great C. amazing D. disappointing
43.
A. As usual B. In short C. By the way D. After all
44.
A. by B. in C. besides D. without
45
A. kindness B. joy C. value D. confidence
【答案】31. D 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. A 39. C 40. B 41. D 42. A 43. D 44. C 45. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文，作者从小就被教育要用手写感谢信对他人表达谢意，通过Douglas Conant的例子，作者进一步说明，小小的感谢信会带来很大的影响。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我成长于20世纪60年代，从小就被教导要用手写的感谢信表达对他人好意的感激之情。A. concern担心；B. sympathy同情；C. affection感情，喜爱；D. appreciation感谢。根据空前的“thank you note”可知，此处是说通过手写感谢信表达感谢，故选D。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我妈妈过去常常给我买一盒纸，教导我说“谢谢”的艺术和价值。A. consult咨询，查阅；B. instruct指导，指示；C. answer回答；D. impress给……留下深刻印象。根据空后的“in the art and value of saying ‘thank you’”可知，妈妈会教导“我”说“谢谢”的艺术和价值，故选B。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她被证明是对的。A. remained逗留，剩余；B. proved证明；C. appeared出现；D. claimed宣称。根据空后的“to be right”可知，她的教导后来被证明是对的，其他选项均不符合语境，故选B。
【34题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：但是，在我们这个“即时”的世界里，拿一支真正的笔，写一张真正的纸条的想法似乎从来没有出现在脑海中。A. Yet然而，但是；B. Therefore因此；C. So所以；D. Otherwise否则。根据空后“in our ‘instant’ world, the idea of getting an actual pen and writing an actual note seems to never come to mind”可知，似乎没有人考虑拿起笔写感谢信，这和上文介绍手写感谢信有好处之间是转折关系，故选A。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们倾向于做对我们方便的事情——快速发个短信或发封电子邮件。A. special特殊的；B. necessary必要的；C. convenient方便的；D. important重要的。根据下文“a quick text or an email”可知，此处是说“我们倾向于做便捷的事情”，故选C。
【36题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：以忙为借口很容易，但即使是非常忙碌和成功的商人也会抽出时间写感谢信。A. humorous幽默的；B. optimistic乐观的；C. successful成功的；D. experienced有经验的。根据空后所举的知名企业的高管的例子可知，此处是说“非常成功且忙碌的商人都能找到时间写感谢信”，故选C。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. pen写；B. receive收到；C. design设计；D. deliver发表，递送。根据空后的“thank you notes”可知，此处指写感谢信，故选A。
【38题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：例如，当Douglas Conant成为Campbells的首席执行官时，该公司已经失去了一半的市场价值，士气也处于历史最低点。A. lost失去；B. gained获得；C. developed发展；D. damaged毁坏。根据下文“morale (士气) was at an all time low”可知，此处是说“公司已经失去了一半的市场价值”，故选A。
【39题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：他开始着手解决这个问题，方法是做一些可能在任何MBA课程中都不会教的简单事情。A. gave up放弃；B. kept up跟上，赶上；C. set about着手，开始；D. worried about担心。根据空后的“fixing that by doing some simple things”可知，他开始做一些简单的事情，以解决这个问题，故选C。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. permitted允许；B. taught教；C. checked检查；D. tested测试。根据空后的“in any MBA class”可知，该处是说“这些事情在MBA课堂可能不会被教”，故选B。
【41题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：首先，Conant给每一位员工都写了信。A. market市场；B. businessman商人；C. company公司；D. employee员工。根据下文“Conant wrote over 30,000 notes to employees”可知，Conant写信给每个员工，故选D。
42题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：很难不去问他是怎么做到的。A. hard困难的；B. great伟大的；C. amazing令人惊奇的；D. disappointing令人失望的。下文“Conant made time for it because he knew the impact each one would have.(Conant为此腾出了时间，因为他知道每个人的影响)”解释了Conant给员工写感谢信的原因，故此处指“很难不问他是怎么做到的”，故选A。
【43题详解】
考查固定短语辨析。句意：毕竟，除了写感谢信，他还有许多其他的事情要做。A. As usual像往常一样；B. In short总之；C. By the way顺便说一下；D. After all毕竟。根据下文“he had many other things to do”可知，此处指“毕竟，他有很多其他的事情要做”，故选D。
【44题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。句意同上。A. by通过；B. in在……里面；C. besides除了；D. without没有。根据空后的“writing thank you note”及语境可知，Conant是一家公司的CEO，除了写感谢信还有很多事情要做，故选C。
【45题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这个疯狂的世界上，表达善意仍然会产生影响。A. kindness善良；B. joy快乐；C. value价值；D. confidence信心。结合文章主题“写感谢信”以及第一段中“send a handwritten thank you note expressing 1 for kindness”可知，此处指“表达善意”，故选A。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
单词拼写：根据汉语或首字母提示在空白处填入单词的正确形式。
46. The children of Nome would be helpless if the disease _________ (突然袭击) the town. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
【答案】struck##attacked
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：如果疾病袭击Nome，这个城镇的孩子们将会束手无策。根据汉语提示可知，strike/attack“突然袭击”，动词，根据“would”可知，此处是描述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时，故填struck/attacked。
47. I decided to ________ (集中) all my efforts on finding somewhere to live. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】concentrate
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：我决定集中精力找个住的地方。根据句意以及首字母提示可知，此处为动词concentrate“集中注意力”，满足句意要求，decide to do sth.“决定做某事”，结合空前to不定式可知，为动词原形。故填concentrate。
48. He is expert at _________(包) books in beautiful plastic paper. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
【答案】wrapping
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：他擅长用漂亮的塑料纸包书。根据汉语提示可知，wrap“包”，动词，空处作介词at的宾语，应用动名词形式，故填wrapping。
49. Jack suddenly fell ill, which p_________ him from going to school. （根据首字母单词拼写）
【答案】prevented##revented
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：杰克突然生病了，这使他不能去上学了。空处为定语从句谓语动词，根据句意及首字母提示可知，动词prevent“阻止，阻碍”符合，prevent sb from doing sth“阻止某人做某事”，结合“fell”可知句子用一般过去时，故填prevented。
50. This song is a t_________ example of American country music. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】typical##ypical
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：这首歌是美国乡村音乐的典型例子。分析句子结构可知，空格处应填入形容词作定语修饰名词example“例子，榜样”。根据句意及首字母提示，形容词typical，意为“典型的”，符合题意。故答案为typical。
短语应用（根据以下短语完成句子）
选词填空
go to the trouble to do sth, wash away, pass down, reflect on, lead to, make one’s fortune, in case
51. Before I make a decision, I need time to _________ the problem.
52. With these trees, the soil couldn’t be _________ easily.
53. Too much smoking can _________ lung cancer, so giving up smoking is of great importance.
54. In the 19th century people rushed to the big cities where they expected to _________ .
55. The doctor shares his phone number with the patients _________ they need medical assistance.
【答案】51. reflect on
52. washed away
53. lead to
54. make their fortune
55. in case
【解析】
【51题详解】
考查短语。句意：在我做决定之前，我需要时间来考虑这个问题。短语reflect on为“考虑”之意。不定式to后接动词原形。结合句意，故填reflect on。
【52题详解】
考查短语。句意：有了这些树，土壤就不会轻易被冲走。短语wash away为“冲走”之意。主语the soil与wash away之间为被动关系，所以be动词后接动词的过去分词形式构成“情态动词+被动结构”。结合句意，故填washed away。
【53题详解】
考查短语。句意：吸烟太多会导致肺癌，所以戒烟是非常重要的。短语lead to为“导致”之意。情态动词can后接动词原形。结合句意，故填lead to。
【54题详解】
考查短语。句意：在19世纪，人们涌向大城市，希望在那里发财。短语make one’s fortune为“发财”之意。expect to do sth.期望做某事，不定式to后接动词原形。结合句意，故填make their fortune。
【55题详解】
考查短语。句意：医生把他的电话号码告诉了病人，以防他们需要医疗救助。短语in case为“以防，万一”之意，引导目的状语从句。结合句意，故填in case。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
Light pollution is a serious problem. This became completely obvious when the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness, a computer-created map based on thousands of satellite (卫星) photos, ____56____ (publish) in 2016. The map shows how and where ____57____(we) world is lit up at night. Large areas of North America, Europe, and Asia are glowing (发光) with light, while only the most remote (偏远的) places on Earth are in total darkness. Some of the most light-polluted____58____ (country) in the world are Singapore, Qatar, and Kuwait.
Sky glow is the brightening of the night sky, mostly over cities, because____59____the electric lights of cars, streetlamps, offices, factories and buildings, turning night into day.
People ____60____ live in cities with high levels of sky glow have a hard time ____61____ (see) stars at night. Scientists are ____62____ (particular) worried about sky glow pollution as it influences their ability ____63____ (view) space.
According to research, more____64____ 80% of the world’s population, and 99% of Americans and Europeans, live under sky glow. It sounds pretty, but sky glow_____65_____(cause) by human activities is one of the most common forms of light pollution.
【答案】56. was published
57. our 58. countries
59. of 60. who ## that
61. seeing 62. particularly
63. to view
64. than 65. caused
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲的是人工照明给人类与环境带来的问题。
【56题详解】
考查动词时态和语态。句意：2016年发布的《世界人工夜空亮度地图集》(World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness)是一幅基于数千张卫星照片的计算机绘制的地图，这一点变得非常明显。空处应填谓语动词，由时间状语in 2016可知动作发生在过去且主语a computer-created map与publish之间为被动关系，应用一般过时的被动语态。故填was published。
【57题详解】
考查形容词性物主代词。句意：这张地图显示了我们的世界在夜晚是如何被照亮的，以及在哪里被照亮。由句意及空后的名词world可知应填形容词性物主代词our，作定语。故填our。
【58题详解】
考查名词。句意：世界上光污染最严重的国家包括新加坡、卡塔尔和科威特。由句意及空前的Some of the most light-polluted可知应填名词复数形式countries，作主语。故填countries。
【59题详解】
考查介词。句意：由于汽车、路灯、办公室、工厂和建筑物的电灯把黑夜变成了白天，天空变得明亮，主要是在城市上空。由句意知空处应填介词of，because of“由于；因为”，固定搭配。故填of。
【60题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：居住在高亮度城市的人们在晚上很难看到星星。此处为定语从句，先行词为People，先行词在从句中作主语，应用关系代词who/that。故填who/that。
【61题详解】
考查动名词。句意：居住在高亮度城市的人们在晚上很难看到星星。have a hard time(in)doing sth“做某事由有困难”，固定搭配，介词in可以省略。故填seeing。
【62题详解】
考查副词。句意：科学家们特别担心天光污染，因为这会影响他们观察太空的能力。修饰形容词worried应用副词particularly，作状语。故填particularly。
【63题详解】
考查不定式。句意：科学家们特别担心天光污染，因为这会影响他们观察太空的能力。由句意知此处应填不定式的形式，the ability to do sth“做某事的能力”。故填to view。
【64题详解】
考查介词。句意：根据研究，世界上超过80%的人口，以及99%的美国人和欧洲人生活在天空的光芒下。more than意为“超过”，固定搭配。故填than。
【65题详解】
考查过去分词。句意：这听起来不错，但人类活动造成的天光是最常见的光污染之一。空处应填非谓语动词的形式，sky glow与cause之间为被动关系，应用过去分词表示被动，作后置定语。故填caused。
第五部分 写作(满分25分)
66. 在世界环境日之前，某英文网站开展了以“Our Environment in the Future”为主题的征稿活动。假定你是李华，请你写一篇英语短文投稿。内容包括：
1．设想一下未来地球的自然环境展望；
2．解释原因。
注意：1．词数80左右；
2．合理增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Our Environment in the Future
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【答案】 I’m optimistic about our environment in the future. I believe we’ll have a more beautiful and cleaner Earth that is perfect for us to live on.
As time goes by, people’s awareness of environmental protection has been raised to a completely new level and more peopled will take action to improve the environment by planting more trees, living a low-carbon lifestyle and sorting their waste. Meanwhile, the government will attach even greater importance to environmental protection and introduce more policies to reduce pollution, such as greater support for new energy vehicles and limiting carbon emissions.
As long as people can work together, we will leave behind a wonderful planet for future generations.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生写一篇英语短文，向某英文网站开展的以“Our Environment in the Future”为主题的征稿活动投稿。
【详解】1.词汇积累
完全：completely→totally
过着……的生活：live a…lifestyle→lead a…lifestyle
同时：meanwhile→at the same time
减少：reduce→decrease
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Meanwhile, the government will attach even greater importance to environmental protection and introduce more policies to reduce pollution, such as greater support for new energy vehicles and limiting carbon emissions.
拓展句：Meanwhile, the government will attach even greater importance to environmental protection and introduce more policies to reduce pollution, which include greater support for new energy vehicles and limiting carbon emissions.
【点睛】【高分句型1】I believe we’ll have a more beautiful and cleaner Earth that is perfect for us to live on.（运用了that引导的定语从句）
【高分句型2】As long as people can work together, we will leave behind a wonderful planet for future generations.（运用了as long as引导的条件状语从句）
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