青海省西宁市海湖中学2023-2024学年高二上学期开学考试英语试卷(含答案)
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青海省西宁市海湖中学2023-2024学年高二上学期开学考试英语试卷
学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
Wonderful trip around the Mediterranean
Days 1-2 Barcelona, Spain
Discover the interesting buildings, Catalan culture and Gothic Quarter in Gaudi’s city of Barcelona.
Day 3 Board Regal Princess
Day 4 Relaxing at sea
Day 5 Gibraltar
You’ve got a full day to get to know this British territory (领土), home to many cultures. Choose to ride the cable car (缆车) for great views of the Rock of Gibraltar or discover the beautiful lighthouse.
Day 6 Relaxing at sea
Day 7 Marseille, France
Enjoy a full day discovering all that Provence has to offer — flower fields, fishing boats or Roman ruins (遗迹). City or countryside, you decide.
Day 8 Genoa, Italy
Get to know this busy town by walking through the wonderful streets and piazzas (public squares, especially in an Italian town).
Day 9 Florence / Pisa
Choose to visit wonderful wineries (酒庄) in Tuscany or the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa on your last day in Italy.
Day 10 Disembark (下船) Regal Princess
Go to the airport for your flight home.
Your holiday includes
Direct flights
2 nights 4 star Barcelona hotel incl breakfast
7 nights aboard Regal Princess
Private guide
10 day holiday from
Single room 1,199
Mini double room 1,949
1．What can a visitor do on Day 5
A. See a lighthouse. B. Go rock climbing.
C. Enjoy Catalan food. D. Visit the English countryside.
2．How long can a visitor stay in Italy
A. One day. B. Two days. C. Three days. D. Eight days.
3．Where is the text probably from
A. A tour diary. B. A business report.
C. A travel magazine. D. A geography textbook.
Frederick Phiri is the junk-art king of Zambia: at just 22,he started to earn an international reputation for being able to make complex and elegant sculptures from scrap metal(金属废料)found in his community.
Phiri's father died when he was starting primary school. Then his mother abandoned him and he had to stay with his grandfather. His grandfather paid for his schooling through primary school but when he entered secondary school, he had to get various jobs to pay for his fees. Yet even in school, he was always drawing and making things in class.
After graduating, he did what he could to support himself by making animal sculptures from wires and sold them to tourists. His work was so popular that it caught the eye of Karen Beattie, director of Project Luangwa, a nonprofit dedicated to education and economic development in central Africa.
“I introduced him to a local welder(焊工),”Beattie told Newsweek.
In 2017, Phiri worked with welder Moses Mbewe during the rainy season, helping to make a complex set of doors for Project Luangwa. The piece sparked an idea in Beattie's mind: "I handed him a bunch of scrap metal and said, 'Make something with this.' And he did. It was wonderful.”
Today, Phiri continues his art, using pieces of junk people bring him-keys, broken bike chains, old metal plugs and whatever scrap metal is lying around. He then turns the junk into abstract animals-elephants, cranes, giraffes, chameleons-and sells them at Project Luangwa headquarters. The community has recognized his talents.
"My dream is to earn enough to study art at the Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka and be able to make a living from it,"Phiri said. "And then to make very large sculptures."
4．What is Phiri known for？
A.Serving his community. B.Collecting works of art.
C.Being the king of Zambia. D.Turning trash into treasure.
5．What can we learn about Phiri from paragraph 2？
A.He had an unhappy childhood. B.He paid for his primary school.
C.He had to support his grandfather. D.He missed school to do part-time jobs.
6．How does Phiri feel about his future？
A.Uncertain. B.Confident. C.Depressed. D.Satisfied.
7．What can be a suitable title for the passage？
A.A Rough Road to Success B.The Junk Art King of Zambia
C.A Young Man's Wildest Dream D.The Modern Junk Works of Art
Whom should you marry Where should you live How should you spend your time For centuries, people have relied on their gut instincts (直觉) to figure out the answers to these life-changing questions. Now, though, there is a better way. We are living through a data explosion, as vast amounts of information about all aspects of human behavior have become more and more accessible. We can use this big data to help determine the best course to chart.
There has long been overwhelming- and often surprising- evidence that algorithms (算法) can be much better than people at making difficult decisions. Researchers have collected data on various kinds of choices people make, the information they base those choices on, and how things turn out. They have found, for example, that a simple data-driven algorithm would have been better than judges at deciding whether a defendant should stay in jail (监狱) or be released; better than doctors at deciding whether a patient should get a procedure; and better than school principals at deciding which teachers should be promoted.
The power of data analysis has been proved in the sports and business worlds, too. As made famous by the book and movie Moneyball, baseball teams found that algorithms were better than scouts (物色优秀运动员的人) at picking players, and better than managers at picking strategies. In finance, the hedge fund (避险基金) Renaissance Technologies dramatically defeated competitors by seeking out patterns in stock market data and using them to inform its investment strategy. Tech firms in Silicon Valley have found that data from experiments provides better insights into how to design their websites than designers could.
These are the early days of the data revolution in decision-making. I am not claiming that we can completely outsource (外包) our lifestyle choices to algorithms, though we might get to that point in the future. I am claiming instead that we can all dramatically improve our decision-making by consulting evidence mined from thousands or millions of people who faced dilemmas similar to ours. And we can do that now.
8．What makes people better at finding answers to life-changing questions
A. People’s better gut instincts. B. Changed human behavior.
C. The modern information era. D. Various courses accessible.
9．According to paragraph 2, algorithms might NOT defeat people in ______.
A. court rulings B. job promotions
C. operative estimation D. teaching practices
10．What can we learn from paragraph 3
A. The plot of the movie Moneyball is related to successful data analysis.
B. Scouts and managers are not needed in successful baseball teams.
C. The hedge fund Renaissance Technologies had some financial problems.
D. Tech firms in Silicon Valley mainly relied on data to design websites.
11．Which of the following will the author most probably agree with
A. The modern information era is mature enough to take advantage of.
B. People should outsource all the lifestyle choices to algorithms.
C. With big data people can learn from countless similar examples.
D. Face-to-face consultation will be the major trend in the future.
Gardeners who use pesticides are contributing to the decline of British songbirds, a study suggests. Scientists have urged people to stop “spraying their gardens with poisons” in order to halt bird decline and adopt instead wildlife- friendly practices. The results of the University of Sussex study, which researchers call the first of its kind, were published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
The experiment, which surveyed 615 gardens in Britain, found 25% fewer house sparrows when glyphosate(草甘膦) was used regularly. This is an ingredient found in commonly used herbicide(除草剂) brands such as Roundup or Gallup. Slug pellets(鼻涕虫杀虫剂) also seemed to have an impact on bird sightings; in gardens where Slug pellets were used, house sparrow numbers were down by almost 40% .
Prof. Dave Goulson, of the school of life sciences at the University of Sussex, said,“The UK has 22 million gardens, which collectively could be a fantastic refuge for wildlife, but not if they are overly tidy and sprayed with poisons. We just don't need pesticides in our gardens. Many towns around the world are now pesticide free. We should simply ban the use of these poisons in urban areas, following the example of France.”The Royal Horticultural Society, the UK's leading gardening charity, said the use of pesticides and herbicides should be avoided if possible and they should only be used, if ever, in small and targeted applications.
The research also found that those who adopted wildlife-friendly practices such as planting native shrubs and flowers, or digging a wildlife pond, saw more birds than those who did not. Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, a PhD researcher within the school of life sciences and an author of the study, said, “It's encouraging to find that simple measures, such as planting native shrubs and trees and creating a pond, together with avoiding the use of pesticides, really make a measurable difference to the number of birds you will see in your garden.”
12．What does the underlined word "halt" in paragraph 1 most probably mean
A. Stop. B. Attract. C. Note. D. Witness.
13．Why are the statistics mentioned in paragraph 2
A. To reveal the severe influence of pesticides on birds.
B. To compare the effects of two kinds of pesticides.
C. To convince readers of the importance of house sparrows.
D. To help gardeners choose the proper pesticides.
14．What can be inferred from Prof. Dave Goulson's words
A. The ideal places for wildlife in the UK are extremely tidy gardens.
B. The gardens in the UK are so tidy that pesticides are not needed.
C. Pesticides should be prohibited from use throughout the UK.
D. Some countries like France have made urban areas pesticide free.
15．What is the last paragraph mainly about
A. Alternative methods to keep gardens tidy.
B. Assistant ways to increase the number of birds.
C. Gardeners' attitudes towards the experiment.
D. Other researchers' interest in the experiment.
二、七选五
16．There are things we all do, or don't do, that lead us to waste far more time than we realize in the moment. The biggest time regret, I think, is dwelling on(沉湎于) mistakes and shortcomings.
①______In a study, researchers asked subjects to spend money during an imaginary trip to the mall. Before “shopping”, some subjects were asked to recall a past financial mistake. They found those subjects were more likely to incur(招致) debt. Dwelling made them feel like a failure and told them there was no need to try, because they already sucked. So, they got further into debt when already feeling like an overspender. Of course, we don't want to skip over our mistakes or ignore them either.②______
I also missed too much for fear of my own shortcomings. ③______ I wanted to travel after high school, but I went to university close to home instead, because I was too shy to meet new people and was afraid I couldn't make it in another city. After university, I wanted to be a writer, but I decided to find a more stable, accessible job instead, because that's easier. ④______ I decided to find work I actually enjoyed, travel more and live somewhere else. I made a ton of mistakes along the way, but the bigger mistake was not trying sooner.
⑤______ So, never beat yourself up over your mistakes and shortcomings. The sooner you learn from them, the sooner you can free up your time and energy to live the life you want.
A. Eventually, I got tired of this.
B. Regret is another big waste of time.
C. I was doing it for the wrong reason that I was afraid to fail.
D. For years, I stayed in a comfortable place, doing things I disliked.
E. The goal is to learn something from them, and then release the failure.
F. When you finally relate it to your own past experiences, it probably becomes easier.
G. Dwelling on mistakes wastes time and, worse still, makes us more likely to repeat mistakes.
三、完形填空（15空）
The Munfords were moving into a house they bought. They wanted to see if all the furniture was in good condition before they used it. James Munford was 1 the built-in drawers in the closet last month, when he found two cases holding 46 gold Liberty $5 coins and 18 Morgan silver dollars that were made in the 1800s. They looked really old, like they were really worth a lot of 2 .
James and his wife, Clarrisa, who are both retired thought the coins are 3 a family heirloom (传家宝), so they went ahead and made sure the owner 4 them back. James texted pictures of the 5 to the home’s former owner and made plans to 6 them.
“We really didn’t know anything about the 7 of the coins. We really didn’t 8 , to be honest with you. We knew they were not ours,” said Clarrisa Munford, who runs a restaurant business.
The home’s 9 owner, who asked not to be 10 , estimated (估算) that the coins were worth about $25,000. He said he’d put the containers in the back of his sock drawer a few months ago for safe keeping and didn’t see it in his 11 to get packed up and moved out of the house. The rest of his coin collection was in his safe. He didn’t realize the coins were 12 until the Munfords contacted him. He added that he would never have known if they had 13 to sell the coins and keep the money for themselves.
The Munfords are still unpacking and their furniture just arrived last week, so they haven’t had a 14 to see if there are any other 15 .
17．A. trying B. repairing C. removing D. checking
18．A. trouble B. money C. effort D. time
19．A. specially B. actually C. probably D. exactly
20．A. got B. put C. gave D. held
21．A. closets B. drawers C. cases D. coins
22．A. return B. collect C. sell D. examine
23．A. number B. origin C. value D. use
24．A. believe B. care C. understand D. agree
25．A. generous B. real C. kind D. former
26．A. named B. paid C. rewarded D. praised
27．A. attempt B. hope C. hurry D. demand
28．A. missing B. old C. dangerous D. secure
29．A. struggled B. decided C. helped D. promised
30．A. place B. means C. chance D. desire
31．A. choices B. problems C. suggestions D. surprises
四、短文填空
32．It was raining lightly when I ①________ (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours ②________, I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with ③________ (it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.
I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River ④________ are pictured by artists in so many Chinese ⑤________ (painting). Instead, I’d head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away ⑥________ car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.
Yangshuo ⑦________ (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers ⑧________ (conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it ⑨________ (regular) arranges quick getaways（短途休假） here for people ⑩________ (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
五、书面表达
33．假定你是李华．你的英国笔友Jenny询问你进入高中后的学习和生活情况。请用英语给他回一封信，主要内容包括：
1．学校印象；
2．校园活动；
3．学习情况。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
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六、读后续写
34．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。
When I was in seventh grade, my parents paid a tutor(家庭教师) forty dollars a week for her coming to my house and helping me with math. It ended up raising my marks from fifty to fifty-five.
I had to admit it was mainly my fault. Maybe I should have concentrated my math from the beginning. But studying math was a tough thing. Sitting on a chair to work on confusing math problems for two hours was a slow and painful process. During the process, I would fidget(坐立不安) and have many trips to the refrigerator in an attempt to get off that chair for at least five minutes.
During math tests, my teachers would always stay by my desk. My teachers and friends would frequently ask the question after tests,” How’s your math this time " So I became extremely afraid of math. While normal people of my age were scared of some insects and adventurous travels, I feared anything to do with numbers. The thought of a teacher picking on me in class made me feel scared. The red marks on the test paper were also terrifying.
My fear of math got worse in ninth grade. Every report card I received from my new math teacher Ms Robbins had the comment to encourage me, "I'm glad to do what I can to help you.” But I couldn't tell her the real reason why I didn't ask for help-I didn’t want to be considered stupid. Every question I had was, in my opinion at the time, something that the whole class had understood but I. So instead, I ended up not caring about anything related to math, without working hard on math at all. And I concluded everything would work out in the end
Eventually, my classmates and I took the final test that would lead to our graduation from middle school and stepping into high school. Days after the exam-- on a rainy summer morning, Ms. Robbins called me.
Paragraph 1:
With worry and uncertainty, I entered her office.
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Paragraph 2:
After I took the courage to tell my parents the bad news, they were silent.
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参考答案
1．答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据Day 5 Gibraltar 中“You've got a full day to get to know this British territory(领土),home to many cultures. Choose to ride the cable car(缆车) for great views of the Rock of Gibraltar or discover the beautiful lighthouse.”(你们有―整天的时间来了解这片英属领土，这里是多种文化的发源地。选择乘坐缆车欣赏直布罗陀岩石的美景或探索美丽的灯塔。）可知， 游客在第五天可以看到一座灯塔。故选A 项。
2．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据Day 8 Genoa, Italy 中“Get to know this busy town by walking through the wonderful streets and piazzas (public squares, especially in an Italian town）.”（穿过美丽的街道和广场（公共广 场，尤其是在意大利小镇)，了解这个繁忙的小镇。）以及Day 9 Florence/Pisa 中“Choose to visit wonderful wineries(酒庄) in Tuscany or the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa on your last day in Italy.”(在意大利的 最后一天，你可以选择去托斯卡纳参观美妙的酒庄，或者去参观著名的比萨斜塔。）可 知，游客可以在意大利停留两天时间。故选 B项。
3．答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据文章大意以及标题“Wonderful trip around the Mediterranean”(美妙的地中海之旅）可知，文章主要介绍了几个地中海国家的旅游 胜地。由此可推知，这篇文章可能来自一本 旅游杂志。故选C项。
4．答案：D
解析：根据第一段内容介绍，可知作者可以把本社区的金属废物变成精致的雕塑，能化废为宝，因此答案为D。
5．答案：A
解析：根据第二段“Then his mother abandoned him and he had to stay with his grandfather...”，可推知，Phiri小时候并不幸福，遭到遗弃，所以答案为A。
6．答案：B
解析：根据最后一段可知，Phiri对自己的未来充满憧憬，应该是有信心，可知答案为B。
7．答案：B
解析：本文介绍了Phiri的生平和成长历程。文章开头即，点明主旨，因此答案为B。
8．答案： C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“We are living through a data explosion, as vast amounts of information about all aspects of human behavior have become more and more accessible. We can use this big data to help determine the best course to chart. (我们正生活在一个数据爆炸的时代，关于人类行为各个方面的大量信息变得越来越容易获取。我们可以利用这些大数据来帮助确定绘制地图的最佳路线。)”可知。作者主要的观点是在信息时代利用大数据去帮助自己决定选择哪条路径。故选C项。
9．答案： D
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“They have found, for example, that a simple data-driven algorithm would have been better than judges at deciding whether a defendant should stay in jail (监狱) or be released; better than doctors at deciding whether a patient should get a procedure; and better than school principals at deciding which teachers should be promoted. (例如，他们发现，一个简单的数据驱动算法在决定被告是应该留在监狱还是释放时，会比法官做得更好；在决定病人是否应该接受手术方面比医生做得更好；而且比学校校长更擅长决定哪些老师应该升职。)”可知，数据驱动的算法在这些方面表现更好：在法官决定被告人是该监禁还是释放方面；在医生决定病人是否该做手术方面；在学校校长决定哪些老师应该升职方面，在以上方面，算法都比人类做的好，由此可知，只有“教学实践”方面有可能不会打败人类。故选D项。
10．答案： A
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段“The power of data analysis has been proved in the sports and business worlds, too. As made famous by the book and movie Moneyball, baseball teams found that algorithms were better than scouts (物色优秀运动员的人) at picking players, and better than managers at picking strategies. (数据分析的力量在体育和商业领域也得到了证明。正如书和电影《点球成金》(Moneyball)所述，棒球队发现算法在挑选球员方面比球探好，在挑选策略方面比经理好。)”可知，在电影《点球成金》中，算法在挑选球员和挑选策略方面比人类要好，由此可知，电影“点球成金”中的情节与成功的数据分析有关系。故选A项。
11．答案： C
解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“I am claiming instead that we can all dramatically improve our decision-making by consulting evidence mined from thousands or millions of people who faced dilemmas similar to ours. And we can do that now. (相反，我认为我们都可以通过咨询从成千上万与我们面临类似困境的人那里获得的证据来显著改善我们的决策。我们现在就能做到。)”可知，作者认为，在众多面临着类似的困境的人那里获取的数据，能极大地帮助人们的决策，所以作者应该赞成“我们可以运用大数据从类似的例子中学习”这一观点。故选C项。
12．答案：A
解析：.根据文章第一段中的“Gardeners who use pesticides are contributing to the decline of British songbirds, a study suggests.”可知pesticides造成了英国鸣禽的减少,此外根据“Scientists have urged people to stop 'spraying their gardens with poisons' in order to halt bird decline and adopt instead wildlife-friendly practices.”可知,科学家呼吁人们停止使用这些杀虫剂来阻止鸣禽继续减少。
13．答案：A
解析：根据第二段可知，数据的列出是为了证明文章第一段研究者所做出的发现，即pesticides造成了英国鸣禽的减少。此外根据本段内容可知，主要讲到两种农药成分对英国大量的园子中的鸣禽产生了数据所示的重大影响。
14．答案：D
解析：根据文章第三段中的“We should simply ban the use of these poisons in urban areas. following the example of France.”可知D项正确。根据“The UK has 22 million gardens. which collectively could be a fantastic refuge for wildlife, but not if they are overly tidy and sprayed with poisons.”可知A项错误；B 选项在文章中看不出因果关系,所以错误；根据“We just don't need pesticides in our gardens. Many towns around the world are now pesticide free. We should simply ban the use of these poisons in urban areas, following the example of France.”可知C项错误。
15．答案：B
解析：根据最后一段第一句“The research also found that those who adopted wildlife-friendly practices such as planting native shrubs and flowers, or digging a wildlife pond, saw more birds than those who did not.”以及全段内容可知。
16．答案：GEDAB
解析：①根据第一段的最后一句可知，全篇文章是关于dwelling on mistakes and shortcomings,而设空处所在段则重点写dwelling on mistakes,下文通过研究证明了这一主题句。
②根据全段的主题句可知本段重点写dwelling on mistakes。前文已经分析了dwelling on mistakes的坏处以及原因，根据设空处前句"Of course, we don't want to skip over our mistakes or ignore them either. "可知设空处将提出应该怎么做。
③根据主题句"I also missed too much for fear of my shortcomings. "可知,本段重点写 dwelling on shortcomings。且根据下文可知是提及之前的不正确的做法。
④根据下句"I decided to find work I actually enjoyed, travel more and live somewhere else. "可知设空处要讲的与前文的“害怕自身的缺点”完全不一样，作者调整了做法。
⑤本段是总结段，根据正文部分提到的研究结果和自身经历，作者奉劝他人不要"Regret on mistakes and shortcomings"。
17．答案：D
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.trying努力；B.repairing修理；C.removing删除；D.checking检查。詹姆斯 芒福德（James Munford）上个月在检查壁橱中的内置抽屉时，发现两个箱子里装着46个19世纪制造的Liberty﹩5金币和18枚摩根银币。根据下文when he found two cases holding 46 gold 可知是检查。故选D。
18．答案：B
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.trouble麻烦；B.money钱；C.effort努力；D.time时间。他们看起来真的很老，好像他们真的很值钱。根据下文 the coins were worth about ﹩25，000可知是很值钱。故选B。
19．答案：C
解析：考查副词及语境理解。A.specially特别；B.actually事实上；C.probably可能；D.exactly正是，没错。詹姆斯和他的妻子克拉丽莎都已退休，他们认为这些硬币可能是一件传家宝，所以他们继续努力，确保硬币的主人把它们拿回去。故选C。
20．答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.got得到；B.put放置；C.gave给；D.held持有。詹姆斯和他的妻子克拉丽莎都已退休，他们认为这些硬币可能是一件传家宝，所以他们继续努力，确保硬币的主人把它们拿回去。故选A。
21．答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.closets衣柜；B.drawers抽屉；C.cases案例；D.coins硬币。詹姆斯将硬币的照片发短信给房子的前主人，并计划归还这些硬币。根据上文who are both retired thought the coins 可知是硬币。故选D。
22．答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.return返回；B.collect收集；C.sell出售；D.examine检查。詹姆斯将硬币的照片发短信给房子的前主人，并计划归还这些硬币。故选A。
23．答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.number号码；B.origin起源；C.value价值；D.use使用。我们真的不知道这些硬币的价值。老实说，我们真的不在乎。故选C。
24．答案：B
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.believe相信；B.care在意；C.understand理解；D.agree同意。我们真的不知道这些硬币的价值。老实说，我们真的不在乎。根据下文We knew they were not ours可知是不在意钱币的价值。故选B。
25．答案：D
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.generous慷慨的；B.real真实的；C.kind善良的；D.former之前的。这所房子的前主人不愿透露姓名，他估计这些硬币的价值约为﹩25，000。根据上文He said he'd put the containers in the back of his sock drawer a few months ago可知是之前的。故选D。
26．答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.named命名；B.paid付费；C.rewarded奖励；D.praised表扬。这所房子的前主人不愿透露姓名，他估计这些硬币的价值约为﹩25，000。故选A。
27．答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.attempt尝试；B.hope希望；C.hurry匆忙，快点；D.demand需求。他说，几个月前，为了安全起见，他把这些容器放在袜子抽屉的后面，在匆忙收拾行李搬出房子的时候，他没有看到。根据下文 moved out of the house可知是匆忙。故选C。
28．答案：A
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.missing失踪的；B.old老的；C.dangerous危险的；D.secure安全的。直到芒福德夫妇联系他，他才意识到硬币不见了。故选A。
29．答案：B
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.struggled挣扎；B.decided决定；C.helped帮助；D.promised答应。他补充说，如果他们决定卖掉这些硬币并把钱留给自己，他永远也不会知道。故选B。
30．答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.place地点；B.means手段，方法；C.chance机会；D.desire欲望。蒙福德一家仍在收拾行李，他们的家具上周刚刚到，所以他们还没有机会看到是否还有其他惊喜。根据上文The Munfords are still unpacking and their furniture just arrived last week可知是没有机会。故选C。
31．答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.choices选择；B.problems问题；C.suggestions建议；D.surprises惊喜。蒙福德一家仍在收拾行李，他们的家具上周刚刚到，所以他们还没有机会看到是否还有其他惊喜。故选D。
32．答案：①arrived②before/earlier③its④that/which⑤paintings⑥by⑦is⑧conducted⑨regularly⑩living
解析：①本题考查时态。根据前后文时态可知本文主要时态为一般过去时，空格处为对过去所发生事情的一般陈述，而且 arrive 为非延续性动词，故应用一般过去时。故正确答案为 arrived。
②本题考查副词。结合上下文可知，“我”刚到阳朔的时候细雨蒙蒙，但是相较于几个小时前，当“我”还在香港的家里时，香港雾霾阵阵。空后 I'd been 提示时态为过去完成时，所以 A few hours 和空格处时间表示时间为过去的过去，所以空格处填入 before 或 earlier，表示“在几个小时之前”。本题不可填入 ago，因为 ago 只与一般过去时连用。故正确答案为 before/earlier。
③本题考查形容词性物主代词。根据所给提示词 it 和空后名词短语，可知此处为 “with + 名词短语”的结构，修饰名词短语 choking smog 需用 it 的形容词性物主代词形式 its。故正确答案为 its。
④本题考查定语从句。空格后 “are pictured by artists in so many Chinese ...” 是定语从句用来修饰 the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River，定语从句中缺主语，且先行词指物，空格处填入定语从句引导词 that/which。故正确答案为 that/which。
⑤本题考查名词单复数。括号中提示词 painting 为可数名词，前面用 so many 修饰，应用其复数形式 paintings。故正确答案为 paintings。
⑥本题考查介词。“by + 交通工具”表示交通方式，by car 意为“乘车”，所以这里需要填入介词 by。故正确答案为 by。
⑦本题考查时态。“阳朔很美”是既定事实，用一般现在时，且 Yangshuo 为单数，用 be 动词单数形式 is。故正确答案为 is。
⑧本题主要考查非谓语动词。根据句意，猫途鹰网（TripAdvisor）针对旅行者的一个调查将阳朔列为世界十大目的地之一。分析句子成分可知，句子主语为 study，谓语为 names，主谓结构完整，不缺谓语，所以不能用 be conducted。此处是作 a study of travelers 的后置定语，所给提示词为 conduct，意为“进行；实施”，与 study 构成动宾关系（调查被实施），所以用 conduct 的过去分词形式 conducted。故正确答案为 conducted。
⑨本题考查副词。修饰动词 arranges 需用 regular 的副词形式，加 -ly。故正确答案为 regularly。
⑩本题考查非谓语动词。空格所在的宾语从句主谓结构完整，不需要谓语动词，所以空格处需填入 live 的非谓语形式，作后置定语修饰 people。 people 是动作 live 的发出者，故使用现在分词形式 living 表主动。虽然句意和语法上填 who live 也可以，但 who live 不符合语法填空的规则。故正确答案为 living。
33．答案：
Dear Jenny，
Knowing that you are interested in my new school life, I felt delighted to share it with you. It's my honor to be admitted to this school. The first time I entered the campus, devoted teachers, friendly classmates and the beautiful scenery fascinated me a lot. Colorful activities and recreations, such as sports meeting, speech contests are always held to cultivate our personalities and strengthen our friendship. What's more, I can put my heart into study in harmonious cooperation with my classmates, which makes the school life here unforgettable.
How about your school life？
Yours,
Li Hua
解析：这是一篇应用文写作。
第1步：根据提示可知, 本篇为一封电子邮件；假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jenny询问你进入高中后的学习和生活情况。请用英语给他回一封信，主要内容包括：1．学校印象；2．校园活动；3．学习情况。
第2步：根据写作要求, 确定关键词（组）, 如：be interested in（感兴趣）；delighted（高兴的）；be admitted to（录取）；enter the campus（进入学校）；fascinate（使着迷）；a variety of（各种各样的）等。
第3步：根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句, 注意主谓一致和时态问题。
第4步：连句成文, 注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡, 书写一定要规范清晰, 保持整洁美观的卷面是非常重要的。
范文内容完整, 语言规范, 语篇连贯, 词数适当。作者在范文中使用了较多高级表达方式, 如Knowing that you are interested in my new school life, I felt delighted to share it with you.运用了现在分词做原因状语The first time I entered the campus, devoted and experienced teachers, friendly and active classmates and safe and caring environment fascinated me a lot.运用了时间状语从句。全文中没有中国式英语的句式, 显示了很高的驾驭英语的能力。另外, 文章思路清晰、层次分明, 上下句转换自然, 为文章增色添彩。
34．答案：
Paragraph 1
With worry and uncertainty, I entered her office. After asking me to sit down, she told me that I failed the math test. And she suggested that I should spend another year in middle school if I wanted to be admitted to a relatively good high school. I burst into tears when I heard the news. Seeing that, Ms. Robbins came to comfort and encourage me, and said she'd like to offer any help if necessary. After leaving her office, I was anxious, wondering how to tell the bad news to my parents
Paragraph 2
After I took the courage to tell my parents the bad news, they were silent. My body shook, waiting for their blame. However, they encouraged me to have another try in ninth grade. It was then that I determined to take math seriously. The following day, I turned to Ms Robbins for help and told her about my determination. Ms. Robbins was happy that I finally decided to work hard on math. Thanks to her patient guidance, I made great progress and was not afraid of math any more. Finally, I made my way to a good high school and a university. Now I’m a doctor and I' m proud of myself.
解析：1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“带着担忧和疑虑，我走进了她的办公室。”可知，第一段可描写老师要给作者建议。
②由第二段首句内容“在我鼓起勇气告诉父母这个坏消息后，他们都沉默了。”可知，第二段可描写作者父母支持她。
2.续写线索：高考失败——复读——鼓励——表决心——成功——感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
①进入：be admitted to/get into
②考上了：made my way to/be enrolled by
情绪类
①感谢：thank to/showing his appreciation/show his gratitude/be grateful
②流泪：burst into tears/cry
[高分句型1] It was then that I determined to take math seriously.这句话运用了强调句。
[高分句型2] Seeing that, Ms. Robbins came to comfort and encourage me, and said she'd like to offer any help if necessary.这句话运用了现在分词作状语。
学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
Wonderful trip around the Mediterranean
Days 1-2 Barcelona, Spain
Discover the interesting buildings, Catalan culture and Gothic Quarter in Gaudi’s city of Barcelona.
Day 3 Board Regal Princess
Day 4 Relaxing at sea
Day 5 Gibraltar
You’ve got a full day to get to know this British territory (领土), home to many cultures. Choose to ride the cable car (缆车) for great views of the Rock of Gibraltar or discover the beautiful lighthouse.
Day 6 Relaxing at sea
Day 7 Marseille, France
Enjoy a full day discovering all that Provence has to offer — flower fields, fishing boats or Roman ruins (遗迹). City or countryside, you decide.
Day 8 Genoa, Italy
Get to know this busy town by walking through the wonderful streets and piazzas (public squares, especially in an Italian town).
Day 9 Florence / Pisa
Choose to visit wonderful wineries (酒庄) in Tuscany or the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa on your last day in Italy.
Day 10 Disembark (下船) Regal Princess
Go to the airport for your flight home.
Your holiday includes
Direct flights
2 nights 4 star Barcelona hotel incl breakfast
7 nights aboard Regal Princess
Private guide
10 day holiday from
Single room 1,199
Mini double room 1,949
1．What can a visitor do on Day 5
A. See a lighthouse. B. Go rock climbing.
C. Enjoy Catalan food. D. Visit the English countryside.
2．How long can a visitor stay in Italy
A. One day. B. Two days. C. Three days. D. Eight days.
3．Where is the text probably from
A. A tour diary. B. A business report.
C. A travel magazine. D. A geography textbook.
Frederick Phiri is the junk-art king of Zambia: at just 22,he started to earn an international reputation for being able to make complex and elegant sculptures from scrap metal(金属废料)found in his community.
Phiri's father died when he was starting primary school. Then his mother abandoned him and he had to stay with his grandfather. His grandfather paid for his schooling through primary school but when he entered secondary school, he had to get various jobs to pay for his fees. Yet even in school, he was always drawing and making things in class.
After graduating, he did what he could to support himself by making animal sculptures from wires and sold them to tourists. His work was so popular that it caught the eye of Karen Beattie, director of Project Luangwa, a nonprofit dedicated to education and economic development in central Africa.
“I introduced him to a local welder(焊工),”Beattie told Newsweek.
In 2017, Phiri worked with welder Moses Mbewe during the rainy season, helping to make a complex set of doors for Project Luangwa. The piece sparked an idea in Beattie's mind: "I handed him a bunch of scrap metal and said, 'Make something with this.' And he did. It was wonderful.”
Today, Phiri continues his art, using pieces of junk people bring him-keys, broken bike chains, old metal plugs and whatever scrap metal is lying around. He then turns the junk into abstract animals-elephants, cranes, giraffes, chameleons-and sells them at Project Luangwa headquarters. The community has recognized his talents.
"My dream is to earn enough to study art at the Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka and be able to make a living from it,"Phiri said. "And then to make very large sculptures."
4．What is Phiri known for？
A.Serving his community. B.Collecting works of art.
C.Being the king of Zambia. D.Turning trash into treasure.
5．What can we learn about Phiri from paragraph 2？
A.He had an unhappy childhood. B.He paid for his primary school.
C.He had to support his grandfather. D.He missed school to do part-time jobs.
6．How does Phiri feel about his future？
A.Uncertain. B.Confident. C.Depressed. D.Satisfied.
7．What can be a suitable title for the passage？
A.A Rough Road to Success B.The Junk Art King of Zambia
C.A Young Man's Wildest Dream D.The Modern Junk Works of Art
Whom should you marry Where should you live How should you spend your time For centuries, people have relied on their gut instincts (直觉) to figure out the answers to these life-changing questions. Now, though, there is a better way. We are living through a data explosion, as vast amounts of information about all aspects of human behavior have become more and more accessible. We can use this big data to help determine the best course to chart.
There has long been overwhelming- and often surprising- evidence that algorithms (算法) can be much better than people at making difficult decisions. Researchers have collected data on various kinds of choices people make, the information they base those choices on, and how things turn out. They have found, for example, that a simple data-driven algorithm would have been better than judges at deciding whether a defendant should stay in jail (监狱) or be released; better than doctors at deciding whether a patient should get a procedure; and better than school principals at deciding which teachers should be promoted.
The power of data analysis has been proved in the sports and business worlds, too. As made famous by the book and movie Moneyball, baseball teams found that algorithms were better than scouts (物色优秀运动员的人) at picking players, and better than managers at picking strategies. In finance, the hedge fund (避险基金) Renaissance Technologies dramatically defeated competitors by seeking out patterns in stock market data and using them to inform its investment strategy. Tech firms in Silicon Valley have found that data from experiments provides better insights into how to design their websites than designers could.
These are the early days of the data revolution in decision-making. I am not claiming that we can completely outsource (外包) our lifestyle choices to algorithms, though we might get to that point in the future. I am claiming instead that we can all dramatically improve our decision-making by consulting evidence mined from thousands or millions of people who faced dilemmas similar to ours. And we can do that now.
8．What makes people better at finding answers to life-changing questions
A. People’s better gut instincts. B. Changed human behavior.
C. The modern information era. D. Various courses accessible.
9．According to paragraph 2, algorithms might NOT defeat people in ______.
A. court rulings B. job promotions
C. operative estimation D. teaching practices
10．What can we learn from paragraph 3
A. The plot of the movie Moneyball is related to successful data analysis.
B. Scouts and managers are not needed in successful baseball teams.
C. The hedge fund Renaissance Technologies had some financial problems.
D. Tech firms in Silicon Valley mainly relied on data to design websites.
11．Which of the following will the author most probably agree with
A. The modern information era is mature enough to take advantage of.
B. People should outsource all the lifestyle choices to algorithms.
C. With big data people can learn from countless similar examples.
D. Face-to-face consultation will be the major trend in the future.
Gardeners who use pesticides are contributing to the decline of British songbirds, a study suggests. Scientists have urged people to stop “spraying their gardens with poisons” in order to halt bird decline and adopt instead wildlife- friendly practices. The results of the University of Sussex study, which researchers call the first of its kind, were published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
The experiment, which surveyed 615 gardens in Britain, found 25% fewer house sparrows when glyphosate(草甘膦) was used regularly. This is an ingredient found in commonly used herbicide(除草剂) brands such as Roundup or Gallup. Slug pellets(鼻涕虫杀虫剂) also seemed to have an impact on bird sightings; in gardens where Slug pellets were used, house sparrow numbers were down by almost 40% .
Prof. Dave Goulson, of the school of life sciences at the University of Sussex, said,“The UK has 22 million gardens, which collectively could be a fantastic refuge for wildlife, but not if they are overly tidy and sprayed with poisons. We just don't need pesticides in our gardens. Many towns around the world are now pesticide free. We should simply ban the use of these poisons in urban areas, following the example of France.”The Royal Horticultural Society, the UK's leading gardening charity, said the use of pesticides and herbicides should be avoided if possible and they should only be used, if ever, in small and targeted applications.
The research also found that those who adopted wildlife-friendly practices such as planting native shrubs and flowers, or digging a wildlife pond, saw more birds than those who did not. Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, a PhD researcher within the school of life sciences and an author of the study, said, “It's encouraging to find that simple measures, such as planting native shrubs and trees and creating a pond, together with avoiding the use of pesticides, really make a measurable difference to the number of birds you will see in your garden.”
12．What does the underlined word "halt" in paragraph 1 most probably mean
A. Stop. B. Attract. C. Note. D. Witness.
13．Why are the statistics mentioned in paragraph 2
A. To reveal the severe influence of pesticides on birds.
B. To compare the effects of two kinds of pesticides.
C. To convince readers of the importance of house sparrows.
D. To help gardeners choose the proper pesticides.
14．What can be inferred from Prof. Dave Goulson's words
A. The ideal places for wildlife in the UK are extremely tidy gardens.
B. The gardens in the UK are so tidy that pesticides are not needed.
C. Pesticides should be prohibited from use throughout the UK.
D. Some countries like France have made urban areas pesticide free.
15．What is the last paragraph mainly about
A. Alternative methods to keep gardens tidy.
B. Assistant ways to increase the number of birds.
C. Gardeners' attitudes towards the experiment.
D. Other researchers' interest in the experiment.
二、七选五
16．There are things we all do, or don't do, that lead us to waste far more time than we realize in the moment. The biggest time regret, I think, is dwelling on(沉湎于) mistakes and shortcomings.
①______In a study, researchers asked subjects to spend money during an imaginary trip to the mall. Before “shopping”, some subjects were asked to recall a past financial mistake. They found those subjects were more likely to incur(招致) debt. Dwelling made them feel like a failure and told them there was no need to try, because they already sucked. So, they got further into debt when already feeling like an overspender. Of course, we don't want to skip over our mistakes or ignore them either.②______
I also missed too much for fear of my own shortcomings. ③______ I wanted to travel after high school, but I went to university close to home instead, because I was too shy to meet new people and was afraid I couldn't make it in another city. After university, I wanted to be a writer, but I decided to find a more stable, accessible job instead, because that's easier. ④______ I decided to find work I actually enjoyed, travel more and live somewhere else. I made a ton of mistakes along the way, but the bigger mistake was not trying sooner.
⑤______ So, never beat yourself up over your mistakes and shortcomings. The sooner you learn from them, the sooner you can free up your time and energy to live the life you want.
A. Eventually, I got tired of this.
B. Regret is another big waste of time.
C. I was doing it for the wrong reason that I was afraid to fail.
D. For years, I stayed in a comfortable place, doing things I disliked.
E. The goal is to learn something from them, and then release the failure.
F. When you finally relate it to your own past experiences, it probably becomes easier.
G. Dwelling on mistakes wastes time and, worse still, makes us more likely to repeat mistakes.
三、完形填空（15空）
The Munfords were moving into a house they bought. They wanted to see if all the furniture was in good condition before they used it. James Munford was 1 the built-in drawers in the closet last month, when he found two cases holding 46 gold Liberty $5 coins and 18 Morgan silver dollars that were made in the 1800s. They looked really old, like they were really worth a lot of 2 .
James and his wife, Clarrisa, who are both retired thought the coins are 3 a family heirloom (传家宝), so they went ahead and made sure the owner 4 them back. James texted pictures of the 5 to the home’s former owner and made plans to 6 them.
“We really didn’t know anything about the 7 of the coins. We really didn’t 8 , to be honest with you. We knew they were not ours,” said Clarrisa Munford, who runs a restaurant business.
The home’s 9 owner, who asked not to be 10 , estimated (估算) that the coins were worth about $25,000. He said he’d put the containers in the back of his sock drawer a few months ago for safe keeping and didn’t see it in his 11 to get packed up and moved out of the house. The rest of his coin collection was in his safe. He didn’t realize the coins were 12 until the Munfords contacted him. He added that he would never have known if they had 13 to sell the coins and keep the money for themselves.
The Munfords are still unpacking and their furniture just arrived last week, so they haven’t had a 14 to see if there are any other 15 .
17．A. trying B. repairing C. removing D. checking
18．A. trouble B. money C. effort D. time
19．A. specially B. actually C. probably D. exactly
20．A. got B. put C. gave D. held
21．A. closets B. drawers C. cases D. coins
22．A. return B. collect C. sell D. examine
23．A. number B. origin C. value D. use
24．A. believe B. care C. understand D. agree
25．A. generous B. real C. kind D. former
26．A. named B. paid C. rewarded D. praised
27．A. attempt B. hope C. hurry D. demand
28．A. missing B. old C. dangerous D. secure
29．A. struggled B. decided C. helped D. promised
30．A. place B. means C. chance D. desire
31．A. choices B. problems C. suggestions D. surprises
四、短文填空
32．It was raining lightly when I ①________ (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours ②________, I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with ③________ (it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.
I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River ④________ are pictured by artists in so many Chinese ⑤________ (painting). Instead, I’d head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away ⑥________ car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.
Yangshuo ⑦________ (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers ⑧________ (conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it ⑨________ (regular) arranges quick getaways（短途休假） here for people ⑩________ (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
五、书面表达
33．假定你是李华．你的英国笔友Jenny询问你进入高中后的学习和生活情况。请用英语给他回一封信，主要内容包括：
1．学校印象；
2．校园活动；
3．学习情况。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
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六、读后续写
34．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。
When I was in seventh grade, my parents paid a tutor(家庭教师) forty dollars a week for her coming to my house and helping me with math. It ended up raising my marks from fifty to fifty-five.
I had to admit it was mainly my fault. Maybe I should have concentrated my math from the beginning. But studying math was a tough thing. Sitting on a chair to work on confusing math problems for two hours was a slow and painful process. During the process, I would fidget(坐立不安) and have many trips to the refrigerator in an attempt to get off that chair for at least five minutes.
During math tests, my teachers would always stay by my desk. My teachers and friends would frequently ask the question after tests,” How’s your math this time " So I became extremely afraid of math. While normal people of my age were scared of some insects and adventurous travels, I feared anything to do with numbers. The thought of a teacher picking on me in class made me feel scared. The red marks on the test paper were also terrifying.
My fear of math got worse in ninth grade. Every report card I received from my new math teacher Ms Robbins had the comment to encourage me, "I'm glad to do what I can to help you.” But I couldn't tell her the real reason why I didn't ask for help-I didn’t want to be considered stupid. Every question I had was, in my opinion at the time, something that the whole class had understood but I. So instead, I ended up not caring about anything related to math, without working hard on math at all. And I concluded everything would work out in the end
Eventually, my classmates and I took the final test that would lead to our graduation from middle school and stepping into high school. Days after the exam-- on a rainy summer morning, Ms. Robbins called me.
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With worry and uncertainty, I entered her office.
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After I took the courage to tell my parents the bad news, they were silent.
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参考答案
1．答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据Day 5 Gibraltar 中“You've got a full day to get to know this British territory(领土),home to many cultures. Choose to ride the cable car(缆车) for great views of the Rock of Gibraltar or discover the beautiful lighthouse.”(你们有―整天的时间来了解这片英属领土，这里是多种文化的发源地。选择乘坐缆车欣赏直布罗陀岩石的美景或探索美丽的灯塔。）可知， 游客在第五天可以看到一座灯塔。故选A 项。
2．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据Day 8 Genoa, Italy 中“Get to know this busy town by walking through the wonderful streets and piazzas (public squares, especially in an Italian town）.”（穿过美丽的街道和广场（公共广 场，尤其是在意大利小镇)，了解这个繁忙的小镇。）以及Day 9 Florence/Pisa 中“Choose to visit wonderful wineries(酒庄) in Tuscany or the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa on your last day in Italy.”(在意大利的 最后一天，你可以选择去托斯卡纳参观美妙的酒庄，或者去参观著名的比萨斜塔。）可 知，游客可以在意大利停留两天时间。故选 B项。
3．答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据文章大意以及标题“Wonderful trip around the Mediterranean”(美妙的地中海之旅）可知，文章主要介绍了几个地中海国家的旅游 胜地。由此可推知，这篇文章可能来自一本 旅游杂志。故选C项。
4．答案：D
解析：根据第一段内容介绍，可知作者可以把本社区的金属废物变成精致的雕塑，能化废为宝，因此答案为D。
5．答案：A
解析：根据第二段“Then his mother abandoned him and he had to stay with his grandfather...”，可推知，Phiri小时候并不幸福，遭到遗弃，所以答案为A。
6．答案：B
解析：根据最后一段可知，Phiri对自己的未来充满憧憬，应该是有信心，可知答案为B。
7．答案：B
解析：本文介绍了Phiri的生平和成长历程。文章开头即，点明主旨，因此答案为B。
8．答案： C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“We are living through a data explosion, as vast amounts of information about all aspects of human behavior have become more and more accessible. We can use this big data to help determine the best course to chart. (我们正生活在一个数据爆炸的时代，关于人类行为各个方面的大量信息变得越来越容易获取。我们可以利用这些大数据来帮助确定绘制地图的最佳路线。)”可知。作者主要的观点是在信息时代利用大数据去帮助自己决定选择哪条路径。故选C项。
9．答案： D
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“They have found, for example, that a simple data-driven algorithm would have been better than judges at deciding whether a defendant should stay in jail (监狱) or be released; better than doctors at deciding whether a patient should get a procedure; and better than school principals at deciding which teachers should be promoted. (例如，他们发现，一个简单的数据驱动算法在决定被告是应该留在监狱还是释放时，会比法官做得更好；在决定病人是否应该接受手术方面比医生做得更好；而且比学校校长更擅长决定哪些老师应该升职。)”可知，数据驱动的算法在这些方面表现更好：在法官决定被告人是该监禁还是释放方面；在医生决定病人是否该做手术方面；在学校校长决定哪些老师应该升职方面，在以上方面，算法都比人类做的好，由此可知，只有“教学实践”方面有可能不会打败人类。故选D项。
10．答案： A
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段“The power of data analysis has been proved in the sports and business worlds, too. As made famous by the book and movie Moneyball, baseball teams found that algorithms were better than scouts (物色优秀运动员的人) at picking players, and better than managers at picking strategies. (数据分析的力量在体育和商业领域也得到了证明。正如书和电影《点球成金》(Moneyball)所述，棒球队发现算法在挑选球员方面比球探好，在挑选策略方面比经理好。)”可知，在电影《点球成金》中，算法在挑选球员和挑选策略方面比人类要好，由此可知，电影“点球成金”中的情节与成功的数据分析有关系。故选A项。
11．答案： C
解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“I am claiming instead that we can all dramatically improve our decision-making by consulting evidence mined from thousands or millions of people who faced dilemmas similar to ours. And we can do that now. (相反，我认为我们都可以通过咨询从成千上万与我们面临类似困境的人那里获得的证据来显著改善我们的决策。我们现在就能做到。)”可知，作者认为，在众多面临着类似的困境的人那里获取的数据，能极大地帮助人们的决策，所以作者应该赞成“我们可以运用大数据从类似的例子中学习”这一观点。故选C项。
12．答案：A
解析：.根据文章第一段中的“Gardeners who use pesticides are contributing to the decline of British songbirds, a study suggests.”可知pesticides造成了英国鸣禽的减少,此外根据“Scientists have urged people to stop 'spraying their gardens with poisons' in order to halt bird decline and adopt instead wildlife-friendly practices.”可知,科学家呼吁人们停止使用这些杀虫剂来阻止鸣禽继续减少。
13．答案：A
解析：根据第二段可知，数据的列出是为了证明文章第一段研究者所做出的发现，即pesticides造成了英国鸣禽的减少。此外根据本段内容可知，主要讲到两种农药成分对英国大量的园子中的鸣禽产生了数据所示的重大影响。
14．答案：D
解析：根据文章第三段中的“We should simply ban the use of these poisons in urban areas. following the example of France.”可知D项正确。根据“The UK has 22 million gardens. which collectively could be a fantastic refuge for wildlife, but not if they are overly tidy and sprayed with poisons.”可知A项错误；B 选项在文章中看不出因果关系,所以错误；根据“We just don't need pesticides in our gardens. Many towns around the world are now pesticide free. We should simply ban the use of these poisons in urban areas, following the example of France.”可知C项错误。
15．答案：B
解析：根据最后一段第一句“The research also found that those who adopted wildlife-friendly practices such as planting native shrubs and flowers, or digging a wildlife pond, saw more birds than those who did not.”以及全段内容可知。
16．答案：GEDAB
解析：①根据第一段的最后一句可知，全篇文章是关于dwelling on mistakes and shortcomings,而设空处所在段则重点写dwelling on mistakes,下文通过研究证明了这一主题句。
②根据全段的主题句可知本段重点写dwelling on mistakes。前文已经分析了dwelling on mistakes的坏处以及原因，根据设空处前句"Of course, we don't want to skip over our mistakes or ignore them either. "可知设空处将提出应该怎么做。
③根据主题句"I also missed too much for fear of my shortcomings. "可知,本段重点写 dwelling on shortcomings。且根据下文可知是提及之前的不正确的做法。
④根据下句"I decided to find work I actually enjoyed, travel more and live somewhere else. "可知设空处要讲的与前文的“害怕自身的缺点”完全不一样，作者调整了做法。
⑤本段是总结段，根据正文部分提到的研究结果和自身经历，作者奉劝他人不要"Regret on mistakes and shortcomings"。
17．答案：D
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.trying努力；B.repairing修理；C.removing删除；D.checking检查。詹姆斯 芒福德（James Munford）上个月在检查壁橱中的内置抽屉时，发现两个箱子里装着46个19世纪制造的Liberty﹩5金币和18枚摩根银币。根据下文when he found two cases holding 46 gold 可知是检查。故选D。
18．答案：B
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.trouble麻烦；B.money钱；C.effort努力；D.time时间。他们看起来真的很老，好像他们真的很值钱。根据下文 the coins were worth about ﹩25，000可知是很值钱。故选B。
19．答案：C
解析：考查副词及语境理解。A.specially特别；B.actually事实上；C.probably可能；D.exactly正是，没错。詹姆斯和他的妻子克拉丽莎都已退休，他们认为这些硬币可能是一件传家宝，所以他们继续努力，确保硬币的主人把它们拿回去。故选C。
20．答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.got得到；B.put放置；C.gave给；D.held持有。詹姆斯和他的妻子克拉丽莎都已退休，他们认为这些硬币可能是一件传家宝，所以他们继续努力，确保硬币的主人把它们拿回去。故选A。
21．答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.closets衣柜；B.drawers抽屉；C.cases案例；D.coins硬币。詹姆斯将硬币的照片发短信给房子的前主人，并计划归还这些硬币。根据上文who are both retired thought the coins 可知是硬币。故选D。
22．答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.return返回；B.collect收集；C.sell出售；D.examine检查。詹姆斯将硬币的照片发短信给房子的前主人，并计划归还这些硬币。故选A。
23．答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.number号码；B.origin起源；C.value价值；D.use使用。我们真的不知道这些硬币的价值。老实说，我们真的不在乎。故选C。
24．答案：B
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.believe相信；B.care在意；C.understand理解；D.agree同意。我们真的不知道这些硬币的价值。老实说，我们真的不在乎。根据下文We knew they were not ours可知是不在意钱币的价值。故选B。
25．答案：D
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.generous慷慨的；B.real真实的；C.kind善良的；D.former之前的。这所房子的前主人不愿透露姓名，他估计这些硬币的价值约为﹩25，000。根据上文He said he'd put the containers in the back of his sock drawer a few months ago可知是之前的。故选D。
26．答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.named命名；B.paid付费；C.rewarded奖励；D.praised表扬。这所房子的前主人不愿透露姓名，他估计这些硬币的价值约为﹩25，000。故选A。
27．答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.attempt尝试；B.hope希望；C.hurry匆忙，快点；D.demand需求。他说，几个月前，为了安全起见，他把这些容器放在袜子抽屉的后面，在匆忙收拾行李搬出房子的时候，他没有看到。根据下文 moved out of the house可知是匆忙。故选C。
28．答案：A
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.missing失踪的；B.old老的；C.dangerous危险的；D.secure安全的。直到芒福德夫妇联系他，他才意识到硬币不见了。故选A。
29．答案：B
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.struggled挣扎；B.decided决定；C.helped帮助；D.promised答应。他补充说，如果他们决定卖掉这些硬币并把钱留给自己，他永远也不会知道。故选B。
30．答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.place地点；B.means手段，方法；C.chance机会；D.desire欲望。蒙福德一家仍在收拾行李，他们的家具上周刚刚到，所以他们还没有机会看到是否还有其他惊喜。根据上文The Munfords are still unpacking and their furniture just arrived last week可知是没有机会。故选C。
31．答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.choices选择；B.problems问题；C.suggestions建议；D.surprises惊喜。蒙福德一家仍在收拾行李，他们的家具上周刚刚到，所以他们还没有机会看到是否还有其他惊喜。故选D。
32．答案：①arrived②before/earlier③its④that/which⑤paintings⑥by⑦is⑧conducted⑨regularly⑩living
解析：①本题考查时态。根据前后文时态可知本文主要时态为一般过去时，空格处为对过去所发生事情的一般陈述，而且 arrive 为非延续性动词，故应用一般过去时。故正确答案为 arrived。
②本题考查副词。结合上下文可知，“我”刚到阳朔的时候细雨蒙蒙，但是相较于几个小时前，当“我”还在香港的家里时，香港雾霾阵阵。空后 I'd been 提示时态为过去完成时，所以 A few hours 和空格处时间表示时间为过去的过去，所以空格处填入 before 或 earlier，表示“在几个小时之前”。本题不可填入 ago，因为 ago 只与一般过去时连用。故正确答案为 before/earlier。
③本题考查形容词性物主代词。根据所给提示词 it 和空后名词短语，可知此处为 “with + 名词短语”的结构，修饰名词短语 choking smog 需用 it 的形容词性物主代词形式 its。故正确答案为 its。
④本题考查定语从句。空格后 “are pictured by artists in so many Chinese ...” 是定语从句用来修饰 the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River，定语从句中缺主语，且先行词指物，空格处填入定语从句引导词 that/which。故正确答案为 that/which。
⑤本题考查名词单复数。括号中提示词 painting 为可数名词，前面用 so many 修饰，应用其复数形式 paintings。故正确答案为 paintings。
⑥本题考查介词。“by + 交通工具”表示交通方式，by car 意为“乘车”，所以这里需要填入介词 by。故正确答案为 by。
⑦本题考查时态。“阳朔很美”是既定事实，用一般现在时，且 Yangshuo 为单数，用 be 动词单数形式 is。故正确答案为 is。
⑧本题主要考查非谓语动词。根据句意，猫途鹰网（TripAdvisor）针对旅行者的一个调查将阳朔列为世界十大目的地之一。分析句子成分可知，句子主语为 study，谓语为 names，主谓结构完整，不缺谓语，所以不能用 be conducted。此处是作 a study of travelers 的后置定语，所给提示词为 conduct，意为“进行；实施”，与 study 构成动宾关系（调查被实施），所以用 conduct 的过去分词形式 conducted。故正确答案为 conducted。
⑨本题考查副词。修饰动词 arranges 需用 regular 的副词形式，加 -ly。故正确答案为 regularly。
⑩本题考查非谓语动词。空格所在的宾语从句主谓结构完整，不需要谓语动词，所以空格处需填入 live 的非谓语形式，作后置定语修饰 people。 people 是动作 live 的发出者，故使用现在分词形式 living 表主动。虽然句意和语法上填 who live 也可以，但 who live 不符合语法填空的规则。故正确答案为 living。
33．答案：
Dear Jenny，
Knowing that you are interested in my new school life, I felt delighted to share it with you. It's my honor to be admitted to this school. The first time I entered the campus, devoted teachers, friendly classmates and the beautiful scenery fascinated me a lot. Colorful activities and recreations, such as sports meeting, speech contests are always held to cultivate our personalities and strengthen our friendship. What's more, I can put my heart into study in harmonious cooperation with my classmates, which makes the school life here unforgettable.
How about your school life？
Yours,
Li Hua
解析：这是一篇应用文写作。
第1步：根据提示可知, 本篇为一封电子邮件；假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jenny询问你进入高中后的学习和生活情况。请用英语给他回一封信，主要内容包括：1．学校印象；2．校园活动；3．学习情况。
第2步：根据写作要求, 确定关键词（组）, 如：be interested in（感兴趣）；delighted（高兴的）；be admitted to（录取）；enter the campus（进入学校）；fascinate（使着迷）；a variety of（各种各样的）等。
第3步：根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句, 注意主谓一致和时态问题。
第4步：连句成文, 注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡, 书写一定要规范清晰, 保持整洁美观的卷面是非常重要的。
范文内容完整, 语言规范, 语篇连贯, 词数适当。作者在范文中使用了较多高级表达方式, 如Knowing that you are interested in my new school life, I felt delighted to share it with you.运用了现在分词做原因状语The first time I entered the campus, devoted and experienced teachers, friendly and active classmates and safe and caring environment fascinated me a lot.运用了时间状语从句。全文中没有中国式英语的句式, 显示了很高的驾驭英语的能力。另外, 文章思路清晰、层次分明, 上下句转换自然, 为文章增色添彩。
34．答案：
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With worry and uncertainty, I entered her office. After asking me to sit down, she told me that I failed the math test. And she suggested that I should spend another year in middle school if I wanted to be admitted to a relatively good high school. I burst into tears when I heard the news. Seeing that, Ms. Robbins came to comfort and encourage me, and said she'd like to offer any help if necessary. After leaving her office, I was anxious, wondering how to tell the bad news to my parents
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After I took the courage to tell my parents the bad news, they were silent. My body shook, waiting for their blame. However, they encouraged me to have another try in ninth grade. It was then that I determined to take math seriously. The following day, I turned to Ms Robbins for help and told her about my determination. Ms. Robbins was happy that I finally decided to work hard on math. Thanks to her patient guidance, I made great progress and was not afraid of math any more. Finally, I made my way to a good high school and a university. Now I’m a doctor and I' m proud of myself.
解析：1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“带着担忧和疑虑，我走进了她的办公室。”可知，第一段可描写老师要给作者建议。
②由第二段首句内容“在我鼓起勇气告诉父母这个坏消息后，他们都沉默了。”可知，第二段可描写作者父母支持她。
2.续写线索：高考失败——复读——鼓励——表决心——成功——感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
①进入：be admitted to/get into
②考上了：made my way to/be enrolled by
情绪类
①感谢：thank to/showing his appreciation/show his gratitude/be grateful
②流泪：burst into tears/cry
[高分句型1] It was then that I determined to take math seriously.这句话运用了强调句。
[高分句型2] Seeing that, Ms. Robbins came to comfort and encourage me, and said she'd like to offer any help if necessary.这句话运用了现在分词作状语。
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