福安一中2024届高三上第一次月考
英语试卷
(试卷满分: 150分， 考试时间: 120分钟)
第一部分听力 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题: 每小题1.5分， 满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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 will the woman do this evening
A. Stay at home with her brother. B. Go out with her parents. C. Have dinner with Mike.
2. How does the woman keep in touch with her family
A. By making phone calls. B. By using the Internet. C. By sending postcards.
3. What did the man buy
A. Hot chocolate. B. Orange juice. C. Green tea.
4. What does the woman ask the man to do
A. Make a phone call. B. Move some boxes. C. Drive a car.
5. Why is the man talking to the woman
A. To take out insurance. B. To describe his illness. C. To make an appointment.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分， 满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟:听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. Where does the conversation take place
A. In a post office. B. In the man’s office. C. In a hotel.
7. What will the man do next
A. Post some papers. B. Find a fax machine. C. Go downstairs.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Where did the man most probably lose his phone
A. On the underground. B. In a restaurant. C. In a bank.
9. What will the man do before five o’clock
A. Meet the woman. B. Make a call to the woman. C. Buy a new phone.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How did the woman book the movie tickets
A. At the ticket office. B. On the Internet. C. On the phone.
11. When did the speakers plan to meet the Smiths at first
A.At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 2:00.
12. What will the woman hope to do on the way back home
A. Order a book. B. Pick up the tickets. C. Meet with the Smiths.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man think of Lucy’s taking flying lessons
A. Inspiring. B. Surprising. C. Exciting.
14. What is Lucy
A. A nurse. B. A pilot. C. A doctor.
15. What does the man advise the woman to do
A. Teach in a college. B. Start her own restaurant. C. Teach an Italian cooking class.
16. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Husband and wife. B. Brother and sister, C. Teacher and student.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who is the speaker
A. An English teacher. B. A university student. C. A news reporter.
18. What does the speaker think of English listening
A. Boring. B. Difficult. C. Interesting.
19. What does the speaker suggest
A. Practicing listening more after class.
B. Trying to understand every word when listening.
C. Listening to pop songs without reading the words.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. How to understand English teachers better.
B. How to find interesting English materials.
C. How to improve English listening.
第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
You may hope to have healthy diets and a healthy body. You may want to eat tasty food that is easy to prepare. You may be inspired to exercise and stay in shape. The good news is that there are apps to help you.
Paprika
Paprika is an app to help users plan meals, shop and cook. You can save recipes from websites and from other apps to Paprika. The app can help keep a record of the foods you have in your home, so when you go shopping, it can remind you what are the required foods.
MealBoard
MealBoard is another app that can suggest recipes and help you plan meals. This app can suggest recipes based on the food you already have in your home. MealBoard can keep a list of what food you have and what you expect to buy. This app can scan bar codes (条形码) to add items to your list. Using this app, you can also note the expiration dates (保质期), so you know when your food is no longer usable.
MealBoard lets users save recipes from websites and then search them by foods used in the recipes. For example, you can search for recipes that have “chocolate” in them.
IEatWell
The IEatWell app supports healthy eating by giving users rewards for eating the right foods. If you like earning rewards for meeting your goals, IEatWell may work well for you. Instead of measuring how much you eat, IEatWell measures how well you eat. Tell the app what you are eating for your meal. You can even add a photo. The app will rate how healthy your meal is, and then give you a reward if you are eating well.
1. What do the apps Paprika and MealBoard have in common
A. They can scan bar codes.
B. They can let you know what you need to buy.
C. They can keep a record of the meals you eat outside.
D. They can tell if the food has passed the expiration dates.
2. What can IEatWell do if you eat a healthy diet
A. It can measure how much eat. B. It can give you a reward.
C. It can give you a picture. D. It can provide you with recipes.
3. What is the author ’s main purpose in writing the text
A. To make some comparisons among game apps.
B. To introduce some ways about how to stay healthy.
C. To introduce several apps to help people keep fit.
D. To call on people to buy these apps.
【答案】1. B 2. B 3. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文，主要介绍几款帮助读者保持健康饮食的生活习惯的软件。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段“it can remind you what are the required foods. (它可以提醒你需要购买的食物)”和第三段“MealBoard can keep a list of what food you have and what you expect to buy. (MealBoard可以保存一份你拥有的食物和要购买的食物的清单)”可知，这两款软件的共同点是可以提醒你要购买哪些食物。故选B项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“The app will rate how healthy your meal is, and then give you a reward if you are eating well. (这款软件会对你吃的食物的健康度评分，并且如果你能健康饮食，就会给你一个奖励)”可知，IEatWell可以在你选择健康食物后给你一个奖励。故选B项。
【3题详解】
目的意图题。根据第一段“You may hope to have healthy diets and a healthy body. (你可能希望健康饮食，并且有一个健康的身体)”和“The good news is that there are apps to help you. (好消息就是以下有几款软件可以帮助你)”可知，这篇文章的写作目的是介绍几款软件，帮助大家保持健康。故选C项。
B
I turned 8 years old the day I skipped school for the first time. It was easily done: Both my parents left for work before my school bus arrived on weekdays, so when it showed up at my house on that cold winter morning, I simply did not get on. The perfect crime!
And what did I do with myself on that glorious stolen day, with no adult in charge and no limits on my activities Did I get high Hit the mall for a shoplifting extravaganza (狂欢)
Nope. I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was trilled and transported by a book — it was Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises — and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while. I ached to know what would happen to Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley and Robert Cohn. I couldn’t bear the thought of siting in a classroom taking another exam when I could be traveling through Spain in the 1920s with a bunch of expatriates (异乡客).
I spent that day lost in words. Time fell away, as the room around me turned to mist, and my role — as a daughter, sister, teenager, and student — in the world no longer had any meaning. I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved.
Looking back on it now, I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption. Hemingway’s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination. I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. Writing now absorbs me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect.
4. Why did the author skip school on that day
A. Because she’s fascinated by a novel. B. Because it’s a biting cold winter morning.
C. Because her parents left home early. D. Because she’s anxious to take the exam.
5. What did the author think is the source of true joy
A. Reading a fiction by the fire. B. Travelling with a bunch of expatriates.
C. Being occupied by one’s passion. D. Breaking the rules and regulations.
6. Which can best replace the underlined phrase “braiding itself into” in the last paragraph
A. Mending. B. Destroying. C. Entering. D. Blocking.
7. What can we infer from the passage
A The author was tired of his roles in the real-life.
B. Becoming a writer is the author’s childhood dream.
C The author skipped school when he was 8 years old.
D. Writing has a horrible effect on the author’s life now.
【答案】4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者小时候被海明威《太阳照常升起》吸引，从此沉浸于小说美妙的语言中。海明威的语言风格慢慢地影响着作者，引导她走上了文学之路。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“I turned 8 years old the day I skipped school for the first time. It was easily done: Both my parents left for work before my school bus arrived on weekdays, so when it showed up at my house on that cold winter morning, I simply did not get on. The perfect crime!(我第一次逃课的那天，我8岁了。这很容易做到：我的校车在工作日到达之前，我的父母都去上班了，所以当校车在那个寒冷的冬天早上出现在我家时，我根本没有上车。这是一种完美的犯罪！)”以及第三段“I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was trilled and transported by a book — it was Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises — and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while.(我在木炉里烧了一堆暖火，准备了一碗爆米花，抓起一条毯子，开始阅读。我被一本书打动了——那是海明威的《太阳照常升起》——我只需要和它单独呆一会儿)”可知，作者那天逃课，是因为她被海明威的《太阳照常升起》迷住了。故选A。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中“I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved.(我偶然发现了完美幸福的关键：我完全被我所爱的东西所吸引)”可知，作者认为真正快乐的源泉是沉浸于自己所爱的东西中。故选C。
【6题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线短语前面的句子“Looking back on it now, I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption. (现在回想起来，我可以看到，在我全神贯注的状态下，一些微妙的事情正在发生在我的脑海和生活中)”以及下文“I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. (我正在下载关于如何创建简单优雅的句子、良好而扎实的情节的信息。换句话说，我正在学习如何写作。在没有意识到这一点的情况下，我正紧追着自己的命运)”可知，海明威的语言风格在潜移默化之中影响了作者对语言的感悟，海明威的语言风格进入了作者的思维中，影响了作者，由此可知，划线短语的意思为“进入”。故选C。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中“I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved.(我偶然发现了通往完美幸福的钥匙：我完全被我所爱的东西吸引)”以及第五段的“In other words, I was learning how to write. (换句话说，我正在学习如何写作)”可推知，作者童年的梦想是成为一名作家。故选B。
C
Transportation shapes the world: along with communications, it forms a global net that connects person to person, city to city, and country to country. Transportation routes as well as vehicles are vital to the functioning and spread of every civilization.
A country’s economy depends on reliable transportation. Cities spread out along roads, rivers, and rails, so does information. Until the 20th century, these routes were confined to land or water. With the invention of powered flight, the air became an open road as well. The earliest way of traveling was undoubtedly by foot, and humans’ earliest means of transporting goods was carrying loads on their back or head. By 4000 B.C., people were using domesticated animals for transport, a method greatly improved in some parts of the world by the invention of the wheel, probably first developed around 3500 B.C..
Until the 19th century, animals were the engines of land transportation. But with the invention of the steam engine and the internal combustion engine, railroads and automobiles revolutionized travel and trade. More than 600 million cars and trucks travel the world today.
Water has always been a fast and efficient mode of travel, and even today it remains a primary mover of heavy goods. The importance of waterways to human civilization can be seen on any map: almost all of the world’s major cities are located on coastlines or rivers. As early as 7000 B.C., people were building canoes; long-distance ships were common by 3000 B.C. Until the 1950s, ships were the chief means of overseas passenger travel.
Although the Montgolfier brothers took flight in balloons in the 18th century, air travel was not practical until the invention of powered flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. Within ten years, the commercial air transportation business had begun.
Since the 20th century, high-speed rail has become another convenient way of travel. Today, two-thirds of the world’s high-speed rail track is in China, which measures nearly 30,000 kms, and this is expected to reach 38,000 kms by 2025.
8. What is the passage mainly about
A. Technological advancements in transport over time.
B. The influence of economic activities on transportation.
C. The relationship between transportation and information flows.
D. Reasons why land and sea transportation routes were important.
9. Why does the writer mention the location of the world’s major cities
A. To encourage more people to move to big cities.
B. To explain why boats and ships continue to be irreplaceable.
C. To recommend water as a convenient and cheap form of transportation.
D. To emphasize the contribution of water transport to human development.
10. What can we learn about air travel
A. Balloons used to be one popular way of air travel.
B. The Montgolfier brothers invented powered flight.
C. The invention of airplanes helped popularize air travel.
D. Air travel became widespread soon after the balloon was invented.
11. What is the total length of high-speed rail track in the world today
A. About 57,000 kms. B. About 45,000 kms.
C. About 38,000 kms. D. About 30,000 kms.
【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了交通随着技术的发展而进步，且列举了水路、火车、航空以及高铁这几种交通方式随着时间推移而进步。
【8题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“Transportation shapes the world: along with communications, it forms a global net that connects person to person, city to city, and country to country. Transportation routes as well as vehicles are vital to the functioning and spread of every civilization.”可知交通塑造了世界:与通讯一起，它形成了一个连接人与人、城市与城市、国家与国家的全球网络。交通路线和交通工具对每一种文明的运作和传播都至关重要。结合文章主要说明了交通随着技术的发展而进步，列举了水路、火车、航空以及高铁这几种交通方式随着时间推移而进步。由此可知，这篇文章的主要内容是随着时间的推移，交通技术的进步。故选A。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中“Water has always been a fast and efficient mode of travel, and even today it remains a primary mover of heavy goods. The importance of waterways to human civilization can be seen on any map: almost all of the world’s major cities are located on coastlines or rivers.”可知水一直是一种快捷高效的运输方式，即使在今天，它仍然是重型货物的主要运输方式。水路对人类文明的重要性可以在任何地图上看到：几乎所有的世界主要城市都位于海岸线或河流上。由此可推知，作者提到世界主要城市的位置，是为了强调水运对人类发展的贡献。故选D。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Although the Montgolfier brothers took flight in balloons in the 18th century, air travel was not practical until the invention of powered flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. Within ten years, the commercial air transportation business had begun.”可知尽管18世纪的时候，蒙哥菲耶兄弟就用气球飞行了，但是直到1903年莱特兄弟发明了动力飞机，航空旅行才变得实用起来。不到十年，商业航空运输业务开始了。由此可知，飞机的发明促进了航空旅行的普及。故选C。
【11题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Today, two-thirds of the world’s high-speed rail track is in China, which measures nearly 30,000 kms, and this is expected to reach 38,000 kms by 2025.”可知如今，世界上三分之二的高速铁路在中国，总长近3万公里，预计到2025年，这一数字将达到3.8万公里。由此可知，当今世界高速铁路的总长度约（3除以2/3）4.5万公里。故选B。
D
Winter may be seen as the time to fill up with comfort food, but in fact, the sunny summer months are when men eat more calories-unlike women. “The effect may occur because sunlight makes the skin release an appetite-stimulating hormone called ghrelin(饥饿激素),” says Carmit Levy at Tel Aviv University.
Levy and her team noticed the unexpected effect in experiments in mice that investigated mechanisms(机制)behind skin cancer, in which male animals exposed to UV light ate more food. To see if humans do the same, the researchers used existing data on 3,000 people who had filled in dietary questionnaires as part of the government’s regular national health and nutrition survey. Between March and September, men consumed about 17 percent more calories per day than they did during the rest of the year while women’s food intake stayed about the same.
Human appetite is influenced by many systems, but ghrelin seems to be the only hormone that directly stimulates eating. It was thought to be mainly secreted by the stomach when empty. “It tells the brain to eat more,” says Caroline Gorvin at the University of Birmingham.
Further investigation revealed that exposing male mice to UVB radiation raised levels of ghrelin secretion by fat cells in their skin. Boosted levels of ghrelin were also seen in skin samples that were taken from men and exposed to UV light in the lab. Gorvin says the skin hadn’t previously been thought to play a role in appetite. “If it’s real it’s quite exciting and we should spare no efforts to get to the bottom,” she says.
It is unclear why the effect happens, but it may be an adaptive response to fuel greater physical activity in summer, says Gorvin. “As the largest organ of the body, it makes sense that the skin can sense the environment, sensing that there is UV now, that now is the time to go out.”
12. What can we learn about the effect from paragraph 1
A. Humans tend to eat more food in winter.
B. Our skin contains a hormone that makes us active.
C. Summer sunlight seems to boost men’s calorie intake.
D. Women suffer loss of appetite because of summer heat.
13. What helped the team look into the effect on humans
A. Doing experiments in UV light. B. Analysing existing data offered.
C. Carrying out dietary questionnaires. D. Surveying national health condition.
14. What does the underlined word “secreted” mean in paragraph 3
A. Balanced. B. Influenced. C. Raised. D. Produced.
15. What can we learn from Gorvin’s words
A. The skin is a decisive factor in physical activities.
B. Exposure to UV light contributes to calorie burnup.
C. The role of the skin in appetite needs further research.
D. Higher food intake makes men gain weight in summer.
【答案】12. C 13. B 14. D 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲的是阳光明媚的夏天是男人摄入更多卡路里的时候。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段的“in fact, the sunny summer months are when men eat more calories-unlike women. “The effect may occur because sunlight makes the skin release an appetite-stimulating hormone called ghrelin ,” says Carmit Levy at Tel Aviv University.(事实上，阳光明媚的夏天是男人摄入更多卡路里的时候——不像女人。特拉维夫大学的卡米特·列维说:“这种效果的产生可能是因为阳光使皮肤释放一种刺激食欲的激素——胃饥饿素。”)”可知，夏日的阳光似乎能增加男性的卡路里摄入量。故选C。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段的“To see if humans do the same, the researchers used existing data on 3,000 people who had filled in dietary questionnaires as part of the government’s regular national health and nutrition survey.(为了看看人类是否也会这样做，研究人员使用了3000人的现有数据，这些人填写了饮食调查问卷，这是政府定期进行的全国健康和营养调查的一部分。)”可知，帮助研究小组研究了它对人类的影响的是分析现有数据。故选B。
【14题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第三段的“ghrelin seems to be the only hormone that directly stimulates eating(胃饥饿素似乎是唯一直接刺激进食的激素)”和“by the stomach when empty(被空的胃)”可知，划线词所在句表示“它被认为主要是胃空时分泌的”，划线词的意思是“产生”，和produced意思相近，故选D。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段的“It is unclear why the effect happens, but it may be an adaptive response to fuel greater physical activity in summer, says Gorvin.(高文说，目前还不清楚这种效应发生的原因，但它可能是一种适应反应，为夏季更多的体育活动提供燃料。)”可知，皮肤对食欲的作用还需要进一步研究。故选C。
第二节(共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
We’ve been test-driving some new cars recently. I appreciate the clean and simple design inside. For some reasons, many car makers have been shifted from physical controls to touch screens. ____16____ Instead of lots of physical buttons, you have a single touch screen. You can use it to move between the different controls.
The touch screen is a single system for many controls in your car. So simple Actually, not simple at all. ____17____ It will always be more challenging to use. It will likely take more time to use for each function. Worse still, the touch screen may also put you at greater risk of being in an accident.
In a car with buttons and other physical controls, you can often perform the same tasks without looking. ____18____ And you most likely receive physical feedback (反馈) through your fingers letting you know you’ve succeeded. Buttons are probably faster than touch screens. With a button, you reach over and easily get your fingers on it.
____19____ They may be effective, but many also require multiple attempts to work. If you’ve ever asked your phone to do something, you know there are still challenges in speech recognition.
However, if you need to use the touch screen to control systems in your car, I have a few suggestions. Get your basic setup running before your car is running down the road. If you have a passenger, let that person control the touch screen. ____20____
A. But this also means extra steps for each action.
B. The touch screen is far more complex than buttons.
C. New cars are often completely touch screen-controlled.
D. Physical controls have great advantages over touch screens.
E. Always keep your eyes on the road instead of the fancy screen.
F. You know when your hand is in the right place to use the controls.
G. Some cars with touch screen controls can respond to voice commands.
【答案】16. C 17. B 18. F 19. G 20. E
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了很多汽车制造商已经从实体控制转向了触摸屏控制，最后提出了一些使用触摸屏控制汽车的建议。
【16题详解】
上文“For some reasons, many car makers have been shifted from physical controls to touch screens.(由于某些原因，许多汽车制造商已经从实体控制转向了触摸屏)”提到很多汽车制造商转向触摸屏，结合下文“Instead of lots of physical buttons, you have a single touch screen.(你只有一个触摸屏，而不是大量的实体按钮)”可知，没有实体按钮，只有一个触摸屏，说明汽车是完全由触摸屏控制，C项“新车通常是完全触摸屏控制的”符合语境。故选C项。
【17题详解】
根据上文“So simple Actually, not simple at all.(这么简单？事实上，一点也不简单)”及下文“It will always be more challenging to use.(它的使用总是更具挑战性)”可知，使用触摸屏并不是那么简单，B项“触屏比按键复杂得多”与上下文语义一致。故选B项。
【18题详解】
根据上文“In a car with buttons and other physical controls, you can often perform the same tasks without looking.(在一辆有按钮和其他实体控制的汽车里，你经常可以不用看就完成同样的任务)”及下文“And you most likely receive physical feedback (反馈) through your fingers letting you know you’ve succeeded.(你很可能会通过手指收到实体反馈，让你知道自己已经成功了)”可知，实体控制的汽车可以不用看就进行操作，你知道手该放哪里，且手指会得到一定的反馈，让你知道自己成功了，F项“你知道你的手何时在正确的位置使用控制”符合语境。故选F项。
【19题详解】
根据下文“They may be effective, but many also require multiple attempts to work. If you’ve ever asked your phone to do something, you know there are still challenges in speech recognition.(它们可能是有效的，但许多也需要多次尝试才能奏效。如果你曾经让手机做过什么事，你就会知道语音识别仍然存在挑战)”可知，本段是描述汽车上的语音控制，G项“一些带有触摸屏控制的汽车可以响应语音命令”符合语境。故选G项。
【20题详解】
上文“Get your basic setup running before your car is running down the road. If you have a passenger, let that person control the touch screen.(在你的车在路上跑之前，把基本的设置运行起来。如果你有乘客，让那个人来控制触摸屏)”是使用由触摸屏控制的汽车的建议，开车时不要自己盯着触摸屏，要让乘客来控制触摸屏，E项“总是把你的眼睛盯在路上，而不是花哨的屏幕上”符合语境。故选E项。
第三部分语言运用 (共两节30分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题:每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、 B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I’d noticed a woman in a blue car ____21____ for a while. As I was ____22____, I let her have it. On the ____23____ of the car park I backed into the next available spot — it was a tight fit.
Pretty soon, I’d made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I ____24____ my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a ____25____ woman reverse park (倒车).
Just as I ____26____ my car, I saw the woman I’d let have my car space ____27____. She was giving a mean odd ____28____— half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I ____29____ the same lady looking in at me. “Hello,” she said, hesitantly. “This might sound crazy but I was on my way to ______30______ some of my mother’s things off at the charity bins.” “You are just so much like her. You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the ______31______, “I think she would like you to have it.” Shocked, I took it from her ______32______. She smiled and walked away.
After a pause, I opened the box. ______33______ was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was the nicest gift I’d ever received, and it was from a complete ______34______. The necklace was around my neck, a warm ______35______ of human kindness.
21. A. watching B. circling C. running D. crossing
22. A. in a hurry B. in a dilemma C. in a good mood D. in panic
23. A. edge B. barrier C. stage D. point
24. A. turned B. broke C. divided D. emptied
25. A. struggling B. trembling C. wandering D. whistling
26. A. started B. approached C. parked D. entered
27. A. former B. later C. ago D. earlier
28. A. explanation B. look C. answer D. coincidence
29. A. located B. caught C. spotted D. sought
30. A. sell B. wipe C. drop D. send
31. A. back seat B. car C. items D. window
32. A. automatically B. accidentally C. eventually D. unwillingly
33. A. Inside B. Around C. Beneath D. Nearby
34. A. friend B. companion C. relative D. stranger
35. A. award B. expectation C. reminder D. view
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. D 32. A 33. A 34. D 35. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在超市的停车场把自己找到的停车位让给了一位女士，而作者的善良也同样得到了一份善良的回报——获赠一条漂亮的项链。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：第一个停车位我发现很方便，但我注意到一辆蓝色汽车在停车场里绕了有一阵子了。A. watching观察；B. circling盘旋，转圈；C. running奔跑，经营；D. crossing横过，交叉。根据上文的My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space found was convenient及下文的I let her have it可知，作者留意到一个女士开着蓝色汽车在停车场里绕来绕去找可停的车位。故B项正确。
【22题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意：因为我心情不错，所以我把那个车位让给了她。A. in a hurry立即，匆忙；B. in a dilemma进退两难；C. in a good mood心情好；D. in panic惊慌地。根据下文的I let her have it.以及下一段的Feeling good可知，作者因为心情不错才将车位让给了那位女士。故C项正确。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：到了停车场的边缘，我把车倒进了下一个停车位——停车位太紧了。A. edge边缘；B. barrier障碍物，屏障；C. stage舞台，阶段；D. point点。根据上文的convenient和下文的it was tight fit.可知，相比上一个方便的车位，作者在停车场的边缘找到了一个不太方便停的车位。故A项正确。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：心情不错，我把钱包里的零钱全倒在一个无家可归的男人手里，帮助一个苦苦挣扎的女人倒车。A. turned转动；B. broke打破；C. divided分配；D. emptied清空。根据下文的my purse change into the hands of a homeless man可知，作者把钱包里的零钱全都给了一个无家可归的人。故D项正确。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. struggling苦苦挣扎的；B. trembling发抖的；C. wandering徘徊的；D. whistling鸣笛的。根据上下文语境可知，女司机操作不熟练，倒车很费力，所以作者才帮她。故A项正确。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：就在我走近我的车时，我看到了早些时候我让给她车位的那个女士。A. started开始，启动；B. approached接近；C. parked停放；D. entered进入。根据下文的As I squeezed back into my car可知，此时作者还未上车或是启动汽车，应该是刚走近汽车。故B项正确。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意同上。A. former从前；B. later后来；C. ago以前；D. earlier早些时候。根据上文的I let her have it可知，作者早些时候刚把自己找到的车位让给了这位女士。故D项正确。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她露出一种十分奇怪的样子——半是困惑，半是急切。A. explanation解释；B. look样子，面容；C. answer回答，解决方法；D. coincidence巧合，同时发生。根据破折号后的half puzzled, half intent(热切的)可知，此处指的是样子。故B项正确。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我挤进车里时，我发现还是那个女人在看我。A. located查找……的地点，定位；B. caught赶上；C. spotted发现，认出；D. sought寻求。根据下文的the same lady looking in at me可知，此处指作者看到的情景。故C项正确。
【30题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：“你好，”她迟疑地说。“这听起来可能有点疯狂，但我是在去慈善垃圾箱送我妈妈的东西的路上。”A. sell off廉价出清（存货）；B. wipe off除去，勾销（债务等）；C. drop off让……下车，减少，将……放下；D. send off寄出、发出。根据下文的some of my mother’s things off at the charity bins可知，这个女士说她正要把她母亲的一些东西送到慈善箱。故C项正确。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她意味深长地看了看我，然后从车窗递进来一个盒子，说：“我想她想把它送给你。”A. back seat车后座；B. car汽车；C. items物品，项目；D. window窗户。根据上文looking at me以及passed box in可知，作者坐在车内，而那位女士在车外从车窗递进来一个盒子，注意这里不可以说through the car。故D项正确。
【32题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：我很震惊，不由自主地把它从她手里接过来。她笑了笑，走开了。A. automatically无意识地；B. accidentally意外地；C. eventually终于；D. unwillingly不情愿地。根据上文的Shocked及下文的She smiled and walked away可知，作者不由自主地从她手里接过了那个盒子。故A项正确。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：停了一会儿，我打开了盒子。里面有一条漂亮的金项链，上面有一颗很大的灰色珍珠。A. Inside在里面，在内部；B. Around在四周，到处；C. Beneath在下方；D. Nearby在附近。根据上文的opened the box可知，作者发现盒子里装的是一条项链。故A项正确。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是我收到的最好的礼物，而且是一个完全陌生的人送的。A. friend朋友；B. companion同伴；C. relative亲戚；D. stranger陌生人。根据上文内容可知，作者和那位女士在停车场里初次相遇，她并不认识她们母女，因此她们是陌生人。故D项正确。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：项链挂在我的脖子上，温暖地提醒我人性的善良。A. award奖，奖学金；B. expectation期待，预期；C. reminder提醒的人/物；D. view视野。根据下文的of human kindness可知，那条项链提醒着我人性的善良。故C项正确。
第二节语法填空(共10小题:每小题1.5分， 满分15分)
语法填空
With less people ____36____ (choose) to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a distant memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, devotes himself to ___37___ (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.
Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After ___38___ mine closed down, Li turned ____39____ housing decoration, until he ____40____ (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.
Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by ___41___ (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make ____42____ (vary) sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with ___43___ (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman normally paint animals and flowers on a stone board ____44____ the syrup (糖浆). When the sugar cools down, _____45_____ appears is a piece of sugar art.
【答案】36. choosing
37. keeping
38. the 39. to
40. was forced
41. himself
42. various
43. melted 44. with
45. what
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国传统工艺“糖画”，并介绍了一位糖画手工艺人是如何学习糖画艺术的。
【36题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：随着越来越少的人选择制作糖画，这个中国传统的民间工艺在某种程度上可能已经成为遥远的记忆。句中涉及“with+宾语+宾语补足语”结构，people与choose为逻辑上的主动关系，即人发出选择的动作，故应用现在分词作宾语补足语，choose的现在分词为choosing。故填choosing。
【37题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：然而，38岁的手工艺人李江忠却致力于保持糖画艺术的生命力。句中涉及固定短语“devote oneself to doing”，意为“致力于做某事”，keep的动词ing形式为keeping。故填keeping。
【38题详解】
考查冠词。句意：矿井关闭后，李转而从事房屋装修工作，直到他因为手指受伤而被迫放弃。空格后mine意为“矿井”，特指上文提到的李在做矿工时工作过的矿井，故应用定冠词the修饰。故填the。
【39题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：矿井关闭后，李转而从事房屋装修工作，直到他因为手指受伤而被迫放弃。句中涉及固定短语“turn to…”，意为“转向，变成”，句中指李转而从事房屋装修工作。故填to。
【40题详解】
考查时态和语态。句意：矿井关闭后，李转而从事房屋装修工作，直到他因为手指受伤而被迫放弃。句子讲述的是过去的事，应用一般过去时，he与force之间为被动关系，即他被迫放弃，故应用一般过去时的被动语态，句式为“主语+was/were+动词过去分词+其他”，主语he与was连用，force的过去分词为forced。故填was forced。
【41题详解】
考查代词。句意：由于村里没有糖画艺人，他通过互联网上大量的视频和信息自学。句中涉及固定短语“by oneself”，意为“独自，靠自己”，句子主语为he，he的反身代词为himself，句中指“自学”。故填himself。
【42题详解】
考查形容词。句意：他很快就掌握了这门技艺，能画出各种各样的糖画。句中sugar paintings意为“糖画”，为名词短语，前面应用形容词修饰，vary意为“变化”，动词词性，对应的形容词为various，意为“各种各样的”。故填various。
【43题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：糖画是用融化的红糖或白糖制成的。句中有谓语动词is made with且句中无连词，故应用melt的非谓语动词形式，sugar与melt之间为逻辑上的被动关系，即糖被融化，故应用melt的过去分词melted作定语修饰sugar。故填melted。
【44题详解】
考查介词。句意：手工艺人通常用糖浆在石板上画动物和花。空格处表示“用”糖浆在石板上画动物和花，故应用介词with，意为“用，使用”，表示用某种工具或手段。故填with。
【45题详解】
考查主语从句。句意：当糖冷却下来，出现的是一件糖制的艺术品。根据句意和句子结构可知，空格处引导主语从句，从句中缺主语，指物，没有选择范围，指出现在眼前的东西，故应用what引导主语从句。故填what。
第四部分写作(共两节， 满分40分)
第一节应用文(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Charlie询问你今年的暑假生活。请你用英文给他写一封邮件，分享一件你做过的有意义的事。内容包括：
1. 你的经历；
2. 个人感受。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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【答案】Dear Charlie,
I’m glad to receive your email asking about my summer holiday and I’m eager to share it with you.
Generally, I stayed at home for the summer holiday and finished my studies. Also, I did some exercise every morning and every evening to strengthen my body and refresh my mind. One thing in particular was that I worked as a volunteer in a local library at the weekend, where I helped with arranging books and reading for some primary school students. Through this activity, I became more patient and responsible.
The summer holiday was a little busy, but for me it was meaningful and memorable as well. How about yours Please write to me soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给英国笔友Charlie写一封邮件，分享一件你在暑假做过的有意义的事。内容包括：1. 你的经历；2. 个人感受。
【详解】1. 词汇积累
高兴的：glad→delighted
假期：holiday→vacation
有意义的：meaningful→significative
难忘的：memorable→unforgettable
2. 句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：I’m glad to receive your email asking about my summer holiday and I’m eager to share it with you.
拓展句：I’m glad to receive your email which asked about my summer holiday and I’m eager to share it with you.
【点睛】[高分句型1] I’m glad to receive your email asking about my summer holiday and I’m eager to share it with you. (运用了现在分词作定语)
[高分句型2] One thing in particular was that I volunteered in a local library at the weekend, where I helped with arranging books and reading for some primary school students. (运用了that引导的表语从句和where引导的非限制性定语从句)
第二节读后续写(满分25分)
47. 读后续写
Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their moth- er was very sick and their father was struggling to finda job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food. As they had not paid the rent for sever al months, the landlord was breathing down their necks.
One day, Ali took Zahra's shoes to a shoe re pairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it secret. Zahra agreed and the two decided to share Ali’s running shoes. Zahra's school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Ali often arrived late and was warned by the school.
Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city.When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.
The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted he thought only of Zahra and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength, and he stayed right be hind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finish line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞) with Ali from behind and he crashed to the ground.
Ali looked up and saw the other boys rushing ahead.
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Filled with delight, Ali walked home quickly.
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【答案】Ali looked up and saw the other boys rushing ahead. Refusing to give up at this point, he jumped to his feet and ran as fast as he could. He dashed across the finish line and won the fourth prize. Thinking he would let her sister down, Ali couldn’t help sobbing. Just then he suddenly heard the announcement from the broadcast that he won the third prize as the runner who collided with Ali was disqualified for breaking the rule. Holding the shoes close to his chest during the award ceremony, Ali felt overjoyed and relieved as he eventually won the shoes for his sister.
Filled with delight, Ali walked home quickly. He could not wait to see his sister and share the good news. On his arrival, Ali found Zahra was waiting outside. Nervous and anxious, Zahra wondered whether her brother had brought her what she was expecting. “Zahra, see what I have got for you.” Ali said excitedly, taking the prize out of his bag with his trembling hands. The instant Zahra saw the shoes, her face lit up. So thrilled was she that she threw herself at Ali. “Thank you!Ali.” Tears of joy welled up in their eyes as the brother and the sister hugged tightly together.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，主角是生在穷苦家庭的一对兄妹，有一天哥哥阿里拿着妹妹扎赫拉的鞋去修，却在回家路上把鞋弄丢了，为了不让父母生气俩人约定保守秘密：哥哥早上穿鞋去学校，中午跑回家把鞋换给妹妹。城里举办了长途赛跑，第三名奖品是一双新鞋，阿里决定为了妹妹去参加。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“阿里抬起头来，看见其他男孩都冲在前面。”可知，第一段可描写阿里在为妹妹赢得新鞋的信念支持下，咬着牙坚持下来，最终赢得第三名的经过。
②由第二段首句内容“满心欢喜，阿里快步走回家。”可知，第二段可描写阿里回到家后，和妹妹一起分享了赢得新鞋的喜悦。。
2.续写线索：看见其他男孩都冲在前面——想到妹妹咬牙坚持——赢得比赛拿到新鞋——回家见到妹妹——和妹妹分享喜悦
3.词汇激活
行为类
①拒绝：refusing/turning down/reject
②.违反：breaking/ violating/ going against
③.拥抱：hugged / embraced
情绪类
①.激动的：thrilled /excited
②.喜悦：joy /delight/pleasure
【点睛】[高分句型1]. Thinking he would let her sister down, Ali couldn’t help sobbing.（运用了现在分词作状语）
[高分句型2]. Nervous and anxious, Zahra wondered whether her brother had brought her what she was expecting .（运用了whether引导的宾语从句以及what引导的宾语从句）福安一中2024届高三上第一次月考
英语试卷
(试卷满分: 150分， 考试时间: 120分钟)
第一部分听力 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题: 每小题1.5分， 满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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 will the woman do this evening
A. Stay at home with her brother. B. Go out with her parents. C. Have dinner with Mike.
2. How does the woman keep in touch with her family
A. By making phone calls. B. By using the Internet. C. By sending postcards.
3. What did the man buy
A. Hot chocolate. B. Orange juice. C. Green tea.
4. What does the woman ask the man to do
A. Make a phone call. B. Move some boxes. C. Drive a car.
5. Why is the man talking to the woman
A. To take out insurance. B. To describe his illness. C. To make an appointment.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分， 满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟:听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. Where does the conversation take place
A. In a post office. B. In the man’s office. C. In a hotel.
7. What will the man do next
A. Post some papers. B. Find a fax machine. C. Go downstairs.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Where did the man most probably lose his phone
A. On the underground. B. In a restaurant. C. In a bank.
9. What will the man do before five o’clock
A. Meet the woman. B. Make a call to the woman. C. Buy a new phone.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How did the woman book the movie tickets
A At the ticket office. B. On the Internet. C. On the phone.
11. When did the speakers plan to meet the Smiths at first
A.At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 2:00.
12. What will the woman hope to do on the way back home
A. Order a book. B. Pick up the tickets. C. Meet with the Smiths.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man think of Lucy’s taking flying lessons
A. Inspiring. B. Surprising. C. Exciting.
14. What is Lucy
A. A nurse. B. A pilot. C. A doctor.
15. What does the man advise the woman to do
A. Teach in a college. B. Start her own restaurant. C. Teach an Italian cooking class.
16. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Husband and wife. B. Brother and sister, C. Teacher and student.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who is the speaker
A. An English teacher. B. A university student. C. A news reporter.
18. What does the speaker think of English listening
A. Boring. B. Difficult. C. Interesting.
19. What does the speaker suggest
A. Practicing listening more after class.
B. Trying to understand every word when listening.
C Listening to pop songs without reading the words.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. How to understand English teachers better.
B How to find interesting English materials.
C. How to improve English listening.
第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
You may hope to have healthy diets and a healthy body. You may want to eat tasty food that is easy to prepare. You may be inspired to exercise and stay in shape. The good news is that there are apps to help you.
Paprika
Paprika is an app to help users plan meals, shop and cook. You can save recipes from websites and from other apps to Paprika. The app can help keep a record of the foods you have in your home, so when you go shopping, it can remind you what are the required foods.
MealBoard
MealBoard is another app that can suggest recipes and help you plan meals. This app can suggest recipes based on the food you already have in your home. MealBoard can keep a list of what food you have and what you expect to buy. This app can scan bar codes (条形码) to add items to your list. Using this app, you can also note the expiration dates (保质期), so you know when your food is no longer usable.
MealBoard lets users save recipes from websites and then search them by foods used in the recipes. For example, you can search for recipes that have “chocolate” in them.
IEatWell
The IEatWell app supports healthy eating by giving users rewards for eating the right foods. If you like earning rewards for meeting your goals, IEatWell may work well for you. Instead of measuring how much you eat, IEatWell measures how well you eat. Tell the app what you are eating for your meal. You can even add a photo. The app will rate how healthy your meal is, and then give you a reward if you are eating well.
1. What do the apps Paprika and MealBoard have in common
A. They can scan bar codes.
B. They can let you know what you need to buy.
C. They can keep a record of the meals you eat outside.
D. They can tell if the food has passed the expiration dates.
2. What can IEatWell do if you eat a healthy diet
A. It can measure how much eat. B. It can give you a reward.
C. It can give you a picture. D. It can provide you with recipes.
3. What is the author ’s main purpose in writing the text
A. To make some comparisons among game apps.
B. To introduce some ways about how to stay healthy.
C. To introduce several apps to help people keep fit.
D. To call on people to buy these apps.
B
I turned 8 years old the day I skipped school for the first time. It was easily done: Both my parents left for work before my school bus arrived on weekdays, so when it showed up at my house on that cold winter morning, I simply did not get on. The perfect crime!
And what did I do with myself on that glorious stolen day, with no adult in charge and no limits on my activities Did I get high Hit the mall for a shoplifting extravaganza (狂欢)
Nope. I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was trilled and transported by a book — it was Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises — and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while. I ached to know what would happen to Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley and Robert Cohn. I couldn’t bear the thought of siting in a classroom taking another exam when I could be traveling through Spain in the 1920s with a bunch of expatriates (异乡客).
I spent that day lost in words. Time fell away, as the room around me turned to mist, and my role — as a daughter, sister, teenager, and student — in the world no longer had any meaning. I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved.
Looking back on it now, I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption. Hemingway’s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination. I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. Writing now absorbs me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect.
4. Why did the author skip school on that day
A. Because she’s fascinated by a novel. B. Because it’s a biting cold winter morning.
C. Because her parents left home early. D. Because she’s anxious to take the exam.
5. What did the author think is the source of true joy
A. Reading a fiction by the fire. B. Travelling with a bunch of expatriates.
C. Being occupied by one’s passion. D. Breaking the rules and regulations.
6. Which can best replace the underlined phrase “braiding itself into” in the last paragraph
A. Mending. B. Destroying. C. Entering. D. Blocking.
7. What can we infer from the passage
A. The author was tired of his roles in the real-life.
B. Becoming a writer is the author’s childhood dream.
C. The author skipped school when he was 8 years old.
D. Writing has a horrible effect on the author’s life now.
C
Transportation shapes the world: along with communications, it forms a global net that connects person to person, city to city, and country to country. Transportation routes as well as vehicles are vital to the functioning and spread of every civilization.
A country’s economy depends on reliable transportation. Cities spread out along roads, rivers, and rails, so does information. Until the 20th century, these routes were confined to land or water. With the invention of powered flight, the air became an open road as well. The earliest way of traveling was undoubtedly by foot, and humans’ earliest means of transporting goods was carrying loads on their back or head. By 4000 B.C., people were using domesticated animals for transport, a method greatly improved in some parts of the world by the invention of the wheel, probably first developed around 3500 B.C..
Until the 19th century, animals were the engines of land transportation. But with the invention of the steam engine and the internal combustion engine, railroads and automobiles revolutionized travel and trade. More than 600 million cars and trucks travel the world today.
Water has always been a fast and efficient mode of travel, and even today it remains a primary mover of heavy goods. The importance of waterways to human civilization can be seen on any map: almost all of the world’s major cities are located on coastlines or rivers. As early as 7000 B.C., people were building canoes; long-distance ships were common by 3000 B.C. Until the 1950s, ships were the chief means of overseas passenger travel.
Although the Montgolfier brothers took flight in balloons in the 18th century, air travel was not practical until the invention of powered flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. Within ten years, the commercial air transportation business had begun.
Since the 20th century, high-speed rail has become another convenient way of travel. Today, two-thirds of the world’s high-speed rail track is in China, which measures nearly 30,000 kms, and this is expected to reach 38,000 kms by 2025.
8. What is the passage mainly about
A. Technological advancements in transport over time.
B. The influence of economic activities on transportation.
C. The relationship between transportation and information flows.
D. Reasons why land and sea transportation routes were important.
9. Why does the writer mention the location of the world’s major cities
A. To encourage more people to move to big cities.
B. To explain why boats and ships continue to be irreplaceable.
C. To recommend water as a convenient and cheap form of transportation.
D. To emphasize the contribution of water transport to human development.
10. What can we learn about air travel
A Balloons used to be one popular way of air travel.
B. The Montgolfier brothers invented powered flight.
C. The invention of airplanes helped popularize air travel.
D. Air travel became widespread soon after the balloon was invented.
11. What is the total length of high-speed rail track in the world today
A. About 57,000 kms. B. About 45,000 kms.
C. About 38,000 kms. D. About 30,000 kms.
D
Winter may be seen as the time to fill up with comfort food, but in fact, the sunny summer months are when men eat more calories-unlike women. “The effect may occur because sunlight makes the skin release an appetite-stimulating hormone called ghrelin(饥饿激素),” says Carmit Levy at Tel Aviv University.
Levy and her team noticed the unexpected effect in experiments in mice that investigated mechanisms(机制)behind skin cancer, in which male animals exposed to UV light ate more food. To see if humans do the same, the researchers used existing data on 3,000 people who had filled in dietary questionnaires as part of the government’s regular national health and nutrition survey. Between March and September, men consumed about 17 percent more calories per day than they did during the rest of the year while women’s food intake stayed about the same.
Human appetite is influenced by many systems, but ghrelin seems to be the only hormone that directly stimulates eating. It was thought to be mainly secreted by the stomach when empty. “It tells the brain to eat more,” says Caroline Gorvin at the University of Birmingham.
Further investigation revealed that exposing male mice to UVB radiation raised levels of ghrelin secretion by fat cells in their skin. Boosted levels of ghrelin were also seen in skin samples that were taken from men and exposed to UV light in the lab. Gorvin says the skin hadn’t previously been thought to play a role in appetite. “If it’s real, it’s quite exciting and we should spare no efforts to get to the bottom,” she says.
It is unclear why the effect happens, but it may be an adaptive response to fuel greater physical activity in summer, says Gorvin. “As the largest organ of the body, it makes sense that the skin can sense the environment, sensing that there is UV now, that now is the time to go out.”
12. What can we learn about the effect from paragraph 1
A. Humans tend to eat more food in winter.
B. Our skin contains a hormone that makes us active.
C. Summer sunlight seems to boost men’s calorie intake.
D. Women suffer loss of appetite because of summer heat.
13. What helped the team look into the effect on humans
A. Doing experiments in UV light. B. Analysing existing data offered.
C. Carrying out dietary questionnaires. D. Surveying national health condition.
14. What does the underlined word “secreted” mean in paragraph 3
A. Balanced. B. Influenced. C. Raised. D. Produced.
15. What can we learn from Gorvin’s words
A. The skin is a decisive factor in physical activities.
B. Exposure to UV light contributes to calorie burnup.
C. The role of the skin in appetite needs further research.
D. Higher food intake makes men gain weight in summer.
第二节(共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
We’ve been test-driving some new cars recently. I appreciate the clean and simple design inside. For some reasons, many car makers have been shifted from physical controls to touch screens. ____16____ Instead of lots of physical buttons, you have a single touch screen. You can use it to move between the different controls.
The touch screen is a single system for many controls in your car. So simple Actually, not simple at all. ____17____ It will always be more challenging to use. It will likely take more time to use for each function. Worse still, the touch screen may also put you at greater risk of being in an accident.
In a car with buttons and other physical controls, you can often perform the same tasks without looking. ____18____ And you most likely receive physical feedback (反馈) through your fingers letting you know you’ve succeeded. Buttons are probably faster than touch screens. With a button, you reach over and easily get your fingers on it.
____19____ They may be effective, but many also require multiple attempts to work. If you’ve ever asked your phone to do something, you know there are still challenges in speech recognition.
However, if you need to use the touch screen to control systems in your car, I have a few suggestions. Get your basic setup running before your car is running down the road. If you have a passenger, let that person control the touch screen. ____20____
A. But this also means extra steps for each action.
B. The touch screen is far more complex than buttons.
C. New cars are often completely touch screen-controlled.
D. Physical controls have great advantages over touch screens.
E. Always keep your eyes on the road instead of the fancy screen.
F. You know when your hand is in the right place to use the controls.
G. Some cars with touch screen controls can respond to voice commands.
第三部分语言运用 (共两节30分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题:每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、 B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I’d noticed a woman in a blue car ____21____ for a while. As I was ____22____, I let her have it. On the ____23____ of the car park I backed into the next available spot — it was a tight fit.
Pretty soon, I’d made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I ____24____ my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a ____25____ woman reverse park (倒车).
Just as I ____26____ my car, I saw the woman I’d let have my car space ____27____. She was giving a mean odd ____28____— half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I ____29____ the same lady looking in at me. “Hello,” she said, hesitantly. “This might sound crazy but I was on my way to ______30______ some of my mother’s things off at the charity bins.” “You are just so much like her. You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the ______31______, “I think she would like you to have it.” Shocked, I took it from her ______32______. She smiled and walked away.
After a pause, I opened the box. ______33______ was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was the nicest gift I’d ever received, and it was from a complete ______34______. The necklace was around my neck, a warm ______35______ of human kindness.
21. A. watching B. circling C. running D. crossing
22. A. in a hurry B. in a dilemma C. in a good mood D. in panic
23. A. edge B. barrier C. stage D. point
24. A. turned B. broke C. divided D. emptied
25. A. struggling B. trembling C. wandering D. whistling
26. A. started B. approached C. parked D. entered
27. A. former B. later C. ago D. earlier
28. A. explanation B. look C. answer D. coincidence
29. A. located B. caught C. spotted D. sought
30 A. sell B. wipe C. drop D. send
31. A. back seat B. car C. items D. window
32. A. automatically B. accidentally C. eventually D. unwillingly
33. A. Inside B. Around C. Beneath D. Nearby
34. A. friend B. companion C. relative D. stranger
35. A. award B. expectation C. reminder D. view
第二节语法填空(共10小题:每小题1.5分， 满分15分)
语法填空
With less people ____36____ (choose) to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a distant memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, devotes himself to ___37___ (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.
Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After ___38___ mine closed down, Li turned ____39____ housing decoration, until he ____40____ (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.
Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by ___41___ (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make ____42____ (vary) sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with ___43___ (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman normally paint animals and flowers on a stone board ____44____ the syrup (糖浆). When the sugar cools down, _____45_____ appears is a piece of sugar art.
第四部分写作(共两节， 满分40分)
第一节应用文(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Charlie询问你今年的暑假生活。请你用英文给他写一封邮件，分享一件你做过的有意义的事。内容包括：
1. 你的经历；
2. 个人感受。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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第二节读后续写(满分25分)
47. 读后续写
Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their moth- er was very sick and their father was struggling to finda job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food. As they had not paid the rent for sever al months, the landlord was breathing down their necks.
One day, Ali took Zahra's shoes to a shoe re pairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it secret. Zahra agreed and the two decided to share Ali’s running shoes. Zahra's school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Ali often arrived late and was warned by the school.
Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city.When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.
The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted he thought only of Zahra and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength, and he stayed right be hind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finish line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞) with Ali from behind and he crashed to the ground.
Ali looked up and saw the other boys rushing ahead.
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Filled with delight, Ali walked home quickly.
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