红岭中学2023-2024学年度第一学期第二学段考试
高二英语试卷
（说明：本试卷考试时间为120分钟，满分为150分）
第一部分 单项选择（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Chaplin was not just a genius; he was among the most ________ figures in film history.
A. influential B. rewarding C. convincing D. substantial
2. The collection, sorting and ________of historical materials and cultural relics of the May Fourth Movement should be strengthened, President Xi said.
A. consideration B. conservation C. consequence D. comparison
3. With the number of confirmed cases rising, ________ the risks of infection remain high.
A urgently B. vitally C. constantly D. apparently
4. You’d better give up smoking, for cigarette smoking ________ the risk of cancer.
A. multiplies B. decreases C. explodes D. restricts
5. Without our phones, we had a proper conversation for over two hours, without being ________by messages from other people.
A. disheartened B. occupied C. distracted D. tempted
6. Recent headlines have seen more and more teens ________ their parents’credit cards on games and other online activities.
A. maxing out B. missing out C. checking out D. putting out
7. Scientists make great efforts to______ the origin of humans, which is still mysterious.
A. take responsibility for B. ponder over
C. lay aside D. adapt to
8. —I have been considering canceling the project because it seems hard to go farther.
—But it’s too early to ________now. There’s still much hope.
A. pave the way B. throw in the towel
C. have a say D. take any chances
9. Don’t worry. You’ve left your mother ________. This hospital has the best nursing team in the city.
A. out of control B. in good hands C. behind the wheel D. against all odds
10. It’s only right that human beings should learn to live ________ nature because they coexist with each other.
A. in honour of B. in harmony with C. in contrast to D. in control of
11. As one of his ______ friends, I take it my responsibility ______ his positive changes in his behavior.
A. devoting; facilitating B. devotion; to facilitate
C. devoted; facilitating D. devoted; to facilitate
12. Our manager ________ for Shanghai in a few days, because he ________ a meeting at this time next week.
A. is leaving,will be attending B. will leave, is attending
C. leaves, will attend D. is to leave, is going to attend
13. --- How was your weekend, Bella
--- Awful! It was the first time I ________ alone at home, bored to death.
A. has left B. had left C. has been left D. had been left
14. After school , we went to the reading room to do some reading, only______ that it________.
A. to tell, was decorating B. telling, was decorated
C. to be told, was being decorated D. being told, was being decorated
15. The former minister was finally found innocent, although he ________of allowing false rumour to spread before the election.
A. was accused B. had been accused
C. has been accused D. would be accused
16. ________in the regulations that nobody ______any important information concerning the enterprise.
A. What is required; gives away B. As is required; give away
C. It is required; give away D. It requires; gives away
17. We ________ to the next generation to leave the country better than we found it.
A. owe much B. owe C. are owing D. owe it
18. The athletes, especially the winners, should remain modest ________ rapid progress they have made.
A whatever B. however
C. how much D. no matter
19. —Have you paid the telephone bill
—The telephone bill ________.
A. I mean it B. That isn’t due yet
C. My telephone is out of order D. Please remember the amount
20. — Mike will announce his retirement from professional soccer next week.
—________! He’s only 25 and still very fit.
A. I don’t mind at all B. I couldn’t agree more
C. You will make it D. You can’t be serious
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，共37.5分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Four Books about Curious Creatures
In these brilliant books find out about fleas, foxes and some unexpected friendships.
Animal Sidekicks
by Macken Murphy.
Illustrated by Dragan Kordic
This illustrated book explores the idea of symbiosis-animals that form amazing relationships to help each other. You'll learn about clownfish living peacefully with poisonous sea anemone, the frog that lives with a tarantula, and lots more.
The Secret Life of Foxes
by Chloe Petrylak.
Have you ever spotted a fox on the streets of your town at night or even in your back garden Wildlife enthusiasts will love finding out more about the mysterious lives of foxes. As well as lots of interesting information, this book includes great ideas for ways to help foxes near you.
Please Don't Bite Me
by Nazzy Pakpour.
Illustrated by Owen Davey
Did you know that wasps can build nests as much as five metres wide Or that fleas can jump 150 times their own height How do mosquitoes track you down This interesting illustrated book digs out the surprising lives of some of the buzzing, biting and stinging insects that are all around.
Stone age beasts
by BenLerwill.
Illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith
Travel back in time to meet incredible creatures in this beautiful book. It features many of the prehistoric animals that our human ancestors would have met face-to-face in the Stone Age. Learn about the woolly mammoth, the sabre-toothed cat, and the six-metre snake that once slithered along the forest floor.
21. In which book can you find the fish that help clean sharks' teeth
A. Animal Sidekicks. B. The Secret Life of Foxes. C. Please Don't Bite Me. D. Stone Age Beasts.
22. How is the book The Secret Life of Foxes different from others
A. It deals with a curious creature. B. It has no illustrations in the book.
C. It only attracts wildlife enthusiasts. D. It doesn't mention relationships of creatures.
23. What kind of creatures are mentioned in the book Stone Age Beasts
A. Amazing and giant ocean life. B. Mysterious and fascinating birds.
C. Interesting and surprising insects. D. Unbelievable and ancient animals.
B
Rachel Maclean’s toy shop on Ayr high street appears like any other in a town centre at first sight. Step inside and you will notice that familiar promotional entreaties (恳求) are backwards: Don’t Buy Me, Nothing Must Go. Everything is upside down and nothing is for sale.
Matilda Coleman, six, picked up one of the toys—a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Disney princess(公主), and turned her upside down. Underneath the skirt was a pale-faced witchy (女巫的) version. The girl liked it, and then was confused that the toy wasn’t available to buy. Maclean’s work playfully breaks the grasp that consumer culture has on modern minds.
“What art can do best is to make you look at things that you’re very used to in a different way,” said Maclean (b.1987), a Glasgow-based multi-media artist who has rapidly established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in the UK. “Sadly the decline of our city centres is something that is common these days, so I want to bring people into a space where they can reflect on it in a fun way.”
“When the shop first opened, everyone was interested in finding out what it was,” said Parker, a local teenager. “It has lots of different themes about identity, consumerism, capitalism, but they are silent messages and everyone has different thoughts about it.”
Maclean has taken over this former butcher’s shop in Ayr as part of Jupiter Plus, a new arts and education initiative, which aims to reluyenate empty high street shops in towns and cities in Scotland with free art exbibitions and workshops for young people. People’s immediate joy at seeing something happening in here is abivious and it drives conversations about how they remember the high street and how the space could be used again.
24. Why is Matilda Coleman mentioned in paragraph 2
A. To illustrate consumer culture. B. To show the girl’s passion for toys.
C. To erase doubts about Maclean’s work. D. To highlight the features of Maclean’s shop.
25. How does the author develop paragraph 3 and paragraph 4
A. By giving examples. B. By using quotes.
C. By making comparisons. D. By sharing experiences.
26. What does the underlined word “rejuvenate” in paragraph 5 mean
A. Expand. B. Refresh. C. Replace. D. Surround.
27. What can we infer about Maclean
A. She has a creative mind. B. She respects others’opinions.
C. She makes profits in a different way. D. She draws public attention to education.
C
The word paradigm comes from the Greek. It was originally a scientific term, and is more commonly used today to mean a model or theory. In the more general sense, it’s the way we “see” the world — not in terms of our visual sense of sight, but in terms of perceiving, understanding, and interpreting.
A simple way to understand paradigms is to see them as maps. We all know that “the map is not the territory.” A map is simply an explanation of certain aspects of the territory. That’s exactly what a paradigm is. It is a theory, an explanation, or model of something else. You can never arrive at a specific location in a new city with a wrong map.
Each of us has many maps in our head, which can be divided into two main categories: maps of the way things are, or realities, and maps of the way things should be, or values. We interpret everything we experience through these mental maps. We seldom question their accuracy; we’re usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are or, as we are conditioned to see it. Clearheaded people see things differently, each looking through the unique lens of experience. But this does not mean that there are no facts. Instead, each person’s interpretation of these facts represents prior experiences.
The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.
28. How does the author illustrate the concept of “paradigm”
A. By comparing it to an everyday object. B. By sorting it into different categories.
C. By presenting personal examples. D. By highlighting a sharp contrast.
29. What can be concluded about the mental maps mentioned in paragraph 3
A. They fail to escape our attention. B. They may be lacking in accuracy.
C. They prove wrong and unreliable. D. They have little influence on behavior.
30. Which of the following echoes the main idea of paragraph 4
A. Great minds think alike. B. All men have opinions, but few think.
C. Where we stand depends on where we sit. D. The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinions.
31. What does the author advocate in the last paragraph
A. A better understanding of our paradigms. B. A stronger sense of responsibility for others.
C. A more objective view of others’ perceptions. D. A more positive attitude toward life experience.
D
In 1970s, a psychologist named J. P. Guilford conducted a famous study of creativity known as the nine-dot puzzle (九点谜题). He challenged research subjects to connect all nine dots using just four straight lines without lifting their pencils from the page. All the participants limited the possible solutions to those within the imaginary square. Only 20 percent managed to break out of the confinement (束缚) and continue their lines in the white space surrounding the dots.
The fact that 80 percent of the participants were effectively blinded by the boundaries of the square led Guilford to jump to the sweeping conclusion that creativity requires you to go outside the box. The idea went viral. Overnight, it seemed that creativity experts everywhere were teaching managers how to think outside the box. The concept enjoyed such strong popularity that no one bothered to check the facts. No one, that is, before two different research teams-Clarke Burnham with Kenneth Davis, and Joseph Alba with Robert Weisberg-ran another experiment.
Both teams followed the same way of dividing participants into two groups. The first group was given the same instructions as the participants in Guilford’s experiment. The second group was told that the solution required the lines to be drawn outside the imaginary box. Guess what Only 25 percent solved the puzzle. In statistical terms, this 5 percent improvement is insignificant as this could be called sampling error.
Let’s look a little more closely at the surprising result. Solving this problem requires people to literally think outside the box. Yet participants’ performance was not improved even when they were given specific instructions to do so. That is, direct and clear instructions to think outside the box did not help. That this advice is useless should effectively have killed off the much widely spread — and therefore, much more dangerous — metaphor (比喻) that out-of-the-box thinking boosts creativity. After all, with one simple yet brilliant experiment, researchers had proven that the conceptual link between thinking outside the box and creativity was a misunderstanding.
32. What did the nine-dot puzzle study focus on
A. Visual perception.
B. Thinking patterns.
C. Practical experience.
D. Theoretical knowledge.
33. Why did the two research teams run the follow-up experiment
A. To test the catchy concept.
B. To contradict the initial idea.
C. To collect supporting evidence
D. To identify the underlying logic.
34. Which of the following best describes the follow-up experiment
A. Groundless. B. Inspiring. C. Fruitless. D. Revealing.
35. Which is the best title for the passage
A. Puzzle Solving: A Key To Creativity
B. Thinking Outside the Box: A Misguided Idea
C. Nine-Dot Puzzle: A Magic Test
D. Creative Thinking: We Fell For The Trap
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
To put into words my time in Antarctica and South Georgia is nearly impossible. I had always described it as a once in a lifetime experience, but as soon as I stepped foot on the continent, I immediately knew I needed to return.
____36____ About 50% of the passengers of our expedition (远征) had been to Antarctica at least once before. This goes to show just how magical of a destination it is.
All your senses will be stimulated...is the best way I can describe the time on the white continent. How tiny you feel next to towering glaciers and icebergs. The icy water moving through your body as you take the infamous Polar Plunge. The learning of heart-touching stories of survival from explorers of the past. ____37____
Antarctica makes you feel so small and insignificant, in the best way. ____38____ You get front row seats to witness the most incredible show: nature. It is as much beautiful as is it cruel. Like seeing a brown skua (贼鸥) attacking a penguin chick. Your heart aches. Then your expedition guide regretfully tells you that a chick that is small in March would have very slim chances of surviving the upcoming winter. The cycle continues, and you’re left wondering who to root for.
Things move fast in Antarctica, and every month offers something really unique and special to see. In March, the weather is a bit more unpredictable, and the sea ice is beginning to form again. ____39____ In two more weeks, expedition ships would not be able to break through the ice.
The penguins are completing their yearly feather-changing process. ____40____ The expedition team made sure we kept our distance and did not scare them into hiding under freezing water.
These animals, arguably the cutest you will ever see, survive such unfavorable environments. It’s absolutely incredible to witness the challenges, the skill, the efforts, all of it. I am forever grateful to have been a visitor.
A. The list goes on.
B. But this is not always the case.
C. Our voyage was the last of the season.
D. I was not the only one who felt this way.
E. I, years later, did return to this fascinating place.
F. They are really weak during this time, and cannot dive.
G. Everything has a purpose, and the cycle of life is evident.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节满分30分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。
It’s been nearly seven years.
In 2016, a group of volunteers began their ____41____ of the land at What Cheer Flower Farm in Rhode Island, with a simple ____42____: get flowers into the hands of anyone in need of a pick-me-up. ____43____, each one of the tens of thousands of bunches that What Cheer grows and delivers are ____44____ free of charge.
“We want to blanket the state with flowers and bring ____45____ to people,” says Erin Achenbach, What Cheer’s farmer and head florist. What Cheer regularly delivers ____46____ joy to people at recovery centers, food banks, senior centers, local ____47____ and more including AIDS Care Ocean State.
“Seeing the smiles on people’s faces who didn’t ____48____ it — who just came in to have a meeting with their case manager or take advantage of one of our programs — to just see this ____49____ come off their faces is great,” says Stephen from AIDS Care Ocean State.
Located in a ____50____ industrial neighborhood, What Cheer’s flower beds lie on 2.7 acres that once housed a crumbling knife factory. And it’s safe to say that the What Cheer crew ____51____ some flowers of their own: In May, the nonprofit was awarded a record-high $500,000grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for its continued ____52____ of a brown field site once abandoned because of industrial pollution.
“Not only do we give this space back to the ____53____ by bringing life to space that’s quite literally dead,” says Achenbach, “but we’re an eco-landing spot with the ability to help with the ____54____ of local insects and birds, and that’ll only make people’s lives better.”
“What’s good about a flower is that it needs ____55____ else,” she adds. “Your only job when someone gives you flowers is to enjoy them.”
41.
A. career B. exploration C. control D. study
42.
A. routine B. manner C. track D. goal
43.
A. Furthermore B. However C. Accordingly D. Likewise
44.
A. mainly B. regularly C. entirely D. partly
45.
A. closeness B. happiness C. kindness D. freshness
46.
A. freezing B. inviting C. fading D. blooming
47.
A hospitals B. stadiums C. auditoriums D. libraries
48.
A. miss B. spoil C. expect D. reject
49.
A. grace B. glow C. glory D. generosity
50.
A. developed B. restored C. ruined D. deserted
51.
A. deserve B. refuse C. demand D. plant
52.
A. enlargement B. damage C. improvement D. pursuit
53.
A. company B. community C. organization D. association
54
A. migrations B. reductions C. locations D. populations
55.
A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The sheepskin raft (羊皮筏), the oldest ferry tool along the Yellow River in Northwest China, boasts a history of nearly 2,000 years. The airbag of the raft is made of a whole sheepskin and undergoes many processes including heating ____56____ (remove) hair, soaking in salt y oil, sewing, drying and blowing. Then the airbags are fastened to a wooden stand, enabling its use for transporting people and goods ____57____ the water.
It is said that the largest sheepskin raft in old times ____58____ (consist) of more than 600 sheepskin airbags, will an impressive length of 22 meters and a ____59____ (wide) of 7 meters. It was capable of carrying around 30 tons of goods and drifting over 200 kilometers in one day.
In the early 20th century, before the1950s, ____60____ railways were not yet in operation and road traffic was ____61____ (convenient), the sheepskin raft served as the most important means of transportation for residents ____62____ (live) along the Yellow River.
However, with the rapid development of society, the sheepskin raft has ____63____ (large) fulfilled its historical role in transporting people and goods. Nowadays, it can only ____64____ (find) along the banks of the Yellow River in some cities in Gansu province. It has become _____65_____ tool for people to ferry on the Yellow River for sightseeing and leisure.
第四部分 完成句子（共10小题，每空1分，共15分）
根据各句括号内的中文提示，用恰当的单词或短语的正确形式完成句子，每空限填一个单词（限选择性必修二）。
66. Talk with ________ (乐观) and encouraging people, for they bring a new meaning to life.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）
67. During the Spring Festival people exchanged new year ________(问候) with each other whenever they meet.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）
68. Never feel ________（尴尬的）to turn to your teachers or classmates, for everyone in your surroundings can be your teacher. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
69. People say the development of AI will change the world ________ (显著地，戏剧性地). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
70. Making eye contact in some countries is a way to display interest. In other countries, by contrast, it is not always ________ (认可) of. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
71. They sought for somewhere to shelter, but ________ ________（徒劳地）. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
72. There is convincing evidence of a link between ________ ________ (暴露于) sun and skin cancer. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
73. Even after so many years, the happy memories about our journey in Europe ________________ (突然出现) from time to time. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
74. Only professionals gain ________ ________ (有权使用) medical libraries. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
75. The non-profit organization is ________ ________ (致力于) providing the animals with better care. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
第五部分 读后续写（满分25分）
76. 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。
For courage, my fingers clung to the harness (绳套) on Chó’s broad back as we passed my neighbor fence. Walking by Mr. Groll’s yard is the best part of our morning walk, and also the worst. It is the best part because the roses talk to us. “Good morning, Chó,” whisper the rose scents to my guide dog’s nose. Other roses shout to me, “Hello, Mai!”
Now comes the worst part: Mr. Groll. As usual, friendly Chó thumps her tail. But Chó is just a dog; how can she know that this neighbor does not like me at all
“Hello, Mr. Groll.” I greeted him as I did every morning. And like every other morning, he did not answer me. But I knew he was there, watching, behind his fence. He always sounds out of breath, and the creaky gate swings nervously in his hand. Maybe he’s afraid of me because I’m blind. Disabilities do scare grown-ups sometimes. Then I remembered: the other day I heard him playing checkers with my friend Jimmy, who’s in a wheelchair.
Chó and I marched on, and my thoughts kept step. “Why did Mr. Groll ignore me ” It’s a mystery to me.
Papa has told me that some folks do not like people from faraway places. Does this solve the mystery Maybe Mr. Groll does not like Vietnamese neighbors. No, that can’t be it. Every Saturday Mr. Groll and my big brother, Lien, help each other with yard work. They are friends. Well, then, maybe he doesn’t like me because I’m a girl. The sidewalk hummed(发出嗡嗡声) beneath my feet. A skateboard zoomed by. “Hello, Mai and Choó” my friend Jana yelled. “Hi, Mr. Groll.” I waited. If Mr. Groll ignored Jana, then the mystery was solved. But his voice called out, “Hello, Jana!”
注意：1.续写两段文字；
2.词数150左右；
3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
The sound of it broke my heart.
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Paragraph 2:
“Chó is a very... big dog.” he said in a voice that told me he thought I would laugh at him.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________红岭中学2023-2024学年度第一学期第二学段考试
高二英语试卷
（说明：本试卷考试时间为120分钟，满分为150分）
第一部分 单项选择（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Chaplin was not just a genius; he was among the most ________ figures in film history.
A. influential B. rewarding C. convincing D. substantial
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：卓别林不仅仅是一个天才；他是电影历史上最具影响力的人物之一。A. influential有影响力的；B. rewarding报酬高的；C. convincing令人信服的；D. substantial重大的。根据空前Chaplin was not just a genius可知，卓别林不仅仅是一个天才，而且还有很大的影响力。故选A。
2. The collection, sorting and ________of historical materials and cultural relics of the May Fourth Movement should be strengthened, President Xi said.
A. consideration B. conservation C. consequence D. comparison
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查名词辨析。句意：习主席说，要加强对五四运动历史资料和文物的收集、整理和保护。A. consideration考虑；B. conservation保护；C. consequence后果；D. comparison对比。根据“historical materials and cultural relics of the May Fourth Movement”以及句意可知，这里指这些历史资料和文物的“保护”。故选B。
3. With the number of confirmed cases rising, ________ the risks of infection remain high.
A. urgently B. vitally C. constantly D. apparently
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：随着确诊病例的增加，感染的风险显然仍然很高。A. urgently紧急地；B. vitally重要地；C. constantly连续不断地；D. apparently明显地。根据With the number of confirmed cases rising可知，此处表示“很明显，感染的风险仍然很高”，故选D。
4. You’d better give up smoking, for cigarette smoking ________ the risk of cancer.
A. multiplies B. decreases C. explodes D. restricts
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：你最好戒烟，因为吸烟会增加患癌症的风险。A. multiplies（使）增加，既可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词；B. decreases（使）减少，既可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词；C. explodes激增，不及物动词；D. restricts限制，限定，及物动词。根据“You’d better give up smoking”可推知，吸烟会“增加”患癌症的风险，且空后为名词短语，及物动词multiplies“使增加”符合题意。故选A。
5. Without our phones, we had a proper conversation for over two hours, without being ________by messages from other people.
A. disheartened B. occupied C. distracted D. tempted
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：在没有手机的情况下，我们进行了两个多小时的正常对话，没有被其他人的信息转移注意力。A. disheartened使沮丧；B. occupied占据；C. distracted转移（注意力）；D. tempted诱惑。由Without our phones以及句意可知，没有手机，所以我们没有被其他人的信息转移注意力，空处应用动词的过去分词形式distracted表示“被转移注意力”。故选C项。
6. Recent headlines have seen more and more teens ________ their parents’credit cards on games and other online activities.
A. maxing out B. missing out C. checking out D. putting out
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：最近的头条新闻显示，越来越多的青少年在游戏和其他网络活动中使用父母的信用卡。A. max out （钱）花光，（信用卡）刷爆；B. miss out 遗漏[忘]，（被）略去，错过机会；C. check out 结账离开(旅馆等)；D. put out 生产，伸出，出版，扑灭。分析句子结构和“their parents’credit cards on games”可知，这里需要表示“花光，刷爆”意思的动词短语。故选A。
7. Scientists make great efforts to______ the origin of humans, which is still mysterious.
A. take responsibility for B. ponder over
C. lay aside D. adapt to
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：科学家们努力思索人类的起源，这仍然是一个谜。A. take responsibility for负责；B. ponder over深思，沉思；C. lay aside搁置；D. adapt to适应。根据后文“the origin of humans, which is still mysterious”可知，指思索人类起源应用ponder over。故选B。
8. —I have been considering canceling the project because it seems hard to go farther.
—But it’s too early to ________now. There’s still much hope.
A. pave the way B. throw in the towel
C. have a say D. take any chances
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：——我一直在考虑取消这个项目，因为似乎很难再做下去了。——但是现在认输还为时过早。还有很大的希望。A. pave the way为……做准备；B. throw in the towel认输；C. have a say有发言权；D. take any chances抓住任何机会。根据“There’s still much hope.”可知，空处表示“现在认输为时过早”。故选B项。
9. Don’t worry. You’ve left your mother ________. This hospital has the best nursing team in the city.
A. out of control B. in good hands C. behind the wheel D. against all odds
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：别担心。你把你母亲托付给了很好的人。这家医院有本市最好的护理团队。A. out of control失去控制；B. in good hands得到很好的照顾；C. behind the wheel掌舵；主管； 控制；D. against all odds不顾一切。根据“This hospital has the best nursing team in the city.”可知，将母亲托付给可靠的人，会得到很好的照顾。故选B。
10. It’s only right that human beings should learn to live ________ nature because they coexist with each other.
A. in honour of B. in harmony with C. in contrast to D. in control of
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查介词短语辨析。句意：人类应该学会与自然和谐相处，因为他们彼此共存。A. in honour of为纪念；B. in harmony with与……和谐一致；C. in contrast to与……形成对比；D. in control of控制。根据“because they coexist with each other”可推知，介词短语in harmony with“与……和谐一致”符合题意，表示人与与自然应和谐相处。故选B。
11. As one of his ______ friends, I take it my responsibility ______ his positive changes in his behavior.
A. devoting; facilitating B. devotion; to facilitate
C. devoted; facilitating D. devoted; to facilitate
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词及非谓语动词。句意：作为他忠实的朋友之一，我有责任帮助他在行为上做出积极的改变。devotion“奉献，献身”为名词；形容词devoted，意为“忠诚的”，devoted friends“忠诚的朋友”；句子it是形式宾语，所以此处应用不定式作真正的宾语，结合选项可知，选项D符合题意，故选D。
12. Our manager ________ for Shanghai in a few days, because he ________ a meeting at this time next week.
A. is leaving,will be attending B. will leave, is attending
C. leaves, will attend D. is to leave, is going to attend
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词时态。句意：我们经理几天后要去上海，因为下周这个时候他要参加一个会议。第一空根据后文in a few days可知，此处指按计划安排将要做某事，为现在进行时表将来；第二空根据后文at this time next week可知，此处指将来某个时刻正在发生，为将来进行时。故选A。
13. --- How was your weekend, Bella
--- Awful! It was the first time I ________ alone at home, bored to death.
A. has left B. had left C. has been left D. had been left
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查谓语动词时态语态辨析。句意：-——你周末过得怎么样，贝拉 ——太可怕了!这是我第一次被一个人留在家里，无聊得要死。A.has left 现在完成时主动语态；B. had left 过去完成时主动语态； C. has been left 现在完成时，被动语态；D . had been left 过去玩成时被动语态。分析句子，该空是谓语动词，固定句型It was the first time that sb. had done sth.那是某人第一次做某事，所以该空应该是过去完成时；短语leave sb. alone at home ，把某人一个人留在家里，句意应该是我被一个人留在家里，应该使用被动语态。故选D项。
14. After school , we went to the reading room to do some reading, only______ that it________.
A. to tell, was decorating B. telling, was decorated
C. to be told, was being decorated D. being told, was being decorated
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查动词不定式作结果状语及时态语态。句意：放学后，我们去阅览室看书，结果被告知阅览室正在装修。only to do 的意思是“不料(却)……，结果(却)……”，表示一个没有料到的结果，用动词不定式表示结果。the reading room和 decorate是被动关系。第二个空表示正在进行，再根据“went”可知，用过去进行时的被动语态。故选C项。
15. The former minister was finally found innocent, although he ________of allowing false rumour to spread before the election.
A. was accused B. had been accused
C. has been accused D. would be accused
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动词时态语态。句意：这位前部长最终被判无罪，尽管他被指控在选举前允许虚假谣言传播。分析句子可知，accuse与主语是逻辑动宾关系，应用被动语态，且accuse发生在主句谓语动词之前，属于过去的过去，应用过去完成时。故选B项。
16. ________in the regulations that nobody ______any important information concerning the enterprise.
A. What is required; gives away B. As is required; give away
C. It is required; give away D. It requires; gives away
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查主语从句和虚拟语气。句意：规定中要求任何人都不能泄露企业的重要信息。分析句子可知，that引导主语从句作真正的主语，require是谓语动词，与that从句是被动关系，用被动语态，第一空结合句意表示“要求的是……”为句型it is requred that...，it作形式主语，reqire且表示要求，主语从句用用虚拟语气，谓语为should+动词原形，should可以省略；nobody后跟动词原形give away。故选C。
17. We ________ to the next generation to leave the country better than we found it.
A. owe much B. owe C. are owing D. owe it
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查动词用法。句意：我们欠后辈的一个解释，把国家留给他们比我们发现它时更好。A. owe much欠很多；B. owe欠；C. are owing欠（现在进行时）；D. owe it欠一个解释。owe it to sb to do sth为固定短语，表示“欠某人一个解释”，it为形式宾语，真正的宾语是to leave the country better than we found it，故选D项。
18. The athletes, especially the winners, should remain modest ________ rapid progress they have made.
A. whatever B. however
C. how much D. no matter
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查让步状语从句。句意：那些运动员，尤其是获胜者，无论他们取得多么迅速的进步，都应该保持谦逊。此处修饰名词progress，表示“不管什么样的、无论什么”，故A项正确。
19. —Have you paid the telephone bill
—The telephone bill ________.
A. I mean it B. That isn’t due yet
C. My telephone is out of order D. Please remember the amount
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查情景交际用语。句意：——你支付电话费了吗 ——电话费？还没到期呢。A. I mean it.我是说真的；B. That isn’t due yet.还没到期呢；C. My telephone is out of order.我的电话坏了；D. Please remember the amount.请记住金额。由Have you paid the telephone bill以及结合选项可知，这里应指电话费“还没到期”，不用支付。故选B项。
20. — Mike will announce his retirement from professional soccer next week.
—________! He’s only 25 and still very fit.
A. I don’t mind at all B. I couldn’t agree more
C. You will make it D. You can’t be serious
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查情景交际。句意：—— 迈克将于下周宣布退役。—— 你不是认真的吧！他只有25岁，现在仍然很健康。A. I don’t mind at all我一点也不介意；B. I couldn’t agree more我完全同意； C. You will make it你会成功的； D. You can’t be serious你不是认真的吧。根据下文“He’s only 25 and still very fit.”可知对于迈克将于下周宣布退役这个消息不敢置信，故选D。
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，共37.5分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Four Books about Curious Creatures
In these brilliant books find out about fleas, foxes and some unexpected friendships.
Animal Sidekicks
by Macken Murphy.
Illustrated by Dragan Kordic
This illustrated book explores the idea of symbiosis-animals that form amazing relationships to help each other. You'll learn about clownfish living peacefully with poisonous sea anemone, the frog that lives with a tarantula, and lots more.
The Secret Life of Foxes
by Chloe Petrylak.
Have you ever spotted a fox on the streets of your town at night or even in your back garden Wildlife enthusiasts will love finding out more about the mysterious lives of foxes. As well as lots of interesting information, this book includes great ideas for ways to help foxes near you.
Please Don't Bite Me
by Nazzy Pakpour.
Illustrated by Owen Davey
Did you know that wasps can build nests as much as five metres wide Or that fleas can jump 150 times their own height How do mosquitoes track you down This interesting illustrated book digs out the surprising lives of some of the buzzing, biting and stinging insects that are all around.
Stone age beasts
by BenLerwill.
Illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith
Travel back in time to meet incredible creatures in this beautiful book. It features many of the prehistoric animals that our human ancestors would have met face-to-face in the Stone Age. Learn about the woolly mammoth, the sabre-toothed cat, and the six-metre snake that once slithered along the forest floor.
21. In which book can you find the fish that help clean sharks' teeth
A. Animal Sidekicks. B. The Secret Life of Foxes. C. Please Don't Bite Me. D. Stone Age Beasts.
22. How is the book The Secret Life of Foxes different from others
A. It deals with a curious creature. B. It has no illustrations in the book.
C. It only attracts wildlife enthusiasts. D. It doesn't mention relationships of creatures.
23. What kind of creatures are mentioned in the book Stone Age Beasts
A. Amazing and giant ocean life. B. Mysterious and fascinating birds.
C. Interesting and surprising insects. D. Unbelievable and ancient animals.
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了四本关于好奇生物的书。
【21题详解】
推理判断题。根据Animal Sidekicks中“This illustrated book explores the idea of symbiosis-animals that form amazing relationships to help each other. You'll learn about clownfish living peacefully with poisonous sea anemone, the frog that lives with a tarantula, and lots more.”（这本图文并茂的书探讨了共生的概念——动物之间形成奇妙的关系，互相帮助。你会了解到小丑鱼和有毒的海葵和平共处，青蛙和狼蛛生活在一起，还有更多。）可推知，在《动物朋友》这本书中你有可能找到帮助清洁鲨鱼牙齿的鱼。故选A项。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据Animal Sidekicks中“Illustrated by Dragan Kordic”（由Dragan Kordic绘制）、Please Don't Bite Me中“Illustrated by Owen Davey”（欧文·戴维(Owen Davey)绘制）和Stone age beasts中“Illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith”（格雷厄姆·贝克-史密斯(graham Baker-Smith)绘制）由此可知，这三本书都是绘制的书，书中都有插图，而《狐狸的秘密生活》这本书没有插图。故选B项。
【23题详解】
细节理解题。根据Stone age beasts 中“Travel back in time to meet incredible creatures in this beautiful book. It features many of the prehistoric animals that our human ancestors would have met face-to-face in the Stone Age.”（在这本美丽的书中，穿越回到过去，遇见不可思议的生物。它展示了许多史前动物，这些动物是我们的人类祖先在石器时代面对面遇到的。）可知，《石器时代的野兽》一书中提到了令人难以置信的古老动物。故选D项。
B
Rachel Maclean’s toy shop on Ayr high street appears like any other in a town centre at first sight. Step inside and you will notice that familiar promotional entreaties (恳求) are backwards: Don’t Buy Me, Nothing Must Go. Everything is upside down and nothing is for sale.
Matilda Coleman, six, picked up one of the toys—a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Disney princess(公主), and turned her upside down. Underneath the skirt was a pale-faced witchy (女巫的) version. The girl liked it, and then was confused that the toy wasn’t available to buy. Maclean’s work playfully breaks the grasp that consumer culture has on modern minds.
“What art can do best is to make you look at things that you’re very used to in a different way,” said Maclean (b.1987), a Glasgow-based multi-media artist who has rapidly established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in the UK. “Sadly the decline of our city centres is something that is common these days, so I want to bring people into a space where they can reflect on it in a fun way.”
“When the shop first opened, everyone was interested in finding out what it was,” said Parker, a local teenager. “It has lots of different themes about identity, consumerism, capitalism, but they are silent messages and everyone has different thoughts about it.”
Maclean has taken over this former butcher’s shop in Ayr as part of Jupiter Plus, a new arts and education initiative, which aims to reluyenate empty high street shops in towns and cities in Scotland with free art exbibitions and workshops for young people. People’s immediate joy at seeing something happening in here is abivious and it drives conversations about how they remember the high street and how the space could be used again.
24. Why is Matilda Coleman mentioned in paragraph 2
A. To illustrate consumer culture. B. To show the girl’s passion for toys.
C. To erase doubts about Maclean’s work. D. To highlight the features of Maclean’s shop.
25. How does the author develop paragraph 3 and paragraph 4
A. By giving examples. B. By using quotes.
C. By making comparisons. D. By sharing experiences.
26. What does the underlined word “rejuvenate” in paragraph 5 mean
A. Expand. B. Refresh. C. Replace. D. Surround.
27. What can we infer about Maclean
A. She has a creative mind. B. She respects others’opinions.
C. She makes profits in a different way. D. She draws public attention to education.
【答案】24. D 25. B 26. B 27. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了Rachel Maclean通过一家商店来打破人们对日常事物的看法，它引发了关于人们如何记住高街以及如何再次使用空间的讨论。
【24题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Step inside and you will notice that familiar promotional entreaties (恳求) are backwards: Don’t Buy Me, Nothing Must Go. Everything is upside down and nothing is for sale.(走进去，你会注意到熟悉的促销恳求是反向的：不要买我，没什么必买的。所有的东西都颠倒了，没有东西出售)”以及第二段“Matilda Coleman, six, picked up one of the toys—a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Disney princess(公主), and turned her upside down. Underneath the skirt was a pale-faced witchy (女巫的) version. The girl liked it, and then was confused that the toy wasn’t available to buy. Maclean’s work playfully breaks the grasp that consumer culture has on modern minds.(6岁的玛蒂尔达·科尔曼拿起其中一个玩具——一个金发碧眼的迪士尼公主，把她颠倒过来。裙子下面是一个脸色苍白的女巫版本。这个女孩喜欢它，然后又感到困惑，因为这个玩具买不到。麦克林的作品开玩笑地打破了消费文化对现代人思想的掌控)”可推知，第二段提到了玛蒂尔达·科尔曼是为了突出麦克林商店的特点。故选D。
【25题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段““What art can do best is to make you look at things that you’re very used to in a different way,” said Maclean (b.1987), a Glasgow-based multi-media artist who has rapidly established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in the UK. “Sadly the decline of our city centres is something that is common these days, so I want to bring people into a space where they can reflect on it in a fun way.”(“艺术最擅长的是让你以一种不同的方式看待你非常习惯的事物，”麦克林（b.1987）说，她是格拉斯哥的多媒体艺术家，迅速成为英国最独特的声音之一。“可悲的是，我们城市中心的衰落现在很普遍，所以我想把人们带到一个空间，让他们以一种有趣的方式反思它。”)”以及第四段““When the shop first opened, everyone was interested in finding out what it was,” said Parker, a local teenager. “It has lots of different themes about identity, consumerism, capitalism, but they are silent messages and everyone has different thoughts about it.”(“当这家店刚开业时，每个人都想知道它是什么，”当地的一名青少年帕克说。“它有很多关于身份、消费主义和资本主义的不同主题，但它们都是无声的信息，每个人对此都有不同的想法。”)”可推知，作者通过引用他人的话来展开第三段和第四段。故选B。
【26题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“Maclean has taken over this former butcher’s shop in Ayr as part of Jupiter Plus, a new arts and education initiative(Maclean接管了这家位于Ayr的前肉店，作为Jupiter Plus的一部分，Jupiter Plus是一项新的艺术和教育倡议)”以及后文“empty high street shops in towns and cities in Scotland with free art exbibitions and workshops for young people”可知，Maclean想要通过这家店作为Jupiter Plus的一部分，而Jupiter Plus是一项新的艺术和教育倡议，旨在通过为年轻人提供免费艺术展览和讲习班来恢复苏格兰城镇和城市中空置的高街商店的活力。故划线词意思是“恢复活力”。故选B。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Rachel Maclean’s toy shop on Ayr high street appears like any other in a town centre at first sight. Step inside and you will notice that familiar promotional entreaties (恳求) are backwards: Don’t Buy Me, Nothing Must Go. Everything is upside down and nothing is for sale.( Rachel Maclean的玩具店位于艾尔高街上，乍一看和市中心的其他玩具店没什么两样。走进去，你会注意到熟悉的促销恳求是反向的：不要买我，没什么必买的。所有的东西都颠倒了，没有东西出售)”结合文章主要说明了Rachel Maclean通过一家商店来打破人们对日常事物的看法，它引发了关于人们如何记住高街以及如何再次使用空间的讨论。可推知，Maclean有创造性的头脑。故选A。
C
The word paradigm comes from the Greek. It was originally a scientific term, and is more commonly used today to mean a model or theory. In the more general sense, it’s the way we “see” the world — not in terms of our visual sense of sight, but in terms of perceiving, understanding, and interpreting.
A simple way to understand paradigms is to see them as maps. We all know that “the map is not the territory.” A map is simply an explanation of certain aspects of the territory. That’s exactly what a paradigm is. It is a theory, an explanation, or model of something else. You can never arrive at a specific location in a new city with a wrong map.
Each of us has many maps in our head, which can be divided into two main categories: maps of the way things are, or realities, and maps of the way things should be, or values. We interpret everything we experience through these mental maps. We seldom question their accuracy; we’re usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are or, as we are conditioned to see it. Clearheaded people see things differently, each looking through the unique lens of experience. But this does not mean that there are no facts. Instead, each person’s interpretation of these facts represents prior experiences.
The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.
28. How does the author illustrate the concept of “paradigm”
A. By comparing it to an everyday object. B. By sorting it into different categories.
C. By presenting personal examples. D. By highlighting a sharp contrast.
29. What can be concluded about the mental maps mentioned in paragraph 3
A. They fail to escape our attention. B. They may be lacking in accuracy.
C. They prove wrong and unreliable. D. They have little influence on behavior.
30. Which of the following echoes the main idea of paragraph 4
A. Great minds think alike. B. All men have opinions, but few think.
C. Where we stand depends on where we sit. D. The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinions.
31. What does the author advocate in the last paragraph
A. A better understanding of our paradigms. B. A stronger sense of responsibility for others.
C. A more objective view of others’ perceptions. D. A more positive attitude toward life experience.
【答案】28. A 29. B 30. C 31. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章解释了范式(paradigm)含义及其现实意义。
【28题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中“A simple way to understand paradigms is to see them as maps.(理解paradigm的一个简单方法是将它们视为地图)”可推知，作者通过把paradigm与地图这一日常用品进行比较，从而达到阐明其概念的目的。故选A项。
【29题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中“We interpret everything we experience through these mental maps. We seldom question their accuracy; we’re usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. (我们通过这些思维地图来解释我们所经历的一切。我们很少质疑它们的准确性；我们通常甚至没有意识到我们有它们。我们只是简单地假设我们看待事物的方式就是它们真实的样子或它们应该的样子)”可知，我们用思维地图来解释一切，但很少质疑其准确性，只是简单地假设我们看待事物的方式就是它们真实的样子或它们应该的样子，由此推知，其实思维地图是可能缺乏准确性的。故选B项。
【30题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第四段中“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are or, as we are conditioned to see it. Clearheaded people see things differently, each looking through the unique lens of experience. But this does not mean that there are no facts. Instead, each person’s interpretation of these facts represents prior experiences.(我们不是按它本来的样子看世界，而是按我们自己角度或者我们的习惯于看世界。头脑清晰的人看待事物的方式不同，每个人都从独特的经验角度看问题)”可知，第四段主要讲每个人都是从自己的角度出发看世界，即我们和观点、立场与我们的角度、位置有关，与C项“我们的立场取决于我们的位置”一致。故选C项。
【31题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后段中“The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.(我们越了解我们的基本范式、地图或假设，以及我们受经验影响的程度，我们就越能对这些范式负责，检验它们，与现实进行测试，倾听他人的意见，接受他们的看法，从而获得更大的图景和更客观的观点)”可知，作者主张要更好地理解我们的范式，才能获得更大的图景和更客观的观点，所有要更好地理解范式。故选A项。
D
In 1970s, a psychologist named J. P. Guilford conducted a famous study of creativity known as the nine-dot puzzle (九点谜题). He challenged research subjects to connect all nine dots using just four straight lines without lifting their pencils from the page. All the participants limited the possible solutions to those within the imaginary square. Only 20 percent managed to break out of the confinement (束缚) and continue their lines in the white space surrounding the dots.
The fact that 80 percent of the participants were effectively blinded by the boundaries of the square led Guilford to jump to the sweeping conclusion that creativity requires you to go outside the box. The idea went viral. Overnight, it seemed that creativity experts everywhere were teaching managers how to think outside the box. The concept enjoyed such strong popularity that no one bothered to check the facts. No one, that is, before two different research teams-Clarke Burnham with Kenneth Davis, and Joseph Alba with Robert Weisberg-ran another experiment.
Both teams followed the same way of dividing participants into two groups. The first group was given the same instructions as the participants in Guilford’s experiment. The second group was told that the solution required the lines to be drawn outside the imaginary box. Guess what Only 25 percent solved the puzzle. In statistical terms, this 5 percent improvement is insignificant as this could be called sampling error.
Let’s look a little more closely at the surprising result. Solving this problem requires people to literally think outside the box. Yet participants’ performance was not improved even when they were given specific instructions to do so. That is, direct and clear instructions to think outside the box did not help. That this advice is useless should effectively have killed off the much widely spread — and therefore, much more dangerous — metaphor (比喻) that out-of-the-box thinking boosts creativity. After all, with one simple yet brilliant experiment, researchers had proven that the conceptual link between thinking outside the box and creativity was a misunderstanding.
32. What did the nine-dot puzzle study focus on
A. Visual perception.
B. Thinking patterns.
C. Practical experience.
D. Theoretical knowledge.
33. Why did the two research teams run the follow-up experiment
A. To test the catchy concept.
B. To contradict the initial idea.
C. To collect supporting evidence
D. To identify the underlying logic.
34. Which of the following best describes the follow-up experiment
A. Groundless. B. Inspiring. C. Fruitless. D. Revealing.
35. Which is the best title for the passage
A. Puzzle Solving: A Key To Creativity
B. Thinking Outside the Box: A Misguided Idea
C. Nine-Dot Puzzle: A Magic Test
D. Creative Thinking: We Fell For The Trap
【答案】32. B 33. A 34. D 35. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了20世纪70年代，一位名叫J. P.吉尔福德的心理学家进行了一项著名的关于创造力的研究，名为“九点谜题”, 这让吉尔福德得出了一个笼统的结论：创造力需要你跳出框框。
【32题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中的“He challenged research subjects to connect all nine dots using just four straight lines without lifting their pencils from the page. All the participants limited the possible solutions to those within the imaginary square. Only 20 percent managed to break out of the confinement (束缚) and continue their lines in the white space surrounding the dots. (他要求研究对象在不把铅笔从纸上拿起来的情况下，用四条直线把九个点连起来。所有的参与者都将可能的解决方案限制在虚方范围内。只有20%的人成功地打破了限制，在圆点周围的白色空间里继续他们的线条)”可推知，九点谜题研究的重点是思维模式。故选B。
【33题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The idea went viral. Overnight, it seemed that creativity experts everywhere were teaching managers how to think outside the box. The concept enjoyed such strong popularity that no one bothered to check the facts. No one, that is, before two different research teams-Clarke Burnham with Kenneth Davis, and Joseph Alba with Robert Weisberg-ran another experiment. (一夜之间，各地的创造力专家似乎都在教管理者如何跳出固有思维。这个概念非常受欢迎，以至于没有人费心去核实事实。在两个不同的研究小组——克拉克·伯纳姆和肯尼斯·戴维斯以及约瑟夫·阿尔巴和罗伯特·维斯伯格——进行另一个实验之前，没有人做过另一个实验)”可推知，两个研究小组进行了后续实验来测试这个吸引人的概念。故选A。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Yet participants’ performance was not improved even when they were given specific instructions to do so. That is, direct and clear instructions to think outside the box did not help. That this advice is useless should effectively have killed off the much widely spread — and therefore, much more dangerous — metaphor (比喻) that out-of-the-box thinking boosts creativity.(然而，即使给了参与者明确的指示，他们的表现也没有得到改善。也就是说，直接而明确的跳出思维定式的指示并没有帮助。这个建议是无用的，这应该有效地扼杀了广泛传播的——因此，更危险的——开箱即用思维促进创造力的比喻。毕竟，通过一个简单而出色的实验，研究人员已经证明，打破常规思考和创造力之间的概念联系是一种误解)”可推知，后续的实验很有启示意义。故选D。
【35题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“In 1970s, a psychologist named J. P. Guilford conducted a famous study of creativity known as the nine-dot puzzle (九点谜题). (20世纪70年代，一位名叫J. P.吉尔福德的心理学家进行了一项著名的关于创造力的研究，名为“九点谜题”)”及下文介绍可知，文章主要介绍了20世纪70年代，一位名叫J. P.吉尔福德的心理学家进行了一项著名的关于创造力的研究，名为“九点谜题”, 这让吉尔福德得出了一个笼统的结论:创造力需要你跳出框框。由此可知，Nine-Dot Puzzle: A Magic Test(九点谜题：一个神奇的测试)适合作本文最佳标题。故选C。
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
To put into words my time in Antarctica and South Georgia is nearly impossible. I had always described it as a once in a lifetime experience, but as soon as I stepped foot on the continent, I immediately knew I needed to return.
____36____ About 50% of the passengers of our expedition (远征) had been to Antarctica at least once before. This goes to show just how magical of a destination it is.
All your senses will be stimulated..is the best way I can describe the time on the white continent. How tiny you feel next to towering glaciers and icebergs. The icy water moving through your body as you take the infamous Polar Plunge. The learning of heart-touching stories of survival from explorers of the past. ____37____
Antarctica makes you feel so small and insignificant, in the best way. ____38____ You get front row seats to witness the most incredible show: nature. It is as much beautiful as is it cruel. Like seeing a brown skua (贼鸥) attacking a penguin chick. Your heart aches. Then your expedition guide regretfully tells you that a chick that is small in March would have very slim chances of surviving the upcoming winter. The cycle continues, and you’re left wondering who to root for.
Things move fast in Antarctica, and every month offers something really unique and special to see. In March, the weather is a bit more unpredictable, and the sea ice is beginning to form again. ____39____ In two more weeks, expedition ships would not be able to break through the ice.
The penguins are completing their yearly feather-changing process. ____40____ The expedition team made sure we kept our distance and did not scare them into hiding under freezing water.
These animals, arguably the cutest you will ever see, survive such unfavorable environments. It’s absolutely incredible to witness the challenges, the skill, the efforts, all of it. I am forever grateful to have been a visitor.
A. The list goes on.
B. But this is not always the case.
C. Our voyage was the last of the season.
D. I was not the only one who felt this way.
E. I, years later, did return to this fascinating place.
F. They are really weak during this time, and cannot dive.
G. Everything has a purpose, and the cycle of life is evident.
【答案】36. D 37. A 38. G 39. C 40. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在南极洲的各种见闻以及在南极洲的感受。
【36题详解】
根据上文“I had always described it as a once in a lifetime experience, but as soon as I stepped foot on the continent, I immediately knew I needed to return. (我一直把它描述为一生一次的经历，但我一踏上这块大陆，就立刻知道我需要回去。)”以及下文内容“About 50% of the passengers of our expedition (远征) had been to Antarctica at least once before. This goes to show just how magical of a destination it is.(我们远征中大约50%的乘客以前至少去过南极洲一次。这说明了它是一个多么神奇的目的地。)”可知，有很多人都不是第一次去南极洲，也就是想再去南极洲的人不止作者一个。选项D“I was not the only one who felt this way.(我不是唯一有这种感觉的人。)”与下文内容一致。故选D。
【37题详解】
根据上文内容“How tiny you feel next to towering glaciers and icebergs. The icy water moving through your body as you take the infamous Polar Plunge. The learning of heart-touching stories of survival from explorers of the past.(在高耸的冰川和冰山旁，你会觉得自己多么渺小。当你进行极富盛名的极地跳水时，冰冷的水穿过你的身体。从过去的探险家那里学习感人的生存故事。)”可知，上文提到的是作者在南极洲时的各种体验。选项A“The list goes on. (这样的例子不胜枚举。)是对上文的总结，同时也说明作者的感慨颇多。故选A。
【38题详解】
根据下文“You get front row seats to witness the most incredible show: nature. It is as much beautiful as is it cruel. Like seeing a brown skua (贼鸥) attacking a penguin chick. Your heart aches. Then your expedition guide regretfully tells you that a chick that is small in March would have very slim chances of surviving the upcoming winter. The cycle continues, and you’re left wondering who to root for.(你可以近距离地见证到最不可思议的表演：大自然。它既美丽又残酷。比如看到一只棕色贼鸥攻击一只小企鹅。你很心痛。然后你的探险向导遗憾地告诉你，三月里还小的小企鹅在即将到来的冬天里生存的机会非常渺茫。这样的循环还在继续，你还在想该支持谁。)可知，大自然以自己的方式延续下去。选项G“Everything has a purpose, and the cycle of life is evident.(万物皆有目的，生命的循环是显而易见的。)”引出下文，与段意一致。故选G。
【39题详解】
根据下文“In two more weeks, expedition ships would not be able to break through the ice.(再过两个星期，探险船就无法破冰了。)”可知，再过两个星期，探险船就无法进入南极洲。选项C“Our voyage was the last of the season. (我们的航行是这个季节的最后一次。)”与下文内容一致。故选C。
【40题详解】
根据空前“The penguins are completing their yearly feather-changing process.(企鹅们正在完成一年一度的羽毛更换过程。)”以及下文“The expedition team made sure we kept our distance and did not scare them into hiding under freezing water.(探险队确保我们保持距离，没有吓到它们躲在冰冷的水中。)”可知，本段主要讲述了企鹅，空前说的是企鹅正在换羽毛；下文说探险队不能惊吓企鹅，以防落水。根据上下文可推测，此时的企鹅落水会有危险。选项F“They are really weak during this time, and cannot dive. (它们在这段时间非常虚弱，不能潜水。)”与本段内容一致。故选F。
第三部分 语言运用（共两节满分30分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。
It’s been nearly seven years.
In 2016, a group of volunteers began their ____41____ of the land at What Cheer Flower Farm in Rhode Island, with a simple ____42____: get flowers into the hands of anyone in need of a pick-me-up. ____43____, each one of the tens of thousands of bunches that What Cheer grows and delivers are ____44____ free of charge.
“We want to blanket the state with flowers and bring ____45____ to people,” says Erin Achenbach, What Cheer’s farmer and head florist. What Cheer regularly delivers ____46____ joy to people at recovery centers, food banks, senior centers, local ____47____ and more including AIDS Care Ocean State.
“Seeing the smiles on people’s faces who didn’t ____48____ it — who just came in to have a meeting with their case manager or take advantage of one of our programs — to just see this ____49____ come off their faces is great,” says Stephen from AIDS Care Ocean State.
Located in a ____50____ industrial neighborhood, What Cheer’s flower beds lie on 2.7 acres that once housed a crumbling knife factory. And it’s safe to say that the What Cheer crew ____51____ some flowers of their own: In May, the nonprofit was awarded a record-high $500,000grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for its continued ____52____ of a brown field site once abandoned because of industrial pollution.
“Not only do we give this space back to the ____53____ by bringing life to space that’s quite literally dead,” says Achenbach, “but we’re an eco-landing spot with the ability to help with the ____54____ of local insects and birds, and that’ll only make people’s lives better.”
“What’s good about a flower is that it needs ____55____ else,” she adds. “Your only job when someone gives you flowers is to enjoy them.”
41.
A. career B. exploration C. control D. study
42.
A. routine B. manner C. track D. goal
43.
A. Furthermore B. However C. Accordingly D. Likewise
44.
A. mainly B. regularly C. entirely D. partly
45.
A. closeness B. happiness C. kindness D. freshness
46.
A. freezing B. inviting C. fading D. blooming
47.
A. hospitals B. stadiums C. auditoriums D. libraries
48.
A miss B. spoil C. expect D. reject
49.
A. grace B. glow C. glory D. generosity
50.
A. developed B. restored C. ruined D. deserted
51.
A. deserve B. refuse C. demand D. plant
52.
A. enlargement B. damage C. improvement D. pursuit
53
A. company B. community C. organization D. association
54.
A. migrations B. reductions C. locations D. populations
55.
A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something
【答案】41. B 42. D 43. A 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. A 48. C 49. B 50. D 51. A 52. C 53. B 54. D 55. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一群志愿者在罗德岛的What Cheer花卉农场开始了他们土地开垦，他们的目标是：把花送到任何需要好心情的人手中。
【41题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：2016年，一群志愿者开始在罗德岛的What Cheer花卉农场勘探这片土地，他们的目标很简单：把花送到需要提神的人手中。A. career职业；B. exploration勘探；C. control控制；D. study研究。根据下文“each one of the tens of thousands of bunches that What Cheer grows(每一束都是由What Cheer种植的)”可知，他们要种花，所以此处是指“勘探、开垦”土地。故选B项。
【42题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. routine常规；B. manner举止；C. track足迹；D. goal目标。根据下文“get flowers into the hands of anyone in need of a pick-me-up.(把花送到任何需要提神的人手中。)”可知，把花送给需要的人是他们的目标。故选D项。
【43题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：此外，What Cheer种植和运送的成千上万束鲜花中的每一束都是完全免费的。A. Furthermore此外；B. However然而；C. Accordingly相应地；D. Likewise类似地。根据后文“each one of the tens of thousands of bunches that What Cheer grows and delivers are ___4___ free of charge.”可知，种植和运送都是免费的，是进一步解释他们的志愿活动。故选A项。
【44题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. mainly主要地；B. regularly定期地；C. entirely完全地；D. partly不分地。根据上文“a group of volunteers(一群志愿者)”可知，他们志愿活动，所以应该是“完全地”免费。故选C项。
【45题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：“我们想让鲜花覆盖整个州，给人们带来快乐，”What Cheer的农场主兼首席花商艾琳·阿肯巴赫说。A. closeness亲密；B. happiness快乐；C. kindness友好；D. freshness新鲜。根据上文“We want to blanket the state with flowers(我们想用鲜花覆盖整个州)”可知，让鲜花覆盖整个州，应该是给人们带来“快乐”。故选B项。
【46题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：What Cheer定期为康复中心、食品银行、老年中心、当地医院和更多地方的人们提供十足的快乐，包括艾滋病护理海洋州。A. freezing极冷的；B. inviting诱人的；C. fading正在衰退的；D. blooming盛开的、十足的。根据下文“people at recovery centers, food banks, senior centers,(康复中心，食物银行，老年中心的人，)”可知，他们志愿送花是为这些地方的老人提供“十足的”快乐。故选D项。
【47题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. hospitals医院；B. stadiums体育馆；C. auditoriums听众席；D. libraries图书馆。根据下文“more including AIDS Care Ocean State(包括艾滋病护理海洋州)”可知，此处是指当地的“医院”。故选A项。
【48题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：“看到那些没有预料到的人脸上的笑容——他们只是来和他们的病例经理开会，或者利用我们的一个项目——看到他们脸上的笑容真是太棒了，”来自海洋州艾滋病护理中心的斯蒂芬说。A. miss女士；B. spoil宠坏；C. expect期待；D. reject拒绝。根据下文“just came in to have a meeting with their case manager or take advantage of one of our programs(只是来和他们的案件经理开会或者利用我们的项目)”可知，此处是指他们送花得到意想不到的效果。故选C项。
【49题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. grace优雅；B. glow兴高采烈；C. glory光荣；D. generosity慷概。根据上文“Seeing the smiles on people’s faces(看到人们脸上的笑容)”可知，此处是指他们脸上的“兴高采烈”的表情。故选B项。
【50题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：What Cheer的花坛坐落在一个废弃的工业区，占地2.7英亩，曾经是一家摇摇欲坠的刀厂。A. developed发展；B. restored恢复；C. ruined毁灭；D. deserted遗弃。根据下文“What Cheer’s flower beds lie on 2.7 acres that once housed a crumbling knife factory.(What Cheer的花坛占地2.7英亩，这里曾经是一家摇摇欲坠的刀具厂。)”可知，此处是指“废弃的”工业区。故选D项。
【51题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：可以肯定地说，What Cheer的工作人员应该得到一些属于他们自己的花：今年5月，这家非营利组织获得了美国环境保护署创纪录的50万美元拨款，以表彰它对一片曾经因工业污染而废弃的棕色土地的持续改善。A. deserve应得；B. refuse拒绝；C. demand要求；D. plant植物。根据下文“In May, the nonprofit was awarded a record-high $500,000grant from the Environmental Protection Agency(今年5月，这家非营利组织从美国环境保护署获得了创纪录的50万美元拨款)”可知，此处是指志愿者们“应该得到”属于自己的鲜花。故选A项。
【52题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. enlargement放大；B. damage破坏；C. improvement改善；D. pursuit追求。根据下文“a brown field site once abandoned because of industrial pollution.(一片曾经因工业污染而废弃的棕色土地。)”可知，此处是指这片棕色土地的持续“改善”。故选C项。
【53题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：阿肯巴赫说：“我们不仅把这个空间还给了社区，给几乎已经死亡的的空间带来生机，而且我们是一个生态着陆点，有能力帮助当地昆虫和鸟类的数量，这只会让人们的生活更美好。”A. company公司；B. community社区；C. organization组织；D. association协会。根据上文第6题的分析“ What Cheer regularly delivers 6 joy to people at recovery centers, food banks, senior centers, local 7 and more including AIDS Care Ocean State.”可知，他们把空地利用起来还给了“社区”。故选B项。
【54题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. migrations迁徙；B. reductions减小；C. locations位置；D. populations族群、人口。根据下文“local insects and birds(本地昆虫及鸟类)”可知，他们还帮助昆虫和鸟类种群的“数量”。故选D项。
【55题详解】
考查代词词义辨析。句意：“一朵花的好处在于它不需要其他任何东西，”她补充道。“当有人送花给你时，你唯一要做的就是欣赏。”A. nothing什么也没有；B. everything一切事情；C. anything任何事情；D. something一些事情。根据下文“Your only job when someone gives you flowers is to enjoy them.(当有人送花给你时，你唯一要做的就是欣赏。)”可知，唯一要做就是欣赏，其他什么也不需要。故选A项。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The sheepskin raft (羊皮筏), the oldest ferry tool along the Yellow River in Northwest China, boasts a history of nearly 2,000 years. The airbag of the raft is made of a whole sheepskin and undergoes many processes including heating ____56____ (remove) hair, soaking in salt y oil, sewing, drying and blowing. Then the airbags are fastened to a wooden stand, enabling its use for transporting people and goods ____57____ the water.
It is said that the largest sheepskin raft in old times ____58____ (consist) of more than 600 sheepskin airbags, will an impressive length of 22 meters and a ____59____ (wide) of 7 meters. It was capable of carrying around 30 tons of goods and drifting over 200 kilometers in one day.
In the early 20th century, before the1950s, ____60____ railways were not yet in operation and road traffic was ____61____ (convenient), the sheepskin raft served as the most important means of transportation for residents ____62____ (live) along the Yellow River.
However, with the rapid development of society, the sheepskin raft has ____63____ (large) fulfilled its historical role in transporting people and goods. Nowadays, it can only ____64____ (find) along the banks of the Yellow River in some cities in Gansu province. It has become _____65_____ tool for people to ferry on the Yellow River for sightseeing and leisure.
【答案】56. to remove
57. across 58. consisted
59. width 60. when
61. inconvenient
62. living 63. largely
64. be found
65. a
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了黄河沿岸羊皮筏的制作流程和历史作用。
【56题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：筏子的安全气囊由整张羊皮制成，经过加热脱毛、盐油浸泡、缝纫、干燥、吹气等诸多工序。此处表目的，应用动词不定式。故填to remove。
【57题详解】
考查介词。句意：然后，安全气囊被固定在一个木制支架上，使其能够用于在水上运输人员和货物。此处表示穿过水面，应用介词across“横过，穿过，指在平面上从一边到另一边”。故填across。
【58题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：据说古代最大的羊皮筏由600多个羊皮气囊组成，长22米，宽7米，令人印象深刻。consist作从句的谓语，根据时间状语in old times可知，句子陈述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时。故填consisted。
【59题详解】
考查名词。句意：据说古代最大的羊皮筏由600多个羊皮气囊组成，长22米，宽7米，令人印象深刻。根据空前冠词a及空后of可知，此处应用名词width“宽度”，使用单数形式。故填width。
【60题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：20世纪初，20世纪50年代以前，铁路还没有开通，公路交通不便，羊皮筏是黄河沿岸居民最主要的交通工具。此处是非限定性定语从句，先行词是the1950s，关系词替代先行词在从句中作时间状语，应用关系副词when引导。故填when。
【61题详解】
考查形容词。句意：20世纪初，20世纪50年代以前，铁路还没有开通，公路交通不便，羊皮筏是黄河沿岸居民最主要的交通工具。根据空前railways were not yet in operation及常识，此处指“公路交通不便”，应用形容词inconvenient“不方便的”，作表语。故填inconvenient。
【62题详解】
考查现在分词。句意：20世纪初，20世纪50年代以前，铁路还没有开通，公路交通不便，羊皮筏是黄河沿岸居民最主要的交通工具。本句已有谓语动词served，所以live用非谓语形式，与residents是逻辑主谓关系，应用现在分词，作后置定语。故填living。
【63题详解】
考查副词。句意：然而，随着社会的快速发展，羊皮筏在很大程度上已经完成了它在运送人和货物方面的历史作用。此处修饰动词，应用副词largely“很大程度上”，作状语。故填largely。
【64题详解】
考查动词语态。句意：如今，它只能在甘肃省的一些城市的黄河沿岸找到。find与主语是逻辑动宾关系，应用被动语态，空前有情态动词can，be动词使用原形。故填be found。
【65题详解】
考查冠词。句意：它已成为人们在黄河上摆渡观光、休闲的工具。此处泛指“一种工具”，应用不定冠词，tool是以辅音音素开头的词，应用a。故填a。
第四部分 完成句子（共10小题，每空1分，共15分）
根据各句括号内的中文提示，用恰当的单词或短语的正确形式完成句子，每空限填一个单词（限选择性必修二）。
66. Talk with ________ (乐观的) and encouraging people, for they bring a new meaning to life.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）
【答案】optimistic
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：与乐观和能够鼓舞人心的人交谈，因为他们会给你的生活带来新的意义。根据句意及汉语提示可知，此处使用形容词optimistic，修饰名词people，作定语。故填optimistic。
67. During the Spring Festival people exchanged new year ________(问候) with each other whenever they meet.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）
【答案】greetings
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：春节期间，每当人们见面时，都会互相问候新年。根据句意及汉语提示可知，此处使用名词greeting，作宾语，常用复数形式。故填greetings。
68. Never feel ________（尴尬的）to turn to your teachers or classmates, for everyone in your surroundings can be your teacher. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
【答案】embarrassed
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：永远不要为求助于你的老师或同学而感到尴尬，因为你周围的每个人都可以成为你的老师。根据汉语提示“尴尬的”可知，空处为形容词embarrassed作表语，故填embarrassed。
69. People say the development of AI will change the world ________ (显著地，戏剧性地). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】dramatically
【解析】
【详解】考查副词。句意：人们说人工智能的发展将极大地改变世界。“显著地，戏剧性地”应用副词dramatically，修饰change the world，作状语，表示“极大地改变世界”。故填dramatically。
70. Making eye contact in some countries is a way to display interest. In other countries, by contrast, it is not always ________ (认可) of. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】approved
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：在某些国家，眼神交流是表示感兴趣的一种方式。相比之下，在其他国家，它并不总是被认可的。结合空后的of可知，“认可”应用动词approve，动词短语approve of表示“认可，赞成”，且approve of和主语it之间是被动关系，需用被动语态，因此approve需用过去分词的形式。故填approved。
71. They sought for somewhere to shelter, but ________ ________（徒劳地）. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
【答案】 ①. in ②. vain
【解析】
【详解】考查介词短语。句意：他们想找个地方避难，但徒劳无功。in vain“徒劳地”为固定短语。故填①in；②vain。
72. There is convincing evidence of a link between ________ ________ (暴露于) sun and skin cancer. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
【答案】 ①. exposure ②. to
【解析】
【详解】考查固定短语。句意：有令人信服的证据表明暴露在阳光下和皮肤癌症之间有联系。根据句意和中文提示可知，表示“暴露于”应用exposure to，为固定搭配，exposure是不可数名词，与skin cancer并列，符合语境。故填exposure to。
73. Even after so many years, the happy memories about our journey in Europe ________________ (突然出现) from time to time. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
【答案】 ①. pop ②. up
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语。句意：即使这么多年过去了，关于我们欧洲之旅的美好回忆仍不时涌现。由from time to time可知，句子时态应用一般现在时，根据句意和中文提示可知，表示“突然出现”可用pop up，为动词短语，在本句中作谓语，主语为the happy memories，谓语动词使用原形形式。故填pop up。
74. Only professionals gain ________ ________ (有权使用) medical libraries. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
【答案】 ①. access ②. to
【解析】
【详解】考查名词，介词。句意：只有专业人士才有权使用医学图书馆。表示“权利”用名词access；“到……”用介词to；gain access to意为“有权使用”，为固定短语，符合题意。故填①access；②to。
75. The non-profit organization is ________ ________ (致力于) providing the animals with better care. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】 ①. committed##devoted ②. to
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词短语。句意：这个非营利组织致力于为动物提供更好的照顾。根据汉语提示和所给空数可知，空处应用形容词短语be committed to或be devoted to表示“致力于”，表示专注于某个目标、事业或价值观，坚定地投入其中。故填①committed/devoted；②to。
第五部分 读后续写（满分25分）
76. 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。
For courage, my fingers clung to the harness (绳套) on Chó’s broad back as we passed my neighbor fence. Walking by Mr. Groll’s yard is the best part of our morning walk, and also the worst. It is the best part because the roses talk to us. “Good morning, Chó,” whisper the rose scents to my guide dog’s nose. Other roses shout to me, “Hello, Mai!”
Now comes the worst part: Mr. Groll. As usual, friendly Chó thumps her tail. But Chó is just a dog; how can she know that this neighbor does not like me at all
“Hello, Mr. Groll.” I greeted him as I did every morning. And like every other morning, he did not answer me. But I knew he was there, watching, behind his fence. He always sounds out of breath, and the creaky gate swings nervously in his hand. Maybe he’s afraid of me because I’m blind. Disabilities do scare grown-ups sometimes. Then I remembered: the other day I heard him playing checkers with my friend Jimmy, who’s in a wheelchair.
Chó and I marched on, and my thoughts kept step. “Why did Mr. Groll ignore me ” It’s a mystery to me.
Papa has told me that some folks do not like people from faraway places. Does this solve the mystery Maybe Mr. Groll does not like Vietnamese neighbors. No, that can’t be it. Every Saturday Mr. Groll and my big brother, Lien, help each other with yard work. They are friends. Well, then, maybe he doesn’t like me because I’m a girl. The sidewalk hummed(发出嗡嗡声) beneath my feet. A skateboard zoomed by. “Hello, Mai and Choó” my friend Jana yelled. “Hi, Mr. Groll.” I waited. If Mr. Groll ignored Jana, then the mystery was solved. But his voice called out, “Hello, Jana!”
注意：1.续写两段文字；
2.词数150左右；
3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
The sound of it broke my heart.
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Paragraph 2:
“Chó is a very... big dog.” he said in a voice that told me he thought I would laugh at him.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
The sound of it broke my heart. Unfriendly Mr. Groll likes Jimmy, Lien, and Jana, but not me and Chó. But I should know why. Repulsed by confusion, as well as irritation, I felt my way along the fence to approach my neighbour. The gate squeaked open. “Mai! Be careful!” Mr. Groll’s hand steadied my elbow. “You can please solve my mystery,” I stammered. “Is it because I’m blind that you don’t like me Or because I am a girl from a faraway land ”
“Chó is a very... big dog.” he said in a voice that told me he thought I would laugh at him.“I like you, just as I like Lien, and Jana,” he sounded breathless, maybe because of anxiety or eagerness. “But you know, I am just afraid of your dog.” he continued. “Come with me.” I told him, “Make acquaintance with Chó.” I led him to Chó, and told Mr. Groll how gentle Chó was. Then I took Mr. Groll’s hand in mine and guided it to Chó’s head. Hesitantly, Mr. Groll stroked Chó’s ears. Friendly Chó thumped her tail. And now that the mystery was solved, our new friendship could begin.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达是读后续写。本文以人物为线索展开，讲述“我”每次和导盲犬经过邻居格罗尔先生院子的篱笆时，“我”和格罗尔先生打招呼，他都不理睬我。我以为他不喜欢女孩或者不喜欢远处来的人。但事实证明不是这样。“我”听到格罗尔先生和嘉娜打招呼。
【详解】1.段落续写
①由第一段句首内容“这个声音伤透了我的心。”可知，第一段可以描写“我”听到格罗尔先生和嘉娜打招呼的声音后的心理活动、语言。
②由第二段句首内容“‘Chó是一只非常……大的狗。’他的声音告诉我，他认为我会嘲笑他。”可知，第二段可以描写格罗尔先生给“我”的解释和“我”的心理活动。
2.续写线索：伤心—求解释—得到答案—相互介绍—友谊开始
3.词汇激活
行为类
①接近：approach/ get close to
②解决：solve/ resolve
③继续：continue/ go on
情绪类
①困惑：confusion/ bemusement
②生气：irritation/ anger
【点睛】【高分句型1】Repulsed by confusion, as well as irritation, I felt my way along the fence to approach my neighbour. ( 运用了过去分词作状语)
【高分句型2】I led him to Chó, and told Mr. Groll how gentle Chó was. ( 运用了how引导的感叹句作宾语从句)
【高分句型3】And now that the mystery was solved, our new friendship could begin. (运用了now that引导的原因状语从句)
