山东省烟台市第一中学2022-2023学年度第一学期高二上学期期末考试
英语
(满分120分 时间100分钟)
阅读理解(共15题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
A
Foods of the Future
We asked young scientists to write an advertisement that answers this question: How will food options, food availability, and individuals’ food choices change in the future A selection of their suggested marketing campaigns is below. Read previous NextGen Voices survey results at http://science.sciencemag.org/collection/nextgen-voices. — Jennifer Sills
Personalized Meal Plans
Send us your DNA, and we will predict your food preferences! Receive your personalized food basket, with a day-by-day diet program. We will send you full meals and personalized smoothies (水果奶昔) based on your genetic taste tendency.
Ada Gabriela Blidner
Twitter:@adagbb
Fresh Fruit
If you miss sweet temperate fruits, welcome to our Moon Farm. Our fruit trees are planted in hybrid-soil and artificial air that reproduce Earth’s environment from 5000 years ago. Pick fruits with your family or ship to your doorstep with MoonEx. Freshness guaranteed.
Yongsheng Ji
Email: jiyongshengkey@
Meat
Our steaks are sourced from natural grasslands, where cattle now fill the ecological roles. With FoodFootprint feeding system, we enhance natural grazing (放牧) to improve animal growth effectively while minimizing methane production and water consumption. At only $219.00/kg (including carbon taxes and ecological taxes), our steaks are affordable for the whole family.
Falko Buschke
Email: falko. buschke@
1. Which of the following needs you to provide the information of your genes
A. Meat. B. Fresh Fruit.
C. NextGen Voices. D. Personalized Meal Plans.
2. Who should you contact if you want to have fun with your family
A. Jennifer Sills. B. Yongsheng Ji.
C Falko Buschke. D. Ada Gabriela Blidner.
3. Which of the following best describes the steaks in Meat
A. Fresh. B. Green.
C. Expensive. D. Personalized.
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. B
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。文章提供了未来食物选择的几个营销活动，以供人们做出选择。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Personalized Meal Plans中的“Send us your DNA, and we will predict your food preferences!”可知，这个营销活动需要你发送自己的DNA，然后其根据DNA信息将预测出你的食物偏好。故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Pick fruits with your family Yongsheng Ji”可知，你可以与家人一起享受采摘水果的快乐。该营销活动提供的联系人是Yongsheng Ji。故选B。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Our steaks are sourced from natural grasslands, where cattle now fill the ecological roles.”可知，这个营销活动的牛排来自天然草原，那里的牛吃着原生态的草。由此可知，在天然草原长大的牛吃的是没有污染的草，因此牛排是绿色无污染的。故选B。
B
It’s a classic story: A kid is forced to learn an instrument from a young age, they play it throughout their childhood, and they develop a bittersweet relationship with it. Is the constant battle between the love for the music and the hate for the constant challenge worth the fight For me, it was.
I started playing the piano when I was four-that was 15 years ago! This was huge commitment, so there must have been something worth holding on to, right
The easy guess is that I was purely in love with music and piano. Although that’s the sweeter tale, it’s a bit more complicated. I struggled a lot with piano. Family and peers were, at least in my own head, constantly placed beside me in competition. I felt pressure to be the best in order to prove something to others-and more devastatingly (破坏性地) to prove something to myself. The seed of my musical interest was grown in the sunlight of competition and doubt. Hate sprouted (滋生) when my self-criticism hit too hard.
It’s difficult to learn to love something that didn’t originate from love. For a while, piano was more of an annoyance than a hobby. But somehow, love grew. It was deeply buried. But it was there, and by high school,it was strong enough that when I was truly on the verge of quitting any kind of formal training. I found the strength to hold on tighter, and dig further. I switched teachers, and got incredibly lucky with one who helped me tunnel into what I loved. I learned pieces for myself, I composed for myself, and I found confidence not because I got “good enough,” but because I learned that anything I had was good enough.
The love and hate I’ve had for the piano were both planted and grown. If you too have learned to hate something, remember that with commitment, it can be uprooted, and love can make a home in its place. There is always time. There is always room.
4. What does the author want to show by telling a classic story
A. The benefits of music.
B. Kids’ struggle in learning instruments.
C. Kids’ bittersweet childhood.
D. The popularity of learning instruments.
5. What can we know about the author’s experience of playing the piano
A. She finally quit formal training.
B. She never treated it as her hobby.
C. She was in pure love with music and piano.
D. She once experienced great pressure from herself.
6. What helped the author find confidence
A. Her attitude. B. Her training.
C. Her compromise. D. Her achievement.
7. What message is mainly delivered in the passage
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. Love is a thing that grows.
C. Content is better than riches.
D. Chance favors the prepared mind.
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. A 7. B
【解析】
【导语】Z这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述自己在学习钢琴过程中的爱与恨以及自己感悟。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。由文章第一段“It’s a classic story: A kid is forced to learn an instrument from a young age, they play it throughout their childhood, and they develop a bittersweet relationship with it. Is the constant battle between the love for the music and the hate for the constant challenge worth the fight For me, it was.(这是一个经典的故事：一个孩子从小就被迫学习一种乐器，他们在整个童年时期都在演奏，并与之发展出苦乐参半的关系。对音乐的热爱和对不断挑战的憎恨之间不断的斗争值得吗？对我来说，是的。)”可知，文章讲故事是为了说明孩子们在学乐器方面的挣扎，然后引出介绍自己的情况。故选B项。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第三段“ I felt pressure to be the best in order to prove something to others-and more devastatingly (破坏性地) to prove something to myself. The seed of my musical interest was grown in the sunlight of competition and doubt.(为了向别人证明一些东西，我感受到了成为最好的人的压力——更具毁灭性的是，为了向自己证明一些东西。我对音乐的兴趣在竞争和怀疑的阳光下生长。)”可知，作者曾经经历了来自自己的巨大压力。故选D项。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。由文章倒数第二段“I learned pieces for myself, I composed for myself, and I found confidence not because I got “good enough,” but because I learned that anything I had was good enough.(我为自己学习曲子，为自己作曲，我找到了自信，不是因为我“足够好”，而是因为我知道我所拥有的一切都足够好。)”可知，作者找到自信地原因是自己态度的转变，对一切的重新认识。故选A项。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。由文章倒数第二段“It’s difficult to learn to love something that didn’t originate from love. (很难学会去爱一些不是源于爱的东西。)”以及文章最后一段“The love and hate I’ve had for the piano were both planted and grown. If you too have learned to hate something, remember that with commitment, it can be uprooted, and love can make a home in its place. There is always time. There is always room.(我对钢琴的爱和恨都是种下的，也是成长的。如果你也学会了憎恨某件事，请记住，有了承诺，它可以被连根拔起，爱可以在它的地方建立一个家。时间总是有的。空间也总是有的。)”以及上下文可知，文章通过自己练钢琴的经历领悟到：对东西的爱是可以逐渐培养形成的，所以B项Love is a thing that grows(爱是一种成长的东西)符合文意。故选B项。
C
Some people say they “never forget a face.” But what does that saying mean Is there really no limit to the number of faces a person can remember A new study from a group of researchers at the University of York in England has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces. They published their findings on facial recognition this month in the Proceedings of The Royal Society B, Biological Sciences.
Rob Jenkins works in the psychology department at the University of York. He said the researchers’ study centered on “the number of faces people actually know”. The study suggests our facial recognition abilities help us to deal with the many different faces we see on the screens, as well as those we know, like family and friends.
For the human study, people spent one hour writing down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. Some examples may include people they went to school with, people they work with and family members. Then, they wrote down famous faces they know, such as actors, politicians and other public people.
The results showed that the participants(参与者) knew between 1,000 and 10,000 faces. Jenkins said one explanation may be that some people have a natural ability for remembering faces. “There are differences in how much attention people pay to faces and how well they process the information,” he said. Jenkins also said it could be because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So, they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.
The people in the study included 25 men and women students from two universities. They were between 18 and 61 years old. Researchers think age may be an interesting area for further research. Jenkins said it is possible that we gather more faces throughout our lifetime. But, he added, there also may be an age at which we start to find it harder to remember all of those faces.
8. What was the new study mainly about
A. How long people can remember faces. B. When people will forget faces.
C. Why people can deal with different faces. D. How many faces people can know.
9. What do we know about the participants in the study
A. They are good at recognizing faces.
B. They remember more famous people.
C. They have different social backgrounds.
D. They try their best to avoid social contact.
10. What can we learn about the last paragraph
A. We are sure to gather more faces as we age.
B. The future research may focus more on age.
C. The participants in the study are in their youth.
D. It may be harder to remember faces of different ages.
11. What is the text
A. An interview. B. A research report.
C. A character story. D. A scientific novel.
【答案】8. D 9. C 10. B 11. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要本文主要介绍了一项新研究的结果、研究过程和后续计划。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段的“He said the researchers’ study centered on “the number of faces people actually know”. （他说，研究人员的研究集中在“人们实际上知道的面孔数量”上）”可知，这项新的研究是关于人们能知道多少张面孔。故选D。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“Jenkins also said it could be because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So, they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.（Jenkins 还说，这可能是因为不同的社会环境。有些人可能是在人口较多的地方长大的。因此，他们一生中可能有更多的社会接触）”可知，研究中的参与者有不同的社会背景。故选C。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Researchers think age may be an interesting area for further research. （研究人员认为，年龄可能是进一步研究的一个有趣领域）”可知，将来的研究可能更多地关注年龄。故选B。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。结合文章的主要内容，尤其第一段的“A new study from a group of researchers at the University of York in England has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces. They published their findings on facial recognition this month in the Proceedings of The Royal Society B, Biological Sciences.（来自英国约克大学的一组研究人员发现，平均来说，人们可以记住多达5000张脸。他们在本月的《英国皇家学会学报B，生物科学》上发表了他们关于面部识别的研究结果）”可知，本文主要介绍了一项新研究的结果。由此推知，这是一篇研究报告。故选B。
【点睛】
D
When you have to cancel your Thanksgiving plans due to the spread of the COVID-19, you may find yourself craving companionship as much as that pumpkin pie. That’s because parts of the brain respond to loneliness much like they react to hunger, according to a study in Nature Neuroscience.
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology scanned the brains of 40 healthy, social young adults after 10 hours of either fasting (禁食) or social isolation (隔离). They found that after being alone, participants’ neurological responses to social signals were similar to hungry people reacting to food — that is, certain areas of the brain linked to desire were turned on to start working.
For an isolated person, a picture of people laughing together caused the same areas of the brain to light up as when a hungry person looked at a big plate of pasta.
“Just like hunger is an unpleasant sensation that motivates us to seek out food and thirst motivates us to seek out water, loneliness is a biological need that motivates us to reconnect to others,” Holt-Lunstad told Insider.
Researchers were surprised to find that people who were prevented from socializing became much more focused on that need and less reactive to hunger. As their loneliness increased, they became less responsive to images of food.
These latest findings suggest that the relationship between food and loneliness might be more complicated than we thought, despite the popular opinion of stress-eating to cope with social isolation. More research is needed to understand the complex ways people deal with loneliness.
Studies like this can help scientists understand how the brain processes loneliness, and possibly reduce the negative consequences. However, although loneliness may be similar to hunger, fixing it isn’t as easy as serving someone a hearty dinner because people are unique and they need varying levels of social interactions to meet their needs.
12. The underlined word “craving” in the first paragraph can be replaced by .
A. avoiding B. desiring C. preferring D. ignoring
13. Researchers scanned the brains of the young adults .
A. to find their brain responses to both loneliness and hunger
B. to provide explanations for their feeling lonely and hungry
C. to find how loneliness can have a negative impact on health
D. after they have been hungry and socially isolated for 10 hours
14. What conclusion can be drawn from what Holt-Lunstad said in Paragraph 4
A. Hunger is an unpleasant sensation.
B. Hunger and thirst motivate us to feed ourselves.
C. Socializing is supposed to be basic human need as it is.
D. The effects of loneliness on health are comparable to other factors.
15. What does the last paragraph imply
A. Loneliness may be fixed just as hunger is satisfied.
B. Situations of loneliness are complicated and hard to cope with.
C. Scientists have understood how the brain processes loneliness.
D. Loneliness is such a common and serious problem that we all have to suffer.
【答案】12. B 13. A 14. C 15. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。根据《自然神经科学》的一项研究，这是因为大脑的某些部分对孤独的反应就像对饥饿的反应一样。文章解释了研究开展的经过以及这样的研究可以帮助科学家了解大脑是如何处理孤独的，并可能减少消极后果。
【12题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“When you have to cancel your Thanksgiving plans due to the spread of the COVID-19, you may find yourself”以及后文“That’s because parts of the brain respond to loneliness much like they react to hunger, according to a study in Nature Neuroscience. (根据《自然神经科学》的一项研究，这是因为大脑的某些部分对孤独的反应就像对饥饿的反应一样。)”可知，大脑的某些部分对孤独的反应就像对饥饿的反应一样，即说明当你因为COVID-19的传播而不得不取消感恩节计划时，你可能会发现自己对友谊的渴望和南瓜派一样强烈。故划线词意思是“渴望”。故选B。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“They found that after being alone, participants’ neurological responses to social signals were similar to hungry people reacting to food — that is, certain areas of the brain linked to desire were turned on to start working. (他们发现，在独处之后，参与者对社交信号的神经反应与饥饿的人对食物的反应相似——也就是说，大脑中与欲望相关的某些区域被激活，开始工作。)”可知，研究人员扫描了这些年轻人的大脑是为了发现他们的大脑对孤独和饥饿的反应。故选A。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段““Just like hunger is an unpleasant sensation that motivates us to seek out food and thirst motivates us to seek out water, loneliness is a biological need that motivates us to reconnect to others,” Holt-Lunstad told Insider. (“就像饥饿是一种不愉快的感觉，促使我们去寻找食物，口渴促使我们去寻找水一样，孤独是一种生理需求，促使我们与他人重新建立联系，”Holt-Lunstad告诉内幕网。)”可推知，交际本来就应该是人类的基本需求。故选C。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Studies like this can help scientists understand how the brain processes loneliness, and possibly reduce the negative consequences. However, although loneliness may be similar to hunger, fixing it isn’t as easy as serving someone a hearty dinner because people are unique and they need varying levels of social interactions to meet their needs. (这样的研究可以帮助科学家了解大脑是如何处理孤独的，并可能减少消极后果。然而，尽管孤独可能类似于饥饿，但解决它并不像为某人提供丰盛的晚餐那么容易，因为每个人都是独一无二的，他们需要不同程度的社会互动来满足他们的需求。)”可推知，最后一段暗示了孤独的情况很复杂，很难处理。故选B。
七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分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。
Life is a journey filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations and special moments that will eventually lead us to our destination, our purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth.___16___
Some of these challenges will test our courage, strengths, weaknesses, and faith.___17___ In order to follow the right path, we must overcome these obstacles(障碍). Sometimes these obstacles are really blessings(好事)in disguise(伪装), only we don’t realize that at the time.
Along our journey we will be faced with many situations.___18___ How we react to what we are faced with determines what kind of outcome the rest of our journey through life will be like.
When things don’t always go our way, we have two choices in dealing with the situations.
*We can focus on the fact that things didn’t go how we had hoped they would and let life pass us by, or
*We can make the best out of the situation and know that these are only temporary setbacks(挫折)and find the lessons that are to be learned.
___19___ Don’t hold anything back. Say what you want to say, and do what you want to do, because sometimes we don’t get a second chance to say or do what we should have the first time around.
It is often said that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.___20___ It can have different meanings to different people. In this sense, “stronger” means looking back at the person you were and comparing it to the person you have become today. It also means looking deep into your soul and realizing that the person you are today couldn’t exist if it weren’t for the things that have happened in the past or for the people that you have met.
A Time stops for no one.
B. It all depends on how one defines the word “strong”.
C. And some of them will be filled with joy or heartache.
D. Instead, throughout our travels, we will come across many challenges.
E. Always follow your heart, and most importantly never have any regrets.
F. Among them, the heartaches and the hardships in the end help to make us a stronger person.
G. Along the way, we may trip over obstacles that will come between the paths that we are destined to take.
【答案】16. D 17. G 18. C 19. E 20. B
【解析】
【分析】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要介绍的是，克服挑战的一些方法。
【16题详解】
上文“The road will not always be smooth.”可知，人生道路不会是平坦的；下文“Some of these challenges will test our courage, strengths, weaknesses, and faith.”讲述挑战会测试我们的勇气，力量、弱点和信念。由此可知，设空处应承上启下，D项“相反，在我们的旅途中，我们会遇到许多挑战。”符合语境。故选D。
【17题详解】
下文“In order to follow the right path, we must overcome these obstacles(障碍).（为了走正确的道路，我们必须克服这些障碍）”讲解我们必须克服障碍。G项“一路上，我们可能会被一些障碍绊倒，这些障碍会出现在我们注定要走的道路之间。”讲述我们会遇到障碍，引出下文。选项中的obstacles呼应下文的these obstacles。故选G。
【18题详解】
上文“Along our journey we will be faced with many situations.”讲述的是我们可能会遇到很多情况；C项中some of them指的是situations；C项“其中有些人会充满喜悦或心痛。”承接上文，引出下文。故选C。
【19题详解】
下文“Don’t hold anything back. Say what you want to say, and do what you want to do, because sometimes we don’t get a second chance to say or do what we should have the first time around.（不要隐瞒任何事情。说你想说的，做你想做的，因为有时我们没有第二次机会说或做我们第一次应该做的）”讲述要遵从自己的内心。E项“永远跟随你的心，最重要的是永远不要有任何遗憾。”引出下文。故选E。
【20题详解】
根据上文“It is often said that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.（人们常说，杀不了你的东西会让你更坚强）”和下文“In this sense, “stronger” means looking back at the person you were and comparing it to the person you have become today.（从这个意义上说，“坚强”意味着回顾过去的你，并将之与今天的你相比较）”可推知，设空处讲述人们对坚强的定义。B项“它取决于人们如何定义“强壮””符合语境，承上启下。故选B。
完形填空(共15小题，每题1分，满分15分)
Life can get tough, but it's important to keep fighting for the better. In particular, due to COVID-19, many more people are struggling with____21____challenges right now, whether that's illness, inability to move around____22____, or a reduction in contact with friends and family. Let's explore some ways to keeping fighting and get through the difficult times.
Change any expectations you have of yourself. It's okay to slow down and____23____ the number of things you have on your plate. Actually, it's impossible to____24____at your full potential in a hard time. So understand and accept that you're going through a rough patch and allow yourself to____25____to this period in your life.
Be kind to yourself. Whatever it is that you're going through, make it part of your____26____to do something every day that makes you happy. Don't focus on the big, unsustainable gestures like trips abroad____27____, focus on the smaller pleasures in life, like having a cup of really good coffee or a hot bath.
Reduce your exposure to things that____28____negative emotions. When you are mentally strong, you might be fine watching the news about____29____events because you know that life isn't always like this. But when you're mentally weak, you might____30____ yourself that life is all doom and gloom. The____31____hasn't changed---your state of mind has.
Finally, don't be afraid to____32____ for help. We all need a helping hand sometimes. It's____33____ to be ashamed of. Online forums are a great way to find____34____because they focus on the problem at hand, and you'll always find people going through____35____issues. You may not get a solution to your troubles, but sometimes just being able to share your feelings is enough.
21. A. worthy B. various C. technological D. psychologica1
22. A. physically B. merrily C. instantly D. freely
23. A. increase B. keep C. reduce D. show
24. A. perform B. press C. profit D. plot
25. A. adore B. adjust C. apply D. appeal
26. A. favor B. intension C. occupation D. routine
27. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Instead D. Furthermore
28. A. produce B. define C. switch D. weaken
29. A. positive B. negative C. grand D. sporting
30. A. convince B. encourage C. inspire D. persuade
31. A. environment B. gesture C. emotion D. news
32. A. turn out B. reach out C. lay out D. wear out
33. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
34. A. ambition B. evidence C. preference D. support
35. A. similar B. foreseeable C. dynamic D. tough
【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. A
【解析】
【分析】本文是说明文。由于COVID-19，现在有更多的人正在与各种挑战作斗争，无论是疾病、无法自由活动，还是与朋友和家人接触减少。本文介绍了一些保持斗志、度过难关的方法。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：特别是由于COVID-19，现在有更多的人正在与各种挑战作斗争，无论是疾病、无法自由活动，还是与朋友和家人接触减少。A. worthy值得的；B. various各种各样的；C.technological科技的 ；D.psychological心理的。根据后文的举例得知，疫情给大家带来各种挑战。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：特别是由于COVID-19，现在有更多的人正在与各种挑战作斗争，无论是疾病、无法自由移动，还是与朋友和家人接触减少。A. physically身体地；B.merrily快乐地；C. instantly马上；D.freely自由地。根据“ inability to move around”得知，疫情不能让大家到处走动。故选D。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：放慢脚步，减少你盘子里的东西是可以的。A. increase增加；B.keep保持；C.reduce 减少；D.show展示。根据“It's okay to slow down and”得知，这里是建议放慢脚步和减少盘子里的东西。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：事实上，在困难时期是不可能发挥你的全部潜力的。A. perform表演、表现；B. press按压；C. profit获利；D.plot策划。根据“So understand and accept that you're going through a rough patch ”得知，不可能表现自己全部潜能。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以理解并接受你正在经历一个艰难的阶段，让自己适应生活中的这一阶段。A. adore喜爱；B.adjust调整；C.apply申请；D.appeal吸引。根据“ So understand and accept that you're going through a rough patch ”得知，这是建议调整自己去适应。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：无论你正在经历什么，让它成为你日常生活的一部分，每天做一些让你快乐的事情。A. favor支持；B.intension强度；C. occupation职责；D.routine常规。根据“do something every day”得知，当做这是日常的事。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：不要把注意力集中在那些重大的、不可持续的举动上，比如出国旅行，而是集中在生活中更小的快乐上，比如喝一杯上好的咖啡或洗个热水澡。A.Therefore因此 ；B.Otherwise否则；C. Instead相反；D.Furthermore而且。根据“Don't focus on the big, unsustainable gestures like trips abroad ”得知，前后是转折关系，相反要多想一些快乐的小事。故选C。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：减少接触那些会产生负面情绪的事物。A. produce生产；B.define定义；C. switch转换；D.weaken减弱。根据“Reduce your exposure to things”得知，不要接触的是会让你产生负面情绪的事，故选A。
29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当你精神强大时，你可能看负面新闻会没事，因为你知道生活并不总是这样。A. positive积极的；B. negative消极的；C. grand伟大的；D.sporting体育运动的。根据“negative emotions. ”得知，这是原词复现。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但当你精神虚弱时，你可能会让自己相信生活是悲观的。A. convince使相信；B. encourage鼓励；C. inspire激励；D.persuade劝说。根据“ because you know that life isn't always like this. ”得知，精神虚弱就让自己相信生活悲观。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：新闻没有变，你的心态变了。A. environment环境；B.gesture姿势；C.emotion情感；D.news新闻。根据“you might be fine watching the news ”得知，这是不同心态下对相同新闻的看法。故选D。
【32题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：最后，不要害怕寻求帮助。A. turn out结果证明；B. reach out伸出；C. lay out展示；安排；D.wear out磨损。根据“ We all need a helping hand sometimes. ”得知，我们可以去求助。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查不定代词词义辨析。句意：这没什么可羞耻的。A. anything任何事；B.everything一切；C. nothing没有事；D.something某事。根据“ We all need a helping hand sometimes. ”得知，求助不是可耻的事情。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在线论坛是寻找支持的好方法，因为它们关注的是手头的问题，你总是会发现人们也会遇到类似的问题。A. ambition志向；B. evidence证据；C. preference偏爱；D.support支持。根据“because they focus on the problem at hand,”得知，网上论坛是获得支持的好途径，因为大家有类似的问题。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在线论坛是寻找支持的好方法，因为它们关注的是手头的问题，你总是会发现人们也会遇到类似的问题。A. similar相似的；B.foreseeable可预见的；C. dynamic动态的；D.tough艰难的。根据“but sometimes just being able to share your feelings is enough.”得知，大家会有类似的问题困扰。故选A。
【点睛】
语法填空 (共10小题;每小题1.5分, 满分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 Jiangsu countryside stretching between the cities of Suzhou and Shanghai is home to a lot of small beautiful water towns, many of which ___36___ (locate) along the Grand Canal, an artificial canal connecting Hangzhou to Beijing with the aim of bringing supplies of goods to the imperial capital.
One of these towns is Tongli, which is easily ___37___ (access) to tourists from the nearby city of Suzhou. ___38___ (build) in the Song Dynasty, the town offers pleasant views and landscapes of traditional China, characterized by picturesque canals crossed by arch bridges and whitewashed houses that overlook the water.
Walking along the narrow alleys(巷), you can admire ___39___ interesting number of well-preserved traditional houses, temples and gardens. The atmosphere is ___40___(exceptional) peaceful compared to most popular sites that are ruined by mass tourism and commercialization. Yes, Tongli is home to a great many souvenir shops and local products, but what amazed me was ___41___ well the town is preserved despite being open to tourism: a good balance ___42___ commercial activities and local life. So in spite of its ___43___ (popular), Tongli maintains a quiet, laid—back feeling, making it an ideal destination for visitors who seek peace and leisure.
I ___44___ (take) scores of pictures while touring Tongli, which I hope may inspire travelers to add this pretty water town to their trips. My impression of Tongli is so positive that I’ve been meaning ____45____ (go) back with my family for their first visit to China.
【答案】36. are located
37. accessible
38. Built 39. an
40. exceptionally
41. how 42. between
43. popularity
44. took 45. to go
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了位于苏州和上海之间的同里镇，介绍了当地的旅游特色和作者对同里镇的感受。
36题详解】
考查固定短语和时态。句意：位于苏州和上海之间的江苏农村有很多美丽的水乡小镇，其中很多都坐落在大运河边上，大运河是连接杭州和北京的一条人工运河，目的是为皇城输送物资。结合句意表示“位于”短语为be located，根据上文is home to可知为一般现在时，定语从句中与先行词towns保持一致，谓语应用复数形式。故填are located。
【37题详解】
考查形容词。句意：同里镇就是其中之一，从附近的苏州来的游客可以很容易地到达这里。此处作表语，应用形容词accessible，表示“可到达的”。故填accessible。
【38题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：建于宋朝的古镇拥有令人愉悦的传统中国景观，其特色是有拱桥横跨的如画般的运河和俯瞰水面的粉刷成白色的房屋。分析句子结构可知build在句中应用非谓语动词形式，与逻辑主语town构成被动关系，故用过去分词作定语。句首单词首字母要大写。故填Built。
【39题详解】
考查冠词。句意：沿着狭窄的小巷，你可以欣赏到许多保存完好的传统房屋、寺庙和花园。结合句意表示“许多”可知短语为a number of，此处interesting是发音以元音音素开头的单词，应用an。故填an。
【40题详解】
考查副词。句意：与被大规模旅游和商业化破坏的最受欢迎的景点相比，这里的气氛格外平静。修饰形容词peaceful应用副词exceptionally，作状语。故填exceptionally。
【41题详解】
考查表语从句。句意：是的，同里有很多纪念品商店和当地产品，但令我惊讶的是，尽管对旅游业开放，但同里的保存十分完好：商业活动和当地生活之间的良好平衡。此处引导表语从句，且表示“多么完好，十分完好”应用how well。故填how。
【42题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：是的，同里有很多纪念品商店和当地产品，但令我惊讶的是，尽管对旅游业开放，但同里的保存十分完好：商业活动和当地生活之间的良好平衡。结合句意表示“……之间”可知短语为between…and…。故填between。
【43题详解】
考查名词。句意：因此，尽管同里很受欢迎，但它保持着一种安静、悠闲的感觉，使它成为寻求宁静和休闲的游客的理想目的地。空处作宾语，表示“受欢迎”应用名词popularity，表抽象概念不可数。故填popularity。
【44题详解】
考查时态。句意：我在同里旅游的时候拍了很多照片，我希望这些照片能激励游客把这个美丽的水乡添加到他们的旅行中。描述过去发生的动作应用一般过去时。故填took。
【45题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：我对同里的印象非常好，我一直想和第一次来中国的家人再来一次。此处为短语mean to do sth.，表示“打算做某事”。故填to go。
应用文写作 (满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，得知你的留学生朋友Peter准备写一份中国乡村生活报告。请给他写一封邮件，邀请他寒假到你的家乡体验生活，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 体验内容及意义；
3. 表达希望。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Dear Peter,
Knowing that you are writing a report about Chinese rural life, I sincerely invite you to my hometown to spend the coming winter vacation.
My hometown is a typical village of northern China, where you can not only be exposed to the living environment of the villagers but also truly experience their daily life in every aspect. Meanwhile, you can participate in the colorful activities in celebration of the Spring Festival and immerge yourself in the authentic Chinese culture. All this will provide rich first-hand materials for your report.
I believe it will be a rewarding experience. Looking forward to your coming.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文。假定你是李华，得知你的留学生朋友Peter准备写一份中国乡村生活报告。请给他写一封邮件，邀请他寒假到你的家乡体验生活。
【详解】1.词汇积累
有益的：beneficial→rewarding
参加：take part in→participate in
诚挚地：genuinely→sincerely
纪念：in honor of→in celebration of
2.句式拓展
合并简单句
原句：Meanwhile, you can participate in the colorful activities in celebration of the Spring Festival and immerge yourself in the authentic Chinese culture. All this will provide rich first-hand materials for your report.
拓展句：Meanwhile, you can participate in the colorful activities in celebration of the Spring Festival and immerge yourself in the authentic Chinese culture, which will provide rich first-hand materials for your report.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Knowing that you are writing a report about Chinese rural life, I sincerely invite you to my hometown to spend the coming winter vacation. (运用了that引导宾语从句)
[高分句型2] My hometown is a typical village of northern China, where you can not only be exposed to the living environment of the villagers but also truly experience their daily life in every aspect. (运用了where引导非限制性定语从句)
读后续写(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When I was a kid about twelve years old, I had a lot of freckles(雀斑). I had reached the age when I had begun to really look at myself in the mirror, and I was overwhelmed. Apparently my mother was too, because sometimes she’d look at me and shake her head.
I had a cousin whose name was Janette Elizabeth. She looked exactly like her name sounds because she had a flawless peaches-and-cream complexion (肤色). I couldn’t help comparing myself with her and thinking that my life would be a lot different if I had beautiful skin too.
And then, in the back pages of Janette Elizabeth’s magazine, I found the answer: an advertisement for freckle-remover cream. I knew that I could afford it if I saved my money, and I did. The ad assured me that the product would work well. For three weeks I went to the mailbox every day precisely at the time the mail was delivered. I knew that if someone else in my family got the mail, I would never hear the end of it. There was no way that they would let me open the box in private.
Three weeks later, my package finally came. I went to my room with it, sat on the edge of my bed, and opened it. I was sure that I was looking at a miracle. When I got up the next morning, I applied the cream all over my body. Then I took my hoe (锄头) and went with my brother and cousins to hoe the field, where I got rid of some tiger lilies (虎百合), seemingly ugly with black and small spots.
The sun was so strong that even my face started to burn. By the end of the day, when I came back to the house, my family, knowing nothing about the freckle-remover cream, began to say things like “I’ve never seen you with that many freckles before.” When I saw myself in the mirror, I found my freckles even darker and clearer. I dissolved into tears and hid in the bathroom.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My mother called me to the dinner table, but I ignored her.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
After what seemed a century, I heard a gentle knock on my bedroom’s door.
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【答案】My mother called me to the dinner table, but I ignored her. When she came to the bathroom door and demanded that I come out and have a meal, I burst out of the door, tears streaming down my cheeks. Before she stopped me, I stormed into my room and slammed the door shut behind me. Looking into the mirror, I saw a girl with more and darker freckles on the face instead of peaches-and-cream complexion. Only then did I realize that the cream had a reverse effect when wearing it in the sun. I threw myself down on the bed and sobbed.
After what seemed a century, I heard a gentle knock on my bedroom’s door. Hesitating for a moment, with puffy eyes and still wet cheeks, I shuffled across the room to open the door. At the door stood my mother and Janette with a big bunch of tiger lilies, which were covered with black spots but amazingly beautiful. I stared at them in stunned surprise, not knowing what to say. My mother held me in her warm embrace. “There are all kinds of flowers, and they are all beautiful and sweet,” said she. Hearing this, and smelling the fragrance of the tiger lilies, the freckles on my face seemed to have magically faded.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者脸上长了很多雀斑，而她的堂妹有着完美无瑕的奶油般的肤色。作者总是忍不住想跟她比较，并且也想有那样的肤色，有一次作者在一本杂志上看到了一款祛斑霜的广告，作者俭省节约偷偷买了它，三周后作者收到了它并在早上使用了它，然后顶着大太阳出去干农活，晚上回到家后，家人聊天时说作者脸上的雀斑增多了，作者回到卧室看着镜子中的自己忍不住哭了。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“妈妈喊我去吃饭，但是我没有理会她。”可知，第一段可描写作者母亲强烈要求作者去吃饭，作者很生气地开门回绝母亲后又关上房门哭泣，并意识到雀斑霜在太阳下起到了相反的效果。
②由第二段首句内容“似乎过了一个世纪那么久，我听到了一声轻柔的敲门声。”可知，第二段可描写作者的母亲和姐妹来安慰作者，最后作者解开心结，意识到每个人都有自己独特的美。
2.续写线索：喊吃饭——拒绝吃饭——在自己房间哭泣——妈妈敲门——安慰作者——顿悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
①.砰地关上门：slam the door shut /bang the door shut
②.意识到：realize /recognize/be conscious of
③.盯着看：stare at/fix one’s eyes on/gaze at
情绪类
①.哭泣：sob/cry /weep
②.惊讶：surprise /amazement
【点睛】
[高分句型1]. When she came to the bathroom door and demanded that I come out and have a meal, I burst out of the door, tears streaming down my cheeks. (由when引导的时间状语从句，that引导的宾语从句以及独立主格)
[高分句型2]. Only then did I realize that the cream had a reverse effect when wearing it in the sun.（“Only+副词”放句首引起的部分倒装句）山东省烟台市第一中学2022-2023学年度第一学期高二上学期期末考试
英语
(满分120分 时间100分钟)
阅读理解(共15题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
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A. Meat. B. Fresh Fruit.
C. NextGen Voices. D. Personalized Meal Plans.
2. Who should you contact if you want to have fun with your family
A. Jennifer Sills. B. Yongsheng Ji.
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A. Fresh. B. Green.
C. Expensive. D. Personalized.
B
It’s a classic story: A kid is forced to learn an instrument from a young age, they play it throughout their childhood, and they develop a bittersweet relationship with it. Is the constant battle between the love for the music and the hate for the constant challenge worth the fight For me, it was.
I started playing the piano when I was four-that was 15 years ago! This was huge commitment, so there must have been something worth holding on to, right
The easy guess is that I was purely in love with music and piano. Although that’s the sweeter tale, it’s a bit more complicated. I struggled a lot with piano. Family and peers were, at least in my own head, constantly placed beside me in competition. I felt pressure to be the best in order to prove something to others-and more devastatingly (破坏性地) to prove something to myself. The seed of my musical interest was grown in the sunlight of competition and doubt. Hate sprouted (滋生) when my self-criticism hit too hard.
It’s difficult to learn to love something that didn’t originate from love. For a while, piano was more of an annoyance than a hobby. But somehow, love grew. It was deeply buried. But it was there, and by high school,it was strong enough that when I was truly on the verge of quitting any kind of formal training. I found the strength to hold on tighter, and dig further. I switched teachers, and got incredibly lucky with one who helped me tunnel into what I loved. I learned pieces for myself, I composed for myself, and I found confidence not because I got “good enough,” but because I learned that anything I had was good enough.
The love and hate I’ve had for the piano were both planted and grown. If you too have learned to hate something, remember that with commitment, it can be uprooted, and love can make a home in its place. There is always time. There is always room.
4. What does the author want to show by telling a classic story
A The benefits of music.
B. Kids’ struggle in learning instruments.
C. Kids’ bittersweet childhood.
D. The popularity of learning instruments.
5. What can we know about the author’s experience of playing the piano
A. She finally quit formal training.
B. She never treated it as her hobby.
C. She was in pure love with music and piano.
D. She once experienced great pressure from herself.
6. What helped the author find confidence
A. Her attitude. B. Her training.
C. Her compromise. D. Her achievement.
7. What message is mainly delivered in the passage
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. Love is a thing that grows.
C. Content is better than riches.
D. Chance favors the prepared mind.
C
Some people say they “never forget a face.” But what does that saying mean Is there really no limit to the number of faces a person can remember A new study from a group of researchers at the University of York in England has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces. They published their findings on facial recognition this month in the Proceedings of The Royal Society B, Biological Sciences.
Rob Jenkins works in the psychology department at the University of York. He said the researchers’ study centered on “the number of faces people actually know”. The study suggests our facial recognition abilities help us to deal with the many different faces we see on the screens, as well as those we know, like family and friends.
For the human study, people spent one hour writing down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. Some examples may include people they went to school with, people they work with and family members. Then, they wrote down famous faces they know, such as actors, politicians and other public people.
The results showed that the participants(参与者) knew between 1,000 and 10,000 faces. Jenkins said one explanation may be that some people have a natural ability for remembering faces. “There are differences in how much attention people pay to faces and how well they process the information,” he said. Jenkins also said it could be because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So, they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.
The people in the study included 25 men and women students from two universities. They were between 18 and 61 years old. Researchers think age may be an interesting area for further research. Jenkins said it is possible that we gather more faces throughout our lifetime. But, he added, there also may be an age at which we start to find it harder to remember all of those faces.
8. What was the new study mainly about
A. How long people can remember faces. B. When people will forget faces.
C. Why people can deal with different faces. D. How many faces people can know.
9. What do we know about the participants in the study
A. They are good at recognizing faces.
B. They remember more famous people.
C. They have different social backgrounds.
D. They try their best to avoid social contact.
10. What can we learn about the last paragraph
A. We are sure to gather more faces as we age.
B. The future research may focus more on age.
C. The participants in the study are in their youth.
D. It may be harder to remember faces of different ages.
11. What is the text
A. An interview. B. A research report.
C. A character story. D. A scientific novel.
D
When you have to cancel your Thanksgiving plans due to the spread of the COVID-19, you may find yourself craving companionship as much as that pumpkin pie. That’s because parts of the brain respond to loneliness much like they react to hunger, according to a study in Nature Neuroscience.
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology scanned the brains of 40 healthy, social young adults after 10 hours of either fasting (禁食) or social isolation (隔离). They found that after being alone, participants’ neurological responses to social signals were similar to hungry people reacting to food — that is, certain areas of the brain linked to desire were turned on to start working.
For an isolated person, a picture of people laughing together caused the same areas of the brain to light up as when a hungry person looked at a big plate of pasta.
“Just like hunger is an unpleasant sensation that motivates us to seek out food and thirst motivates us to seek out water, loneliness is a biological need that motivates us to reconnect to others,” Holt-Lunstad told Insider.
Researchers were surprised to find that people who were prevented from socializing became much more focused on that need, and less reactive to hunger. As their loneliness increased, they became less responsive to images of food.
These latest findings suggest that the relationship between food and loneliness might be more complicated than we thought, despite the popular opinion of stress-eating to cope with social isolation. More research is needed to understand the complex ways people deal with loneliness.
Studies like this can help scientists understand how the brain processes loneliness, and possibly reduce the negative consequences. However, although loneliness may be similar to hunger, fixing it isn’t as easy as serving someone a hearty dinner because people are unique and they need varying levels of social interactions to meet their needs.
12. The underlined word “craving” in the first paragraph can be replaced by .
A. avoiding B. desiring C. preferring D. ignoring
13. Researchers scanned the brains of the young adults .
A. to find their brain responses to both loneliness and hunger
B. to provide explanations for their feeling lonely and hungry
C. to find how loneliness can have a negative impact on health
D. after they have been hungry and socially isolated for 10 hours
14. What conclusion can be drawn from what Holt-Lunstad said in Paragraph 4
A. Hunger is an unpleasant sensation.
B. Hunger and thirst motivate us to feed ourselves.
C. Socializing is supposed to be basic human need as it is.
D. The effects of loneliness on health are comparable to other factors.
15. What does the last paragraph imply
A. Loneliness may be fixed just as hunger is satisfied.
B. Situations of loneliness are complicated and hard to cope with.
C. Scientists have understood how the brain processes loneliness.
D. Loneliness is such a common and serious problem that we all have to suffer.
七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分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。
Life is a journey filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations and special moments that will eventually lead us to our destination, our purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth.___16___
Some of these challenges will test our courage strengths, weaknesses, and faith.___17___ In order to follow the right path, we must overcome these obstacles(障碍). Sometimes these obstacles are really blessings(好事)in disguise(伪装), only we don’t realize that at the time.
Along our journey we will be faced with many situations.___18___ How we react to what we are faced with determines what kind of outcome the rest of our journey through life will be like.
When things don’t always go our way, we have two choices in dealing with the situations.
*We can focus on the fact that things didn’t go how we had hoped they would and let life pass us by, or
*We can make the best out of the situation and know that these are only temporary setbacks(挫折)and find the lessons that are to be learned.
___19___ Don’t hold anything back. Say what you want to say, and do what you want to do, because sometimes we don’t get a second chance to say or do what we should have the first time around.
It is often said that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.___20___ It can have different meanings to different people. In this sense, “stronger” means looking back at the person you were and comparing it to the person you have become today. It also means looking deep into your soul and realizing that the person you are today couldn’t exist if it weren’t for the things that have happened in the past or for the people that you have met.
A. Time stops for no one.
B. It all depends on how one defines the word “strong”.
C. And some of them will be filled with joy or heartache.
D. Instead, throughout our travels, we will come across many challenges.
E. Always follow your heart, and most importantly never have any regrets.
F. Among them, the heartaches and the hardships in the end help to make us a stronger person.
G. Along the way, we may trip over obstacles that will come between the paths that we are destined to take.
完形填空(共15小题，每题1分，满分15分)
Life can get tough, but it's important to keep fighting for the better. In particular, due to COVID-19, many more people are struggling with____21____challenges right now, whether that's illness, inability to move around____22____, or a reduction in contact with friends and family. Let's explore some ways to keeping fighting and get through the difficult times.
Change any expectations you have of yourself. It's okay to slow down and____23____ the number of things you have on your plate. Actually, it's impossible to____24____at your full potential in a hard time. So understand and accept that you're going through a rough patch and allow yourself to____25____to this period in your life.
Be kind to yourself. Whatever it is that you're going through, make it part of your____26____to do something every day that makes you happy. Don't focus on the big, unsustainable gestures like trips abroad____27____, focus on the smaller pleasures in life, like having a cup of really good coffee or a hot bath.
Reduce your exposure to things that____28____negative emotions. When you are mentally strong, you might be fine watching the news about____29____events because you know that life isn't always like this. But when you're mentally weak, you might____30____ yourself that life is all doom and gloom. The____31____hasn't changed---your state of mind has.
Finally, don't be afraid to____32____ for help. We all need a helping hand sometimes. It's____33____ to be ashamed of. Online forums are a great way to find____34____because they focus on the problem at hand, and you'll always find people going through____35____issues. You may not get a solution to your troubles, but sometimes just being able to share your feelings is enough.
21 A. worthy B. various C. technological D. psychologica1
22. A. physically B. merrily C. instantly D. freely
23. A. increase B. keep C. reduce D. show
24. A. perform B. press C. profit D. plot
25. A. adore B. adjust C. apply D. appeal
26. A. favor B. intension C. occupation D. routine
27. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Instead D. Furthermore
28. A. produce B. define C. switch D. weaken
29. A. positive B. negative C. grand D. sporting
30. A. convince B. encourage C. inspire D. persuade
31. A. environment B. gesture C. emotion D. news
32. A. turn out B. reach out C. lay out D. wear out
33. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
34. A. ambition B. evidence C. preference D. support
35. A. similar B. foreseeable C. dynamic D. tough
语法填空 (共10小题;每小题1.5分, 满分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 Jiangsu countryside stretching between the cities of Suzhou and Shanghai is home to a lot of small beautiful water towns many of which ___36___ (locate) along the Grand Canal, an artificial canal connecting Hangzhou to Beijing with the aim of bringing supplies of goods to the imperial capital.
One of these towns is Tongli, which is easily ___37___ (access) to tourists from the nearby city of Suzhou. ___38___ (build) in the Song Dynasty, the town offers pleasant views and landscapes of traditional China, characterized by picturesque canals crossed by arch bridges and whitewashed houses that overlook the water.
Walking along the narrow alleys(巷), you can admire ___39___ interesting number of well-preserved traditional houses, temples and gardens. The atmosphere is ___40___(exceptional) peaceful compared to most popular sites that are ruined by mass tourism and commercialization. Yes, Tongli is home to a great many souvenir shops and local products, but what amazed me was ___41___ well the town is preserved despite being open to tourism: a good balance ___42___ commercial activities and local life. So in spite of its ___43___ (popular), Tongli maintains a quiet, laid—back feeling, making it an ideal destination for visitors who seek peace and leisure.
I ___44___ (take) scores of pictures while touring Tongli, which I hope may inspire travelers to add this pretty water town to their trips. My impression of Tongli is so positive that I’ve been meaning ____45____ (go) back with my family for their first visit to China.
应用文写作 (满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，得知你的留学生朋友Peter准备写一份中国乡村生活报告。请给他写一封邮件，邀请他寒假到你的家乡体验生活，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 体验内容及意义；
3. 表达希望。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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读后续写(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When I was a kid about twelve years old, I had a lot of freckles(雀斑). I had reached the age when I had begun to really look at myself in the mirror, and I was overwhelmed. Apparently my mother was too, because sometimes she’d look at me and shake her head.
I had a cousin whose name was Janette Elizabeth. She looked exactly like her name sounds because she had a flawless peaches-and-cream complexion (肤色). I couldn’t help comparing myself with her and thinking that my life would be a lot different if I had beautiful skin too.
And then, in the back pages of Janette Elizabeth’s magazine, I found the answer: an advertisement for freckle-remover cream. I knew that I could afford it if I saved my money, and I did. The ad assured me that the product would work well. For three weeks I went to the mailbox every day precisely at the time the mail was delivered. I knew that if someone else in my family got the mail, I would never hear the end of it. There was no way that they would let me open the box in private.
Three weeks later my package finally came. I went to my room with it, sat on the edge of my bed, and opened it. I was sure that I was looking at a miracle. When I got up the next morning, I applied the cream all over my body. Then I took my hoe (锄头) and went with my brother and cousins to hoe the field, where I got rid of some tiger lilies (虎百合), seemingly ugly with black and small spots.
The sun was so strong that even my face started to burn. By the end of the day, when I came back to the house, my family, knowing nothing about the freckle-remover cream, began to say things like “I’ve never seen you with that many freckles before.” When I saw myself in the mirror, I found my freckles even darker and clearer. I dissolved into tears and hid in the bathroom.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My mother called me to the dinner table, but I ignored her.
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After what seemed a century, I heard a gentle knock on my bedroom’s door.
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