白银大成学校2023-2024学年度第二学期期中考试
科目：英语 年级： 高二
（考生注意：本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What time is it now
A. 8:30. B. 9:00. C. 9:10.
2. Who will come to the party tonight
A. Harry. B. Smith. C. David.
3. What’s the woman’s excuse
A. She was ill. B. She forgot it. C. She saw his uncle off.
4. What are the speakers talking about
A. Where to eat for dinner. B. How to cook beef. C. When to have dinner.
5 What does Brown always remind everyone
A. He always fails to cook. B. He doesn’t like cooking. C. He is a good cook.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
6. What’s David probably doing now
A. He’s working in the office. B. He’s calling one of his friends.
C. He’s having a meal outside.
7. How will David reply to Linda
A. By mobile phone. B. By e-mail. C. By fax.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. How long will the course last
A. 10 days. B. 19 days. C. 28 days.
9. Who has the timetable
A. The Miss. B. The young fellow. C. The woman’s workmate.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. What work does Michelle do
A. She works as a merchant. B. She is engaged in advertising.
C. She works in a wine company.
11. How many times does the man come to China once a year
A. About twice. B. A bout four times. C. About six times.
12. Where does the man come from
A. Australia. B. China. C. Spain.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. Why does the man want to rent a car
A. To see his girlfriend. B. To attend a party. C. To save money for a concert.
14. What does the word “Porsche” probably refer to
A. A rental agency. B. A car brand. C. The name of a factory.
15. Where did the man once go for renting a car
A. The airport. B. The bus station. C. The Benz company.
16. Which aspect is the man satisfied with the car
A. Shape. B. Quality. C. Speed.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
17. What’s the topic of the monologue
A. Different cultures in different countries. B. Table manners in different countries.
C. How to make delicious food.
18. In which country can’t you eat with your left hand
A. Britain. B. Arabian countries. C. Mexico.
19. In which country can a person make a noise while eating
A. Mexico. B. Britain. C. Japan.
20. What does the speaker suggest
A. Do in Rome as Romans do. B. Do as you do at home. C. Ask your friends for advice.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Do you know what STEM is It stands for science, technology (技术), engineering (工程), and maths. STEM classes are popular in the US. But most STEM students are boys.
Alice Hou is a girl from Texas. She is 16 years old now. She first noticed (注意到) the STEM gender gap (性别差异) when she was in the ninth grade. Forty students from her hometown went to the state science fair that year, but only seven of them were girls.
She decided to do something about this She set up (创建) a club called Girls in STEM. It helps girls learn more about STEM subjects. Girls can try some fun activities that can raise (激发) their interest in STEM. They can also talk to each other about studying these subjects.
The club started with seven girls at Hou’s school. But now it has 45! Other schools have also started their own Girls in STEM clubs.
1. What does the letter “M” mean in the word “STEM”
A. Music. B. Money. C. Maths. D. Match.
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A. STEM classes are only for boys.
B. Alice Hou found the gender gap at the age of 16.
C. At first, more girls went to the state science fair.
D. Girls in STEM makes girls interested in STEM.
3. What can you do in Alice’s club
A. Talk about science. B. Have a birthday party.
C. Learn about history. D. Do some sports.
4. What can we probably see in the next state science fair
A. There are some robots (机器人). B. There are more girls.
C. There are more teachers. D. There are more clubs.
B
Are you an early person (人) or an evening person That’s the question. When do you work best For me, the answer is easy. I work best in the morning. I do all my best work before lunchtime. I get up at about eight, and then have breakfast. I listen to the radio, and read the papers. And then I start to work. Usually I work from nine to twelve, but after that I gets tired easily. On a good day I write fifteen hundred words or more, sometimes two thousand words, in the morning. Then after lunch I go for a walk or do some reading. In the evening, I like to listen to music, go to my favourite club or go out to meet people. Before ten o’clock, I go to bed and in about five minutes I fall asleep (入睡的) very quickly. If you are a writer, you need self-discipline. But when you are tired, it shows that you have to refresh (使……恢复) your mind and body.
5. The writer usually works ________ in the morning.
A. about half an hour B. about l hours
C about 3 hours D. about 4 hours
6. What does the first sentence (句子) mean (意思是) after reading the passage
A. You are a person who likes getting up early.
B. You are a person who likes going to bed late.
C. You are a person who works best in the morning or in the evening.
D You are a person who likes working in the morning or in the evening.
7. What does the underlined word “self-discipline” mean in the passage
A. 自私的 B. 自律的 C. 自我的 D. 自以为是的
8. The passage tells us that ________.
A. the writer’s daily life is busy B. the writer goes for a walk after supper
C. the writer does best work in the morning D. the writer always need refresh mind and body
C
Since I became a teenager, I have thought a lot about my own future job and set goal for it. It’s very necessary and important for me now to decide what I want to become. In the past, I used to want to be an engineer because I’m good at drawing and building stuff, but my thought has changed through time. I end up all of my choices as a manager who manages the whole system in the service hotel. I have planned that I will study hard in high school, then finish IGCSE and IB with a high score. After that, I will move to a good school in USA to learn about business and the economy in my country.
During my life in university, I properly will apply to work for some small stores and hotels to have the feeling of how things work in the real life. Firstly, the reason I like to be a hotel manager is I find it interesting to use techniques to persuade more people to stay at the hotel. Secondly, I see that the development in business is the fastest growing in sectors of industry besides the primary and the secondary, so I can make a lot of money. Thirdly, it’s the range of community; it has a very high range to meet different people with different nationalities.
Fourthly, I want to have more confidence and become a good leader with skill, for example, I still can’ t control and persuade people to listen to me sometimes when I’ m in charge of PE’s lesson. The last reason why I strongly chose to be a hotel manager is because of my pressure from my family. They are the second generation of successful 3 stars hotels’ managers. They like me to become what I’m going to do when I become a manager.
9. Why did the author want to be an engineer at first
A. Because he wanted to follow his parents’ expectation.
B. Because he was good at silence subjects at school.
C. Because he thought being an engineer was respected.
D. Because he did very well in drawing and building staff.
10. The advantages in a hotel business are many except ________.
A. earning a lot of money
B. coming across different people
C. learning the special culture in the USA
D. using techniques to persuade more people to stay
11. What does the text mainly talk about
A. My future job. B. My college life
C. My family business. D. My experience in a hotel.
D
Name Koala Panda Elephant
Country Australia China South Africa
Description(描述) It is cute and small. It eats leaves. It likes sleeping in the trees. It’s fat and cute. It’s black and white. It eats bamboo. It’s very quiet and strong. It eats grass and leaves, Its nose is very long.
Time Only weekends 8: 00 a. m. — 4: 00 p. m.
Tickets Adults: $ 10. 00 Children: Over 10: $ 5. 00 Under 10: free
Choose the best choice from A B C according to what you read.
12. The elephant is from _______.
A. China B. Australia C. South Africa D. Japan
13. The _______ is cute and eats bamboo.
A. Koala B. Panda C. Elephant D. Tiger
14. You can visit the zoo at _______.
A. 9: 30 am on Saturday B. 5: 00 pm on Sunday
C. 8: 50 am on Tuesday D. 7: 00 pm on Monday
15. Tom is 13 years old. He goes to the zoo with his mother. They spend _______.
A. $10 B. $15 C. $50 D. $20
第二节 （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。
Volunteering is fun and rewarding (有益), but if you want to be a good volunteer, you need to learn more. ____16____ Be well-trained. Know what you’re doing as a volunteer. If you need to learn about your job, ____17____If you’re good at your job, it will be easier to help others. ____18____Work as part of a team and make sure everyone works together and shares the work. If someone asked for help, just give a hand. If you need some help, ask politely for it.
Be understanding. ____19____Be friendly. ____20____To be a volunteer, you might meet new people who want to make friends with. You might just meet someone who becomes a friend for the rest of your life.
A. Treat others like friends, and they’ll do the same for you.
B. begin to do it at once.
C. Try to understand what other people are facing.
D. Here’s some advice on how to do the volunteering jobs well.
E. Don’t try to do everything by yourself.
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A boy walked into a candy store with his father and since he was just 6 years old, he was surprised by so many candies on offer. “It’s amazing. What should I ____21____ ” he asked himself.
“Come on, son, we don’t have much ____22____. I have to attend an important meeting,” his dad said.
“These are all my ____23____ and I don’t know what to choose.” He picked up some bags and then put them back . He couldn’t make up his mind. “ Hurry up, son, we have no time. I’m very ____24____,” his dad said. So the boy ran around the store ___25___ again. His eyes moved from one bag to another, ____26____ all of the sweets looked so good and he couldn’t make up his mind. ____27____, the dad had enough. He caught his son by the hand and they walked out the store empty-handed (两手空空). The boy____28____. He wanted them all, but ended up with _____29_____ because he couldn’t choose just one.
Some of us are that boy. The _____30_____ is that candy store. We have a great number of choices available to us, but if we don’t make a(n) ____31____ about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage or other _____32_____ things, we will end up empty-handed. Sometimes we worry about making the _____33_____choice. What if we ____34____ the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back We don’t have to worry about this. How do we know whether it is good or not if we don’t make a choice The bigger _____35_____ is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.
21. A. think B. choose C. say D. make
22. A. time B. money C. interest D. power
23. A. secrets B. ideas C. favorites D. away
24. A. busy B. tired C. fair D. patient
25. A. carefully B. quickly C. quietly D. nervously
26. A. and B. or C. though D. but
27. A. Luckily B. Finally C. Certainly D. Hopefully
28. A. returned B. waited C. cried D. understood
29. A. nothing B. fear C. peace D. fun
30. A. sky B. school C. world D. company
31. A. decision B. plan C. guess D. ending
32. A. simple B. important C. common D. good
33. A. right B. great C. wrong D. difficult
34. A. regret B. change C. accept D. face
35. A. difference B. game C. danger D. fact
第二节 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today, I will talk about my favorite novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,____36____is written by Mark Twain. Tom was the hero of the story. He___37___(live) with his aunt in a small town named St. Petersburg. He ran away____38____, his two friends to an island in the middle of Mississippi River for several days. They went to look for gold but got____39____(lose) in a cave.____40____(luck), they found a box of gold. My favorite scene in the book is when everyone thought Tom was dead. He decided____41____(go) to his own funeral(葬礼)and appeared suddenly. Everyone was____42____(surprise) to see him. They were also pleased to see him alive. The main theme(主题)of the story is surviving in dangerous situations. It is also about____43____(free), social rules, and what people do about bad behaviors. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is great. It's thought to be one of the greatest____44____(novel) in American literature. I think you will love____45____.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jamie来信说他对中国传统文学非常感兴趣，但在阅读时遇到了困难，比如，很多汉字不认识，读不懂文章等，希望得到你的帮助。请给他回信，内容包括：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出建议。
注意: 1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jamie,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面短文，将短文中画线部分的句子翻译成中文。
For the last three nights, I haven’t slept too well. ____47____ I wake up an hour earlier than normal and then I’m unable to get back to sleep. I was a bit tired when I went into my bedroom to watch TV this evening. ____48____ I picked up a book and tried to read, but could feel my eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Finally, I closed them and laid my book on the table. Suddenly I felt something rousing (唤醒) me. It was warm breath hitting me right in the face. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a long, sweet-looking face covered in white and gold fur. ____49____ Its pink nose was breathing on me and its big, brown eyes were looking at me with love.
I smiled and said, “Hello Fluffy.” Suddenly my face was covered in dog kisses. I hugged his neck, and laughed as he continued to show me with his love. I thought to myself ____50____ “If only we humans could love each other as purely (纯真地) as our dogs love us, and how wonderful that would be.”
____51____ Dogs are our best friends and greatest teachers of love. We should not forget their lessons. We should give our hearts freely and our love joyfully. We should live our lives on the side of love.白银大成学校2023-2024学年度第二学期期中考试
科目：英语 年级： 高二
（考生注意：本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What time is it now
A. 8:30. B. 9:00. C. 9:10.
2. Who will come to the party tonight
A. Harry. B. Smith. C. David.
3. What’s the woman’s excuse
A. She was ill. B. She forgot it. C. She saw his uncle off.
4. What are the speakers talking about
A. Where to eat for dinner. B. How to cook beef. C. When to have dinner.
5. What does Brown always remind everyone
A. He always fails to cook. B. He doesn’t like cooking. C. He is a good cook.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
6. What’s David probably doing now
A. He’s working in the office. B. He’s calling one of his friends.
C. He’s having a meal outside.
7. How will David reply to Linda
A. By mobile phone. B. By e-mail. C. By fax.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. How long will the course last
A. 10 days. B. 19 days. C. 28 days.
9. Who has the timetable
A. The Miss. B. The young fellow. C. The woman’s workmate.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. What work does Michelle do
A. She works as a merchant. B. She is engaged in advertising.
C. She works in a wine company.
11. How many times does the man come to China once a year
A. About twice. B. A bout four times. C. About six times.
12. Where does the man come from
A. Australia. B. China. C. Spain.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. Why does the man want to rent a car
A. To see his girlfriend. B. To attend a party. C. To save money for a concert.
14. What does the word “Porsche” probably refer to
A. A rental agency. B. A car brand. C. The name of a factory.
15. Where did the man once go for renting a car
A. The airport. B. The bus station. C. The Benz company.
16. Which aspect is the man satisfied with the car
A. Shape. B. Quality. C. Speed.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
17. What’s the topic of the monologue
A. Different cultures in different countries. B. Table manners in different countries.
C. How to make delicious food.
18. In which country can’t you eat with your left hand
A. Britain. B. Arabian countries. C. Mexico.
19. In which country can a person make a noise while eating
A. Mexico. B. Britain. C. Japan.
20. What does the speaker suggest
A. Do in Rome as Romans do. B. Do as you do at home. C. Ask your friends for advice.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Do you know what STEM is It stands for science, technology (技术), engineering (工程), and maths. STEM classes are popular in the US. But most STEM students are boys.
Alice Hou is a girl from Texas. She is 16 years old now. She first noticed (注意到) the STEM gender gap (性别差异) when she was in the ninth grade. Forty students from her hometown went to the state science fair that year, but only seven of them were girls.
She decided to do something about this. She set up (创建) a club called Girls in STEM. It helps girls learn more about STEM subjects. Girls can try some fun activities that can raise (激发) their interest in STEM. They can also talk to each other about studying these subjects.
The club started with seven girls at Hou’s school. But now it has 45! Other schools have also started their own Girls in STEM clubs.
1. What does the letter “M” mean in the word “STEM”
A. Music. B. Money. C. Maths. D. Match.
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A. STEM classes are only for boys.
B. Alice Hou found the gender gap at the age of 16.
C. At first, more girls went to the state science fair.
D. Girls in STEM makes girls interested in STEM.
3. What can you do in Alice’s club
A. Talk about science. B. Have a birthday party.
C. Learn about history. D. Do some sports.
4. What can we probably see in the next state science fair
A. There are some robots (机器人). B. There are more girls.
C. There are more teachers. D. There are more clubs.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。Alice Hou创立Girls in STEM俱乐部，助力增加女性对科学、技术、工程和数学的兴趣与参与，缩小性别差距。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第一段中“Do you know what STEM is It stands for science, technology (技术), engineering (工程), and maths. STEM classes are popular in the US. But most STEM students are boys. (你知道STEM是什么吗？它代表科学、技术、工程和数学。)”可知，STEM代表科学（Science）、技术（Technology）、工程（Engineering）和数学（Maths）。因此，M代表的是Maths（数学）。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第三段中“She set up (创建) a club called Girls in STEM. It helps girls learn more about STEM subjects. Girls can try some fun activities that can raise (激发) their interest in STEM. They can also talk to each other about studying these subjects. (她成立了一个名为STEM女孩的俱乐部。它可以帮助女孩更多地学习STEM科目。女孩们可以尝试一些有趣的活动来提高她们对STEM的兴趣。她们也可以互相谈论学习这些科目。)”可知，STEM俱乐部帮助女孩们对STEM科目产生兴趣。故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第三段中“She set up (创建) a club called Girls in STEM. It helps girls learn more about STEM subjects. Girls can try some fun activities that can raise (激发) their interest in STEM. They can also talk to each other about studying these subjects. (她成立了一个名为STEM女孩的俱乐部。它可以帮助女孩更多地学习STEM科目。女孩们可以尝试一些有趣的活动来提高她们对STEM的兴趣。她们也可以互相谈论学习这些科目。)”可知，Alice创建的Girls in STEM俱乐部让女孩们可以进行一些有趣的活动来提高她们对STEM的兴趣，同时也可以互相讨论学习这些科目的事情，因此选项A“Talk about science.(谈论科学)”符合题意。故选A。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。由文章最后一段“The club started with seven girls at Hou’s school. But now it has 45! Other schools have also started their own Girls in STEM clubs. (这个俱乐部最初是由侯所在学校的七个女孩组成的。但现在有45个！其他学校也成立了自己的STEM女生俱乐部。)”可知，Alice通过建立Girls in STEM俱乐部鼓励更多女孩参与STEM领域，其他学校也成立了自己的STEM女生俱乐部，可以合理推断在接下来的州科学展中可能会看到更多的女孩参与。故选B。
B
Are you an early person (人) or an evening person That’s the question. When do you work best For me, the answer is easy. I work best in the morning. I do all my best work before lunchtime. I get up at about eight, and then have breakfast. I listen to the radio, and read the papers. And then I start to work. Usually I work from nine to twelve, but after that I gets tired easily. On a good day I write fifteen hundred words or more, sometimes two thousand words, in the morning. Then after lunch I go for a walk or do some reading. In the evening, I like to listen to music, go to my favourite club or go out to meet people. Before ten o’clock, I go to bed and in about five minutes I fall asleep (入睡的) very quickly. If you are a writer, you need self-discipline. But when you are tired, it shows that you have to refresh (使……恢复) your mind and body.
5. The writer usually works ________ in the morning.
A. about half an hour B. about l hours
C. about 3 hours D. about 4 hours
6. What does the first sentence (句子) mean (意思是) after reading the passage
A. You are a person who likes getting up early.
B. You are a person who likes going to bed late.
C. You are a person who works best in the morning or in the evening.
D. You are a person who likes working in the morning or in the evening.
7. What does the underlined word “self-discipline” mean in the passage
A. 自私的 B. 自律的 C. 自我的 D. 自以为是的
8. The passage tells us that ________.
A. the writer’s daily life is busy B. the writer goes for a walk after supper
C. the writer does best work in the morning D. the writer always need refresh mind and body
【答案】5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了作者早上的高效工作情况。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章“Usually I work from nine to twelve, but after that I gets tired easily.(通常我从9点工作到12点，但在那之后我很容易疲劳)”可知，作者通常早上工作3个小时左右。故选C。
【6题详解】
句意猜测题。根据后文“When do you work best For me, the answer is easy. I work best in the morning.(你什么时候工作最好？对我来说，答案很简单。我早上工作效率最高)”可知，第一句问的是：你是一个早上或晚上工作效率最高的人。故划线句意思是“你是一个早上或晚上工作效率最高的人”。故选C。
【7题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“Before ten o’clock, I go to bed and in about five minutes I fall asleep (入睡的) very quickly.(十点之前，我上床睡觉，大约五分钟后我很快就睡着了)”以及上文作者说明了自己早上的日常，可知，作者是一个自律的作家。故划线词意思是“自律的”。故选B。
【8题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文中“I work best in the morning. I do all my best work before lunchtime.(我早上工作效率最高。我午餐前把工作做得最好)”可知，这篇文章告诉我们，作者在早上工作得最好。故选C。
C
Since I became a teenager, I have thought a lot about my own future job and set goal for it. It’s very necessary and important for me now to decide what I want to become. In the past, I used to want to be an engineer because I’m good at drawing and building stuff, but my thought has changed through time. I end up all of my choices as a manager who manages the whole system in the service hotel. I have planned that I will study hard in high school, then finish IGCSE and IB with a high score. After that, I will move to a good school in USA to learn about business and the economy in my country.
During my life in university, I properly will apply to work for some small stores and hotels to have the feeling of how things work in the real life. Firstly, the reason I like to be a hotel manager is I find it interesting to use techniques to persuade more people to stay at the hotel. Secondly, I see that the development in business is the fastest growing in sectors of industry besides the primary and the secondary, so I can make a lot of money. Thirdly, it’s the range of community; it has a very high range to meet different people with different nationalities.
Fourthly, I want to have more confidence and become a good leader with skill, for example, I still can’ t control and persuade people to listen to me sometimes when I’ m in charge of PE’s lesson. The last reason why I strongly chose to be a hotel manager is because of my pressure from my family. They are the second generation of successful 3 stars hotels’ managers. They like me to become what I’m going to do when I become a manager.
9. Why did the author want to be an engineer at first
A. Because he wanted to follow his parents’ expectation.
B. Because he was good at silence subjects at school.
C. Because he thought being an engineer was respected.
D. Because he did very well in drawing and building staff.
10. The advantages in a hotel business are many except ________.
A. earning a lot of money
B. coming across different people
C. learning the special culture in the USA
D. using techniques to persuade more people to stay
11. What does the text mainly talk about
A. My future job. B. My college life
C. My family business. D. My experience in a hotel.
【答案】9. D 10. C 11. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了作者未来要从事的工作及其原因。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“In the past, I used to want to be an engineer because I’m good at drawing and building stuff, but my thought has changed through time. (过去，我想成为一名工程师，因为我擅长绘图和建造东西，但我的想法随着时间而改变。)”可知，作者一开始想成为一名工程师，因为他在绘画和建造东西方面做得很好。故选D项。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Firstly, the reason I like to be a hotel manager is I find it interesting to use techniques to persuade more people to stay at the hotel. Secondly, I see that the development in business is the fastest growing in sectors of industry besides the primary and the secondary, so I can make a lot of money. Thirdly, it’s the range of community; it has a very high range to meet different people with different nationalities. (首先，我喜欢成为一名酒店经理的原因是我发现使用技巧来说服更多的人住在酒店是很有趣的。其次，我发现除了第一、第二产业外，商业的发展是最快的，所以我可以赚很多钱。第三，它是一个社区的范围；它有一个非常宽的范围，能遇见来自不同国籍的不同人。)”可知，选项A、B、D都是酒店经营的优点，除了选项C“了解美国的特殊文化”。故选C项。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段中“Since I became a teenager, I have thought a lot about my own future job and set goal for it. It’s very necessary and important for me now to decide what I want to become. (自从我成为一个青少年，我想了很多关于我自己未来的工作和目标。现在决定我想成为什么样的人对我来说是非常必要和重要的。)”和“I end up all of my choices as a manager who manages the whole system in the service hotel. (我最终选择了成为一个经理，管理服务型酒店的整个系统。)”以及下文还讲述了相关原因等信息可知，本文主要讲述了作者未来要从事的工作。故选A项。
D
Name Koala Panda Elephant
Country Australia China South Africa
Description(描述) It is cute and small. It eats leaves. It likes sleeping in the trees. It’s fat and cute. It’s black and white. It eats bamboo. It’s very quiet and strong. It eats grass and leaves, Its nose is very long.
Time Only weekends 8: 00 a. m. — 4: 00 p. m.
Tickets Adults: $ 10. 00 Children: Over 10: $ 5. 00 Under 10: free
Choose the best choice from A B C according to what you read.
12. The elephant is from _______.
A. China B. Australia C. South Africa D. Japan
13. The _______ is cute and eats bamboo.
A. Koala B. Panda C. Elephant D. Tiger
14. You can visit the zoo at _______.
A. 9: 30 am on Saturday B. 5: 00 pm on Sunday
C. 8: 50 am on Tuesday D. 7: 00 pm on Monday
15. Tom is 13 years old. He goes to the zoo with his mother. They spend _______.
A. $10 B. $15 C. $50 D. $20
【答案】12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了动物园里的三种动物以及动物园的情况。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据表格Elephant部分中“South Africa (南非)”可知，大象来自南非。故选C。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据Panda部分中“It’s fat and cute. It’s black and white. It eats bamboo. (它又胖又可爱。它是黑白相间的。它吃竹子)”可知，熊猫很可爱，吃竹子。故选B。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据Time部分中“Only weekends 8: 00 a. m. — 4: 00 p. m. (只有周末早上8点到下午4点)”可知，你可以在星期六上午9:30参观动物园。故选A。
【15题详解】
细节理解题。根据Tickets 部分中“Adults: $ 10. 00 Children: Over 10: $ 5. 00(成人：10美元。10岁以上儿童5美元)”可知，汤姆13岁了。他和妈妈一起去动物园。他们花费10+5=15美元。故选B。
第二节 （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。
Volunteering is fun and rewarding (有益的), but if you want to be a good volunteer, you need to learn more. ____16____ Be well-trained. Know what you’re doing as a volunteer. If you need to learn about your job, ____17____If you’re good at your job, it will be easier to help others. ____18____Work as part of a team and make sure everyone works together and shares the work. If someone asked for help, just give a hand. If you need some help, ask politely for it.
Be understanding. ____19____Be friendly. ____20____To be a volunteer, you might meet new people who want to make friends with. You might just meet someone who becomes a friend for the rest of your life.
A. Treat others like friends, and they’ll do the same for you.
B. begin to do it at once.
C. Try to understand what other people are facing.
D. Here’s some advice on how to do the volunteering jobs well.
E. Don’t try to do everything by yourself.
【答案】16. D 17. B 18. E 19. C 20. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了如何做好志愿者工作的建议。
【16题详解】
上文“Volunteering is fun and rewarding (有益的), but if you want to be a good volunteer, you need to learn more.(志愿服务既有趣又有益，但如果你想成为一名优秀的志愿者，你需要学习更多)”说明想成为优秀的志愿者，你需要学习更多，D项“以下是关于如何做好志愿工作的一些建议。”承接上文，引出下文的具体建议，符合题意。故选D。
【17题详解】
上文“Know what you’re doing as a volunteer. If you need to learn about your job, (知道你作为一名志愿者在做什么。如果你需要了解你的工作)”说明作为一名志愿者，你需要了解自己的工作，B项“马上开始做。”承接上文，表明要了解自己的工作需要马上开始去做。故选B。
【18题详解】
下文“Work as part of a team and make sure everyone works together and shares the work.(作为团队的一部分工作，确保每个人一起工作并分享工作)”说明要团队协作，每个人都要一起工作，E项“不要试图每件事都自己做。”说明不应该事事都自己做，承接上文，符合题意。故选E。
【19题详解】
上文“Be understanding.(理解他人)”说明要理解其他人，C项中understand是关键词，C项“试着去理解别人所面临的事情。”承接上文，符合题意。故选C。
【20题详解】
上文“Be friendly.(要友善)”说明对待其他人要友善，A项“像对待朋友一样对待别人，他们也会为你做同样的事。”具体介绍对待其他人友善的方法，承接上文，符合题意。故选A。
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A boy walked into a candy store with his father and since he was just 6 years old, he was surprised by so many candies on offer. “It’s amazing. What should I ____21____ ” he asked himself.
“Come on, son, we don’t have much ____22____. I have to attend an important meeting,” his dad said.
“These are all my ____23____ and I don’t know what to choose.” He picked up some bags and then put them back . He couldn’t make up his mind. “ Hurry up, son, we have no time. I’m very ____24____,” his dad said. So the boy ran around the store ___25___ again. His eyes moved from one bag to another, ____26____ all of the sweets looked so good and he couldn’t make up his mind. ____27____, the dad had enough. He caught his son by the hand and they walked out the store empty-handed (两手空空). The boy____28____. He wanted them all, but ended up with _____29_____ because he couldn’t choose just one.
Some of us are that boy. The _____30_____ is that candy store. We have a great number of choices available to us, but if we don’t make a(n) ____31____ about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage or other _____32_____ things, we will end up empty-handed. Sometimes we worry about making the _____33_____choice. What if we ____34____ the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back We don’t have to worry about this. How do we know whether it is good or not if we don’t make a choice The bigger _____35_____ is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.
21. A. think B. choose C. say D. make
22. A. time B. money C. interest D. power
23. A. secrets B. ideas C. favorites D. away
24. A. busy B. tired C. fair D. patient
25. A. carefully B. quickly C. quietly D. nervously
26. A. and B. or C. though D. but
27. A. Luckily B. Finally C. Certainly D. Hopefully
28 A. returned B. waited C. cried D. understood
29. A. nothing B. fear C. peace D. fun
30. A. sky B. school C. world D. company
31. A. decision B. plan C. guess D. ending
32. A. simple B. important C. common D. good
33. A. right B. great C. wrong D. difficult
34. A. regret B. change C. accept D. face
35. A. difference B. game C. danger D. fact
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了小男孩无法做决定买什么糖果，最后空手而归。这个故事告诉我们要大胆的去做决定，只有决定了才知道它好不好。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我应该选什么？A. think思考；B. choose选择；C. say说；D. make制作。根据后文“I don’t know what to choose(我不知道选什么)”可知，孩子不知道选什么。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：快点，儿子，我们没多少时间了。A. time时间；B. money钱；C. interest兴趣；D. power力量。根据后文“we have no time.”可知，父亲说没多少时间。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些都是我最喜欢的，我不知道该选什么。A. secrets秘密；B. ideas想法；C. favorites最喜欢的人/物；D. away客场比赛。结合后文“I don’t know what to choose.(我不知道选什么)”可知，孩子不知道选哪个，因为都是他最喜欢的糖果。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很忙。A. busy忙碌的；B. tired疲惫的；C. fair公平的；D. patient耐心的。根据上文“I have to attend an important meeting(我要参加一个重要会议)”可知，父亲要开会，他很忙。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：于是男孩又飞快地绕着商店跑了一圈。A. carefully仔细地；B. quickly快速地；C. quietly安静地；D. nervously紧张地。根据上文“ “Come on, son, we don’t have much 2 . I have to attend an important meeting,” his dad said.”可知，因为父亲的催促，所以男孩飞快地绕着商店跑了一圈。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意：他的眼睛从一个袋子转到另一个袋子，但所有的糖果看起来都那么好吃，他拿不定主意。A. and并且；B. or或者；C. though虽然；D. but但是。根据前后文语境可知，前后句意为转折关系，应用but。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：最后，父亲受够了。A. Luckily幸运地；B. Finally最后；C. Certainly当然；D. Hopefully有希望地。根据后文“the dad had enough”可知，最后，父亲再也受不了男孩选不出糖果了。故选B。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：那个男孩哭了。A. returned返回；B. waited等待；C. cried哭泣；D. understood理解。根据上文“He caught his son by the hand and they walked out the store empty-handed (两手空空).(他抓住儿子的手，他们两手空空地走出了商店)”可知，什么糖果也没有得到，所以男孩哭了。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他想要所有的，但最后一无所获，因为他不能只选一个。A. nothing没有什么；B. fear恐惧；C. peace和平；D. fun乐趣。根据上文“they walked out the store empty-handed”可知，此处指男孩什么也没有得到。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：世界就是那个糖果店。A. sky天空；B. school学校；C. world世界；D. company公司。根据后文“about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage”可知，作者把糖果店比作生活的世界。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们有很多选择，但是如果我们不对工作、教育、人际关系、婚姻或其他重要的事情做出决定，我们最终会两手空空。A. decision决定；B. plan计划；C. guess猜测；D. ending结束。根据后文“if we don’t make a choice”可知，此处指对工作、教育、人际关系、婚姻或其他重要的事情做出决定。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们有很多选择，但是如果我们不对工作、教育、人际关系、婚姻或其他重要的事情做出决定，我们最终会两手空空。A. simple简单的；B. important重要的；C. common普遍的；D. good好的。根据上文“about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage or other”可知，对工作、教育、人际关系、婚姻或其他重要的事情做出决定。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有时我们担心会做出错误选择。A. right正确的；B. great极好的；C. wrong错误的；D. difficult困难的。根据上文“Sometimes we worry about making the”可知，担心的是做出错误的选择。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果我们对自己选择的方向感到后悔而回头又太晚了怎么办？A. regret后悔；B. change改变；C. accept接受；D. face面对。根据后文“the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back”可知，此处指对自己选择的方向感到后悔，故选A。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：更大的危险是我们根本不做任何决定，最终一事无成。A. difference差异；B. game游戏；C. danger危险；D. fact事实。根据后文“is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.”可知，根本不做任何决定，最终一事无成，才是最大的危险。故选C。
第二节 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today, I will talk about my favorite novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,____36____is written by Mark Twain. Tom was the hero of the story. He___37___(live) with his aunt in a small town named St. Petersburg. He ran away____38____, his two friends to an island in the middle of Mississippi River for several days. They went to look for gold but got____39____(lose) in a cave.____40____(luck), they found a box of gold. My favorite scene in the book is when everyone thought Tom was dead. He decided____41____(go) to his own funeral(葬礼)and appeared suddenly. Everyone was____42____(surprise) to see him. They were also pleased to see him alive. The main theme(主题)of the story is surviving in dangerous situations. It is also about____43____(free), social rules, and what people do about bad behaviors. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is great. It's thought to be one of the greatest____44____(novel) in American literature. I think you will love____45____.
【答案】36. which
37. lived 38. with
39. lost 40. Luckily
41. to go 42. surprised
43. freedom
44. novels 45. it
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。作者通过这篇文章介绍了自己最爱的小说The Adventures of Tom Sawyer的故事概要。
【36题详解】
考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，此处是非限制性定语从句关系词，先行词novel在从句中充当主语，应用关系代词which，故填which。
【37题详解】
考查时态。此处是句子谓语动词，由前文的was判断为一般过去时，故填lived。
【38题详解】
考查介词。句意：他和两个朋友逃到密西西比河中部的一个岛屿上呆了几天。结合句意可知，此处应用介词with“和”，故填with。
【39题详解】
考查非谓语动词。此处考查短语get lost“迷路”，其中lost是lose过去分词，作为get的表语，故填lost。
【40题详解】
考查副词。此处应用luck的副词作状语，修饰后面的句子，故填Luckily。
【41题详解】
考查短语。此处考查短语decide to do sth.“决定做某事”，故填to go。
【42题详解】
考查形容词。此处应填形容词作表语，又修饰主语everyone，故用v-ed形式，be surprised to do sth.“做某事很惊讶”，故填surprised。
【43题详解】
考查名词。此处应用free的名词作为介词about的宾语，故填freedom。
【44题详解】
考查名词的数。根据one of +（形容词最高级）+名词复数“……中的一个”判断此处用novel的复数形式，故填novels。
【45题详解】
考查代词。句意：我认为你会喜欢它的。结合上下文可知，此处用it指代The Adventures of Tom Sawyer，故填it。
【点睛】第1小题考查定语从句关系词。确定定语从句关系词一般分为三步：找出先行词；分析先行词在从句中充当什么成分；考虑特殊情况。以本题为例：
找出先行词：novel
分析先行词在从句中充当什么成分：先行词novel在从句____1____is written by Mark Twain.中充当主语，故用指物的关系代词
考虑特殊情况：非限制性定语从句中不能使用关系代词that
故填which
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jamie来信说他对中国传统文学非常感兴趣，但在阅读时遇到了困难，比如，很多汉字不认识，读不懂文章等，希望得到你的帮助。请给他回信，内容包括：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出建议。
注意: 1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jamie,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Jamie,
It’s never easy to learn Chinese characters and essays. Even some native Chinese speakers can’t do it well, so don’t feel upset. Here are some useful tips.
First, turn to the Internet for help when you have а problem, where you can learn how to read and write the characters. Second, you can learn from Chinese people around and I’m always here to help. But the most important is to keep on learning and practicing. You are sure to make progress.
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给美国朋友Jamie回信，提供学习汉字的建议。
【详解】1.词汇积累
有用：useful→helpful
沮丧的：upset→frustrated
重要：important→vital
不断：keep on doing sth.→go on doing
2.句式拓展
合并简单句
原句：But the most important is to keep on learning and practicing. You are sure to make progress.
拓展句：But if you keep on learning and practicing, you are sure to make progress.
【点睛】[高分句型1] First, turn to the Internet for help when you have а problem, where you can learn how to read and write the characters. (运用了where引导非限制性定语从句)
[高分句型2] It’s never easy to learn Chinese characters and essays. (运用了it作形式主语)
第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面短文，将短文中画线部分的句子翻译成中文。
For the last three nights, I haven’t slept too well. ____47____ I wake up an hour earlier than normal and then I’m unable to get back to sleep. I was a bit tired when I went into my bedroom to watch TV this evening. ____48____ I picked up a book and tried to read, but could feel my eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Finally, I closed them and laid my book on the table. Suddenly I felt something rousing (唤醒) me. It was warm breath hitting me right in the face. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a long, sweet-looking face covered in white and gold fur. ____49____ Its pink nose was breathing on me and its big, brown eyes were looking at me with love.
I smiled and said, “Hello Fluffy.” Suddenly my face was covered in dog kisses. I hugged his neck, and laughed as he continued to show me with his love. I thought to myself ____50____ “If only we humans could love each other as purely (纯真地) as our dogs love us, and how wonderful that would be.”
____51____ Dogs are our best friends and greatest teachers of love. We should not forget their lessons. We should give our hearts freely and our love joyfully. We should live our lives on the side of love.
【答案】47. 我比平常早醒一个小时，然后就再也睡不着了。
48. 我拿起一本书，努力读，但我能感觉到我的眼皮越来越沉。
49. 它粉红色的鼻子对着我呼吸，棕色的大眼睛充满爱意地看着我。
50. 如果我们人类能像狗爱我们那样纯洁地相爱，那该有多好啊。
51. 狗是我们最好的朋友，也是最伟大的爱的老师。
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者和自己的狗相处愉快，感叹狗是我们最好的朋友，也是最伟大的爱的老师。
【47题详解】
考查固定短语。主语为I；wake up an hour earlier than normal表示“比平常早醒一个小时”；and连接并列句；then表示“然后”；I’m unable to get back to sleep表示“再也睡不着了”。故填：我比平常早醒一个小时，然后就再也睡不着了。
【48题详解】
考查固定短语。主语为I；picked up a book表示“拿起一本书”；and tried to read表示“努力读”；but表示“但是”；could feel my eyelids getting heavier and heavier表示“能感觉到我的眼皮越来越沉”。故填：我拿起一本书，努力读，但我能感觉到我的眼皮越来越沉。
【49题详解】
考查固定短语。Its pink nose表示“它粉红色的鼻子”；was breathing on me表示“对着我呼吸”；and its big, brown eyes表示“棕色的大眼睛”；were looking at me with love表示“充满爱意地看着我”。故填：它粉红色的鼻子对着我呼吸，棕色的大眼睛充满爱意地看着我。
【50题详解】
考查固定短语。If only表示“如果……就好了”；we humans表示“我们人类”；could love each other as purely as our dogs love us表示“像狗爱我们那样纯洁地相爱”；and how wonderful that would be表示“那该有多好啊”。故填：如果我们人类能像狗爱我们那样纯洁地相爱，那该有多好啊。
【51题详解】
考查固定短语。主语Dogs表示“狗”；are our best friends表示“是我们最好的朋友”；and greatest teachers of love表示“也是最伟大的爱的老师”。故填：狗是我们最好的朋友，也是最伟大的爱的老师。
