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Unit 1 Period 1 Listening and Speaking 分层练习
语言能力 掌握单元音和双元音发音技巧及其常见字母组合。
学习能力 形成听前预测意识，进而获取细节信息。
思维品质 帮助他人从喜好方面选择适合的学校社团并提出建议。
文化意识 了解青少年的课外活动以及常见的学校社团，初步形成对高中生活的认识。
一、语法填空
1．Diet and exercise are (obvious) important.
【答案】obviously
【解析】【分析】句意：饮食和运动显然很重要。副词修饰谓语动词作状语，故填obviously。
【点评】考查副词，本题涉及副词修饰谓语动词。
2．We owe it Marconi and Bell that we can now talk to the people on the other side of the world.
【答案】to
【解析】【分析】句意：我们现在可以与世界另一端的人们交谈，这要归功于马可尼和贝尔。owe...to...固定短语，"把......归功于....."，故填to.
【点评】考查介词，以及固定短语owe...to...。
3．I never consider myself a stupid boy. the contrary ，I know I'm on the road to success.
【答案】On
【解析】【分析】句意：我从不认为自己是个愚蠢的男孩。恰恰相反，我知道我正在走向成功的道路上。 on the contrary 固定短语，"相反"，位于句首，首字母大写，故填 On 。
【点评】考查介词，以及固定短语on the contrary。
4．Turning his head back ，he found a fierce dog (come) at a little girl.
【答案】coming
【解析】【分析】句意：他回过头来，发现一条凶猛的狗正向一个小女孩扑来。 a fierce dog 和come在逻辑上是主谓关系，现在分词表主动，此处作宾补，故填 coming 。
【点评】考查非谓语动词，本题涉及现在分词作宾补。
5．It was an (astonish) performance for such a young musician.
【答案】astonishing
【解析】【分析】句意：对于这样一位年轻的音乐家来说，这是一场令人惊奇的演出。此处形容词作定语。 astonish "使惊讶"，动词，其形容词"令人惊讶的"，应用 astonishing ，修饰名词 performance ，故填 astonishing 。
【点评】考查形容词，本题涉及形容词作定语。
6．But for tourists like me, pandas are its top
(attract).
【答案】attraction
【解析】【分析】句意：但对像我这样的游客来说，熊猫是它最吸引人的地方，形容词性物主代词后接名词，故填attraction。
【点评】考查名词，本题涉及名词作表语。
7．My sister will graduate Zhejiang University this July. And I am proud of her.
【答案】from
【解析】【分析】句意：我姐姐今年七月将从浙江大学毕业。我为她感到骄傲。graduate from固定短语，"从......毕业"，故填from。
【点评】考查介词，以及固定短语graduate from。
8．He speaks English well indeed, but of course not as (fluent) as a native speaker does.
【答案】fluently
【解析】【分析】句意：他的英语说得确实很好，但当然不如一个母语是英语的人说得流利。此处副词修饰动词， fluent "流利的"，形容词，其副词是 fluently ，故填 fluently 。
【点评】考查副词，本题涉及副词修饰动词。
9．I'm not content current knowledge I have, so I decide to take online classes.
【答案】with
【解析】【分析】句意：我不满足于目前的知识，所以我决定参加在线课程。be content with固定短语，"满足于"，故填with。
【点评】考查介词，以及固定短语be content with。
10．He stayed over extra day in Beijing in order to visit the Great Wall.
【答案】an
【解析】【分析】句意：为了参观长城，他在北京多呆了一天。此处是泛指，应用不定冠词， extra 的发音是元音开头，应用an，故填an。
【点评】考查冠词，本题涉及不定冠词的应用。
二、改错题
11．单句改错
（1）They make very difficult
for you to leave the factory.
（2）It doesn't take long to become addicted to play computer games.
（3）Why not
communicating with each other
（4）Who are you going to recommend
to the post
（5）We have great
responsibility to the human race to deal with global warming.
【答案】（1）make后加it
（2）play→playing
（3）communicating→communicate
（4）第二个to→for
（5）have后加a
【解析】【分析】（1）考查代词。句意：他们使你很难离开工厂。此处不定式是真正的宾语，因此需用代词it作形式宾语，因此make后加it。
（2）考查非谓语动词。句意：很快就会沉迷于电脑游戏。become addicted to固定短语，”沉迷于......“，其中to是介词，后接名词，动名词作宾语，因此play改为playing。
（3）考查固定句式。句意：为什么不互相交流呢？why not... 固定句式，”为什么不.....“，后接动词原形，因此communicating改为communicate。
（4）考查介词。句意：你要推荐谁担任这个职位 recommend sb for sth固定短语，”为.....推荐某人“，故第二个to改为for。
（5）考查冠词。句意：我们对人类负有应对全球变暖的重大责任。have a responsibility to do固定短语，”有责任做......“因此have后加a。
【点评】本题考点涉及代词，非谓语动词，固定句式，介词以及冠词等多个知识点的考查，覆盖面广，综合性强，难度较大，区分度高。
12．单句改错
（1）She stopped cry and told me what had happened.
（2）The police work very hardly day and night for the
safety of the people.
（3）She's much ill but the doctor won't
give her up.
（4）The ground is covered with falling leaves.
（5）I have no clean clothes and have to get the dirty clothes washing.
【答案】（1）cry→crying
（2）hardly→hard
（3）much→very
（4）falling→fallen
（5）washing→washed
【解析】【分析】（1）考查非谓语动词。句意：她不再哭了，把发生的事告诉了我。stop doing固定短语，”停止做......“，因此cry改为crying。
（2）考查副词。句意：为了人民的安全，警察日夜努力工作。hard“努力”；hardly“几乎不”。work hard固定短语，“努力工作”，因此hardly改为hard。
（3）考查副词。句意：她病得很重,但医生不肯放弃。very和much都是副词，但是very用于修饰形容词和副词的原级；而much 多用于修饰动词以及形容词、副词的比较级，因此much改为very。
（4）考查非谓语动词。句意：地面被落叶所覆盖。 falling leaves“正往下落的叶子”；fallen leaves“落叶”。因此 falling改为fallen。
（5）考查非谓语动词。句意：我没有干净的衣服,只好把脏衣服洗了。the dirty clothes和wash在逻辑上是动宾关系，应用过去分词，此处作宾语补足语，因此washing改为washed。
【点评】本题考点涉及非谓语动词、副词知识点的考查，覆盖面广，综合性强，难度较大，区分度高。
三、完形填空
完形填空
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson,
Arizona. 13． the move, my father 14． us in the living room
on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 15． that the universe would suddenly change its
course. “In May, we're 16． to
Arizona.”
The words, so small, didn't seem 17． enough to hold my new life. But the world
changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the 18． change from green trees to flat dusty plains
to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 19． mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and
20． into our new home.
21． my older sisters were sad at the loss of
friends, I 22． explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring 23． and saw a new kind of cactus (仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. “You'd better not 24． that”.
I turned around to see an old woman.
“Are you new to this neighborhood？” I explained that I was, 25． ， new to the entire state. “My name is Ina
Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 26． ？ It must be quite a 27． after living in Boston.”
How could I explain how I 28． the desert I couldn't seem to find the right
words.
“It's vastness.” she
offered. “That vastness 29． you stand on the mountains overlooking the
desert—you can 30． how little you are in comparison with the
world. 31． ， you feel that
the possibilities are limitless.” That was it. That was
the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home.
Again, my 32． would change with just a few simple words.
“Would you like to come to my home tomorrow？” Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't
touch.
13．A．During B．Until C．Upon D．Before
14．A．gathered B．warned C．organized D．comforted
15．A．hoping B．admitting C．realizing D．believing
16．A．going B．moving C．driving D．flying
17．A．good B．simple C．big D．proper
18．A．picture B．ground C．scene D．area
19．A．suggested B．solved C．discovered D．explained
20．A．settled B．walked C．hurried D．stepped
21．A．If B．After C．Once D．While
22．A．bitterly B．easily C．proudly D．eagerly
23．A．as well B．as usual C．right away D．on time
24．A．move B．dig C．pull D．touch
25．A．of course B．in fact C．after all D．at least
26．A．desert B．city C．state D．country
27．A．luck B．doubt C．shock D．danger
28．A．found B．examined C．watched D．reached
29．A．why B．when C．how D．where
30．A．prove B．guess C．sense D．expect
31．A．However B．Otherwise C．Therefore D．Meanwhile
32．A．idea B．life C．home D．family
【答案】13．D；14．A；15．C；16．B；17．C；18．C；19．A；20．A；21．D；22．D；23．B；24．D；25．B；26．A；27．C；28．A；29．B；30．C；31．D；32．B
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者13岁时与家人一起从美国的大城市波士顿搬到美国西南部的亚利桑那州，以及搬家后生活所发生的变化。
【点评】考查完形填空，本题考点涉及介词，动词，名词，形容词，连词，副词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
13．句意：搬家之前，在一月的一个寒冷的夜晚，我父亲把我们聚集在客厅里。A：During”在......期间“；B：Until”直到“；C：Upon”在.....上“；D：Before ”在.....之前“。根据上文”When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona.“在我十三岁的时候，我的家人从波士顿搬到了亚利桑那州的图森。此处是作者一家搬家前的发生的事情，故选D。
14．句意：搬家之前，在一月的一个寒冷的夜晚，我父亲把我们聚集在客厅里。A：gathered”聚集“；B：warned”警告“；C：organized”组织“；D：comforted”安慰“。 此处表示召集到客厅，故选A。
15．句意：我和姐妹们围坐在火堆旁，没有意识到宇宙会突然改变它的方向。A：hoping”希望“；B：admitting”承认“；C：realizing”意识到“；D：believing “相信”。此处表示作者和姐妹们没有意识到事情会发生巨大变化，故选C。
16．句意：五月，我们要搬到亚利桑那州。A：going”去“；B：moving”移动“；C：driving”驾驶“；D：flying ”飞“。根据上文“my family moved from Boston to Tucson”我的家人从波士顿搬到了亚利桑那州的图森，可判断出他们全家要搬家。故选B。
17．句意：这些字眼，那么小，似乎不足以容纳我的新生活。A：good”好的“；B：simple”简单的“；C：big”大的“；D：proper ”合适的“。big与上文中的small相对照。说明“搬家”这个字眼很小，无法包容作者新生活的全部。故选C。
18．句意：我看着场景从绿树变成尘土飞扬的平原再到高山，因为我看到了奇怪的新植物，这些植物暗示着即将到来的谜团。A：picture“图画”；B：ground“地面”；C：scene“景色”；D：area “区域”。根据空后的“change from green trees to flat dusty plains”可判断出scene指的是作者在车上看到的外面的景色。故选C。
19．句意：我看着场景从绿树变成尘土飞扬的平原再到高山，因为我看到了奇怪的新植物，这些植物暗示着即将到来的谜团。A：suggested”“暗示，建议”；B：solved“解决”；C：discovered“发现”；D：explained “解释”。根据空前“change from green trees to flat dusty plains ”从绿树变成尘土飞扬的平原，说明外面景色的变化暗示着作者生活的变化。故选A。
20．句意：最后，我们到达并安顿了我们的新家。A：settled“定居”；B：walked“走，步行”；C：hurried“匆忙”；D：stepped “迈步”。根据上文”When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona.“在我十三岁的时候，我的家人从波士顿搬到了亚利桑那州的图森。所以此处表示他们到达了目的地，定居下来。故选A。
21．句意：当我的姐姐们为失去朋友而难过时，我热切地探索我们的新环境。A：If”如果“；B：After”在.....之后“；C：Once”一旦“；D：While”当.......的时候“。此处是while引导时间状语从句，故选D。
22．句意：当我的姐姐们为失去朋友而难过时，我热切地探索我们的新环境。A：bitterly“悲痛地”；B：easily“容易地”；C：proudly“骄傲地”；D：eagerly”热切地“。此处表示作者很想探索新的居住环境，故选D。
23．句意：一天下午，我像往常一样出去探险，看到了一种新的仙人掌。A：as well“也”；B：as usual“照常”；C：right away“立刻”；D：on time “按时”。根据上文” 9 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 10 explored our new surroundings.“可知作者急切地想探明周围的环境，一天下午他像平常一样出外探索。故选B。
24．句意：你最好别碰那个。A：move”移动“；B：dig”挖“；C：pull”拉“；D：touch “触摸”。因为仙人掌上有刺，所以这位老妇人叫他不要触摸。故选D。
25．句意：“你是这个社区的新人吗？”我解释说，事实上，我对整个州都是新人。A：of course“当然”；B：in fact“事实上”；C：after all“毕竟”；D：at least “至少”。因为作者从一个州搬到了另外一个州，所以对整个州来讲他都是新来者。故选B。
26．句意：你习惯沙漠里的生活了吗？A：desert”沙漠“；B：city”城市“；C：state”州“；D：country ”国家“。 根据下文的the desert可判断出作者搬到了沙漠地区。故选A。
27．句意：住在波士顿之后一定很震撼吧。A：luck”运气“；B：doubt“怀疑”；C：shock“使人震惊的事，给人打击的事”；D：danger “危险”。根据上文可知，作者原来住在Boston这样的大城市中，现在搬到了沙漠地区，这种变化会令其震惊。故选C。
28．句意：我该如何解释我是如何找到沙漠的？A：found“找到，发现”；B：examined”检查“；C：watched”观察“；D：reached ”到达“。根据下文“I couldn't seem to find the right words.”可判断出作者找不到合适的词描述对沙漠的看法。故选A。
29．句意：当你站在山上俯瞰沙漠时的那种浩瀚——你可以感觉到与世界相比，你是多么渺小。A：why”为什么“；B：when“当……的时候”；C：how”如何，怎样“；D：where ”哪里，在哪里“。根据语境，此处是when引导时间状语从句，表示当你站在山上俯瞰沙漠时。故选B。
30．句意：当你站在山上俯瞰沙漠时的那种浩瀚——你可以感觉到与世界相比，你是多么渺小。A：prove“证明”；B：guess“猜测”；C：sense“感觉”；D：expect “期望”。此处表示你能感觉到与世界相比你是多么渺小。故选C。
31．句意：同时，你觉得可能性是无限的。A：However”然而“；B：Otherwise”否则，要不然“；C：Therefore”因此“；D：Meanwhile “同时”。how little与limitless都说明人的渺小，故选D。
32．句意：再一次，我的生活会因为几个简单的词而改变。A：idea”想法“；B：life”生活“；C：home”家“；D：family”家庭，家人“。根据上文”That was the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home.“自从我第一次看到我的新家的群山以来，这就是我的感觉。可判断出作者在讲自己的生活发生了变化。故选B。
四、阅读理解
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
My 12-year-old niece was staying with us for a couple of days. She was remembering some acts of kindness we did together when she was less than five years old. We talked about how so much had changed, and with pandemic, how difficult it would be to do so many of those things, especially when it comes to strangers.
The next day, saying goodbye to my husband, I needed something from the downtown area and happened to take her with me. As we walked around on the street, we heard a beautiful male voice singing a very soulful song. We turned around to see a middle-aged man sitting on a street corner with his guitar. A couple were sitting on a bench nearby and listening to his music.
After getting a few things done, we happened to sit at an outdoor dining restaurant across from him on the other side of the street. My niece was learning how to sing herself, and she kept smiling and saying how wonderful his singing was. Seeing how moved she was by his music, at the end of our meal, I gave her a ten-dollar bill and asked her to walk across the street and put it in his bowl.
She was a little surprised. "Really " she asked with bright eyes. I nodded. So she headed over and as she approached, the man was just finishing a song and started talking to her, and they ended up having a sweet conversation. She told him how touched she was by his music, and he ended up telling her that she made his day. As she was excitedly repeating the conversation back to me, she mentioned, "He didn't even know how much it was. He was just thankful that someone was enjoying his music."
33．What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us about the author and his niece
A．What they did in the past.
B．Why they went downtown.
C．Why they helped strangers.
D．How pandemic changed their life.
34．What caught the author and her niece's attention on the street
A．A guitar. B．A voice.
C．A couple. D．A restaurant.
35．What did the author encourage her niece to do
A．Offer some food to the man. B．Give money to the man.
C．Learn music from the man. D．Praise the man's performance.
36．What did the author's niece do after meeting the man
A．They shared singing skills.
B．She introduced the author to the man.
C．The man refused her kind help.
D．They expressed gratitude to each other.
【答案】33．A
34．B
35．B
36．D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述的是作者和外甥女在街上偶遇一位街头表演者的故事。
【点评】考查阅读理解，主要涉及的是细节理解题，考生需要找到题干中的关键词并根据关键词定位到文章里，然后结合选项，选出最为合适的答案。
体裁 题材 难度
记叙文 善举 ★★★
33．细节题。根据文章第一段My 12-year-old niece was staying with us for a couple of days. She was remembering some acts of kindness we did together when she was less than five years old.（我12岁的侄女和我们一起住了几天。她回忆起她不到五岁时我们一起做过的一些善事。）所以第一段主要告诉我们作者和其外甥女在过去所做的事情，故选A。
34．细节题。根据文章第二段的As we walked around on the street, we heard a beautiful male voice singing a very soulful song.（当我们在街上走着的时候，我们听到一个美丽的男声在唱一首非常深情的歌。）可知是一个声音获得了作者和外甥女的注意力，故选B。
35．细节题。根据文章第三段的Seeing how moved she was by his music, at the end of our meal, I gave her a ten-dollar bill and asked her to walk across the street and put it in his bowl.（看到她被他的音乐打动了，在我们用餐结束时，我给了她一张十美元的钞票，让她走到街对面，把它放在他的碗里。）可知，作者鼓励外甥女去给那个男人钱，故选B。
36．细节题。根据文章最后一段She told him how touched she was by his music, and he ended up telling her that she made his day.（她告诉他，他的音乐让她多么感动，最后他告诉她，她让他很开心。）可知，外甥女见了这个男人后互相表达了对对方的感激，故选D。
阅读理解
When I entered high school, there were many things that
worried me. I felt homesick and couldn't
study well, which resulted in low marks as well as low self-esteem (自尊心). I didn't know what to do so I
just followed others.
One day, all students were called to the school
playground. We were asked to meet an education expert for personality
development. All of us were waiting for him when we saw a thin man and the
headmaster. He looked confident, with a smile on his face. He introduced
himself to us and started his work. Most of it was interactive (互动的) lessons with students. Then he
said, “Now I need 20 students, who want to take a talent (才能) test and consider them to be
the best in the world.” We all wanted to attend, so all of us raised our hands
in unison.
He chose 20 among us and gave them a question paper and
said, “There are 10 questions on the paper, and the quickest person to answer
it will be the winner! … When finishing it, write your name on the paper and
give it to me.” When he said “Start”, all the students wrote quickly. Between
their funny actions and our loud laughter, somehow the competition was over. At
last, he told us the name of the winner … NOBODY. We all were surprised, and
silence fell upon us. He said between the first instruction and the first
question, there was another line which said, “Read all the questions carefully
and answer ONLY THE 10TH QUESTION.” Needless to say, all the students were
awkward.
After a few minutes, he spoke at last and told us to keep careful and have creativity in life. He got all our attention; he is none other than Dr. Tyler Ralph, one of the most famous experts in American education.
37．What does the underlined part “in unison” in Paragraph 2 mean
A．Following others slowly. B．Doing something doubtfully.
C．Having no purpose or thought. D．Doing something at the same time.
38．Why was there no winner among those 20 students
A．The questions were difficult. B．None of them was a talent.
C．They were all too careless. D．The test time was too short.
39．What does Dr. Tyler Ralph think the students should be
A．Energetic and thoughtful. B．Careful and creative.
C．Confident and active. D．Brave and honest.
【答案】37．D
38．C
39．B
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，讲述了一次特殊的测试，说明了学习时要保持谨慎的态度并且具有创新精神。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇人生感悟类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。
37．考查词义猜测。根据第二段中的”Then he said ,‘NowIneed 20 students . Who want to take a talent(才能)test and consider them to be the best in the world 'We all wanted to attend ,so all of us raised our hands in unison.“然后他说，”现在需要 20 名学生。 谁愿意参加才能（才能）测试并认为他们是世界上最好的？“我们都想参加，所以我们都齐声举手。可知此处表示大家齐声举手, in unison与doing sth.at the same time意思相同，故选D。
38．考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的”At last, he told us the name of the winner … NOBODY. We all were surprised, and silence fell upon us. He said between the first instruction and the first question, there was another line which said, ‘Read all the questions carefully and answer ONLY THE 10TH QUESTION.' Needless to say, all the students were awkward.“最后，他告诉我们获胜者的名字……NOBODY。 我们都感到惊讶，沉默降临在我们身上。 他说，在第一个指令和第一个问题之间，还有一行写着：“仔细阅读所有问题，只回答第10个问题。”不用说，所有学生都尴尬了。可推知20个学生中没有获胜者，因为他们都太粗心了。故选C。
39．考查细节理解。根据最后一段”After a few minutes ,hespoke at last and told us tokeep carefuland have creativity in life .He got all our attention ;he is none other than Dr Tyler Ralph ,one of the mostfamous experts in American education .“几分钟后，他终于开口了，告诉我们生活要小心，要有创意。 他引起了我们的注意； 他就是美国教育界最著名的专家之一泰勒·拉尔夫博士。
可知泰勒博士认为学生们应该谨慎而富有创造性，故选B。
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Unit 1 Period 1 Listening and Speaking 分层练习
语言能力 掌握单元音和双元音发音技巧及其常见字母组合。
学习能力 形成听前预测意识，进而获取细节信息。
思维品质 帮助他人从喜好方面选择适合的学校社团并提出建议。
文化意识 了解青少年的课外活动以及常见的学校社团，初步形成对高中生活的认识。
一、语法填空
1．Diet and exercise are (obvious) important.
2．We owe it Marconi and Bell that we can now talk to the people on the other side of the world.
3．I never consider myself a stupid boy. the contrary ，I know I'm on the road to success.
4．Turning his head back ，he found a fierce dog (come) at a little girl.
5．It was an (astonish) performance for such a young musician.
6．But for tourists like me, pandas are its top
(attract).
7．My sister will graduate Zhejiang University this July. And I am proud of her.
8．He speaks English well indeed, but of course not as (fluent) as a native speaker does.
9．I'm not content current knowledge I have, so I decide to take online classes.
10．He stayed over extra day in Beijing in order to visit the Great Wall.
二、改错题
11．单句改错
（1）They make very difficult
for you to leave the factory.
（2）It doesn't take long to become addicted to play computer games.
（3）Why not
communicating with each other
（4）Who are you going to recommend
to the post
（5）We have great
responsibility to the human race to deal with global warming.
12．单句改错
（1）She stopped cry and told me what had happened.
（2）The police work very hardly day and night for the
safety of the people.
（3）She's much ill but the doctor won't
give her up.
（4）The ground is covered with falling leaves.
（5）I have no clean clothes and have to get the dirty clothes washing.
三、完形填空
完形填空
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson,
Arizona. 13． the move, my father 14． us in the living room
on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 15． that the universe would suddenly change its
course. “In May, we're 16． to
Arizona.”
The words, so small, didn't seem 17． enough to hold my new life. But the world
changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the 18． change from green trees to flat dusty plains
to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 19． mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and
20． into our new home.
21． my older sisters were sad at the loss of
friends, I 22． explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring 23． and saw a new kind of cactus (仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. “You'd better not 24． that”.
I turned around to see an old woman.
“Are you new to this neighborhood？” I explained that I was, 25． ， new to the entire state. “My name is Ina
Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 26． ？ It must be quite a 27． after living in Boston.”
How could I explain how I 28． the desert I couldn't seem to find the right
words.
“It's vastness.” she
offered. “That vastness 29． you stand on the mountains overlooking the
desert—you can 30． how little you are in comparison with the
world. 31． ， you feel that
the possibilities are limitless.” That was it. That was
the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home.
Again, my 32． would change with just a few simple words.
“Would you like to come to my home tomorrow？” Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't
touch.
13．A．During B．Until C．Upon D．Before
14．A．gathered B．warned C．organized D．comforted
15．A．hoping B．admitting C．realizing D．believing
16．A．going B．moving C．driving D．flying
17．A．good B．simple C．big D．proper
18．A．picture B．ground C．scene D．area
19．A．suggested B．solved C．discovered D．explained
20．A．settled B．walked C．hurried D．stepped
21．A．If B．After C．Once D．While
22．A．bitterly B．easily C．proudly D．eagerly
23．A．as well B．as usual C．right away D．on time
24．A．move B．dig C．pull D．touch
25．A．of course B．in fact C．after all D．at least
26．A．desert B．city C．state D．country
27．A．luck B．doubt C．shock D．danger
28．A．found B．examined C．watched D．reached
29．A．why B．when C．how D．where
30．A．prove B．guess C．sense D．expect
31．A．However B．Otherwise C．Therefore D．Meanwhile
32．A．idea B．life C．home D．family
四、阅读理解
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
My 12-year-old niece was staying with us for a couple of days. She was remembering some acts of kindness we did together when she was less than five years old. We talked about how so much had changed, and with pandemic, how difficult it would be to do so many of those things, especially when it comes to strangers.
The next day, saying goodbye to my husband, I needed something from the downtown area and happened to take her with me. As we walked around on the street, we heard a beautiful male voice singing a very soulful song. We turned around to see a middle-aged man sitting on a street corner with his guitar. A couple were sitting on a bench nearby and listening to his music.
After getting a few things done, we happened to sit at an outdoor dining restaurant across from him on the other side of the street. My niece was learning how to sing herself, and she kept smiling and saying how wonderful his singing was. Seeing how moved she was by his music, at the end of our meal, I gave her a ten-dollar bill and asked her to walk across the street and put it in his bowl.
She was a little surprised. "Really " she asked with bright eyes. I nodded. So she headed over and as she approached, the man was just finishing a song and started talking to her, and they ended up having a sweet conversation. She told him how touched she was by his music, and he ended up telling her that she made his day. As she was excitedly repeating the conversation back to me, she mentioned, "He didn't even know how much it was. He was just thankful that someone was enjoying his music."
33．What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us about the author and his niece
A．What they did in the past.
B．Why they went downtown.
C．Why they helped strangers.
D．How pandemic changed their life.
34．What caught the author and her niece's attention on the street
A．A guitar. B．A voice.
C．A couple. D．A restaurant.
35．What did the author encourage her niece to do
A．Offer some food to the man. B．Give money to the man.
C．Learn music from the man. D．Praise the man's performance.
36．What did the author's niece do after meeting the man
A．They shared singing skills.
B．She introduced the author to the man.
C．The man refused her kind help.
D．They expressed gratitude to each other.
阅读理解
When I entered high school, there were many things that
worried me. I felt homesick and couldn't
study well, which resulted in low marks as well as low self-esteem (自尊心). I didn't know what to do so I
just followed others.
One day, all students were called to the school
playground. We were asked to meet an education expert for personality
development. All of us were waiting for him when we saw a thin man and the
headmaster. He looked confident, with a smile on his face. He introduced
himself to us and started his work. Most of it was interactive (互动的) lessons with students. Then he
said, “Now I need 20 students, who want to take a talent (才能) test and consider them to be
the best in the world.” We all wanted to attend, so all of us raised our hands
in unison.
He chose 20 among us and gave them a question paper and
said, “There are 10 questions on the paper, and the quickest person to answer
it will be the winner! … When finishing it, write your name on the paper and
give it to me.” When he said “Start”, all the students wrote quickly. Between
their funny actions and our loud laughter, somehow the competition was over. At
last, he told us the name of the winner … NOBODY. We all were surprised, and
silence fell upon us. He said between the first instruction and the first
question, there was another line which said, “Read all the questions carefully
and answer ONLY THE 10TH QUESTION.” Needless to say, all the students were
awkward.
After a few minutes, he spoke at last and told us to keep careful and have creativity in life. He got all our attention; he is none other than Dr. Tyler Ralph, one of the most famous experts in American education.
37．What does the underlined part “in unison” in Paragraph 2 mean
A．Following others slowly. B．Doing something doubtfully.
C．Having no purpose or thought. D．Doing something at the same time.
38．Why was there no winner among those 20 students
A．The questions were difficult. B．None of them was a talent.
C．They were all too careless. D．The test time was too short.
39．What does Dr. Tyler Ralph think the students should be
A．Energetic and thoughtful. B．Careful and creative.
C．Confident and active. D．Brave and honest.
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