2024-2025学年福建省龙岩市侨育中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）
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2024-2025学年福建省龙岩市侨育中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题
(考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分)
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和准考证号填写在答题卡上，并将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑;如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上;如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
3．考生须保持答题卡卡面清洁，并在考试结束后将答题卡交回。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。
例：How much is the shirt
A． 19.15. B． 9.18. C． 9.15.
1．What’s wrong with John Anderson
A．He has had a cold. B．His daughter is ill. C．He is going to be sick.
2．How much did the woman pay altogether
A．$50. B．$48. C．$52.
3．When does the news begin
A．At 6:30. B．At 7:00. C．At 7:30.
4．Where does this conversation take place
A．At a doctor’s surgery. B．At a restaurant. C．At a police station.
5．When did the man probably leave the gate
A．At 12:00． B．At 12:30． C．At 1:00.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Whose mother was ill
A．Jeff’s. B．Jack’s. C．Richard’s.
7．With whom did the man go traveling
A．Maria B．His dog. C．Richard.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．What is NOT usually talked about in English Corner
A．National and international affairs.
B．Music and books.
C．Families and friends.
9．What’s the man’s problem
A．He is too shy.
B．He speaks broken English.
C．He doubts whether he can follow the others.
10．How to resolve the man’s problem
A．Repetition and explanation.
B．Explanation and topic shift.
C．Topic shift and repetition.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．When does the conversation take place
A．In the morning. B．In the afternoon C．In the evening.
12．What favor of tea does the man drink
A．Strong with milk and sugar.
B．Strong with milk and a slice of lemon.
C．Strong without milk but a slice of lemon.
13．What does the man NOT take if he drinks tea with a pie
A．Milk. B．Sugar. C．Lemon.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．What problem does Los Angeles face
A．The weather. B．The population. C．The bus service.
15．What did the woman do in Hollywood
A．She looked at the stars’ houses.
B．She took many pictures.
C．She took all the rides.
16．What is TRUE according to the conversation
A．The man has never been to the west coast.
B．The woman had fine weather on the coast.
C．The city where the woman lives is too small.
17．What does the woman think of the west coast
A．Boring. B．Worrying. C．Satisfactory.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．When do most American universities hold their graduation ceremonies
A．In June. B．In May or June. C．In July.
19．Who are often invited to speak at the graduation ceremonies
A．Professors and researchers
B．School officials.
C．News people and entertainers.
20．Which university did the actor John Lithgow graduate from
A．Harvard.
B．The College of William and Mary.
C．The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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
A Take a view, the Landscape(风景)Photographer of the Year Award, was the idea of Charlie Waite, one of today’s most respected landscape photographers.Each year, the high standard of entries has shown that the Awards are the perfect platform to showcase the very best photography of the British landscape.Take a view is a desirable annual competition for photographers from all comers of the UK and beyond.
Mike Shepherd(2011) Skiddaw in Winter Cumbria, England It was an extremely cold winter’s evening and freezing fog hung in the air. I climbed to the top of a small rise and realised that the mist was little more than a few feet deep, and though it was only a short climb, I found myself completely above it and looking at a wonderfully clear view of Skiddaw with the sun setting in the west. I used classical techniques, translated from my college days spent in the darkroom into Photoshop, to achieve the black—and—white image(图像).
Timothy Smith(2014) Macclesfield Forest Cheshire, England I was back in my home town of Macclesfield to take some winter images. Walking up a path through the forest towards Shutlingsloe. a local high point, I came across a small clearing and immediately noticed the dead yellow grasses set against the fresh snow. The small pine added to the interest and I placed it centrally to take the view from the foreground right through into the forest.
1. Who would most probably enter for Take a view
A. Writers. B. Photographers. C. Painters. D. Tourists.
2. What do the works by Shepherd and Smith have in common
A. They are winter images.
B. They are in black and white.
C. They show mountainous scenes.
D. They focus on snow—covered forests.
3. Where can the text be found
A. In a history book. B. In a novel. C. In an art magazine. D. In a biography.
B
When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning. Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.
Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don’t worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam(横杆), I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that’s what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.
When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming. Within a couple of years, I’d given it up.
When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I’ve traveled back several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to watch the skaters. Weaving(穿梭)among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded(滑)up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice the man next to him. But soon I caught a few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”
“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”
4. What can we learn about the author soon after he moved to London
A. He felt disappointed. B. He gave up his hobby.
C. He liked the weather there. D. He had disagreements with his family.
5. What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean
A. Be careful! B. Well done! C. No way! D. Don’t worry!
6. Why did the author like to spend time in Southbank when he returned to London
A. To join the skateboarding. B. To make new friends.
C. To learn more tricks. D. To relive his childhood days
7. What message does the author seem to convey in the text
A. Children should learn a second language.
B. Sport is necessary for children’s health.
C. Children need a sense of belonging
D. Seeing the world is a must for children.
C
Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees (黑猩猩) use to communicate. They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to one another with a “vocabulary” of 66 gestures. The scientists discovered this by following and filming groups of chimps in Uganda, and examining more than 5,000 incidents of these meaningful exchanges.
Dr Catherine Hobaiter, who led the research, said that this was the only form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system of communication where they deliberately sent a message to another group member.
“That’s what’s so amazing about chimp gestures,” she said. “They’re the only thing that looks like human language in that respect.”
Although previous research has shown that apes and monkeys can understand complex information from another animal’s call, the animals do not appear to use their voices intentionally to communicate messages. This was a significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr Hobaiter said.
Chimps will check to see if they have the attention of the animal with which they wish to communicate. In one case, a mother presents her foot to her crying baby, signaling: “Climb on me.” The youngster immediately jumps on to its mothers back and they travel off together. “The big message from this study is that there is another species (物种) out there. that is meaningful in its communication, so that’s not unique to humans,” said Dr Hobaiter.
Dr Susanne Shultz, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Manchester, said the study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of the evolution of human language. But, she added, the results were “a little disappointing”.
“The vagueness of the gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of the information contained in their gestures and actions,” she said. “Moreover, the meanings seem to not go beyond what other animal convey with non-verbal communication. So, it seems the gulf remains. ”
8. What do chimps and humans have in common according to Dr Hobaiter
A Memorizing specific words. B. Understanding complex information.
C. Using voices to communicate. D. Communicating messages on purpose.
9. What did Dr Shultz think of the study
A. It was well designed but poorly conducted.
B. It was a good try but the findings were limited.
C. It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.
D. It was a failure but the methods deserved praise.
10. What does the underlined word “gulf” in the last paragraph mean
A. Difference. B. Conflict. C. Balance. D. Connection.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Chimpanzee behaviour study achieved a breakthrough
B. Chimpanzees developed specific communication skills
C. Chimpanzees: the smartest species in the animal kingdom
D. Chimpanzee language: communication gestures translated
D
After years of observing human nature, I have decided that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both. The two belong together.
Together, these deep human urges（驱策力）count for much more than ambition. Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, "Why Why Why "
Fortunately, curiosity and discontent don't have to be learned. We are born with them and need only recapture them.
"The great man," said Mencius（孟子）, "is he who does not lose his child's heart. " Yet most of us do lose it. We stop asking questions. We stop challenging custom. We just follow the crowd. And the crowd desires restful average. It encourages us to occupy our own little corner, to avoid foolish leaps into the dark, to be satisfied.
Most of us meet new people, and new ideas, with hesitation. But once having met and liked them, we think how terrible it would have been, had we missed the chance. We will probably have to force ourselves to waken our curiosity and discontent and keep them awake.
How should you start Modestly, so as not to become discouraged. I think of one friend who couldn't arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it. How she is one of the experts, writing books on flower arrangement.
One way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You haven't any special ability Most people don't; there are only a few geniuses. You haven't any time That's good, because it's always the people with no time who get things done. Harriet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Tom's Cabin while cooking. You're too old Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel, and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.
However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for you'll never be more alive than you are at this moment.
12. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims to ________.
A. propose a definition B. make a comparison
C. reach a conclusion D. present an argument
13. What does the example of Galileo tell us
A. Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.
B. Scientists tend to be curious and ambitious.
C. Creativity results from challenging authority.
D. Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.
14. What can you do to recapture curiosity and discontent
A. Observe the unknown around you.
B. Develop a questioning mind.
C. Lead a life of adventure.
D. Follow the fashion.
15. What could be the best title of the passage
A. Curious Minds Never Feel Contented
B. Reflections on Human Nature
C. The Keys to Achievement
D. Never Too Late to Learn
第二节 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。
You’ve got mail…and it’s a postcard
Paulo Magalhaes, a 34-year-old Portuguese computer engineer, loves to open his mailbox and find a brightly colored picture of Rome’s Colosseum. Or Africa’s Victoria Falls. Or China’s Great Wall. ___16___
“I often send postcards to family and friends.” he says to China Daily, “but you can imagine that after a while, you never receive as many as you send, and you realize that not everyone is into it. ___17___” Seeking other like-minded souls, however, Paulo started looking in a somewhat unlikely place: online. Many would say the Internet is a place for people who have given up on the traditional postal service, but Paulo’s hunch(直觉)paid off.
Today his hobby has developed into the website , a social network that has grown to 575,217 registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago. ___18___Running the website has almost turned into a full-time job.
Language is certainly a barrier for many people. For postcrossing to work worldwide a common communication language is needed so that everyone can understand each other. As cool as it may be to receive a postcard written in Chinese, the concept doesn’t work if one doesn’t understand it. ___19___ So a common language is required and in postcrossing that’s English since it’s widely spoken.
“Many people in China have limited exposure to English. ___20___ That said, we know of many postcrossing members, including Chinese, who have actually improved their English skills through their use of postcrossing,” Paulo says.
A. And that’s totally fine.
B. That makes it extra hard to learn and practice it.
C. He likes to think of sending postcards as a family-friendly hobby.
D. Many love to make a connection with someone from across the world.
E. On August 5, the number of postcards exchanged by members topped 31 million.
F. Similarly, if you speak only Chinese, receiving a card in Swedish takes part of the fun away.
G. In short, he loves postcards, and the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago, my grandmother was in a nursing home. She was a retired university professor, which brought her an ocean of ___21___ she had taught before.
___22___ from my grandmother, almost no one came to see the old man next door. He was ___23___ most of the time.
Once I greeted (打招呼) him, “How are you doing recently ” He gave me a(an) ___24___, saying nothing. Thinking he was ___25___ of hearing. I raised my voice and asked again. He just shook his head slightly. After a long while, finding I was ___26___ there, he just said, “Fine.” Then he looked away. I had to shut up, feeling rather ___27___.
Later, I learned that the old man had got quite a few companies from his family. Since he was not a good ___28___, he annoyed many people and even made his family and friends pull away. And ___29___, his companies all failed.
So what is the most important _____30_____ a person can have Perhaps you think making money is the answer. No! But the ability to _____31_____ your thoughts is. It’s extremely important for a person to learn to put what he thinks into _____32_____. It makes a relationship _____33_____ and a career flourish (繁荣). I’m afraid this is something many of us don’t have. Just think: How many of us have ever _____34_____ those who love us just because we are not good at speaking So, more often than not, it is not what we think but how we speak that _____35_____ how far we can go in life.
21. A. neighbors B. workers C. visitors D. relatives
22. A. Absent B. Different C. Far D. Free
23. A. alone B. calm C. happy D. impatient
24. A. answer B. look C. chance D. call
25. A. tired B. afraid C. proud D. short
26 A. always B. already C. also D. still
27. A. uncomfortable B. concerned C. hopeless D. relaxed
28. A. expert B. competitor C. speaker D. partner
29. A. typically B. obviously C. unexpectedly D. eventually
30. A. skill B. challenge C. principle D. emotion
31. A. update B. develop C. express D. control
32. A. action B. words C. plans D. consideration
33. A. appear B. worsen C. end D. last
34. A. inspired B. hurt C. caught D. reminded
35. A. determines B. proves C. informs D. introduces
第二节 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。
China’s women’s basketball team won respect and encouragement from Chinese netizens for their sportsmanship _____36_____ (display) in the gold-medal game against Team US in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Saturday, after finishing in second place.
In Friday’s semi-final, China defeated host Australia 61-59 and entered the World Cup final for the second time in almost three decades. This is a significant _____37_____ (achieve) for a team with an average age of less than 26 years old. The Chinese team won six times in this year’s World Cup before Saturday’s final. The only defeat was that it _____38_____ (lose) 63-77 to the US during the group stages.
When _____39_____ (face) the world’s top-ranked Team USA, the reigning champions, the Chinese players showed a strong desire _____40_____ (fight) until the end. _____41_____the Chinese players failed to conjure a miracle in the final, their progress is _____42_____ (definite) worth being proud of. Cheryl Reeve, coach of Team USA, _____43_____claimed their fourth FIBA World Cup title in _____44_____ row, said she saw the growth of their Chinese rivals. “This is a great time for the Chinese women’s national team. It’s a very, very good team,” she told the press conference.
After the game, the Chinese Basketball Association on Sina Weibo congratulated China’s women’s national basketball team _____45_____finishing runners up again after 28 years. It also expressed gratitude to every athlete, coach, and staff member in the team for their dedication.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文(满分15分)
46. 针对当前有人喜欢看书,有人则喜欢听书的情况,你班以“Is reading a book better than listening to it ”为题进行了一次讨论，请你据此写一篇短文向校英语报投稿。
内容包括：1. 大家的看法及理由2. 你的观点。
Yesterday, our class had a discussion on whether reading a book is better than listening to it and opinions divide.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节 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。
A few years ago, my wife Sue had some fairly serious health problems. She had suffered surgery after surgery and had also put on weight for several years. Diets had not helped her.
One day we sat down and drew up a “wish list” of the things we wanted most out of life. One of Sue’s items was to run in a marathon. Given her history and physical limitations, I thought her goal was completely unrealistic, but Sue became committed to it.
She began by running very slowly around. Every day she ran just a little farther than she had the day before just one driveway more. “When will I ever be able to run a mile ” Sue asked one day. Soon she was running three. Then five. “We can change ourselves for the better and cause ourselves to pursue our most precious desires with almost total success,” Sue said and registered to run in the St. George Marathon in southern Utah.
I drove the mountainous road from Cedar City to St. George. When the marathon began, I parked the car near the finish line and waited for Sue to come in. Five hours later, it was raining steadily and the wind was cold. Several cold and injured runners had been transported past me, and I began to panic. The image of Sue, alone and cold, off the road somewhere, made me sick with worry. The fast and strong competitors had finished long ago, and runners were becoming fewer and fewer. Now I could not see anyone in either direction.
Almost all of the cars along the marathon route had left, and some normal traffic was beginning. I was able to drive directly up the race route. There were still no runners in view after driving almost two miles. Then I went around a bend in the road and spotted two runners running up ahead.
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。
It was Sue in the company of a girl runner, struggling.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
At the finish line, the girl hugged Sue, “You made me believe we could do it.”
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答案
(考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分)
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和准考证号填写在答题卡上，并将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑;如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上;如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
3．考生须保持答题卡卡面清洁，并在考试结束后将答题卡交回。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。
例：How much is the shirt
A． 19.15. B． 9.18. C． 9.15.
1．What’s wrong with John Anderson
A．He has had a cold. B．His daughter is ill. C．He is going to be sick.
2．How much did the woman pay altogether
A．$50. B．$48. C．$52.
3．When does the news begin
A．At 6:30. B．At 7:00. C．At 7:30.
4．Where does this conversation take place
A．At a doctor’s surgery. B．At a restaurant. C．At a police station.
5．When did the man probably leave the gate
A．At 12:00． B．At 12:30． C．At 1:00.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Whose mother was ill
A．Jeff’s. B．Jack’s. C．Richard’s.
7．With whom did the man go traveling
A．Maria. B．His dog. C．Richard.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．What is NOT usually talked about in English Corner
A．National and international affairs.
B．Music and books.
C．Families and friends.
9．What’s the man’s problem
A．He is too shy.
B．He speaks broken English.
C．He doubts whether he can follow the others.
10．How to resolve the man’s problem
A．Repetition and explanation.
B．Explanation and topic shift.
C．Topic shift and repetition.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．When does the conversation take place
A．In the morning. B．In the afternoon C．In the evening.
12．What favor of tea does the man drink
A．Strong with milk and sugar.
B．Strong with milk and a slice of lemon.
C．Strong without milk but a slice of lemon.
13．What does the man NOT take if he drinks tea with a pie
A．Milk. B．Sugar. C．Lemon.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．What problem does Los Angeles face
A．The weather. B．The population. C．The bus service.
15．What did the woman do in Hollywood
A．She looked at the stars’ houses.
B．She took many pictures.
C．She took all the rides.
16．What is TRUE according to the conversation
A．The man has never been to the west coast.
B．The woman had fine weather on the coast.
C．The city where the woman lives is too small.
17．What does the woman think of the west coast
A．Boring. B．Worrying. C．Satisfactory.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．When do most American universities hold their graduation ceremonies
A．In June. B．In May or June. C．In July.
19．Who are often invited to speak at the graduation ceremonies
A．Professors and researchers.
B．School officials.
C．News people and entertainers.
20．Which university did the actor John Lithgow graduate from
A．Harvard.
B．The College of William and Mary.
C．The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
听力答案 略
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
A Take a view, the Landscape(风景)Photographer of the Year Award, was the idea of Charlie Waite, one of today’s most respected landscape photographers.Each year, the high standard of entries has shown that the Awards are the perfect platform to showcase the very best photography of the British landscape.Take a view is a desirable annual competition for photographers from all comers of the UK and beyond.
Mike Shepherd(2011) Skiddaw in Winter Cumbria, England It was an extremely cold winter’s evening and freezing fog hung in the air. I climbed to the top of a small rise and realised that the mist was little more than a few feet deep, and though it was only a short climb, I found myself completely above it and looking at a wonderfully clear view of Skiddaw with the sun setting in the west. I used classical techniques, translated from my college days spent in the darkroom into Photoshop, to achieve the black—and—white image(图像).
Timothy Smith(2014) Macclesfield Forest Cheshire, England I was back in my home town of Macclesfield to take some winter images. Walking up a path through the forest towards Shutlingsloe. a local high point, I came across a small clearing and immediately noticed the dead yellow grasses set against the fresh snow. The small pine added to the interest and I placed it centrally to take the view from the foreground right through into the forest.
1. Who would most probably enter for Take a view
A. Writers. B. Photographers. C. Painters. D. Tourists.
2. What do the works by Shepherd and Smith have in common
A. They are winter images.
B. They are in black and white.
C. They show mountainous scenes.
D. They focus on snow—covered forests.
3. Where can the text be found
A. In a history book. B. In a novel. C. In an art magazine. D. In a biography.
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C
B
When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning. Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.
Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don’t worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam(横杆), I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that’s what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.
When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming. Within a couple of years, I’d given it up.
When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I’ve traveled back several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to watch the skaters. Weaving(穿梭)among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded(滑)up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice the man next to him. But soon I caught a few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”
“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”
4. What can we learn about the author soon after he moved to London
A. He felt disappointed. B. He gave up his hobby.
C. He liked the weather there. D. He had disagreements with his family.
5. What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean
A. Be careful! B. Well done! C. No way! D. Don’t worry!
6. Why did the author like to spend time in Southbank when he returned to London
A. To join the skateboarding. B. To make new friends.
C. To learn more tricks. D. To relive his childhood days
7. What message does the author seem to convey in the text
A. Children should learn a second language.
B. Sport is necessary for children’s health.
C. Children need a sense of belonging
D. Seeing the world is a must for children.
【答案】4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C
C
Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees (黑猩猩) use to communicate. They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to one another with a “vocabulary” of 66 gestures. The scientists discovered this by following and filming groups of chimps in Uganda, and examining more than 5,000 incidents of these meaningful exchanges.
Dr Catherine Hobaiter, who led the research, said that this was the only form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system of communication where they deliberately sent a message to another group member.
“That’s what’s so amazing about chimp gestures,” she said. “They’re the only thing that looks like human language in that respect.”
Although previous research has shown that apes and monkeys can understand complex information from another animal’s call, the animals do not appear to use their voices intentionally to communicate messages. This was a significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr Hobaiter said.
Chimps will check to see if they have the attention of the animal with which they wish to communicate. In one case, a mother presents her foot to her crying baby, signaling: “Climb on me.” The youngster immediately jumps on to its mothers back and they travel off together. “The big message from this study is that there is another species (物种) out there. that is meaningful in its communication, so that’s not unique to humans,” said Dr Hobaiter.
Dr Susanne Shultz, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Manchester, said the study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of the evolution of human language. But, she added, the results were “a little disappointing”.
“The vagueness of the gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of the information contained in their gestures and actions,” she said. “Moreover, the meanings seem to not go beyond what other animal convey with non-verbal communication. So, it seems the gulf remains. ”
8. What do chimps and humans have in common according to Dr Hobaiter
A. Memorizing specific words. B. Understanding complex information.
C. Using voices to communicate. D. Communicating messages on purpose.
9. What did Dr Shultz think of the study
A. It was well designed but poorly conducted.
B. It was a good try but the findings were limited.
C. It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.
D. It was a failure but the methods deserved praise.
10. What does the underlined word “gulf” in the last paragraph mean
A. Difference. B. Conflict. C. Balance. D. Connection.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Chimpanzee behaviour study achieved a breakthrough
B. Chimpanzees developed specific communication skills
C. Chimpanzees: the smartest species in the animal kingdom
D. Chimpanzee language: communication gestures translated
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D
D
After years of observing human nature, I have decided that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both. The two belong together.
Together, these deep human urges（驱策力）count for much more than ambition. Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, "Why Why Why "
Fortunately, curiosity and discontent don't have to be learned. We are born with them and need only recapture them.
"The great man," said Mencius（孟子）, "is he who does not lose his child's heart. " Yet most of us do lose it. We stop asking questions. We stop challenging custom. We just follow the crowd. And the crowd desires restful average. It encourages us to occupy our own little corner, to avoid foolish leaps into the dark, to be satisfied.
Most of us meet new people, and new ideas, with hesitation. But once having met and liked them, we think how terrible it would have been, had we missed the chance. We will probably have to force ourselves to waken our curiosity and discontent and keep them awake.
How should you start Modestly, so as not to become discouraged. I think of one friend who couldn't arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it. How she is one of the experts, writing books on flower arrangement.
One way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You haven't any special ability Most people don't; there are only a few geniuses. You haven't any time That's good, because it's always the people with no time who get things done. Harriet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Tom's Cabin while cooking. You're too old Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel, and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.
However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for you'll never be more alive than you are at this moment.
12. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims to ________.
A. propose a definition B. make a comparison
C. reach a conclusion D. present an argument
13. What does the example of Galileo tell us
A. Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.
B. Scientists tend to be curious and ambitious.
C. Creativity results from challenging authority.
D. Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.
14. What can you do to recapture curiosity and discontent
A. Observe the unknown around you.
B. Develop a questioning mind.
C. Lead a life of adventure.
D. Follow the fashion.
15. What could be the best title of the passage
A. Curious Minds Never Feel Contented
B. Reflections on Human Nature
C. The Keys to Achievement
D Never Too Late to Learn
【答案】12. D 13. D 14. B 15. C
第二节 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。
You’ve got mail…and it’s a postcard
Paulo Magalhaes, a 34-year-old Portuguese computer engineer, loves to open his mailbox and find a brightly colored picture of Rome’s Colosseum. Or Africa’s Victoria Falls. Or China’s Great Wall. ___16___
“I often send postcards to family and friends.” he says to China Daily, “but you can imagine that after a while, you never receive as many as you send, and you realize that not everyone is into it. ___17___” Seeking other like-minded souls, however, Paulo started looking in a somewhat unlikely place: online. Many would say the Internet is a place for people who have given up on the traditional postal service, but Paulo’s hunch(直觉)paid off.
Today his hobby has developed into the website , a social network that has grown to 575,217 registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago. ___18___Running the website has almost turned into a full-time job.
Language is certainly a barrier for many people. For postcrossing to work worldwide, a common communication language is needed so that everyone can understand each other. As cool as it may be to receive a postcard written in Chinese, the concept doesn’t work if one doesn’t understand it. ___19___ So a common language is required and in postcrossing that’s English since it’s widely spoken.
“Many people in China have limited exposure to English. ___20___ That said, we know of many postcrossing members, including Chinese, who have actually improved their English skills through their use of postcrossing,” Paulo says.
A. And that’s totally fine.
B. That makes it extra hard to learn and practice it.
C. He likes to think of sending postcards as a family-friendly hobby.
D. Many love to make a connection with someone from across the world.
E. On August 5, the number of postcards exchanged by members topped 31 million.
F. Similarly, if you speak only Chinese, receiving a card in Swedish takes part of the fun away.
G. In short, he loves postcards, and the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away.
【答案】16. G 17. A 18. E 19. F 20. B
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago, my grandmother was in a nursing home. She was a retired university professor, which brought her an ocean of ___21___ she had taught before.
___22___ from my grandmother, almost no one came to see the old man next door. He was ___23___ most of the time.
Once I greeted (打招呼) him, “How are you doing recently ” He gave me a(an) ___24___, saying nothing. Thinking he was ___25___ of hearing. I raised my voice and asked again. He just shook his head slightly. After a long while, finding I was ___26___ there, he just said, “Fine.” Then he looked away. I had to shut up, feeling rather ___27___.
Later, I learned that the old man had got quite a few companies from his family. Since he was not a good ___28___, he annoyed many people and even made his family and friends pull away. And ___29___, his companies all failed.
So what is the most important _____30_____ a person can have Perhaps you think making money is the answer. No! But the ability to _____31_____ your thoughts is. It’s extremely important for a person to learn to put what he thinks into _____32_____. It makes a relationship _____33_____ and a career flourish (繁荣). I’m afraid this is something many of us don’t have. Just think: How many of us have ever _____34_____ those who love us just because we are not good at speaking So, more often than not, it is not what we think but how we speak that _____35_____ how far we can go in life.
21. A. neighbors B. workers C. visitors D. relatives
22. A. Absent B. Different C. Far D. Free
23. A. alone B. calm C. happy D. impatient
24. A. answer B. look C. chance D. call
25. A. tired B. afraid C. proud D. short
26. A. always B. already C. also D. still
27. A. uncomfortable B. concerned C. hopeless D. relaxed
28. A. expert B. competitor C. speaker D. partner
29. A. typically B. obviously C. unexpectedly D. eventually
30. A. skill B. challenge C. principle D. emotion
31. A. update B. develop C. express D. control
32. A. action B. words C. plans D. consideration
33. A. appear B. worsen C. end D. last
34. A. inspired B. hurt C. caught D. reminded
35. A. determines B. proves C. informs D. introduces
【答案】21 C 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. A
第二节 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。
China’s women’s basketball team won respect and encouragement from Chinese netizens for their sportsmanship _____36_____ (display) in the gold-medal game against Team US in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Saturday, after finishing in second place.
In Friday’s semi-final, China defeated host Australia 61-59 and entered the World Cup final for the second time in almost three decades. This is a significant _____37_____ (achieve) for a team with an average age of less than 26 years old. The Chinese team won six times in this year’s World Cup before Saturday’s final. The only defeat was that it _____38_____ (lose) 63-77 to the US during the group stages.
When _____39_____ (face) the world’s top-ranked Team USA, the reigning champions, the Chinese players showed a strong desire _____40_____ (fight) until the end. _____41_____the Chinese players failed to conjure a miracle in the final, their progress is _____42_____ (definite) worth being proud of. Cheryl Reeve, coach of Team USA, _____43_____claimed their fourth FIBA World Cup title in _____44_____ row, said she saw the growth of their Chinese rivals. “This is a great time for the Chinese women’s national team. It’s a very, very good team,” she told the press conference.
After the game, the Chinese Basketball Association on Sina Weibo congratulated China’s women’s national basketball team _____45_____finishing runners up again after 28 years. It also expressed gratitude to every athlete, coach, and staff member in the team for their dedication.
【答案】36. displayed
37. achievement
38. lost 39. facing
40. to fight
41. Although##Though##While
42. definitely
43. who 44. a
45. on
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文(满分15分)
46. 针对当前有人喜欢看书,有人则喜欢听书的情况,你班以“Is reading a book better than listening to it ”为题进行了一次讨论，请你据此写一篇短文向校英语报投稿。
内容包括：1. 大家的看法及理由2. 你的观点。
Yesterday, our class had a discussion on whether reading a book is better than listening to it and opinions divide.
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【答案】
Yesterday, our class had a discussion on whether reading a book is better than listening to it and opinions divide.
Some students hold the view that reading a book is better in that they can stop wherever they need to digest or reflect on the material or write down important points for subsequent review. Also, the scent of the ink will intrigue them into the magical world of books, spiritually satisfied.
However, others argue that listening to a book can take place anytime and anyplace, which saves them the trouble of carrying books wherever they go. And listening to a book can more easily get them immersed in what the speaker is saying.
I think we should deal with serious books by reading, and books for relaxation can be done by listening.
参考范文:2
Yesterday, our class had a discussion on whether reading a book is better than listening to it and opinions divide.
Some students consider it better to read a book. It helps them better digest the information in it and more easily turn the pages back and forth to review points. However others disagree. They think listening to books is more convenient, as they can do it anytime and anywhere. Moreover, they can do other stuff while listening.
Personally, both methods have strengths and weaknesses. As students, we should read the books related to our lessons and listen to other books for relaxation.
第二节 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。
A few years ago, my wife Sue had some fairly serious health problems. She had suffered surgery after surgery and had also put on weight for several years. Diets had not helped her.
One day we sat down and drew up a “wish list” of the things we wanted most out of life. One of Sue’s items was to run in a marathon. Given her history and physical limitations, I thought her goal was completely unrealistic, but Sue became committed to it.
She began by running very slowly around. Every day she ran just a little farther than she had the day before just one driveway more. “When will I ever be able to run a mile ” Sue asked one day. Soon she was running three. Then five. “We can change ourselves for the better and cause ourselves to pursue our most precious desires with almost total success,” Sue said and registered to run in the St. George Marathon in southern Utah.
I drove the mountainous road from Cedar City to St. George. When the marathon began, I parked the car near the finish line and waited for Sue to come in. Five hours later, it was raining steadily and the wind was cold. Several cold and injured runners had been transported past me, and I began to panic. The image of Sue, alone and cold, off the road somewhere, made me sick with worry. The fast and strong competitors had finished long ago, and runners were becoming fewer and fewer. Now I could not see anyone in either direction.
Almost all of the cars along the marathon route had left, and some normal traffic was beginning. I was able to drive directly up the race route. There were still no runners in view after driving almost two miles. Then I went around a bend in the road and spotted two runners running up ahead.
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。
It was Sue in the company of a girl runner, struggling.
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At the finish line, the girl hugged Sue, “You made me believe we could do it.”
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【答案】作答示例
It was Sue in the company of a girl runner, struggling. As I approached them, I noticed the pair dragging their feet and running forward awkwardly with their shoes wet. I pulled off and called. “Are you okay ” “Oh, yes!” Sue said, almost out of breath. The girl also nodded and kept moving. I had wanted to offer them a ride in, but the resolve in their eyes made me swallow back the words. I turned around and followed. Inch by inch, they were getting closer to the finish line. Eventually, the real winners in my heart ran past the finish line.
At the finish line, the girl hugged Sue, “You made me believe we could do it.” She added, “Sue described so vividly how it would be to finish that I knew I could do it.” Sue smiled back. “I’ve been dreaming about this day for two years and I shall not be denied”. Greatly moved, the girl promised she would never quit anything easily without total success. At that moment, I looked at Sue and found she was carrying herself differently. It was not as if she had become someone new; it was more as if she had discovered a real self she had not known before. She truly liked her newly discovered self. So did I.
(考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分)
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和准考证号填写在答题卡上，并将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑;如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上;如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
3．考生须保持答题卡卡面清洁，并在考试结束后将答题卡交回。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。
例：How much is the shirt
A． 19.15. B． 9.18. C． 9.15.
1．What’s wrong with John Anderson
A．He has had a cold. B．His daughter is ill. C．He is going to be sick.
2．How much did the woman pay altogether
A．$50. B．$48. C．$52.
3．When does the news begin
A．At 6:30. B．At 7:00. C．At 7:30.
4．Where does this conversation take place
A．At a doctor’s surgery. B．At a restaurant. C．At a police station.
5．When did the man probably leave the gate
A．At 12:00． B．At 12:30． C．At 1:00.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Whose mother was ill
A．Jeff’s. B．Jack’s. C．Richard’s.
7．With whom did the man go traveling
A．Maria B．His dog. C．Richard.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．What is NOT usually talked about in English Corner
A．National and international affairs.
B．Music and books.
C．Families and friends.
9．What’s the man’s problem
A．He is too shy.
B．He speaks broken English.
C．He doubts whether he can follow the others.
10．How to resolve the man’s problem
A．Repetition and explanation.
B．Explanation and topic shift.
C．Topic shift and repetition.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．When does the conversation take place
A．In the morning. B．In the afternoon C．In the evening.
12．What favor of tea does the man drink
A．Strong with milk and sugar.
B．Strong with milk and a slice of lemon.
C．Strong without milk but a slice of lemon.
13．What does the man NOT take if he drinks tea with a pie
A．Milk. B．Sugar. C．Lemon.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．What problem does Los Angeles face
A．The weather. B．The population. C．The bus service.
15．What did the woman do in Hollywood
A．She looked at the stars’ houses.
B．She took many pictures.
C．She took all the rides.
16．What is TRUE according to the conversation
A．The man has never been to the west coast.
B．The woman had fine weather on the coast.
C．The city where the woman lives is too small.
17．What does the woman think of the west coast
A．Boring. B．Worrying. C．Satisfactory.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．When do most American universities hold their graduation ceremonies
A．In June. B．In May or June. C．In July.
19．Who are often invited to speak at the graduation ceremonies
A．Professors and researchers
B．School officials.
C．News people and entertainers.
20．Which university did the actor John Lithgow graduate from
A．Harvard.
B．The College of William and Mary.
C．The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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
A Take a view, the Landscape(风景)Photographer of the Year Award, was the idea of Charlie Waite, one of today’s most respected landscape photographers.Each year, the high standard of entries has shown that the Awards are the perfect platform to showcase the very best photography of the British landscape.Take a view is a desirable annual competition for photographers from all comers of the UK and beyond.
Mike Shepherd(2011) Skiddaw in Winter Cumbria, England It was an extremely cold winter’s evening and freezing fog hung in the air. I climbed to the top of a small rise and realised that the mist was little more than a few feet deep, and though it was only a short climb, I found myself completely above it and looking at a wonderfully clear view of Skiddaw with the sun setting in the west. I used classical techniques, translated from my college days spent in the darkroom into Photoshop, to achieve the black—and—white image(图像).
Timothy Smith(2014) Macclesfield Forest Cheshire, England I was back in my home town of Macclesfield to take some winter images. Walking up a path through the forest towards Shutlingsloe. a local high point, I came across a small clearing and immediately noticed the dead yellow grasses set against the fresh snow. The small pine added to the interest and I placed it centrally to take the view from the foreground right through into the forest.
1. Who would most probably enter for Take a view
A. Writers. B. Photographers. C. Painters. D. Tourists.
2. What do the works by Shepherd and Smith have in common
A. They are winter images.
B. They are in black and white.
C. They show mountainous scenes.
D. They focus on snow—covered forests.
3. Where can the text be found
A. In a history book. B. In a novel. C. In an art magazine. D. In a biography.
B
When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning. Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.
Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don’t worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam(横杆), I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that’s what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.
When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming. Within a couple of years, I’d given it up.
When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I’ve traveled back several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to watch the skaters. Weaving(穿梭)among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded(滑)up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice the man next to him. But soon I caught a few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”
“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”
4. What can we learn about the author soon after he moved to London
A. He felt disappointed. B. He gave up his hobby.
C. He liked the weather there. D. He had disagreements with his family.
5. What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean
A. Be careful! B. Well done! C. No way! D. Don’t worry!
6. Why did the author like to spend time in Southbank when he returned to London
A. To join the skateboarding. B. To make new friends.
C. To learn more tricks. D. To relive his childhood days
7. What message does the author seem to convey in the text
A. Children should learn a second language.
B. Sport is necessary for children’s health.
C. Children need a sense of belonging
D. Seeing the world is a must for children.
C
Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees (黑猩猩) use to communicate. They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to one another with a “vocabulary” of 66 gestures. The scientists discovered this by following and filming groups of chimps in Uganda, and examining more than 5,000 incidents of these meaningful exchanges.
Dr Catherine Hobaiter, who led the research, said that this was the only form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system of communication where they deliberately sent a message to another group member.
“That’s what’s so amazing about chimp gestures,” she said. “They’re the only thing that looks like human language in that respect.”
Although previous research has shown that apes and monkeys can understand complex information from another animal’s call, the animals do not appear to use their voices intentionally to communicate messages. This was a significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr Hobaiter said.
Chimps will check to see if they have the attention of the animal with which they wish to communicate. In one case, a mother presents her foot to her crying baby, signaling: “Climb on me.” The youngster immediately jumps on to its mothers back and they travel off together. “The big message from this study is that there is another species (物种) out there. that is meaningful in its communication, so that’s not unique to humans,” said Dr Hobaiter.
Dr Susanne Shultz, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Manchester, said the study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of the evolution of human language. But, she added, the results were “a little disappointing”.
“The vagueness of the gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of the information contained in their gestures and actions,” she said. “Moreover, the meanings seem to not go beyond what other animal convey with non-verbal communication. So, it seems the gulf remains. ”
8. What do chimps and humans have in common according to Dr Hobaiter
A Memorizing specific words. B. Understanding complex information.
C. Using voices to communicate. D. Communicating messages on purpose.
9. What did Dr Shultz think of the study
A. It was well designed but poorly conducted.
B. It was a good try but the findings were limited.
C. It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.
D. It was a failure but the methods deserved praise.
10. What does the underlined word “gulf” in the last paragraph mean
A. Difference. B. Conflict. C. Balance. D. Connection.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Chimpanzee behaviour study achieved a breakthrough
B. Chimpanzees developed specific communication skills
C. Chimpanzees: the smartest species in the animal kingdom
D. Chimpanzee language: communication gestures translated
D
After years of observing human nature, I have decided that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both. The two belong together.
Together, these deep human urges（驱策力）count for much more than ambition. Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, "Why Why Why "
Fortunately, curiosity and discontent don't have to be learned. We are born with them and need only recapture them.
"The great man," said Mencius（孟子）, "is he who does not lose his child's heart. " Yet most of us do lose it. We stop asking questions. We stop challenging custom. We just follow the crowd. And the crowd desires restful average. It encourages us to occupy our own little corner, to avoid foolish leaps into the dark, to be satisfied.
Most of us meet new people, and new ideas, with hesitation. But once having met and liked them, we think how terrible it would have been, had we missed the chance. We will probably have to force ourselves to waken our curiosity and discontent and keep them awake.
How should you start Modestly, so as not to become discouraged. I think of one friend who couldn't arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it. How she is one of the experts, writing books on flower arrangement.
One way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You haven't any special ability Most people don't; there are only a few geniuses. You haven't any time That's good, because it's always the people with no time who get things done. Harriet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Tom's Cabin while cooking. You're too old Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel, and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.
However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for you'll never be more alive than you are at this moment.
12. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims to ________.
A. propose a definition B. make a comparison
C. reach a conclusion D. present an argument
13. What does the example of Galileo tell us
A. Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.
B. Scientists tend to be curious and ambitious.
C. Creativity results from challenging authority.
D. Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.
14. What can you do to recapture curiosity and discontent
A. Observe the unknown around you.
B. Develop a questioning mind.
C. Lead a life of adventure.
D. Follow the fashion.
15. What could be the best title of the passage
A. Curious Minds Never Feel Contented
B. Reflections on Human Nature
C. The Keys to Achievement
D. Never Too Late to Learn
第二节 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。
You’ve got mail…and it’s a postcard
Paulo Magalhaes, a 34-year-old Portuguese computer engineer, loves to open his mailbox and find a brightly colored picture of Rome’s Colosseum. Or Africa’s Victoria Falls. Or China’s Great Wall. ___16___
“I often send postcards to family and friends.” he says to China Daily, “but you can imagine that after a while, you never receive as many as you send, and you realize that not everyone is into it. ___17___” Seeking other like-minded souls, however, Paulo started looking in a somewhat unlikely place: online. Many would say the Internet is a place for people who have given up on the traditional postal service, but Paulo’s hunch(直觉)paid off.
Today his hobby has developed into the website , a social network that has grown to 575,217 registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago. ___18___Running the website has almost turned into a full-time job.
Language is certainly a barrier for many people. For postcrossing to work worldwide a common communication language is needed so that everyone can understand each other. As cool as it may be to receive a postcard written in Chinese, the concept doesn’t work if one doesn’t understand it. ___19___ So a common language is required and in postcrossing that’s English since it’s widely spoken.
“Many people in China have limited exposure to English. ___20___ That said, we know of many postcrossing members, including Chinese, who have actually improved their English skills through their use of postcrossing,” Paulo says.
A. And that’s totally fine.
B. That makes it extra hard to learn and practice it.
C. He likes to think of sending postcards as a family-friendly hobby.
D. Many love to make a connection with someone from across the world.
E. On August 5, the number of postcards exchanged by members topped 31 million.
F. Similarly, if you speak only Chinese, receiving a card in Swedish takes part of the fun away.
G. In short, he loves postcards, and the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago, my grandmother was in a nursing home. She was a retired university professor, which brought her an ocean of ___21___ she had taught before.
___22___ from my grandmother, almost no one came to see the old man next door. He was ___23___ most of the time.
Once I greeted (打招呼) him, “How are you doing recently ” He gave me a(an) ___24___, saying nothing. Thinking he was ___25___ of hearing. I raised my voice and asked again. He just shook his head slightly. After a long while, finding I was ___26___ there, he just said, “Fine.” Then he looked away. I had to shut up, feeling rather ___27___.
Later, I learned that the old man had got quite a few companies from his family. Since he was not a good ___28___, he annoyed many people and even made his family and friends pull away. And ___29___, his companies all failed.
So what is the most important _____30_____ a person can have Perhaps you think making money is the answer. No! But the ability to _____31_____ your thoughts is. It’s extremely important for a person to learn to put what he thinks into _____32_____. It makes a relationship _____33_____ and a career flourish (繁荣). I’m afraid this is something many of us don’t have. Just think: How many of us have ever _____34_____ those who love us just because we are not good at speaking So, more often than not, it is not what we think but how we speak that _____35_____ how far we can go in life.
21. A. neighbors B. workers C. visitors D. relatives
22. A. Absent B. Different C. Far D. Free
23. A. alone B. calm C. happy D. impatient
24. A. answer B. look C. chance D. call
25. A. tired B. afraid C. proud D. short
26 A. always B. already C. also D. still
27. A. uncomfortable B. concerned C. hopeless D. relaxed
28. A. expert B. competitor C. speaker D. partner
29. A. typically B. obviously C. unexpectedly D. eventually
30. A. skill B. challenge C. principle D. emotion
31. A. update B. develop C. express D. control
32. A. action B. words C. plans D. consideration
33. A. appear B. worsen C. end D. last
34. A. inspired B. hurt C. caught D. reminded
35. A. determines B. proves C. informs D. introduces
第二节 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。
China’s women’s basketball team won respect and encouragement from Chinese netizens for their sportsmanship _____36_____ (display) in the gold-medal game against Team US in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Saturday, after finishing in second place.
In Friday’s semi-final, China defeated host Australia 61-59 and entered the World Cup final for the second time in almost three decades. This is a significant _____37_____ (achieve) for a team with an average age of less than 26 years old. The Chinese team won six times in this year’s World Cup before Saturday’s final. The only defeat was that it _____38_____ (lose) 63-77 to the US during the group stages.
When _____39_____ (face) the world’s top-ranked Team USA, the reigning champions, the Chinese players showed a strong desire _____40_____ (fight) until the end. _____41_____the Chinese players failed to conjure a miracle in the final, their progress is _____42_____ (definite) worth being proud of. Cheryl Reeve, coach of Team USA, _____43_____claimed their fourth FIBA World Cup title in _____44_____ row, said she saw the growth of their Chinese rivals. “This is a great time for the Chinese women’s national team. It’s a very, very good team,” she told the press conference.
After the game, the Chinese Basketball Association on Sina Weibo congratulated China’s women’s national basketball team _____45_____finishing runners up again after 28 years. It also expressed gratitude to every athlete, coach, and staff member in the team for their dedication.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文(满分15分)
46. 针对当前有人喜欢看书,有人则喜欢听书的情况,你班以“Is reading a book better than listening to it ”为题进行了一次讨论，请你据此写一篇短文向校英语报投稿。
内容包括：1. 大家的看法及理由2. 你的观点。
Yesterday, our class had a discussion on whether reading a book is better than listening to it and opinions divide.
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第二节 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。
A few years ago, my wife Sue had some fairly serious health problems. She had suffered surgery after surgery and had also put on weight for several years. Diets had not helped her.
One day we sat down and drew up a “wish list” of the things we wanted most out of life. One of Sue’s items was to run in a marathon. Given her history and physical limitations, I thought her goal was completely unrealistic, but Sue became committed to it.
She began by running very slowly around. Every day she ran just a little farther than she had the day before just one driveway more. “When will I ever be able to run a mile ” Sue asked one day. Soon she was running three. Then five. “We can change ourselves for the better and cause ourselves to pursue our most precious desires with almost total success,” Sue said and registered to run in the St. George Marathon in southern Utah.
I drove the mountainous road from Cedar City to St. George. When the marathon began, I parked the car near the finish line and waited for Sue to come in. Five hours later, it was raining steadily and the wind was cold. Several cold and injured runners had been transported past me, and I began to panic. The image of Sue, alone and cold, off the road somewhere, made me sick with worry. The fast and strong competitors had finished long ago, and runners were becoming fewer and fewer. Now I could not see anyone in either direction.
Almost all of the cars along the marathon route had left, and some normal traffic was beginning. I was able to drive directly up the race route. There were still no runners in view after driving almost two miles. Then I went around a bend in the road and spotted two runners running up ahead.
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。
It was Sue in the company of a girl runner, struggling.
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At the finish line, the girl hugged Sue, “You made me believe we could do it.”
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答案
(考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分)
注意事项：
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2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑;如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上;如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。
例：How much is the shirt
A． 19.15. B． 9.18. C． 9.15.
1．What’s wrong with John Anderson
A．He has had a cold. B．His daughter is ill. C．He is going to be sick.
2．How much did the woman pay altogether
A．$50. B．$48. C．$52.
3．When does the news begin
A．At 6:30. B．At 7:00. C．At 7:30.
4．Where does this conversation take place
A．At a doctor’s surgery. B．At a restaurant. C．At a police station.
5．When did the man probably leave the gate
A．At 12:00． B．At 12:30． C．At 1:00.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Whose mother was ill
A．Jeff’s. B．Jack’s. C．Richard’s.
7．With whom did the man go traveling
A．Maria. B．His dog. C．Richard.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．What is NOT usually talked about in English Corner
A．National and international affairs.
B．Music and books.
C．Families and friends.
9．What’s the man’s problem
A．He is too shy.
B．He speaks broken English.
C．He doubts whether he can follow the others.
10．How to resolve the man’s problem
A．Repetition and explanation.
B．Explanation and topic shift.
C．Topic shift and repetition.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．When does the conversation take place
A．In the morning. B．In the afternoon C．In the evening.
12．What favor of tea does the man drink
A．Strong with milk and sugar.
B．Strong with milk and a slice of lemon.
C．Strong without milk but a slice of lemon.
13．What does the man NOT take if he drinks tea with a pie
A．Milk. B．Sugar. C．Lemon.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．What problem does Los Angeles face
A．The weather. B．The population. C．The bus service.
15．What did the woman do in Hollywood
A．She looked at the stars’ houses.
B．She took many pictures.
C．She took all the rides.
16．What is TRUE according to the conversation
A．The man has never been to the west coast.
B．The woman had fine weather on the coast.
C．The city where the woman lives is too small.
17．What does the woman think of the west coast
A．Boring. B．Worrying. C．Satisfactory.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．When do most American universities hold their graduation ceremonies
A．In June. B．In May or June. C．In July.
19．Who are often invited to speak at the graduation ceremonies
A．Professors and researchers.
B．School officials.
C．News people and entertainers.
20．Which university did the actor John Lithgow graduate from
A．Harvard.
B．The College of William and Mary.
C．The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
听力答案 略
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
A Take a view, the Landscape(风景)Photographer of the Year Award, was the idea of Charlie Waite, one of today’s most respected landscape photographers.Each year, the high standard of entries has shown that the Awards are the perfect platform to showcase the very best photography of the British landscape.Take a view is a desirable annual competition for photographers from all comers of the UK and beyond.
Mike Shepherd(2011) Skiddaw in Winter Cumbria, England It was an extremely cold winter’s evening and freezing fog hung in the air. I climbed to the top of a small rise and realised that the mist was little more than a few feet deep, and though it was only a short climb, I found myself completely above it and looking at a wonderfully clear view of Skiddaw with the sun setting in the west. I used classical techniques, translated from my college days spent in the darkroom into Photoshop, to achieve the black—and—white image(图像).
Timothy Smith(2014) Macclesfield Forest Cheshire, England I was back in my home town of Macclesfield to take some winter images. Walking up a path through the forest towards Shutlingsloe. a local high point, I came across a small clearing and immediately noticed the dead yellow grasses set against the fresh snow. The small pine added to the interest and I placed it centrally to take the view from the foreground right through into the forest.
1. Who would most probably enter for Take a view
A. Writers. B. Photographers. C. Painters. D. Tourists.
2. What do the works by Shepherd and Smith have in common
A. They are winter images.
B. They are in black and white.
C. They show mountainous scenes.
D. They focus on snow—covered forests.
3. Where can the text be found
A. In a history book. B. In a novel. C. In an art magazine. D. In a biography.
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C
B
When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning. Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.
Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don’t worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam(横杆), I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that’s what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.
When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming. Within a couple of years, I’d given it up.
When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I’ve traveled back several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to watch the skaters. Weaving(穿梭)among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded(滑)up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice the man next to him. But soon I caught a few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”
“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”
4. What can we learn about the author soon after he moved to London
A. He felt disappointed. B. He gave up his hobby.
C. He liked the weather there. D. He had disagreements with his family.
5. What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean
A. Be careful! B. Well done! C. No way! D. Don’t worry!
6. Why did the author like to spend time in Southbank when he returned to London
A. To join the skateboarding. B. To make new friends.
C. To learn more tricks. D. To relive his childhood days
7. What message does the author seem to convey in the text
A. Children should learn a second language.
B. Sport is necessary for children’s health.
C. Children need a sense of belonging
D. Seeing the world is a must for children.
【答案】4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C
C
Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees (黑猩猩) use to communicate. They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to one another with a “vocabulary” of 66 gestures. The scientists discovered this by following and filming groups of chimps in Uganda, and examining more than 5,000 incidents of these meaningful exchanges.
Dr Catherine Hobaiter, who led the research, said that this was the only form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system of communication where they deliberately sent a message to another group member.
“That’s what’s so amazing about chimp gestures,” she said. “They’re the only thing that looks like human language in that respect.”
Although previous research has shown that apes and monkeys can understand complex information from another animal’s call, the animals do not appear to use their voices intentionally to communicate messages. This was a significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr Hobaiter said.
Chimps will check to see if they have the attention of the animal with which they wish to communicate. In one case, a mother presents her foot to her crying baby, signaling: “Climb on me.” The youngster immediately jumps on to its mothers back and they travel off together. “The big message from this study is that there is another species (物种) out there. that is meaningful in its communication, so that’s not unique to humans,” said Dr Hobaiter.
Dr Susanne Shultz, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Manchester, said the study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of the evolution of human language. But, she added, the results were “a little disappointing”.
“The vagueness of the gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of the information contained in their gestures and actions,” she said. “Moreover, the meanings seem to not go beyond what other animal convey with non-verbal communication. So, it seems the gulf remains. ”
8. What do chimps and humans have in common according to Dr Hobaiter
A. Memorizing specific words. B. Understanding complex information.
C. Using voices to communicate. D. Communicating messages on purpose.
9. What did Dr Shultz think of the study
A. It was well designed but poorly conducted.
B. It was a good try but the findings were limited.
C. It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.
D. It was a failure but the methods deserved praise.
10. What does the underlined word “gulf” in the last paragraph mean
A. Difference. B. Conflict. C. Balance. D. Connection.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Chimpanzee behaviour study achieved a breakthrough
B. Chimpanzees developed specific communication skills
C. Chimpanzees: the smartest species in the animal kingdom
D. Chimpanzee language: communication gestures translated
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D
D
After years of observing human nature, I have decided that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both. The two belong together.
Together, these deep human urges（驱策力）count for much more than ambition. Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, "Why Why Why "
Fortunately, curiosity and discontent don't have to be learned. We are born with them and need only recapture them.
"The great man," said Mencius（孟子）, "is he who does not lose his child's heart. " Yet most of us do lose it. We stop asking questions. We stop challenging custom. We just follow the crowd. And the crowd desires restful average. It encourages us to occupy our own little corner, to avoid foolish leaps into the dark, to be satisfied.
Most of us meet new people, and new ideas, with hesitation. But once having met and liked them, we think how terrible it would have been, had we missed the chance. We will probably have to force ourselves to waken our curiosity and discontent and keep them awake.
How should you start Modestly, so as not to become discouraged. I think of one friend who couldn't arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it. How she is one of the experts, writing books on flower arrangement.
One way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You haven't any special ability Most people don't; there are only a few geniuses. You haven't any time That's good, because it's always the people with no time who get things done. Harriet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Tom's Cabin while cooking. You're too old Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel, and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.
However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for you'll never be more alive than you are at this moment.
12. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims to ________.
A. propose a definition B. make a comparison
C. reach a conclusion D. present an argument
13. What does the example of Galileo tell us
A. Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.
B. Scientists tend to be curious and ambitious.
C. Creativity results from challenging authority.
D. Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.
14. What can you do to recapture curiosity and discontent
A. Observe the unknown around you.
B. Develop a questioning mind.
C. Lead a life of adventure.
D. Follow the fashion.
15. What could be the best title of the passage
A. Curious Minds Never Feel Contented
B. Reflections on Human Nature
C. The Keys to Achievement
D Never Too Late to Learn
【答案】12. D 13. D 14. B 15. C
第二节 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。
You’ve got mail…and it’s a postcard
Paulo Magalhaes, a 34-year-old Portuguese computer engineer, loves to open his mailbox and find a brightly colored picture of Rome’s Colosseum. Or Africa’s Victoria Falls. Or China’s Great Wall. ___16___
“I often send postcards to family and friends.” he says to China Daily, “but you can imagine that after a while, you never receive as many as you send, and you realize that not everyone is into it. ___17___” Seeking other like-minded souls, however, Paulo started looking in a somewhat unlikely place: online. Many would say the Internet is a place for people who have given up on the traditional postal service, but Paulo’s hunch(直觉)paid off.
Today his hobby has developed into the website , a social network that has grown to 575,217 registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago. ___18___Running the website has almost turned into a full-time job.
Language is certainly a barrier for many people. For postcrossing to work worldwide, a common communication language is needed so that everyone can understand each other. As cool as it may be to receive a postcard written in Chinese, the concept doesn’t work if one doesn’t understand it. ___19___ So a common language is required and in postcrossing that’s English since it’s widely spoken.
“Many people in China have limited exposure to English. ___20___ That said, we know of many postcrossing members, including Chinese, who have actually improved their English skills through their use of postcrossing,” Paulo says.
A. And that’s totally fine.
B. That makes it extra hard to learn and practice it.
C. He likes to think of sending postcards as a family-friendly hobby.
D. Many love to make a connection with someone from across the world.
E. On August 5, the number of postcards exchanged by members topped 31 million.
F. Similarly, if you speak only Chinese, receiving a card in Swedish takes part of the fun away.
G. In short, he loves postcards, and the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away.
【答案】16. G 17. A 18. E 19. F 20. B
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago, my grandmother was in a nursing home. She was a retired university professor, which brought her an ocean of ___21___ she had taught before.
___22___ from my grandmother, almost no one came to see the old man next door. He was ___23___ most of the time.
Once I greeted (打招呼) him, “How are you doing recently ” He gave me a(an) ___24___, saying nothing. Thinking he was ___25___ of hearing. I raised my voice and asked again. He just shook his head slightly. After a long while, finding I was ___26___ there, he just said, “Fine.” Then he looked away. I had to shut up, feeling rather ___27___.
Later, I learned that the old man had got quite a few companies from his family. Since he was not a good ___28___, he annoyed many people and even made his family and friends pull away. And ___29___, his companies all failed.
So what is the most important _____30_____ a person can have Perhaps you think making money is the answer. No! But the ability to _____31_____ your thoughts is. It’s extremely important for a person to learn to put what he thinks into _____32_____. It makes a relationship _____33_____ and a career flourish (繁荣). I’m afraid this is something many of us don’t have. Just think: How many of us have ever _____34_____ those who love us just because we are not good at speaking So, more often than not, it is not what we think but how we speak that _____35_____ how far we can go in life.
21. A. neighbors B. workers C. visitors D. relatives
22. A. Absent B. Different C. Far D. Free
23. A. alone B. calm C. happy D. impatient
24. A. answer B. look C. chance D. call
25. A. tired B. afraid C. proud D. short
26. A. always B. already C. also D. still
27. A. uncomfortable B. concerned C. hopeless D. relaxed
28. A. expert B. competitor C. speaker D. partner
29. A. typically B. obviously C. unexpectedly D. eventually
30. A. skill B. challenge C. principle D. emotion
31. A. update B. develop C. express D. control
32. A. action B. words C. plans D. consideration
33. A. appear B. worsen C. end D. last
34. A. inspired B. hurt C. caught D. reminded
35. A. determines B. proves C. informs D. introduces
【答案】21 C 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. A
第二节 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。
China’s women’s basketball team won respect and encouragement from Chinese netizens for their sportsmanship _____36_____ (display) in the gold-medal game against Team US in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Saturday, after finishing in second place.
In Friday’s semi-final, China defeated host Australia 61-59 and entered the World Cup final for the second time in almost three decades. This is a significant _____37_____ (achieve) for a team with an average age of less than 26 years old. The Chinese team won six times in this year’s World Cup before Saturday’s final. The only defeat was that it _____38_____ (lose) 63-77 to the US during the group stages.
When _____39_____ (face) the world’s top-ranked Team USA, the reigning champions, the Chinese players showed a strong desire _____40_____ (fight) until the end. _____41_____the Chinese players failed to conjure a miracle in the final, their progress is _____42_____ (definite) worth being proud of. Cheryl Reeve, coach of Team USA, _____43_____claimed their fourth FIBA World Cup title in _____44_____ row, said she saw the growth of their Chinese rivals. “This is a great time for the Chinese women’s national team. It’s a very, very good team,” she told the press conference.
After the game, the Chinese Basketball Association on Sina Weibo congratulated China’s women’s national basketball team _____45_____finishing runners up again after 28 years. It also expressed gratitude to every athlete, coach, and staff member in the team for their dedication.
【答案】36. displayed
37. achievement
38. lost 39. facing
40. to fight
41. Although##Though##While
42. definitely
43. who 44. a
45. on
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文(满分15分)
46. 针对当前有人喜欢看书,有人则喜欢听书的情况,你班以“Is reading a book better than listening to it ”为题进行了一次讨论，请你据此写一篇短文向校英语报投稿。
内容包括：1. 大家的看法及理由2. 你的观点。
Yesterday, our class had a discussion on whether reading a book is better than listening to it and opinions divide.
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【答案】
Yesterday, our class had a discussion on whether reading a book is better than listening to it and opinions divide.
Some students hold the view that reading a book is better in that they can stop wherever they need to digest or reflect on the material or write down important points for subsequent review. Also, the scent of the ink will intrigue them into the magical world of books, spiritually satisfied.
However, others argue that listening to a book can take place anytime and anyplace, which saves them the trouble of carrying books wherever they go. And listening to a book can more easily get them immersed in what the speaker is saying.
I think we should deal with serious books by reading, and books for relaxation can be done by listening.
参考范文:2
Yesterday, our class had a discussion on whether reading a book is better than listening to it and opinions divide.
Some students consider it better to read a book. It helps them better digest the information in it and more easily turn the pages back and forth to review points. However others disagree. They think listening to books is more convenient, as they can do it anytime and anywhere. Moreover, they can do other stuff while listening.
Personally, both methods have strengths and weaknesses. As students, we should read the books related to our lessons and listen to other books for relaxation.
第二节 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。
A few years ago, my wife Sue had some fairly serious health problems. She had suffered surgery after surgery and had also put on weight for several years. Diets had not helped her.
One day we sat down and drew up a “wish list” of the things we wanted most out of life. One of Sue’s items was to run in a marathon. Given her history and physical limitations, I thought her goal was completely unrealistic, but Sue became committed to it.
She began by running very slowly around. Every day she ran just a little farther than she had the day before just one driveway more. “When will I ever be able to run a mile ” Sue asked one day. Soon she was running three. Then five. “We can change ourselves for the better and cause ourselves to pursue our most precious desires with almost total success,” Sue said and registered to run in the St. George Marathon in southern Utah.
I drove the mountainous road from Cedar City to St. George. When the marathon began, I parked the car near the finish line and waited for Sue to come in. Five hours later, it was raining steadily and the wind was cold. Several cold and injured runners had been transported past me, and I began to panic. The image of Sue, alone and cold, off the road somewhere, made me sick with worry. The fast and strong competitors had finished long ago, and runners were becoming fewer and fewer. Now I could not see anyone in either direction.
Almost all of the cars along the marathon route had left, and some normal traffic was beginning. I was able to drive directly up the race route. There were still no runners in view after driving almost two miles. Then I went around a bend in the road and spotted two runners running up ahead.
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。
It was Sue in the company of a girl runner, struggling.
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At the finish line, the girl hugged Sue, “You made me believe we could do it.”
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【答案】作答示例
It was Sue in the company of a girl runner, struggling. As I approached them, I noticed the pair dragging their feet and running forward awkwardly with their shoes wet. I pulled off and called. “Are you okay ” “Oh, yes!” Sue said, almost out of breath. The girl also nodded and kept moving. I had wanted to offer them a ride in, but the resolve in their eyes made me swallow back the words. I turned around and followed. Inch by inch, they were getting closer to the finish line. Eventually, the real winners in my heart ran past the finish line.
At the finish line, the girl hugged Sue, “You made me believe we could do it.” She added, “Sue described so vividly how it would be to finish that I knew I could do it.” Sue smiled back. “I’ve been dreaming about this day for two years and I shall not be denied”. Greatly moved, the girl promised she would never quit anything easily without total success. At that moment, I looked at Sue and found she was carrying herself differently. It was not as if she had become someone new; it was more as if she had discovered a real self she had not known before. She truly liked her newly discovered self. So did I.
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