综合检测卷(二)
满分150分,限时120分钟
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。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What are the children probably doing
A.Making orange juice.
B.Listening to loud music.
C.Cooking a meal.
2.Who might Allie be
A.The speakers' pet.
B.The neighbor's turkey.
C.The speakers' child.
3.What are the speakers mainly discussing
A.Trip plans. B.Ticket prices. C.Holiday celebrations.
4.What season is it now
A.Spring. B.Summer. C.Winter.
5.Where does the conversation take place
A.At a fast food restaurant. B.At a butcher shop.
C.At a café.
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.How old was the woman when she was allowed to drive by her parents
A.18. B.21. C.23.
7.What month was the man born in
A.December. B.November. C.September.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8.What do we know about the camping area
A.It's totally free.
B.It's a little cold.
C.It's very crowded.
9.How long was the man gone for
A.One night. B.Two nights.
C.Three nights.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10.What problem does Roger have with exams
A.He isn't clever.
B.He isn't confident.
C.He doesn't work hard.
11.How does the man decide to help Roger
A.By helping him to stay calm.
B.By finding an expert for him.
C.By giving him some advice about his future.
12.What do we know about the woman
A.She is easy to be tired.
B.She often feels nervous.
C.She finds exercise is a good way to relax.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13.How does the woman feel about her job hunt
A.Very excited.
B.A little unsatisfied.
C.Quite angry.
14.What do we know about The Creator
A.It gives less holiday time than other companies.
B.It gets a lot of great reviews from the customers.
C.It provides medical insurance.
15.What was the probable relationship between the speakers
A.Colleagues.
B.Classmates.
C.Parent and child.
16.What will the woman probably do next
A.Search for her salary online.
B.Negotiate about her salary offer.
C.Ask about her benefits package.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17.What is the speaker doing
A.Giving a speech.
B.Doing research.
C.Having an interview.
18.What was the destination of the speaker's most recent trip
A.Indonesia. B.Italy.
C.The U.S.
19.What was the best-known eruption according to the speaker
A.Krakatoa. B.Santorini. C.Vesuvius.
20.What is the speaker mainly talking about
A.The history of a town.
B.Travel experiences.
C.His work.
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
Getting to know your money personality can help you rein in your spending habits and take back control of your personal finances. Here, finance saving money expert Pete Ridley at CarFinanceSaver reveals the UK's core money personalities, along with actions to adopt that reduce the negative consequences of each personality type.
The Spontaneous Spender
A spontaneous spender refers to a person that exhibits a “spend now, think later” attitude. They can find it tricky to differentiate between “need to have” and “nice to have”, and often feel “spender's guilt”.
“Before you make a purchase, take time to decide whether the item is a ‘need to have’ or a ‘nice to have’. This will aid in avoiding the splurge(挥霍) that provides short-term satisfaction and post-spenders'guilt,” says Ridley.
The Determined Saver
An underlying sense of worry and fear can be at the root of a persistent saver, and their determination to save disguises an overwhelming fear of money.
“Saving is great,” says Ridley, “but it's important to regard money as a friend and not an enemy. Always be sure to make non-essential purchases. These items don't have to be a major expense, but just enough that you acknowledge that money can be there to be enjoyed and not just put away.”
The Money=Status
This personality type can live beyond their means by making purchases that they don't need, striving to keep up with others and saying yes to friendship plans that they cannot afford, to keep up the appearance of financial well-being.
“It's here that you can adopt the 50/20/30 rule: 50 percent essential living expenses, 30 percent disposable income and 20 percent saving and paying debts,” suggests Ridley.
This will maintain financial well-being while helping to acknowledge that money doesn't necessarily equal status or even impress those around you.
21.Which type of money personality is not mentioned in the text
A.Cathy struggles to check her bank balance.
B.Eden tends to spend on impulse with little pre-planning.
C.Gill demonstrates a determined saving approach to her finances.
D.Joyce buys an unaffordable luxury to boast about her financial well-being.
22.What does Ridley suggest people do if they are always making purchases to impress others
A.Manage your money wisely.
B.Spend some money on non-essentials for joy.
C.Check your finances regularly.
D.Take time to assess how much you love the items.
23.In which section of a magazine can the text be found
A.Health. B.Business. C.Finance. D.Culture.
B
I was 17 when I discovered shooting stars.
I loved them so much that I invited my high school friends to my family farm and spent an August night in our sleeping bags on the hillside to watch them together.
I can't help but think of that as the final night of my childhood. I always managed to squeeze in a week or two of vacation before starting back at school and I'd see shooting stars and remember that brilliant night on the hill. While still marveling at them, I'd work at convincing myself that the joy I'd experience from my accomplishments in college would soon replace my longing for some quiet time beneath a vast sky. But always, I returned to college life in August with deep sadness in my heart.
I've given lots of reasons over the past 13 years for my choice to live an independent life on a distant farm and homeschool my daughters. But deep down, I think the shooting stars had a lot to do with it. I couldn't bear to gaze up at them and think that they were a finale(终场) to be witnessed before returning to the demands of school and careers.
So I said “no” to all of it: no jobs, no school. And I decided to lead a life tied to the seasons, where shooting stars were just one of many gifts from nature.
I changed my life to make room for them and I'm starting to learn the difference between fulfillment and accomplishment.
Accomplishment is a child's successful test scores. Fulfillment is loving and forgiving each other through the times table(乘法表) and written words.
Accomplishment is the publication of 20 essays and six books per year. Fulfillment is the hours spent researching, then walking through the woods to think about each word and thought.
Accomplishment is making enough income to cover my taxes. Fulfillment is sitting outside at 3 am in August, watching the shooting stars, no longer sad at the passage of childhood, but thrilled about the joy of the stars.
It is learned that accomplishment is merely a mark in the book made as a result of following fulfillment above all else.
24.What does the author think marks the end of her childhood
A.Leaving home for college.
B.Encountering shooting stars.
C.Watching shooting stars with friends.
D.Sleeping in a sleeping bag on a farm.
25.What caused the author to live independently and homeschool her daughters
A.The need to live on a farm.
B.The wish for a life connected to nature.
C.The desire for independence.
D.The demands of school and careers.
26.Which of the following would the author see as fulfillment
A.Winning a gold medal in a sports competition.
B.Spending quality time with family members.
C.Holding a high position in a famous company.
D.Buying a lovely comfortable big house.
27.Which can be a suitable title for the text
A.School or Careers
B.Watch Shooting Stars
C.Live a Life of Fulfillment
D.Accomplishment or Fulfillment
C
Every year, painted lady butterflies(小红蛱蝶) born in Europe head south on a long journey to Africa. But pinpointing exactly where painted lady butterflies overwinter and breed(繁殖) was the last unknown piece of their roughly 15,000-kilometer migration. Scientists knew that the painted ladies went to Africa, but where on the continent they waited out European winters from December to February was a mystery. Researchers had predicted that subtropical regions close to the equator might provide suitable habitat. To know for sure, the researchers needed to find butterflies in the field.
From late 2017 through early 2020, researchers conducted fieldwork at a wide variety of sites across sub-Saharan Africa during the months of December and January. Another 15 sites were monitored all year round for about two years. In total, the team looked for adults and their young in nine countries, including Benin, Cameroon, and Kenya.
The researchers found more than 2,700 caterpillars(毛虫) and nearly 2,000 adult butterflies, from as far west as C te d'Ivoire and all the way east to Kenya and Ethiopia. From September to November, the butterflies occupy the tropical grasslands. As those areas dry up, the painted ladies shift south to slightly damp regions from December to February. Central Africa's tropical rainforests stop the butterflies from going any farther south. Three to five generations might be born in sub-Saharan Africa before any surviving adults head north in February.
Knowing where painted lady butterflies breed could help researchers understand why there are occasional population booms with 100 times as many butterflies in some years as others. In 2021, researchers linked the phenomenon to rains in sub-Saharan Africa—perhaps giving butterflies more plants to stop and lay eggs on. But the part of West Africa identified in that study is different from the newly identified breeding grounds. Now, scientists can confirm the link by looking at rainfall and other conditions where baby butterflies are found growing up.
But the next mystery researchers hope to solve is why painted lady butterflies make such a long journey at all.
28.How do the researchers confirm the painted ladies' wintering location
A.By comparing their habitats.
B.By spotting them in the field.
C.By doing experiments with them.
D.By tracking them on their migration.
29.Where do painted lady butterflies stay during December and January
A.In Europe. B.In the south of Africa.
C.In the south of the Sahara. D.In the rainforest.
30.What could cause the population explosions of the painted lady butterflies
A.Rains. B.Foods.
C.Droughts. D.Temperatures.
31.Why do scientists research into painted lady butterflies
A.To protect them.
B.To make use of them.
C.To know about their habits.
D.To know how they relate to climate.
D
Digital reading appears to be destroying habits of “deep reading”. Astonishing numbers of people with years of schooling are in effect illiterate. This month's Ljubljana Reading Manifesto(宣言) explains:“The digital field may promote more reading than ever in history, but it also offers many temptations to read in a superficial and scattered(零散的) manner—or even not to read at all. This increasingly endangers higher-level reading.”
That's frightening because “higher-level reading” has been essential to civilization. It enabled the enlightenment and an international increase in empathy. Without it, we would suffer a lot. As the Ljubljana Reading Manifesto notes, “As much as one-third of Europeans struggle even with lower-level reading skills.” More than one-fifth of adults in the US “fall into the illiterate/functionally illiterate category”. Separately, post-pandemic reading scores for American 13-year-olds are the lowest in decades. And the Washington-based Center for Global Development recently estimated that literacy in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa among those with five years of schooling has decreased by 10% this past half century.
Experts in the Ljubljana Reading Manifesto record the demerits of digital reading: “Recent studies of various kinds indicate a decline of critical and conscious reading, slow reading, non-strategic reading and long-form reading.” When you read a book on paper, you can be entirely inside the experience, absorb hundreds of pages of details thoroughly and begin to capture the world's complexity. Online, says Maryanne Wolf of UCLA, we are “skimming, scanning, scrolling”. The medium is the message: doing deep reading on your phone is as hard as playing tennis with your phone. Recently, a bright 11-year-old told me I was wasting time on books: he absorbed more information faster from Wikipedia. He had a point. But digital readers also absorb more misinformation and seldom absorb fine perspectives.
In short, as professors from Northwestern University foresaw in 2005, we are returning to the days when only an elite(精英) “reading class” consumes long texts, which is worrying.
32.What can we learn about digital reading from Paragraph 1
A.Digital reading has solved the problem of illiteracy.
B.Digital reading has lessened the practice of deep reading.
C.Digital reading has made deep reading accessible to wider readers.
D.Digital reading has aroused a greater appreciation of deep reading.
33.What is the purpose of the figures used in Paragraph 2
A.To display the popularity of digital reading.
B.To highlight the advantages of deep reading.
C.To present the unfavorable situation of literacy.
D.To stress the illiterate's lower-level reading skills.
34.What does the underlined word “demerits” in Paragraph 3 mean
A.Effects. B.Depths. C.Features. D.Drawbacks.
35.What could be talked about in the following paragraph
A.Advantages of digital reading.
B.Benefits of higher-level reading.
C.Ways to encourage digital reading.
D.Measures to practice deep reading.
第二节 (共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to communicate complex information
Did you ever have to read a presentation where you felt like you're lost in confusing terms, data and concepts Are you giving others this same experience 36. But there are ways you can simplify your presentation and re-engage your audience. Here's how you can get complex information across.
Use interactive content. It gets the readers more involved in your presentation by letting them play an active part. 37. Beyond that, questionnaires and chatbots provide personalized and specific answers for readers as part of your presentation. Making your presentation interactive used to be hard, but now you can just use Storydoc. Go make your first interactive presentation. It's as easy as pie.
38. No one will read a presentation with a thousand words. Do everyone a favor and use images. Images can be super effective at communicating complex information and save you a lot of needless text. In fact, visual representation of data and concepts can often convey what words cannot. Use diagrams and images to illustrate your points and simplify the complex.
Narrate your content. 39. Whether it's through text to speech AI or video bubbles, centering your presentation around a story can help guide your audience through the complexity, making it more digestible, engaging, and memorable.
Use examples and fables. They can help explain clearly the complexity of ideas for they are what we've already known and understood. 40. More importantly, the real secret lies in selecting examples that are not just familiar but also deeply relevant—those are the ones that will truly touch a chord with your listeners.
A.Show, don't tell.
B.Make every word count.
C.This makes the complex concepts less new and more familiar.
D.If you don't sound excited, the listeners won't feel excited either.
E.Storytelling is another powerful tool for communicating complex concepts.
F.Communicating complex information is a common challenge in presentations.
G.For example, allow them to choose the content route they wish to take and control the pace.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The walk I'd plotted was 22 miles to the coast. It is enough to get the legs 41 and the mind cleared. But the real 42 for me was walking to a definite point in our country's outline.
I was wondering if I'd have the endurance(耐力) and determination to do it. I am, after all, in my late 40s. I 43 the coast at 7:00 am. I was, for the day, an arrow. My line of flight was as straight and short as I could make it.
44 the five-hour mark, I was in a good state of body and mind. The 45 of the usual routine had been eased by daydreams. From this point on, the 46 seemed to change. The banks on either side were larger, and the grasses longer, even though the sea was still miles off.
Things were getting 47 . Despite feeling like I was nearly “there”, I still had four miles to go. I was hurting my knees. I 48 the painkillers down with my secret weapon: coffee. Studies have shown caffeine 49 endurance and it kept me going.
Try as I might, I still couldn't see my walk's end. I could even smell the 50 in the air, but the horizon remained 51 in the salt marsh(盐沼). Then, almost without realizing it, I was “there”.
Where I had hoped to see the 52 , I saw the salt marsh, like the chocolate milkshake of the North Sea!
Feeling like a bit of a fool, I headed down into the nearest marsh and left my boot prints in the mud. The seven-and-a-half-hour walk had hurt my 53 , but I'd acted on an old idea, done it, and 54 it off my list. I was now free to think of new ones and move on, in this dawn of possibilities we all face. Life is too short to let ideas stagnate(停滞); now's the time to turn them into 55 .
41.A.aching B.relaxing C.bending D.recovering
42.A.excuse B.move C.draw D.trick
43.A.settled in B.set about C.arrived at D.left for
44.A.Recognizing B.Approaching C.Ignoring D.Missing
45.A.inconvenience B.comfort C.boredom D.peace
46.A.landscape B.weather C.shape D.spirits
47.A.flatter B.better C.stranger D.wilder
48.A.put B.washed C.broke D.cooled
49.A.reduces B.controls C.boosts D.maintains
50.A.sweetness B.fragrance C.saltiness D.bitterness
51.A.updated B.locked C.broadened D.limited
52.A.sea B.horizon C.land D.forest
53.A.expectations B.feelings C.arms D.knees
54.A.crossed B.shown C.shaken D.turned
55.A.curiosity B.reality C.imagination D.destination
第二节 (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。
A group of Northern Ireland schoolchildren 56. (warm) the hearts of Chinese guests on a cold December day when they performed Chinese songs. The children had practiced for six weeks, with 57. help of Mandarin teachers from the Confucius Institute at Ulster University.
As trade relations between China 58. Northern Ireland grow, Mandarin has become more popular in Northern Ireland. Friday's performance was given by children from Millburn Primary School, 59. offers Mandarin lessons, thanks to the local Confucius Institute 60. (found) in 2012. From its start five years ago, the Confucius Institute at Ulster University has grown 61. (comprise) 51 teachers and 19,000 registered students. A quarter of the institute's 161 partner primary and secondary schools have made Mandarin learning compulsory for certain age groups. And students also gain 62. (expose) to Chinese culture, including calligraphy and music.
“Our Confucius Institute was established partly in response to existing demand from schools,” said Liu Yan, director of the Confucius Institute at Ulster University.
The Chinese government launched the Confucius Institute concept in 2004 as a way of 63. (promote) the Chinese language and the 64. (culture) essence(精髓) abroad. So far, 550 Confucius Institutes 65. (establish) in 162 countries and regions.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
假定你是校学生会主席李华,你校即将举办“美丽校园”短视频大赛。请你用英文写一份邀请函,请国际班的学生参加比赛,内容包括:
1.比赛目的;
2.视频要求。
注意:写作词数应为80个左右。
Dear students,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分25分)
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。
Dad got me to play football when I studied in high school. I did enjoy throwing the ball around with friends, but I never thought I had what it took to play on a team. “I'm not a football player,” I told my dad. “You'll never know what you are able to achieve unless you give it a try, Sam,” he told me. So, I did. It gave me a strong sense of belonging and some confidence. I still remember how proud he was when I won some awards and the hug he gave me after I received my congratulatory letter. There was no such game where Dad wasn't on the sidelines, cheering me on.
Four years' preseason football camps finally came down to my last game. I asked my dad to bring our video camera.
I waved at my parents before the opening kick-off, and then put on a serious face. I grabbed at the clothes of the opposing team's running back(跑卫) and dragged him to the field. A loud cheer came from the sidelines. There was my dad with the camera, cheering crazily. By the end of the game, I had stopped seven players and a sacking(擒杀)—my best performance ever. I ran into my dad's arms. I was sweaty and smelly, but he hugged me anyway. I couldn't wait to watch the tape(录像带) to experience every moment again.
As soon as we got home, I took the tape out of the camera and played it on the TV screen. My dad, mum, sister and I sat down in the living room together in front of the TV. I pressed the “Play” button, and the video started. The two teams, lined up before the game, then the running back taking the handoff(传球), running up to the line, I reaching out, and then...the sky and clouds! I could hear my dad screaming “Way to go, Sam!” as images of the sky shook up and down on the screen.
注意: 续写词数应为150个左右。
I moved forward closer to the screen to see the next big play.
The tape ended and Dad was quiet.
答案全解全析
综合检测卷(二)
第二部分 阅读
第一节
A
语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了英国人的三种主要的金钱人格类型:冲动型消费者、有决心的储蓄者和将金钱与地位挂钩的人,以及应对每种类型的建议。
21.A 细节理解题。文章没有提到A项,故选A。
干扰项分析
B项 根据The Spontaneous Spender部分中的“A spontaneous spender refers to a person that exhibits a ‘spend now, think later’ attitude.”可知,Eden属于冲动型消费者。
C项 根据The Determined Saver部分中的“their determination to save disguises an overwhelming fear of money”可知,Gill属于有决心的储蓄者。
续表
D项 Joyce买了一件高价的奢侈品来炫耀自己的财务幸福感。根据The Money=Status中的内容可知,Joyce属于将金钱与地位挂钩的人,live beyond one's means意为“入不敷出”。
22.A 细节理解题。由题干中的Ridley可定位至The Money=Status中的“50 percent essential living expenses, 30 percent disposable income and 20 percent saving and paying debts”可知,如果人们总是为了给别人留下深刻印象而购物,Ridley建议明智地管理钱。故选A。
23.C 推理判断题。通读全文,第一段揭示了英国人的核心金钱性格,下文介绍了英国人的三种主要的金钱人格类型:冲动型消费者、有决心的储蓄者和将金钱与地位挂钩的人,以及应对每种类型的建议。由此可推知,文章在杂志的金融部分可以找到。故选C。
熟词生义
balance 熟义:n.平衡 生义:n.余额
B
语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。作者回顾了她青少年时期观看流星的经历,强调了在简单的时刻和与大自然的联系中寻找意义和快乐的重要性。
24.C 细节理解题。根据题干可定位至第三段第一句“I can't help but think of that as the final night of my childhood.”,再由第二段提到的和高中朋友们在农场山坡上一起看流星的晚上,可知这标志着她童年的结束,固定搭配think of...as...意为“把……当作……”,故选C。
25.B 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“But deep down, I think the shooting stars had a lot to do with it.”可知,作者认为她的选择和流星关系密切,固定短语have a lot to do with...意为“与……密切相关”,结合第五段中的“And I decided...one of many gifts from nature.”可知,对与自然相连的生活的愿望使作者独立生活并在家教育她的女儿。故选B。
26.B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二至四段中的表述和对比可知,作者认为成就是获得社会的认可,满足是对自己内心的认可,与自然相联系、与家人共度美好时光都是一种满足。故选B。
27.C 主旨大意题。
Para. 1-Para. 3 青少年时期观看流星标志着作者童年的结束。
Para. 4-Para. 5 与自然相联系的愿望对作者生活选择的影响。
Para. 6-Para. 10 对比成就感和满足感的概念。
根据最后一段可知作者认为,成就仅仅是在书本上留下的一个记号,而这个记号是由于追求满足产生的。结合作者青少年时期看流星的经历,以及这种经历对她生活的影响,强调了在与大自然的联系中寻找意义。C项(活出充实的人生)为最佳标题。故选C。
熟词生义
cover 熟义:v.覆盖;遮盖 生义:v.足以支付;够付
C
语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了科学家对小红蛱蝶习性的研究。
28.D 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“where painted lady butterflies overwinter and breed(繁殖) was the last unknown piece of their roughly 15,000-kilometer migration”可知,小红蛱蝶在哪里越冬和繁殖是它们大约一万五千千米的迁徙的最后一个未知部分,根据第二段中的“researchers conducted fieldwork at a wide variety of sites...December and January”可知,研究人员在12月和1月期间在撒哈拉以南非洲的各种地点进行了实地调查。由此推知,研究人员通过追踪小红蛱蝶的迁徙来确定它们的越冬地点。故选D。
29.C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“across sub-Saharan Africa during the months of December and January...in nine countries, including Benin, Cameroon, and Kenya”可知,在12月和1月,小红蛱蝶待在撒哈拉以南,在贝宁、喀麦隆和肯尼亚等9个国家。故选C。
30.A 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“In 2021, researchers linked...butterflies more plants to stop and lay eggs on.”可知,撒哈拉以南非洲地区的降雨让蝴蝶有更多的植物停下来产卵,导致小红蛱蝶数量激增。故选A。
31.C 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Every year, painted lady butterflies born in Europe head south on a long journey to Africa.”可知,每年出生在欧洲的小红蛱蝶都会南下迁徙;由最后一段“But the next mystery researchers hope to solve is why painted lady butterflies make such a long journey at all.”可知,科学家研究小红蛱蝶是为了了解它们的习惯。故选C。
D
语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了数字阅读正在破坏“深度阅读”的现象和数字阅读的缺点,倡导人们“深度阅读”。
32.B 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The digital field...also offers many temptations to read in a superficial and scattered manner—or even not to read at all. This increasingly endangers higher-level reading.”可知,数字阅读有很多诱惑,削弱了深度阅读。故选B。
33.C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“...‘As much as one-third of Europeans struggle even with lower-level reading skills.’ More than one-fifth of adults in the US ‘fall into the illiterate/functionally illiterate category’.”和“with five years of schooling has decreased by 10% this past half century”可推断,这些数字显示,目前的读写情况不容乐观。故选C。
34.D 词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“a decline of critical and conscious reading”和“But digital readers also absorb more misinformation and seldom absorb fine perspectives.”可知,数字阅读使得阅读能力下降,带来了诸多弊端。故选D。
35.D 推理判断题。通读全文可知,数字阅读对“深度阅读”造成了一定的破坏性,目前的读写情况也令人担忧,所以要提倡深度阅读。由此推断,后文可能会介绍练习深度阅读的措施。故选D。
第二节
语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要就如何传达复杂的信息提出了几条建议。
①通读全文,把握文章大意和文章结构
文章大意:传达复杂信息的建议
文章结构:总—分
②通读选项,了解各选项的中心点,画出关键信息
A.Show, don't tell.(建议)
B.Make every word count.(建议)
C.This makes the complex concepts less new and more familiar.(“This”使复杂的概念不那么新奇且更熟悉)
D.If you don't sound excited, the listeners won't feel excited either.(中心点:情绪)
E.Storytelling is another powerful tool for communicating complex concepts.(中心点:讲故事)
F.Communicating complex information is a common challenge in presentations.(传达复杂信息是一个挑战)
G.For example, allow them to choose the content route they wish to take and control the pace.(举例,让“them”选择想要的内容路线)
③把选项一一代入文章空处,寻找每个题最适合的选项
36.F 过渡句。上文提到交流中会出现术语、数据和概念的复杂信息,下文“But there are ways you can simplify your presentation...”提出能传达复杂信息的方法,F项“在演讲中,传达复杂的信息是一个常见的挑战”与下文内容构成转折,承上启下。故选F。
37.G 细节句。根据本段的主旨句可知,该段的建议是使用交互式内容来传达复杂信息,结合空前句可知,G项“例如,允许他们选择他们想要的内容路线并控制节奏”举例说明如何让他们参与进来,符合语境。G项中的“them”指代空前句中的“the readers”。故选G。
38.A 主旨句。设空处位于段首,应是本段的主旨句。根据下文内容可知,本段说明要善于运用图片而不是篇幅较长的文本来展示内容,A项“展示而不是说”是一种传达复杂信息的方式,可概括本段的主旨大意。故选A。
技巧点拨
在七选五阅读中,设空处为段落小标题或主旨句时,一般比较简短,可结合其他段的主旨句来确定句式结构。
39.E 细节句。本段主旨句为“Narrate your content.(叙述你的内容)”,结合下文“Whether it's through text to speech AI or video bubbles, centering your presentation around a story...”可知,以故事为中心的演讲有助于观众理解复杂内容,即用讲故事的方式来传达复杂信息,设空处对“叙述你的内容”这一建议所能采用的方法进一步解释说明,E项“讲故事是传达复杂概念的另一个强大工具”指出讲故事有助于传达复杂概念,符合语境。故选E。
40.C 细节句。根据上文“Use examples and fables. They can help explain clearly...”可知,使用例子和寓言有助于清晰表达复杂的观点,下文“More importantly...”进一步阐述这一方式的优点。由此可知,设空处说明运用例子和寓言来传达复杂信息的好处,C项“这使得复杂的概念不那么新奇且更加熟悉”承接上文,C项中的“This”指代上文提到的使用例子和寓言的方式。故选C。
熟词生义
communicate 熟义:v.交流 生义:v.传达
第三部分 语言运用
第一节
语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者计划了一次22英里的步行之旅,鼓励人们在生命中勇敢尝试新事物,以实现自己的梦想和目标。
41.A 根据前文“The walk I'd plotted was 22 miles to the coast.”并结合常识可知,作者计划的步行到海岸有22英里,22英里足够让双腿酸痛。relax放松;bend弯曲;recover恢复。
42.C 根据后文“walking to a definite point in our country's outline”可知,能够走到国家地图轮廓上的一个明确的点上,是吸引作者徒步旅行的原因。excuse借口;move移动;trick诡计。
43.D 根据后文“at 7:00 am”可知,作者早上7点出发去海岸。settle in安顿下来;set about开始;arrive at到达。
44.B 根据后文“the five-hour mark”可知,接近5个小时的时候,我状态仍然不错。recognize辨认出;ignore忽视;miss错过。
45.C 根据后文“had been eased by daydreams”可知,此次步行之旅是不断重复走路的日常,幻想起到了缓解作用,由此可知,每日的步行旅行很枯燥。inconvenience不方便;comfort舒适;peace和平。
46.A 根据下文的具体描述“The banks on either side were larger, and the grasses longer, even though the sea was still miles off.”可知,两边的河岸变得更大,草也更长,这是在步行过程中的风景,通过幻想,作者在旅行中看到的风景发生了变化。weather天气;shape形状;spirits情绪。
47.D 根据上文语境可知,作者的徒步之旅很顺利;结合后文“I was hurting my knees.”可知,作者在行程中伤了自己的膝盖,表示事情越来越不受控制,出乎意料。flatter更平坦的;better更好的;stranger更奇怪的。
48.B 根据后文的painkillers并结合常识可知,为了缓解膝盖疼痛,作者就着咖啡把止痛药吃了下去。put放;break打破;cool冷却。
49.C 根据后文“and it kept me going”可知,咖啡因能让作者继续坚持下去,即咖啡因能够增强耐力。reduce减少;control控制;maintain维持。
50.C 根据下文的“in the salt marsh(盐沼)”可知,眼前的一片盐沼让空气中有咸味。sweetness甜味;fragrance香味;bitterness苦味。
联想拓展
表示“酸、甜、苦、辣、咸”的英文为sour、sweet、bitter、hot、salty。
技巧点拨
利用词汇复现解题
“词汇复现”指某一词汇以原词形式、词形变化、同义词/近义词、反义词等重复出现在语篇之中。
此处为同根词复现,指文中的某个句子中复现的是所填词的派生词,常为所填词的反义词或相同含义、不同词性的词,如本题中salt意为“咸的”,其名词形式为“saltiness”,为同根词复现。
51.B 根据后文“in the salt marsh(盐沼)”可知,作者的视野中能看到的是一片盐沼,即盐沼锁定着作者的视野。update更新;broaden扩大;limit限制。
52.A 根据第三段中的“The banks on either side were larger, and the grasses longer, even though the sea was still miles off.”可知,作者是希望能够看到大海的。由此可推知,此处作者的视野范围内全是盐沼。horizon地平线;land陆地;forest森林。
53.D 根据第四段中的“...I still had four miles to go. I was hurting my knees.”可知,作者本来膝盖就受伤了,继续走,让作者的膝盖更加受伤。expectation期望;feeling感受;arm手臂。
54.A 根据前文“I'd acted on an old idea, done it”可知,作者膝盖受伤了,但是作者继续前行,此处指实现自己之前的想法,即完成这次步行之旅,因此可以从清单上划掉。show展示;shake摇晃;turn翻转。
55.B 根据前文“Life is too short to let ideas stagnate(停滞)”可知,作者认为生命太短暂了,不能仅仅停步于想法,而是要把想法变为现实。curiosity好奇心;imagination想象力;destination目的地。
熟词生义
1.draw 熟义:v.画,描画 生义:n.有吸引力的人(或事物) 2.mark 熟义:n.记号 生义:n.标准点,指标
3.bank 熟义:n.银行 生义:n.岸;河畔
第二节
语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章从北爱尔兰小学生演唱中国歌曲切入,主要介绍了孔子学院在北爱尔兰的发展情况。
56.warmed 考查动词的时态。句意:在12月寒冷的一天,一群北爱尔兰小学生演唱了中国歌曲,温暖了中国客人的心。分析句子结构可知,设空处在主句中作谓语,根据时间状语“on a cold December day”可知此处讲述过去发生的事情,应用一般过去时。故填warmed。
57.the 考查冠词。句意:在阿尔斯特大学孔子学院的普通话老师的帮助下,孩子们已经练习了六个星期。with the help of...为固定搭配,意为“在……的帮助下”。故填the。
58.and 考查连词。句意:随着中国和北爱尔兰贸易关系的发展,普通话在北爱尔兰越来越受欢迎。根据between China和Northern Ireland可知,应用固定短语between...and...,意为“在……和……之间”。故填and。
59.which 考查定语从句。句意:米尔本小学的孩子们献上了周五的表演,得益于当地2012年成立的孔子学院,米尔本小学提供普通话课程。分析句子结构可知,此处无提示词,空前为逗号,此处缺少主语,故推测设空处引导非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词Millburn Primary School(指物)。故填which。
60.founded 考查非谓语动词。句意见上一题。分析句子结构可知,此处作后置定语,修饰the local Confucius Institute,found和the local Confucius Institute为逻辑上的被动关系,应用过去分词形式。故填founded。
61.to comprise 考查非谓语动词。句意:阿尔斯特大学孔子学院自五年前成立以来,已发展到拥有51名教师和1.9万名注册学生。grow to do...表示“逐渐开始做……”。故填to comprise。
62.exposure 考查名词。句意:学生们还可以接触到书法和音乐等中国文化。此处作gain的宾语,应用名词形式,exposure意为“接触”,是不可数名词。故填exposure。
63.promoting 考查非谓语动词。句意:中国政府于2004年推出了孔子学院的概念,作为向海外推广汉语和文化精髓的一种方式。分析句子结构可知,此处作of的宾语,应用动名词形式,固定搭配a way of doing sth.意为“做某事的一种方式”。故填promoting。
64.cultural 考查形容词。句意见上一题。分析句子结构可知,此处作定语,修饰essence,应用形容词形式,cultural意为“文化的”。故填cultural。
联想拓展
名词变形容词:
①词尾加-al
addition—additional附加的,额外的;music—musical音乐的
person—personal私人的;nation—national国家的
education—educational有教育意义的;tradition—traditional传统的
origin—original原来的;起初的
②以元音字母e结尾的单词,去掉词尾元音加-al
nature—natural自然的
globe—global全球的
特例:
class—classical经典的;medicine—medical医学的
65.have been established 考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。句意:迄今为止,162个国家和地区建立了550所孔子学院。分析句子可知,设空处在句中作谓语,根据时间状语So far可知,此处应用现在完成时,establish与主语550 Confucius Institutes之间是被动关系,应用被动语态,且主语为复数,助动词用have。故填have been established。
第四部分 写作
第一节
写作指导
One possible version:
Dear students,
I would like to invite you all to participate in a short video contest whose theme is “Beautiful Campus” .【点明主题】
The contest is a great chance to show the beauty of our campus and share your unique perspectives on our school. Please note that the short video should be related to our campus and school life. Besides, subtitles and music can be added to make it more colorful. All the short videos must be made within three minutes and in MP4 form, which should be uploaded to the campus website by December 30th. The top ten with the most likes will be rewarded afterwards.【介绍比赛目的和要求】
Looking forward to your active participation.【表达期待】
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
佳作亮点
1.重点词汇
①participate in参加
②unique adj.独特的
③perspective n.观点,态度
④be related to与……有关
⑤reward v.奖励;奖赏
2.精彩句式
①I would like to invite you all to participate in a short video contest whose theme is “Beautiful Campus”.(whose引导定语从句)我想邀请大家参加一个以“美丽校园”为主题的短视频比赛。
②All the short videos must be made within three minutes and in MP4 form, which should be uploaded to the campus website by December 30th.(which引导非限制性定语从句)所有短视频必须控制在3分钟之内,使用MP4格式,并应该于12月30日前上传至学校网站。
第二节
写作指导
1.分析冲突点,预设故事结尾。
故事人物 The author,his dad,mum,sister
情节分析/ 冲突点分析 The author asked his father to record his football game with a video camera. He performed well and went home to check the video, only to find that the game had not been fully recorded.
预设结尾 His father was guilty and the author comforted him.
2.分析段首句,确定写作思路。
根据第一段和第二段段首句确定第一段的发展方向: 由第一段首句可知,“我”想看下一个重要的比赛中的表现;由第二段首句可知,“我”看完了所有录像。由此推知第一段应介绍看所有录像的过程。 梳理情节 情节示例
下一个比赛中的表现录上了吗 作者看到了什么 没录上作者比赛中的表现,录上的仍是蓝天、白云和欢呼声。
作者的心情如何 作者看之前很兴奋和激动,没看到自己的表现后很沮丧。
为什么会没有录上 作者的父亲太激动,只顾看比赛了,没注意到摄像机掉在了地上。
根据第二段首句和预设结尾确定第二段的发展方向: 由第二段首句可知,看完录像带后,父亲很沉默;由预设结尾可知,“我”转换心态安慰父亲。 父亲很安静的原因是什么 父亲没能成功录上视频,很内疚。
父亲做了什么 表现出内疚,向作者道歉。
作者做出了什么回应 作者的心态转变,认识到比赛过程中的欢呼声才是最重要的,安慰父亲。
One possible version:
I moved forward closer to the screen to see the next big play. Strangely, the sky and clouds kept rooted on the screen, but the noise on the field and the cheering shouts from my dad continuously rang in my ears. Suddenly I realized that Dad must have cheered so crazily that he dropped the video camera to the ground without noticing it. The final “Yahoo!” came and he gave me a big hug. Watching the sky and clouds, I just silently listened, and closed my eyes with my mind picturing what happened then.
The tape ended and Dad was quiet.As Dad was uncomfortably shifting, I sensed the guilt in his heart. “I'm sorry,” he said. “I failed to record the whole game for you.” “No, it was your cheers that fueled my courage in that fierce football game. And it's the most precious part of the video,” I answered. Hearing my words, he smiled wider than ever before. During the incomplete tape, I found the haunting melody of the football game and my entire life.
佳作亮点
1.重点词汇
①ring in one's ears在某人耳朵边回响
②drop v.掉下;使落下
③give sb. a big hug给某人一个大大的拥抱
④picture v.想象;设想
⑤shift v.挪动;转移
⑥the haunting melody难以忘怀的旋律
2.精彩句式
①Suddenly I realized that Dad must have cheered so crazily that he dropped the video camera to the ground without noticing it.(第一个that引导宾语从句;so...that...引导结果状语从句)我突然意识到,父亲一定是欢呼得太疯狂了,以至于他把摄像机掉在了地上,却没有注意到。
②As Dad was uncomfortably shifting, I sensed the guilt in his heart.(As引导时间状语从句)父亲不安地挪动着身体,我感觉到了他内心的愧疚。
写作积累
表达内疚、羞愧的情绪
①So ashamed was she that she could feel the blood rushed to her face.她感到非常羞愧,以至于她能感觉到血液涌到脸上。
②She felt so ashamed of her foolish behavior that she could feel her face burning.她为自己的愚蠢行为感到非常羞愧,以至于能感到脸在发烫。
