山东省聊城市临清市实验高级中学2024-2025学年高一上学期12月第二次月考英语试卷（含答案，无听力音频及听力原文）

临清市实验高级中学2024-2025学年高一上学期12月第二次月考英语试卷
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(考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分)
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷 (选择题) 和第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题) 两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答第Ⅰ卷时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上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。写在本试卷上无效。
3. 回答第Ⅱ卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
4. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30 分)
做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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 colour is the man's hair
A. Brown. B. Black. C. Grey.
2. What does the woman prefer
A. A TV set. B. The Internet. C. Newspapers.
3. Why does the woman refuse to eat more food
A. She is on a diet. B. She dislikes meat pie. C. She just finished dinner.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. When the flight starts. B. Why it was noisy. C. What they saw.
5. Which train will the woman take
A. 1: 00. B. 2: 30. C. 4: 20.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What is Helen doing
A. Taking a walk. B. Drawing pictures. C. Having a cleanup.
7. What will the man do next
A. Look after the kids. B. Work with Tina. C. Plant some trees.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where does this conversation take place
A. At a store. B. At an office. C. At a hotel.
9. Why does the man talk to Carol
A. To buy grapes. B. To book a room. C. To discuss his trip.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Why does the woman recommend Egypt
A. It is an amazing place. B. It is easy to get air tickets. C. It is a short journey to go there.
11. What does the man think about traveling to Egypt by ship
A. It takes time. B. It costs much. C. It is worthwhile.
12. What do the man's family do about their travel plan
A. Tour the countryside. . Go to the beach. C. Stay at home.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. What is the man
A. A radio host. B. An English teacher. C. A college student.
14. When did Allen start the volunteer program
A. One year ago. B. Three years ago. C. Four years ago.
15. What is the purpose of Allen's program
A. To offer well-paid jobs to the young.
B. To connect parents with teachers.
C. To help the old and students.
16. How many volunteers were there in the program last year
A. 20. B. 200. C. 1, 200.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. Why does the speaker give the talk
A To share some information. B. To introduce a police officer. C. To warmly welcome his friend.
18. What is Jessica responsible for
A. School planning. B. Student affairs. C. Workers' payment.
19. When is the office open on weekdays
A. From 9: 30 am to 4: 00 p. m. B. From 10: 00 am to 4: 00 p. m. C. From 9: 30 am to 6: 00 p. m.
20. What should visitors do during a busy time
A. Raise some questions. B. Answer phone calls. C. Leave their names.
第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节 (共10小题；每小题3分，满分30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
Best Books for College Admissions (招生)
College admissions are usually a complex process. These 4 books are the best guides we can offer to help you and your teens.
● Who Gets In and Why by Jeff Selingo
Author and education journalist Jeff Selingo spent months in the college admissions departments of universities. He gained a true insider’s view of what really goes on when decisions are made about which students to admit, and which ones to deny. This book offers families guidance on helping their teens discover the fit college on every level.
● College Essay Essentials by Ethan Sawyer
The college application essay is the most difficult part of the application process for many students. Ethan Sawyer is here to help with his guide to writing the college essay. With tips, exercises and essays from students who gained admission to their top choice schools, this book will make the essay-writing process easier for your teen and you!
● The Truth about College Admission by Rick Clark and Brennan Barnard
Rick Clark has written this excellent guide, offering families a chance to learn how admissions officers think about the college application process. Written with co-author Brennan Barnard. Director of College Counseling at The Derryfield School, this is the admissions guidebook for families that will take them through the entire college admissions process.
● The College Conversation by Eric J. Furda and Jacques Steinberg
Erie L Furda, Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, and bestselling author Jacques Steinberg, provide guidance for parents about the important conversations they need to have with their pre-college teens.
1. What do Who Gets In and Why and The Truth about College Admission have in common
A. They are both best sellers of the year. B. They are both written by two authors.
C. They are about the admissions matter. D. They show education journalists’ opinions.
2. Which book might you turn to when you have difficulty with the application letter
A. Who Gets In and Why. B. College Essau Essentials.
C. The Truth about College Admission. D. The College Conversation.
3. Who is the text mainly written for
A. High school students. B. Educational experts.
C. College admissions officers. D. Parents of pre-college students.
B
We’ve all heard the stories of an actor’s struggles before a career breakthrough: living a hard life, working part time, being a couch potato before getting that major role. Shelby, the star of “A Dog’s Way Home,” has a hard-luck tale that could top them all. Before her big break, she was living in a landfill, rooting through garbage for her next meal.
Shelby’s big break came in April 2017, when animal-control officer Megan Buhler was driving in Cheatham County. Tennessee. Out on an unrelated call, Buhler spotted and approached what she recalled was a noticeably scared puppy emerging from the dump. “I knelt down and just said, ‘Oh, come here, baby,’” said Buhler. “She was so scared, but she came right up to me, and I was able to put her in my truck.” The pair headed to the county animal shelter, where the staff began calling the new resident Baby Girl.
Buhler and others didn’t know that 3,200 kilometers away, Hollywood was looking for a dog to play Bella in a film written by Cathryn Michon. The find-a-Bella job went to freelance trainer Teresa Ann Miler. Her mission was to search shelters nationwide for a dog that could play Bella. One day, Miller spotted Baby Girl’s adoption photo. “Honestly, it was a really good picture, and she was flat-out smiling,” Miller said. Then she met Baby Girl, and assessed her on personality and the ability to respond to simple commands. After assessment, she adopted Baby Girl from the shelter, renamed her Shelby and took her to California for training. Miller and Shelby trained for just over three months before filming began. Then they were together each day on the set.
Most of the film’s reviews have praised Shelby’s performance. Variety made the comments “an amazing dog, perfect performance!”
Shelby has come a long way from the dump. But Buhler said she saw Shelby recently had needed only a second to compare the movie star with the dog she found from piles of trash. “She’s exactly the same,” Buhler said.
4. Why does the author mention an actor’s struggle before a career breakthrough at the very beginning
A. To make a sharp contrast between an actor’s struggle and a dog’s struggle.
B. To introduce a dog’s similar but even more striking experiences.
C. To attract reader’s attention by giving dramatic examples.
D. To clearly point out the main idea of the passage.
5. What finally helped Baby Girl get the big role in the film
A. Her adoption picture. B. Her flat-out smiling.
C. her personality and ability. D. Her miserable experiences.
6. By saying “She is exactly the same” in the last paragraph, Buhler probably means _______.
A. the dog returned to the piles of trash where she found it
B. it took quite a lot of trouble for the dog to change her own fate.
C. she’s really excited to see the dog she helped live such a happy life
D. the dramatic change of the dog’s life hasn’t changed her inner quality
7. What do you think may serve as the best title of the passage
A. The Success of “A Dog’s Way Home”
B. From a Landfill Puppy to a Movie Star
C. The Trainer and Her Star Dog
D. Shelby’s Hard-luck Story
C
A speech in a play by Shakespeare can be as short as a word or as long as several hundred. But what is the most common length
Staying away from Shakespeare himself for a moment, we can take Ben Jonson’s play Volpone (1606) and count the number of speeches and their lengths. The most common length is four words. The next most common length is five words. Of the other 16 Jonson’s plays, 12 also have a speech length mode (模式) of four. It was not just Jonson; it was everybody. After 1602, four-word speeches were the most common kind across all the early modern plays that survived.
The London theatre industry took off in the late 1580s and early 1590s and we see a concentration of speech length modes of nine or ten. After 1602, the mode of four predominated. If we look just at Shakespeare’s plays, we find him doing what everyone else did: changing from favoring nine-word speeches to favouring four-word speeches around 1597-1602 and never going back.
Our suggestion is that the playwrights (剧作家) learned progressively from one another how to represent more closely the speech lengths of everyday exchanges and found that audiences responded well to these. They started to focus less on strict writing rules and more on the liveliness of everyday speech.
Another way to think of this is offered by the Russian literary scholar Boris Yarkho. He put forward an “index (指数) of liveliness” — the ratio of the number of speeches to the total number of lines in a play. He researched the works of the 17th-century French playwright Pierre Corneille and found that his comedies have a higher index because of their shorter speeches. The move from a mode of nine words to a mode of four represents the shortened average speech, and thus a move to livelier drama in Yarkho’s terms.
Nevertheless, we have no record of any dramatist or playgoer reflecting on the shortening of average speech lengths; our only knowledge of it comes from counting the words in the plays for ourselves.
8. What happened in English plays around the 1600s
A. Their storylines were about famous writers. B. They were influenced by a poetic writing style.
C. They featured different storytelling techniques. D. Their speeches were generally shorter in length.
9. What does the underlined word “predominated” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Remained unique. B. Took the leading position.
C. Disappeared slowly. D. Played an educational role.
10. Why did playwrights change their writing styles according to paragraph 4
A. To challenge traditional writing rules. B. To stand out by applying their unique style.
C. To avoid being affected by social values. D. To create realistic and acceptable speeches.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
Shyness is a sense of uneasiness and discomfort that some people feel in the presence of others. It comes from self-consciousness, low self-respect and fear of judgment. Shy people seem to make bad decisions. They often make unrealistic social comparisons, comparing themselves against the most energetic or outgoing individuals. They believe that others are always thinking of them poorly. They abandon new social opportunities. ____11____.
However, shy people can successfully deal with social challenges without changing themselves. ____12____ They are the last one to announce their achievements or let the world know what is amazing about them. When shyness is not extreme, it can make them appear more approachable to others. Shyness, and the modesty nature that go with it, are rarely threatening to others and may allow people to feel more comfortable around them. ____13____ This calmness may have a positive effect on those around them.
Shyness is common and is easy to overcome with practice. You can handle shyness with the right tools. Instead of avoiding social events, you can schedule them in advance and practice your social skills ahead of time. Preparing questions and amusing stories for others also helps. This way, you shift your focus from yourself to people around you. ____14____ You might just get a surprise and find out that one of the people you admire for their social abilities is actually just as shy as you.
____15____ When you recognize and understand your shyness, and then act based on that self-awareness, it can also lead you everywhere to success.
A. Many shy people are modest.
B. Shyness doesn’t disappear on its own.
C. Being shy has some unexpected advantages.
D. You can even ask socially outward people for advice.
E. It's acceptable to copy the behaviors of outgoing people.
F. It, in turn, prevents them from improving their social skills.
G. Shy people can sometimes have a calming effect on anxious people.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分40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。
My mother and I started our morning by rushing into the local grocery store. I waited in line at the Starbucks counter while she ___16___ around to pick up a few things.
As I was standing there I noticed an elderly woman, wearing layers (层) ___17___ layers of old torn clothing, moving behind me in line.
She had a few toiletries (洗漱用品) and seemed to want the Starbucks cashier to ___18___ since our queue was shorter than the grocery store queues were.
At some point I became ___19___ of her moving closer behind me — it was closer than I was comfortable with! I instinctively (本能地) ___20___ a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me. My fear and imagination raced creating wild ___21___ about this homeless woman who might try to ___22___ from me.
Then it was my ___23___ to order. As the cashier rang up my total, I discovered I was 37 cents ___24___ . I called to my mother but she was hard of hearing. She asked me to ____25____ what I said but she still couldn’t make me out.
At that point, a long grey arm, with ____26____ in its sleeves, ____27____ over from behind me. She laid 37 cents out on the counter, saying, “Here. We all need some help sometimes.”
I was ____28____! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to give and in great need herself. I had judged her ____29____ and she had reached out, voluntarily, to help me!
What an amazing gift and lesson this woman gave me about ____30____ others!
16. A. traveled B. shopped C. flew D. searched
17. A. upon B. after C. of D. in
18. A. ring up B. make up C. put up D. take up
19. A. ashamed B. afraid C. aware D. embarrassed
20. A. hid B. placed C. cleaned D. opened
21. A. jokes B. stories C. lies D. problems
22. A. rob B. catch C. steal D. pick
23. A. turn B. advice C. decision D. hope
24. A. lost B. short C. missing D. enough
25. A. replay B. rewrite C. repeat D. record
26. A. designs B. colors C. lines D. holes
27. A. pushed B. threw C. supped D. reached
28. A. frightened B. shocked C. encouraged D. excited
29. A. wrongly B. naturally C. sensitively D. clearly
30. A. offering B. accepting C. judging D. thanking
二节 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
31. Their cultural backgrounds gave them a spirit of ______________(冒险). (根据汉语意思填空)
32. A study showed that dual-language students did ___________ (显著地) better than their peers in reading English texts. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
33. Every a___________ person will have his or her own special problems or fears. (根据首字母单词拼写)
34. The chairman of the company presented the ___________ (年度的) report. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
35. Genes d ___________ the characteristics of every living thing. (根据首字母单词拼写)
36. There're many people who r ___________ from cancer, stroke, or heart disease. (根据首字母单词拼写)
37. He resigned for a v________ of reasons. （根据首字母单词拼写）
38 Today the city government has taken measures to ___________ (阻止) a repetition of last year’s conflict. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
39. The number of people employed in ________(农业) has fallen in the last decade. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
40. We spent a p___________ day in the country. (根据首字母单词拼写)
第三节 (共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
A
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或所给单词的正确形式。
On social media sites, people tend ___41___ (post) only positive updates that make them appear happy and friendly. But ___42___ (smile) photos can hide real problems. Remember the saying: On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. A young person could be old; a woman could be a man; we could even be sharing our information with ___43___ (criminal).
B
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或所给单词的正确形式。
A team of scientists ___44___ (lead) by Professor Eli Shlizerman at the University of Washington has now found the answer. They have found out that the monarch is able to tell the time of day. It uses its eyes to measure the position of the sun. These two pieces of information — the time of day and the point ___45___ the sun is in the sky — allow the butterfly to determine the way to go ___46___ (eventual), it manages to reach the places where it will spend the winter.
C
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或所给单词的正确形式。
Although modern technology could help produce more crops, these terraces still mean a lot ___47___ the local people for whom traditions hold much value. This knowledge is passed down through families, ___48___ means that new generations continue to use ancient methods of agriculture to maintain the terraces. Today, the Longji Rice Terraces attract thousand of visitors who come to admire this great wonder ___49___ (create) by people and nature ___50___ (work) together.
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
51. 假定你是李华，下个月是你们学校的“科技月”，为此学校将举办一场主题为“科技与生活”的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿参赛，内容包括：
1. 科技进步给生活带来的便利；
2. 科技进步带来的不好的影响；
3. 你的观点。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Technology and Life
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节 (满分25分)
52. 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。
After hitting the button of an alarm clock a couple of times, Sarah rushed to get dressed. She had a big presentation at work, and she needed the caffeine more than ever. She grabbed (抓住) her keys, rushed out of the door, and made her way to the familiar coffee shop.
As she joined the line of cars in the drive-through (免下车的餐馆), Sarah couldn’t help but feel the familiar rush of anticipation. The smell of roasted coffee beans and the thought of having a cup of coffee was her little daily enjoyment.
The line of cars went forward slowly, and soon, Sarah found herself at the drive-through window. She reached for her purse to pay, but before she could hand over her credit card, the cashier smiled and said, “Your coffee has been covered by the car ahead of you.” “Really ” she asked, both surprised and grateful. The cashier nodded. “Yes, the woman in the car ahead wanted to pay it forward today. Enjoy your coffee!”
With a warm smile, Sarah accepted the free coffee and drove away. The unexpected act of kindness was in her mind as she drank the delicious coffee. It put a spring in her step and a smile on her face, making her presentation a little less worrying.
As she exited the drive-through, Sarah glanced in her rearview (后视的) mirror at the next car approaching the coffee shop window. An idea began to form in her mind. Maybe she could do the same, pay it forward and brighten someone else’s morning. She decided to stick around, park her car and go back into the coffee shop. She approached the cashier and said, “I’d like to pay for the coffee of the person in the car behind me.” The cashier smiled and nodded, processing the payment. Sarah knew she had just started a chain of kindness, and she felt a warm sense of satisfaction.
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。
As she walked to her car, Sarah was lost in thought.
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The acts of kindness kept on coming.
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答案版
临清市实验高级中学2024-2025学年高一上学期12月第二次月考英语试卷
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(考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分)
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷 (选择题) 和第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题) 两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答第Ⅰ卷时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上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。写在本试卷上无效。
3. 回答第Ⅱ卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
4. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30 分)
做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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 colour is the man's hair
A. Brown. B. Black. C. Grey.
2. What does the woman prefer
A. A TV set. B. The Internet. C. Newspapers.
3. Why does the woman refuse to eat more food
A. She is on a diet. B. She dislikes meat pie. C. She just finished dinner.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. When the flight starts. B. Why it was noisy. C. What they saw.
5. Which train will the woman take
A. 1: 00. B. 2: 30. C. 4: 20.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What is Helen doing
A. Taking a walk. B. Drawing pictures. C. Having a cleanup.
7. What will the man do next
A. Look after the kids. B. Work with Tina. C. Plant some trees.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where does this conversation take place
A. At a store. B. At an office. C. At a hotel.
9. Why does the man talk to Carol
A. To buy grapes. B. To book a room. C. To discuss his trip.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Why does the woman recommend Egypt
A. It is an amazing place. B. It is easy to get air tickets. C. It is a short journey to go there.
11. What does the man think about traveling to Egypt by ship
A. It takes time. B. It costs much. C. It is worthwhile.
12. What do the man's family do about their travel plan
A. Tour the countryside. . Go to the beach. C. Stay at home.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. What is the man
A. A radio host. B. An English teacher. C. A college student.
14. When did Allen start the volunteer program
A. One year ago. B. Three years ago. C. Four years ago.
15. What is the purpose of Allen's program
A. To offer well-paid jobs to the young.
B. To connect parents with teachers.
C. To help the old and students.
16. How many volunteers were there in the program last year
A. 20. B. 200. C. 1, 200.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. Why does the speaker give the talk
A To share some information. B. To introduce a police officer. C. To warmly welcome his friend.
18. What is Jessica responsible for
A. School planning. B. Student affairs. C. Workers' payment.
19. When is the office open on weekdays
A. From 9: 30 am to 4: 00 p. m. B. From 10: 00 am to 4: 00 p. m. C. From 9: 30 am to 6: 00 p. m.
20. What should visitors do during a busy time
A. Raise some questions. B. Answer phone calls. C. Leave their names.
第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节 (共10小题；每小题3分，满分30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
Best Books for College Admissions (招生)
College admissions are usually a complex process. These 4 books are the best guides we can offer to help you and your teens.
● Who Gets In and Why by Jeff Selingo
Author and education journalist Jeff Selingo spent months in the college admissions departments of universities. He gained a true insider’s view of what really goes on when decisions are made about which students to admit, and which ones to deny. This book offers families guidance on helping their teens discover the fit college on every level.
● College Essay Essentials by Ethan Sawyer
The college application essay is the most difficult part of the application process for many students. Ethan Sawyer is here to help with his guide to writing the college essay. With tips, exercises and essays from students who gained admission to their top choice schools, this book will make the essay-writing process easier for your teen and you!
● The Truth about College Admission by Rick Clark and Brennan Barnard
Rick Clark has written this excellent guide, offering families a chance to learn how admissions officers think about the college application process. Written with co-author Brennan Barnard. Director of College Counseling at The Derryfield School, this is the admissions guidebook for families that will take them through the entire college admissions process.
● The College Conversation by Eric J. Furda and Jacques Steinberg
Erie L Furda, Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, and bestselling author Jacques Steinberg, provide guidance for parents about the important conversations they need to have with their pre-college teens.
1. What do Who Gets In and Why and The Truth about College Admission have in common
A. They are both best sellers of the year. B. They are both written by two authors.
C. They are about the admissions matter. D. They show education journalists’ opinions.
2. Which book might you turn to when you have difficulty with the application letter
A. Who Gets In and Why. B. College Essau Essentials.
C. The Truth about College Admission. D. The College Conversation.
3. Who is the text mainly written for
A. High school students. B. Educational experts.
C. College admissions officers. D. Parents of pre-college students.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D
B
We’ve all heard the stories of an actor’s struggles before a career breakthrough: living a hard life, working part time, being a couch potato before getting that major role. Shelby, the star of “A Dog’s Way Home,” has a hard-luck tale that could top them all. Before her big break, she was living in a landfill, rooting through garbage for her next meal.
Shelby’s big break came in April 2017, when animal-control officer Megan Buhler was driving in Cheatham County. Tennessee. Out on an unrelated call, Buhler spotted and approached what she recalled was a noticeably scared puppy emerging from the dump. “I knelt down and just said, ‘Oh, come here, baby,’” said Buhler. “She was so scared, but she came right up to me, and I was able to put her in my truck.” The pair headed to the county animal shelter, where the staff began calling the new resident Baby Girl.
Buhler and others didn’t know that 3,200 kilometers away, Hollywood was looking for a dog to play Bella in a film written by Cathryn Michon. The find-a-Bella job went to freelance trainer Teresa Ann Miler. Her mission was to search shelters nationwide for a dog that could play Bella. One day, Miller spotted Baby Girl’s adoption photo. “Honestly, it was a really good picture, and she was flat-out smiling,” Miller said. Then she met Baby Girl, and assessed her on personality and the ability to respond to simple commands. After assessment, she adopted Baby Girl from the shelter, renamed her Shelby and took her to California for training. Miller and Shelby trained for just over three months before filming began. Then they were together each day on the set.
Most of the film’s reviews have praised Shelby’s performance. Variety made the comments “an amazing dog, perfect performance!”
Shelby has come a long way from the dump. But Buhler said she saw Shelby recently had needed only a second to compare the movie star with the dog she found from piles of trash. “She’s exactly the same,” Buhler said.
4. Why does the author mention an actor’s struggle before a career breakthrough at the very beginning
A. To make a sharp contrast between an actor’s struggle and a dog’s struggle.
B. To introduce a dog’s similar but even more striking experiences.
C. To attract reader’s attention by giving dramatic examples.
D. To clearly point out the main idea of the passage.
5. What finally helped Baby Girl get the big role in the film
A. Her adoption picture. B. Her flat-out smiling.
C. her personality and ability. D. Her miserable experiences.
6. By saying “She is exactly the same” in the last paragraph, Buhler probably means _______.
A. the dog returned to the piles of trash where she found it
B. it took quite a lot of trouble for the dog to change her own fate.
C. she’s really excited to see the dog she helped live such a happy life
D. the dramatic change of the dog’s life hasn’t changed her inner quality
7. What do you think may serve as the best title of the passage
A. The Success of “A Dog’s Way Home”
B. From a Landfill Puppy to a Movie Star
C. The Trainer and Her Star Dog
D. Shelby’s Hard-luck Story
【答案】4. B 5. C 6. D 7. B
C
A speech in a play by Shakespeare can be as short as a word or as long as several hundred. But what is the most common length
Staying away from Shakespeare himself for a moment, we can take Ben Jonson’s play Volpone (1606) and count the number of speeches and their lengths. The most common length is four words. The next most common length is five words. Of the other 16 Jonson’s plays, 12 also have a speech length mode (模式) of four. It was not just Jonson; it was everybody. After 1602, four-word speeches were the most common kind across all the early modern plays that survived.
The London theatre industry took off in the late 1580s and early 1590s and we see a concentration of speech length modes of nine or ten. After 1602, the mode of four predominated. If we look just at Shakespeare’s plays, we find him doing what everyone else did: changing from favoring nine-word speeches to favouring four-word speeches around 1597-1602 and never going back.
Our suggestion is that the playwrights (剧作家) learned progressively from one another how to represent more closely the speech lengths of everyday exchanges and found that audiences responded well to these. They started to focus less on strict writing rules and more on the liveliness of everyday speech.
Another way to think of this is offered by the Russian literary scholar Boris Yarkho. He put forward an “index (指数) of liveliness” — the ratio of the number of speeches to the total number of lines in a play. He researched the works of the 17th-century French playwright Pierre Corneille and found that his comedies have a higher index because of their shorter speeches. The move from a mode of nine words to a mode of four represents the shortened average speech, and thus a move to livelier drama in Yarkho’s terms.
Nevertheless, we have no record of any dramatist or playgoer reflecting on the shortening of average speech lengths; our only knowledge of it comes from counting the words in the plays for ourselves.
8. What happened in English plays around the 1600s
A. Their storylines were about famous writers. B. They were influenced by a poetic writing style.
C. They featured different storytelling techniques. D. Their speeches were generally shorter in length.
9. What does the underlined word “predominated” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Remained unique. B. Took the leading position.
C. Disappeared slowly. D. Played an educational role.
10. Why did playwrights change their writing styles according to paragraph 4
A. To challenge traditional writing rules. B. To stand out by applying their unique style.
C. To avoid being affected by social values. D. To create realistic and acceptable speeches.
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. D
第二节 (共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
Shyness is a sense of uneasiness and discomfort that some people feel in the presence of others. It comes from self-consciousness, low self-respect and fear of judgment. Shy people seem to make bad decisions. They often make unrealistic social comparisons, comparing themselves against the most energetic or outgoing individuals. They believe that others are always thinking of them poorly. They abandon new social opportunities. ____11____.
However, shy people can successfully deal with social challenges without changing themselves. ____12____ They are the last one to announce their achievements or let the world know what is amazing about them. When shyness is not extreme, it can make them appear more approachable to others. Shyness, and the modesty nature that go with it, are rarely threatening to others and may allow people to feel more comfortable around them. ____13____ This calmness may have a positive effect on those around them.
Shyness is common and is easy to overcome with practice. You can handle shyness with the right tools. Instead of avoiding social events, you can schedule them in advance and practice your social skills ahead of time. Preparing questions and amusing stories for others also helps. This way, you shift your focus from yourself to people around you. ____14____ You might just get a surprise and find out that one of the people you admire for their social abilities is actually just as shy as you.
____15____ When you recognize and understand your shyness, and then act based on that self-awareness, it can also lead you everywhere to success.
A. Many shy people are modest.
B. Shyness doesn’t disappear on its own.
C. Being shy has some unexpected advantages.
D. You can even ask socially outward people for advice.
E. It's acceptable to copy the behaviors of outgoing people.
F. It, in turn, prevents them from improving their social skills.
G. Shy people can sometimes have a calming effect on anxious people.
【答案】11. F 12. A 13. G 14. D 15. B
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分40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。
My mother and I started our morning by rushing into the local grocery store. I waited in line at the Starbucks counter while she ___16___ around to pick up a few things.
As I was standing there I noticed an elderly woman, wearing layers (层) ___17___ layers of old torn clothing, moving behind me in line.
She had a few toiletries (洗漱用品) and seemed to want the Starbucks cashier to ___18___ since our queue was shorter than the grocery store queues were.
At some point I became ___19___ of her moving closer behind me — it was closer than I was comfortable with! I instinctively (本能地) ___20___ a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me. My fear and imagination raced creating wild ___21___ about this homeless woman who might try to ___22___ from me.
Then it was my ___23___ to order. As the cashier rang up my total, I discovered I was 37 cents ___24___ . I called to my mother but she was hard of hearing. She asked me to ____25____ what I said but she still couldn’t make me out.
At that point, a long grey arm, with ____26____ in its sleeves, ____27____ over from behind me. She laid 37 cents out on the counter, saying, “Here. We all need some help sometimes.”
I was ____28____! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to give and in great need herself. I had judged her ____29____ and she had reached out, voluntarily, to help me!
What an amazing gift and lesson this woman gave me about ____30____ others!
16. A. traveled B. shopped C. flew D. searched
17. A. upon B. after C. of D. in
18. A. ring up B. make up C. put up D. take up
19. A. ashamed B. afraid C. aware D. embarrassed
20. A. hid B. placed C. cleaned D. opened
21. A. jokes B. stories C. lies D. problems
22. A. rob B. catch C. steal D. pick
23. A. turn B. advice C. decision D. hope
24. A. lost B. short C. missing D. enough
25. A. replay B. rewrite C. repeat D. record
26. A. designs B. colors C. lines D. holes
27. A. pushed B. threw C. supped D. reached
28. A. frightened B. shocked C. encouraged D. excited
29. A. wrongly B. naturally C. sensitively D. clearly
30. A. offering B. accepting C. judging D. thanking
【答案】16. B 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. B 21. B 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. C
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
31. Their cultural backgrounds gave them a spirit of ______________(冒险). (根据汉语意思填空)
【答案】adventure
32. A study showed that dual-language students did ___________ (显著地) better than their peers in reading English texts. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】significantly
33. Every a___________ person will have his or her own special problems or fears. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】anxious##nxious
34. The chairman of the company presented the ___________ (年度的) report. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】annual
35. Genes d ___________ the characteristics of every living thing. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】determine##etermine
36. There're many people who r ___________ from cancer, stroke, or heart disease. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】recover##ecover
37. He resigned for a v________ of reasons. （根据首字母单词拼写）
【答案】variety##ariety
38 Today the city government has taken measures to ___________ (阻止) a repetition of last year’s conflict. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】prevent
39. The number of people employed in ________(农业) has fallen in the last decade. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
【答案】agriculture
40. We spent a p___________ day in the country. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】pleasant##leasant
第三节 (共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
A
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或所给单词的正确形式。
On social media sites, people tend ___41___ (post) only positive updates that make them appear happy and friendly. But ___42___ (smile) photos can hide real problems. Remember the saying: On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. A young person could be old; a woman could be a man; we could even be sharing our information with ___43___ (criminal).
【答案】41. to post
42. smiling
43. criminals
B
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或所给单词的正确形式。
A team of scientists ___44___ (lead) by Professor Eli Shlizerman at the University of Washington has now found the answer. They have found out that the monarch is able to tell the time of day. It uses its eyes to measure the position of the sun. These two pieces of information — the time of day and the point ___45___ the sun is in the sky — allow the butterfly to determine the way to go ___46___ (eventual), it manages to reach the places where it will spend the winter.
【答案】44. led
45. where 46. eventually
C
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或所给单词的正确形式。
Although modern technology could help produce more crops, these terraces still mean a lot ___47___ the local people for whom traditions hold much value. This knowledge is passed down through families, ___48___ means that new generations continue to use ancient methods of agriculture to maintain the terraces. Today, the Longji Rice Terraces attract thousand of visitors who come to admire this great wonder ___49___ (create) by people and nature ___50___ (work) together.
【答案】47. to 48. which
49. created
50. working
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
51. 假定你是李华，下个月是你们学校的“科技月”，为此学校将举办一场主题为“科技与生活”的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿参赛，内容包括：
1. 科技进步给生活带来的便利；
2. 科技进步带来的不好的影响；
3. 你的观点。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Technology and Life
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【答案】 Technology and Life
It is a great honor for me to deliver a speech concerning “Technology and Life”. With the rapid development of technology, its influences on our daily lives are everywhere.
Thanks to high-tech, we can stay connected with friends and families, no matter where they are. We can easily access information, and even order food and groceries with a few taps on our mobile phones. However, technology also brings negative influences. With the constant exposure to the screens, our eyes get tired. What’s worse, there is always a concern about privacy and data security.
Despite these drawbacks, I think technology’s positive impacts outweigh the negative ones.
第二节 (满分25分)
52. 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。
After hitting the button of an alarm clock a couple of times, Sarah rushed to get dressed. She had a big presentation at work, and she needed the caffeine more than ever. She grabbed (抓住) her keys, rushed out of the door, and made her way to the familiar coffee shop.
As she joined the line of cars in the drive-through (免下车的餐馆), Sarah couldn’t help but feel the familiar rush of anticipation. The smell of roasted coffee beans and the thought of having a cup of coffee was her little daily enjoyment.
The line of cars went forward slowly, and soon, Sarah found herself at the drive-through window. She reached for her purse to pay, but before she could hand over her credit card, the cashier smiled and said, “Your coffee has been covered by the car ahead of you.” “Really ” she asked, both surprised and grateful. The cashier nodded. “Yes, the woman in the car ahead wanted to pay it forward today. Enjoy your coffee!”
With a warm smile, Sarah accepted the free coffee and drove away. The unexpected act of kindness was in her mind as she drank the delicious coffee. It put a spring in her step and a smile on her face, making her presentation a little less worrying.
As she exited the drive-through, Sarah glanced in her rearview (后视的) mirror at the next car approaching the coffee shop window. An idea began to form in her mind. Maybe she could do the same, pay it forward and brighten someone else’s morning. She decided to stick around, park her car and go back into the coffee shop. She approached the cashier and said, “I’d like to pay for the coffee of the person in the car behind me.” The cashier smiled and nodded, processing the payment. Sarah knew she had just started a chain of kindness, and she felt a warm sense of satisfaction.
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。
As she walked to her car, Sarah was lost in thought.
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The acts of kindness kept on coming.
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【答案】参考范文：
As she walked to her car, Sarah was lost in thought. How would the next driver react Would they continue the chain of goodwill She watched from her car as the driver behind her pulled up to the window. The cashier informed him that his coffee had already been paid for, and then something beautiful happened. The driver, a middle-aged man, smiled and said joyfully, “That’s wonderful! Please use the money I was going to spend to pay for the coffee of the car behind me.” One pays for the coffee of the person behind her, which sparks a chain of good deeds for the entire day.
The acts of kindness kept on coming. A young woman paid for the coffee of a tired mom with a baby in the back seat. A construction worker in a pickup truck covered the cost for a group of excited teenagers on their way to school. An elderly couple even got in on the action, paying for the coffee of a teacher on her way to work. And in the coffee shop, people began to talk about it. The line of cars in the drive-through grew longer as more people wanted to be a part of the phenomenon.