华容县2024－2025学年度第一学期期末监测试卷
高 二 英 语
注意事项：
1．本试卷答题时间为120分钟，满分150分。
2．考生作答时务必将选择题答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡指定位置上，将非选择题答案用0.5毫米黑色签字笔写在答题卡指定位置上；在本试卷上答题无效。
3．考试完成后，将答题卡上交，试题卷考生自己留存。
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 speakers going to do first
A. Play tennis. B. Go jogging. C. Take a walk.
2. How did the woman learn to make bread
A. From her friend. B. From her mother. C. From a cookbook.
3. What do we know about Grace
A. She was stuck in traffic. B. She got off work early. C. She crashed her car.
4. What are the speakers doing
A. Having dinner. B. Preparing for a party. C. Making cold drinks.
5. Where does the conversation take place
A. At a barber’s. B. At a tailor’s. C. At a clothing shop.
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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. Why does Peter buy art supplies
A. For his interest. B. For a birthday gift. C. For the cheap price.
7. What will the speakers do next
A. Make payment. B. Go to their office. C. Enjoy some coffee.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What is David
A. A student. B. A teacher. C. An editor.
9. What is the date today
A. April 3rd. B. April 17th. C. April 20th.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Who studied in Harvard University
A. James. B. The woman. C. James’ brother.
11. What made James go to the ceremony early
A. The heavy traffic. B. The limited seats. C. The rare tickets.
12. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. College graduation ceremony.
B. Importance of parental involvement.
C. The historical background of Harvard University.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. Where did the man read the story
A. In a newspaper. B. In a magazine. C. On a website.
14. Who called the air traffic controller for help
A. A pilot. B. An air hostess. C. A passenger.
15. What did the air traffic controller do
A. He taught how to operate a plane.
B. He asked his colleagues for help.
C. He made a video of flying.
16. What happened to the plane in the end
A. It crashed. B. It landed safely. C. Its passengers got injured.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. Which language is the speaker weak at
A. Italian. B. English. C. French.
18. What did the speaker’s French classes focus on
A. Speaking. B. Vocabulary. C. Grammar.
19. What did the speaker think of his friend’s idea
A. Confusing. B. Great. C. Impractical.
20. Why did the speaker go to Lyon
A. To visit his partner.
B. To do translation work.
C. To experience a new culture.
第二部分 阅读理解（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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
The Astra International Picture Book Writing Contest is a unique competition open to writers for children. We believe that in our increasingly digital age it is more important than ever for children’s first books to introduce them to the pleasures and power of storytelling and the written word along with outstanding visual art. Being exposed to the best picture books can create in young people a lifelong love of reading. By rewarding and showing excellence in the art of picture book writing, we aim to inspire writers to focus on the picture book text as an art form in itself, and to raise the quality of these seemingly simple books for the benefit of children everywhere.
The winners will have the opportunity to sign publishing contracts (合同) with the sponsors to publish the manuscripts (原稿) in different languages. Each winner will be required to agree that sponsors have a one-year priority option to publish their manuscript to receive the cash prize.
Conditions
1. Manuscript must be text written for children age 3-8; illustrations are not accepted;
2. Manuscript may be fiction, nonfiction or poetry;
3. Manuscript must be no longer than 1,000 words;
4. Manuscript may be submitted (提交) in any of the following languages: English, Spanish, German, French, or Chinese;
5. Manuscript must be your original work;
6. Manuscript will not be submitted to any other competition or any other publisher before the announcement of the result of this contest.
For more information, please contact us: astrawritingcontest@.
21. Why is the competition held
A. To call on people to read paper books.
B. To raise children’s interest in reading.
C. To collect money for children’s education.
D To encourage high-quality picture book writing.
22. How can the winners get the cash prize
A. By signing publishing contracts.
B. By not joining in other competitions in one year.
C. By not submitting their manuscripts to other publishers.
D. By giving sponsors the right to publish their manuscripts first.
23. What is a requirement of the manuscripts
A. They must be within 1,000 words.
B. They must be in the form of stories.
C. They must be accompanied by pictures.
D. They must be translated into several languages.
B
As the sun neared the horizon, Ali began his nightly walk through the sandy streets of Timbuktu in Mali. Covered in robes of indigo, he passed through the streets of Timbuktu and continued out into the sand dunes, just beyond the city’s western suburbs.
Ali was a teenager when he first saw the city that would later become his home. “I couldn’t believe the lights!” he remembered. Members of his family still live a semi-nomadic (半游牧的) existence out in the desert. But when he became an adult, drought and the need to earn a living drove Ali into Timbuktu, where he set up a business as a guide for tourists who wanted to explore the Sahara. His heart remained in the desert even when he had to be in the city. He refused to get a fixed-line telephone in case he came to depend upon it. When he had no clients, he would escape to the desert, spending months at a time camping out, drinking tea with friends and sleeping under the stars.
As a guide, Ali made friends from around the world, and he visited some in Europe. It was, to him, an alien world, just as Timbuktu remains for many around the globe. “The first time I was in Europe, I saw water just lying on the ground. Everything moved at a speed that was unthinkable in the Sahara. I thought ‘these people are crazy’. In the desert we have infinite time but no water,” he said. “In Europe, you have plenty of water but no time.”
When travelers wanted to see more of the Sahara, Ali took them to Araouane, a sand-drowned town 270 km north of Timbuktu. And yet for the tourists who visited there, the town was undoubtedly more to it than that. There was something there that produced a feeling similar to excitement. It was the awe of vast skies and big horizons.
24. What did Ali do daily when the sun would set
A. He took a night walk. B. He chatted with neighbors.
C. He took a photo of the sun. D. He bought some food in a store.
25. How did Ali feel when first seeing the city
A Confused. B. Amazed.
C. Frightened. D. Moved.
26. What can we learn about Ali from paragraph 2
A. He established a travel company.
B. He explored the Sahara Desert on his own.
C. He lived a semi-nomadic life with his wife.
D. He escaped from Sahara Desert with his friends.
27. What does the underlined part “these people are crazy” in paragraph 3 mean
A. People in Europe waste so much time.
B. People in Europe always let water running.
C. People in Europe are curious about everything.
D. People in Europe are always busy with their life.
C
Given the state’s varied geographic climates, there is usually a location with prime conditions for playing golf in California no matter what time of year you plan to visit.
During winter months, you can head to the desert, where the popular golf season is November through April and where there are over 100 courses (球场) within an hour’s drive of Palm Springs. During other months, when the desert’s heat can be dull, the weather is quite likely perfect in northern California’s mountain areas (Shasta, Lake Tahoe and the northern Sierras), the San Francisco Bay Area and all along the Central Coast. Southern California’s weather is considered perfect year-round for golf.
Nine California golf courses scored in Fairways and Greens magazine’s “Top 18 Courses on the West Coast” competition. There are some truly wonderful courses in the state!
One course, Oak Quarry in Riverside is a great place for golfers and non-golfers and so on. Golf Digest said of the course, “This is a national park of golf, the Yosemite of the golf world… This is a course that Ansel Adams would have loved to photograph.”
And, while ocean views can be quite expensive in places like Pebble Beach (with green fees around $400 and a lodge stay required to secure a tee time (开球时间) ), more reasonably priced ocean view alternatives exist at some North Coast California golf courses: try Links at Bodega Harbour and Sea Ranch Golf Links.
Regardless of where you decide to play, you should book your tee times in advance. Some courses charge some dollars for reservations more than a week or two out, but it’s usually worth an extra few dollars to reserve your preferred time.
28. What can we learn from the second paragraph
A. You can choose to play golf along the Central Coast in June.
B. Southern California’s weather is hot and dull all the year round.
C. In northern California’s mountain areas, it’s too hot to play golf in May.
D. You’d better not play golf in California’s desert in November.
29. How many California golf courses are thought highly of in Fairways and Greens magazine’s competition
A. 1. B. 9. C. 18. D. 100.
30. When you book the tee time, _________.
A. you need to pay $ 400 in advance
B. the better priced Pebble Beach is your best choice
C. you may be charged dollars for your preferred time
D. you needn’t pay for booking courses at any time
31. What is the best title for this passage
A. Climate in California. B. California golf courses.
C. Rules about golf. D. Charges about golf.
D
Indeed loneliness is now widely recognized as a major public health problem. What is perhaps less obvious is one answer to the problem: the healing power of poetry to make us feel more connected to others.
Here things get personal. I first got involved in how poetry can support our emotional wellbeing after I wrole a memoir, Black Rainbow: Hone Words Healed Me—My Journey Through Depression, in 2014 about how poetry helped me through two serious periods of depression. Since then, I’ve been running Healing Words poetry sessions for mental health charities and prisons, and have discovered first-hand the lovely feeling of companionship which poetry can bring.
Poetry lets us connect with other people who have experienced similar emotions. We’re not alone in our despair or delight. When we have a poem by our side, whether tucked into a bag or on a bedside table, it feels like we’re being accompanied by a friend: an authorial arm is wrapped around our shoulders.
I remember one woman starting to cry as she read Derek Walcott’s poem “Love After Love” during a workshop held at my local hospital in West London. Fighting through tears, she eventually said, “I feel understood.” Everyone in the room knew exactly what she meant.
She had, in Walcott’s phrase, struggled to “love again the stranger who was yourself”. The poet’s invitation to “Sit. Feast on your life” was the comfort she needed, in a language which spoke to her, to imagine loving herself in a way she had always found hard. Poetry had worked its magic, unlocking a feeling of inner connection, and in turn a connection to all of us sitting in the workshop.
Given my own experience, I think having a poem to keep us company can help us all feel a greater sense of belonging.
32. What does the author suggest doing to fight against loneliness
A. Researching the problem. B. Appreciating poetry.
C. Strengthening dignity. D. Connecting with others.
33. How does having a poem at hand make you feel according to the author
A. Socially accepted. B. Literarily knowledgeable.
C. Financially admired. D. Emotionally comfortable.
34. Why did the woman start to cry in the workshop
A. Because the poem touched her soul.
B. Because she was forced to read the poem.
C. Because she struggled to understand others.
D. Because she failed to work out the poem’s magic.
35. What does the author mainly want to tell us
A. The healing power of poems cures illnesses.
B. Reading can make us feel independent of others.
C. Poetry can improve our emotional well-being.
D. Connection leads to a great sense of belonging.
二节 (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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Have you ever wondered why birds sing _____36_____ After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. _____37_____ Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
_____38_____ A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Like us humans, your yard and house are your territory where only family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. _____39_____.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs. _____40_____ Most of their language has something to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
A. The birds sing very beautifully.
B. Maybe you thought they were just happy.
C. The birds sing all the time to attract a mate.
D. You can see that birds have a language of their own.
E. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason.
F. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is actually enough to keep an outsider away.
G. Do you know what a territory is
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once again, my mind is flooded with memories of my mother’s patient instruction for me on how to bake when I was a child. Growing up, I would sit with my mother at the dining room table as she taught me the _____41_____ — down to the detail of where to place my fingers — for _____42_____ the perfect warak enab (荷叶包饭), a dish of grape leaves stuffed with rice and meat, which is one of my favourite Middle Eastern dishes.
When I moved out of my childhood home, Mama would send me a lot of grape leaves, picked _____43_____ from the vines we grew in our backyard. I was _____44_____, but here was always _____45_____ in being able to call her for direction as I cooked. But I had never even attempted to _____46_____ with Mama.
This summer I was supposed to move from Washington, D. C. to New York to start a new job — but something unexpected made me _____47_____ those plans. And so, I decided to move back into my parents’ home. At the beginning, I was _____48_____, but I recognized the rare opportunity I had to_____49_____ with my parents as an adult.
A couple of weeks ago, Mama and I were rearranging boxes of stuff I’d brought home, and we _____50_____ an old recipe book in the basement, which had been brought with her from Syria when she moved to the US at age 24. She told me this _____51_____ taught her almost everything she knew about cooking and baking — with occasional phone calls to her mother in Syria for _____52_____.
Learning how to bake with Mama at my side has been my favourite part of being home. It has brought us _____53_____ together and connected me to my _____54_____ while feeding my sweet tooth at the same time. Now, I see just how much skill — and _____55_____ — are acquired in the process.
41. A. technique B. flavour C. movement D. impression
42. A. gathering B. tasting C. wrapping D. observing
43. A. directly B. greedily C. accurately D. hardly
44. A. on my way B. on my own C. on my mind D. on my feet
45. A. property B. concept C. comfort D. atmosphere
46. A. slice B. bake C. generate D. chop
47. A. put back B. put on C. put off D. put down
48. A. disturbed B. relieved C. upset D. frightened
49. A. restart B. reconnect C. rebuild D. replace
50. A. came across B. came up with C. came about D. came back
51. A. recipe B. dessert C. box D. book
52. A. association B. help C. security D. balance
53. A. cleverer B. greater C. longer D. closer
54. A. roots B. goals C. feet D. behaviors
55. A. opportunity B. success C. power D. love
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。
Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that aims to create intelligent machines, _____56_____are capable of learning from experience, adjusting to new inputs and performing tasks like humans. In _____57_____1940s, the development of computers made AI a reality. _____58_____, for a long time, AI technology developed very slowly. In 1997, Deep Blue beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov, _____59_____ it marked a new breakthrough in artificial intelligence. AI is now used in _____60_____ (vary) fields, such as finance, health care, machine translation and art. In fact, the _____61_____ (apply) of AI are unlimited. In short, AI is changing the way we live. It is clear that we are_____62_____a turning point in history.
However, with great convenience brought by AI, many worries also_____63_____ (bring) to us in the past decades. Many people, including some scientists, wonder that AI might be abused by criminals, _____64_____ (cause) panic and social instability. So researchers are urged_____65_____ (think) about all the possible dangers that AI might cause to us while doing research.
第四部分 写作（满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
66. 当你得知美国外教Jack用西医治疗自己的头痛效果不佳时，你给他写了一封电子邮件，推荐中医治疗。
内容包括：①中医的特点；②祝愿他早日康复。
注意：
1．词数80词左右，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2．参考词汇：按摩 massage 针灸 acupuncture 处方 prescription
Dear Jack,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours ,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
67. 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。
As Christmas decorations appeared in town, our parents called my two younger brothers and me together. At first, I thought someone had died, because I had never seen my parents look so sad. My brothers and I stood waiting for the awful news.
Mom hugged me as she murmured, “Christmas is going to be different this year. We won't be having a tree or presents. We can barely afford food.”Dad, resting on the couch, beckoned (招手示意) the boys into his arms.“Things will change when I get back to work.”
My family was poorer than dirt. Dad, the only bread-earner in our family, worked in a coal mine. However, soon after returning to work at the end of a long strike, Dad was hurt in a rock fall that broke bones in his foot. Lying on the couch with the swollen foot high on pillows, he didn't talk or smile much. There was little to smile about. No work, no income.
At nine years old, I mothered my younger brothers: Rodney, aged six, and Stevie, three. We shared a small bedroom. That night, after our parents’ announcement, we talked.
Rodney began. “Em, did you see how sad Mommy and Daddy looked I thought Mommy was gonna cry.
“Me, too. Daddy's foot’s … this big” whispered Stevie, holding out his arms.
“Yeah..We're in hard times," I said.“It makes Mommy and Daddy sad."
“But we don't have to be sad," I added, hoping to brighten the mood.
“Since there are still several weeks to go, maybe we can do something to cheer them up," I said with overdone enthusiasm. The boys proposed, “We can take the money from our piggy bank...earn some more..and surprise them with gifts!"
“I can run errands(跑腿) for Aunt Em and neighbors to earn money," I offered.
“Yeah," Rodney added, “I and Stevie can return bottles and save the deposit money... instead of buying candy!" He pushed Stevie gently with his elbow.
“Yeah!”Stevie clutched his hands together.
We had a plan!
Until they nodded off, I coached my little brothers (especially Stevie) in ways to guard our secret. “Don't talk about it during the day."
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。
We awoke in the morning, transforming from sad children to the secret agents on an important mission!
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On Christmas morning, we hurried into the living room and handed the gifts to Mommy and Daddy.
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答案版
华容县2024－2025学年度第一学期期末监测试卷
高 二 英 语
注意事项：
1．本试卷答题时间为120分钟，满分150分。
2．考生作答时务必将选择题答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡指定位置上，将非选择题答案用0.5毫米黑色签字笔写在答题卡指定位置上；在本试卷上答题无效。
3．考试完成后，将答题卡上交，试题卷考生自己留存。
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 speakers going to do first
A. Play tennis. B. Go jogging. C. Take a walk.
【答案】B
【原文】W: Let’s go to play tennis today.
M: But we did it last weekend. I prefer to go jogging.
W: That sounds like fun. After that, we can take a walk in the park. Let’s go now.
2. How did the woman learn to make bread
A. From her friend. B. From her mother. C. From a cookbook.
【答案】C
【原文】W: Jack, would you like to taste the bread I made it myself.
M: Oh, it looks nice and must be delicious. Did your mother teach you to make it
W: No, she’s always very busy. I borrowed a cookbook from my friend. I learned from it.
3. What do we know about Grace
A. She was stuck in traffic. B. She got off work early. C. She crashed her car.
【答案】A
【原文】M: Where have you been, Grace You know I’ve been waiting for you here for about one hour.
W: Calm down please. I’m so sorry I was late getting off work for a start. Then I drove down here and I got caught in a traffic jam. It was one thing after another.
4. What are the speakers doing
A. Having dinner. B. Preparing for a party. C. Making cold drinks.
【答案】B
【原文】M: What drinks do you think we need for the victory party tonight
W: Well, not everyone wants to drink beer. Make sure there are some soft drinks. Nothing is as refreshing as iced drinks on a hot day.
5. Where does the conversation take place
A. At a barber’s. B. At a tailor’s. C. At a clothing shop.
【答案】A
【原文】W: You seem to have a few gray hairs around over the ears. Sir, would you like me to use some hair colouring
M: No, no, I like that. My friends say it makes me look distinguished. Just get my hair trimmed a little. Nothing fancy.
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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. Why does Peter buy art supplies
A. For his interest. B. For a birthday gift. C. For the cheap price.
7. What will the speakers do next
A. Make payment. B. Go to their office. C. Enjoy some coffee.
【答案】6. B 7. A
【原文】M: Hello Lucy. I’m glad to meet you here.
W: Hello Peter, what are you doing here
M: My daughter is very interested in art. Her birthday is coming up. I want to buy some art supplies for her.
W: That sounds good art can do a child a world of good.
M: That’s right. What do you want to buy here
W: Some office supplies. You know, it’s the tenth anniversary of the shop today. We can get a 10% discount.
M: Yeah, let’s take the goods to the counter now. Then we can go to the cafe for a drink.
W: Thank you. Maybe some other time.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What is David
A. A student. B. A teacher. C. An editor.
9. What is the date today
A. April 3rd. B. April 17th. C. April 20th.
【答案】8. A 9. B
【原文】W: David, what’s your plan for teacher appreciation week
M: I’ll just give some flowers to the teachers. I really appreciate. What about you
W: I made some cards to my teachers last year, but this year I want to show my gratitude to my teachers who go above and beyond to help me learn and grow in a special way.
M: So what do you plan to do
W: I want to write some stories about my teachers and then send them to a magazine. It’s hosting a contest. Now the winner can receive a big prize.
M: That’s great. So when should you send your stories
W: Stories should be sent to the magazine by April twentieth.
M: There was just three days left. You should really begin to work on your stories now.
W: Yes.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Who studied in Harvard University
A. James. B. The woman. C. James’ brother.
11. What made James go to the ceremony early
A. The heavy traffic. B. The limited seats. C. The rare tickets.
12. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. College graduation ceremony.
B. Importance of parental involvement.
C. The historical background of Harvard University.
【答案】10. C 11. B 12. A
【原文】W: James, where did you take the photo There are lots of people in the background.
M: It was taken when I attended the Harvard graduation ceremony.
W: Why did you go there
M: My elder brother graduated from Harvard last summer. It’s out of question that my parents and I should go to witness the great moment.
W: Can anyone attend the graduation ceremony
M: No, you must get a ticket first. The tickets were limited. We got up early and arrived at Harvard at seven.
W: Did the ceremony start so early
M: No, but the seating capacity was limited. If we got there late, we had to stand.
W: Did the campus look different than usual
M: Yes, it looked great. Parents were very excited to see their sons and daughters and were proud to be there.
W: It reminded me of my graduation ceremony. My parents were also very excited and proud, but I felt a bit upset. It was the time for us classmates to depart, though unwillingly.
M: But it was not the end. It just meant that you would begin a new journey.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. Where did the man read the story
A. In a newspaper. B. In a magazine. C. On a website.
14. Who called the air traffic controller for help
A. A pilot. B. An air hostess. C. A passenger.
15. What did the air traffic controller do
A. He taught how to operate a plane.
B. He asked his colleagues for help.
C. He made a video of flying.
16. What happened to the plane in the end
A. It crashed. B. It landed safely. C. Its passengers got injured.
【答案】13. C 14. C 15. A 16. B
【原文】W: Have you finished reading the magazine, Henry
M: Yes. Now I’m reading some online news. I just read a news story about a flight. It was really amazing.
W: Did anything happen to the flight
M: Yes. On Tuesday afternoon, an air traffic controller in Florida got an emergency radio call. Someone taking the flight told him that he didn’t know how to fly the airplane.
W: Why did that person want to fly the plane
M: Because the pilot of the airplane wasn’t well.
W: The air traffic controller must have been very worried.
M: Sure, but he had been working as an air traffic controller for many years. Even more importantly, he trains pilots by giving careful instructions. The controller was able to help the man pilot the plane down and land safely.
W: Did anybody get injured
M: Luckily, that didn’t happen. It was really a miracle.
W: Surely it was. That man was really brave. He saved all the lives on the plane.
M: That’s true.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. Which language is the speaker weak at
A. Italian. B. English. C. French.
18. What did the speaker’s French classes focus on
A. Speaking. B. Vocabulary. C. Grammar.
19. What did the speaker think of his friend’s idea
A. Confusing. B. Great. C. Impractical.
20. Why did the speaker go to Lyon
A. To visit his partner.
B. To do translation work.
C. To experience a new culture.
【答案】17. A 18. C 19. B 20. C
【原文】M: My name is Jeff. I speak both English and French very well. Now I’m teaching myself Italian, but I’m not good at it yet so how did I learn French As you may know, Canada has two official languages, English and French. However, not all the provinces are French speaking. I grew up and went to university in English speaking parts of the country. I had regular weekly French classes in school, from kindergarten to grade ten actually, but these were too focused on grammar and sentence structures. I dropped French and grade eleven. Fast forward to my second year of university in Toronto, my best friends suggested we do an exchange year in France together and it sounded like an awesome idea. I loved the idea of moving to a foreign country to experience a new culture, so we went to Lyon for an exchange year to experience the French language and culture first hand. It was really helpful. Today, I am fully fluent in French.
I work as a writer in both French and English, do professional translations and have a French partner and French friends.
第二部分 阅读理解（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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
The Astra International Picture Book Writing Contest is a unique competition open to writers for children. We believe that in our increasingly digital age it is more important than ever for children’s first books to introduce them to the pleasures and power of storytelling and the written word along with outstanding visual art. Being exposed to the best picture books can create in young people a lifelong love of reading. By rewarding and showing excellence in the art of picture book writing, we aim to inspire writers to focus on the picture book text as an art form in itself, and to raise the quality of these seemingly simple books for the benefit of children everywhere.
The winners will have the opportunity to sign publishing contracts (合同) with the sponsors to publish the manuscripts (原稿) in different languages. Each winner will be required to agree that sponsors have a one-year priority option to publish their manuscript to receive the cash prize.
Conditions
1. Manuscript must be text written for children age 3-8; illustrations are not accepted;
2. Manuscript may be fiction, nonfiction or poetry;
3. Manuscript must be no longer than 1,000 words;
4. Manuscript may be submitted (提交) in any of the following languages: English, Spanish, German, French, or Chinese;
5. Manuscript must be your original work;
6. Manuscript will not be submitted to any other competition or any other publisher before the announcement of the result of this contest.
For more information, please contact us: astrawritingcontest@.
21. Why is the competition held
A. To call on people to read paper books.
B. To raise children’s interest in reading.
C. To collect money for children’s education.
D To encourage high-quality picture book writing.
22. How can the winners get the cash prize
A. By signing publishing contracts.
B. By not joining in other competitions in one year.
C. By not submitting their manuscripts to other publishers.
D. By giving sponsors the right to publish their manuscripts first.
23. What is a requirement of the manuscripts
A. They must be within 1,000 words.
B. They must be in the form of stories.
C. They must be accompanied by pictures.
D. They must be translated into several languages.
【答案】21. D 22. D 23. A
B
As the sun neared the horizon, Ali began his nightly walk through the sandy streets of Timbuktu in Mali. Covered in robes of indigo, he passed through the streets of Timbuktu and continued out into the sand dunes, just beyond the city’s western suburbs.
Ali was a teenager when he first saw the city that would later become his home. “I couldn’t believe the lights!” he remembered. Members of his family still live a semi-nomadic (半游牧的) existence out in the desert. But when he became an adult, drought and the need to earn a living drove Ali into Timbuktu, where he set up a business as a guide for tourists who wanted to explore the Sahara. His heart remained in the desert even when he had to be in the city. He refused to get a fixed-line telephone in case he came to depend upon it. When he had no clients, he would escape to the desert, spending months at a time camping out, drinking tea with friends and sleeping under the stars.
As a guide, Ali made friends from around the world, and he visited some in Europe. It was, to him, an alien world, just as Timbuktu remains for many around the globe. “The first time I was in Europe, I saw water just lying on the ground. Everything moved at a speed that was unthinkable in the Sahara. I thought ‘these people are crazy’. In the desert we have infinite time but no water,” he said. “In Europe, you have plenty of water but no time.”
When travelers wanted to see more of the Sahara, Ali took them to Araouane, a sand-drowned town 270 km north of Timbuktu. And yet for the tourists who visited there, the town was undoubtedly more to it than that. There was something there that produced a feeling similar to excitement. It was the awe of vast skies and big horizons.
24. What did Ali do daily when the sun would set
A. He took a night walk. B. He chatted with neighbors.
C. He took a photo of the sun. D. He bought some food in a store.
25. How did Ali feel when first seeing the city
A Confused. B. Amazed.
C. Frightened. D. Moved.
26. What can we learn about Ali from paragraph 2
A. He established a travel company.
B. He explored the Sahara Desert on his own.
C. He lived a semi-nomadic life with his wife.
D. He escaped from Sahara Desert with his friends.
27. What does the underlined part “these people are crazy” in paragraph 3 mean
A. People in Europe waste so much time.
B. People in Europe always let water running.
C. People in Europe are curious about everything.
D. People in Europe are always busy with their life.
【答案】24. A 25. B 26. A 27. D
C
Given the state’s varied geographic climates, there is usually a location with prime conditions for playing golf in California no matter what time of year you plan to visit.
During winter months, you can head to the desert, where the popular golf season is November through April and where there are over 100 courses (球场) within an hour’s drive of Palm Springs. During other months, when the desert’s heat can be dull, the weather is quite likely perfect in northern California’s mountain areas (Shasta, Lake Tahoe and the northern Sierras), the San Francisco Bay Area and all along the Central Coast. Southern California’s weather is considered perfect year-round for golf.
Nine California golf courses scored in Fairways and Greens magazine’s “Top 18 Courses on the West Coast” competition. There are some truly wonderful courses in the state!
One course, Oak Quarry in Riverside is a great place for golfers and non-golfers and so on. Golf Digest said of the course, “This is a national park of golf, the Yosemite of the golf world… This is a course that Ansel Adams would have loved to photograph.”
And, while ocean views can be quite expensive in places like Pebble Beach (with green fees around $400 and a lodge stay required to secure a tee time (开球时间) ), more reasonably priced ocean view alternatives exist at some North Coast California golf courses: try Links at Bodega Harbour and Sea Ranch Golf Links.
Regardless of where you decide to play, you should book your tee times in advance. Some courses charge some dollars for reservations more than a week or two out, but it’s usually worth an extra few dollars to reserve your preferred time.
28. What can we learn from the second paragraph
A. You can choose to play golf along the Central Coast in June.
B. Southern California’s weather is hot and dull all the year round.
C. In northern California’s mountain areas, it’s too hot to play golf in May.
D. You’d better not play golf in California’s desert in November.
29. How many California golf courses are thought highly of in Fairways and Greens magazine’s competition
A. 1. B. 9. C. 18. D. 100.
30. When you book the tee time, _________.
A. you need to pay $ 400 in advance
B. the better priced Pebble Beach is your best choice
C. you may be charged dollars for your preferred time
D. you needn’t pay for booking courses at any time
31. What is the best title for this passage
A. Climate in California. B. California golf courses.
C. Rules about golf. D. Charges about golf.
【答案】28. A 29. B 30. C 31. B
D
Indeed loneliness is now widely recognized as a major public health problem. What is perhaps less obvious is one answer to the problem: the healing power of poetry to make us feel more connected to others.
Here things get personal. I first got involved in how poetry can support our emotional wellbeing after I wrole a memoir, Black Rainbow: Hone Words Healed Me—My Journey Through Depression, in 2014 about how poetry helped me through two serious periods of depression. Since then, I’ve been running Healing Words poetry sessions for mental health charities and prisons, and have discovered first-hand the lovely feeling of companionship which poetry can bring.
Poetry lets us connect with other people who have experienced similar emotions. We’re not alone in our despair or delight. When we have a poem by our side, whether tucked into a bag or on a bedside table, it feels like we’re being accompanied by a friend: an authorial arm is wrapped around our shoulders.
I remember one woman starting to cry as she read Derek Walcott’s poem “Love After Love” during a workshop held at my local hospital in West London. Fighting through tears, she eventually said, “I feel understood.” Everyone in the room knew exactly what she meant.
She had, in Walcott’s phrase, struggled to “love again the stranger who was yourself”. The poet’s invitation to “Sit. Feast on your life” was the comfort she needed, in a language which spoke to her, to imagine loving herself in a way she had always found hard. Poetry had worked its magic, unlocking a feeling of inner connection, and in turn a connection to all of us sitting in the workshop.
Given my own experience, I think having a poem to keep us company can help us all feel a greater sense of belonging.
32. What does the author suggest doing to fight against loneliness
A. Researching the problem. B. Appreciating poetry.
C. Strengthening dignity. D. Connecting with others.
33. How does having a poem at hand make you feel according to the author
A. Socially accepted. B. Literarily knowledgeable.
C. Financially admired. D. Emotionally comfortable.
34. Why did the woman start to cry in the workshop
A. Because the poem touched her soul.
B. Because she was forced to read the poem.
C. Because she struggled to understand others.
D. Because she failed to work out the poem’s magic.
35. What does the author mainly want to tell us
A. The healing power of poems cures illnesses.
B. Reading can make us feel independent of others.
C. Poetry can improve our emotional well-being.
D. Connection leads to a great sense of belonging.
【答案】32. B 33. A 34. A 35. C
第二节 (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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Have you ever wondered why birds sing _____36_____ After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. _____37_____ Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
_____38_____ A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Like us humans, your yard and house are your territory where only family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. _____39_____.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs. _____40_____ Most of their language has something to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
A. The birds sing very beautifully.
B. Maybe you thought they were just happy.
C. The birds sing all the time to attract a mate.
D. You can see that birds have a language of their own.
E. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason.
F. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is actually enough to keep an outsider away.
G. Do you know what a territory is
【答案】36. B 37. E 38. G 39. F 40. D
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once again, my mind is flooded with memories of my mother’s patient instruction for me on how to bake when I was a child. Growing up, I would sit with my mother at the dining room table as she taught me the _____41_____ — down to the detail of where to place my fingers — for _____42_____ the perfect warak enab (荷叶包饭), a dish of grape leaves stuffed with rice and meat, which is one of my favourite Middle Eastern dishes.
When I moved out of my childhood home, Mama would send me a lot of grape leaves, picked _____43_____ from the vines we grew in our backyard. I was _____44_____, but here was always _____45_____ in being able to call her for direction as I cooked. But I had never even attempted to _____46_____ with Mama.
This summer I was supposed to move from Washington, D. C. to New York to start a new job — but something unexpected made me _____47_____ those plans. And so, I decided to move back into my parents’ home. At the beginning, I was _____48_____, but I recognized the rare opportunity I had to_____49_____ with my parents as an adult.
A couple of weeks ago, Mama and I were rearranging boxes of stuff I’d brought home, and we _____50_____ an old recipe book in the basement, which had been brought with her from Syria when she moved to the US at age 24. She told me this _____51_____ taught her almost everything she knew about cooking and baking — with occasional phone calls to her mother in Syria for _____52_____.
Learning how to bake with Mama at my side has been my favourite part of being home. It has brought us _____53_____ together and connected me to my _____54_____ while feeding my sweet tooth at the same time. Now, I see just how much skill — and _____55_____ — are acquired in the process.
41. A. technique B. flavour C. movement D. impression
42. A. gathering B. tasting C. wrapping D. observing
43. A. directly B. greedily C. accurately D. hardly
44. A. on my way B. on my own C. on my mind D. on my feet
45. A. property B. concept C. comfort D. atmosphere
46. A. slice B. bake C. generate D. chop
47. A. put back B. put on C. put off D. put down
48. A. disturbed B. relieved C. upset D. frightened
49. A. restart B. reconnect C. rebuild D. replace
50. A. came across B. came up with C. came about D. came back
51. A. recipe B. dessert C. box D. book
52. A. association B. help C. security D. balance
53. A. cleverer B. greater C. longer D. closer
54. A. roots B. goals C. feet D. behaviors
55. A. opportunity B. success C. power D. love
【答案】41. A 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. C 46. B 47. C 48. C 49. B 50. A 51. D 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. D
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。
Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that aims to create intelligent machines, _____56_____are capable of learning from experience, adjusting to new inputs and performing tasks like humans. In _____57_____1940s, the development of computers made AI a reality. _____58_____, for a long time, AI technology developed very slowly. In 1997, Deep Blue beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov, _____59_____ it marked a new breakthrough in artificial intelligence. AI is now used in _____60_____ (vary) fields, such as finance, health care, machine translation and art. In fact, the _____61_____ (apply) of AI are unlimited. In short, AI is changing the way we live. It is clear that we are_____62_____a turning point in history.
However, with great convenience brought by AI, many worries also_____63_____ (bring) to us in the past decades. Many people, including some scientists, wonder that AI might be abused by criminals, _____64_____ (cause) panic and social instability. So researchers are urged_____65_____ (think) about all the possible dangers that AI might cause to us while doing research.
【答案】56. which
57. the 58. However
59. and 60. various
61. applications
62. at 63. have been brought
64. causing
65. to think
第四部分 写作（满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
66. 当你得知美国外教Jack用西医治疗自己的头痛效果不佳时，你给他写了一封电子邮件，推荐中医治疗。
内容包括：①中医的特点；②祝愿他早日康复。
注意：
1．词数80词左右，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2．参考词汇：按摩 massage 针灸 acupuncture 处方 prescription
Dear Jack,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours ,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Jack ,
I am sorry to know you are being troubled by headache but cannot recover after taking the medicine.Therefore, I am writing to recommend you to have a try on traditional Chinese treatment.
Compared with western medicine, traditional Chinese treatment possesses many advantages. For example, doctors of traditional Chinese medicine tend to offer patients a particular prescription based on their personal conditions to create a more effective treatment. Additionally, traditional Chinese medicine also relieves the patients of their suffering by acupuncture or massage , which exerts minor side effects on them.
As a result, I strongly advise you to try it, hoping that you will be free of the headache and your health will pick up so that all of us can enjoy your inspiring lessons soon.
Yours ,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
67. 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。
As Christmas decorations appeared in town, our parents called my two younger brothers and me together. At first, I thought someone had died, because I had never seen my parents look so sad. My brothers and I stood waiting for the awful news.
Mom hugged me as she murmured, “Christmas is going to be different this year. We won't be having a tree or presents. We can barely afford food.”Dad, resting on the couch, beckoned (招手示意) the boys into his arms.“Things will change when I get back to work.”
My family was poorer than dirt. Dad, the only bread-earner in our family, worked in a coal mine. However, soon after returning to work at the end of a long strike, Dad was hurt in a rock fall that broke bones in his foot. Lying on the couch with the swollen foot high on pillows, he didn't talk or smile much. There was little to smile about. No work, no income.
At nine years old, I mothered my younger brothers: Rodney, aged six, and Stevie, three. We shared a small bedroom. That night, after our parents’ announcement, we talked.
Rodney began. “Em, did you see how sad Mommy and Daddy looked I thought Mommy was gonna cry.
“Me, too. Daddy's foot’s … this big” whispered Stevie, holding out his arms.
“Yeah..We're in hard times," I said.“It makes Mommy and Daddy sad."
“But we don't have to be sad," I added, hoping to brighten the mood.
“Since there are still several weeks to go, maybe we can do something to cheer them up," I said with overdone enthusiasm. The boys proposed, “We can take the money from our piggy bank...earn some more..and surprise them with gifts!"
“I can run errands(跑腿) for Aunt Em and neighbors to earn money," I offered.
“Yeah," Rodney added, “I and Stevie can return bottles and save the deposit money... instead of buying candy!" He pushed Stevie gently with his elbow.
“Yeah!”Stevie clutched his hands together.
We had a plan!
Until they nodded off, I coached my little brothers (especially Stevie) in ways to guard our secret. “Don't talk about it during the day."
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。
We awoke in the morning, transforming from sad children to the secret agents on an important mission!
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On Christmas morning, we hurried into the living room and handed the gifts to Mommy and Daddy.
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【答案】参考范文
We awoke in the morning，transforming from sad children to the secret agents on an important mission! The following weeks saw me dashing home from school each day determined to earn a penny. I was usually greeted by secret winks and grins- one with a missing tooth, and the other with tiny, straight teeth- both assuring me our secret was safe. A few days before Christmas, we gleefully went shopping. We bought Mom a new apron, and for Dad, a pair of leather slippers. The night of Christmas Eve seemed endless. I awoke occasionally, or one of my brothers woke me asking, “How long till daylight ”
On Christmas morning, we hurried into the living room and handed the gifts to Mommy and Daddy. Surprised and stunned, they showered us with tons of confusing questions. “How did you.. ” “Where did you.. ” “Who gave you... "" As we explained how we'd schemed, earned and saved our money, their faces relaxed into expressions of astonishment. Then, with glistening tears, Mom and Dad wrapped us three into their arms. On this special Christmas morning, with the five of us hugging, talking, laughing and listening with fresh affection and gratitude, I understood that rich or poor, we would keep together and be happy in one another.
