江苏省苏州市2018届高三年级1月调研考试英语试题（解析版含命题说明和分析）

苏州市2018年学业质量阳光指标调研卷（解析版）
高三英语 2018.1
本卷是高考模拟卷，从命题的指导思想、设计思路、知识考点、篇幅长度、难度系数等方面，尽量体现模拟高考的真实度和匹配度，体现考查学科的关键能力。难度略高于2016年高考，略低于2017年高考。
本卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分120分，调研时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题　共85分）
第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在调研卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将调研卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a library. B. In a bank. C. In a street.
2. What are the speakers likely to do tomorrow night?
A. Watch a game. B. Finish a report. C. Pick up some food.
3. What time is it when the conversation takes place?
A. About 6:30. B. About 7:30. C. About 8:00.
4. What is the man going to do?
A. Attend the birthday party.
B. Order a pizza and play some games.
C. Hang out with Jenny.
5. What does the man think of the movie?
A. Terrible. B. Amazing. C. Amusing.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并标在调研卷的相应位置。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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What caused the traffic accident?
A. The car ran a red light.
B. The truck hit the car.
C. A man crossed the street.
7. What are the police going to do?
A. Send an ambulance right away.
B. Check whether the man is OK.
C. Tell the woman to drive carefully.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How soon will the surprise party start?
A. In a quarter. B. In half an hour. C. In three quarters.
9. Why does the woman sound worried?
A. The rush hour traffic is too slow.
B. They don’t know the directions to the restaurant.
C. They will have nowhere to park their car.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the man going to London mainly for?
A. Attending a conference.
B. Tasting British food.
C. Studying historical buildings.
11. Why does the man want to visit historical spots?
A. He can enjoy the beautiful views.
B. He is fond of history.
C. He is interested in mixed cultures.
12. What can we learn about Camden Market?
A. It’s famous for local British food.
B. Royal food is available.
C. Food across the world can be found.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the woman unsatisfied with?
A. The acting. B. The clothes. C. The set.
14. What does the man think could be better?
A. The lead role. B. The lights. C. The music.
15. Why does the man come to the play?
A. He likes the director of the play.
B. His classmate invites him to come.
C. The actors are very professional.
16. When does the conversation take place?
A. At the beginning of the play.
B. At the interval of the play.
C. At the end of the play.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Why was the man heartbroken?
A. He lost his job. B. His book was a failure. C. He was short of money.
18. How did the woman feel then?
A. Surprised. B. Disappointed. C. Happy.
19. How did the woman get the money?
A. She opened a business.
B. She saved a little weekly.
C. She did housekeeping.
20. What is the story mainly about?
A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. Two heads are better than one.
C. Encouragement is powerful.
听力录音原文
Text 1
M: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the library is?
W: Yes, it’s that way. You go three blocks to Washington Street, then turn right. It’s on the corner, across from the bank.
Text 2
[Phone ringing]
W: Hey, this is Nancy. I’m sorry I’m not in. Just leave a message.
[ Beep]
M: Hey, Nancy. I am just calling to let you know that I’ll be a little late to the game tomorrow night. I will have to work a few extra hours to finish a report and I will swing by my house to pick up some food for the game. See you then!
Text 3
M: When should we leave for the party?
W: Well, the invitation says it starts at 8:00, but we should get there half an hour earlier to give them a helping hand.
M: OK, but if the roads are crowded it could take about an hour to get there, so we are supposed to start at...
W: Well, if so, it’s high time to start right now!
Text 4
W: Hey, Tom! I’m having a birthday party for Ted at 6:00 p.m. this Saturday. I’d like you to come. We’re going to order a pizza and play some games.
M: It sounds like a lot of fun. But I promised I would go shopping with Jenny Saturday night.

Text 5
W: Have you seen the movie Coco?
M: Yeah.
W: How did you find it?
M: Terrific. It can’t be better. You know, nothing’s more important than family.
W: Can’t agree more.
Text 6
M: Hey! That car just ran a red light and hit that truck!
W: Is anyone hurt?
M: I don’t know … let’s call 911. … Hello? I’d like to report a car accident near the post office on Charles Street. It looks like a man is hurt. Yes, it just happened. OK, thanks. Bye.
W: What did they say?
M: They’re going to send an ambulance and a police car right away.
W: Good, they’re here. I hope the man is OK.
M: I know. You have to be so careful when you’re driving.
Text 7
W: What time is it? We’re going to be late!
M: It’s a quarter after seven. We’re on time. Don’t panic.
W: But I thought we had to be at the restaurant by 7:30 for the surprise party. We’ll never make it there with all this evening traffic.
M: Sure we will. Rush hour is almost over. Anyway, the party starts at 8:00. But I do need help with directions. Can you call the restaurant and ask them where we park our car?
W: OK, I will call them right away.
Text 8
M: Hey Hana, I’ve heard that you lived in London, right?
W: Yes, exactly.
M: Well, I’m planning to go to London for an academic conference next month and I’m really looking forward to it. But I’m not really sure what to expect, so can you tell me a little bit, please?
W: Yeah, sure. London is a very interesting place where a lot of cultures are mixed. There are lots of historical buildings, for example, Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. There is a very famous museum called the British Museum.
M: That’s really good, because I’m really interested in history and I really want to see historical spots there. But is there any other thing I should try in London, for example, is there any good local British food?
W: Well, England isn’t very famous for food, but it is famous because a lot of food from different countries is all gathered. There’s a very good place called the Camden Market and you can go and buy food from all over the world.
M: Good. That sounds really interesting. I’m really looking forward to it. Thank you.
W: You are welcome.
Text 9
M: Are you enjoying the performance so far?
W: Well, you must admit the clothes are beautiful and the set is wonderful, but the acting is a bit boring. What do you think?
M: I think you are a bit particular. The actor in the lead role is very professional. I suppose the music could be a bit better, though.
W: Do you know anyone in the play?
M: Actually, the woman playing Ophelia is an old classmate of mine.
W: Really? Is that why you wanted to come to the play?
M: That’s only a part of it. I absolutely admire the director. I’ve seen quite a few other plays he directed. They are really wonderful.
W: Look! They are weakening the lights. I think we should go back to our seats for the second half of the play.
M: You are right.
Text 10
Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a trusting friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed among the great names of literature the name of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
When Nathaniel, a heartbroken man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in a customhouse, she surprised him with a shout of joy.
“Now,” she said happily, “you can write your book!”
“Yes,” replied the man, with little confidence, “and what shall we live on while I am writing it?”
To his amazement, she opened a drawer and pulled out a large amount of money.
“Where on earth did you get that?” he said in great surprise.
“I have always known you were a man of genius,” she told him. “I knew that someday you would write a masterpiece. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit. So here is enough to last us for one whole year.”
From her trust and confidence came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter.
答案：1—5 CAACB 6—10 AACA A 11—15 BCACA 16—20BACBC
命题说明与分析：听力理解依然凸显“在真实生活情境中运用语言的交际和交流能力”。听力测试一般比较简单，但是从2017年高考试卷的变化来看，听力有渐渐增加难度的趋向，这是正确的导向。所以，在这次听力理解设计中，特意突出“真实”和“正常”的交流，有些话不需全盘表达完整，可以从上下文中做出判断，是比较简单的判断。但是，由于听力的理解需要从音转为形的过程，而且前5题都只朗读一遍，所以，学生会觉得有一定的难度。这是试卷设计者的意图，让听力理解与逻辑思维结合起来，让学生真正提高语言能力，让学生更加重视听力训练，不要因为简单就掉以轻心，在听力方面，继续凸显苏州市学生的绝对优势。这次听力理解的第10段材料的设计有一点创新，但是也情有可原，突出时代性。第10段材料的取材是一篇故事，有人物，有对话，夹叙夹议，这在以前的高考中是没有的。但是，现在学生生活的时代，各种本来以书面形式呈现的语篇都能有相应的音频或视频来匹配或替代。在真实生活情境中，听独白不一定都是新闻报道、导游解说、天气预报、科技普及等，或许可能是讲故事、叙见闻、聊家常、辩是非……，一句话，让听力理解与时代和生活更加密切和真实结合起来。下面，简单说明一下听力理解部分命题的“梗”：
第1题：关键是it’s that way，表明说话者带着手势，在可见的场景指方向，与后文联系起来，应该是在“街上”。
第3题：对话没有说明现在几点钟，需要从对话中it starts at 8:00，后文get there half an hour earlier和could take about an hour to get there进行简单计算，此题因为只读一遍，有一定难度。
第4题：已经答应别人的事情，就要遵守诺言，所以不能再答应做别的事。这在西方文化中，是非常礼貌的谢绝。
第5题：尽量涉及了一点时尚，电影Coco那么热播，听力理解的同时也是提醒学生们应该去看一看。听力用了比较时尚的口语terrific，但是即使不知道这个单词的意思，后文It can’t be better也同样突出了选项的唯一性。同时提醒学生，真实生活中常用的词汇还是必须要积累的，考纲3500最大的缺陷，就是英语国家最常用的日常用语词汇，竟然残缺不全，用这样的词汇表，很难走进实际生活。去年二模试卷，restroom让很多考试瞠目结舌，就是一个明显的例子。
第8题：与第3题差不多，不同的是从时间点算时间段，因为读两遍，本应该没有难度，但是有by 7:30 for the surprise party的干扰，同时问题中又突出了surprise party，稍不留神，容易出错。
第9题：要审清问题，是问woman担心的什么，所以要听清对话男人和女人各自的担心，就行了。
第16题：也是简单的逻辑推理。从Look! They are weakening the lights. I think we should go back to our seats for the second half of the play.应该是At the interval of the play，即使学生不认识interval也可以用排他法排除错误答案。
第17题，应该分清fact和opinion，从tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in a customhouse，当然不能说His book was a failure。
第18题：从“Now,” she said happily, “you can write your book!”以及下文she所作所为，可以大胆选择happy，此题切忌用自己的生活经验和一般常识去推理。
第19题：housekeeping这个单词的干扰很大，容易选错。但是，从So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit.听懂了，就只需要稍微转换一下就行。注意，housekeeping的意思有“家庭开支，家政”和旅馆里“打扫房间”等意思。
第20题，比较简单的主旨大意推断题。故事突出了wife的鼓励和信任成就了husband的名著，并没有强调“失败乃成功之母”，当然“三个臭皮匠”就更远了。
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. A biblical idiom is often an expression that ________ the moral of a story and gives the audience a picture to help them understand the story better.
A. compensates B. underlines C. accomplishes D. substitutes
22. If they continue abusing drugs, in the end drug users will find themselves trapped in a prison ________ they cannot escape.
A. to which B. from which C. by which D. in which
23. As the number of old people moving to Florida increases, more changes are made to ________ them.
A. submit to B. object to C. cater to D. contribute to
24. At first glance, my hometown is no different from any other small town, its scenery actually ________ among the best in the country.
A. ranks B. rank C. ranking D. to rank
25. In 1776, two Spanish men were seeking a way to travel from Santa Fe, in ________ is now New Mexico, to California on the west coast of North America.
A. where B. that C. which D. what
26. Alipay, which currently has over 520 million users, is a powerful ________ of payment tools, financial services and marketing platforms.
A. combination B. identification C. reservation D. accommodation
27. ________ they are extremely talented, it can be really hard for models with just a few years’ experience to impress the big brands and win opportunities.
A. As long as B. Unless C. Until D. In case
28. A pilot qualified for Aircraft Carrier Liaoning has to be mentally and physically strong, possess ________ flying skills and be fully dedicated to his career.
A. arbitrary B. confidential C. extraordinary D. voluntary
29. Transport was considered to have contributed to environmental problems, particularly ________ air quality and noise impacts.
A. with regard to B. in contrast to C. by means of D. on account of
30. －I’m going to the Golden Coast in Australia with my family at Christmas time. What’s your plan for the holidays?
－Well, while you are enjoying yourself on the beach, I ________ on my couch, watching Game of Thrones.
A. am sitting B. will be sitting C. will have sat D. would sit
31. －It’s almost the end of the month and I haven’t started my workout plan.
－Start now! ________.
A. Great minds think alike B. Honesty is the best policy
C. Every cloud has a silver lining D. Better late than never
32. Much work is needed to ensure that by 2020 the percentage of students who ________ school during the nine-year compulsory education period is reduced to less than 5 percent.
A. sign up for B. drop out of C. hold on to D. fall back on
33. －The rain is coming down so hard!
－________ my umbrella this morning, I wouldn’t be trapped here now.
A. Did I take B. Had I taken C. Were I to take D. Would I take
34. －It’s very important for us to clarify the ownership of the house.
－________. There won’t be any problem with the ownership. It’s the price that bothers us.
A. I can’t agree more B. You can say that again
C. I beg to differ D. I appreciate that
35. Fish: “You couldn’t see my tears because I am in the water.”
Water: “But I could feel your tears because you are in my ________.”
heart B. brain C. hands D. bones
答案：21-25 BBCCD 26-30 ABCAB 31-35 DBBCA
命题说明：
试题的主要来源，主要由课本9—10模块、各种英语报刊、VOA、BBC News、中国日报、21世纪英文报等组成。与课本相关的有,5题：21、22、23、24由课文原句改编，第30题改编自workbook，其他均来上述相关媒体，最后第35题自编。
单项填空的设计基本没有新意，与高考匹配度较高，考查学生“在日常生活情境中，运用语言知识和词汇理解来正常交流”的能力。语言知识基本都是重要知识点和一般规律，没有偏题怪题，导向正确。词汇和惯用语方面，也按照高考一般规律来命题，题干的信息起到了很好的限定选项的作用，也突出了“读懂题干就可以用简单的语言知识解决问题”的导向，提醒学生继续不断积累词汇的重要性。如果说这次单项填空命题会起风波的话，就是第35题。此题预计会成为热议：
35. Fish: “You couldn’t see my tears because I am in the water.”
Water: “But I could feel your tears because you are in my ________.”
heart B. brain C. hands D. bones
考什么？
考语言的感觉和想象力。让我们学习语言变得灵动一点，感性一点，美丽一点。或许，高考不会这样考。但是语言学习的本质，就是在一定的情景中合理运用语言和词汇。这里，因为water的特性，用bones就太硬了吧，用in my hands就太恐怖了吧，brain是物质，或表示“头脑；智力”，不是mind 或者soul。所以，只有heart，与上文结合得那么美！
创新得有度，所以，仅此一题。
详细解析：
第21题考察动词辨析。A补偿，B划重点强调，C完成，D代替。根据句意可知，此处表达的应是：圣经的习语的特点，即强调故事的寓意；故选B。
第22题考察定语从句。后面“they cannot escape”不完整，先行词是a prison，定语从句中escape from缺少from。故选B。
第23题考察动词短语辨析。A提交/屈服，B反对，C迎合，D有助于。根据句意：越来越多的人搬到Florida，当地作出了许多调整以迎合他们。故选C。
第24题考察独立主格。句子前后主语不一致，用独立主格结构。根据句意：我的家乡和其他小镇没什么区别，它的景色在全国排名名列前茅。故选C。
第25题考察名词性从句。前缺后缺用what。根据句意：两个西班牙人正寻找着一条从Santa Fe，一个现在就是New Mexico的地方，到California的旅途。
第26题考察名词辨析。A组合，B辨认，C预订/保留，D食宿/调整。根据后文“payment tools, financial services and marketing platforms”可知Alipay是个组合工具。故选A。
第27题考察连词。后句“it can be really hard for models”为否定意义，前面用unless“除非”。
第28题考察形容词辨析。A武断的，B机密的，C非凡的，D志愿的。根据句意：飞行员需要非凡的飞行技术。故选C。
第29题考察介词短语辨析。A与…有关/在…方面，B与…相反，C通过…方法，D因为。根据句意：交通被认为导致了环境问题，尤其在空气质量和噪音污染方面。故选A。
第30题考察时态。根据句意：当你在沙滩上享受的时候，我将正在我的沙发上看《权力的游戏》。表示对未来情况的肯定推测。故选B。
第31题考察谚语俗语。A英雄所见略同，B诚实总是上策，C黑暗中总有一丝光明，D迟做比不做好。根据句意；—“都月底了，我还没开始实施计划。”—“现在就开始！迟做比不做好”。故选D。
第32题考察动词短语。A报名登记，B退出，C坚持住，D求助于。根据句意：保证辍学生较少到5%以下。故选B。
第33题考察虚拟语气。发生在过去，用if I had done sth省略为had I taken…。故选B。
第34题考察交际用语。A我同意，B你说得对，C我不能认同，D我很感谢你。根据句意：“我不能认同，是房子价格困扰着我们”，表示对前面的人说的话的否定。故选C。
第35题考察语感。A心，B脑子，C手，D骨头。根据句意：我可以感受到你的泪水，因为你在我的心里。heart最具有美感。故选A。
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dear doctors,
As I begin to tell my friends and family about the seven days you treated my wife, Laura Levis, they 36 me at about the 15th name that I recall. The 37 includes the doctors, nurses, social workers, and even cleaning staff members who 38 her.
“How do you 39 any of their names?” they ask.
“How could I not?” I respond.
Every single one of you treated Laura with such professionalism and kindness as she lay
40 . When she needed shots, you 41 that it was going to hurt a little, whether or not she could hear. You spread a blanket not only when her body temperature needed 42 but also when the room was just a little cold and you thought she’d sleep more 43 that way.
Then there was how you 44 me. How would I have found the 45 to make it through that week without you?
How many times did you 46 me to see whether I needed anything, or to see whether I needed a better 47 of a medical procedure or just someone to talk to? How many times did you hug me and comfort me 48 I fell to pieces? How many times did you deliver bad news with comforting words and 49 in your eyes?
On the final day, all I wanted was to be alone with her, so I asked the nurses if they could give us one hour without a single 50 , and they 51 , closing the curtains and the doors and shutting off the lights.
I lay down softly beside her. She looked so beautiful, and I kissed her and laid my 52 on her chest, feeling it rise and fall with each 53 , her heartbeat in my ear. It was our last
54 moment as a husband and a wife, and it was more natural and pure and comforting than anything I’d ever felt.
I will remember that last hour together for the rest of my life. It was a 55 beyond gifts. Really, I have all of you to thank for it.
With my gratitude and love,
Peter DeMarco
36. A. help
B. stop
C. neglect
D. bother
37. A. answer
B. entry
C. item
D. list
38. A. worried about
B. checked up
C. cared for
D. came across
39. A. remember
B. identify
C. find
D. confirm
40. A. uncertain
B. unlucky
C. uncomfortable
D. unconscious
41. A. apologized
B. insisted
C. declared
D. displayed
42. A. decreasing
B. monitoring
C. regulating
D. observing
43. A. gently
B. freely
C. deeply
D. comfortably
44. A. treated
B. persuaded
C. showed
D. trusted
45. A. opportunity
B. strength
C. solution
D. motivation
46. A. check on
B. look after
C. count on
D. seek after
47. A. excuse
B. cause
C. explanation
D. instruction
48. A. where
B. though
C. until
D. when
49. A. hopelessness
B. sadness
C. calmness
D. nervousness
50. A. recognition
B. interruption
C. restriction
D. description
51. A. smiled
B. wept
C. sighed
D. nodded
52. A. eyes
B. hand
C. head
D. body
53. A. choke
B. touch
C. breath
D. tremble
54. A. bitter
B. desperate
C. cheerful
D. sweet
55. A. life
B. gift
C. memory
D. fate
答案：36-40 BDCAD 41-45 ACDAB 46-50 ACDBB 51-55 DCCDB
命题说明：
材料改编自来源：https://www.rd.com/true-stories/love/open-letter-to-wifes-doctors/原文：《纽约时报》 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/well/live/a-letter-to-the-doctors-and-nurses-who-cared-for-my-wife.html
为了帮助更好地理解这篇完形填空文章，这里把原文提供大家：
An Open Letter to the Doctors Who Cared for My Wife During Her Last Days
After his wife suffered a devastating asthma attack, a grateful man wrote an open letter to her medical team.
By Peter DeMarco from New York Times
As I begin to tell my friends and family about the seven days you treated my wife, Laura Levis, in what turned out to be the last days of her young life, they stop me at about the 15th name that I recall. The list includes the doctors, nurses, respiratory specialists, social workers, and even cleaning staff members who cared for her. (Here are some secrets about nurses you should know.)
“How do you remember any of their names?” they ask.
“How could I not?” I respond.
Every single one of you treated Laura with such professionalism and kindness and dignity as she lay unconscious. When she needed shots, you apologized that it was going to hurt a little, whether or not she could hear. When you listened to her heart and lungs through your stethoscopes and her gown began to slip, you pulled it up to respectfully cover her. You spread a blanket not only when her body temperature needed regulating but also when the room was just a little cold and you thought she’d sleep more comfortably that way.
You cared so greatly for her parents, helping them climb into the room’s awkward recliner, fetching them fresh water almost ?by the hour, and ?answering every one ?of their medical questions with incredible patience. My father-in-law, a doctor himself, as you learned, felt he was involved in her care. I can’t tell you how important that was to him.
Then there was how you treated me. How would I have found the strength to make it through that week without you?
How many times did you walk into the room to find me sobbing, my head down and resting on her hand, and quietly go about your task, as if willing yourselves invisible? How many times did you help me set up the recliner as close as possible to her bedside, crawling into the mess of wires and tubes in order to swing her forward just a few feet?
How many times did you check? on me to see whether I needed ?anything, from food to drink, from fresh clothes to a hot shower, or to see whether I needed a better explanation of a medical procedure or just someone to talk to?
How many times did you hug ?me and console me when I fell to pieces, or ask about Laura’s life and the person she was, taking the time to look at her photos or read the things I’d written about her? How many times did you deliver bad news with compassionate words and ?sadness in your eyes?
When I needed to ?use a computer for an emergency e-mail, you made it happen. When I smuggled in a very special visitor, our tuxedo cat, Cola, for one final lick of Laura’s face, you “didn’t see a thing.”
And one special evening, you ?gave me full control to usher into the ICU more than 50 people in Laura’s life, from friends to coworkers to college alums to family members. It was an outpouring of love that included guitar playing and opera singing and dancing and new revelations to me about just how deeply my wife touched people. It was the last great night of our marriage together, for both of us, and it wouldn’t have ?happened without your support.
There is another moment—?actually, a single hour—that I will never forget.
On the final day, as we waited for Laura’s organ-donor surgery, all I wanted was to be alone with her. ?But family and friends kept coming to say their goodbyes, and the clock ticked away. By about 4 p.m., finally, every?one had gone, and I was emotionally and physically exhausted, ?in need of a nap. So I asked her nurses, Donna and Jen, if they could help me set up the recliner, which ?was so uncomfortable but all I had, next to Laura again. They had a better idea.
They asked me to leave the room for a moment, and when I returned, they had shifted Laura to the right side of her bed, leaving just enough room for me to crawl in with her one last time. I asked if they could give us one hour without a single interruption, and they nodded, closing the curtains and the doors and shutting off the lights.
I nestled my body against hers. She looked so beautiful, and I told her ?so, stroking her hair and face. Pulling her gown down slightly, I kissed ?her breasts and laid my head on her chest, feeling it rise and fall with each breath, her heartbeat in my ear. It was our last tender moment as a husband and a wife, and it was more natural and pure and comforting than anything I’d ever felt. And then I fell asleep.
I will remember that last hour together for the rest of my life. It was a gift beyond gifts, and I have Donna and Jen to thank for it.
Really, I have all of you to thank for it.
With my eternal gratitude and love,
Peter DeMarco
原文900多词，经过改编，改成350多词语的与高考词数大致相当的短文。命题设计符合高考要求和方向，基本都是通过语境选择合适的词语，没有纯语法或习惯搭配的题目设计，词汇的考查也参考近几年高考完形填空词性的分布，以动词和名词为主要考点，同时也兼顾了形容词、副词、连词。（动词8题，包括动词短语。名词8题，形容词2题，副词1题，连词1题。）
完形填空是本卷的难点。
首先，由于改编，上下文的完整性有所破坏，推断的过程更困难了，故事一开始有点不知所云，没有原文那样一目了然，原文的开头An Open Letter to the Doctors Who Cared for My Wife During Her Last Days After his wife suffered a devastating asthma attack, a grateful man wrote an open letter to her medical team.让读者一开始就知道故事的原委。但是，完形填空的设计就是这样，必须读完全文才能知道开头的选项应该是什么。从命题人的角度，较难的题有这些：
第36题：要读到How could I not才能推理出用stop，真的有点难。
第42题：毯子的作用是保暖，因为房间的温度较低，这样她的体温可以得到“调节;控制”，让她舒服一点。
第44题：这里“treat”表示“对待”不是“治疗”。下一段描写了医护人员“treat”作者的方式。
第45题：易错题。“他”是病人家属，不是他在治疗病人，所以，不能望文生义用opportunity； 同样，solution也是对象逻辑错误。医院的治疗团队的敬业和专业给了他“信心、力量、希望”等，但不能给予他“动机”，因为他的“动机”一直没有变化的，永远希望他妻子能好起来。
第47题：此题必须从作者的身份和后文推断要点“a medical procedure”来思考，“治疗过程”需要家属的“理解和明白”，所以，需要医生的“说清楚，解释”，而不是“借口，起因，指导”。
第54题：此刻，依然是“温馨”的，“甜蜜”的感受。注意选项前“last”的意义。
第55题：从意义来讲，医务人员所做的一切，对作者来说，是一种“gift”， “gift”往往表示“the act of giving”，翻译成“恩赐”比较恰当。从文化背景来讲，英语国家人们经常用gift表示“感恩”之心。例如：today is a gift，英语国家的人都明白内涵，如果翻译成“今天是礼物”，我们会觉得怪怪的，在我们的文化背景下，“礼物”反映出来的是“实物”，没有特别重要和珍贵的含义。所以，这句话如果翻译成与我们文化相通的表述的话，应该是“今天是上苍的馈赠”。从语言修辞来讲，a gift beyond gifts，表示“最大的恩赐，最好的礼物”。
详细解析：
第36题往下读，the 15th name后面“includes the doctor…”包括一长串名字，所以是他们使我停下列举所有人的名字。
第37题列入许多人名字的那应该是list“名单”。
第38题根据后文“every single one of you treated Laura”提示，应该用care for“照顾，治疗”。
第39题根据最后一段“I will remember…”提示，这里也用remember表示记得每个帮助照顾他妻子的人的名字。
第40题根据后文“whether or not she could hear”，这里用unconscious“没有意识的”。
第41题“that it was going to hurt a little”可知医生护士对让病人疼痛心有愧疚，故用apologize展现出医护人员的善意。不会是A，insist坚持B，declare，宣布，声明D，display展示。
第42题考察固定搭配。regulate“调节温度”，根据前面body temperature提示。
第43题“when the room was just a little cold”盖上毯子能让她睡的更加舒服，故选comfortably。
第44题综上所述，这就是那段时间这些人对待作者的方式，故选treat。
第45题根据后面“make it through”正是这些医护人员的敬业友善，给了作者渡过这一困难时期的力量，故选“strength”。
第46题考察熟词僻意check on sb/sth（to make sure that someone or something is safe, is in a satisfactory state, or is doing what they should be doing）检查，查看〔是否安全、令人满意或在做应该做的事〕指医护人员来关心询问我是否有什么需要或疑问。
第47题医护人员问我对于医疗程序(专业知识)是否需要更好的解释或者单纯地只想找人说说话，故选“explanation”。
第48题when表示在什么条件、状态下。“fall to pieces”熟词僻意，医护人员在我精神近乎崩溃的时候拥抱安慰我。
第49题根据前面“deliver bad news”可见是用婉转的语言但眼中饱含悲情，故选“sadness”。
第50题根据前面“to be alone with her”所以说是让我和妻子独处，没有一点打扰，故选“interruption”。
第51题根据后面的伴随动作可见她们接受了作者的请求，故选nod指点头同意。
第52题根据后文“feel it rise and fall”“heartbeat in my ear”可推断我把头靠在妻子的胸口，顾选“head”。
第53题根据前面“feel it rise and fall”呼气和吐气的过程胸腔扩张和收缩，故选“breath”。
第54题根据后文“it was more natural and pure and comforting than anything I’d ever felt”可见这是作者和妻子最后的温馨时刻故选“sweet”。
第55题纵观全文，作者想要表达对于医护人员的关心照顾的感激之情，“a gift beyond gifts”可以理解为“无与伦比的恩赐”。
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
命题说明与分析：
本次阅读理解命题篇章长度及题目词数合理， 题材、体裁多样，考查点全面，符合近几年江苏高考的命题要求。
年份
短文词量
试题词量
总词量
读速（WPM）
2014
1743
570
2313
77.1
2015
1713
553
2266
75.5
2016
1723
594
2317
77.2
2017
1700
509
2209
73.6
本次测试
1754
548
2302
76.7
A
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56. What should you pay attention to when using the Leaf Blower?
A. Filling it up with good petrol.
B. Taking care not to be tripped up.
C. Charging it when the battery is dying.
D. Wearing the wrist-band if you use it for long.
57. Which is not the advantage of the tool?
A. Truly portable. B. Fast delivery.
C. Environmentally friendly. D. Quite powerful.
答案：56-57 CB
解析：本篇文章属于应用文，选自Readers’ Digest (2017.11 UK)，从性能、操控性及用户间接评价等方面对一款新产品The Leaf Blower进行了介绍，词数290。
56. C。本题的命题涉及到了文章中多处信息，主要考查学生查找信息的速度及对信息的筛选判断能力。 A项不符合文中“There is no need to top up with fuel”的描述；B项与“there are no wires to trip you up.”不符，D项对应文中“you won’t have to worry about injuring your wrists, even if you use it…”之处，可知错误。只有C项符合文意，虽然dying有可能学生理解稍有难度。
57. B。此题难度较大，具有一定的推理性。命题时是依据文中的多处信息进行整合总结。A项“便捷性”体现在“no wires to trip you up or limit your access”、 “The product has been designed so that battery and body weight are reasonably distributed.”等多处；C项判断难度较大，主要依据“There is no need to top up with fuel…”，同时改用battery作为功率带动，则可判断若用fuel，必然会带来噪音和空气污染，事实上平时生活中见到的“修草机”也可知晓。可能会有考生认为一件小型的The Leaf Blower即使用fuel也不会带来任何污染，这只是从单件考虑，即使污染量再小，也有事实的存在，何况产品若销售多了，则污染也会积少成多，类似于燃油汽车逐渐增多一样的道理；D项对应 High Performance 这一块的介绍。而B项的含义从文中最下方图片处有“FREE DELIVERY”可知是免费的，但没有说明是快速的。同时此题设置也告诉阅读者应用文文体有时也需要关注图片里的内容，甚至是某些以大写字母给出的信息。
B
In English the sky is blue, and the grass is green. But in Vietnamese there is just one color category for both sky and grass: xanh. For decades cognitive（认知）scientists have pointed to such examples as evidence that language largely determines how we see color. But new research with four-to six-month-old babies indicates that long before we learn language, we see up to five basic categories of color — a finding that suggests a stronger biological element to perceive（感知）color than previously thought.
The study, published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, tested the color-discrimination abilities of more than 170 British babies. Researchers at the University of Sussex in England measured how long babies spent staring at color swatches, a system known as looking time. First babies were showed one swatch repeatedly until their looking time decreased — a sign they had grown bored with it. Then the researchers showed them a different sample and noted their reaction. Longer looking times were explained to mean the babies considered the second sample to be a new color. Their increasing responses showed that they distinguished among five colors: red, green, blue, purple and yellow.
The finding “suggests you come by nature to make color distinctions, but given your culture and language, certain distinctions may or may not be used.” explains lead author Alice Skelton, a doctoral student at Sussex.
The study systematically explored babies’ color perception, revealing how we perceive colors before we have the words to describe them, says Angela M. Brown, an experimental psychologist at the Ohio State University’s College of Optometry, who was not involved with the new research. The results add a new challenge to the long nature-versus-nurture debate and the so-called SapirWhorf hypothesis（假设）— the idea that the way we see the world is shaped by language.
In future work, Skelton and her colleagues are interested in testing babies from other cultures. “The way language and culture interact is a really interesting question,” she says. “We don’t yet know the exact systems, but we do know how we start off.”
58. What’s the finding of the new research?
A. It clarifies what makes babies perceive colors.
B. It proves human color recognition is inborn.
C. It finds how many colors babies can perceive.
D. It shows the color culture is shaped by language.
59. According to the new research, we can learn that_________.
A. swatches affect babies in memory and attention
B. longer looking times are based on the psychology
C. researchers determine babies’ color perception
D. babies can tell the differences of some colors
60. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Rainbow in the Baby’s World
B. A Journey to the World of Colors
C. A New Challenge: Language vs. Culture
D. Different Babies, Different Color Perception
答案: 58-60 BDA
解析：本篇文章属于科技文，选自Scientific American (2017.9) ，是关于婴儿对颜色的感知
能力是天生还是后天随语言而产生的研究，词数345。
58. B。本题的设置主要考查研究的结果，只有此块弄懂了，学生才能抓住文章的中心。干扰性C相对来说要较大，因为易受文章中五种颜色的影响。解题一定要抓文章的主旨，比如说此次实验的目的。该题从文中 “suggests you come by nature to make color distinctions”可以得出答案。
59. D。 本题选项中所需的信息有的在文中相对集中，也有的较为分散。A项需要判断，在memory和attention需仔细斟酌；B项难度较大，特别是文中倒数第二段有an experimental psy?chologist这样的字眼，此处可从文中第一段a finding that suggests a stronger biological element to perceive…进行判断；D项正确，虽然用了some colors，但还是符合文章中出现的5种颜色，判断较为简单。
60. A。本题的答案使用了原标题。西方人在写科技类文章中，经常会用这种较为新颖、博人眼球的标题，让人为之眼前一亮，且仔细一想，颇有道理。A项事实上用Rainbow（彩虹）来间接地表达颜色之意，且进一步含有baby这一范围，B和C范围较大，D项依据文章暂无定论。
C
Atticus was weak: he was nearly fifty. When Jem and I asked him why he was so old, he said he got started late, which we felt reflected upon his abilities and manliness. He was much older than the parents of our school contemporaries, and there was nothing Jem or I could say about him when our classmates said, “My father—”
Jem was football crazy. Atticus was never too tired to play keep-away, but when Jem wanted to tackle him, Atticus would say, “I’m too old for that, son.”
Our father didn’t do anything. He worked in an office, not in a drugstore. Atticus did not drive a dump-truck for the county, he was not the police officer, he did not farm, work in a garage, or do anything that could possibly arouse the admiration of anyone.
Besides that, he wore glasses. He was nearly blind in his left eye, and said left eyes were the tribal（家族的）curse of the Finches. Whenever he wanted to see something well, he turned his head and looked from his right eye.
He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting; he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the living room and read.
With these characteristics, however, he would not remain as inconspicuous（不显眼）as we wished him to: that year, the whole school talked about him defending Tom Robinson, none of which was complimentary. After my fight with Cecil Jacobs when I committed myself to a policy of chicken, word got around that Scout Finch wouldn’t fight any more, her daddy wouldn’t let her. This was not entirely correct: I wouldn’t fight publicly for Atticus, but the family was private ground. I would fight anyone from a third cousin upwards tooth and nail. Francis Hancock, for example, knew that.
When he gave us our air-guns Atticus wouldn’t teach us to shoot. Uncle Jack instructed us therefore; he said Atticus wasn’t interested in guns. Atticus said to Jem one day, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit them, but remember it’s a sin（罪过）to kill a mockingbird.”
That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
61. Who is telling the story?
A. Francis Hancock. B. Tom Robinson.
C. Scout Finch. D. Miss Maudie.
62. What did the children think of their father Atticus in the beginning?
A. He was not manly or skilled.
B. He was willing to fight for his family.
C. He was interested in nothing in his spare time.
D. He was still energetic though he was nearly 50.
63. What does the underlined word “complimentary” in the 6th paragraph probably mean?
A. Reasonable argument. B. Good remarks.
C. Wrong judgment. D. Strong criticism.
64. Mockingbirds can be compared to people who are _______.
A. able but modest B. disabled but devoted
C. intelligent and entertaining D. harmless and helpful
答案：61—64 CABD
解析：本篇属于文学类，选自哈珀?李的长篇小说To kill a mocking bird《杀死一只知更鸟》，小说获1961年普利策奖，是美国图书馆借阅率最高的书，美国中学推荐课外读物，是青少年最喜爱的小说之一。此书被翻译成四十多种语言，在世界范围内售出超过三千万册，并曾被拍成，备受欢迎的电影。奥巴马给自己的女儿公开送过两本书，其中一本就是To kill a mocking bird。
去年苏州市零模考试的阅读理解D篇，就是以此书的评论和影响为题材的阅读文章。今年，就让学生读一段小说的节选，目的是倡导学生阅读名著，引导学生欣赏语言的美感，更深层了解英美历史、文化等诸多语言学习的要素，体现苏州市高中英语教学的理念和特点。
文章选自小说第10章的开头，并根据高考的要求进行了改编，词数463，选文的整体意思还是相对完整的，选项的设计没有偏题怪题，都可以从文章的信息中直接推断出最佳答案。
第61题，细节题，所有选项中的人名都在文章中出现过，但是从After my fight with Cecil Jacobs when I committed myself to a policy of chicken, word got around that Scout Finch wouldn’t fight any more, her daddy wouldn’t let her. This was not entirely correct: I wouldn’t fight publicly for Atticus, but the family was private ground这些描写，判断应该比较清晰的。
第62题：关键是in the beginning“一开始”的看法，不是以后的看法。所以，也是细节题。从which we felt reflected upon his abilities and manliness可以判断是A。注意，C选项与事实不符，因为He sat in the living room and read.
第63题：逻辑推理题。作者认为父亲有那么多弱点，不希望他抛头露面，因为作者会因此感到羞辱，但是他却不甘寂寞，硬要出面。所以，talked about him defending Tom Robinson肯定不是好话，才符合逻辑。
第64题：既是主旨大意又是细节推理。从Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy及后文，可以锁定harmless but helpful。其实，小说中，Mocking birds就是比作善良无辜的人，在所选的剪接片段中，也完全能读出这样的含义。但愿能引起学生的思考，去拿起原著，深度阅读。
在小说中，Atticus给孩子讲述了自己因童年射杀了一只知更鸟，从而使他总有一种负罪感的故事。知更鸟的象征意义贯穿了整部作品，细读作品，我们不难感受到知更鸟象征着天真无辜和善良的人，当你杀死知更鸟的时候，就好像在杀死善良无辜的人。知更鸟什么都没做，只不过是一种最早报晓的鸟儿，又是最后唱小夜曲的鸟儿。它鸣声婉转，曲调多变，它既不毁坏别人的花园，也不在玉米地里做窝，除了专心歌唱，什么都不做。而人们却对其无端的残害。小说中的许多人物都和知更鸟的命运一样， 并没有做过任何坏事却被人伤害。不难理解作者在告诉我们发生在美国南方梅冈镇的这个故事就是一个罪恶地毁灭像知更鸟一样的天真善良的无辜者的故事。
《杀死一只知更鸟》用象征手法不仅深化了主题，使读者进一步加深对作品思想内涵的理解，同时增强了作品的艺术魅力。作者通过知更鸟蕴藏的象征意义揭示并批判美国当时社会，提倡宽容和谴责偏见。
D
Computer security is a?contradiction in terms. The arrival of the “Internet of Things” will see computers?baked into everything from road signs and MRI scanners to artificial body parts and insulin（胰岛素）pumps. There is little evidence that such equipment will be any more trustworthy than desktop computers. Hackers have already proved that they can take remote control of connected cars and?pacemakers.
However, it is?tempting to believe that the security problem can be solved with yet more technical wizardry（魔法）and a call for further watchfulness. And it is certainly true that many firms still fail to take security seriously enough. That requires a kind of?lasting insistence which does not come naturally to non-tech firms. Actually, there is no way to make computers completely safe. Software is?hugely complex. Across its products, Google must manage around 2 billion lines of source code—errors are unavoidable. The average program has 14 separate bugs, each of them a potential point of illegal entry. Such weaknesses are?worsened by the history of the internet, in which security was an afterthought.
This is not necessarily in despair. The risk from cheats, car accidents and the weather can never be avoided completely either. But societies have developed ways of managing such risk—from government regulation to the use of legal liability（责任）and insurance to create more safer behaviours.
Start with regulation. Governments’ first priority is to?control?from making the situation worse. Terrorist attacks often?bring calls for?codes to be weakened so that the security services can better monitor what individuals are up to. But it is impossible to weaken codes for terrorists alone. The same protection that guards messaging programs like WhatsApp also guards bank business and online identities. Computer security is best served by encoding that is strong for everyone.
The next priority is setting basic?product regulations. A?lack of professional knowledge will always?block?the ability of computer users to protect themselves. So governments should promote “public health” for computing. They could insist that internet-connected contents be updated with fixes when faults are found. They could force users to change default（默认）usernames and passwords. Reporting laws, already in force in some American states, can require companies to report when they or their products are hacked, which encourages them to fix a problem instead of?burying?it.
Most important, the software industry has for decades?disclaimed liability for?the harm when its products go wrong. Such an approach has its benefits. Silicon Valley’s fruitful “go fast and break things” style of innovation is possible only if firms relatively have freedom to put out new products while they still need perfecting. But this point will soon be illegal. As computers spread to products covered by established liability arrangements, such as cars or domestic goods, the industry’s disclaimers will increasingly?be?against existing laws.
Firms should recognize that, if the courts do not force the liability issue, public opinion will. Fortunately, the small but growing market in cyber-security insurance offers a way to protect consumers while preserving the computing industry’s ability to innovate. A firm whose products do not work properly, or are repeatedly hacked, will find its?insurance?rising,?urging?it to solve the problem. A firm that takes reasonable steps to make things safe, but which is damaged nevertheless, will ask for an insurance payout that will stop it from going bankrupt（破产）. It is here that some problems could perhaps be negotiated. Once again, there are examples: when countless claims against American light-aircraft firms threatened to bankrupt the industry in the 1980s, the government changed the law, limiting their liability for old products.
One reason computer security is so bad today?is that few people were taking it seriously yesterday.?When the internet was new, that was forgivable. Now that the consequences are known, and the risks posed by bugs and hacking are large and growing, there is no excuse for repeating the mistake. But changing attitudes and behavior will require economic tools, not just technical ones.
65. The first paragraph mainly tells us __________.
A. computers are used more widely
B. computers may never be secure
C. future computers are less trustworthy
D. computer hackers are almost everywhere
66. Which is the reason for the computer security problem nowadays?
A. People tend to rely on technical solutions.
B. Technology firms take security less seriously.
C. Warnings from relevant departments are absent.
D. The software developers lack afterthoughts.
67. What will happen if codes are weakened according to the passage?
A. Terrorist attacks are sure to occur more often.
B. Security services can’t monitor people’s behaviors.
C. Important information may not be guarded safely.
D. Computer users won’t grasp the professional knowledge.
68. The underlined part in the 6th Paragraph implies .
A. the liability rules can be established soon
B. users probably enjoy more new products
C. firms can legally escape promoting innovation
D. courts haven’t power to interfere firm’s freedom
69. What can we know about cyber-security insurance?
A. It frees consumers from being attacked from hackers.
B. It offers firms funds to improve the ability of innovation.
C. It protects?firms?willing to solve problems from?the collapse.
D. It increases the economic burden of the technology firms.
70. What’s the author’s preferred solution to computer security?
A. Raising users’ full awareness of encoding.
B. Reporting hackers’ attacks to high-tech firms.
C. Urging firms to further improve faulty products.
D. Strengthening economic means further.
答案：65—70 BACBCD
解析：本篇文章属于社科经济类，选自 The Economist(2017.4.8) ，关于计算机安全究竟借助技术手段还是经济手段更为有效，词数669。
65. B。第一段作为引段，其目的是引出全文讨论的话题，故设题和解题时需从该角度去思考，否则D项这种干扰项极易误选。
66. A。从文章中第二段中多处叙述可以得出，而B项则在technology firms上有问题，注意文中的non-tech firms（非科技公司）；C项absent无法判定；D项是有afterthoughts, 而 lack before-thought。
67. C。设题点定位在第四段，即 codes to be weakened可能是把“双刃剑”，有可能会带来两选一的结果，注意A项中are sure to 及more often的用词，weaken的目的是便于monitor，故B项有误，C项则在The same protection…处得到了验证。
68. B。此处难度较大，需要依据文章推导，若按生活常识，则不符合正常思维逻辑。在划线部分后面对此句进行了解释，即给这些软件技术公司相对宽松自由的空间，则便于他们完善产品，这样用户就有可能会进一步享受到更多新产品，这是目前状况，但很快可能就illegal了。注意C项的legally这些词的设题和使用，可能学生看到后面this point will soon be illegal，就会反推前面是legally等的用词。
69. C。设题点定位在文章倒数第二段，即网络安全保险到底用来做何用？首先是科技公司买这种保险，而非消费者，同时关注A firm whose products do not work properly, or are repeatedly hacked处信息。从文章中A firm that takes reasonable steps to make things safe, but which is damaged nevertheless, will ask for an insurance payout that will stop it from going bankrupt. 可知前提条件是只要公司采取了合理的措施，即使有很大的损失，保险公司也会免其破产，理解文章时需明白保险公司所付费用主要是在何种情况下存在。选项中collapse对应bankrupt。B项不属于保险赔付的目的；D项属于生活常识中合理，但无提示。
70. D。依据文章整体叙述来判断，虽然文章中也谈到了运用技术手段，但如何才能做到这点，则作者使用cyber-security insurance这样的事例来告诉读者，相比较而言，使用经济手段可能更能间接地有助于计算机安全，且这样的观点比较新颖，也是作者为什么写这篇文章的目的，同时注意题干上preferred solution的用词。此外，文章最后一段结尾句也点明了主题。
第二卷（非选择题，共35分）
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
Four Well-Being Workouts
Relieving stress and anxiety might help you feel better—for a bit. Martin E.P. Seligman, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, explored how well-being（幸福感） consists not merely of feeling happy, an emotion that can be momentary, but of experiencing a sense of contentment in the knowledge that your life is colorful and has meaning beyond your own pleasure. To cultivate（培育）it, he suggests these four exercises.
Write down a story about a time when you were at your best. It doesn’t need to be a life-changing event but should have a clear beginning, middle and end. Reread it every day for a week, and each time ask yourself some questions. Writing down the answers “puts you in touch with what you’re good at,” Dr. Seligman explained. The next step is to consider how to use these strengths to your advantage, intentionally organizing and structuring your life around them. “A week later, a month later, six months later, people had on average lower rates of depression and higher life satisfaction,” Dr. Seligman said. “Possible mechanisms could be more positive emotions. People like you more, relationships go better, life goes better.”
Set aside 10 minutes before you go to bed each night to write down three things that went really well that day. Next to each event answer the question, “Why did this good thing happen?”
Instead of focusing on life’s lows, which can increase the likelihood of depression, the exercise “turns your attention to the good things in life, so it changes what you attend to,” Dr. Seligman said. “Consciousness is like your tongue: It rolls around in the mouth looking for a cavity（龋洞）, and when it finds it, you focus on it. Imagine if your tongue went looking for a beautiful, healthy tooth.” Polish it.
Think of someone who has been especially kind to you but you have not properly thanked. Write a letter describing what he or she did and how it affected your life, and how you often remember the effort. Then arrange a meeting and read the letter aloud, in person. “It’s common that when people do the gratitude visit both people weep out of joy,” Dr. Seligman said. Why is the experience so powerful? “It puts you in better touch with other people, with your place in the world.”
Responding constructively was inspired by the work of Shelly Gable, a social psychologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who has extensively studied marriages and other close relationships. The next time someone you care about shares good news, give what Dr. Gable calls an “active constructive response.” That is, instead of saying something passive, express real excitement. Extend the discussion by, say, encouraging them to tell others or suggest a celebratory activity.
So, the most effective long-term strategy for well-being is to actively cultivate well-being rather than only focus on how to relieve depression, anger and worry.
Four Well-Being Workouts
Introduction
● Well-being is a feeling of contentment as well as (71) ▲ happiness like the (72) ▲ of stress and anxiety.
Four (73) ▲ suggested to cultivating well-being
● Write a (74) ▲ story in your best situation and read it daily in a week.
● Ask yourself and write down the answers to know your advantages to plan the life on (75) ▲ , which can bring about many benefits later.
● (76) ▲ ten minutes to put down what went smoothly and clarify the reasons.
● Shift your attention to good things and meanwhile ignore the bad.
● Write a letter of (77) ▲ to a person always kind to you.
● Make an appointment and read the letter to him aloud and (78) ▲ .
● Avoid making passive responses to people who share good news with you.
● Try to extend the discussion to show you do not (79) ▲ to be excited.
Conclusion
● Cultivating well-being actively is the most effective long-term strategy instead of just (80) ▲ it to what people usually think.
答案：71. momentary/ temporary 72. relief 73. approaches/ solutions
74. whole/ complete 75. purpose 76. Spare/Allocate
77. thanks/ gratitude 78. personally 79. pretend
80. limiting/ restricting/ confining
解析：该篇文章属于论说文，选自New York Times (2017.4. 9 ) ，讨论关于如何培养幸福感，词数487（2017年 489）。属于词义的转换的题占多数，总体难度低于2017年高考。
任务型阅读是学生觉得比较难的题型，历年来高考任务型阅读的难度都居高不下，导致区分度不明显，很多学生有放弃的感觉。但是，2017年高考任务型阅读已经难到极限。所以，2018年的高考，难度应该有一定的回落。这次命题的方向，是让学生保持信心，不言放弃。从导向和策略上，是有深远意义的。
71. momentary/ temporary 。第一段信息的整合转换表述，答案在an emotion that can be momentary处，难度不大。
72. relief。第一段的开头，对应relieve一词，词性转换。
73. approaches/ solutions。常规题再考，设题时考虑文中four exercises直接信息，且有意在题中空格后设置了suggested一词作为干扰，使得所填空格与后面to cultivating隔的较远，这样的设置主要还是测试学生是否学会真正的解题。
74. whole/ complete。概括题，相对有难度。该题需要对…but should have a clear beginning, middle and end处的信息进行总结。
75. purpose。词义转换。依据文中“intentionally”一词，学生可能易错写成intention。
76. Spare/Allocate。词义转换。由set aside的词义进行推断。学生可能会用Spend等类词，其没有考虑精确的意思及句中正确的结构。
77. thanks/ gratitude。信息整合推断。易确定thank一词，但很可能会出现thanking或thank这类形式上错误的答案。
78. personally。词义转换。依据文中in person进行判定。
79. pretend。推理判断，有一定的难度。需仔细领悟“instead of saying something passive, express real excitement.”，特别是real一词，然后再依据设题中句子的结构进行判定。
80. limiting/ restricting/ confining。有一定难度。注意题中结构instead of 及空格后的it和介词to，再仔细揣摩可以推断答案。
第五部分：书面表达（满分25分）
81. 请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
A primary school in Britain has put up signs to warn phone-addicted parents to greet their children with a smile at the end of the day rather than stare at their screens.
It has become a common sight at the school gates to see children running up to their parents, only to find them buried in composing a text message, making a phone call, or scrolling through Facebook.
Now the headmistress at St Joseph’s RC Primary School, in Middlesbrough, has put up the signs at all three entrances to the school.
Liz King, headmistress at St Joseph’s, said: “We are trying to develop our speaking and listening in school and we thought it was a really simple way to get the message across.”
Some parents said “it’s about time to stop this addiction.” Some others felt it was “a bit silly.”
【写作内容】
1．用约30个单词概述上面信息的主要内容；
2．用约120个单词阐述：
（1）你对上述现象的看法；
（2）用2－3个理由或论据支撑你的看法。
【写作要求】
1．写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3．不必写标题。
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
答案：One possible version:
A British school bans parents from using phones at the school gates, urging them to communicate with the children face to face. This decision has aroused different responses from parents.
I applaud the school’s decision. These days many adults become so hooked on mobile phones that some, as parents, even come close to ignoring their children. This might produce harmful results.
Communication between parents and children matters. For one thing, parents’ attention plays a positive part in children’s character development. Without sufficient communication, children are likely to feel abandoned, and become timid and withdrawn. For another, some children following their parents’ bad examples may also be glued to mobile phones, getting self-centered and indifferent to others’ feelings.
Thus I believe if parents are warned of the potential risks and encouraged to interact more with their children, they are sure to benefit and grow into healthy and contributing members of society. (150)
解析：书面表达的形式和要求尽量与高考紧密相关。作文的内容以141个文字和一幅图为读写素材，要求学生写30字概要和用120字写观点和想法，与近几年高考匹配。 图片的信息要被利用到。主题是“在人们玩手机成瘾的时代，家长如何与孩子们沟通和交流”的问题，用国外一则校门口的标示，揭示一种现象，让学生去评判和发表观点。题材不新，写作形式也是学生训练有素的观点陈述，而且与学生的实际生活有一定的联系，应该有话可说，难度不大。
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