Module 3 The Violence of Nature
第二部分：?阅读理解?（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Brownsea Open Air Theatre
DORSET
The only way to this theatre is by boat. Each June volunteers travel there to begin building the set.
“The people do Brownsea for the love of the island,” says BOAT director Denise Mallender. “We're a charity, and we help the work on the island by holding a regular Shakespeare play.”
Visit?brownsea-theatre.co.uk?for details
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
LONDON
Each summer, almost 140,000 people visit the park to watch one of the four yearly plays. This year's plays include J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan and William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
With the stage and seating both completely uncovered, the actors and the audiences are left at the mercy of? (任由……摆布) the British weather?—?although this hasn't prevented stars such as Jeremy Irons and Benedict Cumberbatch from performing here.
Visit?openairtheatre.org?for details
Scarborough Open Air Theatre
SCARBOROUGH
Enjoy the sea air and sights of?Europe's largest open-air playhouse. The stage and seating are separated by a lake.
“It's a unique (独一无二的) place,”?says Janet Deacon, area director of Welcome to Yorkshire. The theatre now plays host to concerts by big-names such as Elaine Paige and Tom Jones, who are both performing this month.
Visit?scarboroughopenairtheatre.com?for details
Rutland Open Air Theatre
RUTLAND
This theatre is home to the Stamford Shakespeare Company, who this year celebrate their 39th year of outdoor plays with performances of?Romeo and Juliet?and?Henry V.
In all its years, ROAT has never cancelled a performance?because?of rain?—?and although the stage and actors are left open to the weather, the audience can shelter (避雨) in the covered hall.
Visit?stamfordshakespeare.co.uk?for details
21. What do we know about Regent's Park Open Air Theatre?
A. It puts on four plays a year.
B. It has a covered hall for the audience.??
C. It has the same plays on show every year.
D. Its stage and seating are separated by a lake.
22. What do BOAT and ROAT have in common?
A. They do Shakespeare plays.
B. They are completely uncovered.??
C. They have the same history.
D. They can be reached only by boat.?
23. Which is the largest outdoor theatre in?Europe?
A. Rutland Open Air Theatre.
B. Brownsea Open Air Theatre.
C. Scarborough Open Air Theatre.
D. Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
B
They shape our lives in many ways. Often when they get old, torn or fall apart, we're likely to throw them out or replace them. But one 85-year-old man is devoted to (致力于) bringing old books back to life.
“I know how to do this. I enjoy doing this,” said Paul Reeder, a book repair hobbyist.
Reeder is changing the face of our textbooks, one book at a time, said Skyview High School Principal, Deb Black.
It all started just three weeks ago.
“There was an article that came out about the bad shape our books were in,” said Black.
Reeder read the article in the newspaper, and he soon appeared in Black's office. It was the morning of April 5, 2016.
“He said,?‘I'm here to offer what I think may be a solution,'”?Black recalled (回忆).
Reeder has been repairing books since the 1940s.?Over the years, he's worn many hats, yet his interest in book repair remained unchanged.
In the year 1992?when Reeder retired (退休), he went all in. He has repaired books for a number of organizations including the Montana Historical Society and the Billings Public Library.
Skyview's students are not only thankful for Reeder's help, but inspired (鼓舞) by his work.
“They have made him thank-you signs and cards. I have one girl who left me a note the other day.?She wants to learn to do what Paul does. What he does is a lost art. He has done great things for our kids and for our books,” said Black.
The worn-out books are brought to Reeder on Friday, and in most cases, he's able to return the books as good as new by the following Monday, according to Black.
24. What does Reeder think of his work?
A. It is a pleasure.?? ???
B. It is very boring.???
C. It is a lost art.???? ????????
D. It is really difficult.
25. How did Reeder find out Skyview's books needed repairing?
A. From Deb Black. ???
B. From some students.
C. From a newspaper.???
D. From an organization.
26. What can we infer about Reeder?
A. He likes collecting old books.
B. He repairs hats in his spare time.
C. He has a lifelong love for book repair.
D. He retired from?Skyview?High School.
27. What was the purpose of the schoolgirl's note?
A. To express thanks to Black.??
B. To have her books repaired.
C. To make friends with Reeder.
D. To learn Reeder's repair skills.
C
Based on a true story, the novel?Safe as Houses?by Eric Walters is an amazing book. It is about a 13-year-old girl named Elizabeth Hardy who babysits the McBride children David and Suzie. One rainy, stormy evening they walk home from school. When they arrive home, water floods? the backyard, cuts the power and floods roads, which stops Mr. and Mrs. McBride from coming home. Soon the flooding begins to invade (涌入) the McBrides' home and Elizabeth, David, Suzie and their dog Daisy try very hard to escape and survive the flood.
My favorite character is David because I find him very funny and brave, and although he can be stubborn (固执的) and rude at times, he is still a nice and friendly person. As much as I want to be like David I could never be like him. At least, I don't think I could ever do something as brave as he does.
I think Eric Walters does a great job in describing the characters and telling the story. I really feel like this all just happened in front of my eyes. Ever since I started reading?Safe as Houses?I never wanted to put the book down, and considering I was not a big fan of reading that did not happen very often.?Safe as Houses?changed my opinion in regard to reading and now I enjoy reading very much.
Eric Walters' writing career all started in 1993 when Eric was teaching a grade 5 class. His students were not good readers and did not like reading, so Eric created a book called?Stand Your Ground?for his students and used some of the students' names to create the story. Ever since Eric published (出版) that book he has become a big time writer and has published many amazing different books like?Camp X,?Tiger Trap,?Camp 30,?We All Fall Down?and?Flyboy.
28. What happened on that particular evening?
A. A 13-year-old got lost.
B. A terrible rainstorm broke out.
C. Three children were trapped on the way home.
D. The McBrides' home was completely destroyed by floods.
29. What does the author like about David?
A. His creativity.??? ??????????
B. His great skill.???
C. His personality.??? ?
D. His good behavior.
30. What can we infer about the author?
A. He is a man full of courage.??????
B. He used to enjoy reading very much.??????
C. He is very like David in?Safe as Houses.???
D. He has been greatly affected by?Safe as Houses.?
31. Why did Eric write?Stand Your Ground?
A. To record his students' stories.
B. To encourage his students to read.
C. To state the importance of reading.
D. To teach his students they can be writers.
D
Will Hodson, a primary-school teacher in?London, was reading a superhero book to his students one day when a?thought?struck him. “We were talking about how we can all do something heroic every day — open a door for someone, say something nice to someone,” he recalled. “I decided not to use the day's lesson plans and asked the five-year-olds to think about, ‘What are we all good at?'”
Hodson, 39, was good at cycling, and he ended up taking his lesson to an extreme: After saving up for two years, he left his job and set off on a five-year ride across seven continents to raise money for charity, including for Parkinson's disease, which his father has. Calling himself Super Cycling Man, he tries to visit at least one school per country, to spread the message that “we can all be heroes.”
Starting last May, Hodson has hit 14 countries in?Europe. On the road, strangers have acted heroically — Turkish gas station attendants sheltered him from the snow, and people in?Serbia?made a huge pizza for him.
So far, he has raised about $19,000 of the $140,000 he hopes to raise. Antarctica, the most expensive continent to visit, is last on his list, after Asia,?Australia, the?Americas?and?Africa.
The hardest part of the trip has been?“just keeping my parents at manageable stress (压力) levels. You see so much bad news in the world, but I see a very different picture?—?people inviting me to their houses, people pouring me drinks on the street at night.”
Along with the superhero message, Hodson hopes to show people that?“life's pretty good on two wheels”?—?particularly in places where cycling is less popular. Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, with its shortage of bike lanes (自行车道) and its crazy drivers,?“is the toughest (最艰难的) city I've seen for cyclists, but even there, young people have been receptive.”
“The youth don't want to necessarily have a big pot belly (大肚子) and drive around in a car.”
32. What does Hodson's “thought” (in Para. 1) refer to?
A. Being a hero himself.
B. Giving up his teaching job.
C. Doing something heroic every day.
D. Reading more superhero books to his students.
33. Hodson's cycling around the world _____.
A. is a charity ride
B. is intended for his father
C. will be finished in two years
D. began without any preparation
34. What's the most difficult thing for Hodson on his trip?
A. Facing the terrible weather.
B. Finding cheap places to sleep in.
C. Winning his parents' full support.
D. Keeping his parents from worrying about him.
35. What does Hodson say about the young in?Tbilisi?
A. They hate cyclists.
B. They are crazy drivers.
C. They are open to his idea.
D. They eat and drink too much.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，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。
Florence Nightingale was named after her birthplace,?Florence,?Italy. When she was almost a year old, she returned with her family to?England.
Florence often helped her mother deliver (运送) food to the poor and sick.??36??Her family was shocked because nursing was not a respected profession.
But Florence was determined (坚决的). She studied books on medicine. Later, she visited hospitals in?France,?Germany?and?Ireland?and learned everything she could.??37?
In 1854,?Britain?was at war with?Russia.?Florence?went to the British hospital in Scutari (now üsküdar in?Istanbul) and she was shocked. The hospital left men lying on the floor, and rats were running everywhere.??38??Many soldiers died before receiving help.
The doctors wouldn't listen to Florence because they didn't like the idea of women in army hospitals?—?until one day 500 unexpected casualties (伤亡者) arrived.??39??Florence?made changes, making sure the men were washed and their injuries were cared for. Every night she would check the patients with her lamp.
When she returned home after the war, a fund had been set up in her honor. Many of the soldiers she had nursed had made contributions (捐款). Now she could set up the?Nightingale?Training School?inLondon.
After years of hard work, Florence Nightingale saw cleaner and more cheerful hospitals.??40??All of this was because of the “lady with the lamp”.
A. Nursing became an honored profession.
B. There was no running water and no heat.
C. She knew she had much to learn about nursing.
D.?Florence?saw the soldiers' health had improved.
E. As she grew older, she decided to become a nurse.
F. They soon realized that?Florence?knew what she was doing.
G. Upon returning home, she was an expert on hospital management.
第三部分：?英语知识运用?（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
From birth to death, the word “kick” has been given an important part in describing human experiences. The proud and happy mother feels the first??41??of life “kicking” inside her body. And that??42??life — many years later — comes to its??43??in?a widely used phrase, to “kick the bucket,” meaning to die.
The??44??to “kick the bucket” is almost 200 years old. One??45??is that it started when an Englishman??46??himself by hanging himself. He stood on a bucket, and then kicked the bucket??47??from under him. After a while, to die in any??48??was called “kicking the bucket.”
“Kick around” is a phrase that is??49??often in American English. A person who is kicked around is someone who is treated??50?. Usually, he is not??51??being kicked by somebody's foot — he is just not being treated with the respect that all of us??52?.
A person who has “kicked around” for most of his life is someone who has spent his life moving from place to place. In this??53?, “kicking around” means moving??54??from one place to another.
“Kick around” has a third meaning when you??55??it with the word “idea”. When you “kick around an idea,” you are giving that idea some thought.
There is no physical action when you “kick a person upstairs,”??56??the pain can be as strong. You kick a person upstairs by removing him from an important job and giving him a job that??57??more important, but really is not.
Still another??58??of the word “kick” is to??59??oneself of a bad habit,??60??smoking cigarettes. Health experts strongly suggest smokers “kick the habit.”
41. A. senses ? ? ? ? ? ? B. signs?? C. marks ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. months
42. A. first ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. extra?? C. poor ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. same
43. A. end ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. top??? C. fight ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. decision
44. A. agreement ? ? ? B. puzzle???????????? ??C. expression ? ? ? ? D. choice
45. A. plan ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. belief? C. wish ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. goal
46. A. killed ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. punished? ??C. caught??????? ??? ?????? D. helped
47. A. up ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. in???????????? ?C. back ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. away
48. A. way ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. time??? C. position ? ? ? ? ? ? D. accident
49. A. repeated ? ? ? ? ? B. forgotten??? C. heard ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. doubted
50. A. fairly ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. strangely?????????? C. seriously ? ? ? ? ? ??D. badly
51. A. really ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. suddenly??????????C. finally ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. easily
52. A. allow ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. want? ?C. support ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. lose
53. A. part ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. story?? C. method ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. situation
54. A. later ? ? ? ? ? ? ??B. just???? C. often ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. again
55. A. discuss ? ? ? ? ? ?B. use??? ?C. accept ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. explain
56. A. although ? ? ? ? ?B. because????????????C. if ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??D. so
57. A. turns ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. stays?? C. sounds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. proves
58. A. form ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. change ???????????C. connection ? ? ?? ? D. meaning
59. A. remind ? ? ? ? ? ?B. free ? ?C. empty ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. assure
60. A. such as?????????????? B. instead of?????????C. along with ? ? ? ? ? D. as for
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The gorilla (大猩猩) is a shy creature and seldom violent. In fact, it is quite different from the 61. ________ (danger) animal we sometimes see in films and comic books. It only stands up on two legs and beats its chest if it 62. ________ (want) to frighten an enemy away.
Gorillas are the largest and most powerful of all the apes (猿). Adult males reach an average 63. ________ (high) of 150-170cm?and weight from 135 to?230kg. Females are smaller. Both males 64. ________ females are extremely strong and can tear down branches and pull up small trees. They spend their days quietly searching for food or 65. ________ (rest) in the warm sun. Gorillas like to eat leaves and flowers, sometimes fruit is 66. ________ important part of their diets. They generally live in groups. Usually this group 67. ________ (make) up of one adult male, many adult females and their children.
68. ________ (unfortunate), there are few of these animals 69. ________ (leave) in the wild. This is mainly because people are cutting down the forests in 70. ________ gorillas live. If we want to save the gorilla, we must take action now.
第四部分：?写作?（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.?每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；?2.?只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
There is always a great need for public bicycles in my area. Generally I have to waiting. But I had had a different experience yesterday. As usually, when I went to pick up a bike, here was no sign of one. I noticed woman riding past me, thinking she wouldn't stopped. Suddenly, she made a U-turn, rode towards me, returned the bikes and said, “Go ahead.” I was surprising and she smiled at me, “I'm not in any hurry and my office is just one stop away.” I thanked him and realized that there are some people who are truly kind and really makes a difference to others' life by doing small things.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你的家乡遭受了一次雪灾。请你根据所给提示为你校英文报写一篇英语短文，报道此次事件。
时间
2017年1月19日
原因
暴风雪
灾情
1.?积雪厚度达60厘米，交通中断；
2.?许多房屋被毁，100多人无家可归。
救援情况
1.?部队赶来帮助转移被困村民；
2.?地方政府及时为村民提供帐篷、食物、衣服及药品等。
注意：1.?词数100左右；?2.?可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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选做题
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Luling, a small town in?Texas, is home to a watermelon water tower, a watermelon queen and a festival called the Watermelon Thump.
The event includes food, music and a parade. But what sets this watermelon festival apart from others is the World Championship Seed Spitting (吐西瓜籽) Contest.
Only about 5,500 people live in Luling. But since 1954, the population has?swelled?on the last weekend in June. Now, tens of thousands of people come from all around to attend the four-day festival.
“The seed-spitting crowds get into it,” said Edgar Camacho, who is father to four seed-spitting champions. “Parents from Luling take it seriously.”
The competition is limited (限制) to about 50 kids and 50 adults. The kids are divided into four age groups. For the individual (个人的) competition, everyone gets two spits, and judges (裁判) record the better one. For the team event, judges take the sum of four spits from four participants.
“It's really fun and exciting,” said Victoria Camacho, 14. “The crowd is all watching you and cheering for you, and your family is there.” About 200 people watch. “It's really a lot of pressure because you don't want to mess up.”
Victoria?won her age group four years ago with a spit of 36 feet. Two years ago, her brother A. J., 17, broke the youth record in Luling when he spat a seed 58 feet 91/2 inches. That's more than half the length of a basketball court. (The adult seed-spitting world record, set in 1989, is 68 feet 91/8 inches.)
“It's fun to come out and compete every year. It's just a really competitive spirit that all the families have,” said A. J., who has won the seed-spitting contest about 10 times.
The Camachos have no plans to give up their competitive spitting anytime soon.
“Even if I don't live in Texas,” said Davis Camacho, 20, a five-time winner. “I'll make the yearly journey to Luling.”
1. What does the underlined word “swelled” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Increased.????? ???????????????????
B. Doubled.??
C. Recovered.????? ???????????
D. Dropped.
2. What's the rule for the group competition?
A. Everyone gets two spits.
B. The best four spits are recorded.
C. Each team member can spit only once.
D. Participants are divided into four age groups.
3. How does?Victoria?feel about the competition?
A. Confident and lucky. ?????
B. Stupid and bored.?????
C. Happy and fearless. ???????
D. Excited and nervous.???
4. Among the Camachos, who is a record-breaker?
A. Edgar.??
B. A. J.???
C. Davis.??
D.?Victoria.
5. What can we learn about the competition?
A. It lasts four days.
B. It happens every year.
C. It is an international event.
D. It gets thousands of viewers.
B
It's been named the?“Venice of Africa”, but comparisons between the unattractive community (社区) of Makoko and the historic Italian city begin and end at the water's edge.
Makoko's huts (简陋的棚) rise from the dirty waters of the lagoon around Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city?—?a far cry from the beautiful bridges and buildings that mark Venice.
Now it is hoped that education, with the help of creative architecture, can help create a better future for the children of Makoko.
The hope comes in the shape of a floating school, built completely by the locals. The project, backed by the UN Development Fund, the Nigerian government and the Heinrich Boll Foundation, is the brainchild of local architect Kunle Adeyemi. Kunle said that improving the poor area required something new that was more in tune with local customs and the environment.
“Living on water is actually a way of life ... so, the question is then, how do you improve that condition, how do you deal with the challenges of living on water in a safe, healthy and environmentally sound way?” he said.
Canoes, long light boats, are how the 150,000 people who live in Makoko get around as they try to make a living by fishing and trading.
The new school floats on 250 empty blue barrels fixed under its wooden base designed to get around the problems of periodic flooding in the area. Fishermen search the waters for the day's catch. The floating school gives them a place to tie up their canoes and mend nets while children are in class.
Jeremiah Oleole Austin is one of the few young people to have gone on to further education. “I was born and brought up here, so I know how the people suffer. I know what they really need in this community. Without some ... training or skills, how can they go places?” said the art student. “There are only a few of us who went out into the city to see more ... If there are more schools, I believe there will be change in the community.”
6. What do the comparisons between Makoko and?Venice?show?
A. Makoko is far better than?Venice.
B. Makoko is very different from?Venice.
C. Makoko will become a second?Venice.
D. Makoko deserves the name “Venice of Africa”.
7. What do we know about the floating school?
A. It looks foreign in appearance.????
B. It suffers from periodic flooding.
C. It received donations from the locals.????
D. It was designed by a native of Makoko.???
8. What do Kunle's words suggest?
A. Solutions should be realistic.
B. It's hard to make a living on water.
C. There should be a change in lifestyle.
D. Unhealthy conditions are a great problem.
9. What is Jeremiah's opinion on the floating school?
A. It should teach what young people really need.
B. It gives children a chance to change their lives.
C. It should run some training courses for fishermen.??
D. It's the only way to escape the state of being poor.??
10. What is the best title for the text?
A. Life on water?
B. Education of children?
C. Hopes afloat??
D. Great challenges
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One possible version:
On January 19, 2017, a violent snow disaster hit my hometown as a result of a five-day snowstorm.
The village was covered with deep snow which rose up to a height of?60cm. The roads were completely blocked, which made it impossible for villagers to get around. And many animals were also killed in the disaster. What's worse, many of the houses were seriously damaged and over 100 people were made homeless.
Fortunately, help came soon. Soldiers came and moved people to a safe place. And tents, food, clothes and medicine were sent to the villagers without delay by the local government.
部分解析
阅读理解：
A篇（文娱）
本文是应用文。文章是英国四家露天剧院的介绍。
21. A。细节理解题。根据Regent's Park Open Air Theatre部分中的watch one of the four yearly plays可知，该剧院每年上演四部戏剧。注意这里的four yearly plays并不是指每年都是同样的四部戏剧，这点也可以根据下一句This year's plays include J. M. Barrie's?Peter Pan?and William Golding's?Lord of the Flies推出。
22. A。细节理解题。根据Brownsea Open Air Theatre部分中的holding a regular Shakespeare play和Rutland Open Air Theatre部分中的This theatre is home to the Stamford Shakespeare Company和with performances of?Romeo and Juliet?and?Henry V可知，这两家剧院都会安排莎翁的戏剧表演。
23. C。细节理解题。根据Scarborough Open Air Theatre部分中的Europe's largest open-air playhouse可知，该剧院是欧洲最大的露天剧场。
B篇（社会）
本文是记叙文。文章主要介绍了一位85岁高龄的老人修补图书的故事。
24. A。细节理解题。根据第二段中的I know how to do this. I enjoy doing this可知，Reeder喜欢修补图书的工作。
25. C。细节理解题。根据第五段中的There was an article that came out about the bad shape our books were in和第六段中的Reeder read the article in the newspaper可知，Reeder通过报纸得知了Skyview中学的图书需要修补。
26. C。推理判断题。根据倒数第五段中的Reeder has been repairing books since the 1940s和his interest in book repair remained unchanged可知，Reeder一生热爱图书修补。
27. D。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的She wants to learn to do what Paul does可知，那名女生给Black留便条是想学习Reeder的图书修补技术。
C篇（文学）
本文是议论文。作者在文中主要对Safe as Houses一书作出了相关评论。
28. B。细节理解题。根据第一段中的One rainy, stormy evening和water floods the backyard, cuts the power and floods roads可知，那天晚上有一场可怕的暴风雨。
29. C。推理判断题。根据第二段中的I find him very funny and brave, and although he can be stubborn and rude at times, he is still a nice and friendly person可知，作者喜欢David的性格特点。
30. D。推理判断题。根据第三段中的Safe as Houses?changed my opinion in regard to reading and now I enjoy reading very much可知，这本书改变了作者对阅读的看法并使他从此爱上了阅读，因此该书对他的影响颇深。
31. B。细节理解题。根据最后一段中的His students were not good readers and did not like reading, so Eric created a book called?Stand Your Ground?for his students and used some of the students' names to create the story可知，Eric创作Stand Your Ground这本书是为了鼓励他的学生阅读。
D篇（兴趣与爱好）
本文是记叙文。文章主要介绍了一名英国教师辞职后骑行世界的故事。
32. A。篇章结构题。根据Hodson在第一段中说的话特别是asked the five-year-olds to think about,?‘What are we all good at?'以及下文他开始为公益骑行世界并且向到访的每一所学校传达“我们都可以成为英雄”的信息可知，这里的thought指的是Hodson想自己成为一名英雄的想法。
33. A。细节理解题。根据第二段中的set off on a five-year ride across seven continents to raise money for charity可知，Hodson的骑行世界是慈善之旅。
34. D。细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的The hardest part of the trip has been?“just keeping my parents at manageable stress levels可知，对于Hodson来说，旅程中最艰难的是让父母少为自己担忧，减少他们承受的压力。
35. C。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的young people have been receptive可知，第比利斯（格鲁吉亚共和国首都）的年轻人接受Hodson的骑行想法。
七选五：
话题：历史
本文是记叙文。文章主要介绍了护理先驱佛罗伦斯·南丁格尔的一生。
36. E。根据下一句Her family was shocked because nursing was not a respected profession可知，E项“随着南丁格尔慢慢长大，她决定要当一名护士”符合该处语境。
37. G。根据上一句中的she visited hospitals in France, Germany and Ireland and learned everything she could可知，南丁格尔回到英国后已经非常熟悉医院管理方面的知识。
38. B。B项内容与上一句The hospital left men lying on the floor, and rats were running everywhere并列，描述医院的惨状。
39. F。根据上一句中的The doctors wouldn't listen to Florence和下一句中的Florence made changes可知，划线处在此承上启下，因此F项“那些医生意识到南丁格尔能帮上忙”符合该处语境。
40. A。根据上一段末句中的she could set up the Nightingale Training School in London以及该段中的cleaner and more cheerful hospitals可知，南丁格尔经过多年的努力使得护理成为了一个令人尊敬的职业。
完形填空：
话题：语言学习
本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了kick一词的多种含义及其用法。
41. B。根据该空后的life?“kicking”?inside her body可知，当胎儿在体内踢打时，自豪的准妈妈首次感受到生命的“迹象（signs）”。
42. D。根据破折号部分的many years later可知，这里是对上一句中在母体内有胎动的“同一个（same）”生命的继续介绍。
43. A。根据该句中的meaning to die可知，多年后，这个人走到了生命的“尽头（end）”。
44. C。根据上文中的a widely used phrase, to?“kick the bucket,”可知，kick the bucket是一个“词语（expression）”。
45. B。下文介绍的是一种对于该习语由来的“看法（belief）”。
46. A。根据上文中的to?“kick the bucket,”?meaning to die和该空后的by hanging himself可知，这个英国人选择上吊“自杀（killed himself）”。
47. D。根据我们对于上吊的常识可知，这个英国人踢“开（away）”圆桶后了结了自己的生命。
48. A。该段介绍的上吊是一种死的“方式（way）”。
49. C。kick around这个短语在美式英语中更常被“听到（heard）”。
50. D。根据下文中的he is just not being treated with the respect可知，如果我们说某个人被kick around，那么这个人就“没有被很好地（badly）”对待。
51. A。根据该句中的对比：being kicked by somebody's foot和he is just not being treated with the respect可知，被粗暴对待的人并不是“真正（really）”被人用脚踢，而是没有得到别人的尊敬。
52. B。根据常识可知，尊敬是我们每个人都“想要（want）”的。
53. D。上文已经介绍kick around有“粗暴对待他人”之意，该空前一句A person who has?“kicked around”?for most of his life is someone who has spent his life moving from place to place是该短语用于另外一种“情形（situation）”下的意思。
54. C。根据上一句中的has spent his life moving from place to place可知，kick around在此意为“经常（often）”搬家。
55. B。根据下一句中的kick around an idea可知，该段介绍kick around和idea结合“使用（use）”时的意思。
56. A。“没有肉体上的疼痛”和“痛苦还是非常强烈”之间为让步关系，故填although。
57. C。根据该句中的but really is not可知，这里指“看似（sounds）”给某人换了一个更重要的工作，实则不然。
58. D。下文继续介绍kick一词的另外一种“意思（meaning）”。
59. B。根据该段末句Health experts strongly suggest smokers?“kick the habit.”可知，kick一词还可意为“使某人摆脱（free oneself of）”坏习惯。
60. A。该空后的smoking cigarettes是对该空前a bad habit的举例说明，故填such as。
语法填空：
61. dangerous。考查形容词。设空处作定语修饰animal，表示“危险的”，故填dangerous。?
62. wants。考查一般现在时。此处描述的是客观事实，应用一般现在时，故填wants。?
63. height。考查名词。设空处前面有an average限定，应用名词，故填height。?
64. and。考查连词。both ... and ...?意为“二者都”。?
65. resting。考查动词-ing形式作宾语的用法。spend time (in) doing sth.意为“花费时间做某事”。?
66. an。考查不定冠词。be an important part of?意为“是……的重要部分”。?
67. is made。考查被动语态。be made up of?意为“由……组成”。?
68. Unfortunately。考查副词。设空处修饰后面的整个句子，故填Unfortunately。?
69. left。?考查过去分词作定语的用法。设空处作后置定语修饰animals，因animals与leave之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故填left。?
70. which。考查关系代词。?此处是“介词+关系代词”引导限制性定语从句修饰先行词forests，故填which。
[选做题参考答案及解析]
参考答案
1-5 ACDBB???? ? 6-10 BDABC
解析
A篇（节假日活动）
本文是一则新闻报道。美国德州的Luling小镇每年举办一次西瓜节，该节日的最特别之处在于其吐西瓜籽比赛。
1. A。词义猜测题。根据划线词前后句的对比：Only about 5,500 people live in Luling和tens of thousands of people come可知，自1954年开始，Luling小镇的人口在六月最后的那个周末不断增加。而根据该段的内容可知，小镇的常住人口仅有5500人，因为当地举办的西瓜节吸引来自世界各地的游客，因此人口在节日期间急剧上涨，所以小镇的人口实际上并没有恢复到以前什么状态。
2. C。细节理解题。根据第五段中的For the team event, judges take the sum of four spits from four participants可知，在团体比赛中，每名参赛人员只能吐一次西瓜籽。
3. D。推理判断题。根据Victoria在第六段中说的It's really fun and exciting和It's really a lot of pressure可知，她认为比赛既刺激又紧张。
4. B。细节理解题。根据倒数第四段中的A. J., 17, broke the youth record in Luling可知，Camacho一家中只有A. J.打破过比赛记录。
5. B。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的The Camachos have no plans to give up their competitive spitting anytime soon以及Camacho的家庭成员之一Davis在最后一段中说的Even if I don't live in Texas和I'll make the yearly journey to Luling可知，吐西瓜籽比赛一年举行一次。这里需要注意D项，尽管文章第三段提到tens of thousands of people come from all around to attend the four-day festival，但是根据第六段中的About 200 people watch可知，该比赛的观众只有几百号人，并没有数以万计那么多。
B篇（社会）
本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了尼日利亚的水上贫民窟马可可建起了一所漂浮学校。
6. B。推理判断题。根据第一段中的unattractive community of Makoko和historic Italian city以及第二段中的Makoko's huts rise from the dirty waters和a far cry from the beautiful bridges and buildings that mark Venice可知，尼日利亚的水上贫民窟马可可和意大利的海上明珠威尼斯比起来除了都在水上这一特点外毫无相同之处。
7. D。细节理解题。根据第四段中的The project ... is the brainchild of local architect Kunle Adeyemi可知，这所水上学校是由马可可当地的建筑师设计的。
8. A。推理判断题。根据Kunle在第五段中说的内容“水上生活是马可可贫民窟居民不能选择也不能更改的生活方式，那么在现有的生活方式下如何解决那些生活难题，改善人们的生活条件呢？”可知，他认为在考虑解决方法时应该从实际情况出发。
9. B。推理判断题。根据Jeremiah在最后一段中说的Without some ... training or skills, how can they go places和If there are more schools, I believe there will be change in the community可知，他认为漂浮学校将会给孩子们一个改变自身生活的机会。
10. C。标题归纳题。尼日利亚的马可可是一个水上贫民窟，该地杂乱无章，然而现在建起了一所水上学校，希望能通过教育改变当地人的生活，给他们带去希望。由此可知，C项概括了文章大意，作标题贴切。
【词类活用】
a far cry from: to be very different from someone or something和……大相径庭
go places: be increasingly successful, esp. in one's career?不断进展（尤指在个人事业上）
Module 3 The Violence of Nature
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Lynda La Plante is the writer of?Prime Suspect?and the best-selling author of more than 40 books. Her new novel?Hidden Killers?is out now. She is talking about three books that deeply affected her.
Wuthering Heights
By Emily Bronte
One night as a child, I walked quietly into the bathroom when I heard a voice calling, “Let me in; let me in!” along with a terrible knock on a window coming from my grandma’s room. Quite afraid, I cried, “Help me! Where’s the ghost?” Grandma looked up and said,?“Don’t be silly; I’m listening to a story on the radio called?Wuthering Heights.”?I joined my grandma and realized then how you could take a story from a book and change it to a different medium (媒介).
The Water-Babies
By Charles Kingsley
This classic Victorian story caught my imagination as a child. It made me consider the unfairness of life?—?why is one child sleeping in comfort and another forced to climb through a chimney (烟囱)? I especially loved all the questions Tom asks on his adventures (冒险), many of which are about social unfairness. All my life I’ve asked questions too.
The Faerie Queene
By Edmund Spenser
I used to have problems reading — I was told I had “word blindness”. My mother gave me a copy of Spenser’s poem and said, “If you can learn some of this then you’ll be able to read anything.” I rose to the challenge. I learned it off by heart and was so proud of myself for keeping something that difficult in mind. Then I learned that I could learn words just as well as anyone.
21. How did Lynda first know about the story of?Wuthering Heights?
A. By reading a book borrowed from her grandma.
B. By listening to her grandma’s story.
C. By listening to it on the radio.
D. By reading a ghost story.
22. Which book made Lynda form the habit of asking questions?
A.?Hidden Killers.
B.?Wuthering Heights.
C.?The Water-Babies.
D.?The Faerie Queene.
23. What change did Lynda show after reading?The Faerie Queene?
A. She found pleasure in writing poems.
B. She began to believe in herself.
C. She fell in love with poems.
D. She became word-smart.
?
B
My name is Deirdre Veneracion and I am a paraglider pilot. I’ve been paragliding since I was 11.
My dad and I arrive at our local fly site on a June morning. We meet our instructor and spend the first 20 minutes watching the wind cycles. I go through my pre-flight steps and turn on my radio. At last, I take a step and feel the ground under me fall away. I feel the pressure of my weight on the canopy (伞衣).
After 15 minutes of playing with the wind, my father radios me from the place where he is about to take off. “How is the wind?” “Perfect!” I say. Dad takes off behind me.
I have done almost 100 flights and yet every flight amazes me just as much or even more than my first. I love the unpredictability of each flight. Every flight is different. After 15 minutes, I decide to land.
Now, I’m over a rice field. It is a much smaller landing than most landing zones (地带) but it’s possible. Out of nowhere, I feel my canopy become unstable (不稳定的). It loses pressure and falls directly in front of me. I am falling.?I have butterflies in my stomach.?I pull my brake (制动器) line, in the hope that my wing will get pressure again but it doesn’t. I look towards my dad and see that he is also in trouble. It’s as if we were inside a washing machine being thrown up and down. I won’t make it to the landing zone in front of me. To my right is a narrow (狭窄的) stream with hardly any water in it. I make my decision: the narrow stream is my best chance of landing safely.
As I touch down, I check on my dad and am glad to hear that he is fine. Local villagers come to check on me but, surprisingly, I am uninjured.
This is one of those times when we are reminded that no preparation can prevent Mother Nature from surprising us.
24. What does the author do before taking off?
A. She has a talk with her father.
B. She watches the weather.
C. She turns off the radio.
D. She gives instructions.
25. What does the attraction of paragliding lie in the author’s eyes?
A. The pleasant wind.
B. The success of each flight.
C. The excitement of landing.
D. The uncertainty of each flight.
26. What kind of feeling does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably show?
A. Nervousness.
B. Happiness.
C. Anger.
D. Luck.
27. What happens in the process of the author’s landing?
A. She hurts herself.
B. She asks her dad for help.
C. She sees a washing machine below.
D. She changes her mind about the landing site.
?
C
Japan is starting to experiment with self-driving buses in rural (乡村的) communities, such as the town of Nishikata, where the elderly are living a hard life because of fewer bus and taxi services as the population ages and becomes smaller.
The advance of the self-driving technology is making cities such as Paris and Singapore experiment with such services, which could prove important in Japan, where populations are not only graying, but becoming smaller, in rural areas.
Japan could start the self-driving services for communities that are far from cities by 2020, if the experiments begun this month prove successful.
The government plans to turn highway rest stops into centers from which to drive the elderly to medical and banking services.
“Smaller towns in Japan are graying even faster than cities, and there are just not enough workers to drive buses and taxis,” said Hiroshi Nakajima of mobile gaming software maker DeNA Co.
In the initial (最初的) experiments, the elderly of Nishikata were sent from a service area to some organizations providing healthcare services.
“I worry about not being able to go out when I’m no longer able to drive,” said one test rider, Shizu Yuzawa, adding that she would be open to using such services.
The test also checked the vehicle’s safety in road conditions, and if those crossing its path would react to the warning it gives.
The ride, at a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour, felt comfortable and safe, said test taker Mieko Shimazaki, 71, but her 72-year-old husband, Susumu, said, “Self-driving cars could be useful in the future, but I’d like to see them go faster, at least at 40 kilometers per hour.”
28. Why are driverless buses appearing in Nishikata?
A. Nobody there can drive a bus.
B. Its population is aging and falling.
C. People there welcome new things.
D. People there can hardly afford cars.
29. What does the government plan to do?
A. Provide healthcare services.
B. Train more bus and taxi drivers.
C. Produce more and more driverless cars.
D. Set up centers for picking up passengers.
30. What was Shizu Yuzawa’s attitude toward the self-driving services?
A. She was in favor of them.
B. She was doubtful about them.
C. She was uncertain about them.
D. She was strongly against them.???
31. Which of the following about self-driving buses did Susumu think could improve?
A. Their space.
B. Their safety.
C. Their speed.
D. Their price.
?
D
The skies are raining big blocks of ice, and experts are trying to learn what’s going on.
For the second time in six days, California was attacked? (袭击) by ice balls. The latest happened on early Thursday. A large block of ice dropped into Loma Linda, California. The ice crashed through the metal roof of a fitness center, leaving a hole up to 2??feet wide. No one was hurt.????
Two tennis players were playing outside the Drayson Center on Thursday morning. Suddenly they heard a strange sound, said Crawford, an official of the Loma Linda Fire Department.
A similar event happened last Saturday in Oakland, California. Early in the morning an ice ball dropped into a field at Bushrod Park and made a hole up to 2 feet wide. Luckily, no one in the park was injured.
One theory (理论) is the ice was dropped from planes. But there’s little direct support for that. A few experts have suggested there may be other causes of similar ice falls, perhaps even global (全球的) warming.
Stories about dropping ice go back for centuries. They didn’t begin to receive serious scientific attention until a few years ago, however, when Spain was attacked by a dozen large ice balls in 2000.
Scientist Jesus Martinez-Frias in Madrid and his team have collected reports of forty cases around the world since 1999 of puzzling falling ice. He thinks the ice forms in the air by a process similar to the formation of hail (冰雹) inside storms but without a storm.
Martinez-Frias believes global warming is causing the troposphere (对流层) to rise. This means the roof of the troposphere is forced to a greater height, where it cools more than normal. Thus, the temperature difference between warm and cold air in the troposphere produces strong up-and-down winds that repeat the hail-formation process, without a storm.
32. What took place on Thursday morning?
A. A fitness center caught fire.
B. A big ice ball fell in Loma Linda.
C. There was heavy rain in Loma Linda.
D. Two tennis players were hit by an ice ball.
33. What is the similarity between the two events in California?
A. No one was injured.
B. No building was destroyed.
C. Both were seen by Crawford.
D. Both caused a large number of holes.
34. What do we learn about dropping ice?
A. It is very common around the world.?
B. It often happens in Spain in recent years.
C. It has been carefully studied since 2000.
D. It is most likely to be produced by planes.
35. What is the cause of ice falls according to Martinez-Frias?
A. Strong winds above the troposphere.
B. The formation of hail.
C. Global warming.
D. Big storms.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，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。
Linda Spelman was a lawyer who found a new job in a circus. She now works as a trapeze (高空秋千) artist, travelling with the circus around the world. Here is an interview with her.
How did you get the job??My father’s a lawyer, so I thought I’d become one, too. Studying law was really hard work.???36??When I finally passed my exams, I thought, “I need a break. I want to travel and learn a language.” So I joined a circus. I went to Canada and did a trapeze course and, amazingly, I was good at it.
?37??The excitement and the travel. I always wanted to travel and learn languages and I’ve done all of that. Also, I get on really well with circus people. I’ve learned so much about life from them.
Have you made any sacrifices?(牺牲)?to do this job??No, I haven’t, not really.??38??I do miss my family sometimes, but that’s all.
What would you like to do next??I’m 34 now.??39??There are Russian trapeze artists still going strong in their fifties.
What advice would you give to someone who wanted to do your job???40??But generally, I’d say to anyone with a dream, “Go for it! You only live once, so why stay in a boring job?”
A. What’s your daily life like?
B. What do you like most about it?
C. We often do the act in the evening.
D. I’d like to carry on doing this until I’m at least 50.
E. So I took up gymnastics in the evenings to help me relax.
F. You need to be fit and strong and have a good head for heights.
G. I gave up doing something that I hated and I’m doing something that I love.
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第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
Brian sat outside his house. He really wanted a new??41?. Joe had just gotten one for his birthday, and Tyler’s was??42??about a year old. Brian had had his for five years. The seat was up as high as it would go, yet his legs were still too??43??for his bike. Brian wanted a bike like Joe and Tyler had??44??their bikes were fast and strong. If only he had $110. But all he could come up with was $33.67. Where could he get the rest of the??45??he needed?
Brian did a lot of??46?. His birthday was??47??five months away. What could he do to get the money? Maybe his??48??would advance (预付) him some money for the next few months. He got three dollars every Friday if he did all his chores. His dad had??49??to do this once before, when Brian needed an extra (额外的) six dollars. Maybe his sister would??50??him the money. She had a lot of money saved up from babysitting.
While he was thinking, the phone rang. Mrs. Timmons’??51??had gotten out again. She asked Brian if he could??52??Fifi for her. Brian said he would be??53??to help her. She was getting so old and couldn’t??54??Fifi anymore. Brian found Fifi behind a tree.
After catching the dog, he???55??her to Mrs. Timmons. She was so??56??that she handed Brian two dollars. Brian thanked Mrs. Timmons, but told her she didn’t have to???57??him. Then Brian had a(n)??58?. He would set up a pet service. He could??59??people’s pets when they were away. In his neighborhood there were at least 12 dogs he could take care of, a few cats, and even some fish. Brian would realize his??60??in no time!
41. A. pet ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. job???????????? C. bike????????????????????? D. gift
42. A. even??????????????????????B. almost??????? C. also???????????????????????D. only
43. A. short????????????????????? B. long?????????? C. weak???????????????? D. strong
44. A. if?????????????????????????????B. so????????????? C. because??????????????? D. yet
45. A. care?????????????????????????B. trust?????????? C. money ? ? ? ? ? ?D. support
46. A. thinking??????????????????B. shopping??? C. work ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. exercise
47. A. just??????????????????????????B. still??????????? C. ever???????????? ??????D. already
48. A. mom???????????????????????B. dad??????????? C. sister????????????????? D. neighbor
49. A. practiced?????????????????B. decided????? C. forgotten???????????? D. agreed
50. A. lend??????????????????????? B. save?????????? C. show ? ? ? ? ? ?D. send
51. A. cat ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. fish????????? ?? C. dog???????????? ?????? D. kid
52. A. carry??????????????????????? B. feed?????????? C. raise????????????? D. find
53. A. busy?????????????????????????B. lucky???????? C. satisfied???????????????D. happy
54. A. cheer for??????????????????B. run after???? C. depend on?????????? D. work on
55. A. sold???????????????????????? B. returned???? C. introduced????????? D. advertised
56. A. surprised??????????????????B. sorry????????? C. hopeful ? ? ? ? D. thankful
57. A. pay ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. call?????????? C. choose ? ? ? ? ?D. avoid
58. A. question???????????????????B. problem????? C. idea ? ?? ? D. duty
59. A. look at ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. look for????? C. look up ? ? ? ? ?D. look after
60. A. mistake ? ? ? ? ? B. dream??????? C. situation ? ? ? ? D. importance
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
An earthquake can often cause damage. Do you know 61. ________ to prepare for such 62. ________ event? Your level of preparation can directly affect your chance of survival.
If you are outdoors, find an open area free of trees and tall buildings. If you are driving when an earthquake hits, stop your car as 63. ________ (quick) as possible and stay in your car until the earthquake stops. Avoid 64. ________ (drive) on streets or bridges that may not be safe after an earthquake.
If you are indoors when the shaking starts, remember to cover your head with a pillow (枕头) if you are in bed. A good way 65.? ________? ( protect ) yourself from possible falling 66. ________ (object) is to hide under something, such as a heavy table or desk.
If you live in a place where earthquakes occur, make sure you have methods to tell your family members and friends your 67. ________ (locate). This will stop 68.? ________ (they) worrying about you. Make sure you have all necessary items (物品) 69.? ________ (prepare), such as water, food, medicine, a flashlight and so on. 70. ________ is also important to decide a meeting place for your family to go to after the earthquake.?
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第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.?每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.?只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I was young, my family moved around a lot, but I went to lots of different schools and meet people from different places and backgrounds. I think of that experience gave me a lot of people skills. I’m a good listener, and I’m good at help people get on with each other. It proves to being, of course, really usefully at work. For the last two years, I’ve been running a social club with some of my friend. It’s a club for elderly people, paying for by the government. Of course, I use my people skills there. I think being a good communicator is important part of management, maybe the more important of all.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是某国际学校的学生会主席李华，为帮助同学们提高地震逃生技能，你校决定邀请某大学的王教授举办一场有关地震自救知识的讲座。请你代表学生会以短文形式用英语写一则书面通知。内容主要包括：
时间：下周三上午8:00-11:00
地点：学校礼堂
要求：全体学生按时参加；认真听讲，记好笔记；讲座后进行讨论。
注意：1.?词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；2.?可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
NOTICE
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选做题
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Nearly 100 girls from 12 different countries went together to Mountain View, California, on August 10, 2017. They were finalists in Technovation, the world’s largest entrepreneurship (创业) competition for girls ages 10-18. Nearly 1,100 teams from more than 100 countries took part in it.
The teams built mobile apps (应用程序) to solve problems in their community. Over the course of five months, the girls went through 100 hours of training and created an app and a business plan with the help of a teacher.
Girls from across the U.S. and as far away as Cambodia, Kazakhstan, India, and Kenya created apps to help change the lives in their community. Their apps help disadvantaged women and encourage people to reuse objects, to name a few examples.
At the awards (奖项) ceremony, Google CEO Sundar Pichai welcomed?“creators and future entrepreneurs”, telling the young finalists that there would be a place for them in the tech industry and that they would have a great future ahead of them.
After a family friend had the illness of dementia (痴呆), Katrina from Hong Kong, China, organized a team to build a Dementia Care Companion app.?“We realized that dementia is a serious problem worldwide,”?Katrina said. The team created a type of mahjong, a Chinese game, using photos and voices of loved ones to help patients remember their family. The girls won first prize in the Junior Division, which included $10,000 in prize money.
QamCare, an app created by a team from Kazakhstan, is a good helper when people are walking alone at night. One of the girls explained how she was followed while walking home. In Kazakhstan, nine people, mostly young girls, go missing every day. QamCare won the first prize of $15,000 in the Senior Division.
Technovation founder Tara Chklovski encouraged the finalists to help other girls develop their tech skills. “Technovation has given you wings,” Chklovski said. “Now it is your turn to give wings to others.”
1. What do we know about Technovation?
A. It is a mobile app.
B. It is open to girls.
C. It was started in 2017.
D. It is welcome in 12 countries.
2. How did Sundar Pichai feel seeing the finalists?
A. Lucky.
B. Shocked.
C. Hopeful.
D. Thankful.
3. Why did Katrina create a type of mahjong?
A. To make dementia patients live a colorful life.
B. To raise money for research on dementia.
C. To help dementia patients remember.
D. To learn more about dementia.
4. What makes QamCare important?
A. It helps people stay safe.
B. It helps find missing girls.
C. It offers people a tour guide at night.
D. It shows people the shortest way home.?
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B
Jackie Rodriguez put on a lot of weight after her first child was born. Then, when her daughter was two, she dropped all the weight with practically no effort. “I wasn’t using any fat burners or shakes ... nothing,” she says.
The change had nothing to do with what Rodriguez ate. Rather, it began when she started a new job that shook up her daily routine (常规). Working in the office of a DJ company near her apartment, she started her work at 5:30 p.m. Instead of sharing dinner with her husband at nine, she ate alone at five and went to work.
Night work often leads to weight gain (增加), so Rodriguez’s story might seem to be a?quirk. But unlike many such workers Rodriguez clocked out by 11 p.m. and got a regular night’s sleep. Perhaps even more important, she didn’t eat at work or when she got home — just showered and went to bed.
Her main change was moving dinnertime almost four hours earlier. That single, simple change seems to have caused Rodriguez’s weight loss (瘦身)?—?and scientific research may explain why.
In labs around the world, researchers are developing a completely new understanding of how our bodies work. It seems that our bodies process food fastest when it’s eaten during daylight hours. “That late-night bowl of ice cream may all go toward your waist (腰),”?says UCLA neuroscientist Christopher Colwell.
Just look at Satchidananda Panda’s mice. Panda, a biologist, is a leading expert on how the timing of food eating affects health. His team has found that mice that eat only during their active hours are healthier and thinner than mice that eat the same food over 24 hours.
Encouragingly, when unhealthy mice are allowed to eat only during their daytime, the condition of those having some diseases such as diabetes improves. “It’s likely we can help treat some diseases just by changing when people eat,” Panda says.
5. How did Jackie Rodriguez lose her weight?
A. By working late daily.
B. By changing her dinnertime.
C. By eating a certain kind of food.
D. By having dinner with her family.
6. The underlined word “quirk” in Paragraph 3 means something _____.
A. strange
B. possible
C. interesting
D. necessary
7. What does Christopher Colwell think of a late-night bowl of ice cream?
A. It can hardly affect our health.?
B. It will cause us to put on weight.
C. It will affect how our bodies work.
D. It can be processed fast by our bodies.
8. What happens when some mice’s daily routines are changed?
A. They eat less.
B. They get a disease.
C. They are more active.
D. They become healthier.
答案
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64. driving?? ??????? ?????? 65. to protect?? ?????????? 66. objects??
67. location?? ????? ????? 68. them?? ?? ????????????? 69. prepared??
70. It
短文改错
71. ... but I went ... ? ? ? ? ? ?but?→?so / and?
72. ... meet people ...? ??????? meet?→?met
73. I think of ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?去掉of
74. ... good at help ...? ??????? help?→?helping
75. ... proves to being ...? ?? being?→?be
76. ... really usefully ... ? ? ? ? usefully?→?useful
77. ... my friend. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?friend?→?friends?
78. ... paying for ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ?paying?→?paid
79. ... is important part ... ? ? important前加an
80. ... the more important ... ?????more?→?most
书面表达
One possible version:
NOTICE
Do you want to know what we should do to survive an earthquake? Such a lecture will be given by Professor Wang from a famous university in the school hall from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. next Wednesday. The lecture will mainly be about how to survive an earthquake, including the signs of a coming earthquake and dos and don’ts during and after an earthquake. After the lecture, a video about earthquakes will be shown. Everyone is required to be present on time. Besides, we are expected to listen and take notes carefully. After the lecture, we’ll have a group discussion.
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部分解析
阅读理解
第一节
A篇（文学）
本文是应用文。获奖作家Lynda La Plante和大家分享了几本对她有深刻影响的书。
21. C。细节理解题。由Wuthering Heights部分中的I’m listening to a story on the radio called Wuthering Heights. ... a different medium可知，Lynda通过听广播第一次了解了《呼啸山庄》所讲述的故事。
22. C。细节理解题。由The Water-Babies部分中的All my life I’ve asked questions too可知答案。
23. B。细节理解题。由The Faerie Queene部分中的was so proud of myself for keeping something that difficult in mind. Then I learned that I could learn words just as well as anyone可知，作者开始变得自信。
B篇（体育）
本文是记叙文。作者介绍了自己一次有惊无险的滑翔伞经历。
24. B。细节理解题。由第二段中的watching the wind cycles可知，作者在起跳之前先观察天气。
25. D。细节理解题。由第四段中的I love the unpredictability of each flight. Every flight is different可知，因为每一跳都有其不可预测性和独特的一面，所以吸引作者不断归来。
26. A。推理判断题。由划线句之前提到的作者在坠落及划线句之后提到尝试使用制动器但不管用可推断，作者此时应该很紧张。
27. D。细节理解题。作者最初准备在稻田降落，最后改变了主意，选择在一条小溪上降落。
C篇（科普知识与现代技术）
本文是新闻报道。日本开始试推行无人驾驶公交车，以解决老年人出行不便的问题。
28. B。细节理解题。由第一段中的as the population ages and becomes smaller和第二段中的where populations are not only graying, but becoming smaller可知，该地方的人口老龄化现象严重，而且人口数量缩减。
29. D。细节理解题。由第四段内容The government plans to turn highway rest stops into centers from which to drive the elderly to medical and banking services可知，政府计划建立一些乘客接送点。
30. A。推理判断题。由倒数第三段中的she would be open to using such services可推断，Shizu Yuzawa支持无人驾驶服务。
31. C。细节理解题。由最后一段中的but I’d like to see them go faster, at least at 40 kilometers per hour可知，Susumu希望无人驾驶公交车可以提速。
D篇（自然）
本文是说明文。科学家正在努力破解天降冰球之谜。
32. B。细节理解题。由第二段中的A large block of ice dropped into Loma Linda可知答案。
33. A。细节理解题。由第二段中的No one was hurt和第四段中的no one in the park was injured可知，这两起事件都未造成人员受伤。
34. C。细节理解题。由第六段中的They didn’t begin to receive serious scientific attention until a few years ago ... in 2000可知，从2000年开始，科学家才开始认真研究天降冰球现象。
35. C。细节理解题。由最后一段中的Martinez-Frias believes global warming is causing the troposphere to rise可知答案。
第二节
话题：个人情况
本文是记叙文。作者讲述了自己放弃做律师，进入马戏团之后的生活。
36. E。E项和上一句构成因果关系。且E项中的I took up gymnastics和下文中的did a trapeze course相呼应。
37. B。本段介绍了马戏团生活给作者带来的满足，即她对于马戏团生活最喜欢的部分。B项作小标题能够概括本段的大意。
38. G。G项是对上一句的解释，即为什么Linda不认为自己做出了牺牲。
39. D。D项中的at least 50呼应下文中的in their fifties。
40. F。F项回答了本段小标题的问题，对于想从事这一行业的人给出了建议。
语言知识运用
第一节
话题：家庭、朋友与周围的人
本文是记叙文。为筹钱买自行车，Brian打算成立社区宠物中心，帮助邻居照料宠物。
41. C。由下文中的Brian wanted a bike like Joe and Tyler had可知，Brian很想有一辆“自行车（bike）”。
42. D。由下文中的a bike like Joe and Tyler had ... their bikes were fast and strong可知，Joe和Tyler的自行车状况好，由本句中的had just gotten one for his birthday ... about a year old和下一句中的five years的对比可知，Joe的自行车是过生日时刚买的，Tyler的也“只（only）”买了一年左右，而Brian的已经五年了。
43. B。虽然车座已经调到最高，但是对于自行车而言，Brian的腿还是太“长（long）”。
44. C。“他们的车又快又结实”是Brian?想要类似Joe和Tyler车的原因，故填because。
45. C。由上文中的$110和$33.67可知，此处指从哪里能获得他所需要的“钱（money）”。
46. A。下文是Brian对于如何获得所需钱的“思考（thinking）”。
47. B。由下文Brian考虑通过让爸爸预付零花钱和向姐姐借钱可知，他的生日“还（still）”有5个月，所以无法通过收取生日礼物获得自行车。
48. B。下文中His dad对本空有提示。
49. D。由上文Brian考虑通过让爸爸预付零花钱的办法可推断，爸爸以前“同意（agreed）”预付的办法。
50. A。由下文中的She had a lot of money saved up from baby-sitting可知，姐姐可以“借（lend）”给他一些钱。
51. C。下文中的After catching the dog对本空有提示。
52. D。由下文中的Brian found Fifi behind a tree可知，Timmons夫人让Brian帮忙“找（find）”狗。
53. D。由下文Brian帮忙找狗并打算成立宠物服务中心可推断，他很“高兴（happy）”能帮助Timmons夫人。
54. B。由上文中的gotten out和下文中的catching可知，Timmons夫人年龄大了，“追（run after）”不动她的狗了。
55. B。由下文Timmons夫人感谢Brian可知，Brian捉到狗之后，把它“还（returned）”给了Timmons夫人。
56. D。Timmons夫人给Brian两美元表示“感谢（thankful）”。
57. A。由上文中的two dollars可知，Timmons夫人“付（pay）”给Brian钱。
58. C。下文中的He would set up a pet service是Brian想到的“主意（idea）”。
59. D。由上文中的pet service和下文中的take care of可知，Brian打算成立宠物服务中心帮助邻居“照料（look after）”宠物。
60. B。通过成立宠物服务中心帮助邻居照料宠物赚钱的方法能够使Brian很快实现自己买自行车的“梦想（dream）”。
第二节
61. how。考查连接词。设空处所在句意为：你知道怎么（how）为这样一个事件做准备吗？
62. an。考查不定冠词。event为可数名词且在此表泛指，故填an。“such + a(n) +可数名词单数形式”意为“这样的一个……”。
63. quickly。考查副词。“as +形容词/副词原形+ as possible”表示“尽可能……”，又因为设空处修饰stop，故填quickly。
64. driving。考查动词-ing形式作宾语的用法。avoid doing sth.意为“避免做某事”。
65. to protect。考查不定式作定语的用法。way后常跟不定式作后置定语，表示“做某事的方法”。
66. objects。考查名词复数。object意为“物品”，是可数名词且表泛指，故填objects。
67. location。考查名词。由设空处前面的your可知，此处应用名词，表示“位置”，故填location。
68. them。考查代词。设空处作stop的宾语，故填them。
69. prepared。考查过去分词作补语的用法。prepare与items之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，且其所表示的动作已完成，故填prepared。have sth. done表示“让某事做成”。
70. It。考查it的用法。设空处作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式短语，故填It。
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选做题参考答案及解析
参考答案
1-4 BCCA??? ????????????? 5-8 BABD
解析
A篇（人际关系）
本文是新闻报道。女孩们通过开发手机app帮助他人、造福社区、改变世界。
1. B。细节理解题。由第一段中的for girls ages 10-18可知答案。
2. C。推理判断题。由第四段中的there would be a place for them in the tech industry and that they would have a great future ahead of them可知，Sundar Pichai看到参加决赛的选手们时，内心充满希望。
3. C。细节理解题。由倒数第三段中的to help patients remember their family可知答案。
4. A。推理判断题。由倒数第二段中的is a good helper when people are walking alone at night和In Kazakhstan, nine people, mostly young girls, go missing every day可推断，这款app可以帮助人们解决夜晚独自行走时的安全问题。
B篇（健康）
本文是说明文。吃饭时间对健康和体重有很大影响。
5. B。细节理解题。由第二段对Jackie Rodriguez工作和吃饭状况的描述和第四段中的Her main change was moving dinnertime almost four hours earlier可知，她体重减轻是因为她改变了吃饭时间。
6. A。词义猜测题。夜班工作往往造成体重增加，但是Jackie Rodriguez的体重却减轻了，说明她的事例是“奇怪的”。
7. B。细节理解题。由倒数第三段中的It seems that our bodies process food fastest when it’s eaten during daylight hours和That late-night bowl of ice cream may all go toward your waist可知，Christopher Colwell认为半夜吃冰激凌会增加体重。
8. D。细节理解题。由最后一段中的the condition of those having some diseases such as diabetes improves可知答案。
