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南京师范大学苏州实验学校2019-2020年度第一学期
高二英语期中检测卷
时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第I卷（选择题，共 90分）
第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分20分）
（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. What do we learn from the conversation?
A. The man hates to lend his tools to other people.
B. The man hasn’t finished working on the bookshelf.
C. The man lost those tools.
2. What do we know about the man?
A. He doesn’t like his job.
B. He will not give up his job.
C. He has a large family to support
3. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student C. Headmaster and teacher.
4.Who is worried about gaining weight?
A. The son. B. Aunt Louise. C. The mother.
5. Why doesn’t the woman buy the coat?
A. It is expensive. B. There isn’t her size. C. She doesn’t like the color.
（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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the woman probably?
A. A hotel clerk. B. A house agent. C. A shop assistant,
7. What is the pillow filled with?
A. Cotton. B. Dried flowers. C. A special material.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What kind of skills does the woman not have?
A. Operating computers. B. Doing business. C. Typing.
9. Which company did the woman work in?
A. A trading company and a trust company.
B. A trust company.
C. A trading company.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What’s wrong with the woman’s mother?
A. She has been sick.
B. She misses her family and friends.
C. She can’t earn enough to support her family.
11. Where does the woman live?
A. In America. B. In India. C. In Britain.
12. What does the woman plan to do next year?
A. Study a new language. B. Travel to India. C.Visit her father’s native country.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How many Economics lectures will the man attend every week?
A. 5 times, from Monday to Friday.
B. Two times, on Thursday and Friday.
C. Two times, on Tuesday and Thursday.
14. Why did the man miss the meeting for the new students yesterday?
A. Because he hadn’t received any notice about that meeting.
B. Because he had to attend the group discussion.
C. Because he had to do some part time jobs yesterday.
15. If a student wants to earn the scholarship, what is the required attendance rate?
A. 80% B. 90% C. 100%
16. Which of the following statements is not true according to the conversation?
A. The man is a grade one student in the university.
B. The man has to work after school.
C. The man thinks the time of the lecture is too early.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?
A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.
18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport?
A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. C. It’s cheap.
19. What is good about living in a small town?
A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more convenient.
20. What kind of life do the speakers seem to like most?
A. Busy. B. Colorful. C. Quiet.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The Chocolate Museum
The story of chocolate through the ages
◆Experience chocolate-making from cocoa bean to chocolate bar.
◆Enjoy the smell, taste and texture of freshly made chocolate
Opening hours
Tuesday- Friday 10 a m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday + public holidays 11 a m. to 7 a.m.
Closed on Mondays, Christmas Day and during Carnival week
Entrance fees
Adults $ 6.00
Concessions (over 65 years old) $ 3.00
Groups (of 15 people or more) $ 5.00
More than a museum !
The Panorama Restaurant can cater for all your corporate events: business lunches, anniversaries, weddings and parties, Groups of 30-300 people are welcome.
Welcome To Auckland Museum
“Nau mai haere mai”（毛利语）
Auckland Museum has a constantly changing feast of fresh events and new exhibitions reflecting the culture of New Zealand. This year is no exception.
Click here to find out more >>
Latest news
Be inspired by the da Vinci Machines exhibition and design and build your own original flying machine. The best entry will win the budding inventor a helicopter ride over Auckland for a family of four.
Avoid the traffic, enjoy hassle-free parking and view the exhibits in peace and quiet on Wednesday evenings! Open till 7: 30 p. m
From 28 November until 4 March there will be no public access to the Reading Room.
Click here to find out more >>
Museum opening hours
10 a m ---5 p.m. daily (except Christmas Day)
21. If 16 adults, including 3 aged 70, plan to visit the Chocolate Museum, how much should they pay at least?
A. $69 B.$87 C.$80 D. $78.
22. According to the information of Auckland Museum, we know that ____________.
A. it opens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day
B. the museum focuses on New Zealand’s culture
C. the winner will fly a helicopter as a reward
D. it has a feast of fresh events except this year
B
Hollywood’s theory that machines with evil minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly. The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence (AI) may become extremely good at achieving something other than what we really want. In 1960 a well-known mathematician Norbert Wiener, who founded the field of cybernetics(控制论)put it this way, “If we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere, we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose which we really desire.”
A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with living things; a wish to preserve its own existence. 'For the machine, this quality is not inborn, nor is it something introduced by humans; it is a logical consequence of the simple fact that the machine cannot achieve its original purpose if it is dead. So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffee, it will have a strong desire to secure success by disabling its own off switch or even killing anyone who might interfere with its task. If we are not careful, then, we could face a kind of global chess match against very determined, super intelligent machines whose objectives conflict with our own, with the real world as the chessboard.
The possibility of entering into and losing such a match should concentrate the minds of computer scientists. Some researchers argue that we can seal the machines inside a kind of firewall, using them to answer difficult questions but never allowing them to affect the real world. Unfortunately, that Plan seems unlikely to work: we have yet to invent a firewall that is secure against ordinary humans, let alone super intelligent machines.
Solving the safety problem well enough to move forward in AI seems to be possible but not easy. There are probably decades in which to plan for the arrival of super intelligent machines. But the problem should not be dismissed out of hand, as it has been by some AI researchers. Some argue that humans and machines can coexist as long as they work in teams--yet that is not possible unless machines share the goals of humans. Others say we can just “switch them off ” as if super intelligent machines are too stupid to think of that possibility. Still others think that super intelligent AI will never happen. On September 11, 1933. famous physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, with confidence, “Anyone who expects a source of power in the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.” However, on September 12, 1933, physicist Leo Szilard invented the neutron－induced（中子诱导）nuclear chain reaction.
23. Paragraph 1 mainly tells us that artificial intelligence may_____________.
A. command armies of killer robots B. satisfy human's real desires
C. run out of human control D. work faster than a mathematician
24. Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to ___________.
A. prevent themselves from being destroyed
B. achieve their original goals independently,
C. do anything successfully with given orders
D. beat humans in international chess matches
25. According to some researchers, we can use firewalls to ____________.
A. help super intelligent machines work better
B. be secure against evil human beings
C. keep machines from being harmed
D. avoid robots’ affecting the world
26. What does the author think of the safety problem of super intelligent machines?
A. It will be solved but with difficulty B. It will get worse with human interference
C. It will disappear with the development of AI D. It will stay for a decade.
C
Are you a different person when you speak a foreign language? That’s just one of the questions The New Yorker’s writer and native North Carolinian Lauren Collins explores in her autobiography, about her tough efforts to master French after marrying a Frenchman whose name—Olivier—she couldn’t even pronounce properly. When in French ranges from the humorously personal story to a deeper look at various theories of language acquisition and linguistics.
The couple met in London “on more or less neutral ground: his continent, my language” But the balance shifted when they moved to Geneva for Olivier's work. The normally voluble Collins found herself at a loss—“nearly speechless". The language barrier, and her dependence on her husband for simple things like buying the right cut of meat worsened her mixed feelings about “unlovely, but not ridiculous” Geneva. She comments, “Language, as much as land, is a place. To be cut off from it is to be, in a sense, homeless.”
Her sense of alienation (疏离感) leads to an examination of America's miserable record when it comes to foreign language, “Linguists call America‘the graveyard of languages’ because of its singular ability to take in millions of immigrants and make their native languages die out in a few generations,” Collins writes, Educated in Wilmington, N. C, and at Princeton, she could -like the vast majority of Americans --only speak their mother tongue.
Eight months after she moved to Switzerland. Collins gives up on the natural acquisition of language and finally attends a French course. As she struggles with grammar and vocabulary, Collins notes smartly that vert (green), verre (glass), ver( worm), vers( toward), and vair（squirrel） compose a quintuple homonym（同形异义）. “Although it’s difficult, French can try,” she says.
French is actually considered among the easiest languages for an English speaker to learn, especially compared to Arabic or Mandarin Chinese. Collins, whose notably rich English vocabulary includes glossolalia (nonsense speech)and shibboleth (catchword or slogan), finds plenty of terrific French words to love. She writes, “English is a trust fund, an untamed inheritance(遗产), but I’ve worked for every bit of French I’ve banked.”
Unlike Jhumpa Lahiri, who became so hooked on Italian and used it to write In Other Words. Collins's goals for learning French were more modest,“I wanted to speak French and to sound like North Carolina.”She also wanted to be able to deal with chimney sweeps and butchers, communicate with her in-laws, and “to touch Olivier in his own language”. She admits that she feels different speaking French, “Its austerity(朴素)made me feel more confused.”
Readers looking for the romantic spark of classic cross-cultural love stories featuring an outgoing American and a shy Frenchman will find flashes of it here. Among the many cultural differences the couple argue over are her enthusiastic American habit of applying the verb love to express enthusiasm for shoes, strawberries, and husbands alike. But there’s far more to Collins’book than fantastic comedy, and those who have weathered linguistic crossings themselves tend to find particular resonance(共鸣) in its inquiry into language, identity, and transcultural translation
Arranged by chapters named for verb tenses, When in French works its way from The Past Perfect (Le plus-que-parfait ) to The Present (Le Present) and The Conditional ( Le Conditionnel). Collins ends on a delightful note with Le Futur-fitting for a new mother about to move with her hard-won French husband, French language, and Swiss-born daughter to the French-speaking city of her dreams, Paris.
27.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word voluble in Para 2?
A. Graceful B. Dependent C. Talkative D. Energetic
28. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5 ?
A. Collins’ English vocabulary knowledge contributes little to her French learning
B. Collins has found out some effective ways of mastering French words.
C. Arabic or Mandarin Chinese are easier to learn than French for English speakers
D. It's terrifying for Collins to have French words in store for practical use.
29. The example of Jhumpa Lahiri in the passage is given to show that ___________.
A. Collins aims at using French for her daily life
B. Collins wants to apply French to serve her writing
C. it's inappropriate for Jhumpa Lahiri to write in another language
D. foreign language always makes learners feel complicated about life
30. Which of the following items are mentioned by the author of this book review?
①the theme ②the structure ③the publisher ④the popularity ⑤the writing style
①②④ B．②③⑤ C．①②⑤ D．①③⑤
D
Freedom and Responsibility
Freedom’s challenge in the Digital Age is a serious topic. We are facing today a strange new world and we are all wondering what we are going to do with it.
Some 2,500 years ago Greece discovered freedom. Before that there was no freedom. There were great civilizations, splendid empires, but no freedom anywhere. Egypt and Babylon were both tyrannies, one very powerful man ruling over helpless masses.
In Greece, in Athens, a little city in a little country, there were no helpless masses. And Athenians willingly obeyed the written laws which they themselves passed, and the unwritten, which must be obeyed if free men live together. They must show each other kindness and pity and the many qualities without which life would be very painful unless one chose to live alone in the desert.The Athenians never thought that a man was free if he could do what he wanted. A man was free if he was self-controlled. To make yourself obey what you approved was freedom. They were saved from looking at their lives as their own private affair. Each one felt responsible for the welfare of Athens, not because it was forced on him from the outside, but because the city was his pride and his safety. The essential belief of the first free government in the world was liberty for all men who could control themselves and would take responsibility for the state.
But discovering freedom is not like discovering computers. It cannot be discovered once for all. If people do not prize it, and work for it, it will go. Constant watch is its price. Athens changed. It was a change that took place without being noticed though it was of the extreme importance, a spiritual change which affected the whole state. It had been the Athenian’s pride and joy to give to their city. That they could get material benefits from her never entered their minds. There had to be a complete change of attitude before they could look at the city as an employer who paid her
citizens for doing her work. Now instead of men giving to the state, the state was to give to them.What the people wanted was a government which would provide a comfortable life for them; and with this as the primary object, ideas of freedom and self-reliance and responsibility were neglected to the point of disappearing. Athens was more and more looked on as a cooperative business possessed of great wealth in which all citizens had a right to share.
Athens reached the point when the freedom she really wanted was freedom from responsibility.There could be only one result. If men insisted on being free from the burden of self-dependence and responsibility for the common good, they would cease to be free. Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom. It is to be had on no other terms. Athens, the Athens of Ancient Greece, refused responsibility; she reached the end of freedom and was never to have it again.
But, "the excellent becomes the permanent”, Aristotle said. Athens lost freedom forever, but freedom was not lost forever for the world. A great American, James Madison, referred to: "The capacity (能力) of mankind for self-government.” No doubt he had not an idea that he was speaking Greek. Athens was not in the farthest background of his mind, but once man has a great and good idea, it is never completely lost. The Digital Age cannot destroy it. Somehow in this or that man’s thought such an idea lives though unconsidered by the world of action. One can never be sure that it is not on the point of breaking out into action only sure that it will do so sometime.
31. What does the underlined word “tyrannies” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Countries where their people need help.
B. Powerful states with higher civilization.
C. Splendid empires where people enjoy freedom.
D. Governments ruled with absolute power.
32. People believing in freedom are those who________ .
A. regard their life as their own business B. seek gains as their primary object
C. behave within the laws and value systems D. treat others with kindness and pity
33. What change in attitude took place in Athens?
A. The Athenians refused to take their responsibility.
B. The Athenians no longer took pride in the city.
C. The Athenians benefited spiritually from the government.
D. The Athenians looked on the government as a business.
34. What does the sentence "There could be only one result.” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Athens would continue to be free.
B. Athens would cease to have freedom.
C. Freedom would come from responsibility.
D. Freedom would stop Athens from self-dependence.
35. What is the author’s understanding of freedom?
A. Freedom can be more popular in the digital age.
B. Freedom may come to an end in the digital age.
C. Freedom should have priority over responsibility.
D. Freedom needs to be guaranteed by responsibility.
（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。
Much of the work in today’s world is accomplished（完成）in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. 36 Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent?
37 They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team’s performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn’t evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team’s performance.
To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate（协调）their actions. 38 In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team’s performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, ＂There is no I in TEAM.＂ 39
Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war（拔河比赛）, whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.
40 . An A-team may require a balance—not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.
A. It’s not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.
B. Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent
C. The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers’ attention.
D. Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.
E. Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.
F. Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.
G. This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.
第三部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I first started writing in the summer of 1998. Back then I was a teacher. After years of dreaming, I decided it was finally time to write a book. For 10 years I wrote, __41__ four middle-grade novels and six picture books almost only to editors. This was __42__ in the snail-mail age. Remember the __43__ you experienced as a child waiting for birthday presents to arrive in the mail? That was me for the better part of a decade.
In Spring 2009, at the last minute, I decided to hand in a middle-grade historical novel-in-verse to a __44__ at a local writing conference. I knew in my heart that it was my __45__ work, but I wasn't sure how it would be __46__ alongside pieces meant for the adult market. But then—I won. My prize __47__ a one-on-one interview with an editor who, after __48__ my manuscript, asked, “Why don't you have a(n) __49__ yet？”
Not long after that, I __50__ with my first agent. Then in 2013, after parting with my first agent, I was again faced with the __51__ for representation. This time I submitted to three agencies and got two __52__. Over the span of 20 years, I've got 18 completed manuscripts and was __53__ almost 350 times. It took me 14 years to see my first book __54__ the shelf. You could look at these numbers and get pretty __55__. I can look at these numbers and feel the same. I know plenty of people with a __56__ apprenticeship(学徒期). I have friends who have been more __57__. All sorts of authors I __58__ with in 2012 have published far more than I have. But here's the __59__ thing I've learned in the last 20 years: My process is mine. My journey is mine. Each book finds its way on its own.
The writing life is a long-term journey. There is no right way. There is no __60__ fix. There is no easy road. There is a lot of frustration and disappointment, but there is joy and satisfaction, too.
( )41. A. submitting B. lending C. keeping D. presenting
( )42. A. soon B. back C. already D. later
( )43. A. appreciation B. entertainment C. anticipation D. embarrassment
( )44. A. publisher B. newspaper C. reception D. competition
( )45. A. initial B. casual C. innovative D. subjective
( )46. A. criticized B. processed C. received D. distributed
( )47. A. followed B. included C. ensured D. confirmed
( )48. A. correcting B. polishing C. monitoring D. reviewing
( )49. A. agent B. client C. instructor D. fan
( )50. A. signed B. bargained C. dealt D. reasoned
( )51. A. excuse B. affection C. hunt D. request
( )52. A. offers B. substitutions C. professions D. complaints
( )53. A. registered B. rejected C. defeated D. deserted
( )54. A. under B. beside C. off D. on
( )55. A. amused B. inspired C. touched D. frustrated
( )56. A. longer B. heavier C. shorter D. newer
( )57. A. famous B. intelligent C. enthusiastic D. productive
( )58. A. debated B. mixed C. cooperated D. disagreed
( )59. A. key B. handy C. funny D. lively
( )60. A. temporary B. quick C. possible D. flexible
第II卷（非选择题，共60分）
第四部分 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese 61_____（dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners 62_____ come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap 63 _______ can be to eat out. I still remember
64 ________ (visit) a friend who’d lived here for five years and I 65______（shock) when I learnt she hadn’t cooked once in all that time.
While regularly eating out seems to 66______ (become)common for many young people in recent years, it’s not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be 67 _________ (afford) but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even 68 _____ (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in 69 ________ (weigh) problems.
If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum’s home 70______ dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.
第五部分 词汇检测 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请将答案的完整形式填在答题卡上相应题号的横线上，每空只填一个单词。
71.She studied his face,but it b nothing.
72. They are planning to build an e friendly hotel so as to save energy and reduce the pollution.
73.The driver argued that it was the heavy fog, not him, that should be r for the accident.
74.From?his?f look,?I?guess?he?must?have?found?something?horrible.?
75.To our joy, there are so many b in science and technology all over the world in recently years.
76.After we quarreled there was an a (尴尬的) silence.
77.The c______________（保护）of natural resources is thought of as the only way to stop the planet from failing.
78. The salesman g___________ (担保) that the TV would not break in the first five years with normal use.
79. There should be more t___________ schools（职校）to train workers in trades and industries. 80. Sorry, I don’t know the person you are looking for. Let me c_________ (查阅)the files which have the information about the people who have worked in this factory.
第六部分 短语填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列各个小题，并从所提供的12个短语中选择10个填入各句空格中，注意保持语义和形式的一致。请将答案的完整形式填在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
keep pace with
cut back on
push ahead with
work out
get through
in regard of
in favor of
have affection for
regardless of
do one’s part
toy with
hold out
81.I've been trying to ring up all day and I couldn't _________________ .
We still have a long way to go to solve all the problems _________________the Yangtze River.
Until now, wage increases have almost _________________ inflation.(通货膨胀)
The double 11 shopping festival has attracted more and more people to shopping online, which has led them to _________________ their spending in physical stores.
While cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already _________________ research in order to produce a cloned human baby.
Many people keep fit by_________________several times a week in the gym.
We can stay here for as long as our supplies_________________
She just_________________her food, as she wasn’t really hungry.
I agree with the view that not only governments but every single citizen should _________________ to fix this problem.
It's a bit like the exam syndrome where you write down everything you know _________________ what has been asked
第七部分 书面表达 （满分25分）
On Sina Weibo, the issue of trash sorting in Shanghai has attracted more than 50,000 posts and 70 million views, but enforcement of the regulation has sparked mixed feelings among the public.
Some people praised Shanghai for being a role model to solve the trash problem, while others complained about the inconvenience the regulation had brought to their daily lives, and made jokes about sorting their trash.
One of the most popular jokes goes, “Think about pigs before sorting your trash—things pigs can eat go to kitchen waste, things pigs don’t eat are residual waste, things pigs might die from while eating them are risky, and things that can be sold for money to buy a pig belong to recyclables.”
Xiao Guiyu, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress, said, “Although it’s a joke, it sums up the principle of trash sorting in a simple way that everyone can understand.” As for the complaints about inconvenience, the legislator stressed that the new regulation is a law, and just like traffic regulations, people have to learn to obey it as long as they live in Shanghai.
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；
2. 简要说明“垃圾分类”活动的必要性(至少两点)；
3. 简要分析“垃圾分类”活动可能面临的困难，并提出你的建议。
【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。
注意：作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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参考答案
听力理解：1-20： CBBCB ACBAB ABCAB CBCAB
阅读理解：21-25：DBCAD 26-30：ACBAC 31-35：DCABD
七选五：36-40：. B E G D F
完形填空：41-45 ABCDC 46-50 CBDAA 51-55 CABDD 56-60 CDBAB
语法填空：61.dishes 62.who/that 63.it 64.visiting 65.was shocked
66.have become 67.affordable 68.higher 69.weight 70.for
单词拼写:
71.She studied his face,but it betrayed nothing.
72. They are planning to build an environmentally friendly hotel so as to save energy and reduce the pollution.
73.The driver argued that it was the heavy fog, not him, that should be responsible for the accident.
74.From?his?frightened?look,?I?guess?he?must?have?found?something?horrible.?
75.To our joy, there are so many breakthroughs in science and technology all over the world in recently years.
76.After we quarreled there was an awkward (尴尬的) silence.
77.The conservation（保护）of natural resources is thought of as the only way to stop the planet from failing.
78. The salesman guaranteed (担保) that the TV would not break in the first five years with normal use.
79. There should be more technical schools（职校） to train workers in trades and industries.
80. Sorry, I don’t know the person you are looking for. Let me consult （查阅）the files which have the information about the people who have worked in this factory.
短语填空：
I've been trying to ring up all day and I couldn't get through .
We still have a long way to go to solve all the problems in regard to the Yangtze River.
Until now, wage increases have almost kept pace with inflation.
The double 11 shopping festival has attracted more and more people to shopping online, which has led them to cut back on their spending in physical stores.
While cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to produce a cloned human baby.
Many people keep fit by working out several times a week in the gym.
We can stay here for as long as our supplies hold out.
She just toyed with her food, as she wasn’t really hungry.
I agree with the view that not only governments but every single citizen should do his part to fix this problem.
It's a bit like the exam syndrome where you write down everything you know regardless of what has been asked
书面表达：
One possible version：
Trash sorting nowadays is receiving mixed opinions with some people applauding it while others dismissing it as inconvenient. Nevertheless, however unaccustomed people may feel, they must observe the new regulation.
I hold it firm that the value of trash sorting can’t be over-emphasized, and its advantages are as follows. To begin with, it is environmentally-friendly in that it will reduce the land occupation used to bury garbage. Moreover, it is economically-beneficial, for it will not only save the cost of processing garbage, it will also enable the reuse of the recyclable.
Significant as trash sorting is, people’s confusion about the categories of trash sometimes discourages their willingness to do it. Accordingly, a series of campaigns should be in place to help people build up a strong awareness of the necessity and understand how to categorize trash.
In a word, trash sorting is a worthwhile course which will benefit future generations.
书面表达评分建议
一、内容要点
1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；(8分)
2. 简要说明“垃圾分类”活动的必要性(至少两点)；(7分)
3. 简要分析“垃圾分类”活动可能面临的困难，并提出你的建议；(7分)
4. 总结段落。(2分)
二、评分原则
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。
2. 评分时，可先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3. 少于130词或多于180词的，从总分中酌情减去1-2分。
4. 评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、运用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。
5. 拼写和标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。
6. 如字迹难以辨认，以致影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。
7. 书面表达的分差，设定为5分。
听力原文
Text 1
W: Simon, could you return the tools I lent you for building the bookshelf last month?
M: Oh, well, I hate to tell you this, but I can’t seem to find them.
Text 2
W: Well, you said you didn’t care very much for you job. Have you ever thought of giving it up?
M: Not really. You see I have a lot of friends in the office. I’m part of the family there.
Text 3
M: Hi, Miss Green. Sorry, I failed your subject again but I really tried my best.
W: No one is sure to succeed every time. Cheer up, young man. You will have more chances.
M: Thank you, Miss Green. I’ll try harder next time.
Text 4
W: I don’t know how you can eat so much yet never put on any weight, son. Your father’s got the same luck. I can’t take a bite without calculating how many calories I am taking.
M: But remember Aunt Louise, Mom? She ate a lot and never gained a pound.
Text 5
M: Don’t you like the coat you just tried on?
W: Well, I like the color and fabric.
M: And it is really nice and reasonably priced.
W: Yes. I would have bought it right away if they had had it in my size.
Text 6
M: Can you describe the room to me, please?
W: Certainly. Let’s see, first there’s a big double bed, and of course there’s a telephone by the bed, and you have the radio alarm next to that. Then there’s a TV…
M: Oh, well, are the bed sheets changed every day?
W: Yes. They’re changed every day. And in fact the pillows are filled with a special material instead of cotton, which can help you fall asleep.
M: I’m allergic to flowers.
W: I’m sure they’re not dried flowers. But I’m sorry I can’t remember the name.
M: Well, that seems to be just fine.
Text 7
M: Tell me about yourself and your past experience.
W: I have worked as an executive secretary for 5 years, first for a trading company, then a trust company.
M: How fast can you type?
W: I can type 100 Chinese words per minute and 150 English words a minute.
M: Can you operate computers skillfully?
W: Yes, I can. I have received some special training in computers. Besides I am good at operating common office machines like fax.
M: Sometimes we are very busy and need to work overtime. How do you feel about that?
W: Could you tell me how often and how many hours I should work overtime?
M: It just depends. If we have important visiting delegations, you have to stay with us. It’s not unusual.
W: That’s all right.
Text 8
M: Hi, Asha. Is your mother feeling any better?
W: No, I’m afraid not. She’s very homesick. She misses her family and friends back in India.
M: Do you think she will ever move back to India?
W: I’m not sure. It’s very difficult for her, because my father and my sisters all live here in California, so she doesn’t want to leave us.
M: Does she ever go visit her family in India?
W: She goes back once a year to visit her family and friends. But when she’s in India, she misses her family in the United States.
M: It must be very hard for her, to always be torn between two places.
W: Yes, it is. And she’s always telling us not to forget our Indian culture. So, next year, my sisters and I are planning on traveling to India with her for a few months, so that we can all experience the culture together.
M: I think that’s a wonderful idea. She’ll be so happy!
Text 9
M: Hello, I’m a new student on Economics. Can I know some information about the courses?
W: Well, I lecture on that program. What do you need to know?
M: I’d like to know how many lectures a week I have to attend?
W: Two lectures a week, on Tuesday and Thursday. Besides, there’s one group discussion every Friday.
M: So what time?
W: Let me see …You should have known this information yesterday, at the meeting for the new students.
M: Oh, was there a meeting yesterday? I didn’t know about that …no one mentioned…
W: Never mind. Now lectures are at four in the afternoon.
M: Four’s bit late. I’ve got a part time job that starts at four thirty.
W: Well, but attendance at lectures is necessary. We expect at least 80% attendance at this university, you know.
M: 80%! That’s high.
W: But I’m afraid you have to meet that requirement, otherwise, you can’t get enough credits to graduate. And what’s more, if you want to earn the scholarship, 90% attendance rate or above is a must.
M: Ok, I see. Thank you for your information.
W: You’re welcome.
Text 10
I grew up in a small town until I was 18 and then moved to a big city, so I have experienced the good and bad sides of both. I never thought that I would like living in a big city, but I was wrong. After ten years of living in one, I can’t imagine ever living in a small town again. Surely small towns and big cities both have some problems in terms of transport. In a small town, you have to own a car to make life comfortable. You can’t get around without one because there isn’t any kind of public transport. Big cities generally have heavy traffic and expensive parking, but there you have a choice of taking public transport, which is cheaper than driving. So, if you don’t have a car, you’d better live in the city. I also love the exciting life in big cities. I can always enjoy a lot of films, concerts, and other wonderful shows. However, these things are not common in small towns. The final thing I like about large cities is that you can meet different kinds of people. I think that living in an area where everyone was just like me would quickly become dull. Of course, safety should be considered, and that’s one area where small towns are better than big cities. Still, I would rather be a bit more careful and live in a large city than to feel safe but dull.
高二英语期中检测卷
时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第I卷（选择题，共 90分）
第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分20分）
（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. What do we learn from the conversation?
A. The man hates to lend his tools to other people.
B. The man hasn’t finished working on the bookshelf.
C. The man lost those tools.
2. What do we know about the man?
A. He doesn’t like his job.
B. He will not give up his job.
C. He has a large family to support
3. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student C. Headmaster and teacher.
4.Who is worried about gaining weight?
A. The son. B. Aunt Louise. C. The mother.
5. Why doesn’t the woman buy the coat?
A. It is expensive. B. There isn’t her size. C. She doesn’t like the color.
（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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the woman probably?
A. A hotel clerk. B. A house agent. C. A shop assistant,
7. What is the pillow filled with?
A. Cotton. B. Dried flowers. C. A special material.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What kind of skills does the woman not have?
A. Operating computers. B. Doing business. C. Typing.
9. Which company did the woman work in?
A. A trading company and a trust company.
B. A trust company.
C. A trading company.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What’s wrong with the woman’s mother?
A. She has been sick.
B. She misses her family and friends.
C. She can’t earn enough to support her family.
11. Where does the woman live?
A. In America. B. In India. C. In Britain.
12. What does the woman plan to do next year?
A. Study a new language. B. Travel to India. C.Visit her father’s native country.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How many Economics lectures will the man attend every week?
A. 5 times, from Monday to Friday.
B. Two times, on Thursday and Friday.
C. Two times, on Tuesday and Thursday.
14. Why did the man miss the meeting for the new students yesterday?
A. Because he hadn’t received any notice about that meeting.
B. Because he had to attend the group discussion.
C. Because he had to do some part time jobs yesterday.
15. If a student wants to earn the scholarship, what is the required attendance rate?
A. 80% B. 90% C. 100%
16. Which of the following statements is not true according to the conversation?
A. The man is a grade one student in the university.
B. The man has to work after school.
C. The man thinks the time of the lecture is too early.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?
A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.
18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport?
A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. C. It’s cheap.
19. What is good about living in a small town?
A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more convenient.
20. What kind of life do the speakers seem to like most?
A. Busy. B. Colorful. C. Quiet.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The Chocolate Museum
The story of chocolate through the ages
◆Experience chocolate-making from cocoa bean to chocolate bar.
◆Enjoy the smell, taste and texture of freshly made chocolate
Opening hours
Tuesday- Friday 10 a m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday + public holidays 11 a m. to 7 a.m.
Closed on Mondays, Christmas Day and during Carnival week
Entrance fees
Adults $ 6.00
Concessions (over 65 years old) $ 3.00
Groups (of 15 people or more) $ 5.00
More than a museum !
The Panorama Restaurant can cater for all your corporate events: business lunches, anniversaries, weddings and parties, Groups of 30-300 people are welcome.
Welcome To Auckland Museum
“Nau mai haere mai”（毛利语）
Auckland Museum has a constantly changing feast of fresh events and new exhibitions reflecting the culture of New Zealand. This year is no exception.
Click here to find out more >>
Latest news
Be inspired by the da Vinci Machines exhibition and design and build your own original flying machine. The best entry will win the budding inventor a helicopter ride over Auckland for a family of four.
Avoid the traffic, enjoy hassle-free parking and view the exhibits in peace and quiet on Wednesday evenings! Open till 7: 30 p. m
From 28 November until 4 March there will be no public access to the Reading Room.
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Museum opening hours
10 a m ---5 p.m. daily (except Christmas Day)
21. If 16 adults, including 3 aged 70, plan to visit the Chocolate Museum, how much should they pay at least?
A. $69 B.$87 C.$80 D. $78.
22. According to the information of Auckland Museum, we know that ____________.
A. it opens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day
B. the museum focuses on New Zealand’s culture
C. the winner will fly a helicopter as a reward
D. it has a feast of fresh events except this year
B
Hollywood’s theory that machines with evil minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly. The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence (AI) may become extremely good at achieving something other than what we really want. In 1960 a well-known mathematician Norbert Wiener, who founded the field of cybernetics(控制论)put it this way, “If we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere, we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose which we really desire.”
A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with living things; a wish to preserve its own existence. 'For the machine, this quality is not inborn, nor is it something introduced by humans; it is a logical consequence of the simple fact that the machine cannot achieve its original purpose if it is dead. So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffee, it will have a strong desire to secure success by disabling its own off switch or even killing anyone who might interfere with its task. If we are not careful, then, we could face a kind of global chess match against very determined, super intelligent machines whose objectives conflict with our own, with the real world as the chessboard.
The possibility of entering into and losing such a match should concentrate the minds of computer scientists. Some researchers argue that we can seal the machines inside a kind of firewall, using them to answer difficult questions but never allowing them to affect the real world. Unfortunately, that Plan seems unlikely to work: we have yet to invent a firewall that is secure against ordinary humans, let alone super intelligent machines.
Solving the safety problem well enough to move forward in AI seems to be possible but not easy. There are probably decades in which to plan for the arrival of super intelligent machines. But the problem should not be dismissed out of hand, as it has been by some AI researchers. Some argue that humans and machines can coexist as long as they work in teams--yet that is not possible unless machines share the goals of humans. Others say we can just “switch them off ” as if super intelligent machines are too stupid to think of that possibility. Still others think that super intelligent AI will never happen. On September 11, 1933. famous physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, with confidence, “Anyone who expects a source of power in the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.” However, on September 12, 1933, physicist Leo Szilard invented the neutron－induced（中子诱导）nuclear chain reaction.
23. Paragraph 1 mainly tells us that artificial intelligence may_____________.
A. command armies of killer robots B. satisfy human's real desires
C. run out of human control D. work faster than a mathematician
24. Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to ___________.
A. prevent themselves from being destroyed
B. achieve their original goals independently,
C. do anything successfully with given orders
D. beat humans in international chess matches
25. According to some researchers, we can use firewalls to ____________.
A. help super intelligent machines work better
B. be secure against evil human beings
C. keep machines from being harmed
D. avoid robots’ affecting the world
26. What does the author think of the safety problem of super intelligent machines?
A. It will be solved but with difficulty B. It will get worse with human interference
C. It will disappear with the development of AI D. It will stay for a decade.
C
Are you a different person when you speak a foreign language? That’s just one of the questions The New Yorker’s writer and native North Carolinian Lauren Collins explores in her autobiography, about her tough efforts to master French after marrying a Frenchman whose name—Olivier—she couldn’t even pronounce properly. When in French ranges from the humorously personal story to a deeper look at various theories of language acquisition and linguistics.
The couple met in London “on more or less neutral ground: his continent, my language” But the balance shifted when they moved to Geneva for Olivier's work. The normally voluble Collins found herself at a loss—“nearly speechless". The language barrier, and her dependence on her husband for simple things like buying the right cut of meat worsened her mixed feelings about “unlovely, but not ridiculous” Geneva. She comments, “Language, as much as land, is a place. To be cut off from it is to be, in a sense, homeless.”
Her sense of alienation (疏离感) leads to an examination of America's miserable record when it comes to foreign language, “Linguists call America‘the graveyard of languages’ because of its singular ability to take in millions of immigrants and make their native languages die out in a few generations,” Collins writes, Educated in Wilmington, N. C, and at Princeton, she could -like the vast majority of Americans --only speak their mother tongue.
Eight months after she moved to Switzerland. Collins gives up on the natural acquisition of language and finally attends a French course. As she struggles with grammar and vocabulary, Collins notes smartly that vert (green), verre (glass), ver( worm), vers( toward), and vair（squirrel） compose a quintuple homonym（同形异义）. “Although it’s difficult, French can try,” she says.
French is actually considered among the easiest languages for an English speaker to learn, especially compared to Arabic or Mandarin Chinese. Collins, whose notably rich English vocabulary includes glossolalia (nonsense speech)and shibboleth (catchword or slogan), finds plenty of terrific French words to love. She writes, “English is a trust fund, an untamed inheritance(遗产), but I’ve worked for every bit of French I’ve banked.”
Unlike Jhumpa Lahiri, who became so hooked on Italian and used it to write In Other Words. Collins's goals for learning French were more modest,“I wanted to speak French and to sound like North Carolina.”She also wanted to be able to deal with chimney sweeps and butchers, communicate with her in-laws, and “to touch Olivier in his own language”. She admits that she feels different speaking French, “Its austerity(朴素)made me feel more confused.”
Readers looking for the romantic spark of classic cross-cultural love stories featuring an outgoing American and a shy Frenchman will find flashes of it here. Among the many cultural differences the couple argue over are her enthusiastic American habit of applying the verb love to express enthusiasm for shoes, strawberries, and husbands alike. But there’s far more to Collins’book than fantastic comedy, and those who have weathered linguistic crossings themselves tend to find particular resonance(共鸣) in its inquiry into language, identity, and transcultural translation
Arranged by chapters named for verb tenses, When in French works its way from The Past Perfect (Le plus-que-parfait ) to The Present (Le Present) and The Conditional ( Le Conditionnel). Collins ends on a delightful note with Le Futur-fitting for a new mother about to move with her hard-won French husband, French language, and Swiss-born daughter to the French-speaking city of her dreams, Paris.
27.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word voluble in Para 2?
A. Graceful B. Dependent C. Talkative D. Energetic
28. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5 ?
A. Collins’ English vocabulary knowledge contributes little to her French learning
B. Collins has found out some effective ways of mastering French words.
C. Arabic or Mandarin Chinese are easier to learn than French for English speakers
D. It's terrifying for Collins to have French words in store for practical use.
29. The example of Jhumpa Lahiri in the passage is given to show that ___________.
A. Collins aims at using French for her daily life
B. Collins wants to apply French to serve her writing
C. it's inappropriate for Jhumpa Lahiri to write in another language
D. foreign language always makes learners feel complicated about life
30. Which of the following items are mentioned by the author of this book review?
①the theme ②the structure ③the publisher ④the popularity ⑤the writing style
①②④ B．②③⑤ C．①②⑤ D．①③⑤
D
Freedom and Responsibility
Freedom’s challenge in the Digital Age is a serious topic. We are facing today a strange new world and we are all wondering what we are going to do with it.
Some 2,500 years ago Greece discovered freedom. Before that there was no freedom. There were great civilizations, splendid empires, but no freedom anywhere. Egypt and Babylon were both tyrannies, one very powerful man ruling over helpless masses.
In Greece, in Athens, a little city in a little country, there were no helpless masses. And Athenians willingly obeyed the written laws which they themselves passed, and the unwritten, which must be obeyed if free men live together. They must show each other kindness and pity and the many qualities without which life would be very painful unless one chose to live alone in the desert.The Athenians never thought that a man was free if he could do what he wanted. A man was free if he was self-controlled. To make yourself obey what you approved was freedom. They were saved from looking at their lives as their own private affair. Each one felt responsible for the welfare of Athens, not because it was forced on him from the outside, but because the city was his pride and his safety. The essential belief of the first free government in the world was liberty for all men who could control themselves and would take responsibility for the state.
But discovering freedom is not like discovering computers. It cannot be discovered once for all. If people do not prize it, and work for it, it will go. Constant watch is its price. Athens changed. It was a change that took place without being noticed though it was of the extreme importance, a spiritual change which affected the whole state. It had been the Athenian’s pride and joy to give to their city. That they could get material benefits from her never entered their minds. There had to be a complete change of attitude before they could look at the city as an employer who paid her
citizens for doing her work. Now instead of men giving to the state, the state was to give to them.What the people wanted was a government which would provide a comfortable life for them; and with this as the primary object, ideas of freedom and self-reliance and responsibility were neglected to the point of disappearing. Athens was more and more looked on as a cooperative business possessed of great wealth in which all citizens had a right to share.
Athens reached the point when the freedom she really wanted was freedom from responsibility.There could be only one result. If men insisted on being free from the burden of self-dependence and responsibility for the common good, they would cease to be free. Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom. It is to be had on no other terms. Athens, the Athens of Ancient Greece, refused responsibility; she reached the end of freedom and was never to have it again.
But, "the excellent becomes the permanent”, Aristotle said. Athens lost freedom forever, but freedom was not lost forever for the world. A great American, James Madison, referred to: "The capacity (能力) of mankind for self-government.” No doubt he had not an idea that he was speaking Greek. Athens was not in the farthest background of his mind, but once man has a great and good idea, it is never completely lost. The Digital Age cannot destroy it. Somehow in this or that man’s thought such an idea lives though unconsidered by the world of action. One can never be sure that it is not on the point of breaking out into action only sure that it will do so sometime.
31. What does the underlined word “tyrannies” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Countries where their people need help.
B. Powerful states with higher civilization.
C. Splendid empires where people enjoy freedom.
D. Governments ruled with absolute power.
32. People believing in freedom are those who________ .
A. regard their life as their own business B. seek gains as their primary object
C. behave within the laws and value systems D. treat others with kindness and pity
33. What change in attitude took place in Athens?
A. The Athenians refused to take their responsibility.
B. The Athenians no longer took pride in the city.
C. The Athenians benefited spiritually from the government.
D. The Athenians looked on the government as a business.
34. What does the sentence "There could be only one result.” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Athens would continue to be free.
B. Athens would cease to have freedom.
C. Freedom would come from responsibility.
D. Freedom would stop Athens from self-dependence.
35. What is the author’s understanding of freedom?
A. Freedom can be more popular in the digital age.
B. Freedom may come to an end in the digital age.
C. Freedom should have priority over responsibility.
D. Freedom needs to be guaranteed by responsibility.
（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。
Much of the work in today’s world is accomplished（完成）in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. 36 Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent?
37 They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team’s performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn’t evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team’s performance.
To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate（协调）their actions. 38 In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team’s performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, ＂There is no I in TEAM.＂ 39
Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war（拔河比赛）, whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.
40 . An A-team may require a balance—not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.
A. It’s not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.
B. Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent
C. The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers’ attention.
D. Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.
E. Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.
F. Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.
G. This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.
第三部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I first started writing in the summer of 1998. Back then I was a teacher. After years of dreaming, I decided it was finally time to write a book. For 10 years I wrote, __41__ four middle-grade novels and six picture books almost only to editors. This was __42__ in the snail-mail age. Remember the __43__ you experienced as a child waiting for birthday presents to arrive in the mail? That was me for the better part of a decade.
In Spring 2009, at the last minute, I decided to hand in a middle-grade historical novel-in-verse to a __44__ at a local writing conference. I knew in my heart that it was my __45__ work, but I wasn't sure how it would be __46__ alongside pieces meant for the adult market. But then—I won. My prize __47__ a one-on-one interview with an editor who, after __48__ my manuscript, asked, “Why don't you have a(n) __49__ yet？”
Not long after that, I __50__ with my first agent. Then in 2013, after parting with my first agent, I was again faced with the __51__ for representation. This time I submitted to three agencies and got two __52__. Over the span of 20 years, I've got 18 completed manuscripts and was __53__ almost 350 times. It took me 14 years to see my first book __54__ the shelf. You could look at these numbers and get pretty __55__. I can look at these numbers and feel the same. I know plenty of people with a __56__ apprenticeship(学徒期). I have friends who have been more __57__. All sorts of authors I __58__ with in 2012 have published far more than I have. But here's the __59__ thing I've learned in the last 20 years: My process is mine. My journey is mine. Each book finds its way on its own.
The writing life is a long-term journey. There is no right way. There is no __60__ fix. There is no easy road. There is a lot of frustration and disappointment, but there is joy and satisfaction, too.
( )41. A. submitting B. lending C. keeping D. presenting
( )42. A. soon B. back C. already D. later
( )43. A. appreciation B. entertainment C. anticipation D. embarrassment
( )44. A. publisher B. newspaper C. reception D. competition
( )45. A. initial B. casual C. innovative D. subjective
( )46. A. criticized B. processed C. received D. distributed
( )47. A. followed B. included C. ensured D. confirmed
( )48. A. correcting B. polishing C. monitoring D. reviewing
( )49. A. agent B. client C. instructor D. fan
( )50. A. signed B. bargained C. dealt D. reasoned
( )51. A. excuse B. affection C. hunt D. request
( )52. A. offers B. substitutions C. professions D. complaints
( )53. A. registered B. rejected C. defeated D. deserted
( )54. A. under B. beside C. off D. on
( )55. A. amused B. inspired C. touched D. frustrated
( )56. A. longer B. heavier C. shorter D. newer
( )57. A. famous B. intelligent C. enthusiastic D. productive
( )58. A. debated B. mixed C. cooperated D. disagreed
( )59. A. key B. handy C. funny D. lively
( )60. A. temporary B. quick C. possible D. flexible
第II卷（非选择题，共60分）
第四部分 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese 61_____（dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners 62_____ come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap 63 _______ can be to eat out. I still remember
64 ________ (visit) a friend who’d lived here for five years and I 65______（shock) when I learnt she hadn’t cooked once in all that time.
While regularly eating out seems to 66______ (become)common for many young people in recent years, it’s not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be 67 _________ (afford) but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even 68 _____ (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in 69 ________ (weigh) problems.
If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum’s home 70______ dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.
第五部分 词汇检测 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请将答案的完整形式填在答题卡上相应题号的横线上，每空只填一个单词。
71.She studied his face,but it b nothing.
72. They are planning to build an e friendly hotel so as to save energy and reduce the pollution.
73.The driver argued that it was the heavy fog, not him, that should be r for the accident.
74.From?his?f look,?I?guess?he?must?have?found?something?horrible.?
75.To our joy, there are so many b in science and technology all over the world in recently years.
76.After we quarreled there was an a (尴尬的) silence.
77.The c______________（保护）of natural resources is thought of as the only way to stop the planet from failing.
78. The salesman g___________ (担保) that the TV would not break in the first five years with normal use.
79. There should be more t___________ schools（职校）to train workers in trades and industries. 80. Sorry, I don’t know the person you are looking for. Let me c_________ (查阅)the files which have the information about the people who have worked in this factory.
第六部分 短语填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列各个小题，并从所提供的12个短语中选择10个填入各句空格中，注意保持语义和形式的一致。请将答案的完整形式填在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
keep pace with
cut back on
push ahead with
work out
get through
in regard of
in favor of
have affection for
regardless of
do one’s part
toy with
hold out
81.I've been trying to ring up all day and I couldn't _________________ .
We still have a long way to go to solve all the problems _________________the Yangtze River.
Until now, wage increases have almost _________________ inflation.(通货膨胀)
The double 11 shopping festival has attracted more and more people to shopping online, which has led them to _________________ their spending in physical stores.
While cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already _________________ research in order to produce a cloned human baby.
Many people keep fit by_________________several times a week in the gym.
We can stay here for as long as our supplies_________________
She just_________________her food, as she wasn’t really hungry.
I agree with the view that not only governments but every single citizen should _________________ to fix this problem.
It's a bit like the exam syndrome where you write down everything you know _________________ what has been asked
第七部分 书面表达 （满分25分）
On Sina Weibo, the issue of trash sorting in Shanghai has attracted more than 50,000 posts and 70 million views, but enforcement of the regulation has sparked mixed feelings among the public.
Some people praised Shanghai for being a role model to solve the trash problem, while others complained about the inconvenience the regulation had brought to their daily lives, and made jokes about sorting their trash.
One of the most popular jokes goes, “Think about pigs before sorting your trash—things pigs can eat go to kitchen waste, things pigs don’t eat are residual waste, things pigs might die from while eating them are risky, and things that can be sold for money to buy a pig belong to recyclables.”
Xiao Guiyu, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress, said, “Although it’s a joke, it sums up the principle of trash sorting in a simple way that everyone can understand.” As for the complaints about inconvenience, the legislator stressed that the new regulation is a law, and just like traffic regulations, people have to learn to obey it as long as they live in Shanghai.
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；
2. 简要说明“垃圾分类”活动的必要性(至少两点)；
3. 简要分析“垃圾分类”活动可能面临的困难，并提出你的建议。
【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。
注意：作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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参考答案
听力理解：1-20： CBBCB ACBAB ABCAB CBCAB
阅读理解：21-25：DBCAD 26-30：ACBAC 31-35：DCABD
七选五：36-40：. B E G D F
完形填空：41-45 ABCDC 46-50 CBDAA 51-55 CABDD 56-60 CDBAB
语法填空：61.dishes 62.who/that 63.it 64.visiting 65.was shocked
66.have become 67.affordable 68.higher 69.weight 70.for
单词拼写:
71.She studied his face,but it betrayed nothing.
72. They are planning to build an environmentally friendly hotel so as to save energy and reduce the pollution.
73.The driver argued that it was the heavy fog, not him, that should be responsible for the accident.
74.From?his?frightened?look,?I?guess?he?must?have?found?something?horrible.?
75.To our joy, there are so many breakthroughs in science and technology all over the world in recently years.
76.After we quarreled there was an awkward (尴尬的) silence.
77.The conservation（保护）of natural resources is thought of as the only way to stop the planet from failing.
78. The salesman guaranteed (担保) that the TV would not break in the first five years with normal use.
79. There should be more technical schools（职校） to train workers in trades and industries.
80. Sorry, I don’t know the person you are looking for. Let me consult （查阅）the files which have the information about the people who have worked in this factory.
短语填空：
I've been trying to ring up all day and I couldn't get through .
We still have a long way to go to solve all the problems in regard to the Yangtze River.
Until now, wage increases have almost kept pace with inflation.
The double 11 shopping festival has attracted more and more people to shopping online, which has led them to cut back on their spending in physical stores.
While cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to produce a cloned human baby.
Many people keep fit by working out several times a week in the gym.
We can stay here for as long as our supplies hold out.
She just toyed with her food, as she wasn’t really hungry.
I agree with the view that not only governments but every single citizen should do his part to fix this problem.
It's a bit like the exam syndrome where you write down everything you know regardless of what has been asked
书面表达：
One possible version：
Trash sorting nowadays is receiving mixed opinions with some people applauding it while others dismissing it as inconvenient. Nevertheless, however unaccustomed people may feel, they must observe the new regulation.
I hold it firm that the value of trash sorting can’t be over-emphasized, and its advantages are as follows. To begin with, it is environmentally-friendly in that it will reduce the land occupation used to bury garbage. Moreover, it is economically-beneficial, for it will not only save the cost of processing garbage, it will also enable the reuse of the recyclable.
Significant as trash sorting is, people’s confusion about the categories of trash sometimes discourages their willingness to do it. Accordingly, a series of campaigns should be in place to help people build up a strong awareness of the necessity and understand how to categorize trash.
In a word, trash sorting is a worthwhile course which will benefit future generations.
书面表达评分建议
一、内容要点
1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；(8分)
2. 简要说明“垃圾分类”活动的必要性(至少两点)；(7分)
3. 简要分析“垃圾分类”活动可能面临的困难，并提出你的建议；(7分)
4. 总结段落。(2分)
二、评分原则
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。
2. 评分时，可先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3. 少于130词或多于180词的，从总分中酌情减去1-2分。
4. 评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、运用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。
5. 拼写和标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。
6. 如字迹难以辨认，以致影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。
7. 书面表达的分差，设定为5分。
听力原文
Text 1
W: Simon, could you return the tools I lent you for building the bookshelf last month?
M: Oh, well, I hate to tell you this, but I can’t seem to find them.
Text 2
W: Well, you said you didn’t care very much for you job. Have you ever thought of giving it up?
M: Not really. You see I have a lot of friends in the office. I’m part of the family there.
Text 3
M: Hi, Miss Green. Sorry, I failed your subject again but I really tried my best.
W: No one is sure to succeed every time. Cheer up, young man. You will have more chances.
M: Thank you, Miss Green. I’ll try harder next time.
Text 4
W: I don’t know how you can eat so much yet never put on any weight, son. Your father’s got the same luck. I can’t take a bite without calculating how many calories I am taking.
M: But remember Aunt Louise, Mom? She ate a lot and never gained a pound.
Text 5
M: Don’t you like the coat you just tried on?
W: Well, I like the color and fabric.
M: And it is really nice and reasonably priced.
W: Yes. I would have bought it right away if they had had it in my size.
Text 6
M: Can you describe the room to me, please?
W: Certainly. Let’s see, first there’s a big double bed, and of course there’s a telephone by the bed, and you have the radio alarm next to that. Then there’s a TV…
M: Oh, well, are the bed sheets changed every day?
W: Yes. They’re changed every day. And in fact the pillows are filled with a special material instead of cotton, which can help you fall asleep.
M: I’m allergic to flowers.
W: I’m sure they’re not dried flowers. But I’m sorry I can’t remember the name.
M: Well, that seems to be just fine.
Text 7
M: Tell me about yourself and your past experience.
W: I have worked as an executive secretary for 5 years, first for a trading company, then a trust company.
M: How fast can you type?
W: I can type 100 Chinese words per minute and 150 English words a minute.
M: Can you operate computers skillfully?
W: Yes, I can. I have received some special training in computers. Besides I am good at operating common office machines like fax.
M: Sometimes we are very busy and need to work overtime. How do you feel about that?
W: Could you tell me how often and how many hours I should work overtime?
M: It just depends. If we have important visiting delegations, you have to stay with us. It’s not unusual.
W: That’s all right.
Text 8
M: Hi, Asha. Is your mother feeling any better?
W: No, I’m afraid not. She’s very homesick. She misses her family and friends back in India.
M: Do you think she will ever move back to India?
W: I’m not sure. It’s very difficult for her, because my father and my sisters all live here in California, so she doesn’t want to leave us.
M: Does she ever go visit her family in India?
W: She goes back once a year to visit her family and friends. But when she’s in India, she misses her family in the United States.
M: It must be very hard for her, to always be torn between two places.
W: Yes, it is. And she’s always telling us not to forget our Indian culture. So, next year, my sisters and I are planning on traveling to India with her for a few months, so that we can all experience the culture together.
M: I think that’s a wonderful idea. She’ll be so happy!
Text 9
M: Hello, I’m a new student on Economics. Can I know some information about the courses?
W: Well, I lecture on that program. What do you need to know?
M: I’d like to know how many lectures a week I have to attend?
W: Two lectures a week, on Tuesday and Thursday. Besides, there’s one group discussion every Friday.
M: So what time?
W: Let me see …You should have known this information yesterday, at the meeting for the new students.
M: Oh, was there a meeting yesterday? I didn’t know about that …no one mentioned…
W: Never mind. Now lectures are at four in the afternoon.
M: Four’s bit late. I’ve got a part time job that starts at four thirty.
W: Well, but attendance at lectures is necessary. We expect at least 80% attendance at this university, you know.
M: 80%! That’s high.
W: But I’m afraid you have to meet that requirement, otherwise, you can’t get enough credits to graduate. And what’s more, if you want to earn the scholarship, 90% attendance rate or above is a must.
M: Ok, I see. Thank you for your information.
W: You’re welcome.
Text 10
I grew up in a small town until I was 18 and then moved to a big city, so I have experienced the good and bad sides of both. I never thought that I would like living in a big city, but I was wrong. After ten years of living in one, I can’t imagine ever living in a small town again. Surely small towns and big cities both have some problems in terms of transport. In a small town, you have to own a car to make life comfortable. You can’t get around without one because there isn’t any kind of public transport. Big cities generally have heavy traffic and expensive parking, but there you have a choice of taking public transport, which is cheaper than driving. So, if you don’t have a car, you’d better live in the city. I also love the exciting life in big cities. I can always enjoy a lot of films, concerts, and other wonderful shows. However, these things are not common in small towns. The final thing I like about large cities is that you can meet different kinds of people. I think that living in an area where everyone was just like me would quickly become dull. Of course, safety should be considered, and that’s one area where small towns are better than big cities. Still, I would rather be a bit more careful and live in a large city than to feel safe but dull.
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