英 语 试 卷
第一部分:阅读理解(共两节,20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)
A
Traveling to a foreign country can make you frightened if you don’t know the local language.Mr.Thibault has a number of tips to help travelers manage in a destination when they don’t speak the native tongue, based on his own experience.Here are a few of them.
Download a Language Translation App
Mr.Thibault tends to rely on Google Translate and suggests that travelers find an app that works for them.Ideally, find one that specializes in the language you need to translate especially if the language uses a character set you’re not familiar with, or have difficulty pronouncing.
Speak with Your Hands and Head
Pointing with your hands and nodding or shaking your head,Mr.Thibault said,are easy ways to communicate with locals in the country you’re in.“Gestures are all universally understood,” he said.
Learn a Few Key Words
Knowing basic words and phrases like “hello”,“thank you” and “I’m sorry, I don’t speak your language.Do you speak English?” is a must, Mr.Thibault said.Showing that you care enough to learn some of the language before you go, and at least enough to acknowledge that you don’t know more, is a form of respect and will go a long way to be liked by locals.
Hire a Local Tour Guide
A tour guide can help you get a better grasp of the local language and is a good person to practice words and phrases with.Whenever Mr.Thibault visits a new country, he books a sightseeing tour with a guide on the first day of his trip.“I use this day to learn about my destination and get familiar with the language,” he said.
1.In what situation should a language translation app be applied while traveling abroad?
A.When you have trouble pronouncing the words.
B.When you want to acknowledge your ignorance.
C.When you want to practice the local language.
D.When you feel uncomfortable in the country.
2.What is the easiest way to communicate with foreigners according to the text?
A.Downloading a language translation app. B.Learning a few key words.
C.Using body language. D.Working with a guide.
3.How can you better understand the local language?
A.By speaking with your hands and head.
B.By learning a few key words.
C.By downloading a language translation app.
D.By hiring a local tour guide.
B
On my fourth day in a self-driving car, I finally felt comfortable enough to let it stop itself. Before then, I'd allowed the car-a Volvo S90 sedan-to control the direction, with my hands still on the wheel, and to adjust speed in traffic. By Day 4, I was ready to make a jump into the future.
With the car traveling on a busy road, I activated the driverless mode. Soon, a traffic light turned red. For a split second, I prepared to get on the brakes. There was no need. The cameras and computers in the Volvo recognized the traffic conditions and smoothly began applying the brake.
If you're anything like most people, you're familiar with this anxiety. Almost 80 percent of Americans fear traveling in a self-driving car, a recent survey found.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have conducted some clever experiments studying the phenomenon. They asked participants to complete tasks and compare their performance with a computer system's. After the computer made a mistake, people were unwilling to use it again. After the people made mistakes, their self-confidence wouldn't change. It didn't matter that the human beings made more mistakes than the computer. So it is with driving. More than 37,000 Americans died in crashes last year, most from human error. The death count from cars goes beyond that from guns. So if you are shocked and angry by guns and want things to change, you should feel the same about car crashes.
Technology creates an opportunity to save lives. Computers don't get drunk or distracted by text messages, and they don't have blind spots. Just look at commercial airlines: Automation has helped all but get rid of deadly crashes among American air carriers. The last one happened in 2009.
The technology for self-driving cars still isn't good enough. But it is improving rapidly. Within a few years, many cars will have advanced crash-avoidance systems and driving will be revolutionized sooner than many people now understand.
4.How does the author introduce the topic?
A.By offering a piece of news. B.By giving background information.
C.By describing an experience. D.By introducing a latest car.
5.What can be learnt about the participants of the experiments?
A.They tended to accept the computer's faults.
B.They seemed to care little about their own mistakes.
C.They felt less confident after making mistakes.
D.They performed better than computer systems.
6.The author mentioned commercial airlines___________.
A.to prove the advantage of technology B.to assess the security of driverless cars
C.to find fault with computers D.to advertise for the commercial airlines
7.What does the author expect of the self-driving car?
A.I'll avoid deadly crashes entirely. B.It'll occupy the market in a short time.
C.It'll be bettered in every possible way. D.It'll be popularized sooner than expected.
C
When I sent my daughter, Emma, off for her freshman year of college a few years ago, I found myself affected by an unbelievable feeling of melancholy. Clearly, I'm not alone. Just last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that more than 90 percent of colleges offer to help moms and dads who are “struggling with the change.”
Between Thanksgiving, winter holiday, spring break and summer break, the first one out of my nest has come fluttering back home nearly every month of the year since she has been away. Good friends like to joke that they see more of her now than they did when she was a senior in high school. In the meantime, Emma calls, texts or e-mails me almost every day.
Given all this, missing Emma seems kind of silly;I've never really gotten the chance. So why, then, have I still felt on some level that I've experienced a great loss?
All summer long before Emma left that first year, I took Emma out for countless mother-daughter breakfasts, lunches, coffees and walks. At the same time, I seemed to find fault with Emma all the time. In my eyes, Emma had spent the weeks leading up to school going out with her friends too much, staying out way too late, making too big a mess, not working enough and, for goodness sake, certainly not spending enough time with me!
Although it's taken quite a while to realize what was happening, I now understand that my unhappiness and anxiety are not a reflection of how much time Emma and I spend together. Regardless of how often she comes home, or how many times a day we chat or text, Emma is now gone in a far grander sense. She is well on the road to adulthood, and from this, she will never return.
8.What does the underlined word “melancholy” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A.Fierce anger. B.Deep sadness.
C.Extreme excitement. D.Great satisfaction.
9.Why does it seem silly for the author to miss her daughter?
A.They keep in touch frequently. B.Friends like to make fun of her.
C.Emma has grown up to an adult. D.Other parents don't behave like this.
10.What actually made the author overly worried?
A.The untidiness of Emma's room. B.The passing of Emma's childhood.
C.Taking Emma out all too often. D.Spending little time with Emma.
11.What is the best title for the text?
A.Changes in the Parent-Child RelationshipB.The Most Concerned Parents of All Time
C.Growing Pains for College Students D.Struggling to Let Go of My Daughter
D
More than a billion people around the world have smart phones, almost all of which come with some kind of navigation app such as Apple Maps or Amap. This raises the age-old question we meet with any technology: What abilities is our brain losing to these apps? But also, importantly: What abilities are we gaining?
Talking with people who are good at finding their way around or good at using paper maps, I often hear a lot of annoyance with digital maps. North/south direction gets messed up, and you can see only a small section at a time. I can really understand that it may be quite disturbing for the already skilled to be limited to a small phone screen.
But consider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me. Although being a frequent traveler, I'm so terrible at finding my way that I still use Apple Maps almost every day in the small town where I have lived for many years.
In many developed nations, street names and house numbers can be meaningful, and instructions such as go north for three blocks and──then west’’ make sense to those familiar with these rules. In Istanbul, however, where I grew up, none of those hold true. For one thing, the locals seldom use street names. Besides, the city is full of winding and ancient alleys(小巷) that cross with newer avenues at many angles. In such places, you’d better turn to the locals. In the countryside, however, there is often nobody outside to ask. In fact, along came Apple Maps, like a fairy grandmother whispering directions in my ear. Since then, I travel with a lot more confidence, and my world has opened up.
Which brings me back to my original question: While we often lose some skills after depending on new technology, this new equipment may also allow us to gain new abilities. Maybe when technology closes a door, we should also look for the doors it opens.
12.Why do people who are skilled at reading paper maps feel upset?
A.They are interested in reading paper maps,
B.They don’t know how to use navigation, apps.
C.They are limited to a single smart phone app.
D.They are confused by digital maps’ direction.
13.According to the text, which is the best way to find the destination in Istanbul?
A.Asking local people the way.
B.Following the navigation app.
C.Getting familiar with the city rules.
D.Looking for street names and house numbers.
14.What’s the author’s attitude towards the navigation apps?
A.Cautious B.Ambiguous
C.Favorable D.Critical
15.What could be the best title of the passage?
A.Benefits of Navigation Apps
B.Disadvantages of Navigation Apps
C.My World Opens Up by New Technology
D.Have Navigation Apps Worsened Our Brain?
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
Most people will agree that it is good to read, but not all reading is equal. Here are some tips for productive reading.
Take notes.
Even if you never refer to your notes again, the process of taking notes helps you sort out something important and will help you remember it. You can choose between computers and paper for your notes. 16 on the other hand, many people feel they recall information better when they write it by hand.
17
If you are like me, once you committed to reading a book, it is very hard to give up until you’ve finished it. Given the number of books that are available and our limited life, it just doesn’t make sense to read a book that you aren’t getting anything from.
Variety is good.
While you don’t want to give up a book that you are benefiting from, it is important to give yourself variety. You can pick up a book at random or intentionally looking for something different from what you normally read. 18
Review what you’ve read.
If you want to remember what you read, take the time to review. 19 When you finish a book, spend 15 minutes examining your notes in 2 to 4 days. Then 2 to 4 weeks after that and then 2 to 4 months after that. This will strengthen the knowledge in your mind.
Discuss what you read with others.
20 If you can talk with people in person, that is ideal, but don’t overlook the power of the Internet in connecting people with similar interests but different geography.
A. Don’t be afraid to give up.
B. Make full use of reading time.
C. It’s hard to get more out of your normal reading.
D. This can be very valuable in giving you a different opinion.
E. And you’d better go over things at ever-increasing time intervals.
F. Using computers will make it easy to find your notes later by search.
G. The best way to get more from your reading is to discuss it with others.
第二部分阅读下面短文,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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 (共40 小题; 每小题1.5分,满分60分)
完形填空一
Maria is my older sister. She had 21 wanted to be a doctor, so I wasn't surprised when she 22 medical school with top grades and glowing references. Then, when she landed a dream job as a consultant in Australia, it seemed certain that she would 23 great success. But then everything 24 .
When she came back home to visit us two years ago, she was a shadow of her former self, 25 from working around the clock, day in, day out. She had lost enthusiasm for the job, which focused on deadlines and plans rather than people's 26 . Her complexion(面色) seemed greyer and her eyes were tired and 27 . And she had lost weight- too much weight - and now looked weak and 28 . We spent most of her week-long 29 yelling at each other.
That was when she decided to take a leap(跳跃) into the 30 . About one week later, she 31 her job as a consultant and took a new job training 32 in poor countries. People thought she was crazy to 33 her dream job, but she needed to get her priorities(优先的事物) right.
I saw her last week and the transformation left me 34. She looks ten years younger and she has the spring in her step and 35 that I remember when we were growing up. Her eyes shone 36 with joy and she couldn't stop 37 as she told me about the places she had seen and the people she had 38 .I never expected she would be 39 enough to change everything, but it was the best 40 of her life.
21.A. never B always C. seldom D. merely
22. A finished B attended C. continued D. started
23. A predict B achieve C. benefit D. measure
24. A. failed B. mattered C changed D stopped
25. A tired B. absent C free D. safe
26. A. beliefs B pressures C. losses D. illnesses
27. A. wide B sharp C unfocused D. brilliant
28. A. calm B relaxed C pale D. ashamed
29. A. visit B flight C tour D. research
30. A unconcerned B unnoticed C. unusual D. unknown
31. A. lost B accepted C quit D kept
32.A teachers B. doctors C workers D. farmers
33. A throw away B put off C. hold down D. go for
34. A nervous B. disappointed C. careless D. speechless
35.A. courage B energy C knowledge D wisdom
36. A brightly B. briefly C directly D weakly
37. A joking B shouting C complaining D smiling
38 A called B invited C helped D. loved
39. A proud B smart C lucky D. brave
40. A conclusion B. goal C decision D discovery
完形填空(二)
Sometimes we may hear one calls another "being full of hot air". When someone is said to be "full of hot air", it??? 41?? ?that he or she talks a lot about topics that he or she doesn't really ?? 42?? . This phrase dates back to the late 1800s and has its??? 43?? ?in the United States. ?? 44?? , it is not a kind of praise when one is accused of this.
??? In order to understand the meaning of this phrase, you simply need to??? 45?? ?that as air heats, it expands. This??? 46?? ?is used to do a wide variety of things. In the case of a hot-air balloon, the air becomes??? 47?? ?than the surrounding environment,??? 48?? ?the balloon to float, so one could imagine someone being so full of hot air that he or she simply floats away. ??49?? , more simply, the speech of someone like this tends to??? 50?? ?the space quickly, but??? 51?? ?to be meaningless in fact.
??? This??? 52?? ?is used to describe exaggerating and some??? 53?? ?talks. It means that the speaker is talking only to hear his or her own voice. Typically, someone who is full of hot air will??? 54?? ?discuss complex topics without fully grasping them, which can be some??? 55?? ?for people who are more knowledgeable.
Politicians making??? 56?? ?that they cannot keep are often??? 57?? ?of being full of hot air. What's more, the term is also used more generally to describe??? 58?? ?individuals who stick to being heard at any group or gathering, never??? 59?? ?whether their views are helpful or not. Finally, their plans or schemes will probably end up ??? 60?? .
41.A. means B. infers C. concludes D. recommends
42.A. expect B. understand C. doubt D. believe
43.A. stories B. manners C. origins D. advantages
44.A. Temporarily B. Eventually C. Desperately D. Apparently
45.A. argue B. know C. agree D. pretend
46.A. ability B. belief C. invention D. character
47.A. cleaner B. fresher C. lighter D. thicker
48.A. allowing B. making C. blowing D. expanding
49.A. Thus B. Or C. Anyway D. But
50.A. fill B. create C. choose D. remember
51.A. makes out B. turns out C. shows up D. comes about
52.A. term B. proverb C. conclusion D. routine
53.A. effective B. empty C. interesting D. complex
54.A. anxiously B. impatiently C. cheerfully D. cautiously
55.A. rules B. lessons C. examples D. jokes
56.A. contributions B. promises C. mistakes D. appointments
57.A. accused B. informed C. called D. blamed
58.A. considerate B. careless C. friendly D. stubborn
59.A. focusing on B. carrying on C. depending on D. insisting on
60.A. ignoring B. refusing C. failing D. changing
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(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
第四部分:写作(共二节,满分35分)
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that 80% of the world’s teens don’t get enough exercise to live healthy lives. The report, which ____61____ (publish) in The Lancet in 2019, was based on research done with students ____62____ (age) 11 to 17 in 146 different countries.
Doctors say 60 minutes of exercise is needed ____63____ teens to build up their bone and muscle strength. It’s also hugely ____64____ (importance) for the health of the heart and lungs. More and more research is showing that exercise doesn’t just help the body, but it can help the brain, too, ____65____ (improve) thinking, test scores, and school grades. Trevor Shilton, ____66____ works for the Heart 99 Foundation in Australia, says, “If this were a medicine, we’d all be taking it.”
One of the big ____67____ (reason) for the lack of activity in today’s teens is technology, such as smartphones, tablets, computers, and TVs. Many teens find ____68____ very hard to pull themselves away from their devices, whether they are texting, playing games, or watching videos or movies.
____69____ (actual), exercise can be built into a normal day’s activities. For many people, walking or biking to school _____70_____ (be) one way to make that happen. Even those who have to drive to school can get more exercise by parking farther away.
第一节:短文改错(共10分,每题1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:在错的词下画一横线,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。
My primary school days were my most cheerfully days in my whole life. But my first days were hard. I was smallest pupil in my classes and I had short hair. My classmates made fun on me all the time, but called me “small carrot”. But being funny and helpful made them to love me soon. One day, ours teacher Mr. Smith asked us to draw a picture of our family. I drew four carrots. When asking by Mr. Smith why I drew four carrots, I said, “This is my family. They all look like carrots.” Hearing that I said, all pupils are laughing. However, I ended up standing at the back of the classroom.
第二节 写作(满分25分)
书面表达(满分25分)
假定你叫李华。你校英语俱乐部将举办有关体育运动的演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿,内容包括:
1.不同学生参加运动的不同理由;
2.你喜欢的运动及想法;
3.你的呼吁。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.开头和结尾已给出,但不计入总词数。
Dear friends,
The students in our school are interested in sports.____________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That’s all for my speech, Thanks for listening.
答案
阅读1-3 ACD 4-7CBAD 8-11BABD 12-15DACD
七选五16-20FADEG
完形1答案:BABCA DCCAD CBADB ADCDC
完形2答案:ABCDB 6-10 DCABA 11-15 BABCD 16-20 BADAC
语法填空答案61. was published 62. aged 63. for
64. important 65. improving 66. who 67. reasons
68. it 69. Actually 70. is
改错答案1. cheerfully→cheerful 2.在smallest前加the
3. classes→class 4.on→of
5.but→and 6.去掉love前的to
7.ours→our 8.asking→asked
9.that→what 10.are→were
Dear friends,
The students in our school are interested in sports. But different students have different reasons for taking part in sports.
Almost all boys love sports. They take part in all kinds of sports in order to become stronger. Most girls also like sports, some of whom want to keep slim and pretty by doing sports.
As for me, I almost do sports after class every day, such as playing basketball or ping-pong with my classmates, which makes me relaxed and have fun.
No matter what reasons we have, we can benefit from doing sports, such as helping us keep healthy both physically and mentally. So come on, and join in sports.
That’s all for my speech. Thanks for listening.