四川省阆中中学校2024-2025学年高二下学期期中检测英语试题（原卷版+解析版）

这是一份四川省阆中中学校2024-2025学年高二下学期期中检测英语试题（原卷版+解析版），共22页。
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和座位号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第一部分 听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．Which language is the wman best at?
A． French. B．Italian. C．English.
2．What des the wman think f her present jb?
A．Wrthwhile. B．Well - paid. C．Easy.
3．What will the man d next?
A．Ask fr directins. B．Get fuel fr the car. C．G t a restaurant.
4．Hw much is a large cup f ht chclate?
A．$2.50. B．$2. C．$1.
5．What are the speakers talking abut in general?
A．Settling a cnflict. B．Chsing a venue. C．Arranging a gathering.
第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Hw des Danny keep fit?
A．He ges jgging. B．He plays tennis. C．He lifts weights.
7．What can we learn frm the cnversatin?
A．Beth has jined a health club.
B．Richard ften has a headache.
C．Susan desn't take much exercise.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．Where are the speakers?
A．At an airprt. B．At a travel agency. C．At a htel.
9．Why is the man talking t the wman?
A．T arrange a trip.
B．T make a cmplaint.
C．T share his travel experience.
10．What will the man tell the wman next?
A．His travel plan. B．His flight number. C．His persnal infrmatin.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．What is Michael's prblem?
A．He's nt sure abut his future.
B．He has n interest in studying.
C．He isn't allwed t attend an art schl.
12．What des Michael ften d after schl?
A．He plays ftball.
B．He ges t acting classes.
C．He watches English plays.
13．What des the wman suggest Michael d?
A．Talk with his friends.
B．Perfrm in the schl play.
C．Stay at schl until he's eighteen.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14．Why did Mickey decide t be a hairdresser?
A．He gt a jb frm a friend.
B．He culd meet famus peple.
C．He wanted t satisfy his parents.
15．Which part f the jb des Mickey like best?
A．Creating new haircuts.
B．Talking with custmers.
C．Getting big tips.
16．What advice des Mickey give at last?
A．Take a part - time jb at schl
B．Dn't expect t earn much.
C．Never stp learning.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What is prbably the speaker?
A．A teacher. B．A guide. C．A guard.
18．What des the speaker remind the students t d during the museum visit?
A．Fllw the guide's instructins.
B．Call museum staff if lst.
C．Stay tgether as a grup.
19．Why are the wrksheets given t the students?
A．T d a preference survey amng them.
B．T help them better explre the exhibits.
C．T test their knwledge f the exhibits.
20．Where will the students be at 2:00?
A．In the cafeteria. B．At schl. C．On the bus.
第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2.5分，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
A
Henry Raeburn (1756-1823)
The Exhibitin
This exhibitin f sme sixty masterpieces celebrating the life and wrk f Sctland’s best lved painter, Sir Henry Raeburn, cmes t Lndn. Selected frm cllectins thrughut the wrld, it is the first majr exhibitin f his wrk t be held in ver frty years.
Lecture Series
Scttish Natinal Prtrait (肖像画) Gallery presents a series f lectures fr the general public. They are held in the Lecture Rm. Admissin t lectures is free.
Exhibitin Times
Mnday-Saturday 10.00-17.45 Sunday 12.00-17.45
Last admissin t the exhibitin: 17.15. There is n re-admissin.
Clsed: 24-26 December and 1 January.
Admissin
£4. Children under 12 years accmpanied by an adult are admitted free.
Schls and Clleges
A special lw entrance charge f £2 per persn is available t all in full-time educatin, up t and including thse at first degree level, in rganised grups with teachers.
1. What is the right time fr attending Raeburn’s English Cntempraries?
A. Sun. 26 Oct.B. Thurs. 30 Oct.C. Thurs. 6 Nv.D. Thurs.13 Nv.
2. Hw much wuld a cuple with tw children under 12 pay fr admissin?
A. £4.B. £8.C. £12.D. £16.
3 Hw can full-time students get grup discunts?
A. They shuld g n Sunday mrnings.B. They shuld cme frm art schls.
C. They must be led by teachers.D. They must have ID cards with them.
B
On plenty f drives with my mm thrugh my childhd, she wuld suddenly pull ver the car t examine a flwer by the side f the rad r rescue a beetle frm tragedy while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat impatiently in the car.
Thugh Mther’s Day fllws Earth Day, fr me, they have always been related t each ther. My mm has been “green” since she became cncerned abut the envirnment. Part f this habit was brn f thrift (节俭). Like her mther and her grandmther befre her, mm saves glass jars, empty cheese cntainers and reuses her plastic bags.
Mm creates a kind f harmnius relatinship with wildlife in her yard. She knws t pick the apples n her trees a little early t avid the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders ut at night, it is likely that they will be kncked dwn by a family f raccns (浣熊). Spiders that make their way int the huse and are caught in juice glasses will be set lse in the garden.
I try t teach my children that lking ut fr the envirnment starts with being aware f the envirnment. On busy streets, we lk fr dandelins(蒲公英) t fly in the wind; we say hell t neighbrhd cats and pick up plastic cups and paper bags. This teaching cmes easily, I realize, because I was taught s well by example. Mm didn’t need t lecture; she didn’t need t beat a drum t change the wrld. She simply slwed dwn enugh t enjy living in it and with that jy came mercy and an instinct(直觉) fr prtectin.
I am slwing dwn and it isn’t because f the weight f my nearly frty years n the planet it is ut f my cncern fr the planet itself. I’ve begun t save glass jars and reuse packing envelpes. I pause in my daily tasks t watch the squirrels race each ther in the trees abve my huse.
Last summer, in the cmpany f my sn and daughter, I planted tmates in my yard. With the heat f August arund me, I ate the first while sitting n my lw wall with dirt n my hands. Warm frm the sun, it burst n my tngue with sweetness. I immediately wanted t share with my mm.
4. Why des the authr say Earth Day is cnnected with Mther’s Day?
A. Because Mther’s Day falls shrtly after Earth Day.
B. T shw that all the lder wmen in her family are envirnmentalists.
C. T shw hw much her mther cares abut the envirnment.
D. Because her mther shws her hw t be friendly t nature n Mther’s Day.
5. Which f the fllwing is NOT related t Mm’s “green life”?
A. Rescuing a beetle frm a certain tragedy.
B. Saving glass jars r empty cheese cntainers
C. Setting a caught spider free in the garden
D. Picking dandelins n busy streets
6. What can be learned frm the last paragraph?
A. Tmates are the authr’s favrite fruit.
B. It is her mther wh taught the authr t plant tmates.
C. Planting tmates is a way f prtecting envirnment.
D. The authr really appreciates her mther’s teaching.
7. The writer’s attitude twards her mm’s behavir changed in the rder f ______.
A. understanding — negative— supprting
B. supprting — dubtful — negative
C. negative — understanding — supprting
D. dubtful— negative— supprting
C
A recent study cnducted by Gavin Sandercck at the University f Essex in the UK and his clleagues shws just ne in 20 peple aged 18 t 64 in England are meeting England’s strictest weekly strength training guidelines. Strength training is defined as any activities that strengthens muscles r bne, says Sandercck. This can include lifting weights, bdy weight exercises and fitness plans.
The teams lked at survey data frm ver 275,000 adults in this age grup. Between 2015 and 2017, these peple were asked t estimate hw much time they spend ding physical activity each week. They wanted t find ut what prprtin f these adults in England met the UK’s weekly health guidelines, which recmmend 150 minutes f mderate activity a week.
The researchers fund that n average just 5 percent f these adults in England met the full recmmendatin, including strength training. They als fund that men were mre likely t meet all the guidelines as well as yunger age grups. “But the strngest effect that we fund when we lked at the variables was educatin,” Sandercck says.
“There are tw main reasns why this culd be the case,” Sandercck says. “ Peple wh are mre educated may be mre likely t knw what the UK’s recmmended health advice is. On the ther hand, it culd be that strength training——especially lifting weights——ften requires access t a gym which csts mney. Higher levels f educatin have been linked t greater wealth,” he says.
“T encurage greater participatin in strength training, I believe we need t raise awareness abut its multiple benefits. And we need t stress that strength training is relevant t health and fitness acrss all age grups and nt just fr yung males. Anyway, there’s still a lng way t g.” says Anne Tidedmann at the University f Sydney.
8. What des the study shw abut the adults in England?
A. They lack strength training.B. They attach imprtance t diet.
C. They watch their weight.D. They have strict fitness plans.
9. What d we knw abut the UK’s weekly health guidelines?
A. They are aimed at male athletes.B. They have a standard fr exercise time.
C. They include sme mental activities.D. They nly apply t healthy peple.
10. Why des Sandercck talk abut educatin?
A. It enriches knwledge n health.B. It makes a persn becme wealthy.
C. It affects strength training greatly.D. It cntributes t ne’s wisdm.
11. What can we infer abut the wrk f ppularizing strength training?
A. It takes less time.B. It needs great effrts.
C. It makes m difference.D. It gets wide supprt.
D
Languages have been cming and ging fr thusands f years, but in recent times there has been less cming and a lt mre ging. When the wrld was still ppulated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit(联系) grups develped their wn patterns f speech independent f each ther. Sme language experts believe that 10,000 years ag, when the wrld had just five t ten millin peple, they spke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.
Sn afterwards, many f thse peple started settling dwn t becme farmers, and their languages t became mre settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrializatin, the develpment f the natin-state and the spread f universal cmpulsry educatin, especially glbalisatin and better cmmunicatins in the past few decades, all have caused many languages t disappear, and dminant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking ver.
At present, the wrld has abut 6,800 languages. The distributin f these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild znes have relatively few languages. Often spken by many peple while ht, wet znes have lts, ften spken by small numbers. Eurpe has nly arund 200 Languages: the Americas abut 1,000, Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, f which Papua New Guinea alne accunts fr well ver 800. The median number(中位数) f speakers is a mere 6，000, which means that half the wrlds languages are spken by fewer peple than that.
Already well ver 400 f the ttal f 6,800 languages are clse t extinctin(消亡), with nly a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at randm, Busuu in Camern (eight remaining speakers), Chiapanec in Mexic(150). Lipan Apache in the United States(tw r three) r Wadjigu in Australia (ne, with a questin-mark): nne f these seems t have much chance f survival.
12. What can we infer abut languages in hunter-gatherer times?
A They develped very fast.B. They were large in number.
C. They had similar patters.D. They were clsely cnnected
13. Which f the fllwing best explains "dminant" underlined in paragraph 2？
A Cmplex.B. Advanced.
C. Pwerful.D. Mdern.
14. Hw many languages are spken by less than 6, 000 peple at present?
A. Abut 6,800 .B. Abut 3,400
C. Abut 2,400D. Abut 1,200.
15. What is the main idea f the text?
A. New languages will be created.
B. Peples lifestyles are reflected in languages.
C. Human develpment results in fewer languages.
D. Gegraphy determines language evlutin.
第二节 七选五（共5小题，每小题2.5分,满分12.5分）
Hw t learn English well
All English learners want t imprve their English, but as yu knw, it can be difficult! ___16___The fur main areas fr yu are: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Here are sme ways t help yu learn well.
Speaking
Speak as much as pssible! This is the best way t learn English. ___17___The fastest way t learn English is t surrund yurself with English speakers. Als, get int the habit f thinking in English. Dn’t translate frm yur wn language int English — it will slw yu dwn. And it’s fun t sing in English, s learn sme English sngs and sing yur heart ut!
Listening
Like speaking, it’s better fr yu t be in a ttally English-speaking envirnment. It’s als gd t watch TV shws, r mvies in English. ___18___But the mre yu listen, the mre yu’ll get. It’s gd t listen t smething ver and ver again. First, try t get the general meaning, and then, listen a secnd time fr mre in-depth infrmatin.
Reading
Reading English is smething yu can d t help yu learn n yur wn, utside f the classrm. Newspapers are gd fr higher-level students. S fr lwer levels, try reading children’s stries r bks which have been especially written fr English learners. ___19___Yu shuld find smething that yu can learn well frm.
Writing
Try keeping a diary; write smething in English in it every day, even if it’s very simple. ____20____And the Internet is a great way t help yu learn English. Try t make friends nline, visit chat rms, r pst cmments n blgs. These are all useful tls fr yu.
A. Make a plan fr yurself.
B. Fr yu, yu need t wrk n all areas.
C. Chse easy stries and yu can learn mre.
D. The English news can be difficult fr yu at first.
E. Start with small sentences and make them lnger.
F. There is nthing better than cnversatins t help yu imprve.
G. Yu wn’t learn much if yu chse a bk that is t difficult r t easy.
第三部分 语言知识运用
第一节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
Yu may always hear abut peple wh knew exactly what they wanted t d with their life frm the time they were in kindergarten. I hadn’t cnsidered lts f career chices when I graduated frm high schl. Like mst students wh earned gd grades in math and science classes, I fund peple ____21____ me t be an engineer. But all f that changed when I went t my ____22____.
I will never frget the feeling f walking int my very first Bilgy lecture (讲座). I nervusly fund a seat and waited fr the type f ____23____ yu see in TV shws, ld and strict. What I gt was exactly ____24____. Dr Espinza was a caring and enthusiastic (有激情的) teacher, and tw terms f her classes made me fall in lve with Bilgy. Her exciting classes made me ____25____ that I had ther chices besides being a(n) ____26____. It meant I was headed fr a career in bilgical research.
____27____ Dr Espinza and many ther prfessrs like her, I fund that scientists aren’t just what we ____28____ n the Natinal Gegraphic Channel. They are real peple wh answer real questins and ____29____ real prblems. This led me t seek ut pprtunities (机会) t d real science prjects and see if I ____30____ it. While I was at university, I learned hw t ask gd questins, hw t cnduct (做；实施) experiments and cllect data,and hw t share what I learned with peple. As it ____31____, I lved every minute f it.
Falling in lve with ____32____ was a lng prcess fr me,but it led me t a jb I lve. Like the science itself, my jurney tward being a scientist was ____33____, but helped alng by many teachers and prfessrs wh ____34____ me the way. Nw, I try my best t learn new things and ____35____ new knwledge.
21. A. appintingB. frcingC. allwingD. encuraging
22. A. universityB. fficeC. rmD. lab
23. A. agentB. vlunteerC. hstD. prfessr
24. A. ppsiteB. traditinalC. typicalD. similar
25. A. realizeB. regretC. refuseD. recall
26. A. lawyerB. educatrC. schlarD. engineer
27. A. As tB. Due tC. On behalf fD. In spite f
28. A. take care fB. make fun fC. learn abutD. search fr
29. A. slveB. bringC. raiseD. ignre
30. A. enjyedB. dubtedC. recmmendedD. acknwledged
31. A. came abutB. brke upC. set ffD. turned ut
32. A. literatureB. scienceC. languageD. art
33. A. preciusB. smthC. beneficialD. slw
34. A. prmisedB. shwedC. leftD. awarded
35. A. recrdB. admireC. createD. frget
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I hadn’t thught why peple had truble ____36____ (learn) English until ne day my sn asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger. This als made me realize that there is ____37____pine nr apple in pineapple. What ____38____ (make) English a crazy language t learn?
Fr example, while we’re traveling, we can get seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in ____39____car, but we dn’t get hmesick when we get back hme. If harmless ____40____ (actin) are the ppsite f harmful actins, why are____41____ (shame) and shameful behavirs the same? We can say “it’s raining” r “it's snwing”, but we can’t say “it’s sunshining”. Even the ____42____ (small) wrds can be cnfusing, such as the “WHO” in a medical reprt, “IT” and “US” , which have nthing t d with “wh” “it” and “us”. Yu als have t wnder at the unique madness f a language in ____43____ a huse can burn up as it burns dwn.
The key t yur cnfusin is that English ____44____ (invent) by peple, nt cmputers, and it _____45_____ (reflect) the creativity f the human race.
第四部分 写作
第一节 应用文写作（15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你受学生会委托为学校宣传栏“英语天地”写一份倡议书，标题为“Plant Trees t Save the Earth”。内容包括：
1. 植树的好处；
2. 动员大家多植树。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Plant Trees t Save the Earth
Dear fellw students,
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The Student Unin
第二节 读后续写（25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Fifteen-year-ld Camern and twelve-year-ld Bartn lived in a twn in Taxc. Their parents wrked tirelessly day in and day ut, yet still struggled t make ends meet. Camern and Bartn, bth in middle schl, witnessed their parents’ hard wrk and anxiety and decided t take actin and ffer their assistance.
As summer vacatin began, while ther children were enjying their carefree time, Camern and Bartn had a different plan. They started the challenging jurney f seeking part-time jbs. Their first attempt was at a lcal restaurant. Filled with hpe, they std befre the manager with an eager expressin. Hwever, the manager lked at them critically and said, “Yu tw are t yung!” Their hearts sank instantly. Camern felt a sense f deep disappintment, thinking, “Hw can we prve urselves if n ne gives us a chance?” Bartn’s face fell as he asked his brther, “Will we ever find a jb?”
Nt discuraged by the rejectin, they then went t a stre named Thmpsn’s Grcery, hping t becme assistants. “Hell, yu must be Mr. Thmpsn. We’re here t apply fr the jb,” Camern said. Bartn std n tipte and handed a card frm their schl’s help-wanted bard t Mr. Thmpsn behind the cunter, wh was the wner and seemed t be a kind persn. Hwever, befre they culd say mre, he shk his head.
“This jb is t hard fr yu kids,” he said. “I need smene big and strng.” “Let us give it a try, and if yu dn’t like ur wrk, dn’t pay us,” Camern begged. He stared at the brthers, wh were s sincere, then ndding. Next, he led them t the warehuse (仓库) f the stre. The flr was piled with bxes f different sizes and all kinds f bjects at randm, filling every crner. The varius items were mixed up chatically (杂乱地). It seemed as if they had never been srted r cleaned. Camern and Bartn were required t clear away the items.
注意：
（1）续写词数应为150个左右；
（1）请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
“It’s a tugh jb. Just d as much as yu can,” Mr. Thmpsn said.
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Camern and Bartn asked Mr. Thmpsn t cme after they finished.
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阆中中学校2025年春高2023级期中学习质量检测
英 语 试 题
（满分：150分 时间：120分钟 ）
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和座位号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第一部分 听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．Which language is the wman best at?
A． French. B．Italian. C．English.
2．What des the wman think f her present jb?
A．Wrthwhile. B．Well - paid. C．Easy.
3．What will the man d next?
A．Ask fr directins. B．Get fuel fr the car. C．G t a restaurant.
4．Hw much is a large cup f ht chclate?
A．$2.50. B．$2. C．$1.
5．What are the speakers talking abut in general?
A．Settling a cnflict. B．Chsing a venue. C．Arranging a gathering.
第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Hw des Danny keep fit?
A．He ges jgging. B．He plays tennis. C．He lifts weights.
7．What can we learn frm the cnversatin?
A．Beth has jined a health club.
B．Richard ften has a headache.
C．Susan desn't take much exercise.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．Where are the speakers?
A．At an airprt. B．At a travel agency. C．At a htel.
9．Why is the man talking t the wman?
A．T arrange a trip.
B．T make a cmplaint.
C．T share his travel experience.
10．What will the man tell the wman next?
A．His travel plan. B．His flight number. C．His persnal infrmatin.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．What is Michael's prblem?
A．He's nt sure abut his future.
B．He has n interest in studying.
C．He isn't allwed t attend an art schl.
12．What des Michael ften d after schl?
A．He plays ftball.
B．He ges t acting classes.
C．He watches English plays.
13．What des the wman suggest Michael d?
A．Talk with his friends.
B．Perfrm in the schl play.
C．Stay at schl until he's eighteen.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14．Why did Mickey decide t be a hairdresser?
A．He gt a jb frm a friend.
B．He culd meet famus peple
C．He wanted t satisfy his parents.
15．Which part f the jb des Mickey like best?
A．Creating new haircuts.
B．Talking with custmers.
C．Getting big tips.
16．What advice des Mickey give at last?
A．Take a part - time jb at schl.
B．Dn't expect t earn much.
C．Never stp learning.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What is prbably the speaker?
A．A teacher. B．A guide. C．A guard.
18．What des the speaker remind the students t d during the museum visit?
A．Fllw the guide's instructins.
B．Call museum staff if lst.
C．Stay tgether as a grup.
19．Why are the wrksheets given t the students?
A．T d a preference survey amng them.
B．T help them better explre the exhibits
C．T test their knwledge f the exhibits.
20．Where will the students be at 2:00?
A．In the cafeteria. B．At schl. C．On the bus.
第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2.5分，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
A
Henry Raeburn (1756-1823)
The Exhibitin
This exhibitin f sme sixty masterpieces celebrating the life and wrk f Sctland’s best lved painter, Sir Henry Raeburn, cmes t Lndn. Selected frm cllectins thrughut the wrld, it is the first majr exhibitin f his wrk t be held in ver frty years.
Lecture Series
Scttish Natinal Prtrait (肖像画) Gallery presents a series f lectures fr the general public. They are held in the Lecture Rm. Admissin t lectures is free.
Exhibitin Times
Mnday-Saturday 10.00-17.45 Sunday 12.00-17.45
Last admissin t the exhibitin: 17.15. There is n re-admissin.
Clsed: 24-26 December and 1 January.
Admissin
£4 Children under 12 years accmpanied by an adult are admitted free.
Schls and Clleges
A special lw entrance charge f £2 per persn is available t all in full-time educatin, up t and including thse at first degree level, in rganised grups with teachers.
1. What is the right time fr attending Raeburn’s English Cntempraries?
A. Sun. 26 Oct.B. Thurs. 30 Oct.C. Thurs. 6 Nv.D. Thurs.13 Nv.
2. Hw much wuld a cuple with tw children under 12 pay fr admissin?
A. £4.B. £8.C. £12.D. £16.
3. Hw can full-time students get grup discunts?
A. They shuld g n Sunday mrnings.B. They shuld cme frm art schls.
C. They must be led by teachers.D. They must have ID cards with them.
【答案】1. B 2. B 3. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了为纪念苏格兰最受欢迎的画家亨利·雷伯恩爵士进行的展览的相关情况。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二个小标题中表格右上角Raeburn’s English Cntempraries部分“Thursday 30 Oct. (10月30日星期四)”可知，在10月30日星期四可以去参加Raeburn’s English Cntempraries。故选B项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第四个小标题Admissin部分“£4. Children under 12 years accmpanied by an adult are admitted free.(4英镑。12岁以下儿童在一位成人陪同下免费入场)”可知，一对夫妇应付4+4=8英镑，两个12岁以下的儿童在成人陪同下免费，即入场费为8英镑。故选B项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“A special lw entrance charge f £2 per persn is available t all in full-time educatin, up t and including thse at first degree level, in rganised grups with teachers.(所有全日制教育的学生，高至并包括那些学士学位水平的学生，在有教师的组织团体中，均可享受每人2英镑的特别低入场费)”可知，全日制学生在有教师的组织团体中，可以获得折扣，即他们必须由教师带领。故选C项。
【点睛】
B
On plenty f drives with my mm thrugh my childhd, she wuld suddenly pull ver the car t examine a flwer by the side f the rad r rescue a beetle frm tragedy while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat impatiently in the car.
Thugh Mther’s Day fllws Earth Day, fr me, they have always been related t each ther. My mm has been “green” since she became cncerned abut the envirnment. Part f this habit was brn f thrift (节俭). Like her mther and her grandmther befre her, mm saves glass jars, empty cheese cntainers and reuses her plastic bags.
Mm creates a kind f harmnius relatinship with wildlife in her yard. She knws t pick the apples n her trees a little early t avid the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders ut at night, it is likely that they will be kncked dwn by a family f raccns (浣熊). Spiders that make their way int the huse and are caught in juice glasses will be set lse in the garden.
I try t teach my children that lking ut fr the envirnment starts with being aware f the envirnment. On busy streets, we lk fr dandelins(蒲公英) t fly in the wind; we say hell t neighbrhd cats and pick up plastic cups and paper bags. This teaching cmes easily, I realize, because I was taught s well by example. Mm didn’t need t lecture; she didn’t need t beat a drum t change the wrld. She simply slwed dwn enugh t enjy living in it and with that jy came mercy and an instinct(直觉) fr prtectin.
I am slwing dwn and it isn’t because f the weight f my nearly frty years n the planet, it is ut f my cncern fr the planet itself. I’ve begun t save glass jars and reuse packing envelpes. I pause in my daily tasks t watch the squirrels race each ther in the trees abve my huse.
Last summer, in the cmpany f my sn and daughter, I planted tmates in my yard. With the heat f August arund me, I ate the first while sitting n my lw wall with dirt n my hands. Warm frm the sun, it burst n my tngue with sweetness. I immediately wanted t share with my mm.
4. Why des the authr say Earth Day is cnnected with Mther’s Day?
A. Because Mther’s Day falls shrtly after Earth Day.
B. T shw that all the lder wmen in her family are envirnmentalists.
C. T shw hw much her mther cares abut the envirnment.
D. Because her mther shws her hw t be friendly t nature n Mther’s Day.
5. Which f the fllwing is NOT related t Mm’s “green life”?
A. Rescuing a beetle frm a certain tragedy.
B. Saving glass jars r empty cheese cntainers
C. Setting a caught spider free in the garden
D. Picking dandelins n busy streets
6 What can be learned frm the last paragraph?
A. Tmates are the authr’s favrite fruit.
B. It is her mther wh taught the authr t plant tmates.
C. Planting tmates is a way f prtecting envirnment.
D. The authr really appreciates her mther’s teaching.
7. The writer’s attitude twards her mm’s behavir changed in the rder f ______.
A. understanding — negative— supprting
B. supprting — dubtful — negative
C. negative — understanding — supprting
D. dubtful— negative— supprting
【答案】4. C 5. D 6. D 7. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。在本文中作者通过回忆，讲述了母亲绿色环保而且节俭的生活方式。怀着一颗热爱大自然，热爱一切的心，母亲用自己一言一行影响着作者。多年后，作者从小时候对母亲的不理解，变得逐渐认同了母亲的做法，继而身体力行的过起了“绿色”的生活。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第二段“My mm has been “green” since she became cncerned abut the envirnment.”可知母亲一直过着环保节俭的生活，由此推断作者说母亲节和地球日有关系是为了强调母亲对环境的关注，所以C为正确选项。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“rescue a beetle frm tragedy ”（拯救一只甲虫免于悲剧）根据第二段“Like her mther and her grandmther befre her, mm saves glass jars, empty cheese cntainers and reuses her plastic bags.”（像她母亲和她以前的祖母一样，母亲保存玻璃罐、空奶酪容器，并重复使用塑料袋）以及根据第二段“Spiders that make their way int the huse and are caught in juice glasses will be set lse in the garden.”（蜘蛛进入房子并被果汁杯抓住后，会被放在花园里） 可知A、B、C选项内容和green life有关，故D为正确选项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“With the heat f August arund me, I ate the first while sitting n my lw wall with dirt n my hands. Warm frm the sun, it burst n my tngue with sweetness. I immediately wanted t share with my mm.”（八月的酷热笼罩着我，我坐在低矮的墙上，手上沾满了灰尘，吃了第一道菜。阳光温暖，甜甜地洒在我的舌头上。我马上就想和妈妈分享。）以及从文章内容可知作者开始和母亲一样去关注环境，保护环境。所以当她品尝自己“绿色天然的”劳动果实时，内心对母亲是心怀感激的。所以D选项正确。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。从文章第一段“while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat impatiently in the car.”（而我，在我二十岁出头的时候，却不耐烦地坐在车里），和下文中的because I was taught s well by example.“ 因为我被榜样教得很好”以及倒数第二段中作者的做法“I’ve begun t save glass jars and reuse packing envelpes. I pause in my daily tasks t watch the squirrels race each ther in the trees abve my huse. ”（我已经开始节约玻璃罐和重复使用包装信封。我在每天的工作中停下来，看着松鼠在我房子上方的树上互相赛跑。）”可以看出作者对母亲做法的态度转变，从消极对待，到理解，最后到效仿的一个过程，所以正确选项为C。
C
A recent study cnducted by Gavin Sandercck at the University f Essex in the UK and his clleagues shws just ne in 20 peple aged 18 t 64 in England are meeting England’s strictest weekly strength training guidelines. Strength training is defined as any activities that strengthens muscles r bne, says Sandercck. This can include lifting weights, bdy weight exercises and fitness plans.
The teams lked at survey data frm ver 275,000 adults in this age grup. Between 2015 and 2017, these peple were asked t estimate hw much time they spend ding physical activity each week. They wanted t find ut what prprtin f these adults in England met the UK’s weekly health guidelines, which recmmend 150 minutes f mderate activity a week.
The researchers fund that n average just 5 percent f these adults in England met the full recmmendatin, including strength training. They als fund that men were mre likely t meet all the guidelines as well as yunger age grups. “But the strngest effect that we fund when we lked at the variables was educatin,” Sandercck says.
“There are tw main reasns why this culd be the case,” Sandercck says. “ Peple wh are mre educated may be mre likely t knw what the UK’s recmmended health advice is. On the ther hand, it culd be that strength training——especially lifting weights——ften requires access t a gym which csts mney. Higher levels f educatin have been linked t greater wealth,” he says.
“T encurage greater participatin in strength training, I believe we need t raise awareness abut its multiple benefits. And we need t stress that strength training is relevant t health and fitness acrss all age grups and nt just fr yung males. Anyway, there’s still a lng way t g.” says Anne Tidedmann at the University f Sydney.
8. What des the study shw abut the adults in England?
A. They lack strength training.B. They attach imprtance t diet.
C. They watch their weight.D. They have strict fitness plans.
9. What d we knw abut the UK’s weekly health guidelines?
A. They are aimed at male athletes.B. They have a standard fr exercise time.
C. They include sme mental activities.D. They nly apply t healthy peple.
10. Why des Sandercck talk abut educatin?
A. It enriches knwledge n health.B. It makes a persn becme wealthy.
C. It affects strength training greatly.D. It cntributes t ne’s wisdm.
11. What can we infer abut the wrk f ppularizing strength training?
A. It takes less time.B. It needs great effrts.
C. It makes m difference.D. It gets wide supprt.
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了英国埃塞克斯大学的加文•桑德科克及其同事最近进行的一项研究显示，在英格兰，年龄在18岁至64岁之间的人中，每20人中只有一人达到了英国最严格的每周力量训练指导标准。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“The researchers fund that n average just 5 percent f these adults in England met the full recmmendatin, including strength training.( 研究人员发现，在英国，平均只有5%的成年人达到了包括力量训练在内的全部建议。)”可知，英国的成年人缺乏力量训练。故选A。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“They wanted t find ut what prprtin f these adults in England met the UK’s weekly health guidelines, which recmmend 150 minutes f mderate activity a week.(他们想知道这些英格兰成年人中有多少人达到了英国每周健康指南的标准，该指南建议每周进行150分钟的适度运动。)”可知，关于英国每周健康指南有着确切的标准。故选B。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“But the strngest effect that we fund when we lked at the variables was educatin(但当我们观察变量时，我们发现最强烈的影响是教育。)”以及倒数第二段中“ Higher levels f educatin have been linked t greater wealth.(教育水平越高，财富就越多。)”可知，教育影响着身体体育锻炼。故选C。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“And we need t stress that strength training is relevant t health and fitness acrss all age grups and nt just fr yung males. Anyway, there’s still a lng way t g.(我们需要强调的是，力量训练与所有年龄组的健康和健身有关，而不仅仅是年轻男性。不管怎样，还有很长的路要走。)”可知，对于力量训练，不管怎样还有很长的路要走，由此表明还需要付出巨大的努力和工作来普及力量训练工作。故选B。
D
Languages have been cming and ging fr thusands f years, but in recent times there has been less cming and a lt mre ging. When the wrld was still ppulated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit(联系) grups develped their wn patterns f speech independent f each ther. Sme language experts believe that 10,000 years ag, when the wrld had just five t ten millin peple, they spke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.
Sn afterwards, many f thse peple started settling dwn t becme farmers, and their languages t became mre settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrializatin, the develpment f the natin-state and the spread f universal cmpulsry educatin, especially glbalisatin and better cmmunicatins in the past few decades, all have caused many languages t disappear, and dminant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking ver.
At present, the wrld has abut 6,800 languages. The distributin f these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild znes have relatively few languages. Often spken by many peple while ht, wet znes have lts, ften spken by small numbers. Eurpe has nly arund 200 Languages: the Americas abut 1,000, Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, f which Papua New Guinea alne accunts fr well ver 800. The median number(中位数) f speakers is a mere 6，000, which means that half the wrlds languages are spken by fewer peple than that.
Already well ver 400 f the ttal f 6,800 languages are clse t extinctin(消亡), with nly a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at randm, Busuu in Camern (eight remaining speakers), Chiapanec in Mexic(150). Lipan Apache in the United States(tw r three) r Wadjigu in Australia (ne, with a questin-mark): nne f these seems t have much chance f survival.
12. What can we infer abut languages in hunter-gatherer times?
A. They develped very fast.B. They were large in number.
C. They had similar patters.D. They were clsely cnnected
13. Which f the fllwing best explains "dminant" underlined in paragraph 2？
A. Cmplex.B. Advanced.
C. Pwerful.D. Mdern.
14. Hw many languages are spken by less than 6, 000 peple at present?
A. Abut 6,800 .B. Abut 3,400
C. Abut 2,400D. Abut 1,200.
15. What is the main idea f the text?
A. New languages will be created.
B. Peples lifestyles are reflected in languages.
C. Human develpment results in fewer languages.
D. Gegraphy determines language evlutin.
【答案】12. B 13. C 14. B 15. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了随着社会的发展人类语言越来越少及其原因。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的When the wrld was still ppulated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit (联系) grups develped their wn patterns f speech independent f each ther... when the wrld had just five t ten millin peple, they spke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.可知，当世界以依靠狩猎为生的人组成的时候，小而联系紧密的群落形成了他们彼此之间独立的讲话模式……当世界上的人口数量不到一千万时，语言种类达到了12,000种。由此推知，当时的语言种类很多。故选B。
【13题详解】
猜测词义题。根据文章第二段中的dminant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking ver.可知，英语、西班牙语和汉语正在快速替代其他语言。由此推知dminant languages意为“强有力的语言”。故选C。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的At present, the wrld has abut 6,800 languages.和The median number (中位数) f speakers is a mere 6,000, which means that half the wrld’s languages are spken by fewer peple than that. 可知，目前世界上大约有6800种语言，但是讲的人数少于6000人的占一半即3400。故选B。
【15题详解】
主旨要义题。根据文章第一段中的主题句Languages have been cming and ging fr thusands f years, but in recent times there has been less cming and a lt mre ging.可知，语言的产生和消失进行了几千年，但最近语言产生的少，消失的太多。故选C。
点睛：长难句解读
In recent centuries, trade, industrialisatin, the develpment f the natin-state and the spread f universal cmpulsry educatin, especially glbalisatin and better cmmunicatins in the past few decades, all have caused many languages t disappear, and dminant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking ver.
分析：dminant前的and连接两个并列句，all和前面的名词短语trade, industrialisatin, the develpment f the natin-state and the spread f universal cmpulsry educatin, especially glbalisatin and better cmmunicatins是同位语。
句意：在最近的几个世纪，贸易、工业化、民族国家的发展和全球义务教育的普及，尤其是过去几十年来，全球化和更好的交流，这些都导致许多语言消失。而且像英语、西班牙语和汉语等主流语言正日益占据主导地位。
第二节 七选五（共5小题，每小题2.5分,满分12.5分）
Hw t learn English well
All English learners want t imprve their English, but as yu knw, it can be difficult! ___16___The fur main areas fr yu are: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Here are sme ways t help yu learn well.
Speaking
Speak as much as pssible! This is the best way t learn English. ___17___The fastest way t learn English is t surrund yurself with English speakers. Als, get int the habit f thinking in English. Dn’t translate frm yur wn language int English — it will slw yu dwn. And it’s fun t sing in English, s learn sme English sngs and sing yur heart ut!
Listening
Like speaking, it’s better fr yu t be in a ttally English-speaking envirnment. It’s als gd t watch TV shws, r mvies in English. ___18___But the mre yu listen, the mre yu’ll get. It’s gd t listen t smething ver and ver again. First, try t get the general meaning, and then, listen a secnd time fr mre in-depth infrmatin.
Reading
Reading English is smething yu can d t help yu learn n yur wn, utside f the classrm. Newspapers are gd fr higher-level students. S fr lwer levels, try reading children’s stries r bks which have been especially written fr English learners. ___19___Yu shuld find smething that yu can learn well frm.
Writing
Try keeping a diary; write smething in English in it every day, even if it’s very simple. ____20____And the Internet is a great way t help yu learn English. Try t make friends nline, visit chat rms, r pst cmments n blgs. These are all useful tls fr yu.
A. Make a plan fr yurself.
B. Fr yu, yu need t wrk n all areas.
C. Chse easy stries and yu can learn mre.
D. The English news can be difficult fr yu at first.
E. Start with small sentences and make them lnger.
F. There is nthing better than cnversatins t help yu imprve.
G. Yu wn’t learn much if yu chse a bk that is t difficult r t easy.
【答案】16. B 17. F 18. D 19. C 20. E
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍学习英语的一些方法和一些建议。
【16题详解】
根据下文The fur main areas fr yu are: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.(四个主要方面是：说、听、读、写)可以推断上文是和这些方面有关。而B选项中all areas正好和下文相呼应，因此B选项Fr yu, yu need t wrk n all areas.(对于你来说，你需要在所有方面努力)切题，故选B。
【17题详解】
本段主要讲说英语方面的技巧。再根据下文The fastest way t learn English is t surrund yurself with English speakers.(学习英语最快的方法就是和说英语的人在一起)可以推断空中应该是和说方面有关的句子，F选项There is nthing better than cnversatins t help yu imprve.(没有什么比交谈更能帮助你进步了)符合语境，故选F。
【18题详解】
根据下文But the mre yu listen, the mre yu’ll get.(但是你听的越多，你得到的就越多)可以推断空中的句子应该和它互为转折关系。D选项The English news can be difficult fr yu at first.(起初，英语新闻对你来说可能很难)符合语境，故选D。
【19题详解】
根据上文S fr lwer levels, try reading children’s stries r bks which have been especially written fr English learners.(因此对于较低的水平，可以尝试阅读儿童故事或专为英语学习者编写的书籍)可以推断下文再说先要尝试阅读这些简单的故事或书籍。C选项Chse easy stries and yu can learn mre.(选择简单的故事，你可以学到更多)切题，故选C。
【20题详解】
根据上文Try keeping a diary; write smething in English in it every day, even if it’s very simple.(试着写日记；每天用英语写点东西，即使很简单)可以推断下文应该再说怎样写日记。E选项Start with small sentences and make them lnger.(从小句子开始，然后把它们加长)符合语境，故选E。
第三部分 语言知识运用
第一节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
Yu may always hear abut peple wh knew exactly what they wanted t d with their life frm the time they were in kindergarten. I hadn’t cnsidered lts f career chices when I graduated frm high schl. Like mst students wh earned gd grades in math and science classes, I fund peple ____21____ me t be an engineer. But all f that changed when I went t my ____22____.
I will never frget the feeling f walking int my very first Bilgy lecture (讲座). I nervusly fund a seat and waited fr the type f ____23____ yu see in TV shws, ld and strict. What I gt was exactly ____24____. Dr Espinza was a caring and enthusiastic (有激情的) teacher, and tw terms f her classes made me fall in lve with Bilgy. Her exciting classes made me ____25____ that I had ther chices besides being a(n) ____26____. It meant I was headed fr a career in bilgical research.
____27____ Dr Espinza and many ther prfessrs like her, I fund that scientists aren’t just what we ____28____ n the Natinal Gegraphic Channel. They are real peple wh answer real questins and ____29____ real prblems. This led me t seek ut pprtunities (机会) t d real science prjects and see if I ____30____ it. While I was at university, I learned hw t ask gd questins, hw t cnduct (做；实施) experiments and cllect data,and hw t share what I learned with peple. As it ____31____, I lved every minute f it.
Falling in lve with ____32____ was a lng prcess fr me,but it led me t a jb I lve. Like the science itself, my jurney tward being a scientist was ____33____, but helped alng by many teachers and prfessrs wh ____34____ me the way. Nw, I try my best t learn new things and ____35____ new knwledge.
21. A. appintingB. frcingC. allwingD. encuraging
22. A. universityB. fficeC. rmD. lab
23. A. agentB. vlunteerC. hstD. prfessr
24. A. ppsiteB. traditinalC. typicalD. similar
25. A. realizeB. regretC. refuseD. recall
26. A. lawyerB. educatrC. schlarD. engineer
27. A. As tB. Due tC. On behalf fD. In spite f
28. A. take care fB. make fun fC. learn abutD. search fr
29. A. slveB. bringC. raiseD. ignre
30. A. enjyedB. dubtedC. recmmendedD. acknwledged
31. A. came abutB. brke upC. set ffD. turned ut
32. A. literatureB. scienceC. languageD. art
33. A. preciusB. smthC. beneficialD. slw
34. A. prmisedB. shwedC. leftD. awarded
35. A. recrdB. admireC. createD. frget
【答案】21. D 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者从高中时被鼓励成为工程师，到大学因上生物课而爱上生物学，从而走上生物研究职业道路的经历，展现了作者对科学的热爱以及众多老师和教授对其的帮助。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：像大多数在数学和科学课上取得好成绩的学生一样，我发现人们鼓励我成为一名工程师。A. appinting任命；B. frcing强迫；C. allwing允许；D. encuraging鼓励。根据“Like mst students wh earned gd grades in math and science classes”可知，作者在数学和科学课上取得好成绩，而数学和科学成绩好的学生会被认为适合从事与理科相关的职业，可推理出这里是人们鼓励作者成为工程师，故选D项。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：但当我上大学时，一切都改变了。A. university大学；B. ffice办公室；C. rm房间；D. lab实验室。根据下文“While I was at university, I learned hw t ask gd questins”可知，作者是在大学期间学会了问问题，可推理出是上大学后情况发生了改变，故选A项。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我紧张地找了个座位，等着一位像你在电视节目里看到的那种又老又严厉的教授。A. agent代理人；B. vlunteer志愿者；C. hst主持人；D. prfessr教授。根据上文“I will never frget the feeling f walking int my very first Bilgy lecture. I nervusly fund a seat and waited”可知，作者永远忘不了走进第一堂生物课的感觉，紧张地找了个座位，然后等待着，可推理出此处说的是等待教授上课。故选D项。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我得到的却完全相反。A. ppsite相反的；B. traditinal传统的；C. typical典型的；D. similar相似的。根据上文“ld and strict”以及下文“Dr Espinza was a caring and enthusiastic teacher”可知上文作者认为教授又老又严厉，下文表明埃斯皮诺萨博士是一位有爱心且热情的老师，与作者预期的完全不同，故选A项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她令人兴奋的课程让我意识到，除了成为一名工程师，我还有其他选择。A. realize意识到；B. regret后悔；C. refuse拒绝；D. recall回忆。根据下文“I had ther chices”可知下文说的是作者还有其他选择，这是作者意识到的，故选A项。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同第5题。A. lawyer律师；B. educatr教育工作者；C. schlar学者；D. engineer工程师。根据上文“t be an engineer”可知，之前人们鼓励作者成为工程师，可推理出现在作者意识到除了成为工程师之外有其他选择，故选D项。
【27题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意：由于埃斯皮诺萨博士和许多其他像她一样的教授，我发现科学家并不只是我们在国家地理频道上了解到的那样。A. As t至于；B. Due t由于；C. On behalf f代表；D. In spite f尽管。根据下文“They are real peple wh answer real questins”可知，作者对科学家有了新的认识，这种认识的转变是因为埃斯皮诺萨博士和其他教授的影响，故选B项。
【28题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：同第7题。A. take care f照顾；B. make fun f取笑；C. learn abut了解；D. search fr寻找。根据“n the Natinal Gegraphic Channel”可知下文提到了国家地理频道，可推理出作者说的是在国家地理频道上对科学家的了解，故选C项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们是真实的人，回答真实的问题，解决真实的问题。A. slve解决；B. bring带来；C. raise提出；筹集；D. ignre忽视。根据上文“answer real questins”以及下文“real prblems”，可知上文说的是回答真实的问题，下文提到了真实的问题，可推理出此处说的是解决真实的问题，故选A项。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这促使我寻找机会去做真正科学项目，看看我是否喜欢它。A. enjyed喜欢；B. dubted怀疑；C. recmmended推荐；D. acknwledged承认。根据下文“I lved every minute f it.”可知，下文说的是作者喜欢每时每刻，可推理出这里是想看看自己是否喜欢，故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：结果，我喜欢其中的每一分钟。A. came abut 发生；B. brke up 分手；破裂；C. set ff 出发；引起；D. turned ut 结果是。根据下文“I lved every minute f it.”可知，下文说的是作者喜欢每时每刻，这是作者试试看的结果，故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：对我来说，爱上科学是一个漫长的过程，但它让我找到了一份我热爱的工作。A. literature文学；B. science科学；C. language语言；D. art艺术。根据上文“While I was at university, I learned hw t ask gd questins, hw t cnduct experiments and cllect data, and hw t share what I learned with peple”可知，在大学期间作者学会了如何提出好的问题，如何进行实验和收集数据，以及如何与他人分享学到的知识，可推理出作者爱上的是科学相关的领域，故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：就像科学本身一样，我成为科学家的旅程很缓慢，但有许多老师和教授为我指明了道路，给予了帮助。A. precius珍贵的；B. smth顺利的；C. beneficial有益的；D. slw缓慢的。根据上文“a lng prcess fr me”可知，作者爱上科学是一个漫长的过程，那么成为科学家的旅程也应该是缓慢的，故选D项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：同第13题。A. prmised承诺；B. shwed展示；指引；C. left离开；D. awarded奖励。根据上文“but helped alng by many teachers and prfessrs”可知，这些老师和教授对作者的成长起到了帮助作用，“shw sb. the way”为固定短语，表示“给某人指明道路”，故选B项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在，我尽我最大的努力学习新事物，创造新知识。A. recrd记录；B. admire钦佩；C. create创造；D. frget忘记。根据上文“Nw, I try my best t learn new things”可知作者尽最大努力学习新东西，可推理出此处说的是科学家要学习新事物并创造新知识，故选C项。
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I hadn’t thught why peple had truble ____36____ (learn) English until ne day my sn asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger. This als made me realize that there is ____37____pine nr apple in pineapple. What ____38____ (make) English a crazy language t learn?
Fr example, while we’re traveling, we can get seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in ____39____car, but we dn’t get hmesick when we get back hme. If harmless ____40____ (actin) are the ppsite f harmful actins, why are____41____ (shame) and shameful behavirs the same? We can say “it’s raining” r “it's snwing”, but we can’t say “it’s sunshining”. Even the ____42____ (small) wrds can be cnfusing, such as the “WHO” in a medical reprt, “IT” and “US” , which have nthing t d with “wh” “it” and “us”. Yu als have t wnder at the unique madness f a language in ____43____ a huse can burn up as it burns dwn.
The key t yur cnfusin is that English ____44____ (invent) by peple, nt cmputers, and it _____45_____ (reflect) the creativity f the human race.
【答案】36. learning
37. neither
38. makes 39. a
40. actins
41. shameless
42. smallest
43. which 44. was invented
45. reflects
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章通过列举一些英语中令人困惑的词汇和表达，探讨了英语为何是一门让人觉得“疯狂”的语言，指出英语是由人创造的，反映了人类的创造力。
【36题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：我从未想过为什么人们在学习英语上会有困难，直到有一天我的儿子问我汉堡包里是否有火腿。固定短语have truble ding sth意为“做某事有困难”，此处应用动词-ing形式。故填learning。
【37题详解】
考查连词。句意：这也让我意识到菠萝里既没有松树也没有苹果。固定搭配“既不……也不……”。故填neither。
【38题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：是什么让英语成为一门学起来很疯狂的语言呢？此处what作主语，谓语动词应用单数形式，且句子描述的是客观事实，应用一般现在时，所以make要用第三人称单数形式。故填makes。
【39题详解】
考查冠词。句意：例如，当我们旅行时，我们在海上会晕船，在空中会晕机，在车里会晕车，但当我们回到家时却不会想家。此处泛指“一辆车”，car是以辅音音素开头的单词，应用不定冠词a。故填a。
【40题详解】
考查名词复数。句意：如果无害的行为是有害行为的对立面，为什么无耻的行为和可耻的行为是一样的呢？根据空后的are可知，主语应用复数形式，actin是可数名词，应用复数形式。故填actins。
【41题详解】
考查形容词。句意：同上。根据空后的“and shameful behavirs(无耻的行为)”以及“the same(相同)”可知，此处应填与 shameful含义相近的形容词，shame的形容词形式有shameful(可耻的)和shameless(无耻的)，两者含义相近，故填shameless。
【42题详解】
考查形容词最高级。句意：甚至最小的单词也可能会让人困惑，比如医学报告中的“WHO”，“IT”和“US”，它们与“wh”“it”和“us”毫无关系。根据下文“such as the “WHO” in a medical reprt, “IT” and “US”(比如医学报告中的“WHO”，“IT”和“US”)”可知，此处表示 “最小的”，应用形容词的最高级形式。故填smallest。
【43题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：你也不得不惊叹于一门语言的独特“疯狂”之处，在这门语言中，一所房子既可以说“burn up(烧毁)”，也可以说“burn dwn(烧毁)”。这是一个“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句，先行词是a language，指物，关系词在从句中作介词in的宾语，应用关系代词which。故填which。
【44题详解】
考查动词语态。句意：你感到困惑的关键在于英语是由人发明的，而不是由电脑发明的，并且它反映了人类的创造力。English与invent之间是被动关系，且发明英语这一动作发生在过去，应用一般过去时的被动语态，其结构为“was/were+过去分词”，English是不可数名词，be动词用was。故填was invented。
【45题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意：同上。空白处在句子中作谓语，此处描述的是客观事实，应用一般现在时，主语it是第三人称单数，所以reflect要用第三人称单数形式。故填reflects。
第四部分 写作
第一节 应用文写作（15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你受学生会委托为学校宣传栏“英语天地”写一份倡议书，标题为“Plant Trees t Save the Earth”。内容包括：
1. 植树的好处；
2. 动员大家多植树。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Plant Trees t Save the Earth
Dear fellw students,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Student Unin
【答案】One pssible versin:
Plant Trees t Save the Earth
Dear fellw students,
There is n dubt that trees can benefit us in many ways. Firstly, they reduce pllutin and ffer us clean air. Secndly, they help deal with the climate change by absrbing carbn dixide, which can lead t glbal warming. Thirdly, trees help us prevent sandstrms, fight flds, and prtect sil frm being washed away.
Dear fellw students, the mre trees we plant, the better the envirnment will be. It's time fr us t plant sme trees t make ur city greener. Let's plant as many trees as pssible and make ur wrld a better place t live in.
The Student Unin
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生以李华的身份，为学校宣传栏“英语天地”写一份倡议书，标题为“Plant Trees t Save the Earth”。
【详解】1.词汇积累
使受益、有助于：benefit→advantage
方面：way→aspect
导致：lead t→result in
保护：prtect→safeguard
2.句式拓展
同义句转换
原句：Dear fellw students, the mre trees we plant, the better the envirnment will be.
拓展句：Dear fellw students, if we plant mre trees, the envirnment will be better.
【点睛】[高分句型1] There is n dubt that trees can benefit us in many ways.（运用了that引导同位语从句）
[高分句型2] Secndly, they help deal with the climate change by absrbing carbn dixide, which can lead t glbal warming.（运用了which引导非限制性定语从句）
第二节 读后续写（25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Fifteen-year-ld Camern and twelve-year-ld Bartn lived in a twn in Taxc. Their parents wrked tirelessly day in and day ut, yet still struggled t make ends meet. Camern and Bartn, bth in middle schl, witnessed their parents’ hard wrk and anxiety and decided t take actin and ffer their assistance.
As summer vacatin began, while ther children were enjying their carefree time, Camern and Bartn had a different plan. They started the challenging jurney f seeking part-time jbs. Their first attempt was at a lcal restaurant. Filled with hpe, they std befre the manager with an eager expressin. Hwever, the manager lked at them critically and said, “Yu tw are t yung!” Their hearts sank instantly. Camern felt a sense f deep disappintment, thinking, “Hw can we prve urselves if n ne gives us a chance?” Bartn’s face fell as he asked his brther, “Will we ever find a jb?”
Nt discuraged by the rejectin, they then went t a stre named Thmpsn’s Grcery, hping t becme assistants. “Hell, yu must be Mr. Thmpsn. We’re here t apply fr the jb,” Camern said. Bartn std n tipte and handed a card frm their schl’s help-wanted bard t Mr. Thmpsn behind the cunter, wh was the wner and seemed t be a kind persn. Hwever, befre they culd say mre, he shk his head.
“This jb is t hard fr yu kids,” he said. “I need smene big and strng.” “Let us give it a try, and if yu dn’t like ur wrk, dn’t pay us,” Camern begged. He stared at the brthers, wh were s sincere, then ndding. Next, he led them t the warehuse (仓库) f the stre. The flr was piled with bxes f different sizes and all kinds f bjects at randm, filling every crner. The varius items were mixed up chatically (杂乱地). It seemed as if they had never been srted r cleaned. Camern and Bartn were required t clear away the items.
注意：
（1）续写词数应为150个左右；
（1）请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
“It’s a tugh jb. Just d as much as yu can,” Mr. Thmpsn said.
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Camern and Bartn asked Mr. Thmpsn t cme after they finished.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
“It’s a tugh jb. Just d as much as yu can,” Mr. Thmpsn said. Indeed, the task seemed s demanding. Nt lng after they started wrking, the heat and dust made them uncmfrtable. Camern’s arms ached frm mving heavy bxes, and Bartn’s back was sre frm bending ver. When they had t stp fr a break, nly a small part was finished. Althugh the thught f giving up crssed their minds, the brthers pushed it aside thinking abut hw hard their parents had been wrking. The task tk them ver three hurs, but they finally made the warehuse clean and tidy.
Camern and Bartn asked Mr. Thmpsn t cme after they finished. Mr. Thmpsn’s eyes widened seeing the nce chatic space tk n a cmpletely new lk, where everything was in rder. He had nt expected the brthers t d this jb s well. Mr. Thmpsn handed them their wages, paying extra, and said, “Yu’ve earned this. By the way, I culd use sme help ver the summer. I wnder if yu’re interested.”“We’d lve t!” Bartn replied happily. Then the brthers went hme excitedly, eager t share their success with their parents.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了十五岁的Camern和十二岁的Bartn来自Taxc的一个小镇，父母辛勤工作仍入不敷出，兄弟俩决定在暑假寻找兼职帮助家庭。尽管初次求职被餐馆经理拒绝，他们并未气馁，随后向Thmpsn杂货店申请工作。店主起初认为他们太小，但在兄弟俩的真诚请求下同意让他们试一试。最终，Camern和Bartn被安排清理仓库的杂物。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容““这活儿可不轻松。你们尽力而为就行，”Thmpsn先生说道。”可知，第一段可描写兄弟二人的辛苦工作的过程。
②由第二段首句内容“Camern和Bartn完成后请Thmpsn先生过来看看。”可知，第二段可描写Thmpsn先生看到二人的成果后的反应和最后的结果。
2.续写线索：安排任务——努力完成——请Thmpsn先生来——得到钱——再次被邀请——兴奋地回家
3.词汇激活
行为类
①开始：start/begin
②完成：finish/cmplete
③放弃：give up/abandn
情绪类
①高兴地：happily/delightedly
②兴奋地：excitedly/feverishly
【点睛】[高分句型1] When they had t stp fr a break, nly a small part was finished. (运用了when引导的时间状语从句)
[高分句型2] Mr. Thmpsn’s eyes widened seeing the nce chatic space tk n a cmpletely new lk, where everything was in rder. (运用了现在分词作状语和where引导的非限制性定语从句)
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