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2020届江苏省海安高级中学高三第二次模拟考试（二）
英 语
第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What kind of pet does the woman suggest?
A. A dog. B. A fish. C. A cat.
2. Which place is the woman looking for?
A. A grocery store. B. A movie theater. C. The railway station.
3. What did the man buy for the woman’s birthday?
A. A fruit cake. B. Some apple pies. C. A bunch of flowers.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates. B. Parent and child. C. Teacher and student.
5. Where is the woman?
A. In a car. B. In an elevator（电梯）. C. In a bookstore.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 does the man offer to do for the woman?
A. Stay home with her.
B. Make her some food.
C. Drive her to a friend’s house.
7. How did the woman probably get sick?
A. From John. B. From the man. C. From her colleague.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the woman probably do for a living?
A. She owns a restaurant.
B. She runs a clothing shop.
C. She works in a shoe store.
9. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Lend him some money.
B. Talk to his father for him.
C. Buy him some new T-shirts.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What day is it today?
A. Monday. B. Tuesday. C. Sunday.
11. What is the woman planning to do tomorrow?
A. See her dentist. B. Attend a meeting. C. Join the book club.
12. How many kinds of membership cards are mentioned by the man?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where was probably the man when he lost Milo?
A. In a park. B. In a café. C. In a car.
14. What does Milo look like?
A. He has short hair.
B. He’s about 14 pounds.
C. He’s black with white spots.
15. Where does the woman tell the man to look first?
A. Farther out. B. To the left. C. To the right.
16. What do the speakers decide to do in the end?
A. Call the police for help.
B. Drive around to look for Milo.
C. Run for a couple of blocks.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who is the speaker?
A. Ellen. B. Jenny. C. Maria.
18. When is the rain expected to stop?
A. On Sunday afternoon.
B. On Tuesday afternoon.
C. On Thursday night.
19. What was today’s temperature?
A. In the low 70s. B. Around 50 degrees. C. Around 45 degrees.
20. What time of year is it?
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Fall.
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节, 满分35分）
第一节 单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Elizabeth shows great _________ in her choice of friends, so she has a lot of trustworthy companions.
A. comprehension B. determination C. discrimination D. reputation
22. More employers now offer fresh college graduates _________ jobs, hoping to seek out experienced candidates.
A. contemporary B. temporary C. permanent D. primitive
23. —You didn’t return to the camp site as planned last night. What happened?
—We were trapped in the snowstorm. And we _________ at a temple for the night.
A. held up B. split up C. put up D. sprang up
24. At the start of 2019, she _________ a challenging program designed for senior people at a local TV station.
A. hatched B. claimed C. scanned D. loaded
25. Huawei may still rely on its competitive research and development team to meet its technological needs, _________ the U.S. government blocks sales of U.S. technology to it.
A. while B. unless C. until D. though
26. When things don’t go the way we _________, we find ourselves trying to force them and struggling to finish them.
A. planned B. are planning C. had planned D. will be planning
27. A general consensus has been reached among the world’s scientists _________ the world is likely to warm up over the next few decades.
A. what B. where C. that D. who
28. It was only when he broke down and was sent to hospital for treatment _________ fully aware of the value of health.
A. did he become B. that he became C. had he become D. that he had become
29. The rubbish picture __________ sound disgusting to some people, but it is really quite clean and great fun.
A. can B. should C. must D. may
30. Youth culture did the work of introducing hoodies(帽衫) from the area of sportswear, __________ clothing exists to strengthen performance in sports, to that of streetwear.
A. which B. where C. when D. as
31. A wise mother will never get herself into the state of her children __________ to the slightest possibility of danger.
A. exposed B. being exposed C. exposing D. to be exposed
32. Though last year witnessed a slight decrease in car sales, the selling figures were ________ experts’ expectations.
A. in tune with B. in connection with C. in conflict with D. in comparison with
33. —He could have put pressure on us to adopt his proposal.
—Yes, but he didn’t ________.
A. make his way B. give his way C. get his way D. feel his way
34. —How do you go to your office every day?
—Normally, I take the subway to work, ________ most of my colleagues.
A. so do B. so have C. as have D. as do
35. There are so many spelling mistakes in the composition, and I have to write the letter out again. It means I will _________.
A. start from scratch B. kill the fatted calf
C. cost an arm and a leg D. give the cold shoulder
第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A letter to ... My brother, whom I bullied when we were young
I was five when you were born. Looking at pictures from that time, I look so happy with you. I am holding you, I am smiling, I look 36 . But I do not remember that feeling.
I was a daddy’s girl, but I was also the one to break in our parents. I used to call myself the family’s guinea pig (豚鼠), 37 you were the happy one, the joker, the one who 38 the rewards of all my battles won or lost. So I must have decided that we were enemies, competitors for the love and attention of our parents, and this feeling is in the 39 of all my early memories. All I remember is 40 you.
So, as long as I could, I made your life a 41 . I teased you, tricked you and 42 you. You tell me it’s not as bad as I remember, but I 43 a couple of times when you were left in tears. Our little sister was born when I was 11, and very soon you two bonded 44 and pushed me aside. Did you bond with her because I was becoming a monster, or did I become a monster because of your bond?
Thankfully, you quickly grew tall and strong, and soon you were able to overcome me 45 . From then on it was down to verbal abuse and psychological warfare. By the time I was at university, you were a teenager and we competed for higher 46 : money, the family car, parental pride.
It all came to a 47 stop when I moved abroad as an exchange student. Almost 20 years have passed, and the hate 48 me some long time ago, while I wasn’t watching. And at the same time, 49 must have crept in (悄悄地进入), sneaking somewhere through the back of my mind.
Despite all the abuse during those years，you have turned into a happy, friendly, passionate, generous human being. You are the most handsome and charming person that I know. And, with your wife and best friend, you have just had your first child. Nobody 50 this happiness more.
You have implied that you’ve forgiven me, or even that there is 51 to forgive. But I 52 to remember the hurt — I will always hurt in 53 when I look back. All those wasted years in which I should have been your loving sister, standing by your side, defending instead of 54 you in your own home. I aim to be now what I always should have been.
I am so 55 of you, my heart wells up with love for you and your sister. I will be forever glad that I have the chance to love you both.
Your sister
36. A. favoured B. frightened C. frustrated D. fascinated
37. A. while B. when C. though D. unless
38. A. appreciated B. reaped C. brought D. cheated
39. A. point B. cost C. centre D. end
40. A. adoring B. hating C. assisting D. envying
41. A. mystery B. misery C. mistake D. mixture
42. A. absorbed B. abandoned C. abolished D. abused
43. A. devote B. spend C. treasure D. recall
44. A. strongly B. anxiously C. happily D. unexpectedly
45. A. temporarily B. spiritually C. physically D. academically
46. A. requirements B. resources C. positions D. purposes
47. A. forced B. surprised C. controlled D. intended
48. A. left B. accompanied C. affected D. bothered
49. A. hatred B. love C. guilty D. regret
50. A. rejects B. steals C. deserves D. ignores
51. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
52. A. refuse B. plan C. learn D. prefer
53. A. shame B. sorrow C. disappointment D. confusion
54. A. attacking B. attending C. attracting D. avoiding
55. A. sure B. proud C. confident D. tired
第三部分 阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
MT•LEBANON ICE CENTER *900 CEDAR BOULEVARD*PITTSBURGH, PA 15228
(412) 561-4363 www.mtlebanon.org
WHO: Skaters of all ages and abilities.
Must be 3 years of age and potty trained.
Any Preschool Kindergarten age child who has never taken lessons at the Mr. Lebanon Ice Center needs to be evaluated.
The On-line registration feature does not apply to evaluation registration.
Evaluation dates and times are listed below.
EVALUATIONS:
Evaluations help to determine both readiness and class placement. Upon completion of the evaluation, it is recommended that you register for classes with an associate located in the ice center booth. A variety of days and times for the evaluations are also listed online and at the Ice Center.
Evaluation registration may be done in person or by phone at 412-561-4363.
DAY
EVALUATION DATES
TIME
EVALUATION FEE
Saturday
June 2, 2018
12:00 p.m.
$5.00
Sunday
June 3, 2018
12:00 p.m.
$500
Monday
June 4, 2018
10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
$500
Wednesday
June 6, 2018
10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
$5.00
Thursday
June 7, 20l8
10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
$5.00
Additional evaluation dates may be offered for session Ⅱ.
REFUND POLICY: Refund requests must be made a minimum of 7 days prior to event. See www.mtlebanon.org.for details.
REGISTRATION:
In person—Stop by the Mt. Lebanon Recreation Center, ground floor, Monday through Saturday 9:00 a. m. - 9:00 p.m. or Sunday 9: 00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
By Phone—Call the Ice Center at (412)561-4363 to schedule your skating evaluation appointment.
Make checks payable to: Mt. Lebanon, PA Visa, Master Card, &Debit Cards accepted
QUESTIONS: Please call the Mt. Lebanon Ice Center staff at (412)561-4363
LeboALERT—A FREE notification service (phone, text, e-mail). In the event of an emergency and to provide you with updates about cancellations and recreation department programs and events. Please visit www.mtlebanon.org and sign up for LeboALERT. All recreation participants should sign up, and at minimum select the “Cancellations” category.
56. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. To introduce a skating program.
B. To advertise a skating center.
C. To serve as a skating assessment schedule.
D. To issue a free skating notification.
57. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The evaluation is intended for all preschool and kindergarten children.
B. Refund requests can be accepted within 7 days after the registration.
C. Participants signing up for Lebo Alert can receive free notification about the event.
D. Evaluation registration can be done in person, by phone or on-line.
B
Humans kill large carnivores—a category of animals that includes wolves, bears, lions, tigers and pumas—at more than nine times their death rate in the wild. Although they may not be our prey (猎物) in the traditional sense, a new research shows that some of the world’s biggest carnivores are responding to humans in a way that resembles how prey animals react to predators (捕食者). Biologists at the Santa Cruz Puma Project, an ongoing research effort in the mountains of California’s central coast, report that even the scary puma, or mountain lion, shows its fearful side when people are around.
In a recent study, the researchers followed 17 mountain lions outfitted with GPS collars to the animals’ deer kill sites. Once the cats naturally left the scene between feedings, ecologist Justin A. Smith, now at the University of California Berkeley, and her team trained motion-activated cameras on the prey bodies. On the animals’ return, the cameras triggered nearby speakers, which broadcast recordings of either frogs croaking or humans conversing.
The pumas almost always fled immediately on hearing the human voices, and many never returned to resume feeding or took a long time to do so. But they only rarely stopped eating or fled when they heard the frogs. They also spent less than half as much time feeding during the 24 hours after first hearing human chatter, compared with hearing the frogs, the team reported.
The human presence in such a situation has far-reaching consequences. A previous study found that Santa Cruz pumas living near residential areas killed 36 percent more deer than those in less populated places. The new finding could explain why: if the cats are scared away from their kills before they finish feeding, they may be taking more prey to compensate. And fewer deer could mean more plants go uneaten, according to Chris Darimont, a professor of conservation science at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, who was not involved in the study. Thus, fear of humans may alter the entire food chain.
“Humans are the most significant source of death for pumas in this population even though the cats are not legally hunted for food or sport,” Smith says. “Many are hunted illegally, struck by vehicles or legally killed by governmental agencies as a means of protecting livestock (家畜). So they have good reason to be fearful of us,” she adds. Darimont predicts other large carnivores would show similar responses because humans have effectively become the planet’s top predator---even if we often do not eat what we kill.
58. How did researchers make the discovery?
A. By fitting GPS collars to the animals’ prey and following them.
B. By getting to the kill sties and broadcasting all types of sounds.
C. By observing pumas’ reaction to frogs’ croaking or humans’ voices.
D. By counting how long pumas spent eating in different backgrounds.
59. According to the passage, humans’ presence will lead to________.
A. less deer being eaten
B. more plants left uneaten
C. pumas occupying less populated areas
D. more puma feeding times within a day
60. Smith’s attitude towards the government hunting pumas is ________.
A. doubtful B. disapproving C. disappointing D. objective
C
Deep among the streams and kauri trees of rural south Auckland, New Zealand's newest and most alternative school is in session. The weather is fine so a bout of (一次) fishing is in order, followed by lunch cooked on an open fire. Homework and classes? Indefinitely dismissed.
“We are called a school but we look nothing like any school out there，” says Joey Moncarz, co founder and head teacher at Deep Green Bush School. “We don't do things like telling kids it is time to write or learn math. When they are interested in doing it, they do it.”
Moncarz is an ex -mainstream teacher. After five disappointing years in mainstream schools in New Zealand he quit to found Deep Green Bush School, which has a roll of eight, and no classroom walls, time out chairs (罚坐椅) or tests.
Concerned that mainstream schools were not preparing children for the global problems of the future — such as climate change — Moncarz imagined a totally different kind of education, rooted in the primal skills of hunting, gathering and survival. If the weather allows, pupils spend the majority of their day outdoors, exploring the New Zealand bush, learning to fish and hunt, trapping possums and learning about the plants and animals of their home. The more traditional school skills, such as reading, writing and arithmetic, are acquired at their own pace, after they begin showing an interest in them.
“We don't have what you'd traditionally consider problem kids,” says Moncarz. “Our parents saw their kids were unhappy and stressed in mainstream education and they started questioning: Is it normal or right for kids to come home stressed and unhappy? Having taught in a mainstream school, I'd say most kids are stressed and unhappy.”
Bush School is registered with the Ministry of Education as an independent school, and therefore does not have to abide by the standard New Zealand curriculum, although it is subject to ministerial regulation.
Inspired by the Sudbury Valley School in the US, which in turn was inspired by A. S. Neill's Summerhill School in the UK, since launching in January Moncarz has been fielding requests from around New Zealand and abroad to open chapters of Bush School in places as far a field as China and Europe.
Moncarz insists that the school isn't an “experiment” in education, and is based on two million years of evidence of how parents have raised their kids, at one with nature. “We don't want to be one of a kind. We want to replace mainstream schools,” said Moncarz.
61. What can the students do in Deep Green Bush School?
A. Learn more practical living skills.
B. Attend more diverse athletic contests.
C. Study traditional courses more effectively.
D. Join in environmental protection more actively.
62. Why did Moncarz set up Deep Green Bush School?
A. To offer help to problem kids.
B. To reduce parents' burden.
C. To reform the traditional school system.
D. To conduct an educational experiment.
63. What does the underlined part “abide by” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. Obey. B. Evaluate. C. Monitor. D. Replace.
64. What is the education system of Deep Green Bush School like?
A. Unpractical and rigid. B. Unsatisfactory but strict.
C. Unremarkable but fruitful. D. Untraditional and popular.
D
Today the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded journalist Svetlana Alexievich approximately $970,000 in recognition of a lifetime of excellence. The 67-year-old author of Voices From Chernobyl and War’s Unwomanly Face was praised by the Swedish Academy “for her polyphonic (复调式的) writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
Prizes like the Nobel inspire much expectation before the announcement. People give their best guesses as to who will win, look back on past winners, and even place bets as if spectators at a Derby (赛马会).
Literary prizes reward artistic brilliance. They help writers earn a decent living. But is the public’s fascination with prize-winning authors healthy? Our impulse seems to increasingly contribute to a culture of turning authors into celebrities (名人), where readers follow the author instead of the book.
A story should stand on its own, as a considered, complete book, without biographical information from author. It’s an idea perhaps best conveyed in Roland Barthes’s 1968 essay The Death of the Author. “The image of literature to be found in contemporary culture is arbitrarily centered on the author, his person, his history, his tastes, his passions.”
Nearly 50 years later, a few still agree. “I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors,” New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante once wrote. “If books have something to say, they will sooner or later find readers; if not, they won’t,” she continued. “True miracles are the ones whose makers will never be known.”
① But the rules for submission for the Man Booker International Prize, for example, strongly encourage authors to “make themselves available for publicity”. And the foundation behind the National Book Award requires finalists to participate in their “website-related-publicity”.
② In 2007, a reporter who showed up uninvited at Doris Lessing’s house was the first to inform her that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Today the Twitterati came knocking on Alexievich’s digital door hour before the award was even official. To be considered for a prize is to be a public figure.
③ Harry Porter series author J. K. Rowling, with over 5.6 million Twitter followers, has actively addressed readers through public appearances and social media, revealing much more than we could have imagined when we closed the final Harry Potter book. We now know the house Harry’s children will be sorted into, that Dutnbledore is gay, “Voldemort” is actually pronounced with a silent and a whole host of the other minor and major details about the backstory of the characters.
The magical world Rowling created in her books—a relatively tight mystery with well-laid clues that led to a satisfying conclusion, which had to prove their merits to the reader based on an internal logic—is being unfolded by her own hand.
④ Of course, public attention also has very important benefits for authors. For three months after receiving the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad sold about triple its print sales from before the prize, Publishers Weekly reports. On Oct. 5 2010, in the first FT/Oppenheimer Funds Emerging Voices Awards, as Nigerian-born Chigozie Obioma accepted the prize for fiction with an easy smile, his excitement was appreciable. Given the cash prize of $40,000 for each winner, it’s hard to downplay the importance of such an honor. Such awards bring necessary visibility and funding to writers facing a literary landscape dominated (主宰) by white men.
But our culture of celebrity is often too wrapped up in the way we read: How might the meaning of a work change if the author really didn’t grow up in a poor neighborhood, or if he or she was abused in childhood? Readers studied the author life as if it were the key to interpreting his or her novels.
Behind our fascination is the question that drives all such questions: What did the author intend? By all means, let us praise brilliant work and in doing so trust that the author has already told us enough, and that the story he or she meant to tell ended with the final page.
65. The author mentions Svetlana Alexievich at the beginning of the passage in order to________.
A. present the main idea of the article to readers
B. introduce the topic related to prize-winning authors
C. recognize her position in the literature of the world
D. describe the reason for her being awarded the Nobel Prize
66. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People wait for the Nobel Prize announcement calmly and patiently.
B. Roland Barthes thinks it necessary to read literature centered on authors.
C. The Man Booker International Prize discourages authors from publicity.
D. Elena Ferrante holds that books should be read independently of authors’ life.
67. Where can the sentence “Some authors satisfy, even encourage their fans.” be best put in the passage?
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
68. Which of the following is NOT the benefit of prize winning for authors?
A. It reveals more details about the characters in the book.
B. It dramatically increases the sales of the book.
C. It brings in necessary funding to authors.
D. It brings about changes in dominance in literary landscape.
69. What is the author’s attitude towards our fascination with prize-winning authors?
A. Approval. B. Critical. C. Indifferent. D. Admirable.
70. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. To be awarded a prize is to be a public figure.
B. Turning authors into celebrities is a bad culture.
C. Public fascination with authors brings benefits.
D. There are big challenges for prize-winning authors.
第四部分 任务型阅读 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。
When 12-year-old Kamila Carter walked up to the platform with a beaming smile and greeted the audience, her calmness was amazing. Even more so was her fluent Chinese. The seventh grader from California, the United States, shared how she became multilingual at the 13th Confucius Institute Conference held in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on December 4 and 5.
Seven years since her first Chinese class, Carter is a proficient (熟练的) speaker now who has won several prizes at the Chinese Bridge Competition (CBC), a worldwide Chinese proficiency contest for non-native speakers sponsored by the Beijing-based Confucius Institute Headquarters, or Hanban.
Hanban’s every year conference, a gathering of more than 1,500 people this year, included Chinese and foreign university presidents and representatives from Confucius Institutes all over the world. The event, called the Davos of education, offers educators an opportunity for sharing experiences and strengthening cooperation.
The friendship and trust built through Confucius Institutes provide a very good opportunity for jointly coping with future challenges and promoting world peace, he added.
Rebecca Nukuoro, who is majoring in public administration in the University of Zimbabwe in Harare, has been studying in the university’s Confucius Institute for a year. “The Chinese language is of great importance as the Zimbabwean Government is involved in business with China. I feel I would be better equipped and greatly advantaged to have an extra language when I join the job market,” she told Beijing Review.
Deja Watkins, a senior at the George Mason University in Virginia, the United States, is juggling (兼顾) three majors: data science, international relations and Chinese. He started to learn Chinese when he was in high school, with the Chinese program sponsored by a Confucius Institute.
Confucius Institutes have helped to bring knowledge of the Chinese culture and language not only to university students, but to the community in general, said Roberto Lafontaine, Director of the Confucius Institute Latin America Regional Center in Santiago, Chile. The center was established in 2014 to coordinate (协调) and support the work of Confucius Institutes in the region.
In addition to promoting language learning, Confucius Institutes also engage in culture sharing.
At an event hosted by the UMCI in March, Zhang Rong, a young volunteer teacher from Shanghai Normal University, demonstrated Chinese calligraphy to two pre-teens and their guardians. She asked for the girls’ names, and then wrote the Chinese characters for the names with a brush pen, which made the girls excited.
Also during the event, locals experienced dumpling making, practicing martial arts, tying Chinese knots, and playing the guqin, a stringed Chinese musical instrument. Some watched a video featuring scenic spots in China.
At the annual Chinese Lunar New Year gala hosted by the UMCI in February, Zhang led a group of U.S. middle school students to perform a spirit-lifting horse-riding dance of the Mongolian ethnic group of China. The gala featuring poem reciting, singing, short plays, lion dancing, drum beating and other performances by students added a festive flavor to the cold winter in Columbia, drawing a big audience.
According to Hanban, in the past decade, Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms worldwide held 220,000 cultural activities, attracting 100 million participants.
Communication (71)________ Borders
Introduction
CIC (Confucius Institute Conference) holds Chinese Bridge Competitions (72)________, in which Kamila Carter has won several prizes due to her excellent (73)________.
‘Davos’ of education
Following the example of Davos, the CIC aims to promote (74)________ and friendship and advocates joint efforts to (75)________ future challenges.
Platform for learning language
l Not only are Confucius Institutes (76)_______ to university students in different countries of the world, but they also cooperate with communities in various (77)________.
l Confucius Institutes help bring better job (78)________ to learners like Rebeca in Zimbabwe and Deja in the US.
Channel of sharing (79)________
Confucius Institutes hold numerous cultural activities that attract millions of people to participate in, including (80)________ events like calligraphy, martial arts, tying Chinese knot and playing guqin. Plus, they hold Chinese New Year gala events.
第五部分 书面表达 （满分25分）
81. 请阅读下面文字及图片，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
So Close, Yet So Far
Where am I? What am I doing? If you’re one of my 500 friends online, you’ll always be the first to know. My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance, so I’m constantly posting updates on social media—whether I’m having a coffee, on my way to school, watching TV… even when I’m in the shower. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online.
I live in a university dorm with a couple of great roommates. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely. A few days ago, I went out for a dinner get-together with some friends. My best friend left the table for 30 minutes because he had to take a call. Some spent the dinner bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the one who sat right in front of them. And the extraordinary thing is no one thought this was rude; it’s just how life is nowadays.
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个单词概述上述文字所描述的现象；
2. 分析造成该现象的原因（两至三点）；
3. 请你给Mark提两到三条建议。
【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。
英语试卷参考答案
1—5 BCCAB 6—10 BCAAC 11—15 ABBAB 16—20 CBAAC
21—25 CBCAD 26—30 ACBDB 31—35 BACDA
36—40 DABCB 41—45 BDDAC 46—50 BAABC 51—55 ADAAB
56—60 BCCBD 61—65 ACADB 66—70 DCABB
71. Beyond/beyond 72. annually/yearly 73. performance 74. cooperation 75. address/approach/handle/solve 76. beneficial 77. regions/areas
78. opportunities/chances 79. culture 80. traditional/conventional
81. One possible version:
Nowadays it is not uncommon to see people like Mark have this sensation—closely associated with so many “friends” online, yet feeling remote from people around them.
Quite a few factors make for this phenomenon, of which the most notable one, I believe, is people’s addiction to their smart phones, social media… in a word, the virtual world. By sharing and updating online, people seem to be most gratified to attract a great number of followers. Meanwhile, they find little freshness in their surroundings. Thus, they are blind to and withdraw from the people and things in real life.
As to Mark’s experience, I feel genuine sympathy for him. To get out of such a dilemma, I would suggest that he cut down on his time spent online, so that he can hang out with his friends more often. More importantly, step forward first to communicate with others when they are deeply lost in the virtual world.
听力录音材料：
Text 1
M: I want a pet. Should I get a dog or a cat?
W: How about a fish? (1) A dog or a cat is too much work. A fish is easy to take care of, and you can leave it alone for most of the day.
Text 2
W: Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the railway station, (2) please?
M: Sorry. I’m a stranger here, too. But why don’t you ask that man who is sitting in front of the grocery store? You see the store I’m talking about? The one next to the movie theater…
Text 3
M: Happy birthday, honey!
W: Oh, a bunch of flowers! Thank you. You’re always so sweet.
M: Well, I intended to buy you a fruit cake and some apple pies from Collin Street Bakery. But they’re all sold out, so I bought you these flowers. (3)
Text 4 (推断题)
W: I don’t understand the math problem on the board. Can you help me?
M: I’m kind of busy working on my homework. Why don’t you ask the teacher to help you?
Text 5
M: Can you hold the door for a minute, Lucy? I’ve got a big bag full of books here.
W: Hi, Matt. Nice to see you! Up to the fourth floor? (5)
Text 6
M: Do you want to go over to John’s house tonight?
W: No, I think I’m getting sick, so I should probably just stay at home and rest.
M: Oh, okay. You should drink some tea and stay warm. Would you like me to make you some soup? (6)
W: No, thanks. I’m not hungry. I might just go to sleep, actually. I had to get up very early this morning for a meeting. One of my co-workers seemed ill, so I might have gotten sick from her. (7)
Text 7
M: I was thinking of starting my own business. I know you wanted me to take over your restaurant business, (8) but I can’t stand working in the food industry.
W: OK. But what do you really want to do?
M: I want to sell skateboards, clothing, and shoes.
W: You want to run a clothing shop?
M: No. It’s actually a skateboarding shop.
W: What would make your shop different from all the others?
M: I thought we could make our own T-shirts. Maybe you and dad could lend me some money first. (9)
W: Sounds OK to me, but you’ll have to talk to your dad about this, too.
Text 8
M: Good morning. Can I see your membership card, please?
W: Well, I’m actually here to join the book club today.
M: I’m really sorry. There is something wrong with the computer. If you can come back on Monday — that’s tomorrow — we can sign you up then. (10) And we have a discount on Mondays and Tuesdays.
W: Oh, but I have to see the dentist tomorrow, (11) and I have a meeting to attend on Tuesday.
M: In that case, you can leave your information on this piece of paper and I’ll put your application into the computer tomorrow.
W: Oh, that’s wonderful!
M: Which membership would you like: a one-year membership, a three-year membership, or a lifetime membership? (12) There is a special gift for the lifetime membership.
W: Let me see. I think a one-year membership is right for me.
Text 9
M: I lost my dog! Can you help me look for him?
W: Yes, of course. When was the last time you saw him?
M: I tied him up right here as I went to grab some coffee. (13) When I came back outside, he was gone.
W: Okay, what does he look like?
M: He’s white with black spots. He’s around 40 pounds and has short hair. (14) His name is Milo, and he always comes when he’s called.
W: I’ll take the streets going to the right, and you take the streets going to the left. (15) Meet me back in front of the coffee shop in 10 minutes. If we don’t find him, we can take my car to look farther out.
M: Do you think I should call the police?
W: I doubt if they’ll have time to help. But I don’t think we’ll need them. Look over there in that park two blocks down! (16)
M: It’s Milo! Quick, let’s run over there! (16)
W: Let’s go!
Text 10
That was Ellen with tonight’s news. Good evening, I’m Jenny with this week’s weather report. (17) Although it was sunny today, it looks like a storm is headed in tonight, with rainfall supposed to last until Sunday afternoon. (18) We should expect thunder and lightning tomorrow morning, which will last into late Tuesday afternoon. The rain should let up a bit by Thursday night, although light showers will last through the end of the week. Today, we saw temperatures in the low 70s, (19) but this week, certain areas will reach a low of 45 degrees at night and 50 degrees during the day. With Thanksgiving coming up, (20) there will be a lot of traffic this week as people head to holiday celebrations. Please be careful when driving in the rain, especially in areas that are likely to flood. Have a great week, everyone! Now over to Maria with the traffic report.
英 语
第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What kind of pet does the woman suggest?
A. A dog. B. A fish. C. A cat.
2. Which place is the woman looking for?
A. A grocery store. B. A movie theater. C. The railway station.
3. What did the man buy for the woman’s birthday?
A. A fruit cake. B. Some apple pies. C. A bunch of flowers.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates. B. Parent and child. C. Teacher and student.
5. Where is the woman?
A. In a car. B. In an elevator（电梯）. C. In a bookstore.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 does the man offer to do for the woman?
A. Stay home with her.
B. Make her some food.
C. Drive her to a friend’s house.
7. How did the woman probably get sick?
A. From John. B. From the man. C. From her colleague.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the woman probably do for a living?
A. She owns a restaurant.
B. She runs a clothing shop.
C. She works in a shoe store.
9. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Lend him some money.
B. Talk to his father for him.
C. Buy him some new T-shirts.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What day is it today?
A. Monday. B. Tuesday. C. Sunday.
11. What is the woman planning to do tomorrow?
A. See her dentist. B. Attend a meeting. C. Join the book club.
12. How many kinds of membership cards are mentioned by the man?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where was probably the man when he lost Milo?
A. In a park. B. In a café. C. In a car.
14. What does Milo look like?
A. He has short hair.
B. He’s about 14 pounds.
C. He’s black with white spots.
15. Where does the woman tell the man to look first?
A. Farther out. B. To the left. C. To the right.
16. What do the speakers decide to do in the end?
A. Call the police for help.
B. Drive around to look for Milo.
C. Run for a couple of blocks.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who is the speaker?
A. Ellen. B. Jenny. C. Maria.
18. When is the rain expected to stop?
A. On Sunday afternoon.
B. On Tuesday afternoon.
C. On Thursday night.
19. What was today’s temperature?
A. In the low 70s. B. Around 50 degrees. C. Around 45 degrees.
20. What time of year is it?
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Fall.
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节, 满分35分）
第一节 单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Elizabeth shows great _________ in her choice of friends, so she has a lot of trustworthy companions.
A. comprehension B. determination C. discrimination D. reputation
22. More employers now offer fresh college graduates _________ jobs, hoping to seek out experienced candidates.
A. contemporary B. temporary C. permanent D. primitive
23. —You didn’t return to the camp site as planned last night. What happened?
—We were trapped in the snowstorm. And we _________ at a temple for the night.
A. held up B. split up C. put up D. sprang up
24. At the start of 2019, she _________ a challenging program designed for senior people at a local TV station.
A. hatched B. claimed C. scanned D. loaded
25. Huawei may still rely on its competitive research and development team to meet its technological needs, _________ the U.S. government blocks sales of U.S. technology to it.
A. while B. unless C. until D. though
26. When things don’t go the way we _________, we find ourselves trying to force them and struggling to finish them.
A. planned B. are planning C. had planned D. will be planning
27. A general consensus has been reached among the world’s scientists _________ the world is likely to warm up over the next few decades.
A. what B. where C. that D. who
28. It was only when he broke down and was sent to hospital for treatment _________ fully aware of the value of health.
A. did he become B. that he became C. had he become D. that he had become
29. The rubbish picture __________ sound disgusting to some people, but it is really quite clean and great fun.
A. can B. should C. must D. may
30. Youth culture did the work of introducing hoodies(帽衫) from the area of sportswear, __________ clothing exists to strengthen performance in sports, to that of streetwear.
A. which B. where C. when D. as
31. A wise mother will never get herself into the state of her children __________ to the slightest possibility of danger.
A. exposed B. being exposed C. exposing D. to be exposed
32. Though last year witnessed a slight decrease in car sales, the selling figures were ________ experts’ expectations.
A. in tune with B. in connection with C. in conflict with D. in comparison with
33. —He could have put pressure on us to adopt his proposal.
—Yes, but he didn’t ________.
A. make his way B. give his way C. get his way D. feel his way
34. —How do you go to your office every day?
—Normally, I take the subway to work, ________ most of my colleagues.
A. so do B. so have C. as have D. as do
35. There are so many spelling mistakes in the composition, and I have to write the letter out again. It means I will _________.
A. start from scratch B. kill the fatted calf
C. cost an arm and a leg D. give the cold shoulder
第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A letter to ... My brother, whom I bullied when we were young
I was five when you were born. Looking at pictures from that time, I look so happy with you. I am holding you, I am smiling, I look 36 . But I do not remember that feeling.
I was a daddy’s girl, but I was also the one to break in our parents. I used to call myself the family’s guinea pig (豚鼠), 37 you were the happy one, the joker, the one who 38 the rewards of all my battles won or lost. So I must have decided that we were enemies, competitors for the love and attention of our parents, and this feeling is in the 39 of all my early memories. All I remember is 40 you.
So, as long as I could, I made your life a 41 . I teased you, tricked you and 42 you. You tell me it’s not as bad as I remember, but I 43 a couple of times when you were left in tears. Our little sister was born when I was 11, and very soon you two bonded 44 and pushed me aside. Did you bond with her because I was becoming a monster, or did I become a monster because of your bond?
Thankfully, you quickly grew tall and strong, and soon you were able to overcome me 45 . From then on it was down to verbal abuse and psychological warfare. By the time I was at university, you were a teenager and we competed for higher 46 : money, the family car, parental pride.
It all came to a 47 stop when I moved abroad as an exchange student. Almost 20 years have passed, and the hate 48 me some long time ago, while I wasn’t watching. And at the same time, 49 must have crept in (悄悄地进入), sneaking somewhere through the back of my mind.
Despite all the abuse during those years，you have turned into a happy, friendly, passionate, generous human being. You are the most handsome and charming person that I know. And, with your wife and best friend, you have just had your first child. Nobody 50 this happiness more.
You have implied that you’ve forgiven me, or even that there is 51 to forgive. But I 52 to remember the hurt — I will always hurt in 53 when I look back. All those wasted years in which I should have been your loving sister, standing by your side, defending instead of 54 you in your own home. I aim to be now what I always should have been.
I am so 55 of you, my heart wells up with love for you and your sister. I will be forever glad that I have the chance to love you both.
Your sister
36. A. favoured B. frightened C. frustrated D. fascinated
37. A. while B. when C. though D. unless
38. A. appreciated B. reaped C. brought D. cheated
39. A. point B. cost C. centre D. end
40. A. adoring B. hating C. assisting D. envying
41. A. mystery B. misery C. mistake D. mixture
42. A. absorbed B. abandoned C. abolished D. abused
43. A. devote B. spend C. treasure D. recall
44. A. strongly B. anxiously C. happily D. unexpectedly
45. A. temporarily B. spiritually C. physically D. academically
46. A. requirements B. resources C. positions D. purposes
47. A. forced B. surprised C. controlled D. intended
48. A. left B. accompanied C. affected D. bothered
49. A. hatred B. love C. guilty D. regret
50. A. rejects B. steals C. deserves D. ignores
51. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
52. A. refuse B. plan C. learn D. prefer
53. A. shame B. sorrow C. disappointment D. confusion
54. A. attacking B. attending C. attracting D. avoiding
55. A. sure B. proud C. confident D. tired
第三部分 阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
MT•LEBANON ICE CENTER *900 CEDAR BOULEVARD*PITTSBURGH, PA 15228
(412) 561-4363 www.mtlebanon.org
WHO: Skaters of all ages and abilities.
Must be 3 years of age and potty trained.
Any Preschool Kindergarten age child who has never taken lessons at the Mr. Lebanon Ice Center needs to be evaluated.
The On-line registration feature does not apply to evaluation registration.
Evaluation dates and times are listed below.
EVALUATIONS:
Evaluations help to determine both readiness and class placement. Upon completion of the evaluation, it is recommended that you register for classes with an associate located in the ice center booth. A variety of days and times for the evaluations are also listed online and at the Ice Center.
Evaluation registration may be done in person or by phone at 412-561-4363.
DAY
EVALUATION DATES
TIME
EVALUATION FEE
Saturday
June 2, 2018
12:00 p.m.
$5.00
Sunday
June 3, 2018
12:00 p.m.
$500
Monday
June 4, 2018
10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
$500
Wednesday
June 6, 2018
10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
$5.00
Thursday
June 7, 20l8
10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
$5.00
Additional evaluation dates may be offered for session Ⅱ.
REFUND POLICY: Refund requests must be made a minimum of 7 days prior to event. See www.mtlebanon.org.for details.
REGISTRATION:
In person—Stop by the Mt. Lebanon Recreation Center, ground floor, Monday through Saturday 9:00 a. m. - 9:00 p.m. or Sunday 9: 00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
By Phone—Call the Ice Center at (412)561-4363 to schedule your skating evaluation appointment.
Make checks payable to: Mt. Lebanon, PA Visa, Master Card, &Debit Cards accepted
QUESTIONS: Please call the Mt. Lebanon Ice Center staff at (412)561-4363
LeboALERT—A FREE notification service (phone, text, e-mail). In the event of an emergency and to provide you with updates about cancellations and recreation department programs and events. Please visit www.mtlebanon.org and sign up for LeboALERT. All recreation participants should sign up, and at minimum select the “Cancellations” category.
56. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. To introduce a skating program.
B. To advertise a skating center.
C. To serve as a skating assessment schedule.
D. To issue a free skating notification.
57. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The evaluation is intended for all preschool and kindergarten children.
B. Refund requests can be accepted within 7 days after the registration.
C. Participants signing up for Lebo Alert can receive free notification about the event.
D. Evaluation registration can be done in person, by phone or on-line.
B
Humans kill large carnivores—a category of animals that includes wolves, bears, lions, tigers and pumas—at more than nine times their death rate in the wild. Although they may not be our prey (猎物) in the traditional sense, a new research shows that some of the world’s biggest carnivores are responding to humans in a way that resembles how prey animals react to predators (捕食者). Biologists at the Santa Cruz Puma Project, an ongoing research effort in the mountains of California’s central coast, report that even the scary puma, or mountain lion, shows its fearful side when people are around.
In a recent study, the researchers followed 17 mountain lions outfitted with GPS collars to the animals’ deer kill sites. Once the cats naturally left the scene between feedings, ecologist Justin A. Smith, now at the University of California Berkeley, and her team trained motion-activated cameras on the prey bodies. On the animals’ return, the cameras triggered nearby speakers, which broadcast recordings of either frogs croaking or humans conversing.
The pumas almost always fled immediately on hearing the human voices, and many never returned to resume feeding or took a long time to do so. But they only rarely stopped eating or fled when they heard the frogs. They also spent less than half as much time feeding during the 24 hours after first hearing human chatter, compared with hearing the frogs, the team reported.
The human presence in such a situation has far-reaching consequences. A previous study found that Santa Cruz pumas living near residential areas killed 36 percent more deer than those in less populated places. The new finding could explain why: if the cats are scared away from their kills before they finish feeding, they may be taking more prey to compensate. And fewer deer could mean more plants go uneaten, according to Chris Darimont, a professor of conservation science at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, who was not involved in the study. Thus, fear of humans may alter the entire food chain.
“Humans are the most significant source of death for pumas in this population even though the cats are not legally hunted for food or sport,” Smith says. “Many are hunted illegally, struck by vehicles or legally killed by governmental agencies as a means of protecting livestock (家畜). So they have good reason to be fearful of us,” she adds. Darimont predicts other large carnivores would show similar responses because humans have effectively become the planet’s top predator---even if we often do not eat what we kill.
58. How did researchers make the discovery?
A. By fitting GPS collars to the animals’ prey and following them.
B. By getting to the kill sties and broadcasting all types of sounds.
C. By observing pumas’ reaction to frogs’ croaking or humans’ voices.
D. By counting how long pumas spent eating in different backgrounds.
59. According to the passage, humans’ presence will lead to________.
A. less deer being eaten
B. more plants left uneaten
C. pumas occupying less populated areas
D. more puma feeding times within a day
60. Smith’s attitude towards the government hunting pumas is ________.
A. doubtful B. disapproving C. disappointing D. objective
C
Deep among the streams and kauri trees of rural south Auckland, New Zealand's newest and most alternative school is in session. The weather is fine so a bout of (一次) fishing is in order, followed by lunch cooked on an open fire. Homework and classes? Indefinitely dismissed.
“We are called a school but we look nothing like any school out there，” says Joey Moncarz, co founder and head teacher at Deep Green Bush School. “We don't do things like telling kids it is time to write or learn math. When they are interested in doing it, they do it.”
Moncarz is an ex -mainstream teacher. After five disappointing years in mainstream schools in New Zealand he quit to found Deep Green Bush School, which has a roll of eight, and no classroom walls, time out chairs (罚坐椅) or tests.
Concerned that mainstream schools were not preparing children for the global problems of the future — such as climate change — Moncarz imagined a totally different kind of education, rooted in the primal skills of hunting, gathering and survival. If the weather allows, pupils spend the majority of their day outdoors, exploring the New Zealand bush, learning to fish and hunt, trapping possums and learning about the plants and animals of their home. The more traditional school skills, such as reading, writing and arithmetic, are acquired at their own pace, after they begin showing an interest in them.
“We don't have what you'd traditionally consider problem kids,” says Moncarz. “Our parents saw their kids were unhappy and stressed in mainstream education and they started questioning: Is it normal or right for kids to come home stressed and unhappy? Having taught in a mainstream school, I'd say most kids are stressed and unhappy.”
Bush School is registered with the Ministry of Education as an independent school, and therefore does not have to abide by the standard New Zealand curriculum, although it is subject to ministerial regulation.
Inspired by the Sudbury Valley School in the US, which in turn was inspired by A. S. Neill's Summerhill School in the UK, since launching in January Moncarz has been fielding requests from around New Zealand and abroad to open chapters of Bush School in places as far a field as China and Europe.
Moncarz insists that the school isn't an “experiment” in education, and is based on two million years of evidence of how parents have raised their kids, at one with nature. “We don't want to be one of a kind. We want to replace mainstream schools,” said Moncarz.
61. What can the students do in Deep Green Bush School?
A. Learn more practical living skills.
B. Attend more diverse athletic contests.
C. Study traditional courses more effectively.
D. Join in environmental protection more actively.
62. Why did Moncarz set up Deep Green Bush School?
A. To offer help to problem kids.
B. To reduce parents' burden.
C. To reform the traditional school system.
D. To conduct an educational experiment.
63. What does the underlined part “abide by” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. Obey. B. Evaluate. C. Monitor. D. Replace.
64. What is the education system of Deep Green Bush School like?
A. Unpractical and rigid. B. Unsatisfactory but strict.
C. Unremarkable but fruitful. D. Untraditional and popular.
D
Today the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded journalist Svetlana Alexievich approximately $970,000 in recognition of a lifetime of excellence. The 67-year-old author of Voices From Chernobyl and War’s Unwomanly Face was praised by the Swedish Academy “for her polyphonic (复调式的) writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
Prizes like the Nobel inspire much expectation before the announcement. People give their best guesses as to who will win, look back on past winners, and even place bets as if spectators at a Derby (赛马会).
Literary prizes reward artistic brilliance. They help writers earn a decent living. But is the public’s fascination with prize-winning authors healthy? Our impulse seems to increasingly contribute to a culture of turning authors into celebrities (名人), where readers follow the author instead of the book.
A story should stand on its own, as a considered, complete book, without biographical information from author. It’s an idea perhaps best conveyed in Roland Barthes’s 1968 essay The Death of the Author. “The image of literature to be found in contemporary culture is arbitrarily centered on the author, his person, his history, his tastes, his passions.”
Nearly 50 years later, a few still agree. “I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors,” New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante once wrote. “If books have something to say, they will sooner or later find readers; if not, they won’t,” she continued. “True miracles are the ones whose makers will never be known.”
① But the rules for submission for the Man Booker International Prize, for example, strongly encourage authors to “make themselves available for publicity”. And the foundation behind the National Book Award requires finalists to participate in their “website-related-publicity”.
② In 2007, a reporter who showed up uninvited at Doris Lessing’s house was the first to inform her that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Today the Twitterati came knocking on Alexievich’s digital door hour before the award was even official. To be considered for a prize is to be a public figure.
③ Harry Porter series author J. K. Rowling, with over 5.6 million Twitter followers, has actively addressed readers through public appearances and social media, revealing much more than we could have imagined when we closed the final Harry Potter book. We now know the house Harry’s children will be sorted into, that Dutnbledore is gay, “Voldemort” is actually pronounced with a silent and a whole host of the other minor and major details about the backstory of the characters.
The magical world Rowling created in her books—a relatively tight mystery with well-laid clues that led to a satisfying conclusion, which had to prove their merits to the reader based on an internal logic—is being unfolded by her own hand.
④ Of course, public attention also has very important benefits for authors. For three months after receiving the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad sold about triple its print sales from before the prize, Publishers Weekly reports. On Oct. 5 2010, in the first FT/Oppenheimer Funds Emerging Voices Awards, as Nigerian-born Chigozie Obioma accepted the prize for fiction with an easy smile, his excitement was appreciable. Given the cash prize of $40,000 for each winner, it’s hard to downplay the importance of such an honor. Such awards bring necessary visibility and funding to writers facing a literary landscape dominated (主宰) by white men.
But our culture of celebrity is often too wrapped up in the way we read: How might the meaning of a work change if the author really didn’t grow up in a poor neighborhood, or if he or she was abused in childhood? Readers studied the author life as if it were the key to interpreting his or her novels.
Behind our fascination is the question that drives all such questions: What did the author intend? By all means, let us praise brilliant work and in doing so trust that the author has already told us enough, and that the story he or she meant to tell ended with the final page.
65. The author mentions Svetlana Alexievich at the beginning of the passage in order to________.
A. present the main idea of the article to readers
B. introduce the topic related to prize-winning authors
C. recognize her position in the literature of the world
D. describe the reason for her being awarded the Nobel Prize
66. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People wait for the Nobel Prize announcement calmly and patiently.
B. Roland Barthes thinks it necessary to read literature centered on authors.
C. The Man Booker International Prize discourages authors from publicity.
D. Elena Ferrante holds that books should be read independently of authors’ life.
67. Where can the sentence “Some authors satisfy, even encourage their fans.” be best put in the passage?
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
68. Which of the following is NOT the benefit of prize winning for authors?
A. It reveals more details about the characters in the book.
B. It dramatically increases the sales of the book.
C. It brings in necessary funding to authors.
D. It brings about changes in dominance in literary landscape.
69. What is the author’s attitude towards our fascination with prize-winning authors?
A. Approval. B. Critical. C. Indifferent. D. Admirable.
70. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. To be awarded a prize is to be a public figure.
B. Turning authors into celebrities is a bad culture.
C. Public fascination with authors brings benefits.
D. There are big challenges for prize-winning authors.
第四部分 任务型阅读 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。
When 12-year-old Kamila Carter walked up to the platform with a beaming smile and greeted the audience, her calmness was amazing. Even more so was her fluent Chinese. The seventh grader from California, the United States, shared how she became multilingual at the 13th Confucius Institute Conference held in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on December 4 and 5.
Seven years since her first Chinese class, Carter is a proficient (熟练的) speaker now who has won several prizes at the Chinese Bridge Competition (CBC), a worldwide Chinese proficiency contest for non-native speakers sponsored by the Beijing-based Confucius Institute Headquarters, or Hanban.
Hanban’s every year conference, a gathering of more than 1,500 people this year, included Chinese and foreign university presidents and representatives from Confucius Institutes all over the world. The event, called the Davos of education, offers educators an opportunity for sharing experiences and strengthening cooperation.
The friendship and trust built through Confucius Institutes provide a very good opportunity for jointly coping with future challenges and promoting world peace, he added.
Rebecca Nukuoro, who is majoring in public administration in the University of Zimbabwe in Harare, has been studying in the university’s Confucius Institute for a year. “The Chinese language is of great importance as the Zimbabwean Government is involved in business with China. I feel I would be better equipped and greatly advantaged to have an extra language when I join the job market,” she told Beijing Review.
Deja Watkins, a senior at the George Mason University in Virginia, the United States, is juggling (兼顾) three majors: data science, international relations and Chinese. He started to learn Chinese when he was in high school, with the Chinese program sponsored by a Confucius Institute.
Confucius Institutes have helped to bring knowledge of the Chinese culture and language not only to university students, but to the community in general, said Roberto Lafontaine, Director of the Confucius Institute Latin America Regional Center in Santiago, Chile. The center was established in 2014 to coordinate (协调) and support the work of Confucius Institutes in the region.
In addition to promoting language learning, Confucius Institutes also engage in culture sharing.
At an event hosted by the UMCI in March, Zhang Rong, a young volunteer teacher from Shanghai Normal University, demonstrated Chinese calligraphy to two pre-teens and their guardians. She asked for the girls’ names, and then wrote the Chinese characters for the names with a brush pen, which made the girls excited.
Also during the event, locals experienced dumpling making, practicing martial arts, tying Chinese knots, and playing the guqin, a stringed Chinese musical instrument. Some watched a video featuring scenic spots in China.
At the annual Chinese Lunar New Year gala hosted by the UMCI in February, Zhang led a group of U.S. middle school students to perform a spirit-lifting horse-riding dance of the Mongolian ethnic group of China. The gala featuring poem reciting, singing, short plays, lion dancing, drum beating and other performances by students added a festive flavor to the cold winter in Columbia, drawing a big audience.
According to Hanban, in the past decade, Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms worldwide held 220,000 cultural activities, attracting 100 million participants.
Communication (71)________ Borders
Introduction
CIC (Confucius Institute Conference) holds Chinese Bridge Competitions (72)________, in which Kamila Carter has won several prizes due to her excellent (73)________.
‘Davos’ of education
Following the example of Davos, the CIC aims to promote (74)________ and friendship and advocates joint efforts to (75)________ future challenges.
Platform for learning language
l Not only are Confucius Institutes (76)_______ to university students in different countries of the world, but they also cooperate with communities in various (77)________.
l Confucius Institutes help bring better job (78)________ to learners like Rebeca in Zimbabwe and Deja in the US.
Channel of sharing (79)________
Confucius Institutes hold numerous cultural activities that attract millions of people to participate in, including (80)________ events like calligraphy, martial arts, tying Chinese knot and playing guqin. Plus, they hold Chinese New Year gala events.
第五部分 书面表达 （满分25分）
81. 请阅读下面文字及图片，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
So Close, Yet So Far
Where am I? What am I doing? If you’re one of my 500 friends online, you’ll always be the first to know. My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance, so I’m constantly posting updates on social media—whether I’m having a coffee, on my way to school, watching TV… even when I’m in the shower. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online.
I live in a university dorm with a couple of great roommates. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely. A few days ago, I went out for a dinner get-together with some friends. My best friend left the table for 30 minutes because he had to take a call. Some spent the dinner bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the one who sat right in front of them. And the extraordinary thing is no one thought this was rude; it’s just how life is nowadays.
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个单词概述上述文字所描述的现象；
2. 分析造成该现象的原因（两至三点）；
3. 请你给Mark提两到三条建议。
【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。
英语试卷参考答案
1—5 BCCAB 6—10 BCAAC 11—15 ABBAB 16—20 CBAAC
21—25 CBCAD 26—30 ACBDB 31—35 BACDA
36—40 DABCB 41—45 BDDAC 46—50 BAABC 51—55 ADAAB
56—60 BCCBD 61—65 ACADB 66—70 DCABB
71. Beyond/beyond 72. annually/yearly 73. performance 74. cooperation 75. address/approach/handle/solve 76. beneficial 77. regions/areas
78. opportunities/chances 79. culture 80. traditional/conventional
81. One possible version:
Nowadays it is not uncommon to see people like Mark have this sensation—closely associated with so many “friends” online, yet feeling remote from people around them.
Quite a few factors make for this phenomenon, of which the most notable one, I believe, is people’s addiction to their smart phones, social media… in a word, the virtual world. By sharing and updating online, people seem to be most gratified to attract a great number of followers. Meanwhile, they find little freshness in their surroundings. Thus, they are blind to and withdraw from the people and things in real life.
As to Mark’s experience, I feel genuine sympathy for him. To get out of such a dilemma, I would suggest that he cut down on his time spent online, so that he can hang out with his friends more often. More importantly, step forward first to communicate with others when they are deeply lost in the virtual world.
听力录音材料：
Text 1
M: I want a pet. Should I get a dog or a cat?
W: How about a fish? (1) A dog or a cat is too much work. A fish is easy to take care of, and you can leave it alone for most of the day.
Text 2
W: Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the railway station, (2) please?
M: Sorry. I’m a stranger here, too. But why don’t you ask that man who is sitting in front of the grocery store? You see the store I’m talking about? The one next to the movie theater…
Text 3
M: Happy birthday, honey!
W: Oh, a bunch of flowers! Thank you. You’re always so sweet.
M: Well, I intended to buy you a fruit cake and some apple pies from Collin Street Bakery. But they’re all sold out, so I bought you these flowers. (3)
Text 4 (推断题)
W: I don’t understand the math problem on the board. Can you help me?
M: I’m kind of busy working on my homework. Why don’t you ask the teacher to help you?
Text 5
M: Can you hold the door for a minute, Lucy? I’ve got a big bag full of books here.
W: Hi, Matt. Nice to see you! Up to the fourth floor? (5)
Text 6
M: Do you want to go over to John’s house tonight?
W: No, I think I’m getting sick, so I should probably just stay at home and rest.
M: Oh, okay. You should drink some tea and stay warm. Would you like me to make you some soup? (6)
W: No, thanks. I’m not hungry. I might just go to sleep, actually. I had to get up very early this morning for a meeting. One of my co-workers seemed ill, so I might have gotten sick from her. (7)
Text 7
M: I was thinking of starting my own business. I know you wanted me to take over your restaurant business, (8) but I can’t stand working in the food industry.
W: OK. But what do you really want to do?
M: I want to sell skateboards, clothing, and shoes.
W: You want to run a clothing shop?
M: No. It’s actually a skateboarding shop.
W: What would make your shop different from all the others?
M: I thought we could make our own T-shirts. Maybe you and dad could lend me some money first. (9)
W: Sounds OK to me, but you’ll have to talk to your dad about this, too.
Text 8
M: Good morning. Can I see your membership card, please?
W: Well, I’m actually here to join the book club today.
M: I’m really sorry. There is something wrong with the computer. If you can come back on Monday — that’s tomorrow — we can sign you up then. (10) And we have a discount on Mondays and Tuesdays.
W: Oh, but I have to see the dentist tomorrow, (11) and I have a meeting to attend on Tuesday.
M: In that case, you can leave your information on this piece of paper and I’ll put your application into the computer tomorrow.
W: Oh, that’s wonderful!
M: Which membership would you like: a one-year membership, a three-year membership, or a lifetime membership? (12) There is a special gift for the lifetime membership.
W: Let me see. I think a one-year membership is right for me.
Text 9
M: I lost my dog! Can you help me look for him?
W: Yes, of course. When was the last time you saw him?
M: I tied him up right here as I went to grab some coffee. (13) When I came back outside, he was gone.
W: Okay, what does he look like?
M: He’s white with black spots. He’s around 40 pounds and has short hair. (14) His name is Milo, and he always comes when he’s called.
W: I’ll take the streets going to the right, and you take the streets going to the left. (15) Meet me back in front of the coffee shop in 10 minutes. If we don’t find him, we can take my car to look farther out.
M: Do you think I should call the police?
W: I doubt if they’ll have time to help. But I don’t think we’ll need them. Look over there in that park two blocks down! (16)
M: It’s Milo! Quick, let’s run over there! (16)
W: Let’s go!
Text 10
That was Ellen with tonight’s news. Good evening, I’m Jenny with this week’s weather report. (17) Although it was sunny today, it looks like a storm is headed in tonight, with rainfall supposed to last until Sunday afternoon. (18) We should expect thunder and lightning tomorrow morning, which will last into late Tuesday afternoon. The rain should let up a bit by Thursday night, although light showers will last through the end of the week. Today, we saw temperatures in the low 70s, (19) but this week, certain areas will reach a low of 45 degrees at night and 50 degrees during the day. With Thanksgiving coming up, (20) there will be a lot of traffic this week as people head to holiday celebrations. Please be careful when driving in the rain, especially in areas that are likely to flood. Have a great week, everyone! Now over to Maria with the traffic report.
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