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2022-2023学年上海市行知中学高三上学期期末质量监测
英语试卷
I. Listening Comprehension
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II. Grammar and Vocabulary (每题 1 分;共 20 分)
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word: for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Video Games Foster Creativity?
Video games that foster creative freedom can increase creativity under certain conditions, according to new research from Iowa State University. The experimental study compared the effect f playing Mine-craft(《我的世界》-一款游戏), with or without instruction, to watching a TV show or playing a race video game. Those ____1____ (give) the freedom to play Mine-craft without instruction were most creative.
“It’s not just that Mine-craft can help induce creativity. There seems to be something about choosing to do it that also matters,” said Douglas Gentile, a professor of psychology.
____2____ you are not familiar with the game, Gentile says Mine-craft is like a virtual Lego world. The game, which has sold more than 100 million copies, allows players to explore unique worlds and create anything they can imagine. Study participants randomly assigned to play Mine-craft were split into two groups. The one receiving instruction was told to play as creatively as possible.
After 40 minutes of play or watching TV, the 352 participants completed several creativity tasks. ____3____ (measure) creative production, they were asked to draw a creature from a world much different than Earth. More human like creature scored low for creativity and those less human-like scored high. Surprisingly, those instructed to be creative while playing Mine-craft were the ____4____ (creative).
Gentile says there’s no clear explanation for this finding. In the paper published by Creativity Research Journal, he, Jorge Blanco-Herrera, lead author and former master’s student in psychology: and Jeffrey Rokkum, former Ph. D. student in psychology, outlined possible reasons why the instructed Mine-craft group scored lower. Blanco-Herrera says the instructions may have changed subjects’ motivation for play.
“____5____ (tell) to be creative may have actually limited their options while playing, resulting in a less creative experience,” Blanco-Herrera said. “It’s also possible they used all their ‘creative juices’ while playing and had ____6____ left when it came time to complete the test.”
Video games can have both harmful and beneficial effects. Gentile’s previous research has shown the amount, content and context and video games ____7____ (influence) what players learn through repeated experiences. ____8____ much of Gentile’s research has focused on aggression or pro-social behavior, he says the same appears to be true for creativity.
Most video games encourage players to practice some level of creativity. For example, players may create a character and story for role-playing games or be rewarded for creative strategies in competitive games. The researchers say even first-person shooter games ____9____ potentially inspire creativity as players think about strategy and look for advantages in combat.
“The research is starting to tell a more interesting, nuanced picture. Our results are similar to other gaming research ____10____ you get better at what you practice, but how you practice might matter just as much, ” Gentile said.
【答案】1. given
2. If 3. To measure
4. least creative
5. Being told
6. nothing 7. influence
8. Although
9. can 10. in that
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇议论文。议论的话题是电子游戏能否培养创造力，结论是：研究结果表明培养自由创造力的电子游戏有利于培养创造力。
【1题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：那些在没有任何指导的情况下自由玩地雷游戏的人最有创造力。分析句子，句中were为谓语动词，设空处应该使用非谓语动词，此处those与give之间是被动关系，故使用过去分词作后置定语。故填given。
【2题详解】
考查连词。句意：如果你不熟悉这款游戏，Gentile说Mine-craft就像一个虚拟的乐高世界。分析句子，设空处应该填写连词，连接前后两个句子。此处表示条件，故使用if引导条件状语从句。同时，该空位于句首，首字母要大写。故填If。
【3题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：为了衡量创造性生产，他们被要求画一个来自与地球非常不同的世界的生物。句中were asked为谓语动词，设空处应该使用非谓语动词，此处表示目的作状语，故使用to do 不定式。该空位于句首，首字母要大写。故填To measure。
【4题详解】
考查形容词。句意：令人惊讶的是，那些被要求在玩《地雷争霸》时发挥创造力的人是最没有创造力的。句中应该使用形容词作表语。根据句中while可知，设空处与前文的creative形成对比，构成转折关系，同时空前有the，故使用最高级。表示“最没有创造力的”应该用least creative。故填least creative。
【5题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：被告知要有创造力可能实际上限制了他们在游戏中的选择，导致创造性体验的减少。句中may have为谓语动词，设空处应该使用动名词作主语，此处tell与其逻辑主语participants之间是被动关系，故使用动名词的被动结构。同时。该空位于句首，首字母要大写。故填Being told。
【6题详解】
考查代词。句意：也有可能他们在玩游戏时用尽了所有的“创造性思维”，而当他们完成测试时却什么都没剩下。分析句子，设空处使用代词作宾语。根据前文they used all their ‘creative juices’ while playing 可知，可能他们在玩游戏时用尽了所有的“创造性思维”故完成测试时却什么都没剩下。表示“什么也没有”用不定代词nothing。故填nothing。
【7题详解】
考查动词。句意：Gentile之前的研究表明，电子游戏的数量、内容、背景和内容会影响玩家通过重复体验学到的东西。分析句子，has shown后面省略宾语从句that的引导词，设空处应该使用动词作从句的谓语，此处描述的是客观事实，主语为the amount, content and context and video games是复数。故填influence。
【8题详解】
考查让步状语从句。句意：虽然Gentile的大部分研究都集中在攻击性或亲社会行为上，但他表示，创造力似乎也是如此。设空处使用的是连词连接前后两个句子，此处表示让步关系，即前后两句话构成转折，故表示“虽然”用although。该空位于句首，首字母要大写。故填Although。
【9题详解】
考查情态动词。句意：研究人员表示，即使是第一人称射击游戏也可能激发玩家的创造力，因为他们会思考策略，并在战斗中寻找优势。分析句子，设空处应该填写情态动词与后文的inspire构成句子的谓语，此处表示“能够”用can。故填can。
【10题详解】
考查连词。句意：我们的研究结果与其他游戏研究相似，因为你在练习什么方面做得更好，但你如何练习可能同样重要,”詹蒂勒说。分析句子可知，本句为in that引导的原因状语从句。故填in that。
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. spare B. respectable C. exhaust D. accidental E. designed F. critics
G. advocates H. mine I. commercially J. relieving K. theoretically
Major companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes(酶)in the automobile to monitor ____11____ and send data on pollution to a microprocessor that will then adjust the engine. They speak of what The New York Times calls “Metal-hungry microbes(微生物)that might be used to ____12____ valuable trace metals from ocean water.” They have already demanded and won the right to patent new life forms.
Nervous ____13____, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, international, and inter-scientific competition in the entire biotechnological field. They create images not of oil spills, but of “microbe spills” that could spread disease and destroy entire populations. The creation and ____14____ release of extremely poisonous microbes, however, is only one cause for alarm. Completely rational and ____15____ scientists are talking about possibilities that stagger(动摇)the imagination.
Should we breed people with cow-like stomachs so they can digest grass and hay, thereby ____16____ the food problem by modifying us to eat lower down on the food chain? Should we biologically alter workers to fit the job requirement, for example, creating pilots with faster reaction time or assembly-line workers ____17____ to do our monotonous work for us? Should we use genetic forecasting to pre-eliminate “unfit” babies? Should we grow reserve organs for ourselves, each of us having, as it were, a “savings bank” full of ____18____ kidneys, livers or hands?
Wild as these notions may sound, everyone has its ____19____ (and opposers) in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial application. As two critics of genetic engineering, Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard, state in their book Who Should Play God? “Broad scale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to America much the same way as assembly lines, automobiles, vaccines, computers and all the other technologies. As each new genetic advance becomes ____20____ practical, a new consumer need will be exploited and a market for the new technology will be created.”
【答案】11. C 12. H
13. F 14. D
15. B 16. J
17. E 18. A
19. G 20. I
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章的主要内容是：完全理性和受人尊敬的科学家们认为将基因工程商业化可能会带来难以预料的后果。
【11题详解】
考查名词。句意：他们梦想在汽车中放置酶来监测尾气，并将污染数据发送给微处理器，然后由微处理器调整发动机。根据句意和空格前的动词monitor可知，空格处应该填入一个名词作动词monitor的宾语，exhaust“尾气”为名词，符合句意。故选C项。
【12题详解】
考查动词。句意：他们提到了《纽约时报》所说的“渴求金属的微生物，它们可能被用来从海水中开采有价值的微量金属。”根据句意和空格前的不定式符号to可知，空格处应该填入一个动词原形，mine“开矿，采矿”是动词，符合句意。故选H项。
【13题详解】
考查名词。句意：紧张的批评者，包括许多科学家，担心在整个生物技术领域存在着企业、国家、国际和科学间的竞争。根据句意和空格前的形容词nervous以及句中的谓语动词worry可知，空格处应该填入一个名词复数形式做主语，critics“批评者；评论家”为名词，符合句意。故选F项。
【14题详解】
考查形容词。句意：然而，剧毒微生物的产生和意外释放只是引起警惕的原因之一。根据句意和空格后的名词release可知，空格处应该填入一个形容词作定语，修饰名词release，accidental“意外的”为形容词，符合句意。故选D项。
【15题详解】
考查形容词。句意：完全理性和受人尊敬的科学家们正在谈论那些超乎想象的可能性。根据句意和空格前的and可知，空格处应该填入一个和rational并列的形容词作定语，修饰后面的名词scientists，respectable“值得尊敬的”为形容词，符合句意。故选B项。
【16题详解】
考查现在分词。句意：我们是否应该让人类拥有像牛一样的胃，这样他们就能消化草和干草，从而通过改变我们的饮食结构，使我们吃食物链下游的食物，从而重新解决食物问题？根据句意和空格后的the food problem可知，空格处应该填入一个现在分词形式作状语，relieving“减轻；缓和”为现在分词，符合句意。故选J项。
【17题详解】
考查过去分词。句意：我们是否应该从生理上改变工人以适应工作要求，例如，创造反应速度更快的飞行员或设计流水线工人为我们做单调的工作？根据句意可知，空格处应该填入一个过去分词形式作定语，修饰前面的名词workers，designed“设计”为过去分词，符合句意。故选E项。
【18题详解】
考查形容词。句意：我们是否应该为自己培养储备器官，让每个人都拥有一个装满备用肾脏、肝脏或双手的“储蓄银行”？根据句意和空格后的名词kidneys, livers or hands可知，空格处应该填入一个形容词作定语，修饰后面的名词，spare“备用的”为形容词，符合句意。故选A项。
【19题详解】
考查名词。句意：尽管这些概念听起来很疯狂，但在科学界，每个人都有它的支持者(和反对者)，也有它惊人的商业应用。根据句意和空格后的and可知，空格处应该填入一个和opposers并列的名词，advocates“拥护者；支持者”为名词，符合句意。故选G项。
【20题详解】
考查副词。句意：随着每一项新的基因进展在商业上变得实用，新的消费者需求将被开发出来，新技术的市场也将被创造出来。根据句意和空格后的形容词practical可知，空格处应该填入一个副词，修饰后面的practical，commercially“商业上；商业化地”为副词，符合句意。故选I项。
III. Reading Comprehension (41 – 55题，每题1分; 56 – 70题，每题2分; 共45分)
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Deliberation is not always the best option
Deliberation is not always the best option
Humans have developed over millions of years of evolution to respond to certain situations without thinking too hard. If your ancestors ___21___ movement in the undergrowth, they would run first and ask questions later. At the same time, the ___22___ to analyse and to plan is part of what distinguishes people from other animals.
The question of when to trust your gut(直觉)and when to test your ___23___—whether to think fast or slow in the language of Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist—___24___ in the office as much as it does in the savannah(大草原).
Deliberative thinking is the feature of a well-managed workplace. Strategic changes and budget discussions are built on rounds of meetings, memos, formulas and presentations. Processes are increasingly designed to ___25___ instinctive responses. From blind screening of job applicants to using “red-teaming” techniques to pick apart a firm’s plans, precision ___26___ instinct.
Yet instinct also has its place. Some decisions are more connected to emotional responses and inherently(固有的)less ___27___ to analysis. Does a marketing campaign capture the ___28___ of your company, say, or would this person work well with other people in a team? In ___29___ customer-service situations, intuition is often a better guide to how to behave than a script.
Gut instincts can also be ____30____. Plenty of research has shown that intuition becomes more unfailing with experience. In one well-known experiment, conducted in 2012, volunteers were asked to ____31____ whether a selection of designer handbags were fake or real. Some were instructed to operate on instinct and others to deliberate over their decision. Intuition worked better for those who owned at least three designer handbags; indeed, it ____32____ analysis. The more expert you become, the better your instincts tend to be.
____33____, the real reason to embrace fast thinking is that it is, well, fast. Instinctive decision-making is often the only way to get through the day. Researchers at Cornell University once estimated that people make over 200 decisions a day about food alone. The workplace is ____34____ but a succession of choices, a few big and many small: what to ____35____, when to intervene, whom to avoid in the lifts and, now, where to work each day.
21. A. uncovered B. spotted C. blocked D. encountered
22. A. capacity B. motive C. reluctance D. urge
23. A. consultation B. anticipation C. assumptions D. reaction
24. A. integrates B. matters C. works D. abuses
25. A. bring out B. pick out C. make out D. stamp out
26. A. equals B. comprises C. beats D. boosts
27. A. manageable B. adaptable C. familiar D. sensitive
28. A. attention B. opportunity C. status D. essence
29. A. rough B. tough C. nervous D. neutral
30. A. improved B. copied C. transferred D. weakened
31. A. ensure B. extinguish C. clarify D. assess
32. A. undertook B. outperformed C. facilitated D. paralleled
33. A. Likewise B. However C. Consequently D. Moreover
34. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
35. A. cooperate B. prioritize C. convince D. strive
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要向我们说明了深思熟虑并不总是最好的选择，某些时候，直觉的优势更大。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果你的祖先发现灌木丛中有动静，他们会先跑，然后再问问题。A.uncovered揭露；B.spotted发现；C.blocked阻碍；D.encountered遭遇。由上文“Humans have developed over millions of years of evolution to respond to certain situations without thinking too hard.”可知讲述了人类经过数百万年的进化，已经能够不费吹灰之力地对某些情况作出反应，即发现某些情况，可以立即作出反应，故推知“If your ancestors __movement in the undergrowth, they would run first and ask questions later.”表述的是如果你的祖先发现灌木丛中有动静，他们会先跑，然后再问问题，即发现某些情况会立即作出反应，承接了前文所述内容；故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同时，分析和计划的能力也是人类区别于其他动物的部分原因。A.capacity能力；B.motive原因，动机；C.reluctance勉强；D.urge冲动。由本句“At the same time, the _2_to analyse and to plan is part of what distinguishes people from other animals.”可知提到了人类与其他动物的区别，常识可知人类之所以要比其他动物高级，就是具有其他动物所不具备的某些方面的能力，故推知本处表述的是分析和计划的能力也是人类区别于其他动物的部分原因；故选A项。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：什么时候该相信自己的直觉，什么时候该检验自己的假设——用心理学家Daniel Kahneman的话来说，是快速思考还是慢速思考——这个问题在办公室里和在大草原上一样要紧。A.consultation磋商；B.anticipation期盼；C.assumptions假设；D.reaction反应。由本句“The question of when to trust your gut(直觉)and when to test your __3_ —whether to think fast or slow ,in the language of Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist”可知用Daniel Kahneman的话来说，凭借直觉来判断即是快速思考，而慢速思考则是与快速思考相反的，即与凭借直觉判断是相反的，推知慢速思考即是通过慢慢检验自己的假设，然后才作出判断；故空处表达的是“假设”；故选C项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：什么时候该相信自己的直觉，什么时候该检验自己的假设——用心理学家Daniel Kahneman的话来说，是快速思考还是慢速思考——这个问题在办公室里和在大草原上一样要紧。A.integrates使结合；B.matters要紧；C. works工作；D.abuses虐待。由文章第一段“If your ancestors___movement in the undergrowth, they would run first and ask questions later.”可知祖先们遇到异常情况会先跑再问，是因为他们所生存的环境是非常险恶的，所以快速思考和慢速思考在大草原上很重要；文章第三段“Deliberative thinking is the feature of a well-managed workplace”提到了深思熟虑在职场的重要性；文章第四段“Yet instinct also has its place.”可知提到了本能在职场的一席之位；故推知本处“whether to think fast or slow, in the language of Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist—__4_ in the office as much as it does in the savannah(大草原).”讲述的是快速思考还是慢速思考在办公室和大草原一样要紧；故选B项。
【25题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：程序越来越多地被设计用来消灭本能反应。A.bring out拿出；B.pick out挑选；C.make out起草；D.stamp out消灭。由上文“Strategic changes and budget discussions are built on rounds of meetings, memos, formulas and presentations.”可知战略变革和预算讨论建立在一轮又一轮的会议、备忘录、公式和演讲之上，即在作出决策之前，要经过很多道程序，经过一次又一次的讨论，这样所作出的决策全是深思熟虑后的结果，完全消灭了由本能所作出的反应；故选D项。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：从盲目筛选求职者到使用“红色团队”技术来分析公司的计划，精确打败了直觉。A.equals等于；B.comprises包括；C.beats打败；D.boosts激励。由本句“From blind screening of job applicants to using “red-teaming” techniques to pick apart a firm’s plans, precision__6_instinct.”可知原本是通过直觉来筛选求职者的，现在是利用“红色团队”技术来分析公司计划，寻找出最适合公司的求职者，这种办法能最直接找准目标，所以是精确地打败了由原本凭借直觉所作出的判断；故选C项。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有些决定更多地与情绪反应有关，本质上难以进行分析。A.manageable可做到的；B.adaptable有适应能力的；C.familiar相似的；D.sensitive敏感的。由本句“Some decisions are more connected to emotional responses and inherently(固有的)less__7_to analysis.”可知一些决定更多地与情绪反应有关，即主观性因素较多，这个就难以以理性思维来分析了，less manageable 是难做到的，符合题意，故选A项。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：市场营销活动是否抓住了你公司的精髓，或者说，这个人是否能与团队中的其他人很好地合作？A.attention注意；B.opportunity机会；C.status地位；D.essence精髓。由本段第一句“Yet instinct also has its place.”可知讲述了本能也站一席之地的；下句“In__9_customer-service situations, intuition is often a better guide to how to behave than a script.”提到了直觉通常是更好的行为指南，推知本句“Does a marketing campaign capture the _8_ of your company, say, or would this person work well with other people in a team?”表达的意思营销活动是否让你公司直接并精确受益，即是否抓住你公司的精髓，完全依靠经过深思熟虑的营销政策能否解决问题？或者说筛选出来的人是否能与团队中其他人合作？这些都意在表明有些时候直觉还是能被利用上的，深思熟虑后制定的政策并不适用于一切场合，本句与本段第一句主旨相符，故推知空处表示“精髓”；故选D项。
【29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在棘手的客户服务情况下，直觉往往是比脚本更好的行为指南。A.rough粗糙的；B.tough棘手的；C.nervous神经紧张的；D.neutral中立的。由本句“In__9_customer-service situations, intuition is often a better guide to how to behave than a script.”可知提到直觉是更好的行为指南，这是在某种情况下，推知如果在简单容易的客户服务里，就按照制定好的策略执行就行了，但是在棘手的情况下，那直觉发挥的作用就比制定好的脚本更适用了，故推知空处表示的是“棘手的”，用tough；故选B项。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：直觉也可以得到改善。A.improved改善；B. copied复制；C.transferred转移；D.weakened变弱。由下文“Plenty of research has shown that intuition becomes more unfailing with experience.”可知大量的研究表明，直觉在经验的帮助下变得更加可靠，因为文章前面段落一直在强调很多情况下深思熟虑取代本能直觉，肯定是凭借直觉判断有很大不足才会被深思熟虑所取代，而本处提到了直觉在经验的帮助下会变更可靠，这个就是直觉的一个改善，故空处表示“改善”；故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在2012年进行的一个著名的实验中，志愿者被要求评估一些名牌手袋是假的还是真的。A.ensure确保；B.extinguish扑灭；C.clarify阐明；D.assess评定，评估。由本句“whether a selection of designer handbags were fake or real”可知提到了一些名牌手提袋的真假；下文“Intuition worked better for those who owned at least three designer handbags;”对于那些至少拥有三个名牌手袋的人来说，直觉更有效，可推知本处是让他们评定这些手提袋的真假，拥有至少三个手提袋的人的直觉会更准，这个就是经验使直觉更可靠；故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：事实上，它的表现比分析更好。A. undertook承担；B.outperformed比……表现更好；C.facilitated促进；D.paralleled与……平行。由上句“Intuition worked better for those who owned at least three designer handbags”可知对于那些至少拥有三个名牌手袋的人来说，直觉更有效，即直觉比理性分析更有效，故“it__12_analysis.”表述的是它比分析表现更好；故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，信奉快速思维的真正原因是，它确实很快。A.Likewise同样地；B.However然而；C.Consequently因此；D.Moreover此外。由上句“The more expert you become, the better your instincts tend to be.”可知提到越专业的话直觉就越精确，那么精确度是我们应该信奉快速思维的原因吗？下文给出答案“_13__ , the real reason to embrace fast thinking is that it is, well, fast.”即信奉快速思维的真正原因是它很快，故推知空处表示“然而”，意在表明虽然直觉有时候精确，然而我们信奉它的真正原因是因为它快；故选B项。
【34题详解】
考查不定代词词义辨析。句意：工作场所只不过是一连串的选择，有大有小：什么是优先处理的，什么时候介入，在电梯里避开谁，现在，每天在哪里工作。A.anything任何事物；B.something某事；C.nothing没有什么；D.everything每一事物。nothing but是固定搭配，译为“只不过是……”，符合题意；故选C项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：工作场所只不过是一连串的选择，有大有小：什么是优先处理的，什么时候介入，在电梯里避开谁，现在，每天在哪里工作。A. cooperate合作；B.prioritize优先处理；C.convince使信服；D.strive奋斗。由本句“The workplace is___but a succession of choices, a few big and many small: what to __15_ , when to intervene, whom to avoid in the lifts and, now, where to work each day.”可知讲到了职场是一连串的选择，有大有小，既然有这么多选择，那么总要有先后处理的顺序，故推知空处表示“优先处理”，与后面句子构成排比，即什么是优先处理的，什么时候介入，在电梯里避开谁等等；故选B项。
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
I had always been one of those quiet boys who preferred dreams to the real world. I was, in addition, absurdly shy, and therefore often mistaken for a fool, which upset me deeply. For nothing terrified me more than the prospect of correcting a false impression. Though I was often blamed by mistakes made by my classmates, I never dare to say a word in self-defense. I would simply go home to hide in a corner and cry. My greatest pleasure was to sit alone, reading, and let my thoughts drift away in the stories.
My daydreams were in sharp contrast to real life; they were full of adventures and heroic deeds. They left marks on me. There was, for instance, a book about the history of the Roman Empire, in which an ambassador, while negotiating a treaty, was told that he was to accept the terms offered, on pain of death: his response was to plunge his arm into a fire and continue with his deliberations, in absolute calm. Inspired by his courage, I proceeded to test my own powers of resilience by plunging my own hand into the fire, only to burn my fingers badly. I can still see that ambassador, smiling calmly through his pain. Father hated my reading all the time, and sometimes he threw away my books. Some nights he refused to let me turn on the light in my bedroom. But I could always find a way, and after he caught me reading by the light of a string-wick lamp, he gave up and left me to it.
There was a time when I tried my hand at writing; indeed, I even made a few little poems, but I quickly abandoned my efforts. No matter what I had bottled up inside me, I was extremely anxious about letting it out, and so my adventures in writing ended. I did, however, carry on painting. There was, I thought, no risk of revealing anything personal. I just took something from the outside world and brought it to life on paper. Sometimes I did hide some personal expression in it, but I made sure that it was visible enough to be seen and trivial enough to be ignored. The first time I showed my painting to my father, he was caught in silence for a while and then he breathed deeply, and said: “My son finally made something.” Then here I am, as a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, wondering how everything happened, from my daydreams to painting.
36. The sentence “They left marks on me.” (in paragraph 2) means ________.
A. daydreams did nothing but hurt the writer badly
B. daydreams influenced the writer's behavior in real life
C. the writer had lasting memory of the books he read
D. the writer couldn't distinguish books form reality
37. The writer gave up writing because ________.
A. it was not as interesting as reading
B. he was too shy to reveal his inner world
C. he couldn't write good works
D. his father didn't like him writing
38. Throughout the passage what can we learn about the writer's father?
A. He was impressed with his son's painting
B. He didn't like the personality of his son.
C. He was touched by his son's persistence in reading.
D. He had a high expectation of his son in writing.
39. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the power of reading B. the writer's adventurous daydreams
C. reflection on the start of a career D. the efforts made to be painter
【答案】36. B 37. B 38. A 39. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文，作者讲述了自己是一个安静，害羞，爱阅读，喜欢做白日梦的孩子，但这一切都为自己以后的工作奠定了基础。
【36题详解】
句意猜测题。根据第二段句首“My daydreams were in sharp contrast to real life; they were full of adventures and heroic deeds.(我的白日梦和现实形成对比；梦中充满了冒险和英雄的行为)”可知，他的这些白日梦对作者的真实世界有影响。故选B。
【37题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“No matter what I had bottled up inside me, I was extremely anxious about letting it out, and so my adventures in writing ended. (无论我在内心怎样想，我都极度担心将这些思想流露出来。因此我的写作冒险结束了)”可知，作者放弃写作是因为他太内向了，而不愿表露自己的心声。故选B。
【38题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“The first time I showed my painting to my father, he was caught in silence for a while and then he breathed deeply, and said:‘My son finally made something.’(第一次我将我的绘画拿给父亲看的时候，他沉默一会儿，然后深深呼吸一下，说到‘我的儿子终于有出息了’）”可知，他被儿子的绘画打动了，故选A。
【39题详解】
主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲述了小时候的爱好对后天的工作将会产生很大的影响，故选C。
(B)
“Essential oils can have a major impact on your mood and health. When you apply an oil to your skin, it affects your physical state. When you inhale them, it affects your mental state,” says the “grande dame” of aromatherapy Jeanne Rose, author of The Aromatherapy Book: Applications and Inhalations.
A few drops of eucalyptus on your skin will help heal a burn and smelling a pine tree might make you think of childhood Christmases. There are no rules for how to inhale oils. You can put a few drops on a tissue, or add some to water to spritz around the room or use in a diffuser(喷雾器)or vaporizer.
Be very careful, however, when applying oils to the skin. Always dilute them in another oil, like palm, coconut or olive to prevent burns or allergic reactions.
“A rule of thumb is 15 drops per one ounce of cream, oil or lotion,”says Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, the founder and director of Atlantic institute of Aromatherapy in Tampa, Florida.
HERE’S THE OIL TO REACH FOR WHEN YOU NEED TO:
Digest a big meal: A few drops of diluted peppermint. “It calms down the digestive system,” Rose says.
Forget it’s freezing outside: “Conifer oils, like pine, black spruce, cedar and Christmas fir, can help combat seasonal affective disorder when inhaled,” Rose says. Citrus oils like orange or tangerine, which are reminders of summertime, are also good.
Settle down after a big party: Sweet marjoram and lavender are sedatives. “They’ll knock your kids right out,” Sheppard-Hanger says.
Get out of bed on a dark, cold morning: Peppermint, or any mint really, can provide a morning jolt when inhaled.
Kill germs: Spray citrus oils tree oils like pine, to help clean the air during sickness.
Decongest a nose: Eucalyptus, spruce or rosemary work for this. Try inhaling a few drops on a tissue to help with clogged nasal passages.

40. What kind of readers is likely to buy The Aromatherapy Book: Applications and Inhalations?
A. Gardeners who provides raw materials for manufacturers of essential oils.
B. Researchers dedicated to inventing new essential oils to keep people in good health.
C. Common people hoping to improve health condition with essential oils.
D. Psychotherapist seeking treatments for serious mental and physical disorders.
41. What is the appropriate way of using essential oils?
A. Spritz the oil directly around a room.
B. Mix them with cream in proportion.
C. Smell the fragrance from the bottle.
D. Apply oils to treat skin allergy.
42. The oils that can relieve your symptom of bad cold are ________.
A. peppermint oils B. conifer oils
C. citrus oils D. spruce oils
【答案】40. C 41. B 42. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了精油能够改善人们的健康状况并提供了使用指南。
【40题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段的““Essential oils can have a major impact on your mood and health. When you apply an oil to your skin, it affects your physical state. When you inhale them, it affects your mental state,” says the “grande dame” of aromatherapy Jeanne Rose, author of The Aromatherapy Book: Applications and Inhalations. （芳香疗法的“贵妇人”珍妮·罗斯说，“精油会对你的情绪和健康产生重大影响。当你在皮肤上涂油时，它会影响你的身体状态”。当你吸入它们时，它会影响你的精神状态。她是《芳香疗法书籍：应用和吸入》的作者。） ”可知，珍妮·罗斯的书是服务于希望用精油改善健康状况的普通人的。故选C。
【41题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段的““A rule of thumb is 15 drops per one ounce of cream, oil or lotion,” says Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, the founder and director of Atlantic institute of Aromatherapy in Tampa, Florida.（佛罗里达州坦帕市大西洋芳香疗法研究所的创始人兼主任西拉·谢帕德·汉格表示：“经验法则是每盎司奶油、油或护肤液加入15滴精油”。） ”可知，使用精油的合适方法是将它们与奶油按比例混合。故选B。
【42题详解】
细节理解题。根据框中最后一段中的“Decongest a nose: Eucalyptus, spruce or rosemary work for this. Try inhaling a few drops on a tissue to help with clogged nasal passages.（净化鼻子：桉树油、云杉油或迷迭香都可以。试着用纸巾吸几滴以帮助清理堵塞的鼻腔。）”可知，选项中可以缓解你重感冒症状的是云杉油。故选D。
(C)
By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world’s oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, according to a new study.
At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms(海洋微生物) called phytoplankton. Because of the way light reflects off the organisms, these phytoplankton create colourful patterns at the ocean surface. Ocean colour varies from green to blue, depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton. Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas, while reducing it in other spots, leading to changes in the ocean’s appearance.
Phytoplankton live at the ocean surface, where they pull carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) into the ocean while giving off oxygen. When these organisms die, they bury carbon in the deep ocean, an important process that helps to regulate the global climate. But phytoplankton are vulnerable to the ocean’s warming trend. Warming changes key characteristics of the ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth, since they need not only sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow, but also nutrients.
Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a scientist in MIT’s Center for Global Change Science, built a climate model that projects changes to the oceans throughout the century. In a world that warms up by 3℃, it found that multiple changes to the colour of the oceans would occur. The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer. But in some waters, such as those of the Arctic, a warming will make conditions riper for phytoplankton, and these areas will turn greener. “Not only are the quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean changing. ” she said, “but the type of phytoplankton is changing.”
And why does that matter? Phytoplankton are the base of the food web. If certain kinds begin to disappear from the ocean, Dutkiewicz said, “it will change the type of fish that will be able to survive.” Those kinds of changes could affect the food chain.
Whatever colour changes the ocean experiences in the coming decades will probably be too gradual and unnoticeable, but they could mean significant changes. “It’ll be a while before we can statistically show that the changes are happening because of climate change,” Dutkiewicz said, “but the change in the colour of the ocean will be one of the early warning signals that we really have changed our planet.”
43. What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?
A. The various patterns at the ocean surface.
B. The cause of the changes in ocean colour.
C. The way light reflects off marine organisms.
D. The efforts to fuel the growth of phytoplankton.
44. What does the underlined word “vulnerable” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Sensitive. B. Beneficial. C. Significant. D. Unnoticeable.
45. What can we learn from the passage?
A Phytoplankton play a declining role in the marine ecosystem.
B. Dutkiewicz’s model aims to project phytoplankton changes.
C. Phytoplankton have been used to control global climate.
D. Oceans with more phytoplankton may appear greener.
46. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To assess the consequences of ocean colour changes.
B. To analyse the composition of the ocean food chain.
C. To explain the effects of climate change on oceans.
D. To introduce a new method to study phytoplankton.
【答案】43. B 44. A 45. D 46. C
【解析】
【分析】本文为一篇说明文。一项最新研究表明，由于气候变暖，世界海洋将会变得更蓝、更绿。这一现象的原因是因为一种叫做浮游植物的微小海洋微生物，因为光线反射的作用，它们在海洋表面形成了五颜六色的图案，现在浮游植物受到海洋变暖趋势的影响，让浮游植物的生长更加旺盛，所以海洋相应会变得更蓝、更绿。
【43题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world’s oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, according to a new study.可知，一项新的研究表明，到本世纪末，由于气候变暖，如果不尽快的话，世界上的海洋将会变得更蓝、更绿。结合第二段At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms(海洋微生物) called phytoplankton. Because of the way light reflects off the organisms, these phytoplankton create colourful patterns at the ocean surface. Ocean colour varies from green to blue, depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton.可知，这种现象的核心是一种叫做浮游植物的微小海洋微生物，在光线的作用下在海洋表面形成了五颜六色的图案。海洋的颜色从绿色到蓝色不等，这取决于海洋的类型和浮游植物浓度。由此可推断出这两段主要叙述了海洋生物是海洋颜色变化的原因。故选B。
【44题详解】
猜测词义题。根据划线词后的Warming changes key characteristics of the ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth, since they need not only sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow, but also nutrients.可知，气候变暖会改变海洋的主要特征，并会影响浮游植物的生长。由此可判断，浮游植物很容易受到海洋变暖趋势的影响，也就是很敏感。故A项正确。
【45题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer. But in some waters, such as those of the Arctic, a warming will make conditions riper for phytoplankton, and these areas will turn greener.可知，Dutkiewicz的模型预测，目前只有少量浮游植物的蓝色区域可能会变得更蓝。但是在一些水域，比如北极，气候变暖会使浮游植物的生长条件更加成熟，而这些水域会变得更绿了。由此可推断，浮游植物的生长条件更加成熟，浮游动植物就更多了，这些水域会变得更绿了。故D项正确。
【46题详解】
主旨大意题。第一段提出文章的主旨By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world’s oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, according to a new study.可知，一项新的研究表明，到本世纪末，由于气候变暖，如果不尽快的话，世界上的海洋将会变得更蓝、更绿，接下来详细讲述了原因。故C项正确。
Section C
Directions: Read the following passages. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
The explosion of new media, ranging from the internet to digital television, means that people working in advertising will have to come up with more ways to catch the public’s attention in the future.____47____ No longer will all members be watching the same programme: some will be watching different channels on their own TVs, surfing the net or doing both at the same time. The advertising industry will have to work “harder and smarter” to cut through the “mess” of the future with a wide range of new media, all competing to catch the consumers’ eyes.
People have become more individual in their consumption of advertising. New technology has made experimenting with new forms of advertising possible. The monologue where the advertisement tells housewives that this is the washing powder they should buy is just a cliché (陈词滥调) now. ____48____ There is, consequently, little hope of them surviving for more than another twenty years. A much closer relationship with the consumer is gradually being created.
The definition of what constitutes advertising will expand well beyond the conventional mass media. Shopping environments will themselves become a part of the advertising process. Increasingly, they will exist not simply to sell goods, but also to entertain people and to make sure that they enjoy their time there. The aim will be to “warm” people towards these places so that they will return to purchase goods there again.
In spite of these and other changes, it is highly unlikely that TV, print and radio will disappear altogether as advertising media. ____49____ But other marketing strategies, such as public relations and direct marketing, will become as important as advertising. Advertising agencies will have to reinvent themselves. They will no longer be able simply to produce advertisements and then support these through PR, direct marketing or the internet. Instead, they will have to change the whole way they look at communication and start thinking about ideas which are not specific to one discipline.
____50____ Originality of thinking has always been in short supply. It will continue to be so in the future. But there will be increasing coston the advertiser’s ability to be imaginative and to think laterally about engaging the consumer in a broader variety of media.
A. Thus, creativity will be the most valuable thing in the future.
B. Customers are expected to pay more money for the extra-special qualities.
C. The internet, for example, has made such ads look old-fashioned.
D. It has made possible a situation in which customers can tell advertisers what they think.
E. Contrarily, there is almost certain to be an increase in every form of advertising in future years.
F. The traditional TV advertising campaign will not reach the whole family any more.
【答案】47. F 48. C 49. E 50. A
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了新媒体的发展对传统广告业的影响。
【47题详解】
上文“The explosion of new media, ranging from the internet to digital television, means that people working in advertising will have to come up with more ways to catch the public’s attention in the future.（从互联网到数字电视，新媒体的迅猛发展意味着广告业今后将不得不想出更多的办法来吸引公众的注意力。）”引出主题，说明新媒体对广告业的影响，下文“No longer will all members be watching the same programme: some will be watching different channels on their own TVs, surfing the net or doing both at the same time.（所有成员将不再观看同一节目:一些人将在自己的电视上看不同的频道，上网或两者都做。）”说明传统电视广告对所有家庭成员影响减弱的原因，F项“The traditional TV advertising campaign will not reach the whole family any more.（传统的电视广告活动将不再影响到整个家庭。）” 承上启下，说明传统的电视广告对人们的影响将会减弱，其中“the whole family”和下文的all members相呼应。故选F项。
【48题详解】
上文“The monologue where the advertisement tells housewives that this is the washing powder they should buy is just a cliché (陈词滥调) now.（广告告诉家庭主妇们这是她们应该买的洗衣粉的独白现在只是陈词滥调。）”说明独白的广告形式已经过时，C项“The internet, for example, has made such ads look old-fashioned.（例如，互联网让这样的广告显得过时了。）”举例说明新媒体使传统的广告形式显得过时，其中的“old-fashioned”和上文的“cliché”相呼应，承接上文，符合语境。故选C项。
【49题详解】
上文“In spite of these and other changes, it is highly unlikely that TV, print and radio will disappear altogether as advertising media.（尽管发生了这些和其他变化，但电视、印刷和广播作为广告媒体将完全消失是极不可能的。）”说明传统的广告媒体不可能完全消失，E项“Contrarily, there is almost certain to be an increase in every form of advertising in future years.（相反，几乎可以肯定的是，在未来的几年里，各种形式的广告都会有增长。）”承接上文，说明传统广告不仅不会消失，相反还可能有所增长，符合语境。故选E项。
【50题详解】
下文“Originality of thinking has always been in short supply.（思维的独创性一直是稀缺的。）”说明创造性思维很珍贵的原因，A项“Thus, creativity will be the most valuable thing in the future.（因此，创造力将是未来最有价值的东西。）”说明创造性思维很重要，引出下文，是本段的主旨，符合语境。故选A项。
IV. Summary Writing (10分)
51. Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Absent-mindedness
“Most events of absent-mindedness—forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room—are caused by a simple lack of attention,” says Dr. Daniel Schacter, a distinguished psychologist and memory scientist. “You’re supposed to remember something, but you haven’t encoded it deeply.”
“Encoding,” Schacter explains, “is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later.” Failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket of a jacket, for example, and don’t pay attention to what you did because you’re involved in a conversation, you’ll probably forget where exactly you put your mobile phone. Your memory itself isn’t failing you. Rather, you didn’t give your memory system the information it needed.
As many people accept, women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment, and memory relies on just that. Yes, visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness. But be sure the cue is clear and available. If you want to remember to take a medication with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table—don't leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.
Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness. “A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox,” says Zelinski, a scientist from New York University. There are many cases in life where women can remember prices of bags of different brands while they tend to forget the specific place where they put their bags.
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【答案】Lack of attention or interest can result in absent-mindedness. Lack of attention refers either to not giving information to your memory system effectively for you to recall it later or to not recognizing visual cues in the environment, in which case the cue should be visual and approachable. Lack of interest causes us to forget what might otherwise be remembered.
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍说，缺乏注意力或兴趣会导致心不在焉。缺乏注意力是指没有有效地将信息提供给你的记忆系统以便你以后回忆它，或者是没有识别环境中的视觉线索。同时，缺乏兴趣也会导致心不在焉，会使我们忘记原本可以记住的东西。
【详解】1.要点摘录
①“Most events of absent-mindedness—forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room—are caused by a simple lack of attention,” says Dr. Daniel Schacter, a distinguished psychologist and memory scientist.
②“Encoding,” Schacter explains, “is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later.”
③Rather, you didn’t give your memory system the information it needed.
④Yes, visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness.
⑤Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness.
2.缜密构思
将第①、⑤两个要点进行重组，将第②、③、④三个要点进行整合。
3.遣词造句
①Lack of attention or interest can result in absent-mindedness.
②Lack of attention refers either to not giving information to your memory system effectively for you to recall it later or to not recognizing visual cues in the environment.
③Lack of interest causes us to forget what might otherwise be remembered.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Lack of attention refers either to not giving information to your memory system effectively for you to recall it later or to not recognizing visual cues in the environment, in which case the cue should be visual and approachable. 运用“in which case”引导的非限制性定语从句对原文第二段和第三段内容进行了概括。
[高分句型2] Lack of interest causes us to forget what might otherwise be remembered. 运用“what”引导的宾语从句对原文第四段内容进行了概括。
V. Translation (第1-2句，每句3分;第3句，4分;第4句5分;共15分)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
52. 周末，乡间步道吸引了许多喜爱郊游的家庭。(appeal) （汉译英）
【答案】On/ At weekends/ the weekend, the trails in the countryside appeal to many families fond of an outing/ an excursion.
【解析】
【详解】考查介词短语、动词时态、名词和形容词短语。表示“在周末”应用on/ at weekends/ the weekend，作状语；表示“乡间步道”应用the trails in the countryside，作主语；表示“吸引”应用动词短语appeal to，作谓语，此处为客观陈述，应用一般现在时；表示“喜爱……的”应用形容词短语be fond of…，作后置定语，修饰many families，表示“郊游”应用an outing/ an excursion，作宾语。故翻译为On/ At weekends/ the weekend, the trails in the countryside appeal to many families fond of an outing/ an excursion。
53. 网上信息参差不齐，有些只是为了博眼球而夸大其词。(which) （汉译英）
【答案】There is a lot of misleading/false/incorrect information online, some of which is exaggerated/ overstated to grab your attention.
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句。句子描述现在的一般情况，应用一般现在时，“网上信息参差不齐”即“网上有许多错误的信息”，所以句子可以用there be结构，there be句型表示“有”，“网上”译为online，“许多错误的信息”译为a lot of misleading/false/incorrect information，information是不可数名词，所以be动词使用is，“有些”即“错误信息中的一些”，应用some of which引导非限制性定语从句，并在从句中作主语，“夸大其词”译为be exaggerated/ overstated，其中be动词应用is，“为了博眼球”译为to grab your attention，使用不定式形式作目的状语。故翻译为There is a lot of misleading/false/incorrect information online, some of which is exaggerated/ overstated to grab your attention.
54. 经过三个月的翻新，报告厅配备了一流的视听设备，焕然一新。(take on) （汉译英）
【答案】After the three-month restoration/renovation/update, the lecture hall/auditorium is equipped with/has been equipped with the top-class visual and audio equipment/facilities, taking on a new look.
【解析】
【详解】考查名词、动词、介词和短语。分析句意可知，本句中的“经过”可用介词after表示；表示“翻新”可用名词restoration或renovation或 update；表示“三个月的”可用合成形容词短语three-month；表示“报告厅”可用名词auditorium或短语the lecture hall作主语；配备”可用短语be equipped with作谓语，再根据句意此处可以用一般现在时或现在完成时，所以此处用is equipped with或has been equipped with；表示“一流的”可用合成形容词top-class；表示“试听设备”可用短语audio equipment或audio facilities；表示“焕然一新”可用短语 take on a new look，再分析句式结构，因为take on和主语之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词短语taking on a new look作伴随状语表主动关系。故答案为After the three-month restoration/renovation/update, the lecture hall/auditorium is equipped with/has been equipped with the top-class visual and audio equipment/ facilities, taking on a new look。
55. 正是出门对这门手艺的热情，他从没想过放弃，即便学习过程令人怯步，练习后胳膊酸疼。(It) （汉译英）
【答案】It was due to his enthusiasm/ passion for the craft that he had never thought about giving up even if/though the learning process was daunting/ discouraging and his arms were sore after practice.
【解析】
【详解】考查强调句型、介词短语、名词、动词时态、形容词和让步状语从句。结合句意此处应用强调句型It was +被强调部分+that +其他的结构。此处强调句子状语“正是出门对这门手艺的热情”，表示“出于”应用介词短语due to，表示“对于……的热情”应用one’s enthusiasm/ passion for…，作due to的宾语；表示“想过”应用动词短语think about，作谓语，结合句意主句动作发生在从句动作之前，表示过去的过去，应用过去完成时；表示“放弃”应用动词短语give up，作think about的宾语，应用动名词形式；表示“即便；即使”应用even if/though，引导让步状语从句；表示“学习过程”应用名词短语the learning process，作让步状语从句的主语，表示“令人怯步的”应用形容词daunting/ discouraging，作表语；表示“酸疼的”应用形容词sore，作表语。故翻译为It was due to his enthusiasm/ passion for the craft that he had never thought about giving up even if/though the learning process was daunting/ discouraging and his arms were sore after practice。
VI. Guided Writing (25 分)
56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你明启中学高三学生李明，最近在一本英语杂志上读到一篇文章，作者认为“第一印象在人际交往中非常重要”，你对此话题很感兴趣，写一封邮件给该杂志“读者来信”专栏，内容须包括：
1)你是否赞同作者的这一观点；
2)用具体事例说明你的观点。
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【答案】Dear editor,
I have read a passage from your magazine about the first impression in interpersonal relationships. I am really interested in it and writing to share my opinions with you.
To begin with, I strongly support the idea that the first impression is of great importance in interpersonal relationships. As the saying goes, “A good beginning is half done”. A good first impression can make things easier later. For example, a candidate always wants to show his best during an interview so that it will be more likely for him to get the offer. When it comes to making new friends, nobody wants to talk to those who behave rudely when they meet for the first time.
Before we know others deeply, we can only judge whether we want to make friends or cooperate with them according to the first impression they have made, so the first impression is important.
Yours,
Li Ming
【解析】
【导语】本文一篇应用文。要求考生写邮件给一本英语杂志，来表明自己对“第一印象在人际交往中非常重要”这一观点的看法。
【详解】1.词汇积累
对……感兴趣：be interested in → show/take/express an interest in
首先：to begin with → first of all/above all
赞成：support → agree with
判断：judge → decide
根据：according to → on the basis of
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句。
原句：I have read a passage from your magazine about the first impression in interpersonal relationships. I am really fond of it and writing to share my opinions with you.
拓展句：I have read a passage from your magazine about the first impression in interpersonal relationships, which I am really fond of, so I am writing to share my opinions with you.
【点睛】【高分句型1】To begin with, I strongly support the idea that the first impression is of great importance in interpersonal relationships. (运用了that引导的同位语从句)
【高分句型2】For example, a candidate always wants to show his best during an interview so that it will be more likely for him to get the offer. (运用了so that句型来引导状语从句)