湖南省岳阳市2023届高三下学期教学质量监测（二）英语试卷（含答案）

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湖南省岳阳市2023届高三下学期教学质量监测（二）英语试卷
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一、阅读理解
In honor of National Park Week, here's a list of some of the striking features that you can find throughout America.
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is not necessarily a dangerous place... as long as you don't steal the stones. The fossils(化石) are beautiful and somewhat look like precious stones, which makes them an attractive souvenir. But as with all National Park lands, visitors aren't allowed to take anything from the site, including rocks, plants and animals. And for good reason, removing any of these items can harm the local ecosystem or degrade the geological features. Legend has it that taking a rock can bring about misfortune. Due to this reason, the park receives letters with returned rocks from people wishing for forgiveness for fossil theft. Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park was the first-ever National Park, established in 1872. With scenic mountains and rivers and an abundance of wildlife, Yellowstone is home to more than 10,000 hydrothermal features. These include hot springs, mudpots, and over 500 geysers formed from the 2.1 million-year-old super volcano hiding below Yellowstone's surface. Visitors from all over the world flock to Yellowstone National Park for its geysers.
Mammoth Cave National Park
With tunnels stretching over 420 miles, Mammoth Cave is the world's largest cave system. Nearly 10 million years ago, water began to swirl its way through the limestone bed, eventually shaping the cave's massive tunnels. Inside the cave are the classic stalactites and stalagmites, but you'll also find other unique formations.
Devil's Tower National Monument
The origins of this unique rock formation is that Devil's Tower once constituted the inside of a volcano. Eventually, the softer outside rock of the eroded, leaving only the harder igneous rock behind. Among the local peoples, Devil's Tower is highly sacred. Each community passes down legends of its creation, which typically include someone escaping a big bear and finding refuge atop the rock.
1、Why must the stones be kept in Petrified Forest National Park?
A. The park is a dangerous place.
B. They are valueless stones in the park.
C. They can cause ecological and geological effects.
D. They will definitely bring bad luck according to the legend.
2、What is special in Yellowstone National Park?
A. Amazing wildlife B. Picturesque scenery
C. Old history D. hydrothermal wonders
3、Which park can you visit if you want to explore the legends of the creation?
A. Petrified Forest National Park B. Yellowstone National Park
C. Mammoth Cave National Park D. Devil's Tower National Monument
As a writer and game designer, I've spent most of the past 30 years trying to do various types of creative work while sitting or standing at a computer keyboard. The power of those devices has grown exponentially, enabling me with a click or a keystroke to create wonders that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.
And yet I've been increasingly confused to realize that the productivity such as words written, problems solved, hasn't increased one bit with the improvement of my tools.
For a long time I tried to talk myself out of this. I figured that if my computer time didn't work efficiently, it was because I didn't have the right software, or wasn't using it right. I created keyboard shortcuts. I downloaded apps to track time I spent using other apps. Nothing changed the basic observed fact: I was still trapped in the state of low productivity.
For myself, I've found that I spend the vast majority of my working computer time staring at the screen in a state of mind that ranges from “passive” to “somewhat productive, ” and in which a few minutes can stretch unnoticed into a quarter-hour, or a couple of hours. During this process, I cheat myself into believing that because I am at my desk, at my computer, I am therefore working.
It's so easy to move words and sentences around in Word or Scrivener or Final Draft that it feels like writing, even if what I'm actually doing would rate only a 2 on the scale in which 10 is “getting an idea and writing it down. ” That is why I now keep my project notes and journals in actual notebooks. I've even switched to paper for my “to-do lists,” and cross off action items literally. It's simpler and I get more done this way.
4、What do the underlined words “exponentially” mean in paragraph 1?
A. Rapidly B. Silently C. Unexpectedly D. Blindly
5、What does the author want to show in paragraph 3?
A. He avoided facing the reality of his work habits.
B. He usually chooses the simplest way to accomplish tasks.
C. He is able to learn new skills and computer programs quickly.
D. He was proud of his ability to master the use of high-tech tools.
6、What can be inferred from paragraph 4?
A. The author can focus on finishing the task at his computer.
B. The author may reduce working efficiency with longer screen time.
C. The author can be extremely productive when working at computer.
D. The author can work longer time with high efficiency at his computer.
7、What is the author's current attitude towards writing down an idea by computer?
A. Supportive B. Indifferent C. Unfavorable D. Objective
At all hours of the day, white-aproned bakers occupy themselves in working in the Hot Bread Kitchen, throwing flour across butcher-block tables, filling metal trays with hand-shaped bread, and shifting steaming, fresh bread to cooling shelves. The only bodies at rest in this New York City bakery are pans with bread, waiting to be sent into the oven. The skilled bakers turn out around 25 varieties ranging from classic French baguettes to crisp Armenian lavash crackers-which they sell at farmers' markets and gourmet stores.
But Hot Bread Kitchen is more than a bakery: It's a nonprofit designed to give foreign-born women the skills and support they need to establish careers in the culinary arts. Overseeing daily operation of the place-and often rolling up her own shirtsleeves to involve in-is 35-year-old founder and CEO Jessamyn Rodriguez.
By mixing her lifelong passion for society with great food, Rodriguez says she has created her dream job. In 2008, Rodriguez launched the bakery in the small Brooklyn apartment she shared with roommates, hiring two immigrant women as her first bakers. “I was definitely breaking new ground, and we faced a lot of skeptics, ” she says of those early days. “ But for every person who questioned it, there were five people who were interested in supporting us. ” Today, Hot Bread Kitchen employs a staff of 35 and occupies a nearly 5,000-square-foot space in La Marqueta, a public market in East Harlem.
The women who bake and package Hot Bread Kitchen's offerings range in age from 21 to 60. Coming from lands such as Haiti, Nepal, and the Dominican Republic, some have lived in the U.S. for as little as a year. Others, including production manager Antonia Garcia, who is originally from Mexico, have called America home for more than a decade. These women's diverse homelands are reflected in many of the bakery's products, like heritage tortillas and the wildly popular m'smen, a buttery bread.
The program has far surpassed Rodriguez's original hopes. Since its humble beginnings, Hot Bread Kitchen has trained 27 women from 12 countries. They receive paid, on-the-job experience, as well as courses in bakery sciences, and English as part of a yearlong training program.
8、What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
A. Constant activity of skilled workers.
B. Varieties of fresh baked goods.
C. Many different types of equipment used in bakeries.
D. Difficult working conditions of bakery employees.
9、Which of the following can best describe Jessamyn Rodriguez?
A. Adventurou1s and modest. B. Ambitious and gifted.
C. Hard-working and courageous. D. Devoted and stubborn.
10、How does the author establish the diversity of Hot Bread Kitchen?
A. By describing the courses offered to employees.
B. By introducing the backgrounds of the employees.
C. By describing the bakery's location at La Marqueta.
D. By introducing the bakery's development since 2008.
11、What is the main idea of the article?
A. Employees from diverse homelands produce various products.
B. The hardworking women have helped Hot Bread Kitchen develop quickly.
C. Rodriguez became a successful baker after establishing Hot Bread Kitchen.
D. Hot Bread Kitchen provides professional opportunities for immigrant women.
CERTAIN CREATURES-namely, bees-have evolved to be skillful flying builders. To assemble(组装) a nest, worker insects team up to do various work to the specification of a complex design that ends up being many times their size. This process takes months, many times longer than the average lifespan of all but the queen. Meanwhile the insects must adjust as they go.
It is these insect building teams that inspired Mirko Kovac, a roboticist at Imperial College London, to develop a way to improve the flexibility of 3D printing. A typical 3D printer is limited by the range of its nozzle(喷嘴), and can only make objects smaller than itself.
Dr Kovac's team has removed these limitation by using flying robots. Dr Kovac describes a system of flying robots that is composed of two types of multi-rotor drones: builders and scanners. The builders carry the 3D-printing nozzle. The scanners are robots equipped with cameras that are responsible for monitoring the progress of the builders.
The building process alternates between builders and scanners, layer by layer, printing and adjusting, until a structure is complete. First, a builder remains suspended over its area of operation and begins to release a jet or rush of the building material along its flight path. The choice of material is important-it must be lightweight enough for the drones to carry but strong enough to hold the subsequent layers that will be built on top. Once the builder robot has sprayed a layer of material, the scanner robot flies over, inspects the progress. The system then computes the next layer that the builder should make, while also correcting for any errors that might have been discovered in what has already been built.
Because the flying robots can, in theory, operate anywhere, they could fix things in dangerous or otherwise inaccessible places. Dr Kovac says that his robots could be used to spot and seal leaks in oil or gas pipelines, repair leaky insulation or fix cracks on tall buildings. Thinking more long term, Dr Kovac even sees a potential future for his construction robots, building on the surfaces of the Moon or Mars.
12、Why does the author mention bees in the text?
A. To become a theme. B. To introduce a topic.
C. To give an explanation. D. To analyze the cause.
13、What is the character of typical 3D printers?
A. They can expand the range of printing.
B. They can make adjustment while printing.
C. They are more flexible than traditional ones.
D. They can make objects smaller than themselves.
14、What can we learn from the building process?
A. The Builders can correct the errors while calculating.
B. The building material should be strong enough for scanner.
C. Builders and scanners can print and monitor at the same time.
D. The building process has strict requirement of the building material.
15、What can be the suitable title for the text?
A. Teams of flying robots can make 3D objects.
B. Teams of flying robots have a limited future.
C. The flexibility of typical 3D printer has been improved.
D. Teams of flying robots have been used in dangerous situation.
二、七选五
16、Your Brain Was Made For Walking
If a president, a legendary philosopher, and one of the bestselling authors of all time credited the same secret for their success, would you try to follow it too? What if the secret was something you already knew how to do? ①_____
Get walking! It's not just some people who made a case for it as a prime creativity booster. ②_____ A Stanford University study found that participants were 81 percent more creative when walking as opposed to sitting. According to the study, walking outside-versus on a treadmill-produces the most novel and highest quality analogies in participants who walked and then sat down to do creative work.
The movement aspect of walking is obviously key. You've probably heard the phrase Exercise your creativity, which refers to the brain as muscle. Our creative mindset is stimulated by physical movement. ③_____
But the scenery is almost as important as the sweat. The National Human Activity Pattern Survey reveals that Americans spend 87 percent of their time indoors. Being inside, you're more likely to stagnation, the antithesis of energy. Without energy, you can't wonder or create. ④_____ Just by going outside, you are stepping out of your habitual surroundings and your comfort zone, which is necessary if you want to open your mind to new possibilities.
⑤_____ Engage more closely with your surroundings for the next four weeks. Turn off your phone and give yourself the chance to be present in the world, to hear conversations and natural sounds, to notice the way people move. Walk not just for exercise. Walk for wonder.
A. Physical movement is unintentional.
B. In fact, you probably do it every day.
C. So why not set a creativity goal that starts with walking?
D. That is why walking-with a friend, or alone-feeds creative thinking.
E. Interrupting your routine with a walk can produce fresh ideas for problems.
F. Researchers have traced connections between walking and generating ideas.
G. Disconnecting from multimedia increases performance on all problem-solving tasks.
三、完形填空（15空）
On a flight from Dallas, Texas, to Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit a friend in 2008, event planner Paige Chenault daydreamed about the well-designed birthday parties she'd throw for her daughter one day. Then, flipping through a magazine, she saw a photo of a poor Haitian boy. "I think, this kid has 1 ." Paige says.
The image stayed with her, and she 2 to do something to help. "I decided I would use my talents to 3 birthday parties for homeless kids," Paige says.
For the next four years, Paige and her husband, Colin, took time out from 4 to visit 5 to determine how best to pull off the parties.
Finally, in January 2012, Paige 6 the Birthday Party Project and called for friends and family to help 7 Dallas's 75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter with balloons and streamers, celebrating the birthdays of 11 boys and girls, with 60 more homeless kids 8 . "That first party was better than I could have ever 9 ," says Paige.
Now Paige and her 10 of three paid employees work with regional volunteers, aka "birthday enthusiasts," to plan 11 themed parties at 15 shelters across the country, some of which house abused or 12 kids. Each child celebrating a birthday that month gets a $30 gift, a decorative place mat, and an individual cake or cupcake.
One of Paige's favorite parts of each party is when the kids make a wish and 13 the candles. "They 14 get a chance to dream big," says Paige.
Her daughter, Lizzie, now seven, often helps out at the parties. Paige says, "The one thing I've always wanted is for my kid to be 15 . Our actions speak louder than words."
17、A. everything B. nothing C. anything D. something
18、A. persuaded B. appealed C. resolved D. preferred
19、A. take B. get C. turn D. throw
20、A. parenthood B. childhood C. neighborhood D. brotherhood
21、A. communities B. shelters C. factories D. hospitals
22、A. approved B. designed C. launched D. submitted
23、A. decorate B. charge C. compete D. link
24、A. in bed B. in surpise C. in attendance D. in danger
25、A. admitted B. regarded C. claimed D. imagined
26、A. audience B. family C. staff D. class
27、A. monthly B. daily C. yearly D. weekly
28、A. trapped B. abandoned C. adopted D. distinguished
29、A. cut out B. carry out C. hand out D. blow out
30、A. usually B. frequently C. rarely D. occasionally
31、A. optimistic B. generous C. reliable D. humble
四、语法填空
32、 Texas, the second most populous US state, embraced Lunar New Year celebrations last month, ①_____ were more fabulously than ever before, in places ranging ②_____ public libraries to children's museums, local bars and Asian restaurants in both big cities and some small towns.
Post Houston, a downtown entertainment and cultural center in the state's largest city, ③_____(host)a massive Lunar New Year festival on Sunday with eye-catching performances, a carnivallike Asian pop-up market ④_____(feature) food vendors, games, crafts and other cultural activities, as well as a grand party in the night. Lion and dragon dances, ⑤_____(accompany) by the booming, rhythmic beating of drums and gongs, whipped up a festive atmosphere, gaining thunderous applause and cheers from ⑥_____ crowd of more than 1,000 spectators.
"We didn't have a lot of activities in the past. But ⑦_____(thankful), times are changing" said Brooks. "It is a great representation of the culture... It's just a great way for people to accept it, respect it, ⑧_____ also embrace it." Getting into the spirit of Lunar New Year, the woman said her hope for the Year of the Rabbit is "health, happiness, prosperity and peace for everyone, and ⑨_____(equal) for everybody and every culture. It's what everybody deserves ⑩_____(have) in this world, in America and everywhere."
五、书面表达
33、假如你是李华,你准备给即将回国的外教Mike送一个有中国文化特色的小礼物并附 便函一封。 内容包括:
1.表达对他的感谢;
2.对你的小礼物作一个简单说明;
3.邀请Mike再来中国体验中国传统文化。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
Dear Mike,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
六、读后续写
34、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
How far would you go to help a friend? Jeremy Savage, aged 17, and Ian Marshall, aged 16, both from Canada, had their friendship tested to the limit on a recent trip to the Rocky Mountains with their parents.
On Saturday morning, the two boys decided to climb Cathedral Mountain by themselves while their parents relaxed at the campsite. After three hours, they reached the top and enjoyed the beautiful view from the mountaintop.
However, trouble began when they started the climb down. On one very dangerous part of the mountain, Ian fell three meters off the side of the path. Jeremy climbed down to where Ian was and found him badly injured and not able to move then. Jeremy had to decide what to do. He needed help but he did not want to leave his friend. He cleaned the dirt and blood from Ian's face and hands, and then tried to help Ian stand up, but Ian's right leg was hurting too much. With incredible calmness and his former experience in the mountain, Jeremy then gave Ian his food and water and let him lie on his jacket. They had to wait and hope that help would come. While they waited for help, Jeremy used his jacket and an extra shirt to keep Ian warm and they rested together. Sensing his friend's pain and anxiety, Jeremy gently comforted him and gave him constant encouragement in a determined tone.
Meanwhile, as darkness started to fall, their parents back at the campsite became very worried that the boys had not returned. Desperate tears welling up in the eyes, the mothers frantically prayed to God for their sons' safety. They got in touch with park workers and began searching for the boys. Soon more than 20 people were looking for them on Cathedral Mountain.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
As the evening grew darker and the temperature dropped, Ian told Jeremy to leave him and go back to their parents.
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Finally, after four long and tiring hours' climbing down, they came across their parents.
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参考答案
1、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据Petrified Forest National Park下面的“And for good reason, removing any of these items can harm the local ecosystem or degrade the geological features.而且有充分的理由,拿走这些东西中的任何一个都会损害当地的生态系统或破坏地质特征。)”可知,石头必须留在公园而不能带走的原因是这种行为会造成生态和地质影响。故选C。
2、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据Yellowstone National Park下面的“With scenic mountains and rivers and an abundance of wildlife, Yellow stoneis home to more than 10,000 hydrothermal features.(黄石公园有风景优美的山川和丰富的野生动物,还拥有一万多处热液地貌。)”可知,黄石公园的特别之处在于它的热液地貌。故选D。
3、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据Devil's Tower National Monument 下面的“Each community passes down legends of its creation, which typically include someone escaping a big bear and finding refuge atop the rock.(每个社区都流传着其形成的传说,其中通常包括有人逃离一只大熊,在岩石上寻找避难所。)”可知,魔鬼塔有许多传说,所以这里是探索其传说的不错选择。故选D。
4、答案：A
解析：第一段中划线单词“exponentially”是什么意思?A.迅速地。B.寂静地、安静地。C.出人意料地。D.看不见地、盲目地。根据第一段划线词所在句中enabling me with a click or a keystroke to create wonders that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago(使我能够通过点击或敲击键盘来创造奇迹,这在几年前是无法想象的)可知,现在通过点击或者敲击键盘就能创造奇迹,由此可推知,这些设备的力量迅速增长。故选A。
5、答案：A
解析：作者在第三段中想表明什么?A.他避免面对他工作习惯的现实。B.他通常选择最简单的方式去完成任务。C.他能够快速地学习新技能和电脑程序。D.他为自己掌握高科技工具的用法能力而自豪。根据第三段第2句:I figured that if my computer time didn't work efficiently, it was because I didn't have the right software, or wasn't using it right.(我理解到如果我用电脑工作时不高效,是因为我没有合适的软件,或者用法不对);第三段最后一句:Nothing changed the basic observed fact: I was still trapped in the state of low productivity.(没有什么改变了我观察到的这个事实:我仍然被困在低产出的状态中)可知,作者想通过改善电脑软件的使用来提高自己工作效率,但是发现自己的工作效率仍然很低,由此可见,他想表达的是他不想面对自己工作习惯不好的现实。故选A。
6、答案：B
解析：从第四段可以推断出什么?A.作者能够集中注意力用电脑完成任务。B.更长时间看屏幕可能使作者降低工作效率。C.用电脑工作时,作者是非常富有成效的。D作者用电脑能更长时间地高效工作。根据第四段最后一句:During this process, I cheat myself into believing that because I am at my desk, at my computer, I am therefore working.(在这个过程中,我欺骗自己,因为我在办公桌前,在电脑前,所以我在工作)可知,作者并不能在屏幕前集中注意力,工作效率并不高。故选B。
7、答案：C
解析：作者现在对于用电脑写下观点的态度是什么?A.支持的。B.冷漠的,不关心的。C.不支持的。D.客观的。根据最后一段中I've evens witched to paper for my "to-do lists," and cross off action items literally. It's simpler and I get more done this way.(我甚至把我的“待办事项清单”换成了纸,并逐字划掉行动项目。这样更简单,我做得更多)可知,作者现在已经不再使用电脑工作,由此可知,作者现在对用电脑是不支持的。故选C。
8、答案：A
9、答案：C
10、答案：B
11、答案：D
12、答案：B
13、答案：D
14、答案：D
15、答案：A
16、答案：BFDEC
17、答案：B
解析：考查代词词义辨析。句意:“我想,这个孩子什么都没有。”Paige说。A.everything每件事;B.nothing没有什么;C.anything任何事物;D.something某物。根据前文“she saw a photo of a poor Haitian boy.”可知,她看到一个贫穷的男孩,所以认为这个男孩什么都没有。故选B项。
18、答案：C
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意:这个画面一直萦绕在她的脑海里,她决心做点什么来帮助他。A.persuaded劝说;B.appealed 上诉;C.resolved下定决心; D. preferred较喜欢。根据后文"I decided I would use my talents to 3 birthday parties for homeless kids"可知,佩吉·切诺特决定去帮助男孩。故选C项。
19、答案：D
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意:“我决定用我的才能为无家可归的孩子们举办生日派对,”佩吉说。A.take取走;B.get得到;C.turn转动;D.throw举行聚会。根据后文“determine how best to pull off the parties”可知,是举办生日派对。故选D项。
20、答案：A
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意:在接下来的四年里,佩吉和她的丈夫科林(Colin)从为人父母的工作中抽出时间,走访收容所,以确定如何最好地举办派对。A.parenthood做父母的身份;B.childhood童年;C.neighborhood邻里;D.brotherhood兄弟情谊。根据前文“Paige and her husband, Colin”可知,此处说的是他们两人的身份,应该是为人父母的身份。故选A项。
21、答案：B
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意:在接下来的四年里,佩吉和她的丈夫科林(Colin)从为人父母的工作中抽出时间,走访收容所,以确定如何最好地举办派对。A.communities社区;B.shelters收容所;C.factories工厂;D.hospitals医院。根据后文“Finally, in January 2012, Paige 6 the Birthday Party Project and called for friends and family to help 7 Dallas's 75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter with balloons and streamers”可知,他们是去收容所。故选B项。
22、答案：C
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意:最后,佩吉在2012年1月发起了“生日派对计划”(Birthday Party Project),呼吁朋友和家人用气球和彩带帮助装饰达拉斯的75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter,为11名男孩和女孩庆祝生日,还有60多名无家可归的孩子参加。A.approved赞成;B.designed设计;C.launched发起;D.submitted提交。根据后文"the Birthday Party Project and called for friends and family to help 7 Dallas's 75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter"可知项目已经开始了, 结合选项应该是发起项目。故选C项。
23、答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意:最后,佩吉在2012年1月发起了“生日派对计划”(Birthday Party Project),呼吁朋友和家人用气球和彩带帮助装饰达拉斯的75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter,为11名男孩和女孩庆祝生日,还有60多名无家可归的孩子参加。A.decorate装饰;B.charge收费;C.compete竞争;D.link链接。根据后文“with balloons and streamers”可知,此处是用气球和彩带来装饰。故选A项。
24、答案：C
解析：考查介词短语辨析。句意:最后,佩吉在2012年1月发起了“生日派对计划”(Birthday Party Project),呼吁朋友和家人用气球和彩带帮助装饰达拉斯的75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter,为11名男孩和女孩庆祝生日,还有60多名无家可归的孩子参加。A.in bed臣床,睡着;B.in surprise惊讶地;C.in attendance 出席(某活动);D.in danger处于危险之中。根据前文“celebrating the birthdays of 11 boys and girls, with 60 more homeless kids”并结合选项,可知,此处是给11名男孩和女孩庆祝生日,还有60多名无家可归的孩子参加之意。故选C项。
25、答案：D
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意:“第一个派对比我想象的要好,”佩吉说。A.admitted承认;B.regarded认为;C.claimed宣称;D.imagined想象。根据前文“That first party was better than I could have ever”可知,第一次派对比想象中要好。故选D项。
26、答案：C
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意:现在,佩吉和她的三名带薪员工与地区志愿者(又名“生日爱好者”)合作,在全国15个收容所计划每月举办主题派对,其中一些收容所收留了受虐待或被遗弃的儿童。A.audience观众;B.family家人;C.staff全体职工;D.class班级。根据后文“paid employees work with regional volunteers”可知,佩吉支付了报酬,所以是她的员工。故选C项。
27、答案：A
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意:现在,佩吉和她的三名带薪员工与地区志愿者(又名“生日爱好者”)合作,在全国15个收容所计划每月举办主题派对,其中一些收容所收留了受虐待或被遗弃的儿童。A.monthly每个月的;B.daily每天的;C.yearly每年的;D.weekly每周的。根据后文“Each child celebrating a birthday that month gets a $30 gift, a decorative place mat, and an individual cake or cupcake.”可知,派对是每月都举办一次。故选A项。
28、答案：B
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意:现在,佩吉和她的三名带薪员工与地区志愿者(又名“生日爱好者”)合作,在全国15个收容所计划每月举办主题派对,其中一些收容所收留了受虐待或被遗弃的儿童。A. trapped受困的;B.abandoned被遗弃的;C.adopted被收养的;D.distinguished尊贵的。根据前文“abused or”中的or可知,空处和abused并列且意思相近,结合选项可知,B项“abandoned被遗弃的”符合。故选B项。
29、答案：D
解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意:每次派对上,佩吉最喜欢的一个环节就是孩子们许愿,吹蜡烛。A.cut out切断;B.carry out实施;C.hand out分发;D.blow out吹灭。根据前文“the kids make a wish”和后文“the candles”结合常识可知,此处是指生日许愿吹蜡烛。故选D项。
30、答案：C
解析：考查副词词义辨析。句意:“他们很少有机会有大梦想,”佩吉说。A.usually通常;B.frequently频繁地;C. rarely罕有;D. occasionally偶尔地。根据前文"some of which house abused or 12 kids."可知, 这些无家可归的孩子很少有大梦想,此处指过生日的大梦想。故选C项。
31、答案：B
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意:佩吉说:“我一直想要的一件事就是我的孩子慷慨大方。我们的行动比语言更响亮。”A.optimistic乐观的;B.generous慷慨的;C.reliable可信赖的;D.humble谦逊的。根据前文“Her daughter, Lizzie, now seven, often helps out at the parties.”可知,她的女儿也经常帮助他们举办活动去帮助贫困儿童,所以佩吉希望女儿能学会慷慨。故选B项。
32、答案：①which②from③hosted④featuring⑤were accompanied⑥a⑦thankfully⑧and⑨equality⑩to have
解析：①本句大意为:美国人口第二多的德克萨斯州上个月庆祝了农历新年,这比以往任何时候都要让人难以置信,此处为非限定性定语从句,指代前面一整件事,因此用which作关系代词,在从句中做主语,故答案为which。
②本句大意为: ……地方从公共图书馆到儿童博物馆,到当地酒吧和在大城市和小镇的亚洲餐馆。range from:从……到……范围,故答案为from。
③本句大意为:Post Houston,这个州最大的城市的一个市中心娱乐和文化中心,举办了一个大型的农历年,此处host:举办,是句子谓语,根据短文可知时态是一般过去时,故答案为hosted。
④本句大意为: ……在星期日有吸引眼球的表演,一个狂欢节像亚洲以食品摊贩,游戏,工艺和其他文化活动以及晚上的大派对为特色的快闪集市,从on Sunday with到night, with表伴随,后面都是短语并列,feature:以……为特色,此处作后置定语修饰market“市场”,需要用动词ing形式,故答案为featuring。
⑤本句大意为:洪亮的有节凑的敲锣打鼓声伴着舞狮舞龙,此处accompany“伴随”动词,作谓语,和主语是被动关系,因此用一般过去时的被动语态,故答案为were accompanied。
⑥本句大意为: ……激起了节日的气氛,获得了一群1000多旁观者的掌声和欢呼声,a crowd of:一大群,许多,故答案为a。
⑦本句大意为:我们过去没有这样的活动。但是庆幸的是时代变了。此处用副词作状语,因此thankful:感激的,要变副词,故答案为thankfully。
⑧本句大意为:这是人们接受它,尊重它以及拥抱它的好方法。此处表并列,故答案为and。
⑨本句大意为:进入到农历新年精神的这位女士说她兔年的希望是大家健康,快乐,富有和和平,同样地,这个希望也为每个文化,每一个人,此处用副词作状语,equal:相同的,要变副词,故答案为 equally。
⑩本句大意为:这是在这个世界上,在美国,在各处每个人值得拥有的,deserve:值得,后可跟to do作宾语,表“值得……”,故答案为to have。
33、答案：
Dear Mike,
How time flies! It's too bad that you have to leave soon. No words can express my gratitude to you for what you have done in our school.
To express my appreciation, I chose the paper-cut as a gift, a reminder of our unforgettable time here. The vivid pictures cut out from common colorful paper are a traditional yet popular choice for decoration in my country.
As one of your guides, I hope you'll like the small gift and come back to experience more Chinese traditional culture.
With best wishes!
Sincerely Yours,
Li Hua
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As the evening grew darker and the temperature dropped, Ian told Jeremy to leave him and go back to their parents. But Jeremy still did not leave. He thought it was too dangerous for Ian to be alone on such a cold, windy night. However, with the surroundings from chilly to freezing, Jeremy decided that the only way to help his friend was to carry him down the mountain. So, they started the long climb back to the campsite. Sometimes Jeremy carried Ian on his back. Sometimes he carried him in his arms.
Finally, after four long and tiring hours’ climbing down, they came across their parents. Upon seeing the two boys, their parents dashed to wrap them in their arms. All the fear, cold and even pain were seemingly driven away by the reunion with their parents. Jeremy and Ian burst into tears, sobbing out what had happened in this adventure. On the way to the hospital, Ian held on tight to Jeremy's hand, saying, "I'll always remember what you did for me. You saved my life.” Jeremy winked at him with a smiling face, “That’s the greatest thing that a person can do for his friend.”