江苏省郑梁梅高级中学2022-2023学年高二下学期4月月考英语试卷（含答案）

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江苏省郑梁梅高级中学2022-2023学年高二下学期4月月考英语试卷
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一、阅读理解
Leather-making in Florence dates back hundreds of years to the 13th century. A look at leather craftsmen in Florence will help you know more about Italian leather.
The leather factory—Pierotucci
Join a free tour of the factory and you’ll get a deep dive into the process of making a handbag. After seeing what it takes to make a bag by hand, you’ll no longer wonder why Pierotucci prices come with two zeros at the end. And you’ll know that if you do spend the money, the bag will last forever
The leather shoe store—Stefano Bemer
Stefano Bemer was famous for its hand-tailored shoes. The elegant store that sells shoes that cost hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of dollars is also where apprentices(学徒) learn their skills: visible in the front section of the store.
The leather school—Scuola del Cuoio
Walking into the courtyard of the Scuola del Cuoio feels a little like walking onto a mini college campus. You leave the busy street as you enter the historic building. The school specializes in making one-of-a-kind bags and in teaching paying students the secrets of high-quality leather working.
The bookbinding(书籍装订) store—Il Torchio
Il Torchio is a beautiful bookbinding store run by Erin Ciulla. If you ask Ciulla, she might take you to see the “guillotine”, which is actually a very large, antique-looking machine that’s used to cut large amounts of paper. Beyond binding with leather covers, Ciulla also covers books, journals, and photo albums in hand-made papers.
1、What is the main reason for Pierotucci’s high price?
A. The handmade process. B. The special material.
C. The high cost of the visit. D. The long history of the factory.
2、Which places provide the opportunity to learn leather-making?
A. Pierotucci and Il Torchio. B. Scuola del Cuoio and Il Torchio.
C. Pierotucci and Stefano Bemer. D. Stefano Bemer and Scuola del Cuoio.
3、What can you do in the bookbinding store?
A. Buy a high-quality leather bag.
B. Buy an antique-looking machine.
C. Have a photo album covered with leather.
D. Have the leather covers cut by the guillotine.
Last summer, Katie Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She rolled down her window and shouted, “I’m driving around giving free haircuts. Do you want one right now?” The man looked to be in his 60s. He was heavyset, balding, and missing a few teeth. He laughed, then paused. “Actually,” he said, “I have a funeral to go. I was really hoping to get a haircut.”
Few minutes later, the man, named Edward, took a seat on a red chair moved down from Steller’s car, and she trimmed his curly graying hair. He told her about growing up in Mississippi, about moving to Minnesota to be closer to his children, and how he still often phoned his mom. After Steller was done, Edward looked in a mirror. “Wow, I look good!” he grinned.
To date, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts to people around the city. She is keenly aware of the power of her cleanup job. “It’s more than a haircut,” she says.
Steller knows that a haircut can change a life. One changed hers. As a teen, she suffered from a severe bowel disease and her hair thinned drastically. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.
“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon. Soon after finishing cosmetology(美容) school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets.
“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely people looked,” she says. “I thought maybe I can’t fix their problems, but I can help them feel less alone sometimes.”
4、Which of the following best describes Edward?
A. He related everything to Steller.
B. He lived with his mom in Mississippi.
C. He was satisfied with his new haircut.
D. He sat by the roadside asking for a haircut.
5、What do we know about the free haircuts?
A. They made people full of power.
B. They helped people solve their problems.
C. They conveyed care and love to people in need.
D. They made Steller’s salon obtain good reputation.
6、What inspired Stellar to start her Red Chair Project?
A. Her wish to talk to people.
B. Her personal experience in her teens.
C. Her mother’s encouragement.
D. Her ambition to start a unique salon.
7、Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. A Special Hair-dresser B. Edward’s Free Haircut
C. An Amazing Encounter D. More Than a Free Haircut
Search and rescue teams are often accompanied by man's best friend. A dog’s superior sense of smell can be critical to finding survivors buried under fallen buildings. But now a new animal is being trained to assist search and rescue teams after an earthquake hits, and it's the rat.
These rescue rats are being trained by Dr. Donna Kean, a researcher from Glasgow, Scotland who has been working with rats for years. Kean explained why she and her colleagues at the nonprofit AP0P0 train rats instead of dogs. "The rats have a comparable sense of smell, and they’re just as trainable as dogs." she said. "Their size is useful because they will be able to move through different environments that dogs just wouldn't be able to."
At the moment, the rats are wearing homemade backpacks that contain microphones, video equipment. and location trackers, and then scientists are sending these rats into mock debris(模拟的废墟). Rats would be able to get into small spaces to get to victims buried in the ruins. "We have not been in a real situation yet. We have got a mock debris site. When we track the backpack, we will be able to hear from where the rat is inside the debris." Kean said. "We have the potential to speak to victims through the rat."
Researchers train them on a basic series of behavior. Training starts off in a really basic environment: a small and empty room. Then they gradually expand and increase the complexity in order to make it like real life. They can start adding in debris and making the training area look more like an actual collapsed building site.
The training just started, and researchers still have to run training trials outside the research environment. They are working with a search and rescue group called GEA, who are based in Turkey, a country with frequent earthquakes and hoping that by next year they’ll be able to take the rats to Turkey for trials.
8、What advantage do rats have over dogs in the rescue work?
A. They are easier to train.
B. They have a better sense of smell.
C. They are more flexible with a smaller size.
D. They adapt to new environments more quickly.
9、What function is expected of the backpack?
A. To guide rats to find survivors.
B. To protect rats from being injured.
C. To help rescuers communicate with victims.
D. To provide some food for trapped people.
10、What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. The difficulty of conducting experiments.
B. The process of training the rats.
C. The rats’ behaviour in real collapsed sites.
D. The importance of the research environment.
11、What will researchers plan to do next?
A. Use rats for rescue work on a large scale.
B. Send rats to Turkey for field experiments.
C. Conduct further study on disaster prevention.
D. Develop the tracking technology to assist GEA.
Language diversity is dying. While there are over 5,000 languages in the world, experts estimate(估计) that many are on their way out. Statista, a data provider, compiled(编译) the results of the ongoing work of the Endangered Languages Project to create a map of endangered languages highlighting what regions of the world are most affected.
The Endangered Language Project is an online platform administered by the University of Hawaii Manoa that collects information on the world’s languages, such as where each is spoken, the number of speakers left, what measures have been taken to preserve it, etc. For example, by perusing the Endangered Language Project’s website you can see that Irish Gaelic is an endangered language mostly spoken in Ireland and that consists of four different dialects; Irish Gaelic is spoken by 20,000 to 40,000 people worldwide.
Experts acknowledge that the rapid extinction of languages throughout the world is a fact that cannot be denied, but they also explain that it is very difficult to obtain exact numbers when it comes to languages and their extinction. This is because language information is outdated or limited, and it can be different in some cases to distinguish between languages and dialects. The Linguistic Society of America notes that some estimates state that 80 percent of the world's languages could be gone by the next century as languages like English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian become even more of a majority.
On its website, the Endangered Language Project also features an interactive map of endangered languages that’s color-coded according to each language’s level of threat. Each language is represented by a colored dot on the map, and clicking the dot will reveal the name of the language and its status. Clicking on the name of the language will lead you to a more detailed information card about the specific language.
12、What did Statista do for the Endangered Languages Project?
A. Designing a map to show endangered languages.
B. Figuring out the number of language extinction.
C. Evaluating the data of the endangered language.
D. Creating a platform to predict affected regions.
13、What information can we get from the platform?
A. The reason why Irish Gaelic died out.
B. The places where Irish Gaelic is spoken.
C. The people who are interested in learning Irish Gaelic.
D. The measures that will be taken to protect Irish Gaelic.
14、Which of the following opinion do the experts agree with?
A. It is hard to distinguish languages and dialects.
B. It is impossible to collect language information.
C. The popularity of the major languages will influence the language diversity.
D. The language which is outdated or limited will surely be extinct sooner or later.
15、What is the feature of the Endangered Language Project?
A. It is interactive and informative. B. It is complete and colorful.
C. It features a picture of colored dots. D. It features a map of extinct language.
二、七选五
16、 Talents may be artistic, technical, personal or social. Your talent needn’t be rewarding or useful, but it will always be your own. ①_____ That might take some work, but will benefit you a lot.
One of the best ways to find out what hidden talents you might have is to talk to people who know you best. We tend to overlook our abilities. ②_____ If you’re lucky enough to have family and friends who care about you, they won’t be shy about pointing out your talents.
③_____ Willie Johnson was blinded, but it was just because of his blindness that he was thought to be a more talented guitar player. So don’t let shortcomings or challenges discourage you from trying new things and developing talent.
Don’t be easily affected by others’ opinions. ④_____ Some people think James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was the best guitar player of all time, but a classical musician may consider him to be of no talent. Don’t let others tell you being an excellent rider isn’t a real talent, or that making good cheese doesn’t count.
Practice is also important. Even if you have no talent for the guitar, practicing two hours a day will guarantee you’ll get a lot better. Someone who practices will always end up more talented than someone who never does. ⑤_____
A. Hard work always pays off.
B. Sometimes talents lie in your interests.
C. Playing music may make for a bright future.
D. So we miss out too often on what makes us great.
E. Ideas about talents may vary from person to person.
F. Learn to look for your talents and build them into abilities.
G. You should face your weakness positively to develop your talent.
三、完形填空（15空）
Lenore Skenazy is a New York journalist. When she wrote about how she had left her nine-year-old son in central New York and let him take the subway home alone, she caused a 1 media storm.
Her son, Izzy, whose 2 the expedition(出行) had been, was happy with the experience. He arrived home safely, 3 about his independence. He had been begging for weeks to be 4 out on his own and to travel unsupervised(无人监督的). Ms Skenazy gave Izzy a subway map, twenty dollars and some 5 in case he needed to make a phone call.
But Ms Skenazy’s actions landed her in a huge 6 . Although many came out to 7 her, she was labeled "America’s worst mom" by others. "My son had simply done what most people my age had done 8 when they were his age: gone somewhere on his own, without a security detail," she wrote 9 . "The problem with this everything-is-dangerous idea is that overprotectiveness is a 10 in itself. A child who thinks he can’t do anything 11 eventually can’t."
So, are we living in a risk-averse (风险规避的) culture where we limit our children’s ability to 12 danger by never allowing them to take reasonable 13 ? Does western society give its children too much 14 ? Or did Ms Skenazy’s actions 15 her son in unnecessary danger? What do you think?
17、A.pleasant B.fierce C.illegal D.embarrassing
18、A.idea B.emotion C.outcome D.mission
19、A.surprised B.frightened C.annoyed D.excited
20、A.requested B.allowed C.desired D.invited
21、A.change B.property C.benefit D.wage
22、A.arrangement B.violence C.movement D.argument
23、A.support B.follow C.confirm D.define
24、A.possibly B.usually C.eventually D.nearly
25、A.alongside B.earlier C.afterwards D.sooner
26、A.fear B.pressure C.disability D.danger
27、A.onhisown B.inhisway C.nowandthen D.moreorless
28、A.getinto B.lookinto C.takeon D.dealwith
29、A.steps B.risks C.charge D.control
30、A.stress B.freedom C.protection D.barrier
31、A.appeal B.fancy C.involve D.occur
四、短文填空
32、 Those who haven’t been to the Mu Us may not have an opportunity to do so. The desert is disappearing from ①_____ map as it has been turned into an oasis(绿洲)!
The Mu Us ②_____(stretch) over 42,200 square km between Shaan Xi and inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, lying north of the Great Wall. In Mongolian, “Mu Us” means barren land ③_____ nothing can grow.
However, the area was no desert in ancient times. It used to be grazing land ④_____(sufficient) supplying grass and water for sheep and cattle. Since the Tang Dynasty, it began to degrade because of excessive farming and overgrazing and ⑤_____(year) of war.
In modern times, the Mu Us, the fourth ⑥_____(large) desert in China, began to move southward and passed the Great Wall, ⑦_____(attack) Yulin (Shaan Xi province). Local pastures(牧场) faced serious desertification, salinization and degradation, and the villagers had to move as the desert advanced. By the time People’s Republic of China ⑧_____(found), Yulin had only 0.9 percent of forest cover. It became an urgent task ⑨_____(block) the sands.
Thanks to greening, the desert is on the way to disappearing. The feat(丰绩) wouldn’t have been achieved ⑩_____ national anti-desertification policies and the efforts of generations of eco-warriors.
五、书面表达
33、假定你是校学生会成员李华,你校学生会组织了图书捐赠及互换活动, 外教Smith 捐赠了许多英文图书。请你代表学生会给他写一封邮件, 内容包括:
1.表达感激之情;
2.回顾活动以及Smith给予的帮助。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右;
2. 请按如下格式作答。
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Smith,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
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。
Brodie and his father lived in a caravan(宿营拖车) ever since his mother died and they lost their house. Now they worked for Miss Martha in the garden.
Brodie’s father had been a famous violin player. Brodie loved to watch how his father made the bow(弦乐器的弓) dance and glide(滑动) across the strings. When he turned 12, his father taught him how to play the instrument properly. Brodie was a fast learner and soon he could play the violin almost as well as his dad.
One day, Miss Samson, Brodie’s teacher, asked if anyone could play the violin. A talent scout(星探) was coming to school. He was looking for someone to play in the musical Mr Spy.
Hollie Larson’s hand went up fast. “I can play the violin,” she said. “I play in competitions.” Brodie kept quiet, but his friend Cam said, “Brodie has a violin and he can play it too.”
Brodie slid down in his seat. There was no way he would be good enough to play for an audience. He wasn’t going to make a fool of himself. Hollie Larson was good at everything.
“Bring your instruments tomorrow for a trial run,” the teacher said. “And oh, if you are selected, the pay is good!”
Brodie’s father let him take the violin. “But do take good care of it, Brodie,” he said.
Hollie Larson offered to play first. She was good, really good. Brodie suddenly felt embarrassed. There was no way he could play after her. But Miss Samson’s voice was demanding. “Brodie,” she said. “Your turn!”
Brodie felt his face get hot as he pulled out the violin. But the minute the bow touched the strings, Brodie was transported to a different world. He was back in Martha’s garden listening to his father. The room, was silent as Brodie walked back to his seat. And then came the applause, everyone clapping, except Hollie Larson.
Since the talent scout would come the next morning, Brodie decided to put the violin case on a high shelf in the classroom that night. It was the safest place, he thought. But, he was wrong!
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。
The next morning when he arrived, he found the case had fallen.
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Suddenly, Hollie Larson walked toward him, holding out her violin—"Use mine", she said.
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参考答案
1、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据The leather factory—Pierotucci部分After seeing what it takes to make a bag by hand, you'll no longer wonder why Pierotucci prices come with two zero sat the end. And you'll know that if you do spend the money, the bag will last forever.(在看到手工制作一个袋子需要什么之后,你不会再奇怪为什么Pierotucci的价格在结尾处会有两个零。你会知道,如果你真的花了钱,这个袋子将永远存在。)可知,这个袋子贵的原因是,这是手工制作的。B.The handmade process.(手工制作工艺。)符合原文表述,故选A。
2、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据The leather shoe store—Stefano Bemer部分The elegant store that sells shoes that cost hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of dollars is also where apprentices learn their skills: visible in the front section of the store.(这家优雅的商店出售的鞋子价格高达数百美元,有时甚至数千美元,也是学徒们学习技能的地方:可以在商店的前面看到。)和The leather school—Scuola del Cuoio部分You leave the busy street as you enter the historic building. The school specializes in making one-of-a-kind bags and in teaching paying students the secrets of high-quality leather working.(当你进入历史建筑时,你离开繁忙的街道。这所学校专门制作独一无二的皮包,并教授付费学生高质量皮革加工的秘诀。)可知,在STEFANO BEMER和Scuola del Cuoio可以有学习皮革制作的机会。故选D。
3、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据The bookbinding(书籍装订) store—Il Torchio部分Beyond binding with leather covers, Ciulla also covers books, journals, and photo albums in hand-made papers.(除了用皮革封面装订外,Ciulla还用手工纸装订书籍、期刊和相册。)可知,可以获得一本用皮革覆盖的相册。C.Have a photo album covered with leather.(有一本用皮革覆盖的相册。)符合原文表述。故选C。
4、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中After Steller was done, Edward looked in a mirror. “Wow, I look good!” he grinned.(斯特勒完事后，爱德华照照镜子。“哇，我看起来很好!”他咧嘴一笑)可推知，爱德华对自己的新发型很满意。故选C项。
5、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中“Steller knows that a haircut can change a life.(斯特勒知道一个发型可以改变一个人的一生)”以及倒数第二段“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon. Soon after finishing cosmetology school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets.(“坐下来，让别人看着我，像一个人一样和我说话，而不仅仅是一种疾病，这让我感到被关心，不那么孤独，”她说。从那以后，斯特勒知道她想拥有自己的沙龙。2009年从美容学校毕业后不久，她开始了她现在称为“红椅子计划”的项目，向街上的人们伸出援手)和最后一段“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely people looked,” she says. “I thought maybe I can’t fix their problems, but I can help them feel less alone sometimes.”(“让我心碎的部分原因是人们看起来多么孤独，”她说。“我想也许我不能解决他们的问题，但有时我可以帮助他们感到不那么孤独。”)可推知，免费理发的目的是向有需要的人传递关怀和爱。故选C项。
6、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中“As a teen, she suffered from a severe bowel disease and her hair thinned drastically. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.(十几岁时，她患了严重的肠道疾病，头发急剧稀疏。看到这一点，她的母亲为斯特勒安排了第一次专业的理发)”以及倒数第二段中“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon. Soon after finishing cosmetology school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets.(“坐下来，让别人看着我，像一个人一样和我说话，而不仅仅是一种疾病，这让我感到被关心，不那么孤独，”她说。从那以后，斯特勒知道她想拥有自己的沙龙。2009年从美容学校毕业后不久，她开始了她现在称为“红椅子计划”的项目，向街上的人们伸出援手)可知，Stellar十几岁时的经历激发了她开始她的红椅子项目。故选B项。
7、答案：D
解析：主旨大意题。根据第三段To date, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts to people around the city. She is keenly aware of the power of her cleanup job. “It’s more than a haircut,” she says.(到目前为止，斯特勒已经为这座城市的人们做了大约30个这样的发型。她敏锐地意识到清洁工作的力量。“这不仅仅是一个发型，”她说)以及最后一段“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely people looked,” she says. “I thought maybe I can’t fix their problems, but I can help them feel less alone sometimes.”(“让我心碎的部分原因是人们看起来多么孤独，”她说。“我想也许我不能解决他们的问题，但有时我可以帮助他们感到不那么孤独。”)可知，本文主要讲述了Katie Steller通过给别人免费理发，和别人交流来减轻别人孤独感的善举。由此可知，D项“More Than a Free Haircut(不仅仅是免费理发)”适合作本文最佳标题。故选D项。
8、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段Their size is useful because they will be able to move through different environments that dogs just wouldn't be able to.(它们的体型很有用,因为它们能够在不同的环境中移动,而狗则无法做到这一点。)可知,在救援工作中,老鼠比狗有优势在于它们尺寸小,更灵活。故选C。
9、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段"When we track the backpack, we will be able to hear from where the rat is inside the debris," Kean said. "We have the potential to speak to victims through the rat."(当我们追踪背包时。我们可以听到老鼠在废墟中的位置。基恩说, "我们有可能通过老鼠与受害者对话。")可知,预期背包的功能是帮助救援人员与受害者沟通。故选C。
10、答案：B
解析：段落大意题。根据第四段Researchers train them on a basic series of behavior. Training starts off in a really basic environment: a small and empty room. Then they gradually expand and increase the complexity in order to make it like real life. They can start adding in debris and making the training area look more like an actual collapsed building site.(研究人员对它们进行一系列基本行为的训练。训练开始于一个非常基本的环境:一个又小又空的房间。然后他们逐渐扩展和增加复杂性,以使它像现实生活。他们可以开始添加碎片,让训练区看起来更像一个真正倒塌的建筑工地。)由此可知,第四段主要在说训练老鼠的过程。故选B。
11、答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段They are working with a search and rescue group called GEA, who are based in Turkey, a country with frequent earthquakes and hoping that by next year they'll be able to take the rats to Turkey for trials.(他们正在与一个名为GEA的搜救组织合作。他们的总部设在土耳其。这是一个地震频繁的国家,他们希望明年能把老鼠带到土耳其进行试验。)可知,研究人员下一步计划把老鼠送到土耳其做实地实验。故选B。
12、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段Statista, a data provider, compiled(编译) the results of the ongoing work of the Endangered Languages Project to create a map of endangered languages highlighting what regions of the world are most affected.(数据提供商Statista汇集了濒危语言项目正在进行的工作的结果,以创建一个濒危语言地图,突出世界上受影响最大的地区。)由此可知,Statista为濒危语言项目设计一张显示濒危语言的地图,故选A。
13、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段The Endangered Language Project is an online platform administered by the University of Hawaii Manoa that collects information on the world’s languages, such as where each is spoken, the number of speakers left, what measures have been taken to preserve it, etc.(濒危语言项目是一个由夏威夷大学管理的在线平台,它收集世界上语言的信息,如每种语言的使用地点、使用者的数量、采取了什么措施来保护它们等。)由此可知,我们能从平台上找到说爱尔兰盖尔语的地方,故选B。
14、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段The Linguistic Society of America notes that some estimates state that 80 percent of the world's languages could be gone by the next century as languages like English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian become even more of a majority.(美国语言学会指出,据估计,到下个世纪,世界上80%的语言可能会消失,而英语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语、汉语和俄语等语言将成为更多国家和地区的主流语言。)可推断,主要语言的普及会影响语言的多样性。故选C。
15、答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据第二段The Endangered Language Project is an online platform administered by the University of Hawaii Manoa that collects information on the world’s languages, such as where each is spoken, the number of speakers left, what measures have been taken to preserve it, etc.(濒危语言项目是一个由夏威夷大学管理的在线平台,它收集世界上语言的信息,如每种语言的使用地点、使用者的数量、采取了什么措施来保护它们等。)和最后一段On its website, the Endangered Language Project also features an interactive map of endangered languages that’s color-coded according to each language’s level of threat. Each language is represented by a colored dot on the map, and clicking the dot will reveal the name of the language and its status. Clicking on the name of the language will lead you to a more detailed information card about the specific language.(在其网站上,濒危语言项目还推出了一个濒危语言的交互式地图,根据每种语言的威胁程度用颜色进行了编码。每种语言在地图上都用一个彩色的圆点表示,点击这个圆点就会显示语言的名称及其状态。单击该语言的名称将引导您进入关于该特定语言的更详细的信息卡。)可推断出濒危语言项目的特点是提供信息和互动式的,故选A。
16、答案：FDGEA
解析：①根据上文“Talents may be artistic, technical, personal or social. Your talent needn't be rewarding or useful, but it will always be your own.(才能可以是艺术的、技术的、个人的或社会的。你的才能不一定是有回报的或有用的,但它永远是你自己的)”以及后文“That might take some work, but will benefit you a lot.(这可能需要一些工作,但会让你受益匪浅)”可知,上文论述了才能得作用和意义,故推测本句旨在说明如何利用才能,故F选项“学会发现自己的才能,并将其转化为能力”符合语境,故选F。
②根据上文“One of the best ways to find out what hidden talents you might have is to talk to people who know you best. We tend to overlook our abilities.(要发现自己隐藏的才能,最好的方法之一就是和最了解你的人交谈。我们往往会忽视自己的能力)”可知,本句与上文构成因果关系,指出“我们往往会忽视自己的能力”的结果是“我们经常错过让我们变得伟大的东西”。故D选项“所以我们经常错过让我们变得伟大的东西”符合语境,故选D。
③根据后文“Blind Willie Johnson was blinded, but it was just because of his blindness that he was thought to be a more talented guitar player. So don't let shortcomings or challenges discourage you from trying new things and developing talent.(盲人威利·约翰逊失明了,但正是因为他的失明,他才被认为是一个更有才华的吉他手。所以,不要让缺点或挑战阻碍你尝试新事物和发展才能)”可知,上文的例子说明了如何利用自己的缺点来发挥自己的才能的道理。故G选项“你应该积极面对自己的缺点来发挥自己的才能”符合语境,故选G。
④根据后文“Some people think James Marshall ‘Jimi’ Hendrix was the best guitar player of all time, but a classical musician may consider him to be of no talent. Don't let others tell you being an excellent rider isn't a real talent, or that making good cheese doesn't count.(有些人认为詹姆斯·马歇尔“吉米”·亨德里克斯是有史以来最好的吉他手,但古典音乐家可能会认为他没有天赋。不要让别人告诉你,成为一名优秀的骑手不是真正的天赋,或者做好奶酪不算)”可知,后文对James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix的不同评论,说明了人们对才能得看法并不相同。故E选项“对才能的看法因人而异”符合语境,故选E。
⑤根据上文“Practice is also important. Even if you have no talent for the guitar, practicing two hours a day will guarantee you'll get a lot better. Someone who practices will always end up more talented than someone who never does.(练习也很重要。即使你没有弹吉他的天赋,每天练习两小时也能保证你弹得更好。经常练习的人最终会比从不练习的人更有才华)”可知,本段主要强调了练习的重要性,即付出努力才有回报。故A选项“努力总会有回报”符合语境,故选A。
17、答案：B
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.pleasant令人愉快的;B.fierce激烈的;C.illegal非法的;D.embarrassing令人尴尬的。根据下文Although many came out to 7 her, she was labeled "America's worst mom" by others.可知,Lenore Skenazy女士的行为引发了社会上激烈的争议。故选B。
18、答案：A
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.idea想法;B.emotion情感;C.outcome结果;D.mission任务。根据下文"the expedition"可知,这里指的是lzzy独自坐地铁回家的主意。故选A。
19、答案：D
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.surprised吃惊的;B.frightened害怕的;C.annoyed心烦的;D.excited兴奋的。根据上文"Her son, Izzy, whose 2 the expedition(出行) had been, was happy with the experience."可知,Izzy对独自坐地铁回家的经历感到很兴奋。故选D。
20、答案：B
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.requested要求;B.allowed允许;C.desired渴望;D.invited邀请。根据上文"He had been begging"和下文"out on his own"可知,Izzy一直恳求父母,他能够被允许一个人去旅行。故选B。
21、答案：A
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.change零钱;B.property财产;C.benefit好处;D.wage工资。根据下文"in case he needed to make a phone call"可知,使用公用电话需要零钱。故选A。
22、答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.arrangement安排;B.violence暴力;C.movement移动;D.argument争论。根据上文"When she wrote about how she had left her nine-year-old son in central New York and let him take the subway home alone, she caused a 1 media storm."可知,Lenore Skenazy女士的行为引发了社会上激烈的争议。故选D。
23、答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.support支持;B.follow跟随;C.confirm证实;D.define下定义。根据上文"Although"可知,上下文是转折关系,下文提到她仍然被别人贴上"美国最糟糕的母亲"的标签,所以对应的应该是有人支持她。故选A。
24、答案：B
解析：考查副词及语境理解。A.possibly可能;B.usually通常;C.eventually最终;D.nearly几乎。根据上文"My son had simply done what most people my age had done"可知,这里是指一个人出去是Skenazy他们在那个年龄时通常做的事情。故选B。
25、答案：C
解析：考查副词及语境理解。A.alongside沿着;B.earlier更早;C.afterwards后来;D.sooner更快。根据上文"My son had simply done what most people my age had done 8 when they were his age: gone somewhere on his own, without a security detail."可知,这是Skenazy后来写的内容。故选C。
26、答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.fear害怕;B.pressure压力;C.disability残疾;D.danger危险。根据上文" The problem with this everything-is-dangerous idea is that overprotectiveness is a"可知,这里是指过度保护是不对的,本身就是一种危险。故选D。
27、答案：A
解析：考查固定短语及语境理解。A.on his own靠他自己;B.in his way以他的方式;C.now and then偶尔;D.more or less或多或少。根据上文"gone somewhere on his own"可知,这里是指独自一个人做事情。故选A。
28、答案：D
解析：考查动词短语及语境理解。A.get into进入;B.look into研究;C.take on呈现;D.deal with处理。根据上文"we limit our children's ability to"可知,这里指限制了孩子们独自处理问题的能力。故选D。
29、答案：B
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.steps步子;B.risks冒险;C.charge管理;D.control控制。根据上文"we limit our children's ability to 12 danger by never allowing them to take reasonable"可知,作者认为家长们没有允许孩子承担合理的风险。故选B。
30、答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.stress压力;B.freedom自由;C.protection保护;D.barrier障碍。根据上文she was labeled "America's worst mom" by others.可知,作者提出,西方社会给了它的孩子们太多的保护。故选C。
31、答案：C
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.appeal吸引;B.fancy喜欢;C.involve涉及;D.occur发生。根据下文"her son in unnecessary danger"可知,这里是指一些人认为Skenazy女士的行为让她的孩子牵涉了不必要的危险。故选C。
32、答案：①the②stretches③where④sufficiently⑤years⑥largest⑦attacking⑧was founded⑨to block⑩Without
解析：①考查冠词。句意:沙漠正在从地图上消失,因为它已经变成了绿洲。结合句意可知,此处表示特指,故用定冠词,故填the。
②考查时态及主谓一致。句意:毛乌斯山脉位于陕西和内蒙古自治区之间,绵延4.22万平方公里,位于长城以北。结合句意可知,此处在讲述客观事实,句子用一般现在时,主语为The Mu Us,谓语动词用三单形式,故填stretches。
③考查定语从句。句意:在蒙古语中, "毛乌斯"是指什么都不能生长的贫瘠土地。此处引导定语从句,先行词为barren land,在从句中作地点状语,故填where。
④考查副词。句意:它曾经是一片牧场,为牛羊提供充足的草和水。此处用副词作状语修饰动词supplying,故填sufficiently。
⑤考查可数名词的复数。句意:到了唐朝,由于过度耕种和过度放牧以及多年的战争,它开始退化。结合句意可知,此处表示多年的战争,故用名词的复数形式,故填years。
⑥考查最高级。句意:近代,中国第四大沙漠毛乌斯开始向南移动,越过长城,攻击陕西榆林。结合句意可知,此处表示"第四大沙漠",故用最高级,故填largest。
⑦考查现在分词。句意:近代,中国第四大沙漠毛乌斯开始向南移动,越过长城,攻击陕西榆林。此处为非谓语动词作状语,the Mu Us与attack之间是主动关系,故用现在分词作状语,故填attacking。
⑧考查动词时态、语态及主谓一致。句意:到中华人民共和国成立时,榆林的森林覆盖率仅为0.9%。结合句意可知,此处在讲述过去发生的事情,故用一般过去时,主语为People's Republic of China,谓语动词用三单形式,且与found之间是被动关系,故填was founded。
⑨考查动词不定式。句意:阻挡沙子成为一项紧迫的任务。此处it作形式主语,动词不定式作真正的主语,故填to block。
⑩考查介词。句意:如果没有国家防治荒漠化政策和几代生态战士的努力,这一壮举是不可能实现的。without表示"没有“符合句意,故填without。
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Dear Smith,
On behalf of the Student Union, I'm writing to express our heartfelt gratitude for your generous donation of so many English books.
Last Friday, we organized a book donation and exchange event. Many students and teachers took an active part in it. It's so kind of you to bring books covering a wide range of topics. Besides, the books you donated were very popular, all of which were taken away in a short time. There is no denying that your generosity and contribution made a big difference to our event, which turned out to be a great success.
Thank you once again for your support.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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The next morning when he arrived, he found the case had fallen. Brodie could hardly believe his eyes. The neck of the violin was broken. That was when the talent scout came into the room. “Your teacher tells me there is real talent here,” he said, looking around. “I’m looking forward to hearing you.” Again, it was Hollie Larson who played first. Brodie listened but seemed to hear nothing. He saw that the talent scout smiled and whispered something to Miss Samson. When it was Brodie’s turn, Brodie lowered his head and explained his situation, overwhelmed by a wave of sadness.
Suddenly, Hollie Larson walked toward him, holding out her violin—“Use mine,” she said. Brodie was stunned. Hollie really longed to win, but now she was offering him a chance. He had thought it was she who damaged his violin! He shook his head, but she insisted. “If you can’t play, that’s not a real win.” Casting a grateful glance at her, Brodie took over the violin. While playing, he felt his inner world coming back to peace. The talent scout was on his feet, smiling and clapping. So Brodie won the selection and was to play the violin in Mr Spy. Hollie didn’t win, but she and Brodie became true friends.