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第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)略
第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Our recmmended list f envirnmental bks cvers a brad range f tpics. These must-read envirnmental bks are sure t spark the interest f the greenest bks.
Silent Spring
Written by Rachel Carsn, Silent Spring highlights the effects f pesticides (杀虫剂) n the envirnment, especially DDT, which was a very ppular insecticide until it was finally banned in 1972. The bk eventually led t a change in the United States’ pesticide plicy and cntributed t the creatin f the Envirnmental Prtectin Agency.
N One Is T Small t Make a Difference.
This bk cllects 11 speeches made by climate activist Greta Thunberg, highlighting the issue f climate change and its impact n future generatins. Greta Thunberg was 15 when she started the Schl Strike fr Climate, als knwn as Fridays fr Future. She inspired prtests wrldwide.
The Uninhabitable Earth
This bk by David Wallace Wells examines the disasters that have already ccurred and lks ahead t the year 2100 and what climate change will d if we cntinue n ur current path. Its pening line is incredibly telling: “It is wrse, much wrse, than yu think.”
The End f Nature
Published in 1989, the bk describes the relatinship between nature and humans. It expresses the idea that nature was previusly independent f humans but has nw been affected by them in every way. Accrding t authr Bill McKibben, the idea f wilderness is lst, and nature is n lnger cmplete.
1 Which bk brught the envirnment t the gvernment’s attentin?
A. Silent Spring.B. The End f Nature.
C. The Uninhabitable Earth.D. N One Is T Small t Make a Difference.
2. What feeling des the authr display in The Uninhabitable Earth?
A. Curisity.B. Cncern.C. Annyance.D. Disappintment.
3 Which f the fllwing is Bill McKibben’s idea?
A. Nature will nt exist any lnger.B. Wild animals are disappearing fast.
C. Human activities are destrying nature.D. Climate change affects future generatins.
B
There were tw fishermen named Tm and Jack. They were clse friends. One day they went ut t catch fish tgether and have a fish meal in the field. They sat at a distance and started hunting fr fish. Tm gt a big and beautiful fish in a few minutes. He was s happy and placed the fish in the ice bx. He decided t ck the fish at nn. He spent sme mre time and caught a few mre fish. He decided t make a grand meal with the fish. Als, he frze a few fish t take them back hme.
After an hur r s, Tm went t Jack t see if he needed any help. Jack said n. In a few minutes, Jack caught a large fish. Hwever, he put it back int the lake. Tm was surprised at his act, but he remained silent. Jack caught mre big fish, and put them all back int the lake. Very frustrated, Tm angrily asked him, “Are yu mad? Why d yu put yur fish back int the water? They are beautiful and big!” Jack replied, “I knw they are big, but I dn’t have the big pan t ck the big fish! S I’m lking fr a smaller fish that fits my cking pan! Gd is trubling me tday.”
4. What did Tm and Jack g ut fr?
A. T catch fish.B. T have a jy ride.
C. T eat ut tgether.D. T feed the fish in the lake.
5. What did Tm want t d when he went t his friend?
A. T give him sme fish.B. T see if he needed sme help.
C. T ask him t ck his fish.D. T take sme f Jack’s fish fr himself.
6. Why was Tm angry with his friend?
A. He culdn’t understand his act.B. He was fnd f eating big fish.
C. He thught it was unfair fr small fish.D. He didn’t catch any big fish himself.
7. What wuld be Tm’s advice fr his friend at the end f the stry?
A. Asking Gd t send him nly small fish.B. Taking a bigger pan with him next time.
C. Changing his fishing ple t catch small fish.D. Cutting the big fish int small pieces t fit his pan.
C
When Ariel Crdva rde her bike t Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New Yrk, last Nvember, she planned t g hiking and bird-watching. A mile int her walk, she sptted a beautiful female mute swan near the water’s edge. Crdva, 30, wh had wrked at the Wild Bird Fund recvery center, knew that mute swans can be aggressive (侵略性的). But as she apprached this ne, it didn’t mve.
She was certain that the bird needed medical attentin. Crdva draped (披，悬挂) her jacket ver the bird’s head t keep it calm, carefully picked it up, and held it gently in her arms. She was wndering hw t transprt a 17-pund swan n her bike t the recvery center when, luckily, sme cnfused strangers driving by ffered her, her bike, and the swan a lift t a nearby subway statin. Crdva called the recvery center n the way, and Tristan, an animal care manager, picked her up at the subway statin and drve the bird, the bike, and the rescuer t the facility (场所). There, staff members determined that the swan might have lead (铅) pisning. Sadly, even with all that tender lving care, the swan gt cntracted, which caused her passed away tw mnths after being rescued.
It’s a disappinting ending, but the real stry is just hw far sme peple are willing t g t save a swan in the big city. In all, Crdva traveled tw hurs by ft, car, and subway. “That’s the perfect summary f wh she is,” says Tristan.
8. What made Crdva believe the bird needed medical attentin?
A. Its careful mve.B. Its aggressive nature.C. Its unusual behavir.
9. Hw did Crdva finally get t the recvery center?
A. She walked tw hurs.B. A manager tk her by car.C. Sme stranger picked her up.
10. What des the underlined wrd “cntracted” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Infected.B. Rescued.C. Killed.
11. Which f the fllwing can best describe Crdva?
A. Caring.B. Demanding.C. Prfessinal.
D
D yu knw hw t cycle? It is a skill that, nce learned, is never frgtten. Fr the majrity f us, the art f balancing n tw wheels was mastered during ur childhd. Many still wear helmets, put feet n the pedals, and take a ride arund the streets. And in recent years, cycling has becme mre and mre ppular. What attracts peple t ride their bikes nce again?
Cycling ffers a lt f advantages that affect bth ur physical and mental health. Fr example, regular cycling can imprve the functin f ur cardivascular (心血管)system, assist in the burning f extra bdy fat and strengthen ur leg muscles. A lng ride in the cuntryside helps us t clear ur mind easily.
Riding a bike is a smart chice fr getting t wrk, shpping, r sightseeing. Yu can save mney that yu wuld therwise spend n fuels and fares. Unlike cars that struggle with parking, bikes can be easily lcked up. Then, n the train, there are chances at statins and ther peple speaking ludly n their phnes. Cyclists face neither f these prblems. And if we’re wrried abut safety, there are cycle lanes in many cities, r we can wear light-clred clthes t imprve ur safety when cycling n the rads.
Cycling can als be gd fr the envirnment. It cuts ur carbn ftprint, which means we make less pllutin. It’s great fr ur planet and keeps the air clean arund us. When we ride bikes, we dn’t use fuel like cars d, and that’s really gd fr ur envirnment.
Therefre, mre and mre peple chse t ride fr many benefits such as imprving their health, easily ging t wrk, saving mney, prtecting the envirnment, r a cmbinatin f these factrs.
12. When d mst peple learn t ride?
A. In their free time.B. After their retirement.
C. At their yung ages.D. During their adulthd.
13. Which f the fllwing best describes cycling?
A. It is a gd way t save mney.
B. It is a great idea t relax cyclists.
C It is dangerus t cycle n the rads.
D. It is difficult t find a place park the bike.
14. Hw des cycling affect the envirnment?
A. Cnsumes mre fuels.B. Increases air pllutin.
C. Causes fewer accidents.D. Reduces carbn ftprint.
15. In which sectin f a magazine may this text appear?
A. Sprts & Health.B. Travel & Culture.
C. Science & Technlgy.D. Animals & Envirnment.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
I just gt a new cmputer. It is very helpful. When Ms. Liu asked us t write a reprt abut Easter, I decided t d all f my research n the Internet. I entered sme key wrds int a search engine t find infrmatin n this tpic. ____16____
What is Easter?
____17____ It is ne f the biggest hlidays in many cuntries.
____18____
Easter des nt fall n the same day each year. The date depends n the mn. But it is always in March r April.
Hw d peple celebrate Easter?
Peple celebrate Easter with their family and friends. ____19____ In this way, it is like the Chinese Spring Festival. On Easter Day, many children have egg hunts and eat chclate rabbits. ____20____ Children believe that the Easter Bunny cmes and hides chclate eggs fr them t find.
A. When is Easter?
B. Here is what I fund.
C. They eat delicius fd tgether.
D. What d yu knw abut the Internet?
E. Rabbits and eggs are symbls f new life.
F. Easter is an imprtant festival in Western culture.
G. D yu ften search fr infrmatin n the Internet?
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was driving my daughter t the nearest airprt. It was a 3-hur ___21___, s after drpping her ff at the ___22___, my sns and I stpped at a McDnalds t have lunch. After finding a table, I went up t rder ur ___23___. Mst f the wrkers there were teenagers. Wrking at the cash register (收银台), ___24___, was an elder lady. Each persn that ___25___ t give their rder was given a huge smile and a few kind wrds. It ___26___ my heart t see hw she made peple happy in with her gd cheer. When it was my ___27___ t rder, I smiled back and tld her that she had the sweetest smile I’d ___28___ seen. She laughed, patted me n the hand and ___29___, “N extra charge, sweetie!”
When I was ___30___ hme I culd still feel her ___31___ in my heart and see her smile in my mind. And I culd feel my wn face smiling t. When we drve back t pick up my ___32___ a few days later, we stpped at the McDnalds again. I ___33___ the lady with the sweet smile but she was nwhere t be seen. Maybe she wasn’t ___34___ that day r maybe she had mved n t bless thers with her smile smewhere else. Either way I wished her well. Remembering ur ___35___ meeting always brings a smile back t my face.
21. A. tripB. speechC. activity
22. A. statinB. airprtC. shw
23. A. prductsB. drinksC. fd
24. A. insteadB. hweverC. thus
25. A. came upB. lked upC. brke up
26. A. warmedB. hurtC. trubled
27. A. birthdayB. turnC. check
28. A. neverB. everC. seldm
29. A. mailedB. recitedC. said
30. A. walkingB. runningC. driving
31. A. kindnessB. attentinC. weight
32. A. assistantB. daughterC. niece
33. A. picked upB. lked frC. chatted with
34. A. wrkingB. wrryingC. lying
35. A. dailyB. secretC. brief
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Astrnmy is the ldest science ___36___（knw）t man. Thusands f years ag man lked at the stars and wndered abut the heavens. But man was ___37___（limit）by the six planets that he culd see nly ___38___ his eyes alne. The Greeks studied astrnmy ver 2,000 years ag. They culd see the size clur, and ___39___（bright）f a star. They culd see its place in the sky. They watched the stars ___40___（mve ）as the seasns changed. But the Greeks had n tls t help themselves study the heavens. Each new tl added t the field f astrnmy helped man reach ut int space. Man knew a little abut the mn ___41___ there were telescpes.
He did nt knw that the planet called Saturn had ___42___（ring）arund it. His sight was ___43___ limited that he culd nt see all the planets. In the early 1700s, peple thught there were nly six planets. Befre the spectrscpe, man did nt knw what kind f gases ___44___（be）arund the sun r ther stars. Withut the radi-telescpe, we did nt knw that radi nises came frm far in space. Tday, astrnmy is a ____45____（grw）science. We have learned mre in the last fifty years than in the whle histry f astrnmy.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假如你是李华，你的加拿大朋友Tm想在春节来中国旅游，让你为他推荐一个城市。请根据以下提示给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1 推荐城市；
2. 推荐的原因。
写作要求：
1. 词数 80 词左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tm,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文，续写词数应为150左右。
Tinae Thmas culdn’t be pruder f her 14-year-ld daughter. Plenty f peple verlked a by sitting alne under a tree in a shpping center parking lt. But nt Tinae’s daughter. The 14-year-ld girl stepped in t help the stranded(滞留) by. And the Internet is applauding this girl fr her kindness!
Tinae and her daughter were n the way hme. But as they passed a shpping center, Tinae’s daughter begged her t pull ver. She’d nticed a by wh lked like he was mst likely in elementary schl. He sat all alne under a tree in a small island within the parking lt.
“It’s t ht, mama,” the girl tld her mm.
S, Tinae pulled ver and her daughter gt ut, asking the stranded by where his parents were. But the by didn’t knw.
The kind girl let the stranded by use her cell phne t give his dad a call. Then she suggested he mve frm his spt under the tree t the frnt f a nearby Rite Aid. She tld him it wuld be safer. At the same time, the girl left him her phne number and tld him that he culd call her if necessary.
Getting back int the car with her mm, the girl asked t wait t make sure the stranded by gt picked up. She hated the idea f leaving him alne. And because f the warmer temperatures, she wanted t get him sme water.
Plenty f thers must have nticed the by. Maybe they left him alne because they didn’t want t disturb r scare him. Maybe they just thught smene else wuld d smething. But Tinae’s daughter was the nly ne t step in and help.
Para 1: Tw days later, the girl received the by’s call.
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Para 2: And Tinae culdn’t help but brag(自夸) n her sweet girl, psting the whle stry n Facebk.