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高一英语期中考试卷
(满分150分，答案一律写在答题纸上)
I. Listening Comprehension(25’)
Section A(10’)
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read he tour possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question
1. A. He had no chance of winning. B. He didn’t follow his coach’s advice.
C. His coach didn’t help him enough. D. His coach didn’t listen to him.
2. A. She’s surprised by the news B. She likes the new theater in town.
C. She expected the theater to close down. D. She often goes to the Variety Theater.
3. A. They should each do a different one. B. He thinks they should each do both.
C. It doesn’t matter which one they do. D. They aren’t good because they’re so different.
4. A. Wash fewer clothes at a time. B. Wash his clothes by hand.
C. Use a different washing machine. D. Let her use the washing machine first.
5. A. She teaches swimming. B. It took her a long time to learn to swim.
C. It is also her plan to drop the class. D. She doesn’t know how to swim.
6. A. She’ll be away from the office for two days.
B. The man doesn’t need anything for his cough.
C. The man should continue using the medicine.
D. She’ll give the man other medicine right away.
7. A. Wait until the pants are on sale. B. Look at pants made of a different material.
C. Buy the pants the woman showed him. D. Look for the pants in a different color.
8. A. She grades papers very quickly. B. She isn’t teaching this semester.
C. She didn’t require any papers last semester. D. She was more flexible last semester.
9. A. Everybody should help with the cooking.
B. The guests are late because of the weather.
C. The weather wasn’t good at the last barbecue.
D. The woman doesn’t want to go to any more barbecues.
10. A. Make more copies of the letter. B. Ask for an extension to apply for the job.
C. Find out when the new job begins. D. Get a more recent reference letter.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversations, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and conversations. The passages and the conversations will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A.A schedule of art exhibits. B. How artists gained fame.
C. One form of folk art. D. The preservation of old paintings.
12.A. Very tew were produced. B. Most were printed on delicate paper
C. Most’ were kept only a short time. D. Many have been acquired by collectors.
13. A. The beauty of nature. B. The relaxation of fishing.
C. The excitement of hunting. D. The protection of endangered species.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Improvements in farm machinery in the United States.
B. International trade in the nineteenth century.
C. Jefferson’s views about commercialized agriculture.
D. Farmers’ loss of independence.
15. A. Crop production became increasingly specialized.
B. New banking laws made it easy to buy farmland.
C. The United States increased its agricultural imports.
D. Economic depressions lowered the prices of farm products.
16. A. Prices for farm products rose.
B. Farmers became more dependent on loans from banks.
C. Farmers relied less on foreign markets.
D. Jefferson established government programs to assist farmers.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. A popular television program. B. A breakthrough in technology.
C. A recent purchase. D. A new electronics store.
18. A. Ask for a cheaper price on the television.
B. Research what television is best for him.
C. Be satisfied with what he has.
D. Try a different store.
19. A. Watch less television. B. Pay for the television.
C. Show the woman how to use the television. D. Return the television to the store.
20. A. He’s eager to use it. B. He’s confused by the remote controls.
C. He’s not happy that he bought it. D. He would prefer a more expensive model.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (25°)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
1. These kids pretended ______ when he was telling them the same joke ______ he did last time.
A. laughing; which B. to have laughed; as
C. laughing; / D. to be laughing; that
2. ______ I’m thousands of miles away from my motherland, home is always ______ my heart is.
A. While; where B. Despite; the place where
C. Though; at which D. Although; the place which
3. This year’s charity ball was the most successful ever as ______ by the number of tickets ______.
A. being witnessed; sold B. was witnessed; having been sold
C. witnessed; sold D. being witnessed; having been sold
4. If the economy is doing well, the prices of stocks will tend to rise in ______ is referred to as a “bull market”.
A. all B. that C. which D. what
5. --Your daughter told me you and Debra ________ to each other anymore. I guess what’s happened.
-- Well, yeah, we are going to separate.
A. haven’t talked B. don’t talk C. hadn’t talked D. weren’t talking
6. Space exploration has been made ______ with the development of modern science.
A. it possible B. it was C. that being possible D. possible
7. ______ his homework made his father lost in temper.
A. The boy’s not having done B. The boy not having done
C. The boy’s having not done D. The boy having not done
8. Communication technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study ________ honesty across a range of communication media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations ________ they are in emails.
A. to compare; than B. comparing; as
C. comparing; than D. to compare; as
9. Always remember to get every bit of criticism ________ between two thick layers of praise.
A. sandwiching B. sandwiched
C. having been sandwiched D. being sandwiched
10. I hope to achieve this objective by calling on the smokers ________ good judgment and show concern for others rather than by regulation.
A. to using B. using C. use D. to use
11. According to the official press release, after ________ for 10 to 12 minutes, the glasses enable the mind to resynchronise with the movement perceived by the inner ears while the eyes were focused on an immobile object such as a smartphone or a book, and the wearer can just take them off and enjoy the rest of the journey.
A worn B. being worn C. wearing D. having worn
12. Two “stolen” notebooks written by Charles Darwin were left anonymously in a bright pink gift bag ________the original blue box ________the notebooks were kept in and a plain brown envelope.
A. containing, where B. to contain, which C. containing, / D. to contain, that
13. The public demanded that those officials who failed to raise the alarm in the first place ________ responsible for the people suffering from the disease.
A. should hold B. be held C. held D. to hold
14. —When do you think you will get home
—I am not sure. Still I ________ be home by 8 o’clock. If it is later than 8 o’clock, I will call you.
A. must B. should C. have to D. need
15. For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon ________ to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfactory answer.
A. might react B. should have reached
C. must react D. might have reacted
16. The team decided to ________ the new project despite initial doubts, demonstrating their commitment to innovation. With collective effort and determination, they successfully brought the project to fruition, proving their decision was wise.
A. back B. deny C. offer D. enhance
17. She enjoyed her ________ morning walks in the park, finding emotional comfort in the routine amidst life’s chaos and her daily meetings with her colleagues kept her informed and motivated in her work, ensuring smooth collaboration and progress.
A. ordinary B. regular C. normal D. usual
18. The key to unlocking kids’ ________ is to build a supportive learning environment and recognize their individuality and uniqueness.
A. fate B. destiny C. potential D. secret
19. She will ________ her research findings, backed by thorough analysis and extensive research at the conference next week, hoping to inspire fellow scholars with her innovative ideas.
A. offer B. estimate C. present D. remark
20. Even the brief ________ from her memoirs that appeared in the newspaper reveals her humor and intellectual curiosity.
A. manuscript B. excerpt C. print D. lyric
21. Established in 1964, The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of ________ Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species.
A. Extinct B. Warned C. Deadly D. Threatened
22. The detective entered the dimly lit crime scene, ________ a flashlight and a comprehensive forensic kit (法医工具包), prepared to gather crucial evidence that could unveil the mystery and bring the perpetrator (犯罪者) to justice.
A. furnished with B. installed with C. armed with D. celebrated with
23. In life, we often come across situations that require us to confront immense difficulties head-on. It is during these moments that we must summon the courage to ________ pushing through adversity with unwavering determination.
A. bite your lip B. bite the bullet C. bite your tongue D. bite back at
24. The sleeve of my jacket (got) caught on the door handle and ________.
A. broken B. crushed C. ripped D. crashed
25. To get its message ________, Reebok will boost its advertising budget this year to $220 million.
A. down B. across C. off D. on
Section B (20’)
A
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. figured B. novelty C. practical D. exhausting E. regret F. fortune G. hopefully H. collected I. perspective J. conflicts K. basically
My First Job
Jocelyn, Scotland
I grew up in a rural community where it was common for kids to help out on the nearby farms. When I was about fifteen or sixteen, I started working Saturdays picking potatoes. We’d be ____26____ at seven in the morning and driven out to the fields, where we’d walk behind these huge machines and bag all the potatoes they’d dig up. It was ____27____, but I enjoyed being outside and we all had a laugh together. Of course, as a teenager, I provided cheap labour, but that didn’t bother me. The 30 I earned every week — cash-in-hand, of course — felt like a(n) ____28____ back then.
ELA, Poland
I did politics at university and I really wanted to go and see more of Europe, so I ____29____ I needed a part-time job. A friend of mine did market research for this local company and she put in a good word for me. I mostly worked weekends, but once in a while they’d asked me to do the odd evening as well. I____30____ went door to door asking specific questions what people drank, who they were planning to vote for, all sorts. It was fun to begin with, meeting so many new people, and the money was quite good too, but the ____31____ soon wore off. It soon got very repetitive. I don’t ____32____ it, though. I learned that a smile goes a long way — and as I know that some people were lazy and made up their data, I’ve learned not to take statistics for granted too!
Carla, Chile
I joined the army after leaving school because I was a restless person and didn’t like ‘academic’ things. Funnily enough, I’ve actually spent quite a lot of time in a classroom since I joined, as we get training for things like logistics. It’s OK, though — you see the ____33____ benefits more than at school, so I don’t regret joining at all. And if I wasn’t in the army, I would never have gone somewhere like Haiti. I went there as part of a UN humanitarian mission. For sure, people associate the army with war, but nowadays it’s more about peacekeeping and helping people involved in ____34____. My area — logistics — is really about solving problems and communication. I’m certainly staying in the army and ____35____ I’ll achieve a high rank.
B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. contributed B. foundation C. separating D. isolated E cultivating F. accomplished G. convention H. passion I. well-educated J. reluctant K. musician
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, an affluent (富裕的) suburb just west of Chicago, to Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a physician, and Grace Hall Hemingway, a musician. His parents were ____36____ in Oak Park, a conservative community about which resident Frank Lloyd Wright said, “So many churches for so many good people to go to. ”When Clarence and Grace Hemingway married in 1896, they lived wit Grace’s father, Ernest Miller Hall, after whom they named their first son, the second of their six children. Grace followed the Victorian ____37____ of not differentiating children’s clothing by gender. With only a year ____38____ the two, Emest and Marcelline resembled one-another strongly.
Hemingway s mother was a well-known local musician, and taught her ____39____ son to play the cello (大提琴). Later he said music lessons ____40____ to his writing style, as evidenced in For Whom the Bell Tolls. As an adult Hemingway professed to hate his mother, although they shared similar enthusiastic energies. Each summer the family traveled to Windemere on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan. Ernest joined his father and learned to hunt, fish and camp in the woods and lakes of Northern Michigan, early experiences____41____ a life-long ____42____ for outdoor adventure and living in remote or ____43____ areas.
He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park between 1913 and 1917. He was a(n) ____44____ athlete, and competed in boxing, track and field, water polo, and football. He performed in the school orchestra (管弦乐队) for two years with his sister Marcelline, and received good grades in English classes. Like Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis, Hemingway was a journalist before becoming a novelist. After leaving high school, he went to work for The Kansas City Star as a cub reporter. Although he stayed there for only six months, he relied on the Star’s style guide as a ____45____ for his writing. such as “Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative. ”
III. Reading Comprehension (15’+30’)
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.
The benefits of a bilingual brain
Hablas espafiol Parlez-yous francais 你会说中文吗 If you answered, “sí,” “oui,” or “会” and you’re watching this in English, ____46____ are you belong to the world’s bilingual and multilingual majority. And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages means that your brain may actually look and work ____47____ than those of your monolingual friends.
So what does it really mean to know a language Language ability is typically measured in two active parts, speaking and writing, and two ____48____ parts, listening and reading. While a(n) ____49____ bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilingual around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And ____50____ their situation and how they acquired each language, they can be ____51____ into three general types. For example, let’s take Gabriella, whose family immigrates to the US from Peru when she’s two-years old. As a compound bilingual, Gabriella develops two linguistic codes simultaneously (同时地), with a single set of concepts, learning both English and Spanish as she begins to ____52____ the world around her. Her teenage brother, on the other hand, might be a coordinate bilingual, working with two sets of concepts, learning English in school, while ____53____ to speak Spanish at home and with friends. Finally, Gabriella’s parents are likely to be subordinate (次要的) bilinguals who learn a secondary language by filtering it through their mother____54____.
Because all types of bilingual people can become fully proficient in a language _____55_____ accent or pronunciation, the difference may not be apparent to a casual observer. But recent _____56_____·in brain imaging technology have given neurolinguists a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain. It’s well known that the brain’s left hemisphere is more dominant and analytical in _____57_____ processes. while the right hemisphere is more active in emotional and social ones, though this is a matter of degree, not an absolute split. The fact that language involves both types of functions while lateralization (脑部的偏侧性) develops gradually with age，has led to the critical period hypothesis. According to this theory, children learn languages more easily, because the plasticity of their developing brains lets them use both hemispheres in language acquisition, while in most adults, language is lateralized to one hemisphere, usually the left.
But regardless of when you acquire additional languages, being multilingual gives your brain some_____58_____ advantages. Some of these are even visible, such as higher density of the grey matter that contains most of your brain’s neurons and synapses, and more activity in certain regions when engaging a second language. The heightened _____59_____ a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer’s and dementia by as much as five years.
So, while bilingualism may not _____60_____ make you smarter, it does make your brain more healthy, complex and actively engaged, and even if you didn’t have the good fortune of learning a second language as a child, it’s never too late to do yourself a favor and make the linguistic leap from, “Hello,” to, “Hola,” “Bonjour” or “你好’s” because when it comes to our brains a little exercise can go a long way.
46.
A. opportunities B. changes C. chances D. collections
47.
A. deliberately B. dominantly C. differently D. dramatically
48.
A. primitive B. passive C. pessimistic D. primary
49.
A. balanced B. imbalanced C. biological D. well-behaved
50.
A. depending on B. in favor of C. concentrating on D. thanks to
51.
A. separated B. brought C. changed D. classified
52.
A. process B. prohibit C. proceed D. progress
53.
A. combining B. continuing C. ceasing D. committing
54.
A. tune B. tone C. tongue D. toe
55.
A. regardless of B. due to C. on the contrary D. otherwise
56.
A. advances B. increases C. decreases D. possession
57.
A. spiritual B. complicated C. logical D. creative
58.
A. invisible B. remarkable C. minor D. inevitable
59.
A. workout B. size C. volume D. influence
60.
A. necessarily B. commonly C. barely D. differently
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
In the dim light of an early autumn evening, Alexander, a hunter: known as much for his solitude as for his skill, ventured into the untamed (原始的) heart of the jungle. Each step he took was measured and careful, a respect for the ancient wilderness where every breath was a story, and man was but a fleeting shadow.
For years, whispers of a tiger, not just any tiger but one whose fur caught the last rays of the sun, had reached Alexander. A creature so splendid and fearsome, it was said to be more myth than flesh. On this day, as the shadows lengthened and the jungle whispered its age-old secrets, Alexander sought not just the tiger, but a confrontation with the very essence of the wild itself. As dusk settled, painting the world in colors of gold and shadow, the boundary between predator and prey seemed to dissolve. The air was heavy with anticipation, the kind that precedes storms and stories.
Then, in a clearing where the jungle seemed to hold its breath, the tiger appeared. It was as if the sun had woven itself into the fabric of its being, its fur a blend of flame and night. For a moment, the world shrank to the space between the hunter named Alexander and the legend made flesh before him.
Their gazes locked, a silent understanding passing between man and beast. Here was Alexander, a man who had walked through shadows to stand in the light of a legend, and the tiger, an embodiment of the wild’s untouchable majesty. In that eternal moment, Alexander saw not a prey but a sovereign of nature, a being whose right to wander the dusk was as undeniable as the setting sun.
With a respect born of countless sunsets and the silent tales they told, Alexander slowly lowered his rifle (步枪). The act was not one of defeat but of profound respect-a recognition of the bond that ties every living thing to the pulse of the earth. The tiger, its gaze still locked with Alexander’s, seemed to acknowledge this unspoken pact. Then, it turned and melted into the shadows, leaving behind a trail of twilight.
Alexander left the jungle that night without a trophy (战利品), but his soul was alight with a tale of fire and twilight. He had sought a legend and found a truth far greater: in the wild’s heart, where shadows and light dance, there lies a respect so deep it transcends the hunt. This encounter, a dance with the untamed, would echo in Alexander’s heart long after the jungle’s whispers faded into the dawn.
61 What was Alexander’s primary reason for venturing into the jungle
A. To find a place to set up camp.
B. To hunt a tiger rumored to have a fur like the setting sun.
C. To escape from the challenges of modern life.
D. To meet other hunters and share stories.
62. What decision does Alexander make when he finally encounters the tiger
A. He captures the tiger to prove its existence.
B. He shoots the tiger to claim his trophy.
C. He attempts to trap the tiger but fails
D. He lowers his rifle, choosing not to shoot the tiger.
63. The author’s writing style reflects Hemingway’s influence through ________.
A. complex language. B. long sentences.
C. straightforward storytelling. D. supernatural focus.
64. What theme is most prominently reflected in Alexander’s encounter with the tiger
A. The thrill of the hunt is unparalleled.
B. True courage is demonstrated through dominance over nature.
C. There is a profound respect that exists between man and nature.
D. Technology has distanced man from understanding the natural world.
B
Sandra Boynton, a children’s author, has in more recent years branched out into kids music. Her most recent album Hog Wild!, for example, features Samuel L. Jackson as a Tyrannosaurus Rex. She talked in an interview about how to tap into kids’ imaginations and how to make scary things less threatening for them.
In your years of writing and illustrating children’s books, have you noticed anything that really sparks a child’s imagination
I think maybe there’s no basic difference between what fascinates a child and what fascinates the rest of us. We’re all drawn to things that wake us up, things that grab our attention through our hearing or our sight or our sense of touch. We’re curious about the world as it is, and we’re curious about what could be. Imagination follows curiosity pretty naturally.
It doesn’t feel to me like it’s been a long time that I’ve been drawing and writing things. It doesn’t feel like a short time, either. It just feels like what I do. I make things. I’m a permanent kindergartner, I guess.
You often take a threatening figure like a Tyrannosaurus Rex or a monster and make him cute. Do you have any suggestions for how to make children less afraid of things Actually, I think kids kind of like being afraid of things, as long as someone calm is right there with reassurance. Hugging helps.
What have you learned about childhood from writing kids’ books
Accessing childhood has actually never been that hard. It’s adulthood that’s still perplexing. I would guess that most children’s book writers are that way. I’m really writing books and making music for my own child-self. But I’m certainly delighted and grateful that my books work for people other than just me. It keeps me from having to find an actual job.
A lot of authors are worried that children spend too much time on digital devices rather than with books, but you seem to have embraced it. Why
When the interactive book app universe was new, I was, as a creator of things, curious. My background is theater, and I thought it could be interesting to try to figure out how to create content that’s both theater-like and book-like. I found a superb partner in this, the insanely ingenious Loud Crow Interactive in Vancouver. We worked intensively together for a couple of years and made five very cool apps. I’m proud of them. But now, having too often seen very young kids sitting idly, staring at screens, I have my doubts.
65. When writing children’s books, Sandra ________.
A. finds herself confused about remembering childhood
B. puts herself in a child’s place and thinks like a child
C. agrees with other book writers that writing is hard
D. is delighted that she doesn’t need to find another job
66. Sandra thinks the apps she made with her partner were cool because they were ________.
A. new ways to increase interactions between users
B. interactive by combining theatre and book
C. beneficial with the content both theatre-like and book-like
D. created by an insanely ingenious expert and friend
67. We can conclude from the interview that ________.
A. there were no interactive book apps before Sandra’s apps
B. kids are always calm instead of being afraid of things
C digital devices have been embraced by most of the authors
D. Sandra is good at making a threatening figure cute
C
Open data-sharers are still in the minority in many fields. Although many researchers broadly agree that public access to raw data would accelerate science, most are reluctant to post the results of their own labours online.
Some communities have agreed to share online - geneticists, for example, post DNA sequences at the GenBank repository (库), and astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed some 500 million objects- but these remain the exception, not the rule. Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.
But the barriers are disappearing in part because journals and funding agencies worldwide are encouraging scientists to make their data public. Last year, the Roval Society in London said in its report Science as an Open Enterprise that scientists need to shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as private preserve. Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be public information, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitally in ways that were not possible before. To match the growing demand, services are springing up to make it easier to publish research products online and enable other researchers to discover and cite them.
Although calls to share data often concentrate on the moral advantages of sharing, the practice is not purely altruistic (利他主义). Researchers who share get plenty of personal benefits, including more connections with colleagues, improved visibility and increased citations. I he most successful sharers-those whose data are downloaded and cited the most often-get noticed, and their work gets used. For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5, 700 times. Co-author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate- change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for information on different grades of timber. “I would much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions, ” she says. “It’s important to allow readers and reviewers to see exactly how you arrive at your results. Publishing data and code allows your science to be reproducible”
Even people whose data are less popular can benefit. By making the effort to organize and label files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.
68. What do many researchers generally accept
A. It is necessary to protect scientists’ patents.
B. Repositories are essential to scientific research.
C. Open data sharing promotes scientific advancement.
D. Open data sharing is most important to medical science.
69. According to the passage, what might be an obstacle to open data sharing
A. The fear of massive copying.
B. The belief that data is private intellectual property.
C. The lack of a research culture.
D. The concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it.
70. What helps lift some of the barriers to open data sharing
A. The ever-growing demand for big data.
B. The changing attitude of journals and funders.
C. The advantage of digital technology.
D. The trend of social and economic development.
71. Dryad serves as an example to show how open data sharing ________.
A. is becoming increasingly popular B. benefits shares and users alike
C. makes researchers successful D. saves both money and labor
Section C
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Globalization is a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place. Globalization also captures in its scope the economic and social changes tat have come about as a result
When did globalization begin ____72____ As with future globalizing booms, new technologies played a key role in the Silk Road trade. Advances in metal working led to the creation of coins; advances in transportation led to the building of roads connecting the major empires of the day.
Unquestionably, these types of exchanges were accelerated in the Age of Exploration, when European explorers seeking new sea routes to the spices and silks of Asia bumped into the Americas instead. ____73____ New ship designs and the creation of the magnetic compass were key to the explorers’ successes.
The web of globalization continued to spin out through the Age of Revolution, when ideas about liberty and equality spread like fire from America to France to Latin America and beyond. ____74____
With the Information Age globalization went into overdrive. Advances in computer and communications technology launched a new global era and redefined what it meant to be “connected.” Modern communications satellites meant the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo could be watched in the United States for the first time. ____75____ In the modern era economic success or failure at one focal point of the global web can be felt in every major world economy.
A. Along with Chinese silk, Roman glass, and Arabian spices, many ideas and the secrets of paper- making also spread via these pathways of trade.
B. This digital revolution massively impacted economies across the world as well: they became more information-based and more interdependent.
C. It rode the waves of industrialization, colonization, and war through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, powered by the invention of factories, railways, steamboats, cars, and planes.
D. The Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes across China, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean used between 50 B. C. and 250 C. E. , is perhaps the most well-known early example of exchanging ideas, products, and customs.
E. Trade and idea exchange now extended to a previously unconnected part of the world.
F. Again, technology played an important role in the maritime trade routes that flourished between old and newly discovered continents.
第II卷
*Section A Phrase Translation (16’)
汉译英
76. 梦想把世界变得更好_____________
77. 非常感激这位绅士的慷慨帮助_____________
78. 在很大程度上开始过同样的生活_____________
79. 依山傍水的村庄_____________
80. 这则广告的目标群体_____________
81. 最高速度可达每小时400公里_____________
82. 员工们独具匠心的制作工艺_____________
83. 画一幅风景画来庆祝生日_____________
*Section B (3’+3’+4’+4’+5’)
Directions: Translate the following phrases into English, using the words given.
84. 这家连锁超市的利润在过去半年跌了一半，使得它原本已经暗淡的前景更加糟糕。(halve, make) (汉译英)
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85. 他以一个关于如何吸引优秀员工的精彩演讲结束了他们的会议。(wrap)(汉译英)
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86. 惊叹于中国工人把荒地变成公园的速度，活动组织者称他们为魔术师。(...so...)(汉译英)
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87. 谈及运动，一次性激烈运动是没有效果的，而应根据个人情况进行适度、适量的安排。(when it comes to, tailor) (汉译英)
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88. 这部电视台录制的关于保护濒危物种的纪录片一夜爆红，播放流量居首，催生了众多观者纷纷评论该片。(stream)(汉译英)
___________________________________________________________________高一英语期中考试卷
(满分150分，答案一律写在答题纸上)
I. Listening Comprehension(25’)
Section A(10’)
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read he tour possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question
1. A. He had no chance of winning. B. He didn’t follow his coach’s advice.
C. His coach didn’t help him enough. D. His coach didn’t listen to him.
2. A. She’s surprised by the news B. She likes the new theater in town.
C. She expected the theater to close down. D. She often goes to the Variety Theater.
3. A. They should each do a different one. B. He thinks they should each do both.
C. It doesn’t matter which one they do. D. They aren’t good because they’re so different.
4. A. Wash fewer clothes at a time. B. Wash his clothes by hand.
C. Use a different washing machine. D. Let her use the washing machine first.
5. A. She teaches swimming. B. It took her a long time to learn to swim.
C. It is also her plan to drop the class. D. She doesn’t know how to swim.
6. A. She’ll be away from the office for two days.
B. The man doesn’t need anything for his cough.
C. The man should continue using the medicine.
D. She’ll give the man other medicine right away.
7. A. Wait until the pants are on sale. B. Look at pants made of a different material.
C. Buy the pants the woman showed him. D. Look for the pants in a different color.
8. A. She grades papers very quickly. B. She isn’t teaching this semester.
C. She didn’t require any papers last semester. D. She was more flexible last semester.
9. A. Everybody should help with the cooking.
B. The guests are late because of the weather.
C. The weather wasn’t good at the last barbecue.
D. The woman doesn’t want to go to any more barbecues.
10. A. Make more copies of the letter. B. Ask for an extension to apply for the job.
C. Find out when the new job begins. D. Get a more recent reference letter.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversations, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and conversations. The passages and the conversations will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A.A schedule of art exhibits. B. How artists gained fame.
C. One form of folk art. D. The preservation of old paintings.
12.A. Very tew were produced. B. Most were printed on delicate paper
C. Most’ were kept only a short time. D. Many have been acquired by collectors.
13. A. The beauty of nature. B. The relaxation of fishing.
C. The excitement of hunting. D. The protection of endangered species.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Improvements in farm machinery in the United States.
B. International trade in the nineteenth century.
C. Jefferson’s views about commercialized agriculture.
D. Farmers’ loss of independence.
15. A. Crop production became increasingly specialized.
B. New banking laws made it easy to buy farmland.
C. The United States increased its agricultural imports.
D. Economic depressions lowered the prices of farm products.
16. A. Prices for farm products rose.
B. Farmers became more dependent on loans from banks.
C. Farmers relied less on foreign markets.
D. Jefferson established government programs to assist farmers.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. A popular television program. B. A breakthrough in technology.
C. A recent purchase. D. A new electronics store.
18. A. Ask for a cheaper price on the television.
B. Research what television is best for him.
C. Be satisfied with what he has.
D. Try a different store.
19. A. Watch less television. B. Pay for the television.
C. Show the woman how to use the television. D. Return the television to the store.
20. A. He’s eager to use it. B. He’s confused by the remote controls.
C. He’s not happy that he bought it. D. He would prefer a more expensive model.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (25°)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
1. These kids pretended ______ when he was telling them the same joke ______ he did last time.
A. laughing; which B. to have laughed; as
C. laughing; / D. to be laughing; that
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词和定语从句。句意：当他讲和上次一样的笑话时，这些孩子假装在笑。pretend to do sth.假装做某事，固定搭配，所以排除选项A，根据“he was telling them the same joke”可知，第一空处需用动词不定式的进行时态：to be doing作宾语，表示假装正在做某事，第二空处需用关系词引导定语从句，先行词是joke，且被the same修饰，关系词在定语从句中作宾语，所以第二空处需用关系代词that引导定语从句。故选D。
2. ______ I’m thousands of miles away from my motherland, home is always ______ my heart is.
A. While; where B. Despite; the place where
C. Though; at which D. Although; the place which
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查状语从句和表语从句。句意：虽然我远离我的祖国，但家永远是我心之所在。第一空，引导让步状语从句，表示“虽然”，后跟句子，故排除B选项；第二空，空处为表语从句，从句中缺少地点状语，故应用where引导；理解为定语从句时，先行词为the place，先行词在从句中作地点状语，应用where引导。故选A。
3. This year’s charity ball was the most successful ever, as ______ by the number of tickets ______.
A. being witnessed; sold B. was witnessed; having been sold
C. witnessed; sold D. being witnessed; having been sold
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句与非谓语动词。句意：今年的慈善舞会是最为成功的一次，这可以从售出的门票数量上看出来。分析句子结构可知 “as ______ by the number of tickets ______.”为定语从句，修饰前面整个句子。As为关系代词引导定语从句时，如果先行词是整个句子，谓语动词为及物动词的被动语态是，从句的助动词可以省略，as witnessed 相当于 which was witnessed，因此第一空为witnessed。第二空为非谓语动词作定语，ticket与sell之间为被动关系；故用过去分词形式。故选C。
4. If the economy is doing well, the prices of stocks will tend to rise in ______ is referred to as a “bull market”.
A. all B. that C. which D. what
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查宾语从句。句意：如果经济状况良好，股票价格就会在所谓的“牛市”中上涨。分析句子可知，前面有介词，该空为宾语从句，引导词在从句中作主语，表示“什么”，用what引导该从句。故选D项。
5. --Your daughter told me you and Debra ________ to each other anymore. I guess what’s happened.
-- Well, yeah, we are going to separate.
A. haven’t talked B. don’t talk C. hadn’t talked D. weren’t talking
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查动词时态。句意：——你女儿告诉我你和黛布拉不再说话了。我猜到是怎么回事了。——是啊，我们要分开了。空处为宾语从句，结合told可知，从句事情发生在过去，根据句意可知，此处表示当时一直持续的状态，用过去进行时。故选D。
6. Space exploration has been made ______ with the development of modern science.
A. it possible B. it was C. that being possible D. possible
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：随着现代科学的发展，太空探索已经成为可能。根据句意和结构可知此处为“make+宾语+宾语补足语”结构，这里宾语是space exploration，这句话中宾语变成主语，谓语变成被动，形容词possible变成主语补足语。故选D。
7. ______ his homework made his father lost in temper.
A. The boy’s not having done B. The boy not having done
C. The boy’s having not done D. The boy having not done
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：这个男孩没有完成任务使他脾气暴躁的父亲气得发狂。此处为现在分词的复合结构做主语，动作发生在谓语动之前用having done形式，not需要放在分词前加以否定，因为该短语有逻辑主语the boy 但又不以单独的句子存在，所以不能按照正常的句子成分安排not在句中的否定位置。用the boy's 是该分词短语的逻辑主语。故选A。
8. Communication technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study ________ honesty across a range of communication media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations ________ they are in emails.
A. to compare; than B. comparing; as
C. comparing; than D. to compare; as
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查倍数表达法和非谓语动词。句意：在传达真相方面，通信技术远非平等。第一项比较不同传播媒介的诚实度的研究发现，人们在电话中说谎的可能性是在电子邮件中说谎的两倍。本句谓语为has found，此处为非谓语动词，且study与compare“比较”为主动关系，且study有序数词first修饰，应用不定式，作定语，修饰study。倍数表达方式：倍数+as...as。故选D。
9. Always remember to get every bit of criticism ________ between two thick layers of praise.
A. sandwiching B. sandwiched
C. having been sandwiched D. being sandwiched
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：永远记住，每一点批评都要夹在两层厚厚的赞美之中。分析句子可知，空处为非谓语动词作宾补，此处sandwich意思为：把……夹在中间，为动词，宾语every bit of criticism与sandwich为被动关系，构成get sth. done结构，表示结果，用过去分词。故选B。
10. I hope to achieve this objective by calling on the smokers ________ good judgment and show concern for others rather than by regulation.
A. to using B. using C. use D. to use
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：我希望通过呼吁吸烟者使用良好的判断力和关心他人而不是通过规定来实现这一目标。call on sb to do sth表示“号召某人做某事”；在这个短语中通常用带to的不定式作宾补；show前面的to是省略了，与to use 是并列关系。故选D。
11. According to the official press release, after ________ for 10 to 12 minutes, the glasses enable the mind to resynchronise with the movement perceived by the inner ears while the eyes were focused on an immobile object such as a smartphone or a book, and the wearer can just take them off and enjoy the rest of the journey.
A. worn B. being worn C. wearing D. having worn
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动名词的被动结构。句意：根据官方新闻发布，当眼睛盯着智能手机或书等固定物体时，戴上这款眼镜10到12分钟后，能让大脑与内耳感知到的运动重新同步，佩戴者只需摘下眼镜，享受剩下的旅程。根据介词after，可知后面使用动名词作宾语，同时动词wear和the glasses之间为逻辑动宾关系，因此使用被动形式。故选B。
12. Two “stolen” notebooks written by Charles Darwin were left anonymously in a bright pink gift bag ________the original blue box ________the notebooks were kept in and a plain brown envelope.
A. containing, where B. to contain, which C. containing, / D. to contain, that
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词和定语从句。句意：两本被偷查尔斯·达尔文的笔记被匿名放在一个亮粉色的礼品袋里，里面装着存放这些笔记的原来的蓝色盒子和一个普通的棕色信封。分析句子可知，第一空处动词contain(包含，装着)作后置定语修饰名词a bright pink gift bag，是非谓语动词，与其逻辑主语a bright pink gift bag之间是主动关系，应用现在分词表主动；第二空后“the notebooks were kept in and a plain brown envelope”是定语从句，修饰先行词the original blue box，先行词在定语从句中作介词in后的宾语，应用关系代词which或that引导该定语从句，且可省略。故选C项。
13. The public demanded that those officials who failed to raise the alarm in the first place ________ responsible for the people suffering from the disease.
A. should hold B. be held C. held D. to hold
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查（should）do虚拟语气和被动语态。句意：公众要求那些一开始就没有发出警报的官员对患有这种疾病的人负责。hold sb responsible for意为“因某事情发生而追究某人的责任”，hold和主语officials构成被动关系。动词demand意为“要求”，宾语从句中应用（should）do虚拟语气，should可以省略。故选B。
14. —When do you think you will get home
—I am not sure. Still I ________ be home by 8 o’clock. If it is later than 8 o’clock, I will call you.
A. must B. should C. have to D. need
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查情态动词词义辨析。句意：——你认为你什么时候能到家？——我不确定。不过我应该会在8点前到家。如果晚于8点，我会打电话给你。A. must必须；B. should应该，可能；C. have to不得不；D. need需要。由“I am not sure”可知，空格处表示一种推测，因此用should。故选B。
15. For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon ________ to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfactory answer.
A. might react B. should have reached
C. must react D. might have reacted
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查情态动词。句意：30多年来，科学家们一直在争论像亚马逊这样的热带雨林是如何形成冰河期寒冷干燥气候的，但直到现在，还没有人得出令人满意的答案。根据“For more than 30 years”和“no one has reached a satisfactory answer”可知，此处表示对过去事实可能性的推测，谓语动词需用might have done。故选D。
16. The team decided to ________ the new project despite initial doubts, demonstrating their commitment to innovation. With collective effort and determination, they successfully brought the project to fruition, proving their decision was wise.
A. back B. deny C. offer D. enhance
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管最初存在质疑，但该团队决定支持新项目，这表明了他们对创新的承诺。在集体的努力和决心下，他们成功地实现了这个项目，证明了他们的决定是明智的。A. back支持；B. deny否认；C. offer提供；D. enhance提高。结合“demonstrating their commitment to innovation. With collective effort and determination, they successfully brought the project to fruition, proving their decision was wise”可知，此处表示“支持”用back。故选A。
17. She enjoyed her ________ morning walks in the park, finding emotional comfort in the routine amidst life’s chaos and her daily meetings with her colleagues kept her informed and motivated in her work, ensuring smooth collaboration and progress.
A. ordinary B. regular C. normal D. usual
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她喜欢每天早上在公园里定期的散步，在生活的混乱中找到日常生活中的情感安慰，每天与同事的会面让她在工作中保持知情和积极性，确保了顺利的合作和进步。A. ordinary普通的；B. regular定时的，定期的；经常的；C. normal 正常的；D.usual通常的。根据句意可知，表示定期的散步。故选B项。
18. The key to unlocking kids’ ________ is to build a supportive learning environment and recognize their individuality and uniqueness.
A. fate B. destiny C. potential D. secret
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：释放孩子潜能的关键是建立一个支持性的学习环境，并认识到他们的个性和独特性。A.fate命运；B.destiny命运；C.potential潜能；D.secret秘密。根据“is to build a supportive learning environment and recognize their individuality and uniqueness”可知，此处是指释放孩子潜能的关键。故选C。
19. She will ________ her research findings, backed by thorough analysis and extensive research at the conference next week, hoping to inspire fellow scholars with her innovative ideas.
A. offer B. estimate C. present D. remark
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：她将在下周的会议上展示她的研究成果，以彻底的分析和广泛的研究为基础，希望用她的创新思想激励其他学者。A. offer提供；B. estimate估计；C. present展示，呈现；D. remark评论。根据后文“her research findings”可知，此处指展示她的研究成果，故选C。
20. Even the brief ________ from her memoirs that appeared in the newspaper reveals her humor and intellectual curiosity.
A. manuscript B. excerpt C. print D. lyric
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：即使是刊登在报纸上的她回忆录的简短摘录，也显示出她的幽默和求知欲。A.manuscript手稿；B.excerpt摘录；C.print印刷字体；D.lyric歌词。根据“from her memoirs”和“Even the brief”可知，此处是指回忆录的简短摘录。故选B。
21. Established in 1964, The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of ________ Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species.
A. Extinct B. Warned C. Deadly D. Threatened
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：国际自然保护联盟濒危物种红色名录成立于1964年，现已发展成为世界上有关全球动物、真菌和植物物种保护状况的最全面的信息来源。A. extinct灭绝的；B. warned已警告的；C. deadly致命的；D. threatened受到威胁的；感到危险的。结合The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List可知，此处表示“濒危物种”，即，受到威胁的物种。故选D。
22. The detective entered the dimly lit crime scene, ________ a flashlight and a comprehensive forensic kit (法医工具包), prepared to gather crucial evidence that could unveil the mystery and bring the perpetrator (犯罪者) to justice.
A. furnished with B. installed with C. armed with D. celebrated with
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：侦探进入昏暗的犯罪现场，带着手电筒和综合法医工具包，准备收集关键证据，揭开谜团，将肇事者绳之以法。A. furnished with为某人提供某物；B. installed with安装有；C. armed with装备有；D. celebrated with与……一起庆祝。根据句意及常识可知，侦探是带着装备进入犯罪现场。故选C项。
23. In life, we often come across situations that require us to confront immense difficulties head-on. It is during these moments that we must summon the courage to ________ pushing through adversity with unwavering determination.
A. bite your lip B. bite the bullet C. bite your tongue D. bite back at
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：在生活中，我们经常遇到需要我们正面面对巨大困难的情况。正是在这些时刻，我们必须鼓起勇气，咬紧牙关，以坚定不移的决心度过难关。A.bite your lip一言不发；B.bite the bullet咬紧牙关；C.bite your tongue别嚼舌头；D.bite back at回击。根据“pushing through adversity with unwavering determination”可知，此处是指咬紧牙关。故选B。
24. The sleeve of my jacket (got) caught on the door handle and ________.
A. broken B. crushed C. ripped D. crashed
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的夹克袖子被门把手勾住了，撕破了。A. broken损坏；B. crushed压碎；C. ripped(突然或猛烈地)撕破；D. crashed碰撞。根据“The sleeve of my jacket (got) caught on the door handle”可知，我的夹克袖子被门把手勾住了，撕破了。rip在此处用来描述衣物因外力作用而破损的情况。故选C。
25. To get its message ________, Reebok will boost its advertising budget this year to $220 million.
A. down B. across C. off D. on
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：为了传达自己的信息，锐步将把今年的广告预算提高到2.2亿美元。A. get down下来；B. get across传达，使理解；C. get off下车；D. get on出人头地 。根据To get its message可知，此处指“传达自己的信息”。故选B项。
Section B (20’)
A
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. figured B. novelty C. practical D. exhausting E. regret F. fortune G. hopefully H. collected I. perspective J. conflicts K. basically
My First Job
Jocelyn, Scotland
I grew up in a rural community where it was common for kids to help out on the nearby farms. When I was about fifteen or sixteen, I started working Saturdays picking potatoes. We’d be ____26____ at seven in the morning and driven out to the fields, where we’d walk behind these huge machines and bag all the potatoes they’d dig up. It was ____27____, but I enjoyed being outside and we all had a laugh together. Of course, as a teenager, I provided cheap labour, but that didn’t bother me. The 30 I earned every week — cash-in-hand, of course — felt like a(n) ____28____ back then.
ELA, Poland
I did politics at university and I really wanted to go and see more of Europe, so I ____29____ I needed a part-time job. A friend of mine did market research for this local company and she put in a good word for me. I mostly worked weekends, but once in a while they’d asked me to do the odd evening as well. I____30____ went door to door asking specific questions what people drank, who they were planning to vote for, all sorts. It was fun to begin with, meeting so many new people, and the money was quite good too, but the ____31____ soon wore off. It soon got very repetitive. I don’t ____32____ it, though. I learned that a smile goes a long way — and as I know that some people were lazy and made up their data, I’ve learned not to take statistics for granted too!
Carla, Chile
I joined the army after leaving school because I was a restless person and didn’t like ‘academic’ things. Funnily enough, I’ve actually spent quite a lot of time in a classroom since I joined, as we get training for things like logistics. It’s OK, though — you see the ____33____ benefits more than at school, so I don’t regret joining at all. And if I wasn’t in the army, I would never have gone somewhere like Haiti. I went there as part of a UN humanitarian mission. For sure, people associate the army with war, but nowadays it’s more about peacekeeping and helping people involved in ____34____. My area — logistics — is really about solving problems and communication. I’m certainly staying in the army and ____35____ I’ll achieve a high rank.
【答案】26. H 27. D 28. F 29. A 30. K 31. B 32. E 33. C 34. J 35. G
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。来自苏格兰的乔斯林、来自波兰的艾拉和来自智利的卡拉分别讲述了自己的第一份工作经历。
【26题详解】
考查动词。句意：我们会在早上7点被召集起来，然后开车去田里，走在这些巨大的机器后面，把它们挖出来的土豆装进袋子里。根据“at seven in the morning and driven out to the fields”可知，此处是指在早上7点被召集起来。动词collect意为“聚集”，符合句意，此处用过去分词与前面的be构成被动语态，故选H。
【27题详解】
考查形容词。句意：这很累，但我喜欢在外面，我们一起欢笑。根据前文“where we’d walk behind these huge machines and bag all the potatoes they’d dig up(我们走在这些巨大的机器后面把它们挖出来的土豆装进袋子里)”可知，此处是指这很累，形容词exhausting意为“累人的”，符合句意。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查名词。句意：我每周挣的30英镑——当然是现金——在当时感觉就像一笔财富。根据“The 30 I earned every week”可知，此处是指在当时感觉就像一笔财富。名词fortune意为“财富”，符合句意。故选F。
【29题详解】
考查动词。句意：我在大学里学的是政治，我真的很想去欧洲多看看，所以我想我需要一份兼职工作。根据“I needed a part-time job”可知，此处是指认为自己需要一份兼职。动词figure意为“认为”，符合句意，此处用的是一般过去时，故选A。
【30题详解】
考查副词。句意：我基本上是挨家挨户地问一些具体的问题，人们喝什么，他们打算投票给谁，各种各样的问题。根据“went door to door asking specific questions what people drank, who they were planning to vote for, all sorts”可知，此处是指“我”的基本工作内容，副词basically意为“基本上”，符合句意。故选K。
【31题详解】
考查名词。句意：一开始很有趣，认识了很多新朋友，薪水也不错，但这种新鲜感很快就消失了。根据“It was fun to begin with, meeting so many new people, and the money was quite good too”可知，此处是指这种新鲜感很快就消失了，名词novelty意为“新鲜”，符合句意。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查动词。句意：不过，我并不后悔。根据前文“It soon got very repetitive.(很快就变得非常重复。)”可知，此处是指不过“我”并不后悔做了这份工作。动词regret意为“后悔”，符合句意。故选E。
【33题详解】
考查形容词。句意：不过没关系——你比在学校里更能看到实际的好处，所以我一点也不后悔加入。根据“benefits more than at school”可知，此处是指实际的好处。形容词practical意为“实际的”，符合句意。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查名词。句意：当然，人们把军队和战争联系在一起，但现在军队更多的是维和和帮助卷入冲突的人。根据“helping people involved in”可知，此处是指帮助卷入冲突的人。名词conflict意为“冲突”，符合句意，此处用复数泛指，故选J。
【35题详解】
考查副词。句意：我当然会留在军队，希望我能获得更高的军衔。根据“I’ll achieve a high rank”可知，此处是指希望能获得更高的军衔，副词hopefully意为“满怀希望地”符合句意。故选G。
B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. contributed B. foundation C. separating D. isolated E cultivating F. accomplished G. convention H. passion I. well-educated J. reluctant K. musician
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, an affluent (富裕的) suburb just west of Chicago, to Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a physician, and Grace Hall Hemingway, a musician. His parents were ____36____ in Oak Park, a conservative community about which resident Frank Lloyd Wright said, “So many churches for so many good people to go to. ”When Clarence and Grace Hemingway married in 1896, they lived wit Grace’s father, Ernest Miller Hall, after whom they named their first son, the second of their six children. Grace followed the Victorian ____37____ of not differentiating children’s clothing by gender. With only a year ____38____ the two, Emest and Marcelline resembled one-another strongly.
Hemingway s mother was a well-known local musician, and taught her ____39____ son to play the cello (大提琴). Later he said music lessons ____40____ to his writing style, as evidenced in For Whom the Bell Tolls. As an adult Hemingway professed to hate his mother, although they shared similar enthusiastic energies. Each summer the family traveled to Windemere on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan. Ernest joined his father and learned to hunt, fish and camp in the woods and lakes of Northern Michigan, early experiences____41____ a life-long ____42____ for outdoor adventure and living in remote or ____43____ areas.
He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park between 1913 and 1917. He was a(n) ____44____ athlete, and competed in boxing, track and field, water polo, and football. He performed in the school orchestra (管弦乐队) for two years with his sister Marcelline, and received good grades in English classes. Like Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis, Hemingway was a journalist before becoming a novelist. After leaving high school, he went to work for The Kansas City Star as a cub reporter. Although he stayed there for only six months, he relied on the Star’s style guide as a ____45____ for his writing. such as “Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative. ”
【答案】36. I 37. G 38. C 39. J 40. A 41. E 42. H 43. D 44. F 45. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了海明威。
【36题详解】
考查形容词。句意：他的父母在橡树园受过良好的教育，这是一个保守的社区，居民弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特说，“这么多的教堂供这么多的好人去。”结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“受过良好教育的”，故用形容well-educated，作表语。故选I。
【37题详解】
考查名词。句意：格蕾丝遵循了维多利亚时代的传统，不区分儿童服装的性别。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“惯例”，故用名词convention，作followed的宾语。故选G。
【38题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：埃米斯特和玛塞琳两人只相隔一年，两人长得很像。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“隔开”，故用动词separate，用现在分词，作宾补。故选C。
【39题详解】
考查形容词。句意：海明威的母亲是当地有名的音乐家，她教不情愿的儿子拉大提琴。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“不情愿的”，故用形容词reluctant ，作定语，修饰son。故选J。
【40题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：后来他说，音乐课程影响了他的写作风格，正如《丧钟为谁而鸣》所证明的那样。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“影响，促成”，故用动词contribute，根据语境可知事情发生在过去，故时态用一般过去时，谓语用过去式contributed。故选A。
【41题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：欧内斯特和他的父亲一起在密歇根州北部的森林和湖泊里学习打猎、钓鱼和露营，早期的经历培养了他一生对户外冒险和生活在偏远或孤立地区的热情。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“培养”，故用cultivate。本句谓语为joined和learned，此处为非谓语动词，且experiences与cultivate为主动关系，应用现在分词。故选E。
【42题详解】
考查名词。句意：欧内斯特和他的父亲一起在密歇根州北部的森林和湖泊里学习打猎、钓鱼和露营，早期的经历培养了他一生对户外冒险和生活在偏远或孤立地区的热情。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“热情”，故用名词passion，作cultivating的宾语。故选H。
【43题详解】
考查形容词。句意：欧内斯特和他的父亲一起在密歇根州北部的森林和湖泊里学习打猎、钓鱼和露营，早期的经历培养了他一生对户外冒险和生活在偏远或孤立地区的热情。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“孤立的”，故用形容词isolated ，作定语，修饰后面的areas。故选D。
【44题详解】
考查形容词。句意：他是一名出色的运动员，参加过拳击、田径、水球和足球比赛。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“出色的，技艺高超的”，故用形容词accomplished，作定语，修饰后面名词athlete。故选F。
【45题详解】
考查名词。句意：虽然他在那里只呆了六个月，但他依靠《星报》的风格指南作为写作的基础。结合上下文可知，该空处意思为“基础”，故用名词foundation，作as的宾语。故选B。
III. Reading Comprehension (15’+30’)
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.
The benefits of a bilingual brain
Hablas espafiol Parlez-yous francais 你会说中文吗 If you answered, “sí,” “oui,” or “会” and you’re watching this in English, ____46____ are you belong to the world’s bilingual and multilingual majority. And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages means that your brain may actually look and work ____47____ than those of your monolingual friends.
So what does it really mean to know a language Language ability is typically measured in two active parts, speaking and writing, and two ____48____ parts, listening and reading. While a(n) ____49____ bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilingual around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And ____50____ their situation and how they acquired each language, they can be ____51____ into three general types. For example, let’s take Gabriella, whose family immigrates to the US from Peru when she’s two-years old. As a compound bilingual, Gabriella develops two linguistic codes simultaneously (同时地), with a single set of concepts, learning both English and Spanish as she begins to ____52____ the world around her. Her teenage brother, on the other hand, might be a coordinate bilingual, working with two sets of concepts, learning English in school, while ____53____ to speak Spanish at home and with friends. Finally, Gabriella’s parents are likely to be subordinate (次要的) bilinguals who learn a secondary language by filtering it through their mother____54____.
Because all types of bilingual people can become fully proficient in a language _____55_____ accent or pronunciation, the difference may not be apparent to a casual observer. But recent _____56_____·in brain imaging technology have given neurolinguists a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain. It’s well known that the brain’s left hemisphere is more dominant and analytical in _____57_____ processes. while the right hemisphere is more active in emotional and social ones, though this is a matter of degree, not an absolute split. The fact that language involves both types of functions while lateralization (脑部的偏侧性) develops gradually with age，has led to the critical period hypothesis. According to this theory, children learn languages more easily, because the plasticity of their developing brains lets them use both hemispheres in language acquisition, while in most adults, language is lateralized to one hemisphere, usually the left.
But regardless of when you acquire additional languages, being multilingual gives your brain some_____58_____ advantages. Some of these are even visible, such as higher density of the grey matter that contains most of your brain’s neurons and synapses, and more activity in certain regions when engaging a second language. The heightened _____59_____ a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer’s and dementia by as much as five years.
So, while bilingualism may not _____60_____ make you smarter, it does make your brain more healthy, complex and actively engaged, and even if you didn’t have the good fortune of learning a second language as a child, it’s never too late to do yourself a favor and make the linguistic leap from, “Hello,” to, “Hola,” “Bonjour” or “你好’s” because when it comes to our brains a little exercise can go a long way.
46.
A. opportunities B. changes C. chances D. collections
47.
A. deliberately B. dominantly C. differently D. dramatically
48.
A. primitive B. passive C. pessimistic D. primary
49.
A. balanced B. imbalanced C. biological D. well-behaved
50.
A. depending on B. in favor of C. concentrating on D. thanks to
51.
A. separated B. brought C. changed D. classified
52.
A. process B. prohibit C. proceed D. progress
53.
A. combining B. continuing C. ceasing D. committing
54.
A. tune B. tone C. tongue D. toe
55.
A. regardless of B. due to C. on the contrary D. otherwise
56.
A. advances B. increases C. decreases D. possession
57.
A. spiritual B. complicated C. logical D. creative
58.
A. invisible B. remarkable C. minor D. inevitable
59.
A. workout B. size C. volume D. influence
60.
A. necessarily B. commonly C. barely D. differently
【答案】46. C 47. C 48. B 49. A 50. A 51. D 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. A 56. A 57. C 58. B 59. A 60. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了双语对大脑的益处。
【46题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果你能回答“si”，“oui”或是“会”，而且能用英文字幕观看这部短片，你就跟世界上大多数人一样，属于双语或多语的使用者。A. opportunities机会；B. changes改变；C. chances机会，时机；可能性；D. collections收藏。根据上文“If you answered, “sí,” “oui,” or “会” and you’re watching this in English”可知，你就跟世界上大多数人一样，属于双语或多语的使用者。chances are that可能…。故选C项。
【47题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：此外，若你在旅行时碰到较少麻烦，或者看电影时不需要字幕，就能懂两种或两种以上的语言，这代表你的大脑事实上也许看起来、运作起来都有别于你只会一种语言的朋友。A. deliberately 故意地；B. dominantly有统治权；C. differently不同地；D. dramatically显著地。根据上文“And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages”以及下文“your monolingual friends.”可知，这代表你的大脑事实上也许看起来、运作起来都有别于你只会一种语言的朋友。故选C项。
【48题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：语言能力的评估，通常分成两项积极能力：说和写。以及两项消极能力：听和读。A. primitive原始的；B. passive消极的，被动的；C. pessimistic悲观的；D. primary。根据上文“in two active parts”可知，积极的对应的是消极的。故选B项。
【49题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一个协调的双语者拥有程度几乎相当的两种语言能力，然而，世界上大多的双语者对于自己语言的了解以及使用有着很大的不同。A. balanced平衡的，协调的；B. imbalanced不平衡的；C. biological生物的；D. well-behaved行为端正的。根据下文“near equal abilities across the board in two languages”可知，一个协调的双语者拥有程度几乎相当的两种语言能力。故选A项。
【50题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：而且依照不同的状况以及他们学习每种语言的方式，大致上，可将这些双语者分成三类。A. depending on依靠，依据；B. in favor of支持；C. concentrating on集中；D. thanks to多亏了。根据下文“their situation and how they acquired each language”可知，依照不同的状况以及他们学习每种语言的方式。故选A项。
【51题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：而且依照不同的状况以及他们学习每种语言的方式，大致上，可将这些双语者分成三类。A. separated分离；B. brought带来；C. changed改变；D. classified分类。根据下文“three general types”可知，被分成三类。故选D项。
【52题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：身为一位「复合型双语者」，当她对周遭的世界开始进行认知过程，Gabriella同时发展了两种语言代码为一组概念学习英文和西班牙文两种语言。A. process处理，加工，认知；B. prohibit禁止；C. proceed 继续；行进；D. progress进步。根据下文“the world around her”可知，复合型双语者对周遭的世界开始进行认知。故选A项。
【53题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她的哥哥，可能是个「并列型双语者」，他的大脑里有两组概念在运作：在学校时，学习英文；同时在家或者跟朋友在一起，继续说西班牙文。A. combining结合；B. continuing继续；C. ceasing停止；D. committing承诺。根据上文“Her teenage brother, on the other hand, might be a coordinate bilingual”可知，同时在家或者跟朋友在一起，继续说西班牙文。故选B项。
【54题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：最后，当Gabriella的父母学习第二语言时，很有可能成为「从属型双语者」，他们会以自己的母语来过滤第二语言。A. tune曲调；B. tone（说话的）声调，音调；C. tongue 舌头；舌；语言；D. toe脚趾。根据上文“learn a secondary language”可知，通过母语过滤第二语言。mother tongue母语。故选C项。
55题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意：以上所有类型的双语者都可以完全精通他们的第二语言，无论口音或者发音，若不仔细观察，这些差异并不明显。A. regardless of不管，不顾；B. due to由于；C. on the contrary相反；D. otherwise否则。无论口音或者发音，若不仔细观察，这些差异并不明显。故选A项。
【56题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而近来，最新的大脑成像技术进步让神经语言学者，有机会窥探到特定的语言学习区块，是如何影响双语者的大脑。A. advances前进；B. increases增加；C. decreases 减少；D. possession具有；拥有。根据下文“have given neurolinguists a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain.”可知，最新的大脑成像技术进步让神经语言学者，有机会窥探到特定的语言学习区块，是如何影响双语者的大脑。故选A项。
【57题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：大家都知道，左脑半球支配性较强，而且能进行逻辑过程的分析，而右脑在情感和社交方面比较活跃，虽然这种看法，在某种程度上获得认可但也不是百分百正确。A. spiritual 精神的；B. complicated复杂的；C. logical有逻辑的；D. creative创造性的。根据常识可知，左脑半球支配性较强，而且能进行逻辑过程的分析。故选C项。
【58题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：尽管如此，当你在学习其他语言时多重语言者的身分，将为你的大脑带来一些了不起的优势。A. invisible看不见的；B. remarkable非凡的；显著的；C. minor少数的；D. inevitable不可避免的。根据下文“Some of these are even visible, such as higher density of the grey matter that contains most of your brain’s neurons and synapses, and more activity in certain regions when engaging a second language”可知，为大脑带来了了不起的优势。故选B项。
【59题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：若双语者的大脑持续地接收这些增强的练习会帮助延缓一些疾病的发作，像阿兹海默症和失智，最多可延缓五年。A. workout锻炼；B. size尺寸；C. volume容量；D. influence影响。根据下文“can also help delay the onset of diseases”可知，大脑持续地接收这些增强的练习会帮助延缓一些疾病的发作。故选A项。
【60题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：所以，即使双语这项能力，也许无法必然地让你变聪明，但它让你的大脑变得更健康、复杂、有活力。A. necessarily必要地，必然地；B. commonly共同地；C. barely仅仅；几乎没有；D. differently不同地。根据下文“it does make your brain more healthy, complex and actively engaged”可知，双语这项能力，也许无法必然地让你变聪明，但它让你的大脑变得更健康、复杂、有活力。故选A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
In the dim light of an early autumn evening, Alexander, a hunter: known as much for his solitude as for his skill, ventured into the untamed (原始的) heart of the jungle. Each step he took was measured and careful, a respect for the ancient wilderness where every breath was a story, and man was but a fleeting shadow.
For years, whispers of a tiger, not just any tiger but one whose fur caught the last rays of the sun, had reached Alexander. A creature so splendid and fearsome, it was said to be more myth than flesh. On this day, as the shadows lengthened and the jungle whispered its age-old secrets, Alexander sought not just the tiger, but a confrontation with the very essence of the wild itself. As dusk settled, painting the world in colors of gold and shadow, the boundary between predator and prey seemed to dissolve. The air was heavy with anticipation, the kind that precedes storms and stories.
Then, in a clearing where the jungle seemed to hold its breath, the tiger appeared. It was as if the sun had woven itself into the fabric of its being, its fur a blend of flame and night. For a moment, the world shrank to the space between the hunter named Alexander and the legend made flesh before him.
Their gazes locked, a silent understanding passing between man and beast. Here was Alexander, a man who had walked through shadows to stand in the light of a legend, and the tiger, an embodiment of the wild’s untouchable majesty. In that eternal moment, Alexander saw not a prey but a sovereign of nature, a being whose right to wander the dusk was as undeniable as the setting sun.
With a respect born of countless sunsets and the silent tales they told, Alexander slowly lowered his rifle (步枪). The act was not one of defeat but of profound respect-a recognition of the bond that ties every living thing to the pulse of the earth. The tiger, its gaze still locked with Alexander’s, seemed to acknowledge this unspoken pact. Then, it turned and melted into the shadows, leaving behind a trail of twilight.
Alexander left the jungle that night without a trophy (战利品), but his soul was alight with a tale of fire and twilight. He had sought a legend and found a truth far greater: in the wild’s heart, where shadows and light dance, there lies a respect so deep it transcends the hunt. This encounter, a dance with the untamed, would echo in Alexander’s heart long after the jungle’s whispers faded into the dawn.
61. What was Alexander’s primary reason for venturing into the jungle
A. To find a place to set up camp.
B. To hunt a tiger rumored to have a fur like the setting sun.
C. To escape from the challenges of modern life.
D. To meet other hunters and share stories.
62. What decision does Alexander make when he finally encounters the tiger
A. He captures the tiger to prove its existence.
B. He shoots the tiger to claim his trophy.
C. He attempts to trap the tiger but fails
D. He lowers his rifle, choosing not to shoot the tiger.
63. The author’s writing style reflects Hemingway’s influence through ________.
A. complex language. B. long sentences.
C. straightforward storytelling. D. supernatural focus.
64. What theme is most prominently reflected in Alexander’s encounter with the tiger
A. The thrill of the hunt is unparalleled.
B. True courage is demonstrated through dominance over nature.
C. There is a profound respect that exists between man and nature.
D. Technology has distanced man from understanding the natural world.
【答案】61 B 62. D 63. D 64. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了猎人亚历山大进山寻找一只不同寻常的老虎，最后出于敬意自动退出山林的故事。
【61题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第二段中“For years, whispers of a tiger, not just any tiger but one whose fur caught the last rays of the sun, had reached Alexander. A creature so splendid and fearsome, it was said to be more myth than flesh. On this day, as the shadows lengthened and the jungle whispered its age-old secrets, Alexander sought not just the tiger, but a confrontation with the very essence of the wild itself. (多年来，关于一只老虎的传言一直传到亚历山大的耳朵里，不是一只普通的老虎，而是一只皮毛能晒到最后一缕阳光的老虎。一种如此壮观和可怕的生物，关于它的传说更多的是神话而非肉体。这一天，随着暮色渐长，丛林低语着它古老的秘密，亚历山大寻找的不只是老虎，而是与大自然的本质对抗。)”可知，亚历山大冒险进入丛林的主要原因是猎杀一只传说中毛皮如落日的老虎。故选B。
【62题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第五段中“With a respect born of countless sunsets and the silent tales they told, Alexander slowly lowered his rifle (步枪). The act was not one of defeat but of profound respect-a recognition of the bond that ties every living thing to the pulse of the earth. (亚历山大怀着无数次日落和无声的故事所产生的敬意，慢慢地放下步枪。这一举动并不是一种失败，而是一种深深的敬意——一种对将每一个生物与地球脉动联系在一起的纽带的承认。)”可知，当亚历山大最终遇到老虎时，他放下步枪，选择不射杀老虎。故选D。
【63题详解】
推理判断题。由文章最后一段“Alexander left the jungle that night without a trophy (战利品), but his soul was alight with a tale of fire and twilight. He had sought a legend and found a truth far greater: in the wild’s heart, where shadows and light dance, there lies a respect so deep it transcends the hunt. This encounter, a dance with the untamed, would echo in Alexander’s heart long after the jungle’s whispers faded into the dawn. (那天晚上，亚历山大离开了丛林，没有拿到战利品，但他的灵魂却被一个关于火与黄昏的故事点燃了。他寻找了一个传说，并发现了一个更伟大的真理：在荒野的心中，在阴影和光明跳舞的地方，有一种超越狩猎的敬意。这次邂逅，一场与野性的舞蹈，在丛林的低语消失在黎明之后，仍在亚历山大的心中回响。)”可知，作者的写作风格通过对超自然的关注反映了海明威的影响。故选D。
【64题详解】
推理判断题。由文章最后一段“Alexander left the jungle that night without a trophy (战利品), but his soul was alight with a tale of fire and twilight. He had sought a legend and found a truth far greater: in the wild’s heart, where shadows and light dance, there lies a respect so deep it transcends the hunt. This encounter, a dance with the untamed, would echo in Alexander’s heart long after the jungle’s whispers faded into the dawn. (那天晚上，亚历山大离开了丛林，没有拿到战利品，但他的灵魂却被一个关于火与黄昏的故事点燃了。他寻找了一个传说，并发现了一个更伟大的真理：在荒野的心中，在阴影和光明跳舞的地方，有一种超越狩猎的敬意。这次邂逅，一场与野性的舞蹈，在丛林的低语消失在黎明之后，仍在亚历山大的心中回响。)”可知，亚历山大与老虎的相遇最突出地体现了人与自然之间存在着深刻的尊重的主题。故选C。
B
Sandra Boynton, a children’s author, has in more recent years branched out into kids music. Her most recent album Hog Wild!, for example, features Samuel L. Jackson as a Tyrannosaurus Rex. She talked in an interview about how to tap into kids’ imaginations and how to make scary things less threatening for them.
In your years of writing and illustrating children’s books, have you noticed anything that really sparks a child’s imagination
I think maybe there’s no basic difference between what fascinates a child and what fascinates the rest of us. We’re all drawn to things that wake us up, things that grab our attention through our hearing or our sight or our sense of touch. We’re curious about the world as it is, and we’re curious about what could be. Imagination follows curiosity pretty naturally.
It doesn’t feel to me like it’s been a long time that I’ve been drawing and writing things. It doesn’t feel like a short time, either. It just feels like what I do. I make things. I’m a permanent kindergartner, I guess.
You often take a threatening figure like a Tyrannosaurus Rex or a monster and make him cute. Do you have any suggestions for how to make children less afraid of things Actually, I think kids kind of like being afraid of things, as long as someone calm is right there with reassurance. Hugging helps.
What have you learned about childhood from writing kids’ books
Accessing childhood has actually never been that hard. It’s adulthood that’s still perplexing. I would guess that most children’s book writers are that way. I’m really writing books and making music for my own child-self. But I’m certainly delighted and grateful that my books work for people other than just me. It keeps me from having to find an actual job.
A lot of authors are worried that children spend too much time on digital devices rather than with books, but you seem to have embraced it. Why
When the interactive book app universe was new, I was, as a creator of things, curious. My background is theater, and I thought it could be interesting to try to figure out how to create content that’s both theater-like and book-like. I found a superb partner in this, the insanely ingenious Loud Crow Interactive in Vancouver. We worked intensively together for a couple of years and made five very cool apps. I’m proud of them. But now, having too often seen very young kids sitting idly, staring at screens, I have my doubts.
65. When writing children’s books, Sandra ________.
A. finds herself confused about remembering childhood
B. puts herself in a child’s place and thinks like a child
C. agrees with other book writers that writing is hard
D. is delighted that she doesn’t need to find another job
66. Sandra thinks the apps she made with her partner were cool because they were ________.
A. new ways to increase interactions between users
B. interactive by combining theatre and book
C. beneficial with the content both theatre-like and book-like
D. created by an insanely ingenious expert and friend
67. We can conclude from the interview that ________.
A there were no interactive book apps before Sandra’s apps
B. kids are always calm instead of being afraid of things
C. digital devices have been embraced by most of the authors
D. Sandra is good at making a threatening figure cute
【答案】65. B 66. B 67. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文，是对Sandra Boynton的采访报道，她在这次采访中谈到了如何激发孩子们的想象力，以及如何让可怕的事情对他们的威胁降低。
【65题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“It’s adulthood that’s still perplexing. I would guess that most children’s book writers are that way. I’m really writing books and making music for my own child-self.(成年仍然令人困惑。我想大多数儿童作家都是这样的。我真的是在为我自己的孩子写书和做音乐。)”可知，在写儿童读物时，Sandra设身处地为孩子着想，像孩子一样思考。故选B。
【66题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“I thought it could be interesting to try to figure out how to create content that’s both theater-like and book-like. I found a superb partner in this, the insanely ingenious Loud Crow Interactive in Vancouver.(我认为尝试着创造出既像戏剧又像书本的内容是一件很有趣的事情。在这方面，我找到了一个极好的合作伙伴，那就是温哥华的Loud Crow Interactive公司。)”可知，Sandra认为她和她的伙伴制作的应用程序很酷，因为它们是通过戏剧和书籍的结合进行互动。故选B。
【67题详解】
推理判断题。根据第五段“You often take a threatening figure like a Tyrannosaurus Rex or a monster and make him cute.(你经常把像霸王龙或怪物这样具有威胁性的人物塑造得很可爱。)”可知，Sandra很善于把有威胁性的人物可爱化，故选D。
C
Open data-sharers are still in the minority in many fields. Although many researchers broadly agree that public access to raw data would accelerate science, most are reluctant to post the results of their own labours online.
Some communities have agreed to share online - geneticists, for example, post DNA sequences at the GenBank repository (库), and astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed some 500 million objects- but these remain the exception, not the rule. Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.
But the barriers are disappearing in part because journals and funding agencies worldwide are encouraging scientists to make their data public. Last year, the Roval Society in London said in its report Science as an Open Enterprise that scientists need to shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as private preserve. Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be public information, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitally in ways that were not possible before. To match the growing demand, services are springing up to make it easier to publish research products online and enable other researchers to discover and cite them.
Although calls to share data often concentrate on the moral advantages of sharing, the practice is not purely altruistic (利他主义的). Researchers who share get plenty of personal benefits, including more connections with colleagues, improved visibility and increased citations. I he most successful sharers-those whose data are downloaded and cited the most often-get noticed, and their work gets used. For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5, 700 times. Co-author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate- change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for information on different grades of timber. “I would much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions, ” she says. “It’s important to allow readers and reviewers to see exactly how you arrive at your results. Publishing data and code allows your science to be reproducible”
Even people whose data are less popular can benefit. By making the effort to organize and label files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.
68. What do many researchers generally accept
A. It is necessary to protect scientists’ patents.
B. Repositories are essential to scientific research.
C. Open data sharing promotes scientific advancement.
D. Open data sharing is most important to medical science.
69. According to the passage, what might be an obstacle to open data sharing
A. The fear of massive copying.
B. The belief that data is private intellectual property.
C. The lack of a research culture.
D. The concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it.
70. What helps lift some of the barriers to open data sharing
A. The ever-growing demand for big data.
B. The changing attitude of journals and funders.
C. The advantage of digital technology.
D. The trend of social and economic development.
71. Dryad serves as an example to show how open data sharing ________.
A. is becoming increasingly popular B. benefits shares and users alike
C. makes researchers successful D. saves both money and labor
【答案】68. D 69. B 70. B 71. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了开放数据共享的重要性及人们对此的态度。
【68题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“Although many researchers broadly agree that public access to raw data would accelerate science, most are reluctant to post the results of their own labours online. (尽管许多研究人员普遍认为，公开原始数据将加速科学发展，但大多数人都不愿将自己的研究成果发布到网上。)”可知，许多研究人员普遍接受开放数据共享有利于科学进步。故选D。
【69题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中“Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data. (从历史上看，科学家们反对共享的原因有很多：这需要大量的工作；直到最近，还不存在好的数据库；资助人并没有推动分享；很难就格式化数据的标准达成一致，也没有一致同意的方式来分配数据的功劳。)”可知，相信研究数据是私人知识产权可能阻碍开放数据共享。故选B。
【70题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“But the barriers are disappearing in part because journals and funding agencies worldwide are encouraging scientists to make their data public. (但障碍正在消失，部分原因是全球期刊和资助机构鼓励科学家公开他们的数据。)”可知，期刊和资助者态度的变化有助于解除开放数据共享的一些障碍。故选B。
【71题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中“For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5, 700 times.Co-author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate- change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for information on different grades of timber. “I would much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions, ” she says. “It’s important to allow readers and reviewers to see exactly how you arrive at your results. Publishing data and code allows your science to be reproducible” (例如，多学科知识库Dryad上最受欢迎的数据集之一是关于世界各地木材密度的；它已经被下载了5700次。合著者Amy Zanne认为，用户可能包括想要估计生物质中储存了多少碳的气候变化研究人员，以及寻找不同等级木材信息的森林管理员。她说:“我更希望让尽可能多的人使用我的数据来问他们自己的问题。”“让读者和审稿人确切地看到你是如何得出结果的，这一点很重要。发布数据和代码可以让你的科学研究具有可重复性。”)”可知，Dryad就是一个例子，展示了开放数据共享如何使共享者和用户受益。故选B。
Section C
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Globalization is a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place. Globalization also captures in its scope the economic and social changes tat have come about as a result
When did globalization begin ____72____ As with future globalizing booms, new technologies played a key role in the Silk Road trade. Advances in metal working led to the creation of coins; advances in transportation led to the building of roads connecting the major empires of the day.
Unquestionably, these types of exchanges were accelerated in the Age of Exploration, when European explorers seeking new sea routes to the spices and silks of Asia bumped into the Americas instead. ____73____ New ship designs and the creation of the magnetic compass were key to the explorers’ successes.
The web of globalization continued to spin out through the Age of Revolution, when ideas about liberty and equality spread like fire from America to France to Latin America and beyond. ____74____
With the Information Age globalization went into overdrive. Advances in computer and communications technology launched a new global era and redefined what it meant to be “connected.” Modern communications satellites meant the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo could be watched in the United States for the first time. ____75____ In the modern era economic success or failure at one focal point of the global web can be felt in every major world economy.
A. Along with Chinese silk, Roman glass, and Arabian spices, many ideas and the secrets of paper- making also spread via these pathways of trade.
B. This digital revolution massively impacted economies across the world as well: they became more information-based and more interdependent.
C. It rode the waves of industrialization, colonization, and war through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, powered by the invention of factories, railways, steamboats, cars, and planes.
D. The Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes across China, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean used between 50 B. C. and 250 C. E. , is perhaps the most well-known early example of exchanging ideas, products, and customs.
E. Trade and idea exchange now extended to a previously unconnected part of the world.
F. Again, technology played an important role in the maritime trade routes that flourished between old and newly discovered continents.
【答案】72. D 73. F 74. C 75. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。全球化是一个术语，用来描述贸易和技术如何使世界成为一个更加联系和相互依存的地方。文章主要说明了全球化是从何时开始的以及其影响。
【72题详解】
根据上文“When did globalization begin (全球化是什么时候开始的？)”以及后文“As with future globalizing booms, new technologies played a key role in the Silk Road trade. Advances in metal working led to the creation of coins; advances in transportation led to the building of roads connecting the major empires of the day.(随着未来全球化的繁荣，新技术在丝绸之路贸易中发挥了关键作用。金属加工的进步导致了硬币的产生;交通运输的进步导致了连接当时主要帝国的道路的建设)”可知，本句主要回答全球化是从丝绸之路开始的。故D选项“在公元前50年到公元250年之间，丝绸之路是一条跨越中国、中亚和地中海的古老贸易路线网络，它可能是交换思想、产品和习俗的最著名的早期例子”符合语境，故选D。
【73题详解】
根据上文“Unquestionably, these types of exchanges were accelerated in the Age of Exploration, when European explorers seeking new sea routes to the spices and silks of Asia bumped into the Americas instead.(毫无疑问，这些类型的交流在大航海时代得到了加速，当时寻求通往亚洲香料和丝绸的新海上航线的欧洲探险家撞到了美洲)”以及后文“New ship designs and the creation of the magnetic compass were key to the explorers’ successes.(新船的设计和磁罗盘的发明是探险家们成功的关键)”可知，后文提到了新船的设计和磁罗盘的发明是探险家们成功的关键，说明技术在贸易中发挥了重要作用。故F选项“再一次，技术在新旧大陆之间繁荣的海上贸易路线上发挥了重要作用”符合语境，故选F。
【74题详解】
根据上文“The web of globalization continued to spin out through the Age of Revolution, when ideas about liberty and equality spread like fire from America to France to Latin America and beyond.(全球化的网络在革命时代继续延伸，自由和平等的思想像火一样从美国蔓延到法国、拉丁美洲和其他地区)”可知，本句承接上文，说明自由平等思想的传播过程。故C选项“在工厂、铁路、汽船、汽车和飞机的发明推动下，它在十八、十九和二十世纪经历了工业化、殖民和战争的浪潮”符合语境，故选C。
【75题详解】
根据上文“With the Information Age globalization went into overdrive. Advances in computer and communications technology launched a new global era and redefined what it meant to be “connected.” Modern communications satellites meant the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo could be watched in the United States for the first time.(随着信息时代的到来，全球化开始加速发展。计算机和通信技术的进步开启了一个新的全球时代，并重新定义了“连接”的含义。现代通信卫星使得1964年东京夏季奥运会第一次可以在美国观看)”可知，本段主要介绍了信息时代以及通信技术给人类社会带来的影响。故B选项“这场数字革命也极大地影响了世界各地的经济：它们变得更加以信息为基础，更加相互依赖”符合语境，故选B。
第II卷
*Section A Phrase Translation (16’)
汉译英
76. 梦想把世界变得更好_____________
77. 非常感激这位绅士的慷慨帮助_____________
78. 在很大程度上开始过同样的生活_____________
79. 依山傍水的村庄_____________
80. 这则广告的目标群体_____________
81. 最高速度可达每小时400公里_____________
82. 员工们独具匠心的制作工艺_____________
83. 画一幅风景画来庆祝生日_____________
【答案】76. dream of making the world a better place
77. greatly appreciate the gentleman’s generous help
78. start living a similar life to a great extent
79. a village nestled between mountains and rivers
80 the target audience of this advertisement
81. the maximum speed can reach 400 kilometers per hour
82. the employees’ unique and ingenious craftsmanship
83. paint a landscape painting to celebrate a birthday
【解析】
【76题详解】
表示“梦想”短语为dream of；表示“把世界变得更好”应用动名词短语making the world a better place。故填dream of making the world a better place。
【77题详解】
表示“非常感激”应用greatly appreciate；表示“这位绅士的慷慨帮助”翻译为the gentleman’s generous help。故填greatly appreciate the gentleman’s generous help。
【78题详解】
表示“在很大程度上”短语为to a great extent；表示“开始过同样的生活”短语为start living a similar life。故填start living a similar life to a great extent。
【79题详解】
表示“村庄”应用a village；表示“依山傍水”用过去分词短语nestled between mountains and rivers，作定语。故填a village nestled between mountains and rivers。
【80题详解】
表示“这则广告的目标群体”为the target audience of this advertisement，故填the target audience of this advertisement。
【81题详解】
表示“最高速度”应用the maximum speed；表示“可达每小时400公里”为reach 400 kilometers per hour。故填the maximum speed can reach 400 kilometers per hour。
【82题详解】
表示“员工们的”用复数名词所有格the employees’，表示“独具匠心的制作工艺”为unique and ingenious craftsmanship。故填the employees’ unique and ingenious craftsmanship。
【83题详解】
表示“画一幅风景画”为paint a landscape painting，表示“庆祝生日”应用不定式to celebrate a birthday。故填paint a landscape painting to celebrate a birthday。
*Section B (3’+3’+4’+4’+5’)
Directions: Translate the following phrases into English, using the words given.
84. 这家连锁超市的利润在过去半年跌了一半，使得它原本已经暗淡的前景更加糟糕。(halve, make) (汉译英)
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【答案】The supermarket chain's profits have halved in the past six months, making its already bleak outlook worse.
【解析】
【详解】考查时态和非谓语动词。分析句意可知，本句为现在完成时。这家连锁超市的利润翻译为“The supermarket chain's profits”，跌了一半翻译为 halve,作谓语。在过去半年为in the past six months。使得翻译为make，做非谓语动词，表示自然而然地结果，用现在分词作状语，它原本已经暗淡的前景 翻译为its already bleak outlook，作make的宾语，更加糟糕为worse，作宾语补足语。故翻译为：The supermarket chain's profits have halved in the past six months, making its already bleak outlook worse.
85. 他以一个关于如何吸引优秀员工的精彩演讲结束了他们的会议。(wrap)(汉译英)
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【答案】He wrapped up their meeting with a brilliant speech on how to attract outstanding employees.
【解析】
【详解】考查短语、不定式和时态。主语为he；表示“结束会议”翻译为wrap up their meeting；表示“以一个关于如何吸引优秀员工的精彩演讲”用with a brilliant speech on how to attract outstanding employees，用介词on表示“关于、在某方面”，特殊疑问词+不定式作on的宾语，时态用一般过去时。故翻译为He wrapped up their meeting with a brilliant speech on how to attract outstanding employees.
86. 惊叹于中国工人把荒地变成公园的速度，活动组织者称他们为魔术师。(

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