2018年全国高考英语模拟考试最有可能考的30题(解析版)

1. A【北京市海淀区2018届高三二模】

My First Day of School

Fear started taking over, I was walking into my first school in America. I had traveled a long distance from India in order to join my parents, who had been for three years, hoping America would help my future. My father decided that I would be better off going to school here, so I enrolled(登记)in the local high school in my new town. I was afraid how I would do. On the first day, I went to my second period class after I had missed my first. With anxiety, I reached for the door, opening it slowly. Without paying attention to my classmates, I went straight to the teacher and asked if this was the right class. With a soft voice he answered. “Yes.” His voice comforted me a little. He gave me a sheet called Course Requirements, which I would never get in India because we didn’t have anything like that. Then he asked me to choose where I would sit. I didn’t actually want to pick a seat. In India we had fixed seats, so I never needed to worry about that. I spent the rest of the class taking notes from the image produced by the overhead projector. In Indian schools, we didn’t use the technology we had. We had to take notes as the teacher spoke.

It was noon. I was very confused about when I would have lunch. I went to my next class and the bell rang as I entered. I went through the regular process of asking the teacher if I was in the right class. She said, “It’s still fourth period.”

“But the bell just rang,” I said.

Changing from a gentle tone to a harsher(刺耳的)one, she said, “That is the lunch bell, young man.” I apologized. Without another word I headed for the cafeteria. I felt lucky because we didn’t have this in India. Every confusion seemed like a barrier I had to get through to reach my goal. At the end of the day, I was on my way to the bus which we didn’t have in India either. I spotted my bus and sat down inside happily. I was thinking, today wasn’t o bad.

36. The author attended an American high school because _______. A. his father preferred American schools B. his family wanted him to have a bright future C. his mother had worked in it for 3 years D. he had been longing to leave his homeland

37. What do we know about the author's first day of school? A. He went to the wrong class for the second period

第页

1

B. He met some enthusiastic teachers and classmates C. He got the Course Requirements sheet from his classmate D. He experienced differences from the Indian schools in many ways 38. How did the author feel at the end of the day? A. Worried B. Puzzled C. Relieved D. Excited 【答案】36. B 37. D 38. C

2. B【北京市海淀区2018届高三二模】

Why do you go to the library? For books, yes--but you like books because they tell stories. You hope to get lost in a story or be transported into someone else's life. At one type of library, you can do just that--even though there's not a single book.

At a Human Library, instead of books, you can “borrow” people. Individuals volunteer as human “books” and participants in the event can “read” the book--meaning they would have a one-on-one conversation with the volunteer and share in a dialogue about that individual's experience. “Books” are volunteers from all walks of life who have experienced discrimination (歧视) based on race, religion, class, gender identity, age, lifestyle choices, disability and other aspects of their life

第页

2

For a certain amount of time, you can ask them questions and listen to their stories, which are as fascinating and as attractive as any you can find in a book. Many of the stories have to do with some kind of stereotype. You can speak with a refugee (难民), a soldier suffering from PTSD, a homeless person or a woman living with HIV. The Human Library encourages people to challenge their own long-held beliefs-to truly get to know, and learn from someone they might otherwise make a quick judgment about.

According to its website, the Human Library is “a place where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered.” It provides the opportunity for the community to share and understand the experiences of others in their community.

The Human Library Organization came to be in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000. Ronni Abergel, his brother Dany, and some colleagues hosted a four-day event during a major Northern European festival, hoping to raise awareness about violence among youth. After the success of this event, Abergel founded the Human Library Organization, which has been growing ever since.

Though there are a few permanent human libraries, most aren’t places at all, but events. Though many do take place at physical libraries, you don’t need a library card—anyone can come and be part of the experience. There have been human library events all over the globe, in universities and in pubs, from Chicago to Tunis to Edinburgh to San Antonio.

The stories these \"books\" tell range from fascinating to heartbreaking and everything in between. And that's the very point of the organization--to prove that no person can be summed up in just one word. It seeks to show people that you truly can't judge a book by its cover---or by its title or label. 39. The “books” in human libraries are____________. A. long-held beliefs attracting individuals B. inspiring stones motivating people in trouble C. events in which people can talk to volunteers D. unfairly-treated people sharing their experiences

40. The event in Copenhagen is significant because it_______. A. aimed to help the young suffering from violence B. attempted to replace traditional physical libraries C. laid a foundation for the Human Library Organization D. led to a pleasing development for the community with racism 41. In human libraries, the readers are likely to_________.

第页

3

A. deepen their understanding of people B. enrich their own personal experiences C. hear the stories from all over the world D. make quick judgments about the “books” 42. The main purpose of the passage is to _________. A. compare and evaluate B. inform and explain C. discuss and persuade D. analyze and suggest 【答案】39. D 40. C 41. A 42. B

2000. Ronni Abergel, his brother Dany, and some colleagues hosted a four-day during a major Northern European festival, hoping to raise awareness about violence among youth. After the success of this event, Abergel founded the Human Library Organization, which has been growing ever since”可知，Ronni Abergel，他的兄弟Dany以及一些同事举行了为期四天的活动，希望提高人们对青年人暴力的意识。在这次活动成功之后，Abergel建立了the Human Library Organization，该组织一直在发展中。由此可知，在Copenhagen举行的活动的成功导致了the Human Library Organization的成立，结合选项可推知，该活动奠定了该组织的基础，故C选项正确。

41. 细节理解题。由第四段中的“It provides the opportunity for the community to share and understand the experiences of others in their community”可知，the Human Library给社会给提供了分享和了解别人经历的机会。由此可知，通过the Human Library， 人们可以加深对他人的了解。故A选项正确。

42. 写作意图题。文章介绍了the Human Library(真人图书馆)的情况。在the Human Library，读者可以和来自各行各业志愿者们交谈，了解他们的经历和故事。文章还介绍了the Human Library的成立的情况。很明

第页

4

显，作者希望通过这篇文章让读者了解the Human Library，结合选项，其写作目的应为B选项：告知解释。

3. B【河南省开封市2018届高三第三次模拟】

Eighteen years ago, Terry Grahl, was pregnant with her fourth child. “Money was very tight.” Terry recalls. So when her mom called to ask if she'd like to go shopping at the local fabric( 布料)store for the coming Christmas, she couldn't say no because she knew she badly needed some fabrics to make new clothes for her children. “1 remember walking around, gazing at all this beautiful fabric, wondering whether there is anything cheap that I could afford. And I could still get some money left to buy Christmas gifts for my family.”

Well, Terry’s mom must have known what Terry was thinking. Smiling kindly, she whispered to Terry, “You pick any fabrics you like. It’s your Christmas gift from me.” Terry’s eyes were filled with tears as the cart began to overflow with many fabrics, but not because Terry was planning on making herself a pretty dress or a pair of curtains for the kitchen. Rather, Terry’s mom's kindness had inspired some holiday gift ideas in Terry, and it didn’t take long for Terry to figure out what she was going to do with all that fabric.

“I was going to make my first quilt.” She explains. “Every night I would work on this queen-size quilt. With every stitch(一针), I thought about all that my mom had done for me over the course of my childhood, during which we were always battling homelessness, but Mom somehow managed to fill our lives with love and make everything okay.”

On Christmas day, five days after her baby girl was born, Terry handed her mom a gift box. Inside was the quilt she had sewn, from the fabric her mother had given her as a gift. 4. What do we know about Terry eighteen years ago? A. Terry made a living by making clothes. B. Terry had a bad relationship with her mom. C. Terry and her family lived a hard life at that time. D. Terry often went shopping at the local fabric store. 5. Which of the following words best describes her mom? A. Strict. B. Critical C. Faithful. D. Generous.

6. What made Terry change her idea about Christmas gift? A. The value of the fabric. B. The responsibility for her family. C. The memory of her childhood. D. The endless love from her mother. 7. What is the best title for the text?

第页

5

A. A Christmas Day B. The First Quilt C. Colorful Fabrics D. Hard Childhood 【答案】4. C 5. D 6. D 7. B

4. A【河南省开封市2018届高三第三次模拟】

Welcome to Inspire 21

Our aim is to provide “Inspiring words for the 21st century”. So, here we offer a unique collection of inspiring short stories, motivational short stories, and humorous short stories for you to read and share.

If you do care to share, click the “SHARE” button in the bottom left corner of each page. And thanks for telling others about Inspire 21.

The inspiring stories that are labeled (标记) “TRUE” are done so to the best of our knowledge, but we do not have full proof in some cases. However, all of these stories and messages are provided because of their uplifting content, whether true or not. Many books we’ve read and movies we’ve watched were totally untrue, but we enjoyed the inspiration they gave us—especially if they had a happy ending.

So, please read and share these stories at your own discretion (判断力). Thank you for your understanding! Also, many of the inspiring stories used here are used with permission from the author. However, we cannot

第页

6

grand(授予) permission to reuse any of these inspirational stories, as the majority of them are not ours.

Lastly, many inspiring stories (emailed to us or we came across online) are listed as “Author Unknown”. If you happen to know the author’s name, to whom credit should be given, please contact us with that information so we can keep our inspiring story collection accurate. Thank you again! 1. What does Inspire 21 do?

A. Encourage people to use inspiring words. B. Offer books and movies with a happy ending. C. Collect both true stories and untrue message. D. Provide short storied for people to read and share.

2. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to \"inspiring\"? A. Uplifting B. Unique C. Accurate D. Humorous

3. What are the readers expected to do in the last paragraph? A. Reuse inspiring stories. B. Give credit to unknown authors. C. Write more true stories. D. Make Inspire 2I more popular. 【答案】1. D 2. A 3. B

【解析】这是一篇广告类说明文。文章开头介绍了“激励21”目标是提供“21世纪鼓舞人心的文字”，他们整理了一个独特的鼓舞人心的短篇小说集，包括励志小故事、幽默短篇小说，以供阅读和分享。这些故事并非全部真实，但是内容积极向上，鼓舞人心，并有着令人欢喜的结局，希望读者在阅读时自我判断，并给予理解。同时，许多励志故事标注为“作者未知”，如果读者碰巧知道作者名字的话，请予以告知。 1. 细节理解题。由文章第一段“Our aim is to provide “Inspiring words for the 21st century”. So, here we offer a unique collection of inspiring short stories, motivational short stories, and humorous short stories for you to read and share.”可知，Inspire 21的目标是提供“21世纪鼓舞人心的文字”，他们整理了一个独特的鼓舞人心的短篇

第页 7

5. C【江西省南昌市2018届高三第二次模拟】

Imagine walking through an ancient city, then climbing a gate tower to take in a wonderful view of the city and its more than 600-year-old walls. You can hear the city’s heartbeat in the air. This is the Ancient City of Pingyao in Shanxi Province, a place that should definitely be on your travel route if you enjoy history or ancient architecture since its origins can be traced back to more than 2,700 years ago.

Located in the center of Shanxi Province, Pingyao is the hometown of Jin merchants, a group of merchants who actively dominated (支配) a booming commodity market throughout China for more than 500 years, especially during the Ming and Qing dynasties. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the city’s agriculture and manufacturing industries developed rapidly. Following China’s reform and opening-up in the 1980s, Pingyao struggled with the transition from a managed economy to the current market-oriented economy. During this time, the city government sought out new ways to break through this economic bottleneck.

Finally in the winter of 1997, opportunity came knocking. Through the efforts of the city government, Pingyao earned its place on the UNESCO World Heritage list, which caused the entire world to take notice of the city.

Since the city’s fame has risen, locals in Pingyao have deepened their understanding of the conservation efforts preserving the historical relics in their hometown. Meanwhile the city administration has continued to upgrade itself through a strategy that follows the pillars of “conservation, entrepreneurship, development and protection.”

Currently, the city is focused on establishing a sustainable industry that will enable it to continue to grow while also protecting its relics and introducing them to the world.

28. What does the underlined word “transition” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Translation. B. Spread. C. Range. D. Change.

第页

8

29. What contributed to Pingyao’s popularity around the world?

A. The city government’s hard work. B. The official recognition by the UNESCO. C. The development of Pingyao’s economy. D. The ancient architecture in the city. 30. What measure is taken to further develop the city? A. Combining economy with cultural protection. B. Constructing more modem buildings. C. Learning from other cities in the world. D. Establishing manufacturing industries. 31. How is the text developed?

A. By giving examples. B. By following time order. C. By listing reasons. D. By raising questions. 【答案】28. D 29. B 30. A 31. B

【点睛】依据逻辑推理猜测词义： 运用逻辑推理猜测词义是使用最广考查最多也最易失分的猜词方式。要求考生具备整合分散、复杂信息的能力，充分利用上下文中相关的词汇并结合具体的语境，从形式和内容上把握语言之间的内在联系，理顺语言之间的逻辑关系，进而达到猜词的目的。常见的逻辑关系有：因果关系，同位关系，对比关系，转折关系等。在第一小题中，考生可以根据画线单词后面的“from a managed

第页

9

economy to the current market-oriented economy”很容易的推断出平遥由管理经济到市场经济转变，从而判断出画线单词的意思为“change”。

6. B【江西省南昌市2018届高三第二次模拟】

At school, I was in the top set for maths. My teachers recommended that I study economics and statistics as my A-level subjects, but I had my mind set on a life fulfilled by the arts.

In fact, I was a victim of a gender stereotype made stronger since birth, that men do science and maths and women do arts or languages. Computer science, technology and physics just did not figure in my teenage world view. Nobody popular in my school chose to study those subjects.

Reality struck hard when I began attending job interviews and interviewers would say: “It’s great that you speak foreign languages, but what else do you do?” Nobody asked my friends who had studied science or technology those questions.

A survey recently showed that three of the best-paid jobs for women are in the technology sector. It’s a sector that really can change the world. We must show girls that technology has an effect on every industry out there, from fashion to architecture to journalism. Anybody can learn to code and these days it’s as important as reading and writing. I’ve realized that at university I’d achieved the wrong kind of literacy. Not being able to code limit your impact on the world far more than an ignorance of great literature.

Now I have a five-year-old daughter. I don’t want her to blindly follow gender roles the way I did. I want her to know the fact that a science or technical degree will not limit her creativity but expand it and broaden her horizons far more than my arts background could. I’m exposing her to Minecraft and apps, which help improve analytical thinking and problem solving skills. I’m hoping that my daughter will discover and accept her potentials in science and want to change the world.

24. What does the underlined phrase “gender stereotype” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. Personal learning style. B. Sex characteristic. C. Conventional sex concept. D. Profession difference.

25. According to the author, which may be the benefit of learning science? A. Increasing job possibility. B. Winning popularity.

C. Improving language competence. D. Enriching imagination. 26. How did the author feel for her major choice?

A. Satisfied. B. Active. C. Discouraged. D. Regretful. 27. What may be the best title for the text?

第页

10

A. Art or Science, Either is OK B. Good Subjects, Good Future C. Girls, Choose More Wisely D. Catch Chances, Change the World 【答案】24. C 25. A 26. D 27. C

7. A【湖南省长沙市雅礼中学、河南省实验中学2018届高三联考】

Last year, when our three-year-old great-granddaughter Kylie was taken to see Santa Claus, she made sure to give him her wish list of toys. A week later, she ran into a different Santa in a mall. He stopped to ask what she wanted for Christmas. Kylie was surprised and let him know: “If you can’t remember what I told you last week, how are you going to remember on Christmas Eve?!”

Mary Paul, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

As my son Mike and I drove to the mall, we passed a Salvation Army Santa ringing his bell. “Mike,” I said, “there’s Santa!” He shook his head. “That’s just some guy in a Santa suit,” he said. It saddened me to think that maybe my son no longer believed in Santa, and we drove the rest of the way in silence. At the mall, we spotted another Santa greeting young believers. Suddenly, Mike took off toward him. Turning back to me, he shouted. “Now, there’s the real Santa!”

Michael E. Fahey, Huntley, Illinois

We immigrated to America from China when I was six. Because I was shy and didn’t speak English, I had few

第页

11

friends. My days were spent at home with my brother. Sometimes we’d help our neighbor Mr. Mueller pull weeds. One Christmas Day, there was a knock at the door. Grandma opened it, and there stood a big fellow in red with a snow-white beard, laughing, “Ho, ho, ho!” He handed out presents and made us laugh. I had so much fun. It was years later when I learned that our special Santa was our neighbor Mr. Mueller.

Joanne Tang, Litchfield Park, Arizona

1. Why was Kylie surprised when running into a different Santa? A. Because she got what she wished. B. Because she knew who the Santa was. C. Because she wished to get another toy. D. Because she thought they were the same Santa.

2. What would Mike’s parent feel as to Mike’s different attitudes towards Santa? A. Angry. B. Sad.

C. Confused. D. Understandable.

3. What did Mr. Mueller do on Christmas Day? A. He stood outside our house. B. He gave out gifts by acting as Santa. C. He continued to pull weeds. D. He stayed with us in our home. 【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B

【解析】本文介绍作者亲身经历的一些关于圣诞节的故事。

1. 推理判断题。根据第一段中A week later, she ran into a different Santa in a mall. He stopped to ask what she wanted for Christmas. Kylie was surprised and let him know: “If you can’t remember what I told you last week, how are you going to remember on Christmas Eve?!”可知，当Kylie遇到另一个圣诞老人时，他感到很惊讶，因为她认为他们是同一个圣诞老人。故D项正确。

2. 推理判断题。根据第二段中That’s just some guy in a Santa suit,” he said. It saddened me to think that maybe my son no longer believed in Santa, and we drove the rest of the way in silence.可知，迈克的父母对迈克对圣诞老人的态度感到疑惑。故C项正确。

3. 细节理解题。” 根据最后一段中He handed out presents and made us laugh. I had so much fun. It was years later when I learned that our special Santa was our neighbor Mr. Mueller.可知，在圣诞节Mr. Mueller以圣诞老人的身份送出礼物。故B项正确。

第页

12

【点睛】

8. B【黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市2018届高三第三次模拟】

Dutch beachcomber (海滩拾荒者) Wim Kruiswijk has accumulated a collection of 1,200 messages-in-bottles over the course of nearly 4 decades and has responded to almost all of them,

68-year-old Kruiswijk says that his unusual hobby began in 1983 when he found three drift bottles (漂流瓶) on his local beach, each containing letters and return addresses. He wrote to all three addresses and was surprised to receive responses from each one. It was this experience that aroused his interest in hunting and collecting messages in bottles, and he hasn’t stopped looking for them since.

“I find my messages in bottles on the beach of Zandvoort, where I live. and on the Dutch Islands,” Kruiswijk recently told Great Big Story. “Messages in bottles is slow mail, It takes you days, or weeks, or months to find a bottle. ”

In the early years, Kruiswijk would find as many as 50 bottles a year, but since 2000 that has slowed to around 20-30 finds, mainly due to beach cleaning efforts. He believes that the rise of the Internet has also played a role in the diminishing number of messages in bottles, telling Dutch news site PZC, “I used to get a response at hall the bottle messages that I answered. Now that’s less; many people want ‘instant satisfaction’. ”

Throwing a message in a bottle out into the sea is a longstanding human tradition dating back to the time of the Greek philosopher Theophrastus, about 310 BC，who used the bottles to study water currents. Scientists still apply the method to this day, as a means to help researchers develop ocean circulation maps, and to crowdsource scientific studies of ocean currents.

In the past bottles have also been used to send distress messages from sailors in trouble. They also have been used for memorial tributes, or to send loved ones’ ashes on a final journey, One of the more common uses though is just to send invitations out to prospective pen pals. a quaint notion in these modern times, but, as Kruiswijk so clearly shows, an effective one. 4. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?

第页

13

A. Kruiswijk found secrets hidden in drift bottles. B. What made Kruiswijk become a beachcomber.

C. How Kruiswijk formed the hobby of collecting drift bottles. D. Kruiswijk liked to do some research on bottles thrown into the sea.

5. How did Kruiswijk feel the first time he received response from drift bottles? A. Satisfied. B. Asionished. C. Frightened. D. Disappointed.

6. Why do Kruiswijk find fewer drift bottles than before? A. People hate to receive messages from strangers,

B. Many drift bottles have not been washed up onto the beaches . C. Drift bottles appearing on the beach are cleared up rapidly. D. Fewer people are interested in Kruiswijk’s message in bottles. 7. What’s the purpose of Theophrastus using the bottles? A. To ask for rescue, B. To look for a pen pal. C. To study ocean currents.

D. To send a message to his loved person. 【答案】4. C 5. B 6. C 7. C

【解析】 本文为记叙文。文章以海滩拾荒者Wim Kruiswijk的特殊爱好收集漂流瓶引起了话题。把信息放在瓶子里扔进大海是一个长期存在的人类传统，过去一直被用于发送遇险信息，纪念亲人或发邀请函，还用于帮助研究人员开发海洋水流的研究。

第页 14

【答案】was surprised t ☞B选项was surprised t

【点睛】细节理解中的（1）一一对应型。答案与题目在表达形式和意义上直接吻合。

这类细节理解题的答案与题目在表达形式和意义上直接吻合，一一对应，一目了然。解答此类试题时，不必通篇细看原文，而应采取“带着问题找答案”的方法，先从问题中抓住关键性词语（题眼），然后以此为线索，运用略读及查读的技巧快速在文章中寻找与此问题相关的：段落、语句，仔细品味，对照比较，确定答案。

6. 推理判断题。根据第四段but since 2000 that has slowed to around 20-30 finds, mainly due to beach cleaning efforts. He believes that the rise of the Internet has also played a role in the diminishing number of messages in bottles,可知，主要是由于海滩清洁的努力，以及互联网的兴起也对瓶内信息数量的减少起到了作用。分析选项可知C项，漂流瓶出现的少了是因为清洁的快速。故选C项。

9. Kyle is my big brother. For eighteen years, I felt that Kyle was my enemy. In fact, I found it ridiculous that people thought older brothers looked out for their sisters, protected them and fought off their sisters，bullies. Huh? My brother was the bully (恃强凌弱者).

When we were little, his fights with others caused my only black eye, cuts in my lips and even a nosebleed or two. I often wished I were an only child!

Time flew. We ended up attending colleges two thousand miles apart, yet, strangely, that’s when we began

第页

15

communicating. Through e-mail, we kept in constant touch. Mostly I complained about serious homesickness, impossible roommates, difficult classes, and… dating. I felt I lost myself. At a particularly low time, I cried to Kyle about my injured confidence, my broken heart, and the particular jerk (蠢人) who broke it.

And that’s when the package arrived.

“What’s this?” I thought as I tore into it. The box revealed a sweatshirt. “Phi Delta Theta? That’s Kyle’s frat (兄弟会).” Kyle was the president of the frat house. Why would he send this? I put it aside and dug deeper. A pile of letters. And they were all addressed to me. I opened the one on top.

“Katrina,” it said, “your brother showed me your picture and I think you’re awesome and beautiful.” I rolled my eyes. “Yeah, sure.” I opened another letter. And another. Eighteen in all.

Each one was from a different guy. They complimented (恭维) me. They invited me on dates. And they tried to convince me to make a trip out to Knox College and meet them.

I loved it. I didn’t care about the motive. And mostly, I loved the idea that my big brother had pulled it off. I picked up the phone.

“Kyle, the box came and I can’t believe what you did.” But Kyle wasn’t accepting compliments. “Oh,” he said, “I was just tired of reading your complaints”. Big brothers, I decided, really did protect their sisters. And mine fought off the biggest bully I’d ever met. Now I return to my true self, full of confidence. 4. Why did the author use to call Kyle her enemy? A. He had many fights with her. B. He couldn’t fight off her bullies. C. He bullied her from time to time. D. His fights caused her to suffer a lot. 5. Why did the frat guys write to the author? A. They had mercy on her. B. They tried to cheer her up. C. They were struck by her beauty. D. They wanted to compliment her.

6. What does the underlined part in the last paragraph refer to? A. My self-doubt. B. My homesickness.

C. The particular jerk. D. The challenging classes. 7. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

第页

16

A. To share her childhood experience. B. To complain about her biggest bully. C. To show her brother’s protection for her. D. To introduce her adjustment to college life. 【答案】4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C

6. A

猜测词义题。作者明白哥哥对自己的好之后，战胜了自己的自我怀疑。指第一段I felt that Kyle was my enemy和My brother was the bully作者最初的错误想法，故选A. 7. C

推理判断题。小时候作者总认为哥哥恃强凌弱，是自己的敌人。但随着成长，慢慢体会到了哥哥对自己的关心和保护。作者写本文是为了表现哥哥对自己的好和保护，故选C.

10. Airborne dust is normally seen as an environmental problem, but the lack of it is making air pollution over China considerably worse.

A new study suggests less dust means more solar radiation hits the land surface, which reduces wind speed. That lack of wind in turn leads to an accumulation of air pollution over heavily populated parts of China. The researchers found that reduced dust levels cause a 13% increase in human-made pollution in the region.

Hundreds of millions of people across China continue to be impacted by air pollution from factories and coal-fired power plants. Studies suggest that the dirty air contributes to 1.6 million deaths a year, about 17% of all

第页

17

mortalities. But this new research says that the human-induced pollution is being made worse or better by naturally occurring dust that blows in from the Gobi desert. Using models to simulate 150 years of wind and dust patterns in the region, the researchers found that the dust deflects significant amounts of sunlight. Without it, more heat from the Sun hits the land. Differences in the temperatures between land and sea cause the winds to blow. Without the dust, the land warms up more and that changes the temperature differential with the sea leading to weaker breezes - and more air pollution.

\"There are two dust sources. One is the Gobi and the other is the highlands of north-west China, but we found the Gobi had much more influence,\" said lead author Yang Yang, from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State, US. \"Less dust in the atmosphere causes more solar radiation to reach the surface. It weakens the temperature difference between the land and the sea and impacts the circulation of the winds and causes a stagnation over eastern China and that causes an accumulation of air pollution.\"

Another study has recently shown a link between declining Arctic sea ice and a major air pollution event in China in 2013. The authors of the new study believe that both theories could be true.

\"Our study has the same mechanism: the weakening of winds causes more pollution, and what is behind this needs to be studied,\" said Yang Yang, \"We have two views on this kind of weakening of wind. They found the sea ice, we found the dust-wind interaction can also lead to weakening of the wind. I think both of them are important.\"

The researchers believe that the study may inform broader questions about how natural and human-created aerosols interact.

Many parts of the world, in addition to China, are now suffering from increased levels of air pollution and understanding how dust, winds and emissions work together may help limit some of the worst impacts of dirty air. One of the key lessons from this study is that the absence of dusty conditions could mean the air you are breathing is worse for you, not better.

【文章大意】文章探究了中国大气中的灰尘的缺失反而使得污染更严重的问题。

58. According to the new study, the formation of air pollution over heavily populated parts of China is due to ________.

A. the accumulation of dust B. the lack of temperature C. the high level of living standards D. the shortage of wind

D. 细节理解题 依据文章第二段中 \"That lack of wind in turn leads to an accumulation of air pollution over heavily populated parts of China\"可知导致部分地区污染过重的原因在于风的缺乏，故D项正确。

第页

18

59. What’s the right sequence of cause and effect leading to the air pollution? ①the worse circulation of the winds ②more heat from the sun

③lessening temperature between the land and the sea ④less dust

⑤a worse stagnation

A. ④①③②⑤ B. ①④②⑤③ C.④②③①⑤ D. ①⑤②④③

60. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Millions of people die of diseases caused by dirty air every year in China. B. The theory of the consequences caused by declining Arctic sea ice is less scientific. C. The new study must invite questions about how natural and human-created aerosols interact. D. The absence of dusty conditions means a more healthier environment.

A. 推理判断题 依据文章中的“Studies suggest that the dirty air contributes to 1.6 million deaths a year”可知A项正确；依据文章中的“Another study has recently shown a link between declining Arctic sea ice and a major air pollution event in China in 2013. The authors of the new study believe that both theories could be true.”可知B项是错误的；依据文章中的“The researchers believe that the study may inform broader questions about how natural and human-created aerosols interact.”可知C项错误；D项明显与文章大意不符，故A项正确。

11. Forget losing weight or saving money—we suggest one simple task to add to your list of inspiring New Year’s decisions: read a book. Trust us, and your brain will thank you. Not only does reading increase the amount of daily pleasure in your life, but it could also delay dementia (痴呆) and even help you live longer.

But still, picking the perfect novel isn’t easy. Thankfully, Business Insider asked a Harvard professor to recommend the one book he thinks every student should read in 2018—and we suggest adding it to your list, too. (No time for all the books on your list? Here’s a shortcut: Read the endings to some of the world’s most famous books, instead.)

Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard, recommends The Internationalists by legal scholars Hathaway and Shapiro. The book makes a surprising claim that the Kellogg-Briand Paris Peace Pact (条约) of 1928, which declared war illegal, has caused a steady drop in war throughout history.

“But in their fascinating and evidence-rich book, they make a lifelike case,” Pinker said. “And like The Clash

第页

19

of Civilizations and The End of History, the book presents a sweeping vision (视野) of the international scene, making sense of many developments in the news and recent history.”

Other professors at Harvard recommended classics like Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, as well as Just Mercy by Stevenson, The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith, and Robot-Proof by Joseph Aoun.

So, go ahead and give (at least) one of these books a read in 2018! And while you’re at it, you should add the following 20 books you really should have read by now to your list, too… 24. Why does the author say “Forget losing weight or saving money”?

A. Because losing weight or saving money is a harder task than reading.

B. Because reading much might cause you to pick up weight or spend more.

C. Because losing weight or saving money has nothing to do with reading books.

D. Because reading books is much more important than losing weight or saving money. 25. Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word “shortcut” in the 2nd paragraph? A. A time-saving way to read books.

B. A lazy person’s way to read books.

C. A quick way to know about endings of books. D. A wise way to deal with too many books to read. 26. What or who has reduced the number of wars throughout history? A. The Paris Peace Pact.

B. The Internationalists.

D. A wide vision of the international scene.

C. Hathaway and Shapiro.

27. What may be written in the next or last paragraph of the passage?

A. More advice on reading books.

B. The main contents of the 20 books recommended. D. The brief introduction of the 20 books recommended.

C. The names of the 20 books recommended.

【文章大意】本文是一篇文化类短文。本文介绍了哈弗大学教授推荐的大学生在应该读的好书书名。并附带介绍应对书山的方法(只阅读名著的结尾部分)。读好书的益处：增强幸福指数、延缓老年痴呆、延年益寿。

24. B【命题意图】推理判断题。

【解题思路】减肥、省钱与读书是生活中的不同方面，不可比较，因此排除A项和D项。本句的意思是：忘记读书的坏处(增加体重和费用)，读书吧，因此B项正确。

第页 20

12. It’s a white Christmas in the United States today, with snow falling from Seattle to Maine.  Northeast

Biting winds with snow swept the Northeast.

Earlier, up to 15 inches of snow fell during a snow storm in Maine, while up to one foot fell in New Hampshire. Winds reached 76 mph on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while up to 61 mph winds tore through Long Island, New York. Falling snow collected on the runways at Boston’s Logan International Airport, causing temporary flight delays.

The wind was so severe in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that the annual reenactment (重演) of George Washington and his soldiers’ crossing the Delaware River was canceled, the Washington Crossing Historic Park told ABC News.  Midwest

Heavy lake effect snow fell in western Michigan.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind-chill warning and advisory (公告) from Montana to Michigan. Bitter cold air in the Midwest produced wind chills Monday morning as low as minus-48 degrees in North Dakota and minus-47 in northern Minnesota.

As this bitter cold made its way east overnight, it was expected to move over relatively mild Great Lakes, producing intense lake-effect snow bands capable of producing 2 to 4 inches of snow in an hour.  West Coast

That storm system moved overnight through the Rockies, bringing more snow and the threat of avalanches (雪崩). The National Weather Service has issued an avalanche warning for the Wasatch Range Mountains outside Salt Lake City.

第页

21

21. Why was the annual reenactment of George Washington and his soldiers’ crossing the Delaware River canceled?

A. Because the river was

frozen.

B. Because the wind was too strong.

C. Because the snow was too thick. D. Because the temperature was too low.

22. Which of the following is the bad weather that has set in according to the passage? A. The avalanches.

B. A white Christmas.

D. Heavy snow, biting wind and chills.

C. A mess of people’s life.

23. What is the style of the passage?

A. Weather report.

B. News about the effect of bad weather.

C. News about bad weather. D. A bad-weather warning and advisory.

【文章大意】本文是一篇有关极端天气的新闻报道。本文报道了一次暴风雪极端天气已经并将继续袭击整个美国。它以导致航班延误、活动取消、大幅度降温等严重后果。并且调侃到：过了一个“白色的”圣诞节。

13. “City Cycling USA: Los Angeles,” a pocket-sized tour guide to seeing Los Angeles on two wheels, is seemingly for visitors; for locals, its series of bike-friendly paths and itineraries (行程) are a road-map to becoming tourists in their own city again.

“City Cycling” explores five neighborhoods in the Westside and Eastside and generally north of the 10 and south of the 101. Itineraries fit the period of a day, beginning with spots for coffee, walking along museums and shops, and finishing off with recommendations of where to buy a well-deserved drink. Published by Thames and Hudson in association with London cycling brand Rapha Racing, the guidebook is among the first U.S. sections — alongside New York, Chicago and San Francisco — in a series launched in 2013 with biking tours of eight European cities.

Greatest hits such as the Bradbury Building and Echo Park Lake are included in the neighborhood tours, with

第页

22

plenty of fashionable places for where to eat — Eggslut, Pine & Crane and Gjusta. The guide is a reminder of how crowdedly packed each enclave (飞地) of L.A. is with unusual destinations, the large number of places to explore within a few square mile radius (半径), easily done once we step out of the car.

Los Angeles’ famously pleasant weather makes it an ideal city for exploring by bike; neighborhoods have different styles. While the car still plays an important role, cycling culture, like CicLAvia, already has full support, and is prepared to grow with the implementation (实施) of Mobility Plan 2035, which aims to make the city more bike friendly. “City Cycling USA: Los Angeles” is a start. 24. Who is City Cycling USA: Los Angeles really intended for? A. Visitors on bikes.

B. Locals on bikes.

C. Tourist on bikes

D. Bicyclists

25. Where does each itinerary begin and end? A. Where there is a café.

B. Where drink can be bought easily.

C. Where it is convenient for tourists on bikes. D. Where there are museums and shops. 26. What are Eggslut, Pine & Crane and Gjusta used for? A. Places where you can eat.

B. Destinations you can reach within a day.

C. Guides to a enclave of L.A. crowded with unusual destinations. D. Places where you can see the Bradbury Building and Echo Park Lake. 27. Why is Los Angeles fit to explore by bike? A. Because it is bike friendly.

B. Because of cycling culture. D. Because of its pleasant weather.

C. Because of Mobility Plan 2035.

【文章大意】本文是一篇关于旅游的短文。本文介绍了骑自行车游玩指南的小册子。该指南标明了在一天之内骑自行车游玩洛杉矶的行程路线图、路经的名胜、始发地、结束地。骑自行车游玩文化伴随着“2035运动计划”的实施而发展。 24. B【命题意图】细节理解题。

第页 23

14. Chinese researchers say they have come up with a simple way to find out a person’s biological age —how much the body has aged physically – through a urine (尿) test.

Their findings will help researchers conduct numbers of ageing studies and even predict a person’s risk of age-related diseases, according to a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Ageing Neuroscience.

Another paper by researchers at the Beijing Hospital and the West China Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan province, said on Tuesday that people aged at different rates due to changes in their genetic make-up and their environment.

Chronological age – which is based on one’s birth date —was an inaccurate measure of biological age so a more accurate method was needed, the team said.

Ageing is driven by the lifelong gradual accumulation of a broad variety of molecular (分子) faults in the body’s cells. The team said they had identified a matter —8-oxoGsn — that indicated increases in oxidative (氧化性) damage in urine as people’s bodies aged.

Cai Jianping, a co-author at the Beijing Hospital, said: “As we age, we suffer increasing oxidative damage and so the levels of oxidative matters increase in our body.” The team tested the levels of 8-oxoGsn in urine samples from 1,228 Chinese people aged two to 90 and concluded the marker helped accurately determine the stage of biological ageing in adults.

They had previously found that 8-oxoGsn levels also increased with age in the urine of animals such as mice. The team has also developed a rapid analysis technique called ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography, which can process up to 10 urine samples an hour, according to the study.

第页

24

32. Scientifically speaking, by what does a doctor judge the stage of a person getting old? A. His condition.

B. His biological age. C. His psychology.

D. His chronological age.

33. What are the outer factors the speed of one’s ageing physically depend on? A. One’s birth date.

B. The increases in oxidative damage in urine.

C. The changes in their genetic make-up and their environment. D. The accumulation of various molecular faults in the body’s cells.

34. Which can take the place of the underlined word “marker” in the sixth paragraph? A. 8-oxoGsn. B. Molecular faults. C. Oxidative damage.

D. Stage of biological ageing in adults. 35. What is the passage about? A. Why people are ageing.

B. How to delay people’s ageing physically.

C. What determines the stage of people’s ageing physically.

D. A rapid method with which to judge how much people are aging physically.

【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。中国科学家发明一种新方法：通过检测尿液中的名叫“8-oxoGsn”的物质来确定“氧化损伤”量从而知道被检测者的衰老程度。 32. B【命题意图】细节理解题。

【解题思路】根据第一段中的“a person’s biological age —how much the body has aged physically”和第四段中的“Chronological age – which is based on one’s birth date — was an inaccurate measure of biological age so a more accurate method was needed”可知B项正确，因为医生是根据身体上衰老程度来确定人衰老达到了什么程度。

33. C【命题意图】细节理解题。

【解题思路】根据第三段中的 “people aged at different rates due to changes in their genetic make-up and their environment.”可知：影响人衰老的速度的外部因素是基因组成的变化和环境的变化。

第页 25

15. With a flock of birds, a group member can often be seen high in the tree acting as a lookout while the rest feed on the ground below. When a predator approaches, the lookout sounds the alarm.

To the casual observer, it may appear that the lookout is acting for the good of the greater group, but a new study suggests that the lookout – called a sentinel(哨兵) – may actually be working for itself.

While sentinel behavior among groups of birds has been observed, Dr. Roni Ostreiher and Professor Aviad Heifetz recently began researching the sentinel behavior of floaters –birds that have either been cast out or for other reasons decide to go it alone. What they found was that floaters also have similar lookout activities and will sound an alarm call if an enemy approaches.

This suggests that while the group benefits from having a lookout, the instinct to act as the lookout is motivated not by the group but by self-preservation. The sentinel may simply be trying to scare away its enemy instead of warning other birds down below.

It might be easy to understand that when a floater displays sentinel behavior, the bird is acting for itself. However, birds in groups may have less selfish motives since the birds appear to alternate as lookouts. “There are some adult group members who act as sentinels more often than others. As far as we understand, acting as a sentinel is not a duty. Those who sentinel less often are not punished,” Ostreiher said.

He also noted that the sentinel's primary purpose is to gather information about its surroundings – the presence of a neighboring group, changes in food sources and even weather – not keeping lookout for approaching enemies.

“We do not know what motivates them to stop eating and climb up to a tree branch and start to sentinel,” Ostreiher added. He and Heifetz are now focused on understanding what happens after an alarm call is sounded.

28. What is the finding of the study?

第页

26

A. Birds look out just for their own safety. B. Sentinel behavior is unique to birds. C. Birds have a strong sense of danger. D. Birds react quickly when hearing an alarm. 29. What can we infer about a floater? A. It is often a selfish bird. B. It benefits from other birds. C. It lives and feeds on its own. D. Its duty is to protect other birds.

30. What is Ostreiher's opinion on birds' sentinel behavior? A. It is unnecessary for a floater. B. It is every bird's responsibility. C. Birds seem to watch out in turn. D. It is completely selfless behavior.

31. In which part of a newspaper can you find this passage? A. Life. B. Health. C. Technology. D. Nature.

【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了科学家对鸟类的放哨行为的研究。研究表明鸟类的哨兵行为是出于对自身的保护而并非为了保护其他成员。

【解题思路】文章主要介绍了鸟类的行为，由此推断应该出现在自然部分。故选D。

16. Though their numbers are growing, only 27 percent of all students taking the AP Computer Science exam in the United States are female. The gender gap only grows worse from there: Just 18 percent of American computer-science college degrees go to women. This is in the United States, where many college men proudly describe themselves as “male feminists” and girls are taught they can be anything they want to be. Meanwhile, in Algeria, 41 percent of college graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math—or “stem,”

第页

27

are female. There, employment discrimination against women is common and women are often pressured to make amends(忍气吞声) with their abusive husbands.

So what explains the tendency for nations that have traditionally less gender equality to have more women in science and technology than their gender-progressive counterparts do? According to a new paper published in Psychological Science by the psychologists Gijsbert Stoet, at Leeds Beckett University, and David Geary, at the University of Missouri, it could have to do with the fact that women in countries with higher gender inequality are simply seeking the clearest possible path to financial freedom. And often, that path leads through stem professions.

The issue doesn’t appear to be girls’ aptitude for stem professions. In looking at test scores across 67 countries and regions, Stoet and Geary found that girls performed about as well or better than boys did on science in most countries, and in almost all countries, girls would have been capable of college-level science and math classes if they had enrolled in them.

But when it comes to their relative strengths, in almost all the countries—all except Romania and Lebanon—boys’ best subject was science, and girls’ was reading. (That is, even if an average girl was as good as an average boy at science, she was still likely to be even better at reading.) Across all countries, 24 percent of girls had science as their best subject, 25 percent of girls’ strength was math, and 51 percent excelled in reading. For boys, the percentages were 38 for science, 42 for math, and 20 for reading. And the more gender-equal the country, as measured by the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, the larger this gap between boys and girls in having science as their best subject.

What’s more, the countries that minted the most female college graduates in fields like science, engineering, or math were also some of the least gender-equal countries. They assume that this is because the countries that empower women also empower them, indirectly, to pick whatever career they’d enjoy most and be best at.

“Countries with the highest gender equality tend to be welfare states,” they write, “with a high level of social security.” Meanwhile, less gender-equal countries tend to also have less social support for people who, for example, find themselves unemployed. Thus, the authors suggest, girls in those countries might be more inclined to choose stem professions, since they offer a more certain financial future than, say, painting or writing.

When the study authors looked at the “overall life satisfaction” rating of each country—a measure of economic opportunity and hardship—they found that gender-equal countries had more life satisfaction. The life-satisfaction ranking explained 35 percent of the variation between gender equality and women’s participation in stem. That correlation echoes past research showing that the genders are actually more segregated by field of

第页

28

study in more economically developed places.

The upshot of this research is neither especially feminist nor especially sad: It’s not that gender equality discourages girls from pursuing science. It’s that it allows them not to if they’re not interested.

Then again, it could just be that, feeling financially secure and on equal footing with men, some women will always choose to follow their passions, rather than whatever labor economists recommend. And those passions don’t always lie within science.

【文章大意】文章主要探究了为何传统上性别不平等的国家的理工科女生反而多于那些女权更进步的国家。 61. The function of the first paragraph is to _________. A. explain the meaning of economic pressures. B. lead to the main topic.

C. describe the women's status. D. tell the condition of people's rights.

B 推理判断题 文章第一段的功能旨在引出文章的话题，故B项正确。

62. Which of the following is True according to the psychologists Gijsbert Stoet and David Geary? A. Stem professions are helpful to pursue financial freedom.

B. Women in countries with higher gender inequality are more independent. C. Girls usually are born poor in stem profession.

D. Girls performed no better than boys on science in most countries.

63. What does the underlined word \"it\" in the last but one paragraph refer to? A. stem profession B. gender equality C. financial secure D. overall life satisfaction

B 指代猜测题 依据指代词所在段落的意思可知：不是说性别平等妨碍了女孩们追求科学，而是它允许她们如果没兴趣就可以不学，故it指代的是gender equality，故B项正确。 64. The passage is mainly talking about _________. A. how to balance the gender in science and technology B. why American's democracy falls behind other countries. C. how to choose appropriate majors for women's future.

D. why less gender equality to have more women in science and technology.

第页

29

18. How did the Universe begin? Many scientists would regard this as one of the most abstract questions of all. But to Stephen Hawking (霍金), who has perhaps come closer than anyone to answering it, the question doesn’t in fact even exist.

Hawking, based at the University of Cambridge, UK, and his colleague Thomas Hertog of the European Laboratory for Particle Physics at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, are about to publish a paper claiming that the Universe had no unique beginning. Instead, they argue, it began in just about every way imaginable.

Out of the varieties of beginnings, the vast majority disappeared without leaving any real mark on the Universe we know today. Only a tiny section of them remained to make the current universe, Hawking and Hertog claim.

That, they insist, is the only possible conclusion if we are to take quantum (量子) physics seriously. “Quantum mechanics (量子力学) forbids a single history,” says Hertog.

The researchers’ theory comes in response to a problem raised by “string theory (弦理论)”, one of the best hopes for a theory of everything. String theory permits innumerable different kinds of universe, most of them very different from the one we live in. Some physicists guess that an unknown factor will turn up the rules out most of these universes.

But Hawking and Hertog say that the countless “alternative worlds” of string theory may actually have existed. We should picture the Universe in the first instants of the Big Bang(宇宙大爆炸) as all these possibilities, they say; like a projection(投射) of billions of movies played on top of one another.

21. Why does the author think the question how the Universe began doesn’t in fact even exist?

A. Because nobody can answer it. B. Because Hawking has claimed that.

C. Because many scientists consider it too abstract.

D. Because the Universe began in every way imaginable without unique beginning.

22. What conclusion about how the Universe began can scientists draw with the help of Quantum mechanics?

A. That the Universe had various histories.

B. That an unknown factor will turn up the rules out most of the Universe.

C. That a tiny section of the varieties of beginnings remained to make the current universe. D. That the Universe experienced the first instants of the Big Bang as all these possibilities.

第页

30

23. Which theory is one of the best hopes for a theory of everything?

A. Quantum physics.

B. String theory.

C. Quantum mechanics.

D. The Big Bang.

19. DNA mutations (变异) cause cancer cells to grow out of control, but they also produce the variety that enables organisms (有机体) to adapt to their environments and grow. Until now, biologists have only had immature methods for calculating the average rates and effects of mutations. But in a new study, biophysicists have kept record of unique mutations as they happen in bacterial cells.

These mutations occur at about the same rate over time and only about 1% are deadly, the researchers report today in Science. Moreover, all bacteria in a given strain (菌株) seem to have about the same change rate—about one change per 600 hours in normal bacteria, and about 200 changes per 600 hours in bacteria engineered (转基因的), they note.

To see the mutations, the team built 1000 microscopic channels into a computerlike chip and placed a single bacterial cell at the closed end of each channel. The bacteria carried a DNA repair protein (蛋白) that caused any mutation to shine yellow. Then, for 8 hours up to 3 days, the researchers took a picture every few minutes as new bacterial cells were formed, pushed down the channel, and then swept away by liquid flowing across the ends of these channels. Automated picture processing let them count the number of mutations and calculate how well the cells were doing. Dead cells meant a deadly mutation; slower growing cells meant a harmful mutation.

According to its developers, the technique can be applied to calculate mutation energy in other types of cells, even human cancer cells. And the researchers eventually hope to be able to observe mutation rates in entire

第页

31

organisms, such as zebra fish, to see whether different parts of organisms have different mutation rates. 32. What is the latest scientific achievement in DNA mutations?

A. Knowing how to record unique mutations as they happen in bacterial cells. B. Applying the technique to calculate mutation energy in other types of cells. C. Having accurate methods for calculating the average rates and effects of mutations.

D. Knowing that mutations occur at about the same rate over time and only about 1% are deadly. 33. What contributes to the sharp increase in the rate at which bacteria mutates?

A. Cancer cells. C. A given strain.

B. Engineered bacteria. D. A DNA repair protein.

34. For what final purpose did the researchers take a picture of new bacterial cells every few minutes?

A. To see how they formed. B. To see what they looked like. C. To know better about the mutations. D. To count the number of the mutations. 35. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. The future of the new technique.

B. The usage of the new technique. D. How the new technique cures cancer.

C. The benefit brought by the new technique.

【解题导语】本文是一篇科技报道。科研人员有办法在细菌在细胞内变异时对其进行观察、记录进而得出转基因细菌的变异频率极高。他们希望这种方法将用来估算癌症细胞的变异活力，也可用来观察整体有机体内的变异频率。

32. D【命题意图】细节理解题。

第页 32

20. Wings of Rescue, a nonprofit group founded by Yehuda Netanel, hopes to make its 2015 Thanksgiving holiday airlift （空运）its biggest event to date with 25 planes carrying more than 1,000 dogs and 100 cats to new homes around the United States.

“Last year we flew 608 animals,\" Ric Browde, a volunteer of Wings of Rescue said. \"And as soon as the last plane took off, Yehuda told me, ‘Next year we have to go bigger, we have to do 1,000 dogs!’ And I thought, where are we going to get 1,000 dogs? The really sad part is, there are 1,000 dogs that need homes.”

The airlift will use a variety of aircraft. While most pilots involved are seasoned Wings of Rescue volunteers, there will be a couple of pilots making their first rescue flight. “We’re always looking for new pilots that are willing to join the team,” added Browde.

The event will be filmed as part of the All-Star Dog Rescue Celebration to air on the FOX network on Thanksgiving. The two-hour special aims to raise awareness for the eight million animals in the U.S. shelter system. It's being produced by actress Hilary Swank and will feature celebrity guests who will introduce the dogs in need of homes and honor the volunteers who devote their lives to caring for animals in need.

The airlift will cost the group more than $100,000. Browde says, on average, it costs $100 to save one dog – which includes fuel, rental fees for large aircraft and the cost of the health certificate required for each animal to fly.

Every dollar that is contributed goes directly to helping save a pet’s life, and Browde emphasizes that no donation is too small. “We're using money to get the planes in the air and get the dogs where they need to go.”

第页

33

28.What does the underlined word “seasoned” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Aggressive. B. Responsible. C. Experienced. D. Enthusiastic. 29. Why will this airlift be filmed on the FOX network? A. To attract more audience. B. To raise money for the poor. C. To advertise for more volunteers. D. To raise awareness for homeless animals. 30.What is the donated money used for? A. Renting aircraft.

B. Hiring more volunteers.

C. Inviting famous people to act. D. Buying toys for animals. 31. What is the passage mainly about? A. A nonprofit group.

B. A donation program.

C. A devoted animal lover. D. An event to fly animals.

【文章大意】文章主要介绍了动物救助组织Wings of Rescue举办的2015最大的活动，即一天内用25架飞机运送1000只狗和100只猫到收养家庭的事情。

21.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Last summer, my parents sold our minivan and bought a Dodge Dart. They thought it was “necessary” to 41 a smaller vehicle.

This decision affected me greatly because the new car had a manual transmission(手动变速) 42 I only knew how to drive automatic .

But this summer was supposed to be 43 , seeing as it was my first summer with my G2 driver’s 44 . In Ontario, having a G2 means you are able to drive without the supervision监督of a ( an) 45 .

第页

34

After the long hours I’d spent learning to drive the car, it felt even 46 to drive it around on my own. I felt a new-found sense of maturity and 47 that I really enjoyed. I would drive everywhere, 48 when I probably didn’t need to.

So, 49 , when my mom asked me to 50 some groceries from the local store I decided to 51 instead of walk. While turning into the open spot in the store’s parking lot , I somehow scratched the car beside me. When I got out to 52 the damage, a bystander ran up warning me to contact the owner of the car I had scratched, or she would tell her husband, who was “a cop.”

Shocked and at a loss for words, I managed to find a piece of paper to write my 53 number on and put it on the 54 car’s window.

I was really 55 when I got home, because not only had I managed to 56 our own new car, I’d also damaged another person’s car.

When the owner called me, she was very aggressive and 57 . Though I hadn’t hit her car on purpose, I finally said it would probably be better if she 58 back and talked to my parents. When it was all settled, the total 59 were around $2,000.

From this matter, I learned that as I got older I would get many new 60 , but they will also come with more responsibility. 41. A. design 42. A. when

B. equip B. while

C. decorate C. though C. boring

D. purchase

D. unless D. relaxing D. duty

D. policeman

43. A. disappointing B. amazing 44. A. licence 45. A. adult

B. right

C. permission

B. parent C. teacher

46. A. worse 47. A. direction 48. A. especially 49. A. naturally 50. A. bring up 51. A. jog 52. A. search

B. harder C. better D. easier D. pride D. just D. gradually D. clear up D. drive

D. do

B. responsibility C. humor B. even

C. only

B. obviously B. take up B. ride B. check B. car

C. strangely C. pick up C. run

C. repair

53. A. phone 54. A. trapped

第页

C. account C. lost

35

D. house D. damaged

B. parked

55. A. embarrassed B. anxious 56. A. scratch 57. A. reliable

B. drive

C. upset D. amazed D. repair

D. angry

C. operate C. reasonable C. came C. taxes

B. desperate B. called

58. A. kept 59. A. repairs

D. paid D. prices D. friends

B. refunds

60. A. ambitions B. chances C. privileges

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者拿到G2驾照后兴高采烈，独自一人驾驶时刮蹭到了别人的汽车的事件，以及由此而引发的感触：人们在长大获得更多权利的同时也背负了更多的责任。

49.A考查副词。根据上文可知作者学会驾驶自己家的车后非常高兴，做什么都开车去，此处表示顺承关系，故选A。

50.C 考查动词短语。母亲让作者去杂货店，由此推断是去购买物品，piak up“廉价买到，或得到”选C。 51.D考查动词。根据下文可知作者开车去的，选D。

52.B考查动词。从语境可知作者在看到汽车檫伤后下车查看情况，选B。

53.A考查名词。根据下文When the owner called me,可以判断作者留下了联系方式，选A。 54.D考查形容词。从上下文可知作者开车蹭到了别人的汽车，故选D。

55.C 考查形容词。根据后面的原因状语从句可以推测作者很懊恼，忐忑不安，选C。

第页 36

22.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Mary, 13, was reading in her bedroom when in came her mother’s 41 voice: “Help! Help! A little boy fell into a 42 , and no one can reach him.”

She ran to a neighbor’s yard, finding the boy’s 43 mother and other lost adults surrounding a tank with the hatch(开口) 44 . The boy of 2 had 45 into an 8-foot-deep tank with 4-foot-deep waste water inside.

Mary 46 surveyed the situation. She was the only one who could fit through the small 47 . Without hesitation, she told the adults, “ 48 me in.”

Two of the adults held her waist and legs. “I moved 49 my arms and shoulders until I got through the opening,” Mary says. Inside, the tank was dark, and the air smelled 50 . Mary reached out her arms into the waste 51 . And she 52 her left wrist against a pole, injuring the muscles in the wrist and arm so seriously that the hand was made 53 . Rather than 54 to her injury, Mary skimmed (掠过) the surface of the water, 55 to find the boy. “Suddenly, I’d see his little 56 stick out,” she says. “Then I would try to grab them.” Minutes passed by before she saw the 57 outline of his foot again. Mary 58 her good hand out and grasped the foot tightly. “Pull me up!” she shouted. The boy was saved. Mary was badly 59 but she was glad to have done what she should.

“Mary is a hero,” people say. “What other teenage girl is 60 enough to go into a dangerous tank?” 41. A. frightened 42. A. hole

B. surprised B. well B. poor B. open B. slipped

C. discouraged C. tank C. pitiful C. narrow C. hid

D. astonished

D. pool D. anxious

D. loose

43. A. unlucky 44. A. wide

45. A. stepped 46. A. quickly

D. disappeared D. actively D. window

B. carefully B. tank

C. seriously C. hole

37

47. A. handle

第页

48. A. Let

B. Show B. hard B. muddy B. water B. raised

C. Drop

D. Lower D. rapidly D. terrible D. liquid D. reached D. useless D. point D. imagining D. hands D. white D. shot

D. cheated

49. A. back and forth 50. A. poisonous 51. A. bottom 52. A. put

C. continuously C. strange C. gap

C. forced C. red

53. A. painful 54. A. turn

B. exhausted B. refer B. hoping B. head B. dim B. reached B. needed B. proud

C. tend C. thinking C. hair C. black C. spread

55. A. wondering 56. A. toes 57. A. clear

58. A. stretched 59. A. treated 60. A. brave

C. hurt

C. selfish D. unselfish

【文章大意】本文是一个救险故事。玛丽正在卧室看书，突然听到母亲惊恐地喊“救命呀！救命”。原来是邻居的一个两岁男孩掉入储水罐里，由于罐口太小，只有12岁的玛丽可勉强进入。在此危急时刻，玛丽毫不犹豫挺身而出。经过艰难的施救，男孩终于得救。玛丽严重受伤，但令她高兴的是她做了一件该做的事。 41. A B项和D项意义相同(因高兴或出乎预料而吃惊)。此处使用B项(惊恐的)符合逻辑，因为小男孩遇险。

42. C 下文提到了储水罐tank，因此此处使用C项(tank储水罐)与之呼应。 43. D 孩子遇险，母亲是最焦急的(anxious)。 44. B 开口开着(open)，小孩才会掉入。 45. B 只有B项不慎滑落(slip)符合逻辑。

46. A 情况紧急需尽快(quickly)查明实情, 其他选项不符合逻辑。 47. C 此处是把开口(hatch)比作洞口(hole)，因为它太窄了。

48. D 上文说罐深达8英尺，年幼的玛丽需要借助他人降到罐底，因此使用使我降入罐里(lower)符合逻辑。 49. A 进入狭小的空间只能前后(back and forth)、左右摆动身体才可进入, 其他选项与此无关。 50. D 贮存于几乎封闭罐内的废水的气味是很难闻的(smell terrible)。 51. B 上文提到储水罐贮存废水，因此此处使用B项(water)。

52. C 此处表达玛丽把左手腕强行塞入(force)立柱周围的缝隙，以便挂住作为用力的支撑点。 53. D 用力强行塞入使玛丽左手腕、左手臂的肌肉严重受伤以至于左手不好使(useless)。

第页

38

23.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The boys had been shopping all morning and still weren’t done. I 41 , standing in the store. Just nine days before 42 , Caitlin’s house had burned to the ground. But Caitlin and her family all 43 escaped.

All the family 44 was what they were wearing and each other. The school was replacing their books and uniforms and now, two days after the 45 , all the girls in Caitlin’s class were taking her shopping for clothes and shoes. The boys were shopping for 46 like scarves, socks and hair ties, all the things they don’t even 47 .

After another hour, I had finished my 48 and had helped the boys 49 everything they wanted to get for Caitlin.

When we got home, my brother brought everything he had 50 for Caitlin to my room to make sure I thought she’d 51 everything one last time before he 52 them.

“I think she’ll love everything,” I said, and he smiled his big smile. I hugged him, 53 he tried to push me away. I was so 54 of him at that moment. He loves giving and making others 55 . He’s an honest kid who sees only the good in the world. I used to wonder how he could 56 see the good when there was so much bad, but now I 57 why: there is so much good 58 him.

He selflessly gave up all his 59 for Caitlin. He had, through this act of a pure heart, got the true 60 of Christmas. 41. A. waited

B. listened

C. shouted C. examination

D. observed D. departure

42. A. Christmas B. graduation 43. A. gradually B. obviously 44. A. belonged B. had

第页

C. successfully D. likely C. liked

39

D. desired

45. A. rescue B. discovery

C. flood D. fire D. tools D. dream of

D. project

46. A. decorations B. things C. products C. give up

47. A. think about B. hear of 48. A. homework 49. A. try on

B. interview C. shopping

B. prepare for C. experiment with D. pick out C. kept

D. demanded D. accept D. wrapped

50. A. purchased B. owned 51. A. use 52. A. bought

B. like B. rolled

C. donate C. changed

53. A. because B. in case 54. A. confident B. proud 55. A. happy 56. A. even 57. A. doubt 58. A. beside 59. A. toys 60. A. spirit

C. even though D. before C. careful

D. afraid D. calm D. just

D. judge

B. comfortable C. excited B. seldom

C. ever

B. distinguish

C. realize

B. inside B. joy B. origin

C. before C. time C. aim

D. around D. savings D. story

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，作者讲述了在弟弟的同学家遭遇火灾之后，大家伸手援助的故事，通过弟弟倾尽积蓄为同学购买礼物的故事，赞扬了弟弟的真诚和善良。

51. B考查动词。根据下段中作者的回答可知，弟弟想确定一下Gaitlin是否是喜欢他为她购买的物品，故选B。

第页 40

24. 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Every Sunday morning I take a light walking around a park near my home. There’s a lake__36__ in one corner of the park. Each time I __37__ by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water’s __38__ with a small metal cage sitting beside her.

This past Sunday my __39__ got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and walked __40__ to her. __41__ I got closer, I realized that the metal cage was__42__ a small trap. There were three turtles, unharmed, slowly walking around the base of the trap. She had a fourth turtle in her lap __43__she was __44__ scrubbing with a spongy brush.

“Hello,” I said. “If you don’t mind my __45__, I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.” She smiled. “I’m cleaning off their shells ,” she replied. “__46__ on a turtle’s shell, like algae or scum, __47__ the turtle’s ability to absorb heat and impedes its ability to swim. It can also __48__ and weaken the shell over time.”

She went on: “I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning, relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out. It’s my own __49__way of making a difference.”

“But don’t most freshwater turtles live their whole lives with algae and scum __50__ from their shells?” I asked.

“Yep, __51__, they do,” she replied.

“Well then, don’t you think your time could be better spent? And 99% of these turtles don’t have kind people

第页

41

like you to help them clean off their shells. So, no __52__...but how exactly are your localized __53__ here truly making a difference?”

The woman giggled aloud.

She then __54__ at the turtle in her lap, scrubbed off the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, “Sweetie, if this little guy__55__ talk, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world. 36. A. being located 37. A. reach

B. locating C. located B. hike

C. wander

D. having located D. jog D. edge D. caution

38. A. surface B. bottom C. position B. passion B. over B. As

39. A. curiosity 40. A. down 41. A. Until

C. enthusiasm C. up

D. around D. After

D. in effect D. what D. alternatively D. nosiness

D. Everything

C. While C. in chaos C. which

42. A. in particular 43. A. that

B. in return B. where

44. A. attentively 45. A. request 46. A. Something 47. A. broadens 48. A. weather 49. A. common 50. A. attached

B. gradually `C. directly B. permission C. doubt B. Anything C. Nothing B. strengthens C. lowers B. address B. unique B. tied

C. choke C. explicit C. hanging

D. enlarges D. split D. potential D. floating D. absolutely D. excuse D. arrangements

D. thought back

51. A. fortunately 52. A. wonder

B. basically C. sadly B. problem B. efforts

C. offense

53. A. contributions 54. A. looked down 55. A. would

C. sacrifices

B. drove away C. tore up B. might

C. shall

D. should

答案：36-40 CDDAB 41-45 BDAAD 46-50 BCABC 51-55 CCBAD

【文章大意】文章主要通过作者见证老妇人为乌龟清理龟壳上的脏物来阐述生活中哪怕行善者的善举再小也会给接受善举的人或物带来不一样的结果的道理。

36. C. 非谓语动词 空格处主要考查locate一词用作后置定语的非谓语动词的用法，要使用located, 故C项正确。

第页

42

系代词that，故A项正确。

44. A. 副词辨析 依据上下文意思可知此处表示的是“老妇人在仔细地清理着乌龟身上的海藻等脏物”，故A项正确表示“认真专注地”。B项表示“逐渐地”；C项是“直接地”而D项表示“可替换地”。

45. D. 名词辨析 此处考查的是固定的表达即“if you don't mind one's nosiness”表示“如果你不介意我多事的话”，故D项正确。

46. B 代词辩词 依据上下文意思可知此处表示的是：乌龟壳上的诸如海藻、浮渣之类的任意脏物，故需要用anything一词来表示“任意脏物”之意，故B项正确。

47. C. 动词辨析 依据上下文意思可知此处表示的是“乌龟壳上的诸如海藻、浮渣之类的任意脏物都会减少或降低乌龟的游泳能力”，故C项表示“弱化”正确；A项是“拓宽”；B项是“加强”而D项表示“变大”之意。 48. A. 动词辨析 依据上下文意思可知此处表示的是“那些脏物会腐蚀乌龟的壳的”，A项作动词时可表示“风化，腐蚀”之意，故A项正确；B项表示“处理”；C项是“哽咽”而D项是“分离”之意。

49. B. 形容词辨析 依据上下文可知此处表示的是老妇人在用自己独特的方式使这一切与众不同，故B项表示“独特的、独一无二的”适合。A项是“普遍的”；C项是“明确的，清楚的”而D项表示的“有潜力的”。 50. C. 动词辨析 依据上下文可知此处表示的作者认为乌龟一生壳上都应该是有海藻之意的依附着；此处

第页 43

25.阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I was a young man I had much ego (自负). I thought I ___21___ everything. I looked forward to fame and success. I can even remember once in college ___22___ telling one of my friends: “If only everyone listened to me, then they would all be happy.” I ___23___ left school, ready to take on the world. Little did I know the world was about to take on me.

In the ___24___ following college, instead of success, I found struggles. I had ___25___ in finding work. My jobs were either temporary or were ___26___ badly. When my wife and I had children, we were ___27___ to learn that both of our sons had Autism (自闭症) and would need to be ___28___ for the rest of their lives. I had no ___29___why this had happened to us. In time, however, I began to ___30___. My ego was decreasing fast, Instead of success, I found my ___31___ in moments of love. Playing and ___32___ with my sons brought me so much happiness. My boys ___33___ me more about peace, patience, joy and love than I could have ever learned on my own. I began to share the ___34___ I learned through my writings and my life. I finally realized that my ___35___ in this world had nothing to do with fame or success. ___36___, it had everything to do with allowing love and light into my life and ___37___ it with everyone I could.

You may not be happy 100% of the time. ___38___ can be in this world. Yet, you will find a joy no earthly (世俗的) ___39___ could ever give. Put all of your moments, days, and years to good use then. ___40___ them with love.

21. A. knew

第页

B. deserved C. possessed

44

D. confirmed

22. A. calmly B. honestly

C. proudly D. eagerly D. smoothly D. days D. trouble D. judged D. embarrassed D. taken care of D. idea

D. improve

23. A. frequently B. finally 24. A. years 25. A. fun 26. A. done

B. months B. regret B. paid

C. suddenly C. weeks C. power

C. prepared C. shocked

27. A. exhausted B. annoyed

28. A. taken charge of B. paid attention to C. put up with 29. A. belief 30. A. agree 31. A. challenge 32. A. laughing 33. A. fetched 34. A. theories 35. A. demand 36. A. Therefore 37. A. sharing

B. hope B. change B. joy

C. opinion

C. struggle

C. luck D. goal D. working D. taught D. truths D. world D. Instead D. enjoying D. Anybody D. experience D. Equip

B. toying B. brought B. contents B. career B. Again B. owning

C. swimming C. prepared C. lessons C. purpose C. Also

C. admiring C. Everybody C. success

38. A. Somebody B. Nobody 39. A. person 40. A. Live

B. matter B. Fill

C. Exchange

【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. D 30. B 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. C 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. A

【解析】 本文为夹叙夹议文。作者年轻时很自负，认为自己一定会成功成名。不料毕业后不仅没有成功反而生活很困难，尤其是当听说两个儿子又有自闭症时，极度震惊。然而随着时间的推移，作者发生了变化 。 在与儿子的相处中找到了快乐和爱，找到了超越世俗的快乐，就是好好利用你所有的时间，用爱激活他们。21. 考查动词。knew知道； deserved值得， possessed拥有；confirmed确认，应得；证实。根据第一句“When I was a young man I had much ego (自负)” 可知我很自负，所以我认为我什么都知道（knew）。分析选项可知A符合题意。

第页 45

28. 考查动词短语辨析。taken charge of 负责；paid attention to 注意；put up with提出； taken care of照顾。根据上文可知两个孩子都有自闭症，所以作者夫妇要照顾（taken care of）他们余生，故选D项。 29. 考查固定搭配。have no idea为固定搭配，意为“不知道”。此句为我不知道为什么这事会发生在我们身上。故选D项。

30. 考查动词辨析。 agree同意，赞成；change改变，变化；struggle努力，挣扎；improve提高，改善。根据文章可知，以前我是一个自负的人，但随着时间的推移，我不再自负。可知我开始改变（change）了。故选B项。

31. 考查动词辨析。challenge挑战； joy快乐；luck幸运，运气；goal目标。我在爱的瞬间找到了快乐，故选B项。

32. 考查动词辨析。根据后面的“和孩子一起玩带给我那么多的快乐，可知，带来快乐的还有和孩子们一起笑（laughing），故选A。

33. 考查动词辨析。fetched 去取来； brought带来；prepared准备； taught教。孩子们教给我的更多的是和平、耐心、欢乐和爱，这是我自己无法学会的。分析选项可知D项符合题意。

34. 考查名词辨析。 theories理论；contents内容；lessons教训； truth事实。根据前文说孩子们教会我许多东西，这是我自已无法学到的经验教训了。可推断出通过写作我开始分享我学到的经验教训（lessons），故选C项。

第页 46

26.阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Famous British physicist Stephen Hawking, ___41___ mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76.

Propelled(推动) to superstar by his 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which became ___42___ unlikely worldwide bestseller, Hawking devoted ___43___(he) to unlocking the secrets of the Universe. His genius and wit ___44___(win) over fans from far beyond the world of astrophysics, earning comparisons with Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.

Hawking died ___45___ (peaceful) at his home in the British university city of Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

“We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,” professor Hawking’s children said in a statement ___46___ (carry) by Britain’s Press Association news agency. “He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live ___47___ for many years.”

Hawking refused to accept the predictions that he would only live for a few years after developing a form of motor neurone disease in his early ___48___ (twenty). The illness gradually robbed him of mobility, ___49___(leave) him confined to a wheelchair, almost completely paralysed and unable to speak except through his voice synthesiser(合成器).

第页

47

“His courage and persistence with his brilliance and ___50___ (humorous) inspired people across the world,” his family said. 【答案】41. whose 42. an 43. himself 44. won 45. peacefully 46. carried

47. on 48. twenties 49. leaving 50. Humor/humor

44. 考查谓语动词。本文主要讲述霍金生前的事，要用一般过去时，因此本空要用过去时won。句意：他的天才和智慧不只在天体物理学界赢得许多粉丝。故填won.

45. 考查副词作状语。霍金于星期三凌晨在英国大学城剑桥的家中平静地死去。peaceful 为形容词，在句中修饰动词died，修饰动词一般用副词，因此要用其副词形式 peacefully。

46. 考查非谓语。Hawking教授的孩子在英国新闻协会新闻社发表的一份声明中说…。分析句子in a statement___6___ (carry) by Britain’s Press Association news agency可知，carry在句中作a statement的后置定语。根据by Britain’s Press Association news agency，由新闻社发表的声明，statement与carry 是被动关系，故要用过去分词carried。

第页 48

27. 【河北省保定市高三第二次模拟】阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science._____41_____(build) over 2, 200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering_____42_____(achieve) is still used today. In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands_____43_____(suffer) from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River.______44______(help) the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided t find a solution. Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. ____45____(good) still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making____46____suitable for farming. Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live

____47____(peaceful). Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams___48___ the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally,___49___ (enable) ecosystem(生态系统) and fish populations to exist____50____harmony. 【答案】41. Built 42. achievement 43. suffered 44. To help 45. Better 46. it 47. peacefully

48. where 49. enabling

第页

49

50. in

【解析】 本文介绍了中国古代水利工程都江堰的历史及其所起的作用。

41. 考查非谓语。分析句子_____1_____(build) over 2, 200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering…本句是省略句，其逻辑主语是主句的主语This amazing engineering，动词build与它是被动关系。根据时间状语“over 2, 200 years ago”推断出，动作已发生并表被动。故要用过去分词built。句意：2, 200多年前在现在的中国西南部的四川省，建造了这个惊人的工程。故填Built

48. 考查定语从句的关系词。分析句子Unlike modern dams___8___ the water is blocked with a huge wall可知，句中的 modern dams是先行词，在后面的定语从句中作状语，放入从句中为the water is blocked with a huge wall in modern dams,因此要用where。

49. 考查非谓语。句意：都江堰仍然允许水自然流经闽江河，使生态系统…。分析句子Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally,___9___ (enable) ecosystem。可知Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally,是主句，自然而然导出下面的内容，而enable与前面的句子是主动关系，要用动词ing形式作结果状语。故运用enabling。

50. 考查固定搭配。in hamony为固定搭配，意为“和谐无间，和谐”，故填in。句意：都江堰仍然允许水自然流经闽江河，使生态系统和鱼类和谐相处。

第页

50

28. 【湖南省长沙市雅礼中学、河南省实验中学2018届高三联考】假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友George要来北京，其间他想参加中国传统文化方面的课程，来信希望你能推荐一个课程。请你给他回信，内容包括： 1. 你推荐的课程, 2. 该课程的内容, 3. 你推荐的理由。 注意：词数100左右。

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear George.

I am delighted to hear that you want to take a course about Chinese traditional culture. I am writing to recommend one on Beijing Opera.

This course. “Introduction to Beijing Opera”, which will be held in Beijing next month for two weeks, contains two sections. A lecture on the history of Beijing Opera will introduce its time-honored development, including the detailed process of how it spread. What takes the course to a new height is a theater trip. Stepping into Mci Lanfang Theatre, you’ll get a taste of the performance techniques by appreciating how the voices and motions arc perfectly combined on the stage.

I heartily recommend this course to you based on the following reasons. I know you love drama so much, so you will be able to more easily understand Sheng. Dan, Jing, Mo, Chou, the five main characters of Beijing Opera. It is also an interactive course, in which you will have a chance to communicate with opera performers face to face.

I hope my introduction is helpful. Please let me know if you have further questions.

第页

51

Yours, Li Hua

29. 假定你是李华。你的英国朋友Leslie请你为他推荐一部中国经典小说(英文版)。请你给他写封邮件，内容包括:

1. 推荐《西游记》;

2. 被认为是十六世纪明代吴承恩所著; 3. 中国四大名著之一;

4. 讲述玄奘师徒四人去西天取经的经历及磨难。 注意:1. 词数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

参考词汇:《西游记》The Journey to the West;佛经Buddhist sutras

____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________第页

52

_ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear Leslie,

How are you? Upon your request, I’m writing to recommend a great Chinese storybook—The Journey to the West.

It’s a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and is thought to have been written by Wu Cheng’en. It’s one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. The novel is about the legendary adventures of the Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang and his three followers who traveled to the “Western Regions”, that is, Central Asia and India, to obtain Buddhist sutras and returned after much suffering.

You will find the English version on Amazon. com or other websites selling books. I’m sure you’ll be interested in it.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

亮点分析：本文要点完整，结构合理，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。文章以简单句为主，运用了非谓语动词作定语（非谓语published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty作定语，修饰名词a Chinese novel。) Upon your request, 句式相对较为灵活。文章中运用了常用句式运用了upon (doing ) sth…(一….就（I’m writing to recommend a great Chinese storybook）和常用句式sth. is thought to have done…（大家认为……）文章中还运用一些复句。如定语从句（his three followers who traveled to the “Western Regions”）和名词从句：I’m sure you’ll be interested in it. 30. 假设你是周军，前外籍教师Mr. Smith近日来信询问你的近况，请根据以下提示回复一封邮件。 （1）简述自己的学习和生活；

（2）告知你以“China In Future”为题的演讲参加了省级英语演讲比赛，并获得一等奖。 （3）感谢他在英语方面对你的帮助。 注意：

第页

53

（1）词数100左右；

（2）可适当增加细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯； （3）开头落款已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：省级英语演讲比赛 Provincial-level English Speech Contest

为题的：titled

Dear Mr. Smith,

I’m glad to hear from you. __________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours ever Zhou Jun

【参考范文】 Dear Mr. Smith,

I’m glad to hear from you. Recently, I’ve been getting along well with my study and life. I’ve got used to the life in high school. What is important is that I’ve got through with the English novels you recommended. As a result, I’ve made obvious and rapid progress in English study. Besides, I entered the Provincial-level English Speech Contest and got first by means of the speech titled China In Future. To be honest, I owe all the achievements to you, because you helped me much with my English during your teaching in my school. I hope you can give me more advice on study and life. Remember me to your family.

Best wishes.

Yours

ever

第页

54

Zhou Jun

本校学生会组织了一个English club，请代表学生会写一则通知，告知参加English club事宜。内容包括： 1．English club设立目的。

2．English club 的活动时间、地点。 3．报名时间、地点、截止时间。

注意：开头、结尾已给出(不计入总词数)； 字数：100左右。

参考词汇：校园campus；语音室language lab

Notice

Thursday, March 22,

2018

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Student

Union

【思路导航】在高考英语书面表达题中，书信、邮件和通知是经常出现的文体。一般会给通知的开头

【参考范文】

Notice

Thursday, March 22,

2018

Attention, please. Here is important news for you. To make our life on the campus colorful and improve our English, Student Union will set up an English club.

You can participate in the various activities from 15:00 to 16:30 every Wednesday and Friday in Language Labs—— No 2, No 4 or No 6. The club begins next Wednesday, on March 28. Every schoolmate is welcome to

第页

55

the club. A member from the Student Union will be waiting for you in the room, where the union often holds meetings, from 15:00 to 16:00 except weekend. Be sure to come to sign up before 3:00pm next Tuesday. I believe you will never regret joining it. So, just do it.

Student Union

假定你是李华，你们学校计划将于下周举行书法讲座，请你写信邀请对中国汉字书法感兴趣的外教Mr. Smith前来参加。

1) 时间：10月15日（星期六）上午9:00—11:00； 2) 地点：图书馆二楼202房间；

3) 活动安排：听讲座，讨论，观摩即兴创作等。 参考词汇：书法calligrapher； 即兴创作improvisation 注意：

1) 词数100左右；

2) 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3) 开头和结尾已为你写好。 Dear Mr. Smith,

____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【参考范文】 Dear Mr. Smith,

I’m writing to invite you to the lecture about Chinese calligraphy on October 15th next Saturday. As far as I know, you are interested in traditional Chinese culture, especially Chinese characters. So I hope you can enjoy it.

第页

56

The lecture will be given in Room 202, on the second floor of the library and will last from 9 am. to 11 am. It mainly consists of three parts: one hour’s listening to the lecture, half an hour’s discussion and for another half an hour, we will observe the calligrapher improvisation on the spot.

We will be very glad if you can come. Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In our lives, many of us will find 61 （we） caring for an elderly parent. This is never easy; it can take great efforts 62 (emotional) and physically, and the financial challenges can sometimes seem 63 our ability.

Often one of the 64 (hard) things is striking a balance between your parent’s desire to feel independent and your control of their life, with the need to ensure they are safe and their health needs 65 (attend) to.

Sometimes this can create tensions (紧张) and arguments, only 66 (add) to the stress of an already difficult situation. It is important here to make them feel they are being listened to, and 67 they know you only have their best interests at heart.

It’s the same with financial issues. To cover the costs of their parent’s care, many people will consider the choices such as selling the family home. The most important thing here is 68 (communicate) —it counts much to make sure that everyone 69 (involve) is aware of 70 is being proposed and singing from the same hymn (圣歌) sheet.

【文章大意】本文介绍了在照顾年老的父母时所遇到的问题及解决办法。

65. are being attended考查时态、语态。健康需要(their health needs)被关注。此处使用attend的现在进行时态被动形式表达实时被关注，这样才适合此处的语境。

第页

57

66. adding 考查非谓语动词。此处使用现在分词adding表达预料之中的结果，而only to do表达出乎预料的结果。本句的意思是：这会导致紧张和争吵，其结果是：使本已困难的状况更加困难。

【湖南省长沙市雅礼中学、河南省实验中学2018届高三联考】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Our parakeet (长尾鹦鹉) Chip and Goldie, a stray tortoiseshell kitten we took in, ___41___ (grow) to be best friends, eating and playing together. I was a member ___42___ a bird conservation organization at the time, so we often took care of injured ___43___ (bird). Goldie helped raise dozens of injured and orphaned native birds,___44___ (act) as a watchful guardian. One day, it was Chip who needed Goldie’s supervision. I had left a large bowl of pancake batter (面糊)___45___ (cover) in the kitchen. But while I was out of the room, Chip climbed onto the bowl to have ___46___ taste but soon fell in and sank.___47___ (luck), Goldie was on hand and stuck her face in the bowl to fish Chip out. She cleaned his face and beak so he could breathe before running to alert me with a loud meow. I followed Goldie,___48___ was also covered in batter, back into the kitchen ___49___ found a battered budgie on the floor. After being washed, dried and warmed, Chip made a full ___50___ (recover). Bowls were always covered in future and Goldie and Chip remained the best of friends. 【答案】41. grew 42. of 43. birds 44. acting 45. uncovered 46. a 47. Luckily 48. who 49. and

第页

58

50. recovery

a。

47. 考查副词。句意：很幸运，Goldie就在身边，把脸贴在碗里把Chip捞上来。此处是副词修饰整个句子，故答案为Luckily。

48. 考查定语从句。句意：我跟着Goldie回到厨房，他也被覆盖上了面糊，在地板上发现了一个弄脏了的 的小鹦鹉。此处Goldie是先行词，拟人手法，后面的非限制性定语从句缺少引导词和主语，故答案为who。49. 考查并列连词。句意：我跟着Goldie回到厨房，他也被覆盖上了面糊，在地板上发现了一个弄脏了的的小鹦鹉。此处是并列的谓语，故答案为and。

50. 考查名词。形容词修饰名词，再根据前面的a，可知此处用名词单数，故答案为recovery。

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Ann and I have been married for 58 years, but it was not love at first 41 . We both 42 in Mobile, and entered Murphy High School in 1953. I sat by two girls. The three of us talked so 43 during class that the teacher split us up. She moved me next to a 44 named Ann. The only thing I knew about Ann was that she was best friends with the 45 pastor’s (牧师) daughter. That was all I knew about her. And Ann knew all she 46 to know about me.

In our junior year, we were still in the 47 class. When in 48 , I asked Ann to 49 me what I was doing wrong. Without a word, she let me know she was 50 to help me. So I asked another classmate.

Later, I started working in a 51 store. Ann came in weekly with her mother and seemed to be a 52

第页

59

person. We talked a lot and I 53 that I had changed, too.

Once as I took the groceries out for her, I asked if she’d 54 to go for a ride after work, but she said she 55 drive her mother home. I felt 56 but found out later that she was hoping for my 57 to pick her up after work.

Days later seeing Ann walking home, I offered her a ride. She accepted and I quickly asked her for a 58 , thinking she’d be more 59 to accept. And she did. We continued to date until that famous pastor 60 us. 41. A. view

B. meeting B. grew up

C. sight

D. hand D. brought in D. attentively D. girl D. strict D. hated D. same

D. need

42. A. grew out C. brought up C. widely

43. A. much 44. A. boy 45. A. poor

B. seriously B. classmate B. kind B. offered B. small B. trouble B. teach

B. schoolmate C. famous C. got

46. A. wanted

47. A. familiar 48. A. class

C. good

C. silence

49. A. show 50. A. ready 51. A. fruit 52. A. rich

C. warn D. inform D. unwilling D. department D. mature D. thought D. hope D. decided to D. rejected D. confidence D. promise D. due D. married

B. sure

B. grocery B. clever

C. hesitated C. book C. different C. realized C. wish C. used to

53. A. understood 54. A. need 55. A. had to

B. expected B. like

B. preferred to B. embarrassed B. hope B. ride B. likely B. allowed

56. A. disappointed 57. A. support 58. A. date

C. frustrated C. offer C. advice C. possible

59. A. uncertain 60. A. met

C. congratulated

【文章大意】本文是一个爱情故事。本文作者与妻子结婚已58年，但不是一见钟情。学生时代就遇见并看中Ann, 但Ann对他没中意。随着年龄的增长、阅历的增加，两人都发生了变化。他们经过多次相处、约会终成眷属。

第页 60

51. B 根据后文“I took the groceries out for her”可知此处填“grocery”。 52. C 根据后文“I had changed, too.”，可知此处使用different与之呼应。

53. C 看到Ann似乎变了，作者才意识到(realize)自身也发生了变化。其它项不符合语境。 54. B 某人愿意做某事用“sb would like / love /prefer to do”来表达。

55. A 找理由委婉地谢绝某人的请求时，用“不得不have to”符合表达习惯。

56. D 此处使用“感到被拒绝rejected”与下文“Ann渴望得到Ann was hoping for”呼应。 57. C 此处用“殷勤/主动offer”才能体现恋人间的恋情。

58. A 根据后文“continued to date”可知此处填“幽会date”符合语境。

59. B 此处语境是：成熟的作者认为Ann十分有可能(likely)接受才向她表达“献殷勤”的请求。 60. D 牧师为他人的主持婚礼“pastor marry sb”。

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 When Mrs. Green told her pupils to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful, she thought how little these children in a(an) 41 neighborhood, had to be 42 for. Most of the 43 would draw pictures of turkeys (火鸡) or of Thanksgiving tables full of everything 44 to eat. That was what they believed was 45 them.

What made Mrs. Green 46 was David’s picture. David was so disappointed and likely to be 47

第页

61

close in his shadow as they went outside for breaks. David’s drawing was 48 this:

A hand, whose hand? The class was strongly attracted by his image. “I think it must be the 49 of God 50 us food,” said one student.

“A 51 ,” said another, “because they 52 the turkeys.”

“It looks more like a policeman, and they 53 us.” “I think,” Lucy said 54 , “that it is 55 to be all the hands that help us, but David could only draw one of them.”

Mrs. Green had almost forgotten David in her 56 at finding the class so responsive (共鸣的). Having the others working on another project, she bent over his 57 and asked whose hand it was.

David whispered, “It’s yours, Teacher.”

Then Mrs. Green 58 she had taken David by the hand from time to time; she often did that with the children. But that it should have 59 so much to David …

Perhaps, she thought this was her Thanksgiving, and everybody’s Thanksgiving—not the things given to us, but the small 60 that we give something to others. 41. A. bettering 42. A. eager

B. developing B. thankful B. school

C. interesting C. ready C. group

D. worsening D. greedy D. boys D. fit

D. expected of

43. A. class 44. A. rare

B. delicious

B. expensive

45. A. convinced of 46. A. satisfied 47. A. found 48. A. only 49. A. head

B. informed of

C. warned of

B. touched B. shut B. simply B. arm

C. amazed C. hidden C. clearly C. hand

D. encouraged D. stuck D. exactly D. foot

D. bringing

50. A. fetching 51. A. worker 52. A. raise

B. earning C. sending

B. carpenter B. milk B. protect B. quickly B. known B. pride B. book

C. farmer C. have C. watch C. honestly C. said C. pleasure

D. banker D. grow D. guard D. loudly D. supposed D. wonder D. desk

53. A. bring

54. A. seriously 55. A. proved 56. A. surprise 57. A. picture

第页

C. schoolbag

62

58. A. realized 59. A. sensed 60. A. ways

B. wished B. meant B. chances

C. remembered C. accounted C. abilities

D. believed D. affected D. hopes

【文章大意】本文是一个感人的故事。在贫困地区任教的格林老师在感恩节上课时，让同学们画出自己最感激的东西，使格林老师感到惊讶的是大卫画了一只手；那么他画的是谁的手呢？孩子们给出了不同的答案。大卫说：画的是格林老师的手。此时老师记起经常手牵手地呵护大卫和孩子们。这对于大卫来说十分重要。由此老师感悟到：感恩并非只是回馈的实物，而是感恩的方式所给予的启迪。

50. D God是神灵不用“挣得、去取、送达”，而是顺便“带来bring”。 51. C 农场养火鸡，因此填C项“农场主farmer” 52. A 饲养“raise”火鸡符合表达习惯和此处的语境。

第页 63

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I may be a bit old school but I think that people who store all of their pictures on their smart phones are missing out on something. There is ___36___ like seeing a loved one’s smiling face looking down on you from a picture frame on your wall. It is both ___37___and assuring, almost like they are watching ___38___ you while you work at your desk.

As I work at my own desk I can see my Mom’s picture smiling down on me. She left us too soon. She was only 55 years old when cancer ___39___ her. If one’s years here were___40___ on merit then she should have lived to be over 100. My Dad’s kind smile is ___41___ hers. It has only been a few years since he passed. Sometimes I still ___42___ the telephone wanting to call him and tell him something that has just happened to me only to remember that he is gone. My Nana’s picture is there too, ___43___ the 90 years young sign at her birthday party 16 years ago. How I wish I ___44__ walk into her kitchen again, have a talk, and ___45___ a big slice of homemade Italian bread with her.

Sometimes looking at these pictures gives me a ___46__ of sadness. I still miss them all and I don’t feel ___47___ to be the oldest generation yet. Most of the time, ___48___, I only feel the warmth and joy that comes from a million loving memories ___49___these pictures bring back. It makes me feel___50___ knowing that I had them all in my life for the years that I did. It makes me want to follow their loving example___51___ in my own 第页

64

life as well.

A lot of people say that you have to have a ___52___ heart to get through life. Others say a soft heart is better. I myself think that a strong heart is best. We need a heart that loves through the ___53___. We need a heart that keeps loving ___54___when we lose the people we love the most. We need a heart that knows that “Anyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him.” May your heart be strong then. May your love ___55___ from your pictures and from your life. 36. A. something B. anything

C. everything D. nothing

D. frustrating

37. A. confusing B. disgusting C. comforting 38. A. out

B. over C. for D. on B. eliminated

C. sacrificed

C. keen

D. took

D. reliable

39. A. claimed 40. A. based

B. dependent

41. A. second to 42. A. put up

B. next to B. pick up B. catching B. shall B. prepare

C. related to C. bring up C. compiling C. might C. bake

D. inferior to D. hang up D. holding D. should D. purchase

D. touch

43. A. celebrating 44. A. could 45. A. share 46. A. ratio

B. emotion C. logic

C. happy

47. A. satisfied 48. A. but 49. A. that

B. ready D. thrilled

B. therefore C. though D. instead B. what

C. where

D. when

D. despaired

50. A. graceful 51. A. purposely 52. A. rigid 53. A. harvest

B. blessed C. cheerful

B. naturally C. desperately D. frequently B. solid B. future B. even B. grant

C. tough C. pain C. ever

D. stubborn D. happiness D. only D. shine

54. A. since 55. A. spread

C. ripen

答案：36—40 DCBDA 41—45 BBDAA 46—50 DBCAB 51—55 CCCBD

【文章大意】文章主要通过家人的照片阐述了生活中最重要的是拥有坚强的心这样一个道理。

36. D 代词辨析 根据所在的句子的意思：再没有比看着他们的笑容让人觉得舒服安心，故此处应该使用nothing一词适合。

第页

65

43. D 动词辨析 空格处的句子意思为：我奶奶的照片也在墙上，那张照片拍摄于16年前，是她90岁大寿聚会照片，故此处表示的是“举办聚会”，故D项正确。A项表示“庆祝”，其后的宾语不对；B项是“抓住”之意；C项表示“编辑，编制”之意。

44. A 情态动词辨析 此处表示的：我多想再走进她的厨房，和她聊聊天，一起分一块自制的意大利面包吃。考查的是“I wish”的虚拟语气的用法，根据句意A项适合。

45. A 动词辨析 依据上一题可知此处的答案应该是A项，表示“分享”之意。B项是“准备”；C项是“烤焙”之意；D项是“购买”之意。

46. D 名词辨析 空格处句意为：有时候看着这些照片让我忧伤难过。A项是“比例，比率”；B项是“情感”；C项是“逻辑”之意。

47. B 形容词辨析 空格处句意为：我依然思念着他们，我还没有准备好成为家庭中最年老的一代。A项是“满意的”；B项是“准备好的”；C项是“高兴的”；D项是“兴奋的”，故B项适合。

48. C 连词辨析 此处句意为：但是大部分的时间这些照片带给我的是无尽的爱的回忆，让我感到温暖美好。此处表示的转折之意，故C项正确。A项在词语位置上不适合；B项表示因果关系；D项表示“相反”之意。

49. A 代词辨析 此处考查的是定语从句，根据前一句的句意，先行词为memories，故需要用关系代词that。 50. B 形容词辨析 空格处的句意为：他们在我生命中的出现让我感到幸福。A项表示“体面的”；B项是“受祝福的”；C项是“高兴的，欢呼的”；D项是“绝望的”之意，故B项适合。

第页 66

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

China’s industrial output is expected to rise by around 6.5 percent this year, marking the best 61 (perform) since 2010, 62 the Made in China 2025 strategy (策略) helps to raise productivity and revenue (税收).

The increase is 0.5 percentage points 63 (high) than the targeted growth, partly 64 (drive) by strong efforts to increase the use of new technology at traditional enterprises (企业), Miao Wei said on Monday.

“The country’s industrial economy has maintained steady and sound growth thanks to the Made in China 2025 strategy. It 65 (promote) the combination of manufacturing and new technologies such as 66 internet, big data and cloud computing,” Miao added.

The ministry also predicted that the country’s industrial output would be likely 67 (grow) by around 6 percent next year, with revenue from the telecommunications, internet, and software and information technology service 68 (increase) by 50 percent, 30 percent and 13 percent, respectively.

According to Miao, the country will also publish policies 69 promoting the development of digital economy. Official 70 (data) show that the country’s digital economy added up to 22.58 trillion yuan last year, ranking second globally and accounting for around 30 percent of national GDP. 【文章大意】“2025中国制造”策略已经并将促进中国在各领域的发展。

61. performance考查词性转化。此处需要填名词充当marking的宾语,故用performance。

第页 67

62. as / because考查状语从句。第一段是由一个句子组成。其中已知的动词只有二个(is expected和helps)是谓语动词。连词and是连接名词productivity和revenue的。根据在一个句子中谓语动词数减一等于引导从句连词的数量这个原则(连接并列成分的连词不计)，此空白处需要一个连词。又因为此处前后句子是因果关系，因此使用as或because。

69. on考查介词。policy on sth / doing 是固定搭配。

70. data考查名词。此处应该使用名词复数，data 意为“数据”单复数同形。

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Ways to teach kindness to kids

There is lots of information about teaching children about kindness. 36 Children may or may not listen to what we say, but they commit just about everything we do to memory - for better or worse. The best thing that we can do for our children is to be our best selves. 37 It means paying attention to little opportunities to treat other people with care and respect.

Here are several suggestions to get you started:

38 Make a habit of tipping servers 20 percent or more. Talk with your child about how servers are often not paid enough to live well. Make a math lesson of figuring out the tip. Model saying please and thank-you, to teach servers are people not robots.

Invite someone who deserves appreciation to dinner - a school crossing guard, a soccer coach, or so on. 39 Have a letter-writing or card-making night, when everyone in the family sends warm wishes to an elderly or sick relative - or strangers who live in a nursing facility in your town.

第页

68

Talk about what makes people tick. 40 When it is over, ask your child what might have been going on. Was the person in a bad mood because his boss yelled at him? Was he impatient because he was worried about a sick friend? Also talk about how the person could have handled the situation better, to teach that it is possible to be kind, even when you are in a bad mood. A. Develop a good habit. B. Tip and talk about it.

C. Discuss how to deal with different people. D. This doesn’t mean turning your life inside out.

E. Have your child help prepare meals and make a thank -you card. F. However, I think that kindness is best taught by example. G. When someone’s behavior makes you angry, breathe deeply.

第页 69