苏州科技城外国语学校2020-2021学年八年级下学期3月月考英语试题（含答案）

这是一份苏州科技城外国语学校2020-2021学年八年级下学期3月月考英语试题（含答案），共30页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，信息还原，词汇检测，阅读表达，翻译句子，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
2020－2021学年第一学期课堂检测
二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. If we sit near ________ front of the coach, we’ll have ________ better view of Tai Lake.
A. 不填; the B. 不填; a C. the; a D. the; the
2. Mike used to be a top student, but he _______ behind since he lost himself in computer games.
A. fell B. has fallen C. was D. has been
3. — Where is Mr. Wang?
— He together with his students ________ Tai Lake.
A. has gone to B. have gone to C. has been to D. have been to
4. — Dr. Zhong, ________ can you have your new vaccine (疫苗) ready?
— I’m not sure. I’m still waiting for the result of the final test.
A. how soon B. how long C. how often D. how far
5. — ________ did your aunt leave her hometown?
— She ________ for nearly twenty years.
A. When；has left B. When；has been away
C. How long；has left D. How long；has been away
6. ---Oh, my god! I’ve left my keys in the office.
---Again? But , let’s see what we can do about it.
A. indeed B. anyway C. instead D. exactly
7. Mr. Smith’s talk on how to deal with virus worries is quite wonderful. The only pity is that I ________ the first few minutes.
A. miss B. will miss C. was missing D. missed
8. — Look at the blue sky! The rain ________.
— Let’s go out for a walk.
A stops B. is stopping C. has stopped D. had stopped
9. John didn’t give up looking for a job ________ he got an offer from a German company.
A. until B. since C. because D. if
10. __________ you have done! We are grateful to you for what you have done for the children in poor areas.
A. How meaningful work B. How meaning job
C. What a meaningful job D. What a meaning work
11. —How long have you lived in Suzhou?
—Two years. But I ________ in Shanghai for 5 years.
A. have worked B. worked C. am working D. have been working
12. It is nice ________ the gentleman to provide support ________ the poor.
A. of for B. of, with C. for, for D. for, with
13. We find________impossible for us to learn a foreign language well in a short time．
A. that B. this C. one D. it
14. — He feels unhappy, ________?
— ________. He has lost his football.
A. doesn’t he, No B. does he; No C. doesn’t he, Yes D. does he; Yes
15. — Mrs. Green, do you think I can get an “A” in the final exam if I start working hard now?
— Of course! ________.
A. Better late than never B. Many hands make light work
C. You cannot burn the candle at both sides D. Action speak louder than words
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Ashley was outspoken, fashionable, and the “Queen Bee” in my school.
I looked up to her and admired her. I listened to the music she listened to, wore the clothes she wore. I even took art class though I had really wanted to take theatre. I finally fitted in her group.
One day, I skipped (溜走) out of my last class a few minutes early to ____16____ seats for our group at the dining hall. Focusing on my homework, I didn't notice they had sat down behind me. Before I could say a word, I realized what they were talking about.
I listened silently. “She's such a loser,” one girl said.
Another girl added, “Ashley, she ____17____ follows you, trying to copy you.”
“I wish she would leave us alone. We were in the same summer school and now she thinks we're best friends.” The once familiar voice sounded so ____18____ and strange.
I felt really embarrassed (尴尬的). My hands were shaking. I couldn't help crying sadly. I felt hear-broken for the very first time. How did this happen? I ____19____ we were friends.
I ran home. My mother just held me while I cried for hours. The advice she gave was so ____20____, and I had heard it a million times. “Just be yourself and people will like you for ____21____ you are.” This time it became so meaningful. Then and there I ____22____ to find myself back. That was exactly what I did.
Over the next month, I went through a lot of ____23____ I bought new clothes that I wanted to wear. I no longer went to art class with them, and took theatre. I began making new friends. I developed my own ____24____ and never again followed the crowd.
I had an amazing school year. When I look back, I think it was the year when I discovered the person I was going to be. Despite (尽管) the pain I felt that day, it was a ____25____ they had given me.
16. A. get B. buy C. cover D. move
17. A. hardly B. always C. never D. sometimes
18. A. serious B. special C. weak D. cold
19. A. found B. dreamed C. realized D. thought
20. A. funny B. simple C. useful D. different
21. A. where B. what C. how D. who
22. A. failed B. forgot C. decided D. continued
23. A. pains B. doubts C. changes D. troubles
24. A. skills B. habits C. projects D. opinions
25. A. gift B. chance C. promise D. surprise
四、阅读理解（共12题；每题2分，共24分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A

Lost
Blue/white Persian male cat called Lizie
18 months old, friendly nature
Any info about Lizie
$500 for reward
Phone Peter 555-4140 evenings

Help Wanted
Love travel?
Join us as a tour guide!
Full time, must speak English,
$12 per hour
E-mail resume: guidehr@126. com

For Rent
Good room for girls, single, $35 a week,
double, $185 a month.
Call John 555-0698
Family Home, 3 bedrooms, large yard.
Call Andrew 555-4863

26. If Amy works as a guide, she can get ________.
A. $500 a month B. $12 an hour C. 535 a week D. $185 a month
27. If Mr Black wants to rent a house for his family, he can ________.
A. call 555-4140 B. call 555-0698 C. call 555-4863 D. e-mail guidehr @ 126 com
28. Who lost a cat? ________.
A. Lizie B. John C. Andrew D. Peter
B
Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier.
The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future — for example, getting into college or getting a good job — that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life’s simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.
Another secret of living a happy life is to be active. Many people go dancing or play sports. People can forget about their problems and only think about the activities.
Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.
29. The best title of the passage is ________.
A. Money Makes You Happy
B. The Secrets of Happiness
C. Ideas for Helping Other People to Be Happy
D. Good Friends Make You Happy
30. The second paragraph tells us that ________.
A. the more friends you have, the happier you will be
B. we shouldn’t think about our future
C. happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life
D. some people fail to live a happy life
31. The writer thinks that ________.
A. everyone knows how to live a happier life
B. it’s wrong to spend time on work
C. hobbies take up too much time
D. doing good things for someone can make you happier
32. Which of the following is not mentioned(提到) in the passage?
A. Reading a good book. B. Traveling to a foreign country.
C. Playing a sport. D. Spending time with close friends.
C
I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 76 students who would be my English literature(文学) class. Having taught in the US for 17 years, I was sure of my ability to hold their attention and I was confident that they would admire(钦佩) my ability to teach them literature well in English.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “stand up!” The whole class rose as I entered the room and I was somewhat unclear about how to get them to sit down again, but once the embarrassment(尴尬) was over, I quickly gained my calmness and admiration again. I went back, to my office with the rosy glow which came from a strong sense of achievement(成就).
My students kept diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was slowly replaced(取代) by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today perhaps her next lecture(讲座) will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each saying something about a similar theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the whole Western philosophy(哲学) and laid the historical background for all the works we will study in class,” I complained. “How should they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term, and it slowly became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background so that students could draw their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide exact information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
However, I also learned a lot; and the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, and I knew how to teach in a different culture.
33. Which country does the writer of the passage come from?
A. The UK. B. The USA. C. China. D. Canada.
34. We can know that on the first day the writer ________.
A. was worried about her students’ performance B. was very confident in her students
C. felt she didn’t teach them much D. felt very confident in herself at first
35. The underlined phrase “the rosy glow”, probably means ________.
A. feeling embarrassed and strange B. feeling happy and interesting
C. feeling successful and proud D. feeling angry and unbelievable
36. The students said the writer didn’t teach them anything because ________.
A. they didn’t get enough exact facts B. they didn’t get used to her teaching
C. they didn’t understand the lesson D. they didn’t like her teaching
D
Fear may be in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.
Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting (收缩) and pumping blood around their bodies, compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain reacts to a fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.
Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School said: "Our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart."
The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr. Garfinkel said, "The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don't see-and guide whether we see fear."
To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scanner (扫描仪) to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person's feeling of fear.
"We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain 'speak' to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear, "Dr. Garfinkel said.
"We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety (焦虑) disorders, and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder."
37. What is the finding of the study?
A. One's heart influences how he feels fear.
B. Fear is a result of one's heartbeat.
C. Fear can't be felt because of one's relaxed heartbeat.
D. One's fast heartbeats are likely to cause fear.
38. The study was carried out by studying________.
A. volunteers' heartbeats when they saw terrible pictures
B. the time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditions
C. volunteers' reactions to horrible pictures and results from their brain scans
D. different pictures shown to volunteers and their heartbrain communication
39. Which of the following is closest in meaning to "mechanism" in Paragraph 6?
A. Order. B. System. C. Machine. D. Treatment.
40. This study may contribute to________.
A. treating anxiety and stress better
B. explaining the cycle of fear and anxiety
C. finding the key to the heartbrain communication
D. understanding different fears in our hearts and heads
五、信息还原（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
请认真阅读下面对话，根据对话内容，从对话后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
"How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly greeting that people in the United States use. ___41___ It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks, "How are you?" expects to hear the answer "Fine," even if the person isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question and "Fine" isn't really an answer. ___42___
___43___ For example, when someone asks "Do you agree?" the other person may be thinking, "No, I don't. I think you are wrong." It isn't polite to disagree very strongly, so he might say, "I am not so sure." This is a nice way to say that you don't agree with someone.
People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking to other people. For example, many conversations over the phone end when one person says, "I've got to go now," or the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse such as "Someone is at door," or "Something is burning on the stove." ___44___ The person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say so. An excuse is polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person's feelings.
Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an opinion, or ending a conversation, people often don't say exactly what they are thinking. ___45___ and it's part of the game of language.
A. Sometimes, people don't say exactly what they mean.
B. It's very good not to tell the truth to our family.
C. However, "How are you?" is also an unusual question.
D. The excuse may be real, or not.
E. They are simply other ways of saying "hello" or "hi".
F. If you disagree with others, they will hate you.
G. It is an important way people try to be nice to each other
六、词汇检测（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写词。
46. After taking the medicine, the wives forgot their ________ (丈夫) names.
47. Lots of ________ (工厂) have been moved away from people’s living areas in the city.
48. What a pity! Many young people aren’t used to ________ (交流) with their parents face to face.
49. The famous director has been ________ (死) for five years.
50. The pictures are so beautiful! I can’t help ________(打印) them out.
51. For more ________ (细节), please call Mr Wang on 82312748.
52. — Do you mind ________(预定) two tickets for me?
— Of course.
53. ________ (far) down at the bottom of the page you can find some more information.
54. I think Sweeney Todd is one of the best ________ in the last 16 years. Every song in it is amazing.
55. Can I pay with RMB when in the UK? No, British people use ________.
七、阅读表达（本题共3小题，第1题1分，第2题2分，第3题3分，满分6分）
请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
In order to reduce the stress on the students, Nanjing No.1 High School has created a Grade Bank. The bank lets students “borrow” grades so that they can pass exams, and then repay them in later tests.
Here’s how it works: The Grade Bank allows students to borrow marks to fix a failing grade in any exam. But, just like a real bank, it requires “clients(客户)” to pay back the loan(贷款) on time, with interest(利息). So students have to pay for the loan by scoring extra points in future exams. Some teachers also allow the students to repay the bank by doing lab experiments or giving public speeches. Students who don’t pay back their loans are blacklisted(列入黑名单) by the bank, just like in real life.
“I was sick before the mid-term exams and missed several geography classes,” one student said, “I failed the exam, so I am glad the Grade Bank gave me a chance to fix that.”
Though many people think the Grade Bank is a good idea, at least on social media, not everyone supports the system. Education expert Xiong Bingqi for example, believes that the loan system is improper for exam marks, but he thinks that it takes stress off the students. Others think that such a system just causes students to be lazier in their studies.
56. Who will probably borrow marks from the Grade Bank?
57 How can the students pay back the loan of the Grade Bank?
58. Do you strongly wish to have a Grade Bank in your school? Why or why not?
八、翻译句子（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
59. 在苏州看到如此多的名胜，这些外国游客很兴奋。
________________
60. 我确信你们在中国逗留期间会过得很愉快的。
________________.
61. 家长会已经结束半个小时了。
________________
62. ——顺便问一下，上海直 飞三亚要多长时间？—— 大约三个半小时。
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63. 约翰去澳大利亚出差了，我希望我也去过那儿。
________________
九、书面表达（满分20分）
64. 请以Artificial Intelligence为题，写一篇短文，内容如下：
1.人工智能是世界三大尖端技术之一；
2.人工智能自1956年以来，已经取得很大进步，人们可以利用人工智能做很多事，例如……
3.我对人工智能很感兴趣，我的梦想是在大学里学习研究人工智能，现在则必须先学好数学和计算机；
4.有些人认为人工智能是危险的，未来可能会给人类带来破坏；
5.我认为……
注意事项：
I短文必须包括所有提示内容，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；
2.把省略号处的信息补充完整：
3. 词数在90个左右，短文标题与开头已给出，不计人总词数。
4.参考词汇：人工智能Artificial Intelligence (编写AI)；尖端技术Advanced technology;
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is
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二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. If we sit near ________ front of the coach, we’ll have ________ better view of Tai Lake.
A. 不填; the B. 不填; a C. the; a D. the; the
【答案】C
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】句意：如果我们坐在旅游车的前部，我们可以更好的欣赏太湖的景色。
考查冠词用法。the定冠词，表示特指；a不定冠词，表示泛指，用于以辅音音素开头的单词前面。根据题干可知，第一个空后面是“front of the coach”，表示旅游车的前面，所以这个空应该用定冠词表示特指；第二个空后面是“better view”，view前被形容词better修饰，是泛指，表示一个更好的视角，且better是以辅音音素开头的单词，因此用a修饰；故选C。
2. Mike used to be a top student, but he _______ behind since he lost himself in computer games.
A. fell B. has fallen C. was D. has been
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】句意：迈克过去是一名尖子生。但是自从他沉迷于电脑游戏后，他落后了。
考查动词的时态。根据since可知本题应该用现在完成时，fall behind落后，是个瞬间动作，当句中有since，for等表示时间段的时间状语时，要把瞬间动作改为持续动作，所以应该用be behind，故选D。
3. — Where is Mr. Wang?
— He together with his students ________ Tai Lake.
A. has gone to B. have gone to C. has been to D. have been to
【答案】A
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】句意：——王先生在哪里？ ——他和他的学生一起去了太湖。
考查have been to和have gone to的区别。句子主语为he，together with his students是介词短语，故谓语应用第三人称单数形式，B、D选项可排除。have been to意为“曾经去过某地”，表示现在已不在那里了；have gone to意为“已经去了某地”，说话时此人还没回来。根据问句“Where is Mr. Wang?”可知，此处指的是王先生去了太湖还未回来，故应用has gone to。故选A。
4. — Dr. Zhong, ________ can you have your new vaccine (疫苗) ready?
— I’m not sure. I’m still waiting for the result of the final test.
A. how soon B. how long C. how often D. how far
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】句意：——钟医生，你的新疫苗什么时候能准备好？——我不确定。我还在等最终测试的结果。
考查特殊疑问词。how soon多久以后（将来的时长）；how long多久，多长；how often多久一次；how far多远；根据“I’m not sure. I’m still waiting for the result of the final test.”可知，此处讨论的是将来所需的时间。应用how soon提问，故选A。
5. — ________ did your aunt leave her hometown?
— She ________ for nearly twenty years.
A. When；has left B. When；has been away
C. How long；has left D. How long；has been away
【答案】B
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】句意：——你姑姑什么时候离开家乡的？ ——她离家已经快二十年了。
考查延续性动词和非延续性动词。根据句中“leave her hometown”提示，此处为瞬时动词，故第一空应用when，表某个时间点，C、D选项可排除。根据第二句“for nearly twenty years”提示，第二空所在句子应用延续性动词，故选B。
6. ---Oh, my god! I’ve left my keys in the office.
---Again? But , let’s see what we can do about it.
A. indeed B. anyway C. instead D. exactly
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意：-哦，天哪！我把钥匙忘在了办公室里。-什么？但是不管怎样，让我们看看对此我们能做些什么。indeed的确；anyway不管怎样，无论如何；instead相反地；exactly精确地，恰恰。根据对话的情景可知，这里应选B。
7. Mr. Smith’s talk on how to deal with virus worries is quite wonderful. The only pity is that I ________ the first few minutes.
A. miss B. will miss C. was missing D. missed
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】句意：史密斯先生关于如何处理病毒问题的演讲非常精彩。唯一遗憾的是我错过了头几分钟。
考查时态。根据语境可知，miss发生在过去，应用一般过去时，动词用过去式，故选D。
8. — Look at the blue sky! The rain ________.
— Let’s go out for a walk.
A. stops B. is stopping C. has stopped D. had stopped
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意：——看蓝色的天空！雨已经停了。——我们出去散步吧。
考查动词时态。此处表示过去已经发生的动作对现在造成的影响，用现在完成时have/has done的结构，故选C。
9. John didn’t give up looking for a job ________ he got an offer from a German company.
A. until B. since C. because D. if
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】句意：约翰一直没有停止找工作，直到它在一家德国公司得到一个职位。
Until直到；since由于，自从……以来；because因为；If是否，如果。短语not……until……，直到……才，故选A。
10. __________ you have done! We are grateful to you for what you have done for the children in poor areas.
A. How meaningful work B. How meaning job
C. What a meaningful job D. What a meaning work
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】句意：你已经做了多么有意义的工作啊！我们感激你为贫困地区的儿童所做的事。work工作，是不可数名词；job工作，是可数名词。meaning意思，是名词；meaningful有意义的，是形容词。What a+形容词+单数可数名词！How+形容词/副词+a/an+单数可数名词！故选C。
点睛：一、 what 引导的感叹句结构有三种:
1. What + (a/an) + 形容词 + 可数名词单数 + 其它!
2. What + 形容词 + 可数名词复数 + 其他!
3. What + 形容词 + 不可数名词 + 其他!
二、 how 引导的感叹句结构有:
1. How + 形容词 + 主语 + 谓语!
2. How + 副词 + 主语 + 谓语!
11. —How long have you lived in Suzhou?
—Two years. But I ________ in Shanghai for 5 years.
A. have worked B. worked C. am working D. have been working
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】句意：——你在苏州住了多久了？——两年了。但是我在上海工作了5年。
考查时态。根据“How long have you lived in Suzhou?”和“Two years. But I…in Shanghai for 5 years.”可知，说话者现在在苏州，在上海工作这个动作发生在过去，已经结束，没有持续到现在，也没有强调影响。用一般过去时，故选B。
12. It is nice ________ the gentleman to provide support ________ the poor.
A. of, for B. of, with C. for, for D. for, with
【答案】A
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】句意：这位先生真好，为穷人提供帮助。
考查介词辨析。of属于……的；for为了；with用。nice是表示人性格特点的形容词，所以第一空使用of，It is+形容词+of sb.+to do sth.表示“某人做某事怎样”。根据“provide support ”可知，此处是provide sth. for sb.为某人提供某物，所以第二空使用for。故选A。
13. We find________impossible for us to learn a foreign language well in a short time．
A. that B. this C. one D. it
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】句意：我们发现短期之内对我们来说学好英语是不可能的。
考查动词不定式作宾语，it充当形式宾语。find it+形容词+（for sb.）+to do。it为形式宾语，故选D。
14. — He feels unhappy, ________?
— ________. He has lost his football.
A. doesn’t he No B. does he; No C. doesn’t he, Yes D. does he; Yes
【答案】C
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】句意：——他感觉不开心，是吗？——是的，他把足球弄丢了。
考查反意疑问句。根据题干可知，本题考查反意疑问句，在反意疑问句中，前肯定，后否定；前否定，后肯定；由于前半句中有unhappy，虽然是以否定前缀un开头，但不算否定词，后半部分仍用否定形式，排除B/D选项；再根据“He has lost his football.”可知他丢了他的足球，因此应是感觉不高兴的，用Yes来回答，排除A选项。故选C。
15. — Mrs. Green, do you think I can get an “A” in the final exam if I start working hard now?
— Of course! ________.
A. Better late than never B. Many hands make light work
C. You cannot burn the candle at both sides D. Action speak louder than words
【答案】A
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】句意：——格林夫人，你认为如果我现在开始努力学习，期末考试能得A吗？——当然可以，亡羊补牢，为时不晚。
考查习语和情景交际。Better late than never亡羊补牢，为时不晚；Many hands make light work众人拾柴火焰高；You cannot burn the candle at both sides蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗；Action speak louder than words行动胜于言语。根据答句“Of course!”可知，此处是告诉对方现在努力，考试可以取得好成绩，所以用“亡羊补牢，为时不晚”回答。故选A。
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Ashley was outspoken, fashionable, and the “Queen Bee” in my school.
I looked up to her and admired her. I listened to the music she listened to, wore the clothes she wore. I even took art class though I had really wanted to take theatre. I finally fitted in her group.
One day, I skipped (溜走) out of my last class a few minutes early to ____16____ seats for our group at the dining hall. Focusing on my homework, I didn't notice they had sat down behind me. Before I could say a word, I realized what they were talking about.
I listened silently. “She's such a loser,” one girl said.
Another girl added, “Ashley, she ____17____ follows you, trying to copy you.”
“I wish she would leave us alone. We were in the same summer school and now she thinks we're best friends.” The once familiar voice sounded so ____18____ and strange.
I felt really embarrassed (尴尬的). My hands were shaking. I couldn't help crying sadly. I felt hear-broken for the very first time. How did this happen? I ____19____ we were friends.
I ran home. My mother just held me while I cried for hours. The advice she gave was so ____20____, and I had heard it a million times. “Just be yourself and people will like you for ____21____ you are.” This time it became so meaningful. Then and there I ____22____ to find myself back. That was exactly what I did.
Over the next month, I went through a lot of ____23____ I bought new clothes that I wanted to wear. I no longer went to art class with them, and took theatre. I began making new friends. I developed my own ____24____ and never again followed the crowd.
I had an amazing school year. When I look back, I think it was the year when I discovered the person I was going to be. Despite (尽管) the pain I felt that day, it was a ____25____ they had given me.
16. A. get B. buy C. cover D. move
17. A. hardly B. always C. never D. sometimes
18. A. serious B. special C. weak D. cold
19. A. found B. dreamed C. realized D. thought
20. A. funny B. simple C. useful D. different
21. A. where B. what C. how D. who
22. A. failed B. forgot C. decided D. continued
23. A. pains B. doubts C. changes D. troubles
24. A. skills B. habits C. projects D. opinions
25. A. gift B. chance C. promise D. surprise
【答案】16. A 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. B 21. D 22. C 23. C 24. D 25. A
【解析】
【分析】作者曾经追随自己班里的一个人，以她为偶像，随波逐流。后来作者受了伤害，知道了只有做真实的自己，别人才会真正的喜欢你。
【16题详解】
句意：有一天，我提前几分钟逃掉了最后一节课，去食堂为我们小组争取座位。
get得到；buy买；cover覆盖；move移动。根据“seats for our group at the dining hall”可知，是去食堂占位，故选A。
【17题详解】
句意：Ashley，她总是跟着你，试图模仿你。
hardly几乎不；always总是；never从不；sometimes有时。根据“I looked up to her and admired her. I listened to the music she listened to, wore the clothes she wore”可知，作者总是跟着Ashley，故选B。
【18题详解】
句意：曾经熟悉的声音听起来如此冰冷和陌生。
serious严重的；special特别的；weak虚弱的；cold冷的。根据“The once familiar voice sounded so …and strange”可知，这些人说着伤害作者的话，这些话听起来既冰冷又陌生，故选D。
【19题详解】
句意：我以为我们是好朋友。
found发现；dreamed梦想；realized认识到；thought认为。根据“now she thinks we're best friends”可知，作者以为她们一直都是好朋友，故选D。
【20题详解】
句意：她给的建议是如此的简单。
funny搞笑的；simple简单的；useful有用的；different不同的。根据空后“I had heard it a million times.”可知，妈妈说的建议“我”都听过很多遍了，因此这个建议不是什么特别的，是很平常、简单的，simple符合语境，故选B。
【21题详解】
句意：只要做你自己，人们就会喜欢真实的你。
where哪里；what什么；how怎样；who谁。根据句中“Just be yourself”可知，妈妈的建议是“做自己”，即“who you are”，故选D。
【22题详解】
句意：就在那时，我决定找回自己。
failed失败；forgot忘记；decided决定；continued继续。结合语境可知，听完了妈妈的话，作者决定找回自己，故选C。
【23题详解】
句意：在接下来的一个月里，我经历了很多改变，我买了我想穿的新衣服。
pains痛苦；doubts怀疑；changes改变；troubles麻烦。根据“I bought new clothes that I wanted to wear”及“I no longer went to art class with them, and took theatre. I began making new friends”可知，作者开始改变了，故选C。
24题详解】
句意：我有了自己的想法，再也不随波逐流。
skills技能；habits爱好；projects项目；opinions观点。根据“never again followed the crowd”可知，作者不追随别人了，也就是有了自己的想法。故选D。
【25题详解】
句意：尽管那天我感到了痛苦，但这是他们给我的礼物。
gift礼物；chance机会；promise承诺；surprise惊讶。根据“I had an amazing school year.”可知，短文中作者叙述的这件事让她成长了，所以这是给她的一个礼物，故选A。
四、阅读理解（共12题；每题2分，共24分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A

26. If Amy works as a guide, she can get ________.
A. $500 a month B. $12 an hour C. 535 a week D. $185 a month
27. If Mr Black wants to rent a house for his family, he can ________.
A. call 555-4140 B. call 555-0698 C. call 555-4863 D. e-mail guidehr @ 126 com
28. Who lost a cat? ________.
A. Lizie B. John C. Andrew D. Peter
【答案】26. B 27. C 28. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文，刊登了三则广告，分别是丢猫、招导游和租房。
【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Help Wanted”中的“$ 12 per hour”可知，导游时薪12美元一小时，故选B。
【27题详解】
细节理解题。根据“For Rent”中的“Family Home…Call Andrew 555-4863”可知，想租家庭房可以打电话到555-4863，故选C。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Lost”中的“Phone Peter 555-4140 evenings”可知，Peter丢了猫，故选D。
B
Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier.
The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future — for example, getting into college or getting a good job — that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life’s simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.
Another secret of living a happy life is to be active. Many people go dancing or play sports. People can forget about their problems and only think about the activities.
Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.
29. The best title of the passage is ________.
A. Money Makes You Happy
B. The Secrets of Happiness
C. Ideas for Helping Other People to Be Happy
D. Good Friends Make You Happy
30. The second paragraph tells us that ________.
A. the more friends you have, the happier you will be
B. we shouldn’t think about our future
C. happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life
D. some people fail to live a happy life
31. The writer thinks that ________.
A. everyone knows how to live a happier life
B. it’s wrong to spend time on work
C. hobbies take up too much time
D. doing good things for someone can make you happier
32. Which of the following is not mentioned(提到) in the passage?
A. Reading a good book. B. Traveling to a foreign country.
C. Playing a sport. D. Spending time with close friends.
【答案】29. B 30. C 31. D 32. B
【解析】
【分析】本文告诉我们幸福的秘密不是拥有金钱和成功，而是靠自己的认识。
【29题详解】
最佳标题题。本文是告诉我们幸福的秘密的。故选B。
【30题详解】
主旨大意题。根据The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life可知，第二段是告诉我们：幸福就是享受生命中简单的生活。故选C。
【31题详解】
细节理解题。根据If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone可知，要想感到幸福就多帮助别人。故选D。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。通读全文可知，B选项在文中没有提到。故选B。
C
I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 76 students who would be my English literature(文学) class. Having taught in the US for 17 years, I was sure of my ability to hold their attention and I was confident that they would admire(钦佩) my ability to teach them literature well in English.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “stand up!” The whole class rose as I entered the room and I was somewhat unclear about how to get them to sit down again, but once the embarrassment(尴尬) was over, I quickly gained my calmness and admiration again. I went back, to my office with the rosy glow which came from a strong sense of achievement(成就).
My students kept diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was slowly replaced(取代) by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today perhaps her next lecture(讲座) will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each saying something about a similar theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the whole Western philosophy(哲学) and laid the historical background for all the works we will study in class,” I complained. “How should they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term, and it slowly became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background so that students could draw their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide exact information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
However, I also learned a lot; and the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, and I knew how to teach in a different culture.
33. Which country does the writer of the passage come from?
A. The UK. B. The USA. C. China. D. Canada.
34. We can know that on the first day the writer ________.
A. was worried about her students’ performance B. was very confident in her students
C. felt she didn’t teach them much D. felt very confident in herself at first
35. The underlined phrase “the rosy glow”, probably means ________.
A. feeling embarrassed and strange B. feeling happy and interesting
C. feeling successful and proud D. feeling angry and unbelievable
36. The students said the writer didn’t teach them anything because ________.
A. they didn’t get enough exact facts B. they didn’t get used to her teaching
C. they didn’t understand the lesson D. they didn’t like her teaching
【答案】33. B 34. D 35. C 36. A
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了来自美国的教师的中国教课经历。
【33题详解】
细节理解题。根据原文“the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher”可知，作者是来自美国的教师。故选B。
34题详解】
推理判断题。根据原文“I was sure of my ability to hold their attention and I was confident that they would admire(钦佩) my ability to teach them literature well in English”可知，在中国教书的第一天，作者一开始原本是信心满满的。故选D。
【35题详解】
词句猜测题。根据原文“which came from a strong sense of achievement”可知，作者上完课后很有成就感，故“the rosy glow”有“成功和自豪”之意，故选C。
【36题详解】
细节理解题。根据原文“My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide exact information as directly and clearly as possible”可知，作者的中国学生认为老师应该在课堂上尽可能直接和清楚地提供准确的信息。所以由此推断学生们说作者没有教他们任何东西，因为他们没有得到足够的确切信息。故选A。
D
Fear may be in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.
Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting (收缩) and pumping blood around their bodies, compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain reacts to a fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.
Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School said: "Our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart."
The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr. Garfinkel said, "The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don't see-and guide whether we see fear."
To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scanner (扫描仪) to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person's feeling of fear.
"We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain 'speak' to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear, "Dr. Garfinkel said.
"We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety (焦虑) disorders, and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder."
37. What is the finding of the study?
A. One's heart influences how he feels fear.
B. Fear is a result of one's heartbeat.
C. Fear can't be felt because of one's relaxed heartbeat.
D. One's fast heartbeats are likely to cause fear.
38. The study was carried out by studying________.
A. volunteers' heartbeats when they saw terrible pictures
B. the time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditions
C. volunteers' reactions to horrible pictures and results from their brain scans
D. different pictures shown to volunteers and their heartbrain communication
39. Which of the following is closest in meaning to "mechanism" in Paragraph 6?
A. Order. B. System. C. Machine. D. Treatment.
40. This study may contribute to________.
A. treating anxiety and stress better
B. explaining the cycle of fear and anxiety
C. finding the key to the heartbrain communication
D. understanding different fears in our hearts and heads
【答案】37. A 38. C 39. B 40. A
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。介绍了对20名健康的志愿者进行的恐惧反应试验，告诉读者大脑与心脏都能感知到恐惧，而且心脏跳动的周期与人们感知恐惧的机会有关联。这份研究成果未来有望更成功地用于治疗忧虑症以及应激障碍疾病。
【37题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear”可知依据研究发现：心跳循环与人感知恐惧是有关联的。故选A。
【38题详解】
细节理解题。文章对实验的介绍在3-6段。找到“Para.4.The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces.”可知这项研究对20名健康的志愿者试验了当他们看到恐惧面孔图片时的反应，以及Para.5.“the scientists also used a brain scanner（扫描仪）to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person's feeling of fear.”可知为了演示大脑是如何影响心脏改变人对恐惧的感知方式，科学家们还使用扫描仪，可推测出是志愿者们对恐惧图片的反应以及来自大脑扫描仪的数据。故选C。
39题详解】
词义猜测题。Order顺序；System.体系统；Machine.机械Treatment.治疗；根据“by which the heart and brain 'speak' to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear”可知通过这种机制，心脏和大脑可以相互‘沟通’，从而改变我们的感觉，减少恐惧，mechanism是心脏与大脑交流的一个完整系统，可推测出该单词的意思是“系统”，故选B。
【40题详解】
推理判断题。根据“we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety (焦虑) disorders, and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder”可知我们可以开发更多的成功治疗焦虑障碍，也为那些可能患有严重的应激障碍，故选A。
五、信息还原（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
请认真阅读下面对话，根据对话内容，从对话后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
"How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly greeting that people in the United States use. ___41___ It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks, "How are you?" expects to hear the answer "Fine," even if the person isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question and "Fine" isn't really an answer. ___42___
___43___ For example, when someone asks "Do you agree?" the other person may be thinking, "No, I don't. I think you are wrong." It isn't polite to disagree very strongly, so he might say, "I am not so sure." This is a nice way to say that you don't agree with someone.
People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking to other people. For example, many conversations over the phone end when one person says, "I've got to go now," or the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse such as "Someone is at door," or "Something is burning on the stove." ___44___ The person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say so. An excuse is polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person's feelings.
Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an opinion, or ending a conversation, people often don't say exactly what they are thinking. ___45___ and it's part of the game of language.
A. Sometimes, people don't say exactly what they mean.
B. It's very good not to tell the truth to our family.
C. However, "How are you?" is also an unusual question.
D. The excuse may be real, or not.
E. They are simply other ways of saying "hello" or "hi".
F. If you disagree with others, they will hate you.
G. It is an important way people try to be nice to each other
【答案】41. C 42. E 43. A 44. D 45. G
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文，文章讲述交流中为了显示友好，不伤害他们的感情，经常不直接表达，会委婉的找借口，人们所说的话不一定是心中真正所想的。
【41题详解】
句意：然而，“你好么”也是一个不寻常的问题。
根据后一句“It's a question that often doesn't need an answer”它是一个经常不需要答案的问题，此处与unusual question有关。故选C。
【42题详解】
句意：他们只是另一种说“hello”或者“hi”的方式。
根据“The reason is that ‘How are you? ’ isn't really a question and ‘Fine’ isn't really an answer”，可知此处进一步说明“你好么”不是一个真正问题，只是另一种说“hello”或者“hi”的方式。故选E。
【43题详解】
句意：有时候，人们说的不是真正他们想表达的。
根据后文的举例，一个人心里不同意别人的观点会想“我不同意，我认为你是错的”，但是会说“我不是很确定”可知此处讲述所说非所想“people don't say exactly what they mean”。故选A。
【44题详解】
句意：借口可能是真的，或者不是。
根据“The person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say so. An excuse is polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person's feelings ”可知给的借口只是不想在讲话，借口可能是真的或不是真的，只是出于礼貌这样说。此处选择与借口有关的句子。故选D。
【45题详解】
句意：这是人们试着相互友好的一种很重要的方式。
根据前文讲述的只是为了不伤害别人的感情，为了礼貌和友好而经常说的不是人心里真正所想的。此处选择与try to be nice to each other有关的句子。故选G。
六、词汇检测（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写词。
46. After taking the medicine, the wives forgot their ________ (丈夫) names.
【答案】husbands’
【解析】
【详解】句意：吃药后，妻子们忘记了他们的丈夫的名字。husband“丈夫”，是名词，空格修饰的是其后的名词，应用所有格形式，由“the wives forgot their”可知，这里的名词husband应用复数形式，其所有格直接加’即可，故填husbands’。
47. Lots of ________ (工厂) have been moved away from people’s living areas in the city.
【答案】factories
【解析】
【详解】句意：许多工厂已经搬离了城市里人们的生活区。factory“工厂”，是名词，空格前有Lots of修饰，名词应用复数形式，故填factories。
48. What a pity! Many young people aren’t used to ________ (交流) with their parents face to face.
【答案】communicating
【解析】
【详解】句意：真遗憾！许多年轻人不习惯与父母面对面交流。communicate交流，用于be used to doing sth结构中，使用动名词作宾语，故填communicating。
49. The famous director has been ________ (死) for five years.
【答案】dead
【解析】
【详解】句意：那位著名的导演已经去世五年了。die死，短暂性动词，此处用于现在完成时结构中表示延续，用其延续性has been dead表示，故填dead。
50. The pictures are so beautiful! I can’t help ________(打印) them out.
【答案】printing
【解析】
【详解】句意：这些照片真漂亮！我忍不住把它们打印出来了。根据中文提示，print“打印”，can’t help doing sth“忍不住做某事”，故填printing。
51. For more ________ (细节), please call Mr Wang on 82312748.
【答案】details
【解析】
【详解】句意：详情请致电82312748，与王先生联系。根据中文提示，detail表示“细节”，more修饰可数名词的复数形式，故填details。
52. — Do you mind ________(预定) two tickets for me?
— Of course.
【答案】booking
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】句意：——你介意帮我订两张票吗？ ——当然。根据中文提示，可得英文单词book，且位于mind doing sth.结构中，故动词book应用动名词形式。故填booking。
53. ________ (far) down at the bottom of the page, you can find some more information.
【答案】Further
【解析】
【详解】句意：在页面底部再往下一点，你可以找到更多的信息。根据“you can find some more information.”可知，此处指的是这张纸的底部再往下一些，应用比较级形式，down是副词，应用副词修饰副词，far的比较级further表示“进一步地”，表示程度上的加深。故填Further。
54. I think Sweeney Todd is one of the best ________ in the last 16 years. Every song in it is amazing.
【答案】musicals
【解析】
【详解】句意：我认为《理发师陶德》是过去16年来最好的音乐剧之一。里面的每首歌都很棒。根据“Sweeney Todd ”和常识可知，《理发师陶德》是一部音乐剧，musical音乐剧，用于“one of+the+最高级+名词复数”结构中，故填musicals。
55. Can I pay with RMB when in the UK? No, British people use ________.
【答案】pound## pounds
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】句意：我在英国可以用人民币付款吗？不能，英国人使用英镑。根据“Can I pay with RMB when in the UK? No, British people use ….”结合常识可知，英国人使用英镑付款，“英镑”英文表达是pound，由句意可知此处用其单复数均可，故填pound(s)。
七、阅读表达（本题共3小题，第1题1分，第2题2分，第3题3分，满分6分）
请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
In order to reduce the stress on the students, Nanjing No.1 High School has created a Grade Bank. The bank lets students “borrow” grades so that they can pass exams, and then repay them in later tests.
Here’s how it works: The Grade Bank allows students to borrow marks to fix a failing grade in any exam. But, just like a real bank, it requires “clients(客户)” to pay back the loan(贷款) on time, with interest(利息). So students have to pay for the loan by scoring extra points in future exams. Some teachers also allow the students to repay the bank by doing lab experiments or giving public speeches. Students who don’t pay back their loans are blacklisted(列入黑名单) by the bank, just like in real life.
“I was sick before the mid-term exams and missed several geography classes,” one student said, “I failed the exam, so I am glad the Grade Bank gave me a chance to fix that.”
Though many people think the Grade Bank is a good idea, at least on social media, not everyone supports the system. Education expert Xiong Bingqi for example, believes that the loan system is improper for exam marks, but he thinks that it takes stress off the students. Others think that such a system just causes students to be lazier in their studies.
56. Who will probably borrow marks from the Grade Bank?
57. How can the students pay back the loan of the Grade Bank?
58. Do you strongly wish to have a Grade Bank in your school? Why or why not?
【答案】56. The students who wanted to pass the exams but failed.
57. Students have to pay for the loan by scoring extra points in future exams.
58. No, I don’t want a Grade Bank in my school because I think that such a system just causes students to be lazier in their studies.（无标准答案，言之有理即可）
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了南京的一个学校开设的“分数银行”，以及人们对此的不同意见。
【56题详解】
根据原文“The Grade Bank allows students to borrow marks to fix a failing grade in any exam”可知，那些想过考试但是没考过的学生会向分数银行“借”分数。故填The students who wanted to pass the exams but failed.
【57题详解】
根据原文“So students have to pay for the loan by scoring extra points in future exams”可知，学生要用将来的考试分数来还贷。故填Students have to pay for the loan by scoring extra points in future exams.
【58题详解】
本题为主观题，无标准答案，学生言之有理即可。故参考答案为No, I don’t want a Grade Bank in my school because I think that such a system just causes students to be lazier in their studies.
八、翻译句子（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
59. 在苏州看到如此多的名胜，这些外国游客很兴奋。
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【答案】These foreign tourists were excited to see so many places of interest in Suzhou.
【解析】
【详解】看到如此多的名胜see so many places of interest；这些外国游客these foreign tourists；兴奋be excited；根据句意，本句时态是一般过去时，主语是复数，be动词用were，故填These foreign tourists were excited to see so many places of interest in Suzhou.
60. 我确信你们在中国逗留期间会过得很愉快的。
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【答案】I’m sure you will enjoy your stay in China
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】根据标点符号可知，该句为陈述句。I’m sure我确定，you你们，enjoy your stay逗留期间过得很愉快，in China在中国。根据语境可知，该句为宾语从句，从句所说的“在中国逗留期间”还未发生，故应用一般将来时，故填I’m sure you will enjoy your stay in China。
61. 家长会已经结束半个小时了。
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【答案】The parents’ meeting has been over for half an hour.
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】根据题干可知，家长会结束“finish”的动作发生在过去，持续了一段时间，因此时态用现在完成时，其结构为has/have+动词的过去分词，finish是短暂性动词，不能和表示一段时间的状语for half an hour连用，因此用be over，be的过去分词是been；主语“家长会the parents’ meeting”是第三人称单数，助动词用has；故答案为The parents’ meeting has been over for half an hour.
62. ——顺便问一下，上海直 飞三亚要多长时间？—— 大约三个半小时。
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【答案】—By the way, how long does it take to fly directly from Shanghai to Sanya?—About three and a half hours.
【解析】
【详解】顺便问一下by the way；多长时间how long ；上海直 飞三亚take to fly directly from Shanghai to Sanya；大约三个半小时about three and a half hours。故填—By the way, how long does it take to fly directly from Shanghai to Sanya?—About three and a half hours.
63. 约翰去澳大利亚出差了，我希望我也去过那儿。
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【答案】John has gone to Australia on business, I wish I had been there.
【解析】
【详解】约翰：John，人名，作主语；去澳大利亚出差了：have gone to Australia on business，说话时本人不在这里，应用have gone to的结构，主语是第三人称单数，助动词用has；我希望我也去过那儿：I wish I had been there，have been to“去过某地”，此处描述的是希望在这之前去过那里，此处用过去完成时的结构，故填John has gone to Australia on business, I wish I had been there.
九、书面表达（满分20分）
64. 请以Artificial Intelligence为题，写一篇短文，内容如下：
1.人工智能是世界三大尖端技术之一；
2.人工智能自1956年以来，已经取得很大进步，人们可以利用人工智能做很多事，例如……
3.我对人工智能很感兴趣，我的梦想是在大学里学习研究人工智能，现在则必须先学好数学和计算机；
4.有些人认为人工智能是危险的，未来可能会给人类带来破坏；
5.我认为……
注意事项：
I.短文必须包括所有提示内容，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；
2.把省略号处的信息补充完整：
3. 词数在90个左右，短文标题与开头已给出，不计人总词数。
4.参考词汇：人工智能Artificial Intelligence (编写AI)；尖端技术Advanced technology;
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is
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【答案】例文
Artificial Intelligence is called one of the three advanced technologies in the world. Since 1956, AI has made great progress. Now it is widely used in different kinds of fields. I am quite interested in AI. My dream is to study AI in the college. At present, I have to learn Maths and Computer well first. Some people think AI is very dangerous and may resist humans in the future. But I think AI is very useful in our lives. AI is cleverer and faster than humans’ brains. It can help us with many problems.