英语选择性必修 第一册Unit 2 Looking into the Future巩固练习

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人教（2019）版高中英语选择性必修第一册第二单元限时练
时间：100分钟 分值：120
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑
A
Unsolved Mysteries About the Planet Earth
Mystery 1: Where did water come from?
Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface and that makes the Earth earn the nickname " the blue planet " . Then where di water come from? The most popular scientific theory states that the H2came from several violent asteroids(小行星）covered with ice.Anothe suggests that the water actually has been around since the Earth's formation However it happened, though, it's certainly worked out well for the Earth life forms.
Mystery 2: What about all the oxygen?
Another thing is the planet's oxygen. Tiny creatures released oxygen as a waste product , filling the atmosphere with it . After that , the level of oxyge in the Earth's atmosphere went wildly up and down until it finally calme down around 540 million years ago. Since then, it's remained at about the breathable level we know today. But what caused it to be suddenly steady?
· Mystery 3:What caused the Cambrian(寒武纪）Explosion?
The Cambrian Explosion refers to the explosion of complex life forms that occurred on Earth about 540 million years ago. Before then, life had consisted mostly of microbes. But at the beginning of the Cambrian period complex creatures began developing at a rate never seen before. Suddenly,life forms had brains, eyes, and bones. Most living creatures today can trace their blood back to the Cambrian period.
Mystery 4: Will we be able to predict earthquakes?
We still haven't been able to come up with a way to accurately predict earthquakes. We can certainly try, but our current technology cannot predict them exactly. We know that earthquakes start when the rock cracks underground and the enormous energy released in the process causes vibration, which generates earthquake waves, but we haven't figured out why that happens, or how to predict it.
1.What was created by creatures on Earth?
A.Water. B.Bacterium. C.Oxygen. D.Ice.
2. Which of the following talks about the Earth's advanced species?
A . Mystery 1 . B.Mystery 2. C. Mystery 4. D.Mystery 3.
3. What do we know about Mystery 4?
A. It is a matter that has extremely practical significance.
B.It will be solved in the near future.
C. It is the most difficult mystery to solve of the four.
D. It is the oldest mystery of the four.
【1答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据Mystery2:What about all the oxygen?部分中的Tiny creatures released oxygen as a waste product可知，微生物把氧气当作废弃物释放出来。因此，氧气是地球上的微生物创造出来的。故选C项。
【2答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。根据Mystery3:What caused the Cambrian Explosion?部分中的"Suddenly,life forms had brains,eyes,and bones."可知，突然之间，生物有了大脑、眼睛和骨头。
因此，此部分内容介绍关于地球高级物种的信息。
【3答案】A
【解析】推理判断题。根据 Mystery 4:Will we be able to predict earthquakes?部分的内容可知，能否准确预测地震与人类的生命和财产安全息息相关，极具现实意义，故选A项。

B
Russ Fee was asleep inside his tent last summer in Canada's Banff National Park when screams shocked and awoke him. Throwing on his shoes and grabbing a lantern his wife had handed to him , he ran out to investigate .Despite the darkness, he could make out a neighboring tent. There was a wolf dragging something in his teeth-a man.
Moments earlier, Elisa and Matt, were asleep with their two young children when the wolf tore into their tent. "It was like something out of a horror movie," Elisa recalled. For three minutes, Matt threw his body in front of Elisa and the boys and fought against the wolf. At one point, Matt got the upper hand, but the wolf turned the tables and dragged Matt outside while Elisa was pulling on his legs trying to get him back.
It was then that Russ Fee entered the picture. He ran toward the beast, kicking it in the hip. The wolf dropped Matt and emerged from the tent. Fee felt like he had hit someone bigger than him.
Before the wolf could turn its anger at Fee, Matt, whose arms were bloody, restarted the battle. The men threw rocks at the wolf, keeping it off. Then the families fled to the shelter-Fee's minivan and called an ambulance.
"Attacks are so rare that a person here has a greater chance of being killed by a dog, lightning, a bee sting, or a car collision with a deer thar being injured by a wolf , " said Matt .
Fee did think about drawing back , if less heroic , in the heat of battle . The moment the wolf locked eyes with him, Fee said, "I immediately regretted kicking it."
4.What were the two families doing in Banff National Park?
A. They were making a horror movie.
B. They were camping.
C. They were studying wolves.
D. They were investigating the park.
5.How did Matt escape from the wolf?
A. By Fee's kicking the wolf from behind.
B. By turning the table on the wolf.
C. By placing his hand tightly on the wolf.
D. By his wife's pulling on his legs.
6. What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?
A. Many deer are killed by vehicles.
B. Dogs are people's friends in need.
C. Wolves seldom attack people there.
D. People are often attacked by wolves.
7. Which word can best describe Fee in the story?
A. Brave. B. Responsible.
C. Indifferent. D. Clever.
【4答案】B
【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段中的Russ Fee was asleep inside his tent last summer in Canada's Banff National Park 和"Despite the darkness, he could make out a neighboring tent."可推知，这两个家庭在班夫国家公园露营。故选B项
【5答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段中的“He ran toward the beast, kicking it in the hip. The wolf dropped Matt and emerged from the tent."可知，是拉斯·菲从后面朝狼的臀部踢了一脚，使得狼扔下了马特。故选A项。
【6答案】C
【解析】推理判断题。根据第五段的内容可知，在这里，被狗咬死、被闪电击中、死于蜜蜂皙伤或死于车辆与鹿相撞的概率比被狼咬伤的概率要大得多。由此可知，那儿的狼很少攻击人。故选C项。
【7答案】A
【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Fee did think about drawing back, if less heroic, in the heat of battle."和文中对于拉斯·菲与狼搏斗的叙述可推知，他是很勇敢的。故选A项。

C
As data and identity theft becomes more and more common, the market is growing for biometric（生物测量）technologies—like fingerprint scans—to keep others out of private e-spaces. At present, these technologies are still expensive, though.
Researchers from Georgia Tech say that they have come up with a low-cost device（装置）that gets around this problem: a smart keyboard. This smart keyboard precisely measures the cadence（节奏）with which one types and the pressure fingers apply to each key. The keyboard could offer a strong layer of security by analyzing things like the force of a user’s typing and the time between key presses. These patterns are unique to each person. Thus, the keyboard can determine people’s identities, and by extension, whether they should be given access to the computer it’s connected to — regardless of whether someone gets the password right.
It also doesn’t require a new type of technology that people aren’t already familiar with. Everybody uses a keyboard and everybody types differently.
In a study describing the technology, the researchers had 100 volunteers type the word ＂touch＂four times using the smart keyboard. Data collected from the device could be used to recognize different participants based on how they typed, with very low error rates. The researchers say that the keyboard should be pretty straightforward to commercialize and is mostly made of inexpensive, plastic-like parts. The team hopes to make it to market in the near future.
8. Why do the researchers develop the smart keyboard?
A. To reduce pressure on keys. B. To improve accuracy in typing
C. To replace the password system. D. To cut the cost of e-space protection.
9. What makes the invention of the smart keyboard possible?
A. Computers are much easier to operate.
B. Fingerprint scanning techniques develop fast.
C. Typing patterns vary from person to person.
D. Data security measures are guaranteed.
10. What do the researchers expect of the smart keyboard?
A. It’ll be environment-friendly. B. It’ll reach consumers soon.
C. It’ll be made of plastics. D. It’ll help speed up typing.
11. Where is this text most likely from?
A. A diary. B. A guidebook
C. A novel. D. A magazine.
【8答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。本题题干意为：研究者们为什么研发智能键盘？根据文章第一段可知，现在一些阻止别人进入私人电子空间的技术成本仍然很高。因此，来自Georgia Tech的研究者们想出了一种低成本的（low-cost)装置——智能键盘，来应对这个问题。所以答案为D项：减少电子空间保护的成本。A:减轻对按键的压力；B:提升打字的精确度；C:取代密码系统。
【9答案】.C
【解析】细节理解题。本题题干意为：什么使智能键盘这项发明成为可能？根据第二段第四句“These patterns are unique to each person.”可知，因为每个人的打字模式各不相同，所以智能键盘能识别人的身份，保护人的隐私。所以答案为C项：打字模式因人而异。A:计算机很容易操作；B:指纹扫描技术发展很快；D:数据安全措施有保证。
【10答案】.B
【解析】细节理解题。本题题干意为：研究者们对智能键盘期待什么？根据文章最后一段最后两句话，研究者们说键盘应该直接商业化，智能键盘主要是由价格低廉的塑料类配件制成，团队希望它在不久的将来进入市场。所以答案为B项（它将很快到达消费者手里）。A:它将是环保的；C:它将用塑料制造。此项为干扰项，用塑料制造是事实，但不是将来发生的事；D:它将有助于加速打字。
【11答案】.D
【解析】推理判断题。本题题干意为：这篇文章最有可能来自哪里？文章介绍了一种新的保护电子隐私空间的设备——智能键盘，并且希望产品能很快走进市场。本文语言客观严谨，属于科普类文章，故答案为D项：杂志。A:日记；B:指导手册；C:小说。

D
In the past decade, the use of social media has grown in a way that no one could have guessed. It has turned some teenagers into celebrities and turned the famous into the infamous,overnight.
A key feature of social media, however, is its volatility.Trends come and go, disappearing almost as quickly as they appeared.
Short video apps such as Tik Tok and its Chinese equivalent(对应物）Douyin,took the world by storm.The Telegraph reported that Tik Tok was ranked 8th on Apple's App Store in April. And Douyin had more than 300 million domestic monthly active users in June, CNBC said.
Why are these short videos-which are rarely longer than a few minutes-so popular? Jiang Yige, Singapore-based analyst at FengHe Fund Management, has a theory. "Short videos are just right to fill in the little gaps in our busy schedules,"he told CNBC.
These videos--apart from being very convenient--are important to teenagers because they allow them to express themselves,according to Teen Vogue.
Liza Koshy, a user of the US app Musical. ly who has over 2 million followers,said,"The sense of community that users of short video apps get is another appealing feature."
Live streaming(直播）is a feature of our social media life that now seems as natural as sunrise . It's a pretty neat idea : You can watch anyone , anywhere , live . However , China has taken live streaming to a whole new level. In China, more than 100million viewers monthly watch a live streaming video. Forbes thought that a number of factors had led to the popularity of live streams. Among them is viewers' ability to interact with others using unknown names.
However, the quick development of social media may be having side effects too. Fake news is one serious problem it causes. Materials shared on these platforms are often not checked for accuracy. The most basic content can be false and can mislead users one way or another. We use social media all the time; that doesn't mean that we understand the influence it is having on us. We should be mindful of both the time we spend on it and its impact on our minds.
12. The underlined word "volatility" in Paragraph 2 possibly means "being__".
A.changeable B.steady
C.promising D.violent
13. According to Liza Koshy, short videos are very popular because_____.
A.they are very convenient
B.they help people kill time
C.they provide a sense of community
D.they allow people to express themselves
14.What do we know about social media?
A.The information from social media is totally reliable.
B.When it comes to social media,people only know short videos.
C.People can't communicate with each other without social media.
D. There is still much room for improvement in social media.
15.What is the author's attitude to the quick development of social media?
A.Objective.
B.Subjective.
C.Favorable.
D.Disapproving.
【12答案】.A
【解析】词义猜测题。根据第二段的Trends come and go,disappearing most as quickly as they appeared.可知，社交媒体的一个主要特点是变化无常，某种趋势很快出现又很快消失，由此可知“changeable"合社交媒体的特点。
【13答案】.C
【解析】细节理解题。根据第六段Liza Koshy说的话“The sense of cor munity that users of short video apps get is another appealing feature."知，他认为短视频软件受用户欢迎的原因是他们能从中得到团体属感，故C项正确。其他选项均不是Liza Koshy的观点，故排除。
【14答案】.D
【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，社交媒体发展迅速，但也带些副作用，如虚假消息会误导用户，由此可见社交媒体有很大的提空间，故D项正确。
【15答案】.A
【解析】推理判断题。由全文可知，作者分析了社交媒体的发展以及带的负面影响，作者对其发展持有“客观”的态度，故A项正确。
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
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。
Imagine you are on a long car trip. It is night and you take a wrong turn onto a dark country road. With a sinking feeling, you realize that you have no idea where you are .
___________16____________, and the answer is written by light. A shining compass face,with north, south, east and west at the four points, and a big needle is pointing at north. What a relief! You turn your car around and head in the right direction guided by the sky.
For migratory birds, finding their way over long distances through the darkest nights is their second nature. ___________17____-directions written by light and magnetism(磁力）. Some birds travel thousands of miles in their twice-yearly journeys . ___________18____ , like mountain ranges and rivers , to help decide the directions; but birds may also navigate by using the stars, and sensing or even "seeing" the Earth's invisible magnetic field.
For many years, scientists have been studying what's behind the strong ability of migratory birds to find their way to their winter and summer homes.Here is one thing that they agree on. ___________19_____. This compass leads them to make their very first in the direction that has been the dight in the traveled by the rest of their species. ___________20_____.
A. Then you glance up the sky
B. They do it in part by reading directions in the sky
C.So birds are born knowing which way their home is
D. Magnetism is important for all animals, especially birds and fishes
E. When they're on the way, they take advantage of familiar landmarks
F . Migratory baby birds are already equipped with a kind of natural inner compass
G. In birds, migration means two-way journeys-the onward journey and the backward journey
16.【答案】A
【解析】语境推断。上文描述了一个场景，即想象你驾车时迷失了方向；根据空后的the answer is written by light及选项可知，A项（然后你仰望天空）符合语境。A项中的you呼应第一段描述的场景中的主语you。
17. 【答案】B
【解析】复现推断。上文讲到，对于迁徙的鸟来说，在长途跋涉中找到方向穿过黑夜是它们的第二天性；根据空后内容可知，此处应是解释原因。故B项（一定程度上，它们是通过识别天空中的方位来做到的）与此处语义连贯。B项中的directions与空后的directions相呼应。
18. 【答案】E
【解析】语境推断。本段主要讲的是迁徙的鸟在飞行过程中辨别方向的方法。根据空后的like mountain ranges and rivers和这项可知，E项中的familiar landmarks与此处语义相吻合。故E项(在鸟儿的飞行途中，它们利用熟悉的地标）符合语境。
19. 【答案】F
【解析】复现推断。下文提到，这种指南针可以引领它们进行第一次秋季迁徙；结合选项可知，F项中的inner compass与下一句中的This compass相呼应。故F项（候鸟的幼鸟已经具备了一种天生的体内指南针）符合语境。
20. 【答案】C
【解析】逻辑推断。上文讲了候鸟具备辨别方向的能力的原因，由此推知，此处应阐述结果；结合选项可知，C项（所以，鸟儿天生知道回家的路）符合语境。
第二部分 语言运用 （共两节 满分30分）
第一节：完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
When 19-year-old Chloe Mitchell's senior trip was canceled due to the pandemic, she knew she couldn't just lie around the house. Not only is she a passionate volleyball player with an active lifestyle, she's also a teenager. Being ____21____ in the house all day with your parents isn't ideal—no matter how much you love them.
“I was bored. I was really depressed because quarantine had taken away my senior year,” she explained. “I needed something to ____22____ worries in my mind. I needed ____23____ labor. I needed space from my family.”
As a self-described DIY obsessive, Mitchell saw the shabby shed in the yard, a relaxing space to call her own. Unfortunately, as she set about ____24____ the forgotten shed into a stylish vacation home—'She Shed', Mitchell was upset that social-distancing rules meant she couldn't invite her friends over. So she decided to share the ____25____ with her 34 followers on TikTok, ____26____ close friends, letting them know every step she did during the following days.
Over the next 10 days, Mitchell began to ____27____ the contents of her small shed used as a storage bam so that it could be cleaned easily. After that, she wiped down the original wooden beams before giving them a fresh layer of white ____28____ Once the paint had dried, she hung fairy lights, ____29____ the space with plants and added a television and refrigerator donated by neighbors. She even built herself a daybed and purchased a little bed for her dog, Lilly.
Happy to be out in the sun, putting her DIY skills to good _____30_____ and sharing the experience with her friends, Mitchell could never have predicted what happened next. Known as “she shed girl”, Mitchell now has a(an) _____31_____ 2.7 million followers on TikTok, where she shares DIY tips and snippets of her life as a freshman at Aquinas College in Michigan. _____32_____ by the success of her first project, Mitchell turned her attention to the family's pool house, imagining it as a charming pub shed.
Commenting on Mitchell's _____33_____ shed renovation, the experts at My Tool Shed DIY said, “Stress levels have _____34_____ in the last year due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now more than ever people need time to do something they love. Having a _____35_____ space like a 'she shed' can be perfect for this.”
21. A. locked B. occupied C. stuck D. closed
22. A. give out B. take off C. pick up D. settle down
23. A. mental B. convenient C. casual D. physical
24. A. building B. mending C. transforming D. exchanging
25. A. assignment B. project C. progress D. shed
26. A. mostly B. really C. hardly D. naturally
27. A. furnish B. prepare C. fix D. empty
28. A. wood B. paint C. sheet D. paper
29. A. filled B. put C. placed D. offered
30. A. position B. effect C. use D. practice
31. A. delighted B. depressing C. incredible D. horrible
32. A. Encouraged B. Frustrated C. Exhausted D. Satisfied
33. A. imperfect B. impressive C. important D. impossible
34. A. decreased B. declined C. raised D. skyrocketed
35. A. reflected B. limited C. relieved D. dedicated
【答案】
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. C 32. A 33. B 34. D 35. D
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述大学生Mitchell在疫情期间被困在家里，不愿意无所事事的她改造了家里的棚屋，并且她把改造进程发布在TikTok之后收获了大批的粉丝。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：不管你有多爱父母，整天和他们困在家里也不是什么理想的事情。A. locked上锁的；B. occupied无空闲的；C. stuck卡住的；D. closed关着的。结合后文“in the house all day with your parents”以及上文提到的新冠疫情可知，此处指和父母困在家里，短语be stuck in“困住”。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：我需要一些东西来消除心中的忧虑。A. give out分发；B. take off脱掉，离开；C. pick up捡起；D. settle down定居。根据“I was really depressed because quarantine had taken away my senior year”可知，作者因为疫情被困住而感到情绪低落，所以她需要一些东西来消除焦虑。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我需要体力劳动。A. mental精神的；B. convenient方便的；C. casual随便的；D. physical身体的。根据“she knew she couldn't just lie around the house”可知，Mitchell不想只是躺在房子里什么都不干，所以她认为自己需要体力劳动。故选D。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：不幸的是，当她打算把这个被遗忘的小屋改造成一个时尚的度假屋时，Mitchell很不高兴，因为社交距离的规定意味着她不能邀请她的朋友过来。A. building修建；B. mending修补；C. transforming改造，转换；D. exchanging改变。根据上文“As a self-described DIY obsessive, Mitchell saw the shabby shed in the yard, a relaxing space to call her own.”以及后文“the forgotten shed into a stylish vacation home”可知，Mitchell打算把那个破旧的小屋改造成一个时尚的度假屋。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以她决定与TikTok上的34名粉丝分享她的进展，他们大多是密友，让他们知道她在接下来的几天里所做的每一步。A. assignment分配；B. project项目；C. progress进展，进步；D. shed摆脱。根据“letting them know every step she did during the following days”可知，此处表示Mitchell打算在TikTok上分享自己接下来棚屋改造工作的进展。故选C。
【26题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：所以她决定与TikTok上的34名粉丝分享她的进展，他们大多是密友，让他们知道她在接下来的几天里所做的每一步。A. mostly主要地；B. really实际上；C. hardly几乎不；D. naturally自然地。根据“with her 34 followers on TikTok, ____8____close friends,”可知，此处表示Mitchell在TikTok上的34名粉丝是由她的好朋友构成，mostly符合语境。故选A。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在接下来的10天里，Mitchell开始清空她用作储藏室的小棚里的东西，这样就可以很容易地清理了。A. furnish提供；B. prepare准备；C. fix固定；D. empty清空。根据后文“so that it could be cleaned easily.”可知，开始改造之前，Mitchell首先清空了小棚屋里的东西，这样容易清理。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那之后，她把原来的木梁擦干净，然后给它们涂上一层白漆。A. wood木材；B. paint油漆；C. sheet工作表；D. paper纸张。根据后文“Once the paint had dried”可知，她给木梁涂上一层白漆，故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：油漆一干，她就挂起了仙女灯，在房间里种满了植物，还添置了一台邻居捐赠的电视机和冰箱。A. filled装满；B. put表达；C. placed放置；D. offered提议。根据“Once the paint had dried, she hung fairy lights, ____11____the space with plants”可知，她在房间里种满了植物，fill with意为“用……装满……”，符合语境。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：高兴地在户外晒太阳，很好地利用自己的DIY技能，并与她的朋友分享这一经验，Mitchell绝对没有料到接下来会发生什么。A. position位置；B. effect影响；C. use使用；D. practice实践。根据“As a self-described DIY obsessive”可知，Mitchell是一个DIY痴迷者，所以她在这次房屋改造中很好地利用了自己的DIY技能，put...to good use“好好利用……”。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：被称为“she shed girl”的Mitchell现在在TikTok上有令人难以置信的270万粉丝，她在那里分享自己作为密歇根州阿奎那学院大一新生的DIY小窍门和生活片段。A. delighted高兴的；B. depressing令人沮丧的；C. incredible难以置信的；D. horrible可怕的。根据“Mitchell now has a (an) ____15____ 2.7 million followers on TikTok”可知，270万粉丝是很可观的，所以是令人难以置信的。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：第一个项目的成功让Mitchell深受鼓舞，她把注意力转向家里的泳池房，把它想象成一个迷人的酒吧小屋。A. Encouraged受鼓励的；B. Frustrated沮丧的；C. Exhausted筋疲力尽的；D. Satisfied满足的。根据“Mitchell turned her attention to the family's pool house”可知，Mitchell因为第一个改造项目的成功受到鼓舞，准备进行接下来的项目。故选A。
【33题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在谈到Mitchell令人印象深刻的棚屋改造时，“我的工具棚”DIY项目的专家说:“由于COVID-19大流行的影响，去年人们的压力水平急剧上升。A. imperfect不完美的；B. impressive印象深刻的；C. important重要的；D. impossible不可能的。根据“Known as “she shed girl”, Mitchell now has a (an) ____15____ 2.7 million followers on TikTok”可知，Mitchell的棚屋改造分享到TikTok之后吸引了很多粉丝，可见是令人印象深刻的。故选B。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在谈到Mitchell令人印象深刻的棚屋改造时，“我的工具棚”DIY项目的专家说:“由于COVID-19大流行的影响，去年人们的压力水平急剧上升。A. decreased减少；B. declined下降；C. raised提高；D. skyrocketed飞涨。根据“due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”可知，由于COVID-19疫情的影响，去年人们的压力水平上升了，并且空后不接宾语，所以要用不及物动词。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：拥有一个像“她的棚屋”这样的专用空间是完美的。A. reflected反射；B. limited限制；C. relieved减轻；D. dedicated专用。根据“a relaxing space to call her own”可知，这个棚屋是Mitchell的专有空间。故选D。
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
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。
Have you ever been too shy to express thanks towards someone? Well, a new study says you should not worry about that so much.
Recently, researchers have published a study on how people gave and ___36___ (receive) letters of thanks. ___37___ they found was that expressing and receiving appreciation increased happiness for both ___38___ (side), but people's self-consciousness (自我意识)often made it less possible for them to express their appreciation.
In the experiments, the researchers asked hundreds of participants ___39__ (write) an email to someone close to them, __40___ (express) their appreciation and giving ___41___ specific example of how that person made their lives better.
The writers often underestimated (低估)the positive effect that the emails would have ___42___ the receivers. They thought that the receivers would feel ___43___ (awkward) and uncomfortable over the letters than they actually were. Contrary to the writers’ ___44___ (believe), the receivers were thankful, warm and understanding.
So next time you feel hesitant about expressing your appreciation for others, remember that it will most ___45___ (probable) go a lot better than you think.
【答案】
36. received 37. What 38. sides 39. to write 40. expressing 41. a 42. on/upon
43. more awkward 44. belief 45. probably
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。最近，研究人员发表了一项关于人们如何发送和接收感谢信的研究。他们发现，表达和接受感激会增加双方的幸福感，但人们的自我意识往往会降低表达感激的可能性。并说明了实验过程。
【36题详解】
考查动词时态。and连接两个并列的谓语动词gave和received，因为gave是过去式，故此处也用一般过去时。故填received。
【37题详解】
考查名词性从句连接词。此处为主语从句，主语从句中缺少宾语，指代事情应用what。句首字母要大写。故填What。
【38题详解】
考查名词的数。both后面的side为可数名词，故应使用复数形式sides。故填sides。
394题详解】
考查非谓语动词。根据短语ask sb. to do表示“让某人做某事”，后跟不定式。故填to write。
【40题详解】
考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知express在句中应用非谓语动词形式，且与逻辑主语participants构成主动关系，故用现在分词。故填expressing。
【41题详解】
考查冠词。example为可数名词，此处表示泛指应用不定冠词，且specific为辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。
【42题详解】
考查介词。此处为短语have the positive effect on/upon sth.表示“对……起积极作用”。故填on/upon。
【43题详解】
考查比较级。根据后文than they actually were可知应填形容词比较级，表示“更尴尬的”。故填more awkward。
【44题详解】
考查名词。此空在writers’后应用名词，故填belief。
【45题详解】
考查副词。从句中主语是it，谓语是will most go，因此此处用probable的副词probably来修饰动词go。故填probably。
【点睛】名词性从句关键在于三点：
一、找准从句在主句中充当的成分即分出是名词性从句的主语句、宾语从句、表语从句还是同位语从句；
二、连接词从句中充当的成分（主、宾、定或状语或不做任何成分）；
三、弄清楚每个连接词的意义。此外还要注意，近年来高考对于名词性从句的考查多从名词性从句的语序和连接词的用法区别上考查。
如第二小题，此处为主语从句，主语从句中缺少宾语，指代事情应用what。句首字母要大写。故填What。
第三部分 书面表达（满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假设你是李华，你远在美国的笔友Jack对中国的春节很感兴趣，他来信询问有关情况。请你给他回一封电子邮件，简单介绍春节及中国人是如何过春节的。内容应包括如下要点：
1.春节在中国的地位；
2.春节来临前及期间人们的活动；
3.你对春节的态度。
注意：1.可适当发挥使行文连贯，词数100左右；
2.开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
Thanks for your e-mail. I’m glad to tell you something about China’s Spring Festival.
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Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】One possible version:
Dear Jack，
Thanks for your e-mail. I'm glad to tell you something about China's Spring Festival.
As you know, the Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, just like Christmas in the west. It falls on the last day of the lunar year and lasts until the Lantern Festival.
Before the festival comes, people clean and decorate their houses to welcome the New Year. On New Year's Eve, people usually get together to watch annual Spring Festival Gala Evening on TV while eating delicious food. During the festival, people go from house to house to pay a New Year visit to their relatives and friends.
As a child, I like the Spring Festival very much because I can set off firecrackers and get pocket money from my parents and relatives as well.
How do you like the Spring Festival? I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给你远在美国的笔友Jack回一封电子邮件，简单介绍春节及中国人是如何过春节的。
【详解】1.词汇积累
高兴：happy →glad
拜访：visit →pay a visit to
燃放：light →set off
期待：expect = look forward to
2.句式拓展
同义句
原句：As you know, the Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, just like Christmas in the west.
拓展句：It’s known that the Spring Festival is the most important festival in China,just like Christmas in the west.
【点睛】[高分句型1] As you know, the Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, just like Christmas in the west.这句话运用了as引导的非限制性定语从句。
[高分句型2] On New Year's Eve, people usually get together to watch annual Spring Festival Gala Evening on TV while eating delicious food. 这句话运用了时间状语从句的省略。

第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给其内容和所给的段落开头语续写成两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。
On Christmas Eve, seventy-three-year-old George selected his food carefully. Skim milk was $2.99, white bread, 89cents with a 10-cent discount. Leaving the cashier, he calculated that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the wind reminded him of his gloves. Where are they? Not in the coat pockets. Not in the grocery bag either. He was sure he was wearing them when he entered the store. He clearly remembered putting them into the pocket of this coat. George made a second thorough search of all his pockets again, including the grocery bag. Now he was sure they must have been dropped somewhere inside the store.
Old George had bought the black leather gloves at a 25% discount, for just $35. 00, ten years ago. They were soft and warm and very durable. He had taken care not to let a drop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so they looked like new. Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child to him.
George, calm on the outside but nervous inside. re-entered the store. He followed the same route he had walked before, starting at the bread counter, to the milk section, the corner where salt and sugar were placed, then the rest of the store. Several minutes of anxious searching turned out to be in vain. He asked the customers whether they saw a pair of black leather gloves, but they said no. Then he went over to the cashier without hesitation to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but only received the same answer. His heart grew heavier.
“Society has changed, people have changed,” he murmured to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Now a good action is lost.”
Yet he did not give up hope. He started to stare at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like his. The first two persons he saw did wear gloves, but one was women’s and the other not black.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer,
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Paragraph 2:
During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair.
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【答案】
参考范文
Possible version 1
Suddenly, he found a man looking like a la wyer, wearing black leather gloves. Abru pt as it might seem, George came up witho ut hesitation and asked if they were his, bu t there came a disappointing answer. On s econd thought, he realized nobody would b
e so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. He had no other alternative but to as k the cashier to keep them in case the lost gl oves were found. Then he dragged his legs towards the exit.
Possible version 2
During the whole holiday, he was always th inking whether to buy a new pair. After al I, in deep winter, he could not do without gloves. Finally poor George decided to buy another pair of leather gloves. With the last ray of hope, he stepped into the store agai n. No sooner had he opened the door than the cashier told him there was indeed one su ch pair as he lost. after examining them ca efully, he was wild with joy, expressing sincere gratitude and saying to himself that a good action was never lost.