辽宁省部分重点中学2023届高三下学期高考模拟考试英语试卷（含答案）

这是一份辽宁省部分重点中学2023届高三下学期高考模拟考试英语试卷（含答案），共17页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，七选五，完形填空，短文填空，书面表达，读后续写等内容，欢迎下载使用。
辽宁省部分重点中学2023届高三下学期高考模拟考试英语试卷
学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解
Many of the vegetables we grow in our gardens produce seeds, which can grow into plants if harvested and stored correctly. Here is how to collect and save seeds from some common homegrown crops.
Lettuce
At the end of the growing season, lettuce plants will grow a flower that will develop seed heads. When they are dry, remove the stem. Put the seed heads in a paper bag and shake. The seeds will come off the flower and fall to the bottom of the bag.
Basil
When plants bolt at the end of the season, permit flowers to remain until they fade completely. Clip them off and place them in a sieve(筛子).·Then use fingers to push them against the bottom of the sieve to separate the tiny seeds from flowers.
Peppers
Choose the best-looking pepper until the plant is overripe and wrinkled. Slice it in half and remove the seeds. Spread seeds on thick paper and let them dry in a warm place. Do not put them in direct sunlight. Shake the seeds around from time to time to ensure even drying.
Eggplant
Permit an eggplant to over-ripen and harden. Cut it open, remove its seeds and place them in a bowl of water. Stir the water to wash off sticky things. Then use a cloth to dry the seeds gently. Leave the seeds on a piece of cloth, shaking every day, until completely dry.
Carrots
Carrot plants produce seeds only in their second year. When the flowers dry on the plant, remove the seeds stalk from the top, and store them in a cool, dry place in a paper bag for two weeks. Then shake the bag to separate the seeds. Blow off the chaff(谷壳) and leave the seeds.
Green beans
To get green bean seeds, leave developing pods on one plant until they are completely dried and brown. Next, cut the pods off the plant and place them in a cool, dark spot to dry further. Later, remove the seeds and spread them on cloth. Let them harden there for a few days.
1、Which vegetable seed is supposed to avoid sunshine?
A. Lettuce. B. Peppers. C. Eggplant. D.Carrots.
2、Which of the following is a proper way to collect seeds?
A. Lettuce seeds must be collected in winter.
B. Cut the green bean pods while they are green.
C. Collect eggplant seeds directly when they are ripe.
D. Separate the basil seeds from their tiny flowers with a sieve.
3、In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A. Culture & Entertainment. B. Health & Medicine.
C. Agriculture & Gardening. D. Science & Technology.
There was a time, Wang Fuchun remembered, when all the people on Chinese trains looked more or less the same. In the late 1970s, when he started taking his photographs, everyone seemed to wear green suits and caps. The green-skinned trains crept between China's main towns and cities. On board, all was chaos. Life seemed to explode on the train as if it were a stage. He did not care what seat he had, for he was on the move.
China, too, was on the move. China was rushing to the modern world, and the trains. showed it. Steam was fading; the green-skinned trains acquired fans, then air-conditioning. Then came express trains, then high-speed rail. And the passengers, too, changed. They began to wear jeans; by the 1980s they let their hair grow. The 1990s brought in a fashion for T-shirts with favourite stars. People wanted a look that was unique; they became individuals. His book Chinese on the Train, published in 2001, caught the brief span when old and new crashed.
Many slow trains had been replaced by high-speed models, as comfortable and quiet as hotels. The aisles were clear, the windows sealed. In the ordinary seats, everyone's nose was buried in their tablets and their phones.
Over 40 years he reckoned he had ridden on 1,000 trains and covered more than 100,000 kilometres, on every line in China. He found he could not sleep properly without the clank of rails beneath him. He took about 200,000 pictures. He liked to place two of his photographs side by side. One was of a green-skinned train in 1998, with a merry line of passengers grinning out of the window. The second picture showed a pair of newly-weds(新婚夫妇) in 2015 in front of a Harmony high-speed train, holding the character for "double happiness". He liked the message of hope. He was proud of what China had achieved.
4、What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
A. The development of trains in China.
B. The changes that took place in China.
C. The publication of an influential book.
D. Chinese people's habits of dressing in the past.
5、What can we learn about Wang Fuchun according to the text?
A. He set about photographing in 1970.
B. His book featured green-skinned trains.
C. His photos focused on ordinary people.
D. He suffered from sleep disorder on the train.
6、What did Wang Fuchun want to show by mentioning “double happiness”?
A.·The great changes of trains. B. The pride in rapid development.
C. The happy life of train passengers. D. The breakthrough in his photographing.
7、Which of the following best describes Wang Fuchun as a photographer?
A. Ambitious. B. Outgoing. C.Determined. D. Talented.
A recent study in the science publication Joule says there are enough rare earth metals(稀土金属) on Earth for new "low-carbon electricity generation" technologies. The researchers said the amount of minerals available is enough to supply a switch to renewable energy and more mining is needed to make more of the valuable metals available to industry.
Rare earth metals are in demand for products such as magnets, wind turbines(涡轮机), solar panels and computers. All are part of the "green energy" push to remove carbon gases from electricity generation.
Zeke Hausfather, an expert who works at a technology company called Stripe and at Berkeley Earth, called the process "big and messy". But he thinks reducing carbon gases, or "decarbonization", can be done. He said he is not worried about the long-term supply of rare earth materials.
However, the scientists warn that in the early days of the switch to green energy, there will be shortages. For example, there could be a shortage of the element called dysprosium. It is used to make strong magnets. Industry will require three times more of the metal than is produced now. However, there is 12 times more dysprosium available than needed, the researchers said.
Another element is tellurium, which is used in large groups of solar panels, called solar farms. There is just enough of that material available if the world makes a fast push to solar power, the researchers said. In addition, there are other materials that can be used instead of tellurium if needed.
Daniel Ibarra, an environment professor at Brown University, told the Associated Press that the study is forceful and "debunks" concerns about running out of rare earth materials. He said the main question is whether production of the materials can keep up with demand.
The United States Geological Survey reports that the countries with the largest supplies of rare earth metals are China, Vietnam, Russia and Myanmar, also known as Burma.
8、What is Zeke Hausfather's attitude towards the storage of rare earth metal?
A. Confident. B. Skeptical. C. Uncertain. D.Indifferent.
9、Dysprosium is mentioned in Paragraph 4 to _____.
A. compare it with other elements
B. indicate its wide existence in nature
C. stress its importance in industrial production
D. show its shortage in the early change to green energy
10、The underlined word "debunk" in the sixth paragraph probably means ______.
A. have doubt about B. show something false
C. be certain about D. prove something correct
11、Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Necessity of Mining for Renewable Energy
B. Concerns about Shortage of Rare Earth Metals
C. Rare Earth Metals Are Enough for Green Energy
D. Low-carbon Technologies Are Developing Fast
It's true that our ability to pick up new skills declines with age, but using a specific type of mindset—effectively holding on to a beginner's mind—can help you learn new tricks and skills effectively as an adult.
You may still wonder why you should make the effort, but best-selling author Tom Vanderbilt points out that there are many general benefits of learning any new skill-including some long-term brain changes that could reduce some of the mental decline that often comes with ageing.
Interestingly, the benefits here seem to come from trying out multiple skills, rather than focusing on one particular expertise. As Vanderbilt writes in his book: "Rather than running a marathon mechanically, you are putting your brain through a variety of high-intensity interval workouts. Each time you begin to learn that new skill, you're reshaping yourself. You're training your brain again to be more efficient."
The lifelong pursuit of many different interests may even increase your creativity. As David Epstein also noted in his book, Nobel laureates were many times more likely to have enjoyed artistic pursuits such as music, dance, visual art or creative writing than other scientists.
As you set about learning a new skill, there will be frustrations and moments of failure—but these may in fact be the most important experiences of the whole process. After years of experience in journalism, Vanderbilt says that the new challenges were a welcome change to his "professional complacency(专业成就感)". "It sort of opened my mind and brought me back to this sense of not knowing," he says. "The learning of the thing itself was often different from what I imagined. My expectations were constantly being upset."
Plentiful research has shown that intellectual humility the capacity to recognize the limits of our knowledge—can powerfully improve our thinking and decision making. And it may be increasingly important in today's rapidly changing world. Whether we are learning for pleasure or attempting to boost our professional skills, we could all do well to develop that "beginner's mindset", where nothing is certain, and there is everything to learn.
12、What can be the most beneficial way for adults to learn new tricks and skills?
A. Trying many things. B. Pursuing familiar interests.
C. Focusing on a specific skill. D. Training hard for a marathon.
13、What can be inferred from Vanderbilt's words according to Paragraph 5?
A. He trains his brain through working out.
B. He hasn't achieved his professional complacency.
C. He thinks failure is an important part in one's learning.
D. He believes learning new skills can improve one's mental health.
14、What does the underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Learning new skills and tricks.
B. Attempts to improve one's professional skills.
C. The capacity of thinking and decision making.
D. The ability to recognize one's limits of knowledge.
15、What is the benefit of holding onto a beginner's mind according to the passage?
A. It frees us from frustrations.
B. It prevents us from becoming old.
C. It helps us reflect and brings us many possibilities.
D. It helps us become experienced in a particular field.
二、七选五
16、 Many people think that when they become rich and successful, happiness will naturally follow.①_____ The world is full of very rich people who are as miserable as if they were living in hell. We have read stories about movie stars who committed suicide or died from drugs. Quite clearly, money is not the only answer to all problems.
②_____ Lottery winnings do not bring happiness. Gambling winnings do not bring happiness. To my mind, the secret to happiness lies in your successful work you’re your contribution towards others' happiness and in your wealth you have earned through your own honest effort. If you obtain wealth through luck or dishonest means, you will know that it is ill-earned money. If you get your money by taking advantage of others or by hurting others, you will not be happy with it. ③_____
Long-term happiness in based on honesty, productive work, contribution, and self-esteem. ④_____ It is a continuous process of honest, productive work which makes a real contribution to others and makes you feel you are a useful, worthy person.
As Dr. Wayne wrote, "There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way." There is no use saying "Someday when I achieve these goals, when I get a car, build a house and own my own business, then I will be really happy." Life just does not work that way. If you wait for certain things to happen and depend on external circumstances of life to make you happy, you will always feel unfulfilled. ⑤_____
A. Happiness is not an end; it 1s a process.
B. There will always be something missing.
C. You will think you are an immoral person.
D. ·Let me tell you that nothing is further from the truth.
E. Wealth obtained through dishonest means does not bring happiness.
F. People may have different ideas as for the ways of achieving happiness.
G. It is up to us to find the ways to achieve that happiness we seek and long for.
三、完形填空（15空）
It was just three days from Thanksgiving, and my husband, Gerald, and I were on our first tour across the Canadian prairies. 1 , I knew we would be away for Thanksgiving, but the reality of it didn't really 2 on me before we hit the road. Now, we had to spend Thanksgiving with strangers.
We 3 in front of a small, lakeside house, mildly 4 . Would it be okay to disturb others on this private celebration? As we 5 into Betty and Gary's home, we were immediately met with 6 . The wood stove took every bit of chill out of the air, and the smell of food 7 us like a soft blanket. We gathered around the table. Our anxiety 8 away as we were drawn into this circle of friendship. We told stories, shared laughs, and as the day called us to, gave 9 .
We thought we were going to spend Thanksgiving with strangers, but we really didn't. Something 10 happens when good food is 11 shared around an open table. Conversations begin. 12 starts to flow. Divisions disappear. Relationships are 13 . Through the simple act of sharing a meal together, we discover we're 14 by our desire to love, our need for 15 , and our common humanity. What a perfect way to celebrate Thanksgiving!
17、A. Basically B. Generally C. Honestly D. Secretly
18、A. dawn B. call C. reflect D. strike
19、A. dropped by B. headed off C. pulled up D. set out
20、A. anxious B. annoyed C. grateful D. scared
21、A. broke B. ran C. stepped D. wandered
22、A. friends B. care C. food D. warmth
23、A. comforted B. enveloped C. flooded D. welcomed
24、A. melted B. passed C. ran D. threw
25、A. gifts B. hugs C. money D. thanks
26、A. mixed B. special C. relaxing D. typical
27、A. generously B. patiently C. casually D. cautiously
28、A. Belief B. Laughter C. Music D. Noise
29、A. born B. exposed C. fixed D. split
30、A. attached B. encouraged C. connected D. touched
31、A. courage B. sympathy C. freedom D. understanding
四、短文填空
32、 The sweet art of painting with caramelized sugar (焦糖) can be witnessed in China's Sichuan province.
According to experts, this type of Chinese folk art originated from the Ming Dynasty ①_____ sugar animals and figures were created as part of ceremonies for sacrifice. During the Qing Dynasty, it gained even more popularity②_____ soon the techniques were upgraded, which resulted in an increasing number of patterns, most of them inspired by nature, wildlife and religion. In the beginning, people used molds ③_____(shape) the caramelized sugar, but they were ④_____(gradual) replaced with a small bronze spoon that had to be used by talented artists who ⑤_____(be) usually experts at the art of normal painting as well.
Because the hot sugar cools down very quickly, the painter has to work swiftly, ⑥_____(make) sure he follows the correct order of strokes(笔画)to get every shape just right.
⑦_____(master) of this centuries-old craft use brown or white sugar as the main material, a bronze spoon and a small spade as tools, and a slab(厚块) of marble as the canvas. The sugar ⑧_____(melt) over a hot pot and spread over the canvas with the spoon. Once the shape is completed, ⑨_____ spade is used to glue a wooden stick to the artwork and to separate it ⑩_____ the marble slab. Then you can have your very own caramelized sugar dragon or tiger and a unique souvenir.
五、书面表达
33、假定你是红星中学高三学生李华,你和学校外教Frank原定周末到西山公园徒步,你因为突然染上流感,身体不适,不能赴约。请用英文给他写一封电子邮件,内容包括:
(1)表达歉意;
(2)说明原因;
(3)期望再约。
注意:
(1)写作词数应为80左右;
(2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Frank,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
六、读后续写
34、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
"Never give up! Never give up!" shouted my young children Max and Charley, as they marched barefoot behind their grandmother Mimi.
Mimi was leading Max and Charley on yet another adventure, straight off the beach where they had spent the day building sand castles and splashing in the waves. This time, they were seeking the ice-cream truck that was difficult to catch.
Over the years, Mimi had become our family's symbol of positivity. It was a title she earned with a lot of efforts. Having been widowed(丧偶) at only forty years old and left to raise me and my ten-year-old brother alone, she faced heart-breaking tragedy powerful enough to cloud just about anyone's optimistic outlook. She had been the one who had to make the decision to remove our dad from life support fourteen days after he was in a car accident.
She could have lived under a black cloud. Instead, she challenged herself to find joy every day. She was always up for a new challenge, whether that was hiking across the steep, rocky terrain of a mountaintop in Austria to get a better view of the breathtaking landscape, or signing up for tap-dancing classes at fifty. Leading by example, Mom taught us just how much one could accomplish with a positive attitude.
She has taken the same approach in her relationship with her grandchildren. She always encourages and pushes them through various "adventures", from sand-castle building to ice-cream-truck catching. Before starting her adventure with Max and Charley on that hot July afternoon, Mimi heard the familiar clang of the ice-cream man's bell from her beach chair. She turned and saw him briefly, spotting his green shirt and catching the light reflected from his waving bell before he turned and disappeared over the dunes. Happily, the ice-cream man's visit is a daily occurrence at the beach, although the lag time between the sound of his bell and the departure of his truck is not long. One must be quick to catch him, or he will set off for the next stop.
注意:
(1)续写词数应为150左右;
(2)开头已给出。
Paragraph 1:
Max and Charley were disappointed when they didn't catch the ice-cream man in time.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
After about twenty minutes of walking, my kids' faith in catching him began to weaken.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据表格中“Peppers(辣椒)”部分下的“Spread seeds on thick paper and let them dry in a warm place. Do not put them in direct sunlight.((把种子撒在厚纸上,放在温暖的地方晾干,不要直接放在阳光下。)”可知,辣椒的种子不能直接放在阳光下,故选B。
2、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据表格中“Basil(罗勒)”部分下的“Clip them off and place them in a sieve(筛子). Then use fingers to push them against the bottom of the sieve to separate the tiny seeds from flowers.(把它们剪下来,放进筛子里。然后用手指把它们按在筛子底部,把小小的种子从花朵中分离出来。)”可知,用筛子把罗勒籽和它们的小花分开,这是一个收集种子的正确方法,故选D。
3、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段“Many of the vegetables we grow in our gardens produce seeds, which can grow into plants if harvested and stored correctly. Here is how to collect and save seeds from some common homegrown crops.(我们花园里种植的许多蔬菜都会产生种子,如果收获和储存得当,这些种子可以长成植物。下面是如何从一些常见的本地作物收集和保存种子。)”可知,文章主要介绍了如何从一些常见的本地作物中收集和保存种子,这属于农业范畴,由此可推知,这篇文章可能出现在报纸的农业园艺版面,故选C。
4、答案：B
解析：主旨大意题。根据第二段的“China, too, was on the move. China was rushing to the modern world, and the trains, showed it. Steam was fading; the green-skinned trains acquired fans, then air-conditioning. Then came express trains, then high-speed rail. And the passengers, too, changed. They began to wear jeans; by the 1980s they let their hair grow. The 1990s brought in a fashion for T-shirts with favourite stars. People wanted a look that was unique; they became individuals.(中国也在行动。中国正迅速向现代世界迈进,火车就是明证。蒸汽正在消退;绿皮列车安装了风扇,然后是空调。然后是特快列车,然后是高铁。乘客们也变了。他们开始穿牛仔裤;到了20世纪80年代,他们让头发长起来。20世纪90年代,流行印有喜爱明星的t恤。人们想要独一无二的造型;他们变成了独立的个体。)”可知,第二段主要讲了发生在中国的变化。故选B。
5、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段的“He took about 200,000 pictures. He liked to place two of his photographs side by side. One was of a green-skinned train in 1998, with a merry line of passengers grinning out of the window. The second picture showed a pair of newly-weds(新婚夫妇) in 2015 in front of a Harmony high-speed train, holding the character for ‘double happiness’.(他拍了大约20万张照片。他喜欢把两张照片并排放在一起。其中一张是1998年一列绿色皮肤的火车,一排欢快的乘客在车窗外咧嘴笑着。第二张照片是2015年一对新婚夫妇站在和谐号高铁前,手举“双喜”字。)”可知,Wang Fuchun的照片集中在普通人身上。故选C。
6、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段的“The second picture showed a pair of newly-weds(新婚夫妇) in 2015 in front of a Harmony high-speed train, holding the character for ‘double happiness’. He liked the message of hope. He was proud of what China had achieved.(第二张照片是2015年一对新婚夫妇站在和谐号高铁前,手举“双喜”字。他喜欢希望的信息。他为中国取得的成就感到骄傲。)”可知,Wang Fuchun提到“双喜临门”,想表达他以快速发展为荣。故选B。
7、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的“Over 40 years he reckoned he had ridden on 1,000 trains and covered more than 100,000 kilometres, on every line in China. He found he could not sleep properly without the clank of rails beneath him. He took about 200,000 pictures.(在过去的40年里,他估计自己坐过l000列火车,在中国的每条铁路线上行驶了超过10万公里。他发现没有身下铁轨的叮当声,他就睡不着觉。他拍了大约20万张照片。)”可知,他坚持用照片记录中国铁路的发展,因此他是坚决的,即determined,故选C。
8、答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中“He said he is not worried about the long-term supply of rare earth materials.(他说,他并不担心稀土材料的长期供应。)”可知,Zeke Hausfather说稀土金属存量很充足,由此可推知,他对稀土金属存量很有自信,故选A。
9、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中心句“However, the scientists warn that in the early days of the switch to green energy, there will be shortages.(然而,科学家们警告说,在转向绿色能源的初期,将会出现能源短缺。)”可知,在转向绿色能源的初期,将会出现能源短缺,接着举了dysprosium(镝)的例子“For example, there could be a shortage of the element called dysprosium.(例如,称为镝的元素可能会出现短缺。来说明这个问题)”,由此可推知,文章提到镝是为了表明在向绿色能源的转变初期,镝会出现短缺,故选D。
10、答案：B
解析：词句猜测题。根据划线单词上文“Another element is tellurium, which is used in large groups of solar panels, called solar farms. There is just enough of that material available if the world makes a fast push to solar power, the researchers said. In addition, there are other materials that can be used instead of tellurium if needed.(另一种元素是碲,它被用于大量的太阳能电池板,称为太阳能发电场。研究人员说,如果全世界快速发展太阳能,这种材料的供应量就刚好够用。此外,如果需要,还有其他材料可以替代碲。”可知,稀土资源碲用于太阳能电池板,即使全世界都用太阳能板,它也够用,而且它可以用其他材料代替,由此可推知,没有必要担心稀土资源会枯竭,结合划线单词所在句子“Daniel Ibarra, an environment professor at Brown University, told the Associated Press that the study is forceful and ‘debunks’ concerns about running out of rare earth materials.(布朗大学环境学教授Daniel Ibarra告诉美联社,这项研究是有力的,debunks了人们对于稀土资源枯竭的担忧。)”可知,这项研究证明了人们没有必要对稀土枯竭担忧,这说明了它揭露出人们对于稀土资源枯竭的担忧是错误的,由此可知,划线单词debunk与B项“证明某事是错误的”,故选B。
11、答案：C
解析：主旨大意题。通读全文,尤其是第一段中“A recent study in the science publication Joule says there are enough rare earth metals(稀土金属) on Earth for new ‘low-carbon electricity generation’ technologies.(科学杂志Joule 最近的一项研究表明,地球上有足够的稀土金属可以用于新的“低碳发电”技术。)”可知,文章主要稀土金属足以满足绿色能源需求,C项“稀土金属足以满足绿色能源需求”适合做文章标题,故选C。
12、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中“Interestingly, the benefits here seem to come from trying out multiple skills, rather than focusing on one particular expertise.(有趣的是,这里的好处似乎来自尝试多种技能,而不是集中在一个特定的专业知识)”可知,对于成年人来说,学习新的技巧和技能最有益的方法是尝试多种技能。故选A。
13、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第五段中“As you set about learning a new skill, there will be frustrations and moments of failure—but these may in fact be the most important experiences of the whole process.(当你开始学习一项新技能时,会有挫折和失败的时刻—但这些可能实际上是整个过程中最重要的经历)”可知,失败是一个人学习的重要组成部分。接着文章用Vanderbilt的话“It sort of opened my mind and brought me back to this sense of not knowing,(这让我开阔了思路,让我重新找回了那种不知所措的感觉)”来说明失败是一个人学习的重要组成部分。由此推知,Vanderbilt认为失败是一个人学习的重要组成部分,故选C。
14、答案：D
解析：词句猜测题。根据划线单词上文“Plentiful research has shown that intellectual humility—the capacity to recognize the limits of our knowledge—can powerfully improve our thinking and decision making.(大量的研究表明,智力上的谦逊—认识到我们知识局限性的能力—可以有力地改善我们的思维和决策)”可知,it代指上文提到的智力上的谦逊,即认识到我们知识局限性的能力。故选D。
15、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中“Each time you begin to learn that new skill, you're reshaping yourself. You're training your brain again to be more efficient.(每次你开始学习新技能,你都在重塑自己。你又在训练你的大脑,让它变得更有效率)”和最后一段中“Whether we are learning for pleasure or attempting to boost our professional skills, we could all do well to develop that ‘beginner's mindset’, where nothing is certain, and there is everything to learn.(无论我们是为了快乐而学习,还是为了提高我们的专业技能,我们都可以很好地培养“初学者心态”,在这种心态中,没有什么是确定的,一切都有待学习)”可推知,保持初学者心态能让我们深思并带给我们许多可能性。故选C。
16、答案：DECAB
解析：①上文“Many people think that when they become rich and successful, happiness will naturally follow.(许多人认为,当他们变得富有和成功,幸福自然随之而来。)”指出许多人认为,当他们变得富有和成功就会幸福,下文“The world is full of very rich people who are as miserable as if they were living in hell. We have read stories about movie stars who committed suicide or died from drugs.(这个世界上到处都是非常富有的人,他们悲惨得就像生活在地狱里一样。我们读过关于电影明星自杀或死于毒品的故事。)”指出事实上即使富有也不会很幸福,D项“让我告诉你,事实并非如此。”符合,承上启下,下文具体对此进行说明,故选D。
②下文“Lottery winnings do not bring happiness. Gambling winnings do not bring happiness.(中彩票不会带来幸福。赌博赢来的钱不会带来幸福。)”举例子说明了非正当手段获取的财富并不幸福,E项“通过欺诈的手段获得的财富不会带来幸福。”符合,引起下文,呼应下文中的“If you obtain wealth through luck or dishonest means, you will know that it is ill-earned money. If you get your money by taking advantage of others or by hurting others, you will not be happy with it.(如果你通过运气或欺诈的手段获得财富,你就会知道这是不义之财。如果你通过占别人便宜或者通过伤害别人来获得你的钱,你会不高兴的。)”,故选E。
③上文“If you get your money by taking advantage of others or by hurting others, you will not be happy with it.(如果你通过占别人便宜或者通过伤害别人来获得你的钱,你会不高兴的。)”指出通过占别人便宜或者通过伤害别人来获得你的钱,你会不高兴,空处承接上文,继续描写这样做带来的不好影响,C项“你会觉得自己是个不道德的人。”符合,故选C。
④上文“Long-term happiness is based on honesty, productive work, contribution, and self-esteem.(长期的幸福是建立在诚实、有成效的工作、贡献和自尊的基础上的。)”介绍了幸福,下文“It is a continuous process of honest, productive work which makes a real contribution to others and makes you feel you are a useful, worthy person.(这是一个持续不断的诚实、有成效的工作过程,它能为他人做出真正的贡献,让你觉得自己是一个有用的、有价值的人。)”指出幸福是一个过程,由此可知,空处承上启下,围绕幸福而写,A项“幸福不是终点,而是一个过程。”符合,故选A。
⑤上文“Life just does not work that way. If you wait for certain things to happen and depend on external circumstances of life to make you happy, you will always feel unfulfilled.(生活不是这样的。如果你等待某些事情发生,依赖外部环境的生活使你快乐,你将总是感到不满足。)”提到生活中,如果总是等待某些事情发生,依赖外部环境的生活来使自己快乐,你将总是感到不满足,空处承接上文,对此进行解释,即因为生活中总是会有缺失的东西,这总会让你感到不满足,B项“总会有些东西缺失。”符合,故选B。
17、答案：C
18、答案：A
19、答案：C
20、答案：A
21、答案：C
22、答案：D
23、答案：B
24、答案：A
25、答案：D
26、答案：B
27、答案：A
28、答案：B
29、答案：A
30、答案：C
31、答案：D
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33、答案：
Dear Frank,
I'm writing to inform you that I am not able to go hiking with you in Xishan Park due to my illness, for which I really feel pitiful.
Honestly speaking, I have been looking forward to going hiking with you for a long time. Unfortunately, yesterday I was unexpectedly infected with flu, which caused me to have a high fever and suffer a lot. Thus, I am afraid I can't keep the appointment as scheduled with you. I deeply apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused.
Please accept my heartfelt apology again. Hopefully we can make another appointment after I have fully recovered. Please let me know what time suits you best. I am looking forward to your prompt reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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Max and Charley were disappointed when they didn't catch the ice-cream man in time. A wonderful idea flashed through Mimi's mind. Her eyes sparkled and said, "Never give up! We can hustle off to find it at its next stop." Hearing this, Max and Charley widened their eyes and jumped up cheerfully. Without a second thought, they started their adventure. They walked block after block. My kids' tiny legs were tired and aching, but they were still in cheerful spirits. Following Mimi and continuing to chant their "Never give up!", they moved forward steadily.(80)
After about twenty minutes of walking, my kids' faith in catching him began to weaken. Mimi patted them on the shoulder gently and clenched her fist firmly, "Never give up!" Max and Charley cracked a smile and followed her. Another block covered, they finally found it, the green shirt and the waving bell. Overwhelmed with excitement, they jumped and screamed, “Hooray! We made it!" Eventually they tasted the delicious ice-cream to their hearts' content. So when you want to pursue something, please bear in mind "Never give up!"—the next ice-scream trunk is just around the corner. (82)