江苏省扬州市2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案）

这是一份江苏省扬州市2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案），共19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。

江苏省扬州市2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷
学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解
Travelling by rail holds a romantic and old-fashioned appeal that can’t be matched by flying or driving.
1. The Rocky Mountaineer
Where: Canada, from Vancouver to Banff, Jasper and Calgary.
When: In June, which is springtime in the Rockies, complete with blooming flowers and abundant wildlife.
Duration: Between two and eight days, travelling only in daylight, staying in deluxe hotels.
Highlights: Incredible luxury at every stage of the trip, traditional native storytelling, wine classes.
2. The Chepe
Where: Mexico. It begins its journey in the mountains of Chihuahua and finishes on the Sinaloa coast.
When: In the rainy season, from June to October.
Duration: 14 hours.
Highlights: The train winds its way down through 656 km of the breathtaking Copper Canyon which is deeper than the Grand Canyon, over 37 precarious-looking bridges and through 86 tunnels. Natives sell crafts and local foods along the route.
3. The Ghan
Where: Australia, from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs.
When: Going during the wet season (December, January) will allow you to see more wildlife.
Duration: 52 hours.
Highlights: Going through Australia’s Red Centre with cobalt-blue skies, red earth.
4. The Royal Scotsman
Where: Travels around the Scottish Highlands.
When: Warmer weather in June makes it the perfect time to watch ospreys flying over mirror-like lakes, or go in October for autumn colors.
Duration: Trips can be as short as two days or as long as seven.
Highlights: Indulgent cuisine, fine wines and carriages that look like rooms at Balmoral Castle.
1、What can you do while traveling on the Chepe?
A. You can taste local foods.
B. You can make crafts with natives.
C. You can admire the Grand Canyon.
D. You can listen to traditional native stories.
2、Which train is bound for Darwin?
A. The Rocky Mountaineer. B. The Chepe.
C. The Ghan. D. The Royal Scotsman.
3、When is the perfect time to enjoy the fall scenery in the Scottish Highlands?
A. In June. B. In July. C. In October. D. In December.
About 400 pounds of food is wasted per day from 5 pm to 8 pm in Douglass Dining Hall. “We scrape (刮掉) the food from the conveyor belt into the buckets by hand. Working for Dining Team Green, I don’t expect to basically become a garbage girl,” Roll said. “We do the work because we care much about it. We all have a responsibility to take care of the environment.”
To have more approachable composting(把……制成堆肥) machines on campus, Roll now has a new sustainable project investing in Lomi, an automated compost machine. “I learned about Lomi through an ad,” Roll said. “Funny enough, I just saw it and thought it perfect. It really interested me how the mechanism worked. ”
Lomi is a new technology that can break down food waste into natural compost. According to Roll, it breaks down waste in the way: grinding(碾碎) the food into plant fertilizer. Unlike most composting machines, Lomi can compost animal products, such as small bones. Another huge benefit is that it doesn’t have smell and can convert waste to compost in a shorter time.
Roll plans on using the compost in the Gilbert community garden so that Dining Team Green can give back to the community. “It’s very exciting to see our food waste that would otherwise have gone in the trash and pollute the environment go to our community,” she said.
Roll is excited to introduce a new form of composting to the residents. She hopes that this machine will inspire other composting machines in all residential buildings. “I want Lomi not only to be a way to reduce food waste on the floor, but an educational tool to make people compost in a real way and not just talk about it in a theoretical sense,” Roll said.
4、Which of the following can best describe Lomi?
A.Elegant. B.Widespread.
C.Low-powered. D.Environmentally friendly.
5、What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A.The reasons for designing Lomi. B.The impact of wasting food.
C.The solution to food waste. D.The advantages of Lomi.
6、What may be Roll’s expectation?
A.More people will get involved in composting initiatives.
B.Dining Team Green will become an educational tool.
C.More developed composting machines will be invented.
D.Dining Team Green will build community gardens.
7、What can we know about Roll?
A.She lives in the Gilbert community.
B.She is a member of Dining Team Green.
C.She knows a lot about residential buildings.
D.She plans to design more composting machines.
“I’ll be there in a few minutes. I’m playing a game with a friend, a guy named Scuzzball,” my 15-year-old son shouted from his room. “Oh, what is Scuzzball’s real name?” I asked. “I have no idea.” He said. “Where is he from?” I continued. He responded, “I think somewhere in Canada. Oh, wait, it doesn’t even matter because Scuzzball just left the game and he has been replaced with a robot.”
“Your friend is replaced by artificial intelligence?” “It doesn’t matter, Dad. It happens all the time! The game continues.” My son doesn’t mind playing with a person or a robot, which is typical of gamers these days. I wonder whether the face-to-face experience of friendship that I grew up with will be lost by our children.
Aristotle, a great thinker and educator, has pointed out that shallow friendship is easily formed but also easily abandoned because such bonds are fragile. Deep friendship, by contrast, is when you care for your friend for his sake, not for any benefit you can get. This is selfless friendship. You can have only a couple of these friends because they require lots of time and effort. You must make sacrifices for each other.
Presence in friendship requires “being with” and “doing for”. Perhaps the most defining feature of deep friendship is “doing for”, as my friend has my back in trouble or brings me soup when I’m sick. Only strong bonds have the power to motivate real sacrifices. But it is unclear why online “friends” would bother to do the hard work of friendship. When I asked my students whether they had people in their lives who would bring them soup when they were sick, they laughed at my Stone Age question and said they’d just order soup online themselves.
Digital life fills and absorbs waking life time so that people do not join in example case of friendship, like sports, collective arts, free range childhoods, etc. In this way, digital life produces false friendships.
8、How does the author lead in the topic of the text?
A.By quoting famous mottoes.
B.By introducing an online game.
C.By showing robots’ irreplaceable role.
D.By presenting a parent-child conversation.
9、What does the author mainly explain in Paragraph 3?
A.Impact of selfish friendship. B.The meaning of deep friendship.
C.Selfless sacrifices in friendship. D.The formation of shallow friendship.
10、What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A.Ordering food online for friends is an example of “being with”.
B.The students thought highly of the teacher’s question.
C.Virtual friends won’t make real sacrifices.
D.Robots will have our back in trouble.
11、Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?
A.The Benefits of Digital Life B.Digitalized Friendship
C.Face-to-face Communication D.The Sacrifices of Online Friends
Take a look at that tree in the local park. What might it be feeling? Could it be thinking? Experiments are exploring the idea of plant cognition(认知), even going so far as to suggest they possess some form of consciousness.
As wild as it sounds, it isn’t a new idea. The field of “plant neurobiology(神经生物学)” began in 2006, aimed at understanding how plants process information from their environment.
It is now clear that plants are capable of complex communication and can sense their surroundings, which were originally dismissed. But advocates of plant consciousness take things further and draw parallels between the electrical signaling that can be found from root to stem and that present in the nervous system of animals. They claim to show that plants are capable of intentionally choosing to perform certain behaviors, of learning and perhaps even having personalities. If plants are experiencing a conscious inner world, they argue, it becomes vital that we find ways to test and understand it.
Extending the concept of cognition to plants would mean a significant shift in our view of the uniqueness of humanity, not to mention how we treat our botanical friends, so the bar of acceptance is high. Researchers rising to the challenge are hoping to explore plants with tools usually reserved for the human brain.
The research can appear persuasive, but it is in its early stage and suffers from repeated failure. Critics say the field is a high guess and that the behaviour can be explained through inborn response.
Whether we decide that plants have cognition may come down to our ability to describe consciousness itself-something we are far from doing. But rather than dismiss the idea, we should welcome the chance to think up new ways to test our understanding of consciousness. It might just improve our grasp of the human mind. At the very least, our trees and plants should benefit from the extra attention-consciously or not.
12、What do supporters of plant consciousness believe?
A. Plants can only perform native reaction.
B. Plants can perceive their surroundings and adapt to them.
C. Plants possess the same level of consciousness as humans.
D. Plants can communicate complicatedly and choose actions deliberately.
13、What is the main challenge in accepting the idea of plant consciousness?
A. The need to develop tools to test plant cognition.
B. The dramatic change in our view of humanity.
C. The lack of evidence in the field of plant neurobiology.
D. The inability to describe consciousness itself.
14、What is the current state of research in the field of plant cognition?
A. The field is highly based on guesses and has no evidence.
B. Researchers are using tools reserved for the human brain to study plant behaviors.
C. There is not enough evidence to support the idea of plant consciousness.
D. Plants have been proven to possess a form of consciousness.
15、What is the potential benefit of studying plant consciousness?
A. Enhancing our understanding of the human brain.
B. Developing new ways to test plant behaviors.
C. Promoting our relationship with plants.
D. Proving the existence of plant cognition.
二、七选五
16、 Emotions are part of human nature. They give us information about what we’re experiencing and help us know how to react. ①_____. Young children react to their emotions with facial expressions or with actions like laughing or crying. They feel and show emotions, but they don’t yet have the ability to name the emotions or say why they feel that way.
②_____ Instead of just reacting like little kids do, we can identify what we feel and put it into words. With time and practice, we get better at knowing what we are feeling and why. This skill is called emotional awareness.
Emotional awareness helps us know what we need and want (or don’t want). ③_____ That’s because being aware of our emotions can help us talk about feelings more clearly, avoid or resolve conflicts better, and move past difficult feelings more easily.
Some people are naturally more in touch with their emotions than others. The good news is that everyone can be more aware of their emotions. ④_____ Emotional awareness is the first step toward developing emotional intelligence, a skill that can help people succeed in life.
All emotions tell us something about ourselves and our situation. ⑤_____ We might judge ourselves by feeling a certain way, like if we feel jealous, for example. But instead of thinking we shouldn’t feel that way, it’s better to notice how we actually feel.
A. It helps us build better relationships.
B. It just takes practice, but it’s worth the effort.
C. We sense our emotions from the time we’re babies.
D. Learning how to express emotions is very important.
E. But sometimes we find it hard to accept what we feel.
F. Most of us feel many different emotions throughout the day.
G. As we grow up, we become more skilled in understanding emotions.
三、完形填空（15空）
Every year I’d read over 2,000 college applications from students all over the world. It is quite 1 to choose whom to admit. 2 , in the chaos of SAT scores and recommendations, one 3 is always irresistible in a candidate: kindness.
The most surprising 4 of kindness I’ve ever 5 came from a student who had excellent scores and a supportive recommendation from his college counselor(顾问). Even with these qualifications, he might not have 6 . But one letter of recommendation caught my eye. It was from a school security guard. Letters of recommendation are 7 written by people like former presidents, celebrities, and Olympic athletes.
The security guard wrote that he supported this student’s admission because of his 8 . This young man was the only person in the school who knew the names of every member of the guard staff. He turned off lights in empty rooms, consistently 9 the hallway monitor each morning and tidied up the classroom after his peers left school 10 nobody was watching. This student, the security guard wrote, had a(n) 11 respect for every person at the school, regardless of position, popularity or power.
It gave us a 12 onto a student’s life in the moments when nothing “counted”. That student was admitted by unanimous(一致的) vote of the admissions committee.
Next year there might be a flood of security guard recommendations 13 this essay. But if it means students will start paying as much 14 to the people who clean their classrooms as they do to their principals and teachers, I’m happy to help start that 15 .
17、A. decent B. difficult C. delicate D. desperate
18、A. However B. Otherwise C. Besides D. Therefore
19、A. ability B. quality C. limitation D. assumption
20、A. signal B. image C. appearance D. indication
21、A. come out B. pick up C. come across D. bring up
22、A. stood up B. stood out C. given up D. given out
23、A. typically B. typically C. vividly D. constantly
24、A. wisdom B. bravery C. encouragement D. consideration
25、A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. thanked
26、A. as if B. now that C. even if D. in order that
27、A. demanding B. amusing C. refreshing D. puzzling
28、A. passion B. trouble C. method D. window
29、A. due to B. in need of C. except for D. along with
30、A. money B. notice C. attention D. curiosity
31、A. policy B. trend C. arrangement D. career
四、短文填空
32、 Zu Chongzhi was a famous mathematician and scientist in ancient China. He lived in Southern and Northern Dynasties. When he was young, he had a broad range of interests, such as ①_____(nature) science and philosophy. And he was interested in mathematics, astronomy and machinery. The achievement Zu Chongzhi made in the calculation (计算) of the value of pi has been ②_____(international) acknowledged.
Liu Hui, a mathematic in Three Kingdoms period, proposed a way ③_____(work) out the value of pi-cyclotomic method(割圆术). Based on ④_____ earlier research, Zu Chongzhi concluded that the value of pi falls among 3.1415926 to 3.1415927 after more than 1,000 times of calculation. He also put forward the viewpoint ⑤_____ the approximate value of pi was 55/113, which was called “Milü”. It ⑥_____(boost) the calculation of pi to a new phase. The value of pi Zu Chongzhi calculated is more than 1,000 years ahead of the western mathematics. Thus the value of pi is also called “Zulü” ⑦_____ memory of him.
Besides the achievement in mathematics, he wrote the book Zhui Shu ⑧_____ gathered his accomplishment in mathematics and ⑨_____(take) as a teaching material during Tang Dynasty. Besides the achievements in mathematics, he also made a great ⑩_____(contribute) to the astronomy and machinery.
五、书面表达
33、为了让学生近距离接近大自然,上周六你们班组织了一次春游踏青活动,请你写一篇文章报道此次活动,
内容包括:
1.具体的活动安排;
2.活动的意义;
3.你的感受。
注意:
1.词数不少于100字;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。
The boys and girls picked up the bus to Fort Lauderdale. Vingo was on board from the beginning.
As the bus passed through Jersey, they began to notice that Vingo never moved. He sat in front of the young people, frozen into silence.
Somewhere outside of Washington, the bus pulled into a Howard Johnson’s, and everybody got off except Vingo. He sat rooted in his seat, and the young people began to wonder about him, trying to imagine his life. When they went back to the bus, the girl sat beside him and introduced herself.
“Want some wine?” she said. He smiled and took the bottle. He thanked her and retreated again into silence. After a while, she went back to the others, as Vingo nodded into sleep.
In the morning they awoke outside another Howard Johnson’s, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. When they went back on the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, after a while, slowly and painfully and with great hesitation, he began to tell his story. He had been in jail in New York for the last four years, and now he was going home.
“When I was in jail I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her, I understand if you can’t stay married to me, get a new guy and forget about me. And she didn’t write to me. Not for three and a half years.”
“And you’re going home now, not knowing?”
“Yeah,” he said shyly. “Last week, I wrote to her. I told her that if she had a new guy, I under-stood. But if she didn’t, if she would take me back she should let me know. We used to live in Brunswick, with a great big oak tree. I told her if she would take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I would get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it, no handkerchief, and I’d keep going on.”
“Wow,” the girl said. “Wow.”
She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, caught up in the approach of Brunswick, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。
Now they were twenty miles from Brunswick.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Then suddenly all of the young people were up out of their seats.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据“2. The Chepe”部分Highlights中最后一句“Natives sell crafts and local foods along the route.(当地人沿路出售手工艺品和当地食品。)”可知，在奇佩河上旅行时，你可以品尝到当地的食物。故选A。
2、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据“3. The Ghan”部分Where中的“Australia, from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs.(澳大利亚,从阿德莱德经爱丽丝泉到达尔文。)”可知,甘号火车是开往达尔文的。故选C。
3、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据“4. The Royal Scotsman”部分When中的“Warmer weather in June makes it the perfect time to watch ospreys flying over mirror-like lakes, or go in October for autumn colors.(六月天气回暖,是观赏鱼鹰在镜面般的湖面上飞翔的最佳时节,也适合在十月欣赏秋色。)”可知,十月是在苏格兰高地欣赏秋天景色的最佳时间。故选C。
4、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段“Lomi is a new technology that can break down food waste into natural compost. ”(Lomi是一种可以将食物垃圾分解成天然堆肥的新技术。)可知，Lomi将食物垃圾分解成天然堆肥，避免了食物垃圾对环境的污染，有着环保作用。故选D。
5、答案：D
解析：主旨大意题。根据第三段“According to Roll, it breaks down waste in the way: grinding(碾碎)the food into plant fertilizer. Unlike most composting machines, Omi can compost animal products, such as small bones. Another huge benefit is that it doesn’t have smell and can convert waste to compost in a shorter time.”(根据Roll的说法，它通过这样的方式来分解废物:将食物研磨成植物肥料。与大多数堆肥机不同，Omi可以堆肥动物产品，如小骨头；另一个巨大的好处是它没有气味，可以在更短的时间内将废物转化为堆肥。)可知，第三段主要讲述了Lomi的优点。故选D。
6、答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段“I want Lomi not only to be a way to reduce food waste on the floor, but an educational tool to make people compost in a real way and not just talk about it in a theoretical sense,”(我希望Lomi不仅是一种减少食物浪费的方式，而且是一种教育工具，让人们真正地堆肥，而不仅仅是在理论上谈论它。)可知，Roll可能是希望Lomi能够教育人们积极地、用实际行动去堆肥，让更多的人参与到堆肥计划中。故选A。
7、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“Working for Dining Team Green, I don’t expect to basically become a garbage girl,”(在Dining Team Green工作，我不期望从根本上成为一个垃圾女孩)和第四段“Roll plans on using the compost in the Gilbert community garden so that Dining Team Green can give back to the community.”(Roll计划在Gilbert社区花园使用堆肥，这样Dining Team Green就可以回馈社区。)可知，Roll为Dining Team Green工作，是其中一员。故选B。
8、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段“I’ll be there in a few minutes. I’m playing a game with a friend, a guy named Scuzzball,” my 15-year-old son shouted from his room. “Oh, what is Scuzzball’s real name?” I asked. “I have no idea.” He said. “Where is he from?” I continued. He responded, “I think somewhere in Canada. Oh, wait, it doesn’t even matter because Scuzzball just left the game and he has been replaced with a robot.”(“我几分钟后就到。我在和一个朋友玩游戏，一个叫Scuzzball的家伙，”我15岁的儿子在他的房间里喊道。“哦，Scuzzball的真名是什么?”我问。“我不知道。”他说。“他是哪里人?”我接着说到。他回答说：“我想在加拿大的某个地方。哦，等等，这根本不重要，因为Scuzzball刚刚离开了比赛，他被一个机器人取代了。”)可知，作者通过呈现一段亲子对话来引出文章的主题。故选D。
9、答案：B
解析：主旨大意题。根据第三段最后四句“Deep friendship, by contrast, is when you care for your friend for his sake, not for any benefit you can get. This is selfless friendship. You can have only a couple of these friends because they require lots of time and effort. You must make sacrifices for each other.(相比之下，深厚的友谊是你关心你的朋友是为了他，而不是为了你能得到什么好处。这就是无私的友谊。你只能有几个这样的朋友，因为他们需要大量的时间和精力。你们必须为彼此做出牺牲。)”可知，作者主要在第3段解释了深厚友谊的意义。故选B。
10、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段第三句和第四句“Only strong bonds have the power to motivate real sacrifices. But it is unclear why online ‘friends’ would bother to do the hard work of friendship.(只有牢固的纽带才能激励人们做出真正的牺牲。但目前尚不清楚为什么网上的“朋友”会费心去做艰难的友谊工作。)”可知，虚拟朋友不会做出真正的牺牲。故选C。
11、答案：B
解析：主旨大意题。根据第二段最后一句“I wonder whether the face-to-face experience of friendship that I grew up with will be lost by our children.(我不知道我们的孩子是否会失去我成长过程中面对面的友谊体验。)”，第三段第一句“Aristotle, a great thinker and educator, has pointed out that shallow friendship is easily formed but also easily abandoned because such bonds are fragile.(伟大的思想家和教育家亚里士多德指出，肤浅的友谊很容易形成，但也很容易放弃，因为这种联系是脆弱的。)”，第四段第一句“Presence in friendship requires ‘being with’ and ‘doing for’.(友谊的存在需要“与”和“为”。)”和最后一段“Digital life fills and absorbs waking life time so that people do not join in example case of friendship, like sports, collective arts, free range childhoods, etc. In this way, digital life produces false friendships.(数字生活充满并吸收了清醒的生活时间，因此人们不会加入友谊的例子，如体育、集体艺术、自由放养的童年等。就这样，数字生活产生了虚假的友谊。)”可知，文章对虚拟世界的友谊进行了探讨并产生了结论。故选B。
12、答案： D
解析：由第三段They claim to show that plants are capable of intentionally choosing to perform certain behaviors, of learning and perhaps even having personalitics.”可知, 认为植物有意识的支持者认为植物能进行复杂的交流, 进行有意的选择。
13、答案：D
解析：由最后一段“Whether we decide that plants have cognition may come down to our ability to describe consciousness itself—something we are far from doing”可知, 我们判定植物是否有意识归结为我们能否描述意识不身, 而这超出了我们能力。
14、答案：C
解析：由第五段可知, 目前植物意识的研究仍处于早期阶段, 而且遭遇了不断的失败, 所以没有足够的证据证明。
15、答案：A
解析：由最后一段“It might just improve our grasp of the human mind.”可知。
16、答案：CGABE
解析：①推理判断题。根据前文Emotions are part of human nature. They give us information about what we're experiencing and help us know how to react(情绪是人性的一部分。它们给我们提供关于我们正在经历的事情的信息,并帮助我们知道如何反应);以及后句Young children react to their emotions with facial expressions or with actions like laughing or crying(青少年对自己的情绪会做出面部表情或大笑或哭泣等动作的反应),可知表示"我们从婴儿时期就感觉到自己的情绪"的选项C可以起到承上启下的作用,介绍情绪随年龄的发展,故选C。
②主题判断题。根据前文Instead of just reacting like little kids do, we can identify what we feel and put it into words. With time and practice, we get better at knowing what we are feeling and why(我们可以识别自己的感受并用语言表达出来,而不是像小孩子那样做出反应。随着时间的推移和练习,我们会更好地了解自己的感受和原因),可知表示"随着我们的成长,我们在理解情绪方面变得越来越熟练"的选项G可以作为本段的主题,介绍年龄和理解情绪的关系,故选G。
③推理判断题。根据后文That's because being aware of our emotions can help us talk about feelings more clearly, avoid or resolve conflicts better, and move past difficult feelings more easily(这是因为意识到自己的情绪可以帮助我们更清楚地谈论自己的感受,更好地避免或解决冲突,更容易摆脱困难的感受),可知表示"它有助于我们建立更好的关系"的选项A可以和后文构成因果关系,介绍意识到自己情绪的作用,故选A。
④推理判断题。根据前文The good news is that everyone can be more aware of their emotions(好消息是,每个人都能更清楚地意识到自己的情感),以及后句Emotional awareness is the first step toward developing emotional intelligence, a skill that can help people succeed in life (情感意识是发展情商的第一步,情商是一种可以帮助人们在生活中取得成功的技能)可知表示"这只是需要练习,但付出的努力是值得的"的选项B可以起到承上启下的作用,介绍情感意识是值得培养的,故选B。
⑤推理判断题。根据后文We might judge ourselves by feeling a certain way, like if we feel jealous, for example. But instead of thinking we shouldn't feel that way, it's better to notice how we actually feel(我们可能会通过某种感觉来判断自己,比如我们是否感到嫉妒。但与其认为我们不应该有这种感觉,不如注意我们的实际感受),可知表示"但有时我们发现很难接受自己的感受"的选项E可以引出后文,介绍对待不良情绪的正确做法,故选E。
17、答案：B
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.decent体面的;B.difficult困难的;C.delicate脆弱的;D.desperate绝望的。句意:要选择录取谁是相当困难的。根据上文"Every year I'd read over 2,000 college applications from students all over the world."可知,申请人很多,所以要选择录取谁是相当困难的。故选B。
18、答案：A
解析：考查副词及语境理解。A.However然而;B.Otherwise否则;C.Besides此外;D.Therefore因此。句意:然而,在SAT分数和推荐信的混乱中,候选人的一个品质总是不可抗拒的:善良。根据下文"is always irresistible in a candidate"提到了不可抗拒的品质,与上文很难选择录取谁构成转折关系,应用however。故选A。
19、答案：B
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.ability能力;B.quality品质;C.limitation限制;D.assumption假设。句意:然而,在SAT分数和推荐信的混乱中,候选人的一个品质总是不可抗拒的:善良。根据下文"is always irresistible in a candidate: kindness"可知,善良是一种品质。故选B。
20、答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.signal信号;B.image图像;C.appearance外表;D.indication表现,指示。句意:我所遇到过的最令人惊讶的善良表现来自一个成绩优异的学生,他的大学指导老师给他推荐了一封支持性的信。根据下文"of kindness"可知,这里指善良的表现,应用indication。故选D。
21、答案：C
解析：考查动词短语及语境理解。A.come out出版;B.pick up捡起;C.come across遇见;D.bring up提出。句意:我所遇到过的最令人惊讶的善良表现来自一个成绩优异的学生,他的大学指导老师给他推荐了一封支持性的信。根据上文"of kindness I've ever"可知,这里指作者遇到过的最令人惊讶的善良表现。故选C。
22、答案：B
解析：考查动词短语及语境理解。A.stood up站立;B.stood out突出;C.given up放弃;D.given out分发。句意:即使有这些资历,他也未必能脱颖而出。根据上文"Even with these qualifications, he might not have"可知,有了好的资历,按理说可以在申请人中脱颖而出,故选B。
23、答案：A
解析：考查名词词义辨析。A.guard保安;B.teacher老师;C.principal原则;D.counselor顾问。句意:来自学校保安。根据下文"The security guard wrote"可知,信来自学校保安。故选A。
24、答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.wisdom智慧;B.bravery勇敢;C.encouragement鼓励;D.consideration考虑,体贴。句意:保安写道,出于他的体贴,他支持这名学生入学。根据下文"This young man was the only person in the school who knew the names of every member of the guard staff.(这个年轻人是学校里唯一一个知道警卫人员名字的人)"可知,学生很体贴,会记住一个普通人的名字。故选D。
25、答案：D
解析：考查动词及语境理解。A.bothered打扰;B.answered回答;C.visited参观;D.thanked感谢。句意:他在空房间里关灯,每天早上总是感谢走廊的监控(总是对着监控致谢),在同学们离开教室后收拾教室,即使没有人在看。根据上文"He turned off lights in empty rooms, consistently"可知,学生很有礼貌,在空房间里关灯,每天早上总是感谢走廊的监控(总是对着监控致谢),故选D。
26、答案：C
解析：考查固定短语及语境理解。A.as if好像;B.now that既然;C.even if即使;D.in order that为了。句意:他在空房间里关灯,每天早上总是感谢走廊的监控,在同学们离开教室后收拾教室,即使没有人在看。结合前后文语境可知为转折关系,引导让步状语从句,表示"即使"应用even if。故选C。
27、答案：C
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。A.demanding要求高的;B.amusing有趣的;C.refreshing令人精神振奋的;D.puzzling令人困惑的。句意:保安写道,这个学生对学校里的每个人都有一种令人精神振奋的尊敬,不管他们的地位、声望或权力如何。根据下文"respect for every person at the school, regardless of position, popularity or power"可知,这个学生尊重每一个人,对学校里的每个人都有一种令人精神振奋的尊敬(极其尊重他人),故选C。
28、答案：D
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.passion激情;B.trouble麻烦;C.method方法;D.window窗户。句意:它为我们打开了一扇窗,让我们一窥学生生活中那些“无足轻重”的时刻。根据下文"onto a student's life"可知,指学生生活的窗口,故选D。
29、答案：A
解析：考查介词短语及语境理解。A.due to因为;B.in need of需要;C.except for除了;D.along with和……一起。句意:由于这篇文章,明年可能会有大量的保安推荐。根据"this essay"可知,明年可能会有大量的保安推荐是因为这封推荐信。故选A。
30、答案：C
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.money钱;B.notice通知;C.attention注意力;D.curiosity好奇心。句意:但如果这意味着学生们开始像关注校长和老师一样关注打扫教室的人,我很乐意帮助开启这一趋势。根据下文"to the people who clean their classrooms"指关注打扫教室的人,短语pay attention to表示"注意"。故选C。
31、答案：B
解析：考查名词及语境理解。A.policy政策;B.trend趋势;C.arrangement安排;D.career事业。句意:但如果这意味着学生们开始像关注校长和老师一样关注打扫教室的人,我很乐意帮助开启这一趋势。根据上文"to the people who clean their classrooms as they do to their principals and teachers, I'm happy to help start that"可知,学生们开始像关注校长和老师一样关注打扫教室的人,这是一种趋势。故选B。
32、答案：①natural②internationally③to work④the⑤that⑥boosted⑦in⑧which/that⑨was taken⑩contribution
33、答案：
A Spring Outing
Spring is a good time for outing. Aiming to understand each other better and build up our bodies, our class had a spring outing last Saturday. As scheduled, we gathered together at 8:30 am at the gate of our school. We went to our destination by bus, laughing and singing all the way. Much to our delight, the trip involved mountain climbing as well as a picnic. Hardly had we reached the top of the mountain when we enjoyed an awesome view of the whole city. Exhausted as we were on the way back to school, we all regarded this outing as an unforgettable experience, for it not only made us get close to nature with fresh air and fantastic scenery, but also enhance the friendship between us students and promote our mutual cooperation.
34、答案：
Now they were twenty miles from Brunswick. And the young people took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face into the ex-con’s mask, as if fortifying himself against still another disappointment. Then it was ten miles, and then five. The bus acquired a dark hushed mood, full of silence, of absence, of lost years, of the woman’s plain face, of the sudden letter on the breakfast table, of the wonder of children, of the iron bars of solitude.
Then suddenly all of the young people were up out of their seats. They were screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances, shaking clenched fists in triumph and exaltation. All except Vingo. Vingo sat there stunned, looking at the oak tree. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs twenty of them, thirty of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a banner of welcome blowing and billowing in the wind, turned into a gorgeous yellow blur by the passing bus. As the young people shouted, the old con slowly rose from his seat, holding himself tightly, and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.