2021-2022学年湖南省湖湘名校高一上学期期末联考英语试卷 Word版含答案
展开英 语
本试卷共8页。全卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What time is it now?
A. 11:20. B. 12:00. C. 12:40.
2. Why is Mary absent?
A. She forgot to come. B. She changed her decision. C. She wasn’t interested.
3. How does the woman get to work each morning?
A. By bike. B. By bus. C. By train.
4. What will the speakers probably do?
A. Go to school. B. See a doctor. C. Visit the museum.
5. Where will the speakers go first?
A. To a cinema. B. To a museum. C. To a supermarket.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Who will meet the woman at the airport?
A. The man. B. Then man’s brother. C. The man’s workmate.
7. What does Mark look like?
A. He wears a brown cap. B. He has red hair. C. He is very thin.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Editor and reader. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.
9. What is the man going to do after the class?
A. Have a meeting. B. Write a poem. C. Design a poster.
10. Which subject does the woman most probably teach?
A. Poem Reading. B. Creative Writing. C. Oral English.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. What does the man have to do now?
A. Plan a trip. B. Look for a job. C. Make a decision.
12. What does the woman think of the journey to South America?
A. Dangerous. B. Exciting. C. Expensive.
13. What advice does the woman give to the man?
A. Going abroad. B. Staying at home. C. Opening a bookstore.
听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。
14. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At the airport. B. On the street. C. In the countryside.
15. Why does the woman like Sydney?
A. It has less pollution. B. It has more good music. C. It has friendlier people.
16. How does the woman like the man’s English?
A. Fluent. B. Acceptable. C. Ordinary.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What is the text mainly about?
A. A female composer. B. Some high technologies. C.A song-writing robot.
18. Who created Aiva?
A. A group of programmers.
B. The most advanced robot.
C. Some world-famous musicians.
19. What is Aiva expected to do?
A. Help with housework.
B. Sing some classical songs.
C. Compose different types of music.
20. What will Aiva do in the future?
A. Compete with musicians.
B. Cooperate with musicians.
C. Make films with musicians.
第二部分 阅读(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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Quebec City Summer Festival
When: July 4—14,2021
Where: Toronto, Quebec
300 shows, 10 places and 11 days of music make this festival one of Canada’s biggest music festivals. Every year, this festival attracts over one million festivalgoers to Quebec City’s historic district for concerts by international superstars and top talents.
Center of Gravity
When: July 28—30, 2021
Where: Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada’s hottest beach festival is back! Now in its 10th year, the biggest and exciting festival to hit the Okanagan includes three days packed with extreme sports, sandy beaches, and some of the biggest DJ names in the world.
Future Forest
When: August 5—7, 2021
Where: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Future Forest is an outdoor camping festival with a focus on electronic music. The festival originated in 2012 as a fundraiser for a brilliant DJ, Jay Hamilton,who came down with cancer. Future Forest proudly shows the idea that there are no audience at the event but rather participants who in some way contribute to the overall experience.
1. What can people do in the Quebec City Summer Festival?
A. Do some extreme sports.
B. Play on the sandy beaches.
C. Enjoy the performances of superstars.
D. Learn more about Quebec City’s history.
2. What do Center of Gravity and Future Forest have in common?
A. They are held in the same month.
B. They date back to the same year.
C. They are festivals held on the beach.
D. They focus on the electronic music.
3. Where can the text be found?
A. In a history book. B. In a novel. C. In a dairy. D. In a newspaper.
B
Ian McKenna was in third grade when he learned that many kids at his Austin school weren’t getting enough to eat at home. He wanted to help, but local volunteer organizations turned him away, saying he was too young. So he decided to find his own solution. For years, he had been gardening with his mother, and they often sent their vegetables to the neighbors. “I’m good at gardening,” says McKenna, now 16. “Why not plant a garden at school, so that kids in need could take food home?”
McKenna persuaded his school to set aside space for a garden; then he asked the community for donations of seeds and equipment. Other students donated their time. Within months, McKenna’s garden was producing lettuces, tomatoes and cucumbers for students and their families. Now,seven years later, McKenna’s Giving Garden project has expanded to five area schools in addition to his own backyard garden. For most of his gardening activities, McKenna wears the same T-shirt in different colors, with his personal motto on it: BE A GOOD HUMAN. To him, that means helping in any way you can, no matter what your age.
“Even a smile might change someone’s life,” he says. “It lets them know that they are important. It can make their day.”
When COVID-19 hit the U. S., McKenna redoubled his efforts, cooking up to 100 meals to distribute (配送) to the hungry on the weekends. When social distancing meant that volunteers couldn’t work on community garden, he started offering online classes and a gardening hotline so families could grow at home. While gardening is his core focus, McKenna says he is always looking for new ways to help the hungry.
4. What caused Ian’s decision to help the kids in his own way?
A. Being rejected by volunteer groups. B. Being good at gardening.
C. His school’s support. D. His mother’s suggestions.
5. What do we know about the Giving Garden project?
A. It helps students only. B. It was started with many supports.
C. It is funded by schools. D. It earns great profits every year.
6. Which of the following can best describe Ian?
A. Well-educated. B. Honest. C. Boring. D. Caring.
7. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Ian McKenna, Growing a Food Project
B. Ian Mckenna, an Experienced Gardener
C. Giving Garden Project, a challenging Task
D. Giving Garden Project, a Universal Solution
C
Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager. “I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’ ” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.” Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits (轨道).
Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as pop culture and sex would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.
But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”
Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and at more democratic (民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now,” explains Mr. Ballmer.
8. What doesn’t the underlined word “gulf” means in the first paragraph?
A. difference. B. argument. C. balance. D. achievement.
9. What is the change in today’s parent-child relationship?
A. There is less parent-child activities.
B. There is more respect for parents from children.
C. There is a new equality between parents and children.
D. There is more strictness and authority on the part of parents.
10. Which word best describes Kerrie’s attitude to the change of the parent-child relationship?
A. Interested. B. Supportive. C. Indifferent. D. Concerned.
11. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with.
B. To discuss the development of the parent-child relationship.
C. To suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship.
D. To solve the problem of the parent-child relationship.
D
As a college student in Boston, I formed the habit of buying used books. I enjoy the hunt, the good price and the unrecognized treasures. I find old textbooks, ex-bestsellers, and books on subjects I’ve never heard of and now must learn all about. I don’t search for rare books, first editions, or leather-bound editions but books that are worth reading.
Rereading, for me, is a pleasure during retirement. The theater and the concert hall become less appealing to me, along with crowds. Staying alone and reading books have become extremely important to me. Literature needs the flesh of experience to have its full effect. Different books offer me insights and ways of expressing that stuck in my mind as grains of sand in an oyster now shine like pearls. My taste in books improves with age.
While packing for a move, which occurs at intervals of five to seven years, I clear my shelves and pick my books. I abandon a few, later regret my decisions, and look for them again. Several years ago, I got rid of books related to my job-architecture. Some were design guides, reference books, product catalogs, and things that went out of date. Some were historical or centered on a period or an architect. These had given me many hours of pleasure. Will I ever open their covers again? Certainly. I held on to the red bulk of Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture and books on Paris, Rome, and Boston.
I gave away drafting equipment and instruments. I threw out rolls and rolls of paper, and old drawings of projects completed long ago, some of which had even been damaged. This time, I stay put in a cottage that suits my status and I’ve moved on in spirit. No doubt I will acquire more used books and throw away more books as passions grow and fade, like feathers changing with the seasons.
12. What does the author consider most important when choosing used books?
A. Their appealing covers. B. Their reasonable prices.
C. Their excellent content. D. Their collection value.
13. What does the author realize as he grows older?
A. He has a small circle of friends. B. His attitude towards work changes.
C. His communication skills improve. D. He has a deeper understanding of life and books.
14. Why does the author mention books on architecture?
A. To show some books are worth reading repeatedly.
B. To recommend Sir Banister Fletcher’s books.
C. To suggest we avoid making poor decisions.
D. To explain his love for architecture.
15. What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph?
A. He will stop throwing away used books.
B. He likes updating his collection of used books.
C. He is bad at using advanced drafting equipment.
D. He enjoys leading an active life in the countryside.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Cinemas are becoming less popular in the West. Every year, fewer people are going to the cinema, ____16____ It’s the same story in the US, Canada and Australia.
____17____ High prices are one reason. A ticket can cost around £16 in London. But it’s not only the tickets: prices of snacks in cinemas are often double those in a normal shop. Many people can’t afford to go to the cinema. ____18____ With the rise of TV and film streaming services at home, there are a lot more choices than at the cinema. The UK’s top streaming service offers over 5,000 films and TV shows to its customers, all for the cheap price of £8 a month. It used to be that only cinemas could offer a high-quality film experience on a big screen, but that’s changed. ____19____ Many even have “surround sound” in their living rooms, where sounds are played all around home. And at home fans can sit in a comfortable seat and eat your own cheap snacks.
In addition, fans can really concentrate on a film by watching it at home. At cinema, some people talk loudly about the cast and give away the plot. Even worse, little kids race up and down, crying and laughing. ____20____
It’s easy to see why fewer people are going to the cinema. It will be sad to lose cinemas, but the home experience is so much better.
A. Most people now have a large HDTV (高清晰度电视).
B. At home,these problems don’t exist.
C. Nowadays, only 165 million tickets are sold in the UK.
D. It’s certain that there will be no cinemas in the West in the future.
E. Instead of a night out, fans are choosing to watch films at home.
F. People can’t enjoy surround sound when watching films at home.
G. There are many reasons why people have stopped going to the cinema.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her ____21____ voice, the judges were not sure whether she spelled the right word. They talked it over and ____22____ decided to simply ask her what she had said. By then, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. Instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the ____23____ letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the ____24____, the entire audience stood,clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this ____25____, even though it cost the girl the contest. But the fact is that she ____26____ the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get ____27____. This young girl could easily have ____28____ and nobody would have known it but herself. But it’s been said, “If you ____29____, you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was ____30____ enough to prize her own character more than the prize from a spelling contest. She knew the ____31____ she made in that moment will have a long-lasting influence in her future.
Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or ____32____ to the policeman? Should the ____33____ change received at the store be forgotten or ____34____ ? Nobody will know. But we have to live with ourselves, and it is always better to live with someone we ____35____.
21. A. high B. sweet C. tough D. soft
22. A. finally B. seriously C. secretly D. totally
23. A. correct B. wrong C. different D. same
24. A. stage B. studio C. test D. classroom
25. A. lesson B. story C. courage D. accident
26. A. achieved B. broke C. won D. defeated
27. A. paid B. awarded C. reported D. caught
28. A. escaped B. lied C. changed D. answered
29. A. accept B. fight C. cheat D. insist
30 A. smart B. generous C. energetic D. interested
31 A. plan B. conclusion C. discovery D. choice
32. A. turned over B. put away C. set aside D. took down
33. A. small B. some C. extra D. necessary
34. A. ignored B. paid C. shared D. returned
35. A. protect B. challenge C. respect D. attack
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。
Curling is a team sport, which is played on ice. It is one of the interesting ____36____ (event) at the Winter Olympics. ____37____ (tradition) curling teams are made up of four players. It is played on a very long line of ____38____ (special) prepared ice called a Sheet. A sheet of curling ice is 45 metres long ____39____ five metres wide. At each end of the sheet there are two circles that look like target, known as houses. Each house ____40____ (consist) of four rings which help define which curling stones are closest ____41____ the centre. An average game of curling lasts up to three hours. Teams are given a set amount of Thinking Time ____42____ (depend) on the rules and number of ends. In the ten-end games, each team receives 38 minutes of thinking time. To play curling, a set of stones ____43____ (need). They are made of ____44____ special type of granite (花岗岩) and weigh almost 20 kilos each. Each curler has their own brush and a pair of special curling shoes to be able to slide with a stone during the game. ____45____ curling may be a “slow” sport, it’s still full of skill, suspense (悬念) and excitement!
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假如你是李华,你校乒乓球俱乐部将举行活动,想邀请新西兰交换生Mary参加。现请你给她写一封邮件,包括以下内容:
1. 活动的时间和地点;
2. 活动的内容;
3. 邀请参加。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Mary,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据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,续写的词数应为150左右。
Lily loved school. However, there was one class Lily worried about more than any other—art. She didn’t know why she just wasn’t any good at drawing, painting, or cutting.
Ms. Clay, the art teacher, stood at the front of the room. “Class, next Friday our school is going to have an art competition,” she announced. Ms. Clay was a great teacher, and Lily liked her a lot. But this announcement made Lily nervous. “Everyone in the school will create a piece of artwork to show in the library. You can use the different types of artwork we have been studying.” Ms. Clay was quite excited when she spoke while Lily found herself sinking lower in her chair.
Lily had the whole weekend to work on her project, but she could not think of anything to do. On Monday, Lily felt frightened, so after school Lily asked Ms. Clay if she could write an art paper instead of doing an art project.
“I understand this project scared you, Lily,” Ms. Clay said. “Just remember, you can create any kind of art you want.” Ms. Clay smiled at her. “Art is a person’s way of expressing his or her feelings—it isn’t always painting, drawing, or cutting. I know you will think of something very creative, and I can’t wait to see it.”
When Lily arrived home, she took out a piece of paper and a pencil. She remembered Ms. Clay’s words. “Art is a person’s way of expressing his or her feelings.” Lily wrote the word “terrified” on her paper. She crumpled (揉皱) the paper and threw it to the side of her desk.
Then Lily stared at the crumpled ball. Suddenly an idea struck her.
Paragraph 1:
Why not create something out of crumpled paper?
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Paragraph 2:
On Friday, Lily carefully carried her project into the library.
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英 语
本试卷共8页。全卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What time is it now?
A. 11:20. B. 12:00. C. 12:40.
2. Why is Mary absent?
A. She forgot to come. B. She changed her decision. C. She wasn’t interested.
3. How does the woman get to work each morning?
A. By bike. B. By bus. C. By train.
4. What will the speakers probably do?
A. Go to school. B. See a doctor. C. Visit the museum.
5. Where will the speakers go first?
A. To a cinema. B. To a museum. C. To a supermarket.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Who will meet the woman at the airport?
A. The man. B. Then man’s brother. C. The man’s workmate.
7. What does Mark look like?
A. He wears a brown cap. B. He has red hair. C. He is very thin.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Editor and reader. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.
9. What is the man going to do after the class?
A. Have a meeting. B. Write a poem. C. Design a poster.
10. Which subject does the woman most probably teach?
A. Poem Reading. B. Creative Writing. C. Oral English.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. What does the man have to do now?
A. Plan a trip. B. Look for a job. C. Make a decision.
12. What does the woman think of the journey to South America?
A. Dangerous. B. Exciting. C. Expensive.
13. What advice does the woman give to the man?
A. Going abroad. B. Staying at home. C. Opening a bookstore.
听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。
14. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At the airport. B. On the street. C. In the countryside.
15. Why does the woman like Sydney?
A. It has less pollution. B. It has more good music. C. It has friendlier people.
16. How does the woman like the man’s English?
A. Fluent. B. Acceptable. C. Ordinary.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What is the text mainly about?
A. A female composer. B. Some high technologies. C.A song-writing robot.
18. Who created Aiva?
A. A group of programmers.
B. The most advanced robot.
C. Some world-famous musicians.
19. What is Aiva expected to do?
A. Help with housework.
B. Sing some classical songs.
C. Compose different types of music.
20. What will Aiva do in the future?
A. Compete with musicians.
B. Cooperate with musicians.
C. Make films with musicians.
第二部分 阅读(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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Quebec City Summer Festival
When: July 4—14,2021
Where: Toronto, Quebec
300 shows, 10 places and 11 days of music make this festival one of Canada’s biggest music festivals. Every year, this festival attracts over one million festivalgoers to Quebec City’s historic district for concerts by international superstars and top talents.
Center of Gravity
When: July 28—30, 2021
Where: Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada’s hottest beach festival is back! Now in its 10th year, the biggest and exciting festival to hit the Okanagan includes three days packed with extreme sports, sandy beaches, and some of the biggest DJ names in the world.
Future Forest
When: August 5—7, 2021
Where: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Future Forest is an outdoor camping festival with a focus on electronic music. The festival originated in 2012 as a fundraiser for a brilliant DJ, Jay Hamilton,who came down with cancer. Future Forest proudly shows the idea that there are no audience at the event but rather participants who in some way contribute to the overall experience.
1. What can people do in the Quebec City Summer Festival?
A. Do some extreme sports.
B. Play on the sandy beaches.
C. Enjoy the performances of superstars.
D. Learn more about Quebec City’s history.
2. What do Center of Gravity and Future Forest have in common?
A. They are held in the same month.
B. They date back to the same year.
C. They are festivals held on the beach.
D. They focus on the electronic music.
3. Where can the text be found?
A. In a history book. B. In a novel. C. In a dairy. D. In a newspaper.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D
B
Ian McKenna was in third grade when he learned that many kids at his Austin school weren’t getting enough to eat at home. He wanted to help, but local volunteer organizations turned him away, saying he was too young. So he decided to find his own solution. For years, he had been gardening with his mother, and they often sent their vegetables to the neighbors. “I’m good at gardening,” says McKenna, now 16. “Why not plant a garden at school, so that kids in need could take food home?”
McKenna persuaded his school to set aside space for a garden; then he asked the community for donations of seeds and equipment. Other students donated their time. Within months, McKenna’s garden was producing lettuces, tomatoes and cucumbers for students and their families. Now,seven years later, McKenna’s Giving Garden project has expanded to five area schools in addition to his own backyard garden. For most of his gardening activities, McKenna wears the same T-shirt in different colors, with his personal motto on it: BE A GOOD HUMAN. To him, that means helping in any way you can, no matter what your age.
“Even a smile might change someone’s life,” he says. “It lets them know that they are important. It can make their day.”
When COVID-19 hit the U. S., McKenna redoubled his efforts, cooking up to 100 meals to distribute (配送) to the hungry on the weekends. When social distancing meant that volunteers couldn’t work on community garden, he started offering online classes and a gardening hotline so families could grow at home. While gardening is his core focus, McKenna says he is always looking for new ways to help the hungry.
4. What caused Ian’s decision to help the kids in his own way?
A. Being rejected by volunteer groups. B. Being good at gardening.
C. His school’s support. D. His mother’s suggestions.
5. What do we know about the Giving Garden project?
A. It helps students only. B. It was started with many supports.
C. It is funded by schools. D. It earns great profits every year.
6. Which of the following can best describe Ian?
A. Well-educated. B. Honest. C. Boring. D. Caring.
7. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Ian McKenna, Growing a Food Project
B. Ian Mckenna, an Experienced Gardener
C. Giving Garden Project, a challenging Task
D. Giving Garden Project, a Universal Solution
【答案】4. A 5. B 6. D 7. A
C
Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager. “I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’ ” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.” Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits (轨道).
Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as pop culture and sex would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.
But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”
Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and at more democratic (民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now,” explains Mr. Ballmer.
8. What doesn’t the underlined word “gulf” means in the first paragraph?
A. difference. B. argument. C. balance. D. achievement.
9. What is the change in today’s parent-child relationship?
A. There is less parent-child activities.
B. There is more respect for parents from children.
C. There is a new equality between parents and children.
D. There is more strictness and authority on the part of parents.
10. Which word best describes Kerrie’s attitude to the change of the parent-child relationship?
A. Interested. B. Supportive. C. Indifferent. D. Concerned.
11. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with.
B. To discuss the development of the parent-child relationship.
C. To suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship.
D. To solve the problem of the parent-child relationship.
【答案】8. A 9. C 10. D 11. B
D
As a college student in Boston, I formed the habit of buying used books. I enjoy the hunt, the good price and the unrecognized treasures. I find old textbooks, ex-bestsellers, and books on subjects I’ve never heard of and now must learn all about. I don’t search for rare books, first editions, or leather-bound editions but books that are worth reading.
Rereading, for me, is a pleasure during retirement. The theater and the concert hall become less appealing to me, along with crowds. Staying alone and reading books have become extremely important to me. Literature needs the flesh of experience to have its full effect. Different books offer me insights and ways of expressing that stuck in my mind as grains of sand in an oyster now shine like pearls. My taste in books improves with age.
While packing for a move, which occurs at intervals of five to seven years, I clear my shelves and pick my books. I abandon a few, later regret my decisions, and look for them again. Several years ago, I got rid of books related to my job-architecture. Some were design guides, reference books, product catalogs, and things that went out of date. Some were historical or centered on a period or an architect. These had given me many hours of pleasure. Will I ever open their covers again? Certainly. I held on to the red bulk of Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture and books on Paris, Rome, and Boston.
I gave away drafting equipment and instruments. I threw out rolls and rolls of paper, and old drawings of projects completed long ago, some of which had even been damaged. This time, I stay put in a cottage that suits my status and I’ve moved on in spirit. No doubt I will acquire more used books and throw away more books as passions grow and fade, like feathers changing with the seasons.
12. What does the author consider most important when choosing used books?
A. Their appealing covers. B. Their reasonable prices.
C. Their excellent content. D. Their collection value.
13. What does the author realize as he grows older?
A. He has a small circle of friends. B. His attitude towards work changes.
C. His communication skills improve. D. He has a deeper understanding of life and books.
14. Why does the author mention books on architecture?
A. To show some books are worth reading repeatedly.
B. To recommend Sir Banister Fletcher’s books.
C. To suggest we avoid making poor decisions.
D. To explain his love for architecture.
15. What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph?
A. He will stop throwing away used books.
B. He likes updating his collection of used books.
C. He is bad at using advanced drafting equipment.
D. He enjoys leading an active life in the countryside.
【答案】12. C 13. D 14. A 15. B
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Cinemas are becoming less popular in the West. Every year, fewer people are going to the cinema, ____16____ It’s the same story in the US, Canada and Australia.
____17____ High prices are one reason. A ticket can cost around £16 in London. But it’s not only the tickets: prices of snacks in cinemas are often double those in a normal shop. Many people can’t afford to go to the cinema. ____18____ With the rise of TV and film streaming services at home, there are a lot more choices than at the cinema. The UK’s top streaming service offers over 5,000 films and TV shows to its customers, all for the cheap price of £8 a month. It used to be that only cinemas could offer a high-quality film experience on a big screen, but that’s changed. ____19____ Many even have “surround sound” in their living rooms, where sounds are played all around home. And at home fans can sit in a comfortable seat and eat your own cheap snacks.
In addition, fans can really concentrate on a film by watching it at home. At cinema, some people talk loudly about the cast and give away the plot. Even worse, little kids race up and down, crying and laughing. ____20____
It’s easy to see why fewer people are going to the cinema. It will be sad to lose cinemas, but the home experience is so much better.
A. Most people now have a large HDTV (高清晰度电视).
B. At home,these problems don’t exist.
C. Nowadays, only 165 million tickets are sold in the UK.
D. It’s certain that there will be no cinemas in the West in the future.
E. Instead of a night out, fans are choosing to watch films at home.
F. People can’t enjoy surround sound when watching films at home.
G. There are many reasons why people have stopped going to the cinema.
【答案】16. C 17. G 18. E 19. A 20. B
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her ____21____ voice, the judges were not sure whether she spelled the right word. They talked it over and ____22____ decided to simply ask her what she had said. By then, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. Instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the ____23____ letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the ____24____, the entire audience stood,clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this ____25____, even though it cost the girl the contest. But the fact is that she ____26____ the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get ____27____. This young girl could easily have ____28____ and nobody would have known it but herself. But it’s been said, “If you ____29____, you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was ____30____ enough to prize her own character more than the prize from a spelling contest. She knew the ____31____ she made in that moment will have a long-lasting influence in her future.
Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or ____32____ to the policeman? Should the ____33____ change received at the store be forgotten or ____34____ ? Nobody will know. But we have to live with ourselves, and it is always better to live with someone we ____35____.
21. A. high B. sweet C. tough D. soft
22. A. finally B. seriously C. secretly D. totally
23. A. correct B. wrong C. different D. same
24. A. stage B. studio C. test D. classroom
25. A. lesson B. story C. courage D. accident
26. A. achieved B. broke C. won D. defeated
27. A. paid B. awarded C. reported D. caught
28. A. escaped B. lied C. changed D. answered
29. A. accept B. fight C. cheat D. insist
30 A. smart B. generous C. energetic D. interested
31 A. plan B. conclusion C. discovery D. choice
32. A. turned over B. put away C. set aside D. took down
33. A. small B. some C. extra D. necessary
34. A. ignored B. paid C. shared D. returned
35. A. protect B. challenge C. respect D. attack
【答案】21. D 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. C
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。
Curling is a team sport, which is played on ice. It is one of the interesting ____36____ (event) at the Winter Olympics. ____37____ (tradition) curling teams are made up of four players. It is played on a very long line of ____38____ (special) prepared ice called a Sheet. A sheet of curling ice is 45 metres long ____39____ five metres wide. At each end of the sheet there are two circles that look like target, known as houses. Each house ____40____ (consist) of four rings which help define which curling stones are closest ____41____ the centre. An average game of curling lasts up to three hours. Teams are given a set amount of Thinking Time ____42____ (depend) on the rules and number of ends. In the ten-end games, each team receives 38 minutes of thinking time. To play curling, a set of stones ____43____ (need). They are made of ____44____ special type of granite (花岗岩) and weigh almost 20 kilos each. Each curler has their own brush and a pair of special curling shoes to be able to slide with a stone during the game. ____45____ curling may be a “slow” sport, it’s still full of skill, suspense (悬念) and excitement!
【答案】36. events
37. Traditional
38. specially
39. and 40. consists
41. to 42. depending
43. are needed
44. a 45. While##Although##Though
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假如你是李华,你校乒乓球俱乐部将举行活动,想邀请新西兰交换生Mary参加。现请你给她写一封邮件,包括以下内容:
1. 活动的时间和地点;
2. 活动的内容;
3. 邀请参加。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Mary,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Amy,
In the following week, our table tennis club will hold a series of activities to improve students’ fitness and health. I’m writing to invite you to join us.
These activities will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. every weekday in the gym. All you need to prepare is some loose and comfortable clothing and a pair of suitable sport shoes. You needn’t worry about your skill because several professional coaches will guide us to improve our skills. Moreover, a small competition will be ready for participants every day.
I really hope you can join us and have a good time.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据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,续写的词数应为150左右。
Lily loved school. However, there was one class Lily worried about more than any other—art. She didn’t know why she just wasn’t any good at drawing, painting, or cutting.
Ms. Clay, the art teacher, stood at the front of the room. “Class, next Friday our school is going to have an art competition,” she announced. Ms. Clay was a great teacher, and Lily liked her a lot. But this announcement made Lily nervous. “Everyone in the school will create a piece of artwork to show in the library. You can use the different types of artwork we have been studying.” Ms. Clay was quite excited when she spoke while Lily found herself sinking lower in her chair.
Lily had the whole weekend to work on her project, but she could not think of anything to do. On Monday, Lily felt frightened, so after school Lily asked Ms. Clay if she could write an art paper instead of doing an art project.
“I understand this project scared you, Lily,” Ms. Clay said. “Just remember, you can create any kind of art you want.” Ms. Clay smiled at her. “Art is a person’s way of expressing his or her feelings—it isn’t always painting, drawing, or cutting. I know you will think of something very creative, and I can’t wait to see it.”
When Lily arrived home, she took out a piece of paper and a pencil. She remembered Ms. Clay’s words. “Art is a person’s way of expressing his or her feelings.” Lily wrote the word “terrified” on her paper. She crumpled (揉皱) the paper and threw it to the side of her desk.
Then Lily stared at the crumpled ball. Suddenly an idea struck her.
Paragraph 1:
Why not create something out of crumpled paper?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
On Friday, Lily carefully carried her project into the library.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Why not create something out of crumpled paper? The crumpled paper reminded her of a snowball. Lily didn’t have to draw or paint or even cut. Lily made many paper balls, glued them all together, and placed them on a big piece of hard paper to form a snowman. The snowman wore a hat made of black paper and a scarf made of red paper. Her finished project was really wonderful.
On Friday, Lily carefully carried her project into the library. She noticed the smile and the nods from teachers and other students as she put her work on a table. Ms. Clay walked over to Lily. “You have created a creative piece of artwork. I am so proud of you!” Ms. Clay said. Lily was proud of herself too. Her pride grew when Ms. Clay placed a first-place star on her artwork. “Maybe I am a good artist after all,” Lily thought.
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