湖南省株洲市天元区名校2022-2023学年高二上学期12月月考英语试卷（含答案）

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湖南省株洲市天元区名校2022-2023学年高二上学期12月月考英语试卷
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一、阅读理解
Science competitions your students can enter
Clean Tech Competition
Age: 15-18
Opens: Now
Closes: 29 April 2022
The Clean Tech Competition research and design challenge asks students to find a problem with our natural world and resource use that they want to change, work out a solution and hand in a research paper to the judges.
Top of the Bench
Age: 14-16
Opens: September 2022
Closes: October 2022(regional heats)
Top of the Bench (TOTB) is a yearly practical chemistry competition and a great chance for students to put their teamwork and practical skills to the test. Regional heats will be held between October 2022 and January2023, with the wining team from each heat progressing to the national final held later in March.
Quantum on the Clock
Age: 16-18
Closes: 31 March 2022
Quantum on the Clock competition is open to all A-level students in the UK and Ireland. Students are asked to create a three-minute video about any aspect of quantum science (量子科学) or technology . Entries (参赛作品) can be individual or in teams of up to four students. Cash prizes are on offer for the winners and runners-up. The "best individual" and "best team" winners will receive an invitation to a prize-giving ceremony at the Photon 2022 conference dinner (会议晚宴).
Big Bang Young Scientists and Engineers Competition
Age: 11-19
Closes: 4 April 2022
The Big Bang Competition recognises young people's achievements in STEM and builds their confidence in project-based work, focusing on investigation, discovery and use of scientific methods. Students can submit (提交) their project as a written or video report—on any topic in the field of STEM. Students can be in with the chance of winning a range of awards and prizes.
1、Which competition focuses on solving environmental issues?
A. Top of the Bench.
B. Quantum on the Clock.
C. Clean Tech Competition.
D. Big Bang Young Scientists and Engineers Competition.
2、When will the national final of TOTB be held?
A. In September 2022. B. In October 2022.
C. In January 2023. D. In March 2023.
3、What do the last two competitions have in common?
A. They both accept video entries.
B. They are both open to students aged 11-19.
C. Both of them will invite their winners to a conference dinner.
D. Both of them require each participant to finish an entry on his own.
Nowadays, we are very worried about such COVID-19 variants as Delta and Omicron. To relieve our anxieties, we should have a look at our own cell and the original COVID-19 virus.
First of all, our cell isn’t stupid. If any virus wants to enter our cell, it must figure out a way for its spike (触手) to hold tightly to the spike on the cell’s surface. You can imagine this connecting as a secret handshake.
At the early stage, the COVID-19 virus figured out a way to connect to a specific spike on the surface of human cell, called ACE2. But the connecting wasn’t perfect. However, it was good enough to trick the ACE2 to let it in.
Once the virus was inside the cell, it kept copying itself in order to find more cells to infect. During this time, the immune (免疫) system started making antibodies to fight back. Some of those antibodies acted like little caps that stick to the ends of the virus’s spike. Once “capped”, the infection couldn’t move forward, and the body won!
But every time the virus copies itself inside a cell, it has the chance of changing its spikes slightly. Most of the variations are actually harmful to the virus. So these variants disappear. However, once the virus hits upon a set of variations that actually help the virus to connect more tightly to the cell or more quickly, a person’s cell gets infected more easily.
Then what about the antibodies? Aren’t they coming to save us again? Well, yes... and no.
Scientists found that a person who was infected with the earlier version of the virus may not be protected as well against these new variants. He still can be infected, again. However, the antibodies’ spikes come in different shapes, too. So even though some antibodies become less useful, others will get the job done—or at least, hold back the infection long enough so the body can make new antibodies that fit perfectly on the changed spike.
4、What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The virus. B. The cell. C. The spike. D. The connection.
5、What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?
A. How a virus enters the human cell.
B. How a virus copies itself inside a cell.
C. Why the immune system can fight back.
D. Why virus variants have different infection rates.
6、What can be learned from the text?
A. COVID-19 variants will become more and more infectious.
B. It is unlikely for COVID-19 patients to get infected again.
C. Old antibodies might be less effective against new variants.
D. It is hopeless to get rid of the COVID-19 in the near future.
7、What is the best title for the text?
A. Worries About the COVID-19 Variants
B. A Simple Guide to COVID-19 Variants
C. The Danger of the Deadly COVID-19 Virus
D. Ways to Protect Ourselves From COVID-19 Virus
Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think. It may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are... but it also turns you into a workaholic, it seems.
A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobilephone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.
The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have email-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they make work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first emails in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight.
Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.”
8、Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours.
B. Nine-tenths spend over three hours checking work emails.
C. One-fourth check their first mail between 11 pm and midnight.
D. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 8 am.
9、The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “______”.
A. calling B. using C. reaching D. getting
10、What can we conclude from the text?
A. Every coin has two sides B. It never rains but pours.
C. All that glitters is not gold. D. It’s no good crying over spilt milk.
11、What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Workaholics like smartphones. B. Employers don’t like smartphones.
C. Smartphones make our life easier. D. Smartphones bring about extra work.
In April 2018, a group of Canadian scientists flying in a helicopter (直升飞机) discovered something they didn't expect to see — a huge, unknown cave with an opening the size of a football field.
The cave was discovered in the northern part of Wells Gray Provincial Park, in a wild, faraway area of Canada's Cariboo Mountains. The area is hard to get to and even harder to travel through. It is covered with snow for much of the year.
The group told Catherine Hickson, a scientist who studies rocks, about the cave. Dr. Hickson got a team of researchers together to study it. In September, they went for a closer look after most of the snow melted (融化). The cave is one of the largest in Canada.
Not only is the opening to the cave larger than a football field, the cave is also deep. The team couldn't measure (测量) all the way to the bottom, but they think it may be more than 180 meters deep. The cave is tens of thousands of years old. But the rock in the cave is made of used to be at the bottom of an ocean (海洋). It is hundreds of millions of years old.
A small, but fast river of melting snow leads into the cave on one side, creating a waterfall near the top and a river at the bottom. The water comes out again a long way away. The exit (出口) is about 2.1 kilometers away and about l/2 kilometer lower down.
The cave will have to wait to get an official name. For now, the cave is being called "Sarlacc's Pit "because it looks similar to the home of the Sarlacc, a person in the Star Wars movie Return of the Jedi.
For Dr. Hickson, there's a lesson to be learned from the cave. "It shows you that you don't know everything, "she says." There are things yet to be discovered."
12、Why did the cave remain unknown in the past?
A. It is in a wild mountain area.
B. It has been there for just a few years.
C. Its opening is too small to be noticed.
D. The weather there is cold all year round.
13、What are Paragraphs 4 and 5 mainly about?
A. The history of the cave. B. Some facts about the cave.
C. The value of studying the cave. D. The methods of studying the cave.
14、What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The snow. B. The river. C. The ocean. D. The rock.
15、The cave's name "Sarlace's Pit" has something to do with ________.
A. local culture B. its discoverers
C. the way it looks D. the name of a film star
二、七选五
16、Many people are well aware of the benefits of teaching our children to love reading. Less easy to do, however, is finding regular time to read with our children. ①_______
Select a suitable time of day. The most suitable time of day is often bedtime but it might not be suitable for you. ②_______ If reading a goodnight story at 8 pm has you yawning and trying hard to remain awake, perhaps a story before dinner, or a story in the afternoon will work out better. You need to direct this decision to make it fit in rather than miss it.
③_______ Rather than try to go through five chapters of a large book each night, cut it down to two chapters. Rather than read five storybooks, cut it down to two. When the alternative is nothing at all, books with fewer chapters will be much preferred by your child.
Read loud together. When you have more than one child, make reading done together. If an older child who is able to read finds this “unfair” or “annoying”, you can let him read something that interests him and read it out loud to the family. Another way to engage more than one child is to read stories in turn and have each of them listen politely. ④_______
Praise your children. ⑤_______ When your children read anything-be it the label off a cereal packet or a book, be sure to praise their reading at every chance you get. Thus, you are creating a reading culture in your family, which is an important way of helping children cope with their feelings and problems, as well as answering their curiosities, and developing their imagination.
A. Read every night.
B. It goes a long way.
C. Break down the reading if necessary.
D. Do remember a suitable time for reading varies among children.
E. Here is how you fit yourself in regular reading sessions with your children.
F. So it is important to take into account your availability throughout the day.
G. As a result, they will love hearing and be in favor of such group activity.
三、完形填空（15空）
It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of 1 to where he was going. Pretty soon he 2 that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to 3 someone who could tell him how to get back to the 4 .
It was a long 5 road. For many 6 he kept on driving. When it was almost dark, he saw in a field a tall 7 ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his 8 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”
“Hello，yourself，”the farmer 9 ，still ploughing .
“Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It 10 stays right where it is，”said the farmer，without stopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more 11 .
“Don’t know. I never 12 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 13 “What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”
Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time 14 at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much. 15 I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!”
17、A. signs B. orders C. attention D. direction
18、A. realized B. recognized C. accepted D. received
19、A. miss B. meet C. look D. lose
20、A. town B. country C. capital D. village
21、A. lonely B. busy C. dirty D. crowded
22、A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. years
23、A. driver B. policeman C. farmer D. worker
24、A. strong B. tired C. weak D. tiring
25、A. asked B. demanded C. replied D. ordered
26、A. always B. often C. sometimes D. seldom
27、A. politely B. friendly C. loudly D. angrily
28、A. judged B. measured C. saw D. studied
29、A. sad B. lovely C. friendly D. angry
30、A. gladly B. immediately C. silently D. excitedly
31、A. Generally B. Fortunately C. Certainly D. Perhaps
四、短文填空
32、Every year, more than 13 billion plastic bottles are sold in Britain. All of them ①_______(use) only once, and only half of them are recycled (回收利用)
Some think plastic bottles should be banned (明令禁止）.②_______ think they should be recycled. Others think a returning plan should he brought in to avoid the ③_______ (pollute) of rivers and seas. That is to say, people will get up to 20 pence back every time they return ④_______ bottle. A returning plan for bottles is already ⑤_______ (success) in Germany, where 98.5% of plastic bottles are returned.
⑥_______ (lucky) , there are already signs that things are changing for the better. Last year, Selfridges stopped ⑦_______ (sell) single-use water bottles. London Zoo announced that it would also ban them. It sold 155,000 plastic bottles of water last year. Now it will sell only reusable plastic bottles, ⑧_______ can be filled by visitors from taps. Families visiting beaches this summer are being asked to take part in a plan called Return To Offender. The idea is ⑨_______ (post) plastic bottles and other litter they find back to the ⑩_______ (company) that made them, using their freepost addresses.

五、书面表达
33、你校正在组织英语作文大赛。请以“我最喜欢的诗人”为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1. 人物简介；
2. 喜欢的原因。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 短文题目和首句已为你写好，不计入总词数。
My favorite poet
There are many famous poets all over the world.
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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。
    Thirty years ago, Cayley was greatly surprised to find that she had a brother. She made up her mind to find him. Since then she refused to leave the home she grew up in, hoping that her brother would knock on the door one day. Little did Cayley know that her brother, Nick Rhoades, had been longing to do so, but only to walk away at the last minute. But thanks to the TV programme Long Lost Family, the pair have enjoyed an emotional reunion.
    Cayley's mum Jacqueline left the family when her daughter was only seven to start a new life in America. Cayley was brought up by her grandmother Victoria, who died in 2001, and clearly remembered first finding out about her brother Nick. Cayley was quite angry with the fact that was covered up. So she was determined to find her brother no matter what difficulties she would meet with.
​    Many years later, Cayley, her husband, Colin, and their children were still staying in the house where she grew up because she always had hope that one day her brother would knock on the door. Her husband Colin was very understanding and even though they had two other houses to move to, they stayed in the same house. She never gave up hope.
    Meanwhile, when Nick knew he was adopted, he did ask his parents questions and they told him everything they knew. His adoptive parents were so loving and his mum had adopted hundreds of children. Nick had been one of those lucky kids. He had lived a really very happy childhood. Sadly, when Nick was 18 his adoptive mum died of cancer. After several years, his adoptive father also died. Nick was extremely sad during that period of time. Once again, he became a poor orphan without parents, which led him to make the decision to find his birth mum Jacqueline.
    Nick had been given his birth certificate(出生证) by his adoptive parents with an address on it.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.开头已给出。
Paragraph 1 :
    Nick and his wife Sandra decided to find his mother's house. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2 :
    Thankfully, Nick's sister Cayley and Nick's wife Sandra both turned to Long Lost Family for help.
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参考答案
1、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段"The Clean Tech Competition research and design challenge asks students to find a problem with our natural world and resource use that they want to change, work out a solution and hand in a research paper to the judges."(清洁技术竞赛的研究和设计挑战要求学生找到一个他们想要改变的自然世界和资源使用的问题，想出一个解决方案，并向评委提交一份研究论文。)可知，清洁技术竞赛着重于解决环境和资源使用问题。故选C。
2、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段"with the wining team from each heat progressing to the national final held later in March."(每个小组赛的优胜者将进入3月下旬举行的全国决赛。)可知，TOTB的全国决赛在2023年3月举行。故选D。
3、答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段"Students are asked to create a three-minute video about any aspect of quantum science (量子科学) or technology . "(学生们被要求制作一段三分钟的视频，内容涉及量子科学或技术的任何方面。)和第四段"Students can submit (提交) their project as a written or video report"(学生可以通过以书面或视频报告形式的形式提交项目)可知，最后两个竞赛都接受视频形式的参赛作品。故选A。
4、答案：A
解析：词句猜测题。根据划线词所在句“If any virus wants to enter our cell, it must figure out a way for its spike(触手) to hold tightly to the spike on the cell's surface.(任何病毒要想进入我们的细胞，它得设法把自己的触手紧紧地联结到细胞表面的触手上)”可知，it指代的是上文中所提到的virus“病毒”。故选A。
5、答案：D
解析：主旨大意题。根据第五段第一句“But every time the virus copies itself inside a cell, it has the chance of changing its spikes slightly.(但 每次病毒在细胞内自我复制时，它都有可能轻微改变其触手)）”及最后一句“However, once the virus hits upon a set of variations that actually help the virus to connect more tightly to the cell or more quickly, a person's cell gets infected more easily.(然而, 一旦病毒 碰到一系列变异，这些变异实际上可以帮助病毒与细胞更紧密或更快地连接，人的细胞就更容易被感染可知，本段主要是在 解释不同的病毒变体为什么具有不同的传播能力。故选D。
6、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句“So even though some antibodies become less useful, others will get the job done—or at least, hold back the infection long enough so the body can make new antibodies that fit perfectly on the changed spike.(因此，即使一些抗体 变得不那么有用，其他抗体也会完成任务，或者至少，将感染抑制足够长的时间，以便身体能够制造出新的抗体，完美地适应 改变后的触手）可知，旧抗体对新病毒变体的作用可能会减弱。故选C。
7、答案：B
解析：主旨大意题。根据第一段第二句“To relieve our anxieties, we should have a look at our own cell and the original COVID-19 virus.(为了缓解我们的焦虑，我们应该看看自己的细胞和原始的COVID-l9病毒)”及后文对COVID-19病毒变体的介绍可知，本文主要是简单介绍了新冠病毒产生的变体。因此“A Simple Guide to COVID-19 Variants(COVID-19变体的简明介绍）”适合作为本文标题。 故选B。
8、答案：C
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9、答案：B
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10、答案：A
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11、答案：D
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12、答案：A
解析：为什么这个洞穴在过去一直不为人知？A.它在一个荒凉的山区。B.它只存在了几年。C.它的开口太小，不会被注意到。D.那里的天气一年到头都很冷。由第二段中第一行的in a wild，far away area of Canada's Cariboo Mountains. The area is hard to get to and even harder to travel through （在加拿大卡里布山脉的一个偏远地区。这个地区很难到达，甚至更难穿越）可知,这个洞穴位置偏僻，人迹罕至，因此一直未被发现。
13、答案：B
解析：第四段和第五段主要讲什么？A.洞穴的历史。B.关于洞穴的一些事实。C.研究洞穴的价值。D.研究洞穴的方法。段落大意题。第四、五两段主要介绍了这一洞穴的一些详细情况，如洞口的大小、洞穴的深度和年代以及洞内的小河等。
14、答案：D
解析：第4段中带下划线的单词“它”指的是什么？A.雪。B.河流。C.海洋。D.石头。推理判断题。句意：它有上亿年的历史了。结合It所在的句子前两句，说洞穴有上万年的历史，但是其中的岩石曾经是海洋的底部，它有上亿年的历史，故It指代的是构成洞穴的岩石。
15、答案：C
解析：洞穴的名字“萨尔蕾丝的坑”是——A.当地文化B.它的发现者C.它看起来的样子D.电影明星的名字细节理解题。推理判断题。由倒数第二段内容可知，该洞穴被称为“Sarlacc's Pit”与它的外观有关，因为它的外观与Sarlacc的家很像。
16、答案：①-⑤EFCGB
解析：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了如何与孩子一起阅读，并给出了相应的建议。①根据下文内容可知，下文具体介绍了与孩子定期阅读的方法，所以此处应介绍这是如何与孩子定期进行阅读的方法。E. Here is how you fit yourself in regular reading sessions with your children.(以下是你和孩子们定期阅读的方法)能够引领下文。故选E。②根据上文The most suitable time of day is often bedtime but it might not be suitable for you.(一天中最适合阅读的时间是睡前，但对家长来说可能不太适合)可知，此处应该讲述选择阅读时间的重要性。F. So it is important to take into account your availability throughout the day.(所以考虑到你一整天的可用性是很重要的)符合语境。故选F。③此处是段落主旨句。根据下文Rather than try to go through five chapters of a large book each night, cut it down to two chapters. Rather than read five storybooks, cut it down to two. (与其试图每晚读完一本大书的五章，不如把它缩减到两章。与其读五本故事书，不如把它减少到两本)可知，本段主要讲述了拆分阅读篇章这一方法。C. Break down the reading if necessary.(如有必要，可将阅读材料拆解)适合做本段主旨。故选C。④根据上文内容可知，上文讲述与多个孩子阅读时要声音洪亮，或者可以依次为他们阅读。结尾应使用总结性语言归纳概括。G. As a result, they will love hearing and be in favor of such group activity.(因此，他们会喜欢听，并支持这种群体活动)符合语境。故选G。⑤根据下文Thus, you are creating a reading culture in your family, which is an important way of helping children cope with their feelings and problems, as well as answering their curiosities, and developing their imagination.(因此，你在你的家庭中创造了一种阅读文化，这是帮助孩子处理他们的情感和问题，以及回答他们的好奇心和发展他们的想象力的一个重要方式)可以看出，表扬对于阅读中的孩子来说意义深远。B. It goes a long way.(它意义深远)符合语境，it指的是“Praise your children.”故选B。
17、答案：C
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：他没有太注意自己走到了哪里。 A.signs标志； B.orders命令； C.attention注意； D.direction方向。根据下文他迷路的情节可知，他没太注意他走向哪里，所以才会迷路，pay attention to注意，故选C。
18、答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：很快，他意识到自己迷路了，但他继续赶着马车，希望能重新找到路，或者遇到能告诉他如何返回镇上的人。A.realized意识到； B.recognized认出； C.accepted接受； D.received收到。根据“that he was lost”可知，很快他就意识到自己迷路了，故选A。
19、答案：B
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A.miss错过； B.meet相见；C. look 看； D.lose失去。根据“someone who could tell him how to get back”可知，他乡遇见一个能告诉他路的人，故选B。
20、答案：A
解析：考查名词词义辨析。 句意同上。A.town城镇； B.country乡村； C.capital首都； D.village 村庄。根据下文“How far is it to the next town?”可知，这个人要去城镇，故选A。
21、答案：A
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。 句意：这是一条长长的偏僻小路。A.lonely偏僻的，寂寞的； B.busy繁忙的； C.dirty脏的； D.crowded 拥挤的。根据“ For many____he kept on driving. ”可知，走了很长的路没有人，所以这条路是偏僻的，故选A。
22、答案：C
解析：考查名词词义辨析。 句意：他一直赶了好几个小时的马车。A.seconds秒； B.minutes分钟； C.hours小时； D.years年。根据“ It was a long____road.   ”可知，路很长，所以用的时间长，结合常识，“小时”符合语境，故选C。
23、答案：C
解析：考查名词词义辨析。 句意：天快黑的时候，他看见一个高个子的农民在地里犁地。A.driver司机； B.policeman警察； C. farmer 农民； D. worker 工人。根据“Hello，farmer”可知此处指农夫，故选C。
24、答案：B
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他把疲惫的马队停在围栏附近，喊道：“你好，农夫”。A. strong强壮的； B.tired累的； C.weak弱的； D. tiring 令人厌烦的。根据上文可知他已经走了好几个小时，所以马队也累了，故选B。
25、答案：C
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：“你好，你自己，”农夫回答道，仍然犁着地。A. asked问； B. demanded要求； C. replied回答； D. ordered命令。根据上下文可知城里来的人问，那么这个农民就回答，故选C。
26、答案：A
解析：考查副词词义辨析。 句意：“我哪儿也没见过它。它总是呆在原地。”农夫说，没有停下手中的活儿。A. always一直； B. often经常； C. sometimes有时； D. seldom 很少。根据“I haven’t seen it go anywhere.”可知，它一直呆在它原来的地方，故选A。
27、答案：C
解析：考查副词词义辨析。句意：城里的人问这里离下一个城镇多远，他说话声变大了。A. politely礼貌地； B.   friendly友好的； C. loudly大声地； D. angrily 生气地。根据语境可知，二人的距离较远，而且城里人有些不耐烦了，所以提高了嗓音，故选C。
28、答案：B
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：“不知道。我从来没有量过。”农夫回答。A. judged判断； B. measured测量； C. saw看见； D. studied 研究。对于城里人的无理，农夫肯定非常不满，所以说自己没有测量过到底有多远，故选B。
29、答案：D
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。 句意：但是这一次城里人变得有点生气了。A. sad伤心的； B. lovely可爱的； C. friendly友好的； D. angry生气的。农夫不告诉自己路，所以城里人生气了，故选D。
30、答案：C
解析：考查副词词义辨析。句意：最后这个农民停止了工作，他转过身静静地看了一阵。A. gladly高兴地； B. immediately立刻；C. silently静静地； D. excitedly兴奋地，激动地。根据“Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time”可知，最后这个农民停止了工作，他转过身静静地看了一会，故选C。
31、答案：D
解析：考查副词词义辨析。句意：也许我是傻子，但是至少我没有迷路。A. Generally通常；B. Fortunately幸运地； C. Certainly一定； Perhaps也许。根据“I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!”可知，农夫说：也许我是傻子，但是至少我没有迷路，故选D。
32、答案：①are used②Some③pollution④a⑤successful⑥Luckily⑦selling⑧which⑨to post⑩companies
解析：①考查动词的时态和语态。All of them中的them指的是上文中 提到的plastic bottles，和use是动宾关系，再结合语境可知，应用一般现 在时的被动语态。
②考查代词。some... some... others...是固定句型，意为"一些……,一些……，另外一些……"。
③考查名词。空处作avoid的宾语,且根据后面的"of rivers and seas"可知，应用名词形式。
④考查冠词。bottle意为"瓶子"时为可数名词,此处表示泛指，且bottle 的发音以辅音音素开头，故填a。
⑤考查形容词。分析句子结构可知，空处在句中作表语，且表示"成功的"，故填successful。
⑥考查副词。分析句子结构可知，空处在句中作状语，表示"幸 运的是"，故填Luckily。
⑦考查非谓语动词。根据语境可知，此处表示"Selfridges停止出 售一次性水瓶"，stop doing sth.意为"停止做某事"，故填selling。
⑧考查定语从句。空处引导非限制性定语从句且指代先行词 reusable plastic bottles并在从句中作主语，故填which。
⑨考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知.此处应用动词不定式在 句中作表语，表示将要发生的动作。
⑩考查名词复数。根据下文"using their freepost addresses"中 的their可知，此处应用名词复数。
33、答案：
My favorite poet
There are many famous poets all over the world. My favorite poet is Du Fu, one of the greatest Chinese poets.
Known as "the Sage of Poetry", Du Fu wrote with a realistic style and gave a vivid account of what was happening in his age. More importantly, Du Fu showed great concern over poor people's lives. Many of his poems reflected the great gap between the rich and the poor, and the effects of war on the people.
Du Fu's poems reflect realities and pay attention to common people's lives. That is why I like Du Fu most.
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    Nick and his wife Sandra decided to find his mother's house. It felt so strange that Nick knew it was exactly the house when they were approaching it. He had a feeling that he had been living here long long time ago. He was eager to knock at the door, but he stopped all of a sudden. His concern was that he might interrupt his mother. He didn't want to go into the house directly and told her they were her son and daughter-in-law. 
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    Thankfully, Nick's sister Cayley and Nick's wife both turned to Long Lost Family for help. Cayley wanted to find her little brother, and Sandra wanted to help her husband find about his mum. Cayley was asked lots of personal questions. She burst into tears when she knew they were about her brother. When they finally met, Nick knew it was exactly his sister. They were so alike, even their gestures or ways of speaking were the same. A month later, Nick was reunited with his mum, who flew back from America. They are always meeting up from then on.
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