湖北省荆州市沙市中学2022-2023学年高一英语上学期11月期中试题（Word版附解析）

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2022—2023学年度上学期2022级
期中考试英语试卷
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
例: How much is the shirt?
A. £ 19. 15. B. £ 9.15. C. £ 9.18.
答案是B。
1. Where does Sandra sit in the classroom?
A. By the door. B. In the back row. C. By the window.
2. What is the man’s problem?
A. He can’t finish the report on time.
B. No one helps him with the report.
C. The manager isn’t satisfied with his report.
3. Where are the speakers?
A. At a police office. B. On a bus. C. At a theater.
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Where to buy tickets. B. When to take a train. C. How to go to the cinema.
5. What does the man dislike about Portland?
A. The park. B. The forest. C. The weather.
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至7题
6. When will the woman have a dance class most probably?
A. At 9:15 a.m. B. At 2:00 p.m. C. At 6:30 p.m.
7. What does the man suggest the woman do in the end?
A. Choose an evening class.
B. Visit the school next week.
C. Take a No.189 bus to the school.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Why does the man call the woman?
A. To book a flight. B. To cancel a flight. C. To ask about a flight.
9. How long does the whole flight last?
A. Four hours. B. Eight hours. C. Ten hours.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. Where is the cafe?
A. In the park.
B. Next to the bank.
C. Across from the shopping center.
11. What did George think of the food in the cafe?
A. Cheap. B. Delicious. C. Boring.
12. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife. B. Brother and sister. C. Co- workers.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Why can’t the party be held in the Pine Room?
A. It isn't big enough. B. It is under decoration. C. It will be used by others.
14. How many people are expected to attend the party?
A. About 250 B. About 300. C. About 350.
15. What is said about the White Room?
A. It was newly decorated.
B. It will be used from4:00p. m.
C. It is filled with too many used books.
16 What will the man do next Friday night?
A. Make a speech. B. Take part in a party. C. Prepare for a speech.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. Where was Len when he didn't feel well?
A. In his car. B. At his office. C. At home.
18. What did Len usually have for breakfast before he was ill?
A. French fries and milk. B. Fish and a vegetable. C. Chicken and eggs.
19. How long can Len work a day at first?
A. Four hours. B. Five hours. C. Six hours.
20. What does Len have to do after work?
A. Walk one mile. B. Go to a health club. C. See the doctor.
第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中 ，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
On today’s blog post, I’ll be talking about my favorite magazines. I love reading books & magazines, and I’m learning so many useful tips about healthy living, daily life, etc.
Women’s Health
Women’s Health has a unique content. You can find various interesting information about healthy living or exercises you can do at home. I also love their writers because they explain every topic so simple that you can even understand biological articles.
Healthy Food Guide
I totally recommend it to everyone because it has lots of useful information about being healthy during your daily life. In this magazine, you can find articles about foods you often eat but don’t have much idea what it contains or if they’re healthy. If you are searching for new diets, this magazine gives you all the information.
Time Out
Time Out is a well-known magazine and it’s free in my city. Every time I see a Time Out magazine, I get it because it has lots of useful tips. I got Time Out London when I was in London, and I discovered new restaurants, galleries, museums, and events. This magazine has various information about the city life. For example, it gives you the events that are happening near you. It gives you tips for the railway stations and other transportation choices.
La Cucina Italiana
If you love cooking Italian food, this magazine is for you! It has lots of recipes and also restaurant reviews. You can also find popular restaurants near you in this magazine. I’ve also read articles by famous chefs from my city.
1. What can we find in Healthy Food Guide?
A. Ways to keep fit. B. Tips on cooking.
C. Different eating habits. D. Information of new restaurants.
2. What can we read to find comments on restaurants?
A. Time Out. B. Women’s Health. C. Healthy Food Guide. D. La Cucina Italiana.
3. What can we learn about the author?
A. He lives in London. B. He loves and enjoys life.
C. He often goes travelling. D. He likes collecting recipes.
【答案】1. A 2. D 3. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。主要介绍了几本作者很喜欢的杂志。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Healthy Food Guide部分“I totally recommend it to everyone because it has lots of useful information about being healthy during your daily life.(我完全推荐它给每个人，因为它有很多关于在日常生活中保持健康的有用信息)”可知，我们可以在Healthy Food Guide中找到保持健康的方法。故选A项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据La Cucina Italiana部分“It has lots of recipes and also restaurant reviews.(它有很多菜谱和餐馆评论)”可知，我们可以阅读La Cucina Italiana来查找对于餐馆的评论。故选D项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“I love reading books & magazines, and I’m learning so many useful tips about healthy living, daily life, etc.(我喜欢阅读书籍和杂志，并且我正在学习许多关于健康生活、日常生活等的有用技巧)”可知，作者喜欢阅读，并正在学习关于健康和生活的有用技巧，推测作者是热爱生活并享受生活的。故选B项。
B
Frequent goodbyes to her family come hand-in-hand with Wang Yaping's tough training. This time, however, her goodbye sparked joy in her 5-year-old daughter's eyes as she was “shooting for the stars” even if this was her longest separation from her mother. Wang took part in the Shenzhou-13 crewed task on Oct. 16. She became the first woman to enter China's space station.
Born in 1980 to a farmer family in Shandong Province, Wang loved jogging and was a high-scoring forward on the basketball court in school. In 1997, Wang was encouraged to register for the pilot recruitment program by her classmates because she was good at sports. In fact, she had been considering applying to teaching college.
Given her strong build and ability to stay calm under pressure, Wang passed all tests. After four years of systemic education and tough training, Wang eventually learned to fly four different types of aircraft before graduation.
Wang Yaping's dream of becoming an astronaut was inspired by Yang Liwei's 2003 space flight. She desired to become a female going into space. In May 2010, Wang was elected as one of China's female astronauts, The joy of being selected did not last long as the even tougher training quickly sank in.
She had to stand eight times the force of gravity in a spinning centrifuge. Blood can't flow to the brain properly, causing a temporary lack of oxygen and even blindness. Wang ever volunteered to be held to the same standards as her male trainees.
Her efforts were not in vain. Wang became a crew member of the Shenzhou-10 space task in 2013. She earned the title of China's first space teacher after giving a space lecture to students from n orbit above the Earth's surface.
A team of Chinese university students specializing in aerospace, art, architecture and music translated universe rays into music. They said the project was inspired by Wang's live space lecture, when they were teenagers.
4. Why was Wang's daughter happy this time?
A. Wang promised to play games with her.
B. Wang would come back sooner than usual.
C. Wang's training would be less hard than before.
D. Wang would fly into space for an honourable task.
5. What had Wang Yaping been planning to become when she was in high school?
A. A teacher. B. An astronaut. C. An athlete. D. A soldier.
6. What kind of person is Wang according to the text?
A. Sociable and intelligent. B. Determined and ambitious.
C. Generous and strong-willed. D. Confident and warm-hearted
7. What can be inferred from the text?
A. Space knowledge has been popularized in universities.
B. Most teenagers will choose astronauts as future occupation.
C. The flame for space interest has been lit in young generation.
D. The young project team will be successors of next space flight.
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述了中国女航天员王亚平的故事。王亚平凭借出色的身体条件和心理素质，进入航空学院学习，通过多年的不懈的努力，成为中国首位进驻中国空间站的女航天员。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“This time, however, her goodbye sparked joy in her 5-year-old daughter's eyes as she was “shooting for the stars” even if this was her longest separation from her mother. Wang took part in the Shenzhou-13 crewed task on Oct. 16. She became the first woman to enter China's space station.(然而，这一次，她的告别在她5岁的女儿眼中激起了喜悦，因为她正在“奔向群星”，即使这是她与母亲最长的分离。王亚平于10月16日执行了神舟13号载人任务。她成为第一位进入中国空间站的女性)”可知，这次女儿很开心是因为妈妈要到太空执行一项光荣的任务。故选D。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“In fact, she had been considering applying to teaching college.(事实上，这位17岁的年轻人一直在考虑申请师范大学)”可知，她中学时一直打算将来当老师。故选A。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中“Wang Yaping's dream of becoming an astronaut was inspired by Yang Liwei's 2003 space flight. She desired to become a female going into space.(王亚平成为宇航员的梦想是受到杨利伟2003年太空飞行的启发。她渴望成为一名进入太空的女性)”可知，她是有志向的；根据第五段“She had to stand eight times the force of gravity in a spinning centrifuge. Blood can't flow to the brain properly, causing a temporary lack of oxygen and even blindness. Wang even volunteered to be held to the same standards as her male trainees.(她必须在旋转的离心机中承受八倍于重力的力，血液不能正常流入大脑，导致暂时缺氧，甚至失明。王亚平甚至自愿接受与男性学员相同的标准)”可知，她意志坚定。故选B。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“A team of Chinese university students specializing in aerospace, art, architecture and music translated universe rays into music. They said the project was inspired by Wang's live space lecture, when they were teenagers.(一支由中国大学生组成的专门从事航空航天、艺术、建筑和音乐的团队将宇宙射线转化为音乐。他们说，该项目的灵感来自王亚平的太空讲座，当时他们还是青少年)”可推知，年轻一代点燃了太空兴趣的火焰。故选C。
C
Email has brought the art of letter writing back to life, but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.
Email is a form of communication that is changing, for the worse, the way we write and use language, say some communication researchers. It is also changing the way we interact(交流) and build relationship. These are a few of the recently recognized features of email, say experts, which should cause individuals and organizations to rethink the way they use email.
“Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits,” says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics(语言学) at an American university. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect(反映) a growing unconcern about the way we write.
Baron argues that we shouldn’t forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in email. “The more we use email and its tasteless writing, the more it becomes the normal way of writing,” the professor says.
Others say that despite its poor writing, email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn’t: it has made writing fashionable again.
“Email is a critical new communication technology.” says Ian Lancashire, a professor of English at Toronto University. “It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email. It is the purest form of written speech.”
Lancashire says email has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because of email’s close similarity to speech. “It’s like a circle of four or five people around a campfire,” he says.
Still, he accepts that this new-found freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble. Emails sent in a day almost exceed(超过) the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognizing the content of a typical email message is not often exact.
8. From what Baron says in the third paragraph we can see that ________.
A. careless people use email more than careful people
B. email requires people to change their native language
C. professors in universities don’t need to use email
D. people communicate by email full of mistakes
9. What does the underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 4) refer to?
A. The poor writing. B. Email.
C. The good writing. D. A new communication technology.
10. In Lancashire’s opinion, email is a wonderful technology because _______.
A. it can be useful all over the world
B. it is the fastest way to communicate
C. we can express ourselves in a free way
D. we can save a lot of paper
11. This passage mainly shows us that ______.
A. people should stop using email to communicate
B. experts hold different opinions about email writing
C. Americans only use email to communicate
D. email makes people lose interest in English
【答案】8. D 9. A 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇议论文。本文介绍了电子邮件使写信这种古老而传统的沟通方式又恢复了生机，但用电子邮件写信也带来了一些新的问题，专家们对此也有不同的看法。本文就陈述了这些不同的观点。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect(反映) a growing unconcern about the way we write.（她说邮件糟糕的拼写、语法、发音和句子结构反映了我们对书写越来越不重视）”可知，人们用满是错误的邮件进行交流。故选D。
【9题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第四段中的“Baron argues that we shouldn’t forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in email. The more we use email and its tasteless writing, the more it becomes the normal way of writing,（巴伦认为，我们不应该原谅和忘记电子邮件中经常出现的糟糕的文字。我们使用电子邮件的次数越多，写得越乏味，它就越成为正常的写作方式） ”可知，it指the poor writing。故选A
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“this new-found freedom to express themselves（这个自由表达自己的新发现）”可以看出Lancashire的观点，他认为电子信件可以使人自由地表达思想和情感，类似于口头语言。故选C。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其第一段“Email has brought the art of letter writing back to life, but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.（邮件赋予了书信写作新生命，但一些专家认为由此造成的坏英语的传播弊大于利）”及第五段的“Others say that despite its poor writing, email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn’t: it has made writing fashionable again.（也有人说，尽管电子邮件的写作能力很差，但它已经完成了几代英语教师无法完成的任务：它使写作再次成为时尚）”可知，本文阐述了专家们对电子邮件的不同的观点。故选B。
D
Some scientists have traced the increase in earthquakes, especially in areas not known for the presence of fault lines or past seismic (地震的) activity, to human actions. The idea of humans causing earthquakes may seem strange at first. After all, you can run around your backyard and jump up and down as you want, and the ground isn’t going to start shaking. However, scientists have identified a variety of large scale human activities that can result in earthquakes.
Scientists have confirmed over 700 places where human activities have caused earthquakes over the last century. While many human-related earthquakes are mild and don’t cause much damage, some of them can be serious and dangerous. In fact, scientists believe human activity has caused earthquakes with magnitudes as high as 7.9 on the Richter scale.
Scientists believe most human-related earthquakes are the result of mining. As companies drill deeper and deeper below Earth’s surface to get natural resources, holes left behind can cause instability that leads to collapses that cause earthquakes. Another human activity leading to earthquakes is fracking (水力压裂) for oil and gas, including the high pressure waste water processing that usually goes with fracking. In this process, water, sand and chemicals are pressed underground under high pressure to break rocks to release natural resources.
Building large dams can also cause earthquakes. For example, about 80, 000 people died in China in 2008 as a result of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake caused by 320 million tons of water that had been collected in the Zipingpu Reservoir after a large dam was built over a known fault line.
These aren’t the only human activities that can result in earthquakes, though. Scientists point out that earthquakes can also be caused by other human activities, such as construction of skyscrapers and nuclear explosions.
12. What does the underlined part “fault lines” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Regions with active human actions. B. Places associated with natural balance.
C. Zones where natural resources are rich. D. Areas where earthquakes tend to happen.
13. What do mining and oil producing have in common?
A. They break the balance of nature. B. They destroy the stability of rocks.
C. They use high pressure to get resources. D. They do much damage to Earth’s surface.
14. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A. The 2008 earthquake is the worst in history. B. Construction of dams should be stopped.
C. Tons of water must cause earthquakes. D. The location of a dam matters much.
15. What does the text mainly tell us?
A. Nature punishes humans by means of earthquakes. B. Progress has been made on earthquake research.
C. Humans are to blame for some earthquakes. D. Earthquakes are no longer nature-made.
【答案】12. D 13. B 14. D 15. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍的是一些地震是人类活动造成的，并介绍了哪些人类活动会造成地震。
【12题详解】
词义猜测题。根据画线短语句中“past seismic (地震的) activity”(过去的地震活动)和“to human actions”(人类行为)可知，科学家追踪的是由人类活动引起的地震，而不是一些容易发生地震的地区，“or”前后的“fault lines”和“past seismic (地震的) activity”为选择关系，由此可知，“fault lines”指的也是一些容易发生地震的地区。故选D项。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段关键句“As companies drill deeper and deeper below Earth’s surface to get natural resources, holes left behind can cause instability that leads to collapses that cause earthquakes.”(随着公司在地球表面下越来越深地钻探以获取自然资源，留下的洞可能导致不稳定，导致崩塌，引发地震。)可知，采矿留下的洞可能导致岩石不稳定，引发地震；再根据第三段关键句“In this process, water, sand and chemicals are pressed underground under high pressure to break rocks to release natural resources.”(在这个过程中，水、沙子和化学物质在高压下被压入地下，以破碎岩石，释放自然资源。)可知，石油生产使用的高压破碎岩石，导致岩石不稳定，引发地震，由此可知，采矿和石油生产的共同点在于它们破坏了岩石的稳定性。故选B项。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段内容“Building large dams can also cause earthquakes. For example, about 80, 000 people died in China in 2008 as a result of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake caused by 320 million tons of water that had been collected in the Zipingpu Reservoir after a large dam was built over a known fault line.”(建造大型水坝也会引起地震。例如，2008年，中国发生了7.9级地震，造成约8万人死亡。这场地震是由于紫坪铺水库在一条已知断层线上修建了一座大型水坝后，收集了3.2亿吨水造成的。)可知，紫坪铺水库在一条已知断层线上修建了一座大型水坝，引发了地震，由此可知，大坝的位置非常重要，不应该建在断层线上。故选D项。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，结合第二段关键句“Scientists have confirmed over 700 places where human activities have caused earthquakes over the last century.”(科学家们已经确认了上个世纪人类活动造成地震的700多个地方。)可知，本文主要介绍的是一些地震是人类活动造成的，并介绍了哪些人类活动会造成地震，“Humans are to blame for some earthquakes”意为“有些地震是人类造成的”，选项能够概括文章主要内容。故选C项。
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The study habits of top students at Oxford University
Go to your lectures.
For the first 2 years of Oxford, I went to maybe 4 lectures out of hundreds available. ____16____ In my third year, I went to almost every single lecture available, including those topics I was not personally involved or interested in.
____17____ Firstly, lectures are FUN! I found so many gems that influenced my thinking. I found so many passionate, knowledgeable speakers who got me excited about the topic. Secondly, I remembered more stuff! An hour in the lecture hall has massive returns on investment.
Be an active student.
For my first year at Oxford, I barely said anything in lectures. I didn't volunteer in discussions and, as a result, I didn't understand much. My understandings of different texts never matured or became complex. They stayed the same. ____18____
Then, somewhere in the middle of my second year, I got over myself and offered more of my own opinions. I responded to others, asked thoughtful questions, and interacted way more.
Being an active student also means asking for help. The smartest people learned everything from other smart people.
____19____It doesn't matter how much new information you stuff into your head if you forget it the next day or cannot apply it. When you structure your studying, the most important task is always to ensure you are remembering the information you have already learned. ____20____
In order to improve your memory and absorb more information, you need to break your studying up into manageable pieces and review what you've previously learned in each new piece.
A. Study in small blocks.
B. That always comes first.
C. And they were often wrong.
D. Create a perfect study environment.
E. Some students study new information for hours.
F. My mind changed when I actually went to lectures.
G. I was foolish and lazy, severely disadvantaging myself.
【答案】16. G 17. F 18. C 19. A 20. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了牛津大学的学生的如何学习的。
【16题详解】
根据上文“For the first 2 years of Oxford, I went to maybe 4 lectures out of hundreds available.(在牛津大学的头两年，有几百场讲座，我只去了4场)”以及后文“In my third year, I went to almost every single lecture available, including those topics I was not personally involved or interested in.(在第三年，我几乎去了所有的讲座，包括那些我不个人参与或不感兴趣的话题)”可知，上文提到几百场讲座作者只去了四场，可见当时的作者很懒，故G选项“我又笨又懒，让自己严重处于不利地位”符合语境，故选G。
【17题详解】
根据后文“Firstly, lectures are FUN! I found so many gems that influenced my thinking. I found so many passionate, knowledgeable speakers who got me excited about the topic. Secondly, I remembered more stuff! An hour in the lecture hall has massive returns on investment.(首先，讲座很有趣! 我发现了很多影响我思考的珍宝。我发现了很多充满激情、知识渊博的演讲者，他们让我对这个话题感到兴奋。其次，我记得更多的东西！在演讲厅里讲一个小时，投资就会有巨大的回报)”可知，后文提到作者认为讲座很有趣，自己能记得更多的东西，可见作者关于讲座的看法有了改变。故F选项“当我真的去听讲座时，我的想法改变了”符合语境，故选F。
【18题详解】
根据上文“For my first year at Oxford, I barely said anything in lectures. I didn't volunteer in discussions and, as a result, I didn't understand much. My understandings of different texts never matured or became complex. They stayed the same.(在牛津大学的第一年，我在课堂上几乎什么都没说。我没有主动参加讨论，因此，我不太懂。我对不同文章的理解从未成熟。它们保持不变)”可知，上文主要说明了作者在牛津大学第一年对学习文章的看法，C选项中they对应上文中they。故C选项“它们经常是错的”符合语境，故选C。
【19题详解】
根据后文“It doesn't matter how much new information you stuff into your head if you forget it the next day or cannot apply it. When you structure your studying, the most important task is always to ensure you are remembering the information you have already learned.(如果你第二天忘记了或者不能应用它，你往脑子里塞多少新知识都没用。当你组织学习时，最重要的任务总是确保你记住了你已经学过的信息)”可知，本段讲述的学习方法和学习到的内容的问题，故A选项“分小块学习”符合语境，故选A。
【20题详解】
根据上文“It doesn't matter how much new information you stuff into your head if you forget it the next day or cannot apply it. When you structure your studying, the most important task is always to ensure you are remembering the information you have already learned.(如果你第二天忘记了或者不能应用它，你往脑子里塞多少新知识都没用。当你组织学习时，最重要的任务总是确保你记住了你已经学过的信息)”可知，上文提到最重要的任务是确保记住了已经学过的信息，本句为本段最后一句，应承接上文强调其重要性。故B选项“那总是第一位的”符合语境，故选B。
第三部分: 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分30分）
第一节: 完形填空（共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A 24-year-old woman has achieved an unbelievable achievement that many of us dream of − visiting every country on Earth.
Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agents, which gave her the opportunity to ____21____ places such as Cambodia, Dubai and Egypt during her childhood, according to Forbes magazine. She began saving up at age 12 to ___22___ her goal of visiting all countries. By her 18th birthday, she had travelled to 72 nations. In October, 2016 she realized she could see the ___23___ nations on her list in time to set an official record. Many people ___24___ her travel on social media platform Instagram, so she decided to chase the world record partly to ___25___ others. “Honestly, in the beginning, I ____26____ wanted to push the ___27___ of what I thought I could do with my life and see as much of the world as possible in the ___28___,” she told Forbes. “It wasn’t until things started getting really___29___ that I realized I was inspiring people around me, especially the ___30___.”
“I also loved visiting Northern Pakistan, for the natural beauty of the mountains and kindness of the locals were astonishing.” Lexie Alford said. “The most pleasant surprise about travelling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was that the countries that I had the ___31___ expectation for _____32_____ being the most incredible.”
“My___33___ for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do. If you want to travel, you have to dream BIG − to travel around the world and never ___34___; it’s only a matter of ___35___ until you make it a reality.”
21. A. master B. settle C. tour D. love
22. A. fund B. quit C. change D. register
23. A. powerful B. ideal C. official D. remaining
24. A. ranked B. analyzed C. followed D. criticized
25. A. inspire B. contact C. understand D. accompany
26. A. occasionally B. simply C. completely D. obviously
27. A. dreams B. buttons C. families D. comments
28. A. platform B. event C. process D. country
29. A. awkward B. official C. natural D. challenging
30. A. adult B. youth C. bosses D. agents
31. A. most B. least C. greatest D. worst
32. A. started with B. showed off C. ended up D. searched for
33. A. advice B. theory C. belief D. information
34 A. make up B. cut up C. clean up D. give up
35. A. honor B. career C. time D. energy
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了一名23岁的女子莱克西·阿尔福德（Lexie Alford）完成了一件令人难以置信的事情——访问地球上的每个国家，这一举动激励着无数年轻人。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：据《福布斯》杂志报道，莱克西·阿尔福德出生于一个旅行社家庭，这让她在童年时期有机会游览柬埔寨、迪拜和埃及等地。A. master掌握；B. settle定居；C. tour游览；D. love喜爱。由前文“a family of travel agents”可知，出生于这样的家庭，莱克西·阿尔福德“游览”了很多地方。故选C项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她在12岁时开始攒钱，为她游览所有国家的目标提供资金。A. fund为……提供资金；B. quit停止，放弃；C.change改变；D. register登记。根据句中“saving up”可知，她攒钱的目的应该是为游览所有国家“提供资金”。故选A项。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：2016年10月，她意识到她可以及时去看清单上剩下的国家，以创造一个官方记录。A. powerful强大的；B. ideal理想的；C. official官方的；D. remaining剩下的。根据上文“By her 18th birthday, she had travelled to 72 nations.”可知，她已经游览了72个国家，由此可知，她打算去看清单上“剩下的”国家。故选D项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：许多人在社交媒体平台Instagram上关注她的旅行，因此她决定努力获得世界纪录，部分是为了激励他人。A. ranked排列；B. analyzed分析；C. followed密切关注；D. criticized批评。根据后文“I realized I was inspiring people around me”可知，她意识到她的旅行激励了周围的人，由此可知，有许多人在社交媒体平台上“关注”她的旅行。故选C项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：许多人在社交媒体平台Instagram上关注她的旅行，因此她决定努力获得世界纪录，部分是为了激励他人。A. inspire激励；B. contact联系；C. understand理解；D. accompany陪伴。根据后文“I realized I was inspiring people around me”中的“inspiring”可知，她意识到她的旅行激励了周围的人，由此可知，她决定努力获得世界纪录，部分是为了“激励”他人。故选A项。
【26题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：她告诉《福布斯》：“老实说，一开始，我仅仅是想去追求我认为我这一生可以实现的梦想，并在这个过程中尽可能多地看世界。”A. occasionally偶尔地；B. simply仅仅；C. completely完全地；D. obviously明显地。根据句中“in the beginning”可知，空格这句介绍的是莱克西·阿尔福最开始的想法，刚开始她“仅仅”是为了追求梦想。故选B项。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她告诉《福布斯》：“老实说，一开始，我仅仅是想去追求我认为我这一生可以实现的梦想，并在这个过程中尽可能多地看世界。”A. dreams梦想；B. buttons按钮；C. families家庭；D. comments评论。根据上文“She began saving up at age 12 to 2 her goal of visiting all countries.”可知，游览所有国家是她的目标，是她的梦想，由此可知，一开始，她只是想去追求她的“梦想”。故选A项。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她告诉《福布斯》：“老实说，一开始，我只是想去追求我认为我这一生可以实现的梦想，并在这个过程中尽可能多地看世界。”A. platform平台；B. event大事件；C. process过程；D. country国家。根据句中“see as much of the world as possible”可知，游览所有国家是她的梦想，由此可知，是在追求梦想的“过程”中尽可能多地看世界。故选C项。
【29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：直到事情开始变得真正具有挑战性，我才意识到我在鼓舞周围的人，尤其是年轻人。A. awkward尴尬的；B. official官方的；C. natural自然的；D. challenging具有挑战性的。根据句中“I realized I was inspiring people around me”可知，她意识到我的旅行经历在鼓舞周围的人，不再只是单纯的旅行，由此可知，旅行这件事被赋予了更深的意义，开始变得“具有挑战性”。故选D项。
30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：直到事情开始变得真正具有挑战性，我才意识到我在鼓舞周围的人，尤其是年轻人。A. adult成年人；B. youth年轻人；C. bosses老板；D. agents代理人。根据最后一段第一句“My 13 for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do.”中的“young people”可知，我的经历主要鼓舞的是“年轻人”。故选B项。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：前往世界上所有这些被误解的地区旅行，最令人惊喜的是，我最不期待的国家最终成为了最不可思议的国家。A. most最多的；B. least最少的；C. greatest最好的；D. worst最差的。根据句中“misunderstood areas of the world”可知，句中指的是前往世界上被误解的地区旅行，由此可知，这些被误解的地区本来是我“最不”期待的国家，least意为“最少的”，修饰expectation，符合语境。故选B项。
【32题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：前往世界上所有这些被误解的地区旅行，最令人惊喜的是，我最不期待的国家最终成为了最不可思议的国家。A. started with以……开始；B. showed off炫耀；C. ended up（通常指意外地）以......最终；D. searched for搜索。根据句中“the 11 expectation”和“the most incredible”可知，句中指的是最不期待的国家“最终”成为了最不可思议的国家，所以是被误解的地区，ended up意为“（通常指意外地）最终”，符合语境。故选C项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我给年轻人的建议是相信你可以做任何你下定决心要做的事。A. advice建议；B. theory理论；C. belief信仰；D. information信息。根据句中“to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do”可知，“相信你可以做任何你下定决心要做的事”应该是莱克西·阿尔福德给年轻人的“建议”。故选A项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词组辨析。句意：如果你想旅行，你必须梦想远大——周游世界，永不放弃。A.make up编造；B.cut up切碎；C.clean up打扫；D.give up放弃。由前文“you can do anything you set your mind to do”可知，作者建议“永不言弃”地追求梦想。故选D项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这只是一个时间问题，直到你能把它变成现实。A. honor荣誉；B. career职业；C. time时间；D. energy能量。根据上文“My 13 for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do.”可知，她建议年轻人相信自己可以做任何自己下定决心要做的事，由此可知，只要肯努力，实现梦想只是一个“时间”问题。故选C项。
第二节：语法填空 (共10题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
One day, an old monk(和尚) ____36____ (name) Wisdom, followed by two young monks, is walking from one town ____37____another when they caught sight of a lake. Tired and thirsty, they stopped to have a rest. ____38____ old monk, pointing to the lake, asked the ____39____ (young) one to get him some water.
When the little monk reached the lake, a cart drawn by an ox(牛) started crossing the lake, _____40_____ made the water very muddy. The little monk thought, “How can I give this muddy water to my master to drink!” So he came back ____41____ any water, saying,“The water is very muddy. I don’t think it’s suitable to drink.”
After a while, the same monk ____42____ (ask) to get water again. When he went back to the lake, he found that the mud had settled down already, so he collected back a pot of water. Wisdom looked at the water ____43____(happy) and then up at the monk, “____44____ (make) the water clean, what you need to do is just to let it be and the mud would settle down ____45____ (it) .”
It is also the same with your mind. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time and it will settle down on its own.
【答案】36. named
37. to 38. The
39. younger
40. which 41. without
42. was asked
43. happily
44. To make
45. itself
【解析】
【导语】这是一个寓言故事。本文通过小和尚取水这件事向读者说明一个道理：心绪不宁时，不必焦躁，静待它平静下来。
【36题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：一天，一位名叫智慧老和尚和两位年轻的和尚正从一个城镇走到另一个城镇，这时他们看到了一个湖泊。分析句子可知，此空应填非谓语，且an old monk和name为被动关系，再根据句意可知，这里应用过去分词作后置定语。故填named。
【37题详解】
考查介词。句意：一天，一位名叫智慧的老和尚和两位年轻的和尚正从一个城镇走到另一个城镇，这时他们看到了一个湖泊。from...to...表“从……到……”，为固定结构。故填to。
【38题详解】
考查冠词。句意：老和尚指着湖边，让年纪小点的和尚给他弄点水。分析句子可知，本句中应使用定冠词the特指上文出现的那个老和尚。故填The。
【39题详解】
考查形容词比较级。句意：老和尚指着湖边，让年纪小点的和尚给他弄点水。根据上文可知和老和尚一起的是两个小和尚，本句是指老和尚让较小的那个和尚帮他取水。故填younger。
【40题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：当小和尚到达湖边时，一辆由牛拉的车开始穿过湖面，这使得湖水变得非常浑浊。分析句子可知，这里考查的是非限制性定语从句。先行词为前面一句话的内容，在从句中作主语，所以应用关系代词which。故填which。
【41题详解】
考查介词。句意：所以他回来时没有带回水，说：“水很浑浊，我觉得不适合喝。”由句意可知，小和尚没有带水就回来了，本空应填介词且表示否定的意思。故填without。
【42题详解】
考查时态语态。句意：过了一会儿，同一个和尚再次要求取水。分析句子可知，此空应填谓语动词，the same monk和ask为被动关系，且本文叙述的是过去发生的事情，所以要使用一般过去时的被动语态的形式。故填was asked。
【43题详解】
考查副词。句意：智慧大师高兴地看着水，然后抬头看着和尚。分析句子可知，此空应填副词作状语修饰动词looked。故填happily。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：为了让水变得干净，你需要做的只是顺其自然，泥会自己沉淀下来。分析句子可知，此空考查非谓语，再根据句意可知应填不定式作目的状语。故填To make。
【45题详解】
考查代词。句意：为了让水变得干净，你需要做的只是顺其自然，泥会自己沉淀下来。分析句子可知，此空应填反身代词代指本句前面的the mud。故填itself。
第四部分 写作（共三节，满分40分）
第一节：根据首字母和汉语提示写出正确的单词。（满分10分）
46. I am a new student from China. I wonder if you could e_____________ your ideas with me about our school. In return, I will introduce some traditional Chinese festival to you. (交流) (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】exchange##xchange
【解析】
【详解】考查动词和情态动词用法。句意：我是一个来自中国的新学生。我想知道你是否可以和我交换你对我们学校的想法。作为回报，我将向你介绍某个中国的传统节日。根据首字母e可知，表示“交流”应用动词exchange。在情态动词could后动词应用原形。故填exchange。
47. The outgoing guy has been monitor for five years, so he has c_____________ in dealing with all kinds of matters properly. (信心) (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】confidence##onfidence
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：这个外向的家伙已经当了五年班长，所以他有信心妥善处理各种事情。根据首字母c可知，表示“信心”应用名词confidence作宾语。故填confidence。
48. Learning that you need a typist, I am writing a letter of r______________ to you. (推荐) (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】recommendation##ecommendation
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：得知你需要一名打字员，我正在给你写一封推荐信。根据中文提示和首字母可知，此空应填recommendation，letter of recommendation表“推荐信”，为固定表达，在本句中作宾语。故填recommendation。
49. If you are c_____________about anything about our product, you can call me at 123456. (有疑惑的) (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】confused##onfused
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：如果您对我们的产品有任何疑问，可以打123456给我。根据首字母c可知，表示“感到疑惑的”应用形容词confused作表语。故填confused。
50. We had to write a paper on how we plan to a_________ what we would learn in class to our future professions and our lives. (运用) (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】apply##pply
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：我们必须写一篇论文来说明我们计划如何将课堂上学到的知识应用到我们未来的职业中，并最终应用到我们的生活中。根据首字母和中文提示可知，此空应填apply，而apply...to...是固定搭配，意为“将……应用到……”；根据plan to do sth.“计划做某事”可知空处应填动词原形。故填apply。
51. Most museums welcome school groups and a_________ special activities for children.（安排）(根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】arrange##rrange
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：大多数博物馆欢迎学校团体，并为儿童安排特殊活动。分析句子可知，此空应填谓语动词，再根据首字母和中文提示可知，应填arrange，且时态与前面保持一致用一般现在时。故填arrange。
52. Parents and children should communicate more to n_________ the gap between them so that they can understand each other better.（缩小）(根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】narrow##arrow
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：父母和孩子应该多交流，缩小（父母和孩子）他们之间的间隙，这样他们才能更好地理解对方。根据单词首字母以及中文提示可知，应填动词narrow，且narrow在句中为不定式作目的状语，上文已有不定式符号to，应填动词原形。故填narrow。
53. A pack of tourists were anxious to reach the d____________before lunchtime.(目的地) (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】destination##estination
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：一群游客急于在午饭前到达目的地。分析句子可知，此空应填名词作宾语，再根据首字母和中文提示可知，应填destination，为可数名词，由句意知这里应用单数。故填destination。
54. To his c____________ , he never gave up when faced with difficulty and succeeded in achieving his goal at last. (称赞) (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】credit##redit
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：值得称赞的是，他在遇到困难时从未放弃，最终成功地实现了自己的目标。根据中文提示和首字母可知，此空应填credit，to one’s credit表“值得赞扬的是”，为固定搭配。故填credit。
55. City life has a p_________ attraction for young people, so most of graduates try to find jobs in bid cities after graduation. (强大的) (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】powerful##owerful
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：城市生活对年轻人有强大的吸引力，所以大多数毕业生毕业后都试图在繁华的城市找工作。根据首字母p可知，表示“强大的”应用形容词powerful作定语。故填powerful。
第二节：根据英汉提示用短语完成句子。（满分15分）
56. The boy left home alone so his mother ___________ (担心) his safety, like sitting on pins and needles. (anxious) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】was anxious about
【解析】
【详解】考查一般过去时和主谓一致。句意：男孩独自离家，他母亲为他的安全担心得坐立不安。根据提示可知，表示“担心”应用短语be anxious about。根据“The boy left home alone”可知，此处应用一般过去时。主语mother为第三人称单数。故填was anxious about。
57. I’ve been learning English for ten years, and I can ___________ (......流利) English.(fluent) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】be fluent in
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词短语。句意：我学英语已经十年了，我能说流利的英语。 根据中文提示和句意可知，表示“......流利”应用be fluent in，为固定短语，且can后应用动词原形。故填be fluent in。
58. During the test, we could see that these babies __________ (喜爱) bright colors. (attract) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】were attracted to##were attracted by
【解析】
【详解】考查一般过去时的被动语态。句意：在测试中，我们可以看到这些婴儿被明亮的颜色所吸引。根据“we could see”可知，此处应用一般过去时。根据“these babies”和“bright colors”以及提示可知，此处是指婴儿被明亮的颜色所吸引，所以应用被动语态。表示“被……吸引”应用短语be attracted to/by。故填were attracted to/by。
59. Ten years has past and my hometown has changed ____________. (无法辨认) (recognize) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】beyond recognition
【解析】
【详解】考查介词短语。句意：十年过去了，我的家乡已经面目全非。根据中文提示和句意可知，表示“无法辨认”应用beyond recognition，为固定搭配，在本句中作状语。故填beyond recognition。
60. Good habits ________________ （对……有影响）to your physical and mental fitness. (difference) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】make a difference
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语。句意：良好的习惯对你的身体和心理健康都有影响。分析句子可知，这里陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时，表示“对……有影响”应用make a difference，为固定短语。故填make a difference。
61. He plans to go hiking and then ___________ (结账离开) on Friday. (check) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】check out
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语和动词不定式。句意：他计划去徒步旅行，然后在星期五结账离开。表示“结账离开”应用动词短语check out。plan to do意为“打算做某事”，为固定搭配，此处用to do不定式作宾语。故填check out。
62. The workers will _________ (罢工) if the demands they put forward are turned down. (strike) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】go on strike
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语和时态。句意：如果工人们提出的要求被拒绝，他们将举行罢工。分析句子可知，此空应填动词原形和will构成一般将来时，表示“罢工”应用go on strike，为固定搭配。故填go on strike。
63. Being a champion in the Olympic event, I feel greatly honored to ____________ (发表演讲) here. (deliver) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】deliver a speech
【解析】
【详解】考查动词不定式和固定搭配。句意：作为奥运项目的冠军，我感到非常荣幸能在这里发表演讲。表示“发表演讲”应用固定搭配deliver a speech。feel honored to do意为“很荣幸做某事”，为固定搭配，所以此处应用to do不定式。故填deliver a speech。
64. A lot of money has been collected to help those who are _____________ (遭受) the floods. (suffer) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】suffering from
【解析】
【详解】考查现在进行时和动词短语。句意：已经筹集了许多钱来帮助那些遭受水灾的人。表示“遭受”应用动词短语suffer from。表示现价段正在进行的动作，此处应用现在进行时。已有be动词are，空处应填现在分词形式。故填suffering from。
65. ____________(相比之下), I prefer the countryside life because it is quiet and peaceful. (compare) (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】By comparison
【解析】
【详解】考查介词短语。句意：相比之下，我更喜欢乡村生活，因为它是安静平和的。根据提示可知，表示“相比之下”应用介词短语by comparison作状语。句首首字母应大写。故填By comparison。
第三节 应用文写作（满分15分）
66. 假设你是小明，你的英国好友Peter打算寒假来荆州旅游，发来邮件询问相关信息。请你给他回复邮件，从穿衣、食物、住宿、交通、景点中任选3个方面给予建议。
注意：1.字数80词左右；
2.开头和结尾已经给出不计入总词数
Dear Peter,
Nice to have received your letter.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Xiao Min
【答案】Dear Peter,
Nice to have received your letter. Learning that you are about to pay a visit to Jingzhou during your winter vacation and confused about some travel tips, I am writing to inform you of some relevant details.
It is transportation that matters a lot, so firstly I would like to suggest that you ride shared bikes to explore the city, which is convenient and money-saving. Besides, booking a convenient accommodation in advance is also what you should pay attention to. Apart from our city’s beautiful scenery, a unique local street food also attracts visitors from all around the world. If I were you, I would go to the night market where not only can you experience local eating habit but also you can taste many street foods.
I hope these suggestions would be helpful to you and wish you a pleasant trip! Best wishes!
Yours,
Xiao Ming
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给英国好友Peter回复一封邮件，对他来荆州旅游从穿衣、食物、住宿、交通、景点中任选3个方面给予建议。
【详解】1.词汇积累
重要：matter→count
建议：suggest→recommend
便利的：convenient→commodious
愉快的：pleasant→cheerful
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Apart from our city’s beautiful scenery, a unique local street food also attracts visitors from all around the world.
拓展句：Apart from our city’s beautiful scenery, it is a unique local street food that also attracts visitors from all around the world.
【点睛】[高分句型1] It is transportation that matters a lot, so firstly I would like to suggest that you ride shared bikes to explore the city, which is convenient and money-saving. (运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句和it强调句句式)
[高分句型2] If I were you, I would go to the night market where not only can you experience local eating habit but also you can taste many street foods. (运用了虚拟语气、where引导的定语从句和部分倒装)
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