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陕西省渭南市华州区2023-2024学年高二下学期期末质量检测英语试题(无答案)
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这是一份陕西省渭南市华州区2023-2024学年高二下学期期末质量检测英语试题(无答案)，共9页。试卷主要包含了本试卷分四部分，共12页，答题前，考生务必用直径0，15， B等内容，欢迎下载使用。
考生注意：
1.本试卷分四部分，共12页。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。
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。
例: Hw much is the shirt?
A. £ 19.15. B. £ 9.18. C. £ 9. 15.
答案是 C。
1. What ruined the picnic?
A. The bad fd. B. The terrible weather. C. The rugh rad.
2. Why is the wman making the call?
A. T ask fr sick leave fr Judy. B. T check n her daughter.
C. T seek medical advice.
3. Whm is the wman talking t?
A. A salesman. B. A pstman. C. A painter.
4. What type f bk is the wman reading?
A. Science fictin. B. Hrrr fictin. C. Rmantic fictin.
5. Hw much des the wman need t pay?
A. $ 30. B. $ 48. C. $ 60.
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。
6. When d the speakers agree t meet?
A. Tday. B. Tmrrw. C. The day after tmrrw.
7. What shuld the wman d t receive the package?
A. Sign her name. B. Cnfirm nline. C. Pay fr it.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8 Hw des the man usually g t wrk?
A. By car. B. By bike. C. By subway.
9. What will the man start ding next mnth?
A. Learning t drive.
B. Travelling arund the wrld.
C. Lking fr a new apartment.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. What will the wman take tmrrw mrning?
A. A histry lecture. B. A histry exam. C. A physics experiment.
11. What des Gerge suggest studying?
A. Mr. Smith’s lectures. B. The American culture. C. The American Civil War.
12. Where will the wman g?
A. T the lecture rm. B. T the library. C. T the lab.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. What is the wman ging t buy?
A. A few rcks. B. A small bttle. C. Sme beautiful fish.
14. Where des the cnversatin mst prbably take place?
A. At hme. B. In a street. C. In the market.
15. Why des the man suggest putting a few rcks int the tank?
A. T decrate the tank.
B. T keep the water clean.
C. T allw the fish t swim arund.
16. What des the man advise the wman t d?
A. Keep the fish in a rund bttle.
B. G shpping and buy sme fish.
C. Put sme underwater plants in the tank.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. What will the children d during the trip?
A. Admire artwrks. B. Talk with scientists. C. D vluntary wrk.
18. Hw lng will it take t get t the destinatin?
A. Abut half an hur. B. Abut ne hur. C. Abut tw hurs.
19. What is free f charge?
A. The lunch. B. The bus ride. C. The entrance fee.
20. Whm is the talk mainly fr?
A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Parents.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15个小题；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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
A
Petry Cntest
The cntest is pen t anyne aged thirteen and up wh writes petry. Enter yur pem fr a free chance t win prizes! Yu can submit a pem n any tpic, emplying whatever style yu prefer.
Infrmatin
N entry fee is required fr the cntest. The main cntest is held twice a year. Cntest dates are January 1 — June 30 and July 1 — December 31. All winners will receive a letter and their prize via regular mail. The first place winner will be cntacted by phne r email and asked t call ur ffice t cnfirm their identity befre their prize is mailed. As sn as the cmplete list f winners is drawn up, it will be psted n the hme page.
Rules
● Only submit ONE pem, ONE time. Only ne pem per husehld will be accepted.
● Pem must be 26 lines r fewer, including stanza breaks but nt including the title, and lines may be n mre than 55 characters acrss, including spaces.
● D nt use “texting” ling. Prperly spell ut all wrds and typing the first wrd f each line in capital letter.
● All pems must be written in English.
Prizes
Bth cntests award ne first place prize f $ 2,000.00 and a first prize wall plaque（匾牌） （$ 100.00 value）; twenty secnd place prizes f $ 100.00 each and a secnd place wall plaque （$ 75.00 value）; ne hundred third place winners f a third place gift certificate （$ 25.00 value）. Sixty t seventy percent f all entries becme semi - finalists and receive a certificate f participatin suitable fr framing.
21. What d we knw abut the petry cntest?
A. It is a free cntest. B. Anyne can enter fr it.
C. All pems will be published. D. Each cntestant will get a reward.
22. Which f the fllwing will cause disqualificatin?
A. Submitting ne pem. B. Cmpsing a pem f 23 lines.
C. Writing a pem in English. D. Typing the pem in capital letters.
23 What will be awarded t a third place winner?
A. A wall plaque. B. A gift certificate. C. $ 25.00. D. $ 75.00.
B
Sarah Tumi, a yung girl grwing up in France, had a dream f becming a leader wh culd make a psitive impact n the wrld. Her desire t help thers was awakened when she accmpanied her Tunisian father t his hmetwn in the eastern part f Tunisia during vacatins. During her time there, she rganized hmewrk clubs and activities fr children. Tumi persnally witnessed the negative effects f desertificatin（沙漠化）. She realized that within 10 years, wealthy farmers had becme wrse ff. Turni was determined t stp the prgressin f the Sahara Desert. Due t a decrease in average rainfall and an increase in severe drughts（干旱）, nearly 75% f Tunisia’s agricultural lands are currently at risk f desertificatin.
Tumi understd the need fr a change in farming practices. She firmly believed that even small plts f land culd bring significant returns if farmers were willing t adapt. This adaptatin invlved planting sustainable. crps, using advanced water treatment technlgies, and using natural prducts and fertilizers（肥料） instead f chemical alternatives.
In 2012, Tumi tk a decisive step twards realizing her dream f fighting desertificatin. She mved t Tunisia and set up a prgram called Acacias fr All, with the aim f putting her sustainable farming ideas int actin. “I want t shw yung peple in the cuntryside that they can create pprtunities where they are. Nbdy is better able t understand the impact f desertificatin and climate change than smebdy wh is living withut water.”
By September 2016, ver 130,000 acacia trees had been planted n 20 pilt farms, with a survival rate f 60% reprted by farmers. Tumi estimates that arund 3 millin acacia trees are required t prtect Tunisia’s farmland. She plans t plant 1 millin trees by 2018. In the cming years, Tumi aims t prmte the prgram t Algeria and Mrcc.
24. Hw did Tumi’s hliday trips t Tunisia influence her?
A. They made her decide t leave the cuntry.
B. They helped her better understand her father.
C. They destryed her dream f being a teacher.
D. They inspired her t take actin t help thers.
25. What is the main cause f the desertificatin f Tunisia’s farmland?
A. Cld weather. B. Sil pllutin. C. Lw rainfall. D. Frest damage.
26. Why did Tumi start Acacias fr All in Tunisia?
A. T ensure access t primary educatin fr children.
B. T prmte the prtectin f agricultural land.
C. T create jb pprtunities fr yung peple.
D. T persuade the farmers nt t use fertilizers.
27. Which f the fllwing can best describe Tumi?
A. Determined and helpful. B. Cnsiderate and calm.
C. Wealthy and academic. D. Thankful and flexible.
C
D yu ever get restless if yu haven’t checked yur phne fr a few minutes? If s, yu’re nt alne. Studies reveal that peple these days check their phnes mce every fur minutes n average! Sme f this usage may be related t wrk. Hwever, much f it is because many apps — particularly scial media apps — use “clever techniques” t keep us cming back fr mre.
One f such techniques is t push ntificatins. Yu’re getting n with yur wrk r smething else when — ping! — a ntificatin pps up n yur screen, infrming yu that a friend has psted smething new r cmmented n yur pst. It may seem like a small interruptin, but it ften is enugh t break yur cncentratin and make yu g back t yur phne again.
Anther methd is t make a game f the in-app experience by setting up a cmpetitive gal element. Sme apps, fr example, uses streaks（连续纪录）, which cunt the number f days yu have used the app. If yu keep a streak ging, yu might get a medal r sme ther rewards. Therefre, keeping ne’s streak alive becmes a majr reasn t return t the app again and again.
Once yu’ve pened an app, its gal is nw t get yu cntinue using it. Messaging apps use a simple but effective trick t keep yu engaged even when yu’re nt writing anything. Have yu ever nticed that in sme apps, three dts（…） appear t let yu knw yur friend is typing a reply? This trick is designed specifically t create yur expectatin r curisity. Yu wnder what yur friend is ging t say. Well, yu’ll have t keep waiting and see.
While using scial media apps is certainly fun, becming addicted definitely isn’t. Nw that yu knw sme tricks used by these apps’ designers, yu’ll be better equipped t reduce their influence and keep a healthier relatinship with yur phne.
28. What des the underlined wrd “reveal” in Paragraph 1 prbably mean?
A. Encurage. B. Predict. C. Prevent. D. Shw.
29. What is special abut an app using streaks?
A. Onging pings will infrm yu f new psts.
B. Cmpetitive games will greatly discurage yu..
C. Everyday use f the app might earn yu a medal.
D. Appearance f three dts might disturb yur typing.
30. There are ______ “clever techniques” mentined in the passage.
A. tw B. three C. fur D. five
31. What is the best title fr the text?
A. The Tricks That Keep Yu Glued t Yur Phne.
B. Can Peple Break Their Additin t Games?
C. Culd Technlgy Further Imprve Phnes?
D. The Scial Media Apps That Waste Yur Time.
D
A new study reveals that trees can cmmunicate and warn each ther f danger. “Fr the first time, researchers have been able t visualize plant-t-plant cmmunicatin,” said Masatsugu, senir authr f the study.
The idea f talking trees started t take rt in the 1980s. Tw scientists fund that damaged trees began prducing chemicals that made their leaves unappetizing（无食欲的） and indigestible t discurage insects. The trees then sent chemical signals t ne anther thrugh the air. Over the past fur decades, scientists have bserved this cell-t-cell cmmunicatin in mre than 30 plant species.
Past research shws plants cmmunicate with their surrundings by releasing chemicals knwn as vlatile（易挥发的） rganic cmpunds. One class f these cmpunds are released when a plant is injured: green leafy vlatiles. These are released by, as the name suggests, pretty much every green plant with leaves, and are prduced when a plant experiences physical damage. An example f these cmpunds is the smell released frm fresh-cut grass.
In the new study, Masatsugu and his clleagues manually damaged leaves and placed insects n tmat plants t trigger the release f varius green leafy vlatiles. After testing many f them, the team fund it seemed t increase calcium ins（钙离子） inside cells. The calcium signaling is like a switch t turn n the defense respnses frm the plants.
With this new understanding, researchers say plants culd be immunized against threats and stressrs befre they even happen. Fr instance, expsing healthy plants t insect-ridden plants r the assciated green leafy vlatiles culd bst their genetic defenses, s farmers use less pesticides. The revelatin culd als help make plants mre resilient（有复原力的） during a drught, signaling the plants t cnserve mre water.
32. What des the new research find?
A. Tress can infrm ther trees f parental threats.
B. Trees can make themselves attractive.
C. Trees will send signals first nce damaged.
D. Trees will wrk tgether t trick insects.
33. What can be learnt abut green leafy vlatiles?
A. They defend insects. B. They kill insects.
C. Sme f them can be smelt. D. Sme f them can be seen.
34. Hw was the study carried ut by Masatsugu?
A. By prtecting trees frm insects.
B. By classifying green leafy vlatiles.
C. By increasing calcium ins inside cells.
D. By causing the release f certain chemicals.
35. What aspect f the new study des the last paragraph fcus um?
A. Its target. B. Its prcess. C. Its applicatin. D. Its basicmail
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。
Hw t Imprve Vcabulary Fast
Yur vcabulary refers t the wrds in a language yu are familiar with. We shuld learn sme ways t expand it.
Read every day. 36 Chse reading material that is slightly abve yur level and keep a dictinary with yu t lk up wrds yu d nt knw.
37 If yu d nt meet with an unfamiliar wrd in yur daily reading, use yur dictinary t search fr ne.
Learn the crrect definitin and prnunciatin fr each nw wrd. Prnunciatin is as imprtant as definitin because in rder t add a wrd t yur active vcabulary, yu must be able t use it in speech.
Elabrate（详尽阐述） n the meaning f the wrd. If yu have just learned that the wrd “stubbrn”, think abut the neighbr wh will nt lend yu his car. 38
Use yur new wrd in speech and in writing. E-mail yur sister abut hw yur cat is stubbrn abut sleeping n yur pillw. 39 But the mre yu use it, the mre fluent yu will becme in its use. Sn it will be a regular part f yur active vcabulary.
Tell everyne yu are trying t increase yur vcabulary. Encurage them t ask yu what yur latest wrd t. 40 The mre yu explain the meaning f a wrd t smene, the mre likely yu are t remember it.
A. Find a new wrd every day.
B. The vcabulary can be increased.
C. Yur vcabulary cntains the wrds yu understand.
D. The mre ften yu read, the faster yur vcabulary can grw.
E. Or let them ask fr the definitin f a new wrd yu have used.
F. The first time yu use a new wrd in speech it may seem strange.
G. Imagine him shaking his head, and think f him as “stubbrn in his refusal”.
第三部分 语言知识运用（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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。
When things arund the huse stp wrking, peple prbably just thrw them away. There are many 41 fr this trend. In sme areas, it’s difficult t find peple wh can make repairs, and 42 things can be expensive. Als, sme small appliances are s cheap that it’s easier t 43 buy a new ne.
Martine Pstma decided there must be a better way. Her 44 was Repair Cafés: places where peple can take damaged r trn items. There they will find tls, 45 and vlunteer experts t help with repairs.
Pstma’s first Repair Café pened in 2009 and was a huge 46 . News f the café spread, and peple began asking hw they culd 47 their wn. In 2011, Pstma established the Repair Café Fundatin. This 48 rganizatin prvides guidance t thse hping t begin their wn neighbrhd repair grup. Tday, there are rughly 2,000 Repair cafés arund the wrld. Everything is free, but dnatins are greatly 49 .
The cafés nt nly prvide help with repairs, they als 50 cmmunity ties. Pstma has ften heard visitrs say, “This is the kind f wrld I want t 51 !” In additin, valuable 52 is passed alng and preserved.
In an interview, Pstma described hw 53 it is watching peple wh really want t help ne anther. Pstma summed up the 54 f Repair Cafés best in the fllwing wrds: “Everyne is a/ an 55 and a receiver.”
41. A. benefits B. chances C. reasns D. gals
42. A. thrwing B. buying C. making D. fixing
43. A. just B. even C. ever D. seldm
44. A. achievementB. slutin C. curisity D. result
45. A. resurces B. mney C. chances D. rms
46. A. luck B. fame C. success D. attempt
47. A. buy B. start C. make D. find
48. A. nnprfit B. business C. culture D. chain
49、A. respnded B. suggested C. appreciated D. refused
50. A. test B. strengthen C. build D. earn
51. A. praise B. pass by C. live in D. discver
52. A. knwledge B. lessn C. habit D. instructin
53. A. exciting B. tiring C. surprising D. embarrassing
54. A. custm B. missin C. jurney D. experience
55. A. hst B. wner C. rganizer D. giver
第二节 语法填空（共10个小题；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。
Camellias（山茶花） are available in a great range f clrs — red, pink, white and 56 （mix） clrs. Fr the lngest time, the glden camellias lived in a valley 57 was unknwn t the utside wrld.
In the 1960s, Chinese scientists annunced their 58 （discver） f the glden camellias. It was an amazing annuncement fr the internatinal gardening cmmunity. Als, the discvery made it achievable t create yellw camellias, thugh 59 （create） a new kind f glden camellia was nt very easy.
60 （frtunate）, in the past, glden camellias were cut dwn in large numbers because lcals needed the limited land space fr farming. In 1986, a nature reserve 61 （build） in a muntain valley frm 200 t 500 62 （meter） abve sea level, s the camellias culd be well prtected. Years ag, Huang Zainian and his brthers tk up the wrk. In the past 10 years, the Huang brthers have made a great cntributin in prtecting the camellias. Even in hard times they didn’t cut dwn any glden camellias.
Year after year, the Huang brthers spent much time 63 （wrk） and eventually made their hard wrk pay 64 . Nw the glden camellia is 65 city flwer f the city, Fangchenggang. And life fr the Huang brthers is greatly imprved by planting glden camellias.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
你校将举办题为“预制菜应不应该进校园”的英文辩论赛，据此写一篇辩论稿。内容包括：
1.阐明观点；
2.表述理由。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80个左右：
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参考词汇：预制菜 ready-made meals
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之成为一篇完整的故事。
At an early age, Bb was repeatedly tld by his mther Markita, “Believe in yurself n matter what happens.” When Bb was 12, his mther traveled with him in a car. Slwly night fell. Bb was asleep in the frnt seat f the car. As Markita drve carefully dwn the winding dirt rad, she turned nt a narrw bridge. As she did, the car hit a rck and ran ff the rad, and the right frnt wheel gt stuck. Fearing the car wuld tip ver, she attempted t drive it back nt the rad by pressing hard n the gas pedal（油门） and turning the steering wheel（方向盘） t the left. But Bb’s ft gt caught between his mther’s leg and the steering wheel and she lst cntrl f the car.
The car rlled ver and hit a deep valley. Bb culd hardly get his breath back. “What happened, Mama?” he asked. “Our wheels are pinting tward the sky.”
Markita was blinded by bld. She was t painful t mve and cry fr help. “I’ll get yu ut. Mama,” said Bb. wh had luckily escaped injury. He managed t get ut f the car thrugh the pen windw and tried t pull his mther ut. But she culdn’t mve. “Just let me sleep,” replied Markita, wh seemed t be ut f cnsciusness（意识）. “N, Mama,” Bb cntinued. “Yu can’t sleep.”
Bb reached her mther and tried t pull her ut f the car, but failed. He then tld her he’d climb up t the rad and stp a car t get help. Fearing that n ne wuld be able t see her little by in the dark, Markita refused t let him g alne. Instead, Markita did her best t pen the dr. She mved inches at a time. The pain was s great that Markita wanted t give up, but Bb wuldn’t let her.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右：
2、请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
T keep his mther mving, Bb repeated the wrds his mther tld him. _____________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Abut an hur later, Bb and his mther finally reached the rad. ___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
考生注意：
1.本试卷分四部分，共12页。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。
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。
例: Hw much is the shirt?
A. £ 19.15. B. £ 9.18. C. £ 9. 15.
答案是 C。
1. What ruined the picnic?
A. The bad fd. B. The terrible weather. C. The rugh rad.
2. Why is the wman making the call?
A. T ask fr sick leave fr Judy. B. T check n her daughter.
C. T seek medical advice.
3. Whm is the wman talking t?
A. A salesman. B. A pstman. C. A painter.
4. What type f bk is the wman reading?
A. Science fictin. B. Hrrr fictin. C. Rmantic fictin.
5. Hw much des the wman need t pay?
A. $ 30. B. $ 48. C. $ 60.
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。
6. When d the speakers agree t meet?
A. Tday. B. Tmrrw. C. The day after tmrrw.
7. What shuld the wman d t receive the package?
A. Sign her name. B. Cnfirm nline. C. Pay fr it.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8 Hw des the man usually g t wrk?
A. By car. B. By bike. C. By subway.
9. What will the man start ding next mnth?
A. Learning t drive.
B. Travelling arund the wrld.
C. Lking fr a new apartment.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. What will the wman take tmrrw mrning?
A. A histry lecture. B. A histry exam. C. A physics experiment.
11. What des Gerge suggest studying?
A. Mr. Smith’s lectures. B. The American culture. C. The American Civil War.
12. Where will the wman g?
A. T the lecture rm. B. T the library. C. T the lab.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. What is the wman ging t buy?
A. A few rcks. B. A small bttle. C. Sme beautiful fish.
14. Where des the cnversatin mst prbably take place?
A. At hme. B. In a street. C. In the market.
15. Why des the man suggest putting a few rcks int the tank?
A. T decrate the tank.
B. T keep the water clean.
C. T allw the fish t swim arund.
16. What des the man advise the wman t d?
A. Keep the fish in a rund bttle.
B. G shpping and buy sme fish.
C. Put sme underwater plants in the tank.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. What will the children d during the trip?
A. Admire artwrks. B. Talk with scientists. C. D vluntary wrk.
18. Hw lng will it take t get t the destinatin?
A. Abut half an hur. B. Abut ne hur. C. Abut tw hurs.
19. What is free f charge?
A. The lunch. B. The bus ride. C. The entrance fee.
20. Whm is the talk mainly fr?
A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Parents.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15个小题；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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
A
Petry Cntest
The cntest is pen t anyne aged thirteen and up wh writes petry. Enter yur pem fr a free chance t win prizes! Yu can submit a pem n any tpic, emplying whatever style yu prefer.
Infrmatin
N entry fee is required fr the cntest. The main cntest is held twice a year. Cntest dates are January 1 — June 30 and July 1 — December 31. All winners will receive a letter and their prize via regular mail. The first place winner will be cntacted by phne r email and asked t call ur ffice t cnfirm their identity befre their prize is mailed. As sn as the cmplete list f winners is drawn up, it will be psted n the hme page.
Rules
● Only submit ONE pem, ONE time. Only ne pem per husehld will be accepted.
● Pem must be 26 lines r fewer, including stanza breaks but nt including the title, and lines may be n mre than 55 characters acrss, including spaces.
● D nt use “texting” ling. Prperly spell ut all wrds and typing the first wrd f each line in capital letter.
● All pems must be written in English.
Prizes
Bth cntests award ne first place prize f $ 2,000.00 and a first prize wall plaque（匾牌） （$ 100.00 value）; twenty secnd place prizes f $ 100.00 each and a secnd place wall plaque （$ 75.00 value）; ne hundred third place winners f a third place gift certificate （$ 25.00 value）. Sixty t seventy percent f all entries becme semi - finalists and receive a certificate f participatin suitable fr framing.
21. What d we knw abut the petry cntest?
A. It is a free cntest. B. Anyne can enter fr it.
C. All pems will be published. D. Each cntestant will get a reward.
22. Which f the fllwing will cause disqualificatin?
A. Submitting ne pem. B. Cmpsing a pem f 23 lines.
C. Writing a pem in English. D. Typing the pem in capital letters.
23 What will be awarded t a third place winner?
A. A wall plaque. B. A gift certificate. C. $ 25.00. D. $ 75.00.
B
Sarah Tumi, a yung girl grwing up in France, had a dream f becming a leader wh culd make a psitive impact n the wrld. Her desire t help thers was awakened when she accmpanied her Tunisian father t his hmetwn in the eastern part f Tunisia during vacatins. During her time there, she rganized hmewrk clubs and activities fr children. Tumi persnally witnessed the negative effects f desertificatin（沙漠化）. She realized that within 10 years, wealthy farmers had becme wrse ff. Turni was determined t stp the prgressin f the Sahara Desert. Due t a decrease in average rainfall and an increase in severe drughts（干旱）, nearly 75% f Tunisia’s agricultural lands are currently at risk f desertificatin.
Tumi understd the need fr a change in farming practices. She firmly believed that even small plts f land culd bring significant returns if farmers were willing t adapt. This adaptatin invlved planting sustainable. crps, using advanced water treatment technlgies, and using natural prducts and fertilizers（肥料） instead f chemical alternatives.
In 2012, Tumi tk a decisive step twards realizing her dream f fighting desertificatin. She mved t Tunisia and set up a prgram called Acacias fr All, with the aim f putting her sustainable farming ideas int actin. “I want t shw yung peple in the cuntryside that they can create pprtunities where they are. Nbdy is better able t understand the impact f desertificatin and climate change than smebdy wh is living withut water.”
By September 2016, ver 130,000 acacia trees had been planted n 20 pilt farms, with a survival rate f 60% reprted by farmers. Tumi estimates that arund 3 millin acacia trees are required t prtect Tunisia’s farmland. She plans t plant 1 millin trees by 2018. In the cming years, Tumi aims t prmte the prgram t Algeria and Mrcc.
24. Hw did Tumi’s hliday trips t Tunisia influence her?
A. They made her decide t leave the cuntry.
B. They helped her better understand her father.
C. They destryed her dream f being a teacher.
D. They inspired her t take actin t help thers.
25. What is the main cause f the desertificatin f Tunisia’s farmland?
A. Cld weather. B. Sil pllutin. C. Lw rainfall. D. Frest damage.
26. Why did Tumi start Acacias fr All in Tunisia?
A. T ensure access t primary educatin fr children.
B. T prmte the prtectin f agricultural land.
C. T create jb pprtunities fr yung peple.
D. T persuade the farmers nt t use fertilizers.
27. Which f the fllwing can best describe Tumi?
A. Determined and helpful. B. Cnsiderate and calm.
C. Wealthy and academic. D. Thankful and flexible.
C
D yu ever get restless if yu haven’t checked yur phne fr a few minutes? If s, yu’re nt alne. Studies reveal that peple these days check their phnes mce every fur minutes n average! Sme f this usage may be related t wrk. Hwever, much f it is because many apps — particularly scial media apps — use “clever techniques” t keep us cming back fr mre.
One f such techniques is t push ntificatins. Yu’re getting n with yur wrk r smething else when — ping! — a ntificatin pps up n yur screen, infrming yu that a friend has psted smething new r cmmented n yur pst. It may seem like a small interruptin, but it ften is enugh t break yur cncentratin and make yu g back t yur phne again.
Anther methd is t make a game f the in-app experience by setting up a cmpetitive gal element. Sme apps, fr example, uses streaks（连续纪录）, which cunt the number f days yu have used the app. If yu keep a streak ging, yu might get a medal r sme ther rewards. Therefre, keeping ne’s streak alive becmes a majr reasn t return t the app again and again.
Once yu’ve pened an app, its gal is nw t get yu cntinue using it. Messaging apps use a simple but effective trick t keep yu engaged even when yu’re nt writing anything. Have yu ever nticed that in sme apps, three dts（…） appear t let yu knw yur friend is typing a reply? This trick is designed specifically t create yur expectatin r curisity. Yu wnder what yur friend is ging t say. Well, yu’ll have t keep waiting and see.
While using scial media apps is certainly fun, becming addicted definitely isn’t. Nw that yu knw sme tricks used by these apps’ designers, yu’ll be better equipped t reduce their influence and keep a healthier relatinship with yur phne.
28. What des the underlined wrd “reveal” in Paragraph 1 prbably mean?
A. Encurage. B. Predict. C. Prevent. D. Shw.
29. What is special abut an app using streaks?
A. Onging pings will infrm yu f new psts.
B. Cmpetitive games will greatly discurage yu..
C. Everyday use f the app might earn yu a medal.
D. Appearance f three dts might disturb yur typing.
30. There are ______ “clever techniques” mentined in the passage.
A. tw B. three C. fur D. five
31. What is the best title fr the text?
A. The Tricks That Keep Yu Glued t Yur Phne.
B. Can Peple Break Their Additin t Games?
C. Culd Technlgy Further Imprve Phnes?
D. The Scial Media Apps That Waste Yur Time.
D
A new study reveals that trees can cmmunicate and warn each ther f danger. “Fr the first time, researchers have been able t visualize plant-t-plant cmmunicatin,” said Masatsugu, senir authr f the study.
The idea f talking trees started t take rt in the 1980s. Tw scientists fund that damaged trees began prducing chemicals that made their leaves unappetizing（无食欲的） and indigestible t discurage insects. The trees then sent chemical signals t ne anther thrugh the air. Over the past fur decades, scientists have bserved this cell-t-cell cmmunicatin in mre than 30 plant species.
Past research shws plants cmmunicate with their surrundings by releasing chemicals knwn as vlatile（易挥发的） rganic cmpunds. One class f these cmpunds are released when a plant is injured: green leafy vlatiles. These are released by, as the name suggests, pretty much every green plant with leaves, and are prduced when a plant experiences physical damage. An example f these cmpunds is the smell released frm fresh-cut grass.
In the new study, Masatsugu and his clleagues manually damaged leaves and placed insects n tmat plants t trigger the release f varius green leafy vlatiles. After testing many f them, the team fund it seemed t increase calcium ins（钙离子） inside cells. The calcium signaling is like a switch t turn n the defense respnses frm the plants.
With this new understanding, researchers say plants culd be immunized against threats and stressrs befre they even happen. Fr instance, expsing healthy plants t insect-ridden plants r the assciated green leafy vlatiles culd bst their genetic defenses, s farmers use less pesticides. The revelatin culd als help make plants mre resilient（有复原力的） during a drught, signaling the plants t cnserve mre water.
32. What des the new research find?
A. Tress can infrm ther trees f parental threats.
B. Trees can make themselves attractive.
C. Trees will send signals first nce damaged.
D. Trees will wrk tgether t trick insects.
33. What can be learnt abut green leafy vlatiles?
A. They defend insects. B. They kill insects.
C. Sme f them can be smelt. D. Sme f them can be seen.
34. Hw was the study carried ut by Masatsugu?
A. By prtecting trees frm insects.
B. By classifying green leafy vlatiles.
C. By increasing calcium ins inside cells.
D. By causing the release f certain chemicals.
35. What aspect f the new study des the last paragraph fcus um?
A. Its target. B. Its prcess. C. Its applicatin. D. Its basicmail
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。
Hw t Imprve Vcabulary Fast
Yur vcabulary refers t the wrds in a language yu are familiar with. We shuld learn sme ways t expand it.
Read every day. 36 Chse reading material that is slightly abve yur level and keep a dictinary with yu t lk up wrds yu d nt knw.
37 If yu d nt meet with an unfamiliar wrd in yur daily reading, use yur dictinary t search fr ne.
Learn the crrect definitin and prnunciatin fr each nw wrd. Prnunciatin is as imprtant as definitin because in rder t add a wrd t yur active vcabulary, yu must be able t use it in speech.
Elabrate（详尽阐述） n the meaning f the wrd. If yu have just learned that the wrd “stubbrn”, think abut the neighbr wh will nt lend yu his car. 38
Use yur new wrd in speech and in writing. E-mail yur sister abut hw yur cat is stubbrn abut sleeping n yur pillw. 39 But the mre yu use it, the mre fluent yu will becme in its use. Sn it will be a regular part f yur active vcabulary.
Tell everyne yu are trying t increase yur vcabulary. Encurage them t ask yu what yur latest wrd t. 40 The mre yu explain the meaning f a wrd t smene, the mre likely yu are t remember it.
A. Find a new wrd every day.
B. The vcabulary can be increased.
C. Yur vcabulary cntains the wrds yu understand.
D. The mre ften yu read, the faster yur vcabulary can grw.
E. Or let them ask fr the definitin f a new wrd yu have used.
F. The first time yu use a new wrd in speech it may seem strange.
G. Imagine him shaking his head, and think f him as “stubbrn in his refusal”.
第三部分 语言知识运用（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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。
When things arund the huse stp wrking, peple prbably just thrw them away. There are many 41 fr this trend. In sme areas, it’s difficult t find peple wh can make repairs, and 42 things can be expensive. Als, sme small appliances are s cheap that it’s easier t 43 buy a new ne.
Martine Pstma decided there must be a better way. Her 44 was Repair Cafés: places where peple can take damaged r trn items. There they will find tls, 45 and vlunteer experts t help with repairs.
Pstma’s first Repair Café pened in 2009 and was a huge 46 . News f the café spread, and peple began asking hw they culd 47 their wn. In 2011, Pstma established the Repair Café Fundatin. This 48 rganizatin prvides guidance t thse hping t begin their wn neighbrhd repair grup. Tday, there are rughly 2,000 Repair cafés arund the wrld. Everything is free, but dnatins are greatly 49 .
The cafés nt nly prvide help with repairs, they als 50 cmmunity ties. Pstma has ften heard visitrs say, “This is the kind f wrld I want t 51 !” In additin, valuable 52 is passed alng and preserved.
In an interview, Pstma described hw 53 it is watching peple wh really want t help ne anther. Pstma summed up the 54 f Repair Cafés best in the fllwing wrds: “Everyne is a/ an 55 and a receiver.”
41. A. benefits B. chances C. reasns D. gals
42. A. thrwing B. buying C. making D. fixing
43. A. just B. even C. ever D. seldm
44. A. achievementB. slutin C. curisity D. result
45. A. resurces B. mney C. chances D. rms
46. A. luck B. fame C. success D. attempt
47. A. buy B. start C. make D. find
48. A. nnprfit B. business C. culture D. chain
49、A. respnded B. suggested C. appreciated D. refused
50. A. test B. strengthen C. build D. earn
51. A. praise B. pass by C. live in D. discver
52. A. knwledge B. lessn C. habit D. instructin
53. A. exciting B. tiring C. surprising D. embarrassing
54. A. custm B. missin C. jurney D. experience
55. A. hst B. wner C. rganizer D. giver
第二节 语法填空（共10个小题；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。
Camellias（山茶花） are available in a great range f clrs — red, pink, white and 56 （mix） clrs. Fr the lngest time, the glden camellias lived in a valley 57 was unknwn t the utside wrld.
In the 1960s, Chinese scientists annunced their 58 （discver） f the glden camellias. It was an amazing annuncement fr the internatinal gardening cmmunity. Als, the discvery made it achievable t create yellw camellias, thugh 59 （create） a new kind f glden camellia was nt very easy.
60 （frtunate）, in the past, glden camellias were cut dwn in large numbers because lcals needed the limited land space fr farming. In 1986, a nature reserve 61 （build） in a muntain valley frm 200 t 500 62 （meter） abve sea level, s the camellias culd be well prtected. Years ag, Huang Zainian and his brthers tk up the wrk. In the past 10 years, the Huang brthers have made a great cntributin in prtecting the camellias. Even in hard times they didn’t cut dwn any glden camellias.
Year after year, the Huang brthers spent much time 63 （wrk） and eventually made their hard wrk pay 64 . Nw the glden camellia is 65 city flwer f the city, Fangchenggang. And life fr the Huang brthers is greatly imprved by planting glden camellias.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
你校将举办题为“预制菜应不应该进校园”的英文辩论赛，据此写一篇辩论稿。内容包括：
1.阐明观点；
2.表述理由。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80个左右：
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参考词汇：预制菜 ready-made meals
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第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之成为一篇完整的故事。
At an early age, Bb was repeatedly tld by his mther Markita, “Believe in yurself n matter what happens.” When Bb was 12, his mther traveled with him in a car. Slwly night fell. Bb was asleep in the frnt seat f the car. As Markita drve carefully dwn the winding dirt rad, she turned nt a narrw bridge. As she did, the car hit a rck and ran ff the rad, and the right frnt wheel gt stuck. Fearing the car wuld tip ver, she attempted t drive it back nt the rad by pressing hard n the gas pedal（油门） and turning the steering wheel（方向盘） t the left. But Bb’s ft gt caught between his mther’s leg and the steering wheel and she lst cntrl f the car.
The car rlled ver and hit a deep valley. Bb culd hardly get his breath back. “What happened, Mama?” he asked. “Our wheels are pinting tward the sky.”
Markita was blinded by bld. She was t painful t mve and cry fr help. “I’ll get yu ut. Mama,” said Bb. wh had luckily escaped injury. He managed t get ut f the car thrugh the pen windw and tried t pull his mther ut. But she culdn’t mve. “Just let me sleep,” replied Markita, wh seemed t be ut f cnsciusness（意识）. “N, Mama,” Bb cntinued. “Yu can’t sleep.”
Bb reached her mther and tried t pull her ut f the car, but failed. He then tld her he’d climb up t the rad and stp a car t get help. Fearing that n ne wuld be able t see her little by in the dark, Markita refused t let him g alne. Instead, Markita did her best t pen the dr. She mved inches at a time. The pain was s great that Markita wanted t give up, but Bb wuldn’t let her.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右：
2、请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
T keep his mther mving, Bb repeated the wrds his mther tld him. _____________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Abut an hur later, Bb and his mther finally reached the rad. ___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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