英语卷·2018届天津市南开中学高三上学期第一次月考试题（解析版） 23页

南开中学2018届高三年级英语第一次月考试题 ‎2017.10‎ 本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）和第Ⅲ（听力部分）（略）三部分，共 150 分，考试用时120 分钟，其中前两部分是100分钟。第Ⅰ卷1至 11页，第Ⅱ卷12至13页。‎ 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考号填写在答题卡上，并在规定位置完成阅读表达和写作的项目。并且注意填涂题卡的准确度。‎ 祝各位考生考试顺利！‎ 第Ⅰ卷 注意事项：每小题选出答案后，用铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如果改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。‎ 第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ ‎1. —Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the 2014 Asian Games?‎ ‎—　　　　. Ours is much stronger than theirs.‎ A. Of course B. It depends C. Don’t mention it D. By no means ‎【答案】D ‎【解析】选D。考查情景交际。句意: ——你认为他们的乒乓球队会在2014年亚运会上获得冠军吗? ——绝对不会。我们的球队比他们的球队要强大得多。Of course当然可以; It depends视具体情况而定; Don’t mention it不用谢; By no means绝对不会。‎ ‎2. —I hope you enjoyed the film last night.‎ ‎—How on earth do you know I went to a film? I ________ you.‎ A. won’t tell B. didn’t tell C. haven’t told D. hadn’t told ‎【答案】B ‎【解析】试题分析：这是一组对话。上文，我希望你喜欢昨晚的电影。下文，你究竟是怎样知道我去看电影了？我没有告诉你。表示发生在过去的事情，故用一般过去时。‎ 考点：时态考查题 点评：通过时间状语，上下句意思和具体语境来确定时态。‎ ‎3. Clothing made of man-made fibers has certain advantages over _____ made of natural fibers like cotton, wool or silk.‎ A. this B. one C. that D. what ‎【答案】C ‎【解析】考查代词：句意：人造纤维的衣服比天然纤维，比如：棉花，羊毛或丝绸制作的衣服有一定的好处。这里填的代词是泛指不可数名词Clothing，用that是特指可数名词单数或不可数名词，而且后面还有后置定语，one是泛指前面的可数名词单数，the ones特指前面的可数名词复数，what可以引导名词性从句， 故选C。‎ 点睛：代词首先要弄清它指代的是什么，指代的数量，指代可数名词单数还是不可数名词，泛指还是特指，结合句意和代词本身的用法，再进行辨析 ‎4. Poetry written from the________of the urban youth tends to reveal their anxiety over a lack of sense of belong.‎ A. perspective B. priority C. participation D. privilege ‎【答案】A ‎【解析】本题考查的是词义辨析。 perspective表示远景，观点，看问题的角度； priority表示的优先权； participation表示参与，参加； privilege特权。 句意：由城市年轻一代所写的诗歌，趋向于揭露他们由于缺乏归属感而引起的焦虑。 urban “城市” The urban youth表示城市年轻一代。 lack of缺乏。故选A。‎ ‎5. —I'm still working on my project.‎ ‎—Oh, you'll miss the deadline.Time is ________.‎ A. turning out B. going out C. running out D. picking out ‎【答案】C ‎【解析】考查短语辨析。当表示时间用完、耗尽的时候多用run out。give out 分发，精疲力竭。句意：—我仍然在做这个项目。—啊！你肯定不能如期完成了。因为快没时间了。故选C。‎ ‎6. ____ my teachers' help, I wouldn't have made such great progress.‎ A. Thanks to B. But for C. In terms of D. With regard to ‎【答案】B ‎【解析】考查短语辨析，thanks to由于，幸亏；but for要不是，如果没有；in terms of依据，按照；with regard to关于，至于。句意：如果没有我的老师的帮助，我就不会取得如此大的进步。故选B。‎ ‎7. We haven’t settled the question of __________it is necessary for him to study abroad.‎ A. if B. where C. whether D. that ‎【答案】C ‎【解析】考查宾语从句：句意：我们还没解决是否他有必要出国学习的问题。介词of后面接的是宾语从句，从意思看，应该选whether。故选C。 ‎ 点睛：宾语从句的一个考点就是选用适当的连接词，一是从句子结构成分分析，缺主宾表用what，不缺用that或疑问词，二是看意思，这句话就是需要whether。‎ ‎8. Now children like to go to the fast food restaurant,______, as the name says,eating doesn’t take much time .‎ A. which B. that C. what D. where ‎【答案】A ‎【解析】试题分析：考查定语从句。先行词为restaurant, 在从句中作地点状语，因此用where, 相当于in which。句中as the name says 是一个插入语。句意：现在年轻人喜欢去快餐店，就像名字表明的，在那里吃东西不用花太多时间。选D。‎ 考点：考查定语从句 点评：定语从句的考查要从句子成分的分析开始，如果句子很完整就使用关系副词；如果句子中缺少主语，宾语，表语或者定语的时候，使用关系代词.这道题要注意 as the name says是插入语，应该先去掉不看，结构就清晰了。‎ ‎9. When asked to move away，the other three______ but Rosa was unwilling to do so.‎ A. adopted B. confirmed C. Advocated D. .submitted ‎【答案】A ‎ ‎ ‎10. —Could i leave a message for him?‎ ‎—______ I’ll get a pen and a piece of paper.‎ A. Thank you. B. Go ahead.‎ C. Who is it? D. Hold on,please.‎ ‎【答案】D ‎11. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the northeast coast of Honshu Japan, ______ building in the capital Tokyo and as far as Osaka.‎ A. shook B. shaking C. having shaken D. shaken.‎ ‎【答案】B ‎【解析】考查非谓语动词，句意：日本本州东北海岸发生了9级地震，首都东京和大阪都有震感。动词ing形式做伴随状语，故选B。‎ 点睛：非谓语动词作状语，其逻辑主语必须和句子主语保持一致，和句子主语构成主谓关系时用-ing形式，构成动宾关系是用-ed形式。其逻辑主语和句子主语不一致时，要在非谓语动词前加逻辑主语，构成独立主格结构 ‎12. I'm not surprised that he became a writer. Even as a child he had a ________ imagination.‎ A. clear B. cautious C. funny D. vivid ‎【答案】D ‎【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。此处句意为“甚至当他很小时，他都有丰富的想象力。”clear 清晰；cautions细心，谨慎；funny滑稽；vivid 生动，鲜明，丰富；吻合语境，选D。‎ ‎13. Is it with its charming scenery and a unique culture ________ Lugu Lake impresses people ‎ from all over the world?‎ A. where B. which C. that D. why ‎【答案】C ‎【解析】考查强调句型，句意：泸沽湖是以它迷人的景色和独特的文化深深打动了来自世界各地的游客吗？本句为一般疑问句的强调句型形式，判断强调句的办法是把“it is...that/who”去掉后，句子结构仍然完整。故选C。‎ 点睛：强调句是一种修辞，是人们为了表达自己的意愿或情感而使用的一种形式。通过各种方式对句子中的某个部分进行强调，从而起到修辞的作用。英语常用的强调结构有：It is (was)+被强调部分(主语、宾语或状语)+that/who...；what…be…句型。‎ ‎14. _____he once felt like giving up,he now has the determination to push further and keep on going.‎ A. Where B. As C. In case D. Now that ‎【答案】A ‎【解析】试题分析：句意：曾经让他感到想放弃的地方，现在他决心继续前进。A那里；B尽管，当，因为，随着；C以防；D既然。where表示地点，引导让步状语从句；as引导让步状语从句常用倒装，即tried as he has；in case表目的；now that表原因。这里指让他感到想放弃的地方，故选A。‎ 考点：考查状语从句 ‎【名师点睛】这里考查状语从句的连接词，做状语从句类的题目，需要理解句意，然后判断前后分句的逻辑关系，进而选出相应的连接词。where在此引导地点状语从句，类似的句子有：Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。‎ ‎15. —I’m worried about the sports meet. Do you think it will be postponed?‎ ‎—If it ______ rain tomorrow, but actually the weather forecast has removed our worry.‎ A. could B. would C. might D. Should ‎【答案】D ‎【解析】试题分析：考查虚拟语气。从第二句后半句可知，明天不会下雨，因此判断为虚拟语气，而对将来的虚拟应用should + do，故选D。句意，——我很担心明天的运动会，‎ 你觉得会被推迟吗？——如果明天下雨的话会，但事实上天气预报已经排除了这一担忧。‎ 考点：考查定虚拟语气 第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are ___16___ that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of ___17___.‎ When I was small I was somewhat ___18___ of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in ___19___ that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better ___20___ later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.‎ What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds ___21___ it traveled to the ground like a spark. When it traveled ___22___ the air it made the air so hot that it ___23___. Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to ___24___ the space. He clapped his hands together very loud, ___25___ to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that ___26___.‎ He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was ___27___. It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could ___28___ and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were ___29___ to the universe. Our warmth was going to ___30___ the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I ___31___ feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.‎ I am sure there were many other lessons that I ___32___ but no longer remember. What I did ___33___, in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were ___34___ but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been ___35___ in science.‎ ‎16. A. some B. few C. others D. all ‎17. A. science B. nature C. weather D. universe ‎18. A. sure B. fond C. tired D. afraid ‎19. A. depth B. gestures C. words D. data ‎20. A. knowledge B. understanding C. command D. confidence ‎21. A. but B. and C. for D. or ‎22. A. through B. to C. along D. above ‎23. A. shone B. burned C. expanded D. broke ‎24. A. break B. make C. avoid D. fill ‎25. A. trying B. proving C. hoping D. pretending ‎26. A. clap B. remark C. voice D. crash ‎27. A. cold B. bright C. clear D. foggy ‎28. A. imagine B. foresee C. explore D. identify ‎29. A. committed B. exposed C. related D. led ‎30. A. extend B. protect C. heat D. light ‎31. A. ever B. also C. even D. still ‎32. A. selected B. arranged C. absorbed D. delivered ‎33. A. consider B. promise C. explain D. learn ‎34. A. memories B. blankets C. mysteries D. thunders ‎35. A. engaged B. interested C. successful D. skillful ‎【答案】16. A 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. B 21. B 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. D 32. C 33. D 34. C 35. B ‎【解析】本文讲述了作者对于父亲的记忆很少。但是父亲曾经用通俗易懂的方式来教育自己，作者现在仍然记忆犹新，是父亲的教育激发了作者对于科学的极大兴趣。‎ ‎16. A考查代词词义辨析，根据上文可知，作者对于父亲的记忆比较少，但仍有令作者记忆深刻的一些。由此可知，A选项与语境相符，故选A。‎ ‎17. A考查名词词义辨析，根据文章最后一段最后一句“This may be why I have always been___ in science”可知，此处只的是科学，因此，空格处应该使用“science”，故选A。‎ ‎18. D考查形容词词义辨析，句意：作者小时候有点害怕闪电和雷声，afraid害怕，故选D。‎ ‎19. C考查名词词义辨析，作者父亲的解释使用了孩子能够理解的词语。A表示：“深度，深处”；B表示“姿势，手势”；C表示“词，单词”；D表示“资料，数据”。由此可知，C 选项与语境相符，故选C。‎ ‎20. B考查名词词义辨析，作者后来对此有了更好的理解。A表示“知识，学识”；B表示“了解，理解”；C表示“命令，指挥”；D表示“自信，信任”。B选项符合语境，故选B。‎ ‎21. B考查连词的用法，作者的父亲说云中有电，电像火花一样传到地面。根据语境及句子前后的逻辑关系可知，空白处应该使用“and”，故选B。‎ ‎22. A考查介词词义辨析，此处表示的是光穿过空气，四个选项均为介词，其中“through”意为“穿过”，符合语境，故选A。‎ ‎23. B考查动词词义辨析，光穿过的时候，使空气如此热，以至于空气燃烧起来。由此结合选项的词义可知，B项符合语境，故选B。‎ ‎24. D考查动词词义辨析。空气燃烧完之后，周围的空气涌过来并填满 这一空间。由此可知，空白处应该使用“fill”，故选D。‎ ‎25. D考查动词词义辨析。作者的父亲大声拍手来假装空气的涌入，说这样就产生了雷声。D选项与语境相符合，故选D。‎ ‎26. A考查名词词义辨析。每当听到雷声时，作者就感觉听到了父亲的掌声。由此可知，A选项符合语境，故选A。‎ ‎27. C考查形容词词义辨析。作者的父亲解释为什么在冬天的晚上阴天比晴天暖和。由此并结合前半句中的“cloudy”可知，空白处应该使用“clear”。故选C。‎ ‎28. A考查动词词义辨析。天上的星星比想象的要多。A表示“想象，设想”；B表示“预见，预知”；C表示“推测，勘测”；D表示“确认，识别”。由此并结合选项的词义可知，A选项符合语境。故选A。‎ ‎29. B考查动词词义辨析。没有云彩时，我们没有遮盖物，暴露于宇宙中。A表示“犯罪，做（错事等）”；B表示“使暴露于，揭露”；C表示“有关，涉及”；D表示“引导，领导”。由此可知，B选项符合语境。根据下文的“we were not exposed”也可知答案。故选B。‎ ‎30. C考查动词词义辨析。没有云彩时，我们的温暖将会对整个宇宙供热。C表示“把… …加热，使暖和”，符合语境。故选C。‎ ‎31. D考查副词词义辨析。现在作者在晴天的夜晚依然有这种感觉。由此可知，空白处应该使用“still”。故选D。‎ ‎32. C考查动词词义辨析，作者相信有很多别的课，自己曾经理解过。“absorbed”表示“汲取，理解，使全神贯注”，符合语境。故选C。‎ ‎33. D考查动词词义辨析。根据语境可知，此处表示的是作者所学习到的。因此，空白处应该使用“learn”。故选D。‎ ‎34. C考查名词词义辨析。作者认为小时候没有被教过神秘的东西，因此父亲是用通俗易懂的方式来教作者的。由此可知，C选项符合语境。故选C。‎ ‎35. B考查形容词辨析。这可能是作者一直对科学感兴趣的原因。由此并结合选项的词义可知。B选项符合语境。故选B。‎ 第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A Below is a web page from http://www.parents.com.‎ Kid of the Year Photo Contest Enter your kid’s photo today and win! We’re giving away 52 weekly $250 prizes from Readers’ Choice votes. PLUS our editors will select one entry（参赛作品）to win our grand prize of $7,000.‎ Official Contest Rules No purchase necessary to enter or win. The Kid of the Year Photo Contest entry period begins at 12:00 a.m. January 23, 2014, and ends January 21, 2016( the “Entry Period”). Entries must be arrived by 9:00 p.m. on January 21, 2016 (“Entry Deadline”). Entries will not be acknowledged or returned.‎ SPONSOR: Meredith Corporation, 1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa.‎ ENTRY: There will be two methods of entry.‎ Share My Entry:‎ Visit http://www.parents.com/photos/photo-contests-l/kid-of-the-year/and click the button to enter. Then complete the registration form and follow the instructions to upload one album of up to six photos of your child aged three months to eight years. Photos must be taken by entrant, non-professional, unpublished and may not have won any prize or award. Photos must be .jpeg or .bmp image formats（格式）and cannot exceed 3 MB.‎ Facebook Entry:‎ Visit http://www.Faeebook.com / Parents Magazine and click the Kid of 2015 tab. Fill out the registration form and upload one album of up to six photos of your child aged three months to ‎ eight years. You may provide one description and one album title that will be applied to all photos. Photos must be taken by entrants, non-professional, unpublished and may not have won any prize or award. Photos must be .jpeg or .bmp image formats and cannot exceed 3 MB.‎ This promotion is in no way sponsored, supported or run by, or associated with Facebook. You are providing your information to Parents Magazine and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used to run the promotion and register for Parents.com.‎ Photos must not contain material that infringes the rights of another, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright violation. Photos must not contain brand names or trademarks.‎ LIMIT: One entry per household, per eligible（有资格的）child, per week. One weekly prize per child. For entries of more than one eligible child in the household, the entry process must be completed separately for each child. No group entries.‎ ‎36. What can you learn from the text?‎ A. We should buy something first before we enter the contest.‎ B. your entry will not be returned even if we don’t win the contest.‎ C. We should send our entry before 9:00 p.m. on January 21, 2015.‎ D. the editors of the contest will decide who will win the 20,000 dollars in prizes.‎ ‎37. Linda, a mother with seven-year-old twins, wants to enter the contest. She MUST _________.‎ A. provide a description and an album title for the kid’s photos B. go to Meredith Corporation to fill out the registration forms C. complete the entry process separately for each of her kids D. provide the information to Facebook if she chooses Facebook Entry ‎38. To enter the contest, photos must _________.‎ A. have won some prize or award B. be taken by non-professional entrants C. contain brand names or trademarks D. contain parents’ personal information ‎39. What does the underline word “infringes” mean ?‎ A. Grasp. B. Obtain.‎ C. Violate. D. Cheat.‎ ‎40. The purpose of the passage is _________.‎ A. to advertise the website Facebook.com.‎ B. To make profits by attracting photographers’ interest C. to introduce two methods of entering a photo contest.‎ D. to encourage parents with children to enter a photo contest.‎ ‎【答案】36. B 37. C 38. B 39. C 40. D ‎【解析】本文是一篇面向家长的宣传稿，鼓励有孩子的家长们报名参加摄影大赛。要求是三个月到八岁的儿童，参赛者每人需上传一个影集，内有六张附带文字描述的照片，照片需为.jpeg or .bmp格式，大小不要超过3MB。获奖者可以得到$7,000的奖金。‎ ‎36. B细节理解题。根据文中Entries will not be acknowledged or returned.可知参赛作品不会被退还，故选B。‎ ‎37. C细节理解题。根据文章末段 For entries of more than one child in a family, the entry process must be completed separately for each child. No group entries. 可知一个家庭中如果有多个孩子参加比赛的话，要分别报名。故选C。‎ ‎38. B细节理解题。根据文中Photos, without any brand names or trademarks, must be taken by participants, non-professional,可知参赛照片不能是专业人士拍摄的，故选B。‎ ‎39. C猜测词义题。根据后边including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright violation.包括但不限于隐私、宣传或知识产权，或构成侵犯版权的行为。可知infringe表示“侵犯，违反，破坏”故选C。‎ ‎40. D推理判断题。由文章Kid of the Year Photo Competition Enter your kid’s photo and win! We’re giving away 52 weekly $250 prizes from Readers’ Choice votes.可知文章是鼓励家长为孩子报名参加比赛，故选D。‎ B Last year I lived in Chile for half a year as an exchange student with the American Field Service. Compared to most visitors, I didn’t travel much. I lived with a Chilean family and had the responsibilities of any Chilean teenager. I went to school every day, in uniform. I had good days and bad days and days that I didn’t understand.‎ Chuquicamata, my host community, is a mining camp in the Atacama Desert. There is no disco, no shopping center, no museum or beach. Driveways must be watered daily to keep the dust down.‎ When I arrived here, I was scared. It was so different from the urban middle-class America I was accustomed to. There were lost dogs on the streets, and a constant cloud of brick-colored dust came from the mine. There was no downtown, few smoothly paved（用砖石铺的）streets, and little to do for amusement. The people worked extremely hard. Rain was a rare phenomenon; earthquakes and windstorms were frequent.‎ I had studied Spanish for two and a half years and was always one of the best students in my class. But in my first week in Chile I was only able to communicate and needed one person to whom I could explain my shock. I couldn't speak the thoughts in my head ---and there were so many.‎ Most exchange students experience this like me. Culture shock presents itself in everything from increased aggression towards the people to lack of appetite. I was required to overcome all difficulties.Being an exchange student is not easy.‎ As time passed, everything changed. I began to forget words in English and to dream in Spanish and love Chilean food. I got used to not depending on expensive things for fun. Fun in Chuquicamata was being with people. And I took math, physics, chemistry, biology, Spanish, art, and philosophy.‎ But the sacrifices were nothing compared to the gain. I learned how to accept as well as to succeed in another culture. I now know the world is my community and have a much deeper understanding of both myself and others.‎ ‎41. The author went to Chile last year with the purpose of ______.‎ A. paying a visit to Chile as a tourist B. working as a volunteer of the American Field Service C. studying Chilean culture as a college student D. experiencing Chilean life as an exchange student ‎42. On arriving in Chile, the author felt frightened because ______.‎ A. he couldn’t get used to working so hard as Chileans did B. he did not know how to get along with local people because of the culture gap C. its living conditions were much worse than what he was familiar with D. his life was threatened by earthquakes and windstorms ‎43. During the first week in Chile the author ______.‎ A. could hardly communicate with people B. found one person to explain his shock C. couldn’t express his thoughts in English D. couldn’t overcome his great depression ‎44. According to the text, the author most probably thinks that his life in Chile was ______.‎ A. wonderful but tiring B. hard but meaningful C. difficult and terrible D. boring and disappointing ‎45. What can we learn from the passage?‎ A. Most Chileans are not friendly to foreigners.‎ B. The author benefits greatly from the experience in Chile.‎ C. Exchange students always fail to succeed in another culture.‎ D. The official languages of Chile are Spanish and English.‎ ‎【答案】41. D 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. B ‎【解析】本文通过展示了作者在智利作为交换生的经历，给我们讲述了这段经历虽然很困难但是却给作者带来了很大的收获。‎ ‎41. D细节理解题。根据文章第一段Last year I lived in Chile for half a year as an exchange student with the American Field Service. 可知作者到智利死作为交换生，故选D。‎ ‎42. C细节理解题。根据文章第二段描述和第三段When I arrived here, I was scared. It was so different from the urban middle-class America I was accustomed to.可知这里的生活和作者所习惯的生活有很大的差距。故选C。‎ ‎43. A细节理解题。根据文章第四段But in my first week in Chile I was only able to communicate and needed one person to whom I could explain my shock. I couldn't speak the thoughts in my head ---and there were so many.可知在最初的一周里作者沟通不愉快，故选A。‎ ‎44. B推理判断题。根据文章可知作者在这儿的生活虽然很困难但是却是值得的，故选B。‎ ‎45. B推理判断题。根据文章最后一段But the sacrifices were nothing compared to the gain. I learned how to accept as well as to succeed in another culture. I now know the world is my community and have a much deeper understanding of both myself and others.可知与所得相比，这些牺牲都不值得一提，我有了很大收获，故选B。‎ C For grown-ups, an afternoon snooze(打盹) is often easier said than done. But many of us ‎ have probably experienced just how simple it can be to catch some sleep in a gently rocking hammock(吊床). By examining brain waves in sleeping adults, researchers reported in the June 21 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, that they now have evidence to explain why that is.‎ ‎“It is a common belief that rocking causes sleep: we fall asleep in a rocking chair soon and, since ancient times, we cradle our babies to sleep,” said Sophie Schwartz of the University of Geneva. “Yet, how this works had remained a mystery. The goal of our study was made up of two parts: to test whether rocking does indeed improve sleep, and to understand how this might work at the brain level.”‎ Schwartz, Michel Mühlethaler, and their colleagues Laurence Bayer and Irina Constantinescu asked twelve adult volunteers to nap on a custom-made bed or “experimental hammock” that could either remain still or rock gently. All participants were good sleepers who didn’t typically nap and did not suffer from excessive sleepiness during the day. Each participant took two 45-minute afternoon naps, one with the bed still and one with the bed in motion, while their brain activity was monitored.‎ ‎“We observed a faster transition to sleep in each and every subject in the swinging condition,” Mühlethaler said. “Surprisingly, we also observed a dramatic boosting of certain types of sleep-related brain waves.”‎ More specifically, rocking increased the length of stage N2 sleep, a form of non-rapid eye movement sleep that normally occupies about half of a good night’s sleep. The rocking bed also had a lasting effect on brain activity, increasing slow brain waves and bursts of activity known as sleep spindles(纺锤体).‎ Schwartz and Mühlethaler say the next step is to find out whether rocking can improve longer periods of sleep and to find out whether it may be useful for the treatment of sleep disorders, such as insomnia(失眠).‎ ‎46. What does the June 21 issue of Current Biology tell us according to Paragraph 1?‎ A. It is more difficult for grown-ups to fall asleep.‎ B. People today like to sleep in a rocking hammock.‎ C. Many people nowadays suffer from excessive sleepiness.‎ D. There comes the evidence to explain why rocking benefits people’s sleep.‎ ‎47. What can we learn from Sophie Schwartz’s words?‎ A. Her team aimed to answer two questions.‎ B. The study is going to benefit babies a lot.‎ C. The study had been kept secret before finished.‎ D. People used to believe rocking was bad for sleep.‎ ‎48. What finding was beyond the researchers’ expectation?‎ A. The rocking seemed to improve participants’ sleep quality.‎ B. All the participants fell asleep faster in the swinging condition.‎ C. Some participants couldn’t fall asleep in the swinging condition.‎ D. Participants had a tendency to sleep excessively in the swinging bed.‎ ‎49. What do Schwartz and Mühlethaler expect to figure out in the next research?‎ A. Whether swing can cause insomnia.‎ B. Whether swing can extend sleep time.‎ C. Whether swing can change brain waves.‎ D. Whether swing can benefit memory consolidation.‎ ‎50. A suitable title for this passage would probably be _________.‎ A. Take a snooze. Easier said than done.‎ B. Want a faster sleep?Change your sleeping habits.‎ C. Need a nap?Find yourself a hammock.‎ D. Suffer from sleep disorder? New treatment found.‎ ‎【答案】46. D 47. A 48. A 49. B 50. C ‎【解析】本文通过研究成年人在睡觉时大脑波纹，发现了成年人在轻轻摇晃的状态下更容易入睡。‎ ‎46. D细节理解题。在第一段告诉我们这样一个现象，成年人在轻轻摇晃状态下容易入睡。故选D。‎ ‎47. A推理判断题。第二段，从远古时代人们在轻摇状态下容易入睡，但什么原因促使睡眠一直都是未解之谜，所以从他的话中推断这一研究旨在于解开谜底。故选A。‎ ‎48. A细节理解题。第四段Surprisingly, we also observed a dramatic boosting of推断在实验过程中意外发现了轻摇可以改善睡眠质量。故选A。‎ ‎49. B细节理解题。最后一段Schwartz and Mühlethaler say the next step is to find out whether ‎ rocking can improve longer periods of sleep可知下一步将研究摇晃是不是可以延长睡眠时间，故选B。‎ ‎50. C主旨题。文章主要是讲述了通过研究发现成年人在轻摇状态下更容易入睡，并就此展开讨论，故C项是对文章内容的概括，故选C。‎ 点睛：这篇阅读理解难道不大，话题学生可以理解。文章先提出一个研究结果，然后详细描述实验过程，以及在过程中意外发现，最后打算继续研究以用于实际生活中。只要认真阅读答案不难找到。‎ D So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have stemmed from an argument, a misunderstanding, or some other painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us―believing this is the only way we can forgive or (重新点燃) a friendship or family relationship.‎ An acquaintance of mine whose health isn’t very good，recently told me that she hasn’t spoken to her son in almost three years. "Why not" I asked. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn’t speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she resisted initially and said, "I can’t do that. He’s the one who should apologize." She was literally（简直）willing to die before reaching out to her only son. After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement, her son was grateful for her willingness to call and sincerely said sorry to her. As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins.‎ Whenever we hold on to our anger we turn "small thing" into "big thing" in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is to let go, and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn’t mean that you’re wrong. Everything will be fine. You’ll experience the peace of letting go as well as the joy of letting others be right. You’ll also notice that as you reach out and let others be "right" they will become less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But if for some reason they don’t that’s okay too. You will have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world and certainly you’ll be more peaceful yourself.‎ ‎51. What happened to the author’s acquaintance after she called her son?‎ A. she was literally willing to die B. She received her son’s apology C. She was encouraged by the author D. She realized her mistakes ‎52. What does the author want to explain by taking her acquaintance as an example?‎ A. That a gentle encouragement will be helpful to solve the problem B. That it is beneficial for both sides to reach out first C. That painful events should be forgotten D. That parents and children are easier to make peace ‎53. We can infer from the third paragraph that _______‎ A. Happiness matters more than preventing the embarrassment at reaching out first B. to be peaceful is more important than to be right in any disagreement C. to avoid arguments and misunderstandings means seeking for happiness D. Hold on to the right position leads to resentments ‎54. According to the passage, you cam be more peaceful by______‎ A. trying your best to complete your own work perfectly B. helping others create their inner content C. being active and forgetting unpleasantness D. understanding the importance of being less defensive ‎55. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?‎ A. When you take the chance first to say sorry, you will win.‎ B. You won’t feel angry if you don’t turn “small thing” into”big thing”‎ C. Letting others be right will definitely make them reach back D. It’s good to be the first one to reach out to break little resentments ‎【答案】51. B 52. B 53. A 54. C 55. D ‎【解析】本文讨论了在我们有争吵、误解时不妨放手，让别人都是“对”的。你将会体验到放手的平和，以及让别人变得正确的快乐。‎ ‎51. B细节理解题。根据文章To her amazement, her son was grateful for her willingness to call and sincerely said sorry to her.可知令她惊讶的是，她的儿子很感激她愿意打电话，并真诚地 向她道歉。故选B。‎ ‎52. B细节理解题。根据文章As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins.可知通常情况下，当有人抓住机会并伸出手来的时候，每个人都会赢。故选B。‎ ‎53. A推理判断题。根据文章第三段可知我们的位置比我们的幸福更重要。幸福远比阻止初次接触的尴尬更重要。故选A。‎ ‎54. C推理判断题。根据文章If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is to let go, and reach out. Let other people be right. 如果你想成为一个更和平的人，你必须明白，正确的选择是放手，去接触。故选C。‎ ‎55. D主旨题。文章主要讲述了想要解决争吵、误解不妨主动伸出手去化解。故选D。‎ 点睛：‎ 推理题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，作出一定判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可是某几句话，但做题的指导思想都是以文字信息为依据，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根据的推理，也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是说，要做到判断有据, 推论有理, 忠实原文。切忌用自己的观点代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面结论。‎ 第Ⅱ卷 第三部分：写作：‎ 第一节：阅读表达（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。‎ Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, was born in Kingfish, Oklahoma on March 29, 1918. He was raised in Missouri where he worked in his father’s store while attending school. This was his first retailing (零售业) experience and he really enjoyed it. After graduation, he began his own career as a retail merchant.‎ He soon opened his first Wal-Mart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart specialized in name brands at low prices and Sam Walton was surprised at the success. Soon a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America. Walton's management style was popular with employees and he founded some of the basic concepts of management that are still in use today.‎ After taking the company public in 1970, Walton introduced his “profit sharing plan”. The profit sharing plan was a plan for Wal-Mart employees to improve their income dependent on the ‎ profits of the store. Sam Walton believed that “individuals don't win, teams do”. Employees at Wal-Mart stores were offered stock options (认股权) and store discounts. These benefits are commonplace today, but Walton was among the first to implement (实现) them. Walton believed that a happy employee meant happy customers and more sales. He also believed that by giving employees a part of the company and making their success dependent on the company’s success, they would care about the company.‎ By the 1980s, Wal-Mart had sales of over one billion dollars and over three hundred stores across North America. Wal-Mart’s unique decentralized (分散的) distribution system, also Walton’s idea, created the edge needed to further encourage growth in the 1980s during growing complaints that the “superstore” was stopping smaller and traditional stores from developing. By 1991, Wal-Mart was the largest US retailer with 1,700 stores. Walton remained active in managing the company, as president and CEO until 1988 and chairman until his death. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom shortly before his death.‎ ‎56. what does the underlined word “it” in Para.1 refer to ? (No more than 5 words)‎ ‎57. How did Walton’s first Wal-mart store achieve success? (No more than 10 words)‎ ‎58. What is the purpose of Walton’s carrying out “profit sharing plan” (No more than 15 words)‎ ‎59. Why were employees at Wal-mart stores offered stock opinions? (No more than 10 words)‎ ‎60. Are you in favor of Walton’s management style? (No more than 20 words)‎ ‎【答案】56. His first retailing experience. ‎ ‎57. By specializing in name brands at low prices. ‎ ‎58. To improve Wal-Mart employees’ income dependent on the profit of the store ‎ ‎59. Because they would care about the company. /Because it would make them happy and promote sales. ‎ ‎60. (Open)‎ ‎【解析】本文介绍了沃尔玛的创始人的生平经历，以及沃尔玛的经营模式和经营理念。‎ ‎56. 词语指代题。根据第一段This was his first retailing (零售业) experience and he really enjoyed it可知这是他第一次零售业经验，他非常喜欢它。因此it指代his first retailing experience。故回答His first retailing experience。‎ ‎57. 细节理解题。根据第二段Wal-Mart specialized in name brands at low prices and Sam Walton was surprised at the success 可知沃尔玛以低价出售品牌，山姆沃尔顿则对这一成功感到惊讶。故回答By specializing in name brands at low prices.‎ ‎58. 细节理解题。根据第三段The profit sharing plan was a plan for Wal-Mart employees to improve their income dependent on the profits of the store可知“利润分享计划”的员工根据商店利润提供收入的计划，故回答To improve their income dependent on the profits of the store。‎ ‎59. 细节理解题。根据第三段Walton believed that a happy employee meant happy customers and more sales. He also believed that by giving employees a part of the company and making their success dependent on the company’s success, they would care about the company.可知给员工提供股票和存储折扣可以让员工快乐这也就意味着快乐的客户和更多的销售，还可以使他们的成功依赖于公司的成功，他们会关心公司。故回答Because they would care about the company. /Because it would make them happy and promote sales.‎ ‎60. 观点态度题。对于沃尔玛的经营模式每个人都可以有自己不同的看法，因此答案也就不是唯一的。‎ 第二节：书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎61. 假定你是李津，跟随学校带队老师前往澳大利亚的友好交流学校参加学习，你爱好广泛，性格开朗，愿意更多地参与到当地学校的学生社团活动中。你发现该校流行音乐俱乐部正在招聘新成员，要求会某种乐器，嗓音好且有团队意识。你希望假如该俱乐部。请用英文写一封申请信，要点如下：‎ ‎♦ 简要介绍一下自己的基本情况；‎ ‎♦ 加入俱乐部的目的及满足加入俱乐部的条件；‎ ‎♦ 自己的联系方式（电话：82095516）并且恳请及时得到回复。‎ 注意：词数：不少于100；可适当增加细节使行文连贯 参考词汇：流行音乐俱乐部Pop Club ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_______________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎__________________________________________________________________‎ ‎【答案】Dear Sir/Madam,‎ I am a Chinese student coming to this amazing school for exchange study. I am more than delighted to find POP CLUB is admitting new members, which appeals to me deeply.‎ As for me, I am optimistic and outgoing with many interests, especially music. I am skilled at playing the guitar and keep my schedule of training for it. I am also fond of singing pop songs and people tell me my voice sounds beautiful and fantastic. In addition, I am totally aware of team spirit and understand how to cooperate with others.‎ I want to improve my oral English and share music with the local students by joining the club. When there is an activity, I will be more than happy to serve as a host, which, I believe, can strengthen my skills and improve my abilities. What’s more, I firmly believe that I can make many Australian friends here.‎ I would appreciate it if you could allow me to join the club, so please call me up at 82095516. ‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Li Jin ‎【解析】这是一封申请信，需要写的内容已经粗略给出，需要我们写成完整通顺的句子，适当添加些内容，使文章更充实。写作时注意准确运用时态，上下文意思连贯，符合逻辑关系，不能出现文章脱节问题。尽量使用自己熟悉的单词句式，同时也要注意使用高级词汇和高级句型为文章润色。注意要求的词数100词左右，不要太多也不要太少。‎ ‎ ‎