临川一中2015—2016学年度上学期第二次月考
高二英语试卷
卷面满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟
第I卷（选择题 满分100分）
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。
1. Where is Daniel’s flat?
A. On the fourth floor. B. On the fifth floor. C. On the sixth floor.
2. What are they talking about?
A. A basketball match. B. A famous player. C. An interesting program.
3. Where did the man probably leave the paper according to the woman at last?
A. At home. B. In the taxi. C. In the office.
4. What are they probably going to do tomorrow?
A. Go rafting. B. Go to the club. C. Stay indoors.
5. Why is the woman worried?
A. Her work isn’t going well. B. She can’t get enough time to practice for the driving test.
C. She can’t decide whether to go to college or not.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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、7题。
6. What was the man doing in the past two hours?
A. He was watching a film with his friends. B. He was having dinner with his friends.
C. He was riding his bike around with his wife.
7. What did the woman advise the man to do?
A. To call the police. B. To catch the thief. C. To buy a new bike.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why was there a large crowd at the street corner?
A. Because a lot of people were fighting with each other.
B. Because a person was killed by a murderer. C. Because a serious accident happened.
9. When did it happen?
A. In the evening. B. In the afternoon. C. During the rush hour.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Friends. B. Husband and wife. C. Strangers.
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11. What will the weather be like in Xi’an in the next few days?
A. Hot. B. Cloudy. C. Windy.
12. Where will the man probably go for the holiday?
A. Xi’an. B. Hangzhou. C. Guangdong.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where did Julia go?
A. To America. B. To Canada. C. To some European countries.
14. Who did she go with?
A. Her father. B. Her mother. C. Her friend.
15. Which city was thought to be the center of the universe?
A. London. B. Delphi. C. Rome.
16. Where will they go next?
A. The woman’s home. B. The man’s home. C. Their school.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where is the Horseshoe Falls?
A. In Canada. B. In America. C. Between Canada and America.
18. How wide are the two parts of the Niagara Falls?
A. 1, 420 meters. B. 1, 204 meters. C. 1, 240 meters.
19. When is the Niagara Falls even more beautiful?
A. In Summer. B. In winter. C. In Spring.
20. What percentage of water does the Canadian Falls cover?
A. 10%. B. 19%. C. 90%.
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分，满分30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。
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SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest Time
The 2016 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest will run from April 1st through October 1st , 2016. Best of luck!
Introduction
The SAVE THE GROGS! Art Contest invites you to create your coolest frog artwork. The contest will call on people to pay more attention to the amphibian extinction(两栖动物灭绝)problem by getting people interested and to take part in it, and the artworks will be used on T-shirts, coffee cups, hats, cards and books to both publicize(宣传)our cause and raise money for SAVE THE FROGS! amphibian protection efforts. Between 2009 and 2015 we received more than 12 thousand pieces of frog artworks from 70 countries. We look forward to receiving your creation!
Who can enter?
Anybody! It is free to enter the contest, though we suggest all artworks include a few dollars to assist our frog-saving efforts!
Prizes The 1st Prize Winner will:
(1) Receive $100. (2)Receive a one-year SAVE THE FROGS! membership.
The 2nd and 3rd Place Artists will: Each receives a one-year SAVE THE FROGS! Membership.
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Contest Rules
(1)The submitted(提交的)artwork must be your original creation!
(2)Your artwork should not be larger than 8.5”x11”（22cmX28cm）in size.
(3)You may submit up to three artworks
(4)All artworks must refer to SAVE THE FROGS! by including either the phrase “SAVE THE FROGS!” or “savethefrogs.com”, or both.
Please note that both “SAVE THE FROGS!” and “savethefrogs.com” are PLURAL, meaning the letter. “S” must appear at the end of the word “FROGS”.
Submissions
If your artwork was digitally(数码地) created, you should email your artwork to art @ savethefrogs.com
If your artwork is on paper or any other non-digital type, then mail your artwork to :
SAVE THE FORGS! Art Contest
P. O. Box 78758 Los Angeles, CA 90016 USA
21. What do you know about the contest?
A. It runs for seven months in 2016. B. It aims to help protect amphibians.
C. It will publicize the artworks on TV. D. It has been held as a national event.
22. What should be noticed to take part in the contest?
A. The smaller your artwork is , the better. B. The more artworks you submit, the better.
C. Do not miss the message “SAVE THE FORGS!”. D. Do not copy others’ ideas or creations.
23. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Submissions of artworks are based on types of creation.
B. Artworks are either digital pictures or drawings on paper.
C. Artworks will be given back after the contest. D. The organization is in New York.
B
Singer-songwriter Tori Kelly is close to a huge breakthrough. Her recent performances on the BET Awards shows have created a sensation（轰动）in pop music. You couldn’t call Kelly an overnight success. Sure she’s only 22.
The Southern Californian girl first appeared in public on the talent show “Star Search” when she was only 10. But her real appearance came from posting videos on YouTube. Eventually Kelly made her way to “American Idol”, and advanced through to Hollywood. But she did not make the Top 24. That loss encouraged her to write more of her own material, which eventually became part of her first album “Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly”.
“Even just releasing music in general is an achievement. I get to put out a whole album of songs that I just put my whole heart into, and people are responding really well to it,” she said. “It’s like the best feeling in the world because these are songs about my life. So it’s really cool to be able to do what I love.”
“Handmade Songs” sold well enough to reach the top 10 in a number of music
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charts（排行榜）.She followed that success with live performances at clubs in Los Angeles. Recently, Kelly excited audiences at the Billboard Music Awards with her performance of her song “Nobody Love”.
The singer-songwriter says that being within reach of her goal is amazing. “I think all the awards shows I have done so far have just been so surreal,” she said. “Like, I always dreamed of being on different awards shows, sitting at home on my sofa and watching. I think as a kid I just always put myself on that stage, and the fact that it’s actually happening, that I get to be a part of these shows is unbelievable.”
Kelly released her full-length album “Unbreakable Smile” in June, 2015. Her single “Should’ve been us” is also rising on the Billboard Hot 100.
24. Tori Kelly is not an overnight success because_________.
A. she often performs on the shows all around the world
B. she has released a lot of albums since she was ten
C. she has been working to be a pop star for over ten years
D. she has won many awards in the music world
25. Which of the following is the first album of Tori Kelly?
A. “Unbreakable Smile” B. “Nobody Love”
C. “Should’ve Been Us ” D. “Handmade Songs By Tori Kelly”
26. The underlined word “surreal” in Paragraph 5 means______.
A. impossible B. dreamlike C. unworthy D. valuable
27. It can be known from the passage that Tori Kelly_______.
A. has a great gift for pop music B. focuses on her career because she loves music
C. will change her profession soon. D. will face more difficulties in the future.
C
The word dream is probably heard most frequently from people in show business, where everyone dreams of standing under the spotlight and being somebody. But the truth is that most end up being nobodies. Hong Kong director Derek Yee’s latest film“ I Am Somebody” shows respect for these unknown extras(群众演员)in the film industry.
In the film, Wan Guopeng, son of a woodcutter, comes a long way from the Northeast with only 1,000 yuan to the dream factory of the East to become an actor. In real life, when the young man was chosen by the director to play the leading role, he had only 20 yuan left but still hadn’t considered giving up.
Famous Hong Kong actor Tony Leung remembered that 30 years ago, he was a salesman but knew that it was not the kind of life he wanted to live. “Wan is exactly like me back then…Only when I was in an acting training course did I realize that what I wanted to be was an actor, not a star winning the best actor awards.”
Yee chose real nobodies to play themselves in the movie. Their strength was their deep understanding of the feelings of the characters they played. But the disadvantage was also obvious: They lacked acting skills. When emotional performances were needed, their expressions and moves seemed unnatural.
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The entertainment industry might be the field with the most broken hearts and most efforts gone in vain. Here luck, opportunity and physical appearance are probably much more important than hard work.
In the film, Qin Peijun, a survivor from a coal mine collapse(煤矿坍塌), goes all out to take hold of every possibility to appear in the lens of the camera, even if only as an extra. However, it is obviously much harder for him to realize the dream of becoming a professional actor than for Wang Zhao, who is a lazy bone with a pretty face.
Some critical comments are directed at the sudden inversion(反转) in the last part of the film. The two leading actors’ happy endings seem to disagree with the film’s realistic style. But anyway, this movie is not a documentary but a way to reinforce(硬化) that every brave heart deserves to have their dreams realized.
28. Which of the following can best describe Wan Guopeng?
A. Determined. B. Careful. C. Intelligent. D. Easy-going.
29. Derek Yee chose real nobodies to play in the film because____.
A. he respected these people B. they knew well about the characters
C. he needed emotional performances D. they asked for less money
30. What does the underlined phrase “in vain” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Wrongly. B. Secretly. C. Without success. D. Without consideration.
31. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. It’s OK to be nobody. B. It’s really hard to become a successful actor.
C. Live the dreams. D. Be a person of dreams.
D
If you want to cook something quickly, you heat it from both sides. That’s what’s happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet(南极洲西部冰盖). A new study reveals that the area under the ice sheet is far hotter than previously thought, fed by an unexpected flow of geothermal energy(地热能). While the CO2 we send out heats the atmosphere above the continent, earth is melting us ice from below.
If you were to drill (钻) deep at some place on the continents, you would find that the temperature increases about 25℃ for every kilometer deep into the hole on average. Scientists call this the geothermal gradient(地热梯度). Until recently, no one had drilled deeply enough through the West Antarctic ice to determine the geothermal gradient underground. For the new study, researchers drilled all the way through the ice and into the mud. They found that the geothermal gradient was about 200℃, which is several times the global average on continents. Few predicted this result, although it had been showed that the earth below the West Antarctic ice is unusually hot.
Even with the new discovery, though, we still don’t know exactly where the heat is coming from. One interesting possibility is volcanoes, which are under the ice. As recently as 2013, scientists were still discovering volcanoes under the ice in the area, and there may be many more.
Some people say that these volcanoes, rather than manmade climate change, are responsible for melting the area’s ice. While it’s true that heat coming from within the earth, including heat related to volcanoes, makes the melting faster,
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it is just one contributor to the loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet---not the main cause. Today’s study could help us understand how the whole system, including global warming, is melting the ice.
32. What’s happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet?
A. The ice sheet is getting hotter and hotter. B. It is heated from below rather than from above.
C. The ice sheet is producing a new kind of energy. D. It is melting from both sides.
33. What can be learned from the second Paragraph?
A. It was the first time that researchers had tried to measure geothermal gradients.
B. The geothermal gradient showed where the heat came from.
C. The result was beyond the researchers’ expectations.
D. Researchers never knew the earth under the West Antarctic ice was hot.
34. The author would probably agree that ___.
A. the new discovery is unhelpful without a certain conclusion
B. no volcano has been found to support the researchers’ idea
C. volcanoes are the most important reason for the melting of the ice
D. global warming is surely one reason for the melting of the ice
35. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. The West Antarctic ice sheet is in danger. B. Researchers are trying to stop global warming.
C. The West Antarctic ice sheet’s melting will bring terrible consequences.
D. It has been known how to stop the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet.
第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10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。
How You Can Be Calm Even When Things Get Rough
1. Cry if you need to---for a while.
Some people are more emotional than others. But repressing（压制） your emotions doesn’t always help. If you do repress them, ____36____. You can do it for a while, but it will eventually come back to the surface---and sometimes in an explosive manner. So have a good cry once in a while. Let the emotions out in order to help yourself think more clearly afterwards.
2. Be solution-oriented.
Concentrating on the negatives won’t change anything. Let’s say you just lost your job. ___37_____. So you’ve had your cry or the time to freak out（吓坏）, and then you made the decision to put your logical hat on. Now look at the possibilities. Start applying for jobs. Think about a career change or starting your own business. Look at the actions you can take to make your situation better. Then do something.
3. Ask for help.
Unfortunately, ____38____. It’s not! Where has it ever been written that everyone needs to go through their problems alone? Nowhere! Having other people support you-either emotionally or by actually doing something to help-will make you
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feel like you have less of a burden on your shoulders. Less burden equals more calm, collected, and lighter feelings.
4. Believe that things will get better.
Hope. ___39_____. If you don’t believe that things will change, then they won’t. I always love to quote Henry Ford when he said, “Whether you think you can-or you think you can’t- either way, you are right.” If you think things will get better, then they eventually will. If you think they won’t, then they won’t. your beliefs shape your experience.
Staying calm when life gets rough takes practice, but it can be done. If you practice these steps on a regular basis, eventually ____40____.
A. Maybe it was a shock
B. it’s like holding a beach ball under the water
C. It might feel like you’re staying in the same place
D. Hope is everything
E. Maybe you didn’t lose your job
F. it will become second nature to you
G. a lot of people think that asking for help is a sign of weakness
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Competitive swimming was a big part of my life as a teenager. So I was very excited when my sons decided to take up the sport. Daily, I’d arrive a few minutes early before their 41 ended so I could watch their progress, assess their 42 for later discussions and give them a few tips on how to swim faster 43 , one afternoon at the pool, someone else caught my 44 .
The teen girl was not a typical swimmer. Her 45 , out-of-date swimsuit was two sizes too big. She struggled to reach the end of the pool. Always 46 and always being passed by the better-trained girls. The other girls would 47 their friends to climb out of the pool, giggle（咯咯笑）and run back to the starting areas. 48 nobody waited for her. She always walked back to the starting areas 49 . However, day after day, she’d show up 50 practice and do it all over again in her old, worn swimsuit.
The first swim meeting 51 arrived, and I smiled as I watched my sons 52 straight with their team members around the swimming pool. I was a(n) 53 mother, but then, I saw the girl who had 54 day after day to swim to the end of the pool. She wasn’t wearing the old, worn swimsuit She was wearing a (n) 55 , new swimsuit with a matching swimming cap and goggles（护目镜）. I 56 again and believed someone bought these new things for her so she could feel and look like a __57__ regardless of how fast she could swim. She never did find out who bought the 58 for her because the person remained anonymous（匿名）。
I admire the unknown person who 59 the pool girl. Do you ever wonder how you can help a teen? Take time to notice your surroundings. There is a teen in your life that 60 encouragement or help. Be the one who makes a difference in her life.
41. A game B. work C. practice D. meeting
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42. A. goals B. methods C. tasks D. behaviors
43. A. However B. Then C. So D. Thus
44. A. patience B mistake C. attention D. sons
45. A . long B. dirty C. small D. worn
46. A. fast B. last C. quiet D. best
47. A. talk with B. find out C. wait for D run after
48. A. But B. Otherwise C. And D. Though
49. A. hurriedly B. quickly C. secretly D. alone
50. A. with B. by C. for D. in
51. A. suddenly B. finally C. fortunately D. nearly
52. A. stand B. swim C. sit D. rest
53. A. great B. anxious C. lucky D. proud
54. A. relaxed B. stayed C. struggled D. tried
55. A. thin B. cool C. big D. expensive
56. A. smiled B. shouted C. suggested D. supported
57. A. student B. winner C. fighter D. child
58. A. objects B. tools C. toys D. gifts
59. A. trained B. helped C. cared D. beat
60. A. needs B. uses C. offers D. seeks
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 满分50分）
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节 （共10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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Everybody in David’s class packed their bags and got ready 61._____ (go) home last Saturday. Usually David’s mother would fetch him home but that day she was not there, so he walked home by himself.
When he reached home, he knocked on the door as he didn’t bring his keys. 62._____ (surprising), no one answered the door. He 63._____ (knock) again when one of his neighbors 64._____ (name) John called him. He told David his mother was out and invited him to stay in his house till his mother came back. David knew that if his mother 65._____ (be) at home, she would have answered the door soon. So David went to John’s house and played with him. 66._____ (stay) in John’s house for a few 67.______ (hour), David saw his mother came back. They thanked John and his family. It turned out that David’s mother had 68._____ serious backache so she had to see the doctor.
From this experience, David has learnt that neighbors are people 69.______ help each other, and that the relationships among neighbors are like 70._____ (build) a bridge, and that most people have been building a bridge and they will build a good bridge one day.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处，每处仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
What is known to all, life is hard. We should not give out hope. By the time we give up, we will have been lost the chance to succeed. Chances are always there. We have to seize every singly opportunity to help, love and serving. To live a happier life, you must set our goals and even dream big. However, if we choose shortest path in life, we will miss much beautiful views. So be patient. The fastest way to gain love was to love others first! Do not hide your talent, your knowledge and your beautiful heart. Go for your dream and live for it.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华。为了促进学生多读书，读好书，打造校园书香氛围，你校发起读书运动。请你按照以下要点写一篇倡议书，倡导同学们读书。
表达要点：1. 为什么读书 2. 读什么书, 怎样读书 3. 发起倡议
注意：可适当增加细节使行文连贯。字数110左右。开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear schoolmates,
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临川一中2015—2016学年度上学期第二次月考
高二英语参考答案
1-5 BABAB 6-10 AACCA 11-15 CBCAB 16-20 AACBC
[文章大意]本文为宣传SAVE THE FROGS!艺术竞赛的广告
21. B。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，这项竞赛将通过引发人们的兴趣和促使人们参赛来呼吁人们更多地关注两栖动物灭绝问题，并且收到的艺术作品会用于T恤衫、海报、咖啡杯、帽子、卡片和书籍等媒介，一方面可以宣传活动的动机，另一方面可以为SAVE THE FROGS!两栖动物保护活动筹钱。由此可知，这项竞赛的宗旨是帮助保护两栖动物。
22. D。推理判断题。根据Contest Rules项下第一条“The submitted artwork must be your original creation!”可知，提交的作品必须是原创。由此推知，参赛者需要注意的是不能抄袭别人的创意。
23. A。推理判断题。根据Submissions项下的内容可知，如果作品是以数码形式创作的，应以电子邮件方式邮到特定网址；如果作品是纸质的或是其它任何非数码形式的，需以邮递的方式寄到位于洛杉矶的特定地址。由此推知，作品的提交方式根据创作形式的不同而有所区别。
[文章大意]文章简单地介绍了22岁的创作型歌手Tori Kelly的成功之路。
24. C。推理判断题。根据第一段 “Sure she’s only 22.”和第二段可推知，Tori Kelly 10多年来一直努力成为一个流行歌星，因此她不是一夜成名的。
25. D。细节理解题。根据第二段“That loss encouraged her to write more of her own material, which eventually became part of her firs alum‘Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly.’”可知，“Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly”是她的第一张专辑。
26 B。词义猜测题。根据画线词下文Tori Kelly 所说的话，特别是“and the fact that it’s actually happening, that I get to be a part of these shows is unbelievable.”可知，Tori Kelly 认为她以前参加的那些颁奖典礼都是梦幻般的经历。
27.B。推理判断题。根据第三段“I just put my whole heart into”及“So it’s really cool to be able to do what I love.” 可推知，Tori Kelly 对自己的事业非常专注，因为她喜爱音乐。
[文章大意] 著名导演尔冬升执导的电影《我是路人甲》讲述了默默无闻的群众演员追逐演艺梦想的艰辛故事，激励人们坚持梦想，过自己梦想中的生活。
28. A。推理判断题。根据第二段 “In real life, when the young man was chosen by the director to play the leading role, he had only 20 yuan left but still hadn’t considered giving up.”可知，在现实生活中，当这个年轻人被导演选中担任主角的时候，身上只剩下20元钱了，但是他依然没有想过放弃。由此推知，这个年轻人是下定决心的，意志坚定的。
29.B。细节理解题。根据第四段“Yee chose real nobodies to play themselves in the movie. Their strength was their deep understanding of the feelings of the characters they played.”可知，尔冬升选择真真正正的无名小人物在电影中扮演自己。群众演员的优势就在于他们深刻理解他们所扮演的那些（小人物）角色的感受。
30.C。词义猜测题。根据下文“Here luck, opportunity and physical appearance are probably much more important than hard work.”可知，在这里（娱乐圈），运气、机会和外貌很可能比艰苦努力重要得多。由此推知，娱乐圈可能是令最多人伤心，令最多人努力白白浪费的领域，画线短语in vain的含义为徒劳无功。
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31.C。主旨大意题。第一段讲香港导演尔冬升最新执导的电影《我是路人甲》向电影行业默默无闻的群众演员表达了敬意；第二到第六段讲述了群众演员万国鹏，著名演员梁朝伟等人坚持追逐演艺梦想的故事以及演艺圈的艰辛，在这里，运气、机会和外貌可能比艰苦奋斗重要得多；最后一段讲针对影片结尾的突然反转有一些批评的意见，两位主演的大团圆结局似乎与影片的现实风格不搭调，最后一句表明作者观点：但是反过来讲这部影片并不是一部纪录片，而是作为一种方式，来强化每一颗勇敢的心都值得令梦想实现的观念。由此可知，文章的主旨是鼓励人们坚持梦想，过自己梦想的人生。
[文章大意]本文主要介绍南极洲西部冰盖从上下两面同时融化，研究人员正在探索原因。
32. D。细节理解题。根据第一段“If you want to cook something quickly, you heat it from both sides. That’s what’s happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet…While the CO2 we send out heats the atmosphere above the continent, earth is melting us ice from below.”可知，如果你想快速烹调某种食物，就从两面加热它。这种情况正发生在南极洲西部冰盖……我们排放的二氧化碳在加热南极洲上空的大气层，与此同时，土地正从下面融化冰盖底部。由此可知，南极洲西部的冰盖正从上下两面同时融化。
33.C。细节理解题。根据第二段“Few predicted this result, although it had been showed that the earth below the West Antarctic ice is unusually hot.”可知，虽然早有显示，南极洲西部冰层下面的土地异乎寻常地热，但几乎没有预测到这个结果。由此可知，研究结果出乎研究人员的预料。
34.D．细节理解题。根据第四段“Today’s study could help us understand how the whole system, including global warming, is melting the ice.”可知，作者认为，今天的研究能够帮助我们了解整个系统，包括全球变暖，是怎样融化冰层的。由此可知，作者认为，全球变暖确定无疑是引起冰层融化的一个原因。
35. A。主旨大意题。文章第一段点明主旨，南极洲西部冰盖正从上下两面同时融化。第二、三、四段介绍研究人员探索造成冰盖融化的原因。由此可知，文章的主旨为南极洲西部冰盖正面临危机。
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[文章大意]一个不知名的好心人帮助一个贫穷的小女孩买了新的泳衣、泳帽和护目镜。作者赞扬了这种行为。
41. C。“我”会在儿子们练习结束前几分钟到游泳馆。
42. D。根据上文“so I could watch their progress”可知，这样“我”就可以观察他们的进展，评判他们的动作。
43. A。根据上文内容和下文“someone else”可知，“我”每次去游泳池都是去看“我”的儿子们训练，然而一天下午，另一个人引起了“我”的注意。
44. C。参见上题解析。
45. D。根据下文“do it all over again in her old, worn swimsuit”可知，这个小女孩穿着破旧的、过时的泳衣。
46. B。根据下文“always being passed by the better-girls”可知，她总是被其他训练有素的女孩超过，所以她总是最后一名。
47. C。根据下文“nobody waited for her.”可知，其他女孩子会等着自己的朋友一起回到起点。
48. A。但是没有人等她。
49. D。根据上文内容可知，没有人等那个女孩，所以她一直都是自己走到起点。
50. C。然而一天又一天，那个女孩总是到场训练。
51. B。游泳运动会终于到来了。
52. A。根据下文“straight with their team members around swimming
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pool.”可知，“我”微笑着看着自己的儿子们与队友一起围着泳池笔直地站着。
53. D。“我”看着自己的儿子们慢慢成长，如今参加游泳运动会，“我”感到自豪。
54. C。根据上文“She struggled to teach the end of the pool”可知，“我”看见了那个每天努力练习的小女孩。
55. B。根据下文“new swimsuit with a matching swim cap and goggles.”可知，那个小女孩穿着酷酷的崭新的泳衣，还戴着配套的泳帽和护目镜。
56. A。根据下文“I smiled as I watcher my sons”可知，“我”看着自己的儿子们的时候笑了，这次看到那个小女孩的时候又笑了。
57. B。根据下文“regardless of how fast she could swim”可知，“我”看着她穿着崭新的装备，不管她究竟游得怎样，她都像一个胜利者。
58. D。对于那个穿着破旧泳衣的小女孩来说，这些崭新的装备就是一份礼物。
59. B。“我”钦佩那个帮助了那个小女孩的无名人。
60. A。在你的生活中一定会有需要鼓励和帮助的小孩子。
61. to go 62. Surprisingly 63. was knocking 64. named 65. had been
66. Having stayed 67. hours 68. a 69. who/that 70. building
71. What →As 72. out →up 73. /been 74. singly →single
75. serving →serve 76. you →we 77. ∧the 78. much →many
79. was →is 80. and →or
Dear schoolmates,
Do you like reading?
Books are like our friends. Just like hanging around with a good friend, reading can broaden our horizons, enlarge our knowledge, improve our taste for life and keep us company when we feel lonely.
So what books should we read? We should choose the books which benefit us most with knowledge, virtue and good interest. And we’d better think while reading instead of just taking in everything blindly. taking notes will help you learn more from books.
Now, aiming to motivate us students to read more good books and build a more cultural school environment which is heavy with the atmosphere of reading, our school has launched a reading campaign. This is really a meaningful activity. Why not pick up a book now and join in the fun? Wish you a good journey in books.
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