江苏南通中学高三英语试卷
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两卷，满分120分，考试时间120分钟。所有答案都做在答题纸上。
第I卷 （选择题，共85分）
一、听力部分（共两节，满分20分）
第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. Why is the man so hungry?
A. He has been on a diet recently. B. He hasn't eaten anything today.
C. He has only had a burger today.
2. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Strangers. B. Business partners. C. Clerk and client.
3. What are the speakers doing?
A. Listening to the radio. B. Watching TV. C. Watching a new movie.
4. Why won't the man go to college after graduation?
A. His grades aren't good enough. B. He never wants to go to college.
C. His father asked him to work first.
5. How much money will the man give the woman?
A. Five dollars. B. Seven dollars. C. Eight dollars.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。每段对话或独自读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Who is the boss?
A. Mr. Cassell. B. Ms. Baker. C. Mr. Langley.
7. Why did the man apologize at the end?
A. He misunderstood what he saw.
B. He wouldn't be able to attend the birthday party.
C. He put his kids' markers on the woman's desk.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why did the woman stay up late last night?
A. To write her paper. B. To take exercise. C. To prepare for an exam.
9. What does the man probably mean at the end?
A. The woman should work harder. B. The woman should leave him alone.
C. The woman's study method is effective.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Who is with the man right now?
A. No one else. B. His wife. C. Another couple.
11. What will the woman bring the man first?
A. Some wine. B. Some hot water. C. Some menus.
12. What might the man discuss with Ralph?
A. What dishes to have. B. What wine to order. C. Where they should sit.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Who took the woman to horse races when she was young?
A. Her grandfather. B. Her father. C. Her dad's friends.
14. What does the woman say about riding a horse?
A. She's never done it before. B. It's a great way to have fun.
C. It's different from racing a horse.
15. How many races will there be today?
A. More than ten. B. Less than five. C. It is unknown.
16. What will the speakers probably do next?
A. Watch a horse race. B. Place money on a horse.
C. Go down onto the track.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When did Mr. Jones join the company?
A. Five years ago. B. Thirty years ago. C. Forty years ago.
18. What was Mr. Jones first promoted to?
A. Office manager. B. Head driver. C. Vice president of operations.
19. How did Mr. Jones get his degree?
A. By paying the fee himself. B. By working part-time.
C. By taking night classes.
20. Why does the woman give the speech?
A. To welcome a new employee. B. To say goodbye to an old co-worker.
C. To congratulate Mr. Jones on his promotion.
二、单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
21. On Sept 3, China held a ________ military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of its victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
A. dynamic B. historical C. massive D. countless
22. Many of us, climate experts warn, seem unable to ________ the potential disasters global warming might bring about.
A. get up to B. wake up to C. live up to D. look up to
23. Where food programs once turned chefs into stars, The Twelve Feng Taste turns stars into chefs. Singer-actor Nicholas Tse ________ it, the reality TV show returned for a second season last month on ZheJiang Television.
A. hosted B. is hosting C. hosts D. hosting
24. ---You have been invited to attend an opening ceremony this weekend, sir.
---I can’t ________ this as I will have something more important to do then.
A. contribute to B. resign to C. sacrifice to D. submit to
25. We are always creating new virtual communication platforms for ourselves, intentionally or unintentionally, _________ we tend to forget our true identity in the real world.
A. which B. what C. where D. that
26. In the lecture, the professor told his students how to write an _________ of a graduate paper, expressing the main argument.
A. account B. application C. address D. abstract
27. I think it is absolutely essential that Robinson _________ his scientific research in spite of some great challenges.
A. will continue B. continue C. continues D. continued
28. At the conference, four speakers gave three different opinions on the present economic situation. One was optimistic, ___________ was pessimistic, but _______ of the others took two-sided views.
A. the other; neither B. the other; either C. another; both D. other; both
29. —What did David demand in the meeting just now?
—________ a chance to join the Debating Club.
A. Being offered B. Having been offered
C. To be offered D. To have been offered
30. Solving these problems, which _________ us from making progress in study, ________ students communicating with teachers and parents.
A. prevents; involves B. prevent; involves C. prevent; involve D. prevents; involve
31. Most of us choose to keep our present jobs, which might not be well-paid, but are stable _________.
A. instead B. therefore C. regardless D. eventually
32. What little money he did have _______ on a vase selected with extreme care which became, to his way of thinking, a possession close to his heart.
A. been spent B. spent C. to spend D. was spent
33. ________ the rising temperature and higher seas wouldn’t have had a direct effect on dinosaurs, they could have played an indirect role in their decline in numbers.
A. Until B. Unless C. While D. Since
34. Netizens turned the weibo account of China’s second richest man into a battlefield debating charity giving after other celebrities publicized their donations. ________ the netizens’ questions, Jack Ma said he was bothered when he owned more than 10 million yuan.
A. In a gesture to B. In honor of
C. In response to D. In association with
35. -- The manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesn’t spend much on technology.
-- I am afraid he won’t realize his dream. You know ________.
A. you can’t eat your cake and have it B. empty vessels make the greatest sound
C. enough is as good as a feast D. two heads are better than one
三、完型填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
In all one’s lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is __36____ oneself that one has the least understanding of. When you are going upwards in life you tend to ___37___ yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your___38___. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself.
To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a realist-aware of both one’s ___39___ and shortages. You may___40___ hopefully to the future but be sure not to ___41___ too much, for ideals can never be fully realized. You may be ___42___ to meet challenges but it should be clear to you ___43___ to direct your efforts. That’s to say, so long as you have a perfect ___44___ of yourself, there won’t be obstacles you can’t overcome.
To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs self-appreciation. ___45___ you think you are a towering tree or a blade of grass, a high mountain or a small stone, you ___46___ a state of nature that has its own reason of existence. If you earnestly ___47___ yourself, you’ll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence. ___48___ you gain full confidence in yourself, you’ll be __49____ to fight and overcome any adversity.
To get a thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when it’s needed. In time of anger, do yourself a favor by giving an ___50___to it in a quiet place so that you won’t be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do yourself a favor by ___51___it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a
good sleep or taking some stimulant. Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life. ___52___you know perfectly well when and how to do yourself a favor, you won’t be confident and ready enough to ___53___ the attack of illness. As you are aware, what a person physically has is but a human body that’s vulnerable when __54____ to the elements. So if you fall ill, it’s up to you to take a good care of yourself.
In a word, to get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full ___55___of one’s life. Then one will find one’s life full of color and flavor.
36. A. permanently B. previously C. precisely D probably
37. A. overlook B. overestimate C. overcome D. overtake
38. A. touch B. range C. limit D. reach
39. A. weaknesses B. disadvantages C. strengths D. limitations
40. A. look up B. look back C. look down D. look forward
41. A. anticipate B. expect C. inspect D. dream
42. A. honest B. comprehensive C. courageous D. delicate
43. A. what B. which C. how D. where
44. A. idea B. knowledge C. system D. acquisition
45. A. When B. Which C. What D. Whether
46. A. represent B. recommend C. regulate D. recover
47. A. adapt B. arouse C. admire D. assess
48. A. As good as B. As soon as C. As far as D. As well as
49. A. advised B. allowed C. enabled D. committed
50. A. outlet B. excuse C. criterion D. solution
51. A. quarreling B. arguing C. sharing D. interacting
52. A. If B. Once C. Since D. Unless
53. A. reject B. restore C. recover D. resist
54. A. expected B. exposed C. experienced D. exported
55. A. credit B. power C. control D. grace
四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
As the Chinese mainland’s first Disney park kicks off ticket sales on Monday, Chinese scalpers are already running a thriving trade in tickets, some of which are being hawked at 1,600 yuan ($246), triple the official price.
A rough search for Shanghai Disneyland tickets on Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao on Sunday yielded some 250 results, with prices ranging from 1 yuan to 1,600 yuan.
"We began to sell tickets about one month ago. You can prepay for tickets which will be delivered by the end of March," one Taobao shop owner told the Global Times on Sunday, claiming that over 1,000 tickets have been sold. Another shop owner claimed that tickets for the coming June, July and August are sold out.
Tourists can book tickets on Shanghai Disneyland Park’s official website, its official WeChat account and at authorized online shops beginning at 12 am on Monday.
Several Taobao shop owners reached by the Global Times on Sunday pledged their tickets’ authenticity. While some explained that they will help customers book tickets when official sales begin, others claimed that they were selling coin certificates that will be exchanged for tickets.
While an ID card check is required for entry to the park, one Taobao shop owner claimed that their tickets will only require a check of visitors’ cell phone numbers and names.
The park has denied selling tickets for "trial operations," after some netizens tried to sell tickets for early access to the park, thepaper.cn reported.
As the first Disney park in the Chinese mainland, Shanghai Disneyland Park is expected to receive a huge number of tourists when it opens to the public on June 16. Many Net users have expressed their hopes to visit the park, which they expect will be cheaper than a trip to Hong Kong, where China’s first Disney park was built.
56. What’s the official price of Shanghai Disney park ticket?
A. 1,600 RMB B. 4,800 RMB C. 534RMB D. 246 RMB
57. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word in Para5?
A. justified B. deduced C. clarified D. guaranteed
58. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. We can search for any related information about Shanghai Disneyland Park on Taobao.
B. Tourists can only purchase Shanghai Disneyland Park tickets on its official website.
C. Some tourists can enjoy “trial operation” tickets to enter Shanghai Disneyland Park earlier.
D. Shanghai Disneyland Park is expected to embrace prosperity after being opened to the public.
B
Today, many species of animals and plants are endangered. This means they are in danger of becoming extinct and living on only in the pages of history books. The famous dodo is a classic example of a creature that became extinct. A flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius, it was discovered by sailors in 1598 but was hunted to extinction by 1681.
Hunting has caused the Bengal tiger and the African elephant to be endangered today but habitat destruction can also lead to extinction. This is equally true for plants. Animals and plants disappear for other reasons too, but the main cause is often a disruption（打乱，破坏） in the natural food chain, whether due to hunting, habitat destruction, or even the introduction of alien species.
The natural food chain is the cycle that governs the existence of all life on this planet. It is a carefully balanced cycle and any imbalance that occurs can cause knock-on effects that have serious consequences. At the beginning of the natural food chain are plants which turn sunlight into energy and draw nutrients from the earth. Plants are called producers.
After the producers come the consumers. There are three tiers of consumers. First are creatures such as plant-eating animals, fish and insects which feed off the producers. These animals that only eat plants are called herbivores. The second tier of consumers are carnivores - animals that live off other animals. The third tier of consumers eats both other animals and plants. These consumers, including most humans, are called omnivores.
After animals and plants die, they become food for other smaller creatures, such as bacteria and some plants, such as fungi. As they feed, these creatures turn the dead bodies back into gases and minerals which are again food for the producers at the beginning of the food chain. And so the cycle continues.
All of nature is connected and governed by hundreds of these delicate food chains and if a single plant in the chain cannot survive, then the insects that live off the plant start to die and the animals that eat the insects also start to die.
When a food chain is disrupted, the consequences can be extremely serious. One estimate suggests that for each plant species that is lost, up to 30 animals and insects may also die out. One wonders how many species were affected by the extinction of the dodo?
Humans can have disastrous effects on food chains. We've already mentioned hunting but now let's look at travel. When people first started to explore the world they took plant and animal species from their home countries and introduced them wherever they went. They didn't realize that by introducing alien species they were disrupting the natural food chains of the areas they discovered. Although there are strict rules in place today controlling the import and export of alien species, some places are still fighting the effects of aliens introduced hundreds of years ago.
For example, Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is a breeding ground for albatrosses that have been nesting there for centuries. But in the 19th century, mice from passing ships were brought to the island. Being a species alien to the island, they had no natural predators and have now grown to such a size that they are attacking and killing albatross chicks. If they are allowed to continue, they will wipe out the albatross population.
With import laws and people's rising awareness of how humans affect the natural environment, hopefully we can learn to fit better into the natural food chains that govern our world. Otherwise we need to accept that the loss of any more plants and animals could eventually mean our own extinction.
59. What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A. Hunting and habitat destruction lead to extinction.
B. Many species of animals and plants are endangered.
C. The main cause of extinction is often a disruption in the natural food chain.
D. Plants and animals become extinct for the same reasons.
60. Which of the following sentence is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Strict rules alone can remove the bad effects of alien species.
B. Plants, herbivores and carnivores are the three tiers of consumers.
C. Animals and plants become extinct because alien species are imported.
D. If a bird becomes extinct, the relevant food chain will be disrupted.
61. By mentioning the mice in Gough Island, the author intends to highlight ______.
A. mice worldwide are growing all the time
B. traveling can have disastrous effects on food chains
C. some places are still fighting the effects of aliens
D. being aliens, they had no natural predators
62. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Survival of the fittest.
B. Endangered animals and plants.
C. How to protect the natural environment.
D. The link between food chains and extinction.
C
What would the holidays be without lots of tiny twinkling lights? Less colorful and festive — but also a lot safer.
From living rooms to front porches across the country, homeowners are stringing millions of lights on Christmas trees or eaves and decorating their windowsills with electric, battery-operated or traditional candles. But according to the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, too many are doing so with little regard to the hazards（危险）. Last holiday season there were about 200 Christmas tree fires in American homes, resulting in 10 deaths and more than $10 million in property loss, the Commission says. Another 14,000 house fires are started yearly by misplaced or mishandled candles, causing 170 deaths and $350 million in property loss. And about 10,000 people are treated at emergency rooms for injuries from falls, cuts or shocks while hanging lights or decorations.
The biggest causes of holiday fires are “candles and live trees”, said Kim Dulic, a Commission spokeswoman. The agency recommends battery-operated candles instead of real or electric, she said, along with fire-resistant artificial trees — or fresh, well-watered trees.
A cut tree is fresh, she said, if the bottom of its trunk is sticky with resin（树脂）and its needles are hard to pull and don’t break when bent. It is too dry if it sheds a shower of needles when bounced on the ground. A harvested tree should be cut about a half inch from the bottom and put in water within no more than three to six hours, said Rick Dungey, the public relations manager of the National Christmas Tree Association, in Chesterfield, Mo. “If you wait any longer, air molecules get in the trunk and they prevent the tree from absorbing water,” Mr. Dungey said,
adding that people should water often and never let the water go below the cut end. Once a Christmas tree dries out, it is an accident waiting to happen, said Lorraine Carli, the communications vice president of the National Fire Protection Association, in Quincy, Mass. If catching fire, the tree can be engulfed in seconds.
The most common cause is electrical — either an overused electrical system or faulty wiring. Brett Brenner, the president of the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI), in Rosslyn, Va., said homeowners should make yearly inspections. “Cracked sockets（插座）, frayed or bare wires and loose connections can cause a serious shock or start a fire,” he said. Use no more than one extension cord per socket, and string no more than three sets of lights together. Wires should not run under carpets or through windows or doors. He said outdoor outlets should be protected by a ground fault circuit interrupter — a breaker that trips with any interruption or problem with the ground wire. (An interrupter usually needs to be installed when an outlet is near or exposed to water; it generally costs less than $10.)
John Drengenberg, the consumer affairs director of Underwriters Laboratories, the testing group in Northbrook, III., said that if lights are certified（标记为）for indoors only, they must not be used outside; those certified for outdoors, however, can be used inside. And what about those who don’t take down their outdoor lights until the wisteria（紫藤花）is in bloom in May? “You should never leave lights up all year round,” Mr. Drengenberg said. “They’re not designed for year-round use.”
63. According to the passage, what is the best choice of Christmas trees?
A. A real tree which is displayed at the shop.
B. An artificial tree with delicate craftsmanship.
C. A real tree whose needles don’t break when bent.
D. An artificial tree that won’t be engulfed immediately.
64. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that .
A. electrical devices for outdoor use are not expensive
B. the ESFI inspects household electrical system annually
C. homeowners do not have the particular electrical knowledge
D. an overloaded electrical system or faulty wiring may lead to disasters
65. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. The accidents during Christmas season.
B. The possible danger of Christmas decoration.
C. The necessary information on safety regulations.
D. The nature of the household hazards at the Christmas season.
D
What will higher education look like in 2050? That was the question addressed Tuesday night by Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University.
“We’re at the end of the fourth wave of change in higher education,” Crow began, arguing that research universities followed the initial establishment of higher education, public colleges, and land-grant schools in the timeline of America.
In less than a half-century, he said, global market competition will be at its fastest rates of change ever, with several multitrillion-dollar economies worldwide. According to a recent projection, the nation’s population could reach 435 million, with a large percentage of those residents economically disadvantaged. In addition, climate change will be “meaningfully uncontrollable” in many parts of the world.
The everyday trends seen today, such as declining performance of students at all levels, particularly in math and science, and declining wages and employment among the less educated, will only continue, Crow maintained, and are, to say the least, not contributing to fulfilling the dream of climbing the social ladder mobility, quality of life, sustainable environment, and longer life spans that most Americans share.
“How is it that we can have these great research universities and have negative-trending outcomes?” Crow said in a talk “I hold the universities accountable. … We are part of the problem.”
Among the “things that we do that make the things that we teach less learnable,” Crow said, are the strict separation of disciplines, academic rigidity, and conservatism, the desire of universities to imitate schools at the top of the social ranks, and the lack of the computer system ability that would allow a large number of students to be educated for a small amount of money.
Since 2002, when Crow started being in charge at Arizona State — which he calls the “new American university” — he has led more than three dozen initiatives that aim to make the school
“inclusive, scalable, fast, adaptive, challenge-focused, and willing to take risks.”
Among those initiatives were a restructuring of the engineering and life sciences schools to create more linkages between disciplines; the launch of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the School of Sustainability; the start of a Teachers College to address K-12 performance and increase the status of the Education Department at the university; and broadened access, increasing the freshman class size by 42 percent and the enrollment of students living below the poverty line by 500 percent.
Universities must start, Crow noted, “by becoming self-reflective architects, figuring out what we have and what we actually need instead of what legend tells us we have to be.” Research universities today have “run their course,” he added. “Now is the time for variety.”
During a discussion afterward, Crow clarified and expanded on some of his points. He discussed, for example, the school’s distance-learning program. “Nearly 40 percent of undergraduates are taking at least one course online,” he said, which helps the school to keep costs down while advancing interactive learning technologies.
He said that Arizona State is working to increase the transfer and completion rates of community-college students, of whom only about 15 percent, historically, complete their later degrees. “We’ve built a system that will allow them to track into universities,” particularly where “culturally complex barriers” beyond finances limit even the most gifted students.
66. The fourth wave of change in America’s higher education refers to _______.
A. public colleges B. land-grant schools
C. initial higher education D. research universities
67. Which is NOT part of the American dream most people share?
A. People enjoy a quality life. B. People live longer and longer.
C. The freedom to move around. D. An environment that is sustainable.
68. Which is an initiative adopted by Crow at Arizona State University?
A. Restructuring the teachers College.
B. Launching the School of Life Sciences.
C. Ignoring the linkages between disciplines.
D. Enrolling more students from poor families.
69. Which one is similar to the underlined word “architect” in meaning?
A. The author of the guidebook is an architect by profession.
B. Deng Xiaoping is one of the architects of the PRC.
C. If you want to refurnish the house, consult the architect.
D. Tom is considered one of the best landscape architect here.
70. With the distance-learning program, Arizona State University is able to ______.
A. enroll 40% of its students online
B. provide an even greater number of courses
C. attract the most gifted students all over the world
D. keep costs down without a loss of quality
第II卷 （非选择题，共35分）
五、任务型阅读
阅读下列短文并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词，每空格1词（共10个小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
It’s no secret that doing good makes others happy – but did you know it can make you happy as well?
According to a study, people participating in meaningful activities were happier and felt that their lives had more purpose than people who only engaged in pleasure-seeking behaviors.
Try giving these four things to others to start your journey to a happier and healthier lifestyle.
1. Your Time
With a busy life, it can be hard to find any time to give away. However, volunteering your time has great benefits, including making new friends and connections, learning new skills and even advancing your career.
According to a paper about the link between health and volunteering, volunteering is connected with lower instances of depression and reduces the risk of dying by 22 percent.
2. Your Attention
Most of us think we’re good listeners, but according to psychologist Paul Donoghue, most people are aware that others don’t listen as well as they could. In addition, they’re not fully aware that they themselves aren’t listening.
When practicing mindfulness meditation(正念禅修), you focus on what you experience in the
moment and let your thoughts and emotions pass through without judgment. Did you know that giving someone your undivided attention helps you also? When done well, active listening strengthens your focus－which is a major part of good meditation.
3. Your Compassion
The psychological meaning of compassion is the ability to understand another person’s emotional state. Compassion differs from empathy(移情) in that those who experience compassion not only put themselves in another person’s shoes, but also want to reduce that person’s suffering.
A brain-imaging study showed that the brain’s pleasure centers are equally active when we give money to the poor as when we receive money ourselves.
4. Your Money
According to an experiment, those who spend money on other people are significantly happier than those who spend the same quantity of money on themselves.
Whether or not you can offer other gifts, donating money helps make real change happen. It represents time spent, compassion and careful attention to the needs of others.
Topic
Doing good makes others and yourself happy
____71____ of a study
People, who ____72___ in meaningful activities were happier and felt that they lived more ___73____ than those only engaged in pleasure-seeking behaviors.
Four things offered to others can __74____ to a happier and healthier lifestyle
Your Time
Benefits:
★Making new friends and connections;
★Learning new skills;
★Making ___75___ in your career.
Your Attention
★Giving someone your ___76___ attention can also help yourself;
★Active listening can strengthen ___77___ is a major part of good meditation.
Your Compassion
★It __78____ people to understand others’ emotional state.
★People with compassion want to reduce others’ sufferings as well.
Your Money
★___79___ the same amount of money, people felt happier while spending on others.
Conclusion
___80___ away money helps make real change happen no matter whether you can offer other gifts or not.
六、书面表达（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard. He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered(蒸蒸日上) under his care. But he knew that his three sons did not like the farm work, and were eager to reach the goal at a single leap.
When the farmer felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.” After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold.” Since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing. The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
【写作内容】
1. 以30个词概括上文的主要内容。
2. 以约120个词就“Dig for it, if you wish it.”的话题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：
①你对这句话的理解。
②试举例说明。
③这个故事给你的启发。
答 案
一、听力 (20*01=20)
1-5 AABCB 6-10 CAACB 11-15 CBBCA 16-20 ABACB
二、单选 (15*1=15)
21-25: CBDDC 26-30: DBCCB 31-35:CDCCA
三、完型 (20*1=20)
36-40 CBDCD 41-45 BCDBD 46-50 ACBCA 51-55 CDDBC
四、阅读理解 (20*1=20)
A篇: CDD B篇: CDBD C篇: CDB D篇: DCDBD
五、任务型阅读 (10*1)
71. Finding(s) 72. participated 73. purposefully 74. lead/contribute 75. progress
76. undivided 77. what 78. helps/enables 79. Despite 80. Giving
七、书面表达 (25)
One possible version：
The story narrates that a dying farmer instructed his three sons to dig for a pot of hidden gold in his orchard, through which they eventually understood their hardworking father’s intention. (31个词)
The story sets me thinking. We should be dedicated to the goal of life. However, it’s not uncommon in our life that there do exist many people who are dying to seek a fortune by virtue of luck rather than through steadfast diligence. Anyway, Rome is not built in one day.
Once a young man, JiaZuosheng, who dropped out of middle school due to poverty, has had an unbelievable craze for English since his childhood. He took his position as a security officer at Tsinghua University, bearing the dream to hone English both at work and during the intervals. Though living in adversity, he eventually realized his dream.
Just as an old saying goes, “You reap what you sow.” It is devotion and perseverance that pay off.
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