英语试卷
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，从每题给出的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。
A
Do you like watching movies? The following movies are coming on soon. Please check and find the
one you like. Click the name of each movie to get more information.
Brahms: The Boy II
Horror | Mystery |Thriller
Soon after a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their only son makes friends with a life-like
doll called Brahms.
Director: William Brent Bell
Stars: Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson, Owain Yeoman, Christopher Convery
Little Joe
Drama | Sci-Fi
Alice, a single mother, is a devoted senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new
species. Against the company policy, she takes one plant home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. The
plant was created by genetic engineering and anyone touching it will become strange.
Director: Jessica Hausner:
Stars: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Conor
The Aeronauts
Action | Adventure I Biography | Romance
Pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) and scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) find themselves
in a hard fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon.
Director: Tom Harper
Stars: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Phoebe Fox
Apparition
Horror | Adventure
A group of young people, guided by an APP that connects the living with the dead, find themselves
at an abandoned castle, a place with a horrific history tied to each of them, for reasons they’ll soon
discover.
Director: Waymon Boone
Stars: Mena Suvari, Kevin Pollak, Megan West, Jon Abrahams
21. What can we learn about Brahms: The Boy II?
A. William Brent Bell is in charge of it.
B. Brahms can live a life as a man does.
C. The audience may be amused by the movie.
D. The story was created by William Brent Bell.
22. Which movie will be favored by a science fiction lover?
A. Brahms; The Boy II. B. The Aeronauts.
C. Apparition. D. Little Joe.
23. What do Brahms: The Boy II and Apparition have in common?
A. They are liked by teenagers.
B. Their plots are both horrible.
C. They are played by young actors.
D. Their characters all behave strangely.
B
Something strange happened when I was 14 years old. Every previous year on Thanksgiving Day
I’d woken up early, filled with excitement. But that Thanksgiving, for some reason I saw no reason
to celebrate. None of my family were really thankful, I realized. The whole thing was a lie!
During the dinner time, I left, hiding in the guest room and cried. My mom came to see what was
wrong. “No one is really thankful!” I sobbed, “They just pretend for one day because that’s what
they’re supposed to do!”
After I finished talking, she nodded. “You’re right,” she told me. “It’s fake until you find the truth
for yourself.” She said it was my choice whether to celebrate with them or not. She said
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect because we don’t always get to see loved ones and eat a good meal.
Then she left.
I didn’t listen to her, thinking that every holiday was a lie and I could never find joy celebrating
again. But giving in to my starving stomach, I went back to the dining room in a few minutes. I
couldn’t believe what I saw. My entire extended family was waiting for me with wide smiles and
concerned looks, and the table was covered with untouched plates.
“Andy,” my aunt said, “We can’t eat without you. We’re waiting for your turn. Now you can start
it.” I didn’t know what to say first. Finally, I said I was thankful for having a younger brother to
teach, play with, and see grow.
The family shared, and everyone had something beautiful to say. Listening to what they said, I
suddenly understood what my mom meant about finding out my own reason for celebrating. For me,
this holiday was a chance to pause and reflect on everything I cared about.
And with that, I took a huge and satisfying bite of food.
24. Why did the author hide himself and cry on the Thanksgiving Day?
A. Because he got up too late
B. Because some of his family were absent.
C. Because he thought the dinner was tasteless.
D. Because he doubted the sincerity of others’ thankfulness.
25. What can we know about the author’s mother according to the text?
A. She is very understanding. B. She is strict with the author.
C. She disagreed with the author. D. She showed great worry about the author.
26. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. Having dinner. B. Expressing thankfulness.
C. Giving a performance. D. Making a wish.
27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. My loving mother B. Love and lies
C. An inspiring Thanksgiving D. An unforgettable dinner
C
Recently according to a new research, humans have had a link to starches (含淀粉的食物) for up
to 120,000 years — that’s more than 100,000 years longer than we’ve been able to plant them in the
soil during the time of the ice Age’s drawing to an end. The research is part of an ongoing study into
the history of Middle Stone Age communities.
An international team of scientists identified evidence of prehistoric starch consumption in the
Klasies River Cave, in present-day South Africa. Analyzing small, ashy, undisturbed hearths(壁炉)
inside the cave, the researchers found “pieces of burned starches” ranging from around 120,000 to
65,000 years old. It made them the oldest known examples of starches eaten by humans.
The findings do not come as a complete surprise — but rather as welcome confirmation of older
theories that lacked the related evidence. The lead author Cynthia Larbey said that there had
previously only been genetic biological evidence to suggest that humans had been eating starch for
this long. This new evidence, however, takes us directly to the dinner table, and supports the
previous assumption that humans’ digestion genes gradually evolved in order to fit into an increased
digestion of starch.
Co-author Sarah Wurz said, “The starch remains show that these early humans living in the
Klasies River Cave could battle against their tough environment and find suitable foods and perhaps
medicines. And as much as we all still desire the tubers (块茎), these cave communities were gilling
starches such as potatoes on their foot-long hearths. They knew how to balance their diets as well as
they could, with fats from local fish and other animals.”
As early as the 1990s, some researchers started to study the hearths in the Klasies River Cave.
Scientist Hilary Deacon first suggested that these hearths contained burned plants. At the time, the
proper methods of examining the remains were not yet available. We now know human beings have
always been searching for their desired things.
28. When did humans begin to farm starches?
A. After the Ice Age. B. After the Middle Stone Age.
C. About 20,000 years ago. D. About 100,000 years ago.
29. What was the previous assumption of starches?
A. Starch diet promoted food culture. B. Starch diet shaped humans’ evolution.
C. Starches had a variety of functions. D. Starches offered humans rich nutrition.
30. What can we learn about the early humans described by Sarah Wurz?
A. They were smart and tough. B. They preferred plants to meat.
C. They were generally very healthy. D. They got along with each other.
31. What’s the best title for the text?
A. Great Civilization of South Africa B. The Evolution of Foods in History
C. Starches--the Important Food of Today D. Big Findings--the Starches in Ancient Times
D
A book is so much more than mere ink and paper. So insist French booksellers, who for nearly
four decades successfully persuade the government to keep the forces of the free market at bay. A
law passed in 1981 bans the sale of any book at anything other than the price decided by its
publisher. Authorities are cracking down on those trying to sell the latest Thomas Piketty or J.K
Rowling at a discount.
The fixed-price rule is meant to keep customers loyal to their local bookshop and out of the
control of supermarkets and corporations. But the arrival of e-commerce and e-readers has promoted
questions worthy of their own tomes(大部头著作). Can you fix the price of a book if it is part of an
all-you-can-read subscription service? Are audio-books books at all? And what of authors who
self-publish?
Changes have been made to preserve the principle of “one book, one price”. In 2011, the rule
began to apply to digital tomes. Free delivery by online sellers was prohibited because it implied a
subsidy(补贴) on the delivered books (encouraging online sellers to charge only €0.01 for postage).
But a new challenge to the policy is proving more difficult to deal with.
Used books are exempted from the pricing rule. Third-party sellers on Amazon are accused of
using this as a way to apply forbidden discounts: selling brand-new books as “second hand” to make
them cheaper. So fans can purchase a copy of the latest Michel Houellebecq novel Serotonine for
11.71 pounds on Amazon, roughly half of its original price. Its seller claims it is in “perfectly new”
condition.
Amazon claims its practices are legal. But books sellers are upset, and their political allies with
them. “This is a major concern,” said Franck Riester, the culture minister, at a bookseller’s
conference this week. He says new laws may be needed.
Defenders of the fixed-price principle (which has spread to other parts of Europe) say it helps
keep independent bookshops alive. Others are not so sure. Books are expensive in France — an odd
way to encourage people to buy more.
32. What was the function of the law passed in 1981?
A. To stop publishers from publishing poor books.
B. To prevent the random price of books in the market.
C. To help book consumers benefit from the free market.
D. To encourage French booksellers to sell cheaper books.
33. What’s implied about the arrival of e-commerce and e-readers in Paragraph 2?
A. It greatly changed people’s reading habits.
B. It challenged the principle of “one book, one price”.
C. It weakened the ties between publishers and authors.
D. It provided local booksellers with some new opportunities.
34. What does the underlined part “are exempted from” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. are involved in. B. are threatened by. C. are consistent with. D. are unrestricted by.
35. What is Franck Riester’s attitude towards those third-party sellers’ practices on Amazon?
A. He is hopeful of them. B. He is uncertain of them.
C. He disapproves of them. D. He is indifferent to them.
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。
Every life-changing decision we make in our life shapes our current reality. Let’s talk about a few
ways that you can use for reference when making your own life-changing decisions.
Realize the power of decision making. Before you start making a decision, you have to understand
what a decision does. 36 When you decide to pick up a cigarette to smoke it, that decision
might result in your picking up one after one later on to get that same high feeling.
Carry your decision out. It’s pointless to make a decision and just keep it in your head. 37
If you want to make real changes in life, you have to apply action to your decision until it’s
completed.
Tell others about your decisions. Telling other people what we’re going to do can make us follow
through. For example, if you decide to become an early riser, you can go to a forum and tell people
that you will wake up at 6 a.m. and keep on it. 38
Learn from your past decisions. It’s common that you are going to mess up at times when it comes
to making decisions. 39 Ask yourself what is good or bad about your decision and what you
will do to make a better decision next time.
40 For example, if you made the decision to lose ten pounds by next month through
aerobics (有氧运动). You don’t have to just do aerobics. You can be open to losing weight through
different methods of dieting as long as it helps you reach your goal in the end.
A. Maintain a flexible approach.
B. Enjoy the process of making decisions.
C. That’s the same as not making a decision at all.
D. It always takes a lot of time to make a decision.
E. Any decision that you make causes a chain of events to happen.
F. So, instead of beating yourself up over it, learn a lesson from it.
G. You’re able to accomplish this because you feel it an obligation to keep your word.
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；每小题 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。
I had worked for long at the same dead-end job with no pay increases. So I was considering 41
the profession when being offered the job of Office Manager for a company that had been 42 for
long. My job would be to change the situation, which meant organizing the office and turning the
company profitable.
The 43 knew that would be no easy task, so he offered me a good salary. And I 44 it.
Later, my husband joined me and became my 45 . With our efforts together, our company became
profitable. So I was 46 , becoming State Manager with a big salary increase. As our income
increased, so did our 47 . My husband and I moved into a large, beautiful home with great
furniture and 48 two beautiful cars. To all appearances, we were living the American Dream.
Later, 49 the downturn in the economy, the company reorganized and my 50 was removed,
and so was my husband’s. 51 , we got new ones, but made minimum wages. We had to move into
a tiny apartment. It was 52 . I measured personal success by how many expensive things I 53 .
Without them, I felt unimportant and unsuccessful.
Unexpectedly, our loss later turned out to be a(n) 54 . It forced us to come to a complete stop
and 55 what we really wanted out of life. We realized that to keep that company afloat, we had
been so 56 every day that we had sacrificed time that should have been spent with our family and
friends. We had 57 important births, graduations and weddings. We knew we needed a change.
Now — years later — we are living a more 58 life. Our home is modest; 59 , it’s fully paid for.
We don’t have many things that need dusting -- only the necessities. Now we are truly living and
60 the American Dream.
41. A. leaving B. regulating C. recommending D. observing
42. A. operating B. consulting C. struggling D. advocating
43. A. partner B. boss C. customer D. employee
44. A. handled B. recognized C. honored D. accepted
45. A. colleague B. competitor C. doctor D. barber
46. A. hired B. comforted C. promoted D. prepared
47. A. experiences B. connection C. spending D. savings
48. A. lent B. changed C. discovered D. purchased
49.A. due to B. regardless of C. in case of D. in comparison to
50. A. allowance B. position C. chance D. office
51. A. Initially B. Apparently C. Gradually D. Luckily
52. A. amusing B. discouraging C. boring D. surprising
53. A. designed B. possessed C. sorted D. donated
54. A. blessing B. surprise C. explanation D. memory
55. A. ignore B. abandon C. consider D. give
56. A. confident B. confused C. joyful D. occupied
57. A. remembered B. missed C. mentioned D. loved
58. A. boring B. demanding C. privileged D. relaxed
59. A. however B. instead C. therefore D. meanwhile
60. A. expecting B. reporting C. enjoying D. replacing
第二节 （共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Haven’t you always wondered why the beginning and the end of the present school year don’t line
up with the calendar year? Well, (61) _____ answer might surprise you: the school year actually
(62)____ (date) back to the time when the farming schedule took (63) ____ (prior) over everything
else — even schooling.
Farming can only be done in spring, summer, and fall. Families needed kids’ help, so their
schooling took place in the colder months (64) ____ nothing could be planted or harvested. Thus
kids could help with farm duties during busy seasons.
Large cities operated (65) ___ (different). Because people there didn’t rely on farming (66) _____
(earn) a living, kids could go to school all year round and take a few short vacations throughout.
When education started to become more valuable in society, much (67) ____ (strict) rules had to
be made so that there would be more uniformity in the school system. In 1852, Massachusetts
became the first state to enact a compulsory public law, making it compulsory (68) ____ both rural
areas and urban areas to offer schooling. Parents (69) _____ (fine) if they didn’t send children to
schools.
Shortly after Massachusetts enacted the law, a compromise (70) ____ (make) between urban and
rural school systems let the school year start in the fall so kids could help with farming during the
summer.
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
处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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。
I’ve just moved to a new city, where means I’ve had to study in a new school. I’m fearful that I
will lose the track of my old friends, so I decide to keep touch with them by joining a social network.
Therefore, my father doesn’t agree with me. He insisted that I should make several new friends near
where I live now. Their words make me feel confusing. After a second thought, I still think it is
unwise to losing old friends. As an old saying going, “Old friends and old wine are best.” I do
believe they are of great significant in my life.
第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）
假如你是班长李华，你们班的外教 Smith 最近生病住院了,请代表你们班的同学给他写封慰
问信，内容包括:
1. 表示难过; 2. 感谢他的付出; 3. 希望给他一些帮助。
注意:
1. 词数:100 左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Smith,
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Yours，
Li Hua
答案
阅读理解 21-23 ADB 24-27 DABC 28-31 CBAD 32-35 BBDC
36-40 ECGFA
完形填空 41-60 ACBDA CCDAB DBBAC DBDAC
语法填空 61- 65 the dates priority when differently
66-70 to earn stricter for would be fined made
短文改错
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书面表达
Dear Smith,
We’re sorry to hear you’re ill and have been in hospital for several days. We miss
you a lot. You’re a great teacher -- humorous and warmhearted. In your class, you
always motivate us to interact with you. And you’re willing to spare your time to
communicate with us in English, which has greatly improved our oral English. We
appreciate what you’ve done for us and have regarded you as our friend.
Now we’d like to do something for you, like bringing you food and borrowing books
for you. We really hope you can recover soon. If there’s anything that we can do for
you, please let us know.
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
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