本试卷有七道大题，考试时长90分钟，满分90分。
一、单选。本大题共10小题，共10分。
1. —Excuse me. ________ the National Stadium?
—Sure! Go along the street and it’s next to the bank.
A. Would you like to go to B. How far is
C. Is it D. Can you tell me the way to
2. There is a sale ________ today. I want to buy some T-shirts.
A. at B. on C. in D. to
3. —Why are you in such a hurry, Mike?
—There ________ a basketball match in 10 minutes.
A. is going to have B. will be C. will have D. are going to be
4. —Is this your bike?
—No, ________is in my house. Perhaps it’s ________.
A. my; hers B. my; her C. mine; hers D. mine; her
5. I often ________ my homework at home.
A. lose B. forget C. leave D. find
6. Choose me ________ a cleaning monitor and I can make our classroom clean.
A. as B. like C. with D. about
7. —Tim, why are you so happy?
—Well, my parents plan to take me to watch Better Days. I’m ________ it so much.
A. looking for B. searching for C. knocking on D. looking forward to
8. —I’m going to be at home alone during the holiday.
—Don’t be silly! You’re going to come with us.
A. lonely B. with my family C. myself D. along
9. She has to ________ $50 on the dress, But I needn’t ________ for it.
A. pay; spend B. cost; pay C. take; spend D. spend; pay
10. —Can you play ________ piano?
—No, but I can play ________ football.
A. /; the B. the; / C. the; the D. a; a
二、完形填空。本大题共8小题，共16分。
One Mother to Another
On Wednesday evening, our daughter, who was at a boarding school (寄宿制学校) over 200 kilometers away, told us that she had lost her phone when she took part in an activity off campus (校园). We realized that we had little chance of finding it.
The next morning, my phone beeped（哔哔响） loudly. A kind voice announced (宣称) that she had something that belonged to my daughter. I__11__that I lived a three-hour drive away, and told her I would ask a friend to fetch(取) the phone. My daughter had written my number on the inside of her phone’s case—good thinking!
After contacting the people I know who lived near the school, I was out of __12____ —no one could go and __13____the phone, not surprisingly as it was the working day and everyone was busy. I decided to ask the lady to post (邮寄) the phone to my daughter. But when I sent her a text to ask if this would be OK, she replied, “We will __14__it and we’re going to drive down to the boarding school tonight,” To my __15__, this wonderful couple, who had already spent a busy day at work, was making a round trip(还得开回去) on the night, __16____ for returning a phone to a complete stranger. How touching it was!
I gave them directions and they delivered the phone into the hands of my daughter at her boarding house. The only word of an explanation was, “I’ve got children of my own, and I know how a mother __17__. ”
We had thought that the chance of getting back the phone was slim, but we got it back in such a short time. It was a wonderful reminder of the good in the world and how the actions of one person can__18__the world to another.
11. A. suggested B. thanked C. explained D. connected
12. A. date B. luck C. work D. home
13. A. pick up B. carry out C. hand in D. take care of
14. A. find B. show C. miss D. take
15. A. wonder B. surprise C. school D. secret
16. A. especially B. certainly C. quickly D. probably
17. A. cares B. interests C. predicts D. worries
18. A. tell B. face C. mean D. join
三、阅读。本大题共13小题，共32分。
A
Experiencing China
Mike, Canada
I spent three months with my host family (接待家庭) in China. It was a lifetime experience. I was able to experience Chinese living and culture, from basic Tai Chi to Beijing Opera. I even visited a famous traditional Chinese medicine hospital. Now I have a better understanding of Chinese culture.
Joanna, Australia
I stayed with my host family for five months. My host mother is a Chinese teacher and she is really warm-hearted. With her help, my Chinese has improved a lot. And I have got used to a new culture. My favourite part of the experience was sharing my feelings in China with her.
Bill, America
My host mother is a wonderful cook! She makes me all kinds of traditional Chinese dishes. They are tasty and I like them very much. Just like me, my host parents love to learn about different cultures. They often ask me questions about life in America.
Cindy, Germany
Recently I took part in a program to study Chinese. I lived with a host family in China for six months. My host sister is a really hardworking student. It was amazing to see how she made progress in English. And a close relationship has developed between us.
19. Who visited a traditional Chinese medicine hospital?
A. Mike B. Joanna C. Bill D. Cindy
20. How long did Joanna stay with her host family in China?
A. Three months B. Four months C. Five months D. Six months
21. Cindy thinks her host sister is_______.
A. a wonderful cook
B. a responsible doctor
C. a warm-hearted teacher
D. a hardworking student
B
It is believed that Huck Finn is based on (基于) a childhood friend of Mark Twain’s. In fact, Twain was not alone in basing a fictional character (虚构的角色) on a real-life person.
Severus Snape/ John Nettleship
Severus Snape is a skillful wizard(巫师) teaching magic in Harry Potter. The writer, J. K, Rowling, once said that the character was based on a teacher of hers.
The teacher turned out to be John Nettleship, who taught Rowling chemistry. At first, Nettleship felt surprised. “I know I am a strict teacher,” he said. “But I don’t think I am as bad as Snape!” On second thoughts, however, he said that he was so ill-tempered that most of his students avoided（避免） making him mad. Also, he used to wear long hair and have an untidy lab.
That sounds familiar to Harry Potter fans.
Alice/Alice Liddell
Famously, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is based on Alice Liddell.
Carroll was close to the Liddell family. One day, ten-year-old Alice asked Carroll to tell her a new story, Carroll began to create his famous tale of Alice and what happened after she fell through the rabbit hole. The little girl liked the story so much that she asked him to write it down. And the rest is history.
Dill/ Truman Capote
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee based Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote. Capote once said, “Lee was my best friend. Have you ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? I’m a character in that story! The story takes place just in the town where we lived!”
22. Snape and Nettleship are alike（相似） EXCEPT(除了)_______.
A. their jobs B. their looks C. their hobbies
23. Being a character of To Kill a Mockingbird, Truman Capote felt_________.
A. proud B. lost C. sad
24. The text is mainly about________.
A. purposes of writing fictional stories
B. introductions to famous writer’s childhood friends.
C. characters of fictional stories from real-life persons.
C
One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn’t sure of that was on September 11.
I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed（撞击） into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction（反应） was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism.
My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. Couldn’t understand how something this terrible could have happened.
It wasn’t until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy (悲剧). People seem different now more understanding more tolerant （宽容的）. Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short and too precious to let myself get worried over small things. I’ve learned also that you can’t take things for granted(认为……是理所当然的). Things change in the blink of an eye. People go to work and don’t come back. One moment they’re living and the next minute they’re not. And it doesn’t matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.
You try to learn from what happened. You can’t be used up it. You can’t live by it. All you can do is just live,
25. The word “positive” in the passage probably means________.
A. terrible B. bad C. good D. real
26. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?
A. fire starting.
B. A plane flying.
C. A terrible accident.
D. An act of terrorism.
27. From September 11 the writer has realized that ________.
A. he should make the most of every minute he has
B. life is too short to care about others
C. he should get worried about little things
D. he has become less tolerant towards others
28. What’s the best title of this passage?
A. A Report about September 11
B. The Tragedy of September 11
C. September 11 and My Family
D. September 11 and My Turn
D
Most adults show less interest in climate(气候) change than young people. Yet it’s adults who have the power to influence the policies (政策) causing climate change. Now a new study shows that teenagers may be able to raise their parents’ interest in human effects on climate.
In the study, a new curriculum (课程) was used in some schools in coastal North Carolina. The students worked on four activities centered on the connections between climate change and local wildlife. They also took part in a community-based project and interviewed their parents about the changes in weather they had noticed in their lifetimes. To see how attitudes (态度 ) changed as a result of the program, the researchers surveyed (调查) both students and parents at the beginning and the end of the study.
The study shows the students who completed the climate change module cared more about the issue(问题). The effect was even stronger among parents. Experts say the program’s success had a lot to do with how teachers dealt with climate change in the classroom.
“Reading a textbook and completing a worksheet are unlikely to lead students to talk about their day at the dinner table, ” says Martha Monroe, an expert on environmental education at the University of Florida. Instead, the researchers designed hands-on lessons focused on local issues.
For example, one task involved monitoring the weather outside the school and comparing it with historical information about the area.
Those activities may have helped increase parental involvement. “If you can get kids so excited and talking with their parents about what they are learning in schools, parents will want to learn,” says Danielle Lawson, a social scientist and leading researcher of the study. However, she adds, “We are not telling the students what to think or what to say. That way, kids didn’t feel that there was all this responsibility put on them to change their parents’ minds about anything. ”
Lawson is hopeful that kids can boost their parents’ understanding of climate science. “I know how powerful kids can be,” Lawson says. “Kids don’t need a special curriculum to discuss climate change at home. They just need to talk to their parents about what they see going on.”
29. The second paragraph is mainly about
A. how the study was carried out
B. how the activities were designed
C. why a new curriculum was introduced
D. why both students and parents were surveyed
30. What can we learn about the new curriculum from the passage?
A. It developed students’ communication（交际）skills.
B. It focused on lessons about climate change in textbooks.
C. It helped students feel responsible to change their parents.
D. It created more chances for families to talk about climate change.
31. The word “boost” in the last paragraph probably means “________”.
A. check B. express C. improve D. share
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主观题部分
四、阅读短文并填空。本大题共10小题，共10分。
A. 请从下列单词中选择合适的选项，将序号a-f涂在答题纸上。
注意：有一项为多余选项
a. free | b. won’t | c. able | d. will | e. make | f. help |
Daming thinks schools will be different or maybe there__32__be any schools. Everyone will study at home. But Betty thinks school is good fun and students can ____33__friends there. Teachers will check the students’ level and will provide__34__. And computers won’t be____35______ to do that. For Tony, students won’t have a lot of homework to do, but they’ll have a lot of __36__time.
B. 根据上下文填空，每个空格只能填写一个单词
I’d like to be the class monitor. I 37. ________ on well with everyone, classmates and teachers. I work very 38. ________, and I do well at school, I’m 39. _________and I’m always 40. ________to help others. I can even help teachers too. Choose me as your class monitor and I 41. ____________to help YOU!
五、翻译。本大题共2小题，共4分。
42、在机场要小心你的物品，否则可能丢失。(be careful with, or)
43、十年之后，也许学生们将不再使用钢笔，纸或橡皮。 ( maybe, not. . . any more)
六、阅读回答问题。本大题共5小题，共10分。
I live in an apartment with two large beds. I have electricity（电）to cook dinner and charge my phone, I can walk to the store to buy meat, fruit and vegetables. I think I enjoy a comfortable lifestyle. In fact, I believe I’m better off than many people around the world.
However, I always expect something different. For a long time, I had been wondering: What would life be like without all the conveniences（便利）? Last summer, I got a chance to get the answer to that question.
My brother-in-law has a little cabin（小屋）at the top of a hill in Colorado. Staying in that cabin is like going back in time. There is no electricity or running water（自来水）. The room has only two chairs and a wooden bed.
It needed patience and experience to cook with a wood-burning stove. Wood needed to be chopped（砍）for the fire. Timing was everything. Dinner had to be cooked and eaten early so that we could have enough daylight to do the dishes.
But this life without computers, TVs, smartphones and social media turned out to be attractive. There was plenty of time for chatting, hiking and taking in the wonderful scenery. At night, I saw something I hadn’t seen in years: stars.
I also slept better there. My sister was responsible for breakfast. So in the morning, I could wake up to the smell of cooking. And I could enjoy my breakfast with the morning light warming my face.
I left the little cabin with a desire to spend more time doing things I don’t really need technology for. It’s hard to say which is better—a life with all the conveniences or one without. However, I do think those of us living in the modern world should all try enjoying a break from the conveniences.
44. What kind of life does the author usually have?
45. What is the life like in the little cabin?
46. Is it easy to cook with wood?
47. What was the author’s answer to his question?
48. What does the author want to tell us?
七、写作。本大题共8分。
假设你是李华，请你写一篇作文，介绍一下你通常怎样过周末以及就要到来的五一假期你又将打算怎么过。最后请你再描述你对五一假期计划的感受。
提示词语：get up，housework，spend，go out，look forward to
提示问题：1. What do you usually do at weekends?
2. What are you going to do during May Day holiday?
3. How do you feel about your plan of May Day holiday?
参考答案
一、单选。本大题共10小题，共10分。
1. d 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. a 7. d 8. c 9. d 10. b
二、完形填空。本大题共8小题，共16分。
11. C 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. C
三、阅读。本大题共13小题，共32分。
19-21 acd 22-24 cac
25-28 cdab 29-31 abc
四、阅读短文并填空。本大题共10小题，共10分。
32-36 defca
37. get 38. hard 39. kind 40. ready 41. promise
五、翻译。本大题共2小题，共4分。
42. Be careful with your things/belongings, or they will be lost.
43. Maybe in ten years, students won’t use pens, paper or erasers any more.
六、阅读回答问题。本大题共5小题，共10分。
44. Comfortable/convenient /I’m better off than many people around the world.
45. It’s like going back in time. /It’s not convenient.
46. No, it isn’t.
47. Life without all the conveniences turned out to be attractive.
48. He thinks those of us living in the modern world should all try enjoying a break from the conveniences.