本试卷有三道大题，考试时长90分钟，满分100分。
一、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共20分）
During my second year in high school, I got sick and missed a few days. When I __1__, I was greeted with two essays due, three days of math and history homework, plus several tests. 2____ I went home from school that day exhausted, I had to stay up really late to finish them all.
The next day at school, I got a rude awakening: I’d totally forgotten to prepare for the __3__on Romeo and Juliet, which I’d take __4____ my lunch hour! Worse still, I had __5____ the in-class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom (厄运). All I could do was try to __6____ on the questions I didn’t know.
As it turned out, I didn’t know the majority of the questions. I was just about to give __7__when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I 8____ down and there in full view lay the answer sheet for the test! What good fortune! I can kiss good-bye to all my __9____ of failing the test! My heart started beating, and my brain __10__, Yes! Read over the answers—quickly! This was quickly followed by another voice, Not! You’ll get caught! My mind turning back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No! … This went on for ten of the __11__seconds in my entire life.
Finally, I decided to finish the test on my own, without __12__! I was satisfied with my decision but pretty __13____ I had failed the test.
The next day when I walked into the English room, my great joy of having been an __14__soul changed into a wave of doom as I saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me. I stared at it a few seconds before I got up the __15____ to turn it over.
You can only imagine my __16____ when I learned that I had passed the test! I have never in my whole life been so happy to see my __17__, a C-.
My mom says the victories that __18____ the most courage are won within. Now I know 19____ what she means. Now not only can my conscience (良心) rest easy, but I don’t have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad __20____ like Romeo and Juliet.
1. A. arrived B. appeared C. returned D. finished
2. A. If B. Although C. Until D. Because
3. A. test B. essay C. play D. lecture
4. A. by B. upon C. toward. D. over
5. A. lost B. carried C. missed D. dropped
6. A. depend B. guess C. agree D. improve
7. A. in B. off C. out D. away
8. A. wrote B. settled C. calmed D. looked
9. A. boredom B. worries C. loneliness D. tiredness
10. A. chanted B. warned C. persuaded D. whispered
11. A. longest B. saddest C. coldest D. fastest
12. A. suffering B. checking C. thinking D. cheating
13. A. annoyed B. regretful C. certain D. relieved
14. A. open B. honest C. optimistic D. energetic
15. A. nerve B. wisdom C. intention D. encouragement
16. A. anxiety B. fear C. shock D. appreciation
17. A. paper B. credit C. rate D. grade
18. A. find B. put C. take D. gain
19. A. exactly B. gradually C. willingly D. seemingly
20. A. film B. ending C. fact D. love
二、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
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So what is rewilding?
Imagine our natural homes growing instead of shrinking. Imagine species (物种) diversifying instead of declining. That’s rewilding. Rewilding is ecological restoration. Rewilding offers hope for wildlife, humans and the planet.
Why is rewilding important and necessary?
● Our natural ecology is broken. The places where you would expect wildlife to exist have been reduced to wet deserts. The seabed has been destroyed and there have been no living creatures any more.
● Our wildlife is disappearing. Many wonderful species have declined over the past century. We’ve lost more of our large animals than any European country.
● We need keystone species. These vital species, including top predators(食肉动物), drive ecological processes. Their loss has worsened our living systems.
● Nature looks after us. Good natural ecology can provide us with clean air and water, prevent flooding and store carbon. Rewilding can leave the world in a better state than it is today.
What are challenges?
As a long-term project, our “rewilding britain” has its challenges. Many people are not interested, because we have got used to the lack of native forests. Many farmers oppose the idea. They thought it a crazy idea to bring back predators because they would start killing farm animals. It takes time to educate them. Above all, we need money! So we need your help!
Make a donation.
Help us bring back living systems and restore wild nature!
With your help we can…
● Open up new chances for rewilding and push for change.
● Develop tools to educate, influence and spread the word.
Thanks for your support.
21. Which of the following is the result of rewilding?
A. A lot of animals disappear. B. Species become various.
C. Environments are destroyed. D. Natural disasters happen regularly.
22. According to the passage, one of the challenges at present is _____________.
A. farmers’ disagreement B. a lack of volunteers
C. people’s doubts D. a shortage of time
23. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To convince people to change their mind.
B. To warn people of the natural ecology.
C. To call on people to give money.
D. To introduce a new project.
B
A Teenage Inventor
The world could be one step closer to quick and inexpensive Ebola detection thanks to a teenager from Connecticut.
Olivia Hallisey, a junior at Greenwich High School, was awarded $50,000 in the Google Science Fair for her new method that detects Ebola, a virus that causes bleeding from different parts of the body and usually causes death. Olivia’s method is to ask patients to put their saliva (唾液) onto a testing card. The card changes color if the person is catching Ebola. Present Ebola tests take up to 12 hours and cost $1,000. Olivia’s method, however, can be done just in 30 minutes for about $25. Besides, the sample (样本) doesn’t have to be put in a refrigerator thanks to the silk material Olivia uses to produce the testing cards.
Olivia was inspired to deal with this global problem after watching the news that more than 10,000 people died from Ebola in West Africa. She was particularly worried about the fact that, while the acts of involvement can improve survival rates, present detection methods are costly, time-consuming and require complex tools. Olivia got help from her science research teacher. She drew out directions from past research, and figured out detection systems that have proven to work with other diseases, including Lyme disease and yellow fever.
“What affects one country affects everyone,” Olivia told CNBC. “We have to work together to find answers to the huge challenges which cause harm to the global health.” The Connecticut’s teen, who hopes to become a doctor one day, was named the Google Science Fair winner in the competition of 20 competitors from across the globe. The fair is open to young people between the ages of 13 and i8 in most countries.
Olivia hopes her success will inspire other girls interested in science and computers. “I would just encourage girls to try it in the beginning, and remind them that they don’t have to feel naturally drawn or feel like they have a special talent for maths or science,” she told CNBC, “but just really look at something they are interested in and then think how to improve something or make it more enjoyable or relate it to their interests.”
24. According to the passage, present Ebola detection methods _____________.
A. must use a large amount of samples
B. may detect other deadly viruses as well
C. have proven to be ineffective in practice
D. require samples to be kept in refrigerators
25. What can we learn about Olivia’s method?
A. Time-consuming. B. Out-of-date. C. Complex. D. Cheap.
26. What does the underlined word “drawn” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. Admitted. B. Controlled. C. Attracted. D. Exposed.
27. The Google Science Fair is intended for _____________.
A. scientists B. students C. inventors D. doctors
C
While you may think that being smart and talented would logically make someone successful in running a business, unfortunately, this is often not the case.
This problem starts back in school when the stressful “group projects” are first assigned. The smartest don’t want to risk their grade in the class by dividing the work equally and hoping that an average student does his part well. They just take over and do the whole project themselves.
And thus begins the smart-people work cycle. The smartest people do just about everything better than most everyone else until it comes to running a business. They are not better, they are screwed. A smart person who can’t stand someone else doing a job badly does everything himself. Then, he is stuck with the one-man band “job-business” and ends up not being able to grow. However, it is quite interesting and strange that some slackers are better suited to be a business leader than the “smart” people. They figured out early on to surround themselves with smart people who would do the work that they themselves don’t want to do.
Smart and talented people often have a gift for the unusual, complicated or different. They don’t like to follow the KISS principle (keep it simple, stupid), which is required to make a business succeed. Maybe you think the global presence of McDonald’s complex, but in reality, in the company, every single task is broken down into easy-to-follow steps and everything has been standardized. These successful companies have just a few smart enough people to run the majority of the tasks in a way that can’t be screwed up by their average employees. So, being smart or talented isn’t going to help you unless you can use those smarts to figure out a way to simplify those tasks that will make a business successful.
Another issue with the smart people starting businesses is that they often have the most to lose. The smarter you are, the more options you have available to you. You will be able to make a lot of money in various fields and have room in your career to become promoted. This means that when you start a business, you have a lot more to risk than those who are not equally smart. This is often referred to as the “golden__handcuffs”__dilemma.
So, don’t be surprised when the person “Most Likely to Succeed” from high school ends up as an employee and it is one average student that finds success in his or her own business.
28. In group work, smart students often take over the whole project because they believe _____________.
A. the work is not divided equally
B. the group projects are too stressful
C. they can perform better than others
D. average students are unwilling to participate
29. McDonald’s is used as an example to prove that _____________.
A. a business calls for smart people’s talent
B. average employees can perform complex tasks
C. smart people are important for a successful business
D. simplified tasks are required for the success of a business
30. The underlined expression in Paragraph 5 refers to the situation where smart people _____________.
A. have fewer options in a company
B. risk more when starting businesses
C. are unwilling to put money to a business
D. can have a good income in many different fields
31. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Bases for Business
B. Potentials for Success
C. Talent Means Successful Business?
D. The Ordinary Achieve Bigger Success?
D
A generation of parents raised according to the permissive principles of postwar childcare experts is rediscovering the importance of saying “No” to their children. They are beginning to reclaim the house as their own. Even spanking (打屁股) is back.
While today’s parents do not want to return to the Victorian era (时代)—when children were seen, spanked, but not heard—there is a growing acknowledgement that the laissez-faire approach produced a generation of children running rings around puzzled parents struggling to restore order.
Janthea Brigden, a trainer with Parent Network, says: “The problem is that parents don’t want all that controlling things. What they want is to be able to discipline (管教) their children through teaching and encouraging.”
According to Steve Biddulph, the author of More Secrets of Happy Children, the permissive era was often just an excuse to ignore children. He believes discipline involves firm but friendly teaching and does not need to involve punishment. He teaches a method called “stand and think”, where a child is helped to figure out what is wrong and how to get it right. Mr. Biddulph understands parents using spanking, but he is against it. “The happiest children are those who know Mum and Dad are in charge. As children grow into their teens, more negotiation can take place, such as: Prove you can be home safely by 11pm, and we might let you stay out till midnight.”
“There is no good evidence that an occasional, properly administered spanking is harmful in any way.” says John Rosemond, an American who has won a huge following by calling for “parent power”. It is pure nonsense to believe that restricting children to their room as a punishment could make them have negative feelings about the room and cause sleep problems.
Mr. Rosemond tracks the overturning of traditional family values to the end of the Second World War. He blames the change of the American family into a child-centered, self-respect-oriented (以……为导向) unit on psychologists and social workers, who for 30 years have weakened traditional approaches. Previous generations of American parents raised children not by the book, but by self-evident truth, he says. Children__should__be__seen__and__not__heard.__If__you__make__your__bed,__you’ll__have__to__lie__in__it. He says that those phrases contain time-honored understanding and principles that helped children to develop what we refer to as the “three Rs” of parenting: respect, responsibility and resourcefulness.
32. Which is closest to the meaning of the underlined word “laissez-faire” in the second paragraph?
A. Let it be. B. Go for it. C. Get it right. D. Take it easy.
33. If his child did something wrong, Steve Biddulph would _____________.
A. give him a good beating
B. lock him up in a dark room
C. ask him to stand in a corner for hours
D. help him find out the problem and solution
34. By mentioning the underlined part in the last paragraph, Mr. Rosemond _____________.
A. blames parents for ignoring children’s rights
B. reminds parents to communicate more with children
C. encourages parents to involve children more in family affairs
D. explains how previous generations of parents raised children
35. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Differences between parents of different times.
B. Different opinions on ways of parenting.
C. The best way to discipline children.
D. The causes of discipline problems.
三、基础知识（本大题共50分）
第一节 语法填空：在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
In 1871, when she was 12 years old, Florence Kelley’s father took her to a Pennsylvania glass factory __36____ (show) her the wonders of America’s factories. When she went inside, she 37______ (see) small children working with the pots __38____ were full of acid. She later learned that there were over one million children __39____ (work) in hot, crowded and unsafe factories. The work was so dangerous that by 1871 over ten thousand kids __40__(injure). In 1889, Kelly knew she had to do something. She wrote a book __41____ (call) Our Toiling Children, __42____appealed to people not to buy goods __43____ (make) by child workers. Kelly started giving speeches and writing reports Within a few years she became famous; everyone knew her as the defender and leader __44____ child labor. In 1893, Kelly fought for and won a new law in Illinois, which said it would be __45____ (legal) for any factory to employ under-14s and created a new position—Chief Factory Inspector to make sure everyone followed the law.
B
The Great Barrier Reef is one of Earth’s greatest natural wonders. It’s the __46____ (large) system of coral reefs in the world, stretching more than 1,400 miles along the east coast of Australia. The colourful underwater habitat provides food and shelter to __47____ (count) marine (海生的) animals. But in March 2016, scientists flying over the reef were alarmed by __48____ they saw—coral bleaching (变白). It’s a warning sign that the reef is in serious trouble. Experts say rising ocean temperatures are mostly __49____ (blame). Scientists say bleaching is becoming more widespread as oceans get __50____ (warm) as part of global climate change. Some corals can recover from bleaching as the water __51____ (cool) in winter, but that is getting less likely as winter ocean temperatures rise too. Last year, more than 65 percent of the corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef __52____ (die). Reefs worldwide suffer from __53____ (pollute), overfishing, and other dangers, but scientists say one of the biggest __54__(threaten) is climate change. They predict that nearly 90 percent of all reefs __55____ (disappear) by 2050.
第二节 根据首字母和释义填单词补全句子，注意形式变化。写完整的单词。
56. Emma b_____________ over to pick up the coins. (to move the top part of your body downward and forward)
57. Influenced by the new policy, the number of overseas students d_____________ from 210 to 160 last year. (to become less in amount, size, or intensity)
58. The hero’s appearance on the p_____________ was greeted with a burst of applause. (a stage that people stand on when they make speeches or give a performance)
59. Employees can get bored when they are not doing something they are p_____________ about. (having or showing strong feelings of enthusiasm for sth or belief in sth)
60. All glass bottles which can’t be refilled can be r_____________. (to treat things that have already been used so that they can be used again)
61. Fed up with the routine work, she finally s_____________ to another job. (to change or make something change from one thing to another)
62. Attractive p_____________ can help to sell products. (the container or covering that something is sold in)
63. The small village was completely d_____________ by the storm. (to damage sth so badly that it no longer exists, works, etc.)
64. The bedroom is twice the l_____________ of the kitchen. (the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side)
65. He is a good speaker who is skilled in c_____________ the audience with inspiring ideas and practical examples. (to cause someone to believe firmly in something or persuade sb. to do it)
第三节 根据中文提示用恰当的短语补全句子。
66. Only 40% of 5-year-olds _____________ preschool education. (有机会接受)
67. Teenagers easily _____________ themselves just because of heating too much discouraging words from their parents. (失去信心)
68. I have completely _____________ getting up early. (习惯于)
69. He has _____________ training because of severe injuries. (退出)
70. The movie we wanted to see was sold out so we _____________ a different one. (最终看了)
71. The girls in the volleyball team _____________ and didn’t once go back home in two years’ time. (全身心投身于训练)
72. What the professor said in the lecture about the environmental protection ____________.(有道理)
73. The whole village _____________ being wiped out by the earthquake. (有风险，有危险)
74. In order to reduce plastic waste, some countries in the world has _____________ plastic bags. (废除，取消，结束)
75. The doctor told him to ________________ on his drinking and do a 20-minute workout every day. (减少)
第四节 书面表达
假设你是红星中学高二(1)班学生李华，你们学校英语俱乐部将举行一次以”环境保护”为主题的活动，请你给外教John写一封邀请信，邀请他参加此次活动。邀请信的内容包括：
1. 活动介绍(包括时间、地点、具体流程等)；
2. 选择该主题的原因；
3. 希望外教在活动中做的事情。
注意：1. 词数不少于50；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear John,
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Yous,
Li Hua
【试题答案】
完形填空
1-20 CBADC BADBD ADCBA CDCAB
阅读理解
21-35 BAC DDCB CDBC ADDB
语法填空
36. to show 46. largest
37. saw 47. countless
38. that/which 48. what
39. working 49. to blame
40. had been injured 50. warmer
41. called 51. cools
42. which 52. died
43. made 53. pollution
44. against 54. threats
45. illegal 55. will disappear
单词填空
56. bent 61. switched
57. decreased 62. packaging/packets
58. platform 63. destroyed
59. passionate 64. length
60. recycled 65. convincing
短语填空
66. have access to 71. were totally committed to training
67. lose confidence in 72. makes sense/made sense
68. got used to 73. was at risk of/was in danger of
69. dropped out of 74. done away with
70. ended up seeing 75. cut down