1、Section Learning about Language.单词拼写1He flew to Europe via the North P ole .2As soon as Id got through customs (海关)I felt at home.3Her parents are both socialists (社会主义者)4He reported on the whole event to the vice (副的)primer.5Go straight ahead and turn left at the second crossing (十字路口)6The possibil
2、ity that she might be wrong never even occurred to her.7There were over 500 applicants (申请人)for the job.8My little nephew (侄子)is very naughty.完成句子1艾丽丝似乎根本不来参加晚会。 It seems that Alice is not coming to the party at all.2据报道中国又成功地发射了一颗人造地球卫星进入轨道。 It is reported that China has sent another manmade earth
3、satellite into orbit.3你是赢是输都无所谓。It doesnt matter whether you win or lose .4他们有可能提前完成任务吗? It is possible that they may complete the task ahead of time?5今日的中国不再是过去的中国了。China is no longer what she used to be .完形填空Many years ago, when I was in high school and working on weekends, I lost my wallet.After
4、1.B my old car, I paid, and left my wallet at the gas station.I hadnt 2.B had time to realize I had lost it when my phone rang.A man 3.C if I had lost my wallet.I 4.D my purse and to my horror,I had.He asked me to 5.B him what was in it.I did so.He then told me 6.A to pick up my wallet.When I 7.C hi
5、s house, I noticed a wheelchair and the ramp (坡道)going up to the house.I thought that it might have been 8.D for him to lower his body and 9.B my wallet.I knocked on the 10.A and he told me to come in.I thanked him for finding my wallet.While I didnt want to insult (侮辱)him by offering 11.C,I really
6、felt like offering something. 12.D I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his 13.B,and he said“Just pass it on”I said I would be 14.Ato do that.I was raised to be honest in any case and I would have done so, 15.C promising this fellow I would,but I wanted to repay his kindness,so I 16
7、.D I would.10 years later I found a 17.A lying on the ground.It took me several days to find the 18.D.He lived in another state, about 60 miles away from where I found the wallet.When he called me back,we 19.B to meet,so I could return his wallet.He was actually 20.C all his money was still in the w
8、allet and he tried to hand me a $20 bill.I told him“ Thanks, but just pass it on”文章大意:作者丢失了自己的钱包,一位好心的残疾人捡到之后主动交给了作者,当作者提出要感谢这位残疾人时,这位残疾人只说了一句话:“把这个传统延续下去。”作者在以后的生活中一直是这样做的。1AburningBfueling Cselling Drepairing解析:根据此句的“at the gas station”可知作者是开车去加油了。2Ajust Beven Cnever Dalways解析:作者丢失了钱包是一件糟糕的事情,更坏的是
9、如果不是别人打电话来,他连自己丢失了钱包的事情也不知道。3Atelegraphed Bdoubted Casked Dknew解析:按照常理,对方捡了一个钱包肯定会问作者是不是丢了一个钱包。4Abought Btook Cstored Dchecked解析:前面提到作者根本不知道自己丢了钱包,因此对方提出此问题时,他核实了一下自己是否丢了钱包。5Acover Btell Cfetch Drefuse解析:对方想弄清楚作者是不是钱包的真正主人,因此他要作者说出钱包里有什么。6Awhere Bwhen Cwhy Dwhether解析:对方告诉作者在哪里可以领到自己的钱包。7Aexamined Ba
10、ppreciated Creached Dvisited解析:这里是强调作者到达了(reach)对方的家中。8Atired Banxious Ceasy Ddifficult解析:作者看到了轮椅和坡道,因此他判断这个人很可能是一个残疾人,因此作者想到对于一个残疾人来说要拾起一个钱包是一件非常困难的事情。9Agive up Bpick up Chold up Dtake up解析:pick up意为“拾起”,这个意思和语境相符。10Adoor Btable Cwall Dwheelchair解析:根据此空后面的“he told me to come in”可知作者是在敲门。11Aservice
11、Bwine Cmoney Dhelp解析:按照常理别人把丢失的钱包还给自己,通常表示感谢的方式是给对方一些钱。12AOtherwise BInstead CBut DSo解析:“不想把钱给他以免侮辱他”和“问他是否做一些什么事来报答他”是一种因果关系,因此用so。13Asupport Bkindness Cfood Dtreatment解析:根据常理可知一个人把捡到的钱包还给别人是一种友好的行为。14Acertain Bfree Cunable Dunwilling解析:作者非常感激这个残疾人,因此肯定会信誓旦旦地保证自己肯定会这样做。15Aby Bin Cwithout Dfor解析:前面提
12、到作者是在一个诚实的环境中长大的,因此他说即使不对这个人作出承诺他也会这么做的。16Ahoped Brepeated Cthought Dpromised解析:前面几句都提到了作者作出了承诺(promise)。17Awallet Bcard Cpackage Dcell phone解析:根据下文可知作者捡到了一个钱包。18Abalance Bboss Cpoliceman Downer解析:捡到钱包后作者肯定是寻找钱包的主人了。19Apreferred Bagreed Cfailed Dstarted解析:两人互通电话后同意在一个地方见面。20Aworried Bpuzzled Csurpri
13、sed Dsatisfied解析:作者捡到这个人的钱包,然后完璧归赵,因此对方感到非常惊讶。.阅读理解A(2019全国卷)Marian Bechtel sits at West Palm Beachs Bar Louie counter by herself,quietly reading her ebook as she waits for her salad.What is she reading?None of your business!Lunch is Bechtels “me”time.And like more Americans,shes not alone.A new rep
14、ort found 46 percent of meals are eaten alone in America.More than half (53 percent)have breakfast alone and nearly half (46 percent)have lunch by themselves.Only at dinnertime are we eating together anymore,74 percent,according to statistics from the report.“I prefer to go out and be out.Alone,but
15、together,you know?” Bechtel said,looking up from her book.Bechtel,who works in downtown West Palm Beach,has lunch with coworkers sometimes,but like many of us,too often works through lunch at her desk.A lunchtime escape allows her to keep a boss from tapping her on the shoulder.She returns to work f
16、eeling energized.“Today,I just wanted some time to myself,”she said.Just two seats over,Andrew Mazoleny,a local videographer,is finishing his lunch at the bar.He likes that he can sit and check his phone in peace or chat up the barkeeper with whom hes on a firstname basis if he wants to have a littl
17、e interaction(交流)“I reflect on how my days gone and think about the rest of the week,” he said.“Its a chance for selfreflection.You return to work recharged and with a plan.”That freedom to choose is one reason more people like to eat alone.There was a time when people may have felt awkward about as
18、king for a table for one,but those days are over.Now,we have our smartphones to keep us company at the table.“It doesnt feel as alone as it may have before all the advances in technology,” said Laurie Demeritt,whose company provided the statistics for the report.文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了现在的美国人多数喜欢独自一人吃饭,他
19、们喜欢这种独处带来的自由。1What are the statistics in paragraph 2 about? B AFood variety. BEating habits.CTable manners. DRestaurant service.解析:推理判断题。根据第二段中的大部分人独自吃早饭或午饭,一起吃晚饭的数据可知,这是对美国人的饮食习惯进行了调查,故答案为B。2Why does Bechtel prefer to go out for lunch? C ATo meet with her coworkers.BTo catch up with her work.CTo ha
20、ve some time on her own.DTo collect data for her report.解析:细节理解题。根据第三段中的“I just wanted some time to myself (我只是想给自己一点儿时间)”可知,Bechtel更喜欢出去吃午饭的原因是想拥有自己的时间,故答案为C。3What do we know about Mazoleny? D AHe makes videos for the bar.BHes fond of the food at the bar.CHe interviews customers at the bar.DHes fam
21、iliar with the barkeeper.解析:推理判断题。根据题干中的Mazoleny可定位到第四段,“.chat up the barkeeper with whom hes on a firstname basis if he wants to have a little interaction.”中的be on a firstname basis的意思是“关系好,可以直呼其名”,由此可知 Mazoleny与酒吧服务员很熟,故答案为D。4What is the text mainly about? A AThe trend of having meals alone.BThe i
22、mportance of selfreflection.CThe stress from working overtime.DThe advantage of wireless technology.解析:主旨大意题。根据第一、三、四段的例子,第二段的数据以及最后一段中的第一句“That freedom to choose is one reason more people like to eat alone.”再次提及的eat alone可知,本文主要说了独自用餐已经逐渐成为一种趋势,故答案为A。B(2019浙江卷)California has lost half its big trees
23、 since the 1930s,according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor(因素)The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46,000 square miles of California forests,the new study finds.No area was spared or unaffected,from t
24、he foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles.In the Sierra high country,the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent;in parts of southern California the decline was nearly 75 percent.Many factors contributed to the decline,said Patrick Mc
25、Intyre,an ecologist who was the lead author of the study.Woodcutters targeted big trees.Housing development pushed into the woods.Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources(资源)But in comparing a study of California fores
26、ts done in the 1920s and 1930s with another one between 2001 and 2010,McIntyre and his colleagues documented a widespread death of big trees that was evident even in wildlands protected from woodcutting or development.The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest
27、water shortage.The researchers figured out water stress with a computer model that calculated how much water trees were getting in comparison with how much they needed,taking into account such things as rainfall,air temperature,dampness of soil,and the timing of snowmelt(融雪)Since the 1930s,McIntyre
28、said,the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures,which cause trees to lose more water to the air,and earlier snowmelt,which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season.文章大意:本文是一篇调查报告。调查表明,加利福尼亚州的大树变少了,而气候变化是其中的一个主要因素。5What is the secon
29、d paragraph mainly about? A AThe seriousness of bigtree loss in California.BThe increasing variety of California big trees.CThe distribution of big trees in California forests.DThe influence of farming on big trees in California.解析:主旨大意题。第二段中通过列举一系列数字表明,加利福尼亚州的大树减少的严重性,故A项正确。6Which of the following
30、is wellintentioned but may be bad for big trees? D AEcological studies of forests.BBanning woodcutting.CLimiting housing development.DFire control measures.解析:推理判断题。文章第三段提到了造成加利福尼亚州的大树减少的三个因素:woodcutters,housing development与aggressive wildfire control。前两个因素直接与大树的减少有关,如果能控制住,大树就不会减少;而第三个因素控制野火的措施使得加利
31、福尼亚州的森林里满是跟大树争夺资源的小树,初衷是为了控制野火,这是好的,实则对大树不利,故D项正确。7What is a major cause of the water shortage according to McIntyre? C AInadequate snowmelt.BA longer dry season.CA warmer climate.DDampness of the air.解析:细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的“.the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temp
32、eratures.”可知,水不足的主要原因就是气温升高(rising temperatures),即更加温暖的气候,故C项正确。8What can be a suitable title for the text? A ACalifornias Forests:Where Have All the Big Trees Gone?BCutting of Big Trees to Be Prohibited in California SoonCWhy Are the Big Trees Important to California Forests?DPatrick McIntyre:Grow More Big Trees in California解析:标题归纳题。本文是一篇调查报告,第一段就点出主题:California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s。后面具体分析了加利福尼亚州大树的现状、造成大树减少的原因等,A项作为标题最合适。