1、第四组(建议用时：30分钟).阅读理解(2015陕西省质量检测二)Whether it is elementary school, middle school, or high school in the United States, there will always be an awards ceremony at the end of the year. Though it varies from school to school, there are a few that are given by most schools across the nation.The first one
2、 is given from grades 3 to 8 and it is the Honor Roll Award. In elementary and middle school, this award is used to recognize academic excellence. This award is also separated into two groups: A Honor Roll and A/B Honor Roll. It is given out at the end of a school year and students who receive all a
3、verages of a 93 or above (90 in some states) on a final report card receive an A Honor Roll, and students with grades above 85 (80 in some states) would receive an A/B Honor Roll. It is to reward students who have worked hard and received all As or As and Bs.In high school, this is changed a bit, bu
4、t still can be classified as the same type of award.The difference is that instead of using the scale(等级) of 100, they use a grade point average(GPA) based on a 4 point scale. They recognize students with a high GPA as “Honor Students”If the students keep it up for all four years of high school, the
5、n they graduate with honors.Another notable award is the Presidents Award for Educational Excellence. This is given by the Presidents Education Awards Program each year to students all over the United States. This award is offered to elementary school，middle school and high school students. To be el
6、igible(有资格的) for this award, middle school and elementary school students must earn an average grade of 90 or above on a 109 point scale. High school students must have a GPA of at least 3.5.Students must also have a high score on a statewide or national standardized test or have a recommendation fr
7、om a teacher. Usually this award is given at the end of the year. It is a certificate with a signature from the president along with a letter of recognition.However, many people confuse the Presidents Award for Educational Excellence with another award, the US Presidential Scholars Program. Even tho
8、ugh both have the word“President” in the title, they are completely different awards. Where the Presidents Award for Educational Excellence is relatively easy to achieve, the award from the Presidential Scholars Program is not. To earn the honor of being a Presidential Scholar, a student must be a h
9、igh school senior last year of high school with outstanding standardized test scores.1If, in most of the schools in the US, a student in Grade 5 wants to get an A Honor Roll, he/she must get all averages of a(n) _A93B85 C90 D802From the passage we know that the students who _ can graduate with honor
10、s.Akeep up the grades of 100 in high school for more than one yearBget averages of 100 in high school for all four years of high schoolCget a high GPA in high school for more than one yearDare recognized as “Honor Students” for all four years of high school3If high school students are to win the Pre
11、sidents Award for Educational Excellence, which of the following statements should be included?AAn average grade of 90 or above on a 100 point scale.BA recommendation from a teacher.CA GPA of at least 3.5 in a national standardized test.DA high school senior with outstanding standardized test scores
12、.4The best title for this passage may be “_”AAwards in elementary and middle schoolsBAwards in schools of the United StatesCHow high schools reward their studentsDIts easy to win awards in schools.完形填空(2015大庆质量检测二)I believe different people have experienced different adolescence.I must admit I was s
13、till an angry _1_ in my first year of college.My _2_ was that my parents didnt please me at all.Our finances were _3_，so I chose to go to a(n) _4_ college and take a bus to classes every day.One day I had a(n) _5_ fight with my father.We both exploded into shouts.I _6_ out of the house and missed my
14、 bus to school.I rushed all the way to school.As I _7_ across the campus toward my class，I suddenly realized I didnt have the _8_ that was due：a thought card.My professor asked us to _9_ an index card with our names and the dates every Tuesday._10_ what was on the rest of the card，we could write a t
15、hought，a question or something else.Now，outside the door，ten minutes later，I took an index card._11_ to write something on it，I could only think about the _12_ Id just had with my dad.I wrote “I am the son of an idiot！”，then _13_ into the room，and handed it to our professor.Next day，our professor _1
16、4_ the thought cards and I _15_ he wrote，“What does the son of an idiot do with the rest of his life？” The professors innocentseeming question _16_ me to the issue：Whose problem is it？_17_，my thinking began to shift.I realized that I had created a life _18_ I was not a central figure! The _19_ of gr
17、owth wasnt easy or fast._20_ later，from a struggling student，I became a successful student and then a successful teacher.1.A.childBadultCadolescent Dstudent2A.temper BangerCmood Dpain3A.limitedBspecialCpractical Dfantastic4A.ordinary BprivateClocal Dstate5A.serious BcontroversialCunfriendly Danxious
18、6A.stormed BwanderedCslipped Dstepped7A.leapedBwalkedCranDheaded8A.duty BassignmentCcommitment Dmaterial9A.take up Bput downChand out Dbring along10A.Due to BRegardless ofCAs for DThanks to11A.Concerned BDesperateCExcited DActive12A.issue Bconversation Cdispute Dfight13A.poured BenteredCdashed Dappr
19、oached14A.gave back Bchecked outCput away Dpassed on15A.explored BrecognizedCdiscovered Dignored16A.awoke Bforced Cscared Dadjusted17A.Slowly BRapidly CGenerally DSwiftly18A.what Bin which Cwhich Dthat19A.process Bprogress Cperiod Dchallenge20A.Weeks BTerms CMonths DYears.语法填空It was a city in Hubei
20、Province.On International Childrens Day, some orphans(孤儿) from the Wuhan Welfare Institute for Children 1._(take) to the park.An elderly westerner was with them.The children were eager 2._(tell) him everything that was going on.They held him by the hand and never hesitated to call him Grandpa.This m
21、an was Professor William Dorrity, from Florida, USA.In 2003, 3._ Professor Dorrity and his wife retired, they came to Wuhan and started to work as volunteers at the Welfare Institute.The Dorritys have been working hard 4._(improve) the conditions at the Welfare Institute since they came.They often t
22、ake children on daytrips，5._(bring) along with them all kinds of food for the kids to enjoy.They 6._(recent) bought audiphones for four orphans with hearing problems and small tape recorders for three blind children.They also bought a wheelchair for tenyearold Tan Jun, who 7._(suffer) from a brain p
23、roblem.With the 8._(arrive) of spring, the Dorritys took the children for 9._outing.“We love China and we love children，” Dorrity said, “10._ we are happy to do this.”第四组.阅读理解【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了美国学校设置的一些奖项以及获得这些奖项需要满足的条件。1解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第四句中的“and students who receive all averages of a 93 or above
24、(90 in some states).receive an A Honor Roll”可知，在美国大多数学校，想要获得A Honor Roll，平均分必须在93分或以上。故答案选A。2解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段最后两句可知，如果学生能连续四年获得“优秀学生”的称号，就能带着荣誉毕业。故选D。3解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第四段第五、六句“High school students must have a GPA of at least 3.5. Students must.have a recommendation from a teacher.”可知，B项为条件之一。4解析：选B。标
25、题归纳题。纵观全文可知，本文讲述的是美国学校设置的一些奖项以及获得这些奖项需要满足的条件。B项能概括文章内容，适合做标题。故选B。.完形填空【解题导语】处于青春期的作者有一次与父亲发生冲突，在教授的“thought card”的启发下，作者慢慢地走出了青春期叛逆的心境，最终走向了成功。1解析：选C。“我”必须承认，大学一年级时“我”仍是一个愤青。adolescent“青少年”，文中的第一句话已经给出了提示。2解析：选B。根据前文“I was still an angry _ in my first year of college”可知，“我”生气是因为“我”的父母让“我”不高兴。3解析：选A。
26、由下文可知，“我”经常乘公交车上学，因此此处表示“我们家的经济不宽裕”，故选A项。4解析：选C。我们家的经济条件不宽裕，因此“我”选择去上“当地的”一所大学，每天乘公交车去上学。ordinary意为“普通的”；private意为“私人的”；local意为“当地的”；state意为“政府的，州的”。5解析：选A。由后文中的“We both exploded into shouts.”可知，“我与父亲发生了一次严重的(serious)争吵”。故选A项。6解析：选A。由语境可知，“我”和父亲发生冲突之后，“气冲冲地走”出了屋子。storm意为“气冲冲地走”；wander意为“游荡，漫游，闲逛”；sl
27、ip意为“滑倒”；step意为“迈步”。7解析：选C。由前文“I rushed all the way to school.”可知，“我”跑(ran)向教室。leap意为“跳跃”；walk意为“步行”；head意为“朝(某个方向)行进”。8解析：选B。教授布置的任务是我们要在每周二带来自己的“thought card”，写上自己的姓名、日期、想法、问题或者其他事情。assignment“任务”，符合语境，故选B项。9解析：选D。参见上题解析。take up意为“开始从事，继续，占据”；put down意为“镇压，放下”；hand out意为“分发”；bring along意为“带上，带来”。1
28、0解析：选C。卡片上要写姓名、日期，至于余下的部分，可以写想法、问题或其他事情。as for意为“至于”；due to意为“由于，归功于”；regardless of意为“不管，不顾”；thanks to意为“幸亏，由于”。11解析：选B。作者刚与父亲发生冲突，又忘记带教授布置的作业，因此应是“绝望地”在上面写了一些东西。故选B。12解析：选D。由第二段中的“One day I had a(n) _ fight with my father”可知，此处应选D项。13解析：选C。根据语境可知，此处应该是“冲进”教室，故选C项。dash意为“猛冲，急奔”。14解析：选A。第二天，教授归还了我们的卡
29、片。give back意为“归还”；check out意为“结账离开”；put away意为“将收起”；pass on意为“转交，递给”。15解析：选C。教授归还了卡片，“我”发现(discovered)教授写的话。故选C项。16解析：选A。教授看似平淡的问题“唤醒”(awoke)了“我”。17解析：选A。根据空格后的“my thinking began to shift”可知，作者的想法“慢慢地”改变了。18解析：选B。此处应该是“in which”引导的定语从句，在从句中作状语，先行词为“life”。19解析：选A。成长的“过程”既不容易，也不快。20解析：选D。由上文可知，成长过程时间长
30、，而作者后来又成为一位成功的老师，故此处选D项。.语法填空【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一对美国夫妇退休后来到武汉，致力于改善福利院孩子们生活状况的故事。1解析：考查动词时态和语态。由上下文可知，孩子们是被带到公园去，同时由句中“was”可知，此处应用过去时的被动语态。答案：were taken2解析：考查固定结构。be eager to do sth.意为“渴望做某事，迫不及待做某事，渴望于”，为固定结构。答案：to tell3解析：考查副词。句意：在Dorrity和他的妻子退休以后，他们来到武汉，在一家福利机构做志愿者。由此可知，此处的时间副词可以是when也可以是after。答
31、案：when/after4解析：考查动词不定式。句意：自从他们来了之后，就一直努力工作，想要改善福利院的条件，此处动词不定式表目的。答案：to improve5解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：他们经常带着孩子去短途旅行，随身带着给孩子们享用的各种食物。此处用bring的现在分词作伴随状语。答案：bringing6解析：考查副词。They recently bought audiphones for four orphans.“他们最近买了四个助听器”，修饰动词buy要用副词recently。答案：recently7解析：考查主谓一致。从句子的前半部分可知，who指代Tan Jun，为第三人称单数，故填suffers。答案：suffers8解析：考查名词。with the arrival of.“随着的到来”，为固定结构，由此可知，此处应用arrive的名词形式。答案：arrival9解析：考查冠词。由上下文可知，当春天来的时候，他们夫妇会带孩子们去进行一次远足。此处outing意为“远足”，表示泛指，其前用不定冠词an。答案：an10解析：考查连词。句意：我们爱中国，我们也爱孩子们，而且/所以我们很高兴做这些。由此可知，空格前后句关系为并列关系或因果关系均可。答案：and/so