甘肃省武威市天祝一中、民勤一中、古浪一中等四校联考2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷
学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
In summer of this year, we have options for your young artiste (专业演员) to learn a new creative art or develop an existing talent around the sound. Here are just 4 of a dozen highly unique activities being offered by us in Seattle.
Broadway Bound
Broadway Bound will be offering 12 weeks of in-person musical theater camps this summer. Campers will work together to learn acting, singing and dancing, and then put on a performance at the end of the week.
Dates: June 13-Sept. 2
Ages:5-14
Cost: $ 400
Stone Soup Theatre
Stone Soup will hold its Summer Stage day camps outside at two parks: Meridian Playfield in North Seattle and Jefferson Park in South Seattle. Camps run 9 a. m.—3 p. m, with early-arrival care and aftercare free of charge. Kids can act their hearts out.
Dates: June 13-Aug. 22
Ages: 6-14
Cost: $ 395
School of Rock
Join a band this summer! At School of Rock, kids can spend a week learning and making music at fun day camps. No experience is needed for some camps, such as Rookies Camp, though some require some experience. Most camps come to an end with a live performance.
Dates: June 20-Aug. 26
Ages: 5-17
Cost: $ 495
Gage Academy of Art (Seattle, online)
Gage Academy’s full-day and in-person camps and half-day online camps offer practical art instruction in drawing, painting, sculpting and digital design. The curriculum encourages students to explore new materials and techniques, develop problem-solving skills and celebrate self-expression.
Dates: June 27-Aug. 26
Ages:6-18
Cost: Varies by programs, before-/after-care provided for an additional fee
1．What will campers do at the Broadway Bound
A. Visit a theater. B. Give a performance.
C. Meet a famous star. D. Work for dancers.
2．What is special about Stone Soup Theatre
A. It offers free aftercare. B. It will be held in summer.
C. It encourages early arrival. D. It is about kids’ performance.
3．Which camp will attract children who are interested in making music
A. Broadway Bound. B. Stone Soup Theatre.
C. School of Rock. D. Gage Academy of Art.
“To me, love is the most important thing. What could be more healing than love ”
These words, like lines from a poem, are from Robin, who founded the Bumi Sehat Bali Clinic in central Ubud. Now the clinic provides treatment or educational support for over 100, 000 people annually.
Giving birth to her first child at nineteen, Robin moved to Hawaii after college, working for several years on a farm, where she taught farming practices and poetry. But in 1991, she received heartbreaking news. Her idyllic life on the farm was turned upside down when her sister, expecting a child in Alabama, died of pregnancy complications (孕娠并发症) .
“When my dear sister passed away, I realized mothers were dying everywhere. In countries with increased poverty, some people can’t afford to go to the hospital. What motivated me initially was my love for my sister, but this soon grew into a concern for mothers and children all over the world.” Robin’s feelings for her sister were transformed into a desire to help women everywhere in need.
To ensure that children are born healthy, nutritionally balanced meals are provided for expecting mothers free of charge. Those who lack housing are free to stay as long as it is necessary. The clinic also sees patients of all ages who have symptoms unrelated to childbirth, while providing facilities for language learning and IT education, and annually training over 6, 000 nursing and midwifery (助产) students, backed by a scholarship program.
Just as Robin said, love is to be found inside the Bumi Schat Bali Clinic. Perhaps feelings of showing kindness toward others and wanting to make the world a better place are the key to a brighter tomorrow.
4．Which of the following best explains “idyllic” underlined in Paragraph 3
A. Peaceful. B. Dramatic. C. Tough. D. Troublesome.
5．What made Robin change her career course at first
A. Her love for midwifery. B. Her desire to help children.
C. Her sorrow for her sister’s death. D. Her loss of interest in poetry.
6．What do we know about the clinic
A. It is famous for its nursing program. B. It offers mothers-to-be free diets.
C. It provides financial aid for mothers. D. It has treated over 6, 000 patients.
7．What can we learn from Robin’s story
A. Hard work inspires great respect. B. Ups and downs make one strong.
C. Kindness can be richly rewarded. D. Love makes the world a better place.
I recently came in contact with celebrity magazines. My family isn’t one to give money for pictures of skinny, drunk celebrities with paragraphs about their relationships and shopping cart times. Thus, I was excited to finally get a chance to read about other people’s attractive yet troubled lives.
Right away I noticed how each magazine seemed to be a copy of the other. They had headlines and pictures that were almost the same. Still, the pictures of perfectly constructed faces with cute designer outfits going on with their daily lives made me read on.
Wait, celebrities taking their dogs for a walk Spending an afternoon at a park All of these things seemed so ordinary things my own family and I do together often. I suddenly realized how unextraordinary the people in these magazines were. They are simply normal people who happen to have a cool job and much money. For some reason, pictures of them doing things like buying milk at the store appeal to millions of readers. Then, when these regular people mess up, their mistakes are painted onto hundreds of newspapers and Internet sites.
What if every time we made a mistake, it was made public Have you ever failed a test Imagine seeing pictures of you on the front of a newspaper with headlines like, “Regular Schooling Isn’t Enough”. You’d be embarrassed. Now, I’m not necessarily taking the celebrity’s side. I’m more realizing the fact that these people we are crazy about are just ordinary human beings with many photographs following them around. Role models I’d think not. Personally, I’d rather look up to people in any community who have accomplished a lot instead of an ordinary person walking his dog in Berverly Hills.
8．What do we know about the author’s family
A. They admire celebrities very much. B. They are curious about the life of celebrities.
C. They are not interested in celebrities. D. They often buy celebrity magazines.
9．What does the author think of celebrities
A. They live a happy life. B. They seldom do usual things.
C. They attract people’s admiration. D. They are just ordinary people like us.
10．Who is most likely to be the author’s role model
A. Celebrities who live an ordinary life.
B. Extraordinary people who accomplish a lot.
C. Common people who do great things.
D. People who make great contributions to communities.
11．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text
A. To show people’s different attitudes towards celebrities.
B. To advise us to have a right attitude towards celebrities.
C. To describe the actual life of celebrities.
D. To ask us to be realistic about others’ mistakes.
Habitat loss, pesticides (农药) and climate change are threatening insect populations worldwide. In 2019, Biological Conservation reported that 40% of all insects species are declining (减少) globally and that a third of them are endangered.
And while it may sound nice to live in a world with fewer bad insects, environmental writer Oliver Milman says that human beings would be in big trouble without insects. That’s because insects play important roles in pollinating (给……授粉) plants we eat, breaking down waste in forest soil and forming the base of a food chain that other larger animals including- humans-rely upon.
“It would be an extremely terrible place to live in—and certainly not something we should ever aim for,” Milman says of an insect free existence. “You would certainly have mass starvation and social unrest…It’d be a place where there would be smelly waste and dead bodies everywhere because insects that break down those materials would be gone. ”
Milman charts the troubling decline of insects in his new book, The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World. He says that while it’s impossible to know exactly what’s happening with every insect species in the world, the overall trends are not good: The butterfly population in North America has declined quickly in the past 40 years, for example, and a U. N. assessment done in 2019 found that half a million insect species are under threat of extinction, some in the coming decades.
“The world, our surroundings, would be far quieter, far duller without insects,” he says. “When you start kind of digging down into these figures looking at the research, it’s clear that there’s something seriously wrong…There is a straight decline in most insect populations, and that spells major trouble for them but also for us.”
12．What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about insects
A. Their classification. B. Their importance.
C. Their development. D. Their future.
13．What can be inferred about Milman’s new book
A. It describes the worrying decline of insects.
B. It tells what’s happening with all insect species.
C. It shows half a million butterfly species will be in danger of extinction.
D. It explains why the number of butterflies in South America has increased.
14．What is the author s attitude to the decline of insect population
A. Positive. B. Worried. C. Unconcerned D. Doubtful.
15．What is the text mainly about
A. The introduction of the endangered insects.
B. The ways of increasing insects’ population.
C. The effects of the declining insects’ population.
D. The reasons of threatening insects’ population.
二、七选五
16．Last weekend I was lucky enough to attend one of Spain’s most famous carnivals in the city of Cádiz. You can only understand what it is like after seeing it for yourself. Everybody was fancily-dressed from top to toe. ①_______
Almost instantly after stepping off the train, we were filled with joy. ②_______ Many people parading through the streets playing traditional music filled people with happiness. As we wandered around and took in the animate atmosphere, the creativity of some costumes was incredible! You could really tell that people put a lot of time and energy into making some amazing costumes.
Then there were the groups dotted around the city. ③_______ This gave the carnival a pure essence of originality, as they were singing from their heart. Furthermore, the fact that I was not able to understand the inside jokes did not matter, as I was transfixed by the actions and expressions they provided. ④_______
As the night progressed, the streets got more packed with people. When we passed a convenience store, we danced along to the music coming through the owner’s speakers. ⑤_______ It was a marquee with a DJ set inside, literally like a mini festival. After this wacky weekend of festivity, it is true to say that the Spanish know how to party!
A. Everyone was dancing.
B. People got more and more excited.
C. We saw everyone was in high spirits.
D. It made me feel like I was in a fairy-tale world.
E. Afterwards, we went to the main party at El Puerto.
F. They were mostly old men singing some traditional songs.
G. These mini street shows were a true taste of Spanish culture.
三、完形填空（15空）
I stood in my office surrounded by hundreds of books! I hadn’t expected my book drive(捐书活动)to be of so much 1 . Surely, with my kind and helpful coworkers, I shouldn’t have been so 2 .
One morning a year ago, I suddenly lost consciousness(意识)and 3 myself in hospital after coming to myself. Cancer ran into my life. Considering I must be very sad, my friends offered support, especially Kathy. She would take meals to me. We grew 4 . During one chat, I learned Kathy’s mum died of cancer when she was young and Kathy still 5 her every day. I wished to do something to repay Kathy’s kindness. But I didn’t have the 6 to do so.
After 13 rounds of 7 , my health returned. Before getting sick, I loved organizing activities for some free libraries, where people could 8 books to those in need. Now that I recovered, I would do it again. That was how the book drive 9 . I encouraged my coworkers to bring me children’s books. They responded so 10 . My office was crowded with books soon.
I knew Kathy’s son was a(n) 11 of the Harry Potter series. Therefore, after finding a copy, I gave it to Kathy’s son. When he open it, his eyes were full of excitement. He told me, “You won’t 12 it! This is exactly the book my mother bought me! There are the words written by her: ‘To Kathy, Happy Birthday!’” He added that he 13 it. But it had been lost due to several times of moving house, which was really a(n) 14 . But somehow, here it was. Out of hundreds of books from countless families, this long-lost treasure had made it back into the 15 hands.
17．A. success B. benefit C. comfort D. freedom
18．A. confident B. interested C. surprised D. upset
19．A. heard B. spoke C. forgave D. found
20．A. healthier B. richer C. closer D. busier
21．A. helped B. called C. missed D. met
22．A. money B. chance C. possibility D. expectation
23．A. competition B. treatment C. imagination D. research
24．A. donate B. sell C. read D. write
25．A. came about B. put out C. broke up D. took apart
26．A. frankly B. humorously C. smartly D. positively
27．A. artist B. expert C. fan D. actor
28．A. believe B. manage C. understand D. make
29．A. edited B. valued C. improved D. discussed
30．A. test B. guard C. honour D. pity
31．A. right B. skillful C. shaking D. similar
四、短文填空
32．A skull of the dinosaur, named Guemesia ochoai, was discovered in Argentina. Researchers said it likely belongs to a meat-eating, or carnivorous, group of dinosaurs ①_______(call) abelisaurs. These dinosaurs walked on two legs and had very short arms, even ②_______ (short) than those of North America’s Tyrannosaurus rex. The short arms may have forced Guemesia ③_______ (depend) more on its powerful skull and jaws.
“Guemesia is so different ④_______ other meat-eating dinosaurs, which allows us to understand that we’re dealing with a ⑤_______ (total) new species,” said Agnolin Federico, the lead writer of a study on the dinosaur that was published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
The animals existed for a few million years before ⑥_______ asteroid (小行星) hit what is now Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. That event, about 66 millions years ago, led to a series of ⑦_______ (disaster) that killed all the dinosaurs and many other animals. In total, about 75 percent of Earth’s species ⑧_______ (destroy) as a result of the asteroid.
Scientists believe abelisaurs lived on what is now Africa, South America and India. Several abelisaurs have been dug up in Argentina in the past but almost all of them were in southern Patagonia, far from the site ⑨_______ Guemesia was found.
Guemesia takes its name from Argentine independence hero Martin Miguel de Guemes and Javier Ochoa, a museum worker who made the ⑩_______ (discover).
五、书面表达
33．假定你是李华，你校英文报正在举办主题为“How to Live a Green Life”的征文活动，请你写一篇文章投稿。内容包括：
1. 具体方法；
2. 号召大家立刻行动。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
How to Live a Green Life
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六、读后续写
34．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
The little car was crowded with kids: my brothers and sisters. We fought, debated and cried, making much noise. Being part of a big family was really starting to annoy me. For example, my brothers and sisters knocked on the bathroom door all the time. How I wanted to be the only child in my family.
As the car rolled down the small road, my mom said cheerfully, "The pool is three minutes away. You’ll have much time to swim." Swimming was a peaceful activity. I could float on my back and look at the sky. I could pretend I was the only person in the world. Mom parked the car beside a small row of other cars. "One at a time," she yelled before the car doors opened. Nobody listened. The car doors all flew open at once. After pushing, yelling and crying, we came out.
I quickly pulled off my jeans, T-shit, socks and shoes, and finally put on my swimsuit. "Yeah! " I yelled as I jumped into the big natural pool with small stones on its floor Cold water struck my face. I put my head under the water, which shot up my nose. After standing up again, I dropped backward into the water and began to float. The water sat around my cars, smooth and silent. The sun warmed my face.
I was like a leaf floating in a large pool peacefully. Everything was silent under water. For the moment, I felt I was the only child there. I didn’t have to share things like snacks with other kids. My stomach made a noise at the thought of food. Hadn’t Mom packed a huge bag of chips for our snack I stood up to walk to shore.
Oh! Dark sandy water suddenly filled my mouth and covered my head. The rocky ground was gone; I was pushed into the deep, dark water. I tried to kick to the surface. As my face peeked out（微露出）from under the water, I took a deep breath. I tried to swim and leave the deep water. But it didn’t work. I only knew how to float.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1
The water closed over my head again. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2
I could feel my body moving upward as a familiar hand started to pull me through the water._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1．答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据Broadway Bound中的Campers will work together to learn acting, singing and dancing, and then put on a performance at the end of the week. （营员们将一起学习表演、唱歌和舞蹈，然后在周末举行一场表演。）可知，孩子们可以在周末演出。故选B。
2．答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据Stone Soup Theatre中的Camps run 9 a. m.—3 p. m, with early-arrival care and aftercare free of charge.（营地从早上9点到下午3点，免费提供早到服务和善后服务。）可知，这个夏令营提供免费的售后服务，故选A。
3．答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据School of Rock中的At School of Rock, kids can spend a week learning and making music at fun day camps.（在School of Rock，孩子们可以花一周的时间在有趣的日营学习和制作音乐。）可知，夏令营School of Rock与制作音乐有关。故选C。
4．答案：A
解析：词义猜测题。根据文章第三段第一句 Giving birth to her first child at nineteen, Robin moved to Hawaii after college, working for several years on a farm, where she taught farming practices and poetry. 可知，19岁生下第一个孩子后，罗宾大学毕业后搬到了夏威夷，在一个农场工作了几年，教授农业实践和诗歌。由此可知，这样的生活十分安逸、平静，idyllic 意为“田园的；有限的”，Peaceful 意为“平静的”和 idyllic 词义更加接近。故正确答案为A。
5．答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句 Her idyllic life on the farm in Hawaii turned upside down when her sister, expecting a child in Alabama, died of pregnancy complications (妊娠并发症). 可知，她在夏威夷农场的田园诗般的生活被她在阿拉巴马州怀上孩子的姐姐死于妊娠并发症而彻底颠覆了。 由此可知，最初，姐姐去世的悲伤让罗宾改变了她的职业生涯。故正确答案为C。
6．答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段第一句 To ensure that children are born healthy, nutritionally balanced meals are provided to expecting mothers free of charge. 可知，为确保儿童健康出生，免费向孕妇提供营养均衡的膳食。故正确答案为B。
7．答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据文章第一段 "To me, love is the most important thing. What could be more healing than love " 可知，“对我来说，爱是最重要的。还有什么比爱更能疗伤呢？”由此可知，我们从罗宾的故事中学到了爱让世界转动。故正确答案为D。
8．答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的My family isn't one to give money for pictures of skinny，drunk celebrities with paragraphs about their relationships and shopping cart times.（我的家人不会花钱买那些瘦骨嶙峋、醉醺醺的名人的照片，上面写着他们的人际关系和购物次数）可知，作者的家人对名人们的生活不感兴趣，故选C。
9．答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的I suddenly realized how unextraordinary the people in these magazines were.They are simply normal people who happen to have a cool job and much money.（我突然意识到这些杂志上的人是多么平凡。他们只是普通人，碰巧有一份很酷的工作和很多钱）可知，名人们只是和我们一样的普通人，故选D。
10．答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Personally，I'd rather look up to people in any community who have accomplished a lot instead of an ordinary person walking his dog in Berverly Hills.（就我个人而言，我更喜欢那些在社区里取得了很大成就的人，而不是那些在贝弗利山遛狗的普通人）可知，那些做大事的普通人最有可能是作者的榜样，故选C。
11．答案：B
解析：写作目的题。根据最后一段中的Now，I'm not necessarily taking the celebrity's side.I'm more realizing the fact that these people we were crazy about are just ordinary human beings with many photographs following them around.Role models？I'd think not.（现在，我不一定站在名人这边。我更清楚地认识到，这些我们为之疯狂的人只是普通的人，身边有很多照片。是榜样吗？我不这样认为）可知，本文作者指出我们要端正对名人的态度，故选B。
12．答案：B
解析：段落大意题。根据第二段And while it may sound nice to live in a world with fewer bad insects，environmental writer Oliver Milman says that human beings would be in big trouble without insects.That's because insects play important roles in pollinating （给……授粉）plants we eat，breaking down waste in forest soil and forming the base of a food chain that other larger animals including- -humans- rely upon. （虽然生活在一个有害昆虫更少的世界听起来不错，但环境作家奥利弗米尔曼说，如果没有昆虫，人类将会陷入大麻烦。这是因为昆虫在我们吃的植物授粉，分解森林土壤中的废物，形成包括人类在内的其他大型动物赖以生存的食物链的基础中扮演着重要的角色。）可知，本段强调了昆虫对人类环境的重要性，故选B项。
13．答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段Milman charts the troubling decline of insects in his new book，The Insect Crisis：The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World. （米尔曼在他的新书《昆危机：统治世界的小帝国的衰落》中描绘了昆虫令人不安的衰落。）可知，米尔曼的书中内容为昆虫种群的令人不安的衰落。故选A项。
14．答案：B
解析：观点态度题。根据第一段Habitat loss，pesticides （农药） and climate change are threatening insect populations worldwide.In 2019，Biological Conservation reported that 40% of all insects species are declining （减少） globally and that a third of them are endangered. （栖息地丧失，杀虫剂和气候变化正在威胁世界范围内的昆虫种群。2019年，《生物保护》 报告称，全球40%的昆虫物种数量正在减少，其中三分之一濒临灭绝。）以及最后一段的最后一句There is a straight decline in most insect populations，and that spells major trouble for them but also for us. （大多数昆虫的数量都在直线下降，这不仅给它们带来了大麻烦，也给我们带来了大麻烦。）可知，作者对于昆虫数量的减少持担忧态度。A.Positive.肯定的；B.Worried.担心的；C.Unconcerned.漠不关心的；D.Doubtful.值得怀疑的。故选B项。
15．答案：C
解析：主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段Habitat loss，pesticides （农药） and climate change are threatening insect populations worldwide. （栖息地丧失，杀虫剂和气候变化正在威胁世界范围内的昆虫种群。2019年，《生物保护》 报告称，全球40%的昆虫物种数量正在减少，其中三分之一濒临灭绝。 ）第二段And while it may sound nice to live in a world with fewer bad insects，environmental writer Oliver Milman says that human beings would be in big trouble without insects.（虽然生活在一个有害昆虫更少的世界听起来不错，但环境作家奥利弗米尔曼说，如果没有昆虫，人类将会陷入大麻烦。）以及第三段It would be an extremely terrible place to live in- and certainly not something we should ever aim for.Milman says of an insect free existence."You would certainly have mass starvation and social unrest. "（那将是一个极其可怕的居住环境---当然也不是我们应该追求的目标。米尔曼说到关于昆虫的自由生存，"肯定会出现大规模饥荒和社会动荡。" ）可知，本文介绍了世界范围的昆虫数量因栖息地丧失、杀虫剂以及气候变化而出现下降，甚至灭绝，这会给人类带来极大的负面影响。故选C项。
16．答案：①-⑤DCFGE
解析：本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了作者在西班牙Cádiz市参加狂欢节的所见所闻。
①考查过渡句。根据上文提到的“Last weekend I was lucky enough to attend one of Spain’s most famous carnivals in the city of Cádiz. You can only understand what it is like after seeing it for yourself. Everybody was fancily-dressed from top to toe. (上周末，我很幸运地参加了在Cádiz市举行的西班牙最著名的狂欢节之一。只有亲眼看到它，你才能明白它是什么样子。每个人从头到脚都穿着花哨的服装)”可知，西班牙Cádiz市的狂欢节上，人们着装花哨；D项“It made me feel like I was in a fairy-tale world. (这使我感觉到好像进入了童话世界)”，句中主语it指代上文的人们的穿着打扮，语意连贯。故选D项。
②考查细节句。根据下文“Many people parading through the streets playing traditional music filled people with happiness. (许多人在街上游行，演奏着传统音乐，让人们感到幸福)”可知，狂欢节上的人们都很开心，C项“We saw everyone was in high spirits. (我们看到, 每个人都兴高采烈)”，下文顺接C项，并进行细节描述，语意连贯顺畅。故选C项。
③考查过渡句。根据上文“Then there were the groups dotted around the city. (还有散布在城市各处的人群)”可知，此段介绍狂欢节上的其他人群；F项“They were mostly old men singing some traditional songs. (他们主要是演唱传统歌曲的老年人)”，此处的主语they，指代上句中的the groups dotted around the city，故F项顺承上文，符合语境。故选F项。
④考查概括句。根据本段第一句“Then there were the groups dotted around the city.___3___ This gave the carnival a pure essence of originality, as they were singing from their heart. Furthermore, the fact that I was not able to understand the inside jokes did not matter, as I was transfixed by the actions and expressions they provided. (还有散布在城市各处的人群。他们主要是演唱传统歌曲的老年人。这给了狂欢节一种纯粹的独创性的本质，因为他们是发自内心的歌唱。此外，我不能理解圈内笑话的事实并不重要，因为我被它们提供的动作和表情惊呆了)”可知，此段中描述的狂欢节中散布在非中心区的集会人群的表演，G项“These mini street shows were a true taste of Spanish culture. (这些迷你的街头表演真正展现了西班牙文化。)”可知，这些演唱传统歌曲的老年人所表演的迷你街头表演，有着自己城市的圈内玩笑，展现了西班牙的文化，G项顺接上文，概括上文，符合语境, 故选G项。
⑤考查细节句。根据上句“When we passed a convenience store, we danced along to the music coming through the owner’s speakers. (当我们经过一家便利店时，店主的扬声器里传出音乐，我们跟着音乐跳舞)”可知，该段在描述作者一行人的经历；E项“Afterwards, we went to the main party at El Puerto. (之后，我们去了El Puerto的大型派对)”，句中的Afterwards表明，上文与E项之间顺接关系，下文“It was a marquee with a DJ set inside, literally like a mini festival. (这是一个大帐篷，里面放着DJ，简直就像一个迷你节日)”,句中的It指代the main party at El Puerto，上下文语意连贯。故选E项。
17．答案：A
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：我没想到我的出书活动会这么成功。A. success成功；B. benefit利益；C. comfort舒适；D. freedom自由。根据前文“ surrounded by hundreds of books”可知，作者的捐书活动取得了成功。故选A项。
18．答案：C
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当然，对于我善良和乐于助人的同事，我不应该感到如此惊讶。A. confident自信的；B. interested感兴趣的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. upset沮丧的。根据“with my kind and helpful coworkers”可知，作者对这样的成就并不感到吃惊。故选C项。
19．答案：D
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：一年前的一个早晨，我突然失去了知觉，醒来后发现自己在医院里。A. heard听见；B. spoke说；C. forgave原谅；D. found发现。根据“I suddenly lost consciousness”推知，作者醒来后发现自己在医院里。故选D项。
20．答案：C
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们越来越亲密了。A. healthier更健康的；B. richer更富有的；C. closer更亲密的；D. busier更忙碌的。由前文“my friends offered support, especially Kathy.”Kathy对作者的关心和支持可推测她们的关系更近了。故选C项。
21．答案：C
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：在一次聊天中，我了解到凯西的妈妈在她年轻的时候死于癌症，凯西仍然每天都想念她。A. helped帮忙；B. called打电话；C. missed错过；D. met见面。结合常识，Kathy想念她妈妈。故选C项。
22．答案：B
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：但我没有机会这么做。A. money金钱；B. chance机会；C. possibility可能性；D. expectation期望。结合上文可知，Kathy给了作者很大帮助，作者期待回报Kathy，但因为生病一直没有机会这样做。故选B项。
23．答案：B
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：经过13轮治疗，我的健康恢复了。A. competition竞争；B. treatment治疗；C. imagination想象力；D. research研究。根据“Cancer ran into my life.”和“my health returned”可知，作者接受了很多轮的治疗。故选B项。
24．答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：在生病之前，我喜欢组织一些免费图书馆的活动，在那里人们可以捐赠书籍给那些需要的人。A. donate捐赠；B. sell销售；C. read阅读；D. write写作。根据“to those in need. ”可知，是为有需要的人捐赠书籍。故选A项。
25．答案：A
解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：这就是出书活动的由来。A. came about出现，产生；B. put out扑灭；C. broke up分手；D. took apart分开。根据“Before getting sick, I loved organizing activities for some free libraries, where people could 10 books to those in need. Now that I 11, I would do it again.”可知，这就是作者的捐书活动产生的原因。故选A项。
26．答案：D
解析：考查副词词义辨析。句意：他们的反应很积极。A. frankly坦率地；B. humorously幽默地；C. smartly聪明地；D. positively积极地。根据后文“My office was crowded with books soon”可知，作者的同事反应积极。故选D项。
27．答案：C
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：我知道凯西的儿子是哈利·波特的粉丝。A. artist艺术家；B. expert专家；C. fan影迷；D. actor演员。根据“I gave it to Kathy’s son.”推知，Kathy的儿子是《哈利·波特》系列书籍的爱好者。故选C项。
28．答案：A
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：你不会相信的！A. believe相信；B. manage管理；C. understand理解；D. make制造。根据“This is exactly the book my mother bought me! There are the words written by her: ‘To Kathy, Happy Birthday!’ ””可知，遗失多年的书最终回到了主人手中，这是一件很难让人相信的事。故选A项。
29．答案：B
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：他补充说，他对此很珍惜。A. edited编辑；B. valued重视，珍惜；C. improved改进；D. discussed讨论。根据前文“To Kathy, Happy Birthday!”可知，这是Kathy送给儿子的生日礼物，儿子很珍惜这本书。故选B项。
30．答案：D
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是因为搬了几次家就丢了，真是太可惜了。A. test考验；B. guard守卫；C. honor荣誉；D. pity怜悯。根据“But it had been lost”可知，丢失了自己很宝贝的书，是一件遗憾的事。故选D项。
31．答案：A
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：从无数家庭的数以百计的书籍中，这个失落已久的宝藏又回到了正确的人手中。A. right对的；B. skillful熟练 的；C. shaking颤抖的；D. similar相似的。这本被视若珍宝的书，现在回到了它应该回到的主人那里。故选A项。
32．答案：①called②shorter③to depend④from⑤totally⑥an⑦disasters⑧were destroyed⑨where⑩discovery
解析：①考查过去分词。句意：研究人员说，它很可能属于肉食性恐龙群，叫做阿贝利龙。句中谓语是belongs to，空格处用非谓语动词作后置定语，dinosaurs和call之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，使用过去分词表被动，故填called。
②考查比较级。句意：这些恐龙用两条腿行走，手臂很短，甚至比北美的霸王龙还要短。由下文than可知，用比较级shorter，故填shorter。
③考查不定式。句意：短臂可能迫使Guemesia更加依赖其强大的头骨和下颚。force sb.to do sth.是固定短语，意为"迫使某人做某事"，使用不定式to depend。故填to depend。
④考查介词。句意：发表在Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology上的一篇关于这种恐龙的研究报告的主要作者Agnolin Federico说："Guemesia与其他食肉恐龙非常不同，这让我们明白，我们面对的是一个全新的物种。"be different from是固定短语，意为"和……不同"，用介词from，故填from。
⑤考查副词。句意：发表在Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology上的一篇关于这种恐龙的研究报告的主要作者Agnolin Federico说："Guemesia与其他食肉恐龙非常不同，这让我们明白，我们面对的是一个全新的物种。"空格处使用副词形式totally修饰形容词new，totally意为"完全地"，故填totally。
⑥考查冠词。句意：在小行星撞击现在的墨西哥尤卡坦半岛之前，这种动物已经存在了几百万年。asteroid是可数名词的单数形式，表泛指，前面要加不定冠词，asteroid是元音音素开头，使用an，故填an。
⑦考查名词的复数。句意：大约6600万年前的那次事件导致了一系列灾难，导致所有恐龙和许多其他动物死亡。a series of后要跟可数名词复数，故填disasters。
⑧考查时态，语态和主谓一致。句意：总的来说，地球上大约75%的物种因小行星的撞击而灭绝。地球上的物种是被毁，句子用被动语态，句子描述过去的事情，时态用一般过去时，因此空格处是一般过去时的被动语态，主语75 percent of Earth's species是复数，因此空格处是were destroyed。故填were destroyed。
⑨考查定语从句。句意：过去曾在阿根廷出土过几具阿伯龙化石，但几乎所有化石都在Patagonia南部，远离发现Guemesia的地点。空格处引导的是定语从句，从句中不缺主语或宾语，先行词site表示地方，用关系副词where，故填where。
⑩考查名词单数。句意：Guemesia的名字来源于阿根廷独立英雄Martin Miguel de Guemes和发现这一物种的博物馆工作人员Javier Ochoa。空格处用名词作宾语，此处表示"Guemesia的名字来源于阿根廷独立英雄Martin Miguel de Guemes和发现这一物种的博物馆工作人员Javier Ochoa"，空格处意为"发现"，名词是discovery，此处是指一个发现，用单数，故填discovery。
33．答案：
How to Live a Green Life
Today, we are faced with severe environmental problems, which deserve our attention. As students, there are plenty of things we can do to live a green life.
Above all, it’s important to change our bad living habits. For example, don’t leave the tap running while brushing our teeth or leave the house with the lights still on. What’s more, we’d better cycle or use public transport to school instead of taking a car, thus reducing air pollution and relieving traffic jams. Finally, get rid of plastic bags. Instead, bring your own bags or baskets. It’s also a good idea to avoid the use of disposable chopsticks or cups when eating out.
All in all, it’s high time that we should take immediate action. Only when we live a green life can we make a difference to saving our planet.
解析：本篇书面表达属于开放性作文，要求考生以“How to Live a Green Life”为题写一篇文章投稿，提出过绿色生活的具体方法，并号召大家立刻行动。
1.词汇积累
值得：deserve→be worth
许多：plenty of→a lot of
过……生活：live a(n)...life→lead a(n)...life
立即的：immediate→instant
对……有影响：make a difference to→have an influence on
2.句式拓展
同义句转换
原句：All in all, it's high time that we should take immediate action.
拓展句：All in all, it's high time to take immediate action.
【高分句型1】For example, don't leave the tap running while brushing our teeth or leave the house with the lights still on.(使用了祈使句、while时间状语从句的省略、with复合结构)
【高分句型2】Only when we live a green life can we make a difference to saving our planet.(使用了when引导时间状语从句、部分倒装、动名词短语作宾语)
34．答案：
The water closed over my head again. I struggled to move both my hands and legs. I thought about my mom. What would she do if she couldn’t find me What about my brothers and sisters When thinking, I didn’t know the noise produced by my hands and legs’ moving attracted my brothers and sisters’ attention. Before long, I felt the water moving around me. Something warm and strong touched my hand. Was it a shark in the pool No, it was someone’s hand.
I could feel my body moving upward as a familiar hand started to pull me through the water. It pulled until I could feel the ground under my feet, and I came onto the shore. “We did it! ” yelled one of my brothers as I looked up and saw my mother holding my hand. I learned she and other kids made a human chain so that she could get me. I was speechless. Kids ran all around me, jumping, running and screaming. Maybe this great big crazy family wasn’t so crazy. After all, they were the human chain. Because of them, I was out of danger.
解析：本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作为一个大家庭的一员，让作者很恼怒，作者想成为家里唯一的孩子。在去游泳时，作者享受独自一个人的时间，感到非常惬意。但在试图离开深水区时，作者发生了危险，无法浮出水面了。
【段落续写】
①由第一段首句内容“水又淹没了我的头。”可知，第一段可描写作者在水中努力挣扎，声音吸引了兄弟姐妹的注意，有人抓住了作者的手。
②由第二段首句内容“当一只熟悉的手开始把我拉出水面时，我能感觉到我的身体在向上移动。”可知，第二段可描写作者发觉是家人救了自己，他们很开心，作者领悟到家庭成员虽然吵闹，但他们也是非常重要的。
二、线索厘清
【续写线索】
作者挣扎——吸引家人——被抓住手——拉出水面——家人开心——作者感悟
【词汇激活】
行为类
①想到：think about/think of
②吸引某人的注意：attract one's attention/draw one's attention
③抓着我的手：hold my hand/grab my hand
情绪类
①温暖的：warm/mild
②大声喊：yell/shout
三、范文鉴赏
【高分句式】
①What would she do if she couldn't find me （if引导的条件状语从句）
②I learned she and other kids made a human chain so that she could get me.（省略that的宾语从句；so that引导的目的状语从句）
