江苏省邗江中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中英语试题

江苏省邗江中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中英语试题

邗江中学2019-2020学年度第二学期期中考试 高二英语试卷 ‎（考试时间：120分钟总分：150分）‎ 注意事项：‎ 所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上（选择题部分使用答题卡的学校请将选择题的答案直接填涂到答题卡上），答案写在试卷上的无效。‎ 一、听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。‎ ‎ 第一节 ‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. What does the woman think of the iPad case? ‎ A. It’s too heavy.‎ B. It’s light.‎ C. It wouldn’t protect her iPad enough.‎ ‎2. What will the man do on Friday? ‎ ‎ A. Have dinner with the woman.‎ ‎ B. Go to a concert.‎ ‎ C. Meet a student.‎ ‎3. What are the speakers doing? ‎ A. Looking at something expensive.‎ B. Waiting in a bank.‎ C. Talking about dreams.‎ ‎4. What was difficult for the man? ‎ A. Finding a parking place. B. Driving in the rain. C. Pleasing the woman.‎ ‎5. Where will the speakers probably go? ‎ A. A zoo. B. A cinema. C. A school. ‎ ‎ 第二节 ‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ ‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. Who are the speakers? ‎ A. Co-workers. B. Husband and wife. C. Mother and son.‎ ‎7. What is the man trying to do? ‎ A. Wash his daughter’s blanket.‎ B. Get his daughter to sleep early.‎ C. Stop his daughter from crying.‎ ‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What is true about the hotel? ‎ A. The rooms are small.‎ B. There’s no restaurant there.‎ C. Everything is expensive.‎ ‎9. Why did the woman probably go there on weekend? ‎ A. The swimming pool was open then.‎ B. She didn’t need to make a reservation then.‎ C. She could get a discount then.‎ ‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 ‎ ‎10. Where does the man suggest they stay? ‎ ‎ A. A hotel. B. A motel. C. A youth hostel.‎ ‎11. What will Peter do for his holiday? ‎ ‎ A. Study at school. B. Go to Hong Kong. C. Visit his brother.‎ ‎12. What will the woman do next? ‎ ‎ A. Rent a small house.‎ ‎ B. Have a party with her friends.‎ ‎ C. Call a group of people.‎ ‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Where was the man before the conversation? ‎ A. In the bathroom. B. In the kitchen. C. In the living room.‎ ‎14. How did the man know why the skirt was losing its color? ‎ ‎ A. He looked at the instructions on the skirt.‎ ‎ B. He looked at the instructions on the washing machine.‎ ‎ C. He knew from personal experience.‎ ‎15. Why was the skirt losing color? ‎ A. The woman wasn’t supposed to wash it.‎ B. The quality of the skirt is poor.‎ C. The woman used the wrong kind of soap.‎ ‎16. What will the woman do next time? ‎ A. Wash the skirt in hot water.‎ B. Have it dry-cleaned.‎ C. Wash the skirt separately.‎ ‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. Why did the king and queen cry when they saw their baby? ‎ A. She was seriously ill.‎ B. She had no hair and no teeth.‎ C. She was too big.‎ ‎18. What did the doctors think about the king’s order? ‎ A. It was impossible.‎ B. It would take a long time to complete.‎ C. It would be easy to follow.‎ ‎19. How long did the older doctor say he needed? ‎ A. Two years. B. Six years. C. Twelve years.‎ ‎20. What is the king like? ‎ A. He’s very stupid. B. He’s very kind. C. He’s really smart.‎ 二、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Get up to 81% off the cover price Plus, get digital access with your paid print subscription ‎● Up-to-date news that touches your life From money-saving tips and quick reports on the latest in health care, to inspiring articles on world events, you' ll discover hundreds of ideas for living a richer, more satisfying life.‎ ‎● True-life stories that amaze and inspire you You'll be attracted by these uplifting true stories of people who put their lives in danger to help others. 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Frequency is subject to change without notice. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Please check the confirmation page and your mailbox to download detailed instructions.‎ ‎21. What appears in Reader's Digest is ____________.‎ A. touching and critical B. inspiring and practical C. amazing and imaginative D. Educational and theoretical ‎22. If you subscribe to Reader’s Digest, you can ____________.‎ A. have only ten issues every year as planned B. renew your subscription at the original rate C. get back your money for the issues not posted D. access its past issues online anytime, anywhere B Japan's bullet trains (高速客运火车) have revolutionized, high-speed rail travel, but there are still many travelers who prefer a scenic slow ride on one of the old-fashioned trains.‎ In the wintertime, few rail journeys in Japan are as magical as the historic "stove train" operated by the Tsugaru Railway Line. From December till the end of March, it runs along a snow-covered stretch of farmland in Aomori’s remote Tsugaru Peninsula.‎ Winters in Aomori, on the northern tip of Honshu Island, are bitter cold. Last year, more than six and a half meters of snow fell here. But you won't feel the coldness on the train. Conductors ‎ warm the 1950s-era passenger car by potbelly stoves at either end of the train. ‎ The train departs from the Tsugaru Goshogawara station at 9. 30 am. For the next 45 minutes, the train travels towards the north through a winter wonderland of small villages and farmland. With a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour, it's much slower than Japan's ultra-fast Shinkansen. But that's the charm. The stove train is a trip through time, offering passengers a sense of nostalgia (怀旧) that’s hard to find in a country known for its technological advances and modern cities.‎ Onboard, customers can taste Aomori food and culture. After collecting the 1,250 Yen (roughly $11) fare for the ride, conductors grill squid on top of the warm iron stoves. Attendants also pass through the single car pushing an old metal cart to sell plastic bags of dried squid and locally produced rice wine. Yutaka Takahashi, a self-described train enthusiast, traveled nearly five hours by high-speed rail to Aomori just to experience the short ride aboard the stove train. “This is really unique,” he says. “You can enjoy riding with strangers. And it's fun.”‎ The Tsugaru Railway Line opened in 1930 to connect Aomori’s less-populated northern communities with the larger cities in the south. But the number of passengers has declined steadily in the past few decades, due to increased motorization (机动化) and the construction of new highways in Aomori. There's one reason why the seasonal stove train is still in service — to attract new riders. The number of tourists taking the train each year is on the rise, according to officials at Tsugaru Railway Line.‎ At the end of the line, most visitors get off on the sleepy platform, take a few pictures, and get right back on board for another ride as the stove train begins its return journey.‎ ‎23. The attraction of "stove train" travel lies in the fact that ____________‎ A. the scenery is beautiful along the way B. it helps locals survive the cold winter C. travelers can enjoy the old tradition D. it runs at an extremely slow speed ‎24. What can we infer about Yutaka Takahashi?‎ A. He enjoyed traveling by train.‎ B. He loved the food on the train.‎ C. He was good at amusing strangers.‎ D, He has any amount of leisure time.‎ ‎25. What is the main function of the stove train now?‎ A. To promote a slow lifestyle.‎ B. To develop the tourism industry.‎ C. To bring back people’s good memories.‎ D. To establish links between remote cities.‎ C A study of almost 500 mammalian （哺乳动物的）species has revealed the fact that parents’ care for their offspring （后代）helps provide the condition in which bigger brains — and therefore greater intelligence — can evolve. The larger the brain is in relation to the body size, the more intelligent a creature is, generally speaking. However it comes at a price — maintaining a larger brain requires greater energy and therefore more food.‎ The females of many large-brained animal species cannot bear the energetic costs of raising offspring on their own. Previously, it was thought immaterial whether it is the father or other members of the group who assisted the mother in caring for offspring. But a detailed study by extraordinary biologist Sandra Heldstab and her colleagues from the University of Zurich's department of anthropology (人类学) has proved for the first time that it does matter who helps the mother. Help from other group members is much less impactful to the evolution of a large brain than help from the father, their results show.‎ In their study, the researchers compared brain sizes and the extent and frequency of paternal( ‎ 父亲的) and alloparental (non-direct parent) care in 480 mammalian species.‎ ‎“Fathers help consistently and dependably with the raising of offspring, while assistance from other group members, such as elder sisters, is far less reliable,” Dr Heldstab said.‎ The researchers said in the case of wolves and African wild dogs — two mammal species with large brains — elder siblings often help out less and they look out for themselves first when food is not enough. Sometimes they even steal the prey（猎物）that parents bring for the young. The father, in contrast, has greater willingness to help his young offspring when environmental conditions worsen. Moreover, the quality of the paternal help is usually superior to help provided by other group members, who are often young and inexperienced.‎ If the assistance that the female receives for raising her young is inconsistent, evolution takes an alternative path. In mammalian species where males do not provide support, mothers do not give birth to few offspring with large brains, but instead to many with small brains. If there is plenty of help in caring for the young, the entire group survives. If the female receives little support, some of the young die. The researchers said this is evolution’s way of making certain that at least some of the young survive even in the event of insufficient help and ensuring that the female doesn't needlessly invest energy in an offspring with a large brain that will die in the absence of dependable helpers.‎ 26. What do we know about a larger brain?‎ A. It comes from one’s father.‎ B. It is the result of mother’s care.‎ C. It is often considered abnormal.‎ D. It has both advantages and disadvantages.‎ ‎27. The underlined word "immaterial" in Paragraph 2 means “____________”.‎ A. Unimportant B. impossible C. unreliable D. irregular ‎28. How did Heldstab get the result of the study?‎ A. By observing the differences between wolves and dog.‎ B. By comparing the sizes of brains and the care received.‎ C. By measuring the frequency of help female animals got.‎ D. By doing lots of experiments on elder sisters and fathers.‎ ‎29. What does the new research about the brain size reveal?‎ A. Females with larger brains tend to be more productive.‎ B. Offspring with larger brains tend to have a longer lifespan.‎ C. Fathers play a crucial role in the formation of a large brain.‎ D. Elder siblings are unwilling to offer help for lack of experience.‎ D About 10 years ago, when Lenore Skenazy let her 9-year-old son take the New York subway home by himself, you would have thought from the reactions that she'd committed a crime. In some places, she would have. Now Skenazy is the founder of Free Range（放养的） Kids, a movement to bring up safe and independent children. Recetnly, Utah became a free-range state, changing its law to protect parents from being charged with neglect（疏忽） for letting their kids walk alone, or wait in a car for them.‎ As summer arrives, parents will again worry about what outdoor liberties to allow their children to enjoy. Skenazy argues that the risks of giving them some freedom are exaggerated (夸大) and that there is much advantage in that freedom. Most of adults grew up free range. Skenazy's mother sent her outside at 5 to walk to school. That was just normal back then. And suddenly we hear stories about parents getting arrested for letting their 10-year-old play outside. A woman was arrested a couple of years ago for letting her 11-year-old wait in the car for a little while. What happened is that we decided that any time a child is unsupervised(无人看管的), he is automatically in danger.‎ However, there's no connection between that and reality. The crime rate was higher in the past,‎ ‎ and nobody screamed at parents, "How dare you let your child walk to school?" In fact, letting our kids walk a couple of blocks in a quiet neighborhood is certainly safer than driving our kids anywhere. Driving is the No. 1 way causing kids death as car passengers in crashes. And yet we imagine that the second they step outside house without a parent, they're going to be hurt.‎ We get used to not knowing our neighbors, not saying hello, and not letting our kids walk to school, or play outside, or go to the park, and nowadays, kids are either in a car or in the backyard, and they don't get to know the neighborhood. In this case, Skenazy has been carrying out the Let Grow project in schools, where the teachers tell the kids to go home and do one thing on their own that they feel ready to do — when they talk to their parents, their parents agree. It can be walking the dog, going to the bus stop on their own, or buying food in a store alone. Any of those things are going to get our kids back outside. We just have to realize that kids are part of the world. They're not vases to be put behind glass and kept inside.‎ We almost have no tolerance (容忍 )for risks. Part of it is due to the idea that if something bad happens, it's because of somebody being not responsible. The world has become safer and more controllable. We have the technological devices that can keep track of almost everything our kids do. And so you think that you can control, you must control, and that your child is something that has to be tracked like a package. A parent might say, "What's wrong with me knowing where my kid is all the time?"‎ The textbook case for many parents was the Etan Patz case in 1979. The boy was 6 years old, living in New York. His parents gave him permission for the first time to walk the blocks to the bus stop. And then he was murdered. The story is so awful that we remember it two generations later. And we forbid our kids to walk alone because of one horrible thing that happened 39 years ago. We don't say, "want to drive you to the dentist, but what if we get in a car accident? Think of those people who died in a car accident 39 years ago. I don't want to be like them. "And we recognize that that would be funny to think that way.‎ ‎30. What do we know about Lenore Skenazy?‎ A. She used to have full control of her son.‎ B. She was in favor of Utah's previous law.‎ C. She insists kids be allowed more freedom.‎ D. She was once punished for neglecting her son.‎ ‎31. The examples in Paragraph 2 are mentioned to show that nowadays ____________.‎ A. parents know very little about laws B. people are very sensitive to kids' safety C. kids are more fragile than those in the past D. parents have a high opinion of outdoor liberties ‎32. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 mean?‎ ‎ A. All those stories above are made up.‎ B. That doesn't well reflect people's view. ‎ C. The opposite of the examples is the case.‎ D. It's hard to witness the examples in real life.‎ ‎33. Which of the following is a reason why kids are kept at home nowadays?‎ A. Neighbors remain distant.‎ B. The crime rate is slightly increasing.‎ C. Their teachers tell them to stay home.‎ D. Kids have many household chores to do.‎ ‎34. What might the author think of parents' keeping track of their kids?‎ A. Reasonable. B. Fashionable C. Tiring. D. Annoying ‎35. What is the main purpose of the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A. To prove car accidents are really terrible.‎ B. To point out the real danger to children.‎ C. To warn parents about a terrible crime.‎ D. To argue against some parents' worry.‎ 三、七选五阅读填空（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ ‎ Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: "How do I get a good job?"    36    .‎ ‎ There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time.    37    . He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad (少年) offered to take his place.     38    .       39    . If the lad had gone home to consider about his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well. Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs (美差). When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying.     40    . And within a year this person had become general manger of the company. A. This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself. B. People find jobs in an infinite number of ways. ‎ C. it's almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers D. Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor. E. But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the ‎ company's faults. F. He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved. G. It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.‎ 四、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎ I came to know the jigsaw puzzle(拼图玩具) at the age of six. My sister placed a box with thousands of pieces of cardboard inside in front of me. She explained what we had to do — piece them together. 41 the pieces, we began doing the puzzle. It took a long time to 42 . But the most disappointing part was the finished 43 : a cat face, because I like dogs much more.‎ ‎ As I grew up, I realized that 44 are the puzzle pieces that shape a person's final "image". Each is important and deserves to be 45 seriously. Completing high school 46 a piece to my puzzle. After graduation, leaving the comfort zone of my life, I began another — spending a year 47 in a school in Germany. ‎ ‎ The beginning of my new life was extremely 48 .When at home in England, my parents were 49 there to support me and provide meals. All that 50 once I arrived in Germany. If I didn't cook or buy food, I wouldn't eat. Living alone, I had to adapt, 51 myself to learn to cook.‎ ‎ If 52 wasn't enough of a challenge, I would have had to adapt to speaking German 53 . The first weeks were especially hard, because 54 I learned to speak German before, the dialect (方言) is completely 55 in the actual country. It was very hard for me to ask for directions without people looking at me 56 .Those experiences only gave me more 57 to improve my German. I spoke with my language teacher as often as possible. Gradually, I 58 a difference in my speech.‎ This puzzle piece of my life — my year in Germany — has been a time of personal 59 . In a new environment, we have to be adaptive and motivated to overcome difficulties. I will keep that 60 attitude for my future college and beyond.‎ ‎41. A. Throwing away B. Holding up C. Spreading out D. Seeing through ‎42. A. paint B design C. play D. complete ‎43. A. image B. answer C. task D. cardboard ‎44. A. lessons B. experiences C. stories D. details ‎45. A. remembered B. showed C. treated D. researched ‎46. A. added B. linked C. applied D. limited ‎47. A. traveling B. working C. teaching D. studying ‎48. A. disappointing B. challenging C. amazing D. puzzling ‎49. A. still B. seldom C. always D. hardly ‎50. A. continued B. changed C. recovered D. mattered ‎51. A. allowing B. reminding C. warning D. wiling ‎52. A. cooking B. graduation C. purchase D. loneliness ‎53. A. occasionally B. loudly C. slowly D. constantly ‎54. A. if B. although C. once D. after ‎55. A. fluent B. difficult C. different D. universal ‎56. A. strangely B. curiously C. sincerely D. anxiously ‎57. A. ability B. permission C. opportunity D. motivation ‎58. A. noticed B. stressed C. explored D. reflected ‎59. A. survival B. growth C. discovery D. struggle ‎60. A. natural B. responsible C. positive D. general 五、语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ ‎ There was a man who had four sons. Never 61 they stop quarrelling with one another. He was always telling them now much 62 (easy) life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him. One day he decided to show them 63 he meant. ‎ ‎ He called all the sons together and put a 64 (tight) tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them. ‎ ‎ "Can you break that? " he asked the youngest son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but 65 he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood.‎ ‎ The father required each son in turn 66 (try) to break the bundle, but 67 of them could do it. Then he 68 (tie) the string and scattered the sticks.‎ ‎ Now try, " said the father. The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands.‎ ‎ “ Do you see what I mean?” the father asked,“ if only you stand together no one can hurt you. If you all disagree the whole 69 and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you. " United we stand, 70 (divide) we fall. ‎ ‎ ‎ 六、单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）‎ 根据所给汉语或首字母写出空缺处单词的适当形式，使句子完整，语法正确，每空一词。‎ 71. People tend to make a________ about you based on your appearance.‎ 72. If you say that something is u______________, you are emphasizing that it is very good, ‎ ‎ impressive, intense, or extreme. ‎ 73. The soldiers fought d________, but the enemy closed in from all sides.‎ 74. The British job of Lecturer c____________ roughly to the US Associate Professor.‎ 71. Their latest single, which is totally different from their previous songs, represents a new ‎ d_________ for the band.‎ 72. ‎____________ (不幸地)for him, his title brought obligations（义务） as well as privileges.‎ 73. Once you have all the ________ (相关的) information, we can make a decision.‎ 74. In the study families are ________ (归类) according to their incomes.‎ 75. He refused to comment on the ________(结果) of the election.‎ 76. Both of them are too s________(固执的） to make a compromise.‎ 七、动词填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 根据所给句子用括号中动词的适当形式填空，使句子完整，语法正确。‎ ‎81. He was very unhappy for_________________( not invite) to the party.‎ ‎82. He was found___________(watch) TV when his mother came in.‎ ‎83. That was the first play _______________ (perform) that year.‎ ‎84. He _____________(finish) the work by the time she comes back.‎ ‎85. The experiment ___________ (design) to test the new drug proved successful.‎ ‎86. The teacher found the door broken, but he didn’t know who was ___________ (blame) for it.‎ ‎87. It’s no good ____________(discuss) problems with a man like that.‎ ‎88. With food supplies ____________(run) out, the situation here is getting desperate.‎ ‎89. Our hometown _________ (take) on a new look in the past ten years.‎ ‎90. It is time that the government _____________ (take) measures to protect the rare birds and ‎ animals. ‎ 八、书面表达（满分20分）‎ 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60字左右的内容概要。‎ ‎ Every spring the trees and flowers bloom (开花) here in Connecticut. But that's not the case everywhere, especially the driest place on Earth.‎ ‎ The driest place on the planet is currently experiencing a second amazing and inspiring flower bloom and flooded with color after one more extreme rainfall this year, making for a rare sight for those living in Chile's Atacama Desert.‎ ‎ The Atacama Desert is located in the north part of the country and barely receive any rain throughout the entire year in general, making it extremely difficult for any plant to grow. Arica, in the northern Atacama, holds the world record for the longest dry tendency, having gone 173 months without a drop of rain in the early 20th century.‎ ‎ However, historic rainfall moved through the region earlier this year, leading to catastrophic flood, but also providing water for flower seeds that had lain dormant for years. In March, the heavy El Nino-related thunderstorm brought 0.96 inches of rain in one day to parts of the Atacama Desert. This doesn't seem like that much, but it was a huge rainfall event for the desert — over 14 years of rain in one day.‎ ‎ The malva (锦葵) flowers on the floor of the Atacama Desert bloom every five to seven years, usually coinciding with EL Nino. They have taken advantage of the particularly rainy conditions of March, leading to the "most wonderful blossoming of the past I8 years".‎ ‎ The desert saw another rainfall in August, causing the malva to bloom once again in the same year, which has ever been recorded. It is a unique experience for the visitors to take the opportunity to document the wonder of nature.‎ ‎ It is estimated that roughly 20,000 visitors crowd to the desert recently to see the millions of tiny pink and purple flowers until the early part of November before the flowers begin to die and the landscape returns to normal.‎ ‎ ‎ 邗江中学2019-2020学年度第二学期期中考试 高二英语答案 一、听力 ‎ 1—5 BCAAA 6—10 CAACC 11—15 BCBAA 16—20 CBACA 二、阅读理解 ‎21-22 BC 23-25 CAB 26-29 DABC 30-35 CBBADD 三、七选五阅读填空 ‎ 36-40 BDFAE ‎ 四、完形填空 ‎41-45 CDABD 46-50 ADBCB 51-55 DADBC 56-60 ADABC 五、语法填空 ‎61. did 62. easier 63. what 64. tightly 65. when/while/although/though ‎66. to try 67. none 68. untied 69. time 70. divided 六、单词拼写 ‎71. assumptions 72. unbelievable 73. desperately 74. corresponds 75. departure ‎76. unfortunately 77. relevant 78. classified 79. outcome 80.stubborn 七、动词填空 ‎81. not being invited 82. watching 83. to be performed 84. will have finished 85. designed 86. to blame 87. discussing 88. running 89. has taken 90. took 八、书面表达 ‎ As the driest place in the world, the Atacama Desert witnessed historic rainfall in March. Although the rainfall caused catastrophic flood, it made malva seeds that had lain dormant for years come to life, whose flowers coated the desert later. And more surprisingly, one more rainfall ‎ swept this place in August, which produces another feast for eyes, because the flowers are blooming again.‎ 听力材料 Text 1 ‎ M: Nice iPad case! I really like that one, but I think it would make my iPad too heavy.‎ W: Well, actually, it’s really light. Here, you can feel it. It provides great protection.‎ M: Huh, I guess you’re right!‎ Text 2 ‎ W: When can we expect you for dinner? Can you come over this evening?‎ M: Not this evening. I promised to go to a concert with some of my colleagues.‎ W: Well, how about Friday?‎ M: Oh, I’m afraid I can’t make it. I’ve got an appointment with a student.‎ Text 3 ‎ W: Oh… I like this one.‎ M: Oh, it’s beautiful! But I don’t own a bank, honey. We can’t afford it.‎ W: Well, it doesn’t hurt to dream.‎ Text 4 ‎ W: What took you so long? I’ve been waiting in the rain. I thought you just went to park the car.‎ M: There were no spots, so I had to circle the parking lot for ages.‎ W: You should have parked on the street.‎ Text 5 ‎ M: What are you doing this afternoon?‎ W: I have no idea.‎ M: Do you want to see some wildlife?‎ W: Sounds like a good idea.‎ Text 6 ‎ M: I’ve tried everything to get that blanket out of her hands so that I can wash it, but nothing works. She cries every time I try and take it.‎ W: Why don’t you try washing it at night while she’s sleeping?‎ M: Huh, I never thought of that! What a great idea! She would never even know that it was missing. Thank you.‎ W: I’ve been a mom for years, you know. If you ever have any questions, you can ask me.‎ M: Not just any mom… the best mom!‎ W: Aw, thanks, son.‎ Text 7 ‎ M: Did you enjoy your weekend at the Highland Hotel? ‎ W: I had a wonderful time. The rooms are not very big, but they’re well furnished. The restaurant was excellent and reasonably priced.‎ M: Is there a swimming pool?‎ W: Yes, but I didn’t go there.‎ M: What’s the service like?‎ W: Checking in and out at reception only took a few minutes. The restaurant staff were very polite. A waiter recommended their baked fish, which tasted wonderful. The hotel was quite full, so I’d suggest making a reservation in advance. The hotel offers a discount on weekends.‎ M: Sounds perfect.‎ Text 8 ‎ M: Well, since neither of us has a lot of money, I don’t think a hotel or motel would be a good idea. How about a youth hostel?‎ W: I’d rather not go to a youth hostel. They’re certainly cheap, but you never get to be alone in those places, and I hate sharing kitchens with strangers. I think we should find a small house to rent. And if we get a few more friends to join us, it will be really cheap.‎ M: But who should we ask to come with us? How about Peter? ‎ W: I was just talking to him this morning, and he said that he was flying home to Hong Kong.‎ M: What about Maria? Oh, and David might be interested. And his brother Walter is studying here, too. We can ask him.‎ W: Hang on… not so fast, please. I’m writing a list of people to call. We could ask Jennifer, too. I don’t think she has any plans. And perhaps Michael, too. I think I’ll call them all right now. ‎ Text 9‎ M: What’s the matter, honey? I was cooking and I heard you yelling.‎ W: Look at the water! I was just washing my favorite orange skirt, and it turned all of the water orange!‎ M: Wow, that’s a lot of orange. Is this the first time that you’ve washed the skirt?‎ W: Um… yeah, I guess it is. Do you think that’s why all of the color is coming out?‎ M: It could be, but even during the first wash, clothes don’t usually lose this much color. Did you read the washing instructions before you started washing it?‎ W: No, I forgot!‎ M: Well, let’s take a look... See! There’s your problem. This skirt is supposed to be dry-cleaned only. You aren’t supposed to put it in water. No wonder you had a problem.‎ W: Hmm... it doesn’t look like the skirt is ruined. The color is just a bit lighter. I guess everything is okay. I think I’ll just keep washing it. I can’t afford to have it dry-cleaned.‎ M: Okay, just be careful not to put anything white in with it when you wash it.‎ W: Right. I’ll remember to wash it separately from everything else.‎ Text 10 ‎ In China, there once lived a very foolish king and queen. One day, the queen had a baby girl. When they saw their baby, they both cried out, “My goodness! Look how small she is! She’s hairless and toothless! She’s a monster!” They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some medicine for her.‎ ‎“When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth,” the king said. “If you don’t do this, you’ll get a beating.” The doctors thought it was impossible, but they dared not say or do anything against the king’s orders. Just then, an old doctor stepped forward. “Oh, we shall certainly obey your order,” he said, “but it will take time. We have to dig up a mineral from the Kunlun mountains when the snow melts for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once every six years, so we need twelve years.” At last, the king agreed, and the doctors took away the little princess. On her twelfth birthday, they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy, and they gave the doctors expensive presents.‎