仿真模拟练(四)

第一部分　听力(略)

第二部分　阅读理解

第一节

A

Jan Fields，our web editor，has always loved two things—writing and teaching，so she’s done both throughout her professional career.After graduating from college with a BA in Journalism，she quickly found that writing for newspapers didn’t fulfill her dreams.So she switched to magazines and soon began teaching magazine writing.Still，something didn’t feel quite right.She wanted more challenges and creativity.

In the 1980s，Jan answered a call to rewrite a year’s children’s church lessons.She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired.She dove in and has never looked back.Her work has appeared in Ladybug，Shining Star and many others.

As Jan continued building credit in children’s magazines，educational magazines，and parenting magazines，she looked for opportunities to pass along what she had learned to other writers.Soon，teaching small community college classes wasn’t enough—she wanted to help other writers to find success in creating material for children.

In 2001，she discovered the Institute of Children’s Literature and she’s been happily instructing students here ever since.To best meet her students’needs，she’s constantly searching out new information.As a web editor，Jan looks after the needs of all the visitors to this site.She moderates the Scheduled Events discussion groups and the Writer’s Retreat forum，writes for the Writer’s Support Room，and edits the Writer’s Support Room and Writing Tips articles.

Jan is always open to suggestions for new ways to meet the needs of the writing communities.Feel free to email her.She’s eager to hear from you.

21．Jan Fields finds ________is what she really wants most.

A．writing for newspapers

B．teaching magazine writing

C．writing stories and activities for children

D．teaching small community college classes

22．Jan Fields gave up her first two jobs mainly because ________.

A．she was badly paid as a journalist

B．she was not good at writing at college

C．the jobs didn’t seem challenging or creative

D．she likes teaching better than writing

23．It can be inferred that the Institute of Children’s Literature is ________.

A．where Jan Fields graduated

B．where writing material is on sale

C．where Jan Fields cooperates with other writers

D．where children are taught writing by Jan Fields

【语篇解读】　本文是—篇人物传记，网络编辑Jan Fields喜欢挑战，给孩子们写了很多故事。

21．解析：选C。根据第二段中的“She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired”可知，她真正想做的是给孩子们写故事和活动，故选C项。

22．解析：选C。根据第一段的最后一句“She wanted more challenges and creativity”可推知，她放弃前两份工作是因为她觉得这两份工作没有挑战性和创造性，故选C项。

23．解析：选D。根据第四段第一句中的“she’s been happily instructing students here ever since”可知，她在Institute of Children’s Literature教孩子们写作，故选D项。

B

Christmas in the United States is traditionally a time of gift­giving and family gatherings.But small towns across the country have their own traditions.

Middleburg，a small town in the state of Virginia，is known for its horses.For more than 50 years，Middleburg has organized a yearly Christmas parade(游行)．Men and women ride horses through the woods and fields.They follow hunting dogs as they search for a wild fox.But first，these hunters ride in the yearly parade，wearing their bright red hunting clothes and hats.

John Hale，a citizen of Middleburg says many city people visit his town.“We have a lot of people from an urban area that come to visit，but it incorporates a lot of the old traditions.” The nighttime hayride is one such tradition.Small groups gather under the moonlight on an open wagon filled with hay.The passengers sing as farm horses pull the wagon slowly across the fields.

There are some newer traditions，too.Trey Matheu works at the nearby Salamander Resort.He says a visit to Middleburg is a chance to slow down for a day.He says Middleburg can be a calming，peaceful place without tension.

“Middleburg is an opportunity to take a step back，to take a deep breath，and understand that even though life is moving on at a very fast pace，there’s really an opportunity where you’re allowed to step off for a little bit.”

Parade organizers say more than 13,000 people attend even in below freezing weather.But if you ask，you will hear many different reasons why people come to watch the parade：

“I come here because I’m from a small town.I like how everybody comes together.”

“I live right down that street，right there.And that’s my dog.”

Middleburg looks its best at Christmastime.That may be why so many people return each year.

24．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Middleburg’s Christmas parade

B．A small town known for horses

C．Christmas traditions in Middleburg

D．Newer traditions at Christmastime

25．At Christmas，people in Middleburg usually ________.

A．visit friends and families

B．feed farm horses with hay

C．hunt for dogs in the woods

D．ride in the yearly parade

26．According to Trey Matheu，why do people visit Middleburg?

A．To relax themselves.

B．To enjoy the fresh air.

C．To escape competition.

D．To challenge themselves.

27．What do we know about the small town Middleburg?

A．It makes a large profit from tourism.

B．It attracts many people each year.

C．It is a good place for family gatherings.

D．It doesn’t respect Christmas traditions.

【语篇解读】　本文介绍了弗吉尼亚州的一个小镇Middleburg的圣诞传统。

24．解析：选C。本文主要介绍了弗吉尼亚州的一个小镇Middleburg的圣诞传统，C项最具概括性。

25．解析：选D。根据第二段中的“For more than 50 years，Middleburg has organized a yearly Christmas parade(游行)．Men and women ride horses through the woods and fields”可知，在圣诞节，Middleburg的人们会在一年一度的游行中骑马。

26．解析：选A。根据第四、五段可知，Trey Matheu认为游览Middleburg会让人感到放松、平静，可以暂时逃离快节奏的生活，因此选择A。

27．解析：选B。根据倒数第四段中的“Parade organizers say more than 13,000 people attend even in below freezing weather”可知，这个小镇每年吸引很多人游览。

C

London has become a cycle­friendly zone after the launch of a new bike hire scheme.It has been designed to encourage more people to cycle in and around central London.

So how does it work? First you have to sign up for the scheme to be sent a key.The key will unlock one of the bikes，which are kept at docking stations in and around central London.You have to pay an access fee for the key and then you pay as you go for the length of time you use the bike.

Transport for London，which runs the scheme，is hoping to have 6,000 bikes and 400 docking stations in place by the end of the year.The new hire system is hoping to ease congestion(拥挤) in London and is expected to create up to 40,000 extra cycle trips a day into the city centre.London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme and said London had been “filled with thousands of gleaming machines that will transform the look and feel of our streets and become as commonplace on our roads as black cabs and red buses”．

However，there have been a few problems since the scheme was launched last Friday.On the first day some people found they couldn’t dock their bikes properly and that their usage of the bikes had not been registered.Transport for London did admit they had been expecting a few “teething problems” and said they wouldn’t charge for the first day as a “gesture of goodwill”．Some other people have criticized the lack of docking stations and locks for the bikes as well as the price it costs to hire the bicycles.

Despite the comments，the green­thinking London Mayor still seems very positive about things，saying，“My campaign for the capital to become the greatest big cycling city in the world has taken a big pedal­powered push forwards.”

28．London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the new bike hire scheme in order to ________.

A．reduce the air pollution of the city

B．deal with the city’s traffic problems

C．increase employment opportunities

D．encourage the citizens to take exercise

29．If you want to hire a bike，in which order will you do?

a．pay for the key to a bike

b．sign up as a member to get a key

c．cycle in and around central London

d．pay according to the time you use the bike

A．b→a→c→d B．b→d→c→a

C．d→c→b→a D．d→b→c→a

30．All the following are the problems of the scheme EXCEPT ________.

A．the high cost to hire a bike

B．docking the bikes properly

C．not registering their usage of the bikes

D．not charging for the first day of the scheme

31．From the passage，we can infer that ________.

A．the cycling revolution is not successful

B．all the citizens in London support the scheme

C．the London Mayor is confident of the scheme

D．the scheme will be cancelled because of the problems

【语篇解读】　本文为新闻报道。题材为出行交通方式。伦敦在市长的倡议下实施了一项新的自行车出租方案，这一方案旨在鼓励人们骑自行车以缓解伦敦的交通拥挤状况。

28．解析：选B。事实细节题。根据第三段第二句可知这个方案旨在缓解伦敦的交通拥挤状况。

29．解析：选A。事实细节题。根据第二段可知要想租自行车首先需注册为会员以便获得钥匙，然后支付自行车钥匙的使用费，接下来你可以在伦敦市区及附近使用自行车，最后根据你使用自行车的时间付费。

30．解析：选D。事实细节题。根据第四段中的“couldn’t dock their bikes properly”，“their usage of the bikes had not been registered”及最后一句可排除A、B、C三项。

31．解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知伦敦市长对这个方案充满信心。

D

E­cigarettes look high­tech，so it’s easy to believe that they’re safe to smoke.Unfortunately，they’re not：E­cigarettes are just another way of putting nicotine into your body.

Electronic cigarettes are smoking devices often designed to look and feel like regular cigarettes.They are filled with a liquid that contains nicotine，flavorings，and other chemicals.A heating device in the e­cigarette changes the liquid into a vapor (烟雾) the person breathes in.

Because e­cigarettes don’t burn tobacco，people don’t breathe in the same amount of carbon monoxide as they would with a regular cigarette.But anyone using an e­cigarettes still gets an amount of nicotine and other chemicals.

Electronic cigarettes started out being marketed to smokers as a way to help them quit.Now e­cigarettes have been mainstreamed.Scientists expect to see more information coming out about e­cigarettes and their health effects.

E­cigarettes don’t fill the lungs with harmful smoke，but that doesn’t make them a healthy alternative to regular cigarettes.When you use an e­cigarette，you’re still putting nicotine—which is absorbed through your lungs—into your system.In addition to being an addictive drug，researchers at the University of Utah used some animals to conduct a study to prove the toxic effects of nicotine.Later it was once even used as a chemical drug to kill some insects in agriculture.

Nicotine affects your brain，nervous system，and heart.It raises the blood pressure and the heart rate.The larger an amount of nicotine，the more a person’s blood pressure and heart rate go up.This can cause an arrhythmia(心律失常)．In rare cases，especially when large amounts of nicotine are involved，arrhythmias can cause heart failure and death.

After its first effects disappear gradually，the body starts to desire nicotine.You might feel depressed or tired，and want more nicotine to feel lively again.Over time，nicotine use can lead to serious medical problems，including heart disease，blood clots，and stomach diseases.

32．The underlined word“toxic” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________.

A．safe B．poisonous

C．beneficial D．curable

33．Why did electronic cigarettes come into being?

A．Because it was designed to help smokers give up smoking.

B．Because smokers meant to have a taste of new products.

C．Because the device turned out to be practical for smokers.

D．Because it is convenient for smokers to carry.

34．When using an e­cigarette，________.

A．you will find it cool

B．you will save a lot of money

C．you will avoid damaging your body

D．you will take nicotine into lungs

35．What does the sixth paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The harm of nicotine.

B．What nicotine is.

C．How arrhythmias form.

D．The functions of nicotine.

【语篇解读】　电子香烟看似是高科技，但实际上也对人体有害。本文讲述了原因。

32．解析：选B。猜测词义题。根据画线词toxic后的as a chemical drug to kill some insects可知选B项。

33．解析：选A。事实细节题。根据第二段第一句可知电子香烟是为帮助吸烟者戒烟而设计的，故选A项。

34．解析：选D。事实细节题。根据第五段第二句可知选D项。

35．解析：选A。主旨大意题。根据第六段中“尼古丁可以使血压升高，心跳加快从而导致心律失常”，可知选A项。

第二节

You think you know your dog.36.____________ She probably recognizes you when she sees you.But can a dog tell by simply looking at you whether you have a happy or an angry expression on your face? Researchers in Austria have taught pet dogs to know the difference.

37．____________ When dog owners shout or speak in a strong，sharp voice，dogs often act guiltily and quietly move away from the area.

Recently，researchers found that dogs can look at our faces，and tell the difference between a smile and a frown.The animals were able to recognize a look of approval from one of disapproval.Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna performed a series of experiments.38.____________ They showed the dogs two pictures of either the upper or lower half of a person’s face.On one picture，the person looked happy.The other appeared angry.The dogs were then shown images of the eyes or mouths of people they had never seen before.39.____________

Once the dogs learned to recognize which image was happy or angry，they could easily identify the same expressions in pictures of any face.Future studies will try to show whether dogs can learn the meaning of facial expressions.40.____________

The researchers’findings were published in the journal Current Biology.They provide the first solid evidence that humans are not the only species that can read the body language of another species.

A．Dogs are very aware of sound.

B．Dogs have feelings just as you do.

C．But how well does your dog know you?

D．They were also shown the left half of the faces used in training.

E．Some dogs are very unhappy when they are left alone for a long time.

F．They taught dogs to recognize facial expressions.

G．For example，whether a frown shows that someone is angry.

答案：CAFDG

第三部分　英语知识运用

第一节　完形填空

Mr.Jackson was blind from birth.He owned a fruit __41__ on a very busy street.__42__ he was visually disabled，he ran his business pretty handsomely.He could see nothing and he could only __43__ the things within his reach.__44__，he was able to handle it and was content with everything he had.

One day his son came to him.He told Mr.Jackson in __45__ that he read in the newspaper of a __46__ who could operate on his eyes and allow him to see.The father and son traveled to the doctor and paid for the __47__.

After the operation，the doctor asked Mr.Jackson : “What is the first thing you are __48__ to see when I take the bandages off？” He replied，“I really want to see my beautiful __49__ on my stand ！”

The doctor and the son __50__ Mr.Jackson down to the busy street where his fruit stand had been located for so many years.The doctor __51__ unwrapped the bandages __52__ he could lay his eyes on the beautiful fruit! Mr.Jackson was so full of __53__ that he could finally see his life’s work—taking care of his fruit ! After a few hours of __54__ his beautiful fruit stand，he looked down the street both ways and saw there were quite a few fruit stands in both directions.He looked __55__ the street and saw many other fruit stands.He spent so much time looking at other people’s fruit stands and __56__ the competition that soon his own business __57__.

From Mr.Jackson’s failure，we should know that everyone is a __58__ individual with different fingerprints，DNA and thinking.What we need to do is just be ourselves and __59__ everyone else to be who they are.Mind our own business and we should never be afraid of the __60__.

41．A.stand B．company

C．store D．center

42．A.Because B．As

C．Although D．When

43．A.remember B．describe

C．imagine D．feel

44．A.Therefore B．However

C．Otherwise D．Besides

45．A.pride B．doubt

C．excitement D．surprise

46．A.doctor B．nurse

C．chemist D．volunteer

47．A.information B．medicine

C．service D．operation

48．A.nervous B．lucky

C．eager D．afraid

49．A.flowers B．vegetables

C．fruit D．clothing

50．A.sent B．accompanied

C．followed D．invited

51．A.suddenly B．curiously

C．carefully D．firmly

52．A.so that B．in case

C．even if D．if only

53．A.regret B．joy

C．courage D．relief

54．A.enjoying B．checking

C．judging D．making

55．A.above B．within

C．through D．across

56．A.preparing for B．focusing on

C．worrying about D．taking up

57．A.improved B．failed

C．appeared D．expanded

58．A.simple B．reliable

C．unique D．perfect

59．A.force B．require

C．persuade D．allow

60．A.competition B．change

C．difference D．disability

【语篇解读】　该文通过杰克逊的故事告诉我们：每个人都是独一无二的，我们要做的就是做自己，管好自己的事情，这样我们将不怕与他人竞争。

41．解析：选A。根据下文第49题处“I really want to see my beautiful __49__ on my stand”的提示可知，杰克逊有一个水果摊。

42．解析：选C。此处表示尽管他失明了，但是他的生意做得相当好。根据语境中的逻辑关系，应选择C。

43．解析：选D。根据文章第一句及前文的“He could see nothing”可知，杰克逊失明了，什么也看不见，所以他只能感受(feel)他手边的东西。

44．解析：选B。下文说他能够应对这一切，与前文构成转折关系，因此选择B。therefore“因此”；however“然而”；otherwise“否则”；besides“而且”。

45．解析：选C。根据下文可知，杰克逊的儿子在报纸上看到有一个医生能治好杰克逊的眼睛，所以他应是兴奋地将这一消息告诉杰克逊。pride“骄傲”；doubt“怀疑”；excitement“兴奋”；surprise“惊奇”。

46．解析：选A。根据定语从句的内容及下文的“The father and son traveled to the doctor”可知，此处应指一名医生能治好杰克逊的眼睛。

47．解析：选D。根据前文的“who could operate on his eyes”及下文的“After the operation，the doctor asked Mr.Jackson”可知，此处应指为手术付了款。

48．解析：选C。根据下文的“I really want to see”可知，手术后，医生问杰克逊：“当我拆掉绷带时，你渴望见到的第一件东西是什么？”be eager to do sth.“渴望做某事”。

49．解析：选C。根据第41题处可知，他有一个水果摊，所以他想看看水果摊上的水果。

50．解析：选B。此处指医生和儿子陪同杰克逊去他的水果摊。send“派遣”；accompany“陪同”；follow“跟随”；invite“邀请”。

51．解析：选C。医生小心地解开绷带。suddenly“突然”；curiously“好奇地”；carefully“小心地”；firmly“坚定地”。

52．解析：选A。医生解开绷带以便让杰克逊看到美丽的水果。so that“以便”，引导目的状语从句。in case“以防万一”；even if“即使”；if only“要是……就好了”。

53．解析：选B。杰克逊终于能看到他的水果了，他感到非常高兴。regret“遗憾”；joy“欢欣，喜悦”；courage“勇气”；relief“缓解，宽慰”。

54．解析：选A。杰克逊对自己的水果摊欣赏几个小时后，他看到街两旁有很多水果摊。enjoy“欣赏，喜爱”；check“核查”；judge“判断”；make“制造”。

55．解析：选D。他往街对面看，看到了许多其他的水果摊。look across“向对面看，眺望”。注意look through表示“浏览”。

56．解析：选C。根据第60题处“Mind our own business and we should never be afraid of the __60__”可知，杰克逊看到这么多水果摊，开始担心竞争了。prepare for“为……做好准备”；focus on“集中(精力、注意力等)于”；worry about“担心”；take up“开始从事，占据”。

57．解析：选B。根据下文的“From Mr.Jackson’s failure”可知，不久他自己的生意失败了。improve“改善”；fail“失败”；appear“出现”；expand“扩大”。

58．解析：选C。根据下文的“with different fingerprints，DNA and thinking”可知，每个人都是有不同指纹、DNA和思想的独一无二的人。simple“简单的”；reliable“可靠的，可信赖的”；unique“独一无二的，独特的”；perfect“完美的”。

59．解析：选D。我们需要做的只是做自己，并允许别人成为他们自己。force“强迫，迫使”；require“要求”；persuade“说服”；allow“允许”。

60．解析：选A。根据第56题处可知，此处应是劝诫我们：管好自己的事，我们应该决不害怕竞争。

第二节

Over the years I have met some very interesting people.Two of 61.____________ most interesting people were two elderly sisters，Joan and Bernice，62.____________ way of talking about people inspired me.

It was always a 63.____________ (pleasant) to visit these two sisters.Just being 64.____________(greet) at the door was a joy.I remember well how happy they were when I came to visit.I always heard about the people who 65.____________ (be) there before me.Each and every person was talked about in a positive way.The conversation would go something like this，“Oh，Kay，so and so was here yesterday.She is just the‘salt of the earth’，isn’t she？”The other sister would reply，“ Oh yes ! You just can’t believe 66.__________ wonderful she is.”I never heard they say a negative word 67.____________ anyone.NEVER!

I understood why these two had so much company when other people complained that no one cared about 68.____________ (they)．It was their attitude towards people.I had no doubt that when the next person came to visit they were going to hear how I was the“ salt of the earth” and how happy they were that I had come 69.____________(visit)．

What a wonderful example these two elderly sisters were to me! I will always be 70.____________ (gratitude) that I had the opportunity to know them.

61．解析：考查冠词。最高级前用定冠词the。

答案：the

62．解析：考查定语从句。way与空前面的名词Joan and Bernice是所属关系。

答案：whose

63．解析：考查词性转换。空前有不定冠词a修饰，故用名词pleasure。

答案：pleasure

64．解析：考查非谓语动词。此处为v.­ing形式作主语，且根据空前的being及句意可知，此处应用v.­ing形式的被动结构。

答案：greeted

65．解析：考查时态。主句用的是一般过去时，而定语从句中的谓语动作发生在主句谓语动作之前，故用过去完成时态。

答案：had been

66．解析：考查连接副词。wonderful为形容词，故用连接副词how作宾语从句的引导词。

答案：how

67．解析：考查介词。句意为：我从未听她们说过有关任何人的坏话。about意为“关于”。

答案：about

68．解析：考查代词。此处用they的宾格形式作介词about的宾语。

答案：them

69．解析：考查非谓语动词。此处用不定式作目的状语。

答案：to visit

70．解析：考查词性转换。空前有be动词，故此处用形容词作表语。

答案：grateful

第四部分　写作

第一节　短文改错

On Tuesday evening I boarded a bus and sat in the back.About two hours later，the bus arrived at my destination.I was the last one to get out of the bus and realized a man has left his phone on the seat next to me.I picked it up and waited the owner’s telephone call，that he gave me two hours later.I told him I had gone home and would give them to him the follow day.

So in my way to work the next morning I gave the phone back to him.He was so delighted and wanted to give me the reward，but I was refused it and told him it was okay.He was very exciting.I also felt gladly for having done a good deed.

答案：

On Tuesday evening I boarded a bus and sat in the back.About two hours later，the bus arrived at my destination.I was the last one to get out of the bus and realized a man left his phone on the seat next to me.I picked it up and waited the owner’s telephone call， he gave me two hours later.I told him I had gone home and would give to him the day.

So my way to work the next morning I gave the phone back to him.He was so delighted and wanted to give me reward，but I was refused it and told him it was okay.He was very.I also felt for having done a good deed.

第二节　书面表达

假定你是中学生李华。在一位名叫Johnson的学生的博客上，看到如下内容。请你根据博客内容、写作要点和要求，给这位学生回复。

I am very self­conscious about my body.After 5 open­heart surgeries，I have a scar down the middle of my chest，and I hate to show it.There are so many cute low­cut tops that my friends wear but I can’t.Swimsuit season is coming and it’s really hard for me to be comfortable in mine，because I know people are looking if it shows.Please，I would like some help.

写作要点：

1．表明自己的看法；

2．陈述自己的理由(可举例说明)；

3．提出至少两条建议。

要求：

1．短文词数不少于100；

2．内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯；

3．书写须清晰、工整。

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答案：

Dear Johnson，

I myself have scars all over my back because I got a disease when I was in the 7th grade.For a long time I would never wear bathing suits until one day it just clicked：Nobody is perfect.I know it’s hard for you to be proud of a scar，but the most important thing I can say to you is to just try to be confident! Plus，I don’t know if you’ve noticed，but there are a lot of bathing suits.I really hope that helps and please don’t let anything keep you from feeling beautiful because it is hard to be proud of a scar，it really just demonstrates what an amazing person you are and your real friends shouldn’t care a bit!

Li Hua

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