Unit 2 Improving yourself
选拔卷
班级___________ 姓名___________ 学号____________ 分数____________
（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分）
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
It can be tough to pull kids away from their computers and mobile devices these days. While they're playing games, wouldn't it be great if they could be learning at the same time Good educational apps offer fun challenges that teach specific grade-level skills. Here are four that combine fun and learning.
Understanding Math ($3.99; iOS)
Understanding Math goes beyond basic comprehension to gain a deeper understanding of the whys and hows of math. The app tracks your child's progress to determine strengths and weaknesses in different skill areas, and you can customize(改制）your child's learning experience to suit the needs .
Word Creativity Kit ($2.99; iOS)
Word Creativity Kit aims not only to make creative writing fun but also build up grammar rules. The app presents a series of words from seven categories, such as space or fantasy. Kids add their own words to finish the complete thoughts that these words have inspired.
Barefoot World Atlas ($4.99; iOS)
Barefoot World Atlas helps kids learn about geography and world cultures with a touch of the screen. Each region features a set of subtopics from wildlife and natural features to native , and
architecture . These facts and illustrations are delivered in photographs ,sounds, and hundreds of mini videos.
My Grades & Homework (80.99; iOS)
A combination of grades and homework tracker, My Grades &Homework can help your child stay organized and on top of the progress in school. A convenient calendar and course list format offer a glance at your child's assignment schedule that he or she might not normally get from standard homework planners.
1.Which app is beneficial to children's writing skills
A. Understanding Math.
B.Word Creativity Kit.
C.Barefoot World Atlas.
D. My Grades & Homework.
2. What do the four apps have in common
A. They need purchasing when downloading.
B. They help children improve their grades.
C. They make studies fun by mini-videos.
D. They inform parents of their children's progress.
3. What is the purpose of the text
A. To ask readers to bring in more similar apps for children.
B.To encourage parents to allow their children to play games.
C. To design educational apps combining fun and learning.
D. To introduce four educational apps for readers to buy and use.
B
When I was six, Dad brought home a dog one day, who was called" Brownie". My brothers and I all loved Brownie and did different things with her. One of us would walk her, another would feed her, and then there were baths, playing catch and many other games. Brownie, in return, loved each and every one of us. One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them. We always felt better when she was around.
One day, as I was getting her food, she chewed up(咬破） one of Dadapos;s shoes, which had to be thrown away in the end. I knew Dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did was wrong. I looked at her and said," Bad girl." She looked down at the ground and then went and hid. I saw tears in her eyes.
Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet. She went everywhere with us. People would stop and ask if they could pet her. Of course she'd let anyone pet her. She was just the most lovable dog. There were many times when we'd be out walking and a small child would come over and pull her hair. She never barked (吠） or tried to get away. The funny thing is that she would smile. This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth. Far from the truth, she loved everyone.
Now many years have passed since Brownie died of old age. I still miss the days when she was with us.
4. What would Brownie do when someone was ill in the family
A. Look at them sadly. B. Keep them company.
C. Play games with them. D. Touch them gently.
5. What can we infer about Brownie from Paragraph 2
A. She would eat anything when hungry.
B. She felt sorry for her mistake.
C. She loved playing hide-and-seek.
D. She disliked the author's dad.
6. Why does the author say that Brownie was more than just a family pet
A. She wasn't treated as a member of the family.
B. She played games with anyone she liked.
C. She was loved by everybody she met.
D. She chewed up Dad's shoe.
7. Which of the following best describes Brownie
A. Shy. B. Polite. C. Brave. D. Caring.
C
We travelled to Moscow for a river cruise(乘船游览）.I had never been to Russia and my impressions of that country were formed by what I heard and saw on television and the newspaper. We were to be met at the airport by a driver who would then take us to the hotel as we decided to see Moscow before the cruise. We arrived on time, got our baggage and went to the gate, but no one was waiting and holding a sign with our names.
We had the phone number of the driver and travel agency but no phone that would work in Russia. I noticed a young woman sitting next to me with a cell phone so I asked her if she spoke English and she replied "yes". Would she please call our driver, I would pay for the call, I asked." No problem," she replied and called both numbers but no one answered.
A Russian woman holding a sign with someone's name on it, not ours, must have overheard this conversation and took the paper and called both numbers. Again, no one answered. She shrugged and sat down then her phone rang and in Russian she had a conversation.
Then she started to tell me about the call, but in Russian. I said, "No Russian, English " She said, "No English. Russian and Spanish." The young woman who had made the first call said she spoke Spanish. So the Russian woman relayed the information from our driver to the young woman in Spanish. Then the young woman told the information to me in English.
The three of us looked at each other and realized what had just happened and laughed and hugged each other.
8. We were supposed to be met by____________________ .
A. a travel agent. B. a Russian woman C.a driver D.no one
9. How many people called the driver in the passage
A.1. B.2. C.3. D.4.
10. In which order was the message translated to the writer
A. Spanish-Russian-English. B. Russian-Spanish-English.
C. Russian-English-Spanish. D. Spanish-English-Russian.
11. What may be the best title for the passage
A. Travelling in Russia B. Translated kindness
C. An unusual call D. Kind people in Russia
D
My color television has given me nothing but a headache. I was able to buy it a little over a year ago because I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of clothes that wouldn’t fit. I let a salesclerk fool me into buying a discontinued model. I realized this a day later, when I saw newspaper advertisements for the set at seventy-five dollars less than I had paid. The set worked so beautiful when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night. Fortunately, I didn’t get any channels showing all-night movies or I would never have gotten to bed.
Then I started developing a problem with the set that involved static(静电) noise. For some reason, when certain shows switched into a commercial, a loud noise would sound for a few seconds. Gradually, this noise began to appear during a show, and to get rid of it, I had to change to another channel and then change it back. Sometimes this technique would not work, and I had to pick up the set and shake it to remove the sound. I actually began to build up my arm muscles(肌肉) shaking my set.
When neither of these methods removed the static noise, I would sit helplessly and wait for the noise to go away. At last I ended up hitting the set with my first, and it stopped working altogether. My trip to the repair shop cost me $62, and the sit is working well now, but I keep expecting more trouble.
12. Why did the author say he was fooled into buying the TV set
He got an older model than he had expected.
He couldn’t return it when it was broken.
He could have bought it at a lower price.
He failed to find any movie shows on it.
13. Which of the following an best replace the phrase “signed off” in paragraph 1
ended all their programs
provided fewer channels
changed to commercials
showed all-night movies
14 How did the author finally get this TV set working again
By shaking and hitting it
By turning it on and off
By switching channels
By having it repaired
15. How does the author sound when telling the story
Curious
Anxious
Cautious
Humorous
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
第二部分　语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
You don't need to travel far away to write a travel diary.Your writing can staff with a family vacation or a weekend getaway. All you need is a destination or a place of departure(出发）!
16._______________ Your trip journal can begin before your trip has started. Use your journal to start planning the things you want to do. It can be a cool restaurant where you want to eat, a hike you want to go on or different sights you want to see.Write about what you imagine it will be. Sometimes when you travel, your destination is wildly different from what you expected. Maybe you expected the local food to be bad and it turned out to be delicious. 17. Maybe you thought you would not be comfortable with the climate while you adapted to it. Whatever, try to write it down before you arrive. It will be interesting to compare these predictions to what you have actually experienced.
18_____________It is always easier to remember things when they are fresh in your brain, but it may be diluted(淡化） with time going by. So try to write as much as you can during travelling every day if you can. Your journals don't have to be long, but letting them express your feelings is the most important and exciting.
Add pictures to your journal. bining pictures with your first-hand accounts of what they represent,or what happened when they were taken,will make for(促成）a better travel journal.
Write about your trip after you leave. It is important to reflect on your travels, so you can have a new understanding. 20.
A. Ask a parent for help.
B. Use your journal to plan your trip.
C. Get prepared for your travel journal.
D. Write as much as you can during your trip.
E. Maybe you imagined the town to be smaller than it actually is.
F. This is also a great way to learn about yourself and other people you have travelled with.
G. Even though your journal is meant for writing, pictures are still worth a thousand words.
第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The evening before Walter Carr's first day of work, his car broke down. After he asked for a ride and it 21 , the young man was anxious about 22 to get to work in Pelham. Carr considered and concluded there was only one 23 : He would walk it . It would take him five hours 24 , according to the web mapping service.He 25 the road at midnight to arrive at his place of work by8:30 a.m.It was 26 to stick to one side of the road in the darkness. Sometimes the light of the oncoming vehicles 27 him and he lost the sense of 28 now and then. "I just worried about taking a wrong way," Carr said to The Washington Post. Even he 29 two aggressive dogs on the road. After his several hours' 30 , he reached Pelham and the day 31 . A kind driver came along in the daylight of dawn and 32 a ride and breakfast while he was resting by the side.
Twenty-year-old Carr 33 made it. When his new boss Luke Marklin heard his story , he was so 34 with Carr's heart that he gave Carr his Ford Escape. "The only thing standing in his way seemed to be the 35 . The vehicle was going to be put to better use , " said Marklin .
21.A.set out B.broke off C.fell through D.dropped by
22.A.how B.whether C.where D.when
23.A.desire B.option C.challenge D.route
24.A.on schedule B.on leave C.on foot D. on arrival
25.A.observed B.adjusted C.sought D.hit
26.A.dangerous B.tough C.boring D.noticeable
27.A.delayed B.blinded C.reminded D.frightened
28.A.direction B.security C.touch D.purpose
29.A.followed B.accompanied C.fed D.encountered
30.A.wait B.wander C.struggle D.search
31 . A . broke B . finished C . changed D . worked
32.A.charged B.recommended C.offered D.demanded
33.A.hopefully B.ultimately C.desperately D.proudly
34.A.impressed B.concerned C.popular D.careful
35.A.bonus B.service C.residence D.transport
第二节 (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。
Can YouTube help learn a foreign language
YouTube is a website that everyone has heard of. Perhaps most people even use it on a 36. (day) basis, andit's a form of both 37. (entertain) and social media.
But can we use YouTube to help us learn a foreign language
38 .my opinion, its learning resources are a way of being able to experience the way real people talk. This can make 39. good change from the listening exercises we hear in class. Besides, some English learners don't have the chance 40. (talk) to native speakers in person, so surely YouTube videos can offer an invaluable alternative. As You Tube 41. (increase) in popularity, it also offers an insight into popular culture. Through watching them we can learn about a country's fashion trends, popular video games and 42 (simple) how people spend their daily lives.
However, some people would argue that listening to YouTubers will only make us fall into bad 43.
(habit). Not only do they often use colloquial(口语的）words, 44. sometimes their speech is even
grammatically incorrect. Why would we want to risk 45 (learn) to speak in a way that isn't even right
Then again, others say that this is the way that people really talk, so we should get used to it.
第三节 书面表达（满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，应学校英语社团的邀请，与高一学生分享英语学习方法和经验。请你根据以下提示信息，写一篇发言稿。
1.兴趣：最好的老师；
2.学习方法：初高中衔接、词汇量、训练；
3.其他：建议。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.开头、结尾已经写好，不计入总词数；
3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Hello, everyone! It’s a great pleasure for me to be here to share my English learning experience with you.
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Thanks for your listening.
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给其内容和所给的段落开头语续写成两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。
"Mom, you have the attention lifetime of a squirrel," my younger son told me when he was in middle school.
Never mind that he had the attention lifetime of something even less focused, perhaps a field mouse or a hummingbird(蜂鸟）. He was right. I just could not do many of the things other responsible adults did.
The other mothers at the private school my children attended were modern and calm, but I always felt one step behind them. Wearing pressed slacks and matching jewelry,these mothers served perfectly and joined in parties for fifty-plus kids at a time.
I, on the other hand, was concerned about whether I had on matching socks or whether my shirt was on right-side-out. I could not sit through meetings lasting longer than fifteen minutes. I could not remember to sign my children's field trip permission forms. I forgot to send ice cream money on Fridays.
I usually misplaced important items-my car keys, my ATM card and so on. Once, my older son wore the same pair of shoes for three years before I realized he had grown up.
It never occurred to me that there might be a reason for this. I just thought it was how I was nervous, as in, I was a little too nervous. And then one day, my daughter, a high school junior, began to struggle strongly in math and chemistry, an issue that was all-too-familiar to me as I had failed high school chemistry. At the time, my parents and teachers had attributed my problems to general teenager laziness. I just needed to try harder, they said. I needed to focus.
My father, a chemist, tried helping my daughter with her homework. She stayed for extra math after school. We hired a private teacher. Nothing seemed to help. Finally, I took her to a psychologist(心理学家）who specialized in learning issues. He completed a full evaluation, and then she and I sat side by side while he explained the results.
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
He told me about the results
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Paragraph 2:
Since then,
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Unit 2 Improving yourself
选拔卷答案解析
班级___________ 姓名___________ 学号____________ 分数____________
（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分）
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
It can be tough to pull kids away from their computers and mobile devices these days. While they're playing games, wouldn't it be great if they could be learning at the same time Good educational apps offer fun challenges that teach specific grade-level skills. Here are four that combine fun and learning.
Understanding Math ($3.99; iOS)
Understanding Math goes beyond basic comprehension to gain a deeper understanding of the whys and hows of math. The app tracks your child's progress to determine strengths and weaknesses in different skill areas, and you can customize(改制）your child's learning experience to suit the needs .
Word Creativity Kit ($2.99; iOS)
Word Creativity Kit aims not only to make creative writing fun but also build up grammar rules. The app presents a series of words from seven categories, such as space or fantasy. Kids add their own words to finish the complete thoughts that these words have inspired.
Barefoot World Atlas ($4.99; iOS)
Barefoot World Atlas helps kids learn about geography and world cultures with a touch of the screen. Each region features a set of subtopics from wildlife and natural features to native , and
architecture . These facts and illustrations are delivered in photographs ,sounds, and hundreds of mini videos.
My Grades & Homework (80.99; iOS)
A combination of grades and homework tracker, My Grades &Homework can help your child stay organized and on top of the progress in school. A convenient calendar and course list format offer a glance at your child's assignment schedule that he or she might not normally get from standard homework planners.
1.Which app is beneficial to children's writing skills
A. Understanding Math.
B.Word Creativity Kit.
C.Barefoot World Atlas.
D. My Grades & Homework.
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据 Word Creativity Kit 部分中的第一句话“Word Creativity Kit aims not only to make creative writing fun but also build up grammar rules."可知，应选B项。
2. What do the four apps have in common
A. They need purchasing when downloading.
B. They help children improve their grades.
C. They make studies fun by mini-videos.
D. They inform parents of their children's progress.
【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据四个小标题后括号里的内容可知，四个应用程序都需要付费才能下载，故选A项。
3. What is the purpose of the text
A. To ask readers to bring in more similar apps for children.
B.To encourage parents to allow their children to play games.
C. To design educational apps combining fun and learning.
D. To introduce four educational apps for readers to buy and use.
【答案】D
【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句“Here are four that combine fun and learning."可知，作者写本篇文章的目的是给读者介绍四个寓教于乐的应用程序。
B
When I was six, Dad brought home a dog one day, who was called" Brownie". My brothers and I all loved Brownie and did different things with her. One of us would walk her, another would feed her, and then there were baths, playing catch and many other games. Brownie, in return, loved each and every one of us. One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them. We always felt better when she was around.
One day, as I was getting her food, she chewed up(咬破） one of Dadapos;s shoes, which had to be thrown away in the end. I knew Dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did was wrong. I looked at her and said," Bad girl." She looked down at the ground and then went and hid. I saw tears in her eyes.
Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet. She went everywhere with us. People would stop and ask if they could pet her. Of course she'd let anyone pet her. She was just the most lovable dog. There were many times when we'd be out walking and a small child would come over and pull her hair. She never barked (吠） or tried to get away. The funny thing is that she would smile. This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth. Far from the truth, she loved everyone.
Now many years have passed since Brownie died of old age. I still miss the days when she was with us.
4. What would Brownie do when someone was ill in the family
A. Look at them sadly. B. Keep them company.
C. Play games with them. D. Touch them gently.
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据题干中的关键信息 when someone was ill 可定位到第一段中的 One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them。由此可知，家里有人生病时，它会陪伴着病人。故选B。
5. What can we infer about Brownie from Paragraph 2
A. She would eat anything when hungry.
B. She felt sorry for her mistake.
C. She loved playing hide-and-seek.
D. She disliked the author's dad.
【答案】B
【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段最后两句 She looked down at the ground and then went and hid. I saw tears in her eyes.可知，它为自己咬破鞋子而感到难过。故B正确。
6. Why does the author say that Brownie was more than just a family pet
A. She wasn't treated as a member of the family.
B. She played games with anyone she liked.
C. She was loved by everybody she met.
D. She chewed up Dad's shoe.
【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的 Brownie tumed out to be more than just our family pet. She went everywhere with us. People would stop and ask if they could pet her. Of course she'd let anyone pet her. She was just the most lovable dog.可知，见到它的人都很喜欢它，故选C。
7. Which of the following best describes Brownie
A. Shy. B. Polite. C. Brave. D. Caring.
【答案】D
【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段中的 One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them以及第三段中的 She never barked or tried to get away.可推断出，Brownie是一只体贴人的宠物狗，故选D。
C
We travelled to Moscow for a river cruise(乘船游览）.I had never been to Russia and my impressions of that country were formed by what I heard and saw on television and the newspaper. We were to be met at the airport by a driver who would then take us to the hotel as we decided to see Moscow before the cruise. We arrived on time, got our baggage and went to the gate, but no one was waiting and holding a sign with our names.
We had the phone number of the driver and travel agency but no phone that would work in Russia. I noticed a young woman sitting next to me with a cell phone so I asked her if she spoke English and she replied "yes". Would she please call our driver, I would pay for the call, I asked." No problem," she replied and called both numbers but no one answered.
A Russian woman holding a sign with someone's name on it, not ours, must have overheard this conversation and took the paper and called both numbers. Again, no one answered. She shrugged and sat down then her phone rang and in Russian she had a conversation.
Then she started to tell me about the call, but in Russian. I said, "No Russian, English " She said, "No English. Russian and Spanish." The young woman who had made the first call said she spoke Spanish. So the Russian woman relayed the information from our driver to the young woman in Spanish. Then the young woman told the information to me in English.
The three of us looked at each other and realized what had just happened and laughed and hugged each other.
8. We were supposed to be met by____________________ .
A. a travel agent. B. a Russian woman C.a driver D.no one
【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。由第一段的“We were to be met at the airport by a driver who would then take us to the hotel as we decided to see Moscow before the cruise.”可知，约定会来机场接“我们”的是一个司机。
9. How many people called the driver in the passage
A.1. B.2. C.3. D.4.
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的内容可知，给司机打电话的人是a young woman 和a Russian woman两个人。
10. In which order was the message translated to the writer
A. Spanish-Russian-English. B. Russian-Spanish-English.
C. Russian-English-Spanish. D. Spanish-English-Russian.
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。由第三、四段可知，信息的语言传递顺序为俄语、西班牙语、英语。
11. What may be the best title for the passage
A. Travelling in Russia B. Translated kindness
C. An unusual call D. Kind people in Russia
【答案】B
【解析】 标题归纳题。本文讲述了作者在异国他乡旅行，因为语言不通，受到几个外国友人帮助的小故事。由此使作者体会到了浓浓的情谊，感受到了暖暖的爱。
D
My color television has given me nothing but a headache. I was able to buy it a little over a year ago because I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of clothes that wouldn’t fit. I let a salesclerk fool me into buying a discontinued model. I realized this a day later, when I saw newspaper advertisements for the set at seventy-five dollars less than I had paid. The set worked so beautiful when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night. Fortunately, I didn’t get any channels showing all-night movies or I would never have gotten to bed.
Then I started developing a problem with the set that involved static(静电) noise. For some reason, when certain shows switched into a commercial, a loud noise would sound for a few seconds. Gradually, this noise began to appear during a show, and to get rid of it, I had to change to another channel and then change it back. Sometimes this technique would not work, and I had to pick up the set and shake it to remove the sound. I actually began to build up my arm muscles(肌肉) shaking my set.
When neither of these methods removed the static noise, I would sit helplessly and wait for the noise to go away. At last I ended up hitting the set with my first, and it stopped working altogether. My trip to the repair shop cost me $62, and the sit is working well now, but I keep expecting more trouble.
12. Why did the author say he was fooled into buying the TV set
He got an older model than he had expected.
He couldn’t return it when it was broken.
He could have bought it at a lower price.
He failed to find any movie shows on it.
【答案】C,
【解析】依据第一段中的"I let a salesclerk fool me into buying a discontinued model. I realized this a day later, when I saw newspaper advertisements for the set at seventy-five dollars less than I had paid"可知答案。
13. Which of the following an best replace the phrase “signed off” in paragraph 1
ended all their programs
provided fewer channels
changed to commercials
showed all-night movies
【答案】.A
【解析】结合画线部分所在的句子"The set worked so beautifully when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night"可知，此处指作者一开始把它带回家时，一切如此顺利以至于作者一直看到电视台”停止播放节目”。故选A。
14 How did the author finally get this TV set working again
By shaking and hitting it
By turning it on and off
By switching channels
By having it repaired
【答案】.D
【解析】依据最后一段的"My trip to the repair shop cost me $62,and the set is working well now"可知，最终作者到维修店才使电视机恢复正常。
15. How does the author sound when telling the story
Curious
Anxious
Cautious
Humorous
【答案】D
【解析】由文章第一段的"My color television has given me nothing but a headache",第二段中的"I actually began to build up my arm muscles(肌肉）shaking my set",以及最后一段中的"but I keep expecting more trouble"可知，作者用幽默的语气描述了这台电视机给自己带来的烦恼。
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
第二部分　语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
You don't need to travel far away to write a travel diary.Your writing can staff with a family vacation or a weekend getaway. All you need is a destination or a place of departure(出发）!
16._______________ Your trip journal can begin before your trip has started. Use your journal to start planning the things you want to do. It can be a cool restaurant where you want to eat, a hike you want to go on or different sights you want to see.Write about what you imagine it will be. Sometimes when you travel, your destination is wildly different from what you expected. Maybe you expected the local food to be bad and it turned out to be delicious. 17. Maybe you thought you would not be comfortable with the climate while you adapted to it. Whatever, try to write it down before you arrive. It will be interesting to compare these predictions to what you have actually experienced.
18_____________It is always easier to remember things when they are fresh in your brain, but it may be diluted(淡化） with time going by. So try to write as much as you can during travelling every day if you can. Your journals don't have to be long, but letting them express your feelings is the most important and exciting.
Add pictures to your journal. bining pictures with your first-hand accounts of what they represent,or what happened when they were taken,will make for(促成）a better travel journal.
Write about your trip after you leave. It is important to reflect on your travels, so you can have a new understanding. 20.
A. Ask a parent for help.
B. Use your journal to plan your trip.
C. Get prepared for your travel journal.
D. Write as much as you can during your trip.
E. Maybe you imagined the town to be smaller than it actually is.
F. This is also a great way to learn about yourself and other people you have travelled with.
G. Even though your journal is meant for writing, pictures are still worth a thousand words.
16.【答案】B
【解析】 空格处所填内容是本段的主旨句。根据本段的内容可知，本段主要是建议读者利用日记来规划旅行。故选B。
17.【答案】E
【解析】根据空格处前一句“Maybe you expected...delicious.”和后一句"Maybe you thought...you adapted to it.”可判断出，此处应选E,这些都是出发前的猜测和想象。
18.【答案】D
【解析】 空格处所填内容是本段的主旨句。根据本段的内容可知，本段主要是建议读者在旅行中尽可能多地将所见所闻写下来。故选D。
19.【答案】G
【解析】本段主要是建议读者在写旅行日记时可增添一些图画。G项表示“尽管日记意味着写作，但是图画仍然胜过千言万语”，体现了图画的作用，照应了本段的主旨。故选G。
20.【答案】F
【解析】 空格处前面讲述的是在离开目的地后思考这次旅行的意义。F项正是表达了思考这次旅行的意义，和前面的内容是并列关系。故选F。
第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The evening before Walter Carr's first day of work, his car broke down. After he asked for a ride and it 21 , the young man was anxious about 22 to get to work in Pelham. Carr considered and concluded there was only one 23 : He would walk it . It would take him five hours 24 , according to the web mapping service.He 25 the road at midnight to arrive at his place of work by8:30 a.m.It was 26 to stick to one side of the road in the darkness. Sometimes the light of the oncoming vehicles 27 him and he lost the sense of 28 now and then. "I just worried about taking a wrong way," Carr said to The Washington Post. Even he 29 two aggressive dogs on the road. After his several hours' 30 , he reached Pelham and the day 31 . A kind driver came along in the daylight of dawn and 32 a ride and breakfast while he was resting by the side.
Twenty-year-old Carr 33 made it. When his new boss Luke Marklin heard his story , he was so 34 with Carr's heart that he gave Carr his Ford Escape. "The only thing standing in his way seemed to be the 35 . The vehicle was going to be put to better use , " said Marklin .
21.A.set out B.broke off C.fell through D.dropped by
【答案】C
【解析】 根据下文对Car步行上班的历程的描述可知,Car搭顺风车的计划落空。fall through”落空,失败,成为泡影”符合语境。set out“出发,动身,启程”;break off”停顿,中断”;drop by”顺便访问,顺便进入”。
22.A.how B.whether C.where D.when
【答案】A
【解析】 根据上文的"his car broke down"以及下文的"He would walk it”可知,他对如何去上班感到忧虑。
23.A.desire B.option C.challenge D.route
【答案】B
【解析】认真思考后他认为只有一种选择:步行去上班。option”可选择的事物,选择,选择权”;route”路线,路途”。
24.A.on schedule B.on leave C.on foot D. on arrival
【答案】C
【解析】根据上文的”He would walk it”可知,此处表示步行会花费5个小时。on foot”步行”符合语境。on schedule”按预定时间”;on leave"休假";on arrival"到达时”。
25.A.observed B.adjusted C.sought D.hit
【答案】.D
【解析】根据语境可知,为了八点半前到达,他半夜上路,开始行程。hit 在此处表示”到达(某地)”。
26.A.dangerous B.tough C.boring D.noticeable
【答案】B
【解析】 根据空后的"to stick to one side of the road in the darkness"可知,漆黑的夜里他要保持在路的一边行走并非易事。tough"棘手的,难办的”;noticeable”显著的,显而易见的”。
27.A.delayed B.blinded C.reminded D.frightened
【答案】B
【解析】 结合语境以及空前的”the light of the oncoming vehicles”可知,黑夜中对面驶来的车辆的灯光使他两眼发花。blind在此处是动词,表示”使目眩,使眼花,使看不见”。delay”耽误,耽摘”;remind”提醒,使想起”;frighten”使惊吓,使惊恐”。
28.A.direction B.security C.touch D.purpose
【答案】A
【解析】 根据语境以及下文的"worried about taking a wrong way"可知,灯光照得他眼睛昏花,失去方向感,Carr担心自己走错路。
29.A.followed B.accompanied C.fed D.encountered
【答案】D
【解析】他甚至还在路上遇到两条凶恶的狗。follow"跟随,跟着”;accompany"陪同,陪伴";feed"喂养,饲养";encounter"遇到(尤指令人不快或困难的事),遭遇”。
30.A.wait B.wander C.struggle D.search
【答案】C
【解析】根据上文的“the light of the oncoming vehicles""lost the sense""two aggressive dogs"可知,Carr一路上很艰辛,经历了几个小时的艰难跋涉。struggle”努力”;wander”闲连,律彻”;search"搜寻,查找”。
31 . A . broke B . finished C . changed D . worked
【答案】A
【解析】根据下文的”in the daylight of dawn”可知,天亮了。break 在此处表示”(天)刚亮,破晓”。
32.A.charged B.recommended C.offered D.demanded
【答案】C
【解析】根据上文的"A kind driver came along"可知,一位善良的司机主动提供便车和早餐。charge”收费,要价”;recommend”推荐,介绍”;offer”主动提出,自愿给予”;demand”强烈要求”。
33.A.hopefully B.ultimately C.desperately D.proudly
【答案】B
【解析】根据下文可知,20岁的Carr最后准时到达。hopefully”有希望地,可以指望”;ultimately”最后,最终”;desperately”拼命地,不顾一切地”;proudly”得意地,自豪地”。
34.A.impressed B.concerned C.popular D.careful
【答案】A
【解析】Carr 的新老板听说了这件事,对他很钢佩。impressed“(对……)铮佩,敬仰,有深刻的好印象”;concerned”感兴趣的,关切的,关注的”;popular”受喜爱的,受欢迎的”;careful”谨慎的”。
35.A.bonus B.service C.residence D.transport
【答案】D
【解析】根据上文对 Car 车坏后步行上班的描述以及下文中的”The vehicle”可知,老板认为阻碍Carr(上班)的只有交通工具。bonus“奖金,红利“;service”工作,效劳,服务”;residence”住房,住所”;transport”交通车辆,运输工具”。
第二节 (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。
Can YouTube help learn a foreign language
YouTube is a website that everyone has heard of. Perhaps most people even use it on a 36. (day) basis, andit's a form of both 37. (entertain) and social media.
But can we use YouTube to help us learn a foreign language
38 .my opinion, its learning resources are a way of being able to experience the way real people talk. This can make 39. good change from the listening exercises we hear in class. Besides, some English learners don't have the chance 40. (talk) to native speakers in person, so surely YouTube videos can offer an invaluable alternative. As You Tube 41. (increase) in popularity, it also offers an insight into popular culture. Through watching them we can learn about a country's fashion trends, popular video games and 42 (simple) how people spend their daily lives.
However, some people would argue that listening to YouTubers will only make us fall into bad 43.
(habit). Not only do they often use colloquial(口语的）words, 44. sometimes their speech is even
grammatically incorrect. Why would we want to risk 45 (learn) to speak in a way that isn't even right
Then again, others say that this is the way that people really talk, so we should get used to it.
【答案】daily
【解析】修饰名词 basis 要用形容词作定语。 on a daily basis 基于每一天，按每天的标准。
【答案】 entertainment
【解析】 根据前面的 both和后面的 and social media 可知，此处要用名词作介词of的宾语。
【答案】In
【解析】 in one's opinion在某人看来，某人认为。
【答案】a
【解析】句意：这与我们在课堂上听到的听力练习有很大的不同。a good change一个很好的或很大的改变。
【答案】to talk
【解析】 句意：另外，一些英语学习者没有机会亲自与英语为母语的人交谈……。have the chance to do sth.有机会做某事。
【答案】increases
【解析】根据后面的“it also offers...”可知，此处说的是现在的事实，且主语为YouTube,故本空应用第三人称单数形式。as在句中引导时间状语从句，As YouTube increases...相当于With YouTube increasing...
【答案】simply
【解析】 句意：通过观看这些视频，我们可以了解一个国家的流行趋势、流行的电子游戏，以及仅仅人们如何度过他们的日常生活。simply 仅仅，只不过。
43【答案】habits
【解析】habit为可数名词，此处泛指“坏习惯”，故要用复数形式。
44.【答案】but
【解析】 句意：他们不仅经常使用口语化的词语，而且有时他们讲的话甚至在语法上也不正确。not only...but(also)...不仅……而且......。
45.【答案】learning
【解析】risk doing sth.冒险做某事。
第三节 书面表达（满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，应学校英语社团的邀请，与高一学生分享英语学习方法和经验。请你根据以下提示信息，写一篇发言稿。
1.兴趣：最好的老师；
2.学习方法：初高中衔接、词汇量、训练；
3.其他：建议。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.开头、结尾已经写好，不计入总词数；
3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Hello, everyone! It’s a great pleasure for me to be here to share my English learning experience with you.
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Thanks for your listening.
One possible version:
Hello, everyone! It’s a great pleasure for me to be here to share my English learning experience with you.
As the saying goes," Interest is the best teacher." So the most important thing I do is to get myself interested in English. As a senior student, I get to know how to study and try my best to build up my vocabulary, which is of great importance in understanding what I read or listen to. Therefore, every day I will spend some time memorizing key words. In addition, I often find some skills whenever I do more practices.
In a word, if you want to improve your English in high school, you should do lots of practices.
Thanks for your listening.
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给其内容和所给的段落开头语续写成两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。
"Mom, you have the attention lifetime of a squirrel," my younger son told me when he was in middle school.
Never mind that he had the attention lifetime of something even less focused, perhaps a field mouse or a hummingbird(蜂鸟）. He was right. I just could not do many of the things other responsible adults did.
The other mothers at the private school my children attended were modern and calm, but I always felt one step behind them. Wearing pressed slacks and matching jewelry,these mothers served perfectly and joined in parties for fifty-plus kids at a time.
I, on the other hand, was concerned about whether I had on matching socks or whether my shirt was on right-side-out. I could not sit through meetings lasting longer than fifteen minutes. I could not remember to sign my children's field trip permission forms. I forgot to send ice cream money on Fridays.
I usually misplaced important items-my car keys, my ATM card and so on. Once, my older son wore the same pair of shoes for three years before I realized he had grown up.
It never occurred to me that there might be a reason for this. I just thought it was how I was nervous, as in, I was a little too nervous. And then one day, my daughter, a high school junior, began to struggle strongly in math and chemistry, an issue that was all-too-familiar to me as I had failed high school chemistry. At the time, my parents and teachers had attributed my problems to general teenager laziness. I just needed to try harder, they said. I needed to focus.
My father, a chemist, tried helping my daughter with her homework. She stayed for extra math after school. We hired a private teacher. Nothing seemed to help. Finally, I took her to a psychologist(心理学家）who specialized in learning issues. He completed a full evaluation, and then she and I sat side by side while he explained the results.
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
He told me about the results
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Paragraph 2:
Since then,
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One possible version:
Paragraph 1:
He told me about the results that though my daughter couldn't be good at math and chemistry, she was cleverer than any other girl. The reason why she failed in them was that she wasn't interested in her homework. If I understood her and found a good way to deal with it, she would catch up with others in all high school subjects. Hearing this, I was very pleased,because I was afraid that my children seemed to be like me when I was at school and had no gift for math and chemistry or was always one step behind others. Nowadays, they didn't happen.
Paragraph 2:
Since then, I have spent more time with my children. On the one hand,I want to find what they are interested in; on the other hand, I would like to prove how clever my children are and parents should get together with children, which are helpful to them.
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