books and those used later in the movies.
Sherlock Holmes is the second most represented character in movies, which is part of what makes him so famous all over the world. So, now what's your favourite version of the Sherlock Holmes stories? The books, movies or TV series?
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文,介绍了福尔摩斯这个故事的由来和 221B Baker Street以福尔摩斯著名。
28. The underlined part in paragraph 2 can he replaced by . A. crazy about B. familiar with C. curious about D. content with
【分值】2 【答案】A
【考查方向】本题考查了学生猜测词义的能力。 【易错点】把握不住相关信息。
【解题思路】词义猜测题。根据单词所在句子，人们如此疯狂以至于忘记福尔摩斯不是真的。所以选择A。
【解析】本题考查了学生猜测词义的能力。可以判断： B“熟悉的”C“好奇的”D“满意的”。联系文章主旨，所以选择A。
29. What can we learn about the writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from the passage? A. He was a forensic surgeon who assisted the police in making several investigations. B. He wrote the stories about Sherlock Holmes at Number 239 Baker Street. C. He was good at giving vivid descriptions of London to readers. D. He was an excellent basketball player. 【分值】2 【答案】C
【考查方向】本题考查了学生推理判断的能力。 【易错点】把握不住相关要点。
【解题思路】推理判断题。根据文章内容，小说描写的如此生动形象，以至于人们都把福尔摩斯当成真的了，作者当然善于描述故事，故选C。
【解析】本题考查了学生推理判断的能力。根据A lot of people are so taken wish the stories that they forget Sherlock Holmes wasn't a real person也能看出来文章写得生动，故选C。 30. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Where Sherlock Holmes lived In the novel was actually where the Sherlock Holmes Museum lies now.
B. It's generally accepted that the character Sherlock Holmes was based on a surgeon named Bell. C. The Royal Society of Chemistry has given Sherlock Holmes a great honor at the request of his fans.
D. One of the reasons why Sherlock Holmes is so famous around the world is that the actors have Wonderful performances in movies. 【分值】2
【答案】B
【考查方向】本题考查了学生提取细节能力。 【易错点】把握不住细节信息。
【解题思路】事实细节题，根据It is often said that the character Sherlock Holmes was based on a
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real person named Benjamin Bell. a forensic surgeon(法医外科医生)故选B。 【解析】本题考查了学生提取细节能力，要认真阅读才能理解细节问题。
31. What's the purpose of writing this article?
A. to let the readers learn about some life information on Sherlock Holmes. B. to tell the readers about stories behind Sherlock Holmes. C. to make us get a better idea of the novel \
D. to convince us that the Sherlock Holmes Museum is worth visiting.
【分值】2 【答案】B
【考查方向】本题考查了学生推理判断的能力。 【易错点】把握不住相关要点。
【解题思路】推理判断题。根据整篇文章，描述了关于福尔摩斯故事的各种信息包括小说的背景等等，故选B。
【解析】本题考查了学生推理判断的能力。另外三个选项不全面，故选B。
D
There are some English expressions about birds. For examples, if something is for the birds, it is worthless or not very interesting. Someone who eats like a bird eats very little. And a birds-eye view is a general look at an area from above.
Do you know that if you tell a Young person about the birds and the bees you are explaining about sex and birth? Have you ever observed that birds of a feather flock together? In other Words, people who are similar became friends or do things together. Here is some good advice: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. This means you should not risk loving something you have by trying to get more of something you do not have.
Sometimes you can do two things by performing only one action. This is called killing two birds with one stone. But you would never really kill any birds. You love a11 kinds of animals. This is a real feather in your cap. It is something to be proud of.
Most of the people you work with are early birds. They believe that the early bird catches the worm. They think that a person who gets up early in the morning for work has the best chance of success.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了关于鸟的的各种表达。 32. What will we use when picturing our school from the sky? A. Eating like a bird B. it's a birds-eye view
C. Birds of a feather flock together D. Killing two birds with one stone. 【分值】2 【答案】B
【考查方向】本题考查了学生推理判断的能力。 【易错点】把握不住相关要点。
【解题思路】推理判断题。根据And a birds-eye view is a general look at an area from above. 故选B。
【解析】本题考查了学生推理判断的能力。另外三个选项不符合题意，故选B。
33. If someone says \ . A. we should learn knowledge about birds and bees.
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B. we should teach the young not to kill birds and bees.
C. the sex and birth education for the young is of great importance. D. birds and bees are important for the future of human beings. 【分值】2 【答案】C
【考查方向】本题考查了学生推理判断的能力。 【易错点】把握不住相关要点。
【解题思路】推理判断题。根据Do you know that if you tell a Young person about the birds and the bees you are explaining about sex and birth?.故选C。
【解析】本题考查了学生推理判断的能力。另外三个选项不符合题意，故选C。
34. Why are some people called early birds?
A. Because a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. B. Because they can kill two birds with one stone. C. Because they have feathers in their caps.
D. Because they believe they are the most likely to succeed. 【分值】2
【答案】D
【考查方向】本题考查了学生提取细节能力。 【易错点】把握不住细节信息。 【解题思路】事实细节题，根据They think that a person who gets up early in the morning for work has the best chance of success.故选D。
【解析】本题考查了学生提取细节能力，要认真阅读才能理解细节问题。
35. What's the best title of the passage?
A. The language of birds B. A story about birds
C. Some expressions about birds D. The bird culture in English-speaking countries 【分值】2 【答案】C
【考查方向】本题考查了学生抓取文章大意的能力。 【易错点】把握不住文章中心。
【解题思路】主旨大意题。根据文章第一句和文章整体描述，可以判断C。
【解析】抓取文章大意，综合事实There are some English expressions about birds.选择C。 (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。
For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. 36 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today. Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. 37 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847. Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortune.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing
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supplies and cloth. 38 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets（铆钉）.This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 39 By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion, 40 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world. A. As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States. B. Nobody knew that kind of material was suitable.
C. He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since. D. However, he did not get much business for those products.
E. He also made a great contribution to American 's clothing industry.
F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.
G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了牛仔裤的发明，发展以及现状。 36.
【分值】2 【答案】F
【考查方向】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。 【易错点】上下文没有弄明白。
【解题思路】此题是注释性句子题。句意：自从牛仔裤被发明以来，它们已经变成美国消费文化的一个象征，所以选择F选项。
【解析】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。自从牛仔裤被发明以来，它们已经变成美国消费文化的一个象征，无论是否穿牛仔裤为了工作还是时尚，它们继续受欢迎。所以选择F选项。 37.
【分值】2 【答案】A
【考查方向】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。 【易错点】上下文没有弄明白。
【解题思路】此题是注释性句子题。句意：按时间顺序讲述的，出生在德国，移到美国，在 Kentucky长大，所以选择A选项。
【解析】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。检索关键词即可得出答案。 38.
【分值】2 【答案】D
【考查方向】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。 【易错点】上下文没有弄明白。
【解题思路】此题是注释性句子题。句意：根据文章，起初卖衣服，后来才发现商机。所以选择D选项。
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【解析】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。根据【解题思路】，所以选择D选项。 39.
【分值】2 【答案】C
【考查方向】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。 【易错点】上下文没有弄明白。
【解题思路】此题是注释性句子题。句意：Davis没有钱申请专利，因此和Strauss合作，才形成现在的牛仔裤。所以选择C选项。
【解析】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。Davis没有钱申请专利，因此和Strauss合作，才形成现在的牛仔裤。所以选择C选项。 40.
【分值】2 【答案】E
【考查方向】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力。 【易错点】上下文没有弄明白。
【解题思路】此题是注释性句子题。The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.所以选择E选项。
【解析】本题考查了学生把握上下文逻辑意义的能力，根据文章最后两句的意思，所以选择E选项。
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处最佳选项。
Cinnamon（桂皮）Lady
I got a call from my sister that my dad had taken a turn for the worse, and I needed to get home right away. I wasn't 41 for that. When I got to the hospital, he had already slipped 42 a coma(昏迷). I had 43 all the dramatic goodbyes that were said because everyone knew he was not going to 44 it. So that was upsetting.
After two weeks, I brought up the idea that maybe we should take my dad off life 45 . We all knew it was time. I thought that once the medical aid was 46 , there'd be a lot of crying for ten to 15 minutes, and then the person would pass away. 47 , we waited for five hours.
Right in the middle of this, the attending doctor 48 for another patient into our room. When nurses 49 a woman in, one who had just had heart surgery, I thought, \My dad is dying. Why are you bringing in a woman who's had heart surgery? It's a bad 50 .\ The woman was on a lot of medication, saying crazy things and 51 her covers off. I'm on this side of the room, with a 52 that is not very soundproof (隔音的), sitting by my dad, saying, \love you, Dad.\
From the other side, we heard, \
\“Cinnamon”
\ \
53 .we couldn't help laughing, because our life was exploding in front of our eyes, and at that moment we were crying and laughing. We all stopped crying for a moment and laughed really
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