wrote a short novel called The Mark on the Wall. She was also a cultural sign during her time. She often brought the best minds of the time to meet together in her home talking about art and literature. Lived: 1882-1941 根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 46. Why is Helen Keller famous around the world? A. She learned four foreign languages. B. She set a good model for the disabled.
C. She helped to save many people who had malaria. D. She won the Noble Prize with her book Three Days to See. 47. What do we know about Jane Goodall from the passage? A. She is a zoologist from US.
B. She did lots of studies with chimpanzees.
C. She shocked people because of her findings in the zoo. D. She is the only woman who is still alive among the four.
48. Which two of the four great women above were born in the same century? A. Jane Goodall and Tu Youyou. C. Tu Youyou and Virginia Woolf. A. The greatest singers. 50. Where may the text be from? A. A science report.
B. A movie poster. B
There was an old man who used to sleep on the sidewalk of the Fifth Street Post Office. I could smell him before I came close. He wore dirty clothes and his mouth was nearly toothless. I seldom saw him talk with others. If he was not asleep, he talked to himself. I always felt sorry for him. What a poor old man! He must be hopeless and hungry.
One Thanksgiving, we had lots of food left over. I thought about the old man. He
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B. Helen Keller and Jane Goodall. D. Jane Goodall and Virginia Woolf.
49. What do the underlined words “the best minds” probably refer to (指)?
B. The prettiest women.
D. The most excellent writers.
C. The most wonderful ideas.
C. A women’s website. D. An animal magazine.
might be still hungry, so I packed the food up and drove over to the Fifth Street. It was a cold night. There was hardly anyone out. But I knew he would stay at the same place and I would find him easily. There he was, sitting against a fence (栅栏) near the post office. He was dressed as he always was. I drove my car over to him, rolled down the window and said, “I’ve brought you some food. Would you like some turkey and apple pie?”
However, the old man didn’t seem to be very excited about this. He looked at me and said quite clearly, “Oh, thank you very much, but someone has given me food earlier and I’m quite full now. Why don’t you take it to someone else who needs it?”
His words were clear and his manners were good. Soon he put his head down into his arms again. I was the only person who didn’t know what to say. An old man who was clearly down on his luck still thought about others. Why don’t more of us do that?
根据材料内容选择最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 51. Where did the old man usually stay? A. Near a fence. C. On the sidewalk.
B. Beside a car. D. In the post.
B. He knew the writer well. D. He dressed himself nicely.
52. What can we know about the old man from the text? A. He liked to talk to himself. C. He had a mouthful of teeth. A. He didn’t like to be helped.
B. He wanted more people in need to get help. C. He could do nothing to pay the writer back. D. He didn’t like eating the turkey and apple pie. 54. From the passage, we know the old man was_______. A. well-educated
B. easy-going
C. strong-willed
D. kind-hearted
55. What’s the best title for this text? A. It’s better to give than to take. B. It’s not too poor to care for others. C. God helps those who help themselves. D. From small beginning come great things.
C
Few people can stop themselves from looking at pictures of cute animals. Take the
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53. Why did the old man refuse the writer’s help?
Internet sensation (引起轰动的人或物) Sally chicken as an example. The chicken with a yellow body and flat mouth always looks lovely. Seeing her cute picture cheers people up. But there’s another benefit to cuteness.
New research has found that looking at cute pictures of animals can also help us concentrate (专注) better. The study comes from researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan. They invited 132 university students to take part in some experiments. In one experiment, students were asked to find a given number from a list of numbers within a time limit. They performed the given tasks, twice--before and after looking at seven pictures of either baby cats and baby dog, or cats and dogs. Researchers were surprised to find that students who were shown cute baby animal pictures made fewer mistakes.
However, baby animals look both “cuter” and more “pleasant” than adult animals. What if the test difference came from their being “pleasant”? To find the answer, the researchers chose some food pictures which looked pleasant but not cute, and gave them to another group of students. But seeing the foods did not make the students perform any better in the number test. This finding suggests that seeing cute pictures makes students behave more deliberately and perform tasks with greater time and care. The “power of cuteness” could be of great use. Think about situations in which people need to act carefully: driving, office work and exams, “In my first year of high school, I brought small plastic toys to school during tests, I would set them up in a row on my desk, facing me, and then get busy answering exam questions,” Susana Martinez-Conde wrote in Scientific American.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 56. Why is Sally chicken mentioned in the first paragraph? A. She is the main character. B. She is a lovely Internet sensation.
C. She is used to introduce the topic of the passage. D. She is popular to cheer people up on the Internet.
57. What’s the main finding of the study at Hiroshima University? A. Seeing cute animals could cheer people up.
B. Seeing pleasant things helps people concentrate better. C. Seeing pictures of cats and dogs helps people perform better. D. Seeing cute things could help people focus on something better.
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58. The underlined word “deliberately” has the closest meaning to “_____”. A. happily
B. correctly
C. active
D. carefully
59. What do Martinez-Conde’s words tell us? A. It is popular for students to have toys. B. It is powerful for students to face toys. C. It is useful to look at cute things in daily life. D. It is good for students to look at toys after an exam.
60. In which situation could the findings of the experiment be useful for you? A. Working in the lab.
D
The 91st Academy Awards were held on Feb. 25. The film Green Book directed by Peter Farrelly won Best Picture, the biggest award of the night. 61________ Part of the reason is that it speaks openly about the problem of racial discrimination (种族歧视).
The film is inspired by a true story. 62________ In the movie, a white man named Tony is looking for part-time work. Donald, a black jazz musician, needs a driver to take him on tour. Although Tony doesn’t like black people, he takes the job. He drives Donald all over the southern United States.
63________ Their own biases (偏见) toward each other’s races start to disappear as they learn more about each other. For example, in one scene, Donald helps Tony write a love letter to his wife Dolores. 64________ As time passes, they realize how much they are similar to each other. At the end of the film, Donald comes to Tony’s home to celebrate Christmas together. That’s the final picture Green Book wants to really express.
The 1960s was a hard time for black people in the US. Discrimination was usual, especially in the south. 65 ________ Though the road was hard, people could still find the way out.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺内容完整并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A. The story is set in the 1960s. B. How did the film touch so many people’s hearts? C. But Green Book shows people how to fight against. 9
B. Relaxing in a room. D. Shopping in a supermarket.
C. Eating in a restaurant.
D. In another scene, they share their love of fried chicken. E. During the trip, the two men came to understand each other more deeply.
五、词语运用（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。请将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。
although always but with kind make mean my dish feel by enjoy When I was a child, 1 was a picky (挑食的) eater. There were many foods that I did not like to eat. But there is one meal that I have 66_____ loved: grilled (烧烤的) cheese and tomato soup. It’s just two pieces of toasted bread with cheese in the middle, served 67_____ a bowl of tomato soup. But it always tastes great.
This kind of food is called “comfort food”. It 68_____ simple, easy-to-make meals that are delicious. Your parents might make meals like this for you when you’re not 69_____ well.
Chicken noodle soup is another 70_____ of comfort food. It’s a simple soup of Chicken, noodles and a few vegetables. 71_____ it is the best food on a cold day, especially if you’re sick.
Different countries have different comfort foods. In France, French onion soup is a popular comfort food. It is 72_____ of cheese, onion and bread in soup. In Japan, many people eat noodles. And in Poland, a type of dumpling called pierogi is a simple and classic 73_____. I’ve tried all of these foods 74_____. They’re all quite excellent.
Is there any comfort food in China? I’m not sure, but I do know that noodles and dumplings are 75_____. And I can say that a simple meal of jiaozi or dandan mian is quite comforting.
六、补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。请将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。 A: Jenny! What’s up? You have the dark bags under your eyes.
B: Wow, you got it. 76._________. I can’t sleep well these days because I didn’t get a good result in the English test, especially in the listening part. A: 77._________. You should try to be relaxed during the test.
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B: You’re right. But how can I improve my listening skills? A: 78._________. I have tried and it really works fine.
B: OK! Thanks for your advice. By the way, where are you going? A: I’m going swimming. 79._________? B: I’d love to, but I have to return the book first. A: Go ahead! I’ll wait for you. B: 80._________?
A: Let’s meet at the swimming pool in half an hour. B: That’s a deal. See you. A: See you.
七、书面表达（15分）
幸福是什么？幸福是热气腾腾的早餐，幸福是失意时的鼓励，幸福是奋斗后的喜悦……请以“The happiness in my life”为题用英语写一篇短文。
要点: 1.叙述让你感到幸福的一件事情；
2.阐明此事让你感到幸福的原因。 要求: 1.词数80左右；
2.文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。
The happiness in my life
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