1、知识运用(共两节,30分)第一节完形填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15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。Last week, I drove to Joes Hardware to get a few items. Upon returning to my 1 , I noticed a cat underneath and bent down to investigate. At this point, my wallet fell offbut I didnt notice it was 2 until abou
2、t an hour later. I 3 my steps, asked around and tore my car inside out. Nothing. I lost my wallet. After this fact sank in, I was about to call the bank and have them 4 me a new credit card when a little voice inside my head said, “Whoa! 5 .Someone must have picked it up. An average citizen, just li
3、ke you.What would she or he do?”So I held back and I was going to give it a day. Then, early that evening, I was surfing the Internet for a new wallet when I heard a knock on the door. There was a man who I did not 6. Could it be?After we exchanged greetings, he 7 me my wallet. He found it in the pa
4、rking lot, thought of dropping it off at Joes Hardware but 8 to drive over and return it in person.He told me his 9, but I was overcome with emotion and cannot be 100% sure. I think it was David. I offered him a cash reward but he refused. He was just a regular guy doing the right thing.David, thank
5、 you so very much for returning my wallet and reinforcing my belief that there are some good and 10 people around. 1. A. car B. home C. bank D. shop2. A. broken B. empty C.stolen D. missing3. A. recovered B. recorded C. retraced D. reduced4. A. loan B. send C. show D. pass5. A. Come on B. Cheer up C
6、. Slow down D. Look out6. A.doubt B. recognize C.admire D. remember7. A. awarded B. found C. brought D. handed8. A. happened B.decided C. intended D. hesitated9. A. age B. hobby C. name D. job10. A.decent B.courageous C. cautious D. humble第二节语法填空(共10小题;阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处
7、用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。AI grew up in a remote village. There was no such thing as a book in most families. It was at the school library that I 11 (discover) the joy of reading. There I spent hours reading whatever attracted my interest.Im sure I did not understand everything in those books at the time. 12 I
8、 did understand was the pleasure that good stories offer and the power of books to introduce me to lives and experiences 13 my own. I was “hooked on books,” as the saying goes.BWind is one of our cleanest and most abundant power sources. Europe is leading the way in wind power. Nearly 75% of all tur
9、bines(风力发电机) 14 (locate) there. The country that produces the most energy from wind is Germany. However, Germany 15 (consume) a lot of energy, and wind only supplies about 5% of all its electrical needs. Denmark is the global leader in this field,which uses wind 16 (supply) almost 20% of its energy.
10、CThere are two different ways to think about an old shipwreck(沉船). Some people value its financial worth. Theyve spent a lot of time and money searching for the wreck. When they 17 (final) find it, they believe that the ship and its contents should be 18 (they). These people are usually referred to
11、as treasure hunters. For other people, however, a ship 19 (lie) at the bottom of the sea is a valuable opportunity to study how citizens from past cultures lived and traveled. Those people are marine archaeologists, 20 study underwater historical sites.第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,38分)第一节(共14小题;每小题2分,共28分)阅读下列短文,从
12、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。Liu Jichen, founder and CEO ofClear Plate, designed a mini-program that recognizes empty plates and rewards users with points. These points can be exchanged for gifts like books and cellphones, or better yet, they can be used to purchase charity meals donated to
13、poor children in rural areas of China. In 2016, Liu, a then student of Tsinghua University, noticed a popular campaign called “Leftover Party”, where people broughttheir leftovers to eat together, intending to raise awareness of food waste. Liu and his classmatesorganized one such event, which was a
14、ttended by hundreds of people. The successencouraged him to spread the concept of reducing food waste to a wider audience.The idea of a mini-programstruck him at a dinner in 2017 when Liu dined at a restaurant, which rewarded diners who finished off their food. Liu found that the restaurant would gi
15、ve these diners a card every time and offer them small gifts when they collected a certain number of cards.“Everyone who values food can enjoy a sense of gain at a lower cost,” Liu said, noting that such an idea could be realized online.He formed a team to work on the project.Yet it was quite a chal
16、lenge for the AI system to identify the uploaded photos. Liu and his team, assisted by more than 1,000 others, spent half a year collecting over 100,000 samples across the country to train the digital brain.“There were so many uncertainties in research and development. For our teammembers, the bigge
17、st challenge was whether we were confident enough to complete it,” Liu said. They not only achieved their goal, but now, the mini-program has more than five million registered users. “We hope to inspire everyone to take action against food waste and to contribute Chinese wisdom and solutions to glob
18、al food security challenges,” he added. 21. What inspired Liu Jichen to create the mini-program?A. A restaurants practice. B. His interest in high tech.C. A campaign concept. D. His classmates advice.22. What is the main aim of themini-program?A. To increase awareness of charity. B. To encourage peo
19、ple to save food.C. To collect photos of empty plates. D. To promote books and other gifts.23. Which of the following words can best describe Liu Jichen?A.Generous and optimistic. B. Loving and easy-going.C.Determined and responsible. D.Grateful and considerate.For people who struggle to read text,
20、technology can be a lifeline. Actually, assistive technology (AT) tools for reading can also be useful to students who just need some extra assistance to aid reading fluency or comprehension. These tools are inexpensive and easy to find. They open up the wonderful world of reading, making text acces
21、sible to students of all abilities. But with so many tools out there, its not always easy to know which ones to use. To help, heres a guide to some best ones.Graphic organizersThey are visual representations, like diagrams and mind maps, of ideas and concepts. You can use graphic organizers to help
22、with comprehension while reading. Graphic organizers can be digital or pen and paper.Annotation aidsThey let you take notes and write comments while reading. This can make it easier to keep information. Annotation aidscan be part of software or apps, or they can be traditional pens, markers, and sti
23、cky notes.Display controlIt allows you to control how text is displayed. When reading on a screen, you can change the font(字体), font size, and spacing of text. You can also cover parts of the screen to lessen distractions(干扰) while reading. Text-to-speech (TTS) It lets you see text and hear it read
24、aloud at the same time. To use this tool, you click on words, and youll hear the words read by computer-generated voices. You can even read after it and record your own voice. TTS can also be used to change any digital text files into audio files.Optical character recognition (OCR)Itcan read aloud t
25、ext from images and pictures. You can use OCR by taking photos of worksheets, paper documents, and even objects like street signs. Like TTS, OCR uses computer-generated voices.Keep in mind that using AT reading tools wont prevent people from learning to read. For example, experts say audiobooks can
26、actually help kids become better readers. 24. If a reader prefers taking his feelings down while reading, hed better use _.A. graphic organizers B. annotation aidsC. display control D. text-to-speech25. What feature makes OCR unique?A. Changing file types. B. Editing photos of documents. C. Reading
27、words in pictures. D. Using computer-generated voices.26. According to the author, AT reading tools are _.A. accessible and beneficial B. expensive but worthwhile C. helpful and energy-efficient D.innovative but complicatedC Whether hunting or competing for limited space and resources, humans are th
28、e planets superpredator(捕食者). As the human population expands, its getting harder for other creatures to find somewhere to hide during the day. Now new findings indicate animals around the world have come up with another strategy: They are becoming nocturnal. In apaperpublished inScience, researcher
29、s analyzed 76 previous scientific studies about human impact on animal activity. They compared animals activity during the day and night in areas of high human disturbance (from hunting or farming to hiking and other outdoor recreation) and low human disturbance (relatively natural conditions).The a
30、nalysis showed animals are becoming an average of 1.36 times more nocturnal due to high human disturbance. For example, in Poland wild boars go from 48% nocturnal in natural forests to 90% nocturnal in urban areas. Even activities people consider relatively innocuous, such as hiking and wildlife vie
31、wing, strongly affected animals daily rhythms. “We think that were leaving no trace often when were outdoors, but we can be having lasting consequences on animal behavior,” says Kaitlyn Gaynor, lead researcher for the study.This is not the first time animals have had to live at night; during the time of dinosaurs, they were alsonocturnal. “Dinosaurs were this ubiquitous(无处不在的), scary force, and only after their extinction did mammals(哺乳动物) emerge into the daylight,” Gaynor says. “And now humans have taken over and are pushing other
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