2018高考英语真题全国2卷

2018

年全国普通高等学校统一考试

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Summer Activities

Students should read the list with their parents/carers, and select two activities they

would like to do. Forms will be available in school and online for them to indicate their

choices and return to school. Before choices are finalised, parents/ carers will be asked to

sign to confirm their chil

dren?s choices.

Member

Activity

Description

of staff

Cost

Outdoor

Adventure

(OUT)

Take

yourself

out

of

your

comfort

zone

for

a

week,

discover

new

personal

qualities,

and

learn new skills. You will be able to take part in

a

number

of

activities

from

canoeing

to

wild

s

camping on Dartmoor. Learn rock climbing and

work

as

a

team,

and

enjoy

the

great

outdoor

environment.

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On Monday we travel to London. After staying

overnight

in

London,

we

travel

on

Day

2

to

WW

Ⅰ

Battl

northern

France

to

visit

the

World

War

efields and

Ⅰ

battlefields. On day 3 we cross into Belgium.

Mrs. Wilson

Paris (WBP)

Thursday

sees

us

make

the

short

journey

to

Paris

where

we

will

visit

Disneyland

Paris

park, staying until late to see the parade and the

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fireworks.

Our

final

day,

Friday,

sees

us

visit

central Paris and tour the main sights.

Four

days

of

product

design

centred

around

textiles.

Making

lovely

objects

using

recycled

Crafty foxes

and

made

materials.

Bags,

cushion

and

Mrs. Goode

(CRF)

decorations…

Learn

skills

and

leave

with

modern and unusual textiles.

Visit

Warner

Bros

Studio,

shop

stop

to

buy

picnic,

stay

overnight

in

an

approved

Youth

Potty about

Hostel

in

Streatly-on-Thames,

guided

tour

of

Potter

Oxford

to

see

the

film

locations,

picnic

lunch

Miss Drake

(POT)

outside

Oxford's

Christchurch,

boating

on

the

River

Cherwell

through

the

University

Parks,

before heading back to Exeter.

21. Which activity will you choose if you want to go camping?

A. OUT.

B. WBP.

C. CRF.

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22. What will the students do on Tuesday with Mrs. Wilson?

A. Travel to London

B. see a parade and fireworks.

C. Tour central Paris.

D. Visit the WWI battlefields.

23. How long does Potty about Potter last?

A. Two days.

B. Four days

C. Five days

D. One week.

B

Many of us love July because it?s the month

when nature?s berries and stone fruits are

in

abundance.

These

colorful

and

sweet

jewels

from

British

Columbia?s

fields

are

little

powerhouses of nutritional protection.

Of the common berries, strawberries are highest

in

vitamin C, although, because of

their seeds, raspberries contain a little more protein(

蛋白质

), iron and zinc (not that fruits

have much protein).

Blueberries

are particularly

high in

antioxidants

(

抗氧化物质

). The

yellow

and

orange

stone

fruits

such

as

peaches

are

high

in

the

carotenoids

we

turn

into

Vitamin

A

and

which

are

antioxidants.

As

for

cherries(

樱桃

),

they

are

so

delicious

who

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care? However, they are rich in Vitamin C.

When

combined

with

berries

or

slices

of

other

fruits,

frozen

bananas

make

an

excellent base for thick, cooling fruits shake

s and low fat “ice cream”. For this purpose,

select ripe bananas for freezing as they are much sweeter. Remove the skin and place them

in plastic bags or containers and freeze. If you like, a squeeze of fresh lemon juice on the

bananas

will

prevent

them

turning

brown.

Frozen

bananas

will

last

several

weeks,

depending on their ripeness and the temperature of the freezer.

If you have a juicer, you can simply feed in frozen bananas and some berries or sliced

fruit. Out comes a “Soft

-

serve” creamy dessert, to b

e eaten right away. This makes a fun

activity for a children?s party; they love feeding the fruit and frozen bananas into the top of

the machine and watching the ice cream come out below.

24.

What does the author seem to like about cherries?

A. They contain protein.

B. They are high in vitamin A.

D. They are rich in antioxidants.

B. To keep their colour.

D. To improve their nutrition.

C. A container.

D. A machine.

C. They have a pleasant taste.

A. To make them smell better.

C. To speed up their ripening.

A. A dessert.

25.

Why is fresh lemon juice used in freezing bananas?

24.

What is “a juicer” in the last paragraph?

B. A drink.

25.

From which is the text probably taken?

A. A biology textbook.

C. A research paper.

B. A health magazine.

C. A travel brochure.

C

Teens

and

younger

children

are

reading

a

lot

less

for

fun,

according

to

a

Common

Sense Media report published Monday.

While the decline over the past decade is steep for teen readers, some data in the report

shows that reading remains a big part of many children?s lives, and indicates how parents

might help encourage more reading.

According to

the report?s key findings, “the proportion

(

比例

) who say

they ?hardly

ever? read for fun has gone from 8 percent of 13

-year- olds and 9 percent of 17-year-olds in

1984 to 22 percent and 27 percent respectively today.”

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The

report

data

shows

that

pleasure

reading

levels

for

younger

children,

ages

2-8,

remain largely the same. But the amount of time spent in reading each session had declined,

from closer to an hour or more to closer to a half hour per session.

When

it

comes

to

technology

and

reading,

the

report

does

little

to

counsel

(

建议

)

parents looking for data about the effect of e-readers and tablets on reading. It does point

out that many parents still limit electronic reading mainly due to concerns about increased

screen time.

The most hopeful data shared in the report shows clear evidence of parents serving as

examples and important guides for their kids when it comes to reading. Data shows that

kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in

the home, more books purchased for them, parents who read more often, and parents who

set aside time for them to read.

At the end of school approaches, and school vacation reading lists loom(

逼近

) ahead,

parents might take the chance to step in and make their own summer reading list and plan a

family trip to the library or bookstore.

28.

What is the Common Sense Media report probably about?

A.

Children

?s reading habits.

B.

Quality of children?s books.

C.

Children?s after

-class activities.

D.

Parent-child relationships.

29.

Where can you find the data that best supports “children are reading a lot less for fun”?

A.

In paragraph 2

B. In paragraph 3

A.

E-books are of poor quality.

B.

It could be a waste of time.

C.

It may harm children?s health.

D.

E-readers are expensive.

31.

How should parents encourage their children to read more?

A.

Act as role models for them.

B. Ask them to write book reports.

D. Talk with their reading class teachers.

D

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C. In paragraph 4

D. In paragraph 5

30.

Why do many parents limit electronic reading?

C. Set up reading groups for them.

We?ve been there: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an airplane, surrounded by people

who

are,

like

us,

deeply

focused

on

their

smartphones

or,

worse,

struggling

with

the

uncomfortable silence.

What?s

the

problem?

It

is

possible

that

we

all

have

compromised

conversational

intelligence. It?s more likely that none of us start a conversation because it?s awkward and

chall

enging, or we think it?s annoying and unnecessary. But the next time you find yourself

among

strangers,

consider

that

small

talk

is

worth

the

trouble.

Experts

say

it?s

an

invaluable social practice that results in big benefits.

Dismissing

small

talk

as

uni

mportant

is

easy,

but

we

can?t

forget

that

deep

relationships

wouldn?t

even

exist

if

it

weren?t

for

casual

conversation.

Small

talk

is

the

grease

(

润滑剂

)

for

social

communication,

says

Bernardo

Carducci,

director

of

the

Shyness Research Institute at Indian U

niversity Southeast. “Almost every great love story

and

each

big

business

deal

begins

with

small

talk,”

he

explains.

“The

key

to

successful

small talk is learning how to connect with others, not just communicate with them.”

In a 2014 study, Elizabeth

Dunn, associate professor of psychology at

UBC, invited

people on their way into a coffee shop. One group was asked to seek out an interaction (

互

动

) with its waiter; the other, to speak only when necessary. The results showed that those

who

chatted

with

their

server

reported

significantly

higher

positive

feelings

and

a

better

coffee

shop

experience.

“It?s

not

that

talking

to

the

waiter

is

better

than

talking

to

your

husband,”

say

Dunn.

“But

interactions

with

peripheral

(

边缘的

)

members

of

our

social

network matter for our well-

being also.”

Dunn

believes

that

people

who

research

out

to

strangers

feel

a

significantly

greater

sense

of

belonging,

a

bond

with

others.

Carducci

believes

developing

such

a

sense

of

belonging starts with small talk. “Small talk is the basis of

good manners,” he says.

32. What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?

A. Addiction to smartphones.

B. Inappropriate behaviours in public places.

C. Absence of communication between strangers.

D. Impatience with slow service.

33. What is important for successful small talk according to Carducci?

A. Showing good manners.

B. Relating to other people.

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