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2019-2020
学年上海市浦东新区建平中学
高三上学期英语摸底考试卷
I.
Listening Comprehension(
略
)
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
(20
分
)
Section A
Directions
: After reading
the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the
passage coherent
and grammatically
correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in
each blank with the proper
form of the
given word; for the other blanks, use one word
that best fits each blank.
To have a
fruitful discussion, teachers need to decide what
seating arrangement is best for
their
own class and be prepared to experiment with
different
methods.___1___ method
is adopted,
it
should
help
and
be
productive
of
dialogue
between
children
as
well
as
between
teacher
and
child.
Within
the
physical
setting,
children
and
teachers
should
agree
___2___
a
discussion
takes
place.
Why
are
rules
necessary
for
discussion?
This
may
be
a
question
to
ask
the
children.
If
children
are
given freedom to talk, why are there rules that
will restrict that freedom? The golden rule
is
of
course
that
one’s
own
freedom
___3___
not
interfere
with
the
freedom
of
others.
Individuals
within a
democratic community have equal rights. A child
who talks all the time ___4___(deny)
the rights of others to be heard. Each
person should be allowed an equal chance to speak
and to
put forward their own point of
view and if we wish ___5___listen) to, then we
should listen to
others. There is no
point giving a point of view ___6___ someone is
listening.___7___ of us are
capable of
listening to more than one person at a time, so
another basic rule should be: only
one
person
to
speak
at
a
time.
Listening
implies
not
only
hearing
the
words
but
paying
attention
to the meaning of ___8___ is being
said. This is not a natural thing for children to
do. School
is typically a place where
children learn to listen to the teacher but not to
each other. The
skills of listening
need to be practiced. The ideal discussion,___9___
everyone listens to the
speaker and
then each is allowed to reply, is rare among
adults, let alone children. It works
____10____ (well) when certain ground-
rules for discussion are followed.
【答案】
1. Whichever
2. how 3. should
4.
denies 5. to be listened
6.
unless 7. None
8. what 9. in
which
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10. better
【解析】
<
/p>
本文为说明文。本文主要说明如何在课堂进行有效讨论的方法。一个富有成效的讨论，孩子
和老师应该就
如何进行讨论达成一致。讨论要遵循两个基本的原则，即一个人自己的自由
不应妨碍他人的自由。民主社
会中的个人享有平等权利，人人都有话语权。第二是每次只
能听一个人讲话，要学会倾听，每个人都能回
答问题。这样才会使讨论更有效。
【
1
题详解】
考查让步状语从句。句意：无论采用哪种方法，都应有助于儿童之间以及教师与儿童之间
的对话，并使之
富有成效。根据语境可知，此空格是修饰名词
d
ifferent
methods
。根据前句中有
different
methods
，本
句是指上文中提到的不同方法中的无论哪一种，有范围中的无论哪一种，应该用
whichever
，表示无论哪
一种方法。故填
Whichever
。
【
2
题详解】
考查宾语从句。句意：在现实环境中，孩子和老师应该就讨论的方式达成一致。根据上下
文可知，此处是
指就讨论的方式达成一致，即
如何讨论达成一致，表方式，故填
how
。
【
3
题详解】
考查情态动词。句意：最好的原则当然是一个人自己的自由不应妨碍他人的自由。根据语
境可知，此处表
示一种建议，即应该如何做。
should <
/p>
表示提出建议，表示“应该，可以”。故填
should
。
【
4
题详解】
考查谓语动词。句意：一个总是说话的孩子会剥夺他人的发言权。分析句子可知，本句的
主语是三人称单
数
a child
，根
据全文可知，此处要用一般现在时，即用
denies
，故填<
/p>
denies
。
【
5
题详解】
考查动词不定式。句意：如果我们希望别人倾听，我们就应该倾听别人。“wish
to
do
sth”为固定搭配，<
/p>
意为“希望做某事”。但是也要注意此处用动词不定式的被动，由语境可知，此处表示我们
希望被倾听，
表示方式。故填
to be
listened
。
【
6
题详解】
考查条件状语从句。句意：除非有人在听，否则发表观点是没有意义的。分析句子结构可
知，此处缺少连
词。
根据句意，
表示除
非有人倾听，
否则发表意见也没有意义的。
连词
unless
意为“除非”，
故填
unless
。
【
7
题详解】
考查不定代词。
句意：
我们没有人能够
同时听一个以上的人讲话，
所以另一个黄金规则应该是
:
一次只能听
一个人讲话。
根据后面的“另一个
黄金规则是一次只有一个人说话” ，
可知没有人
(none)
能够一次同时倾
听很多人讲话。故填
N
one
。
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【
8
题详解】
考查宾语从句。句意：倾听意味着不仅要听单词，而且要注意所说内容的意思。分析句子
结构，从句中缺
少主语，名词从句中缺少主语一般用
what<
/p>
，用
what
表示正在被说的事情。故填
what
。
【
9
题详解】
考查非限制性定语从句。句意：在理想的讨论中，每个人都听演讲者的讲话，允许每个人
作出回应。分析
句子可知，本句是非限制性定语从句。
the
ideal
discussion
是
先行词，在定语从句中作状语，
即
in
the
discussion
，要用
in
which
，故填
in
which
。
【
10
题详解】
考查形容词比较级
。句意：当遵守了某些基本的讨论规则时，讨论会更有效。根据语境可知，前后句暗含
比
较，主要强调后句的方法更好。故填
better
。
Section
B(10
分
)
Directions:
Complete
the
passage
with
the
words
in
the
box.
Each
word
can
only
be
used
once.
Note
that there is one word
more than you need.
Most
people get sweaty palms just staring at EI
Capitan, a breathtaking rock formation i
Yosemite
National
Park,
California.
Alex
Honnold’s
stayed
dry.
And
this
June,
he
managed
to
cl
imb
the
900-meter vertical wall, pulling on edges barely
big enough for ___11___.
Honnold could
not ___12___
any slips. That’s because
he carried nothing other than a bag
of
gymnasts’ chalk, to keep his fingers free of
moisture. There was no rope to
___13___him if
he fell.
After a four-hour ___14___ of power and precision,
the 31-year-old safely challenged
himself.
EI Capitan had been
climbed ___15___ before, including by Honnold, but
never in the way he
has.
In
2011,
an
American
TV
show
about
his
earlier
“free
solos”
drew
seventeen
million
viewers.
In climbing, “free”
means using nothing but rocks for support. “
Solo” means free of
protection. It is
the sport at its ___16___. In Yosemite, the
birthplace of
American climbing,
Hannold
has
reached
its
peak.
Praise
from
fellow
climbers
was
___17___
only
by
relief
at
his
safe
return.
The achievement marks the latest in a
series of milestones for sport climbing
(
竞技攀岩
).
In 2015,
two other American Tommy Caldwell and Kevin
Jorgeson, established a route up the Dawn
Wall, EI Capitan’s
___18___part, after years of attempts.
They made the front page of the New
- 3 -
York
Times
and
got
congratulations
from
Barack
Obama
for
the
achievement.
Last
year,
sport
climbing
was ___19___
accepted into the Olympic program for Tokyo 2020.
These
have
strengthened
climbing’s
position
in
the
sporting
circle
in
America
and
elsewhere.
Google has
invited Jorgeson to give a motivational talk to
its employees. Climbing gyms have
appeared
around
the
globe
over
the
past
decade,
making
the
event
safer
and
more
___20___to
ordinary
people. The gyms have been popular
among youngsters, who pay more attentions to
exercises than
to belongings.
【答案】
11. C 12. D
13. F 14. G
15. H
16. E
17. I 18. J
19. A 20. B
【解析】
本文为记叙文。本文主要描
述了
Yosemite
优胜美地国家公园里的酋长岩上的黎明墙
EI Capitan
远远地看
着就能
让人害怕的岩石，是世界上最难的攀岩路线，一直被认为是无法完成的攀岩路线。
201
5
年，美国人
汤米·考德威尔（
Tom
my Caldwell
）和凯文·乔格森（
Kevin Jo
rgeson
）经过多年的尝试，建立了一条通
往黎明墙的路线
。
Alex
Honnold
在今年的
6
月，通过自由攀登，第一次登上了近乎垂直的酋长岩上的黎明
墙，被同行所称赞，成为体育攀岩里程碑中的最新成就。随着世界各地都出现了攀岩场，
攀岩运动变得更
加安全，普通人也更容易接触到它了。
【
11
题详解】
<
/p>
考查名词。句意：今年
6
月，
Alex
Honnold
成功地徒手攀岩近乎
垂直的岩石壁，这种岩石壁手能接触的地
方只有手指尖大小的地方。分析句子可知，本句
是指攀爬的岩石非常难，手几乎没有地方可接触到，即只
有手指尖
(fingertips)
大小的地方可接触，表明这次攀岩很危险。故填
C
项。
【
12
题详解】
考查动词。
句意：
Honnold
不能有任何失误，那是因为他只带了一袋
体操运动员用的吸湿粉，以保持手指
不会湿。从后文
That’
s
because
he carried nothing
o
ther than a bag of gymnasts’ chalk, to
keep
his fingers free of moisture.
说明
Honnold could not
(2)______ any slips
，这句话是为什么不能
怎么样。
由于徒手攀岩，
没有任何防护措施，
所以对他来说承担不起即不能有任何闪失。
“could
not
afford
sth..”
意为”无法承担的起”，故选择
D
项。
【
13
题详解】
考查动词。句意：如果他摔倒了，没有绳子来保护他的安全。
to
do
sth,
可知是动词原形，由于前两句是
-
4 -
徒手攀岩，没有任何防护，所以没有绳子来保证他的安全
(secure)
。故选择
F
。
【
14
题详解】
考查名词。句意：四个小时他展示了他的力气和（计算上的）
精密度，他最终安全挑战了他自己。分析句
子结构可知，
of<
/p>
前一般用名词，
即名词
+of
，
可知此处要填名词，
根据语境可知，
此处要填
display
（展示，
表现）
，
G
项意思符合。故选
G
。
【
15
题详解】
考查形容词。句意：
EI Capitan
以前也曾无伴攀爬过，包括
Honnold
，但从来没有以
现在这样的方式攀爬
过。
EI Capitan had
been climbed (5) ______ before, including by
Honnold, but never in the way
he
has.
In
2011,
an
American
TV
show
about
his
earlier
“free
solos”
drew
seventeen
million
viewers.
可以看出以前也有人过来独自
（
solo
，
意为“独奏，
独舞，
单人表演”）
攀岩，
solo
即对应的是
partnerless
（无伴的）
，故选
H
。
【
16
题详解】
考查形容词。
句意：
这是一项最纯粹的运动。
在美国攀岩运动的发源地约塞米蒂，
汉诺德已经达到了顶峰。
根据
In climbing, “free” means using nothing
but rocks for support. “ Solo” means free of
protection.
可知，这次攀岩运动没有任何保护措
施，这正是这项运动最纯粹的
(purest)
部分。
at its
purest
，意为“最纯粹
的”，符合题意，
故选
E
。
<
/p>
【
17
题详解】
考查分词。句意：欣慰的是他平安归来，配的上同伴们的称赞。根据上文可知，这次攀岩
很危险，因此他
能攀岩回来，配得上同伴们的称赞，故
matc
hed
（与相匹配，配的上）
符合题
意。故选
I
。
【
18
题详解】
< br>考查形容词。句意：
2015
年，另两名美国人汤米·考
德威尔
(Tommy
Caldwell)
和凯文·乔奇森
(Kevin
Jorgeson)
经过多年的尝试，建立了一条通往
EI
Capitan
最光滑，最光秃的黎明墙
(Dawn
Wall)
的路线。
In
2015,
two
other
American
Tommy
Caldwell
and
Kevin
Jorgeson,
established
a
route
up
the
Dawn
Wall,
EI
Capitan’s (8)______part, after years of attempts.
多年的努力尝试，终于登上了
EI Capitan
以
前未曾有人成功登上的地方，这是黎明墙最光秃秃的部分。
对应
blank
意为“空白的，光秃
秃的”，根
据前面的“pulling on edges barely big
enough for ___1___.”可知，几乎没有手可用力的地方。可为
为最
为光秃的地方，故选
J
。
【
19
题详解】
考查副词。句意：去年，运动攀岩正式被纳入
2020
年东京奥运会的比赛项目。根据“accepted into the
Olympic program for Tokyo
2020”可知，在
2020
年的奥林匹克运动会上
climbing
成为一个项目存在，
即被正式
的
(officially)
纳入比赛项目，故
A
项合适。故选
A
。
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【<
/p>
20
题详解】
考查形容词。句意：在过去的十年里，世界各地都出现了攀岩馆，这使得攀岩运动变得更加安全，普通人
也更容易接触到它。
“accessible
to”为固定搭配，
意为“对是可得到的
/
可使用的
/
可接触的”
o
rdinary
people.
现在攀岩馆出现在全世界各地，
使得此项运动更加的安全和大众
化。
以前攀岩为一项危险的运动，
徒手无防护，只有冒险家才敢
尝试。现在对大众来说也可以接触到。故
B
项合适。故选
B
项。
III.
Reading Comprehension (45
分）
Section A
Directions: For
each blank in the following passage there are four
words or phrases marked A,
B, C and D.
Fill in each blank with the word of phrase that
best fits the context.
There was once a
time that I would only do what I knew was
comfortable for me. Stuck in a
continuous
cycle
of
repetitive
choices,
I
knew
what
was____21____when
it
came
to
making
decisions.
I
knew what wouldn’t
___22___me too much, what would me
glued to the floor of where I already
was____23____ little did I realize at
the time that this was not the right path for me.
After living the
same type
of life for so long I decided bat
there
was more for
me. Although
it
was
uncomfortable
at
first,
I
pushed
myself
to
get___24___
in
things
that
I
wouldn't
normally
do, I decided to open up and talk to
other people that I didn’t think I would have
the
___25___
to show my face
to, and I started to share more about myself with
others that already knew me.
By doing
these things, I ___26___ to find more parts of
life to open myself up to.
A quote
said
that I was stuck in a life that
wasn't truly mine. I was bound by chains that made
me ___27___
to experience life, so I
always keep it as a reminder to myself to go
beyond my____28____.
There
are
a
few
ways
you
can
begin
to
push
past
your
comfort
zone.
First,
make
a
bucket
list.
All you need to do is write down a list
of things that you want to ___29___ in your
lifetime,
but make sure you do them. A
bucket list isn't useful unless you are ___30___
going to try and
achieve it.
Secondly,
if
you
want,
ask
someone
to
tag
along(H
E).
If
you
have
a
friend
who
is
also
interested
in experiencing
more of their life then you can join ___31___ and
work together. That way, you
can push
each other to actually go out and experience.
Finally, ____32____ yourself. Make
yourself a promise that if you check something off
your
bucket list then you will do
something nice for yourself. Maybe you have always
been interested
in bungee jumping, but
have been toe afraid. Put it on the list and
promise yourself a shopping
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trip or anything else
to ___33___ yourself into doing it.
Life is about ____34____
it
up with as many experiences as possible, so don’t
miss out on
an amazing opportunity to
____35____ yourself or lean something valuable.
21. A. safe
B. sensitive
B. exclude
B. Otherwise
B. participated
B. benefit
B. strived
B. curious
B. control
B. combine
B. desperately
B. forces
B. engage
B. trap
B. taking
B. relax
C. alternative
C. scare
C. Moreover
C. can
C. burden
C. hesitated
C. flexible
C. limits
C. cultivate
C. actually
C. factors
C. treat
C. cheat
C. pilling
C. identify
D. greedy
D. impose
D. However
D. involved
D. passion
D. pretended
D. afraid
D. expectation
D. ensure
D. consequently
D. effects
D. help
D. shape
D. filling
D. better
22. A. tempt
23. A.
Therefore
24. A. absorbed
25
A. confidence
26. A. claimed
27. A.
excited
28. A. imagination.
29. A. accomplish
30. A.
accidentally
31. A. ideas
32. A. behave
33. A. bribe
34. A. making
35. A. satisfy
.
【答案】
21. A 22.
C 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. D
28. C 29. A 30. C
31. B 32.
C 33. A 34. D 35. D
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇议论文。文章主要
讲了生活就是用尽可能多的经历填满它，所以不要错过一个让你变得更好或学
到一些有价
值的东西的绝佳机会。
【
21
题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在一
个不断重复选择的循环中，我知道在做决定时什么是安全的。
A.
safe
安全的；
B.
sensitive
敏感的；
C.
alternativ
e
供选择的；
D.
greedy
贪婪的。根据前文
I
would
only
do
what I knew was comfortable for me,
得出此
处为安全的决定。故选
A
。
【
22
题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。
句意：
我知道什么不会
让我太害怕，
虽然这时我很少能意识到哪条路才是对的。
A.
tempt
诱惑；
B.
exclude
排除；
C.
scare
害怕；
D.
impose
利用。根据上文的
what
was
safe,
推知此处
what
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wouldn’t scare, 与安全的决定
表示相同的含义。故选
C
。
【
23
题详解】
考查连接词词义辨析。句意：我知道什么不会让我太害怕，虽然这时我很少能意识到哪条路才
是对的。
A.
Therefore
因此；
B.
Otherwise
否则；
C.
Moreover
而且；
D. However
然而。此处需要
however
作为关系
副词，表示转折。
However little did I
realize at the time that this was not the right
path for
me.
本句是倒装句
+
宾语从句，表示“虽然这时我很少能意识到哪条路才是对的”。故选
D
。
【
< br>24
题详解】
考查固定搭配。
句意：虽然起初很不舒服
,
我将自己卷入我通常不会做的事情<
/p>
,
我决定打开心扉和我认为我
没有信心展
示我的脸的人们交谈。
get involved in
涉及，
卷入，该短语是固定搭配，故选
D
。
【
25
题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：虽然起初很不舒服
,
我将自己卷入我通常不会做的事情
,
我决定打开心
扉和我认
为我没有信心展示我的脸的人们交谈。
A.
confidence
自信；
B.
benefit
好处；
C. burden
负担；
D.
passion
热情。从上下文得知，我没有抛头露面的自信。故选
A
< br>。
【
26
题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。
句
意：
通过做这些事情，
我努力寻找生活可以展示的部分。
A.
claimed
宣称；
B.
strived
努力；
C.
hesitated
犹豫；
D.
pretended
假装。文中表示通过和熟悉的人分享经历，我努
力寻找生活可以
展示的部分。故选
B
。
【
27
题详
解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我被锁链束缚着，这让我害
怕体验生活，所以我总是把它作为一个提醒，提
醒自己要超越自己的极限。
A. excited
兴奋的；
B.
curious
好奇的；
C.
flexible
灵活的；
D.
afraid
害
怕的。根据
so I
always keep it as a reminder to myself to go
beyond my____8____.
可知我害怕体
验生活
。故选
D
。
【
28
题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我被锁链束缚着，这让我害怕体验生活，所以我总是把它作为一个提醒，提醒
自己要超越自己的极限。
A.
imagination.
想象；
B.
control
控制；
C.
limits
极限；
D. expectation.
期
待。文中表示“提醒自己要超越自己的极限。”故选
< br>C
。
【
29
题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。
句意：你所需要做的就是写下你想在有生之年完成的事情的清单，但一定要做到。
A.
accomplish
完成；
B.
combine
结合；
C.
cultivate
培养；
D.
ensure
保证。
根据
< br>A
bucket
list
isn't
useful
unless you are ___10___ going to try
and achieve it.
可知这里意思是你所需要做的就是写下你想在
有生之年完成的事情的清单。故选
A
。
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【<
/p>
30
题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：除非你真的想要实现它，否则遗愿清单是没有用的。
A. <
/p>
accidentally
意外地；
B.
desperately
拼命地；
C.
actually
实际上；
D. consequently<
/p>
结果。此处理解为除非真正完成了任务，
否则列表只能是列表，因
此只有
actually
符合题意。故选
C
。
【
3
1
题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：如
果你有一个朋友也对体验他们的生活感兴趣，那么你可以加入他们一起工作。
A.
ideas
观点；
B.
forces
力量；
C.
factors
因素；
D.
effects
影响。
join <
/p>
forces
协力，
团结与
work
together
并列，故选
B
。
【
32
题详解】
考查动词词
义辨析。
句意：
最后
,
犒劳自己。
A.
behave
表现；
B.
engage
参与；
C.
treat
对待；
D.
help
帮助。
由倒数第二段推知，
如果完成列表任务，
可以对自己好点，
也就是给自己一
些奖励，
因此这里是
treat
yo
urself
犒劳自己。故选
C
。
【
33
题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。
句意：
把它列在清单上，
答应自己一次购物之旅或其他任何可以诱哄自己去做的
事情。
A. bribe
诱哄；
B.
trap
捕捉；
C.
cheat
欺骗；
D.
shape
塑造。根据
Make yourself a
promise that if
you check something off
your bucket list then you will do something nice
for yourself.
可知这
里意思是答应自己一次购物
之旅或其他任何可以诱哄自己去做的事情。故选
A
。
【
34
题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：生活就是用尽可能多的经历填满它，所以不要
错过一个让你变得更好或学到一些有
价值的东西的绝佳机会。
m
ake up
组成；
take up
占据；
pile up
堆起
；
fill up
填补。文中表示“生
活就是用尽可能多的经历填满它”。故选
D
。
35
题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：生活就是用尽可能多的经历填满它，所以不要错过一个让你变得更好或学到一
些有价值的东西的绝佳机会。
A.
satisfy
满足；
B.
relax
放松；
C.
identify
识别；
D. better
< br>改善。此
处理解为不要错过任何一个完善自己，学习有价值事情的机会。故选
D
。
【点睛】完
形填空的解题技巧之一就是要根据上下文来学会“推理”出最佳选项。同学们要遵循“上下求
索”的原则来查找信息。例如，第
1
小题根据前文
I
would
only
do
what
I
knew
was
comfortable
for
me,
得出此处为安全的决定。
故选
A
。
第
9
小题根据
A
bucket
list
isn't
useful
unless
you
are
___10___
going
to
try and achieve it.
可知这里意思是你所需要做的就是写下你想在
有生之年完成的事情的清单。故选
A
。
Section B
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Directions: Read the following three
passages. Each passage is followed by several
questions
or unfinished statements. For
each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C
and D. Choose
the one that fits best
according to the information given in the passage
you have just read.
(A)
Notices have been put up here and there
in the village for the last fortnight announcing a
meeting to discuss the yearly Flower
Show, which has not been held in Fairacre for a
number of
years. Before I became the
village schoolmistress here, the Flower Show
appears to have been an
event of some
importance and people came from miles around to
enjoy a day at Fairacre.
I decided to
go to the meeting, as the children in my school, I
knew, used to play quite a
large part
in this village excitement and there were a number
of special competitions, such as
collecting wild flowers, making
dolls’
house decorations or
little
gardens
and
so on, included
in the
program.
It
was
a
freezing,
starlit
night.
By
the
time
I
arrived
at
the
Village
hall,
there
were
about
ten people already
there. The doctor was chairman of the meeting. A
few men were warming their
hand
over
the
rather
smoky
oil
stove,
which
was
trying,
somewhat
inefficiently,
to
warm
the
room.
The meeting was called
for seven thirty---a most inconvenient time in my
private opinion as it
successfully
upsets the evening and puts back the time of one’s
evening meal. By a quarter to
eight
only fifteen people had arrived.
“I
think
we
must
begin,”
the
doctor
said,
turning
his
gentle
smile
upon
us.
He
gave
a
shor
t
speech about the past glories of
Fairarce’s Flower Show and his hopes that it might
take place
again. “Perhaps someone
would put forward the suggestion that the Flower
Show be restarted?”
he suggested. There
was a heavy silence, broken only by the movement
of feet from the bench at
the
back.
All
fifteen
of
us,
I
noticed,
were
middle-
aged.
John
Pringle,
Mrs.
Pringle’s
only
child,
must have been the
youngest among us and he is a man of nearly
thirty. It was John who, at last,
shyly
answered the doctor’s req
uest.
“I’ll do it,” he said. “Propose we have
a Flower Show then.” He sat down, pink and
self-
conscious, and the
doctor thanked him sincerely. “Is there anybody
else who agrees with
this proposal?”
Again that painful silence. It seemed as though we
sat in
a dream.
“I’ll do
it,” I said, when I could stand the waiting no
longer. “Good! Good!” said the
doctor
cheerfully. “Let’s
take a vote
here then.” All fifteen raised their
hands
doubtfully.
To
look
at
our
faces
an
outsider
might
reasonably
have
thought
we
were
having
the
choice
of
hanging
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or the
electric chair.
36. What is the purpose
of the meeting?
A. To make arrangements
for the next Flower Show.
B. To get
people’s ideas about the next Flower
Show.
C. To decide whether a
Flower Show would be held again.
D. To
find out whether people would help with the Flower
Show.
37. What was the reason for the
author’s attendance?
A. The
school children has always taken part in the
Flower Show.
B
She wanted to
find out what the children could do to help.
C. She wanted to know what special
lessons to give the children.
D. The
school children might do more work in the school
garden.
38. Why did the author declare
her support for Mr. Pringle’s proposal?
A. It had become fairly clear that
nobody else would.
B. She was in hurry
to go home.
C. She was the only one
really interested in the matter.
D. She
felt sorry for the doctor.
【答案】
36. C 37. A 38. A
【解析】
【分析】
本文为记叙文。本文记叙了
作者村里召开会议讨论是否要再次举办
Flower Show
时，对于普林格尔先生提
出建议的建议，在没人同意的情况下，作者表达了自己对他的支
持。
【
36
题详解】
推理判断题。第一段的第一句
“Notices
have
been
put
up
here
and
there
in
the
village
for
the
last
fortnight announcing a meeting to
discuss the yearly Flower Show, which has not been
held in
Fairacre for a number of
years.”中提到召集村庄里所有的人开会商讨一年一度的
Flower Show
——花
展，而这个花展已经有好几年没在
Fairacre
举办了。由此可推断开会是为了讨论是否再次举办
< br>Flower
Show
，故答案是
C
。
【
37
题详解】
推理判断题。文章第二段中的“I
decided
to
go
to
the
meeting,
as
the
children
in
my
s
chool
,
I
knew,
used to play quite a large part in this
village excitement and there were a number of
special
competitions,
such
as
collecting
wild
flowers,
making
dolls’
house
decorations
or
little
gardens
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.
and so on, included in the
program.”可知，作者参加这次会议是因为他是学校的学生，作者知道学生
以前
在这种活动中起了很大的作用。由此可推断出学校的学生过去常常参与到
Flower
Show
当中，故答案
是
A
。
【
38
题详解】
推理判断题。文章最后三段描述了普林格尔先生提出建议时，倒数第三段中的“he
suggested.
There
was
a heavy silence,”“It was
John who, at last, shyly answered the doctor’s
request.
倒数第二
段中的‘I’
ll
do
it,’”、“‘Is
there
anybody
else
who
agrees
with
this
proposal?’
Again
that
painful
silence.”
以及最后一段中的“‘I’ll do
it, I said, when I could stand the waiting no
longer.
“Good!
Good!”
said
the
doctor
cheerfully.”可知，他提出建议时
一片沉寂，由此可推断出，
除了作者，没有人愿意站出来支持
M
r. Pringle
举办花展的提议，故答案是
A
。
【点睛】推理判断试题属于高层次阅读理解题
。这种题型包括判断题和推理题。这两类题常常相互依存，
推理是为了得出正确的判断，
正确的判断又依赖于合乎逻辑的推理。根据事实细节，推断合理信息。推理
题要求在理解
原文表面文字信息的基础上，作出一定判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。
推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可是某几句话，但都是以文字信息为依据，既不能做出在原
文中找不到文字根据的推理，也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是说，要做到判断有据
,
推论有
理
,
忠实原文。切忌用自己的观点代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面结论。
如第
2
小题属于推理判断题。文章第二段的<
/p>
“
I decided to go
to the meeting, as the children in my
school
,
I
knew,
used
to
play
quite
a
large
part
in
this
village
excitement
and
there
were
a
number
of special
competitions, such as collecting wild flowers,
making dolls
’
house
decorations or
little gardens and so
on, included in the program.
”可知，作者决定参加这
次会议是因为他是学校
的学生，作者知道学生以前在这种活动中起了很大的作用。由此可
知作者学校的学生过去常常参与到
Flower Show
当中
，故答案是
A
。
(B)
Mapping Antarctica
Antarctica was on the map long before
anyone ever laid eyes on it. Nearly 2,400 years
ago,
ancient Greek philosophers such as
Aristotle believed that a great continent must
exist at the
bottom of the world. They
though it was needed to balance out the continents
at the top of the
world. In the 1500s,
mapmakers often included a fanciful continent they
referred to as Terra
Incognita(Latin
for
“unknown
land”)
at
the
bottom
of
their
maps.
But
it
was
not
until
the
1800s
-----after explorers had sighted and
set foot on Antarctica----- that mapmakers got
down to the
business
of
really
mapping
the
continent,
which
is
one
—
and
—
a
–
half
times
rhe
size
of
the
U.S..
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While the coastline
could be mapped by ships sailing around the
continent, it took
airplanes
—
and
later, satellites---
to chart
Antarctica’s vast interior(内陆
). That
job
continues today. And it
is a job that still
require
a mapmaker, or cartographer,
to
put on boots
and head out into the wild.
Cole
Kelleher
is
familiar
with
that.
He
is
a
cartographer
with
the
Polar
Geospatial
Center(PGC),
which is based at the University of
Minnesota and has a staff at McMurdo Station. PGC
teamed up
with Google to use the
company’s Trekker technology to capture images of
Antarctica for the
Internet
giant’s
popular
feature,
Street
View.
A
Trekker
camera,
which
is
the
size
of
a
basketball,
is
set about two feet a
bove a backpack.
The camera records image in all directions. “It
weighs
about
50
pounds.
I
was
out
for
two
and
a
half
days,
hiking
10
to
12
hours
each
day,”
says
Kelleher.
It was hard work,
but really an incredible experience.” According to
Kelleher there
are plans
to
use the technology to create educational apps for
museums.
The
PGC
staff
at
McMurdo
Station
provides
highly
specialized
mapmaking
services
for
the
U.S.
Antarctic
Program.
For
one
project,
Kelleher
used
satellite
images
to
map
huge
cracks
in
the
ice.
That helped a team of
researchers know whether they could safely
approach their field camp on
snowmobiles.
Another
recent
project
was
to
help
recover
a
giant,
high
—
tech
helium(
氦气
)
balloon
used to carry
scientific instruments high into the atmosphere.
These balloons are launched in
Antarctica
because
there
is
no
danger
that
they
will
hurt
anyone
when
they
fall
back
down
to
Earth.
Using
satellite
images,
Kelleher
and
colleagues
created
maps
of
where
the
balloon
could
be
found.
Antarctica may no longer be Terra
Incognita, but it still holds countless mysteries.
Cartographers and the maps they make
will continue to be essential in helping
scientists unlock
those secrets.
39. From the passage, we can infer that
Antarctica was on the map in the 1500s
when________.
A. mapmakers knew it was
much larger than the U.S.
B. Aristotle
named the continent Terra Incognita
C.
no one had ever seen or been to the continent
D. it was such an interesting continent
as was often referred to
40. Which of
the following statements is NOT true according to
the passage?
A. It needs much work for
the mapmakers to head out into the wild.
B. The interior can only be mapped by
planes and satellites.
C. It is
relatively easy to map Antarctica’s coastline by
ship.
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