
第一节语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
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用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
World Environment Day is a UN Environment-led global event, 1_______ takes place on June 5 every year and is celebrated by thousands of communities worldwide. Since it began in 1972, it has grown to become the _____2 (large) of all the celebrations of environment each year. China owns half the world’s electric vehicles and 99% of the world’s electric buses. By 3_______ (host) World Environment Day 2019, the Chinese government will be able to showcase its innovation and progress toward a cleaner environment.
B
Why do people want to go to university? For some, it is the desire to learn. At university, you 4_____ (teach) by lecturers and professors who may be leading experts 5_______ their fields. The opportunity to learn from them is what drives some people 6_______ (apply) to university. For others, going to university provides the all-important stepping-stone for their careers. However, for the majority of 7______ (west) people, university means freedom from home.
C
Billions of poor people around the world 8 (depend) on the use of wood for cooking. And as they take more and more firewood from wild areas, they are destroying habitats around the world. Wood collection is one reason why many animals have become endangered.
This is 9 Dr. Metcalf spends each summer in Africa. He wants to teach women and children in villages how to cook with the sun. He helped create Solar Cookers International. It’s an organization that introduces solar cookers to developing countries 10 teaches people how to use them.
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)
Counting the votes took about five minutes, but it seemed like an hour for me. Captain of the cheerleaders is quite an honor. At least that’s what I was 11 .
As Coach Maguire appeared, all eyes zeroed in 12 her.
“Girls,” she began. “It’s my pleasure to announce that Terry Shaw has been elected Captain of the cheerleading team.” A great cheer was heard throughout the gym.
How 13 this be? I hadn’t 14 a practice, or a game, in the three years. Was everyone blind? Didn’t they realize that I had worked three years to 15 the title?
All the way home, I sobbed. The next morning, I held my uniform close to me. I knew I couldn’t 16 . As heartbroken as I was, my true love was
17 with my teammates.
How very 18 it was to go to that first practice after Terry had been named captain. When I arrived, Terry asked me if I had any ideas on how to improve our routines and talked about how we could make the team better. We? Was she kidding? I just wanted to 19 her and she kept making it harder and harder for me to do that. It wasn’t just that she showed interest in me—her interest was warm and 20 .
Terry always made sure to 21 me when discussing changes in our routine and eventually I 22 myself and we grew to be very close friends.
At the end of the year, the annual Sports Award Banquet was organized. We decorated the hall, talking about all the good times we had 23 during our last year together. I just wanted to 24 that moment in time.
Later in the evening we arrived and listened as the various trophies were awarded to the most valuable player of each sports team. Of course the team captains all received trophies too. With great 25 I cheered for Terry.
Just as Terry walked off the stage, Coach Maguire stepped up to the microphone again and announced that there was one final trophy to be awarded. The cheerleading “Spirit Award” would now be presented to the girl who showed the most dedicated 26 .
When I heard my name announced I imagined I was as 27. Terry was coming toward me. We hugged each other, and Terry whispered, “Nobody 28 this more than you.”
Terry never knew that quitting was all I had on my mind the day she was named captain. She read the 29 in my shallow words of congratulations and embraced me in spite of myself, planting tiny seeds of kindness and respect. From her effort grew a 30 that, to this day, I hold close to my heart.
11. A. expecting B. offering C. regretting D. designing
12. A. for B. on C. with D. about
13. A. dared B. would C. might D. could
14. A. watched B. accepted C. missed D. followed
15. A. hold B. earn C. give D. defend
16. A. quit B. delay C. practise D. reply
17. A. competing B. studying C. cheering D. communicating
18. A. hard B. pleasant C.normal D. unforgettable
19. A. persuade B. inspire C. frighten D. hate
20. A. wide B. genuine C. proper D. funny
21. A. teach B. praise C. control D. include
22. A. punished B. hid C. overcame D. embarrassed
23. A. wasted B. shared C. needed D. found
24. A. freeze B. recall C. spare D. choose
25. A. confidence B. politeness C. enthusiasm D. curiosity
26. A. effort B. trust C. memory D. attention
27. A. nervous B. shocked C. determined D. proud
28. A. doubts B. completes C. deserves D. requires
29. A. admiration B. sympathy C. courage D. disappointment
30. A. belief B. challenge C. promise D. friendship
第二部分阅读理解(共两节40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,共30分)
A
Everyone at Pacsafe is always eager to get out in the world and enjoy new cultures, food, and experiences. With that in mind we asked a few of our top travel bugs for their best travel destination recommendations for 2019. They also included their favorite Pacsafe bag to take on the trip. Enjoy and hopefully get some ideas for your own globe-trotting adventure.
Sri Lanka---Alison Hanko, Global Marketing Director
I’m going to Sri Lanka this summer holiday and can’t wait. It’s close to Hong Kong where I live and I’ve always wanted to go. The food is supposed to be amazing. It seems really relaxing and I really want to do the Kandy to Badulla train ride, which looks just stunning. We’ve booked a good mix of beaches, some time in a safari tent to hopefully see elephants in the wild.
For my bag, I’ll most likely take the Quiksilver 40L Pack because it has the built-in wet pack for my bikinis. It’s also a great size for a week-long trip in a warm climate.
Japan---Ben Barras, Creative Director
Japan is definitely my best travel destination recommendation. The culture, the streets, the architecture, the inspiration you get from all of that is amazing. The food is also fascinating. It’s where I’m most planning to go. Tokyo obviously, but also visiting the mountains. You can go snowboarding, which I haven’t done for years.
I have a Vibe 25L Backpack which you can pack a lot in. The thing I like most about it is that it’s compact, but still fits plenty in. I’ll pair that up with a larger travel bag for the rest of my things and use the backpack to get around day to day.
Berlin---Phil Hayes, Executive VP of Global Design
For me, it’s definitely Berlin. I’m particularly excited about the fashion, which I hear is pretty full on. Also the art galleries and history. Food, nightlife. Everything I’ve heard about Berlin is pretty cool, so I’m going to suck as much as I can out of it. World’s Global Style Network had the Berlin shopping list that came out recently, so I’m going to follow that through as well.
Bag wise, it will be the Quiksilver X Collab Bag. It’s the 25L Anti-theft Backpack. It’s normally my go-to bag for city trips because it’s super easy to lock on the plane and in bars, and it’s just the right amount of space.
31. Which of the Pacsafe bag is a good choice for beach travel?
A. The Quiksilver 40L Pack. B. The Vibe 25L Backpack.
C. The Quiksilver X Collab Bag. D. 25L Anti-theft Backpack.
32. If you are interested in fashion, which destination should you choose?
A. Sri Lanka. B. Japan. C. Hong Kong. D. Berlin.
33. What can you enjoy in all the three places mentioned?
A. Beautiful beaches. B. Amazing food. C. Fascinating art. D. Cool snowboarding.
34. The main purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. share personal travelling experiences B. offer practical tips on taking adventure
C. present cultures in different countries D. recommend favorable travel destinations
B
On March 25, 2010, Kate and David heard the words every parent dreads: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins—a girl and a boy—were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.
“I saw him gasp (喘息), but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate told the Daily Mail five years later. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.”
Still, the couple knew this was likely a goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.
“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate told Today. “We’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”
Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and asked David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.
“We were trying to persuade him to stay,” Kate told the Daily Mail. “We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to have him.”
Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again—and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger.
The couple’s lost boy had made it.
“We’re the luckiest people in the world,” David told Today.
Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy. The couple only recently told the kids the story of their birth. “Emily burst into tears,” Kate said. “She was really upset, and she kept hugging Jamie. This whole experience makes you cherish them more.”
35. What can we learn about the newborn babies?
A. The boy’s heart had stopped beating.B. The boy was 2 minutes older than the girl.
C. The twins were born 14 weeks before the due date.
D. The twins were expected to live for only 20 minutes.
36. When the couple knew they would lose the boy, they ________.
A. begged the doctor to save him B. took his shirt off and then put him in bed
C. wrapped him with his blanket to keep him warm
D. talked to him and made close physical contact with him
37. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The Power of Hug.B. The Miracle of Love.
C. The Bond Between Twins.D. The Responsibility of Parents.
C
Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin discovered through neuroimaging (神经成像).
These findings, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, suggest that in order to forget an unwanted experience, more attention should be focused on it. This surprising result continues previous research on intentional forgetting, which focused on reducing attention to the unwanted information through redirecting attention away from unwanted experiences or holding back the memory’s retrievals (恢复).
“We may want to get rid of memories that cause nonadaptive responses, such as upsetting memories, so that we can respond to new experiences in more adaptive ways,” said Jarrod Lewis-Peacock, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor of psychology at UT Austin. “Decades of research has shown that we have the ability to voluntarily forget something, but how our brains do that is still being questioned. Once we can figure out how memories are weakened and design ways to control this, we can design treatment to help people rid themselves of unwanted memories.”
Using neuroimaging to track patterns of brain activity, the researchers showed a group of healthy adults images of scenes and faces, instructing them to either remember or forget each image. Their findings not only confirmed that humans have the ability to control what they forget, but that successful intentional forgetting required “moderate (适中的) levels” of brain activity in these sensory and perceptual areas (感官区域)—more activity than what was required to remember.
“A moderate level of brain activity is critical to this forgetting mechanism. Too strong, and it will strengthen the memory; too weak, and you won’t change it,” said Tracy Wang, lead author of the study and a psychology postdoctoral fellow at UT Austin. “Importantly, it’s the intention to forget that increases the activation of the memory, and when this activation hits the ‘moderate level’ sweet spot, that’s when it leads to later forgetting of that experience.” The researchers also found that participants were more likely to forget scenes than faces, which can carry much more emotional information, the researchers said.
“We’re learning how these mechanisms in our brain respond to different types of information, and it will take a lot of further research and replication (重复) of this work before we understand how to control our ability to forget,” said Lewis-Peacock, who has begun a new study using neurofeedback to track how much attention is given to certain types of memories.
"This will make way for future studies on how we process, and hopefully get rid of, those really strong, sticky emotional memories, which can have a powerful effect on our health and well-being," Lewis-Peacock said.
38. Previous studies on intentional forgetting researched ______.
A. the pattern of brain activityB. the process of recovering a memory
C. the way to reduce attention to unwanted information
D. the amount of attention required by intentional forgetting
39. According to Tracy Wang, forgetting is possible when ______.
A. people respond to new experiences in an adaptive way
B. the activation of the memory reaches a certain level
C. people have the strongest intention to forgetD. the information involves more emotion
40. Lewis continues his study to find out ______.
A. how to control people’s ability to forget B. where to apply the findings of his team’s latest study
C. what effects upsetting memories have on people’s health
D. if different types of information requires different levels of attention
41. What is the best title of the article?
A. Where does forgetting take place?B. How does attention affect memory?
C. Forgetting uses more brain power than remembering
D. Forgetting is far more difficult than we once imagined
D
The new social robots, including Jibo, Cozmo, Kuri and Meccano M.A.X., bear some resemblance to assistants like Apple’s Siri, but these robots come with something more. They are designed to win us over not with their smarts but with their personality. They are sold as companions that do more than talk to us. Time magazine hailed (称赞) the robots that “could fundamentally reshape how we interact with machines.” But is reshaping how we interact with machines a good thing, especially for children?
Some researchers in favor of the robots don’t see a problem with this. People have relationships with many kinds of things. Some say robots are justanother thingwith which we can have relationships. To support their argument, roboticists sometimes point to how children deal with toy dolls. Children animate (赋予…生命) dolls and turn them into imaginary friends. Jibo, in a sense, will be one more imaginary friend, and arguably a more intelligent and fun one.
Getting attached to dolls and sociable machines is different, though. Today’s robots tell children that they have emotions, friendships, even dreams to share. In reality, the whole goal of the robots is emotional trickery. For instance, Cozmo the robot needs to be fed, repaired and played with. Boris Sofman, the chief executive of Anki, the company behind Cozmo, says that the idea is to create “a deeper and deeper emotional connection ... And if you neglect him, you feel the pain of that.” What is the point of this, exactly? What does it mean to feel the pain of neglecting something that feels no pain at being neglected, or to feel anger at being neglected by something that doesn’t even know it is neglecting you?
This should not be our only concern. It is troubling that these robots try to empathize with children. Empathy allows us to put ourselves in the place of others, to know what they are feeling. Robots, however, have no emotions to share, and they cannot put themselves in our place. No matter what robotic creatures “say” or squeak, they don’t understand our emotional lives. They present themselves as empathy machines, but they are missing the essential equipment. They have not been born, they don’t know pain, or death, or fear. Robot thinking may be thinking, but robot feeling is never feeling, and robot love is never love.
What is also troubling is that children take robots’ behavior to indicate feelings. When the robots interact with them, children take this as evidence that the robots like them, and when robots don’t work when needed, children also take it personally. Their relationships with the robots affect their self-esteem (自尊). In one study, an 8-year-old boy concluded that the robot stopped talking to him because the robot liked his brothers better.
For so long, we dreamed of artificial intelligence offering us not only simple help but conversation and care. Now that our dream is becoming real, it is time to deal with the emotional downside of living with robots that “feel.”
42. How are the new social robots different from Siri?
A. They are intended to teach children how to talk. B. They are designed to attract people with their smarts.
C. Their main function is to evaluate children’s personality.
D. They have a new way to communicate with human beings.
43. In Paragraph 3 Cozmo is used as an example to show that the social robots ______.
A. are deeply connected with human beings B. are unable to build a real relationship with children
C. are so advanced that they can feel the pain of human beings
D. are not good enough to carry out the instructions of children
44. The underlined phrase “essential equipment” in Paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A.emotion B. pain C. fear D. thinking
45. Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?
A. B.
C. D.
I: Introduction P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,共10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个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。
Man invented a number of means to cover distance — cars, planes, radio, TV, computers, spaceships, etc. 46 Reading is real fun, isn’t it? It is a fantastic journey into the past or the future, a true love story or a serious novel to challenge your thoughts, a detective or something funny if you like humour.
You could see a lot of people, old and young, reading in many different places — in a park or on a bus, in a plane or on a beach. It might be a magazine or a newspaper, a volume of poems or a lengthy novel. 47 They tell you a lot about life, people, and the fast changing world. They develop imagination, love for word and expression and awaken a wish in you to create something. It is hard to imagine life without books.
48 We sometimes look through the book to see what it is about. We may just want to get the general idea from a newspaper article, a report, or a book in a bookshop. This type of reading is called skimming reading.
Quick reading is also practiced when we want to get a particular piece of information, such as a date or a telephone number. This is called scanning. We scan timetables, telephone directories, dictionaries and web pages.
But if we want to get the detailed information, we read slowly and carefully. This is called intensive reading, or study reading. 49 We consult dictionaries if necessary. We take notes to remember something important, such as a mathematical quotation (引证).
Reading fiction, a novel or a favourite poem, is also intensive reading. It needs training and special skills to understand the entire content, the beauty of the expression. 50 It makes you laugh your head off or cry your heart out.
A. You get involved in the story.
B. Reading can be a social activity.
C. We read in many different ways and at different speeds.
D. Books help you understand the world and yourself better.
E. Scanning is used when we need to locate special information.
F. But up till now, there has been only one way to cover time — books.
G. In the latter case we check the meaning not to misunderstand something.
第三部分书面表达(共两节35分)
第一节(15分)
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华, 请给你校外教Jim写一封邮件,邀请他参加你校即将举办的校史展。邮件的内容包括:
1.介绍校史展的相关信息(时间、地点和主要内容等);
2.说明邀请原因;
3.询问对方意向。
注意:1.词数不少于50;
2.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
提示词:展览 exhibition
Dear Jim,
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(20分)
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。毕业之际,你们班开展了感谢学校教职员工的活动。请根据下面四幅图的先后顺序,写一篇英文周记,记述活动的全过程。
注意:词数不少于60。
提示词:教职员工 teachers and staff
北京师范大学第二附属中学
2019年高考英语冲刺卷(四)
参
第一节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
1. which 2. largest 3. hosting 4. will be taught 5. in6. to apply 7. western 8. depend 9. why 10. and
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)
11. A 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. B
21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. D
第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,40分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分,共30分)
31A 32. D 33. B 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. B38.C 39.B 40.A
41.C 42.D 43.B 44.A 45.B
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,共10分)46. F 47. D 48. C 49. G 50. A
第三部分:书面表达(共两节,35分)
第一节 (15分)
Dear Jim,
I’m writing to tell you that an exhibition about our school’s history will take place at our school, and I am wondering if you can come and visit it.
The exhibition, which will be held on the fourth floor in the main teaching building on May 8th, will cover many aspects of our school, including the big events that have happened in the school’s history, the various awards we have received during these years, and even the great accomplishments of some of our excellent graduates. The exhibition definitely reflects the development and the achievements of our school, and I believe that after your visit, it will hold a special place in your heart. If you are interested in attending the exhibition, please let me know and I’ll send you more information about it.
Hope to meet youthen.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(20分)
Before graduation, in order to express our sincere gratitude to our beloved teachers and the hard-working staff, we prepared special gifts and “thank you” notes.
Last Monday after class, our monitor came up with an idea to extend our appreciation to the school faculty. After much thought, we decided to present them with cups featuring our class picture as well as write them “thank you” notes.
Soon afterwards, we began our project. In the following two days, some of us wrote the notes conveying our heartfelt appreciation while others carefully folded the finished notes into the shape of a heart. We also logged onto a self-customization cup website in the school’s computer room, chose our best class photos to customize the cups and made the purchases.
Last Friday, we received the delivery. With excitement, we got into small groups and presented our special gifts to all the dedicated teachers and staff. Holding the gifts, they all expressed their thanks and best wishes to us. Every day for the past three years, we have enjoyed interesting lessons, delicious meals, and a clean and safe campus. It is their hard work and devotion that has helped us become responsible people.
Graduation will come and go, but the love for our school will last a lifetime.
