A卷
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．Patients usually choose a doctor who enjoys a good ________.
A．expectation B．reputation
C．contribution
D．position
解析：根据题意分析，病人会选择声誉好的医生。expectation“期望”；contribution“贡献”；position“地位；职位”。
答案：B
2．You couldn't live alone in modern society. So you must learn to ________ others, but you should remember who you are.
A．appeal to
B．adapt to
C．apply to
D．attach to
解析：考查动词词组辨析。appeal to“呼吁，请求，吸引”；adapt to“适应”；apply to“应用，申请”；attach to“附上”。语意为“你必须学会如何适应别人”，因此，空白处填adapt to。
答案：B
3．Another company tried to gain ________ to the plans
of our new model by bribing one of our employees.
A．access
B．approach
C．information
D．knowledge
解析：句意：另一个公司试图通过向一个雇员行贿来得到接近我们新型号计划的机会。access“接近/利用……的权利/机会”；approach“接近，手段”；information“信息”；knowledge“知识”。
答案：A
4．The government is taking measures to ________ its target of less than 3 percent inflation (通货膨胀)．
A．realize
B．balance
C．achieve D．acquire
解析：考查动词辨析。句意：政府正采取措施实现通胀率不超过3%的目标。achieve“实现，达到(目标、目的、标准等)”，符合语意。realize“实现(梦想、理想等)”；balance“平衡”；acquire“获取(某种技能)”。
答案：C
5．(2017·合肥调研)My father is a man who knows what's important in life — he has a(n)________ job, but he still makes time for children.
A．outstanding
B．demanding
C．satisfying
D．inspiring
解析：考查形容词辨析。句意：我父亲是一个知道生活中什么重要的人，他有一份很费力的工作，但他仍然抽出时间陪孩子们。demanding“很费心的，很费力的”，符合题意。outstanding“突出的，杰出的”；satisfying“令人满意的”；inspiring“鼓舞人心的”。
答案：B
6．You've
made a good decision. I thoroughly ________ it.
A．approve of
B．object to
C．am against
D．agree with
解析：根据前一句说明“你作出了一个好的决定”，故“我”应“赞成”这个决定。approve of“赞成”。agree with表“同意，赞成”时，其后应跟sb.。
答案：A
7．(2017·安徽八校联考)Considering his health, I advise him to ________ an hour or two each day to work out.
A．set about
B．set off
C．set up
D．set aside
解析：考查动词词组辨析。句意：考虑到他的健康状况，我建议他每天腾出一两个小时锻炼身体。set about“着手做”；set off“出发”；set up“建立”；set aside“留出”。根据语意可知选D。
答案：D
8．(2017·福州统考)I offered the ________ suggestions of spending the vacation in the mountains or by the sea.
A．alternative
B．another
C．other
D．others
解析：句意：我提出到山里或海边度假的供选择的建议。alternative“供选择的”，符合句意。
答案：A
9．Don't worry. I think the manager will ________ your mistake this time.
A．neglect
B．envy
C．overlook
D．ignore
解析：句意：别担心，我想经理这次会忽略你的过错的。此处用overlook“(对不良现象)不予理会”。
答案：C
10．He is ________ happy ________ go home.
A．too; to
B．so; that
C．such; as
D．too; as
解析：句意：他要回家真是太高兴了。在形容词happy前用too，此时too ...to ...不表示否定意义，而表示“做某事真是太……”。
答案：A
11．Her happy look ________ that she has done well in the exam.
A．presents
B．reflects
C．appears
D．seems
解析：考查动词词义辨析。present“赠送，引见，展现，上演”；reflect“反映，显示”；appear“出现”；seem“好像”。句意：她高兴的神情显示出她考试考得不错。通过分析四个选项的含义可得出B项为正确答案。
答案：B
12．(2017·周口模拟)The dance performed by the disabled actors is really a hit, but years ago no one ________ they were to achieve such great success.
A．must have imagined
B．could have imagined
C．should have imagined
D．would have imagined
解析：句意：这个由残疾人表演的舞蹈是一个很大的成功，但是多年之前没有人能够想像他们能取得如此大的成功。本题考查情态动词的用法。由句中的years ago可知这里是对过去发生事情的推测，因此应用could have imagined表示对过去可能发生事情的推测。
答案：B
13．He understands everything ________ why she left him.
A．except
B．except for
C．besides
D．aside from
解析：B、C、D三项后不能接从句，所以只有A项符合题意。句意：除了不明白她为什么离开他之外，他什么都明白。
答案：A
14．—Is this the first time you ________ Chengdu?
—No. But the first time I ________ here, the city wasn't so beautiful.
A．visited; came
B．visited; have come
C．have visited; have come
D．have visited; came
解析：句意：“这是你第一次参观成都吗？”“不是，但是我第一次来这里时，这个城市没有这么漂亮。”在句式结构“This/It is the first/second/last ...time＋从句”中，从句要用现在完成时，the first time引导时间状语从句，时态应与主句时态一致。
答案：D
15．His best music was ________ by the memory of his mother.
A．encouraged
B．urged
C．inspired
D．agreed
解析：考查动词辨析。句意：他最好的乐曲来自于他对母亲的回忆。此处inspire意为“给……创作灵感”，常用于be inspired by ...；encourage意为“鼓励”；urge意为“催促，强烈要求”；agree意为“同意”。
答案：C
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
(2017·宁德质量检测)As a parent you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child. It helps a preschooler (学龄前儿童)：
Develop social skills
As children play pretend, they explore relationships between family members, friends and coworkers and learn more about how people interact. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians care for their patients. Playing house, they learn more about how parents feel about their children. Imaginative play helps develop empathy (同情) for others. If children can imagine how it feels to be left out of a game or to lose a pet, they are better able to help those in need. They become more willing to play fair, to share, and to cooperate.
Build selfconfidence
Young children have very little control over their lives.Imagining oneself as a builder of skyscrapers (摩天大楼) or a superhero defending the planet is empowering to a child. It helps them develop confidence in their abilities and their potential.
Boost intellectual growth
Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought.Children who can see a king's castle in a mound (堆) of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically (象征性地). This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.
Practice language skills
Kids who play pretend with their friends do a lot of talking.This helps boost their vocabulary, improve sentence structure and promote communication skills.
Work out fears
Playing pretend can help children work out their fears and
worries. When children roleplay about the big, bad monster under the bed, they gain a sense of control over him and he doesn't seem quite so big or so bad. Imaginative play also helps kids vent (发泄) confusing feelings they might have, such as anger toward a parent or compete with a new sibling (兄弟姐妹)．
To encourage your youngster's imagination, read to him every day. Books offer children the opportunity to visit other worlds and create new ones of their own.
For generations children have enjoyed reading the story of Peter Pan because Peter takes them on fascinating adventures.Reader's Digest Young Families offers a beautiful typical Disney edition of Peter Pan, which is an iParenting Media Awards winner. Click here to find out how you can get this classic story along with 2 free books — Bambi and Pinocchio.
语篇解读：这是一篇应用文，介绍想象力对儿童的益处，最后说明培养孩子想象力的方法——给孩子读书。
1．What's NOT the advantage of children having a good imagination?
A．Understanding the other people's feelings and problems.
B．Expressing their feelings like anger.
C．Having a strong faith in their own abilities and potential.
D．Helping them form a good habit of reading story.
解析：细节理解题。从最后两段可知，要让孩子提高想象力，最好的办法就是多读书给他们。这里并没有说可以帮助他们养成阅读故事的好习惯。用排除法也可解答该题。从“Develop social skills”部分可知A项表述正确；从“Work out fears”部分可知B项表述正确；而C项与“Build selfconfidence”部分的信息一致。
答案：D
2．What does the underlined word “Boost” mean ?
A．Improve.
B．Limit.
C．Push.
D．Praise.
解析：词义猜测题。结合该段的内容，即丰富的想象力带给儿童的又一好处，例如，可以帮助孩子进行抽象思考等，因此，可推知该段标题的意思是“促进智力发育”，故选A。
答案：A
3．From the last paragraph we can learn that ________.
A．Reader's Digest Young Families wins an iParenting Media Award
B．Disney edition of Peter Pan can be got online for free
C．the story of Peter Pan has been popular with kids
D．Bambi and Pinocchio are offered for free because of bad sales
解析：推理判断题。依据该段第一句话推断Peter Pan的故事一直深受儿童喜爱。其余选项则与原文不符。
答案：C
4．What's the purpose of writing the article?
A．To tell readers the benefits of encouraging children's imagination.
B．To introduce some wonderful Disney stories to readers.
C．To provide ways of helping make kids more imaginative.
D．To persuade parents to buy the Disney edition of Peter Pan.
解析：写作意图题。本篇文章采用总——分的写作方式，从文章第一段即可判断这篇文章的写作目的。
答案：A
B
(2017·信阳一模)Employees are being flooded with too much information that has little to do with their work, according to a new survey.
On average, whitecollar workers spend 51 percent of their work time receiving and processing information. Only one third of it was relevant to their work, the survey found. Information overload for whitecollar workers has become a global issue. The huge amount of information has already affected their efficiency in management as well as their performance at work.
Buried with emails
Every morning, a secretary at the human resources department of an auto parts company opens her email box, only to find it crammed with at least 50 unread mails.For her, even scanning through these emails every day takes at least half an hour. Some of her colleagues are not so lucky—they have to read at least 100.
Bothered with calls
Telephone calls are also causing a problem. More than 40 percent whitecollar workers choose mobile phones as the preferred way to communicate important and urgent business matters. Talking saves time and energy over the clicking, reading and replying to emails, but phone calls are also more distracting (分心的). While answering a call, a clerk is likely to put away a much more important task at hand and start the business being talked about on the phone.
Solution? Not yet
Many companies start with providing staff with better computers, better Internet access and more advanced gadgets(小装置). For example, staff members above a certain level in one company will be provided with a blackberry phone for easier access to their emails. The company has also organized many lectures on efficient ways of email management. Yet most whitecollar workers think their companies can do more.
语篇解读：白领是令人艳羡的一族，可是他们也有苦恼，与工作无关的海量信息让他们苦不堪言。
5．What does the new survey find about whitecollar workers?
A. They spend 51 percent of their work time on meetings.
B．Only half of the information they receive is useful.
C．Over 60 percent of them prefer to use the telephone.
D．Some of them have to read at least 100 emails every day.
解析：细节理解题。根据Buried with emails中的最后一句可知一些白领每天要阅读至少100封电子邮件。
答案：D
6．Telephone
calls
cause
a
problem because ________.
A．they take up the time to receive and send emails
B．they are often not answered
C．they are mostly not about business
D．they
may lead to change of work schedule
解析：推理判断题。Bothered with calls中的最后一句提到员工可能要放下更加重要的工作来处理电话事务，由此可推断打电话可能会导致工作程序的改变。
答案：D
7．How do some companies try to solve the problem of information overload?
A．They start to give staff a pay rise.
B．They plan to employ more people.
C．They provide employees with more advanced equipment.
D．They organize lectures on how to reduce stress.
解析：细节理解题。根据文章最后一段前半部分中的内容可知一些公司解决问题的办法是为员工提供更加先进的设备。
答案：C
8．What is the major issue discussed in this text?
A．Poor management leads to inefficiency at work.
B．Junk mail is causing big trouble.
C．Whitecollar workers suffer from information overload.
D. Better computers are in need in workplaces.
解析：主旨大意题。本文是一篇调查报道，结合全文尤其是文章第一段的内容可知本文的主要内容是白领深受信息泛滥之苦。
答案：C
B卷
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2017·江苏启东中学摸底考试)Last night, my daughter and I printed out Smile Cards and attached a note to each card saying“Merry Christmas” and “Have a Happy New Year”．We decided to __1__the cards into part of a neighborhood tag game, in which cards must be __2__to someone else in the neighborhood with a piece of paper __3__them Happy Holidays too.
We __4__plenty of cards around our neighbourhood in the dark so no one would see us.
I was __5__when I saw my neighbor run up my driveway the next morning after her child got on her bus with a piece of paper in her hand.It was one of our Smile Cards — we got one back! That afternoon when I was __6__my mailbox, our eldest neighbor, maybe around 80 years old, __7__at my mailbox with her friend. She said，“Here, honey, I have__8__for you”， and then she __9__me one of our “Smile Cards” and said “tag you're it”. We got another one back!
I __10__talking with her. She said she had one __11__this Christmas, that she would be able to __12__for her family this year, but __13__， she could not __14__the ham on her fixed __15__.I told her I had something for her. I went in and __16__a ham, a bag of potatoes and some cans of green beans, put them in a bag and gave them to her. She said, “I can't take this.” __17__I insisted，“You tagged me, now here is me paying it forward, and you can tag someone else because now you're it！”
It felt so __18__to help her. I know that when I sit to eat my Christmas dinner, she will be having hers with her __19__like she wanted and that is a good__20__.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者在圣诞节前通过一种游戏，在邻里之间传递祝愿，由此帮助邻居老太太实现了圣诞节心愿。
1．A.become
B．grow
C．turn
D．exchange
解析：我们决定让这些卡片成为邻里之间的游戏的一部分。turn sth.into“(使某物)变成”。
答案：C
2．A.found out
B．hidden away
C．thrown off
D．passed along
解析：这些卡片在邻里之间传递。pass along“传递下去”，这里指“传递”给别人。find out“找出，发现”；hide away“藏起来”；throw off“抛弃，摆脱”。
答案：D
3．A.wishing
B．promoting
C．providing
D．recommending
解析：根据后面的“Happy Holidays too”可知是表达“祝愿”，所以用wishing。too也是该题的突破口。
答案：A
4．A.published
B．delivered
C．played
D．collected
解析：此处指挨家挨户递送，所以用deliver。
答案：B
5．A.content
B．curious
C．anxious
D．fantastic
解析：由接下来的一句话可推知，当时作者没有想到别人会送卡片给他，所以看到邻居的举动，他有点儿好奇。
答案：B
6．A.selecting
B．registering
C．repairing
D．checking
解析：“查看邮箱”，用check。select“精选”；register“注册”；repair“修理”。
答案：D
7．A.stopped B．fell
C．passed
D．sat
解析：年纪最大的一个邻居和她的朋友在我的邮箱旁停下来。
答案：A
8．A.something
B．everything
C．anything
D．nothing
解析：something表示“某种东西”。
答案：A
9．A.returned
B．showed
C．handed
D．mentioned
解析：这里指把卡片“递”给我。hand“递，交”。
答案：C
10．A.avoided
B．regretted
C．tried
D. continued
解析：从上下文可知，作者和老太太“继续”交谈。
答案：D
11．A.chance
B．present
C．wish
D．dream
解析：根据下文可知，此处用wish，老太太在这个圣诞节有个愿望。
答案：C
12．A.account
B．send
C．cook
D．prepare
解析：从下文的“a ham, a bag of potatoes and some cans of green beans”等，可推知是“做一顿丰盛的饭”。
答案：C
13．A.unfortunately B．unbelievably
C．actually
D．exactly
解析：从“but”和“she could not”可知，此处表示“不幸”。
答案：A
14．A.afford
B．offer
C．keep
D．put
解析：但是依她固定的收入，她买不起火腿。afford“买得起，能支付得起”。
答案：A
15．A.price
B．cost
C．expense
D．income
解析：income“收入”。句意见上题解析。
答案：D
16．A.picked out B．took out
C．turned out
D．helped out
解析：回到家里，把家里的东西“拿出来”，用take out。
答案：B
17．A.And
B．But
C．Or
D．So
解析：上一句她说“不要”和后面的“我坚持”之间存在逻辑上的“转折”关系。
答案：B
18．A.painful
B．generous
C．friendly
D．good
解析：结合上文，作者因能帮助老太太而感觉很好。
答案：D
19．A.friends
B．family
C．students
D．neighbors
解析：当我坐在桌子旁边享受我的圣诞晚餐的时候，她也和她的家人享受着他们的。从第四段第二句中的“for her family this year”可知，她应该是和她的家人共进晚餐。
答案：B
20．A.dinner
B．feeling
C．gift
D．action
解析：作者认为，帮助别人的感觉是美好的。
答案：B
Ⅱ.阅读理解
(2017·武汉市武昌区高三调研)Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recently — animals.
That's right, animals. Scientists have begun to understand what farmers have known for thousands of years. Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by acting in strange ways. Before a Chinese quake in 1975, snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air. Cows broke their halters (缰绳) and tried to escape.Chickens refused to enter their cage. All of this unusual behavior, as well as physical changes in the earth, warned Chinese scientists of the coming quake. They moved people away from the danger zone and saved thousands of lives.
One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which types of animal behavior predict quakes. It's not an easy job. First of all, not every animal reacts to the danger of an earthquake.
Just before a California quake in 1977, for example, an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his enclosure. The Australian horse next to him, however, remained perfectly calm. It's also difficult at times to tell the difference between normal animal restlessness and “earthquake nerves”．A zoo keeper once called earthquake researchers, saying that his cougar had been acting strangely. It turned out that the cat had an upset stomach.
A second task for scientists is to find out exactly what kind of warnings the animals receive. They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do. Many animals can see, hear, and smell things that people do not even notice. Some can sense tiny changes in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism of the earth. This extra sense probably helps animals predict quakes.
A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs. They were shut in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes.(Several small quakes often come before or after a large one. ) Before each quake a low booming sound was heard. Each boom caused the dogs to bark wildly. Then the dogs began to bark during a silent period. A scientist who was recording quakes looked at his machine. It was acting as though there were a loud noise too. The scientist realized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise. They also sensed the tiny quakes that followed it. The machine recorded both, though humans felt and heard nothing.
In this case there was a machine to monitor what the dogs were sensing. Many times, however, our machines record nothing extraordinary, even though animals know a quake is coming. The animals might be sensing something we measure but do not recognize as a warning.Discovering what animals sense, and learning how they know it is a danger signal, is a job for future scientists.
语篇解读：利用动物进行地震前的预测不失为一种好方法，种种事实表明，动物在地震之前往往先知先觉，它们的异常表现也许就是地震的征兆。
1．Through the passage the writer hopes to explore ________.
A．why animals send a danger signal before an earthquake
B．how animals know when an earthquake is coming
C．why animals not humans have a good sense of danger
D．how much animals know about an earthquake
解析：作者意图题。文章开门见山地指出科学家们找到了预测地震的帮手——动物，下文则详细分析了动物在地震前的异常反应，再结合最后一段中的内容可知作者希望探寻动物如何知道地震将要发生。
答案：B
2．During an earthquake in China in 1975 ________.
A．chickens refused to go out of their cage
B．snakes were frozen to death in their caves
C．snakes awoke from their winter sleep earlier
D．cows
broke
their
halters
and escaped from their sheds
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的内容可知在1975年发生在中国的一次地震中，蛇提前从冬眠中苏醒，结果被冻死。
答案：C
3．Which of the following is one of earthquake nerves according to the passage?
A．An Arabian horse tried to escape from his enclosure.
B．A cougar had an upset stomach unexpectedly.
C．An Australian horse was perfectly calm.
D．A cat acted very strangely in a zoo.
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“...an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his enclosure.”可判断A项正确。
答案：A
4．The scientists did an experiment with a group of dogs to ________.
A．find out that the machine could record unusual happenings
B．compare the reactions of animals and those of humans
C．prove that animals could sense more than humans
D．find out what exact warnings animals send
解析：推理判断题。第四段中提到动物的感觉比人类更敏锐，下文则用狗的实验进行例证，由此可推断C项正确。
答案：C
Ⅲ.选做题
任务型读写
Life is what we make of it.
How can we make our life better? Through focus — focusing on one thing and getting it done. Learning to focus can help us in many ways. It can help us realize what we really want in life. It can help us make good decisions. It can also help us accept ourselves just the way we are. Focus can help us gain power and happiness.
Focus, or concentration, is a skill that can be taught, so there are some exercises you can do to improve your focus. Start with easy exercises like staring at a picture on the wall for a few minutes without moving or talking to anyone. Once you learn how to block out your surroundings, your focus will improve.
Learn to manage your pressure. Many athletes require intense focus in their training and games. They try to spare some time to calm themselves down. It isn't enough to just practice your shots because when game time comes, the stress and tension can make one miss a shot. This is when focus comes into play.
Another mind exercise you can do is picturing yourself in a desired situation, and then you work around your picture. Actors do this a lot to block out laughter or noise. An example of this would be to imagine yourself in a potentially stressful situation, like a singer in a concert. Try to play out the scene in your mind what you would do if different things are to happen. This can actually be a lot of fun, and you learn how to improve your focus by concentrating on one thing only.
If this sounds a little strange to you, you could try another strategy. Why not make lists? Make a list of the things you need to accomplish. Study your lists carefully and see where you can move things around. Planning helps you focus. It will also not stress you out.
A better way to improve your focus is to take breaks. Don't spend it with your coworkers beside the coffee machine talking about problems in the office. Doing this will actually cause your stress and cause you to lose focus on the things that need to be done. Your breaks should be as quiet as possible. Read a book or take a walk. Go and do something that will give your brain a rest.
The reason why we lose focus so easily is because we have too much on our minds. Of course, it could also because you are bored with nothing to do. A good balance between a too relaxed brain and a too active brain is necessary. Find your ability to work, and try not to waste your time. Improving your focus also mean knowing what you can do and being confident about doing it well.
Title: Improving your focus
(1)________ of learning to focus It can help us realize what we really want in life，make good decisions，hold positive (2)________ towards ourselves，and gain power and happiness.
Tips on improving focus
Start with easy exercises to make yourself (3)________ from your surroundings.
Keep (4)________ when managing your pressure.
Use your (5)________ and play out the scene in your mind.
Make a list to make things well (6)________．
Take (7)________ breaks to give your brain a rest.
Make a good (8)________ between a too relaxed brain and a too active brain.
Find your ability to work with (9)________．
(10)______ for our losing
focus Our minds are full of things.
We feel bored with nothing to do.
答案：1.Benefits 2.attitudes/views 3.free 4.calm 5.imagination 6.planned 7.quiet 8.balance 9.confidence 10.Reasons
短文填词
May 3rd, Friday Fine
This afternoon, on my way to see a film, I saw a
case f________ off a man's bike. I shouted out to the man to 1.________
stop him. But he didn't hear me and ________ away.2.________
I was wondering what to do ________ I had an idea. I 3.________
stopped a taxi and got into it w________ the case. Soon we 4.________
caught up with the man. G________ the case back, he was
5.________
so ________(感激) that he offered me some money, but I 6.________
refused it ________(礼貌). Then the driver drove me 7.________
to the ________ (电影院). When I paid him, the driver pushed 8.________
my hand ________ said with a smile, “Neither will I accept your 9.________
money, because your behavior touches me”. With these ________， 10.________
we said “Goodbye” to each other and went separately.
答案：1.fall 2.rode 3.when 4.with 5.Getting 6.thankful (grateful) 7.politely 8.cinema 9.and 10.words
短文改错
The world is not only hungry, but also thirst. This may sounds strange, since nearly seventy percent of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about ninety percent of this is sea water. Man and most of the animals can only drink and use the remained ten percent of water — fresh water. The need for water is increased day by day. Only when steps are taken to deal with this problem immediate can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage later on. One of the first steps are to develop ways to reuse them. Experiments have already carried out in this field. The used water has been pumped to a water purifying plant that it can be separated from waste matters and treated with chemicals so that it can be reused again.
答案：第一句：thirst→thirsty 第二句：sounds→sound 第四句：remained→remaining 第五句：increased→increasing第六句immediate→immediately 第七句：are→is; them→it 第八句：already carried 中间加入been 第九句：that→where; 去掉again