Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′)
[2016·河南重点中学联考]For Donna Peters, a dream of living in Cowra comes true. She
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for more than a decade that this was where she wanted to live, and since then she has been working to
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it happen.
“I drove through a few times and loved the
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of the town. When I drove through the town the second or third time, I
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， ‘I love this town and I am going to move here.’” she said.
Donna moved here in May
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everything seemed to fall into place.
“I had been coming down once a month for a while looking for houses, I
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one and applied for this job at the same time and it all
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. I would have moved here anyway
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I hadn't got a good job，” she said.
Since moving to town Donna has been able to boat down the Lachlan River, try out a few of the local bushwalking tracks and is
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learning new things. Donna's friends and family have
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her a few times since she moved to town, and they love it
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. Some of her visitors have even
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to move here.
“I have a few friends looking for
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around town, my son (27) has even told me that he thinks he might like to live here，” she said.
Donna would love to see Cowra
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itself as a great tourism destination.
“There is so much here and it is a
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that people just drive through on their way to one of the other towns. I think Cowra has so much
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and should make the most of that，” she said.
Donna turned down the opportunity to
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a life coach seminar(研讨会) with work recently because she doesn't need anyone to tell her
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to work towards her goals. Her
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finally has been turned into reality and she
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to stay in Cowra forever.
从大都市搬到Cowra定居，是Donna多年的梦想，这里美丽的风景、安静的生活是她作出决定的主要原因。
1．A.knew B．longed
C．guessed
D．wished
答案：A 依据下文内容可知，作者努力实现自己居住在Cowra的梦想，因为她知道她要住在哪儿。
2．A.get
B．feel
C．want
D．make
答案：D 从那时起，她一直想把这个梦想变为现实。依据句中的it happen可以排除A、C选项；B项意义不合适。
3．A.streets
B．feeling
C．sound
D．people
答案：B 我在Cowra城里开车经过几次，便对这座城市有了感觉。the feeling of表示“对……的感觉”。
4．A.explained B．thought
C．approved
D．convinced
答案：B 下文的“I love this town, I am going to move here”是作者心中所想，故选thought。
5．A.unless
B．before
C．after
D．since
答案：C 下文的“I found one and applied for this job”暗示着作者把事情安排好之后，便搬到了Cowra。
6．A.noticed
B．observed
C．found
D．bought
答案：C 与上文的“looking for houses”对应可知，作者找到了住处。
7．A.brought out
B．went out
C．turned out
D．worked out
答案：D 有一段时间，为了找房子，我每个月来这里一次，后来找到房子并申请了一份工作，一切都解决了。work out表示“圆满结束，完成”。
8．A.but B．if
C．so D．though
答案：B 依据句中的“I would have moved here anyway”可知，这是虚拟语气，即使我没有找到工作，我也要搬到这里。if在这里引导虚拟语气的条件句。
9．A.even
B．ever
C．still
D．then
答案：A 与上文的划船、漫步相比，作者更重要的是在学习新东西。even是对句子内容的强调。
10．A.called
B．asked
C．trusted
D．visited
答案：D 下文的“Some of her visitors”说明，作者的朋友或亲戚来这里拜访。
11．A.either B．also
C．too
D．already
答案：C 下文表示这些访客中，有很多人也要搬到这里来。
12．A.decided
B．managed
C．afforded
D．pretended
答案：A 下文的“I have a few friends looking for houses around town”说明，这些朋友决定搬到这座小城。
13．A.jobs B．houses
C．possibilities
D．tracks
答案：B 要想搬到这里定居，自然是寻找住所，故选houses。
14．A.entertain
B．sell
C．laugh
D．recall
答案：B Donna很高兴的看到Cowra把自己作为一个旅游胜地来推销。sell在本句中表示“推销”。
15．A.waste B．pride
C．shock
D．shame
答案：D Donna认为这里很美，因此她为那些只是开车经过的人们感到遗憾。
16．A.potential
B．power
C．time
D．value
答案：A 句中的“should make the most of that”，暗示着这座小城很有潜能。
17．A.hold B．attend
C．arrange
D．adopt
答案：B Donna最近拒绝出席与工作有关的生活向导的研讨会。
18．A.where
B．when
C．why D．how
答案：D 上文的拒绝出席生活向导会议，就暗示着Donna知道自己该如何工作，不用别人的指教。故选how表示方式。
19．A.promise
B．effort
C．dream
D．tale
答案：C 文章开头的a dream of living in Cowra comes true.说明，这里强调Donna的梦想实现了。
20．A.insists
B．keeps
C．plans
D．tries
答案：C 她的梦想终于变成了现实，她计划永远在Cowra住下去。
Ⅱ.阅读理解(建议用时16′)
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[2016·天津阶段测试]I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her threemonthold calf struggling in the fastrising water, and it was a lifeanddeath struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water, and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away. There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother's body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.
Just at this moment, she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I knew, as well as she did, that there was one spot where she could get up the bank, but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf. While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother's love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could, roaring all the time, but to her calf it was music.
本文讲述的是一头母象拯救自己落水的小象的过程，体现了母爱的伟大。
1．The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw
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A．the calf was about to fall into the river
B．Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock
C．Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water
D．the calf was washed away by the rising water
答案：C 细节理解题。根据“Ma Shwe with her threemonthold calf struggling in the fastrising water，”可知。
2．How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fastflowing water?
A．By pressing it against her body.
B．By putting it on a safe spot.
C．By taking it away with her.
D．By carrying it on her back.
答案：B 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.”可知。
3．How did the calf feel about the mother elephant's roaring?
A．It was a musical note. B．It was a sign of danger.
C．It was a call for help. D．It was a great comfort.
答案：D 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“...was making her way back as fast as she could, roaring all the time, but to her calf it was music.”可知。
4．What can be the best title for the text?
A．A Deadly River B．A Brave Act
C．A Mother's Love D．A Matter of Life and Death
答案：C 主旨大意题。根据本文母象拯救落水小象的整个过程的描述，反映出来的是伟大的母爱，故选C项。
1．immediately adv. 立刻；马上
2．struggle vt./vi./n. 挣扎；奋斗
3．float v. 使漂浮；飘动
4.narrow adj. 狭窄的；窄的
5．spot n. 地点；斑点
1．every now and then 时常；时而不时地
2．pick up 捡起；接收；学会；接送
原文：I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened.(hear＋宾语＋宾补)
译文：我突然听到一头大象大叫，好像受到了惊吓。
仿写：The moment I entered the teaching building, I heard some students making noises in the classroom.
我一进入教学楼便听到一些学生在教室内发出噪声。
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[2016·湖北八校联考]Today, several of the world's nearly 7,000 languages face a serious risk of extinction. “For example, Ainu, a language in Japan, is now seriously threatened， with only 10 native speakers left，” said lead study author Tatsuya Amano at the University of Cambridge in England.
The scientists found that 25 percent of the world's languages are threatened. After identifying where the endangered languages were, they looked for any environmental and social or economic factors those languages might have in common, such as rugged terrain or rapid population growth. “We found that at the global scale, language speaker declines are strongly linked to economic growth－that is, declines are particularly occurring in economically developed regions，” Amano said.
One important implication of this new study “is that languages in the tropics and Himalayan region are likely to be increasingly threatened in the near future, because these regions still have many local indigenous languages (土语) with a small number of speakers, and at the same time are experiencing rapid economic growth，” Amano said.
Economic growth may endanger languages for a variety of reasons. For instance， speakers of endangered languages may view another more dominant language as offering economic opportunities, and thus forego their own languages. There are other important factors that might endanger languages, the researchers said. For instance, policies regarding how languages are used and taught in schools can be very different among countries and even within each country, and these factors may explain more detailed patterns in language endangerment.
Amano suggested it could be possible to forecast future threats to linguistic diversity. “There exists detailed information on projected future changes in the environment, economies and climates，” Amano said. “Using such information, together with the findings of this study and further analysis, we would like to understand what will happen to the world's languages, where it will happen and which languages will be threatened in particular. ”
本文讲述的是导致世界上近7000种语言面临着绝迹的因素。
5．The language of Ainu is mentioned in Paragraph 1 in order to tell us that
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A．Japanese is new seriously threatened
B．few people speak Japanese in the world
C．Japanese is made up of many languages
D．it is most likely to disappear in the future
答案：D 推理判断题。文章第一段提到日本的阿伊努语，由该句上下文的语境可推知，其目的是为了说明该语言在未来有可能消失。
6．What may endanger the languages most according to Amano?
A．The diversity of society.
B．The decline of the population.
C．The development of economy.
D．The improvement of the environment.
答案：C 细节理解题。由文章第二段最后一句话中的“...declines are particularly occurring in economically developed regions，”可推知，经济的发展最可能引起语言的衰败，也就是使得语言濒临灭绝。
7．The writer shows us the reasons that languages are endangered by
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A．offering some examples
B．performing some experiments
C．telling some interesting stories
D．making a list of important facts
答案：A 推理判断题。文章第四段提到语言濒临灭绝的原因，为了说明这一点，该段两次引用了事例，由此可知A项为最佳答案。
8．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that
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A．the study is very important to languages
B．world's languages are developing rapidly
C．it is rather hard for us to protect languages
D．future threats to languages can be predicted
答案：D 推理判断题。由文章最后一段首句话“Amano suggested it could be possible to forecast future threats to linguistic diversity.”可推知，语言受到威胁的情况是可以预见的。
1．extinction n. 灭绝；绝种
2.threaten vt. 威胁；恐吓
3．increasingly adv. 渐增地；越来越
4．dominant adj. 支配的；占优势的
5．factor n. 因素
1．for instance 例如；比如
2.in particular 特别地；尤其
原文：Amano suggested it could be possible to forecast future threats to linguistic diversity.(suggest的用法)
译文：Amano暗示，有可能预测未来威胁到语言多样化的因素。
仿写：The expression on his face suggested that he was very angry.
他脸上的表情表明他很生气。
Ⅲ.短文改错(建议用时8′)
[2016·济南一中质检]I'm Li Hua, a student from Class 6, an eleventh grader in our school. Of many wonderful memory in my senior years, my New Year's party of 2015 is most unforgettable one.
The party was organized by ourself. Before the party, we prepare a lot of foods and fruits besides some humor and interesting performances. At the party, we danced while we singing excitedly for more than three hours in our classroom, completely forget our homework and pressure. It was the first time that I have sung an English song before so many people. My classmates gave me much applause and praise, that increased my selfconfidence greatly. Undoubted, what I did and got at the party left a deep impression on me, and I will never forget it.
答案：
I'm Li Hua, a student from Class 6, an eleventh grader in our school. Of many wonderful
in my senior years, my New Year's party of 2015 is
most unforgettable one.
The party was organized by . Before the party, we
a lot of foods and fruits besides some
and interesting performances. At the party, we danced while
singing excitedly for more than three hours in our classroom, completely
our homework and pressure. It was the first time that I
sung an English song before so many people. My classmates gave me much applause and praise,
increased my selfconfidence greatly. ， what I did and got at the party left a deep impression on me, and I will never forget it.