2017届高考英语（重庆专用）二轮精练：必修3 unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note单元测试

　　Unit 3　The Million Pound Bank Note

　　一、单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

　　从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　1．As soon as ________ concert film This Is It was released on October 28th, it became ________ great success in all big cinemas across the planet.

　　A．a; the

　　B．the; a

　　C．the; /

　　D．a; a

　　答案　B　[考查冠词。句意：This Is It这部音乐影片在10月28号一放映，就在整个世界获得了成功。根据句意可知，第一空特指This Is It这部影片，因此用定冠词the; success当“成功的人或事物”讲时，是可数名词，因此前面加不定冠词。]

　　2．As a punishment she was not permitted ________ part in any school activity in a week.

　　A．taking

　　B．to take

　　C．take

　　D．to be taking

　　答案　B　[考查动词。句意：作为一种惩罚他不被允许一周内参加学校的任何活动。此处用permit sb to do sth句式。]

　　3．The advantage of living on the top of the building is that I can get a good ________ of the whole city.

　　A．scene

　　B．view

　　C．scenery

　　D．look

　　答案　B　[考查名词。句意：生活在建筑物顶层的优势是能够用很好的视角看整座城市。表示“从……角度看……”用view。]

　　4．Tom was about to close the window ________ his attention was caught by a

　　bird.

　　A．when

　　B．if

　　C．and

　　D．till

　　答案　A　[考查连词用法。句意：汤姆正要关窗户，这时他的注意力被一只鸟吸引住了。本句是“Sb was about to do sth when ..”结构，表示“某人正要做某事，这时突然……”。]

　　5．Much of the

　　farmland is under water；________ the grain, most of that has been ruined.

　　A．owing to

　　B．thanks to

　　C．as for

　　D．but for

　　答案　C　[考查介词词组词义辨析。句意：许多农田都被淹了。就稻米来说，他们中的大部分都被毁坏了。owing to“由于”；thanks to“多亏”； as for“至于”；but for“要不是”。]

　　6．The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took

　　________ pictures of them.

　　A．many of

　　B．a great many

　　C．the number of

　　D．a large amount of

　　答案　B　[考查量词短语。句意：年轻的舞者穿着漂亮的衣服看上去太迷人了以致于我们给他拍了许多照片。many of 所修饰的名词前应有限定词；a great many 修饰可数名词；the number of 表示“……的数量”；a large amount of 用来修饰不可数名词。]

　　7．The reason ________ he gave for his absence is ________ he was drunken.

　　A．why; that

　　B．because; that

　　C．that; because

　　D．that; that

　　答案　D　[考查定语从句和表语从句。句意：他给出的缺席的原因就是他喝多了。reason在定语从句中作宾语指物，用that；后面根据句意“……原因”用来解释主语内容用that。]

　　8．Born into a family with three brothers, David was ________ to value the sense of sharing.

　　A．brought up

　　B．turned down

　　C．looked after

　　D．held back

　　答案　A　[考查动词短语辨析。句意：David 出生在有三个兄弟的家庭，受到要重视分享的教育。bring up“养育；教养”；turn down“关小；拒绝”；look after “照料”；hold back“阻碍”。]

　　9．—I'm sorry to interrupt you, Sir. May I ask you a favor?

　　—Yes, ________.

　　A．take it easy

　　B．go ahead

　　C．Don't mention it

　　D．you will make it

　　答案　B　[考查交际用语。句意：——抱歉，先生，打扰你了。可以帮我忙吗？——当然可以。根据答语“是”推知“赞同”对方请求。]

　　10．—What do you think of Mr Wang?

　　—No one can get along well with him.He is ready to find fault ________ others.

　　A．with

　　B．on

　　C．at

　　D．in

　　答案　A　[考查介词。句意：——你觉着王先生怎么样？——没有人能和他相处好，他动不动就挑别人的毛病。find

　　fault with“对……挑剔”，为固定搭配，符合题意。]

　　11．They are leaving for Hangzhou in ten days—________， next Friday.

　　A．in other words

　　B．in many ways

　　C．on the whole

　　D．on the contrary

　　答案　A　[考查介词答语。句意：十天后他们要到杭州去。换句话说，下周星期五。根据句意“换句话说” 介词短语in other words合适。]

　　12．When I came to myself, I found myself ________ and ________ a group of people.

　　A．to be at hospital; surrounded by

　　B．at hospital; surrounding

　　C．at hospital; surrounded by

　　D．at hospital; to be surrounded

　　答案　C　[考查“find＋宾语＋宾补”结构。句意：当我苏醒过来时，我发现我自己在医院里，周围围着一群人。第一空用介词短语做宾补；第二空用过去分词表被动。]

　　13．There is much chance ________ Bill will recover from his injury in time for the race.

　　A．that

　　B．what

　　C．when

　　D．which

　　答案　A　[考查固定句型。句意：比尔有很大机会从受伤中恢复来比赛。There is much chance that..“很有可能……”，that引导同位语从句。]

　　14．________ me, I don't like this ________ novel.

　　A．As with; latest

　　B．As with; newest

　　C．As for; latest

　　D．As with; newest

　　答案　C　[考查介词短语。句意：就我而言，我不喜欢这部最新的小说。as for me 就我而言；as with 和……一样；latest最新的，最近的。]

　　15．—Jimmy had a lot of parties recently.

　　—Yes, that might ________ why he didn't do well in the test.

　　A．sum up

　　B．add up to

　　C．account for

　　D．make sense of

　　答案　C　[考查动词短语。句意：——吉米最近有许多的晚会。——是的，那可能就是他在考试中没有考好的原因。account for“说明……的原因”，合题意。A.总结；B.加起来总计；D.弄懂；理解。]

　　二、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　I graduated from a small public school in Michigan.One day，Mr.Ledy，our football coach，asked me to play football.I couldn't help__16__：me，play football？I was six feet tall and was not much over a hundred pounds in weight.I thought that they might just need another fool to increase the number of the players.However，he was persistent(坚持的)and__17__I joined the football team.That turned out to be one of my best decisions as a kid.

　　Our worst game ever was the one against Crystal Falls.They beat us 56 to 6.Yeah！That was a football not a basketball__18__.We played them again when we were seniors.They__19__us again but the score was much more__20__，30 to 20.

　　Coach Ledy would not let that__21__again.He encouraged us to beat them，to pay them back.And we did so in the last game we played before__22__.I had scored 6 points alone in the game.Coach Ledy praised me.It was a huge honor for me.

　　Was I a football hero？Ha！Ha！No，I couldn't__23__it without our team.The thing I learned through football was__24__.We won as a team and we__25__as a team.

　　I think Mr.Ledy would be proud of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic record at the University of Michigan.I'm__26__to him as I would not have today's honor without him.I'll fight life's final war with pain to win the victory；I'll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I'll__27__on working hard so as not to let him down.

　　16．A.shouting

　　B．screaming

　　C．laughing

　　D．applauding

　　答案　C　[根据后文的描述可知，作者认为自己不是踢足球的料，所以当足球教练Mr.Ledy劝他踢足球时他禁不住“笑”起来。]

　　17．A.immediately

　　B．secretly

　　C．personally

　　D．finally

　　答案　D　[Mr.Ledy一直坚持要作者踢足球，结果作者“最终”加入了足球队。]

　　18．A.game

　　B．team

　　C．story

　　D．score

　　答案　D　[此句中的that代指前面的比分56 to 6，故选score。]

　　19．A.won

　　B．met

　　C．beat

　　D．fought

　　答案　C　[根据后面的again可知，Crystal Falls球队再次打败了作者的球队，故用beat。win后面通常不跟人作宾语，故排除。]

　　20．A.accessible

　　B．comfortable

　　C．sensitive

　　D．acceptable

　　答案　D　[这次的比分和上一次比起来是“可以接受的”。]

　　21．A.happen

　　B．succeed

　　C．spread

　　D．develop

　　答案　A　[Ledy教练不会让那种惨败再次“发生”。]

　　22．A.liberation

　　B．closing

　　C．graduation

　　D．school

　　答案　C　[根据前面的seniors以及the last game可知，作者的球队在“毕业”前的最后一场比赛中打败了Crystal Falls球队。]

　　23．A.take

　　B．manage

　　C．solve

　　D．explain

　　答案　B　[manage it是固定搭配，意为“做得到，成功”，符合语境。]

　　24．A.courage

　　B．devotion

　　C．teamwork D．contribution

　　答案　C　[本段论述了团队的重要性，因此此处表示作者通过足球学会了“团队合作”。]

　　25．A.united

　　B．appeared

　　C．prepared

　　D．lost

　　答案　D　[根据前面的won可知，此处应填lost，前后呼应。]

　　26．A.pleased

　　B．grateful

　　C．hopeful D．loyal

　　答案　B　[根据语境，作者“感谢”教练让他踢足球。]

　　27．A.take

　　B．put

　　C．rely

　　D．keep

　　答案　D　[为了不让教练失望，作者决心要“继续”努力奋斗。]

　　(B)

　　The World Health Organization__28__that more than four million people die each year from the__29__of smoking tobacco.That number is increasing.

　　WHO officials expect one hundred and fifty million people to die from tobacco use in the next twenty years.Seven in ten of those__30__will be in developing countries.These numbers are frightening.

　　In the United States，about forty－seven million adults__31__smoke.American health experts say tobacco use is the leading preventable__32__of death nationwide.This year，more than four hundred and thirty thousand Americans will die of diseases__33__to smoking.

　　It is not easy to stop smoking__34__.However，doctors say you probably will live longer if you do stop smoking.You will feel and look better.You also will protect the health of family members who__35__your smoke.

　　28．A.estimates

　　B．suggests

　　C．informs

　　D．tells

　　答案　A　[estimate意为“估计”，suggest为“建议，暗示”，inform是“通知，告知”，因死亡数据只是一个大概数据，故应用A。]

　　29．A.affects

　　B．effects

　　C．affecting

　　D．affected

　　答案　B　[此处应缺少名词，故排除D项，A、C项词性错误，故应选B项effects。]

　　30．A.deaths

　　B．people

　　C．women

　　D．men

　　答案　A　[根据上文可知此处指死亡比例，故选A。句意：因吸烟死亡人数的十分之七来自于发展中国家。]

　　31．A.current

　　B．currently

　　C．often D．always

　　答案　B　[currently为副词，为“时下，目前”之意。]

　　32．A.reason

　　B．cause

　　C．excuse

　　D．result

　　答案　B　[cause为导致某事结果的直接诱因，reason指说明某事的理由，excuse借口，result结果。]

　　33．A.link

　　B．connected

　　C．linked

　　D．because

　　答案　C　[link to与……有关，分词短语作后置定语，connected to是两物相连接。]

　　34．A．really

　　B．permanently

　　C．temporary

　　D．immediately

　　答案　B　[根据上下文意义可知，此处作者指永久性戒烟。temporary临时性的。临时性、立刻戒烟都是可能的，不符合文意。]

　　35．A.meet

　　B．avoid

　　C．breathe

　　D．inject

　　答案　C　[如果你戒烟，你会感到身体舒服，也会保护吸入你烟的家人。inject注入，注射。]

　　三、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

　　A

　　I was asked in an e­mail about learning idioms in a foreign language.Maybe I am different from most people，but I do not bother with them.To me they are kind of dessert of language learning.They come at the end of a meal.Once you have filled up with the solid fare—the key words and phrases that are used in a variety of situations，then you can add a few idioms to spice up things.And by that time you will be able to pick them up naturally anyway.

　　I find that many learners have an obsession(困扰) with slang and idioms，as if repeating some very colloquial expressions is going to upgrade how they sound in a language.In fact it is the opposite.Idioms are difficult to use correctly.They can easily sound very strange coming from someone who obviously does not have a good sense of the language.

　　Yes，occasionally you hear idioms or slang and do not understand.But，in my experience，there are always situations where you do not understand.It is best to focus on the most important words，what they mean and how they are used.Certainly，it is best for a non­native speaker to stick to standard speech.

　　Some teachers even try to teach the “real language”．Then you hear non­native speakers saying things like “I gonna” ，“You wanna” etc.I just cringe(厌烦)．

　　You will learn all the idioms you need just by exposing yourself to the language.In general，you can save any phrase that you find interesting，and if that includes idioms，go to it.But I would not make any special effort to go after idioms.I，in fact，avoid them.If I come across something in Russian that strikes me as a particularly slangy or idiomatic use of words，I just leave it aside; do not even bother trying to learn it.If it keeps on appearing，then I will learn it.But I would certainly be reluctant(勉强的) to try to use it.

　　【语篇大意】 本文主语介绍如何学习一门外语的方法。

　　36．In the writer's opinion，when one learns a new language，one should learn its idioms ________.

　　A．at the beginning

　　B．on one's own

　　C．in the end

　　D．without help

　　答案　C　[细节理解题。从第一段中的“To me they are kind of...They come at the end of a meal.”可知。]

　　37．The underlined word “colloquial” in Para.2 means “________”．　

　　A．oral

　　B．informal

　　C．formal

　　D．written

　　答案　A　[词义猜测题。从画线词后的upgrade how they sound in a language，特别是sound一词可知colloquial 的意思是“口语的”，故A项符合语境。]

　　38．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　　A．idioms are the most important part in a language

　　B．the writer is not very willing to use idioms

　　C．non­native speakers should learn more idioms

　　D．there are no ways to master idioms

　　答案　B　[推理判断题。从第一段提到的最后学idioms和最后一段中的I would not...go after idioms，avoid them(idioms)及be reluctant to try to use it 可知答案为B。]

　　39．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

　　A．It's better to avoid idioms in a language

　　B．Idioms are very charming in a language

　　C．How to learn idioms in a language

　　D．Why it's difficult to use idioms in a language

　　答案　C　[主旨大意题。从全文尤其是首段第一句话可知作者是在讲述如何学习一门语言中的习语。]

　　B

　　Both are so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic(理想的) friendship possible between persons of opposite sex? Let us try and understand.

　　What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friend will understand why we acted in a certain way. We need not explain anything to our very good friends. The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so close, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.

　　What about love? In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above are taken for granted. But love transcends(胜过，超越) all this. During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other, that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. Friendship does not have that. This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the specie can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.

　　Your heart beats will never increase in expectation of meeting your friend. You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend. You will not feel totally lost, if you don't meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love, you will do all this and much more. Indeed, there is no comparison between love and friendship.

　　【语篇大意】 这是一篇说明文。作者讲述了友情和爱情的区别。

　　40．What's the function of the first passage?

　　A．To come up with the question for the further discussion.

　　B．To explain the main idea of the following passage.

　　C．To tell us the whole meaning of the passage.

　　D．To advise us to make friends in different way.

　　答案　A　[逻辑思维题。由第一段提出的几个问题可知，以便下文解决问题，故答案A正确。]

　　41．How do you do to make real friends?

　　A．You should give others your everything.

　　B．You should share, help and understand each other.

　　C．You should have the same interests in everything.

　　D．Friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　答案　B　[细节理解题。由第二段对friendship的描述可知，真正的朋友是相互理解、分享、帮助的，故答案B正确。]

　　42．What's the important difference between friendship and love?

　　A．Deep lovers make someone often thinks each other.

　　B．Lovers each other usually result from the friendship.

　　C．There is possessive between lovers, but friendship doesn't.

　　D．There is a physical element between lovers and attaches each other.

　　答案　D　[细节推断题。由第三段第四、五行Love also involves a physical element. Friendship does not have that. This is a vital difference.可知“爱情和友情”的最大区别，故答案D正确。]

　　43．If you are friends, you'll ________.

　　A．dream of him at night.

　　B．lie awake at night and think your friend.

　　C．feel you don't meet him for a long time.

　　D．You don't feel excited meeting your friend.

　　答案　D　[细节推断题。由最后一段Your heart beats will never increase in expectation of meeting your friend.可知见到朋友不会“激动”，故答案D正确。]

　　C

　　I never thought I would have a life­changing experience at Wal­Mart.

　　Although my thoughts were only on speed, the checkout line I was standing in wasn't moving as quickly as I wanted, and I glanced toward the cashier.

　　There stood a man in his seventies, wearing glasses and a nice smile. I thought, well, he's an old guy!

　　For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every customer before scanning the items. Sure, his words were the usual, “How's it going？” But he did something different—he actually listened to people. Then he would respond to what they had said and engage them in a brief conversation.

　　I thought it was odd. I had grown accustomed to people asking me how I was doing simply out of robotic conversational habit. After a while, you don't give any thought to the question and just mumble something back. I could say, “I just found out I have six months to live，” and someone would reply, “Have a great day！”

　　But that wasn't the end.

　　He gave them the change, walked around the counter, and extended his right hand in an act of friendship. He looked the customers in the eyes. “I sure want to thank you for shopping here today，” he told them. “You have a great day. Bye­bye.”

　　The looks on the faces of the customers were priceless. There were smiles and some sheepish grins. All had been touched by his simple gesture—and in a place they never expected. They would gather their things and walk out, smiling.

　　Of course, he did the same to me and I got to know his name, Marty.

　　Who was that guy? It was as if Sam Walton had come back from the dead and invaded this old guy's body.

　　I had never walked away from that shop feeling like that.

　　【语篇大意】 本文作者描述了个人的生活经历和人们的相知、相处。

　　44．The checkout line the writer was standing in moved slower than expected because ________.

　　A．the cashier couldn't work as fast as others

　　B．there were some big purchases

　　C．the cashier did more than scanning the items

　　D．the writer was not patient enough

　　答案　C　[细节理解题。第四段But he did something different—he actually listened to people. Then he would respond to what they had said and engage them in a brief conversation.可以看出。他做了一些不同的事情——事实上，他听人们说话，然后他会回应人们所说的话。并且使人们加入一些简短的交谈。]

　　45．According to the writer, when common people ask you “How's it going？”

　　A．they don't really care what you may answer.

　　B．they are just practicing their conversation ability.

　　C．they are inquiring about your private information.

　　D．they don't expect to hear any negative answers.

　　答案　A　[推理判断题。第五段I had grown accustomed to people asking me how I was doing simply out of robotic conversational habit. After a while, you don't give any thought to the question and just mumble something back.我习惯于人们出于机械的谈话习惯问我过得怎么样。过一会，你根本就不考虑仅仅是含糊的回应一下。]

　　46．What was most customers' reaction to Marty's behaviors?

　　A．They thought it priceless.

　　B．They were in some way moved.

　　C．They thought it awful and odd.

　　D．They felt somewhat offended.

　　答案　B　[细节理解题。倒数第四段All had been touched by his simple gesture—and in a place they never expected.所有人都被他简单的动作感动了。]

　　47．What can we infer about Sam Walton?

　　A．He might be Marty's father or grandfather.

　　B．He might be friendly and deveoted to Wal­Mart.

　　C．He might have died while working in the market.

　　D．He might have come back from the dead once before.

　　答案　B　[推理判断题。从他对顾客的热情可以看出，他是一个友好的人，忠诚于自己岗位。]

　　D

　　The rise of the so­called “boomerang generation” is laid bare in official figures showing that almost one in five graduates in their late 20s now live with their parents.

　　By contrast, only one in eight university graduates had failed to fly the nest by the same age 20 years ago, research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows. It also found that grown­up sons are twice as likely as their sisters to still be living with their parents in their late 20s. With nearly a quarter of men approaching 30 still living at home, the findings are bound to lead to claims of a “generation of mummy's boys”．

　　Rising property prices, mounting student debts and the effects of recession on the job market have forced a wave of young people to move back into the family home at an age when they would normally be moving out. Young professionals in their late 20s or early 30s have been nicknamed the “boomerang generation” because of the trend toward returning to the family home having firstly left to study. Recent research has suggested that young people in Britain are twice as likely to choose to live with their parents in their late 20s than their counterparts(对手们) elsewhere in Europe. But commentators warned that the phenomenon may have more to do with young people facing “dire” prospects(景象) than simply a desire to save money. While the proportion of those of university or college age moving out from the family home has continued to rise in the last 20 years, among those in their mid and late 20s the trend has been reversed(颠倒)．

　　Overall 1.7 million people aged from 22 to 29 now share a roof with their parents, including more than 760,000 in their late 20s, the ONS figures suggest. In 1988 22.7 per cent of men aged 25 to 29 were still living with their parents but last year the proportion was 24.5 per cent, according to the ONS.

　　【语篇大意】 这是语篇说明文。主要告诉我们英国现在的年轻人涌现一种“回巢族”现象。

　　48．Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A．One in five approaching 30 now live with their parents.

　　B．Grown­up sons who are still be living with their parents are twice as likely as their sisters.

　　C．Young people who live with parents now in Britain are less than elsewhere in Europe.

　　D．More and more elder people trend to live independently.

　　答案　B　[细节理解题。A项在第二段的倒数第三行With nearly a quarter of men approaching 30找到，应该是近四分之一；B项第二段的第三行找到。C项在第三段的第六、七行找到；D项比较模糊，文章没有提到。]

　　49．The reason why young generation trends to live with their parents is ________.

　　A．that they want to save money

　　B．that they want to take care of their old parents

　　C．that their parents are badly sick

　　D．that they face miserable phenomenon

　　答案　D　[细节推断题。由第三段的第一句：Rising property prices, mounting student debts and the effects of recession on the job market和倒数第三句推出答案。]

　　50．According to the passage, people aged from 22 to 29 should ________.

　　A．live independently

　　B．now live with their parents

　　C．leave for college

　　D．go to work

　　答案　A　[细节推断题。由最后一段和全文内容推知，现在的回巢现象是不符合欧美人对孩子独立生活的价值观要求，但由于经济、就业等因素影响，孩子在大学毕业，找不到工作的情况下，本来应该在独立生活的年龄，但又和父母住在了一起，又依赖父母成为“啃老族”。此题反过来思考，此年龄段应该独立生活，故答案为A。]

　　51．According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

　　A．parents in elsewhere in Europe dislike to live with their children

　　B．these prospects have nothing to do with the financial crisis

　　C．more and more young people will live with their parents in the future in Britain

　　D．the government should be responsible for this

　　答案　C　[推理判断题。由第一段的第一句：The rise of the so­called...意思“所谓的……正在兴起”推出答案。]

　　E

　　Kenyon Scudder once told me a story about his friend，Michael.Michael happened to be on a train sitting next to a young man who seemed worried.Finally the young man told Michael that he was a convict(罪犯) returning home from a distant prison.His behavior had brought shame(羞耻) on his family，and they had neither visited him nor written.He hoped，however，that this was only because they were too poor to travel and too busy to write.

　　When he was set free，he had written to tell them he wanted to go home.To make matters easy for them，however，he had asked them to put up a signal(信号)for him when the train passed their little farm.If the family had forgiven him，they were to put up a white ribbon(丝带)in the big apple tree near the railway.If they didn't want him back，they were to do nothing，and he would stay on the train，and go far away.

　　As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the window.He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree.They changed seats.In a minute，Michael put his hand on the young convict's shoulder.“There it is，”he said，his eyes filled with sudden tears.“It's all right.The whole tree is white with ribbons.”

　　52．For which of the following reasons might the young man be worried?

　　A．He might not be allowed to go home.

　　B．He was afraid his family would not remember him.

　　C．His family hadn't written to him often.

　　D．His family hadn't visited him for a long time.

　　答案　A　[细节理解题。根据文章第二段可知，此人并不知道他的家人是否能原谅他，因此他很忧虑。]

　　53．According to the passage，the white ribbon in the big apple tree means________.

　　A．pleasure

　　B．forgiveness

　　C．happiness

　　D．education

　　答案　B　[推理判断题。根据第二段中的“If the family had forgiven him，they were to put up a white ribbon in the big apple tree near the railway.”可知，a white ribbon代表着原谅。]

　　54．The word“suspense”underlined in the last paragraph can best be replaced by________.

　　A．pain

　　B．interest

　　C．worry

　　D．happiness

　　答案　C　[词义猜测题。第一段第二句提到“Michael happened to be on a train sitting next to a young man who seemed worried.”由此可知，此时他的worry增加了。]

　　55．Why was Michael asked to watch for the apple tree?

　　A．The young man was afraid that he was refused by his family.

　　B．The young man's seat was far from the window.

　　C．The young man was afraid of seeing the white ribbons in the tree.

　　D．The young man was sure that his family would accept him.

　　答案　A　[细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句“As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the window.”可知，他承受不住向窗外看到的事实，因此让Michael代替他看。]

　　四、写作(共两个写作任务，满分35分)

　　写作一(满分15分)

　　请根据下图，写一篇短文。词数不少于60。

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　　写作二(满分20分)

　　下面这幅照片展现了女儿为回家的妈妈拿包的情景。请根据你对这幅照片的理解用英语写一篇短文。

　　你的短文应包含以下内容：

　　1．描述照片内容，如情景、人物、动作等等；

　　2．结合自身实际，谈谈你的感想；

　　3．举例说明你能为家长减负做些什么。

　　注意：1.可参照图中文字及下面文章开头所给提示，作必要的发挥想象。

　　2．词数不少于80。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

　　The burden of students has been a hot topic for years，but the load of parents has received little attention，especially from their own children.

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　　【参考范文】

　　写作一

　　In the picture，a man is doing high jump，but the crossbar is fixed too high for him and he is

　　trying to get over it by jumping from a stool.What a ridiculous scene!

　　The picture wants to remind us of setting a goal based on our abilities，but not to cheat for an unreasonable one.The bar is too high for the man，so he tries to get over it by jumping from a stool.Obviously，what he does is nothing but cheating.In fact，if he sets the bar at a proper height，he is sure to make it without the stool.So it is with our life.Some people set a goal beyond their ability and then try to achieve it in a dishonest way，which should be strongly criticized.So we should set an attainable goal and achieve it honestly.That's true success.

　　写作二

　　The_burden_of_students_has_been_a_hot_topic_for_years，

　　but_the_load_of_parents_has_received_little_attention，

　　especially_from_their_own_children.

　　The picture shows us a touching moment when a little girl comes to greet her working mom.Realizing her mom must be very tired after a day's work，the girl helps to remove the bag from her shoulder.In response，the mom kneels down to show how happy and thankful she feels.

　　All this reminds me of my mother who has been doing whatever she could to let me have the best.But，totally engaged in my own study，I seldom pay attention to what mother needs and feels and always think studying well is the only thing I could do in return.Now I know I can do my bit to help with everyday washing，bedroom cleaning，or at least prepare breakfast myself，so as to share my mother's daily burden.The picture convinces me it is even more important to be a good daughter than a“good”student.