江苏省苏州市实验学校2020届高三上学期模拟考试（一）英语试卷

江苏省苏州市实验学校2020届高三上学期模拟考试（一）英语试卷

英语 第一部分　听力(共两节，满分20分)‎ 第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎(　　)1. What did the woman do today?‎ A. She cleaned her car. B. She bought a new car. C. She borrowed an umbrella.‎ ‎(　　)2. Why was the woman afraid?‎ A. She ran into a dead dog. 　　　　B. She watched too much TV.‎ C. She mistook a bag for a dead dog.‎ ‎(　　)3. Where is the man going?‎ A. To the lake. B. To the hospital. C. To the neighborhood.‎ ‎(　　)4. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Coach and trainee.‎ ‎(　　)5. Where are the speakers?‎ A. In a cafe. B. On a plane. C. At the airport.‎ 第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎(　　)6. Where does the conversation take place?‎ A. In the study. B. In the kitchen. C. In the bedroom.‎ ‎(　　)7. When is the man going to sleep?‎ A. At 1：00 a．m. B. At 2：00 a．m. C. At 3：00 a．m.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎(　　)8. What does the book tell about Columbus?‎ A. He passed away in 1451. 　　　　B. He received help from the royal family.‎ C. He was the first to discover the American continent.‎ ‎(　　)9. What does the man advise the woman to do finally?‎ A. Imagine the life in old times. 　　　　B. Read a book about the Chinese explorer.‎ C. Compare the experiences of two explorers.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎(　　)10. In which country might the conversation take place?‎ A. Italy. B. Kenya. C. New Zealand.‎ ‎(　　)11. When could the man's son probably receive the package?‎ A. In a month. B. In around five days. C. In two to three weeks.‎ ‎(　　)12. What happened to the Christmas gift?‎ A. It arrived before Christmas. 　　　　B. It got lost during the delivery.‎ C. It became a gift for the Valentine's Day.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎(　　)13. What was the first question about?‎ A. Color. B. Food. C. Football player.‎ ‎(　　)14. What do we know about Messi?‎ A. He dislikes sweet food. 　　　　B. He loves being left alone.‎ C. He enjoys songs by Bruno Mars.‎ ‎(　　)15. Why is Messi grateful to his father?‎ A. His father did everything for him. 　　　　B. His father was always in his support.‎ C. His father taught him to play football.‎ ‎(　　)16. How does the Messi Foundation help kids?‎ A. By coaching them. 　　　　B. By giving them money.‎ C. By inviting them to Disneyland.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎(　　)17. What classes can tourists take in Saipan according to the speaker?‎ A. Diving. B. Surfing. C. Swimming.‎ ‎(　　)18. Why do scientists come to Saipan?‎ A. To study volcanoes. B. To study islands. C. To study the ocean.‎ ‎(　　)19. Which industry do many local people still work in?‎ A. Fishing. B. Farming. C. Making artworks.‎ ‎(　　)20. Why is it a perfect time to visit Saipan during festivals?‎ A. To enjoy water sports. 　　　　B. To buy traditional artworks.‎ C. To experience cultural diversity.‎ 第二部分　英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)‎ 第一节　单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)‎ 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ ‎(　　)21. Difficulties strengthen the mind, ________ labour does the body.‎ A. if B. as C. for D. so ‎(　　)22. Molly finally agreed, ________ reluctantly, to go and see a doctor.‎ A. afterwards B. almost C. otherwise D. somewhat ‎(　　)23. I know he feels upset about his failure, and I can ________ that.‎ A. relate to B. live with C. answer for D. pull through ‎(　　)24. The reds and golds ________ into each other as the sun sank. What a beautiful sight!‎ A. bumped B. pressed C. melted D. turned ‎(　　)25. I got more ________ about him from reading his books than from talking to him.‎ A. insights B. memories C. resources D. experiences ‎(　　)26. The company needs to ________ its outdated image to promote its newly－released product.‎ A. lay out B. call up C. shake off D. give away ‎(　　)27. The conditions in the local school were fairly ________， no electricity and no basic teaching facilities available.‎ A. unique B. typical C. primitive D. stable ‎(　　)28. The matches of the FIFA Women's World Cup will be played in 2019 all around France, whose men's team ________ the 2018 World Cup.‎ A. wins B. won C. has won D. had won ‎(　　)29. Citizens are ________ to exercise their rights, but under no circumstances can they violate other people's rights.‎ A. on track B. on schedule C. at ease D. at liberty ‎(　　)30. —I hear you'll cancel all your plans and appointments.Why?‎ ‎—They ________ my life. I just can't stop.‎ A. control B. controlled C. have controlled D. have been controlling ‎(　　)31. Nature is understandable in the sense ________ she will answer truly and reward with discoveries when we ask her questions via observation.‎ A. that B. where C. how D. what ‎(　　)32. —Nowadays, buyers accustomed to prices moving upward just adopt a wait－and－see attitude.‎ ‎—If they continue to ________， then our company is closing down.‎ A. fish in the air B. sit on the fence C. fly off the handle D. beat around the bush ‎(　　)33. The children wrote magical stories together, ________ imaginary worlds of romantic and military adventure.‎ A. to spin B. spinning C. having spun D. to have spun ‎(　　)34. He was offered a position at the local church school, ________ he went to the Cambridge.‎ A. after when B. since which C. after which D. since when ‎(　　)35. —There are probably aliens living here on earth.‎ ‎—________！ I can't believe you said that.‎ A. Come on B. Forget it C. Go ahead D. Allow me 第二节　完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)‎ 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ I don't talk with passengers on airplanes. My flight time is __36__ for turning the pages of a good book. That changed, __37__， on a flight from Tampa to Newark when I sat next to her—the lady in Seat 26B.‎ After __38__ my seat, I opened my book.‎ Then she __39__ me. “And where are you travelling to? Home or on vacation？”‎ ‎“Heading home，” I closed my book. “You？”‎ ‎“Oh, home, too，”she began, “I come from a(n) __40__ family. Nine kids! I'm the oldest __41__ alive—eighty－nine！” And then she laughed, joyfully. I wouldn't have __42__ she was nearly ninety, though.‎ ‎“Good book？” she asked, pointing to my paperback.‎ ‎“Yes. Do you read？”‎ ‎“Oh, I don't have __43__ to read，” she replied.‎ I'm sixty years younger than 26B, yet she's the one who's too busy to read? What on earth could she be doing with her __44__？‎ ‎“Well，” she began, “I work at Costco. There are __45__ nice people. There are also the __46__ ones, but I enjoy them, too！” She laughed again, and I __47__ her ability to not let negative energies affect her __48__. I wondered how I could __49__ that, too.‎ ‎“What's your secret，” I asked, “to sounding so __50__ and healthy？”‎ ‎“My husband died ten years ago，” she said, __51__. “I thought to myself, I'm not going to just __52__！ That's when I got my Costco job. I believe in being ‎ active.”‎ ‎“Life is so good，” she __53__， “I'm just excited every day to live it！”‎ I wanted that plane ride to reroute to California so I would have more time to learn about her energy for life. I became more __54__ with each mile we flew.‎ I told myself, if someone who is eighty－nine years old can choose to live her life with such __55__ and passion, I can, too. If you have the drive!‎ ‎(　　)36. A. reserved B. adjusted C. squeezed D. limited ‎(　　)37. A. thus B. instead C. though D. rather ‎(　　)38. A. slipping into B. searching for C. clearing up D. settling into ‎(　　)39. A. came to B. bent to C. turned to D. pointed to ‎(　　)40. A. complex B. nuclear C. wealthy D. extended ‎(　　)41. A. yet B. even C. still D. ever ‎(　　)42. A. predicted B. admitted C. guessed D. doubted ‎(　　)43. A. time B. patience C. abilities D. chances ‎(　　)44. A. days B. talent C. books D. interest ‎(　　)45. A. really B. actually C. seemingly D. probably ‎(　　)46. A. learned B. weird C. ambitious D. innocent ‎(　　)47. A. weighed B. admired C. realized D. identified ‎(　　)48. A. aim B. fate C. taste D. mood ‎(　　)49. A. obtain B. manage C. control D. imagine ‎(　　)50. A. academic B. realistic C. positive D. creative ‎(　　)51. A. sadly B. coldly C. seriously D. peacefully ‎(　　)52. A. hang out B. sit around C. step back D. get away ‎(　　)53. A. responded B. continued C. recalled D. declared ‎(　　)54. A. astonished B. satisfied C. delighted D. inspired ‎(　　)55. A. desire B. wisdom C. courage D. confidence 第三部分　阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM EUROPE/REST OF THE WORLD(ROW)‎ ‎(NOT INCLUDING SPAIN)‎ ‎□Option 1：Hot English for Students.‎ Includes：12 Hot English magazines＋audio MP3s＋1 English Unlocked Book.(100 pages, 4 levels: ‎ Pre－Intermediate; Intermediate; Upper Intermediate; ‎ Advanced) Europe ‎ ‎€92.70 □ROW €108.90 □‎ Indicate the English Unlocked level you require ‎(one book included in price)‎ ‎□Option 2：Hot English for Teachers.‎ Includes：12 Hot English magazines＋audio MP3s＋1 Teacher's English Unlocked Book.(110 pages, 4 levels: Pre－Intermediate; Intermediate; Upper Intermediate; Advanced): Europe €92.70 □/ROW €108.90 □‎ Indicate the English Unlocked level you require ‎(one book included in price)‎ ‎□Option 3: Standard.‎ Includes: 12 magazines＋audio MP3s＝Europe €79.70 □/ROW €95.40 □‎ ‎□ Option 4: Web School.‎ Videos, readings, listenings, online exercises. 4 levels. Indicate the level you require：Pre－Intermediate; Intermediate; Upper Intermediate; Advanced. Code is valid for one level and one year ＝€24.99 □ Access to all levels: one year＝€59.97 □‎ ‎□ English Unlocked.‎ Your complete self－study solution to learning English at home. With audio MP3s and video MP4s! Choose from 4 levels: Pre－Intermediate; Intermediate; Upper ‎□ Phrasal verbs/Idioms.‎ Booklets with 150 phrasal verbs or idioms ＋ images ＋ MP3 audio files. Phrasal verbs I □ Phrasal verbs Ⅱ □ Idioms I □ Idioms Ⅱ □ Europe per book €17.95 ‎ ‎ Intermediate; Advanced. Student or Teacher □ Student's/Teacher's Book: Europe €18.95 □/ROW €19.95 □‎ ‎□/ROW per book ‎ ‎€18.95 □‎ ‎□ Academies, institutes, official language schools, etc. Photocopying Hot English magazine for use in their classes wherever they are located have to pay an extra charge of €50 on top of their subscription in order to meet minimal copyright requirements.‎ ‎(　　)56. Who will pay least if people subscribe to the same materials?‎ A. People from Spain. B. People from France.‎ C. People from the USA. D. People from China.‎ ‎(　　)57. How much will your school pay for one set of Hot English for students and one for teachers for class use totally?‎ A. €185.4. B. €217.8. C. €267.8. D. €235.4.‎ B That competition keeps prices down is well known. But it is hard to measure by just how much, because prices vary for all sorts of reasons, from differences in labour costs and rents to taxes. Rising to the challenge is a new paper in The Economic Journal by Giacomo Calzolari, Andrea Ichino, Francesco Manaresi and Viki Nellas，economists at the European University Institute, Bologna University and the Italian central bank. They looked at pharmacies(药房) and specifically at customers who may be particularly easy to rip off: new parents.‎ Using data for 2007 to 2010 covering about a fifth of pharmacies in Italy, the researchers measured the way in which prices of hygiene products for babies changed as the number of babies varied. They took advantage of a peculiar law from the 1960s, according to which regions with at most 7，500 people are allowed just one pharmacy (supposedly to keep the quality of services high). They compared prices in places with populations just below this threshold, and just above.‎ The products studied included some 3，000 varieties of shampoos, bath foams, baby wipes, creams and so on. Many are also used by adults on themselves. Some people, for example, prefer sun－cream labelled “for children” because of its high level of protection. When raising prices for these products, even a pharmacist with a monopoly(垄断) must consider the risk that adult users will switch to products that are not aimed at children. But a rise in the number of babies, and hence buyers who are parents, could tip__the__scales towards price increases. By contrast, the pharmacist should already be charging as much as parents are willing to pay for ‎ products without adult users, such as nappies.‎ The scholars found that pharmacists raised prices when there were more new parents—but only in regions with a single pharmacy, and not for nappies. In monopoly areas a doubling of the number of babies from one month to the next (not unusual in a small population) coincided with a 5% increase in the price of the basket of baby－hygiene products.‎ The study is timely. Italy's government has started to loosen some of the many restrictions that stop competition in the pharmacy sector (though not yet the one that the researchers relied on). But such regulations are plentiful in many other lines of business, and not just in Italy. The consumers who pay the price are often those who find it hardest to travel to shop around—for example, people with crying babies on their hands.‎ ‎(　　)58. What's the purpose of the study?‎ A. To review the function of the special law for pharmacies.‎ B. To make clear the relation between competition and prices.‎ C. To collect the information on pharmacy business in Italy.‎ D. To gather the data on hygiene products for babies in Italy.‎ ‎(　　)59. The underlined phrase “tip the scales” in Paragraph 3 means “________”．‎ A. push the move B. keep the level C. control the rise D. break the balance ‎(　　)60. The government's new measures will greatly benefit ________．‎ A. pharmacy owners B. local merchants C. new parents D. adult users C Listen carefully to the footsteps in the family home, especially if it has wooden floors, and you can probably work out who it is that is walking about. The features most commonly used to identify people are faces, voices, finger prints and retinal scans. But their “behavioural biometrics”， such as the way they walk, are also giveaways.‎ Researchers have, for several years, used video cameras and computers to analyse people's gaits, and are now quite good at it. But translating such knowledge into a practical identification system can be tricky—especially if that system is supposed to be hidden. Cameras are often visible, are hard to set up, require good lighting and may have their view blocked by other people. So a team led by Krikor Ozanyan of the University of Manchester, in England and Patricia Scully of the National ‎ University of Ireland, in Galway have been looking for a better way to recognise gait. Their answer: pressure－sensitive mats.‎ In themselves, such mats are nothing new. They have been part of security systems for donkeys' years. But Dr Ozanyan and Dr Scully use a complex version that can record the amount of pressure applied in different places as someone walks across it. These measurements form a pattern unique to the walker. Dr Ozanyan and Dr Scully therefore turned, as is now common for anything to do with pattern recognition, to an Artificial Intelligence system that uses machine learning to recognise such patterns.‎ It seems to work. In a study published earlier this year the two researchers tested their system on a database of footsteps trodden by 127 different people. They found that its error rate in identifying who was who was a mere 0.7%. And Dr Scully says that even without a database of footsteps to work with the system can determine someone's sex—women and men, with wide and narrow pelvises(骨盆) respectively, walk in different ways，—and guess, with reasonable accuracy, a subject's age.‎ A mat－based gait－recognition system has the advantage that it would work in any lighting conditions—even pitch－darkness. And though it might fail to identify someone if, say, she was wearing stilettos and had been entered into the database while wearing trainers, it would be very hard to fool it by imitating the gait of an individual who was allowed admission to a particular place.‎ The latest phase of Dr Ozanyan's and Dr Scully's project is a redesign of the mat. The old mats contained individual pressure sensors. The new ones contain optical fibres(光纤). Light－emitting diodes(二极管) distributed along two neighbouring edges of a mat transmit light into the fibres. Sensors on the opposite edges (and thus the opposite ends of the optical fibres) measure how much of that light is received. Any pressure applied to part of the mat causes a distortion(变形)in the fibres and a consequent change in the amount of light transmitted. Both the location and amount of change can be plotted and analyzed by the machine－learning system.‎ Dr Ozanyan says that the team have built a demonstration fibre－optic mat, two meters long and a metre wide, using materials that cost ￡100($130). They are now talking to companies about commercializing it. One application might be in health care, particularly for the elderly. A fibre－optic mat installed in a nursing home or an old person's own residence could monitor changes in an individual's gait that warn certain illnesses. That would provide early warning of someone being at greater risk of falling over, say, or of their cognition becoming damaged.‎ Gait analysis might also be used as a security measure in the workplace, monitoring access to restricted areas, such as parts of military bases, server farms or laboratories dealing with harmful materials. In these cases, employees would need to agree to their gaits being scanned, just as they would agree to the scanning of their faces or retinas for optical security systems.‎ Perhaps the most fascinating use of gait－recognition mats, though, would be in public places, such as airports. For that to work, the footsteps of those to be recognised would need to have been stored in a database, which would be harder to arrange than the collection of mugshots and fingerprints that existing airport security systems rely on. Some people, however, might volunteer for it. Many aircrew or pre－registered frequent flyers would welcome anything that speeded up one of the most tiresome parts of modern travel.‎ ‎(　　)61. Camera－based gait recognition fails to come into wide use, because ________．‎ a. it's not easy to find the cameras b. finger print recognition is still popular c. sometimes the cameras can be covered d. it's a waste of money to fix the equipment e. good lighting conditions can't be guaranteed f. it's difficult to set up the system A. acf B. bde C. cdf D. cef ‎(　　)62. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraphs 6～8?‎ A. The new mats function greatly with individual pressure sensors built in.‎ B. The new mats will be likely to work better with enough pressure.‎ C. The elderly are cured of their diseases with the monitor of the fibre－optic.‎ D. Restricted areas are accessible to those with their gaits scanned beforehand.‎ ‎(　　)63. What does “it” refer to in Paragraph 5?‎ A. The mat－based gait－recognition system. B. The gait stored in the database.‎ C. The advantage of working in any light condition. D. The admission to a particular place.‎ ‎(　　)64. What's the best title of the passage?‎ A. Listen to your footsteps B. Applaud pattern recognition C. Love the way you walk D. Better the mats you step on D ‎“With depressingly few exceptions, performances are dull and lack vitality… After years of trying to convince myself otherwise, I now feel sure that ballet is dying.”‎ ‎—Jennifer Homans, Apollo's Angels.‎ Is ballet dead? Has the art form evolved to depression? Jennifer Homans's conclusion to her fascinating history of ballet, Apollo's Angels, is worrying.‎ It appears that ballet's pulse continues to beat strongly, however, especially with a Tchaikovsky defibrillator attached. So why are some dance commentators arguing that ballet is dying? And do they have a point?‎ ‎“Ballet is dead”—“Ballet is dying”—all ring tones of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical claim: “God is dead.” Headline grabbing, certainly. Yet can ballet be defined in such black and white terms? Surely it is more abstract, filled with shades of popular grey. __①__‎ To start with, how do you define ballet? What is ballet today? Consider popular modern classics like Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room, where dancers wear pointy shoes and sneakers, combining contemporary and classical vocabulary together. Or closer to home, there is Graeme Murphy's Swan Lake，which layers elements of Petipa's choreography(编舞) with a contemporary theme and aesthetic. Many contemporary choreographers all embrace classical form and principles, then manipulate(操纵) the rules.__②__‎ The line between contemporary dance and ballet is vague. In an interview with The Telegraph (2015), British choreographer Matthew Bourne acknowledges that this “cross－fertilisation” between contemporary dance and ballet continues to grow, as evidenced by the rise in new commissions from contemporary choreographers at the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet. Referring to Homans's book, Bourne believes what ‎ has changed is that “the dance forms are coming closer together”. Not dying, but merging. Reinventing. This has been the case amongst Australasian ballet companies for many years now. __③__‎ Homans writes that ballet's decline began after the passing of Ashton and Balanchine. Something has changed, certainly. A stylistic transition—from neo－classical to contemporary ballet—has occurred. __④__‎ Our art form's evolution has always been with extinction. Prominent dance critic with The New York Times, Alastair Macaulay, says: “ballet has died again and again over the centuries，” and yet, “phoenix－like, rose again from its ashes”. History shows there were periods where ballet hibernated and lacked popularity. This coincided with the art form's changing forums.‎ So here is the irony: what sells best, still, are reproductions of Petipa's classics. A season without a Tchaikovsky score is a financial risk. And without Nutcracker(《胡桃夹子》), half the ballet companies in North America would not exist. Admittedly, as a dancer, my favourite roles—Albrecht, Prince Siegfried and Romeo—were from the classical canon; I am a traditionalist at heart (who loves to be challenged by good contemporary ballets). A part of the charm behind classical repertoire, for me, was in reproducing the glories of past greats. Classical ballet's framework supports the modern process of bench－marking.‎ Perhaps Jennifer Homans's thoughts are not completely unfounded. Perhaps ballet is dying for some. Ballet's evolution has been delayed by its audiences. And as Homans suggests in her epilogue, perhaps also by its creatives.‎ Now here is a bold prediction. In line with the Royal Ballet's programming in Brisbane this year—of Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale, and Wayne MacGregor's Woolf Works—over the next 20 years, ballet's reliance on Petipa will decrease. Contemporary ballets and merge－styled ballets will produce their box－office influence ever more.‎ Why?‎ It is simple: our audiences will be ready for ballet to change again.‎ ‎(　　)65. Why does the writer cite Jennifer Homans's words at the beginning of the passage?‎ A. To support the writer's viewpoint. B. To introduce the topic of the passage.‎ C. To highlight the theme of the passage. D. To provide the background knowledge.‎ ‎(　　)66. The sentence “Is this not ballet？” should be put in ________．‎ A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④‎ ‎(　　)67. Which of the following statements is a fact about ballet?‎ A. “Surely it is more abstract, filled with shades of popular grey.” (Para.3)‎ B. “The line between contemporary dance and ballet is vague.” (Para.5)‎ C. “Our art form's evolution has always been with extinction.” (Para.7)‎ D. “What sells best, still, are reproductions of Petipa's classics.” (Para.8)‎ ‎(　　)68. According to Matthew Bourne, ________．‎ A. the dance forms remain unchanged B. contemporary dance has reinvented classic ballet C. ballet is experiencing growth and will continue to develop D. a new form of ballet is widely accepted among Australians ‎(　　)69. The writer takes himself as an example in Paragraph 8 in order to show ________．‎ A. classics should be promoted B. classics are still of great significance C. classical ballet's framework is out of date D. contemporary ballets attract more audiences ‎(　　)70. What may be the audiences' attitude to the change of ballet?‎ A. Supportive. B. Arbitrary. C. Critical. D. Concerned.‎ 第四部分　任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。‎ 注意：每个空格只填1个单词。‎ Anyone who's ever made room for a big milestone of adult life—a job, a marriage, a move—has likely shoved a friendship to the side. After all, there is no contract locking us to the other person, as in marriage, and there are no blood bonds, as in family. We choose our friends, and our friends choose us. That's a really distinctive attribute of friendships.‎ But modern life can become so busy that people forget to keep choosing each other. That's when friendships fade, and there's reason to believe it's happening more than ever. Loneliness is on the rise, and feeling lonely has been found to increase a person's risk of dying early by 26%—and to be even worse for the body than obesity and air pollution. Loneliness damages health in many ways, particularly because it removes the safety net of social support. “When we perceive our world as threatening,‎ ‎ that can be associated with an increase in heart rate and blood pressure.”‎ The solution is simple: friendship. It helps protect the brain and body from stress, anxiety and depression. “Being around trusted others, in essence, signals safety and security，” says Holt－Lunstad. A study last year found that friendships are especially beneficial later in life. Having supportive friends in old age is a stronger predictor of well－being than family ties—suggesting that the friends you pick may be at least as important as the family you're born into.‎ Easy as the fix may sound, it can be difficult to keep and make friends as an adult. But research suggests that you only need between four and five close pals. If you've ever had a good one, you know what you're looking for. “The expectations of friends, once you have a mature understanding of friendship, don't really change across the life course，” Rawlins says. “People want their close friends to be someone they can talk to and someone they can depend upon.”‎ If you're trying to fill a dried－up friendship pool, start by looking inward. Think back to how you met some of your very favorite friends. Volunteering on a political campaign or in a favorite spin class? Playing in a band? “Friendships are always about something，” says Rawlins. Common passions help people bond at a personal level, and they bridge people of different ages and life experiences.‎ Whatever you're into, someone else is too. Let your passion guide you toward people. Volunteer, for example, take a new course or join a committee at your community centers. If you like yoga, start going to classes regularly. Fellow dog lovers tend to gather at dog runs. Using apps and social media—like Facebook to find a local book club—is also a good way to find easy－going folks.‎ Once you meet a potential future friend, then comes the scary part: inviting them to do something. “You do have to put yourself out there，” says Janice McCabe, associate professor of sociology at Dartmouth College and a friendship researcher. “There's a chance that the person will say no. But there's also the chance they'll say yes, and something really great could happen.”‎ The process takes time, and you may experience false starts. Not everyone will want to put in the effort necessary to be a good friend.‎ It's never too late to start being a better pal. The work you put into friendships—both new and old—will be well worth it for your health and happiness.‎ Outline Supporting details Problems ‎●Making friends (71)____________ people of negative feelings, especially benefiting the old. However, quick－paced life robs people of the time to maintain friendship and leads to more occurrences of (72)____________．‎ ‎●(73)____________ from society makes people mentally and physically unhealthy.‎ Solutions ‎●Be (74)____________ with what you expect of your friends: they should be good listeners and (75)____________．‎ ‎●(76)____________ on how you built up good friendship.‎ ‎●Follow your heart and make friends with those people with (77)____________ interests.‎ ‎●(78)____________ yourself to win a friend by inviting him to do something, not fearing to be (79)____________.‎ ‎ Conclusion The more (80)____________ you are to making friends, the healthier and happier you will be.‎ 第五部分　书面表达(满分25分)‎ ‎81. 请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。‎ Film and television adaptations of classic literature works have held a long－standing appeal for audiences, reshaping our cultural landscape.‎ In 2017, a nine－episode TV adaptation of Chinese literature classic, The Dream of the Red Mansion, featured young cast aged 6～12 portraying the characters vividly and won applause among faithful readers of this classic work. To them, these young performers have brought the characters alive again. “I was impressed by their perfect acting in the TV series. I never expected they could play so well. It is as good as the 1987 TV adaptation，” a Douban user commented. Before the shooting of the 1987 TV version, all the actors and actresses received systematic acting training and guided study of the original work. This time, Ouyang Fenqiang，who played the leading role, Jia Baoyu, in the 1987 version, was invited to instruct the young performers.‎ However, this is only one of the very few cases of being faithful to the original literature. Recent years have witnessed a large number of poor－quality film and TV adaptations of literature classics, spoiling the understanding of the original work. Whether classic literature works should be adapted into film or TV series is worthy of discussion.‎ ‎【写作内容】 ‎ ‎1. 用约30个单词概括上述文字材料的主要内容；‎ ‎2. 用120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：‎ ‎(1) 支持或反对把经典文学作品改编为影视作品；‎ ‎(2) 用2～3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。‎ ‎【写作要求】‎ ‎1. 表明个人观点，同时提供理由或论据；‎ ‎2. 阐述观点或提供论据时，不得直接引用原文中的句子；‎ ‎3. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；‎ ‎4. 不必写标题。‎ ‎【评分标准】‎ ‎ 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。‎ 英语参考答案 第一部分　听力 ‎1—5 ACBCB　6—10 BCBBA　11—15 BCACB 16—20 CAAAC 第二部分　英语知识运用 第一节　单项填空 ‎21—25 BDACA　26—30 CCBDD　31—35 ABBCA 第二节　完形填空 ‎36—40 ACDCD　41—45 CCAAA　46—50 BBDBC 51—55 DBBDA 第三部分　阅读理解 ‎56—60 ACBAC　61—65 DDACB　60—70 BDCBA 第四部分　任务型阅读 ‎71. rids　72. loneliness　73. Withdrawing/Withdrawal ‎74. consistent　75. supporters/helpers　76. Reflect ‎77. similar/common/shared　78. Trouble ‎79. refused/rejected ‎80. devoted/committed/dedicated ‎ 第五部分　书面表达 ‎81. Two possible versions：‎ 支持：‎ Adaptations of films and TV series from literature classics have created a brilliant culture. The Dream of the Red Mansion is a relatively successful example. However, still many are of poor quality. ‎ I am in support of adapting literature classics into films or TV series. Firstly, art takes various forms, and so does the appreciation of classic literature. The digital and commercial age offers us different ways to admire the beauty of literature classics. Adapted versions, if true to the original works and well produced, are undoubtedly a cultural feast for either average viewers or faithful classic literature lovers. Additionally, sometimes when an adaptation turns into a hit, the audience may be driven to read the original work. Trapped in quick－paced life, we could barely ‎ spare time to sink into a sofa, reading peacefully. Film or TV adaptations, featuring vivid characters and an appealing plot, bring literature classics back to life.‎ To conclude, literature classics are worth adaptation. ‎ 反对：‎ Adaptations of films and TV series from literature classics have created a brilliant culture. The Dream of the Red Mansion is a relatively successful example. However, still many are of poor quality. ‎ Personally, literature classics should not be adapted into films or TV series. The value of classics lies in their very basic nature: the perfect employment of language and life philosophy between words. To cater to viewers taste and gain more profits, producers couldnt avoid making changes to the original work. Thus, viewers might be misguided and get a wrong picture of the original story, let alone miss the opportunity to appreciate literature on their own. Moreover, with an increasing number of poorly－made adaptations, viewers, especially the young, tend to focus more on those good－looking performers, ignorant of the real culture hidden in the literature works.‎ To conclude, literature classics are not supposed to be adapted into films or TV series. ‎