山东省日照市第一中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题（Word版附答案）

山东省日照市第一中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题（Word版附答案）

www.ks5u.com 日照一中2019—2020学年度上学期高三期中考试 ‎ 英 语 试 题 ‎ 本试卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。‎ 注意事项：‎ ‎1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上相应的位置。‎ ‎2.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试题上无效。‎ ‎3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案用0.5mm黑色签字笔写在答题卡上。‎ ‎4.考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节， 满分30分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。‎ 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。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 is the man most probably doing? ‎ ‎ A. Having a job interview. B. Applying for a college. C. Visiting sick kids ‎2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?‎ ‎ A. A musical instrument. B. A volleyball player. C. A familiar person.‎ ‎3. How much is the mountain bike now?‎ ‎ A. $200. B. $160. C. $40.‎ 4. What does the man probably do?‎ ‎ A. A visitor. B. A writer. C. A singer.‎ ‎5. What does the woman mean?‎ ‎ A. She doesn’t agree with the man.‎ ‎ B. Jason is likely to be the winner.‎ ‎ C. Jason will fall on the ball.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。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，优题速享回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. How is the woman feeling?‎ ‎ A. Good. B. Sad. C. Angry.‎ ‎7. What is the “something terrible”?‎ ‎ A. Her ball got lost. B. Her car was damaged. C. Her dog got killed.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. Why does the woman want to change the meeting time?‎ ‎ A. She has another meeting too close to it.‎ ‎ B. She has a problem with her report.‎ ‎ C. She has to move to a new house.‎ ‎9. What is the new meeting time?‎ ‎ A. 11 am. B. 1 pm. C. 9 am.‎ ‎10. What is the woman going to do at the meeting?‎ ‎ A. Chair the meeting. B. Give a report. C. Share an agenda.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. How did the boy do in his economics exam?‎ ‎ A. He passed it. B. He failed it. C. He missed it.‎ ‎12. What does the woman think of the boy?‎ ‎ A. He didn’t work hard enough.‎ ‎ B. He should have relaxed more.‎ ‎ C. He already tried his best.‎ ‎13. What do we know about the family?‎ ‎ A. Unkind. B. Unwealthy. C. Unhealthy.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 ‎ ‎14. What is the man’s plan for the weekend?‎ ‎ A. To climb mountains. ‎ ‎ B. To do snowboarding. ‎ ‎ C. To go dirtboarding ‎15. What is the woman going to Paris for?‎ ‎ A. Sightseeing. B. Taking photos. C. Learning art. ‎ ‎16. How long will the woman stay in Paris?‎ ‎ A. One weekend. B. Four days. C. One week.‎ ‎17. What is the woman’s big interest?‎ ‎ A. Art. B. Sports. C. Photography.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. Who will hold a birthday party?‎ ‎ A. Jack. B. Betty. C. Lucy.‎ ‎19. Where is the party held? ‎ ‎ A. At Lucy’s home. B. In a country hotel. C. At a swimming club.‎ ‎20. What is the relationship between Betty and Lucy?‎ ‎ A. Workmates. B. Friends. C. Cousins.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分35分)‎ 第一节 (共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ ‎ A On June 10, at 8 pm, more than a hundred people were gathered in a tent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were there to play video games. But they wouldn’t be playing on any ordinary gaming system. Instead, they were prepared to play games that would be displayed on a glass skyscraper called the Cira Center.‎ ‎“There was really a great energy in the tent that night,” Ainsley Soulchin, 13, said. She participated in Skyscraper Video Games for Kids. It is a programme that teaches middle school students to code (编程) video games.‎ In the programme, Ainsley coded a game. She calls the game Dot Man. In Dot Man, a player has to pass through a maze (迷宫) without getting caught by a dot. On June 10, the public got to play Dot Man and other student-made video games on the outside of the Cira Centre. Ainsley was proud of her accomplishment. “When you see your game on the building,” she said, “you’re like ‎ ‎‘Wow, I made this.’”‎ Frank Lee founded Skyscraper Video Games for Kids. He’s a professor of digital media at Drexel University, in Philadelphia. He wanted to involve others in the joy of playing video games. So he found a way to make that happen.‎ ‎“Years ago, I was driving past the Cira Centre,” Lee said. “I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to make a game out of that building?’” He noticed there were LED lights fixed between the skyscraper’s floors. Lee knew if he could access the building’s computer system, he could control the LED lights. This would allow him to display video games on the skyscraper. People could play these games using a joystick (游戏杆). The joystick would be connected to a computer outside the building. And the computer would send wireless commands to the skyscraper’s internal system.‎ Now Lee shares his passion for game design with kids. With funding from Intel, he trains educators to create video games. The educators then teach their students those same skills.‎ ‎21. What was special about the video games?‎ ‎ A. They would be played in a tent. B. They would be played by over 100 people.‎ ‎ C. They would be played by children. D. They would be displayed on a skyscraper.‎ ‎22. Which of the following best describes the participants in the tent?‎ ‎ A. Enthusiastic. B. Exhausted. C. Relaxed. D. Stressed.‎ ‎23. What inspired Frank Lee to found Skyscraper Video Games for Kids?‎ ‎ A. The skyscraper’s floors. B. The ads on the skyscraper.‎ ‎ C. The LED lights on the skyscraper. D. The skyscraper’s computer system.‎ ‎24. Where is the text most likely from?‎ ‎ A. A guidebook. B. A website. C. A fiction. D. A diary.‎ ‎ B ‎ I.M. Pei, the Chinese-American, who was regarded as one of the last great modernist architects, has died at the age of 102.‎ ‎ Although he worked mostly in the United States, Pei will always be remembered for a European project: His redevelopment of the Louvre Museum in Paris in the 1980s. He gave us the glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard, along with three smaller pyramids and a vast subterranean (地下的) addition to the museum entrance. Pei was the first foreign architect to work on the Louvre in its long history, and initially his ‎ designs were fiercely opposed. But in the end, the French — and everyone else — were won over. ‎ ‎ Winning the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he was thought as giving the 20th century “some of its most beautiful inside spaces and outside forms. His talent and skill in the use of materials approach the level of poetry.” After studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Pei set up his own architectural practice in New York in 1955. ‎ ‎ Designing the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in 1964 established him as a name. His East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1978 changed people’s ideas of a museum. The site was an odd trapezoid (梯形) shape. Pei’s solution was to cut it in two. The resulting building was dramatic, light and elegant — one of the first crowd-pleasing cathedrals of modern art. Though known as a modernist, and notable for his forms based on arrangements of simple geometric (几何的) shapes, he once urged Chinese architects to look more to their architectural tradition rather than designing in a western style. In person, I.M. Pei was good-humored, charming and unusually modest. His working process was evolutionary, but innovation (创新) was never an intended goal.‎ ‎ “Stylistic originality is not my purpose,” he said. “I want to find the originality in the time, the place and the problem.” 25. What can we learn about the result of redevelopment of the Louvre Museum? A. It was criticized by the French. ‎ ‎ B. It turned out to be a success. C. It made the Louvre Museum look strange. ‎ ‎ D. It changed the function of the Louvre Museum. 26.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4? A. He is a master in applying materials. ‎ ‎ B. He is skilled in writing poems. C. He often combines poetry and construction. ‎ ‎ D. He gets inspiration from poetry in designing. 27. What’s the correct order of the following events? a. Design the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. b. Study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard. c. Design the National Gallery of Art. d. Win the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize. A. abcd B. bacd C. bcad D. dacd ‎ C Being bored, lazy and disconnected from physical work leaves lots of time and space for your body and mind to fill with negative substitutes. Just as an old saying goes, idle hands are the devil’s playground.‎ Neuroscience (神经科学) actually supports this theory. Or at least, research shows that the opposite is true − active hands stimulate your brain to produce chemicals that balance emotions and lower anxiety.‎ In the 19th century anxious women were often given the prescription to knit (编织) because doctors sensed that it kind of calmed them down. That is not to say that anxiety can be cured by knitting. But it does highlight how repetitive hand movements involved in the craft combine with the satisfaction of casting off a finished product to wear or give. It carries mental health benefits at a deep, biochemical level.‎ Other research has focused on knitting’s emotional benefits. One study showed that knitting lowers the heart rate by 11 beats per minute. Another linked knitting with a decreased chance of developing cognitive impairment (认知障碍) and memory loss. ‎ And still others point to positive benefits in managing chronic (慢性的) pain and depression. Of course, knitting is not the only way to take your emotional well-being into your own hands. Woodworking, gardening, pottery and painting will also benefit your mental health. And they all involve putting your two hands to work.‎ What do you do with your hands to keep them busy and keep yourself calm and happy?‎ ‎28. What does the underlined word “idle” in Paragraph 1 mean?‎ ‎ A. Inactive. B. Occupied. C. Flexible. D. Awkward.‎ ‎29. Why did doctors in the 19th century advise anxious women to knit?‎ ‎ A. To satisfy their need. B. To reduce their anxiety.‎ ‎ C. To help them make money. C. To equip them with a new skill.‎ ‎30. Which of the following best expresses the key point of the text?‎ ‎ A. The advantages of active hands. ‎ ‎ B. The effects of repetitive knitting.‎ ‎ C. The reliability of the scientific research. ‎ ‎ D. The benefits of keeping positive.‎ 第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) ‎ 根据短文内容，优题速享从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ ‎“Cash is king” is an age-old saying. 31 When in Berlin, do not count on getting around easily with just a credit card. “Cash only” signs hang on front doors of shops and restaurants across the city.‎ ‎ 32 After all, Germany is Europe’s leading economy and famous technological know-how. But, even while some of its neighbors in Europe and elsewhere are quickly swapping physical money for new pay technologies, many Germans prefer their euro bills. Cash is quick and easy to use, they argue. It provides a clear picture of personal spending, keeps transactions (交易) more private and is widely accepted in the country.‎ A study by the country’s central bank said Germans carried an average of 107 euros in their wallet. 33 Three-quarters of Americans in a U.S. bank survey said they carried less than $50, and one-quarter said they kept $10 or less in their wallet.‎ ‎ 34 In 2008, for the first time, Germans used plastics for payments more than bills. According to a report, in Cologne, 48.6% of sales took place with a debit or a credit card, compared with 48.3% in cash.‎ Still, Germany has one of the highest rates of cash use in the European Union. The most important reasons for the close relationship of Germans to cash are their needs for protection of personal data, security and confidentiality (保密) of payments. 35 But the average German’s need for security will be sure to slow the process.‎ A. This may be surprising to some. ‎ B. It’s far more than what Americans carry. ‎ C. Change may happen in future generations. ‎ D. Germany is not the only country that prefers cash.‎ E. For much of Germany, however, is still up to date. ‎ F. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never heard of the saying.‎ G. That’s not to say that Germans rule out other modern payment methods. ‎ 第三部分　语言知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)‎ 第一节 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ I had driven home to celebrate my 38th birthday with my mother. When I arrived, I found her 36 proudly at the kitchen table, a chocolate cake and two boxes wrapped in orange ribbon (丝带) in front of her. “Happy birthday!” she said, 37 at the boxes. “Open them.”‎ As she knows me 38 than anyone, she’d gotten me exactly what I wanted ---running clothes. I 39 her and thanked her and proceeded (接着) to eat the cake.‎ ‎“Too many 40 ,” I said, not really caring.‎ ‎“You’ll run them off tomorrow,” Mom said.‎ Many adult children with a parent suffering from 41 memory will tell you there was one day that 42 to them that their relationship with their mother or father would be forever changed.‎ For me that day 43 two weeks later, when I drove back for another short 44 . I came upon exactly the same 45 : my mom sitting at the kitchen table; a chocolate cake resting next to two 46 wrapped in curly ribbon. The ribbon was green this time. That was the only 47 . “Happy birthday!” my mom said.‎ I was totally 48 . “What’s going on?” I asked.‎ Mom smiled. “Can’t I celebrate my daughter’s birthday?”‎ This was no 49 . This was real life, and since my mother clearly only wanted to make me 50 , I pushed aside my fear and fulfilled my role as the 51 daughter, I hugged her, thanked her and 52 the clothes. I didn’t mention to her that we’d done all this two 53 ago.‎ My house is her world now. My mother and I have the 54 conversation roughly 10 times a day. 55 , I consider it a pleasure, because every minute is new for her.‎ ‎36. A. cooking B. sitting C. singing D. dancing ‎ ‎37. A. shouting B. running C. staring D. gesturing ‎38. A. earlier B. longer C. better D. less ‎39. A. paid B. hugged C. comforted D. ignored ‎ ‎40. A. calories B. presents C. decorations D. candles ‎41. A. sad B. lasting C. failing D. past ‎42. A. signaled B. added C. appealed D. contributed ‎ ‎43. A. ended B. came C. changed D. disappeared ‎44. A. memory B. birthday C. party D. visit ‎45. A. day B. idea C. scene D. celebration ‎46. A. boxes B. bags C. dresses D. hats ‎ ‎47. A. color B. choice C. attraction D. difference ‎48. A. moved B. confused C. embarrassed D. excited ‎ ‎49. A. pleasure B. trouble C. trick D. end ‎50. A. happy B. shocked C. puzzled D. upset ‎51. A. friendly B. successful C. forgetful D. grateful ‎52. A. admired B. washed C. declined D. wrapped ‎ ‎53. A. days B. weeks C. months D. years ‎54. A. previous B. annoying C. only D. same ‎55. A. Therefore B. Instead C. However D. Moreover 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ The world’s first 5G-enabled railway station is 56 its way! China Mobile Shanghai and tech giant Huawei jointly made an 57 (announce) on Monday that they will start the construction of 5G network in Shanghai Hongqiao Railway station, 58 (make) the station the world’s first to build upon a 5G system. It 59 (expect) to realize a deep indoor 5G coverage inside the station by the end of 2019 when 60 (traveller) will be able to enjoy various 5G network-based services. Using the super fast 5G WiFi, people can download a movie in less than 20 seconds in the 61 (crowd) station.‎ A 5G network in the railway station will be part of the effort 62 (promote) the digital economy development in Shanghai. Just 63 Peter Zhou, chief marketing officer for Huawei Wireless Network Product Line, said, “The railway stations of the future may be more intelligent than we can 64 (possible) imagine.‎ While 4G changes our life, 5G will change the society, 65 means using 5G technology to connect everything, such as robotics, cars, and so on. It will make the world fully digitalized and intelligent.‎ 第四部分　写作 (共两节，满分40分)‎ 第一节 应用文写作 (满分15分)‎ 假设你是晨光中学高二(1)班的班长李华,得知美国学生Chris 作为交换生下学期将到你班学习。请根据提示给他写封邮件: ‎ ‎1.表示欢迎；‎ ‎2.介绍本班情况；‎ ‎3.希望Chris尽快融入新学校的生活。 注意: 1.词数80左右; 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear Chris,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua 第二节 读后续写 (满分25分)‎ 阅读下面短文，优题速享根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。‎ Early in the morning I went to the ocean beach to play my guitar. The usually crowded beach was deserted except for two people. On one side of the boardwalk (木板人行道) was a woman who was cleaning the beach with a broom; on the other side was a lone figure sitting and staring to sea. I chose a spot between them and began to play.‎ As I played, the woman with the broom swept her way right next to me. She stopped sweeping and leaned on her broom, smiling at me. She appeared to be homeless with dirty mismatched clothes.‎ ‎“You sure play beautiful music.” she said. “I think my friend would like you music. I want to hire you to play for her.” She pointed to the lone figure staring out at the ocean, then produced a few coins from her pocket. “I don’t have much, and I know you’re worth a lot, but if I give this to you, will you play a song for her? She’s going through a lot. I know the music will make her feel better.”‎ I told her I’d be happy to play for free.‎ As we walked over to her friend, the Broom Lady told me that her friend had not talked for weeks.We approached, and the Broom Lady introduced me, “Annie, I got you a present to cheer you up. It’s a guitar man who is going to play a song specially for you.”‎ Annie didn’t move. She was wearing dark sunglasses and had an old coat pulled up to cover most of her face.‎ I sat next to Annie and played. As I played I put every thought into having good things happen for this woman. I played for quite a while.‎ Suddenly, Annie turned toward me and said, “You make it so beautiful. I can feel it inside my heart.”‎ 注意：‎ ‎ 1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；‎ ‎2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；‎ ‎3. 续写部分分两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；‎ ‎4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。‎ Paragraph 1:‎ She took off her sunglasses. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Paragraph 2:‎ When I stopped playing and looked up, I was shocked to see a small crowed around us. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 日照一中2019—2020学年度上学期高三期中考试 ‎ 英 语 试 题 参 考 答 案 ‎ 第一部分 听力 ‎1-5 ACBCB 6-10 BCACB 11-15 BABCA 16-20 BABAC 第二部分 阅读理解 ‎21-25 DACBB 26-30 ABABA 31-35 EABGC 第三部分 英语知识运用 第一节 ‎ ‎36-40 BDCBA 41-45 CABDC 46-50 ADBCA 51-55 DABDC 第二节 56. on 57. announcement 58. making 59. is expected 60. travelers 61. crowded 62. to promote 63. as 64. possibly 65. which ‎ 第四部分 写作 第一节 应用文写作 Dear Chris,‎ ‎ I’m Li Hua, monitor of Class One, Senior Two of Chenguang High school. Welcome to join us as an exchange student. Here is a brief introduction about our class.‎ ‎ There are 50 students in our class, all of whom work hard and behave well. Some ‎ speak English so fluently that you’ll find no trouble in communicating with us. We are eager to hang out with you, getting you familiar with the surroundings. Hope you will soon fit in and have fun with us.‎ ‎ Looking forward to your reply.‎ ‎ Yours ,‎ ‎ Li Hua 第二节 One possible version:‎ She took off her sunglasses. I could tell a faint glow pierced the dark clouds of frustration in her eyes. I gestured to her to sit opposite to me and she slowly moved closer. I kept on playing the guitar, trying to reveal my sympathy, understanding and comfort through the soft melodies. It seemed that she couldn’t but recall the bitter and severe days she went through as tears streamed down her cheeks. She didn’t wipe them off but had them falling down, as if all her worries and sorrows went away as well. ‎ When I stopped playing and looked up, I was shocked to see a small crowed around us. They looked at me with enthusiasm, bursting into applause. Annie stood up and clapped her hands too. Several women, having kept an eye on her, approached and hugged her, whispering some cheerful words before they left. Refreshed and relieved, Annie threw her arms around my neck and uttered, “Thank you for your music.”, which assured the Broom Lady of her return to normal speech. I had put on numerous shows to different audiences, but this remained the most healing and rewarding one. ‎ ‎【答案解析】‎ 第二部分 阅读理解 ‎ 第一节 ‎ A ‎【语篇导读】本文是一篇新闻稿，主要写了学生参与“儿童摩天大楼电子游戏"这个项目 ‎ 以及该项目的由来。‎ 21. D【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知， 该游戏的显示屏在摩天大楼上，这才是其与众不同之 处。故选D。‎ 21. A【解析】细节理解题。第二段句首"There was a really great energy in the tent that night"中的 great energy意为“巨大能量”或“热情高涨”，说明参与者都 很感兴趣。故选A。‎ 22. C【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第五段可知，当Lee 注意到安装在摩天大厦楼层中间的LED灯时，突然想 到"Wouldn't it be cool to make a game out of that building?”。故选 C。‎ 23. B【解析】推理判断题。该题考査学生对语篇类型的 感知能力。介绍在某一时间、地点发生的引人注意的 事情,是新闻类文本的基本特征。文本中的引语明显 是被采访者的话语,据此可推测出文本来自报纸、网站 等时效性强的媒体。故选B。‎ B ‎25.Ｂ【解析】 细节理解题。文章第一段But in the end, the French — and everyone ‎ ‎ else — were won over.可以看出人们最终被说服。这说明人们认可了他的设计。A ‎ 项与B项对立不正确。C、D两项原文没有涉及。‎ ‎26.A 【解析】句意猜测题。这句话的意思是他在运用建材方面表现出的才华和技艺达到 ‎ 了诗歌的水平，即他的建筑风格像诗歌那样优美。此句赞颂了他高潮的建筑造诣。与 ‎ A项他是应用材料的大师这一表述吻合。B项他擅长写诗。C项他经常和诗歌和建筑 ‎ 结合起来。D项他从诗歌中获得设计灵感。A、B、C项均与句意不符。‎ ‎27.B 【解析】事件排序题。从第二段可以看出b最早发生。1964年发生了a事件。1978‎ ‎ 年发生c事件。1983年发生d事件。 所以Ｂ项排序正确。‎ ‎ C ‎【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了编织能减轻焦 虑、有利于心理健康的功用，并且最后总结出让双手劳动 起来有利于身心健康。‎ ‎28.A【解析】词义猜测题。通过文章第一段第一句可知 不劳动、太清闲不利于身心健康；‎ ‎ 第二段中“Or at least, research shows that the opposite is true一active hands ‎ ‎ stimulate your brain to produce chemicals that balance emotions and lower ‎ ‎ anxiety."表明 active 是 idle 的反义词。故选A。‎ ‎29.B【解析】细节理解题。第三段第一句说医生们觉察 到编织会在某种程度上使患者安 ‎ 静下来。第二句则说 编织并不能治愈焦虑症。故选B。‎ ‎30.A【解析】主旨大意题。本文主要说明了通过编织等动手劳动能减轻焦虑,有利于心理 ‎ 健康。其余选项均 为细节信息。故选A。‎ ‎ 第二节 ‎【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了在经济发展 领先、科技发达的德国，由于 ‎ 种种原因，人们依然偏爱现金 支付。‎ ‎31.E 【解析】该句中的"the phrase"就是指的前一句中 "Cash is king"这一谚语，‎ ‎ “still up to date”与上句中的 “age-old"相对，用“ however” 一词表示前后 ‎ ‎ 的转折 关系。‎ ‎32.A【解析】根据该空格后一句开头的“After all”可知 后句是对该空的进一步解释 ‎ 说明。“After all”后面提 到德国经济在欧洲领先并以技术发达著称，在这样一 个 ‎ ‎ 现代化的国家却仍在沿用传统的现金支付方式，难 免让有些人感到惊讶。‎ ‎33.D【解析】该空前一句提到德国一家银行研究发现德 国人平均每人钱包里会放107‎ ‎ 欧元。该空后一句具体 介绍了美国一家银行的相关调查结果。可见，该空是 为了引 ‎ 出美国的调査结果，以与德国的调査结果作对 比，以此更加突显出德国人对现金的 ‎ 依赖程度。‎ ‎34.G【解析】根据该空后面的内容可以看出德国人也逐 渐使用信用卡支付等先进支付手 ‎ 段，所以上文提到德 国人偏爱现金支付并不是说德国人就完全不考虑其他 现代化的 ‎ 支付手段。‎ ‎35.C【解析】结合上一段和本段第一句可以看出，尽管借记卡、信用卡等支付手段在德 ‎ 国逐渐被接受，但是德国还是欧盟国家中使用现金支付最多的国家之一。接着说明 ‎ 了人们钟爱现金支付主要是出于安全考虑。该 空后一句以“But”开头，说明前后句 ‎ 为转折关系，后面 谈到人们对支付安全的考虑会减缓"the process"。由 此不难看 ‎ 出“the process”应该指的是未来人们支付方 式可能发生变化的“进程”。‎ 第三部分语言知识运用 第一节 ‎【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者与母亲之间感 人至深的亲情故事。作者的母亲在为作者精心筹备完38 岁的生日后不久患上了记忆障碍，记忆力减退，在两周后 准备了同样的礼物为作者两次庆祝生日。面对生病的母 亲，作者用实际行动回报母亲的爱。‎ ‎36. B【解析】由第六段作者对再次回家探望母亲时看到 的情景的描述可知此处应选 ‎ sitting。‎ ‎37. D【解析】母亲在说“Happy birthday!”的同时，应该 是“用手指向”装礼物的盒 ‎ 子，并告诉作者“Open them."。‎ ‎38. C【解析】根据后半句母亲买给“我”的礼物正是“我” 想要的，可见母亲比任何 ‎ 人都“更了解我”。better是 well的比较级，well可与know搭配，可表示程度。‎ ‎39. B【解析】此处的hugged与后面的thanked相呼应， 表达了作者对母亲为她筹备生 ‎ 日的感激之情。‎ ‎40. A【解析】从母亲的答语“You'll run them, off tomorroW 中可以看出，此处作者 ‎ 说的是蛋糕中的卡路里。‎ ‎41. C【解析】从后文母亲忘记了已经给女儿过完生日， 以及最后一段母亲可能每天跟 ‎ 作者说上十遍左右同样 的对话，可看出母亲记忆力“衰退”。‎ ‎42. A【解析】signal意为“发信号；表明有患有记忆 力衰退父/母的人有一天“收到 ‎ 信号"或察觉到父/母的 记忆力出现问题。‎ ‎43. B【解析】该空前的that day指的就是上一段中提到 的one day,这样一个日子在 ‎ 两周后“到来”了。‎ ‎44. D【解析】根据上下文判断，这里应该是作者再次回 家“看望”母亲。‎ ‎45. C【解析】根据该空后面的描述及第一段，可以看出 作者这次到了母亲家看到了与 ‎ 生日那天同样的 “场景”。‎ ‎46.A【解析】该空与第一段中提到的boxes相呼应。‎ ‎47.D【解析】根据该段与第一段中对作者到母亲家看到 的场景的描述可看出，母亲两次 ‎ 准备的生日礼物几乎 一模一样，只有包装礼盒用的ribbon的颜色是“不同”的，第 ‎ 一次是orange,第二次是green。‎ ‎48.B【解析】根据该空后面作者的话“ What's going on?”可看出，面对眼前的一幕，‎ ‎ 作者一开始不知发生了 什么，所以感到很“困惑 ‎49.C 【解析】根据作者在第五段提到的记忆力衰退问题 及该空后的“This was real ‎ ‎ life"可看出，此时作者意识 到是母亲的记忆力出现了问题，而非母亲为捉弄自己而 ‎ 搞的“恶作剧 ‎50.A【解析】虽然当天并不是作者生日，但作者知道记 忆力出现问题的母亲也是一片好 ‎ 心，为使自己“开心” 才准备了这么多礼物。‎ ‎51.D【解析】根据上下文可看出，作者当时尽力平复心 情，努力扮演好一个对母亲为自 ‎ 己所作的一切表示“感 恩”的女儿的角色，该空与后文的hugged, thanked相 呼应。‎ ‎52.A【解析】根据上文作者说母亲在生日那天送她的衣 服正是她想要的，可看出作者非 ‎ 常喜欢该礼物，此处作 者应该是装作像生日当天一样欣喜地“欣赏”衣服。‎ ‎53.B【解析】此处two weeks ago与第六段中的two weeks later 相呼应。‎ ‎54.D【解析】根据上文母亲的症状可看出母亲容易忘 事，做过的事或说过的话很快就会 ‎ 忘记,所以此处应该 是作者一天要陪着母亲一遍遍地重复“同样的，对话。‎ ‎55.C【解析】根据上下文可看出前后两句是转折关系， 尽管因母亲记忆力衰退问题，作 ‎ 者一天要陪着母亲一 遍遍地重复同样的对话，作者不但没有不耐烦，反而把 此事当 ‎ 作“pleasure”，因为每一次对话、每一刻对于母 亲来说都是新的。故选择However。‎ 听力原文：‎ Text 1‎ W: Did you have any working experience during college?‎ M: Yes, I did some part-time jobs such as tourist guide and salesman. Besides, I worked as a ‎ ‎ volunteer to visit sick kids in the hospital to cheer them up.‎ Text 2‎ M: I didn't expect Jenny to play the violin so well.‎ W: Actually, she used to be a top player at college.‎ M: Really? I can hardly believe it.‎ Text 3‎ W: I saw an advertisement in the newspaper about a mountain bike you have on special offer.‎ M: Yes, this one. It's our regular $ 200 mountain bike on sale today for $ 160. So it's $ 40 cheaper now.‎ W: Great. I'll take it.‎ Text 4‎ W: Hey. I'm a visitor from China, I love your music. It's the best I've ever heard. Will you please spare a little bit of time for me?‎ M: Sure. Thank you for saying that. Actually, those songs were sung for the first time today. I wrote them in the past two months.‎ Text 5‎ M: I suppose Jason will be the winner. He has so many friends supporting him.‎ W: And he himself is very diligent. Considering all these, I think he has the ball at his feet.‎ Text 6‎ M: Hi, Megan. How are you?‎ W: Not feeling too good 9 actually.‎ M: Oh? Why's that?‎ W: Well, something terrible happened this morning... (voice trembling)‎ M: What? Sorry, take your time, and tell me when you5re ready.‎ W: Well, I was playing with my dog Bonzo in the garden with a ball, and the ball flew into the road, and...‎ M: Yes?‎ W: And Bonzo jumped after it and he got hit by a car.‎ M: Oh, no! And is he...?‎ W: Yes. We took him to the animal hospital immediately, but there was nothing they could do.‎ M: Oh, poor Bonzo. And poor you. I know how much he meant to you.‎ Text 7‎ W: Hi, Kevin. Do you have a minute to talk about the meeting next Tuesday?‎ M: Sure. We said 11, didn't we?‎ W: Yeah, we did. But I have a bit of a problem with the time. Would it be possible to move it?‎ M: Oh, I see. We could put it off to the afternoon, to 1 p.m., for example. Or bring it forward ‎ ‎ to earlier in the morning. What would suit you?‎ W: Could we make it 9 o'clock? That would really help me. I have another important meeting ‎ ‎ in the central office at 12.‎ M: No problem. It's important you're there.‎ W: Thanks a lot, Kevin.‎ M: Do you need help with any preparation? Did you get the agenda I sent out?‎ W: Yes, I did. And no, that's all fine, thanks. My report is ready and I'm looking forward to ‎ ‎ presenting it.‎ M: Great.‎ Text 8‎ M: Mom?‎ W: Yes?‎ M: You know that economics exam I had last week?‎ W: The one you didn't review?‎ M: I did review it. I was working on it all weekend. Don't you remember?‎ W: Oh, yes, I remember. Apart from going out until four in the morning, you mean?‎ M: Well, I have to relax a little. Anyway, I didn't pass it.‎ W: You failed it! But wasn't that an important one?‎ M: Yeah, I'm really sorry.‎ W: I'm really sorry too. What does that mean?‎ M: Well, I’ll probably have to retake the whole course.‎ W: Oh, Ryan! It's a really expensive course. I'm not sure we can afford for you to take it again. ‎ ‎ Things are difficult enough as it is.‎ M: I know. Mom. I'm sorry. I'll talk to the teacher again and see if I can retake it.‎ Text 9‎ W: So, have you got any plans for the weekend?‎ M: Yeah, me and my friends are going to this activity centre in the mountains.‎ W: Oh, yeah?‎ M: You can do all kinds of things. It's a new centre; it sounds great. We're going to go ‎ ‎ dirtboarding.‎ W: What's that?‎ M: It's like skateboarding or snowboarding. You have a board to stand on and wheels. They're ‎ ‎ pretty strong because you go down rough mountain tracks on them.‎ W: Phew. It sounds far too difficult to me. Anyway, I'm going away this weekend too.‎ M: I was going to ask. So where are you going?‎ W: Paris! I'm so excited!‎ M: Paris, wow!‎ W: Yeah, it'll, be brilliant! We're going to do some sightseeing, like go up the Eiffel Tower and ‎ take a boat along the River Seine and see the old parts of the city. It looks so beautiful in ‎ ‎ the photos. And then there are all the art galleries. You know how much I like art. I can't ‎ ‎ wait to go round the Louvre and see all those famous paintings.‎ M: You've got a lot planned for one weekend.‎ W: Oh, we're going for four days, actually.‎ Text 10‎ M: You have two new messages. Message number one, received today at 3:45 p.m.‎ W: Hi Jack, it's me, Betty. How's it going? I guess you're at work and you don't you’re your ‎ ‎ phone on, right? First of all, thank you, THANK YOU for the birthday card and message. I ‎ ‎ received it this morning. That's so nice of you. I'm organizing a little party for my birthday ‎ It's nothing very big一only a few of my best and closest friends. That means you too! ‎ ‎ We're going to have it at my cousin Lucy's house. She lives in the countryside in a nice big ‎ ‎ house with a swimming pool. I'd love to see you there. It's going to be this Friday. I’11send ‎ ‎ you the instructions on how to get there later, OK? Anyway, have fun at work. Don't ‎ ‎ work too hard, OK? Talk soon.‎