江苏省盐城中学2020届高二下学期英语期中试题

江苏省盐城中学2020届高二下学期英语期中试题

江苏省盐城中学2020年春学期高二英语期中 解析版 第一卷（选择题，共110分）‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 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。每段対话仅读 一遍。‎ ‎1. What’s wrong with the woman?‎ A. She has a fever. B. She has a headache. C. She has a toothache.‎ ‎2. What are the speakers going to do first?‎ A. Go shopping. B Return the books. C. Have lunch.‎ ‎3. Who has the radio right now?‎ A. Henry. B. John. C. Dan ‎4. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. A big shop. B. A great hotel. C. An outdoor activity.‎ ‎5. Why does the man want to ask for next Thursday off?‎ A. To go around town. B. To visit his parents. C. To play golf with his dad.‎ 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，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. What does the woman think of what the man is doing?‎ A. it’s dangerous. B. It’s stupid. C. It’s useless.‎ ‎7. What does the woman advise the man to do?‎ A. Fetch a ladder. B. Find a handle. C. Call a repairman.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What day is it today? ‎ A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.‎ ‎9. Where will the man go on Friday night?‎ A. To a hotel. B. To the airport. C. To the woman’s home.‎ ‎10. What will the woman do on Friday night?‎ A. Meet with Professor Smith ‎ B. Celebrate her birthday.‎ C. Attend a lecture. ‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. What is the woman looking for?‎ A. A restaurant. B. A pet shop. C. A bus stop.‎ ‎12. Where are the speakers now most probably?‎ A. On Pigeno Street. B. On Milton Street. C. On Baker Street.‎ ‎13. What do we know about the man?‎ A. He is also new in town. B. He often travels by taxi. C. He seldom goes out. ‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14. How much weight does the woman want to lose?‎ A. About ten pounds B. About fifteen pounds. C. About forty pounds.‎ ‎15. What kind of diet is the woman on?‎ A. She has cabbage soup.‎ B. She has two meals a day.‎ C. She replaces some of her food with water.‎ ‎16 What will the woman do to reduce her hunger?‎ A. Eat smaller meals. B. Drink more coffee. C. Take some diet pills.‎ ‎17. What’s the man’s opinion of the woman’s diet?‎ A. Disapproving. B. Supportive. C. Unsure.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. What was Clara Wieck Schumann?‎ A. A poet. B. A musician. C. A writer.‎ ‎19. How did Clara support her family?‎ A. By teaching at home. B. By accepting charity. C. By performing around Europe.‎ ‎70. When did Clara die?‎ A. In 1856. B. In l877. C. In 1896.‎ 第二部分 英语运用（共两节，满分20分）‎ 第一节 单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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’并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎1.He is a(n) ________ person and always ready to start a fight.‎ A. punctual B. religious C. aggressive D. elegant ‎1. C考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他是一个好斗的人，总是准备与人开始打斗。A. punctual 守时的；B. religious宗教的；C. aggressive好斗的；D. elegant优雅的。由“and always ready to start a fight.”可知，他是一个好斗的人，合乎语意的需要。故选C。‎ ‎2.We’re doing our best to keep the virus under control and we will not ________ those people who need us the most at this time.‎ A. abandon B. applaud C. astonish D. acknowledge ‎2. A考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们正在尽最大努力使病毒得到控制，我们现在不会抛弃那些最需要我们的人。A. abandon 放弃；B. applaud鼓掌；C. astonish使惊讶；D. acknowledge承认。根据“those people who need us the most at this time.”可知，我们不会在这个时候抛弃那些最需要我们的人。故选A。‎ ‎3.Some parents might find learning at home to be ________ beyond additional bonding with their children A. beneficial B. stainless C. relevant D. terminal ‎3. A考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有些家长可能发现在家学习除了增加与孩子的亲密关系之外，还有其他好处。A. beneficial 有益的； B. stainless 无瑕疵的；C. relevant 相关的；D. terminal致命的，无法挽回的。根据“ beyond additional bonding with their children”可知，有些家长可能发现在家学习除了增加与孩子的亲密关系之外，还有其他好处。故选A项。‎ ‎4.The Amish, who live a simple farming life, ________ cars because they like having tight communities where everyone lives close together.‎ A. construct B. convey C. reserve D. reject ‎4. D考查动词词义辨析。句意：阿米什人过着简单的农耕生活，他们拒绝汽车，因为他们喜欢每个人都住在一起的紧密社区。A. construct建造；B. convey传送，表达； C. reserve保留，预订；D. reject拒绝。根据The Amish, who live a simple farming life和because they like having tight communities where everyone lives close together.可知阿米什人拒绝汽车，选择reject（拒绝）合乎语意的需要。故选D。‎ ‎5.Modem TVs use many of the ________ first discovered by Farnsworth, who contributed a lot to the development of TV A. platforms B. principles C. sources D. symptoms ‎5. B考查名词词义辨析。句意：现代电视使用了最初由Farnsworth发现的许多原理，他对电视的发展做出了很大贡献。A. platforms平台；B. principles原则；C. sources来源；D. symptoms症状。根据句意可知，现代电视利用了由Farnsworth发现的原理，故选B。‎ ‎6.Since the new drug was needed for World War Ⅱ, the government approval process for penicillin was ________, and mass production began in 1944‎ A. possessed B. wound C. accelerated D. opposed ‎6. C考查动词词义辨析。句意：由于这种新药是二战所需要的，政府加快了青霉素的审批程序，并于1944年开始大规模生产。A. possessed 拥有，具有；B. wound 受伤 C. accelerated加速 ；D. opposed反对。根据“mass production began in 1944”可知，应该是政府的审批过程加快了。故选C项。‎ ‎7.In the past, a needle like a small sword could be used for letting liquid out of body parts which had______.‎ A. swollen up B. linked up C. dropped out D. worn out ‎7. A考查动词短语辨析。句意：在过去，一根像小剑一样的针可以用来让液体从身体肿胀的部位流出。A. swollen up 肿胀；B. linked up 会合、连接、联系；C. dropped out 退出、退学、脱离；D. worn out磨损，耗尽；穿破。根据句意，一根像小剑一样的针可以用来让液体从身体肿胀的部位流出。故选A项。‎ ‎8.Some people are skeptical about the internet, ________ that surfing the Internet is a waste of time.‎ A claimed B. claiming C. to claim D. having claimed ‎8. B考查非谓语动词。句意：有些人对互联网持怀疑态度，声称上网是浪费时间。分析句子，分句部分无主语，故claim需填非谓语动词。claim和逻辑主语some people 之间表示主动关系，故需用doing。选项D表示doing的完成时。表示非谓语发生于谓语之前。不合逻辑。故选B项。‎ ‎9.Search engines search the Internet based on the key words you type in, and choose such web pages for you ________ contain the words you ask for.‎ A. where B. who C. which D. as ‎9. D考查定语从句关系代词。句意：搜索引擎根据你输入的关键词搜索互联网，并为你选择出包含你要求的关键词的网页。在定语从句中，当先行词前有such, the same修饰时，关系代词用as, 句中web pages为先行词，前有such修饰，故选D项。‎ ‎10.As more people travelled on the underground, the system was ________ and more lines were added.‎ A. enlarged B. alarmed C. fined D. violated ‎10. A考查动词词义辨析。句意：随着越来越多的人乘坐地铁，地铁系统得到了扩大，增加了更多的线路。A. enlarged扩大，增大；B. alarmed报警；C. fined罚款；D. violated违反。根据and more lines were added可知此处表示地铁系统得到了扩大。故选A项。‎ ‎11.Drivers should be careful near schools in particular, ________ there are likely to be many children.‎ A. though B. but C. so D. because ‎11. D考查连词。句意：司机在学校附近应该特别小心，因为那里可能有很多孩子。A. though虽然，尽管；B. but但是；C. so 所以；D. because 因为。分析句意，前句提到“学校附近司机要小心”而后句提到了原因“有很多小孩”。前后分句表因果关系。故选D项。‎ ‎12.My way of thinking might be different from yours, but it’s equally ________.‎ A. eventual B. valid C. abundant D. digital ‎12. B考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的思维方式可能和你的不同，但同样有效。A. eventual 最终的、最后的；B. valid 有效的；C. abundant丰富的，大量的；D. digital 数字的。根据上文My way of thinking might be different from yours以及but ‎，可知此处要表达的意思是虽然思考问题的方式不同，但是“我的思考方式”同样有效。故选B项。‎ ‎13.When he needs time alone, he ________ to his private space at a nearby art studio to paint.‎ A. dials B. chokes C. bothers D. withdraws ‎13. D考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他需要独处的时候，他就会躲到附近的艺术工作室的私人空间里画画。A. dials拨号；B. chokes堵塞，使窒息；C. bothers烦扰，打扰；D. withdraws离开，撤退，收回。根据to his private space at a nearby art studio to paint可知此处要用withdraw表示撤退（躲藏）到某个地方。故选D项。‎ ‎14.To join the club, you have to ________ buy a minimum of six books a year.‎ A. undertake B. vote C. postpone D. evolve ‎14. A考查动词词义辨析。句意：要加入这个俱乐部，你必须保证每年至少买六本书。A. undertake承担，保证，同意；B. vote提议，选举，投票；C. postpone延缓，延迟；D. evolve演变，发展，进化。根据buy a minimum of six books a year可知此处表示保证每年至少买六本书。故选A项。‎ ‎15.In America, a ________ lunch may consist of a burger or sandwich, a vegetable or fruit salad, a dessert, and a coke or coffee.‎ A. stable B. reasonable C. typical D. vital ‎15. C考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在美国，典型的午餐包括一个汉堡或三明治，一份蔬菜或水果沙拉，一份甜点，一杯可乐或咖啡。A. stable 稳定的，牢固的；B. reasonable 合理的；C. typical 典型的；D. vital 重要的。分析语境，根据划线后提到“一个汉堡或三明治，一份蔬菜或水果沙拉，一份甜点，一杯可乐或咖啡”可知，这是美国人午餐包含的内容。这些都是常见之物，很典型。故选C项。‎ ‎16.The details are not known but the ________ of these written agreements arc basically known.‎ A. organs B. outlines C. potentials D. patents ‎16. B考查名词词义辨析。句意：细节尚不清楚，但这些书面协议的大纲基本已为人所知。A. organs 器官，机构；B. outlines 轮廓，概要；C. potentials 潜力；D. patents 专利。分析语境，but前面提到细节不清楚。根据前后相反，后句应表达只了解了书面协议的“大纲或轮廓”。故选B项。‎ ‎17.I wasn’t aware that I would be paying-you certainly didn’t make it ________.‎ A. explicit B. ample C. diverse D. sharp ‎17. A考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我没意识到我要付钱——你当然没有说清楚。A. explicit明确的，清楚的，直率的；B. ample丰富的，足够的；C. diverse不同的，多种多样的；D. sharp强烈的，急剧的 ，锋利的。根据I wasn’t aware that I would be paying可知此处要用形容词explicit作make的宾语补足语，表示没把事情说清楚。故选A项。‎ ‎18.Our blood depends on us moving around to be able to _______ properly.‎ A. bleed B. bond C. crash D. circulate ‎18. D考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们的血液需要我们四处走动才能正常循环。A. bleed 流血；B. bond 结合，团结一起；C. crash 碰撞；D. circulate 使循环。分析语境，我们四处走动是为了能让血液正常循环。故选D项。‎ ‎19.I think it is important for children to have brothers and sisters they can ________.‎ A. relate to B. split up C. drop off D. decide on ‎19. A考查动词短语辨析。句意：我认为对孩子们来说，有一个他们可以相处的兄弟姐妹是很重要的。A. relate to有关联、涉及、维系、有关；B. split up分裂，分离；C. drop off减少、让……下车、睡着；D. decide on决定、选定。分析句子，设空前的形式主语讲到做某事对孩子重要。前句it所指代的真正主语是后句的：有兄弟姐妹能相处。综合语境分析，故选A项。‎ ‎20.His story of what happened that night didn’t ________ the witness’s version.‎ A. try out B. put off C. speed up D. correspond with ‎20. D考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：他对那晚发生的事情的描述与证人的说法不符。A. try out尝试，试用，考验；B. put off推迟，阻止；C. speed up加速；D. correspond with符合，一致。根据didn’t 和the witness’s version可知此处表示他的描述与证人的说法不符。故选D项。‎ 第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ The little boy with big brown eyes was waiting for us on the other side of the world. Ever since our adoption agency had ____21____ us, I’d been hurriedly ____22____ all the necessary paperwork. I made it a personal goal to never ____23____ the process. On one late afternoon in ‎ June. I rushed toward the closest FedEx office. I had some ____24____ to send overnight, and I wanted them to go out that day.‎ I thought I knew ____25____ the FedEx office was. I drove there as the minutes slipped away, only to find that the office was no longer ____26____ where I remembered it. Tears came to my eyes. This was ____27____ we all had a smartphone in our pockets. I had no way of ____28____ the correct location. ____29____ , I started driving toward home. I felt like a failure, as though I’d just _____30_____ my new son to more days in an orphanage waiting for us.‎ Suddenly, I was _____31_____ at a stoplight by an oversized box truck My anger turned to _____32_____ when I saw the sign. It was a FedEx truck I _____33_____ closely behind the truck. What were the _____34_____ the truck would lead me straight to the FedEx office I was seeking?‎ It _____35_____ the chances were good. Less than five minutes later, I saw a FedEx sign, and the truck made a turn into the parking lot. I had _____36_____ in my eyes again.‎ Our documents went out that night. The truck driver _____37_____ knew he was an angel for me that day. Three months later, we flew halfway around the world to _____38_____ our son for the first time. We have been with him every day since.‎ Miracles are always around us _____39_____ we are open to them. Sometimes, it’s a smile at the right time or a kind word. And every now and then, it’s even a big _____40_____ that cuts us off in traffic.‎ ‎21. A. debated B. challenged C. matched D. scanned ‎22. A. hiding B. completing C. evaluating D. underlining ‎23. A. delay B. start C. repeat D. simplify ‎24. A. gifts B. letters C. documents D. postcards ‎25. A. how B. what C. which D. where ‎26. A. locked B. located C. ranked D. repaired ‎27. A. before B. after C. since D. when ‎28. A. finding B. choosing C. describing D. showing ‎29. A. Bored B. Delighted C. Disappointed D. Surprised ‎30. A. compared B. sentenced C. appointed D. accompanied ‎31. A. kept up B. put down C. taken in D. cut off ‎32. A. guilt B. panic C. shock D. terror ‎33. A. ran B. arose C. walked D. followed ‎34. A. chances B. wonders C. doubts D. promises ‎35. A. turned off B. turned out C. broke off D. broke out ‎36. A. dust B. dirt C. tears D. sands ‎37. A. just B. never C. exactly D. immediately ‎38. A. free B. meet C. beat D. spoil ‎39. A. if B. although C. unless D. until ‎40. A. tree B. lie C. smile D. truck ‎【答案】21. C 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. B 39. A 40. D ‎【解析】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了奇迹的出现。作者有一些文件要寄给收养机构，想在当天发出去，但是找不到记忆中快递点的位置。在失望之余返回，在红灯处被一辆特大型货车拦住了，那正是一辆联邦快递的卡车。跟着这辆车，作者找到了快递点，并在夜里把文件顺利寄出去了。‎ ‎【21题详解】‎ 考查动词词义辨析。句意：自从我们的收养机构匹配到了我们，我就一直在匆忙地完成所有必要的文件。A. debated争论，辩论；B. challenged 挑战；C. matched敌得过，和…相配；D. scanned扫描，浏览。根据上文The little boy with big brown eyes was waiting for us on the other side of the world.可知此处表示收养机构匹配到了我们。故选C。‎ ‎【22题详解】‎ 考查动词词义辨析。句意：自从我们的收养机构匹配到了我们，我就一直在匆忙地完成所有必要的文件。A. hiding隐藏，躲避；B. completing完成，使完整；C. evaluating评估；D. underlining在…下划线。根据all the necessary paperwork可知此处表示完成所有必要的文件。故选B。‎ ‎【23题详解】‎ 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的个人目标是绝不拖延这个过程。A. delay延迟，拖延；B. start开始，启动；C. repeat重复；D. simplify简化。根据下文I rushed toward the closest FedEx office. 可知此处表示我的个人目标是绝不拖延这个过程。故选A。‎ ‎【24题详解】‎ 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我有一些文件要在夜间发送，我想在当天发出去。A. gifts礼品，礼物；B. letters信，字母，文学C. documents文档，文件；D. postcards。根据下文Our documents went out that night. 可知此处表示文件。故选C。‎ ‎【25题详解】‎ 考查连词词义辨析。句意：我以为我知道联邦快递在哪。A. how如何，多少，怎么；B. what什么，多么；C. which哪一个；D. where哪里，在…地方。根据下文only to find that the office was no longer ____6____ where I remembered it.可知此处表示我以为我知道联邦快递在哪。故选D。‎ ‎【26题详解】‎ 考查动词词义辨析。句意：数分钟过去了，我开车去了那里，却发现办公室没处在我记忆中的位置。A. locked锁上，闭上；B. located处于，位于；C. ranked排名，位列；D. repaired修理，修复。根据where I remembered it可知此处表示发现办公室没处在我记忆中的位置。故选B。‎ ‎【27题详解】‎ 考查连词词义辨析。句意：那是在我们口袋里都有智能手机之前。A. before在…之前；B. after在…之后；C. since因为，自…以来；D. when在…时候。根据I had no way of 　　　　8　　　　 the correct location. 可知此处表示那是在我们口袋里都有智能手机之前的事。故选A。‎ ‎【28题详解】‎ 考查动名词词义辨析。句意：我找不到正确的位置。A. finding找到，发现；B. choosing选择；C. describing描述；D. showing展示，表演。根据the correct location可知此处表示找到。故选A。‎ ‎【29题详解】‎ 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：失望之下，我开始开车回家。A. Bored无聊的；B. Delighted高兴的，乐意的；C. Disappointed失望的，沮丧的；D. Surprised感到惊讶的。根据I felt like a failure可知此处表示失望。故选C。‎ ‎【30题详解】‎ 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我觉得自己像个失败者，就好像我判决我的新儿子在孤儿院再待几天等着我们一样。A. compared比较，相比；B. sentenced审判，判决；C. appointed任命，约定；D. accompanied陪伴，伴随。根据my new son to more days in an orphanage可知此处表示判决。故选B。‎ ‎【31题详解】‎ 考查动词短语辨析。句意：突然，我在红灯处被一辆特大型货车拦住了。A. kept up保持，经营，遵守，饲养；B. put down着陆，放下，写下；C. taken in吸收，领会，欺骗，接受；D. cut off切断，中断。根据by an oversized box truck 可知此处用cut off表示被拦下。故选D。‎ ‎【32题详解】‎ 考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我看到那个标志时，我的愤怒变成了震惊。A. guilt内疚，过失；B. panic恐慌，惊慌；C. shock震惊；D. terror恐怖，可怕的人。根据It was a FedEx truck可知此处表示我的愤怒变成了震惊。故选C。‎ ‎【33题详解】‎ 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那是一辆联邦快递的卡车，我紧跟在卡车后面。A. ran跑；B. arose出现，引发；C. walked走路，散步；D. followed跟着，听从。根据closely behind the truck可知此处表示跟着。故选D。‎ ‎【34题详解】‎ 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这辆卡车能把我直接带到我要找的联邦快递公司的可能性有多大？A. chances可能性，机会；B. wonders奇观；C. doubts怀疑，疑问；D. promises承诺。根据tIt 　　　　　15　　　　　 the chances were good. 可知此处表示可能性。故选A。‎ ‎【35题详解】‎ 考查动词短语辨析。句意：结果是机会很大。A. turned off关掉，关闭，拐弯；B. turned out发生，最后是，结果是，出席；C. broke off失灵，打破，打断；D. broke out爆发，突发。根据the chances were good可知此处表示结果是。故选B。‎ ‎【36题详解】‎ 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的眼里又充满了泪水。A. dust灰尘，尘土；B. dirt泥土，灰尘；C. tears眼泪，泪水；D. sands沙子。根据in my eyes again可知此处表示泪水。故选C。‎ ‎【37题详解】‎ 考查副词词义辨析。句意：卡车司机从来不知道，那天他是我的天使。A. just仅仅，只是；B. never从不；C. exactly恰好地，正是；D. immediately立刻，马上。卡车司机与我萍水相逢，他也并不知道我在跟随着他的车，所以卡车司机从来不知道，那天他是我的天使。故选B。‎ ‎【38题详解】‎ 考查动词词义辨析。句意：三个月后，我们飞了半个地球去第一次见到我们的儿子。A. free使自由，解放；B. meet会面，满足，遇见，对付；C. beat打败，避免；D. spoil破坏，糟蹋，溺爱。根据our son for the first time可知此处表示见到。故选B。‎ ‎【39题详解】‎ 考查连词词义辨析。句意：如果我们敞开心扉，奇迹总是在我们身边。A. if如果；B. although即使，尽管；C. unless除非，若非；D. until到…时，直到…为止。根据we are open to them可知此处表示条件，因此用if。故选A。‎ ‎【40题详解】‎ 考查名词词义辨析。句意：有时，它甚至会是一辆挡住我们的路的大卡车。A. tree树；B. lie说谎，位置；C. smile微笑，笑容；D. truck卡车，交易。根据that cuts us off in traffic可知此处指的是上文的卡车。故选D。‎ 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节（共10小题：每小题2分，满分20分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Deciding to get her money’s worth out of the wedding dress on which she spent over $1,000, an Australian woman has been wearing her wedding dress, a year after her wedding.‎ ‎43-year-old Tammy Hall adopted a new lifestyle—anti-consumerism (反消费主义) lifestyle in 2016, after a trip to India opened her eyes to how much we as a society consumed. She decided not to buy any new clothes or footwear for a whole year after she returned home to Adelaide, in Southern Australia, and she managed to make it.‎ But last year, as her wedding day approached, she faced a dilemma. She wanted to look good on the most important day of her life, but how could she spend a small fortune on the wedding dress she would only wear on that day?‎ ‎“In the end I decided that if I was going to get a wedding dress, I’d make sure I could get my money’s worth,” Hall tells PA Real Life.‎ ‎“The first time I wore it after the wedding was to vote in the Australian election in early 2019,” the 43-year-old adds. “Since then, it’s been to all sorts of places. Wearing it on a crowded train was especially funny, but I’ve worn it to do housework, to football games and to the gym.”‎ Hall says that she has got some strange looks from people, but no irritating comments. It may have something to do with the fact that the dress is not the fanciest, but she believes people are just too reserved to say anything. Anyway, she doesn’t really care, because she knows she has to hit the goal she has set and wearing the dress multiple times is the most reasonable way she could think of to make the most of her wedding dress.‎ Hall now plans to wear her wedding dress on a trip to Iceland that she and her partner will take nest summer.‎ ‎41. Why did Tammy Hall adopt a new lifestyle?‎ A. To adapt herself to Indian life. B. To save money for her next trip.‎ C. To cut down her consumption. D. To get prepared for her wedding.‎ ‎42. What did Tammy Hall do to get her money’s worth out of her wedding dress?‎ A. She brought fun to people with it B. She wore it repeatedly in daily life.‎ C. She tried to wear it to earn money. D. She got it exchanged again and again ‎43. What can we infer about Tammy Hall?‎ A. She has been struggling to make ends meet.‎ B. She has influenced people’s lifestyle widely.‎ C. She values her wedding dress less than her trips.‎ D. She is determined to turn her ideas into practice.‎ ‎【答案】41. C 42. B 43. D ‎【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了43岁的Tammy Hall在2016年接受了一种新的生活方式，并为了让自己花了1000‎ 多美元买的婚纱物有所值，她决定在日常生活中穿上自己的婚纱。她并不真的在乎别人的看法。‎ ‎【41题详解】‎ 推理判断题。根据第二段中43-year-old Tammy Hall adopted a new lifestyle—anti-consumerism (反消费主义) lifestyle in 2016, after a trip to India opened her eyes to how much we as a society consumed. 43岁的Tammy Hall在2016年接受了一种新的生活方式——反消费主义的生活方式，之前的一次印度之旅让她看清了我们这个社会的消费是多么的多。可知，Tammy Hall选择一种新的生活方式是为了减少她的消费。故选C项。‎ ‎【42题详解】‎ 细节理解题。根据第五段中“Since then, it’s been to all sorts of places. Wearing it on a crowded train was especially funny, but I’ve worn it to do housework, to football games and to the gym.” “从那以后，它去了很多地方。在拥挤的火车上穿着它特别有趣，但我也曾穿着它做家务、踢足球和去健身房。”可知，为了让她的钱从婚纱中物有所值，Tammy Hall在日常生活中反复穿着她的婚纱。故选B项。‎ ‎【43题详解】‎ 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中Anyway, she doesn’t really care, because she knows she has to hit the goal she has set and wearing the dress multiple times is the most reasonable way she could think of to make the most of her wedding dress. 无论如何，她并不真的在乎，因为她知道她必须要达到她设定的目标，穿几次婚纱是她能想到的最合理的方式来充分利用她的婚纱。可知，Tammy Hall有决心把她自己的想法付诸实践。故选D项。‎ B Sleepiness and boredom lead to yawning (打哈欠), so it has long been believed that the action makes us feel more awake by stretching the muscles surrounding the lungs, or by bringing more oxygen to the blood and the brain. Yet in tests, breathing air with high levels of carbon dioxide or even pure oxygen made no difference to the frequency of yawns.‎ Another theory, proposed by the French physician Olivier, is that yawning improves the circulation of the fluid (液体) that surrounds the brain. As a result, we can focus better on a task. This might explain why athletes often yawn naturally before they compete.‎ Recently, though, a new explanation has appeared: Yawning is a way to cool the brain. Experiments led by Gordon Gallup at the University at Albany showed that people yawned far less when their head was cooled by a cold pack compared with holding a heated pack to their forehead ‎ The temperature of the brain rises when we are tired, so it is possible that yawning is a way to protect the brain from overheating due to tiredness.‎ But a strange thing is that when we see another person yawn, we catch it too. In other words, yawning is contagious.‎ How can we make sense of these different types of yawning? It’s possible that contagious yawning is something different, and might have a social purpose. Steven Palek and his colleagues at the University at Albany say that contagious yawning may be linked to our ability to understand what others want to do. If you are good at reading others’ facial expressions you are more likely to “catch” a yawn. Therefore, lonely people tend to be less affected by yawing, according to research by Atsushi Senju, now at Birkbeck, University of London.‎ So the simple act of yawning tursout to be surprisingly complex Has this research made you yawn yet?‎ ‎44. Based on the theory of Olivier, yawning ________.‎ A. is caused by lack of sleep B. contributes to concentration C. is a way to bring more oxygen to the blood D. increases the circulation of the fluid in lungs ‎45. The underlined word “contagious” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________.‎ A. Infectious B. Influential ‎ C. Attractive D. Comfortable ‎46. How is the passage mainly developed?‎ A. By making comparisons.‎ B. By listing different figures.‎ C. By providing explanations.‎ D. By telling personal experiences.‎ ‎【答案】44. B 45. A 46. C ‎【解析】本文是一篇说明文，从不同的角度解释了打哈欠的现象。‎ ‎【44题详解】‎ 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Another theory, proposed by the French physician Olivier, is that yawning improves the circulation of the fluid (液体) that surrounds the brain. As a result, we can ‎ focus better on a task.”可知，法国医生奥利维尔提出的理论是，打哈欠可以改善大脑周围的血液循环，因此，我们可以更好地专注于一项任务，也就是说打哈欠有助于集中注意力，故B项正确。‎ ‎【45题详解】‎ 词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“when we see another person yawn, we catch it too”可知，当我们看到另一个人打哈欠时，我们也会跟着打哈欠，这说明打哈欠会传染，由此可知画线词词义为“传染的”.A. Infectious 传染的；B. Influential有影响力的；C. Attractive吸引人的；D.Comfortable 舒服的。故A项正确。‎ ‎【46题详解】‎ 推理判断题。通读全文，特别是根据第一段中的“it has long been believed that the action makes us feel more awake by stretching the muscles surrounding the lungs, or by bringing more oxygen to the blood and the brain.”，第二段中的“Another theory, proposed by the French physician Olivier, is that yawning improves the circulation of the fluid (液体) that surrounds the brain. As a result, we can focus better on a task.”，第三段中的“Yawning is a way to cool the brain.”及第四段中的“In other words, yawning iscontagious.”可知，本文分别从四个角度解释了打哈欠的现象，即：打哈欠让我们保持清醒、打哈欠让我们更专注、打哈欠可以给大脑降温、打哈欠会传染，因此，文章是通过提供解释来行文的，故C项正确。‎ C When a laptop or smartphone battery starts losing its power, the only options are to buy an expensive replacement or just keep it plugged in all the time. But a woman Mya Le Thai may have found the solution to this problem.‎ Thai was frustrated that the batteries for her wireless devices degraded (退化) over time, until they failed to charge fully. She did not like having to keep her laptop connected to an electrical outlet to keep it powered on. So, she decided to do something about that problem. At first, she and her team at UC Irvine thought about inventing a new battery. But as they experimented, Thai discovered something that might permit lithium-ion (锂离子) batteries to last forever.‎ Lithium-ion batteries power most wireless devices. Over time, the batteries lose the ability to hold a charge. Most of these batteries have a lifespan of about 7,000 charging cycles before they die. One of the reasons lithium-ion batteries degrade is their use of nanowires to carry electricity. Nano wires are extremely thin. A human hair is thousands of times thicker, for example. Nano wires are ‎ extremely efficient carriers of electricity, which makes them useful in batteries.‎ But, Thai had a theory — the nanowires might last longer if covered with a gel (凝胶). She and her team tested this theory. “It was a long process and a lot of work,” Thai said. The team tried many coverings for the wires. PMMA, a type of plastic, was one of them. The nanowires were coated with PMMA and cycled through charging 200,000 times. The PMMA-coated nanowires showed no evidence of damage. The results suggest that batteries could last forever without losing charging ability.‎ Thai hopes to continue her research to understand why this gel works so well and to see if any other gel could create better results and she is enjoying the publicity about her discovery. She said she never expected her research to get media coverage. “It’s kind of cool,” she said. “I’m really glad people are showing interest in my work and not just in the work itself; but also in technology and energy.”‎ ‎47. Why did Mya Le Thai work on lithium-ion batteries?‎ A She disliked the batteries for her laptop.‎ B. Her team were ordered to invent a new battery.‎ C. Many people thought batteries were too expensive.‎ D. The batteries would soon fail to get fully charged.‎ ‎48. What can we infer about nanowires?‎ A. They are too weak to carry electricity.‎ B. They are not suitable to use in batteries.‎ C. They Iasi exactly 7,000 charging cycles.‎ D. Their thinness is a cause of batteries degrading.‎ ‎49. What was Thai and her team’s breakthrough?‎ A. Coating nanowires in a gel. B. A new kind of battery.‎ C. New materials for batteries. D. A new way of charging batteries.‎ ‎50. What may be the best title for the passage?‎ A. Mya Le Thai discovered nanowires B. A woman invents a lasting battery C. The options of batteries for wireless devices D. The reasons for batteries degrading ‎【答案】47. D 48. D 49. A 50. B ‎【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Mya Le Thai女士因为不喜欢自己电池退化的电子设备一直连着电源，所以和自己的团队经过努力研发了一种用PMMA凝胶包裹的纳米线，这样，利用纳米线传输电力的电池的使用寿命被延长了很多。‎ ‎【47题详解】‎ 细节理解题。根据第二段的Thai was frustrated that the batteries for her wireless devices degraded (退化) over time, until they failed to charge fully. She did not like having to keep her laptop connected to an electrical outlet to keep it powered on. So, she decided to do something about that problem. (Tai很沮丧，随着时间的推移她的无线设备的电池退化，直到它们不能完全充电。她不喜欢把笔记本连接到电源插座上充电。所以，她决定做点什么来解决这个问题)可知，因为无线设备的电池不能完全充电，所以Tai开始研究锂离子电池。D. The batteries would soon fail to get fully charged.(电池很快就不能完全充电)符合以上说法，故选D项。‎ ‎【48题详解】‎ 推理判断题。根据第三段的Most of these batteries have a lifespan of about 7,000 charging cycles before they die. One of the reasons lithium-ion batteries degrade is their use of nanowires to carry electricity. Nano wires are extremely thin. (大多数电池在不能使用前可以充电7000多次。锂离子电池退化的原因之一是用纳米线来传输电力。纳米线非常细)可推测，由于纳米线非常细，导致锂离子电池的使用寿命不长。D. Their thinness is a cause of batteries degrading.(它们很细是电池退化的一个原因)符合以上说法，故选D项。‎ ‎【49题详解】‎ 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的The team tried many coverings for the wires. PMMA, a type of plastic, was one of them. The nanowires were coated with PMMA and cycled through charging 200,000 times. The PMMA-coated nanowires showed no evidence of damage. The results suggest that batteries could last forever without losing charging ability.(这个团队尝试过用很多东西来包裹纳米线。PMMA，一种塑料，就是其中之一。纳米线涂上PMMA后，可以循环充电20万次。且包裹纳米线的PMMA没有损伤的迹象。研究结果表明，电池可以永远使用而不会损耗)可知，Tai和她的团队在给纳米线涂上一层PMMA塑料凝胶后，电池的充电次数达到了20万次，这是一个巨大的突破。A. Coating nanowires in a gel.(给纳米线涂上凝胶)符合以上说法，故选A项。‎ ‎【50题详解】‎ 主旨大意题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其是第一段的But a woman Mya Le Thai may have ‎ found the solution to this problem. (但是一个名叫Mya Le Thai的女士可能已经发现了解决这个问题的方法)可知，本文主要讲述了Mya Le Thai女士因为不喜欢自己电池退化的电子设备一直连着电源，所以和自己的团队经过努力研发了一种用PMMA凝胶包裹的纳米线，这样，利用纳米线传输电力的电池的使用寿命被延长了很多。B. A woman invents a lasting battery(一个女士发明了一种持久的电池)可以作为本文标题，故选B项。‎ 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分〉‎ 根据短文内容，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。‎ The idea of being quarantined (隔离)hadn't seemed like a major issue until we all began to realize all of the things that get taken away when school goes. We had taken our "normal" lives for granted and this pandemic (流行病)was proof.___51___ Throughout our entire educational lives, we students have always jokingly said we wanted school to be cancelled. We didn't realize, however, that all the activities associated with being in school would be taken away too. School has an influence on so much more than we actually think.___52___‎ While in my room, my sixth-grade cousin opened my door and expressed how she didn't want school to be cancelled because it was the only reason she left the house.___53___ This is when I began to acknowledge the true impact school has even on the youngest of children. As a sixth-grader, her only known duty so far was to go to school, learn, maybe participate in a sport or two, and socialize with others. When eating dinner my uncle shared with us that he has no work until April 15. My other aunt and uncle now had to play a larger role than ever imagined in the education of their children. Without one-on-one interaction with a teacher, it's crucial to ensure that their kids of ages 4 and 7 continue learning. During this school closure, parents and students alike have noticed the direct effect social media has on our reactions.___54___ Many of these opinions either contribute to hysteria (歇斯底里)or attempt to tell us that we may be overreacting.‎ ‎___55___ This pandemic has effects of all different levels of significance, many of which can never be replaced nor made up. The death toll it has worldwide is even more frightening to think about. Everyone is affected in one way or another by this crisis, but let us not forget what school has taught us about ourselves as a community ... that we are stronger together.‎ A. Initially, everything seemed to be under control.‎ B. She explained how she would be bored without school.‎ C. It has provided us with friend groups, hobbies and passions.‎ D. Since this didn't affect us at all, we continued about our daily lives.‎ E. Opinions of all sorts are broadcast regardless of the accuracy they contain.‎ F. We took for granted the simplicity of walking across a stage with a diploma in our hands.‎ G. However, the impact the coronavirus has had on the world is a generation-changing event.‎ ‎【答案】51. F 52. C 53. B 54. E 55. G ‎【解析】‎ 这是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了这次新型冠状病毒让我们意识到了学校对我们的重要性。也许我们平时可以开玩笑似地说“不想上学”，但此时，学校对于很多人来说变得不一样了，因为上学是他们的日常、是他们的生活。‎ ‎【51题详解】‎ 上文We had taken our "normal" lives for granted and this pandemic (流行病)was proof.(我们过去把我们的生活看作理所当然，这次流行病就是证据)与F. We took for granted the simplicity of walking across a stage with a diploma in our hands.(我们想当然地认为拿着一张文凭走过讲台是一件简单的事情)承接自然，take…for granted是关键词，故选F项。‎ ‎【52题详解】‎ 上文School has an influence on so much more than we actually think(学校对我们的影响比我们实际想象的要大得多)与C. It has provided us with friend groups, hobbies and passions.(它为我们提供了朋友圈、爱好和激情)承接自然，选项陈述了学校在某些方面对我们的影响，且其中的it就代指上文的school，故选C项。‎ ‎【53题详解】‎ 上文While in my room, my sixth-grade cousin opened my door and expressed how she didn't want school to be cancelled because it was the only reason she left the house.(当我在房间时，我6年级的堂姐打开我的门，对我说她不希望学校取消，因为这是她离开家的唯一原因)与B. She explained how she would be bored without school.(她解释说不上学她会很无聊)承接自然，上下文都提到了堂姐不希望学校取消的原因，且选项中的she就是代指前文的my sixth-grade cousin，故选B项。‎ ‎【54题详解】‎ 下文Many of these opinions either contribute to hysteria (歇斯底里)or attempt to tell us that we may be overreacting.(‎ 这些意见中的很多要么就是歇斯底里，要么就是告诉我们，我们可能反应过激了)与E. Opinions of all sorts are broadcast regardless of the accuracy they contain.(各种各样的意见都在被广播，不管它们包含的准确性)承接自然，opinions是关键词，故选E项。‎ ‎【55题详解】‎ 下文This pandemic has effects of all different levels of significance, many of which can never be replaced nor made up.(这次流行病具有各种不同程度的重大影响，其中很多影响是永远无法取代或者弥补的)与G. However, the impact the coronavirus has had on the world is a generation-changing event.(然而，冠状病毒对世界的影响是改变一代人的事件)承接自然，下文是对选项陈述问题的具体陈述，effect和impact是关键词，故选G项。‎ 第二卷（非选择题，共40分）‎ 第四部分 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。‎ No more do you have to enter a bank to withdraw money or transfer it to someone. Many banks have already made transactions (业务，交易) possible online and ___56___ (access) to people everywhere. Companies like PayPal and Venmo have created platforms where people can send and receive money from any location ___57___ (use) the Internet.‎ Paying bills has also become simplified, thanks ___58___ technology. You can ___59___(automatic) schedule payments when they are due rather than having to remember ___60___ (mail) a check. With your cell phone and a banking app, you can manage all of your necessary bill payments online.‎ Setting up automated payments through a banking app is especially helpful for seniors ___61___ may have memory problems. Caregivers or loved ones can help set up recurring (反复出现)bill payments so there’s never a question ___62___ or not a bill will be paid on time.‎ It’s even simple to pay for things using only your smartphone. With Apple Pay and Google Wallet, you don’t need to carry cash when you go shopping. These apps securely link your bank account to your mobile phone. The same ___63___ (machine) you use to swipe (刷磁卡) your credit card at the store now allow mobile payments from your phone.‎ Keeping up with all of these innovations may seem like ___64___ struggle, but these technologies can simplify your life to help you worry about far _____65_____ (few) things.‎ With all of the payment capabilities available these days, you could leave home without your wallet be just fine ‎【答案】56. accessible 57. using 58. to 59. automatically 60. to mail 61. who/that 62. whether 63. machines 64. a 65. fewer ‎【解析】这是一篇议论文。文章主要讲述了许多银行已经使网上交易成为可能，通过网络既可以设置自动支付也可以简单到手机支付，以致于不用带钱包就可以出门了。‎ ‎【56题详解】‎ 考查形容词。句意：许多银行已经使网上交易成为可能，并使世界各地的人们都可以进行在线交易。根据并列连词“and”可知，所填空应是于之前“possible online”为并列结构，同时为结构“made transactions possible online and ___1_ (access) to people everywhere”中的宾语补足语，因此所填空应是形容词。故填accessible。‎ ‎【57题详解】‎ 考查非谓语动词。句意：像PayPal和Venmo这样的公司已经创建了平台，人们可以通过互联网在任何地方收发钱。分析可知，所填空应是非谓语作状语，与从句主语“people”之间为主动关系，应该用现在分词形式。故填using。‎ ‎【58题详解】‎ 考查介词。句意：由于科技的发展，支付账单也变得更加简单。thanks to，固定结构，意为“幸亏；由于”，在句中可作原因状语。故填to。‎ ‎【59题详解】‎ 考查副词。句意：你可以在到期时自动安排付款，而不必记得要去寄支票。分析可知，所填空应是副词作状语，修饰之后的动词“schedule(安排；预定)”。故填automatically。‎ ‎【60题详解】‎ 考查动词不定式。句意：你可以在到期时自动安排付款，而不必记得要去寄支票。分析可知，remember to do sth，固定结构，意为“记得去做某事”；remember doing sth，固定结构，意为“记得曾做过某事”，结合句意可知要表达“记得去寄支票”，remember to do sth，符合句意要求。故填to mail。‎ ‎【61题详解】‎ 考查定语从句。句意：通过银行应用程序设置自动支付对可能有记忆问题的老年人特别有帮助。分析可知，“___6 ___ may have memory problems”应是之前名词“seniors(老年人)”的定语从句，先行词在从句中作主语，指人，应用关系代词who/that引导。故填who/that。‎ ‎【62题详解】‎ 考查同位语从句。句意：护理人员或所爱的人可以帮助建立经常性的账单支付，这样账单是否会按时支付就没有问题了。分析可知，“___7___ or not a bill will be paid on time”应是之前名词“a question”的同位语从句，对其进行解释说明。从句句子结构完整，且存在“or not”表是否含义，应用whether 引导。故填whether。‎ ‎63题详解】‎ 考查名词复数。句意：你在商店刷卡时使用的机器现在可以通过手机进行移动支付。分析可知，machine，可数名词，意为“机器”，结合句意和语境可知应使用复数形式。故填machines。‎ ‎【64题详解】‎ 考查冠词。句意：跟上所有这些创新似乎是一件很费劲的事，但这些技术可以简化你的生活，帮助你担心更少的事情。分析可知，struggle，可数名词，意为“很费劲的事”，根据主语为“Keeping up with all of these innovations”动名词作主语，为第三人称单数，因此struggle前应有不定冠词a。故填a。‎ ‎【65题详解】‎ 考查形容词比较级。句意：跟上所有这些创新似乎是一件很费劲的事，但这些技术可以简化你的生活，帮助你担心更少的事情。分析可知，空前的副词“far”修饰形容词，且结合句意“these technologies can simplify your life(这些技术可以简化你的生活)”可知，担心的事情会更少，因此句中含有比较含义，应用比较级。故填fewer。‎ ‎【点睛】语法填空之冠词的填写 在名词或“形容词＋名词”前缺少限定词时，要考虑冠词。不定冠词a/an表示泛指，可译作“一个/本/座/……”等；定冠词the表示特指，相当于“这，这些，那，那些”。比如文章的第9小题：‎ Keeping up with all of these innovations may seem like ___9___ struggle, but these technologies can simplify your life to help you worry about far ___10___ (few) things.‎ 空9后的名词struggle为可数名词，空9应是其限定词，因此需考虑填写不定冠词a。‎ 第五部分 写作（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节（满分10分） ‎ ‎66.假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom来信说他对中医感兴趣，想来中国学习。请你给他回封 邮件，具体内容如下：‎ ‎1.支持他的决定；‎ ‎2.简单介绍中医及其优点；‎ ‎3.学习中医的好处。‎ 注意：1.词数80左右；‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear Tom,‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua ‎【答案】Dear Tom,‎ I’m writing to extend my support for your decision to come to China and lean traditional Chinese medicine.‎ Traditional Chinese medicine is a healing approach that originated in China thousands of years ago. The practitioners use various mind and body practices such as acupuncture and t’ai chi as well as herbal products to address health problems. By learning it, you will know more about how to keep yourself and others physically and mentally healthy.‎ I hope you can have a good command of it. (84 words)‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua ‎【解析】‎ ‎【分析】‎ 本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生针对美国笔友Tom来信说他对中医感兴趣，想来中国学习一事给与回复。‎ ‎【详解】第一步：审题 体裁：应用文 时态：一般现在时 结构：三段式。‎ 第一段：提出写信目的--支持他的决定；‎ 第二段：介绍中医及其优点和学习中医的好处。‎ 第三段：期盼他早日成功。‎ 第二步:列提纲 （重点单词、词组）‎ acupuncture，traditional，physically，have a good command of 第三步：连词成句 ‎1. I’m writing to extend my support for your decision to come to China and learn traditional Chinese medicine.‎ ‎2. Traditional Chinese medicine is a healing approach that originated in China thousands of years ago.‎ ‎3. By learning it, you will know more about how to keep yourself and others physically and mentally healthy.‎ ‎4. I hope you can have a good command of it.‎ 第四步：连句成篇（衔接词）‎ 连句成文，注意使用恰当连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰。‎ 第五步：润色修改 ‎【点睛】范文内容完整，要点全面，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当，上下文意思连贯，符合逻辑关系。如：Traditional Chinese medicine is a healing approach that originated in China thousands of years ago.（中医是几千年前起源于中国的一种传统方法），本句使用了定语从句，其先行词为a healing approach。全文中没有中国式英语的句式，显示了很高的驾驭英语的能力。另外，文章思路清晰、层次分明，上下句转换自然，为文章增色添彩。‎ 第二节（满分20分）‎ ‎67.阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。‎ In 1971, China’s first subway line in Beijing was formally put into operation. By December 2017, there were 171 subway lines stretching over 5,083 km in 35 cities on the Chinese mainland. Currently, China has the longest urban railway network in the world, which is predicted to surpass 6000 km by 2020.‎ The rapid development of China’s urban railway system reflects the country’s growing ‎ economic strength. The system has experienced the fastest growth over the past 15 years due to the investment of wealth accumulated from the reform and opening up in urban infrastructure construction. An urban railway system is expensive to build, with one kilometer of subway costing approximately 700 million yuan ($110 million). A city without economic strength cannot develop such an expensive system.‎ The progress in urban railway construction technologies has also contributed to the fast expansion of the infrastructure. Subway construction involves building underground tunnels, laying rails, manufacturing trains and the operation and management of subways. It is a systematic project which not only covers traditional infrastructure building but also modem electronics and information technology. China s railway construction technologies are the best in the world, with Chinese subway trains now exported to developed countries including the United States.‎ The expansion of Chinese cities has made it necessary to develop urban railway systems. Since the start of the reform and opening up, a large number of people have migrated to cities and the number of private cars has increased dramatically, resulting in serious traffic congestion. Building subways has become an important way to solve this problem.‎ This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of China’s reform and opening up, and the rapid development of China’s urban railway system exemplifies the achievements made by the policy. As China furthers its opening up, it will continue to maintain steady and rapid economic growth and railway systems will be available in more and more cities.‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎【答案】China’s first subway line in Beijing was formally put into operation in 1971. Currently, China has the longest urban railway network in the world, which is predicted to surpass 6000 km by 2020. The rapid development of China’s urban railway system reflects the country’s growing ‎ economic strength. The progress in urban railway construction technologies has also contributed to the fast expansion of the infrastructure. The expansion of Chinese cities has made it necessary to develop urban railway systems. As China furthers its opening up, it will continue to maintain steady and rapid economic growth and railway systems will be available in more and more cities.‎ ‎【解析】‎ ‎【分析】‎ 本文要求写一篇60词左右的内容概要。‎ ‎【详解】第1步：根据提示可知，本文是一篇60词左右的内容概要：文章介绍了中国地铁的发展情况。随着中国对外开放的不断深入，中国经济将继续保持平稳较快发展，铁路系统将覆盖越来越多的城市。‎ 第2步：根据写作要求确定关键词，如：put into operation（使运转）；the longest urban railway network（最长的地铁系统）；the country’s growing economic strength（这个国家日益增长的经济实力）；等。‎ 第3步：根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态语态问题。‎ 第4步：连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰，保持整洁美观的卷面是非常重要的。‎ ‎【点睛】本文是一篇60词左右的内容概要。内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。另外全文中没有中国式英语的句式，显示了很高的驾驭英语的能力。同时文中使用高级句子。China has the longest urban railway network in the world, which is predicted to surpass 6000 km by 2020.句中使用which引导的非限制性定语从句；The expansion of Chinese cities has made it necessary to develop urban railway systems.句中it作形式宾语，动词不定式作真正的宾语；As China furthers its opening up, it will continue to maintain steady and rapid economic growth and railway systems will be available in more and more cities.句中as引导时间状语从句。‎