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纸上。
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，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。 例：How much is the shirt?
A. £19. 15. B. £9. 18. C. £9. 15. 答案是C。
1. What did the woman do yesterday? A. She played football. B. She watched a game. C. She worked in the lab.
2. What will the weather be like tomorrow evening? A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Windy. 3. What will Jack do this weekend? A. Go on a school trip. B. Have a family picnic. C. Prepare for an exam.
4. Why does the man make the call? A. To arrange a meeting. B. To cancel a visit. C. To ask for assistance. 5. How does the man feel now?
A. Refreshed. B. Anxious. C. Sleepy.
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，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. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife. B. Hostess and guest. C. Chef and customer. 7. What is the man most likely to have for dinner?
A. French fries. B. Ham sandwiches. C. Fish and vegetables. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where will George go after the business trip?
A. Milan. B. Rome. C. Florence. 9. What is banned in Florence? A. Eating in the street. B. Dressing up as soldiers. C. Singing on public transport.
10. What does George think of the new rules?
A. They're effective. B. They're timely. C. They're reasonable. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. Why does Ms. McDaniel talk to Frank? A. He missed a speech. B. He failed to pass a test. C. He wanted to drop a class.
12. How would Ms. McDaniel's students react if a speaker made a mistake? A. laugh at the speaker. B. Sympathize with the speaker. C. Persuade the speaker to try again. 13. How does Ms. McDaniel sound?
A. Optimistic. B. Humorous. C. Encouraging. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. What makes the man surprised? A. The number of job applicants. B. The experience of employees. C. The candidates' language skills.
15. How many candidates are the speakers going to meet? A. 2. B. 12. C. 20.
16. What do the speakers talk about at the end of the conversation? A. Job description. B. Interview procedure. C. Candidates' background.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What did Gallo receive yesterday? A. A call from her sister. B. A bottle from her aunt. C. A letter from a stranger.
18. Where did the fisherman find the bottle? A. On Monhegan Island. B. At Cumberland. C. In Spain.
19. How old was Gallo when she threw out the bottle?
A. Fight. B. Eleven. C. Fourteen. 20. Where is the bottle now?
A. In the ocean. B. At Gallo's home. C. With the fisherman.
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ID四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
More than 25 years ago, Saroo Brierley lived in rural（农村）India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep. When he woke up and found himself alone, the 4-year-old decided his brother might be on the train he saw in front of him-so he got on.
That train took him a thousand miles across the country to a totally strange city. He lived on the streets, and then in an orphanage（孤儿院）. There, he was adopted by an Australian family and flown to Tasmania.
As he writes in his new book, A Long Way Home, Brierley couldn't help but wonder about his hometown back in India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn't know his town's name, finding a small neighborhood in a vast country proved to be impossible.
Then he found a digital mapping program. He spent years searching for his hometown in the program's satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized he was looking at a town's central business district from a bird's-eye view. He thought, “On the right-hand side you should see the
three-platform train station”—and there it was. \"And on the left-hand side you should see a big fountain\"-and there it was. Everything just started to match.
When he stood in front of the house where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing in the entrance. \"There's something about me, \" he thought—and it took him a few seconds but he finally remembered what she used to look like.
In an interview Brierley says, \"My mother looked so much shorter than I remembered. But she came forth and walked forward, and I walked forward, and my feelings and tears and the chemical in my brain, you know, it was like a nuclear fusion（核聚变）. I just didn't know what to say, because I never thought seeing my mother would ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her. ”
21. Why was Brierley separated from his family about 25 years ago?（ ） A. He got on a train by mistake. B. He got lost while playing in the street. C. He was taken away by a foreigner. D. He was adopted by an Australian family. 22. How did Brierley find his hometown? （ ） A. By analyzing old pictures. B. By travelling all around India. C. By studying digital maps.
D. By spreading his story via his book.
23. What does Brierley mainly talk about in the interview? （ ） A. His love for his mother. B. His reunion with his mother. C. His long way back home. D. His memory of his hometown.
B
At the start of the 20th century, an American engineer named John Elfreth Watkins made predictions about life today. His predictions about slowing population growth, mobile phones and increasing height were close to the mark. But he was wrong in one prediction: that everybody would walk 10 miles a day.
Today, in Australia, most children on average fall 2, 000 steps short of the physical activity they need to avoid being overweight. In the early 1970s, 40 per cent of children walked to school, while in 2010, it was as low as 15 per cent.
The decline is not because we have all become lazy. Families are pressed for time, many with both parents working to pay for their house, often working hours not of their choosing, living in car-dependent neighborhoods with limited public transport.
The other side of the coin is equally a deprivation: for health and well-being, as well as lost opportunities（机会）for children to get to know their local surroundings. And for parents there are lost opportunities to walk and talk with their young scholar about their day.
Most parents will have eagerly asked their child about their day, only to meet with a “good”, quickly followed by \"I'm hungry\". This is also my experience as a mother. But somewhere over the daily walk more about my son's day comes out. I hear him making sense of friendship and its limits. This is the unexpected and rare parental opportunity to hear more.
Many primary schools support walking school-bus routes（路线）, with days of regular, parent-accompanied walks. Doing just one of these a few times a week is better than nothing. It can be tough to begin and takes a little planning-running shoes by the front door, lunches made the night before, umbrellas on rainy days and hats on hot ones-but it's certainly worth trying.
24. Why does the author mention Watkins' predictions in the first paragraph? （ ） A. To make comparisons. B. To introduce the topic. C. To support her argument. D. To provide examples.
25. What has caused the decrease in Australian children's physical activity? （ ） A. Plain laziness. B. Health problemsC. Lack of time. D. Security concerns. 26. Why does the author find walking with her son worthwhile? （ ） A. She can get relaxed after work. B. She can keep physically fit. C. She can help with her son's study. D. She can know her son better.
.
C
Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees (黑猩猩) use to communicate. They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to one another with a \"vocabulary\" of 66 gestures. The scientists discovered this by following and filming groups of chimps in Uganda, and examining more than 5,000 incidents of these meaningful exchanges.
Dr Catherine Hobaiter, who led the research, said that this was the only form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system of communication where they deliberately sent a message to another group member.
\"That's what's so amazing about chimp gestures,\" she said. \"They're the only thing that looks like human language in that respect. ”
Although previous research has shown that apes and monkeys can understand complex information from another animal's call, the animals do not appear to use their voices intentionally to communicate messages. This was a significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr Hobaiter said.
Chimps will check to see if they have the attention of the animal with which they wish to communicate. In one case, a mother presents her foot to her crying baby, signaling:\" Climb on me. \" The youngster immediately jumps on to its mothers back and they travel off together. \"The big message from this study is that there is another species (物种) out there. that is meaningful in its communication, so that's not unique to humans,\" said Dr Hobaiter.
Dr Susanne Shultz, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Manchester, said the study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of the evolution of human language. But, she added, the results were \"a little disappointing\".
\"The vagueness of the gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of the information contained in their gestures and actions,\" she said. \"Moreover, the meanings seem to not go beyond what other animal convey with non-verbal communication. So, it seems the gulf remains. \" （ ）27. What do chimps and humans have in common according to Dr Hobaiter? A. Memorizing specific words. B. Understanding complex information. C. Using voices to communicate. D. Communicating messages on purpose. （ ）28. What did Dr Shultz think of the study? A. It was well designed but poorly conducted. B. It was a good try but the findings were limited. C. It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.
D. It was a failure but the methods deserved praise.
（ ）29. What does the underlined word \"gulf\" in the last paragraph mean? A. Difference. B. Conflict. C. Balance. D. Connection. （ ）30. Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. Chimpanzee behaviour study achieved a breakthrough B. Chimpanzees developed specific communication skills C. Chimpanzees: the smartest species in the animal kingdom D. Chimpanzee language: communication gestures translated 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。
You run into the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water. You get what you need, head to the front, and choose the line that looks fastest.
You chose wrong. People who you swear got in other lines long after you are already checked out and off to the parking lot. 31 It turns out, it's just math working against you; chances are, the other line really is faster.
Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minimum delay. 32 Any small interruption - a price check, a chatty customer-can have downstream effects, holding up an entire line.
If there are three lines in the store, delays will happen randomly at different registers. Think about the probability: 33 So it's not just in your mind: Another line probably is moving faster.
Researchers have a good way to deal with this problem. Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line- called a serpentine line - and serve each person at the front with the next available register. 34 This is what they do at most banks and fast-food restaurants. With a serpentine line, a long delay at one register won't unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will slow down everyone a little bit but speed up checkout overall.
35 It takes many registers to keep one line moving quickly, and some stores can't afford the space or manpower. So wherever your next wait may be: Good luck. A. Why does this always seem to happen to you? B. So why don't most places encourage serpentine lines? C. Some of the may have stood in a queue for almost an hour.
D. The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three. E. How high is the probability that you are in the fastest waiting line? F. With three registers, this method is much faster than the traditional approach. G. But sometimes, as on a Sunday afternoon, the system gets particularly busy.
第三部分 语言运用（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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Last year I decided to do some volunteer work. I began to 36 on the Internet and discovered Volunteer USA. Three months later I 37 myself on a plane to phoenix, Arizona. I was 38 at the thought of living with loads of new people for three months. However, within fifteen minutes of 39 , my worries had gone. Everyone was so 40 and like-minded that it was very 41 to feel at home.
I was sent to the Coronado National Forest for my first 8-day 42 . We had to 43 everything we needed and walk three miles to where we worked. It may not seem like a 44 way but in 35℃ heat and with a heavy pack, my legs were on fire.
My job was to 45 a stairway out of rock. This 46 climbing up and down the side of a mountain inhabited (栖息) by mountain lions, although I should say they were only heard. never 47 .
Three days later, a beautiful stairway came into being. The 48 of knowing that my 49 will be on that mountainside for years to come is massive.
But on the last night we were 50 in a thunderstorm. I woke up at midnight to find a swimming pool in my tent. The temperature was close to 51 . I had to spend the rest of the night trembling in the only 52 part of my tent.
53 , I suffered a lot. But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there and I 54 . I think I am much 55 for having taken part in the project.
（ ）36. A. calculate B. negotiate C. advertise D. research （ ）37. A. imagined B. introduced C. enjoyed D. found （ ）38. A. annoyed B. surprised C. scared D. excited （ ）39. A. arriving B. Sleeping C. thinking D. walking （ ）40. A. confident B. friendly C. energetic D. curious （ ）41. A. funny B. good C. lucky D. easy
（ ）42. A. tour B. project C. campaign D. course （ ）43. A. drop B. make C. carry D. buy （ ）44. A. nice B. safe C. long D. quick （ ）45. A. build B. test C. clean D. guard （ ）46. A. helped B. ended C. allowed D. meant （ ）47. A. hunted B. trained C. seen D. fed
（ ）48. A. satisfaction B. ambition C. expectation D. intention （ ）49. A. work B. memory C. record D. story （ ）50. A. left B. caught C. attacked D. separated （ ）51. A. boiling B. average C. normal D. freezing （ ）52. A. tidy B. dry C. new D. soft
（ ）53. A. By the way B. Regardless of that C. Needless to say D. In either ease （ ）54. A. survived B. resisted C. escaped D, recovered （ ）55. A. smarter B. stronger C. happier D. busier 第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In a study of 33 years of trends in Body Mass Index (体重指数) across 200 countries, the scientists found that people worldwide are getting heavier 56 that most of the rise is due to gains in BMI in rural areas.
BMI is an internationally recognized measurement tool 57 gives an indication of whether someone is a healthy weight. It is calculated by dividing a 58 (person) weight in kg by their height in meters squared. and a BMI of between 19 and 25 59 (consider) healthy.
The study found that between 1985 and 2017, average rural BMI increased 60 2. 1 in women and men. In cities, however, the gain 61 (be) 1. 3 in women and 1. 6 in men. The researchers described “striking changes” in the geography of BMI. Tn 1985，urban men and women in more than three quarters of the countries 62 (study) had higher BMIs than men and women in rural areas. But 30 years later, the BMI difference between urban and rural people in many countries had narrowed 63 (sharp).
This may be due to some disadvantages for people 64 (live) in the countryside, including 65 (low) levels of income and education. higher costs of healthy foods, and fewer sports facilities. 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）
假定你是李华，下周有新西兰学生访问你校，你将作为学生代表致欢迎辞。请为此写一篇 发言稿，内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎； 2. 介绍活动安排； 3. 表达祝愿。 注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 第二节 读后续写(满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Pumpkin (南瓜) carving at Halloween is a family tradition. We visit a local farm every October. In the pumpkin field, I compete with my three brothers and sister to seek out the biggest pumpkin. My dad has a rule that we have to carry our pumpkins back home, and as the eldest child I have an advantage-I carried an 85-pounder back last year.
This year, it was hard to tell whether my prize or the one chosen by my 14-year-old brother, Jason, was the winner. Unfortunately we forgot to weigh them before taking out their insides, but I was determined to prove my point. All of us were hard at work at the kitchen table, with my mom filming the annual event. I’m unsure now why I thought forcing my head inside the pumpkin would settle the matter, but it seemed to make perfect sense at the time.
With the pumpkin resting on the table, hole uppermost, I bent over and pressed my head against the opening. At first I got jammed just above my eyes and then, as I went on with my task, unwilling to quit, my nose briefly prevented entry. Finally I managed to put my whole head into it, like a cork (软木塞) forced into a bottle. I was able to straighten up with the huge pumpkin resting on my shoulders.
My excitement was short-lived. The pumpkin was heavy. “I’m going to set it down, now,” I said,and with Jason helping to support its weight，I bent back over the table to give it somewhere to rest. It was only when I tried to remove my head that I realized getting out was going to be less straightforward than getting in. When I pulled hard, my nose got in the way. I got into a panic as I pressed firmly against the table and moved my head around trying to find the right angle, but it was no use. “I can’t get it out!” I shouted, my voice sounding unnaturally loud in the enclosed space. 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. 续写部分分为两段，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。 第一部分 听力
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. A 第二部分 阅读理解
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. A 34. F 35. B 第三部分 语言运用
36. D 37. D 38. C 39. A 40. B 41. D 42. B 43. C 44. C 45. A 46. D 49. A 50. B 51. D 52. B 53. C 54. A 55. B
56. and 57. that/which 58. person’s 59. is considered 60. by 61. was 62. Studied 63. sharply 64. living 65. lower 第四部分 写作 （略）
32. G 33. D 47. C 48. A 2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江卷）
英 语
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纸上
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，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。
例: How much is the shirt?
A. £19.15. 答案是C
1. Why did the woman go to Mallorca?
A. To teach Spanish B. To look for a job. 2. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Take him to hospital. B. Go to a class with him. 3. Who will look after the children?
A. Jennifer. 4. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Drive home. 5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. How to fry fish.
B. How to make coffee.
C. How to remove a bad smell.
B. Go shopping.
C. Eat out.
B. Suzy.
C. Marie.
C. Submit à report for him. C. To see a friend.
B. £9.18.
C. £9.15.
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，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3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. When does Gomez watch a football game on TV?
A. When he fails to get a ticket.
B. When the stadium is crowded C. When his friends are too busy.
7. How much did Gomez pay for the football game last time?
A. $20
B. $25.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What did Alex do in the afternoon?
A. He bad a walk. B. He went hunting
9. What did Alex bring back?
A. Flowers
B. Leaves.
10. What was Bob doing when Alex saw him?
A. Fishing
B. Taking pictures
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What did David do on his most recent holiday?
A. He had a boat trip
B. He took a balloon flight.
12. What is on David’s list?
A. Gifts he needed to buy.
B. Things he wished to do.
13. Where does the woman suggest David go for his next holiday?
A. Australia.
B. California.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. Why did Sarah make the phone call?
A. To ask a favor. B. To pass on a message.
15. Where is Sarah now?
A. In Brighton.
B. At her home.
16. What time is Michael leaving his place tomorrow morning?
A. At 7：40.
B. At 8：00.
17. What is the probable relationship between John and Sarah?
A. Neighbors.
B. Fellow workers.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What do most people think is very important in spoken communication?A. Pronunciation.
B. Vocabulary.
C.$50.
C. He planted trees
C. Books.
C. Swimming
C. He climbed a mountain.
C. Dates he had to remember. C. The Amazon.
C. To make an appointment. C. At the Shelton Hotel.
C. At 8：20.
C. Husband and wife.
C. Grammar.
19. Why should you listen to experts according to the speaker?
A. To develop your reading fluency. B. To improve your note-taking skills. C. To find out your mispronunciations. 20. What is the speaker’s last suggestion?
A. Spell out the difficult words B. Check the words in a dictionary. C. Practice reading the words aloud.
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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Leslie Nielsen’s childhood was a difficult one, but he had one particular shining star in his life — his uncle, who was a well-known actor. The admiration and respect his uncle earned inspired Nielsen to make a career（职业）in acting. Even though he often felt he would be discovered to be a no-talent, he moved forward, gaining a scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse and making his first television appearance a few years later in 1948. However, becoming a full-time, successful actor would still be an uphill battle for another eight years until he landed a number of film roles that finally got him noticed.
But even then, what he had wasn’t quite what he wanted. Nielsen always felt he should be doing comedy but his good looks and distinguished voice kept him busy in dramatic roles. It wasn’t until1980 - 32 years into his career — that he landed the role it would seem he was made for in Airplane! That movie led him into the second half of his career where his comedic presence alone could make a movie a financial success even when movie reviewers would not rate it highly.
Did Nielsen then feel content in his career? Yes and no. He was thrilled to be doing the comedy that he always felt he should do, but even during his last few years, he always had a sense of curiosity, wondering what new role or challenge might be just around the corner. He never stopped working, never retired.
Leslie Nielsen’s devotion to acting is wonderfully inspiring. He built a hugely successful career with little more than plain old hard work and determination. He showed us that even a single desire, never given up on, can make for a remarkable life.
21. Why did Nielsen want to be an actor?
A. He enjoyed watching movies. B. He was eager to earn money. C. He wanted to be like his uncle. D. He felt he was good at acting. 22. What do we know about Nielsen in the second half of his career?
A. He directed some high quality movies. B. He avoided taking on new challenges. C. He focused on playing dramatic roles. D. He became a successful comedy actor. 23. What does Nielsen’s career story tell us?
A. Art is long, life is short. B. He who laughs last laughs longest. C. It’s never too late to learn. D. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
B
We live in a town with three beaches. There are two parks less than 10 minutes’ walk from home where neighbourhood children gather to play. However, what my children want to do after school is pick up a screen — any screen — and stare at it for hours. They are not alone. Today’s children spend an average of four and a half hours a day looking at screens, split between watching television and using the Internet.
In the past few years, an increasing number of people and organisations have begun coming up with plans to counter this trend. A couple of years ago, film-maker David Bond realised that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to screens to the point where he was able to say \"chocolate\" into his three-year-old son’s ear without getting a response. He realised that something needed to change, and, being a London media type, appointed himself \"marketing director for Nature\". He documented his journey as he set about treating nature as a brand to be marketed to young people. The result was Project Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth of the Wild Network a group of organisations with the common goal of getting children out into nature.
\"Just five more minutes outdoors can make a difference,\" David Bond says. \"There is a lot of really interesting evidence which seems to be suggesting that if children are inspired up to the age of seven, then being outdoors will be a habit for life.\" His own children have got into the habit of playing outside now: \"We just send them out into the garden and tell them not to come back in for a while.\"
Summer is upon us. There is an amazing world out there, and it needs our children as much as they need it. Let us get them out and let them play.
24. What is the problem with the author’s children?
A. They often annoy the neighbours. B. They are tired of doing their homework. C. They have no friends to play with. D. They stay in front of screens for too long. 25. How did David Bond advocate his idea?
A. By making a documentary film. B. By organizing outdoor activities. C. By advertising in London media. D. By creating a network of friends. 26. Which of the following can replace the underlined word \"charts\" in paragraph 2
A. records
B. predicts
C. delays
D. confirms
27. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Let Children Have Fun B. Young Children Need More Free Time C
C. Market Nature to Children D. David Bond: A Role Model for Children
If you ever get the impression that your dog can \"tell\" whether you look content or annoyed, you may be onto something. Dogs may indeed be able to distinguish between happy and angry human faces, according to a new study.
Researchers trained a group of 11 dogs to distinguish between images（图像）of the same person making either a happy or an angry face. During the training stage, each dog was shown only the upper half or the lower half of the person’s face. The researchers then tested the dogs’ ability to distinguish between human facial expressions by showing them the other half of the person’s face or images totally different from the ones used in training. The researchers found that the dogs were able to pick the angry or happy face by touching a picture of it with their noses more often than one would expect by random chance.
The study showed the animals had figured out how to apply what they learned about human faces during training to new faces in the testing stage. \"We can rule out that the dogs simply distinguish between the pictures based on a simple cue, such as the sight of teeth,\" said study author Corsin Muller. \"Instead, our results suggest that the successful dogs realized that a smiling mouth means the same thing as smiling eyes, and the same rule applies to an angry mouth having the same meaning as angry eyes.”
\"With our study, we think we can now confidently conclude that at least some dogs can distinguish human facial expressions,\" Muller told Live Science.
At this point, it is not clear why dogs seem to be equipped with the ability to recognize different facial expressions in humans. \"To us, the most likely explanation appears to be that the basis lies in their living with humans, which gives them a lot of exposure to human facial expressions,\" and this exposure has provided them with many chances to learn to distinguish between them, Muller said. 28. The new study focused on whether dogs can_________.
A. distinguish shapes C. feel happy or angry A. Researchers tested the dogs in random order. B. Diverse methods were adopted during training. C. Pictures used in the two stages were different D. The dogs were photographed before the test. 30. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. A suggestion for future studies. C. A major limitation of the study
B. A possible reason for the study findings. D. An explanation of the research method. B. make sense of human faces D. communicate with each other
29. What can we learn about the study from paragraph 2?
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
You’ve got mail…and it’s a postcard
Paulo Magalhaes, a 34-year-old Portuguese computer engineer, loves to open his mailbox and find a brightly colored picture of Rome’s Colosseum. Or Africa’s Victoria Falls. Or China’s Great Wall. 31
\"I often send postcards to family and friends.\" he says to China Daily, \"but you can imagine that after a while, you never receive as many as you send, and you realize that not everyone is into it 32 ” Seeking other like-minded souls, however, Paulo started looking in a somewhat unlikely place: online. Many would say the Internet is a place for people who have given up on the traditional postal service, but Paulo’s hunch（直觉）paid off.
Today his hobby has developed into the website postcrossing.com, a social network that has grown to 575,217 registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago. 33 Running the website has almost turned into a full-time job.
Language is certainly a barrier for many people. For postcrossing to work worldwide, a common
communication language is needed so that everyone can understand each other. As cool as it may be to receive a postcard written in Chinese, the concept doesn’t work if one doesn’t understand it. 34 So a common language is required and in postcrossing that’s English since it’s widely spoken.
\"Many people in China have limited exposure to English. 35 That said, we know of many postcrossing members, including Chinese, who have actually improved their English skills through their use of postcrossing,\" Paulo says.
A. And that’s totally fine.
B. That makes it extra hard to learn and practice it.
C. He likes to think of sending postcards as a family-friendly hobby. D. Many love to make a connection with someone from across the world.
E. On August 5, the number of postcards exchanged by members topped 31 million.
F. Similarly, if you speak only Chinese, receiving a card in Swedish takes part of the fun away. G. In short, he loves postcards, and the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away.
第三部分 语言运用（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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
My mother is 92. Unless I have to be out of town, each week I take my mother to do her 36 and visit the doctor, providing 37 and transportation. During the week, however, she likes to go to a nearby store to 38 some small things she needs.
Last week she walked up to the store, but when she went to pay for her groceries, she was 39 about three dollars. The only 40 to pay for the groceries was to take off the 41 she could do without: a bottle of rubbing alcohol（医用酒精）and a bar off soup. By taking off these, she was able to 42 the new total to the amount of cash she had with her.
At this store, people 43 and then go off to the side to 44 their own groceries. My mother was putting her groceries into shopping bags when a 45 came up to her and said, \"Here are the things that you 46 .\" handing her the rubbing alcohol and the 47 . My mother, who is never speechless, was speechless. She 48 for the woman’s name and address so that she could 49 her. The woman told her it was her 50 .
My mother was so 51 by her gesture that she decided to go back to the store and give the cashier（收银员）a five-dollar bill to keep on hand 52 the same happened to someone else if they didn’t have enough 53 for all of their groceries.
So, whoever you are, thank you for the random act of 54 that not only helped my mother out, but 55 too.
36. A. exercise B. housework C. cooking 37. A. reward 38. A. return 39. A. short 40. A. aim
B. medicine C. company
D. shopping D. shelter
B. collect C. order D. buy B. cautious C. wrong B. way
D. concerned
C. advice D. reason
41. A. weight B. things C. mask D. glasses 42. A. raise B. add C. bring D. switch 43. A. show up B. call in C. check out D. sit down 44. A. store B. select C. deliver D. bag 45. A. stranger B. cashier C. friend D. doctor 46. A. looked for B. talked about
C. threw away D. put back
47. A. receipt B. soap C. cash D. bottle 48. A. asked B. waited C. cared D. searched 49. A. repay B. trust
C. recognize
D. help
50. A. luck B. chance C. gift D. turn 51. A. surprised
B. amused
C. touched D. convinced
52. A. in case B. even if C. as though D. so that 53. A. energy B. money C. space D. time 54. A. faith B. courage
C. kindness
D. honor
55. A. made her day B. changed her mind C. caught her eye D. met her demand
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It doesn’t impress like George Washington’s plantation on the Potomac, but Lincoln’s home in downtown Springfield, Illinois, 56 （prove）irresistible to visitors since it opened to the public. Beautifully restored（修复）to its 1860 appearance, the house was Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s home for 17 years. In 1844 they bought it 57 $1,200 and some land from Charles Dresser, who performed their 58 （marry）ceremony in 1842.
When the house was built, it was much 59 （small）than it is today. Mary’s niece wrote, \"The little home 60 （paint）white. It was sweet and fresh. Mary loved it. She was extremely pretty, and her house was a reflection of 61 （she）, everything in good taste and in perfect order.
Although Mary loved flowers, 62 she nor her husband was known as a gardener. A long- time neighbor said they never planted trees and only kept a garden for one year. Mary’s sister, Frances Todd Wallace, often came over 63 （plant）flowers in the front yard.
64 Lincolns enlarged the house to a full two stories in 1856 to meet the needs of their growing family. Three of the four Lincoln sons were born here. After Lincoln was elected President of the US in 1861, they rented the house and 65 （sell）most of their furniture.
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）
昨天你参观了学校举办的学生国画作品展。请给校英文报写一篇宣传稿，内容包括： 1. 展览时间、地点； 2. 观展感受； 3. 推荐观展。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事，
My dad, George, only had an eighth grade education. A quiet man, he didn’t understand my world of school activities. From age 14, he worked. And his dad, Albert, took the money my dad earned and used it to pay family expenses.
I didn’t really understand his world either： He was a livestock trucker, and I thought that I would surpass（超过）anything he had accomplished by the time I walked across the stage at high school graduation.
Summers in the mid-70s were spent at home shooting baskets, hitting a baseball, or throwing a football, preparing for my future as a quarterback on a football team. In poor weather, I read about sports or practiced my trombone（长号）.
The summer before my eighth grade I was one of a group of boys that a neighboring farmer hired to work in his field. He explained our basic task, the tractor fired up and we were off, riding down the field looking for weeds to spray with chemicals. After a short way, the farmer stopped and pointed at a weed which we missed. Then we began again. This happened over and over, but we soon learned to identify different grasses like cockleburs, lamb’s-quarters, foxtails, and the king of weeds, the pretty purple thistle. It was tiring work, but I looked forward to the pay, even though I wasn’t sure how much it would amount to.
At home, my dad said, \"A job’s a big step to growing up. I’m glad you will be contributing to the household.\" My dad’s words made me realize that my earnings might not be mine to do with as I wished.
My labors lasted about two weeks, and the farmer said there might be more work, but I wasn’t interested. I decided it was not fair that I had to contribute my money. 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. 续写部分分为两段，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。
英语试题参考答案
第一部分 听力
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. C
20. C
第二部分 阅读理解
21. C 22. D 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. G 32. A 33. E 34. F 35. B
第三部分 语言运用
36. D 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. B 41. B 42. C 43. C 44. D
45. A 46. D 47. B 48. A 49. A 50. C 51. C 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. A
56. has proved/has proven 57. for 58. marriage 59. smaller 60. was painted 61. herself 62. neither 63. to plant 64. The 65. sold
第四部分 写作
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