2019届四川省成都外国语学校高三开学考试英语试卷(解析版)

成都外国语学校2019届高三开学考试
英语试题
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

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答案。

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.When will the man meet John?
A.Tonight．B．Tomorrow．C．The day after tomorrow．
2.What is the possible relationship between the speakers?
A.Waitress and customer．B．Cook and waiter．C．Husband and wife．
3.What will the man do next?
A.Search for his room key．B．Go to the front desk．C．Change his ID card．
4.Why does the man telephone the reservation office?
A.To cancel his flight．B．To confirm his flight．C．To book a ticket．
5.What does the woman advise the man to do?
A.Pay extra money．B．Drop the lessons．C．Continue learning．
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.Why doesn't the woman like to work in the animal hospital?
A. She is not fond of animals.
B. She doesn't like the smell of medicine.
C. She thinks it's too boring and tiring.
7.When will the woman help clean up the park?
A. On Saturday.
B. On Thursday.
C. On Monday.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.What did Mr. Ewing ask the speakers to do?
A. Arrive at the conference centre on time.
B. Talk with the branch office workers.
C. Help out at the conference centre.
9.How will the speakers go to the conference centre?
A. By asking Mr. Ewing for a lift.
B. By driving the man’s car.
C. By taking the underground.
10.What do we know about the woman?
A. She can’t drive a car.
B. She isn’t sure about the way.
C. She doesn’t like to travel alone.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. The man’s sports life.
B. The man’s medical history.
C. The man’s school experience.
12.What made the man’s leg broken?
A. A football game.
B. A wild cat.
C. A traffic accident.
13.What does the man say about himself?
A. He is afraid of cats.
B. He left the school team at the age of 17.
C. Dust could make him sneeze.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14.What does the woman probably do?
A. A swimmer.
B. A boxer.
C. A footballer.
15.What does the woman do after lunch?
A. Have a break.
B. Get back to the pool.
C. Do track work and body exercises.
16.How does the woman spend her most nights?
A. Dancing at a club.
B. Chatting online.
C. Going to bed early.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Who helped the students organize the show?
A. The art teacher.
B. The maths teacher.
C. All the teachers.
18.What was the money raised for?
A. More books.
B. More computers.
C. Some lights.
19.Where did the students find the useful information?
A. In magazines.
B. On websites.
C. From books.
20.What was everybody asked to wear at the beginning?
A. A hat.
B. A jacket.
C. A dress.
第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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
University Room Regulations
Approved and Prohibited Items
The following items are approved for use in residential(住宿的)rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, personal computers, radios, televisions and DVD players. Items that are not allowed in student rooms include: candles, ceiling fans, fireworks, waterbeds, sun lamps and wireless routers. Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life.
Access to Residential Rooms
Students are provided with a combination(组合密码)for their room door locks upon check-in. Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone. The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is found that the student has shared the combination with others. The fee is $25 to change a room combination.
Cooking Policy
Students living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cooking. This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use. With the exception of using a small microwave oven(微波炉) to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms.
Pet Policy
No pets except fish are permitted in student rooms. Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student, are subject to an initial fine of $100 and a continuing fine of $50 a day per pet. Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect. If, one week from the date of written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court.
Quiet Hours
Residential buildings must maintain an atmosphere that supports the academic mission of the University. Minimum quiet hours in all campus residences are 11:00 pm to 8:00 am Sunday through Thursday. Quiet hours on Friday and Saturday nights are 1:00 am to 8:00 am. Students who violate quiet hours are subject to a fine of $25.
1. Which of the following items are allowed in student rooms?
A. Ceiling fans and waterbeds.
B. Wireless routers and radios.
C. Hair dryers and candles.
D. TVs and electric blankets.
2. What do we know about the cooking policy?
A. A microwave oven can be used.
B. Cooking in student rooms is permitted.
C. A housekeeper is to clean up the kitchen.
D. Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.
3. If a student has kept a cat in his room for a week since the warning, he will face .
A. parent visits
B. a fine of $100
C. the Student Court
D. a written notice
【答案】1. D 2. A 3. C
【解析】
本文是一篇应用文——大学校内宿舍使用规则。

简明扼要地介绍了在国外大学生宿舍里学生应该遵守的一些规章制度。

【1题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第一部分中的"The following items are approved for use in residential(住宿的) rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, personal computers, radios, televisions and DVD players "可知，在学生宿舍里允许使用电热毯、电吹风、个人电脑、收音机、电视和DVD播放器。

故选D。

【2题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第三部分中的"With the exception of using a small microwave oven(微波炉) to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms"可知,除了可以使用小的微波炉来加热食物外，不允许学生在房间里做饭。

由此可知选A。

【3题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第四部分中的"If, one week from the date of written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court"可知，如果学生在接到书面通知后的一星期里没有移走宠物，他将被送交学生法庭处理。

故选C。

B
My First Marathon（马拉松）
A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.
I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit
a softball. I didn’t do either well. He later informed me that I was ＂not athletic＂.
The idea that I was ＂not athletic＂ stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!
The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn’t even find the finish lin e. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.
Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!
At mile 3, I passed a sign: ＂GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!＂
By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.
By mile 21, I was starving!
As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.
I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.zxxk
Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself
a ＂marathon winner＂.
4. A month before the marathon, the author ____________.
A. was well trained
B. felt scared
C. made up his mind to run
D. lost hope
5. Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?
A. To acknowledge the support of his teacher.
B. To amuse the readers with a funny story.
C. To show he was not talented in sports.
D. To share a precious memory.
6. How was the author’s first marathon?
A. He made it.
B. He quit halfway.
C. He got the first prize.
D. He walked to the end.
7. What does the story mainly tell us?
A. A man owes his success to his family support.
B. A winner is one with a great effort of will.
C. Failure is the mother of success.
D. One is never too old to learn.
【答案】4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B
【解析】
本文为一篇记叙文。

讲述了自己第一次跑马拉松，凭借自己的意志力成功跑完全程的励志故事。

【4题详解】
细节理解题。

根据文章第一段最后一句Yet, I was determined to go ahead.可知，马拉松赛前一个月尽管作者
脚踝受伤使得训练时间缩短，但作者仍下定决心参赛。

故选C。

【5题详解】
细节理解题。

根据文章第二段I didn’t do either well. He later informed me that I was ＂not athletic＂可知，作者提到7年级的事情是为了证明自己真的没有运动天赋。

故选C。

【6题详解】
细节理解题。

根据文章第10段I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.可知，作者坚持到了最后，而且得到了一块奖牌，虽然不是第一名，由此可见他成功地跑完了马拉松。

故选A。

【7题详解】
主旨大意题。

通读全文可知，作者在讲述自己跑马拉松的经历，再根据最后一段Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a ＂marathon winner＂.可知，作者成功跑完马拉松源于自己的意志。

故选B。

点睛：文章主题和中心思想的阐述往往需要大量细节信息的支持，这些细节对于理解全文内容至关重要，同时也是归纳和概括文章中心思想的基础。

命题人往往会要求考生根据不同的要求阅读文章，以获得某些特定的信息，或准确地寻求所需的细节，并对细节进行直接或间接辨认和理解。

文章细节的理解可以细化为：（1）一一对应型。

（2）语言转述型。

（3）语意理解型。

（4）是非辨别型。

（5）事实排序型。

此题中的前三题为细节理解题。

细节理解题首先要根据题干准确定位信息句，其次要对信息句进行准确的理解和判断，如第一题为转述型，I was determined to go ahead即made up his mind to run。

第二题为语义理解题。

根据文章第二段的信息In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well.可知，作者没有运动天赋。

而第三题则为转述型，根据信息句I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.可知，作者跑完了马拉松，正好与made it 意义相同。

C
There’s a new frontier in 3D printing that’s beginning to come into focus: food. Recent development has made possible machines that print, cook, and serve foods on a mass scale. And the industry isn’t stopping there.
Food production
With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for decoration on a wedding cake. Not everybody can do that — it takes years of experience, but a printer makes it easy. A restaurant in Spain uses a Foodini to “re-create forms and pieces” of food that are “exactly the same,” freeing cooks to complete other tasks. In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.
Sustainability(可持续性)
The global population is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050, and some analysts estimate that food production will need to be raised by 50 percent to maintain current levels. Sustainability is becoming a necessity. 3D food printing could probably contribute to the solution. Some experts believe printers could use hydrocolloids (水解胶体) from plentiful renewables like algae(藻类) and grass to replace the familiar ingredients(烹饪原料). 3D printing can reduce fuel use and emissions. Grocery stores of the future might stock "food" that lasts years on end, freeing up shelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.
Nutrition
Future 3D food printers could make processed food healthier. Hod Lipson, a professor at Columbia University, said, “Food printing could allow consumers to print food with customized nutritional content, like vitamins. So instead of eating a piece of yesterday’s bread from the supermarket, you’d eat something baked just for you on demand.”
Challenges
Despite recent advancements in 3D food printing, the industry has many challenges to overcome. Currently, most ingredients must be changed to a paste(糊状物) before a printer can use them, and the printing process is quite time-consuming, because ingredients interact with each other in very complex ways. On top of that, most of the 3D food printers now are restricted to dry ingredients, because meat and milk products may easily go bad. Some experts are skeptical about 3D food printers, believing they are better suited for fast food restaurants than homes and high-end restaurants.
8. What benefit does 3D printing bring to food production?
A. It helps cooks to create new dishes.
B. It saves time and effort in cooking.
C. It improves the cooking conditions.
D. It contributes to restaurant decorations.
9. What can we learn about 3D food printing from Paragraphs 3?
A. It solves food shortages easily.
B. It quickens the transportation of food.
C. It needs no space for the storage of food.
D. It uses renewable materials as sources of food.
10. According to Paragraph 4, 3D-printed food _____________.
A. is more available to consumers
B. can meet individual nutritional needs
C. is more tasty than food in supermarkets
D. can keep all the nutrition in raw materials
11. What could be the best title of the passage?
A. 3D Food Printing: Delicious New Technology
B. A New Way to Improve 3D Food Printing
C. The Challenges for 3D Food Production
D. 3D Food Printing: From Farm to Table
【答案】8. B 9. D 10. B 11. A
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇科普类短文阅读。

文章主要介绍了3D打印技术在食物上的应用取得了进展，但目前仍面临着许多方面的挑战。

【8题详解】
推理判断题。

根据文章Food production中叙述了没有经验的人可以用3D打印机做出复杂的巧克力雕塑和美丽的婚礼蛋糕，以及餐厅能够用3D打印出所有的菜肴和甜点，从而可以推断出3D打印的优势是节省了做饭的时间和精力。

故选B。

【9题详解】
细节理解题。

根据文章第三段Some experts believe printers could use hydrocolloids (水解胶体) from plentiful renewables like algae(藻类) and grass to replace the familiar ingredients(烹饪原料).可知，3D 打印机可以使用可再生材料作为食物来源。

故选D。

【10题详解】
推理判断题。

根据文章第四段Food printing could allow consumers to print food with customized nutritional content, like vitamins.（食品打印可以让消费者打印定制营养的食物），从而可以推断出3D打印出来的食物可以满足个人营养需求。

故选B。

【11题详解】
主旨大意题。

文章主要介绍了3D打印技术在食物上的应用取得了进展，但目前仍面临着许多方面的挑战。

所以用标题3D Food Printing: Delicious New Technology，故选A。

【点睛】科普类说明文历来是高考阅读理解命题的重点。

本文是一篇3D打印技术在食物方面的应用，文章运用一些小标题和对一些专业词汇作了多处中文注释，降低了考生的阅读难度。

文章逻辑性强，条理清楚，主要考查学生对语篇的整体把握和领悟能力以及对特定细节的认读和处理能力。

最后一小题考查主旨大意，为文章选择出最好的标题。

考生做此题时一定要注意选择项必须要能概括整个文章的内容，不能以偏概全。

如B、C、D选择项在文章中都有所涉及，但不足以概括全文，所以需要考生正确概括全文的主旨大意。

D
Hollywood’s theory that machines with evil(邪恶) minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly. The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence(AI) may become extremely good at achieving
something other than what we really want. In 1960 a well-known mathematician Norbert Wiener, who founded the field of cybernetics（控制论）, put it this way: “If we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere(干预), we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose which we really desire.”
A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with living things: a wish to preserve its own existence. For the machine, this quality is not in-born, nor is it something introduced by humans; it is a logical consequence of the simple fact that the machine cannot achieve its original purpose if it is dead. So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffee, it will have a strong desire to secure success by disabling its own off switch or even killing anyone who might interfere with its task. If we are not careful, then, we could face a kind of global chess match against very determined, super intelligent machines whose objectives conflict with our own, with the real world as the chessboard.
The possibility of entering into and losing such a match should concentrate the minds of computer scientists. Some researchers argue that we can seal the machines inside a kind of firewall, using them to answer difficult questions but never allowing them to affect the real world. Unfortunately, that plan seems unlikely to work: we have yet to invent a firewall that is secure against ordinary humans, let alone super intelligent machines.
Solving the safety problem well enough to move forward in AI seems to be possible but not easy. There are probably decades in which to plan for the arrival of super intelligent machines. But the problem should not be dismissed out of hand, as it has been by some AI researchers. Some argue that humans and machines can coexist as long as they work in teams—yet that is not possible unless machines share the goals of humans. Others say we can just “switch them off” as if super intelligent machines are too stupid to think of that possibility. Still others think that super intelligent AI will never happen. On September 11, 1933, famous physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, with confidence, “Anyone who expects a source of power in the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.” However, on September 12, 1933, physicist Leo Szilard invented the ne utron-induced(中子诱导) nuclear chain reaction.
12. Paragraph 1 mainly tells us that artificial intelligence may .
A. run out of human control
B. satisfy human’s real desires
C. command armies of killer robots
D. work faster than a mathematician
13. Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able
to .
A. prevent themselves from being destroyed
B. achieve their original goals independently
C. do anything successfully with given orders
D. beat humans in international chess matches
14. According to some researchers, we can use firewalls to .
A. help super intelligent machines work better
B. be secure against evil human beings
C. keep machines from being harmed
D. avoid robots’ affecting th e world
15. What does the author think of the safety problem of super intelligent machines?
A. It will disappear with the development of AI.
B. It will get worse with human interference.
C. It will be solved but with difficulty.
D. It will stay for a decade.
【答案】12. A 13. A 14. D 15. C
【解析】
试题分析：本文主要介绍了人工智能，它会给我们的生活带来什么样的影响。

【12题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第一段The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence(AI) may become extremely good at achieving something other than what we really want.可知人工智能可能会出现的真正问题是AI会非常擅长取得某个成就而不是我们真正想要的东西，也就是说AI可能会超出人的控制去做一些事情，故选A。

【13题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第二段第一句A machine with a specific purpose has another quality, one that we usually associate with living things: a wish to preserve its own existence.可知，原因是保护它自己的存在的一种愿望，也就是说，它具有有生命的物体的一种品质是因为它要保护自己不被破坏，继续存在下去，故选A。

【14题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第三段using them to answer difficult questions but never allowing them to affect
the real world.可知可以用防火墙来回答那些困难的问题但是却永远不要让他们影响这个真正的现实世界，故选D。

【15题详解】
推理判断题。

根据最后一段Solving the safety problem well enough to move forward in AI seems to be possible but not easy.可知作者认为解决人工智能机器的安全问题是可能的，但是并不容易，也就是很困难，故选C。

[名师点睛]
推理判断题属于主观题，是层次较高的题目。

它包括判断题和推理题。

这两类题常常相互依存，推理是为了作出正确的判断，正确的判断又依赖于合乎逻辑的推理。

此类题要求在理解表面文字的基础上，作出判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意思和深层意思，也就是通过文章中的文字信息、上下文的逻辑关系及事物的发展变化等已知的信息，推断出作者没有直接表达的态度和观点。

推理判断题的解题方法：
推理判断题不仅要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系，结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断，理解文章的言外之意，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。

任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的，读者需要知道如何去做或按照某种方式思考问题。

推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据，即：已知部分－推论的前提，从中推测出未知部分－推理的结论，切忌妄加评论，把自己的观点当成作者的观点。

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。

Recently, I’ve been following a simple rule that is helping me crush procrastination(拖延症) and making it easier for me to stick to good habits at the same time．____16____ There are two parts to the 2-Minute Rule.
Part 1—If it takes less than two minutes，then do it now．
____17____ For example，washing your dishes immediately after your meal，tossing the laundry in the washing machine，taking out the garbage，sending that email，and so on．
If a task takes less than two minutes to complete，then follow the rule and do it right now．
Part 2—When you start a new habit，it should take less than two minutes to do．
Can all of your goals be accomplished in less than two minutes? Obviously not．But，every goal can be
started in 2 minutes or less．____18____
It might sound like this strategy is too basic for grand life goals，but I beg to differ．The 2-Minute Rule works for big goals as well as small goals because of the inertia(惯性)of life．____19____ I love the 2-Minute Rule because it embraces the idea that all sorts of good things happen once you get started．The most important part of any new habit is getting started—not just the first time，but each time．It’s not about performance，it’s about consistently taking action．
I can’t guarantee whether or not the 2-Minute Rule will work for you．____20____ Anyone can spare the next 120 seconds．Use this time to get one thing done．Go．
A．I call this little strategy the “2-Minute Rule”．
B．And that’s the purpose behind this little rule．
C．Here’s what you need to know to stop procrastinating．
D．Once you start doing something，it’s easier to continue doing it．
E．But，I can guarantee that it will never work if you never try it．
F．The goal is to make it easier for you to get started on the things you should be doing．
G．It’s surprising how many things we put off that we could get done in two minutes or less．
【答案】16. A17. G
18. B19. D
20. E
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文。

作者针对如何克服拖延这一问题，给出了自己的方法——“两分钟规则”。

【16题详解】
根据后文There are two parts to the 2-Minute Rule…这里提到了“两分钟规则”分为两部分，所以上文会说什么是“两分钟规则”，故选A。

【17题详解】
根据后文For example，washing your dishes immediately after your meal，tossing the laundry in the washing machine，taking out the garbage，sending that email，and so on．这里提到了许多可以在两分钟之内完成的事情，所以上文会说有那么多可以在两分钟之内完成的事情却被我们拖延了，这很令人吃惊，故选G。

【18题详解】
根据前文Can all of your goals be accomplished in less than two minutes? Obviously not．But，every goal can be started in 2 minutes or less．这里捕捉到了关键词goal，B项（这正是这个小规则背后的目的。

）总结本段内
容，故选B。

【19题详解】
根据前文The 2-Minute Rule works for big goals as well as small goals because of the inertia(惯性)of life.这里提到了生活的惯性，故D项（一旦你开始做某事，继续做它就很容易。

）正是惯性的一种，故选D。

【20题详解】
根据前文I can’t guarantee whether or not the 2-Minute Rule will work for you．这里提到了我不能保证“两分钟规则”是否对你有效，故E项（但是我保证，如果你不尝试，它绝不会起作用）是对前文内容的进一步阐述，故选E。

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。

We were depressed and things were tough. Mom had a ___21___time raising us on her own because Dad died five years ago. We relied on social assistance for ___22___.
Looking back, I ___23___ remember what Mom went through to send us to school. I studied hard then. Every morning, she would put a new piece of cardboard in our shoes because our shoes were ___24___. Constant moving was typical for my family in these times. Rent was 25 dollars a month but Mom couldn't ___25___it. Though it was hard, we never ___26___. Christmas was approaching. We were given 25 dollars for social services. Instead of buying food, Mom would use the money to pay the ___27___, ensuring us all of a ___28___over our head. ___29___we had nothing for Christmas.
Unknown to Mom, I had been selling Christmas trees to earn enough money for a new pair of ___30___. On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, I was ___31___to go to catch the bus.
As I reached the stop, I began to feel ___32___. I was going to buy a new pair of boots___33___Mom was at home in tears. My mind was ___34___and I realized what I had to do. I didn't get on the ___35___.
I went in a grocery store and bought the Christmas treats. I ___36___home and put them quietly against the door. I knocked on the door. When Mom opened the door, ___37___rolled into the house. She just stood
there ___38___. I managed to hold back the ___39___, saying, "Merry Christmas, Mom! There really is a Santa Claus!"
That day I got many ___40___and kisses from Mom. It was a Merry Christmas for us after all!
21. A. good B. short C. hard D. funny
22. A. life B. travel C. nursery D. movement
23. A. hardly B. still C. yet D. then
24. A. handed over B. picked up C. turned over D. worn out
25. A. store B. afford C. make D. get
26. A. complained B. glanced C. envied D. calculated
27. A. decoration B. gifts C. rent D. clothes
28. A. cloud B. light C. roof D. window
29. A. And B. But C. Or D. So
30. A. glasses B. jeans C. boots D. socks
31. A. lucky B. concerned C. fearful D. excited
32. A. frightened B. guilty C. proud D. content
33. A. while B. because C. whether D. unless
34. A. woken up B. made up C. given away D. turned down
35. A. platform B. train C. bus D. plane
36. A. drove B. rang C. left D. rushed
37. A. balls B. shoes C. dollars D. things
38. A. surprised B. nervous C. disappointed D. painful
39. A. words B. trouble C. tears D. sweat
40. A. candies B. hugs C. awards D. creams
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. D 30. C 31.
D 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. C 36. D 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文。

作者父亲去世，母亲独自抚养他们很困难，依靠社会救助生活。

一个圣诞节，母亲用仅有的钱付了房租，一家人圣诞节什么也没有。

作者卖圣诞树赚了买新靴子的钱，但是在去买靴子的路上，想到妈妈在家里流泪，作者没有买靴子而是为家人买了圣诞节的食物，一家人过了一个快乐的圣诞节。

【21题详解】
考查形容词辨析。

A. good好的；B. short短的；C. hard艰难的；D. funny滑稽可笑的。

根据上文things were tough和下文because Dad died five years ago可推断，妈妈独自抚养我们很困难。

have a hard time doing sth.“做某事很困难”。

故选C。

【22题详解】
考查名词辨析。

A. life生活；B. travel旅行；C. nursery托儿所；D. movement运动。

根据上文可知，妈妈独自一人养活我们很困难，因此推断我们依靠社会援助生活。

故选A。

【23题详解】
考查副词辨析。

A. hardly几乎不；B. still仍旧；C. yet然而；D. then后来。

根据上文妈妈努力抚养我们很困难，我们依靠社会援助生活推断，回忆起来，我仍旧记得妈妈经历了什么送我们上学。

故选B。

【24题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。

A. handed over移交；B. picked up拾起；C. turned over翻转；D. worn out破旧的。

根据上文put a new piece of cardboard可推断，妈妈每天上午总是放一张新的硬纸板在我们的鞋里因为我们的鞋是破旧的。

故选D。

【25题详解】
考查动词辨析。

A. store储存；B. afford买得起；C. make制作；D. get得到。

根据上文Constant moving was typical for my family in these times.可推断，我们不断搬家，一个月25美元的租金，但是妈妈付不起。

故选B。

【26题详解】
考查动词辨析。

A. complained抱怨；B. glanced瞥一眼；C. envied嫉妒；D. calculated计算。

根据连词though 推断上下文是让步关系。

尽管日子艰难，但是我们从不抱怨。

故选A。

【27题详解】
考查名词辨析。

A. decoration装饰；B. gifts礼物；C. rent租金；D. clothes衣服。

根据下文over our head可推断，妈妈没有买食物，用这些钱付了租金，确保我们大家头上有屋顶，也就是有房住。

故选C。

【28题详解】
考查名词辨析。

A. cloud云；B. light光；C. roof屋顶；D. window窗户。

解析同上。

妈妈没有买食物，用这些钱付了租金，确保我们大家头顶上有屋顶。

故选C。

【29题详解】
考查连词辨析。

A. And和；B. But但是；C. Or或者；D. So因此。

根据上文可知，我们用服务所得的钱交了房租，因此我们圣诞节一无所有。

前后是因果关系。

故选D。

【30题详解】
考查名词辨析。

A. glasses眼镜；B. jeans牛仔裤；C. boots靴子；D. socks短袜。

根据下文a new pair of boots 可知，我一直卖圣诞树，赚够了卖一双新靴子的钱。

故选C。

【31题详解】
考查形容词辨析。

A. lucky幸运的；B. concerned关心的；C. fearful担心的；D. excited兴奋的。

圣诞节前
夕的下午，我兴奋的去赶公共汽车。

根据上下文可知，作者赚够了买靴子的钱，准备去买靴子，因此是兴奋的。

故选D。

【32题详解】
考查形容词辨析。

A. frightened害怕的；B. guilty有罪的；内疚的；C. proud骄傲的；D. content满意的。

根据下文I was going to buy a new pair of boots 1 Mom was at home in tears.可知，我打算买靴子，而妈妈在家里流泪，因此推断我感到内疚。

故选B。

【33题详解】
考查连词辨析。

A. while然而；B. because因为；C. whether是否；D. unless除非。

我高兴地买靴子和妈妈在家里流泪是对比关系。

while表示对比。

故选A。

【34题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。

A. woken up唤醒；B. made up下决心；C. given away泄露；D. turned down拒绝。

根据上文Mom was at home in tears和下文I realized what I had to do可推断，作者下定决心，意识到自己要为家庭做点事。

make up one’s mind“下定决心”。

故选B。

【35题详解】
考查名词辨析。

A. platform平台；B. train火车；C. bus公共汽车；D. plane飞机。

根据上文go to catch the bus 可知，我没有做公共汽车去买靴子。

故选C。

【36题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。

A. drove开车；B. rang按铃；敲钟；C. left离开；D. rushed冲；奔。

根据下文put them quietly against the door可推断，我急冲回家，把圣诞节食物静静地靠在门上。

故选D。

【37题详解】
考查名词辨析。

A. balls球；B. shoes鞋子；C. dollars美元；D. things东西。

根据上文put them quietly against the door可推断，我把圣诞节的食物倚在门上，当妈妈开了门，东西滚进房内。

故选D。

【38题详解】
考查形容词辨析。

A. surprised吃惊的；B. nervous紧张的；C. disappointed失望的；D. painful痛苦的。

妈妈看到有东西滚进房子，感到吃惊。

故A。

【39题详解】
考查名词辨析。

A. words话语；B. trouble麻烦；C. tears眼泪；D. sweat汗水。

根据语境可知，作者给了妈妈一个惊喜，感到激动，因此推断作者努力控制住自己泪水。

对妈妈说：圣诞快乐，妈妈！真的有圣诞老人。

故选C。

【40题详解】。