江苏省镇江市高二英语下学期期末考试试题(含解析)-人教版高二全册英语试题

江苏省镇江市2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试
英语试题
第I卷〔选择题共85分〕
第一局部：听力〔共两节，总分为20分〕
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容完毕后，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；每一小题1分，总分为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三个选项中选出最优选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Who is the man?
A. A student.
B. A salesman.
C. A policeman.
2. What does the woman want to do?
A. Cancel the meeting.
B. Change the time of the meeting.
C. Skip the meeting.
3. What do we know about the man?
A. He has never been across the ocean.
B. He does not understand what the woman means.
C. He likes mathematics a lot.
4. What kind of job would the woman prefer?
A. Any job with a high salary.
B. An average job with a nice salary.
C. An exciting job with an average salary.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The weather.
B. What happened last night.
C.
Sleeping problems.
第二节〔共15小题；每一小题1分，总分为15分〕
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最优选项，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，每一小题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 special about the meal?
A. The amount of food.
B. The price of food.
C. The kind of food.
7. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Try a dessert.
B. Try his favorite meat.
C. Eat as much as possible.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What did the man ask the woman to do?
A. Take a break.
B. Take more pictures.
C. Show him the photos.
9. Why did the man complain?
A. The beach was dirty.
B. There were no pictures of him.
C. The weather was bad.
10. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman is very selfish.
B. The man will copy his pictures into his P
C.
C. The speakers are on vacation.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why does the man wish to break up with his girlfriend?
A. She is not as pretty as she once was.
B. They don’t get along well.
C. He will move soon.
12. What does the woman think of the matter?
A. The man should not take the job.
B. The man might be reasonable.
C. The man should maintain this relationship.
13. How does the man think his girlfriend will feel at his decision?
A. Sad.
B. Lucky.
C. Happy. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What is the woman looking for?
A. Some saucepans.
B. Some frying pans.
C. Some plates.
15. When did she first see them?
A. This morning.
B. Yesterday.
C. Some days ago.
16. What did the man ask the woman to do?
A. Have a look at the window display.
B. Check all the kitchenware in stock.
C. Describe the item she wanted.
17. How might the woman feel in the end?
A. Disappointed.
B. Excited.
C. Surprised.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What happened to the elderly gentleman?
A. He got stuck in the doors of the train.
B. He missed the train.
C. He was seriously injured on the train.
19. What do we know about the gentleman’s wife?
A. She was in great panic.
B. She cried for help.
C. She remained calm.
20. Who offered to help solve the problem?
A. The speaker and two other men.
B. The conductor.
C. Nobody. 第二局部：英语知识运用〔共两节，总分为35分〕
第一节：单项填空〔共15小题；每一小题1分，总分为15分〕
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最优选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

1. Even if you get an average score or fail in the college entrance examination, do remember that you deserve to be ____________ for the efforts you make.
A. applauded
B. accelerated
C. assumed
D. addressed
【答案】A
【解析】考查动词辨析。

句意：即使你成绩平平或高考失败了，请记住，你应该为你付出的努力鼓掌〔applaud〕。

applaud称赞，赞成，夸赞，鼓掌。

accelerate促进，加速，，加快；assume 假定，认为； address讲演，在…写姓名地址。

2. left to gather dust on the shelf for almost ten years, the book accompanied me through moving several times and still has a place in my study.
A. Though
B. Unless
C. If
D. When
【答案】A
【解析】考查连词。

尽管在书架上被尘封了近十年，这本书伴随着我移动了好几次，而且在我的书房里仍然占有一席之地。

though虽然，尽管；unless.除非；when什么时候。

从句意看是转折，应当选A。

3. Trump is an father who impressed on his children the importance of independence and hard work when they were young.
A. aggressive
B. alarming
C. abnormal
D. awesome
【答案】D
【解析】考查形容词。

特朗普是一个了不起的父亲，当孩子们小的时候，他让孩子们铭记独立和勤奋工作的重要性。

aggressive侵犯的，有进取心的；alarming使人惊慌的。

abnormal 反常的，不规如此的； awesome可怕的，令人敬畏的，极好的。

应当选D。

4. The further evidence came to light after a careful investigation voices calling for help were from the tenth floor.
A. which
B. that
C. whose
D. where
【答案】B
【解析】考查同位语从句。

仔细调查后，进一步的证据显示，呼救的声音来自第十层。

that 引导一个同位语从句。

做the further evidence 的同位语。

同位语中不缺其他成份，故要用that引导。

5. —Why didn’t you turn up at the opening ceremony? I was waiting for you all the time.
—I . But I had some urgent business to deal with then.
A. would like to
B. would like to have
C. would like to be
D. would like to have attended
【答案】B
【解析】考查完成时的省略。

--你为什么没有在开幕式上露面？我一直在等你。

--我本来想去的，但是我有急事要处理。

完整的句式是would like to have turned up at the opening ceremony.因为上文已有了turned up at the opening ceremony.故可省略。

I would like to have done…本来想做某事而没做，可省略为 would like to have。

would like to〔turn up〕现在想去。

应当选B。

【名师点睛】不定式符号后面动词的省略
为了防止重复，我们常常把作宾语、宾补和谓语动词的一局部的不定式省略，只保存动词不定式的符号to。

1.为了防止重复，在hope, wish, want, like, love, decide, plan, mean, prefer, want, have to, be able to, be going to, used to, ought to等动词与习语后面出现与上文一样的不定式时，常保存不定式符号to，而把其它局部省略。

如:
Mary lied to us because she had to.
2.当不定式在ask, advise, persuade, wish, allow, permit, tell, expect, force, invite, beg等动词后面充当宾语补足语时，为了防止重复,常保存不定式符号，而把后面的动词省略。

如:
she wants to come but her parents won’t allow her to.
3. 在特定的上下文中，为了防止重复，如果不定式为一般式to be...或完成式to have done 时,如此不定式符号to和be或have常一并保存,be或have之后的局部通常要省略。

如:
1)－Aren’t you the headmaster? 你难道不是校长吗?
－No, and I don’t want to be.我不是，而且我也不想当。

2)－Hasn’t he finished writing the report?难道他还没写完报告吗?
－No, but he ought to have.是的，但他本来应该写完。

3)—Why didn’t attend the party?为什么没去参加派对？
---I would like to have, but I was very busy.我本来想去的，但我非常忙。

6. The girl received no approval of her family as her marriage with an African boy was considered as a
from tradition.
A. departure
B. disturbance
C. decline
D. discrimination
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词辨析。

女孩没有得到家人同意因为她与非洲男孩的婚姻被视为违背传统的。

departure背离，离开；disturbance困扰，打扰；decline下降，衰退，谢绝，降低；discrimination歧视，区分，区别，区分力。

应当选A。

7. Conventional wisdom has it that we should some money for rainy days when we have
a lot in hand.
A. put off
B. put forward
C. put out
D. put away
【答案】D
【解析】考查动词短语辨析。

传统的观点认为，当手头有很多钱的时候，我们应该存点钱以不需之用。

put off延期，使分心，脱去；put forward提出，向前移，将钟拨快；put out 扑灭，生产，出版；put away放好，收起来，储存。

应当选D。

8. Although the city a good look in general, some of its heritage was destroyed in World War II.
A. had preserves
B. preserved
C. preserves
D. will preserve
【答案】C
【解析】考查动词的时态。

尽管这座城市总体上保持着良好的外观，但它的一些遗产在二战中被毁了。

这城市现在的状态，所以有一般现在时。

had preserved 是过去的过去。

Will preserve 表示将会保持良好的外观。

preserved,表不过去保持良好的外观。

从句意是现在保持着良好的外观。

故要用C。

9. The small restaurant finally closed down, previous owner was a famous actor.
A. which
B. its
C. whose
D. of which
【答案】C
【解析】考查非限制性定语从句。

这家小餐馆最后关门了，它以前的老板是个有名的演员。

10. His former teacher’s letter can act as a for him in his application for the degree in physics from Oxford.
A. deadline
B. plot
C. reference
D. conference
【答案】C
【解析】考查名词辨析。

句意：他以前的教师的来信可以作为他申请牛津物理学学位的依据。

deadline最后期限，截止期限； plot情节，密谋；reference 参考，参考书，证明人；conference会议，讨论会。

11. In a world where the impact of climate change is becoming more obvious, the announcement that US would
from Paris Agreement is a shock to all.
A. wrap
B. withdraw
C. wind
D. wipe
【答案】B
【解析】考查动词辨析。

在气候变化影响越来越明显的当今世界，宣布美国将退出巴黎协议令所有人震惊。

wind缠绕,卷绕, 给…上发条；wrap包，缠绕；withdraw撤退，撤走，拿走；withdraw from…从…退出。

wipe擦，拭，擦去，
12. My brother is those big businesses will chase after as he is both creative and diligent.
A. where
B. which
C. whom
D. what
【答案】D
【解析】考查名词从句。

因为我哥哥既有创造力又勤奋，我哥哥是那些大企业所谓的追逐的对象。

“… those big businesses will chase after…〞本表语从句中chase after缺少宾语，what常译作“所谓的…〞所以选B。

【名师点睛】what ,which ，who, whom在引导名词从句中的区别。

1.who，whom引导名词从句，一般指人，who在从句中做主语；whom在从句中充当宾语，
I don’t know who can help me。

〔who 作help的主语〕
I don’t know whom I cn get help from.〔whom 作from的宾语〕
2.what和which在名词性从句中都可以做主语、宾语或者表语。

用法上没有区别，只是意思上有区别，what就是指那个事/物，而which指确定事物或人中的“哪个〞或“哪些〞。

1〕what 引导名词性从句时，一般是“……的东西/事情/话等〞,“所谓的......〞. 指代没有范围的事物时用what。

a〕表示“……的东西或事情〞。

They’ve done what they can to help her. 他们已经尽力帮助了她.
b〕表示“……的人或的样子〞。

My brother is what those big businesses will chase after.
c)表示“……的地方〞 This is what they call Salt Lake City.
2〕which用于名词性从句，如在名词性从句出现,它表示的是哪一个，即已确定的几个人或物中的一个，往往在从句中当定语，后面要跟一个名词，如果上文刚出现了几个确定的名词，which后可省略名词：
比拟一下：
What I want to sell is my house .我想卖的东西就是我的房子。

I have three houses, I have to sell one, but I don`t know which to sell .我有3栋房子，我想卖一栋，但我不知道卖一哪一栋。

13. When asked about his childhood, the man was found . Obviously, it is a scar he doesn’t want to be touched.
A. choked up
B. sprung up
C. split up
D. broken up
【答案】A
【解析】考查动词辨析。

当被问与他的童年时，发现他哽咽了。

显然，这是一个他不想被触碰的伤疤。

choke up阻塞，噎住〔因感情冲动说不出话来〕；spring up迅速地发生，涌现；split up，劈成，分成假设干小局部；break up崩溃，完毕，失败。

“the man was found choked up〞， choked up在句子作主语the man的补足语，说明主语的状态。

The man 是被噎住了，所以用被动。

14. According to the newly-elected French president, Macron, France will reform the rigid and outdated rules that the development of the country in the near future.
A. limited
B. had limited
C. have been limiting
D. will limit
【答案】C
【解析】考查谓语动词。

据新当选的法国总统Macron，在不久的将来法国将改革那些一直在
限制国家开展的僵化和过时的规如此。

“…the rigid and outdated rules thatthe development of the country…〞在本句中the rigid and outdated rules是先行词，在定语从句中作主语。

这些僵化的和过时的规如此一直在限制国家的的开展。

表示这个动作从过
去一直到现在，这个动作一直在进展。

所以用现在完成进展时。

15. — So you think I was lying to you yesterday?
—. That’s not what I mean.
A. You are asking for it
B. Don’t get me wrong
C. You name it
D. Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched
【答案】B
【解析】考查习语。

--你以为我昨天在骗你？--不要误会我。

那不是我的意思。

You are asking for it你自讨苦吃。

Don’t get me wrong不要误会我，误解。

You name it没有我们做不
到的事情。

Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡〔寓意：别高兴太早了〕。

从句意看应选B。

第二节：完形填空〔共20小题；每一小题1分，总分为20分〕
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最优选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

Before you put on a frown (皱眉)，make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.
—Jim Beggs
The last time my eighty-three-year-old mother visited, I asked how she was feeling. It’s a valid question. She has, ___16___, had two knee replacements, a metal rod placed in her femur, and arthritis (关节) is settling into her bones so ___17___ she
can no longer roll the dough (生面团) to make her famous cinnamon crisps. She moves ___18___ and with precision (准确) to avoid another ___19___.
But she hasn’t ___20___ moving. In fact, she and my father attended their first Jimmy Buffet concert this summer, where they sat on the lawn. Here’s the thing about my parents: They ___21___ say no to an invitation or a new ___22___. If they can make it work, they’re willi ng to ___23___ just about anything. When we need them to come stay with the kids, we have to get on their ___24___ far in advance.
They ___25___ us daily.
When asked how she was feeling, my mother responded without an ounce (盎司) of ___26___: “Well, almost everything hurts every day. Some days are better than others. But you know what I’ve discovered? It doesn’t ___27___ a bit to smile. So that’s what I’ve decided to do...___28___ at everyone I see. I may not be able to do all the things I used to do, but I can at least ___29___ someone’s day.〞It is such simple wisdom, and such a profound shift.
Moving the ___30___ from what we don’t have, from what we’ve lost, from how we’ve been burdened to what we can ___31___ others is the difference between living in the dark and giving off ___32___. And illumination (光亮), of course, makes traveling so much easier for us and for others.
In chaos theory (混沌理论), the butterfly effect maintains that the ___33___ breeze from a butterfly’s wing can ___34___ the path of a hurricane halfway across the world.
Imagine, then, the possibilities that exist ___35___ a single smile.
16. A. after all B. on average C. for sure D. at first
17. A. wisely B. perfectly C. thoroughly D. patiently
18. A. curiously B. slowly C. cruelly D. freely
19. A. rest B. fall C. hurry D. cure
20. A. stopped B. tolerated C. regretted D. risked
21. A. sincerely B. constantly C. scarcely D. reluctantly
22. A. destination B. investment C. trust D. adventure
23. A. recover B. repeat C. try D. refuse
24. A. programs B. routines C. schedules D. procedures
25. A. tolerate B. inspire C. praise D. reward
26. A. self-pity B. self-trust C. self-blame D. self-pride
27. A. matter B. take C. lose D. hurt
28. A. wave B. target C. clap D. smile
29. A. broaden B. brighten C. shorten D. strengthen
30. A. focus B. pride C. panic D. energy
31. A. share B. owe C. offer D. promise
32. A. light B. heat C. kindness D. joy
33. A. nice B. loud C. wild D. small
34. A. mend B. change C. cross D. block
35. A. without B. above C. within D. against
【答案】16. A 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. A 21. C 22. D 23. C 24.
C 25. B 26. A 27.
D 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. D
34. B 35. C
【解析】世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就绝不会对你微笑。

本文讲述作者母亲虽患有严重
的关节炎，却努力地微笑着面对人生，给他人带来快乐。

她认为即使你的努力很小，但却给
世界带来一丝亮光。

16. A
考查短语辨析。

上次我83岁的妈妈看我，我问她感觉如何。

毕竟，两膝关节置换，金属棒放
在她的大腿骨。

从句意来看，是毕竟,after all应当选A。

on average平均；for sure 无疑；
at first首先。

17. C
考查副词。

〔关节炎一直完全地扎根在她的腿上〕她的腿有非常严重的关节炎，以至于她再也
不能和面做她拿手的肉桂薯片。

wisely明智地； perfectly完美地；thoroughly彻底地，完全地；patiently有耐心地。

18. B
考查副词。

她慢慢地移动。

从上文可知妈妈有关节炎，而且很重，可知她只能慢慢地走。

curiously好奇地； slowly 慢慢地； cruelly残忍地； freely自由地。

应当选B。

19. B
考查动词辨析。

她走的很慢，准确地防止不再摔倒。

慢慢走的目的就是不再摔倒〔fall〕。

rest 休息， hurry 匆忙， cure治疗。

20. A
考查动词。

但是她从没停止〔stop〕走动。

tolerate容许，忍受； regret后悔，遗憾；risk 冒险。

21. C
考查副词。

他们从不拒绝别人的邀请和新的冒险。

sincerely真诚地；constantly不停地；scarcely几乎不，决不；reluctantly不情愿地，勉强地。

应当选C。

22. D
考查名词。

他们从不拒绝新的冒险〔adventure〕。

23. C
考查动词。

如果他们能做到，他们愿意尝试〔try〕任何事情。

recover恢复； repeat重复；try尝试；refuse拒绝。

24. C
考查名词。

当我们要他们来和孩子们呆在一起的时候，我们必须提前完成他们的计划〔schedules〕。

program程序, 节目； routine程序，例行公事，固定节目; ；schedule计划，时刻表，进度表，日程； procedure程序，工序，过程，步骤。

因此C符合。

25. B
考查动词。

他们每天都激励我们。

从下文知道：妈妈的一段话说明她积极的生活态度给我以激励。

故要用inspire。

26. A
考查名词辨析。

当问她感觉如何，我母亲说话时没有一点自悲自哀的话。

self-pity自怜自哀。

self-trust自信。

self-blame自责。

self-pride自豪。

27. D
考查动词辨析。

… almost everything every day … It doesn’t hurt a bit to smile. “嗯，几乎每天都疼。

有时好，有时坏。

但是你知道我发现了什么吗？微笑一点也不疼。

〞下一句“微笑不疼〔hurt〕〞也是提示中，如选D项。

28. D
考查动词。

因此我们决定对我所见到的每一个人都微笑〔smile〕。

29. B
考查动词辨析。

我也许不能做所有我过去做过的事情，但至少我能让别人快乐一天。

brighten 使发亮; 〔使〕生色，〔使〕生辉，〔使〕快乐。

broaden扩展，扩大。

Shorten缩小。

Strengthen 加强，巩固。

从句意可知是让别人一天快乐。

30. A
考查动词。

这是如此简单的智慧，如此深刻的转变。

把注意力〔focus〕从我们没有的东西中转移，从我们背负的重担…
31. C
考查动词。

从我们背负的重担转移到我们能为他们提供什么。

share分享；owe欠…债，感激，应归功于；offer 主动提供； promise允诺，答应
32. A
考查名词。

这是生活在黑暗中和发出光的区别。

light光，光明； heart心脏；. kindness 善意；joy喜悦，快乐，高兴。

从句意可知是：发出的光〔light〕。

33. D
考查形容词。

……蝴蝶翅膀上的小风……。

表示轻微的风。

故用small。

34. B
考查动词。

蝴蝶效应〔混沌理论〕，主张蝴蝶搧一下翅膀，就能改变飓风的路径。

用来比喻一件极其细微，看似极其不经意的小事,都可能引发很大的后果。

故用改变change。

选B项。

35. C
考查介词。

想象一下，个人的微笑也是可存在的，〔而且也会有很大影响的〕
作者认为一个人的微笑也是很有影响的，也会让他人快乐。

第三局部：阅读理解〔共15小题；每一小题2分，总分为30分〕
请认真阅读如下短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最优选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A
WELCOME TO
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36. Which of the following comes from the Nelson Lakes areas?
A. Manuka Honey.
B. West Coast Honey.
C. Honeydew Honey.
D. Apple Cider Vinegar.
37. What is the main purpose of this article?
A. To introduce Nelson Honey & Marketing.
B. To analyze the benefits of honey products.
C. To attract readers to visit cities in New Zealand.
D. To promote products from Nelson Honey & Marketing.
【答案】36. C 37. D
【解析】本篇文章主要推广来自尼尔森蜂蜜和市场的产品。

36. C
推理判断题。

从“WELCOME TONELSON HONEY & MARKETING〞小标题下面的内容：100多年来，克罗普家族一直从自然中提取精致的蜂蜜，给您带来最优质的新西兰蜂蜜。

1973第三代养蜂人Philip Cropp设立了Nelson Honey &营销。

从内容可知Honeydew Honey来自于the Nelson Lakes areas。

因此选C项。

37. D
主旨大意。

前文主要是介绍Nelson Honey & Marketing的产品范围包括护肤品等产品的功用，然后邀请你光临，同时向你详细地介绍他们的产品。

所以是推广来自尼尔森蜂蜜和市场的产品。

B
We all know that listening to music can soothe emotional pain, but Taylor Swift, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys can also ease physical pain, according to a study of children and teenagers who had major surgery.
The research was carried out because of a very personal experience. Sunitha Suresh was a college student when her grandmother had major surgery and was put in intensive care (重症监护). This meant her family couldn’t always be with her. They decided to put her favorite music on an iPod so she could listen around the clock.
It was very calming, Suresh says. “She knew that someone who loved her had left that music for her and she was in a familiar place.〞
Suresh could see that the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense, because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Suresh was majoring in biomedical engineering with a minor (兼修) in music cognition (认知) at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor of pediatrics (儿科).
So the father and daughter decided to do a study. And since Dr Suresh works with
children, they decided to look at how music chosen by the children themselves might affect their tolerance for pain.
It was a small study, involving 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old. All the patients were undergoing big operations that required them to stay in the hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after surgery, patients received narcotics (麻醉药) to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group heard 30 minutes of music of their choice, one heard 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.
After a 30-minute session, the children who listened to music or books reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10-point scale. Sunitha Suresh says it’s equal to taking an over-the-counter pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.
The findings suggest that doctors may be able to use less pain medication for their pediatric patients. And that’s a good thing, says Santhanam Suresh, as children are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects. So the less pain medication, he says, the better.
38. What does the underlined word “soothe〞 in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. reduce
B. influence
C. stop
D. ignore
39. What inspired Sunitha Suresh to do the research on the effects of music?
A. Her father’s study into music cognition.
B. Her grandmother’s experience of recovery.
C. A book that claims anxiety can reduce pain.
D. Her desire to find a way to help patients relieve pain.
40. During the research, all the participants .
A. were under twelve years old
B. received narcotics to control pain after big operations
C. were required to stay in the hospital for a couple of months
D. were divided into 3 groups to listen to the same music
41. What did Suresh and her father find out from their research?
A. Listening to books didn’t reduce the children’s pain burden at all.
B. Music was even more effective than pain medication for the children.
C. Listening to music did reduce the children’s pain burden to a great extent.
D. The longer the children listened to music, the less pain they felt.
42. The findings are especially important for children because .
A. they are more sensitive to music than adults
B. they can easily get addicted to pain medication
C. they usually don’t like taking pain medication
D. they are more likely to suffer side effects of pain medication
【答案】38. A 39. B 40. B 41. C 42. D
【解析】本篇文章主要讲述了听音乐可以舒缓情绪的痛苦，可以缓解身体疼痛。

通过实验发现尤其是对孩子们，可利用音乐使用药来减轻痛苦。

38. A
考查细节理解。

第一段第一句话“We all know that listening to music can soothe emotional pain, but Taylor Swift, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys can also ease physical pain,〞我们都知道，听音乐可以舒缓情绪的痛苦，但泰勒斯威夫特，Jay-Z和艾丽西亚凯斯认为也可以缓解身体疼痛。

从文章中可知下文的ease physical pain就是soothe emotional pain的转述。

应当选A。

39. B
推理判断题。

从第2、3、4段可知Suresh的祖母大手术时让她听最喜欢的音乐，Suresh能看见音乐让她的祖母放松下来，不紧张。

但她想知道是否也感觉疼痛减少。

因此她决定做关于音乐的研究。

所以选B。

40. B
推理判断。

第6段内容：“It was a small study, involving 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old.〞涉与9至14岁的60名患者。

A是错误的。

“All the patients were undergoing
big operations that required them to stay in the hospital for at least a couple of days〞所有的病人都在进展大手术，要求他们至少在医院里住上几天。

可判断A、C是错误的。

“Right after surgery, patients received narcotics (麻醉药) to control pain. 〞可推断出B是正确的。

“The next day they were divided into three groups. One group heard 30 minutes of music of their choice, one heard 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling〞三组听的东西不同，因此“被分成3组来听同一首乐曲〞是错误的。

故D是错误的。

41. C
推理判断题。

倒数第二段第一句“After a 30-minute session, the children who listened to music or books reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10-point scale.〞可知选C。

42. D
推理判断。

最后一段“that’s a good thing, says Santhanam Suresh, as children are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects. So the less pain medication, he says, the better. 医生可以为儿童患者使用较少的止痛药。

这是一件好事，Santhanam Suresh 说，孩子小，用药更容易出现副作用。

他说，止痛药越少越好。

〞可知孩子更易遭受止痛药的副作用。

应当选D
C
We have a problem，and the strange thing is that we not only know about it, but also celebrate it. Just today, someone boasted (自夸) to me that she was so busy she’s averaged four hours of sleep a night for the last two weeks. She wasn’t complaining; she was proud of the fact. She is not alone.
Why are rational (理性的) people so irrational in their behavior? The answer is that we’re in the midst of a bubble (泡沫). I call it “The More Bubble〞.
The nature of bubbles is that something is overvalued until—eventually—the bubble bursts, and we’re left wondering why we were so irrational in the first pl ace. The thing we’re overvaluing now is the opinion of doing it all, having it all,
achieving it all.
This bubble is being enabled by a combination of three powerful trends: smart phones, social media, and extreme consumerism (消费主义). The result is not just information overload, but opinion overload. We are more aware than at any time in history of what everyone else is doing and, therefore, what we should be doing. In the process, we have been sold a bill of goods: that success means being supermen and superwomen who can get it all done. Of course, we boasted about being busy—it’s code for being successful and important.
And our answer to the problem of more is always more. We need more technology to help us create more technologies. We need to move our workload to free up our own time to do yet even more.
Luckily, there is a solution to asking for more: asking for less, but better.
A growing number of people are making this change. I call these people Essentialists.
These people are designing their lives around what is essential and removing everything else. These people arrange to have actual weekends (during which they are not working). They create technology-free zones in their homes. They trade time on Facebook with calling those few friends who really matter to them. Instead of running to different meetings, they put space on their plans to get important work done.
So we have two choices: We can be among the last people caught up in “The More Bubble, 〞 or we can join the growing community of Essentialists and get more of what matters in our one precious life.
43. When the woman said she only slept for four hours a night for two weeks, she .
A. was unsatisfied with her lifestyle
B. was asking for suggestions
C. took pride in doing so
D. knew few people were like her
44. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. The cause and result of “The More Bubble〞.
B. The advantages of “The More Bubble〞.
C. The solutions to “The More Bubble〞.
D. The value of “The More Bubble〞.
45. According to the article, Essentialists are those who .
A. give up certain things for what matters in life
B. prefer to change frequently
C. are tired of information and opinions
D. are eager to become successful and important
46. What’s the author’s attitude towards “The More Bubble〞？
A. Supportive.
B. Undecided.
C. Disapproval.
D. Doubt.
【答案】43. C 44. A 45. A 46. C
【解析】本文主要讲述了所谓的“泡沫文化〞。

表示了这种“The More Bubble〞的本质，出现的原因与后果。

43. C
细节理解题。

第一段“Just today, someone boasted to me that she was so busy she’s averaged four hours of sleep a night for the last two weeks. She wasn’t complaining; she was proud of the fact.〞有人〔自夸〕对我说，她很忙，以至于她是最后两周夜间平均睡眠四小时的。

她没有抱怨，她为事实感到自豪。

应当选C。

44. A
推理判断。

“This bubble is being enabled by a combination of three powerful trends…The result is not just information overload, but opinion overload.〞这个泡沫是由三个强大的趋势结合起来的：……结果不仅仅是信息超载，而是舆论超载。

从本段中可知是更多泡沫的起因。

应当选A。

45. A
46. C
推理判断题。

文中作者使用了一些词如“boasted (自夸) to me〞、“Why are rational (理性的) people so irrational in their behavior〞中的irrational〔不合理的，荒谬的; 无理性的〕、“overvalued〔过高估计的〕〞等可看出作者是disapproval〔不赞同，反对〕，应当选C。

D
I’ve learned that you have to make the choice if you want to get anywhere. If you just let other people decide what is going to happen for you, then all your goals and dreams may never be achieved.
Everyone always says that studying abroad in college can change your life. I made the decision to experience it for myself during my junior year. I chose to study in the Dominican Republic. As it got closer to the deadline, an advisor told me I had received a scholarship from an alumni (校友) family foundation.
During my first semester in the country I fell in love. I was becoming bilingual (双语的) but also learning so much about a new culture. I had begun working with a local grassroots organization, taking part in a project supporting an underdeveloped community just outside the city. My main role was to become aware of the issues facing populations such as these and support community education. I was in no way ready to leave this new life. I felt as if I needed more time to get what I wanted.
As the next semester began, I realized again that I needed to take a chance. I got involved with a local boarding school for girls living in poverty. I first approached the head of the school to volunteer to teach music classes, asking for。