高三英语上学期期中卷玉溪一中2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

云南省玉溪一中2015届高三上学期期中考试
英语试题
命题人：孙维云试卷总评：
整套试卷突出了语言运用能力的考查。

阅读难度不高，且试题以细节理解题为主，阅读理解题阅读量不大。

完形填空内容比较简单、易懂，比较容易定位关键词，语法填空选择的材料也比较简单，所填空设计到了，名词、冠词、代词、从句、非谓语动词，可以说考查比较基础、全面。

改错部分所涉及的错误比较明显，学生比较容易确认、改正。

总的来说，整套试卷的难度小，属偏易范畴，比较有利于提升高三学子的自信心。

本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。

第一卷第1页至第8页。

第二卷第9页至第10页。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用黑色或蓝色钢笔将自己的姓名、考号填写清楚。

2. 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。

第I卷选择题（三部分，共100分）
第一部分：听力理解（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，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. What is the woman’s opinion of travelling by air?
A. Too expensive.
B. Too comfortable.
C. Too quick.
2. When was the woman born?
A. In May.
B. In June.
C. In March.
3. Why hasn’t the woman ever thought of going by plane?
A. It’s too dangerous.
B. It’s hard to get plane tickets.
C. It’s too expensive.
4. Why did the man get a ticket?
A. He drove too slow.
B. He ran a red light.
C. He parked at the wrong place.
5. What do we learn from the conversation?
A. The man wants to go to Los Angeles.
B. The man wants to go to San Francisco.
C. There are no flights to Los Angeles for the rest of the day.
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秒钟的做答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. Why does the woman want to buy a computer?
A. To help her with her lessons.
B. To help her to write a book.
C. To look up information from the Internet.
7. What’s the man’s job?
A. A computer salesman.
B. A computer engineer.
C. A computer teacher.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Whose mother was ill?
A. Jeff’s.
B. Jack’s.
C. Richard’s.
9. With whom did the man go travelling?
A. Maria.
B. His dog.
C. Jeff and Richard.
10. What happened to Richard?
A. He started a new job.
B. He went travelling with Jeff.
C. He stayed at home during the man’s travelling.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What is not true about the man?
A. He can’t breathe well after a walk.
B. Water is running down his breast.
C. He hasn’t been sleeping well because of the pain in his breast.
12. What has caused the sleeplessness?
A. His pain in the breast.
B. He was burnt by boiling water.
C. He doesn’t know.
13. What’s the woman speaker’s name?
A. Doctor Cook.
B. Doctor Martin.
C. Not told. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What’s the purpose of Diana’s new project?
A. To teach students some basic writing skills.
B. To write articles for the Campus Literature Review.
C. To help those who want to get their works published.
15. What is Diana’s suggestion to Tom?
A. Keep trying even if he is turned down.
B. Ask an experienced writer to be his consultant (顾问).
C. Try to polish his works in the creative writing class.
16. Why does Tom agree to join the group?
A. He can get his poems published.
B. He can contribute essays to the group.
C. He can get some advice from other members.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What special food did Mrs. Wilson cook that day?
A. Some beef.
B. Some meat.
C. Some fish.
18. How did Mrs. Wilson first feel that day?
A. Happy but lonely.
B. Tired and unhappy.
C. Tired but happy.
19. What was Mrs. Wilson worried about?
A. The food.
B. The visitors’ lives.
C. Her neighbour’s cat.
20. What did the neighbour’s call mean to Mrs. Wilson?
A. She didn’t need to worry about anything.
B. She would be sorry to hear this news.
C. She would be unhappy about the news.
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，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

【题文】A
This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers（young people aged from 13 —19）from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected — much harder. Students rose respectfully(尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I
suppose I should criticize(批评) American schoo ls,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”
21. This year teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and
other countries.
A. twenty-three hundred
B. thirteen hundred
C. over three thousand
D. less than two thousand
22. The whole exchange programme is mainly to .
A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America
B. send students in America to travel in Germany
C. let students learn something about other countries
D. have teenagers learn new languages
23. What is particular in America schools is that .
A. there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings
B. there are a lot of outside activities
C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all
D. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car
24. After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought .
A. a better education should include something good from both American and Germany
B. German schools trained students to be better citizens
C. American schools were not as good as German schools
D. the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students
【题文】B
A sure way to destroy your chances of learning how to write skillfully is to believe that writing is a “natural gift” rather than a learned skill. People with such an attitude think that they are the only ones for whom writing is unbearably difficult. They feel that everyone else finds writing easy or at least tolerable (可容忍的). Such people often say. “I’m not any good at writing” or “English was not one of my good subjects.” They imply that they simply do not have a talent for writing, while others do. The result of this attitude is that these people try to avoid writing, and when they do write, they don’t try their best. Their writing fails chiefly because they believe that they don’t have the “natural talent” needed to write. Unless their attitude changes, they probably
will not learn how to write effectively.
A realistic attitude about writing must build on the idea that writing is a skill. It is a skill like driving, typing, or cooking; and, like any skill, it can be learned. If you have the determination to learn, you will develop your writing skills by practicing extensively.
Many people find it difficult to do the active thinking that clear writing demands. It is frustrating (使人沮丧的) to discover how much of a challenge it is to transfer thoughts and feelings from one’s head onto a sheet of paper. But writing is not an automatic process: We will not get something for nothing —and we should not expect to. For almost everyone, skillful writing comes from hard work — from determination and sweat. The good news is that the skill of writing can be mastered, and if you are ready to work, you will learn what you need to know.
25. Why do some people think writing is difficult?
A. They have no time to practice writing.
B. They believe few people can write well.
C. They have no good teachers to help them.
D. They don’t think writing can be learned.
26. It can be inferred from Para. 1 that ______.
A. “natural gift” is the determining factor in one’s success
B. diligence can result in success
C. a person without “natural gift’ is sure to fail in writing
D. attitude determines what one will be
27. What is the topic of the passage?
A. Why writing is important.
B. Whether writing is a born gift.
C. Benefits of essay writing.
D. How to improve writing skills.
【题文】C
Greek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields (盾) toward the sun. The flashes reflected by light could be seen several miles away. The enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other Greek soldiers could understand the messages.
Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance.
In Africa, people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large drums (鼓). Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles.
In the eighteenth century, a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. In this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. It was like spelling out words with flags and arms.
Over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. However, not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.
28. According to this passage, the Roman way of communication depended very much upon
______.
A. fine weather
B. high tower
C. the spelling system
D. arm movements
29. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Neither the Greek soldiers nor their enemy could understand the message.
B. African soldiers shouted from tower to tower to pass message.
C. Telephone was invented by a French engineer.
D. Only by using telephone could people send speech sounds quickly.
30. The Africans sent messages ______.
A. by putting drums together
B. over a very short distance
C. by a musical instrument
D. at a rather slow speed
31. The ______ way of communication made use of visible signs.
A. French
B. Roman
C. African
D. American
【题文】D
Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.
The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.
You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem (自信心). Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are always victims. They are leaves tossed (摇摆) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.
You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.
Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.
If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing (培育) the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks (挫折).
In short, in all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it. You are on the road to success.
32. People with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they ______.
A. can’t exercise control over themselves
B. are easily affected by windy weather
C. don’t have the power to face their fate
D. are ready to change their minds
33. Losers would think that ______.
A. success is the result of hard work
B. working hard will lead to success
C. they fail only because of bad luck
D. they don’t make efforts to succeed
34. It can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that ______.
A. setting our expectations is essential before taking action
B. knowing cause and effect is the key to future success
C. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mind
D. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes
35. The last paragraph serves as ______.
A. the proof of the author’s points
B. the conclusion of the argument
C. an introduction to another topic
D. a comparison between two views
【题文】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。

Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
36 Some people express anger openly in a calm and reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 37
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
38 They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “39 Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. 40
A. They say that laughter is much healthier than anger.
B. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.
C. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.
D. Anger may cause you a cancer.
E. Do not express your anger while angry.
F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.
G. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
【题文】第一节完形填空（共20小题;每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the 41 we discuss in our classes is the 42 of quality employees（雇员）.
“What has caused you to stay 43 enough to become a manager?” I asked. After a while a new manager took the 44 and said slowly, “It was a baseball glove.”
Cynthia said she used to 45 a Circle K clerk job as an interim（临时的）one while she looked for something 46 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a (an) 47 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 48 a baseball glove for the little League. She 49 that as a single mother, money was 50 and her first check would have to go for paying 51 .
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you 52 to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is 53 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 54 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 55 good people like you as 56 as we would like to; but we do 57 and I want you to know how 58 you are to us.”
Cynthia’s story shows vividly that people 59 more how much a (n) 60 cares than how much he pays.
41. A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
42. A. employing B. praising C. keeping D. improving
43. A. soon B. long C. strong D. calm
44. A. position B. decision C. question D. advice
45. A. take B. change C. lose D. consider
46. A. lighter B. easier C. better D. higher
47. A. letter B. call C. answer D. email
48. A. bought B. kept C. needed D. offered
49. A. complained B. explained C. understood D. admitted
50. A. short B. enough C. spare D. tight
51. A. food B. education C. clothes D. bills
52. A. talking B. crying C. arguing D. scolding
53. A. easy B. hard C. simple D. nice
54. A. after B. until C. when D. before
55. A. value B. remain C. pay D. fire
56. A. much B. many C. pleasant D. possible
57. A. regret B. agree C. worry D. care
58. A. excellent B. important C. thankful D. thoughtful
59. A. remember B．refuse C．thank D．realize
60. A．mother B．clerk C．official D．manager
第II卷（非选择题,共50分）
注意：请将答案写在答题卡上。

在本试题卷上作答无效。

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
【题文】第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于三个单词）或者括号内单词的正确形式。

People visit other countries for 61 (variety) reasons. Some travel on business;
62 travel to visit interesting places 63 are only found in other countries, such as the Taj Mahal in India, the temples of Thailand, or the Pyramids at Giza.
. 64 you go, and for whatever reason, it is important to be safe. A tourist can attract a
lot of attention from local people. While the majority of people you’ll meet when travelling are sure to be friendly and 65 (welcome), there are dangers theft being the most common. Just as in your home country, do not expect everyone you meet to be friendly and helpful. 66 is important to prepare for your trip in advance, and to take precautions (警惕) while you 67 (travel).
As you prepare 68 your trip, make sure you have the right paperwork. You don’t want to get to your destination only 69 (find) you have the wrong visa, or worse, that your passport is about to expire (到期). Also, make sure you travel with proper medical insurance, so that if you are sick or injured during your travel, you will be able to get treatment. If you want to drive while you are abroad, make sure you have 70 international driver’s licence.
61._______________ 62._______________ 63._______________ 64._______________ 65._______________ 66._______________ 67._______________ 68._______________ 69._______________ 70._______________
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
【题文】第一节短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的作文如下。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或者修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处）不计分。

Wha t’s your attitude to April Fool’s Day? A survey has done in our school and it shows that there are three different opinion. About 40% of the students thought it fun to have such a specially day to play jokes on each other. Besides, it adds many pleasure to our school life. At the same time, we can take this chance to test that our classmates are clever enough. But 30% of us don’t like the day because everything that seems in disorder and you don’t know whom to believe or how to do. Furthermore, most jokes are boring and some even go too far, but they often cause trouble or anger.
The rest think people just play jokes; don’t too serious.
【题文】第二节书面表达（满分25分）
近年，多省份用“全国英语等级考试第二级（PETS2）听力部分”替代了原全国高考英语（NMET）听力部分，并每年增加了一次考试。

你校同学就此事进行了讨论。

请根据下表中的提示，写一篇短文，介绍讨论情况。

注意：①文章起始句已给出，不计入总词数；
②词数：100左右；
③参考词汇：取消cancel
Recently the students of our school had a discussion about whether the listening test in NMET should be replaced by listening part of PETS2.
___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 云南省玉溪一中2015届高三上学期期中考试
英语试题答案解析
听力
1-5 AACBA 6-10 BCABA 11-15 BACCA 16-20 CCCBA
阅读理解
【答案】21-24 CCBA
【知识点】C3新闻报道类
【文章综述】本文介绍了一个交换生计划，并介绍了美国的教育方式和的德国的教育方式的区别。

【答案解析】
21.C 计算题。

根据第一段This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from13~19)from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes.
At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.说明总人数超过了3千人。

故C正确。

22.C 细节题。

根据第一段They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America.和to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.说明这个计划的目的就是让年轻人了解另外一种文化，故C正确。

23.B 细节题。

根据文章最后一段Here we take part in many outside activities.说明在美国的学校里有大量的课外活动，故B正确。

24.选A，推理题，由最后一段可知选A
【技巧点拨】：本文主要介绍了美国和德国的教育方式的差异，做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。

阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。

然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。

【答案】25-27 DDB
【知识点】C5 文化教育类
【文章综述】本文主要讲述的是写作到底是一种天赋还是通过后天练习可以获得一种能力，从而作者得出结论：态度决定了你是一个什么样的人。

【答案解析】
25选D，细节题，根据第一段第一句话可知答案：sure way to destroy your chances of learning how to write skillfully is to believe that writing is a “natural gift” rather than a learned ski ll.
26.选D，推断题，根据最后一句话可推断答案是D：Unless their attitude changes, they probably will not learn how to write effectively.态度变了，你就可以写好，推而广之，不就是“态度”决定你是怎么样的一个人吗？
27.B，主旨题，根据第一段首尾句可知答案，主题的做题方法就是根据首段，特别是首段中的表示中心观点的句子。

【答案】28-31 BDCA
【知识点】C5 文化教育类
【文章综述】本文主要讲的是过去在不同的地方不同的信息传递方式。

【答案解析】
选B，细节题，从第二段可以推知答案为D。

29.选D，细节题，该题可以通过排除而得知答案为D。

选C，细节题，鼓为一种乐器，所以本题答案为C。

选A，细节题，法国工程师发明的用旗语表示拼写字母的方式是可以看到的，本题答案为A。

【答案】32-35 ACDB
【知识点】C5 文化教育类
【文章综述】不要再浪费时间去考虑失败的原因了，成功的关键在于你的态度。

只有以积极的心态面对生活，你才能让成功的种子发芽。

【答案解析】
32．A，细节理解题。

根据第三段最后一句They are leaves tossed by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.可知：自尊心弱的人就像风中的叶子不能掌控自己。

故选A。

33.C，细节题，根据第四段最后两句话：Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.
34．D推理判断题。

根据We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.可知：成功依靠我们的自信，依靠我们的态度。

35．B 推理判断题。

根据标志词In short以及后面的内容可知，作者是在总结得出结论。

【答案】36-40 FGCEA
【知识点】
【文章综述】这篇文章讲的是愤怒对人的危害，和如何解决这样的问题。

【答案解析】
36．F,根据关键词feel、express，感受到“生气”，然后就是表达出来；
37.选G，本句就是hey speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood,的结果，符合上下文逻辑顺序；
38.选C，本句位于句首，一般是对下文的总结，因为下文讲的是如何处理anger的问题，故选C，关键词是solution。

39.选E，关键词是：do not express和下文中的until your anger has cooled down；
40.选A，关键词是上文中的humor和选项中的laughter；
完形填空
【答案】41-45 ACBCA 46-50 CBCBD 51-55 DABDC 56-60 ADBAD
【知识点】B1 记叙文
【文章综述】本文以经理给Cynthia 的儿子买棒球手套为切入点来谈论一个公司要留住好员工，就要关心员工，关心员工的生活，而不是给他们多少钱的问题。

【答案解析】
41.选A，在“我们”的管理培训课上所讨论的应该是“话题，论题”，学生容易错选B，因为汉语中常说“讨论问题”，但英语中为“解决”problem,而非“讨论”problem。

选A
42.选C，此题须从全文的整体上去把握。

通过阅读全文我们得知商店经理的所作所为的目的是“留下”高素质的雇员, 因此答案是keeping。

学生错选A项employing 或其他选项都是对文章的主旨把握有误，或没有细读下文就匆忙选择了。

选C
43.选B，考查词组：stay long enough“待得时间足够长”选B
44.选C，此处是对“我”提出问题的回答，即过了一会后Cynthia 就以自己的切身体会回答了这个问题。

take the question 的字面意思为“接受了这个问题”，也就是“回答了这个问题”。

选C
45. 选A，考查词组take the job as“做…工作”选A
46. 选C，表示她想找更好的工作选C
47. 选B，receive a call，“接到一个电话”，文章中提到“behind the counter”，说明她在上班；下文的情景又提到了她向儿子作解释和经理听到了此事，所以从情景和一般的常识上理解，她收到的不可能是letter 或email。

选B
48. 选C，考查动词：表示他需要一个棒球手套。

选C
49. 选B，母亲在解释为什么不能买棒球手套的原因。

complain，“抱怨”；understand，“明白”；admit，“承认”。

A、C、D意思都不符合文意。

下文的“explain things to kids”也作了提示。

选B
50. 选D，考查形容词：作为单亲母亲，钱是“紧张的”。

有些学生选A项,是因为知道short 有“紧缺”的意思，但是不清楚short的搭配应该是Sb. is short of money.选 D
51. 选D，考查词组：pay bills“付账”D
52. 选A，上文提到与儿子通电话，经理无意中听到母子之间的“谈话”（talking），有学生错选crying, arguing或scolding是因为加入了自己的主观臆断，文章中根本没有任何这方面的明示或暗示。

选A
53. 选B，这是她苦口婆心地向儿子解释家中的困难，同时由Cynthia 向儿子说的这些话知道儿子当时非常想要手套，由此可推断此处用hard 为好，即“向儿子解释这些很困难”。

选B
54. 选D，考查连词：表示在买手套前要付账单。

选D
55. 选C，考查动词辨析：value，“评价”；remain，“保持”；pay，“给报酬”；fire，“开除”。

根据文章最后一词提示可知答案为C。

56. 选A，考查词组：as much as“尽可能多（的钱），句意是：你知道像你这样的好人，我们不能想给你多少就给多少”。

选A
57. 选D，表示：我们确实很关心(在乎)，选D
58. 选B，从上下文知，钱不是最重要的，而关心、同情和爱心才是最重要的。

此处经理的意思是想让她明白“好员工对他们来说是多么的重要”，这才符合逻辑。

选B
59. 选A，对店员的体贴、爱、同情会让人“铭记”，经理的关心胜过工资。

学生易错选C项thank，是因为受中文表达的影响，而且对thank一词的搭配也不清楚，应为thank sb. for sth.。

选A
60. 选D，全文谈论如何做好一个经理，Partircia 所做的一切说明商店的经理应该做什么。

其他选项均与此文的主旨不符。

选D
考点; 考查故事类短文阅读
点评：做完形填空要善于抓住文章的主旨大意，不受思维定势的影响，对文章分析透彻。

所以做完形填空时，对语篇情景考虑要周全。

还要结合上下文，把握文意，研读细节，准确认识语境，才能做好此类题目。

不要从单纯的词汇辨析或语法分析角度去做题，要以能否表达文意作为选择答案的标准。

语篇填空
【答案】61. various/a variety of 62. others 63. that/which 64. Wherever 65. welcoming 66. It 67. are travelling 68. for 69. to find 70. an 【知识点】I2语法填空
【思路点拨】语法填空是通过语篇在语境中考察语法知识的运用能力，我们在解题前应快速浏览短文掌握大意，有把握的空格可以先进行填写。

在读懂短文的基础上，再结合短文提供的特定的语言环境去逐句分析，逐题解答。

【答案解析】
61.various , 形容词做定语，各种各样的原因；
62.others，some……；others 结构；
63.that/which ; 定语从句，从句中缺少主语，先行词是地点；
64.Wherever，wherever引导的地点状语从句，无论你去哪儿：或无论因为什么原因，安全都是非常重要的；
65.welcoming，welcoming （对来访或到达的人）热情的；欢迎的；
66.It，it 做形式主语，代替后面动词不定式；
67.are traveling，while后一般用进行时；
68.for，prepare for是固定短语；
69.to find，only to do，表示一种出乎意料的结果；签证错了，当然是一种出乎意料的情况；
70.an，后为原因，故用不定冠词an，表示“一”。

短文改错
【答案】
What’s your attitude to April Fool’s Day? A survey has∧(1.been) done in our school and it shows that there are three different opinion (2.opinions).About 40% of the students thought (3.think) it fun to have such a specially (4.special) day to play jokes on each other. Besides, it adds many (5.much) pleasure to our school life. At the same time, we can take this chance to test that (6.whether/if) our classmates are clever enough. But 30% of us don’t like the day because everything that (7. that )seems in disorder and you don’t know whom to believe or how (8.what) to do. Furthermore, most jokes are boring and some even go too far, but (9.so) they often cause trouble or anger. The rest think people just play jokes; don’t∧(10.be) too serious.
【知识点】D1 短文改错记叙文
【答案解析】
第一行：has done之间加been，此处是被动；
第二行：opinion改为opinions，不同的观点是复数；
第三行：thought改为think，根据上下文此处应当用一般现在时态；
第四行：specially改为special，形容词做定语；
第五行：many改为much，修饰不可数名词，用much不能用many；
第六行：that改为whether或if，句意是利用这次机会去检测同学们是否足够聪明；
第七行：去掉that；此处不是从句，没必要加that；how改为what，do为及物动词，故应当用关系代词；
第八行：but改为so，上下句是因果关系；
第九行：don‘t后加be，be的祈使句的否定形式；
书面表达
【知识点】F5书面表达夹叙夹议文
【范文】
Recently the students of our school had a discussion about whether the listening test in NMET should be replaced by listening part of PETS2.
Some students think it good because the listening materials in PETS2 are close to our daily life. Besides, students can share equal opportunities as they can take the test twice a year. They say the new policy will help strengthen the students’listening and speaking and therefore improve their abilities in using English.
However, others argue that the new listening test is too difficult for most students. They even say it is a waste of time and energy for students to take the test twice a year because they have so many subjects to study. They strongly believe that only a few students have the opportunities to communicate with foreigners in English in future and suggest that listening test should be cancelled.
【技巧点拨】
1.主意审题，审清内容，时态，确定主题；
2.一定要使用亮点句型，重要语法现象，如：非谓语动词，从句，倒装句等；
3.恰当使用连接词，让上下文更加连贯；
4.注意卷面整洁，书写标准。