江苏省2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题(含解析) (2)

高二英语上学期期中试题（含解析）
第一部分听力 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，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 kind of pet does the woman suggest?
A. A dog.
B. A fish.
C. A cat.
2. Which place is the woman looking for?
A. A grocery store.
B. A movie theater.
C. The railway station.
3. What did the man buy for the woman’s birthday?
A. A fruit cake.
B. Some apple pies.
C. A bunch of flowers.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates.
B. Parent and child.
C. Teacher and student.
5. Where is the woman?
A. In a car.
B. In an elevator.
C. In a bookstore. 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。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the man offer to do for the woman?
A. Stay home with her.
B. Make her some food.
C. Drive her to a friend’s house.
7. How did the woman probably get sick?
A. From John.
B. From the man.
C. From her colleague.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the woman probably do for a living?
A. She owns a restaurant.
B. She runs a clothing shop.
C. She works in a shoe store.
9. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Lend him some money.
B. Talk to his father for him.
C. Buy him some new T-shirts.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What day is it today?
A. Monday.
B. Tuesday.
C. Sunday.
11. What is the woman planning to do tomorrow?
A. See her dentist.
B. Attend a meeting.
C. Join the book club.
12. How many kinds of membership cards are mentioned by the man?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where was probably the man when he lost Milo?
A.In a park.
B. In a café.
C. In a car.14. What does Milo look like? A. He has short hair. B. He’s about 14 pounds.C. He’s black with white spots.15. Where does the woman tell the man to look first? A. Farther out. B. To the left. C. To the right. 16. What do the speakers decide to do in the end? A. Call the police for help. B. Drive around to look for Milo. C. Run for a couple of blocks.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Who is the speaker?
A. Ellen.
B. Jenny.
C. Maria.
18. When is the rain expected to stop?
A. On Sunday afternoon.
B. On Tuesday afternoon.
C. On Thursday night. 19. What was today’s temperature?A. In the low 70s. B. Around 50 degrees. C. Around 45 degrees. 20. What time of year is it? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Fall. 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 Below are the four most famous bridges in the world. Ponte Vecchio Bridge The Ponte Vecchio (literally “old bridge”) is a bridge built in the Middle Ages over the Arno River in Florence, Italy, the only Florentine bridge to survive World War Ⅱ. The bridge is unique for still having shops built along it, as was common in the days of the Medici. Butchers originally occupied souvenir sellers. It is said that the economic concept of bankruptcy originated here: when a merchant could not pay his debts, the table on which he sold his goods was physically broken by soldiers, and this practice was called “bancorotto (broken table)”．Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait between San Francisco and Marin County to the north. It is the masterwork of architect Joseph B. Strauss, whose statue graces the southern observation deck. The bridge took seven years to build, and was completed in 1937. The Golden Gate Bridge used to be
the longest suspension bridge span in the world. And today it has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. The famous red-orange color of the bridge was specifically chosen to make the bridge more easily visible through the thick fog that frequently covers the bridge.
Millau Bridge
Started in 1998 and opened to traffic in 2005, the Millau Viaduct is a huge cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. It is the tallest highway bridge in the world, with the highest pylon’s summit at 343 meters—slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower. The speed limit on the bridge was reduced from 130 km/h to 110 km/h because of traffic slowing down, due to tourists taking pictures of the bridge from the vehicles. Shortly after the bridge opened to traffic, passengers were stopping to admire the landscape and the bridge itself.
Charles Bridge
The Charles Bridge is a famous stone Gothic bridge that crosses the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the support of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of the 15th century. As the only means of crossing the river Vltava, the Charles Bridge was the most important connection between the Old Town and the area around Prague Castle. Connection made Prague important as a trade route between Eastern and Western Europe. Today it is one of the most visited sights in Prague with painters, owners of kiosks and other traders alongside numerous tourists crossing the bridge.
1. Of the four bridges, which one has the shortest history?
A. Ponte Vecchio.
B. Golden Gate Bridge.
C. Millau Bridge.
D. Charles Bridge.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Golden Gate Bridge?
A. The span length ranks the 8th in the world.
B. Its color enables travelers to see it easily on foggy days.
C. It is the most popular tourist attraction in America.
D. It took Joseph B. Strauss 7 years to design the bridge.
3. The Charles Bridge played an important role in Prague, Czech Republic because ________．
A. it attracted many famous painters there
B. it was supported by King Charles IV
C. it was the only stone Gothic bridge crossing the Vltava River
D. it promoted the trade between Eastern and Western Europe
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D
【解析】
【分析】
本文为说明文。

本文主要介绍了世界上最著名的四座桥。

【1题详解】
细节理解题。

根据“Millau Bridge”中的“Started in 1998 and opened to traffic in 2005”可知，米劳高架桥始建于1998年，2005年通车。

根据“Ponte Vecchio Bridge”中的“ The Ponte Vecchio (literally “old bridge”) is a bridge built in the Middle Ages over the Arno River in Florenc”可知，Ponte Vecchio Bridge建于中世纪。

“Golden Gate Bridge”部分中的“The bridge took seven years to build, and was completed in 1937”可知“ Golden Gate Bridge”建于1937年。

“Charles Bridge.”中可知“started in 1357 under the support of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of the 15th century.”可知， Charles Bridge 始建于1357年，于15世纪初竣工。

综合可知C. Millau Bridge历史最短，故选C。

【2题详解】
细节理解题。

根据Golden Gate Bridge部分中最后一句“The famous red-orange color of the bridge was specifically chosen to make the bridge more easily visible through the thick fog that frequently covers the bridge.”可知，金门桥的红橙色是特意选出来的，为了让人们能更容易透过厚厚的雾看清桥上的状况。

即这种颜色能让过桥的人更容易在雾天看清路况。

分析选项可知B项符合题意，故选B。

【3题详解】
推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“The Charles Bridge started in 1357 under the support of King Charles IV, As the only means of crossing the river Vltava, the Charles Bridge
was the most important connection between the Old Town and the area around Prague Castle. Connection made Prague important as a trade route between Eastern and Western Europe. Today it is one of the most visited sights in Prague with painters, owners of kiosks and other traders alongside numerous tourists crossing the bridge”可知，查尔斯桥于1357年在国王查理四世的支持下开始建造。

查尔斯桥是穿越弗拉塔瓦河的唯一途径，是连接古镇和布拉格城堡周围地区的最重要的桥梁。

而布拉格作为连接东欧和西欧的一条贸易通道，具有重要意义。

由此可知，这座桥在连拉东西方的贸易方面起了重要的作用，可知D项符合题意，故选D。

【点睛】细节理解题是高考常考的题型。

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。

细节理解题常用的策略有：
（1）细心审题，直接就题找答案。

解答此类试题时，不必通篇细看原文，而应采取“带着问题找答案”的方法，先从问题中抓住关键性词语（题眼），然后以此为线索，运用略读及查读的技巧快速在文章中寻找与此问题相关的：段落、语句，仔细品味，对照比较，确定答案。

如第2小题，首先根据题目“Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Golden Gate Bridge?”定位于the Golden Gate Bridge，然而略读及查读，找到Golden Gate Bridge 部分中最后一句“The famous red-orange color of the bridge was specifically chosen to make the bridge more easily visible through the thick fog that frequently covers the bridge.”可知，金门桥的红橙色是特意选出来的，为了让人们更容易透过厚厚的雾能看清桥上的状况。

分析选项可知B项符合题意，故选B。

（2）变通理解，间接转述找答案。

细节理解题通常采用词语和句型转换的形式来取代原文中的表述，命题者在出这类题时惯用“偷梁换柱、张冠李戴”的手法来迷惑考生，即对原句细微处做改动，截取原文词语或结构进行改造，因果倒置，把A的观点说成B的观点等。

所以正确理解题干和信息句的意义是关键。

如第2小题“Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Golden Gate Bridge?”的答案B项（ Its color enables travelers to see it easily on foggy days）就是对原文“The famous red-orange color of the bridge was specifically chosen to make the bridge more easily visible through the thick fog that frequently covers the bridge.”的另一种表达和解释。

enables travelers to see it easily 换成了make the bridge more easily visible。

（3）多点归纳，综合事实找答案。

细节理解题有时考查的并不是单一的信息，而是多处信息
的整合。

解答此类“综合”信息细节题时，一定要全面捕捉相关信息，进行综合分析、归纳，切忌根据“一面之词”草率地作出结论。

如第1小题“Of the four bridges, which one has the shortest history?”要把四座桥的历史作一个比较综合，归纳后才能得出结论。

B
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nau ru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence---other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. Then whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from l, 400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining compan y discovered phosphate(磷酸盐) on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine(露天矿). When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip-mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem---their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru
was almost financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
4. What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To seek help for Nauru’s problems.
B. To give a warning to other countries.
C. To show the importance of money.
D. To tell a heartbreaking story of
a war.
5. What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?
A. Rich and powerful.
B. Modern and open.
C. Peaceful and attractive.
D. Greedy and aggressive.
6. Which of the following was a cause of Nau ru’s financial problem?
A. Its leaders misused the money.
B. It spent too much repairing the island.
C. Its phosphate mining cost much money.
D. It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.
7. What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?
A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair.
B. The leaders will take the experts’words seriously.
C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans.
D. The phosphate mines were destroyed.
【答案】4. B 5. C 6. A 7. A
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。

记叙了太平洋上岛国Nauru过度使用自己的资源导致最后资源枯竭，国家陷入破产的实例。

以警示我们在发展过程中注意科学发展。

【4题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第一段Nauru’s heartbreak story could have one good consequence—other countries might learn from its mistakes.（瑙鲁令人心碎的故事可能会有一个好的结果——其他国家可能会从它的错误中吸取教训。

）可知，作者认为瑙鲁的故
事可以让其他国家从他们的错误中学到一些东西，作者的目的是警示其他国家。

故选B。

【5题详解】
细节理解题。

由第二段For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization.（数千年来，波利尼西亚人居住在远离西方文明的遥远的瑙鲁岛上。

）和第五段最后一句中的Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.（渐渐地，可爱的瑙鲁岛开始看起来像月球。

）可知，欧洲人来之前，瑙鲁是一个平静美丽的小岛。

故选C。

【6题详解】
细节理解题。

由第七段中的Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollar可知，领导人投资的不明智，加上还要花更多的钱用在个人消费上，所以导致了财政问题。

故选A。

【7题详解】
推理判断题。

根据最后一段Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.（专家表示，修复这座岛屿大约需要4.336亿美元，耗时20多年。

这可能永远不会发生。

）可知瑙鲁的生态破坏是难以修复的。

故选A。

【点睛】细节理解题是阅读理解题中最为常见的题型类别，占比也最多，在解决细节理解题时，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。

如第三小题，由第七段中的Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollar可知，领导人投资的不明智，加上还要花更多的钱用在个人消费上，所以导致了财政问题。

故选A。

C
While residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer nations report having greater meaning in life.
These findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological science, suggest that meaning in life may be higher in poorer nations as a result of greater religiosity (笃信宗教). As countries become richer, religion becom es less central to people’s lives and they lose a sense of meaning in life.“Thus far, the wealth of nations has been almost always associated with longevity,
health, happiness or life satisfaction,” explains psychological scientist Shigehiro Oishi of the University of Virginia. “Given that meaning in life is an important aspect of overall well-being, we wanted to look more carefully at differential patterns, correlates (相关物), and predictors for meaning in life.”
Oishi and colleague Ed Diener of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign investigated life satisfaction, meaning, and well-being by examining data from the 2007 Gallup World Poll, a large-scale survey of over 140,000 participants from 132 countries. In addition to answering a basic life satisfaction question, participants were asked: “Do you feel your life has an important purpose or meaning?” and “Is religion an important part of your daily life?”
The data revealed some unexpected trends:
“Among Americans, those who are high in life satisfact ion are also high in meaning in life,” says Oishi. “But when we looked at the societal level of analysis, we found a completely different pattern of the association between meaning in life and life satisfaction.”
When looking across many countries, Oishi and Diener found that people in wealthier nations were more educated, had fewer children, and expressed more individualistic attitudes compared to those in poorer countries – all factors that were associated with higher life satisfaction but a significantly lower sense of meaning in life.”The data suggest that religiosity may play an important role: Residents of wealthier nations, where religiosity is lower, reported less meaning in life and had higher suicide rates than poorer countries.
According to the researchers, religion may provide meaning to life to the extent that it helps people to overcome personal difficulty and cope with the struggles of working to survive in poor economic conditions:
“Religion gives a system that connects daily experiences with the coherent whole (连贯的整体) and a general structure to one’s life … and plays a critical role in constructing meaning out of extreme hardship,” the researchers write.
Oishi and Diener hope to reproduce these findings using more comprehensive measures of meaning and religiosity, and are interested in following countries over time to
track whether economic prosperity gives rise to less religiosity and less meaning in life.
8. Which of the following questions couldn’t the participants have answered?
A. Does your life have a purpose or meaning?
B. Do you have relatives living abroad?
C. Are you satisfied with your everyday life?
D. Is religion involved in your daily life?
9. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Those who have higher life satisfaction usually have lower sense of meaning in life.
B. People in wealthier nations were more educated, have fewer children and express less individualistic attitudes compared to those in poorer countries.
C. Religion may provide meaning to life in that people can get strong support from it in face of hardship.
D. Wealthy people are more likely to commit suicide than poor people.
10. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The poorer a country is, the more religious its people are.
B. Economic prosperity gives rise to less religiosity and less meaning in life.
C. If you want to find meaning in life, you must practice a religion.
D. Meaning in life doesn’t have much to do with the amount of wealth one possesses.
11. The main purpose of the passage is to explain the possible reason why __________.
A. greater life satisfaction leads to lower sense of meaning
B. residents of poorer nations enjoy greater meaning in life
C. residents of poorer nations are so religious
D. residents of wealthy nations have greater life satisfaction
【答案】8. B 9. C 10. D 11. B
【解析】
试题分析：富有国家的人对于生活更加满意，但贫穷国家的人对于生命的意义却有更深刻的理解。

文章对其中的原因进行了分析，最后发现主要是因为宗教的巨大作用。

所以本文主要是为了解释为什么贫穷国家的人对生活的意义有更深刻的理解的原因。

【8题详解】
B 细节理解题。

根据文章第一段new research shows that those living in poorer nations report having greater meaning in life.可知，A项内容是文章涉及的话题。

根据文章第四段第一句Oishi and colleague Ed Diener of the University ofa large-scale survey of over 140,000 participants from 132 countries.可知，C项“人们对生活的满意度”也在文章中被讨论了。

根据倒数第三段According to the researchers, religion may provide meaning to life to the extent that it helps people to overcome personal difficulty and cope with the struggles可知，D项“宗教在人们生活中的作用”也在文章中有所体现。

只有B项与文章无关。

【9题详解】
C 推理判断题。

根据倒数第三段According to the researchers, religion may provide meaning to life to the extent that it helps people to overcome personal difficulty and cope with the struggles可知，根据研究人员的说法，宗教可以帮助人们克服个人困难和应付斗争，为生活提供意义。

故C项正确。

【10题详解】
D 推理判断题。

根据文章倒数第四段people in wealthier nations were more educated, had fewer children, and expressed more individualistic attitudes compared to those in poorer countries — all factors that were associated with higher life satisfaction but a significantly lower sense of meaning in life.可知，生命的意义与个人拥有的财富多少无关，与D项的意思相符合。

【11题详解】
B 主旨大意题。

根据文章第一段While residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer nations report having greater meaning in life.可知，富有国家的人对于生活更加满意，但贫穷国家的人对于生命的意义却有更深刻的理解。

文章对其中的原因进行了分析，最后发现主要是因为宗教的巨大作用。

所以本文主要是为了解释为什么贫穷国家的人对生活的意义有更深刻的理解的原因。

故B项正确。

考点：考查议论文阅读
D
In 2004, when my daughter Becky was ten, she and my husband, Joe, were united
in their desire for a dog. As for me, I shared none of their canine lust.
But why, they pleaded. “Because I don’t have time to take care of a dog.” But we’ll do it. “Really? You’re going to walk the dog? Feed the dog? Bathe the dog?” Yes, yes, and yes. “I don’t believe you.” We will. We promise.
They didn’t. From day two (everyone wanted to walk the cute puppy that first day), neither thought to walk the dog. While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots, to schedule her vet appointments, to feed and clean her, Misty knew this on day one. As she looked up at the three new humans in her life (small, medium, and large), she calculated, “The medium one is the s ucker in the pack.”
Quickly, she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld (心灵融合). She’d look at me with those sad brown eyes of hers, beam her need, and then wait, trusting I would understand — which, strangely, I almost always did. In no time, she became my feet as I read, and splaying across my stomach as I watched television.
Even so, part of me continued to resent walking duty. Joe and Becky had promised. Not fair, I’d balk (不心甘情愿地做）silently as she and I walked. “Not fair,” I’d loudly remind anyone within earshot upon our return home.
Then one day — January 1, 2007, to be exact —my husband’s doctor uttered an unthinkable word: leukemia (白血病). With that, I spent eight to ten hours a day with Joe in the hospital, doing anything and everything I could to ease his discomfort. During those six months of hospitalizations, Becky, 12 at the time, adjusted to other adults being in the house when she returned from school. My work colleagues adjusted to my taking off at a moment's notice for medical emergencies. Every part of my life changed; no part of my old routine remained.
Save one: Misty still needed walking. At the beginning, when friends offered to take her through her paces, I declined because I knew they had their own households to deal with.
As the months went by, I began to realize that I actually wanted to walk Misty. The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet, peaceful time
to gather my thoughts or to just be before the day's medical drama unfolded. The evening walk was a time to shake off the day's upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise.
When serious illness visits your household, it's not just your daily routine and your assumptions about the future that are no longer familiar. Pretty much everyone you know acts differently.
Not Misty. Take her for a walk, and she had no interest in Joe's blood counts or bone marrow test results. On the street or in the park, she had only one thing on her mind: squirrels! She was so joyous that even on the worst days, she could make me smile. On a daily basis she reminded me that life goes on.
After Joe died in 2009, Misty slept on his pillow.
I'm grateful—to a point. The truth is, after years of balking, I've come to enjoy my walks with Misty. As I watch her chase after a squirrel, throwing her whole being into the here-and-now of an exercise that has never once ended in victory, she reminds me, too, that no matter how harsh the present or unpredictable the future, there's almost always some measure of joy to be extracted from the moment.
12. Why didn't the writer agree to raise a dog at the beginning of the story?
A. She was afraid the dog would get the family into trouble.
B. It would be her business to take care of the dog.
C. Her husband and daughter were united as one.
D. She didn't want to spoil her daughter.
13. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to “The medium is the sucker in the pack.” (Para.3)?
A. “The middle-aged person loves me most.”
B. “The medium-sized woman is the hostess.”
C. “The man in the middle is the one who has the final say.”
D. “The woman is the kind and trustworthy one in the family.”
14. Why did the writer continue to walk Misty while Joe was in hospital?
A. Misty couldn’t live without her.
B. Her friends didn’t offe r any help.
C. The walk provided her with spiritual comfort.
D. She didn't want Misty to be others’ companion.
15. What is the message the writer wants to convey in the passage?
A. One should learn to enjoy hard times.
B. A disaster can change everything in life.
C. Moments of joy suggest that there is still hope ahead.
D. People will change their attitude toward you when you are in difficulty.
【答案】12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C
【解析】
【分析】
本文为记叙文。

本文主要讲述了作者在生活中遭遇磨难时在遛狗中悟出生活的哲理——尽管有时生活艰难、前途难测，但人生总有希望和快乐。

【12题详解】
推理判断题。

根据下文的内容可知，狗的日常是由作者照顾的。

尤其是第二段中的“Because I don’t have time to take care of a dog.”的内容可知“因为我没有时间照顾狗。

”从而得出，作者一开始不同意养狗的原因是事先知道照顾狗是她的事情，故选B。

【13题详解】
猜测词义题。

所划线的部分的上文As she looked up at the three new humans in her life (small, medium, and large), she calculated, “The medium one is the sucker in the pack.”可知，当狗抬起头来看着她生命中的三个新人类（小的，中的，大的）时，那个在狗的眼里，small指女儿，medium指作者，large指丈夫。

再根据前文“While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots, to schedule her vet appointments, to feed and clean her,”及下一段中的“Quickly, she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld”可知，作者慢慢地接受了照顾小狗的责任，很快就和狗相处的很融洽了，几乎达到了心灵融合的地步了，也就是说，狗比较相信她的女主人了。

本句是狗的心理活动，故选D。

【14题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第八段“As the months went by, I began to realize that I actually wanted to walk Misty. The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet, peaceful time to gather my thoughts or to just be before the day's medical
drama unfolded. The evening walk was a time to shake off the day's upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise.”可知，我开始意识到事实上我想去遛狗。

早晨在我去医院之前的
遛狗让我享受一个安静、平和的时间，可以集中我的思想。

晚上则让摆脱一天烦恼的时候，由此可知，遛狗可以给作者心理上带来安慰，帮助她消除内心的烦恼。

故选C 。

【15题详解】
推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“she reminds me, too, that no matter how harsh the present or unpredictable the future, there's almost always some measure of joy to be extracted from the moment.”可知，狗也提醒我，无论现在多么严酷，无论未来多么难以预料，还是可以从此刻中得到某种程度的快乐。

作者在本文中所要传达的是：快乐的时刻意味未来仍然存在着希望。

故选C 。

【点睛】高考中词义推断可以是一个单词的意义推断，也可以是一个短语或句子的意义推断，既可以是生词意义，也可以是熟词新意；还可以是对替代词所替代内容的判断。

在阅读理解题中，所考查的词或短语的意义往往不停留在字面上，要根据短文提供的语境，通过阅读上下文，根据已知的信息或常识来推测尚不熟悉的词或词组的含义。

如第2小题属于猜测词义题。

所划线的部分的上文As she looked up at the three new humans in her life (small, medium, and large), she calculated, “The medium one is the sucker in the pack.”可知，当狗抬起头来看着她生命中的三个新人类（小的，中的，大的）时，她得出，那个在狗的眼里，small 指女儿，medium 指作者，large 指丈夫。

再根据前文“While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots, to schedule her vet appointments, to feed and clean her,”及下一段中的“Quickly, she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld ”可知，作者慢慢地接受了照顾小狗，很快就和狗相处的很融洽了，几乎达到了心灵融合的地步了，也就是说，狗比较相信她的女主人了。

本句是狗的心理活动，故选D 。

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。

How do actors and actresses memorize hundreds of lines? Memorizing lines takes practice and constant repetition. However, there are a few ways to make the memorization process run smoothly and quickly. ___16___
For most performers, there is no quicker way of memorizing lines. To learn lines, an actor must recite the play loud over and over again. Most rehearsals(排练) encourage this by running through the lines or having a"read-through". By the time the opening night arrives, most actors have spoken their lines hundreds of times.
Listen to your cast members
Sometimes inexperienced actors spend rehearsals looking at fellow performers, waiting patiently to say their next line. ___17___. This will help the actors learn their lines better because the context of the dialogue is absorbing.
___18___
Because there is often not enough rehearsal time, many performers find ways to listen to the play's dialogue during everyday activities. They use a tape recorder or an MP3 player to listen to the lines from each relevant scene. Some actors prefer to record the lines of all the characters, including their own lines. ___19___. Others like recording the lines of fellow cast members, and they leave a blank space so that they can insert their dialogue while listening to the recording.
Think positively and don't panic
Most actors will experience stage fright before the opening night. Actors forget lines now and then. When it happens, however, most of the time the audience never notice. If you forget a line in the middle of your performance, don't freeze. Stay in character. Keep the scene going to the best of your ability. If unfortunately you forget a line once, you will probably never forget that line ever again. ___20___.
A. Record your lines
B. Practice makes perfect
C. Read lines loud and repeat them
D. Remember the lines in a short time
E. Sometimes embarrassment is the toughest method of memorization
F. Then, they not only listen carefully, but they also speak all of the lines
G. Instead, they should be listening carefully, responding in character at all times 【答案】16. C 17. G
18. A 19. F。