四川省成都石室中学2021届高三英语上学期开学考试试题(含解析)

四川省成都石室中学2021届高三英语上学期开学考试试题（含解析）
第I卷
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 is the man offering to do for the woman?
A. Help her check in.
B. Carry her suitcases.
C. Take her to her room.
2. What does the woman think of the man’s office?
A. It is messy.
B. It is large.
C. It is neat.
3. Where are the speakers?
A. At the office.
B. At their house.
C. At a restaurant.
4. When will the next train for London leave?
A. At 8:30.
B. At 10:30.
C. At 11:30.
5. What is the woman doing?
A. Taking a photo.
B. Painting a picture.
C. Waiting in line.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项
中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Wash the windows.
B. Wash the wheels.
C. Clean the inside
of the car.
7. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Brother and sister.
B. Mother and son.
C. Friends.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How did the woman feel about her exam?
A. She did as well as expected.
B. She did worse than expected.
C. She did better than expected.
9. Which section did the speakers both find difficult?
A. The section about the novel.
B. The grammar section.
C. The poetry section.
10. When is the man’s next exam?
A. This afternoon.
B. The following morning.
C. Next week.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What animal is in the video that the woman saw?
A. A duck.
B. A turtle.
C. A fish.
12. What do scientists think could happen by 2050?
A. There will be fewer fish in the sea than plastics.
B. 50% of the fish in the ocean will die.
C. All businesses will stop using straws.
13. Where will the speakers go next?
A. To a restaurant.
B. To a gift shop.
C. To a coffee shop.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Childhood pets.
B. Farm work.
C. Family history.
15. Who taught the man about horses?
A. His grandfather.
B. His father.
C. His uncle.
16. What does the woman think of the man’s abilities?
A. She is not impressed.
B. She thinks he knows a lot about horses.
C. She feels he needs a lot of practice first.
17. How does the woman want to communicate with the man’s father?
A. In person.
B. By phone.
C. By email.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How many script types are discussed in the talk?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
19. What do we know about the earliest writing?
A. It looked like particular pictures.
B. It was used for personal purposes.
C. It showed the ideas of the government.
20. Which writing style has the Chinese name Kaishu?
A. The “standard script”.
B. The “seal script”.
C. The “running script”.
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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Video games have been a popular pastime since the 1980s, and with an ever-expanding variety of genres (种类), artistic styles and storylines, it is no surprise that many still enjoy them.
Here are a few popular picks for you to try this summer. Take a look!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Developed by Japanese video game company Nintendo, this action-adventure video game was released in 2017 with the launch of the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo’s newest video game console (电子游戏机).
Breath of the Wild is different from other games in the series because it
is a sandbox game that rewards experimentation. It has won many awards, including Game of the Year at the 2018 Game Developers Choice Awards, and has sold over 19 million copies. It was listed as the best video game of the decade
on the review website Metacritic.
The Outer Worlds
The Outer Worlds is a sci-fi role-playing game that was released in October last year. The game is set in a future world where mega-corporations (大型企业) control everything — even outer space. The Outer Worlds is unique because the choices you make in the game change how the story will end.
“From a story standpoint, every time we do a game, we’re just trying to get better,” Leonard Boyarsky, one of the game’s directors, said in an interview with PC Gamer. “You learn way more from failure than you do from success and we’ve had a lot of, uh, learning experiences.” The Outer Worlds has sold over two million copies and has won several awards for its memorable writing, humor, visual design and voice acting.
Minecraft
Even though Mojang Studios released it in 2011, Minecraft has maintained
its position as the most well-liked video game. In fact, according to Mojang Studios, Minecraft had 126 million monthly users by May this year. “I had no idea it would get this popular,” Minecraft creator Markus Notch Persson admitted in an interview with London-based media company Den of Geek.
Minecraft is a sandbox video game, which means it is an open world with endless possibilities. It can be played on multiple platforms, and it even has its very own LEGO set. The world of Minecraft is made up of 3D blocks, a design that US entertainment website IGN described as “instantly memorable”.
1. Which one is the most popular video game according to the article?
A. Breath Of The Wild
B. The Outer Worlds
C. Minecraft
D. Metacritic
2. Why is The Outer Worlds special?
A. It is the players who decide the end of the story.
B. The Outer Worlds is a sci-fi role-playing game.
C. The Outer Worlds has already won several awards.
D. The players can learn more from their failures.
3. What can we know about the video games mentioned above?
A. Minecraft was first launched by a London-based media company.
B. Breath of the Wild is created by Japanese video game company Nintendo.
C. The Outer Worlds is set in a future world where the players control everything.
D. All the three games are extremely popular sandbox video games.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. B
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文。

文章讲述了，几个流行的电子游戏选择，供读者今年夏天尝试。

【1题详解】
细节理解题。

由Minecraft下的第一段中的“Even though Mojang Studios released it in 2011, Minecraft has maintained its position as the most well-liked video game.”（尽管Mojang工作室在2011年发布了它，Minecraft仍然保持着它最受欢迎的视
频游戏的地位。

），可知Minecraft是最受欢迎的电子游戏。

故选C项。

【2题详解】
细节理解题。

由The Outer Worlds下的第一段中的“The Outer Worlds is unique because the choices you make in the game change how the story will end.”（《外部世界》是独一无二的，因为你在游戏中所做的选择会改变故事的结局。

），可知《外部世界》的独特之处在于游戏者决定了故事的结局。

故选A项。

【3题详解】
细节理解题。

由The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild下的第一段“Developed by Japanese video game company Nintendo, this action-adventure video game was released in 2017 with the launch of the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo’s newest video game console (电子游戏机).”（这款动作冒险视频游戏由日本视频游戏公司Nintendo Switch开发，于2017年发布，这款游戏是Nintendo Switch最新的视频游戏机。

），可知《野性气息》由日本视频游戏公司Nintendo Switch创作的。

故选B项。

B
Known as “China’s most popular love comedy”, Romance of the Western Chamber is regarded as one of the best works of its time. The play was written over 700 years ago by Yuan Dynasty dramatist Wang Shifu (1260-1336).
Set in the Tang Dynasty, the play tells the secret love story between a young scholar Zhang Sheng, who is on his way to take the highest imperial exam in the capital city, and Cui Yingying, daughter of a chief minister of the Tang court.
After bandits(土匪) surround Cui at a temple, her mother promises her daughter’s hand in marriage to whoever can defeat them. Zhang manages to drive the bandits away, but Cui’s mother takes back her word because Zhang is poor. However, Zhang and Cui have already fallen in love. With the help of Cui’s maid Hong Niang, the two continue their romance and break many barriers.
The play incorporates much of the beauty of the poetry from the Tang and Song eras in Chinese history. Part of its appeal to readers is found in the style, grace and flow of the language. In fact, the play represents a high mark of achievement in romantic Chinese literature, and is quite popular. It has given rise to many sequels and rewritings, and also influenced countless plays, short stories and novels. The Peony Pavilion and Dream of the Red Chamber probably wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Wang’s classic play.
The play also inspired generations of artists across various mediums such as woodblock prints, paintings and porcelain. This fine art is still on display at places such as Freer Gallery of Art in the US and Kwun Tong’s Sun Museum in Hong Kong.
The ancient porcelain pieces depicting iconic scenes from the tale are indeed impressive. The characters are like “the superheroes from another Rachel Leung, associate curator(副馆长) of Sun Museum told China Daily. time”
,
“It’s exactly like the Marvel franchise.”
“This story is basically about trying to break the societal strictures. It’s about courage and perseverance to pursue true love,” Leung said. “It’s surprising to know that centuries ago our ancestors imagined a story like that. They proved that they were not rigid or passive and they could be creative enough to make things for themselves.”
Indeed, Romance of the Western Chamber is known for opposing traditional norms associated with marriage and love during a more orthodox era. It has a positive take on marriage, emphasizing that true love should prevail(占上风).
4. What can we know about Romance of the Western Chamber?
A. It was composed earlier than The Peony Pavilion.
B. The characters in the story have supernatural powers.
C. It represents the highest achievement in Chinese literature.
D. The appeal of the play is mainly found in its complex plot.
5. What can we infer from Rachel Leung’s statements?
A. Courage and perseverance are of vital importance to social connections.
B. It was believed that our ancestors were conservative and lacked creativity.
C. Romance of the Western Chamber enjoys popularity among the Marvel fans.
D. Everyone should take a positive and unconventional attitude toward marriage.
6. What does the underlined word “orthodox” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Open-minded.
B. Dynamic.
C. Ambiguous.
D. Conventional.
7. What is the best title of the passage?
A. The Rise of China’s Love Comedies
B. Wang Shifu and His Most Popular Works
C. Marriage and Traditional Norms
D. Love Comes First
【答案】4. A 5. B 6. D 7. D
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文。

文章主要介绍了《西厢记》这部作品，说明了故事内容，历史作用，以及作品所反映的真爱至上的道理。

【4题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第一段的The play was written over 700 years ago by Yuan Dynasty dramatist Wang Shifu (1260-1336).可知，西厢记这部戏剧是700多年前由元代剧作家王士福（1260-1336)写的）。

和第四段的The Peony Pavilion and Dream of the Red Chamber probably wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Wang’s classic
play.（如果不是王的这部经典戏剧，牡丹亭和红室的梦想可能不存在）可知，西厢记早于牡丹亭。

故选A。

【5题详解】
推理判断题。

根据倒数第二段的Leung said. “It’s surprising to know that centuries ago our ancestors imagined a story like that. They proved that they were not rigid or passive and they could be creative enough to make things for themselves.”（梁说，“令人惊讶的是，几个世纪前，我们的祖先曾设想过这样一个故事，他们证明了他们不是僵化的或被动的，他们可以有足够的创造力为自己制造东西。

”）可推断，人们认为我们的祖先是保守的，缺乏创造力。

故选B。

【6题详解】
词义猜测题。

根据下文It has a positive take on marriage, emphasizing that true love should prevail(占上风).（它对婚姻有积极的看法，强调真爱应该占上风），结合句子前半句Romance of the Western Chamber is known for opposing traditional norms associated with marriage and love（西厢房的浪漫以反对与婚姻和爱情有关的传统规范而闻名）可推断，那是一个传统的世代，因此划线词用D项意思相近，故选D。

【7题详解】
主旨大意题。

通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了《西厢记》这部作品，说明了故事内容，历史作用，以及作品所反映的追求真爱的中心主旨等，因此推断D项“真爱至上”为最佳标题。

故选D。

C
In June 2014, Huffington Post and Mail Online reported that three-year-old Victoria Wilcher, who had suffered facial scarring, had been kicked out of a KFC because she was frightening customers. Later, KFC announced that no evidence had been found to support the story. This phenomenon is largely a product of the increasing pressure in newsrooms that care more about traffic figures.
Brooke Binkowski, an editor, says that, during her career, she has seen a shift towards less editorial oversight in newsrooms. “Clickbait is king, so newsrooms will uncritically print something unreal. Not all newsrooms are like this, but a lot of them are.”
Asked what the driving factor was, a journalist said, “You’ve an editor breathing down your neck and you have to meet your targets. And there are some young journalists on the market who are inexperienced and who will not do those checks. So much news that is reported online happens online. There is no need to get out and knock on someone’s door. You just sit at your desk and do it.”
Another journalist says, “There is undoubtedly pressure to churn out(粗制滥造) stories in order to get clicks, because they equal money. At my former employer in particular, the pressure was on due to the limited resources. That made the environment quite horrible to work in.”
In a February 2015 report for Digital Journalism, Craig Silverman wrote, “Today the bar for what is worth giving attention to seems to be much lower. Within minutes or hours, a badly sourced report can be changed into a story
that is repeated by dozens of news websites, resulting in tens of thousands of shares. Once a certain critical mass is reached, repetition has a powerful effect on belief. Thus, the rumor simply becomes true for readers.”
And, in spite of the direction that some newsrooms seem to be heading in, a critical eye is becoming more, not less important, according to the New York Times’ public editor, Margaret Sullivan. “Reporters and editors have to be more careful than ever before. It’s extremely important to question and to use every verification(验证) method available before publication.” Yet those working in newsrooms talk of doubtful stories being tolerated because, in the words of some senior editors, “a click is a click, regardless of the advantage of a story”. And, “if the story does turn out to be false, it’s simply a chance for another bite at the cherry.”
Verification and fact-checking are regularly falling victim to the pressure to bring in the numbers, and if the only result of being caught out is another chance to bring in the clicks, that looks unlikely to change.
8. According to Brooke Binkowski, newsrooms produce false news because ______.
A. clicks matter a lot
B. resources are limited
C. money is needed for news
D. journalists lack experience
9. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. Lies can’t sell without an atom of truth.
B. Rumors are like a flame blown by the wind.
C. You can hear rumors, but you can’t know them.
D. A lie, repeated frequently enough, will end up as truth.
10. What’s Margaret Sullivan’s attitude towards false news online?
A. Negative.
B. Supportive.
C. Skeptical.
D. Neutral.
11. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Consequences of false stories.
B. Causes of online false news.
C. Inability of journalists.
D. A craze to get clicks.
【答案】8. A 9. D 10. A 11. B
【解析】
本文是说明文。

主要介绍了网络上或者报纸上有时会出现某些虚假消息并对其发生原因进
行了分析，同时指出对此网站或者报纸编辑室应该高度重视。

【8题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第二段的Brooke Binkowski, an editor, says that, during her career, she has seen a shift towards less editorial oversight in newsrooms. “Clickbait is king, so newsrooms will uncritically print something unreal. Not all newsrooms are like this, but a lot of them are.”（编辑布鲁克宾科夫斯基说，在她的职业生涯中，她看到了新闻编辑监督减少的转变。

“点击率是王道，所以新闻编辑室将不加批判地打印一些不真实的东西。

并非所有的编辑部都是这样的，但其中有很多是这样的。

”）可知，点击率是非常重要的东西，因此新闻编辑室有时会错误地报道某些新闻。

结合选项，故选A。

【9题详解】
词义猜测题。

根据下文Thus，the rumor simply becomes true for readers．（因此，谣言对读者来说就变得真实了）"因此推断画线句句意：一旦某一个错误的事物被反复地提到，那么它将具有一个很大的影响，它会掩盖事实，谣言就会成为读者眼中的事实。

结合选项，故选D。

【10题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第六段的Margaret Sullivan说到的："Reporters and editors have to be more careful than ever before．It's extremely important to question and to use every verification（验证） method available before publication．"（记者和编辑必须比以往任何时候都更加小心。

在出版前质疑和使用每种验证方法是非常重要的）可推断，Margaret Sullivan认为只要是需要发布的消息，在出版之前都应该反复的并且找到一定的方法验证其真实性，避免出现错误报道。

由此推知，对于错误的消息，她是持否定观点的，故选A。

【11题详解】
主旨大意题。

通读全文，特别是根据第一段内容可知，文章从2014年6月《赫芬顿邮报》和《邮报在线》报道的三岁的维多利亚·威尔彻因脸上的疤痕吓到顾客而被被赶出肯德基这一假新闻为例介绍了网络上或者报纸上有时会出现某些虚假消息，接下来文章对其发生原因进行了分析，同时指出对此网站或者报纸编辑室应该高度重视。

结合选项，故选B。

D
Who cares if people think wrongly that the internet has had more important influences than the washing machine? Why does it matter that people are more impressed by the most recent changes?
It would not matter if these misjudgments were just a matter of people’s opinions. However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources.
The fascination with the ICT(Information and Communication Technology) revolution, represented by the internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so “yesterday” that they should try to live on ideas. This belief in “post-industrial society” has led those countries to neglect their manufacturing sector(制造业), with negative consequences for
their economies.
Even more worryingly, the fascination with the internet by people in rich countries has moved the international community to worry about the “digital divide” between the rich countries and the poor countries. This has led companies and individuals to donate money to developing countries to buy computer equipment and internet facilities. The question, however, is whether
this is what the developing countries need the most. Perhaps giving money for those less fashionable things such as digging wells, extending electricity networks and making more affordable washing machines would have improved people’s lives more than giving every child a laptop computer or setting up internet centres in rural villages, I am not saying that those things are necessarily more important, but many donators have rushed into fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term costs and benefits of alternative uses of their money.
In yet another example, a fascination with the new has led people to believe that the recent changes in the technologies of communications and transportation are so revolutionary that now we live in a “borderless world”. As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, going against which will be like trying to turn the clock back. Believing in such a world, many governments have put an end to some of the very necessary regulations on cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor results.
Understanding technological trends is very important for correctly designing economic policies, both at the national and the international levels, and for making the right career choices at the individual level. However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.
12. Misjudgments on the influences of new technology can lead to ________.
A. a lack of confidence in technology
B. a slow progress in technology
C. a conflict of public opinions
D. a waste of limited resources
13. The example in Paragraph 4 suggests that donators should ________.
A. take people’s essential needs into account
B. make their programmes attractive to people
C. ensure that each child gets financial support
D. provide more affordable internet facilities
14. What has led many governments to remove necessary regulations?
A. Neglecting the impacts of technological advances.
B. Believing that the world has become borderless.
C. Ignoring the power of economic development.
D. Over-emphasizing the role of international communication.
15. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People should be encouraged to make more donations.
B. Traditional technology still has a place nowadays.
C. Making right career choices is crucial to personal success.
D. Economic policies should follow technological trends.
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. B 15. B
【解析】
这是一篇议论文。

文章讲述了对信息技术的过分迷恋会对国家，对个人，对慈善事业造成不利的影响。

【12题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第二段However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources.可知，对信息技术的错误判断会导致有限资源的错误使用，也就是资源的浪费，故选D。

【13题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第四段Perhaps giving money for those less fashionable things such as digging wells, extending electricity networks and making more affordable washing machines would have improved people’s lives more than giving every child a laptop computer or setting up internet centres in rural villages, I am not saying that those things are necessarily more important, but many donators have rushed into fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term costs and benefits of alternative uses of their money.可知，与其给那些贫困地区孩子笔记本电脑或者建网络中心，还不如给钱打井，铺电网或者生产他们买得起的洗衣机，这些东西更能改善他们的生活。

作者不是说这些东西一定更重要，
但是很多捐赠者没有仔细考虑捐赠的东西的长期成本，因此作者建议捐赠者要考虑接受捐
赠的人的实际情况，而不是一味地追求信息化，故选A。

【14题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第五段内容可知，对新东西的迷恋让人们认为如今通讯技术和交通的变
革让我们生活在一个无国界的世界，正是认为我们生活在这样一个世界，很多政府取消了
关于跨国界的资本、劳动力以及商品流动的法律法规，故选B。

【15题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第三段The fascination with the ICT(Information and Communication Technology) revolution, represented by the Internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so "yesterday" that they should try to live on ideas. This belief in "post-industrial society" has led those countries to neglect their manufacturing sector(制造业) with negative consequences for their economies.可知，对互联网呈现的通讯技术变革的迷恋让很多富裕国家做出一个错误的结论，他们认为制造产品已经过时了，他们应该靠创意生活，因而
忽略了制造业，从而对经济造成不利影响，故推知传统的技术依然有它的地位，新兴的信
息技术不能取代它们，故选B。

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。

An impulse purchase, also called an impulse, is an act of buying an item without considering its real need. The purchase can be as small as a candy bar or as large as an automobile. ____16____. The following are the cases where the impulse purchases occur.
____17____. Retailers（零售商） normally stock these passageways with small, inexpensive items that shoppers tend to add to their chosen purchases while
they are waiting in line. This arrangement is based on the assumed needs of the general shopper and low cost.
Another popular situation that often leads an impulse buy is a sale table
or shelf. ____18____. In this case, they have a tendency to start loading their shopping carts with the bargains. They normally give no careful thought to the
actual need for the products. Actually, the decision is generally based on the cost savings involved.
There is an impulse buy that often occurs in an automobile dealership showroom. A potential car buyer comes to the showroom and begins to look through the showroom offerings. He or she actually just wants to gather some information on cars. ____19____. The buyer frequently doubts the quick decision in a short period of time.
There are various reasons for an impulse buy. ____20____. Others tend
to believe the act is based on internal fears of running out of goods such as food or drinks. Another theory suggests shoppers need to make a purchase of an item not on their list to exercise their right naturally.
A. Service attitude influences consumers’ purchasing behavior.
B. An impulse buy may happen only occasionally or be a habitual practice.
C. Shoppers frequently find a sign that advertises hugely discounted items.
D. Impulse buying interrupts the normal decision-making models in consumers’ brains.
E. Some experts think the human need for instant satisfaction is the cause for the behavior.
F. The most common type of impulse purchase is usually a small one made at checkout stands.
G. However, a persuasive salesperson can persuade the potential buyer to make a purchase on the spot soon.
【答案】16. B 17. F 18. C 19. G 20. E
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。

文章主要讲了冲动购买指的是没有考虑到商品的真正需要而购买的行为。

购买的东西可以小到一块糖果，也可以大到一辆汽车。

作者分析了在哪些情况下，会发生冲动购买。

【16题详解】
根据上文An impulse purchase, also called an impulse, is an act of buying an
item without considering its real need. The purchase can be as small as a candy bar or as large as an automobile.（冲动购买指的是没有考虑到商品的真正需要而购买的行为。

购买的东西可以小到一块糖果，也可以大到一辆汽车）可知这里指出了冲动购买的定义。

根据下文The following are the cases where the impulse purchases occur.（下面是发生冲动购买的情况）可知下文介绍了在哪些情况下会发生冲动购买，该空承上启下，指出冲动购买可能是偶然的也可能是习惯性的行为，B选项“冲动购买可能
只是偶尔发生，也可能是一种习惯”切题，故选B。

【17题详解】
根据下文Retailers（零售商）normally stock these passageways with small, inexpensive items that shoppers tend to add to their chosen purchases while they are waiting in line. This arrangement is based on the assumed needs of the general shopper and low cost.（零售商通常会在这些通道里存放一些小而便宜的商品，顾客在排队等候时，会把这些商品加到他们选择的商品里。

这种安排是基于一般购物者的假定需求和低成本）可知这里指出了人们在平时购物结账时，商家常用的营销手段。

该空引出下文，F选项“最常见的一种冲动消费通常是在收银台进行的一些小的购买”切题，
选项中的at checkout stands对应下文中的while they are waiting in line.，故选F。

【18题详解】
根据上文Another popular situation that often leads an impulse buy is a sale table or shelf. （另一个经常导致冲动购买的流行情况是销售桌或货架）和下文In this case, they have a tendency to start loading their shopping carts with the bargains.（在这种情况下，他们会倾向于把便宜货装进购物车）可知这里指出了商家搞促销的营销策略，该空承上启下，C选项“购物者经常会发现一个广告上大幅度打折商品的
标志”切题，选项中的discounted items对应下文中的the bargains，故选C。

【19题详解】
上文A potential car buyer comes to the showroom and begins to look through the showroom offerings. He or she actually just wants to gather some information on cars. 说一个潜在的购车者来到展厅，开始查看展厅提供的产品。

他或她实际上只是想收集一些关于汽车的信息。

该空与上文形成转折关系，G选项“然而，一个有说服力的销售
人员可以说服潜在的买家立即在现场购买”切题，该空与下文The buyer frequently
doubts the quick decision in a short period of time.（买家经常怀疑在短时间内做出的快速决定）形成因果关系，选项中的the potential buyer对应上文中的A potential car buyer，下文中的the quick decision指代选项中的make a purchase on the spot。

故选G。

【20题详解】
上文There are various reasons for an impulse buy. 说冲动购买的原因有很多。

下文Others tend to believe the act is based on internal fears of running out of goods such as food or drinks.说另一些人则倾向于认为，这一行为是基于对食品或饮料等商品用完的内在恐惧。

该空承上启下，E选项“一些专家认为，人类对即时满足的需求
是导致这种行为的原因”切题，该空对上文进行解释，下文又对该空作进一步的解释说明。

选项中的the cause对应上文中的various reasons，下文中的the act 与选项中the behavior相呼应。

故选E。

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（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四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

In life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out
of our ___21___. We can work harder than anyone else in the office and still not be ___22___. We can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us ___23___.
The bottom line is that life is not ___24___.
That is a bitter ___25___ to swallow for many of us. As a result, some people ___26___ after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. But if we
let life’s unfairness ___27___ us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings that life has ___28___ for us.
My first ___29___ marriage felt very unfair to me. No matter how hard I had tried to be a good wife, I could not make the relationship ____30____. I could have been ____31____ by that experience. But I believed that I could be
____32____ married one day ____33____ I always wanted to experience traditional family life. And then, I met this kind, thoughtful, generous man.
What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that
____34____ a good outcome, but get ____35____ things in return instead.
When we are faced with life’s seeming unfairness, our ____36____ needs to jump in. When life doesn’t go ____37____ plan, we have to let go of the outcome that we have been ____38____ and keep trying, and doing the right thing. ____39____ that life is neither fair nor straightforward. And by knowing that
if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them
for our ____40____.
21. A. reach B. control C. date D. order
22. A. promoted B. paid C. pleased D. proved
23. A. more B. back C. enough D. unconditionally
24. A. easy B. smooth C. fair D. ideal
25. A. feeling B. word C. fact D. pill
26. A. died down B. looked down C. shut down D.
settled down
27. A. confuse B. manage C. betray D. defeat
28. A. in charge B. in return C. in place D. in
store
29. A. arranged B. failed C. happy D. trial
30. A. work B. start C. end D. worsen
31. A. teased B. discouraged C. hurt D. shocked
32. A. proudly B. casually C. happily D.
shortly
33. A. unless B. while C. because D. though
34. A. bring B. require C. serve D.
deserve
35. A. bad B. inferior C. silly D. cheap
36. A. faith B. courage C. judgement D. effort。