2023年江苏省淮安市高中校协作体高二下学期期中考试英语试卷含详解

淮安市高中校协作体2022-2023学年度第二学期高一年级期
中考试
英语(学科)试卷
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。

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. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a classroom.
B. In a hospital.
C. In a museum.
2. What does Jack want to do?
A. Take fitness classes.
B. Buy a pair of gym shoes.
C. Change his work schedule.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. What to drink.
B. Where to meet.
C. When to leave.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues.
B. Classmates.
C. Strangers.
5. Why is Emily mentioned in the conversation?
A. She might want a ticket.
B. She is looking for the man.
C. She has an extra ticket. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

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

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How long did James run his business?
A. 10 years.
B. 13 years.
C. 15 years.
7. How does the woman feel about James’ situation?
A. Embarrassed.
B. Concerned.
C. Disappointed.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What has Kate’s mother decided to do?
A. Return to school.
B. Change her job.
C. Retire from work.
9. What did Kate’s mother study at college?
A. Oil painting.
B. Art history.
C. Business administration.
10. What is Kate’s attitude toward her mother’s decision?
A. Disapproving.
B. Ambiguous.
C. Understanding.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What is the man doing?
A. Chairing a meeting.
B. Hosting a radio program.
C. Conducting a job interview.
12. What benefits Mary most in her job?
A. Her wide reading.
B. Her leaders’ guidance.
C. Her friends’ help.
13. Who will Mary talk about next?
A. Her teacher.
B. Her father.
C. Her mother.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. Why does the man seldom do exercise?
A. He lacks motivation.
B. He has a heart problem.
C. He works all the time.
15. What does Jacob Sattelmair probably do?
A. He’s an athlete.
B. He’s a researcher.
C. He’s a journalist.
16. Why does the woman speak of a study?
A. To encourage the man.
B. To recommend an exercise.
C. To support her findings.
17. How much time will the man probably spend exercising weekly?
A. 300 minutes.
B. 150 minute.
C. 75 minutes.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What did the scientists do to the road?
A. They repaired it.
B. They painted it.
C. They blocked it
19. Why are young birds drawn to the road surface?
A. It’s warm.
B. It’s brown.
C. It’s smooth.
20. What is the purpose of the scientists’ experiment?
A. To keep the birds there for a whole year.
B. To help students study the birds well.
C. To prevent the birds from being killed.
第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
May 18th marks the World Museum Day. Have a look at some of the world's strangest museums.
Washington Banana Museum
Ann Mitchell Lovell really loves bananas. In fact, she loves them enough to not only run the Washington Banana Museum, which features almost 4,000 items related to the world's best-selling fruit, but to also upload photos of her favorite items from the museum online so those who can' t make it to the physical location can still enjoy the virtual Banana Museum.
Roswell UFO Museum
Exhibits include information on the Roswell incident of 1947, crop circles, other UFO sightings, Area 51, and abductions (劫持). Regardless of your personal opinion about UFOs, there's no denying that the museum has been quite successful: Since it opened its doors in 1992, it has outgrown two different locations, and now occupies an old movie theater.
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
The Ramen Museum is only an hour away and offers delicious, delicate ramen noodles from some of the top ramen restaurants in Japan. As you might expect, this is one tasty tour, as the museum allows you to taste some of the most famous noodles from throughout the country.
Beijing Tap Water Museum
One of the key ingredients(原料)you need to make ramen is water, so when you're done with strange museums in Japan, maybe you should head to China to learn more about tap water, specifically the history of the first water plant in Beijing. Here you can study over 300 items to better familiarize yourself with the 100 year-old history of tap water in China. The best thing about this museum is that any of its drinking fountains can provide you with a lasting gift of your trip.
1．What is special for Washington Banana Museum?
A．Tasty food.B．Online exhibition.
C．Physical location.D．Convenient transport.
2．Which museum best suits people interested in outer space?
A．Washington Banana Museum.B．Roswell UFO Museum.
C．Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum.D．Beijing Tap Water Museum.
3．What can we learn about in Beijing Tap Water Museum?
A．The 300 objects displayed in it.
B．The drinking fountains of tap water.
C．An ingredient to make Japanese ramen.
D．The development of tap water in China.
B
It was the first time I watched him carefully. Before this, Jack had just been the friendly young man assigned by the hotel to help me on trips into the wildlife park nearby. But then he caught my attention by asking me to shut up.
"It's just a garden spider, don't scream(尖叫)！" he said, looking at the small thing with more love than I could find in others. I had indeed screamed, but a spider was on my clothes, and we were in the jeep in the middle of the wildlife park.
I wanted him to pick the thing up and throw it out of the jeep right at that moment. However, he did something quite else. He gently let the spider onto his own knee and drove on, as if nothing had happened. I sat there staring at the spider for any sudden movement --- if a tiger had walked by then, I would not have even looked at it.
I was frightened that the man was completely OK with a spider on his knee. About 15 minutes later, he pushed his knee forward to the dashboard (仪表盘)and the spider immediately climbed off his knee and onto the jeep. "The poor thing had been trying to get off me, " he said. " I only sensed that it was trying to reach the dashboard, so I helped him.
I wondered then about this man, who thought about the spider with such kindness. . Where and when did I lose my love towards the unfamiliar? Now, when faced with a row of ants in my way, my first thought is no longer to attack them. I just skip over them and we both carry on. The
ants were already wise, but thanks to Jack, I learned to live with the not so beautiful bits of nature. 4．What does the underlined word “assigned” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A．Fired.B．Sent.C．Praised.D．Interviewed. 5．Why did the writer scream?
A．She felt sick in the jeep.B．She was afraid of visiting the park. C．She had a spider on her clothes.D．She wanted to catch Jack's attention. 6．How did Jack help the writer with the spider?
A．Let it move onto his leg.B．Throw it out of their jeep.
C．Feed it to the tiger walking by.D．Put it on the jeep's dashboard.
7．What is the text mainly about?
A．A moving love story.
B．A wildlife park adventure.
C．A spider living in a nature park.
D．A love lesson learned from a young man.
C
The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is part of a small forest, it creates a considerable cooling effect. According to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, trees play a big role in keeping our cities cool.
According to the study, the right amount of tree cover can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And the effect is quite noticeable from neighborhood to neighborhood, even down to the scale of a single city block. “We knew that cities are warmer than the surrounding countryside, but we found that temperatures vary just as much within cities,” says Monica Turner, a professor in the department of Integrative Biology, Wisconsin-Madison University and a co-author of the study.
With climate change making extreme heat events more common each summer, city planners are working on how to prepare. Heat waves drive up energy demands and costs and can have big human health impacts. One potentially powerful tool, the study's authors say, are organisms that have been around long before human civilizations could appreciate their leafy benefits. And those
trees may be the secret to keeping the places we live livable.
Essentially, says Turner, roads, sidewalks and buildings absorb heat from the sun during the day and slowly release that heat at night. Trees, on the other hand, not only shade those surfaces from the sun's rays, they also release water into the air through their leaves, a process that cools things down.
To get the maximum benefit of this cooling service, the study found that tree cover must be more than 40 percent. In other words, an aerial picture of a single city block would need to be nearly half-way covered by a leafy green network of branches and leaves.
8．What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A．Temperatures in cities mainly depend on their green coverage.
B．People living and working in cities must plant trees in summer.
C．Cities are warmer than the countryside because they don't have trees.
D．An area with more trees can be cooler than the other parts within a city.
9．Which of the following problems is caused by extreme heat events?
A．Severe damage of city facilities.B．Serious human health problems. C．Residents' growing demands for plants.D．Unnecessary waste of energy resources. 10．Why are trees crucial to cities?
A．They help shade and cool the cities.B．They make urban scenery beautiful. C．They build up city cooling systems.D．They essentially block and release heat. 11．What can city planners conclude from the study?
A．They should publish the study in a newspaper.
B．They should educate citizens to protect forests.
C．They should plant trees on roads and sidewalks.
D．They should cover nearly half the city with trees.
D
You have everything you think you need for your dream job, but could something else be holding you back? You possess hard skills for the job, but you may lack soft skills. Hard skills are things that are measurable and technical. A master’s degree in business is a hard skill. The ability to speak Spanish is a hard skill. Many specific qualifications for a job are hard skills, such as years
of work experience or proficiency (精通) with particular computer programs.
On the other hand, soft skills are harder to define. And they can’t be defined. And they can’t be measured. Soft skills covers a wide range of characteristics that you can work on for a lifetime but some of the most common and most necessary for success include being a good listener and speaker, a wise leader, a problem solver, a strong communicator or a team player. It’s also helpful if you can accept feedback, settle conflicts with others, deal with difficult people or be flexible. These soft skills are what many employers desire.
Soft skills benefit you in many ways. Being a good listener, for example, is very helpful if you’re a doctor. Being flexible, a team player and a problem solver help you succeed when dealing with deadlines.
Soft skills are something extra that help a particular person to succeed. Being able to show you possess them could make a difference in landing a job you’ll love, or being more successful in the job you already have. They make the difference between someone who is just OK at their job and someone who is outstanding, the person you always want on your team. In general, soft skills make you more likable and more competent.
Soft skills are what can set people apart from each other on resumés or in job interviews, but soft skills don’t come naturally.
12．Which of the following belongs to hard skills?
A．Having a good command of English.B．Communicating with others efficiently. C．Being good at expressing oneself.D．Being able to solve problems.
13．Which of the following is TRUE about soft skills?
A．They are measurable and technical.B．They are taught in many universities. C．They are desired by many employers.D．They are specific job qualifications. 14．What’s the best title for the passage?
A．Hard Skills Differ from Soft Skills B．Soft skills Can Be Learnt at School C．Soft Skills Needed in Workplace D．Soft Skills Matter to Your Success at Work 15．What will be probably talked about following the last paragraph?
A．Why soft skills are important.B．How soft skills are developed.
C．Where soft skills are applied.D．What the key soft skills are.
第二节七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。

What to do in a fire
Talking about fires can frightening because no one likes to think about people getting hurt or their things getting burned. ____16____ So let’s start from talking about escape plans and escape routes.
●____17____ An escape plan can help you get out of a burning house. The idea is to get outside quickly and safely. Smoke from a fire can make it hard to see where things are, so it’s important to learn and remember the different ways out of your home. How many exits (出口) are there? ____18____ It’s a good idea to draw a map of the escape plan. It’s possible one way out could be blocked by fire or smoke, so you’ll want to know where other ones are.
●Remember the safety steps.
If you’re in a room with the door closed when the fire breaks out, you need to take more steps: Check to see if there’s heat or smoke coming in the cracks around the door.If you see smoke coming under the door—don’t open the door! ____19____ If the door is hot or very warm—don’t open the door! If you don’t see smoke—and the door is not bot—then use cracks around the door. If your fingers to lightly touch the door handle. If the door handle is hot or very warn—don’t open the door!
If the door handle feels cool, and you can’t see any smoke around the door, you can open the door very carefully. When you open the door, if you feel heat or smoke pours into the room, quickly shut the door. __20__
A．Get everyone out.
B．Know your way out.
C．If you don’t see smoke—touch the door.
D．How do you get to them from your room?
E．But what if there was a fire where you live?
F．But you can feel less worried if you are prepared.
G．If there’s no smoke or heat, go toward your escape route exit.
第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I am a single father with two young daughters. It had been a(n) ___21___ year: Being out of work ___22___ me of a reliable income and thus was always low on money. I hated to ___23___ my girls. But as New Year approached, with little choice, I was ___24___ to tell the girls, “It looks like our gift will be the gift of our ___25___ for each other.” Still, I couldn’t stop feeling
___26___.
Then, unexpectedly, a(n) ___27___ occurred to me. I ___28___ $1, 000 in a contest. To give them a ___29___ I kept it a secret and went shopping on my own. Back home I wrapped presents in the basement for my girls, all the time ___30___, “Boy, how amazed they will be! “The next morning, to ___31___ the gifts, I went to the living room and___32___. There were already dozens of presents-all with my name on them. My girls had felt ___33___ that Dad wouldn’t be getting any gifts, so they’d ___34___ wrapped their favorite stuffed animals and other toys so that I would have a happy new year.
As I stared at the gifts through ___35___ eyes, I promised myself that this was the best New Year that I had ever had.
21．A．ordinary B．happy C．typical D．rough 22．A．reminded B．robbed C．informed D．convinced 23．A．disappoint B．warn C．push D．control 24．A．asked B．chosen C．expected D．forced 25．A．love B．request C．respect D．pity 26．A．responsible B．panic C．guilty D．pleased 27．A．idea B．miracle C．opportunity D．failure 28．A．lost B．collected C．donated D．won
29．A．gift B．favor C．surprise D．lesson 30．A．wondering B．doubting C．remembering D．thinking 31．A．lay out B．set up C．hand over D．get together 32．A．hesitated B．froze C．waited D．rested
33．A．thirsty B．cool C．bad D．natural 34．A．tightly B．carefully C．slightly D．nervously 35．A．burning B．charming C．watery D．picky
第二节(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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In ancient China lived an artist___36___ paintings were almost lifelike. The artist’s reputation had made him proud. One day the emperor wanted to get his portrait (画像) done so he called all great artists to come and present their ___37___ (fine) work, so that he could choose the best. The artist was sure he would___38___(choose), but when he presented his masterpiece to the emperor’s chief minister, the old man laughed. The wise old man told him to travel to the Li River～perhaps he could learn a little from the greatest artist in the world.
Filled with ___39___ (curious), the artist packed his bags and left. ___40___ he asked the villagers on the banks of the river where he could find the legendary (传奇的) artist, they smiled and ___41___ (point) down the river. The next morning he hired a boat and set out ___42___ (find) the well-known painter. As the small boat moved, ___43___ (gentle) along the river he was left speechless by the mountains being silently reflected in the water. He passed milky white waterfalls and mountains in many shades of blue. And when he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds___44___ (surround) the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears. The artist was finally humbled (谦卑) by the greatest artist ____45____ earth, Mother Nature.
第四部分：课文内容填空(每空1分，满分5分)
课文内容填空
Hunting and fishing have directly ___46___ the world’s animal populations. Some people hunt animals for ___47___: whale meat is eaten in some parts of the world. Some people hunt animals for ___48___: animal skin is used to make coats and bags. Still others hunt animals just for ___49___: deer are tracked and shot by people who enjoy the ___50___ of the sport.
第五部分：单词填空，根据首字母或中文提示用单词的正确形式填空。

(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
51．Don’t leave the water ________ (run) while you brush your teeth. (所给词的适当形式填空) 52．Women are __________(scare)to walk alone in the street at night. (所给词的适当形式填空) 53．Students learned the practical ___________(应用) of the theory they had learned in the classroom. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
54．In my free time, I'll continue to take regular exercise, such as swimming, running and
_________ (vary) ball games. （所给词的适当形式填空）
55．I’m not ________ (entire) happy about the proposal. （所给词的适当形式填空）56．When Helen criticized me, Chris came to my ____________(defend).(所给词的适当形式填空)
57．All he could do was nothing but __________(wait)and see . (所给词的适当形式填空) 58．A good idea occurred ________me when I woke up this morning. (用适当的词填空)
59．It is your duty to keep your boss _________(inform)of the situation here. (所给词的适当形式填空)
60．We finally arrived at our ________ (目的地), tired and hungry. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
第六部分：读后续写(满分25)
61．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

续写的词数应为150左右。

On Christmas Eve, seventy-three-year-old George selected his food carefully. Skim milk was $2.99, white bread 89 cents with a 10-cent discount. Leaving the cashier, he calculated that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the wind reminded him of his gloves. “Where are they?” Not in the coat pockets. Not in the grocery bag either. He was sure he was wearing them when he entered the store. He clearly remembered putting them into the pocket of this coat. George made a second thorough search of all his pockets, again including the grocery bag. Now he was sure they must have been dropped somewhere inside the store.
Old George had bought the black leather gloves at a 25% discount, for just $35.00 ten years ago. They were soft and warn and very durable. He had taken care not to let a drop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so they looked like new. Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child to him.
George, calm on the outside but nervous inside, re-entered the store. He followed the same
route he had walked before, starting at the bread counter, to the milk section, the corner where salt and sugar were placed, then the rest of the store. Several minutes of anxious searching turned out to be in vain. He asked the customers whether they saw a pair of black leather gloves, but they said no. Then he went over to the cashier without hesitation.to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but only received the same answer. His heart grew heavier.
“Society has changed, people have changed,” he murmured to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Now a good action is lost.”
Yet he did not give up hope. He started to stare at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like his. The first two persons he saw did wear gloves, but one was women's and the other not black.
Paragraph 1
Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer, wearing black leather gloves.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________
Paragraph 2
During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________
听力答案：1-20BABCA CBACC BACAB ACBAC
2．B
3．D
【分析】
本文是应用文，文章介绍了四个奇特的博物馆。

1．
细节理解题。

根据第二段“but to also upload photos of her favorite items from the museum online so those who can' t make it to the physical location can still enjoy the virtual Banana Museum.(还可以把她最喜欢的物品的照片上传到网上，这样那些不能到实体博物馆的人也可以享受虚拟的香蕉博物馆)”可知，Washington Banana Museum提供网上展出。

故选B项。

2．
细节理解题。

根据第三段“Exhibits include information on the Roswell incident of 1947, crop circles, other UFO sightings, Area 51, and abductions.(展品包括1947年的罗斯威尔事件、麦田怪圈、其他不明飞行物目击、51区和绑架的信息)”可知，Roswell UFO Museum的展品与外星人和外太空事件有关，所以适合对外太空感趣的人。

故选B项。

3．
细节理解题。

根据第五段“Here you can study over 300 items to better familiarize yourself with the 100 year-old history of tap water in China. (在这里，您可以学习超过300个项目，以更好地让自己熟悉自来水在中国100年的历史)”可知，在Beijing Tap Water Museum你可以了解到自来水在中国的发展历史。

故选D项。

4．B
5．C
6．A
7．D
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。

文章主要讲述作者去野生动物园旅行的时候，同酒店派的Jack在旅行中发生的小故事，让作者从Jack身上学到了友爱的一面，以及与大自然中不那么美丽的部分共存。

词义猜测题。

根据划线处的后面“to help me on trips into the wildlife park nearby”(帮助我去附近的野生动物园旅行)可推测Jack是由酒店派来的人，由此可知assigned意思是“委派”同sent 同义，A. Fired开火；B. Sent派遣；C. Praised赞扬；D. Interviewed采访。

故选B。

5．
细节理解题。

根据文章第二段“I had indeed screamed, but a spider was on my clothes, and we were in the jeep in the middle of the wildlife park. ” (我确实尖叫过，但一只蜘蛛在我的衣服上，我们在野生动物园中间的吉普车里。

)可知，作者是因为有蜘蛛在她衣服上才尖叫的。

故选C。

6．
细节理解题。

根据文章第三段“I wanted him to pick the thing up and throw it out of the jeep right at that moment. However, he did something quite else. He gently let the spider onto his own knee and drove on, as if nothing had happened.” （我想让他立刻把那东西捡起来扔出吉普车。

然而，他做了一件完全不同的事。

他轻轻地把蜘蛛放在自己的膝盖上，继续往前走，就像什么也没发生过一样）可知，Jack通过将蜘蛛移动到自己的腿上来帮助作者。

故选A。

7．
主旨大意题。

根据文章最后一段“I wondered then about this man, who thought about the spider with such kindness. . . Where and when did I lose my love towards the unfamiliar? …The ants were already wise, but thanks to Jack, I learned to live with the not so beautiful bits of nature.” （我当时很好奇这个人，他对蜘蛛的想法是那么善良……何时何地，我对陌生失去了爱?现在，当面对一排蚂蚁挡住我的路时，我的第一反应不再是攻击它们。

我就跳过它们，我们一起继续。

蚂蚁已经很聪明了，但多亏了杰克，我学会了与大自然中不那么美丽的部分共存。

）可知，本文讲述的是作者同Jack一起旅行的小故事，让作者从Jack身上学到了友爱的一面，以及与大自然中不那么美丽的部分共存，即从一个年轻人身上学到了关于爱。

故选D。

【点睛】
词义猜测题，要根据词、词组、句子所在的语境上下文来判断其意义。

因此熟练掌握一些猜词技巧是做好这类题的关键。

1.根据定义或上下文解释进行猜测。

有时短文中出现一个需要猜测其意义的词或短语，下面接着出现其定义或解释，这就是判断该词或短语意义的主要依据。

2.根据同位关系进行猜测。

阅读中出现的难词有时后面紧跟一个同位语，对前面的词进行解
释，这时可利用同位关系对前面或后面的词义或句意进行猜测。

3.根据构词法(前缀、后缀、复合、派生等)进行猜测。

在英语中，有很多词可以在前面加前缀，在后面加后缀，从而构成一个词，乍看起来，这个词可能是新词，但掌握了一定的构词知识，就不难猜出它的词义。

4.根据因果关系进行猜测。

在一篇阅读文章中，根据原因可以预测结果，根据结果也可以找出原因。

5. 根据上下文的指代关系进行猜测。

文章中的代词it, that, he, him 或them可以指上文提到的人或物，其中it和that还可以指一件事。

有时代词指代的对象相隔较远，要认真查找;也有时需要对前面提到的内容进行总结，才能得出代词所指代的事。

6.根据同义关系进行猜测。

当词或短语之间有并列连词and 或or时，其连接的两项内容在含义上是接近的或递进的，由此确定同等关系中的某个生词所属的义域，由此可推知其大致意思。

7.根据转折或对比关系进行猜测.根据上下句的连接词，如but, however, otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意义上的差别，从而依据某一句的含义，来确定另一句的含义。

另外，分号也可以表示转折、对比或不相干的意义。

例如小题1，就是根据上下文的解释进行推测的，故选B。

8．D
9．B
10．A
11．D
【分析】
这是一篇说明文。

文章主要说明树对降低城市温度的重要作用，以及如何最大化利用树的降温作用。

8．
推理判断题。

由第二段中的“According to the study, the right amount of tree cover can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And the effect is quite noticeable from neighborhood to neighborhood, even down to the scale of a single city block. (根据这项研究，适量的树木覆盖可以将夏季白天的温度降低10华氏度。

从一个街区到另一个街区，甚至到一个城市街区的规模，这种影响都非常明显）”可知，适量的树木覆盖可以在
夏天给城市降温，可得出在城市中一个有更多树木的地区可能比其他地区凉爽。

故选D项。

9．
细节理解题。

由第三段中的“Heat waves drive up energy demands and costs and can have big human health impacts. (热浪推高了能源需求和成本，并可能对人类健康产生重大影响)”可知，高温天气可对人的健康造成严重危害。

故选B项。

10．
细节理解题。

由第四段中的“Trees, on the other hand, not only shade those surfaces from the sun's rays, they also release water into the air through their leaves, a process that cools things down. (另一方面，树木不仅遮蔽这些表面，使其免受阳光的照射，它们还通过树叶向空气中释放水分，这一过程使事物降温)”可知，树可以帮助遮挡阳光以及给城市降温。

故选A项。

11．
推理判断题。

由最后一段“To get the maximum benefit of this cooling service, the study found that tree cover must be more than 40 percent. In other words, an aerial picture of a single city block would need to be nearly half-way covered by a leafy green network of branches and leaves. (为了最大限度地利用这种降温服务，研究发现树木覆盖率必须超过40%。

换言之，一个城市街区的航拍照片需要被一个枝叶繁茂的绿色网络覆盖近一半)”可知，城市规划师从研究中得出他们应该用树木覆盖几乎一半的城市。

故选D项。

12．A
13．C
14．D
15．B
【导语】
这是一篇说明文。

作者阐述了“软技能”对于事业成功的重要性。

12．
推理判断题。

根据第一段的“The ability to speak Spanish is a hard skill.(讲西班牙语是一项“硬”技能)”并结合选项推知，精通英语也属于“硬技能”。

故选A。

13．
细节理解题。

根据第二段的“These soft skills are what many employers desire.(这些软技能是许多雇主所渴望的。

)”可知，很多雇主很渴望这些“软技能”。

故选C。

14．
主旨大意题。

根据第一段的“You possess hard skills for the job, but you may lack soft skills.(你拥有工作所需的硬技能，但可能缺乏软技能)”，第二段的“These soft skills are what many employers desire.(这些软技能是许多雇主所渴望的)”，第三段“Soft skills benefit you in many ways. (软技能在很多方面对你都有好处)”和第四段的“Soft skills are something extra that help a particular person to success. (软技能是帮助一个人成功的额外技能)”可知，本文主要讲述“软技能”在你的职场成功中发挥重要的作用。

故D项“Soft Skills Matter to Your Success at Work(软技能对你的工作成功至关重要)”可以作为本文最佳标题。

故选D。

15．
推理判断题。

根据最后一段最后一句“Soft skills are what can set people apart from each other on resumes or in job interviews, but soft skills don’t come naturally.(软技能是使人们在简历或工作面试中脱颖而出的东西，但软技能不是与生俱来的)”可知，“软技能”并不是天生的，是需要培养的。

由此可知，接下来作者可能会讲到如何培养“软技能”。

故选B。

16．F
17．B
18．D
19．C
20．G
【导语】
本文是说明文。

文章介绍了火灾逃生的几个步骤。

16．
由空格前的“Talking about fires can frightening（谈论火灾会让人害怕）”和空格后的“So let’s start from talking about escape plans and escape routes.（让我们从逃跑计划和逃跑路线开始。

）”可知，本空与上一句构成转折关系，同时，又给出下一句的理由，F选项“But you can feel less worried if you are prepared.（但是如果你准备好了，你就不会那么担心了。

）”中的But表转折，且引出下文的讲逃跑计划和逃跑路线，因此F选项承上启下，符合语境，故选F。

17．
空格处是本段小标题，由“so it’s important to learn and remember the different ways out of your home（所以学习并记住离开家的不同方法是很重要的。

）”可知，本段主要在讲“确认逃生出
口”，故选Know your way out作小标题。

故选B。

18．
D项“How do you get to them from your room?（你怎么从房间到达门？）”中的them指代上一句中的“exits”，且D项承接上一句“How many exits (出口) are there?”（有多少门），进一步提醒读者弄清从家到逃生出口的路线，符合文意和实际。

故选D。

19．
根据上文“If you see smoke coming under the door—don’t open the door!”（如果你看到有烟从门下冒出来——不要开门!），C项“If you don’t see smoke—touch the door.（如果你没看到烟，就摸门。

）”中的“smoke”和前面的“smoke”相一致，是此处所列的逃生步骤中的一环。

因此C 选项承上启下，符合语境，故选C。

20．
由文章结构可知，上句“ When you open the door, if you feel heat or smoke pours into the room, quickly shut the door. ”（当你打开门，如果你感到热或烟涌入房间，迅速关闭的门。

）提到有烟和热气涌入时该怎么做，那么下句应是无烟和热气时该怎么做，故选G项“If there’s no smoke or heat, go toward your escape route exit.（如果没有烟或热，就往逃生通道出口走。

）”。

故选G。

21．D
22．B
23．A
24．D
25．A
26．C
27．B
28．D
29．C
30．D
31．A
32．B
33．C
34．B。