高二上学期第二次联考英语试题 (2)

安徽省皖北名校2020-2021学年高二上学期第二次联考英语
试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读选择
Walter Peak High Country Farm on the western shores of Lake Wakatipu is famous in history. Its sheltered bays were used as camping sites by Maori travelling to the Mararoa and Oreti Rivers on Moa hunting and gathering expeditions.
Things to do
Situated on picturesque Lake Wakatipu’s western shores, the farm is the perfect place to spend a few relaxing hours. The Farm Tour itself is a wonderful experience for the whole family, with something to keep everyone entertained and happy. Our rural host will meet you after you leave the steamboat and take you for a waking tour of the farmyard. The first stop is the holding to help feed the sheep and deer, and even get up close to the Scottish highland cattle. Then walk slowly through the lakeside gardens to the charming Colonel’s Homestead for morning or afternoon tea. Afterwards the farmer will lead you over to the shearing shed （剪羊毛棚）where you can watch the farm dogs rounding up sheep on the hills, and see the farmer cut the wool off a sheep. You will then board the steamboat for your cruise back to Queenstown.
Ticket Information
Child Ticket $ 22.00
Adult Ticket $ 77.00
Visitor Information
Opening Time：10 a. m.
Closing Time：4 p. m.
Additional Information
All tickets purchased at MyFun must make a booking at+64-3441-8166. Please mention your MyFun barcode（条形码）number when making your booking. Please print out your voucher（收据）and take along with you to the attraction. Tickets are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase.
1．What can tourists do during the Farm Tour?
A．Have morning tea. B．Cut the wool off a sheep.
C．Hunt on the rivers with your family. D．Run a steamboat by yourself.
2．How much should parents with an adult son pay for the Farm Tour?
A．$99. B．$176. C．$231. D．$253. 3．What should the visitors do for tourists who have bought tickets at MyFun?
A．Use the tickets after a year.
B．Tell the Farm your MyFun barcode number.
C．Call +64-3441-8166 to print out your voucher.
D．They can’t use the tickets unless they have made a booking.
A British friend told me he couldn’t understand why Chinese people love eating sunflower seeds（嗑瓜子）as a snack so much. “I’ve met a lot of older Chinese and many have a crack in their front teeth, I believe that’s from cracking the seeds,” he said.
I had never noticed the habit, but once he mentioned it, I suddenly became more aware. I realized that whenever I’m watching TV or typing a report, I always start mindlessly cracking sunflower seeds. My friend doesn’t like sunflower seeds, and, to him, it seems unnecessary to work so much just to get one small seed.
When we were young, the whole family would usually get together for Chinese New Year. Then, we all lived close to one another, usually in a small city, and sometimes even neighbors would go door-to-door on Chinese New Year’s Eve to check out what every household was making.
I remember my parents would be in the kitchen cooking. Out in the living room, a large table would already be laid out, complete with fancy tablecloth, ready-made dumpling fillings, and dishes full of candy, fruits and sunflower seeds. Some of the dishes were to be offered to our ancestors later, while others were for neighbors and children to eat before the evening feast.
I must have learned how to crack sunflower seeds back then.
I don’t think it’s right to criticize one’s choice in food or eating habits, no matter how strange they may seem.
It’s not only in China. When I went abroad, I found people had all sorts of strange habits when it came to food. In Denmark, they put salted red fish on bread and eat it for dinner, no matter how much it ruins your breath. They think it’s。

delicacy（美味佳肴）, and it’s connected to their certain culture. I think it’s a wond erful tradition.
4．Why can the British friend not understand when he found Chinese love eating sunflower
seeds?
A．Because the seeds are too hard to crack.
B．Because he thinks they art harmful to teeth.
C．Because he doesn’t think the seeds are good.
D．Becau se he doesn’t thinks the seeds are worth eating.
5．What does the writer prove by mentioning Chinese New Year?
A．The families get together for it. B．Eating sunflower seeds is related to it. C．The traditions of celebrating it disappear. D．Children can eat delicious food on that day.
6．What’s the writer’s attitude to Denmark’s way of eating bread?
A．indifferent B．critical C．understandable D．doubtful 7．What idea does the writer want to express in this passage?
A．It is good to form healthy eating habits.
B．Eating habits come from a certain culture.
C．Changing your eating habits will change your life.
D．One kind of food doesn’t necessarily suit everyone.
“Do not tell anyone”. We often hear these words when someone tells us a secret. But keeping a secret is hard. We’re often tempted（引诱）to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.
According to the professor, Asim Shah, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”. This is because people often have an “eager and anxious urge（冲动）to share it with someone”. An earlier study, led by Anita, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted（托付）with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.
Secrets are so often getting out. Why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone, ”according to Shah.
He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps
everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.
Shah said that to j udge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position, Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should com e clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.
8．Why does the author say keeping a secret may “become a burden”?
A．Because people are born not to be able to keep secrets.
B．Because when people have secrets, their bodies ache.
C．Because keeping secrets is certain to cause depression.
D．Because keeping secrets could probably be harmful to health.
9．How many reasons have been mentioned in Paragraph 3 why people tend to share secrets? A．2. B．3. C．4. D．5.
10．What does the underl ined words “spill the beans” mean?
A．To fall by accident. B．To let out secrets on purpose.
C．To spread secrets to everyone around. D．To give away secrets unintentionally. 11．What can we learn from the passage?
A．Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.
B．Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the, sense of guilt.
C．Putting yourself in others’ shoes helps realize the importance of keeping secrets.
D．A person who is asked to keep a secret will suffer from psychological problems only.
Global warming is the increase of the earth’s average surface temperature due to the effect of greenhouse gases, for example, carbon dioxide, which traps heat that would otherwise escape from the earth. After the trees are cut down and more greenhouse gases are released. the “blanket” around the earth called the ozone layer（臭氧层）, will get thicker. This catches more heat and makes the earth hotter. Luckily, there are many things that every citizen of the earth can do to help reduce the ef fects of global warming, and it’s never too late or too early for children to take action.
The children should learn what a carbon footprint is. A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon and greenhouse gases people make as they lead the daily life and go about the normal activities. In other words, the carbon footprint is a measure of the environmental impact（冲击）
the life has. To live an environmentally friendly life that doesn’t contribute to global warming, people-want to have the smallest carbon footprint possible.
Almost everything people do contributes to global warming and is related to fossil fuel consumption. These can be direct uses of fossil fuels, like riding in a gasoline-powered car, or indirect contributions to greenhouse gases, such as eating fruits or vegetables that have to be shipped from far way to reach their tables.
If a child wants to make a contribution to reducing global warming, he should ride a bicycle to the near park, school, his friend’s house, or anywhere else instead of taking the car. Or he may try to walk or jog, which is also helpful. In addition, although trains and buses often run on fossil fuels, on average, each person uses less energy and produces less pollution to run. Next time if children with their parents have to ge t around town or it’s too far to walk or bike, take the bus or other public transportation instead of asking for a ride.
12．What is the main reason for global warming?
A．Too much greenhouse gases are released.
B．The ozone layer has caught more heat.
C．Much more ozone layer has been released.
D．The increase of the earth’s inner temperature results in the global warming.
13．What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A．Life has an impact on carbon footprint.
B．The definition of a carbon footprint.
C．People should live an environmental friendly life.
D．People make a huge amount of carbon and greenhouse gases.
14．The author wants to write the passage for_________
A．children B．parents C．children educators D．adults 15．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．What Can People Do To Use Less Energy?
B．Why Global Warming Affects Humans’ Life?
C．How Can Kids Help Reduce Global Warming?
D．How Does Carbon Footprints Measure Pollution?
二、七选五
Who would win in a fight, a lion or a tiger? Well, if size has anything to do with the
matter, the tiger would win. That’s because tigers are the largest of all cat species. Tigers are not only large, they are also fast. They can dash as fast as 40 miles per hour for short distances and leap as far as 30 feet.16．
At the start of the 20th century, there were over 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn of the century, the number of tigers outside of catch decreased to just over 3, 000. Interestingly, the most serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species, one with an average weight of around 140 lbs. That species is Homo sapiens, better known as humans.17．
Tigers are hunted for many reasons.18．Though trading tiger skins is now illegal in most parts of the world, tiger furs are worth around $10, 000 on the black market. Though the fur would be incentive（刺激）enough for most hunters, other parts of the tiger can also fetch a pretty penny. Some people in China and other Asian cultures believe that various tiger parts have cure function. Traditional Chinese medicine calls for the use of tiger bones, among other parts, to cure some disease.
Tigers have also been hunted as a game.19．Such killings took place in a large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when an English hunter might demand to kill over a hundred tigers in their hunting career. Though this practice is much less popular today than it was in the past, it has not stopped entirely.
Humans have done great damage to the world’s tiger population through hunting, but perhaps more damage has been caused through the destruction of habitat. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, all the way from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia.20．The tiger population is now isolated in small pockets in southern and southeastern Asia. This is because humans have heavily changed the environments. Humans have built towns and cities. Road and transport systems were created to connect these towns and cities. To feed the people living in these areas, forests and fields have been cleared to create farmland. A major difficulty to preserving tigers is the large amount of territory（领土，领域）that each tiger requires. Each wild tiger demands between 200 and 300 square miles. Because tigers need so much territory, it is really difficult to acquire enough land to support a large population of tigers.
A．Though humans have done great harm to tigers.
B．A lion is not as large as a tiger but runs faster than it.
C．People have long valued the famous striped（有条纹的）skins.
D．But over the past 100 years, tigers have lost 93% of their historic range.
E.Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways：hunting and destroying habitat.
F.In other words, people hunted tigers only for the thrill and achievement of killing them.
G.You may not think that such large, fast, and fierce tigers need help to survive, but they do.
三、完形填空
Sometimes people and things around you can remind you of yourself. I was 21 to my writing group with a book to read on the journey. Because it was an old book I didn’t want to “dog-ear” the pages. I22 in my pockets for something to use as a bookmark. I placed a ten pound note between the 23 .
Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but a young woman behind me who was speaking on her cellphone drew my 24 . She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn’t where he was25 to be, why he had 26 their mother again and whether he knew that their mum had 27 in tears that morning because of him.
She kept it quiet but she didn’t pull any punches（留情）with him. She let him know exactly what she 28 him but I could 29 there was love under all the 30 . She tried so hard to 31 this young man to come see his mother, but I got the sign she was fighting a 32 battle.
When she left the bus, I 33 behind her and 34 out the note in the book. “Excuse me,” I said. “Do me a35 , would you? Take this money and buy your 36 a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers. And tell her a 37 man said that being a mother is the 38 but most import ant job in the world.”
Then I turned around and walked on, 39 if in some way I was saying a thank-you to my own mum. But I hoped I had raised a 40 on the face of a mother suffering for her child.
21．A．waiting B．walking C．driving D．heading 22．A．looked B．searched C．brought D．found 23．A．overcoats B．books C．pages D．parcels 24．A．attention B．movement C．delight D．concerns 25．A．shocked B．supposed C．predicted D．unexpected 26．A．lived on B．protected for C．thought about D．lied to 27．A．slept over B．passed away C．broken down D．crashed out
28．A．beat on B．hurt on C．waited for D．thought of 29．A．tell B．hear C．see D．remind 30．A．encouragement B．disappointment C．inspiration D．situation 31．A．get B．turn C．trick D．make 32．A．winning B．bad C．losing D．stubborn 33．A．got off B．pulled over C．parked over D．jumped off 34．A．forced B．left C．showed D．drew 35．A．hand B．favor C．help D．move 36．A．brother B．parents C．mum D．family 37．A．shocked B．strange C．good D．helpful 38．A．hardest B．interesting C．happiest D．favorite 39．A．pretending B．imagining C．wondering D．guessing 40．A．lightening B．view C．tear D．smile
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Today our knowledge of food and what it does for our bodies is far more advanced41．that of the old times. Now we know about lots of vitamins42．help us in the growth of a particular part of our body. There are on the market all kinds of vitamins which one can take43．（make）up for one’s lack of certain important things. Of course, if we eat properly, the food that we eat will take care of44．（we）bodies and so there is no need to take any kinds of vitamins.
Generally45．（speak）, everything we eat46．（do）some good to our body, but if we eat too much of one kind of food and pay too little attention to others, we may have too much of one kind and not enough of others. Then we may be in trouble. We are often told that we must eat some meat at each meal in order to get the necessary proteins（蛋白质）. That is
only47．（part）true, for proteins are not found only in meat. They can also be got from some48．（vegetable）. The49．（good）advice about what to eat is that we should eat all kinds of food50．never too much of any.
五、短文改错
51．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

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
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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

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处起）不计分。

Hello, Jane. I want to tell you something about your trip. Yesterday it was sun and a little windy. I went a park for a trip with my classmates. Since the park is far away, so we took a bus to arrive there. How beautiful a park was! We swam in the pool and then play volleyball. We took a lot of food and ate it for lunch under a big tree. Then we listened to beautifully music and had a rest. On the afternoon, we went fish and took lots of photos. Both of us had a great time in the park.
六、提纲类作文
52．假如你是李华，你的学校要举行运动会，组委会现征集志愿者，请给学校组委会负责人王先生写一封信，申请成为一名志愿者。

要点如下：
1.个人情况；
2.为什么申请当志愿者；
3.你将如何当好这个志愿者。

注意：词数100左右。

参考答案
1．A
2．C
3．D
【分析】
这是一篇应用文。

文章介绍了瓦尔特峰高原农场，包括参观农场的时间、票价等相关事宜。

1．
细节理解题。

在Things to do小标题下的“Then walk slowly through the lakeside gardens to the charming Colonel’s Homestead for morning or afternoon tea. （然后缓慢地穿过湖畔花园，到迷人的上校之家，喝早茶或下午茶。

）”可知，我们在参观农场时可以到上校之家喝早茶。

故选A。

2．
细节理解题。

在Ticket Information小标题中的“Child Ticket $ 22. 00 Adult Ticket $ 77.00，”可知，成人票价为77美元，儿童票价为22美元，所以父母带成年的儿子需支付：3×77=231美元，故选C。

3．
细节理解题。

在Additional Information小标题中的“All tickets purchased at MyFun must make a booking at+64-3441-8166. ”可知，在MyFun购买的所有门票必须在+64-3441-8166预订。

故选D。

4．D
5．B
6．C
7．B
【分析】
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，用中国人喜欢嗑瓜子和丹麦人喜欢吃面包配咸红鱼来证明饮食习惯来自特定的文化。

4．
推理判断题。

根据第二段“My friend doesn’t like sunflower seeds, and, to him, it seems
unnecessary to work so much just to get one small seed.（我的朋友不喜欢葵花籽，对他来说，似乎没有必要为了得到一颗小种子而付出那么多的努力。

）”可知，作者的外国朋友认为葵花子不值得吃，所以当这位英国朋友发现中国人喜欢吃葵花籽时，他并不理解。

故选D。

5．
推理判断题。

根据第四段中的“Out in the living room , a large table would already be laid out, complete with fancy tablecloth, ready-made dumpling fillings, and dishes full of candy, fruits and sunflower seeds…while others were for neighbors and children to eat before the evening feast. I must have learned how to crack sunflower seeds back then.”可知，春节的时候桌子上会摆放很多美食, 其中就有瓜子, 小孩在可以在年夜饭前吃, 作者就是在那时学会了嗑瓜子, 由此可知，作者提到春节是为了证明嗑瓜子和春节有关，故选B。

6．
推理判断题。

根据文章最后一句话“I think it’s a won derful tradition.”可知，作者认为丹麦人吃面包配咸红鱼是一个很好的传统，由此可知，作者接受这种吃法，故选C。

7．
推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“They think it’s a delicacy, and it’s connected to their certain culture. ”可知，丹麦人认为这样吃面包是美味的, 这和他们的特定的文化有关, 正如作者喜欢嗑瓜子和春节文化有关，由此可知，作者想在这篇文章中表达的观点是，饮食习惯来自特定的文化，故选B。

8．D
9．A
10．D
11．C
【分析】
这是一篇说明文。

保守秘密很难，有可能成为一种负担，因此人们常常急切地想与他人分享秘密，而我们也常常会将秘密告诉自己信任的人。

两人之间分享秘密往往会令彼此更加亲密，不过不小心把秘密说漏嘴的情况也时有发生。

8．
推理判断题。

根据第二段的An earlier study, led by Anita, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted（托付）with secrets
can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.可知，美国圣母大学的科学家Anita早先做的研究表明保守秘密会导致压力，每日邮报报道，被托付保密的人会沮丧、焦虑、身体疼痛，所以保密是一个负担因为会对身体产生伤害。

故选D。

9．
细节理解题。

根据第三段的Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. 可知，Shah 解释到人们常感觉分享秘密会帮助他们保持那个人做朋友，另一个分享秘密的原因是和亲密朋友保持秘密会感到内疚。

本段说到了两个原因，故选A。

10．
词义猜测题。

根据第一段的But keeping a secret is hard. We're often tempted(引诱) to ''spill the beans'', even if we regret it later.可知，保守秘密很难。

我们经常受到引诱spill the beans，即使后来我们会后悔。

结合句意，尤其是even if we regret it later可猜测划线部分的意思是“泄露秘密”。

D. To give away secrets unintentionally.(无意地泄露秘密)符合以上说法，故选D。

11．
推理判断题。

根据最后一段的Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you'd better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn't give the information away. (Shah说，要判断是否要告诉别人一个秘密，你最好设身处地地为他们着想。

想象一下你被告知不要把信息说出去时的感受)可知，我们应该设身处地为他人考虑他们保守秘密的难处。

C. Putting yourself in others' shoes helps realize the difficulty of keeping secrets.( 设身处地地为他人着想帮助意识到保守秘密的重要性)符合以
上说法，故选C。

【点睛】
12．A
13．B
14．C
15．C
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。

文章主要讲述由于二氧化碳等温室气体的影响，全球开始变暖，号召人
们教育和引导孩子为减少全球变暖采取实际行动，做出贡献。

12．
细节理解题。

根据文章第一段第一句“Global warming is the increase of the earth’s average surface temperature due to the effect of greenhouse gases, for example, carbon dioxide, which traps heat that would otherwise escape from the earth.” 全球变暖指的是由于二氧化碳等温室气体的影响，地球表面平均温度的上升，这些气体会留住原本会从地球散发出去的热量。

由此可知全球变暖的主要原因就是太多的二氧化碳气体被释放。

故选A。

13．
主旨大意题。

根据文章第二段“The children should learn what a carbon footprint is. A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon and greenhouse gases people make as they lead the daily life and go about the norm al activities.” 孩子们应该了解什么是碳足迹。

碳足迹是指人们在日常生活和日常活动中产生的碳和温室气体的总量。

由此可知，第二段主要就是介绍什么是碳足迹，故选|B。

14．
推理判断题。

根据文章第一段“Luckily, there are many things that every citizen of the earth can do to help reduce the effects of global warming, and it’s never too late or too ear ly for children to take action.” 幸运的是，地球上的每个公民都可以做很多事情来帮助减少全球变暖的影响，对孩子们来说，采取行动永远不会太晚或太早。

结合短文主要讲述由于二氧化碳等温室气体的影响，全球开始变暖，号召人们教育和引导孩子为减少全球变暖采取实际行动，做出贡献。

由此可知本文主要是主张教育孩子去帮助减少全球变暖的影响。

因此推断这篇文章是写给儿童教育工作者的，故选C。

15．
主旨大意题。

根据文章第一段“Luckily, there are many things that every citizen of the earth can do to help reduce the effects of global warming, and it’s never too late or too early for children to take action.” 幸运的是，地球上的每个公民都可以做很多事情来帮助减少全球变暖的影响，对孩子们来说，采取行动永远不会太晚或太早。

以及最后一段“If a child wants to make a contribution to reducing global warming, he should ride a bicycle to the near park, school, his friend’s house, or anywhere else instead of taking the car. Or he may try to walk or jog, which is also helpful.”如果一个孩子想为减少全球变暖做出贡献，他应该骑自行车到附近的公园、学校、朋友家或任何其他地方，而不是开车。

或者他可以尝试步行或慢跑，这也很有帮助。

由此可
以总结文章的主题就是要让孩子们采取行动，帮助减少全球变暖的的影响。

C选项“孩子们如何帮助减少全球变暖?”符合文章主题，适合做标题，故选C。

【点睛】
标题猜测题。

标题应位于文章之首，概括文章内容，点明文章主题。

它可以是单词，短语，或句子。

确定文章标题，第一，标题要与主题密切相关；其次，看标题是否能概括全文内容，不能只概括短文中的某些事实或细节；第三，标题范围不应太大或太小；最后，标题应新颖，概括性强并且精炼。

小题4中C选项概括文中主旨大意，与主题密切相关，根据文章第一段“Luckily, there are many things that every citizen of the earth can do to help reduce the effects of global warming, and it’s never too late or too early for children to take action.” 幸运的是，地球上的每个公民都可以做很多事情来帮助减少全球变暖的影响，对孩子们来说，采取行动永远不会太晚或太早。

以及最后一段“If a child wants to make a contribution to reducing global warming, he should ride a bicycle to the near park, school, his friend’s house, or anywhere else instead of taking the car. Or he may try to walk or jog, which is a lso helpful.” 如果一个孩子想为减少全球变暖做出贡献，他应该骑自行车到附近的公园、学校、朋友家或任何其他地方，而不是开车。

或者他可以尝试步行或慢跑，这也很有帮助。

由此可以总结文章的主题就是要让孩子们采取行动，帮助减少全球变暖的的影响。

C选项“孩子们如何帮助减少全球变暖?”符合文章主题，适合做标题，故选C。

16．G
17．E
18．C
19．F
20．D
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。

作者通过对一些数据和事实的分析告知读者为什么世界上老虎的数量濒临灭绝，主要在于人类对其的猎杀以及对其生存环境的破坏。

16．
由篇章结构可知，空处是一个过渡句；根据前文描述“Tigers are not only large, they are also fast. They can dash as fast as 40 miles per hour for short distances and leap as far as 30 feet.（老虎
不仅体型庞大，而且速度也很快。

它们在短距离内的冲刺速度可达每小时40英里，跳跃可达30英尺。

）”和后文“At the start of the 20th century, there were over 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn of the century, the number of tigers outside of catch decreased to just over 3, 000. （在20世纪初，有超过10万只野生老虎。

到本世纪初，未被捕获的老虎数量减少到3000多只。

）”可知，空处表示的是老虎的生存受到的威胁；根据选项可知，选项G. You may not think that such large, fast, and fierce tigers need help to survive, but they do.( 你可能不认为如此庞大、快速、凶猛的老虎需要帮助才能生存，但它们确实需要帮助。

)承上启下，过渡自然，符合题意。

故选G。

17．
上文“Interestingly, the most serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species, one with an average weight of around 140 lbs. That species is Homo sapiens, better known as humans.(有趣的是，老虎面临的最危险的威胁来自一个小得多的物种，一个平均体重约140磅的物种。

那个物种就是智人，也就是我们熟知的人类)”与E. Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways: hunting and destroying habitat.(人类主要从两个方面威胁老虎：狩猎和破坏栖息地)承接自然，上下文话题一致，都讲述人类对老虎的威胁，human是关键词，故选E。

18．
根据空前“Tigers are hunted for many reasons.（老虎被猎杀的原因有很多。

）和空后“Though trading tiger skins is now illegal in most parts of the world, tiger furs are worth around $10, 000 on the black market.（虽然在世界大部分地区，买卖虎皮是非法的，但在黑市上，虎皮的价值约为1万美元。

）”可知，空处谈论的是老虎被猎杀的一个原因是人们为了获得虎皮；根据选项可知，选项C. People have long valued the famous striped（有条纹的）skins.( 们长期以来都很珍视这种著名的条纹皮。

)符合题意，此处是skin与下一句中skin指代同一概念。

故选C。

19．
根据空前“Tigers have also been hunted as a game.（老虎也作为一种游戏被猎杀。

）”可知，空处是对这种行为的进一步解释；根据选项可知，选项F. In other words, people hunted tigers only for the thrill and achievement of killing them.( 换言之，人们猎杀老虎只是为了获得杀死老虎的刺激和成就。

)承接上一句，对前一句进行解释说明，符合题意。

故选F。

20．
根据空前“Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, all the way from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia.（老虎曾经遍布亚洲各地，从土耳其到俄罗斯东海岸。

）”和“The tiger population is
now isolated in small pockets in southern and southeastern Asia. （老虎的数量现在被孤立在南亚和东南亚的小地方。

）可知，空处谈论的是老虎的生存范围缩小了；根据选项可知，选项D. But over the past 100 years, tigers have lost 93% of their historic range.( 但是在过去的100年里，老虎已经失去了93%的历史范围。

)承上启下，符合题意。

故选D。

21．D
22．B
23．C
24．A
25．B
26．D
27．C
28．D
29．A
30．B
31．A
32．C
33．A
34．D
35．B
36．C
37．B
38．A
39．C
40．D
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。

主要讲述作者在去写作小组的旅途中，遇到一位年轻女士劝她的兄弟去看望她母亲，进而引发作者想要对自己的妈妈表示感谢的哲理故事。

21．
考查动词词义辨析。

句意：我带着一本书去我的写作小组，准备在旅途中阅读。

A. waiting
等待；B. walking行走；C. driving开车；D. heading朝……前进。

根据下文的“to my writing group with a book to read on the journey.”可知，此处指的是去作者的写作小组，故选D。

22．
考查动词词义辨析。

句意：因为那是一本旧书，我不想把书页折起来，所以我在口袋里找东西当书签用。

A. looked看；B. searched搜查,寻找；C. brought带来；D. found发现。

根据前后的因果关系，作者不想折书页，所以应该是去口袋里找东西作书签，故选B。

23．
考查名词词义辨析。

句意：我在书页中间放了一张十英镑的钞票。

A. overcoats长大衣；B. books书；C. pages书页；D. parcels包裹。

根据前文“a bookmark ”可知，此处指的是在书页中发一张10英镑的钞票作书签。

故选C。

24．
考查名词词义辨析。

句意：坐在公共汽车上，我把书拿了出来，正准备读，但我身后的一位用手机打电话的年轻女士引起了我的注意。

A. attention注意；B. movement移动；C. delight 开心；D. concerns担忧。

根据空后“She was talking to her brother.”可知，年轻人女人打电话引起了作者的注意。

故选A。

25．
考查形容词词义辨析。

句意：她想知道他在哪里，为什么他不在他应该在的地方，为什么他又一次欺骗了他们的母亲，他是否知道他们的母亲在那天早上因为他情绪崩溃哭了。

A. shocked震惊的；B. supposed应该的；C. predicted预测的；D. unexpected想不到的。

由上文“know where he was”推知，兄弟不在他应该在的地方，be supposed to“应该做某事”，故选B。

26．
考查动词词组辨析。

句意：她想知道他在哪里，为什么他不在他应该在的地方，为什么他又一次欺骗了他们的母亲，他是否知道他们的母亲在那天早上因为他情绪崩溃他哭了。

A. lived on以……为生；B. protected for保护；C. thought about思考；D. lied to欺骗。

根据上下文可知这位女士是在教训他的弟弟，所以欺骗、撒谎更符合语境，故选D。

27．
考查动词词组辨析。

句意：她想知道他在哪里，为什么他不在他应该在的地方，为什么他又一次欺骗了他们的母亲，他是否知道他们的母亲在那天早上因为他情绪崩溃哭了。

A. slept over借住别处；B. passed away去世；C. broken down崩溃；D. crashed out逃出。

根据下文的”in。