江苏省启东中学2020-2021学年高二上学期第二次月考英语试题(解析版)

2020-2021 学年第一学期第二次月考高二英语试题
本卷满分150 分，考试时间120 分钟
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷﹙选择题﹚和第Ⅱ卷﹙非选择题﹚两部分。

满分150 分，考试时间120 分钟。

第Ⅰ卷(选择题)
第一部分：听力（共两小节，满分30 分）
该部分分为第一、第二两节，注意，做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上，该部分录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

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 the conversation take place?
A. In a department store.
B. In a university.
C. In a hospital.
2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A skating class.
B. Joan’s new skates.
C. Different ice-sports.
3. What is the man going to do first?
A. Wait for his friend.
B. Book a table.
C. Order the meal.
4. How many students are there in the speakers’ class?
A. 21.
B. 20.
C. 18.
5. What makes the man upset?
A. His health problem.
B. His work plan.
C. His new boss.
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 至7 题。

6. When does Mr. Jones’ train leave for London?
A. At 9:30 am.
B. At 11:30 am.
C. At 3:00 pm.
7. What will Mr. Jones do on Thursday?
A. Meet Mr. Wang.
B. Attend a meeting.
C. Start a new project.
听第7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。

8. What does the man want to have?
A. Vegetables.
B. Seafood.
C. Pizzas.
9. Which restaurant will the man go to?
A. Antonio’s.
B. Pizza House.
C. Sally’s Home Cooking.
听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。

10. What does Mike decide to do first?
A. Get something to eat.
B. Order some coffee.
C. Finish his work.
11. How is Mike feeling now?
A. Thirsty.
B. Hungry.
C. Tired.
12. What is the disadvantage of the robot?
A. It serves coffee slowly.
B. It makes just one coffee a time.
C. It can’t control the coffee’s strength well.
听第9 段材料，回答第13 至16 题。

13. What does Dave think of his school life?
A. It is busy.
B. It is relaxing.
C. It is boring.
14. What hasn’t Dave made a decision on?
A. His major.
B. His future career.
C. His travel destination.
15. What is the woman’s major?
A. French.
B. Hotel management.
C. Computer science.
16. How does the woman support herself through school?
A. She writes some books.
B. She does a part-time job.
C. She got an academic scholarship. 听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。

17. What made T-shirts popular?
A. A newspaper.
B. Hollywood films.
C. American soldiers.
18. When did big companies use T-shirts as “walking advertisements”?
A. In the 1950s.
B. In the mid-1960s.
C. In the 1970s.
19. For whom did people wear T-shirts in 1970?
A. Angela Davis.
B. Yves Saint Laurent.
C. Jean Seberg.
20. What color T-shirt did Yves Saint Laurent design?
A. White.
B. Black.
C. Blue.
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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和D)中选出最佳选项。

A
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Upper-Intermediate English: Technology Today
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Instructor: Ted Supalla from the Georgetown University
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Instructor: Kasey Champion from the University of Washington
1. What do the first two courses have in common?
A. Both last for one and a half months
B. Both are offered by the same university
C. Both require students to have discussions online.
D. Both include an explanation of grammatical rules.
2. Who will offer the course on the development of finger spelling?
A. Ted Supalla.
B. Derek Brown.
C. Maggie Sokolik.
D. Kasey Champion.
3. What does the longest course focus on?
A. Testing English language skills.
B. Giving tips on academic writing.
C. Improving practical coding skills.
D. Discussing Sign Language science.
【答案】1. D 2. A 3. C
【解析】
这是一篇应用文。

文章介绍了四个免费的线上课程。

【1题详解】
推理判断题。

根据“How to Write an Essay”所提到的课程内容“The course includes a review of basic grammar, and strategies for writing effective sentences and paragraphs, introductions and conclusions, longer texts, and topic sentences.”（该课程包括对基本语法的复习，以及编写有效句子和段落，引言和结论，较长文本和主题句子的策略。

）和“Upper-Intermediate English: Technology Today”所提到的课程内容“The course includes video lessons, reading activities, grammar explanations and exercises, listening activities , and speaking practice.”（该课程包括视频课程，阅读活动，语法解释和练习，听力活动和口语练习。

）可知，这两个课程的共同点都包括了对语法规则的解释。

故选D项。

【2题详解】
细节理解题。

根据文章“Sign Language Science : Factors Contributing to Natural Change”提到的课程内容“We know from documentation that early American Sign Language ( ASL ) does not look the same as it does today. That's because, as it was passed down , it developed and changed . In this course, we will look at the historical data and discuss how the language changed.”（从文档中我们知道，早期的美国手语（ASL）看起来与今天不一样。

这是因为随着它的传承，它发展并发生了变化。

在本课程中，我们将查看历史数据并讨论语言的变化。

）可知，来自乔治敦大学的Ted Supalla将传授有关美国手语的课程。

故选C项。

【3题详解】
细节理解题。

根据题干提到的“最长课程”，我们可见答案定位于“Learn to Program in Java”。

本课程时长4周，每周8到10个小时。

根据“Learn to Program in Java”的授课内容“Ready to start your programming journey? In this course, you'll learn not only how to code(编码） in Java but also how to break down problems and implement(实现）their solutions using some of the basic computer science tools.”（准备开始您的编程旅程了吗？在本课程中，您不仅将学习如何用Java编写代码，还将学习如何使用一些基本的计算机科学工具来解决问题并实现解决方案。

）可知，本课程主要关注提高实用的编码技巧。

故选C项。

B
A new study suggests our teeth tell a lot more about us than just how often we brush. In fact, our teeth may record any experience that's made a meaningful influence in our lives.
According to the study, all of those events are - almost literally-written in stone, or, at least the hard material known as cementum that covers the root of each tooth. While it's considered a connective tissue(结缔组织), cementum is very bone-like and hardly the material one might expect to record life's experiences.
“Our results make clear that the skeleton is a dynamic organ,” study lead author Paola Cerrito of New York University says. “We weren't expecting these results.” Cementum is keeping our teeth in place, and it's considered a hard tissue. And yet, it also manages to be a recorder of our lives on this planet.
For the study, researchers looked at 47 sets of teeth from 16 people between the ages of 25 and 69. Those teeth came from a collection of skeletons of Central African Malawians. The remains were provided with detailed medical records and thoroughly documented personal histories.
Once the team connected the formation of each layer or band to certain life stages, they were able to trace certain life events to tooth formation. “I had an ‘aha moment’ when looking at the thin sections(切片) of the cementum under the microscope and thinking that I could try to match what I saw with the information about the certain life events of individuals,” Cerrito says.
In fact, the biological records were so detailed; they showed when an individual was imprisoned or suffered from serious illness.
“Just like tree rings, we can look at “tooth rings”: continuously growing layers of tissue on the tooth's root surface,” Cerrito explains.
“These rings are a faithful collection of an individual's physiological experiences and stressors.”
Researchers say it's all encoded in micro-structural changes(编码在微观结构变化中）to a certain layer. But so far, they haven't been able to understand the causes of those changes. One psychological event, like going through an ending of a marriage, might look a lot like catching a disease.
In any case, the dis covery could result in a star turn for a tissue that's long flown under the radar. “The discovery that personal details of a person's life are recorded in this little-studied tissue, promises to bring cementum straight into the center of many discussions c oncerning the evolution of human life history,” study co-author Timothy Bromage adds.
4. What can we learn about the study?
A. It examined the teeth of all ages.
B. Its goal was to improve human life
C. It was carried out in Central Africa.
D. Its findings surprised the researchers.
5. Why are tree rings mentioned in the text?
A. To give an explanation of tooth rings.
B. To show what we can learn from tree rings
C. To introduce how tree rings come into being.
D. To describe the connection between tooth rings and health.
6. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. The future of the study.
B. The purpose of the study.
C. The limitation of the study.
D. The importance of the study.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. Science or a way to detect people's secrets?
B. Teeth: A new way of looking at history
C. Brush your teeth, save your life?
D. Bones: They're actually alive!
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。

文章讲述一个对牙齿的新研究。

研究结果告诉我们牙齿可以记录下任何对我们的生活产生重大影响的经历。

【4题详解】
推理判断题。

根据文章第一段“A new study suggests our teeth tell a lot more about us than just how often we brush. In fact, our teeth may record any experience that's made a meaningful influence in our lives.”（一项新的研究表明，我们的牙齿能告诉我们更多关于我们的信息，而不仅仅是我们刷牙的频率。

事实上，我们的牙齿可以记录下任何对我们的生活产生重大影响的经历。

）以及第三段““Our result s make clear that the skeleton is a dynamic organ,” study lead author Paola Cerrito of New York University says. “We weren't expecting these results.” Cementum is keeping our teeth in place, and it's considered a hard tissue. And yet, it also manages to be a recorder of our lives on this planet.”（“我们的研究结果表明，骨骼是一个动态的器官，”该研究的主要作者，纽约大学的Paola Cerrito说。

“我们没想到会有这样的结果。

”牙骨质是用来固定牙齿的，它是一种坚硬的组织。

然而，它也成功地记录了我们在这个星球上的生活。

）可知，对于研究的结果，研究者们是意想不到的。

这项研究结果让研究员很惊讶。

故选D项。

【5题详解】
推理判断题。

根据文章倒数五段“In fact, the biological records were so detailed; they showed when an individual was imprisoned or suffered from serious illness.”（事实上，这些生物记录非常详细；它们显示了一个人何时被监禁或患有严重疾病。

）以及第四段““Just like tree rings, we can look at “tooth rings”: continuously growing layers of tissue on the tooth's root surface,” Cerrito explains.”（“就像树木的年轮一样，我们可以看到“牙齿年轮”:牙齿根部表面不断生长的组织层，”Cerrito解释道。

）和倒数第三段““These rings are a faithful collection of an individual's physiological experiences and stressors.””（“这些环忠实地收集了个人的生理经历和压力源。

”）可知，作者认为“牙齿年轮”和树木的年轮作用是一样的，都是用来记录事件的。

故因此可以推断作者提出年轮是为了解释“牙齿年轮”。

故选A项。

【6题详解】
主旨大意题。

根据最后一段“In any case, the discovery could result in a star turn for a tissue that's long flown under the radar. “The discovery that personal details of a person's life are recorded in this little-studied tissue, promises to brin g cementum straight into the center of many discussions concerning the evolution of human life history,” study co-author Timothy Bromage adds.”（无论如何，这一发现可能会使长期未被发现的人体组织成为明星。

该研究的合著者Timothy Bromage补充道:“在这个很少被研究的组织中发现记录了一个人生活的个人细节，这将使牙骨质直接成为有关人类生活史进化的许多讨论的中心。

”）可知，这一研究会让牙骨质直接成为有关人类生活史进化的许多讨论的中心。

这个研究具有重要性。

故选D项。

【7题详解】
主旨大意题。

根据文章第一段“A new study suggests our teeth tell a lot more about us than just how often we brush. In fact, our teeth may record any experience that's made a meaningful influence in our lives.”（一项新的研究表明，我们的牙齿能告诉我们更多关于我们的信息，而不仅仅是我们刷牙的频率。

事实上，我们的牙齿可以记录下任何对我们的生活产生重大影响的经历。

）可知，本文讲述一项对牙齿的新研究。

研究结果告诉我们牙齿可以记录下任何对我们的生活产生重大影响的经历。

故B项“牙齿：一种看历史的新方式”符合题意。

故选B项。

C
Some of the world’s most significant problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the world’s major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.
The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, wheat corn and soybeans. They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s.
There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world’s most populous countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets. That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse.
Second, yield growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soya beans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calories consumed. Corn and soybeans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our c rop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.”
The report qualifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organization has argued.
Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed up for crops might be able to revert to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued improvements in yields, which may not actually happen.
8. What does the author try to draw attention to?
A. Food riots and hunger in the world.
B. News headlines in the leading media.
C. The decline of the grain yield growth.
D. The food supply in populous countries.
9. Why does the author mention India and China in particular?
A. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.
B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years.
C. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.
D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.
10. What does the new study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts?
A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the 1980s.
B. They contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production.
C. They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world.
D. They focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.
11. What does the Food and Agriculture Organization say about world food production in the coming decades?
A. The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies.
B. The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution.
C. The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be reversed.
D. The world will be able to feed its population without increasing farmland.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. D 11. D
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。

文章主要说明了世界上一些主要农作物产量增长正在下降，列举了四种最重要的作物的产量提高在90年代和21世纪初的减缓情况，说明了其两个令人担忧的特征。

【8题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第一段中“Some of the world’s most significant problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the world’s major crops.(世界上一些最严重的问题从未上过头条。

以农业为例。

粮食骚乱和饥饿成为新闻。

但隐藏在这些问题背后的趋势很少被谈论。

那就是是世界上一些主要农作物产量增长的下降)”可知，作者试图引起读者注意的是粮食产量增长的下降。

故选C。

【9题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第三段中“One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world’s most populous countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets.(其中之一是，在世界人口最多的国家——印度和中国，这种情况尤为严重。

他们养活自己的能力一直是各国国内和世界粮食市场相对稳定的一个重要来源)”可推知，作者特别提到印度和中国是为了说明他们的自给自足对世界粮食市场的稳定至关重要。

故选A。

【10题详解】
细节理解题。

根据倒数第三段“The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.”(作者们指出，“我们优先把我们的作物改良努力集中在喂养动物和汽车上，而不是喂养人类的作物，这些作物是世界上大部分地区粮食安全的基础。

”)”可知，这两所大学的新研究认为，最近的作物改良工作更关注动物饲料的增加而不是人类粮食的增加。

故选D。

【11题详解】
推理判断题。

根据倒数第二段“The report qualifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organization has argued.(该报告对另一篇新论文的更为乐观的发现进行了补充，该论文认为，到2050年，世界不必像粮农组织所主张的那样，为了养活90亿人口而开垦大量的耕地)”可推知，粮农组织认为，未来几十年，世界将能够在不增加耕地的情况下养活它的人口。

故选D。

D
“Father, do you see Mother in your dreams?” the young girl asks. “You know sometimes I do.” “Mother comes to see me a lot, you know. We sit and talk.” The father smiles. “How is your homework coming along?”
“Why do I have to study so hard?”
“It is what your mother would have wanted!”
She regrets speaking her mind. “I’m sorry, Father, I shouldn’t have said that.” She looks up and sees his eyes well up with tears.
“It’s okay, love,” he gets up and pours himself a drink. “I’ll just sit outside for a while. You finish up your work, okay?”
“I’m sorry, Father; Mother did love you very much. She told me all the time.”
“Homework, first, eh? Then we can chat about your mother.”
He heads off outside and sits in his usual chair, looking around the courtyard. The whole area relaxes the mind and somehow soothes the soul.
“All finished, Father. May I get a drink and sit with you? I have some questions.”
She comes with two drinks one for him and one for herself. He looks surprised. She never really liked him having a drink. Although he had cut back a lot from before he brought her here, it still seemed strange.
“Mother told me all about you. That is before she passed away. We would laugh together at your love stories.”
He listens without uttering a single sound.
“Why didn’t you come and take her away with you? She really wanted that. Did you know that?”
Her father looks at his daughter lovingly. “Circumstances were difficult back then. It was just the way things were. When it came time to…” He sighs. “To visit her it was too late.”
The girl smiles. “I hope I will have the same kind of love you and mother had.” “Without all the heartache,” her father adds.
“She always knew you loved her. She told me every day,” the child mentions cheerfully. “I saw her crying sometimes when she read your letters.”
“Did she make you promise to look after me?” She inquires. “She asked me to take care of you.”
“You promised her, didn’t you?” “Yes, I did.”
“It is nice out here, isn't it? Mother would have been very happy here.”
She talks with some authority. Her father remains silent. A smile comes to his weary brow. He nods his head.
“Mother wanted me to give you something. I think now the time is right.” She runs to her room.
Up on returning she hands her father a book. “It’s mother’s diary! She wanted me to give it to you.” He takes the book and holds it in his trembling hands, “Thank you.”
“Mother said you would understand things better.” “Wise woman, your mother.”
He places the book on the table as he gets up. The girl gets up and wraps herself around her father. “I love you.” she looks up at his face.
He picks her up and hugs her. “I love you, too.” His voice trembles. “It’s okay, Father. We have each other now and mother is in both of us.” He kisses her head.“Time you went to bed,” her father softly says.He puts her down and she scampers off to get washed and ready for bed. Clearing up everything he checks on his daughter. She is in bed waiting for her good night kiss. He tucks her in and bids her goodnight.
Just as he is to leave she tells him. “Mother told me she adopted me when I was a baby.” He stands at her bedroom door. Words fail him. Yes, he knew she was adopted.
“I am really lucky for being loved by my parents, even if I am not really theirs.” “You trying to bring on the water works?” he tells her.
She giggles, “Goodnight, Father. I love you.” “Love you, too.”
His face lights up as he wipes his dampened eyes.
The door closes and the child falls asleep dreaming of her mother.
Sitting outside he picks up the diary and opens it and reads the first line: “I love you, my dearest, if only things could have been different…”
12. Why isn’t the mother with her family?
A. She has already died.
B. She is ill in hospital.
C. The couple is divorced.
D. She lives in another city.
13. What can we learn from the story?
A. The girl was adopted because the couple couldn’t give birth.
B. Father looks after the girl just because the girl is alone.
C. The girl feels unfortunate that she was adopted.
D. Father was not very close to the girl before she moved in with him.
14. What does the sentence “You trying to bring on the water works?” mean?
A. You want another cup of water?
B. Are you kidding me?
C. Are you trying to make me cry?
D. Are you thinking about the water factory?
15. Which word best describes father’s feeling at the end of the story?
A. Regretful
B. Satisfied
C. Confused
D. Skeptical
【答案】12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。

女孩的父母因为分歧而分开，最终女孩的妈妈因为生病去世，女孩的爸爸一直生活在悔恨中，这时女孩却给他带来了心灵的安慰。

【12题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第十一段“Mother told me all about you. That is before she passed away.(妈妈把你的事都告诉我了。

那是在她去世之前)”可知，妈妈没和家人在一起，是因为她已经去世了。

故选A。

【13题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第十段中“She never really liked him having a drink. Although he had cut back a lot from before he brought her here, it still seemed strange.(她从来都不喜欢他喝酒。

尽管他在带她来这里之前已经少喝了很多，
但这仍然显得很陌生)”可知，在女孩搬去和父亲一起住之前，父亲和她不是很亲近。

故选D。

【14题详解】
句意猜测题。

根据倒数第五段中“I am really lucky for being loved by my parents, even if I am not really theirs.(能得到父母的爱我真的很幸运，即使我不是他们亲生的)”以及倒数第三段“His face lights up as he wipes his dampened eyes.(他擦了擦湿润的眼睛，脸上露出喜色)”可知，句子“You trying to bring on the water works?”的意思是“你想让我哭吗？”。

故选C。

【15题详解】
推理判断题。

根据文中多次提到父亲流泪、叹息，因为没有在妻子生病的时候在身边陪伴，可推知，父亲在故事结尾时感到后悔。

故选A。

第二节（共5 小题，每题2.5 分，共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。

A reason for learning a new language is to communicate with the people who speak it.
___16___People in every country prefer it when tourists try to speak the local language, even if all you can say in it is‘‘hello" and“please". Learning a n ew language will also bring you other advantages.
Cultural understanding
Speaking a new language helps you to know another people and culture, as the language and culture go hand in hand.___17___It shows new ways of looking at the world. In addition, when you speak another language, you can enjoy literature, films, and music in the original(原作的) language. It is extremely difficult for a translation to be a perfect replica(复制品) of the original.___18___
Business and careers
___19___ Schools and employers preferjob seekers who speak one or more foreign languages.
Even though English is widely spoken in many places of the world, the fact is that the global economy depends on communication. When dealing with the French, for example, someone who speaks French will have an obvious advantage over someone who doesn't.
Language improvement
Learning another language can help you to understand your own. Many languages have contributed to the development of English. ___20___ Also, in learning how another language differs from your own, you will increase your understanding of your own language. For many people, language is innate (与生俱来的)-we know how to say something, but we don't necessarily know why we say it that way. Learning another Ianguage can change that.
A. The best way is to read the original work.
B. Learning another language opens one's mind.
C. Language is helpful in making foreign friends.
D. Your trip will be comfortable if you speak the local language.
E. It is true that mastering another foreign language is very helpful.
F. Speaking more than one language will increase your marketing ability.
G. Learning those will teach you where English words and grammatical rules are from.
【答案】16. D 17. B 18. A 19. F 20. G
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文。

语言学习的明显目的是为了交流，但对我们了解异域文化、职业发展和语言提高也有很好的帮助作用。

【16题详解】
根据下文中的“People in every country prefer it when tourists make an effort to speak the local language, even if all you can say in it is “hello” and “please”.(每个国家的人都喜欢游客努力说当地语言，即使你只能说“你好”和“请”)”可知，空处谈论说当地语言的好处；D项中的Your trip与tourists相呼应，且语义（如果你能说当地的语言，你的旅行会很舒服）承接上文。

故选D。

【17题详解】
根据段落开头“Speaking a new language helps you to get to know another people and culture, as language and culture go hand in hand.(说一门新的语言可以帮助你了解另一个民族和文化，因为语言和文化是相辅相成的)”以及空后“It shows new ways of looking at the world.”（它展示了看待世界的新方式。

）可知，空处谈论的是学习一门外语的作用；B选项Learning another language opens one's mind.（学习另一种语言能够开阔眼界）能承接上文内容。

故选B。

【18题详解】
根据上文中的“It is extremely difficult for a translation to be a perfect replica (复制品) of the original.(译文要完全复制原文是极其困难的)”可知，空处谈论如何理解文化的方法；A选项The best way is to read the original work.（最好的方法是阅读作者的原著）能够承接上文。

且选项中the author和上文the original相呼应。

故选A。

【19题详解】
根据下文中的“Schools and employers tend to prefer candidates who speak one or more foreign languages.(学校和雇主倾向于选择会说一种或多种外语的候选人)”可知，空处谈论的是会多种语言带来的机会更多；F选项
Speaking more than one language will increase your marketing ability.（讲多种语言能够增加市场机会）能承接上文，且选项中more than one language和前文的One or more foreign languages相呼应。

故选F。

【20题详解】
根据上文的“Learning another language can help you to understand your own. Many languages have contributed to the development of English.(学习另一种语言可以帮助你理解自己的语言。

许多语言对英语的发展作出了贡献)可知，上文谈到许多语言对英语的发展的作用，据此可知，G选项Learning those will teach you where English words and grammatical rules are from.（通过学习那些语言能够知道词汇和语法结构的起源）能承接上文。

故选G。

笫三部分英语知识运用(共三节,满分40 分)
第一节完型填空（共15 小题;每小题1 分,满分15 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It’s a memorable period when I lost a long time job.It happened in 2004,when our company announced the job _____21_____, facing the global economic crisis.We all _____22_____ the insurance company we worked for was not as _____23_____ as it used to be.Then, one day, I entered my office and was _____24_____ I got fired.
During that week, I did almost nothing to change my situation, _____25_____ renewing my old contacts with writers that I built when I worked as an experienced _____26_____ many years ago.Beyond this, I remained
a _____27_____ unemployed loser.Soon enough, I received an order from a writer.Then I was _____28_____ by a few more people who needed my services, and gradually my reputation recovered.
Though this _____29_____job couldn’t support me long,I could make ends meet while_____30_____ a job.During my hard times, I made the _____31_____ of a man from Japan, who wanted to have his novel translated into English quickly, and I _____32_____ that.We worked together for a while.He inspired me to find new opportunities from _____33_____ companies instead of the same ones.I started to look at the world from another _____34_____; I figured out what I truly wanted, and _____35_____ the thought that "the man is for work, not the work for the man".
21. A. training B. advertisement C. cut D. loss
22. A. expected B. realized C. promised D. suspected
23. A. responsible B. influential C. profitable D. attractive
24. A. warned B. reminded C. convinced D. informed
25. A. except B. without C. like D. despite。