第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Information on school visits to Kew Gardens
Enjoy yourselves in a wonderland of science with over 50,000 living plants and a variety of educational events or amusing activities. Here is essential information about planning a school visit to Kew.
Educational course prices
You can plan a self-led visit or book one of our educational courses. Students will take part in the educational courses in groups of 15. Prices vary according to different situations.
EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) to Key Stage 4:
45-minute course: 35/group 90-minute course: 70/group Key Stage 5:
Half day (one course): 80/group Full day (two courses): 160/group Teachers and adults:
Up to required key stage proportions (比例): Free
Adults needed for 1:1 special educational needs support: Free Adults above the required proportions: 11/person
The payment will due within 28 calendar days of making the booking. Health and safety
Required supervising (监护) adult-student proportions: Key Stage 1: 1:5 Key Stage 2: 1:8 Key stage 3: 1:10 Key Stage 4: 1:12 Key Stage 5: 1:12
The group sizes should be controlled if you are visiting potentially busy areas such as the glasshouse and other attractions. The maximum number of students visiting the glasshouses is 15 per group and each group to Kew shops should include no more than 10 students.
If there is an emergency, please contact the nearest Kew staff member or call Constabulary on 0208 32 3333 for direct and quick support. Please do not call 999.
Planning your visit
Your tickets and two planning passes will be sent to you upon receipt of your payment. You can complete your risk assessment with the passes, ensure you bring your tickets and the receipt document and show them to the staff members at the gate on the day of your visit.
Recommended timings
The Kew Gardens opens at 10 am. You are recommended to spend at least three to five hours on your visit. The closing time varies throughout the year. But the earliest is 3:30 pm. We have a fixed schedule for educational courses, which is from 10:30 am to 2:20 pm.
1.How much should a group of 15 Key Stage I students and 4 teachers pay for a 45-minute course? A.35 B.46 C.57 D.81 2.What should one do in an emergency? A.Check the risk assessment. B.Call 999 immediately. C.Ask adults or teachers for help.
D.Seek help from the staff member nearby. 3.What is the purpose of the text? A.To introduce Kew Gardens. B.To give tips on visiting Kew Gardens. C.To attract potential visitors to Kew Gardens. D.To inform coming activities in Kew Gardens.
B
A maverick describes a person who thinks independently. A maverick refuses to follow the customs or rules of a group to which he or she belongs. In the US, a maverick is often admired for his or her free spirit, although others who belong to the maverick’s group may not like the maverick’s independent ways.
But where did the word “maverick” come from?
Early in the 1800s, a man named Samuel Augustus Maverick settled down in Texas, which was a place of wide-open land, rich soil, cattle ranches(牛场) and cowboys. As the years passed, Mr. Maverick increased his property(财产) in Texas. Before long, he owned huge pieces of land that were good for raising cattle. But he had no cattle. He wasn’t a rancher.
One day, a man came to Samuel Maverick to pay him an old debt. But the man didn’t have enough money. So
he offered Mr. Maverick 400 head of cattle. Mr. Maverick accepted them, but he didn’t really want them. He simply put the cattle on his land to eat and care for themselves.
It was not long before the cows reproduced(繁殖). The calves grew and had more calves. Soon, hundreds of cows and calves moved freely across Samuel Maverick’s land. They also moved across the land of nearby ranch owners.
It was a tradition among ranchers in the West to put a mark of ownership on newborn calves. They burned the name of their ranch into the animal’s skin with a hot iron. The iron made a clear mark called a “brand”. Brands allowed ranchers to easily see who owned which cattle.
Samuel Maverick refused to brand his calves. “Why should I?” he asked. If all the other cattle owners branded theirs, then those without a brand belonged to him.
And this is how the word “maverick” entered the American language. It meant a calf without a brand. As time passed, the word “maverick” took on a wider meaning. It came to mean a person who was too independent to follow even his or her own group.
4. Why did the man give Samuel Maverick 400 head of cattle? A. To get some money. B. To return what he owed him. C. To buy some of his land. D. To ask him to raise them. 5. How could the ranchers easily know who the cattle belonged to?
A. Through the brand on the cattle. B. Through the name of the cattle.
C. Through the appearance of the cattle. D. Through the land on which the cattle stayed. 6. What can we learn about Samuel Augustus Maverick from the text? A. He was born in Texas. B. He took good care of all his cattle.
C. He didn’t really want to accept the cattle. D. He followed the tradition of ranchers in the West. 7. What is the text mainly about?
A. How to become an independent thinker. B. “Maverick” means a calf without a brand.
C. The life story of Samuel Augustus Maverick. D. How the word “maverick” got into American English.
C
Watching what you eat can be easier said than done, but a recent study shows it might not just be about what's on your plate — it could be about how quickly it disappears.
Japanese researchers followed 1,083 adultsfor five years, splitting them into three categories based on how
quickly they ate: slow, normal, and fast. They also answered a questionnaire at the beginning of the study, sharing their diet, physical activity, and medical history. In the beginning, none of the volunteers had metabolic syndrome (新陈代谢综合征) - meaning at least three risk factors — which can lead to health problems like heart conditions and diabetes.
When the participants reported back five years later 84 had been diagnosed (诊断) with metabolic syndrome — and their eating speed was a major predictor, according to the results in the journal Circulation. The fast eaters were 89 percent more likely to have metabolic syndrome than slow and normal eaters. Just 2.3 percent of slow eaters received the diagnosis, compared to 11.6 percent of fast eaters. But that's not all. Fast eaters also saw more weight gain, larger waistlines, and higher blood sugar levels than slow eaters.
The researchers saygobblingmakes it easier not to take notice of fullness before your body has a chance to signal you to stop. “So when people eat fast they are more likely to overeat,” said Takayuki Yamaji, MD, study author and cardiologist at Hiroshima University in Japan in a statement.
Previous research backs up the weight benefits of slow eating, too. One study of New Zealand women found fast eaters have higher body-mass indexes (指数), and a Chinese study found that both healthy and fat men ate less when told to chew 40 times instead of 15 times before swallowing. Initial research even suggests chewing your food longer could bum more calories - up to about 1,000 extra every month. 8. What are the participants divided by?
A. Medical history. B. Health condition. C. Physical activity. D. Eating speed. 9. Which may be the result of the study?
A. Fast eaters are 4 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome. B. Normal and slow eaters don’t have metabolic illness. C. 89% of fast eaters have higher blood pressure. D. Slow caters are healthier than fast eaters.
10. What does the underlined word “gobbling” in Paragraph 4 best mean? A. Tasting slowly. B. Digesting quickly. C. Eating greedily. D. Cooking carefully. 11. What does the last paragraph tell us?
A. The importance of eating speed. B. The advantage of eating slowly. C. The result of a Chinese study. D. Fast eating and overeating.
D
The climate change is already eating into the output of the world's agricultural systems, with productivity much lower than it would have been if humans hadn't rapidly heated the planet, new research has found.
Advances in technology, fertilizer (化肥)use and global trade have allowed food production to keep pace with an increasing global population since the 1960s. But rising temperatures in this time have acted as a handbrake (手刹) to farming productivity of crops, according to the new research, published in Nature Climate Change. Productivity has actuallyslumpedby 21% since 1961, compared to if the world hadn't been affected by global heating.
With the global population set to rise to more than 9 billion by 205, the UN'S Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that food production will have to increase by about 70%,with annual crop production increasing by almost 1 billion tons and meat production by more than200mtons a year by this point. Meanwhile, global temperatures are rising at a rate that scientists warn is extremely dangerous for human civilization.
“The impact already is larger than I thought it would be,” said Ariel Ortiz- Bobea, an economist atCornellUniversitywho led the research. “It was a big surprise to me. The worry I have is that research and development in agriculture takes decades to translate into higher productivity. The projected temperature increase is so fast that I don't know if we are going to keep pace with that.”
Weston Anderson, a researcher of food security (安全) and climate at Columbia University who didn't take part in the study, said the new research provides fresh insight into the importance of the impact upon agriculture.
“The regions that this paper highlights as experiencing the largest reductions in agricultural productivity-CentralAmericaand theSahel- contain some of the least food secure countries in the world, which is a real concern,” he said.
12. What does the underlined word “slumped” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Fallen. B. Gathered. C. Approached. D. Benefited. 13. What is Ariel Ortiz-Bobea worried about? A. Fertilizer is used in food production. B. Population will rise to over 9 billion. C. Global temperatures are rising too fast. D. Agricultural research needs many years. 14. What can we learn about Weston Anderson?
A. He puts forward a different solution. B. He proposes carrying on with the research. C. He pays more attention to food insecure regions. D. He supports improving agricultural productivity. 15. What is the best title for the text? A. The Impact of Growth in Farm Productivity B. Productivity in Agriculture is Growing C. Causes and Effects of Global Heating
D. Rapid Global Heating is Hurting Farm Productivity 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项 Our real disabilities come from the inside. All of us will meet with obstacles（障碍）in our life. ___16___Here are my tips for how to overcome any obstacle that life may put in front of you
Stay focused on the positives instead of the negatives.No matter what obstacles have come my way, staying positive has allowed me to overcome them. When I was in tenth grade, I had to miss 29 days of school in order to have major back surgery, where seven vertebrae（脊椎）were removed due to spinal cord compression（脊髓压迫症）.I knew that the back surgery was important and I found a way to make up the school work that I had missed.___17___
Don't ever give up.When I first moved out toLos Angelesafter growing up inBoston, I went on one hundred job interviews beforestarting my current position. If I wasn't right for those one hundred positions, I knew there still had to be an opportunity out there for me.
___18___As soon as I wake up in the morning, I encounter a new challenge — whether it's trying to reach something high in the kitchen or volunteering to participate in a picked lunch at work. As long as you try, that's all that matters in the end.
Ask yourself if you're happy each day.If there's something that's making you unhappy, you should find a way to make change.___19___Now I'm more cautious of the people with whom I surround myself.
Smile.A smile goes a long way. Whenever people are staring or laughing at me for whatever reason, keeping a smile on my face causes them to wonder why I don't react.___20___If they look like they're struggling, try to help them out. Take the chance to learn from them.
Disability can only be found in the way you think...and life is only as hard as you make it.
A. How can we do? B. I always set my own goals. C. Don't compare yourself to others.
D. Challenge yourself and try new things every day.
E. I find myself unhappy whenever I'm surrounded by negative people.
F. Next time you're out and about, try to find someone to smile at and say hello to. G. Staying positive allowed me to keep up with my classmates and graduate on time. 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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
When I was just out of college, I managed to get my dream job as a trader inNew York Cityon the floor of the American Stock Exchange. Though it was a proud___21___, the job was simply too physically___22___. I must stand in a crowd every day, which often___23___me in a mindset that held me back.
Manhattanis a walking town and it's difficult to___24___when you have a disability. Taxis are expensive and riding the subway___25___dozens of steep steps to get below___26___. This left me only one___27___— the bus.
One night, after the___28___for my job, I was aching with my self-pity___29___it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop. I became more and more___30___without an umbrella, thinking I'd never____31____it in this city and telling myself, \"this city is just too hard\" and \"maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me\".
And then, I___32___the most beautiful, short moment. A couple came rolling by on roller skates, hand___33___hand as they skated what seemed like the tango(探戈). They were all wet but they saw the___34___as an opportunity and romance.
I suddenly became___35___ for waiting in the rain because I would have missed this beauty____36____if I had been in a taxi or on the subway. This, although____37____, wasan important moment on my journey to discovering the___38___of achieving health and happiness. When I change my mindset,___39___for a moment, to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that___40___my daily actions, I will be on the road to a healthier and happier life.
21. A. adjustment B. achievement C. agreement D. treatment 22. A. tiring B. disappointing C. relaxing D. boring 23. A. reminded B. expected C. took D. left 24. A. go up B. get around C. set off D. show up
25. A. acquires B. supports C. requires D. surrounds 26. A. ground B. street C. town D. city 27. A. change B. chance C. idea D. choice 28. A. struggle B. work C. experience D. influence 29. A. before B. while C. when D. after 30. A. nervous B. curious C. scared D. upset 31. A. get B. make C. put D. watch
32. A. recalled B. intended C. witnessed D. realized 33. A. on B. by C. to D. in 34. A. rain B. tree C. wind D. cloud
35. A. astonished B. grateful C. anxious D. relaxed 36. A. exactly B. instantly C. entirely D. suddenly 37. A. strange B. small C. normal D. different 38. A. humor B. honesty C. power D. process 39. A. still B. yet C. also D. even
40. A. influence B. follow C. forbid D. harm 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
The loquat(枇杷)is native to southeaster China. The____41.____（leaf) of the loquat tree bear a similarity to the pipa, ____42.____ancient Chinese instrument. That's____43.____it shares the same Chinese pronunciation with that of the instrument. The loquat was first planted by the Chinese people 1,800 years ago and spread abroad later on.
When____44.____(study)in Japan in 1988, Lin Shunquan, a Chinese professor, found that the scientific name for the loquat was “Japanese plum” and that it was thought to be native to Japan. Since____45.____(he) return to China in 1989, Lin Shunquan has been working to correct the name of the loquat. In 1998, his paper Loquat: Botanyand Horticulture was published in a____46.____(profession) journal, arguing that the loquat originated in China. Since Japan acknowledged that the loquat originated in China in 2006, the name, “Chinese plum”，____47.____(accept)worldwide.
In addition,____48.____(commit) to advancing the loquat planting techniques, Professor Lin helped to develop the loquat industry. Due ____49.____the demanding techniques of growing Ioquat and the high cost of
labor, few young people willingly take over. Lin Shunquan has also worked with Alibaba to establish a direct base,____50.____has attracted young people to return to their hometowns to set up online shops. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节短文改错（满分10分）
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:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last year, Zhang Pingyu paid visit to London. Worried about the time available, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the site she wanted to see. It was the Tower which she visited first. Fancy! This solid stone, square tower had been remained standing for one thousand years. Many new buildings had expanded around it. Therefore, it was still part of a royal palace and prison combined. There followed St Paul’s Cathedral built after the terrible fire of London in 1666. It looked splendidly when first built. Westminster Abbey, too, was very interesting. Then just as he came out of the abbey, Pingyu heard the famous sound of the clock Big Ben, ring out the hour.
The next day Pingyu was leaving London to Windsor Castle.“Perhaps I will see the Queen？”she wondered as she fall asleep.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你正在一所寄宿制高中就读，你校英文报正在征稿，希望高三的学长为高一新生提供生活和学习方面的建议，内容包括：
1.生活方面：适应新环境、与人和谐相处 2.学习方面：方法、习惯 注意：1.写作词数应为80左右。
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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参考答案
1. B 2. D 3. B
4. C 5. B 6. A 7. D
8. D 9. A 10. A 11. D
12. A 13. C 14. C 15. D
16. A 17. G 18. D 19. E 20. F
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. A 41. leaves
42. an 43. why 44. studying
45. his 46. professional 47. has been accepted 48. committed 49. to 50. which
51.(1).paid后加a (2).site →sites (3).which →that (4).去掉been
(5).Therefore →However (6).splendidly →splendid (7).he →she (8).ring →ringing (9).to →for (10).fall→fell
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