2021年河南省南陽市宛城區(qū)中考英語二模試卷

2021年河南省南陽市宛城區(qū)中考英語二模試卷

二、閱讀理解(20小題，每小題10分，共40分)閱讀下面四篇語言材料，然后按要求答

題

1.(10分)

InternationalShortStoryWritingCompetition

OurnextInternationalShortStoi*yCompetitionwillbeheldinJuly202Litisopento

studentatschoolallovertheworld.

Asusual,itisfree.Youcanwinprizemoney,certificatesandpublicationopportunities.

CompetitionRules

?Deadlineforthecompetitionisthe10thofJuly2021,Winnerswillbeannouncedon

August4.2021,onthiswebsite.

?ThestoryhastobewritteninEnglish.

?Drawingsandphotosarenotallowed.

?Youcanchooseyourowntopic.

?Onlyonestoryisacceptedperperson.

?Thecompetitionwillbeinthreegroups：

①Sub-junior(7-9years)②Junior(10-12years)③Senior(13-16years)

?Therequiredlengthofthestoryisasfollows：

@Sub-junior：300+words?Junior：500+words③Senior：700+words

?Mentionthefollowinginformationbelowyourstory：

?Fullname?Dateofbirth③Groupentered

?Titleofyourstory⑤Wordcount(includingthetitle)

?Emailaddress-parenfs/teacher'semailaddresscanbeusedhereifnecessary.

⑦Schoolname⑧Country

?Amystorythatiscopiedwillnotbeaccepted.

?Therewillbethreewinnersineachgroup.Theprizesforallgroupsareasfollows：

Firstprize：$75，certificate,andpublicationonthewebsite

Secondprize：$50,certificate,andpublicationonthewebsite

Thirdprize：$25,certificate,andpublicationonthewebsite

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certificate證書

publication發(fā)表

deadline截止日期

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

(1)Whatdoweknowaboutthiscompetition?

A.Itisanationalevent.

B.Itisopentoallages.

C.Itisfree.

D.ItisheldinAugust.

(2)Whatofthestorycanbechosenfreely?

A.Language.

B.Topic.

C.Length.

D.Form.

(3)Whichofthefollowinginformationmustbeincludedbelowyourstory?

A.Teacher'sname.

B.Phonenumber.

C.Parentsemailaddress.

DSchoolname.

(4)Howmanywinnerswilltherebeinthiscompetition?

A.3.

B.6.

C.9.

D.12.

(5)Whatwillhappentoeachwinner?

A.Winacertificate.

B.Receivealeastprizeof$50.

C.Getacopyofallthewinningstories.

D.Havehis/herstoryprintedinamagazine.

2.(10分)OnthesecondfloorofabiggarageinNewYorkCity,63-year-oldNelsonMolina

waslisteningtoaCDhehadfoundintherubbish.ThesongTheWayYouLookTonightwas

playingthroughamusicplayer.Infact,allthespacewasfullofthingsstrangershadthrown

away."Myfamilykepteverything,"saidMolina."Now,peoplethrowitallaway."Molina,

duringhis34yearsasasanitationworker,gavethesethingsasecondlife.

Molinagrewupinapoorareawithhisparentsandfiveotherkidsinthefamilyand

developedahabitofpickingupthingsthatcouldstillbeusedatayoungage."Myfamilywas

poor,sowedidn'tgetmuchforChristmas,"hesaid."I'dgoouttolookforatoyformy

sisters,ormaybeatruckformybrothers.nHekepthishabitsecretfromhisfriends,butnotout

ofshame.Hejustdidn'twantthecompetition.

Onthejob,Molinahadhissixthsenseforfindinggems.Hecouldtellwhetherabagwas

fullofbottlesoradifferentkindofglassjustbysound.Hekeptspecialfindsonthetruck,and

thenputtheminout-of-the-wayplacesinthegarage.Afteralmost10years,hebegan

showinghisdiscoveries.Recently,ateamofNewYorkUniversitystudentshastakenonthejob

ofsortingthetensofthousandsofobjects,inthehopethatthecollection,whichhashardly

beenopentothepublic,mightonedaybeshowninasanitationmuseum.

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garage車庫

sanitation公共衛(wèi)生

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案

(1)WhatdoweknowaboutthegarageinNewYorkCity?

A.Itisonthefirstfloor.

B.Itissmallinsize.

C.Itisalwaysfullofstrangers.

D.Itisanewhomeformanyoldthings.

(2)WhichwordcandescribeMolinaasachild?

A.Caring.

B.Brave.

C.Confident.

D.Strong.

(3)WhatdidMolinaworrymighthappenifhisfriendsknewhishabit?

A.Theywouldstophim.

B.Theywouldjoinhim.

C.Theywouldmakefunofhim.

D.Theywouldnolongerbehisfriends.

(4)Whatdoestheunderlinedword"gem"probablymeaninthelastparagraph?

A.Somethingunused.

B.Somethingclean.

C.Somethingvaluable.

□.Somethingunbroken.

(5)Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.RichandPoor

B.LostandFound

C.A11KindsofWaste

D.ASanitationWorker'sJob

3.(10分)Humanshavemanyinstinctivebehaviors.Wecanyawnandlaughfrombirth.Why?

Maybewecan'tanswerthequestionimmediately.Butweknowthateveryoneyawnsinthe

samewayandlaughsinthesameway.

Aboutyawning,wealsoknowthatitiscontagious.Whenweseeyawn,weyawn,

too.Manypeoplesaythattheyyawnbecausetheyareboredortired.Someonebelievesthatthe

manwhoyawnsalotislazierthanotherpeople.Thismightbetrue.However,weknowthat's

peoplealsoyawnwhentheyareexcitedornervous.Forexample,Olympicrunners,oftenyawn

beforearace.Whyisthat?

Somescientistsbelievethatyawningmakesusbeabletothinkornoticethings

quickly.Whenweyawn,webreathemoredeeply.Wealsostretchthemusclesinourfaceand

neck.Maybethismakesusbecarefulofthethingsaround.

Aboutlaughing,scientistssaythatpeoplelaughabout17timesaday.Theybelievethat

laughterisgoodforus.Why?Foronething,isgoodexerciseWhenwelaugh,weexercise

manymusclesourbody.Scientistssaythatonehundredlaughsequalstenminutesof

running.Whenwelaugh,wealsobreathedeeply.Thishelpsusrelax.That'sgoodforus,too

Whydopeoplelaugh?Thatisahardquestiontoanswer.Weknowthatpeoplelaughmore

ofteninagroup.Theydon'tlaughveryoftenwhentheyarealone.Manyscientistsbelievethat

weuselaughtertoconnecttootherpeople.Laughterhelpsusbepartofagroupinashorttime.

Somepeoplesaythatlaughteristhebestmedicine.Somethinkthatlaughterhelpssick

peoplegetwell.Doyouagree?

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instinctive本能的

yawn打哈欠

stretch舒展

muscle肌肉

laughter笑；笑聲

equal相當(dāng)于

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

(1)WhichofthefollowingaboutyawningisTRUE?

A.Peopleyawnindifferentways.

B.Peopleyawnonlywhentheyaretiredorbored.

C.Yawningmakespeoplelazier.

D.Peoplemayyawnbeforeabigtest.

(2)Whatdoestheunderlinedword"contagiousHmeaninChinese?

A.不雅的.

B.神秘的.

C.傳染的.

D.連續(xù)的.

(3)Whatdoesthethirdparagraphmainlytellus?

A.Thecauseofyawning.

B.Theprocessofyawning.

C.Thewayofyawning.

D.Theeffectofyawning.

(4)Whatcanweknowaboutlaughterfromthetext?

A.Itcanhelppeoplethinkquickly.

B.Itcanmakeonejoinothersquickly.

D.Itequalsmedicine.

C.Itisthebestwaytoexercise.

(5)Whichisthesimilaritybetweenyawningandlaughing?

A.Wecandothemwithoutlearning.

B.Webreathesmoothlywhendoingthem.

C.Wedothem17timesaday.

D.Wedon'tdothemveryoftenwhenwearealone.

4.(10分)Whatdowereallymeanbybeingopen?

Beingopenisakindofinvitationtoletotherscomein.(1)Inthiswaywewillbe

understoodandacceptedbyotherswell.Ifwearen'topentoothers,wewon'tbefullybelieved

in.

(2)First,makeyouroutsidebehaviorthesamewithyourinsidefeelingsand

thoughts.Second,sharehowyoureallyfeelaboutsomethinginsteadofjustopinions.Third,try

tochangeyourquestionsintostatementsandtalkinthefirstpersonsothatpeoplewill

understandyoumoreeasily.Forexample,youmightsay,"IfeelhappythatyouYehere,

"insteadof,nAreyougladthatyou*rehere?Finally,trynottosay,"1don'tknow."(3)_

Alsorememberthatitisnotsuitabletobemoreopentoeveryoneineverysituation.

Youcanbemoreopentoyourclosefriends,butnottopeopleyoudon'tknowwell,

becauseyouarenotsurehowsomeoneelsewillusewhattheyknowaboutyou.(4)If

wesayeverythingwefeelorthinktothem,theywillfeelveryuncomfortableattimes.

Inalbbeingopenisagoodwayforustogetonwellwithotherpeople,butwe'dbetter

keepthebalancebetweenbeingopenandnotbeingtooopen.(5).

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balance平衡

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，從下面五個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入文中空缺處的最住選項(xiàng)，使短文意思通順，

內(nèi)容完整。

A.Thisusuallymeansyoudon'twanttothinkaboutitanymore.

B.Ifwedoitwell,notonlycanwebecomepopular,butwewon'tbehurtbecauseofbeing

open.

C.Itisimportanttoletothersgettoknowhowwethinkandfeel.

D.Hereareafewwaysforyoutobemoreopen.

E.Besides,somepeoplemaynotbeusedtotoomuchopenness.

三、完型填空(15小題，每小題15分，共15分)先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后

從各小題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。

5.(15分)Acouplehadtwolittleboys,ages8and10,whowereverynaughty.They(1)got

intotroubleandtheirparentsknewthat,ifanymischiefhappenedintheirtown,theirsonswere

probably(2).

Theboy'smotherheardthataclergymanintownhadbeen(3)indealingwith

naughtychildren,sosheaskedifhewould(4)withherboys.Theclergymanagreed,

butwantedtoseethem(5).

Sothemothersenther8-year-oldfirstinthemorning,withtheelderboytoseethe

clergymanintheafternoon

Theclergyman,ahugemanwithaloud(6),sattheyoungerboydownandasked

himseriously,"(7)isGod?M

Theboy'smouthdroppedopen,buthemadenoreply,(8)therewithhismouth

hangingopen,wide-eyed.(9)theclergymanrepeatedthequestioninanevenmore

seriousvoice/1Where'sGod!!?"againtheboymade(10)trytoanswer.Seeingthis,

theclergymanshookhisfingerintheboy*sfaceandshoutedthequestionouttohimatthetop

ofhisvoiceforthe(11)time,nWHEREISGOD?

Theboywasso(12)thathescreamedandranawayfromtheroom,crying.Heran

directlyhomeandhurriedintothecupboard,closingthedoorheavily.Whenhiselderbrother

foundhim(13)thecupboard,heasked,"Whathappened?”

Theyoungerbrotherrepliedina/an(14)voice,nWeareinbigtroublethis

time.Godismissing-andtheythinkWE(15)it!”

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naughty淘氣的

mischief惡作劇

clergyman牧師

scream尖叫

(1)A.neverB.seldomC.sometimesD.always

(2)A.invitedB.consideredC.punishedD.forced

(3)A.successfulB.interestedC.honestD.lucky

(4)A.compareB.beginC.agreeD.speak

(5)A.naturalB.secretlyCseparatelyD.quietly

(6)A.voiceB.cryC.laughD.call

(7)A.WhoB.WhereC.HowD.What

(8)A.restingB.standingC.SittingD.lying

(9)A.OrB.SoC.ButD.For

(10)A.someB.anotherC.anyD.no

(II)A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourth

(12)A.disappointedB.excitedC.shyD.afraid

(13)A.inB.outsideC.nearD.behind

(14)A.suggestedB.nervousC.weakD.funny

(15)A.suggestedB.heardC.didD.shared

四、語篇填空(15小題，每小題10分，共15分)第一節(jié):閱讀短文，從方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)?/p>

詞并用其正確形式填空，使短文通順、意思完整。每空限填一詞，每詞限用一次。

6.(10分)patient/work/they/strong/online/sudden/spread/one/after/pull

DuringthepandemicofCOVID-19inearly2020,thereweremanyheroesfromall

walksoflife."Dalianxiaohua"JiangWenqiangisoneof(1).

InFebruary2020,JiangwasonatrainfromShanghaitoChangsha,HunanProvince.

Whenthetrain(2)intoWuhan,hewastoldthatitwasforWuhanpassengers

only.

Everyoneinthetrain,includingJiang,mustgetoffit,Jiangdidn'thavefamilyorfriends

inWuhan.Hetoldhimselfthathecouldn'tliveonthestreet,sohesearched(3)and

finallyfoundajobinWuhanNo.lHospital.ltofferedhimfreefoodandaplacetolive,buthe

hadtoworktosendmealsto(4)andtakeouttherubbisheveryday."Itwasvery

stressful.Fearanddespairfilledmymindat(5)"hesaid.Butwhenhelearnedhow

hardthedoctorsandnurseswereworkingtofightCOVID-19,heknewheshouldbethe(6)

backuptothoseheroes.Quicklyhewonthetrustofdoctors,nursesandpatients.Luckily,(7)

aboutonemonthandahalfJiangwentbackhometoDalian."ItwasanexperienceIwill

rememberfortherestofmylife,°Jiangsaid.

(8)inJuly2020,DalianreportednewlocalcasesofCOVID-19.Thefight

againstthevirusstartedagain,Jiangdecidedtodosomethingwiththeskillshehadlearnedin

Wuhanmonthsearlier.Heworkedasavolunteertosendmealsanddocleaning

(9).Hesaid,"Ijustwanttodosomethingformyhometown.

Jiang'sstorywasreportedand(10)widely.Hemakespeoplebelievethatevery

ordinarypersoncanbeahero.

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pandemic疫情

stressful有壓力的

despair絕望

backup后援

virus病毒

第二節(jié):閱讀短文，根據(jù)語篇要求填空，使短文通順、意思完整。每空限填一詞。

7?(5分)1wasatthesupermarkettodayandthereweretwolines.Onewasshortandtheotherwas

(1)bitlonger.Ofcourse,Ichosetheshorterone.JustasIwasstartingtoputmyobjects

down,amancameupbehindmewithonlyonething(2)buy.Itoldhimtogoaheadof

me.

Inthatlongerlinerightnexttomine,(3)wasamanwithalotofthings,and

behindhimwasaboywithjustoneobject.Andhetoldtheboytogoaheadofhim.

Maybethatgentlemansaw(4)Ididanddecidedtocopyme.Ormaybehediditall

onhisown.Itdoesn'treallymatter,doesit?

Rememberthatouractsofkindnessdon*talwaysjustaffecttheoneswe(5)being

kindto.Theymayencourageotherstobekind,too.

五、補(bǔ)全對話(5小題，每小題10分，共10分)根據(jù)下面的對話情景，在每個(gè)空白處填上

一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)木渥?，使對話的意義連貫、完整。

8.(10分)A：Hi,Rick!(1)What'sthematter?

B：Ifeelsosleepy!

A：(2)

B：Yes.Iplayedmysmartphonetillmidnight.

A：(3)Youknow,smartphonesarebadforbothourstudyand

eyesight.

B：Isee,butIcan*tstopplayinggamesonit.(4)

A：Certainly.You'dbettertrytoreadmorebooks,domoresportsandsooninstead.Theycan

turnyourattentiontomeaningfulthing.

B：Soundsgreat!(5)Thanksalot.

A：You'rewelcome.

六、書面表達(dá)(共20分)

9.(20分)我們每個(gè)人的心中都有自己的榜樣人物。請以"MyRoleModel”題，根據(jù)要點(diǎn)和

要求，用英語寫一篇短文，談?wù)勀阈闹械陌駱尤宋铩?/p>

(1)要點(diǎn)：

1)你心中的榜樣人物是誰；

2)他/她是什么樣的人；

3)為什么他/她是你的榜樣人物。

(2)要求：

文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名、校名等相關(guān)信息；詞數(shù)100左右；短文標(biāo)題己給出，不計(jì)

入總詞數(shù)。

MyRoleModel

2021年河南省南陽市宛城區(qū)中考英語二模試卷

參考答案與試題解析

二、閱讀理解(20小題，每小題10分，共40分)閱讀下面四篇語言材料，然后按要求答

題

1.(10分)

InternationalShortStoryWritingCompetition

OurnextInternationalShortStoryCompetitionwillbeheldinJuly2021.Itisopento

studentatschoolallovertheworld.

Asusual,itisfree.Youcanwinprizemoney,certificatesandpublicationopportunities.

CompetitionRules

?Deadlineforthecompetitionisthe10thofJuly2021,Winnerswillbeannouncedon

August4.2021,onthiswebsite.

?ThestoryhastobewritteninEnglish.

?Drawingsandphotosarenotallowed.

?Youcanchooseyourowntopic.

?Onlyonestoryisacceptedperperson.

?Thecompetitionwillbeinthreegroups：

①Sub-junior(7-9years)?Junior(10-12years)③Senior(13-16years)

?Therequiredlengthofthestoryisasfollows：

?Sub-junior：300+words②Junior：500+words?Senior：700+words

?Mentionthefollowinginformationbelowyourstory：

①Fullname②Dateofbirth③Groupentered

?Titleofyourstory⑤Wordcount(includingthetitle)

⑥Emailaddress-parent^/teachefsemailaddresscanbeusedhereifnecessary.

⑦Schoolname⑧Country

?Amystorythatiscopiedwillnotbeaccepted.

?Therewillbethreewinnersineachgroup.Theprizesforallgroupsareasfollows：

Firstprize：$75，certificate,andpublicationonthewebsite

Secondprize：$50,certificate,andpublicationonthewebsite

Thirdprize：$25,certificate,andpublicationonthewebsite

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certificate證書

publication發(fā)表

deadline截止日期

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

(1)Whatdoweknowaboutthiscompetition?C

A.Itisanationalevent.

B.Itisopentoallages.

C.Itisfree.

D.ItisheldinAugust.

(2)Whatofthestorycanbechosenfreely?

A.Language.

B.Topic.

C.Length.

D.Form.

(3)Whichofthefollowinginformationmustbeincludedbelowyourstory?D

A.Teacher'sname.

B.Phonenumber.

C.Parentsemailaddress.

DSchoolname.

(4)Howmanywinnerswilltherebeinthiscompetition?C

A.3.

B.6.

C.9.

D.12.

(5)Whatwillhappentoeachwinner?A

A.Winacertificate.

B.Receivealeastprizeof$50.

C.Getacopyofallthewinningstories.

D.Havehis/herstoryprintedinamagazine.

【解答】(1)C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"Asusual,itisfree”可知，這個(gè)比賽和往常一樣是免費(fèi)

的。故選C。

(2)B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"Youcanchooseyourowntopic”可知，比賽的主題可以自己選

擇。故選B。

(3)D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。"Mentionthefollowinginformationbelowyourstory(在你的故

事下面提到以下信息)”中的信息”Schoolname”可知，在故事下面必須提到學(xué)校的名字。

故選D。

(4)C.推理計(jì)算題。根據(jù)"Thecompetitionwillbeinthreegroups：①Sub-junior(7-9

years)?Junior(10-12years)?Senior(13-16years)”比賽分為三個(gè)組：①低年級(7

-9歲)②低年級(10-12歲)③高年級(13-16歲)，以及"Therewillbethreewinnersin

eachgroup”每組3名優(yōu)勝者?？芍?，這次比賽獲勝者共有3X3=9人，故選C。

(5)A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"Therewillbethreewinnersineachgroup.Theprizesforallgroups

areasfollows：Firstprize：$75,certificate,andpublicationonthewebsite；Secondprize：

$50,certificate,andpublicationonthewebsite；Thirdprize：$25,certificate,andpublication

onthewebsite”每組3名優(yōu)勝者。各組別的獎(jiǎng)品如下：一等獎(jiǎng)：$75,證書，網(wǎng)站發(fā)表；

二等獎(jiǎng)：$50,證書，網(wǎng)站發(fā)表；三等獎(jiǎng)：$25,證書，網(wǎng)站發(fā)表。可知，各組獲得得

獎(jiǎng)品中均包含"certificate”證書”，故選A。

2.(10OnthesecondfloorofabiggarageinNewYorkCity,63-year-oldNelsonMolina

waslisteningtoaCDhehadfoundintherubbish.ThesongTheWayYouLookTonightwas

playingthroughamusicplayer.Infact,allthespacewasfullofthingsstrangershadthrown

away."Myfamilykepteverything,"saidMolina."Now,peoplethrowitallaway.HMolina,

duringhis34yearsasasanitationworker,gavethesethingsasecondlife.

Molinagrewupinapoorareawithhisparentsandfiveotherkidsinthefamilyand

developedahabitofpickingupthingsthatcouldstillbeusedatayoungage."Myfamilywas

poor,sowedidn'tgetmuchforChristmas,*'hesaid."Tdgoouttolookforatoyformy

sisters,ormaybeatruckformybrothers."Hekepthishabitsecretfromhisfriends,butnotout

ofshame.Hejustdidn'twantthecompetition.

Onthejob,Molinahadhissixthsenseforfindinggems.Hecouldtellwhetherabagwas

fullofbottlesoradifferentkindofglassjustbysound.Hekeptspecialfindsonthetruck,and

thenputtheminout-of-the-wayplacesinthegarage.Afteralmost10years,hebegan

showinghisdiscoveries.Recently,ateamofNewYorkUniversitystudentshastakenonthejob

ofsortingthetensofthousandsofobjects,inthehopethatthecollection,whichhashardly

beenopentothepublic,mightonedaybeshowninasanitationmuseum.

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garage車庫

sanitation公共衛(wèi)生

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案

(1)WhatdoweknowaboutthegarageinNewYorkCity?D

A.Itisonthefirstfloor.

B.Itissmallinsize.

C.Itisalwaysfullofstrangers.

D.Itisanewhomeformanyoldthings.

(2)WhichwordcandescribeMolinaasachild?A

A.Caring.

B.Brave.

C.Confident.

0.Strong.

(3)WhatdidMolinaworrymighthappenifhisfriendsknewhishabit?

A.Theywouldstophim.

B.Theywouldjoinhim.

C.Theywouldmakefunofhim.

D.Theywouldnolongerbehisfriends.

(4)Whatdoestheunderlinedword"gemHprobablymeaninthelastparagraph?C

A.Somethingunused.

B.Somethingclean.

C.Somethingvaluable.

□.Somethingunbroken.

(5)Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?D

A.RichandPoor

B.LostandFound

C.A11KindsofWaste

D.ASanitationWorker'sJob

【解答】(1)D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Infact,allthespacewasfullofthingsstrangershad

thrownaway.事實(shí)上，所有的空間都裝滿了陌生人扔掉的東西?？芍~約城的這所車庫是

很多舊東西的家，故選D。

(2)A.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Fdgoouttolookforatoyformysisters,ormaybeatruck

formybrothers.我外出為我的妹妹們尋找玩具，或者或許會(huì)為我的弟弟們尋找一輛卡車，

可知他會(huì)為弟弟妹妹們撿玩具，因此推斷他是一個(gè)很體貼的人，故選A。

(3)B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Hekepthishabitsecretfromhisfriends,butnotoutof

shame.Hejustdidn'twantthecompetition.他對朋友們隱瞞了自己的習(xí)慣，但這并非出于羞

恥。他只是不想競爭?？芍蚺笥央[藏秘密的原因是害怕朋友和他競爭，即加入他，

故選B。

(4)C.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段Hecouldtellwhetherabagwasfullofbottlesoradifferent

kindofglassjustbysound.他可以通過聲音分辨出,個(gè)袋子是裝滿瓶子還是另--種玻璃。

據(jù)此判斷他可以通過第六感找到珍貴的東西，因此猜測劃線單詞的含義為寶貴的東西，

故選C。

(5)D.文章標(biāo)題題。根據(jù)第一段Molina,duringhis34yearsasasanitationworker,gave

thesethingsasecondlife.莫利納，在當(dāng)環(huán)衛(wèi)工人的34年間，給這些東西第二次生命，可

知本文主要講了環(huán)衛(wèi)工人的故事，因此判斷本文最好的標(biāo)題為一個(gè)環(huán)衛(wèi)工人的工作，故

選Do

3.(10分)Humanshavemanyinstinctivebehaviors.Wecanyawnandlaughfrombirth.Why?

Maybewecan'tanswerthequestionimmediately.Butweknowthateveryoneyawnsinthe

samewayandlaughsinthesameway.

Aboutyawning,wealsoknowthatitiscontagious.Whenweseeyawn,weyawn,

too.Manypeoplesaythattheyyawnbecausetheyareboredortired.Someonebelievesthatthe

manwhoyawnsalotislazierthanotherpeople.Thismightbetrue.However,weknowthat's

peoplealsoyawnwhentheyareexcitedornervous.Forexample,Olympicrunners,oftenyawn

beforearace.Whyisthat?

Somescientistsbelievethatyawningmakesusbeabletothinkornoticethings

quickly.Whenweyawn,webreathemoredeeply.Wealsostretchthemusclesinourfaceand

neck.Maybethismakesusbecarefulofthethingsaround.

Aboutlaughing,scientistssaythatpeoplelaughabout17timesaday.Theybelievethat

laughterisgoodforus.Why?Foronething,isgoodexerciseWhenwelaugh,weexercise

manymusclesourbody.Scientistssaythatonehundredlaughsequalstenminutesof

running.Whenwelaugh,wealsobreathedeeply.Thishelpsusrelax.That*sgoodforus,too

Whydopeoplelaugh?Thatisahardquestiontoanswer.Weknowthatpeoplelaughmore

ofteninagroup.Theydon'tlaughveryoftenwhentheyarealone.Manyscientistsbelievethat

weuselaughtertoconnecttootherpeople.Laughterhelpsusbepartofagroupinashorttime.

Somepeoplesaythatlaughteristhebestmedicine.Somethinkthatlaughterhelpssick

peoplegetwelLDoyouagree?

WordBank

instinctive本能的

yawn打哈欠

stretch舒展

muscle肌肉

laughter笑；笑聲

equal相當(dāng)于

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

(1)WhichofthefollowingaboutyawningisTRUE?D

A.Peopleyawnindifferentways.

B.Peopleyawnonlywhentheyaretiredorbored.

C.Yawningmakespeoplelazier.

D.Peoplemayyawnbeforeabigtest.

(2)Whatdoestheunderlinedword"contagiousnmeaninChinese?C

A.不雅的.

B.神秘的.

C.傳染的.

D.連續(xù)的.

(3)Whatdoesthethirdparagraphmainlytellus?D

A.Thecauseofyawning.

B.Theprocessofyawning.

C.Thewayofyawning.

D.Theeffectofyawning.

(4)Whatcanweknowaboutlaughterfromthetext?

A.Itcanhelppeoplethinkquickly.

B.Itcanmakeonejoinothersquickly.

D.Itequalsmedicine.

C.Itisthebestwaytoexercise.

(5)Whichisthesimilaritybetweenyawningandlaughing?A

A.Wecandothemwithoutlearning.

B.Webreathesmoothlywhendoingthem.

C.Wedothem17timesaday.

D.Wedon'tdothemveryoftenwhenwearealone.

【解答】(1)D.推理判斷題。根據(jù)However,weknowthat'speoplealsoyawnwhentheyare

excitedornervous.Forexample,Olympicrunners,oftenyawnbeforearace.可知，但是，我

們知道，當(dāng)人們興奮或緊張時(shí)，也會(huì)打哈欠。例如，奧運(yùn)會(huì)賽跑者，經(jīng)常在比賽前打哈

欠。所以可推測人們在大考前可能會(huì)打哈欠是正確的。故選D.

(2)C.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)Whenweseeyawn,weyawn,too.可知,當(dāng)我們看到哈欠時(shí)，

我們也打哈欠。由上句可知Aboutyawning,wealsoknowthatitiscontagious.關(guān)于打哈

欠，我們也知道它是傳染的。所以帶下劃線的"contagious”在漢語中是傳染的意思。故

選C.

(3)D.段落大意題。根據(jù)Somescientistsbelievethatyawningmakesusbeabletothinkor

noticethingsquickly.Whenweyawn,webreathemoredeeply.Wealsostretchthemusclesin

ourfaceandneck.Maybethismakesusbecarefulofthethingsaround.可知，一些科學(xué)家認(rèn)

為，打哈欠使我們能夠快速思考或注意到事物。當(dāng)我們打哈欠時(shí)，我們的呼吸會(huì)更深。

我們還會(huì)拉伸臉部和頸部的肌肉。也許這會(huì)讓我們對周圍的事物更加小心。所以第三段

主要告訴我們打哈欠的效果。故選D.

(4)B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Laughterhelpsusbepartofagroupinashorttime.可知，笑有助

于我們在短時(shí)間內(nèi)成為一個(gè)群體的一部分。所以從課文中我們能知道笑可以使一個(gè)人很

快加入其他人。故選B.

(5)A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Humanshavemanyinstinctivebehaviors.Wecanyawnandlaugh

frombirth.可知，人類有很多本能行為。我們從出生起就可以打哈欠和大笑。所以打哈欠

和大笑有什么相似之處

我們可以不用學(xué)習(xí)就做。故選A.

4.(10分)Whatdowereallymeanbybeingopen?

Beingopenisakindofinvitationtoletotherscomein.(1)CInthiswaywewillbe

understoodandacceptedbyotherswell.Ifwearen'topentoothers,wewon'tbefullybelieved

in.

(2)DFirst,makeyouroutsidebehaviorthesamewithyourinsidefeelingsand

thoughts.Second,sharehowyoureallyfeelaboutsomethinginsteadofjustopinions.Third,try

tochangeyourquestionsintostatementsandtalkinthefirstperson