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　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　[2024·山西四校聯考三]As a child, I started learning to play the piano, my favorite musical

　　___1___ , but I was forced to give up when I

　　started my middle school___2___I could concentrate more on my studies.

　　It's one of my biggest___3___ to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I

　　kept telling my piano teacher that I would___4___. However, I didn't keep my promise because I was___5___ with my

　　study. ___6___ I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good

　　teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been___7___that I never returned. I

　　haven't taken lessons since then but to be honest, I

　　___8___ to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn't help recalling many

　　___9___－times of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher___10___me after I played

　　entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so

　　___11___ that I could hardly say anything. But her___12___helped ease my shame. These memories, ___13___， good or bad, never caused my___14___ for playing the piano again.

　　This thought then led me to think that___15___is like music, and that we all try to play different___16___in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch (音高) is___17___ when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone.

　　However, we all continue to create our own___18___style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is___19___that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn't___20___that

　　I've stopped making music.

　　本文主要介紹了作者學習彈鋼琴的經歷，告訴我們：人生就像音樂，無論我們的音樂風格是什么，唱快樂、平靜和愛的歌才是重要的。

　　1．A.instrument

　　B．performance

　　C．room

　　D．stage

　　答案：A　孩提時，“我”開始學習彈奏我最喜歡的樂器(instrument)——鋼琴。但是，當“我”上中學時，為了(so that)能夠更加集中注意力學習，“我”被迫放棄了。performance“表演”；room“房間”；stage“舞臺”。故A項正確。

　　2．A.because

　　B．so that

　　C．now that

　　D．for

　　答案：B　參見上題解析。because“因為”；now that“既然”；for“因為”。故B項正確。

　　3．A.successes

　　B．regrets

　　C．decisions

　　D．hobbies

　　答案：B　今天，當“我”悲傷地回想時，停止練習鋼琴是“我”最遺憾的一件事。success“成功”；regret“遺憾”；decision“決定”；hobby“業余愛好”。故B項正確。

　　4．A.play

　　B．graduate

　　C．leave

　　D．return

　　答案：D　在隨后的幾年里，“我”一再告訴“我”的鋼琴老師“我”將回來(return)。play“玩耍”；graduate“畢業”；leave“離開”。故D項正確。

　　5．A.occupied

　　B．angry

　　C．satisfied

　　D．patient

　　答案：A　然而，因為忙于學習“我”食言了。angry“憤怒的”；satisfied“滿意的”；patient“有耐心的”。be occupied with“忙于……”，故A項正確。

　　6．A.Actually

　　B．Constantly

　　C．Suddenly

　　D．Gradually

　　答案：D 漸漸地(Gradually)，“我”與老師失去了聯系。actually“實際上，事實上”；constantly“始終，一直”；suddenly“突然”。故D項正確。

　　7．A.astonished

　　B．glad

　　C．disappointed

　　D．amazed

　　答案：C “我”從沒回來過，可能她會感到失望。astonished“吃驚的”；glad“高興的”；disappointed“失望的，沮喪的”；amazed“驚奇的”。故C項正確。

　　8．A.liked

　　B．needed

　　C．wanted

　　D．decided

　　答案：C 從那以后，“我”沒有上課，但是說實話，“我”想(wanted)去。like“喜歡”；need“需要”；decide“決定”。故C項正確。

　　9．A.dreams

　　B．expressions

　　C．words

　　D．memories

　　答案：D 坐在鋼琴前，“我”不禁回想起許多記憶(memories)。dream“夢”；expression“表達”；word“單詞”。故D項正確。

　　10．A.instructed

　　B．hurt

　　C．punished

　　D．respected

　　答案：A 有一次，當“我”在她同事面前錯誤地彈完一首曲子后，她指導(instructed)了“我”。hurt“傷害”；punish“懲罰”；respect“尊敬”。故A項正確。

　　11．A.frightened

　　B．moved

　　C．embarrassed

　　D．excited

　　答案：C “我”感到如此的尷尬以至于不能說任何話。frightened“害怕”；moved“感動的”；embarrassed“尷尬的”；excited“激動的”。故C項正確。

　　12．A.happiness

　　B．satisfaction

　　C．comfort

　　D．sigh

　　答案：C 但是，她的安慰(comfort)幫助緩解了“我”的羞愧。happiness“快樂”；satisfaction“滿意”；sigh“嘆氣”。故C項正確。

　　13．A.instead

　　B．meanwhile

　　C．therefore

　　D．however

　　答案：D 然而(however)，這些或好或壞的記憶卻從來沒有激起“我”再次彈鋼琴的勇氣(courage)。instead“反而”；meanwhile“與此同時”；therefore“因此”。根據句意前后形成對比可知，D項正確。

　　14．A.hope

　　B．courage

　　C．feeling

　　D．effort

　　答案：B 參見上題解析。hope“希望”；feeling“感情”；effort“努力”。故B項正確。

　　15．A.life

　　B．learning

　　C．attitude

　　D．enjoyment

　　答案：A 這種想法使“我”認為人生(life)就像音樂，而且我們所有的人都在試著扮演著不同的角色(roles)。learning“學習”；attitude“態度”；enjoyment“享受”。故A項正確。

　　16．A.cards

　　B．sports

　　C．roles

　　D．games

　　答案：C 參見上題解析。card“卡片”；sport“體育運動”；game“游戲，比賽”。故C項正確。

　　17．A.hard

　　B．wonderful

　　C．surprising

　　D．complex

　　答案：B 有時，當我們演奏得好時，音高是精彩的(wonderful)。hard“困難的”；surprising“令人驚奇的”；complex“復雜的”。故B項正確。

　　18．A.unique

　　B．boring

　　C．common

　　D．similar

　　答案：A 然而，我們繼續創造著我們自己獨特的(unique)音樂風格。boring“令人生厭的”；common“普通的”；similar“相似的”。故A項正確。

　　19．A.necessary

　　B．strange

　　C．possible

　　D．important

　　答案：D 不管我們的音樂風格是什么，我們唱快樂、平靜和愛的歌才是重要的(important)。necessary“必要的”；strange“陌生的”；possible“可能的”。故D項正確。

　　20．A.matter

　　B．mean

　　C．report

　　D．appear

　　答案：B 盡管我可能從來沒有回來學習鋼琴，但并不意味著(mean)我已經停止創作音樂了。matter“有關系，要緊”；report“報告”；appear“出現”。故B項正確。

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　[2024·吉林實驗中學四模]During the past Spring Festival, many children may have received red packets from their families. But Xing Pu, a 40-year-old economist, is asking the government to give red packets to every Chinese citizen.

　　Xing suggested the government give out 1,000 yuan to each Chinese since the government income has increased rapidly in recent years. He said his suggestion would allow everyone to directly enjoy the fruits of the country's economic success, help the lower-income groups deal with rising prices and increase consumption (消費) around the country.

　　Recent years have seen the government carry out a series of pro-poor (扶貧) and pro-rural (惠農) policies, including increasing spending on public healthcare and calling off the agricultural tax. But the lower-income group still needs more help while being hit hard by an 11-year high in prices and recent snowstorms.

　　Xing said while making the draft, he has borrowed many ideas from practices in countries like the United States and Singapore. Earlier this year, the governments of the two nations offered cash handouts (救濟) to their citizens as the result of a surplus in government income. As for in China, “We can even encourage the rich to donate their 1,000 yuan red packet to the poor，” said Xing.

　　Although Xing's suggestion has gained wide support among ordinary Chinese on the Internet, many other economists criticized it as unpractical. Even Xing himself admitted he made the suggestion without any careful calculation. But they agreed with Xing's point that the growing economic pie should be shared among the people.

　　“To better use the increase of money, handing out money is not a solution that holds good for all time. It could be better to improve the public service or cut the price of energy use in daily life，” said Qiao Xinsheng, an economic professor.

　　春節期間孩子會得到家人給的紅包，但40歲的經濟學家也要求政府發給農民紅包，從而引起了廣泛的討論。

　　1．Xing Pu suggested that the government give out 1,000 yuan to each Chinese because ________.

　　A．the poor should get help from the rich

　　B．the government should help the rich

　　C．the growing economic pie should be shared among the people

　　D．the government doesn't know how to use the money

　　答案：C　考查細節理解。根據第二段提到“He said his suggestion would allow everyone to directly enjoy the fruits of the country's economic success, help the lower-income groups deal with rising prices and increase consumption (消費) around the country.”他說他的建議允許大家來享受國家經濟成功的果實，故選C項。

　　2．What has the government done to help the lower-income group?

　　A．Spending less on public health care.

　　B．Increasing the agricultural tax.

　　C．Handing out money to every Chinese.

　　D．Carrying out pro-poor policies.

　　答案：D　考查細節理解。根據第三段提到“Recent years have seen the government carry out a series of pro-poor (扶貧)and pro-rural (惠農)policies, including increasing spending on public healthcare and calling off the agricultural tax.”政府推出一系列的扶貧和理家政策包括增加公共福利投入，取消農業稅，故選D項。

　　3．According to some experts, what is better than giving out money?

　　A．Supplying food to everyone every day.

　　B．Cutting the price of energy use in daily life.

　　C．Controlling the rising of prices.

　　D．Increasing the government income.

　　答案：B　考查細節理解。根據最后一段提到“It could be better to improve the public service or cut the price of energy use in daily life.” 提高公共服務或減少日常生活中的能源價格，故選B項。

　　4．Xing Pu's ideas of giving red packets to every Chinese citizen mainly came from ________.

　　A．children receiving red packets from their families

　　B．the US and Singapore governments offering cash handouts to their citizens

　　C．the government's increasing spending on public health care

　　D．the rising prices in the country

　　答案：B　考查細節理解。根據第四段提到“Xing said while making the draft, he has borrowed many ideas from practices in countries like the United States and Singapore”這個人說，在起草這個意見的時候，他借鑒像美國和新加坡這些國家的想法，故選B項。

　　1．income n. 收入；收益2.economic adj. 經濟的

　　3．surplus n. 剩余；盈余

　　4.donate vt. 捐贈；捐獻

　　5．calculation n. 計算；估計

　　1．give out 分發；用盡

　　2.carry out 執行；實行

　　3．call off 取消

　　原文：To better use the increase of money, handing out money is not a solution that holds good for all time.(動名詞作主語)

　　譯文：為了更好的利用貨幣價值的增長，分錢并不是一個持續擁有好處的方法。

　　仿寫：Reading_a_great_many_English_novels is of great help to enlarge your vocabulary.

　　閱讀大量的英文小說，有助于擴大你的詞匯量。

　　B

　　[2024·河南鄭州質量預測一]“A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website” is the definition of “selfie” in the Oxford English Dictionary. In fact, it wasn't even in the dictionary until August of last year. It earned its place there because people are now so obsessed with (對……癡迷) selfies－we take them when we try on a new hat, play with our pets or when we meet a friend whom we haven't seen in a while.

　　But is there any scientific explanation for this obsession? Well, you should probably ask James Kilner, a neuroscientist (神經系統科學家) at University College London.

　　Through our lifetime we become experts at recognizing and interpreting other people's faces and facial expressions. In contrast， according to Kilner, we have a very poor understanding of our own faces since we have little experience of looking at them－we just feel them most of the time.

　　This has been proved in previous studies, according to the BBC.

　　Kilner found that most people chose the more attractive picture. This suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as better-looking than we actually are. To further test how we actually perceive our own faces, Kilner carried out another study. He showed people different versions of their own portrait－the original, one that had been edited to look less attractive and one that was made more attractive－and asked them to pick the version which they thought looked most like them. They chose the more attractive version.

　　But what does it say about settles? Well, isn't that obvious? Selfies give us the power to create a photograph－by taking it from various angles, with different poses, using filters (濾色鏡) and so on－that better matches our expectations with our actual faces.

　　“You suddenly have control in a way that you don't have in non-virtual (非虛擬的) interactions.” Kilner told the Canada-based CTV News. Selfies allow you “to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you're happy with”， he explained.

　　文章主要講述了人們為什么喜愛“自拍”的一項報告。

　　5．What is the passage mainly about?

　　A．The definition and fun of taking selfies.

　　B．A study of why people love taking selfies.

　　C．How taking selfies influences people's daily lives.

　　D．How to interpret people's facial expressions in their selfies.

　　答案：B　考查主旨大意。根據第二段第一句“But is there any scientific explanation for this obsession？”以及下文的內容可推出，文章主要解釋的是人們喜歡自拍的原因。

　　6．The underlined word “perceive” in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by “________”．

　　A．interpret

　　B．beautify

　　C．choose

　　D．explain

　　答案：A　考查詞義猜測。根據上文的“we have a very poor understanding of our own faces since we have little experience of looking at...”perceive “理解為；認為”；interpret “領會，理解為”。