Ⅰ.完形填空(建議用時17′)

　　[2024·河北保定摸底考試]The easy way out isn't always the easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I __1__ to make homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time, I __2__ it as soon as Doug left for work.

　　As I was not __3__ in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I __4__ everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and __5__ it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough (面團) covered with __6__ yellowish marks. Realizing I was __7__， I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to __8__ Doug laughing at my work. I went on preparing the rest of the __9__， and when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed __10__. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he heard a __11__.

　　The third time he left, I went to the window to see what he was doing. I saw Doug standing about three feet from the __12__， holding the lid up with a stick and looking __13__. When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something

　　__14__ in our rubbish bin.

　　Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt __15__. But I stepped closer and looked harder. Without __16__ it was my work. The hot __17__ had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast (酵母) made the surface __18__ and sigh as though it were breathing. I could see why Doug was shaken. I had to admit what the “__19__” was and why it was there. I don't know who was more __20__ by the whole thing—Doug or me.

　　這是一篇關于一位新婚的家庭主婦，為了給丈夫做面包而引發的有趣故事。

　　1．A.chose

　　B．managed

　　C．had

　　D．remembered

　　答案：A　根據上文“my husband of one month”可知作者剛結婚不久，且是嘗試著自己做面包，故選A。

　　2．A.looked for

　　B．got ready for

　　C．started on

　　D．worried about

　　答案：C　上文表明，“知道做面包花費時間”，因此在丈夫一離開去上班便開始著手準備，故選C。B項沒有開始的意義。

　　3．A.weak

　　B．interested

　　C．successful

　　D．experienced

　　答案：D　作為新婚的作者初次做飯，因而是缺少經驗(experienced)，亦可根據下文判斷作者沒有經驗。

　　4．A.used

　　B．collected

　　C．doubled

　　D．tried

　　答案：C　按照上文作者的想法可知，所有的材料均翻倍處理。

　　5．A.poured

　　B．watered

　　C．dipped

　　D．threw

　　答案：A　上文“opened a can of orange”暗示作者把橙汁“倒入”碗中。

　　6．A.pleasant

　　B．ugly

　　C．big

　　D．light

　　答案：B　根據生活常識可知，在面粉內倒入橙汁后的結果會是很丑的(ugly)。

　　7．A.defeated

　　B．injured

　　C．dropped

　　D．lost

　　答案：A　根據下文“put the dough in the rubbish bin outside”可知作者被打敗(defeat)了。

　　8．A.feel

　　B．keep

　　C．face

　　D．stop

　　答案：C　由下文“Doug laughing at my work”可知，作者知道不得不去面對丈夫的嘲笑了。

　　9．A.bread

　　B．orange

　　C．rice

　　D．meal

　　答案：D　由上文可知，作者的面包以失敗告終，所以作者便開始做其他的飯菜(meal)。因為第一段已經說明作者自己要下廚做飯招待丈夫，下文meal也有暗示。

　　10．A.disappointed

　　B．disturbed

　　C．frightened

　　D．ashamed

　　答案：B　上文中“tried to enjoy the meal”可知作者做的飯菜不好吃，故選B。結合下文“丈夫兩次起來外出”可知。

　　11．A.voice

　　B．cry

　　C．shout

　　D．noise

　　答案：D　根據下文講述可知丈夫聽到了外面有聲音(noise)才起身外出。

　　12．A.window

　　B．house

　　C．rubbish bin

　　D．door

　　答案：C　由下文發生的事情可知，丈夫站在離垃圾桶不遠的地方，觀察是什么發出的“聲音”。

　　13．A.around

　　B．upward

　　C．inside

　　D．out

　　答案：C　根據作者描述丈夫的動作可知，挑起蓋子，應是看一下里面是什么，故填inside。

　　14．A.alive

　　B．important

　　C．new

　　D．different

　　答案：A　根據下文可知，面團的發酵導致面團發出動靜，因此，丈夫以為是有活著的東西在垃圾桶內，故選A。

　　15．A.happy

　　B．cold

　　C．angry

　　D．inspired

　　答案：B　上文暗示丈夫挑起蓋子讓作者看，而作者知道事情真相，故感到“cold”，表示很“吃驚”。

　　16．A.hesitation

　　B．doubt

　　C．delay

　　D．exception

　　答案：B　見上題解析

　　17．A.pot

　　B．floor

　　C．earth

　　D．sun

　　答案：D　根據下文可知導致面團發酵的應該是“太陽光”。

　　18．A.burn

　　B．walk

　　C．shake

　　D．work

　　答案：C　下文中丈夫“was shaken”暗示此處答案為C項且發酵會使得面團在“動”，在“嘆氣”。

　　19．A.art

　　B．work

　　C．troublemaker

　　D．living thing

　　答案：D　上文中提到丈夫說，垃圾桶內有活物，暗示此處答案為D。

　　20．A.embarrassed

　　B．nervous

　　C．regretful

　　D．awkward

　　答案：A　本文講述的主題在最后一句中體現出來，作者的兩頓大餐，使兩人都覺得很尷尬。

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解(建議用時16′)

　　A

　　[2024·河北名校聯盟]An overdue (逾期未還的) copy of “Gone With the Wind” has been returned to a high school library in Washington State, 65 years past its due date, and the grateful school said on Tuesday it was waiving (免除) late fees that at 2 cents a day added up to about $475.

　　The long-overdue book was checked out of the library of a high school in the city of Spokane in 1949, and seemingly disappeared until it was found in Maine by a resident who offered to send it back to the school. “We're delighted to have the book back, but we wonder where it has been，” Lori Wyborney, principal of John R．Rogers High School, said of the 1946 reprint of “Gone With the Wind” which she estimates to be worth about $350.

　　Wyborney got wind of the long-overdue library book in October, after Maine resident Wayne Hachey found it in his father's cellar, with the library paperwork still in the cover. “Not sure how the book ended up on the East Coast，”Hachey wrote in a letter addressed to the school. “I'd be willing to ship the book back if this is the same school. ”

　　Wyborney wrote back, promising to waive late fees. When the book arrived, school officials tried to look into how it had traveled across the country. A slip (小紙片) inside the cover said it was checked out on Jan.4,1949，to Betty Mandershied, whose name is listed in the school's 1949 yearbook.

　　The school has two newer copies of the Civil War epic in its library, and several students have expressed interest in reading the novel since the older edition was returned， Wyborney said.

　　一本逾期未還的書，65年之后重新回到了圖書館。

　　1．Why was the high school in Spokane grateful?

　　A．Because the overdue book was returned to its library.

　　B．Because someone donated some books to its library.

　　C．Because someone bought some old books for its library.

　　D．Because one of its students helped find the overdue book.

　　答案：A　事實細節題。根據文中第一段的內容即知答案。

　　2．How did Hachey know what place the book belongs to?

　　A．From the notes the reader wrote in the book.

　　B．From what the seller of the book said to him.

　　C．From a graduation photo put in the book.

　　D．From the library paperwork in the cover of the book.

　　答案：D　事實細節題。根據文中第三段“after Maine resident Wayne Hachey found it in his father's cellar, with the library paperwork still in the cover.”可知道答案。

　　3．As for the book, what was Hachey confused about?

　　A．What the price of the book was.

　　B．When the book was published.

　　C．How it ended up on the East Coast.

　　D．Why the book wasn't returned on time.

　　答案：C　事實細節題。根據文中第三段“Not sure how the book ended up on the East Coast.”可知道答案。

　　4．Who once borrowed the book from the school library?

　　A．Lori Wyborney.

　　B．Betty Mandershied.

　　C．Wayne Hachey.

　　D．Wayne Hachey's father.

　　答案：B　事實細節題。根據文中倒數第二段“it was checked out on Jan. 4, 1949, to Betty Mandershied, whose...1949 yearbook.”可知選B。

　　1．grateful adj. 感激的；感恩的

　　2．disappear v. 消失

　　3．delighted adj. 高興的；快樂的

　　4．estimate vt. 估計

　　5．address vt./n. 致辭；與……談話；地址

　　1．add up to 加起來，總共

　　2.look into 深入調查

　　原文：Several students have expressed interest in reading the novel since the older edition was returned.(since從句)

　　譯文：自從舊版本歸還后，幾名學生對閱讀小說產生了興趣。

　　仿寫：They have_been good friends since they met at a meeting.

　　自從在一次會議上見面以來，他們就一直是好朋友。

　　B

　　[2024·皖南八校聯考一]Blue－eyed people have been living in Europe for at least 7,000 years, scientists have discovered.

　　A man who lived on the Iberian Peninsula before Europeans became farmers probably had blue eyes but dark hair and skin,

　　according to scientists who have sequenced (按序排列)

　　his DNA. This surprising combination of eye, hair and skin coloring may not have been unusual during his life time， but it is no longer seen among modern Europeans, reported by the journal Nature.

　　The man, a Neolithic hunter-gatherer known to scientists as La Brana Ⅰ， is of great interest to scientists because he offers a snapshot (簡況)

　　of what was in Europeans' DNA before agriculture spread through the continent. Experts have theorized that certain genetic feature spread quickly among humans after they adopted the farming lifestyle. La Brana Ⅰ shows that at least some of their predictions were correct.

　　The man's skeleton, along with that of a male companion, was discovered in 2006 in a cave in what is now northeastern Spain. The site, known as La Brana-Arintero, sits about 5,000 feet above sea level, and the cave provided a cold, refrigerator-like environment that preserved his DNA.

　　In the lab, scientists were able to remove enough DNA from a single tooth to reconstruct La Brana Ⅰ's entire genome (基因組).

　　They compared it to the DNA of other ancient Europeans (including Otzi, the 5,300-year-old mummy found in an Alpine glacier) and determined that he was a closer match with hunter-gatherers than with farmers.

　　When it came to genes that would influence La Brana Ⅰ's appearance, the researchers found that their 7,000-year-old subject had versions of two skin pigment (色素) genes that are either very rare or non－existent among Europeans today. Then they looked at other places in the genome that influence pigmentation (色素沉著) and found a mix of ancient and modern gene variants (變種). Taken together, La Brana Ⅰ's DNA “is likely to have resulted in dark skin pigmentation and dark or brown hair，” they wrote.

　　However, his DNA indicates that his eyes were most likely blue, the scientists found. This suggests that gene variants for light-colored eyes and skin did not spread together, they wrote, adding that La Brana Ⅰ's combination “of dark skin and non-brown eyes is unique and no longer present in contemporary European populations.” Today, a blue-eyed person would typically have fair skin.

　　To get some idea of whether La Brana Ⅰ's coloring was unusual for his day, the researchers will try to sequence the DNA of his companion, who has been named La Brana Ⅱ.

　　本文是一篇科普文，向讀者介紹分析了一項科學發現，藍眼的人一直在歐洲生活了7000多年，并從DNA排列，以及其他的考查中分析造成眼睛及膚色變化的原因。

　　5．Why are scientists interested in La Brana ？

　　A．They can know Europeans' DNA.

　　B．They can know the ancient agriculture in Europe.

　　C．They can know European hunter-gatherers' DNA.

　　D．They can know some of their predictions were correct.

　　答案：C　細節理解題。根據第三段“...because he offers a snapshot of what was in Europeans' DNA before agriculture spread through the continent.”可知。

　　6．La Brana

　　remains as it was due to________.

　　A．dry weather

　　B．a cold condition

　　C．proper protection

　　D．a high cave

　　答案：B　細節理解題。根據第四段“and the cave provided a cold, refrigerator－like environment that preserved his DNA”可知。

　　7．Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A．La Brana Ⅰ's gene variants spread together.

　　B．La Brana 's DNA influences his appearance.

　　C．La Brana 's appearance influences contemporary Europeans.

　　D．La Brana 's gene is completely different from the contemporary Europeans'.

　　答案：B　細節理解題。利用排除法，A項依據第七段第二句可排除。C項與D項，根據第六段第一句話可排除，故選B項。

　　8．What does the last paragraph suggest?

　　A．La Brana

　　has the same genome with La Brana Ⅰ.

　　B．Blue-eyed people were common in Europe 7,000 years ago.

　　C．La Brana 's combination of dark skin and non-brown eyes is unique.

　　D．It's not certain that La BranA s appearance was common at that time.

　　答案：D　推理判斷題。根據最后一段“the researchers will try to sequence the DNA of his companion”可以推斷答案為D項。

　　1．combination n. 結合，聯合

　　2.prediction n. 預告，預測

　　3．preserve vt. 保存；保護

　　4.ancient adj. 古老的

　　5．contemporary adj. 當代的；現代的

　　1．during one's life time 某人一生

　　2．result in 導致

　　原文：The man's skeleton, along with that of a male companion, was discovered in 2006 in a cave in what is now north-eastern Spain.(主謂一致)

　　譯文：這個人的骨骸和一個男伴的骨骸于2006年在現在西班牙東北部的一個山洞內被發現。