2019成都七中二诊
宜宾市高2019届第二次高考适应性考试英语试题
第I卷（100分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第二部分阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Ask Jeffers This month Dr. Jeffers is answering questions about the human brain
and how it works.
Dear Dr. Jeffers,
One of my colleagues, Felix Moeller, told me that scientists are learning to use computer to “read minds”. Is there any truth to this story
—Jane Leon, New York, USA Dear Ms. Leon,
Well, a lot of research is being conducted in this area, but so far, the brain scanning equipment and corresponding computer programs haven’t been able to actually read thoughts. In one experiment, test subjects were connected to scanning equipment and shown two numbers on a screen. They were then asked to choose between adding or subtracting (减) the two numbers. Using this method, researchers were able to follow brain processes and make the correct assumptions 70 percent of the time. It’s not quite mind reading, but it’s certainly a first step.
—Dr. J. Dear Dr. Jeffers,
My three-year-old son loves it when I dig my fingers into his sides and tickle (胳肢）him until he laughs uncontrollably. The other day I noticed him trying to tickle himself but he couldn’t do it. Why not
—Glenn Lewis, Vancouver, Canada Dear Mr. Lewis,
It’s because of how the brain works. The brain is trained to know what to pay attention to and what to ignore. It causes us to ignore physical feelings we expect to happen, but it causes a mild panic reaction when there is an unexpected feeling. For examp le, you don’t notice how you shoulder feels while you’re walking down the street. But if someone comes up behind you and touches you lightly on the shoulder, you may jump in fear. It’s that unexpected part that causes the tickle reaction.
—Dr. J.
21. What can we learn from the answer to the first question
A. Some equipment is able to read human minds.
B. Computer programs can copy brain processes.
C. Some progress has been made in mind reading.
D. Test subjects have been used to make decisions.
22. People laugh when tickled by others because the feeling is .
A. comfortable
B. unexpected
C. funny
D. painful
23. Who has got a little child according to the text
A. Ms. Leon.
B. Mr. Moeller
C. Dr. Jeffers
D. Mr. Lewis
B
Seeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the heat by climbing to the summit of Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.
Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along it sold streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you won' t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.
But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2,560 meters high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-step-bac k movements. As you climb, you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above. Steaming, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit: the Mckenney Cone (火山堆). Just as though you were going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to the left and up to the relative safety of the old, inactive summit.
Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano in plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and, the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting, The active mouth boils, sending red lava and over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot steams up to 100 meters into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even. if you take care to be up wind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down the side of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down.
24. Antigua is a city .
A. that gives a close- up view of Pacaya
B. that is famous for its tour agencies
C. where the daring Pacaya tour starts
D. where people can enjoy cultural festivals
25. Climbing to the Mc Kenney Cone, people will .
A. walk directly to the active summit
B. hear the continuous loud noise from above
C. make greater efforts than to other summits
D. see a path lined with remains of earlier eruptions
26. Many tours are timed for people to .
A. get down the mountain in ,time when night falls
B. avoid the smell from the up wind direction
C. enjoy the fantastic eruption against the darkening sky
D. appreciate the scenery of the Pacaya mountain
27. What is the main purpose of this passage
A To attract tourists to Pacaya. B. To describe the beauty of Pacaya.
C. To introduce guided tours to Pacaya.
D. To explain the power of nature at Pacaya.
C
Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet... We are surrounded by the word diet everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologic ally. On one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(称) instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the world “diet” in food labels.
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products. make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we are aw are of the effects that diet products have on us, it, is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychologic al and physical harm that comes from using them.
28. From Paragraph j, we can learn that .
A. people are fed up with diet products
B. diet products are misleading people
C. diet products fail to bring out people's potential
D. people have difficulty in choosing diet products
29. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to.
A. try out a variety of diet foods
B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
C. watch their w eight rather than their diet
D. pay attention to their own eating habits
30. In Paragraph 3, gain comes without pain” probably means .
A. diet products bring no harm
B. diet products have no calorie
C. it costs little to stay healthy
D. losing weight is effortless
31. Diet products indirectly affect people physically because such products .
A. lack basic nutrients
B. are over-consumed
C. are short of chemicals
D. provide too much energy
D
The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism (相对主义), are simply reflections of local and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.
History has witnessed the endless production of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert hall, as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries. Unique works of this kind are different from today’s popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.
In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because “the general principles of tastes are uniform (不变的) in human nature”, the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. He observed that Homer was still admired after 2000 years. Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and. unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.
Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study. of the universality of art. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used .by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction. The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before. Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great Scientist.
32. According to the passage, what do we know about cultural relativism
A. It explains the history of artistic works.
B. It introduces different cultural values.
C. It relates artistic values to local conditions.
D. It excites the human mind throughout the world.
33. In Paragraph 2, the artists are mentioned to show that.
A. great arts start as popular arts
B. popular arts are hardly different from great arts
C. the charm of great arts is universal and lasting
D. great artists are skilled at combing various cultures
34. According to Hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because_
A. they are results of scientific study
B. they establish general principles of art
C. they are created by the world’s greatest artists
D. they appeal to unchanging features of human nature
35. Which of the following. serve as the title of the passage
A. Are Popular Arts Universal
B. Are Great Arts Permanent
C. Is Human Nature Uniform
D. Is Cultural Relativism Scientific
第二节（共5小题;每小题2分，满分10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。
Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long- lasting positive impact on people's mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK research hers found moving to a green space had a sustained positive effect, unlike pay
rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost. Co-author Mathew White, from the European Centre for Environment and Human Heath at the University of Exeter, UK, explained that the study showed people living in greenest urban areas were displaying fewer signs of depression or anxiety.
36 For example, they strive for promotion or pay/rises, or they get married. But the trouble with all those things is that within six months to a year, people are back to their original baseline levels of well-being. 37 To put it in other words, they don’t make us happy in the long term.
Dr. White and his team wanted to see whether living in greener urban areas had a lasting positive effect on people's sense of well-being or whether the effect also disappeared after a period of time. 38 He said, “It is unlike many of the other things that we think will make us happy.” He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed. 39
With a growing body of evidence establishing a link between urban green spaces and a positive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said, “40 What we really need at a policy level is to decide where the money will come from to help support good quality local green spaces.”
A. The data they collected showed even after three years, mental health was still better
B. People do many things to make themselves happier.)
C. The greener the living place is, the greater mental health, one enjoys.
D. So, these things are not sustainable.
E. The government should involve local residents in-building more green spaces in cities.
F. There's growing interest among public policy officials, but the trouble is who funds it.
G. And less stressed people made more sensible decisions and communicated better.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题分，满分30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。
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (诱人的) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 41 a bar of chocolate if given the choice. But, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be really tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the 42 he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe 43 as high as he could. Unfortunately, even at his tallest 44 he was unable to touch it. He began to 45 as high as, he could, at the 46 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of 47 .
He thought if only he had something to 48 on. His school bag wouldn't give enough height and he didn't want to 49 the things inside, like his lunch box and pencil case. Looking 50 he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, with 51 , even a ladder. But it-was a 52 neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think of. Not seeing any other 53 , he gave up and started to walk 54 . At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 55 and how much
he w anted that particular apple. The more he 56 like this, the more unhappy he became.
57 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He began to say to himself: “This isn't 58 ! I don't have the apple and I'm feeling 59 . There’s just nothing more I can do to get the apple, which is unchangeable. But we are supposed to be able to 60 our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better”
41. A. receiving B. offering C. preferring D. permitting
42. A. tastier B. worrier C. happier D. Hungrier
43. A. stretching B. expanding C. pulling D. pushing
44. A. length B. height C. range D. strength
45. A. look B. glance C. walk D. jump
46. A. top B. level C. stage D. stop
47. A sight B. hand C. hope. D. reach
48. A. get B. put C. stand D. hold .
49. A. shake B. break C. take D. strike
50. A. around B. forward C. upward D. afterward
51. A. aid B. luck C. guidance D. assistance
52. A. quiet B. crowded C. tidy D. busy
53. A. option B. action C. selection D. direction
54. A. back B. away C. down . D. up
55. A. wishes B. goals C. beliefs D. efforts
56. A. claimed B. declared C. thought D. imagined
57. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Otherwise
58. A. cheerful B. helpful C. harmful D. stressful
59. A. exhausted B. bored C. bitter D. Embarrassed
60. A. express_ B. forget C. remove D. change
第II卷（50分）
第二节（共10小题;每小题分，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。
Scientists say crocodiles have outlived dinosaurs 61 some 65 million years. One reason why they are such good 62 (survive) is that they can go for a very long time without eating. And they are expert hunters, 63 (use) their strong jaws to bite their prey and then swallow it whole. When they lose a tooth they grow one right back. A crocodile can go through 8,000 64 (tooth) in one lifetime!
What does the expression “crocodile tears”mean Simply 65 (put), crocodile tears are fake sadness. You pretend to cry and feel bad for something when in fact you could not care 66 (little). A great word to describe it is insincere. The phrase “crocodile tears” comes from an old myth that crocodiles would shed tears while eating their prey. A religious worker wrote that 67 a crocodile found a man by the water, it would kill him if
it could. Then the crocodile would cry tears on the man, but then finally swallow 68 (he). Another myth suggests 69 animals are very crafty indeed. Crocodiles, the story goes, would cry tears as a false show of guilt or grief to trick their prey. The prey would come closer and then become dinner.
Scientists explain that crocodiles DO create tears, but they do not cry. The fluid helps to clean their eyes. Crying is purely emotional and it 70 (reserve) for us humans.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Teachers and students are the main parts in education, so it's essential to handle the relationship between teachers and students wise. As educators, teachers need to aware that they are the key to make the teaching process function well. We should undertake the important responsibility to educate students from various backgrounds and with different academic level. Only by being patient and thoughtful can they cultivate a future hope of this country. Students, on the other hand, plays a vital role in learning. It is critical for them to respect their teachers, that is becoming less popular nowadays. It’s agreed that students learning better if they trust and respect their teachers. All in all, a harmonious teacher-student relationship benefits from education greatly.
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是新华中学高中学生李华。你的加拿大朋友James在邮件中提到他打算明年来中国上大学，想听取你的建议。请你给他回信，内容包括:
1. 表示欢迎;
2. 推荐一所大学;
3. 建议他做的准备工作。
注意: 1. 词数100左右;
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
3. 开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。参考词汇:寄宿家庭host family
Dear James,
I’m delighted to hear from you and feel excited about your intention of university study in China. You are warmly welcome!
Peking University is on top of my recommendation list. It's appealing to students home and abroad because of its high academic level and abundant cultural diversity. So it has been my ideal university, for which I have worked hard many years. To be frank, studying for a degree in a different country isn’t easy. You'd better equip yourself with the basic Chinese language skills in addition to some core knowledge about Chinese customs. Of course, your wonderful academic competency is a must as well.
Let’s work hard together and hope to meet you there!
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua