Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Muir Woods and Sausalito Half Day Tour
Wander through an ancient coastal redwood forest and explore the artistic bayside of Sausalito on this halfday tour from San Francisco. Travel across the Golden Gate Bridge to visit Muir Woods, home to some of the oldest and tallest trees on Earth. At the end of your tour choose between getting dropped off at Union Square in San Francisco and taking the ferry back to San Francisco.
Yosemite National Park and Giant Sequoias Day Trip
Discover the beauty of the Sierra Nevada on this fullday trip to Yosemite National Park from San Francisco. Travel aboard a comfortable van through historic Gold Rush towns to reach the park, where you'll be amazed by supersized natural wonders. Take a hike through ancient trees, and enjoy several hours to explore the park's wonders on your own.
Niagara Falls Tour
Escape from New York City and head north to see both sides of the Canadian
border on this guided 3day tour to Niagara Falls. Visit Niagara Falls on both the American and Canadian sides and take a ride on the famous Maid of the Mist boat. Then, on the road back to New York City, make a stop to shop at the Crossings Premium Outlets, one of the largest outlet malls in the US.
Napa and Sonoma Wine Country Tour
Escape to California's famous wine country on this fullday tour from San Francisco. Taste regional varietals at three different wineries including both bigname and familyrun estates (庄园). Learn about the wine making process during guided tours, and appreciate the regional culture with a stop for lunch.
本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了四个不同的户外之旅，分别是：穆尔森林和索萨利托半日游、约塞米蒂国家公园和巨杉一日游、尼亚加拉瀑布之旅、纳帕和索诺玛葡萄酒乡村之旅。
1．Which tour should you choose if you want to do some shopping?
A．Muir Woods and Sausalito Half Day Tour.
B．Yosemite National Park and Giant Sequoias Day Trip.
C．Niagara Falls Tour.
D．Napa and Sonoma Wine Country Tour.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三个活动中的最后一句话“Then, on the road back to New York City, make a stop to shop at the Crossings Premium Outlets, one of the largest outlet malls in the US”可知，参加尼亚加拉瀑布之旅时，可以在商场停下来购物，故选C。
2．What can you do on Napa and Sonoma Wine Country Tour?
A．Appreciate some of the oldest and tallest trees on Earth.
B．Enjoy supersized natural wonders.
C．Get some wine making knowledge.
D．Take a ride on the boat.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章最后一句话“Learn about the wine making process during guided tours, and appreciate the regional culture with a stop for lunch”可知，在纳帕和索诺玛葡萄酒乡村之旅中，可以了解葡萄酒的酿造过程，并且可以在午餐时感受当地的文化，故选C。
3．What does the writer intend to do by writing the passage?
A．To introduce some outdoor activities.
B．To share some tour experiences.
C．To advertise for the wine country.
D．To call for protecting natural wonders.
答案：A
解析：写作意图题。文章介绍了四个户外旅行的具体内容，从而得知作者是想介绍这几个户外旅行活动，故选A。
B
English perfectly exemplifies (例证) the “network effects” of a global tongue: the more people use it, the more useful it is. Over a billion people speak it as either their first or second language; more still as a third or fourth language.
It is not surprising that there is a sudden increase in “Englishmedium” education all over the world. In some regions—such as East Asia and Latin America—the_growth is principally among the rich. In others—Africa and South Asia, where former colonies never quite escaped the language's control—it is happening at all income levels.
Parents' desire for their children to master English is encouraging the growth
of private schooling. Education authorities are switching to the English medium, in part to prevent the outflow of children into the private area.
Teaching children in English is fine if that is what they speak at home and their parents are fluent in it. But that is not the case in most public and lowcost private schools. Children are taught in a language they don't understand by teachers whose English is poor. The children learn neither English nor anything else.
Research confirms that children learn more when they are taught in their mother tongue than they do when they are taught in any other language. In a study of children in the first three years in 12 schools in Cameroon, those taught in Kom did better than those taught in English in all subjects.
English should be an important subject at school, but not necessarily the language of instruction. Rather than switching to Englishmedium teaching, governments fearful of losing custom to the private sector (行业) should look at the many possible ways of improving public schools.
本文是议论文，介绍了英语授课教育在世界各地突然增多这一现象以及这种现象产生的原因，且表明了作者对这一现象的态度。
4．What do the underlined words “the growth” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．The “network effects” of English.
B．The money spent on children education.
C．The attention which is paid to the private schooling.
D．The sudden increase in Englishmedium education.
答案：D
解析：词义猜测题。由第二段第一句“It is not surprising that there is a sudden increase in ‘Englishmedium’ education all over the world”可知，画线部分指的是英语授课教育突然增多。故答案为D。
5．Why do education authorities turn to the Engish medium?
A．To give it a support.
B．To improve children's English level.
C．To encourage the development of private schools.
D．To discourage students from going to private schools.
答案：D
解析：细节理解题。由第三段最后一句“Education authorities are switching to the English medium, in part to prevent the outflow of children into the private area”
可知，权威教育人士使用英语教学媒介是为了不让学生去私立学校。故答案为D。
6．Why does the author talk about the study in Paragraph 5?
A．To support his opinion.
B．To provide a special case.
C．To introduce a new topic.
D．To add some background information.
答案：A
解析：推理判断题。第五段中作者以一项研究为例证明了“children learn more when they are taught in their mother tongue”这个观点，所以选A。
7．The author thinks teaching children all in English ________.
A．is too costly B．is the first choice
C．is not always good D．should be forbidden
答案：C
解析：观点态度题。由第六段中的“English should be an important subject at
school, but not necessarily the language of instruction”可知，作者不支持英语授课。故选C。
Ⅱ.完形填空
Jake and Max Klein are twin brothers who have a passion for volunteering. Their family have always done community __1__， and at a young age, they chose to __2__ gifts at their birthday parties. Instead, they asked guests to donate money toward charities. Jake and Max have __3__ Cookies for Kids' Cancer and the American Heart Association, as well as given __4__ to several local organizations. They have come up with some really __5__ ways to help their community, such as donating books to the local students from poor families.
When they were seven, Jake and Max were interested in __6__ with a family friend at the local homeless shelter to help cook. __7__， he turned them down because they were too __8__ and had to be fourteen to cook. This led them to an endless __9__ to come up with a way to help other kids who were also facing a __10__ challenge：wanting to help but being __11__ because of their age.
Therefore, Kids That Do Good was __12__ to “show ways kids or adults, at ANY age, could __13__ the community and make a __14__”．
The small __15__ that started with the twin brothers has grown into a large website that brings thousands of __16__ visitors each year. Jake and Max say that their website brings 35,000 unique viewers, and of those viewers, Kids That Do
Good has __17__ kids of 16,000 organizations.
Kids That Do Good even has two student board directors, Steven and Jordan, who are also __18__ in community service, as well as a group of adult advisers.
Jake and Max are __19__ with school and extracurricular activities and other community service promises. Kids That Do Good has blog posts that advise kids on __20__ their own charitable event. 孪生兄弟Jake和Max Klein自小便喜欢做志愿者服务工作，为了突破对志愿者的年龄限制，他们成立“Kids That Do Good”这一组织，鼓励孩子们和他们一起参加志愿者活动。
1．A.surveys B．service
C．duties D．business
答案：B
解析：根据上文中的“Jake and Max Klein...volunteering”可知，Jake和Max Klein这对孪生兄弟喜欢做志愿者服务工作；结合该句中的“Their family have always done community”可推知，他们全家人一直做社区服务工作。B项意为“服务”，故B项正确。
2．A.sort out B．play with
C．give up D．put away
答案：C
解析：根据语境及下文中的“Instead, they asked guests to donate money toward charities”可知，他们在生日时不要生日礼物，而是请客人为慈善组织捐款。C项意为“放弃”，故C项正确。A项意为“整理”；B项意为“玩弄”；D项意为“将……收起，把……放回原处”。
3．A.chosen B．served
C．operated D．organized
答案：A
解析：根据上文中的“they asked guests to donate money toward charities”可知，Jake和Max邀请客人们为慈善机构捐款。由此可推知，他们选择了Cookies for Kids' Cancer和American Heart Association为帮助目标。A项意为“挑选，选择”，故A项正确。
4．A.agreements B．responsibilities
C．savings D．donations
答案：D
解析：根据语境可知，Jake和Max还向一些当地的组织捐赠。donation意为“捐赠”，故D项正确。A项意为“协议”，B项意为“责任”，C项意为“存款”，都与语境不符。
5．A.creative B．common
C．perfect D．strange
答案：A
解析：根据该句中的“such as donating books to the local students from poor families”可知，他们给当地贫穷家庭的孩子捐书；据此可知，他们想出了创造性的方法来帮助当地社区的人。A项意为“创造性的”，故A项正确。B项意为“通常的，普遍的”；C项意为“完美的”；D项意为“奇怪的”。
6．A.travelling B．volunteering
C．cooking D．recycling
答案：B
解析：根据上文可知，Jake和Max热衷于志愿者活动和慈善，由此可推知，他们自愿和一个朋友到当地的无家可归者收容所帮忙做饭。B项意为“自愿做”，故B项正确。
7．A.Honestly B．Happily
C．Unfortunately D．Gratefully
答案：C
解析：根据语境及该句中的“he turned them down”可知，虽然Jake和Max自愿和他们的朋友去帮助无家可归者做饭，但遗憾的是，他拒绝了他们。C项意为“遗憾地”，故C项正确。A项意为“诚实地”，B项意为“幸福地”，D项意为“感激地”，都与语境不符。
8．A.shy B．awkward
C．weak D．young
答案：D
解析：根据该句中的“they...and had to be fourteen to cook”可知，他们必须到十四岁才能帮忙做饭；据此可知，他们太小了。D项意为“年幼的”，故D项正确。
9．A.task B．ability
C．chance D．determination
答案：A
解析：根据语境及该句中的“to come up with a way to help other kids”可知，这使他们面临一个无休止的任务：想出一种方法帮助由于年龄小而无法参加志愿者工作的孩子。A项意为“工作，任务”，故A项正确；B项意为“能力”；C项意为“机会”；D项意为“决定”。
10．A.public B．similar
C．sharp D．direct
答案：B
解析：根据上文可知，由于年龄问题，他们不能帮助无家可归者做饭；结合该句中的“kids...because of their age”可知，他们都面临相似的挑战：想要帮助别人，却由于年龄小而被拒绝。B项意为“相似的”，故B项正确。
11．A.joked B．laughed
C．denied D．praised
答案：C
解析：参见上题解析。C项意为“拒绝”，故C项正确。
12．A.advised B．allowed
C．named D．created
答案：D
解析：根据语境及该句中的“show ways kids or adults, at ANY age”可知，为了帮助任何年龄的人参与社区服务，“Kids That Do Good”这一组织被创建起来。D项意为“创建”，故D项正确。
13．A.get involved in B．have fun with
C．get close to D．team up with
答案：A
解析：参见上题解析。get involved in意为“参与”，故A项正确。B项意为“和……玩得高兴”；C项意为“接近”；D项意为“与……合作”。
14．A.judgment B．difference
C．comment D．decision
答案：B
解析：根据语境可知，他们创建了“Kids That Do Good”这一组织，其宗旨是：任何年龄的人都可以参与社区服务，并产生影响。make a difference为固定搭配，意为“产生影响”，故B项正确。
15．A.plan B．effort
C．project D．progress
答案：C
解析：根据上文可知，这兄弟俩创建了“Kids That Do Good”这一组织，帮助任何
年龄的人为社区服务；结合该句中的“that started with the twin brothers”可知，这个组织最初只是一个小项目。C项意为“项目”，故C项正确。
16．A.pleased B．satisfied
C．amazed D．interested
答案：D
解析：根据语境及该句中的“a large website that brings thousands of”可知，这一网站每年吸引成千上万对此感兴趣的人。D项意为“感兴趣的”，故D项正确。
17．A.connected B．exposed
C．contributed D．attracted
答案：A
解析：根据语境及该句中的“kids to 16,000 organizations”可知，“Kids That Do Good”将孩子们和16 000个组织联系了起来。connect...to...为固定搭配，意为“将……和……联系起来”，故A项正确。
18．A.skillful B．active
C．expert D．successful
答案：B
解析：根据该句中的“Steven and Jordan, who are also __18__ in community service”可知，Steven和Jordan积极参与社区服务。be active in为固定搭配，意为“积极参加……”，故B项正确。
19．A.familiar B．patient
C．busy D．content
答案：C
解析：根据该句中的“Jake and Max are __19__ with school and extracurricular activities and other community service promises”可知，Jake和Max忙于学业、课外活动和其他社区服务。be busy with...为固定搭配，意为“忙于……”，故C项正确。
20．A.remembering B．describing
C．celebrating D．building
答案：D
解析：根据语境可知，“Kids That Do Good”这一组织会在博客上发表文章，建议孩子们发展自己的慈善活动。D项意为“建立，使发展”，故D项正确。
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