1、2018-2019七校联考英语冲刺卷2019.5普宁二中 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AFour Free Mobile Apps to Help You Learn English FasterHave you realized that you can put your smartphone to really good use for learning English? Here are 4 free mobile apps that will help you do
2、just that. Hello English It covers all the aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spellings, spoken and reading skills. It uses interactive games to teach different English lessons and offers new audiobooks, latest news, and books. However, you should already under
3、stand basic English structures and alphabets, for the app cant help you learn English from scratch(从零开始).DuolingoIf you want to learn English from scratch, then this is the app you are looking for. Duolingo uses interactive games to help you learn English. For beginners, the app focuses on helping y
4、ou learn verbs, phrases and sentences.LingbeIf you are ready to practice your spoken skills in the real-world, youll need Lingbe. Its a community-based app where people help each other and share their native languages. It connects you with real people on call who are native English speakers.HelloTal
5、kHelloTalk is similar to Lingbe as it connects you with native speakers to help improve your language skills. However, it adds a few extra functions that might interest you. You can view the information about users to find a match that interests you. Additionally, you can also send text and audio me
6、ssages, and even do video calls with other people.If you are a beginner, start from Duolingo and then use Hello English to take full command over the language. For fluent spoken English learners, you can try out Lingbe or HelloTalk. 21. What should you already understand to use Hello English?A. Good
7、 reading and writing skills.B. Basic listening and speaking tips. C. Different English lessons and books.D. English letters and basic structures.22. Which app is the best choice for an English beginner at first?A. Hello English. B. Duolingo. C.Lingbe. D. HelloTalk.23. What can you do on Lingbe?A. Re
8、ad the latest news. B. Enjoy the interactive games.C. Practice your spoken English. D.Talk with native speakers in the fleshBA while back I caught a news report on something called couch surfing and the network of trusting souls who make this phenomenon possible. They offer to put up travelers free
9、of charge and help them on their ways. At first, it sounded unbelievable. I mean, inviting strangers into ones home for one or two nights? Give me a break.However, I was intrigued. I decided to investigate. The only way to truly learn about this phenomenon was to dive in. So I planned a trip to Finl
10、and, a country Ive always wanted to explore. I would couch surf at every stop there.If ever any anxiety existed when stepping into the unknown, it disappeared when my first host met me at the train station. Ari looked like my idea of a typical Finn: tall and blue-eyed. Finns were also supposed to be
11、 famously reserved (寡言少语的). Ari was anything but. He was a live wire, giving me an enthusiastic welcome and hiking with me to his apartment, where he showed me the sleeper sofa, served me tea, and engaged me in warm conversations. He also handed me a key to come and go as I pleased.If this was what
12、couch surfing was all about trust and friendship then I had gotten off to a good start. As I boarded my next train to continue my journey, I began to think about this couch-surfing idea. What urged these people to open their homes to strangers? I concluded that there was a desire to lend a hand to l
13、ike-minded folks who might enrich their own lives.Seven cities in 14 days. Seven hosts. Seven new friends. If couch surfing taught me anything, its this: Most people are good and generous. Where will couch surfing take me next? Who knows? But I cant wait to find out.24. Which of the following best e
14、xplains intrigued underlined in the second paragraph?A interested.B. disgusted. C. relaxed. D. embarrassed.25. What can we know about Ari?A. He was reserved like most Finns.B. He treated the author as a friend. C. He talked less but he was friendly .D. He saw off the author at the train station.26.W
15、hy did people offer couch surfing to strangers?A. To make friends with strangers.B. To exchange houses for a short time.C. To enrich their own lives by helping others.D. To learn more about others family lives.27.What can be the suitable title for the text?A. A Plan for Couch SurfingB. A Free Travel
16、 in FinlandC. Experiences in Strangers HousesD. Travel on Trust and CouchesCYou get anxious if theres no wi-fi in the hotel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. You feel upset if your phone is getting low on power and you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if youre not there. All these c
17、an be called “always on” stress caused by smart phone addiction. For some people, smart phones have liberated them from the nine-to-five work. Flexible working has given them more autonomy in their working lives and enabled them to spend more time with their friends and families. For many others tho
18、ugh, smart phones have become cruel masters in their pockets, never allowing them to turn them off and relax. Pittsburgh-based developer Kevin Holesh was worried about how much he was ignoring his family and friends in favor of his iPhone. So he developed an app Moment to monitor his usage. The app
19、enables users to see how much time theyre spending on the device and set up warnings if the usage limits are broken. “Moments goal is to promote balance in your life,” his website explains. “Some time on your phone, some time off it enjoying your loving family and friends around you.” Dr. Christine
20、Grant, an occupational psychologist at Coventry University, said, “The effects of this always on culture are that your mind is never resting, and youre not giving your body time to recover, so youre always stressed. And the more tired and stressed we get, the more mistakes we make. Physical and ment
21、al health can suffer.” And as the number of connected smart phones is increasing, so is the amount of data. This is leading to a sort of decision paralysis (瘫痪) and is creating more stress in the workplace because people have to receive a broader range of data and communications which are often diff
22、icult to manage. “It actually makes it more difficult to make decisions and many do less because theyre controlled by it all and feel they can never escape the office,” said Dr. Christine Grant.28.Whats the first paragraph mainly about? A.The popularity of smart phones. B.The progress of modern tech
23、nology. C.The signs of “always on” stress. D.The cause of smart phone addiction.29.Kevin Holesh developed Moment to _. A.research how people use their mobile phones B.help people control their use of mobile phones C.make people better use mobile phones D.increase the fun of using mobile phones30.Wha
24、ts Dr. Christine Grants attitude towards “always on” culture? A.confused. B.positive. C.doubtful. D.critical.31.According to the last paragraph, a greater amount of data means _. A.we will become less productive B.we can make a decision more quickly C.we will be equipped with more knowledge D.we can
25、 work more effectivelyDPlants are boring. They just sit there photosynthesizing (光合作用) while animals have all the fun. Right? Not so much. A new study has found that there is a long history of interactions between ants and plants. The ant and plant co-evolution (协同进化) started with ants feeding on pl
26、ants and plants evolving ant-friendly features. Plants make a number of different structures that are specific for ant use. Some plants have evolved features that persuade ants into defending them from attack from other insects and even mammals. These include hollow thorns that ants will live inside
27、, or extra nectar (琼浆) on leaves or stems for the ants to eat. Some ants will just cheat and take the nectar and run, but some will stick around and attack anything that tries to hurt the plant. Other plants get ants to help them move their seeds around, by providing them with rich food packets atta
28、ched to the seeds. The ant will pick up the seed and carry it away, eat the food packet, and leave the seed often in a nutrient-rich area where itll grow better, and since its farther away from its parent, they wont have to compete for resources. But scientists werent sure how the evolutionary relat
29、ionship between ants and plants got started. If evolution is an arms race between species developing ways to make use of their neighbors, then scientists wanted to know whether plants or ants fired the first shot. It was a chicken-and-egg question, whether things started with ants developing behavio
30、rs to take advantage of plants, or plants evolving structures to take advantage of ants. The history of ants and plants evolving together goes back to the time of the dinosaurs, and its not easy to tell from fossils who fired the first shot. However, it is a question of little significance. Scientis
31、ts say their study matters because it provides a look at how these widespread and complex interactions evolved. 32. Some plants attach food packets to their seeds in order to _. A. reward the ants B. make a fool of ants C. provide nutrition for the seeds D. get the seeds moved around 33. What does P
32、aragraph 2 mainly tell us? A. How plants and ants interact. B. What ants do to protect plants. C. How plants and ants survive attacks. D. Why plants and ants need co-evolution.34. Which is true about the evolutionary relationship between ants and plants? A. Ants depended more upon plants. B. It caus
33、ed a race for better evolution. C. How it got started was uncertain. D. It was of little value for future studies. 35. Whats the authors purpose of writing the passage? A. To introduce a science research method. B. To inform readers of a latest research finding. C. To arouse readers interest in scie
34、nce research. D. To criticize peoples traditional views about plants.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。Dream is strength. The strength can bring us wherever we want to get to and it can bring us a lot of wonders on our way to the place in our dreams.Dream is beauty. Mayb
35、e you can see the things full of magic and maybe you will be moved by your own dream._36_. But should we have our life without dreams? Of course not.Everyone has his dreams and dreams are especially important to teenagers. As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as win
36、ning the Nobel Prize. Or they can be small, for example, you may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class. _37_, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams come true is the biggest
37、challenge in our life. _38_, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. _39_. In fact, everyone can fulfill his dream. The first thing you must do is remember what your dream is. Dont let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will com
38、e true earlier because a big dream is made up of many small dreams.You must never give up your dreams. _40_. But the biggest one comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important and face all these difficulties bravely.A. These kinds of thoughts stop you realizing your dreamB. There
39、 will be many difficulties on the road to your dreamsC. Once you find a dreamD. You may think youre not very good at some school subjectsE. Both big dreams and small ones are very important to our livesF. The world is so real that the dreams seem weakG. Your talent is one of the most important facto
40、rs in living your dreams第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。After my husbands Chinese kung fu school was open for about a week, my daughters and I decided to see how it was going. We were deeply _41_ to see there wasnt a single student in the sch
41、ool. My husband was standing _42_ in the school waiting for customers. We had to _43_ ! We decided to be his _44_ until he got some real ones. We thought it was better to have five people in the school _45_ just him if a passerby looked in the window. He started teaching us _46_ and forms. We found
42、that some of them actually were _47_ to ballet moves but much more difficult. It was kind of fun but _48_, too! We were attracted by then, so we _49_ as learners. _50_ , we got actual students in our school. There were many men and teenage boys, and we _51_ lots of other girls and women as well. One
43、 special student was a _52_ seven-year-old girl. She was going _53_ and had other health problems. With my daughters help and _54_, this little girl got to be a real kung fu kid. Although she is now a sightless, grown adult, Im confident she can _55_ herself if she needs to. I am _56_ to say my daug
44、hters are more confident in every area of their lives. This experience taught me to _57_ things I never would have _58_ before kung fu. I havent been _59_ in all of my efforts, but Ill give almost _60_ of niceness a try!41ABoredBupset Cnervous Dmoved42ACheerfullyBAggressivelyCalone Dforever43Aact Bj
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