down and say it in a gentle way. “Listen,Santa did eist. He was a person who gave to others and now that you’re older, you can give to others and be Santa,too.”Do you thin if a id who believes in Santa wals into a third-or-fourth-grade class, his friends are going to tell him in a gentle way?No.They’re going to mae fun of him, and the id is going to run home crying ,saying you lied to him. We all remember how the news is broen to us, so if we all remember, then there’s some significance or we would have forgotten it. And it’s better to have a memory if someone doing it nicely than some ids laughing at you.
Santa is also used as an instrument of guilt, because Santa nows everything.So even if the ids did bad things and got away with them, Santa new.Still.Santa alone is not a good behavioral tool.You can’t,in,say, January, play the Santa card to your child—because Christmas is too far away. 28．According to the first paragraph,parents should__________. A. telling the ids that Santa does not eist
B. lie to their children on the problem of Santa Claus
C. not tell the truth if their children believe Santa Claus eists
D. tell children in advance in case of being laughed at by classmates 29．Why could your id possibly be made fun of in the fourth grade? A. He tells a lie that he believes in Santa. B. He says Santa does eist in this world. C. He epects gentle tals from his friends. D. He gives to others and acts as Santa does.
30．The underlined part in the last paragraph most probably means to__________. A. play cards with children happily
B. tal the ids out of doing something bad
C. clarify the truth of Santa to the ids in a gentle way D. let the children figure the problem out by themselves
31．The author’s intention in writing this tet is to__________. A. introduce the detailed story of Santa Claus in all aspects B. prevent children from being laughed at by fellow classmates C. help children to understand whether Santa Claus is real or not D. instruct parents how to eplain the eistence of Santa Claus to ids
D
Oumuamua,an object through space that was discovered on October 19th, has already made history.The speed at which it is moving relative to the sun means that it cannot be native to the solar system. Its official name is thus II/2017 UI, with the “I” standing for “interstellar(星际)”—the first time this name has ever been used.
That is eciting.Some scientists, though, entertain an ever more eciting possibility what if Oumuamua is not an asteroid(小行星),as most thin, but an alien(外星的)spacecraft? Asteroid come in ll sorts of shapes and sies, but Oumuamua seems particularly different.As best as astronomers can tell, it is cigarlie,being roughly 180 meters long but only about 30 meters wide.That maes it longer than anything nown of in the solar system.Such a shape would be a sensible choice for a spaceship,since it would minimie the scouring(冲刷)effect of interstellar dust.
With that in mind the Breathrough Listen project, an organiation aimed at hunting for alien life, plans to turn the world’s biggest radio telescope,the Green Ban instrument in Virginia,towards Oumuamua to see
if it can hear anything interesting.Oumuamua is currently about twice as far from Earth as Earth is from the sun. At that range,the telescope should be sensitive enough to pic up a transmitter about as powerful as a mobile phone after just a few seconds—worth of observations.
Will it find anything? Almost certainly not.Oumuamua has the same reddish color as many as asteroids,so probably has a similar composition.And, if it really is a spaceship, it is strange that signs of its artificial origin have not been seen already.It could, in theory, be a derelict(遗弃星球). But in that case the telescope is unliely to hear anything. By far the most liely option is that it is eactly what it seems to be a huge space roc, one that has come to the solar system from the vast space between the stars. 32.What maes some scientists thin Oumuamua is possibly an alien spacecraft? A．Its sie. B．Its color. C．Its shape. D．Its speed.
33.What does the underlined word“that”in the third paragraph probably mean? A. The research into the solar system. B. The purpose of hunting for alien life.
C. The effect of interstellar dust on Oumuamua. D. The possibility of Oumuamua being a spaceship.
34．What is Oumuamua most liely to be according to the author? A．An asteroid. B．A space roc. C．Interstellar dust. D．An alien spacecraft.
35．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that__________. A. Oumuamua will return to where it’s from soon B. Oumuamua’s real identity remains to be found out
C. astronomers have not seen signs of Oumuamua’s artificial origin
D. the Green Ban telescope has already heard something from Oumuamua 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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Many students want to learn English well,but don’t now where to start.Here is some advice.
Before you begin(or go bac to) studying English, as yourselfWhy do you want to study English? 36 Lie every decision in life, studying English must be something you want to do.
If you now why you want to study,setting goals is easy.For eample,maybe you want to travel to an English-speaing country.Great! Your goal might be to learn“Survival English”. 37 Then, you may also as yourself how long you need to study to achieve your goals.This answer is different fore every student. 38 If you wor 60 hours per wee, don’t plan on spending another 40 hours a wee studying English.Start off slow, but study regularly.Use material that is challenging,but not too difficult.
39 Do you study best at night,or on the bus on your way to wor?Do you lie to study alone in a quiet place,or with friends and bacground music?After you have studied for a few wees,adjust your study plan accordingly.
It’s generally accepted that 40 .If you aren’t having fun learning English, you are not studying the right way!
You can be a serious student who has fun at the same time.Mae up your own rewards programme to give yourself encouragement to stay on tas.
A. It is wise to mae a timetable. B. The important thing is to be realistic. C. It’s better to find out what wors for you. D. Learning English is interesting and rewarding. E. Whatever your goals are, wor hard on them.
F. The things we do best in life are the things we enjoy doing. G. Is it because you want to, or because someone else wants you to?
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1.5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。
It happened to Susan Blac in a cold winter.Everything seemed in a 41 those days. Both her parents suffering from depression,sending for a 42 became a common practice.As a woman in her 40s,it was a 43 job to be a teacher of 30 first-graders,who were always 44 ,and she’d tried all sorts of methods,but 45 to get them quiet in class... Misfortunes were 46 one after another. After a long and tiring day at wor.Susan dragged herself along, 47 towards the paring lot.She came to the car,only to find she had loced her eys and cell phone inside. 48 icing the tyre of the car,she sensed tears 49 her chees. “What’s wrong?” a voice was heard.Susan looed up,and saw a young man with a 50 at his side. Susan stopped weeping and eplained her situation,adding that 51 he called her husband,he wouldn’t bring her the spare car ey,since he was woring at the 52 end of the town and it was still not time to 53 the day’s wor. “Call your 34 and tell him I’m coming to get the ey,” the young man handed Susan his phone. “But that’s nine miles’ round trip...” said Susan. “There’s no time for 55 . I’ll be bac as soon as possible.”
Two hours later, the motor rider returned with a big smile and 56 face,ey in hand.Susan 57 some money,but he refused. “Let’s just say I needed the 58 ,”with those words, lie a 59 in the movies, he rode off into the sunset.
For Susan, the“cowboy” not only piced the ey, but 60 her day,or rather, warmed the long and cold winter days. 41. A.battle B.row C.mess D.hurry 42. A.worer B.psychologist C.policeman D.lawyer 43. A.tough B.rare C.boring D.rewarding 44. A.ind B.quic C.happy D.noisy 45. A.at heart B.in vain C.on purpose D.with ease 46. Aing true B.piling up C.going well D.running out 47. A.looing B.marching C.yelling D.heading 48. A.Mildly B.Randomly C.Suddenly D.Wildly
49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. A.streaming down B.flowing past A.bicycle B.car A.even if B.unless A.wide B.deep A.end B.forget A.friend B.family A.waiting B.hesitation A.charming B.sweating A.received B.shared A.eercise B.help A.young B.stranger A.ept B.burnt
C.showing up
C.motorbie C.just as C.far C.give up C.daughter C.traveling C.worrying C.offered C.reward C.motor rider C.fied
第 II 卷
D.casting away D.tai D.whenever D.long D.put off D.husband D.delivery D.encouraging D.loaded D.lesson D.cowboy D.built
注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
The Great Wall of China is a series of walls made of stone,bric, and other materials,built along the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires.Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC;these, later joined together and 61 (mae) bigger and stronger, are collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built in 220-206 BC. Little of that wall 62 (remain).The Great Wall has been rebuilt over various dynasties,the majority of 63 is from the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).
Apart from defense, other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls,the 64 (encourage) of trade and 65 control of immigration.The Great Wall stretches 66 Dandong in the east to Lop Lae in the west,along the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. An archaeological (考古) survey, 67 (use) advanced technologies, has concluded that the Ming walls measure 8,850 m. Another survey has found that the entire wall with all of its 68 (branch) measures 21,196 m. Today, the Great Wall is 69 (general) recognied as one of the most 69 (impress) architectural wonders in history.
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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。
A few years before, my family went to a seafood festival in Florida.The food was delicious, the weather was lovely, but the boat ride was great. The last thing was to go on helicopter ride. My little sister was so young to go by herself, so I volunteered to accompany with her on the ride. When I got into the