3.

选择疑问句回答时不用

Yes/ No

，需选择其中正确的一部分来作答。

4.

回 答特殊疑问句时较为复杂，要注意问题与回答在形式上的对应。

5.

在 回答最后一个总结题时，要注意答出关键点（通常有两点以上），用正确的

语法将各个要 点进行归纳整合，切忌照抄多个原文句子。

6.

在回答时，应该对照题目，根 据需要对回答的句子的人称、单复数、时态、语

态、词性等做出适当的调整。

Passage 1

体裁

记叙文

题材

食品历史

词数

328

建议用时

9

分钟

（

2014·

）

Almost every kid in this country has ever eaten Hershey chocolate.

But do you know that the Hershey chocolate factory is more than one hundred years

old?And do you know that the father of Hershey Chocolate,Milton Hershey,had many

failures in business before he started his famous company?

Milton Hershey grew up in Pennsylvania. Before he became interested in making

chocolate,he worked as a printer for a small newspaper at first,and then decided that

printing was not the right job for him.

Then he worked at a candy factory in Lancaster. After working a few years

there,he decided to open his own little candy business near Philadelphia. His first

business failed because it was not making money. After that,he went to Denver to

learn how to make caramels

（焦糖）

. He took his new skills back to New York and

worked selling candies on the street. But his second business also failed.

Finally,Milton Hershey moved back to Pennsylvania where he grew up. He then

experimented with all sorts of different candies and chocolates. By 1893 he was

selling a million dollars worth of caramel candy each year. Since his chocolate-

flavored

（巧克力味的）

caramels were the best selling,he decided to make

chocolate himself.

By experimenting,Milton Hershey discovered how to make delicious chocolate.

The area where he lived had a large and easy supply of milk and sugar,which helped

him succeed in his chocolate business. In 1903,Milton Hershey built a huge chocolate

factory and a town to go with it.

Today,the town of Hershey is still the home of the factory that Milton Hershey

built. And if you ever visit it,you can smell delicious chocolate smells just by driving

through the town.

The factory is not so hard to find. Just travel down Cocoa Avenue until you get

to East Chocolate Avenue. Turn right at the traffic lights and just follow your nose.

1. Who is the father of Hershey Chocolate?

Milton Hershey.

2. Where did he grow up?

He grew up in Pennsylvania.

3. Why did he go to Denver?

Because he wanted to learn how to make caramels.

4. Why did he decide to make chocolate himself?

Because his chocolate-flavored caramels were the best selling.

5.

What might be the reasons for Hershey’s success in his chocolate business?

His courage, new skills, determination and the large and easy supply of milk and

sugar.

Passage 2

体裁

说明文

题材

黑色星期五

Black Friday

词数

377

建议用时

10

分钟

（

2015·

）

Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. The day after it has been

known as Black Friday. It is the start of the holiday shopping season, and it has been

the busiest shopping day of the year in the US since 2005.

Most stores offer big sales on Black Friday. They open their doors quite early in

the morning. They try to attract shoppers with big discounts

（打折）

. Some items

（商品）

like TVs and clothes are much cheaper than usual. Stores may even lose

money on these items. They hope that shoppers will buy gifts for other people while

they are in the store.

Black Friday is a great time to go shopping. However, there are problems. The

biggest one is that there are not enough low-priced items. Each store may only have

a few. These items are in great need, so people stand in long lines to get them. They

may wait three to four hours before a store opens. They may be hoping to get a low

price on a TV or computer, but not everybody can get one. Some people leave,

disappointed.

The situation makes people worried. Some Black Friday events have been crazy.

There have been fights over toys among shoppers. Some workers have even been

hurt by large crowds. But most Black Friday events are safe and fun. Still, if you plan

to go, you will expect large crowds and a bit of pushing.

So where does the name “Black Friday” come from?It was first used in

Philadelphia in the 1950s. The police called this day Black Friday because of the

heavy traffic it caused. In the 1960s,

stores tried to rename the day “Big Friday”

. It

did not stick.

The name “Black Friday” continued to spread across the country

. It

seems that it is here to stay.

Now people all over the country take part in Black Friday events. It is even

spreading to other parts of the world. Stores have held Black Friday events in the UK,

Australia, and Brazil since 2012. In Mexico, stores offer a weekend of discounts every

year.

They call it“El Buen Fin”

,

which means “the good weekend” in Spanish

. I guess

people everywhere like to buy things on sale.

1. Is Black Friday the start of the holiday shopping season?

Yes.

2. What is the biggest problem with Black Friday?

There are not enough low-priced items.

3. How long may people have to wait before a store opens?

Three to four hours.

4.

Where was the name“Black Friday” first used in the 1950s?

In Philadelphia.

5. Why do people like going shopping on Black Friday?

Because they can get things on sale. / Because they can get things with big

discounts.

Passage 3

体裁

记叙文

题材

词数

信息瓶故事

365

A 108-year-old Message in a Bottle

建议用时

10

分钟

（

2016·

）

On November 30

，

1906, George Bidder dropped a bottle from a boat

into the North Sea. The weighted glass bottle sank almost to the sea floor, and then

it moved slowly for 108 years and 138 days.

Its journey ended when Marianne Winkler found the bottle in 2015. Winkler was

then on vacation on Amrum Island. She picked up the bottle when it was washed up

onto the beach. She saw a piece of paper inside,

but didn’t break it open

. She could

tell that the bottle was old,

so she didn’t want to damage it

.

Finally she got the piece of paper out of the bottle. She found that the paper

was actually a postcard. On the back of the card was this message

：

The Marine

Biological Association

（海洋生物学协会）

would pay a shilling

（先令）

for the

bottle. A shilling was a unit of money that was used in Great Britain before the early

1970s.

Winkler filled out the card and posted it. The association was surprised to get a

postcard addressed to George Bidder, the president of the association from 1939 to

1945. The workers of the association searched on the Internet to find a shilling. They

found one and sent it to Winkler as a reward.

The message in the bottle was the oldest ever re- discovered. For this reason

Marianne Winkler got a place in“Guinness World Records”

（吉尼斯世界纪录）

. She

broke the record for the oldest message in a bottle.

Winkler’s bottle was not the only one Bidder sent to sea

. Between 1904 and

1906, he sent away more than one thousand bottles. He placed postcards inside

them. The bottles were part of a research project to map currents

（洋流）

in the

North Sea. This was the best method at that time. But whether the association could

get the bottles back depended on the people who found them. The association

reported that about 55 percent of the bottles were returned. They added that the

experiment was a success as it showed the east-to-

west flow of the North Sea’s

currents.

1. How long did the weighted glass bottle move in the sea?

For 108 years and 138 days.

2. Did Marianne Winkler find the bottle in 2015?

Yes, she did.

3. What was in the bottle?

A piece of paper which was actually a postcard.

4. Who was George Bidder?

The president of the Marine Biological Association from 1939 to 1945.

5. Why did Bidder drop bottles into the sea?

Because the bottles were part of a research project to map currents in the North Sea.

Passage 4

体裁

题材

词数

建议用时

议论文

学校及日常生活

Letter A

344

8

分钟

（

2016·

）

Young people are always told that they should make the most of their

time, that they will never be as free again. So, my question is

—

why fill up all this

free time with housework

？

Parents expect their children to get good grades, be good

at sports and be popular with other kids.

However, there is not enough time in the day to do these things and then do

housework as well.

It’s not fair to expect teenagers to give up their precious time to

do boring housework. Parents and children both have jobs.

Parents’ jobs are in the

workplace.

Their children’s jobs are at sch

ool.

The only difference is that parents get paid and children don’t

. Parents say that

they make their kids do housework to teach them responsibility. But this is just a

trick. Parents trick their kids into doing housework because they are lazy.

Yours,

Overloaded

Letter B

Both parents and children have jobs.

The parent’s job is to go to work to earn

money.

The child’s job is to go to school

. But we all get hungry. Someone has to

cook the meals and clean up afterward. We all wear clothes that get dirty. Someone

has to wash them, iron them, and put them away. Children work from 9 until 4.

Parents work from 8 until 6. Sure,

after 4 o’clock

, children have homework. But after

6, parents have homework too. They have to do the shopping, go to the bank, pay

the bills, and help their kids with their own homework!

I think it’s only fair that teenagers help out a bit at home

. They might not like it,

but it’s good for them

. It teaches them how to look after themselves. This is really

useful when they leave home to go to college or to live on their own.

Sincerely

，

Overworked

1.

What is the writer’s question in Letter A

？

Why fill up all this free time with housework

？

2.

How are parent’s jobs different from children’s jobs according to Letter A

？

Parents get paid

（

and/

but children don’t

）

.

3.

Why does Letter B say it’s good for teenagers to help out a bit at home

？

（

Because the writer thinks

）

it teaches children how to look after themselves.

4. Who most probably wrote Letter B, a parent or a child

？

A parent.

5. The two letters agree that parents and children both have jobs,

don’t they

？

Yes, they do.

Passage 5

体裁

题材

词数

建议用时

说明文

职业介绍

339

8

分钟

（

2014·

）

Chris is not a traditional explorer

（探险者）

—

he usually

works in an office for a large organization. Yet his job can sometimes be

just as exciting and dangerous as being an explorer.

Chris works for MSF, an organization also known as Doctors Without

Borders

（无国界医生）

. MSF sends trained doctors all over the world to

help people after a war or a disaster. Chris is a doctor from France who has travelled

to many places to organize programs that help people.

At the moment, there are over 27

，

000 trained medical staff taking part in MSF

projects and tasks. The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. All

kinds of doctors can volunteer for MSF. They need to be prepared to go almost

anywhere in the world and, of course, they should expect difficult conditions. Doctors

with experience in tropical

（热带的）

diseases are especially useful because most of

MSF’s work is in Africa

. When MSF accepts a doctor for a task, he has to go for at

least six months. When doctors have completed a few tasks, they might be sent on

an emergency task following a disaster, such as an earthquake.

But why would a doctor leave a comfortable life and a good salary to join

MSF?According to Chris, the experience you gain is a great help in your career.

Besides, just like the explorers of the past, you need to keep an open mind and learn

to mix well with the people you meet. Most importantly, at the end of each task, you

have made a real difference to people’s lives

.

1. Does Chris work for a large organization?

Yes

（

,he does

）

.

2. When does MSF send trained doctors all over the world to help people?

After a war or a disaster.

3. How many medical staff are taking part in MSF projects and tasks?

Over 27

，

000.

4. What kind of doctors are greatly needed in Africa?

Doctors with experience in tropical diseases.

5. According to Chris, why is his work important to other people?

Because at the end of each task he has made a real difference to

people’s lives.

/

Because his job makes a difference to people’s lives.

6.

Why is an MSF doctor’s job exciting and dangerous?

It is exciting because you may travel to many places and help people in need. It is

dangerous because you may work in difficult conditions.

（

Any reasonable answer is

acceptable.

）

A

组

Passage 1

体裁

说明文

题材

生物介绍

词数

276

建议用时

9

分钟

（

2014·

东城一模）

We’ve all heard of mermaids

. They are the beautiful half-

human, half-fish creatures

（生物）

. They have the head and body of a human and

the tail of a fish. We also know that mermaids only exist in fairy tales. But where did

all the stories about these creatures come from?If you have ever seen a manatee,

then you might have an idea.

Manatees, which are also called sea cows, are mammals

（哺乳动物）

that live

in the sea. Since they are mammals, they have to swim up to the surface to breathe

air. Many people believe that the story of the mermaid began with the ancient sailors

who saw the manatees putting their heads out of the water to breathe. Because

manatees are upright when they do this, it looks like they are standing. If a sailor

saw a manatee doing this from far away across the sea, it is possible that the sailor

would mistake the manatee for a creature that is half-human, half-fish.

Mermaids are described as having very long hair. This is probably because

manatees like to swim up to the surface of the water in areas where there is sea

grass. Manatees eat all kinds of plants in the sea, including sea grass. The sea grass

around the manatees’ head when they eat could create a picture of long hair

.

Manatees also have powerful tails that are very similar to the fish-like tail of a

mermaid. The sailors probably watched manatees come up for air and then swim

back below the surface, using their paddle-shaped tails. This would explain why the

sailors thought mermaids had fish-like tails.

1. What are mermaids?

They are the beautiful half-human, half-fish creatures.

2. Where do manatees live?

In the sea.

3. Do manatees need to breathe air out of water?

Yes

（

,they do

）

.

4. What do manatees eat?

They eat all kinds of plants in the sea.

5. Why did the ancient sailors mistake manatees for mermaids?

When manatees were seen from a distance, their heads looked human-like and the

sea grass around their heads looked like long hair. And they swam with their paddle-

shaped tails.

Passage 2

体裁

议论文

题材

运动健康

词数

337

建议用时

9

分钟

（

2015·

海淀一模）

Do you worry about your health?Have you tried to run or

walk for exercise and then quit?If you answer yes, you should try a new type of

exercise

：

aquatic exercise. Aquatic exercise is a kind of exercise you do in a

swimming pool. For example, you can run, walk, or even do a mind-body practice,

such as yoga.

More and more people are trying aquatic exercise. In the United States, the

number has grown by 25% in recent years. People in other countries are also doing

aquatic exercise more frequently.

Aquatic exercise has many benefits. First of all, it feels easier than exercising on

land. Why?You weighabout 90% less in the pool. It is also better for your knees than

running or walking.

Aquatic exercise feels easy, but you still burn calories

（卡）

. Water is 1

，

000

times thicker and heavier than air. In the same amount of time, you can burn more

calories in the pool than in the gym.

That’s because it takes more energy to move in

the water.

But what if you are scared of the water?No problem!There is nothing to worry

about. Aquatic exercise is safe and easy to learn. It do

esn’t require any special skills

.

For most kinds of aquatic exercise,

you don’t even need to know how to swim

.

In fact, most people say they feel more relaxed in the water. They stop thinking

about the things that make them anxious. The cool and quiet environment makes

them exercise more.

Aquatic exercise is suitable for everyone. You can do it at any age. It can even

help people who have been hurt in accidents. With aquatic exercise, they can move

in ways they can’t on land

. For example, some people

who can’t walk can walk and

even run in the water.

So are you looking for a fun new way to improve your health?Why not try?Join

the millions of people who are burning calories while keeping cool in the pool.

1. Where do people do aquatic exercise?

In a swimming pool.

2. Why do people burn more calories while doing aquatic exercise?

Because it takes more energy to move in the water.

3. Is it difficult to learn aquatic exercise?

No

（

,it isn’t

）

.

4. Who is aquatic exercise suitable for?

Everyone.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

What aquatic exercise is and its benefits.

Passage 3

体裁

议论文

题材

人生故事

词数

435

建议用时

12

分钟

（

2015·

西城一模）

Our views towards life change over the time. When I was

around five years old, I was in a car accident. At that time, I did not realize the

seriousness of it and how lucky I was to still be alive. As I look back to think what

happened on that night, I now realize how lucky my family members and I were to

not have gotten serious injuries.

The day of accident started out great. My brother, Troy, and I had spent the

night before at Joann’s house

,

with Heather and Joann’s husband Gary

. The next day

we spent playing inside the house, because it was cold, windy and rainy outside. At

night, Joann told us we were going out and that where we were going was a

surprise. The five of us climbed into an old car, and we set off for our surprise. It

was still cold, windy, and raining cats and dogs outside when we left. Troy, Heather

and I sat in the backseat together happily. The next thing I knew was that

everything was in chaos

（混乱）

!The road was so slick

（滑的）

that the car lost

control. Glass was flying everywhere, and it sounded like there was noise all around

us. Then it was totally quiet, except for the sound of the rain and wind. Troy,

Heather and I were all lying on top of one another. The three of us were crying, not

knowing what had happened. Joann and Gary were trying to calm

（使平静）

us

down and kept asking us if we were all right. Luckily, none of us was injured, just a

few cuts. After that I only remember sitting there in the cold, dark night waiting for

Gary to get back with people to help us. We never got to the surprise that night. But

at least we were able to go home in one piece.

After my brother and I got home that night, I remember my parents let us stay

up as long as we wanted to. I guess my parents were realizing just how close they

came to losing us that night. As I think of the tragedy

（悲剧）

that could have

happened on that night, I realize how precious

（宝贵）

life is. I treasure my family

and friends, and hope that we will share a loving, caring, and rewarding lifetime

together. Things seldom go the way I plan them to, but I take a deep breath, try to

laugh, and make the best of it.

1. Did the accident happen at night?

Yes

（

,it did

）

.

2. What was the weather like when the accident happened?

It was cold, windy and rainy.

3. How did the accident happen?

The road was so slick that the car lost control.

4. What was the writer doing when Gary asked for help?

He/She was sitting there.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

It is mainly about a car accident and the writer’s new views towards life.

Passage 4

体裁

记叙文

题材

对诚实美德的回报

词数

280

建议用时

8

分钟

（

2014·

西城一模）

It was early evening on September 14th. Glen James, a

homeless man was passing by a store in Boston when he happened upon a black

bag. To see whose the bag was, Glen opened it only to find that it was filled with

money

—

＄

，

400 in cash and almost

＄

40

，

000 in travelers checks, as well as, a

passport and other papers.

While other people in similar situations would have been tempted

（引诱）

,

Glen who has been homeless since 2005, did not even think twice. He showed the

bag to a police officer, and the police officer gave it back to a Chinese tourist who

had reported it lost. What Glen did was reported by newspapers, all over the country.

While most people that read it felt surprised at the man’s honesty

，

27-year-old

Ethan Whittington thought Glen should get money for what he did. So he decided to

set up a money collection website. He set a goal of

＄

50

，

000, which he believed

was reasonable because it was more than what Glen had discovered in the bag. The

marketing manager from Virginia thought he would be lucky to raise a few hundred

dollars. Instead, within just a day, the website had gone over the < /p>

＄

50

，

000 goal,

encouraging Ethan to set a higher goal of

＄

250

，

000 so that he could help Glen buy

a house and start a new life.

Now

， ＄

113

，

000 has been raised. Ethan who has talked to Glen over the

phone, plans to visit Boston soon and also help him manage the money wisely.

Needless to say, the homeless man is surprised at what he is receiving for doing the

right thing

—

Honesty, certainly paysoff!

1. Did Glen find money in the black bag?

Yes

（

, he did

）

.

2. Who gave the bag back to the Chinese tourist?

A police officer.

3. What did Ethan decide to do after he read the news of Glen?

He decided to set up a money collection website.

4. How much money has been raised by now?

＄

113

，

000.

5. What can we learn from Glen and Ethan?

We can learn to be honest from Glen, and we should learn to be helpful

responsible/warm-hearted from Ethan.

B

组

Passage 1

体裁

说明文

题材

蚂蚁习性

词数

264

建议用时

9

分钟

（

2014·

海淀一模）

Ants may be very tiny,

but they’re serious eaters!Ants love a

picnic and they have their “ant

-

picnics”

.

Favorite Foods

Want to find out what the ants like to eat?Place different foods on the edge of

an upside-down plate. You can use butter, honey or seeds. Put this feeding station in

the places where there are lots of ants. Wait three minutes and count the number of

ants feeding on each food. Count them every three minutes. Watch and find out!

Do ants prefer sweet foods or less sweet ones?Here’s a test

：

Give ants a choice

between full-strength honey and a honey-water mixture. Offer a few drops of each

choice side-by-side. Then count the number of ants you see near each site every

three minutes.

How Far Will They Go?

Want to see how far ants travel to collect food?First find an ant nest

（巢）

by

following some ants when they carry food home. Now you know how far the ants

traveled to your food station. Next, move the food station about one foot

（

30 cm

）

farther. Keep moving it until the ants no longer show up.

Spreading the News

Once ants find food they like, usually they try to get their nest-mates to help. To

find out how long it takes an ant to tell others there’s food nearby

, offer their

favorite food and watch. After the first ant finds it, begin counting the ants at the

food station every minute. Also, watch their behavior

—

when the first ant heads

home, what does it do when it gets near other nest-mates?

1. Do ants love a picnic?

Yes

（

,they do

）

.

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