备战 2021 年高考英语名校地市好题必刷全真模拟卷·3 月卷 第 六 模拟 ( 时间：120 分钟
满分：120 分) 选择题部分
第 一 部分
阅读理解( 共两节，满分 50 分) 第一节(共 共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 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。
A （2020·江苏南通市·高二月考）
As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations — UNESCO and National Geographic among them — have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect. Mark Turin, a scientists at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolingustic Introduction to the Speaker and Their Culture, grows out of his experience of living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal. Documenting the Thang-mi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.
At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials — including photographs, films, tape recording, and field notes — which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection. Now, through the two organizations that he has founded — the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project — Turin has started a campaign to make such documents available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved reconnected with speech communities. 1．Many scholars are making efforts to __________. A．promote global languages B．rescue disappearing languages C．search for language communities D．set up language research organizations 2．What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A．Having full records of the languages. B．Writing books on languages teaching. C．Telling stories about language users. D．Living with the native speaker. 3．What is Turin’s book based on? A．The cultural studies. B．The documents available at Yale. C．His language research in Bhutan. D．His personal experience in Nepal. 4．Which of the following best describe Turin’s work? A．Write, sell and donate. B．Record, repair and reward. C．Collect, protect and reconnect. D．Design, experiment and report.
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（2020·辽宁鞍山市·鞍山一中高三月考）
Like most people living in the suburbs, Janice Monkowski gets around mainly by car. For much of her life, public transit was not even an afterthought. That changed recently when Monkowski, a self-described technophobe (技术恐惧者), discovered Moovit. When she went to San Francisco to meet friends, the smartphone app let her plan the bus and train trips down to the minute. “Moovit tells me where to walk and how long it might take to catch a bus to get to the train station.” Monkowski says. Much like the navigation app Waze, which follows its users on the road to determine the best driving routes. Moovit collects location data provided by other nearby users to show how to travel along the way with less time and energy between two places. Nir Erez who cofounded Moovit says, “Most commuters don’t know when a bus might arrive-let alone how it might connect with another transit service-or when walking or bicycling might be faster.” In just five years Moovit has had 100 million users. Moovit is available in 44 languages and 78 countries, and commuters in 1, 500 cities rely on it to get to and from work. In 2016, Moovit became the official transit app for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, beating out Apple and Google. When public transit doesn’t get a user all the way to where they want to reach, Moovit may connect a user to bike-share programs or services like Uber. As Moovit has grown to 100 employees, with headquarters near Tel Aviv and offices in big cities, such as San Francisco, Athens and Rio it can provide better, more up-to-date information at a lower cost. Best of all: It’s built one data point at a time by people like Monkowski. When you go to San Francisco and don’t want to drive before the city’s “terrible” parking and traffic, Moovit can give you another choice. It is very simple. 5．What is the advantage of Moovit? A．It involves simple procedures. B．It offers the best driving routes. C．It predicts the most efficient route D．It stores freely available information. 6．Why does Moovit win the competition with Apple and Google?
A．It is sold at reasonable prices. B．It provides different language choices. C．It is more popular with sports officials. D．It satisfies the needs of different users. 7．What does the author want to show in the last paragraph? A．The bright future of Moovit. B．The exact locations of Moovit. C．The development of big cities. D．The opinions on public transit. 8．What can be a suitable title for the passage? A．Making bus riding a habit B．Enjoying urban public transit C．Moovit-the the best transit data app D．Moovit-more choices, more convenience
C （2020·衡水市第二中学高三二模）
As we grow old, we realize that we have so little time to read and there are so many great books that we’ve yet to get around to. Yet re-readers are everywhere around us. For certain fans, re-reading The Lord of the Rings is a conventional practice annually. One friend told me that Jane Austen"s Emma can still surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times. New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading. Journalist Rebecca Mead, a long-time English woman in New York, first came across George Eliot’s Middlemarch at 17. Since then, she has read it again every five years. With each re-reading, it has opened up further; in each chapter of her life, it has resonated differently. Mead evidenced the large number of ways in which really good books not only stand the test of repeat reads, but also offer fresh gifts each time we crack their spines. These kinds of books grow with us.
Scientists have also recognized the mental health benefits of re-reading. Research conducted with readers in the US found that on our first reading, we are concerned with the “what” and the “why”. Second time round, we’re able to better appreciate the emotions that the plot continues to express. As researcher Cristel Russell of the American University explained. returning to a book “brings new or renewed appreciation of both the great book and its readers.” It’s true that we often find former selves on the pages of old books (if we’re fond of making notes on the pages). These texts can carry us back to a time and place, and remind us of the kind of person that we were then. We"re changed not only by lived experience but also by read experience — by the books that we"ve discovered since last reading the one in our hand. More so than the movie director or the musician, the writer calls upon our imaginations, using words to lead us to picture this declaration of love or that unfaithfulness in life. A book is a joim project between writers and readers, and we must pour so much of ourselves into reading that our own life story can become connected with the story in the book. Perhaps what’s really strange is that we don’t re-read more often. After all, we watch our favourite films again and we wouldn’t think of listening to an album only once. We treasure messy old paintings as objects, yet of all art forms, literature alone is a largely one-time delight. A book, of course, takes up more time, but as Mead confirms, the rewards make it adequately worthwhile. 9．The two books are mentioned in Paragraph 1 mainly to__________. A．attract the attention of readers B．introduce the topic of the passage C．provide some background information D．show the similarity between re-readers 10．The underlined expression “crack their spines” in Paragraph 2 refers to ____________. A．recite them B．re-read them C．recall them D．retell them 11．It can be learned from paragraphs 3 and 4 that______________. A．reading benefits people both mentally and physically
B．readers mainly focus on feelings on their first reading C．we know ourselves better through re-reading experience D．we will change writers by reading the books 12．The writing purpose of the passage is to______________. A．call on different understandings of re-reading old books B．argue against the mental health benefits of re-reading C．bring awareness to the significance of re-reading D．introduce the effective ways of re-reading old books
D （2020·河北高三月考）VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardCurrent Winner John Englchardt has won the 19th award for Bloomland (Dzanc Books) . About the Award The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award honors an outstanding novelist"s first work published in the previous calendar year. Winning novelists have written different books, but each is powerful enough in its own way to have moved initial readers and final judges toward the conclusion that, among a field of roughly a hundred submissions annually, its writer has achieved something remarkable and permanent. How the Award Works Twice a year, the administrative team sends out a nationwide call for submissions from publishers, editors, agents, and writers themselves. The first round of evaluations is made by volunteer readers. Their rankings and feedback guide the judging process toward three or four finalists, from whom the First Novelist Committee and the winner from the previous year choose the winner of the award. Then the winning author appears at a public reading and Q&A session, followed by a book signing and reception, which focus on the creation, publication, and promotion of a first novel. Travel expenses to and lodging in Richmond for the author and the additional speakers are provided, and the author receives a $5, 000 cash
prize.
Mail your book to: 901 Park Ave. Box 842033
Richmond, VA 23284
(804) 828-0593 13．Who is the award intended for? A．New novelists. B．Final judges. C．Outstanding agents. D．Professional editors. 14．Which of the following may result in disqualification? A．The book was submitted by mail. B．The book was published last year. C．The book was submitted by readers. D．The book was written by a foreigner. 15．What is the purpose of the book signing and reception? A．To appreciate the reader fans. B．To promote the winning book. C．To show respect for the writer. D．To advertise the novelist award.
第二节(共 共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 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。
（2021·辽宁葫芦岛市·高三期末）
Misinformation can spread through phone texts and social media as fast as a virus, sometimes even faster. 16．? Here are some of the most effective steps to identify and stop it. Check the source 17．. It is why misinformation travels fast on social media, where everyone says they heard it from a friend of a friend. Be careful of such hear-says and refer to such reliable sources as government agencies or trusted newspaper websites before it can be taken seriously. Also, be careful of information from unknown or little-known groups or news organizations. 18． Anyone searching for true information needs to act a little like a reporter. Remember there is a difference between news and stories. News should be supported by evidence to be dependable. 19．. Pictures are said to be worth a thousand words. But even photographs can be edited and changed. Even untouched images can be false. For example, old images can be presented as new. Again, it helps to look for the source. Google"s image search can help find where a photo came from. Do not immediately repost what you see A 2018 Twitter study found that false news travels faster than real news, often much faster. That is because these stories often use language designed to create strong emotional reaction. 20．. It is also found that misinformation spreads quickly because people retweet stories based on headlines So read the whole story, investigate the source and consider carefully before reposting to prevent the spread of false information. A．Act like a journalist B．How to search for true information
C．Also be careful that even images can lie D．How can we separate what is true and what is not E.They always seek to connect with public fear or anger F.Emotional reaction plays no part when people post information G.Human nature makes us more likely to believe things our friends tell us
第三部分
语言知识运用( 共两节，满分 30 分) 第一节(共 共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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。
（2020·重庆巴蜀中学高三二模）
It’s a memorable period when I lost a long time job.It happened in 2004,when our company announced the job
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, facing the global economic crisis.We all
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the insurance company we worked for was not as
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as it used to be.Then, one day, I entered my office and was
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I got fired. During that week, I did almost nothing to change my situation,
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renewing my old contacts with writers that I built when I worked as an experienced
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many years ago.Beyond this, I remained a
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unemployed loser.Soon enough, I received an order from a writer.Then I was
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by a few more people who needed my services, and gradually my reputation recovered. Though this
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job couldn’t support me long,I could make ends meet while
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a job.During my hard times, I made the
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of a man from Japan, who wanted to have his novel translated into English quickly, and I
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that.We worked together for a while.He inspired me to find new opportunities from
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companies instead of the same ones.I started to look at the world from another
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; I figured out what I truly wanted, and
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the thought that "the man is for work, not the work for the man". 21．A．training B．advertisement C．cut D．loss
22．A．expected B．realized C．promised D．suspected 23．A．responsible B．influential C．profitable D．attractive 24．A．warned B．reminded C．convinced D．informed 25．A．except B．without C．like D．despite 26．A．editor B．agent C．insurer D．translator 27．A．low B．confused C．useless D．sensitive 28．A．praised B．reached C．inspired D．caught 29．A．relaxing B．literary C．temporary D．challenging 30．A．resigning from B．dreaming of C．keeping up D．hunting for 31．A．acquaintance B．impression C．assessment D．celebration 32．A．accepted B．chosen C．repeated D．rejected 33．A．developing B．distinct C．potential D．similar 34．A．approach B．instruction C．angle D．background 35．A．possessed B．supported C．appreciated D．quit
非选择题部分 第三部分
语言知识运用( 共两节，满分 30 分) 第二节(共 共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 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 （2021·杭州学军中学海创园学校高三期末）
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and 36．(lead) his country to that year"s World Cup title, has died. He was 60. Maradona’s spokesman, Sebastián Sanchi, said he died Wednesday of heart attack, two weeks after being
released from a hospital in Buenos Aires 37． (follow)brain surgery. The office of Argentina’s president said it will decree(颁布法令) three days of national mourning, and the Argentine soccer association expressed 38．(it) sorrow on Twitter. Maradona captivated 39． (fan) around the world over a two-decade career with a fascinating style of play. Although his reputation 40． (influence)by an ill-fated spell in charge of the national team, he remained idolized(偶像) in Argentina 41． “Golden Boy”. “You took us to the top of the world,” Argentine President Alfredo Fernández said on social media. “You made us 42．(incredible)happy. You were the greatest of all.” The No.10 he wore on his shirt became synonymous with(同义)him, as it also had with Pele, the Brazilian great with 43． Maradona was regularly paired as the best of all time. “What sad news,” Pele said Wednesday. “I lost 44． great friend and the world lost a legend. May God give 45．(strong) to family members. One day, hope we can play ball together in the sky.”
第四部分
写作( 共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节 、提纲类作文分 （满分 15 分 分）
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（2021·北京通州区·高三期末）假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国笔友 Jim 在给你的邮件中提到他准备参加学校组织的“青少年健康生活论坛”，正在收集相关资料。他很想了解你对健康生活的看法，请你给 Jim 回信，内容包括：
1. 健康生活的益处； 2. 如何保持健康生活。
注意：
1. 词数不少于 90；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
提示词：论坛 forum Dear Jim, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua
第二节、 读后续写分 （满分 25 分 分）
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（2020·上海虹口区·上外附中高三三模）Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible. In spite of all of the years spent in school preparing to enter the workplace, many recent graduates say that they struggle with the transition from classroom to career world and have difficulty adjusting to life on the job. Writer and editor Joseph Lewis suggests one reason why this is the case. Lewis believes that most of our school experiences — from childhood through university -are fairly predictable, while life in the working world is far more ambiguous. In school, for example, the pattern stays more or less the same from year to year. In the workplace, however, constant change is the norm, and one has to adapt quickly. A project you are working on this month might suddenly change next month or next week, and it’s often hard to anticipate what you’ll be doing six to twelve months from now.
Another problem that graduates entering the workforce encounter is that they are unprepared to think analytically. In school, many students including those in college, spend a lot of time memorizing facts and repeating what they “learned” on tests. But in the workplace employees are often expected to think critically and make decisions about their work, not just follow a supervisor’s instructions.
Finally, many recent graduates say that one of the biggest difficulties they face is adapting to teamwork on the job. In some ways, school does prepare one for collaborative nature of the workplace. Learners sit classes every day with many other students. They must listen to others’ opinions, participate at times in group discussions, and learn how to get along outside the classroom. Nevertheless, in school, a student normally works independently to complete most tasks and receives a grade according to how well he or she has done. In the workplace, however, employees must regularly interact with others and are often dependent on their co-workers for their success.
参考答案
1．B2．A3．D4．C 【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。叙述了学者们正在努力记录濒临消失的语言和文化，来挽救这些语言。耶鲁大学的科学家 Mark Turin 专门研究喜马拉雅山的语言和口述传统，并他根据自己在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写了一本书。他不只是满足把这些语言在灭绝前记录下来，他要把他们挽救下来，和现在的语言进行重新的连接。
1． 细节理解题。根据文章第二段 In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations — UNESCO and National Geographic among them — have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect. (为了防止语言流失，许多组织——包括联合国教科文组织和国家地理组织——的学者多年来一直在记录正在消亡的语言及其所反映的文化)可知，许多学者正在努力记录濒临消失的语言和文化，来挽救这些语言。故选 B。
2． 词义猜测题。根据第二段的内容可知，很多学者致力于语言的文化的保护工作，再结合第三段的第一句可知耶鲁大学的 Mark Turin 教授也加入到拯救正在消失的语言的行列中，他想把这些语言全部记录下来。由此推知，Mark Turin 教授正在遵循这一传统就是“将语言的完整记录”。故选 A。
3． 细节理解题。根据文章第三段 His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.(他最近出版了一本名为《唐米语法》的书，书中用民族语言介绍了唐米人及其文化，这本书是他在尼泊尔一个村庄生活、工作和养家糊口的经历)可知，他的书是根据他在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写的。故选 D。
4． 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段 generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.和 Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.可知 Turin 的作品是从最初的材料上进行的收集，他的作品使濒临危险的语言得到了保护，并且与言语重新连接。因此对他的作品做好的描述是具有收集，保护和重新连接的作用。故选 C。
5．C6．D7．A8．D 【分析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 Moovit 这一交通应用程序的作用，特点以及发展。
5． 细节理解题。根据第二段中“Much like the navigation app Waze, which follows its users on the road to determine the best driving routes， Moovit collects location data of nearby users to show how to travel along the way with less time and energy between two locations.（很像导航应用程序 Waze，它跟踪用户在路上的行驶情况，以确定最佳的行车路线，Moovit 收集附近用户的位置数据，以显示如何在两个地点之间以更少的时间和精力行驶）”可知，Moovit 的优点是它预测最有效的旅行。故选 C 项。
6． 推理判断题。根据第三段“In just five years Moovit has had 100 million users. Moovit is available in 44 languages and 78 countries, and commuters in 1, 500 cities rely on it to get to and from work. In 2016, Moovit became the official transit app for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, beating out Apple and Google.( 仅仅 5 年时间，Moovit 就拥有了 1 亿用户。Moovit 有 44 种语言和在 78 个国家可使用，1500 个城市的通勤者依靠它上下班。2016 年，Moovit 击败苹果和谷歌，成为巴西里约热内卢夏季奥运会的官方交通应用程序)”可推断，Moovit赢得了与苹果和谷歌的竞争是因为可以满足不同用户的需求。故选 D 项。
7． 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Moovit can provide better, more up﹣to﹣date information at a lower cost. Best of
all: It’s all built one data point at a time by people like Monkowski. When you go to San Francisco and don"t want to drive before the city’s “terrible” parking and traffic, Moovit can give you another option. It’s very simple.”（Moovit 可以以较低的成本提供更好的、更新的信息。最棒的是，它是由像 Monkowski 这样的人，一次建立一个数据点。当你去旧金山的时候，如果你不想在这个城市“糟糕”的停车和交通状况前开车 ，Moovit可以给你另一个选择。它很简单。）可知，作者在最后一段想给我们展示 Moovit 的光明未来。故选 A 项。
8． 主旨大意题。根据全文的内容可知，本文主要介绍 Moovit 这一交通应用，并结合第三段中“In just several years Moovit has had 100 million users.（仅仅几年时间，Moovit 就拥有了 1 亿用户。）”和最后一段中“When you go to San Francisco and don"t want to drive before the city’s “terrible” parking and traffic, Moovit can give you another option. It’s very simple.（如果你去旧金山，在这个城市糟糕的停车和交通面前不想开车，Moovit 可以给你另一个选择。它很简单。）”可知，Moovit 这一交通应用程序在城市中被广泛使用，发展前景广阔，因此选项 D“Moovit 更多的选择，更方面”作为标题更合适。故选 D 项。
9．B10．B11．C12．C 【分析】
这是一篇说明文。随着我们渐渐变老，我们意识到我们读书的时间很少，有很多好书，我们没有去读。但是在重新阅读的过程中，我们可以获得新的突然清晰的理解。科学家们还认识到重读会给心理健康带来好处，重读也会让我们更了解自己。
9． 推理判断题。根据第一段中 For certain fans, re-reading The Lord of the Rings is a conventional practice annually. One friend told me that Jane Austen’s Emma can still surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times.(对于某些粉丝来说，每年重读《指环王》是一种惯例。一位朋友告诉我，简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》仍然能给他带来惊喜，尽管他已经读了50多遍)以及第二段第一句New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading.可知，在重新阅读的过程中，可通过重新阅读，可以突然获得新的清晰认识。由此可推知，第一段提到这两本书主要是为了引入这篇文章的主题：通过反复阅读，可以突然获得新的清晰的认识。故选 B。
10． 词义猜测题。根据上文 Since then, she has read it again every five years. With each re-reading, it has opened up further; in each chapter of her life, it has resonated differently.可知，从那时起，她每五年读一遍。每重读一遍，它会使她豁然开朗；在她生命的每个篇章中，都有不同的共鸣。由此可知，Mead 证明了许多真正的好书不仅经得起反复阅读的考验，而且在每次我们重新阅读它们时都能提供新鲜的礼物。故划线短语指的是“重新阅读它们”。故选 B。
11． 推理判断题。根据第四段中 It’s true that we often find former selves on the pages of old books (if we"re fond of making notes on the pages). These texts can carry us back to a time and place, and remind us of the kind of person that we were then.可知，的确，我们经常会在旧书中找到过去的自己（如果我们喜欢在书页上做笔记的话）。这些文字可以带我们回到过去的时间和地点，提醒我们那时的我们是什么样的人。由此判断出，通过重读，我们更好地了解自己。故选 C。
12． 推理判断题。根据第二段第一句 New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading.可知，在重新阅读的过程中，以突然获得新的清晰认识。结合文章主要说明随着我们渐渐变老，我们意识到我们读书的时间很少，有很多好书，我们没有去读。但是在重新阅读的过程中，我们可以获得新的突然清晰的理解。科学家们还认识到重读会给心理健康带来好处，重读也会让我们更了解自己。由此可推知，这篇文章的写作目的是让人们意识到重读的重要性。故选 C。
13．A14．C15．B 【分析】
这是一篇应用文。主要介绍小说家处女作大奖的通告。
【详解】
1.细节理解题。
根据第一段第一句“The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award honors an outstanding novelist"s first
work published in the previous calendar year. ”可知，The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award 是授予在前一年出版第一部作品的杰出小说家的奖，所以 The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award 是专为小说家的处女作设的奖项，故选 A。
2.细节理解题。
根据第二段第一句“Twice a year, the administrative team sends out a nationwide call for submissions from publishers, editors, agents, and writers themselves.”可知，行政团队每年两次向全国各地的出版商、编辑、代理商和作家发出征求意见的电话。所以可知，参赛作品应来自出版社、编辑、代理商或作者的投稿，而非读者报送，选项 C 与文意一致。故选 C。
3.细节理解题。
根据第二段倒数第二句“ Then the winning author appears at a public reading and Q&A session, followed by a book signing and reception, which focus on the creation, publication, and promotion of a first novel.”可知，然后获奖作者出现在公共阅读和问答环节，接着是签售会和接待会，重点是创作、出版和推广第一部小说，所以签售招待会的目的是推广获奖处女作小说，故选 B。
16．D17．G18．A19．C20．E 【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了几个识别虚假网络信息并阻断其传播的方法。
16． 根据上文“Misinformation can spread through phone texts and social media as fast as a virus, sometimes even faster. (虚假网络信息在手机短信和社交媒体上的传播速度可以和病毒一样快，有时甚至更快)”以及后文“Here are some of the most effective steps to identify and stop it.( 以下是一些最有效的识别并阻断其传播的方法)”可知，本句起承上启下作用，指出该如何区分真假信息的问题。故 D 选项“我们怎样才能区分什么是真的，什么不是真的呢？”符合语境。故选 D。
17． 根据后文“It is why misinformation travels fast on social media, where everyone says they heard it from a friend of a friend. (在社交媒体上，虚假信息传播主要是靠朋友间口口相传，所以传播得特别快)”可推知，本句是在说明虚假信息通过朋友传播特别快的原因，故 G 选项“因为人们倾向于相信自己的朋友”符合语境。故选 G。
18． 根据后文“Anyone searching for true information needs to act a little like a reporter. Remember there is a difference between news and stories. News should be supported by evidence to be dependable.(任何想要获得真实信息的人都需要像记者一样行动。记住，新闻和故事是有区别的。新闻必须有证据支持才能可靠)”可知，这一小节主要是强调了受众应该像记者一样学会甄别信息中的论据及图片等的真实性，后文中 act a little like a reporter.与 A 选项 Act like a journalist 相对应。故 A 选项“像记者一样行动”符合小标题。故选 A。
19． 根据后文“Pictures are said to be worth a thousand words. But even photographs can be edited and changed. Even untouched images can be false. For example, old images can be presented as new.(据说图片胜过千言万语。但即使是照片也可以编辑和修改。即使是未经编辑的图像也可能是假的。例如，旧图像可以作为新图像显示)”可知，后文主要说明了图片也可能传播错误信息。后文中 images 与 C 选项中 images 相对应。故 C 选项“还要注意，即使是图像也会说谎”符合语境。故选 C。
20． 根据上文“That is because these stories often use language designed to create strong emotional reaction.(这是因为这些故事经常使用激发强烈情感的语言)”可知，本句承接上文继续说明使用能够激发人们强烈情感的语言的故事所产生的影响，且 E 选项中 They 指代上文 these stories。故 E 选项“它们试图激发公众的恐慌或愤怒”符合语境。故选 E。
21．C22．B23．C24．D25．A26．D27．A28．B29．C30．D31．A32．A33．B34．C35．D 【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述作者通过失业、找工作的历程对工作有了新的认识，感悟到不能为了工作而工作，应为了自己想做的事努力。
21． 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这发生在 2004 年，面对全球经济危机，我们公司宣布裁员。A. training 训练； B.
advertisement 广告；C. cut 减少； D. loss 损失。根据前文“I lost a long time job.”和后文 “facing the global economic crisis.”可知，因为经济危机，作者公司裁员了，所以作者也失业了。故选 C。
22． 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们都意识到我们工作的保险公司不像以前那么赚钱了。A. expected 期待； B. realized 意识到；C. promised 承诺；D. suspected 怀疑。根据上文中的“facing the global economic crisis 可知，因为经济危机，所以作者和他的同事们已经意识到公司盈利不如以往。故选 B。
23． 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们都意识到我们工作的保险公司不像以前那么赚钱了。A. responsible 负责的； B. influential 有很大影响的；C. profitable 盈利的；D. attractive 吸引人的。前文提到经济危机，公司裁员，由此可知，公司的利润不如从前了。故选 C。
24． 考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后，有一天，我走进办公室，被告知我被解雇了。A. warned 警告； B. reminded提醒； C. convinced 说服；D. informed 告知。根据前文“I lost a long time job.”可知，作者失业了，由此可知，此处指作者被告知自己被解雇了。故选 D。
25． 考查介词词义辨析。句意：在那一周里，我几乎没有做任何事情来改变我的处境，除了与我多年前作为一名有经验的翻译工作时建立的作家重新建立起的联系。A. except 除了； B. without 没有；C. like 像； D. despite虽然。根据前文“ I did almost nothing to change my situation”可知，作者几乎没有做什么来改变这种局面，除了联系下以前工作时认识的人，except“除……之外”符合题意。故选 A。
26． 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那一周里，我几乎没有做任何事情来改变我的处境，除了与我多年前作为一名有经验的翻译工作时建立的作家重新建立起的联系。A. editor 编辑；B. agent 代理人，经纪人； C. insurer承保人 ；D. translator 翻译者。根据第三段“who wanted to have his novel translated into English quickly,”可知，作者是一名翻译工作者。故选 D。
27． 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：除此之外，我仍然是个沮丧的失业者。A. low 沮丧的； B. confused 困惑的；C. useless 无用的；D. sensitive 敏感的。上文提到作者被解雇，其后的一周作者几乎不做任何事情来改变自己失业的现状，由此可推知，他处于一种低沉、沮丧的状态，故选 A。
28． 考查动词词义辨析。句意：后来又有几个需要我帮忙的人找到了我，我的名声也渐渐恢复了。A. praised 赞扬；B. reached 联系；C. inspired 启发；D. caught 抓住。根据上文中的“renewing my old contacts ”和下文中的“who needed my services”可知,这些需要作者服务的客户联系作者,reach 在此处表示“(尤指用电话)联系，与……取得联系”，符合语境。故选 B。
29． 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：虽然这份临时工作不能长期维持我的生活，但我可以在找工作的同时使收支相抵。A. relaxing 令人放松的；B. literary 文学的； C. temporary 临时的； D. challenging 有挑战性的。根据后文“ couldn’t support me long”可知，翻译只是临时性的工作。故选 C。
30． 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意同上。A. resigning from 从……辞职； B. dreaming of 梦想； C. keeping up 保持； D. hunting for 寻找。根据前文描述可知，翻译只是作者临时性的工作，所以作者还要再寻找工作。故选 D。
31． 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在我的困难时期，我认识了一个来自日本的人，他想让人尽快把他的小说翻译成英语，我接受了。A. acquaintance 认识的人，认识；B. impression 印象；C. assessment 评估；D. celebration庆祝。根据后文“who wanted to have his novel translated into English quickly”可知，作者认识了一个日本人；make the acquaintance of sb.结识某人，固定搭配。故选 A。
32． 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. accepted 接受；B. chosen 选择；C. repeated 重复；D. rejected 拒绝。根据
后文“We worked together for a while.”可知，作者接受了帮那个日本人翻译小说的工作。故选 A。
33． 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他激励我去不同的公司寻找新的机会，而不是相同的公司。A. developing 发展中的； B. distinct 不同的；C. potential 潜在的，可能的； D. similar 相似的。根据后文“ instead of the same ones.”可知，那个日本人激励作者去不同的公司寻找新机会。故选 B。
34． 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我开始换一个角度看世界。A. approach 方法； B. instruction 说明；C. angle 角度；D. background 背景。根据后文“I figured out what I truly wanted…”可知，作者在那个日本人的激励下，开始换个角度看世界。故选 C。
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