上海市复旦附中2020-2021学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题(含答案解析

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上海市复旦附中2020-2021学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题（含答案解析）

上海市复旦附中2020-2021学年高二上学期12月月

考英语试题（含答案解析）

1 Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the

passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill

in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one

word that best fits each blank.

Fan Lihong, her parents and her daughter are standing along Madang Road in Shanghai,

cups in hand. Many ____1____ in the line are doing the same. From afar, such a scene

____2____ seem reminiscent of water rationing. But these individuals are simply

after a caffeine fix, with sustainability in mind.

“I have been using my own cups to buy coffee this year. Using my own cup is ____3____

convenient and cost effective－it also helps with environmental protection,” says

Fan. Another customer ____4____ was waiting in a line outside Manner Coffee, Liu

Shiyun, echoes the same sentiment. “A latte at Manner Coffee costs 15 yuan ($2.24).

If I use my own cup to buy the coffee, I get 5 yuan discount and will save at least

100 yuan per month,” Liu says.

Manner Coffee, which operates over 100 stores across China, sells nearly 100,000

cups of coffee per day. Around half of their customers bring their own cups, according

to Ning Yihan, marketing representative of Manner. We started to encourage consumers

to bring their own non-disposable cups to Manner stores since the day we ____5____

(establish). We hope to contribute to environmental protection with our customers.

It is very interesting and meaningful while you see all kinds of people bringing

their own cups. There are Japanese-style izakaya store owners ____6____(bring) beer

mugs and security or sanitation workers with their thermoses,” she adds.

Other countries around the world have also set their eyes on reducing the use of

disposable paper cups and encourage people ____7____ (use) more environmentally

friendly options. For example, Ireland’s environment minister announced in

November 2019 that consumers who use disposable cups will by 2021 be subjected

____8____ a “latte tax”. It was also reported that the United Kingdom uses 2.5

billion disposable paper cups a year, almost ____9____ of which are recycled. For

this reason, British legislators have called for a tax on paper cups _____10_____

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they believe that manufacturers of these products should pay ng.

【答案解析】 1. others

2. might/may

3. not only

4. who 5. were established

6. bringing

7. to use 8. to

9. none 10. as/since/for/because

这是一篇议论文。文章告诉我们为了保护环境要减少一次性纸杯的使用。

【1题详解】

考查代词。句意：队伍里的其他许多人也在这么做。根据“Many”和“are”可知，此处用

于指代“其他人”，是泛指。故填others。

【2题详解】

考查情态动词。句意：从远处看，这样的场景可能会让人想起水的配给。此处为推测，表示

“可能”且实际上是可能发生的，应用情态动词“might”或者“may”。故填might/may。

【3题详解】

考查固定搭配。句意：自己用杯子喝不仅方便实惠，而且还环保。根据句中“also”和句意

可知，可以推断，此处表示“不仅……而且……”应用“(but)also”，是固定

搭配。故填not only。

【4题详解】

考查定语从句关系词。句意：另一位在咖啡店外排队等候的顾客刘世云(音)也有同样的感受。

分析句子可知，此句为限制性定语从句，先行词为“Another customer”，指人，在从句中

作主语，应用关系代词“who”。故填who。

【5题详解】

考查时态和语态。句意：从我们成立的那一天起，我们就开始鼓励消费者带着他们自己的非

一次性杯子去商店。根据句中“started”，且漫威咖啡这个组织成立发生在鼓励消费者带

着他们自己的非一次性杯子去商店之前，可以推断，组织成立是过去的事，应用一般过去时；

且“we”指漫威咖啡这个组织，与“establish”之间是被动关系，应用被动语态。故填were

established。

【6题详解】

考查非谓语动词。句意：有日式居酒屋店主带着啤酒杯，保安或环卫工人带着热水瓶。分析

句子可知，此处为非谓语动词，“Japanese-style izakaya store owners”与“bring”之

间是主动关系，应用现在分词形式作定语。故填bringing。

【7题详解】

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考查固定搭配。句意：世界上其他国家也着眼于减少一次性纸杯的使用，并鼓励人们使用更

环保的选择。“encourage sb to do sth”意为“鼓励某人去做某事”，是固定搭配。故填

to use。

【8题详解】

考查介词。句意：例如，爱尔兰环境部长于2019年11月宣布，到2021年，使用一次性杯

子消费者将被征收“拿铁税”。分析句子可知，此处表示“被征收税”应用“be

subjected to”，是固定搭配。故填to。

【9题详解】

考查代词。句意：据报道，英国每年使用25亿个一次性纸杯，几乎没有一个被回收利用。

分析句子可知，此处表示“25亿个一次性纸杯中没有一个”，是在一定范围之内，且后面

有介词“of”，应用“none of”意为“没有一个”，是固定搭配。故填none。

【10题详解】

考查原因状语从句连接词。句意：因此，英国立法者呼吁对纸杯征税，因为他们认为这些产

品的制造商应该支付更多的钱。分析句子可知，“they believe that manufacturers of

these products should pay more.（他们认为这些产品的制造商应该付更多的钱。）”是

“British legislators have called for a tax on paper cups（英国立法者呼吁对纸杯

征税）”的原因，可以推断，此句为原因状语从句，可以用连接词“as/since/for/because”。

故填as/since/for/because。

2 Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper

word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more

word than you need.

A. maximum B. source C. bearing D. recycling AB. fundamental AC. excessive

AD. simplest BC. appeal BD. highlight CD. streamlining ABC. core

MUJI products came into being in the early 1980’s as a result of a new mood, calling

for a return to simplicity in daily life. Our aim was—and still is—to provide our

customers all over the world with the ____11____ things they need to live a busy,

modern, urban lifestyle. These things must be made from good, sound materials, with

no unnecessary frills or fancies and must sell at a reasonable price. Our clothes

must feel good on, our stationery must be practical and our household goods must

be easy to use. This may seem elementary but it has always been a primary goal to

ensure that MUJI customers should never pay for what they can’t use—i.e. added

extras and fancy packaging. So, at MUJI you’ll find no ____12____ prices, just

simple, sound products you can afford, so simple in fact, they don’t even carry

a brand name. This is in direct contrast to the usual marketing ploy of producing

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heavily branded, expensively designed, over packaged goods.

At MUJI we pride ourselves on being different. Moreover, our products are made from

materials which we ____13____ on a global scale, not because we think an exotic source

sounds more exciting than one on our doorstep but because we are committed to using

the best available material, wherever it comes from. Using these superior materials,

we design our products so that their simplicity brings out their inherent ____14____,

both of the material they’re made from and the products themselves. Finally, we

present our products in the ____15____ of packaging—if any at all—which neither

masks nor makes them look any more than they are. As a result, the quality and credence

of each product are self-evident. As life gets more complex, the need for simple

lifestyle solutions becomes all the more necessary. To find these, look no further

than MUJI.

The Company’s basic principle is to develop new simple products at reasonable prices

by making the best use of materials while considering environmental issues.

Through the careful selection of materials, ____16____ manufacturing processes and

simplifying our packaging, we have continually introduced high quality MUJI brand

products onto the market, at lower than usual prices. Presently there are more than

5,000 MUJI products sold in Japan. MUJI's natural and simple design complements

today’s lifestyles perfectly.

For MUJI the materials we use to make our products are of the utmost importance;

consequently, considerable attention is given to their selection. We search

worldwide for the most suitable raw materials. We use many industrial materials as

well as ____17____ unused materials where possible. The ____18____ selection

criteria is always quality. These activities underpin our ability to create

low-priced, high-quality products.

When packaging products, MUJI seeks not to adorn them but rather to ____19____ their

natural color1s and shapes. For this reason, we use bulk packaging and place products

in plain, uniform containers. Faithful to our philosophy of simplicity, this

approach is also in keeping with our policy of conserving resources and reducing

waste. Thus, all MUJI products appear on store shelves in simple packaging ____20____

only product-related information and a price tag.

【答案解析】 11. AB 12. AC

13. B 14. BC

15. AD 16. CD

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17. D 18. ABC

19. BD 20. C

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了无印良品历史、产品特色和产品生产中所注重事情。

【11题详解】

考查形容词。句意：我们的目标是——现在仍然是——为世界各地的客户提供他们在繁忙、

现代、城市生活方式中所需要的基本东西。修饰后文名词things应用形容词，且表示“基

本”应用fundamental。故填fundamental。故选AB。

【12题详解】

考查形容词。句意：所以，在无印良品，你会发现没有过高的价格，只是简单，很棒的你负

担得起的产品，事实上，他们是非常简单的产品，甚至没有品牌名称。修饰后文名词prices，

应用形容词，且表示“过高的”应用excessive。故填excessive。故选AC。

【13题详解】

考查名词。句意：此外，我们的产品是由我们在全球范围内采购的材料制成的，这并不是因

为我们认为异国的材料听起来比我们家门口的材料更令人兴奋，而是因为我们致力于使用最

好的可用材料，无论它来自哪里。空处作谓语，表示“采购”应用动词source，且根据上

文are可知为一般现在时，主语为we，谓语动词用原形。故填source。故选B。

【14题详解】

考查名词。句意：使用这些优越的材料，我们设计我们的产品，使其简单带来其固有的吸引

力，无论是他们的材料和产品本身。空处作宾语，表示“吸引力”应用名词appeal，表抽

象概念，不可数。故填appeal。故选BC。

【15题详解】

考查形容词。句意：最后，我们以最简单的包装展示我们的产品——如果有的话——既不掩

饰也不使它们看起来更真实。根据上文定冠词the以及句意“最简单的”可知应用形容词最

高级simplest。故填simplest。故选AD。

【16题详解】

考查非谓语动词。句意：通过精心选材、现代化制造流程、简化包装，我们不断将高品质的

无印良品品牌产品以低于一般价格推向市场。结合句意表示“现代化”可知应用动词

streamline，此处作介词through的宾语，应用动名词形式。故填streamlining。故选CD。

【17题详解】

考查非谓语动词。句意：我们使用许多工业材料，并尽可能回收使用过的材料。结合句意表

示“回收”可知应用动词recycle，此处作宾语应用动名词形式。故填recycling。故选D。

【18题详解】

考查形容词。句意：核心的选择标准始终是质量。修饰后文名词短语selection criteria，

表“核心”应用core作定语。故填core。故选ABC。

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【19题详解】

考查动词。句意：在包装产品时，无印良品寻求的不是装饰它们，而是突出它们的自然颜色

和形状。结合句意表示“突出”可知应用动词highlight，且结合句意表示“不是做某事，

而是做某事”短语为not to do sth. but rather to do sth.。故填highlight。故选BD。

【20题详解】

考查非谓语动词。句意：因此，所有无印良品的产品都以简单的包装出现在商店货架上，只

带有与产品相关的信息和价格标签。分析句子结构可知bear在句中应用非谓语动词形式，

与逻辑主语all MUJI products构成主动关系，故应用现在分词作状语。故填bearing。故

选C。

3 The designer, Charles Frederick Worth (1825-95), was the first to sew labels into

the clothes that he created. Because of this and his international fame, Worth is

generally considered to be the father of ____36____ , which started in the late 19th

century. Before then, making clothes was mainly done by ____37____ dressmakers whose

clothes were influenced by what people were wearing at the French royal court. Worth,

originally from England, moved to France in 1846, where he enjoyed considerable

success with the nobility. Since then, there have been even greater successes for

other designers, such as Chanel and Armani and those ____38____ the younger, trendier

market, for example, Tommy Hilfiger. Currently the fashion industry relies more on

mass-market sales than on ____39____ designs. Some well-known designers have even

teamed up with international high street shops who want to add a luxury product to

their range. ____40____ , the London branch of H&M, a clothing company from Stockholm,

has started selling cut-price clothes by high-fashion designers. Recently, hundreds

of people ____41____ outside for up to 12 hours to buy clothes designed by Lanvin!

Some camped there overnight, even though at the time England was experiencing an

extremely cold winter. Is this ____42____ to labelled goods really worth all the

trouble?

An article in The Economist suggests labelled clothes really do ____43____ the

wearers. It quotes research from Tilburg University, in the Netherland, which

explains that such clothes bring status and even job recommendations, but only when

the label is ____44____ ! The university’s first research experiment involved

photos of a man wearing a polo shirt. The photos were digitally _____45_____ so that

one shirt had no logo, another had a luxury-designer logo and the third had a

non-luxury logo. On a five-point scale for status, the luxury designer logo rated

3.5, no logo rated 2.91 and the non-luxury logo came last, rated 2.84. It seems it

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may be better to have no logo at all than to have the _____46_____ logo! In another

experiment, people watched one of two videos of a job interview of the same man.

In one, his shirt had a luxury logo on it, in the other it didn’t. The man with

the logo was rated more _____47_____ the job and even received a recommendation for

a 9% higher salary!

The research concluded that like a peacock’s tail, designer labels are seen as

_____48_____ of superior status: ‘the peacock with the best tail gets all the

girls’. But while a peacock can’t make his tail look more attractive, it seems

humans can _____49_____ their status by using design labels. And by doing so, the

way we _____50_____ each other’s status may be seriously wrong!

36. A. luxury industry B. modern art C. fashion design D. market economy

37. A. influential B. famous C. creative D. unknown

38. A. appealing to B. persisting in C. complaining of D. experimenting on

39. A. exclusive B. latest C. complicated D. delicate

40. A. In addition B. For example C. On the whole D. After all

41. A. applied B. queued C. looked D. walked

42. A. solution B. opposition C. devotion D. restriction

43. A. benefit B. impact C. confuse D. please

44. A. understandable B. fashionable C. reliable D. visible

45. A. stored B. improved C. developed D. altered

46. A. special B. luxurious C. wrong D. untold

47. A. suitable for B. keen on C. satisfied with D. independent of

48. A. classes B. signs C. advantages D. principles

49. A. change B. fake C. regain D. show

50. A. elevate B. neglect C. assess D. imitate

【答案解析】 36. C 37. D 38. A 39. A 40. B 41. B 42. C 43. A 44. D 45. D 46. C

47. A 48. B 49. B 50. C

这是一篇说明文。文章说明衣服名牌标签的产生，对现实的影响，特别说明了标签给人们带

来的误解。

【36题详解】

考查名词短语词义辨析。句意：由于这一点和他的国际知名度，Worth被普遍认为是时装设

计之父，开始于19世纪晚期。A. luxury industry奢侈品产业；B. modern art现代艺术；

C. fashion design时装设计；D. market economy市场经济。根据上文“The designer,

Charles Frederick Worth (1825-95), was the first to sew labels into the clothes that

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he created.”可知，Worth是服装设计师，所以推断他是时装设计之父。故选C项。

【37题详解】

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在此之前，制作服装主要是由不知名的裁缝师完成的，他们的

服装受到法国皇室成员穿着的影响。A. influential有影响的；B. famous著名的；C.

creative创造性的；D. unknown未知的，不知名的。根据下文“Since then, there have been

even greater successes for other designers, such as Chanel and Armani and those ____

___ the younger, trendier market, for example, Tommy Hilfiger.”可知，自从Worth

出名之后，其他设计师取得了更大的成功，可以推断，在Worth之前，裁缝师们还没有出名。

故选D项。

【38题详解】

考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：从那时起，其他设计师取得了更大的成功，比如Chanel和

Armani，以及那些吸引更年轻、更时尚的市场的设计师，比如Tommy Hilfiger。A. appealing

to向……呼吁，对……有吸引力；B. persisting in坚持；C. complaining of抱怨；D.

experimenting on在……做实验。根据“Since then, there have been even greater

successes for other designers”可知，成功的设计师吸引更年轻、更时尚的市场的设计

师。故选A项。

【39题详解】

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：目前，时装业更多地依赖大众市场的销售，而不是独家设计。

A. exclusive专有的，独家的；B. latest最新的；C. complicated结构复杂的；D. delicate

精致的。根据前文“Currently the fashion industry relies more on mass-market sales”

可知，此处应该是mass-market sales（大众市场）相对的词汇，所以此处应指不是“独家”

设计。故选A项。

【40题详解】

考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：例如，斯德哥尔摩服装公司H&M的伦敦分公司已开始销售高

级时装设计师设计的廉价服装。A. In addition此外；B. For example例如；C. On the whole

总的来说；D. After all毕竟。根据句意可知，后文“the London branch of H&M, a clothing

company from Stockholm, has started selling cut-price clothes by high-fashion

designers.”是时装业更多地依赖大众市场的销售的举例说明。故选B项。

【41题详解】

考查动词词义辨析。句意：最近，成百上千的人在外面排长达12个小时的队来买 Lanvin 设

计的衣服！ A. applied应用，申请；B. queued排队等候；C. looked看，看起来；D. walked

步行。根据前文“hundreds of people”和后文“outside for up to 12 hours to buy clothes

designed by Lanvin”可知，此处指的是“排队等候”。故选B项。

【42题详解】

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考查名词词义辨析。句意：这种对贴有标签的商品的热爱真的值得我们如此大费周章吗？A.

solution解决；B. opposition反对；C. devotion奉献，热爱；D. restriction限制，约

束。根据上文“Recently, hundreds of people ____ ____ outside for up to 12 hours to

buy clothes designed by Lanvin! Some camped there overnight, even though at the time

England was experiencing an extremely cold winter.”可知，为了买Lanvin 设计的衣

服，人们长时间排队且有人寒冬在那里过夜等候，可以推知，是那些人对贴有标签的商品的

热爱。故选C项。

【43题详解】

考查动词词义辨析。句意：《经济学人》上的一篇文章指出，贴上衣服标签确实有利于穿衣

者。A. benefit使收益，有利于；B. impact有作用，冲击；C. confuse使迷惑；D. please

使高兴。根据后文中“that such clothes bring status and even job recommendations”

以及后面实验结果可知，名牌衣服带来地位甚至工作推荐，所以，此处指“贴上衣服（著名）

标签确实有利于穿衣者”。故选A项。

【44题详解】

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：它引用了来自 Netherland 的蒂尔堡大学的研究，解释说这样

的衣服带来地位甚至是工作推荐，但是只有当标签可见的时候！ A. understandable可以

理解的；B. fashionable流行的；C. reliable可靠的；D. visible看得见的。根据后文

“In another experiment, people watched one of two videos of a job interview of the

same man. In one, his shirt had a luxury logo on it, in the other it didn’t. The

man with the logo was rated more ____ ____ the job and even received a recommendation

for a 9% higher salary!”可知，带有名牌标签能带来好处，但是标签要看得到。故选D

项。

【45题详解】

考查动词词义辨析。句意：照片经过数码变化处理，一件衬衫上没有标志，另一件有奢侈品

设计师的标志，第三件有非奢侈品的标志。A. stored贮存，保存；B. improved改善；C.

developed发展；D. altered改变，更改。根据后文“so that one shirt had no logo, another

had a luxury-designer logo and the third had a non-luxury logo”可知，照片经过数

码的变化处理，使同样的衣服有了标签区别。故选D项。

【46题详解】

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：看起来，没有 logo 也许比有错误的 logo 要好！ A. special

特殊的；B. luxurious豪华的；C. wrong错误的；D. untold未讲过的。根据上文“On a

five-point scale for status, the luxury designer logo rated 3.5, no logo rated 2.91

and the non-luxury logo came last, rated 2.84.”实验得分可知，非奢侈品 logo 得分

最低，比没有logo 得分还要低，所以说，没有logo也许比错误的（即非奢侈品的）logo

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还要好。故选C项。

【47题详解】

考查形容词（搭配）词义辨析。句意：带有这个标签的男人被认为更适合这份工作，甚至还

收到了一份提高9% 工资的推荐信！ A. suitable for合适于；B. keen on热衷于；C.

satisfied with满意于；D. independent of独立于。根据后文“and even received a

recommendation for a 9% higher salary!”可知，带有这个标签人收到了提高工资的推荐

信，更容易找到工作，所以应指被认为“更适合”这份工作。故选A项。

【48题详解】

考查名词词义辨析。句意：这项研究得出的结论是，设计师的标签就像孔雀的尾巴一样，被

视为高贵地位的象征：拥有最好尾巴的孔雀赢得了所有的女孩的青睐。 A. classes阶级，

班级；B. signs标记，指示牌，征兆；C. advantages优点；D. principles道德标准。根

据后文“‘the peacock with the best tail gets all the girls’”可知，这是高贵地

位的招牌。故选B项。

【49题详解】

考查动词词义辨析。句意：不过，虽然孔雀的尾巴不能让它看起来更有吸引力，但似乎人类

可以通过使用设计标签来伪装自己的身份。A. change改变；B. fake伪造，冒充；C. regain

再次得到；D. show表明，证明。根据文章实验结果可知，人们通过使用标签，会被人误解

自己的地位和身份，所以此处指“伪造，冒充”。故选B项。

【50题详解】

考查动词词义辨析。句意：这样一来，我们评判彼此地位的方式可能就大错特错了！ A.

elevate提高，晋升；B. neglect忽视，忽；C. assess评估，评价；D. imitate模仿。根

据上文实验可知，人们在评判一个人时，常常通过他的衣服商标，再根据上文“But while a

peacock can’t make his tail look more attractive, it seems humans can ____ ____

their status by using design labels.”可知，虽然孔雀不能改变它的尾巴，但是人们却

能设计标签，所以，这样的话，我们评判彼此地位时，就不准确了。故选C项。

4 Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by

several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices

marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information

given in the passage you have just read.

While human achievements in mathematics continue to reach new levels of complexity,

many of us who aren't mathematicians at heart (or engineers) may struggle to remember

the last time we used calculus.

It's a fact not lost on American educators, who amid rising math failure rates are

debating how math can better meet the real-life needs of students. Should we change

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the way math is taught in schools, or eliminate some courses entirely?

Andrew Hacker, Queens College political science professor, thinks that advanced

algebra and other higher-level math should be cut from curricula in favor of courses

with more routine usefulness, like statistics.

"We hear on all sides that we're not teaching enough mathematics, and the Chinese

are way ahead of us," Hacker says. "I'm suggesting we're teaching too much

mathematics to too many people. Not everybody has to know calculus. If you're going

to become an aeronautical engineer, fine. But most of us aren't."

Instead, Hacker is pushing for more courses like the one he teaches at Queens College:

Numeracy 101. There, his students of "citizen statistics" learn to analyze public

information like the federal budget and corporate reports. Such courses, Hacker

argues, are a remedy for the numerical illiteracy of adults who have completed

high-level math like algebra but are unable to calculate the price of, say, a carpet

by area.

Hacker's argument has met with opposition from other math educators who say what's

needed is to help students develop a better relationship with math earlier, rather

than teaching them less math altogether.

Maria Droujkova is a founder of Natural Math, and has taught basic calculus concepts

to 5-year-olds. For Droujkova, high-level math is important, and what it could use

in American classrooms is an injection of childlike wonder.

"Make mathematics more available, " Droujkova says. "Redesign it so it's more

accessible to more kinds of people: young children, adults who worry about it, adults

who may have had bad experiences."

Pamela Harris, a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, has a similar

perspective. Harris says that American education is suffering from an epidemic of

"fake math"—an emphasis on rote memorization of formulas and steps, rather than

an understanding of how math can influence the ways we see the world.

Andrew Hacker, for the record, remains skeptical.

"I'm going to leave it to those who are in mathematics to work out the ways to make

their subject interesting and exciting so students want to take it," Hacker says.

"All that I ask is that alternatives be offered instead of putting all of us on the

road to calculus."

51. What is the general complaint about America's math education according to Hacker?

A. America is not doing as well as China. B. Math professors are not doing a good

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job.

C. It doesn't help students develop their literacy. D. There has hardly been any

innovation for years.

52. What does Andrew Hacker's Numeracy 101 aim to do?

A. Allow students to learn high-level math step by step.

B. Enable students to make practical use of basic math.

C. Lay a solid foundation for advanced math studies.

D. Help students to develop their analytical abilities.

53. What does Maria Droujkova suggest math teachers do in class?

A. Make complex concepts easy to understand. B. Start teaching children math at an

early age.

C. Help children work wonders with calculus. D. Try to arouse students' curiosity

in math.

54. What does Pamela Harris think should be the goal of math education?

A. To enable learners to understand the world better. B. To help learners to tell

fake math from real math.

C. To broaden Americans' perspectives on math. D. To exert influence on world

development.

【答案解析】 51. A 52. B 53. A 54. C

这是一篇议论文。在数学失败率不断上升的情况下，美国教育工作者们正在讨论数学如何才

能更好地满足学生的现实需求。文章主要列举了一些人对于美国数学教育的看法和建议。

【51题详解】

细节理解题。根据第四段中“"We hear on all sides that we're not teaching enough

mathematics, and the Chinese are way ahead of us," Hacker says.( Hacker说：“我

们听到各方都说我们的数学教得不够多，而且中国人遥遥领先于我们”)”可知，根据

Hacker的说法，人们普遍抱怨美国的数学教育没有中国做得好。故选A。

【52题详解】

推理判断题。根据第五段“Instead, Hacker is pushing for more courses like the one

he teaches at Queens College: Numeracy 101. There, his students of "citizen

statistics" learn to analyze public information like the federal budget and

corporate reports. Such courses, Hacker argues, are a remedy for the numerical

illiteracy of adults who have completed high-level math like algebra but are unable

to calculate the price of, say, a carpet by area.(相反，Hacker正在推动开设更多

课程，就像他在皇后学院教授的课程——算术101。在那里，他的“公民统计”课程的学生

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们学习分析诸如联邦预算和公司报告等公共信息。海克认为，这类课程是对成年人数字文盲

的一种补救，这些成年人已经完成了诸如代数等高级数学，但却无法按面积计算地毯的价格)”

可推知，Andrew Hacker的算数101课程的目标是让学生实际运用基础数学。故选B。

【53题详解】

推理判断题。根据倒数第四段“"Make mathematics more available," Droujkova says.

"Redesign it so it's more accessible to more kinds of people: young children, adults

who worry about it, adults who may have had bad experiences."(“让数学更容易理解，”

Droujkova说。“重新设计一下，让更多的人能够接触到它，比如儿童、担心数学的成年人，

以及可能有过学习数学糟糕经历的成年人。”)”可推知，Maria Droujkova建议数学老师

在课堂上使复杂的概念容易理解。故选A。

【54题详解】

细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Pamela Harris, a lecturer at the University of Texas

at Austin, has a similar perspective. Harris says that American education is

suffering from an epidemic of "fake math"—an emphasis on rote memorization of

formulas and steps, rather than an understanding of how math can influence the ways

we see the world.(德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校讲师Pamela Harris也有类似的看法。Harris

说，美国教育正遭受“假数学”的流行病——强调死记硬背公式和步骤，而不是理解数学如

何影响我们看待世界的方式)”可知，Pamela Harris认为数学教育的目标应该是拓宽美国

人对数学的看法。故选C。

5 Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blanks with a proper sentence

given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more

sentences than you need.

Emergence of Pop-up Museums

None of the major traditional museums seemed to see it as a threat when the Museum

of Ice Cream opened in New York in 2016. ____55____.

However, as more of these pop-up museums started showing up over the next two years,

they seemed to become a trend that should have been taken more seriously. And the

latest member to join this list is the Museum of Pizza, set to open in New York this

October for two weeks.

It seems that museums are no longer just places to “see” art. ____56____. At the

Museum of Ice Cream, for example, which is currently located in the US city of Miami,

visitors can jump into a pool of plastic sprinkles. And at the upcoming Museum of

Pizza, people will be able to lie on a “pizza beach”, where they can experience

a “wave of cheese”.

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“Not only are visitors taking pictures of art, but they are taking pictures of

themselves within these spaces,” Jia Jia Fei, a director at the Jewish Museum of

New York, said in a TED Talk. “In the pre-digital photography era, the message was:

This is what I’m seeing. Today, the message is: ____57____.”

This immersive (沉浸式的) experience that pop-up museums provide also allows

visitors to get away from their real life—even just for a short period of time—and

enter a fantasy world.

For example, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama took her exhibition “Infinity Mirrors”

to Washington, US in 2016. It attracted a large number of visitors who were willing

to stand in line for hours just to visit each of the six mirrored rooms for just

30 seconds. ____58____.

“I felt an unexpected calm,” wrote Baltimore City Paper reporter Maura Callahan

after spending 30 seconds in one of the rooms. “Something about the vastness of

the illusion rubbing up against the actuality of being confined to a box was

comforting.”

A. I came, I saw, and I selfied

B. Pop-up museums remain open—at least for now

C. However, the long wait seemed to have been worth it

D. After all, as a “pop-up museum”, it only stayed open there for a month

E. It’s this experience of feeling close to art that allows pop-up museums to keep

“popping up”

F. People want to have more interactive experiences instead of being kept a polite

distance from exhibits

【答案解析】 55. D 56. F 57. A 58. C

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了如今一种快闪博物馆的出现，让博物馆成为不仅仅是人们

看艺术的地方，人们还可以进入到其中体验艺术。文章列举了类似的快闪博物馆以及人们对

此的看法。

【55题详解】

根据上文“None of the major traditional museums seemed to see it as a threat when

the Museum of Ice Cream opened in New York in 2016.( 2016年，冰淇淋博物馆在纽约

开馆时，似乎没有一家大型传统博物馆将其视为威胁)”可知，上文提到没有大型博物馆把

冰淇淋博物馆视为威胁，可知本句承接上文，进一步说明原因，D选项中it指代上文Museum

of Ice Cream。故D选项“毕竟，作为一个‘快闪博物馆’，它只在那里开放了一个月”符

合语境，故选D。

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【56题详解】

根据上文“It seems that museums are no longer just places to “see” art.(博物馆

似乎不再仅仅是“看”艺术的地方)”以及后文“At the Museum of Ice Cream, for example,

which is currently located in the US city of Miami, visitors can jump into a pool

of plastic sprinkles. And at the upcoming Museum of Pizza, people will be able to

lie on a “pizza beach”, where they can experience a “wave of cheese”.(例如，

在美国迈阿密市的冰淇淋博物馆，游客可以跳进一个装满塑料屑的水池。在即将开幕的披萨

博物馆，人们可以躺在“披萨海滩”上，体验“奶酪浪潮”)”可知，上文提到博物馆不再

是一个只能看艺术品的地方了，后文则提到人们在冰淇淋博物馆可以在展品上活动，可推知

人们想要和艺术有更多的互动体验。故F选项“人们想要有更多的互动体验，而不是与展品

保持礼貌的距离”符合语境，故选F。

【57题详解】

根据上文““Not only are visitors taking pictures of art, but they are taking

pictures of themselves within these spaces,” Jia Jia Fei, a director at the Jewish

Museum of New York, said in a TED Talk. “In the pre-digital photography era, the

message was: This is what I’m seeing. Today, the message is:(纽约犹太博物馆馆长

费佳佳在一场TED演讲中表示：“游客们不仅给艺术拍照，他们也拍下了自己与这些空间的

合影。在数码摄影时代之前，照片传递的信息是：这就是我所看到的。今天，我们要传达的

信息是……)”可知，上文提到了游客拍下自己在博物馆中的样子，即“自拍”，且将过去

与现在相对比，本句是在说明如今人们在博物馆里拍下的照片要传达的信息，不仅是他们去

看了艺术，还和艺术自拍了。故A选项“我来了，看了，还自拍了”符合语境，故选A。

【58题详解】

根据上文“It attracted a large number of visitors who were willing to stand in line

for hours just to visit each of the six mirrored rooms for just 30 seconds.(该展

览吸引了大量游客，他们愿意排队数小时，只为获得参观六间镜屋的30秒时间)”以及下一

段““I felt an unexpected calm,” wrote Baltimore City Paper reporter Maura

Callahan after spending 30 seconds in one of the rooms. “Something about the

vastness of the illusion rubbing up against the actuality of being confined to a

box was comforting.”(巴尔的摩城市报记者莫拉·卡拉汉在一个房间里待了30秒后写道：

“我感到一种意想不到的平静，巨大的幻觉与被限制在盒子里的现实相碰撞，这种感觉很舒

服。”)”可知，上文提到游客看展览要等很长时间，后文则提到看了展览后的人感觉舒服，

可知这种漫长的等待是值得的。故C选项“然而，漫长的等待似乎是值得的”符合语境，故

选C。

6 We followed the ________ and arrived at Banyan Tree Phuket after a 2-hour ride.

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A. signals B. signs

C. symbols D. symptoms

【答案解析】 B

【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们沿着指示牌走了两个小时，终于到达了普吉岛悦榕

庄。A. signals信号；B. signs标志，指示牌；C. symbols符号；D. symptoms症状。根

据后文“and arrived at Banyan Tree Phuket”可知指沿着指示牌，到达普吉岛悦榕庄，

应用signs。故选B。

7 It is impossible for a tamed young panda to ________ the desert.

A. survive B. survive in C. revive D. revive in

【答案解析】 B

【详解】考查动词词义/短语辨析。句意：一只被驯服的小熊猫不可能在沙漠中生存。A.

survive比......活得长、经过......活/保存下来；B. survive in存活于；C. revive复

活；D. revive in在……上复活。由常识可知，被驯服的小熊猫无法存活于沙漠中，survive

in 中的in并不是跟survive搭配的，而是跟它后面的单词组成介宾短语，在本句中即“ in

the desert”。故选B项。

8 g was excluded from the list of the world’s billionaires for ________

a huge part of her fortune ________.

A. setting ... back B. setting ... aside

C. giving ... off D. giving ... away

【答案解析】 D

【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：J.K.罗琳之所以被排除在全球亿万富翁名单之外，是因

为她捐出了自己财富的一大部分。A. back推迟；B. aside不顾；C.

ff发出；D. away赠送。根据句意可知，J.K.罗琳之所以没被列入全

球亿万富翁名单，是因为捐赠了自己财富的一大部分。故选D项。

9 If the boxes are moved about on an open harbor, the dampness or rain may get into

them. This would make the blouses ________.

A. exhausted B. emitted C. spotted D. hovered

【答案解析】 C

【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果箱子在一个开阔的港口移动，那么潮气或者雨水会

进入。这会使衬衫上有污渍。ted使疲惫；d发出；d弄上污渍，

弄上斑点；d盘旋。根据句意可知潮气或者雨水进入箱子会使衬衫上有污渍，故用

spot符合句意，根据“make+宾语+补语”可知，此处应用非谓动词作宾补，逻辑主语blouses

和spot之间为被动关系，应用过去分词spotted。故选C。

10 Virginia experienced a massive power outage in the violent storm — cables

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________ like thin branches and trucks tumbled right over like they were made of

cardboard.

A. crashed B. smashed C. snapped D. slapped

【答案解析】 C

【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：维吉尼亚州在暴风雨中经历了一次大规模的停电——电

缆像细树枝一样折断，卡车像纸板一样翻倒在地。A. crashed坠毁；B. smashed打碎；C.

snapped断裂，折断；D. slapped掌掴，拍击。根据后文“like thin branches”可知指电

缆像细树枝一样折断，应用snap。故选C。

11 The ancient building was ________ to bits in the civil war.

A. crashed B. smashed

C. damaged D. destroyed

【答案解析】 B

【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：那座古建筑在内战中被摧毁得粉碎。A. crashed碰撞；

B. smashed粉碎；C. damaged损害；D. destroyed破坏。根据“bits”可知，此处应为“被

摧毁得粉碎”应用“smash”，且与主语“The ancient building”之间是被动关系，应用

被动语态。故选B项。

12 Nothing defines humans so much as our ability to communicate _______ thoughts

-- whether about the universe, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink.

A. feasible B. abstract

C. concrete D. consolidated

【答案解析】 B

【详解】考查形容词辨析。句意：没有什么比我们交流抽象思想的能力更能定义人类了——

无论是关于宇宙、思想、爱情、梦想，还是点一杯饮料。le可行的；ct

抽象的；te具体的；idated巩固的。根据“universe, the mind, love,

dreams”这些抽象名词可知，此处是指抽象思想。故选B。

13 The "Belt and Road" initiatives China has proposed to ________ the ancient trade

routes that span Asia, Africa and Europe have invigorated China's neighborhood

diplomacy.

A. reveal B. relieve C. revive D. reverse

【答案解析】 C

【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：中国提出的“一带一路”倡议，旨在复兴跨越亚洲、非

洲和欧洲的古老贸易路线，为中国的周边外交注入了活力。A. reveal揭露；B. relieve

减轻，缓解；C. revive复兴；D. reverse颠倒，反转。根据后文“the ancient trade routes

that span Asia, Africa and Europe”可知中国提出的“一带一路”倡议，旨在复兴跨越

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亚洲、非洲和欧洲的古老贸易路线，应用revive。故选C。

14 The military ________ in Okinawa was severely damaged in the tsunami.

A. base B. basis C. basement D. baseness

【答案解析】 A

【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：冲绳岛的军事基地在海啸中遭到严重破坏。A. base基

地，基础；B. basis基础，底部；C. basement地下室，地窖；D. baseness卑鄙，下贱。

结合“The military ，in Okinawa”，表示“军事基地”应用military base。故选A。

15 Peter was caught stealing at the grocery store on the ________.

A. scene B. scenery C. spot D. run

【答案解析】 C

【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：Peter在杂货店偷东西被当场抓住。A. scene场面，情

景；B. scenery风景，景色；C. spot地点，场所；D. run跑步的时间。on the spot“当

场；立即；在现场”是介词短语，固定搭配，符合句意。故选C项。

16 The ________ of the garden was based on the ancient Chinese philosophy Feng Shui.

A. formation B. composition C. shape D. map

【答案解析】 B

【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：花园的组成成分是以中国古代哲学风水为基础。A.

formation基础；B. composition成分，结构；C. shape形状；D. map地图。由“the ancient

Chinese philosophy Feng Shui.”和语意可知，应为花园的结构成分。故选B项。

17 - What do you learn about Britons ________ toilet paper?

- They are very ________ about its quality.

A. concerned ... peculiar B. concerned ... particular

C. concerning ... peculiar D. concerning ... particular

【答案解析】 D

【详解】考查介词和形容词辨析。句意：-你知道英国人对厕纸的看法吗?-他们对质量很挑

剔。ned关心的；peculiar特殊的； ned关心的；particular挑剔的；

ning关于；就……而言；peculiar 特殊的； ning于；就……而言；

particular挑剔的。根据its quality可知，此处是指英国人在厕纸方面的态度。be

particular about意为“对……挑剔”，为固定搭配。且根据常识可知，英国人对厕纸的

质量很挑剔。故选D。

18 Some industrial materials have turned out, unexpectedly, to be serious health

________, to which you need to try and reduce your ________.

A. hazards ... concern B. hazards ... exposure

C. pollution ... concern D. pollution ... exposure

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【答案解析】 B

【详解】考查名词辨析。句意：出乎意料的是，一些工业材料已经被证明是严重的健康危害，

你需要试着减少与之接触。s危害；concern担忧；s危害；exposure接

触；ion污染；concern担忧；ion污染；exposure接触。根据主语Some

industrial materials可知，此处是说一些工业材料是严重的健康危害。定语从句中which

指代先行词Some industrial materials，且介词to表明此处是指减少和一些工业材料的

接触。故选B。

19 ________ the possible failure, I lowered the difficulty of the vocabulary

choices.

A. Concerned about B. Concerned with

C. Concerning about D. Concerning with

【答案解析】 A

【详解】考查短语辨析和非谓语。句意：担心可能会失败，我降低了词汇选择的难度。A.

Concerned about担心；B. Concerned with关心，与......有关；C. Concerning about 关

于；D. Concerning with 关心。由句意可知，担心有失败的可能性，所以降低了选择难度，

短语be concerned about“担心”符合语境，此处省去be动词，用形容词短语作状语。故

选A项。

20 Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words

given in the brackets.

73. 这个学院是以一位已故大学校长的名字来命名的，是吗?（name）（汉译英）

74. 妈妈总是在人员密集的地方佩戴口罩。难怪她很少得感冒。（wonder）（汉译英）

75. 就环保而言，应该鼓励人们进行垃圾分类并选择极简主义的生活方式。（As far as）（汉

译英）

76. 为什么小王虽然日理万机、收入颇丰，却整天郁郁寡欢、入不敷出呢？（How）（汉译英）

【答案解析】 college is named after a late university principal, isn’t

it?

always wears a mask in crowded places. No wonder she seldom catches a cold.

far as environmental protection is concerned, people should be encouraged to

sort garbage and choose the minimalistic lifestyle.

come little Wang has a busy schedule and a handsome salary but feels

depressed/unhappy/melancholic all day and can’t make both ends meet?

73.考查一般现在时、固定搭配和反义疑问句。表示“这个学院”为this colledge，来做

句子的主语。表示“以……命名”使用固定搭配“be named after”来做句子谓语动词。表

示“一位已故的大学校长”则翻译为a late university principal，来做句子的宾语。本

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句陈述一个客观事实，需要用一般现在时，且主语是单数，谓语动词也要用单数，所以主句

为This college is named after a late university principal.句末的“是吗”需要用

反义疑问句，谓语动词为“is named after”且主语是物，所以反义疑问句为isn’t it。

故翻译为This college is named after a late university principal, isn’t it?

74.考查固定短语，以及主谓宾，动词时态等。根据句意，句子为一般现在时，因主语为第

三人称单数，主谓一致，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。表示“妈妈总是佩戴口罩”用主

谓宾句型，根据句意，宾语“口罩”用可数名词单数，前面用不定冠词限定，译为Mom always

wears a mask；表示“在人员密集的地方”短语为in crowded places（可数名词复数）；

表示“难怪”短语为no wonder；表示“她很少得感冒”主谓宾句型为she seldom catches

a cold（catch a cold为固定短语）。注意句子开头字母大写，故翻译为Mom always wears

a mask in crowded places. No wonder she seldom catches a cold.

75.考查固定短语和被动语态。根据句意表示“就……而言”可知短语为as far

as…concerned；表示“环保”短语为environmental protection；句子主语为people，表

示“被鼓励做某事”应用be encouraged to do sth.，且should后跟动词原形；表示“垃

圾分类”短语为sort garbage；表示“选择”应用choose；表“极简主义的生活方式”短

语为the minimalistic lifestyle。故翻译为As far as environmental protection is

concerned, people should be encouraged to sort garbage and choose the minimalistic

lifestyle.

76.考查疑问句式、短语和时态。“为什么……呢”用How come+陈述句的结构。“日理万

机”翻译为have a busy schedule；“收入颇丰”翻译为a handsome salary；“郁郁寡欢”

翻译为feel depressed/unhappy/melancholic；“入不敷出”翻译为make both ends meet。

陈述现在事实，所以用一般现在时。主语为单数，所以谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。故

翻译为How come little Wang has a busy schedule and a handsome salary but feels

depressed/unhappy/melancholic all day and can’t make both ends meet?

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