D.短文理解(本题共5小题,每小题1分,满分5分)
听短文,选择正确的答案。短文读两遍。
()16. Who is the speaker?
A. A music teacher. B. A manager.
C. A student reporter.
()17. When can students listen to music?
A. During breakfast. B. During lunch.
C. During supper.
()18. Why do more than half of the students agree with the idea?
A. It helps them relax. B. It offers music knowledge.
C. It makes them eat well.
()19. What do 30% of the students think of pop music?
A. Beautiful. B. Boring. C. Noisy.
()20. What do 6% of the students advise the school to do?
A. Offer more nice food.
B. Provide more kinds of music.
C. Report news at home and abroad.

16. C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. B

Ⅱ.完形填空(本题共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
Everyone makes mistakes while writing. Luckily, we have erasers to help us 21 them.
Have you ever wondered 22 this useful thing was invented at first?
A long time ago,people used soft bread to erase23marks. Bread is a food in life that is liked by so many people24common. It was not until 1770 that a British scientist25natural rubber(橡胶）could clean pencil marks easily.
One day,Joseph Priestley was26. He picked up a bottle with smelling salts. He wanted to clear his head by smelling them. He took the rubber stopper(塞子）out and held it in his hand.27,the pencil marks on his hand were gone. Priestley used the stopper to erase marks on the28at once. It worked well.
In the same year,an English engineer Edward Nairne also used rubber to erase marks. He found it very29. Later,he made the first rubber eraser and started30it at a high price. However,this eraser had31. As people used it,it would break into small pieces. Also,it would smell32after some time. In 1839,Charles Goodyear33these problems. He made erasers that could last longer.
Soon,this small34was introduced to many places and became popular. It came in different shapes,sizes and colours. In 1858,an American put erasers on pencil ends. The new35are called pencil erasers. We still use them today.
()21. A. correct B. click C. keep
()22. A. why B. when C. how
()23. A. pen B. pencil C. milk
()24. A. at B. on C. in
()25. A. refused B. collected C. discovered
()26. A. writing B. reading C. playing
()27. A. Naturally B. Amazingly C. Gradually
()28. A. paper B. head C. bowl
()29. A. safe B. heavy C. helpful
()30. A. selling B. producing C. printing
()31. A. questions B. problems C. advantages
()32. A. sweet B. delicious C. bad
()33. A. raised B. translated C. solved
()34. A. figure B. invention C. position
()35. A. products B. projects C. advertisements

21. A 22. C 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. A

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（橡皮的发明历程），再结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配逐一分析选项，排除不符合逻辑的内容，确保答案契合文章内容与语法规则。
【解析】
21. 前文提到写作会犯错，橡皮用于纠正错误，correct（纠正）符合语境，click（点击）、keep（保持）不符合，选A。
22. 此处询问橡皮最初的发明方式，how（如何）表方式，why（为什么）表原因、when（何时）表时间，选C。
23. 后文多次提及“pencil marks”，结合常识，早期用面包擦铅笔痕迹，选B（铅笔），pen（钢笔）、milk（牛奶）不符合。
24. 固定搭配“in common”意为“通常、普遍”，此处指面包是常见食物，选C，at、on无法与common构成该含义搭配。
25. 英国科学家发现天然橡胶可擦铅笔痕迹，discovered（发现已存在的事物）符合，refused（拒绝）、collected（收集）不符合，选C。
26. 结合写作场景，Joseph Priestley当时在写作，选A（writing），reading（阅读）、playing（玩耍）不符合。
27. 他手上的铅笔痕迹意外消失，Amazingly（令人惊讶地）符合语境，Naturally（自然地）、Gradually（逐渐地）不符合，选B。
28. 擦纸上的痕迹是橡皮的常见用途，paper（纸）符合，head（头）、bowl（碗）不符合，选A。
29. Edward Nairne发现橡胶很有用，helpful（有用的）符合，safe（安全的）、heavy（重的）不符合，选C。
30. 制作橡皮后高价售卖，selling（售卖）符合，producing（生产）、printing（印刷）不符合，选A。
31. 后文提到橡皮会碎裂，属于物品的缺陷，problems（问题，指事物的不足）符合，questions（需回答的疑问）、advantages（优点）不符合，选B。
32. 一段时间后橡皮会有难闻的气味，bad（坏的）符合，sweet（甜的）、delicious（美味的）不符合，选C。
33. Charles Goodyear解决了橡皮的缺陷，solved（解决）符合，raised（提高）、translated（翻译）不符合，选C。
34. 橡皮是一项小发明，invention（发明）符合，figure（人物）、position（位置）不符合，选B。
35. 带橡皮头的铅笔是新产品，products（产品）符合，projects（项目）、advertisements（广告）不符合，选A。
【答案】
21.A 22.C 23.B 24.C 25.C 26.A 27.B 28.A 29.C 30.A 31.B 32.C 33.C 34.B 35.A
【知识点】
完形填空、词汇辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文围绕橡皮的发明历程展开，考查学生对上下文语境的理解、基础词汇的词义辨析及常用固定搭配的掌握，话题贴近生活，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7