五、短文填空 热考内容 传统文化 KEY→P20
范畴:人与社会 主题:传统习俗 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:6分钟 评价:/10
请认真阅读下面短文,填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Putting lion statues outside the buildings is quite common in China. It was 1 (especial) common in ancient times. You can see them at the gates of temples, government offices and the homes of 2 (wealth) people. Usually the statues are made of stones. People believe they can scare away 3 (ghost) and bring good luck. About 2,000 years ago, lions were given to 4 (China) emperors as gifts. After that, the animal could be seen in China. Emperors loved lions 5 they looked strong. They kept lions as pets and as a symbol of power.
Lions became much 6 (popular) in Chinese culture as Buddhism(佛教) came to the country later. Since ancient times, people 7 (put) lion statues outside their houses 8 (protect) their family. They usually put a stone lion on each side of the gate of their home. A male lion stands on the left playing with 9 ball. It stands for power. A female lion is on the right 10 a baby lion under her left paw. She stands for a large and happy family.
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本文主要介绍了在建筑物外放狮子雕像这一习俗的由来及寓意。
1. especially 考查副词。common为形容词,需用副词来修饰,especial的副词形式为especially。
2. wealthy 考查形容词。people为名词,要用形容词修饰,wealth的形容词形式为wealthy。
3. ghosts 考查名词的数。句意:人们相信它们能吓跑鬼,并且带来好运。ghost为可数名词,此处表示复数概念,应用其复数形式。
4. Chinese 考查形容词。所填写词修饰名词emperors,需用形容词。
5. because 考查连词。根据"Emperors loved lions... they looked strong."可知,空处前后为因果关系,前果后因,空后表述皇帝喜欢狮子的原因,故填because。
6. more popular 考查比较级。句意:随着佛教后来传入中国,狮子在中国文化中变得更受欢迎。much修饰比较级,故填more popular。
7. have put 考查时态和主谓一致。根据Since ancient times可知,句子时态用现在完成时;主语people为复数名词,助动词用have。
8. to protect 考查非谓语动词。根据语境可知,把石狮雕像放屋外的目的是保护家人,此处应该用动词不定式作目的状语。
9. a 考查冠词。根据句意可知,雄狮站在左侧玩球。空处表示泛指,ball为单数可数名词,发音以辅音音素开头,故填不定冠词a。
10. with 考查介词。此处表示雌狮在右边,左爪下有一头小狮子。用with表示"有,带有"。

六、阅读表达
KEY→P20
范畴:人与社会 主题:心理现象 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:5分钟 评价:/3
请认真阅读下面短文,用英语回答短文后的问题。
It's a school day morning. You are dressing yourself in the bedroom. Meanwhile, you are reminding yourself to grab your backpack from the living room. But as you walk through your bedroom door and into the living room, you suddenly forget why you go there.
Most people would blame themselves for having a bad memory. But scientists believe that the act of walking through doorways makes us forget things. They call it the "doorway effect(门口效应)".
Scientists from the University of Notre Dame in the USA did an experiment. They placed several objects into two rooms. Students had to put an object from Room A into a shoebox and then carry it to Room B through a doorway. In Room B, they exchanged it for another object and
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brought it back to Room A in the shoebox. To compare the results, students were also asked to do the same task without walking through a doorway. During the experiment, scientists would randomly ask the students which object was currently in their shoebox. Scientists found that their answers were slower and even wrong when they walked through a doorway and into a new room.
"Entering through a doorway serves as a 'boundary' in the mind," the leading scientist said. Setting "boundaries" in our minds not only helps us organize the contents of our brains, but it can also cause us to forget things. For example, when you walk into the living room, your brain thinks the task of getting your backpack has already been "done", so it moves on.
1. Where is the University of Notre Dame?

2. Why did the scientists do the experiment?

3. What can you do to prevent the "doorway effect" from happening?

本文主要介绍了日常生活中经常发生的"门口效应"。科学家们通过实验证明了这一心理现象发生的规律。
1. In the USA. 2. To see whether the "doorway effect" was real. 3. I can write down what I need to do before going into another room.(言之有理即可)