二、短文填空
KEY→P13
范畴:人与自然
主题:动物世界
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,在横线上填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Hi! Look at me! I have a head that looks like a 1 (horse) head. I have a tail that 2 (look) like a cat's tail. I also have a pouch like a kangaroo's pouch. What am I? I am a sea horse!
I am a pretty and strange animal. I might not look like a fish, 3 I am a real fish. I swim upright. When you go into the sea and see me 4 (swim) upright, don't be too 5 (surprise).
Do you know why I can swim upright? That's because I have 6 large fin on my back. The large fin 7 (help) me swim upright. It can also help me get through the water 8 (free).
Look at the small fins on my head. They are much 9 (small) than the one on my back. The small fins help me swim too. They can help me to turn right or left. With the help 10 the fins, I can swim here and there.
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1. horse's 考查名词所有格。分析句子结构可知,此处应用名词所有格修饰后面的名词head。
2. looks 考查时态和主谓一致。根据语境可知,此处用一般现在时。that指代的是a tail。因此,此处要用look的第三人称单数形式。
3. but 考查连词。I might not look like a fish与I am a real fish构成转折关系。故此处用连词but表转折。
4. swimming/swim 考查固定搭配。see sb. doing sth. 意为“看到某人正在做某事”; see sb. do sth. 意为“看到某人做某事”。故可填swimming或swim。
5. surprised 考查形容词。此处应用形容词作表语。修饰人时,表示“感到惊讶的”要用surprised。
6. a 考查冠词。此处泛指“一个巨大的背鳍”,应用不定冠词,且large发音以辅音音素开头,故填a。
7. helps 考查时态和主谓一致。主语是The large fin,时态为一般现在时,故谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式helps。
8. freely 考查副词。此处修饰动词短语,要用副词freely。
9. smaller 考查比较级。由空后的than可知,此处要用small的比较级smaller。
10. of 考查介词。“with the help of ...”意为“在……的帮助下”。

三、阅读表达
KEY→P14
范畴:人与自我
主题:丰富生活
体裁:记叙文
难度:★★★
建议用时:8分钟
评价:/3
请认真阅读下面短文,并根据短文内容回答问题。
The night before I go to school, Grandpa cooks beef and potatoes for dinner. I don't want to eat too much meat, so before bed Mom brings me a heated bag filled with dried corn. The warmth of the corn bag almost makes me feel better.
“Do I have to start school this year?” I ask many times. “It’s almost summer. The school year’s almost over.”
“Maybe you’ll like school,” Mom says, smoothing my hair. “Have a good sleep, OK?”
英语嗨吧
Before I turn out the lamp, I take out my notebook from under the bed. I've started a list of Old Things I Miss: the taste of salt, seagulls(海鸥), and friends to play with.
That night I dream of seagulls calling, their shouts rising and falling with the wind. They fly over the sea, following the fish boats.
I open my eyes and look up at the pink ceiling in the early morning light. I'm awake, but I still hear seagulls. I rub(揉) my eyes and sit up. I hear something else, too: the sound of the farm machine. I walk down the stairs to the back gate and watch out. Grandpa is driving his tractor(拖拉机), pulling something that turns over the soil. A group of birds fly around the tractor.
Seagulls don't seem to care that they don't live here. Their gray wings skim(掠过) the freshly turned soil, as if they are more at home here than over the waters.
1. What does Grandpa do the night before the writer goes to school?

2. What's on the “Old Things I Miss” list?

3. Why do seagulls fly around the tractor?

1. He cooks beef and potatoes for dinner.
2. The taste of salt, seagulls and friends.
3. Maybe to look for food.
(言之有理即可)

【解析】
1. 定位原文第一段第一句"The night before I go to school, Grandpa cooks beef and potatoes for dinner."，可直接提取对应答案。
2. 定位原文第四段"I've started a list of Old Things I Miss: the taste of salt, seagulls, and friends to play with."，整理信息即可得到答案。
3. 结合上下文语境，拖拉机翻耕土壤后会将土里的昆虫、种子等食物翻出，海鸥围绕拖拉机飞是为了寻找食物，表述合理即可。
【答案】
1. He cooks beef and potatoes for dinner.
2. The taste of salt, seagulls and friends.
3. Maybe to look for food. (言之有理即可)
【知识点】
细节定位阅读
语境推理判断
信息整合表达
【点评】
本题前两道题可直接从原文定位获取答案，第三道题需要结合生活常识和文本语境进行合理推断，整体难度适中，既考查学生快速定位文本信息的能力，也锻炼了学生的逻辑推理和语言表达能力。
【难度系数】
0.7