一、听力理解。
来了解一下美国初中生庆祝毕业的方式。请听下面一段独白，根据独白内容完成下列句子，每个空格不超过3个单词。独白读两遍。
1. American students often have a school to celebrate the end of junior high.
2. Some students decorate the school gym with balloons, , and other things.
3. They plan the and prepare the food for the celebration.
4. The food may come from a restaurant or be made by the .
5. The girls usually wear pretty for the activity.

1. dance
2. lights
3. music
4. parents
5. dresses

二、任务型阅读。
职业学校是怎样的？请阅读下面短文，完成下列任务。
Mark Smith is a student at a vocational school—a school where people learn how to do many of the jobs that
are needed in modern society.
“After I finished junior high school, my results 1. that I was better at doing things than at reading books. And I had to decide 2. I wanted to make a living in the future. I’m the sort of person who is good at making things with my hands. 3. I chose to go to a vocational school.” Now, he learns how 4. machines.
“Everyone needs a skill that is 5. if they want a good life. And I like learning about how things work,” he says.
Mark tells people that he is very happy about his 6. . “Now I can study the things that I like best. Everyone wants to study what they are good at, don’t they?” He believes that he has a bright 7. ahead of him. “We can’t have a society where 8. works in an office.
Workers who can make things and repair things will 9. be needed.”
When people ask Mark what he is most 10. in, he smiles, “Planes. I don’t know why I’ve always loved machines that 11. , but I do. One day, I’m going to help repair the planes that carry people all over the world.”
任务一:请用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每个单词限用一次。
fly interested always future
how so repair useful show
choice everyone
任务二:请根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
1. Why did Mark choose to go to a vocational school? ()
A. He wanted to be a pilot.
B. He didn’t like senior high school.
C. His parents told him to learn a skill.
D. He was better at doing things than at reading books.
2. What does Mark think of workers who make and repair things? ()
A. They make little money.
B. They can be easily replaced.
C. They are important to society.
D. They are less important than office workers.
任务三:提升题请根据短文内容和你的思考回答以下问题。
What do you think of students in vocational schools?

1. showed
2. how
3. So
4. to repair
5. useful
6. choice
7. future
8. everyone
9. always
10. interested
11. fly
任务一：请用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每个单词限用一次。
fly interested always future
how so repair useful show
choice everyone
任务二：
1. D
2. C
任务三：
I think they are important to society.
Because our society needs different workers to do different jobs.

【分析】
本题为英语任务型阅读题，分为三个任务：任务一需用方框内单词的适当形式填空，解题思路是先明确每个单词的词义，再结合上下文语境、句子时态、固定搭配及词性要求选择合适单词并变形，注意单词限用一次；任务二为阅读理解选择题，需回到原文定位对应信息，对比选项排除错误答案；任务三为开放性问答，需结合短文主旨（职业学校学生对社会的重要性）组织通顺、符合逻辑的语言作答。
【解析】
任务一：1. 句子描述过去的结果，用动词show的过去式showed；2. 此处表谋生的方式，用疑问词how；3. 前文说明擅长动手，后文是结果，用连词So；4. 固定搭配learn how to do sth，故用to repair；5. 修饰skill，用形容词useful；6. 此处指“选择”，用名词choice；7. 固定搭配bright future（光明的未来），用名词future；8. 句意为“不能所有人都在办公室工作”，用代词everyone；9. 句意为“总是需要”，用副词always；10. 固定搭配be interested in，用形容词interested；11. 指代飞机这类会飞的机器，用动词fly。
任务二：1. 原文第二段明确提到Mark擅长动手而非读书，对应选项D；2. 原文指出社会需要制造、修理东西的工人，说明这类工人对社会重要，对应选项C。
任务三：结合短文提到社会需要不同类型的工人，组织语言说明职业学校学生对社会的重要性，符合要求即可。
【答案】
任务一：1. showed 2. how 3. So 4. to repair 5. useful 6. choice 7. future 8. everyone 9. always 10. interested 11. fly
任务二：1. D 2. C
任务三：I think they are important to society. Because our society needs different workers to do different jobs.
【知识点】
英语词汇运用、英语阅读理解、英语开放性问答
【点评】
本题围绕职业学校主题设计，涵盖词汇填空、选择阅读、开放性问答三类题型，全面考察学生的词汇基础、信息定位能力和语言表达能力，贴近生活实际，有助于学生理解职业教育的价值，题型设置合理。
【难度系数】
0.6