二、一代人有一代人的特点。请阅读短文,用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每个单词限用一次。
without alone bring
they first grow learn
family new view use
Born to Be the Same?
A generation means a group of people born around the same time. People in one generation grow up at the same time, so they usually have similar 1. of the world.
Generation X refers to people born between 1965 and 1980. Back then, many 2. had two working parents. Kids often stayed at home 3. after school until their parents got home. This is one big reason why most Gen Xers( X世代人) are good at looking after 4. .
Generation Y, or millennials(千禧一代), is the group born between 1981 and 1996. Like Gen Xers, millennials 5. up with their busy working parents. People sometimes call them the "Me Generation" because they tend to (倾向于) put their own needs 6. . Even so, they are open to 7. ideas.
Generation Z, also known as the "I Generation", is the group born after the mid-1990s. They have never lived in a world 8. the internet. They have smartphones and 9. the internet very often, making them the most online-connected generation so far. They 10. about the world through the internet. For this reason, many people believe Generation Z will 11. positive(积极的) changes to the world.

1. views
2. families
3. alone
4. themselves
5. grew
6. first
7. new
8. without
9. use
10. learn
11. bring

【分析】首先通读短文，明确主题为不同世代的特点，解题思路是结合每个空的语境、语法规则（词性、时态、固定搭配等），从方框所给单词中选适当形式填空，且每个单词限用一次。具体步骤：1. 分析第1空需表示“观点”，用view的复数；2. 第2空many后接可数名词复数，选family变families；3. 第3空修饰动词用副词，选alone；4. 第4空用固定搭配look after oneself，选they的反身代词themselves；5. 第5空描述过去动作，用grow的过去式grew；6. 第6空用固定搭配put...first，选first；7. 第7空修饰名词用形容词，选new；8. 第8空表示“没有”，选介词without；9. 第9空用一般现在时谓语动词，选use；10. 第10空用固定搭配learn about，选learn；11. 第11空用will后的动词原形，选bring。
【解析】
1. 句意：同一代人通常有相似的世界观。view是可数名词，此处表泛指“观点”，用复数形式views，故填views。
2. many后接可数名词复数，family的复数为families，句意为“许多家庭有双职工父母”，故填families。
3. 此处修饰动词短语stayed at home，需用副词，alone作副词意为“独自地”，符合语境，故填alone。
4. 固定搭配look after oneself意为“照顾自己”，主语为most Gen Xers（复数），故用反身代词themselves，填themselves。
5. 此处描述过去的成长经历，用一般过去时，grow的过去式为grew，故填grew。
6. 固定搭配put sth first意为“把某物放在首位”，符合语境“倾向于把自己的需求放在首位”，故填first。
7. 形容词new修饰名词ideas，意为“新想法”，符合语境“对新想法持开放态度”，故填new。
8. 介词without意为“没有”，句意为“他们从未生活在没有互联网的世界里”，故填without。
9. 此处为一般现在时，主语they，谓语动词用原形，use the internet意为“使用互联网”，故填use。
10. 固定搭配learn about意为“了解”，一般现在时主语they，用动词原形，故填learn。
11. will后接动词原形，bring changes to意为“给...带来变化”，符合语境“Z世代将给世界带来积极变化”，故填bring。
【答案】1. views 2. families 3. alone 4. themselves 5. grew 6. first 7. new 8. without 9. use 10. learn 11. bring
【知识点】单词适当形式填空；固定搭配；时态运用
【点评】本题为英语选词填空题，围绕不同世代的特点展开，考查学生对单词词义、词性、固定搭配及时态的掌握，需结合语境逐一分析每个空的要求，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6

三、海豚有着独特的交流方式,但人类尚未理解它们的“语言”。请阅读短文,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。
Scientists put a mother dolphin(海豚) in one room and her two-year-old baby in another. A sound tube(传声管) connected the two rooms, and soon the two dolphins talked to each other.
In the test, if one dolphin made a sound, the other would repeat(重复) it. Scientists believed the dolphins knew exactly who they were talking with.
People have known for a long time that animals can communicate with one another. But dolphins are special—they have a smart way to communicate. When dolphins stay in groups, they make many different sounds to chat. After watching and recording dolphins for many years, scientists are sure that dolphins have conversations. They just cannot figure out(弄明白) what dolphins say now.
Dolphins do not only use sounds to communicate. They also use body language. They send messages to other dolphins by moving their bodies in special ways, or by opening and closing their mouths quickly.
Scientists hope they can work out dolphins' language one day. They want to find out more about these lovely, interesting sea animals.
1. What is the study for? ()
A. Building underwater telephones.
B. Protecting dolphins from danger.
C. Understanding how dolphins commu-
nicate.
D. Listening to sounds made by dolphin groups.
2. Why did the scientists believe the two dolphins were talking? ()
A. They used body movements.
B. One repeated the other's sounds.
C. They lived together in the same room.
D. They opened and closed their mouths quickly.
3. How do dolphins communicate accord-
ing to the study? ()
①By using body language.
②By using different sounds.
③With special underwater tools.
④Through quick mouth movements.
⑤By drawing symbols with their tails.
A. ②③⑤ B. ①②④
C. ①②③ D. ③④⑤
4. What problem do scientists still face according to the passage? ()
A. Protecting dolphins from danger.
B. Finding enough dolphins to study.
C. Building better telephone lines for tests.
D. Understanding dolphin communi-
cation.

1. What is the study for? ( C )
2. Why did the scientists believe the two dolphins were talking? ( B )
3. How do dolphins communicate accord- ing to the study? ( B )
4. What problem do scientists still face according to the passage? ( D )

【分析】
这是一篇关于海豚交流方式的英语阅读理解题，解题思路为：先通读短文把握大意，再针对每道题的问题，回到原文定位对应语句，对比选项选出与原文匹配的最佳答案。具体各题思考：1. 定位研究目的相关内容；2. 定位科学家判断海豚在交流的依据；3. 定位海豚的交流方式；4. 定位科学家面临的难题。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据短文第一段及第三段，研究围绕海豚的交流展开，目的是理解海豚如何交流，选项C符合；A、B、D均与研究目的不符，故选C。
2. 第2题：短文第二段明确提到“if one dolphin made a sound, the other would repeat it”，这是科学家认为两只海豚在交流的依据，选项B正确；A、D是海豚交流的其他方式，C与实验设置（两个房间）不符，故选B。
3. 第3题：短文第四段指出海豚用不同声音交流，还通过肢体语言（包括快速开合嘴）传递信息，对应①②④；③“特殊水下工具”、⑤“用尾巴画符号”原文未提及，故排除，选B。
4. 第4题：短文第三段最后提到科学家无法弄明白海豚说什么，即面临理解海豚交流的难题，选项D正确；A、B、C均与原文表述不符，故选D。
【答案】
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节信息定位
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解细节题，考查学生快速定位原文关键信息的能力，内容贴近动物科普，难度不大，只要仔细阅读原文即可准确作答。
【难度系数】
0.7