一、完形填空(10分)
Boston really loves ice cream! For example, the new Museum of Ice Cream just opened at the Seaport. My first job was to scoop (挖) ice cream at the Concord Centre. It was a _________ job for someone who is crazy about ice cream. Wearing the white polo shirt uniform, I was full of joy _________ the two miles from my home on that first hot summer day.
The first customer (顾客) was a boy with a Museum of Ice Cream map. “Lemon chip cone (甜筒), please!” he spoke happily. You see, lemon chip was among the most popular _________.
I _________ found that the top of the freezer (冰柜) was empty. My smile froze. Just shy of my _________, I couldn't reach the bottom (底部) while standing up. This little boy would be watching a _________ that would be repeated many times an hour. I would put my head first into the freezer, feet waving in the air, trying not to lose my _________ and fall in. But sometimes I'd fall in.
By day's end, I'd bike home, white polo shirt _________ with colourful marks from a hard day's work, arms with too many cones. But Friday afternoons got me so _________! With my 45 from work—enough for two museum tickets—I'd race to the Museum of Ice Cream.
I felt this was teaching me something important, but I wasn't sure what. When I bit into my weekly _________—lemon chip, of course—I tasted something better: the sweetness of hot summers, cold freezers, and a girl who kept reaching even when the ice cream seemed too far.
( ) 1. A. school B. dream C. night D. volunteer
( ) 2. A. driving B. running C. walking D. riding
( ) 3. A. tastes B. colours C. shapes D. styles
( ) 4. A. slowly B. easily C. suddenly D. mainly
( ) 5. A. looks B. weight C. height D. character
( ) 6. A. scene B. film C. surprise D. fight
( ) 7. A. job B. way C. mind D. balance
( ) 8. A. provided B. full C. filled D. designed
( ) 9. A. bored B. excited C. interested D. relaxed
( )10. A. treasure B. treat C. task D. product
答案:1-5 BDACC 6-10 ADCBB
解析:
【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨(本文讲述作者因热爱冰淇淋获得挖冰淇淋的第一份工作,经历小插曲后收获感悟的故事),再结合上下文语境、词汇含义、固定搭配逐一分析每个空,排除不符合逻辑的选项,最终确定答案。
【解析】
1. 第1空:根据前文“crazy about ice cream”(痴迷冰淇淋),可知这份工作是梦想工作,故选B(dream)。
2. 第2空:由后文“By day's end, I'd bike home”可知作者是骑车上班,故选D(riding)。
3. 第3空:lemon chip(柠檬碎)是冰淇淋的口味,故选A(tastes)。
4. 第4空:结合语境,作者突然发现冰柜顶部空了,故选C(suddenly)。
5. 第5空:站着够不到冰柜底部,是因为身高不够,故选C(height)。
6. 第6空:小男孩会看到作者够冰淇淋的场景,故选A(scene)。
7. 第7空:作者要保持平衡避免摔倒,lose balance是固定搭配,故选D(balance)。
8. 第8空:be filled with是固定短语,意为“充满”,此处指衬衫上沾满彩色痕迹,故选C(filled)。
9. 第9空:周五拿到工资够买冰淇淋博物馆的票,所以很兴奋,故选B(excited)。
10. 第10空:每周的犒劳(买冰淇淋),treat意为“犒劳”,故选B(treat)。
【答案】
1-5 BDACC 6-10 ADCBB
【知识点】
完形填空解题、词汇辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本文为贴近生活的记叙文,考查学生对语境逻辑、常用词汇及固定搭配的掌握,需结合上下文线索和生活常识解题,难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5
二、阅读理解(16分)
(A)
BEAT THE EXTREME(极端的) HEAT
Heat-related deaths(死亡) can be prevented.

(
D
) 1. Which situation is the most dangerous according to the material?
A. An old man in a park. B. A disabled (残疾的) woman in a house.
C. A child in a classroom. D. An outdoor worker at a construction place.
(
C
) 2. Which one can show the relationship between time and the temperature in a car?
(Outside Temperature: 27℃)

(
D
) 3. The writer writes the material to
.
A. tell people not to stay in the car B. tell people the cause of extreme heat
C. sell light-weight clothes D. teach how to prevent heat-related deaths
B
答案:1-3 DCD
解析:
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题,需结合材料主题和题目类型解题:1.第1题是细节理解题,需判断极端高温下最危险的场景,核心是“暴露在高温环境的时长与程度”,户外建筑工人长时间在户外施工,受高温影响最大;2.第2题考查车内温度与时间的关系,结合材料中关于车内高温的提示对应选项;3.第3题是主旨大意题,需找作者写作目的,材料开头明确点明高温相关死亡可预防,核心是教预防方法。
【解析】
1.第1题:根据材料主题“BEAT THE EXTREME HEAT(对抗极端高温)”,户外建筑工人(D选项)长时间处于户外高温环境,受高温威胁最严重,故选D;
2.第2题:结合车内温度随时间升高的规律及材料提示,对应选项C;
3.第3题:材料开头明确提到“Heat-related deaths can be prevented”,核心是告知人们预防高温相关死亡的方法,故选D。
【答案】1.D 2.C 3.D
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】本题考查英语阅读理解的细节查找与主旨归纳能力,难度适中,学生通过定位关键信息即可解题。
【难度系数】0.6