第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Many workers have had no choice but to adapt to working from home in recent months since offices shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic (新冠疫情). And the noisy situation and endless housework may result in a terrible emotion. A new option is waiting foryou. That is WFH: work from a hotel.
Hotel Figuero
A special program titled Work Perks aims to reposition some of 94-year-old Hotel Figuero’s 268 rooms as day-use offices.
According to Managing Director Connie Wang, the set-up launched in June and is a great opportunity to get out of their houses with high-speed Wi-Fi, unlimited printing privileges and free parking. The 350-square-foot rooms sell for $ 129 per day, with an option to extend to an overnight stay for an additional $ 20.
The Wythe
A boutique hotel in Brooklyn. The hotel recently announced a partnership with co-working office space company Industrious through which it is recycling 13 second-story guest rooms to serve as offices for up to four people.
Each of the rooms has a small outdoor platform, and dogs are welcome. Pricing starts at $ 200 and goes up to $ 275, depending on how many people use the space.
The Sawyer
The Sawyer, in Sacramento, California, is offering pool cabanas (更衣室) for use as outdoor offices, complete with fast Wi-Fi, free parking and catered lunch for $ 150 per day.
HotelsByDay
Yannis Moati founded HotelsByDay back in 2015. That company has grown to include more than 1,500 hotels, and has seen a significant increase in the number of inquiries for day-use bookings lately.
Moati said the current situation will force hotels to upgrade themselves to stay alive, and he predicted that offering rooms for day-use only is one of the directions they will go. 1.How much should one pay for a 24-hour stay in Hotel Figuero?
A.$ 129. B.$ 149. C.$ 150. D.$ 200.
2.Which hotel allows pets in?
A.The Wythe. B.The Sawyer. C.HotelsByDay. D.Hotel Figuero. 3.What do we know about Yannis Moati? A.He started a program titledWork Perks. B.He has upgraded at least 1,500 rooms. C.He usually predicts everything correctly. D.He is optimistic about the WFH trend.
B
According to statistics published by the BPI (Buying Power Index) a couple of months ago, digital streaming (流媒体) now accounts for 80 percent of the music consumption in the UK. Despite the incredible growth of online streaming platforms like iTunes, Apple Music and Tidal over the past 15 years, a more traditional medium has also seen a return of interest and sales in the music industry. In 2020, almost one in five of all albums purchased in the UK is vinyl (黑胶唱片), and it has once again become the most popular physical musical medium.
With digital streaming so easy and convenient, why are so many peopledrawn to traditional records? Some experts claim that vinyl is a physical medium for experiencing music, something tangible (有形的) to hold and own. For most people, having something tangible and interacting with it gives depth to the experience of music. Listening to an album and touching it the way the artist intended can make them feel more connected to the music and the artist. Records are physical products that can be not only displayed but also gifted, shared, traded and passed down through generations.
Sound quality is another hot topic. A lot of music lovers feel that the analogue sound (模拟声音) vinyl offers is superior to modern digital audio, particularly with regards to the compressed formats streaming platforms use. There’s a common belief that old-school analogue audio has a warmer, fuller sound than digitised music. For vinyl followers, the very defect traditional recorders often have, such as the familiar crackle (劈啪作响) when the record starts, bring the music to life in a different way.
There’s aritualisticaspect to vinyl that a lot of people are drawn to, too. The act of putting a record on—carefully removing the record from the sleeve, placing it on the record player and gently dropping the needle on the right groove (凹槽)—is a more assiduous (一丝不苟的), mindful way of engaging with music. When you’re listening to vinyl, you can’t tap abutton and go about your day while the streaming service provides hours of music. You need to stay close to the record player to move the needle and flip the record over.
It’s clear that the vinyl interest is well underway, and vinyl records are truly making a comeback. In an increasingly digital society, there’s something to be said for analogue experiences. Perhaps one of the great things about being alive in the 21st century is our ability to have the best of both worlds—the timeless appeal of physical records alongside the easy access to vast music libraries that streaming offers. 4. What are the statistics published by the BPI used to show? A. An increase in music consumption. B. The recovery of music industry. C. A comeback of a physical medium. D. The acceptance of online streaming.
5. According to some experts, why does vinyl interest many people? A. It attracts people by its realistic feel. B. It offers simple access to different music. C. It shares a new way to enjoy music. D. It provides people with perfect sound effect.
6. The underlined word “ritualistic” in Para.4 means something ______. A. Overlooked by society. B. Updated very frequently. C. Performed as part of a ceremony. D. Kept for a long time without changing.
7. How does the writer feel about the future development of music medium? A. Traditional records will get underway. B. The analogue experiences may matter more. C. Vinyl sales will boom with technological advance. D. There should be a good mix of old and new.
C
Imagine the feeling of swinging at a baseball going 100 miles per hour—without leaving your living room, or being in race car as it roars down the track, while you are sitting on the couch.
These are just some of the ways that sports business leaders say virtual reality (VR) will revolutionize how people train for and experience sports. Virtual and augmented（增强的）realities are together known as mixed reality (MR). “American footballers are already using VR to better train their minds andread the field,” Ludden said. “This can allow players to perfect their skills without risking injury.”
Canadian company D-BOX Technologies designs and produces moving seats found in cinema and theme parks. It is now moving into sports, and shows its Formula One (F1) racing simulator（模拟器）. The seats stimulate the force of gravity, speed and every shaking as Fl champion Lewis Hamilton zips around city streets.
A simulation seat uses pre-programed data now. Someday, though, it could use real-time information sent by the car. “They couldbroadcast live content through a network in pop-up theaters around the world,” Ludden said. Say you want to experience the true stress of a batter being up against major-league baseball pitcher. “You can have a heartbeat added to the sensation on the seat and then you can feel it, boom, boom,” Maheu explained. “When he swings and hits the ball, you can have an impact.”
One day, fans around the world could physically experience every game from their favorite player in real time. Ludden said that current and near-future technology could create “augmented stadiums” for live audiences. Panasonic launched its “Smart Venue” plans which included the overlaying of graphics, advertisements, player statistics and replays on the field of play at a pro football game. “If you are seated in the cheap seats, you can see this really useful.” “Fans may someday join in stadium wide games, using the field as a virtual gaming platform,” Ludden added.
8. What does the underlined phrase “read the field” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Get off the playing field. B. Build up a football court.
C. Judge the situation on the field. D. Ask players to play on the spot. 9. What does Maheu think audiences can do in the future baseball game? A. Enjoy live content in any theater. B. Program the simulation seats in advance. C. Control the force and speed of the baseball. D. Experience the real time game with the player.
10. What does Ludden mainly describe in the last paragraph? A. The origin of VR. B. A future stadium.
C. An advertisement platform. D. The expectations of audiences. 11. What is the main idea of the text? A. VR can improve players' skills for sports. B. VR increases fans' joy in the baseball game.
C. VR can improve sports experience for players and fans.
D. VR promises a new future for football players and games.
D
Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts and events based on specific details.
The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.
Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.
A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test performance in a laboratorysetting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”
For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the game in a larger pool of participants. 12. What is the passage mainly about? A. People's memory gradually fails as they age. B. People of different ages should play VR games. C. Virtual reality changes people's memory. D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.
13. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research? A. satisfied. B. enthusiastic. C. cautious. D. concerned.
14. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________. A. the lack of financial support. B. the limited pool of participants.
C. the unsatisfying test performance. D. the impractical application in real world. 15. Where may the passage come from? A. A novel. B. A review. C. A magazine. D. A guidebook. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项
Why Drawing is Important for Your Child's Development
One of the first things a child can do is pick up a pencil and start drawing. And as new technologies are becoming much more accessible, they bring with them new ways to learn important creative skills.___16___Here are just some of the reasons why drawing is important for children's development.
Drawing makes children more expressive.
Children can't always express themselves using words and actions. And drawing is another important form of communication. You can understand your child's thoughts and feelings better through their drawings.___17___
Drawing develops your kid's problem solving skills.
When drawing, a child is faced with several decisions — whether it's “What colour should I use here?” or “How do I draw an animal and connect one part of its body to another?”___18___Try asking them why they used certain colours or why they drew certain parts the way they did. Then see what solutions they came to.
___19___
Each time they draw they access their imagination and make physical representations (再呈现) of what's in their mind. People's imaginations have allowed them to create all of the things that we use and are surrounded by every day.
Drawing gets your kids ready for school.
___20___Whether your child is still at home with you or at school already, drawing helps them prepare for understanding more difficult ideas. Learning these creative ways of thinking at an early age readies a child for future education.
A. Drawing makes your kids active physically. B. Drawing lets your kids' imagination run wild. C. Drawing is one of the early basics of thinking.
D. Being happy can increase problem solving skills. E.All these questions require them to solve problems. F. We see drawing as one of the most basic of these skills. G. Being able to express what theyfeel also develops a child's EQ.
第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
It was on Father's Day, 20. 17. When I climbed up the final hill of the 13,0. 41 -foot-highGrandTraversePeak, my new running____21____, Merle - a one-year-old shepherd dog — was____22____to be seen.
I felt a terrifying attack as I____23____my way down the hill, still seeing no____24____of him. Then, several hundred feet____25____down, I saw his____26____on a five-foot-wide snow. I followed them carefully until they____27____off a steep chute（斜坡）.About 80. 0. feet below, the chute ended in a rock field and a massive cliff（悬崖）.Below that, I could see a wide, empty, snow-covered____28____There was no sign of Merle in the rock field. Then____29____I saw something running in the basin below me. \"There he is!\" I ran down. Merle was running downhill away from me. I couldn't follow his_____30_____without technical climbing_____31_____, so I needed to find a safer way down. I could hear the bells on Merle's collar（项圈），but I couldn't see him. Ispent another hour_____32_____around until the bells on the collar and Merle's heavy breathing disappeared. That day, I went home with deep_____33_____
Three weeks later, a woman named Dana Gumber_____34_____a poor dog outside her yard, weak and extremely thin. Luckily, Gumber found the dog still had a collar. That afternoon, she_____35_____a message on my cellphone: \"I have Merle. Please_____36_____me. I called her back and got a（n）_____37_____answer : Merle was still alive.
I drove him to the animal hospital from Gumber's house. Merle was skinny weak after the long_____38_____with wounds, but, surprisingly, none of his_____39_____were broken. Over the next week Merle_____40_____beautifully.
21. A. racer B. partner C. traveler D. staff
22. A. everywhere B. anywhere C. somewhere D. nowhere 23. A. picked B. arranged C. lost D. forced 24. A. attention B. belt C. sign D. shelter 25. A. later B. longer C. higher D. farther 26. A. legs B. figures C. footprints D. sledges
27. A. took B. disappeared C. sank D. turned 28. A. house B. basin C. hill D. river
29. A. In turn B. As well C. In addition D. All at once 30. A. route B. words C. goal D. instructions
31. A. organization B. training C. equipment D. preparation 32. A. searching B. coming C. sticking D. getting 33. A. excitement B. sadness C. shock D. confusion 34. A. fed B. treated C. noticed D. heard 35. A. received B. took C. wrote D. left 36. A. help B. appreciate C. record D. call
37. A. extraordinary B. distant C. amazing D. anxious 38. A. journey B. voyage C. adventure D. transport 39. A. spirits B. bones C. goods D. functions 40. A. recovered B. grew C. screamed D. benefited 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Many kinds of music can stir imagination and produce strong feelings. For some people,___41.___(romance) composers such as Chopin and Tchaikovsky improve feelings of love and sympathy. Religious and spiritual music can help some people feel peace or lessen their pain. But one musician seems to have___42.___unique ability of healing (治愈) the human body—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Scientists have found Mozart's music to be remarkable in its ability___43.___(calm) its listeners. It can also increase their perceptions, and help them express themselves more___44.___(clear).
Many amazing cases have been documented using Mozart___45.___a healing aid. For example, a tiny premature(早产的) baby___46.___( name) Krissy, who weighed just 1.5 pounds at birth, was on total life support. Doctors thought she had little chance of survival. Her mother insisted on playing Mozart for Krissy, and thought it would save her daughter's life. Krissy lived,___47.___she was very small for her age and slower than the average child. At the age of four, she showed an interest in music and her parents gave her violin lessons. To their___48.___(astonish), Krissy was able to play musical pieces from memory___49.___were far beyond the ability of an average four-year-old child.____50.____(play) music helped her improve in all areas of her life. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My little brother is born last year and now he is nearly one year old. Last week, my mother was such busy that she asked me to take care my brother for half a day. I agreed without some hesitation. I thought it would be fairly easy. Two hours late, it turned out that I was wrong. As she was too young to walk, he crawled (爬) everywhere. Once he was out of my sight, and something bad would happen. I needed to focus my attentions all the time. As a result, I was so tiring. Raising a child is never a easy job. 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的英国网友Harry发邮件询问你最喜欢的运动。请你根据以下所给提示，向他介绍你最喜欢的运动。内容包括：
1.何时开始喜欢上这项运动； 2.现在练习这项运动的情况； 3.你的理想。 注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯。
参考答案
1. B 2. A 3. D
4. C 5. A 6. C 7. D
8. C 9. D 10. B 11. C
12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C
16. F 17. G 18. E 19. B 20. C
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. C 32.
A 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. A
41. romantic
42. a 43. to calm 44. clearly
45. as 46. named
47. but 48. astonishment 49. that/which 50. Playing
51.(1). is→was (2). such→so (3). 在care后加of (4). some→any and (8). attentions→attention (9). tiring→tired (10). a→an 52.略
(5). late→later (6). she→he (7). 删除
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