Passage 1(2024 新课标Ⅰ) 主题：：跨文化沟通
Heatherwick Studio recently built a greenhouse at the edge of the National Trust’s Woolbeding
Gardens. This beautiful structure, named Glasshouse, is at the centre of a new garden that shows
how the Silk Road influences English gardens even in modern times.
The latest 1.
(engineer) techniques are applied to create this protective 2.
(function) structure that is also beautiful. The design features ten steel “sepals(萼片)” made of glass
and aluminium(铝). These sepals open on warm days 3.
(give) the inside plants
sunshine and fresh air. In cold weather, the structure stays 4.
(close) to protect the
plants.
Further, the Silk Route Garden around the greenhouse 5.
(walk) visitors through a
journey influenced by the ancient Silk Road, by which silk as well as many plant species came to
Britain for 6.
first time. These plants included modern Western 7.
(favourite) such as rosemary, lavender and fennel. The garden also contains a winding path that
guides visitors through the twelve regions of the Silk Road. The path offers over 300 plant species
for visitors to see, too.
The Glasshouse stands 8.
a great achievement in contemporary design, to house the
plants of the southwestern part of China at the end of a path retracing(追溯) the steps along the
Silk Route 9.
brought the plants from their native habitat in Asia to come to define
much of the 10.
(rich) of gardening in England.
Passage 2(2024 新课标Ⅱ) 主题：跨文化沟通
Chinese cultural elements commemorating(纪念) Tang Xianzu, 1.
is known as “the
Shakespeare of Asia,” add an international character to Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s
hometown.
Tang and Shakespeare were contemporaries and both died in 1616. Although they could never
have met, there are common 2.
(theme) in their works, said Paul Edmondson, head of
research for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. “Some of the things that Tang was writing about 3.
(be) also Shakespeare’s concerns. I happen to know that Tang’s play The Peony Pavilion(《牡丹
亭》) is similar in some ways 4.
Romeo and Juliet.”
A statue commemorating Shakespeare and Tang was put up at Shakespeare’s Birthplace Garden
in 2017. Two years later, a six-meter-tall pavilion, 5.
(inspire) by The Peony Pavilion,
6.
(build) at the Firs Garden, just ten minutes’ walk from Shakespeare’s birthplace.
Those cultural elements have increased Stratford’s international 7.
(visible), said
Edmondson, adding that visitors walking through the Birthplace Garden were often amazed 8.
(find) the connection between the two great writers.
9.
(recall) watching a Chinese opera version of Shakespeare’s play Richard Ⅲin
Shanghai and meeting Chinese actors who came to Stratford a few years ago to perform parts of
The Peony Pavilion, Edmondson said, “It was very exciting to hear the Chinese language 10.
see how Tang’s play was being performed.”
Passage 3(2023 新课标Ⅰ) 主题：文化习俗
Xiao long bao(soup dumplings), those amazing constructions of delicate dumpling wrappers
encasing hot, 1.
(taste) soup and sweet, fresh meat, are far and away my favorite
Chinese street food. The dumplings arrive steaming and dangerously hot. To eat one, you have to
decide whether 2.
(bite) a small hole in it first, releasing the steam and risking a
spill(溢出), 3.
to put the whole dumpling in your mouth, letting the hot soup explode
on your tongue(舌头).
Shanghai may be the 4.
(recognize) home of the soup dumpling, but food historians
will actually point you to the neighboring ancient canal town of Nanxiang as xiao long bao’s
birthplace. There, you’ll find them prepared differently—more dumpling and less soup—and the
wrappers are pressed 5.
hand rather than rolled.
Nanxiang aside, the best xiao long bao have a fine skin, allowing them 6.
(lift) out
of the steamer basket without tearing or spilling any of 7.
(they) contents. The meat
should be fresh with 8.
touch of sweetness, and the surrounding soup hot, clear and
delicious.
No matter where I buy them, though, one steamer basket is 9.
(rare) enough, yet
two seems greedy, and so I am always left 10.
(want) more next time.
Passage 4(2023 新课标Ⅱ) 主题：跨文化沟通
Whenever I tell people that I teach English at the Berlin Zoo, I almost always get a questioning
look. Behind it, the person is trying to figure out who exactly I teach...the animals?
Since June 2017, right before the 1.
(arrive) of the two new pandas, Meng Meng
and Jiao Qing, I have been helping the panda keepers at the zoo to feel more comfortable and 2.
(confidence) speaking English. And who do they speak English 3.
?
Not the pandas, even though 4.
language used for the medical training instructions
is actually English. They talk to the flood of international tourists and to 5.
(visit)
Chinese zookeepers who often come to check on the pandas, which are on loan from China. They
also need to be ready to give 6.
(interview) in English with international journalists.
This is 7.
they need an English trainer.
So, what are they learning? 8.
(basic), how to describe a panda’s life. It’s been an
honor to watch the panda programme develop 9.
to see the pandas settle into their
new home. As a little girl, I 10.
(wish) to be a zookeeper when I grew up. Now, I’m
living out that dream indirectly by helping the panda keepers do their job in English.
Passage 5(2022 新高考Ⅰ) 主题：动物保护
The Chinese government recently finalized a plan to set up a Giant Panda National Park(GPNP).
1.
(cover) an area about three times 2.
size of Yellowstone National Park,
the GPNP will be one of the first national parks in the country. The plan will extend protection to
a significant number of areas that 3.
(be) previously unprotected, bringing many of the
existing protected areas for giant pandas under one authority 4.
(increase) effectiveness
and reduce inconsistencies in management.
After a three-year pilot period, the GPNP will be officially set up next year. The GPNP 5.
(design) to reflect the guiding principle of “protecting the authenticity(原真性) and integrity of natural
ecosystems, preserving biological diversity, protecting ecological buffer zones, 6.
leaving
behind precious natural assets(资产) for future generations”. The GPNP’s main goal is to improve
connectivity between separate 7.
(population) and homes of giant pandas, and 8.
(eventual) achieve a desired level of population in the wild.
Giant pandas also serve 9.
an umbrella species, bringing protection to a host of
plants and animals in the southwestern and northwestern parts of China. The GPNP is intended to
provide stronger protection for all the species 10.
live within the Giant Panda Range
and significantly improve the health of the ecosystem in the area.
Passage 6(2022 新高考Ⅱ) 主题：优秀品行
Henry Tyler made the catch of the year on the weekend. When he saw a young child hanging
from a sixth-floor apartment balcony(阳台), Henry ran one hundred metres,jumped over a 1.2-metre
fence, and held out his arms to catch the 1.
(fall)child.
Eric Brown, only three years old, knocked Henry down when he fell. The boy is in the hospital
and doctors say he’ll be OK.
2.
Brown family live in an apartment building outside Toronto. On the day of the
accident, Mrs. Brown was at work and Eric was at home with his father. They both fell 3.
(sleep)while watching TV.
Eric woke up a little later when he heard children playing outside. He pushed a chair onto the
balcony, and climbed up 4.
(see)them. When he looked down, he 5.
(accidental)slipped and fell over the edge. He hung on for a few minutes 6.
screamed
for his father, but his father didn’t hear him.
Henry 7.
(fix)his car when he heard the screams. He looked up and saw Eric
hanging from the balcony. He quickly 8.
(throw) his tools aside, and started running,
arms out.
“He saved my 9.
(son) life,” said Mrs. Brown. “I don’t know 10.
to
thank him.”
“I just didn’t want the boy to be hurt,” said Henry.
Passage 7(2021 新高考Ⅰ) 主题：个人经历
Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles’ song “The Long and Winding
Road”. 1.
is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The
rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we 2.
(human)are.
The hot spring at the foot of the mountain is something you must try after the climb. It will 3.
(undoubted)help you get refreshed! The amazing thing about the spring is that the colder the
temperature gets, the 4.
(hot) the spring! Strange, isn’t it? But that’s how nature is—
always leaving us 5.
(astonish).
What comes next is the endless series of steps. You can’t help wondering how hard it 6.
(be) for the people then to put all those rocks into place. Though it is the only unnatural thing on
your way up the mountain, still it highlights the whole adventure 7.
offers a place
where you can sit down to rest your 8.
(ache)legs.
As the song goes, this long and winding road “will never disappear”, and it will always stick in
the visitor’s memory. It sure does in 9.
(I). While you’re in China, Mount Huangshan is
10.
must to visit!
Passage 8(2021 新高考Ⅱ) 主题：环境保护
I’ve always loved the ocean. In the 1.
(seven) grade, I started volunteering at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. I was upset to learn that many sea animals eat plastic
garbage, 2.
(think)it is food.
I decided to do something 3.
(educate) people about this problem. I held
presentations at schools to teach kids about plastic waste. I wanted to reach businesses too. I
decided that if I learned of a company 4.
used a lot of plastic, I’d send it an
email urging it to cut back.
One day, I saw a commercial for a health-care company. People in the ad were using plastic
straws(吸管). I found the contact information of the company 5.
emailed its president. I
told him how 6.
(harm) plastic could be to the environment and asked him to consider
using more eco-friendly options. I was so 7.
(excite) when he wrote back to me. He
said he would make sure that the company cut its use of plastic straws in half.
I kept going. Whenever I heard of businesses using plastic, I’d send an email. One of the
biggest companies I wrote to 8.
(be) Alaska Airlines. A company 9.
(represent) wrote back and told me the airline was switching over 10.
plastic to paper
cups on all of its 1,200 daily flights.
Passage 9(2020 新高考Ⅰ) 主题：文化遗产
Many people have the hobby of collecting things, e.g. stamps, postcards or antiques. In the 18th
and 19th centuries, 1.
(wealth) people travelled and collected plants, historical objects
and works of art. They kept their collection at home until it got too big 2.
until they
died, and then it was given to a museum. The 80,000 objects collected by Sir Hans Sloane, for
example, 3.
(form) the core collection of the British Museum 4.
opened in
1759.
The parts of a museum open to the public 5.
(call)galleries or rooms. Often, only a
small part of a museum’s collection 6.
(be) on display. Most of it is stored away or
used for research.
Many museums are lively places and they attract a lot of visitors. As well as looking at
exhibits, visitors can play with computer simulations(模拟) and imagine 7.
(they)living at
a different time in history or 8.
(walk) through a rainforest. At the Jorvik Centre in
York, the city’s Viking settlement is recreated, and people experience the sights, sounds and smells
of the old town. Historical 9.
(accurate) is important but so is entertainment. Museums
must compete 10.
people’s spare time and money with other amusements. Most
museums also welcome school groups and arrange special activities for children.
Passage 10(2020 新高考Ⅱ) 主题：科技发展
These days, it is not unusual for 10- to 12-year-olds to publish their own websites or for
second and third graders 1.
(begin)computer classes. At the same time, computer games
are becoming increasingly popular as major publishing houses continue to develop 2.
(education)computer programs for children in preschool. Also, technological know-how has become a
3.
(require)for most jobs in an increasingly digital world, as the computer has become a
common tool in most 4.
(profession).
The Digital World is a set of volumes 5.
aim to describe how digital systems
influence society and help readers understand the nature of digital systems and their many interacting
parts. Each volume in the set explores 6.
wide range of material, explains the basic
concepts of major applications of digital systems, 7.
discusses the influences they have
on everyday life. Because the number of possible topics 8.
(be)practically limitless, we
focus on a sample of the most interesting and useful applications and tools and explain the basic
principles of technology. Readers 9.
(encourage)to continue exploring the digital world
with the guidance of 10.
(we)Further Resources section featured in each volume.
Passage 11(2024 全国甲) 主题：人与环境
Although parks of all sizes and types exist at any level,the national parks,in particular,tend 1.
(catch)our attention because of their large size and variety.They are 2.
(treasure) of
American heritage(遗产). How did the national park system come about?
On a cool,starry night in mid-September 1870,four men relaxed before a campfire along the
Firehole River in 3.
is now northwestern Wyoming. They 4.
(be) part of a
15-member exploring party that had spent almost five awesome weeks in witness of the natural
beauties there.
What should 5.
(do) with such a beautiful place? They wondered out loud. This
area, with 6.
(it) unique and breathtaking natural beauty, must be well preserved 7.
all people of the nation to enjoy—as a national park. They all agreed and vowed (承诺) to promote
the idea at the 8.
(complete) of their journey. Their promotional work paid off. Two
years later,18 years before Wyoming became a state, Yellowstone became the first national park in
the United States and the world. Yellowstone was the 9.
(large) United States national
park—2.2 million acres—until Wrangell-Saint Elias in southern Alaska, 10.
became a
national monument in 1978,took the honors as a national park in 1980 with 12.3 million acres.
Passage 12(2024 浙江一考) 主题：社会发展
The shelves in most supermarkets are full of family-size this and multi-buy that. However, if
you’re shopping for one, buying extra 1.
(benefit) from price reductions doesn’t make
sense. Either your shopping is then too heavy to carry home 2.
you can’t use what
you’ve bought while it’s still fresh.
Of course, shops are not charities—they price goods in the way 3.
will make them
the most money. If most of their customers are happy to buy larger quantities, that’s 4.
they’ll promote. But that leaves the solo(单独) customers out of pocket and disappointed.
Many supermarkets are no longer doing “buy one get one free” promotions because of the 5.
(criticize) that they lead to waste. Consumers prefer money off individual items. However, though it’s
nice to get a few cents off a pack of sausages, it would help even more if they could sometimes 6.
(offer) in smaller packs. Even the biggest sausage fan doesn’t want to eat them every day.
If your supermarket sells loose produce, then buying smaller quantities is easier. Over the last
two years, some supermarkets 7.
(start) selling chicken or salad in packs 8.
(design) with two halves containing separate portions(份). Then, when you use one section, 9.
other stays fresh.
Who knows, perhaps some of the more forward-looking 10.
(one) may yet come
out with a whole range of “just for you” pack sizes with special offers as well.
Passage 13(2023 全国乙) 主题：文化遗产
Beijing is a city bridging the ancient and the modern. From Buddhist temples to museums,
narrow hutong 1.
royal palaces, it is home to more than 3,000 years of glorious
history even down to its layout, with the city keeping its carefully 2.
(build) system of
ring roads.
But for all its ancient buildings, Beijing is also a place 3.
welcomes the fast-paced
development of modern life, with 21st-century architectural 4.
(wonder)standing side by
side with historical buildings of the past.
It is a distinct visual contrast(反差)that shouldn’t work, 5.
somehow these two very
different worlds make a good combination. 6.
(visit)several times over the last 10 years,
I 7.
(amaze)by the co-existence of old and new, and how a city was able to keep such
a rich heritage(遗产)while constantly growing. As a photographer, I have spent the last two years 8.
(record)everything I discovered.
The 9.
(remark)development of this city, which is consciously designed to protect
the past while stepping into the modern world, 10.
(mean)there is always something new
to discover here, and I could be photographing Beijing for the next 50 years.
Passage 14(2023 全国甲) 主题：文学
For thousands of years, people have told fables(寓言) 1.
(teach)a lesson or to pass
on wisdom. Fables were part of the oral tradition of many early cultures, and the well-known
Aesop’s fables date to the 2.
(six) century B.C. Yet, the form of the fable still has
values today, 3.
Rachel Carson says in “A Fable for Tomorrow.”
Carson uses a simple, direct style common to fables. In fact, her style and tone(口吻) are
seemingly directed at children. “There was once a town in the heart of America 4.
all
life seemed to enjoy peaceful co-existence with its surroundings,”her fable begins, 5.
(borrow) some familiar words from many age-old fables. Behind the simple style, however, is a
serious message 6.
(intend) for everyone.
7.
(difference) from traditional fables, Carson’s story ends with an accusation instead
of a moral. She warns of the environmental dangers facing society, and she teaches that people must
take responsibility 8.
saving their environment.
The themes of traditional fables often deal with simple truths about everyday life. However,
Carson’s theme is a more weighty 9.
(warn) about environmental destruction. Carson
proves that a simple literary form that has been passed down through the ages can still 10.
(employ) today to draw attention to important truths.
Passage 15(2023 浙江一考) 主题：文化遗产
During China’s dynastic period, emperors planned the city of Beijing 1.
arranged
the residential areas according to social classes. The term “hutong”, 2.
(original) meaning
“water well” in Mongolian, appeared first during the Yuan Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, the center was the Forbidden City, 3.
(surround) in
concentric(同心的) circles by the Inner City and Outer City. Citizens of higher social classes 4.
(permit) to live closer to the center of the circles. The large siheyuan of these high-ranking officials
and wealthy businessmen often 5.
(feature) beautifully carved and painted roof beams
and pillars(柱子). The hutongs they formed were orderly, lined by 6.
(space) homes and
walled gardens. Farther from the center lived the commoners and laborers. Their siheyuan were far
smaller in scale and 7.
(simple) in design and decoration, and the hutongs were
narrower.
Hutongs represent an important cultural element of the city of Beijing. Thanks to Beijing’s long
history 8.
capital of China, almost every hutong has its stories, and some are even
associated with historic 9.
(event). In contrast to the court life and upper-class culture
represented by the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Temple of Heaven, the hutongs
reflect 10.
culture of grassroots Beijingers.
Passage 16(2022 全国乙) 主题：文化遗产
May 21st this year marks the first International Tea Day, which was named officially 1.
the United Nations on November 27th, 2019. To celebrate 2.
festival, a number of
events took place at the Chinese Businessman Museum in Beijing on Thursday.
The chairman of the China Culture Promotion Society 3.
(address) the opening
ceremony. “As a main promoter of the International Tea Day, the birthplace of tea and the 4.
(large) tea-producing country, China has a 5.
(responsible) to work with other countries
to promote the healthy development of the tea industry. It can help to build a community with a6.
(share) future for mankind,” he said.
The “First International Tea Day Tea Road Cooperative Initiative” issued(发布) at the ceremony
calls for people working in the tea industry to come together to promote international cooperation 7.
cultural exchanges. A four-year tea promotion—Tea Road Cooperative Plan—was also issued in
accordance with the initiative.
8.
(strengthen) the connection with young people, the event included a number of
public promotional activities on social media, 9.
(invite) twenty-nine tea professionals
from around the world to have thirty-six hours of uninterrupted live broadcasts.
The Chinese Ancient Tea Museum was officially unveiled(揭幕) at the ceremony, opening 10.
(it) first exhibition: The Avenue of Truth—A Special Exhibition of Pu’er Tea.
Passage 17(2022 全国甲) 主题：个人经历
A visually-challenged man from Beijing recently hiked(徒步) 40 days to Xi’an, as a first step 1.
(journey) the Belt and Road route(路线) by foot.
On the 1,100-kilometer journey, the man Cao Shengkang, 2.
lost his eyesight at
the age of eight in a car accident, crossed 40 cities and counties in three provinces. Inspired by the
Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation 3.
(hold) in Beijing, Cao decided to
cover the route by hiking as a tribute(致敬) to the ancient Silk Road. 4.
friend of his,
Wu Fan, volunteered to be his companion during the trip.
Cao and Wu also collected garbage along the road, in order to promote environmental 5.
(protect). Cao believes this will make the hiking trip even more 6.
(meaning). The two
of them collected more than 1,000 plastic bottles along the 40-day journey.
In the last five years, Cao 7.
(walk) through 34 countries in six continents, and in
2016, he reached the top of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s 8.
(high) mountain.
Now, Cao has started the second part of his dream to walk along the Belt and Road route. He
flew 4,700 kilometers 9.
Xi’an to Kashgar on Sept. 20, 10.
(plan) to hike
back to Xi’an in five months.
Passage 18(2022 浙江二考) 主题：技术创新
To understand a painting, we’re taught to look for color, composition, and light. But how can a
painting 1.
(appreciate) by someone who’s blind? Through touch, the one thing gallery
signs tell you not 2.
(do). John Olson, a former 3.
(photograph), and his
team turn paintings into fully textured 3D models.
The tactile(可触知的) paintings work as a way to show art to 4.
blind because we
don’t see with just our eyes: We see with our brains. Research in the field of neuroplasticity—the
brain’s adaptability—shows that the visual cortex(大脑皮层) is made active by touch. Blind people
recognize shapes with their 5.
(exist) senses, in a way similar to that of 6.
(sight) people, says Ella Striem-Amit, a Harvard scientist.
Luc Gandarias, who’s now thirteen, went blind suddenly 7.
age seven. When he
felt a 3D version of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”, he 8.
(notice) her smile right
away. “I can actually feel what you see when you look at it,” he said.
For Luc, this means 9.
(independent). “The feeling of being able to see it 10.
to form my opinion is like breaking down another wall as a blind person.”
Passage 19(2022 浙江一考) 主题：环境保护
Kim Cobb, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, is one of a small but
growing minority of academics 1.
are cutting back on their air travel because of
climate change. Travelling to conferences, lectures, workshops, and the like—frequently by plane—2.
(view) as important for scientists to get together and exchange information. But Cobb and others 3.
(be) now questioning that idea—pushing conferences to provide more chances to participate remotely
and 4.
(change) their personal behavior to do their part in dealing with the climate
change crisis. On a website called No Fly Climate Sci, for example, 5.
(rough) 200
academics—many of them climate scientists—6.
(promise) to fly as little as possible
since the effort started two years ago.
Cobb, for her part, started to ask conference organizers who invited her to speak 7.
she could do so remotely; about three-quarters of 8.
time, they agreed. When the
answer was no, she declined the 9.
(invite). That approach brought Cobb’s air travel last
year down by 75%, and she plans 10.
(continue) the practice. “It has been fairly
rewarding,” she says—“a really positive change.”
Passage 20(2021 全国乙) 主题：旅游
Ecotourism is commonly regarded as low impact(影响) travel to undisturbed places. It is
different from traditional tourism because it allows the traveler to become 1.
(educate)
about the areas—both in terms of geographical conditions and cultural characteristics, and often
provides money for conservation and benefits the 2.
(develop)of the local areas.
Ecotourism has 3.
(it)origin with the environmental movement of the 1970s. It was
not widely accepted as a travel concept 4.
the late 1980s. During that time, increasing
environmental awareness made it desirable.
Due to 5.
growing popularity of environmentally-related and adventure travel,
various types 6.
trips are now being classified as ecotourism. Actually, a true eco-
friendly trip must meet the following principles:
●Minimize the impact of7.
(visit) the place.
●Build respect for and awareness of the environment and cultural practices.
●Provide 8.
(finance) aid and other benefits for local peoples.
●Make sure that the tourism provides positive experiences for both the visitors and the hosts.
Komodo National Park, officially recognized in 1980, is popular for ecotourism because of its
unique biodiversity. 9.
(activity)there range from whale watching to hiking(远足) and
accommodations aim 10.
(have)a low impact on the natural environment.
Passage 21(2021 全国甲) 主题：文化遗产
The Xi’an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China’s long history. It 1.
(build) originally to protect the city 2.
the Tang dynasty and has now been completely
restored(修复). It is possible 3.
(walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.
We accessed the wall through the South Gate. The wall is 12 meters high and from here you
can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.
After 4.
(spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we
decided it was time for some action and what 5.
(good) than to ride on a piece of
history!
We 6.
(hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old
and shaky 7.
did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all 8.
way
around the Xi’an City Wall. Supposedly you can do it in two hours, but we stopped at the different
gates and 9.
(watchtower) to take pictures or just to watch the local people going about
their 10.
(day) routines.
Passage 22(2020 全国Ⅰ) 主题：奥秘探索
China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The
unmanned Chang’e-4 probe(探测器)—the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess—1.
(touch)down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin. Landing on the moon’s far side is 2.
(extreme) challenging. Because the moon’s body blocks direct radio communication with a probe,
China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot 3.
it could send
signals to the spacecraft and to Earth. The far side of the moon is of particular 4.
(interesting) to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters(环形山), more so 5.
the
familiar near side. Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Chang’e-4 6.
(find) and study areas of the South Pole-Aitken basin. “This really excites scientists,”Carle Pieters, a
scientist at Brown University, says, “because it 7.
(mean) we have the chance to obtain
information about how the moon 8.
(construct).” Data about the moon’s composition,
such as how 9.
ice and other treasures it contains, could help China decide whether
10.
(it)plans for a future lunar(月球的)base are practical.
Passage 23(2020 全国Ⅱ) 主题：文化
Decorating with Plants, Fruits and Flowers for Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is a 1.
(celebrate) marking the end of the winter season and the
beginning of spring. This is why decorating with plants, fruits and flowers 2.
(carry)
special significance. They represent the earth 3.
(come) back to life and best wishes for
new beginnings.
These are some of the most popular in many parts of the country:
Oranges: Orange trees are more 4.
decoration; they are a symbol of good fortune
and wealth. They make great gifts and you see them many times 5.
(decorate) with red
envelopes and messages of good fortune.
Bamboo: Chinese love their “Lucky Bamboo” plants and you will see them often in their homes
and offices. 6.
(certain) during the holiday period, this plant is a must. Bamboo plants
are associated 7.
health, abundance and a happy home. They are easy 8.
(care) for and make great presents.
Branches of Plum Blossoms(梅花): The 9.
(beauty) long branches covered with
pink-colored buds(蓓蕾) make fantastic decorations. The plum trees are 10.
first to
flower even as the snow is melting(融化). They represent the promise of spring and a renewal of
life.
Passage 24(2020 浙江二考) 主题：社会发展
Some time after 10,000 BC, people made the first real attempt to control the world they lived
1.
, through agriculture. Over thousands of years, they began to depend less on 2.
could be hunted or gathered from the wild, and more on animals they had raised and crops they had
sown.
Farming produced more food per person 3.
hunting and gathering, so people were
able to raise more children. And, as more children were born, more food 4.
(need).
Agriculture gave people their first experience of the power of technology 5.
(change)
lives.
By about 6000 BC, people 6.
(discover) the best crops to grow and animals to
raise. Later, they learned to work with the 7.
(season), planting at the right time and, in
dry areas, 8.
(make) use of annual floods to irrigate(灌溉) their fields.
This style of farming lasted for quite a long time. Then, with 9.
rise of science,
changes began. New methods 10.
(mean) that fewer people worked in farming. In the
last century or so, these changes have accelerated. New power machinery and artificial fertilizers(化
肥) have now totally transformed a way of life that started in the Stone Age.
1 答案
1. engineering 2. functional 3. to give 4. closed 5. walks
6. the 7. favourites 8. as 9. that/which 10. richness
2 答案
1. who 2. themes 3. were 4. to 5. inspired 6. was built
7. visibility 8. to find 9. Recalling 10. and
3 答案
1. tasty 2. to bite 3. or 4. recognized 5. by
6. to be lifted 7. their 8. a 9. rarely 10. wanting
4 答案
1. arrival 2. confident 3. to/with 4. the 5. visiting
6. interviews 7. why 8. Basically 9. and 10. wished
5 答案
1. Covering 2. the 3. were 4. to increase 5. is designed 6. and 7. populations 8.
eventually 9. as 10. that
6 答案
1. falling 2. The 3. asleep 4. to see 5. accidentally
6. and 7. was fixing 8. threw 9. son’s 10. how
7 答案
1. What 2. humans 3. undoubtedly 4. hotter
5. astonished 6. was 7. and 8. aching 9. mine 10. a
8 答案
1. seventh 2. thinking 3. to educate 4. that/which 5. and 6. harmful 7. excited 8. was
9. representative 10. from
9 答案
1. wealthy 2. or 3. formed 4. which/that 5. are called 6. is 7. themselves 8. walking 9.
accuracy 10. for
10 答案
1. to begin 2. educational 3. requirement 4. professions 5. that/which 6. a
7. and 8. is 9. are encouraged 10. our
11 答案
1. to catch 2. treasures 3. what 4. were 5. be done 6. its
7. for 8. completion 9. largest 10. which
12 答案
1. to benefit 2. or 3. that/which 4. what 5. criticism
6. be offered 7. have started 8. designed 9. the 10. ones
13 答案
1. to 2. built 3. that/which 4. wonders 5. but
6. Having visited 7. was amazed 8. recording 9. remarkable 10. means
14 答案
1. to teach 2. sixth 3. as 4. where 5. borrowing
6. intended 7. Different 8. for 9. warning 10. be employed
15 答案
1. and 2. originally 3. surrounded 4. were permitted
5. featured 6. spacious 7. simpler 8. as 9. events 10. the
16 答案
1. by 2. the 3. addressed 4. largest 5. responsibility
6. shared 7. and 8. To strengthen 9. inviting 10. its
17 答案
1. to journey 2. who 3. held 4. A 5. protection
6. meaningful 7. has walked 8. highest 9. from 10. planning
18 答案
1. be appreciated 2. to do 3. photographer 4. the
5. existing 6. sighted 7. at 8. noticed 9. independence 10. and
19 答案
1. who/that 2. is viewed/has been viewed 3. are
4. changing 5. roughly 6. have promised 7. whether/if
8. the 9. invitation 10. to continue
20 答案
1. educated 2. development 3. its 4. until 5. the 6. of 7. visiting 8. financial 9.
Activities 10. to have
21 答案
1. was built 2. in 3. to walk 4. spending 5. better
6. hired 7. but 8. the 9. watchtowers 10. daily
22 答案
1. touched 2. extremely 3. where 4. interest 5. than
6. to find 7. means 8. is constructed 9. much 10. its
23 答案
1. celebration 2. carries 3. coming 4. than 5. decorated 6. Certainly 7. with 8. to care
9. beautiful 10. the
24 答案
1. in 2. what 3. than 4. was needed 5. to change
6. had discovered 7. seasons 8. making 9. the 10. meant
