第一周|周二(限時(shí)20分鐘滿分：25分)Ⅰ.閱讀理解(每小題2.5分，共10分)Lowpay,uncertainjobsanddebtmeanyoungpeoplearebeinghardhitbytheUK'sfinancialcrisis.InJanuarythisyearamajorsurveyshowedthat47%ofunder-24swereviewedas“financiallyuncertain”—unableoronlyjustabletomakeendsmeet.Thesurveywascarriedoutlastyearbeforetherealityof2022'scostoflivingcrisishadstartedtounfold.Wewantedtofindoutwhatyoungpeople'smoneyworriesareandhowtodealwiththem.Arecentsurveyfound3in10youngpeopleworryaboutnothavingenoughmoneyoveratypicalmonth.Only51%of16-and17-year-oldsintheUKfeelconfidentaboutdealingwithmoney.AndanincreasingnumberofyoungpeopleareturningtotheInternetfortips.“Therewasalackofsupportinmycommunityandsecondaryschool”，saysZoya.Unluckily,Zoyaisn'taloneandmillionsofyoungpeoplearestrugglingtoaccesstheinformationtheyneed,bothwithinthestructuresofschoolandathomewithfamily.Althoughsomefactorsinthecostoflivingcrisisareoutofourhands,therearestepseveryonecantake.Hereareourtips.Setabudget(預(yù)算)．Onceyouhaveaclearideaofthemoneythatyouuse,youknowhowmuchmoneyyouhavelefttosetapartandspendinotherareasofyourlife.Checkyourbasket.Thinkingaheadaboutyourmealsandwritingdownashoppinglistcangiveyouabetterchanceofstickingtoyourbudget.Getabudgetingpartner.Setaside10minuteseachweektocheckinwithafriendorafamilymember,trackyourspendingandshareyourmoneysavingmethods.Learngoodhabits.Somefinancialrespectedexpertscanbringfreecoursestohelppeoplebuildfinancialsecuritytohelpyoungpeople.1．WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraph1？()A．AllBritishyoungpeoplecan'tfindwell-paidjob.B．Britishyoungpeoplegetstuckineconomicdifficulties.C．Nearlyhalfofunder-24sintheUKcan'tfindjobs.D．47%ofBritishpeopleareabletomakeendsmeet.2．What'sthepurposeofthesurvey？()A．Toseekwaystohelptheyoungwithfinancialproblemsbasedontheirfindings.B．Togetmoreinformationaboutyoungpeoplewhoarestuckinfinancialproblems.C．Tofindoutthereasonsthatmakeyoungpeopleworriedabouttheirmoney.D．Todealwiththefinancialproblemsthatcauseyoungpeopletogetstuck.3．Wheredomoreandmoreyoungpeopleusuallyseekforhelp？()A．Fromthecommunity. B．Fromtheschool.C．FromtheInternet. D．Fromthefamily.4．Whoprobablywouldbethetargetreader？()A．Britishyoungpeople.B．Peopleunder-24s.C．Millionsofyoungpeople.D．Anyoneinfinancialdifficulties.Ⅱ.完形填空(每小題1分，共15分)Itwasacold,rainyday,andIhadnodesiretodriveupthewindingmountainroadtomydaughterCarolyn'shouse.Butshe__1__thatIcometoseesomethingatthetopofthemountain.SohereIwas,__2__makingthetwo-hourjourneythroughthickfog.Nothingcouldbeworththis，IthoughtasI__3__alongthedangeroushighway.Turningdownanarrowtrack,we__4__andgotout.Wewalkedalongapaththatwasthickwitholdpineneedles.Hugeblack-greenevergreens(常青樹(shù))__5__overus.Gradually，thepeaceandsilenceoftheplacebeganto__6__mymind.ThenweturnedacornerandstoppedatthetopofthemountainandIwasentirelyheldin__7__.Thereacrossfieldsandvalleyswereriversoffully-openedyellowflowersfromthelightonetothemostbrilliant.Itlookedasthoughthesunhadtippedoverand__8__themountainsideingold.__9__occurredtomymind.Whocreatedsuchbeauty?How?When?Asweapproachedthehousethatstoodinthecenteroftheproperty,wesawa__10__thatread:“AnswerstotheQuestionsIKnowYouAreAsking.”Thefirstanswerwas:“OneWoman-TwoHands,TwoFeetandVeryLittleBrain.”Thesecondwas：“__11__ataTime.”Thethird:“Startedin1958.”Aswedrovehome,IwassomovedbywhatwehadseenthatIcould__12__speak.“Shechangedtheworld，”Ifinallysaid,“onesmallplantatatime.Shestartedalmost40yearsago,probablyjustthe__13__ofanidea,butshekeptatit.”Thewonderofitwouldnotletmego.“Imagine，”Isaid,“ifI'dhadadreamand__14__it,justalittlebiteveryday,whatmightIhaveaccomplished？”Carolynlookedatmesideways,smiling.“Starttomorrow，”shesaid,“__15__yet,starttoday.”1．()A.asked B．commandedC．insisted D．predicted2．()A.unwillingly B．undoubtedlyC．unknowingly D．unexpectedly3．()A.walked B．inched C．wandered D．fled4．()A.pulledover B．steppeddown C．lookedup D．turnedoff5．()A.greeted B．flowed C．reached D．towered6．()A.admit B．fill C．control D．read7．()A.amazement B．curiosity C．a(chǎn)musement D．confusion8．()A.pushed B．moved C．swung D．bathed9．()A.Doubts B．Ideas C．Questions D．Requests10．()A.signal B．symbol C．symptom D．sign11．()A.Each B．Some C．One D．That12．()A.surely B．barely C．mostly D．instantly13．()A.beginning B．intention C．ending D．a(chǎn)bsence14．()A.setoff B．workedout C．setdown D．workedat15．()A.Later B．Better C．Happier D．Harder參考答案：Ⅰ.語(yǔ)篇解讀：本文是一篇議論文。當(dāng)前許多年輕人受到了金融危機(jī)的波及，存在著經(jīng)濟(jì)困擾，文章調(diào)查分析了該現(xiàn)象并就此問(wèn)題給出了一些應(yīng)對(duì)措施。1．解析：選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段“...youngpeoplearebeinghardhitbytheUK'sfinancialcrisis...47%ofunder-24swereviewedas‘financiallyunsteady’—unableoronlyjustabletomakeendsmeet.”可知，英國(guó)年輕人陷入了經(jīng)濟(jì)困頓之中。故選B項(xiàng)。2．解析：選A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第二句“Wewantedtofindoutwhatyoungpeople'smoneyworriesareandhowtodealwiththem.”可知此項(xiàng)研究的目的是弄清楚年輕人的經(jīng)濟(jì)困擾是什么以及如何處理這些問(wèn)題。故選A項(xiàng)。3．解析：選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句“AndanincreasingnumberofyoungpeopleareturningtotheInternetfortips.”可知，越來(lái)越多的年輕人開(kāi)始轉(zhuǎn)向網(wǎng)絡(luò)尋求建議。從“Therewasalackofsupportinmycommunityandsecondaryschool”和“Zoyaisn'taloneandmillionsofyoungpeoplearestrugglingtoaccesstheinformationtheyneed,bothwithinthestructuresofschoolandathomewithfamily.”這兩處信息可知年輕人們?cè)谏鐓^(qū)、學(xué)校、家里都很難得到支持和獲取他們需要的信息。故選C項(xiàng)。4．解析：選D。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段開(kāi)頭部分“...therearestepseveryonecantake.Hereareourtips.”可知，本文的目標(biāo)讀者是每一個(gè)處于經(jīng)濟(jì)困境的人。故選D項(xiàng)。Ⅱ.語(yǔ)篇解讀：本文為記敘文。作者跟女兒來(lái)到山頂，看到滿山的鮮花，作者被眼前的景色驚呆了。得知這是一位女士多年努力的結(jié)果，作者感受頗深：如果我有一個(gè)夢(mèng)想，并為之努力，每天努力一點(diǎn)，我會(huì)取得什么樣的成就呢？1．解析：選C。考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：但她堅(jiān)持要我來(lái)看山頂上的東西。A.asked問(wèn)；B.commanded命令；C.insisted堅(jiān)持；D.predicted預(yù)測(cè)。根據(jù)上文的“...Ihadnodesiretodriveupthewindingmountainroadto...”和空格前的but可知，肯定是女兒的堅(jiān)持才讓作者跟女兒去山頂。故選C項(xiàng)。2．解析：選A?？疾楦痹~詞義辨析。句意：所以我來(lái)到這里，不情愿地在濃霧中進(jìn)行兩小時(shí)的旅行。A.unwillingly不情愿地；B.undoubtedly毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)；C.unknowingly不知不覺(jué)地；D.unexpectedly出乎意料地。根據(jù)下文的“Nothingcouldbeworththis,IthoughtasI__3__alongthedangeroushighway.”可知，作者是不情愿來(lái)這兒的。故選A項(xiàng)。3．解析：選B。考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)我在危險(xiǎn)的高速公路上緩慢前行時(shí)，我想，這樣做根本就不值得。A.walked步行；B.inched緩慢移動(dòng)；C.wandered游蕩；D.fled逃離。根據(jù)下文的“thedangeroushighway”可知，大霧天氣在高速公路上行駛，作者在路上應(yīng)該開(kāi)得很慢。故選B項(xiàng)。4．解析：選A?？疾閯?dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：我們拐進(jìn)一條狹窄的小路，把車(chē)停在路邊，下了車(chē)。A.pulledover靠邊停車(chē)；B.steppeddown走下；C.lookedup抬起頭來(lái)；D.turnedoff關(guān)閉。根據(jù)下文的“gotout”可知，作者把車(chē)停下后二人下了車(chē)。故選A項(xiàng)。5．解析：選D。考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：巨大的墨綠色常青樹(shù)立在我們眼前。A.greeted打招呼；B.flowed流動(dòng)；C.reached到達(dá)；D.towered高于。根據(jù)句意和下文的“overus”可知，這些樹(shù)足夠高大以至于要把我們覆蓋住。故選D項(xiàng)。6．解析：選B?？疾閯?dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：漸漸地，我的腦海里滿是這個(gè)地方的靜謐和寂靜。A.admit承認(rèn)；B.fill填充；C.control控制；D.read讀取。根據(jù)句意和空格后的mymind可知，此處是指我的腦海里滿是這個(gè)地方的靜謐和寂靜。故選B項(xiàng)。7．解析：選A?？疾槊~詞義辨析。句意：然后我們拐了個(gè)彎，停在山頂上，我完全驚呆了。A.amazement驚訝；B.curiosity好奇心；C.amusement娛樂(lè)；D.confusion混亂。根據(jù)下一句“Thereacrossfieldsandvalleyswereriversoffully-openedyellowflowersfromthelightonetothemostbrilliant.Itlookedasthoughthesunhadtippedoverand__8__themountainsideingold.”可知，作者被這兒的景色驚呆了。故選A項(xiàng)。8．解析：選D?？疾閯?dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：看起來(lái)就像太陽(yáng)打了個(gè)滾，將山坡染成金色。A.pushed推；B.moved移動(dòng)；C.swung擺動(dòng)；D.bathed沐浴。根據(jù)上文的“tipover”和下文的“ingold”可知，此處指山坡被罩在陽(yáng)光里。故選D項(xiàng)。9．解析：選C?？疾槊~詞義辨析。句意：我腦海里浮現(xiàn)了幾個(gè)問(wèn)題。A.Doubts疑問(wèn)；B.Ideas想法；C.Questions問(wèn)題；D.Requests請(qǐng)求。根據(jù)下文的“Whocreatedsuchbeauty?How?When？”可知，作者腦中出現(xiàn)了幾個(gè)問(wèn)題。故選C項(xiàng)。10．解析：選D?？疾槊~詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)我們走近莊園中心的房子時(shí)，看到一塊牌子上寫(xiě)著：“我知道你們?cè)趩?wèn)的問(wèn)題的答案。”A.signal信號(hào)；B.symbol符號(hào)；C.symptom癥狀；D.sign標(biāo)牌。根據(jù)空格后的“...tha