48. It can be learned from the passage that ______.

A. Charlotte fell in love with Wilbur

B. Matilda was well cared for in her family

C. Stanley Yelnats IV got punished

D. S. E. Hinton was best at telling fairy tales

49. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To advertise for some booksellers.

B. To introduce some famous writers.

C. To admire some classics for kids and young adults.

D. To recommend some great works of TIME magazine.

C

If you were given a chance to choose your favorite life metaphor(比喻), what would it be? Do you agree with Forrest Gump’s mother that life is “a box of chocolates” because “you never know what you’re going to get”? Or do you prefer the phrase from the 1930’s song that “life is just a bowl of cherries(樱桃)”? Though simply stated, each conveys a very different view. A “box” implies mystery, because we don’t know what is in a closed box. Meanwhile, a “bowl” of cherries is completely in view.

For many centuries, the metaphor of life that probably burst into most people’s mind was the one suggested by Shakespeare: “All of life is a stage…” On that stage, we take seven roles. More recently, psychologist Erik Erikson took up the idea of life as a stage. Erikson regarded development as a “powerful unfolding” in which we are driven from one stage to the next as our bodies, minds, and social roles develop.

Stage metaphors fit with many of our common-sense ideas about change, but the problem with the stage metaphor is that it isn’t particularly accurate. None of the studies that try to clarify the universality of adult life stages actually studied people as they developed over time. All of them were based on performances of their samples(样本) at one point in time. People’s actual lives don’t fit into these stage metaphors. They don’t automatically transform when people reach a certain age. Instead, people’s real lives are messy, unpredictable, and full of surprises.

Today, I’d like to focus on an even longer study, an 80-year study which is the subject of a recent book by Howard Friedman and Leslie Martin. Their final chapter summarizes the “many changes of healthy and unhealthy pathways” that their participants took over the course of their lives. As I too discovered in my research, the pathway provides a perfect metaphor of human development. We don’t all go down the same road marked with the same signposts based on age. People travel through diverse routes as they track the years of adulthood. Friedman and Martin use health and long life as their measure; I’ve used sense of achievement. In both cases, we are in perfect agreement in evaluating development not according to age but “the key features of life”.

The paths that Friedman and Martin describe seize the changes that characterize people as they age. Some examples are “The High Road” (reliable, full of plans); “Not Easy Street” (exposed to high stress throughout life), “Catastrophe Lane” (a downwardly twisty life); “Happy Trails to You” (cheerful, sociable), “The Road to Resilience” (able to handle stress with a strong will). Though I haven’t yet been able to follow my participants for 80 years, I too saw some of these pathways among my samples: “The Minding Way” , “The Downward Slope” , “The Straight and Narrow Path” , and “The Successful Trail”.

The pathway metaphor gives you hope for changing the direction of your life if you are unhappy with it so far. You can’t stop the clock from ticking the minutes between one birthday and the next, but you can adjust the road that you’re on by changing yourself, your situation, or both.

50. The author introduces the topic of the passage in the first paragraph by ______.

A. making comparisons B. giving examples

C. describing scenes    D. providing explanations

51. According to the passage, the “stage metaphor” ______.

A. leads to misunderstandings

B. is used in memory of Shakespeare

C. doesn’t exactly reflect one’s real life

D. hasn’t enough stages to clarify life changes

52. The author is convinced of the life metaphor Friedman and Martin suggest because she ______.

A. spent less time on her research B. has found their book a bestseller

C. considers their measure more scientific D. got a similar finding to theirs

53. When a person is facing difficulties bravely, which metaphor can best describe him?

A. “Not Easy Street” B. “Happy Trails to You”

C. “Catastrophe Lane” D. “The Road to Resilience”

54. What does the passage focus on?

A. The pathway as a perfect life metaphor.

B. Various views on life metaphors.

C. The stage as a common life metaphor.

D. Different kinds of life metaphors.

D

It was a weeknight. We were a half dozen guys in our late teens, hanging around “the flat” — as usual. The flat was poorly furnished, which, after some time, grew tiresome. We wanted action.

We got in a car, big enough for all of us to crowd into — and off we went, in search of adventure. We soon found ourselves at Blue Gum Corner, a place named after the huge old blue gum tree that stood by there, a well-known local landmark. It stands at a minor crossroad leading to our town. The trunk is tall and smooth with no handholds for climbing. About six metres from the ground the first branch sticks out over the road. We parked beneath the huge old tree and discussed what we might do. All of a sudden we hit upon an idea — a hanging! I was chosen as “hangee”.

The plan was quite simple. As I stood upon the roof of the car, the rope(绳子) was threaded down my jacket through my collar and down one leg of my jeans. I put my foot through the loop at the bottom. There I hung, still. The boys rolled about laughing until, a car, I hear a car! Before they ran to hide in the nearby field, they gave me a good push so that “the body” would swing as the car drove by.

To our disappointment, the car simply turned off for town without even slowing. The boys came out of their hiding places and we discussed the situation. Surely they had seen me, hadn’t they? Then we heard another car. The act was repeated, but still without any obvious reaction. We played the game about five or six times, but as no one seemed to notice, we abandoned the trick.

What we did not know was that every car that had passed had unquestionably seen “the body” and each one, too scared to stop, had driven directly to the local Police Station. Now at that time of the night, the local policeman was sound asleep in his bed, so the first person sent to the scene was the traffic officer that happened to be on duty that particular night. He had been informed that some person had been killed, by hanging, at Blue Gum Corner. When he arrived, the body was gone! And he was hearing “unnatural sounds” from the surrounding area. As far as he knew, some fierce animal was hiding in the field before him, possibly dragging a body behind him — and we thought we were scared!

He went to his radio and made a call that really began to worry us. I lay so close that I could hear every word. He called for the “armed police” and a “dog team, better make it two” and he had a “serious situation” at Blue Gum Corner. Then the police officer arrived. After a briefing from the traffic officer he decided not to go into the field until armed police and dog teams arrived. Now two spotlights were on the field and none of us could move.

As luck would have it, police cars cannot leave their spotlights on all night without charging their batteries. So, after a time, the two officers began lightening the field by turns, allowing us the opportunity to move on our fours for freedom. One by one, we all managed to steal away and make our way home. Behind us we left what must have looked like a small city of lights, police cars, roadblocks, barking dogs, armed officers and an old rope hanging from a tree.

When I think back to that night, to that tree, to what the drivers of the cars think happened, to what police believe happened, and to what I know happened, I am reminded of a simple truth — our eyes see darkness and light, color and movement, our ears hear only vibrations(振动) in the air. It is how we explain these vivid pictures that shapes our “reality”.

55. The boys made the “hanging” plan in order to ______.

A. make a fool of the police     B. draw public attention

C. seek fun and excitement     D. practise acting skills

56. Seeing that no car passing by stopped, the boys must have felt ______.

A. discouraged   B. proud    C. annoyed   D. confident

57. Why was the traffic officer sent to the scene of “hanging”?

A. Because a fierce animal kept the traffic in disorder.

B. Because the local policeman was not available at that time.

C. Because some naughty kids ware playing a terrifying game.

D. Because many scared drivers turned directly to him for help.

58. The boys managed to escape from the field when ______.

A. the two police cars were being charged

B. the police officer was taking over the duty

C. the traffic officer was making a call for help

D. the two spotlights were not working together

59. What is conveyed in the passage?

A. Actions speak louder than words. B. The truth lies beneath the surface.

C. Experience is the best teacher. D. To see is to believe.

60. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Blue Gum Tree B. A Body Found Hanging

C. Escape to Freedom D. A Disappointing Experience

第二节：下面文章中有5个段落需要添加首句(第61～65题)。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出适合各段落的首句，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

A. Become reliable.

B. Make some money.

C. Know about your mind.

D. Be good with discomfort.

E. Be ready for opportunities.

F. Learn to deal with uncertainty.

A Guide for Young People: What to Do with Your Life

You can’t figure out the future. Even young people who have a plan (be a doctor, lawyer, research scientist, singer) don’t really know what will happen. Life doesn’t go according to plans. So if you can’t figure out the future, what do you do? Don’t focus on the future. Focus on what you can do right now that will be good no matter what the future brings.

61. ______ The best things in life are often hard, and if you shy away from difficulty, you’ll miss out. You’ll live a life of safety. Learning is hard. Building something great is hard. Writing a book is hard. A marriage is hard. Running a marathon is hard. All are amazing. How do you get good at this? Do things now that are uncomfortable and hard, on purpose.

62. ______ Starting a business, for example, is an amazing thing to do. But if you’re afraid of the unknown future, you’ll avoid it. You can’t know how things will turn out, and so if you need to know how things will turn out, you’ll avoid great projects, businesses, opportunities. But if you can be OK with not knowing, you will be open to many more possibilities. If you’re good at what you are not sure of, you could do all kinds of things.

63. ______ Most people don’t realize that fear controls them. They don’t notice when they fail to fix their attention, or consider doing things they told themselves they wouldn’t do. It’s hard to change mental habits because you don’t always see what’s going on in your head. Learn about how your mind works, and you’ll be much better at all of this.

64. ______ I don’t think money is that important, but it is necessary in your life. Making money is hard. You have to make someone believe in you enough to hire you or buy your products/service, which means you have to figure out why you’re worthy of someone believing in you. You have to become worthy. And you have to learn to communicate that to people so they’ll want to buy or hire you. Whether you’re selling cookies door-to-door or trying to get a job as a cashier, you have to do this.

65. ______ If you do all of the above, or at least most of it, you’ll be amazing. You’ll be way, way ahead of pretty much every other person your age. And good fortune will come your way, if you have your eyes open: job opportunities, a chance to build something with someone, an idea for a startup that you can build yourself, a new thing to learn and turn into a business. Take risks — that’s one of the advantages of being young. And if none come along, create your own.

第Ⅱ卷 非选择题部分(共40分)

第三部分：写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节：短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(﹨)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

My best friends gave me a present in a box on my birthday. It was a little heavy,

which made me very curiously. So I intended to open it at once but she prevented

me do so. She said I mustn’t open it until I went back home but gave me a naughty

smile. Although there is a strong desire in my mind to know that was inside the box,

I just did as she said. On the way to home, all I did was thinking about the puzzle.

Finally I opened the box. It was a cup printing with a pink word — friendship.

It was so lovely that I liked very much.

Now, every time I use a cup, I will think about her and the friendship between us.

第二节：书面表达(满分30分)

假如你是李越，即将进入大学学习。请你用英语写一篇100～120个词的短文，谈谈你进入大学后的打算。短文应包含以下要点：

1. 如何尽快适应环境;

2. 如何发展各种能力。

注意：短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

With my college life waiting for me, __________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

嘉兴市高三教学测试(二)英语试卷参考答案及评分标准

1-5 ADCDB  6-10 BACBC  11-15 ADCAB 16-20 BCDDA

21-25 CBBAD 26-30 CDACD  31-35 BCDBA 36-40 CBADA

41-45 BDACD 46-49 BACC  50-54 BCDDA 55-60 CABDBA

61-65 DFCBE

短文改错：

My best friends gave me a present in a box on my birthday. It was a little heavy,

friend

which made me very curiously. So I intended to open it at once but she prevented

curious

me do so. She said I mustn’t open it until I went back home but gave me a naughty

doing                                                  and

smile. Although there is a strong desire in my mind to know that was inside the box,

was                                 what

I just did as she said. On the way to home, all I did was thinking about the puzzle.

Finally I opened the box. It was a cup printing with a pink word — friendship.

printed

It was so lovely that I liked ∧ very much.

it

Now, every time I use a cup, I will think about her and the friendship between us.

the

书面表达：

One possible version:

With my college life waiting for me, a good plan is necessary for helping me rise to challenges.

Adjusting myself quickly to the completely different circumstance is the first thing I will deal with. I will try to get used to the college schedule as soon as possible. Additionally, while keeping pace with the new study rhythm, I will make some friends and get along well with my teachers so that I can feel at ease in college.

What I value next is to get various abilities developed. Besides being independent in both study and life, I will enter for meaningful activities to get more social practice and develop my strong points, which can give me advantages over others.

I’m sure another success is waving at me!

(120 words)

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