Ⅰ. 阅读理解
The Nazca Lines are a series of large ancient geoglyphs (地画) in the Nazca Desert, in southern Peru. It is ranging from geometric patterns to drawings of different animals and stylized humanlike forms. The ancient lines can only be truly taken in from high in the air, leaving generations puzzled as to how these precise works could have been completed long before the documented invention of human flight.
The Lines were first spotted when commercial airlines began flying across the Peruvian desert in the 1920’s. Who built them and what was their purpose? Are they roads, star pointers, maybe even a gigantic map? If the people who lived here 2,000 years ago had only a simple technology, how did they manage to construct such precise figures? Did they have a plan? These markings are like a vast puzzle.
The Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. There are also huge geoglyphs in Egypt, Malta, United States (Mississippi and California), Chile, Bolivia and in other countries. But the Nazca geoglyphs, because of their numbers, characteristics, dimensions and cultural continuity as they were made and remade throughout a certain history period, form the most impressive archeological (考古学的) group.
The Nazca plain is unique for its ability to preserve the markings upon it, due to the combination of the climate (one of the driest on Earth, with only twenty minutes of rainfall per year) and the flat, stony ground which minimizes the effect of the wind at ground level. With no dust or sand to cover the plain and little rain or wind to erode (腐蚀) it, lines drawn here tend to stay drawn. These factors, combined with the existence of lightercolored subsoil beneath the desert surface, provide a vast writing pad that is suited to the artist who wants to leave his mark eternal.
[语篇解读] 文章介绍了出现在秘鲁南部Nazca沙漠的大型古代地画The Nazca Lines，其神奇之处及形成原因。
1.What can we know about the Nazca Lines from the first two paragraphs?
A.They were built as a big map.
B.They were formed by nature.
C.They are ancient lines in caves.
D.They are huge markings in a desert.
D [细节理解题。根据第一段The Nazca Lines are a series of large ancient geoglyphs (地画) in the Nazca Desert, in southern Peru. 及对The Nazca Lines图案和发现过程的具体介绍，可知the Nazca Lines是出现在秘鲁南部Nazca沙漠的大型古代地画。]
2.How many factors make the Nazca Lines the most impressive?
A.One. B.Two.
C.Three. D.Four.
D [细节理解题。根据第二段列举的Who built them and what was their purpose? Are they roads, star pointers, maybe even a gigantic map? If the people who lived here 2,000 years ago had only a simple technology, how did they manage to construct such precise figures? Did they have a plan?四方面使人迷惑的问题，可知这四个因素使the Nazca Lines更独特更使人们难忘。]
3.Why are the Nazca Lines well preserved?
A.Because of the wind at ground level.
B.Because of the existence of soft soil.
C.Because of the climate and geography.
D.Because of the thick sand on the top.
C [推理判断题。根据最后一段The Nazca plain is unique for its ability to preserve the markings upon it, due to the combination of the climate and the flat, stony ground which minimizes the effect of the wind at ground level. 可知因为这里干燥少雨的气候和平坦多石的地形使地画能很好的被保留。]
4.What does the underlined word “eternal” probably mean?
A.Nonstop. B.Everlasting.
C.Reallife. D.Highend.
B [词义猜测题。最后一句指这些因素，加上沙漠表面下浅色地下土壤的存在，给那些想要永久留下印记的艺术家提供了一个巨大的书写板。“eternal”永恒的，和everlasting同义。]
Ⅱ. 完形填空
One day when I was 5, my mother scolded me for not finishing my rice and I got angry. I wanted to __1__outside and not to be made to finish eating my old rice. When__2__opening the screen door with my foot, I__3__back about a 12inch part of the lower left hand corner of the new screen door. But I had no__4__for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.
Today, I know if my child had done what I did, I would have__5__my child, and told him about how__6__this new screen door was，__7__I would have delivered a spanking(打屁股) for it. They never said a word. They left the corner of the screen door pushed out，__8__an opening, a breach(裂缝) in the defense__9__unwanted insects.
For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would__10__make me think about my__11__. For years, I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and __12__ who did it. For years, every time I saw a fly buzzing(嗡嗡) in the kitchen, I would wonder if it came in through the__13__that I had created with my angry foot. I would wonder if my family members were thinking the same thing, silently__14__me every time a flying insect entered our home, making life more__15__for us all. My parents__16__me a valuable lesson, one that a spanking or stem words perhaps could not deliver. Their silent__17__for what I had done__18__a hundred stern messages to me. __19__,_it has helped me become a more__20__person and not burst out so easily.
[语篇解读] 作者小时候因为不愿听从母亲的教育乱发脾气而损坏了纱门。父母没有修理纱门，任由纱门留下了一个裂缝，不时地有苍蝇等穿过它进入厨房。数年来，这种无声的惩罚令作者不断感到内疚，最终帮助作者成为了一个更加有自控能力的人。
1.A.settle B.live
C.search D.play
D [根据本段最后一句I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys，可知作者想出去玩(play)。settle“定居;解决”;live“居住”;search“寻找”，均不符合语境。]
2.A.excitedly B.angrily
C.peacefully D.confidently
B [根据上下文可知作者非常生气。下文I had created with my angry foot也有提示。故选angrily。]
3.A.kicked B.dug
C.dipped D.called
A [根据本句opening the screen door with my foot，可知作者是用脚踢(kicked)。]
4.A.relief B.surprise
C.injury D.regret
D [根据But可知作者一点也没后悔(regret)。relief“减轻”;surprise“惊奇”;injury“伤害”，均不符合语境。]
5.A.hated B.scolded
C.frightened D.attacked
B [如果是作者的孩子这样做，作者就会责备(scolded)他，与下文They never said a word，即作者的父母对待作者的态度截然相反。hate“恨”;frighten“使惊恐”;attack“攻击”，均不符合语境。]
6.A.comfortable B.worthwhile
C.unfortunate D.expensive
D [作者会告诉自己的孩子这个新纱门是多么贵(expensive)。]
7.A.because B.yet
C.but D.and
D [此处表示并列关系，除了告诉他纱门多贵外，作者还会打他孩子的屁股。]
8.A.repairing B.creating
C.solving D.ignoring
B [作者的父母让纱门保持被破坏的原状，形成(creating)了一个开口。下文that I had created with my angry foot也有提示。]
9.A.through B.from
C.against D.before
C [纱门是抵挡讨厌的昆虫的。故用against。]
10.A.gradually B.constantly
C.recently D.obviously
B [作者一看到纱门的那一角，总是(constantly)会想起自己的错误。gradually“逐渐地”;recently“最近地”;obviously“明显地”，均不符合语境。]
11.A.mistake B.decision
C.accident D.sacrifice
A [作者总是想起自己所犯的错误(mistake)。]
12.A.respect B.understand
C.remember D.admire
C [作者知道家里的每一个人都记得(remember)是他把纱门踢了个洞。]
13.A.window B.kitchen
C.hole D.corner
C [根据上下文可知，苍蝇是通过作者用脚踢出的洞(hole)进入房间的。上文would see that hole也有提示。]
14. A.blaming B.refusing
C.hitting D.firing
A [作者想知道他的家人是否会和他自己想的一样(即苍蝇是从他踢出的洞进入房间的)。每次一有苍蝇进入，家人会无声地责备(blaming)作者。]
15.A.important B.convenient
C.terrible D.dangerous
C [苍蝇进入作者的家，使得他们的生活更糟糕(terrible)。]
16.A.taught B.chose
C.forced D.sent
A [teach sb. a lesson意为“给某人一个教训”，为固定用法。]
17.A.advice B.punishment
C.principle D.assistance
B [此处指家人无声的惩罚(punishment)。advice“建议”;principle“原则”;assistance“帮助”，均不符合语境。]
18.A.delivered B.gathered
C.selected D.informed
A [家人无声的惩罚向作者传递(delivered)了很多个严厉的信息。gather“聚集”;select“挑选”;inform“通知”，常和介词of搭配。故选delivered。]
19.A.In all B.In return
C.Above all D.In general
C [最重要的是，无声的惩罚帮助了作者。in all“总计”;in return“作为回报”;above all“最重要的是”;in general“一般来说”。]
20.A.proud B.shy
C.careful D.patient
D [作者变成了一个更耐心的(patient)人。]
