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blic anger. Earlier this month, a photo of a micro blog post showing some people in Guangxi eating pangolins at a feast spread. A few days later, people were angered again by pictures posted on a woman’s weibo account showing her eating protected animals, including pangolins. 37 . Many more pangolins have been hunted or killed. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than 1 million of them have been killed or sold in the last 10 years. 38 .In September, the IUCN added the pangolin to the world’s ―endangered animals list‖. They are now more endangered than pandas. 39 . Many people in Asia and Africa consider pangolin meat is delicious. Some people even think pangolin scales have medicinal qualities. However, their scales are made of keratin , the same material human fingernails are made of. 40 . World Pangolin Day is on the third Saturday of February each year. This year, it fell on Feb 18. It’s a day to help people know more about pangolins. The government now stops anyone from buying and eating pangolins in China. A. Luckily, the situation is getting better. B. Yet this is only the tip of the iceberg. C. The trade of pangolins across the world is also not allowed. D. They rarely get the attention of people, and some even don’t know they exist. E. I hope more people will join us to protect pangolins from such a sad situation. F. It also said that they are the most illegally traded mammals (哺乳 動物) in the world. G. A growing trade of their scales and meat is the main reason for their decline in numbers. 第三部分 英語知識運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié),滿分 45 分) 第一節(jié) 完形填空 (共 20 小題:每小題 分,滿分 30 分) 閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)( A、 B、 C、 D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 I used to love to swim as a boy. My 41 was just a short walk away from the local pool and I used to 42 most of my summer days there. I would head out 43 with just my trunks and a towel. I always got there before it opened and then stayed until 44 time. It was four hours of 45 joy. I loved to dive in that cool, clean water. I would swim, splash, play games with my friends, talk, laugh, and only dry off during the 46 . I always 47 home in the evenings with a smile on my face too. There were some people who came to the 48 that I never could understand, 49 . They would 50 every day carrying around and 51 their huge, heavy bags full of stuff. They would be all 52 in fancy swimsuits. They would cover themselves in lotion(乳液 ), 53 then sit in the shade of umbrellas. They spent most of their time near their 54 , sitting in chairs, and watching other people swim. 55 they did dive in the pool, it was only for a few 56 before retreating back to their stuff. I often 57 why they came to the pool at all. Sometimes I think that life at the pool is a lot like life 58 . Some people spend so much time carrying around and worrying about their stuff that they 59 get to swim at all. Don’t 60 one of them. Life is for living not for sitting with your stuff. . school B. home C. training D. swimming . waste B. spare C. remember D. spend . early B. frequently C. deliberately B. past C. closing D. local . pure C. additional D. innocent D. summer D. walked . life B. pool C. village D. hometown . however B. therefore C. somehow D. thus . slip away B. show up C. give up D. take off . examining B. watching over C. opened D. got hold of . embarrassed B. buried C. dressed up D. fed up . so B. or C. for D. but . bags B. shade C. umbrella D. friends . Once B. If C. Unless D. As . miles B. hours C. days D. minutes . explained B. inquired about C. wondered D. figured out . for certain B. in summer C. in particular D. in general . never B. always C. hardly D. occasionally . bee B. envy C. fet about D. rely on 第三部分 英語知識運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié),滿分 45 分) 第二節(jié) (共 10 小題:每小題 分,滿分 15分) 閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入 1 個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 American writer Theodore Seuss Geisel – better 61 (know) as Dr. Seuss, is one of the world39。s most famous authors of books for children. March 2, 2017 was his 113th birthday. He was born in 1904 in Massachusetts and 62 (die) in 1991. 63 his honor, March 2 is called both Dr. Seuss Day and, in many places, World Book Day. The aim of the observance is to celebrate literature and urge children around the world to read. Dr. Seuss is famous for his fantastical and 64 (humor) books for young children. His books 65 (fill) with colorful pictures and fun rhymes. Dr. Seuss39。 66 (work) include The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and The Lorax. Dr. Seuss helped generations of children learn to read and to love reading. His books have been published in some 20 languages. Many people used World Book Day 67 (express) thanks for Dr. Seuss39。 books. If you missed out on World Book Day, you will have 68 chance later this year to celebrate books and reading. The United Nations marks World Book and Copyright Day on April 23. That is the date on 69 several of the world39。s 70 (great) writers died. They include England39。s William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes of Spain. 第四部分 寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分 35 分) 第一節(jié) 短文改錯(共 10小題;每小題 1 分,滿分 10 分) 假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的一下作文。文中共有 10 處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號( ∧ ),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 刪除:把多余的詞用斜線( \)劃掉。 修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。 注意: 1. 沒出錯誤及其修改均僅限一 詞; 2. 只允許修改 10 處,多者(從第 11 處起)不計(jì)分。 One day when I was on my way to home from school, I found a building on fire. Immediately I called the firefighters. Several minutes lately, the firefighters arrived and tried their best to control the fire. With the help of the firefighters, a lot of peoples left the building safely. Sudden a foreign woman came in a hurry to tell the firefighters