变化一：突出考查考生“必备知识、关键能力”，知识能力“综合性、应用性”。
第二节 (共 5 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Secret codes (密码) keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.
People have used secret codes for thousands of years. (36) Code breaking never lags (落后) far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography.
There are three main types of cryptography. (37) For example, the first letters of “My elephant eats too many eels” spell out the hidden message “Meet me.”
(38) You might represent each letter with a number, for example. Let’s number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message “Meet me” would read “135 520 135.”
A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book. (39) For example, “bridge” might stand for “meet” and “out” might stand for “me.” The message “Bridge out” would actually mean “Meet me.” (40) However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently.
A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.
B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.
C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.
D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.
E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.
F. With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.
G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.
答案：DEGFA
【命题立意】
从人才培养的“语言与文学”领域来看，综合素质要求不光要有语言运用能力，以及与此相关的对信息筛选的能力、分析问题解决问题能力。本题重在考查考生“理解文章的基本结构”。英语文章讲究使用主题段和主题句。主题段通常在文章开头，简要概括文章的中心思想，主题句可能在一段的开头，也可能在中间或末尾，作用是交代该段的中心思想，再由全段展开或讨论这个意思。各个段落通常由某些起来接作用的词语连接，以使文章行文连贯。如果希望准确、深刻地理解一篇文章，必须对文章的结构有所了解，把握住全篇的文脉，即句与句、段与段之间的逻辑关系。
【建议】
过好词汇关，打好阅读基本功;培养阅读能力的非智力因素;提高阅读速度和效率，培养阅读训练的技巧;限时强化训练，关注新科技对学校生活的新影响等。
变化二：突出考查考生的“祖国意识”，增强学生社会责任感。
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top (61) attraction (attract).
So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I (62) was allowed(allow)to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre center. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be (63)officially (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back (64) to my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s,(65) when I was the first Western TV reporter (66) permitted (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include (67) introducing (introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.
On my recent visit, I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by (68) its (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few(69) days (day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, 70 the other is with mum — she never suspects.
【命题立意】
《高中英语课程标准》明确提出“……进一步拓宽国际视野，增强爱国主义精神和民族使命感，形成健全的情感、态度、价值观，为未来发展和终身学习奠定良好的基础”。《2017年考试大纲》“总纲”中强调了高考的定位与目的。“在立德树人的指导思想下，高考以为高校选拔人才作为第一目标，……”。本题在考查考生对语法、词汇和语用知识的掌握情况的同时，突出了“祖国意识”增强学生社会责任感。
【建议】
本题考查考生的'“必备知识、关键能力、学科素养、核心价值”四个层面，因此在备考中也应从这四个层面进行。针对不同的考查点进行有的放矢的备考：从词汇、语法、句法的角度进行。基础词汇在识记的同时，要进行“综合性”的训练;基础语法在掌握的同时，要进行“综合性”的应用;基本句法在学会的同时，要进行“创新性”的应用。
变化三：突出“积极培育和践行社会主义核心价值观，凸显育人导向”。
第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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。
【命题立意】
《高中英语课程标准》明确提出“……树立正确的人生观、世界观和价值观，增强社会责任感，全面提高人文素养”, 《2017年考试大纲》“总纲”中“增强学生社会责任感”的育人功能和政治使命。本题在考查考生对语法、词汇和语用知识的掌握情况的同时，突出了“积极培育和践行社会主义核心价值观，凸显育人导向”。
【建议】
本题型要求所有考生在关注“必备知识、关键能力”的同时，要更加侧重“核心价值”的渗透，“凸显育人导向”。因此在备考过程中，应从传递正能量的材料入手，去提升学科素养，在引导学生掌握必备学科知识的同时，理解传统文化的精华神韵和价值理念。
给我一个支点，我可以翘起地球。高考不仅是“指挥棒”，还要成为教学与备考的“撬棒”。