吉林省长春市部分中学2023届高三下学期开学考试英语试卷(含解析)
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吉林省长春市部分中学2023届高三下学期开学考试英语试卷
学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
The Nobel Literature Prizes are awarded to the persons who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction. The following are some famous female winners in recent years.
Herta Müller (from Germany)
The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2009. Her works are rooted in her experiences as one of Romania’s German-speaking racial minority. Muller describes how dictatorship(独裁) causes a fear and sense of distance that stays in an individual’s mind. With precise language, she recalls images from the past.
Svetlana Alexievich (from Belarus)
The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2015. Svetlana Alexievich represents life during and after the Soviet Union(苏联) through the experience of individuals. She uses interviews to create a picture of a wide range of voices. Her books are a combination of oral history and deeply psychological literature, composed of stories collected on a simple tape recorder.
Louise Glück (from America)
The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2020. The prize committee stressed “Her unmistakable poetic voice with plain beauty makes individual existence universal”. Childhood, family life, and the close relationships with family are themes that have remained central to her. She seeks the universal, and in this she takes inspiration from myths and classical themes.
Annie Ernaux (from France)
The Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 2022. She usually describes the events in her life and the lives of those around her. “The courage and clinical sensitivity with which she uncovers the roots, separations and collective restriction of personal memory” is the reason she was awarded the prize according to Swedish Academy.
1、How does Svetlana Alexievich create her works
A. By interview. B. By biography.
C. By short stories. D. By memoir.
2、What makes Glück’s works popular according to the prize committee
A. Her family life. B. Individual existence.
C. Simple beauty. D. Fictional structure.
3、What do the four winners’ works have in common
A. They are rooted in life experience.
B. They create a lot of pictures for their books.
C. They bring light to the root of people’s memory.
D. They are focused on the relationship between individuals.
It was Christmas Eve when my elder sister and I decided to open our presents before our mom got home from work. She usually came home about an hour after we got home from school, which we thought was plenty of time to take a peek at the gifts under the tree.
My elder sister opened present after present while I was ordered to stand guard at the big window in our front room. Finally, when my sister’s curiosity was satisfied, we traded places.
After unwrapping a few presents, I found it faster to open one end of a present and peek inside. “Cool! Mom and Dad got me head phones for my stereo!” I pulled the headphones out of the box and was about to put them on when my sister shouted, “Quick! Wrap it back up! Mom’s coming!”
I put the headphones back hurriedly in the box but my hands were shaking. My heart pounded harder as I tried to get the tape to stick. I had just finished burying the package with my headphones in it when my mother came into the front room. I jumped up and said, “Hi, Mom!” She smiled at me and said “Hi” back, but didn’t appear to suspect a thing. My heart began to slow as I took a deep breath.
On Christmas morning, my sister and I smiled and gave award-winning performances when we opened our presents again. “Headphones!” I shouted. “Thanks, it’s just what I wanted.” After everything had been opened, my sister and I looked at each other, and our eyes met. Our secret was safe, but somehow Christmas morning didn’t feel the same.
My sister and I never opened our Christmas presents early again. I don’t know if it was that opening our gifts for the second time just wasn’t as much fun as the first time, or if we came too close to getting caught and didn’t want to think about what our mother would have done to us.
4、What did the author and his sister do before their mother came back
A. They bought some Christmas presents.
B. They put Christmas presents under the tree.
C. They opened Christmas presents in advance.
D. They changed Christmas presents quickly.
5、How did the author feel when his mother was coming
A. Grateful and moved. B. Cheerful and excited.
C. Curious and surprised. D. Nervous and frightened.
6、Why did that Christmas morning give the author a different feeling
A. His secret was found out. B. His request wasn’t satisfied.
C. A festival atmosphere was everywhere. D. A pleasant surprise was lost.
7、What can we infer about the author from the last paragraph
A. He didn’t like the headphones. B. He regretted what he had done.
C. He couldn’t find his Christmas present. D. He wasn’t pleased with his mother.
The idea of Buy Now Pay Later or BNPL, has attracted millions of shoppers with the promise of interest-free credit. An incredible 45 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK turned to BNPL last year, according to The Money Charity. Lenders say they offer a better deal than credit cards, because they do not charge interest but make money from affiliate deals (关联交易) with retailers (零售商). It may be a new way of borrowing money, but the old rules still apply: unless you repay the debt quickly, you are building up trouble for the future.
Now, BNPLs are growing in popularity and do have upsides—mostly convenient shopping with no interest financing and no strict approval requirements. However, they also make it effortless to overshop, overspend, and get in over your head with credit problems.
Lenders pay the retailer on your behalf, and then you repay over 30 days or three months, spreading the cost to help with your cash flow. They say this is fairer and less expensive than credit cards. That may be true, but BNPL has dangers, too.
BNPL lenders may not charge any interest, but they still want you to pay back the money you have borrowed, so what if you can’t Typically, you have 30 days to pay. If you don’t, your lender will contact you to chase late payments. If you still don’t pay, they call in the debt collectors.
Citizens Advice says that 14 million used a BNPL product last year, but six million did not understand what they were signing up for. Some 26% of BNPL customers regretted their choice, while 41% struggled with repayment. Younger people were particularly at risk. A quarter of those making BNPL repayments couldn’t afford food, rent or bills as a result.
Another worry is that BNPL lenders only perform soft searches on a person’s credit report, so do not see the borrower’s true credit status. This means they cannot remove people with financial problems and may end up adding to their troubles. BNPL lenders say they do careful checks to make sure they never lend more than a consumer can afford to pay back, and also pause accounts if a single payment is late. Nobody wants to be pursued by debt collectors. If you do use BNPL credit, never borrow more than you can afford to repay.
8、How do BNPL lenders earn profits according to the text
A. They force borrowers to pay their debts.
B. They require payment for retailers’ services.
C. They receive a certain fee from affiliate deals.
D. They charge interest from 18 to 24-year-old users.
9、Why does BNPL become more and more popular
A. For strict approval requirements and no interest.
B. For its convenience of shopping with high interest.
C. For buying anything needed without credit problems.
D. For convenient shopping and no strict approval requirements.
10、What problem does the Buy Now Pay Later method have
A. All the young people can’t repay the debt quickly.
B. It is difficult to know the borrower’s real credit status.
C. More than half of BNPL customers can’t afford the payments.
D. BNPL has to depend on debt collectors to get back the money.
11、What do the underlined words “get in over your head” in paragraph 2 probably mean
A. To make up your mind.
B. To start to feel happy.
C. To be involved in a difficult situation.
D. To show an indifferent attitude.
Psychologists have long believed that personalities are relatively immune to changes following collective stressful events, such as natural disasters, but the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be an exception, said Angelina Sutin, a psychologist at Florida State University. Researchers from a new study analyzed answers from 7,109 adults in the United States, based on the Big Five personality traits: neuroticism (神经过敏症), extroversion (外向), openness, agreeableness and dutifulness. The participants, aged 18 to 109, took multiple personality tests on their phones or computers measuring these traits before and during the pandemic.
In the first, “acute” phase from March 2020 to December 2020, personality traits remained fairly consistent with pre-pandemic surveys, with only neuroticism slightly declining. By the second phase, defined as the “adaptation” period from January 2021 to February 2022, there were no overall shifts in neuroticism relative to pre-pandemic levels, but adults had become less extroverted, open, agreeable and dutiful. Also, younger adults’ personalities changed the most, while the oldest group had no significant shifts. And no other age group saw an increase in neuroticism in the second phase, but adults under 30 did.
“The results don’t hold true for each person. So it’s no surprise if you don’t see that same change in yourself or those closest to you,” Sutin said.
Although personality doesn’t directly control mental health, Sutin is advocating for more research into the impact that pandemic-related personality changes may have on well-being, particularly for young adults. “We need to do what we can to help support younger adults as much as possible, so they can make better transitions into adulthood and reduce the stress that they face to help improve their mental health and long-term outcomes,” said Sutin.
Still, the study had a few downsides, said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois Banana-Champaign. There was no control group of people who hadn’t experienced the pandemic, and other explanations weren’t explored, making it hard to assess if these personality changes were directly caused by the pandemic.
12、How may psychologists feel about the pandemic’s impact on personality
A. Concerned. B. Uninterested. C. Unexpected. D. Annoyed.
13、How did participants get involved in the study
A. By responding to questions online.
B. By making some personal requests.
C. By analyzing their personality traits.
D. By recording their daily life with phones.
14、What did the findings of the research indicate regarding personalities
A. Neuroticism remained consistent.
B. The two phases shared similar results.
C. Young adults underwent more changes.
D. The older people were, the more shifts they had.
15、What is the last paragraph intended to show about the study
A. Its prospect. B. Its limitations. C. Its significance. D. Its advancement.
二、七选五
16、 You will be leaving this school at the end of this year and the unavoidable question many people will ask you is, “So, what do you want to be ” Some of you may have already decided on a career path. ①_____ Here are some things you might want to consider.
First, does the career you are considering have staying power Will it be in demand in 20 years Rapid technological change is disruptive. ②_____ While many occupations are being taken over by new technology, jobs that require high-level of critical thinking, emotional intelligence and human interaction remain in high demand. These jobs are more adaptable and not easily replaced by machines or technology.
Second, choose a career that interests you. Some people might think this is unimportant, but if you are truly passionate about your job then going to work every day won’t seem a chore. It’s also likely that you will stay and grow in this career. Before making a choice, you should examine your values, skills and personality type. ③_____
Third, of course you will want to consider your chosen profession’s earning power! Although high pay plays a part, you should know that a job with a big salary will likely require more time to get to the top, much more effort and a higher level of stress. ④_____ If you have interests outside of work, or are struggling with other demands in your life, you might want to choose a less taxing line of work.
⑤_____ Let me leave you with an old saying: Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
A. But many of you still don’t have a clue!
B. You need to be forward-looking at your future prospects.
C. Trying different work can help you find out your favorite job.
D. This can help you decide if a career path is a good fit for you.
E. Only the truly motivated will likely be able to meet these challenges.
F. People’s wages are lower in industries with slow technological change.
G. Thinking about a life-long career at this stage in your life is surely challenging.
三、完形填空（15空）
When we married in 2007, we promised to love each other “in sickness and in health”. Over the years I shared my 1 with you. But with my full schedule and then a son, Jack, in 2008, we were very 2 . Then in December 2015, a big fall 3 you with stroke (中风) and speech difficulties. “Whatever, I’m here,” I comforted you. It meant that life needed a 4 .
“Is now the time to realize our dream to start fostering(领养), at last ” I asked you. “Let’s go for it,” you said. I quit my job and 5 a fostering charity with bases across the country. “My husband is 6 . Does that rule us out ” I asked the clerk. “Not 7 ,” I was told. Eight months after filling in the first forms, we finally got the 8 news.
In July 2020, we 9 our now 15-year-old foster daughter, Millie. She was so 10 the first time we all sat in the garden, especially nervous around men. But you 11 her over. Soon she was 12 along with us at your jokes! Meanwhile, we made a 13 while I did her hair or when we walked our dog. With time, Millie started to see our house as her home. Now, we’re on the path to 14 more foster kids.
Thank you for helping me share the love we’ve built with 15 who need it most. We’ve turned a difficult time into something beautiful.
17、A. sorrow B. knowledge C. victory D. dream
18、A. occupied B. free C. careful D. curious
19、A.helped B. charged C. left D. rewarded
20、A. rush B. change C. stop D. risk
21、A. founded B.declined C. discovered D. funded
22、A. shy B. disabled C. busy D. humorous
23、A. necessarily B. importantly C. merely D. clearly
24、A. interesting B. depressing C. upsetting D. amazing
25、A. met B. interviewed C.lost D. encouraged
26、A. curious B. anxious C. confident D. energetic
27、A. took B. covered C.won D. knocked
28、A. aiming B. striking C. wondering D. laughing
29、A. wish B. connection C. mark D. preparation
30、A. break up B. calm down C. agree with D. take in
31、A. parents B. pets C. kids D. patients
四、语法填空
32、 Shenzhen, a city that pioneered reform and opening-up in China, will allow fully autonomous vehicles ①_____(run) on certain roads.
The new rule, ②_____(schedule) to come into force on August 1, 2022, also clarified rules for liability (责任) in car accidents that involve autonomous driving, ③_____(help) to fill the legal gap in China’s smart car industry.
“Shenzhen is giving self-driving cars ④_____ legal ‘identity card’, a key move in accelerating the commercialization of autonomous vehicles,” experts said, adding that more legal ⑤_____(measure) and more testing experience are needed before widening such trials.
The new rule said automakers don’t ⑥_____(necessary) have to equip fully autonomous vehicles with human driving modes and equipment.
But such fully automated vehicles can only run on certain roads and sections designated (指定) by Shenzhen’s traffic management department, according to the rule, ⑦_____ was published on the official website of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress on Tuesday.
“In a traffic accident, if the damage ⑧_____(cause) by the defects of a vehicle, the driver, the owner or the user of the vehicle, after paying for the bill, can request compensation (补偿) from the manufacturer or seller of the car ⑨_____ accordance with laws,” the new rule said.
Yu Qian, CEO and founder of QCraft, a Chinese self-driving startup, said, “China’s autonomous driving industry is entering a golden development period, with many ⑩_____(effect) policies becoming increasingly clear and open, and technologies and algorithms (算法) becoming more powerful.”
五、书面表达
33、假如你是李华，2月27日你们全班同学参观了市博物馆。请你为校英文报写一篇新闻报道，内容包括： 1. 参与人员、 时间； 2. 活动内容； 3. 活动反响。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
A Visit to the City Museum
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六、读后续写
34、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A Visit to the City Museum One day a man named Steve Gowan was fishing in the Thames Estuary in Britain. By the end of the day, besides fishes and sea weeds, he fished a messenger bottle. He opened it carefully and inside the bottle was a brief loving letter from a British soldier named Hughes to his wife:
Dear Wife, I am writing this note on this boat and dropping it into the sea just to see if it will reach you. If it does, sign this envelope on the bottom right-hand corner where it says receipt. Put the date and the hour of receipt and your name where it says signature and look after it well.
Ta-ta sweet, for the present. Your Hubby.
Also attached was a note intended for the finder of the bottle:
Sir or madam, would you kindly forward the enclosed letter and earn the blessing of a poor British soldier on his way to the front this ninth day of September, 1914. Signed Private T. Hughes.
Actually, as Hughes crossed the English Channel on 9 September, 1914, at 7:52 p.m. he dropped a message in a green beer bottle over the side of the ship and he died two days later in the war.
85 years later, the bottle was finally caught by Steve Gowan, a fisherman. Steve Gowan examined the letter carefully. It had the soldier’s name and army number, so he supposed that the message should be real. But how could he deliver it to the intended recipient In 1999, the Internet was still in its early years. No way would he be able to find Hughes’s possible surviving family that way! So, what to do
Well, he put an advertisement in a local paper! The story captured so many hearts and minds that it gained national coverage. Somewhere along the way, through magic and luck, he learned that Hughes’s daughter, Emily, was still alive in New Zealand!
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式作答。
Right away, Gowan and journalists managed to get in touch with Emily.
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The local paper decided to offer Mr. Gowan an air ticket to deliver the letter in person.
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参考答案
1、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。 根据文章“Louise Glück”部分内容“The rich English-language poetry tradition is her primary literary source of inspiration.(丰富的英语诗歌传统是她主要的文学灵感来源。)”可知,Louise Glück的创作灵感来源于英语诗歌传统,因此,一个热爱诗歌的学生可能会读Louise Glück的作品。故选A项。
2、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章“Alice Munro”部分内容“Alice Munro has devoted her literary career mostly to short stories.(Alice Munro的文学生涯主要致力于短篇小说。)”可知,Alice Munro主要致力于短篇小说,即,她擅长写短篇小说。故选C项。
3、答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据文章“Herta Müller”部分内容“Her works are rooted in her experiences as one of Romania's German-speaking racial minority.(她的作品植根于她作为罗马尼亚德语少数民族的经历。)”可知,Herta Muller的作品根植于她作为少数民族的个人经历; “Svetlana Alexievich”部分内容“Svetlana Alexievich represents life during and after the Soviet Union through the experience of individuals.(Svetlana Alexievich通过个人的经历展现了苏联时期和之后的生活。)”同样提及Svetlana Alexievich的作品讲述了个人经历。因此可推知,二人的共同点在于她们的作品都植根于真实生活经历。故选A项。
4、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。由第一段“It was Christmas Eve when my elder sister and I decided to open our presents before our mom got home from work. She usually came home about an hour after we got home from school, which we thought was plenty of time to take a peek at the gifts under the tree.(那是圣诞节前夜,我和姐姐决定在妈妈下班回家之前打开礼物。她通常会在我们放学后一个小时回家,我们认为这段时间足够看一眼圣诞树下的礼物了)”和第三段中的“After unwrapping a few presents, I found it faster to open one end of a present and peek inside.(打开几件礼物后,我发现打开礼物的一端并偷看里面会更快)”可知,出于好奇心,作者和姐姐在圣诞节前夕趁母亲不在时偷偷提前打开了圣诞礼物。故选C项。
5、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。由第五段中的“I put the headphones back hurriedly in the box but my hands were shaking. My heart pounded harder as I tried to get the tape to stick.(我急忙把耳机放回盒子里,但我的手在发抖。当我试图让胶带粘住时,我的心跳得更厉害了)”可知,听到母亲马上要回来,作者双手发抖、心跳加快。由此可推知,作者既紧张又害怕。故选D顶。
6、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。由倒数第二段“On Christmas morning, my sister and I smiled and gave award-winning performances when we opened our presents-again. Head phones!” I shouted. “Thanks, it's just what I wanted.” After everything had been opened, my sister and I looked at each other, and our eyes met. Our secret was safe, but somehow Christmas morning didn't feel the same.(在圣诞节的早晨,我和姐姐微笑着并用获奖般的演技再次打开礼物。“耳机!”我喊道。“谢谢,这正是我想要的。”一切都打开后,我和姐姐看着彼此,目光相遇。我们的秘密是安全的,但不知为何,圣诞节的早晨感觉不一样)可推知,圣诞节清晨作者打开礼物后假装激动和兴奋,其实那份惊喜是不存在的,可得出那个圣诞节的早晨给了作者一种不同的感觉是因为失去了一个惊喜。故选D。
7、答案：B
解析：推理判断题。由最后一段“My sister and I never opened our Christmas presents early again. I don't know if it was that opening our gifts for the second time just wasn't as much fun as the first time, or if we came too close to getting caught and didn't want to think about what our mother would have done to us.(我和姐姐再也没有早早打开过圣诞礼物。我不知道是因为第二次打开我们的礼物没有第一次那么有趣,还是因为我们离被抓住太近了,不想去想妈妈会对我们做什么)”可知,作者和姐姐从此以后再也没有提前打开过圣诞礼物,作者分析可能的原因是第二次打开礼物不再有真正的惊喜和兴奋感。由此判断他对自己之前提前打开礼物的做法是感到后悔的。故选B项。
8、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。文章第一段“Lenders say they offer a better deal than credit cards, because they do not charge interest but make money from affiliate deals (关联交易) with retailers (零售商).(贷方表示,他们提供的交易比信用卡更好,因为他们不收取利息,而是从与零售商的关联交易中赚钱)”可知,根据文章,BNPL贷款人从联盟交易中收取一定的费用,故选C。
9、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。文章第二段“Now, BNPLs are growing in popularity and do have upsides —mostly convenient shopping with interest-easy financing and no strict approval requirements.(现在,BNPL越来越受欢迎,而且确实有好处—大多是购物方便,融资方便,没有严格的审批要求)”可知,BNPL越来越受欢迎是因为方便购物,无严格的审批要求。故选D。
10、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。文章最后一段“Another worry is that BNPL lenders only perform 'soft' searches on a person's credit report, so do not see the borrower's true credit status.(另一个担忧是BNPL贷款人只对个人的信用报告进行‘软’搜索,因此看不到借款人的真实信用状况)”可知,BNPL的问题是很难知道借款人的真实信用状况。故选B。
11、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。通读全文,尤其是根据最后一段"Nobody wants to be pursued by debt collectors. If you do use BNPL credit, never borrow more than you can afford to repay.(没有人愿意被讨债人追杀。如果你确实使用了BNPL信贷,千万不要借款超过你偿还能力)"可知,作者客观介绍了BNPL越来越受欢迎,以无息信贷的承诺吸引了数百万购物者,但是也存在着潜在的风险。由此推知,作者对BNPL的态度是客观的。故选C。
12、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。由第一段中的“Psychologists have long believed that personalities are relatively immune to changes following collective stressful events, such as natural disasters, but the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be an exception, said Angelina Sutin, a psychologist at Florida State University.(佛罗里达州立大学心理学家安吉丽娜·苏廷表示,心理学家长期以来一直认为,在自然灾害等集体压力事件发生后,性格相对不会发生变化,但新冠肺炎疫情似乎是个例外)”可知,新冠肺炎疫情居然让人们性格发生了变化,这是一个例外,让心理学家意想不到。故选C项。
13、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的“The participants, aged 18 to 109, took multiple personality tests on their phones or computers measuring these traits before and during the pandemic.(参与者年龄在18岁至109岁之间,在疫情之前和期间,他们在手机或电脑上进行了多项性格测试,测量这些特征)”可知,参与者通过在线回答问题参与研究的。故选A项。
14、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。由第二段中的“Also, younger adults’ personalities changed the most, while the oldest group had no significant shifts. And no other age group saw an increase in neuroticism in the second phase, but adults under 30 did.(此外,年轻人的性格变化最大,而年龄最大的群体没有明显变化。在第二阶段,没有其他年龄组的神经质有所增加,但30岁以下的成年人有所增加)”和第四段中的“Although personality doesn't directly control mental health, Sutin is advocating for more research into the impact that pandemic-related personality changes may have on well-being, particularly for young adults.(尽管个性并不能直接控制心理健康,但Sutin主张对与疫情相关的性格变化可能对健康产生的影响进行更多研究,尤其是对年轻人)”可知,研究结果表明,年轻人性格经历了更多的变化。故选C项。
15、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。由最后一段“Still, the study had a few downsides, said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois Banana-Champaign. There was no control group of people who hadn’t experienced the pandemic, and other explanations weren’t explored, making it hard to assess if these personality changes were directly caused by the pandemic.(伊利诺伊大学香蕉-香槟分校的心理学家布伦特·罗伯茨表示,尽管如此,这项研究仍有一些缺点。没有一组没有经历过疫情的人作为对照,也没有探索其他解释,因此很难评估这些性格变化是否是由疫情直接导致的)”可知,作者在最后一段想告诉读者这项研究的局限性。故选B项。
16、答案：ABDEG
17、答案：D
解析：句意:很多年来,我一直和你分享梦想。照应下文“Is now the time to realize our dream to start fostering, at last ”故选D。
18、答案：A
解析：句意:我由于工作日程满,所以很忙。故选A。
19、答案：C
解析：句意:2015年你摔了一跤,落下中风。故选C。
20、答案：B
解析：根据下文可知,他们的生活方式改变了。故选B。
21、答案：C
解析：句意:我辞掉了工作,找到了一个在全国各地都有基地的领养慈善团体。故选C。
22、答案：B
解析：根据上文"a big fall 3 you with stroke and speech difficulties.”可知,作者的丈夫身体部分丧失能力。故选B。
23、答案：A
解析：根据下文可知,作者得到了收养孩子的资格。Not necessarily意为“不一定”。故选A。
24、答案：D
解析：根据下文可知,作者得到了令人惊喜的消息。故选D。
25、答案：A
解析：此处表达作者第一次和养女见面。故选A。
26、答案：B
解析：根据下文“especially nervous”可知,在第一天作者的养女很焦虑。故选B。
27、答案：C
解析：win sb. over意为“把某人争取过来,赢得某人的心”。本处指作者的丈夫赢得养女的信赖,养女不再紧张。故选C。
28、答案：D
解析：根据下文“your jokes”可知,此处表达和“我们”一起大笑。故选D。
29、答案：B
解析：句意:我在给她梳头发或我们一起遛狗的过程中,我们(心)连接在一起。故选B。
30、答案：D
解析：句意:现在,我们行走在收养更多孩子的路上。take in意为“收留,收养”。故选D。
31、答案：C
解析：根据全文故事内容可知,此处是指把爱分享给孩子们。故选C。
32、答案：①to run②scheduled③helping④a⑤measures⑥necessarily⑦which⑧is caused⑨in⑩effective
33、答案：
A Visit to the City Museum
On March 20th, all the students in Class 7, Grade 12 paid a visit to the city museum, which turned out to be a rewarding and productive journey.
With the guidance of the museum staff, the students walked from one exhibition hall to another, appreciating the delicate art works made by our ancestors with keen interest. They were also lucky enough to get involved in a hands-on activity where they practiced some traditional crafts.
This immersive experience was highly spoken of by every student, who gained a deeper insight into magnificent Chinese culture and consequently took more pride in our time-honored civilization.
34、答案：
答案一:
Right away, Gowan and journalists managed to get in touch with Emily. It felt like a miracle to this senior lady and she couldn't even believe it was true. Emily said in an exciting voice," I only possess a few photos of my father and spent most of my life trying to find more about him. I am so happy to hear this discovery!" The letter meant so much to her and it seemed that it was a gift from her father. What was more surprising(主语从句) was another gift from the local paper.
The local paper decided to offer Mr. Gowan an air ticket to deliver the letter in person. Steve Gowan felt it was like a mission and gladly accepted the gift. Hughes's message to his family was finally delivered 85 years after it was sent. When Emily opened the letter with her trembling hands(时间状语从句), Gowan witnessed tears, laughter, sweet memories and gratitude, all the mixed feelings from Emily. He felt he had fished not a letter in a bottle but a huge treasure, a bridge connecting the living with the dead(现在分词短语作后置定语), a message bonding a family .
答案二:
Right away, Gowan and journalists managed to get in touch with Emily. It took the old lady, who was only two when her father headed off to the battle(定语从句 +时间状语从句),really a while to recover from the pleasant surprise(不定式作真正的主语). Due to her young age at the time of his death, Emily never knew her father, though she grew up listening to stories about him from her mother and cherishing his award medals(让步状语从句). Having only a few photos of her father(非谓语动词短语作状语),Emily spent most of her life trying to find out more about him. She had no idea that a fisherman would give her such a big surprise. Even another amazing thing beyond her expectation was waiting for her too.
The local paper decided to offer Mr. Gowan an air ticket to deliver the letter in person. He jumped at the chance to help Emily connect herself with this lost piece of her past. Emily shed tears of joy when hugging the guest tightly. Holding the amazingly dry and intact note(非谓语动词短语作状语),she offered her heartfelt gratitude, saying the bottle was a great source of warmth and comfort(非谓语动词短语作状语)./her eyes glistening with tears, she expressed her sincere appreciation incoherently. Though Gowan joked that he himself a fisherman served as a postman this time(让步状语从句 +宾语从句), he never expected something clinging to his fishing net(现在分词短语作后置定语)would bring so much to a beloved one almost a century later. "Thank you, thank you."
学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
The Nobel Literature Prizes are awarded to the persons who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction. The following are some famous female winners in recent years.
Herta Müller (from Germany)
The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2009. Her works are rooted in her experiences as one of Romania’s German-speaking racial minority. Muller describes how dictatorship(独裁) causes a fear and sense of distance that stays in an individual’s mind. With precise language, she recalls images from the past.
Svetlana Alexievich (from Belarus)
The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2015. Svetlana Alexievich represents life during and after the Soviet Union(苏联) through the experience of individuals. She uses interviews to create a picture of a wide range of voices. Her books are a combination of oral history and deeply psychological literature, composed of stories collected on a simple tape recorder.
Louise Glück (from America)
The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2020. The prize committee stressed “Her unmistakable poetic voice with plain beauty makes individual existence universal”. Childhood, family life, and the close relationships with family are themes that have remained central to her. She seeks the universal, and in this she takes inspiration from myths and classical themes.
Annie Ernaux (from France)
The Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 2022. She usually describes the events in her life and the lives of those around her. “The courage and clinical sensitivity with which she uncovers the roots, separations and collective restriction of personal memory” is the reason she was awarded the prize according to Swedish Academy.
1、How does Svetlana Alexievich create her works
A. By interview. B. By biography.
C. By short stories. D. By memoir.
2、What makes Glück’s works popular according to the prize committee
A. Her family life. B. Individual existence.
C. Simple beauty. D. Fictional structure.
3、What do the four winners’ works have in common
A. They are rooted in life experience.
B. They create a lot of pictures for their books.
C. They bring light to the root of people’s memory.
D. They are focused on the relationship between individuals.
It was Christmas Eve when my elder sister and I decided to open our presents before our mom got home from work. She usually came home about an hour after we got home from school, which we thought was plenty of time to take a peek at the gifts under the tree.
My elder sister opened present after present while I was ordered to stand guard at the big window in our front room. Finally, when my sister’s curiosity was satisfied, we traded places.
After unwrapping a few presents, I found it faster to open one end of a present and peek inside. “Cool! Mom and Dad got me head phones for my stereo!” I pulled the headphones out of the box and was about to put them on when my sister shouted, “Quick! Wrap it back up! Mom’s coming!”
I put the headphones back hurriedly in the box but my hands were shaking. My heart pounded harder as I tried to get the tape to stick. I had just finished burying the package with my headphones in it when my mother came into the front room. I jumped up and said, “Hi, Mom!” She smiled at me and said “Hi” back, but didn’t appear to suspect a thing. My heart began to slow as I took a deep breath.
On Christmas morning, my sister and I smiled and gave award-winning performances when we opened our presents again. “Headphones!” I shouted. “Thanks, it’s just what I wanted.” After everything had been opened, my sister and I looked at each other, and our eyes met. Our secret was safe, but somehow Christmas morning didn’t feel the same.
My sister and I never opened our Christmas presents early again. I don’t know if it was that opening our gifts for the second time just wasn’t as much fun as the first time, or if we came too close to getting caught and didn’t want to think about what our mother would have done to us.
4、What did the author and his sister do before their mother came back
A. They bought some Christmas presents.
B. They put Christmas presents under the tree.
C. They opened Christmas presents in advance.
D. They changed Christmas presents quickly.
5、How did the author feel when his mother was coming
A. Grateful and moved. B. Cheerful and excited.
C. Curious and surprised. D. Nervous and frightened.
6、Why did that Christmas morning give the author a different feeling
A. His secret was found out. B. His request wasn’t satisfied.
C. A festival atmosphere was everywhere. D. A pleasant surprise was lost.
7、What can we infer about the author from the last paragraph
A. He didn’t like the headphones. B. He regretted what he had done.
C. He couldn’t find his Christmas present. D. He wasn’t pleased with his mother.
The idea of Buy Now Pay Later or BNPL, has attracted millions of shoppers with the promise of interest-free credit. An incredible 45 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK turned to BNPL last year, according to The Money Charity. Lenders say they offer a better deal than credit cards, because they do not charge interest but make money from affiliate deals (关联交易) with retailers (零售商). It may be a new way of borrowing money, but the old rules still apply: unless you repay the debt quickly, you are building up trouble for the future.
Now, BNPLs are growing in popularity and do have upsides—mostly convenient shopping with no interest financing and no strict approval requirements. However, they also make it effortless to overshop, overspend, and get in over your head with credit problems.
Lenders pay the retailer on your behalf, and then you repay over 30 days or three months, spreading the cost to help with your cash flow. They say this is fairer and less expensive than credit cards. That may be true, but BNPL has dangers, too.
BNPL lenders may not charge any interest, but they still want you to pay back the money you have borrowed, so what if you can’t Typically, you have 30 days to pay. If you don’t, your lender will contact you to chase late payments. If you still don’t pay, they call in the debt collectors.
Citizens Advice says that 14 million used a BNPL product last year, but six million did not understand what they were signing up for. Some 26% of BNPL customers regretted their choice, while 41% struggled with repayment. Younger people were particularly at risk. A quarter of those making BNPL repayments couldn’t afford food, rent or bills as a result.
Another worry is that BNPL lenders only perform soft searches on a person’s credit report, so do not see the borrower’s true credit status. This means they cannot remove people with financial problems and may end up adding to their troubles. BNPL lenders say they do careful checks to make sure they never lend more than a consumer can afford to pay back, and also pause accounts if a single payment is late. Nobody wants to be pursued by debt collectors. If you do use BNPL credit, never borrow more than you can afford to repay.
8、How do BNPL lenders earn profits according to the text
A. They force borrowers to pay their debts.
B. They require payment for retailers’ services.
C. They receive a certain fee from affiliate deals.
D. They charge interest from 18 to 24-year-old users.
9、Why does BNPL become more and more popular
A. For strict approval requirements and no interest.
B. For its convenience of shopping with high interest.
C. For buying anything needed without credit problems.
D. For convenient shopping and no strict approval requirements.
10、What problem does the Buy Now Pay Later method have
A. All the young people can’t repay the debt quickly.
B. It is difficult to know the borrower’s real credit status.
C. More than half of BNPL customers can’t afford the payments.
D. BNPL has to depend on debt collectors to get back the money.
11、What do the underlined words “get in over your head” in paragraph 2 probably mean
A. To make up your mind.
B. To start to feel happy.
C. To be involved in a difficult situation.
D. To show an indifferent attitude.
Psychologists have long believed that personalities are relatively immune to changes following collective stressful events, such as natural disasters, but the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be an exception, said Angelina Sutin, a psychologist at Florida State University. Researchers from a new study analyzed answers from 7,109 adults in the United States, based on the Big Five personality traits: neuroticism (神经过敏症), extroversion (外向), openness, agreeableness and dutifulness. The participants, aged 18 to 109, took multiple personality tests on their phones or computers measuring these traits before and during the pandemic.
In the first, “acute” phase from March 2020 to December 2020, personality traits remained fairly consistent with pre-pandemic surveys, with only neuroticism slightly declining. By the second phase, defined as the “adaptation” period from January 2021 to February 2022, there were no overall shifts in neuroticism relative to pre-pandemic levels, but adults had become less extroverted, open, agreeable and dutiful. Also, younger adults’ personalities changed the most, while the oldest group had no significant shifts. And no other age group saw an increase in neuroticism in the second phase, but adults under 30 did.
“The results don’t hold true for each person. So it’s no surprise if you don’t see that same change in yourself or those closest to you,” Sutin said.
Although personality doesn’t directly control mental health, Sutin is advocating for more research into the impact that pandemic-related personality changes may have on well-being, particularly for young adults. “We need to do what we can to help support younger adults as much as possible, so they can make better transitions into adulthood and reduce the stress that they face to help improve their mental health and long-term outcomes,” said Sutin.
Still, the study had a few downsides, said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois Banana-Champaign. There was no control group of people who hadn’t experienced the pandemic, and other explanations weren’t explored, making it hard to assess if these personality changes were directly caused by the pandemic.
12、How may psychologists feel about the pandemic’s impact on personality
A. Concerned. B. Uninterested. C. Unexpected. D. Annoyed.
13、How did participants get involved in the study
A. By responding to questions online.
B. By making some personal requests.
C. By analyzing their personality traits.
D. By recording their daily life with phones.
14、What did the findings of the research indicate regarding personalities
A. Neuroticism remained consistent.
B. The two phases shared similar results.
C. Young adults underwent more changes.
D. The older people were, the more shifts they had.
15、What is the last paragraph intended to show about the study
A. Its prospect. B. Its limitations. C. Its significance. D. Its advancement.
二、七选五
16、 You will be leaving this school at the end of this year and the unavoidable question many people will ask you is, “So, what do you want to be ” Some of you may have already decided on a career path. ①_____ Here are some things you might want to consider.
First, does the career you are considering have staying power Will it be in demand in 20 years Rapid technological change is disruptive. ②_____ While many occupations are being taken over by new technology, jobs that require high-level of critical thinking, emotional intelligence and human interaction remain in high demand. These jobs are more adaptable and not easily replaced by machines or technology.
Second, choose a career that interests you. Some people might think this is unimportant, but if you are truly passionate about your job then going to work every day won’t seem a chore. It’s also likely that you will stay and grow in this career. Before making a choice, you should examine your values, skills and personality type. ③_____
Third, of course you will want to consider your chosen profession’s earning power! Although high pay plays a part, you should know that a job with a big salary will likely require more time to get to the top, much more effort and a higher level of stress. ④_____ If you have interests outside of work, or are struggling with other demands in your life, you might want to choose a less taxing line of work.
⑤_____ Let me leave you with an old saying: Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
A. But many of you still don’t have a clue!
B. You need to be forward-looking at your future prospects.
C. Trying different work can help you find out your favorite job.
D. This can help you decide if a career path is a good fit for you.
E. Only the truly motivated will likely be able to meet these challenges.
F. People’s wages are lower in industries with slow technological change.
G. Thinking about a life-long career at this stage in your life is surely challenging.
三、完形填空（15空）
When we married in 2007, we promised to love each other “in sickness and in health”. Over the years I shared my 1 with you. But with my full schedule and then a son, Jack, in 2008, we were very 2 . Then in December 2015, a big fall 3 you with stroke (中风) and speech difficulties. “Whatever, I’m here,” I comforted you. It meant that life needed a 4 .
“Is now the time to realize our dream to start fostering(领养), at last ” I asked you. “Let’s go for it,” you said. I quit my job and 5 a fostering charity with bases across the country. “My husband is 6 . Does that rule us out ” I asked the clerk. “Not 7 ,” I was told. Eight months after filling in the first forms, we finally got the 8 news.
In July 2020, we 9 our now 15-year-old foster daughter, Millie. She was so 10 the first time we all sat in the garden, especially nervous around men. But you 11 her over. Soon she was 12 along with us at your jokes! Meanwhile, we made a 13 while I did her hair or when we walked our dog. With time, Millie started to see our house as her home. Now, we’re on the path to 14 more foster kids.
Thank you for helping me share the love we’ve built with 15 who need it most. We’ve turned a difficult time into something beautiful.
17、A. sorrow B. knowledge C. victory D. dream
18、A. occupied B. free C. careful D. curious
19、A.helped B. charged C. left D. rewarded
20、A. rush B. change C. stop D. risk
21、A. founded B.declined C. discovered D. funded
22、A. shy B. disabled C. busy D. humorous
23、A. necessarily B. importantly C. merely D. clearly
24、A. interesting B. depressing C. upsetting D. amazing
25、A. met B. interviewed C.lost D. encouraged
26、A. curious B. anxious C. confident D. energetic
27、A. took B. covered C.won D. knocked
28、A. aiming B. striking C. wondering D. laughing
29、A. wish B. connection C. mark D. preparation
30、A. break up B. calm down C. agree with D. take in
31、A. parents B. pets C. kids D. patients
四、语法填空
32、 Shenzhen, a city that pioneered reform and opening-up in China, will allow fully autonomous vehicles ①_____(run) on certain roads.
The new rule, ②_____(schedule) to come into force on August 1, 2022, also clarified rules for liability (责任) in car accidents that involve autonomous driving, ③_____(help) to fill the legal gap in China’s smart car industry.
“Shenzhen is giving self-driving cars ④_____ legal ‘identity card’, a key move in accelerating the commercialization of autonomous vehicles,” experts said, adding that more legal ⑤_____(measure) and more testing experience are needed before widening such trials.
The new rule said automakers don’t ⑥_____(necessary) have to equip fully autonomous vehicles with human driving modes and equipment.
But such fully automated vehicles can only run on certain roads and sections designated (指定) by Shenzhen’s traffic management department, according to the rule, ⑦_____ was published on the official website of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress on Tuesday.
“In a traffic accident, if the damage ⑧_____(cause) by the defects of a vehicle, the driver, the owner or the user of the vehicle, after paying for the bill, can request compensation (补偿) from the manufacturer or seller of the car ⑨_____ accordance with laws,” the new rule said.
Yu Qian, CEO and founder of QCraft, a Chinese self-driving startup, said, “China’s autonomous driving industry is entering a golden development period, with many ⑩_____(effect) policies becoming increasingly clear and open, and technologies and algorithms (算法) becoming more powerful.”
五、书面表达
33、假如你是李华，2月27日你们全班同学参观了市博物馆。请你为校英文报写一篇新闻报道，内容包括： 1. 参与人员、 时间； 2. 活动内容； 3. 活动反响。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
A Visit to the City Museum
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六、读后续写
34、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A Visit to the City Museum One day a man named Steve Gowan was fishing in the Thames Estuary in Britain. By the end of the day, besides fishes and sea weeds, he fished a messenger bottle. He opened it carefully and inside the bottle was a brief loving letter from a British soldier named Hughes to his wife:
Dear Wife, I am writing this note on this boat and dropping it into the sea just to see if it will reach you. If it does, sign this envelope on the bottom right-hand corner where it says receipt. Put the date and the hour of receipt and your name where it says signature and look after it well.
Ta-ta sweet, for the present. Your Hubby.
Also attached was a note intended for the finder of the bottle:
Sir or madam, would you kindly forward the enclosed letter and earn the blessing of a poor British soldier on his way to the front this ninth day of September, 1914. Signed Private T. Hughes.
Actually, as Hughes crossed the English Channel on 9 September, 1914, at 7:52 p.m. he dropped a message in a green beer bottle over the side of the ship and he died two days later in the war.
85 years later, the bottle was finally caught by Steve Gowan, a fisherman. Steve Gowan examined the letter carefully. It had the soldier’s name and army number, so he supposed that the message should be real. But how could he deliver it to the intended recipient In 1999, the Internet was still in its early years. No way would he be able to find Hughes’s possible surviving family that way! So, what to do
Well, he put an advertisement in a local paper! The story captured so many hearts and minds that it gained national coverage. Somewhere along the way, through magic and luck, he learned that Hughes’s daughter, Emily, was still alive in New Zealand!
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式作答。
Right away, Gowan and journalists managed to get in touch with Emily.
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The local paper decided to offer Mr. Gowan an air ticket to deliver the letter in person.
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参考答案
1、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。 根据文章“Louise Glück”部分内容“The rich English-language poetry tradition is her primary literary source of inspiration.(丰富的英语诗歌传统是她主要的文学灵感来源。)”可知,Louise Glück的创作灵感来源于英语诗歌传统,因此,一个热爱诗歌的学生可能会读Louise Glück的作品。故选A项。
2、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章“Alice Munro”部分内容“Alice Munro has devoted her literary career mostly to short stories.(Alice Munro的文学生涯主要致力于短篇小说。)”可知,Alice Munro主要致力于短篇小说,即,她擅长写短篇小说。故选C项。
3、答案：A
解析：推理判断题。根据文章“Herta Müller”部分内容“Her works are rooted in her experiences as one of Romania's German-speaking racial minority.(她的作品植根于她作为罗马尼亚德语少数民族的经历。)”可知,Herta Muller的作品根植于她作为少数民族的个人经历; “Svetlana Alexievich”部分内容“Svetlana Alexievich represents life during and after the Soviet Union through the experience of individuals.(Svetlana Alexievich通过个人的经历展现了苏联时期和之后的生活。)”同样提及Svetlana Alexievich的作品讲述了个人经历。因此可推知,二人的共同点在于她们的作品都植根于真实生活经历。故选A项。
4、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。由第一段“It was Christmas Eve when my elder sister and I decided to open our presents before our mom got home from work. She usually came home about an hour after we got home from school, which we thought was plenty of time to take a peek at the gifts under the tree.(那是圣诞节前夜,我和姐姐决定在妈妈下班回家之前打开礼物。她通常会在我们放学后一个小时回家,我们认为这段时间足够看一眼圣诞树下的礼物了)”和第三段中的“After unwrapping a few presents, I found it faster to open one end of a present and peek inside.(打开几件礼物后,我发现打开礼物的一端并偷看里面会更快)”可知,出于好奇心,作者和姐姐在圣诞节前夕趁母亲不在时偷偷提前打开了圣诞礼物。故选C项。
5、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。由第五段中的“I put the headphones back hurriedly in the box but my hands were shaking. My heart pounded harder as I tried to get the tape to stick.(我急忙把耳机放回盒子里,但我的手在发抖。当我试图让胶带粘住时,我的心跳得更厉害了)”可知,听到母亲马上要回来,作者双手发抖、心跳加快。由此可推知,作者既紧张又害怕。故选D顶。
6、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。由倒数第二段“On Christmas morning, my sister and I smiled and gave award-winning performances when we opened our presents-again. Head phones!” I shouted. “Thanks, it's just what I wanted.” After everything had been opened, my sister and I looked at each other, and our eyes met. Our secret was safe, but somehow Christmas morning didn't feel the same.(在圣诞节的早晨,我和姐姐微笑着并用获奖般的演技再次打开礼物。“耳机!”我喊道。“谢谢,这正是我想要的。”一切都打开后,我和姐姐看着彼此,目光相遇。我们的秘密是安全的,但不知为何,圣诞节的早晨感觉不一样)可推知,圣诞节清晨作者打开礼物后假装激动和兴奋,其实那份惊喜是不存在的,可得出那个圣诞节的早晨给了作者一种不同的感觉是因为失去了一个惊喜。故选D。
7、答案：B
解析：推理判断题。由最后一段“My sister and I never opened our Christmas presents early again. I don't know if it was that opening our gifts for the second time just wasn't as much fun as the first time, or if we came too close to getting caught and didn't want to think about what our mother would have done to us.(我和姐姐再也没有早早打开过圣诞礼物。我不知道是因为第二次打开我们的礼物没有第一次那么有趣,还是因为我们离被抓住太近了,不想去想妈妈会对我们做什么)”可知,作者和姐姐从此以后再也没有提前打开过圣诞礼物,作者分析可能的原因是第二次打开礼物不再有真正的惊喜和兴奋感。由此判断他对自己之前提前打开礼物的做法是感到后悔的。故选B项。
8、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。文章第一段“Lenders say they offer a better deal than credit cards, because they do not charge interest but make money from affiliate deals (关联交易) with retailers (零售商).(贷方表示,他们提供的交易比信用卡更好,因为他们不收取利息,而是从与零售商的关联交易中赚钱)”可知,根据文章,BNPL贷款人从联盟交易中收取一定的费用,故选C。
9、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。文章第二段“Now, BNPLs are growing in popularity and do have upsides —mostly convenient shopping with interest-easy financing and no strict approval requirements.(现在,BNPL越来越受欢迎,而且确实有好处—大多是购物方便,融资方便,没有严格的审批要求)”可知,BNPL越来越受欢迎是因为方便购物,无严格的审批要求。故选D。
10、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。文章最后一段“Another worry is that BNPL lenders only perform 'soft' searches on a person's credit report, so do not see the borrower's true credit status.(另一个担忧是BNPL贷款人只对个人的信用报告进行‘软’搜索,因此看不到借款人的真实信用状况)”可知,BNPL的问题是很难知道借款人的真实信用状况。故选B。
11、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。通读全文,尤其是根据最后一段"Nobody wants to be pursued by debt collectors. If you do use BNPL credit, never borrow more than you can afford to repay.(没有人愿意被讨债人追杀。如果你确实使用了BNPL信贷,千万不要借款超过你偿还能力)"可知,作者客观介绍了BNPL越来越受欢迎,以无息信贷的承诺吸引了数百万购物者,但是也存在着潜在的风险。由此推知,作者对BNPL的态度是客观的。故选C。
12、答案：C
解析：推理判断题。由第一段中的“Psychologists have long believed that personalities are relatively immune to changes following collective stressful events, such as natural disasters, but the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be an exception, said Angelina Sutin, a psychologist at Florida State University.(佛罗里达州立大学心理学家安吉丽娜·苏廷表示,心理学家长期以来一直认为,在自然灾害等集体压力事件发生后,性格相对不会发生变化,但新冠肺炎疫情似乎是个例外)”可知,新冠肺炎疫情居然让人们性格发生了变化,这是一个例外,让心理学家意想不到。故选C项。
13、答案：A
解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的“The participants, aged 18 to 109, took multiple personality tests on their phones or computers measuring these traits before and during the pandemic.(参与者年龄在18岁至109岁之间,在疫情之前和期间,他们在手机或电脑上进行了多项性格测试,测量这些特征)”可知,参与者通过在线回答问题参与研究的。故选A项。
14、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。由第二段中的“Also, younger adults’ personalities changed the most, while the oldest group had no significant shifts. And no other age group saw an increase in neuroticism in the second phase, but adults under 30 did.(此外,年轻人的性格变化最大,而年龄最大的群体没有明显变化。在第二阶段,没有其他年龄组的神经质有所增加,但30岁以下的成年人有所增加)”和第四段中的“Although personality doesn't directly control mental health, Sutin is advocating for more research into the impact that pandemic-related personality changes may have on well-being, particularly for young adults.(尽管个性并不能直接控制心理健康,但Sutin主张对与疫情相关的性格变化可能对健康产生的影响进行更多研究,尤其是对年轻人)”可知,研究结果表明,年轻人性格经历了更多的变化。故选C项。
15、答案：D
解析：推理判断题。由最后一段“Still, the study had a few downsides, said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois Banana-Champaign. There was no control group of people who hadn’t experienced the pandemic, and other explanations weren’t explored, making it hard to assess if these personality changes were directly caused by the pandemic.(伊利诺伊大学香蕉-香槟分校的心理学家布伦特·罗伯茨表示,尽管如此,这项研究仍有一些缺点。没有一组没有经历过疫情的人作为对照,也没有探索其他解释,因此很难评估这些性格变化是否是由疫情直接导致的)”可知,作者在最后一段想告诉读者这项研究的局限性。故选B项。
16、答案：ABDEG
17、答案：D
解析：句意:很多年来,我一直和你分享梦想。照应下文“Is now the time to realize our dream to start fostering, at last ”故选D。
18、答案：A
解析：句意:我由于工作日程满,所以很忙。故选A。
19、答案：C
解析：句意:2015年你摔了一跤,落下中风。故选C。
20、答案：B
解析：根据下文可知,他们的生活方式改变了。故选B。
21、答案：C
解析：句意:我辞掉了工作,找到了一个在全国各地都有基地的领养慈善团体。故选C。
22、答案：B
解析：根据上文"a big fall 3 you with stroke and speech difficulties.”可知,作者的丈夫身体部分丧失能力。故选B。
23、答案：A
解析：根据下文可知,作者得到了收养孩子的资格。Not necessarily意为“不一定”。故选A。
24、答案：D
解析：根据下文可知,作者得到了令人惊喜的消息。故选D。
25、答案：A
解析：此处表达作者第一次和养女见面。故选A。
26、答案：B
解析：根据下文“especially nervous”可知,在第一天作者的养女很焦虑。故选B。
27、答案：C
解析：win sb. over意为“把某人争取过来,赢得某人的心”。本处指作者的丈夫赢得养女的信赖,养女不再紧张。故选C。
28、答案：D
解析：根据下文“your jokes”可知,此处表达和“我们”一起大笑。故选D。
29、答案：B
解析：句意:我在给她梳头发或我们一起遛狗的过程中,我们(心)连接在一起。故选B。
30、答案：D
解析：句意:现在,我们行走在收养更多孩子的路上。take in意为“收留,收养”。故选D。
31、答案：C
解析：根据全文故事内容可知,此处是指把爱分享给孩子们。故选C。
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A Visit to the City Museum
On March 20th, all the students in Class 7, Grade 12 paid a visit to the city museum, which turned out to be a rewarding and productive journey.
With the guidance of the museum staff, the students walked from one exhibition hall to another, appreciating the delicate art works made by our ancestors with keen interest. They were also lucky enough to get involved in a hands-on activity where they practiced some traditional crafts.
This immersive experience was highly spoken of by every student, who gained a deeper insight into magnificent Chinese culture and consequently took more pride in our time-honored civilization.
34、答案：
答案一:
Right away, Gowan and journalists managed to get in touch with Emily. It felt like a miracle to this senior lady and she couldn't even believe it was true. Emily said in an exciting voice," I only possess a few photos of my father and spent most of my life trying to find more about him. I am so happy to hear this discovery!" The letter meant so much to her and it seemed that it was a gift from her father. What was more surprising(主语从句) was another gift from the local paper.
The local paper decided to offer Mr. Gowan an air ticket to deliver the letter in person. Steve Gowan felt it was like a mission and gladly accepted the gift. Hughes's message to his family was finally delivered 85 years after it was sent. When Emily opened the letter with her trembling hands(时间状语从句), Gowan witnessed tears, laughter, sweet memories and gratitude, all the mixed feelings from Emily. He felt he had fished not a letter in a bottle but a huge treasure, a bridge connecting the living with the dead(现在分词短语作后置定语), a message bonding a family .
答案二:
Right away, Gowan and journalists managed to get in touch with Emily. It took the old lady, who was only two when her father headed off to the battle(定语从句 +时间状语从句),really a while to recover from the pleasant surprise(不定式作真正的主语). Due to her young age at the time of his death, Emily never knew her father, though she grew up listening to stories about him from her mother and cherishing his award medals(让步状语从句). Having only a few photos of her father(非谓语动词短语作状语),Emily spent most of her life trying to find out more about him. She had no idea that a fisherman would give her such a big surprise. Even another amazing thing beyond her expectation was waiting for her too.
The local paper decided to offer Mr. Gowan an air ticket to deliver the letter in person. He jumped at the chance to help Emily connect herself with this lost piece of her past. Emily shed tears of joy when hugging the guest tightly. Holding the amazingly dry and intact note(非谓语动词短语作状语),she offered her heartfelt gratitude, saying the bottle was a great source of warmth and comfort(非谓语动词短语作状语)./her eyes glistening with tears, she expressed her sincere appreciation incoherently. Though Gowan joked that he himself a fisherman served as a postman this time(让步状语从句 +宾语从句), he never expected something clinging to his fishing net(现在分词短语作后置定语)would bring so much to a beloved one almost a century later. "Thank you, thank you."
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