巴东县第三高级中学高一下期末考试
英语
考生注意：
1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2．答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3．考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4．本卷命题范围：人教版必修第一册至选择性必修第一册。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What does the woman ask the man to do
A. Have some coffee. B. Meet her friends. C. Go to the office.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What does the woman think of the play
A. Terrible. B. Amazing. C. Boring.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Where is Tom probably according to the woman
A. In his office. B. In the gym. C. At home.
4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What is the woman doing
A. Learning to drive.
B. Listening to music.
C. Getting her car repaired.
5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Why is the woman unwilling to dance
A. Her feet hurt.
B. She is bad at dancing.
C She dislikes dancing in public.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。 每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. How long does the woman want to spend in Nevada
A. One week. B. Two weeks. C. Three weeks.
7. What does the woman want to do in Nevada
A. Go fishing. B. Go camping. C. Rest at the beach.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. What is the man going to buy for his mother
A. Some notebooks. B. Some pencils. C. A comb.
9. What does the man look like
A. He is fat.
B. He has no hair.
C. He is taller than his father.
10. What is the woman
A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A hairdresser.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
11. What was wrong with the woman
A. She injured her leg. B. She hurt her back. C. She had shoulder pain.
12. What will the man probably do next
A. Talk to his golf teacher.
B. See a doctor.
C. Play golf with the woman.
13. What’s the relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student.
B. Friends.
C. Doctor and patient.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
14. Who is a bathroom worker
A. Dana. B. Sam. C. David.
15. What can we say about the man speaker
A. He was rude.
B. He was strange.
C. He was new in the building.
16. How much will Sam probably tip next time
A. About one dollar. B. About two dollars. C. About ten dollars.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
17. What is the speaker talking about
A. A village. B. A game. C. A house.
18 How many people live in Hilden
A. About 25. B. Around 200. C. Over 300.
19. What can we know about the restaurant
A. It is the highest building.
B. It is newly built.
C. It has a long history.
20. What is special about the people in Hilden
A. They are tall.
B. They are humorous.
C. They are NBA players.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Here are four amazing online photography (摄影) classes to improve your photos.
Mastering Lightroom & Photoshop (By Andrew Kerns)
Every professional photographer uses post-processing (后期处理) skills to make their images stand out. In fact, editing and post-processing your images is a major part of the photography work. Luckily, Andrew Kerns has put together an amazing online class to help you learn the latest professional Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop skills.
Wildlife Photography Workshop (By Charly Savely)
Professional wildlife photographer, Charly Savely, has recently decided to share her secrets with the world through her online Wildlife Photography Workshop recorded in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Learn how she chooses camera settings using art to influence your style, where to find wildlife and how to photograph animals safely in the wild.
A to Z of Selling Your Photos (By Lola Akinmade)
Lola Akinmade is an excellent travel photographer whose works are regularly published by brands(品牌)like The New York Times and Travel & Leisure. She has also put together an excellent online photography class that goes into detail about how to make your photos be brands, including getting close to brands, how to deal with copyrights, working with editors, getting model shows and much more.
Photographing the World (By Elia Locardi)
Elia Locardi is a very successful landscape photographer who’s been travelling the world for years. His course Photographing the World is full of tips and post-processing skills he uses to create his landscape and travel photography. With 15 lessons and more than 12 hours of video content, his photography class takes you from the on-location capture (外景拍摄) all the way through his post-processing skills in the studio.
21. Who should you turn to if you want to learn to photograph wild animals
A. Andrew Kerns. B. Charly Savely. C. Lola Akinmade. D. Elia Locardi.
22. Which course offers tips on making your photography works a brand
A. Mastering Lightroom Photoshop. B. Wildlife Photography Workshop.
C. A to Z of Selling Your Photos. D. Photographing the World.
23. What do Andrew Kerns’s and Elia Locardi’s courses have in common
A. They include post-processing skills.
B. They focus on photographing wild animals.
C. They provide skills of on-location capture.
D. They teach how to work with big brands.
B
Antoine Craig, a blind athlete, has been blind since 2010. He gradually lost his sight due to a genetic disease. Working through difficulties, Craig says, he has found his value. “Once I lost my eyesight, I began the process of rediscovering myself.” he says.
Craig, now 40, heard from a friend about people running at the school’s gym with their hands linked by shoestrings (鞋带). Craig decided to give it a try. “In the beginning, it was pure coping (应对).” he says. “It allowed me to do something I could be proud of. More importantly, here people became my friends, who were always ready to help me. These people became my family.”
In 2017, he won a silver medal in the 200-meter race at the 2017 US Paralympic Nationals. In 2019 he competed at the Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. In 2021, running for a chance to compete in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo — delayed for a year, he finished second in the 100.
Learning a US national team was forming for blind soccer, he went for it. Last fall. Craig was named to the team, which will play in the Los Angeles Paralympics in 2028. On March 19 and 20, 2023, the team hosted its first two “international friendly” games against Canada in Chula Vista, California. Craig couldn’t play as planned due to a concussion (脑震荡) in practice before the games. He spoke with his teammates before both games and, on his Facebook page, asked friends and supporters to lend support. When asked how the team performed, Craig answered cheerfully, “You know, we won!”
Craig finished a psychology degree from VCU in 2016 and completed his master’s degree in mental health counseling (咨询) in December 2022. Now he has his own business, LegendaryU Counseling. focusing on athletes with disabilities. He also regularly posts videos to his Instagram, hoping to inspire others.
24. Why did Craig want to try running at first
A. To meet friends. B. To help others in need.
C. To find himself. D. To escape from his family.
25. What is the main idea of paragraph 3
A. It is important to run. B. Craig was running well.
C. Running is easy for Craig. D. Craig succeeded in Tokyo.
26. What can we learn about Craig from paragraph 4
A. He had a positive attitude. B. He performed well in the game.
C. His team played in Canada. D. His supporters were disappointed.
27. Why does Craig start his company
A. To make improvements to himself academically.
B. To help people see beyond their challenges.
C. To win more medals in the competitions.
D. To post videos to the disabled people.
C
Four months ago, OpenAI, a small San Francisco company, became the talk of the technology industry when it introduced a new online chatbot that could answer complex questions, write poetry and copy human emotions. Now the company is back with a new version (型号) of the technology, called GPT-4.
GPT-4, which learns its skills by analyzing large data from the Internet, improves on what powered the original ChatGPT in several ways. It can immediately know someone’s tax duties and provide detailed descriptions of images. However, though the new technology can do better on tests and offer precise medical advice to doctors, it can mess up basic arithmetic (算术).
On Tuesday, OpenAI started selling access to GPT-4 so that businesses and other software developers could build their own applications on top of it. A few companies are already working with GPT-4. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is building a system that’ll immediately retrieve (检索) information from company documents, and serve it up to financial advisers in the form of conversations.
OpenAI got the new technology enhanced. As people tested ChatGPT, they rated the chatbot’s responses, separating those that were useful and truthful from those that weren’t. Then, using an advanced skill, the system spent months analyzing those ratings and gaining a better understanding of what it should and shouldn’t do.
Given a long article and asked to summarize it, GPT-4 will give a precise summary nearly every time. Moreover, given a photograph, chart or diagram, the technology can provide a detailed, paragraphs-long description of the image and answer questions about its contents.
OpenAI leaders said the company wasn’t immediately releasing the image description part of the technology because they were unsure how it could be applied for improper purposes. However, “We can take all these general-purpose knowledge skills and spread them across all sorts of different areas,” said Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president. “This takes the technology into a whole new field.”
28. What does GPT-4 need to make improvements in according to the text
A. Its describing skill. B. Its arithmetic ability.
C. Its copying capability. D. Its summary function.
29. Why is Morgan Stanley Wealth Management mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To give an example. B. To present a belief.
C. To explain an idea. D. To make a conclusion.
30. What does the underlined word “enhanced” in paragraph 4 mean
A. Replaced. B. Appreciated. C. Improved. D. Developed.
31. What was OpenAI’s worry about GPT-4
A. It may not understand what to do. B. Its technology could go into a new field.
C. It may not sell well as expected. D. Its image description could be misused.
D
Since the rise in car ownership in the 1950s, the US has started building roads in cities and across the country to provide enough room for automobiles. Houston, like many cities, is turning back the clock to make room for passers-by, cyclists and parks.
Memorial Park in Houston, Texas was halved by the Memorial Drive Highway in the1950s. It has now been reunited. The highway is still there, but the road goes underneath the 1,500-acre park.
The restoration (修复) of Memorial Park is part of a larger plan that was made after the city suffered from a serious drought. It was thought that 80 percent of the forested canopy (树冠) was dead. One of the ways to fight that was to reintroduce native plants and animals.
The city hired the landscape architectural company, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, to work with the Houston parks and the Memorial Parks Conservancy. The architects, led by Woltz, were inspired by wildlife crossings in the Northwest US and explored the possibility of using this idea in Memorial Park. Over the years, the park was cut into 20 pieces that were divided by highways, roads and parking lots. The only crossing was a 12-foot bridge.
After 10 years of planning and constructing, the Kinder Land Bridge officially opened in early February, 2023. The bridge consists of 100 acres of greenery, and while designed for people, has reconnected wildlife corridors (廊道). The reconstruction added 45 acres of native Gulf Coast prairie (草原) that’ll increase biodiversity in the park. “This project is not just about creating a passage or a bridge. This project is about ecology, it’s about biodiversity and water management. This project is a bridge into Houston’s future.” said Shellye Arnold, president of the Memorial Park Conservancy.
32. What led to the restoration of the Memorial Park
A. A company’s suggestion. B. A terrible natural disaster.
C. The demand from the public. D. The recovery of native plants.
33. How did wildlife crossings in the Northwest US affect the architects
A. They knew how to restore the Memorial Park.
B. They got the inspiration for rescuing animals.
C. They gained a sense of achievement for working.
D. They developed a new way to protect the landscape.
34. What do we know about the Kinder Land Bridge from the text
A It is about 12 feet in length. B. Its aim is to save water.
C. It benefits the wild animals. D. Its birth is a short process.
35. What is a suitable title for the text
A. A Highway Connects a Park in Houston
B. The Importance of Building Land Bridges
C. Efforts to Restore Parks in American Cities
D. Houston Creates a Creative Way to Restore Nature
第二节 (共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Benefits of Space Exploration
On April 12, 1961, the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey to outer space. The age of space exploration started that day.____36____ Well, the answer is simple. The benefits of space, including medical, technological and economic benefits, are more than the dangers of it.
●Medical benefits
____37____. Analyzing the effects of zero-gravity on blood circulation(循环)led to many discoveries on how to prevent some types of heart failure. And the experiments and measurements of bone strength and bone loss in astronauts have helped doctors better understand bone diseases.
●____38____
The space race has led to technological advancements in the shortest period of time, such as vacuum-sealed(真空密封的)food, fireproof materials and modern vacuum cleaners. ____39____. Yet, we even don’t know that some NASA engineers originally developed them for the Apollo program that took humankind to the moon. As you can see, it is important for us to keep pushing the limits of space exploration. Who knows what kind of new technologies could be developed that will make our lives easier in the future.
●Creation of STEM jobs
Space exploration is one of the industries that require the largest percentage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) jobs. A lot of those jobs are positions for engineers, data analysts, doctors, biologists and so on. Although these positions require highly qualified people to fill them, they are some of the highest-paid jobs in the market. ____40____.
A. Space tourism industry
B. Development of new technologies
C. Is exploring space a waste of time and money
D. Today, we still use them in our daily lives
E. So, the growing space industry creates high-paid jobs
F. The medical benefits of space exploration reach every area of the human body
G. Why should we spend so much time and money to explore dangerous environments
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Myrtle is a small sleepy town in Montana. There’s no bank or restaurant here, but a small stone___41___right next to the state highway. Half of it is a post office. The other half is a one-room___42___.Rachel Luster took over this library four months ago with the___43___of connecting the community to the outside world and creating a ___44___center for the kids.
Her first task was___45___the books she felt every library must have: The Odyssey. “I looked and looked. But we didn’t have. No library in our system had one,” Luster said. So she started to use social media to___46___money from people around the state and has already ___47___about 1, 000 new books to the library.
“While the Myrtle library___48___taxpayer money, it gets only $200a month for books and supplies,” she explained. “But the library is a ___49___for the community because many people here do not have ____50____to the Internet at home and the library is the only place that people can connect to the outside world. I want to bring a sense of ____51____to the community.”
Luster’s library is open only three days a week. One of her ____52____visitors is 10-year-old Blake Brooks.
“Before____53____this library, my favorite activity was watching TV,” he said. “Now, as soon as I step off the school bus, I come here to____54____.I like to____55____.I’m in the books I read.”
41. A. bridge B. building C. table D. forest
42. A. library B. hotel C. restaurant D. school
43. A. opportunity B. loss C. goal D. benefit
44. A. processing B. data C. health D. learning
45. A. searching for B. cleaning up C. bringing about D. putting down
46. A. donate B. raise C. beg D. reject
47. A. mailed B. left C. added D. written
48. A. borrows B. steals C. forgets D. receives
49. A. waste B. lifeline C. burden D. bank
50. A. room B. desire C. access D. plan
51. A. relief B. humor C. achievement D. connectedness
52. A. regular B. wealthy C. old D. funny
53. A. repairing B. buying C. discovering D. recognizing
54. A. play B. read C. sing D. dance
55. A. wish B. admit C. announce D. imagine
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Ritch Addison was ashy kid. In elementary school, he didn’t speak up for himself, and he___56___(worry) a lot. But once he went to high school, he made up his mind___57___(develop) a sense of humor to make more friends. His new approach worked and he started to become known for his jokes—like the time he made fun ___58___a classmate’s poor score on a math test.
“It turned out that I had gotten a hundred on the test and he didn’t do so well” Addison recalled. “And I joked heartlessly about it.”
Then one day, his good friend, Holly, pulled him aside and said, “Ritch, sometimes you really hurt ___59___(people) feeling.”
Addison___60___(shock). He had always seen himself as the one who made his friends laugh. He couldn’t imagine that he might be hurting them.
“But I kept thinking about what Holly said. Finally I realized that she was ___61___(absolute) right. I started paying attention to ___62___other people was reacting to my humor,” he said.
It couldn’t happen overnight,___63___. “Over the years, I worked on___64___(be) more compassionate(同理心的) toward the people around me since I wanted to have___65___different kind of relationship with them,” he said.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Joe邀请你参加他们国际学校组织的暑假夏令营。请写一封信向他咨询该活动的相关事宜，内容包括：
1. 感谢他的邀请；
2. 询问夏令营的具体安排(时间、费用、需要携带的物品等)；
3. 希望尽快得到回信。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：夏令营summer camp
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第二节 (满分25分)
67. 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。
I had an independent and clever dog named Stickeen. He enjoyed the delicious food that my family prepared for him every day. He often ran out of my sight when walking with me.
Early one morning, I went to explore a nearby glacier (冰川). Stickeen followed me, and together we went upon the glacier. Later, I discovered that we were trapped between two very deep cracks (裂缝) in the glacier. The only way across it was a very thin ice that connected the cracks. I made a path across the “bridge” and got to the other side. But my dog was afraid to have a try and began to cry. After taking another careful look at the large cracks, he ran away hopelessly to find some other crossings. By the time he got back, he was confused of course.
When I reached the other side, he screamed louder than ever, and after running back and forth without searching for a good way to escape, he would return to the edge (边缘) of the crack, crying as if in the sadness of death. I called again and again in a sure voice to come on and fear nothing, but he would think for a moment, look down again at the “bridge”, and shout his unshakable thought that he could never, never come that way, and then lie back hopelessly, as if screaming, “O-o-oh! What a place! No-o-o, I can never go-o-o down there!” At last, I seriously shouted to him that now I must certainly leave him and I could wait no longer if he could not come.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
He knew very well what I meant.
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When we went back home, Stickeen was a changed dog.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________巴东县第三高级中学高一下期末考试
英语
考生注意：
1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2．答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3．考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4．本卷命题范围：人教版必修第一册至选择性必修第一册。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What does the woman ask the man to do
A. Have some coffee. B. Meet her friends. C. Go to the office.
【答案】A
【解析】
【原文】W: Do you have time for a cup of coffee There is a good place across the street from my apartment.
M: Thanks, but I’m heading to the bar next to my office. I’m meeting some friends there.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What does the woman think of the play
A. Terrible. B. Amazing. C. Boring.
【答案】B
【解析】
【原文】W: That was an amazing play! The acting was perfect, and the music was so exciting!
M: Well, the costumes were terrible! And there was a tall man sitting in front of me. I couldn’t see half the time.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Where is Tom probably according to the woman
A. In his office. B. In the gym. C. At home.
【答案】A
【解析】
【原文】M: I guess Tom is not at home. There’s no answer.
W: Why don’t you look for him in his office He often works late until seven in the evening.
4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What is the woman doing
A. Learning to drive.
B. Listening to music.
C. Getting her car repaired.
【答案】C
【解析】
【原文】M: You’re going to need new tires. They should be around $200.
W: That’s pretty cheap. Most of the other car repair shops are much more expensive. I’ll just wait here and listen to music until you finish up.
5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Why is the woman unwilling to dance
A. Her feet hurt.
B. She is bad at dancing.
C. She dislikes dancing in public.
【答案】C
【解析】
【原文】M: Come and dance with me! I have an injured foot, but I’m still dancing!
W: I’d love to, but I don’t like to dance in front of other people.
M: But you’re such a good dancer! Come on!
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。 每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. How long does the woman want to spend in Nevada
A. One week. B. Two weeks. C. Three weeks.
7. What does the woman want to do in Nevada
A. Go fishing. B. Go camping. C. Rest at the beach.
【答案】6. A 7. B
【解析】
【原文】M: You want to spend one week in Nevada. But how are we going to make it all the way to California if we do that
W: Our friends are waiting in California, but I don’t want to hurry through Nevada. I want to get out and camp for a few days.
M: Well, I do want to try out my new fishing equipment.
W: It would allow us to get out of the car for a while. Our friends can spend time at the beach while they wait for us.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. What is the man going to buy for his mother
A. Some notebooks. B. Some pencils. C. A comb.
9. What does the man look like
A. He is fat.
B. He has no hair.
C. He is taller than his father.
10. What is the woman
A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A hairdresser.
【答案】8. C 9. C 10. A
【解析】
【原文】M: Hey, I’m going to buy some pencils and notebooks. Oh, and my mom asked me to get her a comb.
W: Why don’t you get one for your dad, too
M: He doesn’t have any hair!
W: Oh, yeah.
M: He lost his hair a long time ago, before he started his job at the hospital.
W: He is not as tall and thin as you are. I can’t really picture him as a young man.
M: He once taught in a school, like you. Sometimes he talks about going back to that life.
W: He can have my job if he wants it!
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
11. What was wrong with the woman
A. She injured her leg. B. She hurt her back. C. She had shoulder pain.
12. What will the man probably do next
A. Talk to his golf teacher.
B. See a doctor.
C. Play golf with the woman.
13. What’s the relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student.
B. Friends.
C. Doctor and patient.
【答案】11. B 12. A 13. B
【解析】
【原文】W: John, I hurt my back recently. My doctor told me not to play golf for a while.
M: That’s too bad, Andrea. How long will it be until you’re able to play
W: The doctor said two more weeks. I’ve already been resting for three weeks.
M: When I injured my leg, I had to stop playing for three months. I’ll talk to my golf teacher so that we can play a game in his golf course just two of us when you’re feeling better.
W: Really He could close down the whole golf course just for us !
M: Sure. He’s my best friend, too. And he hurt his shoulder pretty badly last year, so he knows how it feels.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
14. Who is a bathroom worker
A. Dana. B. Sam. C. David.
15. What can we say about the man speaker
A. He was rude.
B. He was strange.
C. He was new in the building.
16. How much will Sam probably tip next time
A. About one dollar. B. About two dollars. C. About ten dollars.
【答案】14. C 15. C 16. B
【解析】
【原文】M: That bathroom had a person in it, Dana! He was all dressed up in a fancy uniform, giving people warm towels!
W: He’s a bathroom worker in the building. He’s named David. Did you give him a tip
M: A tip Is that why he gave me a strange look
W: Yeah, he wanted you to give him some money, Sam.
M: But I only have a twenty-dollar bill with me.
W: You should tip about a dollar.
M: He must have thought I was rude. Now I can never go back here.
W: It’s OK, Sam. He knows you’re not from here.
M: How did you know you were supposed to give the guy money
W: I had been here five times before someone told me.
M: Well, I can just tip him twice the next time I come here.
W: You’ll be coming here every week to get your salary, so just be nice to him.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
17. What is the speaker talking about
A. A village. B. A game. C. A house.
18. How many people live in Hilden
A. About 25. B. Around 200. C. Over 300.
19. What can we know about the restaurant
A. It is the highest building.
B. It is newly built.
C. It has a long history.
20. What is special about the people in Hilden
A. They are tall.
B. They are humorous.
C. They are NBA players.
【答案】17. A 18. B 19. C 20. A
【解析】
【原文】M: Good evening, and welcome to the Channel Four news. I’m Jeffrey Stone. Today’s top story takes us to the small village of Hilden. There are only about 200 people who live there, and there is a big open area in the center for the weekly market. There is only one restaurant in the village, and it’s been serving delicious food and drinks for more than two centuries! If you look closely, you may be able to tell what makes this village different. Do you see how all the houses are much higher than we might expect That’s because Hilden is home to some of the tallest people in all of England! Both men and women are about 25% taller than most others, and the tallest man in the village right now is seven and a half feet tall! That’s taller than most NBA players! No one is sure why everyone in Hilden is so tall, but we’re going to find out. Stay with us, won’t you This is going to be interesting.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Here are four amazing online photography (摄影) classes to improve your photos.
Mastering Lightroom & Photoshop (By Andrew Kerns)
Every professional photographer uses post-processing (后期处理) skills to make their images stand out. In fact, editing and post-processing your images is a major part of the photography work. Luckily, Andrew Kerns has put together an amazing online class to help you learn the latest professional Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop skills.
Wildlife Photography Workshop (By Charly Savely)
Professional wildlife photographer, Charly Savely, has recently decided to share her secrets with the world through her online Wildlife Photography Workshop recorded in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Learn how she chooses camera settings using art to influence your style, where to find wildlife and how to photograph animals safely in the wild.
A to Z of Selling Your Photos (By Lola Akinmade)
Lola Akinmade is an excellent travel photographer whose works are regularly published by brands(品牌)like The New York Times and Travel & Leisure. She has also put together an excellent online photography class that goes into detail about how to make your photos be brands, including getting close to brands, how to deal with copyrights, working with editors, getting model shows and much more.
Photographing the World (By Elia Locardi)
Elia Locardi is a very successful landscape photographer who’s been travelling the world for years. His course Photographing the World is full of tips and post-processing skills he uses to create his landscape and travel photography. With 15 lessons and more than 12 hours of video content, his photography class takes you from the on-location capture (外景拍摄) all the way through his post-processing skills in the studio.
21. Who should you turn to if you want to learn to photograph wild animals
A. Andrew Kerns. B. Charly Savely. C. Lola Akinmade. D. Elia Locardi.
22. Which course offers tips on making your photography works a brand
A. Mastering Lightroom Photoshop. B. Wildlife Photography Workshop.
C. A to Z of Selling Your Photos. D. Photographing the World.
23. What do Andrew Kerns’s and Elia Locardi’s courses have in common
A. They include post-processing skills.
B. They focus on photographing wild animals.
C. They provide skills of on-location capture.
D. They teach how to work with big brands.
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了4个在线摄影课程。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据Wildlife Photography Workshop (By Charly Savely)部分“Professional wildlife photographer, Charly Savely, has recently decided to share her secrets with the world through her online Wildlife Photography Workshop recorded in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.(专业野生动物摄影师查理·萨夫利最近决定通过她在阿拉斯加卡特迈国家公园录制的在线野生动物摄影工作室与世界分享她的秘密)”可知，如果想学习拍摄野生动物你应该向Charly Savely学习。故选B项。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据A to Z of Selling Your Photos (By Lola Akinmade)部分“She has also put together an excellent online photography class that goes into detail about how to make your photos be brands, ... (她还组织了一个优秀的在线摄影课程，详细介绍了如何让你的照片成为品牌)”可知，A to Z of Selling Your Photos 课程提供了如何将你的摄影作品变成为一个品牌的建议。故选C项。
【23题详解】
细节理解题。根据Mastering Lightroom & Photoshop (By Andrew Kerns)部分“Every professional photographer uses post-processing (后期处理) skills to make their images standout. (每个专业摄影师都会使用后期处理技巧来让他们的照片脱颖而出)”和Photographing the World (By Elia Locardi)部分“...his photography class takes you from the on-location capture (外景拍摄) all the way through his post-processing skills in the studio. (他的摄影课将带您从现场捕捉一直到他在工作室的后期处理技能)”可知，Andrew Kerns和Elia Locardi的课程的共同之处是都包括后期处理技能。故选A项。
B
Antoine Craig, a blind athlete, has been blind since 2010. He gradually lost his sight due to a genetic disease. Working through difficulties, Craig says, he has found his value. “Once I lost my eyesight, I began the process of rediscovering myself.” he says.
Craig, now 40, heard from a friend about people running at the school’s gym with their hands linked by shoestrings (鞋带). Craig decided to give it a try. “In the beginning, it was pure coping (应对).” he says. “It allowed me to do something I could be proud of. More importantly, here people became my friends, who were always ready to help me. These people became my family.”
In 2017, he won a silver medal in the 200-meter race at the 2017 US Paralympic Nationals. In 2019 he competed at the Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. In 2021, running for a chance to compete in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo — delayed for a year, he finished second in the 100.
Learning a US national team was forming for blind soccer, he went for it. Last fall. Craig was named to the team, which will play in the Los Angeles Paralympics in 2028. On March 19 and 20, 2023, the team hosted its first two “international friendly” games against Canada in Chula Vista, California. Craig couldn’t play as planned due to a concussion (脑震荡) in practice before the games. He spoke with his teammates before both games and, on his Facebook page, asked friends and supporters to lend support. When asked how the team performed, Craig answered cheerfully, “You know, we won!”
Craig finished a psychology degree from VCU in 2016 and completed his master’s degree in mental health counseling (咨询) in December 2022. Now he has his own business, LegendaryU Counseling. focusing on athletes with disabilities. He also regularly posts videos to his Instagram, hoping to inspire others.
24. Why did Craig want to try running at first
A. To meet friends. B. To help others in need.
C. To find himself. D. To escape from his family.
25. What is the main idea of paragraph 3
A. It is important to run. B. Craig was running well.
C. Running is easy for Craig. D. Craig succeeded in Tokyo.
26. What can we learn about Craig from paragraph 4
A. He had a positive attitude. B. He performed well in the game.
C. His team played in Canada. D. His supporters were disappointed.
27. Why does Craig start his company
A. To make improvements to himself academically.
B. To help people see beyond their challenges.
C. To win more medals in the competitions.
D. To post videos to the disabled people.
【答案】24. C 25. B 26. A 27. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。介绍盲人运动员安托万·克雷格发现自我，超越自我的励志故事。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据首段第一句“Antoine Craig, a blind athlete, has been blind since 2010. (安托万·克雷格是一名盲人运动员，自2010年以来一直失明。)”以及末句““Once I lost my eyesight, I began the process of rediscovering myself.” he says. (“失去视力后，我开始重新发现自己。”他说。)”可知，克雷格尝试跑步是为了发现自己。故选C。
【25题详解】
段落大意题。根据第三段“In 2017, he won a silver medal in the 200-meter race at the 2017 US Paralympic Nationals. In 2019 he competed at the Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. In 2021, running for a chance to compete in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo — delayed for a year, he finished second in the 100. (2017年，他在2017年美国残疾人全国赛200米比赛中获得银牌。2019年，他参加了在秘鲁利马举行的泛美运动会。2021年，为了争取2020年东京夏季残奥会的参赛机会——推迟了一年，他在100米短跑中获得了第二名。)”可知，克雷格在跑步比赛中获得名次，可知他跑得很好。故选B。
【26题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段最后三句“Craig couldn’t play as planned due to a concussion (脑震荡) in practice before the games. He spoke with his teammates before both games and, on his Facebook page, asked friends and supporters to lend support. When asked how the team performed, Craig answered cheerfully, “You know, we won!” (克雷格在比赛前的训练中由于脑震荡而无法按计划比赛。他在两场比赛前都和队友们进行了交谈，并在他的Facebook页面上请求朋友和支持者们给予支持。当被问及球队表现如何时，克雷格高兴地回答说：“你知道，我们赢了！”)”可知，克雷格因为脑震荡无法参加比赛，但是他仍尽所能去支持队友。可知他是一个态度积极乐观的人。故选A。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。根据克雷格自己的事迹以及末段最后三句“Now he has his own business, LegendaryU Counseling. focusing on athletes with disabilities. He also regularly posts videos to his Instagram, hoping to inspire others. (现在他有了自己的公司——传奇咨询公司。关注残疾运动员。他还定期在自己的Instagram上发布视频，希望能激励其他人。)”可知，克雷格创办公司是为了关注残疾运动员，激励他们超越自我，超越挑战。故选B。
C
Four months ago, OpenAI, a small San Francisco company, became the talk of the technology industry when it introduced a new online chatbot that could answer complex questions, write poetry and copy human emotions. Now the company is back with a new version (型号) of the technology, called GPT-4.
GPT-4, which learns its skills by analyzing large data from the Internet, improves on what powered the original ChatGPT in several ways. It can immediately know someone’s tax duties and provide detailed descriptions of images. However, though the new technology can do better on tests and offer precise medical advice to doctors, it can mess up basic arithmetic (算术).
On Tuesday, OpenAI started selling access to GPT-4 so that businesses and other software developers could build their own applications on top of it. A few companies are already working with GPT-4. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is building a system that’ll immediately retrieve (检索) information from company documents, and serve it up to financial advisers in the form of conversations.
OpenAI got the new technology enhanced. As people tested ChatGPT, they rated the chatbot’s responses, separating those that were useful and truthful from those that weren’t. Then, using an advanced skill, the system spent months analyzing those ratings and gaining a better understanding of what it should and shouldn’t do.
Given a long article and asked to summarize it, GPT-4 will give a precise summary nearly every time. Moreover, given a photograph, chart or diagram, the technology can provide a detailed, paragraphs-long description of the image and answer questions about its contents.
OpenAI leaders said the company wasn’t immediately releasing the image description part of the technology because they were unsure how it could be applied for improper purposes. However, “We can take all these general-purpose knowledge skills and spread them across all sorts of different areas,” said Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president. “This takes the technology into a whole new field.”
28. What does GPT-4 need to make improvements in according to the text
A. Its describing skill. B. Its arithmetic ability.
C. Its copying capability. D. Its summary function.
29. Why is Morgan Stanley Wealth Management mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To give an example. B. To present a belief.
C. To explain an idea. D. To make a conclusion.
30. What does the underlined word “enhanced” in paragraph 4 mean
A. Replaced. B. Appreciated. C. Improved. D. Developed.
31. What was OpenAI’s worry about GPT-4
A. It may not understand what to do. B. Its technology could go into a new field.
C. It may not sell well as expected. D. Its image description could be misused.
【答案】28. B 29. A 30. C 31. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了旧金山的一家小公司OpenAI推出了一款新的在线聊天机器人，可以回答复杂的问题、写诗和复制人类的情感，成为科技行业的热门话题。
【28题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第二段内容“However, though the new technology can do better on tests and offer precise medical advice to doctors, it can mess up basic arithmetic.(然而，尽管新技术可以在测试中做得更好，并为医生提供精确的医疗建议，但它可能会在基本的算术方面出错。)”可知，GPT-4可能会在基本算术方面出错。由此可推知，需要改进它的算术能力。故选B项。
【29题详解】
推理判断题。根据语境分析可知，Morgan Stanley所在句“Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is building a system that’ll immediately retrieve information from company documents, and serve it up to financial advisers in the form of conversations.(摩根士丹利财富管理公司（Morgan Stanley Wealth Management）正在开发一个系统，可以立即从公司文件中检索信息，并以对话的形式提供给财务顾问。)”提出该公司使用GPT-4开发可以检索信息，并以对话形式提供给财务顾问，紧跟事实论点“A few companies are already working with GPT-4.(一些公司已经在使用GPT-4。)”之后，由此可推知，提到Morgan Stanley是举例说明一些公司已经在使用GPT-4。故选A项。
【30题详解】
词句猜测题。分析前后文语境可知，画线单词所在句为该段的中心主旨句，根据后文的阐述“As people tested ChatGPT, they rated the chatbot’s responses, separating those that were useful and truthful from those that weren’t. Then, using an advanced skill, the system spent months analyzing those ratings and gaining a better understanding of what it should and shouldn’t do.(当人们测试ChatGPT时，他们对聊天机器人的反应进行评分，将有用和真实的反应与没有用的反应区分开来。然后，使用先进的技术，该系统花了数月时间分析这些评分，并更好地了解它应该做什么和不应该做什么。)”可知，后文具体讲述了通过先进技术分析“反应评分”，聊天机器人进一步提升了自己的“是非认知”的过程。即，该段强调了其进步。由此可推知，“enhanced”应是“提升，进步”含义。故选C项。
【31题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章末尾段内容“OpenAI leaders said the company wasn’t immediately releasing the image description part of the technology because they were unsure how it could be applied for improper purposes.(OpenAI领导人表示，该公司没有立即发布该技术的图像描述部分，因为他们不确定该技术如何用于不当目的。)”可知，OpenAI担心自己的图像描述技术会被用于不当目的。故选D项。
D
Since the rise in car ownership in the 1950s, the US has started building roads in cities and across the country to provide enough room for automobiles. Houston, like many cities, is turning back the clock to make room for passers-by, cyclists and parks.
Memorial Park in Houston, Texas was halved by the Memorial Drive Highway in the1950s. It has now been reunited. The highway is still there, but the road goes underneath the 1,500-acre park.
The restoration (修复) of Memorial Park is part of a larger plan that was made after the city suffered from a serious drought. It was thought that 80 percent of the forested canopy (树冠) was dead. One of the ways to fight that was to reintroduce native plants and animals.
The city hired the landscape architectural company, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, to work with the Houston parks and the Memorial Parks Conservancy. The architects, led by Woltz, were inspired by wildlife crossings in the Northwest US and explored the possibility of using this idea in Memorial Park. Over the years, the park was cut into 20 pieces that were divided by highways, roads and parking lots. The only crossing was a 12-foot bridge.
After 10 years of planning and constructing, the Kinder Land Bridge officially opened in early February, 2023. The bridge consists of 100 acres of greenery, and while designed for people, has reconnected wildlife corridors (廊道). The reconstruction added 45 acres of native Gulf Coast prairie (草原) that’ll increase biodiversity in the park. “This project is not just about creating a passage or a bridge. This project is about ecology, it’s about biodiversity and water management. This project is a bridge into Houston’s future.” said Shellye Arnold, president of the Memorial Park Conservancy.
32 What led to the restoration of the Memorial Park
A. A company’s suggestion. B. A terrible natural disaster.
C. The demand from the public. D. The recovery of native plants.
33. How did wildlife crossings in the Northwest US affect the architects
A. They knew how to restore the Memorial Park.
B. They got the inspiration for rescuing animals.
C. They gained a sense of achievement for working.
D. They developed a new way to protect the landscape.
34. What do we know about the Kinder Land Bridge from the text
A. It is about 12 feet in length. B. Its aim is to save water.
C. It benefits the wild animals. D. Its birth is a short process.
35. What is a suitable title for the text
A. A Highway Connects a Park in Houston
B. The Importance of Building Land Bridges
C. Efforts to Restore Parks in American Cities
D. Houston Creates a Creative Way to Restore Nature
【答案】32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了休斯顿正在倒转时间，为行人、骑自行车的人和公园腾出空间，举例了休斯顿的纪念公园被纪念的修复。该公园在修复中最具有创意的生态想法是其一座桥的建设，即一条野生动物走廊。这座桥由100英亩的绿地组成，虽然是为人类设计的，但它重新连接了野生动物走廊。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段内容“The restoration of Memorial Park is part of a larger plan that was made after the city suffered from a serious drought.(纪念公园的修复是该市遭受严重干旱后制定的更大计划的一部分。)”可知，严重的干旱促使了纪念公园的修复，即，自然灾害促成了公园的修复。故选B项。
【33题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第四段内容“The architects, led by Woltz, were inspired by wildlife crossings in the Northwest US and explored the possibility of using this idea in Memorial Park.(由Woltz领导的建筑师受到美国西北部野生动物过境廊道的启发，并探索了在纪念公园中使用这一想法的可能性。)”可知，野生动物过境廊道给了建筑师们启发，使他们探索在纪念公园使用野生动物过境廊道的可能性。因此可知，野生动物过境廊道的影响在于使建筑师在如何修复纪念公园方面有了认知。故选A项。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章末尾段内容“The bridge consists of 100 acres of greenery, and while designed for people, has reconnected wildlife corridors.(这座桥由100英亩的绿地组成，虽然是为人类设计的，但它重新连接了野生动物走廊。)”可知，这座桥重新连接了野生动物走廊，因此可推知，它对动物是有益的。故选C项。
【35题详解】
主旨大意题。通读文章可知，文章末尾段内容“This project is not just about creating a passage or a bridge. This project is about ecology, it’s about biodiversity and water management. This project is a bridge into Houston’s future.(这个项目不仅仅是建造一条通道或一座桥梁。这个项目是关于生态的，是关于生物多样性和水资源管理的。这个项目是通往休斯顿未来的桥梁。)”点明了文章的主旨要义，即，文章主要讲述了休斯顿的一项有着新的理念去体现生态，生物多样性和水资源管理的公园修复项目。选项D“Houston Creates a Creative Way to Restore Nature(休斯顿创造了一种创造性的方式来恢复自然)”贴合主旨。故选D项。
第二节 (共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Benefits of Space Exploration
On April 12, 1961, the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey to outer space. The age of space exploration started that day.____36____ Well, the answer is simple. The benefits of space, including medical, technological and economic benefits, are more than the dangers of it.
●Medical benefits
____37____. Analyzing the effects of zero-gravity on blood circulation(循环)led to many discoveries on how to prevent some types of heart failure. And the experiments and measurements of bone strength and bone loss in astronauts have helped doctors better understand bone diseases.
●____38____
The space race has led to technological advancements in the shortest period of time, such as vacuum-sealed(真空密封的)food, fireproof materials and modern vacuum cleaners. ____39____. Yet, we even don’t know that some NASA engineers originally developed them for the Apollo program that took humankind to the moon. As you can see, it is important for us to keep pushing the limits of space exploration. Who knows what kind of new technologies could be developed that will make our lives easier in the future.
●Creation of STEM jobs
Space exploration is one of the industries that require the largest percentage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) jobs. A lot of those jobs are positions for engineers, data analysts, doctors, biologists and so on. Although these positions require highly qualified people to fill them, they are some of the highest-paid jobs in the market. ____40____.
A. Space tourism industry
B. Development of new technologies
C. Is exploring space a waste of time and money
D. Today, we still use them in our daily lives
E. So, the growing space industry creates high-paid jobs
F. The medical benefits of space exploration reach every area of the human body
G. Why should we spend so much time and money to explore dangerous environments
【答案】36. G 37. F 38. B 39. D 40. E
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了太空探索的好处。
【详解】1．下文“Well, the answer is simple.(答案很简单。)”可知，空处是一个问题，结合下文“The benefits of space, including medical, technological and economic benefits, are more than the dangers of it.(太空带来的好处，包括医疗、技术和经济上的好处，远远大于它带来的危险。)”介绍太空探索带来的好处远远大于它的危险可知，空处应该是在问为什么需要探索太空，G项“为什么我们要花这么多的时间和金钱去探索危险的环境”符合，选项中关键词dangerous和空后照应词dangers。故选G。
2．根据小标题“Medical benefits(医疗好处)”可知，本段主要介绍太空探索的医疗好处，F项“太空探索的医学益处覆盖到人体的每个部分”符合，选项中The medical benefits呼应标题，故选F。
3．根据小标题下的“The space race has led to technological advancements in the shortest period of time, such as vacuum-sealed(真空密封的)food, fireproof materials and modern vacuum cleaners.(太空竞赛在最短的时间内带来了技术进步，如真空密封食品、防火材料和现代真空吸尘器)”可知，本段主要讲述了太空探索带来了科技的进步，B项“新技术的发展”适合作本段的小标题。故选B。
4．根据空前句“The space race has led to technological advancements in the shortest period of time, such as vacuum-sealed(真空密封)food, fireproof materials and modern vacuum cleaners.(太空竞赛在最短的时间内带来了技术进步，如真空密封食品、防火材料和现代真空吸尘器)可知，太空竞赛带来了科技进步，如真空密封食品、防火材料和现代真空吸尘器，D项“今天，我们仍然在日常生活中使用它们”承接上文，其中“them”代指上文提到的“vacuum-sealed(真空密封的)food, fireproof materials and modern vacuum cleaners”。故选D。
5．上文“Space exploration is one of the industries that require the largest percentage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) jobs. A lot of those jobs are positions for engineers, data analysts, doctors, biologists and so on. Although these positions require highly qualified people to fill them, they are some of the highest-paid jobs in the market. (太空探索是需要大量STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学)工作的行业之一。很多这样的工作都是工程师、数据分析师、医生、生物学家等等的职位。尽管这些职位需要高素质的人才来填补，但它们是市场上薪酬最高的工作之一。)”可知，太空探索创造了高薪工作，E项“因此，不断发展的太空产业创造了高薪工作”符合，是对前文的总结，空前关键词the highest-paid jobs呼应选项中的high-paid jobs。故选E。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Myrtle is a small sleepy town in Montana. There’s no bank or restaurant here but a small stone___41___right next to the state highway. Half of it is a post office. The other half is a one-room___42___.Rachel Luster took over this library four months ago with the___43___of connecting the community to the outside world and creating a ___44___center for the kids.
Her first task was___45___the books she felt every library must have: The Odyssey. “I looked and looked. But we didn’t have. No library in our system had one,” Luster said. So she started to use social media to___46___money from people around the state and has already ___47___about 1, 000 new books to the library.
“While the Myrtle library___48___taxpayer money, it gets only $200a month for books and supplies,” she explained. “But the library is a ___49___for the community because many people here do not have ____50____to the Internet at home and the library is the only place that people can connect to the outside world. I want to bring a sense of ____51____to the community.”
Luster’s library is open only three days a week. One of her ____52____visitors is 10-year-old Blake Brooks.
“Before____53____this library, my favorite activity was watching TV,” he said. “Now, as soon as I step off the school bus, I come here to____54____.I like to____55____.I’m in the books I read.”
41. A. bridge B. building C. table D. forest
42. A. library B. hotel C. restaurant D. school
43. A. opportunity B. loss C. goal D. benefit
44. A. processing B. data C. health D. learning
45. A. searching for B. cleaning up C. bringing about D. putting down
46. A. donate B. raise C. beg D. reject
47. A. mailed B. left C. added D. written
48. A. borrows B. steals C. forgets D. receives
49. A. waste B. lifeline C. burden D. bank
50. A. room B. desire C. access D. plan
51. A. relief B. humor C. achievement D. connectedness
52. A. regular B. wealthy C. old D. funny
53. A. repairing B. buying C. discovering D. recognizing
54. A. play B. read C. sing D. dance
55. A. wish B. admit C. announce D. imagine
【答案】41. B 42. A 43. C 44. D 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. D 49. B 50. C 51. D 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Rachel Luster在Myrtle小镇努力经营一家小图书馆的故事。
【41题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这里没有银行，也没有餐馆，只有一座小石头建筑，就在州际公路旁边。A. bridge桥；B. building建筑物；C. table桌子；D. forest森林。根据后文“Half of it is a post office. The other half is a one-room ___2___ .”可知，这里没有银行没有餐馆，而只有一个建筑物，该大楼的一半是邮局。故选B。
42题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：它的一半是邮局。另一半是一个只有一个房间的图书馆。A. library图书馆；B. hotel宾馆；C. restaurant餐馆；D. school学校。根据后文“took over this library”可知，它的一半是邮局。另一半是一个只有一个房间的图书馆。故选A。
【43题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：Rachel四个月前接管了这个图书馆，她的目标是将社区与外界联系起来，并为孩子们创建一个学习中心。A. opportunity机会；B. loss损失；C. goal目标；D. benefit好处。根据后文“connecting the community to the outside world and creating a ___4___ center for the kids.”可知，目标是将社区与外界联系起来，并为孩子们创建一个学习中心。故选C。
【44题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. processing加工，处理；B. data数据；C. health健康；D. learning学习。根据前文“took over this library”可知，Rachel目标是将社区与外界联系起来，并为孩子们创建一个学习中心。故选D。
【45题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她的首要任务是寻找他认为每个图书馆都必须有的书。A. searching for寻找；B. cleaning up清理；C. bringing about引起；D. putting down镇压，记下。根据后文“I looked and looked. But we didn’t have.”可知，她的首要任务是寻找她认为每个图书馆都必须有的书。故选A。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，她开始利用社交媒体向全州各地的人们筹集资金，并已经为图书馆增加了大约1000本新书。A. donate捐赠；B. raise举起，筹集；C. beg祈求；D. reject拒绝。根据后文“money from people around the state”可知，她利用社交媒体向全州各地的人们筹集资金。故选B。
【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. mailed发送邮件；B. left离开；C. added增加，补充；D. written写。根据后文“about 1, 000 new books to the library”可知，她已经为图书馆增加了大约1000本新书。故选C。
【48题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然默特尔图书馆接受纳税人的钱，但它每月只有200美元的书籍和用品费用。A. borrows借；B. steals偷；C. forgets忘记；D. receives收到。根据后文“taxpayer money”可知，默特尔图书馆接受纳税人的钱。故选D。
【49题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：但图书馆是社区的生命线，因为这里的许多人在家里不能上网，图书馆是人们与外界联系的唯一场所。A. waste浪费；B. lifeline生命线；C. burden负担；D. bank银行。根据后文“because many people here do not have ___10___ to the Internet at home and the library is the only place that people can connect to the outside world.”可知，图书馆是社区的生命线，因为这里的许多人在家里不能上网，图书馆是人们与外界联系的唯一场所。故选B。
【50题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. room房间，空间；B. desire渴望；C. access通路，权力，机会；D. plan计划。根据后文“the library is the only place that people can connect to the outside world.”可知，但图书馆是社区的生命线，因为这里的许多人在家里不能上网，图书馆是人们与外界联系的唯一场所。固定搭配have access to，意为“可以接近/进入，有干某事的权力或机会”故选C。
【51题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我想给社区带来一种联系感。A. relief信念；B. humor幽默；C. achievement成就；D. connectedness联系。根据前文“But the library is a ___9___ for the community because many people here do not have ___10___ to the Internet at home and the library is the only place that people can connect to the outside world.”可知，图书馆是社区的生命线，因为这里的许多人在家里不能上网，图书馆是人们与外界联系的唯一场所。所以Rachel Luster给社区带来一种联系感。故选D。
【52题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她的常客之一是10岁的布莱克·布鲁克斯。A. regular定期的；B. wealthy健康的；C. old老的；D. funny搞笑的，愉快的。根据前文“only three days a week.”以及后文“Now, as soon as I step off the school bus, I come here to ___14___ .I like to ___15___ .”可知，图书馆是定期开放的，由此布莱克·布鲁克斯是其中的常客之一，他一走下校车就来这里读书。故选A。
【53题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在发现这个图书馆之前，我最喜欢的活动是看电视。A. repairing修理；B. buying买；C. discovering发现；D. recognizing识别，认出。根据后文“this library”可知，在发现图书馆之前，布莱克·布鲁克斯最喜欢看电视。故选C。
54题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在，我一走下校车就来这里读书。A. play玩；B. read读；C. sing唱；D. dance跳舞。根据前文“come here”可知，此处here指代的是图书馆，故他一走下校车就来这里读书。故选B。
【55题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我喜欢想象。我在读的书中遨游。A. wish希望；B. admit承认；C. announce宣布；D. imagine想象。根据后文“I’m in the books I read.”可知，他总是喜欢自己在书中遨游。故选D。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Ritch Addison was ashy kid. In elementary school, he didn’t speak up for himself, and he___56___(worry) a lot. But once he went to high school, he made up his mind___57___(develop) a sense of humor to make more friends. His new approach worked and he started to become known for his jokes—like the time he made fun ___58___a classmate’s poor score on a math test.
“It turned out that I had gotten a hundred on the test and he didn’t do so well,” Addison recalled. “And I joked heartlessly about it.”
Then one day, his good friend, Holly, pulled him aside and said, “Ritch, sometimes you really hurt ___59___(people) feeling.”
Addison___60___(shock). He had always seen himself as the one who made his friends laugh. He couldn’t imagine that he might be hurting them.
“But I kept thinking about what Holly said. Finally, I realized that she was ___61___(absolute) right. I started paying attention to ___62___other people was reacting to my humor,” he said.
It couldn’t happen overnight,___63___. “Over the years, I worked on___64___(be) more compassionate(同理心的) toward the people around me since I wanted to have___65___different kind of relationship with them,” he said.
【答案】56. worried
57. to develop
58. of 59. people’s
60. was shocked
61. absolutely
62. how 63. however##though
64. being 65. a
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在文中讲述了Ritch Addison“幽默”成长的故事。
【56题详解】
考查动词的时态。句意：在小学时，他不敢大声说话，而且他很担心。根据“he didn’t speak up”可知句子时态是一般过去时，worry用过去式，故填worried。
【57题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：但他一上了高中，就下定决心培养幽默感，结交更多的朋友。make up one’s mind to do sth意为“决心做某事”，为固定搭配，故填to develop。
【58题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：他的新方法奏效了，他开始以他的笑话而闻名，比如有一次他取笑一位同学在数学考试中的糟糕成绩。make fun of意为“取笑”，为固定短语。故填of。
【59题详解】
考查名词所有格。句意：然后有一天，他的好朋友霍利把他拉到一边说，“Ritch有时候你真的伤害了人们的感情”。根据语境可知，people与feeling之间存在所属关系，故此处用所给名词的所有格形式people’s，故填people’s。
【60题详解】
考查时态和语态。句意：Addison很震惊。根据上文的时间状语“Then one day”可知，空处的句子使用一般过去时，又因为shock与Ⅰ之间存在逻辑上的动宾关系，则用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是Addison，be动词用was。故填was shocked。
【61题详解】
考查副词。句意：最后，我意识到她是绝对正确的。此处用所给形容词的副词作状语修饰空后的形容词，故填absolutely。
【62题详解】
考查名词性从句。句意：他说，“我开始关注其他人对我的幽默的反应”。分析句子结构可知，该空引导的是一个宾语从句。需要的词义为“如何”，则用连接副词how作状语，故填how。
【63题详解】
考查副词。句意：不过，这不可能在一夜之间发生。上一句的句意为“我开始关注其他人对我的幽默的反应”，下一句的句意为“这些年来，我努力对周围的人更加富有同情心，因为我想和他们建立不同的关系”可知，本句表示转折关系，则填入however或though，故填however或though。
【64题详解】
考查动名词。句意：他说：“这些年来，我努力对周围的人更加富有同情心，因为我想和他们建立不同的关系”。on为介词，则用动名词being作宾语，故填being。
【65题详解】
考查冠词。句意：他说：“这些年来，我努力对周围的人更加富有同情心，因为我想和他们建立不同的关系”。kind为可数名词，又因为该处是泛指，different是以辅音音素开头的单词，则用不定冠词a，故填a。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Joe邀请你参加他们国际学校组织的暑假夏令营。请写一封信向他咨询该活动的相关事宜，内容包括：
1. 感谢他的邀请；
2. 询问夏令营的具体安排(时间、费用、需要携带的物品等)；
3. 希望尽快得到回信。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：夏令营summer camp
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Dear Joe,
Thank you so much for inviting me to take part in the summer camp organized by your school in the coming summer holiday. I’m very interested in it, so I am writing to ask about further details.
First, I wonder if it is convenient for you to inform me of the specific time and that how much money I need to prepare. Besides, this is the first time for me to participate in such activity, so would you please offer me some suggestions on what I need to take.
I would appreciate it if you could give mean early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Joe邀请你参加他们国际学校组织的暑假夏令营。请写一封信向他咨询该活动的相关事宜。
【详解】1.词汇积累
参加：take part in→join in
感兴趣：be interested in→take interest in
此外：besides→in addition
一些：some→a few
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Thank you so much for inviting me to take part in the summer camp organized by your school in the coming summer holiday.
拓展句：Thank you so much for inviting me to take part in the summer camp, which will be organized by your school in the coming summer holiday.
【点睛】[高分句型1] First, I wonder if it is convenient for you to inform me of the specific time and that how much money I need to prepare. (运用了if和that引导宾语从句)
[高分句型2] Besides, this is the first time for me to participate in such activity, so would you please offer me some suggestions on what I need to take. (运用了what引导宾语从句)
第二节 (满分25分)
67. 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。
I had an independent and clever dog named Stickeen. He enjoyed the delicious food that my family prepared for him every day. He often ran out of my sight when walking with me.
Early one morning, I went to explore a nearby glacier (冰川). Stickeen followed me, and together we went upon the glacier. Later, I discovered that we were trapped between two very deep cracks (裂缝) in the glacier. The only way across it was a very thin ice that connected the cracks. I made a path across the “bridge” and got to the other side. But my dog was afraid to have a try and began to cry. After taking another careful look at the large cracks, he ran away hopelessly to find some other crossings. By the time he got back, he was confused of course.
When I reached the other side, he screamed louder than ever, and after running back and forth without searching for a good way to escape, he would return to the edge (边缘) of the crack, crying as if in the sadness of death. I called again and again in a sure voice to come on and fear nothing, but he would think for a moment, look down again at the “bridge”, and shout his unshakable thought that he could never, never come that way, and then lie back hopelessly, as if screaming, “O-o-oh! What a place! No-o-o, I can never go-o-o down there!” At last, I seriously shouted to him that now I must certainly leave him and I could wait no longer if he could not come.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
He knew very well what I meant.
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When we went back home, Stickeen was a changed dog.
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【答案】He knew very well what I meant. At last, with the courage of despair, he crouched down on the edge, pressing his body against the ice as if counting one-two-three. Immediately I reached out my arm, he succeeded in leaping to the safe place with two steps, one on the “bridge”, the other one on my arm. “Well done! Well done!” I cried, trying to catch him. He ran around me screaming and shouting as if saying, “Saved! Saved! Saved!”
When we went back home, Stickeen was a changed dog. Instead of running out of my sight, he always lay by my side, and would hardly accept a piece of food, no matter how tempting the food was from any hand but mine. At night, he would come to me and rest his head on my knee with a look of devotion as if I were his God. And often as he caught my eye, he seemed to say, “Wasn’t that an awful time we had together on the glacier ”
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者带着自家的叫斯蒂肯的狗去附近的冰川探险，当作者发现自己身处冰川的两条很深的裂缝之间时，在穿过连接裂缝的薄冰时，斯蒂肯因害怕而犹豫、恐慌，作者要求斯蒂肯也必须闯过通道，否则就要独自离开，斯蒂肯最终鼓起勇气，爬过了通道，从此斯蒂肯一改以往的行为，臣服于作者。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“他很清楚我的意思”可知，第一段可描写斯蒂肯克服恐惧心理，最终爬过连接裂缝的薄冰，到作者身边。
②由第二段首句内容“当我们回到家时，斯蒂肯性情大变。”可知，第二段可描写斯蒂肯不再像以前那样，而是粘着作者、臣服于作者。
2.续写线索：明白主人意思——鼓起勇气过通道——成功会合——回家后的巨变——臣服于主人
3.词汇激活
行为类
①.成功做某事：succeed in doing sth / manage to do sth
②.回家：go back home / return home
③.说：say / utter
情绪类
①.呼喊：cry / yell out
②.带着忠诚的表情：with a look of devotion / devotedly
【点睛】[高分句型1]. Immediately I reached out my arm, he succeeded in leaping to the safe place with two steps, one on the “bridge”, the other one on my arm.（由连词Immediately引导状语从句，动名词作宾语）
[高分句型2]. At night, he would come to me and rest his head on my knee with a look of devotion as if I were his God.（由as if引导的虚拟语气）
