六校联盟2023高二联考试题
英语
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将姓名、准考证号等在答题卷上填写清楚。
2.选择题答案用2B铅笔在答题卷上把对应题目的答案标号涂黑，非选择题用0.5mm的黑色签字笔在每题对应的答题区域内做答，答在试题卷上无效。
第一部分 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
China is a colorful country with amazing places and cultures. In this blog, we will introduce five most attractive places that you can’t miss if you are planning to go for a travel in China!
Beijing
Beijing, the capital of China for over 850 years, is the first choice for many travellers. A perfect combination of classic elegance and modernity, it is the best Chinese destination to give you a better understanding of the country. You can wander around the Forbidden City to feel the dignity of the city; or you can walk along the criss-crossing hutongs and enjoy yourself in everyday local life.
Xi’an
If you want to feel the history of China over the past 1,000 years, you can go to Beijing; however, if you want to experience the 5,000 years’ history of this ancient, oriental land, Xi’an is the best travel destination in China. As one of the four major capitals of ancient civilisation (together with Athens, Cairo, and Rome), Xi’an is the home of Chinese civilisation. The Silk Road starts from here, stretching through West China to the Mediterranean.
Guilin
Guilin, a peaceful city lying in the hilly south-western area of the country, is among the top Chinese destinations for its extraordinary natural scenery. The unique karst landscape with its four features, namely green hills, clear water, fantastic caves, and oddly-shaped rocks, makes it a famous tourist attraction.
Chengdu
Visiting the lovely giant pandas must be on everyone’s to-do list when planning a tour of the best Chinese destinations. Many cities have zoos with space for pandas, but the best place to get close to them is Chengdu for sure! Visiting Chengdu is also a treat for food lovers. Jin li Street is a great place to have a taste of well-known Sichuan food. Besides, you can also enjoy the comfortable atmosphere.
1 What can you do in Beijing
A. Enjoy the oddly-shaped rocks. B. Have a taste of Sichuan food.
C. Walk around the Forbidden City. D. Learn the history of the Silk Road.
2. If you are interested in natural landscapes, which destination is suitable for you
A. Beijing. B. Xi’an. C. Guilin. D. Chengdu.
3. What will be written in the following paragraph
A. Another attractive place in China. B. The introduction to karst landscape.
C. Tips for travelling around the world. D. The contact information of a museum.
B
It is a bright cold day in April and Paul Blachut is busy as usual. From behind the bar of a restaurant, he has a good view of the river. He can see that, along the shore, many visitors are cooling their feet in the river.
Among those are a mother and her two teenage daughters. They’re standing on the edge of the riverbank, playing with an inflatable (充气的) tube when, suddenly, the girls lose their footing and are caught in the river’s current. It all happens so fast. The girls desperately grab on to the tube, which their mother is sitting in, dragging her into the river, too. Now all three are being carried away by the fast current.
A bystander races to the restaurant and shouted for help. Despite having no lifesaving training, Blachut rushes to the riverbank, quickly pulling off his T-shirt. Then he jumps into the river. He doesn’t care about the cold; all he can think about is saving the women.
As Blachut gets closer to them, he can tell that the mother seems to be in the most trouble; her head is now submerged. He recalls how a lifeguard saves people in a movie so he tries this, but in vain. Without hesitation, Blachut dives under the drowning woman, pushing her upward and using that momentum (冲力) to push her toward the shore. Then he dives into the current again, swims quickly downstream and manages to get hold of one of the teenagers, and get her out in the same way he did her mother. He is out of strength and luckily, the girl’s sister is helped out by someone else.
Several onlookers express their admiration for Blachut following the incident, but he is modest about his role. “The whole rescue only took two or three minutes” he says today, adding that he is happy to have received high praise from his boss for his courage. Indeed, it was a job very well done.
4. What might Blachut be
A. A visitor. B. A waiter. C. The boss. D. A lifeguard.
5. What happens to the mother of two teenagers
A. She loses her footing while playing. B. She is dragged into the river by accident.
C. She jumps into the river to save her daughters. D. She loses control of the tube and flows with it.
6. What is the key factor in this successful rescue
A. Blachut’s rich lifesaving experience. B. The method Blachut recalls in a movie.
C. The slow speed of the river current. D. Blachut’s ability to make quick decisions.
7. In which section of a newspaper may the text appear
A. Health. B. Travel. C. Inspiration. D. Entertainment.
C
“With the passing of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, China and the world have lost one greatest agricultural scientists,” Kenneth Quinn, president of the World Food Prize Foundation, said. Quinn, also vice chairman of the Yuan Longping International Rice Development Forum, shared his memory of the “father of hybrid rice” in an interview with Xinhua on Sunday.
Quinn first met Yuan in October 2004, when Yuan traveled to Des Moines in the U.S. state of Iowa to receive the World Food Prize. As they walked out of the airport , Quinn received a call and stepped aside to speak. When he turned back a minute or two later, he lost Yuan. “I had never before ‘lost’ a laureate(贵人),” he said. After a desperate search, he found Professor Yuan surrounded by a group of smiling graduate students from Iowa State University who so admired him that they wanted to take him off for a meal and conversation.
Quinn admired Yuan as a teacher. “He always had time to answer questions and speak with young scientists and students. The American high school students we sent to his research center each year always returned filled with knowledge and a deep desire to learn more.”
In Quinn’s eyes, Yuan was incredibly humble, never seeking fame, and focused only on hard work and results that could help lift people out of poverty. With a ‘down to earth’ attitude, Yuan greatly reduced hunger and provided farmers with surplus income through his discovery of hybrid rice.
Learning of Yuan’s passing away on Saturday, Quinn issued a statement to send his deepest sympathy to Yuan’s family and colleagues in China, as well as his admirers across the world. “Professor Yuan Longping, who was truly beloved in his country and by all of us who knew him, will be greatly missed. His legacy will provide inspiration to generations far into the future, in China and across the world,” Quinn said in the statement.
8. How did Kenneth Quinn feel when he found Yuan in a group of students
A. Confused. B. Amazed. C. Annoyed. D. Frightened.
9. How did Yuan Longping deal with young people
A. He cared about the development of the youth.
B. He sent young students abroad for further study.
C. He was too busy to answer the students’ question.
D. He was generous to help young people out of trouble.
10. What does the words “down to earth” mean in paragraph 4
A. Realistic . B. Stubborn C. Flexible D. Critical
11. What is the purpose of the text
A. To introduce the “father of hybrid rice”.
B. To share the stories of Yuan Longping.
C. To remember Professor Yuan Longping
D. To inspire the young to become a pioneer.
D
Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Now, his award-winning image is stirring debates about whether art can be generated by a computer, and what, exactly, it means to be an artist.
In August 2022, Allen, a 39-year-old game designer who lives in Pueblo West, Colorado, won first place in the “digital arts/digitally-operated photography” category at the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Competition. His winning image, titled Théatre D’opéra Spatial, was made with Midjourney—an artificial intelligence system that can produce detailed images when fed written prompts (提示).
Allen’s winning image looks like a bright cross between a classic and modern painting. It’s one of three such images he entered in the competition. Allen posted excitedly about his win on Midjourney’s Discord server on August 25, along with pictures of his three entries; it spread quickly on Twitter days later, with many artists feeling angry about Allen’s win because of his use of AI to create the image. “He just ‘pressed a few buttons to make a digital art piece’,” one Twitter user wrote. “We’re watching the death of art unfold before our eyes.”
However, to get the final three images he entered in the competition, Allen said, he took over 80 hours. First, he played around with phrasing that led Midjourney to generate images of women in nice dresses and space helmets. Over time, with slight adjustments to his written prompts, he created 900 repeating processes of what led to his final three images. He gave the final touch to those three images in Photoshop. Then he ran the images through another software program called Gigapixel AI that can improve resolution (分辨率) and had the images printed at a local print shop.
Allen is glad that the debate over whether AI can be used to make art is getting so much attention. “Rather than hating the technology or the people behind it, we need to recognize it’s a powerful tool and use it for good so we can all move forward,” Allen said.
12. What do we know about Theatre D’opera Spatial
A. Its beauty is widely accepted. B. Its creation is an easy process.
C. It shows the death of traditional art. D. It has caused a lot of arguments.
13 What did Allen do to create his entries
A. He searched for smart written prompts. B. He edited his final images in Photoshop.
C. He fed Midjourney with famous paintings. D. He developed the software named Gigapixel.
14. What is Allen’s attitude to the debate over Al-created art
A. Worried. B. Uncaring. C. Positive. D. Annoyed.
15. What might be the best title for the text
A. AI Beats Out Human Artists in the Art Field
B. AI Won an Art Contest and Artists Are Angry
C. An Artist Wins State Fair Art Contest and Laughs
D. The Artist From Pueblo West Is Defending His Work.
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。
Over the past years, countless studies conducted have shown the positive effects that laughing has on one’s physical and mental health. Are you ready to laugh more Below you’ll find five ways to bring more laughter into your life.
Smile more. Smiling is not laughing. ____16____ When you smile, happy changes begin to take place naturally, both internally and externally. In addition, you can think of smiling as a warm-up for laughing.
Learn to laugh at yourself. Most of us take ourselves too seriously. ____17____ Learning to laugh at yourself takes some of the pressure off. You can look for the funny side of things. When you’re upset about something, ask yourself “How is this situation funny ” Humor can even turn a negative into a positive.
Share stories from the past. Do you remember one time in high school that you and your best friend wore false hair and matching clothes around your neighborhood Or, how about when your best friend sat on a painted bench by accident ____18____
Take up something new. When you try something new — whether it’s to draw or learn to roller skate — your original attempts will likely be clumsy (笨拙的) and even ridiculous (荒谬的). ____19____ So taking up something new is likely to result in laughs.
____20____ We are heavily influenced by the people we are with, so by hanging out with funny people, we can add more laughter into our days. That positive and silly energy will immediately rub off on (感染) us and it can cause us to want to feel happier and sillier throughout our days.
A. That is funny.
B. It has a lot of benefits.
C. Follow funny people on Twitter.
D. Surround yourself with funny people.
E. These reminders can make us feel silly and childlike.
F. For better results, think of a funny moment from the past.
G. So our ability to find the humor in difficult situations can be limited.
第二部分 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。
I can remember the first time it happened. Class was getting out of hand. Our teacher, after quieting us six times as she tried to keep our ____21____ on the task at hand, finally gave up and informed we could take a rest. Instantly, the classroom erupted with students ____22____ their seats, laughing and talking.
And then there was me. I sat ____23____ in my chair. I finished the activity and then worked on a project, completely content. I didn’t associate what I was doing with ____24____ behavior; I just had no desire to be loud and crazy.
As parents started to arrive, our teacher . ____25____ the chattering children with a half-hearted smile. But when my mother ____26____,she commented, “Your daughter is such a nice girl in class. She’s a ____27____.” And there it was: my first “nice”.
Whether or not I knew it, a ____28____ had been set for my future behavior, though my teacher probably didn’t mean it.
As years passed, I became____29____ in the art of nice. But as much as I loved praise, I was too _____30_____ to dare be anything but nice.
People rarely see the Real Me, because the Real Me is _____31_____.She doesn’t clean her room as often as she should. She’s _____32_____ at making decisions. Nice became a shelter I _____33_____my real feelings. “It’s like living a. _____34_____ life,” I thought. I am _____35_____ with being nice. I want to be the best of myself, not the nicest.
21.
A. sight B. focus C. spirit D. preference
22.
A. moving B. changing C. adjusting D. leaving
23.
A. excitedly B. hopelessly C. quietly D. nervously
24.
A. positive B. normal C. complex D. strange
25.
A. picked out B. handed over C. showed off D. drove away
26.
A. arrived B. demanded C. followed D. insisted
27.
A. treasure B. legend C. star D. champion
28.
A. plan B. style C. standard D. goal
29
A. poorly-adapted B. well-trained C. annoyed D. confused
30.
A. active B. honest C. eager D. scared
31.
A. shy B. perfect C. messy D. unique
32.
A. terrible B. quick C. wise D. careful
33.
A. managed B. shared C. expressed D. hid
34.
A. simple B. comfortable C. double D. busy
35.
A. familiar B. tired C. confident D. pleased
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。
Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for her research, which led to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin ___36___ (save) a large number of lives since it was discovered. After ___37___ (graduate) from university, Tu Youyou worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1967, Tu Youyou was chosen as a ___38___ (research) of a team of scientists with ___39___ purpose of discovering a new method for malaria. Her team ___40___ (evaluate) 280,000 plants for ___41___ (they) medical properties and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical ___42___ (treatment). One medical text suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu Youyou analyzed the medical texts again, and ___43___ chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way. Soon she found a substance that worked by boiling the sweet wormwood at a lower temperature. The team’s hard work ___44___ (final) paid off in 1971.
Tu Youyou thought ____45____ they gained was a team effort and that the Nobel Prize was an honor for China’s scientific research.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，最近你和你的父母在选择未来职业方面有了分歧。为此你打算给曾经的外教，来自英国的Mr. Smith，写封电子邮件求助，内容包括：
1.问候Mr. Smith；
2.你希望成为野生动植物摄影师及原因；
3.父母反对的原因（至少两点）；
4.咨询Mr. Smith如何说服父母尊重你的理想。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
参考词汇：野生动植物摄影师wildlife photographer
Dear Mr. Smith,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整短文。
The boy sat on his chair, with his hand above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.
He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. “WRITING COMPETITION!” the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.
As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.
Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.
The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed at how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “248” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.
Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write. Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.
“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.
He went onto Google and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button.
Confused, he then re-read the page again. It read COMPETITION CLOSED.
注意：1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
After a few seconds, the boy eagerly checked the deadline of the COMPETITION on the website.
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Paragraph 2:
His mother came up and comforted him.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________六校联盟2023高二联考试题
英语
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将姓名、准考证号等在答题卷上填写清楚。
2.选择题答案用2B铅笔在答题卷上把对应题目的答案标号涂黑，非选择题用0.5mm的黑色签字笔在每题对应的答题区域内做答，答在试题卷上无效。
第一部分 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
China is a colorful country with amazing places and cultures. In this blog, we will introduce five most attractive places that you can’t miss if you are planning to go for a travel in China!
Beijing
Beijing, the capital of China for over 850 years, is the first choice for many travellers. A perfect combination of classic elegance and modernity, it is the best Chinese destination to give you a better understanding of the country. You can wander around the Forbidden City to feel the dignity of the city; or you can walk along the criss-crossing hutongs and enjoy yourself in everyday local life.
Xi’an
If you want to feel the history of China over the past 1,000 years, you can go to Beijing; however, if you want to experience the 5,000 years’ history of this ancient, oriental land, Xi’an is the best travel destination in China. As one of the four major capitals of ancient civilisation (together with Athens, Cairo, and Rome), Xi’an is the home of Chinese civilisation. The Silk Road starts from here, stretching through West China to the Mediterranean.
Guilin
Guilin, a peaceful city lying in the hilly south-western area of the country, is among the top Chinese destinations for its extraordinary natural scenery. The unique karst landscape with its four features, namely green hills, clear water, fantastic caves, and oddly-shaped rocks, makes it a famous tourist attraction.
Chengdu
Visiting the lovely giant pandas must be on everyone’s to-do list when planning a tour of the best Chinese destinations. Many cities have zoos with space for pandas, but the best place to get close to them is Chengdu for sure! Visiting Chengdu is also a treat for food lovers. Jin li Street is a great place to have a taste of well-known Sichuan food. Besides, you can also enjoy the comfortable atmosphere.
1. What can you do in Beijing
A. Enjoy the oddly-shaped rocks. B. Have a taste of Sichuan food.
C. Walk around the Forbidden City. D. Learn the history of the Silk Road.
2. If you are interested in natural landscapes, which destination is suitable for you
A. Beijing. B. Xi’an. C. Guilin. D. Chengdu.
3. What will be written in the following paragraph
A. Another attractive place in China. B. The introduction to karst landscape.
C. Tips for travelling around the world. D. The contact information of a museum.
【答案】1. C 2. C 3. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是应用文。文章主要介绍中国4个最吸引人的地方
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Beijing部分“You can wander around the Forbidden City to feel the dignity of the city (你可以在紫禁城里漫步，感受这座城市的尊严)”可知，人们在北京可以在紫禁城里漫步。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Guilin部分“Guilin, a peaceful city lying in the hilly south-western area of the country, is among the top Chinese destinations for its extraordinary natural scenery. (桂林是一座宁静的城市，位于中国西南部丘陵地区，以其非凡的自然风光跻身中国最佳旅游目的地之列)”可知，想要欣赏自然风光的游客可以去桂林。故选C。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“In this blog, we will introduce five most attractive places that you can’t miss if you are planning to go for a travel in China! (在这个博客中，我们将介绍五个最吸引人的地方，如果你打算去中国旅行，你不会错过！)”可知，这篇文章要介绍中国五个最吸引人的地方，现在才介绍了Beijing，Xi’an，Guilin和Chengdu4个地方，所以接下来还要再介绍一个地方。故选A。
B
It is a bright cold day in April and Paul Blachut is busy as usual. From behind the bar of a restaurant, he has a good view of the river. He can see that, along the shore, many visitors are cooling their feet in the river.
Among those are a mother and her two teenage daughters. They’re standing on the edge of the riverbank, playing with an inflatable (充气的) tube when, suddenly, the girls lose their footing and are caught in the river’s current. It all happens so fast. The girls desperately grab on to the tube, which their mother is sitting in, dragging her into the river, too. Now all three are being carried away by the fast current.
A bystander races to the restaurant and shouted for help. Despite having no lifesaving training, Blachut rushes to the riverbank, quickly pulling off his T-shirt. Then he jumps into the river. He doesn’t care about the cold; all he can think about is saving the women.
As Blachut gets closer to them, he can tell that the mother seems to be in the most trouble; her head is now submerged. He recalls how a lifeguard saves people in a movie so he tries this, but in vain. Without hesitation, Blachut dives under the drowning woman, pushing her upward and using that momentum (冲力) to push her toward the shore. Then he dives into the current again, swims quickly downstream and manages to get hold of one of the teenagers, and get her out in the same way he did her mother. He is out of strength and luckily, the girl’s sister is helped out by someone else.
Several onlookers express their admiration for Blachut following the incident, but he is modest about his role. “The whole rescue only took two or three minutes” he says today, adding that he is happy to have received high praise from his boss for his courage. Indeed, it was a job very well done.
4. What might Blachut be
A. A visitor. B. A waiter. C. The boss. D. A lifeguard.
5. What happens to the mother of two teenagers
A. She loses her footing while playing. B. She is dragged into the river by accident.
C. She jumps into the river to save her daughters. D. She loses control of the tube and flows with it.
6. What is the key factor in this successful rescue
A. Blachut’s rich lifesaving experience. B. The method Blachut recalls in a movie.
C. The slow speed of the river current. D. Blachut’s ability to make quick decisions.
7. In which section of a newspaper may the text appear
A. Health. B. Travel. C. Inspiration. D. Entertainment.
【答案】4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位母亲和两个女孩意外落水，在岸边一家餐厅工作的服务员Paul Blachut看到这种情况后，迅速做出决定，冲到河边救下了她们。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中“It is a bright cold day in April and Paul Blachut is busy as usual. From behind the bar of arestaurant, he has a good view of the river. (这是一个明亮寒冷的四月的一天，保罗布拉舒特像往常一样忙碌。从餐馆的吧台后面，他可以看到河的美景。)”和最后一段中“ “The whole rescue only took two or three minutes” he says today, adding that he is happy to have received high praise from his boss for his courage. (“整个营救只花了两三分钟，”他今天说，并补充说，他很高兴得到了老板对他勇气的高度赞扬。)”，结合选项可知，Blachut是一名饭店服务员，故选B。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“The girls desperately grab on to the tube, which their mother is sitting in, dragging her into the river, too. (女孩们拼命地抓住管子，她们的妈妈正坐在里面，把她也拖进了河里。 )”可知，这两个女孩的妈妈不小心被拖进了河里。故选B。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中“Despite having no lifesaving training, Blachut rushes to the riverbank, quickly pulling off his T-shirt. Then he jumps into the river. He doesn’t care about the cold; all he can think about is saving the women. (尽管没有受过任何救生训练，布拉丘特还是冲到河边，迅速脱下他的 T 恤衫。然后他跳进河里。他不在乎寒冷，他满脑子想的都是救那些女人。)”和最后一段中“The whole rescue only took two or three minutes (整个营救只花了两三分钟)”可推知，这次成功救援的关键因素是Blachut做出快速决定的能力。故选D。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了一位母亲和两个女孩意外落水，在岸边一家餐厅工作的服务员Paul Blachut看到这种情况后，迅速做出决定，冲到河边救下了她们，这是一件鼓舞人心的事情。由此可推知，这篇文章可能选择报纸的“鼓舞人心故事”这一板块，故选C。
C
“With the passing of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, China and the world have lost one greatest agricultural scientists,” Kenneth Quinn, president of the World Food Prize Foundation, said. Quinn, also vice chairman of the Yuan Longping International Rice Development Forum, shared his memory of the “father of hybrid rice” in an interview with Xinhua on Sunday.
Quinn first met Yuan in October 2004, when Yuan traveled to Des Moines in the U.S. state of Iowa to receive the World Food Prize. As they walked out of the airport , Quinn received a call and stepped aside to speak. When he turned back a minute or two later, he lost Yuan. “I had never before ‘lost’ a laureate(贵人),” he said. After a desperate search, he found Professor Yuan surrounded by a group of smiling graduate students from Iowa State University who so admired him that they wanted to take him off for a meal and conversation.
Quinn admired Yuan as a teacher. “He always had time to answer questions and speak with young scientists and students. The American high school students we sent to his research center each year always returned filled with knowledge and a deep desire to learn more.”
In Quinn’s eyes, Yuan was incredibly humble, never seeking fame, and focused only on hard work and results that could help lift people out of poverty. With a ‘down to earth’ attitude, Yuan greatly reduced hunger and provided farmers with surplus income through his discovery of hybrid rice.
Learning of Yuan’s passing away on Saturday, Quinn issued a statement to send his deepest sympathy to Yuan’s family and colleagues in China, as well as his admirers across the world. “Professor Yuan Longping, who was truly beloved in his country and by all of us who knew him, will be greatly missed. His legacy will provide inspiration to generations far into the future, in China and across the world,” Quinn said in the statement.
8. How did Kenneth Quinn feel when he found Yuan in a group of students
A. Confused. B. Amazed. C. Annoyed. D. Frightened.
9. How did Yuan Longping deal with young people
A. He cared about the development of the youth.
B. He sent young students abroad for further study.
C. He was too busy to answer the students’ question.
D. He was generous to help young people out of trouble.
10. What does the words “down to earth” mean in paragraph 4
A. Realistic . B. Stubborn C. Flexible D. Critical
11. What is the purpose of the text
A. To introduce the “father of hybrid rice”.
B. To share the stories of Yuan Longping.
C. To remember Professor Yuan Longping
D. To inspire the young to become a pioneer.
【答案】8. B 9. A 10. A 11. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是新闻报道。文章主要讲述世界粮食奖基金会主席肯尼斯·奎恩对中国杂交水稻之父袁隆平院士的追忆和高度评价。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段“After a desperate search, he found Professor Yuan surrounded by a group of smiling graduate students from Iowa State University who so admired him that they wanted to take him off for a meal and conversation.”(经过一番急切的搜寻，他发现袁教授身边围着一群微笑的艾奥瓦州立大学研究生，他们是如此崇拜他以至于想带他出去吃顿饭聊聊天。)可知，当肯尼斯·奎恩在一群学生中间找到袁隆平时，他是很震惊的。故选B。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“He always had time to answer questions and speak with young scientists and students. The American high school students we sent to his research center each year always returned filled with knowledge and a deep desire to learn more.”(他总是有时间回答问题，并与年轻的科学家和学生交谈。我们每年送到他的研究中心的美国高中生总是满怀知识和深切的学习欲望回来。)可知，袁隆平很在意年轻人的学习和发展。故选A。
【10题详解】
词句猜测题。根据这句话“With a ‘down to earth’ attitude”可知，down to earth是袁隆平的一种态度。根据第四段上文“In Quinn’s eyes, Yuan was incredibly humble, never seeking fame, and focused only on hard work and results that could help lift people out of poverty.”(在奎恩看来，袁隆平非常谦虚，从不追求名利，只专注于努力工作和能帮助人们摆脱贫困的成果。)可知，袁隆平的态度是很务实的，和A选项意思一致。故选A。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“With the passing of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, China and the world have lost one greatest agricultural scientists,”(随着中国科学家袁隆平的去世，中国和世界失去了一位最伟大的农业科学家。)和“shared his memory of the “father of hybrid rice” in an interview with Xinhua on Sunday.”(在周日接受新华社采访时分享了他对“杂交水稻之父”的记忆。)可知，本文是在追忆并纪念袁隆平院士。故选C。
D
Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Now, his award-winning image is stirring debates about whether art can be generated by a computer, and what, exactly, it means to be an artist.
In August 2022, Allen, a 39-year-old game designer who lives in Pueblo West, Colorado, won first place in the “digital arts/digitally-operated photography” category at the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Competition. His winning image, titled Théatre D’opéra Spatial, was made with Midjourney—an artificial intelligence system that can produce detailed images when fed written prompts (提示).
Allen’s winning image looks like a bright cross between a classic and modern painting. It’s one of three such images he entered in the competition. Allen posted excitedly about his win on Midjourney’s Discord server on August 25, along with pictures of his three entries; it spread quickly on Twitter days later, with many artists feeling angry about Allen’s win because of his use of AI to create the image. “He just ‘pressed a few buttons to make a digital art piece’,” one Twitter user wrote. “We’re watching the death of art unfold before our eyes.”
However, to get the final three images he entered in the competition, Allen said, he took over 80 hours. First, he played around with phrasing that led Midjourney to generate images of women in nice dresses and space helmets. Over time, with slight adjustments to his written prompts, he created 900 repeating processes of what led to his final three images. He gave the final touch to those three images in Photoshop. Then he ran the images through another software program called Gigapixel AI that can improve resolution (分辨率) and had the images printed at a local print shop.
Allen is glad that the debate over whether AI can be used to make art is getting so much attention. “Rather than hating the technology or the people behind it, we need to recognize it’s a powerful tool and use it for good so we can all move forward,” Allen said.
12. What do we know about Theatre D’opera Spatial
A. Its beauty is widely accepted. B. Its creation is an easy process.
C. It shows the death of traditional art. D. It has caused a lot of arguments.
13. What did Allen do to create his entries
A. He searched for smart written prompts. B. He edited his final images in Photoshop.
C. He fed Midjourney with famous paintings. D. He developed the software named Gigapixel.
14. What is Allen’s attitude to the debate over Al-created art
A. Worried. B. Uncaring. C. Positive. D. Annoyed.
15. What might be the best title for the text
A. AI Beats Out Human Artists in the Art Field
B. AI Won an Art Contest and Artists Are Angry
C. An Artist Wins State Fair Art Contest and Laughs
D. The Artist From Pueblo West Is Defending His Work.
【答案】12. D 13. B 14. C 15. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了美国科罗拉多州博览会艺术比赛中，AI画作拿一等奖惹怒人类艺术家，并引发热议。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“it spread quickly on Twitter days later, with many artists feeling angry about Allen’s win because of his use of AI to create the image. “He just ‘pressed a few buttons to make a digital art piece’,” one Twitter user wrote. “We’re watching the death of art unfold before our eyes.”(几天后，这张照片在推特上迅速传播，许多艺术家对艾伦的获奖感到愤怒，因为他使用了人工智能来创作这张图像。一位推特用户写道：“他只是‘按了几个按钮就做成了一件数字艺术品’。”“我们正在目睹艺术的死亡在我们眼前展开。”)”可推断，《太空歌剧院》这部AI作品引起了许多争论。故选D。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“He gave the final touch to those three images in Photoshop. (他在Photoshop中对这三张图片进行了最后的润色。)”可知，艾伦创作他的参赛作品时，用Photoshop编辑他的最终图像。故选B。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Allen is glad that the debate over whether AI can be used to make art is getting so much attention. “Rather than hating the technology or the people behind it, we need to recognize it’s a powerful tool and use it for good so we can all move forward,” Allen said. (艾伦很高兴关于人工智能能否用于艺术创作争论得到了如此多的关注。艾伦说：“我们不应该憎恨这项技术或它背后的人，我们需要认识到它是一个强大的工具，并把它用于善，这样我们就可以向前迈进。”)”可推断，艾伦对关于他创作的艺术的争论持积极的态度。故选C。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段的“In August 2022, Allen, a 39-year-old game designer who lives in Pueblo West, Colorado, won first place in the “digital arts/digitally-operated photography” category at the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Competition.(2022年8月，生活在科罗拉多州普韦布洛西部的39岁游戏设计师艾伦在科罗拉多州博览会美术比赛中获得了“数字艺术/数字操作摄影”类别的第一名)”和第三段“it spread quickly on Twitter days later, with many artists feeling angry about Allen’s win because of his use of AI to create the image. (几天后，这张照片在推特上迅速传播，许多艺术家对艾伦的获奖感到愤怒，因为他使用了人工智能来创作这张图像。)”及全文可知，文章主要介绍了美国科罗拉多州博览会艺术比赛中，AI画作拿一等奖惹怒人类艺术家，并引发热议。所以“AI Won an Art Contest and Artists Are Angry(AI赢得了艺术比赛，惹怒人类艺术家)”作为文章标题最为合适。故选B。
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。
Over the past years, countless studies conducted have shown the positive effects that laughing has on one’s physical and mental health. Are you ready to laugh more Below you’ll find five ways to bring more laughter into your life.
Smile more. Smiling is not laughing. ____16____ When you smile, happy changes begin to take place naturally, both internally and externally. In addition, you can think of smiling as a warm-up for laughing.
Learn to laugh at yourself. Most of us take ourselves too seriously. ____17____ Learning to laugh at yourself takes some of the pressure off. You can look for the funny side of things. When you’re upset about something, ask yourself “How is this situation funny ” Humor can even turn a negative into a positive.
Share stories from the past. Do you remember one time in high school that you and your best friend wore false hair and matching clothes around your neighborhood Or, how about when your best friend sat on a painted bench by accident ____18____
Take up something new. When you try something new — whether it’s to draw or learn to roller skate — your original attempts will likely be clumsy (笨拙的) and even ridiculous (荒谬的). ____19____ So taking up something new is likely to result in laughs.
____20____ We are heavily influenced by the people we are with so by hanging out with funny people, we can add more laughter into our days. That positive and silly energy will immediately rub off on (感染) us and it can cause us to want to feel happier and sillier throughout our days.
A. That is funny.
B. It has a lot of benefits.
C. Follow funny people on Twitter.
D. Surround yourself with funny people.
E. These reminders can make us feel silly and childlike.
F. For better results, think of a funny moment from the past.
G. So our ability to find the humor in difficult situations can be limited.
【答案】16. B 17. G 18. E 19. A 20. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了五种让你的生活充满欢笑的方法。
【16题详解】
根据前文“Smiling is not laughing.(微笑不是大笑)”以及后文“When you smile, happy changes begin to take place naturally, both internally and externally.(当你微笑时，快乐的变化开始自然发生，无论是内在还是外在)”可知，空处是一个过渡句，起到连接前后文的作用，根据后文句意，可知是在讲微笑的好处，所以B项“It has a lot of benefits.(它有很多好处)”符合文意。故选B项。
【17题详解】
根据本段首句“Learn to laugh at yourself.(学会自嘲)”可知，本段主要讲述不要对自己太严厉，再根据前文“Most of us take ourselves too seriously.(我们大多数人都太把自己当回事了)”以及后文“Learning to laugh at yourself takes some of the pressure off.(学会自嘲可以减轻一些压力)”可知，空处应该是对前句的进一步解释，所以G项“So our ability to find the humor in difficult situations can be limited.(所以我们在困境中找到幽默的能力是有限的)”符合文意。故选G项。
【18题详解】
分析设空，空处位于段尾，应是对本段前文的总结。根据前文“Share stories from the past. Do you remember one time in high school that you and your best friend wore false hair and matching clothes around your neighborhood Or, how about when your best friend sat on a painted bench by accident (分享过去的故事。你还记得高中的时候，你和你最好的朋友戴着假发，穿着情侣装在附近闲逛吗 或者，当你最好的朋友不小心坐在一张彩绘的长椅上 )”可知，E项“These reminders can make us feel silly and childlike.(这些提醒会让我们觉得自己又傻又幼稚)”可知是对前文的总结。故选E项。
【19题详解】
根据前文“When you try something new — whether it’s to draw or learn to roller skate — your original attempts will likely be clumsy and even ridiculous.(当你尝试新事物时——无论是画画还是学溜冰——你最初的尝试很可能是笨拙的，甚至是荒谬的)”以及后文“So taking up something new is likely to result in laughs.(所以学习新事物很可能会带来笑声)”可知，空处应该是一个过渡句，所以A项“That is funny.(这很有趣)”中that代指前文提到的最初的尝试的事，符合文意。故选A项。
【20题详解】
分析设空，空处位于段首，应该是本段的中心句，是对本段的高度总结，根据后文“We are heavily influenced by the people we are with, so by hanging out with funny people, we can add more laughter into our days. That positive and silly energy will immediately rub off on us and it can cause us to want to feel happier and sillier throughout our days.(和我们在一起的人对我们的影响很大，所以和有趣的人一起出去玩，我们可以给我们的生活增添更多的笑声。这种积极和愚蠢的能量会立即影响到我们，让我们每天都想要更快乐、更傻)”可知本段主要讲我们身边的人，所以D项“Surround yourself with funny people.(和有趣的人在一起)”符合文意。故选D项。
第二部分 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。
I can remember the first time it happened. Class was getting out of hand. Our teacher, after quieting us six times as she tried to keep our ____21____ on the task at hand, finally gave up and informed we could take a rest. Instantly, the classroom erupted with students ____22____ their seats, laughing and talking.
And then there was me. I sat ____23____ in my chair. I finished the activity and then worked on a project, completely content. I didn’t associate what I was doing with ____24____ behavior; I just had no desire to be loud and crazy.
As parents started to arrive, our teacher . ____25____ the chattering children with a half-hearted smile. But when my mother ____26____,she commented, “Your daughter is such a nice girl in class. She’s a ____27____.” And there it was: my first “nice”.
Whether or not I knew it, a ____28____ had been set for my future behavior, though my teacher probably didn’t mean it.
As years passed, I became____29____ in the art of nice. But as much as I loved praise, I was too _____30_____ to dare be anything but nice.
People rarely see the Real Me, because the Real Me is _____31_____.She doesn’t clean her room as often as she should. She’s _____32_____ at making decisions. Nice became a shelter I _____33_____my real feelings. “It’s like living a. _____34_____ life,” I thought. I am _____35_____ with being nice. I want to be the best of myself, not the nicest.
21.
A. sight B. focus C. spirit D. preference
22.
A. moving B. changing C. adjusting D. leaving
23.
A. excitedly B. hopelessly C. quietly D. nervously
24.
A. positive B. normal C. complex D. strange
25.
A. picked out B. handed over C. showed off D. drove away
26.
A. arrived B. demanded C. followed D. insisted
27.
A. treasure B. legend C. star D. champion
28.
A. plan B. style C. standard D. goal
29
A. poorly-adapted B. well-trained C. annoyed D. confused
30.
A. active B. honest C. eager D. scared
31.
A. shy B. perfect C. messy D. unique
32.
A. terrible B. quick C. wise D. careful
33.
A. managed B. shared C. expressed D. hid
34.
A. simple B. comfortable C. double D. busy
35.
A. familiar B. tired C. confident D. pleased
【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者长期把“好”作为自己生活的标准，实际上与真实的自己并不相符，作者对此感到厌倦。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们的老师让我们安静了六次，试图让我们把注意力集中在手头的任务上，最后她放弃了，告诉我们可以休息一下。A. sight视力；B. focus重点；C. spirit精神；D. preference偏爱。根据上文“after quieting us six times as she tried to keep”可知，提醒保持安静是为了让他们注意力集中到手头的任务上，故选B。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：教室里顿时爆发出学生们离开座位，有说有笑的声音。A. moving移动；B. changing改变；C. adjusting调整；D. leaving离开。根据后文“their seats, laughing and talking”可知，学生们开始离开座位，有说有笑。故选D。
【23题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：我静静地坐在椅子上。A. excitedly激动地；B. hopelessly绝望地；C. quietly安静地；D. nervously紧张地。根据后文“I finished the activity and then worked on a project, completely content.(我完成了活动，然后做了一个项目，非常满足)”可知，作者只是安静地坐在座位上。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我没有把我正在做的事情和积极的行为联系起来；我只是不想吵闹和疯狂。A. positive积极的；B. normal正常的；C. complex复杂的；D. strange奇怪的。根据后文“I just had no desire to be loud and crazy.”以及上文作者安静在座位上完成活动，可知是指积极的行为，故选A。
【25题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：当家长们开始到达时，我们的老师带着半心半意的微笑把喋喋不休的孩子交给了我们。A. picked out辨认出；B. handed over移交；C. showed off炫耀；D. drove away迫使离开。根据上文“As parents started to arrive”此处指把学生交给家长。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是当我妈妈来的时候，她评论说：“你女儿在班上是一个很好的女孩。她是个宝贝。”A. arrived到达；B. demanded要求；C. followed跟随；D. insisted坚持。呼应上文“As parents started to arrive”指作者的母亲到了，来接作者。故选A。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是当我妈妈来的时候，她评论说：“你女儿在班上是一个很好的女孩。她是个宝贝。”A. treasure财富，珍宝；B. legend传奇；C. star明星；D. champion冠军。根据上文“Your daughter is such a nice girl in class.”可知，老师对作者是积极评价，夸奖作者是个珍宝。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：不管我是否知道，我已经为我未来的行为设定了一个标准，尽管我的老师可能不是这个意思。A. plan计划；B. style风格；C. standard标准；D. goal目标。根据后文“dare be anything but nice”可知，“好”成为了作者日后的标准。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：随着岁月的流逝，我在“好”的艺术方面训练有素。A. poorly-adapted适应性差的；B. well-trained训练有素的；C. annoyed生气的；D. confused困惑的。根据后文“dare be anything but nice”可知，作者把“好”当做标准，为了“好”付出一切，所以是在取得“好”的艺术方面训练有素。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是，尽管我很喜欢别人的称赞，但我太害怕了，不敢做任何不友善的事。A. active活跃的；B. honest诚实的；C. eager热切的；D. scared害怕的。根据后文“to dare be anything but nice”可知，作者不敢做任何不友善的事情，害怕别人讨厌自己。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：人们很少看到真实的我，因为真实的我是凌乱的。A. shy害羞的；B. perfect完美的；C. messy脏的，凌乱的；D. unique独特的。根据后文“She doesn’t clean her room as often as she should.(她不像她应该做的那样经常打扫她的房间)”可知，作者不爱整洁，真实的样子是凌乱的。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她不善于做决定。A. terrible糟糕的；B. quick快速的；C. wise明智的；D. careful仔细的。根据上文“She doesn’t clean her room as often as she should.(她不像她应该做的那样经常打扫她的房间)”可知，作者在列举自己的缺点，不爱打扫房间，不善于做决定。故选A。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：“好”成了我隐藏真实情感的避难所。A. managed设法；B. shared分享；C. expressed表达；D. hid隐藏。根据后文“real feelings behind”可知，“好”成了作者隐藏真实情感的避难所。故选D。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“这就像过着双重生活，”我想。A. simple简单；B. comfortable舒服的；C. double翻倍的；D. busy忙碌的。结合上文可知，作者在别人面前要符合“好”的标准，因此隐藏了真实的自我，所以是过着双重生活。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我厌倦了做个好人。A. familiar熟悉的；B. tired疲惫的；C. confident自信的；D. pleased高兴的。根据后文“I want to be the best of myself, not the nicest.(我要做最真实的自己，而不是最好的)”可知，作者厌倦了“好”。故选B。
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。
Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for her research, which led to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin ___36___ (save) a large number of lives since it was discovered. After ___37___ (graduate) from university, Tu Youyou worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1967, Tu Youyou was chosen as a ___38___ (research) of a team of scientists with ___39___ purpose of discovering a new method for malaria. Her team ___40___ (evaluate) 280,000 plants for ___41___ (they) medical properties and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical ___42___ (treatment). One medical text suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu Youyou analyzed the medical texts again, and ___43___ chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way. Soon she found a substance that worked by boiling the sweet wormwood at a lower temperature. The team’s hard work ___44___ (final) paid off in 1971.
Tu Youyou thought ____45____ they gained was a team effort and that the Nobel Prize was an honor for China’s scientific research.
【答案】36. has saved
37. graduating
38. researcher
39. the 40. evaluated
41. their 42. treatments
43. by 44. finally
45. what
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了屠呦呦获得诺贝尔奖，并简单介绍了她发明青蒿素的过程。
【36题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意：自青蒿素被发现以来，它挽救了许多人的生命。时间状语为since it was discovered，句子应用现在完成时，主语为Artemisinin，助动词用has，故填has saved。
【37题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：大学毕业后，屠呦呦在中国中医药研究院工作。介词after后应用动名词作宾语。故填graduating。
【38题详解】
考查名词。句意：1967年，屠呦呦被选为一个科学家小组的研究员，目的是发现一种治疗疟疾的新方法。根据上文冠词a和下文of可知，此处用单数名词researcher意为“研究员”。故填researcher。
【39题详解】
考查冠词。句意：1967年，屠呦呦被选为一个科学家团队的研究员，目的是发现一种治疗疟疾的新方法。由空后的“of discovering a new method for malaria”可知此处特指“发现一种治疗疟疾的新方法的目的”，故应用定冠词the修饰，故填the。
【40题详解】
考查时态。句意：她的团队评估了28万种植物的药用特性，并测试了380种不同的中国古代疗法。设空处与tested由连词and连接，并列作谓语，所以该空的时态和tested一致，为一般过去时态。故填evaluated。
【41题详解】
考查代词。句意：她的团队评估了28万种植物的药用特性，并测试了380种不同的中国古代疗法。此处用形容词性物主代词their修饰名词properties。故填their。
【42题详解】
考查名词复数。句意：她的团队评估了28万种植物的药用特性，并测试了380种不同的中国古代疗法。根据数词“380”可知，此处应用名词treatment的复数形式，故填treatments。
【43题详解】
考查介词。句意：屠呦呦再次分析了医学文献，一次偶然的机会，她发现了一句话，暗示了一种不同的方法。by chance意为“偶然地”符合句意。故填by。
【44题详解】
考查副词。句意：这个团队的努力终于在1971年得到了回报。修饰动词短语paid off应用副词finally，故填finally。
【45题详解】
考查名词性从句。句意：屠呦呦认为他们的收获是团队的努力，诺贝尔奖是中国科学研究的荣誉。引导主语从句，从句缺少主语，指事物应用what。故填what。
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，最近你和你的父母在选择未来职业方面有了分歧。为此你打算给曾经的外教，来自英国的Mr. Smith，写封电子邮件求助，内容包括：
1.问候Mr. Smith；
2.你希望成为野生动植物摄影师及原因；
3.父母反对的原因（至少两点）；
4.咨询Mr. Smith如何说服父母尊重你的理想。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：野生动植物摄影师wildlife photographer
Dear Mr. Smith,
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Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Mr. Smith,
How are things going with you these days I write this email to ask you for some advice.
My parents and I have a disagreement on the career that I will go in for in the future. I wish to become a wildlife photographer, for my hobby is photographing and I take so much interest in wildlife. One advantage of the career lies in the chance to watch as many wild animals and plants as possible. However, the reasons why my parents are opposed to the career are that it is a dangerous job and may not guarantee a good and secure life.
Would you please tell me how to convince my parents to respect my ideal
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本书面表达属于应用文。要求针对自己和父母在未来职业方面的分歧及如何说服父母尊重自己的职业选择等问题向外教写封求助信。
【详解】1.词汇积累
建议：advice→suggestion
从事：go in for→take up
机会：chance→opportunity
反对：be opposed to→object to
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：One advantage of the career lies in the chance to watch as many wild animals and plants as possible.
拓展句：One advantage of the career is that I can have a chance to watch as many wild animals and plants as possible.
【点睛】【高分句型1】My parents and I have a disagreement on the career that I will go in for in the future. (运用了that引导的限制性定语从句)
【高分句型2】However, the reasons why my parents are opposed to the career are that it is a dangerous job and may not guarantee a good and secure life. (运用了why引导的限制性定语从句及that引导的表语从句)
第二节（满分25分）
47. 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。
The boy sat on his chair, with his hand above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.
He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. “WRITING COMPETITION!” the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.
As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.
Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.
The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed at how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “248” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.
Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write. Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.
“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.
He went onto Google and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button.
Confused, he then re-read the page again. It read COMPETITION CLOSED.
注意：1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
After a few seconds, the boy eagerly checked the deadline of the COMPETITION on the website.
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Paragraph 2:
His mother came up and comforted him.
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【答案】Possible version 1:
After a few seconds, the boy eagerly checked the deadline of the COMPETITION on the website. Hardly had he opened the webpage when the capitalized letters COMPETITION CLOSED leapt into his eyes again. How could that be The deadline was a week away. “No!!!” silent screams exploded inside him. He rubbed his eyes, got closer to the screen and fixed his eyes on the letters. The Cruel capitalized letters just stood out as if naughtily winking at him. Unwilling though he was, he was forced to accept the irreversible fact that the competition had closed. Noticing mom leaning against his room door gazing at him with affection, he couldn’t fight back tears of grievance, bursting out crying loudly.
His mother came up and comforted him. “Dear, it’s OK. You’ve written an award-winning story which is original and imaginative. That’s the biggest gain in the process.” mom said gently, patting him on the shoulder. Mom’s heartwarming comfort dispersed his shame, but still he regretted, “Mom, I should have started earlier and met the deadline! All my efforts have gone to waste.” As he recollected the struggle in choosing the topic and writing the imaginative story, mom wiped his tears, ruffled his hair and asked him to go to bed. Tossing and turning in bed, he was drawn to the fact that less procrastination, more satisfaction.
Possible version 2:
After a few seconds, the boy eagerly checked the deadline of the COMPETITION on the website. The day before yesterday! He could barely believe his eyes. Great sorrow overwhelmed him so suddenly that he bent over the keyboard with tears rolling down his face and his heart sinking. How could he make such a huge mistake Reflecting on his passing spare time of the holidays, he suddenly realized it was his procrastination and carelessness that led to his failure in catching the deadline. Now he had no chance to enter the competition despite his great desire to win. Lost in deep regret, he couldn’t help bursting into tears.
His mother came up and comforted him. “You missed the opportunity, but more opportunities are coming in your later life. What you should do is draw a lesson from the incident.” The boy straightened his body, stared into his mother’s eyes, and sobbed that he was so sorry. If only he had started earlier and stayed focused! If only he had taken it more seriously! “Mom, under no circumstances will I waste my time or procrastinate my work till the next day.” the boy promised in a trembling but determined voice. “It is gratifying that you know what to do. Do remember to plan ahead and take action as planned.” his mother added, her face beaming with satisfaction.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了离比赛截止日期只有一个星期，男孩甚至还没有开始他的作品。他妈妈鼓励他参加写作比赛，现在他把它作为假期的个人任务。但是正当他把作品写好，要上传的时候，却提醒比赛已经结束了。男孩十分委屈，好在母亲安慰了他，男孩也认识到不该拖延。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“几秒钟后，男孩急切地在网站上查看比赛的截止日期”可知，第一段可描写男孩发现自己没能参加上比赛之后的反应和心情。
②由第二段首句内容“他的母亲走过来安慰他”可知，第二段可描写母亲安慰男孩以及男孩的感悟。
2.续写线索：比赛停止——男孩委屈大哭——母亲安慰——男孩倾诉——男孩感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
忍不住：couldn’t fight back /can’t help doing
靠近：get closer to/approach
注意到：notice/take notice of
情绪类
热切：eagerly/enthusiastically
喜爱：affection/love
【点睛】[高分句型1] Unwilling though he was, he was forced to accept the irreversible fact that the competition had closed. (运用了倒装句)
[高分句型2] As he recollected the struggle in choosing the topic and writing the imaginative story mom wiped his tears, ruffled his hair and asked him to go to bed. (运用了as引导时间状语从句)
