咸阳市实验中学2023～2024学年度第一学期第一次月考
高一英语试题
注意事项：
1. 本试题共10页，满分150分，时间120分钟。
2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级和准考证号填写在答题卡上。
3. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
4. 考试结束后，监考员将答题卡按顺序收回，装袋整理；试题不回收。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。
例：How much is the shirt A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是C。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a library. B. In a cafe. C. In a computer room.
2. How does the man feel
A. Calm. B. Upset. C. Satisfied.
3. What does the woman expect Mr. Smith to do
A. Make a call to George.
B. Offer her some vegetable oil.
C. Help her open the kitchen window.
4. What mistake did the truck driver make
A. He made a video illegally.
B. He broke the traffic rules.
C. He damaged the traffic lights.
5. How heavy was the woman three months ago
A. 115 pounds. B. 100 pounds. C. 150 pounds.
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the man dissatisfied with about the woolen suit
A. The color. B. The size. C. The style.
7. Which suit does the man decide to buy
A. The dark blue one. B. The light yellow one. C. The dark brown one.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What did the woman’s father study at college
A. Mathematics. B. French. C. Engineering.
9. What is the woman’s attitude toward her father’s decision
A. Disapproving. B. Doubtful. C. Understanding.
听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。
10. How does David feel now
A. Energetic. B. Tired. C. Pretty well.
11. What’s the major cause of David’s health problem
A. Lack of sleep. B. Intake of coffee. C. Unbalanced diet.
12. What does the woman advise David to do
A. Have a good dinner. B. Take vitamin pills. C. Cut down on sandwiches.
13. What will David do next
A. See a doctor. B. Play some sports. C. Go to sleep.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Where is the art exhibition held
A. At the Exhibition Center.
B. At the Popular Art Gallery.
C. At the City Shopping Center.
15. What is the woman most interested in
A. Modern paintings. B. Short movies. C. Sculptures.
16. Which section is the most popular
A. The video section. B. The painting section. C. The photography section.
17. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers
A. Friends. B. Fan and artist. C. Shopper and assistant.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What happened to boats and ships in the Bermuda Triangle
A. They caught fire without reason.
B. They crashed into each other.
C. They disappeared.
19. When did the Bermuda Triangle become a popular story
A. In the 15th century. B. In the 20th century. C. In the 17th century.
20. What does the speaker say about the Bermuda Triangle
A. All of the reports on it are untrue.
B. It is a dangerous area in the ocean.
C. It is completely safe at the moment.
第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15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
Begin your global journey
At University of Wisconsin (UW)-Eau Claire, you’ll find your investment pays off well before you graduate. Because here, we believe that your journey is just as important as your destination. You will have many opportunities to develop: from internships (实习) to undergraduate research to foreign cultural experiences. We seek students who are curious, innovative and compassionate. If this sounds like you, submit your application to join our big family!
Admission application process
To complete an application for admission, submit the following:
1. Online application;
2. 25 USD application fee;
3. Evidence of English proficiency;
4. Financial documentation;
5. Academic records;
6. Passport copy.
Submit the supporting documents listed above by including them with your UW-Eau Claire specific application. You may also submit application materials to admissions@uwee.edu.
Paying for college
2023—2024 undergraduate student estimated expenses (The numbers below are in USD per academic year):
Tuition and fees: $18,460
Housing and meals: $8,800
Health insurance: $1,900
Application deadlines
We accept applications February 1 — June 1 for admission the upcoming fall term (September) and August 1—November 1 for admission the upcoming spring term (February). We must receive all of your required application materials prior to the deadline. Start applying early!
Check your application status
To check your application status, as well as other important steps in the enrollment process, you must first activate your Campus Account. The information you will be able to access through your Campus Account includes the following:
·View your admission decision in real time;
·Track the progress of your completed next steps after admission;
·Pay your enrollment fee of $500;
·Sign up for Orientation (迎新会) when you are qualified.
Please note that official admission decisions will always be sent via US Mail.
1. Which is the right time for you to apply for 2024 spring semester admission
A. September 10, 2023. B. December 1, 2023.
C. February 9, 2024. D. March16, 2024.
2. What can you do by using the Campus Account
A. Pay the tuition fees. B. Know about your enrollment process.
C. Submit application documents. D. Download official admission offer.
3. Where is this text probably taken from
A. A global travel journal. B. An undergraduate course plan.
C. A college application guide. D. A welcome speech for freshman.
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了威斯康辛大学欧克莱尔分校的国际生申请情况。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Application deadlines部分中的“We accept applications February 1-June 1 for admission the upcoming fall term (September) and August 1-November 1 for admission the upcoming spring term (February).(我们接受2月1日至6月1日申请即将到来的秋季学期（9月）和8月1日至11月1日申请即将到来的春季学期（2月）。)”并结合选项可知，申请2024年春季学期录取的合适时间是2023年9月10日。故选A。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Check your application status部分中的“To check your application status, as well as other important steps in the enrollment process, you must first activate your Campus Account.(要查看您的申请状态以及注册过程中的其他重要步骤，您必须首先激活您的校园帐户。)”可知，使用校园账户可以了解注册过程。故选B。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句“We seek students who are curious, innovative and compassionate. If this sounds like you, submit your application to join our big family!(我们寻求那些富有好奇心、创新和富有同情心的学生。如果这听起来像你，提交你的申请，加入我们的大家庭！)”和小标题“Admission application process(入学申请流程)”可知，文章是一篇学校申请指南。故选C。
B
The term “social distancing” has been at the center of public conversation for a while. But it’s not “social” distance we are trying to promote. It’s physical separation. In fact, preserving social ties — even at a distance — is essential for both mental and physical health. The results of an analytic review published in 2017 indicate that a lack of social support is on a par with smoking cigarettes as a risk factor for health.
Given this fact, how might we best stay connected with others while maintaining physical distance Would we be better off e-mailing a friend Making a phone call Having a video chat In our study, Nick Epley and I tested whether the media through which people interact affects their sense of connection and how expectations of certain technologies impact the communication media they choose to use.
In our experiment, we asked participants to reconnect with someone that they hadn’t interacted with recently, either by e-mail or over the phone. Participants first made predictions about what it would be like to get in touch if they connected in these two ways. They generally believed that they’d feel more connected when interacting over the phone than by e-mail. But they also predicted that talking on the phone could be more uncomfortable than sending an e-mail. Although these participants believed that talking encouraged stronger bonds, most of them said they’d rather send an e-mail than call the person up. It seemed that fears about awkwardness pushed individuals towards text-based methods for communicating.
In the next part of the experiment, we had participants use one randomly determined mode of communication to actually reconnect and then tracked them after they had done so. We found that people did form meaningfully stronger bonds when interacting over the phone than by e-mail. Importantly, though, there was no difference in the amount of discomfort when they were reconnecting over the phone. The next time you think about how best to connect, consider calling or having a video chat. Feelings of social connection are preferably facilitated by voice rather than a keyboard.
4. What does the underlined word “preserving” in Paragraph I probably mean
A. Abandoning. B. Maintaining. C. Disturbing. D. Revealing.
5. How does the author support the view of the importance of maintaining social ties
A. The author shares public opinions.
B. The author states a deep-rooted tradition.
C. The author presents official documents.
D. The author cites a published report.
6. What can we know about the study results
A. They contradicted participants’ predictions partly.
B. They had no reference value.
C. They provided insights into future studies.
D. They confirmed researchers’ expectations.
7. What can be concluded from the text
A. Keeping in touch is key to a lasting friendship.
B. Think twice before you consider contacting an old friend.
C. For stronger bonds, talk instead of typing.
D Text-based methods for communication cause discomfort.
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍一项研究，表明社会支持对于健康非常重要，并建议人们尽量用说话的方式互相联系而不是用打字的方式。
【4题详解】
词句猜测题。划线词句后文“The results of an analytic review published in 2017 indicate that a lack of social support is on a par with smoking cigarettes as a risk factor for health. (2017年发表的一项分析综述的结果表明，缺乏社会支持与吸烟一样，都是健康的风险因素。)”说明社会支持对于健康非常重要，人们需要保持互相联系，从而推知划线词句“In fact, preserving social ties — even at a distance — is essential for both mental and physical health. (事实上，preserving社会联系——即使是在一定距离之外——对身心健康都至关重要。)”其中划线词汇意思是“保持”。故选B项。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中“The results of an analytic review published in 2017 indicate that a lack of social support is on a par with smoking cigarettes as a risk factor for health. (2017年发表的一项分析综述的结果表明，缺乏社会支持与吸烟一样，都是健康的风险因素。)”可知，作者引用了一份已发表的报告支持维持社会关系的重要性。故选D项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“But they also predicted that talking on the phone could be more uncomfortable than sending an e-mail.(但他们也预测，打电话可能比发电子邮件更不舒服。)”最后一段中“We found that people did form meaningfully stronger bonds when interacting over the phone than by e-mail. Importantly, though, there was no difference in the amount of discomfort when they were reconnecting over the phone. (我们发现，与电子邮件相比，人们在通过电话进行互动时确实形成了更牢固的联系。然而，重要的是，当他们通过电话重新连接时，不适的程度没有差异。)”可知，在一定程度上，研究结果与参与者的预测相矛盾。故选A项。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“The next time you think about how best to connect, consider calling or having a video chat. Feelings of social connection are preferably facilitated by voice rather than a keyboard. (下次你考虑如何最好地联系时，可以考虑打电话或视频聊天。声音比键盘更能促进社交联系的感觉。)”可知，从文中得到结论：为了更牢固的关系，交流的方式是说话而不是打字。故选C项。
C
Exams make us anxious. The silence of the hall; the ticking of the clock; the proud expression of the person sitting at the neighboring desk who has finished 15 minutes early. It therefore seems hardly surprising that those who worry about taking tests do worse than those who do not.
What is, perhaps, surprising, according to research recently published by Maria Theobald, is that it is not the pressure of the exam hall which causes the problem. It is the pressure of review.
Dr. Theobald worked with 309 students who were preparing for their final state exam, the most important that they take. During the 100 days before that, the students used a digital-learning platform which presented them with old exam questions and recorded their performance. They also sat a mock exam (模拟考) 40 days before the real thing. To know their levels of anxiety, they were asked every day including the days of the mock and the real exam to give themselves 1-5 points to questions like “How much do I feel tense and nervous ”
Dr. Theobald found that anxiety on the day of the test did not predict exam performance at all. What predicted it was the level of knowledge a student showed in the mock and the earlier digital-learning activities. Those who performed well in these also did well in the real thing, no matter how anxious they were on the day. What actually affected students, it turned out, were high levels of anxiety during the weeks before the exam took place. The greater a student’s anxiety on the days before the exam, the lower his or her knowledge-gain was during that period, leaving that student with less material to review during the exam itself.
To reduce the anxiety, Dr. Theobald proposes a two-fold strategy for students. First, they can raise their belief in their own abilities by reminding themselves of just how much they know. Second, they can decrease the importance of the test by reminding themselves that, while it is important, it is not a life-or-death situation.
8. What causes bad exam results according to the research
A. The noisy clock. B. The stressful review.
C. The silent classroom. D. The annoying neighbor.
9. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Research process. B. Research findings.
C. Research background. D. Research significance.
10. On which day(s) does anxiety affect exam performance the most
A. The day of the real exam. B. The day of the mock.
C. The days before the real exam. D. The days before the mock.
11. What does Dr. Theobald advise us to do to overcome exam anxiety
A. Prepare a lot for exams. B. Build up self-confidence.
C. Attach significance to tests. D. Remind ourselves of the time.
【答案】8. B 9. A 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章通过实验介绍了可能是因为复习的压力而导致学生焦虑而不是考试本身，并在文章最后提出了相对应的解决办法。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。第二段提到“What is, perhaps, surprising, according to research recently published by Maria Theobald, is that it is not the pressure of the exam hall which causes the problem. It is the pressure of review.”（根据Maria Theobald最近发表的一项研究，也许令人惊讶的是，并不是考场的压力导致了这个问题。是复习的压力。）由此判断，根据研究发现，是因为复习的压力才导致了考试结果不好。故选B。
【9题详解】
主旨大意题。第三段第一句提到“Dr. Theobald worked with 309 students who were preparing for their final state exam, the most important that they take.”（Theobald博士与309名正在为他们的期末考试做准备的学生一起工作，这是他们所做的最重要的事情。）；该段还提到“During the 100 days before that, the students used a digital-learning platform which presented them with old exam questions and recorded their performance.”（在此之前的100天里，学生们使用了一个数字学习平台，给他们提供了一些旧的考试问题，并记录了他们的表现。）；该段最后一句提到“To know their levels of anxiety, they were asked every day including the days of the mock and the real exam to give themselves 1-5 points to questions like “How much do I feel tense and nervous ””（为了了解他们的焦虑程度，他们每天都被问到，包括模拟的日子，以及真正的考试，给他们自己1-5分的问题，比如“我有多大压力和紧张？”），由此判断，该段在陈述该项实验的过程。故选A。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。第四段提到“What actually affected students, it turned out, were high levels of anxiety during the weeks before the exam took place. ”（事实证明，真正影响学生的是考试前几周的高度焦虑。）由此判断，在考试前一段时间学生的焦虑程度会非常高。对故选C。
【11题详解】
细节理解题。最后一段提到“First, they can raise their belief in their own abilities by reminding themselves of just how much they know.”（首先，他们可以通过提醒自己了解多少来提高他们对自己能力的信心。）由此判断，Dr. Theobald建议通过提升自信心来降低考试前的焦虑。故选B。
D
Art and science may seem like opposite things. One means the creative flow of ideas, and the other means cold, hard data — some people believe. In fact, the two have much in common. Now, a study finds art can help students remember better what they learned in science class.
Mariale Hardiman, an education specialist, noticed that students who used art in the class listened more carefully. They might ask more questions. They might volunteer more ideas. What’s more, students seemed to remember more of what they had been taught when their science lessons had involved art. To prove that, Hardiman teamed up with some researchers and six local schools.
In the experiment, the researchers worked with teachers in 16 fifth-grade classrooms. They provided traditional science lessons and art-focused ones. In a traditional science class, for example, students might read the information from a book aloud. In the art-focused one, they might sing the information instead.
The team randomly assigned(分配) each of the 350 students to either a traditional science class or an art-focused one. Students then learned science using that way for the whole unit — about three weeks. When they changed to a new topic, they also changed to the other type of class. This way, each student had both an art-focused class and a traditional one. Every unit was taught in both ways, to different groups of students. This enabled the researchers to see how students did in both types of classes.
The team found that students who started off in traditional classes performed better after they moved into an art-focused class. But those who started in an art-focused class did well even when they went back to a traditional science class. These students appeared to use some of the art techniques after going back to a traditional class. Classroom teachers reported that many students continued to sketch(画速写) or sing to help remember the information. “It suggests that the arts may help students apply creative ways of learning on their own,” Hardiman said.
12. How does the first paragraph develop
A. By giving examples. B. By analyzing cause and effect.
C. By following space order. D. By making comparisons.
13. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. Students take an active part when their class involves art.
B. Students are more creative in art class than in science class.
C. Students’ learning ability depends greatly on class involvement.
D. Students remember things for a longer time if using art in class.
14. What were the students required to do in the experiment
A. Learn three units in total.
B. Take two types of classes.
C. Learn two topics for three weeks.
D. Choose between a traditional class and an art-focused one.
15. What is the text mainly about
A. It is not easy to use art in science class.
B. Science plays an important role in creative thinking.
C. Art contributes to science learning.
D. Art-focused classes encourage teamwork.
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了艺术可以帮助学生更好地记住他们在科学课上学到的东西。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段前两句“Art and science may seem like opposite things. One means the creative flow of ideas, and the other means cold, hard data—some people believe. (艺术和科学似乎是相反的东西。一些人认为，前者意味着创意的流动，而后者意味着冷冰冰的数据。)”可知，第一段是通过把艺术和科学作比较来行文的。故选D。
13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“Mariale Hardiman, an education specialist, noticed that students who used art in the class listened more carefully. They might ask more questions. They might volunteer more ideas. What’s more, students seemed to remember more of what they had been taught when their science lessons had involved art. (教育专家玛丽亚·哈迪曼注意到，在课堂上使用艺术的学生听得更认真。他们可能会问更多的问题。他们可能会主动提出更多的想法。更重要的是，当科学课涉及到艺术时，学生们似乎能记住更多的知识。)”可知，当科学课程涉及艺术时，学生上课时更加积极。故选A。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中“This way, each student had both an art-focused class and a traditional one. Every unit was taught in both ways, to different groups of students. (这样一来，每个学生既上了艺术课，也上了传统的课程。每个单元都以两种方式教授给不同的学生群体。)”可知，学生们在实验中被要求参与两种类型的课程。故选B。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。根据首段末句“Now, a study finds art can help students remember better what they learned in science class. (现在，一项研究发现，艺术可以帮助学生更好地记住他们在科学课上学到的东西。)”可知，文章主要介绍了艺术可以帮助学生更好地记住他们在科学课上学到的东西。故选C。
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
People were told from an early age, “You learn from your mistakes.” But is this true
The answer is “yes” — failure can be a teachable moment. ____16____ It doesn’t feel good. So we react to failure in emotional ways, like giving up on a task, telling ourselves we don’t care, or finding fault with the task. This is self-protective, according to Hallgeir Sjastad, a professor of psychology and leadership at the Norwegian School of Economics. He says, “____17____ So when we fail, it causes a serious threat to our self-image.”
Fortunately, there is a research to suggest that there are some strategies to help us overcome the emotional barriers around failure. ____18____ Instead of asking “Why did I fail ”, we could ask “Why did Sam fail ”, for example. Multiple studies by the University of Michigan show that adopting a third-person perspective helps to soften our negative emotional reactions, allowing us to look at failure more objectively.
____19____ It led to better levels of motivation and academic success in the test groups. The group of adults and children were asked to give advice based on their own failures. Professors found that the satisfaction of helping others “forces people to connect with their experience and what they have learned”.
The writer Samuel Beckett once said: “Fail again, fail better.” But it now seems that we should be saying: “Fail again, fail smarter”. Failure is an unavoidable part of life. ____20____
A. But learning from our mistakes is very hard because we don’t like to fail.
B. One of them is to adopt a third-person view.
C. You can question others instead of yourselves.
D. But the road to success is easier to find by learning to overcome the emotional barriers.
E. A second strategy involves offering advice to others who are in the same position as us.
F. But how to overcome them is a problem we can’t solve alone.
G. Most of us want to think of ourselves as capable.
【答案】16. A 17. G 18. B 19. E 20. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了失败是生活中不可避免的一部分，并介绍了一些方法来帮助我们克服失败带来的情感障碍。
【16题详解】
根据空后“It doesn’t feel good. So we react to failure in emotional ways, like giving up on a task, telling ourselves we don’t care, or finding fault with the task.(感觉不太好。所以我们对失败的反应是情绪化的，比如放弃一项任务，告诉自己我们不在乎，或者找任务的毛病。)”可知，下文讲述的是面对失败我们的反应是情绪化的。选项A“But learning from our mistakes is very hard because we don’t like to fail.(但是从错误中学习是非常困难的，因为我们不喜欢失败。)”与下文内容一致，指的是人们不喜欢失败的感觉。故选A。
【17题详解】
根据空前“This is self-protective, according to Hallgeir Sjastad, a professor of psychology and leadership at the Norwegian School of Economics. (挪威经济学院心理学和领导力教授Hallgeir Sjastad表示，这是一种自我保护。)”可知，教授认为对失败的反应是一种自我保护。选项G“Most of us want to think of ourselves as capable.(我们大多数人都认为自己有能力。)”指的是我们对自己的感觉都很好，和空后的“So when we fail, it causes a serious threat to our self-image(所以当我们失败时，它会对我们的自我形象造成严重威胁。)”保持一致，指的是我们大多数人都会认为自己有能力，而一旦失败，我们就认为这有损我们的自我形象。故选G。
【18题详解】
根据下文“Instead of asking “Why did I fail ”, we could ask “Why did Sam fail ”, for example. Multiple studies by the University of Michigan show that adopting a third-person perspective helps to soften our negative emotional reactions, allowing us to look at failure more objectively.(不要问“我为什么失败了？”，我们可以问“Sam为什么失败了？”，例如。密歇根大学的多项研究表明，采用第三人称视角有助于缓和我们的负面情绪反应，让我们更客观地看待失败。)”可推测，空处提到的策略指的是采用第三人称视角。选项B“One of them is to adopt a third-person view.(其中之一是采用第三人称视角。)”与下文内容一致，指的是对待失败的时候用第三人称视角。故选B。
【19题详解】
空处为段首句，为本段主要内容。根据下文“It led to better levels of motivation and academic success in the test groups. The group of adults and children were asked to give advice based on their own failures. Professors found that the satisfaction of helping others “forces people to connect with their experience and what they have learned”.(在测试组中，它导致了更高水平的动机和学业上的成功。这组成年人和孩子被要求根据自己的失败给出建议。教授们发现，帮助他人的满足感“迫使人们把自己的经历和所学到的东西联系起来”。)”可知，本段介绍了第二种策略，即根据自己的失败给出建议。选项E“A second strategy involves offering advice to others who are in the same position as us.(第二种策略是向与我们处境相同的人提供建议。)”中的“second”与上文有逻辑关系；而内容上也符合本段主要内容。故选E。
【20题详解】
根据上文内容“The writer Samuel Beckett once said: “Fail again, fail better.” But it now seems that we should be saying: “Fail again, fail smarter”. Failure is an unavoidable part of life.(作家塞缪尔·贝克特曾经说过:“再失败，失败得更好。”但现在看来，我们应该说:“再次失败，更聪明地失败”。失败是生活中不可避免的一部分。)”可知，上文认为我们可以聪明地失败。选项D“But the road to success is easier to find by learning to overcome the emotional barriers.(但是，学会克服情感障碍，通往成功的道路就更容易找到。)”延续上文内容，指的是失败不可避免，但是学会克服情感障碍，我们就会聪明地失败。故选D。
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（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。
When my daughter was in grade school, she brought home four tiny branches one day. They were small ____21____ given to the students to plant. None of them looked very strong, but with a ____22____ for the future, we planted them in our backyard. Over the years the ____23____ soil brought an end to three of them.
All that was ____24____ was a single evergreen. It never got very tall and ____25____to one side. Then, I noticed that it was starting to ____26____. The lower branches were becoming brown. Only the top ones of the tree were still ____27____.
I did my best to ____28____ it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer, but it seemed hopeless. One morning I went out and looked at it again, ____29____ if it would be better to just cut it down. As I _____30_____ to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving among the branches. It was a bird _____31_____ building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled and _____32_____ that maybe this old tree had some life and usefulness left in it yet. It may not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a _____33_____.
This tree _____34_____ me that all of our lives have a purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong, or old and sick. Until our last _____35_____ we still have things to do: love for us to give, and joy for us to share. We can help to make this world a better and lovelier place.
21. A. flowers B. trees C. seeds D. vegetables
22. A. life B. lecture C. hope D. end
23. A. rich B. suitable C. awkward D. poor
24. A. left B. gone C. debated D. planted
25. A. challenged B. bent C. improved D. flew
26. A. design B. lose C. grow D. die
27. A. green B. brown C. unique D. pretty
28. A. save B. schedule C. cut D. use
29. A. recommending B. asking C. wondering D. refusing
30. A. cleaned up B. walked over C. signed up D. came out
31. A. hardly B. widely C. unluckily D. busily
32. A. explored B. shouted C. thought D. imagined
33. A. decision B. home C. goal D. organisation
34. A. reminded B. ordered C. explained D. pushed
35. A. holiday B. breath C. lesson D. word
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲述了作者种树的故事，告诉我们所有的生命都有意义，不管我们是老弱病残，还是年轻力壮，我们都可以帮助这个世界变得更加美好。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：它们是给学生种植的小树。A. flowers花；B. trees树；C. seeds种子；D. vegetables蔬菜。根据前文“she brought home four tiny branches one day”可知，女儿带回家四根小树枝，所以是给学生种植的小树。故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：它们看起来都不强壮，但怀着对未来的希望，我们把它们种在了后院。A. life生活；B. lecture报告；C. hope希望；D. end结束。根据前文“but”的转折和后文“for the future”可知，这些小树看起来都不强壮，但对未来抱有希望。故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：多年来，贫瘠的土壤导致死了三棵树。A. rich丰富的；B. suitable合适的；C. awkward令人尴尬的；D. poor可怜的，贫瘠的。根据常识和后文“soil brought an end to three of them”可知，贫瘠的土壤导致树的死亡。故选D项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：只剩下一棵常青树。A. left留下，剩下；B. gone去；C. debated辩论；D. planted种植。根据前文分析和前文“Over the years the ____3____ soil brought an end to three of them.”可知，四棵树死了三棵树，只剩下一棵常青树。故选A项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：它永远不会长得很高，并且它向一边弯曲。A. challenged挑战；B. bent弯曲；C. improved提高；D. flew飞。根据常识和后文“to one side”可知，这棵树向一边弯曲。故选B项。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后，我注意到它开始死去。A. design设计；B. lose失去；C. grow成长；D. die死去。根据后文“The lower branches were becoming brown.”可知，下面的树枝正在变成棕色，预示着树开始死去。故选D项。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：只有树的顶端还是绿色的。A. green绿色的；B. brown棕色的；C. unique独一无二的；D. pretty漂亮的。根据常识和前文“The lower branches were becoming brown. Only the top ones of the tree”可知，树快死了，下面的树枝正在变成棕色，只有树的顶端还是绿色的。故选A项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我尽力挽救它，给它施用了很多肥料，但似乎没有希望了。A. save挽救；B. schedule安排；C. cut切割；D. use使用。根据后文“by feeding it a lot of fertilizer”可知，作者为这棵树施肥，尽力挽救它。故选A项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天早上，我出去又看了看它，心里想是不是直接把它砍了会更好。A. recommending推荐；B. asking询问；C. wondering想知道，琢磨，想弄明白；D. refusing拒绝。根据语境和后文“if it would be better to just cut it down”可知，作者看着这棵树，心理琢磨着是不是直接把它砍了。故选C项。
【30题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：然而，当我走过去仔细看它时，我注意到树枝间有什么东西在动。A. cleaned up清理；B. walked over走过去；C. signed up报名；D. came out出版，开花。根据后文“to take a closer look at it”可知，作者走过去凑近看这棵树。故选B项。
【31题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：那是一只鸟，正忙着在最高的树枝上筑巢。A. hardly几乎不；B. widely广泛地；C. unluckily不幸地；D. busily忙碌地。根据前文“I noticed something moving among the branches”和后文“building a nest in the topmost branches”可知，一只鸟正忙着在树枝上筑巢。故选D项。
32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我笑了，心想也许这棵老树还有一些生命和用处。A. explored探索；B. shouted大喊；C. thought认为，想；D. imagined想象。根据后文“maybe this old tree had some life and usefulness left in it yet. It may not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a ____13____”可知，后文都是作者自己想的内容。故选C项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：它可能不健康也不漂亮，但它仍然给了一只鸟一个家。A. decision决定；B. home家；C. goal目标；D. organisation组织。根据前文“It was a bird ____11____ building a nest in the topmost branches.”可知，鸟在树上筑巢，树给了鸟一个家。故选B项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这棵树提醒我，我们所有人的生活都有一个目的。A. reminded提醒；B. ordered预定；C. explained解释；D. pushed推。根据语境和后文“that all of our lives have a purpose”可知，这棵树提醒作者，所有人的生活都有一个目的。故选A项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：直到生命的最后一刻，我们仍有事情要做：我们要付出的爱，我们要分享的快乐。A. holiday假期；B. breath呼吸，气息；C. lesson课；D. word话。根据前文“It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong, or old and sick.”和后文“we still have things to do”可知，直到生命的最后一刻（只要还有一口气），我们仍有事情要做。故选B项。
第二节 语法填空（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。
The Shanyang tunnel (隧道) of the Darui Railway has been completed in March, 2022. This project is good for the opening and ____36____ (develop) of Dali and Ruili in Yunnan province. After the tunnel ____37____ (finish), the Dali-Baoshan section of the railway opened last year, putting an end to the Baoshan’s status as a place ____38____ rail links.
Up to now, the Dali-Baoshan section of the Darui Railway has completed all the bridge works ____39____ the station building construction. To our surprise, there are 21 ____40____ (tunnel) in the Dali-Baoshan section in all.
With ____41____ length of 330 kilometers, the Darui Railway is a major project in the nation’s network construction plan. The Shanyang tunnel is the last part of the Darui Railway, which is the ____42____ (tough) part, too. The 330-kilometer rail line ____43____ (cut) travel time to about three hours and thirty minutes from the initial seven hours over the past one year.
Thanks to the efforts of engineers and workers, the project was completed ____44____ (extreme) successfully. _____45_____ is believed that this project is key to the boom of western regions of China.
【答案】36. development
37. was finished
38. without
39. and 40. tunnels
41. a 42. toughest
43. has cut
44. extremely
45. It
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了大瑞铁路山阳隧道已于2022年3月竣工，该项目对云南大理、瑞丽市的开放与发展具有积极意义。
36题详解】
考查名词。句意：大瑞铁路山阳隧道已于2022年3月竣工。该项目对云南大理、瑞丽市的开放与发展具有积极意义。根据前文for the可知，此处应用名词development(不可数)和opening并列作宾语。故填development。
【37题详解】
考查时态和语态。句意：隧道完工后，去年开通了大理至宝山段铁路，结束了宝山没有铁路连接的状态。动词finish和主语之间是被动关系，根据时间状语last year可知，用一般过去时的被动语态。主谓一致，故填was finished。
【38题详解】
考查介词。句意：同上。根据前文句意可知，此处指结束了宝山没有铁路连接的状态，应用介词without和后文rail links构成介词短语，作后置定语修饰place。故填without。
【39题详解】
考查连词。句意：截至目前，大瑞铁路大理至宝山段已完成所有桥梁工程和车站建筑施工。后文名词短语the station building construction和前文是并列关系。故填and。
【40题详解】
考查名词复数。句意：令我们惊讶的是，大理至宝山段总共有21条隧道。数词21后，可数名词应用复数，作主语。故填tunnels。
【41题详解】
考查冠词。句意：大瑞铁路全长330公里，是国家铁路网建设计划中的重大项目。a length of“......长度”是固定搭配，名词length应用不定冠词限定。故填a。
【42题详解】
考查形容词最高级。句意：山阳隧道是大瑞铁路的最后一段，也是最艰难的一段。根据句意和定冠词the可知，此处应用形容词最高级作定语修饰名词part，表示“最艰难的一段”。故填toughest。
【43题详解】
考查现在完成时。句意：在过去的一年里，这条330公里长的铁路线将旅行时间从最初的7个小时缩短到大约3小时30分钟。根据时间状语over the past one year可知，此处应用现在完成时，表示过去的动作对现在的影响。主谓一致，故填has cut。
【44题详解】
考查副词。句意：由于工程师和工人们的努力，这个项目非常成功地完成了。修饰副词successfully用副词。故填extremely。
【45题详解】
考查形式主语。句意：人们相信，这个工程是中国西部大开发的关键。It is believed that是固定句型，it作形式主语，that引导主语从句做真正主语。句首字母大写，故填It。
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假如你是李华，得知你的英国笔友 John所在学校正在筹办中国民乐节（Chinese Folk Music Festival)，并由他负责。请给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.感谢宣传中国文化：2.给出活动建议：3. 表达美好祝愿。
注意：写作词数应为 80 左右
Dear John,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear John,
I’m thrilled to hear you’re organizing the Chinese Folk Music Festival at your school. Thank you for promoting Chinese culture.
Regarding the event, I have a few suggestions. Firstly, you can set up a stage where students can give diverse performances of Chinese folk music. Besides, consider inviting professional musicians to teach students to play traditional Chinese instruments. Plus, I do recommend a relevant lecture be given, thus equipping students with more knowledge about Chinese folk music.
Good luck with the festival and wish it a great success
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文写作中的建议信。要求考生向英国笔友 John写封邮件，就其负责的中国民乐节给出自己的活动建议，并表达美好祝愿。
【详解】1.词汇积累
关于：regarding → concerning/as regards
建议：suggestion→ tip/advice
首先：firstly→ first of all/initially
此外：besides → what’s more/moreover
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Plus, I do recommend a relevant lecture be given, thus equipping students with more knowledge about Chinese folk music.
拓展句：Plus, I do recommend a relevant lecture be given, which can equip students with more knowledge about Chinese folk music.
【点睛】【高分句型1】I’m thrilled to hear you’re organizing the Chinese Folk Music Festival at your school.（运用了省略连接词that引导的宾语从句）
【高分句型2】Firstly, you can set up a stage where students can give diverse performances of Chinese folk music.（运用了where引导的定语从句）
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。
“Not fair.” Wendi said sadly. “You promised we could go to the climbing park.”
“But the weather lady says it will rain in the afternoon,” Mum said.
“She must get it wrong,” Wendi complained, but suddenly, the rain started. “Oh,” Wendi was surprised, looking up at the sky.
“We’ll go to the climbing park another day,” Mum watched the rain.
“How does she know about the weather ” Wendi asked.
“Well, she has got a weather station, I think,” Mum was not sure.
“Grandpa might know. I’ll ask him,” Wendi said.
“We can build a little weather station in the garden, Wendi,” Grandpa explained. “You’ll need a wind vane (风向标) to see how the wind is blowing, and we can make it by ourselves. And we also need to prepare a rain gauge to measure how much rain has fallen. And, I’ve got a good thermometer for outdoors.”
“A thermometer ” Wendi said.
Grandpa laughed. “A thermometer measures the temperature. And last of all, we need a barometer (气压计), Wendi.” “A barometer tells us what the air pressure is. I’ve got one, too,” Grandpa explained.
“But what is air pressure ” Wendi asked.
“Well, if the air pressure changes, the weather will change,” Grandpa answered.
When everything was ready, Grandpa and Wendi got down to business, and soon a little garden weather station came into being.
Grandpa gave Wendi a list and said, “You have to keep a list of all the wind, rain and temperature changes. That’s when you’ll see how the weather is changing. And then you really will be a weathergirl.”
Rainy, Windy, Sunny, Snowy, Hot, Cold, Cloudy, Stormy, Very Windy…
Wendi painted many cards for all the things a weathergirl has to say.
Hearing the news, all Wendi’s friends visited her garden weather station.
注意：1. 续写词数应为120左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Wendi was a very good weathergirl until one icy cold winter day.
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After seeing this, Grandpa said to Wendi, “No weathergirl is always right, but it will snow soon, I am sure.”
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【答案】Wendi was a very good weathergirl until one icy cold winter day. “When will it snow, Wendi We want to know,” asked her friends. That was a big question. It was very cold, and Wendi put up her Freeze card on the list. “Tomorrow, it will snow tomorrow.” Wendi was sure. But it didn’t snow, not even one tiny snowflake. So they began to think that Wendi wasn’t a weathergirl at all and refused to visit her garden weather station. Wendi felt very sad.
After seeing this, Grandpa said to Wendi, “No weathergirl is always right, but it will snow soon, I am sure.” And two days later, the snow fell. Wendi’s friends were happy now. They went out and invited Wendi to make a big snowman with them. “Thank you, Wendi, weathergirl. We got our snow,” they said. Wendi smiled and wondered if she should tell her friends, who were having fun in the snow, that in a day or two it would get warmer, and then the snow would go.
【解析】
【导语】本文以天气预报为线索展开，讲述了Wendi对天气预报产生了好奇心，在爷爷的指导下，在山上建了一个气象站，Wendi成为天气预报员，进行天气预报的故事。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“在一个寒冷的冬天之前，Wendi一直是个很好的天气预报员。”可知，第一段可描写Wendi在一个寒冷的冬天进行了一次不准确的天气预报，使Wendi对天气预报丧失信心。
②由第二段首句内容“看到这些，Wendi对温迪说：‘天气预报员没有永远正确的，但我相信很快就会下雪的。’”可知，第二段可描写爷爷的话使Wendi产生了信心，天气预报有误差，但是也是有依据，有一定准确性的，人们相信天气预报对生活是有利的。
2.续写线索：问答——预测下雪——预测失败——下雪——满意——感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
①.张贴：put up/post
②.开始：begin/start
情绪类
①.伤心：feel sad/ be broken-hearted
②.开心：have fun/be happy
【点睛】
[高分句型1]. So they began to think that Wendi wasn’t a weathergirl at all and refused to visit her garden weather station. (由连接词that引导的宾语从句作think的宾语)
[高分句型2]. Wendi smiled and wondered if she should tell her friends, who were having fun in the snow, that in a day or two it would get warmer, and then the snow would go. (由关系代词who引导非限制性定语从句)
1-5 ABCBA 6-10 BCACB 11-15 CBACA 16-20 CACBB咸阳市实验中学2023～2024学年度第一学期第一次月考
高一英语试题
注意事项：
1. 本试题共10页，满分150分，时间120分钟。
2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级和准考证号填写在答题卡上。
3. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
4. 考试结束后，监考员将答题卡按顺序收回，装袋整理；试题不回收。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。
例：How much is the shirt A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是C。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a library. B. In a cafe. C. In a computer room.
2. How does the man feel
A. Calm. B. Upset. C. Satisfied.
3. What does the woman expect Mr. Smith to do
A. Make a call to George.
B. Offer her some vegetable oil.
C. Help her open the kitchen window.
4. What mistake did the truck driver make
A. He made a video illegally.
B. He broke the traffic rules.
C. He damaged the traffic lights.
5. How heavy was the woman three months ago
A. 115 pounds. B. 100 pounds. C. 150 pounds.
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the man dissatisfied with about the woolen suit
A. The color. B. The size. C. The style.
7. Which suit does the man decide to buy
A. The dark blue one. B. The light yellow one. C. The dark brown one.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What did the woman’s father study at college
A. Mathematics. B. French. C. Engineering.
9. What is the woman’s attitude toward her father’s decision
A. Disapproving. B. Doubtful. C. Understanding.
听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。
10. How does David feel now
A. Energetic. B. Tired. C. Pretty well.
11. What’s the major cause of David’s health problem
A. Lack of sleep. B. Intake of coffee. C. Unbalanced diet.
12. What does the woman advise David to do
A. Have a good dinner. B. Take vitamin pills. C. Cut down on sandwiches.
13. What will David do next
A. See a doctor. B. Play some sports. C. Go to sleep.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Where is the art exhibition held
A. At the Exhibition Center.
B. At the Popular Art Gallery.
C At the City Shopping Center.
15. What is the woman most interested in
A. Modern paintings. B. Short movies. C. Sculptures.
16. Which section is the most popular
A. The video section. B. The painting section. C. The photography section.
17. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers
A. Friends. B. Fan and artist. C. Shopper and assistant.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What happened to boats and ships in the Bermuda Triangle
A. They caught fire without reason.
B. They crashed into each other.
C. They disappeared.
19. When did the Bermuda Triangle become a popular story
A. In the 15th century. B. In the 20th century. C. In the 17th century.
20. What does the speaker say about the Bermuda Triangle
A. All of the reports on it are untrue.
B. It is a dangerous area in the ocean.
C. It is completely safe at the moment.
第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15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
Begin your global journey
At University of Wisconsin (UW)-Eau Claire, you’ll find your investment pays off well before you graduate. Because here, we believe that your journey is just as important as your destination. You will have many opportunities to develop: from internships (实习) to undergraduate research to foreign cultural experiences. We seek students who are curious, innovative and compassionate. If this sounds like you, submit your application to join our big family!
Admission application process
To complete an application for admission, submit the following:
1. Online application;
2. 25 USD application fee;
3. Evidence of English proficiency;
4. Financial documentation;
5. Academic records;
6. Passport copy.
Submit the supporting documents listed above by including them with your UW-Eau Claire specific application. You may also submit application materials to admissions@uwee.edu.
Paying for college
2023—2024 undergraduate student estimated expenses (The numbers below are in USD per academic year):
Tuition and fees: $18,460
Housing and meals: $8,800
Health insurance: $1,900
Application deadlines
We accept applications February 1 — June 1 for admission the upcoming fall term (September) and August 1—November 1 for admission the upcoming spring term (February). We must receive all of your required application materials prior to the deadline. Start applying early!
Check your application status
To check your application status, as well as other important steps in the enrollment process, you must first activate your Campus Account. The information you will be able to access through your Campus Account includes the following:
·View your admission decision in real time;
·Track the progress of your completed next steps after admission;
·Pay your enrollment fee of $500;
·Sign up for Orientation (迎新会) when you are qualified.
Please note that official admission decisions will always be sent via US Mail.
1. Which is the right time for you to apply for 2024 spring semester admission
A. September 10, 2023. B. December 1, 2023.
C. February 9, 2024. D. March16, 2024.
2. What can you do by using the Campus Account
A. Pay the tuition fees. B. Know about your enrollment process.
C. Submit application documents. D. Download official admission offer.
3. Where is this text probably taken from
A. A global travel journal. B. An undergraduate course plan.
C. A college application guide. D. A welcome speech for freshman.
B
The term “social distancing” has been at the center of public conversation for a while. But it’s not “social” distance we are trying to promote. It’s physical separation. In fact, preserving social ties — even at a distance — is essential for both mental and physical health. The results of an analytic review published in 2017 indicate that a lack of social support is on a par with smoking cigarettes as a risk factor for health.
Given this fact, how might we best stay connected with others while maintaining physical distance Would we be better off e-mailing a friend Making a phone call Having a video chat In our study, Nick Epley and I tested whether the media through which people interact affects their sense of connection and how expectations of certain technologies impact the communication media they choose to use.
In our experiment, we asked participants to reconnect with someone that they hadn’t interacted with recently, either by e-mail or over the phone. Participants first made predictions about what it would be like to get in touch if they connected in these two ways. They generally believed that they’d feel more connected when interacting over the phone than by e-mail. But they also predicted that talking on the phone could be more uncomfortable than sending an e-mail. Although these participants believed that talking encouraged stronger bonds, most of them said they’d rather send an e-mail than call the person up. It seemed that fears about awkwardness pushed individuals towards text-based methods for communicating.
In the next part of the experiment, we had participants use one randomly determined mode of communication to actually reconnect and then tracked them after they had done so. We found that people did form meaningfully stronger bonds when interacting over the phone than by e-mail. Importantly, though, there was no difference in the amount of discomfort when they were reconnecting over the phone. The next time you think about how best to connect, consider calling or having a video chat. Feelings of social connection are preferably facilitated by voice rather than a keyboard.
4. What does the underlined word “preserving” in Paragraph I probably mean
A. Abandoning. B. Maintaining. C. Disturbing. D. Revealing.
5. How does the author support the view of the importance of maintaining social ties
A. The author shares public opinions.
B. The author states a deep-rooted tradition.
C. The author presents official documents.
D. The author cites a published report.
6. What can we know about the study results
A. They contradicted participants’ predictions partly.
B. They had no reference value.
C. They provided insights into future studies.
D. They confirmed researchers’ expectations.
7. What can be concluded from the text
A. Keeping in touch is key to a lasting friendship.
B. Think twice before you consider contacting an old friend.
C. For stronger bonds, talk instead of typing.
D. Text-based methods for communication cause discomfort.
C
Exams make us anxious. The silence of the hall; the ticking of the clock; the proud expression of the person sitting at the neighboring desk who has finished 15 minutes early. It therefore seems hardly surprising that those who worry about taking tests do worse than those who do not.
What is, perhaps, surprising, according to research recently published by Maria Theobald, is that it is not the pressure of the exam hall which causes the problem. It is the pressure of review.
Dr. Theobald worked with 309 students who were preparing for their final state exam, the most important that they take. During the 100 days before that, the students used a digital-learning platform which presented them with old exam questions and recorded their performance. They also sat a mock exam (模拟考) 40 days before the real thing. To know their levels of anxiety, they were asked every day including the days of the mock and the real exam to give themselves 1-5 points to questions like “How much do I feel tense and nervous ”
Dr. Theobald found that anxiety on the day of the test did not predict exam performance at all. What predicted it was the level of knowledge a student showed in the mock and the earlier digital-learning activities. Those who performed well in these also did well in the real thing, no matter how anxious they were on the day. What actually affected students, it turned out, were high levels of anxiety during the weeks before the exam took place. The greater a student’s anxiety on the days before the exam, the lower his or her knowledge-gain was during that period, leaving that student with less material to review during the exam itself.
To reduce the anxiety, Dr. Theobald proposes a two-fold strategy for students. First, they can raise their belief in their own abilities by reminding themselves of just how much they know. Second, they can decrease the importance of the test by reminding themselves that, while it is important, it is not a life-or-death situation.
8. What causes bad exam results according to the research
A. The noisy clock. B. The stressful review.
C. The silent classroom. D. The annoying neighbor.
9. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Research process. B. Research findings.
C. Research background. D. Research significance.
10. On which day(s) does anxiety affect exam performance the most
A. The day of the real exam. B. The day of the mock.
C. The days before the real exam. D. The days before the mock.
11. What does Dr. Theobald advise us to do to overcome exam anxiety
A. Prepare a lot for exams. B. Build up self-confidence.
C. Attach significance to tests. D. Remind ourselves of the time.
D
Art and science may seem like opposite things. One means the creative flow of ideas, and the other means cold, hard data — some people believe. In fact, the two have much in common. Now, a study finds art can help students remember better what they learned in science class.
Mariale Hardiman, an education specialist, noticed that students who used art in the class listened more carefully. They might ask more questions. They might volunteer more ideas. What’s more, students seemed to remember more of what they had been taught when their science lessons had involved art. To prove that, Hardiman teamed up with some researchers and six local schools.
In the experiment, the researchers worked with teachers in 16 fifth-grade classrooms. They provided traditional science lessons and art-focused ones. In a traditional science class, for example, students might read the information from a book aloud. In the art-focused one, they might sing the information instead.
The team randomly assigned(分配) each of the 350 students to either a traditional science class or an art-focused one. Students then learned science using that way for the whole unit — about three weeks. When they changed to a new topic, they also changed to the other type of class. This way, each student had both an art-focused class and a traditional one. Every unit was taught in both ways, to different groups of students. This enabled the researchers to see how students did in both types of classes.
The team found that students who started off in traditional classes performed better after they moved into an art-focused class. But those who started in an art-focused class did well even when they went back to a traditional science class. These students appeared to use some of the art techniques after going back to a traditional class. Classroom teachers reported that many students continued to sketch(画速写) or sing to help remember the information. “It suggests that the arts may help students apply creative ways of learning on their own,” Hardiman said.
12. How does the first paragraph develop
A. By giving examples. B. By analyzing cause and effect.
C. By following space order. D. By making comparisons.
13. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. Students take an active part when their class involves art.
B. Students are more creative in art class than in science class.
C. Students’ learning ability depends greatly on class involvement.
D. Students remember things for a longer time if using art in class.
14. What were the students required to do in the experiment
A. Learn three units in total.
B Take two types of classes.
C Learn two topics for three weeks.
D. Choose between a traditional class and an art-focused one.
15. What is the text mainly about
A. It is not easy to use art in science class.
B. Science plays an important role in creative thinking.
C. Art contributes to science learning.
D. Art-focused classes encourage teamwork.
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
People were told from an early age, “You learn from your mistakes.” But is this true
The answer is “yes” — failure can be a teachable moment. ____16____ It doesn’t feel good. So we react to failure in emotional ways, like giving up on a task, telling ourselves we don’t care, or finding fault with the task. This is self-protective, according to Hallgeir Sjastad, a professor of psychology and leadership at the Norwegian School of Economics. He says, “____17____ So when we fail, it causes a serious threat to our self-image.”
Fortunately, there is a research to suggest that there are some strategies to help us overcome the emotional barriers around failure. ____18____ Instead of asking “Why did I fail ”, we could ask “Why did Sam fail ”, for example. Multiple studies by the University of Michigan show that adopting a third-person perspective helps to soften our negative emotional reactions, allowing us to look at failure more objectively.
____19____ It led to better levels of motivation and academic success in the test groups. The group of adults and children were asked to give advice based on their own failures. Professors found that the satisfaction of helping others “forces people to connect with their experience and what they have learned”.
The writer Samuel Beckett once said: “Fail again, fail better.” But it now seems that we should be saying: “Fail again, fail smarter”. Failure is an unavoidable part of life. ____20____
A. But learning from our mistakes is very hard because we don’t like to fail.
B. One of them is to adopt a third-person view.
C. You can question others instead of yourselves.
D. But the road to success is easier to find by learning to overcome the emotional barriers.
E. A second strategy involves offering advice to others who are in the same position as us.
F. But how to overcome them is a problem we can’t solve alone.
G. Most of us want to think of ourselves as capable.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（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。
When my daughter was in grade school, she brought home four tiny branches one day. They were small ____21____ given to the students to plant. None of them looked very strong, but with a ____22____ for the future, we planted them in our backyard. Over the years the ____23____ soil brought an end to three of them.
All that was ____24____ was a single evergreen. It never got very tall and ____25____to one side. Then, I noticed that it was starting to ____26____. The lower branches were becoming brown. Only the top ones of the tree were still ____27____.
I did my best to ____28____ it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer, but it seemed hopeless. One morning I went out and looked at it again, ____29____ if it would be better to just cut it down. As I _____30_____ to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving among the branches. It was a bird _____31_____ building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled and _____32_____ that maybe this old tree had some life and usefulness left in it yet. It may not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a _____33_____.
This tree _____34_____ me that all of our lives have a purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong, or old and sick. Until our last _____35_____ we still have things to do: love for us to give, and joy for us to share. We can help to make this world a better and lovelier place.
21. A. flowers B. trees C. seeds D. vegetables
22 A. life B. lecture C. hope D. end
23. A. rich B. suitable C. awkward D. poor
24. A. left B. gone C. debated D. planted
25. A. challenged B. bent C. improved D. flew
26. A. design B. lose C. grow D. die
27. A. green B. brown C. unique D. pretty
28. A. save B. schedule C. cut D. use
29. A. recommending B. asking C. wondering D. refusing
30. A. cleaned up B. walked over C. signed up D. came out
31 A. hardly B. widely C. unluckily D. busily
32. A. explored B. shouted C. thought D. imagined
33. A. decision B. home C. goal D. organisation
34. A. reminded B. ordered C. explained D. pushed
35. A. holiday B. breath C. lesson D. word
第二节 语法填空（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。
The Shanyang tunnel (隧道) of the Darui Railway has been completed in March, 2022. This project is good for the opening and ____36____ (develop) of Dali and Ruili in Yunnan province. After the tunnel ____37____ (finish), the Dali-Baoshan section of the railway opened last year, putting an end to the Baoshan’s status as a place ____38____ rail links.
Up to now, the Dali-Baoshan section of the Darui Railway has completed all the bridge works ____39____ the station building construction. To our surprise, there are 21 ____40____ (tunnel) in the Dali-Baoshan section in all.
With ____41____ length of 330 kilometers, the Darui Railway is a major project in the nation’s network construction plan. The Shanyang tunnel is the last part of the Darui Railway, which is the ____42____ (tough) part, too. The 330-kilometer rail line ____43____ (cut) travel time to about three hours and thirty minutes from the initial seven hours over the past one year.
Thanks to the efforts of engineers and workers, the project was completed ____44____ (extreme) successfully. _____45_____ is believed that this project is key to the boom of western regions of China.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假如你是李华，得知你的英国笔友 John所在学校正在筹办中国民乐节（Chinese Folk Music Festival)，并由他负责。请给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.感谢宣传中国文化：2.给出活动建议：3. 表达美好祝愿。
注意：写作词数应为 80 左右
Dear John,
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Yours sincerely,
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，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
“Not fair.” Wendi said sadly. “You promised we could go to the climbing park.”
“But the weather lady says it will rain in the afternoon,” Mum said.
“She must get it wrong,” Wendi complained, but suddenly, the rain started. “Oh,” Wendi was surprised, looking up at the sky.
“We’ll go to the climbing park another day,” Mum watched the rain.
“How does she know about the weather ” Wendi asked.
“Well, she has got a weather station, I think,” Mum was not sure.
“Grandpa might know. I’ll ask him,” Wendi said.
“We can build a little weather station in the garden, Wendi,” Grandpa explained. “You’ll need a wind vane (风向标) to see how the wind is blowing, and we can make it by ourselves. And we also need to prepare a rain gauge to measure how much rain has fallen. And, I’ve got a good thermometer for outdoors.”
“A thermometer ” Wendi said.
Grandpa laughed. “A thermometer measures the temperature. And last of all, we need a barometer (气压计), Wendi.” “A barometer tells us what the air pressure is. I’ve got one, too,” Grandpa explained.
“But what is air pressure ” Wendi asked.
“Well, if the air pressure changes, the weather will change,” Grandpa answered.
When everything was ready, Grandpa and Wendi got down to business, and soon a little garden weather station came into being.
Grandpa gave Wendi a list and said, “You have to keep a list of all the wind, rain and temperature changes. That’s when you’ll see how the weather is changing. And then you really will be a weathergirl.”
Rainy, Windy, Sunny, Snowy, Hot, Cold, Cloudy, Stormy, Very Windy…
Wendi painted many cards for all the things a weathergirl has to say.
Hearing the news, all Wendi’s friends visited her garden weather station.
注意：1. 续写词数应为120左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Wendi was a very good weathergirl until one icy cold winter day.
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After seeing this, Grandpa said to Wendi, “No weathergirl is always right, but it will snow soon, I am sure.”
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