2023-2024学年上学期高二英语试题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意∶回答听力部分时，请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你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。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a restaurant. B. In a furniture store. C. In the woman’s company.
2. What does the man want to do first
A. See the elephant. B. Have a cup of tea. C. Watch the dolphin show.
3. What is the woman probably going to do
A. Make a list. B. Do some shopping. C. Make a chocolate pie.
4. Why does the woman look upset
A. She experienced a theft.
B. She was given a parking ticket.
C. She couldn’t find a parking space.
5. How will the woman go to the city church
A. By bike. B. By bus. C. By car.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What activities is the man organizing
A. A school reunion. B. A birthday party. C. A meeting.
7. Why does the woman recommend the Omni Hotel
A. The price is quite reasonable.
B. She likes the party rooms there.
C. Her brother works there.
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is one thing the man is not going to pack for the trip
A. A sweater. B. A coat. C. A jacket.
9. Which occasion will the man take part in definitely
A. A party. B. A date. C. A wedding.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Which team does the man cheer for now
A. Seattle. B. New York. C. Los Angeles.
11. What did the woman think the man liked
A. Football. B. Gardening. C. Painting.
12.When do the two speakers plan to go bungee(蹦极) jumping on Saturday
A. At 9:00 am. B. At 12:00 noon. C. At 2:00 pm.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How many persons will share the house
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
14. Which year of university is the woman in now
A. The first year. B. The second year. C. The third year.
15. Why doesn’t the woman like the second house
A. It’s too expensive. B. It’s not big enough. C. It’s not near the university.
16. What do we know about the last house
A. It has a big garden. B. It is well furnished. C. The price is attractive.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the first prize
A. A two–week holiday. B. A 500–pound camera. C. Two plane tickets to Jamaica.
18. When will the result of the competition come out
A. On August 25. B. On August 31. C. On September 15.
19. What requirement do the photos need to meet
A. They must be in black and white.
B. They must be taken by kids over 18.
C. They must have been taken on holiday.
20. What does the speaker remind the competitors to do
A. Write their information on the back of the photos.
B. Take part in next month’s super sports competition.
C. Get their photos back after the competition.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Guided tours at the National Museum at South Kingston
Out of Hours Titano Tours
Book a tour with one of our knowledgeable tour guides to get up close to all the main characters in our world-famous Dinosaurs gallery. You’ll get to learn how dinosaurs were first discovered, how they adapted to life on Earth and why they’re so important to our science today.
13:00-14:00 Weekends only.
Behind the Lens Tour
Have you ever wondered why wildlife photography can be used to make a difference to the natural world Join our hosts for a special tour of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition and discover the stories behind the photos. We will introduce you to some surprising stories as well as the impact that these photos have had on wildlife conservation efforts.
9:00-10:00 Wednesday & Friday.
Behind the Scenes Tour: Spirit Collection
Go behind the scenes with our science educators for a look at the Museum’s fascinating zoology collection preserved. As we explore some of the Darwin Centre’s 27 kilometers of shelves, you’ll encounter treasures hidden among the 22 million animal specimens (标本)housed here.
14:00-15:00 Monday closed.
History of the Natural History Museum Tour
With stories stretching from Waterhouse to Darwin, you’ll get to journey through time and discover more about how the incredible ‘Cathedral of Nature’ became world-famous. What’s more, once the tour is finished, you will have the opportunity to visit the whole Museum at your own pace, newly equipped with your behind-the-scenes knowledge.
14:00-15:00 Monday to Friday.
1. What can you do on Behind the Lens Tour
A. Tell stories about nature.
B. Dig into wildlife photography.
C. Discover tips to take photos.
D. Join in a group to protect wildlife.
2. Which tour can you take if you go to the museum on Monday afternoon
A. Out of Hours Titano Tours.
B. Behind the Lens Tour.
C. Behind the Scenes Tour: Spirit Collection.
D. History of the Natural History Museum Tour.
3. In what column of the museum website could you find the text
A. Shop. B. Join and Support.
C. What’s on. D. Membership.
【答案】1 B 2. D 3. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了南金斯敦国家博物馆的四个不同的专题之旅。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Behind the Lens Tour中的“Join our hosts for a special tour of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition and discover the stories behind the photos. We will introduce you to some surprising stories as well as the impact that these photos have had on wildlife conservation efforts. (加入我们的主持人，参加年度野生动物摄影师展览的特别之旅，发现照片背后的故事。我们将向你介绍一些令人惊讶的故事，以及这些照片对野生动物保护工作的影响。)”可知，该旅行可以深入研究野生动物摄影。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据History of the Natural History Museum Tour中的“14:00-15:00 Monday to Friday. (周一至周五14:00-15:00)”可知，如果你星期一下午去博物馆，可以参加自然历史博物馆历史之旅。故选D。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据全文可知，文章主要介绍了南金斯敦国家博物馆的四个不同的专题之旅。所以推断可以在博物馆网站的“在展览什么”栏目找到这篇文章。故选C。
B
We live in a town with three beaches. There are two parts less than 10 minutes’ walk from home where neighborhood children gather to play. However, what my children want to do after school is pick up a screen — any screen — and stare at it for hours. They are not alone. Today’s children spend an average of four and a half hours a day looking at screens, split between watching television and using the Internet.
In the past few years, an increasing number of people and organisations have begun coming up with plans to counter this trend. A couple of years ago film-maker David Bond realised that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to screens to the point where he was able to say “chocolate” into his three-year-old son’s ear without getting a response. He realised that something needed to change, and, being a London media type, appointed himself “marketing director from Nature”. He documented his journey as he set about treating nature as a brand to be marketed to young people. The result was Project Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth of the World Network, a group of organisations with the common goal of getting children out into nature.
“Just five more minutes outdoors can make a difference,” David Bond says. “There is a lot of really interesting evidence which seems to be suggesting that if children are inspired up to the age of seven, then being outdoors will be on habit for life.” His own children have got into the habit of playing outside now: “We just send them out into the garden and tell them not to come back in for a while.”
Summer is upon us. There is an amazing world out there, and it needs our children as much as they need it. Let us get them out and let them play.
4. What is the problem with the author’s children
A. They often annoy their neighbours. B. They are tired of doing their homework.
C. They have no friends to play with D. They stay in front of screens for too long.
5. How did David Bond advocate his idea
A. By making a documentary film. B. By organizing outdoor activities.
C. By advertising in London media. D. By creating a network of friends.
6. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “charts” in paragraph 2
A. records B. predicts C. delays D. confirms
7. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Let Children Have Fun B. Young Children Need More Free Time
C. Market Nature to Children D. David Bond: A Role Model for Children
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. A 7. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了电影制作人David Bond为了让孩子们远离屏幕，拍摄自己的旅行，并将自然当作一个品牌，推销给年轻人。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中的“However, what my children want to do after school is pick up a screen — any screen — and stare at it for hours. (然而，我的孩子们放学后想做的是拿起一个屏幕——任何屏幕——盯着它看几个小时)”可知，作者的孩子一放学后就想拿起屏幕，他们在屏幕前呆的时间太长了，这是一个问题。故选D项。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“He documented his journey as he set about treating nature as a brand to be marked to young people. (他记录了他的旅程，他开始把大自然当作一个品牌，让年轻人看到)”可知，David Bond通过拍一个纪录片宣传他的想法。故选A项。
【6题详解】
词义猜测题。根据本句“a film which charts the birth of the World Network, a group of organisations with the common goal of getting children out into nature.（这部电影charts世界网络的诞生，世界网络这个组织的共同目标是让孩子们走进大自然。），由“a film”可知，本句主语是一部电影，下文“the birth of the World Network (世界网络的诞生)”解释了这部电影的主旨。由此推知，划线词charts意为“记录、描绘”，与“records”意思一致。故选A项。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段中的“He documented his journey as he set about treating nature as a brand to be marketed to young people. The result was Project Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth of the World Network, a group of organisations with the common goal of getting children out into nature. (他把自己的旅行记录下来，开始把自然当作一个品牌，推销给年轻人。其结果是Project Wild Thing，一部记录了世界网络诞生的电影，世界网络是以让孩子们接触大自然为共同目标的团体)”可推知，本文主要讲述了电影制作人David Bond为了让孩子们远离屏幕，拍摄自己的旅行，并将自然当作一个品牌，推销给年轻人，这是本文的中心内容。由此可知，C项“Market Nature to Children(把自然推销给年轻人)”适合作本文标题。故选C项。
C
A team of engineers has invented a new type of tiny, self-driven robots that can travel through liquid at incredible speeds and may one day even deliver drugs to hard-to-reach places like bladder (膀胱) inside the human body.
The new study shows this research is a big step forward for tiny robots. The microrobots are really small. Each one measures only 20 micrometers wide, several times smaller than the width of a human hair. They’re also really fast, capable of traveling at speeds of about 3 millimeters per second, or roughly 9, 000 times their own length per minute. The machines look a bit like small rockets and come complete with three tiny wings. The team makes its microrobots out of materials by using a technology similar to 3D printing. Each of the robots carries a small bubble (泡泡) of trapped air. If you expose the machines to sound, the bubbles will begin to shake wildly, pushing water away and shooting the robots forward.
“Imagine if microrobots could perform certain tasks in the body, such as surgeries without cutting into the body,” said Jin Lee, lead author of the study, “we can simply introduce the robots to the body through a pill or an injection, and they would perform the procedure themselves. If that sounds like something copied from science fiction, that’s because it is.” He imagined that, just like in the movie, microrobots could move through a person’s blood stream, seeking out targeted areas. “Once there, the machines slowly released their medicine over the course of about two days. Such a steady flow of medicine could improve the outcome for patients.” Lee added, “But there is a lot of work to do before microrobots can travel through real human bodies.”
For a start, the group wants to make the machines fully biodegradable so that they would eventually disappear in the body, causing no damage at all. “If we can make them work in the bladder,” Lee said, “maybe patients wouldn’t have to come into the clinic as often.”
8. What is an advantage of the invention
A. The small size. B. The rocket-like shape.
C. The big bubble. D. The 3D-printed material.
9. What can we infer from Lee’s words about the robots in Paragraph 3
A. They cure bladder diseases. B. They help to give patients pills.
C. They are inspired from science fiction. D. They have performed tasks in human bodies.
10. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “biodegradable” in Paragraph 4
A. Efficient. B. Dissolvable C. Recyclable D. Sensitive.
11. What is the purpose of the text
A. To introduce a healthcare robot.
B. To advertise a medical machine.
C. To arouse interest in developing robots.
D. To raise concern about bladder diseases.
【答案】8. A 9. C 10. B 11. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了一组工程师发明了一种新型的微型自驱动机器人，它可以以惊人的速度在液体中穿行，甚至有一天可以将药物输送到人体内难以到达的地方。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“A team of engineers has invented a new type of tiny, self-driven robots that can travel through liquid at incredible speeds and may one day even deliver drugs to hard-to-reach places like bladder (膀胱) inside the human body.(一组工程师发明了一种新型的微型自驱动机器人，它可以以惊人的速度在液体中穿行，甚至有一天可以将药物输送到人体内难以到达的地方，如膀胱。)”和第二段第一句“The new study shows this research is a big step forward for tiny robots.(这项新研究表明，这项研究是微型机器人向前迈出的一大步。)”可知，这种微型自驱动机器人是微型机器人向前迈出的一大步，可以在液体中快速穿行，甚至有可能将药输送到人体难以到达的地方。由此可推测出，这一发明的优势是它的尺寸小。故选A。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中Lee的话“If that sounds like something copied from science fiction, that’s because it is.(如果这听起来像是从科幻小说中复制的东西，那是因为它确实如此。)”可推出，他们从科幻小说里获取了微型机器人的创意灵感。故选C。
【10题详解】
词义猜测题。根据画线词后“so that they would eventually disappear in the body, causing no damage at all”可知，研究小组想让这种机器最终能够在身体中消失，不会产生任何伤害，由此可推测出，他们想要这种机器能够在体内完全降解。biodegradable意为“可生物降解的”，与dissolvable(可溶解的)意思接近。故选B。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“A team of engineers has invented a new type of tiny, self-driven robots that can travel through liquid at incredible speeds and may one day even deliver drugs to hard-to-reach places like bladder(膀胱) inside the human body.(一组工程师发明了一种新型的微型自驱动机器人，它可以以惊人的速度在液体中穿行，甚至有一天可以将药物输送到人体内难以到达的地方，如膀胱。)”并结合全文内容可知，本文主要介绍了一款新型的微型自驱动机器人，它可以在液体中快速穿行，未来有可能帮助将药物输送到人体内难以到达的地方，由此可推测出，本篇文章主要是为了向读者介绍一款医疗保健机器人。故选A。
D
Why would anyone want to write a poem One reason to write a poem is to dig from yourself some thought, feeling, comprehension or question that you didn’t know was in you, or in the world. Other forms of writing, such as scientific papers, political analysis and journalism, attempt to record something known. Poetry is a release of something previously unknown.
Poetry opens our eyes and offers increase of reach. We live so often on a lonely island, separated from ourselves and others due to social or personal reasons. To step into a poem is to agree to risk. Writing takes down all protections to see what steps forward. Poetry is a trick of language, in which the writer is both magician and audience. You reach your hand into the hat and surprise yourself with a rabbit or memory, with unusual verbs or rhymes. Poems lead to revolutions of being. Whatever the old order was, a poem will change it.
What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are living and making. Something is always missing, and so art-making is endless.
There is also the matter of connection. You can’t write an image, a metaphor (暗喻), a story, a phrase without approaching the shared world, without recognizing that your supposed solitude (独处) is at every point touching some others. You can’t read a good poem without recognizing your own face in the poet’s experience. It allows us to feel more strongly and accurately what is already present. Then it expands that and expands us.
Does art change anything by its existence or non-existence I’d argue that art, if it is genuinely art, is a force for the good. That the rearrangement of words can reopen the potential of both inner and outer worlds — I cannot say why I feel this to be true, except that I feel it so when I read good poems.
12. How does the writer introduce the topic
A. By listing numbers. B. By giving examples.
C. By quoting a saying. D. By making a comparison.
13. What is the similarity between poetry and magic
A. They bring surprises. B. They follow traditions.
C. They change the world. D. They are arts of language.
14. What can a good poem do according to the text
A. Criticize social reality. B. Apply new expressions.
C. Bridge poets and readers. D. Remind readers of the past.
15. What is the author’s attitude towards art
A. Objective. B. Favorable. C. Unclear. D. Doubtful.
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇议论文，主要讲述了有人想要写诗的原因。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知，第一段中的“One reason to write a poem is to dig from yourself some thought, feeling, comprehension or question that you didn’t know was in you, or in the world.(写诗的一个原因是从自己身上挖掘一些你不知道的想法、感受、理解或问题。)”引出了主题。接下来“Other forms of writing, such as scientific papers, political analysis and journalism, attempt to record something known. Poetry is a release of something previously unknown.(其他写作形式，如科学论文、政治分析和新闻报道，试图记录一些已知的东西。诗歌是对以前未知事物的释放。)”通过将其他写作形式和诗歌进行比较，从而对前文写诗的原因进行具体阐述，由此可推测出，作者通过比较来介绍本文主题。故选D。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Poetry is a trick of language, in which the writer is both magician and audience. You reach your hand into the hat and surprise yourself with a rabbit or memory, with unusual verbs or rhymes.(诗歌是一种语言的把戏，在这个把戏中作者既是魔术师又是听众。你把手伸进帽子里，用一只兔子或记忆，用不同寻常的动词或押韵，给自己一个惊喜。)”可知，写诗的人和魔术师很像，魔术师把手伸进帽子里变出兔子，而写诗的人用记忆、不同寻常的动词或押韵创造出新的东西，二者都可以带来惊喜。故选A。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中的“There is also the matter of connection.(还有联系的问题。)”和“You can’t read a good poem without recognizing your own face in the poet’s experience.(读一首好诗，你不可能不从诗人的经历中认出自己的面孔。)”可知，诗会创造出联系，读好诗的时候你会体验到作者的经历，由此可推测出，一首好诗会给诗人和读者创造桥梁，将诗人和读者联系起来。故选C。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Does art change anything by its existence or non-existence I’d argue that art, if it is genuinely art, is a force for the good.(艺术的存在或不存在会改变什么吗？我认为，如果艺术真的是艺术，那么它就是一种向善的力量。)”可知，在提到艺术的作用时，作者认为真正的艺术是一种向善的力量，由此可推测出，作者对艺术持肯定态度。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。（注意：涂卡时若答题卡上无E,F,G；则E涂AB; F涂AC; G涂AD）
Much of the work in today’s world is accomplished(完成) in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. ___16___Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent
___17___They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team’s performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn’t evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team’s performance.
To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate(协调) their actions. ___18___In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team’s performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, “There is no I in TEAM.” ___19___
Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war(拔河比赛), whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.
___20___ An A-team may require a balance--not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.
A. It’s not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.
B. Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.
C. The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers’ attention.
D. Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.
E. Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.
F Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.
G. This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.
【答案】16. B 17. E 18. G 19. D 20. F
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章主要讲了建立一支最佳阵容球队比简单地雇佣最优秀的人才要复杂得多。一支一流球队可能需要一种平衡——不仅仅是最好球员，也需要一些有雅量的普通球员。
【16题详解】
上文说“大多数人相信建立一个伟大团队的最好方法就是聚集一群最有天赋的个人”。下文说“公司花费数百万雇佣顶级商业人士。”该空承上启下，也是在举例，B选项“运动队老板花费数百万美元吸引顶尖人才。”切题，故选B。
【17题详解】
下文说“他们专注于足球、篮球和棒球。结果有好有坏。”这些都属于体育方面，该空引出下文，E选项“最近的几项研究调查了体育世界中人才的作用。”切题，故选E。
【18题详解】
上文说“为了解释这一现象，研究人员探索了一场好的表现要求队员们协调他们行动的程度”，下文说明了研究结果，该空承上启下，G选项“这项任务的相互依赖性使棒球区别于足球和篮球。”切题，故选G。
19题详解】
上文说了“一个球星为了个人得分，而影响团队的表现”，该空承接上文，D选项“球星显然没有遵守运动员精神的基本原则”切题，故选D。
【20题详解】
下文说“一支一流球队可能需要一种平衡——不仅仅是最好球员，也需要一些有雅量的普通球员。”该空引出下文，F选项“建立一支最佳阵容球队比简单地雇佣最优秀的人才要复杂得多。”切题，故选F。
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Head to Flint Michigan, on a Wednesday night, and you’ll see a blinding display of lights near the river.
The tradition___21___on a whim in 2010 with Daniel Riddick, a doctor in Hurley Children’s Hospital in Province, Rhode Island. His patient, a teenager, had been in the hospital long-term. During his stay, Daniel had___22___with the kid so deeply that he decided that on the boy’s___23___night there, he would do something___24___for the parting.
As he left, Daniel told the boy to___25___the corner near the bus stop from his window. Daniel ___26___to that spot, turned around, and flickered (闪烁) his bike light up toward the hospital. To his surprise, the teen flickered his own room lights to___27___. “From a quarter mile away it was very ___28___where the kid was,” says Daniel. “I figured if it___29___once I could do it again.” And so he did.
Daniel made it a____30____to flicker his bike lights to kids as he left for the night as a____31____way to say goodbye. The nightly tradition became such a____32____that customers started joining in with flashlights and cell phones too.
The tradition has____33____inspired those beyond Michigan and Daniel hopes it____34____even more. “It could happen anywhere if someone is willing to give it a try with one____35____,” he says.
21. A. developed B. survived C. continued D. started
22. A. tied B. bonded C. coordinated D. accommodated
23. A. last B. usual C. scary D. challenging
24. A. essential B. accurate C. special D. distinct
25. A. witness B. appreciate C. watch D. explore
26. A. slid B. biked C. drove D. paced
27. A. signal B. warn C. check D. respond
28. A. evident B. important C. probable D. surprising
29. A. worked B. changed C. happened D. mattered
30. A. duty B. assignment C. practice D. commitment
31. A. casual B. trendy C. strange D. fun
32. A. phenomenon B. miracle C. hit D. celebration
33. A. only B. even C. nearly D. ever
34. A. promotes B. spreads C. educates D. multiplies
35. A. light B. message C. hope D. sign
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. C 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了丹尼尔医生在弗林特市医院为一位长期住院的患者送别时，点亮了自行车灯，并以此为起点开始了每晚向患者送别的传统。这一传统逐渐扩散，吸引了更多人参与。医生希望这一传统能够在其他地方得到传承和发展。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：2010年，罗德岛州普罗维登斯赫尔利儿童医院 (Hurley Children’s Hospital) 的医生丹尼尔·里迪克 (Daniel Riddick) 突发奇想，开始了这个传统。A. developed发展；开发；培养；B. survived幸存；C. continued继续，持续；D. started开始。下文“The nightly tradition became such a ___12___ that customers started joining in with flashlights and cell phones too.”可知，后来丹尼尔一直坚持这个做法，此处强调的是这个传统是怎么开始的，最初是医生的突发奇想，想让一个住院的小男孩开心。故选D项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在这段时间里，丹尼尔和小男孩的感情很深，他决定在小男孩在这里的最后一晚，他要为他的告别做点特别的事。A. tied绑，系；B. bonded建立亲密关系，感情纽带；C. coordinated协调，配合；D. accommodated容纳。根据后文“with the kid so deeply”以及“that he decided that on the boy’s ___3___ night there, he would do something ___4___ for the parting.”可知，他决定为小男孩在医院的最后一晚做些事情，后面他花费心思让小男孩开心，由此可知，他和住院的小男孩感情很好很深。故选B项。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. last最后的；B. usual通常的；C. scary恐怖的；D. challenging有挑战性的。根据后面的“for the parting”可知，这是小男孩在这家医院的最后一晚。故选A项。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. essential基本的；B. accurate精确的；C. special特殊的；D. tolerant容忍的，宽容的。根据前文“Daniel had ___2___ with the kid so deeply”以及后文的“for the parting.”可知，丹尼尔和小男孩有深厚的感情，在离别时刻应该要做些特殊的事情。故选C项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他离开时，丹尼尔告诉那个男孩从他的窗户看着公共汽车站附近的角落。A. witness目睹；见证；B. appreciate欣赏；感激；C. watch仔细观看；观察；D. explore探索，探究。根据后文“flickered (闪烁) his bike light up toward the hospital.”可知，医生要去街角用自行车灯和他告别，应该是小男孩在窗户那里观察，看能不能看到他。故选C项。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：丹尼尔骑着自行车去了那个地方，转过身，朝医院方向闪烁着他的车灯。A. slid滑行；B. biked骑行自行车；C. drove开车，驾驶；D. paced踱步。根据后面“flickered(闪烁) his bike light up toward the hospital”可知，医生是骑着自行车去的，向医院方向闪烁自行车灯。故选B项。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：令他惊讶的是，这个孩子闪烁着自己房间的灯来回应。A. signal发信号；B. warn警告；C. check查看；D. respond回答；回应。根据前文的“the teen flickered his own room lights”可知，医生丹尼尔朝医院方向闪烁车灯，小男孩看到后，也闪烁自己房间的灯，这是在做出回应，意在告诉医生看到了他闪烁车灯。故选D项。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：丹尼尔说：“从四分之一英里外就能清楚地看到孩子在哪里。”A. evident明显的；B. important重要的；C. probable可能的；D. surprising惊人的。根据前文“the teen flickered his own room lights to ___7___ .”可知，医生看到了孩子用自己房间的灯光做出的回应，就可以清楚地明显地知道了孩子的位置。故选A项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：“我想，如果它成功过一次，我就可以再做一次。”A. worked工作；起作用；B. changed改变；C. happened发生；D. mattered重要，要紧。根据后文“I could do it again.”可知，丹尼尔认为，这种和孩子告别的方法起到了作用，是一种很好玩的做法，他想坚持下去，以后也要和别的住院的孩子使用这种方式表示再见。故选A项。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：丹尼尔把晚上下班回家时闪烁车灯给孩子们看这种做法养成一种习惯，这是一种有趣的告别方式。A. duty职责，值班；B. assignment任务，布置；C. practice习惯做法；D. commitment忠诚，献身；承诺，保证；奉献。上一段末句“I could do it again”表示，医生认为这种方法很有趣，今后还会这样做，practice意为“习惯做法”与下文的“tradition”意思相近，符合语境。故选C项。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：丹尼尔把晚上下班回家时闪烁车灯给孩子们看这种做法养成一种习惯，这是一种有趣的告别方式。A. casual随意的；B. trendy 时髦的，赶时髦的；C. strange奇怪的；D. fun有趣的，好玩的。根据前文“Daniel made it a ___10___ to flicker his bike lights to kids”可知，丹尼尔把晚上下班回家时闪烁车灯给孩子们看这种做法养成一种习惯，这成为了一种有趣的做法，因为小男孩用自己房间的灯对他做出回应。故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这一夜间传统变得如此受欢迎，顾客们开始用手电筒和手机加入进来。A. phenomenon现象；B. miracle奇迹；C. hit轰动，很受欢迎的人（或事物），成功；D. celebration庆祝。根据后文“customers started joining in with flashlights and cell phones too. ”可知，医生的这一做法激励了很多人，很多人知道了这件事情并加入到闪烁灯光的行动中来，可知在人群中引发了轰动，很受欢迎。故选C项。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：这个传统甚至激励了密歇根以外的人，丹尼尔希望它能传播得更广。A. only仅仅，只；B. even甚至；C. nearly接近，几乎；D. ever曾经。根据后文“beyond Michigan”可知，这样一个做法，让这个密歇根的人们加入进来，后来甚至让外地的人们也争相效仿，程度副词even加深语气，表示递进，符合语境。故选B项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个传统甚至激励了密歇根以外的人，丹尼尔希望它能传播得更广。A. promotes促进，升职；B. spreads传播；C. educates教育；D. multiplies加倍，相乘。这种做法从“Flint, Michigan”到“beyond Michigan”，这就是一种善意的传播。故选B项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他说：“如果有人愿意用一盏灯尝试一下，这种情况可能发生在任何地方。”A. light灯；B. message信息；C. hope希望；D. sign指示牌，标志；迹象，征兆。一开始医生“flickered(闪烁) his bike light up toward the hospital”后来街上很多人“customers started joining in with flashlights and cell phones too.”这种做法很简单，就是用一个灯(light) 就可以给生病住院的孩子送去快乐和安慰。故选A项。
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填写适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Xuan paper is known as the “Paper of Ages”. The term Xuan paper first appeared in On Famous Paintings through the Ages, a book written by Tang Dynasty (618-907) scholar Zhang Yanyuan, in ___36___ he described Xuan paper as ___37___ ideal carrier for calligraphy and painting.
The traditional craft of making Xuan paper is ___38___ (extreme) demanding. Sandalwood bark(檀香皮), a plant native ___39___ southern China, goes through 108 procedures together with rice straw over the course of three years ___40___ it can transform into a batch (批) of fine Xuan paper. The flow of ink, both guided and resisted by water, determines the output of Chinese art, ___41___ Xuan paper outshines others with its excellent ability ___42___ (give)full play to ink. Different proportions (比例) of bark to straw during the papermaking process can create different canvases best suited for artistic expression in freehand ink paintings or calligraphy.
Xuan paper ___43___ (accompany) the passionate brushstrokes of the Chinese scholars for thousands of years. Unlike other forms of paper, it is very resistant to damage ___44___ (bring) by time. It is this durability that has made the preservations of many ____45____ (value) works from ancient China possible.
Papermaking is a crystallization (结晶) of wisdom of the ancient Chinese, and Xuan paper is the peak of papermaking.
【答案】36. which
37. an 38. extremely
39. to 40. before
41. and 42. to give
43. has accompanied
44. brought
45. valuable
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了宣纸一词的由来作用，制作宣纸的传统工艺以及宣纸优于其他纸张的特色和地位等情况。
【36题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：“宣纸”一词最早出现在唐代(618-907)学者张延元所著的《历代名画论》中，他在书中将宣纸描述为书画的理想载体。此处为介词+关系代词结构非限制性定语从句修饰先行词a book，在从句中作介词in的宾语，指物。故填which。
【37题详解】
考查冠词。句意：“宣纸”一词最早出现在唐代(618-907)学者张延元所著的《历代名画论》中，他在书中将宣纸描述为书画的理想载体。carrier为泛指，且ideal是发音以元音音素开头的单词。故填an。
【38题详解】
考查副词。句意：制作宣纸的传统工艺要求极高。修饰后边的形容词 demanding应用副词extremely，故填extremely。
【39题详解】
考查介词。句意：檀香树皮是一种原产于中国南方的植物，它与稻草一起经过108道工序，要等三年的时间才能变成一批精美的宣纸。短语native to表示“原产于……”。故填to。
【40题详解】
考查连词。句意：檀香树皮是一种原产于中国南方的植物，它与稻草一起经过108道工序，要等三年的时间才能变成一批精美的宣纸。此处引导时间状语从句，表示“在……之前”应用before。故填before。
【41题详解】
考查连词。句意：水墨的流动，受水的引导和阻力，决定了中国艺术的输出，宣纸以其出色的发挥水墨的能力而出类拔萃。结合前后文可知连接两个并列句，应用连词and。故填and。
【42题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：水墨的流动，受水的引导和阻力，决定了中国艺术的输出，宣纸以其出色的发挥水墨的能力而出类拔萃。ability后跟不定式作后置定语。故填to give。
【43题详解】
考查动词的时态。句意：几千年来，宣纸伴随着中国文人的激情笔触。根据 for thousands of years可知为现在完成时，主语为Xuan paper，助动词用has。故填has accompanied。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：与其他形式的纸不同，它非常耐时间带来的损坏。分析句子结构可知bring与逻辑主语damage构成被动关系，故用过去分词作定语。故填brought。
【45题详解】
考查形容词。句意：正是这种耐久性使得许多中国古代的珍贵作品得以保存。修饰名词works应用形容词valuable。故填valuable。
第三节（共5小题；每小题一分，满分5分）
根据汉语及首字母提示写出单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。
46. The Richfield Museum of Fine Art is proud to present our new e________(展览). (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】exhibition##xhibition
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：里奇菲尔德美术博物馆很自豪地向公众展示我们的新展览。our修饰名词，“展览”表达为名词exhibition，作动词present的宾语。故填exhibition。
47. It has e________ (提高) the quality of my life, improving my health and increasing my happiness. （根据中英文提示填空）
【答案】enhanced##nhanced
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：它提高了我的生活质量，改善了我的健康，增加了我的快乐。根据中英文提示可知，动词enhance符合题意，根据空前的has并结合句意可知，句子是现在完成时，应填过去分词，故填enhanced。
48. These days getting a degree doesn’t g________(保证) you a job. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
【答案】guarantee##uarantee
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：如今，拿到学位并不能保证你就能找到工作。“保证”为动词guarantee，由doesn’t可知，动词guarantee应用原形，故填guarantee。
49. To prevent harmful habits like these from d_________(主宰) a teenager's life is essential. （根据中英文提示填空）
【答案】dominating
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：防止有害的习惯这样的主宰青少年的生活是至关重要的。固定搭配：prevent…from doing sth.“阻止……做某事”，其中介词from后面是动名词作宾语。故填dominating。
50. I feel more d________ (精力充沛的) and stronger than ever, in both body and mind. （根据中英文提示填空）
【答案】dynamic##ynamic
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：我觉得自己比以往任何时候都更有活力、更强大，无论是在身体上还是精神上。结合句意及首字母提示，可知为dynamic；设空处在句中作表语，应用形容词的形式。故填dynamic。
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
51. 假设你是李华，作为校学生会主席，你将带领来自澳大利亚的交换生参观校史博物馆。请根据如下要点写一篇参观前的讲话稿。
1. 表示欢迎；
2. 介绍校史博物馆；
3. 参观注意事项。
注意：
1. 词数80左右：
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
3. 开头已写好，不计入词数。
Boys and girls,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Boys and girls,
Hello! I would like to, on behalf of our Student Union, extend a warm welcome to all of you and express my excitement about leading you on a visit to our school’s History Museum.
Our school’s History Museum is a significant place that showcases the development and cultural heritage of our school. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn about the historical origins, academic achievements, and the rich cultural essence of our campus. The museum displays precious artifacts, photographs, and records that bear witness to the growth of our school.
During the visit, please follow the museum’s regulations and guidelines. Don’t touch or move any exhibits to ensure their safety and preservation. Hope you’ll have a fruitful learning experience.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。校学生会主席李华将带领来自澳大利亚的交换生参观校史博物馆。要求考生李华写一篇参观前的讲话稿。
【详解】1.词汇积累
表达：express→voice
带领：lead→guide
珍贵的：precious→valuable
保证：ensure→guarantee
2句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Don’t touch or move any exhibits to ensure their safety and preservation.
拓展句：Don’t touch or move any exhibits so that we can ensure their safety and preservation.
【点睛】【高分句型1】The museum displays precious artifacts, photographs, and records that bear witness to the growth of our school.（运用了that引导的限制性定语从句）
【高分句型2】Hope you’ll have a fruitful learning experience.（运用了省略that的宾语从句）
第二节 （满分25分）
52. 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。
Missy was absolutely my best friend in the whole world. We had known each other since first grade, and we literally did everything together. We frequently visited each other’s homes, we knew each other’s families like they were our own. The interesting thing about our relationship, however the fact was that the older we got, the more our values seemed to differ. We still enjoyed a lot of the same things, but I was a bit more settled while she loved being associated with popular people and things. Although she was basically a good person, she had no problem with forcing things to go her way.
Perhaps this is why it seemed that her family actually trusted me more than they trusted her. So, on the day when Missy showed up at my house with a huge dent (凹痕) in her father’s car, I knew that we were in for a troublesome time.
She had banged the car into a tree while out that day, and she knew her father was going to have an explanation. So she stopped by my house in order to make up a story that would lessen her father’s rage. Missy decided to tell him that while in a parking lot, someone must have backed into the car and dented it. Looking at the dent with some crashed leaves and bark still sticking there, I attempted to perish (打消) her thought. “I don’t think your father will buy it.” “ Don’t worry,” she insisted,“even if my dad doesn’t trust me, he’ll trust you.” My role was to confirm for her. Now keep in mind that I had strong objections to lying and I wanted absolutely nothing to do with the situation. I loved her parents just like my own, and I did not want to be a party to this lie that Missy was creating. Nevertheless, after much request and a general questioning of my loyalty to our friendship, I decided that the least I could do was to act as a silent witness. That way, I wasn’t actually lying; I just wasn’t telling the full truth.
注意：1．续写词数应为150左右；2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1: An hour or so later, we presented Missy’s father with the car and the inquiry began.
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Paragraph 2: Her father looked at me with great disbelief.
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【答案】An hour or so later, we presented Missy’s father with the car and the inquiry began. Under a barrage of inquiries, Missy recapped her concocted story unhurriedly, while I stood there in silent agreement. After Missy finishing her seemingly perfect statement, her father raised his eyebrows and turned to me, waiting for my proof. However, once again, I chose silence under his scrutinizing eyes with my heart pounding violently. Suddenly, he walked over to the dented area for a closer inspection. It was at that point that pieces of bark from the tree that Missy had hit fell out.
Her father looked at me with great disbelief. An enormous sense of guilt rose up in me as his cold eyes seemed to proclaim me as the “guilty” bystander. I was so flustered that I wanted to explain but was interrupted by his harsh words, “You guys really failed me! Especially...” Instead of continuing his reproach, he took a deep breath and turned his back on me. It dawned on me that the precious but fragile trust had been smashed by my silence. In fact, the process of how we apologized to make amends was just a blur, but the bitter lesson of being a silent accomplice was branded on my memory.
【解析】
【导语】本文以友谊与道德冲突为线索展开，讲述了Missy和叙述者是青梅竹马的好朋友，随着年龄的增长，价值观变得不同，叙述者更沉稳，她更喜欢按照自己的方式做事，因此她的家人似乎更信任叙述者而不是她。Missy因损坏了她父亲的汽车而陷入困境，她要求叙述者撒谎并帮她掩护，尽管叙述者强烈反对和父母撒谎，但最终答应做一个沉默的掩护者，这凸显了她们友谊不断发展的动态和道德困境。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“大约一个小时后，我们把车交给了Missy的父亲，询问开始了。”可知，第一段可描写Missy用她编造的故事向她父亲解释，她父亲询问我，我却一直保持沉默。
②由第二段首句内容“她父亲难以置信地看着我。”可知，第二段可描写我内心的挣扎，既不想出卖Missy，又不想向她父亲说谎，我陷入了友谊和道德的困境。
2.续写线索：Missy和我是最好的朋友——价值观变得不太相同——Missy因损坏父亲汽车求我掩护——我做个沉默的掩护者——她父亲责备我沉默——我陷入做帮凶的痛苦
3.词汇激活
行为类
①.扼要重述：recapped /recapitulated
②.扬起眉毛：raised his eyebrows / elevated his eyebrows
③.选择沉默：chose silence / remained silent/fell silent
情绪类
①.内疚：guilt/guiltiness/guilty conscience
②.慌张的：flustered /perturbed/rattled
【点睛】
[高分句型1]. It was at that point that pieces of bark from the tree that Missy had hit fell out.（运用了强调句型以及定语从句）
[高分句型2]. It dawned on me that the precious but fragile trust had been smashed by my silence.（运用了It作形式主语，that引导主语从句以及过去完成时的被动语态）2023-2024学年上学期高二英语试题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意∶回答听力部分时，请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你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。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a restaurant. B. In a furniture store. C. In the woman’s company.
2. What does the man want to do first
A. See the elephant. B. Have a cup of tea. C. Watch the dolphin show.
3. What is the woman probably going to do
A. Make a list. B. Do some shopping. C. Make a chocolate pie.
4. Why does the woman look upset
A. She experienced a theft.
B. She was given a parking ticket.
C. She couldn’t find a parking space.
5. How will the woman go to the city church
A. By bike. B. By bus. C. By car.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What activities is the man organizing
A. A school reunion. B. A birthday party. C. A meeting.
7. Why does the woman recommend the Omni Hotel
A. The price is quite reasonable.
B. She likes the party rooms there.
C. Her brother works there.
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is one thing the man is not going to pack for the trip
A. A sweater. B. A coat. C. A jacket.
9. Which occasion will the man take part in definitely
A. A party. B. A date. C. A wedding.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Which team does the man cheer for now
A. Seattle. B. New York. C. Los Angeles.
11. What did the woman think the man liked
A. Football. B. Gardening. C. Painting.
12When do the two speakers plan to go bungee(蹦极) jumping on Saturday
A. At 9:00 am. B. At 12:00 noon. C. At 2:00 pm.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How many persons will share the house
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
14. Which year of university is the woman in now
A. The first year. B. The second year. C. The third year.
15. Why doesn’t the woman like the second house
A. It’s too expensive. B. It’s not big enough. C. It’s not near the university.
16. What do we know about the last house
A. It has a big garden. B. It is well furnished. C. The price is attractive.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17 What is the first prize
A. A two–week holiday. B. A 500–pound camera. C. Two plane tickets to Jamaica.
18. When will the result of the competition come out
A. On August 25. B. On August 31. C. On September 15.
19. What requirement do the photos need to meet
A. They must be in black and white.
B. They must be taken by kids over 18.
C. They must have been taken on holiday.
20. What does the speaker remind the competitors to do
A. Write their information on the back of the photos.
B. Take part in next month’s super sports competition.
C. Get their photos back after the competition.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Guided tours at the National Museum at South Kingston
Out of Hours Titano Tours
Book a tour with one of our knowledgeable tour guides to get up close to all the main characters in our world-famous Dinosaurs gallery. You’ll get to learn how dinosaurs were first discovered, how they adapted to life on Earth and why they’re so important to our science today.
13:00-14:00 Weekends only.
Behind the Lens Tour
Have you ever wondered why wildlife photography can be used to make a difference to the natural world Join our hosts for a special tour of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition and discover the stories behind the photos. We will introduce you to some surprising stories as well as the impact that these photos have had on wildlife conservation efforts.
9:00-10:00 Wednesday & Friday.
Behind the Scenes Tour: Spirit Collection
Go behind the scenes with our science educators for a look at the Museum’s fascinating zoology collection preserved. As we explore some of the Darwin Centre’s 27 kilometers of shelves, you’ll encounter treasures hidden among the 22 million animal specimens (标本)housed here.
14:00-15:00 Monday closed.
History of the Natural History Museum Tour
With stories stretching from Waterhouse to Darwin, you’ll get to journey through time and discover more about how the incredible ‘Cathedral of Nature’ became world-famous. What’s more, once the tour is finished, you will have the opportunity to visit the whole Museum at your own pace, newly equipped with your behind-the-scenes knowledge.
14:00-15:00 Monday to Friday.
1. What can you do on Behind the Lens Tour
A. Tell stories about nature.
B. Dig into wildlife photography.
C. Discover tips to take photos.
D. Join in a group to protect wildlife.
2. Which tour can you take if you go to the museum on Monday afternoon
A. Out of Hours Titano Tours.
B. Behind the Lens Tour.
C. Behind the Scenes Tour: Spirit Collection.
D. History of the Natural History Museum Tour.
3. In what column of the museum website could you find the text
A. Shop. B. Join and Support.
C. What’s on. D. Membership.
B
We live in a town with three beaches. There are two parts less than 10 minutes’ walk from home where neighborhood children gather to play. However what my children want to do after school is pick up a screen — any screen — and stare at it for hours. They are not alone. Today’s children spend an average of four and a half hours a day looking at screens, split between watching television and using the Internet.
In the past few years, an increasing number of people and organisations have begun coming up with plans to counter this trend. A couple of years ago film-maker David Bond realised that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to screens to the point where he was able to say “chocolate” into his three-year-old son’s ear without getting a response. He realised that something needed to change, and, being a London media type, appointed himself “marketing director from Nature”. He documented his journey as he set about treating nature as a brand to be marketed to young people. The result was Project Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth of the World Network, a group of organisations with the common goal of getting children out into nature.
“Just five more minutes outdoors can make a difference,” David Bond says. “There is a lot of really interesting evidence which seems to be suggesting that if children are inspired up to the age of seven, then being outdoors will be on habit for life.” His own children have got into the habit of playing outside now: “We just send them out into the garden and tell them not to come back in for a while.”
Summer is upon us. There is an amazing world out there, and it needs our children as much as they need it. Let us get them out and let them play.
4. What is the problem with the author’s children
A. They often annoy their neighbours. B. They are tired of doing their homework.
C. They have no friends to play with D. They stay in front of screens for too long.
5. How did David Bond advocate his idea
A. By making a documentary film. B. By organizing outdoor activities.
C. By advertising in London media. D. By creating a network of friends.
6. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “charts” in paragraph 2
A. records B. predicts C. delays D. confirms
7. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Let Children Have Fun B. Young Children Need More Free Time
C. Market Nature to Children D. David Bond: A Role Model for Children
C
A team of engineers has invented a new type of tiny, self-driven robots that can travel through liquid at incredible speeds and may one day even deliver drugs to hard-to-reach places like bladder (膀胱) inside the human body.
The new study shows this research is a big step forward for tiny robots. The microrobots are really small. Each one measures only 20 micrometers wide, several times smaller than the width of a human hair. They’re also really fast, capable of traveling at speeds of about 3 millimeters per second, or roughly 9, 000 times their own length per minute. The machines look a bit like small rockets and come complete with three tiny wings. The team makes its microrobots out of materials by using a technology similar to 3D printing. Each of the robots carries a small bubble (泡泡) of trapped air. If you expose the machines to sound, the bubbles will begin to shake wildly, pushing water away and shooting the robots forward.
“Imagine if microrobots could perform certain tasks in the body, such as surgeries without cutting into the body,” said Jin Lee, lead author of the study, “we can simply introduce the robots to the body through a pill or an injection, and they would perform the procedure themselves. If that sounds like something copied from science fiction, that’s because it is.” He imagined that, just like in the movie, microrobots could move through a person’s blood stream, seeking out targeted areas. “Once there, the machines slowly released their medicine over the course of about two days. Such a steady flow of medicine could improve the outcome for patients.” Lee added, “But there is a lot of work to do before microrobots can travel through real human bodies.”
For a start, the group wants to make the machines fully biodegradable so that they would eventually disappear in the body, causing no damage at all. “If we can make them work in the bladder,” Lee said, “maybe patients wouldn’t have to come into the clinic as often.”
8. What is an advantage of the invention
A. The small size. B. The rocket-like shape.
C. The big bubble. D. The 3D-printed material.
9. What can we infer from Lee’s words about the robots in Paragraph 3
A. They cure bladder diseases. B. They help to give patients pills.
C. They are inspired from science fiction. D. They have performed tasks in human bodies.
10. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “biodegradable” in Paragraph 4
A. Efficient. B. Dissolvable C. Recyclable D. Sensitive.
11. What is the purpose of the text
A. To introduce a healthcare robot.
B. To advertise a medical machine.
C. To arouse interest in developing robots.
D. To raise concern about bladder diseases.
D
Why would anyone want to write a poem One reason to write a poem is to dig from yourself some thought, feeling, comprehension or question that you didn’t know was in you, or in the world. Other forms of writing, such as scientific papers, political analysis and journalism, attempt to record something known. Poetry is a release of something previously unknown.
Poetry opens our eyes and offers increase of reach. We live so often on a lonely island, separated from ourselves and others due to social or personal reasons. To step into a poem is to agree to risk. Writing takes down all protections to see what steps forward. Poetry is a trick of language, in which the writer is both magician and audience. You reach your hand into the hat and surprise yourself with a rabbit or memory, with unusual verbs or rhymes. Poems lead to revolutions of being. Whatever the old order was, a poem will change it.
What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are living and making. Something is always missing, and so art-making is endless.
There is also the matter of connection. You can’t write an image, a metaphor (暗喻), a story, a phrase without approaching the shared world, without recognizing that your supposed solitude (独处) is at every point touching some others. You can’t read a good poem without recognizing your own face in the poet’s experience. It allows us to feel more strongly and accurately what is already present. Then it expands that and expands us.
Does art change anything by its existence or non-existence I’d argue that art, if it is genuinely art, is a force for the good. That the rearrangement of words can reopen the potential of both inner and outer worlds — I cannot say why I feel this to be true, except that I feel it so when I read good poems.
12. How does the writer introduce the topic
A. By listing numbers. B. By giving examples.
C. By quoting a saying. D. By making a comparison.
13. What is the similarity between poetry and magic
A. They bring surprises. B. They follow traditions.
C. They change the world. D. They are arts of language.
14. What can a good poem do according to the text
A. Criticize social reality. B. Apply new expressions.
C. Bridge poets and readers. D. Remind readers of the past.
15. What is the author’s attitude towards art
A. Objective. B. Favorable. C. Unclear. D. Doubtful.
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。（注意：涂卡时若答题卡上无E,F,G；则E涂AB; F涂AC; G涂AD）
Much of the work in today’s world is accomplished(完成) in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. ___16___Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent
___17___They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team’s performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn’t evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team’s performance.
To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate(协调) their actions. ___18___In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team’s performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, “There is no I in TEAM.” ___19___
Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war(拔河比赛), whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.
___20___ An A-team may require a balance--not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.
A. It’s not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.
B. Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.
C. The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers’ attention.
D. Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.
E. Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.
F. Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.
G. This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Head to Flint Michigan, on a Wednesday night, and you’ll see a blinding display of lights near the river.
The tradition___21___on a whim in 2010 with Daniel Riddick, a doctor in Hurley Children’s Hospital in Province, Rhode Island. His patient, a teenager, had been in the hospital long-term. During his stay, Daniel had___22___with the kid so deeply that he decided that on the boy’s___23___night there, he would do something___24___for the parting.
As he left, Daniel told the boy to___25___the corner near the bus stop from his window. Daniel ___26___to that spot, turned around, and flickered (闪烁) his bike light up toward the hospital. To his surprise, the teen flickered his own room lights to___27___. “From a quarter mile away it was very ___28___where the kid was,” says Daniel. “I figured if it___29___once I could do it again.” And so he did.
Daniel made it a____30____to flicker his bike lights to kids as he left for the night as a____31____way to say goodbye. The nightly tradition became such a____32____that customers started joining in with flashlights and cell phones too.
The tradition has____33____inspired those beyond Michigan and Daniel hopes it____34____even more. “It could happen anywhere if someone is willing to give it a try with one____35____,” he says.
21 A. developed B. survived C. continued D. started
22. A. tied B. bonded C. coordinated D. accommodated
23. A. last B. usual C. scary D. challenging
24. A. essential B. accurate C. special D. distinct
25. A. witness B. appreciate C. watch D. explore
26. A. slid B. biked C. drove D. paced
27. A. signal B. warn C. check D. respond
28. A. evident B. important C. probable D. surprising
29. A. worked B. changed C. happened D. mattered
30. A. duty B. assignment C. practice D. commitment
31. A. casual B. trendy C. strange D. fun
32. A. phenomenon B. miracle C. hit D. celebration
33. A. only B. even C. nearly D. ever
34 A. promotes B. spreads C. educates D. multiplies
35. A. light B. message C. hope D. sign
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填写适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Xuan paper is known as the “Paper of Ages”. The term Xuan paper first appeared in On Famous Paintings through the Ages, a book written by Tang Dynasty (618-907) scholar Zhang Yanyuan, in ___36___ he described Xuan paper as ___37___ ideal carrier for calligraphy and painting.
The traditional craft of making Xuan paper is ___38___ (extreme) demanding. Sandalwood bark(檀香皮), a plant native ___39___ southern China, goes through 108 procedures together with rice straw over the course of three years ___40___ it can transform into a batch (批) of fine Xuan paper. The flow of ink, both guided and resisted by water, determines the output of Chinese art, ___41___ Xuan paper outshines others with its excellent ability ___42___ (give)full play to ink. Different proportions (比例) of bark to straw during the papermaking process can create different canvases best suited for artistic expression in freehand ink paintings or calligraphy.
Xuan paper ___43___ (accompany) the passionate brushstrokes of the Chinese scholars for thousands of years. Unlike other forms of paper, it is very resistant to damage ___44___ (bring) by time. It is this durability that has made the preservations of many ____45____ (value) works from ancient China possible.
Papermaking is a crystallization (结晶) of wisdom of the ancient Chinese, and Xuan paper is the peak of papermaking.
第三节（共5小题；每小题一分，满分5分）
根据汉语及首字母提示写出单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。
46. The Richfield Museum of Fine Art is proud to present our new e________(展览). (根据中英文提示填空)
47. It has e________ (提高) the quality of my life, improving my health and increasing my happiness. （根据中英文提示填空）
48. These days getting a degree doesn’t g________(保证) you a job. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
49. To prevent harmful habits like these from d_________(主宰) a teenager's life is essential. （根据中英文提示填空）
50. I feel more d________ (精力充沛的) and stronger than ever, in both body and mind. （根据中英文提示填空）
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
51. 假设你是李华，作为校学生会主席，你将带领来自澳大利亚的交换生参观校史博物馆。请根据如下要点写一篇参观前的讲话稿。
1. 表示欢迎；
2. 介绍校史博物馆；
3. 参观注意事项。
注意：
1. 词数80左右：
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
3. 开头已写好，不计入词数。
Boys and girls,
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第二节 （满分25分）
52. 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。
Missy was absolutely my best friend in the whole world. We had known each other since first grade, and we literally did everything together. We frequently visited each other’s homes, we knew each other’s families like they were our own. The interesting thing about our relationship, however the fact was that the older we got, the more our values seemed to differ. We still enjoyed a lot of the same things, but I was a bit more settled while she loved being associated with popular people and things. Although she was basically a good person, she had no problem with forcing things to go her way.
Perhaps this is why it seemed that her family actually trusted me more than they trusted her. So, on the day when Missy showed up at my house with a huge dent (凹痕) in her father’s car, I knew that we were in for a troublesome time.
She had banged the car into a tree while out that day, and she knew her father was going to have an explanation. So she stopped by my house in order to make up a story that would lessen her father’s rage. Missy decided to tell him that while in a parking lot, someone must have backed into the car and dented it. Looking at the dent with some crashed leaves and bark still sticking there, I attempted to perish (打消) her thought. “I don’t think your father will buy it.” “ Don’t worry,” she insisted,“even if my dad doesn’t trust me, he’ll trust you.” My role was to confirm for her. Now keep in mind that I had strong objections to lying and I wanted absolutely nothing to do with the situation. I loved her parents just like my own, and I did not want to be a party to this lie that Missy was creating. Nevertheless, after much request and a general questioning of my loyalty to our friendship, I decided that the least I could do was to act as a silent witness. That way, I wasn’t actually lying; I just wasn’t telling the full truth.
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Paragraph 1: An hour or so later, we presented Missy’s father with the car and the inquiry began.
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Paragraph 2: Her father looked at me with great disbelief.
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