邯郸市2023—2024学年第一学期高二年级期末质量检测
英语
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
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3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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。录音内容结束后，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. What is the weather like now
A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.
2. What does Sam mean
A. He didn’t pass the exam. B. He won’t go to the library. C. He hasn’t finished the paper.
3. When will the conference begin this afternoon
A. At 2:00. B. At 2:15. C. At 2:30.
4. What are the speakers expecting John to do
A. Deal with something urgent. B. Reply to their message. C. Play a game with them.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Workmates. B. Husband and wife. C. Friends.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. How old is the woman’s grandma turning
A. 100 years old. B. 104 years old. C. 110 years old.
7. What will the woman speaker do at the birthday party
A. Serve cakes. B. Play the piano. C. Light birthday candles.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What is the man complaining about
A. The poor apartment. B. The high rent. C. The low income.
9. What is the advantage of Martin’s apartment
A. Its location. B. Its environment. C. Its transportation.
10. What will the man probably do next
A. Cancel his trip. B. Sell the apartment. C. Talk to Martin.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. What is the woman doing
A. Hosting a program. B. Taking a job interview. C. Applying for an award.
12. What are many people worried about
A. Being cheated by AI. B. Being replaced by AI. C. Being controlled by AI.
13. What is a possibility according to the man
A. AI’s being chosen for the Grammy Award.
B. An AI-assisted song winning the Grammy Award.
C. AI elements being ruled out for the Grammy Award.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. Why is the woman interested in the Cliffs of Moher
A. It’s a story-like world. B. It offers a sense of history. C. It’s a shooting location of a famous film.
15 Where does the Wild Atlantic Way start from
A. Cork. B. Galway. C. Dublin.
16. What is out of the woman’s expectation
A. Galway’s natural beauty. B. Dublin’s nightlife. C. Ireland’s summer temperature.
17. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. A scenic spot. B. A travel plan. C. An interesting experience.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. What does the man think is difficult
A Staying on budget. B. Creating a program. C. Applying for an account.
19. What does the man say about the mobile payment
A. It causes some trouble for him.
B. It enjoys increasing popularity.
C. It’s a great way to increase savings.
20. What is the man’s last suggestion
A. Sticking to the budget. B. Keeping cash on hand. C. Reducing unnecessary expenses.
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
Pacific Coast Range
Stretching along the west coast of North America from northern California to Alaska, the forests found along the Pacific Coast Range are the largest area of temperate (温带的) rainforest in the world. The forests are home to the coast redwood, the world’s tallest tree. Across the region, the forest understory (林下叶层) is wet and heavily vegetated.
Taiheiyo Evergreen Forests
Found in southern Japan, they are temperate rainforests of evergreen broadleaf trees. The forests can receive more than 100 inches of rain every year. The forests are covered by Japanese cedar and Japanese stone oak, while moso bamboo comprise the understory. The extent of the Taiheiyo forests has been reduced due to development and agriculture. Today,17%of the remaining forest is protected by national parks and other reserves.
Atlantic Oakwood Forest
The Atlantic Oakwood Forest covers the wettest parts of the United Kingdom. A species of oak tree (橡树) called sessile oak occupies the landscape. Unlike other temperate forests, these forests tend to have an open understory of grasses. Much of the historical range of the forest has given to agriculture and other development, though that has changed in recent decades.
Valdivian Temperate Rainforest
This forest is found on the west coast of Chile and Argentina, on the wet, western slopes (斜坡) of the Andes mountain range. With the coastline to the west, the peaks of the Andes to the east, and the Atacama Desert to the north, the region supports a number of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Uniquely, the forest is covered by evergreen flowering trees, which are native to Chile and little known outside the region.
1. Which of the four forest areas occupies the most land
A. Pacific Coast Range. B. Taiheiyo Evergreen Forests.
C. Atlantic Oakwood Forest. D. Valdivian Temperate Rainforest.
2. What do Taiheiyo Evergreen Forests and Atlantic Oakwood Forest have in common
A. They have open understory grasses. B. They’re home to extremely tall trees.
C. They’re of great historical significance. D. They used to be affected by agriculture.
3. What is unique to Valdivian Temperate Rainforest
A. Wet climate. B. Coastal location.
C. Evergreen flowering trees. D. Well-protected national parks.
【答案】1. A 2. D 3. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四种森林的特点和分布情况。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Stretching along the west coast of North America from northern California to Alaska, the forests found along the Pacific Coast Range are the largest area of temperate (温带的) rainforest in the world.(太平洋海岸山脉沿着北美西海岸从加利福尼亚北部一直延伸到阿拉斯加，是世界上面积最大的温带雨林)”可知，四个林区中，Pacific Coast Range占的土地最多。故选A。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“The extent of the Taiheiyo forests has been reduced due to development and agriculture.(由于发展和农业，太黑窑森林的面积已经减少)”以及第三段“Much of the historical range of the forest has given to agriculture and other development, though that has changed in recent decades.(森林的大部分历史范围已经用于农业和其他发展，尽管近几十年来发生了变化)”可知，太平洋常青林和大西洋橡树林的共同之处在于过去受到农业的影响。故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“Uniquely, the forest is covered by evergreen flowering trees, which are native to Chile and little known outside the region.(独特的是，森林被常绿开花树木覆盖，这些树木原产于智利，在该地区以外鲜为人知)”可知，瓦尔迪维亚温带雨林的独特之处是常绿开花树木。故选C。
B
When I was in second grade, I discovered my parents’ 600 Film Polaroid camera. Somehow, there was still film inside of the camera and the camera worked! I spent that night taking pictures of my family and our pet dog. The next day, I convinced my parents to let me take it to class and took pictures of my friends. I instantly fell in love with capturing memories.
From then on, I would always ask my parents if I could borrow their digital camera during family vacations. I loved taking pictures of everything in sight. When I saw the pictures, I was filled with happiness from the moments I was able to record.
At high school, I took some photography courses furthering my curiosity for this art form. I learned about editing and the wonders of Photoshop. I learned what a great tool it is and I tried my best to practice as often as I could. When I was looking at universities, I was extremely interested in art schools because of photography. I knew deep in my heart that I wanted to do something more with photography. However, I also had a dream and passion to study business. I eventually decided to attend a university where I had the opportunity to study both fields.
During my first year of college, I decided to pursue a photography minor. My love for Business and Marketing helped me to turn my passion into a business. I created Angelica Carrete Photography in 2016 as a way to do more with my hobby. I challenged myself to grow as a creative every day and tried my best to stay motivated through the struggles that come with being a college student. I created this blog as a way to express my thoughts on the many different aspects of photography and to further challenge my creativity. I am so excited about this journey!
4. What does the underlined word “capturing” mean in paragraph 1
A. Recalling. B. Shooting. C. Losing. D. Spreading.
5. What happened in the author’s high school days
A. He learned some photo-editing skills.
B. He was given an offer by an art school.
C. He was given a digital camera by his parents.
D. He used a camera as a tool to explore the world.
6. What can be inferred about the author
A. He took photography as his major at university.
B. He got creative thoughts through reading a blog.
C. He considered marketing as the biggest challenge.
D. He enjoyed the process of turning passion into a business.
7. The author stayed positive, even though ________.
A. his college days are difficult B. his parents are not supportive
C he could only use an old camera D. he failed to be admitted to an art school
【答案】4. B 5. A 6. D 7. A
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，记叙了作者和摄影的故事。
【4题详解】
词义猜测题。根据划线词“I spent that night taking pictures of my family and our pet dog. The next day, I convinced my parents to let me take it to class and took pictures of my friends.(那天晚上我给我的家人和我们的宠物狗拍照。第二天，我说服我的父母让我带着它去上课，并给我的朋友们拍照)”并结合“memories(记忆)”可知，capturing在此处表示“录制，拍摄”之意，与shooting“拍摄”意思相近。故选B项。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段“At high school, I took some photography courses furthering my curiosity for this art form. I learned about editing and the wonders of Photoshop. I learned what a great tool it is and I tried my best to practice as often as I could.(在高中时，我参加了一些摄影课程，进一步加深了我对这种艺术形式的好奇心。我学会了编辑和Photoshop的奇迹。我了解到它是一个多么伟大的工具，我尽我最大的努力尽可能多地练习)”可知，在作者高中时光，他学会了一些照片编辑技巧。故选A项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“My love for Business and Marketing helped me to turn my passion into a business. I created Angelica Carrete Photography in 2016 as a way to do more with my hobby. I challenged myself to grow as a creative every day and tried my best to stay motivated through the struggles that come with being a college student.(我对商业和市场营销的热爱帮助我把我的激情变成了一门生意。我在2016年创建了安吉莉卡·卡莱特摄影，作为一种利用我的爱好做更多事情的方式。我每天都挑战自己，让自己成为一个有创造力的人，并尽我最大的努力在作为一名大学生的斗争中保持动力)”可推知，作者享受将激情转化为事业的过程。故选D项。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“I challenged myself to grow as a creative every day and tried my best to stay motivated through the struggles that come with being a college student.(我每天都挑战自己，让自己成为一个有创造力的人，并尽我最大的努力在作为一名大学生的挣扎中保持动力)”，即使作者的大学生活艰难，但是他仍然保持积极。故选A项。
C
Emile and the Field is the story of a little boy who spends every season playing in a field by his house, whispering to the trees or playing in the leaves.
Kevin Young, the author of the book, originally wrote Emile and the Field years ago as a bedtime poem for his son. Young’s son is a teenager now — and too old for bedtime stories — but this poem about Emile lives on, now as a children’s book illustrated by Chioma Ebinama, a fine artist living in Greece.
Ebinama wanted to reflect Emile’s love for nature, so she used a sort of romantic palette (调色板) of pinks, blues and sunny yellows. She hand-painted the illustrations in watercolor.
For inspiration, Ebinama says she drew from a variety of influences. One scene, where Emile and his father hold hands and walk through the snow-covered field, reminds us of Snowy Day, Keats’ 1962 children’s book about Peter, an African American boy who explores his neighborhood after the season’s first snowfall.
And — as in Snowy Day — Ebinama drew the little boy in Emile and the Field as a black child. Even though the author and the illustrator never discussed it clearly, Young says the fact of Emile’s blackness was very important to him. The winter scenes were actually the most challenging. Obviously it’s winter so it’s mostly white.
Emile and the Field is a family story for both the author and the illustrator. Ebinama, for example, drew her dog, Luna, into the story as the little dog that follows Emile around. Even though there is no dog in Young’s original poem, Luna came in very handy.
There was a kind of family quality to the book for Young. He named the main character of his poem after his great-grandfather, Emile, a farmer who lived to be 103 years old. He says the story reminds him of running around his family’s fields as a kid in Louisiana.
“There’s nothing better than being read to or reading to someone,” Young says. “It really connects you to this long story-telling tradition.”
8. Why did Young write Emile and the Field at first
A. To satisfy his love for nature. B. To read it as a bedtime poem.
C. To encourage his teenage son. D. To tell the story of a Greek boy.
9. Why was Snowy Day mentioned in paragraph 4
A. To give us a good understanding of Keats.
B. To introduce the life of an African American boy.
C. To provide us with an example of children’s books.
D. To tell us where Ebinama got her inspiration to paint Emile.
10. What can be learned about the dog Luna
A. It’s Emile’s pet in real life. B. It’s a character created by Young.
C. It gives Ebinama a sense of family. D. It has the colors of black and white.
11. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text
A. To report an important event. B. To help readers appreciate a book.
C. To tell about a personal experience. D. To advertise for a publishing house.
【答案】8. B 9. D 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了《埃米尔与田野》这本书创作的背景、灵感来源以及作者对这本书的看法。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“Kevin Young, the author of the book, originally wrote Emile and the Field years ago as a bedtime poem for his son.(这本书的作者凯文·杨最初是在几年前写的《埃米尔与田野》，作为给儿子的睡前诗)”可知，杨一开始写《埃米尔与田野》是为了把它当作睡前诗来读。故选B。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段“For inspiration, Ebinama says she drew from a variety of influences. One scene, where Emile and his father hold hands and walk through the snow-covered field, reminds us of Snowy Day, Keats’ 1962 children’s book about Peter, an African American boy who explores his neighborhood after the season’s first snowfall.(为了获得灵感，Ebinama说她从各种各样的影响中汲取灵感。其中一个场景是埃米尔和他的父亲手牵着手走过白雪覆盖的田野，这让我们想起了济慈1962年的儿童书《下雪天》，书中讲述了一个非裔美国男孩彼得在这个季节的第一场雪后探索他的社区的故事)”可推知，在第4段提到了下雪天是为了告诉我们艾比娜玛画埃米尔的灵感来自哪里。故选D。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“Emile and the Field is a family story for both the author and the illustrator. Ebinama, for example, drew her dog, Luna, into the story as the little dog that follows Emile around.(对于作者和插画家来说，《埃米尔与田野》是一个家庭故事。例如，Ebinama把她的狗Luna画进了这个故事，就像一只跟着埃米尔的小狗)”可知，狗狗Luna给Ebinama一种家庭的感觉。故选C。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Emile and the Field is the story of a little boy who spends every season playing in a field by his house, whispering to the trees or playing in the leaves.(《埃米尔与田野》是一个小男孩的故事，他每个季节都在他家附近的田野里玩耍，对着树耳语，或者在树叶上玩耍)”结合文章主要介绍了《埃米尔与田野》这本书创作的背景、灵感来源以及作者对这本书的看法。可推知，作者写这篇文章的目的是帮助读者欣赏一本书。故选B。
D
Robert Chmielewski has had quadriplegia (四肢瘫痪) since his teens. Sensors implanted (植入) in his brain read his thoughts to control two robotic arms, which helps him to perform daily tasks. Now he can use one robotic arm to control a knife and the other a fork.
Modern technology can reach inside someone’s head and pull out what he is thinking. Maybe he intends to move a robotic arm or type something on a computer screen. Such thought-controlled devices can help people who aren’t able to move or perform different tasks and promote the well-being of the disabled.
Decoding (解码) thought usually requires placing sensors directly on or in someone’s brain. Those implanted sensors can catch the electrical signals passing between the person’s brain cells, or neurons. Such signals carry messages that allow brains to think, feel and control the body.
Using brain implants, researchers have picked up electrical signals in the brain linked to certain words or letters. This has allowed brain implants to transform thoughts into text or speech on a computer. Likewise, brain implants have transformed imagined handwriting into text on a screen. Implanted sensors have even allowed scientists to turn the signals they caught that are associated with a song in someone’s head into real music.
In a recent study, scientists decoded full stories from people’s brains using MRI scans (磁共振成像扫描). This did not require any brain implants. But building the thought decoder did require many hours of brain scans for each person. What’s more, the system only worked on the person whose brain scans helped build it and only when that person was willing to have their mind read.
So devices that might let someone secretly read your mind from across the room are still a long, long way off. Still, it’s clear that mind-reading tech is getting more advanced. As it does, scientists are thinking hard about what it would mean to live in a world where not even the inside of your head is completely private.
12. What does the text begin with
A. A suggestion. B. A comparison. C. An argument. D. An example.
13. What is explained in the text
A. What principles a thought decoder should follow.
B. How MRI monitors the work of the implanted sensors.
C. What’s used to catch signals passing through the brain.
D. How robotic arms are designed to satisfy different needs.
14. What is scientists’ attitude towards the future of the technology discussed in the text
A. Concerned. B. Confident. C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Mind Reading is Stealing Our Privacy B. Mind Reading is Hard, but not Impossible
C. Mind Reading—Good News for Musicians D. Mind Reading—a Brain-scanning Technology
【答案】12. D 13. C 14. A 15. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了现代科技可以读取人的思想，从而操控移动机械臂来执行不同的任务，促进残疾人的福祉。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Robert Chmielewski has had quadriplegia (四肢瘫痪) since his teens. Sensors implanted (植入) in his brain read his thoughts to control two robotic arms, which helps him to perform daily tasks. Now he can use one robotic arm to control a knife and the other a fork.(罗伯特·奇米莱夫斯基从十几岁起就四肢瘫痪。植入他大脑的传感器可以读取他的想法，从而控制两个机械臂，帮助他完成日常任务。现在他可以用一只机械臂控制刀，另一只机械臂控制叉子)”可推知，文章的开头是一个关于瘫痪病人利用科技完成日常生活的例子。故选D。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Decoding (解码) thought usually requires placing sensors directly on or in someone’s brain. Those implanted sensors can catch the electrical signals passing between the person’s brain cells, or neurons.(解码思想通常需要将传感器直接放置在某人的大脑上或大脑中。这些植入的传感器可以捕捉到在人的脑细胞或神经元之间传递的电信号)”以及第四段“Using brain implants, researchers have picked up electrical signals in the brain linked to certain words or letters. This has allowed brain implants to transform thoughts into text or speech on a computer. Likewise, brain implants have transformed imagined handwriting into text on a screen.(通过植入大脑，研究人员在大脑中采集到了与某些单词或字母相关的电信号。这使得大脑植入物能够在计算机上将思想转化为文本或语音。同样，大脑植入物已经将想象中的笔迹转化为屏幕上的文本)”可知，文章解释了被用来捕捉通过大脑信号的工具。故选C。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“As it does, scientists are thinking hard about what it would mean to live in a world where not even the inside of your head is completely private.(与此同时，科学家们正在努力思考，生活在一个连大脑内部都不完全隐私的世界里意味着什么)”可推知，科学家对文中讨论的技术的未来持担忧态度。故选A。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段“Modern technology can reach inside someone’s head and pull out what he is thinking. Maybe he intends to move a robotic arm or type something on a computer screen. Such thought-controlled devices can help people who aren’t able to move or perform different tasks and promote the well-being of the disabled.(现代科技可以进入一个人大脑，并把他的想法提取出来。也许他打算移动机械臂或在电脑屏幕上输入一些东西。这种思想控制的设备可以帮助那些无法移动或执行不同任务的人，并促进残疾人的福祉)”结合文章主要说明了现代科技可以读取人的思想，从而操控移动机械臂来执行不同的任务，促进残疾人的福祉。可知，B选项“读心术很难，但并非不可能”最符合文章标题。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。
Many would consider emotions to be a barrier to decision-making and, therefore, think that they would be better off without them. However, the latest research has proved that our emotions will drive the conclusions we make, and that our well-being may depend upon our ability to understand and interpret them. ___16___ Here are some suggestions.
Start by understanding your emotions. ___17___ This mindful process of self-examination is important for healthy decisions, since emotions can influence our views and judgments.
Emotions can act as a compass (指南针), pointing you toward what matters most to you. However, strong emotions can affect our judgment and make it challenging to think objectively and critically. ___18___ You should be aware that emotions that arise from past experiences might cloud your judgment. Separate the present situation from the past and focus on the relevant factors.
___19___ However, they should be connected with factual information. Take your time to gather crucial information before making important decisions. Analyse the pros and cons (利弊) of your options to make the best possible decisions.
It’s beneficial to expand your viewpoint. When you see the big picture and are focused on your highest purpose, you are not distracted by smaller issues. Figuring out your deepest long-term goals and pursuing them will channel your emotions toward peace and harmony. ___20___
To sum up, emotions play a significant role in decision-making and, when used properly, they can improve the effectiveness of the decision-making process.
A. Emotions can provide valuable insights.
B. All this information can serve your goal in the long run.
C. You’ll recognize that a decision driven by your values is the best.
D. Actually, we can effectively use emotions for successful decision-making.
E. Take a moment to recognize how you are feeling and why you are feeling so.
F. Therefore, it is essential to balance emotional insights with logical reasoning.
G. You should try to understand how critical thinking contributes to great decisions.
【答案】16. F 17. E 18. G 19. A 20. C
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了情绪在做决定时起到的作用及我们应如何处理这些作用。
【16题详解】
由前文“However, the latest research has proved that our emotions will drive the conclusions we make, and that our well-being may depend upon our ability to understand and interpret them.(然而，最新的研究证明，我们的情绪会驱动我们做出的结论，我们的幸福可能取决于我们理解和解释它们的能力)”及后文“Here are some suggestions.(这里有一些建议)”可知，F选项“因此，平衡情感洞察力和逻辑推理是至关重要的”表示前文情绪会影响我们的结论，所以平衡情感和逻辑是重要的，同时引出下文。故选F项。
【17题详解】
前文“Start by understanding your emotions.(从理解你的情绪开始)”表明首先要理解情绪，后文“This mindful process of self-examination is important for healthy decisions, since emotions can influence our views and judgments.(因为情绪会影响我们的观点和判断，所以这种有意识的自我检查过程对健康的决定很重要)”表明前文描述的是自我检查的过程；E选项“花点时间认识到你的感觉是怎样的，为什么你会有这样的感觉”表示情绪检查的过程，符合语境。故选E项。
【18题详解】
前文“However, strong emotions can affect our judgment and make it challenging to think objectively and critically.(然而，强烈的情绪会影响我们的判断，使我们难以客观、批判性地思考)”表明强烈的情感会影响我们的判断，无法理性思考，后文“You should be aware that emotions that arise from past experiences might cloud your judgment.(你应该意识到，过去经历产生的情绪可能会影响你的判断)”表明过去的经历产生的情绪也会影响自己的判断；G选项“你应该试着理解批判性思维如何有助于做出伟大的决定”与前文语境联系，符合语境。故选G项。
【19题详解】
由后文“However, they should be connected with factual information.Take your time to gather crucial information before making important decisions.(然而，它们应该与事实信息联系起来。在做重要决定之前，花点时间收集关键信息)”可知，A选项“情绪可以提供有价值的见解”中的insights解与后一句中的they对应，即，这些由情绪提供的见解应与事实联系，符合语境。故选A项。
【20题详解】
前文“Figuring out your deepest long-term goals and pursuing them will channel your emotions toward peace and harmony.(找出你内心深处的长期目标并去追求它们，这会引导你的情绪走向平和与和谐)”表示我们应找到内心深处的目标并追求它，这样情绪会平和；C选项“你会认识到，由你的价值观驱动的决定是最好的”表明这样的决定是最好的，也是最正确的，此处的values与long-term goals呼应。故选C项。
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。
Vel Scott is known for creating a bustling (热闹的) nightlife for Black Clevelanders in the 1960s. But now this grandmother has changed her life’s work into helping others change their eating habits and creating a(n) ___21___ lifestyle.
In 1963, Vel and her husband Don Scott ___22___ a nightclub. They brought in all kinds of performances from around the country to ___23___ people and served food and drinks. While the ___24___ husband-and-wife team continued to thrive (兴旺) ___25___, some alarming news was revealed about Don’s health. He was diagnosed during the 80s with heart problems and they knew they had to make some ___26___.
Vel took it upon herself to ___27___ new dishes. The things she learned helped her husband reverse (逆转) some of his health ___28___ in just a few short months. In 1998, she started Vel’s Purple Oasis — a community-based urban ___29___. It’s the place where people of all ages learned how to grow and eat healthier ____30____.
Dionne Thomas-Carmichael, a friend of Vel who suffered from cancer, said, “Vel has really helped to ____31____ me to eat really more fruits and vegetables.”
Vel brings the farm to the ____32____. And she brings residents to her community kitchen and gives them cooking lessons.
“The Black community has the highest rates of cancer and the highest rates of diabetes (糖尿病). It’s up to us to change our ____33____ and our eating habits,” Vel said.
Like Carmichael, many people have ____34____ Vel with helping them to take back their health, ____35____ at the kitchen table.
21.
A. active B. healthy C. unique D. green
22.
A. visited B. dreamed of C. passed by D. opened
23.
A. entertain B. educate C. promote D. contact
24.
A. advantageous B. flexible C. energetic D. anxious
25.
A. culturally B. technologically C. academically D. professionally
26.
A. efforts B. comments C. changes D. demands
27.
A. trade in B. care for C. experiment with D. cut off
28.
A. needs B. challenges C. benefit D. guidance
29.
A. museum B. road C. club D. farm
30.
A. options B. donations C. collections D. adaptations
31.
A. force B. permit C. require D. inspire
32.
A. stage B. table C. hospital D. garden
33.
A. attitude B. schedule C. goal D. circumstance
34.
A. credited B. charged C. occupied D. satisfied
35.
A. working B. staring C. starting D. communicating
【答案】21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. A 34. A 35. C
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Vel Scott帮助他人改变饮食生活习惯来帮助他们恢复健康的故事。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但现在，这位祖母改变了自己的工作，帮助别人改变饮食习惯，创造一种健康的生活方式。A. active活跃的；B. healthy健康的；C. unique独特的；D. green绿色的。根据“helping others change their eating habits”及下文内容可知，威尔帮助别人改变饮食习惯，创造了健康的生活方式。故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查动词（短语）词义辨析。句意：1963年，威尔和她的丈夫唐·斯科特开了一家夜总会。A. visited参观，拜访；B. dreamed of梦想；C. passed by经过；D. opened开。根据“They brought in all kinds of performances from around the country”可知，这对夫妇开了一家夜总会。故选D项。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们带来了来自全国各地的各种表演来娱乐人们，并提供食物和饮料。A. entertain使娱乐；B. educate教育；C. promote提升；D. contact联系。根据“They brought in all kinds of performances”及“served food and drinks”可知，此处表示夫妇两人引入表演，招待食物和饮料来娱乐人们。故选A项。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当这对精力充沛的夫妻继续在事业上茁壮成长时，唐的健康状况也传来了一些令人担忧的消息。A. advantageous有益的；B. flexible灵活的；C. energetic精力充沛的；D. anxious焦虑的。根据“husband-and-wife team continued to thrive”及“In 1963, Vel and her husband Don Scott ___2___ a nightclub.”可知，这对夫妻开夜总会，因此精力充沛。故选C项。
【25题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：当这对精力充沛的夫妻团队继续在职业上蒸蒸日上时，唐的健康状况也传来了一些令人担忧的消息。A. culturally从文化角度；B. technologically技术上；C. academically学术上；D. professionally职业上。根据“husband-and-wife team continued to thrive”可知，他们的事业蒸蒸日上。故选D项。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他在80年代被诊断出患有心脏病，他们知道他们必须做出一些改变。A. efforts努力；B. comments评论；C. changes改变；D. demands要求。根据“He was diagnosed during the 80s with heart problems”可知，发现生病了，所以需要一些改变。故选C项。
【27题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：威尔主动尝试新菜式。A. trade in交换；B. care for照顾；C. experiment with尝试；D. cut off切断。根据下文“The things she learned helped her husband reverse some of his health”可知，威尔为了帮助自己的丈夫，开始尝试新菜式。故选C项。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她学到的东西帮助她的丈夫在短短几个月内扭转了他的一些健康挑战。A. needs需要；B. challenges挑战；C. benefit好处；D. guidance指导。根据上文“heart problems”可知，威尔的丈夫遭受了健康挑战。故选B项。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：1998年，她创办了威尔的紫色绿洲——一个以社区为基础的城市农场。A. museum博物馆；B. road道路；C. club俱乐部；D. farm农场。根据下文“Vel brings the farm to the ___12___.”及“It’s the place where people of all ages learned how to grow and eat healthier”可知，威尔创造了一个农场。故选D项。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这里，所有年龄段的人都学会了如何种植和吃得更健康。A. options选择；B. donations捐赠；C. collections收藏；D. adaptations适应。根据“learned how to grow and eat healthier ___10___”可推知，此处这个农场是为了教会人们种植和饮食更健康的选择。故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：威尔真的帮助激励了我多吃水果和蔬菜。A. force强迫；B. permit允许；C. require要求；D. inspire激励。根据“to eat really more fruits and vegetables”可知，Dionne Thomas-Carmichael表示威尔激励了自己多吃蔬果。故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：威尔把农场搬到了餐桌上。A. stage舞台；B. table餐桌；C. hospital医院；D. garden花园。根据下文“And she brings residents to her community kitchen and gives them cooking lessons.”可知，威尔把农场上的蔬果带到了餐桌上。故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：威尔说，“黑人社区的癌症和糖尿病发病率最高。改变我们的态度和饮食习惯取决于我们自己。”A. attitude态度；B. schedule计划；C. goal目标；D. circumstance条件，情况。根据“and our eating habits”可知，开始吃蔬果需要“态度”和习惯两方面的改变。故选A项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：像卡迈克尔一样，许多人都认为威尔从餐桌上开始帮助他们恢复健康。A. credited归功于；B. charged要价；C. occupied占据；D. satisfied使满意。根据“Vel with helping them to take back their health”可知，credit sb. with doing sth.意思为：归功于某人做某事。故选A项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：像卡迈克尔一样，许多人都认为威尔从餐桌上开始帮助他们恢复健康。A. working运作；B. staring凝视；C. starting开始；D. communicating交流。根据上文“And she brings residents to her community kitchen and gives them cooking lessons.”可知，威尔从餐桌开始帮助他们恢复健康。故选C项。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Located in the northeast, Yanji is one of the earliest ___36___ (area) in China to promote football. With ___37___ population of only 680,000, the small city has a large number of football players and fans. The average number of the audience at last year’s home games was over 16,000 per game. The figure is ___38___ (near) the same as the number of the audience in the Chinese Super League, and a sizable share of the audience is made up ___39___ visitors.
Visitors come to Yanji not only to watch the game, ___40___ to have a cup of coffee and see dinosaur fossils (化石) ___41___ (discover) in 2016. So far, Yanji’s “dinosaur tour” ___42___ (join) the “football tour” and “coffee tour” as a new feature. Li Jun, the owner of Chayina Cafe, has witnessed the tourism boom in Yanji, and the ___43___ (hot) type of coffee in his cafe can sell up to 1,200 cups every day.
Football, coffee, and dinosaurs are the focus of an ___44___ (increase) number of visitors to Yanji and a new window for the outside world ____45____ (get) to know Yanji.
【答案】36. areas
37. a 38. nearly
39. of 40. but
41. discovered
42. has joined
43. hottest
44. increasing
45. to get
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了东北延吉迎来旅游热潮。
【36题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：位于东北的延吉是中国最早推广足球运动的地区之一。area为可数名词，此处为one of+形容词最高级+可数名词复数，表示“最……之一”。故填areas。
【37题详解】
考查冠词。句意：这个人口只有68万的小城市拥有大量的足球运动员和球迷。短语with a population of表示“有……人口”。故填a。
【38题详解】
考查副词。句意：这一数字几乎与中超联赛的观众数量相同，而且观众中有相当大的一部分是由游客组成的。修饰后文same应用副词nearly，故填nearly。
【39题详解】
考查介词。句意：这一数字几乎与中超联赛的观众数量相同，而且观众中有相当大的一部分是由游客组成的。短语be made up of表示“由……组成”。故填of。
40题详解】
考查固定句型。句意：游客来延吉不仅是为了看比赛，也是为了喝杯咖啡，看看2016年发现的恐龙化石。句型not only…but (also)…表示“不但……而且……”。故填but。
【41题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：游客来延吉不仅是为了看比赛，也是为了喝杯咖啡，看看2016年发现的恐龙化石。分析句子结构可知fossils与discover构成被动关系，故用过去分词作定语。故填discovered。
【42题详解】
考查时态。句意：到目前为止，延吉的“恐龙之旅”加入了“足球之旅”和“咖啡之旅”的新特色。根据上文So far可知为现在完成时，主语为Yanji’s “dinosaur tour”，助动词用has。故填has joined。
【43题详解】
考查最高级。句意：Chayina Cafe的老板李军见证了延吉的旅游热潮，他的咖啡馆里最热门的一种咖啡每天能卖出1200杯。根据上文定冠词以及句意“最热门的”可知应用最高级hottest。故填hottest。
【44题详解】
考查形容词。句意：足球、咖啡和恐龙是越来越多的延吉游客关注的焦点，也是外界了解延吉的新窗口。修饰number应用形容词increasing，故填increasing。
【45题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：足球、咖啡和恐龙是越来越多的延吉游客关注的焦点，也是外界了解延吉的新窗口。此处修饰名词window应用不定式作后置定语。故填to get。
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校音乐节已闭幕。请你以“School Music Festival Came to a Successful Close”为题给你校英文报投稿报道相关情况，内容包括：
1. 音乐节活动情况；
2. 引起的反响。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
School Music Festival Came to a Successful Close
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】School Music Festival Came to a Successful Close
Aimed to develop students’ interest in music and improve their taste in music, our school held School Music Festival last Thursday and Friday in the Campus Art Center.
The whole school took an active part in the musical performances, which featured both Chinese popular and classical music, as well as foreign classic music. Some students sang their favourite songs, and others played the traditional musical instruments. What was the most surprising was that two famous musicians also appeared at the festival.
The performances were quite popular with all the students in our school and turned out a huge success. A joyous atmosphere filled the festival, which was so warmly welcomed by the audience, inspiring the students’ much more enthusiasm for music.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生以“School Music Festival Came to a Successful Close”为题就学校的音乐节活动和反响写一篇报道。
【详解】1.词汇积累
举办：hold→host
参加：take part in→participate in
以……为特征：feature→be characterized by
令人惊喜的：surprising→amazing
2.句式拓展
同义句转换
原句：The whole school took an active part in the musical performances, which featured both Chinese popular and classical music, as well as foreign classic music.
拓展句：The whole school took an active part in the musical performances, featuring both Chinese popular and classical music, as well as foreign classic music.
【点睛】【高分句型1】The whole school took an active part in the musical performances, which featured both Chinese popular and classical music, as well as foreign classic music.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句）
【高分句型2】What was the most surprising was that two famous musicians also appeared at the festival.（运用了what引导的主语从句和that引导的表语从句）
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
In my high school years, I tried not to be anybody’s best friend and avoid going to birthday parties or weekend trips with my peers (同龄人). That was not because I was too shy but because I couldn’t afford the expenses. My parents did odd jobs to support the family and our income was low and unstable. As the oldest of the three kids in my family I had started to take part-time jobs on weekends and during vacations to help improve the family economic conditions. However, in my heart I did have a best friend, Joseph. I never said that to him and I guessed he didn’t know it.
Joseph came from a very different family from mine. His parents were both senior executives (管理人员) of high-tech companies, who provided him with the best of everything and he had many friends around him. We did school projects together, had discussions about interesting topics and enjoyed our time together. But I never joined him in anything outside the school. I liked him but I knew I didn’t have much to offer.
I had decided to go to college after graduation from high school, so I needed to have excellent academic performance in all subjects to be qualified for scholarships. I worked hard and was doing well in everything except math. I knew math was important to me but there seemed to be no way out. I was struggling when Joseph came to my help. He was considered one of the smart boys by the math teacher, who gave us monthly tests and awarded best performance with chocolates and best progress with Skittles (彩虹糖).
Joseph was a frequent holder of the best performance award. I appreciated his help because he had great ways to get me thinking and guide me to solve problems. I was making progress in math and Joseph knew it. He encouraged me to go for best progress award first and then best performance.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Those awards seemed really big goals for me, but I decided to go all out.
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Three months later, my first goal was achieved.
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【答案】One possible version:
Those awards seemed really big goals for me, but I decided to go all out. I kept asking for more math exercises from the teacher and would learn for extra hours after school. Joseph decided to be with me. He asked his parents to pick him up from school two hours later. When I told him he didn’t have to, he just said he also enjoyed doing those math exercises. We worked like crazy when Joseph would otherwise be hanging out with friends or enjoying himself playing video games.
Three months later, my first goal was achieved. I won the Skittles for best progress. When school was over, Joseph and I stayed in the classroom. I took out my Skittles and asked him to enjoy them. “I must share these with you,” I said. “I owe them to you.” Joseph put one Skittle into his mouth and ate it as if it were the best Skittle in the world. “You know what,” he said. “I learned a lot from you, too. You’re positive towards everything and you always have great ideas...” It was that day that we told each other we were best friends.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者高中时家境不好，但是有一个家境好的朋友Joseph。虽然二人存在差距，但是作者放学后依然为了获奖而努力，最终作者得了最佳进步奖。Joseph也对作者表示祝贺。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“那些奖项对我来说似乎是很大的目标，但我决定全力以赴”可知，第一段可描写作者为了获奖放学后也努力学习。
②由第二段首句内容“三个月后，我的第一个目标实现了”可知，第二段可描写作者获奖，Joseph祝贺作者。
2.续写线索：决定全力以赴——Joseph和作者在一起——作者实现目标——Joseph拿出彩虹糖——两人一起庆祝
3.词汇激活
行为类
①结束：be over/finish
②拿出：take out/pull out
③喜欢：enjoy/be fond of
情绪类
①好的：great/wonderful
②疯狂：like crazy/like mad
【点睛】[高分句型1] When I told him he didn’t have to, he just said he also enjoyed doing those math exercises. (运用了when引导时间状语从句)
[高分句型2] It was that day that we told each other we were best friends. (运用了强调句)邯郸市2023—2024学年第一学期高二年级期末质量检测
英语
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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。录音内容结束后，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. What is the weather like now
A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.
2. What does Sam mean
A. He didn’t pass the exam. B. He won’t go to the library. C. He hasn’t finished the paper.
3. When will the conference begin this afternoon
A. At 2:00. B. At 2:15. C. At 2:30.
4. What are the speakers expecting John to do
A. Deal with something urgent. B. Reply to their message. C. Play a game with them.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Workmates. B. Husband and wife. C. Friends.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. How old is the woman’s grandma turning
A. 100 years old. B. 104 years old. C. 110 years old.
7. What will the woman speaker do at the birthday party
A. Serve cakes. B. Play the piano. C. Light birthday candles.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What is the man complaining about
A. The poor apartment. B. The high rent. C. The low income.
9. What is the advantage of Martin’s apartment
A. Its location. B. Its environment. C. Its transportation.
10. What will the man probably do next
A. Cancel his trip. B. Sell the apartment. C. Talk to Martin.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. What is the woman doing
A. Hosting a program. B. Taking a job interview. C. Applying for an award.
12 What are many people worried about
A Being cheated by AI. B. Being replaced by AI. C. Being controlled by AI.
13 What is a possibility according to the man
A. AI’s being chosen for the Grammy Award.
B. An AI-assisted song winning the Grammy Award.
C. AI elements being ruled out for the Grammy Award.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. Why is the woman interested in the Cliffs of Moher
A. It’s a story-like world. B. It offers a sense of history. C. It’s a shooting location of a famous film.
15. Where does the Wild Atlantic Way start from
A Cork. B. Galway. C. Dublin.
16. What is out of the woman’s expectation
A. Galway’s natural beauty. B. Dublin’s nightlife. C. Ireland’s summer temperature.
17. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. A scenic spot. B. A travel plan. C. An interesting experience.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. What does the man think is difficult
A. Staying on budget. B. Creating a program. C. Applying for an account.
19. What does the man say about the mobile payment
A. It causes some trouble for him.
B. It enjoys increasing popularity.
C. It’s a great way to increase savings.
20. What is the man’s last suggestion
A. Sticking to the budget. B. Keeping cash on hand. C. Reducing unnecessary expenses.
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
Pacific Coast Range
Stretching along the west coast of North America from northern California to Alaska, the forests found along the Pacific Coast Range are the largest area of temperate (温带的) rainforest in the world. The forests are home to the coast redwood, the world’s tallest tree. Across the region, the forest understory (林下叶层) is wet and heavily vegetated.
Taiheiyo Evergreen Forests
Found in southern Japan they are temperate rainforests of evergreen broadleaf trees. The forests can receive more than 100 inches of rain every year. The forests are covered by Japanese cedar and Japanese stone oak, while moso bamboo comprise the understory. The extent of the Taiheiyo forests has been reduced due to development and agriculture. Today,17%of the remaining forest is protected by national parks and other reserves.
Atlantic Oakwood Forest
The Atlantic Oakwood Forest covers the wettest parts of the United Kingdom. A species of oak tree (橡树) called sessile oak occupies the landscape. Unlike other temperate forests, these forests tend to have an open understory of grasses. Much of the historical range of the forest has given to agriculture and other development, though that has changed in recent decades.
Valdivian Temperate Rainforest
This forest is found on the west coast of Chile and Argentina, on the wet, western slopes (斜坡) of the Andes mountain range. With the coastline to the west, the peaks of the Andes to the east, and the Atacama Desert to the north, the region supports a number of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Uniquely, the forest is covered by evergreen flowering trees, which are native to Chile and little known outside the region.
1. Which of the four forest areas occupies the most land
A. Pacific Coast Range. B. Taiheiyo Evergreen Forests.
C. Atlantic Oakwood Forest. D. Valdivian Temperate Rainforest.
2. What do Taiheiyo Evergreen Forests and Atlantic Oakwood Forest have in common
A. They have open understory grasses. B. They’re home to extremely tall trees.
C. They’re of great historical significance. D. They used to be affected by agriculture.
3. What is unique to Valdivian Temperate Rainforest
A. Wet climate. B. Coastal location.
C. Evergreen flowering trees. D. Well-protected national parks.
B
When I was in second grade, I discovered my parents’ 600 Film Polaroid camera. Somehow, there was still film inside of the camera and the camera worked! I spent that night taking pictures of my family and our pet dog. The next day, I convinced my parents to let me take it to class and took pictures of my friends. I instantly fell in love with capturing memories.
From then on, I would always ask my parents if I could borrow their digital camera during family vacations. I loved taking pictures of everything in sight. When I saw the pictures, I was filled with happiness from the moments I was able to record.
At high school, I took some photography courses furthering my curiosity for this art form. I learned about editing and the wonders of Photoshop. I learned what a great tool it is and I tried my best to practice as often as I could. When I was looking at universities, I was extremely interested in art schools because of photography. I knew deep in my heart that I wanted to do something more with photography. However, I also had a dream and passion to study business. I eventually decided to attend a university where I had the opportunity to study both fields.
During my first year of college, I decided to pursue a photography minor. My love for Business and Marketing helped me to turn my passion into a business. I created Angelica Carrete Photography in 2016 as a way to do more with my hobby. I challenged myself to grow as a creative every day and tried my best to stay motivated through the struggles that come with being a college student. I created this blog as a way to express my thoughts on the many different aspects of photography and to further challenge my creativity. I am so excited about this journey!
4. What does the underlined word “capturing” mean in paragraph 1
A. Recalling. B. Shooting. C. Losing. D. Spreading.
5. What happened in the author’s high school days
A. He learned some photo-editing skills.
B. He was given an offer by an art school.
C. He was given a digital camera by his parents.
D. He used a camera as a tool to explore the world.
6. What can be inferred about the author
A. He took photography as his major at university.
B. He got creative thoughts through reading a blog.
C. He considered marketing as the biggest challenge.
D. He enjoyed the process of turning passion into a business.
7. The author stayed positive, even though ________.
A. his college days are difficult B. his parents are not supportive
C. he could only use an old camera D. he failed to be admitted to an art school
C
Emile and the Field is the story of a little boy who spends every season playing in a field by his house, whispering to the trees or playing in the leaves.
Kevin Young, the author of the book, originally wrote Emile and the Field years ago as a bedtime poem for his son. Young’s son is a teenager now — and too old for bedtime stories — but this poem about Emile lives on, now as a children’s book illustrated by Chioma Ebinama, a fine artist living in Greece.
Ebinama wanted to reflect Emile’s love for nature, so she used a sort of romantic palette (调色板) of pinks, blues and sunny yellows. She hand-painted the illustrations in watercolor.
For inspiration, Ebinama says she drew from a variety of influences. One scene, where Emile and his father hold hands and walk through the snow-covered field, reminds us of Snowy Day, Keats’ 1962 children’s book about Peter, an African American boy who explores his neighborhood after the season’s first snowfall.
And — as in Snowy Day — Ebinama drew the little boy in Emile and the Field as a black child. Even though the author and the illustrator never discussed it clearly, Young says the fact of Emile’s blackness was very important to him. The winter scenes were actually the most challenging. Obviously it’s winter so it’s mostly white.
Emile and the Field is a family story for both the author and the illustrator. Ebinama, for example, drew her dog, Luna, into the story as the little dog that follows Emile around. Even though there is no dog in Young’s original poem, Luna came in very handy.
There was a kind of family quality to the book for Young. He named the main character of his poem after his great-grandfather, Emile, a farmer who lived to be 103 years old. He says the story reminds him of running around his family’s fields as a kid in Louisiana.
“There’s nothing better than being read to or reading to someone,” Young says. “It really connects you to this long story-telling tradition.”
8. Why did Young write Emile and the Field at first
A. To satisfy his love for nature. B. To read it as a bedtime poem.
C. To encourage his teenage son. D. To tell the story of a Greek boy.
9. Why was Snowy Day mentioned in paragraph 4
A. To give us a good understanding of Keats.
B. To introduce the life of an African American boy.
C. To provide us with an example of children’s books.
D. To tell us where Ebinama got her inspiration to paint Emile.
10. What can be learned about the dog Luna
A. It’s Emile’s pet in real life. B. It’s a character created by Young.
C. It gives Ebinama a sense of family. D. It has the colors of black and white.
11. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text
A. To report an important event. B. To help readers appreciate a book.
C. To tell about a personal experience. D. To advertise for a publishing house.
D
Robert Chmielewski has had quadriplegia (四肢瘫痪) since his teens. Sensors implanted (植入) in his brain read his thoughts to control two robotic arms, which helps him to perform daily tasks. Now he can use one robotic arm to control a knife and the other a fork.
Modern technology can reach inside someone’s head and pull out what he is thinking. Maybe he intends to move a robotic arm or type something on a computer screen. Such thought-controlled devices can help people who aren’t able to move or perform different tasks and promote the well-being of the disabled.
Decoding (解码) thought usually requires placing sensors directly on or in someone’s brain. Those implanted sensors can catch the electrical signals passing between the person’s brain cells, or neurons. Such signals carry messages that allow brains to think, feel and control the body.
Using brain implants, researchers have picked up electrical signals in the brain linked to certain words or letters. This has allowed brain implants to transform thoughts into text or speech on a computer. Likewise, brain implants have transformed imagined handwriting into text on a screen. Implanted sensors have even allowed scientists to turn the signals they caught that are associated with a song in someone’s head into real music.
In a recent study, scientists decoded full stories from people’s brains using MRI scans (磁共振成像扫描). This did not require any brain implants. But building the thought decoder did require many hours of brain scans for each person. What’s more, the system only worked on the person whose brain scans helped build it and only when that person was willing to have their mind read.
So devices that might let someone secretly read your mind from across the room are still a long, long way off. Still, it’s clear that mind-reading tech is getting more advanced. As it does, scientists are thinking hard about what it would mean to live in a world where not even the inside of your head is completely private.
12. What does the text begin with
A. A suggestion. B. A comparison. C. An argument. D. An example.
13. What is explained in the text
A. What principles a thought decoder should follow.
B. How MRI monitors the work of the implanted sensors.
C. What’s used to catch signals passing through the brain.
D. How robotic arms are designed to satisfy different needs.
14. What is scientists’ attitude towards the future of the technology discussed in the text
A. Concerned. B. Confident. C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Mind Reading is Stealing Our Privacy B. Mind Reading is Hard, but not Impossible
C. Mind Reading—Good News for Musicians D. Mind Reading—a Brain-scanning Technology
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。
Many would consider emotions to be a barrier to decision-making and, therefore, think that they would be better off without them. However, the latest research has proved that our emotions will drive the conclusions we make, and that our well-being may depend upon our ability to understand and interpret them. ___16___ Here are some suggestions.
Start by understanding your emotions. ___17___ This mindful process of self-examination is important for healthy decisions, since emotions can influence our views and judgments.
Emotions can act as a compass (指南针), pointing you toward what matters most to you. However, strong emotions can affect our judgment and make it challenging to think objectively and critically. ___18___ You should be aware that emotions that arise from past experiences might cloud your judgment. Separate the present situation from the past and focus on the relevant factors.
___19___ However, they should be connected with factual information. Take your time to gather crucial information before making important decisions. Analyse the pros and cons (利弊) of your options to make the best possible decisions.
It’s beneficial to expand your viewpoint. When you see the big picture and are focused on your highest purpose, you are not distracted by smaller issues. Figuring out your deepest long-term goals and pursuing them will channel your emotions toward peace and harmony. ___20___
To sum up, emotions play a significant role in decision-making and, when used properly, they can improve the effectiveness of the decision-making process.
A. Emotions can provide valuable insights.
B. All this information can serve your goal in the long run.
C. You’ll recognize that a decision driven by your values is the best.
D. Actually, we can effectively use emotions for successful decision-making.
E. Take a moment to recognize how you are feeling and why you are feeling so.
F. Therefore, it is essential to balance emotional insights with logical reasoning.
G. You should try to understand how critical thinking contributes to great decisions.
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。
Vel Scott is known for creating a bustling (热闹的) nightlife for Black Clevelanders in the 1960s. But now this grandmother has changed her life’s work into helping others change their eating habits and creating a(n) ___21___ lifestyle.
In 1963, Vel and her husband Don Scott ___22___ a nightclub. They brought in all kinds of performances from around the country to ___23___ people and served food and drinks. While the ___24___ husband-and-wife team continued to thrive (兴旺) ___25___, some alarming news was revealed about Don’s health. He was diagnosed during the 80s with heart problems and they knew they had to make some ___26___.
Vel took it upon herself to ___27___ new dishes. The things she learned helped her husband reverse (逆转) some of his health ___28___ in just a few short months. In 1998, she started Vel’s Purple Oasis — a community-based urban ___29___. It’s the place where people of all ages learned how to grow and eat healthier ____30____.
Dionne Thomas-Carmichael, a friend of Vel who suffered from cancer, said, “Vel has really helped to ____31____ me to eat really more fruits and vegetables.”
Vel brings the farm to the ____32____. And she brings residents to her community kitchen and gives them cooking lessons.
“The Black community has the highest rates of cancer and the highest rates of diabetes (糖尿病). It’s up to us to change our ____33____ and our eating habits,” Vel said.
Like Carmichael, many people have ____34____ Vel with helping them to take back their health, ____35____ at the kitchen table.
21.
A. active B. healthy C. unique D. green
22.
A. visited B. dreamed of C. passed by D. opened
23.
A. entertain B. educate C. promote D. contact
24.
A. advantageous B. flexible C. energetic D. anxious
25.
A. culturally B. technologically C. academically D. professionally
26.
A. efforts B. comments C. changes D. demands
27.
A. trade in B. care for C. experiment with D. cut off
28.
A. needs B. challenges C. benefit D. guidance
29.
A. museum B. road C. club D. farm
30.
A. options B. donations C. collections D. adaptations
31.
A. force B. permit C. require D. inspire
32.
A. stage B. table C. hospital D. garden
33.
A. attitude B. schedule C. goal D. circumstance
34.
A. credited B. charged C. occupied D. satisfied
35.
A. working B. staring C. starting D. communicating
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Located in the northeast, Yanji is one of the earliest ___36___ (area) in China to promote football. With ___37___ population of only 680,000, the small city has a large number of football players and fans. The average number of the audience at last year’s home games was over 16,000 per game. The figure is ___38___ (near) the same as the number of the audience in the Chinese Super League, and a sizable share of the audience is made up ___39___ visitors.
Visitors come to Yanji not only to watch the game, ___40___ to have a cup of coffee and see dinosaur fossils (化石) ___41___ (discover) in 2016. So far, Yanji’s “dinosaur tour” ___42___ (join) the “football tour” and “coffee tour” as a new feature. Li Jun, the owner of Chayina Cafe, has witnessed the tourism boom in Yanji, and the ___43___ (hot) type of coffee in his cafe can sell up to 1,200 cups every day.
Football, coffee, and dinosaurs are the focus of an ___44___ (increase) number of visitors to Yanji and a new window for the outside world ____45____ (get) to know Yanji.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校音乐节已闭幕。请你以“School Music Festival Came to a Successful Close”为题给你校英文报投稿报道相关情况，内容包括：
1. 音乐节活动情况；
2. 引起的反响。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
School Music Festival Came to a Successful Close
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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。
In my high school years, I tried not to be anybody’s best friend and avoid going to birthday parties or weekend trips with my peers (同龄人). That was not because I was too shy but because I couldn’t afford the expenses. My parents did odd jobs to support the family and our income was low and unstable. As the oldest of the three kids in my family I had started to take part-time jobs on weekends and during vacations to help improve the family economic conditions. However, in my heart I did have a best friend, Joseph. I never said that to him and I guessed he didn’t know it.
Joseph came from a very different family from mine. His parents were both senior executives (管理人员) of high-tech companies, who provided him with the best of everything and he had many friends around him. We did school projects together, had discussions about interesting topics and enjoyed our time together. But I never joined him in anything outside the school. I liked him but I knew I didn’t have much to offer.
I had decided to go to college after graduation from high school, so I needed to have excellent academic performance in all subjects to be qualified for scholarships. I worked hard and was doing well in everything except math. I knew math was important to me but there seemed to be no way out. I was struggling when Joseph came to my help. He was considered one of the smart boys by the math teacher, who gave us monthly tests and awarded best performance with chocolates and best progress with Skittles (彩虹糖).
Joseph was a frequent holder of the best performance award. I appreciated his help because he had great ways to get me thinking and guide me to solve problems. I was making progress in math and Joseph knew it. He encouraged me to go for best progress award first and then best performance.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Those awards seemed really big goals for me, but I decided to go all out.
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Three months later, my first goal was achieved.
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