2021级高三上半期考试英语试题
注意事项：
1、本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两大部分，共 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。
2、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、准考证号等信息填写在答题卡上相应的位置。
3、全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。
第I 卷（选择题 共100分）
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. How many books has Fiona received
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
2. What are the speakers doing
A. Climbing up a hill. B. Having a rest. C. Waiting for someone.
3. Why was Carl at the hospital
A. He was meeting a doctor.
B. He was looking after his wife.
C. He was visiting his daughter.
4. What is the problem with the man
A. He can't see the sign clearly.
B. He has parked in a wrong place.
C. He has no ticket for the movie.
5. What are the two speakers mainly talking about
A. The weather of Paris. B. A terrible accident. C. A piece of news.
第二节 (共15 小题;每小题1.5分,满分 22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Schoolmates.
7. What does the woman say about Ms. Patty
A. She is humorous. B. She is strict. C. She is responsible.
听第 7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Which family holiday programme does the man recommend
A. The one on the 18th. B. The one on the 19th. C. The one on the 20th.
9. Where will the woman probably go
A. France. B. Spain. C. Greece.
听第8段材料，回答第10 至 12题。
10. What did Susan do right before the conversation
A. She visited her brother.
B. She called John Reeves.
C. She toured the company.
11. What does Susan think of the company
A. It's crowded. B. It's famous. C. It's big.
12. Who is Michael
A. Susan's brother. B. Tara's husband. C. John's boss.
听第 9段材料,回答第 13 至 16题。
13. What did the man lose
A. His phone. B. His credit card. C. His driving license.
14. Why does the woman agree to the man's request
A. He reserves the hotel in cash.
B. He shows the woman his ID card.
C. He provides two forms of identification.
15. What will the man probably do next
A. Look for his passport.
B. Put away his credit card.
C. Report the situation to the bank.
16. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a bank. B. In a hotel. C. At a police station.
听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。
17. When will the event be held
A. From January 10th to February 12th.
B. From January 12th to February 10th.
C. From January 12th to February 12th.
18. How much should a couple with a child of 8 pay for their entrance
A. $10. B. $20. C. $30.
19. Which event is new this year
A. An ice sculpture exhibition.
B. A fancy dress exhibition.
C. A flower show.
20. Where will the food shops be
A. Beside the amusement rides.
B. In the center of the site.
C. Next to the entrance.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Some libraries use unique architecture to encourage visitors to explore the bookshelves and settle down with a new book, or use roving libraries to bring books to hard-to-reach populations. No matter how they achieve it, these novel libraries are keeping the magic of reading alive.
Bishan Library (Singapore)
Built in 2006, this library with skylights and trellises, is meant to invoke a modern glass treehouse. Glass pods of varying colors stick out of the building randomly to create cozy yet airy corners for reading throughout the building. At the same time, a more open-plan children’s room on the basement level invites interaction while preventing noise from filtering upward and disturbing those concentrating in the lofty perches above.
Stuttgart City Library (Stuttgart, Germany)
Opened in 2011, this nine-story public library is characterized by its attractive white color scheme (lit by blue light at night), its bold cubic shape. This cultural center for the city, designed to feel open and full of light, can be entered from any of its four sides, and people can borrow artwork as well as books.
The Camel Library Service (North Eastern Province, Kenya)
To combat low literacy rates in the desert of Kenya, the government created a roaming library composed of nine camels bringing books to villages. The library travels four days a week serving the region’s nomadic people. With more funding, they plan to increase their reach both in distance and the books they carry.
Macquarie University Library (Sydney, Australia)
A wonderful combination of cutting-edge and sustainable ideas, this building was made from recycled materials, features a green roof, and was designed to look like the shape of a eucalyptus tree. It is also state of the art, using robot cranes to bring requested books to the front desk.
1. Which of the following can offer the service of lending artwork
A. Bishan Library. B. Stuttgart City Library.
C. The Camel Library Service. D. Macquarie University Library.
2. What can we know about the Macquarie University Library
A. It is intelligent and environmentally-friendly.
B. It has a green roof and a eucalyptus tree outside.
C. It is like a modern glass treehouse with skylights.
D. It opens four days a week serving the local people.
3. According to the passage, the four libraries are all designed to ________.
A. prevent noise
B. recycle old books
C. encourage reading
D. present beautiful appearances
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个不同地方的创意图书馆，其目的是鼓励人们阅读。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Stuttgart City Library (Stuttgart, Germany)中的“This cultural center for the city, designed to feel open and full of light, can be entered from any of its four sides, and people can borrow artwork as well as books.(这座城市的文化中心设计得很开放，光线充足，可以从四面进入，人们可以借阅艺术品和书籍。)”可知，人们可以从这个图书馆借艺术作品和书。故选B项。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据Macquarie University Library (Sydney, Australia)中的“A wonderful combination of cutting-edge and sustainable ideas, this building was made from recycled materials, features a green roof, and was designed to look like the shape of a eucalyptus tree. It is also state of the art, using robot cranes to bring requested books to the front desk.(这座建筑是尖端技术和可持续理念的完美结合，由回收材料建造，有绿色屋顶，设计模仿桉树的外观。它也是最先进的，使用机器人起重机将所需的书籍送到前台。)”可知，Macquarie University Library将尖端技术与可持续理念完美结合，由机器人起重机将所需书籍送到前台。由此可知，该图书馆非常智能，对环境也很友好。故选A项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Some libraries use unique architecture to encourage visitors to explore the bookshelves and settle down with a new book, or use roving libraries to bring books to hard-to-reach populations. No matter how they achieve it, these novel libraries are keeping the magic of reading alive.(有些图书馆以独特的建筑外观吸引游客在书架间探索、专心阅读一本新书，或通过流动图书馆服务，将书籍带给不便于到馆的读者。无论方式如何，这些别具一格的图书馆都让阅读的魔力经久不衰。)”可知，文章介绍的这些图书馆归根结底都有一个目的，就是吸引读者阅读、鼓励读者阅读。故选C项。
B
When the designer and typographer (排印工) Marcin Wichary chanced upon a tiny museum just outside Barcelona five years ago, the experience tipped his interest in the history of technology into an obsession with a very particular part of it: the keyboard.
“I have never seen so many typewriters under one roof. Not even close,” he shared on the Internet at the time. “At this point, I literally have tears in my eyes. I’m not kidding. This feels like a miracle.”
He’d had a discovery while wandering through the exhibit: Each key on a keyboard has its own stories. And these stories are not just about computing technology, but also about the people who designed, used, or otherwise interacted with the keyboards.
Take the backspace key for example, he explains, “I like that the concept of backspace was originally just that — a space going backward. We are used to it erasing now, but for a hundred years, erasing was its own incredibly complex effort. You needed to master a Comet eraser, or Wite-Out, or strange correction tapes, and possibly all of the above… or give up and start from scratch whenever you made a small mistake in typing.”
The deeper he researched, the more obsessive he became. Amazed that no comprehensive books existed on the history of keyboards, he decided to create his own. When not working at his day job as the design leader for the design software company Figma, he began producing Shift Happens, a two-volume, 1,216-page hardcover book — and raised over $750,000 for the project on Kickstarter in March of 2023. Wichary was only a bit surprised by the support and the keyboard’s wide appeal. As he points out. “It’s such a crucial device that occupies a lot of our waking life.”
4. Which is the closest understanding of the underlined phrase tipped his interest________.
A. made him lose his interest B. weakened his interest
C. publicized his interest D. changed his interest
5. What did Wichary discover while admiring the keyboards
A. The wisdom of human. B. The stories behind them.
C. The secret of the keyboards. D. The history of technology.
6. What does Wichary want to tell us about the backspace key in Paragraph 4
A. It is the outcome of long-term improvement.
B. It can be used to move back one space.
C. It is a rather simple but powerful key.
D. It permits people to make mistakes when typing.
7. Why did Wichary write his own book
A. To make money. B. To record history.
C. To fill a gap. D. To become a celebrity.
【答案】4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位设计师兼排印工Marcin Wichary偶然发现一家介绍键盘历史的小博物馆并对键盘产生极大的兴趣，甚至专门为键盘的历史创作了书籍。
【4题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第一段“When the designer and typographer (排印工) Marcin Wichary chanced upon a tiny museum just outside Barcelona five years ago, the experience tipped his interest in the history of technology into an obsession with a very particular part of it: the keyboard.(五年前，当身为设计师和排印工的Marcin Wichary偶然发现巴塞罗那郊外的一家小博物馆时，这段经历让他对技术史的兴趣tipped为了对其中一个特殊部分——键盘的痴迷)”并结合后文的叙述可知，在一次偶然的发现后，原本对整个技术史感兴趣的Marcin Wichary开始对键盘的历史感到痴迷，最后甚至为此专门创作了书籍，这里的短语应表达改变、转移了兴趣，D选项描述最为接近。故选D。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“He’d had a discovery while wandering through the exhibit: Each key on a keyboard has its own stories(他在逛展览时有了一个发现：键盘上的每个键都有自己的故事)”可知，在了解键盘历史的过程中，Marcin Wichary发现了键盘背后的故事。故选B。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中引述Wichary的话“I like that the concept of backspace was originally just that — a space going backward. We are used to it erasing now, but for a hundred years, erasing was its own incredibly complex effort. You needed to master a Comet eraser, or Wite-Out, or strange correction tapes, and possibly all of the above… or give up and start from scratch whenever you made a small mistake in typing.(我喜欢的是，退格键的概念就源于——一个回退的空格。我们现在习惯于用它来清除，但一百年来，擦除本身就是一件极其复杂的事情。每当你打字时出现一个小小的错误时，你需要掌握彗星橡皮擦，或者修正笔乃至奇怪的修正带，还可能以上全部都要用上……或者干脆放弃，从头再打一遍)”可知，如今在我们看来退格操作便利且寻常，但长久以来，打字时想要擦除是一件极其复杂的事，Wichary通过对退格键历史的介绍是想告诉我们，这是长期改进的结果。故选A。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“ Amazed that no comprehensive books existed on the history of keyboards, he decided to create his own.(他对于没有一本关于键盘历史的全面性书籍感到惊讶，决定自己来创作)”可知，Marcin Wichary写书的原因是发现关于键盘历史的书籍的缺失，他正是想填补这一空白。故选C。
C
Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been cleared for sale in the US.Actually，Lab-grown meat is made by feeding a mix of nutrients to animal cells in steel tanks in labs. The idea is to create an alternative to agriculturally raised meat. And unlike other meat substitutes which are made from plant proteins and other ingredients, lab-grown meat is real meat.
Upside Foods and Good Meat, two companies that make “cultivated chicken”, said that they have gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to start producing their cell-based proteins. Good Meat said that production is starting immediately. Cultivated meat is grown in a giant vat (缸), much like what you’d find at a beer factory.
Last week both companies revealed that the USDA approved labels for their products. In March, Good Meat received a“no questions”letter from the FDA, confirming the product’s safety for sale in the US. Upside Foods also received one in November. Both the USDA and the FDA are overseeing the growing cultivated meat market. CEO of Good Meat, Josh Tetrick, described the approval as a major milestone for the company, the industry, and the food system. Upside founder Uma Valeti called the approval “a giant step forward towards a more sustainable future”.
Good Meat, which has been selling its products in Singapore, advertises its product as “meat without slaughter (屠宰)”, a more humane approach to eating meat. Supporters hope that cultivated meat will help fight climate change by reducing the need for traditional animal agriculture, which emits greenhouse gases. The company previously announced a partnership with chef José Andrés to introduce the product to a Washington DC restaurant, although the launch time remains uncertain. As production increases, Good Meat may explore cooperation with other restaurants or supermarkets.
Upside is planning to introduce its product at Bar Crenn, a San Francisco restaurant, but did not share a launch date yet. Selling at Bar Crenn should help Upside learn more about how chefs and diners feel about the product. Eventually, the company plans to work with other restaurants and make its products available in supermarkets. For now, it is holding a contest to allow curious customers to be among the first to try the product.
8. What do Upside Foods and Good Meat have in common
A. Both have partnerships with international chefs.
B. Both are involved in producing lab-grown meat.
C. Both declared a launch date of their cultivated meat.
D. Both received FDA approval for worldwide distribution.
9. What is the potential benefit of cultivated meat
A. Higher safety for eating.
B. Lower costs for restaurants.
C. Improvements in traditional animal agriculture.
D. Positive impacts on climate change.
10. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. Diners have access to free products from Upside.
B. Curious customers will become the main force of buying.
C. Upside will evaluate the responses of chefs and diners to its product.
D Upside will conduct a survey among diners about their paying ability.
11. What is the text mainly about
A. The benefits of cultivated meat.
B. The research on cultivated meat.
C. The history and processing of cultivated meat.
D. The approval and prospect of cultivated meat.
【答案】8. B 9. D 10. C 11. D
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。人造肉，也被称为实验室培育肉，已获准在美国销售。本文同时介绍了该项发明的市场前景。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Upside Foods and Good Meat, two companies that make ‘cultivated chicken’, said that they have gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to start producing their cell-based proteins.(两家生产‘养殖鸡’的公司Upside Foods和Good Meat表示，他们已获得美国农业部(USDA)的批准，开始生产基于细胞的蛋白质)”可知，Upside Foods和Good Meat两家公司都参与了实验室培育肉的生产。故选B项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“Supporters hope that cultivated meat will help fight climate change by reducing the need for traditional animal agriculture, which emits greenhouse gases.(支持者希望人造肉能够减少对排放温室气体的传统畜牧业的需求，从而帮助应对气候变化)”可知，人造肉潜在的益处在于其能对气候变化产生积极影响。故选D项。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Selling at Bar Crenn should help Upside learn more about how chefs and diners feel about the product. Eventually, the company plans to work with other restaurants and make its products available in supermarkets. (在Bar Crenn的销售应该会帮助Upside更多地了解厨师和食客对产品的看法。最终，该公司计划与其他餐厅合作，并在超市出售其产品)”可推知，Upside将评估厨师和食客对其产品的反应。故选C项。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第二段“Upside Foods and Good Meat, two companies that make ‘cultivated chicken’, said that they have gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to start producing their cell-based proteins.(两家生产‘养殖鸡’的公司Upside Foods和Good Meat表示，他们已获得美国农业部(USDA)的批准，开始生产基于细胞的蛋白质)”及倒数第二段“As production increases, Good Meat may explore cooperation with other restaurants or supermarkets. (随着产量的增加，Good Meat可能会探索与其他餐厅或超市的合作)”以及最后一段“Eventually, the company plans to work with other restaurants and make its products available in supermarkets.(最终，该公司计划与其他餐厅合作，并在超市出售其产品)”并联合全文内容可知，本文介绍了人造肉被批准销售，并展望了其前景。故选D项。
D
Consider the possibility that all human technology started with a mistake — or at least a lack of hand-eye coordination. In a new study published on Friday in Science Advances, Lydia Luncz and Tomos Proffitt, both at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, argue that mistakenly created flakes (薄片) may have been our ancient ancestors’ or other now-extinct early human relatives “first step toward creating the sharp-edged tools that they used to butcher animals and cut edible plants.
To do their research, Luncz and Proffitt traveled to an abandoned oil palm plantation near Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay and collected more than 1, 100 pieces of nut-cracking stones used by a troop of long-tailed macaques (猕猴). Macaques crack open oil palm nuts by placing them on a flat stone and striking their shell with another stone. These monkeys often miss the nut and accidentally break the stones, producing sharp flakes. Luncz and Proffitt analyzed these stones, which revealed a surprising fact: The flakes that the macaques unintentionally produced looked a lot like the oldest stone tools that were intentionally made by hominins (古人类).
Macaques don’t use the sharp flakes they create for anything, Luncz adds, noting that the monkeys have sharp teeth and don’t need cutting tools. The similar ancient stone tools collected from some of the earliest known sites, however, show evidence of being used for cutting tasks. For example, in Oldowan, a site dating between 3.3 million and 1.5 million years ago, researchers analyzed use-wear patterns on the tools and found that some of the flakes showed damage along their edges, indicating that they had been used for cutting. Cut marks on some fossils revealed that hominins had used stone tools for butchering the animals, making it clear that the sharp stone tools were anything but unintentional by-products of other pounding activities.
Despite the findings, to reveal the mechanism for the emergence of flake technology, researchers still need to learn how hominins made the leap from accidentally producing sharp flakes to picking them up and using them. Luncz and Proffitt hope to find the missing link in further studies.
12. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. The two researchers went to Thailand and collected 1, 100 flakes.
B. Long-tailed macaques used the flakes to crack open oil palm nuts.
C. Macaques deliberately produced flakes for cutting by breaking stones.
D. The flakes produced by macaques were similar to hominins’ stone tools.
13. Why does the author mention the Oldowan site in paragraph 3
A. To provide specific proof. B. To clarify a complex concept.
C. To present an interesting fact. D. To make a detailed comparison.
14. What will Luncz and Proffitt probably focus on in their future study
A. Why macaques create flakes. B. Why hominins used stone tools.
C. How macaques cut food with flakes. D. How hominins began using flakes.
15. What is the best title of the passage
A. A mistake: the origin of human technology.
B. Flake technology: from macaques to hominins.
C. Pounding activities: on human evolutionary course.
D. A missing link: long-tailed macaques create flakes.
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. D 15. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章通过一项动物研究，介绍了我们早期人类因为意外情况使用工具的情况。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段的“Luncz and Proffitt analyzed these stones, which revealed a surprising fact: The flakes that the macaques unintentionally produced looked a lot like the oldest stone tools that were intentionally made by hominins (古人类).(Luncz和Proffitt分析了这些石头，发现了一个令人惊讶的事实：猕猴无意中产生的薄片看起来很像人类故意制造的最古老的石器。)”可知，猕猴制作的薄片与人类的石器相似。故选D。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段的“The similar ancient stone tools collected from some of the earliest known sites, however, show evidence of being used for cutting tasks. For example, in Oldowan, a site dating between 3. 3 million and 1. 5 million years ago, researchers analyzed use-wear patterns on the tools and found that some of the flakes showed damage along their edges, indicating that they had been used for cutting.(然而，从一些已知最早的遗址中收集到的类似的古代石器显示出用于切割任务的证据。例如，在奥尔德万，一个可以追溯到大约330万到150万年前的遗址。研究人员分析了这些工具的使用磨损模式，发现一些薄片的边缘有损伤，表明它们曾被用来切割。)”可推断，作者提到奥尔德万遗址是为了提供具体的证据来说明古代石器用于切割任务。故选A。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Despite the findings, to reveal the mechanism for the emergence of flake technology, researchers still need to learn how hominins made the leap from accidentally producing sharp flakes to picking them up and using them. Luncz and Proffitt hope to find the missing link in further studies. (尽管有了这些发现，为了揭示薄片技术出现的机制，研究人员仍然需要了解人类是如何从偶然产生尖锐的薄片到捡起并使用它们的。Luncz和Proffitt希望在进一步的研究中找到缺失的环节。)”可知，为了揭示薄片技术背后的机制，研究者们仍然需要了解古人类是如何从意外产生锋利的薄片，到捡起并使用它们的。伦茨和普罗菲特希望在接下来的研究中可以找到缺失的这一环（即原始人是如何开始使用薄片的），故选D。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本篇是一篇科研报告类文章，第一段的“In a new study published on Friday in Science Advances, Lydia Luncz and Tomos Proffitt, both at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, argue that mistakenly created flakes (薄片) may have been our ancient ancestors’ or other now-extinct early human relatives“ first step toward creating the sharp-edged tools that they used to butcher animals and cut edible plants.( 在周五发表在《科学进展》上的一项新研究中，德国莱比锡马克斯普朗克进化人类学研究所的Lydia Luncz和Tomos Proffitt认为，错误地制造出的薄片可能是我们的古代祖先或其他现已灭绝的早期人类亲戚制造出锋利的工具的第一步，他们用来屠宰动物和切割可食用的植物。)”点明了新研究的结果，后文详细描述了研究过程和局限性及等未来研究前景，因此推断B项“薄片技术：从猕猴到人类。”为最佳标题。故选B项。
第二节 七选五 （共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Before practising getting to know yourself, it’s important to be open to whatever you find. ____16____ However, once you’re armed with an accepting attitude, you will find the process of self-discovery enjoyable and exciting.
Get to know your personality
You can understand your personality by reflection. ____17____. Put down the past events that have shaped your future self, especially your early life experiences. Often, what we go through as children plays a key role in creating patterns, preferences and needs for the future.
____18____
When we think about self-knowledge, it’s easy to focus on the psychological (心理的) at the expense of the physical. However, getting to know your body is just as important as getting to know your mind. Learning more about your body helps you to set realistic goals and know your own limits, as well as helping you feel more comfortable.
Identify your strengths and weaknesses
Getting to know yourself is all about developing a real picture of who you are, including the parts you are proud of and the parts that you struggle with from time to time. Think about what you like about yourself, and which parts of yourself get the most positive feedback (反馈). ____19____, ask yourself whether there are common themes in your failures or in disappointing times of your life.
Question your automatic (自动的) thoughts
Many of us have a tendency to experience automatic thoughts that are negative. If you don’t know yourself very well, you may just accept these negative thoughts. You may then feel bad about yourself. However, when you have higher levels of self-awareness, you can catch these thoughts as they come up and redirect them to more positive thoughts. ____20____.
A. Get to know your body
B. Have a good knowledge of your mind
C. When it comes to identifying your weaknesses
D. After all, you might be surprised by who you are
E. Making a list helps you make better sense of yourself
F. Unless you hope to find out where your weaknesses lie
G. In time, the more positive thoughts will become automatic
【答案】16. D 17. E 18. A 19. C 20. G
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章主要讲述如何更加了解自己。
【16题详解】
上文“Before practising getting to know yourself, it’s important to be open to whatever you find.(在练习了解自己之前，重要的是对你所发现的一切保持开放的态度)”提到，在了解自己之前要对一切都保持开放态度，下文“However, once you’re armed with an accepting attitude, you will find the process of self-discovery enjoyable and exciting.(然而，一旦你有了接受的态度，你会发现自我发现的过程是愉快和令人兴奋的)”提到，自我发现的过程是愉快和令人兴奋的，空处与下文是转折关系，D项“毕竟，你可能惊讶于真实的自己”符合语境，解释上文“对一切要保持开放态度”的原因，且与下文“自我发现的过程愉快和令人兴奋”形成转折，故选D项。
【17题详解】
根据下文“Put down the past events that have shaped your future self, especially your early life experiences.(写下那些塑造了未来的自我的过往事件，尤其是你早年的生活经历)”可知，此处是建议写下过去重要的事情，E项“列清单可以帮助你更好地了解自己”符合语境。故选E项。
【18题详解】
空处是主题句，根据本段中“However, getting to know your body is just as important as getting to know your mind.(然而，了解你的身体和了解你的思想一样重要)”可知，本段是建议要了解自己的身体，A项“了解你的身体”符合语境，故选A项。
【19题详解】
根据主题句“Identify your strengths and weaknesses(认清自己的优点和弱点)”可知，本段是说要认清自己的优点和弱点，结合空后“ask yourself whether there are common themes in your failures or in disappointing times of your life(问问自己，在你的失败或令人失望的生活中，是否有共同的主题)”可知，本句是关于自身的弱点，C项“当谈到认清自己的弱点时”符合语境，故选C项。
【20题详解】
根据上文“However, when you have higher levels of self-awareness, you can catch these thoughts as they come up and redirect them to more positive thoughts.(然而，当你有更高水平的自我意识时，你可以捕捉到这些想法，并将它们转向更积极的想法)”可知，当自我意识水平提高时，可以捕捉到消极的想法并将之转化为更积极的想法，G项“经过一段时间之后，更积极的想法会自然而然地产生”总结上文，故选G项。
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分 45分)
第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，共 20 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Can’t stop loving you ...” My 3-year-old son was singing. But I was not in the ____21____ to sing along. My manager had just told me that, in spite of my excellent performance, he couldn’t give me more ____22____ in the future. The message ____23____ me hard. But it brought about a sudden____24____ that, in the end, taught me the power of embracing opportunities, no matter where they came from.
My manager’s decision planted a seed of ____25____. But I reminded myself that I had already proved I could be an ____26____ scientist on a part-time schedule. During my 7 years as a university researcher, my career had ____27____.
When I left my university post for the biotech company, ____28____ by the desire for my work to reach patients, I expected that I would be capable of growing professionally and ____29____ my career there. But now I was being told that I should be ____30____ as a trouble-shooter (困难解决者), rather than the project leader I desired to be.
A friend suggested that I reach senior managers about ____31____ in other departments. With little____32____, I approached the three senior managers. Only the third ____33____ listened to my story, and told me that I was ____34____ to join him in building a vaccine (疫苗) research unit. I hesitated and replied that I knew ____35____ about vaccines. He said, “You are smart and willing to work hard. You’ll make it.”
The ____36____ was exactly what I had been seeking for, but I was still shaken by my manager’s lack of confidence in me. A few sleepless nights later, I decided that taking a chance on the ____37____ was better.
I soon discovered a new ____38____. My career path within the company opened up. And I took on more responsibilities and led fantastic projects — all because of the ____39____ change on me. It taught me that when I step out of my ____40____, I find my most creative, productive self.
21. A. ability B. recommendation C. sense D. mood
22. A. responsibilities B. priorities C. experiences D. rewards
23. A. amazed B. reached C. hit D. push
24. A. plan B. change C. result D. proposal
25. A. self-pity B. self-discipline C. self-confidence D. self-doubt
26. A. unsuccessful B. efficient C. honest D. outgoing
27. A. fallen behind B. taken off C. come to an end D. started out
28. A. shocked B. puzzled C. driven D. controlled
29. A. end B. quit C. ruin D. advance
30. A. delighted B. reliable C. eager D. vain
31. A. complaints B. advantages C. assignments D. opportunities
32. A. property B. procedure C. expectation D. determination
33. A. randomly B. patiently C. carelessly D. casually
34. A. welcome B. willing C. depressed D. naughty
35. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
36 A. promotion B. fame C. solution D. recognition
37. A. unusual B. good C. true D. unknown
38. A. career B. passion C. partner D. facility
39. A. forced B. easy C. merciful D. focused
40. A. safety rule B. bottom line C. comfort zone D. blind spot
【答案】21. D 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. D 38. B 39. A 40. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲的是作者因为不能再当兼职的研究员而被迫做出改变，走出舒适区，发现了更有创造力的自己的故事。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：但我没有心情跟着唱。A. ability能力；B. recommendation推荐；C. sense意识；D. mood情绪。But表转折，由下文“ he couldn’t give me more 2 in the future.”以及语境可知，空格处句子表示作者没有心情跟着唱，因此空格处是“情绪”，“not in the mood to do”是固定短语，意为“没心情做”，符合语境。故选D。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的经理刚刚告诉我，尽管我表现出色，但他不会在不久的将来会给我更多的职责。A. responsibilities职责；B. priorities优先处理的事；C. experiences经历；D. rewards回报。由下文“But now I was being told that I should be 10 in my current role as a troubleshooter (困难解决者), rather than the project leader I desired to be.”可知，作者的经理不会让作者当项目的领导，也就是不会给作者更多的“职责”。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这消息使我深受打击。A. amazed使惊奇；B. reached到达；C. hit打击；D. push推。由上文的“in spite of my excellent performance, he couldn’t give me more 2 in the future.”可知，作者听到经理不会让自己承担更多的职责应该是觉得受“打击”。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：但它带来了一个突然的变化，最终教会了我拥抱机会的力量，无论机会来自哪里。A. plan计划；B. change改变，变化；C. result结果；D. proposal建议。由下文“A friend suggested that I reach senior managers about 11 in other departments”可知，朋友建议作者去其它部门试试，因此本空所在句子表示它带来了一个突然的“变化”，最后一段的“all because of a change ”也是提示。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我经理决定播下了自我怀疑的种子。A. self-pity自怜；B. self-discipline自律；C. self-confidence自信；D. self-doubt自我怀疑。由下文“my manager’s lack of confidence in me”可知，作者经理对作者缺乏信心的态度让作者开始对自己的能力产生了“自我怀疑”。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但我提醒自己，我已经证明，我可以在业余时间做一名有效的研究员。A. unsuccessful不成功的；B. efficient有效率的；C. honest诚实的；D. outgoing外向的。由第一段的“in spite of my excellent performance”可知，作者工作表现很好，可以在业余时间做一名“有效率的”研究员。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：在我做大学兼职研究员的7年里，我的事业突飞猛进。A. fallen behind落后；B. taken off突然成功，突飞猛进；C. come to an end结束；D. started out出发。由上文“But I reminded myself that I had already proved I could be an 6 scientist on a part-time schedule.”可知，作者兼职做研究员很成功，因此是作者做大学兼职研究员的7年里，事业“突飞猛进”。故选B。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我离开我的大学职位去生物技术公司工作的时候，出于希望我的工作接触患者的渴望，我希望我能在那里获得专业的成长和职业发展。A. shocked使震惊；B. puzzled使困惑；C. driven驱使；D. controlled控制。由后文的“by the desire for my work to reach patients, I expected that I would be able to grow professionally”可知，作者想接触到病人，也就是受到愿望的“驱使”。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我离开我的大学职位去生物技术公司工作的时候，出于希望我的工作接触患者的渴望，我希望我能在那里获得专业的成长和职业发展。A. end结束；B. quit戒掉；C. ruin破坏；D. advance发展。由上文的“growing professionally”可知，作者是希望自己的事业可以“发展”。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但现在，我被告知，我应该高兴地担任目前的问题解决者的角色，而不是我想成为的项目领导者。A. delighted高兴的；B. reliable可依靠的；C. eager热切的；D. vain徒劳的。由下文“rather than the project leader I desired to be”可知，作者的领导认为作者很“高兴”做问题解决者的角色，而没有想再往上走。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：一位朋友建议我去找一些高级经理，了解其它部门的工作机会。A. complaints抱怨；B. advantages优点；C. assignments任务；D. opportunities机会。由下文“in other departments”可知，朋友是建议作者去了解其它部门的工作“机会”。故选D。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我没有抱什么期望，就去找了三位高级经理。A. property财产；B. procedure程序；C. expectation期望；D. determination决心。由后文的“Only the third 13 listened to my story”可知，只有一个高级经理听作者讲述自己，因此作者对此没有抱什么“期望”。故选C。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：只有第三个人耐心地听了我的故事，并告诉我，他欢迎我加入他建立一个疫苗研究单位。A. randomly任意地；B. patiently耐心地；C. carelessly粗心地；D. casually随意地。由下文“told me that I was 14 to join him in building a vaccine (疫苗) research unit”可知，第三个人“耐心地”听完了作者的故事，并决定聘请作者。故选B。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：只有第三个人耐心地听了我故事，并告诉我，他欢迎我加入他建立一个疫苗研究单位。A. welcome受欢迎的；B. willing愿意的；C. depressed抑郁的；D. naughty淘气的。由下文“You are smart and willing to work hard. You’ll make it.”可知，第三个人是“欢迎”作者加入他建立一个疫苗研究单位。故选A。
【35题详解】
考查代词词义辨析。句意：我犹豫了一下，回答说我对疫苗一无所知。A. something某些东西；B. everything一切东西；C. nothing没有什么；D. anything任何东西。由前面的“I hesitated”和后面第三个高级经理说的“You are smart and willing to work hard. You’ll make it.”可知，作者是对疫苗一无所知，所以才犹豫，那位经理才鼓励作者，因此空格处是“没有什么”。故选C。
【36题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这种认可正是我一直在寻找的，但我仍然被经理对我缺乏信心的态度所动摇。A. promotion提拔；B. fame名望；C. solution解决办法；D. recognition认可。由上文“You are smart and willing to work hard. You’ll make it.”可知，这里指那位高级经理对作者的“认可”。故选D。
【37题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：几个不眠之夜之后，我决定在未知的事情上冒险更好。A. unusual不寻常的；B. good好的；C. true真正的；D. unknown未知的。由上文“I knew 15 about vaccines”可知，作者对疫苗一无所知，因此这个工作对作者来说是“未知的”。故选D。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我很快发现了一种新的激情。A. career职业生涯；B. passion激情；C. partner搭档；D. facility设施。由下文“My career path within the company opened up. And I took on more responsibilities and led fantastic project”可知，作者做新工作很出色，工作有激情。故选B。
【39题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我承担了更多的责任，领导了许多出色的项目——这一切都是因为我被迫做出的改变。A. forced被迫的；B. easy简单的；C. merciful仁慈的；D. focused专注的。由上文“With little 12 , I approached the three senior managers.”以及语境可知，新的变化是作者“被迫”做出的，得不到前经理的青睐，不得不重新选择工作。故选A。
【40题详解】
考查名词短语辨析。句意：它教会了我，当我走出舒适区时，我会找到最有创造力、最有生产力的自己。A. safety rule安全规则；B. bottom line底线；C. comfort zone舒适区；D. blind spot盲点。由下文“I find my most creative, productive self”以及语境可知，此处指变化使作者走出“舒适区”，从头开始，才重新发现最有创造力、最有生产力的自己。故选C。
第II 卷（共50分）
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。
Japan said on Tuesday that it had decided to____41____(gradual) release tons of treated wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (福岛第一核电站) into the ocean,____42____ (describe) it as the best solution to dealing with the leftovers (残留物) from the Fukushima nuclear accident, one of the____43____(serious) in the world.
The____44____(decide) ends years of debate over how to deal with the water,____45____is enough to fill more than 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
“The Japanese government ignores concerns and strong opposition both at home and abroad. Such an____46____(responsilble)act not only directly harms the interests of the people in Japan’s neighbouring countries, but____47____threatens the global marine environment and international public health security,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
Greenpeace(绿色和平组织)criticized Japan’s plan and said there are other solutions that should____48____(censider). “____49____than using the best available technology to store and process the water_____50_____the long term, they have chosen the cheapest solution, damping the water into the Pactfie Ocean.”
【答案】41. gradually
42. describing
43. most serious
44. decision
45. which 46. irresponsible
47. also 48. be considered
49. Rather 50. in##over
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了日本政府决定开始向海洋排放核废水，这一行为是极其不负责任的，遭到绿色和平组织的批评。
【41题详解】
考查副词。句意：日本在周二发布说，他们决定渐渐地将福岛第一核电站的污水排放到海洋中，并说这是处理福岛核事件污水的最好的方法，福岛核事件是世界上最严重事件之一。此处修饰动词release，故应用副词“gradually渐渐地”作状语，故填gradually。
【42题详解】
考查现在分词。句意同上。此处作状语，describe与主语Japan之间为主动关系，故应用现在分词作状语，故填describing。
【43题详解】
考查形容词最高级。句意同上。根据空前的one of可知，此处应用形容词的最高级，故填most serious。
【44题详解】
考查名词。句意：这一决定结束了关于如何处理这些废水的争议，这些废水足以填满500多个奥林匹克大小的游泳池。此处作主语，故应用名词“decision决定”，且此处特指上文提到的将核废水排入海洋的决定，故应用名词的单数形式，故填decision。
【45题详解】
考查定语从句。句意同上。此处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为the water，指物，定语从句中缺少主语，故应用which引导，故填which。
【46题详解】
考查形容词。句意：这种不负责任的行为不仅上海了日本邻国人们的利益，而且还威胁着全球的海洋环境和国际公共健康的安全。此处意为“不负责任的”，故应用形容词irresponsible作定语，修饰名词act，故填irresponsible。
【47题详解】
考查连词。句意同上。由前文的not only可知，此处为“not only…but also…不仅……而且……”，故填also。
【48题详解】
考查语态。句意：绿色和平组织批评了日本的计划，并认为还有其他应该考虑的解决方法。此处为that引导的定语从句的谓语动词，that指代先行词solutions，solutions与consider为被动关系，且空前有情态动词should，故填be considered。
【49题详解】
考查副词。句意：他们宁愿选择最便宜方法，将废水排到太平洋里，而不愿从长远来看，使用最好的技术来保存和处理废水。此处意为“而不是”，表达为rather than，故填Rather。
【50题详解】
考查介词。句意同上。此处意为“从长远看来”，表达为in/over the long term，故填in/over。
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
51. 假定英语课上老师要求 同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句 中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last weekend has witnessed my active participation in the community service with my classmates, the theme of it was “Caring for the Elderly”. As scheduled, we arrived at the nursing home on the morning, where we helped mop the floor, dust the furniture and clean all the window there. After that, we made dumplings for the elderly, chat together happily.
Exhausted although I was, it was rewarding and meaning to see the smiles on their faces. Not only did I bring joy to them, but also I found confidence in keeping themselves company. It is the voluntary labor which enables me to understand what Chinese traditional virtues are. To be frank, I have benefited it greatly.
【答案】1.删除witnessed前的has
2. it→which
3. on→in
4. window→windows
5.chat→chatting
6. although→though/as
7. meaning→meaningful
8.themselves→them
9. which→that
10. benefit后加from
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者上周末去敬老院参加志愿服务的经历与收获。
【详解】1.考查时态。句意：上周我和同学们一起积极地参加了社区服务，其主题为“关爱老年人”。该句的时间状语为Last weekend，即描述上周末的事情，过去的动作应用一般过去时不用现在完成时。故将has删除。
2. 考查定语从句。句意：上周我和同学们一起积极地参加了社区服务，其主题为“关爱老年人”。逗号前的句子成分完整，无连词则考虑从句，it要指代主句中的community service，符合非限制性定语从句，应用关系代词which。故将it改为which。
3. 考查介词。句意：按照约定时间，我们早上到了敬老院，在那里我们帮助扫了地，打扫了家具，擦干净了窗户。此处直接表达“在早上”应用短语in the morning。故将on改为in。
4. 考查可数名词复数。句意：按照约定时间，我们早上到了养老院，在那里我们帮助扫了地，打扫了家具，擦干净了窗户。这里表达去敬老院的志愿服务之一“擦窗户”，window前有限定词all，应用复数形式。故将window改为windows。
5. 考查非谓语动词。句意：在那之后，我们给老人们包了饺子，还一起开心地聊天。分析句子可知，we made dumplings for the elderly一句成分完整，chat是非谓语动词做状语，与主句主语we之间是主谓关系，应用现在分词形式。故将chat改为chatting。
6. 考查状语从句。句意：尽管我感到很累，但看到他们脸上洋溢的笑容还是很有意义和值得的。由句意可知，前后句表达转折逻辑，则前句符合让步状语从句，分析其结构，将表语部分提至了句首，只有as或though引导的让步状语从句符合这一用法。故将although改为though或as。
7. 考查形容词。句意：尽管我感到很累，但看到他们脸上洋溢的笑容还是很有意义和值得的。这里meaning与rewarding并列作表语，需要一个形容词，结合句意应用meaningful表示“有意义的”。故将meaning改为meaningful。
8. 考查代词。句意：我不仅把欢乐带给了他们，还在陪伴他们的过程中找到了自信。由句意可知，此处themselves代指的是老人，与主语I不一致，不应使用反身代词，而是作为keep的宾语应用宾格them。故将themselves改为them。
9. 考查强调句。句意：正是志愿劳动让我理解了中华传统美德的含义。分析句子结构可知，该句中若去掉It is和which，剩下部分成分完整，考虑强调句，符合句型it is+强调部分+that。故将which改为that。
10. 考查介词。句意：说实话，我从中受益良多。考虑benefit一词的用法和句意，这里要表达“（从志愿活动中）受益”，符合短语benefit from。故在benefit后加from。
第二节：书面表达（满分 25 分）
52. 2023年6月5日是第52个世界环境日，主题是“减塑捡塑”(Beat Plastic Pollution)。你校将以此为主题，举办英语征文比赛。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1. 减少塑料污染的重要性;
2. “减塑捡塑”的倡议。
注意：1. 词数100左右;
2. 短文的题目已为你写好，可适当增加细节，使行文流畅。
Beat Plastic Pollution
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【答案】One possible version:
Beat Plastic Pollution
June 5th 2023 marks the 52nd World Environment Day. As students, it is imperative for us to reflect on the profound theme of this year — “Beat Plastic Pollution”.
Plastic pollution causes severe damage to our planet. Where there is human activity, there is plastic waste, which is affecting marine life, wildlife, and even human health. Moreover, dealing with plastic waste contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, worsening the climate crisis.
It’s high time that we took measures to address this issue. Not only should we reduce our plastic consumption, for example, by using cloth shopping bags and steel plates, but we should actively recycle, pick up plastic garbage and promote a culture of responsibility.
What makes a real difference is our daily effort. Let us rise to this challenge and make every day a World Environment Day.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。2023年6月5日是第52个世界环境日，主题是“减塑捡塑”(Beat Plastic Pollution)。你校将以此为主题，举办英语征文比赛。请你写一篇短文投稿。
【详解】1.词汇积累
主题：theme→topic
影响：affect→influence
重要的：imperative→important
此外：moreover→besides
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Moreover, dealing with plastic waste contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, worsening the climate crisis.
拓展句：Moreover, dealing with plastic waste contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, which will worsen the climate crisis.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Where there is human activity, there is plastic waste, which is affecting marine life, wildlife, and even human health. (运用了where引导状语从句，which引导非限制性定语从句)
[高分句型2] What makes a real difference is our daily effort. (运用了what引导主语从句)
听力：1-20 AACBCCAABCCABCCBABAC2021级高三上半期考试英语试题
注意事项：
1、本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两大部分，共 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。
2、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、准考证号等信息填写在答题卡上相应的位置。
3、全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。
第I 卷（选择题 共100分）
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. How many books has Fiona received
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
2. What are the speakers doing
A. Climbing up a hill. B. Having a rest. C. Waiting for someone.
3. Why was Carl at the hospital
A. He was meeting a doctor.
B. He was looking after his wife.
C. He was visiting his daughter.
4. What is the problem with the man
A. He can't see the sign clearly.
B. He has parked in a wrong place.
C. He has no ticket for the movie.
5. What are the two speakers mainly talking about
A. The weather of Paris. B. A terrible accident. C. A piece of news.
第二节 (共15 小题;每小题1.5分,满分 22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Schoolmates.
7. What does the woman say about Ms. Patty
A. She is humorous. B. She is strict. C. She is responsible.
听第 7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Which family holiday programme does the man recommend
A. The one on the 18th. B. The one on the 19th. C. The one on the 20th.
9. Where will the woman probably go
A. France. B. Spain. C. Greece.
听第8段材料，回答第10 至 12题。
10. What did Susan do right before the conversation
A. She visited her brother.
B. She called John Reeves.
C. She toured the company.
11. What does Susan think of the company
A. It's crowded. B. It's famous. C. It's big.
12. Who is Michael
A. Susan's brother. B. Tara's husband. C. John's boss.
听第 9段材料,回答第 13 至 16题。
13. What did the man lose
A. His phone. B. His credit card. C. His driving license.
14. Why does the woman agree to the man's request
A. He reserves the hotel in cash.
B. He shows the woman his ID card.
C. He provides two forms of identification.
15. What will the man probably do next
A. Look for his passport.
B. Put away his credit card.
C. Report the situation to the bank.
16. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a bank. B. In a hotel. C. At a police station.
听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。
17. When will the event be held
A. From January 10th to February 12th.
B. From January 12th to February 10th.
C. From January 12th to February 12th.
18. How much should a couple with a child of 8 pay for their entrance
A. $10. B. $20. C. $30.
19. Which event is new this year
A. An ice sculpture exhibition.
B. A fancy dress exhibition.
C. A flower show.
20. Where will the food shops be
A. Beside the amusement rides.
B. In the center of the site.
C. Next to the entrance.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Some libraries use unique architecture to encourage visitors to explore the bookshelves and settle down with a new book, or use roving libraries to bring books to hard-to-reach populations. No matter how they achieve it, these novel libraries are keeping the magic of reading alive.
Bishan Library (Singapore)
Built in 2006, this library with skylights and trellises, is meant to invoke a modern glass treehouse. Glass pods of varying colors stick out of the building randomly to create cozy yet airy corners for reading throughout the building. At the same time, a more open-plan children’s room on the basement level invites interaction while preventing noise from filtering upward and disturbing those concentrating in the lofty perches above.
Stuttgart City Library (Stuttgart, Germany)
Opened in 2011, this nine-story public library is characterized by its attractive white color scheme (lit by blue light at night), its bold cubic shape. This cultural center for the city, designed to feel open and full of light, can be entered from any of its four sides, and people can borrow artwork as well as books.
The Camel Library Service (North Eastern Province, Kenya)
To combat low literacy rates in the desert of Kenya, the government created a roaming library composed of nine camels bringing books to villages. The library travels four days a week serving the region’s nomadic people. With more funding, they plan to increase their reach both in distance and the books they carry.
Macquarie University Library (Sydney, Australia)
A wonderful combination of cutting-edge and sustainable ideas, this building was made from recycled materials, features a green roof, and was designed to look like the shape of a eucalyptus tree. It is also state of the art, using robot cranes to bring requested books to the front desk.
1. Which of the following can offer the service of lending artwork
A. Bishan Library. B. Stuttgart City Library.
C. The Camel Library Service. D. Macquarie University Library.
2. What can we know about the Macquarie University Library
A. It is intelligent and environmentally-friendly.
B. It has a green roof and a eucalyptus tree outside.
C. It is like a modern glass treehouse with skylights.
D. It opens four days a week serving the local people.
3. According to the passage, the four libraries are all designed to ________.
A. prevent noise
B. recycle old books
C. encourage reading
D. present beautiful appearances
B
When the designer and typographer (排印工) Marcin Wichary chanced upon a tiny museum just outside Barcelona five years ago, the experience tipped his interest in the history of technology into an obsession with a very particular part of it: the keyboard.
“I have never seen so many typewriters under one roof. Not even close,” he shared on the Internet at the time. “At this point, I literally have tears in my eyes. I’m not kidding. This feels like a miracle.”
He’d had a discovery while wandering through the exhibit: Each key on a keyboard has its own stories. And these stories are not just about computing technology, but also about the people who designed, used, or otherwise interacted with the keyboards.
Take the backspace key for example, he explains, “I like that the concept of backspace was originally just that — a space going backward. We are used to it erasing now, but for a hundred years, erasing was its own incredibly complex effort. You needed to master a Comet eraser, or Wite-Out, or strange correction tapes, and possibly all of the above… or give up and start from scratch whenever you made a small mistake in typing.”
The deeper he researched, the more obsessive he became. Amazed that no comprehensive books existed on the history of keyboards, he decided to create his own. When not working at his day job as the design leader for the design software company Figma, he began producing Shift Happens, a two-volume, 1,216-page hardcover book — and raised over $750,000 for the project on Kickstarter in March of 2023. Wichary was only a bit surprised by the support and the keyboard’s wide appeal. As he points out. “It’s such a crucial device that occupies a lot of our waking life.”
4. Which is the closest understanding of the underlined phrase tipped his interest________.
A. made him lose his interest B. weakened his interest
C. publicized his interest D. changed his interest
5. What did Wichary discover while admiring the keyboards
A. The wisdom of human. B. The stories behind them.
C. The secret of the keyboards. D. The history of technology.
6. What does Wichary want to tell us about the backspace key in Paragraph 4
A. It is the outcome of long-term improvement.
B. It can be used to move back one space.
C. It is a rather simple but powerful key.
D. It permits people to make mistakes when typing.
7. Why did Wichary write his own book
A. To make money. B. To record history.
C. To fill a gap. D. To become a celebrity.
C
Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been cleared for sale in the US.Actually，Lab-grown meat is made by feeding a mix of nutrients to animal cells in steel tanks in labs. The idea is to create an alternative to agriculturally raised meat. And unlike other meat substitutes which are made from plant proteins and other ingredients, lab-grown meat is real meat.
Upside Foods and Good Meat, two companies that make “cultivated chicken”, said that they have gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to start producing their cell-based proteins. Good Meat said that production is starting immediately. Cultivated meat is grown in a giant vat (缸), much like what you’d find at a beer factory.
Last week both companies revealed that the USDA approved labels for their products. In March, Good Meat received a“no questions”letter from the FDA, confirming the product’s safety for sale in the US. Upside Foods also received one in November. Both the USDA and the FDA are overseeing the growing cultivated meat market. CEO of Good Meat, Josh Tetrick, described the approval as a major milestone for the company, the industry, and the food system. Upside founder Uma Valeti called the approval “a giant step forward towards a more sustainable future”.
Good Meat, which has been selling its products in Singapore, advertises its product as “meat without slaughter (屠宰)”, a more humane approach to eating meat. Supporters hope that cultivated meat will help fight climate change by reducing the need for traditional animal agriculture, which emits greenhouse gases. The company previously announced a partnership with chef José Andrés to introduce the product to a Washington DC restaurant, although the launch time remains uncertain. As production increases, Good Meat may explore cooperation with other restaurants or supermarkets.
Upside is planning to introduce its product at Bar Crenn, a San Francisco restaurant, but did not share a launch date yet. Selling at Bar Crenn should help Upside learn more about how chefs and diners feel about the product. Eventually, the company plans to work with other restaurants and make its products available in supermarkets. For now, it is holding a contest to allow curious customers to be among the first to try the product.
8. What do Upside Foods and Good Meat have in common
A. Both have partnerships with international chefs.
B. Both are involved in producing lab-grown meat.
C. Both declared a launch date of their cultivated meat.
D. Both received FDA approval for worldwide distribution.
9. What is the potential benefit of cultivated meat
A. Higher safety for eating.
B. Lower costs for restaurants.
C. Improvements in traditional animal agriculture.
D Positive impacts on climate change.
10. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. Diners have access to free products from Upside.
B. Curious customers will become the main force of buying.
C. Upside will evaluate the responses of chefs and diners to its product.
D. Upside will conduct a survey among diners about their paying ability.
11. What is the text mainly about
A. The benefits of cultivated meat.
B. The research on cultivated meat.
C. The history and processing of cultivated meat.
D. The approval and prospect of cultivated meat.
D
Consider the possibility that all human technology started with a mistake — or at least a lack of hand-eye coordination. In a new study published on Friday in Science Advances, Lydia Luncz and Tomos Proffitt, both at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, argue that mistakenly created flakes (薄片) may have been our ancient ancestors’ or other now-extinct early human relatives “first step toward creating the sharp-edged tools that they used to butcher animals and cut edible plants.
To do their research, Luncz and Proffitt traveled to an abandoned oil palm plantation near Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay and collected more than 1, 100 pieces of nut-cracking stones used by a troop of long-tailed macaques (猕猴). Macaques crack open oil palm nuts by placing them on a flat stone and striking their shell with another stone. These monkeys often miss the nut and accidentally break the stones, producing sharp flakes. Luncz and Proffitt analyzed these stones, which revealed a surprising fact: The flakes that the macaques unintentionally produced looked a lot like the oldest stone tools that were intentionally made by hominins (古人类).
Macaques don’t use the sharp flakes they create for anything, Luncz adds, noting that the monkeys have sharp teeth and don’t need cutting tools. The similar ancient stone tools collected from some of the earliest known sites, however, show evidence of being used for cutting tasks. For example, in Oldowan, a site dating between 3.3 million and 1.5 million years ago, researchers analyzed use-wear patterns on the tools and found that some of the flakes showed damage along their edges, indicating that they had been used for cutting. Cut marks on some fossils revealed that hominins had used stone tools for butchering the animals, making it clear that the sharp stone tools were anything but unintentional by-products of other pounding activities.
Despite the findings, to reveal the mechanism for the emergence of flake technology, researchers still need to learn how hominins made the leap from accidentally producing sharp flakes to picking them up and using them. Luncz and Proffitt hope to find the missing link in further studies.
12. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. The two researchers went to Thailand and collected 1, 100 flakes.
B. Long-tailed macaques used the flakes to crack open oil palm nuts.
C. Macaques deliberately produced flakes for cutting by breaking stones.
D. The flakes produced by macaques were similar to hominins’ stone tools.
13. Why does the author mention the Oldowan site in paragraph 3
A. To provide specific proof. B. To clarify a complex concept.
C. To present an interesting fact. D. To make a detailed comparison.
14. What will Luncz and Proffitt probably focus on in their future study
A. Why macaques create flakes. B. Why hominins used stone tools.
C. How macaques cut food with flakes. D. How hominins began using flakes.
15. What is the best title of the passage
A. A mistake: the origin of human technology.
B. Flake technology: from macaques to hominins.
C. Pounding activities: on human evolutionary course.
D. A missing link: long-tailed macaques create flakes.
第二节 七选五 （共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Before practising getting to know yourself, it’s important to be open to whatever you find. ____16____ However, once you’re armed with an accepting attitude, you will find the process of self-discovery enjoyable and exciting.
Get to know your personality
You can understand your personality by reflection. ____17____. Put down the past events that have shaped your future self, especially your early life experiences. Often, what we go through as children plays a key role in creating patterns, preferences and needs for the future.
____18____
When we think about self-knowledge, it’s easy to focus on the psychological (心理的) at the expense of the physical. However, getting to know your body is just as important as getting to know your mind. Learning more about your body helps you to set realistic goals and know your own limits, as well as helping you feel more comfortable.
Identify your strengths and weaknesses
Getting to know yourself is all about developing a real picture of who you are, including the parts you are proud of and the parts that you struggle with from time to time. Think about what you like about yourself, and which parts of yourself get the most positive feedback (反馈). ____19____, ask yourself whether there are common themes in your failures or in disappointing times of your life.
Question your automatic (自动的) thoughts
Many of us have a tendency to experience automatic thoughts that are negative. If you don’t know yourself very well, you may just accept these negative thoughts. You may then feel bad about yourself. However, when you have higher levels of self-awareness, you can catch these thoughts as they come up and redirect them to more positive thoughts. ____20____.
A. Get to know your body
B Have a good knowledge of your mind
C. When it comes to identifying your weaknesses
D. After all, you might be surprised by who you are
E. Making a list helps you make better sense of yourself
F. Unless you hope to find out where your weaknesses lie
G. In time, the more positive thoughts will become automatic
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分 45分)
第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，共 20 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Can’t stop loving you ...” My 3-year-old son was singing. But I was not in the ____21____ to sing along. My manager had just told me that, in spite of my excellent performance, he couldn’t give me more ____22____ in the future. The message ____23____ me hard. But it brought about a sudden____24____ that, in the end, taught me the power of embracing opportunities, no matter where they came from.
My manager’s decision planted a seed of ____25____. But I reminded myself that I had already proved I could be an ____26____ scientist on a part-time schedule. During my 7 years as a university researcher, my career had ____27____.
When I left my university post for the biotech company ____28____ by the desire for my work to reach patients, I expected that I would be capable of growing professionally and ____29____ my career there. But now I was being told that I should be ____30____ as a trouble-shooter (困难解决者), rather than the project leader I desired to be.
A friend suggested that I reach senior managers about ____31____ in other departments. With little____32____, I approached the three senior managers. Only the third ____33____ listened to my story, and told me that I was ____34____ to join him in building a vaccine (疫苗) research unit. I hesitated and replied that I knew ____35____ about vaccines. He said, “You are smart and willing to work hard. You’ll make it.”
The ____36____ was exactly what I had been seeking for, but I was still shaken by my manager’s lack of confidence in me. A few sleepless nights later, I decided that taking a chance on the ____37____ was better.
I soon discovered a new ____38____. My career path within the company opened up. And I took on more responsibilities and led fantastic projects — all because of the ____39____ change on me. It taught me that when I step out of my ____40____, I find my most creative, productive self.
21. A. ability B. recommendation C. sense D. mood
22. A. responsibilities B. priorities C. experiences D. rewards
23. A. amazed B. reached C. hit D. push
24. A. plan B. change C. result D. proposal
25. A. self-pity B. self-discipline C. self-confidence D. self-doubt
26. A. unsuccessful B. efficient C. honest D. outgoing
27. A. fallen behind B. taken off C. come to an end D. started out
28. A. shocked B. puzzled C. driven D. controlled
29. A. end B. quit C. ruin D. advance
30. A. delighted B. reliable C. eager D. vain
31. A. complaints B. advantages C. assignments D. opportunities
32. A. property B. procedure C. expectation D. determination
33. A. randomly B. patiently C. carelessly D. casually
34 A. welcome B. willing C. depressed D. naughty
35. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
36. A. promotion B. fame C. solution D. recognition
37. A. unusual B. good C. true D. unknown
38. A. career B. passion C. partner D. facility
39. A. forced B. easy C. merciful D. focused
40. A. safety rule B. bottom line C. comfort zone D. blind spot
第II 卷（共50分）
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。
Japan said on Tuesday that it had decided to____41____(gradual) release tons of treated wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (福岛第一核电站) into the ocean,____42____ (describe) it as the best solution to dealing with the leftovers (残留物) from the Fukushima nuclear accident, one of the____43____(serious) in the world.
The____44____(decide) ends years of debate over how to deal with the water,____45____is enough to fill more than 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
“The Japanese government ignores concerns and strong opposition both at home and abroad. Such an____46____(responsilble)act not only directly harms the interests of the people in Japan’s neighbouring countries, but____47____threatens the global marine environment and international public health security,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
Greenpeace(绿色和平组织)criticized Japan’s plan and said there are other solutions that should____48____(censider). “____49____than using the best available technology to store and process the water_____50_____the long term, they have chosen the cheapest solution, damping the water into the Pactfie Ocean.”
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
51. 假定英语课上老师要求 同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句 中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last weekend has witnessed my active participation in the community service with my classmates, the theme of it was “Caring for the Elderly”. As scheduled, we arrived at the nursing home on the morning, where we helped mop the floor, dust the furniture and clean all the window there. After that, we made dumplings for the elderly, chat together happily.
Exhausted although I was, it was rewarding and meaning to see the smiles on their faces. Not only did I bring joy to them, but also I found confidence in keeping themselves company. It is the voluntary labor which enables me to understand what Chinese traditional virtues are. To be frank, I have benefited it greatly.
第二节：书面表达（满分 25 分）
52. 2023年6月5日是第52个世界环境日，主题是“减塑捡塑”(Beat Plastic Pollution)。你校将以此为主题，举办英语征文比赛。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1. 减少塑料污染的重要性;
2. “减塑捡塑”的倡议。
注意：1. 词数100左右;
2. 短文的题目已为你写好，可适当增加细节，使行文流畅。
Beat Plastic Pollution
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