荆门市2023—2024学年度上学期期末
高一年级学业水平检测
英 语
本试卷共8页，全卷满分 150分。考试用时120分钟。
祝考试顺利
注意事项：
1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.选择题的作答： 每小题选出答案后，用2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
3.非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
4.考试结束后， 请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。
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。
1. What does the woman think of Parkour
A. Exciting. B. Dangerous. C. Safe.
2. What does the man take part in
A. A sports club. B. Some entertainment events. C. A student newspaper.
3. Who will have a birthday this weekend
A. Jack. B. Jane. C. Ann.
4. When will the movie start
A. In twenty minutes. B. In half an hour. C. In forty minutes.
5. Where are the two speakers
A. In their home. B. In a shop. C. At a party.
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’s the probable relationship between the two speakers
A. Father and daughter. B. Doctor and patient. C. Teacher and student.
7. What does the man consider the most important
A. Do a to-do list for each day.
B Follow the plan every day.
C. Check off all the tasks every day.
听第7段材料，回答第8 至9题。
8. What are the two speakers talking about
A. The woman’s grandson.
B. Their experiences in the past.
C. The young people nowadays.
9. What do the two speakers think of the young today
A They work too hard.
B. They waste too much money.
C. They don’t respect old people.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the woman call the man
A. To help choose courses.
B. To ask him for some advice.
C. To help the man with his study.
11. What is the woman now
A. A high school student. B. A freshman in university. C. A junior in university.
12. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Learn major courses. B. Look for help from teachers. C. Do the same things as he did.
听第9段材料， 回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man want to do
A. Book a trip to the zoo. B. Book a three-day trip. C. Book a trip to see dolphins.
14. How long is the trip
A. One day and four hours. B. One and a half days. C. Two days.
15. How often are the tours now
A. Every day. B. Once a week. C. Twice a week.
16. What transport will the man take in the trip
A. By minibus. B. By bus. C. By coach and by boat.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What’s the weather like in the morning of May and June in Costa Rica
A Cloudy and warm. B. Dry and hot. C. Rainy and cold.
18. What are advantages of travelling in May and June in Costa Rica
A. The weather is better.
B. The prices are lower.
C. There are more interesting things.
19. When does the dry season start in Costa Rica
A. In January. B. In May. C. In December.
20. What time has the perfect weather in Costa Rica
A. From February to April. B. From May to June. C. From July to August.
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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
The 2024 “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreigners across the Globe—Calligraphy and Painting Challenge has been officially announced (宣布), which will start on April 1, 2024.
This competition invites painting, calligraphy, and Chinese language lovers from all around the world to take part in this exciting event.
Here we are calling on those who have interest to turn in their creative topics for the competition, with the topic selection process being decided by the public.
If you’re interested, feel free to turn in the topic that you believe fits the requirements of the competition.
Here are what you should follow:
Who can take part
The call for creative topics for the Calligraphy and Painting Challenge is open to any Chinese language lovers worldwide, with no limitations on age or nationality.
When to turn in
If you’d like to take part, you’d better hand in between Jan. 15, 2024 and Mar. 30, 2024 (Beijing Time).
Announcement date
The selected topic for the Calligraphy and Painting Challenge will be announced on Mar. 31, 2024, which also marks the official start for handing in calligraphy and painting works under the selected topic next day.
Methods to hand in
Participants (参与者) can send their topics and related information to Chinesebridge@. “Chinese Bridge” also accepts direct messages on its official account on Facebook, Instagram, We Chat, and Weibo.
1. Which of the following statements is correct
A. Participants must be more than 18 years old.
B. The nationality of the participants must be Chinese.
C. Participants can turn in the topic online or to the office.
D. Participants can hand in whatever topic suitable for the competition.
2. On which of the following date the topics aren’t allowed to turn in
A. June 20, 2024. B. February 12, 2024.
C. March 25, 2024. D. January 28, 2024.
3. What is the purpose of the text
A. To set up a competition organization.
B. To announce the opening of a competition.
C. To collect creative topics for a competition.
D. To provide some information about a competition.
B
“I was captivated by weightlifting during the London 2012 Olympic Games,” says Fiona Clements, a software developer working in London. “I think it’s partly because the effort is so obvious—you can see every flash of doubt, pain and happiness of success on the athletes’ faces.”
Clements was 48 at the time. She thought she’d left it far too late to even consider trying it but then she kept thinking about it. “It took until September 2022, but I finally went for it.” Clements signed up for a beginner’s class with Sally Moss, a strength coach who is an expert in Olympic lifting, and loved it from her first class. Now 58, Clements can lift 50kg and push 21kg overhead. She says she has never felt stronger.
Resistance training, to use the term for any type of exercise where you’re working against weight, whether it’s using dumbbells(哑铃), exercise bands or just your own body weight, is extremely beneficial.
“I just thought that it would be impossible to make a difference to my body as an older woman,” says Joann a Blacker, a small business owner, who took up strength training at 53. “I’d gained weight and felt awful. I certainly didn’t think that weightlifting would be the way I would change my body.”
Blacker can now lift 40kg for 10 repetitions and feels more than ready to deal with training alone. Clements, at the same time, has already signed up with her local gym, for the days she’s not training with Moss. “I can feel these bands of hard muscle when I move my arms and legs that I’m pretty sure weren’t there before,” she says. “But the best part is that I’m actually able to understand the sport I love. It still feels like magic when that bar goes overhead.”
4. What does the underlined word “captivated” in Paragraph 1 mean
A. Uninterested. B. Attracted. C. Upset. D. Satisfied.
5. Why did Clements fail to try weightlifting in 2012
A. She was fearful of the pain. B. She found it hard to get a top coach.
C She was doubtful about its lasting effects. D. She thought she was too old to have a go.
6. What did Blacker benefit from taking up weightlifting
A. She increased her willpower. B. She improved her body shape.
C. She found a part-time job in this field. D. She had her busy daily life changed.
7. What does Clements say about weightlifting
A. She has a deeper understanding of it. B. She suggests starting it at a local gym.
C. She enjoys muscle-building most of all. D. She finds it more magic than hard work.
C
A team of scientists is studying the sound of the forest in Ecuador to learn how artificial intelligence (AI) could follow animal life in recovering environments.
When scientists want to measure new forest growth, they can study large areas of land with tools like satellites. But understanding how fast and in what number wildlife is returning to an area is more difficult. Sometimes it requires an expert to listen through sound recordings and pick out animal calls.
Jorg Muller, an expert on birds, wondered if there was a different way. So, he turned to bioacoustics (生物声学), which uses sound to learn more about animal life and their living environments. Muller and his team recorded wildlife sounds in Ecuador. They first had experts listen to the recordings and list the sounds of different animals. Then, they examined the sound quality to measure the environment. Finally, they ran two weeks of recordings through an AI computer program trained to understand 75 different bird calls.
The program was able to pick out the calls on which it was trained. However, scientists wondered if the program could correctly identify the number of different kinds of plants and animals in each environment. To see if the program could do that, the team used two different controls. One was from the experts who listened to the recordings, and the second was based on examples from each environment, which can be used to understand biodiversity (生物多样性).
Since the number of sounds that are found to be used to train is limited, the AI program could only identify one-fourth of the bird calls experts could. But it was still able to correctly measure biodiversity levels in each environment, the study said. It also said the results show the AI program is a powerful tool to measure the recovery of animal societies in some forests. The study showed that biodiversity found from recordings can be measured in a cost-effective and complete way and measure environments.
There are still areas for improvement, including the lack of animal sounds on which to train AI models. And the method can only catch animals that use sound to communicate.
8. What does the study focus on
A. Studying plant growth. B. Observing birds’ behavior.
C. Understanding AI’s effect on wildlife. D. Measuring wildlife recovery.
9. What method did the team use to learn wildlife sounds in Eduador
A. Bioacoustics. B. Satellite recording.
C. Sound recording by AI. D. Direct observation by experts.
10. What did the AI program prove to be useful for
A. Identifying plant species. B. Tracking weather change.
C. Measuring biodiversity levels. D. Identifying all the bird calls.
11. What did the study suggest for improvements
A. Measuring more bird environments.
B. Catching animals that use sound to communicate.
C. Training the program on a wider variety of sounds.
D. Having experts study more and understand bird calls.
D
Is there a friend of yours who always sings out of tune(曲调) but never realizes it Don’t be so hard on them—they may have amusia—the inability to tell the difference in tunes.
Apart from singing out of tune, people with amusia may also find it hard to recognize music they’ve heard before without the help of song lyrics. Besides, people who suffer from Amusia can have difficulty in recognizing melodies and a total inability to tell between different music al sounds, according to Live Science. However, people with amusia can recognize common environmental sounds as well as the high and lows sounds in human voices, meaning that this inability can be specially related to music.
In many cases, people who have amusia are born with it, as 46 percent of these individuals’ family members were found to have similar conditions, according to a 2017 study. Brain imaging shows that their brains receive and respond to music pitch(音高) information, but it is not reaching conscious awareness, meaning that the mind can’t understand the information.
Scientists at the University of Otago in New Zealand also think that amusia is related to people’s special processing skills. They invited people with amusia, musicians and students from non-musical backgrounds to perform a task related to spa cial imagination. They were asked to decide whether pairs of images are the same object moving around or mirror images.
The result showed that the amusia group made more mistakes than the other two groups. Amusia might be related to the way brain stores information about the high and low sounds in songs, according to the study.
Although those who aren’t confident about their singing skills often say they’re “tune-deaf”, people with amusia only make up about 1.5 percent of the population, as shown in the 2017 study. “Like dyslexics(诵读困难者) can learn how to read, those with amusia should be able to better their ability to recognize tunes if they start early enough,” Isabelle Peretz, a professor of psychology from the University of Montreal in Canada, told Live Science.
12. According to the article, what is the main difficulty faced by people with amusia
A. Recognizing tunes. B. Identifying human voices.
C. Understanding song lyrics. D. Noticing common sounds in nature.
13. What did the 2017 study tell us about amusia
A. Amusia is common among children.
B. Amusia is a result of brain damage.
C. Many individuals with amusia are born with it.
D. Those who are tune-deaf often suffer from amusia.
14. What did the study by scientists at the University of Otago show
A. People with amusia have strong spa cial imagination skills.
B. People with amusia struggle to decide the shape of images.
C. Amusia may be affected by one’s level of music education.
D. Amusia may be related to how the brain stores sound information.
15. How can people with amusia improve their musical ability, according to Peretz
A. Go for medical treatment. B. Sing frequently with friends.
C. Learn how to read earlier in life. D. Start to explore and learn music early.
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。
Whenever we are planning to buy something online, most of us prefer to look at the reviews first. We imagine that they have been left by shoppers like us who want to share their knowledge with others, so the reviews would be of great value to us. ____16____ Some of them are writing positive review s in return for a payment or gifts from the maker. How do we know this
A careful study of thousands of reviews on a popular shopping website showed that a surprisingly large number of reviewers gave either four-or five-star ratings to the product. Two-or three-star ratings both accounted for less than ten percent of the total, which looked suspicious(可疑的). ____17____ Not everything being sold on the shopping website could be first class! We all know that some false information is provided. Some products that you buy on shopping website can be terrible. You would expect therefore to see a variety of scores. ____18____
It seems that anyone who writes a large number of good review s is given a special treat by the shopping website. ____19____ How should a shopper reply to all these “wonderful” reviews The best thing to do is to have access to a website run by some organizations such as Which in the UK. The Which product evaluation is based on strict tests carried out by experts and then on reviews by trusted shoppers who are Which members. They are not allowed to take free gifts from makers.
____20____ So, a good and responsible organization seems to be the best answer.
A. So why are most reviews positive
B. Reviews differ from person to person.
C. However, not all reviewers are like this.
D. So how can we tell true review s from false ones
E. These “top” reviewers are then given free products.
F. Shoppers need protection from misleading reviews.
G. If those reviews were true, a broader spread of ratings would be given.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文， 从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Bill Samuel was having a tough Friday. The 71-year-old, who was struggling with kidney (肾) failure, found himself at a medical center 30 miles from home for the second time in 24 hours. Samuel was on the transplant (移植) list, but no ____21____ had been found yet. Without a ____22____ bus service for his trip, Samuel took a taxi to and from his ____23____ to meet his doctor.
Taxi driver Timothy Letts took Samuel as his ____24____ even though the trip was out of his way, feeling Samuel might need ____25____. During the 40-minute drive, Samuel shared his positive energy and the struggles of his ____26____ , saying he was searching for a kidney donor.
As they neared Samuel’s home, Letts ____27____ him by expressing interest in being a kidney donor. Shocked but excited, Samuel ____28____ contact information with Letts. After the initial excitement, Samuel started feeling a bit less ____29____ . He was touched by Lett’s _____30_____ , though he wondered if it has just been a(n) _____31_____ moment. But Letts was true to his _____32_____ . He got in touch with Samuel just a few hours later, and by the next week, Letts had _____33_____ the kidney transplant program. After a months-long screening process, the results were in: Letts and Samuel were a _____34_____ match.
On Dec 7, 2021, they had their operations. It was a _____35_____ . Letts and Samuel still keep in touch to this day.
21.
A. patients B. matches C. doctors D. families
22.
A. cheap B. effective C. convenient D. voluntary
23.
A. arrangement B. operation C. recovery D. hospital
24.
A. partner B. friend C. passenger D. neighbour
25.
A. attention B. guide C. delivery D. aid
26.
A. needs B. treatments C. adventures D. distance
27.
A. confused B. inspired C. annoyed D. surprised
28.
A. kept B. offered C. exchanged D. collected
29.
A. anxious B. optimistic C. frightened D. curious
30.
A. offer B. suggestion C. contribution D. request
31.
A. heartfelt B. awkward C. unforgettable D. emotional
32.
A. word B. name C. action D. saying
33.
A. organized B. conducted C. contacted D. accepted
34.
A. unique B. perfect C. strong D. weak
35.
A. success B. challenge C. failure D. test
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。
Have you ever eaten a “painting” Here it is, the ____36____ (tradition) Chinese folk art—sugar painting. Spoon as pen, liquid sugar as ink, everything in the world can be drawn quickly.
As is said, Chen Zi’ang, a great poet in the seventh century (Tang Dynasty), liked to eat brown sugar. But he ate it in ____37____ unique way. He melted the sugar on a clean and smooth table, ____38____(make) it into ____39____ (variety) of shapes of small animals. After cooling down, it could be held in the hand, eaten and enjoyed. Later, Chen went to the capital city, ____40____ he brought this art. Since then, sugar painting has become a lasting craft. In the 17th century (Qing Dynasty), sugar painting became ____41____ (increase) popular, and the production skills ____42____ (be) more advanced. The objects include flowers and birds, fortune symbols and the 12 zodiac signs and other designs. The art of sugar painting combines food, culture and handicraft. The painting is done in one go without any draft.
The sugar painting ____43____ (create) today shows greater creativity in forms—Cartoon sugar painting, 3D sugar painting, bringing new life ____44____ conventional ones. The culture of China, and the spirit of sugar painting, _____45_____ (pass) down through the sugar spoons of generations of craftsmen.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满 40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华， 你市将举办中国传统文化展(the Traditional Chinese Culture Fair)，请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友Sam 参加。内容包括：
1.活动时间和地点；
2.展会内容。
注意：
1.词数80 左右；
2.可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
Dear Sam,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Since the age of seven, I had always dreamed of being one of the student leaders who we looked up to. They took responsibility for us, gave instructions, organized school activities, and proudly wore their badges(徽章) while carrying our school flag and walking on the playground. They represented us and gave speeches on school issues, becoming our role models.
As I grew older, I finally can take part in the school elections. I prepared my election speech and on the day of the speeches, everyone voted. I was hopeful and prayed for a victory. However, the following morning when we gathered on the school grounds for the head-teacher’s announcement of the results, reality hit me hard. I realized that I had no chance of winning—was neither well known nor too pretty. I became depressed and felt as though I had no friends supporting me.
Later that day, as I cried in my room, I took a deep breath and decided to change my attitude. I refused to see myself as a failure and made a determination to run for the school elections again the following year—this time, with a plan to win. I sat down at my study table and wrote down my thoughts.
Although my competitors had certain advantages such as their stylish personalities, I recognized my own advantages—good grades, friendliness, helpfulness, and most importantly, my faith in myself to be a great leader. With a whole year ahead, I began to plan my election strategies that evening.
To gain recognition(认可) and show my ability to represent my fellow students, I started making new friends and helping them at school. Besides, I attended a public speaking course to learn how to give a great election speech. By the time the elections came around, I was well-prepared, and I gave a passionate speech on the stage.
注意： 1.续写词数应为 150 左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The following day, I anxiously waited for the results.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Later, I realized that I had achieved far more than what I had expected.
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高一年级学业水平检测
英 语
本试卷共8页，全卷满分 150分。考试用时120分钟。
祝考试顺利
注意事项：
1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.选择题的作答： 每小题选出答案后，用2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
3.非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
4.考试结束后， 请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。
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。
1. What does the woman think of Parkour
A. Exciting. B. Dangerous. C. Safe.
2. What does the man take part in
A. A sports club. B. Some entertainment events. C. A student newspaper.
3. Who will have a birthday this weekend
A. Jack. B. Jane. C. Ann.
4. When will the movie start
A. In twenty minutes. B. In half an hour. C. In forty minutes.
5. Where are the two speakers
A. In their home. B. In a shop. C. At a party.
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’s the probable relationship between the two speakers
A. Father and daughter. B. Doctor and patient. C. Teacher and student.
7. What does the man consider the most important
A. Do a to-do list for each day.
B. Follow the plan every day.
C. Check off all the tasks every day.
听第7段材料，回答第8 至9题。
8. What are the two speakers talking about
A. The woman’s grandson.
B. Their experiences in the past.
C. The young people nowadays.
9. What do the two speakers think of the young today
A. They work too hard.
B. They waste too much money.
C. They don’t respect old people.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the woman call the man
A. To help choose courses.
B. To ask him for some advice.
C. To help the man with his study.
11. What is the woman now
A. A high school student. B. A freshman in university. C. A junior in university.
12. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Learn major courses. B. Look for help from teachers. C. Do the same things as he did.
听第9段材料， 回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man want to do
A. Book a trip to the zoo. B. Book a three-day trip. C. Book a trip to see dolphins.
14. How long is the trip
A. One day and four hours. B. One and a half days. C. Two days.
15. How often are the tours now
A. Every day. B. Once a week. C. Twice a week.
16. What transport will the man take in the trip
A. By minibus. B. By bus. C. By coach and by boat.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What’s the weather like in the morning of May and June in Costa Rica
A. Cloudy and warm. B. Dry and hot. C. Rainy and cold.
18. What are advantages of travelling in May and June in Costa Rica
A. The weather is better.
B. The prices are lower.
C. There are more interesting things.
19. When does the dry season start in Costa Rica
A. In January. B. In May. C. In December.
20. What time has the perfect weather in Costa Rica
A. From February to April. B. From May to June. C. From July to August.
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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
The 2024 “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreigners across the Globe—Calligraphy and Painting Challenge has been officially announced (宣布), which will start on April 1, 2024.
This competition invites painting, calligraphy, and Chinese language lovers from all around the world to take part in this exciting event.
Here we are calling on those who have interest to turn in their creative topics for the competition, with the topic selection process being decided by the public.
If you’re interested, feel free to turn in the topic that you believe fits the requirements of the competition.
Here are what you should follow:
Who can take part
The call for creative topics for the Calligraphy and Painting Challenge is open to any Chinese language lovers worldwide, with no limitations on age or nationality.
When to turn in
If you’d like to take part, you’d better hand in between Jan. 15, 2024 and Mar. 30, 2024 (Beijing Time).
Announcement date
The selected topic for the Calligraphy and Painting Challenge will be announced on Mar. 31, 2024, which also marks the official start for handing in calligraphy and painting works under the selected topic next day.
Methods to hand in
Participants (参与者) can send their topics and related information to Chinesebridge@. “Chinese Bridge” also accepts direct messages on its official account on Facebook, Instagram, We Chat, and Weibo.
1. Which of the following statements is correct
A. Participants must be more than 18 years old.
B. The nationality of the participants must be Chinese.
C. Participants can turn in the topic online or to the office.
D. Participants can hand in whatever topic suitable for the competition.
2. On which of the following date the topics aren’t allowed to turn in
A. June 20, 2024. B. February 12, 2024.
C. March 25, 2024. D. January 28, 2024.
3. What is the purpose of the text
A. To set up a competition organization.
B. To announce the opening of a competition.
C. To collect creative topics for a competition.
D. To provide some information about a competition.
【答案】1. D 2. A 3. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了2024年“汉语桥”全球外国人汉语大会书画挑战赛的主题征集有关事宜。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中“If you’re interested, feel free to turn in the topic that you believe fits the requirements of the competition. (如果您感兴趣，请任意提交您认为符合竞赛要求的主题)”可知，参与者可以提交任何他们觉得合适的主题。故选D项。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据If you’d like to take part, you’d better hand in between Jan. 15, 2024 and Mar. 30, 2024 (Beijing Time). (如果你想参加，你最好在2024年1月15日至2024年3月30日(北京时间)之间提交)”可知，A项2024年6月 20日不在时间范围内。故选A项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文，根据第三段中“Here we are calling on those who have interest to turn in their creative topics for the competition, with the topic selection process being decided by the public.(在这里，我们呼吁那些有兴趣的人提交他们的创意主题参加比赛，主题选择过程由公众决定)”可知，本文目的是为“汉语桥”书画挑战赛收集有创意的题目。故选C项。
B
“I was captivated by weightlifting during the London 2012 Olympic Games,” says Fiona Clements, a software developer working in London. “I think it’s partly because the effort is so obvious—you can see every flash of doubt, pain and happiness of success on the athletes’ faces.”
Clements was 48 at the time. She thought she’d left it far too late to even consider trying it, but then she kept thinking about it. “It took until September 2022, but I finally went for it.” Clements signed up for a beginner’s class with Sally Moss, a strength coach who is an expert in Olympic lifting, and loved it from her first class. Now 58, Clements can lift 50kg and push 21kg overhead. She says she has never felt stronger.
Resistance training to use the term for any type of exercise where you’re working against weight, whether it’s using dumbbells(哑铃), exercise bands or just your own body weight, is extremely beneficial.
“I just thought that it would be impossible to make a difference to my body as an older woman,” says Joann a Blacker, a small business owner, who took up strength training at 53. “I’d gained weight and felt awful. I certainly didn’t think that weightlifting would be the way I would change my body.”
Blacker can now lift 40kg for 10 repetitions and feels more than ready to deal with training alone. Clements, at the same time, has already signed up with her local gym, for the days she’s not training with Moss. “I can feel these bands of hard muscle when I move my arms and legs that I’m pretty sure weren’t there before,” she says. “But the best part is that I’m actually able to understand the sport I love. It still feels like magic when that bar goes overhead.”
4. What does the underlined word “captivated” in Paragraph 1 mean
A. Uninterested. B. Attracted. C. Upset. D. Satisfied.
5. Why did Clements fail to try weightlifting in 2012
A. She was fearful of the pain. B. She found it hard to get a top coach.
C. She was doubtful about its lasting effects. D. She thought she was too old to have a go.
6. What did Blacker benefit from taking up weightlifting
A. She increased her willpower. B. She improved her body shape.
C. She found a part-time job in this field. D. She had her busy daily life changed.
7. What does Clements say about weightlifting
A. She has a deeper understanding of it. B. She suggests starting it at a local gym.
C. She enjoys muscle-building most of all. D. She finds it more magic than hard work.
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. B 7. A
【解析】
【导语】本文为记叙文。本文介绍了两个普通人对举重项目的尝试，以及举重给他们带来的影响和改变。
【4题详解】
词义猜测题。根据下文“I think it’s partly because the effort is so obvious—you can see every flash of doubt, pain and happiness of success on the athletes’ faces.”（我认为这在一定程度上是因为努力是显而易见——你可以从运动员脸上看到怀疑、痛苦和幸福在运动员脸上的显现）可知，作者被举重吸引了。故划线词的意思是“吸引”。故选B。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Clements was 48 at the time. She thought she’d left it far too late to even consider trying it, but then she kept thinking about it. “It took until September 2022, but I finally went for it.”…”（Clements当时48岁。她认为自己已经太迟了，甚至没有考虑尝试，但后来她一直在想。她说，“直到2022年9月，但我最终还是选择它”。）可知，Clements在2012年没有尝试举重是因为她认为她年纪太大了，不能尝试。故选D。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第四段““I just thought that it would be impossible to make a difference to my body as an older woman,” says Joann a Blacker, a small business owner, who took up strength training at 53. “I’d gained weight and felt awful. I certainly didn’t think that weightlifting would be the way I would change my body.””（“我只是觉得，作为一名年长的女性，想要去改变身材是不可能的。”小企业主Blacker在53岁时开始了力量训练。“我曾经很胖，感觉很糟糕。我没想过举重会是改变我身材的方式”）可知，布莱克通过举重运动改善了自己的体型。故选B。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“But the best part is that I’m actually able to understand the sport I love. It still feels like magic when that bar goes overhead.”（但最棒的是，我实际上能够理解我热爱的运动。当杠铃举过头顶时，这感觉仍然像魔术一样）可知，Clements对举重有更深的理解。故选A。
C
A team of scientists is studying the sound of the forest in Ecuador to learn how artificial intelligence (AI) could follow animal life in recovering environments.
When scientists want to measure new forest growth, they can study large areas of land with tools like satellites. But understanding how fast and in what number wildlife is returning to an area is more difficult. Sometimes it requires an expert to listen through sound recordings and pick out animal calls.
Jorg Muller, an expert on birds, wondered if there was a different way. So, he turned to bioacoustics (生物声学), which uses sound to learn more about animal life and their living environments. Muller and his team recorded wildlife sounds in Ecuador. They first had experts listen to the recordings and list the sounds of different animals. Then, they examined the sound quality to measure the environment. Finally, they ran two weeks of recordings through an AI computer program trained to understand 75 different bird calls.
The program was able to pick out the calls on which it was trained. However, scientists wondered if the program could correctly identify the number of different kinds of plants and animals in each environment. To see if the program could do that, the team used two different controls. One was from the experts who listened to the recordings, and the second was based on examples from each environment, which can be used to understand biodiversity (生物多样性).
Since the number of sounds that are found to be used to train is limited, the AI program could only identify one-fourth of the bird calls experts could. But it was still able to correctly measure biodiversity levels in each environment, the study said. It also said the results show the AI program is a powerful tool to measure the recovery of animal societies in some forests. The study showed that biodiversity found from recordings can be measured in a cost-effective and complete way and measure environments.
There are still areas for improvement, including the lack of animal sounds on which to train AI models. And the method can only catch animals that use sound to communicate.
8. What does the study focus on
A. Studying plant growth. B. Observing birds’ behavior.
C. Understanding AI’s effect on wildlife. D. Measuring wildlife recovery.
9. What method did the team use to learn wildlife sounds in Eduador
A. Bioacoustics. B. Satellite recording.
C. Sound recording by AI. D. Direct observation by experts.
10. What did the AI program prove to be useful for
A. Identifying plant species. B. Tracking weather change.
C. Measuring biodiversity levels. D. Identifying all the bird calls.
11. What did the study suggest for improvements
A. Measuring more bird environments.
B. Catching animals that use sound to communicate.
C. Training the program on a wider variety of sounds.
D. Having experts study more and understand bird calls.
【答案】8. D 9. A 10. C 11. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了科学家研究厄瓜多尔森林的声音以了解人工智能AI如何能够跟踪环境恢复中的动物生活。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中“A team of scientists is studying the sound of the forest in Ecuador to learn how artificial intelligence (AI) could follow animal life in recovering environments. (一组科学家正在研究厄瓜多尔森林的声音，以了解人工智能(AI)如何在恢复环境中跟踪动物生活)”可知，这项研究的重点是衡量野生动物的恢复情况。故选D项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“So, he turned to bioacoustics(生物声学), which uses sound to learn more about animal life and their living environments. (因此，他转向了生物声学，利用声音来了解更多关于动物生活和它们生活环境的知识)”可知，这个团队用生物声学来了解厄瓜多尔野生动物的声音。故选A项。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据第五段中“But it was still able to correctly measure biodiversity levels in each environment, the study said. (但该研究称，它仍然能够正确地测量每种环境中的生物多样性水平)”可知，人工智能程序被证明是用来测量生物多样性水平的。故选C项。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“There are still areas for improvement, including the lack of animal sounds on which to train AI models. And the method can only catch animals that use sound to communicate.(仍有需要改进的地方，包括缺乏用于训练人工智能模型的动物声音。并且这种方法只能捕捉到使用声音进行交流的动物)”可知，该研究建议训练这种程序学习更多种类的声音。故选C项。
D
Is there a friend of yours who always sings out of tune(曲调) but never realizes it Don’t be so hard on them—they may have amusia—the inability to tell the difference in tunes.
Apart from singing out of tune, people with amusia may also find it hard to recognize music they’ve heard before without the help of song lyrics. Besides, people who suffer from Amusia can have difficulty in recognizing melodies and a total inability to tell between different music al sounds, according to Live Science. However, people with amusia can recognize common environmental sounds as well as the high and lows sounds in human voices, meaning that this inability can be specially related to music.
In many cases, people who have amusia are born with it, as 46 percent of these individuals’ family members were found to have similar conditions, according to a 2017 study. Brain imaging shows that their brains receive and respond to music pitch(音高) information, but it is not reaching conscious awareness, meaning that the mind can’t understand the information.
Scientists at the University of Otago in New Zealand also think that amusia is related to people’s special processing skills. They invited people with amusia, musicians and students from non-musical backgrounds to perform a task related to spa cial imagination. They were asked to decide whether pairs of images are the same object moving around or mirror images.
The result showed that the amusia group made more mistakes than the other two groups. Amusia might be related to the way brain stores information about the high and low sounds in songs, according to the study.
Although those who aren’t confident about their singing skills often say they’re “tune-deaf”, people with amusia only make up about 1.5 percent of the population, as shown in the 2017 study. “Like dyslexics(诵读困难者) can learn how to read, those with amusia should be able to better their ability to recognize tunes if they start early enough,” Isabelle Peretz, a professor of psychology from the University of Montreal in Canada, told Live Science.
12. According to the article, what is the main difficulty faced by people with amusia
A. Recognizing tunes. B. Identifying human voices.
C. Understanding song lyrics. D. Noticing common sounds in nature.
13. What did the 2017 study tell us about amusia
A. Amusia is common among children.
B. Amusia is a result of brain damage.
C. Many individuals with amusia are born with it.
D. Those who are tune-deaf often suffer from amusia.
14. What did the study by scientists at the University of Otago show
A. People with amusia have strong spa cial imagination skills.
B. People with amusia struggle to decide the shape of images.
C. Amusia may be affected by one’s level of music education.
D. Amusia may be related to how the brain stores sound information.
15. How can people with amusia improve their musical ability, according to Peretz
A. Go for medical treatment. B. Sing frequently with friends.
C. Learn how to read earlier in life. D. Start to explore and learn music early.
【答案】12. A 13. C 14. D 15. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了患有失音症的人的症状，病因及其应对方式。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“Don’t be so hard on them—they may have amusia—the inability to tell the difference in tunes. (不要对他们太苛刻——他们可能有失音症——无法分辨不同的曲调。)”及第二段中“Apart from singing out of tune, people with amusia may also find it hard to recognize music they’ve heard before without the help of song lyrics.( 除了唱歌走调之外，失音症患者可能还会发现，如果没有歌词的帮助，他们很难识别以前听过的音乐。)”等内容可知，失音症患者面临的主要困难是识别曲调。故选A项。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“In many cases, people who have amusia are born with it, as 46 percent of these individuals’ family members were found to have similar conditions, according to a 2017 study. (根据2017年的一项研究，在许多情况下，患有失音症的人天生就患有这种疾病，因为这些人的家庭成员中有46%被发现患有类似的疾病。)”可知，2017年的研究告诉了我们许多患有失音症的人是天生的。故选C项。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中“Scientists at the University of Otago in New Zealand also think that amusia is related to people’s special processing skills. (新西兰奥塔哥大学科学家们也认为，失音症与人们的特殊处理能力有关。)”和第五段“Amusia might be related to the way brain stores information about the high and low sounds in songs, according to the study. (根据这项研究，失音症可能与大脑储存歌曲中高低音信息的方式有关。)”可知，奥塔哥大学的科学家们的研究表明失音症可能与大脑储存声音信息的方式有关。故选D项。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中Isabelle Peretz所说“Like dyslexics(诵读困难者) can learn how to read, those with amusia should be able to better their ability to recognizes tunes if they start early enough. (就像诵读困难症患者可以学习如何阅读一样，失音症患者如果开始得足够早，应该能够提高他们识别曲调的能力。)”可知，Peretz认为，失音症患者应该尽早开始探索和学习音乐以提高他们的音乐能力。故选D项。
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。
Whenever we are planning to buy something online, most of us prefer to look at the reviews first. We imagine that they have been left by shoppers like us who want to share their knowledge with others, so the reviews would be of great value to us. ____16____ Some of them are writing positive review s in return for a payment or gifts from the maker. How do we know this
A careful study of thousands of reviews on a popular shopping website showed that a surprisingly large number of reviewers gave either four-or five-star ratings to the product. Two-or three-star ratings both accounted for less than ten percent of the total, which looked suspicious(可疑的). ____17____ Not everything being sold on the shopping website could be first class! We all know that some false information is provided. Some products that you buy on shopping website can be terrible. You would expect therefore to see a variety of scores. ____18____
It seems that anyone who writes a large number of good review s is given a special treat by the shopping website. ____19____ How should a shopper reply to all these “wonderful” reviews The best thing to do is to have access to a website run by some organizations such as Which in the UK. The Which product evaluation is based on strict tests carried out by experts and then on reviews by trusted shoppers who are Which members. They are not allowed to take free gifts from makers.
____20____ So, a good and responsible organization seems to be the best answer.
A. So why are most reviews positive
B. Reviews differ from person to person.
C. However, not all reviewers are like this.
D. So how can we tell true review s from false ones
E. These “top” reviewers are then given free products.
F. Shoppers need protection from misleading reviews.
G. If those reviews were true, a broader spread of ratings would be given.
【答案】16. C 17. G 18. A 19. E 20. F
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章分析了购物者受购物网站评论误导的问题。
【16题详解】
上文“We imagine that they have been left by shoppers like us who want to share their knowledge with others, so the reviews would be of great value to us. (我们认为这些评论是由像我们一样想要与他人分享自己的知识的购物者留下的，所以这些评论对我们来说非常有价值)”和下文“Some of them are writing positive review s in return for a payment or gifts from the maker. (他们中的一些人写积极的评论，以换取制造商的付款或礼物)”之间存在转折关系，购物者希望通过他人的评论选择商品，但是有些人是为了得到好处写的好评，选项C“然而，并不是所有的评论者都是这样的”承上启下，说明评论并不真实。故选C项。
【17题详解】
上文“A careful study of thousands of reviews on a popular shopping website showed that a surprisingly large number of reviewers gave either four-or five-star ratings to the product. Two-or three-star ratings both accounted for less than ten percent of the total, which looked suspicious(可疑的). (一项对某知名购物网站上数千条评论的仔细研究表明，相当多的评论者给了该产品4或5星的评价。2星和3星的评分都不到10%，这让人觉得很可疑)”说明评论太好了，令人怀疑，选项G“如果这些评论是真实的，那么将会给出更广泛的评级”承接上文，说明，如果这些评论是真的，那就不应该集中在好评上。故选G项。
【18题详解】
上文“You would expect therefore to see a variety of scores.(因此，你会期望看到各种各样的分数)”说明购物者希望看到已经购买的人的评价，下文“It seems that anyone who writes a large number of good review s is given a special treat by the shopping website. (似乎任何写了大量好评的人都会得到购物网站的特殊待遇)”说明了写正面评论的人都会得到购物网站给的好处，选项A“那么，为什么大多数评论都是正面的呢？”承上启下，提出为什么大多数评论都是正面的问题。故选A项。
【19题详解】
上文“It seems that anyone who writes a large number of good review s is given a special treat by the shopping website. (似乎任何写了大量好评的人都会得到购物网站的特殊待遇)” 说明了写正面评论的人都会得到购物网站的特殊待遇，选项E“这些‘顶级’评论者会得到免费的产品”承接上文，具体说明他们得到什么样的好处。故选E项。
【20题详解】
下文“So, a good and responsible organization seems to be the best answer. (所以，一个好的负责任的组织似乎是最好的答案)”说明要解决购物者受评论误导这个问题，保护购物者利益，应该有一个好的负责任的组织，选项F“购物者需要保护，以免受到误导性评论的伤害”和下文存在因果关系。故选F项。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文， 从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Bill Samuel was having a tough Friday. The 71-year-old, who was struggling with kidney (肾) failure, found himself at a medical center 30 miles from home for the second time in 24 hours. Samuel was on the transplant (移植) list, but no ____21____ had been found yet. Without a ____22____ bus service for his trip, Samuel took a taxi to and from his ____23____ to meet his doctor.
Taxi driver Timothy Letts took Samuel as his ____24____ even though the trip was out of his way, feeling Samuel might need ____25____. During the 40-minute drive, Samuel shared his positive energy and the struggles of his ____26____ , saying he was searching for a kidney donor.
As they neared Samuel’s home, Letts ____27____ him by expressing interest in being a kidney donor. Shocked but excited, Samuel ____28____ contact information with Letts. After the initial excitement, Samuel started feeling a bit less ____29____ . He was touched by Lett’s _____30_____ , though he wondered if it has just been a(n) _____31_____ moment. But Letts was true to his _____32_____ . He got in touch with Samuel just a few hours later, and by the next week, Letts had _____33_____ the kidney transplant program. After a months-long screening process, the results were in: Letts and Samuel were a _____34_____ match.
On Dec 7, 2021, they had their operations. It was a _____35_____ . Letts and Samuel still keep in touch to this day.
21.
A. patients B. matches C. doctors D. families
22.
A. cheap B. effective C. convenient D. voluntary
23.
A. arrangement B. operation C. recovery D. hospital
24.
A. partner B. friend C. passenger D. neighbour
25.
A. attention B. guide C. delivery D. aid
26.
A. needs B. treatments C. adventures D. distance
27.
A. confused B. inspired C. annoyed D. surprised
28.
A. kept B. offered C. exchanged D. collected
29.
A. anxious B. optimistic C. frightened D. curious
30.
A. offer B. suggestion C. contribution D. request
31.
A. heartfelt B. awkward C. unforgettable D. emotional
32.
A. word B. name C. action D. saying
33
A. organized B. conducted C. contacted D. accepted
34.
A. unique B. perfect C. strong D. weak
35.
A. success B. challenge C. failure D. test
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了71的Bill Sumiel因为肾衰竭需要肾移植，但是找不到合适的肾源。有一天Bill Sumiel打了一辆出租车回家，他在车上和出租车司机Letts闲聊时告诉了司机他的困境。出租车司机说他可以去做配型。在配型后，Letts的肾适合移植给Sumiel。事后，Sumiel对Letts表示了谢意。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于没有便利的公共汽车服务，塞缪尔乘出租车往返于与医生安排的见面。A. patients病人；B. matches相配的人或物；C. doctors 医生；D. families家庭。根据上文“Samuel was on the transplant (移植) list, but”以及下文莱茨和塞缪尔肾的完美匹配可知，此处是指还没有找到匹配的器官。故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：由于没有便利的公共汽车服务，塞缪尔乘出租车往返于与医生安排的见面。A. cheap便宜的；B. effective有效的；C. convenient方便的；D. voluntary自愿的。根据下文“Samuel took a taxi”可知，没有方便的公共汽车。故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于没有便利的公共汽车服务，塞缪尔乘出租车往返于与医生安排的见面。A. arrangement安排；B. operation手术；C. recovery恢复；D. hospital医院。根据下文“meet his doctor.”可知，塞缪尔乘出租车往返于与医生安排的见面。故选A项。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：出租车司机蒂莫西·莱茨觉得塞缪尔可能需要帮助，尽管这趟旅行不在他的行程中，但他还是让塞缪尔当了乘客。A. partner搭档；B. friend朋友；C. passenger乘客；D. neighbour邻居。根据“ Taxi driver Timothy Letts”可知，塞缪尔是乘客。故选C项。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：出租车司机蒂莫西·莱茨觉得塞缪尔可能需要帮助，尽管这趟旅行不在他的行程中，但他还是让塞缪尔当了乘客。A. attention注意力；B. guide导游；C. delivery递送；D. aid帮助。根据上文“even though the trip was out of his way”可知，出租车司机蒂莫西·莱茨觉得塞缪尔可能需要帮助，所以让塞缪尔搭乘。 故选D项。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在40分钟的车程中，塞缪尔分享了他的正能量和治疗过程中的挣扎，他说他正在寻找肾脏捐赠者。A. needs需要；B. treatments对待，治疗；C. adventures 冒险；D. distance距离。根据上文“The 71-year-old, who was struggling with kidney (肾) failure, found himself at a medical center”可知，塞缪尔分享了他的正能量和治疗过程中的挣扎。故选B项。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他们接近塞缪尔的家时，莱茨表示有兴趣成为一名肾脏捐赠者，这让塞缪尔感到惊讶。A. confused时困惑的；B. inspired鼓舞人心； C. annoyed使恼怒的；D. surprised使惊讶。根据下文“by expressing interest in being a kidney donor.”以及“Shocked”可知，塞缪尔很惊讶。故选D项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：塞缪尔既震惊又兴奋，他和莱茨交换了联系方式。A. kept保持；B. offered提供；C. exchanged交换；D. collected收集。根据下文“got in touch with”可知，他和莱茨交换了联系方式。故选C项。
【29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在最初的兴奋之后，塞缪尔开始感到不那么乐观了。A. anxious焦虑的；B. optimistic乐观的；C. frightened害怕的；D. curious好奇的。根据上文“After the initial excitement”可知，在最初的兴奋之后，塞缪尔开始感到不那么乐观了。故选B项。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他被莱茨的提议感动了，尽管他想知道这是否只是一个激动人心的时刻。A. offer提议；B. suggestion建议；C. contribution贡献；D. request请求。根据上文“by expressing interest in being a kidney donor.”可知，这是莱茨的一个提议。故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他被莱茨的提议感动了，尽管他想知道这是否只是一个激动人心的时刻。A. heartfelt由衷的；B. awkward尴尬的；C. unforgettable难忘的；D. emotional激动人心的。根据上文“excited”可知，他想知道这是否只是一个激动人心的时刻。故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是莱茨是信守诺言的。A. word单词，诺言；B. name名字；C. action行动；D. saying谚语。根据下文“He got in touch with Samuel just a few hours later”可知，莱茨信守了诺言。故选A项。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：几个小时后，他联系了塞缪尔，到下个星期，莱茨联系了肾脏移植项目。A. organized组织；B. conducted实施；C. contacted联系；D.accepted接受。根据上文“got in touch with”可知，下个星期，莱茨联系了肾脏移植项目。故选C项。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：经过几个月的筛选，结果出来了：莱茨和塞缪尔是完美匹配。A. unique 独一无二的；B. perfect完美的；C. strong强壮的；D. weak弱的。根据下文“On Dec 7, 2021, they had their operations”可知，他们完美匹配。故选B项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一次成功的事情。A. success成功的事；B. challenge挑战；C. failure失败的人或事；D. test测试。根据上文“Letts and Samuel were a ____14____ match.”和下文“ Letts and Samuel still keep in touch to this day.”可知，移植手术成功了，即这是一次成功的事情。故选A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。
Have you ever eaten a “painting” Here it is, the ____36____ (tradition) Chinese folk art—sugar painting. Spoon as pen, liquid sugar as ink, everything in the world can be drawn quickly.
As is said, Chen Zi’ang, a great poet in the seventh century (Tang Dynasty), liked to eat brown sugar. But he ate it in ____37____ unique way. He melted the sugar on a clean and smooth table, ____38____(make) it into ____39____ (variety) of shapes of small animals. After cooling down, it could be held in the hand, eaten and enjoyed. Later, Chen went to the capital city, ____40____ he brought this art. Since then, sugar painting has become a lasting craft. In the 17th century (Qing Dynasty), sugar painting became ____41____ (increase) popular, and the production skills ____42____ (be) more advanced. The objects include flowers and birds, fortune symbols and the 12 zodiac signs and other designs. The art of sugar painting combines food, culture and handicraft. The painting is done in one go without any draft.
The sugar painting ____43____ (create) today shows greater creativity in forms—Cartoon sugar painting, 3D sugar painting, bringing new life ____44____ conventional ones. The culture of China, and the spirit of sugar painting, _____45_____ (pass) down through the sugar spoons of generations of craftsmen.
【答案】36. traditional
37. a 38. making
39. varieties
40. where 41. increasingly
42. were 43. created
44. to 45. have been passed
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国传统民间艺术糖画的历史发展。
【36题详解】
考查形容词。句意：这就是中国传统民间艺术——糖画。修饰名词Chinese folk art应用形容词。故填traditional。
【37题详解】
考查冠词。句意：但他吃的方式很独特。名词way是泛指概念，应用不定冠词限定。所连接的单词unique发音以辅音开头，故填a。
【38题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：他把糖放在一张干净光滑的桌子上融化，做成各种形状的小动物。此处为非谓语动词，动词make和主语之间是主动关系，用现在分词作状语。故填making。
【39题详解】
考查名词复数。句意：同上。varieties of“各种各样的”是固定搭配，后接可数名词复数。故填varieties。
【40题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：后来，陈去了京城，在那里他带来了这门艺术。此处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为the capital city，在从句中作地点状语，应用关系副词where引导。故填where。
【41题详解】
考查副词。句意：在17世纪的清朝，糖画越来越流行，制作技术更加先进。修饰形容词popular用其副词。故填increasingly。
【42题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意：同上。根据时间状语In the 17th century可知，此处描述过去的状态，用一般过去时。主语skills为复数，主谓一致，故填were。
【43题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：今天创作的糖画在形式上表现出更大的创造力——卡通糖画、三维糖画，给传统的糖画带来了新的生命。此处为非谓语，动词create和前文名词The sugar painting之间是被动关系，用其过去分词作后置定语。故填created。
【44题详解】
考查介词。句意：同上。bring…to“将……带到”是固定搭配，符合句意。故填to。
【45题详解】
考查时态和语态。句意：中国的文化，以及糖画的精神，通过一代代工匠的糖勺传承下来。动词pass和主语之间是被动关系，根据句意可知，应用现在完成时态的被动语态。主语是两个名词的并列，为复数，主谓一致，故填have been passed。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满 40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华， 你市将举办中国传统文化展(the Traditional Chinese Culture Fair)，请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友Sam 参加。内容包括：
1.活动时间和地点；
2.展会内容。
注意：
1.词数80 左右；
2.可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
Dear Sam,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Sam,
Overwhelmed with excitement to know that the Traditional Chinese Culture Fair is scheduled to be held at the City Art Center this Friday afternoon, lasting from 2pm to 5pm, I can hardly wait to invite you to enjoy the activity.
The fair will focus on a variety of exhibitions related to traditional culture, such as ancient poetry, costumes, calligraphy and paintings. What it highlights are calligraphy and painting works from ancient to modern times. Through it, you will gain deeper insights into traditional Chinese culture.
Such a fantastic opportunity does it offer you that you can’t afford to miss it if you have any interest. An early reply will be appreciated.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。假定考生是李华，请写封邮件邀请你英国朋友Sam 参加你市将举办的中国传统文化展。
【详解】1.词汇积累
兴奋：excitement→thrill
与……相关：be related to→be connected with
传统的：traditional→conventional
获得：gain→acquire
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：The fair will focus on a variety of exhibitions related to traditional culture, such as ancient poetry, costumes, calligraphy and paintings.
拓展句：The fair will focus on a variety of exhibitions related to traditional culture, which will include ancient poetry, costumes, calligraphy and paintings.
【点睛】[高分句型1] What it highlights are calligraphy and painting works from ancient to modern times. (运用了what引导的主语从句)
[高分句型2] Overwhelmed with excitement to know that the Traditional Chinese Culture Fair is scheduled to be held at the City Art Center this Friday afternoon, lasting from 2pm to 5pm, I can hardly wait to invite you to enjoy the activity. (运用了that引导宾语从句和现在分词作状语)
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。
Since the age of seven, I had always dreamed of being one of the student leaders who we looked up to. They took responsibility for us, gave instructions, organized school activities, and proudly wore their badges(徽章) while carrying our school flag and walking on the playground. They represented us and gave speeches on school issues, becoming our role models.
As I grew older, I finally can take part in the school elections. I prepared my election speech and on the day of the speeches, everyone voted. I was hopeful and prayed for a victory. However, the following morning when we gathered on the school grounds for the head-teacher’s announcement of the results, reality hit me hard. I realized that I had no chance of winning—was neither well known nor too pretty. I became depressed and felt as though I had no friends supporting me.
Later that day, as I cried in my room, I took a deep breath and decided to change my attitude. I refused to see myself as a failure and made a determination to run for the school elections again the following year—this time, with a plan to win. I sat down at my study table and wrote down my thoughts.
Although my competitors had certain advantages such as their stylish personalities, I recognized my own advantages—good grades, friendliness, helpfulness, and most importantly, my faith in myself to be a great leader. With a whole year ahead, I began to plan my election strategies that evening.
To gain recognition(认可) and show my ability to represent my fellow students, I started making new friends and helping them at school. Besides, I attended a public speaking course to learn how to give a great election speech. By the time the elections came around, I was well-prepared, and I gave a passionate speech on the stage.
注意： 1.续写词数应为 150 左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The following day, I anxiously waited for the results.
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Later, I realized that I had achieved far more than what I had expected.
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【答案】One possible version:
The following day, I anxiously waited for the results. Would my effort pay off Would I achieve my goal of becoming one of the student leaders When the principal eventually announced that I had been elected with the second-highest number of votes, I couldn’t help but jump up with excitement. With a bright smile, I walked up to the stage to loud cheers from my fellow students. Their joy showed me that my victory was not just mine, but theirs as well.
Later, I realized that I had gained far more than what I had expected. In addition to being appointed as one of the student leaders, I had made numerous friends along the way who now saw me as someone always willing to lend a helping hand. While pursuing my dream, I had become a source of inspiration and hope for other students. By being myself, I had shown them that success would be achievable for anyone if they stuck to their goals, worked hard and believed in themselves.
【解析】
【导语】本文以竞选学生领袖为线索展开，讲述了作者从小就想成为一名学生领袖，在满怀信心参加竞选后，却惨遭失败。作者不气馁，继续努力，做好充足准备，团结同学，参加培训，第二年竞选成功的故事。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“第二天，我焦急地等待着结果。”可知，第一段可描写作者得到结果后的激动心情。
②由第二段首句内容“后来，我意识到我所取得的成就远远超过了我的预期。”可知，第二段可描写作者成功当选之外的实际意义。
2.续写线索：宣布——当选——激动——欢呼——喜悦——交友助人——继续努力——感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
①宣布：announce/declare
②当选：be elected/win an election
③实现：achieve/realize
情绪类
①激动地：with excitement/passionately
②努力地：hard/diligently
【点睛】
[高分句型1]. When the principal eventually announced that I had been elected with the second-highest number of votes, I couldn’t help but jump up with excitement. (由连词when引导的时间状语从句及that引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型2]. In addition to being appointed as one of the student leaders, I had made numerous friends along the way who now saw me as someone always willing to lend a helping hand. (由关系代词who引导限制性定语从句)
听力： 1-5BCBCA 6-10 CBCBB 11-15 BCCBA 16-20 CABCA
