厦门外国语2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考
第二部分 阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Books That Remind Me of Home
Being in another country makes you appreciate all the things you love about your home. Reading and sharing books helps me to connect with my home country, the UK.
Here are some books that, for me, create vivid memories of home.
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
This book takes the form of a series of letters, and follows the story of a girl, Judy, as she goes to university and discovers a whole world of new experiences. It reminds me of my home and my mother, because she used to read it to me when I was ill in bed.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Have you ever read a description of a rural (乡村的) area that made you feel like you were actually there For me, this book does exactly that. It is about a young girl who discovers a secret garden.
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
This was one of my favourite books when I was younger, and for this reason it still strongly reminds me of England and my childhood. It follows three children and their adventures living next to a railway.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
This is a science-fiction novel about a man’s adventures in space after the destruction of Earth. It is creative and has a very British sense of humour. When I read it, I feel a strong connection to my home.
1. How is Daddy Long Legs different from the other books
A. It brings back memories. B. It shows British humour.
C. It is in the form of letters. D. It is designed for parents.
2. Who offers a picture of a countryside
A. Jean Webster. B. Frances Hodgson-Burnett.
C. E. Nesbit. D. Douglas Adams.
3. Which of the following tells about space explorations
A. Daddy Long Legs. B. The Secret Garden.
C. The Railway Children. D. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。作者介绍了四本书，让他在异国他乡通过阅读找了家的记忆。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段的This book takes the form of a series of letters,…可知，《长腿叔叔》与其他书的不同之处是这本书采用了一系列信件的书写形式，故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第六段Have you ever read a description of a rural (乡村的) area that made you feel like you were actually there For me, this book does exactly that. 你是否曾经读到过这样的描述:一个乡村地区让你感觉自己就在那里 对我来说，这本书就是这样。由此可知，Frances Hodgson-Burnett描绘了一幅乡村图景，故选B。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段的This is a science-fiction novel about a man’s adventures in space after the destruction of Earth.可知《银河系漫游指南》是一本关于一个人在地球毁灭后在太空探险的科幻小说。由此可知，《银河系漫游指南》主要讲述了太空探险的故事，故选D。
B
Mary Shelley bends over her latest creation. Although the carving is only half complete, the image of a waitress holding a plate of eggs comes out from the board. Of Shelley’s nearly seven hundred carvings, many show scenes with cows on farms and people in restaurants.
From memories to carvings
“My work is a visual diary, ” Shelley says. “The carvings describe things I have experienced and felt at different times in my life.”
Every one of her carvings tells a story. Many of the stories in Shelley’s woodcarvings come from memories of her childhood in a rural (乡村的) area outside of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Shelley’s family managed a small farm. Mary was a serious girl who spent a lot of time raising animals, exploring outdoors, and reading. Although Shelley never felt especially artistic as a child, there was always an art project in the works in the Shelley household. Her grandmother painted. Her father was a commercial artist, who drew and wrote to make a living.
______
Shelley attended Cornell University and hoped to become a writer, but an unusual present took her in another direction. At age 23, she received a gift her father had made-a woodcarving of her as a girl on the farm. The gift caught her interest. After gathering boards from a building site where she worked as a carpenter, Shelley bought some tools and taught herself to carve.
Shelley soon realized that she loved the slow, thoughtful process of working with wood and painting. “A carving is like a jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏),” she explains. “I didn’t know how it would all fit together, but the process of solving the puzzle kept me going.”
The Shelley style
Early in her career, people hired Shelley to carve special pieces that took four or five weeks to complete. The money she received motivated her to try more complicated scenes created by carving deeper in the wood. Over time, Shelley’s art began to have its own style. In a typical Shelley woodcarving, some objects seem to reach out of the frame while others drop back, creating a feeling of depth.
4. What can we infer from the “From memories to carvings” part
A. Art is from but beyond life. B. Life is short and art is long.
C. It is great art to laugh at your own misfortune. D. Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist
5. Which can be the best title for the second part
A. Life in School B. A Dream Come True
C. A Life-Changing Gift D. Jigsaw Puzzles and Carving
6. What made Mary take up carving
A. The dream to be an artist in her childhood. B. Her father’s low-relief carving for her.
C. The rugs hooked by her grandmother. D. Her school life in Cornell University.
7. According to the text, Shelley’s art ______.
A. is very popular B. is very expensive
C. has simple scenes D. creates a feeling of depth
【答案】4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了雪莱的雕刻作品的来源，她为何从事雕刻这门艺术及她的作品风格。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章From memories to carvings部分““My work is a visual diary, ” Shelley says. “The carvings describe things I have experienced and felt at different times in my life.”(“我的作品是一本视觉日记，”雪莱说。“这些雕刻描述了我在人生不同时期所经历和感受的事情”)”及“Every one of her carvings tells a story. Many of the stories in Shelley’s woodcarvings come from memories of her childhood in a rural area outside of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.(她的每一件雕刻品都在告诉一个故事。雪莱木雕作品中的许多故事都来自于她童年时在宾夕法尼亚州多伊尔镇郊外的一个农村地区的记忆)”可知，艺术源于生活，并高于生活。故选A项。
【5题详解】
主旨大意题。根据这一部分中“Shelley attended Cornell University and hoped to become a writer, but an unusual present took her in another direction. At age 23, she received a gift her father had made-a woodcarving of her as a girl on the farm. The gift caught her interest. After gathering boards from a building site where she worked as a carpenter, Shelley bought some tools and taught herself to carve.(雪莱曾就读于康奈尔大学，并希望成为一名作家，但一份不同寻常的礼物让她走向了另一条道路。在她23岁那年，她收到了父亲赠送的一件礼物——一件他自己制作的木雕作品，刻画的是她在农场少女时期的模样。这份礼物引起了她的极大兴趣。在收集了自己作为木匠工作过的建筑工地上的木板之后，雪莱购买了一些工具，并自学了雕刻技艺)”可知，这一部分主要讲述父亲的一份礼物激发了雪莱对雕刻的兴趣并最终改变了雪莱的一生。故“一份改变人生的礼物”适合作为这一部分的标题。故选C项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第二个标题部分“At age 23, she received a gift her father had made-a woodcarving of her as a girl on the farm. The gift caught her interest. After gathering boards from a building site where she worked as a carpenter, Shelley bought some tools and taught herself to carve.(在她23岁那年，她收到了父亲赠送的一件礼物——一件他自己制作的木雕作品，刻画的是她在农场少女时期的模样。这份礼物引起了她的极大兴趣。在收集了自己作为木匠工作过的建筑工地上的木板之后，雪莱购买了一些工具，并自学了雕刻技艺)”可知，她父亲为她制作的浅浮雕作品促使玛丽投身于雕刻艺术。故选B项。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章The Shelley style部分“In a typical Shelley woodcarving, some objects seem to reach out of the frame while others drop back, creating a feeling of depth.(在典型的雪莱木雕中，一些物体似乎伸出了框架，而另一些则向后倾斜，创造了一种深度感。)”可知，雪莱的艺术创造了一种深度感。故选D项。
C
There are a few benefits to users from the cloud besides giving you peace of mind if you lose your phone. You can access your data anytime, anywhere if you’re connected to the Internet. And you don’t have to worry about using up all of the storage on your hard drive, meaning you might not have to pay as much for a device (that comes with a ton of storage.
You’ve probably heard of the two biggest names in the market, Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, and Microsoft Azure, IBM, Google and Alibaba are also big players when it comes to providing cloud services.
Many cloud services are based on a subscription (pricing model. That means users pay, for example, a monthly fee for cloud services and they can scale up or down as needed. And cloud providers are cashing in. AWS takes up about 12 percent of Amazon’s quarterly sales, but it makes more than half of the company’s operating income.
Before we get too excited about the cloud, let’s take a step back and look at some of the risks. One obvious concern, if all of our data is online, what happens when the Internet goes down That’s what happened in 2013 when an AWS power cut took down Instagram, Vine and Airbub.
Hacker attacks are another big risk with research showing around one-fifth of all files in the cloud contain sensitive data.
Finally, it can be difficult for consumers and businesses to switch between different cloud companies. I might have a hard time syncing (my iCloud and Google Drive accounts. That can give some big companies that are already making big money on the cloud a lot of power over our data.
8. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “access” in Paragraph 1
A. Get. B. Show. C. Understand. D. Enter.
9. Which of the following provides cloud services
A. Instagram. B. Alibaba C. Airbub. D. Vine.
10. What can we learn from the passage
A. Cloud providers offer services at their own cost.
B. All the cloud services must be ordered ahead of time.
C. AWS gains over 50%of Amazon’s operating income.
D. Customers must pay a regular fixed fee for cloud services.
11. The main idea of the passage is about ______.
A. what the cloud is B. how the cloud works
C. the advantage over disadvantage of the cloud D. the advantage and disadvantage of the cloud
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. D 11. D
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文，介绍了云服务的优点和缺点。
【8题详解】
词义猜测题。根据划线词前文“There are a few benefits to users from the cloud besides giving you peace of mind if you lose your phone.(除了让你在丢失手机时心安理得之外，云服务还给用户带来了一些好处)”及划线词后文的“your data anytime, anywhere if you’re connected to the Internet.(如果你连接到互联网，随时随地……你的数据)”可推知，access the data表示“访问数据”，access表示“得到”，与get意思相近。故选A项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“You’ve probably heard of the two biggest names in the market, Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, and Microsoft Azure, IBM, Google and Alibaba are also big players when it comes to providing cloud services.(你可能听说过市场上两个最大的名字，亚马逊网络服务（AWS），并且微软Azure，IBM，谷歌和阿里巴巴在提供云服务方面也是大玩家)”可知，阿里巴巴提供云服务。故选B项。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Many cloud services are based on a subscription (pricing model. That means users pay, for example, a monthly fee for cloud services and they can scale up or down as needed. And cloud providers are cashing in.(许多云服务基于订阅（定价）模型。这意味着用户每月支付云服务费用，他们可以根据需要扩大或缩小规模。云服务提供商正在从中获利)”可知，客户必须为云服务支付固定的费用。故选D项。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“There are a few benefits to users from the cloud besides giving you peace of mind if you lose your phone.(除了让你在丢失手机时心安理得之外，云服务还给用户带来了一些好处)”及文章倒数第三段“Before we get too excited about the cloud, let’s take a step back and look at some of the risks.(在我们对云服务过于兴奋之前，让我们回过头来看看其中的一些风险)”全文内容可知，本文介绍了云服务的优点和缺点。故选D项。
D
If maths is the language of the universe, bees may have just uttered their first words. New research suggests these busybodies of the insect world are capable of addition and subtraction (减法) — using colors in the place of plus and minus symbols.
In the animal kingdom, the ability to count — or at least distinguish between differing quantities — isn’t unusual: It has been seen in frogs, spiders, and even fish. But solving equations (方程式) using symbols is rare, so far only achieved by famously brainy animals such as chimpanzees and African grey parrots.
Building on previous research that says the social insects can count to four and understand the concept of zero, researchers wanted to test the limits of what their tiny brains can do.
Scientists trained 14 bees to link the colors blue and yellow to addition and subtraction, respectively. They placed the bees at the entrance of a Y-shaped maze (迷宫), where they were shown several shapes in either yellow or blue. If the shapes were blue, bees got a reward if they went to the end of the maze with one more blue shape (the other end had one less blue shape); if the shapes were yellow, they got a reward if they went to the end of the maze with one less yellow shape.
The testing worked the same way: Bees that “subtracted” one shape when they saw yellow, or “added” one shape when they saw blue were considered to have aced the test. The bees got the right answer 63% to 72% of the time, depending on the type of equation and the direction of the right answer — much better than random guesses would allow—the researchers report today in Science Advances.
Though the results came from just 14 bees, researchers say the advance is exciting. If a brain about 20,000 times smaller than ours can perform maths using symbols, it could pave the way to novel approaches in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Just don’t ask the bees to do your homework anytime soon.
12. Why do the scientists conduct the research
A. To teach them maths. B. To test the power of tiny brains.
C. To explain the meaning of colors. D. To get access to machine learning.
13. What does the underlined word “aced” in Paragraph 5 probably mean
A. Given up. B. Entered for.
C. Got through. D. Checked over.
14. What might the research make contributions to
A. Language acquisition. B. Arithmetic learning.
C. Protection of animals. D. Development of AI.
15. What can be the best title for the text
A. Bees “Like” Counting
B. Bees “Tell” Colors Apart
C. Bees “Perform” Maths Using Shapes
D. Bees “Get” Addition and Subtraction
【答案】12. B 13. C 14. D 15. D
【解析】
【分析】本为说明文。如果数学是宇宙的语言，蜜蜂可能刚刚说出了它们的第一个单词。新的研究表明，昆虫世界的这些多管闲事的动物能够进行加减法——用颜色来代替加减法符号。文章介绍了对蜜蜂的研究。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中的researchers wanted to test the limits of what their tiny brains can do.可知，研究者们开展这项研究是为了来测试蜜蜂微型大脑的能力。故B选项正确。
【13题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第四段中的Scientists trained 14 bees to link the colors blue and yellow to addition and subtraction及第五段中的Bees that “subtracted” one shape when they saw yellow, or “added” one shape when they saw blue可知，蓝色代表着加，黄色代表着减，那么当蜜蜂看到黄色时“减去”一个形状，或者当它们看到蓝色时“增加”一个形状时，这说明蜜蜂通过了测试。因此划线词aced与got through“通过”。故C选项正确。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第一段中的If a brain about 20,000 times smaller than ours can perform maths using symbols, it could pave the way to novel approaches in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.可知，这项研究也许能为人工智能的发展做出贡献。故D选项正确。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了对蜜蜂是否能够进行加减法的研究，因此D项“蜜蜂会加减法”适合做本文最佳标题。故D选项正确。
【点睛】依据逻辑推理猜测词义：运用逻辑推理猜测词义是使用最广考查最多也最易失分的猜词方式。要求考生具备整合分散、复杂信息的能力，充分利用上下文中相关的词汇并结合具体的语境，从形式和内容上把握语言之间的内在联系，理顺语言之间的逻辑关系，进而达到猜词的目的。在第2小题中，考生可以根据该划线词所在的上下文语境来推测其意义。根据第四段中的Scientists trained 14 bees to link the colors blue and yellow to addition and subtraction及第五段中的Bees that “subtracted” one shape when they saw yellow, or “added” one shape when they saw blue可知，蓝色代表着加，黄色代表着减，那么当蜜蜂看到黄色时“减去”一个形状，或者当它们看到蓝色时“增加”一个形状时，这说明蜜蜂通过了测试。因此划线词aced与got through“通过”。故C选项正确。
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。
Sometimes willpower is much like the television remote control—hard to find just when you want it most. ____16____ But there are ways to increase your willpower.
*Don’t try to change your economic situation, win a promotion and lose weight all on the same morning. Set one clear, specific goal and make a realistic plan to achieve it. Extra willpower sometimes requires extra energy, so don’t spread yourself too thin. ____17____
*Whatever your goal is, don’t expect to achieve it overnight. ____18____ If you are trying to kick a coffee habit, start by replacing your morning cup of coffee with a glass of water, instead of promising never to drink coffee again. Congratulate yourself on the small achievements. These successes help your willpower grow.
____19____ Ask friends, family or colleagues for assistance and tell them exactly how they can help. If your credit card bills have risen, for instance, let friends know that you are cutting back on expenses. Suggest having a common dinner instead of meeting at an expensive restaurant. Find a support group or organization related to your goal and attend their meetings. You can get valuable advice, understanding and information.
*If possible, change your environment to encourage positive behavior. Want to get in shape Keep an extra set of workout clothes in your office as a reminder to stop by the gym on the way home. Want to quit smoking ____20____
A. Real success takes time.
B. Focus on one goal at a time.
C. Change your environment to change your life.
D. Improve your willpower by a support network.
E. Changing your behavior requires more than willpower.
F. Avoid bars or restaurants where you might be attracted to light up.
G. Breaking a bad habit or forming a new and healthy one can be difficult.
【答案】16. G 17. B 18. A 19. D 20. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些方法以帮助我们提高注意力。
【16题详解】
根据空后的“But there are ways to increase your willpower.(但是有很多方法可以增强你的意志力。)”可知，下文指出还是有方法增强意志力的。选项G“Breaking a bad habit or forming a new and healthy one can be difficult.(改掉坏习惯或养成一个健康的新习惯是很困难的。)”指的是养成一个健康的新习惯很难，自然引出下文“但是有很多方法可以增强你的意志力。”。故选G。
【17题详解】
根据上文内容“Don’t try to change your economic situation, win a promotion and lose weight all on the same morning. Set one clear, specific goal and make a realistic plan to achieve it. Extra willpower sometimes requires extra energy, so don’t spread yourself too thin.(不要试图在一个早上改变你的经济状况，赢得升职和减肥。设定一个明确、具体的目标，并制定一个现实的计划来实现它。额外的意志力有时需要额外的精力，所以不要把自己累垮了。)”可知，上文指的是不要太贪心，一次完成一个目标即可。选项B“Focus on one goal at a time.(一次只专注于一个目标。)”是上文内容的总结，指的是每次制定一个现实的计划，然后集中注意力去实现这个目标。故选B。
【18题详解】
根据空前内容“Whatever your goal is, don’t expect to achieve it overnight.(无论你的目标是什么，不要指望一夜之间就能实现。)”可知，不要指望一夜之间就能实现目标。选项A“Real success takes time.(真正的成功需要时间。)”与上文内容一致，是上文内容的自然延续，指的是实现目标，成功都是需要时间的。故选A。
【19题详解】
空处为段首句，为本段主要内容。根据下文“Ask friends, family or colleagues for assistance and tell them exactly how they can help. If your credit card bills have risen, for instance, let friends know that you are cutting back on expenses. Suggest having a common dinner instead of meeting at an expensive restaurant. Find a support group or organization related to your goal and attend their meetings. You can get valuable advice, understanding and information.(向朋友、家人或同事寻求帮助，并确切地告诉他们如何提供帮助。例如，如果你的信用卡账单增加了，让朋友知道你正在削减开支。建议一起吃顿普通的晚餐，而不是在昂贵的餐厅见面。找一个与你的目标相关的支持小组或组织，参加他们的会议。你可以得到有价值的建议、理解和信息。)”可知，本段主要讲述的是要向别人求助。选项D“Improve your willpower by a support network.(通过支持网络提高你的意志力。)”正是本文主要内容，指的是通过别人的支持提高自己的意志力。故选D。
【20题详解】
根据上文内容“Want to quit smoking (想戒烟吗？)”可推测，空处应该是回答这个问题。选项F“Avoid bars or restaurants where you might be attracted to light up.(不要去酒吧或餐馆，因为那里可能会吸引你抽烟。)”回答了空前的问题，同时与本段主题“If possible, change your environment to encourage positive behavior.(如果可能的话，改变你的环境来鼓励积极的行为。)”即，改变环境来激励积极行为，相一致。故选F。
第三部分 语言知识运用(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A family tradition is recreated year after year. It adds to the family ____21____, making every family more distinctive. The tradition in my family is ____22____ in my mother’s kitchen to make various desserts for the New Year. It’s a good time with much joy.
Family traditions ____23____ family and personal well-being. Families sharing in their traditions provide security for their members, especially children. Children love ____24____ and consistency(一致性); a family tradition provides this. Moreover, it gives them something to ____25____. With traditions that are celebrated year after year, family ____26____ are created and strengthened.
Of course it’s ____27____ to make some changes to ____28____ the family’s needs. In recent years my family has added time to make ____29____ with our relatives who work overseas, for their jobs _____30_____ their reunion with us. This gives us a chance to stay _____31_____ as a family, even if we can’t be together for the holiday _____32_____.
Family traditions don’t have to be formal, or to be fancy. What _____33_____ is that you have something for all family members to expect each year. Traditions help create warm, positive _____34_____ and _____35_____ family members back to one another year after year.
21. A. relationship B. value C. identity D. belonging
22. A. waiting B. gathering C. playing D. eating
23. A. witness B. promote C. measure D. confirm
24 A. difference B. routine C. adventure D. challenge
25. A. look forward to B. face up to C. come up with D. step back from
26. A. communications B. achievements C. bonds D. celebrations
27. A. effective B. impossible C. simple D. reasonable
28. A. suit B. recognize C. stress D. feel
29. A. video calls B. online posts C. foreign travels D. family dinners
30. A. enable B. disappoint C. gain D. block
31. A. energetic B. connected C. optimistic D. determined
32. A. gradually B. significantly C. physically D. regularly
33. A. occurs B. counts C. varies D. remains
34. A. attitudes B. expressions C. memories D. impressions
35. A. pay B. give C. demand D. draw
【答案】21. C 22. B 23. B 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. B 34. C 35. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。主要讲述了一个家庭传统年复一年地被重新创造出来，它给家庭增添了新的色彩，使每个家庭都更加独特。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：它增添了家庭特性，使每个家庭更独特。A. relationship关系；B. value价值；C. identity (区别人或群体的)特性；D. belonging属于。根据空前“A family tradition is recreated year after year.”和空后的“making every family more distinctive (使每个家庭都更加的有特色的)”可知，家庭传统创造出来增添了家庭特性，使每个家庭更独特。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我家传统是每年聚集在母亲的厨房做各种新年甜点。A. waiting等待；B. gathering聚集；C. playing玩耍；D. eating吃。根据下文的“to make various desserts for the New Year (为新年而做各种甜点。) ”以及下文“for their jobs 10 their reunion with us”可知，作者家的传统是每年聚集(gathering) 在母亲的厨房做各种新年甜点。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：家庭传统会提升家庭和个人的幸福感。A. witness目睹；B. promote提升；C. measure测试；D. confirm坚定。根据下文“Families sharing in their traditions provide security for their members (传统共享会为家庭成员提供安全。) ”和“With traditions that are celebrated year after year, family 6 are created and strengthened (共同庆祝传统会家庭会提升更具创造力和力量。) ”可知，家庭传统会提升( promote)家庭和个人的幸福感。故选B。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：孩子们喜欢常规和稳定；家庭传统提高了这些。A. difference不同；B. routine常规；C. adventure冒险；D. challenge挑战。根据上文的“ provide security (提供安全)”和下文的 consistency (稳定) 可知，孩子们喜欢常规和稳定(这给他们一种安全感)。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：此外，它也给了孩子们期待的东西。A. look forward to期待；B. face up to面对；C. come up with想出，提出；D. step back from跳出。根据下文的“you have something for all family members to expect each year (你让所有的家庭成员每年都有所期待。)”可知，家庭传统也让孩子们有所期待。故选A。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：有了年复一年庆祝的传统，家庭纽带得以建立和加强。A. communications交流；B. achievements成就；C. bonds连接，纽带；D. celebrations庆祝。根据下文的“are created and strengthened (被不断创造和加强)”可知，庆祝家庭传统有助于建立和增强家庭纽带。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当然，做一些改变来适应家庭的需要是合理的。A. effective有效的；B. impossible不可能的；C. simple简单的；D. reasonable合乎情理的。根据下文的“my family has added time to make 9 with our relatives who work overseas”可知，对家庭传统做一些改变来满足家人的需要也是合乎情理的。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. suit适合；B. recognize认出；C. stress压力；D. feel感觉。 根据上文“to make some changes (做出一些改变)”可知，会做一些改变去迎合家庭成员的需要。故选A。
【29题详解】
考查名词短语辨析。句意：近年来，我的家人增加了与在海外工作的亲戚视频通话的时间，因为他们的工作阻碍了他们与我们团聚。A. video calls视频通话；B. online posts网 上帖子；C. foreign travels外国旅游者；D. family dinners家庭晚餐。根据常识以及下文的“ with our relatives who work overseas(与在海外的亲戚) ”可知，此处表示与远在海外工作的亲戚视频通话(video calls)。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. enable使能够；B. disappoint使失望；C. gain获得；D. block阻止。根据下文的“their reunion with us (他们与我们的重聚) ”和“we can’t be together (我们不能在一起) ”可知，这些远在海外的亲戚的工作使得他们不能回来与作者一家团聚。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这给了我们一个保持家庭联系的机会，即使我们不能在一起度假。A. energetic精力充沛的；B. connected有联系的；C. optimistic乐观的；D. determined团结的。根据前文“This gives us all a chance (这给了我们机会)”推断出，增添视频通话的时间，给了家人保持联系的机会。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意同上。A. gradually逐渐地；B. significantly起初地；C. physically身体上地；D. regularly定期地。根据前文“for their jobs ____10____ their reunion with us”可知，由于那些亲戚远在海外，他们不能和作者一家面对面团聚。physically符合语境。故选C。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：重要的是你有让家庭成员每年都期待的事情。A. occurs发生；B. counts重要；C. varies变化；D. remains保留。根据下文“you have something for all family members to expect each year”可知，家庭传统让家庭成员每年都期待的事情是重要的。故选B。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：传统有助于创造温暖、积极的回忆，并吸引家庭成员年复一年地回到彼此身边。A. attitudes态度；B. expressions经验；C. memories回忆；D. impressions印象。根据下文“family members back to one another year after year”可知，家庭成员年复一年回来团聚，创造了很多美好的回忆。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. pay支付；B. give给；C. demand要求；D. draw吸引。根据前文“you have something for all family members to expect each year”可知，家庭传统让家庭成员每年都期待的事情，吸引着家庭成员年复一年回来团聚。故选D。
第Ⅱ卷(共55分)
第一部分 单句语填(20题，共20分)
36. In this seaside resort, you can enjoy all the comfort and __________ (convenient) of modern tourism. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】convenience
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：在这个海滨度假胜地，你可以享受到现代旅游的一切舒适和便利。此处作宾语应用名词convenience表示“便利”。故填convenience。
37. There are the people who speak after they think and the people who think while they’re speaking. Mike ______ (definite) belongs to the latter category. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】definitely
【解析】
【详解】考查副词。句意：有些人在思考后说话，有些人在思考时说话。迈克绝对属于后者。此处修饰动词短语belong to，应用副词definitely“绝对地”，作状语。故填definitely。
38. One of the benefits of the Internet was its ability ______ (remove) the distance that usually exists between people. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】to remove
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：互联网的好处之一是它能够消除人们之间通常存在的距离。ability to do...意为“做……的能力”，不定式作后置定语。故填to remove。
39. So far quite a number of students in this international school ______(apply) to study abroad. （所给词的适当形式填空）
【答案】have applied
【解析】
【详解】考查时态。句意：到目前为止，这所国际学校已有相当多的学生申请出国留学。根据上文so far可知应用现在完成时，主语为quite a number of students ，助动词用have。故填have applied。
40. Timely ______ (revise) is one of the secrets to successful academic performance. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】revision
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：及时复习是学习成绩成功的秘诀之一。空处应用名词作主语。根据句中的successful academic performance可知，这里指的是及时复习。revision意为“复习，温习”，为不可数名词。故填revision。
41. June said she much ______ (prefer) the orchestra’s 1998 recording of the symphony. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】preferred
【解析】
【详解】考查动词时态。句意：琼说她更喜欢乐团1998年录制的交响曲。空处作宾语从句的谓语，结合said可知，空处用一般过去时，动词用过去式preferred。故填preferred。
42. In the past, commoners (平民) ______ (prohibit) from entering the Forbidden City without permission and only imperial families and invited high officials could enter. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】were prohibited
【解析】
【详解】考查动词时态和语态。句意：在过去，平民未经允许不得进入紫禁城，只有皇族和受邀的高级官员才能进入。根据in the past可知，句子为一般过去时，结合commoners和动词prohibit之间是被动关系可知，此处为被动语态，主语为复数。故填were prohibited。
43. Give Messi a call for he needs ______ (cheer) up. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】cheering
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：给梅西打个电话，他需要振作起来。need doing意思为：需要被做，cheer sb. up意思为：鼓励某人，空处用动名词作宾语，用主动表示被动。故填cheering。
44. He taught for conveying knowledge, not for money. And what he said was always new and worth ________（hear）. (所给词的适当形式填空）
【答案】hearing
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词，固定句型。句意：他教书是为了传授知识，而不是为了赚钱。他说的话总是令人耳目一新，值得一听。固定句型be worth doing表示“值得做的”，其中doing使用主动形式表被动意义。故填hearing。
45. All the public service advertisements are meant to be ______ (benefit) to the public. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】beneficial
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：所有的公益广告都是为了对公众有益。空处缺少形容词作表语，benefit对应的形容词为beneficial，意思为：有益处的。故填beneficial。
46. ______ (equip) with new scientific farming methods enables Chinese farmers to use less farmland to produce more grains. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】Being equipped
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：配备了新的科学耕作方法，中国农民可以用更少的土地生产更多的粮食。分析句子可知，空处缺少句子的主语，此处表示被动意义，即，“配备……”be equipped with，用动名词的被动语态。故填Being equipped。
47. If you’re not ______ (satisfy) with the life you’re living, don’t just complain but do something about it. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】satisfied
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：如果你对自己的生活不满意，不要只是抱怨，而是要做点什么。空处缺少形容词作表语，be satisfied with意思为：对……满意。故填satisfied。
48. Their superior military ______ (strong) gives them a huge advantage in this battle. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】strength
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：他们强大的军事实力使他们在这场战斗中占有巨大优势。分析句子可知，空处作主语，用strong对应的名词strength，意思为：实力，此处为不可数名词。故填strength。
49. All the people, men and women, young and old, were fighting against the flood in _________(defend) of their own homes. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】defence
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：所有的人，男女老少，都在抗洪，保卫自己的家园。分析句子可知，句中涉及固定短语“in defence of…”，意为“保卫……”，“defend”意为“保卫”，动词词性，“defence”意为“保卫”，为不可数名词，作介词“in”的宾语。故填defence。
50. I hope I can live up to what you expect ______ me. I will try not to let you down. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】of
【解析】
【详解】考查介词。句意：我希望我能不辜负你对我的期望。我会尽量不让你失望。expect sth. of sb.意为“期望某人某事”，为固定搭配。故填of。
51. Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her efforts paid ______ in the end. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】off
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语。句意：桑德拉决心成为一名医生，她的努力最终得到了回报。根据句意可知，此处表示“得到回报”用pay off。故填off。
52. Too much dependence ______ imported petroleum (石油) has posed a threat to national security. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】on
【解析】
【详解】考查介词。句意：过度依赖进口石油已对国家安全构成威胁。分析句子可知，空处缺少介词，与dependence搭配的为on。故填on。
53. This week, The Lions were playing our main competitors, The Bears, a team __________ record this season had been perfect. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】whose
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句关系词。句意：本周，狮子队正与我们的劲敌熊队对垒，熊队是一支本赛季战绩完美的队伍。根据句意和句子结构可知，空格后为限制性定语从句修饰前面的先行词team，指物，先行词和record构成所属关系team’s record，关系词替代先行词在从句中充当record的定语，应使用关系代词whose引导。故填whose。
54. There are about 100 teachers, two-thirds of______are women. (用适当的单词填空)
【答案】whom
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句。句意：大约有100名教师，三分之二是女教师。分析句子结构，two-thirds of ① are women.是一个非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词100 teachers，指人，介词+关系代词引导的定语从句，指人，只能用whom，指物，只能用which，所以用whom引导该定语从句。故填whom。
55. He gets into a situation ________ it is hard to decide what is right or wrong. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】where
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句引导词。句意：他陷入了很难决定对错的局面。分析可知，“________ it is hard to decide what is right or wrong”为之前名词“a situation”的定语从句，先行词为抽象地点，在从句中作地点状语，用关系副词where引导从句。故填where。
第二部分 课文默写(共10题，每题2分，满分20分。每空错1词扣1分，错2词则该空不得分。)
课文默写
[Your Life Is What You Make It]
... Besides teaching, Zhang Tian also brought changes to the village. He contacted charity organizations about ____56____ and helped the villagers sell local products online. ____57____ was great, so he became very popular among the villagers and they treated him as one of them.
【答案】56. rebuilding the playground and setting up a library
57. The contribution he made to the village
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了主人公给乡村带来的变化。
【56题详解】
考查动词短语和非谓语动词。句意：他联系了慈善组织，希望重建游乐场和建立图书馆，并帮助村民在网上销售当地产品。根据句意可知，“重建”可表示为rebuild；“游乐场”可表示为playground；“建立”可表示为set up；“图书馆”可表示为library。空处位于介词about之后，应用动名词形式。故填rebuilding the playground and setting up a library。
【57题详解】
考查名词和定语从句。句意：他对村子的贡献是巨大的，所以他在村民中很受欢迎，他们把他当作他们中的一员。根据句意，设空处作主语，“贡献”可表示为contribution，其后应跟定语从句。make a/the contribution to...意为“对……做贡献”，为固定搭配，先行词是contribution，关系词在定语从句中作宾语，可省略。这里表示过去，应用一般过去时。“村子”可表示为village，此处为特指。故填The contribution he made to the village。
课文默写
[The Underdog]
Paul jumped up and rushed onto the court... When the game ended, our team ____58____. “Well,” said the coach as he hit Paul on the shoulder, “you’ve just ____59____ , big guy!”
【答案】58. had won by two points
59. earned your place on the team
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，叙述了一场篮球赛的故事。
【58题详解】
考查动词时态和介词短语。句意：比赛结束时，我们队以两分的优势获胜。根据课文内容和句意可知，空处缺少“以两分的优势获胜”，译为win by two points，这件事发生在比赛结束之前，用过去完成时。故填had won by two points。
【59题详解】
考查短语和时态。句意：“好了，”教练拍了拍保罗的肩膀说，“你已经赢得了你在球队的位置，大个子！”根据课文内容和句意可知，空处缺少“赢得了你在球队的位置”，译为earn your place on the team，have后缺少过去分词构成现在完成时。故填earned your place on the team。
课文默写
[Running and Fitness]
As people often say, any exercise is better than none, but long-distance running ____60____.
... Besides, anybody who is feeling down can go for a run to cheer themselves up. Even a thirty-minute run will ___61___ that you may be suffering due to stress.
【答案】60. in particular has a lot of benefits
61. provide relief from aches or tension
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文，介绍了长跑的好处。
【60题详解】
考查短语和动词时态。句意：正如人们常说的，任何运动都比不运动好，但长跑尤其有很多好处。根据课文内容及句意可知，空处表示“尤其有很多好处”，表示“尤其”用in particular，表示“有很多好处”用have a lot of benefits，句子陈述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语为running，动词用第三人称单数形式。故填in particular has a lot of benefits。
【61题详解】
考查短语和名词。句意：即使是30分钟的跑步也能缓解你因压力而遭受的疼痛或紧张。will后搭配动词原形，根据课文内容及句意可知，空处表示“缓解疼痛或紧张”，用provide the relief from aches or tension。故填provide relief from aches or tension。
62. [Three Principles of Running]
There will be times when you want to give up. But _________ that it will get easier with time.(根据课文内容填空)
【答案】hang in there and tell yourself
【解析】
【详解】考查短语。句意：有时你会想要放弃。但坚持住，告诉自己，随着时间的推移，事情会变得更容易。根据句意“坚持住”可知短语为hang in there；表示“告诉自己”应用tell yourself，此处为肯定祈使句。故填hang in there and tell yourself。
课文默写
[Hot Snake]
... This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which ____63____ of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he ____64____. A bird had snatched up the snake... When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and ____65____.
【答案】63. was wound round the electric wires
64. was able to solve the mystery
65. these immediately started a fire
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了一位消防员发现了一场大火的根源。
【63题详解】
考查动词时态和短语。句意：他注意到一条蛇的残骸缠绕在一根16000伏的电线上。which引导限制性定语从句，先行词为snake，结合课文内容和句意可知，表示“缠绕在电线上”用be wound round the electric wires，句子描述过去的事情，用一般过去时，which作主语，指代单数snake，谓语动词用单数。故填was wound round the electric wires。
【64题详解】
考查动词时态和短语。句意：就这样，他解开了这个谜团。根据课文内容可知，空处表示“可以解开这个谜团”，用be able to solve the mystery，句子描述过去的事情，用一般过去时，he为第三人称单数。故填was able to solve the mystery。
【65题详解】
考查副词和动词时态。句意：当它这样做的时候，它把火花送到地上，这些火花立即引起了一场火灾。根据课文内容可知，空处表示“这些立即引起了一场火灾”，句子描述过去的事情，用一般过去时，“这些”用these，“立即”用immediately，“引起了一场火灾”用start a fire。故填these immediately started a fire。
第三部分 作文(共1题;满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，你的外国交换生朋友Paul发邮件向你倾诉进入高中以来学业紧张缺乏锻炼，请你给他回信。 内容包括：
1. 表达慰问
2. 推荐运动项目及理由
3. 注意事项
注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当加入细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Paul,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Paul,
I’m very sorry to hear that you are suffering from tension due to heavy workload I would like to recommend a sport to you.
From my perspective, skiing is a really good sport, which makes you feel relaxed. This sport can make you stay healthy and strong. It can help you to exercise almost every part of your body every time you go skiing. Before going skiing, you should pay attention to three points. The first is to make your body in a better state. The second is that you should not eat too much. And thirdly, you’d better go skiing with your friends. These can help you stay safe and enjoy yourself.
I sincerely hope that your life will carry on as normal. Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给外国交换生朋友Paul回信，就对方提出的进入高中以来学业紧张缺乏锻炼的情况，表达慰问并推荐运动项目及理由，且说明注意事项。
【详解】1.词汇积累
紧张：tension→nervousness
观点：perspective→point of view
安全的：safe→secure
真诚地：sincerely→genuinely
2.句式拓展
同义句转换
原句：I’m very sorry to hear that you are suffering from tension due to heavy workload. I would like to recommend a sport to you.
拓展句：Hearing that you are suffering from tension due to heavy workload, I would like to recommend a sport to you.
【点睛】【高分句型1】From my perspective, skiing is a really good sport, which makes you feel relaxed.(运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句)
【高分句型2】It can help you to exercise almost every part of your body every time you go skiing.(运用了every time引导时间状语从句)厦门外国语2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考
第二部分 阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Books That Remind Me of Home
Being in another country makes you appreciate all the things you love about your home. Reading and sharing books helps me to connect with my home country, the UK.
Here are some books that, for me, create vivid memories of home.
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
This book takes the form of a series of letters, and follows the story of a girl, Judy, as she goes to university and discovers a whole world of new experiences. It reminds me of my home and my mother, because she used to read it to me when I was ill in bed.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Have you ever read a description of a rural (乡村的) area that made you feel like you were actually there For me, this book does exactly that. It is about a young girl who discovers a secret garden.
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
This was one of my favourite books when I was younger, and for this reason it still strongly reminds me of England and my childhood. It follows three children and their adventures living next to a railway.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
This is a science-fiction novel about a man’s adventures in space after the destruction of Earth. It is creative and has a very British sense of humour. When I read it, I feel a strong connection to my home.
1. How is Daddy Long Legs different from the other books
A. It brings back memories. B. It shows British humour.
C. It is in the form of letters. D. It is designed for parents.
2. Who offers a picture of a countryside
A. Jean Webster. B. Frances Hodgson-Burnett.
C. E. Nesbit. D. Douglas Adams.
3. Which of the following tells about space explorations
A. Daddy Long Legs. B. The Secret Garden.
C. The Railway Children. D. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
B
Mary Shelley bends over her latest creation. Although the carving is only half complete, the image of a waitress holding a plate of eggs comes out from the board. Of Shelley’s nearly seven hundred carvings, many show scenes with cows on farms and people in restaurants.
From memories to carvings
“My work is a visual diary, ” Shelley says. “The carvings describe things I have experienced and felt at different times in my life.”
Every one of her carvings tells a story. Many of the stories in Shelley’s woodcarvings come from memories of her childhood in a rural (乡村的) area outside of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Shelley’s family managed a small farm. Mary was a serious girl who spent a lot of time raising animals, exploring outdoors, and reading. Although Shelley never felt especially artistic as a child, there was always an art project in the works in the Shelley household. Her grandmother painted. Her father was a commercial artist, who drew and wrote to make a living.
______
Shelley attended Cornell University and hoped to become a writer, but an unusual present took her in another direction. At age 23, she received a gift her father had made-a woodcarving of her as a girl on the farm. The gift caught her interest. After gathering boards from a building site where she worked as a carpenter, Shelley bought some tools and taught herself to carve.
Shelley soon realized that she loved the slow thoughtful process of working with wood and painting. “A carving is like a jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏),” she explains. “I didn’t know how it would all fit together, but the process of solving the puzzle kept me going.”
The Shelley style
Early in her career, people hired Shelley to carve special pieces that took four or five weeks to complete. The money she received motivated her to try more complicated scenes created by carving deeper in the wood. Over time, Shelley’s art began to have its own style. In a typical Shelley woodcarving, some objects seem to reach out of the frame while others drop back, creating a feeling of depth.
4. What can we infer from the “From memories to carvings” part
A. Art is from but beyond life. B. Life is short and art is long.
C. It is great art to laugh at your own misfortune. D. Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist
5. Which can be the best title for the second part
A. Life in School B. A Dream Come True
C. A Life-Changing Gift D. Jigsaw Puzzles and Carving
6. What made Mary take up carving
A. The dream to be an artist in her childhood. B. Her father’s low-relief carving for her.
C. The rugs hooked by her grandmother. D. Her school life in Cornell University.
7. According to the text, Shelley’s art ______.
A. is very popular B. is very expensive
C. has simple scenes D. creates a feeling of depth
C
There are a few benefits to users from the cloud besides giving you peace of mind if you lose your phone. You can access your data anytime, anywhere if you’re connected to the Internet. And you don’t have to worry about using up all of the storage on your hard drive, meaning you might not have to pay as much for a device (that comes with a ton of storage.
You’ve probably heard of the two biggest names in the market, Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, and Microsoft Azure, IBM, Google and Alibaba are also big players when it comes to providing cloud services.
Many cloud services are based on a subscription (pricing model. That means users pay, for example, a monthly fee for cloud services and they can scale up or down as needed. And cloud providers are cashing in. AWS takes up about 12 percent of Amazon’s quarterly sales, but it makes more than half of the company’s operating income.
Before we get too excited about the cloud, let’s take a step back and look at some of the risks. One obvious concern, if all of our data is online, what happens when the Internet goes down That’s what happened in 2013 when an AWS power cut took down Instagram, Vine and Airbub.
Hacker attacks are another big risk with research showing around one-fifth of all files in the cloud contain sensitive data.
Finally, it can be difficult for consumers and businesses to switch between different cloud companies. I might have a hard time syncing (my iCloud and Google Drive accounts. That can give some big companies that are already making big money on the cloud a lot of power over our data.
8. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “access” in Paragraph 1
A. Get. B. Show. C. Understand. D. Enter.
9. Which of the following provides cloud services
A Instagram. B. Alibaba C. Airbub. D. Vine.
10. What can we learn from the passage
A. Cloud providers offer services at their own cost.
B. All the cloud services must be ordered ahead of time.
C. AWS gains over 50%of Amazon’s operating income.
D. Customers must pay a regular fixed fee for cloud services.
11. The main idea of the passage is about ______.
A. what the cloud is B. how the cloud works
C the advantage over disadvantage of the cloud D. the advantage and disadvantage of the cloud
D
If maths is the language of the universe, bees may have just uttered their first words. New research suggests these busybodies of the insect world are capable of addition and subtraction (减法) — using colors in the place of plus and minus symbols.
In the animal kingdom, the ability to count — or at least distinguish between differing quantities — isn’t unusual: It has been seen in frogs, spiders, and even fish. But solving equations (方程式) using symbols is rare, so far only achieved by famously brainy animals such as chimpanzees and African grey parrots.
Building on previous research that says the social insects can count to four and understand the concept of zero, researchers wanted to test the limits of what their tiny brains can do.
Scientists trained 14 bees to link the colors blue and yellow to addition and subtraction, respectively. They placed the bees at the entrance of a Y-shaped maze (迷宫), where they were shown several shapes in either yellow or blue. If the shapes were blue, bees got a reward if they went to the end of the maze with one more blue shape (the other end had one less blue shape); if the shapes were yellow, they got a reward if they went to the end of the maze with one less yellow shape.
The testing worked the same way: Bees that “subtracted” one shape when they saw yellow, or “added” one shape when they saw blue were considered to have aced the test. The bees got the right answer 63% to 72% of the time, depending on the type of equation and the direction of the right answer — much better than random guesses would allow—the researchers report today in Science Advances.
Though the results came from just 14 bees, researchers say the advance is exciting. If a brain about 20,000 times smaller than ours can perform maths using symbols, it could pave the way to novel approaches in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Just don’t ask the bees to do your homework anytime soon.
12. Why do the scientists conduct the research
A. To teach them maths. B. To test the power of tiny brains.
C To explain the meaning of colors. D. To get access to machine learning.
13. What does the underlined word “aced” in Paragraph 5 probably mean
A. Given up. B. Entered for.
C. Got through. D. Checked over.
14. What might the research make contributions to
A. Language acquisition. B. Arithmetic learning.
C. Protection of animals. D. Development of AI.
15. What can be the best title for the text
A. Bees “Like” Counting
B. Bees “Tell” Colors Apart
C. Bees “Perform” Maths Using Shapes
D. Bees “Get” Addition and Subtraction
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。
Sometimes willpower is much like the television remote control—hard to find just when you want it most. ____16____ But there are ways to increase your willpower.
*Don’t try to change your economic situation, win a promotion and lose weight all on the same morning. Set one clear, specific goal and make a realistic plan to achieve it. Extra willpower sometimes requires extra energy, so don’t spread yourself too thin. ____17____
*Whatever your goal is, don’t expect to achieve it overnight. ____18____ If you are trying to kick a coffee habit, start by replacing your morning cup of coffee with a glass of water, instead of promising never to drink coffee again. Congratulate yourself on the small achievements. These successes help your willpower grow.
____19____ Ask friends, family or colleagues for assistance and tell them exactly how they can help. If your credit card bills have risen, for instance, let friends know that you are cutting back on expenses. Suggest having a common dinner instead of meeting at an expensive restaurant. Find a support group or organization related to your goal and attend their meetings. You can get valuable advice, understanding and information.
*If possible, change your environment to encourage positive behavior. Want to get in shape Keep an extra set of workout clothes in your office as a reminder to stop by the gym on the way home. Want to quit smoking ____20____
A. Real success takes time.
B. Focus on one goal at a time.
C. Change your environment to change your life.
D. Improve your willpower by a support network.
E. Changing your behavior requires more than willpower.
F. Avoid bars or restaurants where you might be attracted to light up.
G. Breaking a bad habit or forming a new and healthy one can be difficult.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A family tradition is recreated year after year. It adds to the family ____21____, making every family more distinctive. The tradition in my family is ____22____ in my mother’s kitchen to make various desserts for the New Year. It’s a good time with much joy.
Family traditions ____23____ family and personal well-being. Families sharing in their traditions provide security for their members, especially children. Children love ____24____ and consistency(一致性); a family tradition provides this. Moreover, it gives them something to ____25____. With traditions that are celebrated year after year, family ____26____ are created and strengthened.
Of course it’s ____27____ to make some changes to ____28____ the family’s needs. In recent years my family has added time to make ____29____ with our relatives who work overseas, for their jobs _____30_____ their reunion with us. This gives us a chance to stay _____31_____ as a family, even if we can’t be together for the holiday _____32_____.
Family traditions don’t have to be formal, or to be fancy. What _____33_____ is that you have something for all family members to expect each year. Traditions help create warm, positive _____34_____ and _____35_____ family members back to one another year after year.
21. A. relationship B. value C. identity D. belonging
22. A. waiting B. gathering C. playing D. eating
23. A. witness B. promote C. measure D. confirm
24. A. difference B. routine C. adventure D. challenge
25. A. look forward to B. face up to C. come up with D. step back from
26. A. communications B. achievements C. bonds D. celebrations
27. A. effective B. impossible C. simple D. reasonable
28. A. suit B. recognize C. stress D. feel
29. A. video calls B. online posts C. foreign travels D. family dinners
30. A. enable B. disappoint C. gain D. block
31. A. energetic B. connected C. optimistic D. determined
32. A. gradually B. significantly C. physically D. regularly
33. A. occurs B. counts C. varies D. remains
34. A. attitudes B. expressions C. memories D. impressions
35. A. pay B. give C. demand D. draw
第Ⅱ卷(共55分)
第一部分 单句语填(20题，共20分)
36. In this seaside resort, you can enjoy all the comfort and __________ (convenient) of modern tourism. (所给词的适当形式填空)
37. There are the people who speak after they think and the people who think while they’re speaking. Mike ______ (definite) belongs to the latter category. (所给词的适当形式填空)
38. One of the benefits of the Internet was its ability ______ (remove) the distance that usually exists between people. (所给词的适当形式填空)
39. So far quite a number of students in this international school ______(apply) to study abroad. （所给词的适当形式填空）
40. Timely ______ (revise) is one of the secrets to successful academic performance. (所给词的适当形式填空)
41. June said she much ______ (prefer) the orchestra’s 1998 recording of the symphony. (所给词的适当形式填空)
42. In the past, commoners (平民) ______ (prohibit) from entering the Forbidden City without permission and only imperial families and invited high officials could enter. (所给词的适当形式填空)
43. Give Messi a call for he needs ______ (cheer) up. (所给词的适当形式填空)
44. He taught for conveying knowledge, not for money. And what he said was always new and worth ________（hear）. (所给词的适当形式填空）
45. All the public service advertisements are meant to be ______ (benefit) to the public. (所给词的适当形式填空)
46. ______ (equip) with new scientific farming methods enables Chinese farmers to use less farmland to produce more grains. (所给词的适当形式填空)
47. If you’re not ______ (satisfy) with the life you’re living, don’t just complain but do something about it. (所给词的适当形式填空)
48. Their superior military ______ (strong) gives them a huge advantage in this battle. (所给词的适当形式填空)
49. All the people, men and women, young and old, were fighting against the flood in _________(defend) of their own homes. (所给词的适当形式填空)
50. I hope I can live up to what you expect ______ me. I will try not to let you down. (用适当的词填空)
51. Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her efforts paid ______ in the end. (用适当词填空)
52. Too much dependence ______ imported petroleum (石油) has posed a threat to national security. (用适当的词填空)
53. This week, The Lions were playing our main competitors, The Bears, a team __________ record this season had been perfect. (用适当的词填空)
54. There are about 100 teachers, two-thirds of______are women. (用适当的单词填空)
55. He gets into a situation ________ it is hard to decide what is right or wrong. (用适当的词填空)
第二部分 课文默写(共10题，每题2分，满分20分。每空错1词扣1分，错2词则该空不得分。)
课文默写
[Your Life Is What You Make It]
... Besides teaching, Zhang Tian also brought changes to the village. He contacted charity organizations about ____56____ and helped the villagers sell local products online. ____57____ was great, so he became very popular among the villagers and they treated him as one of them.
课文默写
[The Underdog]
Paul jumped up and rushed onto the court... When the game ended, our team ____58____. “Well,” said the coach as he hit Paul on the shoulder, “you’ve just ____59____ , big guy!”
课文默写
[Running and Fitness]
As people often say, any exercise is better than none, but long-distance running ____60____.
... Besides, anybody who is feeling down can go for a run to cheer themselves up. Even a thirty-minute run will ___61___ that you may be suffering due to stress.
62. [Three Principles of Running]
There will be times when you want to give up. But _________ that it will get easier with time.(根据课文内容填空)
课文默写
[Hot Snake]
... This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which ____63____ of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he ____64____. A bird had snatched up the snake... When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and ____65____.
第三部分 作文(共1题;满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，你的外国交换生朋友Paul发邮件向你倾诉进入高中以来学业紧张缺乏锻炼，请你给他回信。 内容包括：
1. 表达慰问
2. 推荐运动项目及理由
3. 注意事项
注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当加入细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Paul,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
