备战2024年高考英语模拟卷01（上海卷）
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：140分）
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
I.Listening Comprehension Section A （第1-10题, 每题1分；第11-20题，每题1.5分；共25分）
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Impatient. B.Confused. C. Sincere. D. Comfortable.
2. A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. In a cafe. D. In a snack bar.
3. A.American literature. B. Elementary education
C.Children's literature. D. Art history.
4. A.She will continue her work on vacation. B.Papers piled while she was on vacation.
C. She has too much work to do. D. She has made her vacation plans.
5. A. The man can only make a local call. B. The man can't use her telephone.
C. The man can call any person in the world. D. The man can be her guest at any time.
6. A. Because the working hours were not suitable. B. Because the job was quite difficult.
C. Because he had to do a lot of travelling. D. Because the job was not well paid.
7.A. Finish checking his reference. B.Complete the research
C.Put the material in order. D. Finish typing the paper
8. A. He’ll ask Steve to go to the beach with them.
B. He wants to make sure the weather is clear.
C.He doesn't know if they can have a room.
D. He isn't sure whether there will be space for Steve.
9. A. Go on a trip. B. Take a long sail.
C.Run a restaurant. D. Prepare a meal.
10. A.She only read the contents of the book. B.She didn't omit a single detail
C. She scanned the whole book. D. She read only some chapters of the book
Section B
Directions: In Section B. you will hear two short passages several and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
A. A record of the school year B. A book that is just for seniors
C. A book designed specially to print students’ titles . D. A record of students’ development.
12.A. Students’ photos. B. Teachers photos.
C.Descriptions of students’ academic results. D. Descriptions of after-school activities.
13. A. All the students and teachers vote. B.Students sign each other’ s yearbooks.
C. Students in a yearbook club choose. D.Students who are soon graduating vote.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Because e-gaming has earned a lot of money worldwide.
B. Because e-gaming has held millions of spectators
C.Because e-gaming has a huge audience base in the Republic of Korea.
D.Because e-gaming has become everyone's form of entertainment.
15. A. That sport requires a combination of different skills
B. That players have to make quick decisions throughout the match.
C. That sport doesn't necessarily need much physical work
D. That sport involves not only body engagement but also entertainment
16.A.Players. B.International Olympic Committee.
C. Audiences. D. E-gaming.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
A. Make an appointment for an interview. B. Send in an application letter.
Fill in an application form. D. Make a brief self-introduction on the phone.
18. A. Someone having a college degree in advertising.
B. Someone experienced in business management.
C. Someone ready to take on more responsibilities.
D. Someone willing to work beyond regular hours.
19. A.Travel opportunities. B. Handsome pay.
C. Prospects for promotion. D. Flexible working hours.
20.A. It depends on the working hours. B. It is about 500 pounds a week.
C. It will be set by the Human Resources. D. It is to be negotiated.
II.Grammar and Vocabulary （每题1分；共20分）
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The internet and its cultural impact are most often viewed through the lens of the “tech bro”. Biographies, and memoirs about these big-tech bosses have shaped readers’ understanding of 21 the online world changes the offline one. But these books rarely mention the principal figures who have shaped the experience of being online: social-media influencers.
Influencers—the (usually female) people behind the most popular accounts on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube—have large followings, often in the hundreds of thousands or millions. People like Jackie Aina, Matilda Djerf and Molly-Mae Hague earn a living from a combination of sponsored posts, commissions 22 (make) through associate links and by creating their own brands, from fake tan to eyeshadows.
Though they shape digital culture, too often influencers 23 (dismiss) as fame-hungry celebrities, who post about the details of their lives and mindlessly promote branded products for eye-watering sums. But a new crop of books takes the influencer industry 24 (seriously) by exploring the way social media’s most popular users are reshaping the global economy and changing what the average person views online.
Taylor Lorenz, 25 technology writer for the Washington Post, is a leading voice on social-media trends and internet culture. Her book, “Extremely Online”, argues that influencers hold huge power: “Tech founders may control the source code, 26 it is users who shape the product.” Charting the history of the influencer from the 1990s to today, Ms. Lorenz argues influencers rose by making fame and luxury less “sealed off”. Like reality-TV stars, early influencers created a new, niche sort of celebrity, popular enough 27 (draw) attention but still unrecognizable to most.
Ms. Lorenz makes the case that, despite its bad rap, influencing has “given more people the chance to benefit directly from their labor than at any other time in history”, 28 (entertain) readers with stories about “mommy bloggers” turning the pain of parenthood into six-figure businesses and teens becoming multi-millionaires through short comedy skits.
Some experts estimate as much as 90% of online content could be AI-generated by 2026. 29 the number of believable posts and photos produced by AI soars, influencers will face significantly more competition for internet users’ attention. No influencer, __ __ 30 __ ____skilled they have proved to be at using the internet to gain popularity and profits in the past, is guaranteed to retain any kind of influence in the next technological transformation.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A．appearances B．imitating C． distinguish D．isolate E. advantageous F. diverse G. Identical H. criterion I. markings J. poisonous K. threatening
Why different species start looking exactly the same
Is it better to stand out from the crowd or be similar to the background For birds, the answer is complicated. While peacocks(孔雀) show off their brightly colored feathers to attract mates and ward off predators, other birds find it 31 to hide themselves by imitating the looks of other birds.
Groups of birds flying together often come from the same species, making it hard to 32 one from another. However, some groups of birds including two or more species take on similar 33 , which is an uncommon phenomenon. “They all share random features, like feathers on head or yellow bellies(腹部), which makes them almost 34 . You can’t really tell them apart without looking at their 35 .” says Scott Robinson, a famous scholar. His new study suggests 36 another bird’s appearance is not a coincidence but rather an evolutionary method to increase their chances of survival. Looking like a bird from a dominant species helps reduce attack from other members and appear more 37 to potential predators.
“In imitation, you often want to look like something because there’s an advantage to being that other thing. You want species to think you’re 38 or low-profitable target.” says Rebecca Kimball, a professor of biology. “In grouping birds, one idea is that this has more to do with a predator’s ability to 39 a target. When there are a group of birds moving around, it may be easier for predators to identify an individual that has a distinct color pattern.”
While it may not seem like it at first, imitating other birds is helping to create more 40 species. Not only do birds imitate more than one species as they grow up, but their appearance varies over time.
III.Reading Comprehension (41 – 55题，每题1分；56 – 70题，每题2分；共45分)
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Today’s youth will drive tomorrow’s growth. Young people have always confused their elders. Today’s youngsters are no different. They have thin wallets but 41 tastes. They long for authenticity while being constantly immersed in an artificial digital world. They 42 convenience and abundance. As they start spending in earnest, brands are trying to understand what these walking paradoxes (悖论) 43 and how they shop. The answers will define the next era of consumerism.
A good place to start analyzing the psyche of young consumer is to consider the 44 that has shaped them. At one end of the scale, today’s 30-somethings came of age in the midst of the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. Their younger peers were slightly 45 , beginning their careers in years when tightening labour markets had pushed up wages until the covid-19 pandemic turned many of their lives upside down.
These two big 46 have contributed to pessimism among the young people who experienced them. A study found a widespread 47 among Gen Zs that they would be able to afford to retire. Less than half believed they would ever own a home.
In many ways youngsters’ shopping habits, like their lives, are defined by the “ 48 economy”. The popularity of social media means there are many new ways of attracting consumers’ eyeballs. Most young shoppers never knew a world without smartphones. More than two-thirds of 18- to 34-year-old Americans spend four hours or more on their devices each day.
These “always-on purchasers” often avoid a weekly shop so that they can have quicker 49 of everything from fashion to furniture. They like subscriptions, often favoring shared access to products over outright ownership, which has 50 online-rental sites and streaming services.
The internet has also changed how the young discover brands. Print, billboard or TV advertising has 51 social media. Instagram and TikTok are where the young look for inspiration, particularly for goods where 52 matter, such as beauty, fashion, and sportswear. 53 physical shops are not entirely out of favor. They can be successful as long as the experience feels personal and, ideally, integrates virtual and physical worlds.
How the young shop is clearly shifting. What they buy, too, is changing. What older generations consider optional, such as wellness and luxury, has become 54 for the young.
More broadly, young consumers claim to be more 55 than previous generations. Some of these values are centered around identity (race, gender and so on). Others stem from things the young care about, such as climate change.
41．A．pleasant B．expensive C．mild D．refreshing
42．A．prize B．boast C．mix D．challenge
43．A．recycle B．desire C．deliver D．package
44．A．education B．institution C．family D．economy
45．A．busier B．luckier C．stronger D．calmer
46．A．reforms B．ends C．trends D．shocks
47．A．doubt B．opposition C．criticism D．ignorance
48．A．bubble B．attention C．knowledge D．green
49．A．refunds B．possessions C．fixes D．trials
50．A．approved B．facilitated C．reversed D．updated
51．A．made peace with B．made up for C．run parallel to D．given way to
52．A．looks B．scents C．textures D．atmospheres
53．A．However B．Hence C．Apparently D．Otherwise
54．A．souvenirs B．essentials C．memories D．treasures
55．A．dream-connected B．hobbies-motivated
C．values-driven D．money-focused
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
I write this on a spring morning, in the van I have called home for two years now.
From one small window, I have a view of joggers pounding the sunny path by the Oxford Canal, and the other looks onto the busy railway line along which trains travel from Southampton Docks to Birmingham.
The woods where I’ve parked my van have grown up between them. This ancient van, a vehicle designed for freedom and the open road, has proved a stable solution for surviving the current housing crisis.
I became a travel writer after my studies ended, committing to brief “residencies” with museums and art centres—where temporary accommodation is often provided in exchange for producing new work about a community. Over the years that followed, living and working on location in the polar regions or Scandinavia or the Alps, not settling down for very long, meant wherever I landed was always “home”.
During the pandemic it was necessary to adopt a more permanent engagement with locality. Oxford had often drawn me back. It’s a crossroads of reality and the imagination, the perfect city for a writer.
It takes a surprising amount of work to keep a tiny home in order: buying a used van online; ensuring the smooth running of a gas cooker and car batteries; fetching water and emptying the mobile toilet. I began to enjoy taking care of my immediate surroundings. Over the summer, I worked to turn waste-ground into a wild garden, replacing weeds with wild plants.
I made friends with the self-sufficient boaters living nearby, always ready to share knowledge on the low-carbon simplicity of life without electricity. I’ve learnt that comfort can be found away from the bright infrastructure of urban life: in watching the birds that nest in the tree and the foxes playing in the woods at dawn, in making a cup of coffee on a spring morning.
My step away from conventional housing has been a necessary act of personal economy, but the benefits include taking nothing for granted, and unexpected delight.
56．Why did the writer make the van his home
A．Because the feature of the van and that of his occupation are matching.
B．Because the van is equivalent to a crossroads of reality and the imagination.
C．Because the views of joggers and trains outside the van can relieve his pressure.
D．Because living and working on location in the polar regions are appealing to him.
57．What does “immediate surroundings” in Paragraph 6 refer to
A．a used van B．a gas cooker C．a wild garden D．a mobile toilet
58．Which of the following is the benefit of unconventional housing
A．Joining joggers to do exercise. B．Keeping a tiny home in order easily.
C．Improving the economy of Oxford. D．Embracing delightful surprises.
59．What’s the writer’s attitude towards living in the van
A．Cautious. B．Ironical. C．Favorable. D．Neutral.
(B)
Superb Spring Gardens
Sunshine on your face, the scent of blossom in the air, the dreamy song of a blackbird.What better way to while away a spring day than in a country garden filled with flowers like magnolia, rhododendron, primula, iris, daffodils or bluebells Here are a four of the best.
LONDON The Savili Garden Egham, Surrey. Open daily. Part of the Windsor Great Park estate, with one of the country’s finest plant collections. Aptly named Spring Wood is planted with magnolia and rhododendron, including many Loderi hybrids, the flowers of which are deliciously scented, while the Azalea Walk is at its peak in mid to late May. Brilliant for families with a great cafe, too. windsorgreatpark.co.uk/en YORKSHIRE The Hirnalayan Garden Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire. Open daily from 12 April. Set in a valley between Harrogate and Ripon, this garden features hundreds of native Himalayan plants in a setting that is perhaps as close as you can get to being in an actual Himalayan valley - especially on a misty morning. Many of the rhododendrons are wild species, collected and grown from seed and now in their mature prime. 01765 658009, himalayangarden.com
SCOTLAND Arduaine Garden Near Oban, Argyll. Open daily from 1 April. Set on Scotland’s west coast amid stunning scenery, this beautiful garden benefits from the influence of the Gulf Stream. Now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, the historic garden featured over 200 rhododendrons by the 1920s, which are still spring highlights, as are stands of primula and iris. But the real stars are the stretches of colourful and jaw-droppingly beautiful Himalayan plants. 01852 200366, nationaltrust.org.uk/arduain-garden WALES Bodnant Garden Near Colwyn Bay, Clwyd. Open daily. Rightly considered one of the UK’s finest gardens, Bodnant springs to life with pools of daffodils in Old Park Meadow, along with national collections of magnolia and rhododendron.Extensive plantings of cherry fill the garden with sweet scent in mid-spring, alongside plentiful bluebells. For these weeks from mid-May, thefamous Laburnum Arch, a long walkway with golden-yellow flowers, alone is worth a visit to experience it. 01492 650460, nationaltrust.org.uk/bodnant-garden
60．The purpose of this page is to _________.
A．introduce the beauty of the superb spring gardens in the UK
B．urge garden lovers to visit the websites of the four gardens
C．promote different regions in the UK by introducing their gardens
D．advertise four spring gardens and encourage visits to them
61．Born in London and a rhododendron lover, Sally has always been longing to visit Himalaya in person someday. She’s also fascinated by Himalayan plants. Which garden will she most probably visit during April
A．The Savill Garden B．The Himalayan Garden
C．Arduaine Garden D．Bodnant Garden
62．Which of the following statements is true
A．All four gardens boast magnolia and rhododendron.
B．Two gardens are open to the public only during April.
C．The National Trust takes care of two of the four gardens.
D．Tourists can call to know more about the four gardens.
(C)
Frozen in time, a 125-million-year-old mammal attacking a dinosaur. A 39-million-year-old whale, the heaviest animal that ever lived. The oldest known jellyfish, from 505 million years ago. Paleontology (古生物学) produces newsworthy discoveries.
Fossils, moreover, provide direct evidence for the long history of life, allowing paleontologists to test hypotheses (假设) about evolution with data only they provide. They allow investigation of present and past life on Earth. Flows of biological diversity, appearances of new life forms and the extinctions of long existing ones, would go undiscovered without these efforts. But the headlines over exciting new fossils greatly underestimate the true importance of paleontology. Its real significance lies in how such discoveries brighten the grand history of life on Earth. From its beginnings, more than three billion years ago, to the present day, fossils record how life adapted or disappeared in the face of major environmental challenges.
Paleontologists provide us with a unique vantage on modern climate change. They play an essential role in interpreting ancient environments, in reconstructing ancient oceans, continents and climates. Fossils provide key limitation on the climate models that are essential for predicting future climate change. And the fossil record gives important insights into how life will respond to predicted future climate conditions, because these have occurred before in Earth’s history.
In addition, paleontology has provided a fundamental contribution to human thought: the reality of species extinction and thus of a world that has dramatically changed over time. In documenting the history of life, paleontologists recognized that many extinction episodes could occur suddenly, such as the event 66 million years ago that ended the dinosaurs. The search for the causes of past mass extinctions started pioneering studies from across the scientific spectrum (科学界), focusing on potential future threats to humanity.
Not only do paleontologists know what happens to life when things go bad, they also know how long it takes for ecosystems and biodiversity to recover from these disasters, which can take far longer than modern humans have existed.
Paleontologists thus provide a unique perspective on the nature and future long-term ecological impact of the current human-produced biodiversity crisis, the so-called Sixth Extinction, and therefore the importance of protecting modern biodiversity. The very concept of a Sixth Extinction would not exist without paleontologists documenting the first five.
Paleontologists know that understanding life’s past is critical to anticipating and adapting to life’s and humanity’s future. Paleontology is important because it brings its unique and critical perspective to current challenges in climate change, biodiversity loss and the environment. Paleontologists can predict the future because they know the past.
63．The first two paragraphs are written to _______.
A．describe an event B．raise a question
C．present an opinion D．make a comparison
64．What does the underlined word “vantage” in Paragraph 3 mean
A．A positive effect. B．A valuable suggestion.
C．A quick decision. D．A comprehensive view.
65．Which of the following would the author agree with
A．Ecological recovery takes shorter than imagined.
B．Past lessons can help to predict the future threats.
C．Paleontologists can handle the biodiversity crisis.
D．Fossil studies focus on the causes of mass extinctions.
66．What’s the best title for the passage
A．Paleontology: A Pioneering Study
B．Paleontology: A History Recorder
C．Paleontology Tells More About Nature Than Humans
D．Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries
Section C
Directions: Read the following passages. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
How to Thrive in a video age
The pandemic embedded video into the workplace. Workers who had never previously been on camera suddenly spent every hour of the day getting used to the sight of themselves and their colleagues on screen. 67
There is no going back. Blogs have become vlogs. Meetings are now recorded as a matter so that people can fail to watch them back later. Some firms routinely ask applicants to record answers to certain questions on video, so that people can’t see how well prospective recruits communicate.
Since video has become more central to work, it pays to be good at it. 68 . Workers can improve under their own steam, but companies can help, too.
To see what the right set-up looks like, just observe the range of images on your next, video-conferencing call. It will probably be a complete mishmash (大杂烩). Some people will be bathed in the warm glow of a ring light; others will be emerging from the shadows like the Emperor Palpatine. Obviously, there is a limit to how level the playing-field-between home offices can be, when living environments between employees differ so greatly. 69 : people who regularly make presentations or see clients have greater claim on fancier equipment.
Advice on how to present well on video is not that different to advice on presenting in general. But there are some specific pitfalls with video. One is where to look. Staring into the camera is unnatural. Some advice pinning a photo of someone you respect right by the lens. But looking at the camera is harder if you are referring to notes no the screen at the same time. Teleprompter (提词器) software maybe the right answer.
Perhaps the least recognised skill in the video age is listening well. 70 — being able to turn your camera off when your time is being royally wasted may be the pandemic’s greatest gift to productivity. Yet one of the downsides is how distracting it can be: as well as checking yourself out and following the online chat, you can comment on someone’s new wallpaper while watching their neighbour shovel noodles into their mouth. It takes real effort to stay focused in such circumstances.
A．Being a star in the video age means having the right set-up, speaking well and listening well B．whether providing decent home-working equipment or giving feedback on how people appear on screen, employers can help everyone improve their video game C．Whether you are on camera or in the room, it is always easier to listen when there is something worth hearing D．Executives realized that they could send video messages to their workforces rather than having to assemble in town halls E．However, not everyone needs to look like an A-lister F．After all, one great benefit of the virtual meeting is that you can get actual work done in it
IV. Summary Writing (10分)
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Building up your muscles is an easy part—the hard part is burning those layers of fat that cover your muscles. Here are some tips.
In order to work out harder, make a favorite fitness playlist with music that gets you excited, as it can help you go up to 20% longer and burn more calories, according to a study of Brunel University London. The study’s researcher says that music tends to prevent tiredness, and produces feelings of excitement.
Not only does eating good breakfast speed up your metabolism(新陈代谢), but it also nourishes (为……提供营养) your muscles. After eating breakfast, your best way of keeping fat burning going is to “graze”. Set up an eating schedule where you eat five to eight small meals every few hours throughout the day. It provides your body with a constant flow of nourishment to feed your muscles.
Men’s Health suggests choosing hard exercise that involves total body movements in order to help raise your heart rate and leave you out of breath. By including total body movements into your exercise, you’re going to end up burning a lot more calories while challenging yourself at the same time. As the saying goes: No pain, no gain. So, get moving.
Sounds easy enough, right It’s as simple as drinking a cup of green tea every day. Adding in green tea will push fat burning to another level. And studies have shown that it can increase fat burning and help you lose weight.
While doing your weight training, try something including short, big bursts of cardio(心脏强化锻炼) throughout your exercise. For example, if you’re doing an hour-long exercise, place cardio into it every 15 minutes to help speed up your metabolism.
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V. Translation (第1-2句，每句3分；第3句，4分；第4句5分；共15分)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
72．帮我去楼下杂货店买点面粉，行吗 (help)
73．这名店员自从晋升为经理之后，更加卖力工作了。(promote)
74．保持积极的人生态度并坚持追求远大理想，成功将指日可待。(sight)
75．Tony刚想喝杯咖啡提提神，就被David叫去讨论如何制定计划，帮助班级同学复习功课。(about to)
VI. Guided Writing （25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是明启中学的高三学生李华。为了更贴近学生生活，满足学生需求，你所在的学校计划在校园网站上增加一个栏目，拟从四个栏目里选择个一个：“学生来信”、“心理聊天室”、“职业发展规划”和“校园热搜”。学校正在向全体师生征求建议，给校方写一封信。信中必须包含：
1. 你会选择增加的栏目；
2. 你的理由。
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（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：140分）
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
I.Listening Comprehension Section A （第1-10题, 每题1分；第11-20题，每题1.5分；共25分）
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Impatient. B.Confused. C. Sincere. D. Comfortable.
2. A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. In a cafe. D. In a snack bar.
3. A.American literature. B. Elementary education
C.Children's literature. D. Art history.
4. A.She will continue her work on vacation. B.Papers piled while she was on vacation.
C. She has too much work to do. D. She has made her vacation plans.
5. A. The man can only make a local call. B. The man can't use her telephone.
C. The man can call any person in the world. D. The man can be her guest at any time.
6. A. Because the working hours were not suitable. B. Because the job was quite difficult.
C. Because he had to do a lot of travelling. D. Because the job was not well paid.
7.A. Finish checking his reference. B.Complete the research
C.Put the material in order. D. Finish typing the paper
8. A. He’ll ask Steve to go to the beach with them.
B. He wants to make sure the weather is clear.
C.He doesn't know if they can have a room.
D. He isn't sure whether there will be space for Steve.
9. A. Go on a trip. B. Take a long sail.
C.Run a restaurant. D. Prepare a meal.
10. A.She only read the contents of the book. B.She didn't omit a single detail
C. She scanned the whole book. D. She read only some chapters of the book
Section B
Directions: In Section B. you will hear two short passages several and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
A. A record of the school year B. A book that is just for seniors
C. A book designed specially to print students’ titles . D. A record of students’ development.
12.A. Students’ photos. B. Teachers photos.
C.Descriptions of students’ academic results. D. Descriptions of after-school activities.
13. A. All the students and teachers vote. B.Students sign each other’ s yearbooks.
C. Students in a yearbook club choose. D.Students who are soon graduating vote.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Because e-gaming has earned a lot of money worldwide.
B. Because e-gaming has held millions of spectators
C.Because e-gaming has a huge audience base in the Republic of Korea.
D.Because e-gaming has become everyone's form of entertainment.
15. A. That sport requires a combination of different skills
B. That players have to make quick decisions throughout the match.
C. That sport doesn't necessarily need much physical work
D. That sport involves not only body engagement but also entertainment
16.A.Players. B.International Olympic Committee.
C. Audiences. D. E-gaming.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
A. Make an appointment for an interview. B. Send in an application letter.
Fill in an application form. D. Make a brief self-introduction on the phone.
18. A. Someone having a college degree in advertising.
B. Someone experienced in business management.
C. Someone ready to take on more responsibilities.
D. Someone willing to work beyond regular hours.
19. A.Travel opportunities. B. Handsome pay.
C. Prospects for promotion. D. Flexible working hours.
20.A. It depends on the working hours. B. It is about 500 pounds a week.
C. It will be set by the Human Resources. D. It is to be negotiated.
1-5. ABBCA 6-10.DCDAD 11-13. ACD 14-16. BCA 17-20. BDAD
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II.Grammar and Vocabulary （每题1分；共20分）
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The internet and its cultural impact are most often viewed through the lens of the “tech bro”. Biographies, and memoirs about these big-tech bosses have shaped readers’ understanding of 21 the online world changes the offline one. But these books rarely mention the principal figures who have shaped the experience of being online: social-media influencers.
Influencers—the (usually female) people behind the most popular accounts on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube—have large followings, often in the hundreds of thousands or millions. People like Jackie Aina, Matilda Djerf and Molly-Mae Hague earn a living from a combination of sponsored posts, commissions 22 (make) through associate links and by creating their own brands, from fake tan to eyeshadows.
Though they shape digital culture, too often influencers 23 (dismiss) as fame-hungry celebrities, who post about the details of their lives and mindlessly promote branded products for eye-watering sums. But a new crop of books takes the influencer industry 24 (seriously) by exploring the way social media’s most popular users are reshaping the global economy and changing what the average person views online.
Taylor Lorenz, 25 technology writer for the Washington Post, is a leading voice on social-media trends and internet culture. Her book, “Extremely Online”, argues that influencers hold huge power: “Tech founders may control the source code, 26 it is users who shape the product.” Charting the history of the influencer from the 1990s to today, Ms. Lorenz argues influencers rose by making fame and luxury less “sealed off”. Like reality-TV stars, early influencers created a new, niche sort of celebrity, popular enough 27 (draw) attention but still unrecognizable to most.
Ms. Lorenz makes the case that, despite its bad rap, influencing has “given more people the chance to benefit directly from their labor than at any other time in history”, 28 (entertain) readers with stories about “mommy bloggers” turning the pain of parenthood into six-figure businesses and teens becoming multi-millionaires through short comedy skits.
Some experts estimate as much as 90% of online content could be AI-generated by 2026. 29 the number of believable posts and photos produced by AI soars, influencers will face significantly more competition for internet users’ attention. No influencer, __ __ 30 __ ____skilled they have proved to be at using the internet to gain popularity and profits in the past, is guaranteed to retain any kind of influence in the next technological transformation.
【答案】
21．how 22．made 23．are dismissed 24．more seriously 25．a 26．but 27．to draw 28．entertaining 29．As 30．no matter how
【导语】本文是一篇议论文。主要探讨了社交媒体影响者（即网红）在互联网文化中的重要性和影响。
21．考查宾语从句。句意：这些科技巨头的传记和回忆录塑造了读者对网络世界如何改变线下世界的理解。分析句子结构可知，空处引导宾语从句，从句中结构完整，用连接副词引导，根据句意，表达“如何”之意，用how。故填how。
22．考查非谓语动词。句意：像Jackie Aina、Matilda Djerf和Molly-Mae Hague这样的人通过赞助帖子、通过关联链接获得的佣金以及创建自己的品牌(从晒黑产品到眼影)来谋生。分析句子结构可知，本句已有谓语动词earn，所以make用非谓语形式，和逻辑主语commissions之间是被动关系，用过去分词表被动。故填made。
23．考查动词时态和语态。句意：尽管网红塑造了数字文化，但他们往往被视为渴望名利的名人，他们在网上晒自己的生活细节，盲目地推销品牌产品，赚取令人瞠目结舌的收入。分析句子结构可知，dismiss作本句谓语，和主语influencers之间是被动关系，用被动语态，描述的是客观事实，用一般现在时。故填are dismissed。
24．考查副词。句意：不过，有一批新书更认真地看待网红行业，探讨了社交媒体上最受欢迎的用户如何重塑全球经济，以及如何改变普通人的网络观点。空处修饰空前的动词，用副词修饰，根据句意，此处表达“更认真地”之意，用比较级。故填more seriously。
25．考查冠词。句意：泰勒·洛伦兹是《华盛顿邮报》的科技作家，是社交媒体趋势和互联网文化方面的领军人物。writer意为“作家”，为可数名词，句中用的单数，前应用不定冠词修饰，technology是辅音音素开头，用a修饰。故填a。
26．考查连词。句意：她的书《极度在线》认为，影响者拥有巨大的权力：“科技创始人可能控制着源代码，但塑造产品的是用户。”根据前文“Tech founders may control the source code”以及后文“it is users who shape the product.”可知，两句是转折关系，用but连接。故填but。
27．考查非谓语动词。句意：像真人秀明星一样，早期的网红创造了一种新的、小众的名人，他们足够受欢迎，可以吸引注意力，但大多数人仍然认不出来。此处是固定搭配：enough to do sth.意为“足以做某事”。故填to draw。
28．考查非谓语动词。句意：洛伦兹认为，尽管名声不好，但影响力“让更多的人有机会从自己的劳动中直接受益，这是历史上任何时候都没有的”，她用一些故事来娱乐读者，比如“妈咪博主”把为人父母的痛苦变成了六位数的生意，以及青少年通过喜剧小品成为千万富翁。分析句子结构可知，本句已有谓语动词makes，所以entertain用非谓语动词，和逻辑主语Ms. Lorenz之间是主动关系，用现在分词形式。故填entertaining。
29．考查时间状语从句。句意：随着人工智能制作的可信帖子和照片数量激增，网红们将面临更大的竞争，以吸引网民的注意力。分析句子结构可知，空处引导状语从句，根据句意，表达“随着”之意，应用as引导的时间状语从句，位于句首，首字母应大写。故填As。
30．考查状语从句。句意：没有任何网红，无论他们在过去如何熟练地利用互联网获得人气和利润，都不能保证在下一次技术变革中保持任何影响力。分析句子结构可知，空处引导状语从句，根据句意，表达“无论如何”之意，应用no matter how引导让步状语从句。故填no matter how。
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A．appearances B．imitating C． distinguish D．isolate E. advantageous F. diverse G. Identical H. criterion I. markings J. poisonous K. threatening
Why different species start looking exactly the same
Is it better to stand out from the crowd or be similar to the background For birds, the answer is complicated. While peacocks(孔雀) show off their brightly colored feathers to attract mates and ward off predators, other birds find it 31 to hide themselves by imitating the looks of other birds.
Groups of birds flying together often come from the same species, making it hard to 32 one from another. However, some groups of birds including two or more species take on similar 33 , which is an uncommon phenomenon. “They all share random features, like feathers on head or yellow bellies(腹部), which makes them almost 34 . You can’t really tell them apart without looking at their 35 .” says Scott Robinson, a famous scholar. His new study suggests 36 another bird’s appearance is not a coincidence but rather an evolutionary method to increase their chances of survival. Looking like a bird from a dominant species helps reduce attack from other members and appear more 37 to potential predators.
“In imitation, you often want to look like something because there’s an advantage to being that other thing. You want species to think you’re 38 or low-profitable target.” says Rebecca Kimball, a professor of biology. “In grouping birds, one idea is that this has more to do with a predator’s ability to 39 a target. When there are a group of birds moving around, it may be easier for predators to identify an individual that has a distinct color pattern.”
While it may not seem like it at first, imitating other birds is helping to create more 40 species. Not only do birds imitate more than one species as they grow up, but their appearance varies over time.
【答案】
31．E 32．C 33．A 34．G 35．I 36．B 37．K 38．J 39．D 40．F
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了不同物种模仿其他物种特征的原因。
31．考查形容词。句意：虽然孔雀炫耀其色彩鲜艳的羽毛来吸引配偶和抵御捕食者，但其他鸟类则发现通过模仿别的鸟类的外表来隐藏自己是有利的。“find it+adj.+to do sth.”是固定句型，所以空处应用形容词作宾补。根据“While peacocks(孔雀) show off their brightly colored feathers to attract mates and ward off predators(捕食者)”，While引导让步状语从句，所以这里与上文形成转折，表示的是虽然孔雀展示自己色彩鲜艳的羽毛，但其他鸟类发现模仿别的鸟类外表是有利的。advantageous意为“有利的，有好处的”。故选E。
32．考查动词。句意：成群的鸟类经常来自同一物种，使得很难区分彼此。根据空前的不定式符号to，这里应用动词原形。根据空后的“one from another”，这里是说难以区分彼此。distinguish意为“区分，辨别”。故选C。
33．考查名词。句意：然而，有两个或两个以上物种的一些鸟类群体具有相似的外观，这是一种罕见的现象。根据空前的“similar”可知，这里应用名词作宾语。根据下文中的“They all share random features”，这里是说这些鸟的外表相似。appearance意为“外表”，此处不止一只鸟的外表，应用复数。故选A。
34．考查形容词。句意：它们都有随机的特征，比如头上的羽毛或黄色的腹部，这使它们几乎完全相同。“make+宾语+宾补”是固定结构，分析句子结构，这里应用形容词作宾补。根据下文中的“You can’t really tell them apart”，这里是说这些鸟看起来几乎一样。identical意为“完全同样的，相同的”。故选G。
35．考查名词。句意：如果不看它们的标记，你就无法真正区分它们。根据空前的their，空处应用名词作宾语。根据空前的“without looking at their”，这里是说如果不看这些鸟的标记，就不能把它们区分开，“标记”为名词marking，表示不止一个标记，应用复数。故选I。
36．考查动名词。句意：他的新研究表明，模仿另一只鸟的外表并不是巧合，而是一种增加它们生存机会的进化方法。根据空后的“another bird’s appearance”和第一段中的“by imitating the looks of other birds”，这里是说模仿另一只鸟的外表。imitate意为“模仿”，分析句子结构，suggests后面是一个宾语从句，空处作主语，应用动名词形式imitating。故选B。
37．考查形容词。句意：看起来像一只优势种类的鸟有助于减少其他成员的攻击，并显得对潜在的捕食者更有威胁。空处应用形容词，作appear的表语。根据句中的“Looking like a bird from a dominant species helps reduce attack from other members”，这里是说外表像优势种类的鸟可以看起来对潜在的捕食者更有威胁。threatening意为“威胁的”。故选K。
38．考查形容词。句意：你想让物种认为你是有毒的或好处少的目标。根据空前的you’re，空处应用形容词作表语。根据or后的low-profitable，前后表达的特征相近，这种特征可以让捕食者打消猎捕的念头，所以让对方认为有毒可以达到目的。poisonous意为“有毒的”。故选J。
39．考查动词。句意：在对鸟类进行分组时，一种想法是，这更多地与捕食者找出目标的能力有关。空前有不定式符号to，所以空处应用动词原形。根据下文中的“it may be easier for predators to identify an individual that has a distinct color pattern”，捕食者更容易识别有不同特征的鸟，即有找出目标的能力。isolate意为“将……剔出（以便看清和单独处理）”。故选D。
40．考查形容词。句意：虽然一开始可能看起来不像，但模仿其他鸟类有助于创造更多样化的物种。根据空前的more和空后的species，这里应用形容词作定语，修饰名词species。根据下文中的“their appearance varies over time”，这里是说模仿有助于创造出更加多样的物种。diverse意为“多样化的”。故选F。
III.Reading Comprehension (41 – 55题，每题1分；56 – 70题，每题2分；共45分)
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Today’s youth will drive tomorrow’s growth. Young people have always confused their elders. Today’s youngsters are no different. They have thin wallets but 41 tastes. They long for authenticity while being constantly immersed in an artificial digital world. They 42 convenience and abundance. As they start spending in earnest, brands are trying to understand what these walking paradoxes (悖论) 43 and how they shop. The answers will define the next era of consumerism.
A good place to start analyzing the psyche of young consumer is to consider the 44 that has shaped them. At one end of the scale, today’s 30-somethings came of age in the midst of the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. Their younger peers were slightly 45 , beginning their careers in years when tightening labour markets had pushed up wages until the covid-19 pandemic turned many of their lives upside down.
These two big 46 have contributed to pessimism among the young people who experienced them. A study found a widespread 47 among Gen Zs that they would be able to afford to retire. Less than half believed they would ever own a home.
In many ways youngsters’ shopping habits, like their lives, are defined by the “ 48 economy”. The popularity of social media means there are many new ways of attracting consumers’ eyeballs. Most young shoppers never knew a world without smartphones. More than two-thirds of 18- to 34-year-old Americans spend four hours or more on their devices each day.
These “always-on purchasers” often avoid a weekly shop so that they can have quicker 49 of everything from fashion to furniture. They like subscriptions, often favoring shared access to products over outright ownership, which has 50 online-rental sites and streaming services.
The internet has also changed how the young discover brands. Print, billboard or TV advertising has 51 social media. Instagram and TikTok are where the young look for inspiration, particularly for goods where 52 matter, such as beauty, fashion, and sportswear. 53 physical shops are not entirely out of favor. They can be successful as long as the experience feels personal and, ideally, integrates virtual and physical worlds.
How the young shop is clearly shifting. What they buy, too, is changing. What older generations consider optional, such as wellness and luxury, has become 54 for the young.
More broadly, young consumers claim to be more 55 than previous generations. Some of these values are centered around identity (race, gender and so on). Others stem from things the young care about, such as climate change.
41．A．pleasant B．expensive C．mild D．refreshing
42．A．prize B．boast C．mix D．challenge
43．A．recycle B．desire C．deliver D．package
44．A．education B．institution C．family D．economy
45．A．busier B．luckier C．stronger D．calmer
46．A．reforms B．ends C．trends D．shocks
47．A．doubt B．opposition C．criticism D．ignorance
48．A．bubble B．attention C．knowledge D．green
49．A．refunds B．possessions C．fixes D．trials
50．A．approved B．facilitated C．reversed D．updated
51．A．made peace with B．made up for C．run parallel to D．given way to
52．A．looks B．scents C．textures D．atmospheres
53．A．However B．Hence C．Apparently D．Otherwise
54．A．souvenirs B．essentials C．memories D．treasures
55．A．dream-connected B．hobbies-motivated
C．values-driven D．money-focused
【答案】
41．B 42．A 43．B 44．D 45．B 46．D 47．A 48．B 49．C 50．B 51．D 52．A 53．A 54．B 55．C
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了年轻人的购物方式和购买物品的变化原因、影响和表现。
41．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们钱包很薄，但品味昂贵。A. pleasant令人愉快的；B. expensive昂贵的；C. mild温和的；D. refreshing令人耳目一新的。根据前文的“They have thin wallets”和表示转折的连词but可知，他们钱很少，但是喜欢的东西很昂贵。故选B项。
42．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们看重便利和富足。A. prize珍视，看重；B. boast自夸；C. mix混合；D. challenge挑战。根据后文的“convenience and abundance”可知，他们看重便利和富足。故选A项。
43．考查动词词义辨析。句意：随着他们开始认真消费，各大品牌正试图了解这些“行走的悖论”想要什么，以及他们的购物方式。A. recycle回收；B. desire渴望，期望；C. deliver交付；D. package包裹。根据前文的“brands are trying to understand”可知，各大品牌试图了解这些年轻人想要什么，以便卖给他们。故选B项。
44．考查名词词义辨析。句意：分析年轻消费者心理的一个好地方是考虑影响他们的经济。A. education教育；B. institution机构；C. family家族；D. economy经济。根据后文的“At one end of the scale, today’s 30-somethings came of age in the midst of the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. Their younger peers were slightly 5 , beginning their careers in years when tightening labour markets had pushed up wages until the covid-19 pandemic turned many of their lives upside down.”可知，这是对影响年轻消费者经济的具体分析，所以分析年轻消费者心理的一个好地方是考虑影响他们的经济。故选D项。
45．考查查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们的年轻一代人稍微幸运一些，在他们开始职业生涯的几年里，劳动力市场紧缩推高了工资，直到covid-19大流行把他们的许多生活弄得天翻地覆。A. busier更忙的；B. luckier更幸运的；C. stronger更强的；D. calmer更冷静的。根据后文的“beginning their careers in years when tightening labour markets had pushed up wages”可知，劳动力市场紧缩推高了工资，所以这一代人更幸运。故选B项。
46．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这两大冲击加剧了经历过它们的年轻人的悲观情绪。A. reforms改革；B. ends末端；C. trends趋势；D. shocks冲击。根据前文的“tightening labour markets had pushed up wages until the covid-19 pandemic turned many of their lives upside down.”可知，推高了工资和covid-19大流行是对经历过它们的年轻人的两大冲击。故选D项。
47．考查名词词义辨析。句意：一项研究发现，Z代人普遍怀疑自己是否能负担得起退休生活。A. doubt怀疑；B. opposition反对；C. criticism批评；D. ignorance无知。根据前文的“have contributed to pessimism among the young people who experienced them”可知，这些年轻人悲观，所以怀疑自己是否能负担得起退休生活。故选A项。
48．考查名词词义辨析。句意：在许多方面，年轻人的购物习惯，就像他们的生活一样，是由“注意力经济”决定的。A. bubble气泡；B. attention注意；C. knowledge知识；D. green绿色。根据后文的“The popularity of social media means there are many new ways of attracting consumers’ eyeballs.”可知，这些吸引消费者眼球的新方法之所以出现，是因为年轻人的购物习惯是由“注意力经济”决定的。故选B项。
49．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些“永远在线的买家”通常避免每周购物，这样他们就可以更快地解决从时装到家具的所有东西。A. refunds退款；B. possessions财产；C. fixes解决方法；D. trials试验。根据后文的“everything from fashion to furniture”可知，这些“永远在线的买家”通过在线购物，解决生活中需要的东西，不需要每周购物。故选C项。
50．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们喜欢订阅，通常更喜欢分享产品的使用权，而不是完全拥有，这促进了在线租赁网站和流媒体服务。A. approved批准；B. facilitated促进，助长；C. reversed颠倒；D. updated更新。根据前文的“often favoring shared access to products over outright ownership”和后文“online-rental sites and streaming services.”可知，他们通常更喜欢分享产品的使用权，而不是完全拥有，这种做法促进了在线租赁网站和流媒体服务的发展。故选B项。
51．考查动词短语辨析。句意：印刷、广告牌或电视广告已经与社交媒体并驾齐驱。A. made peace with与……讲和；B. made up for弥补；C. run parallel to与……平行；D. given way to让位给。根据前文的“The internet has also changed how the young discover brands. Print, billboard or TV advertising”和后文“social media”可知，互联网的发展，使得年轻人发现品牌的方式发生变化，印刷、广告牌、电视广告、社交媒体这些都是发现品牌的方式。故选D项。
52．考查名词词义辨析。句意：Instagram和TikTok是年轻人寻找灵感的地方，尤其是那些外表重要的商品，比如美容、时尚和运动服。A. looks外表；B. scents气味；C. textures口感；D. atmospheres气氛。根据后文的“such as beauty, fashion, and sportswear. ”可知，美容、时尚和运动服，这些都是与外表相关的东西。故选A项。
53．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，实体店并非完全不受欢迎。A. However然而；B. Hence因此；C. Apparently显然；D. Otherwise否则。根据前文的“The internet has also changed how the young discover brands.”和后文“physical shops are not entirely out of favor”可知，这两句存在转折关系，互联网改变了年轻人发现品牌的方式，然而，实体店并非完全不受欢迎。故选A项。
54．考查名词词义辨析。句意：健康和奢侈等老一辈人认为可有可无的东西，已成为年轻人的必需品。A. souvenirs纪念品；B. essentials必需品；C. memories记忆；D. treasures珍宝。根据前文的“What they buy, too, is changing. What older generations consider optional”可知，年轻人买的东西也在变化。健康和奢侈等老一辈人认为可有可无的东西，对于年轻人是必需品。故选B项。
55．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：更广泛地说，年轻消费者声称比前几代人更受价值观驱动。A. dream-connected与梦想相连的；B. hobbies-motivated激发兴趣爱好的；C. values-driven价值观驱动的；D. money-focused以资金为中心的。根据后文的“Some of these values are centered around identity (race, gender and so on). Others stem from things the young care about, such as climate change.”可知，其中一些价值观以身份(种族、性别等)为中心。另一些则源于年轻人关心的事情，比如气候变化。所以，年轻消费者声称比前几代人更受价值观驱动。故选C项。
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
I write this on a spring morning, in the van I have called home for two years now.
From one small window, I have a view of joggers pounding the sunny path by the Oxford Canal, and the other looks onto the busy railway line along which trains travel from Southampton Docks to Birmingham.
The woods where I’ve parked my van have grown up between them. This ancient van, a vehicle designed for freedom and the open road, has proved a stable solution for surviving the current housing crisis.
I became a travel writer after my studies ended, committing to brief “residencies” with museums and art centres—where temporary accommodation is often provided in exchange for producing new work about a community. Over the years that followed, living and working on location in the polar regions or Scandinavia or the Alps, not settling down for very long, meant wherever I landed was always “home”.
During the pandemic it was necessary to adopt a more permanent engagement with locality. Oxford had often drawn me back. It’s a crossroads of reality and the imagination, the perfect city for a writer.
It takes a surprising amount of work to keep a tiny home in order: buying a used van online; ensuring the smooth running of a gas cooker and car batteries; fetching water and emptying the mobile toilet. I began to enjoy taking care of my immediate surroundings. Over the summer, I worked to turn waste-ground into a wild garden, replacing weeds with wild plants.
I made friends with the self-sufficient boaters living nearby, always ready to share knowledge on the low-carbon simplicity of life without electricity. I’ve learnt that comfort can be found away from the bright infrastructure of urban life: in watching the birds that nest in the tree and the foxes playing in the woods at dawn, in making a cup of coffee on a spring morning.
My step away from conventional housing has been a necessary act of personal economy, but the benefits include taking nothing for granted, and unexpected delight.
56．Why did the writer make the van his home
A．Because the feature of the van and that of his occupation are matching.
B．Because the van is equivalent to a crossroads of reality and the imagination.
C．Because the views of joggers and trains outside the van can relieve his pressure.
D．Because living and working on location in the polar regions are appealing to him.
57．What does “immediate surroundings” in Paragraph 6 refer to
A．a used van B．a gas cooker C．a wild garden D．a mobile toilet
58．Which of the following is the benefit of unconventional housing
A．Joining joggers to do exercise. B．Keeping a tiny home in order easily.
C．Improving the economy of Oxford. D．Embracing delightful surprises.
59．What’s the writer’s attitude towards living in the van
A．Cautious. B．Ironical. C．Favorable. D．Neutral.
【答案】56．A 57．C 58．D 59．C
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者作为旅行作家以面包车为家的体验和感受。
56．细节理解题。由文章第三段第二句“This ancient van, a vehicle designed for freedom and the open road, has proved a stable solution for surviving the current housing crisis.”(这辆古老的面包车是为自由和开放道路而设计的，事实证明它是度过当前住房危机的稳定的解决方案。）和第四段“I became a travel writer after my studies ended, committing to brief “residencies” with museums and art centres — where temporary accommodation is often provided in exchange for producing new work about a community.”(学业结束后，我成为了一名旅行作家，致力于在博物馆和艺术中心进行短暂的“驻留”——在那里，通常会提供临时住宿，以换取创作关于社区的新作品。) 可知，面包车自由和开放的特征和作者作为旅行作家的职业是相匹配的。故选A项。
57．词句猜测题。由文章第六段最后一句“Over the summer, I worked to turn waste-ground into a wild garden, replacing weeds with wild plants. ”(整个夏天，我努力把荒地变成野生花园，用野生植物代替杂草。）可知，“immediate surroundings”面包车周围的环境指的是a wild garden。故选C项。
58．细节理解题。由文章最后一段“My step away from conventional housing has been a necessary act of personal economy, but the benefits include taking nothing for granted, and unexpected delight.”(我远离传统住房是个人经济状况的必要行为，但好处包括从不想当然，以及意想不到的快乐。)可知，住在面包车这种非传统住房里可以随时拥抱令人愉快的惊喜。故选D项。
59．观点态度题。由文章倒数第二段“I made friends with the self-sufficient boaters living nearby, always ready to share knowledge on the low-carbon simplicity of life without electricity. I’ve learnt that comfort can be found away from the bright infrastructure of urban life: in watching the birds that nest in the tree and the foxes playing in the woods at dawn, in making a cup of coffee on a spring morning.(我和住在附近的自给自足的船民交了朋友，他们随时准备分享没有电的低碳简单生活的知识。我明白了，远离城市生活明亮的基础设施也能找到舒适:在黎明时看着树上筑巢的鸟儿，在树林里玩耍的狐狸，在春天的早晨泡一杯咖啡。)”和最后一段后半句“the benefits include taking nothing for granted, and unexpected delight.”(好处包括从不想当然，以及意想不到的快乐。)可知，作者对于住在面包车的态度是支持，赞成的。A选项Cautious译为“谨慎的”，B选项Ironical译为“讽刺的”，C选项Favorable译为“支持的，赞成的”，D选项Neutral译为“中立的”。故选C项。
(B)
Superb Spring Gardens
Sunshine on your face, the scent of blossom in the air, the dreamy song of a blackbird.What better way to while away a spring day than in a country garden filled with flowers like magnolia, rhododendron, primula, iris, daffodils or bluebells Here are a four of the best.
LONDON The Savili Garden Egham, Surrey. Open daily. Part of the Windsor Great Park estate, with one of the country’s finest plant collections. Aptly named Spring Wood is planted with magnolia and rhododendron, including many Loderi hybrids, the flowers of which are deliciously scented, while the Azalea Walk is at its peak in mid to late May. Brilliant for families with a great cafe, too. windsorgreatpark.co.uk/en YORKSHIRE The Hirnalayan Garden Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire. Open daily from 12 April. Set in a valley between Harrogate and Ripon, this garden features hundreds of native Himalayan plants in a setting that is perhaps as close as you can get to being in an actual Himalayan valley - especially on a misty morning. Many of the rhododendrons are wild species, collected and grown from seed and now in their mature prime. 01765 658009, himalayangarden.com
SCOTLAND Arduaine Garden Near Oban, Argyll. Open daily from 1 April. Set on Scotland’s west coast amid stunning scenery, this beautiful garden benefits from the influence of the Gulf Stream. Now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, the historic garden featured over 200 rhododendrons by the 1920s, which are still spring highlights, as are stands of primula and iris. But the real stars are the stretches of colourful and jaw-droppingly beautiful Himalayan plants. 01852 200366, nationaltrust.org.uk/arduain-garden WALES Bodnant Garden Near Colwyn Bay, Clwyd. Open daily. Rightly considered one of the UK’s finest gardens, Bodnant springs to life with pools of daffodils in Old Park Meadow, along with national collections of magnolia and rhododendron.Extensive plantings of cherry fill the garden with sweet scent in mid-spring, alongside plentiful bluebells. For these weeks from mid-May, thefamous Laburnum Arch, a long walkway with golden-yellow flowers, alone is worth a visit to experience it. 01492 650460, nationaltrust.org.uk/bodnant-garden
60．The purpose of this page is to _________.
A．introduce the beauty of the superb spring gardens in the UK
B．urge garden lovers to visit the websites of the four gardens
C．promote different regions in the UK by introducing their gardens
D．advertise four spring gardens and encourage visits to them
61．Born in London and a rhododendron lover, Sally has always been longing to visit Himalaya in person someday. She’s also fascinated by Himalayan plants. Which garden will she most probably visit during April
A．The Savill Garden B．The Himalayan Garden
C．Arduaine Garden D．Bodnant Garden
62．Which of the following statements is true
A．All four gardens boast magnolia and rhododendron.
B．Two gardens are open to the public only during April.
C．The National Trust takes care of two of the four gardens.
D．Tourists can call to know more about the four gardens.
【答案】60．D 61．B 62．C
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个春日里最好的花园。
60．推理判断题。根据第一段“Sunshine on your face, the scent of blossom in the air, the dreamy song of a blackbird. What better way to while away a spring day than in a country garden filled with flowers like magnolia, rhododendron, primula, iris, daffodils or bluebells Here are a four of the best. (阳光照在你的脸上，空气中弥漫着花香，还有画眉鸟梦幻般的歌声。还有什么比在盛开着木兰、杜鹃花、报春花、鸢尾花、水仙花或风信子的乡村花园中消磨春日更好的方式呢 这里有四个最好的)”以及下文四个花园的介绍可推知，这个页面的目的是为四个春天的花园做广告，鼓励人们去参观。故选D。
61．细节理解题。根据The Hirnalayan Garden 中的“Set in a valley between Harrogate and Ripon, this garden features hundreds of native Himalayan plants in a setting that is perhaps as close as you can get to being in an actual Himalayan valley - especially on a misty morning. Many of the rhododendrons are wild species, collected and grown from seed and now in their mature prime. (这座花园坐落在哈罗盖特和里彭之间的山谷中，以数百种喜马拉雅原生植物为特色，它的环境可能是你在真正的喜马拉雅山谷中所能得到的，尤其是在一个雾蒙蒙的早晨。许多杜鹃花是野生物种，从种子收集和生长，现在处于成熟的黄金时期)”可知，对Himalayan plants感兴趣的Sally最有可能去参观The Himalayan Garden。故选B。
62．细节理解题。根据Arduaine Garden 中的“nationaltrust.org.uk/arduain-garden”和Bodnant Garden 中的“nationaltrust.org.uk/arduain-garden”可知，四个花园中有两个花园是由The National Trust管理的。故选C。
(C)
Frozen in time, a 125-million-year-old mammal attacking a dinosaur. A 39-million-year-old whale, the heaviest animal that ever lived. The oldest known jellyfish, from 505 million years ago. Paleontology (古生物学) produces newsworthy discoveries.
Fossils, moreover, provide direct evidence for the long history of life, allowing paleontologists to test hypotheses (假设) about evolution with data only they provide. They allow investigation of present and past life on Earth. Flows of biological diversity, appearances of new life forms and the extinctions of long existing ones, would go undiscovered without these efforts. But the headlines over exciting new fossils greatly underestimate the true importance of paleontology. Its real significance lies in how such discoveries brighten the grand history of life on Earth. From its beginnings, more than three billion years ago, to the present day, fossils record how life adapted or disappeared in the face of major environmental challenges.
Paleontologists provide us with a unique vantage on modern climate change. They play an essential role in interpreting ancient environments, in reconstructing ancient oceans, continents and climates. Fossils provide key limitation on the climate models that are essential for predicting future climate change. And the fossil record gives important insights into how life will respond to predicted future climate conditions, because these have occurred before in Earth’s history.
In addition, paleontology has provided a fundamental contribution to human thought: the reality of species extinction and thus of a world that has dramatically changed over time. In documenting the history of life, paleontologists recognized that many extinction episodes could occur suddenly, such as the event 66 million years ago that ended the dinosaurs. The search for the causes of past mass extinctions started pioneering studies from across the scientific spectrum (科学界), focusing on potential future threats to humanity.
Not only do paleontologists know what happens to life when things go bad, they also know how long it takes for ecosystems and biodiversity to recover from these disasters, which can take far longer than modern humans have existed.
Paleontologists thus provide a unique perspective on the nature and future long-term ecological impact of the current human-produced biodiversity crisis, the so-called Sixth Extinction, and therefore the importance of protecting modern biodiversity. The very concept of a Sixth Extinction would not exist without paleontologists documenting the first five.
Paleontologists know that understanding life’s past is critical to anticipating and adapting to life’s and humanity’s future. Paleontology is important because it brings its unique and critical perspective to current challenges in climate change, biodiversity loss and the environment. Paleontologists can predict the future because they know the past.
63．The first two paragraphs are written to _______.
A．describe an event B．raise a question
C．present an opinion D．make a comparison
64．What does the underlined word “vantage” in Paragraph 3 mean
A．A positive effect. B．A valuable suggestion.
C．A quick decision. D．A comprehensive view.
65．Which of the following would the author agree with
A．Ecological recovery takes shorter than imagined.
B．Past lessons can help to predict the future threats.
C．Paleontologists can handle the biodiversity crisis.
D．Fossil studies focus on the causes of mass extinctions.
66．What’s the best title for the passage
A．Paleontology: A Pioneering Study
B．Paleontology: A History Recorder
C．Paleontology Tells More About Nature Than Humans
D．Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries
【答案】63．C 64．D 65．B 66．D
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了古生物学远不止是新的化石发现，通过化石上表征的过去，古生物学家抽丝剥茧得出过去经验，预测危险，为未来如何避免犯过去同样的错误提供明灯，强调了古生物学研究的真正意义何在。
63．推理判断题。第一段“Frozen in time, a 125-million-year-old mammal attacking a dinosaur. A 39-million-year-old whale, the heaviest animal that ever lived. The oldest known jellyfish, from 505 million years ago. Paleontology (古生物学) produces newsworthy discoveries. (时间凝固，一只1.25亿年前的哺乳动物正在攻击一只恐龙。一头3900万年前的鲸鱼，是有史以来最重的动物。已知最古老的水母，来自5.05亿年前。古生物学产生了有新闻价值的发现)”讲述了古生物学产生了有新闻价值的古老化石发现，再结合第二段“Fossils (化石), moreover, provide direct evidence for the long history of life, allowing paleontologists to test hypotheses (假设) about evolution with data only they provide. (此外，化石为漫长的生命史提供了直接证据，使古生物学家能够用他们提供的数据来检验进化论的假设)”和“But the headlines over exciting new fossils greatly underestimate the true importance of paleontology. Its real significance lies in how such discoveries brighten the grand history of life on Earth. (但是，关于令人兴奋的新化石的头条新闻大大低估了古生物学的真正重要性。它的真正意义在于这些发现如何照亮地球上生命的伟大历史)”可知，作者在前两段提出了一个观点——古生物学的意义不仅是化石发现，它的真正意义在于这些发现如何照亮地球上生命的伟大历史。故选C项。
64．词句猜测题。由第三段“Paleontologists provide us with a unique vantage on modern climate change. They play an essential role in interpreting ancient environments, in reconstructing ancient oceans, continents and climates. Fossils provide key limitation on the climate models that are essential for predicting future climate change. And the fossil record gives important insights into how life will respond to predicted future climate conditions, because these have occurred before in Earth’s history. (古生物学家为我们提供了一个了解现代气候变化的独特vantage。他们在解释古代环境、重建古代海洋、大陆和气候方面发挥着重要作用。化石对预测未来气候变化至关重要的气候模型提供了关键的限制。化石记录为生命将如何应对预测的未来气候条件提供了重要的见解，因为这些情况在地球历史上以前就发生过)”可知，古生物学家通过对化石进行研究，获得了重要的见解，使他们在解释古代环境、重建古代海洋、大陆和气候方面发挥着重要作用，所以他们能为人类了解现代气候变化提供独特全面的视角，划线词意为“A comprehensive view (全面的视角)”。故选D项。
65．推理判断题。由第四段中“The search for the causes of past mass extinctions started pioneering studies from across the scientific spectrum (科学界), focusing on potential future threats to humanity. (寻找过去大规模灭绝的原因开始了跨科学领域的开创性研究，重点关注未来对人类的潜在威胁)”和最后一段中“Paleontologists know that understanding life’s past is critical to anticipating and adapting to life’s and humanity’s future. (古生物学家知道，了解生命的过去对于预测和适应生命和人类的未来至关重要)”可知，通过化石上表征的过去，古生物学家能得出过去的经验，预测危险，为未来如何避免犯过去同样的错误提供明灯。由此推知，作者同意“过去的经验教训有助于预测未来的威胁”。故选B项。
66．主旨大意题。由第二段中“But the headlines over exciting new fossils greatly underestimate the true importance of paleontology. Its real significance lies in how such discoveries brighten the grand history of life on Earth. (但是，关于令人兴奋的新化石的头条新闻大大低估了古生物学的真正重要性。它的真正意义在于这些发现如何照亮地球上生命的伟大历史)”和其它段落可知，文章讲述了古生物学远不止是新的化石发现，通过化石上表征的过去，古生物学家抽丝剥茧得出过去经验，预测危险，为未来如何避免犯过去同样的错误提供明灯，强调了古生物学研究的真正意义何在，D项“古生物学远不止是新的化石发现”符合文意，可以作为小标题。故选D项。
Section C
Directions: Read the following passages. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
How to Thrive in a video age
The pandemic embedded video into the workplace. Workers who had never previously been on camera suddenly spent every hour of the day getting used to the sight of themselves and their colleagues on screen. 67
There is no going back. Blogs have become vlogs. Meetings are now recorded as a matter so that people can fail to watch them back later. Some firms routinely ask applicants to record answers to certain questions on video, so that people can’t see how well prospective recruits communicate.
Since video has become more central to work, it pays to be good at it. 68 . Workers can improve under their own steam, but companies can help, too.
To see what the right set-up looks like, just observe the range of images on your next, video-conferencing call. It will probably be a complete mishmash (大杂烩). Some people will be bathed in the warm glow of a ring light; others will be emerging from the shadows like the Emperor Palpatine. Obviously, there is a limit to how level the playing-field-between home offices can be, when living environments between employees differ so greatly. 69 : people who regularly make presentations or see clients have greater claim on fancier equipment.
Advice on how to present well on video is not that different to advice on presenting in general. But there are some specific pitfalls with video. One is where to look. Staring into the camera is unnatural. Some advice pinning a photo of someone you respect right by the lens. But looking at the camera is harder if you are referring to notes no the screen at the same time. Teleprompter (提词器) software maybe the right answer.
Perhaps the least recognised skill in the video age is listening well. 70 — being able to turn your camera off when your time is being royally wasted may be the pandemic’s greatest gift to productivity. Yet one of the downsides is how distracting it can be: as well as checking yourself out and following the online chat, you can comment on someone’s new wallpaper while watching their neighbour shovel noodles into their mouth. It takes real effort to stay focused in such circumstances.
A．Being a star in the video age means having the right set-up, speaking well and listening well B．whether providing decent home-working equipment or giving feedback on how people appear on screen, employers can help everyone improve their video game C．Whether you are on camera or in the room, it is always easier to listen when there is something worth hearing D．Executives realized that they could send video messages to their workforces rather thanhaving to assemble in town halls E．However, not everyone needs to look like an A-lister F．After all, one great benefit of the virtual meeting is that you can get actual work done in it
【答案】67．D 68．A 69．E 70．F
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了如何在视频时代蓬勃发展。
67．根据上文“The pandemic embedded video into the workplace. Workers who had never previously been on camera suddenly spent every hour of the day getting used to the sight of themselves and their colleagues on screen.(疫情将视频嵌入工作场所。以前从未上过镜头的员工突然把一天中的每一个小时都花在了习惯自己和同事在屏幕上的样子上)”可知，上文提到了疫情期间人们开始利用视频来工作，故本句承接上文说明雇主通过视频对员工进行管理。故D选项“高管们意识到，他们可以向员工发送视频信息，而不必在市政厅集会”符合语境，故选D。
68．根据上文“Since video has become more central to work, it pays to be good at it.(由于视频在工作中越来越重要，擅长视频是值得的)”以及后文“Workers can improve under their own steam, but companies can help, too.(员工可以靠自己的力量进步，但公司也可以提供帮助)”可知，上文提到了擅长视频值得，后文提到了个人和公司的努力，故本句说明值得的原因。故A选项“在视频时代成为明星意味着要有合适的环境，说得好，听得好”符合语境，故选A。
69．根据上文“Obviously, there is a limit to how level the playing-field-between home offices can be, when living environments between employees differ so greatly.(显然，当员工之间的生活环境差异如此之大时，家庭办公室之间的公平竞争环境是有限的)”以及后文“people who regularly make presentations or see clients have greater claim on fancier equipment.(经常做报告或会见客户的人更有资格购买更高档的设备)”可知，本句与上文构成转折，指出普通人是否需要像明星那样购买高档设备，故E选项“然而，并不是每个人都需要看起来像一线明星”符合语境，故选E。
70．根据上文“Perhaps the least recognised skill in the video age is listening well.(也许在视频时代，最不被认可的技能是善于倾听)”以及后文“being able to turn your camera off when your time is being royally wasted may be the pandemic’s greatest gift to productivity(当你的时间被严重浪费时，能够关掉相机可能是疫情给生产力带来的最大礼物)”可知，上文提到了不被认可的技能是善于倾听，后文提到了关掉相机可以提高生产力，可推测本句是在说明完成工作的要求。故F选项“毕竟，虚拟会议的一大好处就是你可以在其中完成实际工作”符合语境，故选F。
IV. Summary Writing (10分)
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Building up your muscles is an easy part—the hard part is burning those layers of fat that cover your muscles. Here are some tips.
In order to work out harder, make a favorite fitness playlist with music that gets you excited, as it can help you go up to 20% longer and burn more calories, according to a study of Brunel University London. The study’s researcher says that music tends to prevent tiredness, and produces feelings of excitement.
Not only does eating good breakfast speed up your metabolism(新陈代谢), but it also nourishes (为……提供营养) your muscles. After eating breakfast, your best way of keeping fat burning going is to “graze”. Set up an eating schedule where you eat five to eight small meals every few hours throughout the day. It provides your body with a constant flow of nourishment to feed your muscles.
Men’s Health suggests choosing hard exercise that involves total body movements in order to help raise your heart rate and leave you out of breath. By including total body movements into your exercise, you’re going to end up burning a lot more calories while challenging yourself at the same time. As the saying goes: No pain, no gain. So, get moving.
Sounds easy enough, right It’s as simple as drinking a cup of green tea every day. Adding in green tea will push fat burning to another level. And studies have shown that it can increase fat burning and help you lose weight.
While doing your weight training, try something including short, big bursts of cardio(心脏强化锻炼) throughout your exercise. For example, if you’re doing an hour-long exercise, place cardio into it every 15 minutes to help speed up your metabolism.
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【答案】范文
Here are some tips to burn layers of fat that cover muscles. First, make your favorite fitness playlist with exciting music. Second, eat good breakfast and build an eating schedule. Third, choose hard exercise that demands total body movements and drink green tea every day. At last, when doing regular exercise, try short, big bursts of cardio.
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一些燃烧覆盖肌肉的脂肪层的技巧。一是用激动人心的音乐制作你最喜欢的健身播放列表。二是吃好早餐，制定饮食计划。三是选择需要全身运动的剧烈运动，每天喝绿茶。最后是在进行有规律的锻炼时，尝试短时间、大幅度的有氧运动。
【详解】1．要点摘录
①Building up your muscles is an easy partthe hard part is burning those layers of fat that cover your muscles. Here are some tips.
②In order to work out harder, make a favorite fitness playlist with music that gets you excited, as it can help you go up to 20% longer and burn more calories, according to a study of Brunel University London.
③Set up an eating schedule where you eat five to eight small meals every few hours throughout the day.
④Men’s Health suggests choosing hard exercise that involves total body movements in order to help raise your heart rate and leave you out of breath.
⑤Sounds easy enough, right It’s as simple as drinking a cup of green tea every day.
⑥While doing your weight training, try something including short, big bursts of cardio(心脏强化锻炼) throughout your exercise.
2. 缜密构思
将第4、5两个要点进行重组，将第1、2、3、6四个要点进行整合。
3. 遣词造句
Here are some tips for burning those layers of fat that cover your muscles.
To work out harder, make a favorite fitness playlist with music that gets you excited.
Set up an eating schedule with several small meals every few hours throughout the day.
Choose hard exercise involving total body movements to help raise your heart rate and leave you out of breath and drink green tea every day.
While doing weight training, try short, big bursts of cardio throughout your exercise.
【点睛】[高分句型1] First, make your favorite fitness playlist with exciting music.（运用一个介词短语作伴随状语）
[高分句型2]Third, choose hard exercise that demands total body movements and drink green tea every day. （用that引导限制性定语从句和and连接并列句）
V. Translation (第1-2句，每句3分；第3句，4分；第4句5分；共15分)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
72．帮我去楼下杂货店买点面粉，行吗 (help)
【答案】Help me buy some flour in the grocery store downstairs, will you
【详解】考查祈使句的反义疑问句。 根据中文以及提示词“help”可知，应为祈使句，且help sb. do sth.“帮助某人做某事”,所以“帮我买点面粉”译为help me buy some flour，其中flour为不可数名词；“在杂货店”译为地点状语in the grocery store；“楼下”译为副词downstairs；“行吗”为反义疑问句，祈使句的反义疑问句为will you。故翻译为：Help me buy some flour in the grocery store downstairs, will you
73．这名店员自从晋升为经理之后，更加卖力工作了。(promote)
【答案】Since the shop assistant was promoted to be manager, he has worked / been working harder.
【详解】考查名词，动词，代词，副词，介词，连词，短语和时态。表示“这名店员”应用名词短语the shop assistant；表示“自从”应用连词since；表示“晋升…为…”应用动词短语promote…to be…；表示“经理”应用名词manager；表示“更加卖力”应用副词hard的比较级harder；表示“工作”应用动词work；分析句子结构和意思可知，这句话有since引导的时间状语从句，从句谓语描述的是过去的事情，谓语用一般过去时，主句谓语用现在完成时或者现在完成进行时。主语“这名店员”和谓语动词“晋升…为…”是被动关系，时间状语从句中应用一般过去时的被动语态结构，主语是“这名店员”，主从句谓语用第三人称单数形式，be动词用was，主句谓语用has；故翻译为Since the shop assistant was promoted to be manager, he has worked / been working harder.。
74．保持积极的人生态度并坚持追求远大理想，成功将指日可待。(sight)
【答案】Keep a positive attitude towards life and persevere in pursuing great ambition(s), and success will be in sight.
【详解】考查名词，动词，形容词，介词，连词，短语和时态。表示“保持”应用动词keep；表示“积极的”应用形容词positive；表示“人生态度”应用名词短语attitude towards life；表示“并”应用连词and；表示“坚持”应用动词短语persevere in doing sth.；表示“追求”应用动词pursue；表示“远大理想”应用名词短语great ambition(s)；表示“成功”应用名词success；表示“将”应用情态动词will；表示“指日可待”应用短语be in sight；分析句子结构和意思可知，表示“保持积极的人生态度并坚持追求远大理想”应用祈使句的结构，上下文是承接的关系，中间用连词and引导；故翻译为Keep a positive attitude towards life and persevere in pursuing great ambition(s), and success will be in sight.。
75．Tony刚想喝杯咖啡提提神，就被David叫去讨论如何制定计划，帮助班级同学复习功课。(about to)
【答案】Tony was about to refresh himself with a cup of coffee when David asked him to discuss how to work out/ come up with / make a plan to help their classmates review / go over lessons.
【详解】考查固定搭配和动词短语。根据所给中文提示词，本句可用when引导的时间状语从句，“Tony刚想喝杯咖啡提提神”作主句，Tony作主语，“刚想喝杯咖啡提提神”根据题干要求，用固定搭配：be about to，“提提神”用动词短语：refresh himself，描述的是已发生的事，用一般过去时，所以译为“was about to refresh himself with a cup of coffee”，“就被David叫去讨论如何制定计划，帮助班级同学复习功课。”为when引导的时间状语从句，David作主语，“叫去讨论”作谓语和宾语，译为“asked him to discuss”，“如何制定计划”，用how+不定式形式，“制定计划”可用动词短语：work out a plan或者come up with a plan或者make a plan，“帮助班级同学复习功课”译为“to help their classmates review lessons”或者“to help their classmates go over lessons”。故译为：Tony was about to refresh himself with a cup of coffee when David asked him to discuss how to work out/ come up with / make a plan to help their classmates review / go over lessons.
VI. Guided Writing （25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是明启中学的高三学生李华。为了更贴近学生生活，满足学生需求，你所在的学校计划在校园网站上增加一个栏目，拟从四个栏目里选择个一个：“学生来信”、“心理聊天室”、“职业发展规划”和“校园热搜”。学校正在向全体师生征求建议，给校方写一封信。信中必须包含：
1. 你会选择增加的栏目；
2. 你的理由。
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【答案】Dear Sir/Madam,
I am very happy to know that the school plans to add a column on the campus website to get close to students’ life and meet their needs. As for me, I choose the “Psychological Chat room” section. The reasons are as follows.
On the one hand, with the increasing academic pressure, many students are unable to adapt to the life of senior three and do not know how to deal with the psychological burden caused by study. There are even some students in low mood or lacking enthusiasm and depression, so it is necessary to actively and effectively relieve psychological pressure to cultivate good values. And also physical and mental health is conducive to the growth of students. On the other hand, as far as I am concerned, in addition to what mentioned above, many students also have a lot of confusion about how to deal with interpersonal relations. Opening this program can not only give students guidance in making friends, but also broaden our vision.
I would appreciate it if you could consider my suggestion.
Yours,
Li Hua
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生关于学校校园网上增加某个栏目给学校写一份建议信，信中必须包含：选择增加的栏目以及理由。
【详解】1.词汇积累
愉快的：happy→ delighted
建议： suggestion→ advice
处理：deal with→ cope with
必要的：necessary→ essential
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：On the one hand, with the increasing academic pressure, many students are unable to adapt to the life of senior three and do not know how to deal with the psychological burden caused by study.
拓展句：On the one hand, as the academic pressure increases, many students are unable to adapt to the life of senior three and do not know how to deal with the psychological burden caused by study.
【点睛】【高分句型1】On the one hand, with the increasing academic pressure, many students are unable to adapt to the life of senior three and do not know how to deal with the psychological burden caused by study. （运用了with复合结构和过去分词作定语）
【高分句型2】On the other hand, as far as I am concerned, in addition to what mentioned above, many students also have a lot of confusion about how to deal with interpersonal relations.（运用了what引导的宾语从句）
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Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said, The conversations and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it,read t possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question yo heard.
M: The train should have been here two hours ago.How much longer are we going to w: Until it comes, Jimmy. We don’t have much choice
Q: What's the man’s feeling
2. M: What time do you start serving breakfast, please
w: At seven in the dining-room. But you can get it earlier in your room if you wish.
Q:Where does this conversation most probably take place
3.M: Hi,Helen, what do you think of this class in children’s literature
W:It is pretty good. I didn’t know that you also major in elementary education.
Q: What is the major field of the two speakers
4. M: I'm afraid you’ve been working too hard. You should take a vacation.
w: Tell that to the pile of papers on my desk! Q: What does the woman imply
5. M: Hi,Mag. May I use your telephone
W: Yes. Be my guest as long as it’s a local call.
Q:What does the woman mean
6. W:Do you know that Mark turned down that job offered by a travel agency
M:Yeah,the hours were convenient but he wouldn’t have been able to make end
Q: Why did Mark refuse to take the job
7.W: How are you getting along with your research paper
M: I've finished all my research, but I haven’t been able to organize t. so I haven't be given the paper yet.
Q:What does the man have to do now
8. W: Steve asked if he could take a ride with us to the beach
M:Well.I will see whether or not we'll have room. It's still not clear.
Q:What does the man mean
9. M:Our children are waiting downstairs.Let's hurry
W: Wait a minute. We’ll take some food with us. They don't like the meal served on the train.
Q: What are the speakers’ family probably going to do
10. M: Have you finished reading the book you borrowed from the library
w:Oh.I didn't read exactly the way you did. I just read some chapters which interested me most.
Q:How did the woman read the book
Section B
Directions: In Section B. you will hear two short passages several and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
Most high schools in the United States publish a yearbook. The yearbook comes out once year, usually in the spring.It is a record of the school year-a“book of memories”for the students.
Inside a yearbook is each student’s photo.The seniors are graduating soon, and their photos appear first. Next are the juniors.They are one year behind the seniors.Next come the sophomores, or the second-year students.The last photos are the first-year students,the freshmen.The yearbook is not only about students.The teachers have photos,too.
The yearbook also has photos and descriptions of sports teams,academic subjects,and after-school activities, such as the chess club and Spanish club.There’s even a yearbook club.Students in this club write,design, and take photos all year for the yearbook.At the end of the year the book is printed
In the yearbook,some students receive special titles.The seniors vote and choose the“class clown”(a funny student). the “most likely to succeed”(a student everyone thinks will be successful), and the“best dressed”(a student with a good fashion sense).There are also other awards.
Students typically sign each other’s yearbooks.This is especially important for the seniors,because they are graduating. Students write notes to each other,such as,“We had a lot of fun,”or I’ll never forget you.”They also write about all the fun and funny experiences they shared in school together
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
11. What is a yearbook
12.Which of the following is not included in a yearbook
13. How do some students receive special titles
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
Listeners.have you ever thought of video gaming being included in the Olympic Games Now, many people are thinking seriously about it. Today. e-games are well positioned to be a viewer sport. Professional e-sport events currently attract audiences of millions. A recent major e-game final held in the Republic of Korea. filled a stadium of 40000 people-with many more watching online around the world. This explains why recently there’s heated discussion about e-sports being include in the Olympics. People normally think of c-game as a combination of very competitive skills and game players usually have to make very quick decisions throughout.However. e-gaming is facing a cultural battle to win support from those who follow other physical sports. And the essential point is how sport is defined. If people define sport as something that takes a lot of physical efforts, then it's hard to argue that video games should be a sport, but at the same time, many forms of sport currently in the Olympics don’t require much physical input.
Of course. having new sports admitted into the Olympics is a long tough process and, since the International Olympic Committee limited the number of sports allowed in the Olympic Games, it is even more difficult.
Anyway,today more and more people have changed attitudes toward video games, agreeing it’s a form of entertainment or even sport.And it is the people who play the games not the e-game itself that should be to blame for e-game addiction.
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
Why are people today thinking of including e-gaming into the Olympics
What definition of sport will help include e-gaming into the Olympics
Who is responsible for e-game addiction
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
M: Fm phoning up about this job you’ve advertised in this paper, this uh, young sales manager W:Oh.yes.
M:I’d like to apply for it. Would you send me an application form W:No, you simply send in a written application, a le
