江科附中2023-2024学年第一学期高二期末考试
英语试卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What will the man do at seven o’clock tomorrow evening
A. Phone the woman. B. Attend a meeting. C. Have supper.
2. How much should the man pay for a dozen red roses now
A. 15 dollars. B. 17 dollars. C. 20 dollars.
3. When did the woman want to be a writer
A. When she was a kid.
B. When she worked at a bookstore.
C. When she had some books published.
4. Where does the smell probably come from
A. The kitchen. B. The bedroom. C. The living room.
5. What is the possible relationship between the speakers
A. Father and daughter. B. Mother and son. C. Husband and wife.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时回阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答6、7小题。
6. What is the woman going to do on Saturday afternoon
A. Go to a festival. B. Take a part-time job. C. Meet her friends.
7. Where are the speakers probably
A. In a supermarket. B. In a company. C. In a factory.
听下面一段对话，回答8至10小题。
8. Where does the man come from
A. Birmingham. B. Ohio. C. Los Angeles.
9. How long will the woman stay there
A. Two days. B. Three days. C. Two weeks.
10. What are the speakers probably doing
A. Waiting for their friends.
B. visiting several places of interest.
C. Spending a holiday.
听下面一段对话，回答11至14小题。
11. Who needs to be nursed in the man’s family
A. His wife. B. His mom. C. His kid.
12. Why is someone in hen forties preferable
A. She likes taking care of old people.
B. She can live with the man’s mother.
C. She is more patient and experienced.
13. How much is a live-in nursing worker’s monthly salary at least
A. 3,400 dollars. B. 4,300 dollars. C. 5,000 dollars.
14. What will the man probably do next
A. Check the workers. B. Fill out a form. C. Meet a nursing worker.
听下面一段对话，回答15至17小题。
15 What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. How to learn a language well.
B. When the course will be finished.
C. Which course they should take.
16. What might the woman do
A. Take an advanced class. B. Get a private tutor. C. Get a part-time job.
17. Who are the speakers probably
A. Foreign students in China.
B. Overseas Chinese students.
C. Experienced Chinese learners.
听下面一段独白，回答18至20小题。
18. What did the woman’s father think of her plan
A. It was a fantastic idea.
B. It wasn’t suitable for her.
C. It wasn’t an interesting sport.
19. How did the woman feel before the marathon started
A. Painful. B. Nervous. C. Confident.
20. What do we know about the woman’s father
A. He offended her daughter a little.
B. He knew his daughter very much.
C. He promised to help his daughter train.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Since its launch in 1981, China Daily has served a vital role in telling the world about China and providing valuable insight into the world’s second-largest economy. The following are some branding events, conducted by it, which have advanced public diplomacy(外交)and international communication.
Vision China Lectures
A series of talks are organized by China Daily in which leading political and business figures are invited to speak and interact live with domestic and foreign audiences. The Vision China lectures focus on major issues facing China and the world and explore what China’s successful stories mean for the world and how Chinese wisdom can help the world.
China Watch Think Tank Forum
Elites(精英), including opinion leaders, politicians and businesspersons with expertise(专业知识)on China, discuss topics on the developments and the future of China and the world in China Watch Think Tank Forum.
Asia Leadership Roundtable
The China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable provides a platform for high-level dialogue and communication among leaders and social elites in the fields of politics, business and academia in Asia.
TESOL China Assembly
Organized by China Daily in partnership with TESOL International Association (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), TESOL China Assembly is a highlevel international English Language Teaching (ELT) event in China. It aims to promote scholarship and cross-cultural understanding among English educators in China, and to enhance dialogue between China’s ELT professionals with their peers worldwide.
1. What can participants of “Vision China Lectures” get
A. Some practical skills of public speaking.
B. Some wisdom implied in the Chinese fictional stories.
C. Some helpful inspirations and experience of development of China.
D. Some differences of lifestyle between domestic and foreign audiences.
2. Who may not be invited to attend Asia Leadership Roundtable
A. Economists from Japan. B. Managers from Germany.
C. Finance Minister of India. D. The head of People’s Bank of China.
3 Which of the following may interest teachers of ELT in China
A TESOL China Assembly. B. Vision China Lectures.
C. Asia Leadership Roundtable. D. China Watch Think Tank Forum.
B
Winning a remarkable science award is really a big deal, especially if you are 12 years old. But Shanya Gill, a middle schooler from San Jose, California, won the top award in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge for designing a fire detection system that is superior to existing ones, as stated in the press release.
“The top winners have exhibited boundless curiosity,” Maya Ajmera president and CEO of Society for Science, said in the press release. “Their remarkable research not only reflects their talent but also paves the way for an exciting new future.”
Shanya’s inspiration came after a fire destroyed a restaurant in her neighborhood during the summer of 2022, reported The Washington Post. “I had never really experienced something like that before,” she told The Washington Post about the early morning fire at Holder’s Country Inn, which started in the kitchen. “They had smoke detectors, and yet it still burned down,” she added.
After she studied fire statistics, Shaya spent over a year developing a fire detection system that she believes could have prevented the fire. Unlike traditional smoke detectors that sense active fires from the smoke in the air, Shanya’s thermal (热的) imaging device is designed to stop fires from occurring.
With a thermal camera and a tiny computer, the device detects when a heat source has been left unattended for ten minutes and sends a text message warning. Shanya wants to bring the costs down to make it even more common than hardwired smoke detectors.
“Shanya saw a problem, went after it and tried to solve it, and that’s what we need to encourage with all young people,” said Ajmera. She also highlighted the significance of supporting individuals, especially girls and kids of color, in STEM fields.
4. What can we learn about Shanya from the first two paragraphs
A. She gained a lot of money in the award.
B. She showed a curious nature as a schooler.
C. She set a big stage for young people her age.
D. She was junior to other winners in performance.
5. What motivated Shanya to develop her fire detection system
A. Her desire to win the science award.
B. Her experience of a destructive fire
C. Her interest in computer programming.
D. Her goal to improve STEM education for girls.
6. What is an advantage of Shanya’s invention
A. It can send out a warning against a potential fire.
B. It consists of two parts that are easier to conduct.
C. It can detect active fires from the smoke in the air.
D. It functions when a fire breaks out within 10 minutes.
7. Which of the following can best describe Shanya
A. Reliable. B. Cooperative. C. Innovative. D. Generous.
C
In nature, octopuses (章鱼) hunt mainly with their sense of touch, using their eight arms to feel out their environment for hidden creatures. Researchers at the University of Minnesota recently studied a different way octopuses hunt—when they identify prey (猎物) based on sight. The study findings show that the marine creatures are quite consistent and methodical in how they approach prey.
Lead researcher Trevor Wardill and his team placed California two-spot octopuses into water tanks, hiding them in caves where they would have one eye looking out. They then placed either fiddler crabs or white shrimp in the tanks to see how the octopuses would try to catch them, capturing the interactions on video. The crabs and shrimp behave differently when trying to escape from predators (捕猎者), so using both species gave the researchers an opportunity to see whether this led the octopuses to use a different arm for hunting depending on the prey.
Wardill’s team found that the octopuses almost always used the same arm to grab their prey. Specifically, the second arm from the middle of the octopuses’ body, on the same side of their body as the eye, caught the prey. If they needed more arms to grab prey, they would use the ones next to the second arm.
The octopuses also attacked differently depending on the prey. When faced with crabs, an octopus would move suddenly on top of the crab with its whole body. However, when catching shrimp, the octopuses would take one arm and reach out very slowly toward the shrimp, then grab it and latch (缠住) onto it with its other arms to pull it in.
Wardill and his team hope to do more research. They want to study the octopus’s brain as it attacks pre y to develop a better understanding of what role the creature’s nervous system plays in selecting the arms it uses.
8. What is the recent study mainly about
A. Octopuses’ ability to hide itself. B. Octopuses’ way to track prey.
C. Octopuses’ hunting mode via eyes. D. Octopuses’ method of perceiving the environment.
9. What can we learn about the octopuses in the study
A. They adopt different strategies to hunt. B. They stretch arms slowly to catch crabs.
C. They move suddenly to prey on shrimps. D. They use the second arm to catch prey anytime.
10. What does the follow-up test aim to find out about the octopuses
A. Whether they’re nervous in hunting. B. How their nerves work during hunting.
C. How they choose their arms in hunting. D. Whether they use their brain during hunting.
11. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text
A. Octopuses: Skillful Hunters B. Octopuses: One-armed Predators
C. Octopuses: A Sharp-eyed Species D. Octopuses: A Mysterious Creature
D
The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas has issued a recent report in order to recommend ways to increase food donations, reduce food waste, and fight hunger, which may help Kenyan leaders meet 2030 food waste reduction goals.
Food donation can reroute eatable food—that would otherwise give off greenhouse gasses in a landfill—to those experiencing hunger. According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, 3.5 million Kenyans, roughly 37 percent of the population, face severe hunger. At the same time, the Policy Atlas reports roughly 40 percent of food produced within Kenya goes to waste. But Broad Leib, Deputy Director of Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), sees some promising changes. “While progress is not happening as quickly as needed, Kenya’s food loss index has been steadily reduced from 1,744 metric tons in 2017, to 1,531 in 2018, to 1,446 metric tons in 2019, indicating a steady improvement and national commitment to food loss reduction,” reports Broad Leib.
According to the Policy Atlas, motivating food donation with rewards is particularly important, which helps food donors and food recovery organizations make up for costs necessary for recovery, storing, processing, and transporting food for donation.
“A major driver of food waste is inconsistent or unclear date labels that cause confusion among all actors along the value chain and limit the ability of businesses to donate food. This increases the likelihood that much safe food will go to waste,” Broad Leib tells Food Tank. However, he acknowledges Kenya’s current dual (双的) date labeling laws. While food may lose its freshness over time, it is still eatable before expiration (到期). Dual date labeling on packaged foods reduces bewilderment by defining dates for both safety and quality. This helps reduce considerable waste and responsibility for donors.
Broad Leib believes that the private sector can also play a significant role in decreasing food waste in Kenya. It is vital for consumer education campaigns. FLPC’s research shows that public-private initiatives can help raise awareness among consumers and donors around issues of food waste and food donation.
12. What changes does Broad Leib see
A. People in Kenya no longer suffer hunger.
B. Kenya has gradually reduced its food waste.
C. Kenya is not committed to reducing food loss.
D. Progress in reducing food waste is happening quickly.
13. What does the underlined word “bewilderment” mean in Paragraph 4
A. Sadness. B. Convenience. C. Confusion. D. Emotion.
14. How can Kenya reduce food waste according to Broad Leib
A By increasing storehouses.
B. By fighting hunger with rewards.
C. By reducing food produced within the country.
D. By using double date labeling on packaged food.
15. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A. Consumer education campaigns are the most important.
B. Only the private sector is helpful in reducing food waste.
C. Private and public joint efforts matter around food issues.
D. Broad Leib doesn’t agree with FLPC on food waste reduction.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
You know the feeling—your ears start to warm up, your tongue goes numb (麻木的), and you start sweating and taking deep breaths. You’ve just eaten something spicy, knowing it would be painful, but you chose to do it anyway. Are humans just masochistic (自讨苦吃的), or is there something else going on ____16____
Spicy isn’t actually a taste like salty, sweet, sour and bitten—it’s a sensation. ____17____. When we eat foods containing capsaicin (辣椒素), our bodies are tricked into thinking the temperature is actually rising. In trying to relieve the burning sensation, our bodies release endorphins (内啡肽) which control pain and, at the same time, give a feeling of pleasure—like painkillers.
This is what is happening chemically, but there is also a conscious side to choosing spicy food. Dr Tamara Rosenbaum, a Cognitive Neuroscientist, explains in an interview with the BBC that this is ____18____. Furthermore, we obtain pleasure from the other ingredients chilli is generally cooked and eaten with—including fat, sugar and salt. So—like skydiving—eating chilli is a form of thrill-seeking, ____19____
Humans, one of the few mammals on Earth that developed a taste for capsaicin, started cultivating chilli peppers about six thousand years ago. Human intervention changed the chilli pepper to suit human tastes and needs—including the pepper’s colour, size and capsaicin content-helping to explain the many different types of chilli peppers now available. ____20____. We eat around 57.3 million tons of peppers globally each year, and chilli is a key ingredient in traditional dishes from Mexico to Korea.
A. It lies in both science and history
B. where we get pleasure from a seemingly negative sensation
C. This is caused by a chemical compound called ‘capsaicin’
D. It has something to do with human nature and body composition
E. why Steamed Fish Head with Chillies enjoys great popularity among Hunanese
F. Fast-forward to today, and our love affair with the chilli pepper is going strong
G. because we know that the burning sensation of chilli does not physically harm us
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空自处的最佳选项。
About a year ago, my department invited me to submit a 5-minute video clip about my research laboratory to be screened at a secondary-school summer camp. With many ____21____ under my belt (已获得的) after five years as a main investigator, I was quite ____22____ about getting this ____23____.
Three seconds into ____24____ myself on my phone in my office, I realized that I had been too ____25____. I had to press ‘Pause’ ____26____ I couldn’t help looking around the room. And while watching myself on camera, I couldn’t obtain the excitement I brought to the classroom—all my ____27____ trained teaching method didn’t work well for a video clip. Admitting that my acting career had ____28____ a wall, I decided to ____29____ to a directing role and asked my graduate students to help me to film and present the video.
The 5-minute clip ____30____ taking 2 hours to finish, but it was so well received by the audience that it ____31____ me to create an account on Bilibili, one of the leading video-sharing websites in China. I got my lab to ____32____ making short films in Chinese on the main topics of our ____33____, which include digital fabrication (数字制造) in architecture and adaptive structures that can respond to stimuli (刺激物). In the nine or so months since I created that ____34____, our lab videos have attracted more than 20,000 subscribers and received nearly 3 million ____35____, mainly in China.
21.
A. students B. experiences C. cameras D. comments
22.
A. curious B. nervous C. confident D. cautious
23.
A. cut B. posted C. passed D. done
24.
A. filming B. watching C. reminding D. calling
25.
A. anxious B. optimistic C. active D. hard
26.
A. unless B. though C. because D. until
27.
A. badly B. newly C. easily D. finely
28.
A. hit B. covered C. destroyed D. built
29.
A. stick B. react C. take D. switch
30.
A. set about B. ended up C. put off D. went on
31.
A. invited B. taught C. motivated D. required
32.
A. enjoy B. admit C. miss D. continue
33.
A. research B. video C. school D. team
34.
A. website B. account C. architecture D. classroom
35.
A. gifts B. fans C. views D. prizes
第Ⅱ卷
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Tens of thousands of Chinese ___36___(society) media users have backed calls from the country’s state media to have its artworks ___37___(current) kept in the British Museum returned.
The topic “The British Museum please return Chinese antiquities (古董)” was in response ___38___ a piece published by Chinese state media Global Times that called for all cultural relics in the British Museum ___39___(return) free of charge.
The British Museum has been under pressure after around 2,000 items were reported “missing, ___40___(steal) or damaged” two weeks ago, ___41___(lead) to accusations that it was failing to fulfil its duty of care.
The calls follow a piece published by the Global Times ___42___ argued, “The world-renowned British museum ___43___(fail) to take good care of ‘cultural property belonging to other countries’ up to these years.”
The British Museum looks after 23,000 Chinese objects, from the Neolithic (新石器) age to the present day. It is one of the largest ___44___(collection) of Chinese antiquities in the West. The collection includes ____45____ large range of precious items such as paintings, prints, jade and bronzes.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 书面表达（满分15分）
46. 假定你是校英语俱乐部负责人李华，你校举办的英语学习网络论坛邀请到了著名诗人William Smith在线做主题为“How to Write and Enjoy English Poems”的专题讲座。请你在讲座前作简要发言，内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎；2. 介绍活动流程；3. 表达期望。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 开头结尾已给好，不计入词数。
Dear fellow students,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Now let’s welcome Mr. Smith!
47. 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
When starting my sixth-grade year, I was nervous about many things. But nothing compared to the problem that I got to the age where my voice started changing. At first, the voice getting deep excited me. But then I learned before getting deeper, it can crack (变嘶哑).
The first time it happened I was so embarrassed. Surprisingly, my friends didn’t make fun of me. In fact, they didn’t even mention it. But in my self-conscious sixth-grade mind I was certain they made fun of me behind my back. They weren’t having the same problem.
After my first voice crack experience, I was determined to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. At least not in public. So, except for strategic times I said, “cool” and “yeah”, I didn’t talk. My logic was, “If I don’t use my voice, it cannot crack.” However, I couldn’t go without talking forever. I needed a new solution.
I began clearing my throat before speaking, which actually seemed to help. Limiting how much I spoke and clearing my voice made me much less stressful. This was great but there was a larger problem. I was much more scared about having a voice crack during class. My class had many new kids I’d never spoken with. I didn’t want their first impressions of me to be based on a voice crack.
Unfortunately, one day my concern came true. It was about two months after the beginning of the term. On the day it happened everything was the same as always until I got into the classroom. I noticed that we had a substitute teacher (代课老师) and immediately started thinking about how he would take attendance. My permanent teacher never had to, since he already knew each student, I panicked. So many thoughts rushed through my mind that I couldn’t think straight. I calmed myself down by telling myself that I only had to say one word “Here”. “Easy enough, right ” I thought so until my name was called. I did my routine — cleared my throat, took a breath, and said, “Here.” The only problem was that while saying this, I had the worst voice crack in the history of voice cracks.
注意：
1. 续写词数应 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The whole class turned to look at me.
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“You know, the voice problem you met in class is normal,” a classmate came to me and said.
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英语试卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What will the man do at seven o’clock tomorrow evening
A. Phone the woman. B. Attend a meeting. C. Have supper.
2. How much should the man pay for a dozen red roses now
A. 15 dollars. B. 17 dollars. C. 20 dollars.
3. When did the woman want to be a writer
A. When she was a kid.
B. When she worked at a bookstore.
C. When she had some books published.
4. Where does the smell probably come from
A. The kitchen. B. The bedroom. C. The living room.
5. What is the possible relationship between the speakers
A. Father and daughter. B. Mother and son. C. Husband and wife.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时回阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答6、7小题。
6. What is the woman going to do on Saturday afternoon
A. Go to a festival. B. Take a part-time job. C. Meet her friends.
7. Where are the speakers probably
A. In a supermarket. B. In a company. C. In a factory.
听下面一段对话，回答8至10小题。
8. Where does the man come from
A. Birmingham. B. Ohio. C. Los Angeles.
9. How long will the woman stay there
A. Two days. B. Three days. C. Two weeks.
10. What are the speakers probably doing
A. Waiting for their friends.
B. visiting several places of interest.
C. Spending a holiday.
听下面一段对话，回答11至14小题。
11. Who needs to be nursed in the man’s family
A. His wife. B. His mom. C. His kid.
12. Why is someone in hen forties preferable
A. She likes taking care of old people.
B. She can live with the man’s mother.
C. She is more patient and experienced.
13. How much is a live-in nursing worker’s monthly salary at least
A. 3,400 dollars. B. 4,300 dollars. C. 5,000 dollars.
14. What will the man probably do next
A. Check the workers. B. Fill out a form. C. Meet a nursing worker.
听下面一段对话，回答15至17小题。
15. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. How to learn a language well.
B. When the course will be finished.
C. Which course they should take.
16. What might the woman do
A. Take an advanced class. B. Get a private tutor. C. Get a part-time job.
17. Who are the speakers probably
A. Foreign students in China.
B. Overseas Chinese students.
C. Experienced Chinese learners.
听下面一段独白，回答18至20小题。
18. What did the woman’s father think of her plan
A. It was a fantastic idea.
B. It wasn’t suitable for her.
C. It wasn’t an interesting sport.
19. How did the woman feel before the marathon started
A. Painful. B. Nervous. C. Confident.
20. What do we know about the woman’s father
A. He offended her daughter a little.
B. He knew his daughter very much.
C. He promised to help his daughter train.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Since its launch in 1981, China Daily has served a vital role in telling the world about China and providing valuable insight into the world’s second-largest economy. The following are some branding events, conducted by it, which have advanced public diplomacy(外交)and international communication.
Vision China Lectures
A series of talks are organized by China Daily in which leading political and business figures are invited to speak and interact live with domestic and foreign audiences. The Vision China lectures focus on major issues facing China and the world and explore what China’s successful stories mean for the world and how Chinese wisdom can help the world.
China Watch Think Tank Forum
Elites(精英), including opinion leaders, politicians and businesspersons with expertise(专业知识)on China, discuss topics on the developments and the future of China and the world in China Watch Think Tank Forum.
Asia Leadership Roundtable
The China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable provides a platform for high-level dialogue and communication among leaders and social elites in the fields of politics, business and academia in Asia.
TESOL China Assembly
Organized by China Daily in partnership with TESOL International Association (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), TESOL China Assembly is a highlevel international English Language Teaching (ELT) event in China. It aims to promote scholarship and cross-cultural understanding among English educators in China, and to enhance dialogue between China’s ELT professionals with their peers worldwide.
1. What can participants of “Vision China Lectures” get
A. Some practical skills of public speaking.
B. Some wisdom implied in the Chinese fictional stories.
C. Some helpful inspirations and experience of development of China.
D. Some differences of lifestyle between domestic and foreign audiences.
2. Who may not be invited to attend Asia Leadership Roundtable
A. Economists from Japan. B. Managers from Germany.
C. Finance Minister of India. D. The head of People’s Bank of China.
3. Which of the following may interest teachers of ELT in China
A. TESOL China Assembly. B. Vision China Lectures.
C. Asia Leadership Roundtable. D. China Watch Think Tank Forum.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍的是《中国日报》举办的一些促进公共外交和国际交流的品牌推广活动。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Vision China Lectures部分中的“The Vision China lectures focus on major issues facing China and the world and explore what China’s successful stories mean for the world and how Chinese wisdom can help the world.( “中国愿景”讲座围绕中国和世界面临的重大问题，探讨中国成功故事对世界的意义和中国智慧如何帮助世界。)”可知，与会者能获得中国发展的经验及其带来的有益启示。故选C项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Asia Leadership Roundtable部分中的“The China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable provides a platform for high-level dialogue and communication among leaders and social elites in the fields of politics, business and academia in Asia.(《中国日报》亚洲领袖圆桌会议为亚洲政界、商界和学术界的领袖和社会精英提供了一个高层对话和交流的平台。)”可知，亚洲领导人，政治家，企业家和学术界的社会精英将被邀请，而德国不属于亚洲。故选B项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据TESOL China Assembly部分中“It aims to promote scholarship and cross-cultural understanding among English educators in China, and to enhance dialogue between China’s ELT professionals with their peers worldwide.(它旨在促进中国英语教育工作者之间的学术研究和跨文化理解，并加强中国英语专业人士与全球同行之间的对话。)”可知，TESOL China Assembly是有关英语教学的大会，所以，在中国从事英语教学的老师会对此感兴趣。故选A项。
B
Winning a remarkable science award is really a big deal, especially if you are 12 years old. But Shanya Gill, a middle schooler from San Jose, California, won the top award in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge for designing a fire detection system that is superior to existing ones, as stated in the press release.
“The top winners have exhibited boundless curiosity,” Maya Ajmera president and CEO of Society for Science, said in the press release. “Their remarkable research not only reflects their talent but also paves the way for an exciting new future.”
Shanya’s inspiration came after a fire destroyed a restaurant in her neighborhood during the summer of 2022, reported The Washington Post. “I had never really experienced something like that before,” she told The Washington Post about the early morning fire at Holder’s Country Inn, which started in the kitchen. “They had smoke detectors, and yet it still burned down,” she added.
After she studied fire statistics, Shaya spent over a year developing a fire detection system that she believes could have prevented the fire. Unlike traditional smoke detectors that sense active fires from the smoke in the air, Shanya’s thermal (热的) imaging device is designed to stop fires from occurring.
With a thermal camera and a tiny computer, the device detects when a heat source has been left unattended for ten minutes and sends a text message warning. Shanya wants to bring the costs down to make it even more common than hardwired smoke detectors.
“Shanya saw a problem, went after it and tried to solve it, and that’s what we need to encourage with all young people,” said Ajmera. She also highlighted the significance of supporting individuals, especially girls and kids of color, in STEM fields.
4. What can we learn about Shanya from the first two paragraphs
A. She gained a lot of money in the award.
B. She showed a curious nature as a schooler.
C. She set a big stage for young people her age.
D. She was junior to other winners in performance.
5. What motivated Shanya to develop her fire detection system
A. Her desire to win the science award.
B. Her experience of a destructive fire
C Her interest in computer programming.
D. Her goal to improve STEM education for girls.
6. What is an advantage of Shanya’s invention
A. It can send out a warning against a potential fire.
B. It consists of two parts that are easier to conduct.
C. It can detect active fires from the smoke in the air.
D. It functions when a fire breaks out within 10 minutes.
7. Which of the following can best describe Shanya
A. Reliable. B. Cooperative. C. Innovative. D. Generous.
【答案】4. B 5. B 6. A 7. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了来自加州圣何塞的中学生Shanya Gill在赛默飞世尔科学少年创新者挑战赛中获得了最高奖项，因为她设计了一种优于现有系统的火灾探测系统。文章介绍了这种系统开发背后的灵感来源以及优点。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段““The top winners have exhibited boundless curiosity,” Maya Ajmera president and CEO of Society for Science, said in the press release. (科学学会主席兼首席执行官玛雅·阿杰梅拉在新闻发布会上说：“顶级获奖者表现出了无限的好奇心。”)”可知，Shanya表现出学者好奇的天性。故选B。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Shanya’s inspiration came after a fire destroyed a restaurant in her neighborhood during the summer of 2022, reported The Washington Post. (据《华盛顿邮报》报道，Shanya的灵感来自于2022年夏天一场大火烧毁了她家附近的一家餐馆)”可知，经历了一场毁灭性的火灾促使Shanya开发她的火灾探测系统。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“With a thermal camera and a tiny computer, the device detects when a heat source has been left unattended for ten minutes and sends a text message warning. (该设备配备了一个热像仪和一台微型电脑，当热源无人看管超过10分钟时，它就会检测到，并发出短信警告。)”可知，Shanya的发明优点在于可以发出潜在火灾的警告。故选A。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“But Shanya Gill, a middle schooler from San Jose, California, won the top award in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge for designing a fire detection system that is superior to existing ones, as stated in the press release. (但是，来自加州圣何塞的中学生Shanya Gill在赛默飞世尔科学少年创新者挑战赛中获得了最高奖项，因为她设计了一种优于现有系统的火灾探测系统)”可推知，Shanya发明了一种优于现有系统的火灾探测系统，说明她很有创新精神。故选C。
C
In nature, octopuses (章鱼) hunt mainly with their sense of touch, using their eight arms to feel out their environment for hidden creatures. Researchers at the University of Minnesota recently studied a different way octopuses hunt—when they identify prey (猎物) based on sight. The study findings show that the marine creatures are quite consistent and methodical in how they approach prey.
Lead researcher Trevor Wardill and his team placed California two-spot octopuses into water tanks, hiding them in caves where they would have one eye looking out. They then placed either fiddler crabs or white shrimp in the tanks to see how the octopuses would try to catch them, capturing the interactions on video. The crabs and shrimp behave differently when trying to escape from predators (捕猎者), so using both species gave the researchers an opportunity to see whether this led the octopuses to use a different arm for hunting depending on the prey.
Wardill’s team found that the octopuses almost always used the same arm to grab their prey. Specifically, the second arm from the middle of the octopuses’ body, on the same side of their body as the eye, caught the prey. If they needed more arms to grab prey, they would use the ones next to the second arm.
The octopuses also attacked differently depending on the prey. When faced with crabs, an octopus would move suddenly on top of the crab with its whole body. However, when catching shrimp, the octopuses would take one arm and reach out very slowly toward the shrimp, then grab it and latch (缠住) onto it with its other arms to pull it in.
Wardill and his team hope to do more research. They want to study the octopus’s brain as it attacks pre y to develop a better understanding of what role the creature’s nervous system plays in selecting the arms it uses.
8 What is the recent study mainly about
A. Octopuses’ ability to hide itself. B. Octopuses’ way to track prey.
C. Octopuses’ hunting mode via eyes. D. Octopuses’ method of perceiving the environment.
9 What can we learn about the octopuses in the study
A. They adopt different strategies to hunt. B. They stretch arms slowly to catch crabs.
C. They move suddenly to prey on shrimps. D. They use the second arm to catch prey anytime.
10. What does the follow-up test aim to find out about the octopuses
A. Whether they’re nervous in hunting. B. How their nerves work during hunting.
C. How they choose their arms in hunting. D. Whether they use their brain during hunting.
11. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text
A. Octopuses: Skillful Hunters B. Octopuses: One-armed Predators
C. Octopuses: A Sharp-eyed Species D. Octopuses: A Mysterious Creature
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. B 11. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了最近的研究发现章鱼的狩猎技巧会因为猎物的不同而发生变化，解释了研究开展的经过以及未来研究的方向。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Researchers at the University of Minnesota recently studied a different way octopuses hunt—when they identify prey (猎物) based on sight.(明尼苏达大学的研究人员最近研究了章鱼捕猎的另一种方式——它们根据视觉来识别猎物)”可知，最近的研究主要关于章鱼通过眼睛的捕猎模式。故选C。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“The octopuses also attacked differently depending on the prey.(章鱼的攻击方式也因猎物的不同而不同)”可知，章鱼采用不同的捕猎策略。故选A。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“They want to study the octopus’s brain as it attacks pre y to develop a better understanding of what role the creature’s nervous system plays in selecting the arms it uses.(他们想研究章鱼攻击猎物时的大脑，以便更好地了解这种生物的神经系统在选择它使用的手臂时所起的作用)”可知，接下来的测试是为了了解章鱼的神经在狩猎时是如何工作的。故选B。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“In nature, octopuses (章鱼) hunt mainly with their sense of touch, using their eight arms to feel out their environment for hidden creatures. Researchers at the University of Minnesota recently studied a different way octopuses hunt—when they identify prey (猎物) based on sight. The study findings show that the marine creatures are quite consistent and methodical in how they approach prey.(在自然界中，章鱼主要用它们的触觉捕猎，用它们的八只手臂来感知周围环境，寻找隐藏的生物。明尼苏达大学的研究人员最近研究了章鱼捕猎的另一种方式——它们根据视觉来识别猎物。研究结果表明，海洋生物在接近猎物的方式上是相当一致和有条理的)”结合文章主要说明了最近的研究发现章鱼的狩猎技巧会因为猎物的不同而发生变化，解释了研究开展的经过以及未来研究的方向。故A选项“章鱼：熟练的猎手”最符合文章标题。故选A。
D
The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas has issued a recent report in order to recommend ways to increase food donations, reduce food waste, and fight hunger, which may help Kenyan leaders meet 2030 food waste reduction goals.
Food donation can reroute eatable food—that would otherwise give off greenhouse gasses in a landfill—to those experiencing hunger. According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, 3.5 million Kenyans, roughly 37 percent of the population, face severe hunger. At the same time, the Policy Atlas reports roughly 40 percent of food produced within Kenya goes to waste. But Broad Leib, Deputy Director of Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), sees some promising changes. “While progress is not happening as quickly as needed, Kenya’s food loss index has been steadily reduced from 1,744 metric tons in 2017, to 1,531 in 2018, to 1,446 metric tons in 2019, indicating a steady improvement and national commitment to food loss reduction,” reports Broad Leib.
According to the Policy Atlas, motivating food donation with rewards is particularly important, which helps food donors and food recovery organizations make up for costs necessary for recovery, storing, processing, and transporting food for donation.
“A major driver of food waste is inconsistent or unclear date labels that cause confusion among all actors along the value chain and limit the ability of businesses to donate food. This increases the likelihood that much safe food will go to waste,” Broad Leib tells Food Tank. However, he acknowledges Kenya’s current dual (双的) date labeling laws. While food may lose its freshness over time, it is still eatable before expiration (到期). Dual date labeling on packaged foods reduces bewilderment by defining dates for both safety and quality. This helps reduce considerable waste and responsibility for donors.
Broad Leib believes that the private sector can also play a significant role in decreasing food waste in Kenya. It is vital for consumer education campaigns. FLPC’s research shows that public-private initiatives can help raise awareness among consumers and donors around issues of food waste and food donation.
12. What changes does Broad Leib see
A. People in Kenya no longer suffer hunger.
B. Kenya has gradually reduced its food waste.
C. Kenya is not committed to reducing food loss.
D. Progress in reducing food waste is happening quickly.
13. What does the underlined word “bewilderment” mean in Paragraph 4
A. Sadness. B. Convenience. C. Confusion. D. Emotion.
14. How can Kenya reduce food waste according to Broad Leib
A By increasing storehouses.
B. By fighting hunger with rewards.
C. By reducing food produced within the country.
D. By using double date labeling on packaged food.
15. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A. Consumer education campaigns are the most important.
B. Only the private sector is helpful in reducing food waste.
C. Private and public joint efforts matter around food issues.
D. Broad Leib doesn’t agree with FLPC on food waste reduction.
【答案】12. B 13. C 14. D 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了全球粮食捐赠政策地图集最近发布了一份报告，提出了增加粮食捐赠、减少粮食浪费和抗击饥饿的方法有助于肯尼亚实现减少粮食浪费的目标。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段Broad Leib 报道的“ While progress is not happening as quickly as needed, Kenya’s food loss index has been steadily reduced from 1,744 metric tons in 2017, to 1,531 in 2018, to 1,446 metric tons in 2019, indicating a steady improvement and national commitment to food loss reduction. (虽然进展没有达到所需的速度，但肯尼亚的粮食损失指数已经从2017年的1744吨稳步下降到2018年的1531吨，再到2019年的1446吨，这表明肯尼亚在稳步改善，并承诺减少粮食损失)”可知，肯尼亚稳步减少了食物浪费。故选B。
【13题详解】
词义猜测题。由第四段“A major driver of food waste is inconsistent or unclear date labels that cause confusion among all actors along the value chain and limit the ability of businesses to donate food. (造成食物浪费的一个主要原因是日期标签不一致或不清晰，这会导致价值链上所有参与者的困惑，并限制企业捐赠食物的能力)”可知，日期标签不确定性会导致困惑并限制捐赠能力，所以划线所在句中通过明确安全日期与品质日期的方式会减少此类困惑，划线词“bewilderment”此处表示“困惑”的含义。A. Sadness.悲伤；B. Convenience.便利；C. Confusion.困惑；D. Emotion.情感。故选C。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“Dual date labeling on packaged foods reduces bewilderment by defining dates for both safety and quality. This helps reduce considerable waste and responsibility for donors. (包装食品上的双重日期标签通过明确安全和质量日期来减少困惑。这有助于减少大量浪费，对捐助者负责)”可知Broad Lib认为使用双日期标签能减少肯尼亚的食物浪费。故选D。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“FLPC’s research shows that public-private initiatives can help raise awareness among consumers and donors around issues of food waste and food donation. (FLPC的研究表明，公私合作可以帮助提高消费者和捐赠者对食物浪费和食物捐赠问题的认识)”可知，针对食品安全问题，需要私营部门和公共部门的共同努力。故选C。
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
You know the feeling—your ears start to warm up, your tongue goes numb (麻木的), and you start sweating and taking deep breaths. You’ve just eaten something spicy, knowing it would be painful, but you chose to do it anyway. Are humans just masochistic (自讨苦吃的), or is there something else going on ____16____
Spicy isn’t actually a taste like salty, sweet, sour and bitten—it’s a sensation. ____17____. When we eat foods containing capsaicin (辣椒素), our bodies are tricked into thinking the temperature is actually rising. In trying to relieve the burning sensation, our bodies release endorphins (内啡肽) which control pain and, at the same time, give a feeling of pleasure—like painkillers.
This is what is happening chemically, but there is also a conscious side to choosing spicy food. Dr Tamara Rosenbaum, a Cognitive Neuroscientist, explains in an interview with the BBC that this is ____18____. Furthermore, we obtain pleasure from the other ingredients chilli is generally cooked and eaten with—including fat, sugar and salt. So—like skydiving—eating chilli is a form of thrill-seeking, ____19____
Humans, one of the few mammals on Earth that developed a taste for capsaicin, started cultivating chilli peppers about six thousand years ago. Human intervention changed the chilli pepper to suit human tastes and needs—including the pepper’s colour, size and capsaicin content-helping to explain the many different types of chilli peppers now available. ____20____. We eat around 57.3 million tons of peppers globally each year, and chilli is a key ingredient in traditional dishes from Mexico to Korea.
A. It lies in both science and history
B. where we get pleasure from a seemingly negative sensation
C. This is caused by a chemical compound called ‘capsaicin’
D. It has something to do with human nature and body composition
E. why Steamed Fish Head with Chillies enjoys great popularity among Hunanese
F. Fast-forward to today, and our love affair with the chilli pepper is going strong
G. because we know that the burning sensation of chilli does not physically harm us
【答案】16. A 17. C 18. G 19. B 20. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。文章主要介绍我们为什么喜欢吃辣。
【16题详解】
根据下文“Spicy isn’t actually a taste like salty, sweet, sour and bitten—it’s a sensation. (辣实际上并不是咸、甜、酸和咬的味道——它是一种感觉。)”，“This is what is happening chemically, but there is also a conscious side to choosing spicy food. (这是化学反应，但选择辛辣食物也有意识的一面。)”和“Humans, one of the few mammals on Earth that developed a taste for capsaicin, started cultivating chilli peppers about six thousand years ago. (人类是地球上为数不多的对辣椒素产生兴趣的哺乳动物之一，大约在6000年前开始种植辣椒。)”可知，文章接下来从科学和历史方面解释人类为什么喜欢吃辣。选项A“它既有科学意义，也有历史意义”和下文意思一致。故选A。
【17题详解】
根据上文“Spicy isn’t actually a taste like salty, sweet, sour and bitten—it’s a sensation. (辣实际上并不是咸、甜、酸和咬的味道——它是一种感觉。)”和下文“When we eat foods containing capsaicin (辣椒素), our bodies are tricked into thinking the temperature is actually rising. (当我们吃含有辣椒素的食物时，我们的身体会被欺骗，以为温度实际上在上升。)”可知，辣这种感觉是因为吃了含有辣椒素的食物造成的。选项C“这是由一种名为“辣椒素”的化合物引起的”和上下文意思一致。故选C。
【18题详解】
根据上文“This is what is happening chemically, but there is also a conscious side to choosing spicy food. Dr Tamara Rosenbaum, a Cognitive Neuroscientist, explains in an interview with the BBC that this is (这是化学反应，但选择辛辣食物也有有意识的一面。认知神经科学家Tamara Rosenbaum博士在接受英国广播公司采访时解释说)”可知，接下来要解释为什么说“这是化学反应，但选择辛辣食物也有意识的一面”。选项G“因为我们知道辣椒的灼烧感不会对我们身体造成伤害”和上文意思一致。故选G。
【19题详解】
根据上文“Furthermore, we obtain pleasure from the other ingredients chilli is generally cooked and eaten with—including fat, sugar and salt. So—like skydiving—eating chilli is a form of thrill-seeking, (此外，我们从辣椒通常与脂肪、糖和盐一起烹饪和食用的其他成分中获得乐趣。所以，就像跳伞一样，吃辣椒是一种寻求刺激的方式，)”可知，吃辣可以让人快乐。选项B“我们从看似消极的感觉中获得快乐”和上文意思一致。故选B。
【20题详解】
根据下文“We eat around 57.3 million tons of peppers globally each year, and chilli is a key ingredient in traditional dishes from Mexico to Korea. (我们每年在全球食用约5730万吨辣椒，辣椒是从墨西哥到韩国传统菜肴的关键成分。)”可知，这里介绍人们对辣椒的喜爱程度很高。选项F“快进到今天，我们对辣椒的喜爱与日俱增”和下文意思一致。故选F。
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空自处的最佳选项。
About a year ago, my department invited me to submit a 5-minute video clip about my research laboratory to be screened at a secondary-school summer camp. With many ____21____ under my belt (已获得的) after five years as a main investigator, I was quite ____22____ about getting this ____23____.
Three seconds into ____24____ myself on my phone in my office, I realized that I had been too ____25____. I had to press ‘Pause’ ____26____ I couldn’t help looking around the room. And while watching myself on camera, I couldn’t obtain the excitement I brought to the classroom—all my ____27____ trained teaching method didn’t work well for a video clip. Admitting that my acting career had ____28____ a wall, I decided to ____29____ to a directing role and asked my graduate students to help me to film and present the video.
The 5-minute clip ____30____ taking 2 hours to finish, but it was so well received by the audience that it ____31____ me to create an account on Bilibili, one of the leading video-sharing websites in China. I got my lab to ____32____ making short films in Chinese on the main topics of our ____33____, which include digital fabrication (数字制造) in architecture and adaptive structures that can respond to stimuli (刺激物). In the nine or so months since I created that ____34____, our lab videos have attracted more than 20,000 subscribers and received nearly 3 million ____35____, mainly in China.
21.
A. students B. experiences C. cameras D. comments
22.
A. curious B. nervous C. confident D. cautious
23.
A. cut B. posted C. passed D. done
24.
A. filming B. watching C. reminding D. calling
25.
A. anxious B. optimistic C. active D. hard
26.
A. unless B. though C. because D. until
27.
A. badly B. newly C. easily D. finely
28.
A. hit B. covered C. destroyed D. built
29.
A. stick B. react C. take D. switch
30.
A. set about B. ended up C. put off D. went on
31.
A. invited B. taught C. motivated D. required
32.
A. enjoy B. admit C. miss D. continue
33.
A. research B. video C. school D. team
34.
A. website B. account C. architecture D. classroom
35.
A. gifts B. fans C. views D. prizes
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述作者和自己的学生们一起拍摄关于自己从事的研究的短视频大受欢迎，这促使作者开通视频网站账号，继续拍摄关于研究的短视频，吸引了很多观众。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在担任了5年的主要调查员之后，我积累了很多经验，对完成这项工作非常有信心。A. students学生；B. experiences经验、经历；C. cameras照相机；D. comments评论，意见。根据“after five years as a main investigator”可知，作者担任了5年的主要调查员之后，得到很多经验，故选B。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在担任了5年的主要调查员之后，我积累了很多经验，对完成这项工作非常有信心。A. curious好奇的；B. nervous紧张的；C. confident自信的；D. cautious谨慎的。根据上文“after five years as a main investigator”可知，作者有丰富的经验，所以很自信，故选C。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在担任了5年的主要调查员之后，我积累了很多经验，对完成这项工作非常有信心。A. cut切，割；B. posted邮寄，张贴；C. passed经过，通过；D. done做，完成。根据上文“my department invited me to submit a 5-minute video clip”可知，作者被邀请提交一个5分钟的视频剪辑，此处指作者有信心完成这项任务。get sth. done“让某事被做；完成某事”。故选D。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在办公室用手机拍摄自己三秒钟后，我意识到自己太乐观了。A. filming拍摄；B. watching观看；C. reminding提醒；D. calling叫，打电话。根据上文可知，作者被邀请剪辑一个视频，所以此处是用手机拍摄自己，本段最后一句中“asked my graduate students to help me to film and present the video”也提到拍摄视频。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在办公室用手机拍摄自己三秒钟后，我意识到自己太乐观了。A. anxious焦虑的；B. optimistic乐观的；C. active活跃的；D. hard困难的。上文作者提到很有自信完成任务，下文“And while watching myself on camera, I couldn’t obtain the excitement I brought to the classroom”讲述了自己拍摄的困难，所以此处指作者意识到自己过于乐观了，故选B。
【26题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意：我不得不按“暂停”键，因为我忍不住环视一下房间。A. unless除非；B. though尽管；C. because因为；D. until直到。空后“I couldn’t help looking around the room”表示按暂停的原因，用because引导原因状语从句。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：当我看着镜头前的自己时，我无法获得我给教室带来的兴奋感——我所有精巧训练的教学方法在视频剪辑中都不起作用。A. badly恶劣地，非常；B. newly以新的方式；C. easily容易地；D. finely很好地，精巧地。根据上文“I couldn’t obtain the excitement I brought to the classroom”可知，作者给教室带来很多兴奋感，所以此处指精巧训练的教学方法，故选D。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我承认我的演艺事业碰壁了，我决定转行当导演，并请我的研究生们帮我拍摄并展示视频。A. hit撞击；B. covered覆盖；C. destroyed毁灭；D. built建造。根据后文“asked my graduate students to help me to film and present the video”可知，作者请学生帮忙，所以此处指自己拍摄碰壁了，hit a wall“停滞不前，碰壁”。故选A。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我承认我的演艺事业碰壁了，我决定转行当导演，并请我的研究生们帮我拍摄并展示视频。A. stick粘贴；B. react反应；C. take取，拿；D. switch转变。根据上文“while watching myself on camera”和空后的“directing role”可知，作者由拍摄的角色转变为导演的角色，让学生帮忙拍。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：这段5分钟的视频最终花了2个小时才完成，但它受到了观众的热烈欢迎，这促使我在中国领先的视频分享网站之一哔哩哔哩上创建了一个账号。A. set about开始，着手；B. ended up结束；C. put off推迟；D. went on继续。根据空后“taking 2 hours to finish”可知，此处指这个视频花费2小时才结束，故选B。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这段5分钟的视频最终花了2个小时才完成，但它受到了观众的热烈欢迎，这促使我在中国领先的视频分享网站之一哔哩哔哩上创建了一个账号。A. invited邀请；B. taught教；C. motivated激励，是……的原因，推动；D. required需要，要求。根据上文“but it was so well received by the audience”可知，视频很受欢迎，这激发了作者在视频网站上创建一个账号的想法，故选C。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我让我的实验室继续用中文制作我们研究的主要主题的短片，包括建筑中的数字制造和可对刺激做出反应的自适应结构。A. enjoy喜欢，享受；B. admit承认；C. miss想念，错过；D. continue继续。根据上文“it was so well received by the audience”可知，作者拍摄了一个视频后很受欢迎，所以此处指作者继续拍摄短片，故选D。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我让我的实验室继续用中文制作我们研究的主要主题的短片，包括建筑中的数字制造和可对刺激做出反应的自适应结构。A. research研究；B. video录像；C. school学校；D. team团队。根据第一段中“my department invited me to submit a 5-minute video clip about my research laboratory”和下文“which include digital fabrication in architecture and adaptive structures that can respond to stimuli.”可知，短片是关于作者所从事的研究的有关话题，故选A。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在我创建这个账号的9个多月里，我们的实验室视频吸引了2万多订阅者，获得了近300万的观看量，主要是在中国。A. website网站；B. account账号；C. architecture建筑；D. classroom教室。根据上文“create an account on Bilibili”可知，此处指创建账号的9个多月里，故选B。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在我创建这个账号的9个多月里，我们的实验室视频吸引了2万多订阅者，获得了近300万的观看量，主要是在中国。A. gifts礼物；B. fans粉丝，狂热爱好者；C. views观看；D. prizes奖项。结合语境及本句主语“our lab videos”可知，视频是吸引了300万次的观看，故选C。
第Ⅱ卷
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Tens of thousands of Chinese ___36___(society) media users have backed calls from the country’s state media to have its artworks ___37___(current) kept in the British Museum returned.
The topic “The British Museum please return Chinese antiquities (古董)” was in response ___38___ a piece published by Chinese state media Global Times that called for all cultural relics in the British Museum ___39___(return) free of charge.
The British Museum has been under pressure after around 2,000 items were reported “missing, ___40___(steal) or damaged” two weeks ago, ___41___(lead) to accusations that it was failing to fulfil its duty of care.
The calls follow a piece published by the Global Times ___42___ argued, “The world-renowned British museum ___43___(fail) to take good care of ‘cultural property belonging to other countries’ up to these years.”
The British Museum looks after 23,000 Chinese objects, from the Neolithic (新石器) age to the present day. It is one of the largest ___44___(collection) of Chinese antiquities in the West. The collection includes ____45____ large range of precious items such as paintings, prints, jade and bronzes.
【答案】36. social
37. currently
38. to 39. to be returned
40. stolen 41. leading
42. that##which
43. has failed
44. collections
45. a
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了《环球时报》发文称大英博物馆多年来未能妥善保管“属于其他国家的文化财产”，要求其归还目前保存的中国艺术品，大量社交媒体用户对此表示支持。
【36题详解】
考查形容词。句意：数万名中国社交媒体用户支持中国官方媒体的呼吁，要求归还目前保存在大英博物馆的中国艺术品。分析句子可知，空处是修饰media的定语，应用society的形容词形式social，意为“社交的”，social media意为“社交媒体”。故填social。
【37题详解】
考查副词。句意：数万名中国社交媒体用户支持中国官方媒体的呼吁，要求归还目前保存在大英博物馆的中国艺术品。分析句子可知，空处是修饰kept的状语，应用current的副词形式currently，意为“当前，目前”。故填currently。
【38题详解】
考查介词。句意：“大英博物馆请归还中国文物”这个话题是对中国官方媒体《环球时报》发表的一篇呼吁免费归还大英博物馆所有文物的文章的回应。根据“in response”和“a piece”可推知，此处用固定短语in response to，意为“对……的回应”，因此空处应用介词to。故填to。
【39题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：“大英博物馆请归还中国文物”这个话题是对中国官方媒体《环球时报》发表的一篇呼吁免费归还大英博物馆所有文物的文章的回应。根据“called for”可推知，此处用固定短语call for… to do sth.，意为“呼吁……做某事”，且all cultural relics和return“归还”逻辑上是被动的关系，因此空处应用return的不定式被动语态。故填to be returned。
【40题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：两周前，约有2000件藏品被报道“丢失、被盗或损坏”，导致有人指责它未能履行其保护义务，大英博物馆面临压力。分析句子可知，空处和missing、damaged并列作补足语，为非谓语动词，steal“偷窃”和around 2,000 items逻辑上是被动的关系，因此应用steal的过去分词形式。故填stolen。
【41题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：两周前，约有2000件藏品被报道“丢失、被盗或损坏”，导致有人指责它未能履行其保护义务，大英博物馆面临压力。分析句子可知，句子主干成分完整，空处表示随着报道自然发生的结果，作结果状语，因此应用lead的现在分词形式。故填leading。
【42题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：这些呼吁是在《环球时报》发表的一篇文章之后发出的，该文章称“世界知名的大英博物馆多年来未能妥善保管‘属于其他国家的文化财产’。”分析句子可知，空处引导限制性定语从句，修饰先行词a piece，先行词指物，在从句中作主语，应用关系代词that或which作引导词。故填that/which。
【43题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意：这些呼吁是在《环球时报》发表的一篇文章之后发出的，该文章称“世界知名的大英博物馆多年来未能妥善保管‘属于其他国家的文化财产’。”分析句子可知，空处作句子的谓语，结合时间状语up to these years可知，时态应用现在完成时，强调动作对现在的影响，主语The world-renowned British museum为单数，助动词应用has。故填has failed。
【44题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：它是西方最大的中国文物收藏之一。根据“one of the largest”可推知，此处用固定结构“one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数”，意为“最……的之一”，因此空处应用collection的复数形式。故填collections。
【45题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：收藏品包括绘画、版画、玉器和青铜器等大量珍贵物品。根据“large range of precious items”可知，此处用固定短语a large range of，意为“大规模的，大量的”，因此空处应用a。故填a。
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 书面表达（满分15分）
46. 假定你是校英语俱乐部负责人李华，你校举办的英语学习网络论坛邀请到了著名诗人William Smith在线做主题为“How to Write and Enjoy English Poems”的专题讲座。请你在讲座前作简要发言，内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎；2. 介绍活动流程；3. 表达期望。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 开头结尾已给好，不计入词数。
Dear fellow students,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Now let’s welcome Mr. Smith!
【答案】Dear fellow students,
We feel honored, and wish to express our heartfelt appreciation to Professor Smith for his graciously agreeing to give us this online lecture on “How to Write and Enjoy Poems”. So let’s show our warm welcome!
Prof. Smith is a well-known poet, and he will illustrate the connotations of poems in structure, imagery, and rhyme by sharing his own poems. I hope all in attendance will participate positively and follow his instructions as requested. You may also take notes if necessary. There will be a five-minute question-and-answer session following the lecture, which will allow you an opportunity to ask questions and actively take part in the discussion. Hope you can enjoy yourself.
Now let’s welcome Mr. Smith!
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生写一篇在“How to Write and Enjoy English Poems”专题讲座前的发言稿。
【详解】1.词汇积累
演讲：lecture→speech
著名的：well-known→celebrated
要求：request→require
参加：take part in→join in
2.句式拓展
同义句转换
原句：Prof. Smith is a well-known poet, and he will illustrate the connotations of poems in structure, imagery, and rhyme by sharing his own poems.
拓展句：Not only is Prof. Smith a well-known poet, but also he will illustrate the connotations of poems in structure, imagery, and rhyme by sharing his own poems.
【点睛】[高分句型1] I hope all in attendance will participate positively and follow his instructions as requested. (运用了省略that的宾语从句)
[高分句型2] There will be a five-minute question-and-answer session following the lecture, which will allow you an opportunity to ask questions and actively take part in the discussion. (运用了which引导非限制性定语从句)
47. 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
When starting my sixth-grade year, I was nervous about many things. But nothing compared to the problem that I got to the age where my voice started changing. At first, the voice getting deep excited me. But then I learned before getting deeper, it can crack (变嘶哑).
The first time it happened I was so embarrassed. Surprisingly, my friends didn’t make fun of me. In fact, they didn’t even mention it. But in my self-conscious sixth-grade mind I was certain they made fun of me behind my back. They weren’t having the same problem.
After my first voice crack experience, I was determined to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. At least not in public. So, except for strategic times I said, “cool” and “yeah”, I didn’t talk. My logic was, “If I don’t use my voice, it cannot crack.” However, I couldn’t go without talking forever. I needed a new solution.
I began clearing my throat before speaking, which actually seemed to help. Limiting how much I spoke and clearing my voice made me much less stressful. This was great but there was a larger problem. I was much more scared about having a voice crack during class. My class had many new kids I’d never spoken with. I didn’t want their first impressions of me to be based on a voice crack.
Unfortunately, one day my concern came true. It was about two months after the beginning of the term. On the day it happened everything was the same as always until I got into the classroom. I noticed that we had a substitute teacher (代课老师) and immediately started thinking about how he would take attendance. My permanent teacher never had to, since he already knew each student, I panicked. So many thoughts rushed through my mind that I couldn’t think straight. I calmed myself down by telling myself that I only had to say one word “Here”. “Easy enough, right ” I thought so until my name was called. I did my routine — cleared my throat, took a breath, and said, “Here.” The only problem was that while saying this, I had the worst voice crack in the history of voice cracks.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The whole class turned to look at me.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“You know, the voice problem you met in class is normal,” a classmate came to me and said.
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【答案】Version 1:
The whole class turned to look at me. My face burned with embarrassment as I felt each pair of eyes fixed on me. The substitute teacher’s puzzled expression only added to the awkward moment. I wished the ground would open up and swallow me whole, but all I could do was shift uncomfortably in my seat. The whispers that followed were like knives to my self-esteem. When the bell finally rang for the break, I rushed out of the classroom, feeling utterly humiliated. It seemed like the whole school now knew about my voice crack.(87 words)
“You know, the voice problem you met in class is normal,” a classmate came to me and said. His reassuring words caught me off guard. As he shared his own similar experiences, I realized I wasn’t alone in this struggle. Knowing that others were going through the same thing made me feel seen and understood. His empathy sparked a sense of team spirit and support that I hadn't anticipated. Gradually, I let go of the fear of judgment and started to embrace my voice cracks as a natural part of growing up. This newfound sense of confidence and self-acceptance transformed my interactions at school, making me feel more at ease and connected with my peers.(97 words)
Version 2:
The whole class turned to look at me. I felt my face turning red and wished the ground would open up and swallow me whole. The embarrassment was unbearable, and I couldn’t even bring myself to meet anyone’s gaze. After what felt like an eternity, the substitute teacher finally spoke up, breaking the awkward silence. He chuckled and said, “Well, that’s quite a lovely young voice!” The class laughed friendly along with him, and I managed a weak smile, wondering whether they were just trying to make me feel better. Finally, the bell rang and I walked out to have some fresh air. (94 words)
“You know, the voice problem you met in class is normal,” a classmate came to me and said. “Everyone goes through it. It happens to most of us during this stage of life.” He explained how he had also experienced voice cracks and how he had learned to embrace them as a natural part of growing up. I looked at him in surprise, grateful for his reassurance. My initial embarrassment and concern gave way to gratitude and confidence. My classmates were understanding and supportive, just as my friends had been from the beginning. With their encouragement, I gradually became more confident in using my voice, accepting the changes that came with puberty without fear or shame. (98 words)
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了上六年级的作者经历了声音突变。刚开始他对嗓音变低感到兴奋，但发现声音嘶哑后备感尴尬。尽管朋友并未嘲笑他，但他仍自卑，担心被人议论。为避免尴尬，他选择少说话，甚至在上课前清嗓子。然而，在代课老师的一堂课上老师点名，作者不得已必须答到，但就是这一声“到”让他尴尬不已。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“全班都转过头来看着我。”可知，第一段可描写听到作者的声音后同学们的反应和作者的尴尬。
②由第二段首句内容“‘你知道，你在课堂上遇到的声音问题是正常的，’一个同学走过来对我说。”可知，第二段可描写作者得到同学的安慰和鼓励，开始勇敢接受破音的问题。
2.续写线索：受到全班同学的注视——感到万分尴尬——带着羞辱冲出教室——得到同学的安慰——正视和接受自己的问题
3.词汇激活
行为类
①希望：wish/hope
②冲出：rush out/run out
③经受：go through/experience
情绪类
①困惑的：puzzled/confused/perplexed
②尴尬的：awkward/embarrassing
【点睛】[高分句型1]My face burned with embarrassment as I felt each pair of eyes fixed on me.(运用了as引导时间状语从句)
[高分句型2]The whispers that followed were like knives to my self-esteem.(运用了关系代词that引导限制性定语从句)
[高分句型3] Knowing that others were going through the same thing made me feel seen and understood.(运用了连词that引导宾语从句)
