辽宁省大连市滨城高中联盟2023-2024学年高二下学期4月考试英语试卷（含解析，无听力音频有听力原文）
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大连市滨城高中联盟2023-2024学年高二下学期4月考试
英语试卷
注意事项：
1．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题纸上，写在本试卷上无效。
2．本试卷共分四部分，共150分，考试时间为120分钟。
第一部分 听力（共两节，20小题；每小题1.5分，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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man think causes the traffic jam
A. People. B. Trucks. C. Cars.
2. When is Carol’s birthday
A. On January 16th. B. On January 19th. C. On January 30th.
3. What does the man ask the woman to do
A. Watch a film about India.
B. Describe her journey to India.
C. Go on a trip to India with him.
4. Where are the speakers
A. At a gas station. B. In a parking lot. C. At a bus station.
5. What does the man mean
A. The twins have a lot in common.
B. The twins don’t look the same.
C. The twins don’t act alike.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7小题。
6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Colleagues. B. Old classmates. C. Interviewer and interviewee.
7. What did the man do last year
A. He worked in a film.
B. He acted in many TV dramas.
C. He worked in theaters doing plays.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What else would the woman like
A. Some pies. B. Some dishes. C. Another coffee.
9. What do we know about the restaurant
A. It is located outside the town.
B. It closes early in the evening.
C. It has many regular customers.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10. What did the woman make an effort to look for
A. A jacket. B. A dress. C. A shirt.
11. Why did the woman buy the orange sweater
A. It is on sale now. B. Her red one is too old. C. She likes its color.
12. What color coat did the woman buy
A. Black. B. Dark blue. C. Dark brown.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man do
A. A tour guide. B. A travel agent. C. A hotel clerk.
14. What does the man say about the bedsitting room
A. It can’t provide enough beds.
B. Its price is a bit too high.
C. It is close to the beach.
15. When does the conversation probably take place
A. In May. B. In June. C. In July.
16. What does the woman have to do before phoning the man again
A. Have a talk with her parents.
B. Prepare a travel schedule.
C. Consult with her friends.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. What Anna’s sport life is like.
B. How ice skating affects Anna’s early life.
C. Why Anna became a successful ice skater.
18. What did Anna do at university
A. She spent little time on ice skating.
B. She practiced a lot to become a dancer.
C. She worked hard and got a good degree.
19. Why didn’t Anna expect to win competitions as a teenager
A. She annoyed too many people.
B. She needed to improve her technique.
C. She was not confident enough in her ability.
20. How does Anna feel about her retirement from ice skating
A. Regretful. B. Pleased. C. Anxious.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，20小题；每小题2.5分，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
Want to explore new cultures, meet new people and engage in meaningful pursuits You can do all the three with Global Development Association (GDA). No matter what life stage you’re at, wherever you go, and whatever project you undertake with us, you’ll create positive changes in a poor and remote community.
We welcome volunteers from all walks of life and backgrounds. While the majority of our volunteers are between the ages of 17 and 24, we’re currently in need of volunteer managers aged 25to 75, who play a very important role in the safe and effective operation of our programs. Our positions include project managers, mountain leaders, and communication officers.
Your chosen role could vary from enhancing a community’s access to clean drinking water to preserving valuable local cultures. Or perhaps you might design adventure challenges to train our young volunteers.
Not only will you be aiding the personal growth of our young volunteers, but you’ll also be picking up new skills and expanding your cultural insights. You’ll likely meet individuals who could become lifelong friends.
This summer we have both 4-week and 7-week programmes:
Country Schedule
4-week programmes 7-week programmes
Algeria 5 Jul. — 1 Aug. 20 Jun. — 7 Aug.
Egypt 24 Jul. — 20 Aug. 19 Jun. — 6 Aug.
Kenya 20 Jul. — 16 Aug. 18 Jun. — 5 Aug.
South Africa 2 Aug. — 29 Aug. 15 Jun. — 2 Aug.
GDA ensures that volunteers work with community members and local project partners where our help is needed. All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.
There is no other chance like a GDA programme. Join us as a volunteer manager to develop your own skills while bringing benefits to the communities.
Find out more about joining a GDA programme:
Website: www.glodeve.org
Email: humanresources@glodeve.org
21. What age group does GDA primarily target for volunteer managers
A. 17—24. B. 25—40. C. 25—75. D. 17—75.
22. The program beginning in August will operate in ______.
A. Egypt B. South Africa C. Kenya D. Algeria
23. The shared goal of GDA’s projects is to ______.
A. explore new cultures B. protect the environment
C. gain corporate benefit D. help communities in need
B
Do you think cookies can tell stories Jasmine Cho, 35, does.
A baker, artist, entrepreneur and activist, Cho tries to spread knowledge about social justice issues and diversity through the delicious medium of cookies.
It was in high school that she discovered her love of baking. At a sleepover a friend taught her how to make a dessert, “sort of demystifying baking and that whole process”.
Later, Cho realized her second passion: learning more about her Asian, American culture. An elective in college that taught Asian-American immigrant experiences brought an emotional moment for her. “So many emotions came up that I just couldn’t articulate. It was like this mix of anger, of relief, empowerment, sadness…” Cho said.
Cho realized she could combine these two passions to educate others about influential Asian American people and showcase matters that were important to her. With her online bakery, she designed cookie portraits about people she admired and posted the images on Instagram. “I don’t think I ever really knew how to communicate these stories until I found cookies,” Cho said. “Cookies are just so disarming. Who doesn’t like cookies ”
One cookie that Cho has identified with deeply is one she made of George Helm, a Hawaiian activist in the 1970s.
“It’s insane the amount of injustice that the native Hawaiian population has faced as well through the whole annexation (吞并) of the kingdom. There were so many horrific stories that I heard about nuclear testing and the fallout (核爆炸后的沉降物) impacting native Hawaiian populations in all of this,” Cho said, “George Helm was one of those activists who really represented the spirituality of the native Hawaiians and the connection to their land, to nature.”
Among her amazing cookie art are other political figures such as Larry Itliong, a Filipino-American labor organizer, and pop culture figures such as Keanu Reeves, a Canadian actor.
Cho hopes her cookie art continues to inspire people to be creative and think positively.
“Instead of trying to think of something new and original, just look inward and see, maybe there’s already a passion or a love that you have,” Cho said. “Use that for something that will serve the world in a better way.”
24. What inspired Cho to take an interest in Asian-American culture
A. One of her sleepover experiences.
B. One elective course she took at college.
C. The process of learning baking from her friend.
D. A book she read about Asian-American immigrant experiences.
25. Why does Cho think cookies are a useful tool to promote Asian-American culture
A. Cookies don’t cost much. B. Cookies are easier to make.
C. Cookies have different images. D. Cookies are favored by many people.
26. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning George Helm in the passage
A. To show what Cho focuses on with her cookies.
B. To introduce the spirituality of native Hawaiians.
C. To explain why Cho is interested in political activists.
D. To inform the reader of Helm’s contributions to Hawaii.
27. What does the author want to convey in the passage
A. Hold your horses for a better self.
B. Think outside the box to break new ground.
C. Spread something original to one’s heart content.
D. Throw yourself into your inner world for a better one.
C
Five years ago, French navy officer Jér me Chardon was listening to a radio program about the journey of the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that migrates 14,000 kilometers between New Zealand and Alaska. Chardon understood how treacherous the journey would be, as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured. Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.
This past January, a team from France’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) began experiments designed to test Chardon’s idea. Researchers with a project led by Frédéric Jiguet from NMNH equipped 56 birds of five species with cutting edge animal tracking technology. The team members were ferried to remote islands in French Polynesia, where they attached tags (标签) using tracking technology. These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds — waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.
The project is focusing on birds’ ability to hear infrasound, the low-frequency sound humans cannot hear but that the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸). In a 2014 study, scientists tracking a kind of golden-winged birds in the central and southeastern America found that the birds flew up to 1,500 kilometers to escape from an outbreak of tornadoes (龙卷风) that killed 35 people. The birds fled at least 24 hours before any extreme weather hit, leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.
The team plans on tagging hundreds more birds across the Pacific to prepare for a potential tsunami. “I think if there’s one wave that spreads across islands, we can get data from different species at different locations,” says Jiguet. “That will say it’s worth continuing to tag and to develop local systems to better analyze this. There are chances that we will develop a bird-based tsunami early warning system.”
28. Which of the following best explains the word “treacherous” underlined in paragraph 1
A. Strange. B. Amazing. C. Dangerous. D. Frequent.
29. What is the function of the tags
A. Tracking natural disasters. B. Distinguishing bird species.
C. Reporting the birds’ situations. D. Guiding researchers to islands.
30. Why is the 2014 study mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To prove an assumption. B. To clarify a concept.
C. To present a new topic. D. To make comparisons.
31. What might be the best title for the text
A. How Can Birds Avoid Natural Disasters
B. Can Birds Warn Us of Natural Disasters
C. How Does a Warning System Function
D. Can Birds Play a Role in Human Research
D
All the hard work that you’ve spent making strong passwords, combining pet names with numbers, symbols and birthdates could all soon be for nothing as a new artificial intelligence (AI) model achieves a 95% accuracy of understanding keystrokes (按键).
At least that’s the extreme view of a team of British researchers. Using a deep learning model, they were able to steal data from a laptop’s keyboard using a microphone to understand what is being typed. This, in theory, would allow hackers who were able to gain access to your laptop to obtain what is being typed including messages and passwords.
The first step for this attack to work is by recording the keystrokes on someone’s keyboard. This is needed to train the algorithm (计算程序). While this could be done from the laptop’s microphone, it could equally be achieved by placing a smartphone near the computer. By pressing 36 keys on a modern MacBook Pro 25 times each and recording the sounds produced, the researchers gained a full set of training data. This information is turned into waveforms to show identifiable differences between each key. With this information in hand, they could then build a machine-learning model to understand which of these waveforms lines up with which key.
“If you get enough data, a model can be built pretty easily,” Oli Buckley, a professor of Internet security. “If it works on one keyboard, it will likely work on the next. The MacBook has a nice, quiet keyboard, so the idea is that if it works on something quiet, it will have a wide-reaching ability on louder keyboards”.
While this all sounds pretty scary, not to mention a new form of hacking (侵入) to look out for, it isn’t quite as worrying as it sounds.
“A good sample of data is needed for it to work, so this changes if you’re using a Dell, a MacBook or an external keyboard. Also, factors change. Some people type louder and harder, or my keyboards full of cat hair so that impacts things slightly”, says Buckley.
32. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Why protective steps are needed.
B. Why a set of training data is vital.
C. How you document secret information.
D. How hackers gain data from targeted computers.
33. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to
A. The keyboard. B. The model. C. The data. D. The computer.
34. What’s the author’s attitude toward British researchers’ view
A. Concerned. B. Agreeable. C. Negative. D. Objective.
35. What do Buckley’s words imply in the last paragraph
A. AI understands exactly what you’re typing.
B. Purchasing expensive computer is necessary.
C. Cats play an important role in privacy protection.
D. Building an accurate dataset through keystrokes is not easy.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
No matter how friendly your tone is or how honey sweet you are in a conversation, when you use one of these two words (or both) in your sentences, the message to your conversation companion is “You are wrong”. 36 They are “no” and “but”.
These words don’t say, “Let’s discuss this” or “I’d love to hear what you think about this” to people. They say, “You are wrong and I am right.” If your conversation companion is also eager to win at any cost, you will have a potential battle on your hands. The result 37
Are you interested in a little test to see how competitive your co-workers are Try this. For one week, keep a scorecard of how many times each person uses “no” or “but”. 38 And, if you explore a little deeper, you’ll see patterns emerge. For instance, some people use these words to gain power. You’ll see how much people hate it, consciously or not, and how it stifles (抑制) rather than opens up discussions.
39 Practically without even thinking, I keep count of their use of these two little words. It’s such an important indicator! If the numbers pile up in an initial meeting with a client, I’ll interrupt him or her and say, “We’ve been talking for almost an hour now, and do you realize that you have responded 17 times with either ‘no’ or ‘but’ ” This is the moment when a serious talk about changing behavior begins.
If this is your interpersonal challenge, you can do this little test for yourself just as easily as you can to judge your co-workers. Stop trying to defend your position and start monitoring how many times you begin remarks with “no” or “but”. 40 For example That’s true, but...”. Another expression is “Yes, but...”.
A. I use this technique with my clients.
B. Why do people like to say these two words
C. What are these conversation stopping words
D. Nothing more can happen that will be productive.
E. It’s human nature to like being accepted and recognized.
F. You will be shocked at how frequently these words are used.
G. Pay close attention to when you use these words in sentences.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I have struggled with feelings of unworthiness since forever. My most painful moments were at parties. My friends made fun of me because I was rhythmically (有节奏地) 41 and I couldn’t get my 42 body to imitate the latest dance moves. I was never chosen to dance. I felt like I didn’t 43 .
Around age 12, I decided that the way to 44 these feelings of unworthiness was perfection. If I was just perfect then I would fit in. But this strategy didn’t 45 . My self-esteem (自尊心) was high when I got good grades and felt 46 , but crashed when I didn’t do well 47 or was left out.
After several years of spiritual growth, it 48 me that for many of us, self-worth is tied to our 49 . We experience low self-worth as 50 as we fail or lose approval. So I have begun to cultivate an unconditional self-worth. It’s not about doing things perfectly. 51 , “Unconditional self-worth” is the 52 that you deserve to be alive, to be loved and cared for.
The 53 to unconditional self-worth is not always easy. It takes courage to 54 yourself from the conditions you’ve placed on your worth. But this journey is beautiful and worth taking. So I challenge you to embrace yourselves and find your metaphorical (隐喻的) 55 floor and move freely.
41. A. adjusted B. bothered C. challenged D. acknowledged
42. A. twisted B. annoyed C. limited D. awkward
43. A. belong B. appeal C. match D. appear
44. A. bear B. cure C. release D. arouse
45. A. boost B. work C. polish D. preserve
46. A. included B. praised C. inspired D. appreciated
47. A. internally B. academically C. professionally D. critically
48. A. occurs to B. happens to C. calls on D. takes on
49. A. desires B. strengths C. achievements D. efforts
50. A. well B. soon C. much D. far
51. A. Still B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. Rather
52. A. definition B. welfare C. pose D. sense
53. A. discovery B. access C. journey D. experience
54. A. differ B. separate C. steal D. free
55. A. hall B. gym C. dance D. balcony
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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
“The Space-Time Painter” by a Chinese writer Hai Ya won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette at the 81st World Science Fiction Convention 56 (hold) in the city of Chengdu. It is the first time that the world’s largest and longest-running sci-fi gathering 57 (come) to China.
Hai shared his source of 58 (inspire) of creating the award-winning book at a press conference. “I watched a program of China Media Group named National Treasure Archive. 59 interested me was the detailed information of the painter of One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains,” he said, 60 (add) that the painter was an extremely gifted young man 61 never seen again in history, which is a concept that could 62 (explorer) with science-fiction. The fiction tells a story about the 63 (politics) power struggle of the time combined 64 diverse elements such as Chinese traditional culture, history, inference and science fiction.
Hai, also a financial worker, thinks of himself more 65 sci-fi enthusiast than a writer. “I write while doing my job, so I have very little time to write every day,” he said. “But I think as long as I love it and am willing to put efforts in it, I will see hopes and the dawn.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假如你是李华，你校外教Jack打算开展英语阅读活动，现向学生征求阅读书目及形式的建议，请你给他回复一封邮件，内容包括：
1．你推荐的书目及理由；2．阅读形式（小组合作或自主阅读等）。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80个左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jack,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I watched my dad scowl (绷着脸) as he listened to the voice coming through the telephone receiver. I heard him say, “Yes, Miss Beisner,” and “I understand what you’re saying, Miss Beisner. I appreciate you sharing this information. We’ll see what we can do about the situation. Thank you for calling. Goodbye.”
Miss Beisner was my first-grade teacher, and I loved her. I thought she felt the same about me, but now I was beginning to wonder. The tone of Dad’s voice, the redness in his cheeks, and his repeated clenching. And unclenching of fists made it pretty clear. This was not a warm and fuzzy good news-from-the-teacher call.
As I was deciding whether I should lock myself in my bedroom for the rest of my life or run away from home, Dad hung up the phone. “Jacquie, come here and sit down. We need to talk.” Uh-oh. When Dad said, “We need to talk,” it meant he needed to talk, and I needed to listen.
I shuffled (拖着脚走) over to the well-worn brown chair in the corner of the living room, plopped down, and waited to hear the nature of my crime. Dad told me that Miss Beisner thought I was bright but not working up to my ability. She said I had strong verbal skills but weak study habits. Translation: I never closed my mouth, and I seldom opened a book. Apparently, my failure to memorize the addition facts, or even attempt to, was more than she was willing to put up with. Hence, the telephone call.
Dad ended our one-way conversation with a verbal outline for his plan of attack. Bubbles, our dog, was going to teach me math. Silently, I thought, no way is any dumb dog going to teach me how to add, not even our beloved Bubbles. Out loud, I said, “How ”
Dad summoned Bubbles from her bed near the stove and commanded her to sit. “Bubbles,” Dad said, “how much is five plus three ” Bubbles let out eight loud, crisp barks. I was incredulous (满腹狐疑的). I couldn’t understand how a dog could add, and I was more than a little embarrassed by the fact that the family dog was smarter than me.
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；2．请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1：
After that, I threw myself into math with newfound determination. ____________________________________
Paragraph 2:
One day, I asked Dad whether Bubbles really knew how to add. ______________________________________
滨城高中联盟2023—2024学年度下学期
高二4月考试英语答案
听力：1—5 BACBC 6—10 CBACA 11—15 BABCA 16—20 CACCB
阅读：21—23 CBD 24—27 BDAD 28—31 CCAB 32—35 DBCD 36—40 CDFAG
完形填空：41—45 CDABB 46—50 ABACB 51—55 DDCDC
语法填空：
56. held 57. has come 58. inspiration 59. What 60. adding
61. but 62. be explored 63. political 64. with 65. a
写作：
应用文：
Dear Jack,
All the students are excited about the upcoming English reading activity, and I am writing to express my opinion about it.
If allowed to choose what to read, I believe we will prove to be enthusiastic readers. When it comes to my favorite book, The Little Prince springs to my mind immediately. Whenever I read it, I will learn a lot about how to form special bonds with others by caring and taking responsibility for them. As for how to read English books, I think it is beneficial to form reading groups so that we can discuss with those who have the same taste. Activities like role-play, movie appreciation, or reading experience sharing would provide more chances for students to better the understanding of the books as well.
Hope my opinion will be helpful and the event will start soon!
Yours,
Li Hua
读后续写：
Para1: After that, I was filled with new determination to devote myself to learning mathematics. After school, I stopped socializing with my friends and instead sat at the writing desk, meticulously spreading out my textbooks in front of me, tirelessly practicing addition and subtraction. I have always held the idea that if Bubbles is a dog that can master mathematics, then of course I can also conquer it. A few weeks have passed, and the concrete results of my efforts are beginning to show. Seeing my achievements, my father’s joy was evident, and Miss Beisner’s warm smile returned.
Paragraph2: One day, I asked my dad if Bubbles really knows how to add. I expressed my curiosity, and my father smiled knowingly, revealing the truth that Bubbles did not have the innate ability to solve mathematical problems. On the contrary, he carefully trains it to respond to specific cues. When he poses a mathematical problem, he cleverly taps his foot a certain number of times to make Bubbles follow. Although initially disappointed, I realized more deeply that my progress in mathematics truly stems from my own diligence and unwavering efforts. My grades continue to rise. Although Bubbles may not have the ability to perform mathematical operations, she unintentionally taught me the power of determination and effort.
听力原文：
(Text 1)
M: There’re too many trucks on the road. I think they should keep trucks out of the city, then there won’t be so many traffic jams.
W: There are too many cars and people on the road, too.
(Text 2)
W: Are you going to Carol’s birthday party She’ll be nineteen in January.
M: Oh, yes. It’s on the thirteenth, isn’t it
W: No, three days later than you said. It’ll be a big party about thirty people, I think.
M: Great. I’ll see you there.
(Text 3)
W: I’ve just watched a film about India.
M: What’s the film about
W: It describes a man’s journey through India.
M: Oh, I’ve always wanted to go there. Maybe we could go there together, you and I on a slow train through India.
(Text 4)
W: I’m here to pick up my car, please. Here’s my ticket.
M: It says that you arrived here at 7:00 this morning, so that’s a total of 8 hours. That will be $20, please.
(Text 5)
W: I can hardly tell Jennifer and Jessica apart.
M: I know. But their looks are the only thing they have in common.
(Text 6)
W: Welcome to the program. So you’re an actor, George
M: That’s right. When I left school I went to an opera school, then I started working as an actor.
W: What do you like most
M: Oh, working in the theater. When I started I was with a small theater company. I worked all over the country in small theaters doing plays. It was hard work, but I enjoyed it.
W: What other kinds of work do you do
M: Oh, lots of different things. Last year, I did a lot of television plays. I’d like to do some television advertisements sometimes, too. And now I’m working in a film.
(Text 7)
M: Would you like another cup of coffee, ma’am
W: No. Could you bring me the menu again I overheard a couple saying how good your pies are here.
M: You must be from out of town if you don’t know about our pies. In fact, many customers often come here for our apple pie. They are often sold out early in the evening. Of course that doesn’t mean that our dishes are not good, it’s just that our pies are out of this world. You have to try it.
W: I guess you leave me no choice but to try it.
(Text 8)
M: Hi, Jane. Have you been shopping
W: Yes. I’ve bought some clothes. But I think I’ve got too many different colors.
M: Well, that’s a nice white shirt. You can wear that with any color.
W: Yes, I bought it in the same shop as this dress.
M: Let me see. What a lovely green! And have you bought a jacket to go with it
W: Yes. It was difficult to find one but I finally got this dark brown one.
M: That’s very nice. Did you buy anything else
W: Well, I always wear this red sweater and it was bought many y years ago. So, I bought this orange one. And I also bought a coat and some shoes. The coat is a bit expensive. Do you like it
M: Oh yes. You look good in black. And those new black shoes look great with the coat.
W: Actually, they’re dark blue, not black.
(Text 9)
M: Can I help you
W: Yes. I know it’s rather late for a reservation, but we are three friends, and we’d like to travel to Greece in July.
M: Where would you like to stay
W: We’ve been told Mykonos is one of the best islands there. Would that be possible
M: Quite difficult in July. Anyway, how long would you like to stay
W: Two weeks. And, um ... we cannot spend more than 100 a day.
M: For that price you won’t have many choices, I’m afraid. But let me find out. If you could arrange to make it in late June, I might have a bedsitting room for 75. It could provide 3 single beds, and it’s 5 minutes’ walk from the main beach.
W: What’s the name of the beach
M: Super Paradise.
W: Just fancy! My parents went there on their honeymoon and they still keep advising people to go there. I need to talk it over with my friends, though.
M: Well, talk with your friends, come to an agreement and give me a ring again. Remember we only have a month left, so you need to make up your mind today or tomorrow.
W: I will, thank you.
(Text10)
W: Anna Gomez is a successful TV sports presenter, but most people still think of her as the famous woman ice skater. As a child, her dream was actually to become a ballet dancer. She didn’t become really interested in skating until she was fourteen. Although she practiced ice skating almost all the time at university, she left with an excellent degree. She didn’t want to disappoint her parents.
When Anna was younger, she got very angry at competitions, shouting at judges if she disagreed with them. That made her unpopular. Her technique was just as good as others’ and she had a very encouraging coach at the time. The problem was in her head. She just didn’t think she could win a big game. That changed as she won more competitions, and she was performing at her best by the age of 25.
Anna retired from ice skating five years later. Anna said, “It was a difficult decision. People always ask me when I’m going to stop. At the time, I wasn’t sure that I was actually ready to give up. But, looking back, I’m glad I stopped when I did. You shouldn’t think too much about the past -just move on to the next thing.”
阅读A篇 21—23 CBD
【解析】这是一篇应用文。文章是一则招募志愿者经理的广告。
【21题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段中“While the majority of our volunteers are between the ages of 17 and 24, we’re currently in need of volunteer managers aged 25 to 75, who play a very important role in the safe and effective operation of our programs. （虽然我们的志愿者大部分年龄在17—24岁之间，但我们目前需要25—75岁的志愿者经理，他们在我们项目的安全有效运行中起着非常重要的作用。）”可知，GDA 主要针对25—75年龄段的志愿者经理。故选C项。
【22题详解】细节理解题。根据表格中“4-week programmes （四周项目）”中最后一个“South Africa: 2 Aug.—29 Aug.（南非：8月2日——8 月 29 日）”可知，从8月开始的项目将在南非进行。故选B项。
【23 题详解】推理判断题。根据第一段中“No matter what life stage you’re at, wherever you go, and whatever project you undertake with us, you’ll create positive changes in a poor and remote community.（无论你处于人生的哪个阶段，无论你去哪里，无论你和我们一起做什么项目，你都将为一个贫穷和偏远的社区带来积极的变化。）”和表格下一段中“All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.（我们所有的项目都旨在促进贫困和偏远社区的发展。）”可知，GDA项目的共同目标是帮助有需要的社区。故选D项。
阅读B篇 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. D
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了 Jasmine Cho用烘焙技术制作饼干，设计饼干肖像，促进亚裔美国文化。
【24 题详解】细节理解题。根据第四段“Later, Cho realized her second passion: learning more about her Asian, American culture. An elective in college that taught Asian-American immigrant experiences brought an emotional moment for her. （后来，Cho意识到她的第二个爱好：更多地了解她的亚洲和美国文化。大学里一门教授亚裔美国移民经历的选修课让她动情。）”可知，Cho在大学选修的一门课激发了她对亚裔美国文化的兴趣。故选 B。
【25 题详解】细节理解题。根据第五段“With her online bakery, she designed cookie portraits about people she admired and posted the images on Instagram. “I don’t think I ever really knew how to communicate these stories until I found cookies,” Cho said. “Cookies are just so disarming. Who doesn’t like cookies ” （在她的网上面包店，她设计了她崇拜的人的饼干肖像，并将这些照片发布在Instagram上。“在我发现饼干之前，我一直不知道如何传达这些故事，”Cho 说。“饼干真的很让人放松。谁不喜欢饼干？”）”可知，Cho认为饼干是促进亚裔美国文化的有用工具是因为许多人喜欢饼干。故选D项。
【26 题详解】推理判断题。根据第五段“Cho realized she could combine these two passions to educate others about influential Asian American people and showcase matters that were important to her. With her online bakery, she designed cookie portraits about people she admired and posted the images on Instagram.”可推断，作者在文中提到 George Helm 的目的是为了用其肖像饼干来展示 Cho 专注的内容——教育其他人关于有影响的亚裔美国人及展示对她重要的事情。故选 A 项。
【27 题详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段“ “Instead of trying to think of something new and original, just look inward and see, maybe there’s already a passion or a love that you have,” Cho said. “Use that for something that will serve the world in a better way.”（“不要试图去想一些新 和原创的东西，只要向内看，看看，也许你已经有了一种激情或爱，”Cho 说。“用它来做一些能更好地为世界服务的事情。”）”及全文可知，Jasmine Cho 通过自己的爱好，更好地为世界服务。所以 D 项“Throw yourself into your inner world for a better one.（投身于你的内心世界，以发现一个更好的世界）”能最好地表达作者的观点。故选D项。
阅读 C 篇 28. C 29. C 30. A 31. B
【解析】本文是一篇说明文。鸟类能提前感应到即将来临的自然灾害吗？针对此问题，法国国家自然历史博物馆的一个团队正在开展一项研究，这个研究有望利用鸟类开发自然灾害预警系统。
【28 题详解】词句猜测题。根据画线词后“... as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured.”（因为强风暴经常袭击太平洋岛屿社区。然而，不知何故，斑尾塍鹬经常毫发无损地穿过这片区域）可知，画线词的意思与 Dangerous 的意思最为接近，即：这段旅程很危险，故选 C 项。
【29 题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段“These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds—waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.”（这些标签将这些鸟的位置发送给国际空间站，国际空间站将数据反馈给地球上的科学家，然后他们可以跟踪这些鸟，观察它们对自然灾害的反应。）可知，研究人员使用的标签有追踪系统，该标签会报告被追踪的鸟的位置。故选 C 项。
【30 题详解】推理判断题。根据第三段“...the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸).”（研究人员认为这是鸟类用来感知风暴和海啸的最有可能的信号）及“...leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.”（这让科学家们相信他们听到了 400 多公里外的风暴系统。）可推断，文中提到 2014 年的一个研究是为了证明研究人员的猜想——鸟类很可能会利用次声提前感知风暴和海啸，从而它们可以躲避这些自然灾害。故选 A 项。
【31 题详解】主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是文章第一段“Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.”（Chardon 想知道了解鸟类如何迁徙是否可以帮助沿海社区避免自然灾害。）可知，本文主要在探究鸟类是否能在自然灾害来临之前给予我们一些警示。故选 B 项。
阅读 D 篇 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. D
【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项新的研究发现，研究表明，人工智能能够通过按键窃取你的密码。
【32 题详解】主旨大意题。根据文章第二段“This, in theory, would allow hackers who were able to gain access to your laptop to obtain what is being typed including messages and passwords.”及第三段“The first step for this attack to work is by recording the keystrokes on someone’s keyboard. This is needed to train the algorithm (计算程序). While this could be done from the laptop’s microphone, it could equally be achieved by placing a smartphone near the computer. By pressing 36 keys on a modem MacBook Pro 25 times each and recording the sounds produced, the researchers gained a full set of training data. This information is turned into waveforms to show identifiable differences between each key. With this information in hand, they could then build a machine-learning model to understand which of these waveforms lines up with which key.（这种攻击的第一步是记录某人键盘上的按键。这是训练计算程序所需要的。虽然这可以通过笔记本电脑的麦克风来实现，但同样可以通过在电脑附近放置智能手机来实现。研究人员通过在 MacBook Pro 上按 36 个键，每个键按 25 次，并记录下产生的声音，获得了一整套训练数据。这些信息被转换成波形，以显示每个键之间可识别的差异。有了这些信息，他们就可以建立一个机器学习模型，以了解哪些波形与哪个键对齐。）”可知，第三段主要介绍了黑客如何从目标电脑中获取数据的。故选 D。
【33 题详解】词句猜测题。根据划线单词上一句“If you get enough data, a model can be built pretty easily（如果你有足够的数据，就可以很容易地建立一个模型。）”以及“If it works on one keyboard （如果它能在一个键盘上工作）”可推测，划线单词“it”指的是上文提到的模型。故选 B。
【34 题详解】推理判断题。根据文章第五段“While this all sounds pretty scary, not to mention a new form of hacking (侵入) to look out for, it isn’t quite as worrying as it sounds.”中，后半句中这并不像听起来那么令人担心，及最后一段引用 Buckley 的话，都证明作者是不同意开头一组英国研究人员的极端观点。故选 C。
【35 题详解】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段”A good sample of data is needed for it to work, so this changes if you’re using a Dell, a MacBook or an external keyboard. Also, factors change. Some people type loader and harder, or my keyboards full of eat hair so that impacts things slightly”, says Buckley.（Buckley 说，“为了让它有效，需要良好的样本数据，因此，如果你使用的是戴尔、MacBook 或外接键盘，情况就会有所不同。此外，还有其他因素。有些人打字更快或更慢，或者我的键盘上满是食物残渣和头发，这些都会对结果产生轻微影响。”）”可知，Buckley 认为通过按键声来建立一个准确的数据集并不容易。他提到，为了模型有效工作，需要良好的样本数据，而且不同键盘和打字方式会影响模型的准确性。因此，通过按键声来窃取笔记本电脑上的数据并不是一件容易的事情，需要克服很多挑战和不确定性。故选 D。
阅读 7 选 5： 36. C 37. D 38. F 39. A 40. G
【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了人们聊天时用到频率很高的两个词“no”和“but”，这会把天聊死的。作者建议谈话时使用这两个词的时候一定要多加注意。
【36 题详解】根据上文“No matter how friendly your tone is or how honey sweet you are in a conversation, when you use one of these two words (or both) in your sentences, the message to your conversation companion is “You are wrong”.（无论你的语气多么友好，或者你在谈话中多么甜蜜，当你在句子中使用这两个词中的一个或两时，给你的谈话同伴的信息是‘你错了’）”及下文“They are “no” and “but”（它们是‘不’和‘但是’）”可知，上文提出了两个谈话中否定别人的两个词，具体给出了这两个词是什么。由此可知，C. What are these conversation stopping words （这些把天聊死的词是什么？）符合语境，下一句话正是此问句的回答。故选C项。
【37 题详解】根据上文“If your conversation companion is also eager to win at any cost, you will have a potential battle on your hands. The result （如果你的谈话对象也渴望不惜任何代价赢得胜利，你将面临一场潜在的战斗。结果呢？）”可知，本小题应该回答上一个问题，如果谈话双方发生了潜在的战斗，那么结果应该是谈话想要达成的事情肯定没有好的结果。由此可知，D. Nothing more can happen that will be productive.（没有什么事情是有成效的）符合语境，回答了前面的问句。故选 D 项。
【38 题详解】根据上文“For one week, keep a scorecard of how many times each person uses “no” or “but”.（ 用一周的时间，做一个记分卡，记录每个人说‘不’或‘但是’的次数）”可知，上文建议我们记录一下大家说这两个词的次数。由此可知，F. You will be shocked at how frequently these words are used.（你会对这些词的使用频率感到震惊）符合语境，how frequently 呼应 how many times。故选 F 项。
【39 题详解】根据下文“Practically without even thinking, I keep count of their use of these two little words. It’s such an important indicator! If the numbers pile up in an initial meeting with a client, I’ll interrupt him or her and say, “We’ve been talking for almost an hour now, and do you realize that you have responded 17 times with either ‘no’ or ‘but’？”（几乎不假思索，我就数着他们对这两个词的使用。这是一个非常重要的指标！如果在与客户的初次会面中次数很多，我会打断他或她说：‘我们已经谈了将近一个小时了，你意识到你已经用‘不’或‘但是’回答了 17 次了吗？’）”可知，下文作者讲述自己和客户会谈的经历和做法，使用了第一人称I。由此可知，A. I use this technique with my clients.（我对我的客户使用这个技巧）符合语境，下一句中的“their”呼应 clients，后文也再次用到“a client”。故选 A 项。
【40 题详解】根据上文“If this is your interpersonal challenge, you can do this little test for yourself just as easily as you can to judge your co-workers. Stop trying to defend your position and start monitoring how many times you begin remarks with “no” or “but”.（如果这是你的人际挑战，你可以为自己做这个小测试，就像你判断你的同事一样容易。不要试图为自己的立场辩护，开始注意自己用“不”或“但是”开头的次数）”可知，此处作者建议我们也要去注意我们自己使用这两个词的次数。由此可知，G. Pay close attention to when you use these words in sentences.（要特别注意你是在什么时候使用的这些词）符合语境。故选 G 项。
完形填空：41. C 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. B 46. A 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. B
51. D 52. D 53. C 54. D 55. C
【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要说明了作者因为身体笨拙而被朋友们取笑，从而感到自己不属于这里。于是作者决定治愈这些无价值感的方法就是追求完美，但是没有奏效。经过几年的精神成长，作者突然意识到，对我们中的许多人来说，自我价值与我们的成就联系在一起。
【41 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的朋友们取笑我，因为我在节奏上受到挑战，而且我无法让我笨拙的身体模仿最新的舞蹈动作。A. adjusted 调整；B. bothered 麻烦；C. challenged 挑战；D. acknowledged 承认。根据上文“I have struggled with feelings of unworthiness since forever. My most painful moments were at parties.（从那以后，我就一直在与自我价值感作斗争。我最痛苦的时刻是在聚会上）”可知，朋友取笑作者是因为在节奏上受到挑战，故选 C。
【42 题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的朋友们取笑我，因为我在节奏上受到挑战，而且我无法让我笨拙的身体模仿最新的舞蹈动作。A. twisted 扭曲的；B. annoyed 生气的；C. limited 有限的；D. awkward 笨拙的。根据后文“body to imitate the latest dance moves”以及上文提到被朋友取笑可知作者身体笨拙。故选 D。
【43 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我觉得我不属于这里。A. belong 属于；B. appeal 吸引；C. match 匹配；D. appear 出现。根据上文“I was never chosen to dance.（我从来没有被选中跳舞）”可知，作者从来没有被选中跳舞，所以感到自己不属于这里。故选 A。
【44 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：大约在 12 岁的时候，我决定治愈这些无价值感的方法就是追求完美。A. bear 忍受；B. cure 治愈；C. release 释放；D. arouse 唤醒。根据后文“these feelings of unworthiness was perfection”可知，追求完美是作者治愈无价值感的方法。故选 B。
【45 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是这个策略没有奏效。A. boost 促进；B. work 奏效，工作；C. polish 擦光，擦亮；D. preserve 维护，保护。根据上文“But this strategy didn’t”中 but 表示转折，可知这个策略没有奏效。故选 B。
【46 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我取得好成绩并感到被包容时，我的自尊心很高，但当我在学业上表现不好或被冷落时，我的自尊心就会崩溃。A. included 包括，成为……一部分；B. praised 表扬；C. inspired 鼓舞；D. appreciated 感激。根据上文“My self-esteem was high when I got good grades and felt”可知，作者取得好成绩并感到被包容时，自尊心很高，故选 A。
【47 题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：当我取得好成绩并感到被包容时，我的自尊心很高，但当我在学业上表现不好或被冷落时，我的自尊心就会崩溃。A. internally 在国内；B. academically 学术上；C. professionally 专业地；D. critically 批判性地。根据上文“when I got good grades”可知，指学术表现不好的时候，作者自尊心会崩溃。故选 B。
【48 题详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：经过几年的精神成长，我突然意识到，对我们中的许多人来说，自我价值与我们的成就联系在一起。A. occurs to 被想起；B. happens to 碰巧；C. calls on 拜访；D. takes on 雇佣。根据上文“me that for many of us, self-worth is tied to our”可知，此处指作者突然想到，故选A。
【49 题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：经过几年的精神成长，我突然意识到，对我们中的许多人来说，自我价值与我们的成就联系在一起。A. desires 渴望；B. strengths 优点；C. achievements 成就；D. efforts 努力。根据上文“self-worth is tied to our”可知，此处指自我价值与我们的成就联系在一起。故选C。
【50 题详解】考查短语辨析。句意：一旦我们失败或失去认可，我们就会感到自卑。A. as well as 也；B. as soon as 一……就……；C. as much as 与……一样多；D. as far as 在……范围内。引导时间状语从句，表示“一……就……”应用 as soon as。故选 B。
【51 题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，“无条件的自我价值”是一种你值得活着，值得被爱和被关心的感觉。A. Still 仍然；B. Therefore 因此；C. Meanwhile 同时；D. Rather 相反，相当。根据上文“It’s not about doing things perfectly.（这不是把事情做得完美）”以及后文““Unconditional self-worth” is the”可知，指这不是把事情做得完美，相反，“无条件的自我价值”是一种你值得活着，值得被爱和被关心的感觉。故选 D。
【52 题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：相反，“无条件的自我价值”是一种你值得活着，值得被爱和被关心的感觉。A. definition 定义；B. welfare 福利；C. pose 姿势；D. sense 感觉。根据后文“you deserve to be alive, to be loved and cared for”可知，一种你值得活着，值得被爱和被关心的感觉。故选 D。
【53 题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：通往无条件自我价值的旅程并不总是那么容易。A. discovery 发现；B. access 使用；C. journey 旅程；D. experience 经历。根据后文“to unconditional self-worth”可知，通往无条件自我价值的旅程并不总是那么容易。故选 C。
【54 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：把自己从自己的价值条件中解放出来需要勇气。A. differ 区别不同；B. separate 分离；C. steal 窃取；D. free 释放。根据后文“you’ve placed on your worth”可知，把自己从自己的价值条件中解放出来需要勇气。故选 D。
【55 题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以我向你们挑战，拥抱你们自己，找到你们隐喻的舞池，自由地舞动。A. hall 大厅；B. gym 体育馆；C. dance 舞蹈；D. balcony 阳台。根据上文“imitate the latest dance moves”以及后文“floor and move freely”此处指找到你们隐喻的舞池，自由地舞动。故选 C。
语法填空：
56. held 过去分词作定语。
57. has come It is the first time that 句式中用现在完成时。
58. inspiration 介词后面考查名词。
59. What 主语从句中缺少主语。
60. adding 现在分词作伴随状语。
61. but 并列连词表转折。
62. be explored 情态动词后面考查被动语态
63. political 名词前考查形容词作定语
64. with combine… with 介词短语
65. a more… than… thinks of himself more a sci-fi enthusiast than a writer. 与其说是一个作家不如说一个科幻小说的爱好者，考查冠词。
【解析】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了中国作家海漄凭借作品《时空画师》在第 81 届世界科幻大会上荣获雨果奖最佳中篇小说奖，这也是该大会首次在中国举办。海漄在新闻发布会上分享了创作灵感，并解释了小说的主题和背景。
英语试卷
注意事项：
1．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题纸上，写在本试卷上无效。
2．本试卷共分四部分，共150分，考试时间为120分钟。
第一部分 听力（共两节，20小题；每小题1.5分，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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man think causes the traffic jam
A. People. B. Trucks. C. Cars.
2. When is Carol’s birthday
A. On January 16th. B. On January 19th. C. On January 30th.
3. What does the man ask the woman to do
A. Watch a film about India.
B. Describe her journey to India.
C. Go on a trip to India with him.
4. Where are the speakers
A. At a gas station. B. In a parking lot. C. At a bus station.
5. What does the man mean
A. The twins have a lot in common.
B. The twins don’t look the same.
C. The twins don’t act alike.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7小题。
6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Colleagues. B. Old classmates. C. Interviewer and interviewee.
7. What did the man do last year
A. He worked in a film.
B. He acted in many TV dramas.
C. He worked in theaters doing plays.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What else would the woman like
A. Some pies. B. Some dishes. C. Another coffee.
9. What do we know about the restaurant
A. It is located outside the town.
B. It closes early in the evening.
C. It has many regular customers.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10. What did the woman make an effort to look for
A. A jacket. B. A dress. C. A shirt.
11. Why did the woman buy the orange sweater
A. It is on sale now. B. Her red one is too old. C. She likes its color.
12. What color coat did the woman buy
A. Black. B. Dark blue. C. Dark brown.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man do
A. A tour guide. B. A travel agent. C. A hotel clerk.
14. What does the man say about the bedsitting room
A. It can’t provide enough beds.
B. Its price is a bit too high.
C. It is close to the beach.
15. When does the conversation probably take place
A. In May. B. In June. C. In July.
16. What does the woman have to do before phoning the man again
A. Have a talk with her parents.
B. Prepare a travel schedule.
C. Consult with her friends.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. What Anna’s sport life is like.
B. How ice skating affects Anna’s early life.
C. Why Anna became a successful ice skater.
18. What did Anna do at university
A. She spent little time on ice skating.
B. She practiced a lot to become a dancer.
C. She worked hard and got a good degree.
19. Why didn’t Anna expect to win competitions as a teenager
A. She annoyed too many people.
B. She needed to improve her technique.
C. She was not confident enough in her ability.
20. How does Anna feel about her retirement from ice skating
A. Regretful. B. Pleased. C. Anxious.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，20小题；每小题2.5分，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
Want to explore new cultures, meet new people and engage in meaningful pursuits You can do all the three with Global Development Association (GDA). No matter what life stage you’re at, wherever you go, and whatever project you undertake with us, you’ll create positive changes in a poor and remote community.
We welcome volunteers from all walks of life and backgrounds. While the majority of our volunteers are between the ages of 17 and 24, we’re currently in need of volunteer managers aged 25to 75, who play a very important role in the safe and effective operation of our programs. Our positions include project managers, mountain leaders, and communication officers.
Your chosen role could vary from enhancing a community’s access to clean drinking water to preserving valuable local cultures. Or perhaps you might design adventure challenges to train our young volunteers.
Not only will you be aiding the personal growth of our young volunteers, but you’ll also be picking up new skills and expanding your cultural insights. You’ll likely meet individuals who could become lifelong friends.
This summer we have both 4-week and 7-week programmes:
Country Schedule
4-week programmes 7-week programmes
Algeria 5 Jul. — 1 Aug. 20 Jun. — 7 Aug.
Egypt 24 Jul. — 20 Aug. 19 Jun. — 6 Aug.
Kenya 20 Jul. — 16 Aug. 18 Jun. — 5 Aug.
South Africa 2 Aug. — 29 Aug. 15 Jun. — 2 Aug.
GDA ensures that volunteers work with community members and local project partners where our help is needed. All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.
There is no other chance like a GDA programme. Join us as a volunteer manager to develop your own skills while bringing benefits to the communities.
Find out more about joining a GDA programme:
Website: www.glodeve.org
Email: humanresources@glodeve.org
21. What age group does GDA primarily target for volunteer managers
A. 17—24. B. 25—40. C. 25—75. D. 17—75.
22. The program beginning in August will operate in ______.
A. Egypt B. South Africa C. Kenya D. Algeria
23. The shared goal of GDA’s projects is to ______.
A. explore new cultures B. protect the environment
C. gain corporate benefit D. help communities in need
B
Do you think cookies can tell stories Jasmine Cho, 35, does.
A baker, artist, entrepreneur and activist, Cho tries to spread knowledge about social justice issues and diversity through the delicious medium of cookies.
It was in high school that she discovered her love of baking. At a sleepover a friend taught her how to make a dessert, “sort of demystifying baking and that whole process”.
Later, Cho realized her second passion: learning more about her Asian, American culture. An elective in college that taught Asian-American immigrant experiences brought an emotional moment for her. “So many emotions came up that I just couldn’t articulate. It was like this mix of anger, of relief, empowerment, sadness…” Cho said.
Cho realized she could combine these two passions to educate others about influential Asian American people and showcase matters that were important to her. With her online bakery, she designed cookie portraits about people she admired and posted the images on Instagram. “I don’t think I ever really knew how to communicate these stories until I found cookies,” Cho said. “Cookies are just so disarming. Who doesn’t like cookies ”
One cookie that Cho has identified with deeply is one she made of George Helm, a Hawaiian activist in the 1970s.
“It’s insane the amount of injustice that the native Hawaiian population has faced as well through the whole annexation (吞并) of the kingdom. There were so many horrific stories that I heard about nuclear testing and the fallout (核爆炸后的沉降物) impacting native Hawaiian populations in all of this,” Cho said, “George Helm was one of those activists who really represented the spirituality of the native Hawaiians and the connection to their land, to nature.”
Among her amazing cookie art are other political figures such as Larry Itliong, a Filipino-American labor organizer, and pop culture figures such as Keanu Reeves, a Canadian actor.
Cho hopes her cookie art continues to inspire people to be creative and think positively.
“Instead of trying to think of something new and original, just look inward and see, maybe there’s already a passion or a love that you have,” Cho said. “Use that for something that will serve the world in a better way.”
24. What inspired Cho to take an interest in Asian-American culture
A. One of her sleepover experiences.
B. One elective course she took at college.
C. The process of learning baking from her friend.
D. A book she read about Asian-American immigrant experiences.
25. Why does Cho think cookies are a useful tool to promote Asian-American culture
A. Cookies don’t cost much. B. Cookies are easier to make.
C. Cookies have different images. D. Cookies are favored by many people.
26. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning George Helm in the passage
A. To show what Cho focuses on with her cookies.
B. To introduce the spirituality of native Hawaiians.
C. To explain why Cho is interested in political activists.
D. To inform the reader of Helm’s contributions to Hawaii.
27. What does the author want to convey in the passage
A. Hold your horses for a better self.
B. Think outside the box to break new ground.
C. Spread something original to one’s heart content.
D. Throw yourself into your inner world for a better one.
C
Five years ago, French navy officer Jér me Chardon was listening to a radio program about the journey of the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that migrates 14,000 kilometers between New Zealand and Alaska. Chardon understood how treacherous the journey would be, as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured. Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.
This past January, a team from France’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) began experiments designed to test Chardon’s idea. Researchers with a project led by Frédéric Jiguet from NMNH equipped 56 birds of five species with cutting edge animal tracking technology. The team members were ferried to remote islands in French Polynesia, where they attached tags (标签) using tracking technology. These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds — waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.
The project is focusing on birds’ ability to hear infrasound, the low-frequency sound humans cannot hear but that the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸). In a 2014 study, scientists tracking a kind of golden-winged birds in the central and southeastern America found that the birds flew up to 1,500 kilometers to escape from an outbreak of tornadoes (龙卷风) that killed 35 people. The birds fled at least 24 hours before any extreme weather hit, leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.
The team plans on tagging hundreds more birds across the Pacific to prepare for a potential tsunami. “I think if there’s one wave that spreads across islands, we can get data from different species at different locations,” says Jiguet. “That will say it’s worth continuing to tag and to develop local systems to better analyze this. There are chances that we will develop a bird-based tsunami early warning system.”
28. Which of the following best explains the word “treacherous” underlined in paragraph 1
A. Strange. B. Amazing. C. Dangerous. D. Frequent.
29. What is the function of the tags
A. Tracking natural disasters. B. Distinguishing bird species.
C. Reporting the birds’ situations. D. Guiding researchers to islands.
30. Why is the 2014 study mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To prove an assumption. B. To clarify a concept.
C. To present a new topic. D. To make comparisons.
31. What might be the best title for the text
A. How Can Birds Avoid Natural Disasters
B. Can Birds Warn Us of Natural Disasters
C. How Does a Warning System Function
D. Can Birds Play a Role in Human Research
D
All the hard work that you’ve spent making strong passwords, combining pet names with numbers, symbols and birthdates could all soon be for nothing as a new artificial intelligence (AI) model achieves a 95% accuracy of understanding keystrokes (按键).
At least that’s the extreme view of a team of British researchers. Using a deep learning model, they were able to steal data from a laptop’s keyboard using a microphone to understand what is being typed. This, in theory, would allow hackers who were able to gain access to your laptop to obtain what is being typed including messages and passwords.
The first step for this attack to work is by recording the keystrokes on someone’s keyboard. This is needed to train the algorithm (计算程序). While this could be done from the laptop’s microphone, it could equally be achieved by placing a smartphone near the computer. By pressing 36 keys on a modern MacBook Pro 25 times each and recording the sounds produced, the researchers gained a full set of training data. This information is turned into waveforms to show identifiable differences between each key. With this information in hand, they could then build a machine-learning model to understand which of these waveforms lines up with which key.
“If you get enough data, a model can be built pretty easily,” Oli Buckley, a professor of Internet security. “If it works on one keyboard, it will likely work on the next. The MacBook has a nice, quiet keyboard, so the idea is that if it works on something quiet, it will have a wide-reaching ability on louder keyboards”.
While this all sounds pretty scary, not to mention a new form of hacking (侵入) to look out for, it isn’t quite as worrying as it sounds.
“A good sample of data is needed for it to work, so this changes if you’re using a Dell, a MacBook or an external keyboard. Also, factors change. Some people type louder and harder, or my keyboards full of cat hair so that impacts things slightly”, says Buckley.
32. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Why protective steps are needed.
B. Why a set of training data is vital.
C. How you document secret information.
D. How hackers gain data from targeted computers.
33. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to
A. The keyboard. B. The model. C. The data. D. The computer.
34. What’s the author’s attitude toward British researchers’ view
A. Concerned. B. Agreeable. C. Negative. D. Objective.
35. What do Buckley’s words imply in the last paragraph
A. AI understands exactly what you’re typing.
B. Purchasing expensive computer is necessary.
C. Cats play an important role in privacy protection.
D. Building an accurate dataset through keystrokes is not easy.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
No matter how friendly your tone is or how honey sweet you are in a conversation, when you use one of these two words (or both) in your sentences, the message to your conversation companion is “You are wrong”. 36 They are “no” and “but”.
These words don’t say, “Let’s discuss this” or “I’d love to hear what you think about this” to people. They say, “You are wrong and I am right.” If your conversation companion is also eager to win at any cost, you will have a potential battle on your hands. The result 37
Are you interested in a little test to see how competitive your co-workers are Try this. For one week, keep a scorecard of how many times each person uses “no” or “but”. 38 And, if you explore a little deeper, you’ll see patterns emerge. For instance, some people use these words to gain power. You’ll see how much people hate it, consciously or not, and how it stifles (抑制) rather than opens up discussions.
39 Practically without even thinking, I keep count of their use of these two little words. It’s such an important indicator! If the numbers pile up in an initial meeting with a client, I’ll interrupt him or her and say, “We’ve been talking for almost an hour now, and do you realize that you have responded 17 times with either ‘no’ or ‘but’ ” This is the moment when a serious talk about changing behavior begins.
If this is your interpersonal challenge, you can do this little test for yourself just as easily as you can to judge your co-workers. Stop trying to defend your position and start monitoring how many times you begin remarks with “no” or “but”. 40 For example That’s true, but...”. Another expression is “Yes, but...”.
A. I use this technique with my clients.
B. Why do people like to say these two words
C. What are these conversation stopping words
D. Nothing more can happen that will be productive.
E. It’s human nature to like being accepted and recognized.
F. You will be shocked at how frequently these words are used.
G. Pay close attention to when you use these words in sentences.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I have struggled with feelings of unworthiness since forever. My most painful moments were at parties. My friends made fun of me because I was rhythmically (有节奏地) 41 and I couldn’t get my 42 body to imitate the latest dance moves. I was never chosen to dance. I felt like I didn’t 43 .
Around age 12, I decided that the way to 44 these feelings of unworthiness was perfection. If I was just perfect then I would fit in. But this strategy didn’t 45 . My self-esteem (自尊心) was high when I got good grades and felt 46 , but crashed when I didn’t do well 47 or was left out.
After several years of spiritual growth, it 48 me that for many of us, self-worth is tied to our 49 . We experience low self-worth as 50 as we fail or lose approval. So I have begun to cultivate an unconditional self-worth. It’s not about doing things perfectly. 51 , “Unconditional self-worth” is the 52 that you deserve to be alive, to be loved and cared for.
The 53 to unconditional self-worth is not always easy. It takes courage to 54 yourself from the conditions you’ve placed on your worth. But this journey is beautiful and worth taking. So I challenge you to embrace yourselves and find your metaphorical (隐喻的) 55 floor and move freely.
41. A. adjusted B. bothered C. challenged D. acknowledged
42. A. twisted B. annoyed C. limited D. awkward
43. A. belong B. appeal C. match D. appear
44. A. bear B. cure C. release D. arouse
45. A. boost B. work C. polish D. preserve
46. A. included B. praised C. inspired D. appreciated
47. A. internally B. academically C. professionally D. critically
48. A. occurs to B. happens to C. calls on D. takes on
49. A. desires B. strengths C. achievements D. efforts
50. A. well B. soon C. much D. far
51. A. Still B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. Rather
52. A. definition B. welfare C. pose D. sense
53. A. discovery B. access C. journey D. experience
54. A. differ B. separate C. steal D. free
55. A. hall B. gym C. dance D. balcony
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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
“The Space-Time Painter” by a Chinese writer Hai Ya won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette at the 81st World Science Fiction Convention 56 (hold) in the city of Chengdu. It is the first time that the world’s largest and longest-running sci-fi gathering 57 (come) to China.
Hai shared his source of 58 (inspire) of creating the award-winning book at a press conference. “I watched a program of China Media Group named National Treasure Archive. 59 interested me was the detailed information of the painter of One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains,” he said, 60 (add) that the painter was an extremely gifted young man 61 never seen again in history, which is a concept that could 62 (explorer) with science-fiction. The fiction tells a story about the 63 (politics) power struggle of the time combined 64 diverse elements such as Chinese traditional culture, history, inference and science fiction.
Hai, also a financial worker, thinks of himself more 65 sci-fi enthusiast than a writer. “I write while doing my job, so I have very little time to write every day,” he said. “But I think as long as I love it and am willing to put efforts in it, I will see hopes and the dawn.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假如你是李华，你校外教Jack打算开展英语阅读活动，现向学生征求阅读书目及形式的建议，请你给他回复一封邮件，内容包括：
1．你推荐的书目及理由；2．阅读形式（小组合作或自主阅读等）。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80个左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jack,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I watched my dad scowl (绷着脸) as he listened to the voice coming through the telephone receiver. I heard him say, “Yes, Miss Beisner,” and “I understand what you’re saying, Miss Beisner. I appreciate you sharing this information. We’ll see what we can do about the situation. Thank you for calling. Goodbye.”
Miss Beisner was my first-grade teacher, and I loved her. I thought she felt the same about me, but now I was beginning to wonder. The tone of Dad’s voice, the redness in his cheeks, and his repeated clenching. And unclenching of fists made it pretty clear. This was not a warm and fuzzy good news-from-the-teacher call.
As I was deciding whether I should lock myself in my bedroom for the rest of my life or run away from home, Dad hung up the phone. “Jacquie, come here and sit down. We need to talk.” Uh-oh. When Dad said, “We need to talk,” it meant he needed to talk, and I needed to listen.
I shuffled (拖着脚走) over to the well-worn brown chair in the corner of the living room, plopped down, and waited to hear the nature of my crime. Dad told me that Miss Beisner thought I was bright but not working up to my ability. She said I had strong verbal skills but weak study habits. Translation: I never closed my mouth, and I seldom opened a book. Apparently, my failure to memorize the addition facts, or even attempt to, was more than she was willing to put up with. Hence, the telephone call.
Dad ended our one-way conversation with a verbal outline for his plan of attack. Bubbles, our dog, was going to teach me math. Silently, I thought, no way is any dumb dog going to teach me how to add, not even our beloved Bubbles. Out loud, I said, “How ”
Dad summoned Bubbles from her bed near the stove and commanded her to sit. “Bubbles,” Dad said, “how much is five plus three ” Bubbles let out eight loud, crisp barks. I was incredulous (满腹狐疑的). I couldn’t understand how a dog could add, and I was more than a little embarrassed by the fact that the family dog was smarter than me.
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；2．请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1：
After that, I threw myself into math with newfound determination. ____________________________________
Paragraph 2:
One day, I asked Dad whether Bubbles really knew how to add. ______________________________________
滨城高中联盟2023—2024学年度下学期
高二4月考试英语答案
听力：1—5 BACBC 6—10 CBACA 11—15 BABCA 16—20 CACCB
阅读：21—23 CBD 24—27 BDAD 28—31 CCAB 32—35 DBCD 36—40 CDFAG
完形填空：41—45 CDABB 46—50 ABACB 51—55 DDCDC
语法填空：
56. held 57. has come 58. inspiration 59. What 60. adding
61. but 62. be explored 63. political 64. with 65. a
写作：
应用文：
Dear Jack,
All the students are excited about the upcoming English reading activity, and I am writing to express my opinion about it.
If allowed to choose what to read, I believe we will prove to be enthusiastic readers. When it comes to my favorite book, The Little Prince springs to my mind immediately. Whenever I read it, I will learn a lot about how to form special bonds with others by caring and taking responsibility for them. As for how to read English books, I think it is beneficial to form reading groups so that we can discuss with those who have the same taste. Activities like role-play, movie appreciation, or reading experience sharing would provide more chances for students to better the understanding of the books as well.
Hope my opinion will be helpful and the event will start soon!
Yours,
Li Hua
读后续写：
Para1: After that, I was filled with new determination to devote myself to learning mathematics. After school, I stopped socializing with my friends and instead sat at the writing desk, meticulously spreading out my textbooks in front of me, tirelessly practicing addition and subtraction. I have always held the idea that if Bubbles is a dog that can master mathematics, then of course I can also conquer it. A few weeks have passed, and the concrete results of my efforts are beginning to show. Seeing my achievements, my father’s joy was evident, and Miss Beisner’s warm smile returned.
Paragraph2: One day, I asked my dad if Bubbles really knows how to add. I expressed my curiosity, and my father smiled knowingly, revealing the truth that Bubbles did not have the innate ability to solve mathematical problems. On the contrary, he carefully trains it to respond to specific cues. When he poses a mathematical problem, he cleverly taps his foot a certain number of times to make Bubbles follow. Although initially disappointed, I realized more deeply that my progress in mathematics truly stems from my own diligence and unwavering efforts. My grades continue to rise. Although Bubbles may not have the ability to perform mathematical operations, she unintentionally taught me the power of determination and effort.
听力原文：
(Text 1)
M: There’re too many trucks on the road. I think they should keep trucks out of the city, then there won’t be so many traffic jams.
W: There are too many cars and people on the road, too.
(Text 2)
W: Are you going to Carol’s birthday party She’ll be nineteen in January.
M: Oh, yes. It’s on the thirteenth, isn’t it
W: No, three days later than you said. It’ll be a big party about thirty people, I think.
M: Great. I’ll see you there.
(Text 3)
W: I’ve just watched a film about India.
M: What’s the film about
W: It describes a man’s journey through India.
M: Oh, I’ve always wanted to go there. Maybe we could go there together, you and I on a slow train through India.
(Text 4)
W: I’m here to pick up my car, please. Here’s my ticket.
M: It says that you arrived here at 7:00 this morning, so that’s a total of 8 hours. That will be $20, please.
(Text 5)
W: I can hardly tell Jennifer and Jessica apart.
M: I know. But their looks are the only thing they have in common.
(Text 6)
W: Welcome to the program. So you’re an actor, George
M: That’s right. When I left school I went to an opera school, then I started working as an actor.
W: What do you like most
M: Oh, working in the theater. When I started I was with a small theater company. I worked all over the country in small theaters doing plays. It was hard work, but I enjoyed it.
W: What other kinds of work do you do
M: Oh, lots of different things. Last year, I did a lot of television plays. I’d like to do some television advertisements sometimes, too. And now I’m working in a film.
(Text 7)
M: Would you like another cup of coffee, ma’am
W: No. Could you bring me the menu again I overheard a couple saying how good your pies are here.
M: You must be from out of town if you don’t know about our pies. In fact, many customers often come here for our apple pie. They are often sold out early in the evening. Of course that doesn’t mean that our dishes are not good, it’s just that our pies are out of this world. You have to try it.
W: I guess you leave me no choice but to try it.
(Text 8)
M: Hi, Jane. Have you been shopping
W: Yes. I’ve bought some clothes. But I think I’ve got too many different colors.
M: Well, that’s a nice white shirt. You can wear that with any color.
W: Yes, I bought it in the same shop as this dress.
M: Let me see. What a lovely green! And have you bought a jacket to go with it
W: Yes. It was difficult to find one but I finally got this dark brown one.
M: That’s very nice. Did you buy anything else
W: Well, I always wear this red sweater and it was bought many y years ago. So, I bought this orange one. And I also bought a coat and some shoes. The coat is a bit expensive. Do you like it
M: Oh yes. You look good in black. And those new black shoes look great with the coat.
W: Actually, they’re dark blue, not black.
(Text 9)
M: Can I help you
W: Yes. I know it’s rather late for a reservation, but we are three friends, and we’d like to travel to Greece in July.
M: Where would you like to stay
W: We’ve been told Mykonos is one of the best islands there. Would that be possible
M: Quite difficult in July. Anyway, how long would you like to stay
W: Two weeks. And, um ... we cannot spend more than 100 a day.
M: For that price you won’t have many choices, I’m afraid. But let me find out. If you could arrange to make it in late June, I might have a bedsitting room for 75. It could provide 3 single beds, and it’s 5 minutes’ walk from the main beach.
W: What’s the name of the beach
M: Super Paradise.
W: Just fancy! My parents went there on their honeymoon and they still keep advising people to go there. I need to talk it over with my friends, though.
M: Well, talk with your friends, come to an agreement and give me a ring again. Remember we only have a month left, so you need to make up your mind today or tomorrow.
W: I will, thank you.
(Text10)
W: Anna Gomez is a successful TV sports presenter, but most people still think of her as the famous woman ice skater. As a child, her dream was actually to become a ballet dancer. She didn’t become really interested in skating until she was fourteen. Although she practiced ice skating almost all the time at university, she left with an excellent degree. She didn’t want to disappoint her parents.
When Anna was younger, she got very angry at competitions, shouting at judges if she disagreed with them. That made her unpopular. Her technique was just as good as others’ and she had a very encouraging coach at the time. The problem was in her head. She just didn’t think she could win a big game. That changed as she won more competitions, and she was performing at her best by the age of 25.
Anna retired from ice skating five years later. Anna said, “It was a difficult decision. People always ask me when I’m going to stop. At the time, I wasn’t sure that I was actually ready to give up. But, looking back, I’m glad I stopped when I did. You shouldn’t think too much about the past -just move on to the next thing.”
阅读A篇 21—23 CBD
【解析】这是一篇应用文。文章是一则招募志愿者经理的广告。
【21题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段中“While the majority of our volunteers are between the ages of 17 and 24, we’re currently in need of volunteer managers aged 25 to 75, who play a very important role in the safe and effective operation of our programs. （虽然我们的志愿者大部分年龄在17—24岁之间，但我们目前需要25—75岁的志愿者经理，他们在我们项目的安全有效运行中起着非常重要的作用。）”可知，GDA 主要针对25—75年龄段的志愿者经理。故选C项。
【22题详解】细节理解题。根据表格中“4-week programmes （四周项目）”中最后一个“South Africa: 2 Aug.—29 Aug.（南非：8月2日——8 月 29 日）”可知，从8月开始的项目将在南非进行。故选B项。
【23 题详解】推理判断题。根据第一段中“No matter what life stage you’re at, wherever you go, and whatever project you undertake with us, you’ll create positive changes in a poor and remote community.（无论你处于人生的哪个阶段，无论你去哪里，无论你和我们一起做什么项目，你都将为一个贫穷和偏远的社区带来积极的变化。）”和表格下一段中“All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.（我们所有的项目都旨在促进贫困和偏远社区的发展。）”可知，GDA项目的共同目标是帮助有需要的社区。故选D项。
阅读B篇 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. D
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了 Jasmine Cho用烘焙技术制作饼干，设计饼干肖像，促进亚裔美国文化。
【24 题详解】细节理解题。根据第四段“Later, Cho realized her second passion: learning more about her Asian, American culture. An elective in college that taught Asian-American immigrant experiences brought an emotional moment for her. （后来，Cho意识到她的第二个爱好：更多地了解她的亚洲和美国文化。大学里一门教授亚裔美国移民经历的选修课让她动情。）”可知，Cho在大学选修的一门课激发了她对亚裔美国文化的兴趣。故选 B。
【25 题详解】细节理解题。根据第五段“With her online bakery, she designed cookie portraits about people she admired and posted the images on Instagram. “I don’t think I ever really knew how to communicate these stories until I found cookies,” Cho said. “Cookies are just so disarming. Who doesn’t like cookies ” （在她的网上面包店，她设计了她崇拜的人的饼干肖像，并将这些照片发布在Instagram上。“在我发现饼干之前，我一直不知道如何传达这些故事，”Cho 说。“饼干真的很让人放松。谁不喜欢饼干？”）”可知，Cho认为饼干是促进亚裔美国文化的有用工具是因为许多人喜欢饼干。故选D项。
【26 题详解】推理判断题。根据第五段“Cho realized she could combine these two passions to educate others about influential Asian American people and showcase matters that were important to her. With her online bakery, she designed cookie portraits about people she admired and posted the images on Instagram.”可推断，作者在文中提到 George Helm 的目的是为了用其肖像饼干来展示 Cho 专注的内容——教育其他人关于有影响的亚裔美国人及展示对她重要的事情。故选 A 项。
【27 题详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段“ “Instead of trying to think of something new and original, just look inward and see, maybe there’s already a passion or a love that you have,” Cho said. “Use that for something that will serve the world in a better way.”（“不要试图去想一些新 和原创的东西，只要向内看，看看，也许你已经有了一种激情或爱，”Cho 说。“用它来做一些能更好地为世界服务的事情。”）”及全文可知，Jasmine Cho 通过自己的爱好，更好地为世界服务。所以 D 项“Throw yourself into your inner world for a better one.（投身于你的内心世界，以发现一个更好的世界）”能最好地表达作者的观点。故选D项。
阅读 C 篇 28. C 29. C 30. A 31. B
【解析】本文是一篇说明文。鸟类能提前感应到即将来临的自然灾害吗？针对此问题，法国国家自然历史博物馆的一个团队正在开展一项研究，这个研究有望利用鸟类开发自然灾害预警系统。
【28 题详解】词句猜测题。根据画线词后“... as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured.”（因为强风暴经常袭击太平洋岛屿社区。然而，不知何故，斑尾塍鹬经常毫发无损地穿过这片区域）可知，画线词的意思与 Dangerous 的意思最为接近，即：这段旅程很危险，故选 C 项。
【29 题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段“These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds—waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.”（这些标签将这些鸟的位置发送给国际空间站，国际空间站将数据反馈给地球上的科学家，然后他们可以跟踪这些鸟，观察它们对自然灾害的反应。）可知，研究人员使用的标签有追踪系统，该标签会报告被追踪的鸟的位置。故选 C 项。
【30 题详解】推理判断题。根据第三段“...the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸).”（研究人员认为这是鸟类用来感知风暴和海啸的最有可能的信号）及“...leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.”（这让科学家们相信他们听到了 400 多公里外的风暴系统。）可推断，文中提到 2014 年的一个研究是为了证明研究人员的猜想——鸟类很可能会利用次声提前感知风暴和海啸，从而它们可以躲避这些自然灾害。故选 A 项。
【31 题详解】主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是文章第一段“Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.”（Chardon 想知道了解鸟类如何迁徙是否可以帮助沿海社区避免自然灾害。）可知，本文主要在探究鸟类是否能在自然灾害来临之前给予我们一些警示。故选 B 项。
阅读 D 篇 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. D
【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项新的研究发现，研究表明，人工智能能够通过按键窃取你的密码。
【32 题详解】主旨大意题。根据文章第二段“This, in theory, would allow hackers who were able to gain access to your laptop to obtain what is being typed including messages and passwords.”及第三段“The first step for this attack to work is by recording the keystrokes on someone’s keyboard. This is needed to train the algorithm (计算程序). While this could be done from the laptop’s microphone, it could equally be achieved by placing a smartphone near the computer. By pressing 36 keys on a modem MacBook Pro 25 times each and recording the sounds produced, the researchers gained a full set of training data. This information is turned into waveforms to show identifiable differences between each key. With this information in hand, they could then build a machine-learning model to understand which of these waveforms lines up with which key.（这种攻击的第一步是记录某人键盘上的按键。这是训练计算程序所需要的。虽然这可以通过笔记本电脑的麦克风来实现，但同样可以通过在电脑附近放置智能手机来实现。研究人员通过在 MacBook Pro 上按 36 个键，每个键按 25 次，并记录下产生的声音，获得了一整套训练数据。这些信息被转换成波形，以显示每个键之间可识别的差异。有了这些信息，他们就可以建立一个机器学习模型，以了解哪些波形与哪个键对齐。）”可知，第三段主要介绍了黑客如何从目标电脑中获取数据的。故选 D。
【33 题详解】词句猜测题。根据划线单词上一句“If you get enough data, a model can be built pretty easily（如果你有足够的数据，就可以很容易地建立一个模型。）”以及“If it works on one keyboard （如果它能在一个键盘上工作）”可推测，划线单词“it”指的是上文提到的模型。故选 B。
【34 题详解】推理判断题。根据文章第五段“While this all sounds pretty scary, not to mention a new form of hacking (侵入) to look out for, it isn’t quite as worrying as it sounds.”中，后半句中这并不像听起来那么令人担心，及最后一段引用 Buckley 的话，都证明作者是不同意开头一组英国研究人员的极端观点。故选 C。
【35 题详解】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段”A good sample of data is needed for it to work, so this changes if you’re using a Dell, a MacBook or an external keyboard. Also, factors change. Some people type loader and harder, or my keyboards full of eat hair so that impacts things slightly”, says Buckley.（Buckley 说，“为了让它有效，需要良好的样本数据，因此，如果你使用的是戴尔、MacBook 或外接键盘，情况就会有所不同。此外，还有其他因素。有些人打字更快或更慢，或者我的键盘上满是食物残渣和头发，这些都会对结果产生轻微影响。”）”可知，Buckley 认为通过按键声来建立一个准确的数据集并不容易。他提到，为了模型有效工作，需要良好的样本数据，而且不同键盘和打字方式会影响模型的准确性。因此，通过按键声来窃取笔记本电脑上的数据并不是一件容易的事情，需要克服很多挑战和不确定性。故选 D。
阅读 7 选 5： 36. C 37. D 38. F 39. A 40. G
【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了人们聊天时用到频率很高的两个词“no”和“but”，这会把天聊死的。作者建议谈话时使用这两个词的时候一定要多加注意。
【36 题详解】根据上文“No matter how friendly your tone is or how honey sweet you are in a conversation, when you use one of these two words (or both) in your sentences, the message to your conversation companion is “You are wrong”.（无论你的语气多么友好，或者你在谈话中多么甜蜜，当你在句子中使用这两个词中的一个或两时，给你的谈话同伴的信息是‘你错了’）”及下文“They are “no” and “but”（它们是‘不’和‘但是’）”可知，上文提出了两个谈话中否定别人的两个词，具体给出了这两个词是什么。由此可知，C. What are these conversation stopping words （这些把天聊死的词是什么？）符合语境，下一句话正是此问句的回答。故选C项。
【37 题详解】根据上文“If your conversation companion is also eager to win at any cost, you will have a potential battle on your hands. The result （如果你的谈话对象也渴望不惜任何代价赢得胜利，你将面临一场潜在的战斗。结果呢？）”可知，本小题应该回答上一个问题，如果谈话双方发生了潜在的战斗，那么结果应该是谈话想要达成的事情肯定没有好的结果。由此可知，D. Nothing more can happen that will be productive.（没有什么事情是有成效的）符合语境，回答了前面的问句。故选 D 项。
【38 题详解】根据上文“For one week, keep a scorecard of how many times each person uses “no” or “but”.（ 用一周的时间，做一个记分卡，记录每个人说‘不’或‘但是’的次数）”可知，上文建议我们记录一下大家说这两个词的次数。由此可知，F. You will be shocked at how frequently these words are used.（你会对这些词的使用频率感到震惊）符合语境，how frequently 呼应 how many times。故选 F 项。
【39 题详解】根据下文“Practically without even thinking, I keep count of their use of these two little words. It’s such an important indicator! If the numbers pile up in an initial meeting with a client, I’ll interrupt him or her and say, “We’ve been talking for almost an hour now, and do you realize that you have responded 17 times with either ‘no’ or ‘but’？”（几乎不假思索，我就数着他们对这两个词的使用。这是一个非常重要的指标！如果在与客户的初次会面中次数很多，我会打断他或她说：‘我们已经谈了将近一个小时了，你意识到你已经用‘不’或‘但是’回答了 17 次了吗？’）”可知，下文作者讲述自己和客户会谈的经历和做法，使用了第一人称I。由此可知，A. I use this technique with my clients.（我对我的客户使用这个技巧）符合语境，下一句中的“their”呼应 clients，后文也再次用到“a client”。故选 A 项。
【40 题详解】根据上文“If this is your interpersonal challenge, you can do this little test for yourself just as easily as you can to judge your co-workers. Stop trying to defend your position and start monitoring how many times you begin remarks with “no” or “but”.（如果这是你的人际挑战，你可以为自己做这个小测试，就像你判断你的同事一样容易。不要试图为自己的立场辩护，开始注意自己用“不”或“但是”开头的次数）”可知，此处作者建议我们也要去注意我们自己使用这两个词的次数。由此可知，G. Pay close attention to when you use these words in sentences.（要特别注意你是在什么时候使用的这些词）符合语境。故选 G 项。
完形填空：41. C 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. B 46. A 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. B
51. D 52. D 53. C 54. D 55. C
【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要说明了作者因为身体笨拙而被朋友们取笑，从而感到自己不属于这里。于是作者决定治愈这些无价值感的方法就是追求完美，但是没有奏效。经过几年的精神成长，作者突然意识到，对我们中的许多人来说，自我价值与我们的成就联系在一起。
【41 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的朋友们取笑我，因为我在节奏上受到挑战，而且我无法让我笨拙的身体模仿最新的舞蹈动作。A. adjusted 调整；B. bothered 麻烦；C. challenged 挑战；D. acknowledged 承认。根据上文“I have struggled with feelings of unworthiness since forever. My most painful moments were at parties.（从那以后，我就一直在与自我价值感作斗争。我最痛苦的时刻是在聚会上）”可知，朋友取笑作者是因为在节奏上受到挑战，故选 C。
【42 题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的朋友们取笑我，因为我在节奏上受到挑战，而且我无法让我笨拙的身体模仿最新的舞蹈动作。A. twisted 扭曲的；B. annoyed 生气的；C. limited 有限的；D. awkward 笨拙的。根据后文“body to imitate the latest dance moves”以及上文提到被朋友取笑可知作者身体笨拙。故选 D。
【43 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我觉得我不属于这里。A. belong 属于；B. appeal 吸引；C. match 匹配；D. appear 出现。根据上文“I was never chosen to dance.（我从来没有被选中跳舞）”可知，作者从来没有被选中跳舞，所以感到自己不属于这里。故选 A。
【44 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：大约在 12 岁的时候，我决定治愈这些无价值感的方法就是追求完美。A. bear 忍受；B. cure 治愈；C. release 释放；D. arouse 唤醒。根据后文“these feelings of unworthiness was perfection”可知，追求完美是作者治愈无价值感的方法。故选 B。
【45 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是这个策略没有奏效。A. boost 促进；B. work 奏效，工作；C. polish 擦光，擦亮；D. preserve 维护，保护。根据上文“But this strategy didn’t”中 but 表示转折，可知这个策略没有奏效。故选 B。
【46 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我取得好成绩并感到被包容时，我的自尊心很高，但当我在学业上表现不好或被冷落时，我的自尊心就会崩溃。A. included 包括，成为……一部分；B. praised 表扬；C. inspired 鼓舞；D. appreciated 感激。根据上文“My self-esteem was high when I got good grades and felt”可知，作者取得好成绩并感到被包容时，自尊心很高，故选 A。
【47 题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：当我取得好成绩并感到被包容时，我的自尊心很高，但当我在学业上表现不好或被冷落时，我的自尊心就会崩溃。A. internally 在国内；B. academically 学术上；C. professionally 专业地；D. critically 批判性地。根据上文“when I got good grades”可知，指学术表现不好的时候，作者自尊心会崩溃。故选 B。
【48 题详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：经过几年的精神成长，我突然意识到，对我们中的许多人来说，自我价值与我们的成就联系在一起。A. occurs to 被想起；B. happens to 碰巧；C. calls on 拜访；D. takes on 雇佣。根据上文“me that for many of us, self-worth is tied to our”可知，此处指作者突然想到，故选A。
【49 题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：经过几年的精神成长，我突然意识到，对我们中的许多人来说，自我价值与我们的成就联系在一起。A. desires 渴望；B. strengths 优点；C. achievements 成就；D. efforts 努力。根据上文“self-worth is tied to our”可知，此处指自我价值与我们的成就联系在一起。故选C。
【50 题详解】考查短语辨析。句意：一旦我们失败或失去认可，我们就会感到自卑。A. as well as 也；B. as soon as 一……就……；C. as much as 与……一样多；D. as far as 在……范围内。引导时间状语从句，表示“一……就……”应用 as soon as。故选 B。
【51 题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，“无条件的自我价值”是一种你值得活着，值得被爱和被关心的感觉。A. Still 仍然；B. Therefore 因此；C. Meanwhile 同时；D. Rather 相反，相当。根据上文“It’s not about doing things perfectly.（这不是把事情做得完美）”以及后文““Unconditional self-worth” is the”可知，指这不是把事情做得完美，相反，“无条件的自我价值”是一种你值得活着，值得被爱和被关心的感觉。故选 D。
【52 题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：相反，“无条件的自我价值”是一种你值得活着，值得被爱和被关心的感觉。A. definition 定义；B. welfare 福利；C. pose 姿势；D. sense 感觉。根据后文“you deserve to be alive, to be loved and cared for”可知，一种你值得活着，值得被爱和被关心的感觉。故选 D。
【53 题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：通往无条件自我价值的旅程并不总是那么容易。A. discovery 发现；B. access 使用；C. journey 旅程；D. experience 经历。根据后文“to unconditional self-worth”可知，通往无条件自我价值的旅程并不总是那么容易。故选 C。
【54 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：把自己从自己的价值条件中解放出来需要勇气。A. differ 区别不同；B. separate 分离；C. steal 窃取；D. free 释放。根据后文“you’ve placed on your worth”可知，把自己从自己的价值条件中解放出来需要勇气。故选 D。
【55 题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以我向你们挑战，拥抱你们自己，找到你们隐喻的舞池，自由地舞动。A. hall 大厅；B. gym 体育馆；C. dance 舞蹈；D. balcony 阳台。根据上文“imitate the latest dance moves”以及后文“floor and move freely”此处指找到你们隐喻的舞池，自由地舞动。故选 C。
语法填空：
56. held 过去分词作定语。
57. has come It is the first time that 句式中用现在完成时。
58. inspiration 介词后面考查名词。
59. What 主语从句中缺少主语。
60. adding 现在分词作伴随状语。
61. but 并列连词表转折。
62. be explored 情态动词后面考查被动语态
63. political 名词前考查形容词作定语
64. with combine… with 介词短语
65. a more… than… thinks of himself more a sci-fi enthusiast than a writer. 与其说是一个作家不如说一个科幻小说的爱好者，考查冠词。
【解析】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了中国作家海漄凭借作品《时空画师》在第 81 届世界科幻大会上荣获雨果奖最佳中篇小说奖，这也是该大会首次在中国举办。海漄在新闻发布会上分享了创作灵感，并解释了小说的主题和背景。
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