彭山区第一中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月月考
英语
满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
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。
例:How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. What will Joe do
A. Leave his company. B. Work in Paris. C. Move house.
2. Why is the man making the call
A. To remind the woman of a rainstorm.
B. To book a room for next Monday.
C. To have his house repaired.
3. What does the man think of the training
A. Disappointing. B. Satisfying. C. Worrying.
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In the man’s office. B. In a meeting room. C. At home.
5. What are the speakers talking about
A. An open-minded politician.
B. A famous teacher.
C. Public opinion.
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,并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
听下面一段对话,回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. What’s the relationship between the two speakers
A. Colleagues.
B. A receptionist and a visitor.
C. The boss and the secretary.
7. What does the woman give the man
A. A guidebook. B. A city map. C. A schedule.
听下面一段对话,回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. When did the woman first see Mr. Wang
A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Friday.
9. What did Mr. Wang impress the woman most with
A His personality. B. His approach. C. His enthusiasm.
10. What will Mr. Wang do on Tuesday
A. Chair a meeting. B. Propose a strategy. C. Report the profits.
听下面一段对话,回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. Where does the woman work
A. At a dental clinic. B. At a travel agency. C. At a restaurant.
12. When did the man make the reservation
A. One week ago. B. Two weeks ago. C. Three weeks ago.
13. What will the man try to do at 3:00
A. Visit his client.
B. Reschedule a meeting.
C. Keep an appointment.
听下面一段对话,回答第14至第16三个小题。
14. What did Adriana create
A. A bicycle. B. A computer. C. A generator.
15. How did Adriana get the idea of her project
A. From the Internet. B. From her father. C. From a designer.
16. What was the only problem Adriana faced
A. She lacked money.
B. She was in need of support.
C. She couldn’t find suitable materials.
听下面一段独白,回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. Who is the speaker talking to
A. Librarians. B. Freshmen. C. Teachers.
18. What is scheduled in the first week
A. Some tours. B. Some training. C. Some talks.
19. What do we know about the library computers
A.They are online all the time.
B.They are used as a tool to chat.
C.There are only a limited number.
20. Who can help to find things in the library
A. The Section Manager.
B. The Training Supervisor.
C. The Cataloguing Assistant.
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)。
A
We have taken some top brands and presented their best advertisements.
1.COCA COLA-Share a Coke Campaign
“Share a Coke” campaign from Coca Cola that started in 2011 went viral and Coke gained a large fan base due to this particular campaign. Here the customers were allowed to print the desired name on their coke bottle. This is a perfect example of audience participation. Coke let the customers feel that Coke cares for them. This was among the best attention-grabbing campaigns by any brand to date.
2.Nike-Just Do It Ads
Nike launched this campaign in the 1980s, and its sales increased by more than $8 billion within 10 years. This campaign was to fill the customers with motivation to exercise. Nike did it emotionally, and it was a hit. What Nike wanted to convey with the campaign was simple—If you don’t want to exercise—Just Do It. If you don’t want to wake up early in the morning—Just Do It.
3.Google-Year in Search Campaign
Google started its year in the Search campaign in 2017, which was about the most searched keywords on Google in 12 months. Isn’t it interesting It’s a brilliant idea to establish engagement with the audience. It not only revealed (显示) how creative they are but also showed how much they care about what their audience care.
4.Volkswagen-Think Small Campaign
Think small campaign of Volkswagen started in 1960 and that was a complete hit. People in America are more intended for buying bigger cars. Volkswagen came with this campaign to aware them of the essence of smaller cars. Yes, it completely changed how the car lovers in America were thinking.
1. Why was Just Do It launched
A. To improve sales. B. To motivate exercise.
C. To establish engagement. D. To change thought patterns.
2. Which is the oldest of the following campaigns
A. Share a Coke. B. Just Do It. C. Year in Search. D. Think Small.
3. What do Share a Coke Campaign and Year in Search Campaign have in common
A. They promote the interaction with consumers. B. They tell the advantage of their products.
C. They try to work on people’s problems. D. They encourage people to be creative.
【答案】1 B 2. D 3. A
【解析】
【导语】本文为应用文。文章主要介绍了几个知名品牌的最佳广告活动。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据2.Nike-Just Do It Ads部分的“This campaign was to fill the customers with motivation to exercise.(这个活动是为了激发顾客锻炼的动力)”可知,发起Just Do It的目的是激励人们锻炼。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段““Share a Coke” campaign from Coca Cola that started in 2011 went viral and Coke gained a large fan base due to this particular campaign.(可口可乐公司从2011年开始的“分享可乐”活动迅速传播开来,可口可乐公司因此获得了大量的粉丝基础)”;第三段“Nike launched this campaign in the 1980s(耐克在20世纪80年代发起了这一活动)”;第四段“Google started its year in the Search campaign in 2017(2017年,谷歌开始了自己的搜索之年)”以及最后一段“Think Small campaign of Volkswagen started in 1960 and that was a complete hit.(想想大众汽车在1960年开始的Think Small活动,那是完全成功的)”可知,Think Small是最悠久的运动。故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“Here the customers were allowed to print the desired name on their coke bottle. This is a perfect example of audience participation.(在这里,顾客被允许在他们的可乐瓶上印上他们想要的名字。这是观众参与的一个完美例子)”以及倒数第二段“It’s a brilliant idea to establish engagement with the audience.(这是一个与观众建立联系的好主意)”可知,分享可口可乐活动和年度搜索活动的共同之处在于都促进了与消费者的互动。故选A。
B
A Chinese girl Tan Fanglin overcame a world-class mathematics problem and was invited again to attend the World Laureates Forum when she was municating with 65 top scientists in the world, she became a rising star in this meeting of the world’s sharpest minds.
Her discovery has won her many prizes in youth innovation competitions in China. However, Tan is not a “genius” in the traditional sense. Tan was born in a scholarly family. Her father was a professor of mathematics. Tan showed a high interest in mathematics when she was very young. She likes to find questions on her own. The more difficult the problem is, the more potential she will unlock. In this process, her father will only give proper guidance.
Tan took part in many research projects. So devoted to the projects, she once made serious mistakes during the exam at school. Instead of severely rebuking her, her parents let her find the problem by herself and achieve a better balance between textbook study and research. It was because of the respect and trust of her parents that Tan began to plan her study time scientifically and applied the learning methods summarized in the process of mathematics research to the classroom. With her hard work, she made great achievements in mathematics.
Attending this meeting enabled Tan to get more inspiration from the world’s top scientists. She even got the opportunity to talk with germ Miesenb ck, who is pioneering the field of Optogenetics (光遗传学). Miesenb c has encouraged her not to lose her passion and love for what she does and said accepting failure is important to researchers. He has stressed that people all know that even Thomas Edison went through hundreds of unsuccessful attempts before finally inventing the light bulb. Tan has met many difficulties in her research and often feels upset. The words have made her feel inspired.
4. What can we learn about Tan Fanglin
A. She went to the meeting with her father. B. She has a strong love for mathematics.
C. She never made mistakes in her school exams. D. She was invited to attend the Forum for the first time.
5. What does the underlined word “rebuking” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Helping. B. Challenging. C. Criticizing. D. Praising.
6. How did Tan’s parents help her with her research
A. By correcting her mistakes.
B. By offering extra training for her research.
C. By stressing the importance of scientific research.
D. By respecting her and encouraging her in self-development.
7. Which statement does germ Miesenb c probably agree with
A. All roads lead to Rome. B. Nothing is impossible.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. Failure is the mother of success.
【答案】4. B 5. C 6. D 7. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了15岁女孩谈方琳再次受邀参加世界顶尖科学家论坛以及她背后的故事。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Tan showed a high interest in mathematics when she was very young.(谈很小的时候就对数学表现出很高的兴趣。)”可知,谈方琳对数学非常热爱。故选B项。
【5题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第三段第二句“So devoted to the projects, she once made serious mistakes during the exam at school.(她如此专注于这些项目,曾在学校考试中犯下严重错误。)”可知,谈方琳曾经在学校测试中犯错。画线词所在句中的“Instead of”表明前后是转折替代关系,根据“her parents let her find the problem by herself and achieve a better balance between textbook study and research”可知,针对她在考试中犯错的问题,她的父母让她自己发现问题,在课本学习和研究之间取得更好的平衡,由此可以推出,rebuking是“指责,责备”的意思,她的父母并没有批评她。故选C项。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“ Instead of severely rebuking her, her parents let her find the problem by herself and achieve a better balance between textbook study and research. It was because of the respect and trust of her parents that Tan began to plan her study time scientifically and applied the learning methods summarized in the process of mathematics research to the classroom.(她的父母没有严厉斥责她,而是让她自己发现问题,在课本学习和研究之间取得更好的平衡。正是由于父母的尊重和信任,谈开始科学地规划学习时间,并将数学研究过程中总结的学习方法应用到课堂上。)”可知,谈方琳的父母让她自己发现问题并平衡课本学习和数学研究,给她极大的尊重和鼓励她自我发展。故选D项。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Miesenb ck has encouraged her not to lose her passion and love for what she does and said accepting failures is important to researchers. He has stressed that people all know that even Thomas Edison went through hundreds of unsuccessful attempts before finally inventing the light bulb.( Miesenb c鼓励她不要对自己做的事情失去热情和热爱,并表示接受失败对研究人员很重要。他强调,人们都知道,即使是托马斯·爱迪生在最终发明灯泡之前也经历了数百次不成功的尝试。)”可知,Miesenbock通过举爱迪生的例子鼓励谈方琳要敢于接受失败,永不放弃,由此可以推出,他认为失败是成功之母。故选D项。
C
According to the Solar Energy Industry Association, the number of solar panels installed(安装)has grown rapidly in the past decade, and it has to grow even faster to meet climate goals. But all of that growth will take up a lot of space, and though more and more people accept the concept of solar energy, few like large solar panels to be installed near them.
Solar developers want to put up panels as quickly and cheaply as possible, so they haven’t given much thought to what they put under them. Often, they’ll end up filling the area with small stones and using chemicals to control weeds. The result is that many communities, especially in farming regions, see solar farms as destroyers of the soil.
“Solar projects need to be good neighbors,” says Jordan Macknick, the head of the Innovative Site Preparation and Impact Reductions on the Environment(InSPIRE)project. “They need to be protectors of the land and contribute to the agricultural economy.” InSPIRE is investigating practical approaches to “low-impact” solar development, which focuses on establishing and operating solar farms in a way that is kinder to the land. One of the easiest low-impact solar strategies is providing habitat for pollinators(传粉昆虫).
Habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change have caused dramatic declines in pollinator populations over the past couple of decades, which has damaged the U.S. agricultural economy. Over 28 states have passed laws related to pollinator habitat protection and pesticide use. Conservation organizations put out pollinator-friendliness guidelines for home gardens, businesses, schools, cities—and now there are guidelines for solar farms.
Over the past few years, many solar farm developers have transformed the space under their solar panels into a shelter for various kinds of pollinators, resulting in soil improvement and carbon reduction. “These pollinator-friendly solar farms can have a valuable impact on everything that’s going on in the landscape,” says Macknick.
8. What do solar developers often ignore
A. The decline in the demand for solar energy.
B. The negative impact of installing solar panels.
C. The rising labor cost of building solar farms.
D. The most recent advances in solar technology.
9. What does InSPIRE aim to do
A. Improve the productivity of local farms.
B. Invent new methods for controlling weeds.
C. Make solar projects environmentally friendly.
D. Promote the use of solar energy in rural areas.
10. What is the purpose of the laws mentioned in paragraph 4
A To conserve pollinators. B. To restrict solar development.
C. To diversify the economy. D. To ensure the supply of energy.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Pollinators: To Leave or to Stay B. Solar Energy: Hope for the Future
C. InSPIRE: A Leader in Agriculture D. Solar Farms: A New Development
【答案】8. B 9. C 10. A 11. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。介绍的是用一种更加友好的方式建立一种新型的太阳能农场,这种新型的农场更有利于保护各种传粉昆虫,从而促进农业的发展。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Often, they’ll end up filling the area with small stones and using chemicals to control weeds. The result is that many communities, especially in farming regions, see solar farms as destroyers of the soil.(通常,他们最终会用小石头填满该地区,并使用化学物质来控制杂草。结果是,许多社区,特别是在农业地区,将太阳能农场视为土壤的破坏者。)”可知,太阳能开发者采用不环保的方式处理太阳能板安装后产生的问题,导致人们把太阳能农场看作是土壤的破坏者,由此可以推断,开发者在安装太阳能板后忽略了其带来的负面影响。故选B项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“InSPIRE is investigating practical approaches to “low-impact” solar development, which focuses on establishing and operating solar farms in a way that is kinder to the land.(InSPIRE正在研究“低影响”太阳能开发的实用方法,其重点是以对土地更友好的方式建立和运营太阳能农场。)”可知,InSPIRE采用有好的方式建立和运营太阳能农场,也就是使得太阳能农场更加环保。故选C项。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Over 28 states have passed laws related to pollinator habitat protection and pesticide use.(超过28个州通过了与传粉媒介栖息地保护和农药使用有关的法律。)”可知,这些法律都是与保护传粉者栖息地和农药使用相关,所以这些法律的目的是保护授粉者。故选A项。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据最后一段中的“Over the past few years, many solar farm developers have transformed the space under their solar panels into a shelter for various kinds of pollinators, resulting in soil improvement and carbon reduction.(在过去的几年里,许多太阳能农场开发商将太阳能电池板下的空间改造成各种传粉媒介的庇护所,从而改善了土壤并减少了碳排放。)”可知,现在的太阳能农场在过去的几年里已经得到了很大的发展,更重要的是太阳能农场也变得更加的环保,这将是未来发展农业的新趋势,再结合全文对太阳农场的发展过程的介绍可以判断,本文主题是介绍太阳能农场。故选D项。
【点睛】
D
An artificial intelligence can decode (解码) words and sentences from brain activity with surprising—though still limited—accuracy. Using only a few seconds of brain activity data, the AI guesses what a person has heard. It lists the correct answer in its top 10 possibilities up to 73 percent of the time, researchers found in a study.
Developed at the parent company of Facebook, Meta, the AI could eventually be used to help thousands of people around the world unable to communicate through speech, typing or gestures, researchers report on August 25 at arXiv.org.
Most existing technologies to help such patients communicate require risky brain surgeries to implant electrodes. This new approach “could provide a practical path to help patients without the use of invasive methods,” says neuroscientist Jean-Rémi King, a Meta AI researcher in Paris.
King and his colleagues trained a computational tool to detect words and sentences on 56,000 hours of speech recordings from 53 languages. The tool, also known as a language model, learned how to recognize specific features of language. With the help of a computational method, the team tried to decode what participants had heard using just three seconds of brain activity data from each person. The team instructed the AI to match the speech sounds from the story recordings to patterns of brain activity that the AI computed as corresponding to what people were hearing. It then made predictions about what the person might have been hearing during that short time, given more than 1,000 possibilities. The correct answer was in the AI’s top 10 guesses up to 73 percent of the time, the researchers found.
The new study is “decoding of speech perception, not production,” King notes. Though speech production is the ultimate goal, for now, “we’re quite a long way away.”
12. What is the main idea of paragraph 1
A. The principle of human brain activity.
B. The limitation of human brain activity.
C. The definition of the artificial intelligence.
D. The new function of the artificial intelligence.
13. Whom might the AI be beneficial to
A. People unable to hear. B. People who can’t move around.
C. People who are unconscious. D. People unable to communicate normally.
14. What is the purpose of paragraph 4
A. To analyze the features of the study. B. To state the significance of the study.
C. To introduce the process of the study. D. To present the achievement of the study.
15. What can we infer about the AI from the passage
A. It performs well in the speech production.
B. Its accuracy is far from the researchs’ satisfaction.
C. It will help patients avoid dangerous brain surgeries.
D. Its language learning ability is beyond expectation.
【答案】12. D 13. D 14. C 15. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了人工智能的新用途——可以从大脑活动中解码单词和句子,这可以用于帮助全世界数以千计无法通过语音、打字或手势进行交流的人。
【12题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“An artificial intelligence can decode (解码) words and sentences from brain activity with surprising—though still limited—accuracy. Using only a few seconds of brain activity data, the AI guesses what a person has heard. It lists the correct answer in its top 10 possibilities up to 73 percent of the time, researchers found in a study.(人工智能可以从大脑活动中解码单词和句子,其准确性令人惊讶(尽管仍然有限)。只需要几秒钟的大脑活动数据,人工智能就能猜出一个人听到了什么。研究人员在一项研究中发现,正确答案出现在前10种可能性中的概率高达73% 。)”可知,第一段主要介绍了人工智能可以从大脑活动中解码单词和句子,这是人工智能的一项新功能,故选D。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“Developed at the parent company of Facebook, Meta, the AI could eventually be used to help thousands of people around the world unable to communicate through speech, typing or gestures, researchers report August 25 at arXiv.org.(8月25日,研究人员在 arXiv.org 上作的报告称,这种人工智能由脸书的母公司Meta开发,最终可用于帮助全世界数以千计无法通过语音、打字或手势进行交流的人。)”可知,人工智能或许对不能正常交流的人有益,故选D。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中“King and his colleagues trained a computational tool to detect words and sentences on 56,000 hours of speech recordings from 53 languages...With the help of a computational method, the team tried to decode what participants had heard using just three seconds of brain activity data from each person. The team instructed the AI to match the speech sounds from the story recordings to patterns of brain activity...(King 和他的同事们训练了一个计算工具来检测来自53种语言的56000小时的语音记录中的单词和句子……在计算方法的帮助下,研究小组试图用每个人三秒钟的大脑活动数据解码参与者所听到的内容。研究小组指示人工智能将故事录音中的语音与大脑活动模式进行匹配……)”可推知,第四段的目的是介绍该研究的过程,故选C。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“Most existing technologies to help such patients communicate require risky brain surgeries to implant electrodes. This new approach “could provide a practical path to help patients without the use of invasive methods,” says neuroscientist Jean-Rémi King, a Meta AI researcher in Paris.(大多数现有的技术,以帮助这些病人沟通需要危险的脑部手术植入电极。这种新方法“可以提供一种实用的途径来帮助病人而不需要使用侵入性的方法,”神经科学家 Jean-Rémi King说,他是巴黎的Meta AI研究员。)”可推知,人工智能技术不需要给病人脑部做手术植入电极,所以说它能帮助病人避免危险的脑部手术。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。
Many of us would love to have a kind of deep connection when we look at a painting or sculpture. ____16____ Don’t worry. Here are 4 ways to help you have a meaningful connection when looking at art.
Pick a museum that you feel interested in
____17____ If you’re interested in climate change, for example, you might pick a museum that’s showing art works inspired by Earth protection. This may seem like obvious advice, but whatever reason gets you in the door to a museum is a good reason.
Keep an open mind
When you walk into an art museum, try not to have any pre-conceived notions(先入为主的想法) about what you’re about to see. Some art works may be surprising, while others might be depressing. ____18____ . You can love it. You can hate it. You can cry, feel angry or laugh.
____19____
Careful observation can help you more deeply appreciate how artists express their emotions and make sense of the world around them. In turn, it can open up new path ways and possibilities of how you might make sense of these things in our lives too.
Keep your museum visit short and focused
Once you’ve picked the place you want to visit, how do you make the most of your time Art museums can be huge—the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., for example, has over 130,000 paintings, sculpture and art works. So to be realistic about how long you can spend at the museum. You don’t need more than an hour or two. ___20___
A. Appreciate and reflect
B. Take your time to look at the art
C. However, it can be challenging
D. Allow yourself to feel however the art makes you feel
E. What’s more, be strategic about what you really want to look at it
F. After that, it’s hard to stay focused and remember what you’ve seen
G. You can increase the chances of having a meaningful connection with art by going to a museum that interests you
【答案】16. C 17. G 18. D 19. A 20. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了在欣赏艺术时与艺术品产生深刻联系的方法。
【16题详解】
前文“Many of us would love to have a kind of deep connection when we look at a painting or sculpture.(当我们看一幅画或一个雕塑时,我们中的许多人都希望有一种深刻的联系。)”讲述了我们中许多人都想要和艺术品建立联系,后文“Don’t worry.(别担心。)”讲述了对空处所说情况不要担心。由此可知,空处应承上启下,C项“然而,这可能具有挑战性”符合题意,其中it指代上文的have a kind of deep connection。故选C。
【17题详解】
根据本段小标题“Pick a museum that you feel interested in”可知,本段主要讲述的是要挑选一个自己感兴趣的博物馆,G项“你可以去一个你感兴趣的博物馆,增加与艺术建立有意义联系的机会”讲述了去感兴趣的博物馆可以带来的好处,且选项中的“going to a museum that interests you”与小标题相照应,故选G。
【18题详解】
本段小标题是“Keep an open mind”,讲述了欣赏艺术品时要保持开放的心态。前文“When you walk into an art museum, try not to have any pre-conceived notions(先入为主的想法) about what you’re about to see.(当你走进美术馆时,尽量不要对你将要看到的东西有任何先入为主的想法。)”讲述了不要对还未看到的东西有先入为主的想法,空后“You can love it. You can hate it. You can cry, feel angry or laugh.(你可以爱它,也可以恨它。你可以哭,可以生气,也可以笑。)”讲述了你可以对艺术品有不同的感受。D项“允许自己去感受艺术给你的感觉”符合题意。故选D。
【19题详解】
空处是本段小标题。根据本段内容“Careful observation can help you more deeply appreciate how artists express their emotions and make sense of the world around them. In turn, it can open up new path ways and possibilities of how you might make sense of these things in our lives too.(仔细观察可以帮助你更深入地欣赏艺术家如何表达他们的情感,理解他们周围的世界。反过来,它也可以为你如何理解我们生活中的这些事情开辟新的途径和可能性。)”可知,本段主要讲述了仔细观察艺术品可以让你深入欣赏艺术家的情感并理解他们的世界,还能够让你对自己生活中的类似事情提出新的方法,由此可推测出,本段主要讲述的是要欣赏艺术品并进行反思。A项“欣赏和反思”符合题意。故选A。
【20题详解】
根据本段小标题“Keep your museum visit short and focused”可知,本段主要讲述的是参观博物馆要时间短且注意力集中。空前“You don’t need more than an hour or two. (你不需要超过一两个小时。)”讲述了参观时间不要超过一两个小时,空处应是进一步进行解释,F项“在那之后,就会很难保持专注并记住你所看到的东西”符合题意。故选F。
第三部分语言知识运用(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)
Five years ago, a friend asked me to look after his cat while he went on holiday, and I realized the idea had potential on a bigger scale. So I moved to London and decided to ___21___ cat sitting (猫咪代养).
For me, cat sitting is about ___22___ two groups of people who need what the other can offer. I get to stay in people’s ___23___ without rent while they’re on holiday. The owners get ___24___ cat sitting. It also means that there is someone to keep an eye on their homes while they are away. It seems a fairer ___25___ than just watering plants or walking dogs — I’m more of a cat person.
I have always loved cats, and their gentle temper makes them ideal ___26___ for someone working from home. Cats have such different personalities, so it’s not surprising that I ___27___ more with some than others. An owner once told me not to ___28___ her cat to sit on me, as it had happened only once. But just four days later, the cat came over and sat on my lap. I sent her a photo!
Cat sitting helps me with my ___29___ anxiety disorder, too. I want to be around people, but sometimes I can’t. Sometimes, this anxiety even ____30____ me from leaving the house. But since becoming a cat sitter my mental health has ____31____. Having my own ____32____ gives me the power to plan my day. I can recharge when I need to and can go out and meet people when I want. The cats have ____33____ helped.
Now I have stayed in 25 houses, ____34____ 30 cats and saved more than 10,000 pounds that would have gone on ____35____. One day I want to save up for a flat so I can have a cat of my own.
21. A. study B. start C. observe D. train
22. A. connecting B. judging C. comparing D. teaching
23. A. offices B. hearts C. lives D. homes
24. A. free B. tough C. serious D. possible
25. A. test B. game C. dream D. exchange
26. A. employers B. assistants C. instructors D. companions
27 A. hate B. bond C. mind D. trust
28. A. guide B. order C. expect D. scare
29. A. musical B. cultural C. social D. personal
30. A. saves B. discourages C. protects D. tells
31. A. improved B. suffered C. worsened D. formed
32. A. cat B. job C. flat D. space
33. A. hardly B. nearly C. really D. narrowly
34. A. attended to B. given away C. brought up D. left out
35. A. holiday B. rent C. sale D. credit
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者如何通过照顾猫来节省房租,并改善自己的生活的故事。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:所以我搬到了伦敦,决定开始照顾猫。A. study学习;B. start开始;C. observe观察;D. train训练。根据上文“a friend asked me to look after his cat while he went on holiday, and I realized the idea had potential on a bigger scale”可知,作者意识到照看猫这个想法有更大的潜力,因此是搬到了伦敦,决定开始照顾猫。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:对我来说,照顾猫是把两组需要对方所能提供的东西的人连接起来。A. connecting连接;B. judging判断;C. comparing比较;D. teaching教学。根据下文“two groups of people who need what the other can offer”并结合常识可知,此处指把两组需要对方所能提供的东西的人连接起来,即,将作者和猫咪主人相互需要。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我可以在别人度假的时候免费住在他们家里。A. offices办公室;B. hearts心灵;C. lives生活;D. homes家。根据下文“while they’re on holiday”可知,主人去度假了,作者可以免费住在他们家里照顾猫。故选D。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:主人可以得到免费照看猫的服务。A. free免费的;B. tough困难的;C. serious严肃的;D. possible可能的。根据上文“I get to stay in people’s ___3___ without rent while they’re on holiday.”可知,作者可以在主人度假的时候免费住在他们家里,相应地作者提供免费照看猫的服务。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:这似乎是比给植物浇水或遛狗更公平的交易——我更喜欢猫。A. test测试;B. game游戏;C. dream梦想;D. exchange交易。根据上文“I get to stay in people’s ___3___ without rent while they’re on holiday. The owners get ___4___ cat sitting. It also means that there is someone to keep an eye on their homes while they are away.”可知,作者和猫的主人各取所需,因此是更公平的交易。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我一直很喜欢猫,它们温和的脾气使它们成为在家工作的人的理想伴侣。A. employers雇主;B. assistants助手;C. instructors教练;D. companions伴侣。根据上文“their gentle temper makes them ideal”和下文“for someone working from home”可推知,猫脾气温和,可以为在家工作的人提供陪伴,是他们的理想伴侣。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:猫有如此不同的性格,所以我和一些猫比其他猫更亲近也就不足为奇了。A. hate厌恶;B. bond建立亲密关系;C. mind注意;D. trust信任。根据下文“But just four days later, the cat came over and sat on my lap.”可知,仅仅四天之后,那只猫就过来坐在作者的腿上,因此此处指作者和一些猫比其他猫更亲近。故选B。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:一位主人曾经告诉我,不要期待她的猫坐在我身上,因为这种情况只发生过一次。A. guide指引;B. order命令;C. expect期待;D. scare吓唬。根据下文“as it had happened only once”可知,这只猫很少坐在人身上,因此主人会让作者不要期待这件事。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:照顾猫对我的社交焦虑症也有帮助。A. musical音乐的;B. cultural文化的;C. social社交的;D. personal个人的。根据下文“I want to be around people, but sometimes I can’t.”可知,作者想和别人在一起,但有时候做不到,因此是有社交焦虑症。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:有时,这种焦虑甚至使我不敢出门。A. saves拯救;B. discourages阻碍;C. protects保护;D. tells告诉。根据上文“this anxiety even”和下文“me from leaving the house”可推知,此处描述这种焦虑的不良影响,应该是阻碍作者出门。故选B。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:但自从成为猫的保姆后,我的心理健康状况有所改善。A. improved改善;B. suffered遭受;C. worsened恶化;D. formed形成。根据下文“I can recharge when I need to and can go out and meet people when I want.”可知,作者可以在想要的时候出去和人见面,因此心理健康状况有所改善。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:拥有自己的空间让我有能力计划我的一天。A. cat猫;B. job工作;C. flat公寓;D. space空间。根据上文叙述,作者主要负责在主人去度假的时候帮忙照顾猫可知,作者拥有自己的空间。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:猫真的帮了大忙。A. hardly几乎不;B. nearly几乎;C. really真正地;D. narrowly勉强地。根据上文“I can recharge when I need to and can go out and meet people when I want.”可知,作者心理健康状况好转,因此是赞叹猫真的帮了大忙。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:现在我住过25户人家,照顾过30只猫,省下了1万多英镑的房租。A. attended to照顾;B. given away赠送;C. brought up提出;D. left out遗漏。根据上文“So I moved to London and decided to ___1___ cat sitting (猫咪代养).”可知,作者负责照顾猫。故选A。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:现在我住过25户人家,照顾过30只猫,省下了1万多英镑的房租。A. holiday假期;B. rent租金;C. sale出售;D. credit信用。根据上文“I get to stay in people’s ___3___ without rent while they’re on holiday.”可知,作者可以省下很多房租。故选B。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Three years after skyrocketing to worldwide _____36_____ (recognize) with her first directorial film Hi, Mom, director-actress Jia Ling has returned to the _____37_____ (fierce) competitive Spring Festival silver screen with her second directorial feature, YOLO (You Only Live Once).
Although the film has set off _____38_____ online controversy due to Jia’s significant weight loss and muscle gain, she once explained on her Weibo account: “The film is not related to weight loss _____39_____ even has very little connection with boxing. It _____40_____ (tell) how a kind person finds herself and learns to love herself.”
The film features Jia _____41_____ a self-enclosed woman who leads a directionless life. After a family conflict shatters her self-esteem, she decides to leave home _____42_____ she lives with her parents and her divorced younger sister.
From then on, the heroine grapples with a challenging life, _____43_____ (work) at a small restaurant. Her unexpected encounter with Hao Kun, a boxing coach, _____44_____ (play) by Lei Jiayin, brings a glimmer of hope into her dull existence.
However, fate plays another cruel and miserable trick on her, _____45_____ (far) complicating her journey.
【答案】36. recognition
37. fiercely
38. an 39. and
40. tells 41. as
42. where 43. working
44. played 45. further
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇新闻稿。文章主要介绍她贾玲凭借她第二部导演长片《热辣滚烫》重返竞争激烈的春节银屏。
【36题详解】
考查名词。句意:三年前,导演兼演员贾玲凭借她的第一部导演电影《你好,李焕英》在全球范围内获得认可,如今她凭借第二部导演长片《热辣滚烫》重返竞争激烈的春节银屏。分析句子可知,此空应填名词作介词后宾语,recognition表“认可”,为不可数名词,符合句意。故填recognition。
【37题详解】
考查副词。句意:三年前,导演兼演员贾玲凭借她的第一部导演电影《你好,李焕英》在全球范围内获得认可,如今她凭借第二部导演长片《热辣滚烫》重返竞争激烈的春节银屏。分析句子可知,此空应填副词作状语,修饰后面形容词。故填fiercely。
【38题详解】
考查冠词。句意:尽管这部电影因贾的体重显著下降和肌肉增加而在网上引发争议,但她曾在自己的微博账户上解释道:“这部电影与减肥无关,甚至与拳击几乎没有联系。它告诉了一个善良的人是如何发现自己并学会爱自己的。”分析句子可知,这里表示“一个网上争议”,所以这里应用不定冠词,且online为元音音素开始的单词。故填an。
【39题详解】
考查连词。句意:尽管这部电影因贾的体重显著下降和肌肉增加而在网上引发争议,但她曾在自己的微博账户上解释道:“这部电影与减肥无关,甚至与拳击几乎没有联系。它告诉了一个善良的人是如何发现自己并学会爱自己的。”分析句子可知,is not related to weight loss和even has very little connection with boxing为并列关系,所以这里应用并列连词and。故填and。
【40题详解】
考查时态。句意:尽管这部电影因贾的体重显著下降和肌肉增加而在网上引发争议,但她曾在自己的微博账户上解释道:“这部电影与减肥无关,甚至与拳击几乎没有联系。它告诉了一个善良的人是如何发现自己并学会爱自己的。”分析句子可知,这里考查谓语动词,It与tell为主动关系,且这里时态应与前一句保持一致,用一般现在时。故填tells。
【41题详解】
考查介词。句意:影片中贾饰演一个封闭的女人,过着没有方向的生活。分析句子可知,此空应填介词和后面名词构成介词短语,as表“作为”,为介词,符合句意。故填as。
【42题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:在一场家庭冲突摧毁了她的自尊后,她决定离开与父母和离婚的妹妹住在一起的家。分析句子可知,这里考查定语从句,先行词为home,在从句中作地点状语,所以应用关系副词where。故填where。
【43题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:从那时起,女主角在一家小餐馆工作,努力应对充满挑战的生活。分析句子可知,这考查非谓语动词,the heroine与work为主动关系,再由句意可知,这里应用现在分词作状语。故填working。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语。句意:她与雷佳音饰演的拳击教练昊坤的意外相遇,给她平淡的生活带来了一线希望。分析句子可知,这里考查非谓语,Hao Kun与play为被动关系,再由句意可知,这里应用过去分词作状语。故填played。
【45题详解】
考查比较级。句意:然而,命运又在她身上耍了一个残忍而悲惨的把戏,使她的旅程进一步复杂。分析句子可知,这里表示“进一步复杂化”,所以这里应用far的比较级further,表“进一步”,在本句中作状语,修饰后面动词。故填further。
第四部分写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节应用文写作(共1小题;满分15分)
46. 为庆祝创刊5周年, 你校英语报以"The Power of Reading”为题举办征文活动, 请你以此为题写一篇征文稿, 内容包括:
1. 阅读的意义;
2. 介绍一本你喜欢的书;
3. 你喜欢这本书的理由。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
The Power of Reading
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【答案】The Power of Reading
Reading is an essential part of our lives. It allows us to explore new worlds, gain knowledge, and develop our imagination. Reading is not only a source of entertainment but also a means to expand our minds and broaden our horizons.
Personally, my affections lay with the great novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The novel, depicting life in the 1930s American South, illuminates the tale of a young girl coming to terms with the social disagreement of her world and her father’s adversity against the cruelty of racism and injustice. Moreover, it underscores the value of advocating for our beliefs, even when confronting social norms. Also, it stresses the importance of empathy and comprehension, while penetrating deep into stubbornness and discrimination.
The reason I cherish this book is because of its timeless magnificence that remains as relevant today as it was during its conception. Moreover, the book tackles significant themes of racial inequality, social injustice, and the perseverance of moral courage. I passionately urge everyone to allocate some time to reading this novel!
【解析】
【导语】本篇应用文属于征文稿,要求考生以“The Power of Reading”为题为学校英语报写一篇征文稿,介绍阅读的意义和自己喜欢的一本书。
【详解】1.词汇积累:
使能够:allow→enable
抽出时间: allocate some time →spare some time
就我而言:Personally→from my perspective
处理:tackle→deal with
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句:Also, it stresses the importance of empathy and comprehension, while penetrating deep into stubbornness and discrimination.
拓展句:Also, it stresses the importance of empathy and comprehension, while it penetrates deep into stubbornness and discrimination.
【点睛】【高分句型1】The novel, depicting life in the 1930s American South, illuminates the tale of a young girl coming to terms with the social disagreement of her world and her father’s adversity against the cruelty of racism and injustice.(运用了 depicting, coming现在分词做定语)
【高分句型2】The reason I cherish this book is because of its timeless magnificence that remains as relevant today as it was during its conception..(运用了the reason (why)+定语从句+ is +表语的句型。)
第二节读后续写(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
During this past year, I’ve had three instances of car trouble. Each time these things happened, I was sick of the way most people hadn’t bothered to help. One of those times, I was on the side of the road for close to three hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows, big signs that said NEED A JACK (千斤顶), and offered money. Nothing. Right as I was about to give up, a Mexican family in a small truck pulled over, and the father bounded out.
He sized up the situation and called for his daughter, who spoke English. He conveyed through her that he had a jack but that it was too small for the Jeep, so we would need something to support it. Then he got a saw (锯子) from the truck and cut a section out of a big log on the side of the road. We rolled it over and put his jack on top, and we were in business.
I started taking the wheel off, and then, if you can believe it, I broke his tire iron. No worries: He handed it to his wife, and she was gone in a flash down the road to buy a new tire iron. She was back in 15 minutes. We finished the job, and I was a very happy man.
The two of us were dirty and sweaty. His wife prepared a pot of water for us to wash our hands. I tried to put a $20 bill in the man’s hand, but he wouldn’t take it, so instead I went up to the truck and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I asked the little girl where they lived. Mexico, she said. They were in Oregon so Mommy and Daddy could work on a fruit farm for the next few weeks. Then they would go home.
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。
When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I’d had lunch.
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After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag.
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【答案】When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I’d had lunch. I told her I hadn’t had lunch because I’d been waiting here for help for nearly three hours. The girl said they didn’t have lunch either. She suggested to her parents that we have lunch together. Their truck happened to have some food and some things for the picnic. So we ate together in a vacant lot by the side of the road. During that time, I told about what had happened to me and how I felt. They shared interesting stories about their lives in Mexico and on fruit farms. After lunch, the girl’s mother put a paper bag of fruit in my jeep. I showed my gratitude again and we said goodbye to each other.
After they left, I got into my jeep and opened the paper bag. There are some delicate fruits in the paper bag. I was surprised to find the money I had quietly left them. At the same time, there was a note written by a girl, which read “We are very happy to be able to help you. We have encountered many difficulties and been disappointed. But we met a lot of helpful people, which made us feel very warm. To help others with one’s own ability is also a kind of lifting a finger. The beauty of life comes from these lifting a finger. I hope you have a good life and a happy mood.” This made me very moved, and I would try my best to help more people in the future to make our world more beautiful and warmer.
【解析】
【分析】本文以人物为线索展开,讲述了去年作者汽车出现了三次故障,大多数人都懒得帮忙,作者对此感到很厌烦。有一次,他的汽车又出故障了。他在路边求助了接近3个小时,但是没有人停下来帮忙。就在打算放弃的时候,一个过路的墨西哥家庭停下来,提供了帮助。
【详解】1.段落续写:
①由第一段首句内容“就在我要说再见的时候,女孩问我是否吃过午饭了。”可知,第一段可描写作者和墨西哥家庭一块儿吃午饭的过程。
②由第二段首句内容“在他们离开后,我上了吉普车,打开纸袋。”可知,第二段可描写作者在这一家人离开后,在纸袋里发现什么,以及自己的感受。2.续写线索:吃午餐——交流——感谢——上车——发现东西——感悟
3.词汇激活行为类
①吃午餐:have lunch/It's time for lunch/eat lunch
②交流:communicate/talk/chat
③回家:go home/return home/be home/come back home/get home
④发现:find/discover/find out/spot
情绪类
①感谢:showing one’s appreciation/show one’s gratitude/be grateful
②积极:positive attitude/act positively
【点睛】[高分句型1] I told her I hadn’t had lunch because I’d been waiting here for help for nearly three hours.(由because引导的原因状语从句)
[高分句型2].But we met a lot of helpful people which made us feel very warm.(由关系代词which引导非限制性定语从句)
[高分句型3] To help others with one’s own ability is also a kind of lifting a finger.(不定式做主语)
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英语
满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
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。
例:How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. What will Joe do
A. Leave his company. B. Work in Paris. C. Move house.
2. Why is the man making the call
A. To remind the woman of a rainstorm.
B. To book a room for next Monday.
C. To have his house repaired.
3. What does the man think of the training
A. Disappointing. B. Satisfying. C. Worrying.
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In the man’s office. B. In a meeting room. C. At home.
5. What are the speakers talking about
A. An open-minded politician.
B. A famous teacher.
C. Public opinion.
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,并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
听下面一段对话,回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. What’s the relationship between the two speakers
A. Colleagues.
B. A receptionist and a visitor.
C. The boss and the secretary.
7. What does the woman give the man
A. A guidebook. B. A city map. C. A schedule.
听下面一段对话,回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. When did the woman first see Mr. Wang
A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Friday.
9. What did Mr. Wang impress the woman most with
A. His personality. B. His approach. C. His enthusiasm.
10. What will Mr. Wang do on Tuesday
A. Chair a meeting. B. Propose a strategy. C. Report the profits.
听下面一段对话,回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. Where does the woman work
A. At a dental clinic. B. At a travel agency. C. At a restaurant.
12. When did the man make the reservation
A. One week ago. B. Two weeks ago. C. Three weeks ago.
13. What will the man try to do at 3:00
A. Visit his client.
B. Reschedule a meeting.
C. Keep an appointment.
听下面一段对话,回答第14至第16三个小题。
14. What did Adriana create
A. A bicycle. B. A computer. C. A generator.
15. How did Adriana get the idea of her project
A. From the Internet. B. From her father. C. From a designer.
16. What was the only problem Adriana faced
A. She lacked money.
B. She was in need of support.
C. She couldn’t find suitable materials.
听下面一段独白,回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. Who is the speaker talking to
A. Librarians. B. Freshmen. C. Teachers.
18. What is scheduled in the first week
A. Some tours. B. Some training. C. Some talks.
19. What do we know about the library computers
A.They are online all the time.
B.They are used as a tool to chat.
C.There are only a limited number.
20. Who can help to find things in the library
A. The Section Manager.
B. The Training Supervisor.
C. The Cataloguing Assistant.
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)。
A
We have taken some top brands and presented their best advertisements.
1.COCA COLA-Share a Coke Campaign
“Share a Coke” campaign from Coca Cola that started in 2011 went viral and Coke gained a large fan base due to this particular campaign. Here the customers were allowed to print the desired name on their coke bottle. This is a perfect example of audience participation. Coke let the customers feel that Coke cares for them. This was among the best attention-grabbing campaigns by any brand to date.
2.Nike-Just Do It Ads
Nike launched this campaign in the 1980s, and its sales increased by more than $8 billion within 10 years. This campaign was to fill the customers with motivation to exercise. Nike did it emotionally, and it was a hit. What Nike wanted to convey with the campaign was simple—If you don’t want to exercise—Just Do It. If you don’t want to wake up early in the morning—Just Do It.
3.Google-Year in Search Campaign
Google started its year in the Search campaign in 2017, which was about the most searched keywords on Google in 12 months. Isn’t it interesting It’s a brilliant idea to establish engagement with the audience. It not only revealed (显示) how creative they are but also showed how much they care about what their audience care.
4.Volkswagen-Think Small Campaign
Think small campaign of Volkswagen started in 1960 and that was a complete hit. People in America are more intended for buying bigger cars. Volkswagen came with this campaign to aware them of the essence of smaller cars. Yes, it completely changed how the car lovers in America were thinking.
1. Why was Just Do It launched
A. To improve sales. B. To motivate exercise.
C To establish engagement. D. To change thought patterns.
2. Which is the oldest of the following campaigns
A. Share a Coke. B. Just Do It. C. Year in Search. D. Think Small.
3. What do Share a Coke Campaign and Year in Search Campaign have in common
A. They promote the interaction with consumers. B. They tell the advantage of their products.
C. They try to work on people’s problems. D. They encourage people to be creative.
B
A Chinese girl Tan Fanglin overcame a world-class mathematics problem and was invited again to attend the World Laureates Forum when she was municating with 65 top scientists in the world, she became a rising star in this meeting of the world’s sharpest minds.
Her discovery has won her many prizes in youth innovation competitions in China. However, Tan is not a “genius” in the traditional sense. Tan was born in a scholarly family. Her father was a professor of mathematics. Tan showed a high interest in mathematics when she was very young. She likes to find questions on her own. The more difficult the problem is, the more potential she will unlock. In this process, her father will only give proper guidance.
Tan took part in many research projects. So devoted to the projects, she once made serious mistakes during the exam at school. Instead of severely rebuking her, her parents let her find the problem by herself and achieve a better balance between textbook study and research. It was because of the respect and trust of her parents that Tan began to plan her study time scientifically and applied the learning methods summarized in the process of mathematics research to the classroom. With her hard work, she made great achievements in mathematics.
Attending this meeting enabled Tan to get more inspiration from the world’s top scientists. She even got the opportunity to talk with germ Miesenb ck, who is pioneering the field of Optogenetics (光遗传学). Miesenb c has encouraged her not to lose her passion and love for what she does and said accepting failure is important to researchers. He has stressed that people all know that even Thomas Edison went through hundreds of unsuccessful attempts before finally inventing the light bulb. Tan has met many difficulties in her research and often feels upset. The words have made her feel inspired.
4. What can we learn about Tan Fanglin
A. She went to the meeting with her father. B. She has a strong love for mathematics.
C. She never made mistakes in her school exams. D. She was invited to attend the Forum for the first time.
5. What does the underlined word “rebuking” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Helping. B. Challenging. C. Criticizing. D. Praising.
6. How did Tan’s parents help her with her research
A. By correcting her mistakes.
B. By offering extra training for her research.
C. By stressing the importance of scientific research.
D. By respecting her and encouraging her in self-development.
7. Which statement does germ Miesenb c probably agree with
A. All roads lead to Rome. B. Nothing is impossible.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. Failure is the mother of success.
C
According to the Solar Energy Industry Association, the number of solar panels installed(安装)has grown rapidly in the past decade, and it has to grow even faster to meet climate goals. But all of that growth will take up a lot of space, and though more and more people accept the concept of solar energy, few like large solar panels to be installed near them.
Solar developers want to put up panels as quickly and cheaply as possible, so they haven’t given much thought to what they put under them. Often, they’ll end up filling the area with small stones and using chemicals to control weeds. The result is that many communities, especially in farming regions, see solar farms as destroyers of the soil.
“Solar projects need to be good neighbors,” says Jordan Macknick, the head of the Innovative Site Preparation and Impact Reductions on the Environment(InSPIRE)project. “They need to be protectors of the land and contribute to the agricultural economy.” InSPIRE is investigating practical approaches to “low-impact” solar development, which focuses on establishing and operating solar farms in a way that is kinder to the land. One of the easiest low-impact solar strategies is providing habitat for pollinators(传粉昆虫).
Habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change have caused dramatic declines in pollinator populations over the past couple of decades, which has damaged the U.S. agricultural economy. Over 28 states have passed laws related to pollinator habitat protection and pesticide use. Conservation organizations put out pollinator-friendliness guidelines for home gardens, businesses, schools, cities—and now there are guidelines for solar farms.
Over the past few years, many solar farm developers have transformed the space under their solar panels into a shelter for various kinds of pollinators, resulting in soil improvement and carbon reduction. “These pollinator-friendly solar farms can have a valuable impact on everything that’s going on in the landscape,” says Macknick.
8. What do solar developers often ignore
A. The decline in the demand for solar energy.
B. The negative impact of installing solar panels.
C. The rising labor cost of building solar farms.
D. The most recent advances in solar technology.
9. What does InSPIRE aim to do
A. Improve the productivity of local farms.
B. Invent new methods for controlling weeds.
C. Make solar projects environmentally friendly.
D. Promote the use of solar energy in rural areas.
10. What is the purpose of the laws mentioned in paragraph 4
A. To conserve pollinators. B. To restrict solar development.
C. To diversify the economy. D. To ensure the supply of energy.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Pollinators: To Leave or to Stay B. Solar Energy: Hope for the Future
C. InSPIRE: A Leader in Agriculture D. Solar Farms: A New Development
D
An artificial intelligence can decode (解码) words and sentences from brain activity with surprising—though still limited—accuracy. Using only a few seconds of brain activity data, the AI guesses what a person has heard. It lists the correct answer in its top 10 possibilities up to 73 percent of the time, researchers found in a study.
Developed at the parent company of Facebook, Meta, the AI could eventually be used to help thousands of people around the world unable to communicate through speech, typing or gestures, researchers report on August 25 at arXiv.org.
Most existing technologies to help such patients communicate require risky brain surgeries to implant electrodes. This new approach “could provide a practical path to help patients without the use of invasive methods,” says neuroscientist Jean-Rémi King, a Meta AI researcher in Paris.
King and his colleagues trained a computational tool to detect words and sentences on 56,000 hours of speech recordings from 53 languages. The tool, also known as a language model, learned how to recognize specific features of language. With the help of a computational method, the team tried to decode what participants had heard using just three seconds of brain activity data from each person. The team instructed the AI to match the speech sounds from the story recordings to patterns of brain activity that the AI computed as corresponding to what people were hearing. It then made predictions about what the person might have been hearing during that short time, given more than 1,000 possibilities. The correct answer was in the AI’s top 10 guesses up to 73 percent of the time, the researchers found.
The new study is “decoding of speech perception, not production,” King notes. Though speech production is the ultimate goal, for now, “we’re quite a long way away.”
12. What is the main idea of paragraph 1
A. The principle of human brain activity.
B. The limitation of human brain activity.
C. The definition of the artificial intelligence.
D. The new function of the artificial intelligence.
13. Whom might the AI be beneficial to
A. People unable to hear. B. People who can’t move around.
C. People who are unconscious. D. People unable to communicate normally.
14. What is the purpose of paragraph 4
A. To analyze the features of the study. B. To state the significance of the study.
C. To introduce the process of the study. D. To present the achievement of the study.
15. What can we infer about the AI from the passage
A. It performs well in the speech production.
B. Its accuracy is far from the researchs’ satisfaction.
C. It will help patients avoid dangerous brain surgeries.
D. Its language learning ability is beyond expectation.
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。
Many of us would love to have a kind of deep connection when we look at a painting or sculpture. ____16____ Don’t worry. Here are 4 ways to help you have a meaningful connection when looking at art.
Pick a museum that you feel interested in
____17____ If you’re interested in climate change, for example, you might pick a museum that’s showing art works inspired by Earth protection. This may seem like obvious advice, but whatever reason gets you in the door to a museum is a good reason.
Keep an open mind
When you walk into an art museum, try not to have any pre-conceived notions(先入为主的想法) about what you’re about to see. Some art works may be surprising, while others might be depressing. ____18____ . You can love it. You can hate it. You can cry, feel angry or laugh.
____19____
Careful observation can help you more deeply appreciate how artists express their emotions and make sense of the world around them. In turn, it can open up new path ways and possibilities of how you might make sense of these things in our lives too.
Keep your museum visit short and focused
Once you’ve picked the place you want to visit, how do you make the most of your time Art museums can be huge—the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., for example, has over 130,000 paintings, sculpture and art works. So to be realistic about how long you can spend at the museum. You don’t need more than an hour or two. ___20___
A. Appreciate and reflect
B. Take your time to look at the art
C. However, it can be challenging
D. Allow yourself to feel however the art makes you feel
E. What’s more be strategic about what you really want to look at it
F. After that it’s hard to stay focused and remember what you’ve seen
G. You can increase the chances of having a meaningful connection with art by going to a museum that interests you
第三部分语言知识运用(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)
Five years ago, a friend asked me to look after his cat while he went on holiday, and I realized the idea had potential on a bigger scale. So I moved to London and decided to ___21___ cat sitting (猫咪代养).
For me, cat sitting is about ___22___ two groups of people who need what the other can offer. I get to stay in people’s ___23___ without rent while they’re on holiday. The owners get ___24___ cat sitting. It also means that there is someone to keep an eye on their homes while they are away. It seems a fairer ___25___ than just watering plants or walking dogs — I’m more of a cat person.
I have always loved cats, and their gentle temper makes them ideal ___26___ for someone working from home. Cats have such different personalities, so it’s not surprising that I ___27___ more with some than others. An owner once told me not to ___28___ her cat to sit on me, as it had happened only once. But just four days later, the cat came over and sat on my lap. I sent her a photo!
Cat sitting helps me with my ___29___ anxiety disorder, too. I want to be around people, but sometimes I can’t. Sometimes, this anxiety even ____30____ me from leaving the house. But since becoming a cat sitter my mental health has ____31____. Having my own ____32____ gives me the power to plan my day. I can recharge when I need to and can go out and meet people when I want. The cats have ____33____ helped.
Now I have stayed in 25 houses, ____34____ 30 cats and saved more than 10,000 pounds that would have gone on ____35____. One day I want to save up for a flat so I can have a cat of my own.
21. A. study B. start C. observe D. train
22. A. connecting B. judging C. comparing D. teaching
23. A. offices B. hearts C. lives D. homes
24. A. free B. tough C. serious D. possible
25. A. test B. game C. dream D. exchange
26. A. employers B. assistants C. instructors D. companions
27. A. hate B. bond C. mind D. trust
28. A. guide B. order C. expect D. scare
29. A. musical B. cultural C. social D. personal
30. A. saves B. discourages C. protects D. tells
31. A. improved B. suffered C. worsened D. formed
32. A. cat B. job C. flat D. space
33. A. hardly B. nearly C. really D. narrowly
34. A. attended to B. given away C. brought up D. left out
35. A. holiday B. rent C. sale D. credit
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Three years after skyrocketing to worldwide _____36_____ (recognize) with her first directorial film Hi, Mom, director-actress Jia Ling has returned to the _____37_____ (fierce) competitive Spring Festival silver screen with her second directorial feature, YOLO (You Only Live Once).
Although the film has set off _____38_____ online controversy due to Jia’s significant weight loss and muscle gain she once explained on her Weibo account: “The film is not related to weight loss _____39_____ even has very little connection with boxing. It _____40_____ (tell) how a kind person finds herself and learns to love herself.”
The film features Jia _____41_____ a self-enclosed woman who leads a directionless life. After a family conflict shatters her self-esteem, she decides to leave home _____42_____ she lives with her parents and her divorced younger sister.
From then on, the heroine grapples with a challenging life, _____43_____ (work) at a small restaurant. Her unexpected encounter with Hao Kun, a boxing coach, _____44_____ (play) by Lei Jiayin, brings a glimmer of hope into her dull existence.
However, fate plays another cruel and miserable trick on her, _____45_____ (far) complicating her journey.
第四部分写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节应用文写作(共1小题;满分15分)
46. 为庆祝创刊5周年, 你校英语报以"The Power of Reading”为题举办征文活动, 请你以此为题写一篇征文稿, 内容包括:
1. 阅读的意义;
2. 介绍一本你喜欢的书;
3. 你喜欢这本书的理由。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
The Power of Reading
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第二节读后续写(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
During this past year, I’ve had three instances of car trouble. Each time these things happened, I was sick of the way most people hadn’t bothered to help. One of those times, I was on the side of the road for close to three hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows, big signs that said NEED A JACK (千斤顶), and offered money. Nothing. Right as I was about to give up, a Mexican family in a small truck pulled over, and the father bounded out.
He sized up the situation and called for his daughter, who spoke English. He conveyed through her that he had a jack but that it was too small for the Jeep, so we would need something to support it. Then he got a saw (锯子) from the truck and cut a section out of a big log on the side of the road. We rolled it over and put his jack on top, and we were in business.
I started taking the wheel off, and then, if you can believe it, I broke his tire iron. No worries: He handed it to his wife, and she was gone in a flash down the road to buy a new tire iron. She was back in 15 minutes. We finished the job, and I was a very happy man.
The two of us were dirty and sweaty. His wife prepared a pot of water for us to wash our hands. I tried to put a $20 bill in the man’s hand, but he wouldn’t take it, so instead I went up to the truck and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I asked the little girl where they lived. Mexico, she said. They were in Oregon so Mommy and Daddy could work on a fruit farm for the next few weeks. Then they would go home.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I’d had lunch.
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After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag.
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