2024年高考英语临考押题卷02（北京卷）
英 语
（考试时间：90分钟 试卷满分：100分）
第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Gardening changed how I see myself as a disabled woman. When I started gardening in 2018, I didn’t know anything about plants, let alone how to grow things we can eat. I thought gardening required a lot of 1 tasks. As I have a genetic (遗传的) condition that causes my bones to 2 easily, I didn’t believe I could complete them. The thought of taking care of plants in a wheelchair every day made me feel 3 . But just like how I gradually learnt everything else as a disabled person, I had to 4 how to garden my way.
That first season, I visited my garden as much as I could. Noticing my interest in gardening, my neighbors in the community 5 offered me advice and support. Under their careful 6 , I managed to pull up the weeds and watered my plants on my own. Finally, I was so proud to eat the tomatoes I grew and even shared some with neighbors. They tasted like summertime.
Gardening has 7 how I see other parts of my life. As a disabled woman, I fear being seen as a 8 and struggle to ask for the things I need. Gardening helped me normalize the fact that I have needs. I don’t think my plant is a heavy load because it needs more nutrition. I don’t 9 it for getting insects and not being able to fight against them. Gardening also helped me expand my social circle and grow close to people in our community.
Over the years, gardening has made me feel more confident in every aspect of my life. I’m planting what I want to grow, and I have gained a lot of 10 from that.
1. A. simple B. physical C. pleasant D. urgent
2. A. change B. rest C. break D. move
3. A. anxious B. expectant C. motivated D. bored
4. A. look over B. show off C. bring back D. figure out
5. A. suddenly B. readily C. hesitantly D. casually
6. A. observation B. check C. discussion D. guidance
7. A. impacted B. ruined C. controlled D. recorded
8. A. support B. comfort C. burden D. threat
9. A. appreciate B. fault C. challenge D. forgive
10. A. justice B. access C. weight D. power
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
A
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Growing up in a musical family, Samara Joy tried different music ____11____ (style) when she was a teenager. But ____12____ attracted her most was jazz because of its authenticity (真实性). She told that her songs ____13____ (inspire) by the old jazz songs she liked but with a modern explanation. She was determined to continue seeking to encourage the younger generation to get excited about jazz.
B
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Pillar coral (柱状珊瑚), ____14____ (find) throughout the Caribbean, is critically endangered now. Its population____15____ (decline) by more than 80 percent since 1990. ____16____(rise) ocean temperatures and pollution make corals more easily get certain deadly diseases. And the pillar coral is really just the tip of the iceberg ____17____ it comes to the difficulty of corals.
C
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Detecting drugs used to be a special job for dogs, ____18____ now a drug detection team is welcoming some newcomers — squirrels (松鼠). Squirrels have a sharp sense of smell as they can smell food ____19____ about 30 centimeters of snow. Being so small and swift, they are able to search for drugs in areas ____20____ dogs may not be able to arrive. Squirrels have been trained to make noises to catch their handlers’ attention if they detect drugs.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
New Restaurants to Try
It’s hardly surprising that the world’s largest continent has an astonishing variety of places to eat. Here are some restaurants bound to increase your appetite when you travel to the Asia- Pacific region.
Koral
The signature dish here ranges from seafood to dessert served in multiple ways to meet taste of visitors from different countries. What makes it unusual is that it’s the tropical island’ s only underwater dining place where eyes are mostly drawn to the glass-roofed tunnel.
Lot 4. .J I. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan, Indonesia
Mott 32
Mott 32 is one of the most renowned contemporary Cantonese restaurants, famous for its apple wood smoked roast Peking duck. Other signature dishes include barbecue Spanish pork and creative dim sum. Having set up branches in other overseas destinations, the one in Singapore is bound to be popular.
2 Bayfroni Avenue, Singapore
Kinu by Takagi
It is the first restaurant in Thailand with two-Michelin-starred Japanese chef Takagi Kazuo whose specialty is cuisine from home, prepared as 10-course seasonal menus. Dinner served here is accompanied by a traditional drink and ends with a traditional Japanese to a ceremony. Recently, it pushes out a localized menu, with Thai flavor added,
48 Oriental Avenue. Thailand
ZAZA TA Bar and Kitchen
ZA ZA TA Bar and Kitchen serves up dishes from the Middle East and Mediterranean and the newly-designed unusual setting features a typical local Queenslander house with particular designs including furniture and art. Executive chef Roy Ner channels the brilliant food and serves up creative dishes like homemade lamb bacon.
1000 Am Street, Australia
21. What makes dining experience in Koral unique
A. Its multiple dishes. B. It convenient location.
C. Its unusual cooking skills D. Its underwater dining setting.
22. Where can diners go to enjoy Chinese dishes
A. 1000 Ann Street B. 2 Bayfront Avenue
C. 48 Oriental Avenue D. Lot 4,JI.Raya Nuxu Dua Selatan
23. What do the listed restaurants have in common according to the text
A. They are newly-designed. B. They have seasonal menus.
C. They serve up diverse flavored cuisines. D. They have chefs from all over the world.
B
Nongfu Spring CEO Zhong Shanshan tops Hurun China Rich List for third time
A total of 1,241 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of 5 billion yuan ($684.3 million) or above made to the China Rich List 2023, conducted by the Hurun Research Institute in association with baijiu brand Hengchang Shaofang, with Nongfu Spring CEO Zhong Shanshan topping the list for the third time with a personal wealth of 450 billion yuan.
Pony Ma Huateng, CEO of Chinese internet giant Tencent, ranked the second on the list with a personal wealth reaching 280 billion yuan, an increase of 65 billion yuan in 2022.
Colin Huang Zheng made it to the top three for the first time with a personal wealth of 270 billion yuan, an increase of 100 billion yuan compared with last year and the highest growth on the list. His jump banked on 's rapid growth and overseas expansion as its e-commerce platform Temu became one of the most downloaded apps in the US.
China meanwhile still remains the home for the world's most billionaires with 895 entrepreneurs with personal wealth exceeding $1 billion, followed by the US and India.
Despite a year-on-year decline of 5 percent or 64 people in the total number of listed entrepreneurs, the figure is still more than 40 percent higher than the figure before the COVID-19 epidemic, while 80 percent of listed entrepreneurs are new compared with a decade ago. The total wealth for listed entrepreneurs declined 4 percent year-on-year or one trillion yuan to 23.5 trillion yuan.
Listed entrepreneurs for 2023 come from a total of 144 Chinese cities, an increase of 12 percent compared with 129 five years ago, as many cities in China have been trying to develop local economy catering with specialties while stepping up supportive efforts for local entrepreneurship and innovation.
The report noted that entrepreneurs with more wealth growth over the past year came mainly from sectors such as online gaming, semiconductors, software services, and food and beverage. Entrepreneurs experiencing
more wealth declines were largely from industries such as real estate, the photovoltaic industry and steel industry.
China has been rapping up efforts to boost economic development. Supportive measures have been implemented to help key sectors such as the private economy and the property sector.
Chinese first-tier megacities led a wave of home price recovery in September, with new home prices of China's four first-tier cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, staying flat month-on-month in September, reversing a month-on-month decline of 0.2 percent in August, according to official data.
24.How many entrepreneurs were included in the China Rich List 2023
A. 1,241 B. 895
C. 144 D. 280
25.Who topped the China Rich List 2023
A. Zhong Shanshan B. Pony Ma Huateng
C. Colin Huang Zheng D. Nongfu Spring CEO
26.What contributed to Colin Huang Zheng's significant increase in personal wealth
A. Real estate investments. B. Overseas expansion of .
C. Investments in the photovoltaic industry. D. Growth in the steel industry.
27.What sectors saw more wealth growth among entrepreneurs in China
A. Real estate and steel industry. B. Online gaming and semiconductors.
C. Food and beverage. D. Software services.
C
Chinese auto industry hits milestones in 2023, in vivid show of high-quality development
China's vehicle industry reached milestones in 2023, with record production and sales, according to industry data released on Thursday, paving the way for the country to potentially become the world's largest car exporter. The momentous development of China's auto industry is a vivid display of not only the success of China's industrial upgrading, but also the country's vast potential for high-quality development, experts noted. It also offered a powerful rebuttal to narratives of "China economy collapsing" or "China peaking," which are prevalent in the Western world, they said.
China's car output exceeded 30.16 million units in 2023, up 11.6 percent year-on-year, and sales exceeded 30.09 million units, up 12 percent, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Both output and sales set new records, according to the CAAM. Cui Dongshu,
secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association, said that the record numbers were a milestone for the Chinese auto industry, but more importantly, underscored vast potential. "The total output and sales figures set new records and also represented the new space for development, which has increased our expectations for market growth and the potential for promoting consumption," Cui told the Global Times on Thursday.
Also crucially, China's auto exports hit 4.91 million, up a whopping 58 percent year-on-year, the CAAM data showed. With such robust figures, China is expected to become the world's biggest car exporter. "It took China 55 years to increase the number of automobile exports from one to 1 million. In 2021, they exceeded 2 million, and in 2023, they reached 4.91 million, approaching 5 million," Fu Bingfeng, executive vice president and secretary-general of the CAAM, was quoted by China Media Group as saying.
Since its start in 1953, China's auto industry has achieved one milestone after another. In 1956, China's first domestically made Jiefang truck rolled off the production line, ending the long history of China being unable to make cars. In 2009, output and sales both exceeded 10 million for the first time, surpassing the US to be the world's biggest car producer and seller, a title China has held for 15 years.
Before 2023, Japan was the world's biggest auto exporter, but data during the year showed that China had overtaken Japan to become the world's top car exporter. With an impressive number of 4.91 million in car exports for the full year, many believe that China surpassed Japan in 2023. Li Yong, a senior research fellow at the China Association of International Trade, said that the record production and sales figures also represented a milestone for China's entire manufacturing industry. "The development of the auto industry is a crucial indicator of a country's manufacturing capabilities and its overall strength," Li told the Global Times on Thursday, noting that the rise of China's auto industry is a microcosm of the rise of China's advanced manufacturing industry and its overall national strength. More than just record production and sales numbers, China's auto industry is steadily rising to the top in terms of technologies, particularly in the new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry, experts noted.
In 2023, China exported 1.203 million NEVs, up 77.6 percent year-on-year, according to the CAAM. China became the world's largest source for patents in the area of electric vehicle powertrain batteries in the second quarter of 2023, according to GlobalData, an industry data provider. In September, Chinese NEV makers dominated an auto show in Munich, Germany, drawing global headlines. In the fourth quarter of 2023, Chinese carmaker BYD Co overtook US-based Tesla Inc to become the world's biggest electric carmaker. The rise of the NEV industry is a microcosm of the achievements made in China's upgrade of its vast manufacturing industry, export sector and domestic market - all crucial to China's high-quality development, experts said.
Li said that China's robust NEV sector also propelled the country's pursuit of renewable energies and green development, and supported the upgrade of China's export industry. "NEVs became one of the top 'new three items' of China's exports, with the other two being batteries and solar panels. It also highlighted China's booming digital economy and high-quality development," Li said.
28.What milestones did China's vehicle industry achieve in 2023, according to the industry data released on Thursday
A. Record production and sales.
B. Becoming the world's largest car producer.
C. Overtaking the US as the world's biggest car exporter.
D. Achieving breakthroughs in electric vehicle technologies.
29.What is the significance of China's auto industry reaching milestones in 2023, according to experts
A. It indicates China's decline in industrial upgrading.
B. It suggests China's potential for high-quality development.
C. It highlights China's struggle with economic collapse.
D. It confirms China's decline in the global car market.
30.What area of China's auto industry showed significant progress in 2023, and how is it considered a microcosm of China's overall achievements
A. Traditional car production; it reflects China's advanced manufacturing industry.
B. New-energy vehicle (NEV) industry; it mirrors China's upgrade of its manufacturing industry.
C. Car exports; it represents China's booming digital economy.
D. Battery manufacturing; it indicates China's high-quality development.
D
WATER BATTERIES
The machines that turn Tennessee’s Raccoon Mountain into one of the world’s largest energy storage devices—in effect, a battery that can power a medium-size city—are hidden in a cathedral-size cavern deep inside the mountain. But what enables the mountain to store all that energy is plain in an aerial photo. The summit plateau is occupied by a large lake that hangs high above the Tennessee River, so close it looks like it might fall in.
Almost half a century ago, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the region’s federally owned electric utility, built the lake and blasted out the cavern as well as a 329-meter-tall shaft that links the two. “It was quite an
effort to drill down into this mountain, because of the amount of rock that’s here,” senior manager Holli Hess says dryly. The cavern holds a candy-colored powerhouse, filled with cherry-red electrical ducts and vents and beams in a pale grape. Four giant cylinders, painted bright green and yellow, are the key machines: Each one houses a turbine that becomes a pump when it spins the other way, and a generator that is also an electric motor.
At night, when demand for electricity is low but TVA’s nuclear reactors are still humming, TVA banks the excess, storing it as gravitational potential energy in the summit lake. The pumps draw water from the Tennessee and shoot it straight up the 10-meter-wide shaft at a rate that would fill an Olympic pool in less than 6 seconds. During the day, when demand for electricity peaks, water drains back down the shaft and spins the turbines, generating 1700 megawatts of electricity—the output of a large power plant, enough to power 1 million homes. The lake stores enough water and thus enough energy to do that for 20 hours.
Pumped storage hydropower, as this technology is called, is not new. Some 40 U.S. plants and hundreds around the world are in operation. Most, like Raccoon Mountain, have been pumping for decades.
But the climate crisis is sparking a fresh surge of interest. Shifting the electric grid away from coal and gas will require not only a lot more solar panels and wind turbines, but also a lot more capacity to store their intermittent output—to keep electricity reliable when the Sun doesn’t shine and winds are calm. Giant versions of the lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles are also being deployed on the grid, but they’re too expensive to do the job alone. Dozens of new technologies, including different battery designs, are at various points on the road from lab bench to commercialization.
Pumped storage, however, has already arrived; it supplies more than 90% of existing grid storage. China, the world leader in renewable energy, also leads in pumped storage, with 66 new plants under construction, according to Global Energy Monitor. When the giant Fengning plant near Beijing switches on its final two turbines this year, it will become the world’s largest, both in terms of power, with 12 turbines that can generate 3600 megawatts, and energy storage, with nearly 40,000 megawatt-hours in its upper reservoir.
31.What is the primary purpose of the machines hidden in Raccoon Mountain
A. To generate electricity. B. To extract minerals.
C. To pump water into the lake. D. To create a large cavern.
32.What is the function of the large lake on the summit plateau of Raccoon Mountain
A. To provide water for the Tennessee River. B. To cool the machinery inside the mountain.
C. To serve as an Olympic-size swimming pool. D. To store gravitational potential energy.
33.What sets pumped storage hydropower apart from giant lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles for grid storage
A. Pumped storage is more expensive.
B. Pumped storage uses turbines and generators.
C. Lithium-ion batteries are not suitable for grid storage.
D. Lithium-ion batteries are more environmentally friendly.
34.What is the main purpose of the pumps mentioned in the article in relation to Raccoon Mountain's energy storage process
A. To drain water from the Tennessee River.
B. To fill the lake with water during the day.
C. To generate electricity during the night.
D. To propel water up the shaft for energy storage.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Once upon a time, we were all question-asking experts. We started asking our parents numerous questions as kids. By preschool, our inquiries even reached the depths of science, philosophy, and the social order. Where does the sun go at night Why doesn’t that man have a home like we do Why do rocks sink but ice floats 35
Why does the child’s urge to ask questions grow inactive in so many adults An important factor is how the social environments surrounding us change as we age. Schools transform from a place for asking questions to one funded by our ability to answer them. 36 And we recognize that society rewards the people who propose to have the answers.
37 We can be braver about asking questions in public and encouraging others to pursue their curiosity, too. In that encouragement, we help create an environment where those around us feel safe to ask questions.
When it comes to how we phrase questions, we are advised to open with less sensitive questions, favor follow-up questions, and keep questions open-ended. We can also practice asking questions of and for ourselves by keeping a running list of questions in a journal. 38 Finally, we could set aside time to ask absurd questions like “How would you accomplish a week’s work in two hours ” This type of questions forces us to break the boundaries of our comfort zone.
In the world that does not look much as it did years ago, we must ask questions. 39 Great questions can open up our capacity to change because they allow us to draw people in, opening them up to sharing knowledge, ideas, and opinions. And they are also our primary means of learning about the world. In short, asking questions is the best way to deepen our understanding of the things that matter to our life. As any child could probably tell us if we asked.
A．Then, at some point, our inquiring desires disappear.
B．It is a high-payoff behavior especially in times of change.
C．The questions we ask depend on our attitudes as well as the situations.
D．But as we grow up, asking questions fills us with worry and self-doubt.
E．As such, one way to renew our inquiring spirit is to change the atmosphere.
F．We learn to sell ourselves on the job market by what we know, not what we don’t.
G．It not only removes the publicity from question asking, but offers us a place to experiment.
第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分，共12分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。
Upgrade your problems
In 2017, I spent all my money buying my first flat—which meant I had no money to fix my first homeowner's problem. I was sleeping on an air mattress because I couldn't afford furniture. Then I noticed a leaky pipe under the bath, which created a wet puddle (水坑). I couldn't afford a plumber (水管工) but I didn't want to introduce myself to the neighbour by crashing through their wet ceiling.
The only option left for me was that I had to solve the problem on my own. I took the bus to a nearby store and talked with the nice guy behind the counter. He explained how to fix it and sold me a pipe cutter and a bit of pipework. I went back home, pushed my head under the bath, and got the job done.
It taught me a lesson that has since become a bit of motto for me: Upgrade your problems.
Having a wet bathroom floor is a problem—and the day before I bought the place, I would have had a landlord to call. But once the place was mine, this became my problem. I saw this as progress: You must own your own property to take care of this sort of situation.
Years later, when I founded my professional services company with my business partner, Adam, this motto became core to how we approach the business. There have been many problems, and there will continue to be new
ones. However, we remember the reason we have these problems—it's because we run our own business! A late-paying customer is a problem, but it's one we encounter only if we have paying customers.
That is why I still keep the pipe cutter on my desk today. It reminds me that, no matter my level of frustration (挫败), I am fortunate to face the problems I do. The more I solve them, the more I upgrade to even better ones.
40. What did the author notice in his first flat
41. How did the author solve his problem with the bath
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The author still keeps the pipe cutter on his desk today because it reminds him of his success in business.
43. What else would you do when you encounter problems in life (In about 40 words)
第二节（20分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你校即将举办“中医药文化”主题活动，你打算邀请交换生Jim参加。请你用英文给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.介绍活动；
2.邀请参加。
提示词：Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)中医药
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim，
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Yours,
Li Hua2024年高考英语临考押题卷02（北京卷）
英 语
（考试时间：90分钟 试卷满分：100分）
第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Gardening changed how I see myself as a disabled woman. When I started gardening in 2018, I didn’t know anything about plants, let alone how to grow things we can eat. I thought gardening required a lot of 1 tasks. As I have a genetic (遗传的) condition that causes my bones to 2 easily, I didn’t believe I could complete them. The thought of taking care of plants in a wheelchair every day made me feel 3 . But just like how I gradually learnt everything else as a disabled person, I had to 4 how to garden my way.
That first season, I visited my garden as much as I could. Noticing my interest in gardening, my neighbors in the community 5 offered me advice and support. Under their careful 6 , I managed to pull up the weeds and watered my plants on my own. Finally, I was so proud to eat the tomatoes I grew and even shared some with neighbors. They tasted like summertime.
Gardening has 7 how I see other parts of my life. As a disabled woman, I fear being seen as a 8 and struggle to ask for the things I need. Gardening helped me normalize the fact that I have needs. I don’t think my plant is a heavy load because it needs more nutrition. I don’t 9 it for getting insects and not being able to fight against them. Gardening also helped me expand my social circle and grow close to people in our community.
Over the years, gardening has made me feel more confident in every aspect of my life. I’m planting what I want to grow, and I have gained a lot of 10 from that.
1. A. simple B. physical C. pleasant D. urgent
2. A. change B. rest C. break D. move
3. A. anxious B. expectant C. motivated D. bored
4. A. look over B. show off C. bring back D. figure out
5. A. suddenly B. readily C. hesitantly D. casually
6. A. observation B. check C. discussion D. guidance
7. A. impacted B. ruined C. controlled D. recorded
8. A. support B. comfort C. burden D. threat
9. A. appreciate B. fault C. challenge D. forgive
10. A. justice B. access C. weight D. power
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。这篇文章讲述了作者作为一个残疾女性在园艺方面的经历，她一开始觉得园艺需要许多费力的任务，因为她有遗传疾病导致骨骼易碎，所以她认为自己无法完成这些任务。但是经过自己努力和邻居的帮助，她成功地种植了蔬菜，并且园艺让她改变了对自己的看法，并且帮助她更加自信和拓宽社交圈。
1. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我认为园艺需要很多体力劳动。A. simple简单的；B. physical身体的；C. pleasant愉快的；D. urgent紧急的。根据“gardening”以及后文的“I didn’t believe I could complete them.”可知，因为作者有着遗传性疾病，作者认为自己不能完成园艺，因为作者认为园艺需要很多体力劳动。故选B。
2. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：由于我有一种遗传疾病，导致我的骨头容易骨折，我不相信我能完成它们。A. change改变；B. rest休息；C. break破损；D. move移动。根据“As I have a genetic (遗传的) condition”可知，作者有着天生的一种遗传疾病即骨头容易骨折。故选C。
3. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每天坐在轮椅上照顾植物的想法让我感到焦虑。A. anxious焦虑的；B. expectant期待的；C. motivated有动力的；D. bored无聊的。根据前文“As I have a genetic (遗传的) condition that causes my bones to ____2____ easily, I didn’t believe I could complete them”以及“The thought of taking care of plants in a wheelchair every day”可知，因为作者有先天性的疾病，作者认为自己不能从事园艺工作，因此每天坐在轮椅上去照顾植物的想法让作者感到非常焦虑。故选A。
4. 考查动词短语辨析。句意：但就像我作为一个残疾人逐渐学会了其他一切一样，我必须弄清楚如何以自己的方式打理花园。A. look over查看；B. show off炫耀；C. bring back带回去；D. figure out弄明白。根据“how to garden my way.”可知，作者必须要弄明白自己如何去打理一个花园。故选D。
5. 考查副词词义辨析。句意：注意到我对园艺的兴趣，社区里的邻居们很乐意给我提供建议和支持。A. suddenly突然地；B. readily乐意地；C. hesitantly犹豫地；D. casually随便地。根据“ Under their careful____6___, I managed to pull up the weeds and watered my plants on my own.”可知，作者社区中的邻居们很乐意地给作者提供建议和支持。故选B。
6. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在他们的悉心指导下，我自己拔掉了杂草，给植物浇水。A. observation观察；
B. check检查；C. discussion讨论；D. guidance指导。根据“my neighbors in the community ____5____ offered me advice and support.”可知邻居乐意帮助作者，作者应是在邻居们的悉心指导下照顾花园。故选D。
7. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：园艺影响了我对生活其他部分的看法。A. impacted影响；B. ruined毁坏；C. controlled控制；D. recorded记录。根据“As a disabled woman, I fear being seen as a ____8____ and struggle to ask for the things I need. Gardening helped me normalize the fact that I have needs.”可知，作者之前认为作为一名残疾女性，自己害怕被视为一种负担，并努力要求自己需要的东西。园艺帮助作者使我有需求这个事实正常化，由此可知园艺影响了作者对生活其他部分的看法。故选A。
8. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：作为一名残疾女性，我害怕被视为一种负担，并努力要求我需要的东西。园艺帮助我使我有需求这个事实正常化。A. support支持；B. comfort安慰；C. burden负担；D. threat威胁。根据“struggle to ask for the things I need”可知，作为一名残疾女性，作者害怕被视为一种负担，所以努力要求自己需要的东西。故选C。
9. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不会因为它吸引昆虫并无法与它们作斗争而责怪它。A. appreciate欣赏；B. fault挑刺，指责；C. challenge挑战；D. forgive原谅。根据“for getting insects and not being able to fight against them.”可知，作者不会因为花园中有昆虫而挑剔花园的不当之处（不对之处）。故选B。
10. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我在种我想种的东西，我从中获得了很多力量。A. justice公正；B. access获取；C. weight重量；D. power权力。根据“gardening has made me feel more confident in every aspect of my life.”可知，园艺使作者对生活的各个方面都更有信心，因此作者获得了很多力量。故选D。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
A
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Growing up in a musical family, Samara Joy tried different music ____11____ (style) when she was a teenager. But ____12____ attracted her most was jazz because of its authenticity (真实性). She told that her songs ____13____ (inspire) by the old jazz songs she liked but with a modern explanation. She was determined to continue seeking to encourage the younger generation to get excited about jazz.
B
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Pillar coral (柱状珊瑚), ____14____ (find) throughout the Caribbean, is critically endangered now. Its
population____15____ (decline) by more than 80 percent since 1990. ____16____(rise) ocean temperatures and pollution make corals more easily get certain deadly diseases. And the pillar coral is really just the tip of the iceberg ____17____ it comes to the difficulty of corals.
C
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Detecting drugs used to be a special job for dogs, ____18____ now a drug detection team is welcoming some newcomers — squirrels (松鼠). Squirrels have a sharp sense of smell as they can smell food ____19____ about 30 centimeters of snow. Being so small and swift, they are able to search for drugs in areas ____20____ dogs may not be able to arrive. Squirrels have been trained to make noises to catch their handlers’ attention if they detect drugs.
【答案】11．styles 12．what 13．were inspired
【导语】这是一个记叙文。文章主要介绍了Samara Joy的家庭以及她喜欢的音乐风格。
11．考查名词复数。句意：萨马拉·乔伊生长在一个音乐世家，十几岁的时候就尝试过不同的音乐风格。空前有形容词different，故空处需要填可数名词的复数形式。故填styles。
12．考查主语从句。句意：但最吸引她的是爵士乐，因为它的真实性。分析句子结构可知，句子谓语动词为was，故was前为主语从句；从句中缺少主语，并需要表示“什么（东西）”，故需要用连接代词what。故填what。
13．考查动词语态。句意：她说，她的歌曲灵感来自她喜欢的老爵士歌曲，但有一个现代的解释。结合题干，此处需要填从句中的谓语动词，其中时态需要和主句中的told进行对应，用一般过去时态；her songs和inspire为动宾关系，her songs为复数，故需要用一般过去时的被动语态。故填were inspired。
14．found 15．has declined 16．Rising 17．when
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲的是遍布加勒比海的柱状珊瑚现在濒临灭绝。
14．考查非谓语动词。句意：遍布加勒比海的柱状珊瑚现在濒临灭绝。句中is是谓语，空格处用非谓语动词，Pillar coral和find之间是逻辑动宾关系，因此空格处用过去分词表被动，作后置定语，故填found。
15．考查时态和主谓一致。句意：自1990年以来，它的人口减少了80%以上。由“since 1990”可知，句子时态用现在完成时，主语population是不可数名词，因此空格处是has declined。故填has declined。
16．考查形容词。句意：不断上升的海洋温度和污染使珊瑚更容易患上某些致命疾病。空格处用形容词作定语，修饰名词“ocean temperatures and pollution”，根据语境可知，句子表示“不断上升的海洋温度和污染使珊瑚更容易患上某些致命疾病”，空格处意为“不断上升的”，是形容词rising，位于句首，首字母大写，故填
Rising。
17．考查固定短语。句意：当谈到珊瑚的困难时，柱状珊瑚真的只是冰山一角。when it comes to是固定短语，意为“当谈到”，因此空格处是when。故填when。
18．but/yet/while 19．under/beneath 20．where
【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了缉毒松鼠。
18．考查连词。句意：缉毒曾是狗狗们的特殊工作，但现在一支缉毒队迎来了新成员——松鼠。结合句意可知，前后句是转折关系，可用连词but/yet/while连接，故填but/yet/while。
19．考查介词。句意：松鼠的嗅觉非常灵敏，因为它们可以在30厘米厚的雪下闻到食物。根据“about 30 centimeters of snow”可知，此处指“在30厘米厚的雪下面”，用介词under或beneath。故填under/beneath。
20．考查定语从句。句意：由于体型小、速度快，它们能够在狗狗无法到达的地方寻找毒品。分析句子可知，空处引导定语从句，先行词是areas，关系词在从句中作地点状语，应用关系副词where，故填where。
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
New Restaurants to Try
It’s hardly surprising that the world’s largest continent has an astonishing variety of places to eat. Here are some restaurants bound to increase your appetite when you travel to the Asia- Pacific region.
Koral
The signature dish here ranges from seafood to dessert served in multiple ways to meet taste of visitors from different countries. What makes it unusual is that it’s the tropical island’ s only underwater dining place where eyes are mostly drawn to the glass-roofed tunnel.
Lot 4. .J I. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan, Indonesia
Mott 32
Mott 32 is one of the most renowned contemporary Cantonese restaurants, famous for its apple wood smoked roast Peking duck. Other signature dishes include barbecue Spanish pork and creative dim sum. Having set up branches in other overseas destinations, the one in Singapore is bound to be popular.
2 Bayfroni Avenue, Singapore
Kinu by Takagi
It is the first restaurant in Thailand with two-Michelin-starred Japanese chef Takagi Kazuo whose specialty is cuisine from home, prepared as 10-course seasonal menus. Dinner served here is accompanied by a traditional drink and ends with a traditional Japanese to a ceremony. Recently, it pushes out a localized menu, with Thai flavor added,
48 Oriental Avenue. Thailand
ZAZA TA Bar and Kitchen
ZA ZA TA Bar and Kitchen serves up dishes from the Middle East and Mediterranean and the newly-designed unusual setting features a typical local Queenslander house with particular designs including furniture and art. Executive chef Roy Ner channels the brilliant food and serves up creative dishes like homemade lamb bacon.
1000 Am Street, Australia
21. What makes dining experience in Koral unique
A. Its multiple dishes. B. It convenient location.
C. Its unusual cooking skills D. Its underwater dining setting.
22. Where can diners go to enjoy Chinese dishes
A. 1000 Ann Street B. 2 Bayfront Avenue
C. 48 Oriental Avenue D. Lot 4,JI.Raya Nuxu Dua Selatan
23. What do the listed restaurants have in common according to the text
A. They are newly-designed. B. They have seasonal menus.
C. They serve up diverse flavored cuisines. D. They have chefs from all over the world.
21. D 22. B 23. C
【导语】这是一篇广告。文章主要介绍了亚太地区一些餐馆的具体情况。
21. 细节理解题。由文章Koral部分中“What makes it unusual is that it’s the tropical island’ s only underwater dining place where eyes are mostly drawn to the glass-roofed tunnel. (它的与众不同之处在于，它是这个热带岛屿上唯一的水下餐厅，人们的目光大多被玻璃屋顶的隧道所吸引。)”可知，Koral的用餐体验与众不同之处在于它的水下用餐环境。故选D。
22. 细节理解题。由文章Mott 32部分中“Mott 32 is one of the most renowned contemporary Cantonese restaurants, famous for its apple wood smoked roast Peking duck. (Mott 32是最著名的当代粤菜餐厅之一，以苹果木烟熏北京烤鸭而闻名。)”和“2 Bayfroni Avenue, Singapore (新加坡Bayfroni大道2号)”可知，食客们可以去Mott 32享用中国菜，位于新加坡Bayfroni大道2号。故选B。
23. 推理判断题。由文章Koral部分中“The signature dish here ranges from seafood to dessert served in multiple ways to meet taste of visitors from different countries. (这里的招牌菜从海鲜到甜点，以多种方式供应，以满足不同国家游客的口味。)”、文章Mott 32部分中“Mott 32 is one of the most renowned contemporary Cantonese restaurants, famous for its apple wood smoked roast Peking duck. Other signature dishes include barbecue Spanish pork and creative dim sum. (Mott 32是最著名的当代粤菜餐厅之一，以苹果木烟熏北京烤鸭而闻名。其他招牌菜还包括烧烤、西班牙猪肉和创意点心。)”、文章Kinu by Takagi部分中“ Dinner served here is accompanied by a traditional drink and ends with a traditional Japanese to a ceremony. Recently, it pushes out a localized menu, with Thai flavor added. (这里提供的晚餐伴随着传统的饮料，并以传统的日本仪式结束。最近，它推出了一款添加了泰国风味的本地化菜单)”、文章ZAZA TA Bar and Kitchen部分中“ZA ZA TA Bar and Kitchen serves up dishes from the Middle East and Mediterranean (ZA ZA TA酒吧和厨房供应来自中东和地中海的菜肴)”可知，列出的餐厅都有多种特色菜肴和来自世界各地的厨师。故选C。
B
Nongfu Spring CEO Zhong Shanshan tops Hurun China Rich List for third time
A total of 1,241 entrepreneurs with personal wealth of 5 billion yuan ($684.3 million) or above made to the China Rich List 2023, conducted by the Hurun Research Institute in association with baijiu brand Hengchang Shaofang, with Nongfu Spring CEO Zhong Shanshan topping the list for the third time with a personal wealth of 450 billion yuan.
Pony Ma Huateng, CEO of Chinese internet giant Tencent, ranked the second on the list with a personal wealth reaching 280 billion yuan, an increase of 65 billion yuan in 2022.
Colin Huang Zheng made it to the top three for the first time with a personal wealth of 270 billion yuan, an increase of 100 billion yuan compared with last year and the highest growth on the list. His jump banked on 's rapid growth and overseas expansion as its e-commerce platform Temu became one of the most downloaded apps in the US.
China meanwhile still remains the home for the world's most billionaires with 895 entrepreneurs with personal wealth exceeding $1 billion, followed by the US and India.
Despite a year-on-year decline of 5 percent or 64 people in the total number of listed entrepreneurs, the figure is still more than 40 percent higher than the figure before the COVID-19 epidemic, while 80 percent of listed entrepreneurs are new compared with a decade ago. The total wealth for listed entrepreneurs declined 4 percent year-on-year or one trillion yuan to 23.5 trillion yuan.
Listed entrepreneurs for 2023 come from a total of 144 Chinese cities, an increase of 12 percent compared with 129 five years ago, as many cities in China have been trying to develop local economy catering with specialties while stepping up supportive efforts for local entrepreneurship and innovation.
The report noted that entrepreneurs with more wealth growth over the past year came mainly from sectors such as online gaming, semiconductors, software services, and food and beverage. Entrepreneurs experiencing more wealth declines were largely from industries such as real estate, the photovoltaic industry and steel industry.
China has been rapping up efforts to boost economic development. Supportive measures have been implemented to help key sectors such as the private economy and the property sector.
Chinese first-tier megacities led a wave of home price recovery in September, with new home prices of China's four first-tier cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, staying flat month-on-month in September, reversing a month-on-month decline of 0.2 percent in August, according to official data.
24.How many entrepreneurs were included in the China Rich List 2023
A. 1,241 B. 895
C. 144 D. 280
25.Who topped the China Rich List 2023
A. Zhong Shanshan B. Pony Ma Huateng
C. Colin Huang Zheng D. Nongfu Spring CEO
26.What contributed to Colin Huang Zheng's significant increase in personal wealth
A. Real estate investments. B. Overseas expansion of .
C. Investments in the photovoltaic industry. D. Growth in the steel industry.
27.What sectors saw more wealth growth among entrepreneurs in China
A. Real estate and steel industry. B. Online gaming and semiconductors.
C. Food and beverage. D. Software services.
【答案】24.A 25.A 26.B 27.B
24.A【解析】文章提到，共有1,241位个人财富达到50亿元人民币或以上的企业家入选了中国富豪榜2023年。
25.A【解析】钟睒睒以4500亿元的个人财富第三次登上中国富豪榜2023年榜首。
26.B【解析】黄峥个人财富的显著增长归功于的快速增长和海外扩张，特别是其电子商务平台Temu成为美国下载量最高的应用之一。
27.B【解析】报告显示，中国的企业家中，网络游戏、半导体、软件服务和食品饮料等行业看到了更多的财富增长。
C
Chinese auto industry hits milestones in 2023, in vivid show of high-quality development
China's vehicle industry reached milestones in 2023, with record production and sales, according to industry data released on Thursday, paving the way for the country to potentially become the world's largest car exporter. The momentous development of China's auto industry is a vivid display of not only the success of China's industrial upgrading, but also the country's vast potential for high-quality development, experts noted. It also offered a powerful rebuttal to narratives of "China economy collapsing" or "China peaking," which are prevalent in the Western world, they said.
China's car output exceeded 30.16 million units in 2023, up 11.6 percent year-on-year, and sales exceeded 30.09 million units, up 12 percent, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Both output and sales set new records, according to the CAAM. Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association, said that the record numbers were a milestone for the Chinese auto industry, but more importantly, underscored vast potential. "The total output and sales figures set new records and also represented the new space for development, which has increased our expectations for market growth and the potential for promoting consumption," Cui told the Global Times on Thursday.
Also crucially, China's auto exports hit 4.91 million, up a whopping 58 percent year-on-year, the CAAM data showed. With such robust figures, China is expected to become the world's biggest car exporter. "It took China 55 years to increase the number of automobile exports from one to 1 million. In 2021, they exceeded 2 million, and in 2023, they reached 4.91 million, approaching 5 million," Fu Bingfeng, executive vice president and secretary-general of the CAAM, was quoted by China Media Group as saying.
Since its start in 1953, China's auto industry has achieved one milestone after another. In 1956, China's first domestically made Jiefang truck rolled off the production line, ending the long history of China being unable to make cars. In 2009, output and sales both exceeded 10 million for the first time, surpassing the US to be the world's biggest car producer and seller, a title China has held for 15 years.
Before 2023, Japan was the world's biggest auto exporter, but data during the year showed that China had overtaken Japan to become the world's top car exporter. With an impressive number of 4.91 million in car exports for the full year, many believe that China surpassed Japan in 2023. Li Yong, a senior research fellow at the China
Association of International Trade, said that the record production and sales figures also represented a milestone for China's entire manufacturing industry. "The development of the auto industry is a crucial indicator of a country's manufacturing capabilities and its overall strength," Li told the Global Times on Thursday, noting that the rise of China's auto industry is a microcosm of the rise of China's advanced manufacturing industry and its overall national strength. More than just record production and sales numbers, China's auto industry is steadily rising to the top in terms of technologies, particularly in the new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry, experts noted.
In 2023, China exported 1.203 million NEVs, up 77.6 percent year-on-year, according to the CAAM. China became the world's largest source for patents in the area of electric vehicle powertrain batteries in the second quarter of 2023, according to GlobalData, an industry data provider. In September, Chinese NEV makers dominated an auto show in Munich, Germany, drawing global headlines. In the fourth quarter of 2023, Chinese carmaker BYD Co overtook US-based Tesla Inc to become the world's biggest electric carmaker. The rise of the NEV industry is a microcosm of the achievements made in China's upgrade of its vast manufacturing industry, export sector and domestic market - all crucial to China's high-quality development, experts said.
Li said that China's robust NEV sector also propelled the country's pursuit of renewable energies and green development, and supported the upgrade of China's export industry. "NEVs became one of the top 'new three items' of China's exports, with the other two being batteries and solar panels. It also highlighted China's booming digital economy and high-quality development," Li said.
28.What milestones did China's vehicle industry achieve in 2023, according to the industry data released on Thursday
A. Record production and sales.
B. Becoming the world's largest car producer.
C. Overtaking the US as the world's biggest car exporter.
D. Achieving breakthroughs in electric vehicle technologies.
29.What is the significance of China's auto industry reaching milestones in 2023, according to experts
A. It indicates China's decline in industrial upgrading.
B. It suggests China's potential for high-quality development.
C. It highlights China's struggle with economic collapse.
D. It confirms China's decline in the global car market.
30.What area of China's auto industry showed significant progress in 2023, and how is it considered a microcosm
of China's overall achievements
A. Traditional car production; it reflects China's advanced manufacturing industry.
B. New-energy vehicle (NEV) industry; it mirrors China's upgrade of its manufacturing industry.
C. Car exports; it represents China's booming digital economy.
D. Battery manufacturing; it indicates China's high-quality development.
【答案】 28.A 29.B 30.B
28.A【解析】根据文章，中国汽车工业在2023年取得了生产和销售的历史性成就，创下了记录。故选A项。
29.B【解析】文章中指出，中国汽车工业在2023年取得里程碑式的发展，不仅表明了中国工业升级的成功，还显示了中国高质量发展的巨大潜力。故选B项。
30.B【解析】文章中提到，中国汽车工业在2023年取得了新能源汽车（NEV）行业的显著进展，这被认为是中国整体成就的一个缩影，尤其是在制造业的升级方面。故选B项。
D
WATER BATTERIES
The machines that turn Tennessee’s Raccoon Mountain into one of the world’s largest energy storage devices—in effect, a battery that can power a medium-size city—are hidden in a cathedral-size cavern deep inside the mountain. But what enables the mountain to store all that energy is plain in an aerial photo. The summit plateau is occupied by a large lake that hangs high above the Tennessee River, so close it looks like it might fall in.
Almost half a century ago, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the region’s federally owned electric utility, built the lake and blasted out the cavern as well as a 329-meter-tall shaft that links the two. “It was quite an effort to drill down into this mountain, because of the amount of rock that’s here,” senior manager Holli Hess says dryly. The cavern holds a candy-colored powerhouse, filled with cherry-red electrical ducts and vents and beams in a pale grape. Four giant cylinders, painted bright green and yellow, are the key machines: Each one houses a turbine that becomes a pump when it spins the other way, and a generator that is also an electric motor.
At night, when demand for electricity is low but TVA’s nuclear reactors are still humming, TVA banks the excess, storing it as gravitational potential energy in the summit lake. The pumps draw water from the Tennessee and shoot it straight up the 10-meter-wide shaft at a rate that would fill an Olympic pool in less than 6 seconds. During the day, when demand for electricity peaks, water drains back down the shaft and spins the turbines, generating 1700 megawatts of electricity—the output of a large power plant, enough to power 1 million homes. The lake stores enough water and thus enough energy to do that for 20 hours.
Pumped storage hydropower, as this technology is called, is not new. Some 40 U.S. plants and hundreds around the world are in operation. Most, like Raccoon Mountain, have been pumping for decades.
But the climate crisis is sparking a fresh surge of interest. Shifting the electric grid away from coal and gas will require not only a lot more solar panels and wind turbines, but also a lot more capacity to store their intermittent output—to keep electricity reliable when the Sun doesn’t shine and winds are calm. Giant versions of the lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles are also being deployed on the grid, but they’re too expensive to do the job alone. Dozens of new technologies, including different battery designs, are at various points on the road from lab bench to commercialization.
Pumped storage, however, has already arrived; it supplies more than 90% of existing grid storage. China, the world leader in renewable energy, also leads in pumped storage, with 66 new plants under construction, according to Global Energy Monitor. When the giant Fengning plant near Beijing switches on its final two turbines this year, it will become the world’s largest, both in terms of power, with 12 turbines that can generate 3600 megawatts, and energy storage, with nearly 40,000 megawatt-hours in its upper reservoir.
31.What is the primary purpose of the machines hidden in Raccoon Mountain
A. To generate electricity. B. To extract minerals.
C. To pump water into the lake. D. To create a large cavern.
32.What is the function of the large lake on the summit plateau of Raccoon Mountain
A. To provide water for the Tennessee River. B. To cool the machinery inside the mountain.
C. To serve as an Olympic-size swimming pool. D. To store gravitational potential energy.
33.What sets pumped storage hydropower apart from giant lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles for grid storage
A. Pumped storage is more expensive.
B. Pumped storage uses turbines and generators.
C. Lithium-ion batteries are not suitable for grid storage.
D. Lithium-ion batteries are more environmentally friendly.
34.What is the main purpose of the pumps mentioned in the article in relation to Raccoon Mountain's energy storage process
A. To drain water from the Tennessee River.
B. To fill the lake with water during the day.
C. To generate electricity during the night.
D. To propel water up the shaft for energy storage.
【答案】31.A 32.D 33.B 34.D
31.A【解析】根据文章内容，Raccoon Mountain中隐藏的机器的主要目的是产生电力，将多余的电力存储在山顶湖中。因此，选项A是正确答案。
32.D【解析】根据文章内容，Raccoon Mountain的山顶高原上的大湖的功能是存储重力势能，用于储存电力。因此，选项D是正确答案。
33.B【解析】根据文章内容，与电动汽车中的巨大锂离子电池相比，抽水蓄能水电使用涡轮机和发电机。因此，选项B是正确答案。
34.D【解析】根据文章内容，文章提到的泵的主要目的是将水从田纳西河抽取，然后以一种能在不到6秒钟内填满一个奥林匹克大小的泳池的速度将水喷射到10米宽的井筒中，用于储存重力势能。因此，选项D是正确答案。
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Once upon a time, we were all question-asking experts. We started asking our parents numerous questions as kids. By preschool, our inquiries even reached the depths of science, philosophy, and the social order. Where does the sun go at night Why doesn’t that man have a home like we do Why do rocks sink but ice floats 35
Why does the child’s urge to ask questions grow inactive in so many adults An important factor is how the social environments surrounding us change as we age. Schools transform from a place for asking questions to one funded by our ability to answer them. 36 And we recognize that society rewards the people who propose to have the answers.
37 We can be braver about asking questions in public and encouraging others to pursue their curiosity, too. In that encouragement, we help create an environment where those around us feel safe to ask questions.
When it comes to how we phrase questions, we are advised to open with less sensitive questions, favor follow-up questions, and keep questions open-ended. We can also practice asking questions of and for ourselves by keeping a running list of questions in a journal. 38 Finally, we could set aside time to ask absurd questions like “How would you accomplish a week’s work in two hours ” This type of questions forces us to break the boundaries of our comfort zone.
In the world that does not look much as it did years ago, we must ask questions. 39 Great questions can open up our capacity to change because they allow us to draw people in, opening them up to sharing knowledge, ideas, and opinions. And they are also our primary means of learning about the world. In short, asking questions is the best way to deepen our understanding of the things that matter to our life. As any child could probably tell us if we asked.
A．Then, at some point, our inquiring desires disappear.
B．It is a high-payoff behavior especially in times of change.
C．The questions we ask depend on our attitudes as well as the situations.
D．But as we grow up, asking questions fills us with worry and self-doubt.
E．As such, one way to renew our inquiring spirit is to change the atmosphere.
F．We learn to sell ourselves on the job market by what we know, not what we don’t.
G．It not only removes the publicity from question asking, but offers us a place to experiment.
【答案】35．A 36．F 37．E 38．G 39．B
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了随着年龄的增长我们问问题的欲望不断减少的原因和和应对策略。
35．上文“Once upon a time, we were all question-asking experts.(曾几何时，我们都是提问专家。)”提到了曾经的我们都爱问问题，并列举了一系列曾经问过的问题。下文“Why does the child’s urge to ask questions grow inactive in so many adults (为什么在许多成年人身上，孩子问问题的冲动变得不活跃了 )”提到了现在情况发生了转折，A选项中inquiring与上文的问题呼应，dispear与下文的inactive呼应，所以A选项“然后，在某个时刻，我们的探究欲望消失了。”承上启下，符合题意。故选A项。
36．下文“And we recognize that society rewards the people who propose to have the answers.(我们认识到，社会会奖励那些提出答案的人。)”提到了那些提出答案的人，F选项中what we know与下文那些提出答案的人呼应，所以F选项“我们学会在就业市场上用我们知道的东西来推销自己，而不是我们不知道的东西。”能引起下文内容，符合语境。故选F项。
37．下文“We can be braver about asking questions in public and encouraging others to pursue their curiosity, too. In that encouragement, we help create an environment where those around us feel safe to ask questions.(我们可以更勇敢地在公共场合提问，也可以鼓励其他人追求自己的好奇心。在这种鼓励下，我们帮助创造一种环境，让我们周围的人可以放心地提出问题。)”提到了创造提问的环境，E选项中atmosphere是关键词，与下文的environment相呼应，所以E选项“As such, one way to renew our inquiring spirit is to change the atmosphere(因
此，要恢复我们的探究精神，一个方法就是改变氛围)”能概括下文内容。故选E项。
38．上文“We can also practice asking questions of and for ourselves by keeping a running list of questions in a journal.(我们也可以通过在日记中记录问题列表来练习问自己问题。)”提到了通过日记记录问题，G选项中a place是关键词语上文的journal呼应，所以G选项“这不仅消除了提问的公共性，还为我们提供了一个实验的场所。”能承接上文内容，符合语境。故选G项。
39．上文“In the world that does not look much as it did years ago, we must ask questions.(在这个与多年前大不相同的世界里，我们必须提出问题。)”提到了世界的变化，B选项中change是关键词与上文呼应，所以B选项“这是一种高回报的行为，尤其是在变革时期。”能呼应上文内容。故选B项。
第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分，共12分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。
Upgrade your problems
In 2017, I spent all my money buying my first flat—which meant I had no money to fix my first homeowner's problem. I was sleeping on an air mattress because I couldn't afford furniture. Then I noticed a leaky pipe under the bath, which created a wet puddle (水坑). I couldn't afford a plumber (水管工) but I didn't want to introduce myself to the neighbour by crashing through their wet ceiling.
The only option left for me was that I had to solve the problem on my own. I took the bus to a nearby store and talked with the nice guy behind the counter. He explained how to fix it and sold me a pipe cutter and a bit of pipework. I went back home, pushed my head under the bath, and got the job done.
It taught me a lesson that has since become a bit of motto for me: Upgrade your problems.
Having a wet bathroom floor is a problem—and the day before I bought the place, I would have had a landlord to call. But once the place was mine, this became my problem. I saw this as progress: You must own your own property to take care of this sort of situation.
Years later, when I founded my professional services company with my business partner, Adam, this motto became core to how we approach the business. There have been many problems, and there will continue to be new ones. However, we remember the reason we have these problems—it's because we run our own business! A late-paying customer is a problem, but it's one we encounter only if we have paying customers.
That is why I still keep the pipe cutter on my desk today. It reminds me that, no matter my level of frustration (挫败), I am fortunate to face the problems I do. The more I solve them, the more I upgrade to even better ones.
40. What did the author notice in his first flat
41. How did the author solve his problem with the bath
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The author still keeps the pipe cutter on his desk today because it reminds him of his success in business.
43. What else would you do when you encounter problems in life (In about 40 words)
答案
40. A leaky pipe under the bath.
41. He solved the problem on his own.
42. The author still keeps the pipe cutter on his desk today because it reminds him of his success in business.
The author still keeps the pipe cutter on his desk today because it reminds him no matter his level of frustration, he is fortunate to face the problems he does.
43. One possible version:
Breaking down problems is a useful way to solve problems. I would break down big problems into smaller, more specific tasks to make them easier to manage and solve. I can tackle tasks one by one and get closer to the final goal.
第二节（20分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你校即将举办“中医药文化”主题活动，你打算邀请交换生Jim参加。请你用英文给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.介绍活动；
2.邀请参加。
提示词：Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)中医药
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim，
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Yours,
Li Hua
参考范文
Dear Jim，
I'm writing to invite you to join our school’s upcoming event themed“Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture”．
Our school will be holding the event from 2 pm to 5 pm next Friday in the school lecture hall．During the event，experts will share the history of TCM as well as its use in modern healthcare．We can even have an opportunity to sample some traditional Chinese medical treatments，like herbal medicine and cupping．Sounds interesting，isn’t it
I'm sure this event will be as informative as it is fun．Would you like to come I really hope you could make it to the event and experience the magic of TCM with us．
Yours，
Li Hua
