徐州一中2022级高二第二学期期中考试
英语试卷
（满分：150分 时长：120分钟）
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选 出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Walk to the bank. B. Be more patient. C. Come back another day.
2. Where will the man probably go on holiday this year
A. In the U.S. B. In Spain. C. In France.
3. How many bedrooms do the speakers have now
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
4. How does the woman probably feel now
A. Confident. B. Regretful. C. Calm.
5. What does the man say about Vin Daniel
A He could be an excellent action actor.
B. He will film his first movie.
C. He helped direct a movie.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What is the main topic of the conversation
A. Why English-speaking countries have different accents.
B. Whether accents matter when speaking English.
C. How students can improve their English accent.
7. What is the man’s last suggestion
A. Being confident.
B. Learning to understand different accents.
C. Focusing on pronunciation when speaking.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. At a pet shop. B. At a supermarket. C. At an animal shelter.
9. Why does the man talk to the woman
A. To encourage her to take part in an activity.
B. To know more about the woman’s dogs.
C. To invite her to donate some food.
10. What is the main benefit of pet adoption according to the man
A. People can get free pets.
B. The shelters offer advice and support.
C. Homeless animals become beloved pets.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Co-workers. C. Brother and sister.
12. What does the woman need to change
A. The working hours. B. The course. C. The badminton time.
13. When will the speakers attend the class
A. On Mondays and Wednesdays.
B. On Tuesdays and Thursdays.
C. On Saturdays and Sundays.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. Which item is the man trying to buy
A. Food. B. Clothes. C. Electronics.
15. What issue does the woman find
A. The website is stuck.
B. The items are no longer available.
C. The man doesn’t have an account.
16. What will the man probably do next
A. Send the gifts off. B. Drive to the supermarket. C. Do some online shopping.
17. What is the woman like
A. Worried. B. Supportive. C. Impatient.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. Why does the speaker give the speech
A. To sell his business.
B. To say goodbye to his job.
C. To celebrate the company’s anniversary.
19. What has remained unchanged about the speaker
A. His personality. B. His work style. C. His beliefs.
20. What does the speaker plan to focus on next
A. Helping teenagers complete their education.
B Helping students apply to top universities.
C. Helping graduates look for jobs.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Originally a medieval fortress and kings’ homes on the right bank of the Seine, the Louvre Museum has many famous pieces on permanent display.
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci, has been on display at the Louvre Museum since 1797. More than six million people visit the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa each year. The fame is almost entirely the result of a robbery that took place in 1911, when the Mona Lisa was taken from the Louvre by an Italian patriot. The thief was caught trying to sell the painting to the Uffizi Museum in Florence, and the Mona Lisa was returned to Paris in early 1914.
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Representing the Greek goddess of victory, Nike was found in hundreds of different pieces in 1863 on the Greek island of Samothrace before she was brought to the Louvre Museum. She was positioned as the sole figure on top of a staircase in the museum in 1863 where she has remained ever since. The athletic wear company of the same name used the goddess of victory as inspiration for the brand, and the Nike logo is taken from the shape of the top of her wings.
Venus de Milo
Discovered in 1820 on the Greek island of Milo, the Venus de Milo was gifted to King Louis XⅧ, who donated it to the Louvre collection. Venus de Milo is thought to represent the Greek goddess Aphrodite, though her identity has never been proven. She is positioned to appear as if she is looking across the other Roman depictions of Venus that appear in the same hall at the Louvre Museum.
Liberty Leading the People
Painted by Eugene Delacroix, this work depicts a woman, a symbol of the French Revolution known as Marianne, holding the tricolor revolutionary French flag that would later become the official flag of France, while standing above the bodies of fallen men. Delacroix created the painting to commemorate the July Revolution, which toppled King Charles X of France. In 1874, it was acquired by the Louvre Museum.
1. What do we know about the painting Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum
A It has attracted a total of six million people to the museum.
B. It was so famous as to almost fuel a crime in 1911.
C. It was once displayed in the Uffizi Museum in Florence.
D. It was not kept in the Louvre Museum for several years.
2. Which of the following pieces is set in France
A. Mona Lisa. B. Winged Victory of Samothrace.
C. Venus de Milo. D. Liberty Leading the People.
3. What do the “Winged Victory of Samothrace” and “Venus de Milo” have in common
A. Both of them are connected with Greek beliefs.
B. Both of them inspired athletic wear designers.
C. Both of them were positioned as sole figures.
D. Both of them were gifts to French kings.
【答案】1. D 2. D 3. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。文章介绍了最初是塞纳河右岸的中世纪要塞和国王的住所卢浮宫里永久展出的四个著名的作品。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Mona Lisa“The fame is almost entirely the result of a robbery that took place in 1911, when the Mona Lisa was taken from the Louvre by an Italian patriot. The thief was caught trying to sell the painting to the Uffizi Museum in Florence, and the Mona Lisa was returned to Paris in early 1914.”（蒙娜丽莎的成名几乎完全是因为1911年发生的一起抢劫案，当时一名意大利爱国者从卢浮宫偷走了《蒙娜丽莎》。窃贼在向佛罗伦萨乌菲齐博物馆出售画作时被抓获，《蒙娜丽莎》于1914年初被归还巴黎。）可知，关于卢浮宫博物馆里的《蒙娜丽莎》我们知道这幅画好几年都没有留在卢浮宫。故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Liberty Leading the People“Painted by Eugene Delacroix, this work depicts a woman, a symbol of the French Revolution known as Marianne, holding the tricolor revolutionary French flag that would later become the official flag of France, while standing above the bodies of fallen men. Delacroix created the painting to commemorate the July Revolution, which toppled King Charles X of France. In 1874, it was acquired by the Louvre Museum.”（这幅作品由尤金·德拉克洛瓦创作，描绘了一个被称为玛丽安的法国革命的象征，她举着后来成为法国官方旗帜的法国革命三色旗，站在倒下的男人的尸体上方。德拉克洛瓦创作这幅画是为了纪念推翻法国国王查理十世的七月革命。1874年，它被卢浮宫博物馆收购。）可知，《自由领导人民》这个作品是以法国为背景的，故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据Winged Victory of Samothrace“Representing the Greek goddess of victory, Nike was found in hundreds of different pieces in 1863 on the Greek island of Samothrace before she was brought to the Louvre Museum. ”（Nike是希腊胜利女神的象征，1863年，人们在希腊的萨摩色雷斯岛(Samothrace)发现了它的数百件不同的作品，之后它被带到卢浮宫博物馆。）以及Venus de Milo“Discovered in 1820 on the Greek island of Milo, the Venus de Milo was gifted to King Louis XⅧ, who donated it to the Louvre collection. Venus de Milo is thought to represent the Greek goddess Aphrodite, though her identity has never been proven.”（《米洛的维纳斯》于1820年在希腊米洛岛被发现，被赠予国王路易十世Ⅷ，后者将其捐赠给卢浮宫收藏。米洛的维纳斯被认为代表希腊女神阿佛洛狄忒，尽管她的身份从未被证实。）可知，《萨摩色雷斯的胜利之翼》和《米洛的维纳斯》的共同之处是两者都与希腊信仰有关。故选A。
B
In 1975, a San Diego homemaker named Marjorie Rice came across a column in Scientific American about tiling (瓷砖). There is a problem which has interested mathematicians since ancient Greek times. After Rice’s chance encounter with tiling, family members often saw her in the kitchen constantly drawing shapes. “I thought she was just drawing casually (随意),” her daughter Kathy said. But Rice who took only one year of math in high school, was actually discovering never-before-seen patterns.
Born in Florida, she loved learning and particularly her brief exposure to math, but tight budget and social culture prevented her family from even considering that she might attend college. “For Rice, math was a pleasure,” her son David once said.
Rice gave one of her sons a subscription to Scientific American partly because she could read it carefully while the children were at school. When she read Gardner’s column about tiling as she later recalled in an interview: “I thought it must be wonderful that someone could discover these beautiful patterns which no one had seen before.” She also wrote in an essay, “My interest was engaged by the subject and I wanted to understand every detail of it. Lacking a mathematical background, I developed my own symbol system and in a few months discovered a new type.”
Astonished and delighted, she sent her work to Gardner, who sent it to Doris, a tiling expert at Moravian College. Doris confirmed that Rice’s finding was correct.
Later, Rice declined to lecture on her discoveries, citing shyness, but at Doris’s invitation, she attended a university mathematics meeting, where she was introduced to the audience. Rice still said nothing of her achievements to her children, but they eventually found out as the awards mounted.
4. Why did Rice often draw shapes in the kitchen
A. To become a mathematician. B. To explore the secret of tiling.
C. To fill her leisure time. D. To show her passion for drawing.
5 What can we learn about Rice from Paragraphs 2 and 3
A. She longed to start a column. B. She was rejected from a college.
C. She was good at designing patterns. D. She succeeded in developing a system.
6. What is the text mainly about
A. The magic of math. B. The efforts of Rice.
C. The humility of Rice. D. The patterns of tiling.
7. What can we learn from the Rice’s experience
A. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. Every cloud has a silver lining. D. Practice makes perfect.
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. B 7. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，1975年，圣地亚哥一位名叫马乔里·赖斯（Marjorie Rice ）的家庭主妇在《科学美国人》杂志上偶然看到一篇关于瓷砖的专栏文章，因为想探索瓷砖的秘密，Rice经常在厨房里画形状，虽缺乏数学背景（高中只学了一年数学），但她凭借自己对数学的热情潜心研究，开发了自己的符号系统，坚持不懈，发现了以前从未见过的图案。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。由第一段中“After Rice’s chance encounter with tiling, family members often saw her in the kitchen constantly drawing shapes. (Rice偶然接触瓷砖后，家人经常看到她在厨房里不停地画形状)”和第三段中“She also wrote in an essay, “My interest was engaged by the subject and I wanted to understand every detail of it. (她还在一篇文章中写道，“我对这个主题很感兴趣，我想了解它的每一个细节)”可知，Rice对瓷砖这个主题很感兴趣，想了解它的每一个细节，可得出因为想探索瓷砖的秘密，所以Rice经常在厨房里画形状。故选B项。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。由第三段中“Lacking a mathematical background, I developed my own symbol system and in a few months discovered a new type. (由于缺乏数学背景，我开发了自己的符号系统，并在几个月内发现了一种新的类型)”可知，Rice成功地开发了一个系统。故选D项。
【6题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文可知，1975年，圣地亚哥一位名叫马乔里·赖斯（Marjorie Rice ）的家庭主妇在《科学美国人》杂志上偶然看到一篇关于瓷砖的专栏文章，因为想探索瓷砖的秘密，Rice经常在厨房里画形状，虽缺乏数学背景（高中只学了一年数学），但她凭借自己对数学的热情潜心研究，开发了自己的符号系统，坚持不懈，发现了以前从未见过的图案，B项“赖斯的努力”符合文意。故选B项。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知，1975年，圣地亚哥一位名叫马乔里·赖斯（Marjorie Rice ）的家庭主妇在《科学美国人》杂志上偶然看到一篇关于瓷砖的专栏文章，因为想探索瓷砖的秘密，Rice经常在厨房里画形状，虽缺乏数学背景（高中只学了一年数学），但她凭借自己对数学的热情潜心研究，开发了自己的符号系统，坚持不懈，发现了以前从未见过的图案，文章告诉我们“世上无难事，只怕有心人（Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.）”。故选A项。
C
“Anxiety.” The very word invites discomfort. Its effects—shortness of breath, pounding heart, muscle tension—are outright upsetting. But, as a clinician, I find that we tend to miss out on many valuable opportunities presented by this human emotion. In and of itself, anxiety is not deadly, nor is it a disease. Quite the contrary: it is an indicator of brain and sensory health. Once we accept that it is a normal, though uncomfortable, part of life, we can use it to help us.
We all know working out at the gym is hard. By nature, a “good workout” is uncomfortable, since it involves pushing our physical strength past what we can easily do. The sweet spot of exercise is always a somewhat challenging experience. Similarly, if you want to be emotionally stronger, you need to face some tension. For example, one effective treatment for fear is exposure therapy (疗法), which involves gradually encountering things that make one anxious, reducing fear over time.
Humans are social creatures. When my patients learn to open up to their partners about their anxieties, they almost always report a greater sense of emotional closeness. Also, as international relationship expert Sue Johnson teaches, when we express our need for connection during challenging moments (e.g., “I’m having a hard time right now and could really use your support”), it creates greater connection and turns our anxiety into love.
From time to time, we find ourselves at the end of our rope. Our responsibilities pile up, our resources break down, and we feel uncomfortably anxious—what we’re experiencing is called stress. Simply put, the demands placed upon us outweigh our available resources, just like a set of scales (天平) going out of balance. Focusing on work and pretending everything is OK only leads to disastrous results. Medical treatment for stress may function for a while, but it tends to make things worse in the long run. The only solution to deal with stress is to do the mathematics to balance the scales.
8. What does the author say about anxiety
A. It is an invitation to diseases.
B. It indicates stable mental health.
C. It costs us many valuable chances.
D. It is a natural emotional expression.
9. Why does the author mention “good workout” in paragraph 2
A. To prove how exercise influences emotions.
B To suggest an effective way to challenge limits.
C. To explain how anxiety builds emotional strength.
D. To show a positive connection between mind and body.
10. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. The key to closeness is partners’ support.
B. Sharing anxieties improves relationships.
C. Humans are defined by their social nature.
D. Expressing feelings keeps us off anxieties.
11. According to the last paragraph, how can we deal with stress
A. Devote more energy to our work.
B. Increase resources available to us.
C. Seek professional medical treatment.
D. Master advanced mathematical skills.
【答案】8. D 9. C 10. B 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了焦虑虽然令人不舒服，但接受它对我们有帮助。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Quite the contrary: it is an indicator of brain and sensory health. Once we accept that it is a normal, though uncomfortable, part of life, we can use it to help us.(恰恰相反：它是大脑和感官健康的指标。一旦我们接受这是生活中正常的一部分，尽管不舒服，我们就可以用它来帮助我们。)”可知，焦虑是一种正常的情感表露。故选D。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中的“By nature, a ‘good workout’ is uncomfortable, since it involves pushing our physical strength past what we can easily do.(从本质上讲，‘好的锻炼’是不舒服的，因为它涉及到将我们的体力推过我们可以轻松完成的事情。)”和“Similarly, if you want to be emotionally stronger, you need to face some tension.(同样，如果你想在情感上更坚强，你需要面对一些紧张。)”可知，好的锻炼需要挑战身体的舒适区，同样，要想在情感上更坚强，有必要面对一些紧张，由此可推测出，提到“好的锻炼”是为了说明焦虑是如何帮助增强情感力量的。故选C。
【10题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第三段“Humans are social creatures. When my patients learn to open up to their partners about their anxieties, they almost always report a greater sense of emotional closeness. Also, as international relationship expert Sue Johnson teaches, when we express our need for connection during challenging moments (e.g., ‘I’m having a hard time right now and could really use your support’), it creates greater connection and turns our anxiety into love.(人类是社会生物。当我的病人学会向他们的伴侣敞开心扉表达他们的焦虑时，他们几乎总是报告说有更大的情感亲密感。此外，正如国际关系专家Sue Johnson所教导的那样，当我们在充满挑战的时刻表达我们对联系的需求时（例如，‘我现在很难过，真的需要你的支持’），这会产生更大的联系，并将我们的焦虑转化为爱。)”可推出，本段主要讲述了分享焦虑有助于改善人际关系。故选B。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Simply put, the demands placed upon us outweigh our available resources, just like a set of scales (天平) going out of balance.(简单地说，对我们的要求超过了我们现有的资源，就像一组天平失去平衡一样。)”和“The only solution to deal with stress is to do the mathematics to balance the scales.(处理压力的唯一解决方案是通过数学来平衡天平。)”可知，对我们的要求超过了我们现有的资源，所以天平失去了平衡，而唯一的方法是通过数学来平衡天平，由此可推测出，要增加可用的资源，以便达到平衡。故选B。
D
Users of Google Gemini, the tech giant’s artificial-intelligence model, recently noticed that asking it to create images of Vikings, or German soldiers from 1943 produced surprising results: hardly any of the people depicted were white. Other image-generation tools have been criticized because they tend to show white men when asked for images of entrepreneurs or doctors. Google wanted Gemini to avoid this trap; instead, it fell into another one, depicting George Washington as black. Now attention has moved on to the chatbot’s text responses, which turned out to be just as surprising.
Gemini happily provided arguments in favor of positive action in higher education, but refused to provide arguments against. It declined to write a job ad for a fossil-fuel lobby group (游说团体), because fossil fuels are bad and lobby groups prioritize “the interests of corporations over public well-being”. Asked if Hamas is a terrorist organization, it replied that the conflict in Gaza is “complex”; asked if Elon Musk’s tweeting of memes had done more harm than Hitler, it said it was “difficult to say”. You do not have to be a critic to perceive its progressive bias.
Inadequate testing may be partly to blame. Google lags behind OpenAI, maker of the better-known ChatGPT. As it races to catch up, Google may have cut corners. Other chatbots have also had controversial launches. Releasing chatbots and letting users uncover odd behaviors, which can be swiftly addressed, lets firms move faster, provided they are prepared to weather (经受住) the potential risks and bad publicity, observes Eth an Mollick, a professor at Wharton Business School.
But Gemini has clearly been deliberately adjusted, or “fine-tuned”, to produce these responses. This raises questions about Google’s culture. Is the firm so financially secure, with vast profits from internet advertising, that it feels free to try its hand at social engineering Do some employees think it has not just an opportunity, but a responsibility, to use its reach and power to promote a particular agenda All eyes are now on Google’s boss, Sundar Pichai. He says Gemini is being fixed. But does Google need fixing too
12. What do the words “this trap” underlined in the first paragraph refer to
A. Having a racial bias. B. Responding to wrong texts.
C. Criticizing political figures. D. Going against historical facts.
13. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A. Gemini’s refusal to make progress. B. Gemini’s failure to give definite answers.
C. Gemini’s prejudice in text responses. D. Gemini’s avoidance of political conflicts.
14. What does Eth an Mollick think of Gemini’s early launch
A. Creative. B. Promising. C. Illegal. D. Controversial.
15. What can we infer about Google from the last paragraph
A. Its security is doubted. B. It lacks financial support.
C. It needs further improvement. D. Its employees are irresponsible.
【答案】12. A 13. C 14. D 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇新闻报道。文章主要围绕谷歌的人工智能模型Gemini的表现进行了描述和分析，指出了该模型在生成图像和文本回复时出现的问题，以及这些问题可能反映出的谷歌公司文化和战略考量。
【12题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线单词上文“Users of Google Gemini, the tech giant’s artificial-intelligence model, recently noticed that asking it to create images of Vikings, or German soldiers from 1943 produced surprising results: hardly any of the people depicted were white. Other image-generation tools have been criticized because they tend to show white men when asked for images of entrepreneurs or doctors.(科技巨头谷歌的人工智能模型Google Gemini的用户最近注意到，让它创建维京人或1943年的德国士兵的图像产生了令人惊讶的结果:几乎没有一个被描绘的人是白人。其他图像生成工具也受到了批评，因为当被要求提供企业家或医生的图像时，它们往往会显示白人男性。)”可推测，“this trap”指的是前面提到的其他图像生成工具在生成图像时存在的种族偏见问题。而谷歌的 Gemini想要摆脱这种陷阱，却又掉入了另一个——把乔治.华盛顿描绘成黑人。故选A。
【13题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第二段“Gemini happily provided arguments in favor of positive action in higher education, but refused to provide arguments against. It declined to write a job ad for a fossil-fuel lobby group (游说团体), because fossil fuels are bad and lobby groups prioritize “the interests of corporations over public well-being”. Asked if Hamas is a terrorist organization, it replied that the conflict in Gaza is “complex”; asked if Elon Musk’s tweeting of memes had done more harm than Hitler, it said it was “difficult to say”. You do not have to be a critic to perceive its progressive bias.( Gemini乐于提供支持高等教育的积极行动的论据，但拒绝提供反对的论据。它拒绝为化石燃料游说团体写招聘广告，因为化石燃料不好，游说团体优先考虑“公司的利益而不是公众的福祉”。当被问及Hamas是否是恐怖组织时，它回答说，加沙的冲突是“复杂的”；当被问及Elon Musk在推特上发布的表情包是否比希特勒造成的伤害更大时，该公司表示“很难说”。即使你不是批评家，也能看出它的进步偏见。)”可知，第二段主要讲述的是Gemini在回复信息时有自己的偏见。故选C。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Google lags behind OpenAI, maker of the better-known ChatGPT. As it races to catch up, Google may have cut corners. Other chatbots have also had controversial launches. Releasing chatbots and letting users uncover odd behaviors, which can be swiftly addressed, lets firms move faster, provided they are prepared to weather (经受住) the potential risks and bad publicity, observes Eth an Mollick, a professor at Wharton Business School.(在奋力追赶的过程中，谷歌可能走了捷径。其他聊天机器人的发布也引发了争议。沃顿商学院教授Eth Mollick表示，发布聊天机器人，让用户发现可以迅速解决的奇怪行为，可以让企业更快地行动，前提是它们准备好经受住潜在风险和负面宣传。)”可知，Eth an Mollick观察到发布聊天机器人并让用户发现奇怪的行为，如果公司准备好承受潜在的风险和负面宣传，可以迅速解决这些问题，从而让公司更快地行动。这表明他认为Gemini的早期发布是有争议的，因为它可能带来一些未预料到的问题和负面反应。故选D。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“But Gemini has clearly been deliberately adjusted, or “fine-tuned”, to produce these responses. This raises questions about Google’s culture. Is the firm so financially secure, with vast profits from internet advertising, that it feels free to try its hand at social engineering Do some employees think it has not just an opportunity, but a responsibility, to use its reach and power to promote a particular agenda All eyes are now on Google’s boss, Sundar Pichai. He says Gemini is being fixed. But does Google need fixing too (但Gemini显然经过了刻意调整，或“微调”，以产生这些反应。这引发了对谷歌文化的质疑。这家公司从互联网广告中获得巨额利润，在财务上如此安全，以至于它可以自由地尝试社交工程吗？是否有些员工认为它不仅有机会，而且有责任利用其影响力和权力来推动特定的议程？现在所有的目光都集中在谷歌的老板Sundar Pichai身上。他说Gemini正在被修复。但谷歌也需要修复吗？)”可知，最后一段提出了对谷歌文化的质疑，并暗示该公司可能在微调其人工智能模型Gemini时采取了一些自由，导致了意想不到的反应。这意味着该模型存在需要解决和纠正的问题，表明谷歌在该领域仍有改进的空间。故选C。
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Do you get nervous thinking about geometry, equations or a coming math test If yes, you are far from alone. ____16____ Students in countries with higher levels of math anxiety tend to achieve lower math grades, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Feb 15.
According to a University of Cambridge study, in ordinary life, many people experience some degree of discomfort when faced with a math problem, ranging from mild tension to strong fear. ____17____ They may then try to avoid every situation involving numbers, meaning they are held back from pursuing careers related to this subject.
Comfort comes from the fact that those with math anxiety are not necessarily to be bad at math. ____18____ They may have had a really bad experience with math and there are ways to improve math achievement.
____19____ If you’re feeling stressed before a math exam, it may help to spend a few minutes exploring those feelings before the exam begins. It’s about making sure you’re interpreting your feelings correctly. In addition, a little math anxiety could be taken as a positive challenge to overcome. ____20____
A. Also, there are ways to manage your stress related to math.
B. Students with math anxiety may be disadvantaged in intelligence.
C. If a child has math anxiety, don’t assume that they’re not good at math.
D. Math anxiety has become a common psychological condition among students around the world.
E. Just because you have a fast heartbeat and sweaty palms, that does not necessarily mean you will fail.
F. Just like many people get stage fright before delivering a speech, this nervous energy can help to motivate.
G. Some people also experience physical symptoms such as sweaty palms or a racing heart.
【答案】16. D 17. G 18. C 19. A 20. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了数学焦虑是世界各地学生普遍存在的一种心理状况，具体描述了其心理表现、身体症状及影响，同时指出数学焦虑和在数学上的实际表现并没有必然联系，提高数学表现和克服数学焦虑都是有方法可循的。
【16题详解】
前文“Do you get nervous thinking about geometry, equations or a coming math test If yes, you are far from alone. (你是否在思考几何、方程式或即将到来的数学考试时感到紧张？如果是，你并不孤单)”引出对数学感到焦虑这一话题。因此D项“Math anxiety has become a common psychological condition among students around the world. (数学焦虑已经成为世界各地学生普遍存在的一种心理状况)”符合语境，说明数学焦虑是普遍的心理，承接前文，其中的common和前文的far from alone呼应。故选D。
【17题详解】
前文“According to a University of Cambridge study, in ordinary life, many people experience some degree of discomfort when faced with a math problem, ranging from mild tension to strong fear. (根据剑桥大学的一项研究，在日常生活中，许多人在面对数学问题时会感到某种程度的不适，从轻微的紧张到强烈的恐惧)”描述人们对数学感到焦虑的心理状况。因此G项“Some people also experience physical symptoms such as sweaty palms or a racing heart. (有些人还会出现身体症状，比如手心出汗或心跳加速)”符合语境，描述焦虑下表现出的身体症状，承接前文。故选G。
【18题详解】
前文“Comfort comes from the fact that those with math anxiety are not necessarily to be bad at math. (安慰来自这样一个事实：有数学焦虑的人并不一定数学不好)”指出数学焦虑和在数学上的实际表现并没有必然联系。因此C项“If a child has math anxiety, don’t assume that they’re not good at math. (如果一个孩子有数学焦虑，不要认为他们数学不好)”符合语境，提醒不要认为有数学焦虑的孩子数学不好，承接前文。故选C。
【19题详解】
空处位于段首，需引出段落内容。根据后文“If you’re feeling stressed before a math exam, it may help to spend a few minutes exploring those feelings before the exam begins. It’s about making sure you’re interpreting your feelings correctly. (如果你在数学考试前感到有压力，在考试开始前花几分钟探索一下这些感觉可能会有所帮助。这是为了确保你正确地理解自己的感受)”可知，本段主要介绍解决数学焦虑的方法。因此A项“Also, there are ways to manage your stress related to math. (此外，还有一些方法可以管理与数学有关的压力)”符合语境，指出有方法可以解决与数学有关的压力，契合后文内容。故选A。
【20题详解】
前文“In addition, a little math anxiety could be taken as a positive challenge to overcome. (此外，一点点的数学焦虑可以作为一个积极的挑战来克服)”说明轻微的数学焦虑实际上可以是积极的挑战。因此F项“Just like many people get stage fright before delivering a speech, this nervous energy can help to motivate. (就像许多人在演讲前会怯场一样，这种紧张的情绪有助于激励自己)”符合语境，说明这种紧张可以发挥激励的作用，对前文做出解释，承接前文。故选F。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第 一 节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
“I’m going to tell you a story,” I tell my class of high school seniors. “It’s a tale about love. And heart-break. And embarrassment.”
Their eyes widen. I ____21____ my throat. “In eleventh grade,” I begin, “I fell madly in love. Her name was Lewis. She was not tall, but extremely____22____, kind of a smart and independent girl — which I found fascinating. Unfortunately she had no interest in me at all. So it was Valentine’s Day. That day as I spilled my Valentine cards onto my desk, and among many small cards, I saw an enormous one, decorated beautifully. My mind ____23____: ‘Who could it be from ’ With trembling hands, I ____24____ open the envelope and out fell an image of a king, the heading of which ____25____, ‘To a King of a Valentine.’”
I give the class a ____26____ look. “I turned the valentine over, and at the bottom I saw the signature and almost fainted: Lewis. Then my eyes ____27____ up to the writing above her signature. It said, ‘To the Ugliest Boy in Our Class.’”
“Well, it ruined Valentine’s Day for me. It shook what little ____28____ I had in myself for a long time after. But I ____29____. Coincidently, I found out the wire-puller who did this trick. It was not her. And now I refuse to give up this holiday of love to the meanness of one ____30____ person.” I smile. “And that’s why we’re going to have a party. A party that ____31____ kindness instead of cruelty.”
Their eyes ____32____. They are willing to let me take them ____33____ I am going. I hand out some paper so they can make cards. “Now please write something positive and sincere to everyone in the class. Even if it’s someone you barely know, there’s always something nice to say.”
All these years, I’ve made it a routine in each of my class. After 20 years of teaching, I____34____few hopes that students will remember all of the grammar or vocabulary I taught them. But if all a student ____35____ of one of my classes are the valentines they received one long-ago February, to me that makes it all worthwhile.
21. A. cleaned B. cleared C. calculate D. command
22. A. cute B. mean C. worthy D. generous
23. A. stopped B. raced C. jumped D. thought
24. A. tore B. spilled C. scratched D. intended
25. A. read B. wrote C. sang D. decorated
26. A. excited B. meaningful C. shy D. embarrassing
27. A. ran B. floated C. traveled D. removed
28. A. love B. faith C. friendship D. kindness
29. A. stood B. survived C. witnessed D. upgraded
30. A. rotten B. smart C. imaginative D. permanent
31. A. remains B. receives C. celebrates D. congratulates
32. A. go up B. narrow up C. close up D. light up
33. A. whether B. however C. whenever D. wherever
34. A. accept B. enjoy C. harbor D. welcome
35. A. informs B. favors C. recalls D. engages
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. D 34. C 35. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了作者在读书时代的情人节受到坏同学的讽刺，但他克服心理障碍，拒绝因为某个卑鄙而令人讨厌的女生而放弃这个爱的节日。工作后，他组织自己的学生给同学送情人节卡片，他用自己的经历和行为去引导自己的学生，并希望他们记住老师的教导。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我清了清嗓子。A. cleaned清洁，清理；B. cleared清理，清除；C. calculate计算；D. command命令。clear one’s throat是固定短语，意为“清嗓子”，作者清清嗓子，准备讲故事。故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他不高，很可爱，聪明又独立，我觉得很有意思。A. cute可爱的；B. mean吝啬的；C. worthy值得尊敬的；D. generous慷慨的。根据上文“I fell madly in love.”和下文“which I found fascinating.”可推知，作者为之着迷的女孩一定是很可爱的。故选A项。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的脑子飞速运转：会是谁送的 。A. stopped停止；B. raced快速运转，比赛；C. jumped跳；D. thought思考。根据下文“Who could it be from ”可知，作者在想谁送的卡片，脑子飞速运转(race)。故选B项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的手颤抖着撕开信封，里面掉出一个女王的画像，上面写着：“给情人节的王。”。A. tore撕；B. spilled洒出；C. scratched抓；D. intended打算。根据下文“open the envelope and out fell an image of a queen,”可知，作者撕开了信封。故选A项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的手颤抖着撕开信封，里面掉出一个国王的画像，上面写着：“给情人节的王。”。A. read有……的字样，写着；B. wrote写；C. sang唱；D. decorated装饰。根据“the heading”和“To a King of a Valentine.”可知，贺卡上面写着(read)“给情人节的王”。故选A项。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我给全班一个意味深长的眼神。A. excited激动的；B. meaningful有意义的；C. shy害羞的；D. embarrassing令人尴尬的。结合常识和卡片上写的“给情人节的王”可知，这张卡片明显是恶作剧，作者不知道是谁所为，所以意味深长地扫视了全班同学，想知道到底是谁干的。故选B项。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后我的目光移向他签名上方的文字。A. ran跑；B. floated漂浮；C. traveled移动，旅行；D. removed移开。根据“the writing above his signature”可知，作者的目光移到了签名上方的文字。故选C项。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在此后很长一段时间里，它动摇了我对自己仅有的一点信心。A. love爱；B. faith信心；C. friendship友谊；D. kindness友好。根据上文可知，在情人节那天，作者被自己喜欢的女孩称作“我们班最丑的男孩”，所以他的自信心(faith)深受打击。故选B项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但我挺了过来。A. stood站；B. survived挺过，幸存；C. witnessed目击；D. upgraded升级。根据转折连词But和下文“I refuse to give up this holiday of love to the meanness of one girl”可知，尽管作者自信心深受打击，但他还是坚强地挺了过来。故选B项。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：现在我拒绝因为某个卑鄙的令人讨厌的女生而放弃这个爱的节日。A. rotten令人不快的，腐烂的；B. smart聪明的；C. imaginative想象的；D. permanent永恒的。根据上文可知，讽刺自己的，是一个令人讨厌的人。故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个庆祝善良而不是残酷的派对。A. remains保持；B. receives收到；C. celebrates庆祝；D. congratulates祝贺。根据party可知是要去庆祝(celebrate)。故选C项。
【32题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：他们的眼睛发亮。A. go up上升；B. narrow up变窄；C. close up关闭；D. light up点亮。结合常识和上文可知，作者要带孩子们举办聚会，孩子们当然很高兴，兴奋得眼睛发亮。故选D项。
【33题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意：他们愿意让我带他们去任何地方。A. whether是否；B. however无论如何；C. whenever不论何时；D. wherever无论在哪里。根据句中“take them...I am going”可知，孩子们愿意跟我去任何我去的地方。故选D项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：经过20年的教学，我对学生能记住我教给他们的所有语法或词汇不怀有太大希望。A. accept接受；B. enjoy享受；C. harbor怀有；D. welcome欢迎。根据句中few hopes可推知，作者不报有(harbor)希望。故选C项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是，如果学生只是回忆起很久以前的2月他们收到的情人节卡片，那么对我来说，这一切都是值得的。A. informs通知；B. favors支持；C. recalls记起，回忆；D. engages参加。根据下文“one of my classes are the valentines they received one long-ago February”可知，作者希望学生们回忆(recall)起 读书时代老师让他们送情人节卡片一事 。故选C项。
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。
A skywell, or “tian jing” in Mandarin, is a typical feature of a traditional home in southern and eastern China. Less ___36___(expose) to the outdoor environment makes a skywell different from a northern Chinese courtyard. Skywells are___37___ common residents in large areas of southern and eastern China had in the past.
In today’s rapidly urbanising China, fewer and fewer people live in skywell dwellings, ___38___ a revival(重新流行) of interest in traditional Chinese architecture is leading some of historic buildings with skywells ___39___ (restore) for modern times. Meanwhile, some architects are drawing inspiration from skywells to help keep new buildings cooler, which is a method ___40___ (combine) design and technology to cool a building without the use of power.
However, there are some challenges for bringing skywells into modern designs. The effect that the mechanisms(结构) of courtyards have ___41___ natural lighting, ventilation(通风) and rain collection is well known , but applying these principles ___42___ (need) to be site-specific. Because traditional skywells had different shapes, sizes and features, ___43___ were highly dependent on their natural surroundings. Adding skywells into modern buildings requires designers to be ___44___(sense) to their project’s context and situation, making it difficult to apply them as ____45____universal solution.
【答案】36. being exposed##exposure
37. less 38. but
39. to be restored
bining
41. on 42. needs
43. which 44. sensitive
45. a
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。这篇文章主要讲述了天井（skywell）在中国南部和东部传统住宅中的特点和传统建筑对它的使用。
【36题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：较少暴露于室外环境使天井不同于中国北方的庭院。分析句子，句中makes为谓语动词，设空处使用非谓语动词作主语，此处be exposed to为固定短语，意为“暴露于”，故需要使用动名词的被动结构作主语；或者可以使用expose的名词exposure作主语。故填being exposed/exposure。
【37题详解】
考查副词比较级。句意：在中国南部和东部的大片地区，天井已经不像过去那么常见了。分析句子，此处使用副词修饰形容词common，根据句意，此处表示“天井已经不像过去那么常见了”含有比较级的意义，表示“不太……”用less。故填less。
【38题详解】
考查连词。句意：在当今快速城市化的中国，越来越少的人居住在天井住宅中，但人们对中国传统建筑的兴趣重新燃起，导致一些历史建筑的天井被修复为现代建筑。分析句子，设空处使用连词连接前后两个句子，此处构成转折关系。故填but。
【39题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：在当今快速城市化的中国，越来越少的人居住在天井住宅中，但人们对中国传统建筑的兴趣正在复兴，一些带有天井的历史建筑正在被修复，以适应现代社会。非谓语动词担当宾语补足语，宾语“skywells”和动词“restore”之间为被动关系，且表示动作还未发生，用动词不定式的被动形式。故填to be restored。
【40题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：与此同时，一些建筑师正在从天井中汲取灵感，帮助新建筑保持凉爽，这是一种结合设计和科技的方法，无需使用电力即可为建筑降温。非谓语动词担当后置定语，被修饰词“a method”和动词“combine”之间为主动关系，用现在分词形式。故填combining。
【41题详解】
考查介词。句意：庭院对自然采光、通风和雨水收集的影响是众所周知的，但这些原则的应用需要根据具体场地而定。句中have an effect on为固定短语，意为“对……有影响”。故填on。
【42题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：同上。分析句子，设空处使用动词作谓语，句子的主语为applying these principles为动名词短语是单数，根据前文的have以及句意可知，句子表述客观事实，故使用一般现在时。故填needs。
【43题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：因为传统的天井有不同的形状、大小和特征，这高度依赖于它们的自然环境。分析句子，设空处引导的是非限制性定语从句，引导词在从句中作主语，修饰先行词shapes, sizes和features，为物，故使用which。故填which。
【44题详解】
考查形容词。句意：在现代建筑中添加天井要求设计师对项目的背景和情况保持敏感，这使得它们很难作为一种通用的解决方案来应用。分析句子，设空处使sense的用形容词sensitive作表语，意为“敏感的”。故填sensitive。
【45题详解】
考查冠词。句意：同上。句中solution为可数名词，意为“解决方式”，此处表示泛指，故使用不定冠词。其修饰词universal首字母为辅音音素。故填a。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 假定你是某国际中学的学生会主席李华，你校下周将举办一次主题为 “关爱地球”(Caring for the Earth)的活动。请你用英语写一则通知。
内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动安排；
注意：
1. 词数不少于80词；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Notice
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The Students’ Union
【答案】Notice
We are pleased to announce that our school will be organizing an event with the theme “Caring for the Earth” next week. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness about the importance of environmental protection event will last two days and will include various initiatives. On Monday, we will have a recycling campaign, where students can bring in their recyclable materials. On Tuesday, we will have a tree-planting activity in the school garden.
We encourage all students to actively participate in these activities and spread the message of environmental protection to their peers and family members.
Li Hua
Student Union President
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。假定你是某国际中学的学生会主席李华，你校下周将举办一次主题为 “关爱地球”(Caring for the Earth)的活动。要求考生用英语写一则通知。
【详解】1.词汇积累
愉快的：pleased→delighted
举办：organize→ hold
目的：purpose→aim
各种各样的：various→ a variety of
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：On Tuesday, we will have a tree-planting activity in the school garden.
拓展句：On Tuesday, we will have a tree-planting activity in the school garden, which is really meaningful to all the students.
【点睛】【高分句型1】We are pleased to announce that our school will be organizing an event with the theme “Caring for the Earth” next week. （运用了that引导的宾语从句）
【高分句型2】On Monday, we will have a recycling campaign, where students can bring in their recyclable materials. （运用了where引导的定语从句）
第二节 (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。
“This Saturday, we’ll be visiting cats at the animal shelter. If you’d like to join us, here’s an application form”, said Ms. Delgado, the school librarian who had held the reading engagement event for students.
Ben loved cats and he had always wanted one, so he hurried to take an application form. Then Ms. Delgado added, “We’ll be reading to the cats and award readers who make most progress.” Ben stopped. Reading al oud can be a challenging task. Ben might feel his heart racing, his palms sweating, and his voice shaking as he read. He might stumble over words or lose his place in the text. He might feel like everyone was watching him and judging him. Still, he really wanted to visit the cats, so he took an application form anyway.
On Saturday, Ben arrived at the shelter with some of his classmates. “This is Max,” the shelter worker told Ben as she handed him a gray cat. Ben carried Max to a beanbag chair and sat down. Max settled onto his lap. He took a book he’d been working on and started reading. Max, very different from other cats walking around the room while the kids read, purred (发出呼噜声) on his lap as if he had understood what Ben read.
“I’m glad Max is staying and listening to my reading and he is the best cat ever,” Ben told Dad excitedly. “I’m glad you two are friends,” Dad said. All week, Ben’s heart was filled with anxiety as he waited for Saturday to arrive. He was eager to read to Max and the anticipation of spending time with his feline (猫咪的) friend made him restless and nervous. When it arrived, Ben got to read to Max again.
“What if someone adopts Max ” Ben asked Dad later. “I guess you’d read to a different cat,” Dad said. “But I don’t want a different cat. I wish we could adopt Max,” Ben said to Dad. He knew they couldn’t because Mom had allergies (过敏). Ben loved the cat so much that he even told his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Patel, about Max. “Max sounds like a special cat,” said Mrs. Patel.
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。
Week by week, Ben realized that reading seemed easier with Max’s company.
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But on Saturday, Ben couldn’t find Max at the shelter.
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【答案】范文
Week by week, Ben realized that reading seemed easier with Max’s company. The presence of the gray cat made him feel more relaxed and comfortable. He noticed that Max’s purring had a calming effect on him, allowing him to focus better on the words in front of him. Ben was amazed by how much he enjoyed reading aloud to Max. Still, he was surprised when Ms. Delgado gave him the Most Improved Reader award. Ben felt a sense of pride and accomplishment as he held the certificate in his hands. He couldn’t wait to show it to Max.
But on Saturday, Ben couldn’t find Max at the shelter. He looked around the room, hoping to catch a glimpse of his feline friend. However, Max was nowhere to be found. Ben’s heart sank as he realized that someone might have adopted Max. Just then, Mrs. Patel walked into the visitors’ room, carrying Max. “I’m adopting him,” Mrs. Patel said. “You can come over every day to read to him.” Hearing what Mrs. Patel said, Ben jumped with excitement and threw his arms around Mrs. Patel. Of course, he didn’t forget to hug Max tightly who gave a contented purr.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了Ben去动物收容所时，给一只名叫Max的猫读书，发现它好像听得懂似得，于是Ben提出想收养Max，但他妈妈有过敏症。他甚至告诉了他的邻居Patel太太关于Max的事。一周又一周，Ben意识到有了Max的陪伴，读书似乎变得更容易了，Ben还被老师授予“最进步读者奖”。Ben想去收容所告诉Max得奖的事情，却得知Max被收养了，结果原来是邻居Patel太太收养了Max。
【详解】1. 段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“一周又一周，本意识到有马克斯的陪伴读书似乎更容易了。”可知，第一段可描写Ben在Max的陪伴下，朗读能力获得很大的提升，并获得老师的奖励。
②由第二段首句内容“但是星期六，本在收容所找不到马克斯。”可知，第二段可描写Ben找不到Max的感受，以及最后知道Patel太太收养了Max后的反应。
2. 续写线索：老师安排去给猫读书——遇到Max——想收养Max但是不行——发现自己在Max陪伴下朗读能力提高——获得进步奖——想告诉Max——Max不见了——得知Max被Patel收养——高兴。
3. 词汇激活
行为类
①注意到：notice/perceive/note
②集中注意力：focus on/concentrate on/throw oneself into
③走近：walk into/ step into
情绪类
①惊讶的：amazed/surprised/astounded。
②兴奋：excitement/enthusiasm/thrill
【点睛】[高分句型1]He noticed that Max’s purring had a calming effect on him, allowing him to focus better on the words in front of him. (that引导宾语从句)
[高分句型2]Of course, he didn’t forget to hug Max tightly who gave a contented purr. (who引导的定语从句)徐州一中2022级高二第二学期期中考试
英语试卷
（满分：150分 时长：120分钟）
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选 出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1 What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Walk to the bank. B. Be more patient. C. Come back another day.
2. Where will the man probably go on holiday this year
A. In the U.S. B. In Spain. C. In France.
3. How many bedrooms do the speakers have now
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
4. How does the woman probably feel now
A. Confident. B. Regretful. C. Calm.
5. What does the man say about Vin Daniel
A. He could be an excellent action actor.
B. He will film his first movie.
C. He helped direct a movie.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What is the main topic of the conversation
A. Why English-speaking countries have different accents.
B. Whether accents matter when speaking English.
C. How students can improve their English accent.
7. What is the man’s last suggestion
A. Being confident.
B. Learning to understand different accents.
C. Focusing on pronunciation when speaking.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. At a pet shop. B. At a supermarket. C. At an animal shelter.
9. Why does the man talk to the woman
A. To encourage her to take part in an activity.
B. To know more about the woman’s dogs.
C. To invite her to donate some food.
10. What is the main benefit of pet adoption according to the man
A. People can get free pets.
B. The shelters offer advice and support.
C. Homeless animals become beloved pets.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Co-workers. C. Brother and sister.
12. What does the woman need to change
A. The working hours. B. The course. C. The badminton time.
13. When will the speakers attend the class
A. On Mondays and Wednesdays.
B. On Tuesdays and Thursdays.
C. On Saturdays and Sundays.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. Which item is the man trying to buy
A. Food. B. Clothes. C. Electronics.
15. What issue does the woman find
A. The website is stuck.
B. The items are no longer available.
C. The man doesn’t have an account.
16. What will the man probably do next
A. Send the gifts off. B. Drive to the supermarket. C. Do some online shopping.
17. What is the woman like
A. Worried. B. Supportive. C. Impatient.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. Why does the speaker give the speech
A. To sell his business.
B. To say goodbye to his job.
C. To celebrate the company’s anniversary.
19. What has remained unchanged about the speaker
A. His personality. B. His work style. C. His beliefs.
20. What does the speaker plan to focus on next
A. Helping teenagers complete their education.
B. Helping students apply to top universities.
C. Helping graduates look for jobs.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Originally a medieval fortress and kings’ homes on the right bank of the Seine, the Louvre Museum has many famous pieces on permanent display.
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci, has been on display at the Louvre Museum since 1797. More than six million people visit the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa each year. The fame is almost entirely the result of a robbery that took place in 1911, when the Mona Lisa was taken from the Louvre by an Italian patriot. The thief was caught trying to sell the painting to the Uffizi Museum in Florence, and the Mona Lisa was returned to Paris in early 1914.
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Representing the Greek goddess of victory, Nike was found in hundreds of different pieces in 1863 on the Greek island of Samothrace before she was brought to the Louvre Museum. She was positioned as the sole figure on top of a staircase in the museum in 1863 where she has remained ever since. The athletic wear company of the same name used the goddess of victory as inspiration for the brand, and the Nike logo is taken from the shape of the top of her wings.
Venus de Milo
Discovered in 1820 on the Greek island of Milo the Venus de Milo was gifted to King Louis XⅧ, who donated it to the Louvre collection. Venus de Milo is thought to represent the Greek goddess Aphrodite, though her identity has never been proven. She is positioned to appear as if she is looking across the other Roman depictions of Venus that appear in the same hall at the Louvre Museum.
Liberty Leading the People
Painted by Eugene Delacroix, this work depicts a woman, a symbol of the French Revolution known as Marianne, holding the tricolor revolutionary French flag that would later become the official flag of France, while standing above the bodies of fallen men. Delacroix created the painting to commemorate the July Revolution, which toppled King Charles X of France. In 1874, it was acquired by the Louvre Museum.
1. What do we know about the painting Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum
A. It has attracted a total of six million people to the museum.
B. It was so famous as to almost fuel a crime in 1911.
C It was once displayed in the Uffizi Museum in Florence.
D. It was not kept in the Louvre Museum for several years.
2. Which of the following pieces is set in France
A. Mona Lisa. B. Winged Victory of Samothrace.
C. Venus de Milo. D. Liberty Leading the People.
3. What do the “Winged Victory of Samothrace” and “Venus de Milo” have in common
A. Both of them are connected with Greek beliefs.
B. Both of them inspired athletic wear designers.
C. Both of them were positioned as sole figures.
D. Both of them were gifts to French kings.
B
In 1975, a San Diego homemaker named Marjorie Rice came across a column in Scientific American about tiling (瓷砖). There is a problem which has interested mathematicians since ancient Greek times. After Rice’s chance encounter with tiling, family members often saw her in the kitchen constantly drawing shapes. “I thought she was just drawing casually (随意),” her daughter Kathy said. But Rice who took only one year of math in high school, was actually discovering never-before-seen patterns.
Born in Florida, she loved learning and particularly her brief exposure to math, but tight budget and social culture prevented her family from even considering that she might attend college. “For Rice, math was a pleasure,” her son David once said.
Rice gave one of her sons a subscription to Scientific American partly because she could read it carefully while the children were at school. When she read Gardner’s column about tiling as she later recalled in an interview: “I thought it must be wonderful that someone could discover these beautiful patterns which no one had seen before.” She also wrote in an essay, “My interest was engaged by the subject and I wanted to understand every detail of it. Lacking a mathematical background, I developed my own symbol system and in a few months discovered a new type.”
Astonished and delighted, she sent her work to Gardner, who sent it to Doris, a tiling expert at Moravian College. Doris confirmed that Rice’s finding was correct.
Later, Rice declined to lecture on her discoveries, citing shyness, but at Doris’s invitation, she attended a university mathematics meeting, where she was introduced to the audience. Rice still said nothing of her achievements to her children, but they eventually found out as the awards mounted.
4. Why did Rice often draw shapes in the kitchen
A. To become a mathematician. B. To explore the secret of tiling.
C. To fill her leisure time. D. To show her passion for drawing.
5. What can we learn about Rice from Paragraphs 2 and 3
A. She longed to start a column. B. She was rejected from a college.
C. She was good at designing patterns. D. She succeeded in developing a system.
6. What is the text mainly about
A. The magic of math. B. The efforts of Rice.
C. The humility of Rice. D. The patterns of tiling.
7. What can we learn from the Rice’s experience
A. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. Every cloud has a silver lining. D. Practice makes perfect.
C
“Anxiety.” The very word invites discomfort. Its effects—shortness of breath, pounding heart, muscle tension—are outright upsetting. But, as a clinician, I find that we tend to miss out on many valuable opportunities presented by this human emotion. In and of itself, anxiety is not deadly, nor is it a disease. Quite the contrary: it is an indicator of brain and sensory health. Once we accept that it is a normal, though uncomfortable, part of life, we can use it to help us.
We all know working out at the gym is hard. By nature, a “good workout” is uncomfortable, since it involves pushing our physical strength past what we can easily do. The sweet spot of exercise is always a somewhat challenging experience. Similarly, if you want to be emotionally stronger, you need to face some tension. For example, one effective treatment for fear is exposure therapy (疗法), which involves gradually encountering things that make one anxious, reducing fear over time.
Humans are social creatures. When my patients learn to open up to their partners about their anxieties, they almost always report a greater sense of emotional closeness. Also, as international relationship expert Sue Johnson teaches, when we express our need for connection during challenging moments (e.g., “I’m having a hard time right now and could really use your support”), it creates greater connection and turns our anxiety into love.
From time to time, we find ourselves at the end of our rope. Our responsibilities pile up, our resources break down, and we feel uncomfortably anxious—what we’re experiencing is called stress. Simply put, the demands placed upon us outweigh our available resources, just like a set of scales (天平) going out of balance. Focusing on work and pretending everything is OK only leads to disastrous results. Medical treatment for stress may function for a while, but it tends to make things worse in the long run. The only solution to deal with stress is to do the mathematics to balance the scales.
8. What does the author say about anxiety
A. It is an invitation to diseases.
B. It indicates stable mental health.
C. It costs us many valuable chances.
D. It is a natural emotional expression.
9. Why does the author mention “good workout” in paragraph 2
A. To prove how exercise influences emotions.
B. To suggest an effective way to challenge limits.
C. To explain how anxiety builds emotional strength.
D. To show a positive connection between mind and body.
10. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. The key to closeness is partners’ support.
B. Sharing anxieties improves relationships.
C. Humans are defined by their social nature.
D. Expressing feelings keeps us off anxieties.
11. According to the last paragraph, how can we deal with stress
A. Devote more energy to our work.
B. Increase resources available to us.
C. Seek professional medical treatment.
D. Master advanced mathematical skills.
D
Users of Google Gemini, the tech giant’s artificial-intelligence model, recently noticed that asking it to create images of Vikings, or German soldiers from 1943 produced surprising results: hardly any of the people depicted were white. Other image-generation tools have been criticized because they tend to show white men when asked for images of entrepreneurs or doctors. Google wanted Gemini to avoid this trap; instead, it fell into another one, depicting George Washington as black. Now attention has moved on to the chatbot’s text responses, which turned out to be just as surprising.
Gemini happily provided arguments in favor of positive action in higher education, but refused to provide arguments against. It declined to write a job ad for a fossil-fuel lobby group (游说团体), because fossil fuels are bad and lobby groups prioritize “the interests of corporations over public well-being”. Asked if Hamas is a terrorist organization, it replied that the conflict in Gaza is “complex”; asked if Elon Musk’s tweeting of memes had done more harm than Hitler, it said it was “difficult to say”. You do not have to be a critic to perceive its progressive bias.
Inadequate testing may be partly to blame. Google lags behind OpenAI, maker of the better-known ChatGPT. As it races to catch up, Google may have cut corners. Other chatbots have also had controversial launches. Releasing chatbots and letting users uncover odd behaviors, which can be swiftly addressed, lets firms move faster, provided they are prepared to weather (经受住) the potential risks and bad publicity, observes Eth an Mollick, a professor at Wharton Business School.
But Gemini has clearly been deliberately adjusted, or “fine-tuned”, to produce these responses. This raises questions about Google’s culture. Is the firm so financially secure, with vast profits from internet advertising, that it feels free to try its hand at social engineering Do some employees think it has not just an opportunity, but a responsibility, to use its reach and power to promote a particular agenda All eyes are now on Google’s boss, Sundar Pichai. He says Gemini is being fixed. But does Google need fixing too
12. What do the words “this trap” underlined in the first paragraph refer to
A. Having a racial bias. B. Responding to wrong texts.
C. Criticizing political figures. D. Going against historical facts.
13. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A. Gemini’s refusal to make progress. B. Gemini’s failure to give definite answers.
C. Gemini’s prejudice in text responses. D. Gemini’s avoidance of political conflicts.
14. What does Eth an Mollick think of Gemini’s early launch
A. Creative. B. Promising. C. Illegal. D. Controversial.
15. What can we infer about Google from the last paragraph
A. Its security is doubted. B. It lacks financial support.
C. It needs further improvement. D. Its employees are irresponsible.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Do you get nervous thinking about geometry, equations or a coming math test If yes, you are far from alone. ____16____ Students in countries with higher levels of math anxiety tend to achieve lower math grades, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Feb 15.
According to a University of Cambridge study, in ordinary life, many people experience some degree of discomfort when faced with a math problem, ranging from mild tension to strong fear. ____17____ They may then try to avoid every situation involving numbers, meaning they are held back from pursuing careers related to this subject.
Comfort comes from the fact that those with math anxiety are not necessarily to be bad at math. ____18____ They may have had a really bad experience with math and there are ways to improve math achievement.
____19____ If you’re feeling stressed before a math exam, it may help to spend a few minutes exploring those feelings before the exam begins. It’s about making sure you’re interpreting your feelings correctly. In addition, a little math anxiety could be taken as a positive challenge to overcome. ____20____
A. Also, there are ways to manage your stress related to math.
B. Students with math anxiety may be disadvantaged in intelligence.
C. If a child has math anxiety, don’t assume that they’re not good at math.
D. Math anxiety has become a common psychological condition among students around the world.
E. Just because you have a fast heartbeat and sweaty palms, that does not necessarily mean you will fail.
F. Just like many people get stage fright before delivering a speech, this nervous energy can help to motivate.
G. Some people also experience physical symptoms such as sweaty palms or a racing heart.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第 一 节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
“I’m going to tell you a story,” I tell my class of high school seniors. “It’s a tale about love. And heart-break. And embarrassment.”
Their eyes widen. I ____21____ my throat. “In eleventh grade,” I begin, “I fell madly in love. Her name was Lewis. She was not tall, but extremely____22____, kind of a smart and independent girl — which I found fascinating. Unfortunately she had no interest in me at all. So it was Valentine’s Day. That day as I spilled my Valentine cards onto my desk, and among many small cards, I saw an enormous one, decorated beautifully. My mind ____23____: ‘Who could it be from ’ With trembling hands, I ____24____ open the envelope and out fell an image of a king, the heading of which ____25____, ‘To a King of a Valentine.’”
I give the class a ____26____ look. “I turned the valentine over, and at the bottom I saw the signature and almost fainted: Lewis. Then my eyes ____27____ up to the writing above her signature. It said, ‘To the Ugliest Boy in Our Class.’”
“Well, it ruined Valentine’s Day for me. It shook what little ____28____ I had in myself for a long time after. But I ____29____. Coincidently, I found out the wire-puller who did this trick. It was not her. And now I refuse to give up this holiday of love to the meanness of one ____30____ person.” I smile. “And that’s why we’re going to have a party. A party that ____31____ kindness instead of cruelty.”
Their eyes ____32____. They are willing to let me take them ____33____ I am going. I hand out some paper so they can make cards. “Now please write something positive and sincere to everyone in the class. Even if it’s someone you barely know, there’s always something nice to say.”
All these years, I’ve made it a routine in each of my class. After 20 years of teaching, I____34____few hopes that students will remember all of the grammar or vocabulary I taught them. But if all a student ____35____ of one of my classes are the valentines they received one long-ago February, to me that makes it all worthwhile.
21. A. cleaned B. cleared C. calculate D. command
22. A. cute B. mean C. worthy D. generous
23. A. stopped B. raced C. jumped D. thought
24. A. tore B. spilled C. scratched D. intended
25. A. read B. wrote C. sang D. decorated
26. A. excited B. meaningful C. shy D. embarrassing
27. A. ran B. floated C. traveled D. removed
28. A. love B. faith C. friendship D. kindness
29. A. stood B. survived C. witnessed D. upgraded
30. A. rotten B. smart C. imaginative D. permanent
31. A. remains B. receives C. celebrates D. congratulates
32. A. go up B. narrow up C. close up D. light up
33. A. whether B. however C. whenever D. wherever
34. A. accept B. enjoy C. harbor D. welcome
35. A. informs B. favors C. recalls D. engages
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。
A skywell, or “tian jing” in Mandarin, is a typical feature of a traditional home in southern and eastern China. Less ___36___(expose) to the outdoor environment makes a skywell different from a northern Chinese courtyard. Skywells are___37___ common residents in large areas of southern and eastern China had in the past.
In today’s rapidly urbanising China, fewer and fewer people live in skywell dwellings, ___38___ a revival(重新流行) of interest in traditional Chinese architecture is leading some of historic buildings with skywells ___39___ (restore) for modern times. Meanwhile, some architects are drawing inspiration from skywells to help keep new buildings cooler, which is a method ___40___ (combine) design and technology to cool a building without the use of power.
However, there are some challenges for bringing skywells into modern designs. The effect that the mechanisms(结构) of courtyards have ___41___ natural lighting, ventilation(通风) and rain collection is well known , but applying these principles ___42___ (need) to be site-specific. Because traditional skywells had different shapes, sizes and features, ___43___ were highly dependent on their natural surroundings. Adding skywells into modern buildings requires designers to be ___44___(sense) to their project’s context and situation, making it difficult to apply them as ____45____universal solution.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 假定你是某国际中学的学生会主席李华，你校下周将举办一次主题为 “关爱地球”(Caring for the Earth)的活动。请你用英语写一则通知。
内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动安排；
注意：
1. 词数不少于80词；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Notice
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The Students’ Union
第二节 (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。
“This Saturday, we’ll be visiting cats at the animal shelter. If you’d like to join us, here’s an application form”, said Ms. Delgado, the school librarian who had held the reading engagement event for students.
Ben loved cats and he had always wanted one so he hurried to take an application form. Then Ms. Delgado added, “We’ll be reading to the cats and award readers who make most progress.” Ben stopped. Reading al oud can be a challenging task. Ben might feel his heart racing, his palms sweating, and his voice shaking as he read. He might stumble over words or lose his place in the text. He might feel like everyone was watching him and judging him. Still, he really wanted to visit the cats, so he took an application form anyway.
On Saturday, Ben arrived at the shelter with some of his classmates. “This is Max,” the shelter worker told Ben as she handed him a gray cat. Ben carried Max to a beanbag chair and sat down. Max settled onto his lap. He took a book he’d been working on and started reading. Max, very different from other cats walking around the room while the kids read, purred (发出呼噜声) on his lap as if he had understood what Ben read.
“I’m glad Max is staying and listening to my reading and he is the best cat ever,” Ben told Dad excitedly. “I’m glad you two are friends,” Dad said. All week, Ben’s heart was filled with anxiety as he waited for Saturday to arrive. He was eager to read to Max and the anticipation of spending time with his feline (猫咪的) friend made him restless and nervous. When it arrived, Ben got to read to Max again.
“What if someone adopts Max ” Ben asked Dad later. “I guess you’d read to a different cat,” Dad said. “But I don’t want a different cat. I wish we could adopt Max,” Ben said to Dad. He knew they couldn’t because Mom had allergies (过敏). Ben loved the cat so much that he even told his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Patel, about Max. “Max sounds like a special cat,” said Mrs. Patel.
注意：
1.续写词数应 150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Week by week, Ben realized that reading seemed easier with Max’s company.
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But on Saturday, Ben couldn’t find Max at the shelter.
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