2024年北京第二次普通高中学业水平合格性考试模拟卷03
考生须知
1.考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。
2.本试卷共22页，四道大题(共100分)。
3.试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。选择题必须用2B铅笔作答;非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。
4.考试结束后，考生应将试卷和答题卡按要求放在桌面上，待监考员收回。
一、听力理解(共25小题;每小题1分，共25分)
第一节(共20小题;每小题1分，共20分)
听下面十段对话或独白，从每题所给的 A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
听第1段材料，回答第1题。
1．What was the reason for the man to work at the charity at first
A．To help the homeless.
B．To do a college project.
C．To get work experience.
【答案】C
【原文】W: So, it says here that you did some volunteer work to raise money for a homeless charity during the summer.
M: That’s right. I originally took the job because I needed some work experience for college, but helping other people really made me realize how lucky I am.
听第2段材料，回答第2题。
2．Where does the conversation take place
A．On a beach. B．In a hospital. C．Over the phone.
【答案】C
【原文】W: San Francisco General Hospital.
M: Hello. This is an emergency. Can you please send an ambulance
W: OK, OK. Just try to calm down, sir. And tell me where you are.
M: Right. Uh, we are at La Traviata Restaurant in North Beach.
听第3 段材料，回答第3题。
3．What is the man trying to do
A．Give first aid. B．Do breathing exercises. C．Relax himself.
【答案】A
【原文】W: Try to start his breathing again, or he will die in five minutes.
M: Well, how can I start his breathing
W: By using the mouth-to-mouth method.
听第4段材料，回答第4题。
4．How much is the telephone bill this month
A．$30. B．$100. C．$130.
【答案】C
【原文】W: Our telephone bill goes very high this month.
M: How much is it I’ve made several calls to the USA.
W: No wonder the international phone call costs about 100 dollars and the domestic call costs just thirty dollars.
听第5段材料，回答第5题至第6题。
5．How old is the daughter
A．Two years old. B．Three years old. C．Four years old.
6．What’s the matter with the woman’s daughter
A．She is ill. B．She has a fever. C．She drank some ink.
【答案】5．B 6．C
【原文】M: Can I help you
W: Yes, doctor. This is my daughter. She’s only three years old.
M: What happened to her
W: She drank some ink ten minutes ago.
M: Did you give her any first aid
W: No. I thought it might be poisonous, so I brought her here at once.
M: Was there much ink in the bottle
W: Well, the bottle was almost empty.
M: Let me have a look.
听第6段材料，回答第7题至第8题。
7．What do the speakers talk about
A．A weekend plan. B．A football game. C．Watching TV.
8．What can we know about the man
A．He doesn’t like football.
B．He doesn’t know football rules.
C．He will watch a football match on Friday.
【答案】7．B 8．C
【原文】M: Wendy, I get confused every time you say the word “football”. Do you mean American football or are you talking about soccer
W: I mean American football. Do you like it
M: Yes! I like this game. But I never watch it on TV. How about you
W: I only watched it on TV once. I don’t understand the rules so it can be a bit boring.
M: It’s hard to get excited about it if you don’t understand the rules. Actually, it is easy to get it. I can explain the rules to you. There is a game on Friday if you would like to come.
W: Sure, I would love to.
听第7段材料，回答第9题至第11题。
9．What is the woman
A．A new student. B．A new teacher. C．A new Internet manager.
10．What did the woman do at home a week ago
A．She paid her fees.
B．She got her receipt from the bank.
C．She registered for classes on the Internet.
11．What does the woman have to do now
A．Go to the classroom. B．Get the class list. C．Have the first class.
【答案】9．A 10．C 11．B
【原文】W: Good to see you! I have to register for classes today, but I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do.
M: Well, have you paid your tuition at the bank yet
W: Yes, I have.
M: Did you get a receipt from the bank
W: I think so. But I can’t understand all of these papers because they are all written in Chinese.
M: Let me help you. Here’s your receipt from the bank. Have you registered for the classes you are going to take this term on the Internet
W: Yes, I did it last week at home.
M: OK. What you have to do now is to get the class list. If it shows all the courses you take this term correctly, then it won’t have any problem.
W: Really I don’t need to do anything else
M: No.
W: Thanks for your help.
M: My pleasure.
听第8段材料，回答第12题至第14题。
12．Where is the noise coming from
A．The car. B．The motor. C．The motorbike.
13．Where did they stop their car
A．A factory. B．A parking place. C．A hotel.
14．What’s wrong with the motor
A．It needs water in the tank.
B．It runs out of petrol.
C．It needs heating up.
【答案】12．B 13．B 14．A
【原文】W: Frank, do you hear that strange noise
M: Yes. I have noticed it for a while. It seems to be coming from the motor.
W: What shall we do
M: I don’t know. Perhaps if we slow it down we can stop at the next parking place and check what is the matter.
W: OK. Let’s do it.
M: Oh, it is burning hot. We have run out of water.
W: How is the motor itself Is it OK
M: I think it’s all right. Let’s wait till it cools down a bit.
听第9段材料，回答第15题至第17题。
15．Why does the man talk to the woman
A．He wants to get some suggestions from her.
B．He wants to give her some advice.
C．He wants to invite her to spend a holiday with him.
16．Which is mentioned in the talk
A．Mike had intended to travel with Celia this holiday.
B．Mike had wanted to go sightseeing with Miguel this holiday.
C．Celia had planned to go on a trip with Miguel this year.
17．Why does Mike feel it hard to make the decision to accept the invitation
A．He has not enough money for the holiday.
B．He does not want to hurt Celia’s feelings.
C．He does not like Miguel very much.
【答案】15．A 16．A 17．B
【原文】M: Sue, there you are. Have you got time for a little chat
W: Of course. What is it, Mike Is something wrong
M: No, not really. But I’ll like your advice.
W: I’ll help if I can.
M: Well, you remember Miguel who stayed with us last summer
W: No. But I remember you telling me about him. He was very fond of sightseeing, wasn’t he
M: That’s right. Well, I got a letter from him this morning and he’s invited me to spend a holiday with his family this year. They have got a big house on a riverside, and they’ve got a boat. You know how crazy I am about boats.
W: Mike, that’s great. What a wonderful chance for you!
M: Yes, but it’s not that simple.
W: What’s the problem
M: It’s Celia. You see, we’ve both been saving like mad to go on a trip together this year.
W: Ah, I see. You don’t want to disappoint her, of course.
M: That’s right. She’d be so upset. She’s been doing all sorts of jobs in her free time. She deserves this holiday. It seems so unfair.
W: Look, Mike. First, you must tell Celia about the invitation. She’ll understand your problem. But why don’t you tell Miguel about the plan you had already made with Celia He might even suggest a good way to settle the problem.
听第10段材料，回答第18题至第20题。
18．Why does Jason have no time to relax on the weekend
A．He needs to write a book.
B．He must take music courses.
C．He has to do his schoolwork.
19．What is Jenny’s opinion on mental health days off from school
A．It may make things worse.
B．It can solve mental problems well.
C．It can boost parent-child relationship.
20．What does Jenny think is important in students ‘mental health
A．Students ‘self-control,
B．A mental health lecture.
C．Doctors’ suggestions.
【答案】18．C 19．A 20．B
【原文】W: Jason, do you think we should get mental health days off from school
M: Yes, Jenny. Sometimes we need to stay home and have a good rest after hard schoolwork. I want days when I need soft music to make me feel relaxed. I also enjoy playing around.
W: But you can do those things after school or on the weekend.
M: You know, I have to do schoolwork and read books as well.
W: Well, I don’t think schools should give students days off for their mental health.
M: Why
W: Having too many days off can affect our study and even our life. And many students’ parents like mine have to go to work. If students get too many days off, they might be at home alone too much. This could make some students’ mental health issues worse.
M: But some students have serious mental health challenges. How can they get help
W: I do think a mental health lecture can play a vital role in students’ daily life and help to protect them from mental illness.
M: That sounds like a good idea.
第二节(共5小题;每小题1分，共5分)
听下面一段对话，根据题目要求在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下第21题至第25题的关键信息。此段对话你将听两遍。
A Four-day Tour of London
Transportation Plane
Self-guided tour Service 21 and make a flight reservation for guests
Cost $2,000
Guided tour Service Make a travel schedule for guests, besides making reservations
Schedule 22 on July 5th Go on 23 on the Thames River on the 1st day Visit Buckingham Palace on the 2nd day Go to the British Museum on the 3rd day 24 yourself or anything else on the last day
Cost $3,500, including the 25 and hotel rates
【答案】21．Book a hotel 22．Set off 23．a boat tour 24．Do some sightseeing 25．air fare
【原文】W: Hello, this is Cindy from Star Travel Agency. Mr. Black, I’m calling because you asked me for some information about a four-day tour of London in July. We have both a guided tour and a self-guided tour, starting from July 5th. If you take a self-guided tour, we’ll just book a hotel and make a flight reservation for you. For the guided tour, there is a guide to make a travel schedule for you, besides making reservations. We plan to set off for London by plane on July 5th. On the first day the whole tour group will head for the Thames River, where we have arranged a boat tour. On the second day we’ll visit Buckingham Palace. The third day is a trip to the British Museum. By the way, we’ll have a tour guide to introduce every tourist attraction all the way. Of
course, we’ll leave the last day for you to do some sightseeing yourself or anything else. The cost of the self-guided tour will be about $2,000, and the guided tour will cost you about $3,500, including the air fare and hotel rates. Well, you can choose according to your budget.
二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1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。
We will all experience pain, disappointment, and almost certainly loss and sickness. Yet some people 26 by rising to the challenge, while others sink under the weight. What’s the difference I 27 clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Puff, host of the Happiness Podcast, who speaks 28 about pain and suffering. He explains that 29 is an unavoidable physical feeling. 30 , suffering comes from the thoughts we have about the pain we are experiencing-for example, “Why is this happening to me ” or “I’ll never feel good again.” These 31 are what cause suffering, and we can choose to 32 them.
John O’Leary is the host of the Live Inspired Podcast. When he was just nine years old, John suffered 33 burns over his entire body and doctors told him that he had one percent chance of 34 . No one expected him to 35 . However, after dozens of surgeries and years of treatment and deep inner work, he is a fairly happy, 36 man with a beautiful family. He inspires others through his 37 as a motivational speaker, author, and life coach. He feels that what happened to him was his greatest 38 : the realization that, regardless of our personal and professional challenges, we can navigate and overcome to reveal a 39 vision. In John’s words, “You can’t always choose the path you walk in life, but you can always choose the 40 in which you walk.”
26．A．subscribe B．proceed C．respond D．express
27．A．interviewed B．imagined C．introduced D．recognized
28．A．externally B．joyfully C．formally D．wisely
29．A．mood B．pain C．sadness D．hurt
30．A．Regardless B．Instead C．However D．Therefore
31．A．thoughts B．opinions C．theories D．factors
32．A．shelter B．decrease C．improve D．change
33．A．gentle B．severe C．certain D．ordinary
34．A．relief B．recount C．survival D．refreshment
35．A．make it B．get across C．go around D．pull over
36．A．potential B．touchy C．sincere D．successful
37．A．work B．talent C．fantasy D．prediction
38．A．desperation B．gift C．goal D．task
39．A．higher B．rarer C．brighter D．calmer
40．A．angle B．manner C．prospect D．trend
【答案】
26．C 27．A 28．D 29．B 30．C 31．A 32．D 33．B 34．C 35．A 36．D 37．A 38．B 39．C 40．B
【解析】26．考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，一些人的反应是迎接挑战，而另一些人则被压力压垮。A. subscribe订阅；B. proceed继续；C. respond反应；D. express表达。根据本句中的“while others sink under the weight”可知，while前后的两个分句讲述的是不同人对压力的反应，有些人迎接挑战，而有些人则被压力压垮。故选C项。
27．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我采访了临床心理学家罗伯特·帕夫博士，他是“幸福播客”的主持人，他对痛苦和折磨的看法很有智慧。A. interviewed采访；B. imagined想象；C. introduced介绍；D. recognized认出。根据本句中的“host of the Happiness Podcast”可知，罗伯特·帕夫博士是一名主持人，“我”采访了他以了解其看法。故选A项。
28．考查副词词义辨析。句意：我采访了临床心理学家罗伯特·帕夫博士，他是“幸福播客”的主持人，他对痛苦和折磨的看法很有智慧。A. externally外部地；B. joyfully愉快地；C. formally正式地；D. wisely明智地。根据本句中的“clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Puff”可知，罗伯特·帕夫博士是一名临床心理学家，因此他的看法是充满智慧的。故选D项。
29．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他解释说，疼痛是一种不可避免的生理感受。A. mood心情；B. pain疼痛；C. sadness伤心；D. hurt受伤。根据下文的“suffering comes from the thoughts we have about the pain we are experiencing”可知，这是在描述“痛苦”的来源，因此前文应该介绍的是“疼痛”，回应上一句中的关键词“pain and suffering”。故选B项。
30．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，痛苦来自于我们对正在经历的痛苦的想法——例如，“为什么这件事发生在我身上？”A. Regardless不顾；B. Instead反而；C. However然而；D. Therefore因此。根据上文的“He explains that...is an unavoidable physical feeling.”和本句子中的“suffering comes from the thoughts we have about the pain we are experiencing”可知，上下文构成了转折关系，指出了痛苦与疼痛的区别。故选C项。
31．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些想法导致痛苦，我们可以选择改变它们。A. thoughts想法；B. opinions观点；C. theories理论；D. factors因素。根据上文的““Why is this happening to me ” or “I’ll never feel good again.””可知，这些消极的想法给人们带来痛苦。故选A项。
32．考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些想法导致痛苦，我们可以选择改变它们。A. shelter庇护；B. decrease减少；C. improve改善；D. change改变。根据本句中的“These...are what cause suffering”可知，既然这些想法会带来痛苦，人们就要选择去改变它们。故选D项。
33．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：9岁时，约翰全身严重烧伤，医生告诉他只有1%的生存机会。A. gentle温柔的；B. severe严重的；C. certain确定的；D. ordinary普通的。根据下文的“However, after dozens of surgeries and years of treatment and deep inner work, he is a fairly
happy,...man with a beautiful family.”可知，约翰当时全身严重烧伤。故选B项。
34．考查名词词义辨析。句意：9岁时，约翰全身严重烧伤，医生告诉他只有1%的生存机会。A. relief缓解；B. recount叙述；C. survival生存；D. refreshment提神。根据本句中的“When he was just nine years old, John suffered...burns over his entire body”可知，作为孩子，约翰全身严重烧伤，因此医生认为他活下来的几率不大。故选C项。
35．考查动词短语辨析。句意：没人指望他能渡过难关。A. make it渡过难关；B. get across渡过；C. go around绕过；D. pull over靠边停车。根据下文的“However, after dozens of surgeries and years of treatment and deep inner work, he is a fairly happy,...man with a beautiful family.”可知，约翰成功活了下来，however前后的内容构成了转折，则前文讲的是大家以为他不能渡过难关。故选A项。
36．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，经过几十次手术，多年的治疗和针对内心深处的工作，他现在成为了一个相当快乐，成功的男人，拥有一个美好的家庭。A. potential潜在的；B. touchy棘手的；C. sincere真诚的；D. successful成功的。根据本句中的“with a beautiful family”可知，说明约翰历经当年的烧伤后成功地过上了过上美好的生活。故选D项。
37．考查名词词义辨析。句意：作为一名励志演说家、作家和生活教练，他通过自己的工作激励他人。A. work工作；B. talent天赋；C. fantasy幻想；D. prediction预测。根据本句中的“as a motivational speaker, author, and life coach”可知，约翰以不同的角色所从事的工作为他人带去鼓舞。故选A项。
38．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他觉得发生在他身上的事情是他最大的礼物：即意识到不管我们的个人和职业挑战如何，我们都可以驾驭和克服，以展现更光明的前景。A. desperation绝望；B. gift礼物；C. goal目标；D. task任务。根据本句中的“the realization that, regardless of our personal and professional challenges, we can navigate and overcome”可知，约翰意识到不管多大的挑战，最终他们都能够被战胜，这是他经历自己的不幸遭遇最后取得成功所得到的启示，因此他觉得发生在他身上的事情对他而言是最大的礼物，故选B项。
39．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：句意：他觉得发生在他身上的事情是他最大的礼物：即意识到不管我们的个人和职业挑战如何，我们都可以驾驭和克服，以展现更光明的前景。A. higher更高的； B. rarer更稀少的；C. brighter更明亮的；D. calmer更平静的。根据上文的“However, after dozens of surgeries and years of treatment and deep inner work, he is a fairly happy,...man with a beautiful family.”可知，约翰从不幸走向成功，这说明了人们在遇到挑战时要勇敢面对，这样才会拥抱更光明的未来。故选C项。
40．考查名词词义辨析。句意：用约翰的话来说，“你不能总是选择你在生活中要走的路，但你可以选择你走路的方式”。A. angle角度；B. manner方式；C. prospect前景；D. trend趋势。根据文章第二句“Yet some people...by rising to the challenge, while others sink under the weight. ”可知，人们会以不同的方式面对挑战，而约翰虽然遭遇伤痛，但是他选择迎接挑战，
因此约翰认为人们可以选择应对挑战的方式。故选B项。
三、阅读理解(共两节，40分)
第一节(共16小题;每小题2分，共32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
“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them.” Tara now says. It’s hard to understand these words until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated.
In her book Educated, Tara was raised in rural Idaho. Her dad believed the world was coming to an end, and that the family should interact with the health and education systems as little as possible. Major medical crises went untreated-her mother never recovered from her brain injury. Because Tara and her six siblings worked at their father’s junkyard， none of them received proper homeschooling.
Educated is an amazing story. I found it fascinating how it took studying philosophy and history in school for Tara to trust her own perception of the world. Before stepping foot in a classroom until she was 17, her worldview was entirely shaped by her dad. It wasn’t until she went to Brigham Young University that she realized there were other perspectives on things her dad had presented as fact. Eventually, she earned her doctorate in history from Cambridge. Of the seven Westover siblings, three earned Ph. D．s. I think their childhood experience made them tough and helped them persevere. When you meet Tara, she is never cruel even when mentioning her childhood traumas, including the physical abuse she suffered. I was impressed by how she talks so openly about how ignorant she once was.
Educated touches on the divides in our country: rural versus urban, college-educated versus not. Since she’s spent her whole life moving between these two worlds, I asked Tara what she thought. “I worry that education is becoming a stick that some people use to beat other people into submission or becoming something that people feel arrogant (傲慢的) about,” she said. “I think education is really just a process of self-discovery-of developing a sense of self and what you think. I think of it as this great mechanism of connecting and equalizing.”
Tara’s process of self-discovery is beautifully captured in Educated. She’s a talented writer, and I suspect this book isn’t the last.
41．How did Tara’s upbringing shape her worldview
A．It prepared her for a successful academic career.
B．It limited her access to education and critical thinking.
C．It encouraged her to embrace different perspectives and ideas.
D．It instilled in her a strong sense of independence and resilience.
42．Which could best describe Tara according to the text
A．Perseverant and honest. B．Talented and weak.
C．Cruel and accomplished. D．Romantic and determined.
43．According to Tara, what should education primarily involve
A．Exploring more of oneself and individual thoughts.
B．Following established social rules and regulations
C．Strengthening divisions and in equalities among people.
D．Obtaining certain rights and privileges to defeat others.
44．What is the text type of this passage
A．Autobiography. B．News report.
C．Persuasive essays. D．Book review.
【答案】41．B 42．A 43．A 44．D
【解析】
41．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“In her book Educated, Tara was raised in rural Idaho. Her dad believed the world was coming to an end, and that the family should interact with the health and education systems as little as possible. Major medical crises went untreated-her mother never recovered from her brain injury. Because Tara and her six siblings worked at their father’s junkyard， none of them received proper homeschooling.(在她的书《Educated》中，Tara在爱达荷州的农村长大。她的父亲认为世界末日即将来临，家庭应该尽可能少地与卫生和教育系统互动。重大的医疗危机没有得到治疗——她的母亲从未从脑部损伤中恢复过来。因为Tara和她的六个兄弟姐妹在他们父亲的垃圾场工作，他们没有一个人接受过适当的家庭教育。)”以及第三段“Before stepping foot in a classroom until she was 17, her worldview was entirely shaped by her dad. It wasn’t until she went to Brigham Young University that she realized there were other perspectives on things her dad had presented as fact. (在17岁踏入教室之前，她的世界观完全是由父亲塑造的。直到她上了杨百翰大学，她才意识到，对于她父亲所说的事实，还有其他的看法。)”可知，Tara的成长环境限制了她接受教育和拥有批判性思维的机会。故选B。
42．推理判断题。根据第三段“Eventually, she earned her doctorate in history from Cambridge. Of the seven Westover siblings, three earned Ph. D.s. I think their childhood experience made them tough and helped them persevere. When you meet Tara, she is never cruel even when mentioning her childhood traumas, including the physical abuse she suffered. I was impressed by how she talks so openly about how ignorant she once was.(最终，她在剑桥大学获得了历史学博士学位。在Westover的七个兄弟姐妹中，有三个获得了博士学位。我认为他们的童年经历让他们变得坚强，并帮助他们坚持下去。当你见到Tara时，即使提到她童年的创伤，包括她遭受的身体虐待，她也从不残忍。她如此坦率地谈论自己曾经多么无知，这给我留下了深刻的印象。)”可推测，Tara是个有毅力、诚实的人。故选A。
43．推理判断题。根据文章第四段““I worry that education is becoming a stick that some people use to beat other people into submission or becoming something that people feel arrogant (傲慢的) about,” she said. “I think education is really just a process of self-discovery-of developing a sense of self and what you think. I think of it as this great mechanism of connecting and equalizing.”(她说：“我担心教育正在成为一些人用来迫使别人屈服的大棒，或者成为人们感到傲慢的东西。我认为教育实际上只是一个自我发现的过程——培养自我意识和你的想法。我认为这是一种连接和平衡的伟大机制。”)”可知，Tara认为教育应该是一个自我发现的过程，应该培养自我意识和自己的想法。故选A。
44．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Tara’s process of self-discovery is beautifully captured in Educated. She’s a talented writer, and I suspect this book isn’t the last.( Tara自我发现的过程在《Educated》中被完美地捕捉到了。她是个有才华的作家，我想这本书不会是最后一本。)”以及全文内容可知，文章介绍了Tara Westover的自传体图书《Educated》，讨论了这本书的主题、信息和影响，以及作者对它的个人反思。并介绍了作者的成长经历，她的教育经历，以及她对教育的看法，因此这篇文章是一篇书评。故选D。
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.
45．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.
46．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.
47．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.
48．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】45．B 46．D 47．B 48．A
【解析】45．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。
46．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。
47．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。
48．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
During my first year in China, some friends who’d been around a little longer than me introduced me to the concept of “House Plant Syndrome”.
Imagine you are at a party at someone’s house. You’re hanging out when suddenly a house plant starts talking to you. Now, there are several ways you could respond to this. Perhaps you would ignore it. Perhaps you would ask the person next to you if they heard it as well. Perhaps you would try talking back to the house plant and engaging it in conversation.
I am that house plant.
The story of the talking house plant explains what can happen here when a white person unexpectedly speaks Chinese. It’s especially true with Chinese who haven’t met foreigners before.
Over time I learned to deal with House Plant Syndrome by talking without being looked at. I visited a restaurant at least once a week. Waitresses there would often stare blankly at me, not even hearing what I was saying when I tried to ask for things. So I leaned to speak clearly while looking in another direction. Without the “foreigners don’t speak Mandarin” filter, the waitresses heard and understood me easily and responded immediately.
A few years later, as my Mandarin became more fluent, and my foreign accent diminished (减少), people could hardly realize I was actually a house plant. This happened a lot with taxis. A lot of the time after I called a taxi, I would get a call from the driver, who would confirm my location. This meant I had a short conversation with the driver long before they saw me. Then I would get in the taxi, say where I wanted to go, and we would drive off in silence. Twenty seconds later, he would burst out “You speak such good Mandarin: I thought you were Chinese!”
I am rarely seen as a talking house plant anymore. The more I work on my accent and fluency, the less I am seen as a house plant. Definitely a good reason to keep working on my language!
49．What does “House Plant Syndrome” refer to
A．A cultural practice in Chinese households.
B．A disease that house plants often suffer from.
C．Foreigners’ preference for Chinese house plants.
D．Chinese people’s reaction to a foreigner speaking Chinese.
50．What caused the author to avoid eye contact with the waitresses
A．Lack of confidence in her Chinese. B．Discomfort with looking at strangers.
C．Desire to hide her identity. D．Ease of speaking Mandarin when looking away.
51．How might the taxi driver feel upon seeing the author
A．Astonished B．Embarrassed C．Confused D．Annoyed
52．What can be the best title for the text
A．The silent conversations of a foreigner in China B．The journey to reveal the secrets of language.
C．Tackling cultural challenges in China. D．Chatting with house plants.
【答案】49．D 50．C 51．A 52．D
【解析】49．推理判断题。由文章第二段“Imagine you are at a party at someone’s house. You’re hanging out when suddenly a house plant starts talking to you. Now, there are several ways you could respond to this. Perhaps you would ignore it. Perhaps you would ask the person next to you if they heard it as well. Perhaps you would try talking back to the house plant and engaging it in conversation. (想象一下你正在某人家里参加聚会。你正在闲逛，突然一株室内植物开始和你说话。现在，你可以用几种方式来回答这个问题。也许你会忽略它。也许你应该问问你旁边的人是否也听到了。也许你可以试着和室内植物顶嘴，让它参与到谈话中来。)”和第四段“The story of the talking house plant explains what can happen here when a white person unexpectedly speaks Chinese. It’s especially true with Chinese who haven’t met foreigners before. (会说话的室内植物的故事解释了当一个白人意外地说中文时会发生什么。对于从未见过外国人的中国人来说尤其如此。)”可知，“室内植物综合症”指的是中国人对说汉语的外国人的反应。故选D。
50．推理判断题。由文章第五段“Over time I learned to deal with House Plant Syndrome by talking without being looked at. I visited a restaurant at least once a week. Waitresses there would often stare blankly at me, not even hearing what I was saying when I tried to ask for things. So I leaned to speak clearly while looking in another direction. Without the “foreigners don’t speak Mandarin” filter, the waitresses heard and understood me easily and responded immediately. (随着时间的推移，我学会了在不被人看的情况下说话来应对室内植物综合症。我每周至少去一次餐馆。那里的女服务员常常茫然地盯着我，甚至在我想要东西的时候都听不进去我在说什么。所以我学会了一边看另一个方向，一边清晰地说话。没有了“外国人不会说普通话”的过滤，女服务员很容易听到并理解我的意思，并立即做出回应。)”可知，作者想要隐藏自己的身份，这导致作者避免与女服务员进行眼神交流。故选C。
51．推理判断题。由文章第六段“Over time I learned to deal with House Plant Syndrome by talking without being looked at. I visited a restaurant at least once a week. Waitresses there would often stare blankly at me, not even hearing what I was saying when I tried to ask for things. So I leaned to speak clearly while looking in another direction. Without the “foreigners don’t speak Mandarin” filter, the waitresses heard and understood me easily and responded immediately. (几年后，随着我的普通话越来越流利，我的外国口音也越来越少，人们几乎意识不到我实际上是一株室内植物。这种情况在出租车行业经常发生。很多时候，我叫了一辆出租车后，我会接到司机的电话，他会确认我的位置。这意味着早在司机看到我之前，我就和他们进行了简短的交谈。然后我上了出租车，说出我要去的地方，然后我们就默默地开走了。20秒后，他会突然说：“你的普通话说得这么好，我还以为你是中国人呢！”)”可知，出租车司机见到作者后会感到震惊，因为司机没想到作者的普通话这么好。故选A。
52．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是由文章第一段“During my first year in China, some friends who’d been around a little longer than me introduced me to the concept of “House Plant
Syndrome”. (在我来中国的第一年，一些比我在中国待得久一点的朋友向我介绍了“室内植物综合症”的概念。)”可知，文章主要介绍了“室内植物综合症”。选项D“Chatting with house plants. (与室内植物聊天)”符合题意。故选D。
D
When scientists go to a forest to study monkeys and their habits and behaviors, how do they know who’s who
In the past, scientists had to make marks on each of the animals to distinguish them. But in the future, they may have a much easier way to tell them apart thanks to facial recognition technology.
A research team from China’s Northwest University is using facial recognition technology to identify thousands of snub-nosed monkeys that live on Qinling Mountain in Shaanxi province.
Similar to human facial recognition, the technology that is used to identify monkeys uses their facial features to create a database that includes every monkey, Xinhua reported. “When the system is fully developed, we can connect it with cameras set up in the mountains. The system will automatically recognize the monkeys, name them and analyze their behavior,” said Zhang He, a member of the research team. “For each snub-nosed monkey, we have 700 to 800 image samples, and the recognition success rate is 94 percent,” Zhang added.
“We used mobile phones and portable cameras with the monkeys in tests at distances ranging from about 3 to 10 meters,” said He Gang, a member of the research team and an associate professor in the College of Life Sciences at Northwest University. “There is no need to interfere with the monkeys. Such a method of sampling is clearly non-invasive.”
Compared to humans, facial recognition technology for monkeys is more complicated because of their hairier faces. The color of their hair causes them to blend into their environment. These factors make it harder for computers to identify them.
“Monkeys do not cooperate with researchers in the same way humans do. It is difficult to take high-quality pictures and videos of them, which are needed to improve the system,” said Li Baoguo, leader of the research team.
Currently, there are about 4,000 snub-nosed monkeys living on Qinling Mountain. The team’s goal is to successfully identify every monkey that lives there.
53．What problem do scientists face while studying monkeys according to the text
A．How to mark them. B．How to distinguish them.
C．How to understand their behavior. D．How to observe them clearly
54．What does the article tell us about facial recognition technology for monkeys
A．It is now widely adopted in China.
B．It works better than human facial recognition.
C．It will use monkeys’ behavior to create a database.
D．It can help scientists study monkeys without disturbing them.
55．According to the leader of the team, what is the difficulty in improving the system
A．Less cooperative monkeys.
B．Hard for computers to identify the monkeys.
C．photos and videos of high quality.
D．Too many monkeys to identify.
56．What is the author’s main purpose in writing the article
A．To introduce a new way to identify monkeys.
B．To show the importance of studying monkeys.
C．To compare different ways to identify monkeys.
D．To explain difficulties in developing a new system.
【答案】53．B 54．D 55．A 56．A
【解析】53．细节理解题。根据第一段“When scientists go to a forest to study monkeys and their habits and behaviors, how do they know who’s who (当科学家们去森林里研究猴子和它们的习惯和行为时，他们怎么知道谁是谁？)”可知，科学家在研究猴子的时候，遇到的最大的问题是如何区分猴子。故选B。
54．细节理解题。根据第五段中的“There is no need to interfere with the monkeys. Such a method of sampling is clearly non-invasive.(没有必要干扰猴子。这种取样方法显然是非侵入性的。)”可知，猴脸识别技术可以帮助科学家在不打扰猴子的情况下研究它们。故选D。
55．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“‘Monkeys do not cooperate with researchers in the same way humans do. It is difficult to take high-quality pictures and videos of them, which are needed to improve the system,’ said Li Baoguo, leader of the research team.(‘猴子不像人类那样与研究人员合作。很难拍摄高质量的猴子照片和视频，这是改进系统所必需的，’研究小组组长李保国说。)”可知，改进系统的难处在于猴子不配合。故选A。
56．推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是第二段中的“But in the future, they may have a much easier way to tell them apart thanks to facial recognition technology.(但在未来，由于面部识别技术，他们可能会有一种更容易的方法来区分他们。)”和第三段“A research team from China’s Northwest University is using facial recognition technology to identify thousands of snub-nosed monkeys that live on Qinling Mountain in Shaanxi province.(中国西北大学的一个研究小组正在使用面部识别技术来识别生活在陕西省秦岭的数千只金丝猴。)”可知，本文主要介绍了中国西北大学的一个研究小组开发的猴脸识别技术，用来识别和区分金丝猴，由此可推测出，作者写这篇文章的主要目的是介绍一种识别猴子的新方法。故选A。
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阅读下面短文和问题，根据短文内容和每小题后的具体要求，在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。
The Importance of Failure
When the world-famous author J.K. Rowling gave a speech at a Harvard University graduation ceremony, some may have a little surprised by the topic she chose: “The Benefits of Failure”.
Rowling’s first novel was rejected by 12 publishers before it was finally published, yet paradoxically, it was this experience that helped her to succeed: “Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learnt no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had expected.”
The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs experienced failure early in his career, when he was fired form the company he had co-founded. He felt despair and rejection. However, it was, in his view, “the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods in my life.”
Even Bill Gates has experienced failure. His first company was called Traf-O-Data, but unfortunately, its product didn’t work. It was a total disaster. But what Gates learnt from this experience helped lay the groundwork for the global success that is now Microsoft. He didn’t make the same mistake twice.
Talented fashion designer Vera Wang has built a global fashion empire, yet life wasn’t always so straightforward. A dedicated ice skater as a young woman, Wang was bitterly disappointed when she did not make the 1968 US Olympic team. She gave up sport and joined Vogue as an assistant editor, but was crushed. After 15 years at the magazine, she was passed over for promotion to editor-in-chief. However, this setback prompted her to set up her own bridal fashion label. The rest is history.
Ang Lee, a worldwide-famous director, wasn’t successful either as a student or as an actor. Twice failing the college entrance examination at home, Lee turned to study drama in the US, but his poor English prevented his form becoming an actor. After being accepted for a directing major, Lee spent six years looking for opportunities to direct a film, but was only asked to look after filming equipment. He then spent most of his time writing plays which were rejected by more than 3- companies within two weeks. During six years with no income, he had to depend on his wife. In the end, whit his wife’s encouragement and his determination, all his efforts finally paid off.
All these individuals share something in common: At tough moments in their lives, they showed grit. But what is “grit” exactly Put simply, it’s a passion for something and the determination to work hard and to stick with it. It’s very easy to give up when we his setbacks, but people who have grit keep going.
So. how can we become “grittier” This is where the importance of failure comes in” If we can learn how to manage failure, we’ll learn how to succeed. By working through a series of failures, we’re better prepared for the bigger challenges we’ll face int the adult world: We’ll have
the resilience we need to keep going. We’ll have true grit.
57．What did J.K. Rowling learn from her failures
58．Please paraphrase the underlined sentence.
59．According to the passage, please decide which part of the following statement is false, then underline it and explain why.
The people in the text have in common in that they all had great talent in what they had done.
60．What can we learn from failure / How can we learn from failure
【答案】57．Failure taught her things about herself that she could have learnt no other way. She discovered that she had a strong will, and more discipline than she had expected. 58．Steve Jobs felt that being successful was a huge weight on his shoulders. When he was fired, the pressure disappeared and he was free to start a new life and to do what he wanted. 59．The people in the text have in common in that they all had great talent in what they had done. The people in the text have in common in that at tough moments in their lives, they showed grit. 60．Failures are stepping stones that lead to success. People always make mistakes. Failures provide opportunities for use to figure out the reasons for not succeeding, and work towards avoiding them in the future. The more you fail, the more experience you have, and the better changes you have to be successful in the future.
【解析】57．考查细节理解。根据第二段“Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learnt no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had expected.(失败教会了我一些我无法通过其他方式学到的关于自己的东西。我发现我有坚强的意志，比我预期的更有自制力)”可知，失败教会了J.K.罗琳一些她无法通过其他方式学到的关于她自己的东西。她发现她有坚强的意志，比她预期的更有自制力。故答案为Failure taught her things about herself that she could have learnt no other way. She discovered that she had a strong will, and more discipline than she had expected.
58．考查词句猜测。第三段划线句子“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.”的意思是“成功的沉重感被再次成为对一切都不太确定的初学者的轻松感所取代”，结合上文“The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs experienced failure early in his career, when he was fired form the company he had co-founded.(已故苹果公司首席执行官史蒂夫·乔布斯在其职业生涯早期经历了失败，当时他被他共同创立的公司解雇)”可知，乔布斯曾经被共同创立的公司解雇，此句表示史蒂夫·乔布斯觉得成功是他肩上的一个巨大负担，当他被解雇时，压力消失了，他可以自由地开始新
的生活，做他想做的事。故答案为Steve Jobs felt that being successful was a huge weight on his shoulders. When he was fired, the pressure disappeared and he was free to start a new life and to do what he wanted.
59．考查细节理解。根据第六段“Ang Lee, a worldwide-famous director, wasn’t successful either as a student or as an actor. Twice failing the college entrance examination at home, Lee turned to study drama in the US, but his poor English prevented his form becoming an actor.(李安，一个世界著名的导演，无论是作为学生还是作为演员都不成功。李曾两次在国内高考不及格，转而到美国学习戏剧，但由于英语不好，他无法成为一名演员)”以及第七段“All these individuals share something in common: At tough moments in their lives, they showed grit.(所有这些人都有一个共同点：在人生的艰难时刻，他们表现出了勇气)”可知，划线句子“The people in the text have in common in that they all had great talent in what they had done.(文本中的人有一个共同点，那就是他们在所做的事情上都很有天赋)”表述错误，文中提到的李安没有表现得很有天赋，所有人物的共同点是，在人生的艰难时刻，他们都表现出了勇气。故答案为The people in the text have in common in that they all had great talent in what they had done. The people in the text have in common in that at tough moments in their lives, they showed grit.
60．开放性题目。答案不唯一，合理即可。失败是通往成功的垫脚石。失败提供了机会，可以用来找出失败的原因，并在未来努力避免它们。你失败得越多，你的经验就越多，你必须做出更好的改变才能在未来取得成功。故答案为Failures are stepping stones that lead to success. People always make mistakes. Failures provide opportunities for use to figure out the reasons for not succeeding, and work towards avoiding them in the future. The more you fail, the more experience you have, and the better changes you have to be successful in the future.
四、书面表达(共1小题，20分)
假如你是李华，你校最近开展了中学生如何处理人际关系的讨论，请你写一篇你们小组的讨论总结，发表在英语校报上，写作要点：
1.做好自己；
2.尊重他人；
3.学会沟通。
注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.请在相应位置作答。
Recently, we held a heated discussion about how to live harmoniously in the school. Here are the opinions of our group.
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We hope all of us can enjoy our school life.
【答案】 Recently, we held a heated discussion about how to live harmoniously in the school. Here are the opinions of our group.
First of all, as middle school students, we should be kind and friendly to others, always ready to give a helping hand to those in need. Besides, we must behave ourselves, obeying both class and school rules and doing what we can for the class. Also, it matters a great deal to be honest and trustworthy in our daily life. Secondly, we should respect the old and love the young, especially showing concern for our parents and our teachers by understanding them and following their instructions. Last but not least, we should learn to communicate with others. Try to be considerate and put ourselves in others’ shoes, especially when frictions come.
We hope all of us can enjoy our school life.
【解析】1. 词汇积累
帮助：give a helping hand to→offer assistance to/reach out to
遵循：obey→follow
重要：matter→count
体贴的：considerate→thoughtful
2. 句式拓展
同义句转换
原句：First of all, as middle school students, we should be kind and friendly to others, always ready to give a helping hand to those in need.
拓展句：First of all, as middle school students, we should be kind and friendly to others, always ready to give a helping hand to those who are in need.
【点睛】【高分句型1】Besides, we must behave ourselves, obeying both class and school rules and doing what we can for the class.(使用了现在分词作状语、what引导宾语从句)
【高分句型2】Secondly, we should respect the old and love the young, especially showing concern for our parents and our teachers by understanding them and following their instructions. (使用了现在分词作状语、动名词作宾语)2024年北京第二次普通高中学业水平合格性考试模拟卷03
考生须知
1.考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。
2.本试卷共22页，四道大题(共100分)。
3.试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。选择题必须用2B铅笔作答;非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。
4.考试结束后，考生应将试卷和答题卡按要求放在桌面上，待监考员收回。
一、听力理解(共25小题;每小题1分，共25分)
第一节(共20小题;每小题1分，共20分)
听下面十段对话或独白，从每题所给的 A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
听第1段材料，回答第1题。
1．What was the reason for the man to work at the charity at first
A．To help the homeless.
B．To do a college project.
C．To get work experience.
听第2段材料，回答第2题。
2．Where does the conversation take place
A．On a beach. B．In a hospital. C．Over the phone.
听第3 段材料，回答第3题。
3．What is the man trying to do
A．Give first aid. B．Do breathing exercises. C．Relax himself.
听第4段材料，回答第4题。
4．How much is the telephone bill this month
A．$30. B．$100. C．$130.
听第5段材料，回答第5题至第6题。
5．How old is the daughter
A．Two years old. B．Three years old. C．Four years old.
6．What’s the matter with the woman’s daughter
A．She is ill. B．She has a fever. C．She drank some ink.
听第6段材料，回答第7题至第8题。
7．What do the speakers talk about
A．A weekend plan. B．A football game. C．Watching TV.
8．What can we know about the man
A．He doesn’t like football.
B．He doesn’t know football rules.
C．He will watch a football match on Friday.
听第7段材料，回答第9题至第11题。
9．What is the woman
A．A new student. B．A new teacher. C．A new Internet manager.
10．What did the woman do at home a week ago
A．She paid her fees.
B．She got her receipt from the bank.
C．She registered for classes on the Internet.
11．What does the woman have to do now
A．Go to the classroom. B．Get the class list. C．Have the first class.
听第8段材料，回答第12题至第14题。
12．Where is the noise coming from
A．The car. B．The motor. C．The motorbike.
13．Where did they stop their car
A．A factory. B．A parking place. C．A hotel.
14．What’s wrong with the motor
A．It needs water in the tank.
B．It runs out of petrol.
C．It needs heating up.
听第9段材料，回答第15题至第17题。
15．Why does the man talk to the woman
A．He wants to get some suggestions from her.
B．He wants to give her some advice.
C．He wants to invite her to spend a holiday with him.
16．Which is mentioned in the talk
A．Mike had intended to travel with Celia this holiday.
B．Mike had wanted to go sightseeing with Miguel this holiday.
C．Celia had planned to go on a trip with Miguel this year.
17．Why does Mike feel it hard to make the decision to accept the invitation
A．He has not enough money for the holiday.
B．He does not want to hurt Celia’s feelings.
C．He does not like Miguel very much.
听第10段材料，回答第18题至第20题。
18．Why does Jason have no time to relax on the weekend
A．He needs to write a book.
B．He must take music courses.
C．He has to do his schoolwork.
19．What is Jenny’s opinion on mental health days off from school
A．It may make things worse.
B．It can solve mental problems well.
C．It can boost parent-child relationship.
20．What does Jenny think is important in students ‘mental health
A．Students ‘self-control,
B．A mental health lecture.
C．Doctors’ suggestions.
第二节(共5小题;每小题1分，共5分)
听下面一段对话，根据题目要求在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下第21题至第25题的关键信息。此段对话你将听两遍。
A Four-day Tour of London
Transportation Plane
Self-guided tour Service 21 and make a flight reservation for guests
Cost $2,000
Guided tour Service Make a travel schedule for guests, besides making reservations
Schedule 22 on July 5th Go on 23 on the Thames River on the 1st day Visit Buckingham Palace on the 2nd day Go to the British Museum on the 3rd day 24 yourself or anything else on the last day
Cost $3,500, including the 25 and hotel rates
二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1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。
We will all experience pain, disappointment, and almost certainly loss and sickness. Yet some people 26 by rising to the challenge, while others sink under the weight. What’s the difference I 27 clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Puff, host of the Happiness Podcast, who speaks 28 about pain and suffering. He explains that 29 is an unavoidable physical feeling. 30 , suffering comes from the thoughts we have about the pain we are experiencing-for example, “Why is this happening to me ” or “I’ll never feel good again.” These 31 are what cause suffering, and we can choose to 32 them.
John O’Leary is the host of the Live Inspired Podcast. When he was just nine years old, John suffered 33 burns over his entire body and doctors told him that he had one percent chance of 34 . No one expected him to 35 . However, after dozens of surgeries and years of treatment and deep inner work, he is a fairly happy, 36 man with a beautiful family. He inspires others through his 37 as a motivational speaker, author, and life coach. He feels that what happened to him was his greatest 38 : the realization that, regardless of our personal and professional challenges, we can navigate and overcome to reveal a 39 vision. In John’s words, “You can’t always choose the path you walk in life, but you can always choose the 40 in which you walk.”
26．A．subscribe B．proceed C．respond D．express
27．A．interviewed B．imagined C．introduced D．recognized
28．A．externally B．joyfully C．formally D．wisely
29．A．mood B．pain C．sadness D．hurt
30．A．Regardless B．Instead C．However D．Therefore
31．A．thoughts B．opinions C．theories D．factors
32．A．shelter B．decrease C．improve D．change
33．A．gentle B．severe C．certain D．ordinary
34．A．relief B．recount C．survival D．refreshment
35．A．make it B．get across C．go around D．pull over
36．A．potential B．touchy C．sincere D．successful
37．A．work B．talent C．fantasy D．prediction
38．A．desperation B．gift C．goal D．task
39．A．higher B．rarer C．brighter D．calmer
40．A．angle B．manner C．prospect D．trend
三、阅读理解(共两节，40分)
第一节(共16小题;每小题2分，共32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
“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them.” Tara now says. It’s hard to understand these words until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated.
In her book Educated, Tara was raised in rural Idaho. Her dad believed the world was coming to an end, and that the family should interact with the health and education systems as little as possible. Major medical crises went untreated-her mother never recovered from her brain injury. Because Tara and her six siblings worked at their father’s junkyard， none of them received proper homeschooling.
Educated is an amazing story. I found it fascinating how it took studying philosophy and history in school for Tara to trust her own perception of the world. Before stepping foot in a classroom until she was 17, her worldview was entirely shaped by her dad. It wasn’t until she went to Brigham Young University that she realized there were other perspectives on things her dad had presented as fact. Eventually, she earned her doctorate in history from Cambridge. Of the seven Westover siblings, three earned Ph. D．s. I think their childhood experience made them tough and helped them persevere. When you meet Tara, she is never cruel even when mentioning her childhood traumas, including the physical abuse she suffered. I was impressed by how she talks so openly about how ignorant she once was.
Educated touches on the divides in our country: rural versus urban, college-educated versus not. Since she’s spent her whole life moving between these two worlds, I asked Tara what she thought. “I worry that education is becoming a stick that some people use to beat other people into submission or becoming something that people feel arrogant (傲慢的) about,” she said. “I think education is really just a process of self-discovery-of developing a sense of self and what you think. I think of it as this great mechanism of connecting and equalizing.”
Tara’s process of self-discovery is beautifully captured in Educated. She’s a talented writer, and I suspect this book isn’t the last.
41．How did Tara’s upbringing shape her worldview
A．It prepared her for a successful academic career.
B．It limited her access to education and critical thinking.
C．It encouraged her to embrace different perspectives and ideas.
D．It instilled in her a strong sense of independence and resilience.
42．Which could best describe Tara according to the text
A．Perseverant and honest. B．Talented and weak.
C．Cruel and accomplished. D．Romantic and determined.
43．According to Tara, what should education primarily involve
A．Exploring more of oneself and individual thoughts.
B．Following established social rules and regulations
C．Strengthening divisions and in equalities among people.
D．Obtaining certain rights and privileges to defeat others.
44．What is the text type of this passage
A．Autobiography. B．News report.
C．Persuasive essays. D．Book review.
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.
45．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.
46．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.
47．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.
48．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
During my first year in China, some friends who’d been around a little longer than me introduced me to the concept of “House Plant Syndrome”.
Imagine you are at a party at someone’s house. You’re hanging out when suddenly a house plant starts talking to you. Now, there are several ways you could respond to this. Perhaps you would ignore it. Perhaps you would ask the person next to you if they heard it as well. Perhaps you would try talking back to the house plant and engaging it in conversation.
I am that house plant.
The story of the talking house plant explains what can happen here when a white person unexpectedly speaks Chinese. It’s especially true with Chinese who haven’t met foreigners before.
Over time I learned to deal with House Plant Syndrome by talking without being looked at. I visited a restaurant at least once a week. Waitresses there would often stare blankly at me, not even hearing what I was saying when I tried to ask for things. So I leaned to speak clearly while looking in another direction. Without the “foreigners don’t speak Mandarin” filter, the waitresses heard and understood me easily and responded immediately.
A few years later, as my Mandarin became more fluent, and my foreign accent diminished (减少), people could hardly realize I was actually a house plant. This happened a lot with taxis. A lot of the time after I called a taxi, I would get a call from the driver, who would confirm my location. This meant I had a short conversation with the driver long before they saw me. Then I would get in the taxi, say where I wanted to go, and we would drive off in silence. Twenty seconds later, he would burst out “You speak such good Mandarin: I thought you were Chinese!”
I am rarely seen as a talking house plant anymore. The more I work on my accent and fluency, the less I am seen as a house plant. Definitely a good reason to keep working on my language!
49．What does “House Plant Syndrome” refer to
A．A cultural practice in Chinese households.
B．A disease that house plants often suffer from.
C．Foreigners’ preference for Chinese house plants.
D．Chinese people’s reaction to a foreigner speaking Chinese.
50．What caused the author to avoid eye contact with the waitresses
A．Lack of confidence in her Chinese. B．Discomfort with looking at strangers.
C．Desire to hide her identity. D．Ease of speaking Mandarin when looking away.
51．How might the taxi driver feel upon seeing the author
A．Astonished B．Embarrassed C．Confused D．Annoyed
52．What can be the best title for the text
A．The silent conversations of a foreigner in China B．The journey to reveal the secrets of language.
C．Tackling cultural challenges in China. D．Chatting with house plants.
D
When scientists go to a forest to study monkeys and their habits and behaviors, how do they know who’s who
In the past, scientists had to make marks on each of the animals to distinguish them. But in the future, they may have a much easier way to tell them apart thanks to facial recognition technology.
A research team from China’s Northwest University is using facial recognition technology to identify thousands of snub-nosed monkeys that live on Qinling Mountain in Shaanxi province.
Similar to human facial recognition, the technology that is used to identify monkeys uses their facial features to create a database that includes every monkey, Xinhua reported. “When the system is fully developed, we can connect it with cameras set up in the mountains. The system will automatically recognize the monkeys, name them and analyze their behavior,” said Zhang He, a member of the research team. “For each snub-nosed monkey, we have 700 to 800 image samples, and the recognition success rate is 94 percent,” Zhang added.
“We used mobile phones and portable cameras with the monkeys in tests at distances ranging from about 3 to 10 meters,” said He Gang, a member of the research team and an associate professor in the College of Life Sciences at Northwest University. “There is no need to interfere with the monkeys. Such a method of sampling is clearly non-invasive.”
Compared to humans, facial recognition technology for monkeys is more complicated because of their hairier faces. The color of their hair causes them to blend into their environment. These factors make it harder for computers to identify them.
“Monkeys do not cooperate with researchers in the same way humans do. It is difficult to take high-quality pictures and videos of them, which are needed to improve the system,” said Li Baoguo, leader of the research team.
Currently, there are about 4,000 snub-nosed monkeys living on Qinling Mountain. The team’s goal is to successfully identify every monkey that lives there.
53．What problem do scientists face while studying monkeys according to the text
A．How to mark them. B．How to distinguish them.
C．How to understand their behavior. D．How to observe them clearly
54．What does the article tell us about facial recognition technology for monkeys
A．It is now widely adopted in China.
B．It works better than human facial recognition.
C．It will use monkeys’ behavior to create a database.
D．It can help scientists study monkeys without disturbing them.
55．According to the leader of the team, what is the difficulty in improving the system
A．Less cooperative monkeys.
B．Hard for computers to identify the monkeys.
C．photos and videos of high quality.
D．Too many monkeys to identify.
56．What is the author’s main purpose in writing the article
A．To introduce a new way to identify monkeys.
B．To show the importance of studying monkeys.
C．To compare different ways to identify monkeys.
D．To explain difficulties in developing a new system.
第二节(共4小题;每小题2分，共8分)
阅读下面短文和问题，根据短文内容和每小题后的具体要求，在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。
The Importance of Failure
When the world-famous author J.K. Rowling gave a speech at a Harvard University graduation ceremony, some may have a little surprised by the topic she chose: “The Benefits of Failure”.
Rowling’s first novel was rejected by 12 publishers before it was finally published, yet paradoxically, it was this experience that helped her to succeed: “Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learnt no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had expected.”
The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs experienced failure early in his career, when he was fired form the company he had co-founded. He felt despair and rejection. However, it was, in his view, “the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods in my life.”
Even Bill Gates has experienced failure. His first company was called Traf-O-Data, but unfortunately, its product didn’t work. It was a total disaster. But what Gates learnt from this experience helped lay the groundwork for the global success that is now Microsoft. He didn’t
make the same mistake twice.
Talented fashion designer Vera Wang has built a global fashion empire, yet life wasn’t always so straightforward. A dedicated ice skater as a young woman, Wang was bitterly disappointed when she did not make the 1968 US Olympic team. She gave up sport and joined Vogue as an assistant editor, but was crushed. After 15 years at the magazine, she was passed over for promotion to editor-in-chief. However, this setback prompted her to set up her own bridal fashion label. The rest is history.
Ang Lee, a worldwide-famous director, wasn’t successful either as a student or as an actor. Twice failing the college entrance examination at home, Lee turned to study drama in the US, but his poor English prevented his form becoming an actor. After being accepted for a directing major, Lee spent six years looking for opportunities to direct a film, but was only asked to look after filming equipment. He then spent most of his time writing plays which were rejected by more than 3- companies within two weeks. During six years with no income, he had to depend on his wife. In the end, whit his wife’s encouragement and his determination, all his efforts finally paid off.
All these individuals share something in common: At tough moments in their lives, they showed grit. But what is “grit” exactly Put simply, it’s a passion for something and the determination to work hard and to stick with it. It’s very easy to give up when we his setbacks, but people who have grit keep going.
So. how can we become “grittier” This is where the importance of failure comes in” If we can learn how to manage failure, we’ll learn how to succeed. By working through a series of failures, we’re better prepared for the bigger challenges we’ll face int the adult world: We’ll have the resilience we need to keep going. We’ll have true grit.
57．What did J.K. Rowling learn from her failures
58．Please paraphrase the underlined sentence.
59．According to the passage, please decide which part of the following statement is false, then underline it and explain why.
The people in the text have in common in that they all had great talent in what they had done.
60．What can we learn from failure / How can we learn from failure
四、书面表达(共1小题，20分)
假如你是李华，你校最近开展了中学生如何处理人际关系的讨论，请你写一篇你们小组的讨论总结，发表在英语校报上，写作要点：
1.做好自己；
2.尊重他人；
3.学会沟通。
注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.请在相应位置作答。
Recently, we held a heated discussion about how to live harmoniously in the school. Here are the opinions of our group.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We hope all of us can enjoy our school life.
