高三英语
考生注意：
1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2．答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3．考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4．本卷命题范围：高考范围。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A． 19.15. B． 9.18. C． 9.15.
答案是C。
1．What does the man invite the woman to do
A．Watch a play. B．Go fishing. C．Visit Susan.
2．How much more does the man need
A．$200. B．$500. C．$700.
3．Why does the woman ask for a leave next week
A．To travel around the world. B．To attend a wedding. C．To hold a ceremony.
4．What is the relationship between the speakers
A．Mother and son. B．Shopkeeper and customer. C．Coach and player.
5．What is the man supposed to do next
A．Fire the woman. B．Watch a game. C．Play a match.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Where does the conversation probably take place
A．In the street. B．In a college. C．In a store.
7．What does the woman want to do
A．Sell some items. B．Fix the message board. C．Find a language partner.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．What is probably the woman
A．An editor. B．A student. C．A teacher.
9．Which country does the woman think is better for the man
A．The UK. B．America. C．Canada.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．How long did the party last
A．Seven hours. B．Six hours. C．Two hours.
11．When will the man have a big exam
A．This Saturday. B．Next Tuesday. C．Next Thursday.
12．Who will the man meet today
A．His classmates. B．His teacher. C．His boss.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．How does the woman feel about the early marriage in Malawi
A．Pleased. B．Uninterested. C．Shocked.
14．What kind of person is Chazeza’s uncle
A．Self-centered. B．Kind-hearted. C．Cruel.
15．Who helped Chazeza finish her college education
A．Her colleague. B．Her parents. C．Her grandfather.
16．What are the speakers mainly talking about
A．A family. B．A school. C．A story.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What can we learn about Australian food
A．It is the most expensive. B．It is hard to accept. C．It is affected by many cultures.
18．What do Chinese students probably think of noodles in Australia
A．Original. B．Just so-so. C．Awful.
19．Which food is eaten every morning after a big night in Australia
A．Dumplings. B．Honey chicken. C．Meat pie.
20．What is the speaker doing
A．Teaching how to cook food.
B．Telling food culture in Australia.
C．Comparing different lives in the world.
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
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What We Don’t Like
Students who’re seeking online learning to gain marketable, career-focused skills may need help in finding what they’re looking for through The Great Courses. This platform has no grades or certificates of completion. Lecture-based video lessons may not appeal to all learners, especially those who prefer mastering new skills through experiential learning or reading assignments.
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1. What does The Great Courses focus more on
A. Improving career skills. B. Hands-on practice.
C. Tips on increasing incomes. D. Sharing knowledge.
2. What can we know about The Great Courses
A. Its partner provides courses for free. B. Its course expenses are too high.
C. It has convenient video-based lessons. D. It helps a lot for those job-seekers.
3. What is a disadvantage of The Great Courses
A. It offers no completion certificates. B. Its topic is relatively single.
C. It is only suitable for beginners. D. Its subjects are very limited.
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了The Great Courses网络学习平台的学习范畴及优缺点。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据What We Like中“While most other online course providers concentrate on upskilling and improving career and salary prospects, this platform is more about sharing knowledge…(虽然大多数其他在线课程提供商都集中在提升技能和改善职业及薪酬前景上，但这个平台更多的是关于分享知识)”可知，The Great Courses平台更加关注分享知识，故选D项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据What We Like中“Lessons are video-based, available by streaming through The Great Courses’ website or mobile app or on DVDs. Many lectures are also available as streaming audio makes it even easier for students to learn anytime and anywhere(课程以视频为基础，可以通过大课程网站或移动应用程序进行流媒体播放，也可以在DVD上播放。许多讲座还以流媒体音频的形式提供，使学生能够随时随地学习，更加便捷)”可知，The Great Courses有便利的基于视频的课程，故选C项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据What We Don’t Like中“This platform has no grades or certificates of completion(这个平台没有成绩或完成证书)”可知，The Great Courses不提供结业证书，故选A项。
B
This year, the Music Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum, went to Annie Ray, the performing arts department chair and orchestra director at Annandale High School in Fairfax County, Virginia. She attended the awards ceremony in Los Angeles and brought home both a $10,000 prize and matching grant （资助） for her school’s music program.
Ray created the Crescendo Orchestra for students with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as a parent orchestra that teaches nearly 200 caregivers a year to play the same instrument as their children. She got the idea mostly from the Annandale community, which she says represents over 60 countries, including many refugees and immigrants. “There’re many cultures that might typically clash, but they come together in this very beautiful harmony,” Ray explained. “And that’s really uniquely expressed in the orchestra classroom, where we’re just all music-ing together.”
Ray says the Crescendo Orchestra is focused on teaching students how to play an instrument, through one-on-one instruction tailored to their needs. The orchestra is about much more than just making music, however. “I really push my students to be brave and go outside of their comfort zone. We have to learn how to work together with others,” she says.
Ray, who comes from a family of musicians and has played the harp （竖琴） since the age of five, knows firsthand the impact that a great teacher can make on their students. “Why I am where I am is because a teacher changed my life and made me want to be a music educator,” she says.
Ray says her warm reception on the awards ceremony is especially meaningful because not many people understand what exactly music educators do in the classroom or how much their work matters. She says that lack of understanding is one of the biggest challenges facing the profession in general. Moreover, she says her school desperately needs new instruments, and adds that she’ll use some of her grant money to buy more.
4. What mainly inspired Ray to create the Crescendo Orchestra
A. The effect of some caregivers. B. The diversity of a community.
C The harmony of the disabled. D. The rich culture of her school.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Who are influenced by music. B. How the Crescendo Orchestra develops.
C. What students can learn. D. Why students need special instruction.
6. How was Ray influenced by her teacher
A. She funded some students. B. She fought against her family.
C. She began learning the harp. D. She chose to be a music educator.
7. What can be learned from what Ray says in the last paragraph
A. Music education needs to be appreciated. B. She badly wants donations for instruments.
C. The administration offers no support. D. She is often challenged by musicians.
【答案】4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。由唱片学院和格莱美博物馆颁发的音乐教育家奖今年授予了弗吉尼亚州费尔法克斯县安南代尔高中的表演艺术系主任兼管弦乐队总监安妮·雷，她因努力让学生，尤其是残疾学生能接触到音乐而受到表彰。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Ray created the Crescendo Orchestra for students with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as a parent orchestra that teaches nearly 200 caregivers a year to play the same instrument as their children. She got the idea mostly from the Annandale community, which she says represents over 60 countries, including many refugees and immigrants.”（Ray为有严重智力和发展障碍的学生以及一支教育近200名照顾者每年学习与他们的孩子相同乐器的家长乐队创办了Crescendo Orchestra。她主要从代表60多个国家的Annandale社区中得到了这个想法，其中包括许多难民和移民。）可知，Ray创办Crescendo Orchestra的主要灵感来源于社区成员的多样性。故选B。
【5题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“The orchestra is about much more than just making music, however. “I really push my students to be brave and go outside of their comfort zone. We have to learn how to work together with others,” she says.”（然而，乐队的意义远不止于制作音乐。“我真的鼓励我的学生要勇敢，走出他们的舒适区。我们必须学会与他人合作，”她说。）可知，这一段主要讲述了学生们可以从Crescendo Orchestra中学到的东西。故选C。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第四段““Why I am where I am is because a teacher changed my life and made me want to be a music educator,” she says.”（“我之所以在我现在的位置，是因为一位老师改变了我的生活，让我想成为一名音乐教育家，”她说。）可知，Ray的老师影响了她，使她选择成为一名音乐教育家。故选D。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“She says that lack of understanding is one of the biggest challenges facing the profession in general. Moreover, she says her school desperately needs new instruments, and adds that she’ll use some of her grant money to buy more.”（她说，缺乏理解是这个行业面临的最大挑战之一。此外，她说她的学校急需新的乐器，她将使用她的一部分资助金购买更多。）可推知，Ray认为音乐教育需要得到重视。故选A项。
C
People have long watched moths (飞蛾) and other flying insects flock to streetlamps, lights and flames. These insects appear attracted by the light. But a new study suggests they may just lose track of which way is up.
Previous theories say light probably blinds flying insects so that they get trapped by the light, or maybe they interpret light at night as a place to fly for a quick escape. Now the new study suggests flying insects instead turn their backs to the sky’s light to keep their feet pointing toward the ground. Insects naturally turn their backs toward light. But when that light is from an artificial source, it may affect their sense of direction, leading to them flying in circles or diving toward the ground.
At a field station in Costa Rica, Samuel Fabian, an entomologist from Imperial College London in England and his teammates set up hanging and standing lights, and then used high-speed cameras to track wild, flying insects including moths and flies. Some circled the lights endlessly, and others flew sharply upward, losing speed until they couldn’t fly any higher. When the light source pointed up, some insects turned around and headed for the ground. During the flight, the insects always kept the lights at their back even if they’d end up crashing. Crash landings were common when the team lit up a white sheet on the floor. But not when a white sheet — stretched into a height above the floor—was bathed in diffuse (漫射) light, much as the sky would be, insects flew through the area without getting trapped by the light.
The team also observed some species in a lab. Moths and dragonflies generally behaved like the wild insects, and they kept the light at their backs. However, in the lab, fruit flies, like oleander hawk moths — which can fly in the dark — could fly over LED lights without being thrown off course. In the wild, though, the moths still crashed. Maybe this is because, Fabian says, the insects can sometimes control their response to light, or over time, they might learn to avoid artificial light.
8. Why do insects naturally turn their backs toward light
A. To get close to the light. B. To escape being caught quickly.
C. To protect their feet better. D. To track where the ground is.
9. What did the researchers find during the new study
A. Artificial light at night could put insects on a crash course.
B. Artificial light signaled an escape route for the insects.
C. The insects had a better sense of direction.
D. The insects were flying toward the light.
10. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning oleander hawk moths
A. To stress the importance of the study. B. To prove the previous theory.
C. To tell the existence of the exception. D. To explain the flight pattern.
11. What could be the best title for the text
A. Artificial Light Makes Insects More Adaptable B. Insects May Lose Track near Artificial Light
C. The Ways to Get Rid of Light Pollution D. Insects Learn to Fly for a Quick Escape
【答案】8. D 9. A 10. C 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项对昆虫夜晚趋光的研究，研究发现飞蛾和其他飞虫之所以会聚集在灯和火焰前并不是因为它们被这些光线迷住了，而是它们可能不知道飞行的方向。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“Now the new study suggests flying insects instead turn their backs to the sky’s light to keep their feet pointing toward the ground. Insects naturally turn their backs toward light. But when that light is from an artificial source, it may affect their sense of direction, leading to them flying in circles or diving toward the ground.( 现在，新的研究表明，飞行昆虫会背对天空的光线，以保持它们的脚指向地面。昆虫自然会背对光线。但是当这种光来自人造光源时，它可能会影响它们的方向感，导致它们绕圈飞行或向地面俯冲。)”可知，昆虫自然地将背部对准光飞行，以保持它们的脚指向地面，是为了找到地面的位置。故选D。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“ But when that light is from an artificial source, it may affect their sense of direction, leading to them flying in circles or diving toward the ground.(但是当这种光来自人造光源时，它可能会影响它们的方向感，导致它们绕圈飞行或向地面俯冲。)”以及第三段中“When the light source pointed up, some insects turned around and headed for the ground. During the flight, the insects always kept the lights at their back even if they’d end up crashing. (当光源指向上方时，一些昆虫就会转身向地面飞去。在飞行过程中，这些昆虫总是把灯放在身后，即使它们最终会坠毁。)”可知，人工光源可能会让昆虫失去方向感，导致它们撞到地面。故选A。
10题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“The team also observed some species in a lab. Moths and dragonflies generally behaved like the wild insects, and they kept the light at their backs. However, in the lab, fruit flies, like oleander hawk moths — which can fly in the dark — could fly over LED lights without being thrown off course. (研究小组还在实验室里观察了一些物种。飞蛾和蜻蜓通常表现得像野生昆虫，它们把光放在背后。然而，在实验室里，像夹竹桃鹰蛾这样可以在黑暗中飞行的果蝇，可以飞过LED灯而不会偏离航线。)”而不会偏离航线。）可知，研究团队观察发现，在实验室里飞蛾和蜻蜓通常表现得像野生昆虫，背光飞行，像夹竹桃鹰蛾这样可以在黑暗中飞行的果蝇，可以飞过LED灯而不会偏离航线。由此可知，作者提到夹竹桃鹰蛾是为了说明有例外的存在。故选C。
【11题详解】
标题判断题。通读全文，尤其是第一段“People have long watched moths (飞蛾) and other flying insects flock to streetlamps, lights and flames. These insects appear attracted by the light. But a new study suggests they may just lose track of which way is up.(人们早就看到飞蛾和其他飞虫成群结队地飞向路灯、灯光和火焰。这些昆虫似乎被光线吸引了。但一项新的研究表明，他们可能只是忘记了哪条路是向上的。)”以及第二段中“Now the new study suggests flying insects instead turn their backs to the sky’s light to keep their feet pointing toward the ground. Insects naturally turn their backs toward light. But when that light is from an artificial source, it may affect their sense of direction, leading to them flying in circles or diving toward the ground.(现在，新的研究表明，飞行昆虫会背对天空的光线，以保持它们的脚指向地面。昆虫自然会背对光线。但是当这种光来自人造光源时，它可能会影响它们的方向感，导致它们绕圈飞行或向地面俯冲。)”可知，本文主要讲述一项新的研究发现：飞蛾和其他飞虫聚集在灯和火焰前是因为这些光线扰乱了它们的飞行路线。B项“Insects May Lose Track near Artificial Light(昆虫可能在人造光附近迷失方向)”能够概括文章主旨，适合作为本文最佳标题。故选B。
D
The Ebola virus is an infectious disease that for years had almost no treatments, and it kill s about half the people it infects. Now a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that a promising vaccine (疫苗), named rVSV△G-ZEBOV-GP, doesn’t just help to reduce infections, it also can cut those death numbers in half.
The vaccine is a single-dose (单剂) muscular one that causes cells to produce one of the virus’s proteins. “Later, if the person is exposed to Ebola,”explains Rebecca Coulborn, a scientist with Epicentre, the medical research arm of Doctors Without Borders, “their immune system will recognize the viral protein. This recognition allows the immune system to be prepared to attack the virus and protect the person from Ebola virus disease.”
Researchers showed rVSV△G-ZEBOV-GP was effective at reducing the risk of infection, but no one knew how capable it was of preventing death in someone who was vaccinated after becoming infected during an epidemic (流行病). To figure it out, Coulborn and her colleagues focused their efforts on the second-largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded, which occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2018 and 2020.
“Every single Ebola health facility across the entire Ebola epidemic had a standardized list of all admissions,” says Coulborn. This list included 2,279 confirmed Ebola patients, and it recorded whether or not each person had been vaccinated before they got sick—and if so, when they’d received the vaccine.
Coulborn found the death rate was 56% among the unvaccinated. But for those who’d received the vaccine, that rate was cut in half. This was true no matter when someone got vaccinated before the appearance of symptoms. Additionally, those who’d been vaccinated had less virus circulating in their bodies than those who hadn’t. So the vaccine played an important role.
Rebecca Coulborn says she feels buoyed by the results—since they offer clear evidence that people who’re at risk of contracting Ebola should be vaccinated early. It’s an opportunity to cut chains of transmission (传播) and prevent an outbreak before it gains speed.
12. What is Coulborn trying to talk about concerning the vaccine in paragraph 2
A. Who it attacks. B. Why it is developed. C. How it works. D. Where it comes from.
13. Coulborn’s team chose the second largest Ebola outbreak in Congo because ______.
A. it listed health facilities B. it was easy to analyze
C. it caused the fewest deaths D. it had a detailed record
14. What did Coulborn probably suggest people infected do
A. Avoid connecting with each other. B. Get vaccinated as early as possible.
C. Stay at home to reduce the spread. D. Learn to recognize the symptoms.
15. What does the underlined word “buoyed” in the last paragraph probably mean
A. Encouraged. B. Relaxed. C. Astonished. D. Honored.
【答案】12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。一项新的研究发现：埃博拉疫苗rVSV△G-ZEBOV-GP即使是在感染后接种也可以将死亡率降低一半。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段内容,尤其是“their immune system will recognize the viral protein. This recognition allows the immune system to be prepared to attack the virus and protect the person from Ebola virus disease. (他们的免疫系统将识别出病毒蛋白。这种识别使得免疫系统准备好攻击病毒，并保护人们免受埃博拉病毒疾病的侵害。)”可推断，Coulborn在第二段主要讲述的是该疫苗是如何产生作用的。故选C项。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“To figure it out, Coulborn and her colleagues focused their efforts on the second-largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded… (为了弄清楚这一点，库尔伯恩和她的同事们将他们的研究重点放在了有记录以来第二大的埃博拉疫情上……)”及第四段“Every single Ebola health facility across the entire Ebola epidemic had a standardized list of all admissions, (在整个埃博拉疫情中，每一个埃博拉健康设施都有一个标准化的入院名单，包含了所有入院记录)”可推断，刚果第二大埃博拉疫情的相关数据记载比较详细。故选D项。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Additionally, those who’d been vaccinated had less virus circulating in their bodies than those who hadn’t. So, the vaccine played an important role. (此外，接种过疫苗的人体内的病毒循环量比未接种疫苗的人要少。因此，疫苗发挥了重要作用。)”及最后一段可知，Coulborn可能会建议感染的人尽早接受疫苗。故选B项。
【15题详解】
词句猜测题。根据画线词后“…since they offer clear evidence that people who’re at risk of contracting Ebola should be vaccinated early. (……这提供了明确的证据，表明那些有感染埃博拉风险的人应该尽早接种疫苗。)”可推断，丽贝卡·库尔伯恩说，她对结果感到鼓舞。画线词与Encouraged的意思相同。故选A项。
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 need a career launch plan It isn’t absolutely essential but it can be extremely helpful! A well-created plan is not just about landing a job; it is about entering the professional field with a competitive edge. Beyond that, it’s a strategy. ____16____ Therefore, a career launch plan is your survival guide, helping you avoid the traps and seize the right opportunities. So why not follow the following tips to create a right career launch plan
____17____ If you were to plan out your travel routes, what would you do You’re not just randomly moving; you’re intentional about where you want to go and what you want to achieve. So is a career plan. It involves outlining specific and achievable goals that give direction to your career trajectory (轨迹).
Develop relevant skills. Once you’ve identified the qualifications and skills demanded in your ideal profession, it’s time to acquire them! Sign up for courses, pursue certifications, or gain hands-on experience to enhance your skill set. ____18____
Start your job hunt. Your approach to job applications should be more like a precision strike than a messy explosion of arrows in all directions. ____19____ It’s not just about quantity; it’s about quality. Tailor each application to the specific role and company, emphasizing how your skills and experiences agree with their needs.
Stay flexible and agile (机敏的). The job market is changing, and being adaptable is an invaluable ability. ____20____ Develop a mindset of continuous improvement — always seeking ways to enhance your skills, knowledge, and approach to stay relevant in the ever-evolving professional landscape.
A. Set your goals.
B. Research your options.
C. So, what should you do to deal with it
D. To achieve this, develop a systematic approach to your job search.
E. By doing these, you’re essentially improving your techniques!
F. The job market can be a jungle, especially when you’re just starting.
G. The goal is to create a foundation that’ll guide your career decisions.
【答案】16. F 17. A 18. E 19. D 20. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了如何制定职业启动计划。
【16题详解】
上文“Do you need a career launch plan It isn’t absolutely essential but it can be extremely helpful! A well-created plan is not just about landing a job; it is about entering the professional field with a competitive edge. Beyond that, it’s a strategy.(你需要一个职业生涯启动计划吗？这不是绝对必要的，但它会非常有帮助！一个精心制定的计划不仅仅是为了找到一份工作；这是关于进入具有竞争优势的专业领域。除此之外，这也是一种策略)”表明你有必要进行职业规划，下文“Therefore, a career launch plan is your survival guide, helping you avoid the traps and seize the right opportunities.(因此，职业启动计划是你的生存指南，帮助你避开陷阱，抓住正确的机会)”表明启动职业计划的好处，F项“就业市场可能是一片丛林，尤其是当你刚开始的时候。”承上启下，讲明有职业规划的必要性，与下文形成因果关系，符合语境。故选F项。
【17题详解】
下文“If you were to plan out your travel routes, what would you do You’re not just randomly moving; you’re intentional about where you want to go and what you want to achieve. So is a career plan. It involves outlining specific and achievable goals that give direction to your career trajectory.(如果你计划好你的旅行路线，你会怎么做？你不只是随意移动；你对自己想去的地方和想要实现的目标是有意识的。职业规划也是如此。它包括概述具体的和可实现的目标，为你的职业轨迹指明方向)”表明你要有职业目标，空处作为本段的小标题，应概括本段内容，A项“设定你的目标。”承接下文，符合语境。故选A项。
【18题详解】
上文“Sign up for courses, pursue certifications, or gain hands-on experience to enhance your skill set.(报名参加课程、获得认证或获得实践经验以提高你的技能)”列举了几种提高技能的方式，E项“通过这样做，你在本质上提高了你的技术！”承接上文，表明这样做产生的结果，且呼应本段的小标题，符合语境。故选E项。
【19题详解】
上文“Start your job hunt. Your approach to job applications should be more like a precision strike than a messy explosion of arrows in all directions.(开始找工作。你的求职方法应该更像是一次精确的打击，而不是向四面八方胡乱射出的箭雨)”表明找工作要有明确的方向，D项“为了实现这一点，制定一个系统的求职方法。”承接上文，选项中a systematic approach to your job search与上文相呼应，符合语境。故选D项。
【20题详解】
上文“The job market is changing, and being adaptable is an invaluable ability.(就业市场正在发生变化，适应能力是一种宝贵的能力)”表明职业市场不断变化，下文“Develop a mindset of continuous improvement — always seeking ways to enhance your skills, knowledge, and approach to stay relevant in the ever-evolving professional landscape.(培养持续改进的心态——始终寻求提高技能、知识和方法的方法，以在不断发展的职业环境中保持相关性)”表明你怎样应对不断变化的职业环境，C项“那么，你该怎么处理呢？”承上启下，符合语境。故选C项。
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四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That morning in September, at a five-kilometer race, I waited for my 11-year-old son at the finish line. He’d run 30:34 at another 5k in late spring, so I ____21____ he could run a 5k in about 30 minutes. When I didn’t see him at the 35-minute mark, I began to ____22____.
It’d already been an ____23____ morning. About an hour earlier, when we drove into town, my son noticed a lovely tiny green tree cricket in my car. It jumped onto my son’s hand where it stayed so long that we eventually gave it a name: Little Friend.
Minutes before the race, it jumped onto the sidewalk. Maybe it wanted to seek freedom, but this wasn’t a safe place due to the ____24____ pedestrian traffic. So my son knelt and ____25____ his hand. Little Friend came back. But I told him he would ____26____ it during the race.
I ran well and felt thrilled at the finish line. However, that ____27____ gave way to anxiety when my son didn’t show up. I ____28____ asking people if they’d seen him. No one had. So I returned to the race headquarters. In my confusion, I didn’t even see him ____29____ the finish line. But there he was, just ahead of the 45-minute mark, with Little Friend ____30____ on his right thumb.
My ____31____ were wrong. My son didn’t run fast, and he didn’t lose Little Friend. These two ____32____ seemed somehow related. He ____33____ a cold he was getting over, but I knew it was more than that.
Sometimes life gives you something beautiful, but fragile. There’s no need to ____34____ ahead. Treat it ____35____ and hold on when you can.
21.
A. indicated B. knew C. meant D. stressed
22.
A. question B. forgive C. panic D. regret
23.
A. average B. endless C. unusual D. original
24.
A. invisible B. smooth C. unpredictable D. easy
25.
A. took out B. reached out C. gave away D. put up
26.
A. lose B. change C. train D. catch
27.
A. eagerness B. nervousness C. annoyance D. excitement
28.
A. enjoyed B. kept C. practiced D. stopped
29.
A. crossing B. blocking C. facing D. touching
30.
A. arguing B. sighing C. riding D. feeding
31.
A. evaluations B. guesses C. conclusions D. comments
32.
A. facts B. ideas C. tasks D. activities
33.
A. overcame B. treated C. received D. blamed
34.
A. move B. fly C. struggle D. rush
35.
A. gently B. wisely C. loosely D. urgently
【答案】21 B 22. C 23. C 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. D 35. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者儿子在5公里赛跑比赛时，为了不失去自己的蟋蟀朋友，没有跑得很快，让作者感悟到有时候生活给了你一些美好的，却又脆弱的东西。没有必要操之过急。温柔地对待它，尽可能地抓住它。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在春末的另一场5公里比赛中，他跑了30分34秒，所以我知道他可以在30分钟内跑完5公里。A. indicated表明；B. knew知道；C. meant意味着；D. stressed强调。根据后文“he could run a 5k in about 30 minutes”指作者知道儿子可以在30分钟内跑完5公里。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我在35分钟的时候没有看到他时，我开始恐慌。A. question质问；B. forgive原谅；C. panic恐慌；D. regret后悔。上文提到作者知道儿子可以在30分钟内跑完5公里，所以在35分钟的时候没有看到他时，作者开始恐慌。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这已经是一个不寻常的早晨了。A. average平均的；B. endless无尽的；C. unusual不寻常的；D. original最初的。后文“About an hour earlier, when we drove into town, my son noticed a lovely tiny green tree cricket in my car. It jumped onto my son’s hand where it stayed so long that we eventually gave it a name: Little Friend. Minutes before the race, it jumped onto the sidewalk.(大约一个小时前，当我们开车进城时，我儿子注意到我车里有一只可爱的小绿树蟋蟀。它跳上了我儿子的手，在那里呆了很长时间，我们最终给它起了个名字：小朋友。比赛开始前几分钟，它跳上了人行道)”提到了他们遇到蟋蟀的事情，可知是一个不寻常的早上。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：也许它想寻求自由，但由于不可预测的行人交通，这不是一个安全的地方。A. invisible看不见的；B. smooth顺利的；C. unpredictable难以预测的；D. easy容易的。根据上文“this wasn’t a safe place due to the”可知，不是安全的地方是因为行人交通不可预测。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：于是我儿子跪下，伸出手来。A. took out拿出；B. reached out伸出；C. gave away赠送；D. put up放置。根据后文“his hand”指儿子为蟋蟀伸出手。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是我告诉他他会在比赛中失去它。A. lose失去；B. change改变；C. train训练；D. catch抓住。根据后文“My son didn’t run fast, and he didn’t lose Little Friend.(我儿子跑得不快，但他没有失去小朋友)”可知，此处指失去蟋蟀。故选A。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我儿子没有出现时，兴奋变成了焦虑。A. eagerness渴望；B. nervousness紧张；C. annoyance烦恼；D. excitement激动。根据上文“felt thrilled”可知，作者一开始很兴奋，儿子没有出现，兴奋变成了焦虑。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我一直问别人有没有见过他。A. enjoyed欣赏；B. kept保持；C. practiced练习；D. stopped停止。根据后文“asking people if they’d seen him”指作者不断询问有没有人看到儿子，keep doing sth.表示“持续做某事”。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我的困惑中，我甚至没有看到他越过终点线。A. crossing穿过；B. blocking阻塞；C. facing面对；D. touching触动。根据后文“the finish line”此处指穿过终点线，应用cross。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但就在45分钟前，他站在那里，小朋友骑在他的右手拇指上。A. arguing争论；B. sighing叹息；C. riding骑车；D. feeding喂养。根据后文“on his right thumb”指蟋蟀骑在儿子的右手拇指上。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我猜错了。A. evaluations评估；B. guesses猜测；C. conclusions结论；D. comments评论。上文提到作者告诉儿子会在比赛的时候失去蟋蟀，但是现在蟋蟀还在，所以作者的猜测错了。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析句意：这两件事似乎有某种联系。A. facts事实；B. ideas想法；C. tasks任务；D. activities活动。此处指上文“My son didn’t run fast, and he didn’t lose Little Friend.(我儿子跑得不快，但他没有失去小朋友)”这两件事实。故选A。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他把原因归咎于他正在康复的感冒，但我知道原因不止于此。A. overcame克服；B. treated对待；C. received收到；D. blamed归咎于，责备。根据后文“a cold he was getting over, but I knew it was more than that”可知，儿子把没有跑得快归咎于感冒。故选D。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：没有必要操之过急。A. move移动；B. fly飞；C. struggle努力；D. rush急忙。根据上文“Sometimes life gives you something beautiful, but fragile.(有时候生活给了你一些美好的，却又脆弱的东西)”可知，美好脆弱的东西不能操之过急。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：温柔地对待它，尽可能地抓住它。A. gently温和地；B. wisely明智地；C. loosely宽松地；D. urgently紧急地。根据上文“but fragile”可知，因此脆弱，所以要温柔地对待。故选A。
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。
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Those are the words of Thomas Alva Edison, one of the greatest ____36____ (inventor) in the history of the United States.
Edison, who grew up in the Midwest, was ____37____ (large) self-educated. He earned 1,093 patents in his lifetime, including the lightbulb. Being ____38____ successful businessman, Edison often reworked existing technology, making it more practical for widespread use.
Edison was born on February 11, 1847, a day that ____39____ (celebrate) as National Inventors’ Day today. The Thomas Edison Center, which was created in memory of Edison, is at Menlo Park in New Jersey. It is said that the seven years Edison spent at the lab he created in New Jersey were the most ____40____ (product).
“Menlo Park is the birthplace of ____41____ (record) sound. It was in Menlo Park ____42____ Edison invented the phonograph (留声机) in 1877. The invention led to the 30-year-old Ohio native’s international fame. From then on, he was known ____43____ the “Wizard (奇才) of Menlo Park.”
A phonograph was the first device that was used ____44____ (reserve) sound. It was the precursor (先驱) to record albums and CDs. The original model had no volume knob (旋钮), so listeners would have to control the sound by _____45_____ (place) a sock in the machine. That’s where we get the expression “put a sock in it”, which means “stop talking”.
【答案】36. inventors
37. largely
38. a 39. is celebrated
40. productive
41. recorded
42. that 43. as
44. to reserve
45. placing
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了伟大的科学家爱迪生及他发明的留声机。
【36题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：这是美国历史上最伟大的发明家之一托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生所说的话。inventor为可数名词，根据空前的one of+可数名词复数可知，此处用所给名词的复数形式。故填inventors。
【37题详解】
考查副词。句意：爱迪生在中西部长大，基本上是自学成才。根据修饰动词self-educated应用副词largely。故填largely。
【38题详解】
考查冠词。句意：作为一名成功的商人，爱迪生经常对现有的技术进行改造，使其更实用，便于广泛使用。该句中的businessman为泛指，又因为successful为辅音音素开头的单词，故填a。
【39题详解】
考查时态语态。句意：爱迪生出生于1847年2月11日，这一天被定为今天的国家发明家日。分析该句成分可知，该句是由that引导的限制性定语从句，关系代词that指代前面的先行词day，与所填词存在动宾关系，又根据句中的时间状语today可知为一般现在时的被动语态，谓语用单数。故填is celebrated。
【40题详解】
考查形容词。句意：据说，爱迪生在他在新泽西创建的实验室里度过的七年是最有成效的。根据空前most可知，该空用所给名词的形容词形 productive，在句中作表语。故填productive。
【41题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：门洛帕克是录音的发源地。分析该句成分可知，所填词与其逻辑主语sound是动宾关系，故用所给动词的过去分词recorded，在句中前置定语。故填recorded。
【42题详解】
考查强调句。句意：1877年，爱迪生就是在门洛帕克发明了留声机。分析该句成分可知，该句是一个强调句：it was+被强调部分+that/who+其他，强调的成分是地点状语in Menlo Park，故用连接词that。
【43题详解】
考查介词。句意：从那时起，他被称为“门洛帕克的巫师”。短语be known as…表示“被称为……”。故填as。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：留声机是第一个用来保存声音的设备。“be used to do (sth)”，意为“被用来做(某事)”，to reserved在句中作主语补足语。故填to reserve。
【45题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：最初的型号没有音量旋钮，所以听众必须把一只袜子放在机器里来控制声音。分析该句成分可知，by为介词，故用所给动词的动名词placing，在句中作宾语。故填placing。
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 你校于上周六举办了古诗朗诵比赛（Ancient Poetry Recitation Competition）。作为校英文报记者，请你写一篇报道，内容包括：
1．比赛目的；
2．前期准备；
2．比赛情况。
注意：1．写作词数应为80个左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】To promote the appreciation and understanding of classical Chinese literature among students, an Ancient Poetry Recitation Competition was held last Saturday in the school hall, attracting great attention of all the teachers and students.
Weeks before the competition, all the participants, immersed in the preparation for it, went to great lengths to practice their recitations and perfect their expressions.
On the big day, participants took to the stage with great confidence. The judges were deeply impressed by the students’ performance. And the first, second, and third prizes were all announced. It was a day that highlighted the beauty of our ancient literature and the talent of us students.
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇报道。要求考生就你校于上周六举办了古诗朗诵比赛一事，作为校英文报记者，写一篇报道。
【详解】1.词汇积累
举办：hold→ throw
吸引：attract→draw
自信：confidence→ self-assuredness
美：beauty→ elegance
2.句式拓展
同义句改写
原句：On the big day, participants took to the stage with great confidence.
拓展句：On the momentous occasion, the participants gracefully ascended the stage with immense confidence.
【点睛】【高分句型1】To promote the appreciation and understanding of classical Chinese literature among students, an Ancient Poetry Recitation Competition was held last Saturday in the school hall, attracting great attention of all the teachers and students.（使用了动词不定式短语作目的状语、现在分词短语做结果状语）
【高分句型2】It was a day that highlighted the beauty of our ancient literature and the talent of us students.（使用了以day为先行词、关系代词that为引导词的定语从句）
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。
“Jennifer, do you hike ” Karen said to me. “Yes, I hike,” I replied. Karen’s slim figure and sun-kissed cheeks suggested she was a regular hiker.
“Great, do you want to come with us tomorrow We will meet in front of Bobbie’s house at 6:30 before it is too hot, and we will go over to Thunderbird Mountain. It is about three miles in total. Does that sound OK ”
Three miles. I wasn’t sure how long that was, partly because I didn’t actually hike. I was somewhat familiar with the area where they planned to go, but our family had just moved from Oregon to Arizona. I walked our dog around the neighbourhood all the time before we moved here. But I wasn’t sure if I had gone three miles. Being new to town and excited about an invitation from women I wanted to befriend, I accepted, saying, “Sure. That sounds great. We all benefit from hiking.”
When this hiking conversation among my new friends occurred, I was at a monthly dinner for moms in my new neighborhood. The group was four women in their forties, all with high-school kids, jobs, a fondness for reading and music and tricks for simplifying work-life.
I was honored to be invited since making friends in my forties in a new town wasn’t easy. After this re-location for my husband’s career, making friends wasn’t as simple for me as it was for him. He came to the community for a full-time position at a busy university. Our teenaged son and daughter immediately plugged into school through sports and clubs. I was enormously grateful for the ease of the transition for my family, but nervous for myself. So, while at the monthly ladies’ gathering, when hiking came up, I just played along, wanting to try something new.
The next day, I got up early and carefully selected comfortable hiking clothes. When I arrived at the designated friend’s driveway a little early, Karen was standing there waiting. “Hey, Jennifer, I’m glad that you can come to hike,” she said cheerfully and hugged me. When the others joined us, we started walking. I was sweaty and a little out of breath before we even started going uphill.
注意：1．续写词数应为150个左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
“So, where did you hike in Oregon ” one of them asked, offering me a bottle of water.
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By accepting the invitation to hike that day, I received a lot.
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【答案】“So, where did you hike in Oregon ” one of them asked, offering me a bottle of water. “Well, uh, I mainly walked a lot. Actually, we lived in the suburbs, so we were in a neighborhood in southwest Portland with sidewalks, and…” Seeing my embarrassment, Karen saved me by saying, “There are all kinds of hikes, which are all beneficial to us.” Along the path, we talked about our families, jobs and dogs. We shared concerns about our kids in school with sports, grades, or significant others.
By accepting the invitation to hike that day, I received a lot. On the one hand, I stretched myself. On the other hand, I made amazing new friends. Being new to an unfamiliar environment was uneasy, but as long as you tried, there was always someone willing to be open to you. I imagine I will always remain connected to these lovely women who led me into their circle. I also feel confident that there are some other hikers, more great friends I’ve yet to meet and love simply by agreeing to try something new.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者因为丈夫工作地点的变更刚刚从俄勒冈州搬到亚利桑那州，在一次晚宴上作者被几位女士邀请一起远足，作者欣然接受，在这让作者接触到了远足并通过远足结识了很多新朋友，在和朋友的交流和运动中感受到人生的快乐。
【详解】1. 段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“‘那么，你在俄勒冈州的哪里徒步旅行 ’其中一个问道，递给我一瓶水。” 可知，第一段可描写作者由于过去没有真正参加过远足而只能描述过去散步场景来回避这个问题、朋友的解围、以及徒步中的交流。
②由第二段首句内容“通过接受那天远足的邀请，我收获了很多。”可知，第二段可描写徒步旅行给作者带来的益处，以及作者和这群朋友有了更多的接触。
2. 续写线索：回答问题——感到尴尬——朋友解围——分享交流——获益良多——通过徒步结交朋友——感悟
行为类
看到：see/notice
为某人解围：save sb from/rescue sb from
遇到：meet/encounter
保持联系：remain connected to/keep in touch with
情绪类
尴尬：seeing my embarrassment /seeing I felt embarrassed
确信：feel confident/be certain
【点睛】【高分句型1】 Being new to an unfamiliar environment was uneasy, but as long as you tried, there was always someone willing to be open to you. (运用了动名词短语作主语以及as long as引导的状语从句)
【高分句型2】I imagine I will always remain connected to these lovely women who led me into their circle. (运用了省略连接词that的宾语从句以及who引导的限制性定语从句)
1-5 BABAC 6-10 BCBCA 11-15 BACBA 16-20 CCACB高三英语
考生注意：
1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2．答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3．考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4．本卷命题范围：高考范围。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A． 19.15. B． 9.18. C． 9.15.
答案是C。
1．What does the man invite the woman to do
A．Watch a play. B．Go fishing. C．Visit Susan.
2．How much more does the man need
A．$200. B．$500. C．$700.
3．Why does the woman ask for a leave next week
A．To travel around the world. B．To attend a wedding. C．To hold a ceremony.
4．What is the relationship between the speakers
A．Mother and son. B．Shopkeeper and customer. C．Coach and player.
5．What is the man supposed to do next
A．Fire the woman. B．Watch a game. C．Play a match.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．Where does the conversation probably take place
A．In the street. B．In a college. C．In a store.
7．What does the woman want to do
A．Sell some items. B．Fix the message board. C．Find a language partner.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．What is probably the woman
A．An editor. B．A student. C．A teacher.
9．Which country does the woman think is better for the man
A．The UK. B．America. C．Canada.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．How long did the party last
A．Seven hours. B．Six hours. C．Two hours.
11．When will the man have a big exam
A．This Saturday. B．Next Tuesday. C．Next Thursday.
12．Who will the man meet today
A．His classmates. B．His teacher. C．His boss.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．How does the woman feel about the early marriage in Malawi
A．Pleased. B．Uninterested. C．Shocked.
14．What kind of person is Chazeza’s uncle
A．Self-centered. B．Kind-hearted. C．Cruel.
15．Who helped Chazeza finish her college education
A．Her colleague. B．Her parents. C．Her grandfather.
16．What are the speakers mainly talking about
A．A family. B．A school. C．A story.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What can we learn about Australian food
A．It is the most expensive. B．It is hard to accept. C．It is affected by many cultures.
18．What do Chinese students probably think of noodles in Australia
A．Original. B．Just so-so. C．Awful.
19．Which food is eaten every morning after a big night in Australia
A．Dumplings. B．Honey chicken. C．Meat pie.
20．What is the speaker doing
A．Teaching how to cook food.
B．Telling food culture in Australia.
C．Comparing different lives in the world.
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
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What Students Are Saying
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1. What does The Great Courses focus more on
A. Improving career skills. B. Hands-on practice.
C. Tips on increasing incomes. D. Sharing knowledge.
2. What can we know about The Great Courses
A. Its partner provides courses for free. B. Its course expenses are too high.
C. It has convenient video-based lessons. D. It helps a lot for those job-seekers.
3. What is a disadvantage of The Great Courses
A. It offers no completion certificates. B. Its topic is relatively single.
C. It is only suitable for beginners. D. Its subjects are very limited.
B
This year, the Music Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum, went to Annie Ray, the performing arts department chair and orchestra director at Annandale High School in Fairfax County, Virginia. She attended the awards ceremony in Los Angeles and brought home both a $10,000 prize and matching grant （资助） for her school’s music program.
Ray created the Crescendo Orchestra for students with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as a parent orchestra that teaches nearly 200 caregivers a year to play the same instrument as their children. She got the idea mostly from the Annandale community, which she says represents over 60 countries, including many refugees and immigrants. “There’re many cultures that might typically clash, but they come together in this very beautiful harmony,” Ray explained. “And that’s really uniquely expressed in the orchestra classroom, where we’re just all music-ing together.”
Ray says the Crescendo Orchestra is focused on teaching students how to play an instrument, through one-on-one instruction tailored to their needs. The orchestra is about much more than just making music, however. “I really push my students to be brave and go outside of their comfort zone. We have to learn how to work together with others,” she says.
Ray, who comes from a family of musicians and has played the harp （竖琴） since the age of five, knows firsthand the impact that a great teacher can make on their students. “Why I am where I am is because a teacher changed my life and made me want to be a music educator,” she says.
Ray says her warm reception on the awards ceremony is especially meaningful because not many people understand what exactly music educators do in the classroom or how much their work matters. She says that lack of understanding is one of the biggest challenges facing the profession in general. Moreover, she says her school desperately needs new instruments, and adds that she’ll use some of her grant money to buy more.
4. What mainly inspired Ray to create the Crescendo Orchestra
A. The effect of some caregivers. B. The diversity of a community.
C. The harmony of the disabled. D. The rich culture of her school.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Who are influenced by music. B. How the Crescendo Orchestra develops.
C. What students can learn. D. Why students need special instruction.
6. How was Ray influenced by her teacher
A. She funded some students. B. She fought against her family.
C. She began learning the harp. D. She chose to be a music educator.
7. What can be learned from what Ray says in the last paragraph
A. Music education needs to be appreciated. B. She badly wants donations for instruments.
C. The administration offers no support. D. She is often challenged by musicians.
C
People have long watched moths (飞蛾) and other flying insects flock to streetlamps, lights and flames. These insects appear attracted by the light. But a new study suggests they may just lose track of which way is up.
Previous theories say light probably blinds flying insects so that they get trapped by the light, or maybe they interpret light at night as a place to fly for a quick escape. Now the new study suggests flying insects instead turn their backs to the sky’s light to keep their feet pointing toward the ground. Insects naturally turn their backs toward light. But when that light is from an artificial source, it may affect their sense of direction, leading to them flying in circles or diving toward the ground.
At a field station in Costa Rica, Samuel Fabian, an entomologist from Imperial College London in England and his teammates set up hanging and standing lights, and then used high-speed cameras to track wild, flying insects including moths and flies. Some circled the lights endlessly, and others flew sharply upward, losing speed until they couldn’t fly any higher. When the light source pointed up, some insects turned around and headed for the ground. During the flight, the insects always kept the lights at their back even if they’d end up crashing. Crash landings were common when the team lit up a white sheet on the floor. But not when a white sheet — stretched into a height above the floor—was bathed in diffuse (漫射) light, much as the sky would be, insects flew through the area without getting trapped by the light.
The team also observed some species in a lab. Moths and dragonflies generally behaved like the wild insects, and they kept the light at their backs. However, in the lab, fruit flies, like oleander hawk moths — which can fly in the dark — could fly over LED lights without being thrown off course. In the wild, though, the moths still crashed. Maybe this is because, Fabian says, the insects can sometimes control their response to light, or over time, they might learn to avoid artificial light.
8. Why do insects naturally turn their backs toward light
A. To get close to the light. B. To escape being caught quickly.
C. To protect their feet better. D. To track where the ground is.
9. What did the researchers find during the new study
A Artificial light at night could put insects on a crash course.
B. Artificial light signaled an escape route for the insects.
C. The insects had a better sense of direction.
D. The insects were flying toward the light.
10 What is the author’s purpose in mentioning oleander hawk moths
A. To stress the importance of the study. B. To prove the previous theory.
C. To tell the existence of the exception. D. To explain the flight pattern.
11 What could be the best title for the text
A. Artificial Light Makes Insects More Adaptable B. Insects May Lose Track near Artificial Light
C. The Ways to Get Rid of Light Pollution D. Insects Learn to Fly for a Quick Escape
D
The Ebola virus is an infectious disease that for years had almost no treatments, and it kill s about half the people it infects. Now a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that a promising vaccine (疫苗), named rVSV△G-ZEBOV-GP, doesn’t just help to reduce infections, it also can cut those death numbers in half.
The vaccine is a single-dose (单剂) muscular one that causes cells to produce one of the virus’s proteins. “Later, if the person is exposed to Ebola,”explains Rebecca Coulborn, a scientist with Epicentre, the medical research arm of Doctors Without Borders, “their immune system will recognize the viral protein. This recognition allows the immune system to be prepared to attack the virus and protect the person from Ebola virus disease.”
Researchers showed rVSV△G-ZEBOV-GP was effective at reducing the risk of infection, but no one knew how capable it was of preventing death in someone who was vaccinated after becoming infected during an epidemic (流行病). To figure it out, Coulborn and her colleagues focused their efforts on the second-largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded, which occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2018 and 2020.
“Every single Ebola health facility across the entire Ebola epidemic had a standardized list of all admissions,” says Coulborn. This list included 2,279 confirmed Ebola patients, and it recorded whether or not each person had been vaccinated before they got sick—and if so, when they’d received the vaccine.
Coulborn found the death rate was 56% among the unvaccinated. But for those who’d received the vaccine, that rate was cut in half. This was true no matter when someone got vaccinated before the appearance of symptoms. Additionally, those who’d been vaccinated had less virus circulating in their bodies than those who hadn’t. So the vaccine played an important role.
Rebecca Coulborn says she feels buoyed by the results—since they offer clear evidence that people who’re at risk of contracting Ebola should be vaccinated early. It’s an opportunity to cut chains of transmission (传播) and prevent an outbreak before it gains speed.
12. What is Coulborn trying to talk about concerning the vaccine in paragraph 2
A. Who it attacks. B. Why it is developed. C. How it works. D. Where it comes from.
13. Coulborn’s team chose the second largest Ebola outbreak in Congo because ______.
A. it listed health facilities B. it was easy to analyze
C. it caused the fewest deaths D. it had a detailed record
14. What did Coulborn probably suggest people infected do
A. Avoid connecting with each other. B. Get vaccinated as early as possible.
C. Stay at home to reduce the spread. D. Learn to recognize the symptoms.
15. What does the underlined word “buoyed” in the last paragraph probably mean
A. Encouraged. B. Relaxed. C. Astonished. D. Honored.
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 need a career launch plan It isn’t absolutely essential but it can be extremely helpful! A well-created plan is not just about landing a job; it is about entering the professional field with a competitive edge. Beyond that, it’s a strategy. ____16____ Therefore, a career launch plan is your survival guide, helping you avoid the traps and seize the right opportunities. So why not follow the following tips to create a right career launch plan
____17____ If you were to plan out your travel routes, what would you do You’re not just randomly moving; you’re intentional about where you want to go and what you want to achieve. So is a career plan. It involves outlining specific and achievable goals that give direction to your career trajectory (轨迹).
Develop relevant skills. Once you’ve identified the qualifications and skills demanded in your ideal profession, it’s time to acquire them! Sign up for courses, pursue certifications, or gain hands-on experience to enhance your skill set. ____18____
Start your job hunt. Your approach to job applications should be more like a precision strike than a messy explosion of arrows in all directions. ____19____ It’s not just about quantity; it’s about quality. Tailor each application to the specific role and company, emphasizing how your skills and experiences agree with their needs.
Stay flexible and agile (机敏的). The job market is changing, and being adaptable is an invaluable ability. ____20____ Develop a mindset of continuous improvement — always seeking ways to enhance your skills, knowledge, and approach to stay relevant in the ever-evolving professional landscape.
A. Set your goals.
B. Research your options.
C. So, what should you do to deal with it
D. To achieve this, develop a systematic approach to your job search.
E. By doing these, you’re essentially improving your techniques!
F. The job market can be a jungle, especially when you’re just starting.
G. The goal is to create a foundation that’ll guide your career decisions.
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四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That morning in September, at a five-kilometer race, I waited for my 11-year-old son at the finish line. He’d run 30:34 at another 5k in late spring, so I ____21____ he could run a 5k in about 30 minutes. When I didn’t see him at the 35-minute mark, I began to ____22____.
It’d already been an ____23____ morning. About an hour earlier, when we drove into town, my son noticed a lovely tiny green tree cricket in my car. It jumped onto my son’s hand where it stayed so long that we eventually gave it a name: Little Friend.
Minutes before the race, it jumped onto the sidewalk. Maybe it wanted to seek freedom, but this wasn’t a safe place due to the ____24____ pedestrian traffic. So my son knelt and ____25____ his hand. Little Friend came back. But I told him he would ____26____ it during the race.
I ran well and felt thrilled at the finish line. However, that ____27____ gave way to anxiety when my son didn’t show up. I ____28____ asking people if they’d seen him. No one had. So I returned to the race headquarters. In my confusion, I didn’t even see him ____29____ the finish line. But there he was, just ahead of the 45-minute mark, with Little Friend ____30____ on his right thumb.
My ____31____ were wrong. My son didn’t run fast, and he didn’t lose Little Friend. These two ____32____ seemed somehow related. He ____33____ a cold he was getting over, but I knew it was more than that.
Sometimes life gives you something beautiful, but fragile. There’s no need to ____34____ ahead. Treat it ____35____ and hold on when you can.
21.
A. indicated B. knew C. meant D. stressed
22.
A. question B. forgive C. panic D. regret
23.
A. average B. endless C. unusual D. original
24.
A. invisible B. smooth C. unpredictable D. easy
25.
A. took out B. reached out C. gave away D. put up
26.
A. lose B. change C. train D. catch
27.
A. eagerness B. nervousness C. annoyance D. excitement
28.
A. enjoyed B. kept C. practiced D. stopped
29.
A. crossing B. blocking C. facing D. touching
30.
A. arguing B. sighing C. riding D. feeding
31.
A. evaluations B. guesses C. conclusions D. comments
32.
A. facts B. ideas C. tasks D. activities
33.
A. overcame B. treated C. received D. blamed
34.
A. move B. fly C. struggle D. rush
35.
A. gently B. wisely C. loosely D. urgently
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。
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10000 ways that won’t work.” Those are the words of Thomas Alva Edison, one of the greatest ____36____ (inventor) in the history of the United States.
Edison, who grew up in the Midwest, was ____37____ (large) self-educated. He earned 1,093 patents in his lifetime, including the lightbulb. Being ____38____ successful businessman, Edison often reworked existing technology, making it more practical for widespread use.
Edison was born on February 11, 1847, a day that ____39____ (celebrate) as National Inventors’ Day today. The Thomas Edison Center, which was created in memory of Edison, is at Menlo Park in New Jersey. It is said that the seven years Edison spent at the lab he created in New Jersey were the most ____40____ (product).
“Menlo Park is the birthplace of ____41____ (record) sound. It was in Menlo Park ____42____ Edison invented the phonograph (留声机) in 1877. The invention led to the 30-year-old Ohio native’s international fame. From then on, he was known ____43____ the “Wizard (奇才) of Menlo Park.”
A phonograph was the first device that was used ____44____ (reserve) sound. It was the precursor (先驱) to record albums and CDs. The original model had no volume knob (旋钮), so listeners would have to control the sound by _____45_____ (place) a sock in the machine. That’s where we get the expression “put a sock in it”, which means “stop talking”.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 你校于上周六举办了古诗朗诵比赛（Ancient Poetry Recitation Competition）。作为校英文报记者，请你写一篇报道，内容包括：
1．比赛目的；
2．前期准备；
2．比赛情况。
注意：1．写作词数应为80个左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
“Jennifer, do you hike ” Karen said to me. “Yes, I hike,” I replied. Karen’s slim figure and sun-kissed cheeks suggested she was a regular hiker.
“Great, do you want to come with us tomorrow We will meet in front of Bobbie’s house at 6:30 before it is too hot, and we will go over to Thunderbird Mountain. It is about three miles in total. Does that sound OK ”
Three miles. I wasn’t sure how long that was, partly because I didn’t actually hike. I was somewhat familiar with the area where they planned to go, but our family had just moved from Oregon to Arizona. I walked our dog around the neighbourhood all the time before we moved here. But I wasn’t sure if I had gone three miles. Being new to town and excited about an invitation from women I wanted to befriend, I accepted, saying, “Sure. That sounds great. We all benefit from hiking.”
When this hiking conversation among my new friends occurred I was at a monthly dinner for moms in my new neighborhood. The group was four women in their forties, all with high-school kids, jobs, a fondness for reading and music and tricks for simplifying work-life.
I was honored to be invited since making friends in my forties in a new town wasn’t easy. After this re-location for my husband’s career, making friends wasn’t as simple for me as it was for him. He came to the community for a full-time position at a busy university. Our teenaged son and daughter immediately plugged into school through sports and clubs. I was enormously grateful for the ease of the transition for my family, but nervous for myself. So, while at the monthly ladies’ gathering, when hiking came up, I just played along, wanting to try something new.
The next day, I got up early and carefully selected comfortable hiking clothes. When I arrived at the designated friend’s driveway a little early, Karen was standing there waiting. “Hey, Jennifer, I’m glad that you can come to hike,” she said cheerfully and hugged me. When the others joined us, we started walking. I was sweaty and a little out of breath before we even started going uphill.
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“So, where did you hike in Oregon ” one of them asked, offering me a bottle of water.
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By accepting the invitation to hike that day, I received a lot.
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