北京市第十三中学2023~2024学年第二学期
高一英语期中测试
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，第Ⅰ卷第1页至第10页；第Ⅱ卷第10页至第12页，答题卡第1页至第2页。共140分，考试时间120分钟。请在答题卡指定位置书写班级、姓名、准考证号。考试结束后，将本试卷的答题卡交回。
第Ⅰ卷（共73分）
Ⅰ. 听力理解（共三节，22.5分）
第一节：（共4小题；每小题1.5分，共6分）
听下面四段对话，每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听一遍。
1 What will the man do this morning
A. Stay home. B. See his grandpa. C. Buy some fruit.
2. What does the man not like about the dress
A. The size. B. The style. C. The colour.
3. Whose part of the paper are the speakers waiting for
A. Jack’s. B. Sarah’s. C. John’s.
4. What does the man advise the woman to do
A Make her choice quickly. B. Find their seats quietly. C. Drive the car safely.
第二节：（共6小题；每小题1.5分，共9分）
听下面三段对话，每段对话后有两道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听两遍。
听第5段材料，回答第5至第6小题。
5. Why does the woman complain about her kid
A. He seldom helps with housework.
B. He asks her for many things.
C. He lives a simple life.
6. What will the woman do later
A. Pay the bill for her kid. B. Have a talk with her kid. C. Do some shopping online.
听第6段材料，回答第7至第8小题。
7. What did the woman do last weekend
A. She went to the beach. B. She made a cheese cake. C. She celebrated her birthday.
8. Why was there a cake in the woman’s room
A. It was a surprise gift from her friend.
B. It was put in the wrong place by mistake.
C. It was given by the hotel for its celebration.
听第7段材料，回答第9至第10小题。
9. Why doesn’t the woman want to go to the Cat House
A. The food is expensive. B. It’s noisy. C. Many cats are there.
10. What impressed the man most about the Lotus restaurant
A. Its French food. B. Its modern decoration C. Its live band.
第三节：（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）
听下面一段独白，根据题目要求在相应的横线上写下第11题至第15题的关键信息，每小题仅填写一个词。这段独白你将听两遍。
How to Keep a Vocabulary Notebook
Buy a notebook At least 100 lined 11
Select color and size
Write down important words Decide whether a word is important
Decide what 12 about the word you will write Some: only a translation of the word
Others: an example phrase
Include what matches your learning 13 and your needs
14 these words several times Be likely to 15 words over and over
Ⅱ. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。
Andy rode slowly on his way to school, day-dreaming about the fishing trip that his father had promised him. He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was ____1____of everything else around him.
He rode along until a strange sound around ____2____him to the present. He came to a stop and looked ____3____ up to the heavens. What he saw shocked him. A huge swarm of bees ____4____ the sky like cloud and the buzzing mass was moving towards him.
With no time to waste, Andy sped off ____5____ the opposite direction, riding furiously without knowing how to ____6____ the swarm. With a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping furiously, he sped down the rough road. As the bees came closer, his panic increased. Andy knew that he was sensitive to bee stings(蜇) . The last sting had ____7____ him in hospital - and that was only one bee sting! He had been forced to stay in bed for two whole days. Suddenly, his father's words came to him. "When you are in a tight situation, don't panic. Use your brain and think your ways out of it. "
On a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly skywards from the chimney of the Nelson family home. "Bees don't like ____8____, " he thought. "They couldn't get into the house. " Andy ____9____ towards the Nelson house, but the bees were gaining ground. Andy knew he could not reach the house _____10_____. He estimated that the bees would catch up with him soon.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he_____11_____ a small dam used by Mr. Nelson to irrigate(灌溉) his vegetable garden. Off his bike and into the cool water he dived, disappearing below the _____12_____and away from the savage insects. After _____13_____ his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees have gone. Dragging himself out of the dam, he _____14_____ up the hilly slope and rang the doorbell. Mr. Nelson took his inside and rang his mother.
"You'll really need that fishing break to help you recover, " laughed his mother with _____15_____. "Thank goodness you didn't panic! But Andy did not hear her. He was dreaming once again of the fish he would catch tomorrow. "
1. A. uncertain B. unaware C. unafraid D. unbelievable
2. A. held B. concerned C. drew D. enabled
3. A. cautiously B. casually C. curiously D. cheerfully
4. A. filled B. flew C. blocked D. hung
5. A. to B. from C. along D. in
6. A. strike B. escape C. survive D. observe
7. A. landed B. cured C. staged D. engaged
8. A. people B. hills C. sound D. smoke
9. A. raced B. ran C. moved D. reached
10. A. on time B. in time C. at one time D. at times
11. A. figured B. viewed C. judged D. spotted
12. A. surface B. horizon C. garden D. ground
13. A. catching B. keeping C. holding D. limiting
14. A. wandered B. marched C. struggled D. covered
15. A. curiosity B. relief C. generosity D. emotion
Ⅲ. 阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，满分28分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Electric Shocks Can Be Fatal
Government statistics recently showed that in the UK, more than 3,000 people a year experience electric shocks in their homes. A smaller number of people are killed after they touch the power lines outside their homes. Electric shocks can cause a person's heart or breath to stop and are potentially fatal. It is essential for people to learn basic techniques to deal with such emergencies.
What to do
● If you are the first person to reach someone who has an electric shock, don't touch him or her!
● If the victim is still holding the appliance that gives him or her the shock (e.g. a hair dryer), unplug it or turn off the power at its source. Under no circumstances can you try to move the appliance with your hands!
● If you can't turn off the power, use a piece of wood, like a broom handle or a chair, to separate the victim from the appliance or the power source. You may even be able to do this with a folded newspaper.
● The victim must remain lying down. If he or she is unconscious, the victim should be placed on his or her side. But he or she should not be moved if there is a possibility of neck or spine injuries unless it is absolutely necessary.
● It is essential to maintain the victim's body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. If the victim is not breathing, apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (人工呼吸). Keep the victim's head low until professional help arrives.
● If the electric shock has been caused by an external power line, the dangers to the victim and to anybody providing first aid are much greater.
16. What kind of passage is it
A. An advertisement. B. A horror story.
C. A news report. D. First aid emergency advice.
17. The underlined sentence implies that ________.
A. you should move the appliance
B. you should pick up the appliance and turn off the electricity
C. it is very dangerous to touch the appliance with your hands
D. it is unnecessary to unplug the appliance with your hands
18. When a person has got an electric shock, you should ________.
A. separate the victim from the appliance and let him sit up
B. keep the victim warm and help him or her breathe again
C. move the victim onto his or her side if he or she has got neck injuries
D. keep the victim's head high until professional help arrives
B
As a clueless freshman, I waltzed into my first creative writing course by accident, thinking it was a literature class on how to read stories, not how to write them.
When the teacher introduced the course, I realized my mistake. The credits I earned from the course wouldn’t count toward my major. By the end of the session, however, I decided that I had to be a part of the course. Perhaps, as a lifelong reader, I was eager to understand how stories worked their magic.
But taking the class would be impossible: I wasn’t even on the waitlist. That’s when the teacher asked for a volunteer to submit the first workshop story.
Silence blanketed the room. No one risked eye contact. Whoever volunteered would have to write a whole story in a week. Perhaps they, like me, had never written one before.
Seizing my chance, I raised my hand and asked, “If I go first, will you give me a spot in the class ” He said he would.
So, instead of keeping my head down and avoiding eye contact, I did the opposite.
Years later, I’d completed a degree in creative writing and was working on a novel when a literary agent (经纪人) asked to read the first 50 pages of my draft. But I wasn’t comfortable showing her anything; the novel was far from done.
Throughout graduate school, I’d been advised many times not to contact agents until I have a complete draft. In the meanwhile, I knew the beginning of my story was attractive and that the agent might not remember me after a year.
So, once again, instead of keeping my head down and avoiding eye contact, I did the opposite. I sent her the first three chapters. A month later, she signed me on the strength of those chapters alone. She has since seen me through the publication of three novels.
Determination, focus, perseverance—the qualities that I consider crucial in getting me into Stanford no doubt helped me become the novelist I am today. And yet if I’d trained my gaze only on the path ahead, I would have missed so many happy accidents, so many beautiful opportunities to look up, raise my hand, and say yes.
19. What made the author finally decide to take the course
A. The popularity of the course.
B. Her curiosity about story writing.
C. Her confidence in her writing skills.
D. The need to get credits for her degree.
20. The author volunteered to write the first workshop story to
A. challenge herself B. impress the teacher
C. display her talent D. win a place in the class
21. The author sent her first three chapters to the agent because
A. her friends advised her to do so
B. her story was attractive to readers
C. the agent asked her to turn in the work
D. she wanted to get the chance of publication
22. What does the passage mainly tell us
A. Action speaks louder than words.
B. Chance favors only the prepared mind.
C. Success comes to those who will and dare.
D. Confidence leads to growth and fulfillment.
C
Have you ever bought a new car and started noticing the exact color and model of car everywhere Has that type of car just become popular in your city Were they there before Or are you just going crazy
You’re not going crazy. The reason you are now just noticing them is what psychologists call “priming”. Basically, the cars were always there. You just didn’t recognize them consciously. However, when that certain model of car becomes part of your conscious thinking, you start “automatically” recognizing all of the other cars that are the same, because you are already “primed” to do so.
The priming effect takes many forms. In one study, students were asked to walk around a room for 5 minutes at a rate of 30 steps per minute, which was about one-third their normal pace. After this brief experience, the participants were much quicker to recognize words related to old age, such as forgetful, old, and lonely. Reciprocal priming effects tend to produce a coherent reaction: if you are primed to think of old age, you would tend to act old, and acting old would reinforce the thought of old age. This research shows that the way we think influences the way we act, and the way we act influences the way we think.
A similar conclusion was reached by the American psychologist William James a century ago, but he emphasized the effect on feeling. “Actions seem to follow feeling, but really actions and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. Thus the path to cheerfulness, should our cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.”
So, that’s it. If you want to be happy, just sit up and act happy. Based on these scientific findings, we can adopt certain priming effects to help make ourselves consistently happier.
One thing we have in common is our ability to think, and thus feel. Pleasant thoughts have been proven to produce the chemicals that make us feel happy, particularly thoughts and feelings of gratitude. When we purposefully go through and think about the things we’re grateful for and deliberately feel as much gratitude as we can, we are flooding our mind with the “happy chemicals”. Furthermore, by consciously thinking, feeling and expressing gratitude, we will not only be happier in the moment, we will be “primed” to recognize the things in our life to appreciate. Each time this happens, the “happy chemicals” will be produced. Do this every day and we will become consistently happier. This makes up for the momentary happiness we gain from eating chocolate or buying new clothes. More than that, combining thoughts of gratitude with happy acts like smiling and laughing will have a supplementary positive effect on our state of mind.
23. Which of the following is an example of the priming effect
A. Walking much faster after attending a lecture about old age.
B Donating money to the poor after seeing pictures of cute cats.
C. Learning about various types of cars after purchasing the first car.
D. Completing SO_P as SOUP rather than SOAP after seeing the word EAT.
24. What does the underlined word “reciprocal” in Paragraph 3 probably mean
A. Related. B. Two-way. C. Well-rounded. D. Opposite.
25. What will the author probably agree with
A. Eating or shopping leads to consistent feelings of happiness.
B. Our will has greater control over emotions than over actions.
C. Happy chemicals make us think about the things we’re grateful for.
D. Practicing gratitude frequently prepares us for long-term happiness.
26. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Prime Yourself to Be Happier
B. Share Happiness to Enhance Wellbeing
C. Why Gratitude Is Important in Psychology
D. How Happy Chemicals Affect People’s Thoughts
D
Would you turn down the chance to become a smart cookie We’ve been longing for quick fixes that could increase our intelligence (智力). Today, people’s hopes lie in brain training apps as a speedy “digital pill”. The more you play, the smarter you will get—or so some apps tell us. But is this digital-shortcut all that it seems to be
The use of games for serious purposes has become widespread with the development of the Internet and smartphones. Brain training apps are typical, frequently featured by Apple and Google’s app stores. Many of such apps say that they are backed by “science”. Even if there were agreement around what makes general intelligence, the idea that increasing it would be as simple as practising a few mini-games every day goes against our current discovery about thinking and learning.
Several major studies, surveying users across a wide variety of apps, have found that they have little to no effect on users’ performance. A 2021 study by researchers discovered brain training has no significant effect on cognitive (认知的) functioning in the “real world”. The positive effects reported are limited to the very specific mini-games and tasks, such as memorizing lists of words or numbers, or performing mental calculation (心算). So, if your job or your calling in life needs summing quickly or remembering all your friends’ phone numbers, these apps will do. But if you are expecting them to improve your ability to write a novel or form a complex (复杂的) spreadsheet, you have to look elsewhere. Yet, despite the fact that they hardly work, brain training apps play a leading role, partly because they are regarded to be scientific and partly because users think they are fun.
As a co-creator of one of the most popular forms of gamification (游戏化) noted, what is especially disappointing about these apps is that they just aren’t that fun—at least, not compared with the various thoughtful board games and video games coming out every day. Puzzle video games, such as Baba Is You and detective games like Return of the Obra Dinn, see players apply their skill at reasoning, memory and concentration in a far more challenging and engaging (吸引人的) way.
If you aren’t into games, simply go for a walk or learn how to dance. They are likely to be more effective than a brain training app in sharpening your mind. These activities might not lead to an increased IQ, but they are sure to engage your brain deeply while having fun—something I can by no means say of brain training apps.
27. Which of the following would the author probably agree with
A. Brain training apps are backed by science.
B. Creativity can be improved with brain training apps.
C. Gamification has little to do with increasing intelligence.
D. Increasing IQ is as simple as practising a few mini-games every day.
28. According to the passage, brain training apps are still popular because ________.
A. they turn mental exercises into quick games
B. they are considered both scientific and interesting
C. they are more effective in shaping our minds than other games
D. they have significant effects on the cognitive functioning in the “real world”
29. Which would be the best title for the passage
A. A Smart Cookie or Not B. There’s No App for That
C. What will Games Lead Us to D. A Digital Pill for Intelligence
第Ⅱ卷（共67分）
Ⅰ.根据音标拼写单词（共10小题；每小题0.5分，共5分）
根据音标拼写单词
30. / eks 'b ( )n/ ________
31. /'br (r)/ ________
32. /'fe lj (r)/ ________
33. / 'vent u li/________
34. /'me (r)/ ________
35. /p 'ten ( )l/________
36. / m'b ( )n/________
37 / 'we n s/________
38. /' n sti/________
39. / en 'd et k/________
Ⅱ. 选词填空（共7小题；每小题2分，共14分）
用方框中单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每个单词只能用一次
equality, prepare, lose, admirable, impress, observation, react
40. __________ carefully if any change occurs when doing experiments in the lab.
41. They want all groups to be treated on an __________ basis.
42. Jenny was very sad over the __________ of the photos she shot in Canada.
43. I want to improve my language skills in __________ for further study overseas.
44. There has been a mixed __________ to her appointment as director.
45. The most __________ thing about him is his calm acceptance of whatever comes his way.
46. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families gather to __________ the moon and enjoy delicious moon cakes.
Ⅲ. 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
在未给提示词的空白处填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
47. The theme park you are probably most familiar with is Disneyland, ________ can be found in several parts of the world(用适当的词填空)
48. The man has to do some part-time jobs in his spare time __________ (support) his family. (所给词的适当形式填空)
49. Creating an atmosphere _______ employees feel part of a team is a big challenge. （用适当的词填空）
50. It matters greatly __________ your parents understand and support you. (用适当的词填空)
51. The man with __________ I shook hands just now is my daughter’s English teacher. (用适当的词填空)
52. Wolves are highly social animals __________ success depends upon cooperation. (用适当的词填空)
53. Class discussion is an activity __________ which everyone can benefit. (用适当的词填空)
54. The young girl was too frightened to speak, standing there for __________ seemed like hours. (用适当词填空)
55. Being chased by an angry dog is a __________ (frighten) experience. (所给词的适当形式填空)
56. His suggestion is __________ we should hire more experienced people. (用适当的词填空)
Ⅳ. 翻译句子（共4小题；2*2+2*3，共10分）
57. 他在用英文跟外国人交流上有困难。(have difficulty)（汉译英）
___________________________________________________________________________
58. 我们每个人都应该为使我们的学校更美丽做出贡献。(make a contribution) （汉译英）
___________________________________________________________________________
59. 这项任务困难的原因在于团队只有有限的资源。(The reason why... is...) （汉译英）
___________________________________________________________________________
60. 我不知道他是如何在短时间内就适应了新的环境。(名词性从句) （汉译英）
___________________________________________________________________________
Ⅴ.阅读表达（共4小题；每小题2分，共8分）
阅读表达
Can a Robot Really Freestyle
Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, led by Gil Weinberg, have designed the first musical robot capable of not only playing music, but creating it. His name is Shimon. Weinberg, who is a musician, engineer, and professor of musical technology, found himself in a creative rut (俗套) and decided to create a robot that could inspire him with new musical ideas. Shimon was trained on a vast data set of everything from progressive rock to jazz to rap. His works really surprise human listeners.
Up until recent advancements, applications of AI (artificial intelligence) have mostly consisted of well-defined tasks, but many are concerned that new technology like Shimon could result in lost jobs for millions of people, even those in creative industry.
While the concern of an offing future in which humans are entirely replaced by robots certainly isn’t unfounded, a much more likely future is one in which robots work alongside humans to improve their work. Experts say that AI will actually create jobs for humans, not des troy them. The Guardian recently reported that by 2037, AI will create more than 7 million new jobs in the healthcare, education, and science fields in the UK.
Shimon is showing us what can happen when robots don’t just work for us, but with us. Instead of putting any of our favorite musicians out of work, robots will certainly be challenging and inspiring them in new ways. The cooperation between humans and robots can produce new and attractive music, leading to novel musical outcomes. Thanks to the innovation of Weinberg and his team, rap battles, Jam sessions, and symphony orchestras alike may begin to look and act considerably different.
61. What can Shimon do
_______________________________________________________________________________
62. Why did Gil Weinberg create Shimon
_______________________________________________________________________________
63. How do many people like the applications of AI in the field of work
_______________________________________________________________________________
64. According to the writer, what effect will the applications of AI have on creative industry
_______________________________________________________________________________
Ⅵ. 书面表达（20分）
65. 假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。你们学校的留学生Jim对你校的艺术社团很感兴趣并发来邮件询问。请你给他回复邮件，向他推荐一个艺术社团，内容包括：
1.社团名称；
2.社团活动；
3.推荐理由。
注意：1词数不少于100；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
听力答案：1-5 BACAB 6-10 BACBC
11. pages 12. information 13. style 14. Practice/Practise 15. review北京市第十三中学2023~2024学年第二学期
高一英语期中测试
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，第Ⅰ卷第1页至第10页；第Ⅱ卷第10页至第12页，答题卡第1页至第2页。共140分，考试时间120分钟。请在答题卡指定位置书写班级、姓名、准考证号。考试结束后，将本试卷的答题卡交回。
第Ⅰ卷（共73分）
Ⅰ. 听力理解（共三节，22.5分）
第一节：（共4小题；每小题1.5分，共6分）
听下面四段对话，每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听一遍。
1. What will the man do this morning
A. Stay home. B. See his grandpa. C. Buy some fruit.
2. What does the man not like about the dress
A. The size. B. The style. C. The colour.
3. Whose part of the paper are the speakers waiting for
A. Jack’s. B. Sarah’s. C. John’s.
4. What does the man advise the woman to do
A Make her choice quickly. B. Find their seats quietly. C. Drive the car safely.
第二节：（共6小题；每小题1.5分，共9分）
听下面三段对话，每段对话后有两道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听两遍。
听第5段材料，回答第5至第6小题。
5. Why does the woman complain about her kid
A. He seldom helps with housework.
B. He asks her for many things.
C. He lives a simple life.
6. What will the woman do later
A. Pay the bill for her kid. B. Have a talk with her kid. C. Do some shopping online.
听第6段材料，回答第7至第8小题。
7. What did the woman do last weekend
A. She went to the beach. B. She made a cheese cake. C. She celebrated her birthday.
8. Why was there a cake in the woman’s room
A. It was a surprise gift from her friend.
B. It was put in the wrong place by mistake.
C. It was given by the hotel for its celebration.
听第7段材料，回答第9至第10小题。
9. Why doesn’t the woman want to go to the Cat House
A The food is expensive. B. It’s noisy. C. Many cats are there.
10. What impressed the man most about the Lotus restaurant
A. Its French food. B. Its modern decoration C. Its live band.
第三节：（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）
听下面一段独白，根据题目要求在相应的横线上写下第11题至第15题的关键信息，每小题仅填写一个词。这段独白你将听两遍。
How to Keep a Vocabulary Notebook
Buy a notebook At least 100 lined 11
Select color and size
Write down important words Decide whether a word is important
Decide what 12 about the word you will write Some: only a translation of the word
Others: an example phrase
Include what matches your learning 13 and your needs
14 these words several times Be likely to 15 words over and over
Ⅱ. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。
Andy rode slowly on his way to school, day-dreaming about the fishing trip that his father had promised him. He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was ____1____of everything else around him.
He rode along until a strange sound around ____2____him to the present. He came to a stop and looked ____3____ up to the heavens. What he saw shocked him. A huge swarm of bees ____4____ the sky like cloud and the buzzing mass was moving towards him.
With no time to waste, Andy sped off ____5____ the opposite direction, riding furiously without knowing how to ____6____ the swarm. With a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping furiously, he sped down the rough road. As the bees came closer, his panic increased. Andy knew that he was sensitive to bee stings(蜇) . The last sting had ____7____ him in hospital - and that was only one bee sting! He had been forced to stay in bed for two whole days. Suddenly, his father's words came to him. "When you are in a tight situation, don't panic. Use your brain and think your ways out of it. "
On a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly skywards from the chimney of the Nelson family home. "Bees don't like ____8____, " he thought. "They couldn't get into the house. " Andy ____9____ towards the Nelson house, but the bees were gaining ground. Andy knew he could not reach the house _____10_____. He estimated that the bees would catch up with him soon.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he_____11_____ a small dam used by Mr. Nelson to irrigate(灌溉) his vegetable garden. Off his bike and into the cool water he dived, disappearing below the _____12_____and away from the savage insects. After _____13_____ his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees have gone. Dragging himself out of the dam, he _____14_____ up the hilly slope and rang the doorbell. Mr. Nelson took his inside and rang his mother.
"You'll really need that fishing break to help you recover, " laughed his mother with _____15_____. "Thank goodness you didn't panic! But Andy did not hear her. He was dreaming once again of the fish he would catch tomorrow. "
1. A. uncertain B. unaware C. unafraid D. unbelievable
2. A. held B. concerned C. drew D. enabled
3. A. cautiously B. casually C. curiously D. cheerfully
4. A. filled B. flew C. blocked D. hung
5. A. to B. from C. along D. in
6. A. strike B. escape C. survive D. observe
7. A. landed B. cured C. staged D. engaged
8. A. people B. hills C. sound D. smoke
9. A. raced B. ran C. moved D. reached
10. A. on time B. in time C. at one time D. at times
11. A. figured B. viewed C. judged D. spotted
12. A. surface B. horizon C. garden D. ground
13. A. catching B. keeping C. holding D. limiting
14. A. wandered B. marched C. struggled D. covered
15. A. curiosity B. relief C. generosity D. emotion
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. C 14. C 15. B
【解析】
【分析】本文是记叙文。Andy在上学路上偶遇一大群蜜蜂追赶，他急于摆脱但没成功。情急之下父亲的话“当处于困境时，不要惊慌。用你的大脑，想办法摆脱它”起了作用，他跳进水里，成功脱险。
【1题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他忙着梦想自己能捕到的所有鱼，而没有注意到周围的一切。A. uncertain不确定的；B. unaware不知道的，未觉察到；C. unafraid无畏的；D. unbelievable难以置信的。根据下文“He rode along until a strange sound around ____2____him to the present.”可知，Andy专注于想捕鱼的事，没注意到周围的情况。故选B。
【2题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他骑着车往前走，直到周围一种奇怪声音把他拉回了现实。A. held握住，举行；B. concerned关系到，涉及；C. drew拉，吸引，画；D. enabled使能够。根据上句“He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was ____1____of everything else around him.”和下句“He came to a stop and looked ____3____ up to the heavens.”可知Andy专注于想捕鱼的事，没注意到周围的情况，奇怪的声音让他回到现实，停下来看发生了什么事。故选C。
【3题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：他停了下来，好奇地望着天空。A. cautiously谨慎地；B. casually随便地；C. curiously好奇地；D. cheerfully高兴地。根据上句“a strange sound”可知Andy对奇怪的声音好奇，所以去寻找这种声音。故选C。
【4题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一大群蜜蜂像云一样布满天空，嗡嗡作响的蜂群向他飞来。A. filled装满，使充满；B. flew飞，飞翔；C. blocked阻止，限制；D. hung悬挂。根据句中“A huge swarm of bees…like cloud”可知蜜蜂数量很多，覆盖了天空。故选A。
【5题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。句意：Andy没有时间浪费，朝着相反的方向飞奔而去，他疯狂地骑着车，却不知道如何逃离蜂群。“向/朝……的方向”是in…direction，故选D。
【6题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Andy没有时间浪费，朝着相反的方向飞奔而去，他疯狂地骑着车，却不知道如何逃离蜂群。A. strike撞击，打；B. escape逃避，逃脱；C. survive幸存，幸免；D. observe观察，遵守。根据上文“A huge swarm of bees ____4____ the sky like cloud and the buzzing mass was moving towards him.”可知一大群蜜蜂朝Andy飞来，所以他应该是想办法逃离蜂群，故选B。
【7题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：上一次蜇伤让他进了医院——而那只是蜜蜂蜇了他一下!A. landed使陷于，着陆；B. cured治疗，治愈；C. staged举行，筹划；D. engaged从事，吸引。此处指上一次蜜蜂蜇伤让他陷于不舒服，进了医院，故选A。
【8题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：“蜜蜂不喜欢烟，”他想。A. people人，人们；B. hills小山；C. sound声音；D. smoke烟，烟雾。根据上句“he could see smoke waving slowly skywards from the chimney”和下句“They couldn't get into the house.”可知Andy看到烟囱里冒出的烟想到蜜蜂不喜欢烟，故选D。
【9题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Andy向纳尔逊家飞奔，但蜜蜂正在逼近。A. raced赛跑，比赛，急走；B. ran跑；C. moved移动，搬家；D. reached到达。根据当时情况可知，Andy被一大群蜜蜂追赶，急于摆脱这些可怕的蜜蜂，所以是飞奔向纳尔逊家。race表达了其速度之快，故选A。
【10题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意：Andy知道他不能及时赶到那座房子了。A. on time按时，准时；B. in time及时；C. at one time曾经，一度；D. at times有时，偶尔。此处指Andy不能在蜜蜂追上之前进入房子，故选B。
【11题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，从眼角余光，他看到纳尔逊先生用来灌溉菜园的一个小水坝。A. figured计算，出现；B. viewed观察，查看；C. judged判断；D. spotted认出，发现。根据“out of the corner of his eyes”可知Andy奔跑时用余光发现了这个小水坝，故选D。
【12题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他从自行车上下来，潜入冰凉的水中，消失在水面下，远离了野蛮的昆虫。A. surface表面；B. horizon视野，地平线；C. garden花园；D. ground地面，土地。根据下句“Andy came up for air” Andy浮出水面可知他潜到水面以下，来躲避蜜蜂。故选A。
【13题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Andy屏住呼吸尽可能长时间后，浮出水面换气，发现蜜蜂都不见了。A. catching抓住，赶上；B. keeping保持，保留；C. holding持有，拥有；D. limiting限制。“屏住呼吸”是hold one’s breath，故选C。
【14题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他从水坝里爬出来，挣扎着爬上山坡，按响了门铃。A. wandered徘徊，漫步；B. marched前进，游行；C. struggled挣扎，斗争；D. covered覆盖，包括。根据“Dragging himself out of the dam”并结合上文故事可知，Andy先是拼命飞奔摆脱蜜蜂，后来又跳进冰凉的水中躲避，他已经精疲力竭，所以是挣扎着爬上山坡，故选C。
【15题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：“你真的需要钓鱼的休闲来帮助你恢复，”他的母亲如释重负地笑了。A. curiosity好奇心；B. relief减轻，安慰；C. generosity慷慨；D. emotion情感，情绪。Andy的母亲听完儿子有惊无险的故事，松了一口气。“松了一口气，如释重负”是with relief，故选B。
Ⅲ. 阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，满分28分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Electric Shocks Can Be Fatal
Government statistics recently showed that in the UK, more than 3,000 people a year experience electric shocks in their homes. A smaller number of people are killed after they touch the power lines outside their homes. Electric shocks can cause a person's heart or breath to stop and are potentially fatal. It is essential for people to learn basic techniques to deal with such emergencies.
What to do
● If you are the first person to reach someone who has an electric shock, don't touch him or her!
● If the victim is still holding the appliance that gives him or her the shock (e.g. a hair dryer), unplug it or turn off the power at its source. Under no circumstances can you try to move the appliance with your hands!
● If you can't turn off the power, use a piece of wood, like a broom handle or a chair, to separate the victim from the appliance or the power source. You may even be able to do this with a folded newspaper.
● The victim must remain lying down. If he or she is unconscious, the victim should be placed on his or her side. But he or she should not be moved if there is a possibility of neck or spine injuries unless it is absolutely necessary.
● It is essential to maintain the victim's body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. If the victim is not breathing, apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (人工呼吸). Keep the victim's head low until professional help arrives.
● If the electric shock has been caused by an external power line, the dangers to the victim and to anybody providing first aid are much greater.
16. What kind of passage is it
A. An advertisement. B. A horror story.
C. A news report. D. First aid emergency advice.
17. The underlined sentence implies that ________.
A. you should move the appliance
B. you should pick up the appliance and turn off the electricity
C. it is very dangerous to touch the appliance with your hands
D. it is unnecessary to unplug the appliance with your hands
18. When a person has got an electric shock, you should ________.
A. separate the victim from the appliance and let him sit up
B. keep the victim warm and help him or her breathe again
C. move the victim onto his or her side if he or she has got neck injuries
D. keep the victim's head high until professional help arrives
【答案】16. D 17. C 18. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。本文讲述的是对人们来说，学习基本的急救技术是必不可少的。文章主要介绍了一些关于电击的急救知识。
【16题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“It is essential for people to learn basic first aid techniques to deal with such emergencies.(对于人们来说，学习基本的急救技术来处理这类紧急情况是很重要的)”结合文章主要介绍了一些关于电击的急救知识。可知，文章是一篇急救建议。故选D。
【17题详解】
推理判断题。根据画线词上文“If the victim is still holding the appliance that gives him or her the shock (e.g. a hair dryer), unplug it or turn off the power at its source.(●如果受害者仍然拿着让他或她电击的器具（例如吹风机），拔掉插头或关闭电源)”以及常识，被电击的人先要拔掉电源，不能用手去挪动设备，防止触电。可推知画线句子表明用手触摸该设备是非常危险的。故选C。
【18题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“It is essential to maintain the victim's body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. If the victim is not breathing, apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (人工呼吸). Keep the victim's head low until professional help arrives.(保持受害者的体温是很重要的，所以在你做任何其他事情之前，要确保用毯子盖住他或她。如果病人没有呼吸，进行口对口人工呼吸。在专业救援到来之前，保持受害者低着头)”可知，当一个人受到电击时，你应该让受害者保持温暖，并帮助他或她再次呼吸。故选B。
B
As a clueless freshman, I waltzed into my first creative writing course by accident, thinking it was a literature class on how to read stories, not how to write them.
When the teacher introduced the course, I realized my mistake. The credits I earned from the course wouldn’t count toward my major. By the end of the session, however, I decided that I had to be a part of the course. Perhaps, as a lifelong reader, I was eager to understand how stories worked their magic.
But taking the class would be impossible: I wasn’t even on the waitlist. That’s when the teacher asked for a volunteer to submit the first workshop story.
Silence blanketed the room. No one risked eye contact. Whoever volunteered would have to write a whole story in a week. Perhaps they, like me, had never written one before.
Seizing my chance, I raised my hand and asked, “If I go first, will you give me a spot in the class ” He said he would.
So, instead of keeping my head down and avoiding eye contact, I did the opposite.
Years later, I’d completed a degree in creative writing and was working on a novel when a literary agent (经纪人) asked to read the first 50 pages of my draft. But I wasn’t comfortable showing her anything; the novel was far from done.
Throughout graduate school, I’d been advised many times not to contact agents until I have a complete draft. In the meanwhile, I knew the beginning of my story was attractive and that the agent might not remember me after a year.
So, once again, instead of keeping my head down and avoiding eye contact, I did the opposite. I sent her the first three chapters. A month later, she signed me on the strength of those chapters alone. She has since seen me through the publication of three novels.
Determination, focus, perseverance—the qualities that I consider crucial in getting me into Stanford no doubt helped me become the novelist I am today. And yet if I’d trained my gaze only on the path ahead, I would have missed so many happy accidents, so many beautiful opportunities to look up, raise my hand, and say yes.
19. What made the author finally decide to take the course
A. The popularity of the course.
B. Her curiosity about story writing.
C. Her confidence in her writing skills.
D. The need to get credits for her degree.
20. The author volunteered to write the first workshop story to
A. challenge herself B. impress the teacher
C. display her talent D. win a place in the class
21. The author sent her first three chapters to the agent because
A. her friends advised her to do so
B. her story was attractive to readers
C. the agent asked her to turn in the work
D. she wanted to get the chance of publication
22. What does the passage mainly tell us
A. Action speaks louder than words.
B. Chance favors only the prepared mind.
C. Success comes to those who will and dare.
D. Confidence leads to growth and fulfillment.
【答案】19. B 20. D 21. D 22. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者误打误撞选了一门创意写作课，通过第一个写研讨会故事为自己在班上赢得一席之地，之后又通过自己的敢拼敢闯的精神，和经纪人签约并出版了三部小说，成为今天的小说家。
【19题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“By the end of the session, however, I decided that I had to be a part of the course.Perhaps, as a lifelong reader, I was eager to understand how stories worked their magic. (然而，在课程结束时，我决定我必须参加课程。也许，作为一名终身读者，我渴望了解故事是如何发挥魔力的。)”可知，作者想知道故事如何发挥魔力，故她对故事写作的好奇心使她最终决定选修这门课。故选B项。
【20题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第五段“Seizing my chance, I raised my hand and asked, “If I go first, will you give me a spot in the class ” He said he would. (抓住机会，我举起手问道：“如果我先去，你能在班上给我一个位置吗？”他说他会的。)”可知，作者自愿写了第一篇工作坊的故事是为了在班上赢得一席之地。故选D项。
【21题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段“A month later, she signed me on the strength of those chapters alone. She has since seen me through the publication of three novels. (一个月后，她仅凭这些章节的力量就签下了我的名字。从那以后，她帮助我完成了三部小说的出版。)”可知，作者把她的前三章寄给了经纪人，因为她想获得出版的机会。故选D项。
【22题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第六段“So, instead of keeping my head down and avoiding eye contact, I did the opposite. (所以，我没有低着头，避免眼神交流，而是做了相反的事情。)”和倒数第二段“So, once again, instead of keeping my head down and avoiding eye contact, I did the opposite. (所以，我又一次没有低着头，避免眼神交流，而是反其道而行之。)”和最后一段“Determination, focus, perseverance—the qualities that I consider crucial in getting me into Stanford no doubt helped me become the novelist I am today. (决心、专注、毅力——这些我认为对我进入斯坦福至关重要的品质无疑帮助我成为今天的小说家。)”可知，作者敢闯敢拼的精神和她一直的坚持成就了她的现在，故文章主要想告诉我们：成功属于那些有意志和勇气的人。故选C项。
C
Have you ever bought a new car and started noticing the exact color and model of car everywhere Has that type of car just become popular in your city Were they there before Or are you just going crazy
You’re not going crazy. The reason you are now just noticing them is what psychologists call “priming”. Basically, the cars were always there. You just didn’t recognize them consciously. However, when that certain model of car becomes part of your conscious thinking, you start “automatically” recognizing all of the other cars that are the same, because you are already “primed” to do so.
The priming effect takes many forms. In one study, students were asked to walk around a room for 5 minutes at a rate of 30 steps per minute, which was about one-third their normal pace. After this brief experience, the participants were much quicker to recognize words related to old age, such as forgetful, old, and lonely. Reciprocal priming effects tend to produce a coherent reaction: if you are primed to think of old age, you would tend to act old, and acting old would reinforce the thought of old age. This research shows that the way we think influences the way we act, and the way we act influences the way we think.
A similar conclusion was reached by the American psychologist William James a century ago, but he emphasized the effect on feeling. “Actions seem to follow feeling, but really actions and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. Thus the path to cheerfulness, should our cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.”
So, that’s it. If you want to be happy, just sit up and act happy. Based on these scientific findings, we can adopt certain priming effects to help make ourselves consistently happier.
One thing we have in common is our ability to think, and thus feel. Pleasant thoughts have been proven to produce the chemicals that make us feel happy, particularly thoughts and feelings of gratitude. When we purposefully go through and think about the things we’re grateful for and deliberately feel as much gratitude as we can, we are flooding our mind with the “happy chemicals”. Furthermore, by consciously thinking, feeling and expressing gratitude, we will not only be happier in the moment, we will be “primed” to recognize the things in our life to appreciate. Each time this happens, the “happy chemicals” will be produced. Do this every day and we will become consistently happier. This makes up for the momentary happiness we gain from eating chocolate or buying new clothes. More than that, combining thoughts of gratitude with happy acts like smiling and laughing will have a supplementary positive effect on our state of mind.
23. Which of the following is an example of the priming effect
A. Walking much faster after attending a lecture about old age.
B. Donating money to the poor after seeing pictures of cute cats.
C. Learning about various types of cars after purchasing the first car.
D. Completing SO_P as SOUP rather than SOAP after seeing the word EAT.
24. What does the underlined word “reciprocal” in Paragraph 3 probably mean
A. Related. B. Two-way. C. Well-rounded. D. Opposite.
25. What will the author probably agree with
A. Eating or shopping leads to consistent feelings of happiness.
B. Our will has greater control over emotions than over actions.
C. Happy chemicals make us think about the things we’re grateful for.
D. Practicing gratitude frequently prepares us for long-term happiness.
26. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Prime Yourself to Be Happier
B. Share Happiness to Enhance Wellbeing
C. Why Gratitude Is Important in Psychology
D. How Happy Chemicals Affect People’s Thoughts
【答案】23. D 24. B 25. D 26. A
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。通过注意到在马路上有很多与自己新买的车同款的汽车，引出心理学中的“启动效应”，启动效应有多种形式，研究表明：因为启动效应，人们的思维方式与行为方式之间会相互作用，基于科学发现，我们可以采用某些启动效应来帮助我们始终保持快乐。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“In one study, students were asked to walk around a room for 5 minutes at a rate of 30 steps per minute, which was about one-third their normal pace. After this brief experience, the participants were much quicker to recognize words related to old age, such as forgetful, old, and lonely.(在一项研究中，学生们被要求以每分钟30步的速度在一个房间里走5分钟，这大约是他们正常速度的三分之一。在这个短暂的经历之后，参与者更快地识别出与老年有关的单词，如健忘、年老和孤独)”可知，在感知慢速行走的过程后，参与者会更快识别与老年有管的词汇，D项“Completing SO_P as SOUP rather than SOAP after seeing the word EAT. (在看到单词EAT后将SO_P补全为SOUP而不是SOAP)”，参与者在已看见EAT这个单词后，内心会留意相关信息，与EAT有关联的词汇为SOUP，意为“汤，羹”，而SOAP为“肥皂”。由此推知，D项的例子属于“启动效应”，故选D项。
【24题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第三段“Reciprocal priming effects tend to produce a coherent reaction: if you are primed to think of old age, you would tend to act old, and acting old would reinforce the thought of old age. This research shows that the way we think influences the way we act, and the way we act influences the way we think.(Reciprocal启动效应往往会产生连贯的反应：如果你被启动想到老年，你就会倾向于表现得很老，而表现得很老会强化老年的想法。这项研究表明，我们的思维方式影响我们的行为方式，而我们的行为方式又影响我们的思维方式)”可知，这里陈述的是启动效应的一个形式，思维影响行为，行为又反过来影响思维，说明Reciprocal意为“交互的，互相的”，与Two-way意思相同，故选B项。
【25题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Furthermore, by consciously thinking, feeling and expressing gratitude, we will not only be happier in the moment, we will be ‘primed’ to recognize the things in our life to appreciate. Each time this happens, the ‘happy chemicals’ will be produced. Do this every day and we will become consistently happier. This makes up for the momentary happiness we gain from eating chocolate or buying new clothes. More than that, combining thoughts of gratitude with happy act s like smiling and laughing will have a supplementary positive effect on our state of mind.(此外，通过有意识地思考、感受和表达感激之情，我们不仅会在当下更快乐，还会‘准备好’认识到生活中值得欣赏的事物。每次这种情况发生时，‘快乐的化学物质’就会产生。每天都这样做，我们会变得越来越快乐。这弥补了我们从吃巧克力或买新衣服中获得的短暂快乐。不仅如此，将感恩的思想与快乐的行为结合起来，比如微笑和大笑，会对我们的精神状态产生补充的积极影响)”可推知，作者认为：经常表示感恩，不仅使我们当下很快乐，也为启动我们长期的幸福做好了准备工作。故选D项。
【26题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其倒数第二段“So, that’s it. If you want to be happy, just sit up and act happy. Based on these scientific findings, we can adopt certain priming effects to help make ourselves consistently happier. (就是这样。如果你想快乐，那就坐起来，装出快乐的样子。基于这些科学发现，我们可以采用某些启动效应来帮助我们始终保持快乐)”可知，通过注意到在马路上有很多与自己新买的车同款的汽车，文章引出话题：心理学中的“启动效应”，文章还提到了一些研究结果，表明我们的思维方式与我们的行为方式之间会相互作用，通过有意识地思考和感受感激之情，我们不仅当前快乐，也启动了长期的幸福。由此可知，“Prime Yourself to Be Happier (启动自己让自己变得更快乐)”适合作文章的标题。故选A项。
D
Would you turn down the chance to become a smart cookie We’ve been longing for quick fixes that could increase our intelligence (智力). Today, people’s hopes lie in brain training apps as a speedy “digital pill”. The more you play, the smarter you will get—or so some apps tell us. But is this digital-shortcut all that it seems to be
The use of games for serious purposes has become widespread with the development of the Internet and smartphones. Brain training apps are typical, frequently featured by Apple and Google’s app stores. Many of such apps say that they are backed by “science”. Even if there were agreement around what makes general intelligence, the idea that increasing it would be as simple as practising a few mini-games every day goes against our current discovery about thinking and learning.
Several major studies, surveying users across a wide variety of apps, have found that they have little to no effect on users’ performance. A 2021 study by researchers discovered brain training has no significant effect on cognitive (认知的) functioning in the “real world”. The positive effects reported are limited to the very specific mini-games and tasks, such as memorizing lists of words or numbers, or performing mental calculation (心算). So, if your job or your calling in life needs summing quickly or remembering all your friends’ phone numbers, these apps will do. But if you are expecting them to improve your ability to write a novel or form a complex (复杂的) spreadsheet, you have to look elsewhere. Yet, despite the fact that they hardly work, brain training apps play a leading role, partly because they are regarded to be scientific and partly because users think they are fun.
As a co-creator of one of the most popular forms of gamification (游戏化) noted, what is especially disappointing about these apps is that they just aren’t that fun—at least, not compared with the various thoughtful board games and video games coming out every day. Puzzle video games, such as Baba Is You and detective games like Return of the Obra Dinn, see players apply their skill at reasoning, memory and concentration in a far more challenging and engaging (吸引人的) way.
If you aren’t into games, simply go for a walk or learn how to dance. They are likely to be more effective than a brain training app in sharpening your mind. These activities might not lead to an increased IQ, but they are sure to engage your brain deeply while having fun—something I can by no means say of brain training apps.
27. Which of the following would the author probably agree with
A. Brain training apps are backed by science.
B. Creativity can be improved with brain training apps.
C. Gamification has little to do with increasing intelligence.
D. Increasing IQ is as simple as practising a few mini-games every day.
28. According to the passage brain training apps are still popular because ________.
A. they turn mental exercises into quick games
B. they are considered both scientific and interesting
C. they are more effective in shaping our minds than other games
D. they have significant effects on the cognitive functioning in the “real world”
29. Which would be the best title for the passage
A. A Smart Cookie or Not B. There’s No App for That
C. What will Games Lead Us to D. A Digital Pill for Intelligence
【答案】27. C 28. B 29. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章提出观点称许多人认为借助一些游戏程序能够提高智力，但作者不这样认为，他通过呈现一些研究结果等信息佐证他的观点。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“Even if there were agreement around what makes general intelligence, the idea that increasing it would be as simple as practising a few mini-games every day goes against our current discovery about thinking and learning. (即使人们对一般智力的形成达成了一致，但增加一般智力只需每天练习几个小游戏就可以了，这一想法与我们目前关于思考和学习的发现背道而驰。)”可知，作者认为称每天练习小游戏能够提升智力是不准确的，即可推测，作者不赞同通过游戏化能够增加智力这一说法。故选C项。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“Yet, despite the fact that they hardly work, brain training apps play a leading role, partly because they are regarded to be scientific and partly because users think they are fun. (然而，尽管大脑训练应用程序几乎不起作用，但它们发挥着主导作用，部分原因是因为它们被认为是科学的，部分原因在于用户认为它们很有趣。)”可知，这些程序流行的原因是用户认为它们有趣且科学。故选B项。
【29题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段二三句“We’ve been longing for quick fixes that could increase our intelligence (智力). Today, people’s hopes lie in brain training apps as a speedy “digital pill”. (我们一直渴望快速解决问题，以提高我们的智力。今天，人们的希望寄托于作为一种快速的“数字药丸”的大脑训练应用程序们上。)”可推测，本文探讨的核心在于这些“数字药丸”；根据用于引出下文的第一段最后一句“But is this digital-shortcut all that it seems to be (但是，这条数字捷径看起来就是这样吗？)”可知，作者对这些“数字药丸”有没有效果表示存疑；而最后一段一二句“If you aren’t into games, simply go for a walk or learn how to dance. They are likely to be more effective than a brain training app in sharpening your mind. (如果你不喜欢游戏，那就去散步或学习跳舞。它们可能能比大脑训练应用程序更有效地磨砺你的头脑。)”指出作者最终得出结论，没有app类的“数字药丸”对提升智力有效，这是本文的标题。故选B项。
第Ⅱ卷（共67分）
Ⅰ.根据音标拼写单词（共10小题；每小题0.5分，共5分）
根据音标拼写单词
30. / eks 'b ( )n/ ________
31. /'br (r)/ ________
32. /'fe lj (r)/ ________
33. / 'vent u li/________
34. /'me (r)/ ________
35. /p 'ten ( )l/________
36. / m'b ( )n/________
37. / 'we n s/________
38. /' n sti/________
39. / en 'd et k/________
【答案】30. exhibition
31. brochure
32. failure
33. eventually
34. measure
35. potential
36. ambition
37. awareness
38. honesty
39. energetic
【解析】
【30题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为exhibition，exhibition是名词，意为“展览”，故填exhibition。
【31题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为brochure，brochure是名词，意为“小册子，手册”，故填brochure。
【32题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为failure，failure是名词，意为“失败”，故填failure。
【33题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为eventually，eventually是副词，意为“最后”，故填eventually。
【34题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为measure，measure可作动词或名词，意为“测量；方法”，故填measure。
【35题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为potential，potential可作形容词或名词，意为“潜在的；潜力”，故填potential。
【36题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为ambition，ambition是名词，意为“雄心，抱负”，故填ambition。
【37题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为awareness，awareness是名词，意为“意识”，故填awareness。
【38题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为honesty，honesty是名词，意为“诚实”，故填honesty。
【39题详解】
根据音标可知，此处为energetic，energetic是形容词，意为“精力充沛的”，故填energetic。
Ⅱ. 选词填空（共7小题；每小题2分，共14分）
用方框中单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每个单词只能用一次
equality, prepare, lose, admirable, impress, observation, react
40. __________ carefully if any change occurs when doing experiments in the lab.
41. They want all groups to be treated on an __________ basis.
42. Jenny was very sad over the __________ of the photos she shot in Canada.
43. I want to improve my language skills in __________ for further study overseas.
44. There has been a mixed __________ to her appointment as director.
45. The most __________ thing about him is his calm acceptance of whatever comes his way.
46. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families gather to __________ the moon and enjoy delicious moon cakes.
【答案】40. Observe
41. equal 42. loss
43. preparation
44. reaction
45. impressive
46. admire
【解析】
【40题详解】
考查动词。句意：在实验室做实验时，仔细观察是否有任何变化。结合“if any change occurs”可知此处指“仔细观察是否有任何变化”，observation“观察”，名词，此处应用其动词形式observe，句子是祈使句，用动词原形开头，首字母应大写，故填Observe。
【41题详解】
考查形容词。句意：他们希望所有群体都能得到平等对待。空处应用形容词作定语，修饰名词basis，结合句意可知，此处指“得到平等对待”，equality“平等”，名词，此处应用形容词equal，故填equal。
【42题详解】
考查名词。句意：Jenny因为失去了她在加拿大拍摄的照片而感到非常难过。空处应填名词作over的宾语，结合“Jenny was very sad”可知，此处指“失去了她在加拿大拍摄的照片”，lose“失去”，动词，此处应用名词形式loss，loss为不可数名词，故填loss。
【43题详解】
考查名词。句意：我想提高我的语言能力，为出国深造做准备。空处应填名词作in的宾语，结合“I want to improve my language skills”可知，此处指“我想提高我的语言能力，为出国深造做准备”，prepare“准备”，动词，此处应用名词形式preparation，故填preparation。
【44题详解】
考查名词。句意：人们对她被任命为董事的反应褒贬不一。空处应填名词作there be句型的主语，结合“to her appointment as director.”可知，此处指“人们对她被任命为董事的反应褒贬不一”，react“反应”，动词，此处应用名词形式reaction，故填reaction。
【45题详解】
考查形容词。句意：他给人印象最深的是他能坦然接受一切。空处应填形容词作定语，修饰名词thing，结合句意可知，此处指“他给人印象最深的是他能坦然接受一切”，impress“给……留下深刻印象”是动词，此处应用形容词形式impressive，故填impressive。
【46题详解】
考查动词。句意：在中秋节，家人聚在一起赏月，享受美味的月饼。to是不定式符号，空处应填动词原形，结合“During the Mid-Autumn Festival”可知，此处指“家人聚在一起赏月”，admirable是形容词，此处应用动词形式admire“欣赏”，故填admire。
Ⅲ. 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
在未给提示词的空白处填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
47. The theme park you are probably most familiar with is Disneyland, ________ can be found in several parts of the world(用适当词填空)
【答案】which
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句引导词。句意：你可能最熟悉的主题公园是迪斯尼乐园，它可以在世界上好几个地方找到。空格处引导非限制性定语从句修饰先行词Disneyland，指物在从句中作主语，用which引导。故填which。
48. The man has to do some part-time jobs in his spare time __________ (support) his family. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】to support
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：这个人不得不在业余时间做些兼职来补贴家用。结合句意可知，此处表示目的，应用动词不定式，作目的状语。故填to support。
49. Creating an atmosphere _______ employees feel part of a team is a big challenge. （用适当的词填空）
【答案】where
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句关系词。句意：创造一种让员工觉得自己是团队一部分的氛围是一个很大的挑战。定语从句的先行词是 atmosphere，把先行词 atmosphere 带入到定语从句，完整的定语从句是"in the atmosphere employees feel part of a team"，可见 in the atmosphere 在从句中充当地点状语，故填关系副词where。
50. It matters greatly __________ your parents understand and support you. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】whether##that
【解析】
【详解】考查主语从句。句意：重要的是你的父母（是否）理解和支持你。分析句子可知，It是形式主语，空处引导主语从句，结合句意可知，此处表示“是否”，使用whether引导从句；也可理解为从句结构、意义完整（你的父母理解和支持你），用that引导，故填whether/that。
51. The man with __________ I shook hands just now is my daughter’s English teacher. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】whom
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句。句意：刚才和我握手的那个人是我女儿的英语老师。此处是“with+关系代词”引导的定语从句，先行词是The man，指人，关系词在从句中作宾语，使用关系代词whom，故填whom。
52. Wolves are highly social animals __________ success depends upon cooperation. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】whose
【解析】
【详解】考查定语从句。句意：狼是高度群居的动物，它们的成功依赖于合作。空处引导限定性定语从句，先行词是Wolves，关系词在从句中作定语，和success之间是所属关系，应用关系代词whose引导。故填whose。
53. Class discussion is an activity __________ which everyone can benefit. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】from
【解析】
【详解】考查介词。句意：课堂讨论是每个人都能从中受益的活动。短语benefit from表示“从……中受益”，故用介词from，故填from。
54. The young girl was too frightened to speak, standing there for __________ seemed like hours. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】what
【解析】
【详解】考查宾语从句。句意：小女孩吓得说不出话来，在那里站了几个小时。空处引导宾语从句，作介词for的宾语，引导词在从句中作主语，指物，应用连接代词what引导，故填what。
55. Being chased by an angry dog is a __________ (frighten) experience. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】frightening
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：被一只愤怒的狗追赶是一件可怕的经历。空处应填形容词作定语，修饰名词experience，experience指物，应用形容词frightening“可怕的”，故填frightening。
56. His suggestion is __________ we should hire more experienced people. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】that
【解析】
【详解】考查表语从句。句意：他的建议是我们应该雇用更多有经验的人。空处引导表语从句，从句结构、意义完整，应填that引导，故填that。
Ⅳ. 翻译句子（共4小题；2*2+2*3，共10分）
57. 他在用英文跟外国人交流上有困难。(have difficulty)（汉译英）
___________________________________________________________________________
【答案】He has difficulty in communicating with foreigners in English.
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语，“做某事有困难”使用动词短语have difficulty in doing sth，“和……交流”使用动词短语communicate with，“外国人”使用名词复数foreigners，“用英语”使用介词短语in English，句子是描述一个事实，应用一般现在时，主语是He，谓语动词用单数，故翻译为：He has difficulty in communicating with foreigners in English.
58. 我们每个人都应该为使我们的学校更美丽做出贡献。(make a contribution) （汉译英）
___________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Every one of us should make a contribution to making our school more beautiful.
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语。“我们每个人”译为every one of us，作主语，“应该”使用情态动词should，后接动词原形，“为……做出贡献”使用动词短语make a contribution to，to是介词，后接动名词作宾语，“使……（变得）……”使用“make+宾语+宾补”，“我们的学校”译为our school，“更美丽”使用形容词比较级more beautiful作宾补，句子是描述一个事实，应用一般现在时，故翻译为：Every one of us should make a contribution to making our school more beautiful.
59. 这项任务困难的原因在于团队只有有限的资源。(The reason why... is...) （汉译英）
___________________________________________________________________________
【答案】The reason why the task was difficult was that the team had limited resources.
【解析】
【详解】考查固定句型。句子是描述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时，结合提示可知，“……的原因在于”使用固定句型The reason why... was...，why引导定语从句，修饰先行词reason，“任务”使用名词task，“困难”使用形容词difficult作表语，故定语从句译为why the task was difficult，“团队只有有限的资源”译为一个表语从句，“团队”使用名词team，“有”使用动词have，“有限的资源”译为limited resources，故表语从句译为the team had limited resources，从句结构、意义完整，应用that引导，故翻译为：The reason why the task was difficult was that the team had limited resources.
60. 我不知道他是如何在短时间内就适应了新的环境。(名词性从句) （汉译英）
___________________________________________________________________________
【答案】I have no idea how he managed to adapt to the new environment in such a short time.
【解析】
【详解】考查同位语从句。句子主语是“我”I，“不知道”使用动词短语have no idea，“他是如何在短时间内就适应了新环境”译为how引导的idea的同位语从句，“设法做成某事”使用动词短语manage to do sth，“适应”使用动词短语adapt to，“新的环境”译为new environment，“在短时间内”译为介词短语in such a short time，主句是描述一个事实，应用一般现在时，从句是描述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时，故翻译为：I have no idea how he managed to adapt to the new environment in such a short time.
Ⅴ.阅读表达（共4小题；每小题2分，共8分）
阅读表达
Can a Robot Really Freestyle
Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, led by Gil Weinberg, have designed the first musical robot capable of not only playing music, but creating it. His name is Shimon. Weinberg, who is a musician, engineer, and professor of musical technology, found himself in a creative rut (俗套) and decided to create a robot that could inspire him with new musical ideas. Shimon was trained on a vast data set of everything from progressive rock to jazz to rap. His works really surprise human listeners.
Up until recent advancements, applications of AI (artificial intelligence) have mostly consisted of well-defined tasks, but many are concerned that new technology like Shimon could result in lost jobs for millions of people, even those in creative industry.
While the concern of an offing future in which humans are entirely replaced by robots certainly isn’t unfounded, a much more likely future is one in which robots work alongside humans to improve their work. Experts say that AI will actually create jobs for humans, not des troy them. The Guardian recently reported that by 2037, AI will create more than 7 million new jobs in the healthcare, education, and science fields in the UK.
Shimon is showing us what can happen when robots don’t just work for us, but with us. Instead of putting any of our favorite musicians out of work, robots will certainly be challenging and inspiring them in new ways. The cooperation between humans and robots can produce new and attractive music, leading to novel musical outcomes. Thanks to the innovation of Weinberg and his team, rap battles, Jam sessions, and symphony orchestras alike may begin to look and act considerably different.
61. What can Shimon do
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62. Why did Gil Weinberg create Shimon
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63. How do many people like the applications of AI in the field of work
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64. According to the writer, what effect will the applications of AI have on creative industry
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【答案】61. Shimon can play and create music.
62. Gil Weinberg created Shimon to inspire him with new musical ideas.
63. Concerned.
64. The applications of AI will certainly be challenging and inspiring people in creative industry in new ways.
/The cooperation between humans and robots can lead to novel outcomes in creative industry.
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍Gil Weinberg领导佐治亚理工学院的工程师们设计了第一个不仅能演奏音乐，还能创造音乐的音乐机器人。
【61题详解】
考查细节理解。根据第一段中“Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, led by Gil Weinberg, have designed the first musical robot capable of not only playing music, but creating it. His name is Shimon.(在Gil Weinberg的带领下，佐治亚理工学院的工程师们设计出了第一个不仅能演奏音乐，还能创作音乐的音乐机器人。他的名字叫Shimon)”可知，Shimon可以演奏并创作音乐，故答案为Shimon can play and create music.
【62题详解】
考查细节理解。根据第一段中“Weinberg, who is a musician, engineer, and professor of musical technology, found himself in a creative rut (俗套) and decided to create a robot that could inspire him with new musical ideas.(Weinberg是一名音乐家、工程师和音乐技术教授，他发现自己陷入了创作的俗套，并决定创造一个可以激发他新的音乐创意的机器人)”可知，Gil Weinberg创造Shimon是为了激发他新的音乐创意，故答案为Gil Weinberg created Shimon to inspire him with new musical ideas.
【63题详解】
考查推理判断。根据第二段中“Up until recent advancements, applications of AI (artificial intelligence) have mostly consisted of well-defined tasks, but many are concerned that new technology like Shimon could result in lost jobs for millions of people, even those in creative industry(直到最近的进展，AI的应用主要由定义良好的任务组成，但许多人担心，像Shimon这样的新技术可能会导致数百万人失业，甚至包括创意产业的人)”可知，很多人对于人工智能在工作领域的应用表示担心，故答案为Concerned.
【64题详解】
考查细节理解。根据最后一段中“Instead of putting any of our favorite musicians out of work, robots will certainly be challenging and inspiring them in new ways. The cooperation between humans and robots can produce new and attractive music, leading to novel musical outcomes.(机器人不会让我们最喜欢的音乐家失业，而是肯定会以新的方式挑战和激励他们。人类和机器人之间的合作可以产生新的和有吸引力的音乐，导致新颖的音乐成果)”可知，人工智能的应用肯定会以新的方式挑战和激励创意产业的人们，人与机器人之间的合作可以在创意产业中产生新的成果。故答案为The applications of AI will certainly be challenging and inspiring people in creative industry in new ways./The cooperation between humans and robots can lead to novel outcomes in creative industry.
Ⅵ. 书面表达（20分）
65. 假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。你们学校的留学生Jim对你校的艺术社团很感兴趣并发来邮件询问。请你给他回复邮件，向他推荐一个艺术社团，内容包括：
1.社团名称；
2.社团活动；
3.推荐理由。
注意：1.词数不少于100；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Jim,
I’m more than delighted to know you are interested in the art club of our school. I’d like to recommend Peking opera club to you, which I believe you will enjoy a lot.
I recommend this club to you for the following reasons. First, Peking opera is like a pearl in Chinese traditional art. Joining this club can give you a taste of Chinese traditional art forms and even have a hands-on experience. Besides, the club will regularly organize various activities, such as inviting famous actors to perform, and drawing Peking opera make-ups. Considering your interest in Chinese history, I believe getting close to Peking opera will also be a good way of learning more about it.
Hope my suggestions can be of help. If you want to learn anything more, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给你们学校的留学生Jim回复一封邮件，向他推荐一个艺术社团。
【详解】1.词汇积累
高兴的：delighted →pleased/happy
相信： believe →be convinced
建议： advice/proposals →suggestions
是有帮助的：be of help →be helpful
2.句式拓展
句式转换
原句：Considering your interest in Chinese history, I believe getting close to Peking opera will also be a good way of learning more about it.
拓展句：Considering that you are interested in Chinese history, I believe getting close to Peking opera will also be a good way of learning more about it.
【点睛】[高分句型1]
I'd like to recommend Peking opera club to you, which I believe you will enjoy a lot.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句）
[高分句型2]
If you want to learn anything more, don't hesitate to contact me.（运用了if引导的条件状语从句）
听力答案：1-5 BACAB 6-10 BACBC
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