三明一中2023-2024学年第二学期半期考试
高二英语试题
（本试卷共12页，满分150分，考试用时120分钟。）
注意事项：
1、答题前，考生务必用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号和座位号填写在答题卡上，将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
2、作答选择题时，每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁；考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共95分）
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What kind of TV programs does the man like
A. Quiz shows. B. Documentaries. C. Situation comedies.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place
A In an office. B. In a restaurant. C. In a convenience store.
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. The weather. B. Writing skills. C. The plan for tomorrow.
4. When will the speakers go to watch the match
A. At 7:00. B. At 7:30. C. At 8:00.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Boss and secretary. B. Salesman and client. C. Taxi driver and passenger.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. Why will Sarah go to the market
A. To get a clock. B. To get a record. C. To get a birthday cake.
7. What do we know about Sarah
A. She has never been to the market.
B. She isn’t familiar with the surroundings.
C. She is going to the market with the man.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. How did Jack spend the summer vacation
A. Studying a lot. B. Traveling around. C. Taking a part-time job.
9. What is Ms. Wellington like according to Jack
A. She’s strict. B. She’s careless. C. She’s easy-going.
10. What is Jack’s impression on Ms. Wellington
A. Her exams were difficult.
B. Her class was very boring.
C. She gave students lots of assignment.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. What does the woman advise the man to do
A. Use the red color. B. Buy a new sofa. C. Paint the walls again.
12. When will the man buy the paintings
A. Today. B. Tomorrow. C. This weekend.
13. What color would the man like to paint the wall
A. Dark colors. B. Soft colors. C. Bright colors.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。
14 Why is the man going to the States
A. To attend a meeting. B. To study at a university. C. To visit places of interest.
15. What does the man show to the woman
A. His application.
B. The letter of invitation.
C. An admission letter from a university.
16. When does the man plan to set off for America
A. On January 5th. B. On January 10th. C. On January 15th.
17. What is the man doing
A. Holding a meeting. B. Applying for a passport. C. Conducting an interview.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。
18. What are both live chat rooms and message boards good for
A. Fluency. B. Accuracy. C. Patience.
19. What should an active listener do
A. Do group practicing. B. Record all materials. C. Set down new words.
20. What is the speaker’s last suggestion
A. Practice listening after class.
B. Look for the textbook online.
C. Do the exercises in the textbook.
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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1. What does art- aim at
A. Collecting artworks. B. Helping talented artists.
C. Offering art information. D. Founding art organizations.
2. What can visitors do in Halvorsen Fine Art Gallery
A Hold personal exhibitions. B. Experience diverse cultures.
C. Obtain authentic certificates. D. Admire impressionist paintings.
3. What makes John Palmer Fine Art different from the other three
A. It is in Houston’s best spot. B. It offers art consultation services.
C. It displays only one artist’s works. D. It can be visited without an appointment.
B
Throughout all the events in my life, one in particular sticks out more than the others. As I reflect on this significant event, a smile spreads across my face. As I think of Shanda, I feel loved and grateful.
It was my twelfth year of dancing, and I thought it would end up like any other year: stuck in emptiness, forgotten and without the belief of any teacher or friend that I really had the potential to achieve greatness.
However, I met Shanda, a talented chorcographer (编舞者). She influenced me to work to the best of my ability, pushed me to keep going when I wanted to quit, encouraged me and showed me the importance of courage. Throughout our hard work, not only did my ability to dance grow, but my friendship with Shanda grew as well.
With the end of the year came our show time. As I walked backstage and saw many other dancers, I hoped for a good performance that would prove my improvement. I waited anxiously for my turn. Finally, after what seemed like days, the loudspeaker announced my name. Butterflies filling my stomach, I took trembling steps onto the big lighted stage. But, with the determination to succeed and eagerness to live up to Shanda’s expectations for me, I began to dance. All my troubles and nerves went away as I danced my whole heart out.
As I walked up to the judge to receive my first place shining, gold trophy (奖杯), I realized that dance is not about becoming the best. It was about loving dance for dance itself, a getaway from all my problems in the world. Shanda showed me that you could let everything go and just do what you feel at that moment. After all the doubts that people had in me, I believed in myself and did not care what others thought. Thanks to Shanda, dance became more than a love of mine, but a passion.
4. What did the author think her dancing would be for the twelfth year
A. A change for the better. B. A disappointment as before.
C. A proof of her potential. D. The pride of her teachers and friends.
5. How did Shanda help the author
A. By offering her financial help. B. By entering her in a competition.
C. By coaching her for longer hours. D. By awakening her passion for dancing.
6. What do the underlined words in paragraph 4 probably mean
A. Nervous. B. Dynamic. C. Courageous. D. Enthusiastic.
7. What can we learn from the author’s story
A. Success lies in courage. B. Adversity helps one grow up.
C. A good teacher matters. D. Reputation comes from hard work.
C
Part of the reason American shoppers are so attracted to wholesale shopping is their belief that it not only prevents waste but can save time and money, providing more value for the dollar. However, recent research suggests that the opposite may be true.
Victoria Ligon, an expert on consumer sciences, studied food purchasing habits of consumers and found that people tended to buy too much food and waste more of it than they realized. “The problem is that people are not shopping frequently enough,” Ligon said, “People are very price sensitive at the grocery store, but tend to fail to notice the cost of unused and wasted food at home.”
A common practice is to visit different stores for different items on a grocery list, “But people tend to overbuy at each of the places,” Ligon said. “People are not planning for the next day, but planning for the next week or two.”
“In theory, planning a week or more in advance sounds ideal. But given the reality of many people’s lives, this is challenging to do well,” Ligon said. “All of our food promotions are designed to get people to buy more. We believe it’s cheaper if we buy more now, but we rarely take into account how much we throw out in the end.”
Ligon noted shifts in the grocery industry that appear promising to help customers reduce food waste. Examples include cost-effective delivery services such as Amazon Fresh and Google Express, which allow consumers to purchase food items when they want to consume them, also reducing their need to frequent so many different stores. However, the study resulted in another troubling finding: The majority of people involved in the study had no idea that they were buying too much and wasting so much.
“When you read advice about reducing waste, it usually centers on what people do after the food is purchased,” Ligon said. “But more importantly, shop on a more frequent basis, so that you are only buying what you are going to consume in the short term.”
8. What do people often ignore when buying food in large quantities
A. How good the food is. B. How much will be wasted.
C. How much the food costs. D. How often they should shop.
9. What is the author’s attitude towards meal planning for the next two weeks
A. It is worth trying. B. It is not practical.
C. It takes great effort. D. It is not good for health.
10. What is the advantage of Amazon Fresh and Google Express
A. Food prices are lowered. B. Food waste is prevented.
C. Food consumption is reduced. D. Food purchasing can be done at home.
11. What can be the best title for the passage
A. Shop More, Buy Less B. Shop Wisely, Eat Wisely
C. Consume More, Waste Less D. The More You Shop, the More You Waste
D
Writers of science fiction often feel more prescient (预知的) than others. Whether it’s the architectural and social dystopias of J.G. Ballard’s novels, or the world of E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops, the genre is full of prescient writers dealing with ever more familiar issues.
Out of all such writers, few seem more likely to predict our times than author Philip K. Dick, who died 42 years ago. In a remarkably 30-year period of work, Dick authored 44 novels and countless short stories, adaptations of which redefined science fiction on screen — in particular Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, based on Dick’s story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall, which took his 1966 short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale as its source material.
Dick had a astonishing ability to predict what would happen in modern world. Celebrated science-fiction and fantasy author Stan Nicholls suggested Dick’s work was prescient because it explored the future through the then-present. “His stories foresaw the availability of the Internet, virtual reality, facial recognition software, driverless cars and 3D printing,” Nicholls said — while also pointing out that “it’s a misinterpretation that prediction is the primary purpose of science fiction.” The genre’s hit rate is actually not very good in that respect. Like all the best science fiction, his stories weren’t really about the future; they were about the here and now.”
Putting aside Dick’s ability to foresee the future we now take for granted, his most disturbing vision was of the world itself ultimately being a simulation (模拟). Dick’s reality was already a delicate and complex one. In many of his later books, the idea of reality being a fa ade (假象) grew as a dominant theme. “Dick argued we were existing in a simulation,” Nicholls suggested.
Whether his visions were true, as he believed, a product of small problems in the simulation or his fading mental health, one thing is for certain: the world in which the work of Philip K. Dick is celebrated today feels ever closer to the ones imagined by this most unique and exceptional of writer.
12. How does the author explain the topic in Paragraph 1
A. By listing examples. B. By using metaphors.
C. By making a comparison. D. By introducing an concept.
13. What could be inferred from Paragraph 2
A. Dick can predict the future precisely.
B. Some directors like to adapt Dick’s novels into movies.
C. Dick’s novels redefined what science fiction was about.
D. No one wrote more science fiction novels of our times than Dick.
14. A universal feature of all the best science fiction stories is that they _______.
A. have a high hit rate B. are good at predicting
C. focus on the present D. explore the distant future
15. What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph
A Philip K. Dick had a great impact on science.
B. Philip K. Dick had traveled into the future then.
C. People don’t agree to Philip K. Dick’s prediction.
D. The world in Philip K. Dick’s works is similar to today’s world.
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。
Imagine that as you are boarding an airplane, half the engineers who built the plane tell you there is a 10 percent chance the plane will crash, killing you and everyone else on board. Would you still board
In 2022, over 700 top academics and researchers behind the leading artificial intelligence companies were asked in a survey about future AI risk. Half of those surveyed stated that there was a 10 percent or greater chance of human extinction from future AI systems. ____16____
The fear of AI has haunted humanity since the mid-20th century, yet until recently it has remained a distant prospect, something that belongs in sci-fi more than in serious scientific and political debates. ____17____ It is even harder to grasp the speed at which these tools are developing even more advanced and powerful capabilities. But most of the key skills boil down to one thing: the ability to manipulate (操纵) and generate language, whether with words, sounds or images.
In the beginning was the word. ____18____ From language emerges myth and law, goods and money, art and science, friendships and nations—even computer code. AI’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization. What would it mean for humans to live in a world where a large percentage of stories, melodies, images, laws, policies and tools are shaped by non-human intelligence ____19____What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics, and even religion
____20____We are surrounded by culture, experiencing reality through a cultural prism (棱镜). Our views are shaped by the reports of journalists and the accounts of friends. What will it be like to experience reality through a prism produced by non-human intelligence The time to reckon with AI is before our politics, our economy and our daily life become dependent on it.
A. Humans often don’t have direct access to reality.
B. Language is the operating system of human culture.
C. In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer.
D. By gaining mastery of language, AI is seizing the master key to civilization.
E. Technology companies are caught in a race to put all of humanity on that plane.
F. For thousands of years we humans have lived inside the dreams of other humans.
G. It’s difficult for human minds to grasp the capabilities of GPT-4 and similar tools.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分15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。
At school, art class is fun. We can ____21____ with different techniques and generally get creative. However, a field trip to an art gallery is often ____22____. Last year my art teacher organized a trip to an art exhibition. The gallery was full of older people, who obviously didn’t want to be with ____23____ students. We all got quite ____24____ and couldn’t stop chatting. Our teacher was getting ____25____ and kept telling us to be quiet.
The next day we complained to our teacher about the ____26____ of activities for teens at art galleries. She ____27____ that a visit should be both educational and fun. That was when I decided to go online and look for art galleries that have special ____28____ for teens. Eventually, I ____29____ to find a huge range of activities and proposed some to my teacher.
I also used the ____30____ to learn about more artists. Recently, I found a contemporary artist called Martin Bailey. I’ve ____31____ seen artists who combine different techniques, but Bailey is totally different. He does unique illustrations with ____32____ household objects such as umbrellas, headphones and even cookies. His art is simple, but it enables you to see things ____33____. For example, he notices that a flower is similar to a mop (拖把) and puts this ____34____ into life by drawing a little man with a real flower mop. It’s really ____35____! I hope I’ll be able to go to an exhibition of his work in the future.
21. A. live B. start C. struggle D. experiment
22. A. exciting B. disturbing C. rewarding D. disappointing
23. A. noisy B. humble C. creative D. innocent
24. A. bored B. annoyed C. concerned D. enthusiastic
25. A. cruel B. sensitive C. worn out D. stressed out
26. A. lack B. abuse C. theme D. schedule
27. A. agreed B. demanded C. criticised D. announced
28. A. prices B. events C. entries D. paintings
29. A. expected B. managed C. resolved D. happened
30. A. trip B. activity C. Internet D. exhibition
31. A. barely B. merely C. already D. apparently
32. A. delicate B. ordinary C. suitable D. sustainable
33. A. clearly B. equally C. differently D. precisely
34. A. tool B. idea C. design D. blossom
35. A. abstract B. realistic C. amusing D. practical
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共55分）
第三部分 语言运用
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个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As the world witnesses more and more extreme weather patterns, it is becoming ____36____ (increasing) difficult to ignore the effects of climate change on our planet. It is now a common topic of discussion and has even found ____37____ (it) way into the books we read. As a result of this, a literary genre (体裁) ____38____ (refer) to as climate fiction, or cli-fi, has found new life.
The term “cli-fi” ____39____ (use) for the first time in 2007 by US climate activist and writer Dan Bloom. He intended to make “climate fiction” more appealing. According to Bloom, the term really gained ____40____ (popular) when Canadian writer Margaret Atwood used it on ____41____ Internet, introducing it to her half-a-million followers.
Just ____42____ the name suggests, climate fiction refers to stories with the central theme of climate change or global warming. These kinds of books can inspire the readers ____43____ (imagine) what the world might be like in the future because of major climate change events.
The genre is quite welcome among college students because it usually looks at topics that is relevant ____44____ what is really happening today. Cli-fi has also helped to motivate students to pursue science majors, with some universities even ____45____ (offer) courses specially focusing on climate fiction.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划。内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；
2. 内容：学习唐诗；
3. 课前准备：简要了解唐朝的历史。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Leslie,
I am happy that you have made great progress in your Chinese learning and
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
It so happened that one morning I bought a newspaper and read the advertisement about an expedition to the South Pole with the great Sir Ernest Shackleton—this was the adventure that I had been dreaming of. Overjoyed, I applied to join the expedition, only to be turned down by Shackleton. But I was so enthusiastic that I secretly went aboard his ship and hid in a small cupboard. Unfortunately, three days later I was discovered. Since Shackleton did not want to turn back, he offered me a job and assigned me to be a steward serving meals for twenty-eight men.
The journey had not been easy. Approaching Antarctica, we got stuck in the ice and saw the ship get crushed by the ice. When the ship sank, our hearts sank with it. Before we abandoned the ship, Shackleton calmly called us together and told us to rescue our most essential supplies. We were not allowed to take most of our personal belongings, and Shackleton himself threw away all his gold. We had to camp on the ice of Elephant Island and managed to survive. But spring was coming, and the ice would soon begin to melt.
We had been struggling for days, but things on Elephant Island were going from bad to worse. We had to be crowded together under one of our boats on the rocky shore of this miserable place. It was cold and windy, and the island had no plants. Sometimes we were only able to catch a seal or a penguin to eat. Otherwise, there was no food. Soon after we arrived, Shackleton left us to find help on South Georgia Island, 1,320 kilometres away—the voyage was too dangerous and difficult for all of us to make it in our small boats. If Shackleton failed, we wouldn’t have any hope of rescue as no one else knew that we were here. We watched worried and hopefully as Shackleton and the boat sailed away from Elephant Island.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Now we had to face the adversity without Shackleton.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
It was four months later that rescuers finally arrived.
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听力1-5：CACBC 6-10：BBAAC 11-15：AACAB 16-20：CBACB三明一中2023-2024学年第二学期半期考试
高二英语试题
（本试卷共12页，满分150分，考试用时120分钟。）
注意事项：
1、答题前，考生务必用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号和座位号填写在答题卡上，将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
2、作答选择题时，每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁；考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共95分）
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What kind of TV programs does the man like
A. Quiz shows. B. Documentaries. C. Situation comedies.
2 Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In an office. B. In a restaurant. C. In a convenience store.
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. The weather. B. Writing skills. C. The plan for tomorrow.
4. When will the speakers go to watch the match
A. At 7:00. B. At 7:30. C. At 8:00.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Boss and secretary. B. Salesman and client. C. Taxi driver and passenger.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6 Why will Sarah go to the market
A. To get a clock. B. To get a record. C. To get a birthday cake.
7. What do we know about Sarah
A. She has never been to the market.
B. She isn’t familiar with the surroundings.
C. She is going to the market with the man.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. How did Jack spend the summer vacation
A. Studying a lot. B. Traveling around. C. Taking a part-time job.
9. What is Ms. Wellington like according to Jack
A. She’s strict. B. She’s careless. C. She’s easy-going.
10. What is Jack’s impression on Ms. Wellington
A. Her exams were difficult.
B. Her class was very boring.
C. She gave students lots of assignment.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. What does the woman advise the man to do
A. Use the red color. B. Buy a new sofa. C. Paint the walls again.
12. When will the man buy the paintings
A. Today. B. Tomorrow. C. This weekend.
13. What color would the man like to paint the wall
A. Dark colors. B. Soft colors. C. Bright colors.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。
14. Why is the man going to the States
A To attend a meeting. B. To study at a university. C. To visit places of interest.
15. What does the man show to the woman
A. His application.
B. The letter of invitation.
C. An admission letter from a university.
16. When does the man plan to set off for America
A. On January 5th. B. On January 10th. C. On January 15th.
17. What is the man doing
A. Holding a meeting. B. Applying for a passport. C. Conducting an interview.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。
18. What are both live chat rooms and message boards good for
A. Fluency. B. Accuracy. C. Patience.
19. What should an active listener do
A. Do group practicing. B. Record all materials. C. Set down new words.
20. What is the speaker’s last suggestion
A. Practice listening after class.
B. Look for the textbook online.
C. Do the exercises in the textbook.
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
Welcome to art-. After the successful maintenance of the website, we want you to know that art- will continue to aim to make information about art available to all as we have been doing for the past 24 years. Here are some art galleries.
Art of the World Gallery
The gallery provides a contemporary, complex and rich cultural experience for art enthusiasts and collectors from all around the world. Directly representing some of the most important living artists from Asia, Europe, and Latin America, Art of the World Gallery is one of the most famous galleries in the U.S., located in Houston’s finest hot spot for locals and tourists.
Halvorsen Fine Art Gallery
Established in Houston Historic Art District, at Sawyer Yards, Halvorsen Fine Art Gallery with 2,000 square feet features amazing paintings of landscapes and seascapes by impressionistic artists. In addition to hosting artist exhibitions, it provides art consultation services for collectors, designers and art enthusiasts.
Zatista Contemporary & Fine Art
With over 4,000 works from the most talented emerging and established artists, Zatista provides access to the types of works previously only accessible to seasoned collectors. Buying online with Zatista is easy with their free art consultation, certificates of authenticity (真实性), and a buyer guarantee that allows you to try art in your home with free returns.
John Palmer Fine Art
It’s located in the avenue in the Historic Heights. The combination of a saved 1930’s bungalow (平房) with museum-quality new construction is the perfect atmosphere to showcase the great works of artist John Ross Palmer. John Palmer Fine Art is open by appointment only. You can set an appointment by calling 7138616726. We look forward to showing you the beautiful world of John Palmer Fine Art!
1. What does art- aim at
A. Collecting artworks. B. Helping talented artists.
C. Offering art information. D. Founding art organizations.
2. What can visitors do in Halvorsen Fine Art Gallery
A. Hold personal exhibitions. B. Experience diverse cultures.
C. Obtain authentic certificates. D. Admire impressionist paintings.
3. What makes John Palmer Fine Art different from the other three
A. It is in Houston’s best spot. B. It offers art consultation services.
C. It displays only one artist’s works. D. It can be visited without an appointment.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章展示了art-提供的一些美术馆的信息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“After the successful maintenance of the website, we want you to know that art- will continue to aim to make information about art available to all as we have been doing for the past 24 years.(在网站成功维护之后，我们想让你知道，art-将继续致力于让所有人都能获得有关艺术的信息，就像我们过去24年所做的那样。)”可知，art-致力于提供有关艺术的信息。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Established in Houston Historic Art District, at Sawyer Yards, Halvorsen Fine Art Gallery with 2,000 square feet features amazing paintings of landscapes and seascapes by impressionistic artists.(哈尔沃森美术馆位于休斯敦历史艺术区，占地2000平方英尺，以印象派艺术家的风景和海景画作为特色。)”可知，游客可以在哈尔沃森美术馆欣赏印象派绘画。故选D。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段第二句“Directly representing some of the most important living artists from Asia, Europe, and Latin America, Art of the World Gallery is one of the most famous galleries in the U.S., located in Houston’s finest hot spot for locals and tourists.(世界艺术画廊是美国最著名的画廊之一，直接代表来自亚洲、欧洲和拉丁美洲的一些最重要的在世艺术家，位于休斯顿最受当地人和游客欢迎的热点地区。)”，第三段第一句“Established in Houston Historic Art District, at Sawyer Yards, Halvorsen Fine Art Gallery with 2,000 square feet features amazing paintings of landscapes and seascapes by impressionistic artists.(哈尔沃森美术馆位于休斯敦历史艺术区，占地2000平方英尺，以印象派艺术家的风景和海景画作为特色。)”，第四段第一句“With over 4,000 works from the most talented emerging and established artists, Zatista provides access to the types of works previously only accessible to seasoned collectors.(Zatista拥有来自最有才华的新兴艺术家和知名艺术家的4000多件作品，提供了以前只有经验丰富的收藏家才能接触到的作品类型。)”和最后一段第二句“The combination of a saved 1930’s bungalow (平房) with museum-quality new construction is the perfect atmosphere to showcase the great works of artist John Ross Palmer.(保存下来的1930年代的平房与博物馆级的新建筑相结合，是展示艺术家约翰·罗斯·帕尔默伟大作品的完美氛围。)”可知，约翰·帕尔默美术与其他三家的不同是它只展示一位艺术家的作品。故选C。
B
Throughout all the events in my life, one in particular sticks out more than the others. As I reflect on this significant event, a smile spreads across my face. As I think of Shanda, I feel loved and grateful.
It was my twelfth year of dancing, and I thought it would end up like any other year: stuck in emptiness, forgotten and without the belief of any teacher or friend that I really had the potential to achieve greatness.
However, I met Shanda, a talented chorcographer (编舞者). She influenced me to work to the best of my ability, pushed me to keep going when I wanted to quit, encouraged me and showed me the importance of courage. Throughout our hard work, not only did my ability to dance grow, but my friendship with Shanda grew as well.
With the end of the year came our show time. As I walked backstage and saw many other dancers, I hoped for a good performance that would prove my improvement. I waited anxiously for my turn. Finally, after what seemed like days, the loudspeaker announced my name. Butterflies filling my stomach, I took trembling steps onto the big lighted stage. But, with the determination to succeed and eagerness to live up to Shanda’s expectations for me, I began to dance. All my troubles and nerves went away as I danced my whole heart out.
As I walked up to the judge to receive my first place shining, gold trophy (奖杯), I realized that dance is not about becoming the best. It was about loving dance for dance itself, a getaway from all my problems in the world. Shanda showed me that you could let everything go and just do what you feel at that moment. After all the doubts that people had in me, I believed in myself and did not care what others thought. Thanks to Shanda, dance became more than a love of mine, but a passion.
4. What did the author think her dancing would be for the twelfth year
A. A change for the better. B. A disappointment as before.
C. A proof of her potential. D. The pride of her teachers and friends.
5. How did Shanda help the author
A. By offering her financial help. B. By entering her in a competition.
C. By coaching her for longer hours. D. By awakening her passion for dancing.
6. What do the underlined words in paragraph 4 probably mean
A. Nervous. B. Dynamic. C. Courageous. D. Enthusiastic.
7. What can we learn from the author’s story
A. Success lies in courage. B. Adversity helps one grow up.
C. A good teacher matters. D. Reputation comes from hard work.
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者在编舞者杉达的帮助下，唤醒了对于舞蹈的热情，获得金牌的故事。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“It was my twelfth year of dancing, I thought it would end up like any other year: stuck in emptiness, forgotten and without the belief of any teacher or friend that I really had the potential to achieve greatness.(这是我跳舞的第十二年，我想这会像其他任何一年一样结束：陷入空虚，被遗忘，没有任何老师或朋友相信我真的有潜力成就伟大事业。)”可知，作者认为第十二年，她的舞蹈会和以前一样使人失望。故选B项。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“She influenced me to work to the best of my ability, pushed me to keep going when I wanted to give up, encouraged me and showed me the real importance of dancing.(她影响我，让我尽我所能工作，在我想放弃的时候鼓励我坚持下去，鼓励我，并向我展示舞蹈的真正重要性。)”可知，杉达鼓励作者，向作者展示舞蹈的真正重要性，唤醒作者对于舞蹈的热情，以此来帮助作者。故选D项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据下文“I took trembling steps onto the big lighted stage. (我颤颤巍巍地走上灯火通明的大舞台。)”可知，当登上舞台时，作者感觉紧张，因此推断画线部分表示“紧张”。故选A项。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段“It was my twelfth year of dancing, I thought it would end up like any other year: stuck in emptiness, forgotten and without the belief of any teacher or friend that I really had the potential to achieve greatness.(这是我跳舞的第十二年，我想这会像其他任何一年一样结束：陷入空虚，被遗忘，没有任何老师或朋友相信我真的有潜力成就伟大事业。)”以及最后一段“Thanks to Shanda, dance became more than a love of mine, but a passion.(多亏了杉达，舞蹈不仅仅是我的爱好，而是一种热情。)”可知，作者曾经对自己感觉失望，在编舞者杉达的帮助和鼓励下，唤醒了对于舞蹈的热情，由此可知，好的老师是很重要的。故选C项。
C
Part of the reason American shoppers are so attracted to wholesale shopping is their belief that it not only prevents waste but can save time and money, providing more value for the dollar. However, recent research suggests that the opposite may be true.
Victoria Ligon, an expert on consumer sciences, studied food purchasing habits of consumers and found that people tended to buy too much food and waste more of it than they realized. “The problem is that people are not shopping frequently enough,” Ligon said, “People are very price sensitive at the grocery store, but tend to fail to notice the cost of unused and wasted food at home.”
A common practice is to visit different stores for different items on a grocery list, “But people tend to overbuy at each of the places,” Ligon said. “People are not planning for the next day, but planning for the next week or two.”
“In theory, planning a week or more in advance sounds ideal. But given the reality of many people’s lives, this is challenging to do well,” Ligon said. “All of our food promotions are designed to get people to buy more. We believe it’s cheaper if we buy more now, but we rarely take into account how much we throw out in the end.”
Ligon noted shifts in the grocery industry that appear promising to help customers reduce food waste. Examples include cost-effective delivery services such as Amazon Fresh and Google Express, which allow consumers to purchase food items when they want to consume them, also reducing their need to frequent so many different stores. However, the study resulted in another troubling finding: The majority of people involved in the study had no idea that they were buying too much and wasting so much.
“When you read advice about reducing waste, it usually centers on what people do after the food is purchased,” Ligon said. “But more importantly, shop on a more frequent basis, so that you are only buying what you are going to consume in the short term.”
8. What do people often ignore when buying food in large quantities
A. How good the food is. B. How much will be wasted.
C. How much the food costs. D. How often they should shop.
9. What is the author’s attitude towards meal planning for the next two weeks
A. It is worth trying. B. It is not practical.
C. It takes great effort. D. It is not good for health.
10. What is the advantage of Amazon Fresh and Google Express
A. Food prices are lowered. B. Food waste is prevented.
C. Food consumption is reduced. D. Food purchasing can be done at home.
11. What can be the best title for the passage
A. Shop More, Buy Less B. Shop Wisely, Eat Wisely
C. Consume More, Waste Less D. The More You Shop, the More You Waste
【答案】8. B 9. B 10. D 11. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。研究发现人们往往会一次性购买过多的食品，浪费的食物比他们意识到的要多，为了减少食物浪费，人们应该提高购物频率，这样就会只买短期内要消费的东西。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Victoria Ligon, an expert on consumer sciences, studied food purchasing habits of consumers and found that people tended to buy too much food and waste more of it than they realized.(消费者科学专家维多利亚·利根研究了消费者的食品购买习惯，发现人们往往会购买过多的食品，浪费的食物比他们意识到的要多。)”可知，人们在大量购买食物时经常忽略多少会被浪费。故选B。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段第一句““In theory, planning a week or more in advance sounds ideal. But given the reality of many people’s lives, this is challenging to do well,” Ligon said.(“从理论上讲，提前一周或更长时间计划听起来很理想。但考虑到许多人的现实生活，做好这一点是具有挑战性的。”利冈说。)”可知，作者认为提前做未来两周的膳食计划并不实际。故选B。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据第五段第二句“Examples include cost-effective delivery services such as Amazon Fresh and Google Express, which allow consumers to purchase food items when they want to consume them, also reducing their need to frequent so many different stores.(例如，亚马逊生鲜和谷歌快递等具有成本效益的配送服务允许消费者在他们想要消费的时候购买食品，也减少了他们频繁光顾许多不同商店的需要。)”和第一句“Ligon noted shifts in the grocery industry that appear promising to help customers reduce food waste.(利冈指出，食品杂货行业的转变似乎有望帮助消费者减少食物浪费。)”可知，亚马逊生鲜和谷歌快递的优势是食品购买可以在家里完成。故选D。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段“Victoria Ligon, an expert on consumer sciences, studied food purchasing habits of consumers and found that people tended to buy too much food and waste more of it than they realized. “The problem is that people are not shopping frequently enough,” Ligon said, “People are very price sensitive at the grocery store, but tend to fail to notice the cost of unused and wasted food at home.”(消费者科学专家维多利亚·利根研究了消费者的食品购买习惯，发现人们往往会购买过多的食品，浪费的食物比他们意识到的要多。“问题在于人们购物的频率不够高，”利冈说，“人们在杂货店对价格非常敏感，但往往不会注意到家里未使用和浪费食物的成本。”)”和最后一段““When you read advice about reducing waste, it usually centers on what people do after the food is purchased,” Ligon said. “But more importantly, shop on a more frequent basis, so that you are only buying what you are going to consume in the short term.”(利根说：“当你读到关于减少浪费的建议时，它通常集中在人们购买食物后的行为上。但更重要的是，更频繁地购物，这样你就只买你短期内要消费的东西。”)”可知，文章主要是讲为了减少食物浪费，人们应该提高购物频率。所以，A项“Shop More, Buy Less”作为本文的题目，与文章主题相符合。故选A。
D
Writers of science fiction often feel more prescient (预知的) than others. Whether it’s the architectural and social dystopias of J.G. Ballard’s novels, or the world of E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops, the genre is full of prescient writers dealing with ever more familiar issues.
Out of all such writers, few seem more likely to predict our times than author Philip K. Dick, who died 42 years ago. In a remarkably 30-year period of work, Dick authored 44 novels and countless short stories, adaptations of which redefined science fiction on screen — in particular Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, based on Dick’s story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall, which took his 1966 short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale as its source material.
Dick had a astonishing ability to predict what would happen in modern world. Celebrated science-fiction and fantasy author Stan Nicholls suggested Dick’s work was prescient because it explored the future through the then-present. “His stories foresaw the availability of the Internet, virtual reality, facial recognition software, driverless cars and 3D printing,” Nicholls said — while also pointing out that “it’s a misinterpretation that prediction is the primary purpose of science fiction.” The genre’s hit rate is actually not very good in that respect. Like all the best science fiction, his stories weren’t really about the future; they were about the here and now.”
Putting aside Dick’s ability to foresee the future we now take for granted, his most disturbing vision was of the world itself ultimately being a simulation (模拟). Dick’s reality was already a delicate and complex one. In many of his later books, the idea of reality being a fa ade (假象) grew as a dominant theme. “Dick argued we were existing in a simulation,” Nicholls suggested.
Whether his visions were true, as he believed, a product of small problems in the simulation or his fading mental health, one thing is for certain: the world in which the work of Philip K. Dick is celebrated today feels ever closer to the ones imagined by this most unique and exceptional of writer.
12. How does the author explain the topic in Paragraph 1
A. By listing examples. B. By using metaphors.
C. By making a comparison. D. By introducing an concept.
13. What could be inferred from Paragraph 2
A. Dick can predict the future precisely.
B. Some directors like to adapt Dick’s novels into movies.
C. Dick’s novels redefined what science fiction was about.
D. No one wrote more science fiction novels of our times than Dick.
14. A universal feature of all the best science fiction stories is that they _______.
A. have a high hit rate B. are good at predicting
C. focus on the present D. explore the distant future
15. What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph
A. Philip K. Dick had a great impact on science.
B. Philip K. Dick had traveled into the future then.
C People don’t agree to Philip K. Dick’s prediction.
D. The world in Philip K. Dick’s works is similar to today’s world.
【答案】12 A 13. B 14. C 15. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了科幻小说作家菲利普·K·迪克的作品预见了未来的许多事物，他的作品中的世界与今天的世界越来越接近。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Whether it’s the architectural and social dystopias of J. G. Ballard’s novels, or the world of E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops, the genre is full of prescient writers dealing with ever more familiar issues.(无论是J.G. Ballard的小说中的建筑和社会的反乌托邦，还是E.M. Forster的《机器停止》的世界，这个类型充满了预见越来越熟悉问题的作家)”可推知，作者通过列举例子来解释主题，故选A。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Dick authored 44 novels and countless short stories, adaptations of which redefined science fiction on screen(迪克写了44部小说和无数的短篇故事，这些作品的改编在屏幕上重新定义了科幻小说)”可推知，有些导演喜欢把迪克的小说改编成电影。故选B。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Like all the best science fiction, his stories weren’t really about the future; they were about the here and now.(像所有最好的科幻小说一样，他的故事并不真的关于未来；它们关于现在)”可知，所有最好的科幻小说的一个普遍特征是它们关注现在。故选C。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段内容“Whether his visions were, as he believed, a product of small problems in the simulation or his fading mental health, one thing is for certain — the world in which the work of Philip K. Dick is well known today feels ever closer to the ones imagined by this most unique and exceptional writer.(无论他认为自己的想象是模拟中的小问题的产物还是他日渐衰弱的心理健康的产物，有一点是肯定的，菲利普·K·迪克的作品如今所处的世界，与这位最独特、最杰出的作家所想象的世界越来越接近)”可知，菲利普·K·迪克的作品如今所处的世界，与他书中所想象的世界越来越接近。由此推知，作者在最后一段中想表达菲利普·K·迪克作品中想象的世界与今天的世界相似。故选D。
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。
Imagine that as you are boarding an airplane, half the engineers who built the plane tell you there is a 10 percent chance the plane will crash, killing you and everyone else on board. Would you still board
In 2022, over 700 top academics and researchers behind the leading artificial intelligence companies were asked in a survey about future AI risk. Half of those surveyed stated that there was a 10 percent or greater chance of human extinction from future AI systems. ____16____
The fear of AI has haunted humanity since the mid-20th century, yet until recently it has remained a distant prospect, something that belongs in sci-fi more than in serious scientific and political debates. ____17____ It is even harder to grasp the speed at which these tools are developing even more advanced and powerful capabilities. But most of the key skills boil down to one thing: the ability to manipulate (操纵) and generate language, whether with words, sounds or images.
In the beginning was the word. ____18____ From language emerges myth and law, goods and money, art and science, friendships and nations—even computer code. AI’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization. What would it mean for humans to live in a world where a large percentage of stories, melodies, images, laws, policies and tools are shaped by non-human intelligence ____19____What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics, and even religion
____20____We are surrounded by culture, experiencing reality through a cultural prism (棱镜). Our views are shaped by the reports of journalists and the accounts of friends. What will it be like to experience reality through a prism produced by non-human intelligence The time to reckon with AI is before our politics, our economy and our daily life become dependent on it.
A. Humans often don’t have direct access to reality.
B. Language is the operating system of human culture.
C. In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer.
D. By gaining mastery of language, AI is seizing the master key to civilization.
E. Technology companies are caught in a race to put all of humanity on that plane.
F. For thousands of years we humans have lived inside the dreams of other humans.
G. It’s difficult for human minds to grasp the capabilities of GPT-4 and similar tools.
【答案】16. E 17. G 18. B 19. C 20. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍人工智能可能让人类面临巨大危机。
【16题详解】
根据上文“In 2022, over 700 top academics and researchers behind the leading artificial intelligence companies were asked in a survey about future AI risk. Half of those surveyed stated that there was a 10 percent or greater chance of human extinction from future AI systems.(2022年，一项关于未来人工智能风险的调查询问了700多名顶尖学者和领先人工智能公司背后的研究人员。一半的受访者表示，未来的人工智能系统有10%或更大的可能性导致人类灭绝)”结合第一段提到让人们登上有10%坠机可能的飞机，以及下文陈述人工智能将让人类面临危机可知，技术（人工智能）让所有人类都登上了这家可能坠毁的“飞机”。E项“Technology companies are caught in a race to put all of humanity on that plane.(科技公司陷入了一场让全人类都登上这架飞机的竞赛)”符合语境。故选E。
【17题详解】
根据下文“It is even harder to grasp the speed at which these tools are developing even more advanced and powerful capabilities.(要掌握这些工具开发更先进、更强大功能的速度就更难了)”中的even harder推知，空处陈述了一种人类难以掌握的工具。G项“It’s difficult for human minds to grasp the capabilities of GPT-4 and similar tools.(人类很难掌握GPT-4和类似工具的功能)”符合题意，difficult呼应下文harder， 下文thesd tools指代选项中的GPT-4 and similar tools。故选G。
【18题详解】
根据下文“From language emerges myth and law, goods and money, art and science, friendships and nations—even computer code. (从语言中产生了神话和法律、商品和金钱、艺术和科学、友谊和国家，甚至计算机代码)”可知，语言对人类来说尤为重要。再结合“AI’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization.(人工智能对语言的新掌握意味着它现在可以破解和操纵文明的操作系统)”推知，语言之所以重要是因为它是人类的操作系统。B项“Language is the operating system of human culture.(语言是人类文化的操作系统)”符合题意。故选B。
【19题详解】
根据上文“AI’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization.(人工智能对语言的新掌握意味着它现在可以破解和操纵文明的操作系统)”和下文“What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics, and even religion (当同样的事情发生在艺术、政治甚至宗教中时会发生什么？)”推知，空处提到了一种人工智能操纵或者打败人类的情况，而当这样的事情发生在艺术、政治甚至宗教中时可能会产生难以预料的后果。C项“In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer.(在像国际象棋这样的游戏中，没有人能指望打败电脑)”符合语境，下文的“the same thing”指代选项内容。故选C。
【20题详解】
空处位于段首，应总起下文。根据下文“We are surrounded by culture, experiencing reality through a cultural prism (棱镜). Our views are shaped by the reports of journalists and the accounts of friends. What will it be like to experience reality through a prism produced by non-human intelligence (我们被文化包围，通过文化棱镜体验现实。记者的报道和朋友的描述塑造了我们的观点。通过非人类智慧产生的棱镜来体验现实会是什么样子？)”可知，我们的观点通常都是根据记者的报道和朋友的描述形成的，由此推知，人类很少直接接触现实。A项“Humans often don’t have direct access to reality.(人类通常无法直接接触现实)”符合题意，总起下文，reality是关键词。故选A。
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分15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。
At school, art class is fun. We can ____21____ with different techniques and generally get creative. However, a field trip to an art gallery is often ____22____. Last year my art teacher organized a trip to an art exhibition. The gallery was full of older people, who obviously didn’t want to be with ____23____ students. We all got quite ____24____ and couldn’t stop chatting. Our teacher was getting ____25____ and kept telling us to be quiet.
The next day we complained to our teacher about the ____26____ of activities for teens at art galleries. She ____27____ that a visit should be both educational and fun. That was when I decided to go online and look for art galleries that have special ____28____ for teens. Eventually, I ____29____ to find a huge range of activities and proposed some to my teacher.
I also used the ____30____ to learn about more artists. Recently, I found a contemporary artist called Martin Bailey. I’ve ____31____ seen artists who combine different techniques, but Bailey is totally different. He does unique illustrations with ____32____ household objects such as umbrellas, headphones and even cookies. His art is simple, but it enables you to see things ____33____. For example, he notices that a flower is similar to a mop (拖把) and puts this ____34____ into life by drawing a little man with a real flower mop. It’s really ____35____! I hope I’ll be able to go to an exhibition of his work in the future.
21. A. live B. start C. struggle D. experiment
22. A. exciting B. disturbing C. rewarding D. disappointing
23. A. noisy B. humble C. creative D. innocent
24. A. bored B. annoyed C. concerned D. enthusiastic
25. A. cruel B. sensitive C. worn out D. stressed out
26. A. lack B. abuse C. theme D. schedule
27. A. agreed B. demanded C. criticised D. announced
28. A. prices B. events C. entries D. paintings
29. A. expected B. managed C. resolved D. happened
30. A. trip B. activity C. Internet D. exhibition
31. A. barely B. merely C. already D. apparently
32. A. delicate B. ordinary C. suitable D. sustainable
33. A. clearly B. equally C. differently D. precisely
34. A. tool B. idea C. design D. blossom
35. A. abstract B. realistic C. amusing D. practical
【答案】21. D 22. D 23. A 24. A 25. D 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. C 31. C 32. B 33. C 34. B 35. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。“我”和同学们因为实地参观艺术画廊时缺少青少年活动而感到失望，于是上网查找为青少年举办特别活动的艺术画廊，并且在网上了解了更多的艺术家，发现了一位名叫马丁·贝利的当代艺术家，他的作品非常有趣，“我”非常希望将来能参观他的作品展。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们可以尝试不同的技术，通常会有创意。A. live生活；B. start开始；C. struggle挣扎；D. experiment尝试。根据前文“At school, art class is fun.(在学校，美术课很有趣。)”可知，此处是指在美术课上尝试不同的技术。故选D。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，实地参观艺术画廊往往令人失望。A. exciting令人兴奋的；B. disturbing令人不安的；C. rewarding值得的；D. disappointing令人失望的。根据后文“The next day we complained to our teacher(第二天，我们向老师抱怨)”可知，此处是指实地参观艺术画廊往往令人失望。故选D。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：旁听席上坐满了年纪较大的人，他们显然不想和吵闹的学生在一起。A. noisy吵闹的；B. humble谦虚的；C. creative有创造力的；D. innocent无辜的。根据后文“and couldn’t stop chatting(聊个不停)”可知，此处是指吵闹的学生。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们都很无聊，聊个不停。A. bored无聊的；B. annoyed恼怒的；C. concerned担忧的；D. enthusiastic热情的。根据前文“However, a field trip to an art gallery is often disappointing)”可知，此处是指“我”们觉得很无聊。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查形容词和形容词短语辨析。句意：我们的老师筋疲力尽，一直叫我们安静。A. cruel残酷的；B. sensitive过敏的；C. worn out破旧的；D. stressed out筋疲力尽。根据“and kept telling us to be quiet”可知，此处是指老师筋疲力尽。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：第二天，我们向老师抱怨艺术展览馆里缺少青少年活动。A. lack缺少；B. abuse滥用；C. theme主题；D. schedule时间表。根据前文“We all got quite bored”可知，此处是指艺术展览馆里缺少青少年活动。故选A。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她认可参观既要有教育意义又要有趣。A. agreed认可；B. demanded要求；C. criticised批评；D. announced宣布。根据前文“The next day we complained to our teacher about the lack of activities for teens at art galleries.”可知，此处是指她认可参观既要有教育意义又要有趣。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：就在那时，我决定上网寻找为青少年举办特别活动的艺术画廊。A. prices价格；B. events活动；C. entries条目；D. paintings绘画作品。根据后文“find a huge range of activities(找到各种各样的活动)”可知，此处是指寻找为青少年举办特别活动的艺术画廊。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：最后，我设法找到了大量的活动，并向老师推荐了一些。A. expected期待；B. managed设法做到；C. resolved解决；D. happened发生。根据“and proposed some to my teacher”可知，此处是指设法找到了大量的活动。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我还利用互联网了解更多的艺术家。A. trip旅行；B. activity活动；C. Internet互联网；D. exhibition展览。根据前文“That was when I decided to go online and look for art galleries”和also可知，此处是指还利用互联网了解更多的艺术家。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：我已经见过一些艺术家将不同的技巧结合在一起，但贝利完全不同。A. barely几乎不；B. merely仅仅；C. already已经；D. apparently明显地。根据“but Bailey is totally different”可知，此处是指已经见过一些艺术家将不同的技巧结合在一起。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他用雨伞、耳机甚至饼干等普通的家居用品创作独特的插画。A. delicate柔和的；B. ordinary普通的；C. suitable适合的；D. sustainable可持续的。根据“such as umbrellas, headphones and even cookies”可知，此处是指普通的家居用品。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：他的艺术很简单，但它能让你以不同的方式看待事物。A. clearly清晰地；B. equally平等地；C. differently不同地；D. precisely精准地。根据后文“For example, he notices that a flower is similar to a mop(例如，他注意到一朵花和拖把很像)”和“by drawing a little man with a real flower mop(画了一个拿着真正的花拖把的小人)”可知，此处是指以不同的方式看待事物。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：例如，他注意到一朵花和拖把很像，于是他画了一个拿着真正的花拖把的小人，把这个想法变成了现实。A. tool工具；B. idea想法；C. design设计；D. blossom花簇。根据“he notices that a flower is similar to a mop”可知，此处是指把这个想法变成现实。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这真的很有趣！A. abstract抽象的；B. realistic现实的；C. amusing有趣的；D. practical实际的。根据前文“For example, he notices that a flower is similar to a mop (拖把) and puts this idea into life by drawing a little man with a real flower mop.”可知，此处是指这真的很有趣。故选C。
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共55分）
第三部分 语言运用
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个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As the world witnesses more and more extreme weather patterns, it is becoming ____36____ (increasing) difficult to ignore the effects of climate change on our planet. It is now a common topic of discussion and has even found ____37____ (it) way into the books we read. As a result of this, a literary genre (体裁) ____38____ (refer) to as climate fiction, or cli-fi, has found new life.
The term “cli-fi” ____39____ (use) for the first time in 2007 by US climate activist and writer Dan Bloom. He intended to make “climate fiction” more appealing. According to Bloom, the term really gained ____40____ (popular) when Canadian writer Margaret Atwood used it on ____41____ Internet, introducing it to her half-a-million followers.
Just ____42____ the name suggests, climate fiction refers to stories with the central theme of climate change or global warming. These kinds of books can inspire the readers ____43____ (imagine) what the world might be like in the future because of major climate change events.
The genre is quite welcome among college students because it usually looks at topics that is relevant ____44____ what is really happening today. Cli-fi has also helped to motivate students to pursue science majors, with some universities even ____45____ (offer) courses specially focusing on climate fiction.
【答案】36. increasingly
37. its 38. referred
39. was used
40. popularity
41. the 42. as
43. to imagine
44. to 45. offering
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。气候小说是指以气候变化或全球变暖为中心主题的故事，随着世界见证了越来越多的极端天气模式，气候小说受到了更多人的关注。文章对此进行了介绍。
【36题详解】
考查副词。句意：随着世界见证了越来越多的极端天气模式，越来越难以忽视气候变化对我们星球的影响。此处修饰形容词difficult应用副词increasingly表示“越来越”作状语。故填increasingly。
【37题详解】
考查代词。句意：它现在是一个常见的讨论话题，甚至出现在我们阅读的书籍中。find one’s way into意为“出现在”，所以此处应用形容词性物主代词its表示“它的”。故填its。
【38题详解】
考查过去分词。句意：因此，一种被称为气候小说或气候变迁小说的文学类型获得了新生。动词短语refer to...as意为“把……称作”，所以动词refer和主语a literary genre构成被动关系。空格处和谓语之间没有连词，且动作已完成，所以应用过去分词形式作后置定语。故填referred。
【39题详解】
考查一般过去时的被动语态和主谓一致。句意：2007年，美国气候活动家兼作家丹·布鲁姆首次使用了“气候变化小说”一词。根据in 2007可知，此处应用一般过去时。动词use意为“使用”，和主语构成被动关系。主语term为第三人称单数。故填was used。
【40题详解】
考查名词。句意：布鲁姆说，这个词真正流行起来是加拿大作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德在互联网上使用这个词，并把它介绍给她的50万粉丝。此处作宾语应用名词popularity表示“受欢迎”。故填popularity。
【41题详解】
考查冠词。句意：布鲁姆说，这个词真正流行起来是加拿大作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德在互联网上使用这个词，并把它介绍给她的50万粉丝。on the Internet意为“在网上”，此处应用定冠词the。故填the。
【42题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：顾名思义，气候小说是指以气候变化或全球变暖为中心主题的故事。在非限制性定语从句中缺少宾语，且表示“正如”，应用关系代词as。故填as。
【43题详解】
考查动词不定式。句意：这些类型的书可以激发读者想象由于主要的气候变化事件世界可能会是什么样子。inspire sb to do意为“激发某人做某事”，此处应用to do不定式。动词imagine意为“想象”。故填to imagine。
【44题详解】
考查介词。句意：这种类型的小说在大学生中很受欢迎，因为它的主题通常与当今真实发生的事情有关。be relevant to意为“与……相关”，为固定搭配，所以此处应用介词to。故填to。
【45题详解】
考查现在分词。句意：气候变化小说也有助于激励学生攻读科学专业，一些大学甚至开设了专门针对气候小说的课程。在with的复合结构中，动词offer意为“提供”，和逻辑主语some universities构成主动关系，所以应用现在分词形式。故填offering。
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划。内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；
2. 内容：学习唐诗；
3. 课前准备：简要了解唐朝的历史。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Leslie,
I am happy that you have made great progress in your Chinese learning and
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Leslie,
I am very happy that you have made great progress in your Chinese learning and I’m writing to inform you of the next learning programme.
On May 10, we are going to learn poems of the Tang Dynasty in which you are interested in the Lecture Hall. As a foreign learner, it may be difficult for you to understand the true meaning and the culture of them. Therefore, it is before class that you can read books related to the history of the Tang Dynasty to better appreciate the poems.
Be sure to go to the Lecture Hall at 3:00 pm. You cannot miss the lesson.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给英国朋友Leslie写封邮件，告知他下次汉语教学的上课计划。
【详解】1.词汇积累
计划：programme→scheme
理解：understand→comprehend
因此：therefore→thus
与……相关：related to→relevant to
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Be sure to go to the Lecture Hall at 3:00 pm.
拓展句：It is required that you be sure to go to the Lecture Hall at 3:00 pm.
【点睛】[高分句型1]On May 10, we are going to learn poems of the Tang Dynasty in which you are interested in the Lecture Hall. (运用了“介词+which”引导的定语从句)
[高分句型2] Therefore, it is before class that you can read books related to the history of the Tang Dynasty to better appreciate the poems. (运用了it is...that...强调句型）
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。
It so happened that one morning I bought a newspaper and read the advertisement about an expedition to the South Pole with the great Sir Ernest Shackleton—this was the adventure that I had been dreaming of. Overjoyed, I applied to join the expedition, only to be turned down by Shackleton. But I was so enthusiastic that I secretly went aboard his ship and hid in a small cupboard. Unfortunately, three days later I was discovered. Since Shackleton did not want to turn back, he offered me a job and assigned me to be a steward serving meals for twenty-eight men.
The journey had not been easy. Approaching Antarctica, we got stuck in the ice and saw the ship get crushed by the ice. When the ship sank, our hearts sank with it. Before we abandoned the ship, Shackleton calmly called us together and told us to rescue our most essential supplies. We were not allowed to take most of our personal belongings, and Shackleton himself threw away all his gold. We had to camp on the ice of Elephant Island and managed to survive. But spring was coming, and the ice would soon begin to melt.
We had been struggling for days, but things on Elephant Island were going from bad to worse. We had to be crowded together under one of our boats on the rocky shore of this miserable place. It was cold and windy, and the island had no plants. Sometimes we were only able to catch a seal or a penguin to eat. Otherwise, there was no food. Soon after we arrived, Shackleton left us to find help on South Georgia Island, 1,320 kilometres away—the voyage was too dangerous and difficult for all of us to make it in our small boats. If Shackleton failed, we wouldn’t have any hope of rescue as no one else knew that we were here. We watched worried and hopefully as Shackleton and the boat sailed away from Elephant Island.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Now we had to face the adversity without Shackleton.
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It was four months later that rescuers finally arrived.
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【答案】67. One possible version (167 words):
Now we had to face the adversity without Shackleton. Staying alive took all our time and energy. We melted ice from the ocean to get drinking water and we used animal fat to make fire. Food was also a problem—you can imagine how bored we were with all meat of sea creatures. Besides, we had to be careful not to go outside too often, as the cold could easily made us ill. To our credit, our discipline and team spirit kept us optimistic and helped us deal with our fears and hold on until we were rescued.
It was four months later that rescuers finally arrived. Seeing Shackleton back, we felt such relief and joy that many of us could not hide our tears. We were at last free to go home to warm beds, good food, and the care of our family and friends. Our optimism and faith in Shackleton had helped us persevere in staying alive. And he paid us back by his commitment to save us from a slow but painful death. This was an episode in my life that I would never forget.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索。讲述了作者偶然机会下得知并无比向往由著名探险家欧内斯特·沙克尔顿爵士领导的南极探险之旅，虽遭拒绝但凭借极大热情秘密登上探险船，最终被发现并被沙克尔顿收留成为一名服务船员。旅程充满艰难险阻，船只在接近南极时被浮冰困住并摧毁，全体成员被迫在象岛上露营求生，面临极端恶劣的环境和食物短缺。随着春季到来，冰层融化，情况愈发危急。为寻求救援，沙克尔顿带领一小队人马冒险前往1320公里外的南乔治亚岛，留下其他人等待希望渺茫的援救。
【详解】1.段落续写
①由第一段首句“现在我们不得不在没有沙克尔顿的情况下面对逆境。”可知，本段可描写在沙克尔顿离开后，作者和其他的探险队成员们如何在极端恶劣的环境中自力求生并保持团队士气。
②由第二段首句“四个月后，救援人员终于到达。”可知，本段可描写在被困四个月后，救援队伍的到来成功的让队员们获救。队员们非常高兴，沙克尔顿信守了自己的承诺。
2.续写线索：重新面对困境——想办法生存——保持积极乐观的态度——救援队到来——成功获救——信守承诺
3.词汇积累
行为类
①处理：deal with/do with
②拯救：rescue/save
③坚持：persevere /persist
情绪类
①快乐：joy/delight
②积极乐观的：optimism/positive
【点睛】【高分句型1】Besides, we had to be careful not to go outside too often, as the cold could easily made us ill.（运用了as引导的原因状语从句）
【高分句型2】 This was an episode in my life that I would never forget.（运用了that引导的限定性定语从句）
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