浙江强基联盟2024年5月联考
高二英语试题卷
浙江强基联盟研究院
注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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. Where does the conversation take place
A. At the train station. B. At the bus stop. C. On the playground.
2. What is the girl doing
A. Playing a joke on the man.
B. Asking the man for a phone.
C. Reporting a crime to the man.
3. What does the man mean
A He is going to resign.
B. What the woman heard is not true.
C. The woman shouldn’t spread rumors.
4. What’s the man’s destination
A. A long line. B. A big statue. C. A ticket office.
5. Where will the woman go to buy a hat
A. To a shop on Fifth Avenue.
B. To a shop near campus.
C. To a store on Second Avenue.
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why did the woman change her mind about the coat
A. Its color was great.
B. It was actually her coat.
C. She wanted something inside its pocket.
7. What will the man do next
A. Call the police.
B Give the coat to the woman.
C. Share the money with the woman.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. When will the concert be held
A. On the 15th. B. On the 24th. C. On the 31st.
9. What does the woman offer to do for the man
A. Take care of his snake. B. Help him deliver papers. C. Buy him the tickets.
10. What is more important to the man
A. Attending the costume party.
B. Going to a concert with a girl.
C. Working together with the woman.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题
11. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Husband and wife. B. Tailor and customer. C. Saleswoman and customer.
12. What’s the man’s problem
A. His coat is torn. B. He can’t sew. C. His coat was fixed poorly.
13. Why is the woman upset
A. She spent a lot of money on the coat.
B. The man never shares the housework.
C. The man is complaining about her work.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What is the man doing
A. Having a job interview.
B. Having a talk with his teacher.
C. Explaining his qualifications to his boss.
15. What did the man first sell when he was in high school
A. Clothes. B. Candy. C. Electronics.
16. What did the man do with the money he made in high school
A. He paid his college tuition.
B. He helped some poor students.
C. He started a business with his uncle.
17. What is the woman’s concern
A. The man has changed jobs too often.
B. The man does not have any experience.
C. The man is much younger than everyone else.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where does the speaker live
A. In a dorm on campus.
B. At home with his parents.
C. In an apartment off campus.
19. What is the best thing about the laundry machines in laundromats
A. They are big. B. There are a lot of them. C. They are easy to operate.
20. What is the speaker’s opinion about doing laundry in laundromats
A. It is very boring. B. It can be a social activity. C. It’s not worth the money.
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
The Best Houseplants for Every Space and Situation
The best indoor plants are the ones that suit your aesthetic (审美的) preferences and aren’t too difficult to maintain. Here’s what you need to know about these different categories of houseplants, so you can choose the ones that work best in your own home.
Low-light Indoor Plants
Not every home has a large bay window for plants to soak up the sunshine. Fortunately, there’s a large variety of plants that aren’t die-hard sun-worshippers. Whether you have a dim corner that’s crying out for a little greenery or you’re craving some color in your bedroom, the best low-light indoor plants don’t require a lot of time or energy.
Tall Indoor Plants
Tall houseplants can instantly bring a space to life by adding definition and texture (质感) to any home-decor style. Working with limited space Not a problem. You can still make the most of tall indoor plants. Even just one of them can be a striking visual point for a room, and it can help draw the eye upward, making the room appear larger.
Small Indoor Plants
Just because you don’t have a mansion doesn’t mean you can’t have a lush indoor garden. There are plenty of plants that grow in smaller spaces, the teeniest of which can look adorable like a tiny family on a windowsill or shelf. Keep in mind, however, that the smaller the pot is, the quicker the soil will dry out.
Indoor Hanging Plants
What makes indoor hanging plants so special They fill a blank space in a room with a beautiful silhouette, for starters. They create the illusion (假象) of a jungle, where plants peek out at different heights. They also move the eye upward, opening up the space.
1. What do tall indoor plants and indoor hanging plants have in common
A. They do with limited space. B. They fill a space like a jungle.
C. They match any decor style. D. They improve visual effect.
2. Which plants need extra care in watering
A. Low-light indoor plants. B. Tall indoor plants.
C. Small indoor plants. D. Indoor hanging plants.
3. In which section of a magazine may the text appear
A. Gardening. B. Health. C. Fashion. D. Wildlife.
B
It’s a sunny March afternoon at Winchester Village Elementary School in Indianapolis, and teacher Natasha Cummings is leading her class in a brand new lesson. It’s the first time she’s teaching it and also likely the last. The second graders audibly take a short quick breath when Cummings explains the day’s activity: They’ll be simulating(a total solar eclipse (日全食) using the real sun, an inflatable globe and a moon made out of a play dough ball mounted on a stick.
On April 8, a narrow strip of North America will experience a total solar eclipse, in which the moon entirely covers the sun, darkening the sky so that only the sun’s corona, a ghostly white ring, will be visible. Indianapolis is one of several cities in the path of totality. The last time that happened was over 800 years ago, and it won’t happen again until 2153. For many of Cummings’ students, this event is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Cummings hopes learning about and witnessing the eclipse will inspire her students, and get them excited about science. It’s an experience she expects them to remember for the rest of their lives. “This is a story you’re gonna be able to tell,” she reflects before class.
In a grassy area outside the school, Cummings’ eclipse simulation begins: Students take turns holding the inflatable globes, and casting a shadow with their play dough moons. Cummings directs them to aim the shadow over the spot on the globe where Indianapolis would be. It’s a little chaotic, but the students quickly figure out how to properly position the moon’s shadow over their hometown.
Thomas Hockey, a professor of astronomy at the University of Northern Iowa, says he didn’t learn about solar eclipses when he was in grade school. He thinks the fact that elementary school teachers like Cummings are now teaching about them is an indication that science education has improved since he was a child. "Science is not done by old, gray-haired people in lab coats, necessarily. Citizens can participate in it. It’s not a magic black box; it’s all around us,” Hockey says.
4. How do the students probably feel when told about the new lesson
A. Frightened. B. Disappointed. C. Astonished. D. Satisfied.
5. Why is Cummings teaching her students about the eclipse
A. To improve their story-telling skills. B. To stir up their passion for science.
C. To witness a real total solar eclipse. D. To seize a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
6. What is paragraph 3 of the text mainly about
A. The process of the simulation. B. The direction of Cummings.
C. The position of the moon. D. The reaction of the students.
7. What does Thomas Hockey suggest people do to learn science
A. Do experiments in lab coats. B. Study hard in elementary school.
C. Participate in some magic tricks. D. Experience scientific phenomena.
C
Trained goldfish demonstrated a remarkable ability to accurately estimate the distance. Spatial navigation (空间导航) in mammals, birds, and reptiles is well understood, but it was unknown whether similar structures existed in fish. This knowledge would allow us to better understand how spatial navigation systems evolved.
Researchers from the University of Oxford tested whether goldfish could perform a task central to spatial mapping-distance estimation—to see if they have similar spatial navigation systems to land species. The study, led by Dr. Adelaide Sibeaux, trained nine goldfish to travel 70 cm within a narrow tank covered with a repeating pattern of vertical stripes (竖条纹) every 2 cm. When the fish reached the predetermined distance, they were prompted by an external cue to turn around and swim back to the starting point. The researchers then tested whether the fish would swim the same distance if the external cue was removed and the starting position was changed. They also tested whether goldfish would swim the same distance when the background pattern was changed.
According to the researchers, the results indicate that goldfish estimate distances by visually streaming the apparent motion patterns of objects in the environment (called “optic flow”). Many land species are known to use optic flow to estimate distance, but goldfish appear to process the information differently. Land animals, including humans, ants, wolf-spiders, and honey bees, estimate distances by measuring how the angle between their eye and surrounding objects changes as they travel. Goldfish, on the other hand, appear to use the number of contrast changes experienced on the way.
“We present strong evidence that goldfish can accurately estimate distance and show that they use optic flow to do so,” says lead author Dr. Adelaide Sibeaux. “These findings support the use of goldfish as a model system for studying the evolution of the mechanisms in vertebrates (脊椎动物).”
8. What does the word “prompted” underlined in the second paragraph refer to
A. Punished. B. Reminded. C. Forgotten. D. Cheated.
9. Why was the external cue was taken away from the tank
A. To make it easy for the goldfish to turn around.
B. To demonstrate the goldfish’s swimming ability.
C. To research into the goldfish’s sense of distance.
D. To help the goldfish reach the learned distance.
10. According to the results, goldfish estimate distances by ________.
A. copying land animals B. processing information
C. experiencing changes D. applying optic flow
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Goldfish Have an Excellent Sense of Distance
B. The Use of Optic Flow Among Land Animals
C. A Study Is Being Carried Out on Trained Goldfish
D. The Evolution of Spatial Navigation in Vertebrates
D
When we are desperately searching for our glasses, wallet or keys, we might wish to have a photo-graphic memory, but the truth is we are designed to forget.
In fact, the majority of what we experience in a given day is likely to be forgotten in less than 24 hours. And that is a good thing. Think of all the passing encounters with people you will never see again and the times you spend waiting in a queue at the supermarket. If our brains hoarded (贮藏) every moment of every experience, we would never be able to find the information we need among an ever-increasing pile of information.
So, if memory is not supposed to be a comprehensive collection of the past, what is the point of remembering at all To answer this question, it helps to think about what it means to remember in the first place. For more than 25 years, I have studied how we are able to recall past events, an ability known as “episodic memory”. It is described as the uniquely human capability for “mental time travel, roaming at will over what has happened as readily as over what might happen, independently of the physical laws that govern the universe”. I first read this description of mental time travel when I was a graduate student, and I was deeply sceptical. Now, with the wisdom of age, I understand what it meant.
When you recall a rich episodic memory, there is a noticeable feeling of being transported back to a point in your past, a specific time and place. For instance, the smell of freshly baked pastries might remind you of having breakfast with your grandmother. Findings from my lab and others have shown that, at the moment of remembering, the brain appears to return a bit to the state that it was in at the time, enabling us to relive these past experiences.
This is why, if you have misplaced your keys, it can be helpful to put yourself, mentally into the context where you last saw them. Getting in touch with the sights, sounds and thoughts from an earlier time period can be an effective way of accessing those memories.
12. Why does the author think forgetfulness is a good thing
A We are born to forget the past events.
B. It helps to find the needed information.
C. All the encounters are not that pleasant.
D. Our brains fail to hoard important moments.
13. What do we know about “episodic memory”
A. It partly depends on the physical laws.
B. It explains our ability to remember the past.
C. It becomes obvious with the wisdom of age.
D. It focuses on purposeful mental time travel.
14. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning freshly baked pastries
A. To express love for grandmother. B. To share a feeling of time travel.
C. To illustrate a vivid episodic memory. D. To forget precious past experiences.
15. What can we do to find the misplaced keys
A. Recall the situation where we saw them.
B. Search the labs where we do experiments.
C. Think in our mind what they looked like.
D. Write our real thoughts related to them.
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。
When is bedtime ____16____ Inside every living thing is a clock that follows the sun.
For a long time, people assumed that daylight told animals when to go to sleep or wake up. See light, wake. See dark, sleep. Then, in 1729, a French scientist named Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan did an experiment with a mimosa (含羞草), a plant that folds up its leaves at night. ____17____
From time to time, he peeked inside. To his surprise, the leaves continued to open and close each day as usual, even in total darkness. And he had discovered a new thing about living creatures. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock that keeps track of whether it’s morning, noon, or night on the 24-hour cycle of a day. ____18____
Every cell in the body has its own tiny time-clicker. A master timekeeper in the brain keeps all these cell clocks in step. For humans, a small group of cells at the back of the eye are in charge of the special job. ____19____ The master clock then sends “wake up” or “sleep” chemicals to all your cells.
You can feel light reset your clock if you fly to a different time zone. For a few days you get sleepy at bedtime back home even if it’s afternoon in your new place. This is called “jet lag”. ____20____ But soon the bright light in the morning and dark at night will reset your master clock to match the local time where you are, and you’re back on schedule.
So don’t worry if you forget your watch—your clock inside will keep you on sun time.
A. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock.
B. That’s your body’s internal clock at work.
C. If you don’t have a phone or watch don’t worry.
D. To learn more about this, scientists did some research.
E. They signal when they see strong daylight or growing darkness.
F. He put some of the plants in a cupboard and kept them in constant darkness.
G. These timekeepers cause cells to do different things at different times of day.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Biar Kon grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya, after his parents were forced to flee the war in neighboring Sudan. When he was 17, he moved to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to ____21____ school.
Once he arrived, he needed to get some ____22____ from the Sudanese embassy. But when he went looking for the embassy, he couldn’t find it. Then an older woman ____23____ him on the back, “Hey, my son, how are you doing ” The woman told Kon that she had seen him asking questions of ____24____ people as they passed, and she wondered if he needed some help. The woman’s ____25____ left a deep impression on Kon. And it inspired him to pay it ____26____, five years later, when he moved to Boston, Massachusetts.
One day, outside a coffee shop, he ____27____ an interaction between a young woman and a(n) ____28____ man that troubled her. Kon went up to the man, to see what he could do. “He told me why he was on the street — because he made a mistake when he was in high school, and he couldn’t get a ____29____ now,” Kon recalled.
Kon bought the man some breakfast, and gave him a little bit of money. Today, it’s an encounter he ____30____ on often. For him, it was a reminder that you never know what people are ____31____ unless you make a point to talk to them.
“She kind of sowed a seed of ____32____ in me. And every time I see somebody who’s in trouble, I always try to ____33____,” Kon said.
Kon is now a student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He hopes to provide housing and social support for people ____34____ on the streets — an idea partly inspired by his unsung ____35____.
21. A. enjoy B. attend C. quit D. teach
22. A. books B. documents C. patents D. tests
23. A. blamed B. seized C. tapped D. kicked
24. A. multiple B. busy C. exhausted D. anxious
25. A. comfort B. patience C. generosity D. name
26. A. back B. forward C. off D. up
27 A. observed B. created C. admired D. ignored
28. A. evil B. friendly C. careful D. homeless
29. A. degree B. hand C. clue D. job
30. A. reflects B. depends C. concentrates D. researches
31. A. putting out B. talking about C. going through D. holding up
32. A. wonder B. passion C. curiosity D. kindness
33. A. cheer B. figure C. help D. tell
34. A. assisting B. interacting C. working D. living
35. A. hero B. man C. teacher D. organizer
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As a country with a rich history and splendid civilization, China has witnessed the passing down of numerous forms of intangible cultural heritage which continue to flourish today. Ronghua, or velvet ____36____ (flower) that are made of silk and copper wire, hold a rich historical legacy in China.
Velvet flowers ____37____ (pass) down since the Tang Dynasty and were once offered as a tribute to the imperial court. The main raw material for the velvet flowers is silk, ____38____ is relatively rare in handmade crafts.
Observation is key ____39____ making velvet flowers. In our daily lives, we need to understand the structure of these flowers.
The production process involves making the velvet strip, followed by shaping, which refers to trimming it into various shapes ____40____ (use) scissors. Finally, the artists assemble the flowers, which is also known as arranging. They are entirely handmade and there is no step that can ____41____ (replace) by a machine.
Creatively, I adopted a black background with flowers in the Morandi color palette (调色板) in Siguangxingcan. The color palette, together with the changes in flower shape and different combinations, ____42____ (give) the artwork a mysterious and slightly oil-painting-like appearance. It is ____43____ (complete) different from the traditional look of velvet flowers.
As for the development of velvet flowers, we need to continue exploring ____44____ (they) applications, making them integrate more closely with modern fashion in daily life. I believe that in this way, they will have ____45____ increasingly promising future.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是某国际学校学生李华，你校将组织开展“走进文化遗产”主题活动，现向全校学生征求活动建议。请你给组织者写信，内容包括：
1. 推荐活动;
2. 说明理由。
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 Organizers,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
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。
Some kids play sports. They run hundreds of laps, and tackle, kick, or swing. Some kids do makeover parties. They pool their fashion magazines and organize their own spa hair salons. And some kids are computer geeks. Their programming ability is a thing of wonder.
Me I had the spelling bee (拼字比赛). The bee was my World Series. And what happened during a Spelling Bee remained fresh in my memory.
I trained every day on my front steps after school, the dictionary pages rippling softly in the breeze. I formed a habit carrying around my buddies Longman, Webster, and Oxford.
As soon as I opened my eyes on Friday morning, I felt the hairs on my arm stand up. I glanced at my alarm clock—it was only 6:27. I usually woke up at 7:01, which meant I had an extra thirty-four minutes to study. Starting with the word “judgment” which I always spelt as “J-U-D-G-M-A-N-T”, I went over several words.
To calm my butterflies in my stomach, I reminded myself that I was one of the best spellers in my class. I was not ambitious enough to want to go to the Scripps National Spelling Bee or anything—I just wanted to win the bee at Meadowbrook Middle School, so that I could defeat my main enemy, Nathan Fortescue.
Nathan thought he was a better speller than I was, but he didn’t even study words. He just read tons of science and math books. Really, he wasn’t a speller at heart—he was a mathematician. Nathan and I had nothing in common except being good spellers, but since he was a good speller without even trying, it didn’t count. I bet if you gave Nathan a modern literature word like “denouement”, he’d be out on the first round.
The Spelling Bee wasn’t until after lunch, so all I did in the morning was stare at the clock and wondered how seconds could possibly pass by so slowly. I sneaked away from lunch early so I could get in a few extra minutes of study time.
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。
As soon as I shut the classroom door behind me, I heard a voice.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“Now it’s time for the Spelling Bee!” Ms. Hawking said brightly.
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高二英语试题卷
浙江强基联盟研究院
注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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. Where does the conversation take place
A. At the train station. B. At the bus stop. C. On the playground.
2. What is the girl doing
A. Playing a joke on the man.
B. Asking the man for a phone.
C. Reporting a crime to the man.
3. What does the man mean
A. He is going to resign.
B. What the woman heard is not true.
C. The woman shouldn’t spread rumors.
4. What’s the man’s destination
A. A long line. B. A big statue. C. A ticket office.
5. Where will the woman go to buy a hat
A. To a shop on Fifth Avenue.
B. To a shop near campus.
C. To a store on Second Avenue.
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why did the woman change her mind about the coat
A. Its color was great.
B. It was actually her coat.
C. She wanted something inside its pocket.
7. What will the man do next
A. Call the police.
B. Give the coat to the woman.
C. Share the money with the woman.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. When will the concert be held
A. On the 15th. B. On the 24th. C. On the 31st.
9. What does the woman offer to do for the man
A. Take care of his snake. B. Help him deliver papers. C. Buy him the tickets.
10. What is more important to the man
A. Attending the costume party.
B. Going to a concert with a girl.
C. Working together with the woman.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题
11. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Husband and wife. B. Tailor and customer. C. Saleswoman and customer.
12. What’s the man’s problem
A. His coat is torn. B. He can’t sew. C. His coat was fixed poorly.
13. Why is the woman upset
A. She spent a lot of money on the coat.
B. The man never shares the housework.
C. The man is complaining about her work.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What is the man doing
A. Having a job interview.
B. Having a talk with his teacher.
C. Explaining his qualifications to his boss.
15. What did the man first sell when he was in high school
A. Clothes. B. Candy. C. Electronics.
16. What did the man do with the money he made in high school
A. He paid his college tuition.
B. He helped some poor students.
C. He started a business with his uncle.
17. What is the woman’s concern
A. The man has changed jobs too often.
B. The man does not have any experience.
C. The man is much younger than everyone else.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where does the speaker live
A. In a dorm on campus.
B. At home with his parents.
C. In an apartment off campus.
19. What is the best thing about the laundry machines in laundromats
A. They are big. B. There are a lot of them. C. They are easy to operate.
20. What is the speaker’s opinion about doing laundry in laundromats
A. It is very boring. B. It can be a social activity. C. It’s not worth the money.
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
The Best Houseplants for Every Space and Situation
The best indoor plants are the ones that suit your aesthetic (审美的) preferences and aren’t too difficult to maintain. Here’s what you need to know about these different categories of houseplants, so you can choose the ones that work best in your own home.
Low-light Indoor Plants
Not every home has a large bay window for plants to soak up the sunshine. Fortunately, there’s a large variety of plants that aren’t die-hard sun-worshippers. Whether you have a dim corner that’s crying out for a little greenery or you’re craving some color in your bedroom, the best low-light indoor plants don’t require a lot of time or energy.
Tall Indoor Plants
Tall houseplants can instantly bring a space to life by adding definition and texture (质感) to any home-decor style. Working with limited space Not a problem. You can still make the most of tall indoor plants. Even just one of them can be a striking visual point for a room, and it can help draw the eye upward, making the room appear larger.
Small Indoor Plants
Just because you don’t have a mansion doesn’t mean you can’t have a lush indoor garden. There are plenty of plants that grow in smaller spaces, the teeniest of which can look adorable like a tiny family on a windowsill or shelf. Keep in mind, however, that the smaller the pot is, the quicker the soil will dry out.
Indoor Hanging Plants
What makes indoor hanging plants so special They fill a blank space in a room with a beautiful silhouette, for starters. They create the illusion (假象) of a jungle, where plants peek out at different heights. They also move the eye upward, opening up the space.
1. What do tall indoor plants and indoor hanging plants have in common
A. They do with limited space. B. They fill a space like a jungle.
C. They match any decor style. D. They improve visual effect.
2. Which plants need extra care in watering
A. Low-light indoor plants. B. Tall indoor plants.
C. Small indoor plants. D. Indoor hanging plants.
3. In which section of a magazine may the text appear
A. Gardening. B. Health. C. Fashion. D. Wildlife.
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了本文介绍了各类室内植物，包括喜阴植物、高大型、小型及悬挂式植物，指导读者根据空间与需求选择合适的家居绿植，提升居住美学与环境。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Tall Indoor Plants标题下的“Even just one of them can be a striking visual point for a room, and it can help draw the eye upward, making the room appear larger.(即使只是其中一个，也可以成为房间的一个引人注目的视觉点，它可以帮助吸引眼球，使房间看起来更大)”以及Indoor Hanging Plants标题下的“They fill a blank space in a room with a beautiful silhouette, for starters. They create the illusion (假象) of a jungle, where plants peek out at different heights. They also move the eye upward, opening up the space.(首先，他们用美丽的轮廓填补了房间的空白。它们创造了一种丛林的错觉，植物从不同的高度向外窥视。它们还向上移动眼睛，打开空间)”可知，高大的室内植物通过吸引视线向上看而使房间显得更大。而室内吊挂植物则能填补房间中的空白区域，创造出美丽的轮廓，营造出丛林般的错觉，并使空间显得更加开阔。因此，它们的共同点在于都能提升视觉效果。故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Small Indoor Plants标题下的“Keep in mind, however, that the smaller the pot is, the quicker the soil will dry out.(但是，请记住，花盆越小，土壤干燥得越快)”可知，小型室内植物需要更频繁的浇水，即在浇水方面需要额外的注意。故选C。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“The best indoor plants are the ones that suit your aesthetic (审美的) preferences and aren’t too difficult to maintain. Here’s what you need to know about these different categories of houseplants, so you can choose the ones that work best in your own home.(最好的室内植物是那些适合你的审美偏好并且不太难维护的植物。以下是你需要了解的关于这些不同类别的室内植物的信息，这样你就可以选择在自己家中效果最好的植物)”以及全文可知，文本内容围绕室内植物的选择与它们在不同居住环境下的应用展开，讨论了低光、高大、小型、吊挂等各类室内植物的特点及对居家空间的美化作用，这显然是与园艺相关的主题。因此，这篇文章最有可能出现在杂志的“Gardening (园艺)”版块。故选A。
B
It’s a sunny March afternoon at Winchester Village Elementary School in Indianapolis, and teacher Natasha Cummings is leading her class in a brand new lesson. It’s the first time she’s teaching it and also likely the last. The second graders audibly take a short quick breath when Cummings explains the day’s activity: They’ll be simulating(a total solar eclipse (日全食) using the real sun, an inflatable globe and a moon made out of a play dough ball mounted on a stick.
On April 8, a narrow strip of North America will experience a total solar eclipse, in which the moon entirely covers the sun, darkening the sky so that only the sun’s corona, a ghostly white ring, will be visible. Indianapolis is one of several cities in the path of totality. The last time that happened was over 800 years ago, and it won’t happen again until 2153. For many of Cummings’ students, this event is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Cummings hopes learning about and witnessing the eclipse will inspire her students, and get them excited about science. It’s an experience she expects them to remember for the rest of their lives. “This is a story you’re gonna be able to tell,” she reflects before class.
In a grassy area outside the school, Cummings’ eclipse simulation begins: Students take turns holding the inflatable globes, and casting a shadow with their play dough moons. Cummings directs them to aim the shadow over the spot on the globe where Indianapolis would be. It’s a little chaotic, but the students quickly figure out how to properly position the moon’s shadow over their hometown.
Thomas Hockey, a professor of astronomy at the University of Northern Iowa, says he didn’t learn about solar eclipses when he was in grade school. He thinks the fact that elementary school teachers like Cummings are now teaching about them is an indication that science education has improved since he was a child. "Science is not done by old, gray-haired people in lab coats, necessarily. Citizens can participate in it. It’s not a magic black box; it’s all around us,” Hockey says.
4. How do the students probably feel when told about the new lesson
A. Frightened. B. Disappointed. C. Astonished. D. Satisfied.
5. Why is Cummings teaching her students about the eclipse
A. To improve their story-telling skills. B. To stir up their passion for science.
C. To witness a real total solar eclipse. D. To seize a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
6. What is paragraph 3 of the text mainly about
A. The process of the simulation. B. The direction of Cummings.
C. The position of the moon. D. The reaction of the students.
7. What does Thomas Hockey suggest people do to learn science
A. Do experiments in lab coats. B. Study hard in elementary school.
C. Participate in some magic tricks. D. Experience scientific phenomena.
【答案】4. C 5. B 6. A 7. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了在印第安纳波利斯的温彻斯特小学，老师Natasha Cummings为了让学生们理解日全食的现象，设计了一次模拟日全食的活动，希望通过这种方式激发学生们对科学的兴趣。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段“The second graders audibly take a short quick breath when Cummings explains the day’s activity”（当Cummings解释当天的活动时，二年级学生可以听到急促的呼吸声）可知，学生们对新课程感到惊讶。故选C。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Cummings hopes learning about and witnessing the eclipse will inspire her students, and get them excited about science.”（Cummings希望学习和观察日食会激发她学生，让他们对科学感到兴奋）可推知，Cummings教授日食的目的是激发学生们对科学的热情。故选B。
【6题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第三段“In a grassy area outside the school, Cummings’ eclipse simulation begins: Students take turns holding the inflatable globes, and casting a shadow with their play dough moons. Cummings directs them to aim the shadow over the spot on the globe where Indianapolis would be. It’s a little chaotic, but the students quickly figure out how to properly position the moon’s shadow over their hometown.”（在学校外面的一片草地上，卡明斯的日食模拟开始了:学生们轮流拿着充气地球仪，用他们的橡皮泥月亮投下阴影。卡明斯指示他们将阴影对准地球上印第安纳波利斯所在的位置。这有点混乱，但学生们很快就弄清楚了如何正确地定位月亮的阴影在他们家乡的位置。）可知，第三段主要描述了模拟日全食的过程。故选A。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Science is not done by old, gray-haired people in lab coats, necessarily. Citizens can participate in it. It’s not a magic black box; it’s all around us,” Hockey says.”（科学并不一定是由老年人、灰发人在实验室里做的。公民可以参与其中。它不是一个神秘的黑盒子；它就在我们周围，”Hockey说。）可知，Hockey建议人们通过体验科学现象来学习科学。故选D。
C
Trained goldfish demonstrated a remarkable ability to accurately estimate the distance. Spatial navigation (空间导航) in mammals, birds, and reptiles is well understood, but it was unknown whether similar structures existed in fish. This knowledge would allow us to better understand how spatial navigation systems evolved.
Researchers from the University of Oxford tested whether goldfish could perform a task central to spatial mapping-distance estimation—to see if they have similar spatial navigation systems to land species. The study, led by Dr. Adelaide Sibeaux, trained nine goldfish to travel 70 cm within a narrow tank covered with a repeating pattern of vertical stripes (竖条纹) every 2 cm. When the fish reached the predetermined distance, they were prompted by an external cue to turn around and swim back to the starting point. The researchers then tested whether the fish would swim the same distance if the external cue was removed and the starting position was changed. They also tested whether goldfish would swim the same distance when the background pattern was changed.
According to the researchers, the results indicate that goldfish estimate distances by visually streaming the apparent motion patterns of objects in the environment (called “optic flow”). Many land species are known to use optic flow to estimate distance, but goldfish appear to process the information differently. Land animals, including humans, ants, wolf-spiders, and honey bees, estimate distances by measuring how the angle between their eye and surrounding objects changes as they travel. Goldfish, on the other hand, appear to use the number of contrast changes experienced on the way.
“We present strong evidence that goldfish can accurately estimate distance and show that they use optic flow to do so,” says lead author Dr. Adelaide Sibeaux. “These findings support the use of goldfish as a model system for studying the evolution of the mechanisms in vertebrates (脊椎动物).”
8. What does the word “prompted” underlined in the second paragraph refer to
A. Punished. B. Reminded. C. Forgotten. D. Cheated.
9. Why was the external cue was taken away from the tank
A. To make it easy for the goldfish to turn around.
B. To demonstrate the goldfish’s swimming ability.
C. To research into the goldfish’s sense of distance.
D. To help the goldfish reach the learned distance.
10. According to the results, goldfish estimate distances by ________.
A. copying land animals B. processing information
C. experiencing changes D. applying optic flow
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Goldfish Have an Excellent Sense of Distance
B. The Use of Optic Flow Among Land Animals
C. A Study Is Being Carried Out on Trained Goldfish
D. The Evolution of Spatial Navigation in Vertebrates
【答案】8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了研究人员通过实验发现金鱼具有准确估计距离的能力，揭示了它们可能拥有与陆生动物相似的空间导航系统，为研究脊椎动物空间导航机制的进化提供了模型系统。
【8题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第二段中“When the fish reached the predetermined distance, they were prompted by an external cue to turn around and swim back to the starting point. The researchers then tested whether the fish would swim the same distance if the external cue was removed and the starting position was changed. They also tested whether goldfish would swim the same distance when the background pattern was changed. (当金鱼到达预定的距离时，它们会由外部信号prompted转身游回起点。然后，研究人员测试了如果去除外部线索并改变起始位置，鱼是否会游同样的距离。他们还测试了当背景模式改变时，金鱼是否会游同样的距离)”可知，金鱼会在外部信号的提醒下，到达预定距离时转身游回起点，推测划线单词意为：提醒，与Reminded 意义相近。故选B项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“The researchers then tested whether the fish would swim the same distance if the external cue was removed and the starting position was changed. They also tested whether goldfish would swim the same distance when the background pattern was changed. (然后，研究人员测试了如果去除外部线索并改变起始位置，鱼是否会游同样的距离。他们还测试了当背景模式改变时，金鱼是否会游同样的距离)”可知，移除外部提示是为了研究金鱼的距离感知能力。故选C项。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段中“We present strong evidence that goldfish can accurately estimate distance and show that they use optic flow to do so, (我们提供了有力的证据，证明金鱼能准确估计距离，并表明它们利用视觉流来做到这一点)”可知，金鱼通过应用视觉流来估计距离。故选D项。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“Trained goldfish demonstrated a remarkable ability to accurately estimate the distance.(经过训练的金鱼表现出了非凡的准确估计距离的能力)”以及文章内容可知，本文主要介绍了研究人员通过实验发现金鱼具有准确估计距离的能力，揭示了它们可能拥有与陆生动物相似的空间导航系统，所以最佳标题为“金鱼具有出色的距离感”。故选A项。
D
When we are desperately searching for our glasses, wallet or keys, we might wish to have a photo-graphic memory, but the truth is we are designed to forget.
In fact, the majority of what we experience in a given day is likely to be forgotten in less than 24 hours. And that is a good thing. Think of all the passing encounters with people you will never see again and the times you spend waiting in a queue at the supermarket. If our brains hoarded (贮藏) every moment of every experience, we would never be able to find the information we need among an ever-increasing pile of information.
So, if memory is not supposed to be a comprehensive collection of the past, what is the point of remembering at all To answer this question, it helps to think about what it means to remember in the first place. For more than 25 years, I have studied how we are able to recall past events, an ability known as “episodic memory”. It is described as the uniquely human capability for “mental time travel, roaming at will over what has happened as readily as over what might happen, independently of the physical laws that govern the universe”. I first read this description of mental time travel when I was a graduate student, and I was deeply sceptical. Now, with the wisdom of age, I understand what it meant.
When you recall a rich episodic memory, there is a noticeable feeling of being transported back to a point in your past, a specific time and place. For instance, the smell of freshly baked pastries might remind you of having breakfast with your grandmother. Findings from my lab and others have shown that, at the moment of remembering, the brain appears to return a bit to the state that it was in at the time, enabling us to relive these past experiences.
This is why, if you have misplaced your keys, it can be helpful to put yourself, mentally into the context where you last saw them. Getting in touch with the sights, sounds and thoughts from an earlier time period can be an effective way of accessing those memories.
12. Why does the author think forgetfulness is a good thing
A. We are born to forget the past events.
B. It helps to find the needed information.
C. All the encounters are not that pleasant.
D. Our brains fail to hoard important moments.
13. What do we know about “episodic memory”
A. It partly depends on the physical laws.
B. It explains our ability to remember the past.
C. It becomes obvious with the wisdom of age.
D. It focuses on purposeful mental time travel.
14. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning freshly baked pastries
A. To express love for grandmother. B. To share a feeling of time travel.
C. To illustrate a vivid episodic memory. D. To forget precious past experiences.
15. What can we do to find the misplaced keys
A. Recall the situation where we saw them.
B. Search the labs where we do experiments.
C. Think in our mind what they looked like.
D Write our real thoughts related to them.
【答案】12. B 13. B 14. C 15. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了我们的大脑是如何记忆和遗忘的，以及记忆的重要性。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“If our brains hoarded (贮藏) every moment of every experience, we would never be able to find the information we need among an ever-increasing pile of information.”（如果我们的大脑储存了每一刻的经历，我们将无法在日益增加的信息堆中找到我们需要的信息。）可推知，作者认为遗忘是一件好事，因为这有助于我们在大量的信息中找到我们需要的信息。故选B。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段“For more than 25 years, I have studied how we are able to recall past events, an ability known as “episodic memory. It is described as the uniquely human capability for “mental time travel, roaming at will over what has happened as readily as over what might happen, independently of the physical laws that govern the universe”.（我已经研究了25年以上我们如何能够回忆起过去的事件，这种能力被称为“情景记忆”。它被描述为一种独特的人类能力，可以“在精神上进行时间旅行，在已经发生的事情和可能发生的事情上随意漫游，不受支配宇宙的物理定律的影响”）可推知，“情景记忆”解释了我们记忆过去的能力。故选B。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第四段“For instance, the smell of freshly baked pastries might remind you of having breakfast with your grandmother.”（例如，新鲜烘焙的面点的味道可能会让你想起和奶奶一起吃早餐的情景。）可推知，作者提到新鲜烘焙的面点是为了举例说明一个生动的情景记忆。故选C。
【15题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“This is why, if you have misplaced your keys, it can be helpful to put yourself, mentally. into the context where you last saw them. Getting in touch with the sights, sounds and thoughts from an earlier time period can be an effective way of accessing those memories”（这就是为什么，如果你把钥匙放错了地方，把自己心理上放入你最后看到它们的情境中可能会有所帮助。与较早时期的景象、声音和想法接触是获取这些记忆的有效方式。）可推知，我们可以通过回忆我们最后看到钥匙的情境来找到丢失的钥匙。故选A。
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。
When is bedtime ____16____ Inside every living thing is a clock that follows the sun.
For a long time, people assumed that daylight told animals when to go to sleep or wake up. See light, wake. See dark, sleep. Then, in 1729, a French scientist named Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan did an experiment with a mimosa (含羞草), a plant that folds up its leaves at night. ____17____
From time to time, he peeked inside. To his surprise, the leaves continued to open and close each day as usual, even in total darkness. And he had discovered a new thing about living creatures. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock that keeps track of whether it’s morning, noon, or night on the 24-hour cycle of a day. ____18____
Every cell in the body has its own tiny time-clicker. A master timekeeper in the brain keeps all these cell clocks in step. For humans, a small group of cells at the back of the eye are in charge of the special job. ____19____ The master clock then sends “wake up” or “sleep” chemicals to all your cells.
You can feel light reset your clock if you fly to a different time zone. For a few days you get sleepy at bedtime back home even if it’s afternoon in your new place. This is called “jet lag”. ____20____ But soon the bright light in the morning and dark at night will reset your master clock to match the local time where you are, and you’re back on schedule.
So don’t worry if you forget your watch—your clock inside will keep you on sun time.
A. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock.
B. That’s your body’s internal clock at work.
C. If you don’t have a phone or watch, don’t worry.
D. To learn more about this, scientists did some research.
E. They signal when they see strong daylight or growing darkness.
F. He put some of the plants in a cupboard and kept them in constant darkness.
G. These timekeepers cause cells to do different things at different times of day.
【答案】16. C 17. F 18. G 19. E 20. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了生物钟的作用。
【16题详解】
根据上文“When is bedtime ”（什么时候睡觉？）并根据下文“Inside every living thing is a clock that follows the sun.”（每个生物体内都有一个时钟，它跟随太阳转动。）可知，每个人体内都有生物钟，所以什么时候睡觉不需要依赖手机或者手表。故C选项“如果你没有手机或手表，也不用担心”切题。故选C项。
【17题详解】
根据上文“Then, in 1729, a French scientist named Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan did an experiment with a mimosa (含羞草), a plant that folds up its leaves at night.”（1729年，法国科学家Jean-Jacques d 'Ortous de Mairan用含羞草做了一个实验，含羞草是一种夜间折叠叶子的植物。）可知，选项承接上文继续说明在含羞草在黑夜的实验。故F选项“他把一些植物放在橱柜里，让它们一直处于黑暗中。”切题。故选F项。
【18题详解】
根据上文“And he had discovered a new thing about living creatures. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock that keeps track of whether it’s morning, noon, or night on the 24-hour cycle of a day.”（他发现了一个关于生物的新现象。在每个细胞内，都有一个微小的时钟，记录着一天24小时周期中的早晨、中午或者晚上。）可知，选项承接上文说明微小的时钟（计时细胞）的工作情况。故G选项“这些计时器使细胞在一天的不同时间做不同的事情。”切题。These timekeepers与前文“a tiny clock”呼应。故选G项。
【19题详解】
根据上文“For humans, a small group of cells at the back of the eye are in charge of the special job.”（对于人类来说，眼睛后部的一小群细胞负责这项特殊的工作）及下文“But soon the bright light in the morning and dark at night will reset your master clock to match the local time where you are, and you’re back on schedule.”（但很快，早晨明亮的光线和晚上黑暗的光线会重置你的主时钟，使其与你所在的地方的时间相匹配，你就又回到了计划中。）可知，选项承接上文说明这些细胞对光的反应。故E选项“当它们看到强烈的日光或逐渐变暗时，就会发出信号”切题。故选E项。
【20题详解】
根据上文“This is called “jet lag”.”（这就是所谓的“时差”）可知，选项承接上文说明时差产生的原因。故B选项“这是你身体内部的生物钟在起作用”切题。故选B项。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Biar Kon grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya, after his parents were forced to flee the war in neighboring Sudan. When he was 17, he moved to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to ____21____ school.
Once he arrived, he needed to get some ____22____ from the Sudanese embassy. But when he went looking for the embassy, he couldn’t find it. Then an older woman ____23____ him on the back, “Hey, my son, how are you doing ” The woman told Kon that she had seen him asking questions of ____24____ people as they passed, and she wondered if he needed some help. The woman’s ____25____ left a deep impression on Kon. And it inspired him to pay it ____26____, five years later, when he moved to Boston, Massachusetts.
One day, outside a coffee shop, he ____27____ an interaction between a young woman and a(n) ____28____ man that troubled her. Kon went up to the man, to see what he could do. “He told me why he was on the street — because he made a mistake when he was in high school, and he couldn’t get a ____29____ now,” Kon recalled.
Kon bought the man some breakfast, and gave him a little bit of money. Today, it’s an encounter he ____30____ on often. For him, it was a reminder that you never know what people are ____31____ unless you make a point to talk to them.
“She kind of sowed a seed of ____32____ in me. And every time I see somebody who’s in trouble, I always try to ____33____,” Kon said.
Kon is now a student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He hopes to provide housing and social support for people ____34____ on the streets — an idea partly inspired by his unsung ____35____.
21. A. enjoy B. attend C. quit D. teach
22. A. books B. documents C. patents D. tests
23. A. blamed B. seized C. tapped D. kicked
24. A. multiple B. busy C. exhausted D. anxious
25. A. comfort B. patience C. generosity D. name
26. A. back B. forward C. off D. up
27. A. observed B. created C. admired D. ignored
28. A. evil B. friendly C. careful D. homeless
29. A. degree B. hand C. clue D. job
30. A. reflects B. depends C. concentrates D. researches
31. A. putting out B. talking about C. going through D. holding up
32. A. wonder B. passion C. curiosity D. kindness
33. A. cheer B. figure C. help D. tell
34. A. assisting B. interacting C. working D. living
35. A. hero B. man C. teacher D. organizer
【答案】21. B 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. C 34. D 35. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了一位曾受陌生人善举影响的苏丹难民，在成长过程中将这份善意传递给他人的故事。
21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在他17岁时，他搬到了肯尼亚的首都内罗毕去上学。A. enjoy享受；B. attend参加；C. quit退出；D. teach教。根据上文“When he was 17, he moved to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya”以及空后的school可知，此处表示他去内罗毕上学，attend school表示“上学”。故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：一到那里，他就需要从苏丹大使馆获取一些文件。A. books书籍；B. documents文件；C. patents专利；D. tests测试。根据上文“When he was 17, he moved to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to ____1____ school.”以及下文“from the Sudanese embassy”可知，此处表示身为难民的他要在内罗毕上学需要办理正式手续，通常涉及到文件。故选B项。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这时，一位年长的女士轻轻拍了拍他的背，说：“嘿，我的孩子，你好吗？”A. blamed责备；B. seized抓住；C. tapped轻拍；D. kicked踢。根据下文“him on the back”可知，此处表示年长女士引起Biar Kon注意的方式，tapped表示“轻拍”，表现出一种温和的接触，符合语境。故选C项。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那位女士告诉他，她看到他向路过的许多人问问题，她想知道他是否需要帮助。A. multiple多个的；B. busy忙碌的；C. exhausted疲惫的；D. anxious焦虑的。根据上文“The woman told Kon that she had seen him asking questions of”以及下文中的they可推知，Biar Kon之前向多个人询问，问了很多问题。故选A项。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这位女士的慷慨给Kon留下了深刻的印象。A. comfort安慰；B. patience耐心；C. generosity慷慨；D. name名字。根据上文“and she wondered if he needed some help”可知，年长女士的行为是对Kon的一种帮助和关心，此处表示年长女士的慷慨（不吝惜给予他人帮助）给Kon留下深刻的印象。故选C项。
【26题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：这激励他在五年后搬到马萨诸塞州的波士顿时把它传递下去。A. back向后；B. forward向前；C. off离开；D. up向上。根据下文“She kind of sowed a seed of ____12____ in me. And every time I see somebody who’s in trouble, I always try to ____13____ ,”可知，此处表示把年长女士展现的慷慨善良传递下去，pay it forward表示“让爱传出去”，符合语境。故选B项。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天，在一家咖啡店外，他观察到一位年轻女子和一名令她困扰的流浪汉之间的互动。A. observed观察；B. created创造；C. admired钦佩；D. ignored忽视。根据下文“an interaction between a young woman and a(n) ____8____ man”可知，此处表示他观察到两个人之间的互动。故选A项。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一天，在一家咖啡店外，他观察到一位年轻女子和一名令她困扰的流浪汉之间的互动。A. evil邪恶的；B. friendly友好的；C. careful仔细的；D. homeless无家可归的。根据下文“He told me why he was on the street — because he made a mistake when he was in high school, and he couldn’t get a ____9____ now”以及常识可知，这个男人是无家可归的流浪汉。故选D项。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：“他告诉我他为什么流落街头——因为他在高中时犯了一个错误，现在找不到工作了，”Kon回忆道。A. degree学位；B. hand手；C. clue线索；D. job工作。根据上文“He told me why he was on the street — because he made a mistake when he was in high school,”可知，他现在无家可归，是流浪汉，可推知此处表示他在高中时犯了一个错误，现在找不到工作。故选D项。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：如今，这是他经常反思的一次遭遇。A. reflects反思；B. depends依赖；C. concentrates集中；D. researches研究。根据下文“For him, it was a reminder that you never know what people are ____11____ unless you make a point to talk to them.”可知，此处表示他经常反思这件事情。故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：对他来说，这是一个提醒，你永远不会知道人们正在经历什么，除非你特意去和他们交谈。A. putting out熄灭；B. talking about谈论；C. going through经历；D. holding up举起，支撑。根据上文“Kon went up to the man, to see what he could do.”以及下文“unless you make a point to talk to them”可知，此处表示和人交流之后，你才能知道人们正在经历什么。故选C项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她在我心中种下了善良的种子。A. wonder奇迹；B. passion热情；C. curiosity好奇心；D. kindness善良。根据下文“And every time I see somebody who’s in trouble, I always try to ____13____ ,”可知，Kon总是会想要帮助处于困境中的人们，所以此处表示年长女士在Kon的心中种下了善良的种子。故选D项。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：每当我看到有人遇到麻烦，我总是尽力帮忙。A. cheer欢呼；B. figure计算；C. help帮助；D. tell告诉。根据下文“He hopes to provide housing and social support for people ____14____ on the streets — an idea partly inspired by his unsung ____15____ .”可知，此处表示当看到处于困境中的人们，Kon总是努力提供帮助。故选C项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他希望为露宿街头的人提供住房和社会支持——这一想法在一定程度上受到了帮助他的无名英雄的启发。A. assisting协助；B. interacting互动；C. working工作；D. living生活。根据下文“on the streets”以及语境可知，此处表示为无家可归、生活在大街上的人们提供支持。故选D项。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他希望为露宿街头的人提供住房和社会支持——这一想法在一定程度上受到了帮助他的无名英雄的启发。A. hero英雄；B. man男人；C. teacher教师；D. organizer组织者。根据上文语境可知，此处指帮助Kon的无名英雄（那位在他心里种下了善良种子的年长女士）。故选A项。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As a country with a rich history and splendid civilization, China has witnessed the passing down of numerous forms of intangible cultural heritage which continue to flourish today. Ronghua, or velvet ____36____ (flower) that are made of silk and copper wire, hold a rich historical legacy in China.
Velvet flowers ____37____ (pass) down since the Tang Dynasty and were once offered as a tribute to the imperial court. The main raw material for the velvet flowers is silk, ____38____ is relatively rare in handmade crafts.
Observation is key ____39____ making velvet flowers. In our daily lives, we need to understand the structure of these flowers.
The production process involves making the velvet strip, followed by shaping, which refers to trimming it into various shapes ____40____ (use) scissors. Finally, the artists assemble the flowers, which is also known as arranging. They are entirely handmade and there is no step that can ____41____ (replace) by a machine.
Creatively, I adopted a black background with flowers in the Morandi color palette (调色板) in Siguangxingcan. The color palette, together with the changes in flower shape and different combinations, ____42____ (give) the artwork a mysterious and slightly oil-painting-like appearance. It is ____43____ (complete) different from the traditional look of velvet flowers.
As for the development of velvet flowers, we need to continue exploring ____44____ (they) applications, making them integrate more closely with modern fashion in daily life. I believe that in this way, they will have ____45____ increasingly promising future.
【答案】36. flowers
37. have been passed
38. which 39. to
40. using 41. be replaced
42. gives pletely
44. their 45. an
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国的一项非物质文化遗产——绒花的历史、制作工艺、创新发展以及对未来的展望。
【36题详解】
考查名词。句意：绒花，即用丝绸和铜线制成的绒花，在中国拥有丰富的历史传承。空后that引导限制性定语从句，空处为先行词，从句中谓语动词单复数应与先行词保持一致，由are可知，空处应用复数名词。故填flowers。
【37题详解】
考查时态语态和主谓一致。句意：绒花自唐代以来就流传下来，曾作为贡品献给朝廷。根据时间状语“since the Tang Dynasty”可知，此处应用现在完成时，表示从过去持续到现在的动作或状态，动词pass与主语Velvet flowers构成动宾关系，应用被动语态，复数名词作主语，助动词用have。故填have been passed。
【38题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：绒花的主要原材料是丝绸，这在手工艺品中相对罕见。空处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词silk，先行词为物，且在从句中作主语，应用关系代词which引导。故填which。
【39题详解】
考查介词。句意：观察是制作绒花的关键。key to doing sth.“做某事的关键”为固定搭配。故填to。
【40题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：生产过程包括制作绒条，然后是塑形，即使用剪刀将其修剪成各种形状。空处在句中作方式状语，using作方式状语，相当于by using。故填using。
【41题详解】
考查含有情态动词的被动语态。句意：它们完全是手工制作的，没有一步可以被机器取代。that在句中引导限制性定语从句，指代先行词step，step与replace之间是动宾关系，且空前有情态动词can，应用be done形式。故填be replaced。
【42题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意：这种色调搭配，加上花型变化和不同的组合，使艺术品呈现出一种神秘且略带油画感的外观。此处描述客观事实，应用一般现在时，together with连接并列主语时，谓语动词的数由其前面部分决定，即The color palette，为单数名词，故谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填gives。
【43题详解】
考查副词。句意：这与绒花的传统外观完全不同。此处修饰形容词different，应用副词形式。故填completely。
【44题详解】
考查代词。句意：至于绒花的发展，我们需要继续探索它们的应用，使它们在生活中与现代时尚更紧密地融合。此处应用形容词性物主代词their修饰名词applications。故填their。
【45题详解】
考查冠词。句意：我相信通过这种方式，它们将有一个越来越有希望的未来。此处为抽象名词具体化，泛指一个，应用不定冠词，increasingly以元音音素开头，应用不定冠词an。故填an。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是某国际学校学生李华，你校将组织开展“走进文化遗产”主题活动，现向全校学生征求活动建议。请你给组织者写信，内容包括：
1. 推荐活动;
2. 说明理由。
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 Organizers,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Organizers,
I’m writing to share some ideas for the upcoming “Exploring Cultural Heritage” event.
Firstly, I propose organizing visits to local cultural heritage sites for students to explore and learn. This would deepen our understanding of our country’s rich history and culture, fostering a sense of national pride and cultural identity. Secondly, hosting themed lectures or workshops by experts would offer insights into the value and significance of cultural heritage, enhancing our academic knowledge and overall development. Lastly, hands-on activities such as traditional craft making or folk performances would allow us to experience the charm of our traditional culture firsthand and acquire practical skills and knowledge.
In summary, by incorporating diverse activities, we can effectively showcase the allure and importance of cultural heritage while promoting a deeper appreciation and inheritance of our traditions. Thank you for considering these suggestions. Looking forward to a successful event!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。考生所在学校将组织开展“走进文化遗产”主题活动，现向全校学生征求活动建议。请你给组织者写信。
【详解】1.词汇积累
培养：foster→develop
获得：acquire→obtain
提供：offer→provide
举行：host→hold
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：In summary, by incorporating diverse activities, we can effectively showcase the allure and importance of cultural heritage while promoting a deeper appreciation and inheritance of our traditions.
拓展句：In summary, It is by incorporating diverse activities that we can effectively showcase the allure and importance of cultural heritage while promoting a deeper appreciation and inheritance of our traditions.
【点睛】【高分句型1】In summary, by incorporating diverse activities, we can effectively showcase the allure and importance of cultural heritage while promoting a deeper appreciation and inheritance of our traditions.（运用了while引导的时间状语从句的省略）
【高分句型2】This would deepen our understanding of our country’s rich history and culture, fostering a sense of national pride and cultural identity.（运用了现在分词作状语）
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。
Some kids play sports. They run hundreds of laps, and tackle, kick, or swing. Some kids do makeover parties. They pool their fashion magazines and organize their own spa hair salons. And some kids are computer geeks. Their programming ability is a thing of wonder.
Me I had the spelling bee (拼字比赛). The bee was my World Series. And what happened during a Spelling Bee remained fresh in my memory.
I trained every day on my front steps after school, the dictionary pages rippling softly in the breeze. I formed a habit carrying around my buddies Longman, Webster, and Oxford.
As soon as I opened my eyes on Friday morning, I felt the hairs on my arm stand up. I glanced at my alarm clock—it was only 6:27. I usually woke up at 7:01, which meant I had an extra thirty-four minutes to study. Starting with the word “judgment” which I always spelt as “J-U-D-G-M-A-N-T”, I went over several words.
To calm my butterflies in my stomach, I reminded myself that I was one of the best spellers in my class. I was not ambitious enough to want to go to the Scripps National Spelling Bee or anything—I just wanted to win the bee at Meadowbrook Middle School, so that I could defeat my main enemy, Nathan Fortescue.
Nathan thought he was a better speller than I was, but he didn’t even study words. He just read tons of science and math books. Really, he wasn’t a speller at heart—he was a mathematician. Nathan and I had nothing in common except being good spellers, but since he was a good speller without even trying, it didn’t count. I bet if you gave Nathan a modern literature word like “denouement”, he’d be out on the first round.
The Spelling Bee wasn’t until after lunch, so all I did in the morning was stare at the clock and wondered how seconds could possibly pass by so slowly. I sneaked away from lunch early so I could get in a few extra minutes of study time.
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。
As soon as I shut the classroom door behind me, I heard a voice.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“Now it’s time for the Spelling Bee!” Ms. Hawking said brightly.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
As soon as I shut the classroom door behind me, I heard a voice. “Hi, Olivia. You were looking a little pale in math this morning. I’m glad the rose is back in your cheeks. I was afraid you might miss the spelling bee.” “Oh, wouldn’t you just love that ” “Not really. I enjoy a bit of competition. Is that the list of words you’re studying Funny, I don’t think I have one of those.” I was so irritated that I couldn’t concentrate on reviewing my list, but it didn’t matter—I knew all the words by heart, anyway. Within three minutes, the rest of the class filled in, and it was noisier than a five-year-old’s birthday party. I finished taking a mental picture of “scalawag” just as Ms. Hawking walked into the room.
“Now it’s time for the Spelling Bee!” Ms. Hawking said brightly. “Is everybody ready ” “No!” the class groaned—everyone except Nathan and me, of course. My class was full of pretty bad spellers. After six times around the circle, there were only two kids left, Nathan and me. I cocked my head toward Nathan, beaming with the knowledge of my impending triumph. Nathan’s next word was “judgment”, “J-U-D-G-M-E-N-T. Judgment.” “That is correct!” Like a zombie. “Hey,” says Nathan. “Are you OK ” He smiled and stuck out his hand to shake mine. “Judgment,” I mumbled weakly. He shrugged, “Eoin Colfer is my favorite author, and the other day the word ‘judgment’ was in one of his books I’m reading. So I guess I just absorbed it.” “Eoin Colfer is my favorite author, too! I thought you hated reading books without numbers.” I laughed. Nathan smiled. OK, so maybe Nathan and I did have a few things in common.
【解析】
【导语】本文以拼字比赛为线索，讲述了作者非常重视拼字比赛，每天放学后都会在门前台阶上，刻苦训练，尤其在比赛前的早晨，作者提前醒来，利用额外的时间复习单词，以平复内心的紧张情绪，作者的目标是在梅多布鲁克中学的拼字比赛中胜出，以此打败主要竞争对手纳森·福尔特斯库。虽然纳森自认拼写能力强，但作者认为纳森本质上是个数学家而非拼写高手。在等待午餐后的比赛过程中，作者感觉时间过得异常缓慢，甚至提前结束午餐，只为争取更多复习时间。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“我一关上身后教室的门，就听到一个声音。”可知，第一段可描写其他的学生也进入了教室，他们正在讨论将要进行的拼字比赛。
②由第二段首句内容““现在是拼写大赛的时候了！”霍金女士兴奋地说。”可知，第二段可描写在拼写大赛过程中，作者和纳森的表现。
2.续写线索：进入教室——讨论拼写大赛——平复心情——比赛开始——高手角逐——纳森胜出
3词汇激活
行为类
①集中精力于：concentrate on/focus on
②呻吟：groan/moan
③错过：miss/pass up
情绪类
①恼怒的：irritated/annoyed
②讨厌：hate/dislike
【点睛】【高分句型1】I finished taking a mental picture of “scalawag” just as Ms. Hawking walked into the room. (运用了as引导的时间状语从句)
【高分句型2】I cocked my head toward Nathan, beaming with the knowledge of my impending triumph.(运用了现在分词作状语)
听力答案：1-5 AABCB 6-10 CAABB 11-15 ACCAB 16-20 ACCBB
