2024学年郑州市宇华实验学校高二下学期5月月考
英 语
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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
If you want to know something about British life, their spirit, and even their humor, watching some classic British films will certainly help. Here are some recommended to you.
Notting Hill
After the success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, writer and producer Richard Curtis captured the essence of being British in 1999’s Notting Hill. Set against the background of affluent (富足的) West London, the film became popular for its charming and funny portrayal(刻画) of a British nobody trying to impress a Hollywood star.
The Full Monty
This 1997 film is a Sheffield-based comedy about six unemployed men who form a group to make money for a better life. Despite its hummer, the film dives deeper into some serious issues surrounding working-class culture. The Full Monty is an uplifting film that gives an insight into the work and life of the working class in Britain.
Trainspotting
Danny Boyle’s 1996 comedy-drama Trainspotting is about a group of Scots in the 1980s, based on the book by Irvine Welsh. With a cast of truly great actors including Ewan MeGregor, the tale impressed the audience globally. It rapidly became a critical success.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Featuring a jam-packed cast of comedic stars. Monty Python’s Life of Brian tells the story of a young man who is in a case of mistaken identity. The film reflects the unusual and wonderful British sense of humour. As a film guaranteed to entertain, Monty Pythons Life of Brian is not to be missed by those looking for an insight into what makes the British laugh.
1. What can the audience learn about by watching The Full Monty
A. Hardships of comedic stars B. Daily life of people in West London
C. Unique experiences of some Scots. D. Life of the British working class.
2. What kind of film does Monty Python’s Life of Brian belong to
A. A comedy film. B. A science fiction film.
C. An action movie D. A horror movie.
3. Which of the following films is adapted from a book
A. Notting Hill. B. The Full Monty.
C. Trainspotting. D. Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
【答案】1. D 2. A 3. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是应用文。文章介绍了有助于了解英国人的生活和精神，甚至他们的幽默的4部经典的英国电影。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据The Full Monty部分“The Full Monty is an uplifting film that gives an insight into the work and life of the working class in Britain. (《欢乐满月》是一部令人振奋的电影，它深入了解了英国工人阶级的工作和生活。)”可知，观众观看The Full Monty，能从中了解到英国工人阶级的工作和生活。故选D。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据Monty Python’s Life of Brian部分“Featuring a jam-packed cast of comedic stars, Monty Python’s Life of Brian tells the story of a young man who is in a case of mistaken identity. The film reflects the unusual and wonderful British sense of humour. As a film guaranteed to entertain, Monty Python’s Life of Brian is not to be missed by those looking for an insight into what makes the British laugh. (巨蟒剧团的《布莱恩的一生》汇聚了一众喜剧明星，讲述了一个被认错身份的年轻人的故事。这部电影反映了英国人独特而精彩的幽默感。作为一部保证娱乐的电影，巨蟒剧团的《布莱恩的一生》是那些想要了解英国人笑点的人不容错过的。)”可知，这部电影中，喜剧明星云集，反映了英国人独特而精彩的幽默感，所以属于喜剧电影。故选A。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据Trainspotting部分“Danny Boyle’s 1996 comedy-drama Trainspotting is about a group of Scots in the 1980s, based on the book by Irvine Welsh. (丹尼·博伊尔1996年的喜剧Trainspotting是根据欧文·威尔士的小说改编的，讲述了20世纪80年代一群苏格兰人的故事。)”可知，rainspotting是根据欧文·威尔士的小说改编而来的一部电影，故选C。
B
After Chika, my adopted daughter, received her treatment in the US, I took her back to Haiti to see the orphanage (孤儿院) numerous times. On one of these times, I got to know that Chika’s father was still alive and sound, in a place known as Tabarre. As a matter of fact, I had been told that he might also be dead.
I drove to his house. Stepping out in front me was her father, a short, strong man with a broad mustache. I said to him that I came because of Chika’s medical condition — the brain tumor (肿瘤). I explained that her life could be in the balance. I then inquired if it was significant for Chika to be buried in Haiti. He responded by saying, “It doesn’t mean. Whatever you think.”
I eventually came to my utmost mission. I requested him to see his daughter — and her to see him — perhaps because, deep down, I doubted about another chance. Yet as we drove back, there was part of me feeling as if I had been nudged (轻推) to the side of the picture. Although I have done much for Chika, this man has a certain claim that I never have.
Yours, not yours! The paperwork at the orphanage was signed by me. It obligates me to feed, educate, and protect Chika. But in the end, it is a document, not parenthood. Yours, not yours! I wrestled with this question many times. Chika, remember what you once asked How did you find me I promised myself you would never feel lost again.
After two hours, the father walked over, shook my hand, and left. That night, Chika rested her head upon my shoulder and after a few seconds mumbled, “Dad What will you do while I sleep ”
“I’ll read,” I said. “And think about how much I love you.”
She nodded, her eyes glowed. “That’s what I’ll do too.”
At that moment, I didn’t care who belonged to whom. I was hers, even if she were not mine.
4. Why did I call on Chika’s father
A. To accuse him of his fake death.
B. To ask him about Chika’s condition.
C. To invite him to see Chika one last time.
D. To persuade him of our legal parenthood.
5. What does the underlined phrase “in the balance” in paragraph 2 mean
A. Evaluated. B. Unexplained. C. Lengthened. D. Undetermined.
6. How did I feel as I drove Chika’s father back
A. Unclear and angry. B. Eager and relieved.
C. Uneasy and troubled. D. Embarrassed and bored.
7. What’s the best title of the passage
A. My Love, Not Mine! B. Who Is “Legal” Father
C. Your Father, Not Yours! D. Who Belongs to Whom
【答案】4. C 5. D 6. C 7. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者和收养的女儿Chika之间感情深厚，但Chika身患重病时，作者却得知她的亲生父亲还活着，于是作者将Chika的父亲接来见了Chika最后一面。作者一度觉得自己失去了Chika，可是，Chika用自己的语言表达了对作者深深的爱。作者终于释怀，不是自己的亲生女儿那又如何，作者夫妇仍然深爱Chika。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中“I said to him that I came because of Chika’s medical condition — the brain tumor (肿瘤). (我对他说，我来是因为Chika的身体状况——脑瘤)”和第三段中“I eventually came to my utmost mission. I requested him to see his daughter — and her to see him — perhaps because, deep down, I doubted about another chance. (我终于完成了我最大的使命。我想让他见见他的女儿，也想让她见见他——也许是因为，在内心深处，我怀疑是否还有机会)”可知，作者和妻子去见Chika的父亲是为了让他见见Chika，因为Chika身患重病，以后两人可能再也无法相见。故选C项。
【5题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第二段中“I then inquired if it was significant for Chika to be buried in Haiti. (然后我询问Chika被安葬在海地，于他而言是否意义重大)”和第三段中“I eventually came to my utmost mission. I requested him to see his daughter — and her to see him — perhaps because, deep down, I doubted about another chance. (我终于完成了我最大的使命。我想让他见见他的女儿，也想让她见见他——也许是因为，在内心深处，我怀疑是否还有机会)”可知，Chika情况危急，生命悬而未决，随时可能会去世，选项A“Evaluated (评估)”；选项B“Unexplained (无法解释)”；选项C“Lengthened (延长)”；选项D“Undetermined (不确定)”。故选D项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“Yet as we drove back, there was part of me feeling as if I had been nudged (轻推) to the side of the picture. Although I have done much for Chika, this man has a certain claim that I never have. (然而，当我们一起开车回去的时候，我内心的一部分感觉好像被轻推到了一边。虽然我为Chika做了很多，但这个男人有一种我们永远不会有的权利)”可知，当作者载着Chika的父亲一起回去时，作者觉得自己毕竟不是Chika真正的父亲，觉得Chika不再属于自己，内心充满了不安和困扰。故选C项。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文可知，作者和收养的女儿Chika之间感情深厚，但Chika身患重病时，作者却得知她的亲生父亲还活着，于是作者将Chika的父亲接来见了Chika最后一面。作者一度觉得自己失去了Chika，可是，Chika用自己的语言表达了对作者深深的爱。作者终于释怀，不是自己的亲生女儿那又如何，作者夫妇仍然深爱Chika，A项适合做标题。故选A项。
C
Halloween candy could be in for a California big change. State lawmakers last month passed the California Food Safety Act, which bans four materials found in popular snacks and packaged foods - including candy corm and other Halloween treats. Set to take effect in 2027, the ban will lead candy and food producers to change their formulas for products sold both in California and elsewhere around the country.
The law bans the production and sale of some materials, which are used in processed foods including kinds of instant potatoes and sodas, as well as candies. The additives (添加剂) have been linked to increased risks of cancer and nervous system problems, according to the Environmental Working Group, which started the act, and are already banned in many other countries.
Food producers and their lobbyists (说客) opposed the law, arguing the conclusion that the four additives are unhealthy should be made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They thought that evaluating the safety of food materials and additives should rely on the scientific accuracy of the FDA. But food safety advocates say the FDA has moved far too slowly in regulating food chemicals. It’s unacceptable that the U.S. is so far behind the rest of the world when it comes to food safety.
California’s act made headlines this year as a “Skittles (彩虹糖) ban” that would wipe popular candies off California shelves. But supporters of the act said the intention is simply to require changes in the materials, as has already happened in Europe. Perhaps the most standing-out material on California’s banned list is red dye No. 3. It is allowed only in candied and cocktail cherries in the European Union but more than 3,000 products contain the chemical in the U. S. The list includes items like frosted pretzels and scores of brand-name candies such as Peeps and Pez. It also includes items like fruit cocktail cups, protein drinks, and yogurts.
8. How will Halloween candy in California change
A. It will change its recipes. B. It will transform its shapes.
C. It will move out of California. D. It will disappear completely.
9. What idea do food producers have against the act
A. FDA’s conclusion on the materials is wrong.
B. Four materials are allowed all over the world.
C The materials’ safety needs to be reassessed.
D. FDA moves too fast in regulating food chemicals.
10. What can we infer about the act supporters’ request about Skittles
A. They demand a complete ban on Skittles.
B. They wish the “Skittles ban” to be headlines.
C. They want to apply European policies to Skittles.
D. They hope more red dye No. 3 is used in Skittles.
11. What is the text mainly about
A. California candy ban. B. Food safety in California.
C. The responsibility of FDA. D. Change of Halloween Candy.
【答案】8. A 9. C 10. C 11. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。加州立法者通过了《加州食品安全法》, 禁止在流行的零食和包装食品中出现四种添加剂, 包括玉米糖和其他万圣节零食。这项禁令将于2027 年生效, 它将导致糖果和食品生产商改变在加州和其他地方销售的产品的配方。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“Set to take effect in 2027, the ban will lead candy and food producers to change their formulas for products sold both in California and elsewhere around the country.(该禁令将于2027年生效，将导致糖果和食品生产商改变在加州和全国其他地方销售的产品的配方)”可知, 禁令将导致糖果和食品生产商改变在加州和其他地方销售的产品的配方。故选A项。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中“Food producers and their lobbyists (说客) opposed the law, arguing the conclusion that the four additives are unhealthy should be made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).(食品生产商和他们的说客反对这项法律，认为这四种添加剂不健康的结论应该由食品和药物管理局(FDA)做出)”可知, 食品生产商和他们的游说者反对这项法律, 认为这样的评估应该由食品和药物管理局 (FDA) 进行，也就是这些材料的安全性需要重新评估。故选C项。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“But supporters of the act said the intention is simply to require changes in the materials, as has already happened in Europe.(但该法案的支持者表示，其目的只是要求改变材料，就像欧洲已经发生的那样)”可知, 法案的支持者希望加州能够实行欧洲的针对食品添加剂的做法。故选C项。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“Halloween candy could be in for a California big change. State lawmakers last month passed the California Food Safety Act, which bans four materials found in popular snacks and packaged foods - including candy corm and other Halloween treats. Set to take effect in 2027, the ban will lead candy and food producers to change their formulas for products sold both in California and elsewhere around the country.(万圣节糖果可能会在加州发生重大变化。加州立法者上个月通过了《加州食品安全法》，禁止在流行的零食和包装食品中发现四种物质，包括玉米糖和其他万圣节零食。该禁令将于2027年生效，将导致糖果和食品生产商改变在加州和全国其他地方销售的产品的配方)”可知，本文主要讲述了加州立法者上个月通过了《加州食品安全法》, 禁止在流行的零食和包装食品中使用四种添加剂。这将导致糖果和食品生产商改变他们在加州和其他地方销售的产品的配方。故选A项。
D
Recently, after I gave a virtual presentation on my book Indistractable, a listener wrote something in the Zoom chat that drove me crazy, “This is great but wouldn’t work for me. I’m a Gemini (双子星座的人).”
Ironically, the Zoom listener is right. If she thinks she’s incapable, she’ll prove it correct — whether it has anything to do with the stars and moon or not. Her inflexible self-identification denies her the chance to improve her life. It’s incredibly self-limiting.
That’s why we should stop defining ourselves as fixed identities and nouns, and instead start describing ourselves using verbs.
Words are powerful. Linguistic research shows that language shapes people and culture; it can also give us insight into ourselves and our behavior. In a well-known study, researchers Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobsen had all students in the same elementary school take a standard IQ test. Then they randomly selected a group of students, regardless of their test results, and told teachers the group would show “dramatic intellectual growth”. Eight months later, those students scored significantly higher on an IQ test. The study concluded that teachers’ positive perception of students correlated to those students’ high performance on intellectual and academic tests. The labels the children received became a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy (预言).
That’s because language shapes expectations, which shape our reality. If we have experiences that lead us to label ourselves with specific nouns during our life, then we are likely to stick with those labels and the behaviors that go with them.
Using verbs to identify ourselves is an effective method for releasing “trapped priors”—a term in psychology for a perception of reality that’s affected or trapped by past experiences. Verbs are action words well suited to describing short-lived behaviors that can and do change. They don’t lay claim to our entire identity, but they acknowledge that we are people first and foremost, not whatever a singular noun may say we are. So, instead of saying, “I am a procrastinator (拖拉者)”, you should say, “I am a person who often procrastinates.”
By focusing on our behaviors, not fixed characteristics, we can release harmful perceptions of ourselves that hold us back from trying methods that might improve our lives — like those that can help us achieve the critical skill of being indistractable.
12. What does the author want to show through the example of the Zoom listener
A. The concept of flexible self-identification.
B. His confusion about the way to self-identify.
C. His understanding of proper self-identification.
D. The negative effects of using nouns to define oneself.
13. What does the well-known study imply
A. Self-fulfilling prophecies change over time.
B. Encouragement promotes students’ improvement.
C. Language usage will have an impact on teaching.
D. IQ has little to do with students’ academic performance.
14. How are teachers expected to evaluate students
A. By highlighting their behaviors.
B. By focusing on their advantages.
C. By analyzing their typical characteristics.
D. By assessing their academic performance.
15. Which can be the best title for the text
A. Nouns are more powerful than verbs
B. Your words can determine your future
C. How we define ourselves really counts
D. Our option of words reflects our identity
【答案】12. D 13. B 14. A 15. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讨论了人们如何定义自己，以及为何应该避免使用固定的名词来描述自己，而应该使用动词来关注自己的行为和变化。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Ironically, the Zoom listener is right. If she thinks she’s incapable, she’ll prove it correct — whether it has anything to do with the stars and moon or not. Her inflexible self-identification denies her the chance to improve her life. It’s incredibly self-limiting.(讽刺的是，Zoom的听众是对的。如果她认为自己无能为力，她会证明自己是对的——不管这是否与星星和月亮有关。她僵化的自我认同剥夺了她改善生活的机会。这是难以置信的自我限制)”可知，作者使用了Zoom听众将自己定义为双子座并认为这阻止了她实施书中策略的例子。这显示了使用固定的名词或身份来定义自己的负面影响，与使用动词来描述自己的行为和改变的可能性相对立。作者认为，这样的自我定义可能是自我限制的，并阻止人们尝试可能改善他们生活的方法。故选D。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第四段“In a well-known study, researchers Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobsen had all students in the same elementary school take a standard IQ test. Then they randomly selected a group of students, regardless of their test results, and told teachers the group would show “dramatic intellectual growth”. Eight months later, those students scored significantly higher on an IQ test. The study concluded that teachers’ positive perception of students correlated to those students’ high performance on intellectual and academic tests. The labels the children received became a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy (预言).(在一项著名的研究中，研究人员Robert Rosenthal和Lenore Jacobsen对同一所小学的所有学生进行了标准的智商测试。然后，他们随机选择了一组学生，不管他们的考试成绩如何，并告诉老师这组学生将表现出“戏剧性的智力增长”。八个月后，这些学生在智商测试中的得分显著提高。该研究得出结论，教师对学生的积极看法与学生在智力和学业测试中的优异表现有关。孩子们收到的标签成为一种自我实现的预言)”可知，这项研究表明教师的鼓励促进了学生的进步。故选B。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“By focusing on our behaviors, not fixed characteristics, we can release harmful perceptions of ourselves that hold us back from trying methods that might improve our lives — like those that can help us achieve the critical skill of being indistractable.(通过关注我们的行为，而不是固定的特征，我们可以释放对自己的有害看法，这些看法会阻止我们尝试可能改善我们生活的方法——比如那些可以帮助我们获得注意力不分散的关键技能的方法)”可知，文章认为通过关注我们的行为而不是固定的特征，我们可以摆脱那些阻碍我们尝试可能改善生活的方法的有害自我认知。这里强调的是行为的重要性，因为行为是短暂的、可以改变的，并且更能反映我们的努力和进步。将这个观点应用到教育领域，老师们被期望通过关注学生的行为来评价他们，因为这些行为更能准确地反映学生的学习态度和进步情况。故选A。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“That’s why we should stop defining ourselves as fixed identities and nouns, and instead start describing ourselves using verbs.(这就是为什么我们不应该把自己定义为固定的身份和名词，而应该开始用动词来描述自己)”以及全文内容可知，整篇文本主要讨论了我们是如何定义自己的，以及这种定义如何影响我们的行为和现实。文章通过Zoom听众的例子、Robert Rosenthal和Lenore Jacobsen的研究，以及使用动词和名词来描述自己的对比，强调了自我定义的重要性。它指出，使用动词来描述我们的行为而不是用名词来定义我们的身份，可以帮助我们摆脱过去的限制，尝试新的方法，并改善我们的生活。故选C。
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。
Recently, I sat in a lecture hall with a couple of hundred final-year undergraduate students. ____16____ When I was about to graduate, the future seemed unclear. I didn’t have a place on a company graduate programme like many of my classmates. Decades on, I realized that what seemed like obvious career ladders weren’t so simple.
In the UK at least, the job market for today’s graduates seems good. The annual report by the Institute of Student Employers found that graduate recruitment could increase by 5% in 2023-panies struggled to recruit in areas such as digital, engineering and finance. ____17____ — with an average of 86 applications for every opening.
____18____ The Chartered Institution of Personnel and Development’s good work survey found that only 35% of people said their job offered good opportunities for career advancement.
There are a few reasons why people find it difficult to advance on the career ladder. One of them many people struggle is that career ladders are becoming smaller. As large organizations have slimmed down, so have the internal paths for promotion. ____19____ As work gets outsourced to gig workers, there are few opportunities for developing new skills and stepping up.
Another issue is that increasing numbers of people just aren’t interested in climbing the ladder. The recent iteration of the world values survey found millennials and generation Z placed less value on work than they used to. A decade ago, 41% of millennials thought work should come first while that number is 14% today. ____20____
A. Despite this strong demand, each position was hotly contested.
B. Looking around I thought about my own uncertainty at their age.
C. It seems many of us no longer see ourselves defined by our work.
D. Career setbacks such as unsuccessfully applying for a promotion are often painful.
E. Once today’s generation of graduates find a job, only some will find opportunities to advance.
F. This means careers have been replaced with jobs, and jobs have increasingly been replaced with tasks.
G. Like the students sitting in that lecture hall, many of us only see a small portion of the paths for carcer development life might offer.
【答案】16. B 17. A 18. E 19. F 20. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了作者对于毕业生就业的一些看法。
【16题详解】
根据上文“Recently, I sat in a lecture hall with a couple of hundred final-year undergraduate students.(最近，我和几百名即将毕业的本科生坐在一个讲堂里)”以及后文“When I was about to graduate, the future seemed unclear. I didn’t have a place on a company graduate programme like many of my classmates. Decades on, I realized that what seemed like obvious career ladders weren’t so simple.(当我即将毕业时，未来似乎不明朗。我没有像我的许多同学那样参加公司的研究生项目。几十年过去了，我意识到看似显而易见的职业阶梯并没有那么简单)”可知，后文提到了作者毕业时感到未来不明朗，推测作者看到其他学生，也想到了自己当时的情况。故B选项“环顾四周，我想到了自己在他们这个年纪时的不确定”符合语境，故选B。
【17题详解】
根据后文“with an average of 86 applications for every opening(平均每个职位有86人申请)”可知，后文提到了平均每个职位有86人申请，说明竞争很激烈，故A选项“尽管需求强劲，但每个职位都竞争激烈”符合语境，故选A。
【18题详解】
根据后文“The Chartered Institution of Personnel and Development’s good work survey found that only 35% of people said their job offered good opportunities for career advancement.(英国特许人事与发展协会的“好工作”调查发现，只有35%的人说他们的工作提供了良好的职业发展机会)”可知，后文的调查表明大部分人的工作没有提供良好的职业发展机会。故E选项“现在这一代的毕业生一旦找到工作，只有一部分人能找到晋升的机会”符合语境，故选E。
【19题详解】
根据上文“There are a few reasons why people find it difficult to advance on the career ladder. One of them many people struggle is that career ladders are becoming smaller. As large organizations have slimmed down, so have the internal paths for promotion.(人们很难在职业阶梯上取得进步有以下几个原因。许多人纠结的一个问题是，职业阶梯越来越小。随着大型机构的瘦身，内部晋升渠道也在缩减)”可知，本句承接上文，说明大型机构的瘦身，内部晋升渠道也在缩减背后的意义。故F选项“这意味着职业已经被工作所取代，而工作也越来越多地被任务所取代”符合语境，故选F。
【20题详解】
根据上文“Another issue is that increasing numbers of people just aren’t interested in climbing the ladder. The recent iteration of the world values survey found millennials and generation Z placed less value on work than they used to. A decade ago, 41% of millennials thought work should come first while that number is 14% today.(另一个问题是，越来越多的人对往上爬不感兴趣。最近的世界价值观调查发现，千禧一代和Z一代不像过去那样重视工作。十年前，41%的千禧一代认为工作应该放在第一位，而今天这一比例为14%)”可知，上文提到“认为工作应该放在第一位”的看法大幅降低，说明不再认为工作是第一位的，故C选项“我们中的许多人似乎不再认为自己是由工作来定义的”符合语境，故选C。
第二部分 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。
In 2017, I was diagnosed (诊断) with Type 1 diabetes (糖尿病). And then I was told that I couldn’t drive for a few weeks until my blood sugar levels had____21____.
Driving was a____22____very soon after diagnosis for me. I needed to get to the chemist’s shop for my diabetes medicine and get to hospital appointments, but at first couldn’t, for having been told not to drive. I didn’t want to be a____23____, having to ask for lifts all the time.
I found it really____24____to be unable to drive, but things settled down after that and seemed to be____25____for a while. ____26____, to my surprise, I had severe hypoglycemia (低血糖) last year and wasn’t able to____27____it myself. I called an ambulance and was taken to____28____, where I saw doctors and nurses I didn’t know as none of them were connected to the diabetes team who usually cared for me. That’s where my____29____began. They advised me not to drive on the basis of this disease. They told me to call the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) and____30____what they’d told me to them. This led to my licence being canceled.
I couldn’t____31____all that had happened. It seemed____32____. I needed answers and____33____, so I phoned the Diabetes UK Helpline number I got from their website. They____34____I was right in thinking that the DVLA shouldn’t have____35____my licence based on this hypoglycemia, according to the law. With their help, the DVLA sent me a letter admitting making a mistake. I got it back in six weeks.
21. A. settled B. increased C. worsened D. changed
22. A. problem B. task C. habit D. joy
23. A. failure B. mistake C. burden D. success
24. A. hard B. convenient C. safe D. funny
25. A. worrying B. thrilling C. amazing D. fine
26. A. Thus B. Meanwhile C. Instead D. However
27. A. record B. manage C. examine D. describe
28. A. hospital B. office C. school D. factory
29. A. exercise B. trouble C. dream D. experiment
30. A. explain B. return C. suggest D. repeat
31. A. forget B. regret C. believe D. remember
32. A. unafraid B. unfair C. unsure D. unhealthy
33. A. blood B. help C. evidence D. money
34. A. shouted B. wondered C. said D. imagined
35. A. canceled B. used C. borrowed D. copied
【答案】21. A 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. C 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者因医生误诊致使自己的驾驶执照被取消，最后转而求助于英国糖尿病协会热线，并最终重新索回驾驶执照的故事。
21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后我被告知我不能开车几个星期，直到我的血糖水平稳定下来。A. settled安定下来；B. increased增加；C. worsened恶化；D. changed改变。根据上文“In 2017, I was diagnosed (诊断) with Type 1 diabetes (糖尿病).”可知，作者的血糖水平正常后才可以开车。故选A。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在诊断后不久，开车对我来说就是一个问题。A. problem问题；B. task任务；C. habit习惯；D. joy快乐。根据下文“I needed to get to the chemist’s shop for my diabetes medicine and get to hospital appointments, but at first couldn’t, for having been told not to drive.(我需要去药店买我的糖尿病药，去医院预约，但一开始我做不到，因为被告知不能开车)”可知，对作者来说不能开车是一个问题。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不想成为一个负担——不得不一直要求搭便车。A. failure失败；B. mistake错误；C. burden负担；D. success成功。根据下文“having to ask for lifts all the time”可知，作者不想成为他人的负担。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我发现不能开车真很难，但之后事情就稳定下来了，有一段时间似乎还不错。A. hard困难的；B. convenient方便的；C. safe安全的；D. funny有趣的。根据前文“I needed to get to the chemist’s shop for my diabetes medicine and get to hospital appointments, but at first couldn’t, for having been told not to drive.(我需要去药店买我的糖尿病药，去医院预约，但一开始我做不到，因为被告知不能开车)”可知，此处指作者发现不能开车真的很难。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我发现不能开车真的很难，但之后事情就稳定下来了，有一段时间似乎还不错。A. worrying令人担心的；B. thrilling令人兴奋的；C. amazing令人惊异的；D. fine好的。根据上文“but things settled down after that”可知，此处与前面糟糕的心情形成对比，结合选项可知，fine符合语境。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，令我吃惊的是，去年我患了严重的低血糖，我自己也无法处理这件事。A. Thus因此；B. Meanwhile其间，同时；C. Instead代替；D. However然而。根据下文“I had a severe hypoglycemia (低血糖) last year”可知，此处与上文“In 2017, I was diagnosed (诊断) with Type 1 diabetes (糖尿病).”形成转折关系。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，令我吃惊的是，去年我患了严重的低血糖，我自己也无法处理这件事。A. record记录；B. manage设法应付、处理；C. examine检查；D. describe描述。根据下文“I called an ambulance”可知，作者自己无法处理这件事。故选B。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我叫了一辆救护车，被送到了医院，在那里我看到了我不认识的医生和护士，因为他们都不是糖尿病团队的人，而糖尿病团队通常是照顾我的。A. hospital医院；B. office办公室；C. school学校；D. factory工厂。根据上文“I called an ambulance”可知，作者被送到了医院。故选A。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这就是我的麻烦开始的地方。A. exercise练习；B. trouble麻烦；C. dream梦想；D. experiment实验。根据下文“They told me to call the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency ( DVLA) and____10____what they’d told me to them. This led to my licence being canceled.”可知，在医院作者的麻烦开始了。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们让我打电话给驾驶执照及车辆牌照办事处，并重复他们告诉我的话。A. explain解释；B. return返回；C. suggest建议；D. repeat重复。根据下文“what they’d told me to them”可知，此处指“重复他们告诉我的话”。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我简直不敢相信所发生的一切，这似乎是不公平的。A. forget忘记；B. regret后悔；C. believe相信；D. remember记得。根据上文可知，作者被诊断患有糖尿病，而现在却得了低血糖，所以作者简直不敢相信所发生的一切。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我简直不敢相信所发生的一切，这似乎是不公平的。A. unafraid不害怕的；B. unfair不公平的；C. unsure不确定的；D. unhealthy不健康的。根据上文可知，作者被诊断患有糖尿病而取消驾驶资格，而现在又因为血糖取消驾驶资格，这对他太不公平了。故选B。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我需要答案和帮助，所以我就打了从他们的网站上得到的英国糖尿病求助热线电话。A. blood血液；B. help帮助；C. evidence证据；D. money钱。根据下文“so I phoned the Diabetes UK Helpline number I got from their website”可知，作者打英国糖尿病求助热线电话寻求答案和帮助。故选B。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们说我的想法是对的，根据法律，驾驶员和车辆许可机构不应该因为我低血糖而取消我的执照。A. shouted大喊；B. wondered想知道；C. said说；D. imagined想象。后文“I was right in thinking that the DVLA shouldn’t have”是他们说的内容。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们说我的想法是对的，根据法律，驾驶员和车辆许可机构不应该因为我低血糖而取消我的执照。A. cancelled取消；B. used使用；C. borrowed借；D. copied复制。根据下文“With their help, the DVLA sent me a letter admitting making a mistake. I got it back in six weeks.(在他们的帮助下，DVLA给我写了一封信，承认犯了一个错误。我六周后就拿回来了)”可知，驾驶员和车辆许可机构不应该因为作者低血糖而取消作者的执照。故选A。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
More than 1, 250 lit stalls (货摊) brighten the center of Thailand’s capital city, ____36____ (provide) a multicolored sight. The shelter which ____37____ (design) for the thousands of traders at Bangkok’s night market ____38____ (sell) their goods, has become an ____39____ (attract) itself.
The market, ____40____ is called Train Night Market Ratchada in English, was opened in January 2015 and has become ____41____ popular spot for locals and tourists. Software engineer Prasad Ambati visited the market and took the landscape photographs from a nearby car park. “Those ____42____ (color) tents and people shopping, eating at stalls and the flashing lights were great. The tents made me think of a giant painting.”
This is ____43____ (primary) a market that sells old goods, old-fashioned collections of clothes, motorbikes, and secondhand toys. There are also plenty of general market things for sale, like cheap clothes, shoes, bags, ____44____ other fashion items. But above all it’s one of the best places for street food, openair bars with live music frequently _____45_____ (perform) all over.
【答案】36. providing
37. is designed
38. to sell
39. attraction
40. which 41. a
42. colorful
43. primarily
44. and 45. performed
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。介绍了位于泰国首都曼谷的一个知名夜市：Train Night Market Ratchada（拉差达火车夜市）。
【36题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：1250多个小摊照亮了泰国首都的中心，形成了色彩斑斓的景象。分析句子结构，空白处在句子中作状语，使用非谓语动词，因空白处表示的是一个自然而然的结果，使用现在分词，故填providing。
【37题详解】
考查被动语态。句意：为曼谷夜市成千上万的交易者设计的摊位，其本身已经成为一处景点。分析句子结构，这是一个包含定语从句的复合句，空白处在定语从句中作谓语，因与从句主语the shelter之间为被动关系，使用被动语态，因句子表示的是一个客观情况，谓语动词使用一般现在时的被动语态，故填is designed。
【38题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：同上。分析句子结构，空白处在句子中作状语表示目的，使用动词不定式，故填to sell。
【39题详解】
考查名词。句意：同上。分析句子结构，空白处在句子中做表语，使用名词，故填attraction。
【40题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：这个市场于2015年1月开业，英文名为Train Night Market Ratchada，已成为当地人和游客的热门景点。分析句子结构，这是一个包含定语从句的复合句，空白处在句子中做主语指物，使用关系代词which引导定语从句，故填which。
【41题详解】
考查冠词。句意：同上。分析句子结构，因空白处后面有名词，根据冠词的用法，名词前需使用不定冠词，表示“一个”含义，因空白处后面词的第一个发音字母为辅音，故填a。
【42题详解】
考查形容词。句意：那些色彩缤纷的帐篷、在摊位上购物和吃饭的人们以及闪烁的灯光都很棒。分析句子结构，空白处在句子中作定语表示属性，使用形容词，故填colorful。
【43题详解】
考查副词。句意：这主要是一个销售旧货、老式服装、摩托车和二手玩具的市场。分析句子结构，空白处在句子中作状语使用副词，故填primarily。
【44题详解】
考查连词。句意：这里也有很多普通的市场商品出售，比如便宜的衣服、鞋子、包包和其他时尚商品。根据上文“cheap clothes, shoes, bags(便宜的衣服、鞋子、包包)”以及下文“other fashion items(其他时尚商品)”可知上下文之间为并列关系，使用表示并列关系的连词，故填and。
【45题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：但最重要的是，这里是街头美食的最佳场所之一，露天酒吧经常上演现场音乐。分析句子结构，空白处在句子中作定语，使用非谓语动词，因与其逻辑主语music之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，使用过去分词，故填performed。
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 2024 年 8 月 15 日是第二个“全国生态日（National Ecology Day）”，你校目前正为此筹备各种活动。假如你是李华，你的好朋友 Alan 对此非常好奇。请你给他写一封回信，要点如下：
1.介绍活动；
2.你的看法；
3.欢迎他参加。
注意：
1. 词数 80 词左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Alan,
I’m excited to tell you about the campus activities to celebrate the second National Ecology Day on August 15, 2024.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best regards,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Alan,
I’m excited to tell you about the campus activities to celebrate the second National Ecology Day on August 15, 2024.
Various activities are scheduled to be launched this year, for instance, a tree-planting event in the school courtyard, a seminar on the importance of low-carbon life and a campaign on recycling plastics and paper.
I firmly believe that these activities are not only educational but also fun and engaging. They provide a great opportunity for us to realize the importance of environmental protection. By participating in these activities, we can make a real difference towards a more sustainable future.
I would love to have you join me in this celebration. Your presence would be greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Best regards,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇介绍信。要求考生就全国生态日活动给好友Alan写一封回信，介绍此活动，考生需要在文中囊括要求的3个要点，还应该补充合理的细节。
【详解】1. 词汇激活：
活动：activities → events
低碳生活：low-carbon life → eco-friendly lifestyle
回收：recycling → reprocessing
可持续发展：sustainable future → ongoing development
2. 句式拓展：
简单句变复合句
原句：They provide a great opportunity for us to realize the importance of environmental protection.
拓展句：They provide a great opportunity for us so that we realize the importance of environmental protection.
【点睛】【高级句型1】I firmly believe that these activities are not only educational but also fun and engaging.（that引导的宾语从句）
【高级句型2】By participating in these activities, we can make a real difference towards a more sustainable future.（介词+doing结构作状语）
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。
Beautiful Birthmarks: The Power of Acceptance
Whenever you hear the word “birthmark (胎记)” you probably think of one of those black or brown spots you have somewhere on your body. However, for me, it’s completely different — I have them both on my lips and inside my mouth, which make them quite visible and, to me, ugly. When
I was young, these birthmarks kept making me feel extremely awkward and self-conscious (难为情的). As these birthmarks always drew a lot of attention, people often asked me, “What are those black marks on your lips ” When I told people that they were birthmarks, they usually said, “How strange！”
In pictures, I used to hide my birthmarks by pursing (噘起) my lips, so I would not have to deal with people’s questions. As I was growing up, the situation didn’t get any better. In the school, my classmates would always tease me, making me feel hurt and helpless. In society, I often encountered individuals who would inquire about my birthmarks even before they knew my name.
Such experiences left me feeling disheartened. I felt like people judged me by my appearance without considering my personality.
My birthmarks are caused by a genetic condition from my mom’s side of the family. My mom’s mom has birthmarks on her lips, and my mom’s uncle and my uncle have some on their bodies. I used to try to cover them up with makeup, but it never looked good. I even consulted a doctor, wanting to have surgery to remove them. But when imagining the process, I would get nervous and eventually give up.
Whenever I cried to my mom about them, she would always comfort me and say, “Learn to accept them and see them as beautiful birthmarks.” However, it wasn’t easy for me to accept my own birthmarks. Every time I showed my birthmarks, people would look at me with strange eyes. I began to regret why I had given up on the surgery and chosen to accept my birthmarks.
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2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
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One day, I met my cousin, who also had a large birthmark on his arm._
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From then on, when I met people, I began to change myself.
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【答案】One day, I met my cousin, who also had a large birthmark on his arm. Depressed and upset, I poured out all my recent experiences to him. “You should be confident and proud of your birthmarks!” he exclaimed, “it’s a tough pill to swallow, but it’s necessary medicine.” Looking at me straight in the eyes, He told me that he had also struggled to accept his birthmark, but now he saw it as a unique part of himself that made him stand out. “Just remember, what others see is what you want them to see.” His words struck a chord with me, and I realized that I had been too focused on the negative aspects of my birthmarks.
From then on, when I met people, I began to change myself. Instead of feeling embarrassed, I began to embrace my birthmarks and see them as a part of my identity. When people asked me about my birthmarks, I answered them with confidence, explaining that they were beautiful birthmarks passed down from my mother’s family. Gradually, I learned to accept and love myself and I noticed that people around me began to appreciate and accept me as well. I no longer felt self-conscious about them. Instead, I felt empowered by them. My birthmarks were no longer a source of shame, but a symbol of beauty and confidence.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，这篇文章主要讲述了一个人对自己身上的胎记的困扰和接受过程。作者从小就因为嘴唇和口腔内的胎记而感到自我意识强烈，经常遭受他人的奇异目光和嘲笑，导致他感到困惑和无助。他曾试图隐藏这些胎记，甚至想通过手术来移除它们，但最终还是选择了接受它们。最后，作者通过母亲的鼓励，学会了接受自己的胎记，并将它们视为美丽的独特标记，而不是缺陷。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“有一天，我遇到了我的表弟，他的手臂上也有一块很大的胎记”可知，第一段可描写作者倾诉了自己的经历，表弟进行了心理疏导，让作者对表弟的话有了共鸣。
②由第二段首句内容“从那时起，当我遇到人时，我开始改变自己”可知，第二段可描写作者开始接受自己的胎记，并且逐渐变得自信。
2.续写线索：遇到表弟——倾诉经历——疏导——共鸣——接受——自信
3.词汇激活
行为类
① 接受：embrace/accept/adopt
② 回应：answered/responded/replied/addressed
③ 欣赏：appreciate/value/admire/recognize
情绪类
①尴尬的：embarrassed/ashamed/humiliated
②自信的：confident/assured/assertive
【点睛】[高分句型1] He told me that he had also struggled to accept his birthmark, but now he saw it as a unique part of himself that made him stand out. (运用了that引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型2] When people asked me about my birthmarks, I answered them with confidence, explaining that they were beautiful birthmarks passed down from my mother’s family. (运用了When引导的时间状语从句)2024学年郑州市宇华实验学校高二下学期5月月考
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第一部分 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
If you want to know something about British life, their spirit, and even their humor, watching some classic British films will certainly help. Here are some recommended to you.
Notting Hill
After the success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, writer and producer Richard Curtis captured the essence of being British in 1999’s Notting Hill. Set against the background of affluent (富足的) West London, the film became popular for its charming and funny portrayal(刻画) of a British nobody trying to impress a Hollywood star.
The Full Monty
This 1997 film is a Sheffield-based comedy about six unemployed men who form a group to make money for a better life. Despite its hummer, the film dives deeper into some serious issues surrounding working-class culture. The Full Monty is an uplifting film that gives an insight into the work and life of the working class in Britain.
Trainspotting
Danny Boyle’s 1996 comedy-drama Trainspotting is about a group of Scots in the 1980s, based on the book by Irvine Welsh. With a cast of truly great actors including Ewan MeGregor, the tale impressed the audience globally. It rapidly became a critical success.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Featuring a jam-packed cast of comedic stars. Monty Python’s Life of Brian tells the story of a young man who is in a case of mistaken identity. The film reflects the unusual and wonderful British sense of humour. As a film guaranteed to entertain, Monty Pythons Life of Brian is not to be missed by those looking for an insight into what makes the British laugh.
1. What can the audience learn about by watching The Full Monty
A Hardships of comedic stars B. Daily life of people in West London
C Unique experiences of some Scots. D. Life of the British working class.
2. What kind of film does Monty Python’s Life of Brian belong to
A. A comedy film. B. A science fiction film.
C. An action movie D. A horror movie.
3. Which of the following films is adapted from a book
A. Notting Hill. B. The Full Monty.
C. Trainspotting. D. Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
B
After Chika, my adopted daughter, received her treatment in the US, I took her back to Haiti to see the orphanage (孤儿院) numerous times. On one of these times, I got to know that Chika’s father was still alive and sound, in a place known as Tabarre. As a matter of fact, I had been told that he might also be dead.
I drove to his house. Stepping out in front me was her father, a short, strong man with a broad mustache. I said to him that I came because of Chika’s medical condition — the brain tumor (肿瘤). I explained that her life could be in the balance. I then inquired if it was significant for Chika to be buried in Haiti. He responded by saying, “It doesn’t mean. Whatever you think.”
I eventually came to my utmost mission. I requested him to see his daughter — and her to see him — perhaps because, deep down, I doubted about another chance. Yet as we drove back, there was part of me feeling as if I had been nudged (轻推) to the side of the picture. Although I have done much for Chika, this man has a certain claim that I never have.
Yours, not yours! The paperwork at the orphanage was signed by me. It obligates me to feed, educate, and protect Chika. But in the end, it is a document, not parenthood. Yours, not yours! I wrestled with this question many times. Chika, remember what you once asked How did you find me I promised myself you would never feel lost again.
After two hours, the father walked over, shook my hand, and left. That night, Chika rested her head upon my shoulder and after a few seconds mumbled, “Dad What will you do while I sleep ”
“I’ll read,” I said. “And think about how much I love you.”
She nodded, her eyes glowed. “That’s what I’ll do too.”
At that moment, I didn’t care who belonged to whom. I was hers, even if she were not mine.
4. Why did I call on Chika’s father
A. To accuse him of his fake death.
B. To ask him about Chika’s condition.
C. To invite him to see Chika one last time.
D. To persuade him of our legal parenthood.
5. What does the underlined phrase “in the balance” in paragraph 2 mean
A. Evaluated. B. Unexplained. C. Lengthened. D. Undetermined.
6. How did I feel as I drove Chika’s father back
A. Unclear and angry. B. Eager and relieved.
C. Uneasy and troubled. D. Embarrassed and bored.
7. What’s the best title of the passage
A. My Love, Not Mine! B. Who Is “Legal” Father
C. Your Father, Not Yours! D. Who Belongs to Whom
C
Halloween candy could be in for a California big change. State lawmakers last month passed the California Food Safety Act, which bans four materials found in popular snacks and packaged foods - including candy corm and other Halloween treats. Set to take effect in 2027, the ban will lead candy and food producers to change their formulas for products sold both in California and elsewhere around the country.
The law bans the production and sale of some materials, which are used in processed foods including kinds of instant potatoes and sodas, as well as candies. The additives (添加剂) have been linked to increased risks of cancer and nervous system problems, according to the Environmental Working Group, which started the act, and are already banned in many other countries.
Food producers and their lobbyists (说客) opposed the law, arguing the conclusion that the four additives are unhealthy should be made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They thought that evaluating the safety of food materials and additives should rely on the scientific accuracy of the FDA. But food safety advocates say the FDA has moved far too slowly in regulating food chemicals. It’s unacceptable that the U.S. is so far behind the rest of the world when it comes to food safety.
California’s act made headlines this year as a “Skittles (彩虹糖) ban” that would wipe popular candies off California shelves. But supporters of the act said the intention is simply to require changes in the materials, as has already happened in Europe. Perhaps the most standing-out material on California’s banned list is red dye No. 3. It is allowed only in candied and cocktail cherries in the European Union but more than 3,000 products contain the chemical in the U. S. The list includes items like frosted pretzels and scores of brand-name candies such as Peeps and Pez. It also includes items like fruit cocktail cups, protein drinks, and yogurts.
8. How will Halloween candy in California change
A It will change its recipes. B. It will transform its shapes.
C. It will move out of California. D. It will disappear completely.
9. What idea do food producers have against the act
A. FDA’s conclusion on the materials is wrong.
B. Four materials are allowed all over the world.
C. The materials’ safety needs to be reassessed.
D. FDA moves too fast in regulating food chemicals.
10. What can we infer about the act supporters’ request about Skittles
A. They demand a complete ban on Skittles.
B. They wish the “Skittles ban” to be headlines.
C. They want to apply European policies to Skittles.
D. They hope more red dye No. 3 is used in Skittles.
11. What is the text mainly about
A. California candy ban. B. Food safety in California.
C. The responsibility of FDA. D. Change of Halloween Candy.
D
Recently, after I gave a virtual presentation on my book Indistractable, a listener wrote something in the Zoom chat that drove me crazy, “This is great but wouldn’t work for me. I’m a Gemini (双子星座的人).”
Ironically, the Zoom listener is right. If she thinks she’s incapable, she’ll prove it correct — whether it has anything to do with the stars and moon or not. Her inflexible self-identification denies her the chance to improve her life. It’s incredibly self-limiting.
That’s why we should stop defining ourselves as fixed identities and nouns, and instead start describing ourselves using verbs.
Words are powerful. Linguistic research shows that language shapes people and culture; it can also give us insight into ourselves and our behavior. In a well-known study, researchers Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobsen had all students in the same elementary school take a standard IQ test. Then they randomly selected a group of students, regardless of their test results, and told teachers the group would show “dramatic intellectual growth”. Eight months later, those students scored significantly higher on an IQ test. The study concluded that teachers’ positive perception of students correlated to those students’ high performance on intellectual and academic tests. The labels the children received became a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy (预言).
That’s because language shapes expectations, which shape our reality. If we have experiences that lead us to label ourselves with specific nouns during our life, then we are likely to stick with those labels and the behaviors that go with them.
Using verbs to identify ourselves is an effective method for releasing “trapped priors”—a term in psychology for a perception of reality that’s affected or trapped by past experiences. Verbs are action words well suited to describing short-lived behaviors that can and do change. They don’t lay claim to our entire identity, but they acknowledge that we are people first and foremost, not whatever a singular noun may say we are. So, instead of saying, “I am a procrastinator (拖拉者)”, you should say, “I am a person who often procrastinates.”
By focusing on our behaviors, not fixed characteristics, we can release harmful perceptions of ourselves that hold us back from trying methods that might improve our lives — like those that can help us achieve the critical skill of being indistractable.
12. What does the author want to show through the example of the Zoom listener
A. The concept of flexible self-identification.
B. His confusion about the way to self-identify.
C His understanding of proper self-identification.
D. The negative effects of using nouns to define oneself.
13. What does the well-known study imply
A. Self-fulfilling prophecies change over time.
B Encouragement promotes students’ improvement.
C. Language usage will have an impact on teaching.
D. IQ has little to do with students’ academic performance.
14. How are teachers expected to evaluate students
A. By highlighting their behaviors.
B. By focusing on their advantages.
C. By analyzing their typical characteristics.
D. By assessing their academic performance.
15. Which can be the best title for the text
A. Nouns are more powerful than verbs
B. Your words can determine your future
C. How we define ourselves really counts
D. Our option of words reflects our identity
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。
Recently, I sat in a lecture hall with a couple of hundred final-year undergraduate students. ____16____ When I was about to graduate, the future seemed unclear. I didn’t have a place on a company graduate programme like many of my classmates. Decades on, I realized that what seemed like obvious career ladders weren’t so simple.
In the UK at least, the job market for today’s graduates seems good. The annual report by the Institute of Student Employers found that graduate recruitment could increase by 5% in 2023-panies struggled to recruit in areas such as digital, engineering and finance. ____17____ — with an average of 86 applications for every opening.
____18____ The Chartered Institution of Personnel and Development’s good work survey found that only 35% of people said their job offered good opportunities for career advancement.
There are a few reasons why people find it difficult to advance on the career ladder. One of them many people struggle is that career ladders are becoming smaller. As large organizations have slimmed down, so have the internal paths for promotion. ____19____ As work gets outsourced to gig workers, there are few opportunities for developing new skills and stepping up.
Another issue is that increasing numbers of people just aren’t interested in climbing the ladder. The recent iteration of the world values survey found millennials and generation Z placed less value on work than they used to. A decade ago, 41% of millennials thought work should come first while that number is 14% today. ____20____
A. Despite this strong demand, each position was hotly contested.
B. Looking around, I thought about my own uncertainty at their age.
C. It seems many of us no longer see ourselves defined by our work.
D. Career setbacks such as unsuccessfully applying for a promotion are often painful.
E. Once today’s generation of graduates find a job, only some will find opportunities to advance.
F. This means careers have been replaced with jobs, and jobs have increasingly been replaced with tasks.
G. Like the students sitting in that lecture hall, many of us only see a small portion of the paths for carcer development life might offer.
第二部分 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。
In 2017, I was diagnosed (诊断) with Type 1 diabetes (糖尿病). And then I was told that I couldn’t drive for a few weeks until my blood sugar levels had____21____.
Driving was a____22____very soon after diagnosis for me. I needed to get to the chemist’s shop for my diabetes medicine and get to hospital appointments, but at first couldn’t, for having been told not to drive. I didn’t want to be a____23____, having to ask for lifts all the time.
I found it really____24____to be unable to drive, but things settled down after that and seemed to be____25____for a while. ____26____, to my surprise, I had severe hypoglycemia (低血糖) last year and wasn’t able to____27____it myself. I called an ambulance and was taken to____28____, where I saw doctors and nurses I didn’t know as none of them were connected to the diabetes team who usually cared for me. That’s where my____29____began. They advised me not to drive on the basis of this disease. They told me to call the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) and____30____what they’d told me to them. This led to my licence being canceled.
I couldn’t____31____all that had happened. It seemed____32____. I needed answers and____33____, so I phoned the Diabetes UK Helpline number I got from their website. They____34____I was right in thinking that the DVLA shouldn’t have____35____my licence based on this hypoglycemia, according to the law. With their help, the DVLA sent me a letter admitting making a mistake. I got it back in six weeks.
21. A. settled B. increased C. worsened D. changed
22. A. problem B. task C. habit D. joy
23. A. failure B. mistake C. burden D. success
24. A. hard B. convenient C. safe D. funny
25. A. worrying B. thrilling C. amazing D. fine
26. A. Thus B. Meanwhile C. Instead D. However
27. A. record B. manage C. examine D. describe
28. A. hospital B. office C. school D. factory
29. A. exercise B. trouble C. dream D. experiment
30. A. explain B. return C. suggest D. repeat
31. A. forget B. regret C. believe D. remember
32. A. unafraid B. unfair C. unsure D. unhealthy
33. A. blood B. help C. evidence D. money
34. A. shouted B. wondered C. said D. imagined
35. A. canceled B. used C. borrowed D. copied
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。
More than 1, 250 lit stalls (货摊) brighten the center of Thailand’s capital city, ____36____ (provide) a multicolored sight. The shelter which ____37____ (design) for the thousands of traders at Bangkok’s night market ____38____ (sell) their goods, has become an ____39____ (attract) itself.
The market, ____40____ is called Train Night Market Ratchada in English, was opened in January 2015 and has become ____41____ popular spot for locals and tourists. Software engineer Prasad Ambati visited the market and took the landscape photographs from a nearby car park. “Those ____42____ (color) tents and people shopping, eating at stalls and the flashing lights were great. The tents made me think of a giant painting.”
This is ____43____ (primary) a market that sells old goods, old-fashioned collections of clothes, motorbikes, and secondhand toys. There are also plenty of general market things for sale, like cheap clothes, shoes, bags, ____44____ other fashion items. But above all it’s one of the best places for street food, openair bars with live music frequently _____45_____ (perform) all over.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 2024 年 8 月 15 日是第二个“全国生态日（National Ecology Day）”，你校目前正为此筹备各种活动。假如你是李华，你的好朋友 Alan 对此非常好奇。请你给他写一封回信，要点如下：
1.介绍活动；
2.你的看法；
3.欢迎他参加。
注意：
1. 词数 80 词左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Alan,
I’m excited to tell you about the campus activities to celebrate the second National Ecology Day on August 15, 2024.
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Best regards,
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。
Beautiful Birthmarks: The Power of Acceptance
Whenever you hear the word “birthmark (胎记)”, you probably think of one of those black or brown spots you have somewhere on your body. However, for me, it’s completely different — I have them both on my lips and inside my mouth, which make them quite visible and, to me, ugly. When
I was young, these birthmarks kept making me feel extremely awkward and self-conscious (难为情的). As these birthmarks always drew a lot of attention, people often asked me, “What are those black marks on your lips ” When I told people that they were birthmarks, they usually said, “How strange！”
In pictures, I used to hide my birthmarks by pursing (噘起) my lips, so I would not have to deal with people’s questions. As I was growing up, the situation didn’t get any better. In the school, my classmates would always tease me, making me feel hurt and helpless. In society, I often encountered individuals who would inquire about my birthmarks even before they knew my name.
Such experiences left me feeling disheartened. I felt like people judged me by my appearance without considering my personality.
My birthmarks are caused by a genetic condition from my mom’s side of the family. My mom’s mom has birthmarks on her lips, and my mom’s uncle and my uncle have some on their bodies. I used to try to cover them up with makeup, but it never looked good. I even consulted a doctor, wanting to have surgery to remove them. But when imagining the process, I would get nervous and eventually give up.
Whenever I cried to my mom about them, she would always comfort me and say, “Learn to accept them and see them as beautiful birthmarks.” However, it wasn’t easy for me to accept my own birthmarks. Every time I showed my birthmarks, people would look at me with strange eyes. I began to regret why I had given up on the surgery and chosen to accept my birthmarks.
注意：1. 续写词数应为 150 词左右。
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
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One day, I met my cousin, who also had a large birthmark on his arm._
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From then on, when I met people, I began to change myself.
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