荆州中学2023-2024学年高一下学期5月月考
英语试题
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, 每段对话仅读一遍。
Where are the speakers
At the man’s house. B. In a grocery. C. In a restaurant.
What will the weather be like tomorrow morning
Sunny. B. Windy. C. Rainy.
What are the speakers going to do next
Watch TV. B. Call their mother. C. Take the children out.
What does the man mean
The physical exercises are too hard.
He isn’t interested in physical exercises.
Students aren’t in good physical condition.
How did the boy get home from school yesterday
By car. B. By bus. C. By bike.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白 每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A B C三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段对话或独白读两遍
听下面一段对话，回答6-7小题。
Where does the man want to work
At a post office. B. At a museum. C. At a college.
What will the speakers do next
Have something to drink. B. Listen to the news report. C. Write some letters.
听下面一段对话，回答8-9小题。
8. When was the flight supposed to take off
A. At 8:00 a.m. B. At 1:00 a.m. C. At 2:00 p.m.
9. What will the speakers fail to do due to the delay of the flight
A. Tour Sydney. B. Attend a meeting. C. Visit some customers.
听下面一段对话，回答10-12小题。
What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Why Justine should take notes.
B. What Justine can do to improve her grades.
C. How to download materials from the Internet.
Why does the man ask Justine to check out his web page
To find out the lecture notes.
To look for answers to her questions.
To download her homework after class.
What does the man suggest Justine do
Try to make a lecture herself.
Answer questions before class.
Read the book ahead of time.
听下面一段对话，回答13-16小题。
What is the woman’s advice
Get cheap chairs at a street market.
Buy at least three chairs.
Sit on packing cases.
What day is it today
Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday.
What does the woman want to buy
A case. B. A guidebook. C. Curtains.
How does the man feel about the woman in the end
Envious. B. Pleased. C. Upset.
听下面一段独白，回答17-20小题。
Why does the speaker give the talk
To persuade listeners to join a club.
To tell listeners how to choose a club.
To give a general introduction to an English club.
Whom is the English club aimed at
Those who haven’t learned English before.
Those who want to improve their oral English.
Those who want to make some English friends.
What is helped each month
Singing competitions. B. English performances. C. English Corner discussions.
What do we know about the English club
It offers English films from around the world.
Students have to pay to join it.
It has its own website.
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
Winners Club
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction (交易) account where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7.
It’s a club with impressive features for teenagers.
No account keeping fees!
You’re no millionaire so we don’t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!
Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits (储蓄) without taking them out in a month.
Convenient
Teenagers are busy—we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club, you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet, you can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!
Mega magazine included
Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.
The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. We can’t wait to hear from you. It’s the best way to choose to be a winner!
21. Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club
A. Special gifts are ready for parents. B. The bank opens only on work days.
C. Services are convenient for its members. D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.
22. If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.
A. be an Internet user B. be permitted by your parent
C. have a big sum of money D. be in your twenties
23. What is the purpose of this text
A. To set up a club. B. To provide part- time jobs.
C. To organize key -cards. D. To introduce a banking service.
B
It’s a classic story: A kid is forced to learn an instrument from a young age, they play it throughout their childhood, and they develop a bittersweet relationship with it. Is the constant battle between the love for the music and the hate for the constant challenge worth the fight For me, it was.
I started playing the piano when I was four---that was 15 years ago! This was huge commitment, so there must have been something worth holding on to, right
The easy guess is that I was purely in love with music and piano. Although that’s the sweeter tale, it’s a bit more complicated. I struggled a lot with piano. Family and peers were, at least in my own head, constantly placed beside me in competition. I felt pressure to be the best in order to prove something to others and more importantly to prove something to myself. The seed of my musical interest was grown in the sunlight of competition and doubt. Hate took root when my self-criticism hit too hard.
It’s difficult to learn to love something that didn’t originate from love. For a while, piano was more of an annoyance than a hobby. But somehow, love grew. It was deeply buried. But it was there, and by high school, it was strong enough that when I was truly on the edge of quitting any kind of formal training. I found the strength to hold on tighter, and dig further. I switched teachers, and got incredibly lucky with one who helped me turn to what I loved. I learned pieces for myself, I composed for myself, and I found confidence not because I got “good enough,” but because I learned that anything I had was good enough.
The love and hate I’ve had for the piano were both planted and grown. If you too have learned to hate something, remember that with commitment, it can be uprooted, and love can make a home in its place. There is always time. There is always room.
24. What does the author want to show by telling a classic story
A. The benefits of music. B. Kids’ struggle in learning instruments.
C. Kids’ bittersweet childhood. D. The popularity of learning instruments.
25. What can we know about the author’s experience of playing the piano
A. She finally quit formal training. B. She never treated it as her hobby.
C. She was in pure love with music and piano. D. She once experienced great pressure from herself.
26. What helped the author find confidence
A. Her attitude. B. Her training.
C. Her charm. D. Her achievement.
27. What message is mainly delivered in the passage
A. Practice makes perfect. B. Love is a thing that grows.
C. Content is better than riches. D. Chance favors the prepared mind.
C
Falling birth rates are a major concern for some of Asia’s biggest economies. Governments in the region are spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to reverse the trend. Will it work
Japan began introducing policies to encourage couples to have more children in the 1990s. South Korea started doing the same in the 2000s, while Singapore’s first fertility (生育) policy dates back to 1987. China, which has seen its population fall for the first time in 60 years, recently joined the growing club.
While it is difficult to figure out exactly how much these policies have cost, South Korean President YoonSuk-yeol recently said his country had spent more than $200bn ( 160bn) over the past 16 years trying to boost the population. Yet last year South Korea broke its own record for the world’s lowest fertility rate, with the average number of babies expected per woman falling to 0.78. In neighbouring Japan, which had record low births of fewer than 800,000 last year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised to double the budget for child-related policies from 10tn yen ($74.7bn; 59.2bn).
Having a bigger population who can work and produce more goods and services leads to higher economic growth. And while a larger population can mean higher costs for governments, it can also result in bigger tax revenues (税收). Also, many Asian countries are ageing rapidly. Japan leads the pack with nearly 30% of its population now over the age of 65 and some other nations in the region are not far pare that with India, which has just overtaken China as the world’s most populous nation. More than a quarter of its people are between the age of 10 and 20, which gives its economy huge potential for growth. And when the share of the working age population gets smaller, the cost and burden of looking after the non-working population grow. “Negative population growth has an impact on the economy, and together with an ageing population, they won’t be able to afford to support the elderly,” said Xiujian Peng of Victoria University.
28. Which Asian country first took measures to increase population in this passage
A. Japan. B. South Korea. C. Singapore. D. China.
29. What can we learn about the population of Asian countries from the passage
A. Japan hit the lowest record of new-born babies last year.
B. India has the largest and youngest population in the world.
C. China’s population has been decreasing in the recent 60 years.
D. South Korea had the lowest population record last year in the world.
30. What can we infer from paragraph 4
A. The economy of India will overtake that of Japan.
B. Negative population growth leads to an ageing population.
C. The larger the population is, the better the economy will be.
D. A bigger share of working age population helps support the elderly.
31. What’s the main idea of this passage
A. Low birth rate is a negative factor for economy.
B. China is joining the countries of low birth rate.
C. Many Asian countries came to negative population growth.
D. Many Asian countries are trying all out to battle low birth rate.
D
That artificial food dyes (染料) are unhealthy is not news. Some are known to cause hyperactivity (多动症) in some children, affecting their ability to learn. But regulatory agencies around the world don’t necessarily agree on which food dyes are a problem, or why. That may soon change. A 2021 report by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment concluded that artificial food dyes “cause or worsen neurobehavioral problems in some children” and that the current levels regarded safe for consumption by the federal government are too high.
California is now considering requiring warning labels on food products and dietary supplements containing the seven most commonly used artificial dyes. The warning label requirement would put California on par with the European Union, which since 2010 has required food products containing certain artificial food dyes to carry warning labels about their negative effect on activity and attention in children.
Artificial dyes are used in foods for one reason: to make products look prettier. Bright colors make candies appealing, especially to kids. But dyes are also in chocolate cake mixes, salad dressings and other products that don’t seem to cry out for a color boost.
In Europe, it was the 2010 label lawmaking that triggered companies’ decisions to revise. “If you’re a company, you do not want to put a warning label on your product,” says Lefferts, an environmental health consultant. Warning labels are why European Starburst Fruit Chews are now colored with natural products, not the artificial dyes that brighten their North American counterparts (同类商品).
Given that artificial food dyes are excessively used, we need to be more cautious. After all, we don’t dye fresh fruits and vegetables, but we do dye candy and sprinkles, points out Joe Schwarcz, a chemistry professor at McGill University in Montreal. “The foods in which you find food dyes are foods that are poor in nutrition,” he says. “If you limit foods that contain food dyes, you automatically make your diet better.”
32. What can we learn about artificial food dyes from paragraph 1
A. A 2021 report confirmed their negative effects.
B. The fact that they are harmful is newly revealed.
C. Regulatory agencies consider them a serious problem.
D. The Federal government thinks their current standard too high.
33. What does the underlined part “on par with” in paragraph 2 mean
A. In opposition to. B. Ahead of. C. In line with. D. Behind.
34. Which might be a possible result of the new rule according to the article
A. Food companies will stop coloring their products.
B. More fresh fruits and vegetables will appear in the market.
C. Food companies may replace artificial dyes with natural products.
D. It will be hard to find packaged foods without warning labels of dyes.
35. What’s Joe Schwarcz’s attitude towards artificial food dyes
A. Approving. B. Concerned. C. Neutral. D. Indifferent.
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。
Have you ever felt the need to be alone for a while I don’t mean situations when you should be alone, but occasions where you are with a group of people at a party or a restaurant. You get tired of jumping from conversation to conversation, and your mind starts to wander towards that interesting book you left halfway done, or that movie you have been meaning to watch. ___36___ Now before you rush to defense, please understand that being an introvert (内向的人)is completely normal.
A common misunderstanding about introverts is that they are loners or anti-social. ___37___ They have friends, probably not as many as extroverts (外向的人), but enough to suit their needs for human interaction. Scientifically, all humans fall somewhere between being an introvert and being an extrovert, and at least 25 percent of us are introverts.
___38___ Therefore, the ability to network is extremely valuable. Of course, sometimes introverts might be as capable of talking with people as extroverts, but sometimes they have to force themselves to engage with others in order to “fit in”. While extroverts feel comfortable shaking hands and making jokes, introverts get increasingly exhausted. ___39___ For the introverted, to continue in this awkward situation could really end up bringing them harm, with individuals reporting to suffer from loss of sleep, panic attacks and depression.
___40___ They form deep thoughts, conduct themselves carefully, and pay significant attention to detail. So, for the best results in a project involving group work, both introverts and extroverts are needed.
A. Society appears to favor extroverts.
B. Most introverts, however, are just regular people.
C. These are feelings usually typical of an introvert.
D. Introverts tend to recover by spending time alone.
E. You might have ignored that “strange” thought you had before.
F. Introverts, just like extroverts, have their own set of advantages.
G. Even if standing alone for a while, they get asked “Why are you all by yourself ”
第三部分 语言知识运用(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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Jim owned a store. A customer once asked him how he managed to stay ___41___ all the time. His answer was, “When I wake up in the morning, I know that the day will have good and bad ___42___ for me, but whatever happens, I’m going to choose to be in a good ___43___.”
Then one day, something ___44___ happened. Jim was about to leave the store when an armed robber came in, held him up at gunpoint, and made him open the ___45___. As he was trying to open it, Jim’s hand ___46___. The robber saw this and probably thought, “He’s about to attack me!” The robber ___47___ and fired his gun.
Jim was rushed to the hospital. In the ambulance, he felt ___48___ because the paramedic (医务辅助人员) kept telling him, “I’m sure you’ll be OK.”
But when Jim was in the operating room and he saw the faces of the doctors and nurses, he got the feeling that they thought he was___49___ dead. He knew he needed to do something to change their ___50___.
There was a ___51___ who was asking him lots of questions, very fast. One question was, “Are you ___52___ to anything ” “Yes!” Jim said loudly and everybody stopped what they were doing. There was total ___53___. “Bullets!” Jim said, and all the doctors and nurses burst out ___54___. And then Jim added, “Please operate on me thinking that I’ll live, and not that I’ll die.”
Jim survived, thanks to the skill of the doctors and nurses. But what also helped was that he managed to remain an optimist even in the most ___55___ moment of his life.
41. A. friendly B. enthusiastic C. generous D. positive
42. A. moments B. operations C. tests D. conflicts
43. A. atmosphere B. mood C. event D. luck
44. A. ridiculous B. awkward C. horrible D. challenging
45. A. safe B. door C. window D. parcel
46. A. shook B. waved C. stretched D. slipped
47. A. refused B. panicked C. hesitated D. complained
48. A. fine B. painful C. worried D. curious
49. A. nearly B. already C. definitely D. finally
50. A. routine B. schedule C. direction D. attitude
51. A. nurse B. policeman C. robber D. guard
52. A. superior B. accustomed C. allergic D. addicted
53. A. confusion B. silence C. anxiety D. violence
54. A. crying B. applauding C. laughing D. debating
55. A. significant B. impressive C. crucial D. desperate
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。
Chang’an Tower, also known as the Great Wild Goose Pagoda, is an architectural wonder ___56___ (locate) in Xi’an, China. With its rich historical significance and stunning beauty, this ancient tower stands as a masterpiece of China’s cultural heritage.
___57___ (original) built during the Tang Dynasty in the 7th century, Chang’an Tower served as a Buddhist pagoda, housing Buddhist materials that the monk Xuanzang brought from India. Its construction ___58___(order) by Emperor Gaozong to promote Buddhism and facilitate (使……便利) the translation of Buddhist scriptures (佛经) ___59___ Chinese.
Rising to a ___60___ (high) of 64 meters, the square-shaped, thirteen-storey tower showcases the splendid craftsmanship of ancient Chinese craftsmen, each storey of ___61___ exhibits unique architectural features, reflecting the cultural influences of the time. Visitors can go up the internal staircase to the top for fantastic ___62___ (view) of the city. ___63___(surround) the pagoda, the quiet gardens and the Da Ci’en Temple offer a peaceful retreat as well.
Whether it is for experiencing a piece of history ___64___ exploring cultural wonders, Chang’an Tower is ____65____ essential destination for those exploring China’s vast historical landscape.
第四部分: 写作(共两节, 满分40分)
第一节：应用文写作(满分15分)
假定你是校英语话剧社社长李华，原定于下周举行的英语话剧表演赛因故推迟，请给担任评委的外教Katherine写封邮件，内容包括：
1.表示歉意；2.推迟原因；3.后续调整。
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 Katherine,
How are things going with you these days _____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
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
One day my grandfather gave me a gift — a piggy bank. It had an opening through which one could put money in, but the opening was not big enough to reach in and get the money out. The only way to get at the money was to break the piggy bank open. My grandfather explained that was the whole idea: the piggy bank would help save my money so that, at the end of the year, I might have enough for that bike I dreamt about. He asked if I would put some of the money he gave me into the piggy bank. I agreed immediately and promised that I wouldn’t break it open until I could afford my dream bike.
Whenever he gave me a little bit of money, he would say, “This is for spending. But you can save some and put it in the piggy bank if you want to save it up.” When he gave me larger amounts, it was clearly for saving in the piggy bank. For some time, this worked fine. I loved shaking the piggy bank and hearing the sound of the coins. As it became heavier, I grew more excited, dreaming about buying my new bike, and all the adventures I could have on it.
Whenever I wanted to take some money from the piggy bank to buy delicious ice-creams or beautiful pens, I would imagine riding my bike on the street, and thinking of that, my thoughts about ice-creams or pens went away. So for almost six months, I only put money into the piggy bank without taking any out. I thought I wouldn’t break my piggy bank for anything. But one day something unexpected happened. I saw a piece of news on the television that a serious earthquake (地震) had happened in a nearby province. As many houses were destroyed, a lot of children became homeless. Seeing their shabby clothes and crying faces, I was sleepless that night.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph1: I knew I should do something.________________________________________________________________
Paragraph2: My grandfather was surprised by my behavior.___________________________________________________
阅读A
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. B
【导语】 本文是一篇应用文，文章主要是介绍了一种银行卡服务Winners Club。说明了这种账户适宜人群，和它的好处。以及办理的一些注意事项。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章You choose to be a winner!下的“The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. ”（Winners Club是一个专门为青少年设计的银行账户）可知，Winners Club是给青少年设计的银行账户，所以选B。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章Convenient下的“Teenagers are busy—we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club. you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet, you can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. ”（青少年很忙——我们明白。你可能根本不需要来银行。与Winners Club合作。您可以选择使用方便的出纳员，也可以在家使用电话和互联网进行银行存款，你可以将钱直接存入Winners Club账户）可知，这个服务对会员来说是很方便的，所以选C。
【23题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian”（你必须得到父母或监护人的许可）可知，要先征得父母的允许，所以选B。
考点：考查社会类短文阅读。
阅读B
【答案】24. B 25. D 26. A 27. B
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述自己在学习钢琴过程中的爱与恨以及自己感悟。
【24题详解】
推理判断题。由文章第一段“It’s a classic story: A kid is forced to learn an instrument from a young age, they play it throughout their childhood, and they develop a bittersweet relationship with it. Is the constant battle between the love for the music and the hate for the constant challenge worth the fight For me, it was.(这是一个经典的故事：一个孩子从小就被迫学习一种乐器，他们在整个童年时期都在演奏，并与之发展出苦乐参半的关系。对音乐的热爱和对不断挑战的憎恨之间不断的斗争值得吗？对我来说，是的。)”可知，文章讲故事是为了说明孩子们在学乐器方面的挣扎，然后引出介绍自己的情况。故选B项。
25题详解】
细节理解题。由文章第三段“ I felt pressure to be the best in order to prove something to others-and more devastatingly (破坏性地) to prove something to myself. The seed of my musical interest was grown in the sunlight of competition and doubt.(为了向别人证明一些东西，我感受到了成为最好的人的压力——更具毁灭性的是，为了向自己证明一些东西。我对音乐的兴趣在竞争和怀疑的阳光下生长。)”可知，作者曾经经历了来自自己的巨大压力。故选D项。
【26题详解】
细节理解题。由文章倒数第二段“I learned pieces for myself, I composed for myself, and I found confidence not because I got “good enough,” but because I learned that anything I had was good enough.(我为自己学习曲子，为自己作曲，我找到了自信，不是因为我“足够好”，而是因为我知道我所拥有的一切都足够好。)”可知，作者找到自信地原因是自己态度的转变，对一切的重新认识。故选A项。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。由文章倒数第二段“It’s difficult to learn to love something that didn’t originate from love. (很难学会去爱一些不是源于爱的东西。)”以及文章最后一段“The love and hate I’ve had for the piano were both planted and grown. If you too have learned to hate something, remember that with commitment, it can be uprooted, and love can make a home in its place. There is always time. There is always room.(我对钢琴的爱和恨都是种下的，也是成长的。如果你也学会了憎恨某件事，请记住，有了承诺，它可以被连根拔起，爱可以在它的地方建立一个家。时间总是有的。空间也总是有的。)”以及上下文可知，文章通过自己练钢琴的经历领悟到：对东西的爱是可以逐渐培养形成的，所以B项Love is a thing that grows(爱是一种成长的东西)符合文意。故选B项。
阅读C
【答案】28. C 29. A 30. D 31. D
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了亚洲出生率下降这一现象，许多亚洲国家正采取措施竭尽全力与低出生率作斗争。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。由第二段“Japan began introducing policies to encourage couples to have more children in the 1990s. South Korea started doing the same in the 2000s, while Singapore’s first fertility (生育) policy dates back to 1987. China, which has seen its population fall for the first time in 60 years, recently joined the growing club. (20世纪90年代，日本开始出台鼓励夫妇多生孩子的政策。韩国在21世纪初就开始这样做，而新加坡的第一个生育政策可以追溯到1987年。中国60年来首次出现人口下降，最近加入了这个不断增长的俱乐部)”可知，新加坡早在1987年首先采取了增加人口的措施。故选C项。
【29题详解】
细节理解题。由第三段中“In neighbouring Japan, which had record low births of fewer than 800,000 last year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised to double the budget for child-related policies from 10tn yen ($74.7bn; 59.2bn). (在邻国日本，去年出生率创下历史新低，不到80万，首相岸田文雄承诺将儿童相关政策的预算从10万亿日元（747亿美元；592亿英镑）增加一倍)”可知，日本去年创下新生儿出生率的最低纪录。故选A项。
【30题详解】
推理判断题。由第四段中“And when the share of the working age population gets smaller, the cost and burden of looking after the non-working population grow. “Negative population growth has an impact on the economy, and together with an ageing population, they won’t be able to afford to support the elderly,” said Xiujian Peng of Victoria University. (当劳动年龄人口的比例越来越小时，照顾非劳动人口的成本和负担就会增加。维多利亚大学的彭秀建说：“人口负增长会对经济产生影响，再加上人口老龄化，他们将无法负担赡养老人的费用。”)”可知，能工作的人口比例小，说明不能工作的人口比例大，加上老龄化，小比例的能工作的人口无法负担赡养不断增长的老人的费用，可得出更大比例的劳动年龄人口有助于赡养老年人。故选D项。
【31题详解】
主旨大意题。由第一段中“Falling birth rates are a major concern for some of Asia’s biggest economies. Government s in the region are spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to reverse the trend. (出生率下降是亚洲一些最大经济体的主要担忧。该地区的政府正花费数千亿美元试图扭转这一趋势)”和全文可知，文章讲述了亚洲出生率下降这一现象，许多亚洲国家正采取措施竭尽全力与低出生率作斗争，D项“许多亚洲国家正竭尽全力与低出生率作斗争”是文章大意。故选D项。
阅读D
【答案】32. A 33. C 34. C 35. B
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了含有人工食用色素的食品对身体的一些危害。继欧洲要求含有人工色素食品要贴上警告标签后，加州也要和欧盟保持一致。这一举措将提升人们的健康意识，也让食品公司对使用色素做出相应的调整。
【32题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中“An 2021 peer-reviewed report by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment concluded that artificial food dyes “cause or worsen neurobehavioral problems in some children” and that the current levels regarded safe for consumption by the federal government are too high.”（加州环境健康危害评估办公室(Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment) 2021年的一份同行评议报告得出结论，人工食用色素“会导致或加剧一些儿童的神经行为问题”，目前联邦政府认为，被视为安全的食用色素水平太高了。）可知，从第一段中可推断出，2021年的这份报告确认人工食用色素有危害作用。故选A项。
【33题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第二段中“The warning label requirement would put California on par with the European Union, which since 2010 has required food products containing certain artificial food dyes to carry warning labels about their negative effect on activity and attention in children.”（警告标签的要求将使加州与欧盟________，欧盟自2010年以来就要求含有某些人工食用色素的食品贴上警告标签，说明它们对儿童活动和注意力的负面影响。）可知，欧盟早在2010年已经要求食品要贴上警告标签，可猜测加州也要和欧盟保持一致，所以猜测on par with意为“保持一致”。A. In opposition to.反对；B. Ahead of.先于；C. In line with.与…一致；D. Behind.落后。故选C项。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中““If you’re a company, you do not want to put a warning label on your product,” says Lefferts, an environmental health consultant. Warning labels are why European Starburst Fruit Chews are now colored with natural products, not the artificial dyes that brighten their North American counterparts. ”（“如果你是一家公司，你不想在你的产品上贴上警告标签，”环境健康顾问莱弗茨（Lefferts）说。警告标签就是为什么欧洲的星爆果咀嚼片（European Starburst Fruit Chews）现在用天然产品着色，而北美的同类商品却用的是人造染料着色。）以及倒数第一段中“Given that artificial food dyes are excessively used, we need to be more cautious.”（鉴于人工食用色素被过度使用，我们需要更加谨慎。）可推断出，人们在购买食品时，会对贴有人工色素警告标签的食品更加警惕，所以食品加工公司为了公司的长久发展，可能会使用天然色素来代替人工色素。故选C项。
【35题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Given that artificial food dyes are excessively used, we need to be more cautious. After all, we don’t dye fresh fruits and vegetables, but we do dye candy and sprinkles, points out Joe Schwarcz, a chemistry professor at McGill University in Montreal. “The foods in which you find food dyes are foods that are poor in nutrition,” he says. “If you limit foods that contain food dyes, you automatically make your diet better.””（鉴于人造食用染料被过度使用，我们需要更加谨慎。蒙特利尔麦吉尔大学的化学教授乔·施瓦茨指出，毕竟，我们不给新鲜的水果和蔬菜染色，但我们会给糖果和糖霜染色。他说：“你能发现食物染料的食物都是营养不良的食物。”。“如果你限制含有食物染料的食物，你的饮食会自动变得更好。”）可推断出，化学教授乔·施瓦兹（Joe Schwarcz）对含有人工色素的食物持担心的态度。A. Approving.支持的；B. Concerned.担心的；C. Neutral.中立的； D. Indifferent.漠不关心的。故选B项。
七选五
【答案】36. C 37. B 38. A 39. G 40. F
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要对内向的人进行了相关解读和介绍。
【36题详解】
根据空处上句“You get tired of jumping from conversation to conversation, and your mind starts to wander towards that interesting book you left halfway done, or that movie you have been meaning to watch.（你厌倦了从一个话题跳到另一个话题，你的思想开始徘徊在那本有趣的书上，或者你一直想看的电影上。）”可知，这里是在介绍内向者的某些典型特征，而C项“These are feelings usually typical of an introvert.（这些都是典型的内向者的感觉。）”是对上句的总结和承接。故选C项。
【37题详解】
根据空处上句“A common misunderstanding about introverts is that they are loners or anti-social.（对内向者的一个常见误解是，他们是孤独者或反社会者。）”可知，B选项“Most introverts, however, are just regular people.（然而，大多数内向的人只是普通人。）”和上句均是对内向者的一种解读，且互为转折关系。故选B项。
【38题详解】
根据空处后两句“Therefore, the ability to network is extremely valuable. Of course, sometimes introverts might be as capable of talking with people as extroverts, but sometimes they have to force themselves to engage with others in order to “fit in”. （因此，交际能力是极其宝贵的。当然，有时内向的人可能和外向的人一样有能力与人交谈，但有时他们不得不强迫自己与他人交流以“融入”。）”可知，这里和A选项“Society appears to favor extroverts.（社会似乎偏爱外向的人。）”一样，都是在介绍内向的人和外向的人的交际能力的差异，且空处与下句形成因果关系，指的是以对内向的人来说，拥有交际能力在社会上显得尤为重要。故选A项。
【39题详解】
根据空处下句中的“For the introverted, to continue in this awkward situation could really end up bringing them harm（对于内向的人来说，继续处于这种尴尬的境地可能最终会给他们带来伤害）”可知，G选项“Even if standing alone for a while, they get asked “Why are you all by yourself ”（即使是一个人站一会儿，他们也会被问到：“你为什么总是一个人？”）”是对下文中“this awkward situation（这种尴尬的境地）”一种具体举例。故选G项。
【40题详解】
根据空处下句“They form deep thoughts, conduct themselves carefully, and pay significant attention to detail.（他们思想深邃，行事谨慎，注重细节。）”可知，这里是对F选项“Introverts, just like extroverts, have their own set of advantages.（内向的人，就像外向的人一样，有他们自己的优势。）”的进一步解释，说明内向的人的具体优势。故选F项。
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【答案】41. D 42. A 43. B 44. C 45. A 46. D 47. B 48. A 49. B 50. D 51. A 52. C 53. B 54. C 55. D
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了吉姆是个积极乐观人，某天店里来了强盗，他被枪击中，当他被送进手术室，看到医生和护士把自己视为死人的表情，他逗笑了医生和护士，活了下来。
【41题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一位顾客曾经问他是如何一直保持积极的态度的。A. friendly友好的；B. enthusiastic热情的；C. generous慷慨的；D. positive积极的。根据后文“whatever happens, I’m going to choose to be in a good”可知，他总是保持积极的态度。
【42题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的回答是：“当我早上醒来时，我知道这一天对我来说会有好的时刻和坏的时刻，但无论发生什么，我都会选择心情愉快。”A. moments时刻；B. operations手术；C. tests测试；D. conflicts冲突。根据上文“the day will have good and bad”以及常识可知，一天中有好的也有好的时刻，且下文“But what also helped was that he managed to remain an optimist even in the most 15 moment of his life.”也是提示。
【43题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他回答是：“当我早上醒来时，我知道这一天对我来说会有好的时刻和坏的时刻，但无论发生什么，我都会选择心情愉快。”A. atmosphere气氛；B. mood情绪；C. event活动；D. luck运气。根据下文“But what also helped was that he managed to remain an optimist ”可知，无论发生什么，Jim都选择保持好的心情，保持积极。
【44题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然后有一天，糟糕的事情发生了。A. ridiculous可笑的；B. awkward尴尬的；C. terrible糟糕的；D. challenging挑战性的。根据后文“when an armed robber came in”可知，有强盗来了，发生了糟糕的事情。
【45题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：吉姆正要离开商店，这时一个持枪的强盗进来了，用枪指着他，逼他打开保险柜。A. safe保险箱；B. door门；C. window窗户；D. parcel包裹。根据上文“when an armed robber came in, held him up at gunpoint, and made him open the”可知，强盗是来抢劫的，因此逼他打开保险柜。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他试图打开它时，吉姆的手滑了。A. shook摇晃；B. waved挥舞；C. stretched拉长；D. slipped滑动。根据后文“The robber saw this and probably thought, “He’s about to attack me!”(强盗看到这一幕，可能会想：“他要袭击我了!”)”可知，吉姆的手滑了一下，让强盗误会吉姆要攻击自己。
【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：强盗惊慌失措，开了枪。A. refused拒绝；B. panicked恐慌；C. hesitated犹豫；D. complained抱怨。根据上文“The robber saw this and probably thought, “He’s about to attack me!”(抢劫犯看到这一幕，可能会想：“他要袭击我了!”)”可知，强盗以为吉姆要袭击自己，所以惊慌失措。
【48题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在救护车里，他感觉很好，因为护理人员一直对他说：“我相信你会没事的。”A. fine好的；B. painful痛苦的；C. worried担心的；D. curious好奇的。根据后文“I’m sure you’ll be OK.”可知，护理人员安慰吉姆，所以他感觉很好。
【49题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：但当吉姆在手术室里看到医生和护士的表情时，他有一种感觉——他们以为他已经死了。A. nearly几乎；B. already已经；C. definitely肯定；D. finally最后。根据下文“And then Jim added, “Please operate on me thinking that I’ll live, and not that I’ll die.””可知医生和护士的表情给吉姆一种他已经死了的感受。
【50题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他知道他需要做点什么来改变他们的态度。A. routine常规；B. schedule安排；C. direction方向；D. attitude态度。根据后文吉姆幽默地逗笑护士和医生，可知他想要改变他们的态度。
【51题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：有个护士飞快地问了他很多问题。A. nurse护士；B. policeman警察；C. robber强盗；D. guard门卫。根据上文“he saw the faces of the doctors and nurses”可知他当时在手术室，所以是医生或者护士询问他，选项中nurse符合语境。
【52题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：其中一个问题是，“你对什么过敏吗？”A. superior更好的；B. accustomed习惯的；C. allergic过敏的；D. addicted上瘾的。结合常识可知，手术中要询问是否对什么东西过敏。
【53题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：四周一片寂静。A. confusion困惑；B. silence沉默，寂静；C. anxiety焦虑；D. violence暴力。根据上文“Jim said loudly and everybody stopped what they were doing.(吉姆大声说，每个人都停止了他们正在做的事情)”可知，每个人都因为吉姆的话，停止了他们正在做的事情，所以是一片寂静。
【54题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：“子弹！”吉姆说，所有的医生和护士都大笑起来。A. crying哭泣；B. applauding鼓掌；C. laughing笑；D. debating辩论。吉姆说自己对子弹过敏逗笑了医生和护士。
【55题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但同样有帮助的是，即使在他生命中最绝望的时刻，他也能保持乐观。A. significant重要的；B. impressive印象深刻的；C. crucial重要的；D. desperate绝望的。根据上文可知医生和护士一开始的表情好像中弹的吉姆已经死了，所以是绝望的时刻。
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【答案】
56. located 57. Originally 58. was ordered 59. into 60. height
61. which 62. views 63. Surrounding 64. or 65. an
应用文写作
【答案】Dear Katherine,
How are things going with you these days I’m sorry to tell you that the English drama competition scheduled to be held next week has been postponed for some reason.
Today the school announces that there are some security problems in the auditorium, where the competition is supposed to be held, so the place will be locked for repair. The greatest influence on us is that the competition this year has been postponed to next month. And we will rearrange the competition and inform you in time. I hope it would be convenient for you to be our judge then.
Looking forward to your early reply
Yours
Li Hua
读后续写
【答案】 I knew I should do something. I went to my piggy bank and was about to break it and take out the money when my mind came back to the bike I wanted to buy, and I hesitated. Thinking of the look in the eyes of the children hoping for help in the earthquake, I grabbed the piggy bank and threw it to the ground. Suddenly, the coins rolled all over the floor. “Yes, those children need help and need the money more.” I said to myself.
My grandfather was surprised by my behavior. When he realized what had happened, he touched my head and said, “Good boy, you did the right thing. Grandpa is proud of you. ” He continued, “My dear grandson, you deserve that bicycle. As a bonus, let’s buy that bike together now. ” “Thank you, Grandpa.” I was overwhelmed with happiness.
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了爷爷送我一个存钱罐，我努力的存钱，想要买自己心仪的自行车。当看到临近省份发生了地震的电视新闻后，我决定把钱捐给地震灾区的孩子们。
【详解】1. 段落续写:
①由第一段首句内容“我知道我应该做点什么。”可知，第一段可描写作者的最终决定，打破存钱罐，把钱捐给地震灾区的孩子们。
②由第二段首句内容“爷爷对我的行为感到惊讶。”可知，第二段可描写爷爷了解了事情的经过后，所做出的决定。
2. 续写线索：存钱——梦想买自行车——看到新闻——捐钱——获得自行车奖励——开心
3. 词汇激活
行为类
回来：come back to/return to
意识到：realize/be aware of
情绪类
以……为傲：be proud of/take pride in
幸福：happiness/blessedness
【点睛】［高分句型 1］Thinking of the look in the eyes of the children hoping for help in the earthquake, I grabbed the piggy bank and threw it to the ground. (运用了现在分词作状语和现在分词作定语)
［高分句型 2］When he realized what had happened, he touched my head and said, “Good boy, you did the right thing. Grandpa is proud of you.”(运用了what引导的宾语从句)
