2024年江苏省中考英语（阅读理解之说明文）模拟真题速递(含解析)
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2024年中考英语（阅读理解之说明文）模拟真题速递(江苏专用)
（2024·江苏无锡·三模）
Like detectives, archaeologists use evidence to solve mysteries. Detectives look for clues to solve crimes. Archaeologists look for clues to help them understand how people lived long ago. In fact, the word “archaeology” means “the study of ancient things”. One type of evidence used to learn about the past is pottery.
People have used pottery for thousands of years all over the world. Old pottery is usually found in pieces called “potsherds”. Sometimes potsherds found in the same place can be put back together to recreate the original pot. Even in pieces, old pottery can teach us about the past. When examining pottery, archaeologists consider not only its appearance but what it was made of and how it was made. With this knowledge, they can get information about people’s lives in ancient times. ①
Pottery is made by first adding water to a kind of soil called clay. When wet clay can be formed into shapes. It is then heated. This hardens (使变硬) the clay and allows it to keep its shape. To make clay easier to shape and heat, potters (制陶工) use something called “temper”. Different materials can be used as temper. An archaeologist can tell where a pot came from by the types of clay and temper that were used. Sometimes a pot found in one location might have materials from another place. ②
Some of the earliest pots were made quite simply. A piece of clay was hollowed (掏空) out and shaped into a bowl. It was then heated at a low temperature. The finished pot was rough (粗糙), and often undecorated. This type of pot might be used for cooking.③
Later, coiled pots were made. These were made by first rolling the clay into a long snake shape. The coil was then wound (绕) in circles to form a pot. They were often decorated in different ways. These pots were heated at high temperatures. The higher the temperature, the harder and longer-lasting the pot. Further improvements in pottery-making developed in different times and places. ④
A pot’s shape and decoration can provide clues about the past. Painted pictures might show events from daily life or from ancient stories. Archaeologists know certain shapes and styles that were common in different times and places.
Archaeologists study the differences in types of pottery closely. Because of their work, these daily objects can tell some of the mysteries of the past.
1．Why are detectives and archaeologists mentioned in Paragraph 1
A．To compare the pottery with evidence. B．To show the long history of pottery.
C．To lead to the topic of the passage. D．To catch readers’ attention to archaeology.
2．We can put “This can provide clues about how people traded or travelled.” in Blank ________.
A．① B．② C．③ D．④
3．When is temper added to the clay
A．Before the clay is shaped. B．After the pot is heated.
C．While the pot is being decorated. D．When the clay is hollowed.
4．What is the main idea of this passage
A．People have used pottery for thousands of years all over the world.
B．Pots are decorated with pictures that show events from ancient stories.
C．Ancient pottery can tell about the lives of the people who made and used it.
D．Archaeologists look for clues to solve mysteries in different times and places.
（2024·江苏徐州·三模）
Group Activities for Your Teens Keeping your children and their friends engaged(忙的) may not be easy. So, if you are planning a party or any other event, we have some group activities for teens that will interest them and teach them something new. 1. A If you are looking for a group activity for teens who don’t know each other that well, this one will fit the bill. ●Get teens to write down a few things about themselves. ●Read out the list and have the teens guess the writer. 2.Do a Dare Teens sit in a circle. Spin a bottle and whoever the top of the bottle points at has to do something silly or funny as
directed by the others. Task suggestions: ●Wear your socks on your hands for the next three rounds. ●Act like your favorite teacher for the next 30 seconds. 3.Chair Racing You do need space for this activity. Chair racing is fun as well as challenging. Divide the group into two teams. Now ask one member of the team to sit on a chair while the others carry it to the finish line!
5．Who is the passage written for
A．Leaders. B．Parents. C．Teachers. D．Students.
6．What is the most suitable for “A”
A．Who Am I B．Let’s Read! C．Be a Writer! D．How Are You
7．What may not be a good task for the second activity
A．Dance like a chicken in the street.t B．Tell a story that you’ve read recently.
C．Eat a pear without using your hands. D．Run around the room like a monkey.
（2024·江苏徐州·三模）My friend, Robert, has a twin sister named Amanda. Though they get along well, there are some things about Amanda and her friends that puzzle Robert. He can’t understand how girls can talk for so long. For example, sometimes when he leaves home to play football, Amanda and her friend, Sharon, are sitting on the sofa, talking. When he comes back three and a half hours later, they’re still sitting on the sofa, continuing the same conversation on the same topic. One day Robert was so curious that he asked Amanda what they talked about, but she replied, “We’re best friends. We talk about almost everything—film stars, pop songs, recipes, everything!”
Boys and girls have different attitudes towards friendship. Friendships between girls are usually based on shared feelings and support, but friendships between boys are based on shared activities or interests. A boy is likely to be careful about sharing his feelings with his close friends. A girl’s closest friend, however, might be eager to tell her about something that has happened in her life.
Many studies worldwide show that girls have more friendships than boys. In fact, many teenage boys cannot name a single best friend. When asked, they hesitate before answering, “My best friend I can’t think about that. I am busy with my homework, and I have so many different friends that it is hard to choose just one
best friend.”
Girls who have been asked can usually answer the question without pausing, “A best friend Of course. We have a lot to share with each other. We do a lot of things together such as talking and shopping.”
We have to realize: boys share activities, while girls share feelings. The qualities that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same, regardless of (无论) the basis of these friendships. The important thing to remember is that both of them are friendships. We all need friends in our lives.
8．What does the underlined word “hesitate” in Paragraph 3 probably means
A．Be slow to speak. B．Be shy to speak in public.
C．Share feelings secretly. D．Be eager to tell the answers.
9．What do you know about friendships from the passage
A．Boys have the same idea on the qualities in a friend.
B．Friendships are the most important among girls and boys.
C．Girls like to share their attitudes to friendships with friends.
D．Boys and girls have the same idea on the qualities in a friend.
10．Which is the best title for the passage
A．Teenagers’ Friendships B．Everybody Needs Friendships
C．The Qualities of Friendships D．Different Attitudes towards Friendships
（2024·江苏连云港·一模）Many inventions from ancient China have survived into the modern day. Among them is the umbrella, which hasn’t changed much in its shape, usage and beauty.
In ancient times, umbrellas were made of materials like silk, paper and bamboo, and came in different colours and designs. They were used to protect people against the sun and rain, and they were also used in some special situations. For example, a red umbrella was used at weddings in some places. It was the symbol of protection against bad things and difficulties that the new couple would face.
In Chinese history, the earliest umbrellas appeared during the Spring and Autumn Period (770—476 BC). The wife of famous carpenter Lu Ban made the first umbrella to protect him from bad weather. But another story goes that Lu Ban came up with the idea of creating an umbrella when he saw some children using lotus (荷花) leaves for rain protection.
After the invention of paper, the oil-paper umbrella came into being, and then during the Tang Dynasty, it spread to Japan and Southeast Asian countries. When modern umbrellas appeared, the oil-paper umbrella was
hardly seen.
But today, the art of oil-paper umbrella making is making a comeback because of some people. Wen Shishan is one of them. Wen has made oil-paper umbrellas for more than 30 years. He also made some umbrellas to celebrate the 19th Asian Games. He wanted to let more people learn about the oil-paper umbrella culture.
11．Why were umbrellas invented in ancient times
A．To become an instrument of war. B．To bring the new couple difficulties.
C．To celebrate festivals in some places. D． To protect people from the sun and rain.
12．How does the writer develop paragraph 3
A．By telling stories. B．By asking questions.
C．By listing numbers. D．By showing pictures.
13．What does the underlined phrase “making a comeback” mean in the last paragraph
A．Learning about culture. B．Coming home late.
C．Becoming popular again. D．Making an umbrella.
14．What’s the best title for the passage
A．The history of the umbrella B．How Lu Ban designed umbrellas
C．The materials of the umbrella D．How Wen made oil-paper umbrellas
（2024·江苏无锡·一模）On Feb. 15, a new video model called Sora promises to create a video up to a minute long from a short text description. Just tell Sora your idea, and watch it make a video right before your eyes. Sora is described as “eye-popping”, “world-changing”, and “breathtaking, yet scaring.”
The videos from OpenAI’s Sora are full of details. One video of a Tokyo street scene shows that Sora has learned how objects fit together in 3-D: the camera goes into the scene to follow a couple as they walk past a row of shops. Sora knows how things should look in real life.
Sora looks at many videos and learns from them by breaking them into very small bits. It uses these bits to make a new video. The new video is grey at first and very messy. Then, Sora fixes the video until it looks good and smooth. Sora also gets help from ChatGPT, which turns the user’s short sentences into clear instructions. This
helps Sora make the video just as you asked.
Sora may find “busy” pictures hard to understand. For example, when a person moves, things around them change. In one video created by Sora, a grandma blows the candle on a birthday cake, but the flame (火焰) doesn’t move. Sora may not be able to tell “left” from “right”.
OpenAI also says that Sora deals with occlusion well. But one problem is that they fail to follow objects when they are out of sight. For example, if a truck passes in front of a street sign, the sign might not reappear afterward.
In a video of a papercraft underwater scene, Sora has added what looks like cuts between different pieces of footage (镜头), and the model has kept the same style between them. But it’s not perfect. In the Tokyo video, cars to the left look smaller than the people walking beside them. They also pop (突然出现) in and out between the trees. “There’s some work to be done,” says Brooks. “For example, if someone goes out of view for a long time, they won’t come back.”
“Sora seems like a very important leap forward,” says Sam Gregory, a human rights organization that specializes in the use and misuse of video technology. “But there are two sides of the coin,” he says. “The meaningful abilities help many more people to be storytellers using video. And there are also possibilities for misuse.”
OpenAI has also realized the risks that come with a video model. The OpenAI team plans to draw on the safety testing. “We’ll need to get more feedback (反馈) and learn more about the types of risks that need to be solved with video before it would make sense for us to put Sora into use,” says Ramesh.
15．Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “occlusion”
A．being seen B．being followed C．being covered D．being dropped
16．The following sentence would best be placed at the end of _________.
Perhaps it will be an imagination tool or a misinformation machine.
A．Paragraph 4 B．Paragraph 3 C．Paragraph 2 D．Paragraph 1
17．The next part of the passage may be about _________.
A．the safety testing B．the misuse of Sora
C．two sides of Sora D．another video model
18．What can most possibly be the writer’s real purpose
A．To encourage us to use Sora to make short videos.
B．To explain to us how to use Sora to create short videos.
C．To remind us to care about the problems and risks Sora has.
D．To introduce what advantages Sora will bring to our daily life.
（2024·江苏连云港·二模）Thanks to its rich history, the Palace Museum is home to over 1.86 million cultural relics (文物). However, there is not enough exhibition space for them. It’s said that only 10,000 cultural relics can be shown to the public each year. That’s why the Palace Museum decided to build a new branch.
The plan to build a branch in the north of the museum was first made in 2013. After years of preparation, the building work finally started in 2022 December. The branch is located in Xiyuhe,a village in Haidian District, Beijing. It’s over 30 kilometres away from the Palace Museum, about an hour’s drive.
With an area of more than 100,000 square metres, the northern branch will have an exhibition space of 60,000 square metres for cultural relics and over 35,000 square metres of restoration space. More than 20,000 to 30,000 relics could be shown in the new branch every year, and it will offer larger and better-equipped space to objects like silk pieces, which require greater attention.
“We’ll have much larger space to meet people’s expectations and improve our ability to show ancient Chinese civilization (文明),” Mr. Wang, director of the Palace Museum, said in an interview. The new branch is expected to open to the public in 2025 and further meet the different needs of the public in the near future.
“We are going to build the branch into a museum inheriting (继承) ancient classics and leading the future at the same time,” said Mr. Zhang, chief architect (首席建筑师) of the new museum. It’s believed that both the Palace Museum and the new branch will protect and carry forward the fine traditional Chinese culture. The completion of the new branch will provide new development space for the Palace Museum, making Beijing the national cultural centre and a “City of Museums”.
19．What does the first paragraph mainly tell us
A．The plan to build the new branch.
B．The history of the Palace Museum.
C．The importance of the Palace Museum.
D．The reason for building the new branch.
20．How long did it take to make preparations for the new branch
A．About 5 years. B．Nearly 10 years. C．Over 15 years. D．About 20 years.
21．Silk pieces should be kept in larger and better-equipped places probably because ________.
A．they are quite light
B．they are not valuable
C．they need better care
D．they take up less space
22．What can we learn from Mr. Wang’s words
A．The new branch will be very popular.
B．The new branch will be of great importance.
C．The new branch is difficult to complete.
D．The new branch is a door to the future.
（2024·江苏连云港·二模）As a kind of traditional Chinese dress, Ma Mian Qun (horse face skirt) first appeared in the Song Dynasty and grew popular during the Ming Dynasty. The two sides of Ma Mian Qun are pleated (起褶的), and there is a smooth part in the middle, commonly known as “Ma Mian”.
Why is it called “Ma Mian” In fact, “Ma Mian” is a kind of structure used for protection in the city wall system. However, all the books about Ma Mian Qun only show that the smooth surface without pleats in the middle is called “Ma Mian”. But there is no further explanation of how Ma Mian Qun got its name.
Ma Mian Qun is colorful, mostly red and blue. Red means good luck and joy. According to Han customs, women usually wore red skirts during celebrations of festivals. In the Qing dynasty, blue was also common and popular, paired with black and yellow.
Ma Mian Qun has different kinds of patterns with different meanings. For example, dragon and phoenix patterns show the love between a man and a woman or a beautiful marriage. Peony (牡丹) is a symbol of wealth and honor.
Recently, Ma Mian Qun has become a popular form of skirt for Hanfu fans. More and more modern fashion designers find ideas from Ma Mian Qun. For example, some get ideas from the patterns. Some connect the styles of Ma Mian Qun with T-shirts or blouses, which are more suitable for everyday wear. Even western fashion has been influenced by Ma Mian Qun for many years.
23．According to the passage, “Ma Mian” refers to ________ of the skirt.
A．the two sides B．the middle part
C．the colorful patterns D．the smooth material
24．What do dragon and phoenix patterns mean
A．Luck and joy. B．Love or marriage.
C．Wealth and honor. D．Health or beauty.
25．Modern fashion designers get ideas from ________ of Ma Mian Quan.
①the patterns ②the colors ③the sizes ④the styles
A．①④ B．①③ C．②③ D．②④
26．What can we learn from this passage
A．We have known how Ma Mian Qun got its name.
B．Ma Mian Qun was first worn in the Ming Dynasty.
C．Ma Mian Qun has also influenced western fashion.
D．In the Han Dynasty, women always wore blue during festivals.
（2024·江苏无锡·二模）Do you do team projects at school I do a lot. I enjoy team projects because I like sharing ideas with other people. Of course, team activities aren’t always easy. You need to know how to work well together. Here are some suggestions to make team work easier.
* Know the goals Make sure everyone understands the goal of the project. If you’re doing a class project, you need to check the teacher’s instructions carefully and ask questions whenever something isn’t clear. There’s a popular saying. If you don’t know where you’re going, you probably won’t get there.
* Assign (指派) roles Everyone should have a role in the team. For example, there should be a leader who helps everyone make decisions. There might be a note-taker who writes down the team’s ideas during meetings, and a time-keeper to control the time. There might also be a fact-checker or a group speaker.
* Divide the work For large projects, the work can be divided into smaller tasks. Then you can choose tasks that you do well or enjoy. Of course, you shouldn’t always do the same task. It’s good to try new things, even if they’re difficult!
* Make a plan
After you divide the work, write down a plan on paper. You can use a calendar to help you. List all the tasks and think about when each one must be finished. It’s important for everyone to follow the plan. And if you can’t finish your part on time, tell the others as soon as possible.
Try to be positive. Everything is easier when you’re enjoying yourself in the team.
27．How does the writer begin the text
A．By telling a story. B．By asking a question.
C．By showing a saying. D．By sending a message.
28．What is the leader’s main job in the team
A．Controlling the activity time. B．Writing down the team’s ideas.
C．Making speeches for the team. D．Helping the others make decisions.
29．What is the writer trying to do in the text
A．Introduce the teacher’s instructions.
B．Give information about smaller tasks.
C．Explain the method to do team projects.
D．Describe the importance of creative ideas.
（2024·江苏盐城·二模）Have you ever been angry at someone when you were hungry If so, you’ve experienced “hangry (饿怒)”—some people get angry easily as they are hungry. The reason for this lies in what happens inside your body when it needs food.
Everything you eat would be changed into different kinds of nutrients (营养物) in your body. These nutrients would enter your blood and be passed to every part of your body and be used for creating energy. As time passes after your last meal, these nutrients in your blood drop. Also, your blood glucose (血糖) drops. Unlike other parts in your body, your brain totally depends on blood glucose to do its job. You’ve probably already noticed that simple things can become difficult when you are hungry and your blood glucose levels drop. You may find it hard to pay attention. For example, you may make silly mistakes in your study and homework. You might also have noticed that you can’t even speak clearly when you’re too hungry.
Another thing that happens when you’re hungry is behaving impolitely and can’t control yourself, such as snapping at others. In that case, even though you may already try your best to avoid conflict (冲突) with important
friends, you may still be too angry to control yourself when you are staying with the people you are most relaxed with. That’s why you may find yourself being impatient with your parents or friends.
So what should we do to avoid being hangry The easiest way is to eat something before you get too hungry. The best choice is to have some nutrient-rich and natural foods that help deal with hunger quickly and can be kept in your body as long as possible, but not fast food. The final way is to suggest that difficult situations should be dealt with after a meal, not before.
30．”Hangry” usually happens when ________.
A．the body needs food. B．nutrients enter your body.
C．the blood glucose levels drop. D．it’s hard for you to pay attention.
31．What does the underlined words “snapping at” probably mean in Paragraph 3
A．laughing at B．shouting at C．pointing at D．looking at
32．Which of the following is a proper way to deal with hunger
A．Eating something after you get too hungry. B．Staying with people you are most relaxed with.
C．Dealing with difficult situations after meals. D．Eating a little junk food before you are hungry.
33．Who is the passage written for
A．Doctors. B．Teachers. C．Parents. D．Students.
（2024·江苏盐城·二模）
The Netherlands is low-lying and influenced by the north sea wind, which caused floods to happen easily in the past. In order to deal with the problem, the Dutch (荷兰人) used thousands of windmills. So the Netherlands became the famous land of windmills. With this invention, the Dutch set a special date and held some activities. It’s held on the second Saturday of May each year. Gradually, Windmill Day becomes a traditional folk festival in the Netherlands.
On this day, pictures shaped of windmills are everywhere. Many shops are filled with colorful windmill art pieces. Children also like to draw windmills on the doors and windows.
Windmills have different purposes in different states. They bring good luck to people in most situations.
When the flag is hung on the windmill, it may mean that a baby is born, or a couple are holding a wedding. When the fan of windmill is like a cross, it means that some important guests are coming and they are warmly welcomed. However, when the windmill is at rest and backward, it mainly tells us that something bad has happened.
Nowadays, during your visit in the Netherlands, you can choose the windmill museums. Also, you can go to the local windmill villages. There are still more than 1000 windmills around the country, with many still in use. Every windmill is covered in red and green and is slowly running to greet you.
34．People in Netherlands mainly use windmills to ________.
A．produce electricity B．do with floods C．celebrate festivals D．welcome visitors
35．How do the Dutch celebrate Windmill Day
①They decorate every place with pictures shaped of windmills.
②Shop owners prepare lots of colorful windmill art pieces.
③They fix the fan of windmill as the shape of a cross.
④Young kids draw windmills on the doors and windows.
A．①②③ B．②③④ C．①③④ D．①②④
36．What can we know from the passage
A．Visitors can only enjoy windmills in museums.
B．Windmills bring good luck to people in all situations.
C．There are fewer than 1000 windmills across the country.
D．A resting windmill means something bad has happened.
（2024·江苏盐城·二模）
France fights bedbugs (臭虫) before 2024 Olympics People in Paris, France, have been troubled with a problem for centuries: bedbugs. With more and more reports of bedbugs being found, the government is starting to think of ways to kill them before Paris holds the 2024 Olympics this summer.
A spotless giraffe born at zoo Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, US, is celebrating the birth of a very unusual baby giraffe. What makes this giraffe special is that it doesn’t have any spots (斑点). The zoo is asking for help from the public to name the special animal.
Helping wheelchair users enjoy the sea People who have trouble walking or moving around often have a hard time enjoying the beach. But hundreds of beaches in Greece now offer a new way for people in wheelchairs to get into the water by themselves. It’s called SEATRAC． It is actually a chair on a moving ramp (坡道) that can carry a disabled person into the sea.
Scooter wins world’s ugliest dog contest Scooter is a 7-year-old Chinese Crested dog (中国冠毛犬). His body is hairless, but he has short straight white hair on his head. His rear legs (后腿) face backward. Scooter’s special looks won him the 2023 World’s Ugliest Dog contest.
37．Which of the following dogs may be Scooter
A． B．
C． D．
38．What can we learn from the reading material
A．More and more bedbugs will be found during the 2024 Olympics.
B．Chinese Crested dogs always win the World’s Ugliest Dog contest.
C．Disabled people will be able to enjoy the sea with the help of SEATRAC．
D．The baby giraffe got the name Spotless because there were no spots on its body.
39．Where does the reading material probably come from
A．A novel. B．An animal magazine. C．A newspaper. D．A TV guide.
（2024·江苏南通·二模）Every year, China holds an important meeting known as the “Two Sessions”, where leaders and representatives gather to discuss and plan the country’s future. One of the key topics often brought up is the development of new quality productivity. But what exactly does this mean, and why is it so important Let’s explore this interesting topic together.
What is New Quality Productivity
New quality productivity refers to the creation and improvement of products and services using advanced technologies and innovative methods. Unlike traditional productivity, which focuses on increasing the quantity (数量) of goods using the same methods, new quality productivity aims to enhance the quality, efficiency, and value of products and services. This involves using new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, green energy, and more.
What’s Included
Technology Innovation: This includes the development of new technologies and the improvement of existing ones to make products better and production processes more efficient.
Sustainable development: Using renewable energy sources or environmentally friendly materials to make production more sustainable (可持续性) and reduce harm to our planet.
High-Quality Standards: Focusing on producing goods and services that meet high-quality standards to satisfy customers and create a better reputation for businesses.
Digital Transformation (数字化转型): Applying digital technologies to all aspects of business, from manufacturing to sales, to improve efficiency and provide better services to customers.
Why Develop New Quality Productivity
Economic Growth: By focusing on quality rather than quantity, businesses can create more valuable and competitive products, leading to economic growth.
Environmental Sustainability: Adopting (采用) sustainable practices helps protect the environment, ensuring that future generations can also enjoy our planet’s resources.
Innovation and Progress: Encouraging innovation leads to the development of new products and services, pushing society forward and improving people’s lives.
Meeting Consumer Demands: Today’s consumers expect high-quality, sustainable, and technologically advanced products. New quality productivity allows businesses to meet these expectations
In conclusion, new quality productivity is about producing better, not just more. It’s about innovation, sustainability, and meeting the changing needs of the world. By focusing on new quality productivity, countries like China aim to ensure a prosperous and sustainable future for everyone. The Two Sessions provide a crucial platform for discussing and planning the implementation of these advancements, highlighting the country’s commitment to progress and innovation.
40．What is the main focus of new quality productivity as discussed in the article
A．Reducing the prices and costs of goods.
B．Helping companies with more market share.
C．Increasing the quantity of products and services.
D．Improving the quality and efficiency of products and services.
41．Why is the development of new quality productivity important for economic growth
A．It focuses mainly on reducing production costs.
B．It increases the number of products in the market.
C．It creates more valuable and competitive products.
D．It ensures a monopoly (垄断) in the market for businesses.
42．How does new quality productivity contribute to environmental sustainability
A．By reducing the production of goods.
B．By increasing the use of natural gases.
C．By stopping too many industrial activities.
D．By adopting renewable energy sources or harmless materials.
43．What is the main idea of the article
A．The importance of the Two Sessions in China.
B．The meaning and aim of new quality productivity.
C．The challenges facing China’s economic development.
D．The role of technology in modern economic development.
（2024·江苏南通·二模）The “April snow” is here! It’s not real snow, of course, it’s catkins (飞絮) from willows and poplar trees in spring.
For some people, this “snow” is not welcomed. Catkins can cause allergies (过敏), making people’s noses, eyes, and skin uncomfortable.
In spring, the female trees grow lots of flowers. When these flowers finish growing, they produce cotton-like seeds that spread through the air.
Luckily, scientists have found many ways to control catkins. Doing “gender change surgery (变性手术)” on willow and poplar trees is one of them. People cut off the branches of female trees and replace them with branches from male trees. This cuts down the number of catkins. However, this way is slow and expensive. A skilled worker can do the “surgery” on less than ten trees a day. From 2008 to 2018, only around 1, 000 trees were treated in Beijing, reported Outlook Weekly in 2022.
Scientists in Wuxi, Jiangsu, use special injections (注射剂) to reduce the number of catkins on trees. These injections make the trees mainly use their energy to grow bigger and get more leaves, not to reproduce (繁殖) and make catkins. Xu Qinming, an expert in Wuxi, told Science and Technology Daily that this method is safe for the trees. However, the trees need to get injections every year to keep the catkin numbers under control.
Other than injections, the trees can also take “medicine”. This medicine can be sprayed (喷洒) onto the trees before the catkins form, which can quickly reduce catkin numbers. Still, people need to be careful about how much of the medicine they use when they use it, or they might hurt the environment.
44．What can we infer from Paragraphs 1 and 2
A．Catkins are hard to see. B．It’s normal to snow in April.
C．People welcome willows. D．It’s uncomfortable to breathe in catkins.
45．How many ways are introduced to deal with catkins
A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.
46．What’s the disadvantage of using injections according to the passage
A．Trees need to be injected every year. B．It needs many skilled workers to do it.
C．It is slow and expensive. D．It’s bad for the trees and environment.
47．What’s the main idea of the passage
A．How to control too many catkins. B．How to protect willow and polar trees.
C．How to cut down harm caused by catkins. D．How to tell male and female willow trees.
（2024·江苏南通·二模）Childhood memories, the first bicycle ride, the first swim in the ocean, and the beautiful wallpaper long since removed from the family home are deeply rooted in our minds. But can they be trusted In other words, how reliable (可靠的) are our memories
Still, Carole Peterson, a professor at Memorial University who studies early childhood memory, said that
both children and adults can have memories that are not true. At all ages, we are more likely to be influenced by suggestions, although it is true that younger children are more affected than older children or adults.
In a study in 2011, Peterson and his team interviewed children ages 4 to 13 about their earliest memories and re-interviewed them two years later. They found that events filled with emotion were more likely to stay. In addition, if the child had a clear memory rather than a confused one, it would likely be remembered.
Peterson’s research has found a strong relationship between emotion and accurate (准确的) recall. This is supported by a 2015 study in which researchers interviewed preschoolers about an injury serious enough to require hospital treatment. Researchers followed up ten years later to see what these people remembered about their childhood injuries. “They were very accurate in recalling these emotional events,” Peterson said. “It was a surprise for all of us.”
Sometimes, people—especially children—can form false memories. In Michael Linden’s 2013 book Hurting Memories and Beneficial Forgetting, Linden states that high social expectations can lead to the development of false memories in children who learn to reply as expected. These false memories make you feel real. It is hard to tell them from real memories.
48．Why does the author mention questions in Paragraph 1
A．To introduce the topic. B．To support his opinion.
C．To show some examples. D．To compare different ideas.
49．What does Carole Peterson think of early childhood memories
A．Most of them are not true. B．They are easy to remember.
C．Not all of them are accurate. D．They have a great influence on a person’s life.
50．How did Peterson’s team do the research
A．By doing some interviews. B．By referring to a survey online.
C．By collecting information from hospitals. D．By following up children’s daily life for years.
51．Which statement will Michael Linden probably agree with
A．Only children can develop false memories.
B．False memories will be difficult to tell from real ones.
C．False memories were mainly caused by childhood injuries.
D．High social expectations can help improve children’s memories.
（2024·江苏苏州·二模）Imagine this: you sit down and begin to eat a tasty tomato when, suddenly, it
starts to scream! While this thing will never really happen, a new study showed that plants can make sounds when they are stressed.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel did the study. They used ultrasonic microphones (超声波麦克风) to record the sounds of tomato plants in boxes.
Three groups of plants were listened to: One group wasn’t watered for five days, another group had the stems (茎) cut off, and the third group was untouched. It turned out that the first two groups made sounds 30 to 50 times per hour at a frequency (频率) of 40 to 80 kilohertz, while the untouched group only made the sound once per hour. “When tomatoes are not stressed at all, they are very quiet,” Lilach Hadany from the team told CNN.
The researchers don’t know how the sounds are made, but they believe the noise comes from the breaking of air bubbles in the plants. This means the noise produced by the plants is not intentional (故意的) or a form of active communication.
Although there’s no evidence (证据) that plants can intentionally communicate, animals and insects may be “listening in” to benefit from the sound. For example, the sound can tell a butterfly that the plant is under stress and not suitable to lay eggs on. An animal that wants to eat a plant could also use the sounds to make decisions, according to Science Focus.
After the experiment, the researchers listened to other plants such as wheat (小麦), corm and grapevine, and found they also made more sounds when stressed. Researchers said the study can benefit farmers in the future, as they can better take care of the crops (庄稼) by “hearing” how plants feel.
52．What is the finding of the study by researchers from Tel Aviv University
A．Plants often feel stressed. B．Some plants can scream.
C．Plants can make sounds when stressed. D．Plants can communicate with each other.
53．Which one of the following groups can replace (代替) group two
A．A group that is fully-grown. B．A group which has its fruits picked.
C．A group that is taken good care of. D．A group that has suitable temperature.
54．What does “active communication” in Paragraph 4 refer to
A．Plants make sounds intentionally. B．Air bubbles in the plants can break.
C．Plants receive messages from animals. D．Plants make noise in a high frequency.
55．What might be the benefits of the finding
A．It can help farmers predict weather. B．It will help protect the environment.
C．It helps farmers decide what to plant. D．It may help improve the production of crops.
参考答案：
1．C 2．B 3．A 4．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了考古学家们通过研究出土的陶瓷来研究过去人们的生活。
1．推理判断题。根据“Like detectives, archaeologists use evidence to solve mysteries. Detectives look for clues to solve crimes. Archaeologists look for clues to help them understand how people lived long ago.”可推知，本段通过描写考古学家和侦探的相似之处是为了引出本文的主题，即考古学家通过研究出土的陶器来研究人们过去的生活。故选C。
2．推理判断题。根据“An archaeologist can tell where a pot came from by the types of clay and temper that were used. Sometimes a pot found in one location might have materials from another place.”可知，考古学家可以通过所使用的粘土类型和回火来判断陶器的来源，有时在一个地方发现的罐子里可能有来自另一个地方的材料，与“这可以提供人们如何交易或旅行的线索。”形成逻辑连接关系。故选B。
3．推理判断题。根据“To make clay easier to shape and heat, potters (制陶工) use something called ‘temper’.”可知，是为了使粘土更容易成型和加热，陶工们使用回火，故推出回火应在成型前添加。故选A。
4．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了考古学家们通过研究出土的陶器来研究过去人们的生活。故选C。
5．B 6．A 7．B
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了三个为青少年设计的团体活动。
5．推理判断题。根据“Keeping your children and their friends engaged may not be easy.”可知，让你的孩子和他们的朋友参与进来可能并不容易，故文章是写给父母的。故选B。
6．推理判断题。根据“●Get teens to write down a few things about themselves. ●Read out the list and have the teens guess the writer.”可知，这个活动是让青少年写下一些关于自己的事情，然后读出清单，让青少年猜是谁，选项A“我是谁”符合。故选A。
7．推理判断题。根据“Spin a bottle and whoever the top of the bottle points at has to do something silly or funny as directed by the others.”可知，旋转一个瓶子，瓶子顶部指向的人必须按照其他人的指示做一些愚蠢或有趣的事情，选项B“讲一个你最近读到的故事”不是适合该活动的好任务。故选B。
8．A 9．D 10．A
【导语】本文主要介绍了青少年的友谊：男生和朋友们分享活动，女生和朋友们分享感受。
8．词义猜测题。根据“many teenage boys cannot name a single best friend”可知，很多男孩子不能说出好朋友的名字，所以他们在回答这个问题时会犹豫，会比较慢，故hesitate是缓慢的意思。故选A。
9．推理判断题。根据“The qualities that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same, regardless of (无论) the basis of these friendships.”可知，男孩和女孩对于朋友的品质想法是一致的。故选D。
10．最佳标题题。根据最后一段“We have to realize: boys share activities, while girls share feelings…We all need friends in our lives..”可知，本文主要介绍了青少年男生和女生不同的友谊特点：男生和朋友们分享活动，而女生和朋友们分享感受。故标题可以为青少年的友谊。故选A。
11．D 12．A 13．C 14．A
【导语】本文主要介绍了伞的发展历史。
11．细节理解题。根据“They were used to protect people against the sun and rain, and they were also used in some special situations”可知它们被用来保护人们免受阳光和雨水的照射。故选D。
12．细节理解题。根据“The wife of famous carpenter Lu Ban made the first umbrella to protect him from bad weather...”可知第三段通过讲故事发展第三段。故选A。
13．词义猜测题。根据“But today, the art of oil-paper umbrella making is making a comeback because of some people”可知油纸伞的制作艺术因为一些人的原因而再次变得受欢迎，故划线部分意为“再次变得受欢迎”。故选C。
14．最佳标题题。本文主要介绍了伞的发展历史。故选A。
15．C 16．D 17．A 18．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了Sora视频模型的功效及面临的问题和风险。
15．词句猜测题。根据“OpenAI also says that Sora deals with occlusion well. But one problem is that they fail to follow objects when they are out of sight.”可知，此处表达Sora能够很好地处理遮挡，但一个问题是当物体不在视线范围内时它们无法跟随物体，故推出划线部分occlusion
意为“遮挡”，与选项C“被遮盖”意思相近。故选C。
16．推理判断题。根据“Perhaps it will be an imagination tool or a misinformation machine.”可知，此句总结表达这是一个什么样的机器，本文第一段主要介绍了一个名为Sora的新视频模型及它的功能，故此句应位于第一段句末。故选D。
17．推理判断题。根据“OpenAI has also realized the risks that come with a video model. The OpenAI team plans to draw on the safety testing.”可知，此段主要介绍了OpenAI也意识到了视频模型带来的风险，OpenAI团队计划利用安全测试，故推出下文应介绍这个安全测试。故选A。
18．主旨大意题。根据“OpenAI has also realized the risks that come with a video model. The OpenAI team plans to draw on the safety testing. ”可知，作者想要提醒我们要关心Sora所面临的问题和风险。故选C。
19．D 20．B 21．C 22．B
【导语】本文主要讲述了故宫博物院由于展览空间不足，无法展示所有的文物，因此决定在北部建立一个新的分馆。新的分馆将有更大的展览空间和修复空间，能够展示更多的文物，预计2025年对公众开放。
19．主旨大意题。根据第一段的内容可知，故宫博物院由于展览空间不足，无法展示所有的文物，因此决定在北部建立一个新的分馆。故选D。
20．细节理解题。根据“The plan to build a branch in the north of the museum was first made in 2013. After years of preparation, the building work finally started in 2022 December.”可知，准备新分馆花了近10年的时间。故选B。
21．细节理解题。根据“it will offer larger and better-equipped spaces to objects like silk pieces, which require greater attention.”可知，丝绸制品需要更好的照顾，因此需要在更大、设备更好的地方保存。故选C。
22．推理判断题。根据“We’ll have a much larger space to meet people’s expectations and improve our ability to show ancient Chinese civilization (文明),”可推断出，王先生认为新的分馆将具有重大的意义。故选B。
23．B 24．B 25．A 26．C
【导语】本文介绍了中国传统服饰——马面裙。
23．细节理解题。根据“there is a smooth part in the middle, commonly known as ‘Ma Mian’”可知中间有一个平滑的部分，俗称“马面”。故选B。
24．细节理解题。根据“dragon and phoenix patterns show the love between a man and a woman or a beautiful marriage”可知龙凤图案表现了男女之间的爱情或者美好的婚姻。故选B。
25．细节理解题。根据“some get ideas from the patterns. Some connect the styles of Ma Mian Qun with T-shirts or blouses”可知从它的图案和风格获得想法。故选A。
26．细节理解题。根据“Even western fashion has been influenced by Ma Mian Qun for many years”可知西方的时尚也受到马面裙的影响。故选C。
27．B 28．D 29．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了如何在团队项目中更好地合作。
27．细节理解题。根据“Do you do team projects at school ”可知，作者以一个问题开始本文。故选B。
28．细节理解题。根据“there should be a leader who helps everyone make decisions.”可知，领导者帮助每个人做决定。故选D。
29．主旨大意题。根据“Of course, team activities aren’t always easy. You need to know how to work well together. Here are some suggestions to make team work easier.”及表格内容可知，本文主要介绍了如何更好地进行团队项目的一些方法建议。故选C。
30．A 31．B 32．C 33．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了人们在饥饿时容易发怒的原因，以及这种现象对人们日常生活的影响和人们的处理方法。
30．细节理解题。根据第一段“If so, you’ve experienced...when it needs food.”可知情况通常发生在饥饿的时候，也就是身体需要食物的时候。故选A。
31．词义猜测题。根据第二段“Another thing that happens...snapping at others.”可知当你饥饿的时候，行为可能会不礼貌，你无法控制自己，会对别人大喊大叫。选项B“呵斥”表示出发生了冲突。故选B。
32．细节理解题。根据最后一段“The final way is to suggest...after a meal, not before.”可知在吃完饭后，处理比较困难的情况比较好。故选C。
33．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“For example, you may make silly mistakes in your study and
homework.”可知你会在写作业和学习中犯错，对象应该是学生。故选D。
34．B 35．D 36．D
【导语】本文主要介绍了荷兰风车节的由来、日期、庆祝方式以及不同风车在荷兰文化中的内涵。
34．细节理解题。根据“The Netherlands is low-lying and influenced by the north sea wind, which caused floods to happen easily in the past. In order to deal with the problem, the Dutch (荷兰人) used thousands of windmills.”可知，荷兰人主要用风车来对付洪水。故选B。
35．细节理解题。根据“On this day, pictures shaped of windmills are everywhere. Many shops are filled with colorful windmill art pieces. Children also like to draw windmills on the doors and windows.”可知，在这一天，到处都是风车形状的图片，许多商店都摆满了五颜六色的风车艺术品，孩子们还喜欢在门窗上画风车。故选D。
36．细节理解题。根据“However, when the windmill is at rest and backward, it mainly tells us that something bad has happened.”可知，当风车处于静止和倒退状态时，它主要告诉我们发生了不好的事情。故选D。
37．B 38．C 39．C
【导语】本文是四则新闻。分别是：法国将在2024年奥运会前消灭臭虫；在动物园出生的无斑点长颈鹿；帮助轮椅使用者享受大海；中国冠毛犬因其独特的外貌赢得了2023年世界最丑狗比赛。
37．推理判断题。根据“His body is hairless, but he has short straight white hair on his head. His rear legs face backward.”可知，他的身体没有毛，但他的头上有短而直的白色毛发，他的后腿朝后。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据“It’s called SEATRAC. It is actually a chair on a moving ramp (坡道) that can carry a disabled person into the sea.” 可知，SEATRAC能够帮残疾人自己进入海水。故选C。
39．推理判断题。本文介绍四则新闻，所以推测可能在报纸上看到这篇文章。故选C。
40．D 41．C 42．D 43．B
【导语】本文介绍了新质生产力是什么，包括了什么及发展新质生产力的原因。
40．细节理解题。根据“new quality productivity aims to enhance the quality, efficiency, and value of products and services”可知，新质生产力旨在提高产品和服务的质量、效率和价值。故选D。
41．细节理解题。根据“By focusing on quality rather than quantity, businesses can create more valuable and competitive products, leading to economic growth.”可知，通过注重质量而不是数量，企业可以创造出更有价值和更具竞争力的产品，从而促进经济增长。故选C。
42．细节理解题。根据“Sustainable development: Using renewable energy sources or environmentally friendly materials to make production more sustainable (可持续性) and reduce harm to our planet.”可知，使用可再生能源和环保材料，使生产更具可持续性，减少对地球的危害。故选D。
43．主旨大意题。根据“One of the key topics often brought up is the development of new quality productivity. But what exactly does this mean, and why is it so important Let’s explore this interesting topic together.”及通读全文后可知，本文本文介绍了新质生产力是什么，包括了什么及发展新质生产力的原因。故选B。
44．D 45．C 46．A 47．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了柳絮和杨絮的形成原因以及科学家为减少杨絮产生而研究出来的方法。
44．推理判断题。通读第一、二段可知，此处主要讲了柳絮和杨絮形成于四月，如下雪一般，并且容易引起过敏症状，所以可推知，吸入飞絮很不舒服。故选D。
45．细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Doing ‘gender change surgery (变性手术)’ on willow and poplar trees is one of them.”、第五段中的“Scientists in Wuxi, Jiangsu, use special injections (注射剂) to reduce the number of catkins on trees.”以及最后一段中的“Other than injections, the trees can also take ‘medicine’.”可知，应对飞絮，文章提到了做变性手术、注射药物及喷洒药剂三种方式。故选C。
46．细节理解题。根据第五段中的“However, the trees need to get injections every year to keep the catkin numbers under control.”可知，注射这种方法的缺点是树木需要每年注射。故选A。
47．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了柳絮和杨絮的形成原因以及科学家为减少杨絮产生而研究出来的方法，所以A项正确。故选A。
48．A 49．C 50．A 51．B
【导语】本文介绍了童年记忆的特点以及影响童年记忆的因素。
48．推理判断题。根据“...But can they be trusted In other words, how reliable (可靠的) are our memories ”以及下文的介绍可知，第一段的提问主要是引出下文要介绍的主题，故选A。
49．细节理解题。根据“Still, Carole Peterson, a professor at Memorial University who studies early childhood memory, said that both children and adults can have memories that are not true.”可知，研究早期儿童记忆的教授卡罗尔·彼得森认为并不是所有的记忆都是准确的，故选C。
50．细节理解题。根据“In a study in 2011, Peterson and his team interviewed children ages 4 to 13 about their earliest memories and re-interviewed them two years later.”可知，彼得森和他的团队采访了4至13岁的儿童，询问他们最早的记忆，并在两年后再次采访了他们，所以他们是通过采访的方式进行这项研究的，故选A。
51．细节理解题。根据“These false memories make you feel real. It is hard to tell them from real memories.”可知，迈克尔·林登认为虚假的记忆将很难与真实的记忆区分开来，故选B。
52．C 53．B 54．A 55．D
【导语】本文介绍以色列Tel Aviv大学的研究人员对植物的研究成果。研究表明，植物在受到压力时会发出声音，这项研究有助于农民更好地照顾作物。
52．细节理解题。根据“a new study showed that plants can make sounds when they are stressed”和第二段“Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel did the study.”可知，以色列Tel Aviv大学的研究人员对植物在受到压力时会发出声音进行了研究。故选C。
53．推理判断题。根据“another group had the stems cut off”可知，研究中第二组植物的整体遭到了破坏；选项B“果实被采摘”也属于植物的整体遭到破坏。故选B。
54．词义猜测题。根据“This means the noise produced by the plants is not intentional”可知，根据or在否定句中表举例并列，此处指“植物不是故意发出声音，不是主动交流的”。选项A“植物是故意发出声音的。”符合，故选A。
55．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“…Researchers said the study can benefit farmers in the future, as they can better take care of the crops (庄稼) by ‘hearing’ how plants feel.”可知，研究人员说这项研究可以让农民在未来受益，他们可以通过“倾听”植物的感受来更好地照顾作物，从而提高产量。故选D。
（2024·江苏无锡·三模）
Like detectives, archaeologists use evidence to solve mysteries. Detectives look for clues to solve crimes. Archaeologists look for clues to help them understand how people lived long ago. In fact, the word “archaeology” means “the study of ancient things”. One type of evidence used to learn about the past is pottery.
People have used pottery for thousands of years all over the world. Old pottery is usually found in pieces called “potsherds”. Sometimes potsherds found in the same place can be put back together to recreate the original pot. Even in pieces, old pottery can teach us about the past. When examining pottery, archaeologists consider not only its appearance but what it was made of and how it was made. With this knowledge, they can get information about people’s lives in ancient times. ①
Pottery is made by first adding water to a kind of soil called clay. When wet clay can be formed into shapes. It is then heated. This hardens (使变硬) the clay and allows it to keep its shape. To make clay easier to shape and heat, potters (制陶工) use something called “temper”. Different materials can be used as temper. An archaeologist can tell where a pot came from by the types of clay and temper that were used. Sometimes a pot found in one location might have materials from another place. ②
Some of the earliest pots were made quite simply. A piece of clay was hollowed (掏空) out and shaped into a bowl. It was then heated at a low temperature. The finished pot was rough (粗糙), and often undecorated. This type of pot might be used for cooking.③
Later, coiled pots were made. These were made by first rolling the clay into a long snake shape. The coil was then wound (绕) in circles to form a pot. They were often decorated in different ways. These pots were heated at high temperatures. The higher the temperature, the harder and longer-lasting the pot. Further improvements in pottery-making developed in different times and places. ④
A pot’s shape and decoration can provide clues about the past. Painted pictures might show events from daily life or from ancient stories. Archaeologists know certain shapes and styles that were common in different times and places.
Archaeologists study the differences in types of pottery closely. Because of their work, these daily objects can tell some of the mysteries of the past.
1．Why are detectives and archaeologists mentioned in Paragraph 1
A．To compare the pottery with evidence. B．To show the long history of pottery.
C．To lead to the topic of the passage. D．To catch readers’ attention to archaeology.
2．We can put “This can provide clues about how people traded or travelled.” in Blank ________.
A．① B．② C．③ D．④
3．When is temper added to the clay
A．Before the clay is shaped. B．After the pot is heated.
C．While the pot is being decorated. D．When the clay is hollowed.
4．What is the main idea of this passage
A．People have used pottery for thousands of years all over the world.
B．Pots are decorated with pictures that show events from ancient stories.
C．Ancient pottery can tell about the lives of the people who made and used it.
D．Archaeologists look for clues to solve mysteries in different times and places.
（2024·江苏徐州·三模）
Group Activities for Your Teens Keeping your children and their friends engaged(忙的) may not be easy. So, if you are planning a party or any other event, we have some group activities for teens that will interest them and teach them something new. 1. A If you are looking for a group activity for teens who don’t know each other that well, this one will fit the bill. ●Get teens to write down a few things about themselves. ●Read out the list and have the teens guess the writer. 2.Do a Dare Teens sit in a circle. Spin a bottle and whoever the top of the bottle points at has to do something silly or funny as
directed by the others. Task suggestions: ●Wear your socks on your hands for the next three rounds. ●Act like your favorite teacher for the next 30 seconds. 3.Chair Racing You do need space for this activity. Chair racing is fun as well as challenging. Divide the group into two teams. Now ask one member of the team to sit on a chair while the others carry it to the finish line!
5．Who is the passage written for
A．Leaders. B．Parents. C．Teachers. D．Students.
6．What is the most suitable for “A”
A．Who Am I B．Let’s Read! C．Be a Writer! D．How Are You
7．What may not be a good task for the second activity
A．Dance like a chicken in the street.t B．Tell a story that you’ve read recently.
C．Eat a pear without using your hands. D．Run around the room like a monkey.
（2024·江苏徐州·三模）My friend, Robert, has a twin sister named Amanda. Though they get along well, there are some things about Amanda and her friends that puzzle Robert. He can’t understand how girls can talk for so long. For example, sometimes when he leaves home to play football, Amanda and her friend, Sharon, are sitting on the sofa, talking. When he comes back three and a half hours later, they’re still sitting on the sofa, continuing the same conversation on the same topic. One day Robert was so curious that he asked Amanda what they talked about, but she replied, “We’re best friends. We talk about almost everything—film stars, pop songs, recipes, everything!”
Boys and girls have different attitudes towards friendship. Friendships between girls are usually based on shared feelings and support, but friendships between boys are based on shared activities or interests. A boy is likely to be careful about sharing his feelings with his close friends. A girl’s closest friend, however, might be eager to tell her about something that has happened in her life.
Many studies worldwide show that girls have more friendships than boys. In fact, many teenage boys cannot name a single best friend. When asked, they hesitate before answering, “My best friend I can’t think about that. I am busy with my homework, and I have so many different friends that it is hard to choose just one
best friend.”
Girls who have been asked can usually answer the question without pausing, “A best friend Of course. We have a lot to share with each other. We do a lot of things together such as talking and shopping.”
We have to realize: boys share activities, while girls share feelings. The qualities that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same, regardless of (无论) the basis of these friendships. The important thing to remember is that both of them are friendships. We all need friends in our lives.
8．What does the underlined word “hesitate” in Paragraph 3 probably means
A．Be slow to speak. B．Be shy to speak in public.
C．Share feelings secretly. D．Be eager to tell the answers.
9．What do you know about friendships from the passage
A．Boys have the same idea on the qualities in a friend.
B．Friendships are the most important among girls and boys.
C．Girls like to share their attitudes to friendships with friends.
D．Boys and girls have the same idea on the qualities in a friend.
10．Which is the best title for the passage
A．Teenagers’ Friendships B．Everybody Needs Friendships
C．The Qualities of Friendships D．Different Attitudes towards Friendships
（2024·江苏连云港·一模）Many inventions from ancient China have survived into the modern day. Among them is the umbrella, which hasn’t changed much in its shape, usage and beauty.
In ancient times, umbrellas were made of materials like silk, paper and bamboo, and came in different colours and designs. They were used to protect people against the sun and rain, and they were also used in some special situations. For example, a red umbrella was used at weddings in some places. It was the symbol of protection against bad things and difficulties that the new couple would face.
In Chinese history, the earliest umbrellas appeared during the Spring and Autumn Period (770—476 BC). The wife of famous carpenter Lu Ban made the first umbrella to protect him from bad weather. But another story goes that Lu Ban came up with the idea of creating an umbrella when he saw some children using lotus (荷花) leaves for rain protection.
After the invention of paper, the oil-paper umbrella came into being, and then during the Tang Dynasty, it spread to Japan and Southeast Asian countries. When modern umbrellas appeared, the oil-paper umbrella was
hardly seen.
But today, the art of oil-paper umbrella making is making a comeback because of some people. Wen Shishan is one of them. Wen has made oil-paper umbrellas for more than 30 years. He also made some umbrellas to celebrate the 19th Asian Games. He wanted to let more people learn about the oil-paper umbrella culture.
11．Why were umbrellas invented in ancient times
A．To become an instrument of war. B．To bring the new couple difficulties.
C．To celebrate festivals in some places. D． To protect people from the sun and rain.
12．How does the writer develop paragraph 3
A．By telling stories. B．By asking questions.
C．By listing numbers. D．By showing pictures.
13．What does the underlined phrase “making a comeback” mean in the last paragraph
A．Learning about culture. B．Coming home late.
C．Becoming popular again. D．Making an umbrella.
14．What’s the best title for the passage
A．The history of the umbrella B．How Lu Ban designed umbrellas
C．The materials of the umbrella D．How Wen made oil-paper umbrellas
（2024·江苏无锡·一模）On Feb. 15, a new video model called Sora promises to create a video up to a minute long from a short text description. Just tell Sora your idea, and watch it make a video right before your eyes. Sora is described as “eye-popping”, “world-changing”, and “breathtaking, yet scaring.”
The videos from OpenAI’s Sora are full of details. One video of a Tokyo street scene shows that Sora has learned how objects fit together in 3-D: the camera goes into the scene to follow a couple as they walk past a row of shops. Sora knows how things should look in real life.
Sora looks at many videos and learns from them by breaking them into very small bits. It uses these bits to make a new video. The new video is grey at first and very messy. Then, Sora fixes the video until it looks good and smooth. Sora also gets help from ChatGPT, which turns the user’s short sentences into clear instructions. This
helps Sora make the video just as you asked.
Sora may find “busy” pictures hard to understand. For example, when a person moves, things around them change. In one video created by Sora, a grandma blows the candle on a birthday cake, but the flame (火焰) doesn’t move. Sora may not be able to tell “left” from “right”.
OpenAI also says that Sora deals with occlusion well. But one problem is that they fail to follow objects when they are out of sight. For example, if a truck passes in front of a street sign, the sign might not reappear afterward.
In a video of a papercraft underwater scene, Sora has added what looks like cuts between different pieces of footage (镜头), and the model has kept the same style between them. But it’s not perfect. In the Tokyo video, cars to the left look smaller than the people walking beside them. They also pop (突然出现) in and out between the trees. “There’s some work to be done,” says Brooks. “For example, if someone goes out of view for a long time, they won’t come back.”
“Sora seems like a very important leap forward,” says Sam Gregory, a human rights organization that specializes in the use and misuse of video technology. “But there are two sides of the coin,” he says. “The meaningful abilities help many more people to be storytellers using video. And there are also possibilities for misuse.”
OpenAI has also realized the risks that come with a video model. The OpenAI team plans to draw on the safety testing. “We’ll need to get more feedback (反馈) and learn more about the types of risks that need to be solved with video before it would make sense for us to put Sora into use,” says Ramesh.
15．Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “occlusion”
A．being seen B．being followed C．being covered D．being dropped
16．The following sentence would best be placed at the end of _________.
Perhaps it will be an imagination tool or a misinformation machine.
A．Paragraph 4 B．Paragraph 3 C．Paragraph 2 D．Paragraph 1
17．The next part of the passage may be about _________.
A．the safety testing B．the misuse of Sora
C．two sides of Sora D．another video model
18．What can most possibly be the writer’s real purpose
A．To encourage us to use Sora to make short videos.
B．To explain to us how to use Sora to create short videos.
C．To remind us to care about the problems and risks Sora has.
D．To introduce what advantages Sora will bring to our daily life.
（2024·江苏连云港·二模）Thanks to its rich history, the Palace Museum is home to over 1.86 million cultural relics (文物). However, there is not enough exhibition space for them. It’s said that only 10,000 cultural relics can be shown to the public each year. That’s why the Palace Museum decided to build a new branch.
The plan to build a branch in the north of the museum was first made in 2013. After years of preparation, the building work finally started in 2022 December. The branch is located in Xiyuhe,a village in Haidian District, Beijing. It’s over 30 kilometres away from the Palace Museum, about an hour’s drive.
With an area of more than 100,000 square metres, the northern branch will have an exhibition space of 60,000 square metres for cultural relics and over 35,000 square metres of restoration space. More than 20,000 to 30,000 relics could be shown in the new branch every year, and it will offer larger and better-equipped space to objects like silk pieces, which require greater attention.
“We’ll have much larger space to meet people’s expectations and improve our ability to show ancient Chinese civilization (文明),” Mr. Wang, director of the Palace Museum, said in an interview. The new branch is expected to open to the public in 2025 and further meet the different needs of the public in the near future.
“We are going to build the branch into a museum inheriting (继承) ancient classics and leading the future at the same time,” said Mr. Zhang, chief architect (首席建筑师) of the new museum. It’s believed that both the Palace Museum and the new branch will protect and carry forward the fine traditional Chinese culture. The completion of the new branch will provide new development space for the Palace Museum, making Beijing the national cultural centre and a “City of Museums”.
19．What does the first paragraph mainly tell us
A．The plan to build the new branch.
B．The history of the Palace Museum.
C．The importance of the Palace Museum.
D．The reason for building the new branch.
20．How long did it take to make preparations for the new branch
A．About 5 years. B．Nearly 10 years. C．Over 15 years. D．About 20 years.
21．Silk pieces should be kept in larger and better-equipped places probably because ________.
A．they are quite light
B．they are not valuable
C．they need better care
D．they take up less space
22．What can we learn from Mr. Wang’s words
A．The new branch will be very popular.
B．The new branch will be of great importance.
C．The new branch is difficult to complete.
D．The new branch is a door to the future.
（2024·江苏连云港·二模）As a kind of traditional Chinese dress, Ma Mian Qun (horse face skirt) first appeared in the Song Dynasty and grew popular during the Ming Dynasty. The two sides of Ma Mian Qun are pleated (起褶的), and there is a smooth part in the middle, commonly known as “Ma Mian”.
Why is it called “Ma Mian” In fact, “Ma Mian” is a kind of structure used for protection in the city wall system. However, all the books about Ma Mian Qun only show that the smooth surface without pleats in the middle is called “Ma Mian”. But there is no further explanation of how Ma Mian Qun got its name.
Ma Mian Qun is colorful, mostly red and blue. Red means good luck and joy. According to Han customs, women usually wore red skirts during celebrations of festivals. In the Qing dynasty, blue was also common and popular, paired with black and yellow.
Ma Mian Qun has different kinds of patterns with different meanings. For example, dragon and phoenix patterns show the love between a man and a woman or a beautiful marriage. Peony (牡丹) is a symbol of wealth and honor.
Recently, Ma Mian Qun has become a popular form of skirt for Hanfu fans. More and more modern fashion designers find ideas from Ma Mian Qun. For example, some get ideas from the patterns. Some connect the styles of Ma Mian Qun with T-shirts or blouses, which are more suitable for everyday wear. Even western fashion has been influenced by Ma Mian Qun for many years.
23．According to the passage, “Ma Mian” refers to ________ of the skirt.
A．the two sides B．the middle part
C．the colorful patterns D．the smooth material
24．What do dragon and phoenix patterns mean
A．Luck and joy. B．Love or marriage.
C．Wealth and honor. D．Health or beauty.
25．Modern fashion designers get ideas from ________ of Ma Mian Quan.
①the patterns ②the colors ③the sizes ④the styles
A．①④ B．①③ C．②③ D．②④
26．What can we learn from this passage
A．We have known how Ma Mian Qun got its name.
B．Ma Mian Qun was first worn in the Ming Dynasty.
C．Ma Mian Qun has also influenced western fashion.
D．In the Han Dynasty, women always wore blue during festivals.
（2024·江苏无锡·二模）Do you do team projects at school I do a lot. I enjoy team projects because I like sharing ideas with other people. Of course, team activities aren’t always easy. You need to know how to work well together. Here are some suggestions to make team work easier.
* Know the goals Make sure everyone understands the goal of the project. If you’re doing a class project, you need to check the teacher’s instructions carefully and ask questions whenever something isn’t clear. There’s a popular saying. If you don’t know where you’re going, you probably won’t get there.
* Assign (指派) roles Everyone should have a role in the team. For example, there should be a leader who helps everyone make decisions. There might be a note-taker who writes down the team’s ideas during meetings, and a time-keeper to control the time. There might also be a fact-checker or a group speaker.
* Divide the work For large projects, the work can be divided into smaller tasks. Then you can choose tasks that you do well or enjoy. Of course, you shouldn’t always do the same task. It’s good to try new things, even if they’re difficult!
* Make a plan
After you divide the work, write down a plan on paper. You can use a calendar to help you. List all the tasks and think about when each one must be finished. It’s important for everyone to follow the plan. And if you can’t finish your part on time, tell the others as soon as possible.
Try to be positive. Everything is easier when you’re enjoying yourself in the team.
27．How does the writer begin the text
A．By telling a story. B．By asking a question.
C．By showing a saying. D．By sending a message.
28．What is the leader’s main job in the team
A．Controlling the activity time. B．Writing down the team’s ideas.
C．Making speeches for the team. D．Helping the others make decisions.
29．What is the writer trying to do in the text
A．Introduce the teacher’s instructions.
B．Give information about smaller tasks.
C．Explain the method to do team projects.
D．Describe the importance of creative ideas.
（2024·江苏盐城·二模）Have you ever been angry at someone when you were hungry If so, you’ve experienced “hangry (饿怒)”—some people get angry easily as they are hungry. The reason for this lies in what happens inside your body when it needs food.
Everything you eat would be changed into different kinds of nutrients (营养物) in your body. These nutrients would enter your blood and be passed to every part of your body and be used for creating energy. As time passes after your last meal, these nutrients in your blood drop. Also, your blood glucose (血糖) drops. Unlike other parts in your body, your brain totally depends on blood glucose to do its job. You’ve probably already noticed that simple things can become difficult when you are hungry and your blood glucose levels drop. You may find it hard to pay attention. For example, you may make silly mistakes in your study and homework. You might also have noticed that you can’t even speak clearly when you’re too hungry.
Another thing that happens when you’re hungry is behaving impolitely and can’t control yourself, such as snapping at others. In that case, even though you may already try your best to avoid conflict (冲突) with important
friends, you may still be too angry to control yourself when you are staying with the people you are most relaxed with. That’s why you may find yourself being impatient with your parents or friends.
So what should we do to avoid being hangry The easiest way is to eat something before you get too hungry. The best choice is to have some nutrient-rich and natural foods that help deal with hunger quickly and can be kept in your body as long as possible, but not fast food. The final way is to suggest that difficult situations should be dealt with after a meal, not before.
30．”Hangry” usually happens when ________.
A．the body needs food. B．nutrients enter your body.
C．the blood glucose levels drop. D．it’s hard for you to pay attention.
31．What does the underlined words “snapping at” probably mean in Paragraph 3
A．laughing at B．shouting at C．pointing at D．looking at
32．Which of the following is a proper way to deal with hunger
A．Eating something after you get too hungry. B．Staying with people you are most relaxed with.
C．Dealing with difficult situations after meals. D．Eating a little junk food before you are hungry.
33．Who is the passage written for
A．Doctors. B．Teachers. C．Parents. D．Students.
（2024·江苏盐城·二模）
The Netherlands is low-lying and influenced by the north sea wind, which caused floods to happen easily in the past. In order to deal with the problem, the Dutch (荷兰人) used thousands of windmills. So the Netherlands became the famous land of windmills. With this invention, the Dutch set a special date and held some activities. It’s held on the second Saturday of May each year. Gradually, Windmill Day becomes a traditional folk festival in the Netherlands.
On this day, pictures shaped of windmills are everywhere. Many shops are filled with colorful windmill art pieces. Children also like to draw windmills on the doors and windows.
Windmills have different purposes in different states. They bring good luck to people in most situations.
When the flag is hung on the windmill, it may mean that a baby is born, or a couple are holding a wedding. When the fan of windmill is like a cross, it means that some important guests are coming and they are warmly welcomed. However, when the windmill is at rest and backward, it mainly tells us that something bad has happened.
Nowadays, during your visit in the Netherlands, you can choose the windmill museums. Also, you can go to the local windmill villages. There are still more than 1000 windmills around the country, with many still in use. Every windmill is covered in red and green and is slowly running to greet you.
34．People in Netherlands mainly use windmills to ________.
A．produce electricity B．do with floods C．celebrate festivals D．welcome visitors
35．How do the Dutch celebrate Windmill Day
①They decorate every place with pictures shaped of windmills.
②Shop owners prepare lots of colorful windmill art pieces.
③They fix the fan of windmill as the shape of a cross.
④Young kids draw windmills on the doors and windows.
A．①②③ B．②③④ C．①③④ D．①②④
36．What can we know from the passage
A．Visitors can only enjoy windmills in museums.
B．Windmills bring good luck to people in all situations.
C．There are fewer than 1000 windmills across the country.
D．A resting windmill means something bad has happened.
（2024·江苏盐城·二模）
France fights bedbugs (臭虫) before 2024 Olympics People in Paris, France, have been troubled with a problem for centuries: bedbugs. With more and more reports of bedbugs being found, the government is starting to think of ways to kill them before Paris holds the 2024 Olympics this summer.
A spotless giraffe born at zoo Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, US, is celebrating the birth of a very unusual baby giraffe. What makes this giraffe special is that it doesn’t have any spots (斑点). The zoo is asking for help from the public to name the special animal.
Helping wheelchair users enjoy the sea People who have trouble walking or moving around often have a hard time enjoying the beach. But hundreds of beaches in Greece now offer a new way for people in wheelchairs to get into the water by themselves. It’s called SEATRAC． It is actually a chair on a moving ramp (坡道) that can carry a disabled person into the sea.
Scooter wins world’s ugliest dog contest Scooter is a 7-year-old Chinese Crested dog (中国冠毛犬). His body is hairless, but he has short straight white hair on his head. His rear legs (后腿) face backward. Scooter’s special looks won him the 2023 World’s Ugliest Dog contest.
37．Which of the following dogs may be Scooter
A． B．
C． D．
38．What can we learn from the reading material
A．More and more bedbugs will be found during the 2024 Olympics.
B．Chinese Crested dogs always win the World’s Ugliest Dog contest.
C．Disabled people will be able to enjoy the sea with the help of SEATRAC．
D．The baby giraffe got the name Spotless because there were no spots on its body.
39．Where does the reading material probably come from
A．A novel. B．An animal magazine. C．A newspaper. D．A TV guide.
（2024·江苏南通·二模）Every year, China holds an important meeting known as the “Two Sessions”, where leaders and representatives gather to discuss and plan the country’s future. One of the key topics often brought up is the development of new quality productivity. But what exactly does this mean, and why is it so important Let’s explore this interesting topic together.
What is New Quality Productivity
New quality productivity refers to the creation and improvement of products and services using advanced technologies and innovative methods. Unlike traditional productivity, which focuses on increasing the quantity (数量) of goods using the same methods, new quality productivity aims to enhance the quality, efficiency, and value of products and services. This involves using new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, green energy, and more.
What’s Included
Technology Innovation: This includes the development of new technologies and the improvement of existing ones to make products better and production processes more efficient.
Sustainable development: Using renewable energy sources or environmentally friendly materials to make production more sustainable (可持续性) and reduce harm to our planet.
High-Quality Standards: Focusing on producing goods and services that meet high-quality standards to satisfy customers and create a better reputation for businesses.
Digital Transformation (数字化转型): Applying digital technologies to all aspects of business, from manufacturing to sales, to improve efficiency and provide better services to customers.
Why Develop New Quality Productivity
Economic Growth: By focusing on quality rather than quantity, businesses can create more valuable and competitive products, leading to economic growth.
Environmental Sustainability: Adopting (采用) sustainable practices helps protect the environment, ensuring that future generations can also enjoy our planet’s resources.
Innovation and Progress: Encouraging innovation leads to the development of new products and services, pushing society forward and improving people’s lives.
Meeting Consumer Demands: Today’s consumers expect high-quality, sustainable, and technologically advanced products. New quality productivity allows businesses to meet these expectations
In conclusion, new quality productivity is about producing better, not just more. It’s about innovation, sustainability, and meeting the changing needs of the world. By focusing on new quality productivity, countries like China aim to ensure a prosperous and sustainable future for everyone. The Two Sessions provide a crucial platform for discussing and planning the implementation of these advancements, highlighting the country’s commitment to progress and innovation.
40．What is the main focus of new quality productivity as discussed in the article
A．Reducing the prices and costs of goods.
B．Helping companies with more market share.
C．Increasing the quantity of products and services.
D．Improving the quality and efficiency of products and services.
41．Why is the development of new quality productivity important for economic growth
A．It focuses mainly on reducing production costs.
B．It increases the number of products in the market.
C．It creates more valuable and competitive products.
D．It ensures a monopoly (垄断) in the market for businesses.
42．How does new quality productivity contribute to environmental sustainability
A．By reducing the production of goods.
B．By increasing the use of natural gases.
C．By stopping too many industrial activities.
D．By adopting renewable energy sources or harmless materials.
43．What is the main idea of the article
A．The importance of the Two Sessions in China.
B．The meaning and aim of new quality productivity.
C．The challenges facing China’s economic development.
D．The role of technology in modern economic development.
（2024·江苏南通·二模）The “April snow” is here! It’s not real snow, of course, it’s catkins (飞絮) from willows and poplar trees in spring.
For some people, this “snow” is not welcomed. Catkins can cause allergies (过敏), making people’s noses, eyes, and skin uncomfortable.
In spring, the female trees grow lots of flowers. When these flowers finish growing, they produce cotton-like seeds that spread through the air.
Luckily, scientists have found many ways to control catkins. Doing “gender change surgery (变性手术)” on willow and poplar trees is one of them. People cut off the branches of female trees and replace them with branches from male trees. This cuts down the number of catkins. However, this way is slow and expensive. A skilled worker can do the “surgery” on less than ten trees a day. From 2008 to 2018, only around 1, 000 trees were treated in Beijing, reported Outlook Weekly in 2022.
Scientists in Wuxi, Jiangsu, use special injections (注射剂) to reduce the number of catkins on trees. These injections make the trees mainly use their energy to grow bigger and get more leaves, not to reproduce (繁殖) and make catkins. Xu Qinming, an expert in Wuxi, told Science and Technology Daily that this method is safe for the trees. However, the trees need to get injections every year to keep the catkin numbers under control.
Other than injections, the trees can also take “medicine”. This medicine can be sprayed (喷洒) onto the trees before the catkins form, which can quickly reduce catkin numbers. Still, people need to be careful about how much of the medicine they use when they use it, or they might hurt the environment.
44．What can we infer from Paragraphs 1 and 2
A．Catkins are hard to see. B．It’s normal to snow in April.
C．People welcome willows. D．It’s uncomfortable to breathe in catkins.
45．How many ways are introduced to deal with catkins
A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.
46．What’s the disadvantage of using injections according to the passage
A．Trees need to be injected every year. B．It needs many skilled workers to do it.
C．It is slow and expensive. D．It’s bad for the trees and environment.
47．What’s the main idea of the passage
A．How to control too many catkins. B．How to protect willow and polar trees.
C．How to cut down harm caused by catkins. D．How to tell male and female willow trees.
（2024·江苏南通·二模）Childhood memories, the first bicycle ride, the first swim in the ocean, and the beautiful wallpaper long since removed from the family home are deeply rooted in our minds. But can they be trusted In other words, how reliable (可靠的) are our memories
Still, Carole Peterson, a professor at Memorial University who studies early childhood memory, said that
both children and adults can have memories that are not true. At all ages, we are more likely to be influenced by suggestions, although it is true that younger children are more affected than older children or adults.
In a study in 2011, Peterson and his team interviewed children ages 4 to 13 about their earliest memories and re-interviewed them two years later. They found that events filled with emotion were more likely to stay. In addition, if the child had a clear memory rather than a confused one, it would likely be remembered.
Peterson’s research has found a strong relationship between emotion and accurate (准确的) recall. This is supported by a 2015 study in which researchers interviewed preschoolers about an injury serious enough to require hospital treatment. Researchers followed up ten years later to see what these people remembered about their childhood injuries. “They were very accurate in recalling these emotional events,” Peterson said. “It was a surprise for all of us.”
Sometimes, people—especially children—can form false memories. In Michael Linden’s 2013 book Hurting Memories and Beneficial Forgetting, Linden states that high social expectations can lead to the development of false memories in children who learn to reply as expected. These false memories make you feel real. It is hard to tell them from real memories.
48．Why does the author mention questions in Paragraph 1
A．To introduce the topic. B．To support his opinion.
C．To show some examples. D．To compare different ideas.
49．What does Carole Peterson think of early childhood memories
A．Most of them are not true. B．They are easy to remember.
C．Not all of them are accurate. D．They have a great influence on a person’s life.
50．How did Peterson’s team do the research
A．By doing some interviews. B．By referring to a survey online.
C．By collecting information from hospitals. D．By following up children’s daily life for years.
51．Which statement will Michael Linden probably agree with
A．Only children can develop false memories.
B．False memories will be difficult to tell from real ones.
C．False memories were mainly caused by childhood injuries.
D．High social expectations can help improve children’s memories.
（2024·江苏苏州·二模）Imagine this: you sit down and begin to eat a tasty tomato when, suddenly, it
starts to scream! While this thing will never really happen, a new study showed that plants can make sounds when they are stressed.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel did the study. They used ultrasonic microphones (超声波麦克风) to record the sounds of tomato plants in boxes.
Three groups of plants were listened to: One group wasn’t watered for five days, another group had the stems (茎) cut off, and the third group was untouched. It turned out that the first two groups made sounds 30 to 50 times per hour at a frequency (频率) of 40 to 80 kilohertz, while the untouched group only made the sound once per hour. “When tomatoes are not stressed at all, they are very quiet,” Lilach Hadany from the team told CNN.
The researchers don’t know how the sounds are made, but they believe the noise comes from the breaking of air bubbles in the plants. This means the noise produced by the plants is not intentional (故意的) or a form of active communication.
Although there’s no evidence (证据) that plants can intentionally communicate, animals and insects may be “listening in” to benefit from the sound. For example, the sound can tell a butterfly that the plant is under stress and not suitable to lay eggs on. An animal that wants to eat a plant could also use the sounds to make decisions, according to Science Focus.
After the experiment, the researchers listened to other plants such as wheat (小麦), corm and grapevine, and found they also made more sounds when stressed. Researchers said the study can benefit farmers in the future, as they can better take care of the crops (庄稼) by “hearing” how plants feel.
52．What is the finding of the study by researchers from Tel Aviv University
A．Plants often feel stressed. B．Some plants can scream.
C．Plants can make sounds when stressed. D．Plants can communicate with each other.
53．Which one of the following groups can replace (代替) group two
A．A group that is fully-grown. B．A group which has its fruits picked.
C．A group that is taken good care of. D．A group that has suitable temperature.
54．What does “active communication” in Paragraph 4 refer to
A．Plants make sounds intentionally. B．Air bubbles in the plants can break.
C．Plants receive messages from animals. D．Plants make noise in a high frequency.
55．What might be the benefits of the finding
A．It can help farmers predict weather. B．It will help protect the environment.
C．It helps farmers decide what to plant. D．It may help improve the production of crops.
参考答案：
1．C 2．B 3．A 4．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了考古学家们通过研究出土的陶瓷来研究过去人们的生活。
1．推理判断题。根据“Like detectives, archaeologists use evidence to solve mysteries. Detectives look for clues to solve crimes. Archaeologists look for clues to help them understand how people lived long ago.”可推知，本段通过描写考古学家和侦探的相似之处是为了引出本文的主题，即考古学家通过研究出土的陶器来研究人们过去的生活。故选C。
2．推理判断题。根据“An archaeologist can tell where a pot came from by the types of clay and temper that were used. Sometimes a pot found in one location might have materials from another place.”可知，考古学家可以通过所使用的粘土类型和回火来判断陶器的来源，有时在一个地方发现的罐子里可能有来自另一个地方的材料，与“这可以提供人们如何交易或旅行的线索。”形成逻辑连接关系。故选B。
3．推理判断题。根据“To make clay easier to shape and heat, potters (制陶工) use something called ‘temper’.”可知，是为了使粘土更容易成型和加热，陶工们使用回火，故推出回火应在成型前添加。故选A。
4．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了考古学家们通过研究出土的陶器来研究过去人们的生活。故选C。
5．B 6．A 7．B
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了三个为青少年设计的团体活动。
5．推理判断题。根据“Keeping your children and their friends engaged may not be easy.”可知，让你的孩子和他们的朋友参与进来可能并不容易，故文章是写给父母的。故选B。
6．推理判断题。根据“●Get teens to write down a few things about themselves. ●Read out the list and have the teens guess the writer.”可知，这个活动是让青少年写下一些关于自己的事情，然后读出清单，让青少年猜是谁，选项A“我是谁”符合。故选A。
7．推理判断题。根据“Spin a bottle and whoever the top of the bottle points at has to do something silly or funny as directed by the others.”可知，旋转一个瓶子，瓶子顶部指向的人必须按照其他人的指示做一些愚蠢或有趣的事情，选项B“讲一个你最近读到的故事”不是适合该活动的好任务。故选B。
8．A 9．D 10．A
【导语】本文主要介绍了青少年的友谊：男生和朋友们分享活动，女生和朋友们分享感受。
8．词义猜测题。根据“many teenage boys cannot name a single best friend”可知，很多男孩子不能说出好朋友的名字，所以他们在回答这个问题时会犹豫，会比较慢，故hesitate是缓慢的意思。故选A。
9．推理判断题。根据“The qualities that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same, regardless of (无论) the basis of these friendships.”可知，男孩和女孩对于朋友的品质想法是一致的。故选D。
10．最佳标题题。根据最后一段“We have to realize: boys share activities, while girls share feelings…We all need friends in our lives..”可知，本文主要介绍了青少年男生和女生不同的友谊特点：男生和朋友们分享活动，而女生和朋友们分享感受。故标题可以为青少年的友谊。故选A。
11．D 12．A 13．C 14．A
【导语】本文主要介绍了伞的发展历史。
11．细节理解题。根据“They were used to protect people against the sun and rain, and they were also used in some special situations”可知它们被用来保护人们免受阳光和雨水的照射。故选D。
12．细节理解题。根据“The wife of famous carpenter Lu Ban made the first umbrella to protect him from bad weather...”可知第三段通过讲故事发展第三段。故选A。
13．词义猜测题。根据“But today, the art of oil-paper umbrella making is making a comeback because of some people”可知油纸伞的制作艺术因为一些人的原因而再次变得受欢迎，故划线部分意为“再次变得受欢迎”。故选C。
14．最佳标题题。本文主要介绍了伞的发展历史。故选A。
15．C 16．D 17．A 18．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了Sora视频模型的功效及面临的问题和风险。
15．词句猜测题。根据“OpenAI also says that Sora deals with occlusion well. But one problem is that they fail to follow objects when they are out of sight.”可知，此处表达Sora能够很好地处理遮挡，但一个问题是当物体不在视线范围内时它们无法跟随物体，故推出划线部分occlusion
意为“遮挡”，与选项C“被遮盖”意思相近。故选C。
16．推理判断题。根据“Perhaps it will be an imagination tool or a misinformation machine.”可知，此句总结表达这是一个什么样的机器，本文第一段主要介绍了一个名为Sora的新视频模型及它的功能，故此句应位于第一段句末。故选D。
17．推理判断题。根据“OpenAI has also realized the risks that come with a video model. The OpenAI team plans to draw on the safety testing.”可知，此段主要介绍了OpenAI也意识到了视频模型带来的风险，OpenAI团队计划利用安全测试，故推出下文应介绍这个安全测试。故选A。
18．主旨大意题。根据“OpenAI has also realized the risks that come with a video model. The OpenAI team plans to draw on the safety testing. ”可知，作者想要提醒我们要关心Sora所面临的问题和风险。故选C。
19．D 20．B 21．C 22．B
【导语】本文主要讲述了故宫博物院由于展览空间不足，无法展示所有的文物，因此决定在北部建立一个新的分馆。新的分馆将有更大的展览空间和修复空间，能够展示更多的文物，预计2025年对公众开放。
19．主旨大意题。根据第一段的内容可知，故宫博物院由于展览空间不足，无法展示所有的文物，因此决定在北部建立一个新的分馆。故选D。
20．细节理解题。根据“The plan to build a branch in the north of the museum was first made in 2013. After years of preparation, the building work finally started in 2022 December.”可知，准备新分馆花了近10年的时间。故选B。
21．细节理解题。根据“it will offer larger and better-equipped spaces to objects like silk pieces, which require greater attention.”可知，丝绸制品需要更好的照顾，因此需要在更大、设备更好的地方保存。故选C。
22．推理判断题。根据“We’ll have a much larger space to meet people’s expectations and improve our ability to show ancient Chinese civilization (文明),”可推断出，王先生认为新的分馆将具有重大的意义。故选B。
23．B 24．B 25．A 26．C
【导语】本文介绍了中国传统服饰——马面裙。
23．细节理解题。根据“there is a smooth part in the middle, commonly known as ‘Ma Mian’”可知中间有一个平滑的部分，俗称“马面”。故选B。
24．细节理解题。根据“dragon and phoenix patterns show the love between a man and a woman or a beautiful marriage”可知龙凤图案表现了男女之间的爱情或者美好的婚姻。故选B。
25．细节理解题。根据“some get ideas from the patterns. Some connect the styles of Ma Mian Qun with T-shirts or blouses”可知从它的图案和风格获得想法。故选A。
26．细节理解题。根据“Even western fashion has been influenced by Ma Mian Qun for many years”可知西方的时尚也受到马面裙的影响。故选C。
27．B 28．D 29．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了如何在团队项目中更好地合作。
27．细节理解题。根据“Do you do team projects at school ”可知，作者以一个问题开始本文。故选B。
28．细节理解题。根据“there should be a leader who helps everyone make decisions.”可知，领导者帮助每个人做决定。故选D。
29．主旨大意题。根据“Of course, team activities aren’t always easy. You need to know how to work well together. Here are some suggestions to make team work easier.”及表格内容可知，本文主要介绍了如何更好地进行团队项目的一些方法建议。故选C。
30．A 31．B 32．C 33．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了人们在饥饿时容易发怒的原因，以及这种现象对人们日常生活的影响和人们的处理方法。
30．细节理解题。根据第一段“If so, you’ve experienced...when it needs food.”可知情况通常发生在饥饿的时候，也就是身体需要食物的时候。故选A。
31．词义猜测题。根据第二段“Another thing that happens...snapping at others.”可知当你饥饿的时候，行为可能会不礼貌，你无法控制自己，会对别人大喊大叫。选项B“呵斥”表示出发生了冲突。故选B。
32．细节理解题。根据最后一段“The final way is to suggest...after a meal, not before.”可知在吃完饭后，处理比较困难的情况比较好。故选C。
33．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“For example, you may make silly mistakes in your study and
homework.”可知你会在写作业和学习中犯错，对象应该是学生。故选D。
34．B 35．D 36．D
【导语】本文主要介绍了荷兰风车节的由来、日期、庆祝方式以及不同风车在荷兰文化中的内涵。
34．细节理解题。根据“The Netherlands is low-lying and influenced by the north sea wind, which caused floods to happen easily in the past. In order to deal with the problem, the Dutch (荷兰人) used thousands of windmills.”可知，荷兰人主要用风车来对付洪水。故选B。
35．细节理解题。根据“On this day, pictures shaped of windmills are everywhere. Many shops are filled with colorful windmill art pieces. Children also like to draw windmills on the doors and windows.”可知，在这一天，到处都是风车形状的图片，许多商店都摆满了五颜六色的风车艺术品，孩子们还喜欢在门窗上画风车。故选D。
36．细节理解题。根据“However, when the windmill is at rest and backward, it mainly tells us that something bad has happened.”可知，当风车处于静止和倒退状态时，它主要告诉我们发生了不好的事情。故选D。
37．B 38．C 39．C
【导语】本文是四则新闻。分别是：法国将在2024年奥运会前消灭臭虫；在动物园出生的无斑点长颈鹿；帮助轮椅使用者享受大海；中国冠毛犬因其独特的外貌赢得了2023年世界最丑狗比赛。
37．推理判断题。根据“His body is hairless, but he has short straight white hair on his head. His rear legs face backward.”可知，他的身体没有毛，但他的头上有短而直的白色毛发，他的后腿朝后。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据“It’s called SEATRAC. It is actually a chair on a moving ramp (坡道) that can carry a disabled person into the sea.” 可知，SEATRAC能够帮残疾人自己进入海水。故选C。
39．推理判断题。本文介绍四则新闻，所以推测可能在报纸上看到这篇文章。故选C。
40．D 41．C 42．D 43．B
【导语】本文介绍了新质生产力是什么，包括了什么及发展新质生产力的原因。
40．细节理解题。根据“new quality productivity aims to enhance the quality, efficiency, and value of products and services”可知，新质生产力旨在提高产品和服务的质量、效率和价值。故选D。
41．细节理解题。根据“By focusing on quality rather than quantity, businesses can create more valuable and competitive products, leading to economic growth.”可知，通过注重质量而不是数量，企业可以创造出更有价值和更具竞争力的产品，从而促进经济增长。故选C。
42．细节理解题。根据“Sustainable development: Using renewable energy sources or environmentally friendly materials to make production more sustainable (可持续性) and reduce harm to our planet.”可知，使用可再生能源和环保材料，使生产更具可持续性，减少对地球的危害。故选D。
43．主旨大意题。根据“One of the key topics often brought up is the development of new quality productivity. But what exactly does this mean, and why is it so important Let’s explore this interesting topic together.”及通读全文后可知，本文本文介绍了新质生产力是什么，包括了什么及发展新质生产力的原因。故选B。
44．D 45．C 46．A 47．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了柳絮和杨絮的形成原因以及科学家为减少杨絮产生而研究出来的方法。
44．推理判断题。通读第一、二段可知，此处主要讲了柳絮和杨絮形成于四月，如下雪一般，并且容易引起过敏症状，所以可推知，吸入飞絮很不舒服。故选D。
45．细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Doing ‘gender change surgery (变性手术)’ on willow and poplar trees is one of them.”、第五段中的“Scientists in Wuxi, Jiangsu, use special injections (注射剂) to reduce the number of catkins on trees.”以及最后一段中的“Other than injections, the trees can also take ‘medicine’.”可知，应对飞絮，文章提到了做变性手术、注射药物及喷洒药剂三种方式。故选C。
46．细节理解题。根据第五段中的“However, the trees need to get injections every year to keep the catkin numbers under control.”可知，注射这种方法的缺点是树木需要每年注射。故选A。
47．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了柳絮和杨絮的形成原因以及科学家为减少杨絮产生而研究出来的方法，所以A项正确。故选A。
48．A 49．C 50．A 51．B
【导语】本文介绍了童年记忆的特点以及影响童年记忆的因素。
48．推理判断题。根据“...But can they be trusted In other words, how reliable (可靠的) are our memories ”以及下文的介绍可知，第一段的提问主要是引出下文要介绍的主题，故选A。
49．细节理解题。根据“Still, Carole Peterson, a professor at Memorial University who studies early childhood memory, said that both children and adults can have memories that are not true.”可知，研究早期儿童记忆的教授卡罗尔·彼得森认为并不是所有的记忆都是准确的，故选C。
50．细节理解题。根据“In a study in 2011, Peterson and his team interviewed children ages 4 to 13 about their earliest memories and re-interviewed them two years later.”可知，彼得森和他的团队采访了4至13岁的儿童，询问他们最早的记忆，并在两年后再次采访了他们，所以他们是通过采访的方式进行这项研究的，故选A。
51．细节理解题。根据“These false memories make you feel real. It is hard to tell them from real memories.”可知，迈克尔·林登认为虚假的记忆将很难与真实的记忆区分开来，故选B。
52．C 53．B 54．A 55．D
【导语】本文介绍以色列Tel Aviv大学的研究人员对植物的研究成果。研究表明，植物在受到压力时会发出声音，这项研究有助于农民更好地照顾作物。
52．细节理解题。根据“a new study showed that plants can make sounds when they are stressed”和第二段“Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel did the study.”可知，以色列Tel Aviv大学的研究人员对植物在受到压力时会发出声音进行了研究。故选C。
53．推理判断题。根据“another group had the stems cut off”可知，研究中第二组植物的整体遭到了破坏；选项B“果实被采摘”也属于植物的整体遭到破坏。故选B。
54．词义猜测题。根据“This means the noise produced by the plants is not intentional”可知，根据or在否定句中表举例并列，此处指“植物不是故意发出声音，不是主动交流的”。选项A“植物是故意发出声音的。”符合，故选A。
55．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“…Researchers said the study can benefit farmers in the future, as they can better take care of the crops (庄稼) by ‘hearing’ how plants feel.”可知，研究人员说这项研究可以让农民在未来受益，他们可以通过“倾听”植物的感受来更好地照顾作物，从而提高产量。故选D。
同课章节目录
- 词法
- 名词
- 动词和动词短语
- 动词语态
- 动词时态
- 助动词和情态动词
- 非谓语动词
- 冠词
- 代词
- 数词和量词
- 形容词副词及其比较等级
- 介词和介词短语
- 连词和感叹词
- 构词法
- 相似、相近词比较
- 句法
- 陈述句
- 一般疑问句和否定疑问句
- 特殊疑问句及选择疑问句
- 反意疑问句
- 存在句(There be句型)
- 宾语从句
- 定语从句
- 状语从句
- 主谓一致问题
- 简单句
- 并列句
- 复合句
- 主谓一致
- 主、表语从句
- 名词性从句
- 直接引语和间接引语
- 虚拟语气
- 感叹句
- 强调句
- 倒装句
- 祈使句
- 句子的成分
- 句子的分类
- 题型专区
- 单项选择部分
- 易错题
- 完形填空
- 阅读理解
- 词汇练习
- 听说训练
- 句型转换
- 补全对话
- 短文改错
- 翻译
- 书面表达
- 任务型阅读
- 语法填空
- 其他资料