重庆市高2024届高三第九次质量检测
英语试题
注意事项：
1．本试卷由四个部分组成。其中第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。共150分，共12页。
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4．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力（共两节；满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．When will the woman meet the staff manager
A．At 9:30． B．At 11:00． C．At 12:40．
2．Why hasn’t the woman seen the man for a long time
A．He went traveling. B．He was ill. C．He moved to Glasgow.
3．Where does the conversation take place
A．At a restaurant. B．At a supermarket. C．At home.
4．How does the man feel now
A．Excited. B．Regretful. C．Refreshed.
5．What is the man doing
A．Offering a favor. B．Serving a customer. C．Showing the way.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．What are the speakers talking about
A．Making an outing plan. B．Entertaining some friends. C．Working on a car.
7．What does the woman ask the man to do
A．Cancel his plan to meet Frank.
B．Invite Frank to join them.
C．Ignore their guests.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．What is the woman shopping for
A．Envelopes. B．A camera. C．Art supplies.
9．What additional service does the man mention
A．Photo printing. B．Online purchasing. C．In-store mailing.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．What does Grace need Jack to do
A．Fix the copy machine. B．Attend a staff meeting. C．Print some documents
11．What do we know about the copy machine
A．It is under repair.
B．It is in poor condition.
C．It has broken down three times.
12．Where is Jack heading next
A．A branch office. B．A copy shop. C．A repair shop.
听第9段材料,回答第13 至 16 题。
13．What is the job about
A．Hotel cleaning. B．Hotel decoration. C．Guest reception.
14．Who will tell the client about the update
A．Richard. B．The woman. C．The man.
15．How long will it take to finish the job
A．Five days. B．Six days. C．Four days.
16．Why does the woman want the job to go smoothly
A．To attract more workers.
B．To get more job opportunities.
C．To shorten the working period.
听第10段材料,回答第17 至20 题。
17．When did Britt first want to build a website
A．After university. B．At university. C．At high school.
18．Why did Britt change the name of her website
A．The original name wasn’t suitable.
B．She wanted to include other games.
C．The website wasn’t successful at first.
19．What can we learn about the content of the website
A．It’s wide-ranging. B．It’s old-fashioned. C．It’s student-targeted.
20．What is the main focus of the website
A．Make-up and fashion. B．Team sports. C．Computer games.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节；满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Greek Odyssey Reader Event
Join Gourmet editor Joann a Hunkin for an evening of Greek celebration at Kafeneion in Melbourne, Australia.
Escape to the warm waters of the Mediterranean as we celebrate the new, permanent home of Kafeneion, a Greek restaurant, on Spring Street with a shared feast of traditional Greek favorites, inspired by the owners’ own family recipes.
Kafeneion was originally established as a pop-up on Bourke Street, but the co-owners quickly realized they were onto a good thing. As word spread of the simple-yet-vibrant menu — which is built on dishes passed through the team’s families for generations — the race was on to find somewhere to continue the legacy (传承), which set the restaurant apart from others.
Now, following a brief absence, Kafeneion is back, taking over The Supper Club for dinner service (with the late-night favourite still in action from 11pm each night). And what better place to settle in for an evening of good food and great conversation, as we celebrate the rich history of Greece and share stories of adventures old and new Join us as executive chef Fellipe Mezzavilla immerses us in the flavors of Greece and inspires new journeys to come.
VENUE: Kafeneion, Level 1, 161 Spring St, Melbourne
DATE & TIME: 6:30 pm, Wednesday, 19 June 2024
PRICE: $140 per person, all-inclusive four courses with paired drinks throughout
BOOK NOW: Scan the QR code or visit greekodyssey. .au
ENQUIRIES: Email rsupgt@.au
1. What is special about the food in Kafeneion
A. It includes typical Australian dishes.
B. It is served with popular ingredients.
C. It is chosen from The Supper Club.
D. It shows family cooking heritage.
2. How can you buy tickets to this event
A. By calling the restaurant. B. By scanning a QR code.
C. By sending an email. D. By purchasing off-line.
3. Where is the text mostly likely taken from
A. A travel brochure. B. A cooking recipe.
C. A food magazine. D. A research paper.
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了一场庆祝希腊美食的活动。活动将于2024年6月19日在澳大利亚墨尔本的Kafeneion餐厅举行，届时将品尝传统的希腊美食，共度一个充满希腊风情的美好夜晚。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“Kafeneion was originally established as a pop-up on Bourke Street, but the co-owners quickly realized they were onto a good thing. As word spread of the simple-yet-vibrant menu — which is built on dishes passed through the team’s families for generations — the race was on to find somewhere to continue the legacy (传承), which set the restaurant apart from others.(Kafeneion最初是在伯克街开的一家快出店，但合伙人很快意识到他们做了一件好事。随着简单而充满活力的菜单——以团队家族世代相传的菜肴为基础——的传播，寻找地方延续这一传统的竞赛开始了，这使这家餐厅与众不同)”可知，Kafeneion的食物的特别之处在于它展示了家庭烹饪的传统。故选D项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段下面部分中“BOOK NOW: Scan the QR code or visit greekodyssey. .au (现在预订：扫描二维码或访问greekodyssey. .au)”可知，可以通过扫描二维码来购票。故选B项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文，结合第一段中“Join Gourmet editor Joann a Hunkin for an evening of Greek celebration at Kafeneion in Melbourne, Australia.(和美食编辑Joann a Hunkin一起参加澳大利亚墨尔本Kafeneion餐厅的希腊庆祝晚会)”、第二段中“Escape to the warm waters of the Mediterranean as we celebrate the new, permanent home of Kafeneion, a Greek restaurant, on Spring Street with a shared feast of traditional Greek favorites, inspired by the owners’ own family recipes.(逃离到地中海温暖的海水中，我们庆祝希腊餐厅Kafeneion在春天街的新永久住所，分享传统的希腊美食，灵感来自老板自己的家庭食谱)”和第四段中“And what better place to settle in for an evening of good food and great conversation, as we celebrate the rich history of Greece and share stories of adventures old and new Join us as executive chef Fellipe Mezzavilla immerses us in the flavors of Greece and inspires new journeys to come.(还有什么地方比这里更适合享受美食和畅谈的夜晚，同时庆祝希腊丰富的历史，分享新旧冒险故事呢 加入我们的行政总厨Fellipe Mezzavilla，让我们沉浸在希腊的味道中，激发新的旅程)”可推知，文章推荐了墨尔本的Kafeneion餐厅举行的Greek Odyssey Reader Event活动，旨在庆祝该希腊餐厅的新址开业，并分享传统的希腊美食。由此推知，这段文字最可能出自一本美食杂志。故选C项。
B
Like almost every set of new parents, Bryan and Elizabeth Shaw started snapping pictures of their son, Noah, practically from the moment he was born. When he was about three months old, Elizabeth noticed something odd.
The flash on their digital camera created the typical red dot in the center of Noah’s left eye, but the right eye had a white spot at the center, almost as if the flash was being reflected back at the camera by something. When Elizabeth took Noah to an eye doctor, Noah was diagnosed with retinal (视网膜) cancer with the white reflection as a sign. He endured months of treatment, but it was too late.
Noah’s cancer is treatable if caught early. Bryan Shaw wondered whether there were signs he’d missed. He went back over every baby picture of Noah he could find and discovered the first white spot in a photo taken when Noah was 12 days old. As time went on, it appeared more frequently. “By the time he was four months old, it was showing up in 25percent of the pictures taken of him per month,” Bryan recalled.
Later, Bryan was determined to put his hard-won insights to good use. He created a database that recorded the cancer’s appearance in every photo of Noah. He also collected photos and compiled the data from eight other children with the same cancer. Armed with that data, he began to work with colleagues to develop a smartphone app that can scan the photos in the user’s camera roll to search for white eye and can be used as a kind of ophthalmoscope (眼底镜). Called White Eye Detector, it is now available for free on Google Play and in Apple’s Apple Store.
“I just kept telling myself, I really need to do this,” Bryan said. “This disease is tough to detect. Not only could this software save vision, but it can save lives.”
4. Why did Bryan and Elizabeth take pictures of Noah
A. To record his growth.
B. To celebrate his birth.
C. To test their digital camera.
D. To collect evidence of eye diseases.
5. Which word can best describe Bryan’s feelings in paragraph 3
A. Terrified. B. Regretful. C. Lonely. D. Exhausted.
6. What can the app do to help
A. It serves as a detector.
B. It presents expert advice.
C. It saves photos on users’ phones.
D. It provides a worldwide database.
7. What is the text mainly about
A. How a boy lost his eye.
B. How a new app works.
C. How a father saved his son.
D. How an app came into being.
【答案】4 A 5. B 6. A 7. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了一个关于视网膜癌症检测的智能手机应用程序的开发和应用。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Like almost every set of new parents, Bryan and Elizabeth Shaw started snapping pictures of their son, Noah, practically from the moment he was born.(像几乎所有的新父母一样，布莱恩和伊丽莎白·肖从他们的儿子诺亚出生的那一刻起就开始给他拍照)”可推知，从诺亚出生就开始拍照片，是为了记录他的成长。故选A项。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“Noah’s cancer is treatable if caught early. Bryan Shaw wondered whether there were signs he’d missed.(诺亚的癌症如果发现得早是可以治愈的。布莱恩·肖想知道他是否错过了什么迹象)”可知，布莱恩认为自己错过了早些时候的一些迹象，因此错过了治疗时机。由此，可推理出他很后悔。故选B项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段“Armed with that data, he began to work with colleagues to develop a smartphone app that can scan the photos in the user’s camera roll to search for white eye and can be used as a kind of ophthalmoscope (眼底镜).(有了这些数据，他开始与同事合作开发一款智能手机应用程序，该应用程序可以扫描用户相机胶卷中的照片，以搜索白眼，并可以用作一种眼底镜)”可知，这个app可以扫描相册并且作为眼底镜来发现症状，即该应用程序起到了探测器的作用。故选A项。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文尤其最后一段““I just kept telling myself, I really need to do this,” Bryan said. “This disease is tough to detect. Not only could this software save vision, but it can save lives.”(“我一直告诉自己，我真的需要这样做，”布莱恩说。“这种疾病很难发现。这个软件不仅可以拯救视力，还可以拯救生命。”)”可知，本文主要讲述了由于未能及时发现迹象，错失儿子的治疗时机后，父亲积极研发app帮助他人的大爱故事。故选D项。
C
There’s a site in Cornwall, in southern England, called Woodland Valley Farm. Here, farmer Chris Jones allows beavers (河狸) to wander in an enclosed five-acre plot. Their natural dams, he says, have helped control repeated flooding of the downstream village.
Centuries after beavers were hunted to extinction in Britain, efforts are now underway by environmentalists to reintroduce the creature. “Sometimes they can really be annoying; they can mess everything up,” says Christof Angst, an official consultant of be aver management. “But if you look at it on the whole, the positive impact of this species is huge.” Some of the benefits of beavers’ work on a landscape include a boost to biodiversity, drought resistance, and improvement of water quality by moving pollutants.
Yet, as the animals’ return becomes increasingly widespread, the debate is shifting from whether to bring them back to a question of how to manage them once they start appearing in waterways. The consequences of bringing beavers back are not all positive, the most common one being the flooding they can cause, rather than reduce. In addition, critics point to the high costs of beaver-felled trees and be aver reintroduction programs.“Who’s going to pick up the cost, who’s going to do the repairs, who’s going to cover crop loss ”asks Richard Bramley, a farmer from the York area.“There’s no plan.”
To avoid conflicts, organizers have fenced in beaver-related projects. The beavers are not permitted to wander freely beyond the fences. The government has also put together a beaver management strategy framework, which advises communication and listening, in an effort to clear up misunderstandings and concerns. When beavers do cause issues, available options will be provided, including modifying the dams, reducing water levels, or relocating the animals.
“What we want to direct people towards is coexistence with wildlife and nature,” saysEva Bishop, head of communications and education at the Beaver Trust. “We need to encourage people to give space for nature to function.”
8. What do we know about Woodland Valley Farm
A. It keeps beavers for research.
B. It is funded by the government.
C. It builds dams to control flooding.
D. It restricts beavers to a certain area.
9. What is Richard Bramley’s attitude toward be aver projects
A. Critical. B. Appreciative. C. Neutral. D. Tolerant.
10. What does the underlined word “concerns” in paragraph 4 refer to
A. Worries about related costs.
B. Doubts about beavers’ safety.
C. Fears for species extinction.
D. Anxieties over river pollution.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Increasing Beavers Raise the Alarm
B. Conflicts with Beavers Keep Arising
C. Wildlife Conservation Sees a Policy Shift
D. Beaver Projects Offer Coexistence Lessons
【答案】8. D 9. A 10. A 11. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。讲述了在英国重新引入河狸并探讨如何管理它们。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Here, farmer Chris Jones allows beavers (河狸) to wander in an enclosed five-acre plot. Their natural dams, he says, have helped control repeated flooding of the downstream village.(在这里，农民克里斯·琼斯允许河狸在一个封闭的五英亩土地上游荡。他们的天然水坝，他说，帮助控制了下游村庄反复发生的洪水)”可知，河狸只能在一个封闭区域内活动。故选D项。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段““Who’s going to pick up the cost, who’s going to do the repairs, who’s going to cover crop loss ”asks Richard Bramley, a farmer from the York area.“There’s no plan.”(“谁来承担成本，谁来维修，谁来赔偿作物损失 ”来自约克地区的农民理查德·布拉姆利(Richard Bramley)问道。“没有计划。”)”可知，理查德·布拉姆利认为没有计划，所以对河狸项目持批评态度。故选A项。
【10题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第三段“The consequences of bringing beavers back are not all positive, the most common one being the flooding they can cause, rather than reduce. In addition, critics point to the high costs of beaver-felled trees and be aver reintroduction programs.(把河狸带回来的后果并不都是积极的，最常见的是它们可能引起洪水，而不是减少洪水。此外，批评人士指出，砍伐河狸的树木和重新引入河狸的项目成本高昂)”可知，由于河狸项目的负面影响和高额成本，河狸和人之间会产生冲突，再根据第四段“To avoid conflicts, organizers have fenced in beaver-related projects. The beavers are not permitted to wander freely beyond the fences.(为了避免冲突，组织者将与河狸有关的项目围了起来)”可知，组织者采取了一系列措施来避免冲突，消除人们的误解和担心。由此可以推断，这种担心是指对河狸可能造成的相关损失的担心。故选A项。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段“There’s a site in Cornwall, in southern England, called Woodland Valley Farm. Here, farmer Chris Jones allows beavers (河狸) to wander in an enclosed five-acre plot. Their natural dams, he says, have helped control repeated flooding of the downstream village.(在英格兰南部的康沃尔郡有一个地方，叫做伍德兰山谷农场。在这里，农民克里斯·琼斯允许河狸在一个封闭的五英亩土地上游荡。他们的天然水坝，他说，帮助控制了下游村庄反复发生的洪水)”以及纵观全文可知，全文主要介绍了英国的河狸项目，包括项目带来的好处以及应对风险的措施，所以D项“Beaver Projects Offer Coexistence Lessons(河狸项目提供了共存经验)”是本文最好的标题。故选D项。
D
Social media companies are often compared to tobacco companies, for they both market harmful products to children and design their products for maximum customer loyalty（that is, addiction）, but there’s a big difference: Teens can and do choose, in large numbers, not to smoke. Social media, in contrast, applies a lot more pressure on non-users, at a much younger age and in a more unnoticed way.
Once a few students in any middle school open accounts at age 11 or 12, the pressure on everyone else to join becomes intense. Even a girl who consciously knows that Instagram can foster beauty obsession, anxiety, and eating disorders might sooner take those risks than accept the seeming certainty of being out of the picture and excluded. In this way, social media unlocks a remarkable achievement: It even harms adolescents who do not use it.
A recent study in the University of Chicago illustrated the effects of the social media trap precisely. The researchers asked more than 1,000 college students how much they would need to be paid to deactivate（停用）their accounts on Instagram for four weeks. On average, the students said they would need to be paid roughly $ 50. Then the experimenters told the students that they were going to get most of their friends to do the same, and then asked, Now how much would you have to be paid to deactivate, if most others did so The answer, on average, was less than zero —most students were willing to pay to have that happen.
Most students are on social media only because everyone else is too. This is the textbook definition of what social scientists call a collective-action problem. It’s what happens when a group would be better off if everyone in the group took a particular action, but each actor is discouraged from acting, because unless the others do the same, the personal cost outweighs the benefit. Cigarettes trapped individual smokers with a biological addiction. Social media, however, has trapped an entire generation in a collective-action problem.
12. What drives teenagers to start using social media
A. The longing to stand out.
B. The fear of being left out.
C. The wish to impress others.
D. The pressure from non-users.
13. What can we learn about the college students in the study
A. They are happy to interact online.
B. They are fed up with social media.
C. They choose Instagram over friends.
D. They use social media to make money.
14. Which of the following is a collective-action problem
A. Athletes changing strategies to win a race.
B. Students taking exercise for better health.
C. Fishermen limiting their catch to protect fish.
D. Companies investing more for bigger profits.
15. What is the purpose of the text
A. To present new findings of a research.
B. To introduce a branch of social science.
C. To explore a reason for social media addiction.
D. To argue against the benefits of social media.
【答案】12. B 13. B 14. C 15. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讨论了社交媒体对青少年的影响，特别是它们如何像烟草公司一样，设计产品以增加用户忠诚度（即成瘾）。文章通过一个大学研究展示了社交媒体如何成为一种集体行动问题，使得大多数学生因为担心被排除在外而继续使用社交媒体。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Even a girl who consciously knows that Instagram can foster beauty obsession, anxiety, and eating disorders might sooner take those risks than accept the seeming certainty of being out of the picture and excluded. (即使一个女孩明知Instagram可能助长对外貌的迷恋、焦虑和饮食障碍，她也宁愿冒险而不愿接受看似必然的被排除在外的感觉。)”可知，驱动青少年开始使用社交媒体的是害怕被排除在外。故选B项。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段“On average, the students said they would need to be paid roughly $ 50 to deactivate their accounts on Instagram for four weeks. (平均而言，学生们表示他们需要大约50美元才能停用他们的Instagram账户四周。)”以及“The answer, on average, was less than zero —most students were willing to pay to have that happen. (平均答案是负数——大多数学生甚至愿意付钱让这种情况发生。)”可知，如果其他人也这么做的话，他们愿意付费停止使用，可推理出学生们对社交媒体感到不满。故选B项。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第四段“This is the textbook definition of what social scientists call a collective-action problem. (这是社会科学家所说的集体行动问题的教科书定义。)”以及“It’s what happens when a group would be better off if everyone in the group took a particular action, but each actor is discouraged from acting, because unless the others do the same, the personal cost outweighs the benefit. (当一个群体中的每个人都采取特定行动时，整个群体会更好，但每个个体都被阻止采取行动，因为除非其他人也这样做，否则个人的成本超过了收益。)”可知，集体行动问题是指当一个群体中的每个人如果都采取某种行动会对整个群体更有利，但每个个体因为担心自己的成本超过收益而不愿意采取行动。选项C中“Fishermen limiting their catch to protect fish. (渔民限制捕鱼以保护鱼类。)”符合这一描述，因为如果所有渔民都限制捕鱼，将对保护鱼类资源有利，但如果只有个别渔民限制捕鱼，他们的个人利益会受损。故选C项。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Social media, in contrast, applies a lot more pressure on non-users, at a much younger age and in a more unnoticed way.（相比之下，社交媒体对非用户施加了更多的压力，而且是在更早的年龄，以更不易察觉的方式。）”、第二段“In this way, social media unlocks a remarkable achievement: It even harms adolescents who do not use it.（通过这种方式，社交媒体取得了显著成就：它甚至伤害了那些不使用的青少年。）以及最后一段“Most students are on social media only because everyone else is too. This is the textbook definition of what social scientists call a collective-action problem.（大多数学生使用社交媒体仅仅是因为别人也在用。这就是社会科学家所说的集体行动问题的教科书定义。）”可知文章的目的是探索社交媒体成瘾的一个原因，即集体行动问题和随之而来的社交压力，故选C项。
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox, the fourth term of the year, signals the equal length of the day and night time. ____16____. After the equinox, the sun moves northwards, resulting in gradually longer daytime in the Northern Hemisphere and longer night in the South. Here are things you may not know about the Spring Equinox.
Swallows fly north
The ancient Chinese people divided the fifteen days of the Spring Equinox into three “hou’s,” or five-day parts. As the old saying goes, “swallows fly back to the North in the first hou; thunder cracks the sky in the second hou; lightning occurs frequently in the third hou.”____17____.
Egg-standing games
Standing an egg upright is a popular game across the country during the Spring Equinox. It is an old custom that dates back to 4,000 years ago. ____18____. Furthermore, there is a general perception that good luck for the future will be generated in this way.
Flying kites
In ancient times, people did not have good medical resources. So to pray for health, they wrote their medical issues on paper kite. When the kite was in the air, people would cut off the string to let the paper kite float away, symbolizing the flying away of diseases. ____19____. On the Spring Equinox, people write a blessing on the kite, hoping that the gods in the sky would see it.
____20____
This practice is popular in the southern area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. As the Spring Equinox comes, farm work starts and both the farmers and the cattle start to become busy. Farmers will reward cattle with sticky rice balls to express their gratefulness.
A. Reward farm cattle
B. Hold sacrifice ceremonies
C. Later, it developed into a tradition of spring
D. On the day of it, the sun is directly above the equator
E. As the Spring Equinox comes, the weather frequently varies
F. People practice this tradition to celebrate the coming of spring
G. They vividly reveal the climate feature during the Spring Equinox
【答案】16. D 17. G 18. F 19. C 20. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了中国二十四节气中的春分以及春分习俗。
【16题详解】
根据前文“The Spring Equinox, the fourth term of the year, signals the equal length of the day and night time.(春分，一年中的第四个节气，标志着白天和黑夜的长度相等)”以及后文“After the equinox, the sun moves northwards, resulting in gradually longer daytime in the Northern Hemisphere and longer night in the South.(春分之后，太阳向北移动，导致北半球的白天逐渐变长，南半球的夜晚逐渐变长)”可知，前文介绍春分，后文讲述春分之后，太阳移动轨迹，所以空处应是讲述春分时太阳运动轨迹，D项“On the day of it, the sun is directly above the equator(在这一天，太阳在赤道的正上方)”符合文意，解释了为什么白天和黑夜的长度相等，引出下文。故选D项。
17题详解】
设空位于段尾，是对前文的总结，根据前文“The ancient Chinese people divided the fifteen days of the Spring Equinox into three “hou’s,” or five-day parts. As the old saying goes, “swallows fly back to the North in the first hou; thunder cracks the sky in the second hou; lightning occurs frequently in the third hou.”(古代中国人将春分的十五天分为三“候”，即五天为一候。俗话说：“一候玄鸟至，二候雷乃发声，三候始电。”)”可知，本段主要讲述了春分时的特征，所以G项“They vividly reveal the climate feature during the Spring Equinox(它们生动地揭示了春分期间的气候特征)”是对前文的总结。故选G项。
【18题详解】
根据前文“Standing an egg upright is a popular game across the country during the Spring Equinox. It is an old custom that dates back to 4,000 years ago.(春分时节，全国各地都有一项流行的游戏——立鸡蛋。这是一个古老的习俗，可以追溯到4000年前)”可知，选项承接上文说明这个游戏的作用是什么。F项“People practice this tradition to celebrate the coming of spring(人们用这个传统来庆祝春天的到来)”中的tradition指的就是上文的立鸡蛋，承接上文。故选F项。
【19题详解】
根据前文“In ancient times, people did not have good medical resources. So to pray for health, they wrote their medical issues on paper kite. When the kite was in the air, people would cut off the string to let the paper kite float away, symbolizing the flying away of diseases.(在古代，人们没有好的医疗资源。为了祈求健康，他们把自己的健康问题写在纸风筝上。当风筝在空中时，人们会剪断风筝的线，让纸风筝飘走，象征着疾病的飞走)”可知，本段主要讲述春分放风筝，所以C项“Later, it developed into a tradition of spring(后来，它发展成为春天的传统)”是对放风筝的进一步说明，符合文意。故选C项。
【20题详解】
分析设空，为本段小标题，根据后文“This practice is popular in the southern area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. As the Spring Equinox comes, farm work starts and both the farmers and the cattle start to become busy. Farmers will reward cattle with sticky rice balls to express their gratefulness.(这种做法在长江下游的南方地区很流行。随着春分的到来，农活开始了，农民和牛都开始忙碌起来。农民会用糯米团奖励牛来表达他们的感激之情)”可知，本段主要讲述了农民表达他们对牛的感激之情，所以A项“Reward farm cattle(奖励耕牛)”是本段小标题。故选A项。
第三部分 语言运用（共两节；满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and ___21___ sad. My focus was on me, me, me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same ____22____ as I was.
I expressed my depressed ____23____ to my mother. She didn’t offer any comfort; ____24____, she said, “I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why don’t you make her some ____25____ and we’ll take them to her this afternoon ”
I didn’t really intend to, but I was bound to because I was ____26____ to go back to my other problems just yet. I made some and ____27____ them on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a small note of empathy.
That afternoon we ____28____ my friend’s house. I went to the door and ____29____ the bell. Soon Jamie came to the door and looked at me in _____30_____ for the unexpected visit. Before she could say anything, I _____31_____. “I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better.” The look that _____32_____ Jamie’s face was one that I could never put into words. It was as if a darkened sky was suddenly _____33_____ with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened.
I got back into the car and for some _____34_____ reason, I felt a lot better myself somehow. That day I experienced the truth that James Barrie attempted to describe: “The guys who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot _____35_____ it from themselves.”
21 A. extremely B. deliberately C. accidentally D. hardly
22. A. wonders B. advances C. trials D. benefits
23 A. consequence B. state C. expectation D. memory
24. A. therefore B. moreover C. meanwhile D. instead
25. A. cards B. jokes C. troubles D. cookies
26. A. unwilling B. pleased C. impatient D. eager
27. A. shared B. arranged C. exhibited D. sold
28. A. broke into B. took over C. dropped by D. cleaned up
29. A. heard B. called C. rang D. observed
30. A. surprise B. embarrassment C. fright D. pain
31. A. defended B. pushed C. rushed D. promised
32. A. buried B. crossed C. saddened D. stroked
33. A. blocked B. torn C. fixed D. lit
34. A. convincing B. logical C. reasonable D. unknown
35. A. steal B. keep C. take D. draw
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. A 31. C 32. B 33. D 34. D 35. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍的是作者在不愉快的日子通过帮助别人使自己和别人都快乐起来的故事，从中体会了“给别人的生活带来阳光的人，自己也会有阳光。”这句话的道理。
【21题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：我灰心丧气，疲惫不堪，极度悲伤。A. extremely极其；B. deliberately故意地；C. accidentally偶然地；D. hardly几乎不。根据上文中的“Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right Not too long ago I was having one of those days.”可知，作者不久前经历了一段一切似乎都出了问题，一切似乎都不对的状态，结合“I was discouraged, weary”可知，此处指的是作者感觉“极其”悲伤，符合语境。故选A项。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：毕竟，没有人经历过和我一样的令人伤脑筋的事。A. wonders奇观；B. advances进步；C. trials令人伤脑筋的事；D. benefits好处。根据上文中的“I was discouraged, weary, and ___1___ sad. My focus was on me, me, me.”可知，作者感到灰心丧气，疲惫不堪，极度悲伤，结合“After all, no one else was experiencing the same”可知，此处指的是没有人跟作者一样经历这种“令人伤脑筋”的事情。故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我向母亲表达了我的抑郁状态。A. consequence结果；B. state状态；C. expectation期望；D. memory记忆力。根据上文中的“I was discouraged, weary, and ___1___ sad.”可知，作者处于灰心丧气，疲惫不堪，极度悲伤的状态，所以像母亲表达这种“状态”符合语境。故选B项。
【24题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：她没有给予任何安慰；相反，她说：“我听说Jamie今天也很难过。你为什么不给她做些饼干，我们今天下午给她送去 ”A. therefore因此；B. moreover而且；C. meanwhile同时；D. instead反而。根据上文中的“She didn’t offer any comfort”可知，母亲没有安慰作者，结合空后的“she said, “I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why don’t you make her some ____5____ and we’ll take them to her this afternoon ””可知，母亲告诉作者朋友Jamie也处于困难的境地，建议作者做点东西下午带给他，由此可知，上下文之间为转折关系，所以此处使用“反而”符合逻辑。故选D项。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她没有给予任何安慰；相反，她说：“我听说Jamie今天也很难过。你为什么不给她做些饼干，我们今天下午给她送去 ”A. cards卡；B. jokes玩笑；C. troubles麻烦；D. cookies饼干。结合语境和上文中的“I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too”可知，母亲告诉作者Jamie现在也处于困难的境地，所以应建议作者做点“饼干”带给她，符合语境。故选D项。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我并不是真的想这么做，但我不得不这么做，因为我还不愿意回到我的其他问题上。A. unwilling不愿意的；B. pleased高兴的；C. impatient无耐心的；D. eager渴望的。根据上文中的“I didn’t really intend to, but I was bound to”可知，作者不想这么做，但还不得不去做，因为作者“不愿意的”回到自己的问题上，符合语境。故选A项。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我做了一些，把它们放在一个小盘子里。A. shared分享；B. arranged安置；C. exhibited展览；D. sold售卖。根据常识和上文中的“I made some”以及下文中的“on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a small note of empathy.”可知，作者做了一些饼干后，应该是描述了接下来做的事情，所以此处应把这些饼干“安置”在一个小盘子里，还做了一张卡片，上面有一朵向日葵，并写了一个小小的同情。故选B项。
【28题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：那天下午，我们顺便去了我朋友家。A. broke into闯入；B. took over接管，占上风；C. dropped by顺便拜访；D. cleaned up清理干净。根据上文中的“Why don’t you make her some ____5____ and we’ll take them to her this afternoon ”可知，母亲建议作者做点饼干，下午带给朋友Jamie，由此可知，此处指的是“顺便拜访”朋友家，符合语境。故选C项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我走到门口按了门铃。A. heard听见；B. called呼叫；C. rang（使）发出响声，按响；D. observed观察。根据常识和上文中的“I went to the door”可知，作者走向门，结合下文中的“the bell”可知，此处应为按响门铃，符合语境。故选C项。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：不久，Jamie来到门口，惊讶地看着我，因为我不速之客。A. surprise惊讶；B. embarrassment尴尬；C. fright害怕；D. pain疼痛。根据下文中的“for the unexpected visit”可知，作者是不速之客，所以Jamie看到作者后应该是感到“惊讶”，符合语境。故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她还没来得及说话，我就冲了过去。A. defended防御；B. pushed推进；C. rushed冲，迅速移动；D. promised承诺。根据上文中的“Before she could say anything”可知，朋友Jamie还没有来得及说话，所以此处指的是作者“冲”了过去，符合语境。故选C项。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Jamie脸上掠过的表情是我无法用语言表达的。A. buried埋藏；B. crossed横过，掠过；C. saddened使悲伤；D. stroked轻抚。根据下文中的“Jamie’s face was one that I could never put into words.”可知，此处讲述的是朋友听到作者的话后，脸上露出的表情作者无法用语言表达，由此可知，此处应表示“掠过”Jamie的脸的表情，符合语境。故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：仿佛黑暗的天空突然被金色的阳光照亮了；就在这个小小的举动中，她的一天变得明亮起来。A. blocked阻挡；B. torn撕，扯；C. fixed修理；D. lit照亮。根据下文中的“it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened.”可知，一个小小的举动，点亮了她的一天，由此可知，此处指的是黑暗的夜空被金色的阳光“照亮”。故选D项。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我回到车里，不知什么原因，我感觉好多了。A. convincing令人信服的；B. logical符合逻辑的；C. reasonable合理的；D. unknown未知的。根据语境和下文中的“I felt a lot better myself somehow.”可知，作者给朋友Jamie送去饼干和祝福后，自己就感觉好多了，由此可推断，此处表示的是“不知道什么原因”，符合语境。故选D项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：那一天，我经历了詹姆斯·巴里试图描述的真理：“给别人的生活带来阳光的人，自己也会有阳光。”A. steal偷；B. keep阻止，保持；C. take带走；D. draw吸引。根据语境和上文中的“The guys who bring sunshine to the lives of others”可知，此处指的是作者给朋友送上饼干和祝福后，自己糟糕的状态也变好了很多，由此可知推断，此处指的是给别人带来阳光的人，自己也会有阳光，也就是，不会“阻止”自己有阳光。故选B项。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Distracted driving is an ongoing problem. A new poll by State Farm, ____36____ insurance company, proves once again that the roads are full of fools. One in five of the 912 drivers ____37____ (survey) last November admitted accessing the Internet on their smartphones while driving. Over the past several months, the company ____38____ (conduct) a deeper study. ____39____ (teenager) and young adults are more addicted to their phones, and they’re also less experienced drivers, a reason for danger on the roads with a likely ____40____ (high) percentage of smartphone use while driving.
Despite ____41____ (acknowledge) the dangers, none of the guilty drivers seems to be ashamed of ____42____ (them). “I’m not saying it’s the smartest thing in the world,” says Sean Black, a 38-year-old Illinois resident, “but I guess I just do it anyway.”Maybe, to a certain degree, this behavior will never change ____43____ a near-accident or actual crash doesn’t take place. Even then, the change will only happen ____44____ the basis of each individual case, and it puts the lives and well-being of innocents at the mercy of those ____45____ are too lazy to change their habits.
【答案】36. an 37. surveyed
38. has conducted
39. Teenagers
40. higher 41. acknowledging
42. themselves
43. if 44. on
45. who
【解析】
【导语】本文为说明文。文章通过引用保险公司State Farm的民调数据来说明分心驾驶，特别是开车时使用智能手机的问题，并分析了这一行为的主要群体特征及其潜在危害。
【36题详解】
考查冠词。句意：州立农场保险公司，一家保险公司，进行的新民调再次证明，路上到处都是傻瓜。insurance company为可数名词单数形式，此处表示泛指“一家保险公司”，且insurance发音以元音音素开头，应用不定冠词an。故填an。
【37题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：在去年11月接受调查的912名司机中，有五分之一的人承认在开车时访问智能手机上的互联网。本句谓语为admitted，此处为非谓语动词，survey“调查”与drivers之间为动宾关系，且表示动作已完成，因此用过去分词，作后置定语。故填surveyed。
【38题详解】
考查时态、主谓一致。句意：在过去几个月里，该公司进行了更深入的研究。conduct“实施”。根据时间状语Over the past several months可知，此处应用现在完成时，主语the company为第三人称单数，助动词用has。故填has conducted。
【39题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：青少年和年轻人更沉迷于他们的手机，而且他们也是经验较少的司机，这是道路上存在危险的一个原因，可能有更高的比例在开车时使用智能手机。teenager“青少年”为可数名词，青少年不止一个，应用名词复数形式，与young adults并列，作主语。故填Teenagers。
【40题详解】
考查形容词比较级。句意：青少年和年轻人更沉迷于他们的手机，而且他们也是经验较少的司机，这是道路上存在危险的一个原因，可能有更高的比例在开车时使用智能手机。根据上文less experienced drivers可知，此处暗含比较，应用比较级形式higher“更高的”，作定语，修饰名词percentage。故填higher。
【41题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：尽管承认了危险，但似乎没有一个有罪的司机为自己感到羞耻。despite为介词，后接acknowledge“承认”的动名词acknowledging，作Despite的宾语。故填acknowledging。
【42题详解】
考查代词。句意：尽管承认了危险，但似乎没有一个有罪的司机为自己感到羞耻。司机们没有为“他们自己的行为”感到羞耻，此处用反身代词themselves“他们自己”，来指代上下文中提及到的the guilty drivers“内疚的司机”他们自己，作of的宾语。故填themselves。
【43题详解】
考查条件状语从句。句意：也许，在某种程度上，如果没有发生近乎事故或实际的撞车事故，这种行为永远不会改变。空处引导条件状语从句，表示“如果”，应用if引导。故填if。
【44题详解】
考查介词。句意：即便如此，这种改变也只会发生在每个个案的基础上，它将无辜者的生命和福祉置于那些懒得改变习惯的人的摆布之下。on the basis of为固定短语，意为“基于……”。故填on。
【45题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：即便如此，这种改变也只会发生在每个个案的基础上，它将无辜者的生命和福祉置于那些懒得改变习惯的人的摆布之下。空处引导定语从句，先行词是those，指人，关系词代替先行词在从句中作主语，应用关系代词who引导。故填who。
第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是班长李华，外教Eric应约在上周为你班同学介绍了美式足球比赛的规则。本周，你班计划举行一场美式足球比赛，请你给Eric写一封邮件，内容如下：
1．表达感谢；
2．邀请他担任裁判；
3．告知比赛的时间和地点。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80个左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参考词汇：裁判 referee
Dear Eric,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best regards,
Li Hua
【答案】范文：
Dear Eric,
I’m writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for your introduction to American football rules last week. Your comprehensive and insightful guidance has been invaluable to our class, significantly enhancing our understanding of the game. We are thrilled to announce that we will be holding a game this week and we sincerely invite you to be our referee. Your expertise and experience would greatly enrich the game. The match will take place on Saturday afternoon at the school sports field. We eagerly await your presence.
Best regards,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。本周，班上计划举行一场美式足球比赛，要求考生给外教Eric写信，感谢他之前为班上同学介绍了美式足球比赛的规则，并邀请他担任裁判。
【详解】1.词汇积累
激动的：thrilled → excited
裁判：referee → judge
比赛：match → game/competition
期待：await → expect
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Your comprehensive and insightful guidance has been invaluable to our class, significantly enhancing our understanding of the game.
拓展句：Your comprehensive and insightful guidance has been invaluable to our class, which significantly enhances our understanding of the game.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Your comprehensive and insightful guidance has been invaluable to our class, significantly enhancing our understanding of the game. (运用了现在分词短语作状语)
[高分句型2] We are thrilled to announce that we will be holding a game this week and we sincerely invite you to be our referee. (运用了连词that引导宾语从句)
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I grew up in the south of Arizona in a little community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning, my father told me I could drive him into a remote village called Mijas, about 18 miles away, on condition that I take the car in to be serviced at a nearby garage. Having just learned to drive, and hardly ever having the opportunity to use the car, I readily accepted.
I drove Dad into Mijas and promised to pick him up at 4 P. M…Then I drove to a nearby garage and dropped off the car. Because I had a few hours to spare, I decided to catch a couple of movies at a theater near the garage. However, I became so immersed in the films that I completely lost track of time. When the last movie had finished, I looked down at my watch. It was six o’clock. I was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he found out I’d been watching movies. He’d never let me drive again. I decided to tell him that the car needed some repairs and that they had taken longer than had been expected. I drove up to the place where we had planned to meet and saw Dad waiting patiently on the corner. I apologized for being late and told him that I’d come as quickly as I could, but the car had needed some major repairs. I’ll never forget the look he gave me.
“I’m disappointed that you feel you have to lie to me, Jason.”
“What do you mean I’m telling the truth.”
Dad looked at me again. “When you did not show up, I called the garage to ask if there were any problems, and they told me that you had not yet picked up the car. So you see, I know there were no problems with the car.”
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dad let out a sigh of disappointment.
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However, determined to teach me a lesson, Dad continued his walking back home.
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【答案】
Dad let out a sigh of disappointment. A feeling of guilt ran through me as I weakly confessed to my trip to the movie theater and the real reason for my being late. Dad listened attentively as a sadness passed through him. “I’m angry, not with you but with myself. You see, I realise that I have failed as a father if after all these years you feel that you have to lie to me. I have failed because I have brought up a son who cannot even tell the truth to his own father. I am going to walk home now and think seriously about where I have gone wrong all these years.” “But Dad, it’s 18 miles. It’s dark. You can’t walk home.”
However, determined to teach me a lesson, Dad continued his walking back home. Dad began walking along the dusty road. I quickly jumped in the car and followed behind, hoping he would change his mind. I begged all the way, telling him how sorry I was, but he simply ignored me, continuing on his way silently, thoughtfully and painfully. For 18 miles I drove behind him, at a speed of about five miles per hour. Seeing my father in so much physical and emotional pain was the saddest experience that I had ever faced. However, it was also the most important lesson. I have never lied to him since.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者16岁那年，爸爸让作者自己开车去修理厂修车，然后再去接他，但作者看电影忘记了时间。由于怕爸爸生气，作者撒了谎，但被爸爸揭穿。
【详解】1. 段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“爸爸失望地叹了口气。”可知，第一段可描写爸爸感到生气并自责，决定走路回家。
②由第二段首句内容“然而，为了给我一个教训，爸爸继续步行回家。”可知，第二段可描写作者看着爸爸走路回家，自己感到难过，并得到教训。
2. 续写线索：父亲生气自责——决定独自走路回家——跟在父亲身后——难过自责——得到教训。
3. 词汇激活
行为类
①养育：bring up/raise
②开始：begin/start
③忽视：ignore/neglect
情绪类
①愤怒的：angry/annoyed
②默默地：silently/quietly
【点睛】[高分句型1] I have failed because I have brought up a son who cannot even tell the truth to his own father.(运用了because引导的原因状语从句和who引导的定语从句)
[高分句型2] I am going to walk home now and think seriously about where I have gone wrong all these years.(运用了where引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型3] I quickly jumped in the car and followed behind, hoping he would change his mind.(运用了现在分词作伴随状语和省略引导词that的宾语从句)重庆市高2024届高三第九次质量检测
英语试题
注意事项：
1．本试卷由四个部分组成。其中第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。共150分，共12页。
2．全部答案在答题卡上相应区域内完成，在本试卷上作答无效。选择题请使用2B铅笔填涂，非选择题请使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答。要求字体工整、笔迹清晰。
3．请在答题卡规定的地方填写好个人信息，并认真核对答题卡上所粘贴的条形码是否与本人的信息一致。
4．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力（共两节；满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．When will the woman meet the staff manager
A．At 9:30． B．At 11:00． C．At 12:40．
2．Why hasn’t the woman seen the man for a long time
A．He went traveling. B．He was ill. C．He moved to Glasgow.
3．Where does the conversation take place
A．At a restaurant. B．At a supermarket. C．At home.
4．How does the man feel now
A．Excited. B．Regretful. C．Refreshed.
5．What is the man doing
A．Offering a favor. B．Serving a customer. C．Showing the way.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．What are the speakers talking about
A．Making an outing plan. B．Entertaining some friends. C．Working on a car.
7．What does the woman ask the man to do
A．Cancel his plan to meet Frank.
B．Invite Frank to join them.
C．Ignore their guests.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．What is the woman shopping for
A．Envelopes. B．A camera. C．Art supplies.
9．What additional service does the man mention
A．Photo printing. B．Online purchasing. C．In-store mailing.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．What does Grace need Jack to do
A．Fix the copy machine. B．Attend a staff meeting. C．Print some documents
11．What do we know about the copy machine
A．It is under repair.
B．It is in poor condition.
C．It has broken down three times.
12．Where is Jack heading next
A．A branch office. B．A copy shop. C．A repair shop.
听第9段材料,回答第13 至 16 题。
13．What is the job about
A．Hotel cleaning. B．Hotel decoration. C．Guest reception.
14．Who will tell the client about the update
A．Richard. B．The woman. C．The man.
15．How long will it take to finish the job
A．Five days. B．Six days. C．Four days.
16．Why does the woman want the job to go smoothly
A．To attract more workers.
B．To get more job opportunities.
C．To shorten the working period.
听第10段材料,回答第17 至20 题。
17．When did Britt first want to build a website
A．After university. B．At university. C．At high school.
18．Why did Britt change the name of her website
A．The original name wasn’t suitable.
B．She wanted to include other games.
C．The website wasn’t successful at first.
19．What can we learn about the content of the website
A．It’s wide-ranging B．It’s old-fashioned. C．It’s student-targeted.
20．What is the main focus of the website
A．Make-up and fashion. B．Team sports. C．Computer games.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节；满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Greek Odyssey Reader Event
Join Gourmet editor Joann a Hunkin for an evening of Greek celebration at Kafeneion in Melbourne, Australia.
Escape to the warm waters of the Mediterranean as we celebrate the new, permanent home of Kafeneion, a Greek restaurant, on Spring Street with a shared feast of traditional Greek favorites, inspired by the owners’ own family recipes.
Kafeneion was originally established as a pop-up on Bourke Street, but the co-owners quickly realized they were onto a good thing. As word spread of the simple-yet-vibrant menu — which is built on dishes passed through the team’s families for generations — the race was on to find somewhere to continue the legacy (传承), which set the restaurant apart from others.
Now, following a brief absence, Kafeneion is back, taking over The Supper Club for dinner service (with the late-night favourite still in action from 11pm each night). And what better place to settle in for an evening of good food and great conversation, as we celebrate the rich history of Greece and share stories of adventures old and new Join us as executive chef Fellipe Mezzavilla immerses us in the flavors of Greece and inspires new journeys to come.
VENUE: Kafeneion, Level 1, 161 Spring St, Melbourne
DATE & TIME: 6:30 pm, Wednesday, 19 June 2024
PRICE: $140 per person, all-inclusive four courses with paired drinks throughout
BOOK NOW: Scan the QR code or visit greekodyssey .au
ENQUIRIES: Email rsupgt@.au
1. What is special about the food in Kafeneion
A. It includes typical Australian dishes.
B. It is served with popular ingredients.
C. It is chosen from The Supper Club.
D. It shows family cooking heritage.
2. How can you buy tickets to this event
A. By calling the restaurant. B. By scanning a QR code.
C. By sending an email. D. By purchasing off-line.
3. Where is the text mostly likely taken from
A. A travel brochure. B. A cooking recipe.
C. A food magazine. D. A research paper.
B
Like almost every set of new parents, Bryan and Elizabeth Shaw started snapping pictures of their son, Noah, practically from the moment he was born. When he was about three months old, Elizabeth noticed something odd.
The flash on their digital camera created the typical red dot in the center of Noah’s left eye, but the right eye had a white spot at the center, almost as if the flash was being reflected back at the camera by something. When Elizabeth took Noah to an eye doctor, Noah was diagnosed with retinal (视网膜) cancer with the white reflection as a sign. He endured months of treatment, but it was too late.
Noah’s cancer is treatable if caught early. Bryan Shaw wondered whether there were signs he’d missed. He went back over every baby picture of Noah he could find and discovered the first white spot in a photo taken when Noah was 12 days old. As time went on, it appeared more frequently. “By the time he was four months old, it was showing up in 25percent of the pictures taken of him per month,” Bryan recalled.
Later, Bryan was determined to put his hard-won insights to good use. He created a database that recorded the cancer’s appearance in every photo of Noah. He also collected photos and compiled the data from eight other children with the same cancer. Armed with that data, he began to work with colleagues to develop a smartphone app that can scan the photos in the user’s camera roll to search for white eye and can be used as a kind of ophthalmoscope (眼底镜). Called White Eye Detector, it is now available for free on Google Play and in Apple’s Apple Store.
“I just kept telling myself, I really need to do this,” Bryan said. “This disease is tough to detect. Not only could this software save vision, but it can save lives.”
4. Why did Bryan and Elizabeth take pictures of Noah
A. To record his growth.
B. To celebrate his birth.
C. To test their digital camera.
D. To collect evidence of eye diseases.
5. Which word can best describe Bryan’s feelings in paragraph 3
A. Terrified. B. Regretful. C. Lonely. D. Exhausted.
6. What can the app do to help
A. It serves as a detector.
B. It presents expert advice.
C. It saves photos on users’ phones.
D. It provides a worldwide database.
7. What is the text mainly about
A. How a boy lost his eye.
B. How a new app works.
C. How a father saved his son.
D. How an app came into being.
C
There’s a site in Cornwall, in southern England, called Woodland Valley Farm. Here, farmer Chris Jones allows beavers (河狸) to wander in an enclosed five-acre plot. Their natural dams, he says, have helped control repeated flooding of the downstream village.
Centuries after beavers were hunted to extinction in Britain, efforts are now underway by environmentalists to reintroduce the creature. “Sometimes they can really be annoying; they can mess everything up,” says Christof Angst, an official consultant of be aver management. “But if you look at it on the whole, the positive impact of this species is huge.” Some of the benefits of beavers’ work on a landscape include a boost to biodiversity, drought resistance, and improvement of water quality by moving pollutants.
Yet, as the animals’ return becomes increasingly widespread, the debate is shifting from whether to bring them back to a question of how to manage them once they start appearing in waterways. The consequences of bringing beavers back are not all positive, the most common one being the flooding they can cause, rather than reduce. In addition, critics point to the high costs of beaver-felled trees and be aver reintroduction programs.“Who’s going to pick up the cost, who’s going to do the repairs, who’s going to cover crop loss ”asks Richard Bramley, a farmer from the York area.“There’s no plan.”
To avoid conflicts, organizers have fenced in beaver-related projects. The beavers are not permitted to wander freely beyond the fences. The government has also put together a beaver management strategy framework, which advises communication and listening, in an effort to clear up misunderstandings and concerns. When beavers do cause issues, available options will be provided, including modifying the dams, reducing water levels, or relocating the animals.
“What we want to direct people towards is coexistence with wildlife and nature,” saysEva Bishop, head of communications and education at the Beaver Trust. “We need to encourage people to give space for nature to function.”
8. What do we know about Woodland Valley Farm
A. It keeps beavers for research.
B It is funded by the government.
C. It builds dams to control flooding.
D. It restricts beavers to a certain area.
9. What is Richard Bramley’s attitude toward be aver projects
A. Critical. B. Appreciative. C. Neutral. D. Tolerant.
10. What does the underlined word “concerns” in paragraph 4 refer to
A. Worries about related costs.
B. Doubts about beavers’ safety.
C. Fears for species extinction.
D. Anxieties over river pollution.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Increasing Beavers Raise the Alarm
B. Conflicts with Beavers Keep Arising
C. Wildlife Conservation Sees a Policy Shift
D. Beaver Projects Offer Coexistence Lessons
D
Social media companies are often compared to tobacco companies, for they both market harmful products to children and design their products for maximum customer loyalty（that is, addiction）, but there’s a big difference: Teens can and do choose, in large numbers, not to smoke. Social media, in contrast, applies a lot more pressure on non-users, at a much younger age and in a more unnoticed way.
Once a few students in any middle school open accounts at age 11 or 12, the pressure on everyone else to join becomes intense. Even a girl who consciously knows that Instagram can foster beauty obsession, anxiety, and eating disorders might sooner take those risks than accept the seeming certainty of being out of the picture and excluded. In this way, social media unlocks a remarkable achievement: It even harms adolescents who do not use it.
A recent study in the University of Chicago illustrated the effects of the social media trap precisely. The researchers asked more than 1,000 college students how much they would need to be paid to deactivate（停用）their accounts on Instagram for four weeks. On average, the students said they would need to be paid roughly $ 50. Then the experimenters told the students that they were going to get most of their friends to do the same, and then asked, Now how much would you have to be paid to deactivate, if most others did so The answer, on average, was less than zero —most students were willing to pay to have that happen.
Most students are on social media only because everyone else is too. This is the textbook definition of what social scientists call a collective-action problem. It’s what happens when a group would be better off if everyone in the group took a particular action, but each actor is discouraged from acting, because unless the others do the same, the personal cost outweighs the benefit. Cigarettes trapped individual smokers with a biological addiction. Social media, however, has trapped an entire generation in a collective-action problem.
12. What drives teenagers to start using social media
A. The longing to stand out.
B. The fear of being left out.
C. The wish to impress others.
D. The pressure from non-users.
13. What can we learn about the college students in the study
A. They are happy to interact online.
B. They are fed up with social media.
C. They choose Instagram over friends.
D. They use social media to make money.
14. Which of the following is a collective-action problem
A. Athletes changing strategies to win a race.
B. Students taking exercise for better health.
C. Fishermen limiting their catch to protect fish.
D. Companies investing more for bigger profits.
15. What is the purpose of the text
A. To present new findings of a research.
B. To introduce a branch of social science.
C. To explore a reason for social media addiction.
D. To argue against the benefits of social media.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox, the fourth term of the year, signals the equal length of the day and night time. ____16____. After the equinox, the sun moves northwards, resulting in gradually longer daytime in the Northern Hemisphere and longer night in the South. Here are things you may not know about the Spring Equinox.
Swallows fly north
The ancient Chinese people divided the fifteen days of the Spring Equinox into three “hou’s,” or five-day parts. As the old saying goes, “swallows fly back to the North in the first hou; thunder cracks the sky in the second hou; lightning occurs frequently in the third hou.”____17____.
Egg-standing games
Standing an egg upright is a popular game across the country during the Spring Equinox. It is an old custom that dates back to 4,000 years ago. ____18____. Furthermore, there is a general perception that good luck for the future will be generated in this way.
Flying kites
In ancient times, people did not have good medical resources. So to pray for health, they wrote their medical issues on paper kite. When the kite was in the air, people would cut off the string to let the paper kite float away, symbolizing the flying away of diseases. ____19____. On the Spring Equinox, people write a blessing on the kite, hoping that the gods in the sky would see it.
____20____
This practice is popular in the southern area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. As the Spring Equinox comes, farm work starts and both the farmers and the cattle start to become busy. Farmers will reward cattle with sticky rice balls to express their gratefulness.
A. Reward farm cattle
B. Hold sacrifice ceremonies
C. Later, it developed into a tradition of spring
D. On the day of it, the sun is directly above the equator
E. As the Spring Equinox comes the weather frequently varies
F. People practice this tradition to celebrate the coming of spring
G. They vividly reveal the climate feature during the Spring Equinox
第三部分 语言运用（共两节；满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and ___21___ sad. My focus was on me, me, me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same ____22____ as I was.
I expressed my depressed ____23____ to my mother. She didn’t offer any comfort; ____24____, she said, “I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why don’t you make her some ____25____ and we’ll take them to her this afternoon ”
I didn’t really intend to, but I was bound to because I was ____26____ to go back to my other problems just yet. I made some and ____27____ them on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a small note of empathy.
That afternoon we ____28____ my friend’s house. I went to the door and ____29____ the bell. Soon Jamie came to the door and looked at me in _____30_____ for the unexpected visit. Before she could say anything, I _____31_____. “I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better.” The look that _____32_____ Jamie’s face was one that I could never put into words. It was as if a darkened sky was suddenly _____33_____ with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened.
I got back into the car and for some _____34_____ reason, I felt a lot better myself somehow. That day I experienced the truth that James Barrie attempted to describe: “The guys who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot _____35_____ it from themselves.”
21. A. extremely B. deliberately C. accidentally D. hardly
22. A. wonders B. advances C. trials D. benefits
23. A. consequence B. state C. expectation D. memory
24. A. therefore B. moreover C. meanwhile D. instead
25. A. cards B. jokes C. troubles D. cookies
26. A. unwilling B. pleased C. impatient D. eager
27. A. shared B. arranged C. exhibited D. sold
28. A. broke into B. took over C. dropped by D. cleaned up
29. A. heard B. called C. rang D. observed
30. A. surprise B. embarrassment C. fright D. pain
31. A. defended B. pushed C. rushed D. promised
32. A. buried B. crossed C. saddened D. stroked
33. A. blocked B. torn C. fixed D. lit
34. A. convincing B. logical C. reasonable D. unknown
35. A. steal B. keep C. take D. draw
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Distracted driving is an ongoing problem. A new poll by State Farm, ____36____ insurance company, proves once again that the roads are full of fools. One in five of the 912 drivers ____37____ (survey) last November admitted accessing the Internet on their smartphones while driving. Over the past several months, the company ____38____ (conduct) a deeper study. ____39____ (teenager) and young adults are more addicted to their phones, and they’re also less experienced drivers, a reason for danger on the roads with a likely ____40____ (high) percentage of smartphone use while driving.
Despite ____41____ (acknowledge) the dangers, none of the guilty drivers seems to be ashamed of ____42____ (them). “I’m not saying it’s the smartest thing in the world,” says Sean Black, a 38-year-old Illinois resident, “but I guess I just do it anyway.”Maybe, to a certain degree, this behavior will never change ____43____ a near-accident or actual crash doesn’t take place. Even then, the change will only happen ____44____ the basis of each individual case, and it puts the lives and well-being of innocents at the mercy of those ____45____ are too lazy to change their habits.
第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是班长李华，外教Eric应约在上周为你班同学介绍了美式足球比赛的规则。本周，你班计划举行一场美式足球比赛，请你给Eric写一封邮件，内容如下：
1．表达感谢；
2．邀请他担任裁判；
3．告知比赛的时间和地点。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80个左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参考词汇：裁判 referee
Dear Eric,
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Best regards,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I grew up in the south of Arizona in a little community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning, my father told me I could drive him into a remote village called Mijas, about 18 miles away, on condition that I take the car in to be serviced at a nearby garage. Having just learned to drive, and hardly ever having the opportunity to use the car, I readily accepted.
I drove Dad into Mijas and promised to pick him up at 4 P. M…Then I drove to a nearby garage and dropped off the car. Because I had a few hours to spare, I decided to catch a couple of movies at a theater near the garage. However, I became so immersed in the films that I completely lost track of time. When the last movie had finished, I looked down at my watch. It was six o’clock. I was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he found out I’d been watching movies. He’d never let me drive again. I decided to tell him that the car needed some repairs and that they had taken longer than had been expected. I drove up to the place where we had planned to meet and saw Dad waiting patiently on the corner. I apologized for being late and told him that I’d come as quickly as I could, but the car had needed some major repairs. I’ll never forget the look he gave me.
“I’m disappointed that you feel you have to lie to me, Jason.”
“What do you mean I’m telling the truth”
Dad looked at me again. “When you did not show up, I called the garage to ask if there were any problems, and they told me that you had not yet picked up the car. So you see, I know there were no problems with the car.”
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dad let out a sigh of disappointment.
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However, determined to teach me a lesson, Dad continued his walking back home.
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