云南省曲靖市师宗县平高中学（第四中学）2023-2024学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题（含答案，无听力原文及音频）
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2023-2024学年云南省曲靖市师宗县平高中学（第四中学）
高二下学期期末考试英语试题
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
考试时间为120分钟，满分150分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节
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. What did Ryan do yesterday
A. He watched football.
B. He did some exercise.
C. He went to the doctor.
2. What are the speakers doing
A. Cooking dinner.
B. Preparing for a party.
C. Eating out in a restaurant.
3. What does the woman ask the man to do for her
A. Take a photo. B. Fix a camera. C. Print a picture.
4. What will the speakers do next
A. Go back to their home.
B. Visit the woman’s friend.
C. Return to the supermarket.
5. What is the weather like now
A. It’s raining. B. It’s cloudy. C. It’s sunny.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后2至4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的阅读各个小题；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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6. What happened to the woman’s flight
A. It failed to take off on time.
B. It was called off without notice.
C. It arrived about two hours earlier.
7. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a restaurant. B. On a plane. C. At the airport.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。
8. Where does the man enjoy getting his news from
A. The TV. B. The radio. C. The Internet.
9. What type of news does the man like
A. Art news. B. Sports news. C. Business news.
10. What is the man’s attitude towards the news programs on TV
A. Favorable. B. Casual. C. Unfavorable.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。
11. Why does the woman make the phone call
A To complain about hotel service.
B. To arrange an important meeting.
C. To order a full English breakfast.
12. How does the man sound
A. Sorry. B. Worried. C. Painful.
13. What will the man probably do next
A. Eat his breakfast.
B. Go to the kitchen.
C. Wait by the phone.
听下面一段对话，回答第14第17题。
14. Why did Maria go to the Oxford Street
A. To meet Jason. B. To watch a play. C. To do some shopping.
15. What does Susan Hill do
A. She’s an actress. B. She’s a street artist. C. She’s a salesperson.
16. What did Susan Hill give Maria
A. A ring. B. A ticket. C. A 50 note.
17. What will Jason probably do
A. Go with Maria. B. See his friends. C. Host a dinner.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。
18. When will the team return from Costa Rica
A. April 6. B. July 10. C. July 20.
19. Where will the team go to do the second project
A. The national parks.
B. The city of San José.
C. The east of Costa Rica.
20. What will the team do in the final project
A Plant trees. B. Feed birds. C. Train animals.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
A
Museums With Special Programs for Special Needs Children
Children’s museums are wonderful places for families to bond. For children with special needs, however, outings can be difficult. Luckily, more and more museums are reaching out to children with special needs.
Please Touch Museum
Popular in Philadelphia, the Please Touch Museum’s “Play Without Boundaries” event is for special needs children, and they can dress up as an astronaut in Space Station.
Boston Children’s Museum
At Boston Children’s Museum, children with special needs and their families will find the museum is accessible. A limited number of wheelchairs (child and adult size), sound-reducing ear muffs, and amplified listening devices for KidStage Theater performance are available for free.
Chicago Children’s Museum
The Chicago Children’s Museum is a standout when it comes to events for special needs children. The museum’s “Play for All” events, held the second Saturday of each month, invite families and children with disabilities to the museum an hour prior to the usual opening. Pre-registration is required and the first 250 visitors receive free admission.
Miani Children’s Museum
One Saturday each month, the Miami Children’s Museum closes to the general public and children can participate in creative actings and imaginative play while practising social interaction, communication skills and self-expression in a relaxing environment.
1. How many museums are mentioned in this AD
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2. Where will the children go if they are interested in exploring space
A. Miami. B. Chicago. C. Boston. D. Philadelphia.
3. What do we know about Boston Children’s Museum
A. It provides listening tools for free. B. It serves visitors with enough wheelchairs.
C. It has a 16-page booklet with photographs. D. It closes to the general public on weekends.
B
Land of Love and Peace
Xia Hong has been living in Tashikurgan Tajik autonomous county in the southwest of Xinjiang for the past six years. Her love for the cold and remote county comes from her unforgettable trips to the Tajik villages. People’s kindness and hospitality (好客) left the deepest impression on her mind.
After she moved there, Xia opened a café. She mixes her coffee with local produce for fresh tastes and also gives her concoctions (混合物) lovely names for a lasting impression. “The juice lends the coffee a color, similar to what the sky looks like from the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原),” she explains.
Besides managing her café, Xia loves traveling around the county, reading books, holding parties for friends and posting articles and videos online to share her experiences.
Xia finds the leisurely lifestyle peaceful. “Sometimes, I just sit outside the café and look at the mountains or clouds. The feeling is so good to be so close to nature,” she says.
Xia hopes that her cafe and its special drinks become part of “unforgettable memories” of travelers who visit the county.
4. What impressed Xia Hong most about her trip to the Tajik village
A. The Pamir Plateau. B. The friendly people. C. The low temperature. D. The beautiful nights.
5. How does Xia Hong make her coffee impressive
A. By using local produce and special names. B. By making it into a different color.
C. By offering it in the early evening only. D. By adding some snow.
6. What does Xia Hong love in the county
A. Picnics with friends there. B. Travelling at home and abroad.
C. The feeling of being close to nature. D. The challenge of being alone.
7. What is the text mainly about
A. A beautiful place worth visiting. B. A special café in a village.
C. A long trip in Xinjiang. D. A traveler settling in a remote county.
C
If a pancake could dream, it might long for legs so it could jump off your breakfast plate in pursuit of a better, unchewed life. But legs aren’t necessary for something as flat as a pancake to jump around. A group of scientists have designed a pancake-shaped robot that can jump several times per second and higher than seven times its body height. The new robot named Hop, which swiftly jumps without feet, is an important contribution to the soft robotics.
Many ground robots move by rolling or walking. But it’s more efficient for robots to jump over obstacles than to go around them. Although jumping can offer some robots a competitive edge, engineering that ability has been a challenge for robotics researchers. Some soft robots that store energy can perform a single impressive jump very infrequently. Some lightweight soft robots that don’t store energy can jump frequently but can’t jump high or far enough to successfully cross an obstacle.
For inspiration, the researchers looked to gall midge larvae (瘿蚊幼虫) that miraculously throw themselves across distances 30 times as long as their loglike bodies. A gall midge larva bends its body and squeezes the liquid in its body to one end, making it rigid. The accumulation of liquid builds up pressure, and releasing the pressure sends it soaring. The robot’s body doesn’t resemble that of a gall midge larva, but it jumps like one. Its body is made of two small plastic bags printed with electrodes (电极); the front bag is filled with liquid and the back one is filled with the same volume of air. The robot uses electricity to drive the flow of liquid, which causes the body to bend and generate force with the ground, resulting in a jump. And the air bag imitates the function of an animal’s tail, helping the robot maintain a stable position.
While the robot is currently restricted to Earth, it might be right at home exploring another planet. If this is true, the researchers’ robot might jump over dust y rocks and large holes on the moon or Mars, going where no pancake has gone before.
8. What does the author want to show by mentioning a pancake
A. A pancake’s dream to have legs is unrealistic.
B. A robot is capable of serving a good pancake.
C. A pancake-shaped robot can jump without legs.
D. Research on pancakes advances our understanding of robots.
9. What difficultly do robotics researchers have in developing Hop according to Paragraph 2
A. Hop’s avoiding an obstacle.
B. Hop’s moving around by rolling.
C. Hop’s performing one remarkable jump.
D. Hop’s jumping high and far continuously.
10. What inspiration do the researchers draw from gall midge larvae
A. They are shaped like logs.
B. They have tails to change positions.
C. They bend their bodies and increase force.
D. They are filled with liquid and have rigid bodies.
11. What is the author’s attitude to the future of the new robot
A. Intolerant. B. Positive. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
D
ChatGPT appears to have better “bedside manners” than some doctors — at least when their written advice is rated for quality and empathy (同理心), a study has shown.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, used data from social news website Reddit’s Ask Docs forum, in which members can post medical questions answered by verified healthcare professionals. The team randomly sampled 195 exchanges from Ask Docs where a verified doctor responded to a public question. The original questions were then posed to the AI language model ChatGPT, which was asked to respond. Finally, a panel of three licensed healthcare professionals, who did not know whether the response came from a human physician or ChatGPT, rated the answers for quality and empathy.
Overall, the panel preferred ChatGPT’s responses to those given by a human 79 percent of the time. ChatGPT responses were also rated good or very good quality 79 percent of the time, compared with 22 percent of doctors’ responses, and 45 percent of the ChatGPT answers were rated empathic or very empathic compared with just 5 percent of doctors’ replies.
Christopher Longhurst, of UC San Diego Health, said: “These results suggest that tools like ChatGPT can efficiently draft high-quality, personalized medical advice for review by clinicians, and we are beginning that process at UCSD Health.”
Professor James Davenport, of the University of Bath, who was not involved in the research, said: “The paper does not say that ChatGPT can replace doctors, but does, quite reasonably, call for further research into whether and how ChatGPT can assist physicians in response generation.”
Some noted that, given ChatGPT was specifically designed to be likable, it was not surprising that it wrote texts that came across as empathic. It also tended to give longer, chattier answers than human doctors, which could have played a role in its higher ratings. Others cautioned against relying on language models for factual information due to their tendency to generate made-up “facts”.
12 What does paragraph 2 mainly discuss about the study
A. The general outline. B. The statistical analysis. C. The theoretical basis. D. The data sources.
13. What is the percentage difference in empathy ratings between doctors’ responses and ChatGPTs responses
A. 17 percent. B. 40 percent. C. 57 percent. D. 74 percent.
14. What’s Professor Davenport’s view regarding the paper’s proposal for additional investigation into ChatGPTs support for physicians
A. Indifferent. B. Objective. C. Concerned. D. Disapproving.
15. What concern was raised about using ChatGPT
A. Its responses might be one-sided. B. It has limited factual knowledge.
C. It can produce incorrect content. D. It is unable to offer high-quality advice.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
The Best Foods for Your Brain
The brain is an organ just like any other—it needs the right nutrients to function properly and there are certain foods that can support brain function and help make studying easier. ____16____.
Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate is bitter chocolate compared to milk chocolate. It uses cacao as its main ingredient. Dark chocolate promotes the development of both neurons and blood vessels (血管). ____17____, but also its neuroprotective (神经保护) properties help to increase memory and make learning easier over time.
Berries
A lot of the benefits of berries come from antioxidants. They’ll help to increase neuroplasticity which allows your brain to make new connections or, in other words, keep learning.
____18____
Not only do seeds and nuts offer antioxidants—vitamin E, which helps to protect the brain as you age, specifically—but they contain omega-3 fatty acids as well.
Fatty fish
Fatty fish are a great source of omega-3s. These healthy unsaturated fats help in the long-term especially. They lead to lower beta-amyloid levels in the blood. This means that the clumps that damage the brain which leads to Alzheimer’s disease has been decreased. ____19____.
So, with foods like these, you’ll find your study session to be much more productive. ____20____, try to make them a regular diet. One bag of sunflower seeds isn’t going to protect your brain on its own.
A. Seeds and nuts
B. Here we break down what foods are best for the brain
C. While this is good for the brain, it also helps heart health
D. If you want to achieve the long-term effects these foods offer
E. To get the most out of this food, you’re going to want to eat fish about twice a week
F. This makes it not only a short-term focus boost through increased blood flow in the brain
G. Some studies have shown that positive people who laugh often have increased life expectation
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
On a hot afternoon Rhiannon was driving her old van down the highway. As she ____21____ her window to let in some fresh air, her car registration paper blew off the sun visor (防晒板) and onto the floor inside. When leaning down to ____22____ it, she accidentally drifted into oncoming traffic. In panic, she over-corrected and pulled the ____23____ sharply in the other direction. ____24____, the van rolled over three times, and Rhiannon was thrown onto the road, lying in the middle of the road and bleeding, nearly ____25____.
A medical student witnessed the accident and came to her ____26____. He covered Rhiannon with his coat and gave her emergency first aid, including ____27____ the wound on her left arm before the ambulance arrived.
____28____, Rhiannon was rushed to a hospital where an emergency room doctor spent hours ____29____ all the pieces of windshield (挡风玻璃) from her arm, and gave her three dozen stitches (缝针).
Luckily, Rhiannon was saved. Not for the bandage, she would not have ____30____long enough for the emergency personnel to arrive. Though Rhiannon didn’t know him, she was grateful to the medical student who saved her life. So she ____31____ the words online, “It’s a pity that I don’t know your name. If you happen to see or hear this story and recognize yourself, thank you for your kind ____32____.”
Rhiannon also had a message for the other ____33____ heroes, “Please consider this a pay-it-forward letter of ____34____— a letter from the ____35____ you helped who, for whatever reason, couldn’t thank you themselves.”
21. A. rolled down B. broke off C. turned down D. switched off
22. A. stick B. grab C. touch D. possess
23. A. handle B. engine C. window D. wheel
24. A. Consequently B. Automatically C. Frequently D. Slowly
25. A. awake B. astonished C. unconscious D. crazy
26. A. vision B. action C. rescue D. mind
27. A. bandaging B. curing C. pressing D. uncovering
28. A. Without delay B. Out of sympathy C. For certainty D. In despair
29. A. tidying B. removing C. collecting D. checking
30. A. suffered B. struggled C. stayed D. survived
31. A. searched B. browsed C. received D. posted
32. A. guidance B. gesture C. expression D. encouragement
33. A. tireless B. faultless C. nameless D. speechless
34. A. apology B. application C. invitation D. appreciation
35. A. peers B. strangers C. relatives D. fellows
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个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 — 476 BC), there was a musician, _____36_____ lived alone in a forest where he played the guqin, and his name was Yu Boya. One day, a passing woodcutter _____37_____(name) Zhong Ziqi was intrigued (陶醉于) by the sounds of the musical instrument, and Mr. Zhong Ziqi _____38_____(he) listened with full attention. Yu _____39_____(sincere) played the guqin, causing various pictures in Zhong’s imagination, such as flowing clouds and plunging waterfalls. Such was the _____40_____(connect) between performing and listening. They became bosom friends (挚友). After many years, when the woodcutter died, Yu decided _____41_____(smash) his instrument and never to play again since he was sure that he would never again have someone like Zhong to so intuitively understand his music.
Indeed, the guqin — the favored instrument of Confucius — was _____42_____ essential musical instrument of ancient China’s educated elite (精英). It _____43_____(add) to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2008.
In April, when President Xi Jinping _____44_____(meet) with French President Emmanuel Macron, a classic guqin piece, High Mountain and Flowing Water, was played to celebrate the friendship and mutual understanding ______45______ the two countries.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分 15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校将举行一次讲座，主题为：《中国山水画Chinese Landscape Painting》，请你写一封英文电子邮件邀请你的外教David一同参加。
内容包括：1. 讲座的内容、意义； 2. 讲座的时间、地点。
注意：写作词数应80词左右。
Dear David,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was a cold yet sunny Sunday morning in February. Mom’s New Year’s resolution had been to get fit. Dad pushed her out of bed and told her to go jogging by the river. Later, he went downstairs and found the kids watching TV. He turned it off and said he was going to do something really special for Mom’s birthday. If overhearing anything, they just promised to keep it secret.
Jenny looked at Dad with a puzzled expression on her forehead and promised they wouldn’t say anything whatever happened. But Jenny reminded Mom’s birthday was in June and it might be a little too early to get all steamed up (非常激动) about it.
Silent for a moment Dad said he was not getting everything ready but just wanted to spare enough time for preparation as this year it’s a bigger deal than usual. She was going to be 50.
“50! Gosh, that’s half a century,” spluttered Gerry, “but I didn’t realize she was ancient!”
Indeed, that was why Dad started planning a special party for her. Dad talked with grandma about the plan because her house was the only one in the family that is spacious enough for all friends and relatives. Grandma quite agreed and also started preparing.
“But you know how Mom feels guilty to bother others. You’ve got to admit,” reminded Jenny. Thinking over the special occasion, Dad was continuing with the secret when one evening, Mom was sitting at the dinner table and she suddenly slapped her forehead, “I just realized that I am going to be 50 in June. Let’s just quietly forget about it. I want to mourn (哀悼) the passing of my youth in private.”
“Oh, come on, Mom, don’t be such a spoil-sport!” begged the kids, hoping to give Dad a hand.
Realizing no more chance to hide the secret, Dad carefully worded his thought and shared his plan of having a little party at grandma’s house. Mom was stunned (震惊的) to no reply.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Discouraged, Dad told grandma what happened.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
June finally came, and they got everything ready as planned.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2023-2024学年云南省曲靖市师宗县平高中学（第四中学）
高二下学期期末考试英语试题 答案版
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
考试时间为120分钟，满分150分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节
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. What did Ryan do yesterday
A. He watched football.
B. He did some exercise.
C. He went to the doctor.
2. What are the speakers doing
A. Cooking dinner.
B. Preparing for a party.
C. Eating out in a restaurant.
3. What does the woman ask the man to do for her
A. Take a photo. B. Fix a camera. C. Print a picture.
4. What will the speakers do next
A. Go back to their home.
B. Visit the woman’s friend.
C. Return to the supermarket.
5 What is the weather like now
A. It’s raining. B. It’s cloudy. C. It’s sunny.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后2至4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的阅读各个小题；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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6. What happened to the woman’s flight
A. It failed to take off on time.
B. It was called off without notice.
C. It arrived about two hours earlier.
7. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a restaurant. B. On a plane. C. At the airport.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。
8. Where does the man enjoy getting his news from
A. The TV. B. The radio. C. The Internet.
9. What type of news does the man like
A. Art news. B. Sports news. C. Business news.
10. What is the man’s attitude towards the news programs on TV
A. Favorable. B. Casual. C. Unfavorable.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。
11. Why does the woman make the phone call
A. To complain about hotel service.
B. To arrange an important meeting.
C. To order a full English breakfast.
12. How does the man sound
A. Sorry. B. Worried. C. Painful.
13. What will the man probably do next
A. Eat his breakfast.
B. Go to the kitchen.
C. Wait by the phone.
听下面一段对话，回答第14第17题。
14. Why did Maria go to the Oxford Street
A. To meet Jason. B. To watch a play. C. To do some shopping.
15. What does Susan Hill do
A. She’s an actress. B. She’s a street artist. C. She’s a salesperson.
16. What did Susan Hill give Maria
A. A ring. B. A ticket. C. A 50 note.
17. What will Jason probably do
A. Go with Maria. B. See his friends. C. Host a dinner.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。
18. When will the team return from Costa Rica
A. April 6. B. July 10. C. July 20.
19. Where will the team go to do the second project
A. The national parks.
B. The city of San José.
C. The east of Costa Rica.
20. What will the team do in the final project
A. Plant trees. B. Feed birds. C. Train animals.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
A
Museums With Special Programs for Special Needs Children
Children’s museums are wonderful places for families to bond. For children with special needs, however, outings can be difficult. Luckily, more and more museums are reaching out to children with special needs.
Please Touch Museum
Popular in Philadelphia, the Please Touch Museum’s “Play Without Boundaries” event is for special needs children, and they can dress up as an astronaut in Space Station.
Boston Children’s Museum
At Boston Children’s Museum, children with special needs and their families will find the museum is accessible. A limited number of wheelchairs (child and adult size), sound-reducing ear muffs, and amplified listening devices for KidStage Theater performance are available for free.
Chicago Children’s Museum
The Chicago Children’s Museum is a standout when it comes to events for special needs children. The museum’s “Play for All” events, held the second Saturday of each month, invite families and children with disabilities to the museum an hour prior to the usual opening. Pre-registration is required and the first 250 visitors receive free admission.
Miani Children’s Museum
One Saturday each month, the Miami Children’s Museum closes to the general public and children can participate in creative actings and imaginative play while practising social interaction, communication skills and self-expression in a relaxing environment.
1. How many museums are mentioned in this AD
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2. Where will the children go if they are interested in exploring space
A. Miami. B. Chicago. C. Boston. D. Philadelphia.
3. What do we know about Boston Children’s Museum
A. It provides listening tools for free. B. It serves visitors with enough wheelchairs.
C It has a 16-page booklet with photographs. D. It closes to the general public on weekends.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A
B
Land of Love and Peace
Xia Hong has been living in Tashikurgan Tajik autonomous county in the southwest of Xinjiang for the past six years. Her love for the cold and remote county comes from her unforgettable trips to the Tajik villages. People’s kindness and hospitality (好客) left the deepest impression on her mind.
After she moved there, Xia opened a café. She mixes her coffee with local produce for fresh tastes and also gives her concoctions (混合物) lovely names for a lasting impression. “The juice lends the coffee a color, similar to what the sky looks like from the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原),” she explains.
Besides managing her café, Xia loves traveling around the county, reading books, holding parties for friends and posting articles and videos online to share her experiences.
Xia finds the leisurely lifestyle peaceful. “Sometimes, I just sit outside the café and look at the mountains or clouds. The feeling is so good to be so close to nature,” she says.
Xia hopes that her cafe and its special drinks become part of “unforgettable memories” of travelers who visit the county.
4. What impressed Xia Hong most about her trip to the Tajik village
A. The Pamir Plateau. B. The friendly people. C. The low temperature. D. The beautiful nights.
5. How does Xia Hong make her coffee impressive
A. By using local produce and special names. B. By making it into a different color.
C. By offering it in the early evening only. D. By adding some snow.
6. What does Xia Hong love in the county
A. Picnics with friends there. B. Travelling at home and abroad.
C. The feeling of being close to nature. D. The challenge of being alone.
7. What is the text mainly about
A. A beautiful place worth visiting. B. A special café in a village.
C. A long trip in Xinjiang. D. A traveler settling in a remote county.
【答案】4. B 5. A 6. C 7. D
C
If a pancake could dream, it might long for legs so it could jump off your breakfast plate in pursuit of a better, unchewed life. But legs aren’t necessary for something as flat as a pancake to jump around. A group of scientists have designed a pancake-shaped robot that can jump several times per second and higher than seven times its body height. The new robot named Hop, which swiftly jumps without feet, is an important contribution to the soft robotics.
Many ground robots move by rolling or walking. But it’s more efficient for robots to jump over obstacles than to go around them. Although jumping can offer some robots a competitive edge, engineering that ability has been a challenge for robotics researchers. Some soft robots that store energy can perform a single impressive jump very infrequently. Some lightweight soft robots that don’t store energy can jump frequently but can’t jump high or far enough to successfully cross an obstacle.
For inspiration, the researchers looked to gall midge larvae (瘿蚊幼虫) that miraculously throw themselves across distances 30 times as long as their loglike bodies. A gall midge larva bends its body and squeezes the liquid in its body to one end, making it rigid. The accumulation of liquid builds up pressure, and releasing the pressure sends it soaring. The robot’s body doesn’t resemble that of a gall midge larva, but it jumps like one. Its body is made of two small plastic bags printed with electrodes (电极); the front bag is filled with liquid and the back one is filled with the same volume of air. The robot uses electricity to drive the flow of liquid, which causes the body to bend and generate force with the ground, resulting in a jump. And the air bag imitates the function of an animal’s tail, helping the robot maintain a stable position.
While the robot is currently restricted to Earth, it might be right at home exploring another planet. If this is true, the researchers’ robot might jump over dust y rocks and large holes on the moon or Mars, going where no pancake has gone before.
8. What does the author want to show by mentioning a pancake
A. A pancake’s dream to have legs is unrealistic.
B. A robot is capable of serving a good pancake.
C. A pancake-shaped robot can jump without legs.
D. Research on pancakes advances our understanding of robots.
9. What difficultly do robotics researchers have in developing Hop according to Paragraph 2
A. Hop’s avoiding an obstacle.
B. Hop’s moving around by rolling.
C. Hop’s performing one remarkable jump.
D. Hop’s jumping high and far continuously.
10. What inspiration do the researchers draw from gall midge larvae
A. They are shaped like logs.
B. They have tails to change positions.
C. They bend their bodies and increase force.
D. They are filled with liquid and have rigid bodies.
11. What is the author’s attitude to the future of the new robot
A. Intolerant. B. Positive. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
【答案】8. C 9. D 10. C 11. B
D
ChatGPT appears to have better “bedside manners” than some doctors — at least when their written advice is rated for quality and empathy (同理心), a study has shown.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, used data from social news website Reddit’s Ask Docs forum, in which members can post medical questions answered by verified healthcare professionals. The team randomly sampled 195 exchanges from Ask Docs where a verified doctor responded to a public question. The original questions were then posed to the AI language model ChatGPT, which was asked to respond. Finally, a panel of three licensed healthcare professionals, who did not know whether the response came from a human physician or ChatGPT, rated the answers for quality and empathy.
Overall, the panel preferred ChatGPT’s responses to those given by a human 79 percent of the time. ChatGPT responses were also rated good or very good quality 79 percent of the time, compared with 22 percent of doctors’ responses, and 45 percent of the ChatGPT answers were rated empathic or very empathic compared with just 5 percent of doctors’ replies.
Christopher Longhurst, of UC San Diego Health, said: “These results suggest that tools like ChatGPT can efficiently draft high-quality, personalized medical advice for review by clinicians, and we are beginning that process at UCSD Health.”
Professor James Davenport, of the University of Bath, who was not involved in the research, said: “The paper does not say that ChatGPT can replace doctors, but does, quite reasonably, call for further research into whether and how ChatGPT can assist physicians in response generation.”
Some noted that, given ChatGPT was specifically designed to be likable, it was not surprising that it wrote texts that came across as empathic. It also tended to give longer, chattier answers than human doctors, which could have played a role in its higher ratings. Others cautioned against relying on language models for factual information due to their tendency to generate made-up “facts”.
12. What does paragraph 2 mainly discuss about the study
A. The general outline. B. The statistical analysis. C. The theoretical basis. D. The data sources.
13. What is the percentage difference in empathy ratings between doctors’ responses and ChatGPTs responses
A 17 percent. B. 40 percent. C. 57 percent. D. 74 percent.
14. What’s Professor Davenport’s view regarding the paper’s proposal for additional investigation into ChatGPTs support for physicians
A. Indifferent. B. Objective. C. Concerned. D. Disapproving.
15. What concern was raised about using ChatGPT
A. Its responses might be one-sided. B. It has limited factual knowledge.
C. It can produce incorrect content. D. It is unable to offer high-quality advice.
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
The Best Foods for Your Brain
The brain is an organ just like any other—it needs the right nutrients to function properly and there are certain foods that can support brain function and help make studying easier. ____16____.
Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate is bitter chocolate compared to milk chocolate. It uses cacao as its main ingredient. Dark chocolate promotes the development of both neurons and blood vessels (血管). ____17____, but also its neuroprotective (神经保护) properties help to increase memory and make learning easier over time.
Berries
A lot of the benefits of berries come from antioxidants. They’ll help to increase neuroplasticity which allows your brain to make new connections or, in other words, keep learning.
____18____
Not only do seeds and nuts offer antioxidants—vitamin E, which helps to protect the brain as you age, specifically—but they contain omega-3 fatty acids as well.
Fatty fish
Fatty fish are a great source of omega-3s. These healthy unsaturated fats help in the long-term especially. They lead to lower beta-amyloid levels in the blood. This means that the clumps that damage the brain which leads to Alzheimer’s disease has been decreased. ____19____.
So, with foods like these, you’ll find your study session to be much more productive. ____20____, try to make them a regular diet. One bag of sunflower seeds isn’t going to protect your brain on its own.
A. Seeds and nuts
B. Here we break down what foods are best for the brain
C. While this is good for the brain, it also helps heart health
D. If you want to achieve the long-term effects these foods offer
E. To get the most out of this food, you’re going to want to eat fish about twice a week
F. This makes it not only a short-term focus boost through increased blood flow in the brain
G. Some studies have shown that positive people who laugh often have increased life expectation
【答案】16. B 17. F 18. A 19. C 20. D
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
On a hot afternoon Rhiannon was driving her old van down the highway. As she ____21____ her window to let in some fresh air, her car registration paper blew off the sun visor (防晒板) and onto the floor inside. When leaning down to ____22____ it, she accidentally drifted into oncoming traffic. In panic, she over-corrected and pulled the ____23____ sharply in the other direction. ____24____, the van rolled over three times, and Rhiannon was thrown onto the road, lying in the middle of the road and bleeding, nearly ____25____.
A medical student witnessed the accident and came to her ____26____. He covered Rhiannon with his coat and gave her emergency first aid, including ____27____ the wound on her left arm before the ambulance arrived.
____28____, Rhiannon was rushed to a hospital where an emergency room doctor spent hours ____29____ all the pieces of windshield (挡风玻璃) from her arm, and gave her three dozen stitches (缝针).
Luckily, Rhiannon was saved. Not for the bandage, she would not have ____30____long enough for the emergency personnel to arrive. Though Rhiannon didn’t know him, she was grateful to the medical student who saved her life. So she ____31____ the words online, “It’s a pity that I don’t know your name. If you happen to see or hear this story and recognize yourself, thank you for your kind ____32____.”
Rhiannon also had a message for the other ____33____ heroes, “Please consider this a pay-it-forward letter of ____34____— a letter from the ____35____ you helped who, for whatever reason, couldn’t thank you themselves.”
21. A. rolled down B. broke off C. turned down D. switched off
22. A. stick B. grab C. touch D. possess
23. A. handle B. engine C. window D. wheel
24. A. Consequently B. Automatically C. Frequently D. Slowly
25. A. awake B. astonished C. unconscious D. crazy
26. A. vision B. action C. rescue D. mind
27. A. bandaging B. curing C. pressing D. uncovering
28. A. Without delay B. Out of sympathy C. For certainty D. In despair
29. A. tidying B. removing C. collecting D. checking
30. A. suffered B. struggled C. stayed D. survived
31. A. searched B. browsed C. received D. posted
32. A. guidance B. gesture C. expression D. encouragement
33. A. tireless B. faultless C. nameless D. speechless
34. A. apology B. application C. invitation D. appreciation
35. A. peers B. strangers C. relatives D. fellows
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. D 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. B
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个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 — 476 BC), there was a musician, _____36_____ lived alone in a forest where he played the guqin, and his name was Yu Boya. One day, a passing woodcutter _____37_____(name) Zhong Ziqi was intrigued (陶醉于) by the sounds of the musical instrument, and Mr. Zhong Ziqi _____38_____(he) listened with full attention. Yu _____39_____(sincere) played the guqin, causing various pictures in Zhong’s imagination, such as flowing clouds and plunging waterfalls. Such was the _____40_____(connect) between performing and listening. They became bosom friends (挚友). After many years, when the woodcutter died, Yu decided _____41_____(smash) his instrument and never to play again since he was sure that he would never again have someone like Zhong to so intuitively understand his music.
Indeed, the guqin — the favored instrument of Confucius — was _____42_____ essential musical instrument of ancient China’s educated elite (精英). It _____43_____(add) to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2008.
In April, when President Xi Jinping _____44_____(meet) with French President Emmanuel Macron, a classic guqin piece, High Mountain and Flowing Water, was played to celebrate the friendship and mutual understanding ______45______ the two countries.
【答案】36. who
37. named 38. himself
39. sincerely
40. connection
41. to smash
42. an 43. was added
44. met 45. between
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分 15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校将举行一次讲座，主题为：《中国山水画Chinese Landscape Painting》，请你写一封英文电子邮件邀请你的外教David一同参加。
内容包括：1. 讲座的内容、意义； 2. 讲座的时间、地点。
注意：写作词数应为80词左右。
Dear David,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear David,
How are you doing I am writing to invite you to attend a lecture on Chinese Landscape Painting to be held at our school
Firstly, the lecture will cover the importance and significance of Chinese landscape painting in Chinese art and culture, which I believe will be of great interest to you. Besides, the lecture is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 14th, at 2 pm in the school auditorium.
All in all, I really hope you can join us for this exciting event and learn more about the beauty and depth of Chinese art. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was a cold yet sunny Sunday morning in February. Mom’s New Year’s resolution had been to get fit. Dad pushed her out of bed and told her to go jogging by the river. Later, he went downstairs and found the kids watching TV. He turned it off and said he was going to do something really special for Mom’s birthday. If overhearing anything, they just promised to keep it secret.
Jenny looked at Dad with a puzzled expression on her forehead and promised they wouldn’t say anything whatever happened. But Jenny reminded Mom’s birthday was in June and it might be a little too early to get all steamed up (非常激动) about it.
Silent for a moment, Dad said he was not getting everything ready but just wanted to spare enough time for preparation as this year it’s a bigger deal than usual. She was going to be 50.
“50! Gosh, that’s half a century,” spluttered Gerry, “but I didn’t realize she was ancient!”
Indeed, that was why Dad started planning a special party for her. Dad talked with grandma about the plan because her house was the only one in the family that is spacious enough for all friends and relatives. Grandma quite agreed and also started preparing.
“But you know how Mom feels guilty to bother others. You’ve got to admit,” reminded Jenny. Thinking over the special occasion, Dad was continuing with the secret when one evening, Mom was sitting at the dinner table and she suddenly slapped her forehead, “I just realized that I am going to be 50 in June. Let’s just quietly forget about it. I want to mourn (哀悼) the passing of my youth in private.”
“Oh, come on, Mom, don’t be such a spoil-sport!” begged the kids, hoping to give Dad a hand.
Realizing no more chance to hide the secret, Dad carefully worded his thought and shared his plan of having a little party at grandma’s house. Mom was stunned (震惊的) to no reply.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Discouraged, Dad told grandma what happened.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
June finally came, and they got everything ready as planned.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】One possible version:
Discouraged, Dad told grandma what happened. Sensing Dad’s sorrow, grandma comforted and advised, “Why not just prepare a simple yet special get-together ” Slapped awaken by Dad’ new plan, the two kids both burst into deafening cheers and skipped round and round. Together, they brainstormed a list of ideas when suddenly Jenny murmured, “What’s Mom’s resolution for the new year ” Suddenly, it all clicked and they merrily reached an agreement to plan a secret hiking trip to the hill they once frequented and a family picnic at the top.
June finally came, and they got everything ready as planned. That morning, when Mom was about to jog as usual, Dad hurried to tell her about their new plan. Seeing the three in sportswear, Mom realized something, and this time she nodded. All the way, the two kids bounced around, laughing and chatting. She, along with Dad, recalled a lot of sweet memories in their youth. Upon arriving at the top, the three just pitched into the picnic in sheer pleasure. With the cool breeze, Mom gazed at them reflectively and suddenly realized that it’s no longer disturbing to celebrate birthday with the love of family.
高二下学期期末考试英语试题
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
考试时间为120分钟，满分150分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节
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. What did Ryan do yesterday
A. He watched football.
B. He did some exercise.
C. He went to the doctor.
2. What are the speakers doing
A. Cooking dinner.
B. Preparing for a party.
C. Eating out in a restaurant.
3. What does the woman ask the man to do for her
A. Take a photo. B. Fix a camera. C. Print a picture.
4. What will the speakers do next
A. Go back to their home.
B. Visit the woman’s friend.
C. Return to the supermarket.
5. What is the weather like now
A. It’s raining. B. It’s cloudy. C. It’s sunny.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后2至4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的阅读各个小题；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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6. What happened to the woman’s flight
A. It failed to take off on time.
B. It was called off without notice.
C. It arrived about two hours earlier.
7. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a restaurant. B. On a plane. C. At the airport.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。
8. Where does the man enjoy getting his news from
A. The TV. B. The radio. C. The Internet.
9. What type of news does the man like
A. Art news. B. Sports news. C. Business news.
10. What is the man’s attitude towards the news programs on TV
A. Favorable. B. Casual. C. Unfavorable.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。
11. Why does the woman make the phone call
A To complain about hotel service.
B. To arrange an important meeting.
C. To order a full English breakfast.
12. How does the man sound
A. Sorry. B. Worried. C. Painful.
13. What will the man probably do next
A. Eat his breakfast.
B. Go to the kitchen.
C. Wait by the phone.
听下面一段对话，回答第14第17题。
14. Why did Maria go to the Oxford Street
A. To meet Jason. B. To watch a play. C. To do some shopping.
15. What does Susan Hill do
A. She’s an actress. B. She’s a street artist. C. She’s a salesperson.
16. What did Susan Hill give Maria
A. A ring. B. A ticket. C. A 50 note.
17. What will Jason probably do
A. Go with Maria. B. See his friends. C. Host a dinner.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。
18. When will the team return from Costa Rica
A. April 6. B. July 10. C. July 20.
19. Where will the team go to do the second project
A. The national parks.
B. The city of San José.
C. The east of Costa Rica.
20. What will the team do in the final project
A Plant trees. B. Feed birds. C. Train animals.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
A
Museums With Special Programs for Special Needs Children
Children’s museums are wonderful places for families to bond. For children with special needs, however, outings can be difficult. Luckily, more and more museums are reaching out to children with special needs.
Please Touch Museum
Popular in Philadelphia, the Please Touch Museum’s “Play Without Boundaries” event is for special needs children, and they can dress up as an astronaut in Space Station.
Boston Children’s Museum
At Boston Children’s Museum, children with special needs and their families will find the museum is accessible. A limited number of wheelchairs (child and adult size), sound-reducing ear muffs, and amplified listening devices for KidStage Theater performance are available for free.
Chicago Children’s Museum
The Chicago Children’s Museum is a standout when it comes to events for special needs children. The museum’s “Play for All” events, held the second Saturday of each month, invite families and children with disabilities to the museum an hour prior to the usual opening. Pre-registration is required and the first 250 visitors receive free admission.
Miani Children’s Museum
One Saturday each month, the Miami Children’s Museum closes to the general public and children can participate in creative actings and imaginative play while practising social interaction, communication skills and self-expression in a relaxing environment.
1. How many museums are mentioned in this AD
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2. Where will the children go if they are interested in exploring space
A. Miami. B. Chicago. C. Boston. D. Philadelphia.
3. What do we know about Boston Children’s Museum
A. It provides listening tools for free. B. It serves visitors with enough wheelchairs.
C. It has a 16-page booklet with photographs. D. It closes to the general public on weekends.
B
Land of Love and Peace
Xia Hong has been living in Tashikurgan Tajik autonomous county in the southwest of Xinjiang for the past six years. Her love for the cold and remote county comes from her unforgettable trips to the Tajik villages. People’s kindness and hospitality (好客) left the deepest impression on her mind.
After she moved there, Xia opened a café. She mixes her coffee with local produce for fresh tastes and also gives her concoctions (混合物) lovely names for a lasting impression. “The juice lends the coffee a color, similar to what the sky looks like from the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原),” she explains.
Besides managing her café, Xia loves traveling around the county, reading books, holding parties for friends and posting articles and videos online to share her experiences.
Xia finds the leisurely lifestyle peaceful. “Sometimes, I just sit outside the café and look at the mountains or clouds. The feeling is so good to be so close to nature,” she says.
Xia hopes that her cafe and its special drinks become part of “unforgettable memories” of travelers who visit the county.
4. What impressed Xia Hong most about her trip to the Tajik village
A. The Pamir Plateau. B. The friendly people. C. The low temperature. D. The beautiful nights.
5. How does Xia Hong make her coffee impressive
A. By using local produce and special names. B. By making it into a different color.
C. By offering it in the early evening only. D. By adding some snow.
6. What does Xia Hong love in the county
A. Picnics with friends there. B. Travelling at home and abroad.
C. The feeling of being close to nature. D. The challenge of being alone.
7. What is the text mainly about
A. A beautiful place worth visiting. B. A special café in a village.
C. A long trip in Xinjiang. D. A traveler settling in a remote county.
C
If a pancake could dream, it might long for legs so it could jump off your breakfast plate in pursuit of a better, unchewed life. But legs aren’t necessary for something as flat as a pancake to jump around. A group of scientists have designed a pancake-shaped robot that can jump several times per second and higher than seven times its body height. The new robot named Hop, which swiftly jumps without feet, is an important contribution to the soft robotics.
Many ground robots move by rolling or walking. But it’s more efficient for robots to jump over obstacles than to go around them. Although jumping can offer some robots a competitive edge, engineering that ability has been a challenge for robotics researchers. Some soft robots that store energy can perform a single impressive jump very infrequently. Some lightweight soft robots that don’t store energy can jump frequently but can’t jump high or far enough to successfully cross an obstacle.
For inspiration, the researchers looked to gall midge larvae (瘿蚊幼虫) that miraculously throw themselves across distances 30 times as long as their loglike bodies. A gall midge larva bends its body and squeezes the liquid in its body to one end, making it rigid. The accumulation of liquid builds up pressure, and releasing the pressure sends it soaring. The robot’s body doesn’t resemble that of a gall midge larva, but it jumps like one. Its body is made of two small plastic bags printed with electrodes (电极); the front bag is filled with liquid and the back one is filled with the same volume of air. The robot uses electricity to drive the flow of liquid, which causes the body to bend and generate force with the ground, resulting in a jump. And the air bag imitates the function of an animal’s tail, helping the robot maintain a stable position.
While the robot is currently restricted to Earth, it might be right at home exploring another planet. If this is true, the researchers’ robot might jump over dust y rocks and large holes on the moon or Mars, going where no pancake has gone before.
8. What does the author want to show by mentioning a pancake
A. A pancake’s dream to have legs is unrealistic.
B. A robot is capable of serving a good pancake.
C. A pancake-shaped robot can jump without legs.
D. Research on pancakes advances our understanding of robots.
9. What difficultly do robotics researchers have in developing Hop according to Paragraph 2
A. Hop’s avoiding an obstacle.
B. Hop’s moving around by rolling.
C. Hop’s performing one remarkable jump.
D. Hop’s jumping high and far continuously.
10. What inspiration do the researchers draw from gall midge larvae
A. They are shaped like logs.
B. They have tails to change positions.
C. They bend their bodies and increase force.
D. They are filled with liquid and have rigid bodies.
11. What is the author’s attitude to the future of the new robot
A. Intolerant. B. Positive. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
D
ChatGPT appears to have better “bedside manners” than some doctors — at least when their written advice is rated for quality and empathy (同理心), a study has shown.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, used data from social news website Reddit’s Ask Docs forum, in which members can post medical questions answered by verified healthcare professionals. The team randomly sampled 195 exchanges from Ask Docs where a verified doctor responded to a public question. The original questions were then posed to the AI language model ChatGPT, which was asked to respond. Finally, a panel of three licensed healthcare professionals, who did not know whether the response came from a human physician or ChatGPT, rated the answers for quality and empathy.
Overall, the panel preferred ChatGPT’s responses to those given by a human 79 percent of the time. ChatGPT responses were also rated good or very good quality 79 percent of the time, compared with 22 percent of doctors’ responses, and 45 percent of the ChatGPT answers were rated empathic or very empathic compared with just 5 percent of doctors’ replies.
Christopher Longhurst, of UC San Diego Health, said: “These results suggest that tools like ChatGPT can efficiently draft high-quality, personalized medical advice for review by clinicians, and we are beginning that process at UCSD Health.”
Professor James Davenport, of the University of Bath, who was not involved in the research, said: “The paper does not say that ChatGPT can replace doctors, but does, quite reasonably, call for further research into whether and how ChatGPT can assist physicians in response generation.”
Some noted that, given ChatGPT was specifically designed to be likable, it was not surprising that it wrote texts that came across as empathic. It also tended to give longer, chattier answers than human doctors, which could have played a role in its higher ratings. Others cautioned against relying on language models for factual information due to their tendency to generate made-up “facts”.
12 What does paragraph 2 mainly discuss about the study
A. The general outline. B. The statistical analysis. C. The theoretical basis. D. The data sources.
13. What is the percentage difference in empathy ratings between doctors’ responses and ChatGPTs responses
A. 17 percent. B. 40 percent. C. 57 percent. D. 74 percent.
14. What’s Professor Davenport’s view regarding the paper’s proposal for additional investigation into ChatGPTs support for physicians
A. Indifferent. B. Objective. C. Concerned. D. Disapproving.
15. What concern was raised about using ChatGPT
A. Its responses might be one-sided. B. It has limited factual knowledge.
C. It can produce incorrect content. D. It is unable to offer high-quality advice.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
The Best Foods for Your Brain
The brain is an organ just like any other—it needs the right nutrients to function properly and there are certain foods that can support brain function and help make studying easier. ____16____.
Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate is bitter chocolate compared to milk chocolate. It uses cacao as its main ingredient. Dark chocolate promotes the development of both neurons and blood vessels (血管). ____17____, but also its neuroprotective (神经保护) properties help to increase memory and make learning easier over time.
Berries
A lot of the benefits of berries come from antioxidants. They’ll help to increase neuroplasticity which allows your brain to make new connections or, in other words, keep learning.
____18____
Not only do seeds and nuts offer antioxidants—vitamin E, which helps to protect the brain as you age, specifically—but they contain omega-3 fatty acids as well.
Fatty fish
Fatty fish are a great source of omega-3s. These healthy unsaturated fats help in the long-term especially. They lead to lower beta-amyloid levels in the blood. This means that the clumps that damage the brain which leads to Alzheimer’s disease has been decreased. ____19____.
So, with foods like these, you’ll find your study session to be much more productive. ____20____, try to make them a regular diet. One bag of sunflower seeds isn’t going to protect your brain on its own.
A. Seeds and nuts
B. Here we break down what foods are best for the brain
C. While this is good for the brain, it also helps heart health
D. If you want to achieve the long-term effects these foods offer
E. To get the most out of this food, you’re going to want to eat fish about twice a week
F. This makes it not only a short-term focus boost through increased blood flow in the brain
G. Some studies have shown that positive people who laugh often have increased life expectation
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
On a hot afternoon Rhiannon was driving her old van down the highway. As she ____21____ her window to let in some fresh air, her car registration paper blew off the sun visor (防晒板) and onto the floor inside. When leaning down to ____22____ it, she accidentally drifted into oncoming traffic. In panic, she over-corrected and pulled the ____23____ sharply in the other direction. ____24____, the van rolled over three times, and Rhiannon was thrown onto the road, lying in the middle of the road and bleeding, nearly ____25____.
A medical student witnessed the accident and came to her ____26____. He covered Rhiannon with his coat and gave her emergency first aid, including ____27____ the wound on her left arm before the ambulance arrived.
____28____, Rhiannon was rushed to a hospital where an emergency room doctor spent hours ____29____ all the pieces of windshield (挡风玻璃) from her arm, and gave her three dozen stitches (缝针).
Luckily, Rhiannon was saved. Not for the bandage, she would not have ____30____long enough for the emergency personnel to arrive. Though Rhiannon didn’t know him, she was grateful to the medical student who saved her life. So she ____31____ the words online, “It’s a pity that I don’t know your name. If you happen to see or hear this story and recognize yourself, thank you for your kind ____32____.”
Rhiannon also had a message for the other ____33____ heroes, “Please consider this a pay-it-forward letter of ____34____— a letter from the ____35____ you helped who, for whatever reason, couldn’t thank you themselves.”
21. A. rolled down B. broke off C. turned down D. switched off
22. A. stick B. grab C. touch D. possess
23. A. handle B. engine C. window D. wheel
24. A. Consequently B. Automatically C. Frequently D. Slowly
25. A. awake B. astonished C. unconscious D. crazy
26. A. vision B. action C. rescue D. mind
27. A. bandaging B. curing C. pressing D. uncovering
28. A. Without delay B. Out of sympathy C. For certainty D. In despair
29. A. tidying B. removing C. collecting D. checking
30. A. suffered B. struggled C. stayed D. survived
31. A. searched B. browsed C. received D. posted
32. A. guidance B. gesture C. expression D. encouragement
33. A. tireless B. faultless C. nameless D. speechless
34. A. apology B. application C. invitation D. appreciation
35. A. peers B. strangers C. relatives D. fellows
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个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 — 476 BC), there was a musician, _____36_____ lived alone in a forest where he played the guqin, and his name was Yu Boya. One day, a passing woodcutter _____37_____(name) Zhong Ziqi was intrigued (陶醉于) by the sounds of the musical instrument, and Mr. Zhong Ziqi _____38_____(he) listened with full attention. Yu _____39_____(sincere) played the guqin, causing various pictures in Zhong’s imagination, such as flowing clouds and plunging waterfalls. Such was the _____40_____(connect) between performing and listening. They became bosom friends (挚友). After many years, when the woodcutter died, Yu decided _____41_____(smash) his instrument and never to play again since he was sure that he would never again have someone like Zhong to so intuitively understand his music.
Indeed, the guqin — the favored instrument of Confucius — was _____42_____ essential musical instrument of ancient China’s educated elite (精英). It _____43_____(add) to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2008.
In April, when President Xi Jinping _____44_____(meet) with French President Emmanuel Macron, a classic guqin piece, High Mountain and Flowing Water, was played to celebrate the friendship and mutual understanding ______45______ the two countries.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分 15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校将举行一次讲座，主题为：《中国山水画Chinese Landscape Painting》，请你写一封英文电子邮件邀请你的外教David一同参加。
内容包括：1. 讲座的内容、意义； 2. 讲座的时间、地点。
注意：写作词数应80词左右。
Dear David,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was a cold yet sunny Sunday morning in February. Mom’s New Year’s resolution had been to get fit. Dad pushed her out of bed and told her to go jogging by the river. Later, he went downstairs and found the kids watching TV. He turned it off and said he was going to do something really special for Mom’s birthday. If overhearing anything, they just promised to keep it secret.
Jenny looked at Dad with a puzzled expression on her forehead and promised they wouldn’t say anything whatever happened. But Jenny reminded Mom’s birthday was in June and it might be a little too early to get all steamed up (非常激动) about it.
Silent for a moment Dad said he was not getting everything ready but just wanted to spare enough time for preparation as this year it’s a bigger deal than usual. She was going to be 50.
“50! Gosh, that’s half a century,” spluttered Gerry, “but I didn’t realize she was ancient!”
Indeed, that was why Dad started planning a special party for her. Dad talked with grandma about the plan because her house was the only one in the family that is spacious enough for all friends and relatives. Grandma quite agreed and also started preparing.
“But you know how Mom feels guilty to bother others. You’ve got to admit,” reminded Jenny. Thinking over the special occasion, Dad was continuing with the secret when one evening, Mom was sitting at the dinner table and she suddenly slapped her forehead, “I just realized that I am going to be 50 in June. Let’s just quietly forget about it. I want to mourn (哀悼) the passing of my youth in private.”
“Oh, come on, Mom, don’t be such a spoil-sport!” begged the kids, hoping to give Dad a hand.
Realizing no more chance to hide the secret, Dad carefully worded his thought and shared his plan of having a little party at grandma’s house. Mom was stunned (震惊的) to no reply.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Discouraged, Dad told grandma what happened.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
June finally came, and they got everything ready as planned.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2023-2024学年云南省曲靖市师宗县平高中学（第四中学）
高二下学期期末考试英语试题 答案版
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
考试时间为120分钟，满分150分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节
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. What did Ryan do yesterday
A. He watched football.
B. He did some exercise.
C. He went to the doctor.
2. What are the speakers doing
A. Cooking dinner.
B. Preparing for a party.
C. Eating out in a restaurant.
3. What does the woman ask the man to do for her
A. Take a photo. B. Fix a camera. C. Print a picture.
4. What will the speakers do next
A. Go back to their home.
B. Visit the woman’s friend.
C. Return to the supermarket.
5 What is the weather like now
A. It’s raining. B. It’s cloudy. C. It’s sunny.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后2至4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的阅读各个小题；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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6. What happened to the woman’s flight
A. It failed to take off on time.
B. It was called off without notice.
C. It arrived about two hours earlier.
7. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a restaurant. B. On a plane. C. At the airport.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。
8. Where does the man enjoy getting his news from
A. The TV. B. The radio. C. The Internet.
9. What type of news does the man like
A. Art news. B. Sports news. C. Business news.
10. What is the man’s attitude towards the news programs on TV
A. Favorable. B. Casual. C. Unfavorable.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。
11. Why does the woman make the phone call
A. To complain about hotel service.
B. To arrange an important meeting.
C. To order a full English breakfast.
12. How does the man sound
A. Sorry. B. Worried. C. Painful.
13. What will the man probably do next
A. Eat his breakfast.
B. Go to the kitchen.
C. Wait by the phone.
听下面一段对话，回答第14第17题。
14. Why did Maria go to the Oxford Street
A. To meet Jason. B. To watch a play. C. To do some shopping.
15. What does Susan Hill do
A. She’s an actress. B. She’s a street artist. C. She’s a salesperson.
16. What did Susan Hill give Maria
A. A ring. B. A ticket. C. A 50 note.
17. What will Jason probably do
A. Go with Maria. B. See his friends. C. Host a dinner.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。
18. When will the team return from Costa Rica
A. April 6. B. July 10. C. July 20.
19. Where will the team go to do the second project
A. The national parks.
B. The city of San José.
C. The east of Costa Rica.
20. What will the team do in the final project
A. Plant trees. B. Feed birds. C. Train animals.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
A
Museums With Special Programs for Special Needs Children
Children’s museums are wonderful places for families to bond. For children with special needs, however, outings can be difficult. Luckily, more and more museums are reaching out to children with special needs.
Please Touch Museum
Popular in Philadelphia, the Please Touch Museum’s “Play Without Boundaries” event is for special needs children, and they can dress up as an astronaut in Space Station.
Boston Children’s Museum
At Boston Children’s Museum, children with special needs and their families will find the museum is accessible. A limited number of wheelchairs (child and adult size), sound-reducing ear muffs, and amplified listening devices for KidStage Theater performance are available for free.
Chicago Children’s Museum
The Chicago Children’s Museum is a standout when it comes to events for special needs children. The museum’s “Play for All” events, held the second Saturday of each month, invite families and children with disabilities to the museum an hour prior to the usual opening. Pre-registration is required and the first 250 visitors receive free admission.
Miani Children’s Museum
One Saturday each month, the Miami Children’s Museum closes to the general public and children can participate in creative actings and imaginative play while practising social interaction, communication skills and self-expression in a relaxing environment.
1. How many museums are mentioned in this AD
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2. Where will the children go if they are interested in exploring space
A. Miami. B. Chicago. C. Boston. D. Philadelphia.
3. What do we know about Boston Children’s Museum
A. It provides listening tools for free. B. It serves visitors with enough wheelchairs.
C It has a 16-page booklet with photographs. D. It closes to the general public on weekends.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A
B
Land of Love and Peace
Xia Hong has been living in Tashikurgan Tajik autonomous county in the southwest of Xinjiang for the past six years. Her love for the cold and remote county comes from her unforgettable trips to the Tajik villages. People’s kindness and hospitality (好客) left the deepest impression on her mind.
After she moved there, Xia opened a café. She mixes her coffee with local produce for fresh tastes and also gives her concoctions (混合物) lovely names for a lasting impression. “The juice lends the coffee a color, similar to what the sky looks like from the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原),” she explains.
Besides managing her café, Xia loves traveling around the county, reading books, holding parties for friends and posting articles and videos online to share her experiences.
Xia finds the leisurely lifestyle peaceful. “Sometimes, I just sit outside the café and look at the mountains or clouds. The feeling is so good to be so close to nature,” she says.
Xia hopes that her cafe and its special drinks become part of “unforgettable memories” of travelers who visit the county.
4. What impressed Xia Hong most about her trip to the Tajik village
A. The Pamir Plateau. B. The friendly people. C. The low temperature. D. The beautiful nights.
5. How does Xia Hong make her coffee impressive
A. By using local produce and special names. B. By making it into a different color.
C. By offering it in the early evening only. D. By adding some snow.
6. What does Xia Hong love in the county
A. Picnics with friends there. B. Travelling at home and abroad.
C. The feeling of being close to nature. D. The challenge of being alone.
7. What is the text mainly about
A. A beautiful place worth visiting. B. A special café in a village.
C. A long trip in Xinjiang. D. A traveler settling in a remote county.
【答案】4. B 5. A 6. C 7. D
C
If a pancake could dream, it might long for legs so it could jump off your breakfast plate in pursuit of a better, unchewed life. But legs aren’t necessary for something as flat as a pancake to jump around. A group of scientists have designed a pancake-shaped robot that can jump several times per second and higher than seven times its body height. The new robot named Hop, which swiftly jumps without feet, is an important contribution to the soft robotics.
Many ground robots move by rolling or walking. But it’s more efficient for robots to jump over obstacles than to go around them. Although jumping can offer some robots a competitive edge, engineering that ability has been a challenge for robotics researchers. Some soft robots that store energy can perform a single impressive jump very infrequently. Some lightweight soft robots that don’t store energy can jump frequently but can’t jump high or far enough to successfully cross an obstacle.
For inspiration, the researchers looked to gall midge larvae (瘿蚊幼虫) that miraculously throw themselves across distances 30 times as long as their loglike bodies. A gall midge larva bends its body and squeezes the liquid in its body to one end, making it rigid. The accumulation of liquid builds up pressure, and releasing the pressure sends it soaring. The robot’s body doesn’t resemble that of a gall midge larva, but it jumps like one. Its body is made of two small plastic bags printed with electrodes (电极); the front bag is filled with liquid and the back one is filled with the same volume of air. The robot uses electricity to drive the flow of liquid, which causes the body to bend and generate force with the ground, resulting in a jump. And the air bag imitates the function of an animal’s tail, helping the robot maintain a stable position.
While the robot is currently restricted to Earth, it might be right at home exploring another planet. If this is true, the researchers’ robot might jump over dust y rocks and large holes on the moon or Mars, going where no pancake has gone before.
8. What does the author want to show by mentioning a pancake
A. A pancake’s dream to have legs is unrealistic.
B. A robot is capable of serving a good pancake.
C. A pancake-shaped robot can jump without legs.
D. Research on pancakes advances our understanding of robots.
9. What difficultly do robotics researchers have in developing Hop according to Paragraph 2
A. Hop’s avoiding an obstacle.
B. Hop’s moving around by rolling.
C. Hop’s performing one remarkable jump.
D. Hop’s jumping high and far continuously.
10. What inspiration do the researchers draw from gall midge larvae
A. They are shaped like logs.
B. They have tails to change positions.
C. They bend their bodies and increase force.
D. They are filled with liquid and have rigid bodies.
11. What is the author’s attitude to the future of the new robot
A. Intolerant. B. Positive. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
【答案】8. C 9. D 10. C 11. B
D
ChatGPT appears to have better “bedside manners” than some doctors — at least when their written advice is rated for quality and empathy (同理心), a study has shown.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, used data from social news website Reddit’s Ask Docs forum, in which members can post medical questions answered by verified healthcare professionals. The team randomly sampled 195 exchanges from Ask Docs where a verified doctor responded to a public question. The original questions were then posed to the AI language model ChatGPT, which was asked to respond. Finally, a panel of three licensed healthcare professionals, who did not know whether the response came from a human physician or ChatGPT, rated the answers for quality and empathy.
Overall, the panel preferred ChatGPT’s responses to those given by a human 79 percent of the time. ChatGPT responses were also rated good or very good quality 79 percent of the time, compared with 22 percent of doctors’ responses, and 45 percent of the ChatGPT answers were rated empathic or very empathic compared with just 5 percent of doctors’ replies.
Christopher Longhurst, of UC San Diego Health, said: “These results suggest that tools like ChatGPT can efficiently draft high-quality, personalized medical advice for review by clinicians, and we are beginning that process at UCSD Health.”
Professor James Davenport, of the University of Bath, who was not involved in the research, said: “The paper does not say that ChatGPT can replace doctors, but does, quite reasonably, call for further research into whether and how ChatGPT can assist physicians in response generation.”
Some noted that, given ChatGPT was specifically designed to be likable, it was not surprising that it wrote texts that came across as empathic. It also tended to give longer, chattier answers than human doctors, which could have played a role in its higher ratings. Others cautioned against relying on language models for factual information due to their tendency to generate made-up “facts”.
12. What does paragraph 2 mainly discuss about the study
A. The general outline. B. The statistical analysis. C. The theoretical basis. D. The data sources.
13. What is the percentage difference in empathy ratings between doctors’ responses and ChatGPTs responses
A 17 percent. B. 40 percent. C. 57 percent. D. 74 percent.
14. What’s Professor Davenport’s view regarding the paper’s proposal for additional investigation into ChatGPTs support for physicians
A. Indifferent. B. Objective. C. Concerned. D. Disapproving.
15. What concern was raised about using ChatGPT
A. Its responses might be one-sided. B. It has limited factual knowledge.
C. It can produce incorrect content. D. It is unable to offer high-quality advice.
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
The Best Foods for Your Brain
The brain is an organ just like any other—it needs the right nutrients to function properly and there are certain foods that can support brain function and help make studying easier. ____16____.
Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate is bitter chocolate compared to milk chocolate. It uses cacao as its main ingredient. Dark chocolate promotes the development of both neurons and blood vessels (血管). ____17____, but also its neuroprotective (神经保护) properties help to increase memory and make learning easier over time.
Berries
A lot of the benefits of berries come from antioxidants. They’ll help to increase neuroplasticity which allows your brain to make new connections or, in other words, keep learning.
____18____
Not only do seeds and nuts offer antioxidants—vitamin E, which helps to protect the brain as you age, specifically—but they contain omega-3 fatty acids as well.
Fatty fish
Fatty fish are a great source of omega-3s. These healthy unsaturated fats help in the long-term especially. They lead to lower beta-amyloid levels in the blood. This means that the clumps that damage the brain which leads to Alzheimer’s disease has been decreased. ____19____.
So, with foods like these, you’ll find your study session to be much more productive. ____20____, try to make them a regular diet. One bag of sunflower seeds isn’t going to protect your brain on its own.
A. Seeds and nuts
B. Here we break down what foods are best for the brain
C. While this is good for the brain, it also helps heart health
D. If you want to achieve the long-term effects these foods offer
E. To get the most out of this food, you’re going to want to eat fish about twice a week
F. This makes it not only a short-term focus boost through increased blood flow in the brain
G. Some studies have shown that positive people who laugh often have increased life expectation
【答案】16. B 17. F 18. A 19. C 20. D
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
On a hot afternoon Rhiannon was driving her old van down the highway. As she ____21____ her window to let in some fresh air, her car registration paper blew off the sun visor (防晒板) and onto the floor inside. When leaning down to ____22____ it, she accidentally drifted into oncoming traffic. In panic, she over-corrected and pulled the ____23____ sharply in the other direction. ____24____, the van rolled over three times, and Rhiannon was thrown onto the road, lying in the middle of the road and bleeding, nearly ____25____.
A medical student witnessed the accident and came to her ____26____. He covered Rhiannon with his coat and gave her emergency first aid, including ____27____ the wound on her left arm before the ambulance arrived.
____28____, Rhiannon was rushed to a hospital where an emergency room doctor spent hours ____29____ all the pieces of windshield (挡风玻璃) from her arm, and gave her three dozen stitches (缝针).
Luckily, Rhiannon was saved. Not for the bandage, she would not have ____30____long enough for the emergency personnel to arrive. Though Rhiannon didn’t know him, she was grateful to the medical student who saved her life. So she ____31____ the words online, “It’s a pity that I don’t know your name. If you happen to see or hear this story and recognize yourself, thank you for your kind ____32____.”
Rhiannon also had a message for the other ____33____ heroes, “Please consider this a pay-it-forward letter of ____34____— a letter from the ____35____ you helped who, for whatever reason, couldn’t thank you themselves.”
21. A. rolled down B. broke off C. turned down D. switched off
22. A. stick B. grab C. touch D. possess
23. A. handle B. engine C. window D. wheel
24. A. Consequently B. Automatically C. Frequently D. Slowly
25. A. awake B. astonished C. unconscious D. crazy
26. A. vision B. action C. rescue D. mind
27. A. bandaging B. curing C. pressing D. uncovering
28. A. Without delay B. Out of sympathy C. For certainty D. In despair
29. A. tidying B. removing C. collecting D. checking
30. A. suffered B. struggled C. stayed D. survived
31. A. searched B. browsed C. received D. posted
32. A. guidance B. gesture C. expression D. encouragement
33. A. tireless B. faultless C. nameless D. speechless
34. A. apology B. application C. invitation D. appreciation
35. A. peers B. strangers C. relatives D. fellows
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. D 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. B
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个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 — 476 BC), there was a musician, _____36_____ lived alone in a forest where he played the guqin, and his name was Yu Boya. One day, a passing woodcutter _____37_____(name) Zhong Ziqi was intrigued (陶醉于) by the sounds of the musical instrument, and Mr. Zhong Ziqi _____38_____(he) listened with full attention. Yu _____39_____(sincere) played the guqin, causing various pictures in Zhong’s imagination, such as flowing clouds and plunging waterfalls. Such was the _____40_____(connect) between performing and listening. They became bosom friends (挚友). After many years, when the woodcutter died, Yu decided _____41_____(smash) his instrument and never to play again since he was sure that he would never again have someone like Zhong to so intuitively understand his music.
Indeed, the guqin — the favored instrument of Confucius — was _____42_____ essential musical instrument of ancient China’s educated elite (精英). It _____43_____(add) to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2008.
In April, when President Xi Jinping _____44_____(meet) with French President Emmanuel Macron, a classic guqin piece, High Mountain and Flowing Water, was played to celebrate the friendship and mutual understanding ______45______ the two countries.
【答案】36. who
37. named 38. himself
39. sincerely
40. connection
41. to smash
42. an 43. was added
44. met 45. between
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分 15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校将举行一次讲座，主题为：《中国山水画Chinese Landscape Painting》，请你写一封英文电子邮件邀请你的外教David一同参加。
内容包括：1. 讲座的内容、意义； 2. 讲座的时间、地点。
注意：写作词数应为80词左右。
Dear David,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear David,
How are you doing I am writing to invite you to attend a lecture on Chinese Landscape Painting to be held at our school
Firstly, the lecture will cover the importance and significance of Chinese landscape painting in Chinese art and culture, which I believe will be of great interest to you. Besides, the lecture is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 14th, at 2 pm in the school auditorium.
All in all, I really hope you can join us for this exciting event and learn more about the beauty and depth of Chinese art. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was a cold yet sunny Sunday morning in February. Mom’s New Year’s resolution had been to get fit. Dad pushed her out of bed and told her to go jogging by the river. Later, he went downstairs and found the kids watching TV. He turned it off and said he was going to do something really special for Mom’s birthday. If overhearing anything, they just promised to keep it secret.
Jenny looked at Dad with a puzzled expression on her forehead and promised they wouldn’t say anything whatever happened. But Jenny reminded Mom’s birthday was in June and it might be a little too early to get all steamed up (非常激动) about it.
Silent for a moment, Dad said he was not getting everything ready but just wanted to spare enough time for preparation as this year it’s a bigger deal than usual. She was going to be 50.
“50! Gosh, that’s half a century,” spluttered Gerry, “but I didn’t realize she was ancient!”
Indeed, that was why Dad started planning a special party for her. Dad talked with grandma about the plan because her house was the only one in the family that is spacious enough for all friends and relatives. Grandma quite agreed and also started preparing.
“But you know how Mom feels guilty to bother others. You’ve got to admit,” reminded Jenny. Thinking over the special occasion, Dad was continuing with the secret when one evening, Mom was sitting at the dinner table and she suddenly slapped her forehead, “I just realized that I am going to be 50 in June. Let’s just quietly forget about it. I want to mourn (哀悼) the passing of my youth in private.”
“Oh, come on, Mom, don’t be such a spoil-sport!” begged the kids, hoping to give Dad a hand.
Realizing no more chance to hide the secret, Dad carefully worded his thought and shared his plan of having a little party at grandma’s house. Mom was stunned (震惊的) to no reply.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Discouraged, Dad told grandma what happened.
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Paragraph 2:
June finally came, and they got everything ready as planned.
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【答案】One possible version:
Discouraged, Dad told grandma what happened. Sensing Dad’s sorrow, grandma comforted and advised, “Why not just prepare a simple yet special get-together ” Slapped awaken by Dad’ new plan, the two kids both burst into deafening cheers and skipped round and round. Together, they brainstormed a list of ideas when suddenly Jenny murmured, “What’s Mom’s resolution for the new year ” Suddenly, it all clicked and they merrily reached an agreement to plan a secret hiking trip to the hill they once frequented and a family picnic at the top.
June finally came, and they got everything ready as planned. That morning, when Mom was about to jog as usual, Dad hurried to tell her about their new plan. Seeing the three in sportswear, Mom realized something, and this time she nodded. All the way, the two kids bounced around, laughing and chatting. She, along with Dad, recalled a lot of sweet memories in their youth. Upon arriving at the top, the three just pitched into the picnic in sheer pleasure. With the cool breeze, Mom gazed at them reflectively and suddenly realized that it’s no longer disturbing to celebrate birthday with the love of family.
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