河南省邓州春雨国文学校2024-2025学年高三上学期入学摸底考试英语试题（含答案）
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2024-2025学年河南省邓州春雨国文学校高三上学期入学摸底考试
英语试题
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Copenhagen is an ideal destination for food-loving travellers, but there are many gastronomic (美食的) adventures that await visitors outside this capital city of Denmark. Here are some experiences in the capital and beyond.
Enjoy a Baltic beach relaxation in Bornholm
Beloved by Danes for its sandy beaches and fishing harbours, the island of Bornholm is distinguished by more sunshine time than anywhere else in the country. It’s an attractive dining destination, with traditional smokehouses offering local delicacies. But it’s Kadeau, a restaurant, that really puts Bornholm on the food map.
Have some street food in Copenhagen
Enjoy flavours from all corners of the globe at Reffen. Found in the former industrial site of Refshale en, this street food market is an exciting hangout with a rainbow of cuisines from Thai to Kurdish. Just across a river, Torvehallerne is the place for a bite. Further south, BaneGaarden is hidden in leafy railway sidings at Vesterbro, and offers soul food from the Deep South of the US.
Take a getaway at a castle in Zealand
On the island, one of Denmark’s oldest castles overlooks the scenic northwest coast. The beautiful 13th-century Dragsholm Slot is now a luxury hotel with one of the most well-known restaurants in Zealand — Dragsholm Slot Gourmet. It holds a Michelin star, led by chef Jeppe Foldager who serves seasonal cuisine with materials farmed and hunted from the surrounding fields, forests and sea. For a less pricey meal, the castle has the farm-to-table Bistro and casual Madhus, where visitors can enjoy drinks, snacks and light meals.
1. What makes Bornholm unique in Denmark
A. The longer sunshine hours. B. The traditional Dane foods.
C. The attractive smokehouses. D. The beautiful seaside scenery.
2. Which place offers worldwide food options
A. Kadeau. B. Reffen.
C. Torvehallerne. D. BaneGaarden.
3 What do we know about Dragsholm Slot Gourmet
A. It was once a castle. B. It features light meals.
C. It offers locally grown food. D. It is famous in Denmark.
B
One Saturday in December, Annacarin Elf, the head of operations at Gothenburg City Library, just happened to walk by her workplace. Noticing that the door was open, she entered the library, and was astonished to see the heartwarming scene that people were using it like on a regular day.
It was scheduled to be closed for the New Year holiday. The people in the library behaved as usual. Many were sitting reading newspapers, some families were in the children's section and others were searching for books on the computer.
It seemed that Elf's colleagues had simply forgotten to lock the door, and because this popular library is usually open on Saturdays. visitors just assumed they could walk in. Elf called to check with her staff team, before announcing to the people present that the library was about to close. Then she expressed her regret for what had been done wrong and caused them a problem. It later turns out that 446 locals visited the city library borrowing a total of 246 books during the day. What's remarkable is that people checked out their books through the library's electronic self-service system, and that to date, all the books have been retuned!
Many Swedes have reacted positively to this uplifting demonstration of local respect for the library, a center that can be seen as a sign of the community, and what the locals did has strengthened their sense of belonging in their community.
Elf says, “Nothing was destroyed. It's amazing that Gothenburgers entered an empty library and treated and so lovingly.” The city leader has even suggested that this unusual Saturday serve as an accidental experiment to analyse the possibility of operating a totally automated library without staff.
4. Why did Elf feel surprised after entering the library
A. The library staff were in it. B. People kept reading on holidays.
C. People came in without permission. D. It was used though supposed to be closed.
5. What did Elf do that Saturday
A. She left the library open. B. She asked the staff back.
C. She apologized to the visitors. D. She read books in the library.
6. What do many Swedes think of the behavior of Gothenburg locals
A. It displays community spirit. B. It gives the library much uplift.
C. It is a positive reaction to society. D. It strengthens trust between people.
7. What does the author want to convey through the story
A. People tend to show care for others. B. Life is always full of the unexpected.
C. Libraries can be automated sometimes. D. A library can bring out the best in people.
C
Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society (美国鸟类学会) announced Wednesday. Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada.
“There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary (排他的) and harmful today,” the organization’s president, Colleen Handel, said in a statement. “Everyone who loves and cares about birds should be able to enjoy and study them freely.”
Rather than review each bird named after a person individually, all such birds will be renamed, the organization announced. Birds that will be renamed include those currently called Wilson’s warbler and Wilson’s snipe, both named after the 19th-century naturalist Alexander Wilson. Audubon’s shearwater, a seabird named for John James Audubon, also will get a new name. In 2020, the organization renamed a bird once referring to a Confederate Army general, John P. McCown, as the thick-billed longspur.
“I’m really happy and excited about the announcement,” said Emily Williams, an ornithologist at Georgetown University who was not involved in the decision. She said heated discussions over bird names have been happening within birdwatching communities for the past several years. “Naming birds based on habitat or appearance is one of the least problematic approaches,” she said.
Earlier this year, the National Audubon Society (NAS) announced that it would keep its name, even as critics and some voices within the organization have argued that it should dump (抛弃) the association with a man, John James Audubon, whose family treated their employees cruelly.
“The name has come to represent so much more than the work of one person,” Susan Bell, chair of the National Audubon Society’s Board of Directors, told Audubon magazine in March, adding, “We shouldn’t ignore what John James Audubon did to his employees in the past.”
8. Why are some examples given in paragraph 3
A. To state naming birds after people is common practice.
B. To show birds are closely related to people’s daily life.
C. To introduce some famous naturalists to the readers.
D. To stress the influence celebrities have on society.
9. How should birds be named according to Emily Williams
A. After their places of birth.
B. Based on their communities.
C. According to their habits.
D. In terms of their living places.
10 What is Susan Bell’s attitude towards the decision of NAS
A. Supportive. B. Carefree.
C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic.
11 Which of the following is a suitable title for the text
A. Rare Species Found in North America
B. Bird Names Linking to Human History
C. Discussions Caused by Bird Names
D. Bird Species to Be Renamed Next Year
D
Playing with my 5-year-old child, I sometimes wonder: Why are her made-up games so terribly boring In Learning to Imagine, psychologist Andrew Shtulman thinks it untrue that kids are uncontrolled wellsprings of imagination. On the contrary, the more we learn, the more imaginative we can become, and learning will not hold back imaginative ideas. Kids, he argues, fail to imagine obvious possibilities.
To gather evidence for this argument, Shtulman explores mechanisms (机制) for expanding imagination. Without support of others or new tools and technologies, people may reject reasonable ideas out of hand, he maintains. Lord Kelvin, for instance, famously denied the possibility of “heavier-than-air flying machines” less than 10 years before the Wright brothers created one. Abstract principles, like those so influential in science and ethics (伦理学), also boost imagination. Finally, imagination grows through exploring alternative models of the world, as in plays, fiction and so on. Across all of these examples, expanding imagination requires building closely on what people already know.
Perhaps counterintuitively (反直觉地), kids relate best to realistic stories. For instance, Walt Disney’s earliest cartoons were disorganized and strange. Only when the cartoons became “reasonably impossible” did they gain mass appeal. Many fictional worlds, from Middle Earth to Hogwarts, rely on reasonable impossibility.
Shtulman cleverly and precisely sails this vast attractive sea. Learning to Imagine never drags or makes me get stuck on professional words. I wish, however, that there had been more focus on what these findings mean. If education does not hinder imagination, how do we develop it Shtulman advises us to “engage with, and learn from, the collective knowledge of other people”. AI programs like GPT take that approach, educating themselves on massive data sets.
“Be like GPT” is not the most heartening message. But while humans cannot learn large amounts of data quickly and easily like AI, human imagination is shared and cooperative. That, at least, is something all of us—5-year-olds and their dads alike-have over the chatbots.
12. What’s the misunderstanding about imagination according to Shtulman
A. It’s an inborn ability. B. It helps broaden the mind.
C. Children are full of it. D. Inventions are based on it.
13. What does expanding imagination depend on
A. Known information. B. Realistic principles.
C. Gradual exploration. D. Supportable arguments.
14. What does the underlined word “hinder” mean in paragraph 4
A. Improve. B. Prevent. C. Stress. D. Dismiss.
15. What is the text
A. A research report. B. A personal diary.
C. A children’s story. D. A book review.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If your resolution is to learn a new language, you may be wondering: What’s the best way to go about this ____16____ There are many different ways to approach it. If you want to start learning a language fast, though, there is plenty of advice we can offer.
Is grammar important
Yes, grammar is important. But after all, when you’re learning your first language as a baby, your parents don’t have to teach you the clear rules of the language. ____17____
Should I focus on speaking or writing
____18____ If you want to travel and communicate with native speakers, then writing might be slightly less helpful. But if you’re learning Latin because you want to read texts in the original language, then you can probably skip the speaking part entirely.
Should I watch shows and listen to music in the language I’m learning
Absolutely yes. Being exposed to a language will always help you with your learning.
____19____ Watching movies to learn a language may have helped somewhat. But it’s important not to trap yourself with a complex language.
How Can I make language learning more fun
One of the best ways to make learning more fun is to work it in to your other hobbies. ____20____
You can’t learn to play the guitar and go jogging at the same time, for example. However, language is always around you and you can practice it while doing something else. While jogging, you could listen to a podcast in another language. While playing the guitar, you could pick songs that are in your target language. Anyway, connecting your interests really matters.
A. You just pick it up by nature.
B. A new language isn’t like most other hobbies.
C. Yet the real question is what you should watch or listen to.
D. Unfortunately, there’s no “best way” to learn a new language.
E. So it’s more important to get comfortable with speaking the language.
F. The answer to this question really depends on what you hope to achieve.
G. An important thing to remember is switching up how you’re exposed to the language.
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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That late afternoon I was assigned to accompany an important Chinese businessman to tourist sites in northern Thailand. Silently ____21____, I stared at my desk. The piles of paper ____22____ how much work waiting to be done.
We spent the next whole day visiting ____23____. That evening we went to dinner and a show, one I had attended many times before. While my ____24____ chatted with other tourists, I exchanged polite ____25____ in the dark with a man seated in front of me. He was holding his head motionless at an odd angle, as though in prayer. The truth ____26____ me. He was blind.
“Could I please sit beside you ” he asked. “And I’d love it if you’d ____27____ a little of what you see.”
“I’d be happy to,” I ____28____.
As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said, “The music seems out of ____29____ to our Western ears, but it has charm. Please tell me about the musicians.”
I hadn’t ever noticed the five men ____30____ at the side of the stage. “They’re seated cross-legged on a rug, ____31____ in loose white cotton shirts and large black trousers, with fabric around their waists that has been dyed bright red.”
“Yes, yes, I see them!” the blind man said quietly, ____32____. He patted my shoulder, then pulled me toward him and embraced me ____33____. “How nice of you to see everything for me,” he whispered. “I can never thank you enough.”
Later I realized that I should have ____34____ him. I was the one who had been ____35____, my eyes merely skimming the surface of things.
21. A. annoyed B. horrified C. delighted D. excited
22. A. caught sight of B. took advantage of C. bore witness to D. got familiar with
23. A. museums B. attractions C. restaurants D. conferences
24. A. friend B. companion C. boss D. colleague
25. A. ideas B. information C. glances D. conversations
26. A. disappointed B. pleased C. struck D. moved
27. A. express B. describe C. polish D. recall
28. A. replied B. sighed C. thought D. smiled
29. A. reach B. sight C. tune D. place
30. A. talking B. resting C. waiting D. performing
31 A. absorbed B. interested C. hidden D. dressed
32. A. smiling B. shouting C. waving D. signaling
33. A. awkwardly B. closely C. casually D. tightly
34. A. admired B. thanked C. respected D. praised
35. A. blind B. stupid C. impatient D. immature
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。
China drilled a tunnel through for expressway transport in Beijing on Monday. It is the ____36____ (long) expressway tunnel in the country created using the shield-tunneling method (盾构隧道法).
With a total length of 7.4 km, the tunnel project ____37____ (design) to have a two-way six-lane expressway on the middle level, smoke vent (排烟孔) on the upper level ____38____ evacuation (疏散) and rescue routes on the lower level, according to the Beijing Capital Highway Development Group Co., Ltd., which is carrying out the project.
The tunnel is part of Beijing’s east ____39____ (six) ring road project. The deepest section of the tunnel, ____40____ is 75 meters underground, is the deepest underground tunnel in Beijing. In June, the west tunnel of the project was the first ____41____ (drill) through. The east tunnel was just drilled through on Monday.
With ____42____ excavation diameter of 16.07 meters and a length of about 145 meters, the shield-tunneling machine adopted in the project is ____43____ (independent) designed and made by Chinese companies. It weighs 4,500 tonnes.
The tunnel project has helped make way for more space on the ground for ____44____ (promote) industrial development and planning large parks, contributing ____45____ the high-quality development of Beijing’s sub-center Tongzhou District and coordinated transport development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
46. 假设你是李华，你校上周发起了“我与父母换角色（Exchange Roles with Parents）”的活动，请你据此给校英文报投稿，内容包括：
1.活动目的；2.你的行动；3.你的感受。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。
For months, Grace’s old mother Julia had been sitting in her home, making towels day and night to sell at the annual local fair. With the $200 she had earned, she wanted to buy some gifts for the poor families on the fifth floor for the coming New Year.
Then, on a happy snowy evening, Julia went to the grocery store to buy some food. Later, she safely drove back home. At 9:30 that night, she called Grace and cried, “I lost my wallet and all $200 I had earned. My New Year’s Day is ruined.” “Don’t worry, Mom,” Grace said, completely unaware that Julia had gone out in the snow.
“I will drive to your place in the morning and we will find it,” Grace told her mother. “No. It’s gone. It was in my pocket when I went to the store. But when I checked it just now, it wasn’t there,” Julia said. “I searched my car and home. Then, I drove back to the store to see if I left it there. But it wasn’t there either. Then, I walked through the parking lot, looking for it, but it wasn’t anywhere.”
Thinking of her old mother’s going out on the snowy, windy night, Grace was heartbroken. “It’ll be okay, Mom,” she comforted her mother. “We’ll cancel the credit card, and we can replace all the rest of the things in your wallet.” However, getting her mother a new license as well as bank, medical, and identity cards was discouraging even for Grace.
It took Grace several hours to drive to Julia’s house the following morning. But before she got there, Julia had already gone back to the store again. With tears in her eyes, she shared her story about the money she had earned with the store manager and asked if he could check his store for her wallet. The manager felt a great pity for her and thought to himself that if the wallet couldn’t be found, he’d give her some of his own money.
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。
With that thought, the manager began searching for the wallet.
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After Grace found the wallet, Julia went to return the money and buy New Year gifts.
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2024-2025学年河南省邓州春雨国文学校高三上学期入学摸底考试
英语试题
答案版
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Copenhagen is an ideal destination for food-loving travellers, but there are many gastronomic (美食的) adventures that await visitors outside this capital city of Denmark. Here are some experiences in the capital and beyond.
Enjoy a Baltic beach relaxation in Bornholm
Beloved by Danes for its sandy beaches and fishing harbours, the island of Bornholm is distinguished by more sunshine time than anywhere else in the country. It’s an attractive dining destination, with traditional smokehouses offering local delicacies. But it’s Kadeau, a restaurant, that really puts Bornholm on the food map.
Have some street food in Copenhagen
Enjoy flavours from all corners of the globe at Reffen. Found in the former industrial site of Refshale en, this street food market is an exciting hangout with a rainbow of cuisines from Thai to Kurdish. Just across a river, Torvehallerne is the place for a bite. Further south, BaneGaarden is hidden in leafy railway sidings at Vesterbro, and offers soul food from the Deep South of the US.
Take a getaway at a castle in Zealand
On the island, one of Denmark’s oldest castles overlooks the scenic northwest coast. The beautiful 13th-century Dragsholm Slot is now a luxury hotel with one of the most well-known restaurants in Zealand — Dragsholm Slot Gourmet. It holds a Michelin star, led by chef Jeppe Foldager who serves seasonal cuisine with materials farmed and hunted from the surrounding fields, forests and sea. For a less pricey meal, the castle has the farm-to-table Bistro and casual Madhus, where visitors can enjoy drinks, snacks and light meals.
1. What makes Bornholm unique in Denmark
A. The longer sunshine hours. B. The traditional Dane foods.
C. The attractive smokehouses. D. The beautiful seaside scenery.
2. Which place offers worldwide food options
A. Kadeau. B. Reffen.
C. Torvehallerne. D. BaneGaarden.
3. What do we know about Dragsholm Slot Gourmet
A. It was once a castle. B. It features light meals.
C. It offers locally grown food. D. It is famous in Denmark.
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. C
B
One Saturday in December, Annacarin Elf, the head of operations at Gothenburg City Library, just happened to walk by her workplace. Noticing that the door was open, she entered the library, and was astonished to see the heartwarming scene that people were using it like on a regular day.
It was scheduled to be closed for the New Year holiday. The people in the library behaved as usual. Many were sitting reading newspapers, some families were in the children's section and others were searching for books on the computer.
It seemed that Elf's colleagues had simply forgotten to lock the door, and because this popular library is usually open on Saturdays. visitors just assumed they could walk in. Elf called to check with her staff team, before announcing to the people present that the library was about to close. Then she expressed her regret for what had been done wrong and caused them a problem. It later turns out that 446 locals visited the city library borrowing a total of 246 books during the day. What's remarkable is that people checked out their books through the library's electronic self-service system, and that to date, all the books have been retuned!
Many Swedes have reacted positively to this uplifting demonstration of local respect for the library, a center that can be seen as a sign of the community, and what the locals did has strengthened their sense of belonging in their community.
Elf says, “Nothing was destroyed. It's amazing that Gothenburgers entered an empty library and treated and so lovingly.” The city leader has even suggested that this unusual Saturday serve as an accidental experiment to analyse the possibility of operating a totally automated library without staff.
4. Why did Elf feel surprised after entering the library
A. The library staff were in it. B. People kept reading on holidays.
C. People came in without permission. D. It was used though supposed to be closed.
5. What did Elf do that Saturday
A. She left the library open. B. She asked the staff back.
C. She apologized to the visitors. D. She read books in the library.
6. What do many Swedes think of the behavior of Gothenburg locals
A. It displays community spirit. B. It gives the library much uplift.
C. It is a positive reaction to society. D. It strengthens trust between people.
7. What does the author want to convey through the story
A. People tend to show care for others. B. Life is always full of the unexpected.
C. Libraries can be automated sometimes. D. A library can bring out the best in people.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. A 7. D
C
Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society (美国鸟类学会) announced Wednesday. Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada.
“There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary (排他的) and harmful today,” the organization’s president, Colleen Handel, said in a statement. “Everyone who loves and cares about birds should be able to enjoy and study them freely.”
Rather than review each bird named after a person individually, all such birds will be renamed, the organization announced. Birds that will be renamed include those currently called Wilson’s warbler and Wilson’s snipe, both named after the 19th-century naturalist Alexander Wilson. Audubon’s shearwater, a seabird named for John James Audubon, also will get a new name. In 2020, the organization renamed a bird once referring to a Confederate Army general, John P. McCown, as the thick-billed longspur.
“I’m really happy and excited about the announcement,” said Emily Williams, an ornithologist at Georgetown University who was not involved in the decision. She said heated discussions over bird names have been happening within birdwatching communities for the past several years. “Naming birds based on habitat or appearance is one of the least problematic approaches,” she said.
Earlier this year, the National Audubon Society (NAS) announced that it would keep its name, even as critics and some voices within the organization have argued that it should dump (抛弃) the association with a man, John James Audubon, whose family treated their employees cruelly.
“The name has come to represent so much more than the work of one person,” Susan Bell, chair of the National Audubon Society’s Board of Directors, told Audubon magazine in March, adding, “We shouldn’t ignore what John James Audubon did to his employees in the past.”
8. Why are some examples given in paragraph 3
A. To state naming birds after people is common practice.
B. To show birds are closely related to people’s daily life.
C. To introduce some famous naturalists to the readers.
D To stress the influence celebrities have on society.
9. How should birds be named according to Emily Williams
A. After their places of birth.
B. Based on their communities.
C. According to their habits.
D. In terms of their living places.
10. What is Susan Bell’s attitude towards the decision of NAS
A. Supportive. B. Carefree.
C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic.
11. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text
A. Rare Species Found in North America
B. Bird Names Linking to Human History
C. Discussions Caused by Bird Names
D. Bird Species to Be Renamed Next Year
【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. D
D
Playing with my 5-year-old child, I sometimes wonder: Why are her made-up games so terribly boring In Learning to Imagine, psychologist Andrew Shtulman thinks it untrue that kids are uncontrolled wellsprings of imagination. On the contrary, the more we learn, the more imaginative we can become, and learning will not hold back imaginative ideas. Kids, he argues, fail to imagine obvious possibilities.
To gather evidence for this argument, Shtulman explores mechanisms (机制) for expanding imagination. Without support of others or new tools and technologies, people may reject reasonable ideas out of hand, he maintains. Lord Kelvin, for instance, famously denied the possibility of “heavier-than-air flying machines” less than 10 years before the Wright brothers created one. Abstract principles, like those so influential in science and ethics (伦理学), also boost imagination. Finally, imagination grows through exploring alternative models of the world, as in plays, fiction and so on. Across all of these examples, expanding imagination requires building closely on what people already know.
Perhaps counterintuitively (反直觉地), kids relate best to realistic stories. For instance, Walt Disney’s earliest cartoons were disorganized and strange. Only when the cartoons became “reasonably impossible” did they gain mass appeal. Many fictional worlds, from Middle Earth to Hogwarts, rely on reasonable impossibility.
Shtulman cleverly and precisely sails this vast, attractive sea. Learning to Imagine never drags or makes me get stuck on professional words. I wish, however, that there had been more focus on what these findings mean. If education does not hinder imagination, how do we develop it Shtulman advises us to “engage with, and learn from, the collective knowledge of other people”. AI programs like GPT take that approach, educating themselves on massive data sets.
“Be like GPT” is not the most heartening message. But while humans cannot learn large amounts of data quickly and easily like AI, human imagination is shared and cooperative. That, at least, is something all of us—5-year-olds and their dads alike-have over the chatbots.
12. What’s the misunderstanding about imagination according to Shtulman
A. It’s an inborn ability. B. It helps broaden the mind.
C. Children are full of it. D. Inventions are based on it.
13. What does expanding imagination depend on
A. Known information. B. Realistic principles.
C. Gradual exploration. D. Supportable arguments.
14. What does the underlined word “hinder” mean in paragraph 4
A. Improve. B. Prevent. C. Stress. D. Dismiss.
15. What is the text
A. A research report. B. A personal diary.
C. A children’s story. D. A book review.
【答案】12. C 13. A 14. B 15. D
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If your resolution is to learn a new language, you may be wondering: What’s the best way to go about this ____16____ There are many different ways to approach it. If you want to start learning a language fast, though, there is plenty of advice we can offer.
Is grammar important
Yes, grammar is important. But after all, when you’re learning your first language as a baby, your parents don’t have to teach you the clear rules of the language. ____17____
Should I focus on speaking or writing
____18____ If you want to travel and communicate with native speakers, then writing might be slightly less helpful. But if you’re learning Latin because you want to read texts in the original language, then you can probably skip the speaking part entirely.
Should I watch shows and listen to music in the language I’m learning
Absolutely yes. Being exposed to a language will always help you with your learning.
____19____ Watching movies to learn a language may have helped somewhat. But it’s important not to trap yourself with a complex language.
How Can I make language learning more fun
One of the best ways to make learning more fun is to work it in to your other hobbies. ____20____
You can’t learn to play the guitar and go jogging at the same time, for example. However, language is always around you and you can practice it while doing something else. While jogging, you could listen to a podcast in another language. While playing the guitar, you could pick songs that are in your target language. Anyway, connecting your interests really matters.
A. You just pick it up by nature.
B. A new language isn’t like most other hobbies.
C. Yet the real question is what you should watch or listen to.
D. Unfortunately, there’s no “best way” to learn a new language.
E. So it’s more important to get comfortable with speaking the language.
F. The answer to this question really depends on what you hope to achieve.
G. An important thing to remember is switching up how you’re exposed to the language.
【答案】16. D 17. A 18. F 19. C 20. B
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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That late afternoon I was assigned to accompany an important Chinese businessman to tourist sites in northern Thailand. Silently ____21____, I stared at my desk. The piles of paper ____22____ how much work waiting to be done.
We spent the next whole day visiting ____23____. That evening we went to dinner and a show, one I had attended many times before. While my ____24____ chatted with other tourists, I exchanged polite ____25____ in the dark with a man seated in front of me. He was holding his head motionless at an odd angle, as though in prayer. The truth ____26____ me. He was blind.
“Could I please sit beside you ” he asked. “And I’d love it if you’d ____27____ a little of what you see.”
“I’d be happy to,” I ____28____.
As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said, “The music seems out of ____29____ to our Western ears, but it has charm. Please tell me about the musicians.”
I hadn’t ever noticed the five men ____30____ at the side of the stage. “They’re seated cross-legged on a rug, ____31____ in loose white cotton shirts and large black trousers, with fabric around their waists that has been dyed bright red.”
“Yes, yes, I see them!” the blind man said quietly, ____32____. He patted my shoulder, then pulled me toward him and embraced me ____33____. “How nice of you to see everything for me,” he whispered. “I can never thank you enough.”
Later I realized that I should have ____34____ him. I was the one who had been ____35____, my eyes merely skimming the surface of things.
21. A. annoyed B. horrified C. delighted D. excited
22. A. caught sight of B. took advantage of C. bore witness to D. got familiar with
23. A. museums B. attractions C. restaurants D. conferences
24. A. friend B. companion C. boss D. colleague
25. A. ideas B. information C. glances D. conversations
26. A. disappointed B. pleased C. struck D. moved
27. A. express B. describe C. polish D. recall
28. A. replied B. sighed C. thought D. smiled
29. A. reach B. sight C. tune D. place
30. A. talking B. resting C. waiting D. performing
31. A. absorbed B. interested C. hidden D. dressed
32. A. smiling B. shouting C. waving D. signaling
33. A. awkwardly B. closely C. casually D. tightly
34. A. admired B. thanked C. respected D. praised
35. A. blind B. stupid C. impatient D. immature
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. D 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. A
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China drilled a tunnel through for expressway transport in Beijing on Monday. It is the ____36____ (long) expressway tunnel in the country created using the shield-tunneling method (盾构隧道法).
With a total length of 7.4 km, the tunnel project ____37____ (design) to have a two-way six-lane expressway on the middle level, smoke vent (排烟孔) on the upper level ____38____ evacuation (疏散) and rescue routes on the lower level, according to the Beijing Capital Highway Development Group Co., Ltd., which is carrying out the project.
The tunnel is part of Beijing’s east ____39____ (six) ring road project. The deepest section of the tunnel, ____40____ is 75 meters underground, is the deepest underground tunnel in Beijing. In June, the west tunnel of the project was the first ____41____ (drill) through. The east tunnel was just drilled through on Monday.
With ____42____ excavation diameter of 16.07 meters and a length of about 145 meters, the shield-tunneling machine adopted in the project is ____43____ (independent) designed and made by Chinese companies. It weighs 4,500 tonnes.
The tunnel project has helped make way for more space on the ground for ____44____ (promote) industrial development and planning large parks, contributing ____45____ the high-quality development of Beijing’s sub-center Tongzhou District and coordinated transport development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
【答案】36. longest
37. is designed
38. and 39. sixth
40. which 41. to be drilled 42. an
43. independently
44. promoting 45. to
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
46. 假设你是李华，你校上周发起了“我与父母换角色（Exchange Roles with Parents）”的活动，请你据此给校英文报投稿，内容包括：
1.活动目的；2.你的行动；3.你的感受。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
In a bid to arouse the awareness of being grateful to our parents, an activity named Exchange Roles with Parents was launched by our school last week.
Instead of being taken care of by my parents all the time, I took the responsibility of doing housework last Sunday. Getting up much earlier than usual, I struggled to prepare breakfast for the whole family and then did a thorough cleaning in the house, which left me exhausted. However, seeing their satisfied smiles made all my efforts worthwhile.
It was this activity that provided me with an insight into how much my parents had done for me and taught me to cherish their unconditional love from the bottom of my heart.
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。
For months, Grace’s old mother Julia had been sitting in her home, making towels day and night to sell at the annual local fair. With the $200 she had earned, she wanted to buy some gifts for the poor families on the fifth floor for the coming New Year.
Then, on a happy snowy evening, Julia went to the grocery store to buy some food. Later, she safely drove back home. At 9:30 that night, she called Grace and cried, “I lost my wallet and all $200 I had earned. My New Year’s Day is ruined.” “Don’t worry, Mom,” Grace said, completely unaware that Julia had gone out in the snow.
“I will drive to your place in the morning and we will find it,” Grace told her mother. “No. It’s gone. It was in my pocket when I went to the store. But when I checked it just now, it wasn’t there,” Julia said. “I searched my car and home. Then, I drove back to the store to see if I left it there. But it wasn’t there either. Then, I walked through the parking lot, looking for it, but it wasn’t anywhere.”
Thinking of her old mother’s going out on the snowy, windy night, Grace was heartbroken. “It’ll be okay, Mom,” she comforted her mother. “We’ll cancel the credit card, and we can replace all the rest of the things in your wallet.” However, getting her mother a new license as well as bank, medical, and identity cards was discouraging even for Grace.
It took Grace several hours to drive to Julia’s house the following morning. But before she got there, Julia had already gone back to the store again. With tears in her eyes, she shared her story about the money she had earned with the store manager and asked if he could check his store for her wallet. The manager felt a great pity for her and thought to himself that if the wallet couldn’t be found, he’d give her some of his own money.
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。
With that thought, the manager began searching for the wallet.
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After Grace found the wallet, Julia went to return the money and buy New Year gifts.
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【答案】Paragraph 1:
With that thought, the manager began searching for the wallet. He retraced every aisle Julia could have walked down. Despite his diligent search, the wallet was nowhere to be seen. Knowing how much the $200 meant to Julia, he handed Julia a box with $200 in it, saying, “My gift. Please take this and fulfill your New Year’s wish!” Julia went home with her eyes filled with tears. Julia was greeted with good news the minute she arrived home. Grace, who had come, discovered the misplaced wallet trapped in the folds of the couch.
Paragraph 2:
After Grace found the wallet, Julia went to return the money and buy New Year gifts. She proceeded to the store, telling the manager what had happened, but he simply wouldn’t take it. “Make it a bigger New Year for more,” he said with a smile. Julia, moved by his generosity, decided to use both the money she had earned and the money from the manager to buy presents not just for her fifth-floor neighbors, but for many others in need. The gifts spread far and wide, bringing unexpected happiness and creating a ripple of goodwill.
英语试题
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Copenhagen is an ideal destination for food-loving travellers, but there are many gastronomic (美食的) adventures that await visitors outside this capital city of Denmark. Here are some experiences in the capital and beyond.
Enjoy a Baltic beach relaxation in Bornholm
Beloved by Danes for its sandy beaches and fishing harbours, the island of Bornholm is distinguished by more sunshine time than anywhere else in the country. It’s an attractive dining destination, with traditional smokehouses offering local delicacies. But it’s Kadeau, a restaurant, that really puts Bornholm on the food map.
Have some street food in Copenhagen
Enjoy flavours from all corners of the globe at Reffen. Found in the former industrial site of Refshale en, this street food market is an exciting hangout with a rainbow of cuisines from Thai to Kurdish. Just across a river, Torvehallerne is the place for a bite. Further south, BaneGaarden is hidden in leafy railway sidings at Vesterbro, and offers soul food from the Deep South of the US.
Take a getaway at a castle in Zealand
On the island, one of Denmark’s oldest castles overlooks the scenic northwest coast. The beautiful 13th-century Dragsholm Slot is now a luxury hotel with one of the most well-known restaurants in Zealand — Dragsholm Slot Gourmet. It holds a Michelin star, led by chef Jeppe Foldager who serves seasonal cuisine with materials farmed and hunted from the surrounding fields, forests and sea. For a less pricey meal, the castle has the farm-to-table Bistro and casual Madhus, where visitors can enjoy drinks, snacks and light meals.
1. What makes Bornholm unique in Denmark
A. The longer sunshine hours. B. The traditional Dane foods.
C. The attractive smokehouses. D. The beautiful seaside scenery.
2. Which place offers worldwide food options
A. Kadeau. B. Reffen.
C. Torvehallerne. D. BaneGaarden.
3 What do we know about Dragsholm Slot Gourmet
A. It was once a castle. B. It features light meals.
C. It offers locally grown food. D. It is famous in Denmark.
B
One Saturday in December, Annacarin Elf, the head of operations at Gothenburg City Library, just happened to walk by her workplace. Noticing that the door was open, she entered the library, and was astonished to see the heartwarming scene that people were using it like on a regular day.
It was scheduled to be closed for the New Year holiday. The people in the library behaved as usual. Many were sitting reading newspapers, some families were in the children's section and others were searching for books on the computer.
It seemed that Elf's colleagues had simply forgotten to lock the door, and because this popular library is usually open on Saturdays. visitors just assumed they could walk in. Elf called to check with her staff team, before announcing to the people present that the library was about to close. Then she expressed her regret for what had been done wrong and caused them a problem. It later turns out that 446 locals visited the city library borrowing a total of 246 books during the day. What's remarkable is that people checked out their books through the library's electronic self-service system, and that to date, all the books have been retuned!
Many Swedes have reacted positively to this uplifting demonstration of local respect for the library, a center that can be seen as a sign of the community, and what the locals did has strengthened their sense of belonging in their community.
Elf says, “Nothing was destroyed. It's amazing that Gothenburgers entered an empty library and treated and so lovingly.” The city leader has even suggested that this unusual Saturday serve as an accidental experiment to analyse the possibility of operating a totally automated library without staff.
4. Why did Elf feel surprised after entering the library
A. The library staff were in it. B. People kept reading on holidays.
C. People came in without permission. D. It was used though supposed to be closed.
5. What did Elf do that Saturday
A. She left the library open. B. She asked the staff back.
C. She apologized to the visitors. D. She read books in the library.
6. What do many Swedes think of the behavior of Gothenburg locals
A. It displays community spirit. B. It gives the library much uplift.
C. It is a positive reaction to society. D. It strengthens trust between people.
7. What does the author want to convey through the story
A. People tend to show care for others. B. Life is always full of the unexpected.
C. Libraries can be automated sometimes. D. A library can bring out the best in people.
C
Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society (美国鸟类学会) announced Wednesday. Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada.
“There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary (排他的) and harmful today,” the organization’s president, Colleen Handel, said in a statement. “Everyone who loves and cares about birds should be able to enjoy and study them freely.”
Rather than review each bird named after a person individually, all such birds will be renamed, the organization announced. Birds that will be renamed include those currently called Wilson’s warbler and Wilson’s snipe, both named after the 19th-century naturalist Alexander Wilson. Audubon’s shearwater, a seabird named for John James Audubon, also will get a new name. In 2020, the organization renamed a bird once referring to a Confederate Army general, John P. McCown, as the thick-billed longspur.
“I’m really happy and excited about the announcement,” said Emily Williams, an ornithologist at Georgetown University who was not involved in the decision. She said heated discussions over bird names have been happening within birdwatching communities for the past several years. “Naming birds based on habitat or appearance is one of the least problematic approaches,” she said.
Earlier this year, the National Audubon Society (NAS) announced that it would keep its name, even as critics and some voices within the organization have argued that it should dump (抛弃) the association with a man, John James Audubon, whose family treated their employees cruelly.
“The name has come to represent so much more than the work of one person,” Susan Bell, chair of the National Audubon Society’s Board of Directors, told Audubon magazine in March, adding, “We shouldn’t ignore what John James Audubon did to his employees in the past.”
8. Why are some examples given in paragraph 3
A. To state naming birds after people is common practice.
B. To show birds are closely related to people’s daily life.
C. To introduce some famous naturalists to the readers.
D. To stress the influence celebrities have on society.
9. How should birds be named according to Emily Williams
A. After their places of birth.
B. Based on their communities.
C. According to their habits.
D. In terms of their living places.
10 What is Susan Bell’s attitude towards the decision of NAS
A. Supportive. B. Carefree.
C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic.
11 Which of the following is a suitable title for the text
A. Rare Species Found in North America
B. Bird Names Linking to Human History
C. Discussions Caused by Bird Names
D. Bird Species to Be Renamed Next Year
D
Playing with my 5-year-old child, I sometimes wonder: Why are her made-up games so terribly boring In Learning to Imagine, psychologist Andrew Shtulman thinks it untrue that kids are uncontrolled wellsprings of imagination. On the contrary, the more we learn, the more imaginative we can become, and learning will not hold back imaginative ideas. Kids, he argues, fail to imagine obvious possibilities.
To gather evidence for this argument, Shtulman explores mechanisms (机制) for expanding imagination. Without support of others or new tools and technologies, people may reject reasonable ideas out of hand, he maintains. Lord Kelvin, for instance, famously denied the possibility of “heavier-than-air flying machines” less than 10 years before the Wright brothers created one. Abstract principles, like those so influential in science and ethics (伦理学), also boost imagination. Finally, imagination grows through exploring alternative models of the world, as in plays, fiction and so on. Across all of these examples, expanding imagination requires building closely on what people already know.
Perhaps counterintuitively (反直觉地), kids relate best to realistic stories. For instance, Walt Disney’s earliest cartoons were disorganized and strange. Only when the cartoons became “reasonably impossible” did they gain mass appeal. Many fictional worlds, from Middle Earth to Hogwarts, rely on reasonable impossibility.
Shtulman cleverly and precisely sails this vast attractive sea. Learning to Imagine never drags or makes me get stuck on professional words. I wish, however, that there had been more focus on what these findings mean. If education does not hinder imagination, how do we develop it Shtulman advises us to “engage with, and learn from, the collective knowledge of other people”. AI programs like GPT take that approach, educating themselves on massive data sets.
“Be like GPT” is not the most heartening message. But while humans cannot learn large amounts of data quickly and easily like AI, human imagination is shared and cooperative. That, at least, is something all of us—5-year-olds and their dads alike-have over the chatbots.
12. What’s the misunderstanding about imagination according to Shtulman
A. It’s an inborn ability. B. It helps broaden the mind.
C. Children are full of it. D. Inventions are based on it.
13. What does expanding imagination depend on
A. Known information. B. Realistic principles.
C. Gradual exploration. D. Supportable arguments.
14. What does the underlined word “hinder” mean in paragraph 4
A. Improve. B. Prevent. C. Stress. D. Dismiss.
15. What is the text
A. A research report. B. A personal diary.
C. A children’s story. D. A book review.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If your resolution is to learn a new language, you may be wondering: What’s the best way to go about this ____16____ There are many different ways to approach it. If you want to start learning a language fast, though, there is plenty of advice we can offer.
Is grammar important
Yes, grammar is important. But after all, when you’re learning your first language as a baby, your parents don’t have to teach you the clear rules of the language. ____17____
Should I focus on speaking or writing
____18____ If you want to travel and communicate with native speakers, then writing might be slightly less helpful. But if you’re learning Latin because you want to read texts in the original language, then you can probably skip the speaking part entirely.
Should I watch shows and listen to music in the language I’m learning
Absolutely yes. Being exposed to a language will always help you with your learning.
____19____ Watching movies to learn a language may have helped somewhat. But it’s important not to trap yourself with a complex language.
How Can I make language learning more fun
One of the best ways to make learning more fun is to work it in to your other hobbies. ____20____
You can’t learn to play the guitar and go jogging at the same time, for example. However, language is always around you and you can practice it while doing something else. While jogging, you could listen to a podcast in another language. While playing the guitar, you could pick songs that are in your target language. Anyway, connecting your interests really matters.
A. You just pick it up by nature.
B. A new language isn’t like most other hobbies.
C. Yet the real question is what you should watch or listen to.
D. Unfortunately, there’s no “best way” to learn a new language.
E. So it’s more important to get comfortable with speaking the language.
F. The answer to this question really depends on what you hope to achieve.
G. An important thing to remember is switching up how you’re exposed to the language.
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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That late afternoon I was assigned to accompany an important Chinese businessman to tourist sites in northern Thailand. Silently ____21____, I stared at my desk. The piles of paper ____22____ how much work waiting to be done.
We spent the next whole day visiting ____23____. That evening we went to dinner and a show, one I had attended many times before. While my ____24____ chatted with other tourists, I exchanged polite ____25____ in the dark with a man seated in front of me. He was holding his head motionless at an odd angle, as though in prayer. The truth ____26____ me. He was blind.
“Could I please sit beside you ” he asked. “And I’d love it if you’d ____27____ a little of what you see.”
“I’d be happy to,” I ____28____.
As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said, “The music seems out of ____29____ to our Western ears, but it has charm. Please tell me about the musicians.”
I hadn’t ever noticed the five men ____30____ at the side of the stage. “They’re seated cross-legged on a rug, ____31____ in loose white cotton shirts and large black trousers, with fabric around their waists that has been dyed bright red.”
“Yes, yes, I see them!” the blind man said quietly, ____32____. He patted my shoulder, then pulled me toward him and embraced me ____33____. “How nice of you to see everything for me,” he whispered. “I can never thank you enough.”
Later I realized that I should have ____34____ him. I was the one who had been ____35____, my eyes merely skimming the surface of things.
21. A. annoyed B. horrified C. delighted D. excited
22. A. caught sight of B. took advantage of C. bore witness to D. got familiar with
23. A. museums B. attractions C. restaurants D. conferences
24. A. friend B. companion C. boss D. colleague
25. A. ideas B. information C. glances D. conversations
26. A. disappointed B. pleased C. struck D. moved
27. A. express B. describe C. polish D. recall
28. A. replied B. sighed C. thought D. smiled
29. A. reach B. sight C. tune D. place
30. A. talking B. resting C. waiting D. performing
31 A. absorbed B. interested C. hidden D. dressed
32. A. smiling B. shouting C. waving D. signaling
33. A. awkwardly B. closely C. casually D. tightly
34. A. admired B. thanked C. respected D. praised
35. A. blind B. stupid C. impatient D. immature
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。
China drilled a tunnel through for expressway transport in Beijing on Monday. It is the ____36____ (long) expressway tunnel in the country created using the shield-tunneling method (盾构隧道法).
With a total length of 7.4 km, the tunnel project ____37____ (design) to have a two-way six-lane expressway on the middle level, smoke vent (排烟孔) on the upper level ____38____ evacuation (疏散) and rescue routes on the lower level, according to the Beijing Capital Highway Development Group Co., Ltd., which is carrying out the project.
The tunnel is part of Beijing’s east ____39____ (six) ring road project. The deepest section of the tunnel, ____40____ is 75 meters underground, is the deepest underground tunnel in Beijing. In June, the west tunnel of the project was the first ____41____ (drill) through. The east tunnel was just drilled through on Monday.
With ____42____ excavation diameter of 16.07 meters and a length of about 145 meters, the shield-tunneling machine adopted in the project is ____43____ (independent) designed and made by Chinese companies. It weighs 4,500 tonnes.
The tunnel project has helped make way for more space on the ground for ____44____ (promote) industrial development and planning large parks, contributing ____45____ the high-quality development of Beijing’s sub-center Tongzhou District and coordinated transport development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
46. 假设你是李华，你校上周发起了“我与父母换角色（Exchange Roles with Parents）”的活动，请你据此给校英文报投稿，内容包括：
1.活动目的；2.你的行动；3.你的感受。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
For months, Grace’s old mother Julia had been sitting in her home, making towels day and night to sell at the annual local fair. With the $200 she had earned, she wanted to buy some gifts for the poor families on the fifth floor for the coming New Year.
Then, on a happy snowy evening, Julia went to the grocery store to buy some food. Later, she safely drove back home. At 9:30 that night, she called Grace and cried, “I lost my wallet and all $200 I had earned. My New Year’s Day is ruined.” “Don’t worry, Mom,” Grace said, completely unaware that Julia had gone out in the snow.
“I will drive to your place in the morning and we will find it,” Grace told her mother. “No. It’s gone. It was in my pocket when I went to the store. But when I checked it just now, it wasn’t there,” Julia said. “I searched my car and home. Then, I drove back to the store to see if I left it there. But it wasn’t there either. Then, I walked through the parking lot, looking for it, but it wasn’t anywhere.”
Thinking of her old mother’s going out on the snowy, windy night, Grace was heartbroken. “It’ll be okay, Mom,” she comforted her mother. “We’ll cancel the credit card, and we can replace all the rest of the things in your wallet.” However, getting her mother a new license as well as bank, medical, and identity cards was discouraging even for Grace.
It took Grace several hours to drive to Julia’s house the following morning. But before she got there, Julia had already gone back to the store again. With tears in her eyes, she shared her story about the money she had earned with the store manager and asked if he could check his store for her wallet. The manager felt a great pity for her and thought to himself that if the wallet couldn’t be found, he’d give her some of his own money.
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。
With that thought, the manager began searching for the wallet.
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After Grace found the wallet, Julia went to return the money and buy New Year gifts.
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2024-2025学年河南省邓州春雨国文学校高三上学期入学摸底考试
英语试题
答案版
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Copenhagen is an ideal destination for food-loving travellers, but there are many gastronomic (美食的) adventures that await visitors outside this capital city of Denmark. Here are some experiences in the capital and beyond.
Enjoy a Baltic beach relaxation in Bornholm
Beloved by Danes for its sandy beaches and fishing harbours, the island of Bornholm is distinguished by more sunshine time than anywhere else in the country. It’s an attractive dining destination, with traditional smokehouses offering local delicacies. But it’s Kadeau, a restaurant, that really puts Bornholm on the food map.
Have some street food in Copenhagen
Enjoy flavours from all corners of the globe at Reffen. Found in the former industrial site of Refshale en, this street food market is an exciting hangout with a rainbow of cuisines from Thai to Kurdish. Just across a river, Torvehallerne is the place for a bite. Further south, BaneGaarden is hidden in leafy railway sidings at Vesterbro, and offers soul food from the Deep South of the US.
Take a getaway at a castle in Zealand
On the island, one of Denmark’s oldest castles overlooks the scenic northwest coast. The beautiful 13th-century Dragsholm Slot is now a luxury hotel with one of the most well-known restaurants in Zealand — Dragsholm Slot Gourmet. It holds a Michelin star, led by chef Jeppe Foldager who serves seasonal cuisine with materials farmed and hunted from the surrounding fields, forests and sea. For a less pricey meal, the castle has the farm-to-table Bistro and casual Madhus, where visitors can enjoy drinks, snacks and light meals.
1. What makes Bornholm unique in Denmark
A. The longer sunshine hours. B. The traditional Dane foods.
C. The attractive smokehouses. D. The beautiful seaside scenery.
2. Which place offers worldwide food options
A. Kadeau. B. Reffen.
C. Torvehallerne. D. BaneGaarden.
3. What do we know about Dragsholm Slot Gourmet
A. It was once a castle. B. It features light meals.
C. It offers locally grown food. D. It is famous in Denmark.
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. C
B
One Saturday in December, Annacarin Elf, the head of operations at Gothenburg City Library, just happened to walk by her workplace. Noticing that the door was open, she entered the library, and was astonished to see the heartwarming scene that people were using it like on a regular day.
It was scheduled to be closed for the New Year holiday. The people in the library behaved as usual. Many were sitting reading newspapers, some families were in the children's section and others were searching for books on the computer.
It seemed that Elf's colleagues had simply forgotten to lock the door, and because this popular library is usually open on Saturdays. visitors just assumed they could walk in. Elf called to check with her staff team, before announcing to the people present that the library was about to close. Then she expressed her regret for what had been done wrong and caused them a problem. It later turns out that 446 locals visited the city library borrowing a total of 246 books during the day. What's remarkable is that people checked out their books through the library's electronic self-service system, and that to date, all the books have been retuned!
Many Swedes have reacted positively to this uplifting demonstration of local respect for the library, a center that can be seen as a sign of the community, and what the locals did has strengthened their sense of belonging in their community.
Elf says, “Nothing was destroyed. It's amazing that Gothenburgers entered an empty library and treated and so lovingly.” The city leader has even suggested that this unusual Saturday serve as an accidental experiment to analyse the possibility of operating a totally automated library without staff.
4. Why did Elf feel surprised after entering the library
A. The library staff were in it. B. People kept reading on holidays.
C. People came in without permission. D. It was used though supposed to be closed.
5. What did Elf do that Saturday
A. She left the library open. B. She asked the staff back.
C. She apologized to the visitors. D. She read books in the library.
6. What do many Swedes think of the behavior of Gothenburg locals
A. It displays community spirit. B. It gives the library much uplift.
C. It is a positive reaction to society. D. It strengthens trust between people.
7. What does the author want to convey through the story
A. People tend to show care for others. B. Life is always full of the unexpected.
C. Libraries can be automated sometimes. D. A library can bring out the best in people.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. A 7. D
C
Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society (美国鸟类学会) announced Wednesday. Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada.
“There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary (排他的) and harmful today,” the organization’s president, Colleen Handel, said in a statement. “Everyone who loves and cares about birds should be able to enjoy and study them freely.”
Rather than review each bird named after a person individually, all such birds will be renamed, the organization announced. Birds that will be renamed include those currently called Wilson’s warbler and Wilson’s snipe, both named after the 19th-century naturalist Alexander Wilson. Audubon’s shearwater, a seabird named for John James Audubon, also will get a new name. In 2020, the organization renamed a bird once referring to a Confederate Army general, John P. McCown, as the thick-billed longspur.
“I’m really happy and excited about the announcement,” said Emily Williams, an ornithologist at Georgetown University who was not involved in the decision. She said heated discussions over bird names have been happening within birdwatching communities for the past several years. “Naming birds based on habitat or appearance is one of the least problematic approaches,” she said.
Earlier this year, the National Audubon Society (NAS) announced that it would keep its name, even as critics and some voices within the organization have argued that it should dump (抛弃) the association with a man, John James Audubon, whose family treated their employees cruelly.
“The name has come to represent so much more than the work of one person,” Susan Bell, chair of the National Audubon Society’s Board of Directors, told Audubon magazine in March, adding, “We shouldn’t ignore what John James Audubon did to his employees in the past.”
8. Why are some examples given in paragraph 3
A. To state naming birds after people is common practice.
B. To show birds are closely related to people’s daily life.
C. To introduce some famous naturalists to the readers.
D To stress the influence celebrities have on society.
9. How should birds be named according to Emily Williams
A. After their places of birth.
B. Based on their communities.
C. According to their habits.
D. In terms of their living places.
10. What is Susan Bell’s attitude towards the decision of NAS
A. Supportive. B. Carefree.
C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic.
11. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text
A. Rare Species Found in North America
B. Bird Names Linking to Human History
C. Discussions Caused by Bird Names
D. Bird Species to Be Renamed Next Year
【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. D
D
Playing with my 5-year-old child, I sometimes wonder: Why are her made-up games so terribly boring In Learning to Imagine, psychologist Andrew Shtulman thinks it untrue that kids are uncontrolled wellsprings of imagination. On the contrary, the more we learn, the more imaginative we can become, and learning will not hold back imaginative ideas. Kids, he argues, fail to imagine obvious possibilities.
To gather evidence for this argument, Shtulman explores mechanisms (机制) for expanding imagination. Without support of others or new tools and technologies, people may reject reasonable ideas out of hand, he maintains. Lord Kelvin, for instance, famously denied the possibility of “heavier-than-air flying machines” less than 10 years before the Wright brothers created one. Abstract principles, like those so influential in science and ethics (伦理学), also boost imagination. Finally, imagination grows through exploring alternative models of the world, as in plays, fiction and so on. Across all of these examples, expanding imagination requires building closely on what people already know.
Perhaps counterintuitively (反直觉地), kids relate best to realistic stories. For instance, Walt Disney’s earliest cartoons were disorganized and strange. Only when the cartoons became “reasonably impossible” did they gain mass appeal. Many fictional worlds, from Middle Earth to Hogwarts, rely on reasonable impossibility.
Shtulman cleverly and precisely sails this vast, attractive sea. Learning to Imagine never drags or makes me get stuck on professional words. I wish, however, that there had been more focus on what these findings mean. If education does not hinder imagination, how do we develop it Shtulman advises us to “engage with, and learn from, the collective knowledge of other people”. AI programs like GPT take that approach, educating themselves on massive data sets.
“Be like GPT” is not the most heartening message. But while humans cannot learn large amounts of data quickly and easily like AI, human imagination is shared and cooperative. That, at least, is something all of us—5-year-olds and their dads alike-have over the chatbots.
12. What’s the misunderstanding about imagination according to Shtulman
A. It’s an inborn ability. B. It helps broaden the mind.
C. Children are full of it. D. Inventions are based on it.
13. What does expanding imagination depend on
A. Known information. B. Realistic principles.
C. Gradual exploration. D. Supportable arguments.
14. What does the underlined word “hinder” mean in paragraph 4
A. Improve. B. Prevent. C. Stress. D. Dismiss.
15. What is the text
A. A research report. B. A personal diary.
C. A children’s story. D. A book review.
【答案】12. C 13. A 14. B 15. D
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If your resolution is to learn a new language, you may be wondering: What’s the best way to go about this ____16____ There are many different ways to approach it. If you want to start learning a language fast, though, there is plenty of advice we can offer.
Is grammar important
Yes, grammar is important. But after all, when you’re learning your first language as a baby, your parents don’t have to teach you the clear rules of the language. ____17____
Should I focus on speaking or writing
____18____ If you want to travel and communicate with native speakers, then writing might be slightly less helpful. But if you’re learning Latin because you want to read texts in the original language, then you can probably skip the speaking part entirely.
Should I watch shows and listen to music in the language I’m learning
Absolutely yes. Being exposed to a language will always help you with your learning.
____19____ Watching movies to learn a language may have helped somewhat. But it’s important not to trap yourself with a complex language.
How Can I make language learning more fun
One of the best ways to make learning more fun is to work it in to your other hobbies. ____20____
You can’t learn to play the guitar and go jogging at the same time, for example. However, language is always around you and you can practice it while doing something else. While jogging, you could listen to a podcast in another language. While playing the guitar, you could pick songs that are in your target language. Anyway, connecting your interests really matters.
A. You just pick it up by nature.
B. A new language isn’t like most other hobbies.
C. Yet the real question is what you should watch or listen to.
D. Unfortunately, there’s no “best way” to learn a new language.
E. So it’s more important to get comfortable with speaking the language.
F. The answer to this question really depends on what you hope to achieve.
G. An important thing to remember is switching up how you’re exposed to the language.
【答案】16. D 17. A 18. F 19. C 20. B
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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
That late afternoon I was assigned to accompany an important Chinese businessman to tourist sites in northern Thailand. Silently ____21____, I stared at my desk. The piles of paper ____22____ how much work waiting to be done.
We spent the next whole day visiting ____23____. That evening we went to dinner and a show, one I had attended many times before. While my ____24____ chatted with other tourists, I exchanged polite ____25____ in the dark with a man seated in front of me. He was holding his head motionless at an odd angle, as though in prayer. The truth ____26____ me. He was blind.
“Could I please sit beside you ” he asked. “And I’d love it if you’d ____27____ a little of what you see.”
“I’d be happy to,” I ____28____.
As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said, “The music seems out of ____29____ to our Western ears, but it has charm. Please tell me about the musicians.”
I hadn’t ever noticed the five men ____30____ at the side of the stage. “They’re seated cross-legged on a rug, ____31____ in loose white cotton shirts and large black trousers, with fabric around their waists that has been dyed bright red.”
“Yes, yes, I see them!” the blind man said quietly, ____32____. He patted my shoulder, then pulled me toward him and embraced me ____33____. “How nice of you to see everything for me,” he whispered. “I can never thank you enough.”
Later I realized that I should have ____34____ him. I was the one who had been ____35____, my eyes merely skimming the surface of things.
21. A. annoyed B. horrified C. delighted D. excited
22. A. caught sight of B. took advantage of C. bore witness to D. got familiar with
23. A. museums B. attractions C. restaurants D. conferences
24. A. friend B. companion C. boss D. colleague
25. A. ideas B. information C. glances D. conversations
26. A. disappointed B. pleased C. struck D. moved
27. A. express B. describe C. polish D. recall
28. A. replied B. sighed C. thought D. smiled
29. A. reach B. sight C. tune D. place
30. A. talking B. resting C. waiting D. performing
31. A. absorbed B. interested C. hidden D. dressed
32. A. smiling B. shouting C. waving D. signaling
33. A. awkwardly B. closely C. casually D. tightly
34. A. admired B. thanked C. respected D. praised
35. A. blind B. stupid C. impatient D. immature
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. D 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. A
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China drilled a tunnel through for expressway transport in Beijing on Monday. It is the ____36____ (long) expressway tunnel in the country created using the shield-tunneling method (盾构隧道法).
With a total length of 7.4 km, the tunnel project ____37____ (design) to have a two-way six-lane expressway on the middle level, smoke vent (排烟孔) on the upper level ____38____ evacuation (疏散) and rescue routes on the lower level, according to the Beijing Capital Highway Development Group Co., Ltd., which is carrying out the project.
The tunnel is part of Beijing’s east ____39____ (six) ring road project. The deepest section of the tunnel, ____40____ is 75 meters underground, is the deepest underground tunnel in Beijing. In June, the west tunnel of the project was the first ____41____ (drill) through. The east tunnel was just drilled through on Monday.
With ____42____ excavation diameter of 16.07 meters and a length of about 145 meters, the shield-tunneling machine adopted in the project is ____43____ (independent) designed and made by Chinese companies. It weighs 4,500 tonnes.
The tunnel project has helped make way for more space on the ground for ____44____ (promote) industrial development and planning large parks, contributing ____45____ the high-quality development of Beijing’s sub-center Tongzhou District and coordinated transport development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
【答案】36. longest
37. is designed
38. and 39. sixth
40. which 41. to be drilled 42. an
43. independently
44. promoting 45. to
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
46. 假设你是李华，你校上周发起了“我与父母换角色（Exchange Roles with Parents）”的活动，请你据此给校英文报投稿，内容包括：
1.活动目的；2.你的行动；3.你的感受。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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【答案】
In a bid to arouse the awareness of being grateful to our parents, an activity named Exchange Roles with Parents was launched by our school last week.
Instead of being taken care of by my parents all the time, I took the responsibility of doing housework last Sunday. Getting up much earlier than usual, I struggled to prepare breakfast for the whole family and then did a thorough cleaning in the house, which left me exhausted. However, seeing their satisfied smiles made all my efforts worthwhile.
It was this activity that provided me with an insight into how much my parents had done for me and taught me to cherish their unconditional love from the bottom of my heart.
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。
For months, Grace’s old mother Julia had been sitting in her home, making towels day and night to sell at the annual local fair. With the $200 she had earned, she wanted to buy some gifts for the poor families on the fifth floor for the coming New Year.
Then, on a happy snowy evening, Julia went to the grocery store to buy some food. Later, she safely drove back home. At 9:30 that night, she called Grace and cried, “I lost my wallet and all $200 I had earned. My New Year’s Day is ruined.” “Don’t worry, Mom,” Grace said, completely unaware that Julia had gone out in the snow.
“I will drive to your place in the morning and we will find it,” Grace told her mother. “No. It’s gone. It was in my pocket when I went to the store. But when I checked it just now, it wasn’t there,” Julia said. “I searched my car and home. Then, I drove back to the store to see if I left it there. But it wasn’t there either. Then, I walked through the parking lot, looking for it, but it wasn’t anywhere.”
Thinking of her old mother’s going out on the snowy, windy night, Grace was heartbroken. “It’ll be okay, Mom,” she comforted her mother. “We’ll cancel the credit card, and we can replace all the rest of the things in your wallet.” However, getting her mother a new license as well as bank, medical, and identity cards was discouraging even for Grace.
It took Grace several hours to drive to Julia’s house the following morning. But before she got there, Julia had already gone back to the store again. With tears in her eyes, she shared her story about the money she had earned with the store manager and asked if he could check his store for her wallet. The manager felt a great pity for her and thought to himself that if the wallet couldn’t be found, he’d give her some of his own money.
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。
With that thought, the manager began searching for the wallet.
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After Grace found the wallet, Julia went to return the money and buy New Year gifts.
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【答案】Paragraph 1:
With that thought, the manager began searching for the wallet. He retraced every aisle Julia could have walked down. Despite his diligent search, the wallet was nowhere to be seen. Knowing how much the $200 meant to Julia, he handed Julia a box with $200 in it, saying, “My gift. Please take this and fulfill your New Year’s wish!” Julia went home with her eyes filled with tears. Julia was greeted with good news the minute she arrived home. Grace, who had come, discovered the misplaced wallet trapped in the folds of the couch.
Paragraph 2:
After Grace found the wallet, Julia went to return the money and buy New Year gifts. She proceeded to the store, telling the manager what had happened, but he simply wouldn’t take it. “Make it a bigger New Year for more,” he said with a smile. Julia, moved by his generosity, decided to use both the money she had earned and the money from the manager to buy presents not just for her fifth-floor neighbors, but for many others in need. The gifts spread far and wide, bringing unexpected happiness and creating a ripple of goodwill.
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