2024-2025学年湖北省十堰市郧阳区第二中学高三上学期9月英语试题（含答案）
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2024-2025学年湖北省十堰市郧阳区第二中学高三上学期9月英语试题(满分：150分)
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
Theatres and Entertainment
St David’s Hall
St David’s Hall is the award winning National Concert Hall of Wales standing at the very heart of Cardiff’s entertainment centre. With an impressive 2,000-seat concert hall, St David’s Hall is home to the annual Welsh Proms Cardiff. It presents live entertainment, including pop, rock, folk, jazz, musicals, dance, world music, films and classical music.
The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AH
www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
The Glee Club
Every weekend this is “Wales” premier comedy club where having a great time is the order for both audiences and comedy stars alike. It is hard to name a comedy star who hasn’t been on the stage here. If you are looking for the best comedies on tour and brilliant live music, you should start here.
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5BZ
www.glee.co.uk/cardiff
Sherman Cymru
Sherman Cymru’s theatre in the Cathays area of Cardiff reopened in February 2012. This special building is a place in which theatre is made and where children, artists, writers and anyone else have the opportunity (机会) to do creative things. Sherman Cymru is excited to present a packed programme of the very best theatre, dance, family shows and music from Wales and the rest of the world.
Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF24 4YE
www.shermancymru.co.uk
New Theatre
The New Theatre has been the home of quality drama, musicals, dance and children’s shows for more than 100 years. Presenting the best of the West End along with the pick of the UK’s touring shows, the New Theatre is Cardiff’s oldest surviving traditional theatre. Be sure to pay a visit as part of your stay in the city.
Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3LN
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
21. Where is the Welsh Proms Cardiff hosted
A. At the New Theatre. B. At the Glee Club.
C. At Sherman Cymru. D. At St David’s Hall.
22. What can people do at the Glee Club
A. Watch musicals. B. Enjoy comedies.
C. See family shows. D. Do creative things.
23. Which website can you visit to learn about Cardiff’s oldest surviving theatre
A. www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk B. www.shermancymru.co.uk
C. www.glee.co.uk/cardiff D. www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
B
Well, your questions have taken me back to the past and inspired me to reflect on my current work.
I became interested in plants when I was about six years old. I grew up in Hubei Province in central China, which is well-known for medicinal plants. My grandfather was a local herbal doctor, and had much knowledge about plant diversity. He went to the mountains to pick plants, and I helped him. So I’ve always had that appreciation for green diversity.
But because I was his granddaughter, I was not allowed to inherit his medicinal knowledge — he was supposed to pass that knowledge on to his son or his grandson. But I was guided and attracted by the plant diversity I saw every day in the forests. In college, I was studying forestry, and a professor would take us on field trips. In the mountains near my college, there must be 300 species of trees. So I asked him, “How can these plants come together in this place so well ” He looked at me, saying, “That’s a good question. You can devote yourself to studying that question.” That was the moment when I knew I wanted to be a plant biologist.
So today I’m a plant biologist who’s focused on studying plant diversity. Now I work on describing new species — I’m working on describing a new ginseng (人参) species from Thailand and have also begun to describe a new grape species from Yunnan Province in southwest China.
I am a lucky scientist. Plants hybridize (杂交) like crazy in the wild. These kinds of processes, without proper tools, are impossible to figure out. Now we actually have various advanced tools to test our hypotheses (假设), to understand the patterns and the processes of plant evolution.
Some people may think my work is boring. But for me, it’s not. We’re trying to understand how humans can benefit from this vast plant diversity. Our science can teach us to conserve that plant diversity, so it can benefit not only us, but future generations. Also, our research encourages the new generation to carry on the torch.
24. What made the author decide to be a plant biologist
A. Her early school life. B. Her grandfather’s guidance.
C. A teacher’s encouragement. D. A wonderful childhood adventure.
25. Why does the author consider herself a lucky scientist
A. She is good at hybridizing various plants.
B. She has lots of opportunities to work in labs.
C. She is allowed to propose hypotheses in public.
D. She has many good tools to study plant evolution.
26. How does the author find her work
A. Boring. B. Simple.
C. Impractical. D. Meaningful.
27. Where is the text most probably taken from
A. A journal entry. B. An interview.
C. A biography. D. A science report.
C
In a study in Australia a seven-week cooking class was found to significantly improve mental health and well-being, physical health markers, confidence and life satisfaction — as well as the ability to change eating habits.
The story of the decline in physical and mental health in the Western world is well-known. An emphasis on work and study leads to the consumption of less nutritious food, which has exploded in availability as the decades have advanced. 67% of all Australians are overweight or obese, a figure which is nearly applicable to the American population.
An international team of researchers aimed to investigate if a course of seven 90-minutecooking classes could improve health outcomes by restoring confidence in people’s ability to cook for themselves at home.
“The 90-minute hands-on cooking session used a new recipe each week to support learning of skills and knowledge about nutritious foods, to enable increased cooking confidence, skill development and food literacy knowledge. In addition, participants were taught knife-handling skills and were given tips and advice about healthy options for how to boost flavor and create dishes using fresh foods to replace pre-prepared ingredients. Food-budget planning, kitchen economy and reduction of food waste were also covered,” the study reads.
Six months after the classes, the participants, 32% of whom had scores for physical health, mental health, and subjective vitality lower than the national average, all reported significant improvements.
A limitation of the study, the researchers note, could be that as the class was a group activity, it was simply the result of doing something constructive together with other people that resulted in the benefits.
However, as the improvements in mental and physical well-being were observed months after the classes concluded, one can suppose it’s due more to cooking knowledge gained during the seven-week cooking session and perhaps more time with family and friends over cooked meals.
28. What does the author try to do in the second paragraph
A. Lead in a new topic for discussion. B. Offer examples for a conclusion.
C. Add some background information. D. Give some useful advice to readers.
29. What were the participants required to do during the cooking sessions
A. Interact actively with group members. B. Replace fresh foods with processed ones.
C. Gain the knowledge about nutritious foods. D. Grow fresh vegetables in their own gardens.
30. What happened to the participants after taking the cooking classes
A. Their general health greatly improved. B. They grew apart from their family.
C. They saved a lot of money on cooking. D. Their subjective vitality became lower.
31. What is the author’s opinion on the seven-week cooking class
A. It has little to do with people’s health. B. It is too short to bring pleasant results.
C. It influences the participants temporarily. D. It benefits the participants in some way.
D
Five years ago, French navy officer Jér me Chardon was listening to a radio program about the journey of the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that migrates 14,000 kilometers between New Zealand and Alaska. Chardon understood how treacherous the journey would be, as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured. Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.
This past January, a team from France’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) began experiments designed to test Chardon’s idea. Researchers with a project led by Frédéric Jiguet from NMNH equipped 56 birds of five species with cutting-edge animal tracking technology. The team members were ferried to remote islands in French Polynesia, where they attached tags (标签) using tracking technology. These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds — waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.
The project is focusing on birds’ ability to hear infrasound, the low-frequency sound humans cannot hear but that the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸). In a 2014 study, scientists tracking a kind of golden-winged birds in the central and southeastern America found that the birds flew up to 1,500 kilometers to escape from an outbreak of tornadoes (龙卷风) that killed 35 people. The birds fled at least 24 hours before any extreme weather hit, leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.
The team plans on tagging hundreds more birds across the Pacific to prepare for a potential tsunami. “I think if there’s one wave that spreads across islands, we can get data from different species at different locations,” says Jiguet. “That will say it’s worth continuing to tag and to develop local systems to better analyze this. There are chances that we will develop a bird-based tsunami early warning system.”
32. Which of the following best explains the word “treacherous” underlined in paragraph 1
A. Strange. B. Amazing. C. Dangerous. D. Frequent.
33. What is the function of the tags
A. Tracking natural disasters. B. Distinguishing bird species.
C. Reporting the birds’ situations. D. Guiding researchers to islands.
34. Why is the 2014 study mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To prove an assumption. B. To clarify a concept.
C. To present a new topic. D. To make comparisons.
35. What might be the best title for the text
A. How Can Birds Avoid Natural Disasters
B. Can Birds Warn Us of Natural Disasters
C. How Does a Warning System Function
D. Can Birds Play a Role in Human Research
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。
In today’s world, people are used to immediate satisfaction like fast meals from the microwave or from ordering takeout on your smart phone. But patience, the ability to be able to wait for outcomes, is a skill that is necessary for you to be successful in school, work and life, according to an article on the life coaching website Better Up. Being patient allows you to exercise self-control when things are not going your way.___36___ Here are four ways it can benefit you.
Patience helps you achieve your goals.___37___.You cannot accomplish long-term goals in your relationships or carcer without being patient. You need to know when it is the time to step back and analyze the situation, re-evaluate your goal, and choose a new path forward.
Patience helps you to become more empathetic. Having empathy-the ability to understand and accept the feelings of others-is an important part of being patient, according to a blog on Wisdom Times.___38___
Patience helps to make you mentally healthier. Being patient teaches you to regulate your emotions, according to Better Up.___39___.Keeping calm and being stress-free can help your overall mental and physical happiness.
___40___When things aren’t going your way, whether large or small, having patience will keep you from becoming depressed. According to Forbes, basketball great Michael Jordan missed more than 9,000 shots and lost nearly 300 games in his athletic career. If he didn’t have the patience to accept failure, he would have quit and he never would have become one of the greatest athletes.
A. Patience gives you a positive attitude
B. It allows you to work to be your best
C. Patience helps you to become more flexible
D. You will be able to survive failures and start again
E. Accepting people as they are makes you a better person
F. It helps you experience fewer negative emotions that lead to stress
G. The road to success isn’t something that can be immediately achieved
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。
Five days a week I go out for a run—a short and slow run. The only way I can ___41___ to it is to keep it a habit. It’s a spiritual approach to making exercise a habit.
We’re meant to treat the ___42___ with respect, doing all we can within our power to keep it ___43___ and serviceable.
I have a wild heart history. I have ___44___ heart surgery twice in my life. After each procedure, I signed up for cardiac rehab (心脏康复) where I worked with a nurse, a physical therapist (治疗专家) and got exercise three days a week, building back my ___45___ and my confidence.
The last time I wanted to ___46___ running, the nurse and therapist urged me on, for running is ___47___ for my body and my soul.
Their ___48___ was a reminder: keep it up. ___49___ jogging up and down hills, I’m not out to ____50____ any races. Recently, as I came up the hill running with a friend, a neighbor cried out, “You look like the last two finishers of the marathon.”
“You must really ____51____ to run,” people will say to me. Love is a too ____52____ word. But I love to finish a run. That feels good.
The only way I can do it is make it a habit. Sometimes I do it ____53____ in the morning. As the weather gets cold, I prefer going later in the day when I won’t ____54____. I can learn and grow while running.
Good habits are, in turn, habit-forming. I find it ____55____ if I simply make it a rule, trying a spiritual approach to making running a habit.
41 A. stick B. add C. connect D. compare
42. A. planet B. body C. heart D. earth
43. A. healthy B. popular C. real D. comfortable
44. A. learned B. refused C. had D. dropped
45. A. power B. strength C. patience D. ability
46. A. call at B. rely on C. give up D. appeal to
47. A. basic B. simple C. tough D. good
48. A. encouragement B. check C. value D. sympathy
49. A. Seriously B. Steadily C. Slowly D. Independently
50. A. watch B. offer C. choose D. win
51. A. afford B. help C. love D. desire
52. A. rare B. strong C. common D. sensitive
53. A. unwillingly B. again C. eventually D. first
54. A. freeze B. fear C. hesitate D. comment
55. A. safest B. easiest C. hardest D. fullest
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。
Guan Yu, an ancient general known for his loyalty and bravery in battles, has been widely worshipped (敬奉). The Temple of Guan Yu in Xiezhou, North China’s Shanxi Province, is the ___56___(large) one among countless temples worshipping the general across the country and also a major historical and cultural site protected at the national level.
In 2020, a research institute ___57___ studied the culture behind this folk belief in Guan Yu was founded in Xiezhou, and eight graduate students were hired. This summer, researchers of ___58___ institute are compiling chronicles (编年史) for the temple, and studying the fine elements of traditional culture contained in the temple.
Across the country, historical and cultural heritage sites are protected and studied to discover and learn about traditional Chinese culture, amid the nation’s efforts ___59___(build) a modern Chinese civilization. ___60___ total, there are 5,058 major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level. “___61___(witness) the long history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation in the past years, the historical and cultural sites offer ___62___(we) rich ‘spiritual nutrients’ in the midst of building a modern Chinese civilization,” said Gao Jiangtao, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In Shanxi, with local protection work ___63___(trouble) due to understaffing, a project was started in 2022 to enroll a total of 600 students for a span of five years, ___64___(specific) for 117 localities across the province in need of protection professionals. These students will _____65_____(offer) general education on relics protection during college.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，你所在的俱乐部下周将举办一场京剧(Beijing Opera)演出，请给你的外国京剧发烧友 Tom写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.告知活动详情；
2.邀请他线上参加。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I didn’t see the thin plastic tape running across the bread bag when I put the bread in my shopping cart or when I checked out. It wasn’t until I unpacked the bread at home that I realized that I’d broken the rules again.
That stupid plastic tape joined the long list of mistakes I made in just one week of trying to eat plastic-free. Last month, I challenged myself to purchase a week’s worth of food without bringing home any plastic. That meant no yogurt containers or plastic packages.
I chose a budget of $115 (roughly half-way between the average weekly grocery bill for a family of two in Massachusetts). On Saturday afternoon, I pulled into the parking lot of a well-known zero-waste shopping center.
I started in the produce section, where I typically got a plastic bag of organic baby carrots. This time, I could not go there because every vegetable in the organic section was packed in plastic containers. But I found some beautiful carrots among the non-organic produce. Then I saw the plastic price labels hanging off their rubber bands. I rolled my cart past the green beans and grapes, all inside the plastic. I weighed loose apples, onions and sweet potatoes. My anxiety kicked in — a feeling that I wouldn’t have enough. So, I bought a head of cabbage.
I tapped prices into the calculator on my phone. Leaving the produce section, I was in good shape, at $32. It was time to search for protein.
I headed to the meat counter. Again, everything was prepackaged in plastic. But the man behind the glass kindly agreed to put some chicken and meat, separately, in paper bags. Together they were $21.
Tofu, cheese, yogurt and pretty much everything in the dairy section were prepackaged in plastic. Even the bottled milk had a plastic cap. But there were lots of eggs in those paper bags.
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。
At checkout, I still had $62 left but I could not find anything else without plastic.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
At the moment, I realized that perhaps I shouldn’t have had aimed too high.
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2024-2025学年湖北省十堰市郧阳区第二中学高三上学期9月
英语试题
答案版
(满分：150分)
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
Theatres and Entertainment
St David’s Hall
St David’s Hall is the award winning National Concert Hall of Wales standing at the very heart of Cardiff’s entertainment centre. With an impressive 2,000-seat concert hall, St David’s Hall is home to the annual Welsh Proms Cardiff. It presents live entertainment, including pop, rock, folk, jazz, musicals, dance, world music, films and classical music.
The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AH
www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
The Glee Club
Every weekend this is “Wales” premier comedy club where having a great time is the order for both audiences and comedy stars alike. It is hard to name a comedy star who hasn’t been on the stage here. If you are looking for the best comedies on tour and brilliant live music, you should start here.
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5BZ
www.glee.co.uk/cardiff
Sherman Cymru
Sherman Cymru’s theatre in the Cathays area of Cardiff reopened in February 2012. This special building is a place in which theatre is made and where children, artists, writers and anyone else have the opportunity (机会) to do creative things. Sherman Cymru is excited to present a packed programme of the very best theatre, dance, family shows and music from Wales and the rest of the world.
Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF24 4YE
www.shermancymru.co.uk
New Theatre
The New Theatre has been the home of quality drama, musicals, dance and children’s shows for more than 100 years. Presenting the best of the West End along with the pick of the UK’s touring shows, the New Theatre is Cardiff’s oldest surviving traditional theatre. Be sure to pay a visit as part of your stay in the city.
Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3LN
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
21. Where is the Welsh Proms Cardiff hosted
A. At the New Theatre. B. At the Glee Club.
C. At Sherman Cymru. D. At St David’s Hall.
22. What can people do at the Glee Club
A. Watch musicals. B. Enjoy comedies.
C. See family shows. D. Do creative things.
23. Which website can you visit to learn about Cardiff’s oldest surviving theatre
A. www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk B. www.shermancymru.co.uk
C. www.glee.co.uk/cardiff D. www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. A
B
Well, your questions have taken me back to the past and inspired me to reflect on my current work.
I became interested in plants when I was about six years old. I grew up in Hubei Province in central China, which is well-known for medicinal plants. My grandfather was a local herbal doctor, and had much knowledge about plant diversity. He went to the mountains to pick plants, and I helped him. So I’ve always had that appreciation for green diversity.
But because I was his granddaughter, I was not allowed to inherit his medicinal knowledge — he was supposed to pass that knowledge on to his son or his grandson. But I was guided and attracted by the plant diversity I saw every day in the forests. In college, I was studying forestry, and a professor would take us on field trips. In the mountains near my college, there must be 300 species of trees. So I asked him, “How can these plants come together in this place so well ” He looked at me, saying, “That’s a good question. You can devote yourself to studying that question.” That was the moment when I knew I wanted to be a plant biologist.
So today I’m a plant biologist who’s focused on studying plant diversity. Now I work on describing new species — I’m working on describing a new ginseng (人参) species from Thailand and have also begun to describe a new grape species from Yunnan Province in southwest China.
I am a lucky scientist. Plants hybridize (杂交) like crazy in the wild. These kinds of processes, without proper tools, are impossible to figure out. Now we actually have various advanced tools to test our hypotheses (假设), to understand the patterns and the processes of plant evolution.
Some people may think my work is boring. But for me, it’s not. We’re trying to understand how humans can benefit from this vast plant diversity. Our science can teach us to conserve that plant diversity, so it can benefit not only us, but future generations. Also, our research encourages the new generation to carry on the torch.
24. What made the author decide to be a plant biologist
A. Her early school life. B. Her grandfather’s guidance.
C. A teacher’s encouragement. D. A wonderful childhood adventure.
25. Why does the author consider herself a lucky scientist
A. She is good at hybridizing various plants.
B. She has lots of opportunities to work in labs.
C. She is allowed to propose hypotheses in public.
D. She has many good tools to study plant evolution.
26. How does the author find her work
A. Boring. B. Simple.
C. Impractical. D. Meaningful.
27. Where is the text most probably taken from
A. A journal entry. B. An interview.
C. A biography. D. A science report.
【答案】24. C 25. D 26. D 27. B
C
In a study in Australia, a seven-week cooking class was found to significantly improve mental health and well-being, physical health markers, confidence and life satisfaction — as well as the ability to change eating habits.
The story of the decline in physical and mental health in the Western world is well-known. An emphasis on work and study leads to the consumption of less nutritious food, which has exploded in availability as the decades have advanced. 67% of all Australians are overweight or obese, a figure which is nearly applicable to the American population.
An international team of researchers aimed to investigate if a course of seven 90-minutecooking classes could improve health outcomes by restoring confidence in people’s ability to cook for themselves at home.
“The 90-minute hands-on cooking session used a new recipe each week to support learning of skills and knowledge about nutritious foods, to enable increased cooking confidence, skill development and food literacy knowledge. In addition, participants were taught knife-handling skills and were given tips and advice about healthy options for how to boost flavor and create dishes using fresh foods to replace pre-prepared ingredients. Food-budget planning, kitchen economy and reduction of food waste were also covered,” the study reads.
Six months after the classes, the participants, 32% of whom had scores for physical health, mental health, and subjective vitality lower than the national average, all reported significant improvements.
A limitation of the study, the researchers note, could be that as the class was a group activity, it was simply the result of doing something constructive together with other people that resulted in the benefits.
However, as the improvements in mental and physical well-being were observed months after the classes concluded, one can suppose it’s due more to cooking knowledge gained during the seven-week cooking session and perhaps more time with family and friends over cooked meals.
28. What does the author try to do in the second paragraph
A. Lead in a new topic for discussion. B. Offer examples for a conclusion.
C. Add some background information. D. Give some useful advice to readers.
29. What were the participants required to do during the cooking sessions
A. Interact actively with group members. B. Replace fresh foods with processed ones.
C. Gain the knowledge about nutritious foods. D. Grow fresh vegetables in their own gardens.
30. What happened to the participants after taking the cooking classes
A. Their general health greatly improved. B. They grew apart from their family.
C. They saved a lot of money on cooking. D. Their subjective vitality became lower.
31. What is the author’s opinion on the seven-week cooking class
A. It has little to do with people’s health. B. It is too short to bring pleasant results.
C. It influences the participants temporarily. D. It benefits the participants in some way.
【答案】28. C 29. C 30. A 31. D
D
Five years ago, French navy officer Jér me Chardon was listening to a radio program about the journey of the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that migrates 14,000 kilometers between New Zealand and Alaska. Chardon understood how treacherous the journey would be, as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured. Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.
This past January, a team from France’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) began experiments designed to test Chardon’s idea. Researchers with a project led by Frédéric Jiguet from NMNH equipped 56 birds of five species with cutting-edge animal tracking technology. The team members were ferried to remote islands in French Polynesia, where they attached tags (标签) using tracking technology. These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds — waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.
The project is focusing on birds’ ability to hear infrasound, the low-frequency sound humans cannot hear but that the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸). In a 2014 study, scientists tracking a kind of golden-winged birds in the central and southeastern America found that the birds flew up to 1,500 kilometers to escape from an outbreak of tornadoes (龙卷风) that killed 35 people. The birds fled at least 24 hours before any extreme weather hit, leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.
The team plans on tagging hundreds more birds across the Pacific to prepare for a potential tsunami. “I think if there’s one wave that spreads across islands, we can get data from different species at different locations,” says Jiguet. “That will say it’s worth continuing to tag and to develop local systems to better analyze this. There are chances that we will develop a bird-based tsunami early warning system.”
32. Which of the following best explains the word “treacherous” underlined in paragraph 1
A. Strange. B. Amazing. C. Dangerous. D. Frequent.
33. What is the function of the tags
A. Tracking natural disasters. B. Distinguishing bird species.
C. Reporting the birds’ situations. D. Guiding researchers to islands.
34. Why is the 2014 study mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To prove an assumption. B. To clarify a concept.
C. To present a new topic. D. To make comparisons.
35. What might be the best title for the text
A. How Can Birds Avoid Natural Disasters
B. Can Birds Warn Us of Natural Disasters
C. How Does a Warning System Function
D. Can Birds Play a Role in Human Research
【答案】32. C 33. C 34. A 35. B
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。
In today’s world, people are used to immediate satisfaction like fast meals from the microwave or from ordering takeout on your smart phone. But patience, the ability to be able to wait for outcomes, is a skill that is necessary for you to be successful in school, work and life, according to an article on the life coaching website Better Up. Being patient allows you to exercise self-control when things are not going your way.___36___ Here are four ways it can benefit you.
Patience helps you achieve your goals.___37___.You cannot accomplish long-term goals in your relationships or carcer without being patient. You need to know when it is the time to step back and analyze the situation, re-evaluate your goal, and choose a new path forward.
Patience helps you to become more empathetic. Having empathy-the ability to understand and accept the feelings of others-is an important part of being patient, according to a blog on Wisdom Times.___38___
Patience helps to make you mentally healthier. Being patient teaches you to regulate your emotions, according to Better Up.___39___.Keeping calm and being stress-free can help your overall mental and physical happiness.
___40___When things aren’t going your way, whether large or small, having patience will keep you from becoming depressed. According to Forbes, basketball great Michael Jordan missed more than 9,000 shots and lost nearly 300 games in his athletic career. If he didn’t have the patience to accept failure, he would have quit and he never would have become one of the greatest athletes.
A. Patience gives you a positive attitude
B. It allows you to work to be your best
C. Patience helps you to become more flexible
D. You will be able to survive failures and start again
E. Accepting people as they are makes you a better person
F It helps you experience fewer negative emotions that lead to stress
G. The road to success isn’t something that can be immediately achieved
【答案】36. B 37. G 38. E 39. F 40. A
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。
Five days a week I go out for a run—a short and slow run. The only way I can ___41___ to it is to keep it a habit. It’s a spiritual approach to making exercise a habit.
We’re meant to treat the ___42___ with respect, doing all we can within our power to keep it ___43___ and serviceable.
I have a wild heart history. I have ___44___ heart surgery twice in my life. After each procedure, I signed up for cardiac rehab (心脏康复) where I worked with a nurse, a physical therapist (治疗专家) and got exercise three days a week, building back my ___45___ and my confidence.
The last time I wanted to ___46___ running, the nurse and therapist urged me on, for running is ___47___ for my body and my soul.
Their ___48___ was a reminder: keep it up. ___49___ jogging up and down hills I’m not out to ____50____ any races. Recently, as I came up the hill running with a friend, a neighbor cried out, “You look like the last two finishers of the marathon.”
“You must really ____51____ to run,” people will say to me. Love is a too ____52____ word. But I love to finish a run. That feels good.
The only way I can do it is make it a habit. Sometimes I do it ____53____ in the morning. As the weather gets cold, I prefer going later in the day when I won’t ____54____. I can learn and grow while running.
Good habits are, in turn, habit-forming. I find it ____55____ if I simply make it a rule, trying a spiritual approach to making running a habit.
41. A. stick B. add C. connect D. compare
42. A. planet B. body C. heart D. earth
43. A. healthy B. popular C. real D. comfortable
44. A. learned B. refused C. had D. dropped
45. A. power B. strength C. patience D. ability
46. A. call at B. rely on C. give up D. appeal to
47. A. basic B. simple C. tough D. good
48. A. encouragement B. check C. value D. sympathy
49. A. Seriously B. Steadily C. Slowly D. Independently
50. A. watch B. offer C. choose D. win
51. A. afford B. help C. love D. desire
52. A. rare B. strong C. common D. sensitive
53. A. unwillingly B. again C. eventually D. first
54. A. freeze B. fear C. hesitate D. comment
55. A. safest B. easiest C. hardest D. fullest
【答案】41. A 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. B 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. D 51. C 52. B 53. A 54. A 55. 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个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Guan Yu, an ancient general known for his loyalty and bravery in battles, has been widely worshipped (敬奉). The Temple of Guan Yu in Xiezhou, North China’s Shanxi Province, is the ___56___(large) one among countless temples worshipping the general across the country and also a major historical and cultural site protected at the national level.
In 2020, a research institute ___57___ studied the culture behind this folk belief in Guan Yu was founded in Xiezhou, and eight graduate students were hired. This summer, researchers of ___58___ institute are compiling chronicles (编年史) for the temple, and studying the fine elements of traditional culture contained in the temple.
Across the country, historical and cultural heritage sites are protected and studied to discover and learn about traditional Chinese culture, amid the nation’s efforts ___59___(build) a modern Chinese civilization. ___60___ total, there are 5,058 major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level. “___61___(witness) the long history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation in the past years, the historical and cultural sites offer ___62___(we) rich ‘spiritual nutrients’ in the midst of building a modern Chinese civilization,” said Gao Jiangtao, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In Shanxi, with local protection work ___63___(trouble) due to understaffing, a project was started in 2022 to enroll a total of 600 students for a span of five years, ___64___(specific) for 117 localities across the province in need of protection professionals. These students will _____65_____(offer) general education on relics protection during college.
【答案】56. largest
57. which##that
58. the 59. to build
60. In 61. Witnessing
62. us 63. troubled
64. specifically
65. be offered
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，你所在的俱乐部下周将举办一场京剧(Beijing Opera)演出，请给你的外国京剧发烧友 Tom写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.告知活动详情；
2.邀请他线上参加。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Dear Tom,
I am thrilled to inform you that we have an upcoming event in our club that you wouldn’t want to miss. We will be showcasing the traditional Chinese theater form, Beijing Opera.
The Beijing Opera is a traditional form of Chinese theater known for its unique singing, dancing, and acrobatic performances. Our club is honored to present this graceful art form to our members, and it will be a fantastic experience to witness the impressive costumes and makeup.
It would be great if you could attend this event next week. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Best regards,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I didn’t see the thin plastic tape running across the bread bag when I put the bread in my shopping cart or when I checked out. It wasn’t until I unpacked the bread at home that I realized that I’d broken the rules again.
That stupid plastic tape joined the long list of mistakes I made in just one week of trying to eat plastic-free. Last month, I challenged myself to purchase a week’s worth of food without bringing home any plastic. That meant no yogurt containers or plastic packages.
I chose a budget of $115 (roughly half-way between the average weekly grocery bill for a family of two in Massachusetts). On Saturday afternoon, I pulled into the parking lot of a well-known zero-waste shopping center.
I started in the produce section, where I typically got a plastic bag of organic baby carrots. This time, I could not go there because every vegetable in the organic section was packed in plastic containers. But I found some beautiful carrots among the non-organic produce. Then I saw the plastic price labels hanging off their rubber bands. I rolled my cart past the green beans and grapes, all inside the plastic. I weighed loose apples, onions and sweet potatoes. My anxiety kicked in — a feeling that I wouldn’t have enough. So, I bought a head of cabbage.
I tapped prices into the calculator on my phone. Leaving the produce section, I was in good shape, at $32. It was time to search for protein.
I headed to the meat counter. Again, everything was prepackaged in plastic. But the man behind the glass kindly agreed to put some chicken and meat, separately, in paper bags. Together they were $21.
Tofu, cheese, yogurt and pretty much everything in the dairy section were prepackaged in plastic. Even the bottled milk had a plastic cap. But there were lots of eggs in those paper bags.
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。
At checkout, I still had $62 left but I could not find anything else without plastic.
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At the moment, I realized that perhaps I shouldn’t have had aimed too high.
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【答案】 At checkout, I still had $62 left but I could not find anything else without plastic. So I became a little bit angry and complained to the manager that there were too many things I couldn’t buy plastic-free. There was no dairy or juice. He said he’s interested in using more recyclable containers, but they were much more expensive. He also told me that it’s hard to add that cost to the price of food, and that paper bags for nuts, beans or snacks weren’t as attractive on shelves as plastic bags.
At the moment, I realized that perhaps I shouldn’t have had aimed too high. After all, most customers had to shop with their eyes on their wallets. The major plastic producers could not be closed down immediately. Thus, I decided to just reduce the plastic that I used once and threw away. Anyway, I was happy that I avoided using 27 plastic containers in the week. Maybe I could do better.
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
Theatres and Entertainment
St David’s Hall
St David’s Hall is the award winning National Concert Hall of Wales standing at the very heart of Cardiff’s entertainment centre. With an impressive 2,000-seat concert hall, St David’s Hall is home to the annual Welsh Proms Cardiff. It presents live entertainment, including pop, rock, folk, jazz, musicals, dance, world music, films and classical music.
The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AH
www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
The Glee Club
Every weekend this is “Wales” premier comedy club where having a great time is the order for both audiences and comedy stars alike. It is hard to name a comedy star who hasn’t been on the stage here. If you are looking for the best comedies on tour and brilliant live music, you should start here.
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5BZ
www.glee.co.uk/cardiff
Sherman Cymru
Sherman Cymru’s theatre in the Cathays area of Cardiff reopened in February 2012. This special building is a place in which theatre is made and where children, artists, writers and anyone else have the opportunity (机会) to do creative things. Sherman Cymru is excited to present a packed programme of the very best theatre, dance, family shows and music from Wales and the rest of the world.
Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF24 4YE
www.shermancymru.co.uk
New Theatre
The New Theatre has been the home of quality drama, musicals, dance and children’s shows for more than 100 years. Presenting the best of the West End along with the pick of the UK’s touring shows, the New Theatre is Cardiff’s oldest surviving traditional theatre. Be sure to pay a visit as part of your stay in the city.
Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3LN
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
21. Where is the Welsh Proms Cardiff hosted
A. At the New Theatre. B. At the Glee Club.
C. At Sherman Cymru. D. At St David’s Hall.
22. What can people do at the Glee Club
A. Watch musicals. B. Enjoy comedies.
C. See family shows. D. Do creative things.
23. Which website can you visit to learn about Cardiff’s oldest surviving theatre
A. www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk B. www.shermancymru.co.uk
C. www.glee.co.uk/cardiff D. www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
B
Well, your questions have taken me back to the past and inspired me to reflect on my current work.
I became interested in plants when I was about six years old. I grew up in Hubei Province in central China, which is well-known for medicinal plants. My grandfather was a local herbal doctor, and had much knowledge about plant diversity. He went to the mountains to pick plants, and I helped him. So I’ve always had that appreciation for green diversity.
But because I was his granddaughter, I was not allowed to inherit his medicinal knowledge — he was supposed to pass that knowledge on to his son or his grandson. But I was guided and attracted by the plant diversity I saw every day in the forests. In college, I was studying forestry, and a professor would take us on field trips. In the mountains near my college, there must be 300 species of trees. So I asked him, “How can these plants come together in this place so well ” He looked at me, saying, “That’s a good question. You can devote yourself to studying that question.” That was the moment when I knew I wanted to be a plant biologist.
So today I’m a plant biologist who’s focused on studying plant diversity. Now I work on describing new species — I’m working on describing a new ginseng (人参) species from Thailand and have also begun to describe a new grape species from Yunnan Province in southwest China.
I am a lucky scientist. Plants hybridize (杂交) like crazy in the wild. These kinds of processes, without proper tools, are impossible to figure out. Now we actually have various advanced tools to test our hypotheses (假设), to understand the patterns and the processes of plant evolution.
Some people may think my work is boring. But for me, it’s not. We’re trying to understand how humans can benefit from this vast plant diversity. Our science can teach us to conserve that plant diversity, so it can benefit not only us, but future generations. Also, our research encourages the new generation to carry on the torch.
24. What made the author decide to be a plant biologist
A. Her early school life. B. Her grandfather’s guidance.
C. A teacher’s encouragement. D. A wonderful childhood adventure.
25. Why does the author consider herself a lucky scientist
A. She is good at hybridizing various plants.
B. She has lots of opportunities to work in labs.
C. She is allowed to propose hypotheses in public.
D. She has many good tools to study plant evolution.
26. How does the author find her work
A. Boring. B. Simple.
C. Impractical. D. Meaningful.
27. Where is the text most probably taken from
A. A journal entry. B. An interview.
C. A biography. D. A science report.
C
In a study in Australia a seven-week cooking class was found to significantly improve mental health and well-being, physical health markers, confidence and life satisfaction — as well as the ability to change eating habits.
The story of the decline in physical and mental health in the Western world is well-known. An emphasis on work and study leads to the consumption of less nutritious food, which has exploded in availability as the decades have advanced. 67% of all Australians are overweight or obese, a figure which is nearly applicable to the American population.
An international team of researchers aimed to investigate if a course of seven 90-minutecooking classes could improve health outcomes by restoring confidence in people’s ability to cook for themselves at home.
“The 90-minute hands-on cooking session used a new recipe each week to support learning of skills and knowledge about nutritious foods, to enable increased cooking confidence, skill development and food literacy knowledge. In addition, participants were taught knife-handling skills and were given tips and advice about healthy options for how to boost flavor and create dishes using fresh foods to replace pre-prepared ingredients. Food-budget planning, kitchen economy and reduction of food waste were also covered,” the study reads.
Six months after the classes, the participants, 32% of whom had scores for physical health, mental health, and subjective vitality lower than the national average, all reported significant improvements.
A limitation of the study, the researchers note, could be that as the class was a group activity, it was simply the result of doing something constructive together with other people that resulted in the benefits.
However, as the improvements in mental and physical well-being were observed months after the classes concluded, one can suppose it’s due more to cooking knowledge gained during the seven-week cooking session and perhaps more time with family and friends over cooked meals.
28. What does the author try to do in the second paragraph
A. Lead in a new topic for discussion. B. Offer examples for a conclusion.
C. Add some background information. D. Give some useful advice to readers.
29. What were the participants required to do during the cooking sessions
A. Interact actively with group members. B. Replace fresh foods with processed ones.
C. Gain the knowledge about nutritious foods. D. Grow fresh vegetables in their own gardens.
30. What happened to the participants after taking the cooking classes
A. Their general health greatly improved. B. They grew apart from their family.
C. They saved a lot of money on cooking. D. Their subjective vitality became lower.
31. What is the author’s opinion on the seven-week cooking class
A. It has little to do with people’s health. B. It is too short to bring pleasant results.
C. It influences the participants temporarily. D. It benefits the participants in some way.
D
Five years ago, French navy officer Jér me Chardon was listening to a radio program about the journey of the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that migrates 14,000 kilometers between New Zealand and Alaska. Chardon understood how treacherous the journey would be, as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured. Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.
This past January, a team from France’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) began experiments designed to test Chardon’s idea. Researchers with a project led by Frédéric Jiguet from NMNH equipped 56 birds of five species with cutting-edge animal tracking technology. The team members were ferried to remote islands in French Polynesia, where they attached tags (标签) using tracking technology. These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds — waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.
The project is focusing on birds’ ability to hear infrasound, the low-frequency sound humans cannot hear but that the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸). In a 2014 study, scientists tracking a kind of golden-winged birds in the central and southeastern America found that the birds flew up to 1,500 kilometers to escape from an outbreak of tornadoes (龙卷风) that killed 35 people. The birds fled at least 24 hours before any extreme weather hit, leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.
The team plans on tagging hundreds more birds across the Pacific to prepare for a potential tsunami. “I think if there’s one wave that spreads across islands, we can get data from different species at different locations,” says Jiguet. “That will say it’s worth continuing to tag and to develop local systems to better analyze this. There are chances that we will develop a bird-based tsunami early warning system.”
32. Which of the following best explains the word “treacherous” underlined in paragraph 1
A. Strange. B. Amazing. C. Dangerous. D. Frequent.
33. What is the function of the tags
A. Tracking natural disasters. B. Distinguishing bird species.
C. Reporting the birds’ situations. D. Guiding researchers to islands.
34. Why is the 2014 study mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To prove an assumption. B. To clarify a concept.
C. To present a new topic. D. To make comparisons.
35. What might be the best title for the text
A. How Can Birds Avoid Natural Disasters
B. Can Birds Warn Us of Natural Disasters
C. How Does a Warning System Function
D. Can Birds Play a Role in Human Research
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。
In today’s world, people are used to immediate satisfaction like fast meals from the microwave or from ordering takeout on your smart phone. But patience, the ability to be able to wait for outcomes, is a skill that is necessary for you to be successful in school, work and life, according to an article on the life coaching website Better Up. Being patient allows you to exercise self-control when things are not going your way.___36___ Here are four ways it can benefit you.
Patience helps you achieve your goals.___37___.You cannot accomplish long-term goals in your relationships or carcer without being patient. You need to know when it is the time to step back and analyze the situation, re-evaluate your goal, and choose a new path forward.
Patience helps you to become more empathetic. Having empathy-the ability to understand and accept the feelings of others-is an important part of being patient, according to a blog on Wisdom Times.___38___
Patience helps to make you mentally healthier. Being patient teaches you to regulate your emotions, according to Better Up.___39___.Keeping calm and being stress-free can help your overall mental and physical happiness.
___40___When things aren’t going your way, whether large or small, having patience will keep you from becoming depressed. According to Forbes, basketball great Michael Jordan missed more than 9,000 shots and lost nearly 300 games in his athletic career. If he didn’t have the patience to accept failure, he would have quit and he never would have become one of the greatest athletes.
A. Patience gives you a positive attitude
B. It allows you to work to be your best
C. Patience helps you to become more flexible
D. You will be able to survive failures and start again
E. Accepting people as they are makes you a better person
F. It helps you experience fewer negative emotions that lead to stress
G. The road to success isn’t something that can be immediately achieved
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。
Five days a week I go out for a run—a short and slow run. The only way I can ___41___ to it is to keep it a habit. It’s a spiritual approach to making exercise a habit.
We’re meant to treat the ___42___ with respect, doing all we can within our power to keep it ___43___ and serviceable.
I have a wild heart history. I have ___44___ heart surgery twice in my life. After each procedure, I signed up for cardiac rehab (心脏康复) where I worked with a nurse, a physical therapist (治疗专家) and got exercise three days a week, building back my ___45___ and my confidence.
The last time I wanted to ___46___ running, the nurse and therapist urged me on, for running is ___47___ for my body and my soul.
Their ___48___ was a reminder: keep it up. ___49___ jogging up and down hills, I’m not out to ____50____ any races. Recently, as I came up the hill running with a friend, a neighbor cried out, “You look like the last two finishers of the marathon.”
“You must really ____51____ to run,” people will say to me. Love is a too ____52____ word. But I love to finish a run. That feels good.
The only way I can do it is make it a habit. Sometimes I do it ____53____ in the morning. As the weather gets cold, I prefer going later in the day when I won’t ____54____. I can learn and grow while running.
Good habits are, in turn, habit-forming. I find it ____55____ if I simply make it a rule, trying a spiritual approach to making running a habit.
41 A. stick B. add C. connect D. compare
42. A. planet B. body C. heart D. earth
43. A. healthy B. popular C. real D. comfortable
44. A. learned B. refused C. had D. dropped
45. A. power B. strength C. patience D. ability
46. A. call at B. rely on C. give up D. appeal to
47. A. basic B. simple C. tough D. good
48. A. encouragement B. check C. value D. sympathy
49. A. Seriously B. Steadily C. Slowly D. Independently
50. A. watch B. offer C. choose D. win
51. A. afford B. help C. love D. desire
52. A. rare B. strong C. common D. sensitive
53. A. unwillingly B. again C. eventually D. first
54. A. freeze B. fear C. hesitate D. comment
55. A. safest B. easiest C. hardest D. fullest
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。
Guan Yu, an ancient general known for his loyalty and bravery in battles, has been widely worshipped (敬奉). The Temple of Guan Yu in Xiezhou, North China’s Shanxi Province, is the ___56___(large) one among countless temples worshipping the general across the country and also a major historical and cultural site protected at the national level.
In 2020, a research institute ___57___ studied the culture behind this folk belief in Guan Yu was founded in Xiezhou, and eight graduate students were hired. This summer, researchers of ___58___ institute are compiling chronicles (编年史) for the temple, and studying the fine elements of traditional culture contained in the temple.
Across the country, historical and cultural heritage sites are protected and studied to discover and learn about traditional Chinese culture, amid the nation’s efforts ___59___(build) a modern Chinese civilization. ___60___ total, there are 5,058 major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level. “___61___(witness) the long history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation in the past years, the historical and cultural sites offer ___62___(we) rich ‘spiritual nutrients’ in the midst of building a modern Chinese civilization,” said Gao Jiangtao, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In Shanxi, with local protection work ___63___(trouble) due to understaffing, a project was started in 2022 to enroll a total of 600 students for a span of five years, ___64___(specific) for 117 localities across the province in need of protection professionals. These students will _____65_____(offer) general education on relics protection during college.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，你所在的俱乐部下周将举办一场京剧(Beijing Opera)演出，请给你的外国京剧发烧友 Tom写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.告知活动详情；
2.邀请他线上参加。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I didn’t see the thin plastic tape running across the bread bag when I put the bread in my shopping cart or when I checked out. It wasn’t until I unpacked the bread at home that I realized that I’d broken the rules again.
That stupid plastic tape joined the long list of mistakes I made in just one week of trying to eat plastic-free. Last month, I challenged myself to purchase a week’s worth of food without bringing home any plastic. That meant no yogurt containers or plastic packages.
I chose a budget of $115 (roughly half-way between the average weekly grocery bill for a family of two in Massachusetts). On Saturday afternoon, I pulled into the parking lot of a well-known zero-waste shopping center.
I started in the produce section, where I typically got a plastic bag of organic baby carrots. This time, I could not go there because every vegetable in the organic section was packed in plastic containers. But I found some beautiful carrots among the non-organic produce. Then I saw the plastic price labels hanging off their rubber bands. I rolled my cart past the green beans and grapes, all inside the plastic. I weighed loose apples, onions and sweet potatoes. My anxiety kicked in — a feeling that I wouldn’t have enough. So, I bought a head of cabbage.
I tapped prices into the calculator on my phone. Leaving the produce section, I was in good shape, at $32. It was time to search for protein.
I headed to the meat counter. Again, everything was prepackaged in plastic. But the man behind the glass kindly agreed to put some chicken and meat, separately, in paper bags. Together they were $21.
Tofu, cheese, yogurt and pretty much everything in the dairy section were prepackaged in plastic. Even the bottled milk had a plastic cap. But there were lots of eggs in those paper bags.
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。
At checkout, I still had $62 left but I could not find anything else without plastic.
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At the moment, I realized that perhaps I shouldn’t have had aimed too high.
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2024-2025学年湖北省十堰市郧阳区第二中学高三上学期9月
英语试题
答案版
(满分：150分)
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
Theatres and Entertainment
St David’s Hall
St David’s Hall is the award winning National Concert Hall of Wales standing at the very heart of Cardiff’s entertainment centre. With an impressive 2,000-seat concert hall, St David’s Hall is home to the annual Welsh Proms Cardiff. It presents live entertainment, including pop, rock, folk, jazz, musicals, dance, world music, films and classical music.
The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AH
www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
The Glee Club
Every weekend this is “Wales” premier comedy club where having a great time is the order for both audiences and comedy stars alike. It is hard to name a comedy star who hasn’t been on the stage here. If you are looking for the best comedies on tour and brilliant live music, you should start here.
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5BZ
www.glee.co.uk/cardiff
Sherman Cymru
Sherman Cymru’s theatre in the Cathays area of Cardiff reopened in February 2012. This special building is a place in which theatre is made and where children, artists, writers and anyone else have the opportunity (机会) to do creative things. Sherman Cymru is excited to present a packed programme of the very best theatre, dance, family shows and music from Wales and the rest of the world.
Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF24 4YE
www.shermancymru.co.uk
New Theatre
The New Theatre has been the home of quality drama, musicals, dance and children’s shows for more than 100 years. Presenting the best of the West End along with the pick of the UK’s touring shows, the New Theatre is Cardiff’s oldest surviving traditional theatre. Be sure to pay a visit as part of your stay in the city.
Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3LN
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
21. Where is the Welsh Proms Cardiff hosted
A. At the New Theatre. B. At the Glee Club.
C. At Sherman Cymru. D. At St David’s Hall.
22. What can people do at the Glee Club
A. Watch musicals. B. Enjoy comedies.
C. See family shows. D. Do creative things.
23. Which website can you visit to learn about Cardiff’s oldest surviving theatre
A. www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk B. www.shermancymru.co.uk
C. www.glee.co.uk/cardiff D. www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. A
B
Well, your questions have taken me back to the past and inspired me to reflect on my current work.
I became interested in plants when I was about six years old. I grew up in Hubei Province in central China, which is well-known for medicinal plants. My grandfather was a local herbal doctor, and had much knowledge about plant diversity. He went to the mountains to pick plants, and I helped him. So I’ve always had that appreciation for green diversity.
But because I was his granddaughter, I was not allowed to inherit his medicinal knowledge — he was supposed to pass that knowledge on to his son or his grandson. But I was guided and attracted by the plant diversity I saw every day in the forests. In college, I was studying forestry, and a professor would take us on field trips. In the mountains near my college, there must be 300 species of trees. So I asked him, “How can these plants come together in this place so well ” He looked at me, saying, “That’s a good question. You can devote yourself to studying that question.” That was the moment when I knew I wanted to be a plant biologist.
So today I’m a plant biologist who’s focused on studying plant diversity. Now I work on describing new species — I’m working on describing a new ginseng (人参) species from Thailand and have also begun to describe a new grape species from Yunnan Province in southwest China.
I am a lucky scientist. Plants hybridize (杂交) like crazy in the wild. These kinds of processes, without proper tools, are impossible to figure out. Now we actually have various advanced tools to test our hypotheses (假设), to understand the patterns and the processes of plant evolution.
Some people may think my work is boring. But for me, it’s not. We’re trying to understand how humans can benefit from this vast plant diversity. Our science can teach us to conserve that plant diversity, so it can benefit not only us, but future generations. Also, our research encourages the new generation to carry on the torch.
24. What made the author decide to be a plant biologist
A. Her early school life. B. Her grandfather’s guidance.
C. A teacher’s encouragement. D. A wonderful childhood adventure.
25. Why does the author consider herself a lucky scientist
A. She is good at hybridizing various plants.
B. She has lots of opportunities to work in labs.
C. She is allowed to propose hypotheses in public.
D. She has many good tools to study plant evolution.
26. How does the author find her work
A. Boring. B. Simple.
C. Impractical. D. Meaningful.
27. Where is the text most probably taken from
A. A journal entry. B. An interview.
C. A biography. D. A science report.
【答案】24. C 25. D 26. D 27. B
C
In a study in Australia, a seven-week cooking class was found to significantly improve mental health and well-being, physical health markers, confidence and life satisfaction — as well as the ability to change eating habits.
The story of the decline in physical and mental health in the Western world is well-known. An emphasis on work and study leads to the consumption of less nutritious food, which has exploded in availability as the decades have advanced. 67% of all Australians are overweight or obese, a figure which is nearly applicable to the American population.
An international team of researchers aimed to investigate if a course of seven 90-minutecooking classes could improve health outcomes by restoring confidence in people’s ability to cook for themselves at home.
“The 90-minute hands-on cooking session used a new recipe each week to support learning of skills and knowledge about nutritious foods, to enable increased cooking confidence, skill development and food literacy knowledge. In addition, participants were taught knife-handling skills and were given tips and advice about healthy options for how to boost flavor and create dishes using fresh foods to replace pre-prepared ingredients. Food-budget planning, kitchen economy and reduction of food waste were also covered,” the study reads.
Six months after the classes, the participants, 32% of whom had scores for physical health, mental health, and subjective vitality lower than the national average, all reported significant improvements.
A limitation of the study, the researchers note, could be that as the class was a group activity, it was simply the result of doing something constructive together with other people that resulted in the benefits.
However, as the improvements in mental and physical well-being were observed months after the classes concluded, one can suppose it’s due more to cooking knowledge gained during the seven-week cooking session and perhaps more time with family and friends over cooked meals.
28. What does the author try to do in the second paragraph
A. Lead in a new topic for discussion. B. Offer examples for a conclusion.
C. Add some background information. D. Give some useful advice to readers.
29. What were the participants required to do during the cooking sessions
A. Interact actively with group members. B. Replace fresh foods with processed ones.
C. Gain the knowledge about nutritious foods. D. Grow fresh vegetables in their own gardens.
30. What happened to the participants after taking the cooking classes
A. Their general health greatly improved. B. They grew apart from their family.
C. They saved a lot of money on cooking. D. Their subjective vitality became lower.
31. What is the author’s opinion on the seven-week cooking class
A. It has little to do with people’s health. B. It is too short to bring pleasant results.
C. It influences the participants temporarily. D. It benefits the participants in some way.
【答案】28. C 29. C 30. A 31. D
D
Five years ago, French navy officer Jér me Chardon was listening to a radio program about the journey of the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that migrates 14,000 kilometers between New Zealand and Alaska. Chardon understood how treacherous the journey would be, as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured. Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.
This past January, a team from France’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) began experiments designed to test Chardon’s idea. Researchers with a project led by Frédéric Jiguet from NMNH equipped 56 birds of five species with cutting-edge animal tracking technology. The team members were ferried to remote islands in French Polynesia, where they attached tags (标签) using tracking technology. These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds — waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.
The project is focusing on birds’ ability to hear infrasound, the low-frequency sound humans cannot hear but that the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸). In a 2014 study, scientists tracking a kind of golden-winged birds in the central and southeastern America found that the birds flew up to 1,500 kilometers to escape from an outbreak of tornadoes (龙卷风) that killed 35 people. The birds fled at least 24 hours before any extreme weather hit, leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.
The team plans on tagging hundreds more birds across the Pacific to prepare for a potential tsunami. “I think if there’s one wave that spreads across islands, we can get data from different species at different locations,” says Jiguet. “That will say it’s worth continuing to tag and to develop local systems to better analyze this. There are chances that we will develop a bird-based tsunami early warning system.”
32. Which of the following best explains the word “treacherous” underlined in paragraph 1
A. Strange. B. Amazing. C. Dangerous. D. Frequent.
33. What is the function of the tags
A. Tracking natural disasters. B. Distinguishing bird species.
C. Reporting the birds’ situations. D. Guiding researchers to islands.
34. Why is the 2014 study mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To prove an assumption. B. To clarify a concept.
C. To present a new topic. D. To make comparisons.
35. What might be the best title for the text
A. How Can Birds Avoid Natural Disasters
B. Can Birds Warn Us of Natural Disasters
C. How Does a Warning System Function
D. Can Birds Play a Role in Human Research
【答案】32. C 33. C 34. A 35. B
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。
In today’s world, people are used to immediate satisfaction like fast meals from the microwave or from ordering takeout on your smart phone. But patience, the ability to be able to wait for outcomes, is a skill that is necessary for you to be successful in school, work and life, according to an article on the life coaching website Better Up. Being patient allows you to exercise self-control when things are not going your way.___36___ Here are four ways it can benefit you.
Patience helps you achieve your goals.___37___.You cannot accomplish long-term goals in your relationships or carcer without being patient. You need to know when it is the time to step back and analyze the situation, re-evaluate your goal, and choose a new path forward.
Patience helps you to become more empathetic. Having empathy-the ability to understand and accept the feelings of others-is an important part of being patient, according to a blog on Wisdom Times.___38___
Patience helps to make you mentally healthier. Being patient teaches you to regulate your emotions, according to Better Up.___39___.Keeping calm and being stress-free can help your overall mental and physical happiness.
___40___When things aren’t going your way, whether large or small, having patience will keep you from becoming depressed. According to Forbes, basketball great Michael Jordan missed more than 9,000 shots and lost nearly 300 games in his athletic career. If he didn’t have the patience to accept failure, he would have quit and he never would have become one of the greatest athletes.
A. Patience gives you a positive attitude
B. It allows you to work to be your best
C. Patience helps you to become more flexible
D. You will be able to survive failures and start again
E. Accepting people as they are makes you a better person
F It helps you experience fewer negative emotions that lead to stress
G. The road to success isn’t something that can be immediately achieved
【答案】36. B 37. G 38. E 39. F 40. A
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。
Five days a week I go out for a run—a short and slow run. The only way I can ___41___ to it is to keep it a habit. It’s a spiritual approach to making exercise a habit.
We’re meant to treat the ___42___ with respect, doing all we can within our power to keep it ___43___ and serviceable.
I have a wild heart history. I have ___44___ heart surgery twice in my life. After each procedure, I signed up for cardiac rehab (心脏康复) where I worked with a nurse, a physical therapist (治疗专家) and got exercise three days a week, building back my ___45___ and my confidence.
The last time I wanted to ___46___ running, the nurse and therapist urged me on, for running is ___47___ for my body and my soul.
Their ___48___ was a reminder: keep it up. ___49___ jogging up and down hills I’m not out to ____50____ any races. Recently, as I came up the hill running with a friend, a neighbor cried out, “You look like the last two finishers of the marathon.”
“You must really ____51____ to run,” people will say to me. Love is a too ____52____ word. But I love to finish a run. That feels good.
The only way I can do it is make it a habit. Sometimes I do it ____53____ in the morning. As the weather gets cold, I prefer going later in the day when I won’t ____54____. I can learn and grow while running.
Good habits are, in turn, habit-forming. I find it ____55____ if I simply make it a rule, trying a spiritual approach to making running a habit.
41. A. stick B. add C. connect D. compare
42. A. planet B. body C. heart D. earth
43. A. healthy B. popular C. real D. comfortable
44. A. learned B. refused C. had D. dropped
45. A. power B. strength C. patience D. ability
46. A. call at B. rely on C. give up D. appeal to
47. A. basic B. simple C. tough D. good
48. A. encouragement B. check C. value D. sympathy
49. A. Seriously B. Steadily C. Slowly D. Independently
50. A. watch B. offer C. choose D. win
51. A. afford B. help C. love D. desire
52. A. rare B. strong C. common D. sensitive
53. A. unwillingly B. again C. eventually D. first
54. A. freeze B. fear C. hesitate D. comment
55. A. safest B. easiest C. hardest D. fullest
【答案】41. A 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. B 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. D 51. C 52. B 53. A 54. A 55. 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个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Guan Yu, an ancient general known for his loyalty and bravery in battles, has been widely worshipped (敬奉). The Temple of Guan Yu in Xiezhou, North China’s Shanxi Province, is the ___56___(large) one among countless temples worshipping the general across the country and also a major historical and cultural site protected at the national level.
In 2020, a research institute ___57___ studied the culture behind this folk belief in Guan Yu was founded in Xiezhou, and eight graduate students were hired. This summer, researchers of ___58___ institute are compiling chronicles (编年史) for the temple, and studying the fine elements of traditional culture contained in the temple.
Across the country, historical and cultural heritage sites are protected and studied to discover and learn about traditional Chinese culture, amid the nation’s efforts ___59___(build) a modern Chinese civilization. ___60___ total, there are 5,058 major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level. “___61___(witness) the long history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation in the past years, the historical and cultural sites offer ___62___(we) rich ‘spiritual nutrients’ in the midst of building a modern Chinese civilization,” said Gao Jiangtao, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In Shanxi, with local protection work ___63___(trouble) due to understaffing, a project was started in 2022 to enroll a total of 600 students for a span of five years, ___64___(specific) for 117 localities across the province in need of protection professionals. These students will _____65_____(offer) general education on relics protection during college.
【答案】56. largest
57. which##that
58. the 59. to build
60. In 61. Witnessing
62. us 63. troubled
64. specifically
65. be offered
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，你所在的俱乐部下周将举办一场京剧(Beijing Opera)演出，请给你的外国京剧发烧友 Tom写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.告知活动详情；
2.邀请他线上参加。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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【答案】Dear Tom,
I am thrilled to inform you that we have an upcoming event in our club that you wouldn’t want to miss. We will be showcasing the traditional Chinese theater form, Beijing Opera.
The Beijing Opera is a traditional form of Chinese theater known for its unique singing, dancing, and acrobatic performances. Our club is honored to present this graceful art form to our members, and it will be a fantastic experience to witness the impressive costumes and makeup.
It would be great if you could attend this event next week. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Best regards,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I didn’t see the thin plastic tape running across the bread bag when I put the bread in my shopping cart or when I checked out. It wasn’t until I unpacked the bread at home that I realized that I’d broken the rules again.
That stupid plastic tape joined the long list of mistakes I made in just one week of trying to eat plastic-free. Last month, I challenged myself to purchase a week’s worth of food without bringing home any plastic. That meant no yogurt containers or plastic packages.
I chose a budget of $115 (roughly half-way between the average weekly grocery bill for a family of two in Massachusetts). On Saturday afternoon, I pulled into the parking lot of a well-known zero-waste shopping center.
I started in the produce section, where I typically got a plastic bag of organic baby carrots. This time, I could not go there because every vegetable in the organic section was packed in plastic containers. But I found some beautiful carrots among the non-organic produce. Then I saw the plastic price labels hanging off their rubber bands. I rolled my cart past the green beans and grapes, all inside the plastic. I weighed loose apples, onions and sweet potatoes. My anxiety kicked in — a feeling that I wouldn’t have enough. So, I bought a head of cabbage.
I tapped prices into the calculator on my phone. Leaving the produce section, I was in good shape, at $32. It was time to search for protein.
I headed to the meat counter. Again, everything was prepackaged in plastic. But the man behind the glass kindly agreed to put some chicken and meat, separately, in paper bags. Together they were $21.
Tofu, cheese, yogurt and pretty much everything in the dairy section were prepackaged in plastic. Even the bottled milk had a plastic cap. But there were lots of eggs in those paper bags.
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。
At checkout, I still had $62 left but I could not find anything else without plastic.
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At the moment, I realized that perhaps I shouldn’t have had aimed too high.
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【答案】 At checkout, I still had $62 left but I could not find anything else without plastic. So I became a little bit angry and complained to the manager that there were too many things I couldn’t buy plastic-free. There was no dairy or juice. He said he’s interested in using more recyclable containers, but they were much more expensive. He also told me that it’s hard to add that cost to the price of food, and that paper bags for nuts, beans or snacks weren’t as attractive on shelves as plastic bags.
At the moment, I realized that perhaps I shouldn’t have had aimed too high. After all, most customers had to shop with their eyes on their wallets. The major plastic producers could not be closed down immediately. Thus, I decided to just reduce the plastic that I used once and threw away. Anyway, I was happy that I avoided using 27 plastic containers in the week. Maybe I could do better.
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