湖南省邵阳县第二高级中学2024-2025学年高二上学期入学考试英语试题（含答案）
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2024-2025学年湖南省邵阳县第二高级中学高二上学期入学考试英语试题
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
You probably consider calorie (卡路里) burning with training. You can get great calorie burning effects with the following exercises.
Running
Running is one of the best calorie burners out there. An average person can burn anywhere from 500 to 1,000 calories in one hour of running. Speed and pace are all factors that can affect calorie burning. But running uses every muscle group in the body, allowing you to burn more calories.
High Intensity Interval (高强度间歇运动) Training (HIIT)
If you want intensity, HIIT is right for you. This physical exercise involves working hard in intervals, then resting. Because your heart rate will stay at a high level, you’ll burn more calories in less time. On average, a person will burn 400 to 600 calories in 30 minutes.
Jumping rope
This childhood activity can actually do wonders for your health. Jumping rope is great for strengthening the lower and upper body while training your balance and coordination (协调能力), because your mind has to work while you jump. Jumping rope can burn 600 to 1,000 calories in an hour.
Swimming
Swimming is a low-intensity form of exercise that also uses muscle groups of your body. In just 30 minutes of swimming, an average person can burn 200 to 300 calories. Swimming also helps to shape body, control blood pressure, and increase strength—all great reasons for you to jump into the water.
21. Which kind of exercise burns the most calories in an hour
A. Running. B. Swimming.
C. Jumping rope. D. High Intensity Interval Training.
22. Who may also be interested in the third exercise
A. Those who want to train their mind. B. Those who want to have good balance.
C. Those who want to control blood pressure. D. Those who want to do low-intensity activities.
23. What is the purpose of the text
A. To encourage people to compete in sports. B. To teach people how to do exercise.
C. To provide ways to burn calories. D. To promote a healthy lifestyle.
B
It’s not easy for me to forget the guy, whom I call Bean. For the past year and a half, I saw Bean almost every workday morning. In the beginning I ignored Bean. After all, he’s just a beggar (乞丐) on the freeway off-ramp (匝道) who traps people at a stoplight that seems to always be red.
Over time a few things dawned on (开始明白) me. The first was that it was always the same guy at this off-ramp. The next was that he never actually asked for anything. He just danced and waved at everyone. Then finally, and perhaps the most important, was that he was ALWAYS happy. Some days he was dancing and playing a guitar. Most days he’d wave a cardboard at cars, smiling.
Bean slowly became part of my morning routine. I noticed this one day, only because he wasn’t there and nobody danced and waved at me. I missed him. I’m worried that something had happened to him. I started to look for him every morning as I came down the ramp to that red light.
One morning, after one of these absences, I was so relieved to see him that it was like the sun had come out after a week-long storm. I sat at the red light, watching his morning dancing. I realized that I, too, was smiling and found myself waving back. Wow, something as small as a wave brought blessings to my whole day. I finished the drive to work that morning, feeling lighter and happier.
I remind you now. Look around you. Look at your life, your surroundings, and even just your grocery store with eyes that truly see. What magic lies in front of you Do you have a Bean in your life you haven’t noticed yet Watch for them. They will touch your life in ways you can’t even dream!
24. The author calls the beggar Bean probably because _____.
A. he looks like a bean
B it’s a name picked by the author at will
C. he makes the author think of Mr. Bean, the comedian
D. that’s his real name
25. What can we learn from the passage
A. The author never saw unhappiness on Bean’s face.
B. Bean caught the author’s attention at the beginning.
C. The beggar would ask drivers for money when the traffic light turned red.
D. The author came across Bean nearly every day in the past 1.5 years.
26. What does the underlined word “routine” probably mean here
A. An alarm clock.
B. A traffic sign.
C. An activity that you habitually do as part of your life.
D. A kind of exercise for better health.
27. Why did the author go and sit at the red light
A. Because he was stopped by a red light.
B. Because he felt close to the beggar.
C. Because Bean invited him to.
D. Because it was comfortable to sit there.
C
Nightmares could be reduced by hearing a sound while you sleep that you previously associated with a positive ending to a bad dream during therapy (治疗).
Up to 8 percent of people report having problems with nightmares. The standard treatment is image rehearsal therapy (IRT), which 30 percent of people don’t respond to. IRT involves repeating a previous nightmare but changing it to have a more positive ending. To aid memory recall, some treatments involve an individual hearing a specific sound as they form memories and then having this same sound played to them while they sleep. This is often done during the non-rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep, because dreams and nightmares are more common in REM sleep.
Testing the potential of this approach for nightmares, Lampros Perogamvros at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and his colleagues first divided 36 people who had more than one nightmare per week into two groups. Both groups were taught how to carry out IRT themselves at home, which they did for 5 minutes a day over two weeks. Only one group, however, listened to a neutral piano tone while they carried out their IRT. During these two weeks, both groups wore a head band every night that tracked their sleep stage by discovering brain activity. When they entered REM sleep, both groups were played the tone that only one group was exposed to during their at-home IRT. This tone was played at 10 second intervals. At the end of the two weeks, the two groups both reported having more positive dreams.
By carrying out this treatment in people’s homes, it could become a widespread intervention to relieve nightmares, says Mark Blagrove at Swansea University, UK. “You could not only have people treated with IRT in the clinician’s room, or therapist’s room, but people could possibly be sent home with these instruments that spot the stages of sleep and have the auditory (听觉的) signal that was played when they were doing IRT presented again during sleep.” he says.
28. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. IRT helps memory. B. IRT makes memories form.
C. Not all respond to IRT. D. The new treatment is popular.
29. How did Lampros and his colleagues test the potential of IRT
A. By analyzing data. B. By performing a survey.
C. By referring to documents. D. By conducting an experiment.
30. What is Mark Blagrove’s attitude towards the treatment
A. Unclear. B. Negative. C. Doubtful. D. Approving
31. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text
A. To share a discovery. B. To confirm a concept.
C. To offer a suggestion. D. To make an explanation.
D
Artificial intelligence(AI) models have long surpassed (超出) just creating text responses and images. Now, with only one sentence, OpenAI’s latest text-to-video model, Sora, can turn your words into video with good visual quality while completely following your content instructions (指令).
Sora is said to be better than many other existing models with similar functions. The AI model can create videos at suitable aspect ratios (屏幕高宽比) for different devices. It also lets users quickly test out content in lower quality before making the high-quality version, which helps speed up output according to the user’s requests.
Apart from this, its ability to present videos in a realistic and smooth manner is surprising. Sora can create detailed scenes with several characters, specific types of motion, and accurate (准确的) subject and background details. Beyond the user’s requests, it also understands how these elements exist in the real world. For example, reflections in the water change as a woman walks by.
However, the current model isn’t perfect. It may have trouble accurately showing how things move in a complicated (复杂的) scene and might not get how one action leads to another. For example, if someone eats part of a cookie in a Sora-made video, the cookie might not look like it’s been bitten into. The model might mix up directions and find it hard to describe events in the right order. One possible reason is that Sora learns each basic unit of a video, known as a spacetime patch (时空补丁), independently.
Sora is still in the testing stage of development. OpenAI is now inviting network security professionals to make random attacks on Sora’s system in order to test the model’s possible weaknesses and risks. Sora has also been open to some visual artists, designers and filmmakers. Their feedback will help OpenAI to improve the model to better serve creative professionals.
32 What is the main focus of paragraph 2 and 3
A. Sora’s strengths. B. Sora’s weaknesses.
C. Sora’s development. D. Sora’s popularity.
33. Why does the author provide the example in paragraph 4
A. To show Sora’s safety problems. B. To show Sora’s existing weaknesses.
C. To show Sora’s perfect performance. D. To explain the concept of a spacetime patch.
34. What can we know about Sora up to now
A. It has experienced testing and improvement.
B. It has enjoyed great popularity.
C. It has made random attacks.
D. It has been applied in various industries.
35. What’s the best title for the text
A. Sora: A perfect text-to-video AI model B. Sora: Surpass existing ChatGPT
C Sora: Known as a spacetime patch D. Sora: Lead the way in creating videos
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。
Attending a concert is an activity appealing to many. However, as a first-timer, you probably feel anxious about entering a heavily crowded space with overexcited music enthusiasts. The following tips may help you enjoy the experience.
Buy tickets in advance.
____36____, there’s a high chance that tickets may sell out before you can buy them if you don’t get a head start. In addition, ticket prices are likely to be lower during the pre-selling period.
Wear comfortable clothes.
Attending a concert will be an exhausting experience. ____37____. Thus it is vital that when you go to a concert, you dress comfortably. It is also essential to wear a pair of comfortable shoes.
____38____.
Waiting outside the venue for eight hours is not what you should do, but you should be reasonable and get to the venue ahead of time. Getting there early will have its own advantages. ____39____.
Have your phone fully charged.
You’ll want your phone fully charged for taking photos and videos, contacting any friends you’ll be attending with, booking a ride home, and other necessary tasks on the day of the concert. ____40____, consider packing a power bank just in case.
A. Head to the venue early
B. Research the venue ahead of time
C. You can find a good spot for yourself
D. If the concert is of music by a popular artist
E. Since there probably won’t be any plugs at the venue
F. Because you book your ticket from a reliable company
G. You may have to stand the whole night and wait in long queues
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。
Little Ali was a child born in a family with unimaginable ___41___ . He and his sister had only one pair of ___42___ .
Every day, her sister would put on the shoes they ___43___ in gym class, and after class, she would quickly run to their agreed spot, ___44___ the shoes and give them to him so that he could wear them to class. When they both had PE classes at the same time, only one of the two could wear shoes. Both his sister and he were punished more than once for not wearing sneakers. ___45___ their biggest dream was to have a pair of sneakers that didn’t need to be too beautiful, so that ___46___ of them would have to go barefoot during class.
For this dream, Ali ___47___ in the long-distance race, only because the prize of the third place was a pair of sneakers. He just wanted to finish ___48___ so he could get the shoes he wanted.
The competition was tough and Ali was ___49___ over more than once. But in order to win the race, he endured the pain to get up and run again, with only the shoes he had to get in his eyes. The rapid breathing made his chest ache and he was even _____50_____ , but he knew he had to persevere, and _____51_____ by persevering to the end could he get his sister to put on her shoes.
He _____52_____ one person after another, and in desperation, he won first. When all the teachers were ecstatic to _____53_____ him, and the organizer arranged for famous people to take photos with him, he was sad and shed tears. Although he got a _____54_____ prize, that was not what Ali needed most.
Not only did he miss the shoes of his dream, but he found the only pair of shoes on his feet _____55_____. Ali had mixed feelings. Deep inside, he knew the bottom line for his happiness was a much-needed pair of shoes.
41. A. wealth B. sadness C. poverty D. illness
42. A. glasses B. shoes C. pants D. gloves
43. A. bought B. liked C. found D. shared
44. A. take off B. put on C. pick up D. tear open
45. A. But B. Yet C. So D. Because
46. A. both B. neither C. either D. none
47. A. absorbed B. gave C. caught D. participated
48. A. best B. first C. last D. third
49. A. pushed B. moved C. looked D. handed
50 A. out of breath B. in one breath C. out of reach D. within reach
51. A. hardly B. heavily C. only D. slowly
52. A. surpassed B. failed C. hit D. dropped
53. A. celebrate B. congratulate C. comfort D. confirm
54. A. smaller B. further C. bigger D. worse
55. A. went out B. burned out C. taken out D. worn out
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。
Shecna Southall, a 22-year-old student, was eager to test her limit when she agreed ____56____ (appear) on a TV show. It has been described as one of the most interesting ____57____ (show) in the world.
She saw an advertisement, ____58____ said, “Do you want to make some quick cash and do you want to travel ” She talked to ____59____ (her), “Why don’t I have a try I’m always looking for an opportunity to test myself.” So, she applied for the job, went for an interview, ____60____ got it. At the interview, she explained how she was prepared for any challenges. Then, just as she was leaving ____61____ Singapore, she found out that she was going to become a skyscraper (摩天大楼) window cleaner.
The job was ____62____ (challenge). She had to pull herself up and down, carrying heavy water buckets (桶). If she didn’t clean the windows ____63____ (proper), they would tell her to go back and do it again. But she admits the experience has changed her. After she got back from Singapore, she finished her studies and ____64____ (graduate). She started hunting for a job that would be both exciting and tough. Shecna says, “Nothing will ever be as exciting and scary as that _____65_____ (one) day of cleaning windows up in the air. But if you don’t face your fears and accept what life offers you, how will you know what you are capable of It’s been the best experience of my life so far.”
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，你们学校正在举办主题为“用外语讲好中国故事”的征文活动。请你以一位做出杰出贡献的当代中国科学家为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.人物简介及事迹;
2.意义或启示。
注意：1.词数80词左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
An Outstanding Chinese Scientist I Admire
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15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。
“Have you brought the frog to school ” I whispered excitedly to my friend, John. It was early in the morning and my friends, John, Tom and I were already in school, discussing the prank(恶作剧)we were going to play on our class monitor, Jane. Laughing quietly, John reached for his bag, opened the bag and showed us the frog in his bag. Tom and I couldn't hold back the laughter, thinking about what would happen.
Ring! As soon as the bell rang, other students, including Jane, hurried out of the classroom. We had planned to put a frog in Jane's bag and scare her for telling Ms Tan, our headteacher, that we were playing in the classroom when there was no teacher in class. “This should teach her a lesson!” I thought, smiling to myself. Once we were the only ones left in the classroom, I took the frog from John's bag. Surveying around to make sure that no one was walking past our classroom, I put the frog into Jane's bag secretly.
“Please take out the homework I assigned you yesterday,” Ms Tan instructed after the break. Everyone started looking through their schoolbags for their homework. Out of the corner of my eye, I spied Jane bending down to open her bag. Glancing over at Tom and John, I saw them covering their mouths, trying to hide their laughter.
“Ahhh! There is a frog in my bag!” Jane screamed as the frog leapt(跳) out of her bag.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
She jumped onto her chair as she screamed in horror.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gathering all my courage, I decided to tell the truth.
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答案版
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
You probably consider calorie (卡路里) burning with training. You can get great calorie burning effects with the following exercises.
Running
Running is one of the best calorie burners out there. An average person can burn anywhere from 500 to 1,000 calories in one hour of running. Speed and pace are all factors that can affect calorie burning. But running uses every muscle group in the body, allowing you to burn more calories.
High Intensity Interval (高强度间歇运动) Training (HIIT)
If you want intensity, HIIT is right for you. This physical exercise involves working hard in intervals, then resting. Because your heart rate will stay at a high level, you’ll burn more calories in less time. On average, a person will burn 400 to 600 calories in 30 minutes.
Jumping rope
This childhood activity can actually do wonders for your health. Jumping rope is great for strengthening the lower and upper body while training your balance and coordination (协调能力), because your mind has to work while you jump. Jumping rope can burn 600 to 1,000 calories in an hour.
Swimming
Swimming is a low-intensity form of exercise that also uses muscle groups of your body. In just 30 minutes of swimming, an average person can burn 200 to 300 calories. Swimming also helps to shape body, control blood pressure, and increase strength—all great reasons for you to jump into the water.
21. Which kind of exercise burns the most calories in an hour
A. Running. B. Swimming.
C. Jumping rope. D. High Intensity Interval Training.
22. Who may also be interested in the third exercise
A. Those who want to train their mind. B. Those who want to have good balance.
C. Those who want to control blood pressure. D. Those who want to do low-intensity activities.
23. What is the purpose of the text
A. To encourage people to compete in sports. B. To teach people how to do exercise.
C. To provide ways to burn calories. D. To promote a healthy lifestyle.
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. C
B
It’s not easy for me to forget the guy, whom I call Bean. For the past year and a half, I saw Bean almost every workday morning. In the beginning I ignored Bean. After all, he’s just a beggar (乞丐) on the freeway off-ramp (匝道) who traps people at a stoplight that seems to always be red.
Over time a few things dawned on (开始明白) me. The first was that it was always the same guy at this off-ramp. The next was that he never actually asked for anything. He just danced and waved at everyone. Then finally, and perhaps the most important, was that he was ALWAYS happy. Some days he was dancing and playing a guitar. Most days he’d wave a cardboard at cars, smiling.
Bean slowly became part of my morning routine. I noticed this one day, only because he wasn’t there and nobody danced and waved at me. I missed him. I’m worried that something had happened to him. I started to look for him every morning as I came down the ramp to that red light.
One morning, after one of these absences, I was so relieved to see him that it was like the sun had come out after a week-long storm. I sat at the red light, watching his morning dancing. I realized that I, too, was smiling and found myself waving back. Wow, something as small as a wave brought blessings to my whole day. I finished the drive to work that morning, feeling lighter and happier.
I remind you now. Look around you. Look at your life, your surroundings, and even just your grocery store with eyes that truly see. What magic lies in front of you Do you have a Bean in your life you haven’t noticed yet Watch for them. They will touch your life in ways you can’t even dream!
24. The author calls the beggar Bean probably because _____.
A. he looks like a bean
B. it’s a name picked by the author at will
C. he makes the author think of Mr. Bean, the comedian
D. that’s his real name
25. What can we learn from the passage
A. The author never saw unhappiness on Bean’s face.
B. Bean caught the author’s attention at the beginning.
C. The beggar would ask drivers for money when the traffic light turned red.
D. The author came across Bean nearly every day in the past 1.5 years.
26. What does the underlined word “routine” probably mean here
A. An alarm clock.
B. A traffic sign.
C. An activity that you habitually do as part of your life.
D. A kind of exercise for better health.
27. Why did the author go and sit at the red light
A. Because he was stopped by a red light.
B. Because he felt close to the beggar.
C. Because Bean invited him to.
D. Because it was comfortable to sit there.
【答案】24. C 25. A 26. C 27. B
C
Nightmares could be reduced by hearing a sound while you sleep that you previously associated with a positive ending to a bad dream during therapy (治疗).
Up to 8 percent of people report having problems with nightmares. The standard treatment is image rehearsal therapy (IRT), which 30 percent of people don’t respond to. IRT involves repeating a previous nightmare but changing it to have a more positive ending. To aid memory recall, some treatments involve an individual hearing a specific sound as they form memories and then having this same sound played to them while they sleep. This is often done during the non-rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep, because dreams and nightmares are more common in REM sleep.
Testing the potential of this approach for nightmares, Lampros Perogamvros at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and his colleagues first divided 36 people who had more than one nightmare per week into two groups. Both groups were taught how to carry out IRT themselves at home, which they did for 5 minutes a day over two weeks. Only one group, however, listened to a neutral piano tone while they carried out their IRT. During these two weeks, both groups wore a head band every night that tracked their sleep stage by discovering brain activity. When they entered REM sleep, both groups were played the tone that only one group was exposed to during their at-home IRT. This tone was played at 10 second intervals. At the end of the two weeks, the two groups both reported having more positive dreams.
By carrying out this treatment in people’s homes, it could become a widespread intervention to relieve nightmares, says Mark Blagrove at Swansea University, UK. “You could not only have people treated with IRT in the clinician’s room, or therapist’s room, but people could possibly be sent home with these instruments that spot the stages of sleep and have the auditory (听觉的) signal that was played when they were doing IRT presented again during sleep.” he says.
28. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. IRT helps memory. B. IRT makes memories form.
C. Not all respond to IRT. D. The new treatment is popular.
29. How did Lampros and his colleagues test the potential of IRT
A. By analyzing data. B. By performing a survey.
C. By referring to documents. D. By conducting an experiment.
30. What is Mark Blagrove’s attitude towards the treatment
A. Unclear. B. Negative. C. Doubtful. D. Approving
31. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text
A. To share a discovery. B. To confirm a concept.
C. To offer a suggestion. D. To make an explanation.
【答案】28. C 29. D 30. D 31. A
D
Artificial intelligence(AI) models have long surpassed (超出) just creating text responses and images. Now, with only one sentence, OpenAI’s latest text-to-video model, Sora, can turn your words into video with good visual quality while completely following your content instructions (指令).
Sora is said to be better than many other existing models with similar functions. The AI model can create videos at suitable aspect ratios (屏幕高宽比) for different devices. It also lets users quickly test out content in lower quality before making the high-quality version, which helps speed up output according to the user’s requests.
Apart from this, its ability to present videos in a realistic and smooth manner is surprising. Sora can create detailed scenes with several characters, specific types of motion, and accurate (准确的) subject and background details. Beyond the user’s requests, it also understands how these elements exist in the real world. For example, reflections in the water change as a woman walks by.
However, the current model isn’t perfect. It may have trouble accurately showing how things move in a complicated (复杂的) scene and might not get how one action leads to another. For example, if someone eats part of a cookie in a Sora-made video, the cookie might not look like it’s been bitten into. The model might mix up directions and find it hard to describe events in the right order. One possible reason is that Sora learns each basic unit of a video, known as a spacetime patch (时空补丁), independently.
Sora is still in the testing stage of development. OpenAI is now inviting network security professionals to make random attacks on Sora’s system in order to test the model’s possible weaknesses and risks. Sora has also been open to some visual artists, designers and filmmakers. Their feedback will help OpenAI to improve the model to better serve creative professionals.
32. What is the main focus of paragraph 2 and 3
A. Sora’s strengths. B. Sora’s weaknesses.
C. Sora’s development. D. Sora’s popularity.
33. Why does the author provide the example in paragraph 4
A. To show Sora’s safety problems. B. To show Sora’s existing weaknesses.
C. To show Sora’s perfect performance. D. To explain the concept of a spacetime patch.
34. What can we know about Sora up to now
A. It has experienced testing and improvement.
B. It has enjoyed great popularity.
C. It has made random attacks.
D. It has been applied in various industries.
35. What’s the best title for the text
A. Sora: A perfect text-to-video AI model B. Sora: Surpass existing ChatGPT
C. Sora: Known as a spacetime patch D. Sora: Lead the way in creating videos
【答案】32. A 33. B 34. A 35. 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。
Attending a concert is an activity appealing to many. However, as a first-timer, you probably feel anxious about entering a heavily crowded space with overexcited music enthusiasts. The following tips may help you enjoy the experience.
Buy tickets in advance.
____36____, there’s a high chance that tickets may sell out before you can buy them if you don’t get a head start. In addition, ticket prices are likely to be lower during the pre-selling period.
Wear comfortable clothes.
Attending a concert will be an exhausting experience. ____37____. Thus, it is vital that when you go to a concert, you dress comfortably. It is also essential to wear a pair of comfortable shoes.
____38____.
Waiting outside the venue for eight hours is not what you should do, but you should be reasonable and get to the venue ahead of time. Getting there early will have its own advantages. ____39____.
Have your phone fully charged.
You’ll want your phone fully charged for taking photos and videos, contacting any friends you’ll be attending with, booking a ride home, and other necessary tasks on the day of the concert. ____40____, consider packing a power bank just in case.
A. Head to the venue early
B. Research the venue ahead of time
C. You can find a good spot for yourself
D. If the concert is of music by a popular artist
E. Since there probably won’t be any plugs at the venue
F. Because you book your ticket from a reliable company
G. You may have to stand the whole night and wait in long queues
【答案】36. D 37. G 38. A 39. C 40. E
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。
Little Ali was a child born in a family with unimaginable ___41___ . He and his sister had only one pair of ___42___ .
Every day, her sister would put on the shoes they ___43___ in gym class, and after class, she would quickly run to their agreed spot, ___44___ the shoes and give them to him so that he could wear them to class. When they both had PE classes at the same time, only one of the two could wear shoes. Both his sister and he were punished more than once for not wearing sneakers. ___45___ their biggest dream was to have a pair of sneakers that didn’t need to be too beautiful, so that ___46___ of them would have to go barefoot during class.
For this dream, Ali ___47___ in the long-distance race, only because the prize of the third place was a pair of sneakers. He just wanted to finish ___48___ so he could get the shoes he wanted.
The competition was tough and Ali was ___49___ over more than once. But in order to win the race, he endured the pain to get up and run again, with only the shoes he had to get in his eyes. The rapid breathing made his chest ache and he was even _____50_____ , but he knew he had to persevere, and _____51_____ by persevering to the end could he get his sister to put on her shoes.
He _____52_____ one person after another, and in desperation, he won first. When all the teachers were ecstatic to _____53_____ him, and the organizer arranged for famous people to take photos with him, he was sad and shed tears. Although he got a _____54_____ prize, that was not what Ali needed most.
Not only did he miss the shoes of his dream, but he found the only pair of shoes on his feet _____55_____. Ali had mixed feelings. Deep inside, he knew the bottom line for his happiness was a much-needed pair of shoes.
41. A. wealth B. sadness C. poverty D. illness
42. A. glasses B. shoes C. pants D. gloves
43. A. bought B. liked C. found D. shared
44. A. take off B. put on C. pick up D. tear open
45. A. But B. Yet C. So D. Because
46. A. both B. neither C. either D. none
47. A. absorbed B. gave C. caught D. participated
48. A. best B. first C. last D. third
49. A. pushed B. moved C. looked D. handed
50. A. out of breath B. in one breath C. out of reach D. within reach
51. A. hardly B. heavily C. only D. slowly
52. A. surpassed B. failed C. hit D. dropped
53. A. celebrate B. congratulate C. comfort D. confirm
54. A. smaller B. further C. bigger D. worse
55. A. went out B. burned out C. taken out D. worn out
【答案】41. C 42. B 43. D 44. A 45. C 46. B 47. D 48. D 49. A 50. A 51. C 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. D
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。
Shecna Southall, a 22-year-old student, was eager to test her limit when she agreed ____56____ (appear) on a TV show. It has been described as one of the most interesting ____57____ (show) in the world.
She saw an advertisement, ____58____ said, “Do you want to make some quick cash and do you want to travel ” She talked to ____59____ (her), “Why don’t I have a try I’m always looking for an opportunity to test myself.” So, she applied for the job, went for an interview, ____60____ got it. At the interview, she explained how she was prepared for any challenges. Then, just as she was leaving ____61____ Singapore, she found out that she was going to become a skyscraper (摩天大楼) window cleaner.
The job was ____62____ (challenge). She had to pull herself up and down, carrying heavy water buckets (桶). If she didn’t clean the windows ____63____ (proper), they would tell her to go back and do it again. But she admits the experience has changed her. After she got back from Singapore, she finished her studies and ____64____ (graduate). She started hunting for a job that would be both exciting and tough. Shecna says, “Nothing will ever be as exciting and scary as that _____65_____ (one) day of cleaning windows up in the air. But if you don’t face your fears and accept what life offers you, how will you know what you are capable of It’s been the best experience of my life so far.”
【答案】56. to appear
57. shows 58. which
59. herself
60. and 61. for
62. challenging
63. properly
64. graduated
65. first
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，你们学校正在举办主题为“用外语讲好中国故事”的征文活动。请你以一位做出杰出贡献的当代中国科学家为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.人物简介及事迹;
2.意义或启示。
注意：1.词数80词左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
An Outstanding Chinese Scientist I Admire
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【答案】范文
An Outstanding Chinese Scientist I Admire
Among the myriad of brilliant minds in contemporary China, I am deeply inspired by Dr. Tu Youyou, the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine. Her groundbreaking discovery of artemisinin, an effective treatment against malaria, has saved millions of lives worldwide, particularly in developing countries.
Dr. Tu’s achievement not only showcases the immense potential of traditional Chinese wisdom but also underscores the importance of perseverance and innovative thinking in scientific research. Her story inspires me to pursue my academic endeavors with an open mind, embracing both the past and the future.
第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15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。
“Have you brought the frog to school ” I whispered excitedly to my friend, John. It was early in the morning and my friends, John, Tom and I were already in school, discussing the prank(恶作剧)we were going to play on our class monitor, Jane. Laughing quietly, John reached for his bag, opened the bag and showed us the frog in his bag. Tom and I couldn't hold back the laughter, thinking about what would happen.
Ring! As soon as the bell rang, other students, including Jane, hurried out of the classroom. We had planned to put a frog in Jane's bag and scare her for telling Ms Tan, our headteacher, that we were playing in the classroom when there was no teacher in class. “This should teach her a lesson!” I thought, smiling to myself. Once we were the only ones left in the classroom, I took the frog from John's bag. Surveying around to make sure that no one was walking past our classroom, I put the frog into Jane's bag secretly.
“Please take out the homework I assigned you yesterday,” Ms Tan instructed after the break. Everyone started looking through their schoolbags for their homework. Out of the corner of my eye, I spied Jane bending down to open her bag. Glancing over at Tom and John, I saw them covering their mouths, trying to hide their laughter.
“Ahhh! There is a frog in my bag!” Jane screamed as the frog leapt(跳) out of her bag.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
She jumped onto her chair as she screamed in horror.
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Gathering all my courage, I decided to tell the truth.
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【答案】One possible version:
She jumped onto her chair as she screamed in horror. A few girls held their breath in shock and some rushed out of the classroom. The other classmates and I burst into laughter. I thought, “Serve you right, Jane! You should not have told Ms Tan about what we did!” “Silence!” Ms Tan shouted, glaring at all of us. Silence filled the classroom. “Who did this ” Seeing Jane still standing on her chair, her eyes widened and face pale, I felt regretful for what I had done suddenly.
Gathering all my courage, I decided to tell the truth. “…I did… it,” I said in a low voice. Ms Tan criticized me and commanded me to apologize and take back the frog. Following my lead, John and Tom stood up and apologized too. Fortunately, Jane forgave us willingly. I breathed a sigh of relief. That day, regret welled up within me as I thought about the prank I had played on poor Jane. My heart sank with guilt over how Jane had easily and kindly forgiven us. I realized that we should not have played a prank on such a kind girl.
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
You probably consider calorie (卡路里) burning with training. You can get great calorie burning effects with the following exercises.
Running
Running is one of the best calorie burners out there. An average person can burn anywhere from 500 to 1,000 calories in one hour of running. Speed and pace are all factors that can affect calorie burning. But running uses every muscle group in the body, allowing you to burn more calories.
High Intensity Interval (高强度间歇运动) Training (HIIT)
If you want intensity, HIIT is right for you. This physical exercise involves working hard in intervals, then resting. Because your heart rate will stay at a high level, you’ll burn more calories in less time. On average, a person will burn 400 to 600 calories in 30 minutes.
Jumping rope
This childhood activity can actually do wonders for your health. Jumping rope is great for strengthening the lower and upper body while training your balance and coordination (协调能力), because your mind has to work while you jump. Jumping rope can burn 600 to 1,000 calories in an hour.
Swimming
Swimming is a low-intensity form of exercise that also uses muscle groups of your body. In just 30 minutes of swimming, an average person can burn 200 to 300 calories. Swimming also helps to shape body, control blood pressure, and increase strength—all great reasons for you to jump into the water.
21. Which kind of exercise burns the most calories in an hour
A. Running. B. Swimming.
C. Jumping rope. D. High Intensity Interval Training.
22. Who may also be interested in the third exercise
A. Those who want to train their mind. B. Those who want to have good balance.
C. Those who want to control blood pressure. D. Those who want to do low-intensity activities.
23. What is the purpose of the text
A. To encourage people to compete in sports. B. To teach people how to do exercise.
C. To provide ways to burn calories. D. To promote a healthy lifestyle.
B
It’s not easy for me to forget the guy, whom I call Bean. For the past year and a half, I saw Bean almost every workday morning. In the beginning I ignored Bean. After all, he’s just a beggar (乞丐) on the freeway off-ramp (匝道) who traps people at a stoplight that seems to always be red.
Over time a few things dawned on (开始明白) me. The first was that it was always the same guy at this off-ramp. The next was that he never actually asked for anything. He just danced and waved at everyone. Then finally, and perhaps the most important, was that he was ALWAYS happy. Some days he was dancing and playing a guitar. Most days he’d wave a cardboard at cars, smiling.
Bean slowly became part of my morning routine. I noticed this one day, only because he wasn’t there and nobody danced and waved at me. I missed him. I’m worried that something had happened to him. I started to look for him every morning as I came down the ramp to that red light.
One morning, after one of these absences, I was so relieved to see him that it was like the sun had come out after a week-long storm. I sat at the red light, watching his morning dancing. I realized that I, too, was smiling and found myself waving back. Wow, something as small as a wave brought blessings to my whole day. I finished the drive to work that morning, feeling lighter and happier.
I remind you now. Look around you. Look at your life, your surroundings, and even just your grocery store with eyes that truly see. What magic lies in front of you Do you have a Bean in your life you haven’t noticed yet Watch for them. They will touch your life in ways you can’t even dream!
24. The author calls the beggar Bean probably because _____.
A. he looks like a bean
B it’s a name picked by the author at will
C. he makes the author think of Mr. Bean, the comedian
D. that’s his real name
25. What can we learn from the passage
A. The author never saw unhappiness on Bean’s face.
B. Bean caught the author’s attention at the beginning.
C. The beggar would ask drivers for money when the traffic light turned red.
D. The author came across Bean nearly every day in the past 1.5 years.
26. What does the underlined word “routine” probably mean here
A. An alarm clock.
B. A traffic sign.
C. An activity that you habitually do as part of your life.
D. A kind of exercise for better health.
27. Why did the author go and sit at the red light
A. Because he was stopped by a red light.
B. Because he felt close to the beggar.
C. Because Bean invited him to.
D. Because it was comfortable to sit there.
C
Nightmares could be reduced by hearing a sound while you sleep that you previously associated with a positive ending to a bad dream during therapy (治疗).
Up to 8 percent of people report having problems with nightmares. The standard treatment is image rehearsal therapy (IRT), which 30 percent of people don’t respond to. IRT involves repeating a previous nightmare but changing it to have a more positive ending. To aid memory recall, some treatments involve an individual hearing a specific sound as they form memories and then having this same sound played to them while they sleep. This is often done during the non-rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep, because dreams and nightmares are more common in REM sleep.
Testing the potential of this approach for nightmares, Lampros Perogamvros at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and his colleagues first divided 36 people who had more than one nightmare per week into two groups. Both groups were taught how to carry out IRT themselves at home, which they did for 5 minutes a day over two weeks. Only one group, however, listened to a neutral piano tone while they carried out their IRT. During these two weeks, both groups wore a head band every night that tracked their sleep stage by discovering brain activity. When they entered REM sleep, both groups were played the tone that only one group was exposed to during their at-home IRT. This tone was played at 10 second intervals. At the end of the two weeks, the two groups both reported having more positive dreams.
By carrying out this treatment in people’s homes, it could become a widespread intervention to relieve nightmares, says Mark Blagrove at Swansea University, UK. “You could not only have people treated with IRT in the clinician’s room, or therapist’s room, but people could possibly be sent home with these instruments that spot the stages of sleep and have the auditory (听觉的) signal that was played when they were doing IRT presented again during sleep.” he says.
28. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. IRT helps memory. B. IRT makes memories form.
C. Not all respond to IRT. D. The new treatment is popular.
29. How did Lampros and his colleagues test the potential of IRT
A. By analyzing data. B. By performing a survey.
C. By referring to documents. D. By conducting an experiment.
30. What is Mark Blagrove’s attitude towards the treatment
A. Unclear. B. Negative. C. Doubtful. D. Approving
31. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text
A. To share a discovery. B. To confirm a concept.
C. To offer a suggestion. D. To make an explanation.
D
Artificial intelligence(AI) models have long surpassed (超出) just creating text responses and images. Now, with only one sentence, OpenAI’s latest text-to-video model, Sora, can turn your words into video with good visual quality while completely following your content instructions (指令).
Sora is said to be better than many other existing models with similar functions. The AI model can create videos at suitable aspect ratios (屏幕高宽比) for different devices. It also lets users quickly test out content in lower quality before making the high-quality version, which helps speed up output according to the user’s requests.
Apart from this, its ability to present videos in a realistic and smooth manner is surprising. Sora can create detailed scenes with several characters, specific types of motion, and accurate (准确的) subject and background details. Beyond the user’s requests, it also understands how these elements exist in the real world. For example, reflections in the water change as a woman walks by.
However, the current model isn’t perfect. It may have trouble accurately showing how things move in a complicated (复杂的) scene and might not get how one action leads to another. For example, if someone eats part of a cookie in a Sora-made video, the cookie might not look like it’s been bitten into. The model might mix up directions and find it hard to describe events in the right order. One possible reason is that Sora learns each basic unit of a video, known as a spacetime patch (时空补丁), independently.
Sora is still in the testing stage of development. OpenAI is now inviting network security professionals to make random attacks on Sora’s system in order to test the model’s possible weaknesses and risks. Sora has also been open to some visual artists, designers and filmmakers. Their feedback will help OpenAI to improve the model to better serve creative professionals.
32 What is the main focus of paragraph 2 and 3
A. Sora’s strengths. B. Sora’s weaknesses.
C. Sora’s development. D. Sora’s popularity.
33. Why does the author provide the example in paragraph 4
A. To show Sora’s safety problems. B. To show Sora’s existing weaknesses.
C. To show Sora’s perfect performance. D. To explain the concept of a spacetime patch.
34. What can we know about Sora up to now
A. It has experienced testing and improvement.
B. It has enjoyed great popularity.
C. It has made random attacks.
D. It has been applied in various industries.
35. What’s the best title for the text
A. Sora: A perfect text-to-video AI model B. Sora: Surpass existing ChatGPT
C Sora: Known as a spacetime patch D. Sora: Lead the way in creating videos
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。
Attending a concert is an activity appealing to many. However, as a first-timer, you probably feel anxious about entering a heavily crowded space with overexcited music enthusiasts. The following tips may help you enjoy the experience.
Buy tickets in advance.
____36____, there’s a high chance that tickets may sell out before you can buy them if you don’t get a head start. In addition, ticket prices are likely to be lower during the pre-selling period.
Wear comfortable clothes.
Attending a concert will be an exhausting experience. ____37____. Thus it is vital that when you go to a concert, you dress comfortably. It is also essential to wear a pair of comfortable shoes.
____38____.
Waiting outside the venue for eight hours is not what you should do, but you should be reasonable and get to the venue ahead of time. Getting there early will have its own advantages. ____39____.
Have your phone fully charged.
You’ll want your phone fully charged for taking photos and videos, contacting any friends you’ll be attending with, booking a ride home, and other necessary tasks on the day of the concert. ____40____, consider packing a power bank just in case.
A. Head to the venue early
B. Research the venue ahead of time
C. You can find a good spot for yourself
D. If the concert is of music by a popular artist
E. Since there probably won’t be any plugs at the venue
F. Because you book your ticket from a reliable company
G. You may have to stand the whole night and wait in long queues
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。
Little Ali was a child born in a family with unimaginable ___41___ . He and his sister had only one pair of ___42___ .
Every day, her sister would put on the shoes they ___43___ in gym class, and after class, she would quickly run to their agreed spot, ___44___ the shoes and give them to him so that he could wear them to class. When they both had PE classes at the same time, only one of the two could wear shoes. Both his sister and he were punished more than once for not wearing sneakers. ___45___ their biggest dream was to have a pair of sneakers that didn’t need to be too beautiful, so that ___46___ of them would have to go barefoot during class.
For this dream, Ali ___47___ in the long-distance race, only because the prize of the third place was a pair of sneakers. He just wanted to finish ___48___ so he could get the shoes he wanted.
The competition was tough and Ali was ___49___ over more than once. But in order to win the race, he endured the pain to get up and run again, with only the shoes he had to get in his eyes. The rapid breathing made his chest ache and he was even _____50_____ , but he knew he had to persevere, and _____51_____ by persevering to the end could he get his sister to put on her shoes.
He _____52_____ one person after another, and in desperation, he won first. When all the teachers were ecstatic to _____53_____ him, and the organizer arranged for famous people to take photos with him, he was sad and shed tears. Although he got a _____54_____ prize, that was not what Ali needed most.
Not only did he miss the shoes of his dream, but he found the only pair of shoes on his feet _____55_____. Ali had mixed feelings. Deep inside, he knew the bottom line for his happiness was a much-needed pair of shoes.
41. A. wealth B. sadness C. poverty D. illness
42. A. glasses B. shoes C. pants D. gloves
43. A. bought B. liked C. found D. shared
44. A. take off B. put on C. pick up D. tear open
45. A. But B. Yet C. So D. Because
46. A. both B. neither C. either D. none
47. A. absorbed B. gave C. caught D. participated
48. A. best B. first C. last D. third
49. A. pushed B. moved C. looked D. handed
50 A. out of breath B. in one breath C. out of reach D. within reach
51. A. hardly B. heavily C. only D. slowly
52. A. surpassed B. failed C. hit D. dropped
53. A. celebrate B. congratulate C. comfort D. confirm
54. A. smaller B. further C. bigger D. worse
55. A. went out B. burned out C. taken out D. worn out
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。
Shecna Southall, a 22-year-old student, was eager to test her limit when she agreed ____56____ (appear) on a TV show. It has been described as one of the most interesting ____57____ (show) in the world.
She saw an advertisement, ____58____ said, “Do you want to make some quick cash and do you want to travel ” She talked to ____59____ (her), “Why don’t I have a try I’m always looking for an opportunity to test myself.” So, she applied for the job, went for an interview, ____60____ got it. At the interview, she explained how she was prepared for any challenges. Then, just as she was leaving ____61____ Singapore, she found out that she was going to become a skyscraper (摩天大楼) window cleaner.
The job was ____62____ (challenge). She had to pull herself up and down, carrying heavy water buckets (桶). If she didn’t clean the windows ____63____ (proper), they would tell her to go back and do it again. But she admits the experience has changed her. After she got back from Singapore, she finished her studies and ____64____ (graduate). She started hunting for a job that would be both exciting and tough. Shecna says, “Nothing will ever be as exciting and scary as that _____65_____ (one) day of cleaning windows up in the air. But if you don’t face your fears and accept what life offers you, how will you know what you are capable of It’s been the best experience of my life so far.”
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，你们学校正在举办主题为“用外语讲好中国故事”的征文活动。请你以一位做出杰出贡献的当代中国科学家为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.人物简介及事迹;
2.意义或启示。
注意：1.词数80词左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
An Outstanding Chinese Scientist I Admire
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第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15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。
“Have you brought the frog to school ” I whispered excitedly to my friend, John. It was early in the morning and my friends, John, Tom and I were already in school, discussing the prank(恶作剧)we were going to play on our class monitor, Jane. Laughing quietly, John reached for his bag, opened the bag and showed us the frog in his bag. Tom and I couldn't hold back the laughter, thinking about what would happen.
Ring! As soon as the bell rang, other students, including Jane, hurried out of the classroom. We had planned to put a frog in Jane's bag and scare her for telling Ms Tan, our headteacher, that we were playing in the classroom when there was no teacher in class. “This should teach her a lesson!” I thought, smiling to myself. Once we were the only ones left in the classroom, I took the frog from John's bag. Surveying around to make sure that no one was walking past our classroom, I put the frog into Jane's bag secretly.
“Please take out the homework I assigned you yesterday,” Ms Tan instructed after the break. Everyone started looking through their schoolbags for their homework. Out of the corner of my eye, I spied Jane bending down to open her bag. Glancing over at Tom and John, I saw them covering their mouths, trying to hide their laughter.
“Ahhh! There is a frog in my bag!” Jane screamed as the frog leapt(跳) out of her bag.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
She jumped onto her chair as she screamed in horror.
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Gathering all my courage, I decided to tell the truth.
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答案版
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
You probably consider calorie (卡路里) burning with training. You can get great calorie burning effects with the following exercises.
Running
Running is one of the best calorie burners out there. An average person can burn anywhere from 500 to 1,000 calories in one hour of running. Speed and pace are all factors that can affect calorie burning. But running uses every muscle group in the body, allowing you to burn more calories.
High Intensity Interval (高强度间歇运动) Training (HIIT)
If you want intensity, HIIT is right for you. This physical exercise involves working hard in intervals, then resting. Because your heart rate will stay at a high level, you’ll burn more calories in less time. On average, a person will burn 400 to 600 calories in 30 minutes.
Jumping rope
This childhood activity can actually do wonders for your health. Jumping rope is great for strengthening the lower and upper body while training your balance and coordination (协调能力), because your mind has to work while you jump. Jumping rope can burn 600 to 1,000 calories in an hour.
Swimming
Swimming is a low-intensity form of exercise that also uses muscle groups of your body. In just 30 minutes of swimming, an average person can burn 200 to 300 calories. Swimming also helps to shape body, control blood pressure, and increase strength—all great reasons for you to jump into the water.
21. Which kind of exercise burns the most calories in an hour
A. Running. B. Swimming.
C. Jumping rope. D. High Intensity Interval Training.
22. Who may also be interested in the third exercise
A. Those who want to train their mind. B. Those who want to have good balance.
C. Those who want to control blood pressure. D. Those who want to do low-intensity activities.
23. What is the purpose of the text
A. To encourage people to compete in sports. B. To teach people how to do exercise.
C. To provide ways to burn calories. D. To promote a healthy lifestyle.
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. C
B
It’s not easy for me to forget the guy, whom I call Bean. For the past year and a half, I saw Bean almost every workday morning. In the beginning I ignored Bean. After all, he’s just a beggar (乞丐) on the freeway off-ramp (匝道) who traps people at a stoplight that seems to always be red.
Over time a few things dawned on (开始明白) me. The first was that it was always the same guy at this off-ramp. The next was that he never actually asked for anything. He just danced and waved at everyone. Then finally, and perhaps the most important, was that he was ALWAYS happy. Some days he was dancing and playing a guitar. Most days he’d wave a cardboard at cars, smiling.
Bean slowly became part of my morning routine. I noticed this one day, only because he wasn’t there and nobody danced and waved at me. I missed him. I’m worried that something had happened to him. I started to look for him every morning as I came down the ramp to that red light.
One morning, after one of these absences, I was so relieved to see him that it was like the sun had come out after a week-long storm. I sat at the red light, watching his morning dancing. I realized that I, too, was smiling and found myself waving back. Wow, something as small as a wave brought blessings to my whole day. I finished the drive to work that morning, feeling lighter and happier.
I remind you now. Look around you. Look at your life, your surroundings, and even just your grocery store with eyes that truly see. What magic lies in front of you Do you have a Bean in your life you haven’t noticed yet Watch for them. They will touch your life in ways you can’t even dream!
24. The author calls the beggar Bean probably because _____.
A. he looks like a bean
B. it’s a name picked by the author at will
C. he makes the author think of Mr. Bean, the comedian
D. that’s his real name
25. What can we learn from the passage
A. The author never saw unhappiness on Bean’s face.
B. Bean caught the author’s attention at the beginning.
C. The beggar would ask drivers for money when the traffic light turned red.
D. The author came across Bean nearly every day in the past 1.5 years.
26. What does the underlined word “routine” probably mean here
A. An alarm clock.
B. A traffic sign.
C. An activity that you habitually do as part of your life.
D. A kind of exercise for better health.
27. Why did the author go and sit at the red light
A. Because he was stopped by a red light.
B. Because he felt close to the beggar.
C. Because Bean invited him to.
D. Because it was comfortable to sit there.
【答案】24. C 25. A 26. C 27. B
C
Nightmares could be reduced by hearing a sound while you sleep that you previously associated with a positive ending to a bad dream during therapy (治疗).
Up to 8 percent of people report having problems with nightmares. The standard treatment is image rehearsal therapy (IRT), which 30 percent of people don’t respond to. IRT involves repeating a previous nightmare but changing it to have a more positive ending. To aid memory recall, some treatments involve an individual hearing a specific sound as they form memories and then having this same sound played to them while they sleep. This is often done during the non-rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep, because dreams and nightmares are more common in REM sleep.
Testing the potential of this approach for nightmares, Lampros Perogamvros at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and his colleagues first divided 36 people who had more than one nightmare per week into two groups. Both groups were taught how to carry out IRT themselves at home, which they did for 5 minutes a day over two weeks. Only one group, however, listened to a neutral piano tone while they carried out their IRT. During these two weeks, both groups wore a head band every night that tracked their sleep stage by discovering brain activity. When they entered REM sleep, both groups were played the tone that only one group was exposed to during their at-home IRT. This tone was played at 10 second intervals. At the end of the two weeks, the two groups both reported having more positive dreams.
By carrying out this treatment in people’s homes, it could become a widespread intervention to relieve nightmares, says Mark Blagrove at Swansea University, UK. “You could not only have people treated with IRT in the clinician’s room, or therapist’s room, but people could possibly be sent home with these instruments that spot the stages of sleep and have the auditory (听觉的) signal that was played when they were doing IRT presented again during sleep.” he says.
28. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. IRT helps memory. B. IRT makes memories form.
C. Not all respond to IRT. D. The new treatment is popular.
29. How did Lampros and his colleagues test the potential of IRT
A. By analyzing data. B. By performing a survey.
C. By referring to documents. D. By conducting an experiment.
30. What is Mark Blagrove’s attitude towards the treatment
A. Unclear. B. Negative. C. Doubtful. D. Approving
31. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text
A. To share a discovery. B. To confirm a concept.
C. To offer a suggestion. D. To make an explanation.
【答案】28. C 29. D 30. D 31. A
D
Artificial intelligence(AI) models have long surpassed (超出) just creating text responses and images. Now, with only one sentence, OpenAI’s latest text-to-video model, Sora, can turn your words into video with good visual quality while completely following your content instructions (指令).
Sora is said to be better than many other existing models with similar functions. The AI model can create videos at suitable aspect ratios (屏幕高宽比) for different devices. It also lets users quickly test out content in lower quality before making the high-quality version, which helps speed up output according to the user’s requests.
Apart from this, its ability to present videos in a realistic and smooth manner is surprising. Sora can create detailed scenes with several characters, specific types of motion, and accurate (准确的) subject and background details. Beyond the user’s requests, it also understands how these elements exist in the real world. For example, reflections in the water change as a woman walks by.
However, the current model isn’t perfect. It may have trouble accurately showing how things move in a complicated (复杂的) scene and might not get how one action leads to another. For example, if someone eats part of a cookie in a Sora-made video, the cookie might not look like it’s been bitten into. The model might mix up directions and find it hard to describe events in the right order. One possible reason is that Sora learns each basic unit of a video, known as a spacetime patch (时空补丁), independently.
Sora is still in the testing stage of development. OpenAI is now inviting network security professionals to make random attacks on Sora’s system in order to test the model’s possible weaknesses and risks. Sora has also been open to some visual artists, designers and filmmakers. Their feedback will help OpenAI to improve the model to better serve creative professionals.
32. What is the main focus of paragraph 2 and 3
A. Sora’s strengths. B. Sora’s weaknesses.
C. Sora’s development. D. Sora’s popularity.
33. Why does the author provide the example in paragraph 4
A. To show Sora’s safety problems. B. To show Sora’s existing weaknesses.
C. To show Sora’s perfect performance. D. To explain the concept of a spacetime patch.
34. What can we know about Sora up to now
A. It has experienced testing and improvement.
B. It has enjoyed great popularity.
C. It has made random attacks.
D. It has been applied in various industries.
35. What’s the best title for the text
A. Sora: A perfect text-to-video AI model B. Sora: Surpass existing ChatGPT
C. Sora: Known as a spacetime patch D. Sora: Lead the way in creating videos
【答案】32. A 33. B 34. A 35. 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。
Attending a concert is an activity appealing to many. However, as a first-timer, you probably feel anxious about entering a heavily crowded space with overexcited music enthusiasts. The following tips may help you enjoy the experience.
Buy tickets in advance.
____36____, there’s a high chance that tickets may sell out before you can buy them if you don’t get a head start. In addition, ticket prices are likely to be lower during the pre-selling period.
Wear comfortable clothes.
Attending a concert will be an exhausting experience. ____37____. Thus, it is vital that when you go to a concert, you dress comfortably. It is also essential to wear a pair of comfortable shoes.
____38____.
Waiting outside the venue for eight hours is not what you should do, but you should be reasonable and get to the venue ahead of time. Getting there early will have its own advantages. ____39____.
Have your phone fully charged.
You’ll want your phone fully charged for taking photos and videos, contacting any friends you’ll be attending with, booking a ride home, and other necessary tasks on the day of the concert. ____40____, consider packing a power bank just in case.
A. Head to the venue early
B. Research the venue ahead of time
C. You can find a good spot for yourself
D. If the concert is of music by a popular artist
E. Since there probably won’t be any plugs at the venue
F. Because you book your ticket from a reliable company
G. You may have to stand the whole night and wait in long queues
【答案】36. D 37. G 38. A 39. C 40. E
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。
Little Ali was a child born in a family with unimaginable ___41___ . He and his sister had only one pair of ___42___ .
Every day, her sister would put on the shoes they ___43___ in gym class, and after class, she would quickly run to their agreed spot, ___44___ the shoes and give them to him so that he could wear them to class. When they both had PE classes at the same time, only one of the two could wear shoes. Both his sister and he were punished more than once for not wearing sneakers. ___45___ their biggest dream was to have a pair of sneakers that didn’t need to be too beautiful, so that ___46___ of them would have to go barefoot during class.
For this dream, Ali ___47___ in the long-distance race, only because the prize of the third place was a pair of sneakers. He just wanted to finish ___48___ so he could get the shoes he wanted.
The competition was tough and Ali was ___49___ over more than once. But in order to win the race, he endured the pain to get up and run again, with only the shoes he had to get in his eyes. The rapid breathing made his chest ache and he was even _____50_____ , but he knew he had to persevere, and _____51_____ by persevering to the end could he get his sister to put on her shoes.
He _____52_____ one person after another, and in desperation, he won first. When all the teachers were ecstatic to _____53_____ him, and the organizer arranged for famous people to take photos with him, he was sad and shed tears. Although he got a _____54_____ prize, that was not what Ali needed most.
Not only did he miss the shoes of his dream, but he found the only pair of shoes on his feet _____55_____. Ali had mixed feelings. Deep inside, he knew the bottom line for his happiness was a much-needed pair of shoes.
41. A. wealth B. sadness C. poverty D. illness
42. A. glasses B. shoes C. pants D. gloves
43. A. bought B. liked C. found D. shared
44. A. take off B. put on C. pick up D. tear open
45. A. But B. Yet C. So D. Because
46. A. both B. neither C. either D. none
47. A. absorbed B. gave C. caught D. participated
48. A. best B. first C. last D. third
49. A. pushed B. moved C. looked D. handed
50. A. out of breath B. in one breath C. out of reach D. within reach
51. A. hardly B. heavily C. only D. slowly
52. A. surpassed B. failed C. hit D. dropped
53. A. celebrate B. congratulate C. comfort D. confirm
54. A. smaller B. further C. bigger D. worse
55. A. went out B. burned out C. taken out D. worn out
【答案】41. C 42. B 43. D 44. A 45. C 46. B 47. D 48. D 49. A 50. A 51. C 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. D
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。
Shecna Southall, a 22-year-old student, was eager to test her limit when she agreed ____56____ (appear) on a TV show. It has been described as one of the most interesting ____57____ (show) in the world.
She saw an advertisement, ____58____ said, “Do you want to make some quick cash and do you want to travel ” She talked to ____59____ (her), “Why don’t I have a try I’m always looking for an opportunity to test myself.” So, she applied for the job, went for an interview, ____60____ got it. At the interview, she explained how she was prepared for any challenges. Then, just as she was leaving ____61____ Singapore, she found out that she was going to become a skyscraper (摩天大楼) window cleaner.
The job was ____62____ (challenge). She had to pull herself up and down, carrying heavy water buckets (桶). If she didn’t clean the windows ____63____ (proper), they would tell her to go back and do it again. But she admits the experience has changed her. After she got back from Singapore, she finished her studies and ____64____ (graduate). She started hunting for a job that would be both exciting and tough. Shecna says, “Nothing will ever be as exciting and scary as that _____65_____ (one) day of cleaning windows up in the air. But if you don’t face your fears and accept what life offers you, how will you know what you are capable of It’s been the best experience of my life so far.”
【答案】56. to appear
57. shows 58. which
59. herself
60. and 61. for
62. challenging
63. properly
64. graduated
65. first
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，你们学校正在举办主题为“用外语讲好中国故事”的征文活动。请你以一位做出杰出贡献的当代中国科学家为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.人物简介及事迹;
2.意义或启示。
注意：1.词数80词左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
An Outstanding Chinese Scientist I Admire
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【答案】范文
An Outstanding Chinese Scientist I Admire
Among the myriad of brilliant minds in contemporary China, I am deeply inspired by Dr. Tu Youyou, the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine. Her groundbreaking discovery of artemisinin, an effective treatment against malaria, has saved millions of lives worldwide, particularly in developing countries.
Dr. Tu’s achievement not only showcases the immense potential of traditional Chinese wisdom but also underscores the importance of perseverance and innovative thinking in scientific research. Her story inspires me to pursue my academic endeavors with an open mind, embracing both the past and the future.
第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15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。
“Have you brought the frog to school ” I whispered excitedly to my friend, John. It was early in the morning and my friends, John, Tom and I were already in school, discussing the prank(恶作剧)we were going to play on our class monitor, Jane. Laughing quietly, John reached for his bag, opened the bag and showed us the frog in his bag. Tom and I couldn't hold back the laughter, thinking about what would happen.
Ring! As soon as the bell rang, other students, including Jane, hurried out of the classroom. We had planned to put a frog in Jane's bag and scare her for telling Ms Tan, our headteacher, that we were playing in the classroom when there was no teacher in class. “This should teach her a lesson!” I thought, smiling to myself. Once we were the only ones left in the classroom, I took the frog from John's bag. Surveying around to make sure that no one was walking past our classroom, I put the frog into Jane's bag secretly.
“Please take out the homework I assigned you yesterday,” Ms Tan instructed after the break. Everyone started looking through their schoolbags for their homework. Out of the corner of my eye, I spied Jane bending down to open her bag. Glancing over at Tom and John, I saw them covering their mouths, trying to hide their laughter.
“Ahhh! There is a frog in my bag!” Jane screamed as the frog leapt(跳) out of her bag.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
She jumped onto her chair as she screamed in horror.
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Gathering all my courage, I decided to tell the truth.
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【答案】One possible version:
She jumped onto her chair as she screamed in horror. A few girls held their breath in shock and some rushed out of the classroom. The other classmates and I burst into laughter. I thought, “Serve you right, Jane! You should not have told Ms Tan about what we did!” “Silence!” Ms Tan shouted, glaring at all of us. Silence filled the classroom. “Who did this ” Seeing Jane still standing on her chair, her eyes widened and face pale, I felt regretful for what I had done suddenly.
Gathering all my courage, I decided to tell the truth. “…I did… it,” I said in a low voice. Ms Tan criticized me and commanded me to apologize and take back the frog. Following my lead, John and Tom stood up and apologized too. Fortunately, Jane forgave us willingly. I breathed a sigh of relief. That day, regret welled up within me as I thought about the prank I had played on poor Jane. My heart sank with guilt over how Jane had easily and kindly forgiven us. I realized that we should not have played a prank on such a kind girl.
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