海南中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试
英语试题
满分：150分，考试时间：120分钟
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
注意，听力部分答题时请先将答案标在试卷上，听力部分结束前你将有两分钟的时间将答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1.Where did the woman go yesterday
A. To her sister’s house. B. To the man’s house. C. To the hospital.
2.What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Boss and secretary. B. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student.
3.When will the speakers go to see the play
A. On Sunday. B. On Saturday. C. On Friday.
4.What should the man do
A. Take some medicine. B. Have a good rest. C. Receive an operation.
5.How does the girl feel about the exam tomorrow
A. Confident. B. Nervous. C. Confused.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.What are the speakers doing
A.Sharing their travel experiences. B.Discussing travel on the phone. C.Talking about Shandong history.
7. Where do the speakers decide to go
A. To Jinan. B. To Qingdao. C.ToZibo.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8.How old is the United Nations in 2024
A.83 years old. B. 48 years old. C. 79 years old.
9.Which of the following is the celebration of the man’s school
A. Having a food festival. B. Doing voluntary work. C. Singing the school song.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.What will the speakers do this weekend
A.Go shopping. B. See a play. C. Go on a picnic.
11.What is the man’s attitude to cooking their own food in Tava
A.Scared. B. Uncertain. C. Negative.
12.Why do the speakers ask more friends
A. To play football there. B. To share delicious food. C. To play volleyball there.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13.Where does the man plan to volunteer
A.In Beijing. B. In Utah. C. In Washington.
14.What does the man hope to do as a volunteer
A.Protect desert wildlife. B. Protect sea animals. C. Teach in a primary school.
15.How many times has the woman volunteered
A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.
16.When will the man finish his voluntary work
A.On October 1st this year. B.On December 1st this year. C.On June 30th next year.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.What did the speaker do last Sunday
A.He went shopping in a supermarket.
B.He saved a motorbike driver by chance.
C.He visited a motorbike driver in hospital.
18.How did the speaker go to hospital
A. By ambulance. B. By motorbike. C. By taxi.
19.Who paid for the medicine
A. The motorbike driver. B. The speaker himself. C. The speaker’s friend.
20.What is the speaker talking about
A. An unforgettable personal experience.
B. A serious accident that he witnessed.
C. A story of a lucky motorbike driver.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Depths of our Earth hold great wonders. Below we explore four deepest places on Earth.
Veryovkina Cave, Georgia
Its entrance is located 2,285 meters above sea level. In 2018, scientists reached its bottom at 2,212 meters down. They squeezed through tiny openings to get from one cave to another. Rockfalls and floods waited secretly at every turn. Scientists could develop new medicines from microorganisms found in cave samples. Caves also record ancient life and past climates.
The Mariana Trench, the Pacific Ocean
The Mariana Trench, with the maximum depth of 11,034 meters, is the deepest part of Earth’s surface. Pressure there is intolerable, but creatures like sea cucumbers (海参) still exist. Scientists exploring it can gain deeper insights into how plates (板块) move and why earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
The Dead Sea, the Middle East
The Dead Sea is the lowest point on land at about 1,400 feet (about 400 meters) below sea level. It’s nearly ten times saltier than ocean water, so you literally can’t sink in the Dead Sea! Scientists think it could go dry in a few decades. Despite its name, the Dead Sea holds life. A few kinds of algae (藻类) and bacteria love its salty water.
Lake Baikal, Russia
At the depth of 1,642 meters, Lake Baikal is the deepest inland body of water. The Baikal seal is the only known seal that lives in this world’s deepest freshwater lake. Scientists study the lake not only for the solid stuff beneath it that records climate history but because ifs in a zone where a plate is splitting apart, causing earthquakes.
21.What do we know about Veryovkina Cave
A.It was discovered in 2018. B.Its pressure is far from bearable.
C. It is risky to explore. D.Its samples are of little practical value.
22.Where should scientists go to better know earth movement
A. Georgia & Russia. B.Russia & the Pacific Ocean.
C. Georgia & the Pacific Ocean. D.The Middle East & Russia.
23.What do the four places have in common
A. They have some sign of life. B. They are over a thousand meters deep.
C. They are results of climate change. D. They are all below sea level.
B
In 1957 a group of physicists gathered in a lecture hall to be addressed by a Chinese American woman. As she told her recent experiment and its results, the response was dead silence for two minutes, then a thunderous applause continued for ten minutes. The woman was Chien-Shiung Wu, known as the First Lady of Physics, who transformed nuclear science through her work on the Manhattan Project and other groundbreaking experiments.
Born in 1912, Wu was unlike many Chinese women of her time, and received a formal education. Fascinated by new discoveries and the story of women scientists, she entered the university to study physics and began scientific studies.
It was a time of rapid change in both the field of physics and China. Domestic unrest and a bad relationship with Japan made life at home uneasy. With the help of an uncle, she immigrated to the United States for graduate school.
Wu planned to go to the University of Michigan, but a tour of the University of California, Berkeley—and word that a student center at Michigan did not allow female students to enter through the front door—changed her mind. At Berkeley Wu was visible for her gender and race, her male colleagues commenting as much on her appearance as her keen mind. She quickly gained a reputation and became an expert in the newly discovered phenomenon of nuclear fission (核裂变).
After graduation, she headed to Smith College to teach women physics. During World War Two Wu went to Princeton University, where she became the physics departments first female instructor. But shortly after her arrival, her career took an unexpected turn in 1944. She ended up joining the staff at Columbia University on a top-secret research program now known as the Manhattan Project.
24.Which word best describes the lecture in Paragraph 1
A. Boring. B. Humorous. C. Excellent. D. Common.
25.What inspired Wu to study physics
A. The formal education she received. B. The success of women scientists.
C. The background of her family. D. The rapid change in the field of physics.
26.What happened to Wu in America
A.She was looked down on at Berkeley.
B.She went to the University of Michigan at first.
C.She taught women physics at Princeton University.
D.She joined a top-secret research program at Columbia University.
27.Which of the following best describes Wu as a scientist
A. Modest and independent. B. Creative and warm-hearted.
C. Responsible and cautious. D. Committed and ambitious.
C
Yellowstone National Park is boiling. Scientists agree the Yellowstone super volcano is unlikely to blow anytime soon. Should it erupt, it would be a disaster. The eruption would shoot out enough rock and ash to cover most of the United States.
So in 2017, NASA scientists ran a thought experiment to see if they could stop a future super-eruption. The team came up with the idea of drilling a series of wells around the edge of the park and pumping cold water down into the hot rock. This would cool the boiling rock and prevent a disaster. As a bonus, the system would provide enough geothermal (地热的) energy to power the entire country. The idea, however, hasreached a standstill. Yellowstone and other national parks have long been protected from commercial energy development to ensure that these regions remain untouched.
Nowhere has geothermal energy had a greater effect on the environment than in New Zealand. Much like Yellowstone, the Wairakei Basin of the country was once a bubbling scene where 70 geysers periodically fired jets of water into the air. That is, until 1958, when a geothermal power plant was developed nearby. Today, Wairakei does not host a single geyser. The power plant destroyed all 70 of them, along with 240 hot springs.
Should a project like this take place at the edges of Yellowstone National Park, it could easily leave the surface features untouched and still drill deep enough to generate geothermal power. Indeed, that was NASA’s supposed solution.
But Richards does not like the idea. Even if a geothermal power plant did not destroy the region’s features—from geysers and hot springs to mud pots—the plant would not go unnoticed in such an untouched area.
28.Why did the NASA scientists carry out the study
A.To discover more clean and sustainable energy.
B.To estimate Yellowstone super volcano’s danger.
C.To seek how to prevent a future volcanic eruption.
D.To drill wells to provide easier access to hot water.
29.What does the underlined phrase “reached a standstill” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Come to a temporary stop. B. Won governmental approval.
C. Led to a major breakthrough. D. Aroused much public concern.
30.What happened to geysers in the Wairakei Basin since a power plant was built
A. They disappeared completely. B. They mixed with hot springs.
C. They became more powerful. D. They were put into better use.
31.Why does Richards disapprove of building a power plant there
A.It could destroy the geysers in the park. B.It would conflict with NASA’s solution.
C.It might result in violent volcanic emptions. D.It would hurt the original scenery of the park.
D
China is betting on its successful hybrid rice varieties to fight food shortage in Africa.“We’re no longer suffering from hunger,” 55-year-old Georges Smith, a Madagascan farmer who took the lead in planting Chinese hybrid rice in his town of Mahitsy. Georges told Xinhua that he hoped that all Madagascan farmers would use the seeds to raise their living standards.
China has been helping African countries develop productive rice farming for years with its hybrid rice. For farmers on the continent like Georges, they are “very grateful” to the Chinese as the hybrid rice is the key to better food security and higher incomes.
In May, the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Centre opened a research centre in Madagascar to select hybrid rice varieties based on the island nation’s diverse ecological environment, in an effort to find more productive crops for a continent long troubled by insufficient grain output.
In the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi, Chinese expert Wang Xuemin stood in a rice field, surrounded by green rice plants, “This year, we are using a new technology,” he said, adding that it “can significantly reduce labour and other costs”. “The land, climate and rice farming methods in Nigeria are very different from those in China. We had a lot of problems at the beginning,” said the 51-year-old who has been in Nigeria for 16 years.
In 2006, after Wang and his colleagues had sown the seeds, their field management techniques and large-scale farming equipment could not adapt to the operating environment and hundreds of hectares of rice fields were almost completely taken over by weeds. “We came to realize that blindly copying the Chinese model is not feasible (可行的).It is necessary to constantly innovate our techniques to fit the local situation in Africa,” he said.
After more than ten years of research and innovation, the Nigerian farm now becomes a major training and mechanized production centre in the country, training more than 1,000 farmers and agricultural machinery management staff.
32.What’s the attitude of African fanners about Chinese hybrid rice
A. Full of gratitude. B. A little skeptical. C. Extremely curious. D. Much disappointed.
33.What can we infer from what Wang Xuemin said
A.Chinese technology of hybrid rice can’t be applied in Africa.
B.Different technologies should be applied to different areas.
C.Chinese experts contribute to raising African living standards.
D.Chinese technology can be used all over the world.
34.How long did it take for the Nigerian farm to be a modem production centre
A. More than ten decades. B. Less than a year.
C. Over a decade. D. Less than ten years.
35.What’s the best title of the text
A.Africans Fight Food Shortage with Chinese
B.China’s Hybrid Rice Sows Hope for Africa
C.Chinese Hybrid Rice Research Has Not Been Open in Africa
D.The Sowing of Hybrid Rice Should Vary from Countries
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。
Matilda Browne (1869-1947) was a successful artist in the early 20th century. Unfortunately, few people know her name or her art today.
Matilda Browne showed promising artistic talent early in her life. Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, she got an introduction to art by watching her neighbor, painter Thomas Moran. Her parents supported their budding young artist. 36 And it paid off. Matilda Browne participated in her first major exhibition when she was just twelve years old.
Browne loved to paint animals, especially cows and other animals. 37 Her bold brushwork gave her paintings a live appearance. Her style is best described as Impressionism.
Matilda Browne quickly became a respected and successful artist. Her list of honours opened doors that would have been otherwise inaccessible for a female artist of her time. As an adult, she moved to Connecticut, where she painted in Old Lyme. 38 She even had the honor of painting a door of their workshop. Some sources say that her good sense of humor helped her fit in with the boys, while others claim that her seriousness is what won them over. 39
Browne was a successful artist throughout her life. She won numerous awards and exhibited in many important shows. However, very few people know about her today. This is a more common story for female artists than one might think. So, why has Browne faded into being unknown 40 She was American, while books about American Impressionists tend to focus on the male artists.
A.She was the only woman accepted into the male artists’ circle there.
B.It was her artistic style that hadn’t aroused people’s interest.
C.Her impressive skill brought her under everyone’s notice.
D.She also painted many flowers in colorful garden landscapes.
E.It could result from her double minority — in gender and nationality.
F.Her mother took her to Europe for training while she was quite young.
G.Either way, her great skill as a painter made these other artists take notice.
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。
Rani’s mind lit up like a light bulb (灵光一现) as she turned on her shower the night her school class was tasked with finding ways to save water. As the 14-year-old stood there, 41 the water to reach the perfect temperature, a bright idea 42 her.
Looking at the water 43 the drain, Rani was shocked by the wastage that 44 during this waiting period. Determined to make a 45, she set out tocreate a device that could 46 water. And so, the Aqua Loop was born —aninnovation that would 47 the attention of leading inventors across the country.
Made from circuit boards (电路板), pipes, a button, and solenoid valves (电磁阀), the Aqua Loop was designed to 48 the temperature of shower water, wait until the water reaches a comfortable temperature, and then 49 release it from the showerhead, preventing unnecessary 50. And then the water wouldgo back to the hot water system or its source.
Rani, a Year Seven student, sourced her 51 in water conservation from her upbringing in a rural village on the New South Wales mid-north coast. However, it was the 52 set by her school. The Nature School in Port Macquarie, that led to her surprising 53— she had been wasting over 5 liters of water per shower.
With a household of just four people, this meant an average wastage of 2,628 liters per year due to waiting 54. Rani’s invention had the potential to make ahuge impact on water conservation, especially considering that there was no 55 showerhead device available to do the job in Australia at the time.
41.A. checking out B. jumping into C. waiting for D. switching off
42.A. struck B. pressured C. scared D.shook
43. A. remaining in B. passing through C. flowing down D. coining from
44.A. ceased B. occurred C. disappeared D. changed
45.A. promise B. difference C. plan D. rule
46.A. heat B. bring C. clean D. save
47.A. command B. escape C. require D. catch
48.A. lower B. monitor C. keep D. present
49.A. cleverly B. naturally C, secretly D. partly
50.A. suffering B. harm C. cost D. waste
51.A. interest B. trust C. doubt D. failure
52.A. mode B. record C. example D. challenge
53.A. achievement B. realization C. responsibility D. disappointment
54.A. otherwise B. again C. alone D. anyway
55. A. mobile B. beautiful C. specific D. luxurious
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。
As a teacher, I try to know what each student is thinking about by watching their body language. 56 (recognize) whether students are interested in a lesson is easy. Most students tend to lean towards 57 they are interested in. If a student looks down at his watch, it 58 (imply) he is bored. If two friends are leaning their heads together, they are 59 (probable) writing notes to each other.
Some students are easy 60 (distract). Instead of looking at me, they spend all their time looking anywhere. Then again, some students prefer daydreaming. With their chins on their hands, they occupy 61 (them) by staring out of thewindow or 62 at the ceiling. In these cases, these distracted students should be reminded to concentrate.
Distinguishing when students are troubled is much63 (hard). If students have their arms crossed in front of their chests and their legs closed or crossed, it shows they are angry, afraid, or experiencing 64 (anxious). Finally, it is my duty to help every student to learn and I adjust class activities according to their body language. In my opinion, reacting to body language is 65 important component of being a teacher.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
你校英语报跨文化专栏本周以“Body Language”为主题向同学们征稿，请你根据以下内容写一篇英语短文投稿，要点如下：
1.肢体语言的作用
2.举例说明肢体语言在不同文化中的差异
3.肢体语言的重要性
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
第二节（满分25分）
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。
Ava, a fifth-grader, longed for a cell phone like her peers but had to wait until she was thirteen. To persuade her parents, she wrote an essay, showing she was mature (成熟的)enough for a cell phone. Her parents, impressed, gave her an old phone.
“Ava,” her dad said seriously, “a cell phone isn’t just for fun and games. It’s a significant responsibility. You must keep your phone safe. You must silence it in public spaces. You must…” He listed all of the ways that she had to be responsible with her phone. But Ava, too busy with choosing the perfect wallpaper, downloading apps, and chatting with her best friend Sarah, only half-listened.
Over the weekend, Sarah’s mom took the girls to a movie. Normally Ava avoided horror films, but Sarah’s begging words with funny memes (表情包) had somehow convinced Ava that the movie might actually be enjoyable. Before the movie started, Sarah’s mom instructed the girls to silence their phones out of respect for others. As the movie’s tension built, Ava found herself growing increasingly uncomfortable. “I need to go to the bathroom,” Ava whispered to Sarah.
After the movie, while waiting for Sarah’s mom to fetch the car, Ava felt a sinking feeling. “I can’t find my phone!” she yelled, checking all her pockets. Panic-stricken, Ava searched her bag, but her phone was gone. Ava got into the car, her stomach felt twisted.
“Are you going to tell your parents ” Sarah whispered to Ava on their ride back. Ava was silent, her thoughts going wild with what might happen. She could imagine her parents, disappointed feces and mean words. She feared that this incident might lead to her parents taking away the privilege of having a phone altogether.
As they arrived, Ava climbed out of the car and walked home slowly, her heart heavy with what had happened.
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。
The moment Ava walked in, her parents greeted her with a smile. ___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Then her parents drove Ava back to the cinema. _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
海南中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试
英语参考答案
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
1—5 CCABA 6—10 BBCAC 11—15 BCBAB 16—20 CACBA
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
(A) 21-23 CBA
(B) 24-27 CBDD
(C) 28-31 CAAD
(D) 32-35 ABCB
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
七选五36-40 FDAGE
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）
完型：41-45 CACBB 46-50 DDBAD 51-55 ADBCC
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
56. Recognizing 57. whatever 58. implies 59.probably60. to be distracted
61. themselves 62. up63. harder 64. anxiety 65. an
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
Body language plays a big role in our daily communication because it helps toshow what we mean without using words.
Different cultures have different body languages. In some places, looking intosomeone’s eyes is a good thing, but in other places, it might not be polite. The “OK”sign made with your fingers is fine in many cultures, but it can be rude in others.
It is crucial to learn and use body language correctly. In this increasinglyconnected world, not only can it help us understand each other better, but can evenchange how people react to us.
第二节（满分25分）
读后续写：
The moment Ava walked in, her parents greeted her with a smile. She knew shehad to tell them about the lost phone, but words stuck in her throat. Recalling the trustthey had put in her with the phone, Ava felt a wave of guilt as she prepared to confess.“…I’ve lost my phone”, she murmured. Her father’s brow wrinkled. “Did it perhapsfall from your pocket during the movie ” Her mother inquired anxiously. When Avaadmitted that she had forgotten to search thoroughly or seek help due to her panic, herparents exchanged a silent glance. “Accidents happen.” Her father assured her. “We’llfigure this out together.
Then her parents drove her back to the cinema. They went to the reception deskand asked for help. It turned out that someone had turned in the phone to the frontdesk. They took the phone back. With a voice choked by emotion, Ava apologized toher father, “I know I messed up, Dad.” Placing a hand on her shoulder, her father toldAva that maturity wasn’t just about having a phone or not, but about how she handledsituations, especially when they went wrong. “It comes along with a sense ofresponsibility.” Her mother added, putting the phone back into Ava’s hand. As sheheld the phone, she felt the familiar weight, a weight more significant than before.
听力部分录音材料
(Text 1)
M: Where were you yesterday I was waiting for you at home the whole day.
W: I was busy looking after my sister in the hospital and forgot our appointment. Ishould have given you a call. I’m very sorry.
(Text 2)
M: Can I leave now, Mrs Smith
W: Sure you can. But remember, if you don’t pay more attention to your work and lessto sports, you won’t pass your exams.
(Text 3)
W: Do you want to see the new play in the theater this Friday or Saturday
M: I’d love to. But there’s a rock concert in the school’s lecture hall on Saturday. Wecan see the play on Sunday, so that we can see both.
W: OK, let’s do that.
(Text 4)
W: So you went to see the doctor this morning. What did he tell you
M: Well, he didn’t give me any special medicine. He told me to rest for a few days.Anyway, I was glad to hear no operation was necessary.
(Text 5)
M: What are you going to do tonight
W: I’m going to watch TV with Paul.
M: You know we have an exam tomorrow. Aren’t you going to study
W: No, I think I can pass it easily, so I don’t have to study.
第二节
(Text 6)
M: I can’t wait to go to Shandong!
W: Me, neither. Let’s go in March.
M: That sounds good.
W: And we choose… Oh, hold on a second, please! I have another call... Sorry, wherewas I
M: We choose…
W: Yeah, we can either go to Zibo to taste the food or to Jinan to see the Daming Lake.But I really want to go to Qingdao.
M: OK. Just think we can see the beach every day!
(Text 7)
W: What is so special about tomorrow
M: Tomorrow is United Nations Day. It was exactly on the day in 1945 that theUnited Nations began.
W: How does your school celebrate it
M: Our school’s celebrations include the songs and dances of different countries in theUnited Nations, displaying students’ works of art from different countries and cultures.We also hold a festival called Tastes from Around the World.
W: What a meaningful day!
M: Yes. We can learn about other cultures and understand and respect them.
(Text 8)
M: What’s your plan for this weekend
W: Nothing much. Do you have something in mind
M: I’ve been thinking about going out on a picnic.
W: Not a bad idea. Now that I’ve been tired of going shopping and going to movietheaters on the weekends, an outdoor picnic would be great. Do you have a location inmind
M: How about Tava It’s a really beautiful place.
W: Can we cook our own food there
M: I’m not sure about it. We can carry the material to be cooked. We can only know itwhen we reach there.
W: OK.
M: I forgot to mention that we can even play volleyball there. Tava has a sandy beach.
W: Sandy beach, wow! Let’s ask more friends. We should aim for 5 to 6.
M: Agree. Let’s speak to them today and make the final decision by tomorrow.
W: Sounds good.
(Text 9)
W: I was told that you would take a year off from college. What are you going to do Traveling to Beijing, China
M: No. I planned to work in my father’s company in Washington to gain somepractical experience, but I changed my mind because of an ad for volunteers.
W: That means you want to volunteer
M: Yes. The ad says volunteers are needed to work in Utah in the western UnitedStates to protect desert plants and animals. I think this is an excellent opportunity forme. Do you have any volunteering experiences
W: I once volunteered to protect sea creatures. And I also taught in a primary schoolas a volunteer. Those are my precious experiences that make a difference both to theworld and to myself.
M: I am already looking forward to my first volunteering experience now.
W: Have you sent your application
M: Yes. And actually, it had been approved.
W: When will you start your work
M: I will start to work from October 1st this year to June 30th next year, with atwo-week vacation in December, when I can have a get-together with my family.
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M: Hello, everyone. I am George. In today’s program, I’d like to share an impressivestory of mine with you. Last Sunday, I went back home from shopping in asupermarket. I stood on the road side watching the traffic carefully. When I saw it wassafe, I moved forward to cross the road. Suddenly, a motorbike came from the wrongside and knocked me down and my things went all over. Thankfully, the driver wasdriving very slowly. My leg was only injured slightly. He apologized to me and calleda taxi to drive me to the nearby hospital as soon as possible. After a medicalexamination, I was told that there was nothing serious. The doctor gave me somemedicine for my injury. The driver insisted on paying the money for my goods, myexamination and the medicine, but I refused. I thanked the driver for making the effortto send me to the hospital. I reminded him of the safety when he crosses a road. I will
also regard this accident as an advance warning to me and be more careful whengoing out. Thank you for spending time listening to my story.
试题答案
21. C 22. B 23. A
【导语】本文是应用文。文章介绍了世界上最深的四个地方。
21.细节理解题。根据Veryovkina Cave, Georgia 部分中“Rockfalls and floods waitedsecretly at every turn.(岩崩和洪水暗地里伺机而动)”可知，探索Veryovkina洞穴很危险。故选C。
22.细节理解题。根据The Mariana Trench, the Pacific Ocean 部分中“Scientistsexploring it can gain deeper insights into how plates move and why earthquakes andvolcanoes occur.(科学家们探索它可以对板块如何移动以及地震和火山为什么会发生有更深入的了解)”以及Lake Baikal, Russia 部分中“Scientists study the lakenot only for the solid stuff beneath it that records climate history but because it’s in azone where a plate is splitting apart, causing earthquakes.(科学家们研究这个湖不仅是因为它下面的固体物质记录了气候历史，还因为它处于一个板块分裂的区域，引发了地震)”可知，要想更好地了解地壳运动，科学家们可以去马里亚纳海沟和贝加尔湖，即太平洋和俄罗斯。故选B。
23.细节理解题。根据Veryovkina Cave, Georgia 部分中“Scientists could developnew medicines from microorganisms found in cave samples.(科学家可以从洞穴样本中发现的微生物中开发出新药)”；The Mariana Trench, the Pacific Ocean 部分中“Pressure there is intolerable, but creatures like sea cucumbers (海参) still exist.(那里的压力是无法忍受的，但像海参这样的生物仍然存在)”；The Dead Sea, the MiddleEast部分中“A few kinds of algae (藻类) and bacteria love its salty water.(一些藻类和细菌喜欢它的咸水)”以及Lake Baikal, Russia 部分中“The Baikal seal is the onlyknown seal that lives in this world’s deepest freshwater lake.(贝加尔湖海豹是唯一生活在世界最深淡水湖的已知海豹)”可知，这四个地方都有生命迹象。故选A。
24. C 25. B 26. D 27. D
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了“物理界第一夫人”吴健雄的生平，讲述了她的求学经历，科研之路以及对核科学的贡献。
24.推理判断题。根据第一段中“As she told the crowd about her recent experimentand its results, the response was dead silence for two minutes, then a thunderousapplause continued for ten minutes.(当她向人群讲述她最近的实验及其结果时，回应是两分钟的死寂，然后是持续了十分钟的雷鸣般的掌声)”可知，当她向听众介绍她的实验和结果后，现场先是沉默了两分钟，随后是长达十分钟的雷鸣般掌声，由此可推知，她的演讲很精彩。故选C项。
25.细节理解题。根据第二段中“Fascinated by new discoveries and the story ofwomen scientists like Marie Curie, she entered National Central University to studyphysics and then began her scientific studies.(她被新发现和像玛丽·居里这样的女科学家的故事所吸引，于是进入中央大学学习物理，然后开始她的科学研究)”可知，吴健雄被新发现和像玛丽·居里这样的女科学家的故事所吸引，所以选择学习物理。故选B 项。
26.细节理解题。根据最后一段中“But shortly after her arrival, her career took anunexpected turn in 1944. She ended up joining the staff at Columbia University on atop-secret research program now known as the Manhattan Project.(但在她到达后不久，1944年，她的职业生涯发生了意想不到的转折。她最终加入了哥伦比亚大学的一个绝密研究项目，该项目现在被称为曼哈顿计划)”可知，吴健雄到美国后，加入了哥伦比亚大学的一个绝密研究项目，该项目现在被称为曼哈顿计划。故选D项。
27.推理判断题。根据第一段中“The woman was Chien-Shiung Wu, known as theFirst Lady of Physics, who transformed nuclear science through her work on theManhattan Project and other groundbreaking experiments.(这位女士就是被称为“物理学第一夫人”的吴建雄，她通过在曼哈顿计划和其他开创性实验中的工作改变了核科学)”、第四段中“Wu planned to go to the University of Michigan, but a tour ofthe University of California, Berkeley-and word that a student center at Michigan didnot allow female students to enter through the front door-changed her mind.(吴原计划去密歇根大学，但在参观了加州大学伯克利分校后，听说该校的一个学生中心不允许女学生从前门进入，她改变了主意)”和“She quickly gained a reputation andbecame an expert in the newly discovered phenomenon of nuclear fission (核裂变).(她很快获得了声誉，并成为新发现的核裂变现象的专家)”以及最后一段中“After graduation, she headed to Smith College to teach women physics. DuringWorld War Two Wu went to Princeton University, where she became the physicsdepartment’s first female instructor.(毕业后，她前往史密斯学院教授女性物理。第二次世界大战期间，吴去了普林斯顿大学，在那里她成为物理系的第一位女讲师)”可知，吴健雄致力于物理学的研究，并取得很多开创性的成果，故她是一个具有奉献精神和有雄心的科学家，故选D项。
28.C 29.A 30.A 31.D
28.答案C
解析推理判断题。根据第三段第一句“So in 2017, NASA scientists ran a thoughtexperiment to see if they could stop a future super-eruption.”可知，科学家研究的目的是寻找如何防止未来的火山爆发的方法。故选C。
29.答案A
解析词义猜测题。根据第三段最后一句可知，黄石公园和其他国家公园长期以来一直受到保护以免受到商业能源开发的影响，所以这个主意应该是受到搁置，画线短语reached a standstill 的意思是“停滞不前”，与come to a temporary stop的意思相近。故选A。
30.答案A
解析细节理解题。根据第四段最后两句可知，自从建立发电厂以来，怀拉基盆地的间歇泉完全消失了。故选A。
31.答案D
解析推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Even if a geothermal power plant ... in suchan untouched area.”可知，即使地热发电厂没有破坏该地区的特色——从间歇泉、温泉到泥沸泉——这个发电厂在这样一个无人涉足的地区也不会被忽视。由此可推知，理查兹不赞成在那里建发电厂是因为这样会破坏公园原有的风景。故选D。
32.A 33.B 34.C 35.B
语篇解读本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要介绍中国人把杂交水稻技术传播到非洲，为非洲人民播下了希望的种子，帮助他们解决食物短缺的问题。
32.答案A
解析细节理解题。根据第二段中的“For farmers … and higher incomes.”可知，非洲农民对于中国的杂交水稻持感激的态度。gratitude和grateful近义呼应。故选A。
33.答案B
解析推理判断题。根据第四段中的“This year … We had a lot of problems at thebeginning”及第五段中的“We came to realise … fit the local situation in Africa”可推知，他的话表明在不同的地区应该采取不同的技术，因地制宜。故选B。
34.答案C
解析细节理解题。根据最后一段“After more than ten years … agriculturalmachinery management staff.”可知，尼日利亚成为现代化生产中心用了十多年的时间。over a decade 与文中more than ten years 意义一致。故选C。
35.答案B
解析主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“China is betting on its successful hybrid ricevarieties to fight food shortage in Africa.”以及接下来中国杂交水稻（技术）在非洲的应用和贡献可知，B项“China’s Hybrid Rice Sows Hope for Africa”为最佳标题。故选B。
36.F 37.D 38.A 39.G 40.E
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了艺术家Matilda Browne 的个人经历以及成就，和她默默无名的原因。
36.根据上文“Matilda Browne showed promising artistic talent early in her life.Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, she got an introduction to art by watching herneighbor, painter Thomas Moran. Her parents supported their budding youngartist.(玛蒂尔达·布朗早年就表现出了很有前途的艺术才华。她在新泽西州的纽瓦克长大，通过观察她的邻居，画家托马斯·莫兰，她开始接触艺术。她的父母支持他们崭露头角的年轻艺术家)”以及后文“And it paid off. Matilda Browneparticipated in her first major exhibition when she was just twelve years old.(这样做得到了回报。玛蒂尔达·布朗在12 岁的时候参加了她的第一次大型展览)”可知，本段讲述了Matilda Browne 小时候接受的画画方面的启蒙及支持，本句旨在说明哪种行为最后取得了回报。故F选项“她很小的时候，她妈妈就带她去欧洲训练”符合语境，故选F。
37.根据上文“Browne loved to paint animals, especially cows and other animals.(布朗喜欢画动物，尤其是牛和其他动物)”可知，这一段介绍她的绘画风格。从D选项中的“also”可知，这是她风格中的另一个方面。故D 选项“她还画了许多在丰富多彩的花园风景中的花”符合语境，故选D。
38.根据后文“She even had the honor of painting a door of their workshop. Somesources say that her good sense of humor helped her fit in with the boys, while othersclaim that her seriousness is what won them over.(她甚至有幸为他们的工作间画了一扇门。有消息称，她的幽默感帮助她与男孩们打成一片，而另一些人则声称，她的认真是赢得男孩们好感的原因)”可知，后文提到她的幽默感帮助她与男孩们打成一片，说明她被男性艺术家圈子接纳了，故A 选项“她是那里男性艺术家圈子里唯一被接纳的女性”符合语境，故选A。
39.根据上文“Some sources say that her good sense of humor helped her fit in withthe boys, while others claim that her seriousness is what won them over.(有消息称，她的幽默感帮助她与男孩们打成一片，而另一些人则声称，她的认真是赢得男孩们好感的原因)”可知，人们对Matilda Browne 被接纳进入男性艺术家圈子进行两方面原因的猜测，本句为本段最后一句，进行总结：但无论猜测如何，真正使她获得关注的是她的才华。故G 选项“不管怎样，她高超的绘画技巧引起了其他艺术家的注意”符合语境，故选G。
40.根据上文“So, why has Browne faded into being unknown (那么，为什么布朗变得默默无闻了呢？)”以及后文“She was American, while books about AmericanImpressionists tend to focus on the male artists.(她是美国人，而关于美国印象派的书往往集中在男性艺术家身上)”可知，此空和后一句分析Matilda Browne从那个时代的闻名到如今的默默无闻的原因。故E选项“这可能是由于她在性别和国籍上的双重少数群体”符合语境，故选E。
本文是记叙文。中学生Rani发明了一种智能喷头，可以节约洗澡时因等待水温升高而浪费的水。
41. C。42. A。根据文中的As the 14-year-old stood there ... her 可知，当这位14岁的女孩站在那里等待洗澡水的温度上升时，她想到了一个好主意。
43. C。44. B。根据文中的Looking at the water ... during this waiting period 可知，看着顺着下水道哗哗往下流淌的水，Rani 意识到浪费是发生在等待期间的。
45. B。46. D。根据文中的Determined to make a ... water 可知，Rani决心有所作为，着手开发一种可以节水的设备。
47. D。根据文中的And so, the Aqua Loop was born — an innovation that would ...across the country和下文中的Rani’s invention had the potential to make a hugeimpact on water conservation 可知，Aqua Loop 就这样诞生了——这项发明将引起全国顶尖发明家的注意。
48. B。49. A。50. D。根据文中的Made from circuit boards ... it from the showerhead,preventing unnecessary ...可知，Aqua Loop 的目的是监测淋浴水的温度，等待水温合适时会巧妙地让水从淋浴头中流出，防止不必要的浪费。
51. A。52. D。53. B。根据文中的Rani, a Year Seven student ... she had been wastingover 5 liters of water per shower可知，七年级学生Rani将自己对水资源保护的兴趣归因于她在新南威尔士州中北海岸的一个乡村成长的经历。然而，是她的学校提出的此次挑战使她意识到自己每次淋浴竟会浪费5 升多的水。
54. C。根据文中的With a household of just four people, this meant an averagewastage of 2,628 liters per year due to waiting …可知，对于一个四口之家来说，这意味着仅洗澡时等待水温升高这段时间，平均每年会浪费2628 升水。
55. C。根据文中的Rani’s invention had the potential to make a huge impact on waterconservation ... in Australia at the time可知，Rani 的发明有可能对水资源保护产生巨大影响，尤其是考虑到澳大利亚还没有这种专门节水的淋浴头设备。
读后续写分析：
Ava一直渴望拥有一只手机，但她需要等到13岁。于是，在她“小作文”的说服下，她的父母先给了她一只旧手机。在交付手机时，父亲语重心长地嘱咐她要对手机负责，但她却已然沉浸于手机的世界。一天，她的好朋友Sarah的母亲带着她俩去看了一部恐怖片。因为恐惧，Ava中途去了厕所。电影结束后，Ava惊慌失措地发现手机不见了。于是，她心情沉重地回到了家.....
语篇主题为个人成长，讲述了Ava如何解决她手机遗失的问题。语篇主题意义聚焦如何在面对问题时冷静解决，对自己的行为负责。
Theme: The Growth of Ava=take responsibility
=be mature
Paragraph 1: The moment Ava walked in, her parents greeted her with a smile.
1. Did Ava tell her parents What did Ava do
2. How did her parents react
3. Why did they go back to cinema
Paragraph 2: Then her parents drove Ava back to the cinema.
1. Did they find the phone How
2. What’s Ava’s reaction
3. What’s the possible ending Did Ava lost the privilege of having a phone
学生可能会出现的问题：
第一段：1.父母的反应不符合原文
2.未合理说明为什么要回电影院
第二段：1.手机没有找到，Ava 不再被允许使用手机
2.主题偏离原文，变为不能沉迷手机
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