2024-2025学年学年甘肃省高三上学期11月期中英语试题(含答案)

2024-2025学年学年甘肃省高三上学期11月期中英语试题
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
About Uber Eats
Uber Eats is the way to order the food you love through an easy delivery experience. Uber Eats is available in hundreds of cities around the world. Download the Uber Eats app now, and you can order food from your favorite restaurants wherever you are.
How Uber Eats Works
·When you log on to your account, you’ll see all the restaurants you can order from.
·When you pick a specific restaurant, you can see the full menu, and then you can place items in your cart.
·You can then select whether you want to order right away, or want to schedule the order.
·You can also choose whether you want to pay extra for priority delivery, which means your order should come directly to you, with no other orders delivered before yours, ASAP.
·Once you place your order, a driver will be assigned to pick up your food and deliver it to your door.
Order Food Ahead with Pickup
Prefer pickup Skip the line and reservations and choose to pick up your order instead. Choose your favorite delivery options with the Uber Eats app now.
Subscribe to Uber One
For $9.99 per month, Uber One subscribers enjoy a $0 Delivery Fee and up to 10% off orders over $15 at participating non-grocery stores(and 5% off orders over $35 at participating grocery stores) available on Uber Eats. Order More Than Food
Order household needs from your favorite drug stores, supermarkets, and pet shops. Baby food or diapers, pharmacy needs, beauty products and cosmetics. Grocery staples like bread and milk, bananas and produce, flowers and plants, packaged foods or frozen treats.
21. What should you do to get your food faster
A. Contact the driver. B. Schedule your order.
C. Subscribe to Uber One. D. Choose priority delivery.
22. How much should a Uber One subscriber pay for a $40 grocery store order
A. $38. B. $36. C. $34. D. $32.
23. What can we learn about Uber Eats
A. It doesn’t charge delivery fees. B. It’s available in over 1,000 cities.
C. You can buy medicines through it. D. You need to pay $9.99 for it.
B
I’ve always been really passionate about science and how things work. Then, slowly, as I grew up, that curiosity started to develop into something more. Growing up in Ethiopia, I always thought people were always getting hit by the hot sun working outside. I didn’t think much of it when I was really little, but as I grew up, I realized how big of an issue skin cancer really was. Not only in Ethiopia but everywhere around the world.
And when people do end up getting skin cancer, it’s crazily expensive to treat and not affordable in the slightest. Skin cancer does have cures and skin cancer is treatable in most cases. However, the average price of skin cancer treatment globally is almost $40,000. When I heard those really shocking statistics, it really inspired me to create a more affordable and accessible solution. I started doing experiments and working on different things, and then that turned into my bar of soap as a project.
A lot of my research and development started in my family’s kitchen and in my basement. Of course, I wasn’t doing any serious microparticle generation or anything like that-I was just going through the soap-making process. All it really requires is an emulsifier (乳化剂)，some bases and a couple of chemicals. So I was able to do that all relatively safely and efficiently just from my house.
But as I became a finalist at the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, I realized that I did need to do a little bit more outside of just my house. So I reached out to people at University of Virginia and people at Georgetown, and I got a lot of assistance. The Number One person who helped me would be Deborah Isabelle, my 3M designated mentor (导师).She helped organize and structure my thoughts and she had so much experience in the field of R&D. I definitely couldn’t have done this all by myself.
24. What inspired the author to start his soap project
A. His curiosity about chemistry. B. The high cost of skin cancer treatment.
C. His suffering from skin cancer. D. The working conditions in the US.
25. What can be inferred about the author’s basement products
A. They sold pretty well. B. They were labor-intensive.
C. They posed health risks. D. They were not fully developed.
26. Why did the author reach out to other people as a finalist
A. To learn how to make soap. B. To find a place to experiment.
C. To get professional assistance. D. To share his knowledge in soap-making.
27. Where is this text most probably taken from
A. An interview. B. A book review. C. An advertisement. D. A science fiction.
C
Let’s face it: we are influenced by AI algorithms (算法) when surfing the Internet on a daily basis.
If you think about it, almost anything you can possibly click on over the Internet wants to influence you in some way. Even if it’s not an advertisement and the goal isn’t literally to sell you a product or service, it wants to influence you somehow, whether it’s getting you to think something, feel something, or do something.
Behind every blogger YouTube personality, and social media influencer, there are the companies that own the platforms these bloggers and influencers use: YouTube, Meta, TikTok, Instagram, and the rest. Generally speaking, the goal of these platforms is to keep users on them as often as possible for as long as possible and this increases the likelihood of those users clicking on targeted ads.
These platforms use the users’ data to serve the content most likely to arouse their emotions and keep them engaged. The kind of content that’s effective at keeping people engaged often happens to be emotionally charged: sensational (轰动的), controversial, or misinformative. Unfortunately, due to its massive computing power, AI is very good at understanding your psychology (often better than you do) and, therefore, using content that is most likely to “push your buttons”.
Obviously, AI itself has no emotions. It doesn’t “want” to influence you or to have power over you, but it does simply because, in the context of the Internet, that’s what it’s been programmed to do. The people who use AI as their tools are simply trying to accomplish the goal of any platform or company, which is to be profitable.
In a previous post, I wrote about being data literate. Well, the first step towards protecting yourself against AI’s influence is to be conscious of the fact that we live in an attention economy in which much of the business occurs between companies that want your attention and the content platforms that provide it to them.
28 What message does the author try to convey about social media in paragraph 3
A. It is developing rapidly. B. It is trying to control us.
C. It enjoys great popularity. D. It offers us a variety of choices.
29. What kind of content do the social media platforms favour most
A. The content that causes emotional reactions. B. The content that creates value for users.
C. The content that spreads positive energy. D. The content that makes users feel satisfied.
30 Which of the following may be to blame according to the author
A. AI algorithms. B. Content creators. C. Social media users. D. Social media platforms.
31. What will the author probably talk about in the paragraph that follows
A. How social media platforms work. B. How AI algorithms are influencing us.
C. Some measures to protect ourselves. D. Some negative effects of AI algorithms.
D
During her work with grey squirrels, Lucia Jacobs wrote an article to the journal Natural History, describing how squirrels cache (贮藏):
The squirrels performed perfectly from the first day. I was absorbed as I observed one of these tiny squirrels pick up a hazelnut for the first time, search intently for a suitable burying site, and then, with great interest, dig a hole, both paws flying, the nut firmly clenched between tiny teeth, with all the apparent confidence and success of a park squirrel burying its millionth peanut.
Caching is a very important aspect of squirrel life. Caches fall broadly into two categories: you can put all your eggs in one basket, so to speak, which we call larder caching; or you can scatter your valuables all over the place, which is scatter caching. Larder caching is less effort because everything is in one place and you can easily see how much you have left. The problem, however, is that if your cache is discovered by someone else, they can take everything and leave you with nothing. Scatter caching makes it less likely that you’d lose everything, but requires more effort to find suitable spots, dig all those holes and, more importantly, remember where you’ve put everything.
Have you ever been doing the spring cleaning and found a Christmas present you’d hidden for one of the kids Red and grey squirrels scatter caches and, given that a grey squirrel may cache some 3,000 nuts during a season, remembering where they all are when they’re spread throughout the woodland is no mean feat. Some early work suggested that squirrels may not be too bothered about where they cached because their neighbours were family members and they therefore shared each other’s caches. This is the so-called “Commual Cache Theory”.
More recently, however, Lucia Jacobs investigated this and found that neighbours weren’t necessarily relatives and that squirrels moved nuts toward the center of their territories, grouped their caches, buried nuts further from their source when competitors were around and aggressively defended caches from would-be thieves. In other words, it was every squirrel for itself.
32. What impressed Jacobs most while observing tiny squirrels
A. Their natural ability to cache. B. Their strange eating behavior.
C. Their huge amounts of caches. D. Their way of selecting caches.
33. Which is considered a disadvantage of “scatter caching”
A. The caches won’t last long enough. B. It takes much effort to dig a bigger spot.
C. Some of the spots are nowhere to be found. D. The caches are easily found by competitors.
34. What does the underlined part “no mean feat” in paragraph 4 mean
A. A rare occurence. B. A great achievement. C. A serious problem. D. A common phenomenon.
35. What is Jacobs’s attitude to the “Communal Cache Theory“
A. Favorable. B. Unclear. C. Uninterested. D. Disapproving.
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。
Nearsightedness is a common vision condition in which close objects look clear but far objects look blurry (模糊的).____36____ Myopia happens when the shape of the eye — or the shape of certain parts of the eye — causes light rays to bend or refract.
Roughly 42% of Americans are nearsighted today, compared to 25% in 1971. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that about half of the world’s population will have myopia, or nearsightedness, by 2050. It’s clear that our vision is becoming increasingly blurry, but researchers are only now beginning to understand why.
While our first response is to blame the increased use of screens, experts believe the real reason is not that, exactly, but it’s related: namely less time spent outdoors. ____37____. A 2017 study published in JAMA Ophthalmology found a link between increased UVB (中波紫外线) exposure and a decrease in myopia, particularly in children and young adults.
____38____. Most screens are high contrast-like black text on a white page, or light text on a dark background. It’s still a theory, but some scientists think that the contrast of reading a book or looking at a bright screen in a dark room might be overstimulating our retinas (视网膜), causing more eye growth in children.
Most people’s vision will stabilize in their teens, but some people develop myopia later in life, typically between ages 20 and 40. ____39____. People with myopia are at a higher risk of developing eye issues as they age, such as glaucoma, early cataracts and macular degeneration.
That’s why regular eye examinations are important. ____40____, such as ensuring that you are reading or working in good light, choosing nonglare screens for your computer or TV and taking frequent breaks.
A. Blurry vision isn’t the only problem.
B. There is a sharp increase in nearsightedness.
C. The medical term for nearsightedness is myopia.
D. Natural light is essential for healthy eye development.
E. That said, our increased use of screens is still a problem.
F. Researchers are working on ways to slow down rising myopia·rates.
G. You can also prevent eye issues by making a few simple lifestyle changes.
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。
Mason Branstrator has always been an athlete, but three years ago, an accident happened to him.
He was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the waist down and his ____41____ lifestyle changed forever. As an enthusiastic runner, soccer player and skier, he could hardly ____42____ the fact that he may never walk again.
Being in a wheelchair is not____43____for him and it takes him longer to do most things people take for granted, like getting in his car. However, all of these____44____haven’t prevented him from playing sports and living life.
“After my accident, I had come to the point of ____45____ that walking was not going to be a very functional thing for me to keep pursuing and it was time to____46____ everything else the wheelchair world had to____47____.”
Mason said when he started to say “yes”, his world changed ____48____. He worked out in his wheelchair, and played adaptive tennis and basketball in his chair as well.
Meanwhile, Mason found a ____49____ to help others. He started sharing his journey on Instagram to _____50_____with others who had physical disabilities, and now has nearly 270,000 _____51_____.” And gradually, more people got to_____52_____my story — people who weren’t paralyzed started being_____53_____,” he said.
Mason says he shares things that are _____54_____ to him-like how he gets in and out of bed — but he’s seen how sharing these normal_____55_____can inspire countless people
41. A. busy B. efficient C. active D. comfortable
42. A. change B. improve C. accept D. replace
43. A. easy B. interesting C. rewarding D. eventful
44. A. wishes B. challenges C. conditions D. occasions
45. A. denying B. forgetting C. indicating D. realizing
46. A. bring up B. look into C. give up D. put away
47. A. own B. offer C. avoid D. teach
48. A. regularly B. formally C. completely D. naturally
49. A. way B. dream C. job D. role
50. A. entertain B. compare C. learn D. connect
51. A. followers B. posts C. stories D. photos
52. A. discuss B. know C. face D. publish
53. A. supported B. viewed C. inspired D. educated
54. A. ordinary B. familiar C. unique D. contrary
55. A. plans B. subjects C. choices D. activities
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。
Luban lock, ____56____ traditional Chinese folk educational toy, is said to have been invented by Zhuge Kongming with Chinese carpenter(木匠)Lu Ban’s techniques. ___57___ (recognize) as the “father of carpentry” in the country, Lu Ban had extraordinary ____58____ (creative) and invented many rare magical things.
The concave and convex(凹凸的)parts within the toy join each other perfectly. Luban locks come in different shapes and sizes, with different internal structures. They are usually easy to take apart and difficult____59____ (put) together again. The interlocking puzzle with the simplest construction uses three bars that can be made into a three-way cross, in ____60____ each bar is at an angle of 90° to the other two.
Its structural integrity relies ____61____ (entire) on its internal arrangement, ____62____ (remove)the need for nails or cords. Similar ____63____ folding a piece of paper to create a standing shape, this seemingly simple yet cleverly created toy is full of extraordinary wisdom. Beyond its role as a toy, the ____64____ (principle) behind the Luban lock’s interlocking structures have been extended into the field of architectural design.
In 2020,the craft(手艺)of making this toy was named a Shandong provincial intangible cultural heritage item. In Tengzhou, Zaozhuang, the birthplace of Lu Ban, this ancient craft ____65____ (pass)down over the centuries. Many workshops in the city can still be found making this lock today.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 中国体育代表团在巴黎奥运会获得40金、27银、24铜，共91枚奖牌，取得了巨大的成功。你校微信公众号打算制作一则相关英文视频，现征集该视频的文字稿，请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.报道成就；
2.说明意义。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
China’s sports delegation has won a total of 91 medals at the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.
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第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Once there was a young girl named Lily who loved to go camping with her family. Every summer, they would pack up their car with tents, sleeping bags, and all the necessary supplies for a week-long adventure in the great outdoors.
One summer, as they were setting up camp, Lily noticed a small, furry creature running around the campsite. It was a chipmunk (花栗鼠), and Lily was immediately attracted by it. She named the chipmunk Charlie and decided to make it her mission to befriend him.
Over the next few days, Lily carefully left out small pieces of food for Charlie-pieces of bread, apple slices, and even a few nuts. At first, Charlie was cautious, staying at a distance and watching her from the safety of the underbrush. But Lily was patient. Slowly, day by day, Charlie grew more comfortable with her. By the fourth day, he was eating right out of her hand. Lily couldn’t believe how special it felt to gain the trust of a wild animal. It was as if she had been accepted into a secret world of nature.
But one evening, as her family sat around the campfire, Lily realized something was wrong. Charlie didn’t show up for his usual evening visit. She looked around the campsite and called out his name softly, but there was no sign of the little chipmunk. Worry filled her heart. Had something happened to him She asked her parents if they had seen him, but they hadn’t noticed anything unusual.
Despite her parents’ warnings to stay close to the campsite, Lily felt a strong urge to find Charlie. She grabbed a flashlight and, with a deep breath, walked secretly into the dark woods. The moon was just almost unnoticeable in the sky, and the trees cast long shadows around her. The night was alive with the sounds of crickets and rustling (沙沙响) leaves, but all Lily could think about was Charlie. She called out his name, her voice trembling slightly, as she moved deeper into the forest. She looked around for some time but Charlie was nowhere to be found.
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。
Just when she was about to turn back, Lily heard a weak voice from the bush.
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Lily came back to the campsite with Charlie safe.
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答案
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
About Uber Eats
Uber Eats is the way to order the food you love through an easy delivery experience. Uber Eats is available in hundreds of cities around the world. Download the Uber Eats app now, and you can order food from your favorite restaurants wherever you are.
How Uber Eats Works
·When you log on to your account, you’ll see all the restaurants you can order from.
·When you pick a specific restaurant, you can see the full menu, and then you can place items in your cart.
·You can then select whether you want to order right away, or want to schedule the order.
·You can also choose whether you want to pay extra for priority delivery, which means your order should come directly to you, with no other orders delivered before yours, ASAP.
·Once you place your order, a driver will be assigned to pick up your food and deliver it to your door.
Order Food Ahead with Pickup
Prefer pickup Skip the line and reservations and choose to pick up your order instead. Choose your favorite delivery options with the Uber Eats app now.
Subscribe to Uber One
For $9.99 per month, Uber One subscribers enjoy a $0 Delivery Fee and up to 10% off orders over $15 at participating non-grocery stores(and 5% off orders over $35 at participating grocery stores) available on Uber Eats. Order More Than Food
Order household needs from your favorite drug stores, supermarkets, and pet shops. Baby food or diapers, pharmacy needs, beauty products and cosmetics. Grocery staples like bread and milk, bananas and produce, flowers and plants, packaged foods or frozen treats.
21. What should you do to get your food faster
A. Contact the driver. B. Schedule your order.
C. Subscribe to Uber One. D. Choose priority delivery.
22. How much should a Uber One subscriber pay for a $40 grocery store order
A. $38. B. $36. C. $34. D. $32.
23. What can we learn about Uber Eats
A. It doesn’t charge delivery fees. B. It’s available in over 1,000 cities.
C. You can buy medicines through it. D. You need to pay $9.99 for it.
【答案】21. D 22. A 23. C
B
I’ve always been really passionate about science and how things work. Then, slowly, as I grew up, that curiosity started to develop into something more. Growing up in Ethiopia, I always thought people were always getting hit by the hot sun working outside. I didn’t think much of it when I was really little, but as I grew up, I realized how big of an issue skin cancer really was. Not only in Ethiopia but everywhere around the world.
And when people do end up getting skin cancer, it’s crazily expensive to treat and not affordable in the slightest. Skin cancer does have cures and skin cancer is treatable in most cases. However, the average price of skin cancer treatment globally is almost $40,000. When I heard those really shocking statistics, it really inspired me to create a more affordable and accessible solution. I started doing experiments and working on different things, and then that turned into my bar of soap as a project.
A lot of my research and development started in my family’s kitchen and in my basement. Of course, I wasn’t doing any serious microparticle generation or anything like that-I was just going through the soap-making process. All it really requires is an emulsifier (乳化剂)，some bases and a couple of chemicals. So I was able to do that all relatively safely and efficiently just from my house.
But as I became a finalist at the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, I realized that I did need to do a little bit more outside of just my house. So I reached out to people at University of Virginia and people at Georgetown, and I got a lot of assistance. The Number One person who helped me would be Deborah Isabelle, my 3M designated mentor (导师).She helped organize and structure my thoughts and she had so much experience in the field of R&D. I definitely couldn’t have done this all by myself.
24. What inspired the author to start his soap project
A. His curiosity about chemistry. B. The high cost of skin cancer treatment.
C. His suffering from skin cancer. D. The working conditions in the US.
25. What can be inferred about the author’s basement products
A. They sold pretty well. B. They were labor-intensive.
C. They posed health risks. D. They were not fully developed.
26. Why did the author reach out to other people as a finalist
A. To learn how to make soap. B. To find a place to experiment.
C. To get professional assistance. D. To share his knowledge in soap-making.
27. Where is this text most probably taken from
A. An interview. B. A book review. C. An advertisement. D. A science fiction.
【答案】24. B 25. D 26. C 27. A
C
Let’s face it: we are influenced by AI algorithms (算法) when surfing the Internet on a daily basis.
If you think about it, almost anything you can possibly click on over the Internet wants to influence you in some way. Even if it’s not an advertisement and the goal isn’t literally to sell you a product or service, it wants to influence you somehow, whether it’s getting you to think something, feel something, or do something.
Behind every blogger, YouTube personality, and social media influencer, there are the companies that own the platforms these bloggers and influencers use: YouTube, Meta, TikTok, Instagram, and the rest. Generally speaking, the goal of these platforms is to keep users on them as often as possible for as long as possible and this increases the likelihood of those users clicking on targeted ads.
These platforms use the users’ data to serve the content most likely to arouse their emotions and keep them engaged. The kind of content that’s effective at keeping people engaged often happens to be emotionally charged: sensational (轰动的), controversial, or misinformative. Unfortunately, due to its massive computing power, AI is very good at understanding your psychology (often better than you do) and, therefore, using content that is most likely to “push your buttons”.
Obviously, AI itself has no emotions. It doesn’t “want” to influence you or to have power over you, but it does simply because, in the context of the Internet, that’s what it’s been programmed to do. The people who use AI as their tools are simply trying to accomplish the goal of any platform or company, which is to be profitable.
In a previous post, I wrote about being data literate. Well, the first step towards protecting yourself against AI’s influence is to be conscious of the fact that we live in an attention economy in which much of the business occurs between companies that want your attention and the content platforms that provide it to them.
28. What message does the author try to convey about social media in paragraph 3
A. It is developing rapidly. B. It is trying to control us.
C. It enjoys great popularity. D. It offers us a variety of choices.
29. What kind of content do the social media platforms favour most
A. The content that causes emotional reactions. B. The content that creates value for users.
C. The content that spreads positive energy. D. The content that makes users feel satisfied.
30. Which of the following may be to blame according to the author
A. AI algorithms. B. Content creators. C. Social media users. D. Social media platforms.
31. What will the author probably talk about in the paragraph that follows
A. How social media platforms work. B. How AI algorithms are influencing us.
C. Some measures to protect ourselves. D. Some negative effects of AI algorithms.
【答案】28. B 29. A 30. D 31. C
D
During her work with grey squirrels, Lucia Jacobs wrote an article to the journal Natural History, describing how squirrels cache (贮藏):
The squirrels performed perfectly from the first day. I was absorbed as I observed one of these tiny squirrels pick up a hazelnut for the first time, search intently for a suitable burying site, and then, with great interest, dig a hole, both paws flying, the nut firmly clenched between tiny teeth, with all the apparent confidence and success of a park squirrel burying its millionth peanut.
Caching is a very important aspect of squirrel life. Caches fall broadly into two categories: you can put all your eggs in one basket, so to speak, which we call larder caching; or you can scatter your valuables all over the place, which is scatter caching. Larder caching is less effort because everything is in one place and you can easily see how much you have left. The problem, however, is that if your cache is discovered by someone else, they can take everything and leave you with nothing. Scatter caching makes it less likely that you’d lose everything, but requires more effort to find suitable spots, dig all those holes and, more importantly, remember where you’ve put everything.
Have you ever been doing the spring cleaning and found a Christmas present you’d hidden for one of the kids Red and grey squirrels scatter caches and, given that a grey squirrel may cache some 3,000 nuts during a season, remembering where they all are when they’re spread throughout the woodland is no mean feat. Some early work suggested that squirrels may not be too bothered about where they cached because their neighbours were family members and they therefore shared each other’s caches. This is the so-called “Commual Cache Theory”.
More recently, however, Lucia Jacobs investigated this and found that neighbours weren’t necessarily relatives and that squirrels moved nuts toward the center of their territories, grouped their caches, buried nuts further from their source when competitors were around and aggressively defended caches from would-be thieves. In other words, it was every squirrel for itself.
32. What impressed Jacobs most while observing tiny squirrels
A. Their natural ability to cache. B. Their strange eating behavior.
C. Their huge amounts of caches. D. Their way of selecting caches.
33. Which is considered a disadvantage of “scatter caching”
A. The caches won’t last long enough. B. It takes much effort to dig a bigger spot.
C. Some of the spots are nowhere to be found. D. The caches are easily found by competitors.
34. What does the underlined part “no mean feat” in paragraph 4 mean
A. A rare occurence. B. A great achievement. C. A serious problem. D. A common phenomenon.
35 What is Jacobs’s attitude to the “Communal Cache Theory“
A. Favorable. B. Unclear. C. Uninterested. D. Disapproving.
【答案】32. A 33. C 34. B 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。
Nearsightedness is a common vision condition in which close objects look clear but far objects look blurry (模糊的).____36____ Myopia happens when the shape of the eye — or the shape of certain parts of the eye — causes light rays to bend or refract.
Roughly 42% of Americans are nearsighted today, compared to 25% in 1971. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that about half of the world’s population will have myopia, or nearsightedness, by 2050. It’s clear that our vision is becoming increasingly blurry, but researchers are only now beginning to understand why.
While our first response is to blame the increased use of screens, experts believe the real reason is not that, exactly, but it’s related: namely less time spent outdoors. ____37____. A 2017 study published in JAMA Ophthalmology found a link between increased UVB (中波紫外线) exposure and a decrease in myopia, particularly in children and young adults.
____38____. Most screens are high contrast-like black text on a white page, or light text on a dark background. It’s still a theory, but some scientists think that the contrast of reading a book or looking at a bright screen in a dark room might be overstimulating our retinas (视网膜), causing more eye growth in children.
Most people’s vision will stabilize in their teens, but some people develop myopia later in life, typically between ages 20 and 40. ____39____. People with myopia are at a higher risk of developing eye issues as they age, such as glaucoma, early cataracts and macular degeneration.
That’s why regular eye examinations are important. ____40____, such as ensuring that you are reading or working in good light, choosing nonglare screens for your computer or TV and taking frequent breaks.
A. Blurry vision isn’t the only problem.
B. There is a sharp increase in nearsightedness.
C. The medical term for nearsightedness is myopia.
D. Natural light is essential for healthy eye development.
E. That said, our increased use of screens is still a problem.
F. Researchers are working on ways to slow down rising myopia·rates.
G. You can also prevent eye issues by making a few simple lifestyle changes.
【答案】36. C 37. D 38. E 39. A 40. G
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。
Mason Branstrator has always been an athlete, but three years ago, an accident happened to him.
He was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the waist down and his ____41____ lifestyle changed forever. As an enthusiastic runner, soccer player and skier, he could hardly ____42____ the fact that he may never walk again.
Being in a wheelchair is not____43____for him and it takes him longer to do most things people take for granted, like getting in his car. However, all of these____44____haven’t prevented him from playing sports and living life.
“After my accident, I had come to the point of ____45____ that walking was not going to be a very functional thing for me to keep pursuing and it was time to____46____ everything else the wheelchair world had to____47____.”
Mason said when he started to say “yes”, his world changed ____48____. He worked out in his wheelchair, and played adaptive tennis and basketball in his chair as well.
Meanwhile, Mason found a ____49____ to help others. He started sharing his journey on Instagram to _____50_____with others who had physical disabilities, and now has nearly 270,000 _____51_____.” And gradually, more people got to_____52_____my story — people who weren’t paralyzed started being_____53_____,” he said.
Mason says he shares things that are _____54_____ to him-like how he gets in and out of bed — but he’s seen how sharing these normal_____55_____can inspire countless people.
41. A. busy B. efficient C. active D. comfortable
42. A. change B. improve C. accept D. replace
43. A. easy B. interesting C. rewarding D. eventful
44. A. wishes B. challenges C. conditions D. occasions
45. A. denying B. forgetting C. indicating D. realizing
46. A. bring up B. look into C. give up D. put away
47. A. own B. offer C. avoid D. teach
48. A. regularly B. formally C. completely D. naturally
49. A. way B. dream C. job D. role
50. A. entertain B. compare C. learn D. connect
51. A. followers B. posts C. stories D. photos
52. A. discuss B. know C. face D. publish
53. A. supported B. viewed C. inspired D. educated
54. A. ordinary B. familiar C. unique D. contrary
55. A. plans B. subjects C. choices D. activities
【答案】41. C 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. D 46. B 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. D 51. A 52. B 53. C 54. A 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。
Luban lock, ____56____ traditional Chinese folk educational toy, is said to have been invented by Zhuge Kongming with Chinese carpenter(木匠)Lu Ban’s techniques. ___57___ (recognize) as the “father of carpentry” in the country, Lu Ban had extraordinary ____58____ (creative) and invented many rare magical things.
The concave and convex(凹凸的)parts within the toy join each other perfectly. Luban locks come in different shapes and sizes, with different internal structures. They are usually easy to take apart and difficult____59____ (put) together again. The interlocking puzzle with the simplest construction uses three bars that can be made into a three-way cross, in ____60____ each bar is at an angle of 90° to the other two.
Its structural integrity relies ____61____ (entire) on its internal arrangement, ____62____ (remove)the need for nails or cords. Similar ____63____ folding a piece of paper to create a standing shape, this seemingly simple yet cleverly created toy is full of extraordinary wisdom. Beyond its role as a toy, the ____64____ (principle) behind the Luban lock’s interlocking structures have been extended into the field of architectural design.
In 2020,the craft(手艺)of making this toy was named a Shandong provincial intangible cultural heritage item. In Tengzhou, Zaozhuang, the birthplace of Lu Ban, this ancient craft ____65____ (pass)down over the centuries. Many workshops in the city can still be found making this lock today.
【答案】56. a 57. Recognized
58. creativity
59. to put 60. which
61. entirely
62. removing
63. to 64. principles
65. has been passed
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 中国体育代表团在巴黎奥运会获得40金、27银、24铜，共91枚奖牌，取得了巨大的成功。你校微信公众号打算制作一则相关英文视频，现征集该视频的文字稿，请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.报道成就；
2.说明意义。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
China’s sports delegation has won a total of 91 medals at the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.
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【答案】One possible version:
China’s sports delegation has won a total of 91 medals at the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. These include 40 gold, 27 silver and 24 bronze medals, marking one of our country’s best performances in history.
There is no doubt that China’s splendid achievement has a far-reaching significance. With such remarkable success, we have every reason to believe that the Chinese nation has achieved the tremendous transformation from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong. The Olympic athletes’ success will spread the Olympic spirit across the country and encourage more people to strive constantly to challenge themselves and surpass themselves in whatever they are doing.
第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整短文。
Once there was a young girl named Lily who loved to go camping with her family. Every summer, they would pack up their car with tents, sleeping bags, and all the necessary supplies for a week-long adventure in the great outdoors.
One summer, as they were setting up camp, Lily noticed a small, furry creature running around the campsite. It was a chipmunk (花栗鼠), and Lily was immediately attracted by it. She named the chipmunk Charlie and decided to make it her mission to befriend him.
Over the next few days, Lily carefully left out small pieces of food for Charlie-pieces of bread, apple slices, and even a few nuts. At first, Charlie was cautious, staying at a distance and watching her from the safety of the underbrush. But Lily was patient. Slowly, day by day, Charlie grew more comfortable with her. By the fourth day, he was eating right out of her hand. Lily couldn’t believe how special it felt to gain the trust of a wild animal. It was as if she had been accepted into a secret world of nature.
But one evening, as her family sat around the campfire, Lily realized something was wrong. Charlie didn’t show up for his usual evening visit. She looked around the campsite and called out his name softly, but there was no sign of the little chipmunk. Worry filled her heart. Had something happened to him She asked her parents if they had seen him, but they hadn’t noticed anything unusual.
Despite her parents’ warnings to stay close to the campsite, Lily felt a strong urge to find Charlie. She grabbed a flashlight and, with a deep breath, walked secretly into the dark woods. The moon was just almost unnoticeable in the sky, and the trees cast long shadows around her. The night was alive with the sounds of crickets and rustling (沙沙响) leaves, but all Lily could think about was Charlie. She called out his name, her voice trembling slightly, as she moved deeper into the forest. She looked around for some time but Charlie was nowhere to be found.
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。
Just when she was about to turn back, Lily heard a weak voice from the bush.
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Lily came back to the campsite with Charlie safe.
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【答案】One possible version:
Just when she was about to turn back, Lily heard a weak voice from the bush. Shining her flashlight in that direction, she spotted a tiny and trembling figure — Charlie! But he wasn’t running toward her. He was stuck, his leg caught in a trap that had been carelessly left behind by someone. Tears welled up in Lily’s eyes as she quickly, but gently, freed her little friend. She gently put him into her warm hands, holding him close as she hurried back to the campsite.
Lily came back to the campsite with Charlie safe. Her parents were relieved to see Lily and even more amazed to see her cradling Charlie in her arms after looking for her for a while. For the rest of the trip, Charlie became a regular part of their camping routine. Lily and Charlie formed a special bond that Lily would treasure in the future. And Lily knew the memories of their camping trip would stay with her forever.