河南省商丘市2024-2025学年高二上学期11月月考英语试题（含答案）
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2024-2025学年河南省商丘市高二上学期11月月考英语试题
一、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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
As a language learning enthusiast, I’ve come up with the best apps for learning English from the thousands of mobile apps out there.
Best for Pronunciation: ELSA Speak
ELSA Speak is probably the best mobile app around for helping you improve your English pronunciation. The app’s greatest strength is its intensive AI feedback, but ELSA also provides mini-training sessions to really perfect your pronunciation. The AI analyzes your recordings based on pronunciation, intonation and fluency then points out exactly which parts sound inaccurate.
Best for Immersing in English Videos: FluentU
FuentU is a language learning app that teaches you English through authentic videos like news reports, movie scenes and interviews, with learner tools for all levels. Each clip has interactive subtitles so if you’re not sure what a word means, you can hover over it and get in explanation. The app also gives video examples for each word so you can learn vocabulary in context.
Best for Practical Topics: Babbel
Babbel has you learn and practice English with realistic conversations that surround things that you’re personally interested in. Lessons are short and consist of written and audio versions of the grammar featured in the lessons. Then you are able to complete practice exercises to solidify your understanding.
Best for Fun Beginner Lessons: Lingodeer
Lingodeer uses games and short exercises to teach beginner and intermediate English learners. Lingodeer takes a gamified approach to language learning with a goal-oriented curriculum consisting of structured lessons and regular reviews. Lingodeer’s lessons are arranged according to themes, such as sports, weather, parts of the body and shopping.
1. What is the feature of ELSA Speak
A. It analyzes learners’ recordings. B. It provides guidance for learners.
C. It gives learners helpful feedback. D. It improves learners’ communication skill.
2. Which app provides videos as learning resources
A FluentU. B. ELSA Speak. C. Babbel. D. Lingodeer.
3. What can learners do with the app Lingodeer
A. Design games. B. Study around a theme.
C. Structure lessons. D. Take advanced courses.
B
I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.
I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.
I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.
The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.
Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.
A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.
4. What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1
A. Efforts made in vain.
B. Getting injured in his work.
C Feeling uncertain about his future.
D. Creatures forced out of their homes.
5. Why was the author called to Muttontown
A. To rescue a woman.
B. To take care of a woman.
C. To look at a baby owl.
D. To cure a young owl.
6. What made the chick calm down
A. A new nest.
B. Some food.
C. A recording.
D. Its parents.
7. How would the author feel about the outcome of the event
A. It’s unexpected.
B. It’s beautiful.
C. It’s humorous.
D. It’s discouraging.
C
Teenagers around the world are familiar with the great pain of boredom. And every parent is familiar with the sounds of groaning (咕哝的) kids, sulking (生闷气) in their room or pacing aimlessly around the house. But sometimes, it’s this very sense of boredom that can inspire creativity and create fast-growing trends.
This is true for pickleball (匹克球), now a popular sport in the West. According to the Mental Floss website, the sport was invented in the summer of 1965. At that time, Frank Pritchard, 13, had nothing to do in his family’s summer home in Washington, US. After complaining loudly, his father, Joel, suggested he make up a game. When Frank replied “Why don’t you ” his father gladly took up the challenge. Thus, pickleball was born.
Certain parts of tennis, badminton and ping-pong can be seen from pickleball. It’s a bat game played on a badminton-sized court with what looks like a wiffle ball (威浮球) over a low net. Only the serving team can score points, and all serves must be made with an underhand stroke (击球).
The popularity of pickleball has grown steadily over the last decade. According to Mental Floss, the number of pickleball courts has grown by an estimated 385 percent worldwide since 2010. One reason for its popularity is that it’s “a sport for everyone”. Anyone can play pickleball because it’s relatively easy to pick up. There are simple rules, and all people need is a couple of bats and a ball, which is affordable and accessible to all. Plus, pickleball is a sport centered around fun and friendship. The game lasts as short as 15 minutes, which means less running and stress for players.
Pritchard said that the game’s rapid rise in popularity was amazing, especially considering that a bad-tempered kid “inspired a sports craze by making a stink (吵闹) about being bored one afternoon 56 years ago”.
8. What do we know about pickleball, according to the passage
A. It was invented accidentally by a young boy.
B. It is a game suitable for family gatherings.
C. It combines elements from several ball games.
D. The game’s judges come from a serving team.
9. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A. Why pickleball has become so well received.
B. What equipment pickleball players need.
C. How significant pickleball is to the world.
D. What rules must be obeyed in pickleball.
10. What did Pritchard think of the popularity of pickleball
A. Unexpected. B. Reasonable. C. Natural. D. Awkward.
11. Why does the author write the passage
A To advise us to join in sports games.
B. To teach us how to play pickleball.
C. To tell us the birth of a sports game.
D. To motivate us to follow new trends.
D
Humans spend about one third of their lives sleeping. But some mammals (哺乳动物), like the northern elephant seal, survive with much less sleep.
Researchers in a new study described the unusual sleep pattern of these ocean animals. They found that when these mammals go to feed on trips that can last seven months, they sleep just two hours each day. Those two hours of sleep are made up of short moments of rest lasting only 10 minutes each as they dive deep to avoid predators (捕食者). The only other mammals known to get so little sleep are African elephants.
The researchers placed a head covering with sensors (传感器) on the heads of the seals that they studied. The sensors recorded sleep signals created by the seals’ brains and heart rate. The sensors also recorded the animals’ location and depth beneath the sea. Female seals go out on longer open-ocean trips while males only feed in coastal waters. Because of this, the researchers only studied female seals.
During dives lasting about 30 minutes, the seals went into a deep sleep called slow-wave sleep while keeping a controlled downward movement. When they then experienced rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, the seals fell into a turning pattern. Then, at the deepest point of their sleeping dive—up to 377 meters deep—they wake up and swim back to the surface.
Terrie Williams is a scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz who helped write the study. She said, “It is remarkable that a wild animal will fall into deep, paralytic REM sleep when there are predators on the hunt.” She added that the seals solve this problem by going into deep sleep in the deep parts of the oceans where predators usually do not hunt them.
Williams said the brain’s ability to control awakening the sleeping seals at a depth before they drown is also a discovery about how mammalian brains work. She commented on this, saying that it shows the survival control of the seals’ brains.
12. Why did researchers only study female elephant seals
A. They like living in groups more than males. B. They are more friendly to humans.
C. They are more convenient to follow. D. They go to feed on longer trips.
13. What were the elephant seals doing when they were in deep sleep
A. Falling into deeper sea. B. Swimming fast in the sea.
C. Moving back to the surface. D. Breathing deeply and slowly.
14. What’s the advantage of elephant seals’ sleep in the deep parts of the oceans
A They hunt for more food. B. They avoid being hunted.
C. They get completely relaxed. D. They control their sleep pattern.
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Different Animals Need Different Sleep
B. Short Sleep Helps Elephant Seals Move Deeper into Sea
C. Female Elephant Seals Sleep Only Two Hours a Day
D. Male and Female Elephant Seals Feed in Different Areas
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
With New Year approaching, year-end reviews dominate the airwaves.____16____. Lose ten pounds Read a book a month However, I’ve never given much thought to New Year’s resolutions. I make intentions instead. It means setting one’s purpose toward a path instead of action toward specific behaviors. And more than that, I’m setting them in a framework (框架) that will give them wings.
Set time, not goals
A wise friend once told me “Do not set a result as the goal. Set the time in which you do the things you want to do.” For example, I usually tell myself I should write more.____17____. Then, I realize it would be better to set my intention to write and the time to write, say, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 :30 a. m.
Take advantage of the Premack Principle
The Premack principle is a behavioral strategy that states that the presence of a high-probability behavior can make a low-probability behavior more likely.____18____ . So, now that I’ve set my intention to write and the time to write, I can link it to a high-probability behavior, such as dropping my kids off at school in the morning. The point is that it gets the action rolling without much thought or self-motivating talk.____19____ .
____20____
Let’s face it, no matter how much you set an intention, if there’s no enjoyment once you start, it will likely fall by the wayside. So, find a path you enjoy that will bring the same results. In truth, I hate exercising, but, luckily, I walk my dog. A lovely way to exercise, go out in nature, enjoy companionship, and meet people !
A. Face your intention directly
B. One intention, multiple paths
C. Over time, it becomes routine as well
D. But the result proves far from satisfactory
E. Perhaps most are also making new year resolutions
F. Resolutions seem to hold people prisoners rather than free them
G. In other words, to enact a new behavior, attach it to a well-established behavior
二、语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I grew up on a university campus in eastern Nigeria.I was a(n) ____21____reader, and what I read were British and American children’s books.I began to write when I was seven.I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my ____22____ were white and blue-eyed. They played in the snow. They ate apples, and they talked a lot about the ____23____，how lovely it was that the sun had ____24____.
What this demonstrates is how ____25____we can be influenced by what we read particularly as children. Because all I had read were foreign books, I had become ____26____ that books had to have ____27____ in them and had to be about things with which I could not personally identify.
Things ____28____ when I discovered African books. There weren’t many of them available, and they weren’t quite as easy to ____29____ as the foreign books.
But _____30_____ writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye I went through a mental _____31_____in my view of literature.I _____32_____ that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate,could also _____33_____ in literature. I started to write about things I recognized. What the _____34_____ of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a _____35_____ story of what books are.
21. A. early B. aimless C. careful D. poor
22. A. instructors B. neighbors C. friends D. characters
23. A. snow B. fruits C. cuisine D. weather
24. A. disappeared B. set C. come out D. gone down
25. A. briefly B. regularly C. scarcely D. easily
26. A. convinced B. puzzled C. concerned D. satisfied
27. A. heroes B. foreigners C. Africans D. children
28. A. remained B. changed C. worsened D. worked
29. A. read B. understand C. find D. keep
30. A. in spite of B. on behalf of C. because of D. instead of
31. A. confusion B. shift C. block D. activity
32. A. realized B. suspected C. claimed D. forgot
33. A. take B. exist C. believe D. major
34. A. discovery B. popularity C. imagination D. analysis
35. A. classic B. remarkable C. whole D. single
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。
The approaching of a new year is always exciting. The Little New Year, ____36____is also called the Minor New Year’s Day, usually falls roughly a week before ____37____ Lunar New Year. In 2023, it will fall on Jan. 14th and 15th. The Chinese Little New Year is not a____38____(fix) festival as it varies with local ____39____ (custom).
Worshiping Kitchen God is the most important activity in____40____ (celebrate) of the Chinese Little New Year. According to the folklore, the Kitchen God would report____41____ the Jade Emperor on the good and evil deeds of every family on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month for the Emperor to reward or punish. While ____42____(offer) sacrifice to the Kitchen God, people place candy, water, beans and hay on the table in front of the Kitchen God image.
Other activities during the festival ____43____(main) include sweeping dust and making Chinese paper cuts for window decoration. Chinese Little New Year also means that Chinese people begin to prepare special purchases for the Spring Festival and are ready ____44____(spend) a clean Spring Festival. Above all, it suggests a new year with a new image and ____45____(express) the good wishes of Chinese people to ring out the Old Year and ring in the New Year.
三、写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，因故不能参加外教George 下周五关于“英国文化”的讲座。请你给他写一封信请假，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 解释原因；
3. 表示歉意。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear George,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Maria and Peter lived in a coastal city. The greatest pleasure in summer for them was to swim at their local beach after school. But one day they started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters. More often than not, they would find plastic bags thrown on the beach. Worse sill, as they swam in the water, some plastic bags would float around them and even stick to their legs when they walked to the shore.
They were upset and decided something needed to be done to stop the beautiful sea becoming consumed by waste.One weekend,Maria and Peter brought a big bag to the beach and determined to clean it up. Sweat streamed down from their forehead while they bent down and picked up the plastic bags. To their disappointment, after a day’s hard work, there were still many plastic bags lying on the beach or floating in the water. Going home with aching legs and arms, Maria and Peter were almost defeated by a strong sense of failure.
That night over dinner with their parents, the pair ate silently. Noticing their low spirits, Mother asked gently, “You two looked so down. What happened ”Exchanging glances with Peter, Maria replied in a low voice,“It’s those annoying plastic bags. We tried to clean up but it was just impossible.”Understanding the pair’s disappointment, their father patted them on the back and comforted,”Well, it’s really hard for just two of you to fix such a big problem.”“Just two of us.”complained Maria and Peter, looking at each other.Suddenly, an idea lashed through their minds, their eyes shining with excitement.“Yes,that’s the point! We should make more people aware of the problem and encourage them to take action!” the pair said in chorus.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Quickly finishing their dinner, the pair went upstairs and started planning.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Excited and nervous, they posted the video and article on WeChat.
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答案
一、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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
As a language learning enthusiast, I’ve come up with the best apps for learning English from the thousands of mobile apps out there.
Best for Pronunciation: ELSA Speak
ELSA Speak is probably the best mobile app around for helping you improve your English pronunciation. The app’s greatest strength is its intensive AI feedback, but ELSA also provides mini-training sessions to really perfect your pronunciation. The AI analyzes your recordings based on pronunciation, intonation and fluency then points out exactly which parts sound inaccurate.
Best for Immersing in English Videos: FluentU
FuentU is a language learning app that teaches you English through authentic videos like news reports, movie scenes and interviews, with learner tools for all levels. Each clip has interactive subtitles so if you’re not sure what a word means, you can hover over it and get in explanation. The app also gives video examples for each word so you can learn vocabulary in context.
Best for Practical Topics: Babbel
Babbel has you learn and practice English with realistic conversations that surround things that you’re personally interested in. Lessons are short and consist of written and audio versions of the grammar featured in the lessons. Then you are able to complete practice exercises to solidify your understanding.
Best for Fun Beginner Lessons: Lingodeer
Lingodeer uses games and short exercises to teach beginner and intermediate English learners. Lingodeer takes a gamified approach to language learning with a goal-oriented curriculum consisting of structured lessons and regular reviews. Lingodeer’s lessons are arranged according to themes, such as sports, weather, parts of the body and shopping.
1. What is the feature of ELSA Speak
A. It analyzes learners’ recordings. B. It provides guidance for learners.
C. It gives learners helpful feedback. D. It improves learners’ communication skill.
2. Which app provides videos as learning resources
A. FluentU. B. ELSA Speak. C. Babbel. D. Lingodeer.
3. What can learners do with the app Lingodeer
A. Design games. B. Study around a theme.
C. Structure lessons. D. Take advanced courses.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. B
B
I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.
I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.
I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.
The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.
Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.
A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.
4. What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1
A. Efforts made in vain.
B. Getting injured in his work.
C. Feeling uncertain about his future.
D. Creatures forced out of their homes.
5. Why was the author called to Muttontown
A. To rescue a woman.
B. To take care of a woman.
C. To look at a baby owl.
D. To cure a young owl.
6. What made the chick calm down
A. A new nest.
B. Some food.
C. A recording.
D. Its parents.
7. How would the author feel about the outcome of the event
A. It’s unexpected.
B. It’s beautiful.
C. It’s humorous.
D. It’s discouraging.
【答案】4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B
C
Teenagers around the world are familiar with the great pain of boredom. And every parent is familiar with the sounds of groaning (咕哝的) kids, sulking (生闷气) in their room or pacing aimlessly around the house. But sometimes, it’s this very sense of boredom that can inspire creativity and create fast-growing trends.
This is true for pickleball (匹克球), now a popular sport in the West. According to the Mental Floss website, the sport was invented in the summer of 1965. At that time, Frank Pritchard, 13, had nothing to do in his family’s summer home in Washington, US. After complaining loudly, his father, Joel, suggested he make up a game. When Frank replied “Why don’t you ” his father gladly took up the challenge. Thus, pickleball was born.
Certain parts of tennis, badminton and ping-pong can be seen from pickleball. It’s a bat game played on a badminton-sized court with what looks like a wiffle ball (威浮球) over a low net. Only the serving team can score points, and all serves must be made with an underhand stroke (击球).
The popularity of pickleball has grown steadily over the last decade. According to Mental Floss, the number of pickleball courts has grown by an estimated 385 percent worldwide since 2010. One reason for its popularity is that it’s “a sport for everyone”. Anyone can play pickleball because it’s relatively easy to pick up. There are simple rules, and all people need is a couple of bats and a ball, which is affordable and accessible to all. Plus, pickleball is a sport centered around fun and friendship. The game lasts as short as 15 minutes, which means less running and stress for players.
Pritchard said that the game’s rapid rise in popularity was amazing, especially considering that a bad-tempered kid “inspired a sports craze by making a stink (吵闹) about being bored one afternoon 56 years ago”.
8. What do we know about pickleball, according to the passage
A. It was invented accidentally by a young boy.
B. It is a game suitable for family gatherings.
C. It combines elements from several ball games.
D. The game’s judges come from a serving team.
9. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A Why pickleball has become so well received.
B. What equipment pickleball players need.
C. How significant pickleball is to the world.
D. What rules must be obeyed in pickleball.
10. What did Pritchard think of the popularity of pickleball
A. Unexpected. B. Reasonable. C. Natural. D. Awkward.
11. Why does the author write the passage
A. To advise us to join in sports games.
B. To teach us how to play pickleball.
C To tell us the birth of a sports game.
D. To motivate us to follow new trends.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. A 11. C
D
Humans spend about one third of their lives sleeping. But some mammals (哺乳动物), like the northern elephant seal, survive with much less sleep.
Researchers in a new study described the unusual sleep pattern of these ocean animals. They found that when these mammals go to feed on trips that can last seven months, they sleep just two hours each day. Those two hours of sleep are made up of short moments of rest lasting only 10 minutes each as they dive deep to avoid predators (捕食者). The only other mammals known to get so little sleep are African elephants.
The researchers placed a head covering with sensors (传感器) on the heads of the seals that they studied. The sensors recorded sleep signals created by the seals’ brains and heart rate. The sensors also recorded the animals’ location and depth beneath the sea. Female seals go out on longer open-ocean trips while males only feed in coastal waters. Because of this, the researchers only studied female seals.
During dives lasting about 30 minutes, the seals went into a deep sleep called slow-wave sleep while keeping a controlled downward movement. When they then experienced rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, the seals fell into a turning pattern. Then, at the deepest point of their sleeping dive—up to 377 meters deep—they wake up and swim back to the surface.
Terrie Williams is a scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz who helped write the study. She said, “It is remarkable that a wild animal will fall into deep, paralytic REM sleep when there are predators on the hunt.” She added that the seals solve this problem by going into deep sleep in the deep parts of the oceans where predators usually do not hunt them.
Williams said the brain’s ability to control awakening the sleeping seals at a depth before they drown is also a discovery about how mammalian brains work. She commented on this, saying that it shows the survival control of the seals’ brains.
12. Why did researchers only study female elephant seals
A. They like living in groups more than males. B. They are more friendly to humans.
C. They are more convenient to follow. D. They go to feed on longer trips.
13. What were the elephant seals doing when they were in deep sleep
A. Falling into deeper sea. B. Swimming fast in the sea.
C. Moving back to the surface. D. Breathing deeply and slowly.
14. What’s the advantage of elephant seals’ sleep in the deep parts of the oceans
A. They hunt for more food. B. They avoid being hunted.
C. They get completely relaxed. D. They control their sleep pattern.
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Different Animals Need Different Sleep
B. Short Sleep Helps Elephant Seals Move Deeper into Sea
C. Female Elephant Seals Sleep Only Two Hours a Day
D. Male and Female Elephant Seals Feed in Different Areas
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
With New Year approaching, year-end reviews dominate the airwaves.____16____. Lose ten pounds Read a book a month However, I’ve never given much thought to New Year’s resolutions. I make intentions instead. It means setting one’s purpose toward a path instead of action toward specific behaviors. And more than that, I’m setting them in a framework (框架) that will give them wings.
Set time, not goals
A wise friend once told me “Do not set a result as the goal. Set the time in which you do the things you want to do.” For example, I usually tell myself I should write more.____17____. Then, I realize it would be better to set my intention to write and the time to write, say, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 :30 a. m.
Take advantage of the Premack Principle
The Premack principle is a behavioral strategy that states that the presence of a high-probability behavior can make a low-probability behavior more likely.____18____ . So, now that I’ve set my intention to write and the time to write, I can link it to a high-probability behavior, such as dropping my kids off at school in the morning. The point is that it gets the action rolling without much thought or self-motivating talk.____19____ .
____20____
Let’s face it, no matter how much you set an intention, if there’s no enjoyment once you start, it will likely fall by the wayside. So, find a path you enjoy that will bring the same results. In truth, I hate exercising, but, luckily, I walk my dog. A lovely way to exercise, go out in nature, enjoy companionship, and meet people !
A. Face your intention directly
B. One intention, multiple paths
C. Over time, it becomes routine as well
D. But the result proves far from satisfactory
E. Perhaps most are also making new year resolutions
F. Resolutions seem to hold people prisoners rather than free them
G. In other words, to enact a new behavior, attach it to a well-established behavior
【答案】16. E 17. D 18. G 19. C 20. B
二、语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I grew up on a university campus in eastern Nigeria.I was a(n) ____21____reader, and what I read were British and American children’s books.I began to write when I was seven.I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my ____22____ were white and blue-eyed. They played in the snow. They ate apples, and they talked a lot about the ____23____，how lovely it was that the sun had ____24____.
What this demonstrates is how ____25____we can be influenced by what we read, particularly as children. Because all I had read were foreign books, I had become ____26____ that books had to have ____27____ in them and had to be about things with which I could not personally identify.
Things ____28____ when I discovered African books. There weren’t many of them available, and they weren’t quite as easy to ____29____ as the foreign books.
But _____30_____ writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye I went through a mental _____31_____in my view of literature.I _____32_____ that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate,could also _____33_____ in literature. I started to write about things I recognized. What the _____34_____ of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a _____35_____ story of what books are.
21. A. early B. aimless C. careful D. poor
22. A. instructors B. neighbors C. friends D. characters
23. A. snow B. fruits C. cuisine D. weather
24. A. disappeared B. set C. come out D. gone down
25. A. briefly B. regularly C. scarcely D. easily
26. A. convinced B. puzzled C. concerned D. satisfied
27. A. heroes B. foreigners C. Africans D. children
28. A. remained B. changed C. worsened D. worked
29. A. read B. understand C. find D. keep
30. A. in spite of B. on behalf of C. because of D. instead of
31. A. confusion B. shift C. block D. activity
32. A. realized B. suspected C. claimed D. forgot
33. A. take B. exist C. believe D. major
34. A. discovery B. popularity C. imagination D. analysis
35. A. classic B. remarkable C. whole D. single
【答案】21 A 22. D 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. B 34. A 35. 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。
The approaching of a new year is always exciting. The Little New Year, ____36____is also called the Minor New Year’s Day, usually falls roughly a week before ____37____ Lunar New Year. In 2023, it will fall on Jan. 14th and 15th. The Chinese Little New Year is not a____38____(fix) festival as it varies with local ____39____ (custom).
Worshiping Kitchen God is the most important activity in____40____ (celebrate) of the Chinese Little New Year. According to the folklore, the Kitchen God would report____41____ the Jade Emperor on the good and evil deeds of every family on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month for the Emperor to reward or punish. While ____42____(offer) sacrifice to the Kitchen God, people place candy, water, beans and hay on the table in front of the Kitchen God image.
Other activities during the festival ____43____(main) include sweeping dust and making Chinese paper cuts for window decoration. Chinese Little New Year also means that Chinese people begin to prepare special purchases for the Spring Festival and are ready ____44____(spend) a clean Spring Festival. Above all, it suggests a new year with a new image and ____45____(express) the good wishes of Chinese people to ring out the Old Year and ring in the New Year.
【答案】36. which
37. the
38. fixed
39. customs
40. celebration 41. to
42. offering
43. mainly 44. to spend
45. expresses
三、写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，因故不能参加外教George 下周五关于“英国文化”的讲座。请你给他写一封信请假，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 解释原因；
3. 表示歉意。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear George
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear George,
I’m extremely sorry that I won’t be able to attend your lecture on “British Culture” next Friday.
Much as I’d like to attend it, to my regret, I have been told to sit an important exam that day. I hope you can understand my situation. I was wondering if there will be any recordings available so that I can catch up on the lecture and the important points that you will be presenting.
Once again, I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Maria and Peter lived in a coastal city. The greatest pleasure in summer for them was to swim at their local beach after school. But one day they started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters. More often than not, they would find plastic bags thrown on the beach. Worse sill, as they swam in the water, some plastic bags would float around them and even stick to their legs when they walked to the shore.
They were upset and decided something needed to be done to stop the beautiful sea becoming consumed by waste.One weekend,Maria and Peter brought a big bag to the beach and determined to clean it up. Sweat streamed down from their forehead while they bent down and picked up the plastic bags. To their disappointment, after a day’s hard work, there were still many plastic bags lying on the beach or floating in the water. Going home with aching legs and arms, Maria and Peter were almost defeated by a strong sense of failure.
That night over dinner with their parents, the pair ate silently. Noticing their low spirits, Mother asked gently, “You two looked so down. What happened ”Exchanging glances with Peter, Maria replied in a low voice,“It’s those annoying plastic bags. We tried to clean up but it was just impossible.”Understanding the pair’s disappointment, their father patted them on the back and comforted,”Well, it’s really hard for just two of you to fix such a big problem.”“Just two of us.”complained Maria and Peter, looking at each other.Suddenly, an idea lashed through their minds, their eyes shining with excitement.“Yes,that’s the point! We should make more people aware of the problem and encourage them to take action!” the pair said in chorus.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Quickly finishing their dinner, the pair went upstairs and started planning.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Excited and nervous, they posted the video and article on WeChat.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Quickly finishing their dinner, the pair went upstairs and started planning. Maria and Peter decided to take advantage of the Internet. “Maybe we can write an article to arouse people's awareness.” Maria proposed. “Good idea! We can also make a video!" Peter added. The next few hours witnessed their heated discussion and growing confidence in a clean and beautiful coast. The next day, they went to the beach and filmed a short video showing plastic bags lying on the beach and floating in the sea. Peter, who was good at writing, wrote an article talking about the present situation of the beach and asking people to take part in the clean-up.
Excited and nervous, they posted the video and article on WeChat. To their amazement, their post went viral online immediately. Countless comments flooded in saying how heartbroken they were when looking at the polluted beach and ocean. What amazed Maria and Peter more was that numerous people in their community, encouraged by their efforts, offered to join in their clean-up. More and more people came to the beach to collect plastic bags and they also appealed to others to avoid throwing or using plastic bags. A year later, with their joint and continuous effort, the coast regained its beauty and Maria and Peter regained their long-awaited pleasure.
一、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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
As a language learning enthusiast, I’ve come up with the best apps for learning English from the thousands of mobile apps out there.
Best for Pronunciation: ELSA Speak
ELSA Speak is probably the best mobile app around for helping you improve your English pronunciation. The app’s greatest strength is its intensive AI feedback, but ELSA also provides mini-training sessions to really perfect your pronunciation. The AI analyzes your recordings based on pronunciation, intonation and fluency then points out exactly which parts sound inaccurate.
Best for Immersing in English Videos: FluentU
FuentU is a language learning app that teaches you English through authentic videos like news reports, movie scenes and interviews, with learner tools for all levels. Each clip has interactive subtitles so if you’re not sure what a word means, you can hover over it and get in explanation. The app also gives video examples for each word so you can learn vocabulary in context.
Best for Practical Topics: Babbel
Babbel has you learn and practice English with realistic conversations that surround things that you’re personally interested in. Lessons are short and consist of written and audio versions of the grammar featured in the lessons. Then you are able to complete practice exercises to solidify your understanding.
Best for Fun Beginner Lessons: Lingodeer
Lingodeer uses games and short exercises to teach beginner and intermediate English learners. Lingodeer takes a gamified approach to language learning with a goal-oriented curriculum consisting of structured lessons and regular reviews. Lingodeer’s lessons are arranged according to themes, such as sports, weather, parts of the body and shopping.
1. What is the feature of ELSA Speak
A. It analyzes learners’ recordings. B. It provides guidance for learners.
C. It gives learners helpful feedback. D. It improves learners’ communication skill.
2. Which app provides videos as learning resources
A FluentU. B. ELSA Speak. C. Babbel. D. Lingodeer.
3. What can learners do with the app Lingodeer
A. Design games. B. Study around a theme.
C. Structure lessons. D. Take advanced courses.
B
I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.
I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.
I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.
The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.
Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.
A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.
4. What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1
A. Efforts made in vain.
B. Getting injured in his work.
C Feeling uncertain about his future.
D. Creatures forced out of their homes.
5. Why was the author called to Muttontown
A. To rescue a woman.
B. To take care of a woman.
C. To look at a baby owl.
D. To cure a young owl.
6. What made the chick calm down
A. A new nest.
B. Some food.
C. A recording.
D. Its parents.
7. How would the author feel about the outcome of the event
A. It’s unexpected.
B. It’s beautiful.
C. It’s humorous.
D. It’s discouraging.
C
Teenagers around the world are familiar with the great pain of boredom. And every parent is familiar with the sounds of groaning (咕哝的) kids, sulking (生闷气) in their room or pacing aimlessly around the house. But sometimes, it’s this very sense of boredom that can inspire creativity and create fast-growing trends.
This is true for pickleball (匹克球), now a popular sport in the West. According to the Mental Floss website, the sport was invented in the summer of 1965. At that time, Frank Pritchard, 13, had nothing to do in his family’s summer home in Washington, US. After complaining loudly, his father, Joel, suggested he make up a game. When Frank replied “Why don’t you ” his father gladly took up the challenge. Thus, pickleball was born.
Certain parts of tennis, badminton and ping-pong can be seen from pickleball. It’s a bat game played on a badminton-sized court with what looks like a wiffle ball (威浮球) over a low net. Only the serving team can score points, and all serves must be made with an underhand stroke (击球).
The popularity of pickleball has grown steadily over the last decade. According to Mental Floss, the number of pickleball courts has grown by an estimated 385 percent worldwide since 2010. One reason for its popularity is that it’s “a sport for everyone”. Anyone can play pickleball because it’s relatively easy to pick up. There are simple rules, and all people need is a couple of bats and a ball, which is affordable and accessible to all. Plus, pickleball is a sport centered around fun and friendship. The game lasts as short as 15 minutes, which means less running and stress for players.
Pritchard said that the game’s rapid rise in popularity was amazing, especially considering that a bad-tempered kid “inspired a sports craze by making a stink (吵闹) about being bored one afternoon 56 years ago”.
8. What do we know about pickleball, according to the passage
A. It was invented accidentally by a young boy.
B. It is a game suitable for family gatherings.
C. It combines elements from several ball games.
D. The game’s judges come from a serving team.
9. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A. Why pickleball has become so well received.
B. What equipment pickleball players need.
C. How significant pickleball is to the world.
D. What rules must be obeyed in pickleball.
10. What did Pritchard think of the popularity of pickleball
A. Unexpected. B. Reasonable. C. Natural. D. Awkward.
11. Why does the author write the passage
A To advise us to join in sports games.
B. To teach us how to play pickleball.
C. To tell us the birth of a sports game.
D. To motivate us to follow new trends.
D
Humans spend about one third of their lives sleeping. But some mammals (哺乳动物), like the northern elephant seal, survive with much less sleep.
Researchers in a new study described the unusual sleep pattern of these ocean animals. They found that when these mammals go to feed on trips that can last seven months, they sleep just two hours each day. Those two hours of sleep are made up of short moments of rest lasting only 10 minutes each as they dive deep to avoid predators (捕食者). The only other mammals known to get so little sleep are African elephants.
The researchers placed a head covering with sensors (传感器) on the heads of the seals that they studied. The sensors recorded sleep signals created by the seals’ brains and heart rate. The sensors also recorded the animals’ location and depth beneath the sea. Female seals go out on longer open-ocean trips while males only feed in coastal waters. Because of this, the researchers only studied female seals.
During dives lasting about 30 minutes, the seals went into a deep sleep called slow-wave sleep while keeping a controlled downward movement. When they then experienced rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, the seals fell into a turning pattern. Then, at the deepest point of their sleeping dive—up to 377 meters deep—they wake up and swim back to the surface.
Terrie Williams is a scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz who helped write the study. She said, “It is remarkable that a wild animal will fall into deep, paralytic REM sleep when there are predators on the hunt.” She added that the seals solve this problem by going into deep sleep in the deep parts of the oceans where predators usually do not hunt them.
Williams said the brain’s ability to control awakening the sleeping seals at a depth before they drown is also a discovery about how mammalian brains work. She commented on this, saying that it shows the survival control of the seals’ brains.
12. Why did researchers only study female elephant seals
A. They like living in groups more than males. B. They are more friendly to humans.
C. They are more convenient to follow. D. They go to feed on longer trips.
13. What were the elephant seals doing when they were in deep sleep
A. Falling into deeper sea. B. Swimming fast in the sea.
C. Moving back to the surface. D. Breathing deeply and slowly.
14. What’s the advantage of elephant seals’ sleep in the deep parts of the oceans
A They hunt for more food. B. They avoid being hunted.
C. They get completely relaxed. D. They control their sleep pattern.
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Different Animals Need Different Sleep
B. Short Sleep Helps Elephant Seals Move Deeper into Sea
C. Female Elephant Seals Sleep Only Two Hours a Day
D. Male and Female Elephant Seals Feed in Different Areas
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
With New Year approaching, year-end reviews dominate the airwaves.____16____. Lose ten pounds Read a book a month However, I’ve never given much thought to New Year’s resolutions. I make intentions instead. It means setting one’s purpose toward a path instead of action toward specific behaviors. And more than that, I’m setting them in a framework (框架) that will give them wings.
Set time, not goals
A wise friend once told me “Do not set a result as the goal. Set the time in which you do the things you want to do.” For example, I usually tell myself I should write more.____17____. Then, I realize it would be better to set my intention to write and the time to write, say, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 :30 a. m.
Take advantage of the Premack Principle
The Premack principle is a behavioral strategy that states that the presence of a high-probability behavior can make a low-probability behavior more likely.____18____ . So, now that I’ve set my intention to write and the time to write, I can link it to a high-probability behavior, such as dropping my kids off at school in the morning. The point is that it gets the action rolling without much thought or self-motivating talk.____19____ .
____20____
Let’s face it, no matter how much you set an intention, if there’s no enjoyment once you start, it will likely fall by the wayside. So, find a path you enjoy that will bring the same results. In truth, I hate exercising, but, luckily, I walk my dog. A lovely way to exercise, go out in nature, enjoy companionship, and meet people !
A. Face your intention directly
B. One intention, multiple paths
C. Over time, it becomes routine as well
D. But the result proves far from satisfactory
E. Perhaps most are also making new year resolutions
F. Resolutions seem to hold people prisoners rather than free them
G. In other words, to enact a new behavior, attach it to a well-established behavior
二、语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I grew up on a university campus in eastern Nigeria.I was a(n) ____21____reader, and what I read were British and American children’s books.I began to write when I was seven.I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my ____22____ were white and blue-eyed. They played in the snow. They ate apples, and they talked a lot about the ____23____，how lovely it was that the sun had ____24____.
What this demonstrates is how ____25____we can be influenced by what we read particularly as children. Because all I had read were foreign books, I had become ____26____ that books had to have ____27____ in them and had to be about things with which I could not personally identify.
Things ____28____ when I discovered African books. There weren’t many of them available, and they weren’t quite as easy to ____29____ as the foreign books.
But _____30_____ writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye I went through a mental _____31_____in my view of literature.I _____32_____ that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate,could also _____33_____ in literature. I started to write about things I recognized. What the _____34_____ of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a _____35_____ story of what books are.
21. A. early B. aimless C. careful D. poor
22. A. instructors B. neighbors C. friends D. characters
23. A. snow B. fruits C. cuisine D. weather
24. A. disappeared B. set C. come out D. gone down
25. A. briefly B. regularly C. scarcely D. easily
26. A. convinced B. puzzled C. concerned D. satisfied
27. A. heroes B. foreigners C. Africans D. children
28. A. remained B. changed C. worsened D. worked
29. A. read B. understand C. find D. keep
30. A. in spite of B. on behalf of C. because of D. instead of
31. A. confusion B. shift C. block D. activity
32. A. realized B. suspected C. claimed D. forgot
33. A. take B. exist C. believe D. major
34. A. discovery B. popularity C. imagination D. analysis
35. A. classic B. remarkable C. whole D. single
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。
The approaching of a new year is always exciting. The Little New Year, ____36____is also called the Minor New Year’s Day, usually falls roughly a week before ____37____ Lunar New Year. In 2023, it will fall on Jan. 14th and 15th. The Chinese Little New Year is not a____38____(fix) festival as it varies with local ____39____ (custom).
Worshiping Kitchen God is the most important activity in____40____ (celebrate) of the Chinese Little New Year. According to the folklore, the Kitchen God would report____41____ the Jade Emperor on the good and evil deeds of every family on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month for the Emperor to reward or punish. While ____42____(offer) sacrifice to the Kitchen God, people place candy, water, beans and hay on the table in front of the Kitchen God image.
Other activities during the festival ____43____(main) include sweeping dust and making Chinese paper cuts for window decoration. Chinese Little New Year also means that Chinese people begin to prepare special purchases for the Spring Festival and are ready ____44____(spend) a clean Spring Festival. Above all, it suggests a new year with a new image and ____45____(express) the good wishes of Chinese people to ring out the Old Year and ring in the New Year.
三、写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，因故不能参加外教George 下周五关于“英国文化”的讲座。请你给他写一封信请假，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 解释原因；
3. 表示歉意。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear George,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Maria and Peter lived in a coastal city. The greatest pleasure in summer for them was to swim at their local beach after school. But one day they started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters. More often than not, they would find plastic bags thrown on the beach. Worse sill, as they swam in the water, some plastic bags would float around them and even stick to their legs when they walked to the shore.
They were upset and decided something needed to be done to stop the beautiful sea becoming consumed by waste.One weekend,Maria and Peter brought a big bag to the beach and determined to clean it up. Sweat streamed down from their forehead while they bent down and picked up the plastic bags. To their disappointment, after a day’s hard work, there were still many plastic bags lying on the beach or floating in the water. Going home with aching legs and arms, Maria and Peter were almost defeated by a strong sense of failure.
That night over dinner with their parents, the pair ate silently. Noticing their low spirits, Mother asked gently, “You two looked so down. What happened ”Exchanging glances with Peter, Maria replied in a low voice,“It’s those annoying plastic bags. We tried to clean up but it was just impossible.”Understanding the pair’s disappointment, their father patted them on the back and comforted,”Well, it’s really hard for just two of you to fix such a big problem.”“Just two of us.”complained Maria and Peter, looking at each other.Suddenly, an idea lashed through their minds, their eyes shining with excitement.“Yes,that’s the point! We should make more people aware of the problem and encourage them to take action!” the pair said in chorus.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Quickly finishing their dinner, the pair went upstairs and started planning.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Excited and nervous, they posted the video and article on WeChat.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案
一、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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
As a language learning enthusiast, I’ve come up with the best apps for learning English from the thousands of mobile apps out there.
Best for Pronunciation: ELSA Speak
ELSA Speak is probably the best mobile app around for helping you improve your English pronunciation. The app’s greatest strength is its intensive AI feedback, but ELSA also provides mini-training sessions to really perfect your pronunciation. The AI analyzes your recordings based on pronunciation, intonation and fluency then points out exactly which parts sound inaccurate.
Best for Immersing in English Videos: FluentU
FuentU is a language learning app that teaches you English through authentic videos like news reports, movie scenes and interviews, with learner tools for all levels. Each clip has interactive subtitles so if you’re not sure what a word means, you can hover over it and get in explanation. The app also gives video examples for each word so you can learn vocabulary in context.
Best for Practical Topics: Babbel
Babbel has you learn and practice English with realistic conversations that surround things that you’re personally interested in. Lessons are short and consist of written and audio versions of the grammar featured in the lessons. Then you are able to complete practice exercises to solidify your understanding.
Best for Fun Beginner Lessons: Lingodeer
Lingodeer uses games and short exercises to teach beginner and intermediate English learners. Lingodeer takes a gamified approach to language learning with a goal-oriented curriculum consisting of structured lessons and regular reviews. Lingodeer’s lessons are arranged according to themes, such as sports, weather, parts of the body and shopping.
1. What is the feature of ELSA Speak
A. It analyzes learners’ recordings. B. It provides guidance for learners.
C. It gives learners helpful feedback. D. It improves learners’ communication skill.
2. Which app provides videos as learning resources
A. FluentU. B. ELSA Speak. C. Babbel. D. Lingodeer.
3. What can learners do with the app Lingodeer
A. Design games. B. Study around a theme.
C. Structure lessons. D. Take advanced courses.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. B
B
I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.
I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.
I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.
The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.
Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.
A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.
4. What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1
A. Efforts made in vain.
B. Getting injured in his work.
C. Feeling uncertain about his future.
D. Creatures forced out of their homes.
5. Why was the author called to Muttontown
A. To rescue a woman.
B. To take care of a woman.
C. To look at a baby owl.
D. To cure a young owl.
6. What made the chick calm down
A. A new nest.
B. Some food.
C. A recording.
D. Its parents.
7. How would the author feel about the outcome of the event
A. It’s unexpected.
B. It’s beautiful.
C. It’s humorous.
D. It’s discouraging.
【答案】4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B
C
Teenagers around the world are familiar with the great pain of boredom. And every parent is familiar with the sounds of groaning (咕哝的) kids, sulking (生闷气) in their room or pacing aimlessly around the house. But sometimes, it’s this very sense of boredom that can inspire creativity and create fast-growing trends.
This is true for pickleball (匹克球), now a popular sport in the West. According to the Mental Floss website, the sport was invented in the summer of 1965. At that time, Frank Pritchard, 13, had nothing to do in his family’s summer home in Washington, US. After complaining loudly, his father, Joel, suggested he make up a game. When Frank replied “Why don’t you ” his father gladly took up the challenge. Thus, pickleball was born.
Certain parts of tennis, badminton and ping-pong can be seen from pickleball. It’s a bat game played on a badminton-sized court with what looks like a wiffle ball (威浮球) over a low net. Only the serving team can score points, and all serves must be made with an underhand stroke (击球).
The popularity of pickleball has grown steadily over the last decade. According to Mental Floss, the number of pickleball courts has grown by an estimated 385 percent worldwide since 2010. One reason for its popularity is that it’s “a sport for everyone”. Anyone can play pickleball because it’s relatively easy to pick up. There are simple rules, and all people need is a couple of bats and a ball, which is affordable and accessible to all. Plus, pickleball is a sport centered around fun and friendship. The game lasts as short as 15 minutes, which means less running and stress for players.
Pritchard said that the game’s rapid rise in popularity was amazing, especially considering that a bad-tempered kid “inspired a sports craze by making a stink (吵闹) about being bored one afternoon 56 years ago”.
8. What do we know about pickleball, according to the passage
A. It was invented accidentally by a young boy.
B. It is a game suitable for family gatherings.
C. It combines elements from several ball games.
D. The game’s judges come from a serving team.
9. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A Why pickleball has become so well received.
B. What equipment pickleball players need.
C. How significant pickleball is to the world.
D. What rules must be obeyed in pickleball.
10. What did Pritchard think of the popularity of pickleball
A. Unexpected. B. Reasonable. C. Natural. D. Awkward.
11. Why does the author write the passage
A. To advise us to join in sports games.
B. To teach us how to play pickleball.
C To tell us the birth of a sports game.
D. To motivate us to follow new trends.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. A 11. C
D
Humans spend about one third of their lives sleeping. But some mammals (哺乳动物), like the northern elephant seal, survive with much less sleep.
Researchers in a new study described the unusual sleep pattern of these ocean animals. They found that when these mammals go to feed on trips that can last seven months, they sleep just two hours each day. Those two hours of sleep are made up of short moments of rest lasting only 10 minutes each as they dive deep to avoid predators (捕食者). The only other mammals known to get so little sleep are African elephants.
The researchers placed a head covering with sensors (传感器) on the heads of the seals that they studied. The sensors recorded sleep signals created by the seals’ brains and heart rate. The sensors also recorded the animals’ location and depth beneath the sea. Female seals go out on longer open-ocean trips while males only feed in coastal waters. Because of this, the researchers only studied female seals.
During dives lasting about 30 minutes, the seals went into a deep sleep called slow-wave sleep while keeping a controlled downward movement. When they then experienced rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, the seals fell into a turning pattern. Then, at the deepest point of their sleeping dive—up to 377 meters deep—they wake up and swim back to the surface.
Terrie Williams is a scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz who helped write the study. She said, “It is remarkable that a wild animal will fall into deep, paralytic REM sleep when there are predators on the hunt.” She added that the seals solve this problem by going into deep sleep in the deep parts of the oceans where predators usually do not hunt them.
Williams said the brain’s ability to control awakening the sleeping seals at a depth before they drown is also a discovery about how mammalian brains work. She commented on this, saying that it shows the survival control of the seals’ brains.
12. Why did researchers only study female elephant seals
A. They like living in groups more than males. B. They are more friendly to humans.
C. They are more convenient to follow. D. They go to feed on longer trips.
13. What were the elephant seals doing when they were in deep sleep
A. Falling into deeper sea. B. Swimming fast in the sea.
C. Moving back to the surface. D. Breathing deeply and slowly.
14. What’s the advantage of elephant seals’ sleep in the deep parts of the oceans
A. They hunt for more food. B. They avoid being hunted.
C. They get completely relaxed. D. They control their sleep pattern.
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Different Animals Need Different Sleep
B. Short Sleep Helps Elephant Seals Move Deeper into Sea
C. Female Elephant Seals Sleep Only Two Hours a Day
D. Male and Female Elephant Seals Feed in Different Areas
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
With New Year approaching, year-end reviews dominate the airwaves.____16____. Lose ten pounds Read a book a month However, I’ve never given much thought to New Year’s resolutions. I make intentions instead. It means setting one’s purpose toward a path instead of action toward specific behaviors. And more than that, I’m setting them in a framework (框架) that will give them wings.
Set time, not goals
A wise friend once told me “Do not set a result as the goal. Set the time in which you do the things you want to do.” For example, I usually tell myself I should write more.____17____. Then, I realize it would be better to set my intention to write and the time to write, say, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 :30 a. m.
Take advantage of the Premack Principle
The Premack principle is a behavioral strategy that states that the presence of a high-probability behavior can make a low-probability behavior more likely.____18____ . So, now that I’ve set my intention to write and the time to write, I can link it to a high-probability behavior, such as dropping my kids off at school in the morning. The point is that it gets the action rolling without much thought or self-motivating talk.____19____ .
____20____
Let’s face it, no matter how much you set an intention, if there’s no enjoyment once you start, it will likely fall by the wayside. So, find a path you enjoy that will bring the same results. In truth, I hate exercising, but, luckily, I walk my dog. A lovely way to exercise, go out in nature, enjoy companionship, and meet people !
A. Face your intention directly
B. One intention, multiple paths
C. Over time, it becomes routine as well
D. But the result proves far from satisfactory
E. Perhaps most are also making new year resolutions
F. Resolutions seem to hold people prisoners rather than free them
G. In other words, to enact a new behavior, attach it to a well-established behavior
【答案】16. E 17. D 18. G 19. C 20. B
二、语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I grew up on a university campus in eastern Nigeria.I was a(n) ____21____reader, and what I read were British and American children’s books.I began to write when I was seven.I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my ____22____ were white and blue-eyed. They played in the snow. They ate apples, and they talked a lot about the ____23____，how lovely it was that the sun had ____24____.
What this demonstrates is how ____25____we can be influenced by what we read, particularly as children. Because all I had read were foreign books, I had become ____26____ that books had to have ____27____ in them and had to be about things with which I could not personally identify.
Things ____28____ when I discovered African books. There weren’t many of them available, and they weren’t quite as easy to ____29____ as the foreign books.
But _____30_____ writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye I went through a mental _____31_____in my view of literature.I _____32_____ that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate,could also _____33_____ in literature. I started to write about things I recognized. What the _____34_____ of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a _____35_____ story of what books are.
21. A. early B. aimless C. careful D. poor
22. A. instructors B. neighbors C. friends D. characters
23. A. snow B. fruits C. cuisine D. weather
24. A. disappeared B. set C. come out D. gone down
25. A. briefly B. regularly C. scarcely D. easily
26. A. convinced B. puzzled C. concerned D. satisfied
27. A. heroes B. foreigners C. Africans D. children
28. A. remained B. changed C. worsened D. worked
29. A. read B. understand C. find D. keep
30. A. in spite of B. on behalf of C. because of D. instead of
31. A. confusion B. shift C. block D. activity
32. A. realized B. suspected C. claimed D. forgot
33. A. take B. exist C. believe D. major
34. A. discovery B. popularity C. imagination D. analysis
35. A. classic B. remarkable C. whole D. single
【答案】21 A 22. D 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. B 34. A 35. 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。
The approaching of a new year is always exciting. The Little New Year, ____36____is also called the Minor New Year’s Day, usually falls roughly a week before ____37____ Lunar New Year. In 2023, it will fall on Jan. 14th and 15th. The Chinese Little New Year is not a____38____(fix) festival as it varies with local ____39____ (custom).
Worshiping Kitchen God is the most important activity in____40____ (celebrate) of the Chinese Little New Year. According to the folklore, the Kitchen God would report____41____ the Jade Emperor on the good and evil deeds of every family on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month for the Emperor to reward or punish. While ____42____(offer) sacrifice to the Kitchen God, people place candy, water, beans and hay on the table in front of the Kitchen God image.
Other activities during the festival ____43____(main) include sweeping dust and making Chinese paper cuts for window decoration. Chinese Little New Year also means that Chinese people begin to prepare special purchases for the Spring Festival and are ready ____44____(spend) a clean Spring Festival. Above all, it suggests a new year with a new image and ____45____(express) the good wishes of Chinese people to ring out the Old Year and ring in the New Year.
【答案】36. which
37. the
38. fixed
39. customs
40. celebration 41. to
42. offering
43. mainly 44. to spend
45. expresses
三、写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，因故不能参加外教George 下周五关于“英国文化”的讲座。请你给他写一封信请假，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 解释原因；
3. 表示歉意。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear George
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear George,
I’m extremely sorry that I won’t be able to attend your lecture on “British Culture” next Friday.
Much as I’d like to attend it, to my regret, I have been told to sit an important exam that day. I hope you can understand my situation. I was wondering if there will be any recordings available so that I can catch up on the lecture and the important points that you will be presenting.
Once again, I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Maria and Peter lived in a coastal city. The greatest pleasure in summer for them was to swim at their local beach after school. But one day they started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters. More often than not, they would find plastic bags thrown on the beach. Worse sill, as they swam in the water, some plastic bags would float around them and even stick to their legs when they walked to the shore.
They were upset and decided something needed to be done to stop the beautiful sea becoming consumed by waste.One weekend,Maria and Peter brought a big bag to the beach and determined to clean it up. Sweat streamed down from their forehead while they bent down and picked up the plastic bags. To their disappointment, after a day’s hard work, there were still many plastic bags lying on the beach or floating in the water. Going home with aching legs and arms, Maria and Peter were almost defeated by a strong sense of failure.
That night over dinner with their parents, the pair ate silently. Noticing their low spirits, Mother asked gently, “You two looked so down. What happened ”Exchanging glances with Peter, Maria replied in a low voice,“It’s those annoying plastic bags. We tried to clean up but it was just impossible.”Understanding the pair’s disappointment, their father patted them on the back and comforted,”Well, it’s really hard for just two of you to fix such a big problem.”“Just two of us.”complained Maria and Peter, looking at each other.Suddenly, an idea lashed through their minds, their eyes shining with excitement.“Yes,that’s the point! We should make more people aware of the problem and encourage them to take action!” the pair said in chorus.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Quickly finishing their dinner, the pair went upstairs and started planning.
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Excited and nervous, they posted the video and article on WeChat.
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【答案】Quickly finishing their dinner, the pair went upstairs and started planning. Maria and Peter decided to take advantage of the Internet. “Maybe we can write an article to arouse people's awareness.” Maria proposed. “Good idea! We can also make a video!" Peter added. The next few hours witnessed their heated discussion and growing confidence in a clean and beautiful coast. The next day, they went to the beach and filmed a short video showing plastic bags lying on the beach and floating in the sea. Peter, who was good at writing, wrote an article talking about the present situation of the beach and asking people to take part in the clean-up.
Excited and nervous, they posted the video and article on WeChat. To their amazement, their post went viral online immediately. Countless comments flooded in saying how heartbroken they were when looking at the polluted beach and ocean. What amazed Maria and Peter more was that numerous people in their community, encouraged by their efforts, offered to join in their clean-up. More and more people came to the beach to collect plastic bags and they also appealed to others to avoid throwing or using plastic bags. A year later, with their joint and continuous effort, the coast regained its beauty and Maria and Peter regained their long-awaited pleasure.
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