河北省石家庄市第二中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中英语试卷（含答案，无听力音频及原文）
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石家庄二中教育集团2024-2025学年度高二年级上学期期中考试
英语（学科）试卷
（时间：120分钟，分值150分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. When does the rainy season start
A. In January B. In February. C. In November.
2. How does the woman’s food taste
A Salty. B Hot. C. Sweet.
3. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. School friends.
4. Which room has the man finished decorating
A. The bathroom. B. The kitchen. C. The living room.
5. What does the woman probably do
A. A doctor. B. A coach. C. An athlete.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；，听完每段对话后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. What does Miyako want to do
A. Make a call. B. Send a card. C. Hold a party.
7. What is the man doing
A. Making an apology. B. Giving an explanation. C. Sharing an experience.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。
8. What did David do last night
A. He played volleyball. B. He watched television. C. He read the newspaper.
9. What time will the match on Saturday afternoon start
A. At 2:30. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:30.
10. What will Lisa do first
A. Talk with her mom. B. Give David a call. C. Take a piano lesson.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。
11. Where did the man most probably lose his phone
A In a restaurant. B. At the workplace. C. On the underground.
12. What will the man do before five o’clock
A. Meet the woman. B. Buy a new phone. C Make a call to the bank.
13. How does the man feel in the end
A. Surprised. B. Grateful. C. Doubtful.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man say about his office
A. His office is richly decorated.
B He has used this office for a week.
C His office space is spacious enough.
15 Why does the man need a web camera for his computer
A. To record his trip next week.
B. To collect cost-effective web cameras.
C. To communicate with overseas scholars.
16. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. How to choose an office chair.
B. How to prepare for an online meeting.
C. How to improve Professor White’s office.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. What does the speaker focus on
A. What courses the college offers.
B. Why today’s students need exercise.
C. How today’s students spend their money.
18. What does Sarah spend less money on
A. Transport. B. Food. C. Clothes.
19. Who loves cycling
A. Colin. B. Jack. C. Sarah.
20. How does Diana get her money
A. By selling a lot of books.
B. By asking her parents for it.
C. By selling clothes made on her own.
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
You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years
Jane Addams (1860－1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson (1907－1964)
If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the danger of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930－present)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the US Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks (1913－2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” said Parks.
1. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm
A. Her lack of proper training in law. B. Her little work experience in court.
C. The discrimination against women. D. The poor financial conditions.
2. Who made a great contribution to the equal rights of the citizens
A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson.
C. Sandra Day O’Connor. D. Rosa Parks.
3. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text
A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative.
C. They are pioneers. D. They are peace lovers.
B
Most of us take the task of buying a cup of coffee for granted, as it seems simple enough. However, we have no idea just how stressful tasks like this can be for people who suffer from disabilities. That’s why it’s so heart-warming to see a story like this in which a barista (咖啡师) does something small to make life a little easier for someone who is deaf.
Ibby Piracha lost his hearing when he was only two years old, and he now goes to his local cafe in Leesburg, Virginia to order a cup of coffee at least three times a week. Though all the baristas who work there have his order memorized, Ibby always write his order on his phone and shows it to the barista.
One day, however, one of the baristas did something that changed everything! After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was amazed when barista Krystal pane handed him a note in response. “I’ve been learning sign language just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language what he would like to order.
Ibby was touched that she would learn sign language just to help him feel welcome. “I was just so moved that she actually wanted to learn sign language. It is really a totally different language and it was something that she wanted to do because of me. Because I was a deaf customer. I was very, very impressed,” Ibby said.
Krystal had spent hours watching teaching videos so that she could learn enough sign language to give Ibby the best customer service that she could! “My job is to make sure people have the experience they expect and that’s what I gave him,” Krystal says.
Ibby posted a photo of Krystal’s note online, and it quickly went viral, getting hundreds of likes and comments that praised Krystal for her kind action.
4. What can we learn about Ibby Piracha from paragraph 2
A. He was born deaf. B. He lives a hard life.
C. He loves to order take-out food. D. He visits the cafe regularly.
5. Why did Krystal learn sign language
A. To serve Ibby better. B. To attract more customers.
C. To give Ibby a big surprise. D. To make herself more popular.
6. Which of the following can best describe Krystal
A. Kind and considerate. B. Honest and responsible.
C. Sociable and humorous. D. Ambitious and sensitive.
7. What message does the author want to convey in the text
A. Two heads are better than one. B. A small act makes a difference.
C. One good turn deserves another. D. Actions speak louder than words.
C
According to the UN report, nearly 54 million tons of e-waste was generated around the world in 2019 and will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. It includes everything from phones and computer monitors to larger items like refrigerators and old fax machine.
Rwanda is one of only 13 countries in Africa that have passed a national law regarding e-waste rule.· It has led to the first official recycling: and reusing facility in the country. Operational since early last year, this public-private partnership between the government and Enviroserve became a source of pride for Rwanda. The plant can process up to 10,000 tons of e-waste per year. According to managing director Olivier Mbera, Enviroserve has already repaired and reused more than 5,000 computers, which were sold to public schools. To date, it has processed more than 4,000 tons of e-waste and created more than 600 jobs.
Conveyor belts (传送带) sort plastics from metals, while particular space collects phosphor (磷) from old tube TVs. Circuit boards (电路板) pile up in bags and batteries are constantly being tested. Every piece of e-waste is thoroughly collected or pressed. The dangerous materials which can poison the environment are separated from the valuable ones.
“Globally, waste is not only increasing in quantity, but also in its complexity and composition,” says Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya, country representative for Rwanda at the Global Green Growth Institute, an intergovernmental organization for sustainable economic growth. “Within an electronic device, there’s gold, silver and so on and these sorts of elements could be taken out, providing new business opportunities for small businesses and even for big cities to generate income. Rwanda is one of our earliest pioneer members and they’ve done really well when it comes to its shift to a green growth pathway,” he adds.
Mbera points to Enviroserve’s success in Rwanda as a potential beginning for an e-waste movement across Africa. “We’re talking with different governments in Africa to establish similar facilities in their countries,” he says. One thing is certain: it will take all nations to combat the growing e-waste crisis.
8. What can we know about e-waste recycling facility in Rwanda
A. It is the first plant to reuse e-waste in Africa.
B. It is managed entirely by the government.
C. It has already processed 10,000 tons of e-waste.
D. It manages e-waste in an eco-friendly way.
9. What can be inferred according to Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya
A. Electronic devices are made of gold and silver.
B. E-waste can contain potential treasure.
C. Simple electronic devices are in great need.
D. Rwanda is the only nation to recycle e-waste.
10. Which word can replace the underlined word “combat” in Paragraph 5
A. Admit. B. Handle. C. Discover. D. Face.
11. What does the passage mainly talk about
A. Rwanda is coping with the rising e-waste crisis.
B. Lots of electronic devices are wasted in the world.
C. A great deal of e-waste is poisoning the environment.
D. E-waste is increasing in complexity and composition.
D
Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making ultrasonic (超声的) cries when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water starved crops.
Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and tobacco plants made cries at frequencies humans cannot hear when stressed by a lack of water or when their stem it cut.
Microphones placed 10 centimetres from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, which the team says insects and some mammals would be capable of hearing and responding to from as far as 5 metres away, A moth may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed, the researchers suggest. Plants could even hear that other plants are short of water and react accordingly, they speculate (推断).
On average, drought-stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average.
It is even possible to distinguish between the sounds to know what the stress is. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to recognize between the plants’ sounds and the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse, correctly identifying in most cases whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on the sound’s intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example.
Enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction in the field of precision agriculture”, the researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.
“The suggestion that the sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture seems feasible (可行的) if it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation,” says Anne Visscher at the royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK.
She warns that the results can’t yet be broadened out to other stresses, such as salt or temperature, because these may not lead to sounds. In addition, there have been no experiments to show whether moths or any other animal can hear and respond to the sounds the plants make, so that idea remains based on guesses for now, she says.
12. The experiment by researchers, at Tel Aviv University shows that ______.
A. tomato plants cry more often than tobacco when hurt
B. plant sounds can be heard by plants quite far away
C. humans can hear water-hungry plants crying
D. moths like laying eggs on stressed plant
13. What is Anne Visscher’s attitude towards the finding of the experiment
A. Disapproving B. Cautious. C. Appreciative. D. Optimistic.
14. Taking advantage of the new research finding, farmers can ______.
A. predict the drought B. reduce greenhouse effects
C. diagnose plant condition faster D. detect and remove insects easily
15. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Plants get stressed Just Like Us.
B. Sounds of Plants Detected Far Away.
C. Cries of plants break Farmers’ Hearts
D. Plants scream in the presence of stress
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。
There are a total of 3, 044 national parks worldwide. Africa contains 249. Asia has 985. 474 are in Europe. 297 are in Central and North America. 335 are in South America and Oceania has 704. ____16____. Let us check out some of them below.
Ecological (生态的) values
The world is fast losing its natural assets (资产). According to a study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2015, the total number of species (物种) in the last 30 years is 477. Their habitats are getting destroyed worldwide because of all kinds of human activities. How to solve the problem ____17____.
Economic (经济的) values
Well-protected national parks serve as a good way to increase national economy. ____18____. In other words, these wildlife-rich parks can help the country develop tourism. As tourism becomes better; other industries can be developed too.
____19____
It has been found that people can make some illnesses like stress, frustration, eye problems, and anger go away if they spend some quality time in the national parks’ green surroundings. Moreover, people also have chosen these national parks to be a place where they can spend a joyful time.
Social and cultural values
____20____. They serve as the role of a natural history book that dates back centuries. Some locations of national parks have a history as old as 22, 000 years. The protected areas of Australia are used by the Aboriginal people in a number of ways, like being the source of food, medicine, trade, and also in ceremonial procedures.
A. Political values
B. Health and pleasure
C. The reason is that they hugely attract tourists
D. They have great significance in various directions
E. Now, national parks are a solution to this problem
F. The national parks are alive with rich history and culture
G. In national parks, all plants and animals are kept in their natural state
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this ___21___ process and found something that has changed my ___22___ at college for the better: I discovered ASL — American Sign Language (美式手语).
I never felt an urge to learn any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The___23___ languages were enough in all my interactions. Little did I know that I would discover my love for ASL.
The ___24___ began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club ___25___ their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very ___26___ of communicating without speaking ___27___ me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the past. This newness just left me ___28___ more.
After that, feeling the need to ___29___ further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club’s meetings. I only learned how to ____30____ the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my ____31____ progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to attend those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term, I registered an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was ____32____. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. ____33____, if there had been any talking, it would have ____34____ us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the ____35____ way of communication it opens.
21. A. collecting B. planning C. searching D. rushing
22. A. progress B. experience C. major D. opinion
23. A. official B. surprising C. foreign D. spoken
24. A. story B. meeting C. trip D. task
25. A. recorded B. performed C. recited D. discussed
26. A. amount B. dream C. idea D. reason
27. A. disturbed B. attracted C. embarrassed D. supported
28. A. showing B. acting C. saying D. wanting
29. A. explain B. express C. exercise D. explore
30. A. sign B. count C. print D. write
31. A. slow B. steady C. normal D. obvious
32. A. welcomed B. repeated C. prohibited D. ignored
33. A. Instead B. Thus C. However D. Lastly
34. A. required B. caused C. allowed D. expected
35. A. easy B. popular C. quick D. new
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。
At Tesla’s recent “We, Robot” event, Elon Musk unveiled the Cybercab and the Robovan, two autonomous electric vehicles, both of ____36____ are designed to be devoid of a steering wheel and pedals.
The Cybercab, a streamlined two-seater, ____37____ (prefer) for its individualized mass transit potential. ____38____ (price) under $30,000 makes it a more accessible comparison to traditional taxis. In contrast, the Robovan is a larger, bus-sized autonomous vehicle ____39____ (intend) for high-density transportation. ____40____ the capacity to carry up to 20 passengers at a time or transport goods, the Robovan presents a different approach to mass transit. Like the Cybercab, the Robovan is autonomous and can run on the road ____41____ (automatic). ____42____ no specific timeline or cost was mentioned for the Robovan, it presents a futuristic vision for group transportation.
Furthermore, Tesla introduced the Optimus humanoid robot, which offers a new dimension to Tesla’s technology. The Optimus is designed to perform ____43____ (vary) tasks, from teaching and babysitting to mowing lawns and more. Priced at an estimated $20,000 to $30,000, the robot is positioned to be more ____44____ (afford) than a car.
The “We, Robot” event highlighted Musk’s continued ____45____ (commit) to pushing the boundaries of autonomous driving technology and artificial intelligence, with the aim of transforming personal transportation and the future of work.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 中国体育健儿门在2024年巴黎夏季奥运会(the Paris 2024 Olympics)上取得佳绩，实现了竞赛成绩和精神文明双丰收。为了弘扬奥运精神，你校英语报的体育专栏正在举办题“The Athlete I Admire Most”的征文活动，请你写一篇英文短文参加活动。主要内容包括：
1. 你最钦佩的运动员；
2. 你钦佩的原因；
3. 你的决心和打算。
注意：1. 词数80左右：可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
The Athlete I Admire Most
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第二节（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。
My ten-year-old self loved summertime. The best part of summer was the community pool. Everyone was there.
We didn’t have a care in the world. Our biggest concern was which one of us could hold her breath underwater the longest. We didn’t care what we looked like or who was cool. I never once thought about how I looked in a swimsuit or if my hair looked good. I was aware that I wasn’t super-thin like some of the other girls I saw, but I didn’t care.
And then one day, I was taking my turn on the diving board with all the other kids. I jumped in, floated freely to the top and swam over to the ladder to make my way out of the pool. I noticed a girl standing at the top of the ladder, so I swam slowly, giving her time to move. I didn’t know her. She looked cute and thin.
But instead of moving, a strange thing happened. This girl leaned over the pool and said to me, “They don’t allow beached (搁浅的) whales in this pool.”
Beached whales I soon realized that I was the beached whale. Suddenly, my cool blue swimsuit didn’t cover enough. I got out of the pool quickly and wrapped my towel around my body, feeling like I was going to throw up. From that moment on, I was aware of my size.
Clothes became a horrible dream, and I struggled through my teen years and into adulthood. I cried over clothes that didn’t fit. My heart had always hated the little girl by the pool, who took the confidence out of my life until I got my daughter, Lisa.
One day I dressed my little girl in beautiful clothes and put a bow (蝴蝶结) on her head, but she refused because she liked to be comfortable. Is society interested in comfort However, when I stared at her, I suddenly realized how beautiful she was, even though she was covered in mud.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her.
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Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool
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答案版
（时间：120分钟，分值150分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. When does the rainy season start
A. In January B. In February. C. In November.
2. How does the woman’s food taste
A Salty. B Hot. C. Sweet.
3. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. School friends.
4. Which room has the man finished decorating
A. The bathroom. B. The kitchen. C. The living room.
5. What does the woman probably do
A. A doctor. B. A coach. C. An athlete.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；，听完每段对话后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. What does Miyako want to do
A. Make a call. B. Send a card. C. Hold a party.
7 What is the man doing
A. Making an apology. B. Giving an explanation. C. Sharing an experience.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。
8. What did David do last night
A. He played volleyball. B. He watched television. C. He read the newspaper.
9. What time will the match on Saturday afternoon start
A. At 2:30. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:30.
10. What will Lisa do first
A. Talk with her mom. B. Give David a call. C. Take a piano lesson.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。
11. Where did the man most probably lose his phone
A. In a restaurant. B. At the workplace. C. On the underground.
12. What will the man do before five o’clock
A. Meet the woman. B. Buy a new phone. C Make a call to the bank.
13. How does the man feel in the end
A. Surprised. B. Grateful. C. Doubtful.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man say about his office
A. His office is richly decorated.
B. He has used this office for a week.
C. His office space is spacious enough.
15. Why does the man need a web camera for his computer
A. To record his trip next week.
B. To collect cost-effective web cameras.
C. To communicate with overseas scholars.
16. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. How to choose an office chair.
B. How to prepare for an online meeting.
C. How to improve Professor White’s office.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. What does the speaker focus on
A. What courses the college offers.
B. Why today’s students need exercise.
C. How today’s students spend their money.
18. What does Sarah spend less money on
A. Transport. B. Food. C. Clothes.
19. Who loves cycling
A. Colin. B. Jack. C. Sarah.
20. How does Diana get her money
A. By selling a lot of books.
B. By asking her parents for it.
C. By selling clothes made on her own.
听力答案 略
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
You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years
Jane Addams (1860－1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson (1907－1964)
If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the danger of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930－present)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the US Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks (1913－2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” said Parks.
1. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm
A. Her lack of proper training in law. B. Her little work experience in court.
C. The discrimination against women. D. The poor financial conditions.
2. Who made a great contribution to the equal rights of the citizens
A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson.
C. Sandra Day O’Connor. D. Rosa Parks.
3. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text
A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative.
C. They are pioneers. D. They are peace lovers.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. C
B
Most of us take the task of buying a cup of coffee for granted, as it seems simple enough. However, we have no idea just how stressful tasks like this can be for people who suffer from disabilities. That’s why it’s so heart-warming to see a story like this in which a barista (咖啡师) does something small to make life a little easier for someone who is deaf.
Ibby Piracha lost his hearing when he was only two years old, and he now goes to his local cafe in Leesburg, Virginia to order a cup of coffee at least three times a week. Though all the baristas who work there have his order memorized, Ibby always write his order on his phone and shows it to the barista.
One day, however, one of the baristas did something that changed everything! After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was amazed when barista Krystal pane handed him a note in response. “I’ve been learning sign language just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language what he would like to order.
Ibby was touched that she would learn sign language just to help him feel welcome. “I was just so moved that she actually wanted to learn sign language. It is really a totally different language and it was something that she wanted to do because of me. Because I was a deaf customer. I was very, very impressed,” Ibby said.
Krystal had spent hours watching teaching videos so that she could learn enough sign language to give Ibby the best customer service that she could! “My job is to make sure people have the experience they expect and that’s what I gave him,” Krystal says.
Ibby posted a photo of Krystal’s note online, and it quickly went viral, getting hundreds of likes and comments that praised Krystal for her kind action.
4. What can we learn about Ibby Piracha from paragraph 2
A. He was born deaf. B. He lives a hard life.
C. He loves to order take-out food. D. He visits the cafe regularly.
5. Why did Krystal learn sign language
A. To serve Ibby better. B. To attract more customers.
C. To give Ibby a big surprise. D. To make herself more popular.
6. Which of the following can best describe Krystal
A. Kind and considerate. B. Honest and responsible.
C. Sociable and humorous. D. Ambitious and sensitive.
7. What message does the author want to convey in the text
A. Two heads are better than one. B. A small act makes a difference.
C. One good turn deserves another. D. Actions speak louder than words.
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. A 7. B
C
According to the UN report nearly 54 million tons of e-waste was generated around the world in 2019 and will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. It includes everything from phones and computer monitors to larger items like refrigerators and old fax machine.
Rwanda is one of only 13 countries in Africa that have passed a national law regarding e-waste rule.· It has led to the first official recycling: and reusing facility in the country. Operational since early last year, this public-private partnership between the government and Enviroserve became a source of pride for Rwanda. The plant can process up to 10,000 tons of e-waste per year. According to managing director Olivier Mbera, Enviroserve has already repaired and reused more than 5,000 computers, which were sold to public schools. To date, it has processed more than 4,000 tons of e-waste and created more than 600 jobs.
Conveyor belts (传送带) sort plastics from metals, while particular space collects phosphor (磷) from old tube TVs. Circuit boards (电路板) pile up in bags and batteries are constantly being tested. Every piece of e-waste is thoroughly collected or pressed. The dangerous materials which can poison the environment are separated from the valuable ones.
“Globally, waste is not only increasing in quantity, but also in its complexity and composition,” says Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya, country representative for Rwanda at the Global Green Growth Institute, an intergovernmental organization for sustainable economic growth. “Within an electronic device, there’s gold, silver and so on and these sorts of elements could be taken out, providing new business opportunities for small businesses and even for big cities to generate income. Rwanda is one of our earliest pioneer members and they’ve done really well when it comes to its shift to a green growth pathway,” he adds.
Mbera points to Enviroserve’s success in Rwanda as a potential beginning for an e-waste movement across Africa. “We’re talking with different governments in Africa to establish similar facilities in their countries,” he says. One thing is certain: it will take all nations to combat the growing e-waste crisis.
8. What can we know about e-waste recycling facility in Rwanda
A. It is the first plant to reuse e-waste in Africa.
B. It is managed entirely by the government.
C. It has already processed 10,000 tons of e-waste.
D. It manages e-waste in an eco-friendly way.
9. What can be inferred according to Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya
A. Electronic devices are made of gold and silver.
B. E-waste can contain potential treasure.
C. Simple electronic devices are in great need.
D. Rwanda is the only nation to recycle e-waste.
10. Which word can replace the underlined word “combat” in Paragraph 5
A. Admit. B. Handle. C. Discover. D. Face.
11. What does the passage mainly talk about
A. Rwanda is coping with the rising e-waste crisis.
B. Lots of electronic devices are wasted in the world.
C. A great deal of e-waste is poisoning the environment.
D. E-waste is increasing in complexity and composition.
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. B 11. A
D
Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making ultrasonic (超声的) cries when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water starved crops.
Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and tobacco plants made cries at frequencies humans cannot hear when stressed by a lack of water or when their stem it cut.
Microphones placed 10 centimetres from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, which the team says insects and some mammals would be capable of hearing and responding to from as far as 5 metres away, A moth may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed, the researchers suggest. Plants could even hear that other plants are short of water and react accordingly, they speculate (推断).
On average, drought-stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average.
It is even possible to distinguish between the sounds to know what the stress is. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to recognize between the plants’ sounds and the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse, correctly identifying in most cases whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on the sound’s intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example.
Enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction in the field of precision agriculture”, the researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.
“The suggestion that the sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture seems feasible (可行的) if it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation,” says Anne Visscher at the royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK.
She warns that the results can’t yet be broadened out to other stresses, such as salt or temperature, because these may not lead to sounds. In addition, there have been no experiments to show whether moths or any other animal can hear and respond to the sounds the plants make, so that idea remains based on guesses for now, she says.
12. The experiment by researchers, at Tel Aviv University shows that ______.
A. tomato plants cry more often than tobacco when hurt
B. plant sounds can be heard by plants quite far away
C. humans can hear water-hungry plants crying
D. moths like laying eggs on stressed plant
13. What is Anne Visscher’s attitude towards the finding of the experiment
A. Disapproving B. Cautious. C. Appreciative. D. Optimistic.
14. Taking advantage of the new research finding, farmers can ______.
A. predict the drought B. reduce greenhouse effects
C. diagnose plant condition faster D. detect and remove insects easily
15. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Plants get stressed Just Like Us.
B. Sounds of Plants Detected Far Away.
C. Cries of plants break Farmers’ Hearts
D. Plants scream in the presence of stress
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. C 15. 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。
There are a total of 3, 044 national parks worldwide. Africa contains 249. Asia has 985. 474 are in Europe. 297 are in Central and North America. 335 are in South America and Oceania has 704. ____16____. Let us check out some of them below.
Ecological (生态的) values
The world is fast losing its natural assets (资产). According to a study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2015, the total number of species (物种) in the last 30 years is 477. Their habitats are getting destroyed worldwide because of all kinds of human activities. How to solve the problem ____17____.
Economic (经济的) values
Well-protected national parks serve as a good way to increase national economy. ____18____. In other words, these wildlife-rich parks can help the country develop tourism. As tourism becomes better; other industries can be developed too.
____19____
It has been found that people can make some illnesses like stress, frustration, eye problems, and anger go away if they spend some quality time in the national parks’ green surroundings. Moreover, people also have chosen these national parks to be a place where they can spend a joyful time.
Social and cultural values
____20____. They serve as the role of a natural history book that dates back centuries. Some locations of national parks have a history as old as 22, 000 years. The protected areas of Australia are used by the Aboriginal people in a number of ways, like being the source of food, medicine, trade, and also in ceremonial procedures.
A. Political values
B. Health and pleasure
C. The reason is that they hugely attract tourists
D They have great significance in various directions
E. Now, national parks are a solution to this problem
F. The national parks are alive with rich history and culture
G. In national parks, all plants and animals are kept in their natural state
【答案】16. D 17. E 18. C 19. B 20. F
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this ___21___ process and found something that has changed my ___22___ at college for the better: I discovered ASL — American Sign Language (美式手语).
I never felt an urge to learn any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The___23___ languages were enough in all my interactions. Little did I know that I would discover my love for ASL.
The ___24___ began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club ___25___ their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very ___26___ of communicating without speaking ___27___ me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the past. This newness just left me ___28___ more.
After that, feeling the need to ___29___ further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club’s meetings. I only learned how to ____30____ the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my ____31____ progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to attend those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term, I registered an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was ____32____. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. ____33____, if there had been any talking, it would have ____34____ us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the ____35____ way of communication it opens.
21. A. collecting B. planning C. searching D. rushing
22. A. progress B. experience C. major D. opinion
23. A. official B. surprising C. foreign D. spoken
24. A. story B. meeting C. trip D. task
25. A. recorded B. performed C. recited D. discussed
26. A. amount B. dream C. idea D. reason
27. A. disturbed B. attracted C. embarrassed D. supported
28. A. showing B. acting C. saying D. wanting
29. A. explain B. express C. exercise D. explore
30. A. sign B. count C. print D. write
31. A. slow B. steady C. normal D. obvious
32. A. welcomed B. repeated C. prohibited D. ignored
33. A. Instead B. Thus C. However D. Lastly
34. A. required B. caused C. allowed D. expected
35. A. easy B. popular C. quick D. new
【答案】21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. A 31. A 32. C 33. A 34. B 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。
At Tesla’s recent “We, Robot” event, Elon Musk unveiled the Cybercab and the Robovan, two autonomous electric vehicles, both of ____36____ are designed to be devoid of a steering wheel and pedals.
The Cybercab, a streamlined two-seater, ____37____ (prefer) for its individualized mass transit potential. ____38____ (price) under $30,000 makes it a more accessible comparison to traditional taxis. In contrast, the Robovan is a larger, bus-sized autonomous vehicle ____39____ (intend) for high-density transportation. ____40____ the capacity to carry up to 20 passengers at a time or transport goods, the Robovan presents a different approach to mass transit. Like the Cybercab, the Robovan is autonomous and can run on the road ____41____ (automatic). ____42____ no specific timeline or cost was mentioned for the Robovan, it presents a futuristic vision for group transportation.
Furthermore, Tesla introduced the Optimus humanoid robot, which offers a new dimension to Tesla’s technology. The Optimus is designed to perform ____43____ (vary) tasks, from teaching and babysitting to mowing lawns and more. Priced at an estimated $20,000 to $30,000, the robot is positioned to be more ____44____ (afford) than a car.
The “We, Robot” event highlighted Musk’s continued ____45____ (commit) to pushing the boundaries of autonomous driving technology and artificial intelligence, with the aim of transforming personal transportation and the future of work.
【答案】36. which
37. is preferred
38. Being priced
39. intended
40. With 41. automatically
42. Although##Though##While
43. various
44. affordable
mitment
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 中国体育健儿门在2024年巴黎夏季奥运会(the Paris 2024 Olympics)上取得佳绩，实现了竞赛成绩和精神文明双丰收。为了弘扬奥运精神，你校英语报的体育专栏正在举办题“The Athlete I Admire Most”的征文活动，请你写一篇英文短文参加活动。主要内容包括：
1. 你最钦佩的运动员；
2. 你钦佩的原因；
3. 你的决心和打算。
注意：1. 词数80左右：可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
The Athlete I Admire Most
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【答案】The Athlete I Admire Most
As we all know, a number of excellent athletes performed well in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The athletes I admire most is Quan Hongchan, the women’s 10m diving champion.
Born in an ordinary family, she trained so hard every day that she made a remarkable achievement. Quan received perfect 10s by all seven judges on her way to winning the gold medal. She had such astonishing dives, almost non-existent splashing! When watching her amazing performance, I couldn’t help applauding her, feeling over the moon. Young as she is, she deserves our respect.
Quan Hongchan’s achievements can be said to be the result of efforts. Just as the saying goes, “Practice makes perfect”. Quan sets a good example for us senior high school students. I’m determined to study harder than before and carry forward the spirit of the Olympics: faster, higher and stronger.
第二节（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。
My ten-year-old self loved summertime. The best part of summer was the community pool. Everyone was there.
We didn’t have a care in the world. Our biggest concern was which one of us could hold her breath underwater the longest. We didn’t care what we looked like or who was cool. I never once thought about how I looked in a swimsuit or if my hair looked good. I was aware that I wasn’t super-thin like some of the other girls I saw, but I didn’t care.
And then one day, I was taking my turn on the diving board with all the other kids. I jumped in, floated freely to the top and swam over to the ladder to make my way out of the pool. I noticed a girl standing at the top of the ladder, so I swam slowly, giving her time to move. I didn’t know her. She looked cute and thin.
But instead of moving, a strange thing happened. This girl leaned over the pool and said to me, “They don’t allow beached (搁浅的) whales in this pool.”
Beached whales I soon realized that I was the beached whale. Suddenly, my cool blue swimsuit didn’t cover enough. I got out of the pool quickly and wrapped my towel around my body, feeling like I was going to throw up. From that moment on, I was aware of my size.
Clothes became a horrible dream, and I struggled through my teen years and into adulthood. I cried over clothes that didn’t fit. My heart had always hated the little girl by the pool, who took the confidence out of my life until I got my daughter, Lisa.
One day I dressed my little girl in beautiful clothes and put a bow (蝴蝶结) on her head, but she refused because she liked to be comfortable. Is society interested in comfort However, when I stared at her, I suddenly realized how beautiful she was, even though she was covered in mud.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her.
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Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool.
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【答案】参考范文
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her: “That’s me!” she said with a smile. But I shook my head. We could have been twins. Yes, she looked just like me, and I thought she was a beautiful and smart girl, full of confidence. What a pity I had missed myself. The fat little girl in the photo looked at me, as if she was reminding me that I was not a beached whale, but a beautiful little girl with dreams and gifts. Something started to stir in my mind.
Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool. After hearing my story, Lisa was a bit confused about my life’s being shaped because of a hateful little girl’s words. But I explained quickly that I had already forgiven her. Anyhow, that was life, and you must find yourself once again. With this, Lisa smiled at me, “Oh, it seems that I’m a really lucky daughter, because I have a beautiful good mother. Time to swim now!”Watching her lively figure going away, I strongly believed that life is not measured by the size of our clothes but by who we are.
英语（学科）试卷
（时间：120分钟，分值150分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. When does the rainy season start
A. In January B. In February. C. In November.
2. How does the woman’s food taste
A Salty. B Hot. C. Sweet.
3. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. School friends.
4. Which room has the man finished decorating
A. The bathroom. B. The kitchen. C. The living room.
5. What does the woman probably do
A. A doctor. B. A coach. C. An athlete.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；，听完每段对话后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. What does Miyako want to do
A. Make a call. B. Send a card. C. Hold a party.
7. What is the man doing
A. Making an apology. B. Giving an explanation. C. Sharing an experience.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。
8. What did David do last night
A. He played volleyball. B. He watched television. C. He read the newspaper.
9. What time will the match on Saturday afternoon start
A. At 2:30. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:30.
10. What will Lisa do first
A. Talk with her mom. B. Give David a call. C. Take a piano lesson.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。
11. Where did the man most probably lose his phone
A In a restaurant. B. At the workplace. C. On the underground.
12. What will the man do before five o’clock
A. Meet the woman. B. Buy a new phone. C Make a call to the bank.
13. How does the man feel in the end
A. Surprised. B. Grateful. C. Doubtful.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man say about his office
A. His office is richly decorated.
B He has used this office for a week.
C His office space is spacious enough.
15 Why does the man need a web camera for his computer
A. To record his trip next week.
B. To collect cost-effective web cameras.
C. To communicate with overseas scholars.
16. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. How to choose an office chair.
B. How to prepare for an online meeting.
C. How to improve Professor White’s office.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. What does the speaker focus on
A. What courses the college offers.
B. Why today’s students need exercise.
C. How today’s students spend their money.
18. What does Sarah spend less money on
A. Transport. B. Food. C. Clothes.
19. Who loves cycling
A. Colin. B. Jack. C. Sarah.
20. How does Diana get her money
A. By selling a lot of books.
B. By asking her parents for it.
C. By selling clothes made on her own.
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
You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years
Jane Addams (1860－1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson (1907－1964)
If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the danger of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930－present)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the US Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks (1913－2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” said Parks.
1. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm
A. Her lack of proper training in law. B. Her little work experience in court.
C. The discrimination against women. D. The poor financial conditions.
2. Who made a great contribution to the equal rights of the citizens
A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson.
C. Sandra Day O’Connor. D. Rosa Parks.
3. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text
A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative.
C. They are pioneers. D. They are peace lovers.
B
Most of us take the task of buying a cup of coffee for granted, as it seems simple enough. However, we have no idea just how stressful tasks like this can be for people who suffer from disabilities. That’s why it’s so heart-warming to see a story like this in which a barista (咖啡师) does something small to make life a little easier for someone who is deaf.
Ibby Piracha lost his hearing when he was only two years old, and he now goes to his local cafe in Leesburg, Virginia to order a cup of coffee at least three times a week. Though all the baristas who work there have his order memorized, Ibby always write his order on his phone and shows it to the barista.
One day, however, one of the baristas did something that changed everything! After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was amazed when barista Krystal pane handed him a note in response. “I’ve been learning sign language just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language what he would like to order.
Ibby was touched that she would learn sign language just to help him feel welcome. “I was just so moved that she actually wanted to learn sign language. It is really a totally different language and it was something that she wanted to do because of me. Because I was a deaf customer. I was very, very impressed,” Ibby said.
Krystal had spent hours watching teaching videos so that she could learn enough sign language to give Ibby the best customer service that she could! “My job is to make sure people have the experience they expect and that’s what I gave him,” Krystal says.
Ibby posted a photo of Krystal’s note online, and it quickly went viral, getting hundreds of likes and comments that praised Krystal for her kind action.
4. What can we learn about Ibby Piracha from paragraph 2
A. He was born deaf. B. He lives a hard life.
C. He loves to order take-out food. D. He visits the cafe regularly.
5. Why did Krystal learn sign language
A. To serve Ibby better. B. To attract more customers.
C. To give Ibby a big surprise. D. To make herself more popular.
6. Which of the following can best describe Krystal
A. Kind and considerate. B. Honest and responsible.
C. Sociable and humorous. D. Ambitious and sensitive.
7. What message does the author want to convey in the text
A. Two heads are better than one. B. A small act makes a difference.
C. One good turn deserves another. D. Actions speak louder than words.
C
According to the UN report, nearly 54 million tons of e-waste was generated around the world in 2019 and will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. It includes everything from phones and computer monitors to larger items like refrigerators and old fax machine.
Rwanda is one of only 13 countries in Africa that have passed a national law regarding e-waste rule.· It has led to the first official recycling: and reusing facility in the country. Operational since early last year, this public-private partnership between the government and Enviroserve became a source of pride for Rwanda. The plant can process up to 10,000 tons of e-waste per year. According to managing director Olivier Mbera, Enviroserve has already repaired and reused more than 5,000 computers, which were sold to public schools. To date, it has processed more than 4,000 tons of e-waste and created more than 600 jobs.
Conveyor belts (传送带) sort plastics from metals, while particular space collects phosphor (磷) from old tube TVs. Circuit boards (电路板) pile up in bags and batteries are constantly being tested. Every piece of e-waste is thoroughly collected or pressed. The dangerous materials which can poison the environment are separated from the valuable ones.
“Globally, waste is not only increasing in quantity, but also in its complexity and composition,” says Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya, country representative for Rwanda at the Global Green Growth Institute, an intergovernmental organization for sustainable economic growth. “Within an electronic device, there’s gold, silver and so on and these sorts of elements could be taken out, providing new business opportunities for small businesses and even for big cities to generate income. Rwanda is one of our earliest pioneer members and they’ve done really well when it comes to its shift to a green growth pathway,” he adds.
Mbera points to Enviroserve’s success in Rwanda as a potential beginning for an e-waste movement across Africa. “We’re talking with different governments in Africa to establish similar facilities in their countries,” he says. One thing is certain: it will take all nations to combat the growing e-waste crisis.
8. What can we know about e-waste recycling facility in Rwanda
A. It is the first plant to reuse e-waste in Africa.
B. It is managed entirely by the government.
C. It has already processed 10,000 tons of e-waste.
D. It manages e-waste in an eco-friendly way.
9. What can be inferred according to Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya
A. Electronic devices are made of gold and silver.
B. E-waste can contain potential treasure.
C. Simple electronic devices are in great need.
D. Rwanda is the only nation to recycle e-waste.
10. Which word can replace the underlined word “combat” in Paragraph 5
A. Admit. B. Handle. C. Discover. D. Face.
11. What does the passage mainly talk about
A. Rwanda is coping with the rising e-waste crisis.
B. Lots of electronic devices are wasted in the world.
C. A great deal of e-waste is poisoning the environment.
D. E-waste is increasing in complexity and composition.
D
Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making ultrasonic (超声的) cries when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water starved crops.
Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and tobacco plants made cries at frequencies humans cannot hear when stressed by a lack of water or when their stem it cut.
Microphones placed 10 centimetres from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, which the team says insects and some mammals would be capable of hearing and responding to from as far as 5 metres away, A moth may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed, the researchers suggest. Plants could even hear that other plants are short of water and react accordingly, they speculate (推断).
On average, drought-stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average.
It is even possible to distinguish between the sounds to know what the stress is. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to recognize between the plants’ sounds and the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse, correctly identifying in most cases whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on the sound’s intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example.
Enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction in the field of precision agriculture”, the researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.
“The suggestion that the sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture seems feasible (可行的) if it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation,” says Anne Visscher at the royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK.
She warns that the results can’t yet be broadened out to other stresses, such as salt or temperature, because these may not lead to sounds. In addition, there have been no experiments to show whether moths or any other animal can hear and respond to the sounds the plants make, so that idea remains based on guesses for now, she says.
12. The experiment by researchers, at Tel Aviv University shows that ______.
A. tomato plants cry more often than tobacco when hurt
B. plant sounds can be heard by plants quite far away
C. humans can hear water-hungry plants crying
D. moths like laying eggs on stressed plant
13. What is Anne Visscher’s attitude towards the finding of the experiment
A. Disapproving B. Cautious. C. Appreciative. D. Optimistic.
14. Taking advantage of the new research finding, farmers can ______.
A. predict the drought B. reduce greenhouse effects
C. diagnose plant condition faster D. detect and remove insects easily
15. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Plants get stressed Just Like Us.
B. Sounds of Plants Detected Far Away.
C. Cries of plants break Farmers’ Hearts
D. Plants scream in the presence of stress
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。
There are a total of 3, 044 national parks worldwide. Africa contains 249. Asia has 985. 474 are in Europe. 297 are in Central and North America. 335 are in South America and Oceania has 704. ____16____. Let us check out some of them below.
Ecological (生态的) values
The world is fast losing its natural assets (资产). According to a study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2015, the total number of species (物种) in the last 30 years is 477. Their habitats are getting destroyed worldwide because of all kinds of human activities. How to solve the problem ____17____.
Economic (经济的) values
Well-protected national parks serve as a good way to increase national economy. ____18____. In other words, these wildlife-rich parks can help the country develop tourism. As tourism becomes better; other industries can be developed too.
____19____
It has been found that people can make some illnesses like stress, frustration, eye problems, and anger go away if they spend some quality time in the national parks’ green surroundings. Moreover, people also have chosen these national parks to be a place where they can spend a joyful time.
Social and cultural values
____20____. They serve as the role of a natural history book that dates back centuries. Some locations of national parks have a history as old as 22, 000 years. The protected areas of Australia are used by the Aboriginal people in a number of ways, like being the source of food, medicine, trade, and also in ceremonial procedures.
A. Political values
B. Health and pleasure
C. The reason is that they hugely attract tourists
D. They have great significance in various directions
E. Now, national parks are a solution to this problem
F. The national parks are alive with rich history and culture
G. In national parks, all plants and animals are kept in their natural state
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this ___21___ process and found something that has changed my ___22___ at college for the better: I discovered ASL — American Sign Language (美式手语).
I never felt an urge to learn any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The___23___ languages were enough in all my interactions. Little did I know that I would discover my love for ASL.
The ___24___ began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club ___25___ their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very ___26___ of communicating without speaking ___27___ me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the past. This newness just left me ___28___ more.
After that, feeling the need to ___29___ further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club’s meetings. I only learned how to ____30____ the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my ____31____ progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to attend those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term, I registered an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was ____32____. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. ____33____, if there had been any talking, it would have ____34____ us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the ____35____ way of communication it opens.
21. A. collecting B. planning C. searching D. rushing
22. A. progress B. experience C. major D. opinion
23. A. official B. surprising C. foreign D. spoken
24. A. story B. meeting C. trip D. task
25. A. recorded B. performed C. recited D. discussed
26. A. amount B. dream C. idea D. reason
27. A. disturbed B. attracted C. embarrassed D. supported
28. A. showing B. acting C. saying D. wanting
29. A. explain B. express C. exercise D. explore
30. A. sign B. count C. print D. write
31. A. slow B. steady C. normal D. obvious
32. A. welcomed B. repeated C. prohibited D. ignored
33. A. Instead B. Thus C. However D. Lastly
34. A. required B. caused C. allowed D. expected
35. A. easy B. popular C. quick D. new
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。
At Tesla’s recent “We, Robot” event, Elon Musk unveiled the Cybercab and the Robovan, two autonomous electric vehicles, both of ____36____ are designed to be devoid of a steering wheel and pedals.
The Cybercab, a streamlined two-seater, ____37____ (prefer) for its individualized mass transit potential. ____38____ (price) under $30,000 makes it a more accessible comparison to traditional taxis. In contrast, the Robovan is a larger, bus-sized autonomous vehicle ____39____ (intend) for high-density transportation. ____40____ the capacity to carry up to 20 passengers at a time or transport goods, the Robovan presents a different approach to mass transit. Like the Cybercab, the Robovan is autonomous and can run on the road ____41____ (automatic). ____42____ no specific timeline or cost was mentioned for the Robovan, it presents a futuristic vision for group transportation.
Furthermore, Tesla introduced the Optimus humanoid robot, which offers a new dimension to Tesla’s technology. The Optimus is designed to perform ____43____ (vary) tasks, from teaching and babysitting to mowing lawns and more. Priced at an estimated $20,000 to $30,000, the robot is positioned to be more ____44____ (afford) than a car.
The “We, Robot” event highlighted Musk’s continued ____45____ (commit) to pushing the boundaries of autonomous driving technology and artificial intelligence, with the aim of transforming personal transportation and the future of work.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 中国体育健儿门在2024年巴黎夏季奥运会(the Paris 2024 Olympics)上取得佳绩，实现了竞赛成绩和精神文明双丰收。为了弘扬奥运精神，你校英语报的体育专栏正在举办题“The Athlete I Admire Most”的征文活动，请你写一篇英文短文参加活动。主要内容包括：
1. 你最钦佩的运动员；
2. 你钦佩的原因；
3. 你的决心和打算。
注意：1. 词数80左右：可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
The Athlete I Admire Most
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第二节（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。
My ten-year-old self loved summertime. The best part of summer was the community pool. Everyone was there.
We didn’t have a care in the world. Our biggest concern was which one of us could hold her breath underwater the longest. We didn’t care what we looked like or who was cool. I never once thought about how I looked in a swimsuit or if my hair looked good. I was aware that I wasn’t super-thin like some of the other girls I saw, but I didn’t care.
And then one day, I was taking my turn on the diving board with all the other kids. I jumped in, floated freely to the top and swam over to the ladder to make my way out of the pool. I noticed a girl standing at the top of the ladder, so I swam slowly, giving her time to move. I didn’t know her. She looked cute and thin.
But instead of moving, a strange thing happened. This girl leaned over the pool and said to me, “They don’t allow beached (搁浅的) whales in this pool.”
Beached whales I soon realized that I was the beached whale. Suddenly, my cool blue swimsuit didn’t cover enough. I got out of the pool quickly and wrapped my towel around my body, feeling like I was going to throw up. From that moment on, I was aware of my size.
Clothes became a horrible dream, and I struggled through my teen years and into adulthood. I cried over clothes that didn’t fit. My heart had always hated the little girl by the pool, who took the confidence out of my life until I got my daughter, Lisa.
One day I dressed my little girl in beautiful clothes and put a bow (蝴蝶结) on her head, but she refused because she liked to be comfortable. Is society interested in comfort However, when I stared at her, I suddenly realized how beautiful she was, even though she was covered in mud.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her.
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Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool
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答案版
（时间：120分钟，分值150分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. When does the rainy season start
A. In January B. In February. C. In November.
2. How does the woman’s food taste
A Salty. B Hot. C. Sweet.
3. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. School friends.
4. Which room has the man finished decorating
A. The bathroom. B. The kitchen. C. The living room.
5. What does the woman probably do
A. A doctor. B. A coach. C. An athlete.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；，听完每段对话后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. What does Miyako want to do
A. Make a call. B. Send a card. C. Hold a party.
7 What is the man doing
A. Making an apology. B. Giving an explanation. C. Sharing an experience.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。
8. What did David do last night
A. He played volleyball. B. He watched television. C. He read the newspaper.
9. What time will the match on Saturday afternoon start
A. At 2:30. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:30.
10. What will Lisa do first
A. Talk with her mom. B. Give David a call. C. Take a piano lesson.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。
11. Where did the man most probably lose his phone
A. In a restaurant. B. At the workplace. C. On the underground.
12. What will the man do before five o’clock
A. Meet the woman. B. Buy a new phone. C Make a call to the bank.
13. How does the man feel in the end
A. Surprised. B. Grateful. C. Doubtful.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man say about his office
A. His office is richly decorated.
B. He has used this office for a week.
C. His office space is spacious enough.
15. Why does the man need a web camera for his computer
A. To record his trip next week.
B. To collect cost-effective web cameras.
C. To communicate with overseas scholars.
16. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. How to choose an office chair.
B. How to prepare for an online meeting.
C. How to improve Professor White’s office.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. What does the speaker focus on
A. What courses the college offers.
B. Why today’s students need exercise.
C. How today’s students spend their money.
18. What does Sarah spend less money on
A. Transport. B. Food. C. Clothes.
19. Who loves cycling
A. Colin. B. Jack. C. Sarah.
20. How does Diana get her money
A. By selling a lot of books.
B. By asking her parents for it.
C. By selling clothes made on her own.
听力答案 略
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
You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years
Jane Addams (1860－1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson (1907－1964)
If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the danger of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930－present)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the US Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks (1913－2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” said Parks.
1. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm
A. Her lack of proper training in law. B. Her little work experience in court.
C. The discrimination against women. D. The poor financial conditions.
2. Who made a great contribution to the equal rights of the citizens
A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson.
C. Sandra Day O’Connor. D. Rosa Parks.
3. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text
A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative.
C. They are pioneers. D. They are peace lovers.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. C
B
Most of us take the task of buying a cup of coffee for granted, as it seems simple enough. However, we have no idea just how stressful tasks like this can be for people who suffer from disabilities. That’s why it’s so heart-warming to see a story like this in which a barista (咖啡师) does something small to make life a little easier for someone who is deaf.
Ibby Piracha lost his hearing when he was only two years old, and he now goes to his local cafe in Leesburg, Virginia to order a cup of coffee at least three times a week. Though all the baristas who work there have his order memorized, Ibby always write his order on his phone and shows it to the barista.
One day, however, one of the baristas did something that changed everything! After Ibby ordered his coffee, he was amazed when barista Krystal pane handed him a note in response. “I’ve been learning sign language just so you can have the same experience as everyone else,” the note read. Krystal then asked Ibby in sign language what he would like to order.
Ibby was touched that she would learn sign language just to help him feel welcome. “I was just so moved that she actually wanted to learn sign language. It is really a totally different language and it was something that she wanted to do because of me. Because I was a deaf customer. I was very, very impressed,” Ibby said.
Krystal had spent hours watching teaching videos so that she could learn enough sign language to give Ibby the best customer service that she could! “My job is to make sure people have the experience they expect and that’s what I gave him,” Krystal says.
Ibby posted a photo of Krystal’s note online, and it quickly went viral, getting hundreds of likes and comments that praised Krystal for her kind action.
4. What can we learn about Ibby Piracha from paragraph 2
A. He was born deaf. B. He lives a hard life.
C. He loves to order take-out food. D. He visits the cafe regularly.
5. Why did Krystal learn sign language
A. To serve Ibby better. B. To attract more customers.
C. To give Ibby a big surprise. D. To make herself more popular.
6. Which of the following can best describe Krystal
A. Kind and considerate. B. Honest and responsible.
C. Sociable and humorous. D. Ambitious and sensitive.
7. What message does the author want to convey in the text
A. Two heads are better than one. B. A small act makes a difference.
C. One good turn deserves another. D. Actions speak louder than words.
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. A 7. B
C
According to the UN report nearly 54 million tons of e-waste was generated around the world in 2019 and will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. It includes everything from phones and computer monitors to larger items like refrigerators and old fax machine.
Rwanda is one of only 13 countries in Africa that have passed a national law regarding e-waste rule.· It has led to the first official recycling: and reusing facility in the country. Operational since early last year, this public-private partnership between the government and Enviroserve became a source of pride for Rwanda. The plant can process up to 10,000 tons of e-waste per year. According to managing director Olivier Mbera, Enviroserve has already repaired and reused more than 5,000 computers, which were sold to public schools. To date, it has processed more than 4,000 tons of e-waste and created more than 600 jobs.
Conveyor belts (传送带) sort plastics from metals, while particular space collects phosphor (磷) from old tube TVs. Circuit boards (电路板) pile up in bags and batteries are constantly being tested. Every piece of e-waste is thoroughly collected or pressed. The dangerous materials which can poison the environment are separated from the valuable ones.
“Globally, waste is not only increasing in quantity, but also in its complexity and composition,” says Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya, country representative for Rwanda at the Global Green Growth Institute, an intergovernmental organization for sustainable economic growth. “Within an electronic device, there’s gold, silver and so on and these sorts of elements could be taken out, providing new business opportunities for small businesses and even for big cities to generate income. Rwanda is one of our earliest pioneer members and they’ve done really well when it comes to its shift to a green growth pathway,” he adds.
Mbera points to Enviroserve’s success in Rwanda as a potential beginning for an e-waste movement across Africa. “We’re talking with different governments in Africa to establish similar facilities in their countries,” he says. One thing is certain: it will take all nations to combat the growing e-waste crisis.
8. What can we know about e-waste recycling facility in Rwanda
A. It is the first plant to reuse e-waste in Africa.
B. It is managed entirely by the government.
C. It has already processed 10,000 tons of e-waste.
D. It manages e-waste in an eco-friendly way.
9. What can be inferred according to Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya
A. Electronic devices are made of gold and silver.
B. E-waste can contain potential treasure.
C. Simple electronic devices are in great need.
D. Rwanda is the only nation to recycle e-waste.
10. Which word can replace the underlined word “combat” in Paragraph 5
A. Admit. B. Handle. C. Discover. D. Face.
11. What does the passage mainly talk about
A. Rwanda is coping with the rising e-waste crisis.
B. Lots of electronic devices are wasted in the world.
C. A great deal of e-waste is poisoning the environment.
D. E-waste is increasing in complexity and composition.
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. B 11. A
D
Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making ultrasonic (超声的) cries when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water starved crops.
Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and tobacco plants made cries at frequencies humans cannot hear when stressed by a lack of water or when their stem it cut.
Microphones placed 10 centimetres from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, which the team says insects and some mammals would be capable of hearing and responding to from as far as 5 metres away, A moth may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water-stressed, the researchers suggest. Plants could even hear that other plants are short of water and react accordingly, they speculate (推断).
On average, drought-stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average.
It is even possible to distinguish between the sounds to know what the stress is. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to recognize between the plants’ sounds and the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse, correctly identifying in most cases whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on the sound’s intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example.
Enabling farmers to listen for water-stressed plants could “open a new direction in the field of precision agriculture”, the researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.
“The suggestion that the sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture seems feasible (可行的) if it is not too costly to set up the recording in a field situation,” says Anne Visscher at the royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK.
She warns that the results can’t yet be broadened out to other stresses, such as salt or temperature, because these may not lead to sounds. In addition, there have been no experiments to show whether moths or any other animal can hear and respond to the sounds the plants make, so that idea remains based on guesses for now, she says.
12. The experiment by researchers, at Tel Aviv University shows that ______.
A. tomato plants cry more often than tobacco when hurt
B. plant sounds can be heard by plants quite far away
C. humans can hear water-hungry plants crying
D. moths like laying eggs on stressed plant
13. What is Anne Visscher’s attitude towards the finding of the experiment
A. Disapproving B. Cautious. C. Appreciative. D. Optimistic.
14. Taking advantage of the new research finding, farmers can ______.
A. predict the drought B. reduce greenhouse effects
C. diagnose plant condition faster D. detect and remove insects easily
15. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Plants get stressed Just Like Us.
B. Sounds of Plants Detected Far Away.
C. Cries of plants break Farmers’ Hearts
D. Plants scream in the presence of stress
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. C 15. 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。
There are a total of 3, 044 national parks worldwide. Africa contains 249. Asia has 985. 474 are in Europe. 297 are in Central and North America. 335 are in South America and Oceania has 704. ____16____. Let us check out some of them below.
Ecological (生态的) values
The world is fast losing its natural assets (资产). According to a study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2015, the total number of species (物种) in the last 30 years is 477. Their habitats are getting destroyed worldwide because of all kinds of human activities. How to solve the problem ____17____.
Economic (经济的) values
Well-protected national parks serve as a good way to increase national economy. ____18____. In other words, these wildlife-rich parks can help the country develop tourism. As tourism becomes better; other industries can be developed too.
____19____
It has been found that people can make some illnesses like stress, frustration, eye problems, and anger go away if they spend some quality time in the national parks’ green surroundings. Moreover, people also have chosen these national parks to be a place where they can spend a joyful time.
Social and cultural values
____20____. They serve as the role of a natural history book that dates back centuries. Some locations of national parks have a history as old as 22, 000 years. The protected areas of Australia are used by the Aboriginal people in a number of ways, like being the source of food, medicine, trade, and also in ceremonial procedures.
A. Political values
B. Health and pleasure
C. The reason is that they hugely attract tourists
D They have great significance in various directions
E. Now, national parks are a solution to this problem
F. The national parks are alive with rich history and culture
G. In national parks, all plants and animals are kept in their natural state
【答案】16. D 17. E 18. C 19. B 20. F
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this ___21___ process and found something that has changed my ___22___ at college for the better: I discovered ASL — American Sign Language (美式手语).
I never felt an urge to learn any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The___23___ languages were enough in all my interactions. Little did I know that I would discover my love for ASL.
The ___24___ began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club ___25___ their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very ___26___ of communicating without speaking ___27___ me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the past. This newness just left me ___28___ more.
After that, feeling the need to ___29___ further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club’s meetings. I only learned how to ____30____ the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my ____31____ progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to attend those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term, I registered an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was ____32____. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. ____33____, if there had been any talking, it would have ____34____ us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the ____35____ way of communication it opens.
21. A. collecting B. planning C. searching D. rushing
22. A. progress B. experience C. major D. opinion
23. A. official B. surprising C. foreign D. spoken
24. A. story B. meeting C. trip D. task
25. A. recorded B. performed C. recited D. discussed
26. A. amount B. dream C. idea D. reason
27. A. disturbed B. attracted C. embarrassed D. supported
28. A. showing B. acting C. saying D. wanting
29. A. explain B. express C. exercise D. explore
30. A. sign B. count C. print D. write
31. A. slow B. steady C. normal D. obvious
32. A. welcomed B. repeated C. prohibited D. ignored
33. A. Instead B. Thus C. However D. Lastly
34. A. required B. caused C. allowed D. expected
35. A. easy B. popular C. quick D. new
【答案】21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. A 31. A 32. C 33. A 34. B 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。
At Tesla’s recent “We, Robot” event, Elon Musk unveiled the Cybercab and the Robovan, two autonomous electric vehicles, both of ____36____ are designed to be devoid of a steering wheel and pedals.
The Cybercab, a streamlined two-seater, ____37____ (prefer) for its individualized mass transit potential. ____38____ (price) under $30,000 makes it a more accessible comparison to traditional taxis. In contrast, the Robovan is a larger, bus-sized autonomous vehicle ____39____ (intend) for high-density transportation. ____40____ the capacity to carry up to 20 passengers at a time or transport goods, the Robovan presents a different approach to mass transit. Like the Cybercab, the Robovan is autonomous and can run on the road ____41____ (automatic). ____42____ no specific timeline or cost was mentioned for the Robovan, it presents a futuristic vision for group transportation.
Furthermore, Tesla introduced the Optimus humanoid robot, which offers a new dimension to Tesla’s technology. The Optimus is designed to perform ____43____ (vary) tasks, from teaching and babysitting to mowing lawns and more. Priced at an estimated $20,000 to $30,000, the robot is positioned to be more ____44____ (afford) than a car.
The “We, Robot” event highlighted Musk’s continued ____45____ (commit) to pushing the boundaries of autonomous driving technology and artificial intelligence, with the aim of transforming personal transportation and the future of work.
【答案】36. which
37. is preferred
38. Being priced
39. intended
40. With 41. automatically
42. Although##Though##While
43. various
44. affordable
mitment
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 中国体育健儿门在2024年巴黎夏季奥运会(the Paris 2024 Olympics)上取得佳绩，实现了竞赛成绩和精神文明双丰收。为了弘扬奥运精神，你校英语报的体育专栏正在举办题“The Athlete I Admire Most”的征文活动，请你写一篇英文短文参加活动。主要内容包括：
1. 你最钦佩的运动员；
2. 你钦佩的原因；
3. 你的决心和打算。
注意：1. 词数80左右：可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
The Athlete I Admire Most
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【答案】The Athlete I Admire Most
As we all know, a number of excellent athletes performed well in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The athletes I admire most is Quan Hongchan, the women’s 10m diving champion.
Born in an ordinary family, she trained so hard every day that she made a remarkable achievement. Quan received perfect 10s by all seven judges on her way to winning the gold medal. She had such astonishing dives, almost non-existent splashing! When watching her amazing performance, I couldn’t help applauding her, feeling over the moon. Young as she is, she deserves our respect.
Quan Hongchan’s achievements can be said to be the result of efforts. Just as the saying goes, “Practice makes perfect”. Quan sets a good example for us senior high school students. I’m determined to study harder than before and carry forward the spirit of the Olympics: faster, higher and stronger.
第二节（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。
My ten-year-old self loved summertime. The best part of summer was the community pool. Everyone was there.
We didn’t have a care in the world. Our biggest concern was which one of us could hold her breath underwater the longest. We didn’t care what we looked like or who was cool. I never once thought about how I looked in a swimsuit or if my hair looked good. I was aware that I wasn’t super-thin like some of the other girls I saw, but I didn’t care.
And then one day, I was taking my turn on the diving board with all the other kids. I jumped in, floated freely to the top and swam over to the ladder to make my way out of the pool. I noticed a girl standing at the top of the ladder, so I swam slowly, giving her time to move. I didn’t know her. She looked cute and thin.
But instead of moving, a strange thing happened. This girl leaned over the pool and said to me, “They don’t allow beached (搁浅的) whales in this pool.”
Beached whales I soon realized that I was the beached whale. Suddenly, my cool blue swimsuit didn’t cover enough. I got out of the pool quickly and wrapped my towel around my body, feeling like I was going to throw up. From that moment on, I was aware of my size.
Clothes became a horrible dream, and I struggled through my teen years and into adulthood. I cried over clothes that didn’t fit. My heart had always hated the little girl by the pool, who took the confidence out of my life until I got my daughter, Lisa.
One day I dressed my little girl in beautiful clothes and put a bow (蝴蝶结) on her head, but she refused because she liked to be comfortable. Is society interested in comfort However, when I stared at her, I suddenly realized how beautiful she was, even though she was covered in mud.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her.
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Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool.
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【答案】参考范文
When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her: “That’s me!” she said with a smile. But I shook my head. We could have been twins. Yes, she looked just like me, and I thought she was a beautiful and smart girl, full of confidence. What a pity I had missed myself. The fat little girl in the photo looked at me, as if she was reminding me that I was not a beached whale, but a beautiful little girl with dreams and gifts. Something started to stir in my mind.
Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool. After hearing my story, Lisa was a bit confused about my life’s being shaped because of a hateful little girl’s words. But I explained quickly that I had already forgiven her. Anyhow, that was life, and you must find yourself once again. With this, Lisa smiled at me, “Oh, it seems that I’m a really lucky daughter, because I have a beautiful good mother. Time to swim now!”Watching her lively figure going away, I strongly believed that life is not measured by the size of our clothes but by who we are.
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