重庆市2024-2025学年高二上学期期中英语试卷(无答案)
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重庆市2024-2025学年度上期
高2026届半期考试 英语试题
（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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。
1. What would the woman like to have
A. Tea. B. Coffee. C. Water.
2. What should the man do first
A. Sign up for the class. B. Go to the classroom. C. Collect the textbook.
3. Where are the speakers
A. At a train station. B. In an office. C. In a street.
4. What does the man remind the woman to do
A. Park the car. B. Look at the road signs. C. Check the mirrors.
5. Which painting will the woman buy
A. The one about mountains. B. The one about forest. C. The one about cities.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Old school friends. B. Co-workers. C. Father and daughter.
7 What did the man study at college
A. Law. B. Engineering. C. Business.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What makes the cake taste special
A. The coffee. B. The banana. C. The butter.
9. What is the woman's main job
A. A cake-maker. B. A policewoman. C. A teacher.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Which city has hosted the most summer Olympic Games so far
A. London. B. Paris. C. Los Angeles.
11. When did Paris host the summer Olympic Games last time
A. In 1908. B. In 1924. C. In 1948.
12. What left the deepest impression on the woman
A. The two winners in the high jump.
B. The family photo in the shot put.
C. The new Asian record in 100 meters.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Ocean protection plans. B. Beached animals. C. New research.
14. Which animal did the man once help
A. A dolphin. B. A whale. C. A shark.
15. What did the expert suggest the man do to the animal he found
A. Pull it back to the sea. B. Give it some food. C. Pour water on it.
16. How does the woman feel about animal shows in the zoos
A. Angry. B. Curious. C. Excited.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did Min often help her mother do
A. Prepare the meals. B. Clean the house. C. Feed the animals.
18. What is Alice
A. A pig. B. A duck. C. A horse.
19. Why did Min leave the farm
A. To work for a lawyer. B. To go to university. C. To visit her childhood friend.
20. What will Min probably do in the future
A. Manage a farm. B. Work in New York. C. Be a university professor.
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
Immersive Disney Animation Singapore
Since its world debut in Toronto in December 2022, Immersive Disney Animation has already drawn audiences across 13 North American cities and made an intercontinental splash in Tokyo. Now, this much-awaited journey is about to hit South East Asia for the first time on18th November 2023 at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands!
HIGHLIGHTS
The doors open up to a stunning 360-degree environment that will transport you into the world of Disney's storytelling. From classic hits to the latest blockbusters like Frozen, Encanto. Zootopia, and Big Hero 6, you can journey through iconic scenes and meet the timeless characters.
The experience goes beyond mere visual delights. There'll be lots of interactive elements too, including floors that move with you as you explore the galleries, bubble snowfall, wristbands that light up in different colors, and more. Of course, children will be provided with protective gear when they are exploring with parents.
It is also a hands-on adventure that will ignite your creativity and deepen your understanding of the art of animation. Inside the gallery filled with rarely seen exhibits from the Walt Disney Animation Research Library, you can discover animator's character sketches and get to know some of the incredible animators behind Disney's legacy. There is also an interactive drawing table to try your hand at drawing your own cartoon characters and make them move.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: From 18th Nov 2023 (Sat)
Opening hours: Mon-Thu & Sun: 10 am -10 pm
Fri-Sat: 10 am-11:30 pm
Duration：90 minutes per slot（时间段）
Exhibition Time-Slots: 10 am; 11:30 am; 1 pm; 2:30 pm; 4 pm; 5:30 pm; 7 pm; 8:30 pm 10pm (Only applicable to Fridays and Saturdays)
Tickets: From $41
CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW.
21. What can you experience in the Immersive Disney Animation Singapore
A. Feasting your eyes on fantastic magic shows. B. Interacting with Disney characters face to face.
C. Creating your own animated cartoon characters. D. Enjoying a 90-minute newly-released Disney film.
22. What is a suitable time to go to Sands Theatre for the exhibition
A. 10am, 19th Nov 2023. B. 11 am,17th Nov 2023.
C. 10 pm, 20th Nov 2023. D. 11 pm, 18th Nov 2023.
23. Where is this text most probably taken from
A. A travel brochure. B. An official website. C. A local newspaper. D. An online shopping platform.
B
Last summer at a bookstore, my son Henry was fascinated by the cover of the first novel from Peter Brown's middle-grade trilogy（三部曲）.He then finished it in just two days. “Dad，why did The Wild Robot have to be so sad " He tearfully asked me.
The story is set on a remote island, where a robot named Roz learns to survive and communicate with the island's creatures, and becomes part of the community. For my son, it was the first book he discovered on his own; the first to impact him with the mix of tragedy（悲剧）and joy.
When I finished the book, I knew why Henry loved it. In our book club discussion, he described how Brown's pictures and words had made the story feel real. When talking about its final scenes, where Roz leaves to find repairs for her injured body, Henry cried again. His previous reading experiences had cheerful, "happily-ever-after" endings, but this book introduced him to the beauty of complex emotions. I tried to explain how sadness can enhance the meaning of happy moments, but failed to fully persuade him.
Once our discussion ended, Henry requested to buy The Wild Robot Escapes and instantly fell in love with it. He read the first two books repeatedly, so you can imagine his excitement when we finally got a copy of The Wild Robot Protects.
We both agree it is worth the wait. Roz leaves the island again to stop an underwater threat: "the poison tide.” Brown expertly balances between breathtaking adventure and unsettling ideas-not just happiness and sadness，but also，given the climate-change undercurrents（暗流），hope and despair.
And，here's something special about Roz： her physical clumsiness（笨拙）and confusion about life, conveyed through her expressive eyes and downturned mouth. Her story reflects the challenges of surviving in a strange place, much like a child's journey. Readers love Roz. They learn from her. Even better, they learn alongside her. Roz gave Henry the power to push through the first book's sad parts, getting him ready to appreciate that, sometimes, sadness isn't a bad thing to feel.
24. What drove the author to read The Wild Robor
A. Its attractive cover. B. Henry's tearful recommendation.
C. Its tragic ending. D. Henry's emotional reaction to it.
25. What is one theme of The Wild Robot Protects
A. Family and society. B. Exploration of the ocean.
C. Concerns over global issues. D. Man-robot relationship.
26. What makes Roz in the trilogy special
A. Her childlike expressions. B. Her struggling experiences.
C. Her robotic power. D. Her adventurous spirit.
27. Which message does this text seem to communicate
A. Misfortune inspires great literary works. B. Robot stories work like magic on children.
C. Book discussions help kids survive tragedies. D. Reading literature facilitates personal growth.
C
The mission is simple. Arrive on foreign land, fit in and wait. Then, when the time is right, come out from the shadows and take over. This procedure, familiar from spy fiction as the preserve of sleeper agents， is also the strategy of certain invasive（入侵的）plant species.
Invasive species that stay put, known as sleeper species, are not hard-wired to do so. Their natural tendency to expand is, instead, held back by some external factor. With the climate rapidly changing, Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts wondered whether alterations in temperature and rainfall had the potential to activate some sleeper species. As she report in a paper in Biological Invasions, the answer is a definitive yes.
Dr Bradley and her team came to their conclusions by studying 1,795 plant species in north-eastern America identifiable as foreign but not yet locally listed as invasive. Of these,169 were unquestionably demonstrating invasive bchaviour in other parts of the world, and causing damage to their environment. That suggested they had the capacity to cause similar damage in America too.
To determine whether the conditions coming to the region would activate any of the set 169，the researchers first identified the conditions under which these species would thrive（旺盛）.A number of the plants on their list were held back by the cold winters that are less and less common in the region. They also found that some other species required more rainfall than is typical.
According to the team's findings, climate change is on track to awaken 18 sleeper species that could cause serious environmental and economic problems. Dr Bradley estimates that they will start to make themselves felt between 2040 and 2060 if something is not done soon.
The most practical course of action, in her view, is to seek these sleeper species out before they are able to spread. Removing them today may be expensive, but it will be far cheaper than trying to weed them out tomorrow.
28. What strategy do sleeper species employ
A. Rapidly expanding in new environments. B. Patiently waiting for human intervention.
C. Remaining inactive until conditions are beneficial. D. Avoiding detection by staying in shadowy-corners.
29. What does the underlined word "hard-wired" in Paragraph 2 mean
A. Slowly adapted. B. Externally influenced.
C. Solidly supported. D. Naturally programmed.
30. What did researchers aim to uncover by focusing on the 169 species
A. The potential risks they could pose in the future. B. Their invasive behavior in other parts of the world.
C. The reasons why they failed to survive in America. D. Possible ways to make them less common in America.
31. What's Dr Bradlcy's suggestion for dealing with sleeper species
A. Let nature take its course . B. Prevention is better than cure.
C. Cutting budgets is a top priority. D. Delay action until it's necessary.
D
Driverless taxicabs, almost certainly coming to a city near you, have scared passengers in San Francisco, Phoenix and Austin over the past year. Some documented their experiences on TikTok, like “startled by the empty front seats during a ride to a coffee shop" or “we're making a left hand turn without using a left hand".
The nervous laughter of anxious TikTokers reminds historian Victor McFarland of the pedestrians（行人）who yelled ＂Get a horse＂ to motorists in the 1910s. But McFarland，who teaches at the University of Missouri, says the new beasts known as automobiles were more threatening and unfamiliar to people a century ago than driverless cars are to us now." Automobiles were frightening to a lot of people at first," he says. "The early automobiles were noisy, dangerous, had no seatbelts and ran over pedestrians.”
Some people also felt threatened by the freedom and independence newly available to entire classes of people, says Saj e Mathieu, a history professor at the University of Minnesota. They included black people whose movements were restricted by Jim Crow. Cars let them more easily search for everything from better employment to improved healthcare, as could women.
Larger concerns today move to numerous laws that can be broken when no one is at the wheel. Who is to blame if a pregnant person takes a driverless car across state lines to obtain an abortion, for example Or when driverless cars transport illegal drugs
And back then, like now, Mathieu adds, there were concerns about the future of certain jobs. Once we were worried about Teamsters, who then drove teams of horses, being out of work. Truckers today fear that they might soon compete with driverless vehicles in their own dedicated lanes.
“You can't have congestion-free driving just because you constantly build roads," observes history professor Peter Norton of the University of Virginia. Now, he says, is an excellent time to learn from what has not worked in the past. “It doesn't automatically get safe just because you have state-of-the-art tech."
Historians say we need to stay behind the wheel when it comes to driverless cars, even if that becomes only a figure of speech.
32. Why did pedestrians shout "Get a horse" in the 1910s
A. They were opposed to automobiles. B. They had pity on the poor horses.
C. They tried to warn motorists of danger. D. They wanted to own a horse themselves.
33. What is a concern about the rise of driverless cars today
A. It makes car driving a lost art. B. It weakens competition in certain jobs.
C. It favors a certain socioeconomic group. D. It introduces gray areas in responsibility.
34. What do historians suggest with regard to driverless cars
A. Exploring new technology further. B. Building more roads to avoid traffic jam.
C. Getting on top of driverless cars. D. Putting humans physically behind the wheel.
35.What is the best title of the text
A. Driverless Cars: Pioneering a New Era B. Driverless Cars What History Teaches Us
C. Driverless Cars: Bridging the Past and Present D. Driverless Cars How Innovations Shape the World
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。
Stop Being Angry and Live Happily
Anger is the most destructive emotion. When you are in a temper, you make quick ill-considered decisions that you will probably regret. Anger arrives quickly, in response to an event or action. 36 How to stop being angry
You have to accept that sometimes things do go wrong and that people are not always lovely. Try to accept that other people do behave in ways that will make you both frustrated and angry. 37 Also, you need to accept that not everyone has the same standards as you, nor will they behave in the same way that you would in a given situation.
38 Martin Luther King was angry about the lack of civil rights in the USA. Gandhi was angry about British domination in India. They both used that anger to motivate themselves to fight against what they saw as injustice. Anger of this type can be used to fuel action. Use anger to help you but not to pull you back.
Anger management used to be promoted as a way of dealing with anger, but all that happens is that the anger is suppressed（压制）. 39 Once you know why you get mad，then it is possible to deal with the reason. Reacting angrily is a hard habit to break. Anger is a negative response, but in this type of situation, there is no use reacting by forming positive thoughts. You need to learn not to respond at all. 40
It is much harder to stay calm, to walk away from conflict, or to take a deep breath and act normally. That, however, is what you must do if you are to stop anger from becoming your master.
A. By contrast, anger is slow to pass.
B. Anger, controlled properly, can promote self-improvement.
C. A much better way of facing up to anger is to identify the root cause.
D. This way, your anger will not get the emotional food it needs to survive.
E. Realizing that no one is perfect is a good start to avoiding getting angry.
F. Anger, channeled constructively, can be powerful to make positive changes.
G. When you give instructions that are not followed, instead of getting angry, look for the reason why.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was 24 , I moved to America, 11,000 kilometers away from my homeland. This was 41 ,especially fitting into an unfamiliar environment. Working from home increased my 42 ,as I was cut off from social interactions. However, serving as a volunteer at a local animal shelter 43 everything.
Upon arriving at the shelter, I was 44 to a small, grey and white cat named Luna immediately. Found abandoned and terrified of humans, Luna 45 in the corner, shaking. Her lonely green eyes seemed to 46 my own sense of displacement in this foreign land. My task was to slowly gain Luna's 47 and help her adjust, which felt similar to my efforts to 48 this new place.
As days turned into weeks, Luna and I developed a 49 .The process of feeding her, speaking softly, and the 50 required to look after her made this little creature gradually open her heart to me. Her 51 encouraged me to step outside, make new friends, and become part of the community.
My time at the shelter provided a valuable 52 into settling down in a new country. It is an inspiring experience of 53 gaps of language and culture and a journey of personal growth. From it, I realized the value of time, love, and a(n) 54 heart in forming meaningful relationships. This journey aided me in finding a sense of 55 in an unfamiliar land.
41.A. tough B. dangerous C. exciting D. rewarding
42.A. happiness B. anxiety C. loneliness D. guilt
43.A. stretched B. defeated C. challenged D. changed
44.A. drawn B. committed C. appealing D. devoting
45.A. stared B. accompanied C. hid D. relaxed
46.A. reject B. control C. switch D. mirror
47.A. favour B. sympathy C. forgiveness D. trust
48.A. escape from B. adapt to C. set out D. take up
49.A. bond B. habit C. combination D. routine
50.A. guidance B. independence C. preference D. patience
51.A. courage B. acceptance C. assistance D. curiosity
52.A. innovation B. insight C. investigation D. interaction
53.A. leaving B. widening C. bridging D. revealing
54.A. open B. simple C. strong D. innocent
55.A. responsibility B. security C. belonging D. freedom
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Among the Han people, which make up a vast majority of 56 (China) total population, the passage into adulthood is no longer celebrated, except in those very traditional families. In ancient times, this ceremony marked a person's transition to adulthood and was referred to 57 the capping or hair-pinning ceremony（冠礼和笈礼）.
This ceremony started from the clan society and continued to be held until the Qing Dynasty. The Manchu rulers felt that this ceremony was 58 (meaning) and thus abolished（废除）this ceremony which 59 （last） for thousands of years. From then on the Han people have to enter the stage of adulthood without knowing it. Nowadays, it is mainly in those minor ethnic groups 60 this life passage is still celebrated. In some parts of China, this ceremony is experiencing 61 revival.
When a young man reached 18 or 20 years old, the capping ceremony, comprised of several procedures would be held. The hair of the young man should be done up and pinned. Then three caps of different materials should 62 (place) on the youth's head. A girl 63 (turn) 15,the hair-pinning ceremony, where the mother or another senior did up and pinned her hair, would be held. This change of hairstyle meant that the girl reached maturity and can be wedded.
There are other interesting customs 64 (concern) celebration of the passage into adulthood. Boys of the Yao nationality have to pass about ten dangerous tests and take oaths not not to conduct bad deeds. There are 56 ethnic groups in China and customs vary, so itis 65 (simple) impossible to discuss all of them.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是重庆七中的李华，下个月即将参加学校举办的英语演讲比赛。请你写一封邮件向外教David寻求帮助，内容包括：
1.演讲技巧；
2.注意事项。
注意：
1.写作词数为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
In my childhood, my teacher Mrs. Hunter announced that our class would complete a pen-friend project. We would write letters to children in some African countries to make friends with them. So all of us needed to bring stationery（信纸）to school the next day.
Finding some beautiful stationery which was designed with lovely cartoon characters, such as Minnie Mouse and Snow White in the store, I asked my mother to buy it for me. At the store, we learned that a pack of ten pieces of such stationery cost close to seven dollars.
“You'll have to use common paper," my mother said. Then, she bought a pack of cheap common paper for me. Obviously, there weren't any cartoon characters on the paper, so I was upset and disappointed. At that time, I didn't know my mother was facing some financial（财政的）problems and was trying hard to support the family.
That night, my mother, a lover of schedules, sent me to the bed at the usual time of 9:30.But then instead of going to bed as she normally did, she remained in the living room. When I didn't hear the voice of a news host through the TV.I wondered what exactly kept my mother up past her bedtime. Walking up to her I found she bent beneath our single lamp, sketching（画素描）.When I asked what she was drawing， my mother just covered the page with her arms and ordered me to return to my bed. A week ago, I had begged her for a new box of crayons（蜡笔）and she refused. Now I wanted beautiful stationery and she refused again. That night, I lay in bed looking at the moon, believing l was the unluckiest girl in the world.
The next morning, my mother's eyes were black-ringed, and she looked so tired while preparing the breakfast of oatmeal（燕麦糊）in the kitchen. “Drink it before school，”＂she said，pointing at the food.
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。
"I don't want any," I said unhappily, still upset she didn't buy beautiful stationery for me.
"Mom, the cartoon characters are so beautiful" I said, with a smile. "Thank you."
高2026届半期考试 英语试题
（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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。
1. What would the woman like to have
A. Tea. B. Coffee. C. Water.
2. What should the man do first
A. Sign up for the class. B. Go to the classroom. C. Collect the textbook.
3. Where are the speakers
A. At a train station. B. In an office. C. In a street.
4. What does the man remind the woman to do
A. Park the car. B. Look at the road signs. C. Check the mirrors.
5. Which painting will the woman buy
A. The one about mountains. B. The one about forest. C. The one about cities.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Old school friends. B. Co-workers. C. Father and daughter.
7 What did the man study at college
A. Law. B. Engineering. C. Business.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What makes the cake taste special
A. The coffee. B. The banana. C. The butter.
9. What is the woman's main job
A. A cake-maker. B. A policewoman. C. A teacher.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Which city has hosted the most summer Olympic Games so far
A. London. B. Paris. C. Los Angeles.
11. When did Paris host the summer Olympic Games last time
A. In 1908. B. In 1924. C. In 1948.
12. What left the deepest impression on the woman
A. The two winners in the high jump.
B. The family photo in the shot put.
C. The new Asian record in 100 meters.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Ocean protection plans. B. Beached animals. C. New research.
14. Which animal did the man once help
A. A dolphin. B. A whale. C. A shark.
15. What did the expert suggest the man do to the animal he found
A. Pull it back to the sea. B. Give it some food. C. Pour water on it.
16. How does the woman feel about animal shows in the zoos
A. Angry. B. Curious. C. Excited.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did Min often help her mother do
A. Prepare the meals. B. Clean the house. C. Feed the animals.
18. What is Alice
A. A pig. B. A duck. C. A horse.
19. Why did Min leave the farm
A. To work for a lawyer. B. To go to university. C. To visit her childhood friend.
20. What will Min probably do in the future
A. Manage a farm. B. Work in New York. C. Be a university professor.
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
Immersive Disney Animation Singapore
Since its world debut in Toronto in December 2022, Immersive Disney Animation has already drawn audiences across 13 North American cities and made an intercontinental splash in Tokyo. Now, this much-awaited journey is about to hit South East Asia for the first time on18th November 2023 at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands!
HIGHLIGHTS
The doors open up to a stunning 360-degree environment that will transport you into the world of Disney's storytelling. From classic hits to the latest blockbusters like Frozen, Encanto. Zootopia, and Big Hero 6, you can journey through iconic scenes and meet the timeless characters.
The experience goes beyond mere visual delights. There'll be lots of interactive elements too, including floors that move with you as you explore the galleries, bubble snowfall, wristbands that light up in different colors, and more. Of course, children will be provided with protective gear when they are exploring with parents.
It is also a hands-on adventure that will ignite your creativity and deepen your understanding of the art of animation. Inside the gallery filled with rarely seen exhibits from the Walt Disney Animation Research Library, you can discover animator's character sketches and get to know some of the incredible animators behind Disney's legacy. There is also an interactive drawing table to try your hand at drawing your own cartoon characters and make them move.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: From 18th Nov 2023 (Sat)
Opening hours: Mon-Thu & Sun: 10 am -10 pm
Fri-Sat: 10 am-11:30 pm
Duration：90 minutes per slot（时间段）
Exhibition Time-Slots: 10 am; 11:30 am; 1 pm; 2:30 pm; 4 pm; 5:30 pm; 7 pm; 8:30 pm 10pm (Only applicable to Fridays and Saturdays)
Tickets: From $41
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21. What can you experience in the Immersive Disney Animation Singapore
A. Feasting your eyes on fantastic magic shows. B. Interacting with Disney characters face to face.
C. Creating your own animated cartoon characters. D. Enjoying a 90-minute newly-released Disney film.
22. What is a suitable time to go to Sands Theatre for the exhibition
A. 10am, 19th Nov 2023. B. 11 am,17th Nov 2023.
C. 10 pm, 20th Nov 2023. D. 11 pm, 18th Nov 2023.
23. Where is this text most probably taken from
A. A travel brochure. B. An official website. C. A local newspaper. D. An online shopping platform.
B
Last summer at a bookstore, my son Henry was fascinated by the cover of the first novel from Peter Brown's middle-grade trilogy（三部曲）.He then finished it in just two days. “Dad，why did The Wild Robot have to be so sad " He tearfully asked me.
The story is set on a remote island, where a robot named Roz learns to survive and communicate with the island's creatures, and becomes part of the community. For my son, it was the first book he discovered on his own; the first to impact him with the mix of tragedy（悲剧）and joy.
When I finished the book, I knew why Henry loved it. In our book club discussion, he described how Brown's pictures and words had made the story feel real. When talking about its final scenes, where Roz leaves to find repairs for her injured body, Henry cried again. His previous reading experiences had cheerful, "happily-ever-after" endings, but this book introduced him to the beauty of complex emotions. I tried to explain how sadness can enhance the meaning of happy moments, but failed to fully persuade him.
Once our discussion ended, Henry requested to buy The Wild Robot Escapes and instantly fell in love with it. He read the first two books repeatedly, so you can imagine his excitement when we finally got a copy of The Wild Robot Protects.
We both agree it is worth the wait. Roz leaves the island again to stop an underwater threat: "the poison tide.” Brown expertly balances between breathtaking adventure and unsettling ideas-not just happiness and sadness，but also，given the climate-change undercurrents（暗流），hope and despair.
And，here's something special about Roz： her physical clumsiness（笨拙）and confusion about life, conveyed through her expressive eyes and downturned mouth. Her story reflects the challenges of surviving in a strange place, much like a child's journey. Readers love Roz. They learn from her. Even better, they learn alongside her. Roz gave Henry the power to push through the first book's sad parts, getting him ready to appreciate that, sometimes, sadness isn't a bad thing to feel.
24. What drove the author to read The Wild Robor
A. Its attractive cover. B. Henry's tearful recommendation.
C. Its tragic ending. D. Henry's emotional reaction to it.
25. What is one theme of The Wild Robot Protects
A. Family and society. B. Exploration of the ocean.
C. Concerns over global issues. D. Man-robot relationship.
26. What makes Roz in the trilogy special
A. Her childlike expressions. B. Her struggling experiences.
C. Her robotic power. D. Her adventurous spirit.
27. Which message does this text seem to communicate
A. Misfortune inspires great literary works. B. Robot stories work like magic on children.
C. Book discussions help kids survive tragedies. D. Reading literature facilitates personal growth.
C
The mission is simple. Arrive on foreign land, fit in and wait. Then, when the time is right, come out from the shadows and take over. This procedure, familiar from spy fiction as the preserve of sleeper agents， is also the strategy of certain invasive（入侵的）plant species.
Invasive species that stay put, known as sleeper species, are not hard-wired to do so. Their natural tendency to expand is, instead, held back by some external factor. With the climate rapidly changing, Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts wondered whether alterations in temperature and rainfall had the potential to activate some sleeper species. As she report in a paper in Biological Invasions, the answer is a definitive yes.
Dr Bradley and her team came to their conclusions by studying 1,795 plant species in north-eastern America identifiable as foreign but not yet locally listed as invasive. Of these,169 were unquestionably demonstrating invasive bchaviour in other parts of the world, and causing damage to their environment. That suggested they had the capacity to cause similar damage in America too.
To determine whether the conditions coming to the region would activate any of the set 169，the researchers first identified the conditions under which these species would thrive（旺盛）.A number of the plants on their list were held back by the cold winters that are less and less common in the region. They also found that some other species required more rainfall than is typical.
According to the team's findings, climate change is on track to awaken 18 sleeper species that could cause serious environmental and economic problems. Dr Bradley estimates that they will start to make themselves felt between 2040 and 2060 if something is not done soon.
The most practical course of action, in her view, is to seek these sleeper species out before they are able to spread. Removing them today may be expensive, but it will be far cheaper than trying to weed them out tomorrow.
28. What strategy do sleeper species employ
A. Rapidly expanding in new environments. B. Patiently waiting for human intervention.
C. Remaining inactive until conditions are beneficial. D. Avoiding detection by staying in shadowy-corners.
29. What does the underlined word "hard-wired" in Paragraph 2 mean
A. Slowly adapted. B. Externally influenced.
C. Solidly supported. D. Naturally programmed.
30. What did researchers aim to uncover by focusing on the 169 species
A. The potential risks they could pose in the future. B. Their invasive behavior in other parts of the world.
C. The reasons why they failed to survive in America. D. Possible ways to make them less common in America.
31. What's Dr Bradlcy's suggestion for dealing with sleeper species
A. Let nature take its course . B. Prevention is better than cure.
C. Cutting budgets is a top priority. D. Delay action until it's necessary.
D
Driverless taxicabs, almost certainly coming to a city near you, have scared passengers in San Francisco, Phoenix and Austin over the past year. Some documented their experiences on TikTok, like “startled by the empty front seats during a ride to a coffee shop" or “we're making a left hand turn without using a left hand".
The nervous laughter of anxious TikTokers reminds historian Victor McFarland of the pedestrians（行人）who yelled ＂Get a horse＂ to motorists in the 1910s. But McFarland，who teaches at the University of Missouri, says the new beasts known as automobiles were more threatening and unfamiliar to people a century ago than driverless cars are to us now." Automobiles were frightening to a lot of people at first," he says. "The early automobiles were noisy, dangerous, had no seatbelts and ran over pedestrians.”
Some people also felt threatened by the freedom and independence newly available to entire classes of people, says Saj e Mathieu, a history professor at the University of Minnesota. They included black people whose movements were restricted by Jim Crow. Cars let them more easily search for everything from better employment to improved healthcare, as could women.
Larger concerns today move to numerous laws that can be broken when no one is at the wheel. Who is to blame if a pregnant person takes a driverless car across state lines to obtain an abortion, for example Or when driverless cars transport illegal drugs
And back then, like now, Mathieu adds, there were concerns about the future of certain jobs. Once we were worried about Teamsters, who then drove teams of horses, being out of work. Truckers today fear that they might soon compete with driverless vehicles in their own dedicated lanes.
“You can't have congestion-free driving just because you constantly build roads," observes history professor Peter Norton of the University of Virginia. Now, he says, is an excellent time to learn from what has not worked in the past. “It doesn't automatically get safe just because you have state-of-the-art tech."
Historians say we need to stay behind the wheel when it comes to driverless cars, even if that becomes only a figure of speech.
32. Why did pedestrians shout "Get a horse" in the 1910s
A. They were opposed to automobiles. B. They had pity on the poor horses.
C. They tried to warn motorists of danger. D. They wanted to own a horse themselves.
33. What is a concern about the rise of driverless cars today
A. It makes car driving a lost art. B. It weakens competition in certain jobs.
C. It favors a certain socioeconomic group. D. It introduces gray areas in responsibility.
34. What do historians suggest with regard to driverless cars
A. Exploring new technology further. B. Building more roads to avoid traffic jam.
C. Getting on top of driverless cars. D. Putting humans physically behind the wheel.
35.What is the best title of the text
A. Driverless Cars: Pioneering a New Era B. Driverless Cars What History Teaches Us
C. Driverless Cars: Bridging the Past and Present D. Driverless Cars How Innovations Shape the World
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。
Stop Being Angry and Live Happily
Anger is the most destructive emotion. When you are in a temper, you make quick ill-considered decisions that you will probably regret. Anger arrives quickly, in response to an event or action. 36 How to stop being angry
You have to accept that sometimes things do go wrong and that people are not always lovely. Try to accept that other people do behave in ways that will make you both frustrated and angry. 37 Also, you need to accept that not everyone has the same standards as you, nor will they behave in the same way that you would in a given situation.
38 Martin Luther King was angry about the lack of civil rights in the USA. Gandhi was angry about British domination in India. They both used that anger to motivate themselves to fight against what they saw as injustice. Anger of this type can be used to fuel action. Use anger to help you but not to pull you back.
Anger management used to be promoted as a way of dealing with anger, but all that happens is that the anger is suppressed（压制）. 39 Once you know why you get mad，then it is possible to deal with the reason. Reacting angrily is a hard habit to break. Anger is a negative response, but in this type of situation, there is no use reacting by forming positive thoughts. You need to learn not to respond at all. 40
It is much harder to stay calm, to walk away from conflict, or to take a deep breath and act normally. That, however, is what you must do if you are to stop anger from becoming your master.
A. By contrast, anger is slow to pass.
B. Anger, controlled properly, can promote self-improvement.
C. A much better way of facing up to anger is to identify the root cause.
D. This way, your anger will not get the emotional food it needs to survive.
E. Realizing that no one is perfect is a good start to avoiding getting angry.
F. Anger, channeled constructively, can be powerful to make positive changes.
G. When you give instructions that are not followed, instead of getting angry, look for the reason why.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was 24 , I moved to America, 11,000 kilometers away from my homeland. This was 41 ,especially fitting into an unfamiliar environment. Working from home increased my 42 ,as I was cut off from social interactions. However, serving as a volunteer at a local animal shelter 43 everything.
Upon arriving at the shelter, I was 44 to a small, grey and white cat named Luna immediately. Found abandoned and terrified of humans, Luna 45 in the corner, shaking. Her lonely green eyes seemed to 46 my own sense of displacement in this foreign land. My task was to slowly gain Luna's 47 and help her adjust, which felt similar to my efforts to 48 this new place.
As days turned into weeks, Luna and I developed a 49 .The process of feeding her, speaking softly, and the 50 required to look after her made this little creature gradually open her heart to me. Her 51 encouraged me to step outside, make new friends, and become part of the community.
My time at the shelter provided a valuable 52 into settling down in a new country. It is an inspiring experience of 53 gaps of language and culture and a journey of personal growth. From it, I realized the value of time, love, and a(n) 54 heart in forming meaningful relationships. This journey aided me in finding a sense of 55 in an unfamiliar land.
41.A. tough B. dangerous C. exciting D. rewarding
42.A. happiness B. anxiety C. loneliness D. guilt
43.A. stretched B. defeated C. challenged D. changed
44.A. drawn B. committed C. appealing D. devoting
45.A. stared B. accompanied C. hid D. relaxed
46.A. reject B. control C. switch D. mirror
47.A. favour B. sympathy C. forgiveness D. trust
48.A. escape from B. adapt to C. set out D. take up
49.A. bond B. habit C. combination D. routine
50.A. guidance B. independence C. preference D. patience
51.A. courage B. acceptance C. assistance D. curiosity
52.A. innovation B. insight C. investigation D. interaction
53.A. leaving B. widening C. bridging D. revealing
54.A. open B. simple C. strong D. innocent
55.A. responsibility B. security C. belonging D. freedom
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Among the Han people, which make up a vast majority of 56 (China) total population, the passage into adulthood is no longer celebrated, except in those very traditional families. In ancient times, this ceremony marked a person's transition to adulthood and was referred to 57 the capping or hair-pinning ceremony（冠礼和笈礼）.
This ceremony started from the clan society and continued to be held until the Qing Dynasty. The Manchu rulers felt that this ceremony was 58 (meaning) and thus abolished（废除）this ceremony which 59 （last） for thousands of years. From then on the Han people have to enter the stage of adulthood without knowing it. Nowadays, it is mainly in those minor ethnic groups 60 this life passage is still celebrated. In some parts of China, this ceremony is experiencing 61 revival.
When a young man reached 18 or 20 years old, the capping ceremony, comprised of several procedures would be held. The hair of the young man should be done up and pinned. Then three caps of different materials should 62 (place) on the youth's head. A girl 63 (turn) 15,the hair-pinning ceremony, where the mother or another senior did up and pinned her hair, would be held. This change of hairstyle meant that the girl reached maturity and can be wedded.
There are other interesting customs 64 (concern) celebration of the passage into adulthood. Boys of the Yao nationality have to pass about ten dangerous tests and take oaths not not to conduct bad deeds. There are 56 ethnic groups in China and customs vary, so itis 65 (simple) impossible to discuss all of them.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是重庆七中的李华，下个月即将参加学校举办的英语演讲比赛。请你写一封邮件向外教David寻求帮助，内容包括：
1.演讲技巧；
2.注意事项。
注意：
1.写作词数为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
In my childhood, my teacher Mrs. Hunter announced that our class would complete a pen-friend project. We would write letters to children in some African countries to make friends with them. So all of us needed to bring stationery（信纸）to school the next day.
Finding some beautiful stationery which was designed with lovely cartoon characters, such as Minnie Mouse and Snow White in the store, I asked my mother to buy it for me. At the store, we learned that a pack of ten pieces of such stationery cost close to seven dollars.
“You'll have to use common paper," my mother said. Then, she bought a pack of cheap common paper for me. Obviously, there weren't any cartoon characters on the paper, so I was upset and disappointed. At that time, I didn't know my mother was facing some financial（财政的）problems and was trying hard to support the family.
That night, my mother, a lover of schedules, sent me to the bed at the usual time of 9:30.But then instead of going to bed as she normally did, she remained in the living room. When I didn't hear the voice of a news host through the TV.I wondered what exactly kept my mother up past her bedtime. Walking up to her I found she bent beneath our single lamp, sketching（画素描）.When I asked what she was drawing， my mother just covered the page with her arms and ordered me to return to my bed. A week ago, I had begged her for a new box of crayons（蜡笔）and she refused. Now I wanted beautiful stationery and she refused again. That night, I lay in bed looking at the moon, believing l was the unluckiest girl in the world.
The next morning, my mother's eyes were black-ringed, and she looked so tired while preparing the breakfast of oatmeal（燕麦糊）in the kitchen. “Drink it before school，”＂she said，pointing at the food.
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。
"I don't want any," I said unhappily, still upset she didn't buy beautiful stationery for me.
"Mom, the cartoon characters are so beautiful" I said, with a smile. "Thank you."