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2024~2025学年贵州黔西南布依族苗族自治州高三上学期月考英语试卷（第二次）-学生用卷
一、阅读理解
1、 Famous People Who Begin With Difficulties
Oprah Winfrey
Probably having one of the most famous success stories, Oprah was born into a poor family in Mississippi, raised by a single mother living on welfare. She was physically, and mentally abused during her childhood. Despite her initial struggles as a young girl, she turned herself into one of the most successful talk show hosts of our time.
Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey has been the star of some of the most successful movies of all time. But Carrey grew up extremely poor in Canada. When he was a teenager, his family took security jobs in a factory to help pay the bills. And during his first stand-up comedy performance, he was booed off （喝倒彩） the stage. Not shortly after, he made it big on In Living Color and then went on to star in Dumb & Dumber, The Mask, and Ace Ventura in the same year!
James Dyson
If you thought Thomas Edison's failures were bad, let me introduce you to James Dyson, the famous inventor of the Dyson vacuums （真空吸尘器） you see all over the television. Dyson developed over 5, 000 failed prototypes （原型） before finding the bagless vacuum brand. Not only that, he put his entire savings account into his prototypes over fifteen years! Luckily, the bagless vacuum worked.
Stephen King
Before Stephen King became known as a great living writer—having written over 60 novels, many of which have been adapted for film and television—King was rejected over and over again. In his memoir, On Writing, King describes how he used to post his rejection letters on the wall for inspiration. His first novel, Carrie, was rejected 30 times.
(1) What do Oprah and Jim have in common
A. They were abused by parents.
B. They grew up in poor families.
C. They were hired as comedians.
D. They found jobs in a factory.
(2) What did James Dyson do
A. He repaired the failed prototypes.
B. He developed over 5, 000 brands.
C. He put all efforts into marketing.
D. He invented the bagless vacuum.
(3) Who is a novelist
A. Oprah Winfrey.
B. Stephen King.
C. James Dyson.
D. Jim Carrey.
2、While tearing yellow flowers blanketing hillsides in Los Angeles, Max Kingery has been questioned about his purpose for killing flowers.
But the clothing designer who used the plants to dye (染色) his spring and summer lines said he is not accused of stealing the wildflowers in California. Instead, he sees it as an opportunity to raise awareness about a destructive flower that grew rapidly in the state following an unusually wet winter: wild black mustard (芥末). The plant from Eurasia was first brought to California in the 1700s.
Mustard was among the most noticeable of wild flowering plants that appeared unexpectedly everywhere in California this spring. As temperatures warm it is starting to die, making it easy to cause wildfires. Mustard is also a threat to native plants, transforming the landscape. Its leaves and roots prevent the growth of other species.
Kingery is part of a growing group of artists, designers and chefs who are tackling the problem by harvesting the plant to use in everything from dyes to foods.
Kingery’s line features sweatshirts, pants, and other items dyed naturally using mustard. Artist Erin Berkowitz of Berbo Studio makes dyes from the species, including the dye for Kingery’s clothing line. She has offered classes along with a chef who makes food out of the mustard greens and flowers. Berkowitz said her work with Kingery showed the possibilities of what can happen if more people become aware of its uses.
To that end, artist Nadine Allan made a digital magazine, about the uses of black mustard, including to make paper and a face mask.
Allan said she was motivated to act in part because she has friends who lost nearly everything to wildfires. “The species just look so pretty. If you don’t really know what’s happening on a larger scale, you might say they’re just a sea of yellow flowers,” she said.
【小题1】What can we learn about Max Kingery
【小题2】What is paragraph 3 mainly about
【小题3】Which best describes Erin Berkowitz’s work
【小题4】What is Nadine Allan’s final purpose in starting the digital magazine
3、Madagascar’s extremely improbable wildlife may be thanks to dozens of dramatic oceanic journeys that would put Robinson Crusoe to shame, says a new research.
“It seems like a far-fetched idea that animals could survive moving across the sea,” says Matthew Borths, a researcher at Duke University. But a comparison of genetic data from modern Malagasy species with the fossil (化石) record of their ancestors from the African mainland has revealed that this is likely what happened for most land animals, according to the research, published in May in the journal Biological Reviews.
Animals from mainland Africa would have been trapped on large rafts (木筏) of vegetation and floated to Madagascar, where they eventually evolved (进化) into the wildlife we know today. Some 95 percent of wildlife are endemic to the country, which means they live nowhere else in the world.
Scientists have three major theories to explain how land animals got to Madagascar: The species were there before Madagascar divided and became an island, they swam and/or rafted across from mainland Africa when currents flowed that way, or they crossed land bridges that might have existed at different periods.
In their study, Jason Ali, the study co-author, and Blair Hedges, a biologist at Temple University, pulled together a large amount of previously published research to test each of these possible origin stories.
The team compared the genes of 28 groups of land animals, including animals from modern-day Madagascar, with the genes of species on mainland Africa that are the closest, relatives. Based on this information, they calculated the likely time when the ancestor of each species group likely arrived in Madagascar, then evolved into something new.
【小题1】What does the research find about the animals in Madagascar
【小题2】What does the underlined word “endemic” mean in paragraph 3
【小题3】How did Jason Ali’s team conduct the study
【小题4】Which can be a suitable title for the text
4、NASA’s Lunar Flashlight (the CubeSat), a small satellite, was launched on Dec. 1, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies, with the goal to map ice near the Moon’s South Pole. Since then, the briefcase-size satellite’s propulsion （推进） system—the first of its kind ever flown—proved unable to generate enough force to get into lunar orbit, despite months of effort by the operations team. Because the CubeSat cannot complete operations to stay in the Earth-Moon system, NASA has called an end to the mission （任务）.
NASA relies on technology demonstrations to fill specific knowledge gaps and to test new technologies. Used for the first time beyond Earth’s orbit, Lunar Flashlight’s propulsion system and green fuel were such demonstrations. Although the propulsion system was unable to produce the desired force, the newly developed propulsion system components went beyond performance expectations.
“Technology demonstrations are, by their nature, high risk and high reward, and they’re essential for NASA to test and learn,” said Christopher Baker, the program executive. “Lunar Flashlight was successful from the standpoint of being a testbed for new systems that had never flown in space before. Those systems, and the lessons Lunar Flashlight taught us, will be used for future missions.”
The mission’s four-laser reflectometer, a science instrument that had never flown before, either, also tested successfully, giving the mission’s science team confidence that the laser would have been able to detect ice if it were present at the lunar surface.
“It’s disappointing for the science team, and for the whole Lunar Flashlight team, that we won’t be able to use our laser reflectometer to make measurements on the Moon,” said Barbara Cohen, the mission’s principal investigator. “But like all the other systems, we collected a lot of in-flight performance data on the instrument that will be incredibly valuable to future application of this technique.”
【小题1】What is the goal of the CubeSat
【小题2】Why did NASA end the mission
【小题3】What does Christopher Baker mean about Lunar Flashlight
【小题4】What is Barbara Cohen’s attitude towards the mission
5、From difficult bosses to potential layoffs, work can be full of challenging situations. You may wonder whether to step back from your career and further your education to better your life. 【小题1】 , because it’s such a personal decision and many factors are involved. Here are some questions to consider to help guide your decision.
Do I have the necessary resources (财力) to make this happen
【小题2】 Is that impact acceptable to you For example, if you have to take out loans to cover your expenses, you might want to get clear on how much debt you’re willing to take on to get that degree.
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You may be better served by professional certificates, or conferences, instead of a college degree. Wait until you’ve done some research and know what would best suit you, Reach out to your network to see if you can identify people who are already in the positions you desire to be in. Ask them what types of training programs they would recommend.
Do I know what to go back to school for
What type of program/ degree would best serve your interests 【小题4】 . The right program for you may not be immediately obvious. You’ll want to know which program will impact your earning potential most based on the specific positions and goals you’re trying to achieve.
Is it really education that’s holding me back, and not something else
If you’re sure it’s schooling, then maybe it really is time to go back. However, make sure you know it’s not other factors like company culture. Going back to school is a big undertaking, so you have to make sure it’s the right solution. 【小题5】 .
二、完形填空
6、 For many parents, traveling for months with children would seem an impossible task. But 19 families from across the may have found a way to make it .
The “Traveling Village” is an experiment created by Nikolaj Astrup and his Michelle R dgaard-Jessen. The couple to continue traveling after having two .
In January 2024, Nikolaj, Michelle and their two children 18 other families to travel and together. The families, from Denmark, the US, India, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands, lived for five weeks in Vietnam, then another five weeks in Thailand and five weeks in Japan.
With 70 people — including kids aged from 1 to 14 — in each country, the families found places to live within 3 kilometers of one another. That allows them to do regular activities like yoga and soccer, as well as having meals together twice a week.
Most of the parents were who ran their own businesses, and around half home-schooled their children, while the others just wanted their kids to take a from classes.
Families were responsible for covering their own expenses. But each contributed around ＄3,000 toward shared , children’s activities and special events.
Michelle said, “It has been beautiful to be to people this way — watching our kids , being together and sharing everyday life.”
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三、语法填空
7、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。
Cookery is often described as an art form, and there are few places 【小题1】 the two worlds overlap (重叠) to quite such 【小题2】 (strike) effect as the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards. Every year, 【小题3】 (photographer) from around the world submit entries for the competition celebrating the culture of food tradition.
This year, for 【小题4】 13th staging of the competition, more than 9,000 entries 【小题5】 (receive) from around 65 countries, competing in 36 categories, with one overall winner named.
Perhaps 【小题6】 (unsurprising), given the hugely diverse and colorful nature of Chinese cuisine, its food regularly provides artistic 【小题7】 (inspire) and that was the case at this year’s awards, where entrants from China achieved 19 placings, and three category wins, as well as producing the overall top-prize winner.
Yang Zhonghua’s image Red Bean Paste Balls 【小题8】 (take) during a Spring Festival preparation in the rural area of Xiangshan, Zhejiang province, was picked 【小题9】 judges as the best, winning both the Champagne Taittinger Food for Celebration category, and also the overall competition, with a prize of 5,000 pounds.
Yang, who has taken photographs for 40 years, said he did not enter the competition with a financial motive, but because he would like 【小题10】 (draw) attention to his hometown and its special food.
四、书信写作
8、假定你是李华，上周四你校在操场上举行了班级跳绳联赛。请你给你的交换生好友Danniel写一封邮件分享这次活动，内容包括：1. 活动过程；2. 你的感受。注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Dear Daniel,
I’m writing to share with you a rope skipping contest held on the playground of our school last Thursday.
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Yours,
Li Hua
五、书面表达
9、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。
When I was ten, I was very shy. Kids, adults, pretty much everyone made me nervous. But then one day, one single ride on a school bus changed that.
The school bus that day was crowded, hot and smelly. The windows were all rolled up—bus driver’s order— it was simply raining too hard to have them down. I sat alone as usual, speaking to no one. Over and over, I carefully wiped a small circle through the cloud on my window so that I could see the rushing water outside.
The bus stopped, waiting for an accident to clear. As I sat quietly, waiting and watching, I saw a cat across the street on the other side of the road. He was all wet and didn’t seem to know where to go. I wanted to go get the cat, but I knew Mrs. Foster would never allow me off the bus. It was against the rule to even stand up. I thought that if I pointed out the poor cat, the other kids would probably laugh at me.
When I wiped the window clear again, I could see the cat struggling in what seemed to be a dirt y river. My heart was racing, and tears were rolling down my cheeks. The bus began to move forward. The cat’s eyes locked on to mine. He was begging for help. I looked around, but nobody else seemed to have noticed that.
When Mrs. Foster shouted for us to sit well, I couldn’t help standing up, directly disobeying her. “Mrs. Foster!” I cried. Every single person on the bus stopped talking and looked at me. “A cat. There’s a cat outside,” I said. “If we don’t help him, he’ll drown!” I held out a shaking hand and pointed. Mrs. Foster, to my amazement, didn’t shout at me. Nor did the other kids laugh at me. Instead, she pulled the bus to the side of the busy road. “Children,” she said seriously. “No one is to leave this bus.”
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Then she rushed out into the traffic and rain.
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“I can help to find whether he has a family,” I promised to Mrs. Foster.
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1 、【答案】 (1) B;
(2) D;
(3) B;
【解析】 (1) 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四位在困境中崛起的杰出人物。
细节理解题。根据Oprah Winfrey一节 "Probably having one of the most famous success stories, Oprah was born into a poor family in Mississippi, raised by a single mother living on welfare.（奥普拉可能是最著名的成功故事之一，她出生在密西西比州的一个贫困家庭，由一个靠福利生活的单身母亲抚养长大）" 及Jim Carrey一节 "But Carrey grew up extremely poor in Canada.（但凯瑞在加拿大长大，家境极其贫困）" 可知，Oprah和Jim都生在穷苦家庭。故选B项。
(2) 细节理解题。根据James Dyson一节 "If you thought Thomas Edison's failures were bad, let me introduce you to James Dyson, the famous inventor of the Dyson vacuums you see all over the television. Dyson developed over 5, 000 failed prototypes before finding the bagless vacuum brand. Not only that, he put his entire savings account into his prototypes over fifteen years! Luckily, the bagless vacuum worked.(如果你认为托马斯·爱迪生的失败很糟糕，让我把你介绍给詹姆斯·戴森，著名的戴森是真空吸尘器的发明者，你在电视上随处可见。在找到无袋真空吸尘器品牌之前，戴森开发了超过5000个失败的原型机。不仅如此，他在15年的时间里把他所有的积蓄都投入到他的原型上!幸运的是，无袋真空吸尘器起作用了)" 可知，James Dyson成功研发出了无尘袋吸尘器。故选D项。
(3) 细节理解题。根据Stephen King一节 "Before Stephen King became known as a great living writer—having written over 60 novels, many of which have been adapted for film and television—King was rejected over and over again.(斯蒂芬·金写了60多部小说，其中许多被改编成电影和电视，在他成为在世的伟大作家之前，他一次又一次地被拒绝)" 可知，Stephen King是一位小说家。故选B项。
2 、【答案】 【小题1】C【小题2】D【小题3】C【小题4】A
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。面对日益泛滥的外来物种——野生黑芥末，加州民间团体自发行动起来采取积极有效的措施遏制其野蛮生长。【小题1】细节理解题。根据第二段“But the clothing designer who used the plants to dye (染色) his spring and summer lines said he is not accused of stealing the wildflowers in California. (但是，这位用这种植物为春夏系列染色的服装设计师说，他没有被指控在加州窃取这种野花。)”及第五段“Kingery’s line features sweatshirts, pants, and other items dyed naturally using mustard.(Kingery的系列以运动衫、裤子和其他用芥末自然染色的物品为特色。)”可知，Max Kingery利用野生黑芥末制作染料给衣服染色。故选C。【小题2】主旨大意题。通读第三段，尤其是“As temperatures warm it is starting to die, making it easy to cause wildfires. Mustard is also a threat to native plants, transforming the landscape. (随着气温升高，它开始死亡，这很容易引发野火。芥末对本地植物也是一种威胁，改变了景观。)”可知，本段主要介绍野生黑芥末的危害。故选D。【小题3】推理判断题。根据第五段“Artist Erin Berkowitz of Berbo Studio makes dyes from the species, including the dye for Kingery’s clothing line. She has offered classes along with a chef who makes food out of the mustard greens and flowers.(Berbo工作室的艺术家Erin Berkowitz用这种植物制作染料，包括Kingery服装系列的染料。她和一位用芥菜和鲜花制作食物的厨师一起开设了课程。)”可推断，Erin Berkowitz的做法很有创意。故选C。【小题4】推理判断题。根据第三段、第四段及第六段“To that end, artist Nadine Allan made a digital magazine, about the uses of black mustard, including to make paper and a face mask.(为此，艺术家Nadine Allan制作了一本数字杂志，介绍黑芥末的用途，包括造纸和制作面膜。)”可推断，Nadine Allan创办这份电子杂志介绍野生黑芥末的新用途，最终抑制其野蛮生长。故选A。
3 、【答案】 【小题1】A【小题2】B【小题3】C【小题4】A
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。五月份发表的一项研究通过对比基因数据，试图解释马达加斯加岛上为何生活着各种奇特的动物。【小题1】细节理解题。根据第二段“But a comparison of genetic data from modern Malagasy species with the fossil (化石) record of their ancestors from the African mainland has revealed that this is likely what happened for most land animals, according to the research, published in May in the journal Biological Reviews.(但是，根据5月份发表在《生物学评论》杂志上的一项研究，将现代马达加斯加物种的遗传数据与它们来自非洲大陆的祖先的化石记录进行比较后发现，这可能是大多数陆地动物发生的情况。)”可知，基因数据对比分析显示马达加斯加岛上的动物祖先来自非洲大陆。故选A。【小题2】词义猜测题。根据画线词后“which means they live nowhere else in the world.(也就是说，他们没生活在世界上其他任何地方。)”可知，大约95%的野生动物是这个国家特有的，画线词与Native的意思最接近。故选B。【小题3】细节理解题。根据第二段“But a comparison of genetic data from modern Malagasy species with the fossil (化石) record of their ancestors from the African mainland has revealed that this is likely what happened for most land animals, according to the research, published in May in the journal Biological Reviews.(但是，根据5月份发表在《生物学评论》杂志上的一项研究，将现代马达加斯加物种的遗传数据与它们来自非洲大陆的祖先的化石记录进行比较后发现，这可能是大多数陆地动物发生的情况。)”、第五段“In their study, Jason Ali, the study co-author, and Blair Hedges, a biologist at Temple University, pulled together a large amount of previously published research to test each of these possible origin stories.(在他们的研究中，该研究的合著者杰森·阿里和天普大学的生物学家布莱尔·赫奇斯汇集了大量先前发表的研究，以测试这些可能的起源故事。)”及第六段“The team compared the genes of 28 groups of land animals, including animals from modern-day Madagascar, with the genes of species on mainland Africa that are the closest, relatives. (研究小组将28组陆地动物的基因与非洲大陆上近亲物种的基因进行了比较，其中包括来自现代马达加斯加的动物。)”可知，Jason Ali的团队主要通过搜集已公布的研究成果，对比基因数据来进行研究工作。故选C。【小题4】主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段“Madagascar’s extremely improbable wildlife may be thanks to dozens of dramatic oceanic journeys that would put Robinson Crusoe to shame, says a new research.(一项新的研究表明，马达加斯加极其不可能的野生动物可能要归功于数十次戏剧性的海洋旅行，这将使鲁滨逊漂流记相形见绌。)”可知，本文主要介绍科学家们通过对比分析基因数据，试图找到马达加斯加岛上生活着各种奇特动物的原因。故选A。
4 、【答案】 【小题1】B【小题2】D【小题3】A【小题4】C
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。美国宇航局的“月球手电筒（Lunar Flashlight）”小卫星因推进系统故障未能进入绕月轨道而宣告终止其任务。【小题1】细节理解题。根据第一段“NASA’s Lunar Flashlight (the CubeSat), a small satellite, was launched on Dec. 1, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies, with the goal to map ice near the Moon’s South Pole.(NASA的月球手电筒(CubeSat)是一颗小型卫星，于2022年12月1日发射，用于展示几项新技术，目标是绘制月球南极附近的冰图)”可知，立方星（CubeSat）的目标是确认月球表面是否存在冰。故选B项。【小题2】细节理解题。根据第一段“Since then, the briefcase-size satellite’s propulsion system—the first of its kind ever flown—proved unable to generate enough force to get into lunar orbit, despite months of effort by the operations team. Because the CubeSat cannot complete operations to stay in the Earth-Moon system, NASA has called an end to the mission.(从那以后，尽管运营团队花了几个月的努力，但这颗公文包大小的卫星的推进系统——有史以来第一个发射的同类系统——被证明无法产生足够的力量进入月球轨道。由于立方体卫星无法完成留在地月系统的操作，美国宇航局已经宣布结束任务)”可知，该卫星推进系统出现问题，美国宇航局终止了本次任务。故选D项。【小题3】推理判断题。根据第三段““Technology demonstrations are, by their nature, high risk and high reward, and they’re essential for NASA to test and learn,” said Christopher Baker, the program executive. “Lunar Flashlight was successful from the standpoint of being a testbed for new systems that had never flown in space before. Those systems, and the lessons Lunar Flashlight taught us, will be used for future missions.”(“技术演示，就其本质而言，是高风险和高回报的，它们对NASA的测试和学习至关重要，”项目主管克里斯托弗·贝克(Christopher Baker)说。“从作为从未在太空飞行过的新系统的试验台的角度来看，月球手电筒是成功的。这些系统，以及月球手电筒教给我们的经验教训，将用于未来的任务。”)”可推断，Christopher Baker意在说明“月球手电筒（Lunar Flashlight）”对后续任务意义重大。故选A项。【小题4】推理判断题。根据最后一段““It’s disappointing for the science team, and for the whole Lunar Flashlight team, that we won’t be able to use our laser reflectometer to make measurements on the Moon,” said Barbara Cohen, the mission’s principal investigator. “But like all the other systems, we collected a lot of in-flight performance data on the instrument that will be incredibly valuable to future application of this technique.”(“对于科学团队和整个月球手电筒团队来说，我们将无法使用激光反射计在月球上进行测量，这是令人失望的，”该任务的首席研究员芭芭拉科恩说。“但像所有其他系统一样，我们在仪器上收集了大量飞行中的性能数据，这些数据对这项技术的未来应用非常有价值。”)”可推断，Barbara Cohen对此次发射任务持肯定态度。故选C项。
5 、【答案】 【小题1】F【小题2】E【小题3】B【小题4】D【小题5】G
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。面对职场困境，通过回校深造来改善现状需慎重对待。对此，文章提出了不同的审视角度。【小题1】根据空后“because it’s such a personal decision and many factors are involved (因为这是一个个人的决定，涉及到许多因素)”可知，本空要说跟“决定”有关的话题，F项“It’s tough to determine if more education is necessary (是否有必要继续深造是一个艰难的抉择)”能引起下文，符合题意。F项中的“determine”与空后的“decision”相对应。故选F。【小题2】根据本节主题句“Do I have the necessary resources (财力) to make this happen (我有必要的财力来实现这个目标吗 )”及空后“Is that impact acceptable to you For example, if you have to take out loans to cover your expenses, you might want to get clear on how much debt you’re willing to take on to get that degree. (你能接受这种影响吗 例如，如果你必须贷款来支付你的开支，你可能想要弄清楚你愿意承担多少债务来获得学位。)”可知，本空要说跟“财力”有关的话题，E项“How will further education impact your resources (继续教育将如何影响你的财力)”能承上启下，符合题意。E项中的“resources”与空前的“resources”相对应。故选E。【小题3】根据本节下文“Wait until you’ve done some research and know what would best suit you, Reach out to your network to see if you can identify people who are already in the positions you desire to be in. Ask them what types of training programs they would recommend.(等到你做了一些研究，知道什么最适合你的时候，接触你的人际网络，看看你是否能找到已经在你想要的职位上的人。询问他们会推荐什么样的培训项目。)”可知，本段主要讲述如何做选择，故B项“What options make the most sense (什么选择最有意义)”适合作本节主题句。故选B。【小题4】根据空前“What type of program/degree would best serve your interests (什么类型的课程或学位最符合你的兴趣？)”及空后“The right program for you may not be immediately obvious. (适合你的课程可能不会立即显而易见。)”可知，本空要说跟“课程”有关的话题，D项“Not all education programs will do that equally (并非所有的教育课程都同样适合你)”能承上启下，符合题意。D项中的“programs”与空前的“program”相对应。故选D。【小题5】根据本节主题句“Is it really education that’s holding me back, and not something else (真的是教育阻碍了我，而不是其他什么吗？)”及空前“However, make sure you know it’s not other factors like company culture. (然而，要确保你知道这不是其他因素，比如公司文化。)”可知，本空要说跟“公司文化”有关的话题，G项“If it’s company culture, find a new organization that suits you (如果是公司文化(的原因)，那就另找一家适合自己的工作单位)”能承上启下，符合题意。G项中的“company culture”与空后的“company culture”相对应。故选G。
6 、【答案】 【小题1】B【小题2】D【小题3】B【小题4】A【小题5】C【小题6】D【小题7】A【小题8】B【小题9】D【小题10】C【小题11】A【小题12】D【小题13】C【小题14】A【小题15】B
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了19个家庭组成“旅行村”，带着孩子进行跨国长期旅行的故事。【小题1】考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是来自全球的19个家庭可能已经找到了一种方式让它变得可行。 A. country国家；B. globe地球，全球；C. park公园；D. river河流。 根据下文“The families, from Denmark, the US, India, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands,”可知，这些家庭来自全球各地。故选B。【小题2】考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. change改变；B. disappear消失；C. last持续；D. work奏效。根据下文“In January 2024, Nikolaj, Michelle and their two children ___6___ 18 other families to travel and ____7___ together. ”可知，这些家庭找到了一个方法让带着孩子长期旅行变得可行。故选D。【小题3】考查名词词义辨析。句意：“旅行村”是Nikolaj Astrup和他的妻子Michelle R dgaard-Jessen发起的一项实验。A. friend朋友；B. wife妻子；C. sister姐妹；D. neighbor邻居。根据下文“The couple”可知，Michelle是Nikolaj的妻子。故选B。【小题4】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这对夫妇想要在有了两个孩子后继续旅行。A. wanted想要；B. refused拒绝；C. hesitated犹豫；D. forgot忘记。根据上文“The “Traveling Village” is an experiment created by Nikolaj Astrup and his ___3___ Michelle R dgaard-Jessen.”可知，这对夫妇发起这项活动是因为他们想要在有孩子之后仍然能够继续他们的旅行。故选A。【小题5】考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. companies公司；B. pets宠物；C. children孩子；D. parents父母。根据上文“For many parents, traveling for months with children would seem an impossible task.”可知，他们有了两个孩子想要继续旅游。故选C。【小题6】考查动词词义辨析。句意：2024年1月，Nikolaj、Michelle和他们的两个孩子加入了另外18个家庭，一起旅行并共同生活。A. saved拯救；B. left离开；C. drove开车；D. joined加入。根据下文“18 other families to travel and ___7___ together.”可知，Nikolaj一家和其他家庭联合起来进行旅行。故选D。【小题7】考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. live生活；B. escape逃离；C. fight打斗；D. swim游泳。根据下文“The families, from Denmark, the US, India, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands, lived for five weeks in Vietnam,”可知，这些家庭一起旅行并生活在一起。故选A。【小题8】考查介词短语辨析。句意：总共有70人——包括1到14岁的孩子——每到一个国家，这些家庭都居住在彼此相距不到3公里的地方。A. in danger处于危险中；B. in total总计；C. in debt负债累累；D. in need需要。根据上文“70 people”及下文“including kids aged from 1 to 14”可知，包括1到14岁的孩子总共有70人。故选B。【小题9】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这使得他们可以定期进行瑜伽和足球等团体活动，并且每周两次共进晚餐。A. classroom教室；B. lunchtime午餐时间；C. business商业；D. group团体。根据下文“like yoga and soccer, as well as having meals together twice a week.”可知，他们经常举行团体活动。故选D。【小题10】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：大多数家长都是自营职业者，大约一半的人选择在家教育孩子，而其他人则希望孩子们离开课堂，得到休息。A. cold-blooded冷血的；B. kind-hearted好心的；C. self-employed自己经营的；D. well-trained训练有素的。根据下文“who ran their own businesses”可知，大多数家长都是自营职业者。故选C。【小题11】考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. break休息；B. picture图画；C. call呼叫；D. page页面。根据上文“while the others just wanted their kids to take a”及下文“from classes”可知，旅行让孩子们远离课堂，得到休息。故选A。【小题12】考查副词词义辨析。句意：家庭们主要负责自己的开支。A. hardly几乎不；B. indirectly间接地；C. morally道德上；D. largely主要地。根据下文“But each contributed around ＄3,000 toward shared ___13___ , children’s activities and special events.”可知，家庭成员大部分自己承担费用，有一部分需共同承担。故选D。【小题13】考查名词词义辨析。句意：但每个家庭都贡献了约3,000美元用于共享餐食、儿童活动和特殊事件。A. markets市场；B. beliefs信仰；C. meals餐食；D. roads道路。根据上文“as well as having meals together twice a week.”可知，他们有聚餐活动，需共享餐食。故选C。【小题14】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Michelle说：“以这种方式与人接近是很美好的——看着我们的孩子成长，在一起，分享日常生活。”A. close接近的；B. similar相似的；C. equal平等的；D. polite礼貌的。根据上文“In January 2024, Nikolaj, Michelle and their two children ___6___ 18 other families to travel and ____7___ together. ”可知，他们一起旅游，共同生活，跟人们密切接触，be close to“接近”。故选A。【小题15】考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. fall跌倒；B. grow成长；C. perform表演；D. go去。根据上文“watching our kids”可知，这里指的是观察孩子们的成长。故选B。
7 、【答案】 【小题1】where【小题2】striking【小题3】photographers【小题4】the【小题5】were received【小题6】unsurprisingly【小题7】inspiration【小题8】taken【小题9】by【小题10】to draw
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【解析】 【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。讲述了今年，一位来自中国的摄影师杨忠华以他惊人的作品《传统年味红豆团》惊艳世界，捕捉到了他家乡浙江象山一种深受喜爱的传统美食的精髓。【小题1】考查定语从句。句意：烹饪通常被描述为一种艺术形式，很少有地方能让这两个世界重叠，产生像粉红女士美食摄影师年度奖这样壮观的效果。空格处引导定语从句，修饰先行词place，在定语从句中作地点状语，表示地点。故填where。【小题2】考查形容词。句意：烹饪通常被描述为一种艺术形式，很少有地方能让这两个世界重叠，产生像粉红女士美食摄影师年度奖这样壮观的效果。形容词修饰名词作定语，“壮观的”是striking。故填striking。【小题3】考查名词的数。句意：每年，来自世界各地的摄影师都会提交参赛作品，参加一场庆祝食物传统、准备、享受和社会影响文化的比赛。根据“from around the world”可知，来自世界各地的摄影师，使用复数名词作主语。故填photographers。【小题4】考查冠词。句意：今年是第13届比赛，共收到来自65个国家的9000多份参赛作品，分为36个类别，最终选出一名总冠军。序数词前用定冠词。故填the。【小题5】考查动词时态语态。句意：今年是第13届比赛，共收到来自65个国家的9000多份参赛作品，分为36个类别，最终选出一名总冠军。主语entries和receive是被动关系，用被动语态，描述过去的事情用一般过去时，主语是复数，谓语也用复数。故填were received。【小题6】考查副词。句意：也许不足为奇的是，鉴于中国美食的多样性和丰富多彩，它的食物经常提供艺术灵感，今年的颁奖典礼就是这样，来自中国的参赛者获得了19个名次，三个类别的冠军，并产生了总冠军。副词修饰整个句子，作状语。故填unsurprisingly。【小题7】考查名词。句意：也许不足为奇的是，鉴于中国美食的多样性和丰富多彩，它的食物经常提供艺术灵感，今年的颁奖典礼就是这样，来自中国的参赛者获得了19个名次，三个类别的冠军，并产生了总冠军。形容词后用名词形式作宾语，artistic inspiration意为“艺术灵感”。故填inspiration。【小题8】考查非谓语动词。句意：杨忠华的作品《传统年味红豆团》是在浙江香山农村准备春节时拍摄的，被评委选为最优秀的作品，赢得了香槟酒庆典食品类别和整体比赛的冠军，奖金为5000英镑（合6387美元）。was picked是谓语动词，和动词take之间没有连词。take用非谓语形式，作品和take是被动关系，用过去分词，故填taken。【小题9】考查介词。句意：杨忠华的作品《传统年味红豆团》是在浙江香山农村准备春节时拍摄的，被评委选为最优秀的作品，赢得了香槟酒庆典食品类别和整体比赛的冠军，奖金为5000英镑（合6387美元）。表示“被某人”用介词by，故填by。【小题10】考查固定短语和不定式。句意：杨已经拍了40年的照片，他说他参加比赛并不是为了赚钱，而是想让人们注意到他的家乡和家乡的特色食物。would like to do表示“想要做某事”，用不定式作宾语。故填to draw。
8 、【答案】 Dear Daniel,
I’m writing to share with you a rope skipping contest held on the playground of our school last Thursday. All the classes took part in it. The students in each class took turns to skip rope, and the number of skips was counted. The class with the most skips won. In the end, our class won the first prize.
I felt very excited and proud. This activity not only made us more united, but also improved our physical fitness.
Yours,
Li Hua
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【解析】 略
9 、【答案】 Then she rushed out into the traffic and rain. I watched nervously as she approached the cat. To my relief, she managed to pick it up and bring it back to the bus. Everyone on the bus cheered and clapped. Mrs. Foster wrapped the cat in a towel and dried it off. “We’ll find a home for this little guy,” she said.
“I can help to find whether he has a family,” I promised to Mrs. Foster. When we got to school, I took the cat to the office and made some posters. I put them up around the school, hoping someone would recognize the cat. A few days later, a family came forward and said the cat was theirs. They thanked us for saving it. That day, I learned that sometimes it’s okay to step out of my comfort zone and do something to help others. It felt really good to make a difference.
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【解析】 略
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1、 Famous People Who Begin With Difficulties
Oprah Winfrey
Probably having one of the most famous success stories, Oprah was born into a poor family in Mississippi, raised by a single mother living on welfare. She was physically, and mentally abused during her childhood. Despite her initial struggles as a young girl, she turned herself into one of the most successful talk show hosts of our time.
Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey has been the star of some of the most successful movies of all time. But Carrey grew up extremely poor in Canada. When he was a teenager, his family took security jobs in a factory to help pay the bills. And during his first stand-up comedy performance, he was booed off （喝倒彩） the stage. Not shortly after, he made it big on In Living Color and then went on to star in Dumb & Dumber, The Mask, and Ace Ventura in the same year!
James Dyson
If you thought Thomas Edison's failures were bad, let me introduce you to James Dyson, the famous inventor of the Dyson vacuums （真空吸尘器） you see all over the television. Dyson developed over 5, 000 failed prototypes （原型） before finding the bagless vacuum brand. Not only that, he put his entire savings account into his prototypes over fifteen years! Luckily, the bagless vacuum worked.
Stephen King
Before Stephen King became known as a great living writer—having written over 60 novels, many of which have been adapted for film and television—King was rejected over and over again. In his memoir, On Writing, King describes how he used to post his rejection letters on the wall for inspiration. His first novel, Carrie, was rejected 30 times.
(1) What do Oprah and Jim have in common
A. They were abused by parents.
B. They grew up in poor families.
C. They were hired as comedians.
D. They found jobs in a factory.
(2) What did James Dyson do
A. He repaired the failed prototypes.
B. He developed over 5, 000 brands.
C. He put all efforts into marketing.
D. He invented the bagless vacuum.
(3) Who is a novelist
A. Oprah Winfrey.
B. Stephen King.
C. James Dyson.
D. Jim Carrey.
2、While tearing yellow flowers blanketing hillsides in Los Angeles, Max Kingery has been questioned about his purpose for killing flowers.
But the clothing designer who used the plants to dye (染色) his spring and summer lines said he is not accused of stealing the wildflowers in California. Instead, he sees it as an opportunity to raise awareness about a destructive flower that grew rapidly in the state following an unusually wet winter: wild black mustard (芥末). The plant from Eurasia was first brought to California in the 1700s.
Mustard was among the most noticeable of wild flowering plants that appeared unexpectedly everywhere in California this spring. As temperatures warm it is starting to die, making it easy to cause wildfires. Mustard is also a threat to native plants, transforming the landscape. Its leaves and roots prevent the growth of other species.
Kingery is part of a growing group of artists, designers and chefs who are tackling the problem by harvesting the plant to use in everything from dyes to foods.
Kingery’s line features sweatshirts, pants, and other items dyed naturally using mustard. Artist Erin Berkowitz of Berbo Studio makes dyes from the species, including the dye for Kingery’s clothing line. She has offered classes along with a chef who makes food out of the mustard greens and flowers. Berkowitz said her work with Kingery showed the possibilities of what can happen if more people become aware of its uses.
To that end, artist Nadine Allan made a digital magazine, about the uses of black mustard, including to make paper and a face mask.
Allan said she was motivated to act in part because she has friends who lost nearly everything to wildfires. “The species just look so pretty. If you don’t really know what’s happening on a larger scale, you might say they’re just a sea of yellow flowers,” she said.
【小题1】What can we learn about Max Kingery
【小题2】What is paragraph 3 mainly about
【小题3】Which best describes Erin Berkowitz’s work
【小题4】What is Nadine Allan’s final purpose in starting the digital magazine
3、Madagascar’s extremely improbable wildlife may be thanks to dozens of dramatic oceanic journeys that would put Robinson Crusoe to shame, says a new research.
“It seems like a far-fetched idea that animals could survive moving across the sea,” says Matthew Borths, a researcher at Duke University. But a comparison of genetic data from modern Malagasy species with the fossil (化石) record of their ancestors from the African mainland has revealed that this is likely what happened for most land animals, according to the research, published in May in the journal Biological Reviews.
Animals from mainland Africa would have been trapped on large rafts (木筏) of vegetation and floated to Madagascar, where they eventually evolved (进化) into the wildlife we know today. Some 95 percent of wildlife are endemic to the country, which means they live nowhere else in the world.
Scientists have three major theories to explain how land animals got to Madagascar: The species were there before Madagascar divided and became an island, they swam and/or rafted across from mainland Africa when currents flowed that way, or they crossed land bridges that might have existed at different periods.
In their study, Jason Ali, the study co-author, and Blair Hedges, a biologist at Temple University, pulled together a large amount of previously published research to test each of these possible origin stories.
The team compared the genes of 28 groups of land animals, including animals from modern-day Madagascar, with the genes of species on mainland Africa that are the closest, relatives. Based on this information, they calculated the likely time when the ancestor of each species group likely arrived in Madagascar, then evolved into something new.
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4、NASA’s Lunar Flashlight (the CubeSat), a small satellite, was launched on Dec. 1, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies, with the goal to map ice near the Moon’s South Pole. Since then, the briefcase-size satellite’s propulsion （推进） system—the first of its kind ever flown—proved unable to generate enough force to get into lunar orbit, despite months of effort by the operations team. Because the CubeSat cannot complete operations to stay in the Earth-Moon system, NASA has called an end to the mission （任务）.
NASA relies on technology demonstrations to fill specific knowledge gaps and to test new technologies. Used for the first time beyond Earth’s orbit, Lunar Flashlight’s propulsion system and green fuel were such demonstrations. Although the propulsion system was unable to produce the desired force, the newly developed propulsion system components went beyond performance expectations.
“Technology demonstrations are, by their nature, high risk and high reward, and they’re essential for NASA to test and learn,” said Christopher Baker, the program executive. “Lunar Flashlight was successful from the standpoint of being a testbed for new systems that had never flown in space before. Those systems, and the lessons Lunar Flashlight taught us, will be used for future missions.”
The mission’s four-laser reflectometer, a science instrument that had never flown before, either, also tested successfully, giving the mission’s science team confidence that the laser would have been able to detect ice if it were present at the lunar surface.
“It’s disappointing for the science team, and for the whole Lunar Flashlight team, that we won’t be able to use our laser reflectometer to make measurements on the Moon,” said Barbara Cohen, the mission’s principal investigator. “But like all the other systems, we collected a lot of in-flight performance data on the instrument that will be incredibly valuable to future application of this technique.”
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【小题2】Why did NASA end the mission
【小题3】What does Christopher Baker mean about Lunar Flashlight
【小题4】What is Barbara Cohen’s attitude towards the mission
5、From difficult bosses to potential layoffs, work can be full of challenging situations. You may wonder whether to step back from your career and further your education to better your life. 【小题1】 , because it’s such a personal decision and many factors are involved. Here are some questions to consider to help guide your decision.
Do I have the necessary resources (财力) to make this happen
【小题2】 Is that impact acceptable to you For example, if you have to take out loans to cover your expenses, you might want to get clear on how much debt you’re willing to take on to get that degree.
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You may be better served by professional certificates, or conferences, instead of a college degree. Wait until you’ve done some research and know what would best suit you, Reach out to your network to see if you can identify people who are already in the positions you desire to be in. Ask them what types of training programs they would recommend.
Do I know what to go back to school for
What type of program/ degree would best serve your interests 【小题4】 . The right program for you may not be immediately obvious. You’ll want to know which program will impact your earning potential most based on the specific positions and goals you’re trying to achieve.
Is it really education that’s holding me back, and not something else
If you’re sure it’s schooling, then maybe it really is time to go back. However, make sure you know it’s not other factors like company culture. Going back to school is a big undertaking, so you have to make sure it’s the right solution. 【小题5】 .
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6、 For many parents, traveling for months with children would seem an impossible task. But 19 families from across the may have found a way to make it .
The “Traveling Village” is an experiment created by Nikolaj Astrup and his Michelle R dgaard-Jessen. The couple to continue traveling after having two .
In January 2024, Nikolaj, Michelle and their two children 18 other families to travel and together. The families, from Denmark, the US, India, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands, lived for five weeks in Vietnam, then another five weeks in Thailand and five weeks in Japan.
With 70 people — including kids aged from 1 to 14 — in each country, the families found places to live within 3 kilometers of one another. That allows them to do regular activities like yoga and soccer, as well as having meals together twice a week.
Most of the parents were who ran their own businesses, and around half home-schooled their children, while the others just wanted their kids to take a from classes.
Families were responsible for covering their own expenses. But each contributed around ＄3,000 toward shared , children’s activities and special events.
Michelle said, “It has been beautiful to be to people this way — watching our kids , being together and sharing everyday life.”
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Cookery is often described as an art form, and there are few places 【小题1】 the two worlds overlap (重叠) to quite such 【小题2】 (strike) effect as the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards. Every year, 【小题3】 (photographer) from around the world submit entries for the competition celebrating the culture of food tradition.
This year, for 【小题4】 13th staging of the competition, more than 9,000 entries 【小题5】 (receive) from around 65 countries, competing in 36 categories, with one overall winner named.
Perhaps 【小题6】 (unsurprising), given the hugely diverse and colorful nature of Chinese cuisine, its food regularly provides artistic 【小题7】 (inspire) and that was the case at this year’s awards, where entrants from China achieved 19 placings, and three category wins, as well as producing the overall top-prize winner.
Yang Zhonghua’s image Red Bean Paste Balls 【小题8】 (take) during a Spring Festival preparation in the rural area of Xiangshan, Zhejiang province, was picked 【小题9】 judges as the best, winning both the Champagne Taittinger Food for Celebration category, and also the overall competition, with a prize of 5,000 pounds.
Yang, who has taken photographs for 40 years, said he did not enter the competition with a financial motive, but because he would like 【小题10】 (draw) attention to his hometown and its special food.
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8、假定你是李华，上周四你校在操场上举行了班级跳绳联赛。请你给你的交换生好友Danniel写一封邮件分享这次活动，内容包括：1. 活动过程；2. 你的感受。注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Dear Daniel,
I’m writing to share with you a rope skipping contest held on the playground of our school last Thursday.
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Yours,
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9、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。
When I was ten, I was very shy. Kids, adults, pretty much everyone made me nervous. But then one day, one single ride on a school bus changed that.
The school bus that day was crowded, hot and smelly. The windows were all rolled up—bus driver’s order— it was simply raining too hard to have them down. I sat alone as usual, speaking to no one. Over and over, I carefully wiped a small circle through the cloud on my window so that I could see the rushing water outside.
The bus stopped, waiting for an accident to clear. As I sat quietly, waiting and watching, I saw a cat across the street on the other side of the road. He was all wet and didn’t seem to know where to go. I wanted to go get the cat, but I knew Mrs. Foster would never allow me off the bus. It was against the rule to even stand up. I thought that if I pointed out the poor cat, the other kids would probably laugh at me.
When I wiped the window clear again, I could see the cat struggling in what seemed to be a dirt y river. My heart was racing, and tears were rolling down my cheeks. The bus began to move forward. The cat’s eyes locked on to mine. He was begging for help. I looked around, but nobody else seemed to have noticed that.
When Mrs. Foster shouted for us to sit well, I couldn’t help standing up, directly disobeying her. “Mrs. Foster!” I cried. Every single person on the bus stopped talking and looked at me. “A cat. There’s a cat outside,” I said. “If we don’t help him, he’ll drown!” I held out a shaking hand and pointed. Mrs. Foster, to my amazement, didn’t shout at me. Nor did the other kids laugh at me. Instead, she pulled the bus to the side of the busy road. “Children,” she said seriously. “No one is to leave this bus.”
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1 、【答案】 (1) B;
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【解析】 (1) 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四位在困境中崛起的杰出人物。
细节理解题。根据Oprah Winfrey一节 "Probably having one of the most famous success stories, Oprah was born into a poor family in Mississippi, raised by a single mother living on welfare.（奥普拉可能是最著名的成功故事之一，她出生在密西西比州的一个贫困家庭，由一个靠福利生活的单身母亲抚养长大）" 及Jim Carrey一节 "But Carrey grew up extremely poor in Canada.（但凯瑞在加拿大长大，家境极其贫困）" 可知，Oprah和Jim都生在穷苦家庭。故选B项。
(2) 细节理解题。根据James Dyson一节 "If you thought Thomas Edison's failures were bad, let me introduce you to James Dyson, the famous inventor of the Dyson vacuums you see all over the television. Dyson developed over 5, 000 failed prototypes before finding the bagless vacuum brand. Not only that, he put his entire savings account into his prototypes over fifteen years! Luckily, the bagless vacuum worked.(如果你认为托马斯·爱迪生的失败很糟糕，让我把你介绍给詹姆斯·戴森，著名的戴森是真空吸尘器的发明者，你在电视上随处可见。在找到无袋真空吸尘器品牌之前，戴森开发了超过5000个失败的原型机。不仅如此，他在15年的时间里把他所有的积蓄都投入到他的原型上!幸运的是，无袋真空吸尘器起作用了)" 可知，James Dyson成功研发出了无尘袋吸尘器。故选D项。
(3) 细节理解题。根据Stephen King一节 "Before Stephen King became known as a great living writer—having written over 60 novels, many of which have been adapted for film and television—King was rejected over and over again.(斯蒂芬·金写了60多部小说，其中许多被改编成电影和电视，在他成为在世的伟大作家之前，他一次又一次地被拒绝)" 可知，Stephen King是一位小说家。故选B项。
2 、【答案】 【小题1】C【小题2】D【小题3】C【小题4】A
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。面对日益泛滥的外来物种——野生黑芥末，加州民间团体自发行动起来采取积极有效的措施遏制其野蛮生长。【小题1】细节理解题。根据第二段“But the clothing designer who used the plants to dye (染色) his spring and summer lines said he is not accused of stealing the wildflowers in California. (但是，这位用这种植物为春夏系列染色的服装设计师说，他没有被指控在加州窃取这种野花。)”及第五段“Kingery’s line features sweatshirts, pants, and other items dyed naturally using mustard.(Kingery的系列以运动衫、裤子和其他用芥末自然染色的物品为特色。)”可知，Max Kingery利用野生黑芥末制作染料给衣服染色。故选C。【小题2】主旨大意题。通读第三段，尤其是“As temperatures warm it is starting to die, making it easy to cause wildfires. Mustard is also a threat to native plants, transforming the landscape. (随着气温升高，它开始死亡，这很容易引发野火。芥末对本地植物也是一种威胁，改变了景观。)”可知，本段主要介绍野生黑芥末的危害。故选D。【小题3】推理判断题。根据第五段“Artist Erin Berkowitz of Berbo Studio makes dyes from the species, including the dye for Kingery’s clothing line. She has offered classes along with a chef who makes food out of the mustard greens and flowers.(Berbo工作室的艺术家Erin Berkowitz用这种植物制作染料，包括Kingery服装系列的染料。她和一位用芥菜和鲜花制作食物的厨师一起开设了课程。)”可推断，Erin Berkowitz的做法很有创意。故选C。【小题4】推理判断题。根据第三段、第四段及第六段“To that end, artist Nadine Allan made a digital magazine, about the uses of black mustard, including to make paper and a face mask.(为此，艺术家Nadine Allan制作了一本数字杂志，介绍黑芥末的用途，包括造纸和制作面膜。)”可推断，Nadine Allan创办这份电子杂志介绍野生黑芥末的新用途，最终抑制其野蛮生长。故选A。
3 、【答案】 【小题1】A【小题2】B【小题3】C【小题4】A
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。五月份发表的一项研究通过对比基因数据，试图解释马达加斯加岛上为何生活着各种奇特的动物。【小题1】细节理解题。根据第二段“But a comparison of genetic data from modern Malagasy species with the fossil (化石) record of their ancestors from the African mainland has revealed that this is likely what happened for most land animals, according to the research, published in May in the journal Biological Reviews.(但是，根据5月份发表在《生物学评论》杂志上的一项研究，将现代马达加斯加物种的遗传数据与它们来自非洲大陆的祖先的化石记录进行比较后发现，这可能是大多数陆地动物发生的情况。)”可知，基因数据对比分析显示马达加斯加岛上的动物祖先来自非洲大陆。故选A。【小题2】词义猜测题。根据画线词后“which means they live nowhere else in the world.(也就是说，他们没生活在世界上其他任何地方。)”可知，大约95%的野生动物是这个国家特有的，画线词与Native的意思最接近。故选B。【小题3】细节理解题。根据第二段“But a comparison of genetic data from modern Malagasy species with the fossil (化石) record of their ancestors from the African mainland has revealed that this is likely what happened for most land animals, according to the research, published in May in the journal Biological Reviews.(但是，根据5月份发表在《生物学评论》杂志上的一项研究，将现代马达加斯加物种的遗传数据与它们来自非洲大陆的祖先的化石记录进行比较后发现，这可能是大多数陆地动物发生的情况。)”、第五段“In their study, Jason Ali, the study co-author, and Blair Hedges, a biologist at Temple University, pulled together a large amount of previously published research to test each of these possible origin stories.(在他们的研究中，该研究的合著者杰森·阿里和天普大学的生物学家布莱尔·赫奇斯汇集了大量先前发表的研究，以测试这些可能的起源故事。)”及第六段“The team compared the genes of 28 groups of land animals, including animals from modern-day Madagascar, with the genes of species on mainland Africa that are the closest, relatives. (研究小组将28组陆地动物的基因与非洲大陆上近亲物种的基因进行了比较，其中包括来自现代马达加斯加的动物。)”可知，Jason Ali的团队主要通过搜集已公布的研究成果，对比基因数据来进行研究工作。故选C。【小题4】主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段“Madagascar’s extremely improbable wildlife may be thanks to dozens of dramatic oceanic journeys that would put Robinson Crusoe to shame, says a new research.(一项新的研究表明，马达加斯加极其不可能的野生动物可能要归功于数十次戏剧性的海洋旅行，这将使鲁滨逊漂流记相形见绌。)”可知，本文主要介绍科学家们通过对比分析基因数据，试图找到马达加斯加岛上生活着各种奇特动物的原因。故选A。
4 、【答案】 【小题1】B【小题2】D【小题3】A【小题4】C
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。美国宇航局的“月球手电筒（Lunar Flashlight）”小卫星因推进系统故障未能进入绕月轨道而宣告终止其任务。【小题1】细节理解题。根据第一段“NASA’s Lunar Flashlight (the CubeSat), a small satellite, was launched on Dec. 1, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies, with the goal to map ice near the Moon’s South Pole.(NASA的月球手电筒(CubeSat)是一颗小型卫星，于2022年12月1日发射，用于展示几项新技术，目标是绘制月球南极附近的冰图)”可知，立方星（CubeSat）的目标是确认月球表面是否存在冰。故选B项。【小题2】细节理解题。根据第一段“Since then, the briefcase-size satellite’s propulsion system—the first of its kind ever flown—proved unable to generate enough force to get into lunar orbit, despite months of effort by the operations team. Because the CubeSat cannot complete operations to stay in the Earth-Moon system, NASA has called an end to the mission.(从那以后，尽管运营团队花了几个月的努力，但这颗公文包大小的卫星的推进系统——有史以来第一个发射的同类系统——被证明无法产生足够的力量进入月球轨道。由于立方体卫星无法完成留在地月系统的操作，美国宇航局已经宣布结束任务)”可知，该卫星推进系统出现问题，美国宇航局终止了本次任务。故选D项。【小题3】推理判断题。根据第三段““Technology demonstrations are, by their nature, high risk and high reward, and they’re essential for NASA to test and learn,” said Christopher Baker, the program executive. “Lunar Flashlight was successful from the standpoint of being a testbed for new systems that had never flown in space before. Those systems, and the lessons Lunar Flashlight taught us, will be used for future missions.”(“技术演示，就其本质而言，是高风险和高回报的，它们对NASA的测试和学习至关重要，”项目主管克里斯托弗·贝克(Christopher Baker)说。“从作为从未在太空飞行过的新系统的试验台的角度来看，月球手电筒是成功的。这些系统，以及月球手电筒教给我们的经验教训，将用于未来的任务。”)”可推断，Christopher Baker意在说明“月球手电筒（Lunar Flashlight）”对后续任务意义重大。故选A项。【小题4】推理判断题。根据最后一段““It’s disappointing for the science team, and for the whole Lunar Flashlight team, that we won’t be able to use our laser reflectometer to make measurements on the Moon,” said Barbara Cohen, the mission’s principal investigator. “But like all the other systems, we collected a lot of in-flight performance data on the instrument that will be incredibly valuable to future application of this technique.”(“对于科学团队和整个月球手电筒团队来说，我们将无法使用激光反射计在月球上进行测量，这是令人失望的，”该任务的首席研究员芭芭拉科恩说。“但像所有其他系统一样，我们在仪器上收集了大量飞行中的性能数据，这些数据对这项技术的未来应用非常有价值。”)”可推断，Barbara Cohen对此次发射任务持肯定态度。故选C项。
5 、【答案】 【小题1】F【小题2】E【小题3】B【小题4】D【小题5】G
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。面对职场困境，通过回校深造来改善现状需慎重对待。对此，文章提出了不同的审视角度。【小题1】根据空后“because it’s such a personal decision and many factors are involved (因为这是一个个人的决定，涉及到许多因素)”可知，本空要说跟“决定”有关的话题，F项“It’s tough to determine if more education is necessary (是否有必要继续深造是一个艰难的抉择)”能引起下文，符合题意。F项中的“determine”与空后的“decision”相对应。故选F。【小题2】根据本节主题句“Do I have the necessary resources (财力) to make this happen (我有必要的财力来实现这个目标吗 )”及空后“Is that impact acceptable to you For example, if you have to take out loans to cover your expenses, you might want to get clear on how much debt you’re willing to take on to get that degree. (你能接受这种影响吗 例如，如果你必须贷款来支付你的开支，你可能想要弄清楚你愿意承担多少债务来获得学位。)”可知，本空要说跟“财力”有关的话题，E项“How will further education impact your resources (继续教育将如何影响你的财力)”能承上启下，符合题意。E项中的“resources”与空前的“resources”相对应。故选E。【小题3】根据本节下文“Wait until you’ve done some research and know what would best suit you, Reach out to your network to see if you can identify people who are already in the positions you desire to be in. Ask them what types of training programs they would recommend.(等到你做了一些研究，知道什么最适合你的时候，接触你的人际网络，看看你是否能找到已经在你想要的职位上的人。询问他们会推荐什么样的培训项目。)”可知，本段主要讲述如何做选择，故B项“What options make the most sense (什么选择最有意义)”适合作本节主题句。故选B。【小题4】根据空前“What type of program/degree would best serve your interests (什么类型的课程或学位最符合你的兴趣？)”及空后“The right program for you may not be immediately obvious. (适合你的课程可能不会立即显而易见。)”可知，本空要说跟“课程”有关的话题，D项“Not all education programs will do that equally (并非所有的教育课程都同样适合你)”能承上启下，符合题意。D项中的“programs”与空前的“program”相对应。故选D。【小题5】根据本节主题句“Is it really education that’s holding me back, and not something else (真的是教育阻碍了我，而不是其他什么吗？)”及空前“However, make sure you know it’s not other factors like company culture. (然而，要确保你知道这不是其他因素，比如公司文化。)”可知，本空要说跟“公司文化”有关的话题，G项“If it’s company culture, find a new organization that suits you (如果是公司文化(的原因)，那就另找一家适合自己的工作单位)”能承上启下，符合题意。G项中的“company culture”与空后的“company culture”相对应。故选G。
6 、【答案】 【小题1】B【小题2】D【小题3】B【小题4】A【小题5】C【小题6】D【小题7】A【小题8】B【小题9】D【小题10】C【小题11】A【小题12】D【小题13】C【小题14】A【小题15】B
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【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了19个家庭组成“旅行村”，带着孩子进行跨国长期旅行的故事。【小题1】考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是来自全球的19个家庭可能已经找到了一种方式让它变得可行。 A. country国家；B. globe地球，全球；C. park公园；D. river河流。 根据下文“The families, from Denmark, the US, India, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands,”可知，这些家庭来自全球各地。故选B。【小题2】考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. change改变；B. disappear消失；C. last持续；D. work奏效。根据下文“In January 2024, Nikolaj, Michelle and their two children ___6___ 18 other families to travel and ____7___ together. ”可知，这些家庭找到了一个方法让带着孩子长期旅行变得可行。故选D。【小题3】考查名词词义辨析。句意：“旅行村”是Nikolaj Astrup和他的妻子Michelle R dgaard-Jessen发起的一项实验。A. friend朋友；B. wife妻子；C. sister姐妹；D. neighbor邻居。根据下文“The couple”可知，Michelle是Nikolaj的妻子。故选B。【小题4】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这对夫妇想要在有了两个孩子后继续旅行。A. wanted想要；B. refused拒绝；C. hesitated犹豫；D. forgot忘记。根据上文“The “Traveling Village” is an experiment created by Nikolaj Astrup and his ___3___ Michelle R dgaard-Jessen.”可知，这对夫妇发起这项活动是因为他们想要在有孩子之后仍然能够继续他们的旅行。故选A。【小题5】考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. companies公司；B. pets宠物；C. children孩子；D. parents父母。根据上文“For many parents, traveling for months with children would seem an impossible task.”可知，他们有了两个孩子想要继续旅游。故选C。【小题6】考查动词词义辨析。句意：2024年1月，Nikolaj、Michelle和他们的两个孩子加入了另外18个家庭，一起旅行并共同生活。A. saved拯救；B. left离开；C. drove开车；D. joined加入。根据下文“18 other families to travel and ___7___ together.”可知，Nikolaj一家和其他家庭联合起来进行旅行。故选D。【小题7】考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. live生活；B. escape逃离；C. fight打斗；D. swim游泳。根据下文“The families, from Denmark, the US, India, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands, lived for five weeks in Vietnam,”可知，这些家庭一起旅行并生活在一起。故选A。【小题8】考查介词短语辨析。句意：总共有70人——包括1到14岁的孩子——每到一个国家，这些家庭都居住在彼此相距不到3公里的地方。A. in danger处于危险中；B. in total总计；C. in debt负债累累；D. in need需要。根据上文“70 people”及下文“including kids aged from 1 to 14”可知，包括1到14岁的孩子总共有70人。故选B。【小题9】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这使得他们可以定期进行瑜伽和足球等团体活动，并且每周两次共进晚餐。A. classroom教室；B. lunchtime午餐时间；C. business商业；D. group团体。根据下文“like yoga and soccer, as well as having meals together twice a week.”可知，他们经常举行团体活动。故选D。【小题10】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：大多数家长都是自营职业者，大约一半的人选择在家教育孩子，而其他人则希望孩子们离开课堂，得到休息。A. cold-blooded冷血的；B. kind-hearted好心的；C. self-employed自己经营的；D. well-trained训练有素的。根据下文“who ran their own businesses”可知，大多数家长都是自营职业者。故选C。【小题11】考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. break休息；B. picture图画；C. call呼叫；D. page页面。根据上文“while the others just wanted their kids to take a”及下文“from classes”可知，旅行让孩子们远离课堂，得到休息。故选A。【小题12】考查副词词义辨析。句意：家庭们主要负责自己的开支。A. hardly几乎不；B. indirectly间接地；C. morally道德上；D. largely主要地。根据下文“But each contributed around ＄3,000 toward shared ___13___ , children’s activities and special events.”可知，家庭成员大部分自己承担费用，有一部分需共同承担。故选D。【小题13】考查名词词义辨析。句意：但每个家庭都贡献了约3,000美元用于共享餐食、儿童活动和特殊事件。A. markets市场；B. beliefs信仰；C. meals餐食；D. roads道路。根据上文“as well as having meals together twice a week.”可知，他们有聚餐活动，需共享餐食。故选C。【小题14】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Michelle说：“以这种方式与人接近是很美好的——看着我们的孩子成长，在一起，分享日常生活。”A. close接近的；B. similar相似的；C. equal平等的；D. polite礼貌的。根据上文“In January 2024, Nikolaj, Michelle and their two children ___6___ 18 other families to travel and ____7___ together. ”可知，他们一起旅游，共同生活，跟人们密切接触，be close to“接近”。故选A。【小题15】考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. fall跌倒；B. grow成长；C. perform表演；D. go去。根据上文“watching our kids”可知，这里指的是观察孩子们的成长。故选B。
7 、【答案】 【小题1】where【小题2】striking【小题3】photographers【小题4】the【小题5】were received【小题6】unsurprisingly【小题7】inspiration【小题8】taken【小题9】by【小题10】to draw
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【解析】 【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。讲述了今年，一位来自中国的摄影师杨忠华以他惊人的作品《传统年味红豆团》惊艳世界，捕捉到了他家乡浙江象山一种深受喜爱的传统美食的精髓。【小题1】考查定语从句。句意：烹饪通常被描述为一种艺术形式，很少有地方能让这两个世界重叠，产生像粉红女士美食摄影师年度奖这样壮观的效果。空格处引导定语从句，修饰先行词place，在定语从句中作地点状语，表示地点。故填where。【小题2】考查形容词。句意：烹饪通常被描述为一种艺术形式，很少有地方能让这两个世界重叠，产生像粉红女士美食摄影师年度奖这样壮观的效果。形容词修饰名词作定语，“壮观的”是striking。故填striking。【小题3】考查名词的数。句意：每年，来自世界各地的摄影师都会提交参赛作品，参加一场庆祝食物传统、准备、享受和社会影响文化的比赛。根据“from around the world”可知，来自世界各地的摄影师，使用复数名词作主语。故填photographers。【小题4】考查冠词。句意：今年是第13届比赛，共收到来自65个国家的9000多份参赛作品，分为36个类别，最终选出一名总冠军。序数词前用定冠词。故填the。【小题5】考查动词时态语态。句意：今年是第13届比赛，共收到来自65个国家的9000多份参赛作品，分为36个类别，最终选出一名总冠军。主语entries和receive是被动关系，用被动语态，描述过去的事情用一般过去时，主语是复数，谓语也用复数。故填were received。【小题6】考查副词。句意：也许不足为奇的是，鉴于中国美食的多样性和丰富多彩，它的食物经常提供艺术灵感，今年的颁奖典礼就是这样，来自中国的参赛者获得了19个名次，三个类别的冠军，并产生了总冠军。副词修饰整个句子，作状语。故填unsurprisingly。【小题7】考查名词。句意：也许不足为奇的是，鉴于中国美食的多样性和丰富多彩，它的食物经常提供艺术灵感，今年的颁奖典礼就是这样，来自中国的参赛者获得了19个名次，三个类别的冠军，并产生了总冠军。形容词后用名词形式作宾语，artistic inspiration意为“艺术灵感”。故填inspiration。【小题8】考查非谓语动词。句意：杨忠华的作品《传统年味红豆团》是在浙江香山农村准备春节时拍摄的，被评委选为最优秀的作品，赢得了香槟酒庆典食品类别和整体比赛的冠军，奖金为5000英镑（合6387美元）。was picked是谓语动词，和动词take之间没有连词。take用非谓语形式，作品和take是被动关系，用过去分词，故填taken。【小题9】考查介词。句意：杨忠华的作品《传统年味红豆团》是在浙江香山农村准备春节时拍摄的，被评委选为最优秀的作品，赢得了香槟酒庆典食品类别和整体比赛的冠军，奖金为5000英镑（合6387美元）。表示“被某人”用介词by，故填by。【小题10】考查固定短语和不定式。句意：杨已经拍了40年的照片，他说他参加比赛并不是为了赚钱，而是想让人们注意到他的家乡和家乡的特色食物。would like to do表示“想要做某事”，用不定式作宾语。故填to draw。
8 、【答案】 Dear Daniel,
I’m writing to share with you a rope skipping contest held on the playground of our school last Thursday. All the classes took part in it. The students in each class took turns to skip rope, and the number of skips was counted. The class with the most skips won. In the end, our class won the first prize.
I felt very excited and proud. This activity not only made us more united, but also improved our physical fitness.
Yours,
Li Hua
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【解析】 略
9 、【答案】 Then she rushed out into the traffic and rain. I watched nervously as she approached the cat. To my relief, she managed to pick it up and bring it back to the bus. Everyone on the bus cheered and clapped. Mrs. Foster wrapped the cat in a towel and dried it off. “We’ll find a home for this little guy,” she said.
“I can help to find whether he has a family,” I promised to Mrs. Foster. When we got to school, I took the cat to the office and made some posters. I put them up around the school, hoping someone would recognize the cat. A few days later, a family came forward and said the cat was theirs. They thanked us for saving it. That day, I learned that sometimes it’s okay to step out of my comfort zone and do something to help others. It felt really good to make a difference.
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【解析】 略