黑龙江省哈尔滨师范大学青冈实验中学校2024-2025学年高三上学期12月考试英语试题（含答案，无听力原文及音频）

哈师大青冈实验中学2024-2025学年度高三12月份考试
英语试题
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. When is the girl’s birthday
A. May 5th. B. May 15th. C. May 16th.
2. What is the man’s hobby
A. Taking photos. B. Listening to music. C. Collecting stamps.
3. What did the man buy yesterday
A. A shirt. B. A jacket. C. A sweater.
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. At school. B. At a hospital C. At a stadium.
5. What does the man mean
A. They should ask about the fee first.
B Their neighbor will help them paint the house.
C. They haven’t got enough money to paint the house.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. When will the woman leave for the Newcastle on Friday
A. At 10 A. m. B. At 12 p.m. C. At 2 p.m.
7. Where will the woman get the bus ticket
A. From the man. B. From the ticket office. C. From the travel center.
听第7段材料，回答8-9题。
8. What are the speakers talking about
A. A city. B. A company. C. A shopping place.
9. What does the woman like best
A. The store. B. The supermarket. C. The sports center.
听第8段材料，回答10-12题。
10. Why won’t the woman watch tonight’s concert
A. She has no interest in it. B. She saw it last weekend. C. She has no ticket.
11. Where is the woman now
A. In France. B. In AmericA. C. In ChinA.
12 What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Do some paintings. B. Visit a museum. C. Attend a party.
听第9段材料，回答13-16题。
13. What is the man doing
A. Making a reply. B. Getting some advice. C. Asking for information.
14. What sport is the most popular at the camping center
A. Horse-riding. B. Sailing. C. Boating.
15. When do groups always arrive at the camping center
A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.
16. What is the cost for a child
A. ￡425. B. ￡480. C. ￡525.
听第10段材料，回答17-20题。
17. What age group can join the club
A. Younger than 10. B. Between 10 and 17. C. Older than 17.
18. When do club members meet
A. On Monday afternoon. B. On Saturday morning. C. On Sunday afternoon.
19. What will club members learn to do next week
A. Make a dish. B. Write a story. C. Build a bridge.
20. What should club members bring next week
A. Money. B. Gloves. C. Pencils.
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
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593—1653)
As the daughter of a painter, Artemisia Gentileschi was afforded access to the art world at a young age. Early on, she was in her father’s workshop mixing paints and he supported her career when he noticed that she was gifted. As a famous painter of the Italian Baroque period, Artemisia Gentileschi did not let her gender hold her back from her subject matter. She painted Biblical and mythological (神话的) paintings, just like male painters.
Angelica Kauffman (1741—1807)
Born in Switzerland, Angelica Kauffman was the daughter of the artist Johann Joseph Kauffman. She received artistic training while acting as her father’s assistant from a very young age and copying the works of old masters as they traveled for commissions (委托). As a young woman, she also trained in Italy, where her historical paintings and portraits were well received.
Rosa Bonheur (1822—1899)
Like many female artists at the time, Rosa Bonheur’s father was a painter. The French Realist painter is considered one of the most famous female artists of the 19th century, known for her large-format paintings that featured animals. She showed her works regularly at the famous Paris salon and found success abroad in both the United States and Britain.
Berthe Morisot (1841—1895)
Considered one of the great female Impressionists, Berthe Morisot had art running through her veins. Born into a noble French family, she was the great-niece of celebrated Rococo painter Jean-Honore Fragonard. Her art often focused on family scenes, and she preferred working with pastels (粉彩), watercolor, and charcoal (木炭).
1 What artistic style do Artemisia Gentileschi’s paintings belong to
A. Rococo. B. Baroque. C. Realism. D. Impressionism.
2. Who is famous for painting animals
A Artemisia Gentileschi. B. Angelica Kauffman.
C. Rosa Bonheur. D. Berthe Morisot.
3. What do these four female painters have in common
A. They all learned painting from their fathers.
B. They all loved copying classic paintings.
C. They were all born into a noble family.
D. They all grew up in an artistic environment.
B
About 30 years ago, an acoustic neuroma (听神经瘤) was found inside my body. The removal of the neuroma caused my temporary balance issues and permanent hearing loss in one ear. Apart from this, I was fine.
Unexpectedly, the neuroma came back years later. It had to be removed again. Otherwise it would threaten the rest of my brain. When I awoke from the second operation, I had stroke-like symptoms. The whole right side of my body almost stopped functioning, and still does.
Overnight my whole identity had changed. I used to effortlessly leap up the stairs two at a time, but now it takes fifteen minutes to struggle. Attempts at the recovery of the old me proved to be fruitless. My family role also shifted from a father to a dependent child, and coupled with my communication problems, this led to increased frustration (沮丧) and anger.
There were concerns too about whether I would ever be accepted again in the wider world. Soon after this I just managed to swim in a pool. A ten-year-old boy I didn’t know came up and asked me if I had been on the water slide yet. As politely as possible, I said no, and we struck up a conversation about it. For the first time a stranger was speaking to me as an equal like before. Though insignificant then, it opened doors to a whole new way of being seen, and seeing myself.
To make sure the neuroma did not reappear, I received radiation treatment for two hours regularly, during which I loved listening to music by Tom Waits, an eccentric (古 怪的) singer most people dislike, but I don’t care. For me, life after brain injury is like Waits’ odd works. Out of failure, ugliness, and horror-the most unpromising raw material-a beautiful diamond can be created that shines out even more brightly because of its dark surroundings.
4. What happened to the author after his single-sided deafness
A. He lost the ability to keep balance.
B. His acoustic neuroma regrew.
C. He underwent two operations in a row.
D. His vision was accidentally damaged.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. The author’s efforts to rebuild his disabled body.
B. The author’s self-reflection on his cultural identity.
C. The different attitudes of the author’s family to him.
D. The considerable impact of the author’s brain injury.
6. How did the author find his talk with the boy
A. Reasonable. B. Engaging. C. Life-changing. D. In-depth.
7. What lesson did the author learn from Tom Waits’ music
A. Music is the universal language of mankind.
B. Suffering often leads to new self-discovery.
C. Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear.
D. Live for yourself, not for the approval of others.
C
Right now someone is speaking or thinking in a language that is on the verge of disappearing. Of the world’s roughly 7,000 spoken languages, one dies every 40 days, according to one estimate — languages like Babanki, spoken in Cameroon.
And some of the places where rare languages are the most concentrated are also most vulnerable (易受影响的) to climate change. Especially, linguists call global warming the final nail in the coffin (致命一击) for more than half of humanity’s language disappearing.
Let’s take Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation, for example. It’s very small, but it has 110 languages spoken there, which is the highest density (密度) of languages in the world. It is also one of the countries most at risk of sea level rise and climate change. There, you can often see perfect hurricanes.
So if rising seas or storms force people in Vanuatu to move to Australia, what happens to the language they speak Well, what often happens is that they aren’t necessarily displaced with the same people in their community, and also, even if they are displaced with other people in their community, they and their children will often adopt the language of Australia, the dominant language there because it’s economically advantageous for them to speak the new language, the dominant language. And their language dies.
However, there is so much culturally lost when a language dies. It is because the language carries so much local knowledge and culture.
In fact, in the 1970s, it was something like 2,000 native speakers of Hawaiian remained. But activists launched some schools where children are taught from birth, usually by kind of grandparents, and now more than 18,700 people speak it. And the same thing happened in New Zealand in the 1970s. Only 5% of young Maori people spoke the language, but now something like 25% now speak it.
8. What do we know about Vanuatu
A. Its most languages have died out.
B. It is sensitive to climate change.
C. It witnesses various disasters every year.
D. It is the highest density of population in the world.
9. What will happen to people who are forced to leave Vanuatu for Australia
A. They lose their advantages in economy.
B. They have few chances to speak their own language.
C. They fail to contact people in their previous community.
D. They willingly teach their kids the language of Australia.
10. What is the author’s attitude towards language disappearing
A. Favourable. B. Concerned. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
11. What does the last paragraph want to convey
A. More languages are faced with dying out.
B. It’s a must for kids to learn their mother tongue.
C. Grandparents play a vital role in passing down languages.
D. More efforts have been made to save endangered languages.
D
Jennifer and James Crumbley were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (过失杀人罪) due to their failure to prevent their son Ethan from carrying out a deadly school shooting in Michigan, US. They were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on April 9, reported The New York Times. The sentence for them marks the first instance in the US where parents have been held legally accountable for their child’s involvement in a mass shooting.
Prosecutors (检察官) argued that the couple ignored clear signs of their son’s mental health issues and emphasized that they purchased the gun he used in the 2021 attack. Ethan, who was only 15 when he killed four students in the shooting, was sentenced to life. “Opportunity knocked over and over again, louder and louder, and it was ignored,” Judge Cheryl Matthews told the court.
Instances of extreme and violent crimes committed by minors consistently stir shock and controversy globally. Such issues urge widespread societal reflection, leading nations to consider revising laws to lower the age of criminal responsibility. While most countries and regions have maintained a standard minimum age of criminal responsibility at 12 or 14 years for an extended period, there are exceptions. For example, Japan lowered the age from 16 to 14 in 2000, according to Xinhua.
In 2010, Denmark lowered its minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 14 years old. However, researchers found that this change did not reduce crime rates among 14-year-olds. Instead, the punitive measures (惩罚措施) had negative effects. These young individuals often fell behind their peers academically, especially on high school graduation exams, and the rate of reoffenders increased. Consequently, Denmark reversed this policy two years later, restoring the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 15 years old, The Paper reported.
Denmark’s experience showed that the law doesn’t always stop people from committing crimes again. Furthermore, preventing young people from committing crimes poses a complex challenge.
In Germany, imprisonment is considered a last resort, with a focus on educational, rehabilitative (善后的) and disciplinary measures, as noted in a 2018 paper published in the Justice Evaluation Journal. According to the paper, youth imprisonment is applied in only 2 percent of all cases. Additionally, some prisons offer vocational programs for young inmates, including woodworking, metalworking, and farming. Meanwhile, most of these teenage offenders are placed in community programs where social workers help educate and guide them toward a normal life.
12. Why were Jennifer and James sentenced
A. They were the murders of involuntary manslaughter.
B. They offered a gun to Ethan who carried out a school shooting.
C. They didn’t take the parenting responsibility for their son’s problems in growth.
D They ignored their son’s mental health problems.
13. Which of the following statements does the author possibly agree to
A. Parents should be the key power to stop young people from committing crime.
B. Solving the problems of minor’s crime needs joint efforts and diverse measures.
C. Lowering the age of criminal responsibility can effectively prevent minors from crime.
D. Increasing the rate of youth imprisonment can effectively prevent minors from crime.
14. What does the underlined word “resort” in the paragraph mean
A. action to take B. a place to visit
C. an end to happen D. a chance to take
15. What’s the purpose of the author to write the article
A. to show the severity of youth crime
B. to show the efforts countries have made to stop youth crime
C. to show the measures countries have made to stop youth crime
D. to raise parents’ awareness of regulating and educating responsibility
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
Have you ever changed your mind, or even given up a dream because you were afraid of what someone else might think of you If you’re often worried about what friends, family, or even strangers in the street might think, then you’re using up a huge amount of energy worrying._____16_____ But the steps below should help.
Step 1: Ask yourself what matters to you.
Maybe you can’t stand the gym, but your best friend works out every day. It’s natural for people around you to have different values from you.___17___
Step 2:___18___
The truth is that I’m not the centre of the world, and neither are you! Most of the people around you are far too busy going about their own lives to think much about you.
Step 3: Recognize that their opinion can’t hurt you.
There are a few cases where opinions will make a difference._____19_____ But the people who really matter are going to love you for who you are.
Step 4: ___20___
You can’t control people’s thoughts. You’ve got no idea what might go through their head, or why. You can’t please everyone all of the time, and there’s no need to try to.
A. Do whatever you want to do.
B. This is a hard habit to get rid of.
C. You should make everyone around you happy.
D. So just be clear and honest with yourself.
E. Remember that they’re not all watching you.
F. Accept that you can’t control what people think.
G. For instance, your boss’s opinion is usually important to you.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Michelle couldn’t have been better prepared for the speech, her first presentation as a college student. She had learned her speech ____21____ The day before the talk, alone in her room. Michelle felt ____22____. But as soon as she was invited to the stage, she was full of fear she had ____23____ too many times before-the fear of getting ____24____ because of her stutter(口吃).
It began when she was a child. She felt ashamed and ____25____ as little as possible at school. She put a lot of ____26____ into math and science. In these subjects, she could ____27____ her teachers with written exams and reports rather than spoken ones.
But by the time Michelle got to middle school, her stutter had made her a ____28____ for bullying(欺凌), which hurt her academic performance. ____29____, she went to a cooking school, where she hoped her cooking would speak for itself.
Michelle saw her future as a ____30____ until a nutrition class, when the teacher’s lecture ____31____ her of her love of science. She found that her thirst for learning more biology was ____32____ than her fear of stuttering during oral exams. She started to work in a research lab and tried speech therapy(治疗). With the help of her therapist, she ____33____ realized the real problem was not the stutter itself; it was her fear of stuttering. It took her about a year to ____34____ during one weekly meeting that she loved herself as she was.
Now, instead of ____35____ public speeches, she actively seeks opportunities to be on the stage. And if she happens to stutter along the way, so be it.
21. A. by heart B. on time C. by accident D. on purpose
22. A. nervous B. annoyed C. confident D. energetic
23. A. understood B. explored C. experienced D. considered
24. A. injured B. stuck C. tired D. excited
25. A. laughed B. talked C. learned D. moved
26. A. service B. wealth C. power D. effort
27. A. impress B. encourage C. interview D. disappoint
28. A. coach B. fan C. hit D. target
29. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Furthermore
30. A. teacher B. biologist C. chef D. officer
31. A. warned B. cured C. cheated D. reminded
32. A. shorter B. weaker C. stronger D. longer
33. A. gradually B. hardly C. formally D. frequently
34. A. speak out B. stand up C. break in D. calm down
35. A. making B. writing C. enjoying D. avoiding
第二节 语篇填空(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The lantern fair in Zigong, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, boasts (拥有) a history of more than 1, 000 years. To mark the Year of the Dragon, many of the lanterns at the show feature the Chinese sign of the zodiac (生肖), but there are also ____36____ wide variety of other lantern designs to meet different needs. Visitors ____37____ prefer traditional lanterns can find lanterns with flowers and birds, and legendary figures, while lanterns with modern patterns such as cultural trends and online games are gaining ____38____(popular) among young people.
So far, modern technologies such as 3D printing and artificial intelligence ____39____(use)to make the lanterns nicer and more vivid. The lantern show is also accepting the concept of ____40____(environment) protection. A set of lanterns ____41____(recreate) the famous Chinese statue “Bronze Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow” from the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) was created by using 21 different kinds of waste materials, including ____42____(tire), and plastics to form its outside decorations.
This year’s show will run until July 30. The sets of lanterns will be updated ____43____(keep)up with the coming two traditional Chinese festivals-the Qingming Festival ____44____ the Dragon Boat Festival. Visitors can also enjoy folk arts, and Chinese music performances during _____45_____ (they)lantern-viewing tours.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
46. 假如你是李华，你校上周刚举办了为期两天的秋季运动会，作为学校英文报Sports and Fitness栏目的编辑，请你给校英文报投稿，报道本次活动。内容包括：
1.运动会的概况；
2.运动会的亮点；
3.运动会的意义。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The Sports Meet
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第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I spent most of my teenage years in an old farmhouse in the Durham County countryside. That was more than 30 years ago, but life there dated back to an even earlier era I spent my summer days doing manual labor in the tobacco fields, while my summer evenings were spent preparing vegetables in the backyard. My fall weekends were often spent cutting wood and storing logs for the fire. Some of my neighbors still had outhouses. We had an indoor TV receiver which helped us tune into the few television stations we could watch.
Living where we did, we could see three or four other houses from our own, none of them within shouting distance. We knew our neighbors, most of whom were elderly. My father wouldn’t let other folks do without when he had enough, so we helped them out when they needed it.
Jimmy lived across the street, on the far side of a tobacco field. He was seventy years old and lived alone. He lost his wife two years ago. He had barely supported himself these last couple of years since his health had gotten worse. One day, we went to visit him at his home. It was a small wooden house with dirty windows and a curtain that had been mended several times. The poor old man would sit in an armchair by the window, holding a faded (褪色的) photo, and with tears in his eyes, recall happy memories of his wife.
One weekend, my father went to check on Jimmy, but a rare heavy snow happened to fall. It was so heavy that he couldn’t get his old truck up Jimmy’s uneven (不平坦的), snow-covered road Nobody could understand what made Dad climb the 400 yards or so to Jimmy’s house. My brother and I were waiting anxiously at home. After a long time, he rushed home and told us that Jimmy was sick and had no firewood left.
续写要求：
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。
Paragraph 1:
My father asked us if we would like to help.
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We knocked on Jimmy’s door, and he greeted us.
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哈师大青冈实验中学2024-2025学年度高三12月份考试
英语试题 答案版
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. When is the girl’s birthday
A. May 5th. B. May 15th. C. May 16th.
2. What is the man’s hobby
A. Taking photos. B. Listening to music. C. Collecting stamps.
3. What did the man buy yesterday
A. A shirt. B. A jacket. C. A sweater.
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. At school. B. At a hospital C. At a stadium.
5. What does the man mean
A. They should ask about the fee first.
B. Their neighbor will help them paint the house.
C. They haven’t got enough money to paint the house.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. When will the woman leave for the Newcastle on Friday
A. At 10 A. m. B. At 12 p.m. C. At 2 p.m.
7. Where will the woman get the bus ticket
A. From the man. B. From the ticket office. C. From the travel center.
听第7段材料，回答8-9题。
8. What are the speakers talking about
A. A city. B. A company. C. A shopping place.
9. What does the woman like best
A. The store. B. The supermarket. C. The sports center.
听第8段材料，回答10-12题。
10. Why won’t the woman watch tonight’s concert
A. She has no interest in it. B. She saw it last weekend. C. She has no ticket.
11. Where is the woman now
A. In France. B. In AmericA. C. In ChinA.
12. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Do some paintings. B. Visit a museum. C. Attend a party.
听第9段材料，回答13-16题。
13. What is the man doing
A. Making a reply. B. Getting some advice. C. Asking for information.
14. What sport is the most popular at the camping center
A. Horse-riding. B. Sailing. C. Boating.
15. When do groups always arrive at the camping center
A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.
16. What is the cost for a child
A. ￡425. B. ￡480. C. ￡525.
听第10段材料，回答17-20题。
17. What age group can join the club
A. Younger than 10. B. Between 10 and 17. C. Older than 17.
18. When do club members meet
A. On Monday afternoon. B. On Saturday morning. C. On Sunday afternoon.
19 What will club members learn to do next week
A. Make a dish. B. Write a story. C. Build a bridge.
20. What should club members bring next week
A. Money. B. Gloves. C. Pencils.
听力 1—5 ABCBC 6—10 BCACC 11—15 ABCAB 16—20 ABACB
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
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593—1653)
As the daughter of a painter, Artemisia Gentileschi was afforded access to the art world at a young age. Early on, she was in her father’s workshop mixing paints and he supported her career when he noticed that she was gifted. As a famous painter of the Italian Baroque period, Artemisia Gentileschi did not let her gender hold her back from her subject matter. She painted Biblical and mythological (神话的) paintings, just like male painters.
Angelica Kauffman (1741—1807)
Born in Switzerland, Angelica Kauffman was the daughter of the artist Johann Joseph Kauffman. She received artistic training while acting as her father’s assistant from a very young age and copying the works of old masters as they traveled for commissions (委托). As a young woman, she also trained in Italy, where her historical paintings and portraits were well received.
Rosa Bonheur (1822—1899)
Like many female artists at the time, Rosa Bonheur’s father was a painter. The French Realist painter is considered one of the most famous female artists of the 19th century, known for her large-format paintings that featured animals. She showed her works regularly at the famous Paris salon and found success abroad in both the United States and Britain.
Berthe Morisot (1841—1895)
Considered one of the great female Impressionists, Berthe Morisot had art running through her veins. Born into a noble French family, she was the great-niece of celebrated Rococo painter Jean-Honore Fragonard. Her art often focused on family scenes, and she preferred working with pastels (粉彩), watercolor, and charcoal (木炭).
1. What artistic style do Artemisia Gentileschi’s paintings belong to
A Rococo. B. Baroque. C. Realism. D. Impressionism.
2. Who is famous for painting animals
A. Artemisia Gentileschi. B. Angelica Kauffman.
C. Rosa Bonheur. D. Berthe Morisot.
3. What do these four female painters have in common
A. They all learned painting from their fathers.
B. They all loved copying classic paintings.
C. They were all born into a noble family.
D. They all grew up in an artistic environment.
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D
B
About 30 years ago, an acoustic neuroma (听神经瘤) was found inside my body. The removal of the neuroma caused my temporary balance issues and permanent hearing loss in one ear. Apart from this, I was fine.
Unexpectedly, the neuroma came back years later. It had to be removed again. Otherwise it would threaten the rest of my brain. When I awoke from the second operation, I had stroke-like symptoms. The whole right side of my body almost stopped functioning, and still does.
Overnight my whole identity had changed. I used to effortlessly leap up the stairs two at a time, but now it takes fifteen minutes to struggle. Attempts at the recovery of the old me proved to be fruitless. My family role also shifted from a father to a dependent child, and coupled with my communication problems, this led to increased frustration (沮丧) and anger.
There were concerns too about whether I would ever be accepted again in the wider world. Soon after this I just managed to swim in a pool. A ten-year-old boy I didn’t know came up and asked me if I had been on the water slide yet. As politely as possible, I said no, and we struck up a conversation about it. For the first time a stranger was speaking to me as an equal like before. Though insignificant then, it opened doors to a whole new way of being seen, and seeing myself.
To make sure the neuroma did not reappear, I received radiation treatment for two hours regularly, during which I loved listening to music by Tom Waits, an eccentric (古 怪的) singer most people dislike, but I don’t care. For me, life after brain injury is like Waits’ odd works. Out of failure, ugliness, and horror-the most unpromising raw material-a beautiful diamond can be created that shines out even more brightly because of its dark surroundings.
4. What happened to the author after his single-sided deafness
A. He lost the ability to keep balance.
B. His acoustic neuroma regrew.
C. He underwent two operations in a row.
D. His vision was accidentally damaged.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. The author’s efforts to rebuild his disabled body.
B. The author’s self-reflection on his cultural identity.
C. The different attitudes of the author’s family to him.
D. The considerable impact of the author’s brain injury.
6. How did the author find his talk with the boy
A. Reasonable. B. Engaging. C. Life-changing. D. In-depth.
7. What lesson did the author learn from Tom Waits’ music
A. Music is the universal language of mankind.
B. Suffering often leads to new self-discovery.
C. Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear.
D. Live for yourself, not for the approval of others.
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B
C
Right now someone is speaking or thinking in a language that is on the verge of disappearing. Of the world’s roughly 7,000 spoken languages, one dies every 40 days, according to one estimate — languages like Babanki, spoken in Cameroon.
And some of the places where rare languages are the most concentrated are also most vulnerable (易受影响的) to climate change. Especially, linguists call global warming the final nail in the coffin (致命一击) for more than half of humanity’s language disappearing.
Let’s take Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation, for example. It’s very small, but it has 110 languages spoken there, which is the highest density (密度) of languages in the world. It is also one of the countries most at risk of sea level rise and climate change. There, you can often see perfect hurricanes.
So if rising seas or storms force people in Vanuatu to move to Australia, what happens to the language they speak Well, what often happens is that they aren’t necessarily displaced with the same people in their community, and also, even if they are displaced with other people in their community, they and their children will often adopt the language of Australia, the dominant language there because it’s economically advantageous for them to speak the new language, the dominant language. And their language dies.
However, there is so much culturally lost when a language dies. It is because the language carries so much local knowledge and culture.
In fact, in the 1970s, it was something like 2,000 native speakers of Hawaiian remained. But activists launched some schools where children are taught from birth, usually by kind of grandparents, and now more than 18,700 people speak it. And the same thing happened in New Zealand in the 1970s. Only 5% of young Maori people spoke the language, but now something like 25% now speak it.
8. What do we know about Vanuatu
A. Its most languages have died out.
B. It is sensitive to climate change.
C. It witnesses various disasters every year.
D. It is the highest density of population in the world.
9. What will happen to people who are forced to leave Vanuatu for Australia
A. They lose their advantages in economy.
B. They have few chances to speak their own language.
C. They fail to contact people in their previous community.
D. They willingly teach their kids the language of Australia.
10. What is the author’s attitude towards language disappearing
A. Favourable. B. Concerned. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
11. What does the last paragraph want to convey
A. More languages are faced with dying out.
B. It’s a must for kids to learn their mother tongue.
C. Grandparents play a vital role in passing down languages.
D. More efforts have been made to save endangered languages.
【答案】8. B 9. B 10. B 11. D
D
Jennifer and James Crumbley were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (过失杀人罪) due to their failure to prevent their son Ethan from carrying out a deadly school shooting in Michigan, US. They were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on April 9, reported The New York Times. The sentence for them marks the first instance in the US where parents have been held legally accountable for their child’s involvement in a mass shooting.
Prosecutors (检察官) argued that the couple ignored clear signs of their son’s mental health issues and emphasized that they purchased the gun he used in the 2021 attack. Ethan, who was only 15 when he killed four students in the shooting, was sentenced to life. “Opportunity knocked over and over again, louder and louder, and it was ignored,” Judge Cheryl Matthews told the court.
Instances of extreme and violent crimes committed by minors consistently stir shock and controversy globally. Such issues urge widespread societal reflection, leading nations to consider revising laws to lower the age of criminal responsibility. While most countries and regions have maintained a standard minimum age of criminal responsibility at 12 or 14 years for an extended period, there are exceptions. For example, Japan lowered the age from 16 to 14 in 2000, according to Xinhua.
In 2010, Denmark lowered its minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 14 years old. However, researchers found that this change did not reduce crime rates among 14-year-olds. Instead, the punitive measures (惩罚措施) had negative effects. These young individuals often fell behind their peers academically, especially on high school graduation exams, and the rate of reoffenders increased. Consequently, Denmark reversed this policy two years later, restoring the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 15 years old, The Paper reported.
Denmark’s experience showed that the law doesn’t always stop people from committing crimes again. Furthermore, preventing young people from committing crimes poses a complex challenge.
In Germany, imprisonment is considered a last resort, with a focus on educational, rehabilitative (善后的) and disciplinary measures, as noted in a 2018 paper published in the Justice Evaluation Journal. According to the paper, youth imprisonment is applied in only 2 percent of all cases. Additionally, some prisons offer vocational programs for young inmates, including woodworking, metalworking, and farming. Meanwhile, most of these teenage offenders are placed in community programs where social workers help educate and guide them toward a normal life.
12. Why were Jennifer and James sentenced
A. They were the murders of involuntary manslaughter.
B. They offered a gun to Ethan who carried out a school shooting.
C. They didn’t take the parenting responsibility for their son’s problems in growth.
D. They ignored their son’s mental health problems.
13. Which of the following statements does the author possibly agree to
A. Parents should be the key power to stop young people from committing crime.
B. Solving the problems of minor’s crime needs joint efforts and diverse measures.
C. Lowering the age of criminal responsibility can effectively prevent minors from crime.
D. Increasing the rate of youth imprisonment can effectively prevent minors from crime.
14. What does the underlined word “resort” in the paragraph mean
A. action to take B. a place to visit
C. an end to happen D. a chance to take
15. What’s the purpose of the author to write the article
A. to show the severity of youth crime
B. to show the efforts countries have made to stop youth crime
C to show the measures countries have made to stop youth crime
D. to raise parents’ awareness of regulating and educating responsibility
【答案】12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B
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
Have you ever changed your mind, or even given up a dream because you were afraid of what someone else might think of you If you’re often worried about what friends, family, or even strangers in the street might think, then you’re using up a huge amount of energy worrying._____16_____ But the steps below should help.
Step 1: Ask yourself what matters to you.
Maybe you can’t stand the gym, but your best friend works out every day. It’s natural for people around you to have different values from you.___17___
Step 2:___18___
The truth is that I’m not the centre of the world, and neither are you! Most of the people around you are far too busy going about their own lives to think much about you.
Step 3: Recognize that their opinion can’t hurt you.
There are a few cases where opinions will make a difference._____19_____ But the people who really matter are going to love you for who you are.
Step 4: ___20___
You can’t control people’s thoughts. You’ve got no idea what might go through their head, or why. You can’t please everyone all of the time, and there’s no need to try to.
A. Do whatever you want to do.
B. This is a hard habit to get rid of.
C. You should make everyone around you happy.
D. So just be clear and honest with yourself.
E. Remember that they’re not all watching you.
F. Accept that you can’t control what people think.
G. For instance, your boss’s opinion is usually important to you.
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. E 19. G 20. F
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Michelle couldn’t have been better prepared for the speech, her first presentation as a college student. She had learned her speech ____21____ The day before the talk, alone in her room. Michelle felt ____22____. But as soon as she was invited to the stage, she was full of fear she had ____23____ too many times before-the fear of getting ____24____ because of her stutter(口吃).
It began when she was a child. She felt ashamed and ____25____ as little as possible at school. She put a lot of ____26____ into math and science. In these subjects, she could ____27____ her teachers with written exams and reports rather than spoken ones.
But by the time Michelle got to middle school, her stutter had made her a ____28____ for bullying(欺凌), which hurt her academic performance. ____29____, she went to a cooking school, where she hoped her cooking would speak for itself.
Michelle saw her future as a ____30____ until a nutrition class, when the teacher’s lecture ____31____ her of her love of science. She found that her thirst for learning more biology was ____32____ than her fear of stuttering during oral exams. She started to work in a research lab and tried speech therapy(治疗). With the help of her therapist, she ____33____ realized the real problem was not the stutter itself; it was her fear of stuttering. It took her about a year to ____34____ during one weekly meeting that she loved herself as she was.
Now, instead of ____35____ public speeches, she actively seeks opportunities to be on the stage. And if she happens to stutter along the way, so be it.
21. A. by heart B. on time C. by accident D. on purpose
22. A. nervous B. annoyed C. confident D. energetic
23. A. understood B. explored C. experienced D. considered
24. A. injured B. stuck C. tired D. excited
25. A. laughed B. talked C. learned D. moved
26. A. service B. wealth C. power D. effort
27. A. impress B. encourage C. interview D. disappoint
28. A. coach B. fan C. hit D. target
29. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Furthermore
30. A. teacher B. biologist C. chef D. officer
31. A. warned B. cured C. cheated D. reminded
32. A. shorter B. weaker C. stronger D. longer
33. A. gradually B. hardly C. formally D. frequently
34. A. speak out B. stand up C. break in D. calm down
35. A. making B. writing C. enjoying D. avoiding
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. C 31. D 32. C 33. A 34. A 35. D
第二节 语篇填空(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The lantern fair in Zigong, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, boasts (拥有) a history of more than 1, 000 years. To mark the Year of the Dragon, many of the lanterns at the show feature the Chinese sign of the zodiac (生肖), but there are also ____36____ wide variety of other lantern designs to meet different needs. Visitors ____37____ prefer traditional lanterns can find lanterns with flowers and birds, and legendary figures, while lanterns with modern patterns such as cultural trends and online games are gaining ____38____(popular) among young people.
So far, modern technologies such as 3D printing and artificial intelligence ____39____(use)to make the lanterns nicer and more vivid. The lantern show is also accepting the concept of ____40____(environment) protection. A set of lanterns ____41____(recreate) the famous Chinese statue “Bronze Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow” from the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) was created by using 21 different kinds of waste materials, including ____42____(tire), and plastics to form its outside decorations.
This year’s show will run until July 30. The sets of lanterns will be updated ____43____(keep)up with the coming two traditional Chinese festivals-the Qingming Festival ____44____ the Dragon Boat Festival. Visitors can also enjoy folk arts, and Chinese music performances during _____45_____ (they)lantern-viewing tours.
【答案】36. a 37. who##that
38. popularity
39. have been used
40. environmental
41. recreating
42. tires 43. to keep
44. and 45. their
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
46. 假如你是李华，你校上周刚举办了为期两天的秋季运动会，作为学校英文报Sports and Fitness栏目的编辑，请你给校英文报投稿，报道本次活动。内容包括：
1.运动会的概况；
2.运动会的亮点；
3.运动会的意义。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The Sports Meet
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【答案】The Sports Meet
The annual school sports meeting began on the 28th and closed on the 29th of October, making the whole school plunge into sporting atmosphere.
On the morning, all the teachers and students in their sportswear gathered for the opening ceremony where each class staged an excellent performance, which is a traditional highlight. After that came the track and field events, including relay races, high jump, long-distance running and so on. Challenging as these events were, all the athletes gave full play to their willpower, showing their positive sports spirits.
With nine records broken, the sports meet was a great success. Not only did it witness students’ passion for sports, but it also exhibited their collaboration and team spirit.
第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I spent most of my teenage years in an old farmhouse in the Durham County countryside. That was more than 30 years ago, but life there dated back to an even earlier era I spent my summer days doing manual labor in the tobacco fields, while my summer evenings were spent preparing vegetables in the backyard. My fall weekends were often spent cutting wood and storing logs for the fire. Some of my neighbors still had outhouses. We had an indoor TV receiver which helped us tune into the few television stations we could watch.
Living where we did, we could see three or four other houses from our own, none of them within shouting distance. We knew our neighbors, most of whom were elderly. My father wouldn’t let other folks do without when he had enough, so we helped them out when they needed it.
Jimmy lived across the street, on the far side of a tobacco field. He was seventy years old and lived alone. He lost his wife two years ago. He had barely supported himself these last couple of years since his health had gotten worse. One day, we went to visit him at his home. It was a small wooden house with dirty windows and a curtain that had been mended several times. The poor old man would sit in an armchair by the window, holding a faded (褪色的) photo, and with tears in his eyes, recall happy memories of his wife.
One weekend, my father went to check on Jimmy, but a rare heavy snow happened to fall. It was so heavy that he couldn’t get his old truck up Jimmy’s uneven (不平坦的), snow-covered road Nobody could understand what made Dad climb the 400 yards or so to Jimmy’s house. My brother and I were waiting anxiously at home. After a long time, he rushed home and told us that Jimmy was sick and had no firewood left.
续写要求：
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。
Paragraph 1:
My father asked us if we would like to help.
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We knocked on Jimmy’s door, and he greeted us.
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【答案】My father asked us if we would like to help. We all nodded our heads willingly, but my brother was secretly worried. He asked my father how we could help. Although we could meet Jimmy’s needs for things like food and firewood, my father held the belief that the loss of his wife made Jimmy unhappy, and wanted to offer Jimmy a moment of joy. We left the house and walked across the snow-covered fields. Our footprints went deep in the snow, only to disappear as the snow continued to fall. We headed across the field, aiming for Jimmy’s house.
We knocked on Jimmy’s door, and he greeted us. Jimmy appeared calm in the face of the dangerous snowstorm. However, we could see that his spirits were low due to sickness. We lit a fire to try and get some warmth into the house. We sat down and had a long meaningful conversation with Jimmy. At first, he frowned, but then his face slowly broke into a smile. He was happy that his neighbors cared about his well-being, and said having us over for company was the best gift we could have given him.