北京市第八中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷（含解析）
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北京市第八中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期末考试
英 语
年级:高二 科目:英语
(本卷满分100分，考试时间90分钟)
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，25分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was an angry adolescent in my first years of college. One day I had a serious fight with my father. I saw him as 1 and wanted to break free. We both exploded in shouts and I stormed out of the house.
As I ran across the campus towards the classroom, I suddenly realized that I didn’t have the assignment that was 2 : a thought card. Professor Simon had explained that every Tuesday we must hand in an index card, on which we wrote a thought, a concern, a question or anything that’s on our mind and that he would return the card every Wednesday with his 3 or answer on it. He stressed that the card was our 4 to class on Tuesdays.
Now, I raced down the hallway, ten minutes late to class. Just outside the door, I took out an index card and wrote on it “I am the son of an idiot!”, as I could only think about the 5 I’d just had with my dad. Then I dashed into the room, handed the card and took my seat. The moment I reached my seat, I regretted telling him that about my dad. I didn’t want to 6 myself to him.
Wednesday morning I got to the class early and 7 in the back. Professor Simon began returning our thought cards. On my card was written, “What does the ‘son of an idiot’ do with the rest of his life ” His question got right to the 8 of the issue: Whose problem was it Whose responsibility was it
Professor Simon’s comment kept 9 in my mind over the next few weeks. Slowly, my thinking began to shift. My grades improved. My relationship with my father also improved 10 . Now I saw him as concerned and caring, instead of controlling. And it all started with a question, an innocent-seeming question.
1.A. controlling B. demanding C. frustrating D. confusing
2.A. bound B. proper C. tricky D. due
3.A. comment B. grade C. criticism D. standard
4.A. guide B. admission C. invitation D. contribution
5.A. conflict B. race C. talk D. deal
6.A. connect B. expose C. recommend D. introduce
7.A. stood B. froze C. cried D. hid
8.A. cause B. height C. heart D. surface
9.A. coming up B. raising up C. fixing up D. setting up
10.A. automatically B. mildly C. dramatically D. repeatedly
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
Bill is legally blind, which means he can’t drive. So 11 (get) to his job as a doorkeeper on the overnight shift at a Walmart, he walks 5 miles each way. All that 12 (change) a couple of years ago when Christy Conrad saw him walking and gave him a lift. After hearing his story, she offered to drive him to and from work whenever she could. For those days she couldn’t drive him, she started a Facebook group 13 (call) Mr. Bill’s Village, 14 about 1,500 people have signed up to help him. “There’s a lot of good people in this world, all over the place, you know,” Bill said.
B
This year 15 (mark) the 50th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube. More than 450 million cubes 16 (sell) since its invention in 1974, making it one of the bestselling toys in history. For some, simply 17 (solve) the Rubik’s Cube isn’t enough. “Speedcubers” race to solve it as quickly as possible. More than 200,000 people have participated in competitions.
C
A golden cat was shot by an infrared (红外线的) camera in the forests in Gansu province in early September. This was the first time that an image of this rare animal 18 (capture) in the Bailongjiang forest area in Gansu. The golden cat is a carnivorous(食肉的) mammal 19 (live) in mountain forests, 20 footprints can be seen from humid evergreen forests to broad-leaved mixed forests at an altitude of 3,000 meters.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Learning and Communicating
Online learning is likely to be important for you in the future, either at university or in the workplace. Learning online requires different skills from learning in the classroom. This course will help you develop those skills. It also shows you how to learn and communicate effectively in an online environment.
Start Time: 5 February 2018 Join free
Searching and Researching
In this course, you’ll explore the rich and different information online by using a variety of search engines and tools. You’ll learn how to use search tools and how to find the right information. You will take part in a large number of learning activities. You will be challenged to dig deeper and think seriously about the online information.
Start Time: 10 February 2018 Join free
Thinking and Sharing
In this course, you’ll be introduced to some tools you can use. These tools will help you think of your learning, such as short tests and quizzes. You will then move on to share your learning with others. By sharing video, using blogs or social media you can enrich the learning experience.
Start Time: 15 February 2018 Join free
Being Safe Online
Many of us now have an online ID．In this course you will consider your online presence. You’ll discover that what we say and do online can tell our real lives. You’ll also spend time improving your online ID．You can get the most out of being yourself online. You’ll apply a personal code (代码) for online communication.
Start Time: 20 February 2018 Join free
21.Which course can teach you how to deal with online information
A. Searching and Researching. B. Being Sate Online.
C. Thinking and Sharing. D. Learning and Communicating.
22.Which of the following can help you think of your online learning
A. Video and blog. B. Search engine. C. Test and quiz. D. Personal code.
23.What are the four courses mainly about
A. Online learning tools. B. Learning styles.
C. Online learning skills. D. Learning behaviors.
B
Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.
Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.
Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.
This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized(使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.
Perhaps we all live in each other’s spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.
That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
24. What happened when the author was about to take a photo
A. Her camera stopped working. B. A friend approached from behind.
C. Someone asked her to leave. D. A woman blocked her view.
25. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ________.
A. the need to be close to nature B. the importance of private space
C. the joy of the vacation in Italy D. the shared passion for beauty
26. The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections upon _______.
A. a particular life experience B. the pleasure of traveling
C. the art of photography D. a lost friendship
C
Imagine that on a Friday afternoon, before leaving work to start your weekend, you are asked to solve two problems that require creative thinking. Do you：1) spend the first half of your time attempting the first problem and the second half of your time attempting the second；2) alternate between the two problems at a regular, predetermined interval （e.g. switching every five minutes）; 3) switch between the problems at your own discretion（自行决定）
If you are like the hundreds of people to whom we posed this question, you would choose to switch between the two problems at your own discretion. After all, this approach offers maximum autonomy and flexibility, enabling you to change tracks from one problem to the other when you feel stuck.
But if coming up with creative answers is your goal, this approach may not be ideal. Instead, switching between the problems at a regular, predetermined interval will likely yield the best results, according to research we published in the March issue of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
In an experiment, we randomly assigned participants to one of the three approaches. Participants who were instructed to continually switch back and forth between two problems at a fixed interval were significantly more likely to find the correct answer to both problems than participants who switched at their own discretion or halfway through the allotted time. The issue with both other approaches seemed to be that people failed to recognize when rigid thinking crept in. Participants who didn’t step away from a task at regular intervals were more likely to write “new” ideas that were very similar to the last one they had written. While they might have felt that they were on a roll, the reality was that, without the breaks afforded by continual task switching, their actual progress was limited.
The findings suggest that the hustle and bustle of your daily work life may facilitate your creativity if it leads you to step away from a task and reset your thinking.
So when you’re working on tasks that would benefit from creative thinking, consciously insert breaks at regular intervals—use a timer if you have to. When it goes off, switch tasks：Organize your receipts，check your email, or clean your desk, and then return to the original task. If you’re hesitant to break away because you feel that you’re on a roll, be mindful that it might be a false impression. We tend to generate redundant ideas when we don’t take regular breaks; ask yourself whether your latest ideas are qualitatively different. Finally, don’t skip your lunch breaks, and don’t feel guilty about taking breaks, especially when you are feeling stuck. Doing so may actually be the best use of your time.
27.The third approach in Paragraph 1 is favored because people believe ______ .
A. it allows much freedom
B. it improves concentration
C. it facilitates autonomous learning
D. it encourages independent thinking
28.What does the underlined word “rigid” in Paragraph 4 probably mean ______
A. critical B. innovative C. inflexible D. serious
29.What can be inferred from the passage ______
A. Doing daily chores is key to generating new ideas.
B. Regularly scheduled breaks can refresh people’s thinking.
C. People will automatically take breaks when they feel stuck.
D. People will make great progress when they work continually.
30.The main purpose of the passage is to ______ .
A. explain why people fail to produce creative ideas
B. compare three methods of creative thinking
C. introduce a new study on work efficiency
D. present a way to boost creative thinking
D
In the roughly 250 years since the Industrial Revolution, the world’s population, like its wealth, has exploded. Before the end of this century, however, the number of people on the planet could shrink for the first time since the Black Death. The root cause is not an increase in deaths, but a drop in births. Across much of the world the fertility rate, the average number of births per woman, is collapsing. Although the trend may be familiar, its extent and its consequences are not. Even as artificial intelligence (AI) leads to optimism in some quarters, the baby bust (婴儿荒) hangs over the future of the world economy.
Whatever some environmentalists say, a shrinking population creates problems. The world is not close to full and the economic difficulties resulting from fewer young people are many. The obvious one is that it is getting harder to support the world’s pensioners. Retired folk draw on the output of the working-aged, either through the state, which requests taxes on workers to pay public pensions, or by cashing in savings to buy goods and services or because relatives provide care unpaid. But whereas the rich world currently has around three people between 20 and 64 years old for everyone over 65, by 2050 it will have less than two. The implications are higher taxes, later retirements, lower real returns for savers and, possibly, government budget crises.
Low proportion of workers to pensioners are only one problem resulting from collapsing fertility. Younger people have more of what psychologists call “fluid intelligence”, the ability to think creatively so as to solve problems in entirely new ways. This youthful energy adds to the accumulated knowledge of older workers. It also brings change. Patents filed by the youngest inventors are much more likely to cover breakthrough innovations. Older countries and their young people are less enterprising and less comfortable taking risks. Because the old benefit less than the young when economies grow, they have proved less keen on pro-growth policies, especially housebuilding. Creative destruction is likely to be rarer in ageing societies, restricting productivity growth in ways that compound into an enormous missed opportunity.
Eventually, therefore, the world will have to make do with fewer youngsters—and perhaps with a shrinking population. With that in mind, recent advances in AI could not have come at a better time. A productive AI economy might find it easy to support a greater number of retired people. Eventually AI may be able to generate ideas by itself, reducing the need for human bined with robotics, AI may also make caring for the elderly less labor-intensive. Such innovations will certainly be in high demand.
If technology does allow humanity to overcome the baby bust, it will fit the historical pattern. Unexpected productivity advances meant that demographic time-bombs (人口定时炸弹) failed to explode. Fewer babies mean less human genius. But that might be a problem human genius can fix.
31．What can be learned from the first paragraph
A．The collapsing fertility rate is to blame for the shrinking population.
B．Black Death marked the shrinking number of people for the first time.
C．Industrial Revolution weakened the increase of the world’s population.
D．The public are familiar with the extent and the influence of the baby bust.
32．What makes it harder to support the world’s pensioners
A．Close relatives have refused to take care of the old without being paid.
B．The output of the working-aged which the old can draw on is shrinking.
C．The old have cashed in savings to cover expenses of goods and services.
D．The government has requested taxes on younger employees to pay pensions.
33．Why does “fluid intelligence” (in Paragraph 3) suffer in ageing societies
A．Because older workers boast more accumulated knowledge.
B．Because the old benefit less than the young in creative destruction.
C．Because collapsing fertility results in low proportion of workers to pensioners.
D．Because restricting productivity growth compounds into a missed opportunity.
34．The best title for the passage is probably _____.
A．The Old Pensioners Make a Comeback
B．Artificial Intelligence Leads to a Bright Future
C．The Measures to Overcome the Baby Bust
D．The Effect of the Baby Bust on Economy
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Discovering Your True Self Is Vital to Happiness!
Have you found focusing on yourself is at the bottom of the to-do list, because you feel everyone else in your life comes first 35 Now is exactly the perfect time to get to know yourself in order to understand yourself.
This isn’t just about identifying your favorite outfit, haircut or flavor of ice cream. 36 It’s an opportunity for personal growth that can help you make better choices for your wellbeing and lifelong happiness.
There are many tools to help you develop a deeper sense of yourself, including journaling and other forms of creative expression. You can use a guided journal to explore your thoughts and feelings or just free write whatever comes to mind. It’s up to you what you want to do. 37 .
38 Take note of how you respond to people, what makes you happy, and what makes you unhappy. This can help you identify patterns that are holding you back, such as feeling insecure or being easily angered. Once you’ve identified these patterns, you can work to change them.
An often overlooked yet very important factor in self-discovery is having healthy boundaries in your personal life. 39 Clearly communicating your boundaries is also a way to show others that you are in control of your own behavior and can expect the same from them. This is a sign of maturity and respect, two characteristics that are key to having healthy relationships.
A．It’s one thing to know your personal type.
B．It’s a great way to show that you care about others.
C．Taking time for ourselves has been looked down upon.
D．Another way is to observe your behavior in different situations.
E．It allows you to focus on the needs of yourself without ignoring others.
F．But try not to get caught up in the criticism or judgment of your writing.
G．It’s about understanding your inner world and how you fit into the outer world.
第三部分词汇：根据中英文提示和语境填写正确的单词或短语（共9小题；每题1分，共9分）。
The thing about being a teacher is that you have a________(使用或接触的机会) to children’s minds when they are open and eager to learn.
The list is endless. It _____________（归结为） this: I was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination.
I am writing with the i___________ (目的，意图) of informing you of the detailed information of the activity.
One of the golden rules to increase how much we remember is to review the material p_________(定期地), especially during the first day after learning.
He gradually becomes a______________(感激的) of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values.
Despite many failures, the boy felt optimistic after hearing the m__________(激发人的) words from his teachers and family.
The students benefiting most from college are those who are totally engaged in a____________(学术的) life.
He was one of the most creative and i____________ (革新的；创新的) engineers of his generation.
Language learners should adapt f___________ (灵活地) to different reading contexts.
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，28分）
第一节 阅读表达（共4小题；第40、41题各1分，第42题2分，第43题4分， 共8分）。
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
The Path to Success
Success is a concept that holds different meanings for different people. For some, it may be the accumulation of wealth, while for others, it could mean achieving career milestones or academic excellence. There are also those who see success as leading a happy life, having a harmonious family, or maintaining good relationships with others. Therefore, success does not have a universal standard; its definition varies from person to person.
However, despite the various interpretations of success, certain qualities and approaches are shared by those who succeed. One key trait is perseverance. Achieving any significant accomplishment requires time and error. Many successful people stand out not because they never faced setbacks, but because they did not give up when faced with difficulties. For example, Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, encountered thousands of failures before finally inventing the light bulb. Had he not possessed the spirit of perseverance, the invention of the light bulb might have been late for many years.
Another crucial factor is setting clear goals since a well-defined goal provides direction and helps people stay focused on their pursuits. Psychological studies have shown a strong correlation between goal setting and the feeling of achievement. When people establish specific, realistic goals and work diligently towards them, their chances of success greatly increase. For instance, athletes who aim to improve their performance by setting small, achievable targets often experience greater progress than those who only dream of winning big competitions without a clear plan.
In addition, continuous learning and adaptability play essential roles in achieving success. The modern world is developing rapidly, with new knowledge and technologies emerging constantly. Only those who keep learning and updating their skills can stay competitive in such a fast-paced environment. Take the example of successful entrepreneurs: many of them attribute their achievements to their ability to learn from mistakes and adapt to changing market demands.
While hard work, goal setting, and lifelong learning are significant, it is also important to admit the role of luck in success. Sometimes, being in the right place at the right time can open doors that were otherwise closed. However, luck alone is not enough; it must be combined with preparation and effort to truly make a difference.
In conclusion, success is a multifaceted concept influenced by a variety of factors. While the definition of success may differ from one person to another, perseverance, clear goal setting, and continuous learning are universally acknowledged as essential traits for achieving it. By embracing these principles and remaining open to change, anyone can increase their chances of reaching their version of success.
49. Why is setting clear goals a crucial factor for success ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
50. According to the passage, which essential elements are universally acknowledged to achieve success (List two) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
51. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Many successful entrepreneurs who can stay competitive in such a fast-paced environment think their achievements are a result of their perseverance.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
52. Do you agree with the statement “Luck plays a role in success” Why or why not _______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
第二节 写作（20分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你们学校下个月将要举办"图书漂流"（BookCrossing）活动 --将自己喜欢的图书放在学校任意公共场所，感兴趣的同学读完后将书放回原处，让其继续漂流。请你给交换生Jim写一封邮件，邀请他参加此次活动，内容包括：
活动意义；
2. 具体安排和建议；
3. 发出邀请。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 适当增减细节，使文章连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
第一部分：知识运用（共25分）
完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
1-10 A、D、A、B、A、B、D、C、A、C
语法填空 （每小题1.5分， 共15分）
11. to get 12. changed 13. called 14. where
15. marks 16. have been sold 17. solving
18. had been captured 19. living 20. whose
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分）
21-23 ACC 24-26 DDA 27-30 ACBD 31-34 ABBD
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
35-39 CGFDE
第三部分词汇：根据中英文提示和语境填写正确的单词或短语（共9小题；每题1分，共9分）。
40. access 41. boils down to 42. intention 43. periodically 44. appreciative
45. motivating 46. academic 47. innovative 48. flexibly
第四部分 书面表达 （28分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41题各1分，第42题2分，第43题4分， 共12分）
49. Because a well-defined goal provides direction and helps people stay focused on their pursuits.
50. Perseverance and clear goal setting. /Continuous learning and perseverance./Clear goal setting and continuous learning.
51 Many successful entrepreneurs who can stay competitive in such a fast-paced environment think their achievements are a result of their perseverance.
Because many successful entrepreneurs attribute their achievements to their ability to learn from mistakes and adapt to changing market demands, rather than to their perseverance.
52．No, I don’t agree. Because I believe that success is mainly determined by one’s own efforts, abilities, and perseverance. Although luck may play a role in some cases, it is not the decisive factor. Success requires hard work, clear goal setting, continuous learning, and adaptability.
第二节（20分）
One possible version:
Possible version:
Dear Jim,
I can’t wait to share a piece of good news with you. Since you’re an enthusiast about reading, I believe you will be of great interest in this meaningful activity named BookCrossing.
BookCrossing is the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. For one thing, the BookCrossing can motivate us to further develop our reading habits and help to broaden our horizons. For another, it provides a good chance to make friends with like-minded people.
Our BookCrossing starts this Monday and will last for a week. When the time comes, you’ll be surprised to find terrific books at any places on campus. Of course, if you are in, you are supposed to share several books that are valuable and beneficial. To help others get a general knowledge of your book, your thoughtful introduction and helpful comments are warmly welcomed.
What are you waiting for I’m looking forward to your participation and you are bound to love it. （179 words）
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】A、D、A、B、A、B、D、C、A、C
【解析】【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了作者与父亲发生矛盾后，西蒙老师在布置的作业上的评论让作者在接下来的日子里发生了很大的变化。
1. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我看到他控制欲很强，想挣脱。A. controlling控制；B. demanding要求；C. frustrating使泪丧；D. confusing使迷惑。根据本句“wanted to break free (想要挣脱束缚)”以及下文中的“Now I saw him as concerned and caring, instead of controlling.(现在我觉得他关心我，关爱我，而不是控制我)”可知，此处指的是作者把父亲看作是“控制”自己。故选A项。
2. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我穿过校园跑向教室时，我突然意识到我没有按期完成作业：一张思考卡。A. bound一定的；B. proper恰当的；C. tricky狡猾的；D. due到期的。根据下文中的“Professor Simon had explained that every Tuesday we must hand in an index card(西蒙教授解释说，每周二我们必须交一张索引卡)”可知，每周二要上交卡片，所此处应是“到期”。故选D项。
3. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：西蒙教授解释说，每周二我们必须带来一张索引卡，在上面写下一个想法、一个担忧、一个问题或任何我们想到的东西，他会在每周三把他写在上面的评论或答案还回来。A. comment评论；B. grade等级；C. criticism批判；D. standard标准。根据下文中的“Professor Simon’s comment kept ____9____ in my mind over the next few weeks.”可知，此处指的是西蒙教授的“评论”。故选A项。
4. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他强调说，这张卡片是我们周二上课的通行证。A. guide引导；B. admission进入权；C. invitation邀请；D. contribution贡献。根据上文中的“Professor Simon had explained that every Tuesday we must hand in an index card, on which we wrote a thought, a concern, a question or anything that’s on our mind and that he would return the card every Wednesday with his ____3____ or answer on it.”可知，西蒙老师要求周二上交卡片，所以，这是周二上课的“通行证”。故选B项。
5. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：就在门外，我拿出一张索引卡，在上面写道：“我是白痴的儿子！”，因为我只能想到我刚刚和爸爸发生的冲突。A. conflict矛盾；B. race比赛；C. talk交谈；D. deal交易。根据上文中的“We both exploded in shouts and I stormed out of the house.(我们俩都大叫起来，我冲出了房子)”可知，此处指的是作者与父亲之间的“冲突”。故选A项。
6. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不想在他面前暴露自己。A. connect连接；B. expose接触，暴露；C. recommend推荐；D. introduce介绍。根据上文中的“The moment I reached my seat, I regretted telling him that about my dad.(我一坐到座位上，就后悔把我爸爸的事告诉了他)”以及下文中的“Wednesday morning I got to the class early and ____7____ in the back.”可知，作者后悔把自己的事情“暴露”给其他人，在周三的时候自己躲到后面。故选B项。
7. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：星期三早上，我早早来到教室，躲在教室后面。A. stood站立；B. froze愣住；C. cried大喊；D. hid藏起来。根据上文“The moment I reached my seat, I regretted telling him that about my dad. I didn’t want to ____6____ myself to him.”可知，作者后悔告诉老师和父亲之间的事情，结合下文中的“in the back(在教室后面)”可知，此处指作者“躲藏”到后面。故选D项。
8. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的问题直指问题的核心：这是谁的问题？这是谁的责任？A. cause原因；B. height高度；C. heart心脏，核心；D. surface表面。根据下文中的“Whose problem was it Whose responsibility was it (这是谁的问题？这是谁的责任？)”并结合语境可知，此处指的是与父亲发生冲突的“核心”问题。故选C项。
9. 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：在接下来的几个星期里，西蒙教授的评论一直在我的脑海中浮现。A. coming up出来，浮现；B. raising up提升；C. fixing up整修，修缮；D. setting up设立。根据上文“Whose problem was it Whose responsibility was it (这是谁的问题？这是谁的责任？)”可知，西蒙教授的评论一直在我的脑海中浮现。故选A项。
10. 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我和父亲的关系也大大改善了。A. automatically自动地；B. mildly温和地；C. dramatically戏剧性地，明显地；D. repeatedly重复地。根据上文中的“My grades improved.(我的成绩提高了)”可知，此处描述的是作者发生的变化，dramatically意为“明显地”符合语境，进一步表明作者的变化很大。故选C项。
C篇
【答案】A、C、B、D
【解析】（1）细节理解题。根据第一段Switch between the problems at your own discretion （自行决定）.（在问题之间自行决定切换）"以及第二段"If you are like the hundreds of people to whom we posed this question，you would choose to switch between the two problems at your own discretion.After all，this approach offers maximum autonomy and flexibility，enabling you to change tracks from one problem to the other when you feel stuck.（如果你和我们对其提问这一问题的数百人一样，你会选择在这两个问题之间自行切换。毕竟，这种方法提供了最大的自主权和灵活性，使您能够在感到困难时将轨迹从一个问题更改为另一个问题）可知，第三种方法受欢迎，是因为这种方法提供最大的自主权和灵活性，人们相信它可以允许很大的自由。故选A。
（2）词句猜测题。根据第四段The issue with both other approaches seemed to be that people failed to recognize when rigid thinking crept in.Participants who didn't step away from a task at regular intervals were more likely to write "new" ideas that were very similar to the last one they had written.（其他两种方法的问题似乎都是，人们没有意识到rigid思维何时悄然而至。没有定期离开任务的参与者更有可能写出与他们上一次写的非常相似的"新"想法）可知，不定期离开任务的参与者更有可能得到的想法与之前的非常相似，在无意识的情况下，形成了僵化思维，推测划线单词表示"不灵活的，僵化的"，与inflexible意义相近。A．critical批评的；B．innovative创新的；C．inflexible不灵活的，僵化的；D．serious严重的。故选C。
（3）推理判断题。根据最后一段So when you're working on tasks that would benefit from creative thinking，consciously insert breaks at regular intervals—use a timer if you have to.When it goes off，switch tasks：Organize your receipts，check your email，or clean your desk，and then return to the original task. （因此，当你在做有利于创造性思维的任务时，有意识地每隔一段时间插入休息时间——如果必须的话，可以使用计时器。当计时器关闭时，切换任务：整理收据、检查电子邮件或清理办公桌，然后返回到原始任务）可知，有意识地每隔一段时间休息一会儿，会使得人们重新设定思维，可能会促进创造力，即有规律的安排休息可以刷新人们的思维。故选B。
（4）目的意图题。根据倒数第二段The findings suggest that the hustle and bustle of your daily work life may facilitate your creativity if it leads you to step away from a task and reset your thinking.（研究结果表明，如果你的日常工作生活中的忙碌会让你放弃任务，重新设定思维，那么它可能会促进你的创造力）以及文章内容可知，本文主要介绍了在解决需要创造性思维的问题时，如何更有效地切换任务才能促进创造性思维，文章的目的是介绍一种促进创造性思维的方法。故选D。
本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了在解决需要创造性思维的问题时，如何更有效地切换任务才能促进创造性思维。
一、速读全文，了解大意知主题。
阅读能力一般指阅读速度和理解能力两个方面。阅读速度是阅读最基本的能力，考生必须在十分有限的时间内运用略读、扫读、跳读等技巧快速阅读，搜寻关键词、主题句，捕捉时空、顺序、情节、人物、观点，并且理清文章脉络，把握语篇实质。
二、看题干，带着问题读文章。
首先要掌握问题的类型，客观信息题可以从文章中直接找到答案；而主观判断题考查的是对文章的感情基调等，这类题必须经过对作者的态度、意图以及对整篇文章进行深一层的推理等。其次，了解试题题干以及各个选项所包含的信息，然后有针对性地对文章进行扫读，对有关信息进行快速定位。此法加强了阅读的针对性，提高了做题的准确率。
三、逻辑推理，做好深层理解题。
在实际阅读中，有时作者并未把意图说出来，阅读者要根据字面意思，通过语篇逻辑关系，研究细节的暗示，推敲作者的态度，理解文章的寓义。要求读者对文字的表面信息进行分析、挖掘和逻辑推理，不能就事论事，以偏概全。推理题在提问中常用的词有：infer，imply，suggest，indicate等。
四、猜词悟义，扫除阅读拦路虎。
猜词是应用英语的重要能力。它不但需要准确无误地理解上下文，而且要有较大的泛读量，掌握或认识较多的课外词汇。我们要学会"顺藤摸瓜"，通过构词，语法，定义，同位，对比，因果，常识，上下文等线索确定词义。
D篇
27．A 28．B 29．B 30．D
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了婴儿荒的原因和对经济的影响。
27．细节理解题。由文章第一段中“The root cause is not an increase in deaths, but a drop in births. (根本原因不是死亡人数的增加，而是出生率的下降。)”可知，不断下降的生育率是造成人口减少的原因。故选A。
28．细节理解题。由文章第二段中“The obvious one is that it is getting harder to support the world’s pensioners. Retired folk draw on the output of the working-aged, either through the state, which requests taxes on workers to pay public pensions, or by cashing in savings to buy goods and services or because relatives provide care unpaid. (退休人员利用适龄工作人员的产出，或者通过国家向工人征税来支付公共养老金，或者通过将储蓄兑换成现金来购买商品和服务，或者因为亲戚提供无偿照顾。)”可知，老年人可以利用的劳动年龄的产出正在减少，让养活世界上的养老金领取者变得更加困难。故选B。
29．推理判断题。由文章第三段中“Younger people have more of what psychologists call “fluid intelligence”, the ability to think creatively so as to solve problems in entirely new ways. This youthful energy adds to the accumulated knowledge of older workers. It also brings change. Patents filed by the youngest inventors are much more likely to cover breakthrough innovations. Older countries and their young people are less enterprising and less comfortable taking risks. Because the old benefit less than the young when economies grow, they have proved less keen on pro-growth policies, especially housebuilding. Creative destruction is likely to be rarer in ageing societies, restricting productivity growth in ways that compound into an enormous missed opportunity. (年轻人拥有更多心理学家所说的“流动智力”，即创造性思考以全新方式解决问题的能力。这种年轻的活力增加了老工人积累的知识。它也带来了变化。最年轻的发明家申请的专利更有可能涵盖突破性的创新。年龄较大的国家及其年轻人更缺乏进取心，更不愿意冒险。因为在经济增长时，老年人比年轻人受益更少，所以他们对促进增长的政策，尤其是房屋建设不那么热衷。在老龄化社会中，创造性破坏可能更为罕见，从而限制了生产率的增长，从而导致一个巨大的错失机会。)”可知，因为在创造性破坏中，老年人比年轻人受益更少，因此“流动智力”在老龄化社会中受到影响。故选B。
30．标题判断题。通读全文，尤其是由文章第一段中“The root cause is not an increase in deaths, but a drop in births. Across much of the world the fertility rate, the average number of births per woman, is collapsing. Although the trend may be familiar, its extent and its consequences are not. Even as artificial intelligence (AI) leads to optimism in some quarters, the baby bust hangs over the future of the world economy. (根本原因不是死亡人数的增加，而是出生率的下降。在世界大部分地区，生育率，即每个妇女的平均生育数量，正在急剧下降。虽然这种趋势可能很熟悉，但其程度和后果却不为人所知。尽管人工智能(AI)在某些方面带来了乐观情绪，但婴儿荒仍笼罩着世界经济的未来。)”可知，文章主要介绍了婴儿荒的原因和对经济的影响。故选D。
七选五
31．C 32．G 33．F 34．D 35．E
【导语】这是一篇说明文。本篇主要讲了探索自己的内心世界对于自己的重要性，文章列举了一些探索自己内心世界方法，并解释了为什么这些方法可以带来更好的人际关系。
31．根据上文“Have you found focusing on yourself is at the bottom of the to-do list, because you feel everyone else in your life comes first (你是否发现关注自己被排在待办事项清单的最后，因为你觉得生活中的其他人都是第一位的？)”可知，上文提到生活中其他人都是第一位，故本句承接上文，说明没有给自己留时间。故C选项“给自己留点时间一直被人看不起”符合语境，故选C。
32．根据上文“This isn’t just about identifying your favorite outfit, haircut or flavor of ice cream.(（关注自己）不仅仅是确定你最喜欢的衣服、发型或冰淇淋的味道)”可知，本句与上文构成转折，指出关注自己的真正含义。前一句的This isn’t just about identifying和G选项It’s about understanding构成句法上的转折关系。故G选项“这是关于了解你的内心世界，以及你如何适应外部世界”符合语境，故选G。
33．根据上文“There are many tools to help you develop a deeper sense of yourself, including journaling and other forms of creative expression. You can use a guided journal to explore your thoughts and feelings or just free write whatever comes to mind. It’s up to you what you want to do.(有很多工具可以帮助你发展更深层次的自我意识，包括日记和其他形式的创造性表达。你可以使用指南来探索你的想法和感受，或者只是自由地写下任何想到的东西。你想做什么由你自己决定)”可知，本段在陈述写日记能够更好地探索你的内心世界，但是仅仅专注于写日记就好， 不要去批判日记中自己的想法。此处的writing与F选项中journaling可以构成同义替换。故F选项“但是尽量不要陷入对你写作的批评或评判中”符合语境，故选F。
34．根据后文“Take note of how you respond to people, what makes you happy, and what makes you unhappy. This can help you identify patterns that are holding you back, such as feeling insecure or being easily angered. Once you’ve identified these patterns, you can work to change them.(注意你对别人的反应，什么让你快乐，什么让你不快乐。这可以帮助你识别阻碍你前进的模式，比如缺乏安全感或容易生气。一旦你确定了这些模式，你就可以努力改变它们)”可知，上一段陈述了一种关注自己内心世界的方法，而本段则是在陈述另外一种方法，因此D选项中Another way is to符合并列的条件，且本句的意思也与后面的“关注自己在人际交往中如何反应”相符合。故D选项“另一种方法是观察你在不同情况下的行为”符合语境，故选D。
35．根据上文“An often overlooked yet very important factor in self-discovery is having healthy boundaries in your personal life.(自我发现的一个经常被忽视但非常重要的因素是在你的个人生活中有健康的界限)”以及后文“Clearly communicating your boundaries is also a way to show others that you are in control of your own behavior and can expect the same from them. This is a sign of maturity and respect, two characteristics that are key to having healthy relationships.(清楚地表达你的界限也是一种向别人表明你能控制自己的行为，并期望他们也能做到这一点的方式。这是成熟和尊重的标志，这两个特征是拥有健康关系的关键)”可知，前一句陈述要划定一个健康的人际关系界限，后一句则提及和别人划清界限意味着你能够很好地控制自己的行为并且也希望别人能够控制好自己的行为，这种行为能够既关注自己也关注别人，故E选项“它能让你专注于自己的需求，而不会忽视他人”符合语境，故选E。
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英 语
年级:高二 科目:英语
(本卷满分100分，考试时间90分钟)
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，25分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was an angry adolescent in my first years of college. One day I had a serious fight with my father. I saw him as 1 and wanted to break free. We both exploded in shouts and I stormed out of the house.
As I ran across the campus towards the classroom, I suddenly realized that I didn’t have the assignment that was 2 : a thought card. Professor Simon had explained that every Tuesday we must hand in an index card, on which we wrote a thought, a concern, a question or anything that’s on our mind and that he would return the card every Wednesday with his 3 or answer on it. He stressed that the card was our 4 to class on Tuesdays.
Now, I raced down the hallway, ten minutes late to class. Just outside the door, I took out an index card and wrote on it “I am the son of an idiot!”, as I could only think about the 5 I’d just had with my dad. Then I dashed into the room, handed the card and took my seat. The moment I reached my seat, I regretted telling him that about my dad. I didn’t want to 6 myself to him.
Wednesday morning I got to the class early and 7 in the back. Professor Simon began returning our thought cards. On my card was written, “What does the ‘son of an idiot’ do with the rest of his life ” His question got right to the 8 of the issue: Whose problem was it Whose responsibility was it
Professor Simon’s comment kept 9 in my mind over the next few weeks. Slowly, my thinking began to shift. My grades improved. My relationship with my father also improved 10 . Now I saw him as concerned and caring, instead of controlling. And it all started with a question, an innocent-seeming question.
1.A. controlling B. demanding C. frustrating D. confusing
2.A. bound B. proper C. tricky D. due
3.A. comment B. grade C. criticism D. standard
4.A. guide B. admission C. invitation D. contribution
5.A. conflict B. race C. talk D. deal
6.A. connect B. expose C. recommend D. introduce
7.A. stood B. froze C. cried D. hid
8.A. cause B. height C. heart D. surface
9.A. coming up B. raising up C. fixing up D. setting up
10.A. automatically B. mildly C. dramatically D. repeatedly
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
Bill is legally blind, which means he can’t drive. So 11 (get) to his job as a doorkeeper on the overnight shift at a Walmart, he walks 5 miles each way. All that 12 (change) a couple of years ago when Christy Conrad saw him walking and gave him a lift. After hearing his story, she offered to drive him to and from work whenever she could. For those days she couldn’t drive him, she started a Facebook group 13 (call) Mr. Bill’s Village, 14 about 1,500 people have signed up to help him. “There’s a lot of good people in this world, all over the place, you know,” Bill said.
B
This year 15 (mark) the 50th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube. More than 450 million cubes 16 (sell) since its invention in 1974, making it one of the bestselling toys in history. For some, simply 17 (solve) the Rubik’s Cube isn’t enough. “Speedcubers” race to solve it as quickly as possible. More than 200,000 people have participated in competitions.
C
A golden cat was shot by an infrared (红外线的) camera in the forests in Gansu province in early September. This was the first time that an image of this rare animal 18 (capture) in the Bailongjiang forest area in Gansu. The golden cat is a carnivorous(食肉的) mammal 19 (live) in mountain forests, 20 footprints can be seen from humid evergreen forests to broad-leaved mixed forests at an altitude of 3,000 meters.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Learning and Communicating
Online learning is likely to be important for you in the future, either at university or in the workplace. Learning online requires different skills from learning in the classroom. This course will help you develop those skills. It also shows you how to learn and communicate effectively in an online environment.
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In this course, you’ll explore the rich and different information online by using a variety of search engines and tools. You’ll learn how to use search tools and how to find the right information. You will take part in a large number of learning activities. You will be challenged to dig deeper and think seriously about the online information.
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In this course, you’ll be introduced to some tools you can use. These tools will help you think of your learning, such as short tests and quizzes. You will then move on to share your learning with others. By sharing video, using blogs or social media you can enrich the learning experience.
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21.Which course can teach you how to deal with online information
A. Searching and Researching. B. Being Sate Online.
C. Thinking and Sharing. D. Learning and Communicating.
22.Which of the following can help you think of your online learning
A. Video and blog. B. Search engine. C. Test and quiz. D. Personal code.
23.What are the four courses mainly about
A. Online learning tools. B. Learning styles.
C. Online learning skills. D. Learning behaviors.
B
Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.
Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.
Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.
This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized(使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.
Perhaps we all live in each other’s spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.
That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
24. What happened when the author was about to take a photo
A. Her camera stopped working. B. A friend approached from behind.
C. Someone asked her to leave. D. A woman blocked her view.
25. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ________.
A. the need to be close to nature B. the importance of private space
C. the joy of the vacation in Italy D. the shared passion for beauty
26. The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections upon _______.
A. a particular life experience B. the pleasure of traveling
C. the art of photography D. a lost friendship
C
Imagine that on a Friday afternoon, before leaving work to start your weekend, you are asked to solve two problems that require creative thinking. Do you：1) spend the first half of your time attempting the first problem and the second half of your time attempting the second；2) alternate between the two problems at a regular, predetermined interval （e.g. switching every five minutes）; 3) switch between the problems at your own discretion（自行决定）
If you are like the hundreds of people to whom we posed this question, you would choose to switch between the two problems at your own discretion. After all, this approach offers maximum autonomy and flexibility, enabling you to change tracks from one problem to the other when you feel stuck.
But if coming up with creative answers is your goal, this approach may not be ideal. Instead, switching between the problems at a regular, predetermined interval will likely yield the best results, according to research we published in the March issue of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
In an experiment, we randomly assigned participants to one of the three approaches. Participants who were instructed to continually switch back and forth between two problems at a fixed interval were significantly more likely to find the correct answer to both problems than participants who switched at their own discretion or halfway through the allotted time. The issue with both other approaches seemed to be that people failed to recognize when rigid thinking crept in. Participants who didn’t step away from a task at regular intervals were more likely to write “new” ideas that were very similar to the last one they had written. While they might have felt that they were on a roll, the reality was that, without the breaks afforded by continual task switching, their actual progress was limited.
The findings suggest that the hustle and bustle of your daily work life may facilitate your creativity if it leads you to step away from a task and reset your thinking.
So when you’re working on tasks that would benefit from creative thinking, consciously insert breaks at regular intervals—use a timer if you have to. When it goes off, switch tasks：Organize your receipts，check your email, or clean your desk, and then return to the original task. If you’re hesitant to break away because you feel that you’re on a roll, be mindful that it might be a false impression. We tend to generate redundant ideas when we don’t take regular breaks; ask yourself whether your latest ideas are qualitatively different. Finally, don’t skip your lunch breaks, and don’t feel guilty about taking breaks, especially when you are feeling stuck. Doing so may actually be the best use of your time.
27.The third approach in Paragraph 1 is favored because people believe ______ .
A. it allows much freedom
B. it improves concentration
C. it facilitates autonomous learning
D. it encourages independent thinking
28.What does the underlined word “rigid” in Paragraph 4 probably mean ______
A. critical B. innovative C. inflexible D. serious
29.What can be inferred from the passage ______
A. Doing daily chores is key to generating new ideas.
B. Regularly scheduled breaks can refresh people’s thinking.
C. People will automatically take breaks when they feel stuck.
D. People will make great progress when they work continually.
30.The main purpose of the passage is to ______ .
A. explain why people fail to produce creative ideas
B. compare three methods of creative thinking
C. introduce a new study on work efficiency
D. present a way to boost creative thinking
D
In the roughly 250 years since the Industrial Revolution, the world’s population, like its wealth, has exploded. Before the end of this century, however, the number of people on the planet could shrink for the first time since the Black Death. The root cause is not an increase in deaths, but a drop in births. Across much of the world the fertility rate, the average number of births per woman, is collapsing. Although the trend may be familiar, its extent and its consequences are not. Even as artificial intelligence (AI) leads to optimism in some quarters, the baby bust (婴儿荒) hangs over the future of the world economy.
Whatever some environmentalists say, a shrinking population creates problems. The world is not close to full and the economic difficulties resulting from fewer young people are many. The obvious one is that it is getting harder to support the world’s pensioners. Retired folk draw on the output of the working-aged, either through the state, which requests taxes on workers to pay public pensions, or by cashing in savings to buy goods and services or because relatives provide care unpaid. But whereas the rich world currently has around three people between 20 and 64 years old for everyone over 65, by 2050 it will have less than two. The implications are higher taxes, later retirements, lower real returns for savers and, possibly, government budget crises.
Low proportion of workers to pensioners are only one problem resulting from collapsing fertility. Younger people have more of what psychologists call “fluid intelligence”, the ability to think creatively so as to solve problems in entirely new ways. This youthful energy adds to the accumulated knowledge of older workers. It also brings change. Patents filed by the youngest inventors are much more likely to cover breakthrough innovations. Older countries and their young people are less enterprising and less comfortable taking risks. Because the old benefit less than the young when economies grow, they have proved less keen on pro-growth policies, especially housebuilding. Creative destruction is likely to be rarer in ageing societies, restricting productivity growth in ways that compound into an enormous missed opportunity.
Eventually, therefore, the world will have to make do with fewer youngsters—and perhaps with a shrinking population. With that in mind, recent advances in AI could not have come at a better time. A productive AI economy might find it easy to support a greater number of retired people. Eventually AI may be able to generate ideas by itself, reducing the need for human bined with robotics, AI may also make caring for the elderly less labor-intensive. Such innovations will certainly be in high demand.
If technology does allow humanity to overcome the baby bust, it will fit the historical pattern. Unexpected productivity advances meant that demographic time-bombs (人口定时炸弹) failed to explode. Fewer babies mean less human genius. But that might be a problem human genius can fix.
31．What can be learned from the first paragraph
A．The collapsing fertility rate is to blame for the shrinking population.
B．Black Death marked the shrinking number of people for the first time.
C．Industrial Revolution weakened the increase of the world’s population.
D．The public are familiar with the extent and the influence of the baby bust.
32．What makes it harder to support the world’s pensioners
A．Close relatives have refused to take care of the old without being paid.
B．The output of the working-aged which the old can draw on is shrinking.
C．The old have cashed in savings to cover expenses of goods and services.
D．The government has requested taxes on younger employees to pay pensions.
33．Why does “fluid intelligence” (in Paragraph 3) suffer in ageing societies
A．Because older workers boast more accumulated knowledge.
B．Because the old benefit less than the young in creative destruction.
C．Because collapsing fertility results in low proportion of workers to pensioners.
D．Because restricting productivity growth compounds into a missed opportunity.
34．The best title for the passage is probably _____.
A．The Old Pensioners Make a Comeback
B．Artificial Intelligence Leads to a Bright Future
C．The Measures to Overcome the Baby Bust
D．The Effect of the Baby Bust on Economy
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Discovering Your True Self Is Vital to Happiness!
Have you found focusing on yourself is at the bottom of the to-do list, because you feel everyone else in your life comes first 35 Now is exactly the perfect time to get to know yourself in order to understand yourself.
This isn’t just about identifying your favorite outfit, haircut or flavor of ice cream. 36 It’s an opportunity for personal growth that can help you make better choices for your wellbeing and lifelong happiness.
There are many tools to help you develop a deeper sense of yourself, including journaling and other forms of creative expression. You can use a guided journal to explore your thoughts and feelings or just free write whatever comes to mind. It’s up to you what you want to do. 37 .
38 Take note of how you respond to people, what makes you happy, and what makes you unhappy. This can help you identify patterns that are holding you back, such as feeling insecure or being easily angered. Once you’ve identified these patterns, you can work to change them.
An often overlooked yet very important factor in self-discovery is having healthy boundaries in your personal life. 39 Clearly communicating your boundaries is also a way to show others that you are in control of your own behavior and can expect the same from them. This is a sign of maturity and respect, two characteristics that are key to having healthy relationships.
A．It’s one thing to know your personal type.
B．It’s a great way to show that you care about others.
C．Taking time for ourselves has been looked down upon.
D．Another way is to observe your behavior in different situations.
E．It allows you to focus on the needs of yourself without ignoring others.
F．But try not to get caught up in the criticism or judgment of your writing.
G．It’s about understanding your inner world and how you fit into the outer world.
第三部分词汇：根据中英文提示和语境填写正确的单词或短语（共9小题；每题1分，共9分）。
The thing about being a teacher is that you have a________(使用或接触的机会) to children’s minds when they are open and eager to learn.
The list is endless. It _____________（归结为） this: I was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination.
I am writing with the i___________ (目的，意图) of informing you of the detailed information of the activity.
One of the golden rules to increase how much we remember is to review the material p_________(定期地), especially during the first day after learning.
He gradually becomes a______________(感激的) of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values.
Despite many failures, the boy felt optimistic after hearing the m__________(激发人的) words from his teachers and family.
The students benefiting most from college are those who are totally engaged in a____________(学术的) life.
He was one of the most creative and i____________ (革新的；创新的) engineers of his generation.
Language learners should adapt f___________ (灵活地) to different reading contexts.
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，28分）
第一节 阅读表达（共4小题；第40、41题各1分，第42题2分，第43题4分， 共8分）。
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
The Path to Success
Success is a concept that holds different meanings for different people. For some, it may be the accumulation of wealth, while for others, it could mean achieving career milestones or academic excellence. There are also those who see success as leading a happy life, having a harmonious family, or maintaining good relationships with others. Therefore, success does not have a universal standard; its definition varies from person to person.
However, despite the various interpretations of success, certain qualities and approaches are shared by those who succeed. One key trait is perseverance. Achieving any significant accomplishment requires time and error. Many successful people stand out not because they never faced setbacks, but because they did not give up when faced with difficulties. For example, Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, encountered thousands of failures before finally inventing the light bulb. Had he not possessed the spirit of perseverance, the invention of the light bulb might have been late for many years.
Another crucial factor is setting clear goals since a well-defined goal provides direction and helps people stay focused on their pursuits. Psychological studies have shown a strong correlation between goal setting and the feeling of achievement. When people establish specific, realistic goals and work diligently towards them, their chances of success greatly increase. For instance, athletes who aim to improve their performance by setting small, achievable targets often experience greater progress than those who only dream of winning big competitions without a clear plan.
In addition, continuous learning and adaptability play essential roles in achieving success. The modern world is developing rapidly, with new knowledge and technologies emerging constantly. Only those who keep learning and updating their skills can stay competitive in such a fast-paced environment. Take the example of successful entrepreneurs: many of them attribute their achievements to their ability to learn from mistakes and adapt to changing market demands.
While hard work, goal setting, and lifelong learning are significant, it is also important to admit the role of luck in success. Sometimes, being in the right place at the right time can open doors that were otherwise closed. However, luck alone is not enough; it must be combined with preparation and effort to truly make a difference.
In conclusion, success is a multifaceted concept influenced by a variety of factors. While the definition of success may differ from one person to another, perseverance, clear goal setting, and continuous learning are universally acknowledged as essential traits for achieving it. By embracing these principles and remaining open to change, anyone can increase their chances of reaching their version of success.
49. Why is setting clear goals a crucial factor for success ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
50. According to the passage, which essential elements are universally acknowledged to achieve success (List two) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
51. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Many successful entrepreneurs who can stay competitive in such a fast-paced environment think their achievements are a result of their perseverance.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
52. Do you agree with the statement “Luck plays a role in success” Why or why not _______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
第二节 写作（20分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你们学校下个月将要举办"图书漂流"（BookCrossing）活动 --将自己喜欢的图书放在学校任意公共场所，感兴趣的同学读完后将书放回原处，让其继续漂流。请你给交换生Jim写一封邮件，邀请他参加此次活动，内容包括：
活动意义；
2. 具体安排和建议；
3. 发出邀请。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 适当增减细节，使文章连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
第一部分：知识运用（共25分）
完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
1-10 A、D、A、B、A、B、D、C、A、C
语法填空 （每小题1.5分， 共15分）
11. to get 12. changed 13. called 14. where
15. marks 16. have been sold 17. solving
18. had been captured 19. living 20. whose
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分）
21-23 ACC 24-26 DDA 27-30 ACBD 31-34 ABBD
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
35-39 CGFDE
第三部分词汇：根据中英文提示和语境填写正确的单词或短语（共9小题；每题1分，共9分）。
40. access 41. boils down to 42. intention 43. periodically 44. appreciative
45. motivating 46. academic 47. innovative 48. flexibly
第四部分 书面表达 （28分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41题各1分，第42题2分，第43题4分， 共12分）
49. Because a well-defined goal provides direction and helps people stay focused on their pursuits.
50. Perseverance and clear goal setting. /Continuous learning and perseverance./Clear goal setting and continuous learning.
51 Many successful entrepreneurs who can stay competitive in such a fast-paced environment think their achievements are a result of their perseverance.
Because many successful entrepreneurs attribute their achievements to their ability to learn from mistakes and adapt to changing market demands, rather than to their perseverance.
52．No, I don’t agree. Because I believe that success is mainly determined by one’s own efforts, abilities, and perseverance. Although luck may play a role in some cases, it is not the decisive factor. Success requires hard work, clear goal setting, continuous learning, and adaptability.
第二节（20分）
One possible version:
Possible version:
Dear Jim,
I can’t wait to share a piece of good news with you. Since you’re an enthusiast about reading, I believe you will be of great interest in this meaningful activity named BookCrossing.
BookCrossing is the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. For one thing, the BookCrossing can motivate us to further develop our reading habits and help to broaden our horizons. For another, it provides a good chance to make friends with like-minded people.
Our BookCrossing starts this Monday and will last for a week. When the time comes, you’ll be surprised to find terrific books at any places on campus. Of course, if you are in, you are supposed to share several books that are valuable and beneficial. To help others get a general knowledge of your book, your thoughtful introduction and helpful comments are warmly welcomed.
What are you waiting for I’m looking forward to your participation and you are bound to love it. （179 words）
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】A、D、A、B、A、B、D、C、A、C
【解析】【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了作者与父亲发生矛盾后，西蒙老师在布置的作业上的评论让作者在接下来的日子里发生了很大的变化。
1. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我看到他控制欲很强，想挣脱。A. controlling控制；B. demanding要求；C. frustrating使泪丧；D. confusing使迷惑。根据本句“wanted to break free (想要挣脱束缚)”以及下文中的“Now I saw him as concerned and caring, instead of controlling.(现在我觉得他关心我，关爱我，而不是控制我)”可知，此处指的是作者把父亲看作是“控制”自己。故选A项。
2. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我穿过校园跑向教室时，我突然意识到我没有按期完成作业：一张思考卡。A. bound一定的；B. proper恰当的；C. tricky狡猾的；D. due到期的。根据下文中的“Professor Simon had explained that every Tuesday we must hand in an index card(西蒙教授解释说，每周二我们必须交一张索引卡)”可知，每周二要上交卡片，所此处应是“到期”。故选D项。
3. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：西蒙教授解释说，每周二我们必须带来一张索引卡，在上面写下一个想法、一个担忧、一个问题或任何我们想到的东西，他会在每周三把他写在上面的评论或答案还回来。A. comment评论；B. grade等级；C. criticism批判；D. standard标准。根据下文中的“Professor Simon’s comment kept ____9____ in my mind over the next few weeks.”可知，此处指的是西蒙教授的“评论”。故选A项。
4. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他强调说，这张卡片是我们周二上课的通行证。A. guide引导；B. admission进入权；C. invitation邀请；D. contribution贡献。根据上文中的“Professor Simon had explained that every Tuesday we must hand in an index card, on which we wrote a thought, a concern, a question or anything that’s on our mind and that he would return the card every Wednesday with his ____3____ or answer on it.”可知，西蒙老师要求周二上交卡片，所以，这是周二上课的“通行证”。故选B项。
5. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：就在门外，我拿出一张索引卡，在上面写道：“我是白痴的儿子！”，因为我只能想到我刚刚和爸爸发生的冲突。A. conflict矛盾；B. race比赛；C. talk交谈；D. deal交易。根据上文中的“We both exploded in shouts and I stormed out of the house.(我们俩都大叫起来，我冲出了房子)”可知，此处指的是作者与父亲之间的“冲突”。故选A项。
6. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不想在他面前暴露自己。A. connect连接；B. expose接触，暴露；C. recommend推荐；D. introduce介绍。根据上文中的“The moment I reached my seat, I regretted telling him that about my dad.(我一坐到座位上，就后悔把我爸爸的事告诉了他)”以及下文中的“Wednesday morning I got to the class early and ____7____ in the back.”可知，作者后悔把自己的事情“暴露”给其他人，在周三的时候自己躲到后面。故选B项。
7. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：星期三早上，我早早来到教室，躲在教室后面。A. stood站立；B. froze愣住；C. cried大喊；D. hid藏起来。根据上文“The moment I reached my seat, I regretted telling him that about my dad. I didn’t want to ____6____ myself to him.”可知，作者后悔告诉老师和父亲之间的事情，结合下文中的“in the back(在教室后面)”可知，此处指作者“躲藏”到后面。故选D项。
8. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的问题直指问题的核心：这是谁的问题？这是谁的责任？A. cause原因；B. height高度；C. heart心脏，核心；D. surface表面。根据下文中的“Whose problem was it Whose responsibility was it (这是谁的问题？这是谁的责任？)”并结合语境可知，此处指的是与父亲发生冲突的“核心”问题。故选C项。
9. 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：在接下来的几个星期里，西蒙教授的评论一直在我的脑海中浮现。A. coming up出来，浮现；B. raising up提升；C. fixing up整修，修缮；D. setting up设立。根据上文“Whose problem was it Whose responsibility was it (这是谁的问题？这是谁的责任？)”可知，西蒙教授的评论一直在我的脑海中浮现。故选A项。
10. 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我和父亲的关系也大大改善了。A. automatically自动地；B. mildly温和地；C. dramatically戏剧性地，明显地；D. repeatedly重复地。根据上文中的“My grades improved.(我的成绩提高了)”可知，此处描述的是作者发生的变化，dramatically意为“明显地”符合语境，进一步表明作者的变化很大。故选C项。
C篇
【答案】A、C、B、D
【解析】（1）细节理解题。根据第一段Switch between the problems at your own discretion （自行决定）.（在问题之间自行决定切换）"以及第二段"If you are like the hundreds of people to whom we posed this question，you would choose to switch between the two problems at your own discretion.After all，this approach offers maximum autonomy and flexibility，enabling you to change tracks from one problem to the other when you feel stuck.（如果你和我们对其提问这一问题的数百人一样，你会选择在这两个问题之间自行切换。毕竟，这种方法提供了最大的自主权和灵活性，使您能够在感到困难时将轨迹从一个问题更改为另一个问题）可知，第三种方法受欢迎，是因为这种方法提供最大的自主权和灵活性，人们相信它可以允许很大的自由。故选A。
（2）词句猜测题。根据第四段The issue with both other approaches seemed to be that people failed to recognize when rigid thinking crept in.Participants who didn't step away from a task at regular intervals were more likely to write "new" ideas that were very similar to the last one they had written.（其他两种方法的问题似乎都是，人们没有意识到rigid思维何时悄然而至。没有定期离开任务的参与者更有可能写出与他们上一次写的非常相似的"新"想法）可知，不定期离开任务的参与者更有可能得到的想法与之前的非常相似，在无意识的情况下，形成了僵化思维，推测划线单词表示"不灵活的，僵化的"，与inflexible意义相近。A．critical批评的；B．innovative创新的；C．inflexible不灵活的，僵化的；D．serious严重的。故选C。
（3）推理判断题。根据最后一段So when you're working on tasks that would benefit from creative thinking，consciously insert breaks at regular intervals—use a timer if you have to.When it goes off，switch tasks：Organize your receipts，check your email，or clean your desk，and then return to the original task. （因此，当你在做有利于创造性思维的任务时，有意识地每隔一段时间插入休息时间——如果必须的话，可以使用计时器。当计时器关闭时，切换任务：整理收据、检查电子邮件或清理办公桌，然后返回到原始任务）可知，有意识地每隔一段时间休息一会儿，会使得人们重新设定思维，可能会促进创造力，即有规律的安排休息可以刷新人们的思维。故选B。
（4）目的意图题。根据倒数第二段The findings suggest that the hustle and bustle of your daily work life may facilitate your creativity if it leads you to step away from a task and reset your thinking.（研究结果表明，如果你的日常工作生活中的忙碌会让你放弃任务，重新设定思维，那么它可能会促进你的创造力）以及文章内容可知，本文主要介绍了在解决需要创造性思维的问题时，如何更有效地切换任务才能促进创造性思维，文章的目的是介绍一种促进创造性思维的方法。故选D。
本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了在解决需要创造性思维的问题时，如何更有效地切换任务才能促进创造性思维。
一、速读全文，了解大意知主题。
阅读能力一般指阅读速度和理解能力两个方面。阅读速度是阅读最基本的能力，考生必须在十分有限的时间内运用略读、扫读、跳读等技巧快速阅读，搜寻关键词、主题句，捕捉时空、顺序、情节、人物、观点，并且理清文章脉络，把握语篇实质。
二、看题干，带着问题读文章。
首先要掌握问题的类型，客观信息题可以从文章中直接找到答案；而主观判断题考查的是对文章的感情基调等，这类题必须经过对作者的态度、意图以及对整篇文章进行深一层的推理等。其次，了解试题题干以及各个选项所包含的信息，然后有针对性地对文章进行扫读，对有关信息进行快速定位。此法加强了阅读的针对性，提高了做题的准确率。
三、逻辑推理，做好深层理解题。
在实际阅读中，有时作者并未把意图说出来，阅读者要根据字面意思，通过语篇逻辑关系，研究细节的暗示，推敲作者的态度，理解文章的寓义。要求读者对文字的表面信息进行分析、挖掘和逻辑推理，不能就事论事，以偏概全。推理题在提问中常用的词有：infer，imply，suggest，indicate等。
四、猜词悟义，扫除阅读拦路虎。
猜词是应用英语的重要能力。它不但需要准确无误地理解上下文，而且要有较大的泛读量，掌握或认识较多的课外词汇。我们要学会"顺藤摸瓜"，通过构词，语法，定义，同位，对比，因果，常识，上下文等线索确定词义。
D篇
27．A 28．B 29．B 30．D
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了婴儿荒的原因和对经济的影响。
27．细节理解题。由文章第一段中“The root cause is not an increase in deaths, but a drop in births. (根本原因不是死亡人数的增加，而是出生率的下降。)”可知，不断下降的生育率是造成人口减少的原因。故选A。
28．细节理解题。由文章第二段中“The obvious one is that it is getting harder to support the world’s pensioners. Retired folk draw on the output of the working-aged, either through the state, which requests taxes on workers to pay public pensions, or by cashing in savings to buy goods and services or because relatives provide care unpaid. (退休人员利用适龄工作人员的产出，或者通过国家向工人征税来支付公共养老金，或者通过将储蓄兑换成现金来购买商品和服务，或者因为亲戚提供无偿照顾。)”可知，老年人可以利用的劳动年龄的产出正在减少，让养活世界上的养老金领取者变得更加困难。故选B。
29．推理判断题。由文章第三段中“Younger people have more of what psychologists call “fluid intelligence”, the ability to think creatively so as to solve problems in entirely new ways. This youthful energy adds to the accumulated knowledge of older workers. It also brings change. Patents filed by the youngest inventors are much more likely to cover breakthrough innovations. Older countries and their young people are less enterprising and less comfortable taking risks. Because the old benefit less than the young when economies grow, they have proved less keen on pro-growth policies, especially housebuilding. Creative destruction is likely to be rarer in ageing societies, restricting productivity growth in ways that compound into an enormous missed opportunity. (年轻人拥有更多心理学家所说的“流动智力”，即创造性思考以全新方式解决问题的能力。这种年轻的活力增加了老工人积累的知识。它也带来了变化。最年轻的发明家申请的专利更有可能涵盖突破性的创新。年龄较大的国家及其年轻人更缺乏进取心，更不愿意冒险。因为在经济增长时，老年人比年轻人受益更少，所以他们对促进增长的政策，尤其是房屋建设不那么热衷。在老龄化社会中，创造性破坏可能更为罕见，从而限制了生产率的增长，从而导致一个巨大的错失机会。)”可知，因为在创造性破坏中，老年人比年轻人受益更少，因此“流动智力”在老龄化社会中受到影响。故选B。
30．标题判断题。通读全文，尤其是由文章第一段中“The root cause is not an increase in deaths, but a drop in births. Across much of the world the fertility rate, the average number of births per woman, is collapsing. Although the trend may be familiar, its extent and its consequences are not. Even as artificial intelligence (AI) leads to optimism in some quarters, the baby bust hangs over the future of the world economy. (根本原因不是死亡人数的增加，而是出生率的下降。在世界大部分地区，生育率，即每个妇女的平均生育数量，正在急剧下降。虽然这种趋势可能很熟悉，但其程度和后果却不为人所知。尽管人工智能(AI)在某些方面带来了乐观情绪，但婴儿荒仍笼罩着世界经济的未来。)”可知，文章主要介绍了婴儿荒的原因和对经济的影响。故选D。
七选五
31．C 32．G 33．F 34．D 35．E
【导语】这是一篇说明文。本篇主要讲了探索自己的内心世界对于自己的重要性，文章列举了一些探索自己内心世界方法，并解释了为什么这些方法可以带来更好的人际关系。
31．根据上文“Have you found focusing on yourself is at the bottom of the to-do list, because you feel everyone else in your life comes first (你是否发现关注自己被排在待办事项清单的最后，因为你觉得生活中的其他人都是第一位的？)”可知，上文提到生活中其他人都是第一位，故本句承接上文，说明没有给自己留时间。故C选项“给自己留点时间一直被人看不起”符合语境，故选C。
32．根据上文“This isn’t just about identifying your favorite outfit, haircut or flavor of ice cream.(（关注自己）不仅仅是确定你最喜欢的衣服、发型或冰淇淋的味道)”可知，本句与上文构成转折，指出关注自己的真正含义。前一句的This isn’t just about identifying和G选项It’s about understanding构成句法上的转折关系。故G选项“这是关于了解你的内心世界，以及你如何适应外部世界”符合语境，故选G。
33．根据上文“There are many tools to help you develop a deeper sense of yourself, including journaling and other forms of creative expression. You can use a guided journal to explore your thoughts and feelings or just free write whatever comes to mind. It’s up to you what you want to do.(有很多工具可以帮助你发展更深层次的自我意识，包括日记和其他形式的创造性表达。你可以使用指南来探索你的想法和感受，或者只是自由地写下任何想到的东西。你想做什么由你自己决定)”可知，本段在陈述写日记能够更好地探索你的内心世界，但是仅仅专注于写日记就好， 不要去批判日记中自己的想法。此处的writing与F选项中journaling可以构成同义替换。故F选项“但是尽量不要陷入对你写作的批评或评判中”符合语境，故选F。
34．根据后文“Take note of how you respond to people, what makes you happy, and what makes you unhappy. This can help you identify patterns that are holding you back, such as feeling insecure or being easily angered. Once you’ve identified these patterns, you can work to change them.(注意你对别人的反应，什么让你快乐，什么让你不快乐。这可以帮助你识别阻碍你前进的模式，比如缺乏安全感或容易生气。一旦你确定了这些模式，你就可以努力改变它们)”可知，上一段陈述了一种关注自己内心世界的方法，而本段则是在陈述另外一种方法，因此D选项中Another way is to符合并列的条件，且本句的意思也与后面的“关注自己在人际交往中如何反应”相符合。故D选项“另一种方法是观察你在不同情况下的行为”符合语境，故选D。
35．根据上文“An often overlooked yet very important factor in self-discovery is having healthy boundaries in your personal life.(自我发现的一个经常被忽视但非常重要的因素是在你的个人生活中有健康的界限)”以及后文“Clearly communicating your boundaries is also a way to show others that you are in control of your own behavior and can expect the same from them. This is a sign of maturity and respect, two characteristics that are key to having healthy relationships.(清楚地表达你的界限也是一种向别人表明你能控制自己的行为，并期望他们也能做到这一点的方式。这是成熟和尊重的标志，这两个特征是拥有健康关系的关键)”可知，前一句陈述要划定一个健康的人际关系界限，后一句则提及和别人划清界限意味着你能够很好地控制自己的行为并且也希望别人能够控制好自己的行为，这种行为能够既关注自己也关注别人，故E选项“它能让你专注于自己的需求，而不会忽视他人”符合语境，故选E。
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