黑龙江省龙东地区2024-2025学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷（含答案）
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英语试题
考试时间120分钟，满分150分
二部分阅读理解(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
About Ocean Info
Ocean Info, which was created in 2020, is a website that shares information and stories about the ocean, sea life, rivers, and a journey of oceanic discovery. Our mission is to educate and inspire our readers, promoting a deeper appreciation for the ocean’s invaluable role. With this, Ocean Info has donated $50 a month to Ocean Conservancy, as well as $30 a month to World Animal Protection.
Our Team
At Ocean Info, we are privileged to have a team of highly accomplished ocean experts who bring together an unparalleled depth of scientific knowledge and a committed passion for marine conservation. With qualifications spanning fields like marine biology, zoology, environment al policy, and climate science, our experts offer a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and protecting the vast oceanic ecosystems that sustain life on our planet.
How to Best Explore Ocean Info
◎Want to look for specific ocean animals, plants, lakes, or rivers? Visit our Ocean Glossary (术语汇编)：
Discover the biodiversity of ocean animals.
Learn more about marine plants.
Learn about bodies of water, such as key lakes around Earth.
◎Want to read about our ideas? Visit our Listicles.
◎Want to have a comparison between two similar ocean animals or plants? Visit our Comparisons.
◎To explore the ocean, you sometimes need to sail. See more on Sailing.
Join the Ocean Membership
We’re in the works of making an Ocean Membership, which combines the experience and expertise (专长) of Ocean Info, for something special. If you are interested, get in touch with us by email: support@oceaninfo.com.
1. What can readers mainly do at Ocean Info?
A. Dive deep into animal-related topics. B. Obtain knowledge about the ocean.
C. Join in a voyage around the world. D. Contribute to ocean-saving charities.
2. What’s the key feature of the Ocean Info’s team?
A. Making use of abundant education resources.
B. Knowing the actual situation of the environment.
C. Having extensive research experience and expertise.
D. Integrating their own subjects and cultural background.
3. Where can we learn more about major lakes at Ocean Info?
A. Sailing. B. Listicles. C. Comparisons. D. Ocean Glossary.
B
Many people around me make a difference to the world on a daily basis — being kind in unexpected ways and sharing the generosity of their lives with others. I, like many of them, volunteer some of my time in order to give back just a little of what I am so blessed to have. I volunteered to go to Guatemala with an eyeglass team from International Relief Teams — an organization I have supported in other ways for many years.
Our team went to a small town in Guatemala, San Augustin. We set up our tables and packages of pre-made glasses in the dirty courtyard of a clinic, put up the Snellen chart (an eye chart) on a wall, and began our work.
Young and old people came from many of the surrounding towns. Most had never received an eye exam before. They waited for hours patiently in the sun, never complaining. If we could help them out, their thankfulness for a simple pair of glasses was overwhelming. Some only left with eye drops or sunglasses, and even these people expressed their gratitude sincerely. All of them were very generous with blessings and smiles. We heard over and over from people who knew their eyes needed help but they had not gone to a doctor because it was too expensive, or had not got the glasses they needed for the same reason.
It’s so easy to overlook how much difference the volunteers’ small actions can make to the lives of people in Guatemala. The glasses in my country are so easily available, but to people in Guatemala, they are not.
As those who could give them a hand, we watched their lives change. What a gift sight is — and what a difference being able to see clearly makes! Here, we’d like you to join us and take action to help people in need. And every day, those actions change lives. No action is too small; no action is ever wasted.
4. According to Paragraph 1, the author is probably ________.
A. a major host of good deeds
B. a sponsor of an eyeglass team
C a generous neighbor in his community
D. a supporter of International Relief Teams
5. What do we know about the volunteers in the eyeglass team?
A. Their working environment is simple.
B. They are medical experts nationwide.
C. Their initial preparation is inadequate.
D. They have served people in Guatemala for years.
6. Which of the following words can be used to describe most people in Guatemala?
A. Kind and helpful. B. Poor but grateful.
C. Considerate and patient. D. Knowledgeable but unhealthy.
7. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To urge people to protect their eyes.
B. To ask people to volunteer in Guatemala.
C. To call on people to do good deeds in daily life.
D. To show the difficult life of people in Guatemala.
C
There’s been an enormous amount of progress in language-generating AI over the past couple of years. OpenAI’s GPT-3, for example, is a language generator that’s been trained on 570 GB of text, and is able to write convincing essays. Google, of course, is working on language generators too, and its latest one helps you write like a legendary poet.
Google’s new AI tool, Verse by Verse, allows users to compose a poem using “suggestions” from classic American poets. The AI generates these suggestions based on what it’s collected from reading the poets’ oeuvres. That is, the program uses machine-learning algorithms (算法) to identify the language patterns of a particular poet’s work, then applies those to text it generates as the suggestions.
The tool works by allowing users to select from 22 American poets for the suggestions, including legends like Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allen Poe. After a user has selected up to three poets, they then pick the type of poem they’d like to write. The program offers various poetic forms, and even allows users to select the number of syllables per line.
Users then give the program a first line, and AI generates the rest of the poem. The AI makes suggestions line by line, however, making it more interactive than other top language generator s out there. As far as results, they’re interesting, but not nearly as impressive as GPT-3’s writings.
According to Google engineer Dave Uthus, “The system was trained to have a general understanding of what lines of verse would best follow a previous line of verse. So even if you write on topics not commonly seen in classic poetry, the system will try its best to make lines that are relevant. The widely varying degrees of Verse by Verse output quality show that while good lyrical gems (宝石) may occasionally emerge, further work by the AI team remains to be done.”
8. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To introduce a new AI tool for writing poetry.
B. To compare different language-generating tools.
C. To discuss the progress of langauge-generators.
D. To analyze the latest essays of OpenAI’s GPT-3.
9. What does the underlined word “oeuvres” mean in paragraph 2?
A. Suggestions. B. Works. C. Messages. D. Patterns.
10. What can the Verse by Verse tool do?
A. Collect poems for inspiration.
B. Give the program a starting line.
C. Generate different poetic forms.
D. Compose poems as good as GPT-3.
11. What is Dave Uthus’s attitude to the capability of Verse by Verse tool?
A. Doubtful. B. Objective. C. Puzzled. D. Confident.
D
In the USA, growing senior citizens are adopting technology, but most need help using new electronic devices such as smart phones. That puts seniors at risk for social isolation (孤立), which may lead to poor health and even earlier death. It is also associated with nearly $7 billion in additional annual spending by Medicare.
That’s where a startup company named Teeniors comes in, making matching tech-savvy (精通技术的) young people with seniors its mission. Teeniors coaches them on using smartphones, computers and tablets.
Founder Trish Lopez got the idea in 2015 after realizing what troubled her aging mother. “She’ d lose a password, she’d lose a document and then she didn’t know some simple commands,” Lopez said. Patience and listening are some of the fundamental skills young people learn as Teeniors, and the program has served more than 3,000 seniors in New Mexico. The mission, Lopez said, is to empower senior citizens.
Dorcey, a retired teacher from Lesotho, Africa, when her husband died suddenly, was left alone, too ashamed to admit she didn’t know how to answer her new phone. She tried to get help at stores, but clerks didn’t understand why she was confused. “They said ‘Oh, a child’ — I hate that phrase — ‘a child could do this’,” Dorcey said.
Dorcey found a Teenior instead, who helped her download WhatsApp. Now she talks to family and friends regularly in Africa and Europe for free. Tess Reynolds, 17, is the Teenior who helped Dorcey, saying she can relate to seniors who may need more time to learn because she has a learning disability and people used to push her to finish her schoolwork more quickly. “So I know how it feels to be rushed,” Reynolds said. “I want to make sure that doesn’t happen.” The experience of working for Teeniors has also convinced Reynolds that she wants to become a senior home health assistant.
Trish Lopez never anticipated how Teeniors would affect the young people she employs. It’s not just teaching them tech skills, but also soft skills employers need such as emotional intelligence, problem-solving and communication. Their feedback has surprised her.
12. What is a problem American senior citizens face now in their life?
A. They fall behind in using technology. B. They suffer greatly from poor health.
C. They rely heavily on electronic devices. D. They pay high price for medical care.
13. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The history of the Teeniors company. B. An introduction to Lopez’s enterprise.
C. Reasons for helping the aging mother. D. Benefits of learning fundamental skills.
14. What can we learn from the example of Dorcey?
A. Seniors’ independence has been weakened.
B. Seniors should be accompanied by young people.
C. Helping seniors to bridge digital divide is truly needed.
D. Seniors shouldn’t be discriminated by younger generations.
15. Which of the following best describes Trish Lopez’s effort?
A. Unrealistic. B. Conservative. C. Short-lived. D. Far-reaching.
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
Many people don’t understand why anyone would travel by bicycle. It’s so exhausting. For me it’s the best way to travel. Why I love it and why the effort is paying off, you can read here.
When I sit on the bike, I am free and flexible. I can pause at any time to eat or start the stove to enjoy a coffee with breathtaking views. I’m not dependent on bus or train. ____16____ I come to places I would never have seen. My bike gives me the possibility of don’t-need-to-plan, which leaves space for adventure. Because adventures don’t come around the corner during a planned hotel-vacation.
I am the whole day in nature. The wind blows around my nose. ____17____ I see monkeys hanging directly above me in the tree, whales swimming along the coast, a bear waving at us and many more animals. Smelling the blackberries, I’m stopping to fill my stomach. In the car, bus or train I would have missed all of this and much more.
____18____ On a longer tour I’m no longer in my normal environment I’m freed from roles I have to perform and now I’m having time and inner peace to think and reflect. It changes me. I get to know my own limits, can react better to specific situations, and collect knowledge of human nature. ____19____ I know when I have to end for the day, so that I can still have power for the next day.
I could tell hundreds of stories. Because of getting to know so many people I’m experiencing a lot. The travel form itself invites many to ask questions. And the best thing about it is, that all these stories make me rich. Rich in memories, on which I think with laughter. ____20____
A. I listen to the birds singing.
B. I get the chance to look inside myself.
C. It will change the way you see the world.
D. I can decide for myself when and where to go.
E. Before my start, I was fascinated of the bike touring community.
F. Likewise, I find my own rhythm and how to assess my reserves of strength.
G Nobody can ever take them away and they have an unspeakable value for me.
第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
Can you imagine spending 7 restless nights in a noisy animal shelter to help a dog?
When Queen, a little terrier (小猎狗), was 3 years old, she’d still somehow been overlooked time and again in the shelter. One day, after hearing Queen’s ____21____, Scott Poorer, who was an animal right activist, ____22____ to help out.
Scott runs an organization called “Mission Driven” that ____23____ fundraisers to help animal shelters. Once he heard about how ____24____ Queen had become, he decided to do what he could to draw some ____25____ to the homeless pup.
The first time he met Queen, he was greeted with a few waves and hugs. He said that Queen, staring at him sweetly, was “the most ____26____ dog I probably have ever met.” Scott brought along a few ____27____ and bedding, which he shared with Queen. He ____28____ spending plenty of one-on-one time with her. He was even determined to live with her until she was adopted.
Animal shelters are not a ____29____ place to get any rest. Scott admitted that he _____30_____ slept during his seven days in the shelter. But all of Scott’s hardships were _____31_____ when a father and son finally decided to adopt Queen. As for why he didn’t simply adopt Queen himself, he explained as an animal _____32_____ he came in contact with _____33_____ animals every single day. “I can’t adopt every animal that I help because then I will have 1,000 animals in my house,” said Scott.
Indeed, we’re so grateful to people like Scott. Being willing to _____34_____ your own comfort for an animal’s happiness is the ultimate good _____35_____ in our life.
21. A. plan B. story C. dream D. event
22. A. intended B. asked C. remembered D. agreed
23. A. permits B. persuades C. forces D. promotes
24. A. pleased B. curious C. depressed D. ambitious
25. A. attention B. relief C. trust D. imagination
26. A. independent B. amusing C. capable D. lovable
27. A. savings B. belongings C. employees D. colleagues
28. A. gave up B. picked up C. ended up D. made up
29. A. comfortable B. typical C. similar D. special
30. A. regularly B. barely C. simply D. widely
31. A. allocated B. abandoned C. framed D. rewarded
32. A. host B. learner C. advocate D. scientist
33. A. strange B. famous C. hungry D. needy
34. A. sacrifice B. save C. reconsider D. risk
35. A. goal B. deed C. future D. treat
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
For the 23-year-old Zhang Liang, physical disability has never stopped him from achieving success. Zhang, from Susong county of Anhui province, ____36____ (suffer) from a rare genetic disorder since he was a child.
Though frequent injuries meant he could not walk ____37____ (independent), he remained optimistic and diligent. In 2022, Zhang rode a twister car ____38____ (take) the national college entrance exam, which touched the hearts of many people. His efforts paid off. He performed well in the exam and ____39____ (admit) to Anhui Polytechnic University.
Getting rid of the twister car ____40____ walking on his own were always Zhang’s dream. After entering the college, ____41____ the guidance of his professor, he and several classmates formed a small scientific research team to design a set of exoskeleton (外骨骼) wearable devices. With the support of warm-hearted people, they completed the design scheme using the 3D printing technology. ____42____ (assist) by the set of devices, Zhang finally managed to stand and walk.
He also participated in the recent college students’ career planning ____43____ (compete) in Anhui province and won the second prize in the higher education group. “My goal is to become ____44____ social entrepreneur in the field of human intelligent exoskeleton;” Zhang said. He hopes to use his professional knowledge and _____45_____ (practice) experience to help more disabled people with intelligent equipment.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节书面表达(满分15分)
46. 假定你是校学生会主席李华，最近你发现大部分学生因学业紧张而疏于运动，请你给全校学生写一封倡议信，呼吁大家勤于锻炼。内容包括：
1. 提出倡议；
2. 锻炼的意义；
3. 推荐的运动项目。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
I’m Li Hua, president of the Student Union.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
the Student Union
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。
When I started high school, I was fourteen years old and six foot tall. The scary thing about being so tall when you’re so young is that people automatically teat you as if you’re older. Yes, I was the size of an adult (actually, bigger than most!) , but I was still just a kid. And acting more like an adult wouldn’t win me any fiends. As a card-carrying Good Boy, I wanted to meet adults’ expectations and get their praise, but as a Regular Kid, I wanted to be like my peers and get their friendship.
I walked into school that first day in my bluejacket and trousers, the school uniform. I noticed some of my old classmates from my junior high, the ones who had turned their backs on me, and we continued our policy of actively ignoring one another. I felt the pain of their betrayal (背叛) , but I forced my face to remain expressionless. I was here to study hard at academics and to work hard at basketball under my new coach, Jack Donahue. I was here to be excellent. Nothing else mattered.
Indeed I was excellent. I made the honor roll in the first semester, pleasing my parents and teachers. Leaming came naturally to me. I loved reading, especially about history and adventure stories like The Three Musketeers. Basketball, however, I had to work at to do well in.
As a freshman, my style of play reflected my personality: politely passive. I had some skills, but I didn’t have an aggressive nature: The good player around me knew how to play rough, use their bodies with authority, and power their way to a rebound (抢篮板球) . I knew I had to toughen up, and I was committed to getting better, but it wasn’t happening fast enough.
One morning, our school team was scheduled to play a game against Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, and Coach Donahue surprised me by taking me into his office. I figured he was going to discuss his disappointment in my progress as a player, maybe even say something about it all being a big mistake.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
To my surprise, he handed me a team uniform.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All day, I allowed myself to imagine the game.
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答案版
英语试题
考试时间120分钟，满分150分
第二部分阅读理解(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
About Ocean Info
Ocean Info, which was created in 2020, is a website that shares information and stories about the ocean, sea life, rivers, and a journey of oceanic discovery. Our mission is to educate and inspire our readers, promoting a deeper appreciation for the ocean’s invaluable role. With this, Ocean Info has donated $50 a month to Ocean Conservancy, as well as $30 a month to World Animal Protection.
Our Team
At Ocean Info, we are privileged to have a team of highly accomplished ocean experts who bring together an unparalleled depth of scientific knowledge and a committed passion for marine conservation. With qualifications spanning fields like marine biology, zoology, environment al policy, and climate science, our experts offer a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and protecting the vast oceanic ecosystems that sustain life on our planet.
How to Best Explore Ocean Info
◎Want to look for specific ocean animals, plants, lakes, or rivers? Visit our Ocean Glossary (术语汇编)：
Discover the biodiversity of ocean animals.
Learn more about marine plants.
Learn about bodies of water, such as key lakes around Earth.
◎Want to read about our ideas? Visit our Listicles.
◎Want to have a comparison between two similar ocean animals or plants? Visit our Comparisons.
◎To explore the ocean, you sometimes need to sail. See more on Sailing.
Join the Ocean Membership
We’re in the works of making an Ocean Membership, which combines the experience and expertise (专长) of Ocean Info, for something special. If you are interested, get in touch with us by email: support@oceaninfo.com.
1. What can readers mainly do at Ocean Info?
A. Dive deep into animal-related topics. B. Obtain knowledge about the ocean.
C. Join in a voyage around the world. D. Contribute to ocean-saving charities.
2. What’s the key feature of the Ocean Info’s team?
A. Making use of abundant education resources.
B. Knowing the actual situation of the environment.
C. Having extensive research experience and expertise.
D. Integrating their own subjects and cultural background.
3. Where can we learn more about major lakes at Ocean Info?
A. Sailing. B. Listicles. C. Comparisons. D. Ocean Glossary.
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D
B
Many people around me make a difference to the world on a daily basis — being kind in unexpected ways and sharing the generosity of their lives with others. I, like many of them, volunteer some of my time in order to give back just a little of what I am so blessed to have. I volunteered to go to Guatemala with an eyeglass team from International Relief Teams — an organization I have supported in other ways for many years.
Our team went to a small town in Guatemala, San Augustin. We set up our tables and packages of pre-made glasses in the dirty courtyard of a clinic, put up the Snellen chart (an eye chart) on a wall, and began our work.
Young and old people came from many of the surrounding towns. Most had never received an eye exam before. They waited for hours patiently in the sun, never complaining. If we could help them out, their thankfulness for a simple pair of glasses was overwhelming. Some only left with eye drops or sunglasses, and even these people expressed their gratitude sincerely. All of them were very generous with blessings and smiles. We heard over and over from people who knew their eyes needed help but they had not gone to a doctor because it was too expensive, or had not got the glasses they needed for the same reason.
It’s so easy to overlook how much difference the volunteers’ small actions can make to the lives of people in Guatemala. The glasses in my country are so easily available, but to people in Guatemala, they are not.
As those who could give them a hand, we watched their lives change. What a gift sight is — and what a difference being able to see clearly makes! Here, we’d like you to join us and take action to help people in need. And every day, those actions change lives. No action is too small; no action is ever wasted.
4. According to Paragraph 1, the author is probably ________.
A. a major host of good deeds
B. a sponsor of an eyeglass team
C a generous neighbor in his community
D. a supporter of International Relief Teams
5. What do we know about the volunteers in the eyeglass team?
A. Their working environment is simple.
B. They are medical experts nationwide.
C. Their initial preparation is inadequate.
D. They have served people in Guatemala for years.
6. Which of the following words can be used to describe most people in Guatemala?
A. Kind and helpful. B. Poor but grateful.
C. Considerate and patient. D. Knowledgeable but unhealthy.
7. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To urge people to protect their eyes.
B. To ask people to volunteer in Guatemala.
C. To call on people to do good deeds in daily life.
D. To show the difficult life of people in Guatemala.
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C
C
There’s been an enormous amount of progress in language-generating AI over the past couple of years. OpenAI’s GPT-3, for example, is a language generator that’s been trained on 570 GB of text, and is able to write convincing essays. Google, of course, is working on language generators too, and its latest one helps you write like a legendary poet.
Google’s new AI tool, Verse by Verse, allows users to compose a poem using “suggestions” from classic American poets. The AI generates these suggestions based on what it’s collected from reading the poets’ oeuvres. That is, the program uses machine-learning algorithms (算法) to identify the language patterns of a particular poet’s work, then applies those to text it generates as the suggestions.
The tool works by allowing users to select from 22 American poets for the suggestions, including legends like Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allen Poe. After a user has selected up to three poets, they then pick the type of poem they’d like to write. The program offers various poetic forms, and even allows users to select the number of syllables per line.
Users then give the program a first line, and AI generates the rest of the poem. The AI makes suggestions line by line, however, making it more interactive than other top language generator s out there. As far as results, they’re interesting, but not nearly as impressive as GPT-3’s writings.
According to Google engineer Dave Uthus, “The system was trained to have a general understanding of what lines of verse would best follow a previous line of verse. So even if you write on topics not commonly seen in classic poetry, the system will try its best to make lines that are relevant. The widely varying degrees of Verse by Verse output quality show that while good lyrical gems (宝石) may occasionally emerge, further work by the AI team remains to be done.”
8. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To introduce a new AI tool for writing poetry.
B. To compare different language-generating tools.
C. To discuss the progress of langauge-generators.
D. To analyze the latest essays of OpenAI’s GPT-3.
9. What does the underlined word “oeuvres” mean in paragraph 2?
A. Suggestions. B. Works. C. Messages. D. Patterns.
10. What can the Verse by Verse tool do?
A. Collect poems for inspiration.
B. Give the program a starting line.
C. Generate different poetic forms.
D. Compose poems as good as GPT-3.
11. What is Dave Uthus’s attitude to the capability of Verse by Verse tool?
A. Doubtful. B. Objective. C. Puzzled. D. Confident.
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. C 11. B
D
In the USA, growing senior citizens are adopting technology, but most need help using new electronic devices such as smart phones. That puts seniors at risk for social isolation (孤立), which may lead to poor health and even earlier death. It is also associated with nearly $7 billion in additional annual spending by Medicare.
That’s where a startup company named Teeniors comes in, making matching tech-savvy (精通技术的) young people with seniors its mission. Teeniors coaches them on using smartphones, computers and tablets.
Founder Trish Lopez got the idea in 2015 after realizing what troubled her aging mother. “She’ d lose a password, she’d lose a document and then she didn’t know some simple commands,” Lopez said. Patience and listening are some of the fundamental skills young people learn as Teeniors, and the program has served more than 3,000 seniors in New Mexico. The mission, Lopez said, is to empower senior citizens.
Dorcey, a retired teacher from Lesotho, Africa, when her husband died suddenly, was left alone, too ashamed to admit she didn’t know how to answer her new phone. She tried to get help at stores, but clerks didn’t understand why she was confused. “They said ‘Oh, a child’ — I hate that phrase — ‘a child could do this’,” Dorcey said.
Dorcey found a Teenior instead, who helped her download WhatsApp. Now she talks to family and friends regularly in Africa and Europe for free. Tess Reynolds, 17, is the Teenior who helped Dorcey, saying she can relate to seniors who may need more time to learn because she has a learning disability and people used to push her to finish her schoolwork more quickly. “So I know how it feels to be rushed,” Reynolds said. “I want to make sure that doesn’t happen.” The experience of working for Teeniors has also convinced Reynolds that she wants to become a senior home health assistant.
Trish Lopez never anticipated how Teeniors would affect the young people she employs. It’s not just teaching them tech skills, but also soft skills employers need such as emotional intelligence, problem-solving and communication. Their feedback has surprised her.
12. What is a problem American senior citizens face now in their life?
A. They fall behind in using technology. B. They suffer greatly from poor health.
C. They rely heavily on electronic devices. D. They pay high price for medical care.
13. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The history of the Teeniors company. B. An introduction to Lopez’s enterprise.
C. Reasons for helping the aging mother. D. Benefits of learning fundamental skills.
14. What can we learn from the example of Dorcey?
A. Seniors’ independence has been weakened.
B. Seniors should be accompanied by young people.
C. Helping seniors to bridge digital divide is truly needed.
D. Seniors shouldn’t be discriminated by younger generations.
15. Which of the following best describes Trish Lopez’s effort?
A. Unrealistic. B. Conservative. C. Short-lived. D. Far-reaching.
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
Many people don’t understand why anyone would travel by bicycle. It’s so exhausting. For me it’s the best way to travel. Why I love it and why the effort is paying off, you can read here.
When I sit on the bike, I am free and flexible. I can pause at any time to eat or start the stove to enjoy a coffee with breathtaking views. I’m not dependent on bus or train. ____16____ I come to places I would never have seen. My bike gives me the possibility of don’t-need-to-plan, which leaves space for adventure. Because adventures don’t come around the corner during a planned hotel-vacation.
I am the whole day in nature. The wind blows around my nose. ____17____ I see monkeys hanging directly above me in the tree, whales swimming along the coast, a bear waving at us and many more animals. Smelling the blackberries, I’m stopping to fill my stomach. In the car, bus or train I would have missed all of this and much more.
____18____ On a longer tour I’m no longer in my normal environment I’m freed from roles I have to perform and now I’m having time and inner peace to think and reflect. It changes me. I get to know my own limits, can react better to specific situations, and collect knowledge of human nature. ____19____ I know when I have to end for the day, so that I can still have power for the next day.
I could tell hundreds of stories. Because of getting to know so many people I’m experiencing a lot. The travel form itself invites many to ask questions. And the best thing about it is, that all these stories make me rich. Rich in memories, on which I think with laughter. ____20____
A. I listen to the birds singing.
B. I get the chance to look inside myself.
C. It will change the way you see the world.
D. I can decide for myself when and where to go.
E. Before my start, I was fascinated of the bike touring community.
F. Likewise, I find my own rhythm and how to assess my reserves of strength.
G Nobody can ever take them away and they have an unspeakable value for me.
【答案】16. D 17. A 18. B 19. F 20. G
第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
Can you imagine spending 7 restless nights in a noisy animal shelter to help a dog?
When Queen, a little terrier (小猎狗), was 3 years old, she’d still somehow been overlooked time and again in the shelter. One day, after hearing Queen’s ____21____, Scott Poorer, who was an animal right activist, ____22____ to help out.
Scott runs an organization called “Mission Driven” that ____23____ fundraisers to help animal shelters. Once he heard about how ____24____ Queen had become, he decided to do what he could to draw some ____25____ to the homeless pup.
The first time he met Queen, he was greeted with a few waves and hugs. He said that Queen, staring at him sweetly, was “the most ____26____ dog I probably have ever met.” Scott brought along a few ____27____ and bedding, which he shared with Queen. He ____28____ spending plenty of one-on-one time with her. He was even determined to live with her until she was adopted.
Animal shelters are not a ____29____ place to get any rest. Scott admitted that he _____30_____ slept during his seven days in the shelter. But all of Scott’s hardships were _____31_____ when a father and son finally decided to adopt Queen. As for why he didn’t simply adopt Queen himself, he explained as an animal _____32_____ he came in contact with _____33_____ animals every single day. “I can’t adopt every animal that I help because then I will have 1,000 animals in my house,” said Scott.
Indeed, we’re so grateful to people like Scott. Being willing to _____34_____ your own comfort for an animal’s happiness is the ultimate good _____35_____ in our life.
21. A. plan B. story C. dream D. event
22. A. intended B. asked C. remembered D. agreed
23. A. permits B. persuades C. forces D. promotes
24. A. pleased B. curious C. depressed D. ambitious
25. A. attention B. relief C. trust D. imagination
26. A. independent B. amusing C. capable D. lovable
27. A. savings B. belongings C. employees D. colleagues
28. A. gave up B. picked up C. ended up D. made up
29. A. comfortable B. typical C. similar D. special
30. A. regularly B. barely C. simply D. widely
31. A. allocated B. abandoned C. framed D. rewarded
32. A. host B. learner C. advocate D. scientist
33. A. strange B. famous C. hungry D. needy
34. A. sacrifice B. save C. reconsider D. risk
35. A. goal B. deed C. future D. treat
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
For the 23-year-old Zhang Liang, physical disability has never stopped him from achieving success. Zhang, from Susong county of Anhui province, ____36____ (suffer) from a rare genetic disorder since he was a child.
Though frequent injuries meant he could not walk ____37____ (independent), he remained optimistic and diligent. In 2022, Zhang rode a twister car ____38____ (take) the national college entrance exam, which touched the hearts of many people. His efforts paid off. He performed well in the exam and ____39____ (admit) to Anhui Polytechnic University.
Getting rid of the twister car ____40____ walking on his own were always Zhang’s dream. After entering the college, ____41____ the guidance of his professor, he and several classmates formed a small scientific research team to design a set of exoskeleton (外骨骼) wearable devices. With the support of warm-hearted people, they completed the design scheme using the 3D printing technology. ____42____ (assist) by the set of devices, Zhang finally managed to stand and walk.
He also participated in the recent college students’ career planning ____43____ (compete) in Anhui province and won the second prize in the higher education group. “My goal is to become ____44____ social entrepreneur in the field of human intelligent exoskeleton;” Zhang said. He hopes to use his professional knowledge and _____45_____ (practice) experience to help more disabled people with intelligent equipment.
【答案】36. has suffered
37. independently
38. to take
39. was admitted
40. and 41. under
42. Assisted
43. competition
44 a 45. practical
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节书面表达(满分15分)
46. 假定你是校学生会主席李华，最近你发现大部分学生因学业紧张而疏于运动，请你给全校学生写一封倡议信，呼吁大家勤于锻炼。内容包括：
1. 提出倡议；
2. 锻炼的意义；
3. 推荐的运动项目。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
I’m Li Hua, president of the Student Union.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
the Student Union
【答案】Dear fellow students,
I’m Li Hua, president of the Student Union. I have found that many students spend very a little time on physical exercise due to the heavy burden of schoolwork. Now, it’s time to call on students to fit exercise into our busy schedule.
It is universally recognized that exercise is of great importance to physical and mental health. Besides, taking regular exercise improves our concentration and reduces academic stress. To encourage everyone to live a more active life, I recommend jogging and skipping rope, which are cost-effective ways to strengthen endurance and maintain a healthy weight.
Come on! Let’s make exercising our life habits, and we will surely benefit from it both physically and mentally.
the Student Union
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。
When I started high school, I was fourteen years old and six foot tall. The scary thing about being so tall when you’re so young is that people automatically teat you as if you’re older. Yes, I was the size of an adult (actually, bigger than most!) , but I was still just a kid. And acting more like an adult wouldn’t win me any fiends. As a card-carrying Good Boy, I wanted to meet adults’ expectations and get their praise, but as a Regular Kid, I wanted to be like my peers and get their friendship.
I walked into school that first day in my bluejacket and trousers, the school uniform. I noticed some of my old classmates from my junior high, the ones who had turned their backs on me, and we continued our policy of actively ignoring one another. I felt the pain of their betrayal (背叛) , but I forced my face to remain expressionless. I was here to study hard at academics and to work hard at basketball under my new coach, Jack Donahue. I was here to be excellent. Nothing else mattered.
Indeed I was excellent. I made the honor roll in the first semester, pleasing my parents and teachers. Leaming came naturally to me. I loved reading, especially about history and adventure stories like The Three Musketeers. Basketball, however, I had to work at to do well in.
As a freshman, my style of play reflected my personality: politely passive. I had some skills, but I didn’t have an aggressive nature: The good player around me knew how to play rough, use their bodies with authority, and power their way to a rebound (抢篮板球) . I knew I had to toughen up, and I was committed to getting better, but it wasn’t happening fast enough.
One morning, our school team was scheduled to play a game against Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, and Coach Donahue surprised me by taking me into his office. I figured he was going to discuss his disappointment in my progress as a player, maybe even say something about it all being a big mistake.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
To my surprise, he handed me a team uniform.
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All day, I allowed myself to imagine the game.
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【答案】范文
To my surprise, he handed me a team uniform. It was a moment I had been waiting for, and yet, I couldn’t believe it was happening. As I held the uniform in my hands, I felt a sudden increase of determination and excitement. Coach Donahue then looked me in the eyes and said, “You’ve been working hard, and I believe in you. Today, you’re not just going to watch from the bench. You’re going to play.” I was speechless. It was a crucial moment that filled me with a mix of nervousness and anticipation. This was my chance to prove myself on the court, to show that I could be more than just a tall kid, but a valuable member of the team.
All day, I allowed myself to imagine the game. I was determined to channel anticipation and nervousness into focus and determination. As I stepped on to the court, I could feel the energy and excitement beating in the air. The game was intense, and I had to push myself to keep up with the pace. In the crucial moments, I found myself making plays, contributing to the team’s effort, and even scoring a few points. The feeling of excitement and pride was indescribable. It was a turning point for me, not just as a basketball player, but as a person. I learned that sometimes, we have to step out of our comfort zones and push ourselves beyond what we think is possible. From that day on, I approached both my studies and basketball with a newfound confidence and determination.
考试时间120分钟，满分150分
二部分阅读理解(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
About Ocean Info
Ocean Info, which was created in 2020, is a website that shares information and stories about the ocean, sea life, rivers, and a journey of oceanic discovery. Our mission is to educate and inspire our readers, promoting a deeper appreciation for the ocean’s invaluable role. With this, Ocean Info has donated $50 a month to Ocean Conservancy, as well as $30 a month to World Animal Protection.
Our Team
At Ocean Info, we are privileged to have a team of highly accomplished ocean experts who bring together an unparalleled depth of scientific knowledge and a committed passion for marine conservation. With qualifications spanning fields like marine biology, zoology, environment al policy, and climate science, our experts offer a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and protecting the vast oceanic ecosystems that sustain life on our planet.
How to Best Explore Ocean Info
◎Want to look for specific ocean animals, plants, lakes, or rivers? Visit our Ocean Glossary (术语汇编)：
Discover the biodiversity of ocean animals.
Learn more about marine plants.
Learn about bodies of water, such as key lakes around Earth.
◎Want to read about our ideas? Visit our Listicles.
◎Want to have a comparison between two similar ocean animals or plants? Visit our Comparisons.
◎To explore the ocean, you sometimes need to sail. See more on Sailing.
Join the Ocean Membership
We’re in the works of making an Ocean Membership, which combines the experience and expertise (专长) of Ocean Info, for something special. If you are interested, get in touch with us by email: support@oceaninfo.com.
1. What can readers mainly do at Ocean Info?
A. Dive deep into animal-related topics. B. Obtain knowledge about the ocean.
C. Join in a voyage around the world. D. Contribute to ocean-saving charities.
2. What’s the key feature of the Ocean Info’s team?
A. Making use of abundant education resources.
B. Knowing the actual situation of the environment.
C. Having extensive research experience and expertise.
D. Integrating their own subjects and cultural background.
3. Where can we learn more about major lakes at Ocean Info?
A. Sailing. B. Listicles. C. Comparisons. D. Ocean Glossary.
B
Many people around me make a difference to the world on a daily basis — being kind in unexpected ways and sharing the generosity of their lives with others. I, like many of them, volunteer some of my time in order to give back just a little of what I am so blessed to have. I volunteered to go to Guatemala with an eyeglass team from International Relief Teams — an organization I have supported in other ways for many years.
Our team went to a small town in Guatemala, San Augustin. We set up our tables and packages of pre-made glasses in the dirty courtyard of a clinic, put up the Snellen chart (an eye chart) on a wall, and began our work.
Young and old people came from many of the surrounding towns. Most had never received an eye exam before. They waited for hours patiently in the sun, never complaining. If we could help them out, their thankfulness for a simple pair of glasses was overwhelming. Some only left with eye drops or sunglasses, and even these people expressed their gratitude sincerely. All of them were very generous with blessings and smiles. We heard over and over from people who knew their eyes needed help but they had not gone to a doctor because it was too expensive, or had not got the glasses they needed for the same reason.
It’s so easy to overlook how much difference the volunteers’ small actions can make to the lives of people in Guatemala. The glasses in my country are so easily available, but to people in Guatemala, they are not.
As those who could give them a hand, we watched their lives change. What a gift sight is — and what a difference being able to see clearly makes! Here, we’d like you to join us and take action to help people in need. And every day, those actions change lives. No action is too small; no action is ever wasted.
4. According to Paragraph 1, the author is probably ________.
A. a major host of good deeds
B. a sponsor of an eyeglass team
C a generous neighbor in his community
D. a supporter of International Relief Teams
5. What do we know about the volunteers in the eyeglass team?
A. Their working environment is simple.
B. They are medical experts nationwide.
C. Their initial preparation is inadequate.
D. They have served people in Guatemala for years.
6. Which of the following words can be used to describe most people in Guatemala?
A. Kind and helpful. B. Poor but grateful.
C. Considerate and patient. D. Knowledgeable but unhealthy.
7. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To urge people to protect their eyes.
B. To ask people to volunteer in Guatemala.
C. To call on people to do good deeds in daily life.
D. To show the difficult life of people in Guatemala.
C
There’s been an enormous amount of progress in language-generating AI over the past couple of years. OpenAI’s GPT-3, for example, is a language generator that’s been trained on 570 GB of text, and is able to write convincing essays. Google, of course, is working on language generators too, and its latest one helps you write like a legendary poet.
Google’s new AI tool, Verse by Verse, allows users to compose a poem using “suggestions” from classic American poets. The AI generates these suggestions based on what it’s collected from reading the poets’ oeuvres. That is, the program uses machine-learning algorithms (算法) to identify the language patterns of a particular poet’s work, then applies those to text it generates as the suggestions.
The tool works by allowing users to select from 22 American poets for the suggestions, including legends like Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allen Poe. After a user has selected up to three poets, they then pick the type of poem they’d like to write. The program offers various poetic forms, and even allows users to select the number of syllables per line.
Users then give the program a first line, and AI generates the rest of the poem. The AI makes suggestions line by line, however, making it more interactive than other top language generator s out there. As far as results, they’re interesting, but not nearly as impressive as GPT-3’s writings.
According to Google engineer Dave Uthus, “The system was trained to have a general understanding of what lines of verse would best follow a previous line of verse. So even if you write on topics not commonly seen in classic poetry, the system will try its best to make lines that are relevant. The widely varying degrees of Verse by Verse output quality show that while good lyrical gems (宝石) may occasionally emerge, further work by the AI team remains to be done.”
8. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To introduce a new AI tool for writing poetry.
B. To compare different language-generating tools.
C. To discuss the progress of langauge-generators.
D. To analyze the latest essays of OpenAI’s GPT-3.
9. What does the underlined word “oeuvres” mean in paragraph 2?
A. Suggestions. B. Works. C. Messages. D. Patterns.
10. What can the Verse by Verse tool do?
A. Collect poems for inspiration.
B. Give the program a starting line.
C. Generate different poetic forms.
D. Compose poems as good as GPT-3.
11. What is Dave Uthus’s attitude to the capability of Verse by Verse tool?
A. Doubtful. B. Objective. C. Puzzled. D. Confident.
D
In the USA, growing senior citizens are adopting technology, but most need help using new electronic devices such as smart phones. That puts seniors at risk for social isolation (孤立), which may lead to poor health and even earlier death. It is also associated with nearly $7 billion in additional annual spending by Medicare.
That’s where a startup company named Teeniors comes in, making matching tech-savvy (精通技术的) young people with seniors its mission. Teeniors coaches them on using smartphones, computers and tablets.
Founder Trish Lopez got the idea in 2015 after realizing what troubled her aging mother. “She’ d lose a password, she’d lose a document and then she didn’t know some simple commands,” Lopez said. Patience and listening are some of the fundamental skills young people learn as Teeniors, and the program has served more than 3,000 seniors in New Mexico. The mission, Lopez said, is to empower senior citizens.
Dorcey, a retired teacher from Lesotho, Africa, when her husband died suddenly, was left alone, too ashamed to admit she didn’t know how to answer her new phone. She tried to get help at stores, but clerks didn’t understand why she was confused. “They said ‘Oh, a child’ — I hate that phrase — ‘a child could do this’,” Dorcey said.
Dorcey found a Teenior instead, who helped her download WhatsApp. Now she talks to family and friends regularly in Africa and Europe for free. Tess Reynolds, 17, is the Teenior who helped Dorcey, saying she can relate to seniors who may need more time to learn because she has a learning disability and people used to push her to finish her schoolwork more quickly. “So I know how it feels to be rushed,” Reynolds said. “I want to make sure that doesn’t happen.” The experience of working for Teeniors has also convinced Reynolds that she wants to become a senior home health assistant.
Trish Lopez never anticipated how Teeniors would affect the young people she employs. It’s not just teaching them tech skills, but also soft skills employers need such as emotional intelligence, problem-solving and communication. Their feedback has surprised her.
12. What is a problem American senior citizens face now in their life?
A. They fall behind in using technology. B. They suffer greatly from poor health.
C. They rely heavily on electronic devices. D. They pay high price for medical care.
13. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The history of the Teeniors company. B. An introduction to Lopez’s enterprise.
C. Reasons for helping the aging mother. D. Benefits of learning fundamental skills.
14. What can we learn from the example of Dorcey?
A. Seniors’ independence has been weakened.
B. Seniors should be accompanied by young people.
C. Helping seniors to bridge digital divide is truly needed.
D. Seniors shouldn’t be discriminated by younger generations.
15. Which of the following best describes Trish Lopez’s effort?
A. Unrealistic. B. Conservative. C. Short-lived. D. Far-reaching.
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
Many people don’t understand why anyone would travel by bicycle. It’s so exhausting. For me it’s the best way to travel. Why I love it and why the effort is paying off, you can read here.
When I sit on the bike, I am free and flexible. I can pause at any time to eat or start the stove to enjoy a coffee with breathtaking views. I’m not dependent on bus or train. ____16____ I come to places I would never have seen. My bike gives me the possibility of don’t-need-to-plan, which leaves space for adventure. Because adventures don’t come around the corner during a planned hotel-vacation.
I am the whole day in nature. The wind blows around my nose. ____17____ I see monkeys hanging directly above me in the tree, whales swimming along the coast, a bear waving at us and many more animals. Smelling the blackberries, I’m stopping to fill my stomach. In the car, bus or train I would have missed all of this and much more.
____18____ On a longer tour I’m no longer in my normal environment I’m freed from roles I have to perform and now I’m having time and inner peace to think and reflect. It changes me. I get to know my own limits, can react better to specific situations, and collect knowledge of human nature. ____19____ I know when I have to end for the day, so that I can still have power for the next day.
I could tell hundreds of stories. Because of getting to know so many people I’m experiencing a lot. The travel form itself invites many to ask questions. And the best thing about it is, that all these stories make me rich. Rich in memories, on which I think with laughter. ____20____
A. I listen to the birds singing.
B. I get the chance to look inside myself.
C. It will change the way you see the world.
D. I can decide for myself when and where to go.
E. Before my start, I was fascinated of the bike touring community.
F. Likewise, I find my own rhythm and how to assess my reserves of strength.
G Nobody can ever take them away and they have an unspeakable value for me.
第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
Can you imagine spending 7 restless nights in a noisy animal shelter to help a dog?
When Queen, a little terrier (小猎狗), was 3 years old, she’d still somehow been overlooked time and again in the shelter. One day, after hearing Queen’s ____21____, Scott Poorer, who was an animal right activist, ____22____ to help out.
Scott runs an organization called “Mission Driven” that ____23____ fundraisers to help animal shelters. Once he heard about how ____24____ Queen had become, he decided to do what he could to draw some ____25____ to the homeless pup.
The first time he met Queen, he was greeted with a few waves and hugs. He said that Queen, staring at him sweetly, was “the most ____26____ dog I probably have ever met.” Scott brought along a few ____27____ and bedding, which he shared with Queen. He ____28____ spending plenty of one-on-one time with her. He was even determined to live with her until she was adopted.
Animal shelters are not a ____29____ place to get any rest. Scott admitted that he _____30_____ slept during his seven days in the shelter. But all of Scott’s hardships were _____31_____ when a father and son finally decided to adopt Queen. As for why he didn’t simply adopt Queen himself, he explained as an animal _____32_____ he came in contact with _____33_____ animals every single day. “I can’t adopt every animal that I help because then I will have 1,000 animals in my house,” said Scott.
Indeed, we’re so grateful to people like Scott. Being willing to _____34_____ your own comfort for an animal’s happiness is the ultimate good _____35_____ in our life.
21. A. plan B. story C. dream D. event
22. A. intended B. asked C. remembered D. agreed
23. A. permits B. persuades C. forces D. promotes
24. A. pleased B. curious C. depressed D. ambitious
25. A. attention B. relief C. trust D. imagination
26. A. independent B. amusing C. capable D. lovable
27. A. savings B. belongings C. employees D. colleagues
28. A. gave up B. picked up C. ended up D. made up
29. A. comfortable B. typical C. similar D. special
30. A. regularly B. barely C. simply D. widely
31. A. allocated B. abandoned C. framed D. rewarded
32. A. host B. learner C. advocate D. scientist
33. A. strange B. famous C. hungry D. needy
34. A. sacrifice B. save C. reconsider D. risk
35. A. goal B. deed C. future D. treat
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
For the 23-year-old Zhang Liang, physical disability has never stopped him from achieving success. Zhang, from Susong county of Anhui province, ____36____ (suffer) from a rare genetic disorder since he was a child.
Though frequent injuries meant he could not walk ____37____ (independent), he remained optimistic and diligent. In 2022, Zhang rode a twister car ____38____ (take) the national college entrance exam, which touched the hearts of many people. His efforts paid off. He performed well in the exam and ____39____ (admit) to Anhui Polytechnic University.
Getting rid of the twister car ____40____ walking on his own were always Zhang’s dream. After entering the college, ____41____ the guidance of his professor, he and several classmates formed a small scientific research team to design a set of exoskeleton (外骨骼) wearable devices. With the support of warm-hearted people, they completed the design scheme using the 3D printing technology. ____42____ (assist) by the set of devices, Zhang finally managed to stand and walk.
He also participated in the recent college students’ career planning ____43____ (compete) in Anhui province and won the second prize in the higher education group. “My goal is to become ____44____ social entrepreneur in the field of human intelligent exoskeleton;” Zhang said. He hopes to use his professional knowledge and _____45_____ (practice) experience to help more disabled people with intelligent equipment.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节书面表达(满分15分)
46. 假定你是校学生会主席李华，最近你发现大部分学生因学业紧张而疏于运动，请你给全校学生写一封倡议信，呼吁大家勤于锻炼。内容包括：
1. 提出倡议；
2. 锻炼的意义；
3. 推荐的运动项目。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
I’m Li Hua, president of the Student Union.
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the Student Union
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。
When I started high school, I was fourteen years old and six foot tall. The scary thing about being so tall when you’re so young is that people automatically teat you as if you’re older. Yes, I was the size of an adult (actually, bigger than most!) , but I was still just a kid. And acting more like an adult wouldn’t win me any fiends. As a card-carrying Good Boy, I wanted to meet adults’ expectations and get their praise, but as a Regular Kid, I wanted to be like my peers and get their friendship.
I walked into school that first day in my bluejacket and trousers, the school uniform. I noticed some of my old classmates from my junior high, the ones who had turned their backs on me, and we continued our policy of actively ignoring one another. I felt the pain of their betrayal (背叛) , but I forced my face to remain expressionless. I was here to study hard at academics and to work hard at basketball under my new coach, Jack Donahue. I was here to be excellent. Nothing else mattered.
Indeed I was excellent. I made the honor roll in the first semester, pleasing my parents and teachers. Leaming came naturally to me. I loved reading, especially about history and adventure stories like The Three Musketeers. Basketball, however, I had to work at to do well in.
As a freshman, my style of play reflected my personality: politely passive. I had some skills, but I didn’t have an aggressive nature: The good player around me knew how to play rough, use their bodies with authority, and power their way to a rebound (抢篮板球) . I knew I had to toughen up, and I was committed to getting better, but it wasn’t happening fast enough.
One morning, our school team was scheduled to play a game against Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, and Coach Donahue surprised me by taking me into his office. I figured he was going to discuss his disappointment in my progress as a player, maybe even say something about it all being a big mistake.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
To my surprise, he handed me a team uniform.
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All day, I allowed myself to imagine the game.
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答案版
英语试题
考试时间120分钟，满分150分
第二部分阅读理解(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
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Our Team
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How to Best Explore Ocean Info
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Discover the biodiversity of ocean animals.
Learn more about marine plants.
Learn about bodies of water, such as key lakes around Earth.
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Join the Ocean Membership
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1. What can readers mainly do at Ocean Info?
A. Dive deep into animal-related topics. B. Obtain knowledge about the ocean.
C. Join in a voyage around the world. D. Contribute to ocean-saving charities.
2. What’s the key feature of the Ocean Info’s team?
A. Making use of abundant education resources.
B. Knowing the actual situation of the environment.
C. Having extensive research experience and expertise.
D. Integrating their own subjects and cultural background.
3. Where can we learn more about major lakes at Ocean Info?
A. Sailing. B. Listicles. C. Comparisons. D. Ocean Glossary.
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D
B
Many people around me make a difference to the world on a daily basis — being kind in unexpected ways and sharing the generosity of their lives with others. I, like many of them, volunteer some of my time in order to give back just a little of what I am so blessed to have. I volunteered to go to Guatemala with an eyeglass team from International Relief Teams — an organization I have supported in other ways for many years.
Our team went to a small town in Guatemala, San Augustin. We set up our tables and packages of pre-made glasses in the dirty courtyard of a clinic, put up the Snellen chart (an eye chart) on a wall, and began our work.
Young and old people came from many of the surrounding towns. Most had never received an eye exam before. They waited for hours patiently in the sun, never complaining. If we could help them out, their thankfulness for a simple pair of glasses was overwhelming. Some only left with eye drops or sunglasses, and even these people expressed their gratitude sincerely. All of them were very generous with blessings and smiles. We heard over and over from people who knew their eyes needed help but they had not gone to a doctor because it was too expensive, or had not got the glasses they needed for the same reason.
It’s so easy to overlook how much difference the volunteers’ small actions can make to the lives of people in Guatemala. The glasses in my country are so easily available, but to people in Guatemala, they are not.
As those who could give them a hand, we watched their lives change. What a gift sight is — and what a difference being able to see clearly makes! Here, we’d like you to join us and take action to help people in need. And every day, those actions change lives. No action is too small; no action is ever wasted.
4. According to Paragraph 1, the author is probably ________.
A. a major host of good deeds
B. a sponsor of an eyeglass team
C a generous neighbor in his community
D. a supporter of International Relief Teams
5. What do we know about the volunteers in the eyeglass team?
A. Their working environment is simple.
B. They are medical experts nationwide.
C. Their initial preparation is inadequate.
D. They have served people in Guatemala for years.
6. Which of the following words can be used to describe most people in Guatemala?
A. Kind and helpful. B. Poor but grateful.
C. Considerate and patient. D. Knowledgeable but unhealthy.
7. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To urge people to protect their eyes.
B. To ask people to volunteer in Guatemala.
C. To call on people to do good deeds in daily life.
D. To show the difficult life of people in Guatemala.
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C
C
There’s been an enormous amount of progress in language-generating AI over the past couple of years. OpenAI’s GPT-3, for example, is a language generator that’s been trained on 570 GB of text, and is able to write convincing essays. Google, of course, is working on language generators too, and its latest one helps you write like a legendary poet.
Google’s new AI tool, Verse by Verse, allows users to compose a poem using “suggestions” from classic American poets. The AI generates these suggestions based on what it’s collected from reading the poets’ oeuvres. That is, the program uses machine-learning algorithms (算法) to identify the language patterns of a particular poet’s work, then applies those to text it generates as the suggestions.
The tool works by allowing users to select from 22 American poets for the suggestions, including legends like Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allen Poe. After a user has selected up to three poets, they then pick the type of poem they’d like to write. The program offers various poetic forms, and even allows users to select the number of syllables per line.
Users then give the program a first line, and AI generates the rest of the poem. The AI makes suggestions line by line, however, making it more interactive than other top language generator s out there. As far as results, they’re interesting, but not nearly as impressive as GPT-3’s writings.
According to Google engineer Dave Uthus, “The system was trained to have a general understanding of what lines of verse would best follow a previous line of verse. So even if you write on topics not commonly seen in classic poetry, the system will try its best to make lines that are relevant. The widely varying degrees of Verse by Verse output quality show that while good lyrical gems (宝石) may occasionally emerge, further work by the AI team remains to be done.”
8. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To introduce a new AI tool for writing poetry.
B. To compare different language-generating tools.
C. To discuss the progress of langauge-generators.
D. To analyze the latest essays of OpenAI’s GPT-3.
9. What does the underlined word “oeuvres” mean in paragraph 2?
A. Suggestions. B. Works. C. Messages. D. Patterns.
10. What can the Verse by Verse tool do?
A. Collect poems for inspiration.
B. Give the program a starting line.
C. Generate different poetic forms.
D. Compose poems as good as GPT-3.
11. What is Dave Uthus’s attitude to the capability of Verse by Verse tool?
A. Doubtful. B. Objective. C. Puzzled. D. Confident.
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. C 11. B
D
In the USA, growing senior citizens are adopting technology, but most need help using new electronic devices such as smart phones. That puts seniors at risk for social isolation (孤立), which may lead to poor health and even earlier death. It is also associated with nearly $7 billion in additional annual spending by Medicare.
That’s where a startup company named Teeniors comes in, making matching tech-savvy (精通技术的) young people with seniors its mission. Teeniors coaches them on using smartphones, computers and tablets.
Founder Trish Lopez got the idea in 2015 after realizing what troubled her aging mother. “She’ d lose a password, she’d lose a document and then she didn’t know some simple commands,” Lopez said. Patience and listening are some of the fundamental skills young people learn as Teeniors, and the program has served more than 3,000 seniors in New Mexico. The mission, Lopez said, is to empower senior citizens.
Dorcey, a retired teacher from Lesotho, Africa, when her husband died suddenly, was left alone, too ashamed to admit she didn’t know how to answer her new phone. She tried to get help at stores, but clerks didn’t understand why she was confused. “They said ‘Oh, a child’ — I hate that phrase — ‘a child could do this’,” Dorcey said.
Dorcey found a Teenior instead, who helped her download WhatsApp. Now she talks to family and friends regularly in Africa and Europe for free. Tess Reynolds, 17, is the Teenior who helped Dorcey, saying she can relate to seniors who may need more time to learn because she has a learning disability and people used to push her to finish her schoolwork more quickly. “So I know how it feels to be rushed,” Reynolds said. “I want to make sure that doesn’t happen.” The experience of working for Teeniors has also convinced Reynolds that she wants to become a senior home health assistant.
Trish Lopez never anticipated how Teeniors would affect the young people she employs. It’s not just teaching them tech skills, but also soft skills employers need such as emotional intelligence, problem-solving and communication. Their feedback has surprised her.
12. What is a problem American senior citizens face now in their life?
A. They fall behind in using technology. B. They suffer greatly from poor health.
C. They rely heavily on electronic devices. D. They pay high price for medical care.
13. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The history of the Teeniors company. B. An introduction to Lopez’s enterprise.
C. Reasons for helping the aging mother. D. Benefits of learning fundamental skills.
14. What can we learn from the example of Dorcey?
A. Seniors’ independence has been weakened.
B. Seniors should be accompanied by young people.
C. Helping seniors to bridge digital divide is truly needed.
D. Seniors shouldn’t be discriminated by younger generations.
15. Which of the following best describes Trish Lopez’s effort?
A. Unrealistic. B. Conservative. C. Short-lived. D. Far-reaching.
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
Many people don’t understand why anyone would travel by bicycle. It’s so exhausting. For me it’s the best way to travel. Why I love it and why the effort is paying off, you can read here.
When I sit on the bike, I am free and flexible. I can pause at any time to eat or start the stove to enjoy a coffee with breathtaking views. I’m not dependent on bus or train. ____16____ I come to places I would never have seen. My bike gives me the possibility of don’t-need-to-plan, which leaves space for adventure. Because adventures don’t come around the corner during a planned hotel-vacation.
I am the whole day in nature. The wind blows around my nose. ____17____ I see monkeys hanging directly above me in the tree, whales swimming along the coast, a bear waving at us and many more animals. Smelling the blackberries, I’m stopping to fill my stomach. In the car, bus or train I would have missed all of this and much more.
____18____ On a longer tour I’m no longer in my normal environment I’m freed from roles I have to perform and now I’m having time and inner peace to think and reflect. It changes me. I get to know my own limits, can react better to specific situations, and collect knowledge of human nature. ____19____ I know when I have to end for the day, so that I can still have power for the next day.
I could tell hundreds of stories. Because of getting to know so many people I’m experiencing a lot. The travel form itself invites many to ask questions. And the best thing about it is, that all these stories make me rich. Rich in memories, on which I think with laughter. ____20____
A. I listen to the birds singing.
B. I get the chance to look inside myself.
C. It will change the way you see the world.
D. I can decide for myself when and where to go.
E. Before my start, I was fascinated of the bike touring community.
F. Likewise, I find my own rhythm and how to assess my reserves of strength.
G Nobody can ever take them away and they have an unspeakable value for me.
【答案】16. D 17. A 18. B 19. F 20. G
第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
Can you imagine spending 7 restless nights in a noisy animal shelter to help a dog?
When Queen, a little terrier (小猎狗), was 3 years old, she’d still somehow been overlooked time and again in the shelter. One day, after hearing Queen’s ____21____, Scott Poorer, who was an animal right activist, ____22____ to help out.
Scott runs an organization called “Mission Driven” that ____23____ fundraisers to help animal shelters. Once he heard about how ____24____ Queen had become, he decided to do what he could to draw some ____25____ to the homeless pup.
The first time he met Queen, he was greeted with a few waves and hugs. He said that Queen, staring at him sweetly, was “the most ____26____ dog I probably have ever met.” Scott brought along a few ____27____ and bedding, which he shared with Queen. He ____28____ spending plenty of one-on-one time with her. He was even determined to live with her until she was adopted.
Animal shelters are not a ____29____ place to get any rest. Scott admitted that he _____30_____ slept during his seven days in the shelter. But all of Scott’s hardships were _____31_____ when a father and son finally decided to adopt Queen. As for why he didn’t simply adopt Queen himself, he explained as an animal _____32_____ he came in contact with _____33_____ animals every single day. “I can’t adopt every animal that I help because then I will have 1,000 animals in my house,” said Scott.
Indeed, we’re so grateful to people like Scott. Being willing to _____34_____ your own comfort for an animal’s happiness is the ultimate good _____35_____ in our life.
21. A. plan B. story C. dream D. event
22. A. intended B. asked C. remembered D. agreed
23. A. permits B. persuades C. forces D. promotes
24. A. pleased B. curious C. depressed D. ambitious
25. A. attention B. relief C. trust D. imagination
26. A. independent B. amusing C. capable D. lovable
27. A. savings B. belongings C. employees D. colleagues
28. A. gave up B. picked up C. ended up D. made up
29. A. comfortable B. typical C. similar D. special
30. A. regularly B. barely C. simply D. widely
31. A. allocated B. abandoned C. framed D. rewarded
32. A. host B. learner C. advocate D. scientist
33. A. strange B. famous C. hungry D. needy
34. A. sacrifice B. save C. reconsider D. risk
35. A. goal B. deed C. future D. treat
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
For the 23-year-old Zhang Liang, physical disability has never stopped him from achieving success. Zhang, from Susong county of Anhui province, ____36____ (suffer) from a rare genetic disorder since he was a child.
Though frequent injuries meant he could not walk ____37____ (independent), he remained optimistic and diligent. In 2022, Zhang rode a twister car ____38____ (take) the national college entrance exam, which touched the hearts of many people. His efforts paid off. He performed well in the exam and ____39____ (admit) to Anhui Polytechnic University.
Getting rid of the twister car ____40____ walking on his own were always Zhang’s dream. After entering the college, ____41____ the guidance of his professor, he and several classmates formed a small scientific research team to design a set of exoskeleton (外骨骼) wearable devices. With the support of warm-hearted people, they completed the design scheme using the 3D printing technology. ____42____ (assist) by the set of devices, Zhang finally managed to stand and walk.
He also participated in the recent college students’ career planning ____43____ (compete) in Anhui province and won the second prize in the higher education group. “My goal is to become ____44____ social entrepreneur in the field of human intelligent exoskeleton;” Zhang said. He hopes to use his professional knowledge and _____45_____ (practice) experience to help more disabled people with intelligent equipment.
【答案】36. has suffered
37. independently
38. to take
39. was admitted
40. and 41. under
42. Assisted
43. competition
44 a 45. practical
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节书面表达(满分15分)
46. 假定你是校学生会主席李华，最近你发现大部分学生因学业紧张而疏于运动，请你给全校学生写一封倡议信，呼吁大家勤于锻炼。内容包括：
1. 提出倡议；
2. 锻炼的意义；
3. 推荐的运动项目。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
I’m Li Hua, president of the Student Union.
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the Student Union
【答案】Dear fellow students,
I’m Li Hua, president of the Student Union. I have found that many students spend very a little time on physical exercise due to the heavy burden of schoolwork. Now, it’s time to call on students to fit exercise into our busy schedule.
It is universally recognized that exercise is of great importance to physical and mental health. Besides, taking regular exercise improves our concentration and reduces academic stress. To encourage everyone to live a more active life, I recommend jogging and skipping rope, which are cost-effective ways to strengthen endurance and maintain a healthy weight.
Come on! Let’s make exercising our life habits, and we will surely benefit from it both physically and mentally.
the Student Union
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。
When I started high school, I was fourteen years old and six foot tall. The scary thing about being so tall when you’re so young is that people automatically teat you as if you’re older. Yes, I was the size of an adult (actually, bigger than most!) , but I was still just a kid. And acting more like an adult wouldn’t win me any fiends. As a card-carrying Good Boy, I wanted to meet adults’ expectations and get their praise, but as a Regular Kid, I wanted to be like my peers and get their friendship.
I walked into school that first day in my bluejacket and trousers, the school uniform. I noticed some of my old classmates from my junior high, the ones who had turned their backs on me, and we continued our policy of actively ignoring one another. I felt the pain of their betrayal (背叛) , but I forced my face to remain expressionless. I was here to study hard at academics and to work hard at basketball under my new coach, Jack Donahue. I was here to be excellent. Nothing else mattered.
Indeed I was excellent. I made the honor roll in the first semester, pleasing my parents and teachers. Leaming came naturally to me. I loved reading, especially about history and adventure stories like The Three Musketeers. Basketball, however, I had to work at to do well in.
As a freshman, my style of play reflected my personality: politely passive. I had some skills, but I didn’t have an aggressive nature: The good player around me knew how to play rough, use their bodies with authority, and power their way to a rebound (抢篮板球) . I knew I had to toughen up, and I was committed to getting better, but it wasn’t happening fast enough.
One morning, our school team was scheduled to play a game against Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, and Coach Donahue surprised me by taking me into his office. I figured he was going to discuss his disappointment in my progress as a player, maybe even say something about it all being a big mistake.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
To my surprise, he handed me a team uniform.
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All day, I allowed myself to imagine the game.
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【答案】范文
To my surprise, he handed me a team uniform. It was a moment I had been waiting for, and yet, I couldn’t believe it was happening. As I held the uniform in my hands, I felt a sudden increase of determination and excitement. Coach Donahue then looked me in the eyes and said, “You’ve been working hard, and I believe in you. Today, you’re not just going to watch from the bench. You’re going to play.” I was speechless. It was a crucial moment that filled me with a mix of nervousness and anticipation. This was my chance to prove myself on the court, to show that I could be more than just a tall kid, but a valuable member of the team.
All day, I allowed myself to imagine the game. I was determined to channel anticipation and nervousness into focus and determination. As I stepped on to the court, I could feel the energy and excitement beating in the air. The game was intense, and I had to push myself to keep up with the pace. In the crucial moments, I found myself making plays, contributing to the team’s effort, and even scoring a few points. The feeling of excitement and pride was indescribable. It was a turning point for me, not just as a basketball player, but as a person. I learned that sometimes, we have to step out of our comfort zones and push ourselves beyond what we think is possible. From that day on, I approached both my studies and basketball with a newfound confidence and determination.
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