河南省郑州市“八校联盟”2025-2026学年高二上学期11月期中学业水平测试英语试卷（含答案）

2025～2026学年上学期期中学业水平测试高二英语试卷
考生注意：
1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4.本卷命题范围：人教版选择性必修第一册～选择性必修第二册 Unit1。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the man probably doing
A. Shopping. B. Cooking. C. Teaching.
2. Where did the man see Alice just now
A. In the Lost and Found office.
B. In the library.
C. In her office.
3. How will the speakers go to the restaurant
A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By taxi.
4. When will the man take the math test
A. On Monday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.
5. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Coworkers. B. Classmates. C. Interviewer and interviewee.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the woman confused about
A. The water bill. B. The house price. C. The phone bill.
7. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Decorate the bathroom.
B. Use professional tools.
C. Have the water system checked.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is the woman
A. A nurse. B. A student. C. A doctor.
9. What do we know about the woman
A. She has an interest in medicine.
B. She has graduated from college.
C. She likes working with old people.
10. Where does the man’s aunt work now
A In a hospital. B. In a college. C. In a cinema.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What does the man like best about working holidays
A. Enjoying tasty foods. B. Meeting young people. C. Visiting amazing places.
12. What does the man think of his summer camps in America
A. Boring. B. Tiring. C. Wonderful.
13. What does the man teach at winter camps
A. Tennis. B. Horse-riding. C. Skiing.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man advise doing first
A. Going to a town. B. Confirming the topics. C. Talking to their teacher.
15. What will the speakers do in the library
A. Look for Ms. Jane.
B. Learn about the local history.
C. Write a report on clothing.
16. Why will the speakers write a letter to interviewees
A. To share their ideas. B. To express their thanks. C. To put off the interview.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where did the speaker eat lunch
A. In a school. B. In a restaurant. C. In a park.
18. What did the speaker do at 3 o’ clock
A. He went to a gym. B. He visited a castle. C. He played football.
19. How many hours did the speaker spend in the town
A. 5.5. B. 7.5. C. 8.5.
20. What does the speaker mainly talk about
A. A business trip. B. A sports meeting. C. A travel experience.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Here are four parks in America that offer ideal visiting conditions in the fall.
Natchez Trace Parkway (Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee)
Covering 444 miles between the Mississippi River and Nashville, Natchez Trace Parkway has some of the prettiest scenery in the entire South. The fall season also brings special events along the parkway like the Natchez Balloon Festival (October 18-19) and Dancing With The King (October 18-20) in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Capitol Reef National Park (Utah)
Fall is a harvest season at Capitol Reef National Park —a picture-perfect setting for picnicking with peaches, pears and apples. For a small fee, visitors can self-pick the peaches, pears and apples with ladders and fruit-picking poles provided by the Park Service. Afterward, they can enjoy the fruits of their labor at the nearby picnic area and campground.
White Sands National Park (New Mexico)
Cooler temperatures are just one of the reasons to visit White Sands in the fall. Another reason to visit in the fall is impressive full moons that brighten the unearthly landscapes of this New Mexico desert park. White Sands celebrates the autumn supermoons with ranger-led Full Moon Hikes (September 18 and October 16) and Full Moon Nights that feature/ live outdoor music, specifically a jazz band on September 17 as well as Native American musician and storyteller Randy Granger on October 17.
Joshua Tree National Park (California)
It’s hard to avoid crowds at Joshua Tree National Park, but you might have a chance if you visit during a weekday in October or November. By October, the average daytime temperature has dropped, perfect for hiking, biking, horseback riding the 36.5-mile California Riding & Hiking Trail that runs east-west across the park.
1. When does the Natchez Balloon Festival start
A. On October 16. B. On October 17.
C. On October 18. D. On October 19.
2. What can visitors do at Capitol Reef National Park
A. Pick fruits. B. Enjoy band performances.
C. Meet Randy Granger. D. Attend Dancing With The King.
3. Which park offers activities related to full moons
A. Natchez Trace Parkway. B. White Sands National Park.
C. Capitol Reef National Park. D. Joshua Tree National Park.
B
Ckunsa, the language of the Lickanantay people who have lived in the Atacama Desert for more than 11,000 years, was declared “extinct” in the 1950s. An extinct language is a language that no longer exists due to there being no speakers or users, in linguistics or otherwise. It’s a language no one bothers to study at all. “I don’t accept that my native language is extinct,” says 50-year-old Tomás Vilca, an aboriginal person living in the depths of the desert. “We are bringing it back. We are going to revive our language.”
About 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, of which around 1,500 are in danger of disappearing altogether by the end of this century. Ckunsa is not the only one to disappear. The Selk’ nam, a native people who lived in the furthest southern reaches of Chile, spoke a language called Ona, which has also been declared extinct. Recently, in 2021, Cristina Calderón, the last speaker of the Yagán language at the southernmost tip of South America, died. With her death, the Yagán language became extinct.
“At the educational level, we are working constantly to revive Ckunsa through the school subject,” said Margarita Makuc, head of the Chilean Education Ministry’s general education division. In 2018 and 2019, the ministry spoke to representatives from the country’s 10 native communities to build a curriculum (课程表) for the subject, which was approved and carried out in July 2020. In October 2021, the first great meeting of the Ckunsa language was held in an attempt to plot a way forward for the recovery of the language. And in May this year, a foundation handed out 1,400 mini Ckunsa dictionaries to primary school students in San Pedro de Atacama.
Ilia Reyes Aymani, a local 50-year-old teacher, has written short songs in Ckunsa to teach colors and numbers to the local children. “We’re trying to leave something behind for our children, much as our grandparents and ancestors did for us,” says Reyes Aymani. “The more we spread the words and teach people, the faster Ckunsa grows as a language. It’s great to see how people are taking it up, and showing us that our heritage matters.”
4. What does the underlined word “aboriginal” in paragraph 1 probably mean
A. Creative. B. Inexperienced. C. Local. D. Unlucky.
5. How is paragraph 2 developed
A. By reasoning. B. By analyzing results.
C. By experimenting. D. By giving examples.
6. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Students’ performance in Chile. B. Efforts to revive Ckunsa.
C. Steps in learning a foreign language. D. Problems with carrying out the project.
7. What does Reyes Aymani think of his present work
A. It is beneficial to future generations. B. It earns him a large sum of money.
C. It makes him feel anxious and stressed. D. It gets him to know more famous people.
C
India has been one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of wheat and rice. “We used to know when it would rain and for how long, and we planted our seeds (种子) accordingly,” said P. Ravinder Reddy, a former Indian soldier who turned to farming on his family’s land 16 years ago. “Now, many times the seeds don’t grow either because there’s too much rain or it’s completely dry.”
Some are taking to what is called natural farming — techniques like planting crops alongside trees and other plants that can protect crops from wind and some extreme weather— to deal with climate change. But that can mean reduced yields (产量), so India’s government is promoting the use of new varieties of rice seeds that don’ t decrease yields.
According to a United Nations report released earlier this year, more than 700 million people went hungry last year and over a third of the global population is unable to afford a healthy diet. Apart from India, other programs including a United States government program and privately funded projects are helping develop new seeds that can adapt to climate change in Africa, Central America and other Asian countries.
“We really need these seeds to deal with these multiple issues created by global warming,” said Ashok Kumar Singh, former director of New Delhi-based Indian Agriculture Research Institute and a scientist who specializes in plant genetics and breeding. Singh has overseen the creation of multiple successful rice varieties to resist various plant diseases. And his organization, with funding from the government, has released more than 2,000 seed varieties in the last decade.
“Ensuring that farmers know about such seeds, can afford them and are trained to use them properly is as important as creating the seeds,” said Aditi Mukherji, director for climate change adaptation and mitigation at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and an author of several United Nations climate reports.
8. What can we learn from P. Ravinder Reddy’s words
A. He has been a soldier for sixteen years. B. He has an approach to helping seeds grow.
C. The climate in India has become extreme. D. It is easy to predict when it will rain in India.
9 What is a consequence of applying natural farming
A. Yield decrease. B. Energy shortage.
C. Land loss. D. Environmental harm.
10. What does the author want to show by mentioning 700 million people
A. The rising population around the world. B. The right way of keeping a healthy diet.
C. The importance of a United Nations report. D. The necessity for developing tougher seeds.
11. What is Aditi Mukherji’s suggestion for the governments
A. Training their farmers. B. Creating more jobs.
C. Raising the price of seeds. D. Ensuring personal security.
D
A mysterious phenomenon first observed in 2013 in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean appeared so unbelievable. Sensor readings seemed to show that oxygen was being made on the seabed 4,000 meters below the surface.
“I told my students to put the sensors back in the box. We shipped them back to the producer and got them tested because I thought they had given us nonsense,” said Andrew Sweetman, a professor at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. “And every single time the producer came back: They’re working accurately.”
Photosynthetic organisms (光合生物) such as plants and algae use sunlight to produce oxygen that cycles into the ocean depths, but previous studies conducted in the deep sea have shown that oxygen is only consumed, not produced, by the organisms that live there. Now, the team’s research was challenging this long-held assumption, finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis.
Sweetman first made the unexpected observation that “dark oxygen” was being produced on the seafloor while assessing marine biodiversity in an area that’s used for mining potato-sized polymetallic nodules (多金属结核). Metals contained in the nodules are in high demand for use in solar panels, electric car batteries and other green technology.
The team took some of the samples of polymetallic nodules back to study in the lab to try to understand exactly how oxygen was being produced. Working with scientists at Northwestern University, Dr. Sweetman discovered that the nodules produce a small amount of electricity. When the nodules are close together, they create enough electricity to produce the oxygen.
The discovery raises more concerns about deep-sea mining. Craig Smith from the University of Hawaii said he favored a pause on mining the nodules. Early attempts at mining efforts in the zone in the 1980s provided a warning. “In 2016 and 2017, marine biologists visited sites that were mined in the 1980s and found not even bacteria had recovered in mined areas,” said Smith. “In unmined regions, however, there are many species of sea life.”
12. Why did Sweetman send the sensors back to the producer
A. He broke them by accident. B. He didn’t need them anymore.
C. He wanted to replace them with the latest ones. D. He thought they were out of order.
13. According to the text, the team succeeded in ________.
A. inventing electric car batteries B. producing oxygen in the deep ocean
C. proving the long-held assumption wrong D. creating polymetallic nodules in the lab
14. What is Craig Smith’s attitude to deep-sea mining
A. Favorable. B. Opposed. C. Unconcerned. D. Unclear.
15. What is the best title for the text
A. New Research on the Indian Ocean. B. Dark Oxygen Was Found on the Seafloor.
C. It Is Important for Us to Protect Sea life. D. A Mysterious Study on Green Technology.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
Anyone with a story to tell can write a book, either for their own enjoyment or to publish for all to see. The following are some tips to help you.
Understand why you’re writing a book. Before you start writing or even thinking about your book, be honest with yourself about your reasons for writing it. ___16___ Or do you simply have a great story that you want to share with the world
___17___ There’s no one ideal workspace for every writer. Some prefer a quiet room, while others work best in a coffee shop. Also, make sure that the place you choose works with your preferred writing medium. If you want to write on a desktop, make sure to have a suitable desk nearby. ___18___. That’s because it’s easy to lose focus if your back aches.
Establish daily and weekly writing goals. Instead of hoping to produce ten pages at a time, try setting a goal to write one page each day. Set your writing goal based on your writing speed and any specific deadlines. ___19___
Get feedback often. You might have a group of fellow writers, friends or family members with whom you can share your works in progress. It is likely that you’ll go through many rounds of feedback and revisions before your book is published. ___20___ — it’s all part of the process of writing the best book you can!
A. Don’t get discouraged
B. Choose a workspace that works for you
C. Is it necessary to further your education
D. And try not to change it after you’ve set it
E. Break your big idea into manageable pieces
F. Do you dream of seeing your name on a book cover
G. At the same time, remember to pick a supportive chair
三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Raku Inoue is a talented artist. He specializes in ____21____ arranging flowers, leaves and other plant parts to ____22____ pop culture characters, animals, and pretty much anything else you can think of.
Inoue’s journey into painstaking floral art ____23____ one windy day in 2017. He was in his Montreal home watching the strong wind ____24____ dozens of pink flowers from a rose bush (花丛) in his backyard. Seeing these beautiful flowers on the ____25____, he thought to himself “What a ____26____!” and went to pick them up.
Looking at these ____27____, the artist came up with the idea to ____28____ them to create art. He arranged them in the ____29____ of a beetle (甲虫) with small tree branches for legs, and his little project turned out so good that he ____30____ it.
After that very first floral artwork, the ____31____ artist started adding seeds, leaves, and other plant parts to his ____32____. And he got better at arranging them with each ____33____ day. Soon, he was ____34____ to recreate all sorts of insects. Then he moved on to realistic-looking ____35____ like tigers and monkeys, and iconic characters like Nintendo’s Super Mario and Peach.
21. A. helplessly B. carefully C. secretly D. kindly
22. A. replace B. rescue C. reconsider D. recreate
23. A. began B. changed C. ended D. disappeared
24. A. improve B. test C. shake D. form
25. A. market B. beach C. water D. ground
26. A. waste B. surprise C. chance D. difference
27. A. trees B. flowers C. projects D. characters
28. A. paint B. sell C. use D. help
29. A. case B. history C. middle D. shape
30. A. kept at B. waited for C. complained about D. referred to
31. A. qualified B. gifted C. open-minded D. strong-willed
32. A. gardens B. stories C. designs D. foods
33. A. puzzling B. drinking C. frightening D. passing
34. A. nervous B. able C. expected D. guided
35. A. insects B. plants C. animals D. houses
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。
As China enters autumn with the ____36____ (arrive) of the solar term liqiu, which means temperatures across most of ____37____ country have started to cool gradually, people are addicted to various foods to celebrate the seasonal change, hoping for health and a better life.
During liqiu, people in northern China traditionally join in a practice ____38____ (know) as tieqiubiao, a custom of eating more food, especially meat, to make up ____39____ the loss of weight during the hot summer.
Businesses, especially restaurants and stores selling meat ____40____ is traditionally eaten during liqiu, have prepared to meet the demand, with sales of meat ____41____ (dish) in many restaurants in Beijing increasing ____42____ (great), creating a bustling (熙熙攘攘的) market scene.
There is a store of time-honored food brand Daoxiangcun in Beijing’s Changping district. On Wednesday morning, customers poured into the store ____43____ (buy) ready-to-eat foods such as cooked pork, fried fish and sausages.
Store manager Liu Jianjun ____44____ (express) his satisfaction with recent sales and said, “In recent days, customers have been waiting outside the store even before ____45____ (open) hours, with the staff working tirelessly from morning till afternoon.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是校英语社社长李华，你社计划举办以“My Favorite Chinese Festival”为主题的短视频展播活动。请你给在你校工作的外教Mr. Smith写一封邮件，邀请他参与录制一段短视频。内容包括：
1.说明邀请目的；
2.介绍视频主题与要求（如时长、语言等）。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Mr. Smith,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best regards,
Li Hua
第二节（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。
In 2005 New York, we sat on a bench in the outdoor holding area with other studio audience members, waiting to enter The Guy Talk program — this was an early morning show featuring male subjects, corresponding to the female-focused show The Coffee Chat. Its hosts included my favorite, Jake Miller. Show interns (实习生) handed out boards with questionnaires, all tied to the day’s topic: dating disasters. I sat between my niece Emma and best friend Sophia, coaching them on how to answer.
“They want people who’ll make good TV,” I explained. “Think of your funniest dating disaster.”
My own “disaster” involved a guy who’d pulled up outside my house, honking (发出响声) instead of coming to the door to walk with me. “He completely ruined the moment,” I wrote. “My mom was supposed to open the door, invite him in, and say I’d be right down — he’d taken away the big welcoming ceremony that was supposed to be held.”
I saw the intern smile as she collected my board and looked through my words. All I knew was I’d soon see Jake Miller in person, maybe even talk to him on camera. I turned up my enthusiasm, like I was at an audition (试镜).
Other women were interviewed, too, hoping Jake would talk to them, but I was sure it’d happen for me. I imagined it: Jake approaching with a microphone, and I talked about the rude date, laughing along with the audience. Perhaps my story might be included in the highlights collection of the program.
When we filed into the studio, I sweated even though it was freezing — I realized I had stage fright. As we took our seats, I caught the eye of the intern who’d smiled earlier; she smiled again. I turned to Sophia and said “They’re going to interview us on the show.”
“How do you know that ” Sophia asked.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“I just know,” I whispered, looking at the intern who’d smiled twice before.
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After the show ended, the intern walked straight to me with my board.
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答案版
2025～2026学年上学期期中学业水平测试高二英语试卷
考生注意：
1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4.本卷命题范围：人教版选择性必修第一册～选择性必修第二册 Unit1。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the man probably doing
A. Shopping. B. Cooking. C. Teaching.
2. Where did the man see Alice just now
A. In the Lost and Found office.
B. In the library.
C. In her office.
3. How will the speakers go to the restaurant
A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By taxi.
4. When will the man take the math test
A. On Monday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.
5. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Coworkers. B. Classmates. C. Interviewer and interviewee.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the woman confused about
A. The water bill. B. The house price. C. The phone bill.
7. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Decorate the bathroom.
B. Use professional tools.
C. Have the water system checked.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is the woman
A. A nurse. B. A student. C. A doctor.
9. What do we know about the woman
A. She has an interest in medicine.
B. She has graduated from college.
C. She likes working with old people.
10. Where does the man’s aunt work now
A In a hospital. B. In a college. C. In a cinema.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What does the man like best about working holidays
A. Enjoying tasty foods. B. Meeting young people. C. Visiting amazing places.
12. What does the man think of his summer camps in America
A. Boring. B. Tiring. C. Wonderful.
13. What does the man teach at winter camps
A. Tennis. B. Horse-riding. C. Skiing.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man advise doing first
A. Going to a town. B. Confirming the topics. C. Talking to their teacher.
15. What will the speakers do in the library
A. Look for Ms. Jane.
B. Learn about the local history.
C. Write a report on clothing.
16. Why will the speakers write a letter to interviewees
A. To share their ideas. B. To express their thanks. C. To put off the interview.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where did the speaker eat lunch
A. In a school. B. In a restaurant. C. In a park.
18. What did the speaker do at 3 o’ clock
A. He went to a gym. B. He visited a castle. C. He played football.
19. How many hours did the speaker spend in the town
A. 5.5. B. 7.5. C. 8.5.
20. What does the speaker mainly talk about
A. A business trip. B. A sports meeting. C. A travel experience.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Here are four parks in America that offer ideal visiting conditions in the fall.
Natchez Trace Parkway (Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee)
Covering 444 miles between the Mississippi River and Nashville, Natchez Trace Parkway has some of the prettiest scenery in the entire South. The fall season also brings special events along the parkway like the Natchez Balloon Festival (October 18-19) and Dancing With The King (October 18-20) in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Capitol Reef National Park (Utah)
Fall is a harvest season at Capitol Reef National Park —a picture-perfect setting for picnicking with peaches, pears and apples. For a small fee, visitors can self-pick the peaches, pears and apples with ladders and fruit-picking poles provided by the Park Service. Afterward, they can enjoy the fruits of their labor at the nearby picnic area and campground.
White Sands National Park (New Mexico)
Cooler temperatures are just one of the reasons to visit White Sands in the fall. Another reason to visit in the fall is impressive full moons that brighten the unearthly landscapes of this New Mexico desert park. White Sands celebrates the autumn supermoons with ranger-led Full Moon Hikes (September 18 and October 16) and Full Moon Nights that feature/ live outdoor music, specifically a jazz band on September 17 as well as Native American musician and storyteller Randy Granger on October 17.
Joshua Tree National Park (California)
It’s hard to avoid crowds at Joshua Tree National Park, but you might have a chance if you visit during a weekday in October or November. By October, the average daytime temperature has dropped, perfect for hiking, biking, horseback riding the 36.5-mile California Riding & Hiking Trail that runs east-west across the park.
1. When does the Natchez Balloon Festival start
A. On October 16. B. On October 17.
C. On October 18. D. On October 19.
2. What can visitors do at Capitol Reef National Park
A. Pick fruits. B. Enjoy band performances.
C. Meet Randy Granger. D. Attend Dancing With The King.
3. Which park offers activities related to full moons
A. Natchez Trace Parkway. B. White Sands National Park.
C. Capitol Reef National Park. D. Joshua Tree National Park.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. B
B
Ckunsa, the language of the Lickanantay people who have lived in the Atacama Desert for more than 11,000 years, was declared “extinct” in the 1950s. An extinct language is a language that no longer exists due to there being no speakers or users, in linguistics or otherwise. It’s a language no one bothers to study at all. “I don’t accept that my native language is extinct,” says 50-year-old Tomás Vilca, an aboriginal person living in the depths of the desert. “We are bringing it back. We are going to revive our language.”
About 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, of which around 1,500 are in danger of disappearing altogether by the end of this century. Ckunsa is not the only one to disappear. The Selk’ nam, a native people who lived in the furthest southern reaches of Chile, spoke a language called Ona, which has also been declared extinct. Recently, in 2021, Cristina Calderón, the last speaker of the Yagán language at the southernmost tip of South America, died. With her death, the Yagán language became extinct.
“At the educational level, we are working constantly to revive Ckunsa through the school subject,” said Margarita Makuc, head of the Chilean Education Ministry’s general education division. In 2018 and 2019, the ministry spoke to representatives from the country’s 10 native communities to build a curriculum (课程表) for the subject, which was approved and carried out in July 2020. In October 2021, the first great meeting of the Ckunsa language was held in an attempt to plot a way forward for the recovery of the language. And in May this year, a foundation handed out 1,400 mini Ckunsa dictionaries to primary school students in San Pedro de Atacama.
Ilia Reyes Aymani, a local 50-year-old teacher, has written short songs in Ckunsa to teach colors and numbers to the local children. “We’re trying to leave something behind for our children, much as our grandparents and ancestors did for us,” says Reyes Aymani. “The more we spread the words and teach people, the faster Ckunsa grows as a language. It’s great to see how people are taking it up, and showing us that our heritage matters.”
4. What does the underlined word “aboriginal” in paragraph 1 probably mean
A. Creative. B. Inexperienced. C. Local. D. Unlucky.
5. How is paragraph 2 developed
A. By reasoning. B. By analyzing results.
C. By experimenting. D. By giving examples.
6. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Students’ performance in Chile. B. Efforts to revive Ckunsa.
C. Steps in learning a foreign language. D. Problems with carrying out the project.
7. What does Reyes Aymani think of his present work
A. It is beneficial to future generations. B. It earns him a large sum of money.
C. It makes him feel anxious and stressed. D. It gets him to know more famous people.
【答案】4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A
C
India has been one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of wheat and rice. “We used to know when it would rain and for how long, and we planted our seeds (种子) accordingly,” said P. Ravinder Reddy, a former Indian soldier who turned to farming on his family’s land 16 years ago. “Now, many times the seeds don’t grow either because there’s too much rain or it’s completely dry.”
Some are taking to what is called natural farming — techniques like planting crops alongside trees and other plants that can protect crops from wind and some extreme weather— to deal with climate change. But that can mean reduced yields (产量), so India’s government is promoting the use of new varieties of rice seeds that don’ t decrease yields.
According to a United Nations report released earlier this year, more than 700 million people went hungry last year and over a third of the global population is unable to afford a healthy diet. Apart from India, other programs including a United States government program and privately funded projects are helping develop new seeds that can adapt to climate change in Africa, Central America and other Asian countries.
“We really need these seeds to deal with these multiple issues created by global warming,” said Ashok Kumar Singh, former director of New Delhi-based Indian Agriculture Research Institute and a scientist who specializes in plant genetics and breeding. Singh has overseen the creation of multiple successful rice varieties to resist various plant diseases. And his organization, with funding from the government, has released more than 2,000 seed varieties in the last decade.
“Ensuring that farmers know about such seeds, can afford them and are trained to use them properly is as important as creating the seeds,” said Aditi Mukherji, director for climate change adaptation and mitigation at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and an author of several United Nations climate reports.
8. What can we learn from P. Ravinder Reddy’s words
A. He has been a soldier for sixteen years. B. He has an approach to helping seeds grow.
C. The climate in India has become extreme. D. It is easy to predict when it will rain in India.
9 What is a consequence of applying natural farming
A. Yield decrease. B. Energy shortage.
C. Land loss. D. Environmental harm.
10. What does the author want to show by mentioning 700 million people
A. The rising population around the world. B. The right way of keeping a healthy diet.
C. The importance of a United Nations report. D. The necessity for developing tougher seeds.
11. What is Aditi Mukherji’s suggestion for the governments
A. Training their farmers. B. Creating more jobs.
C. Raising the price of seeds. D. Ensuring personal security.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. D 11. A
D
A mysterious phenomenon first observed in 2013 in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean appeared so unbelievable. Sensor readings seemed to show that oxygen was being made on the seabed 4,000 meters below the surface.
“I told my students to put the sensors back in the box. We shipped them back to the producer and got them tested because I thought they had given us nonsense,” said Andrew Sweetman, a professor at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. “And every single time the producer came back: They’re working accurately.”
Photosynthetic organisms (光合生物) such as plants and algae use sunlight to produce oxygen that cycles into the ocean depths, but previous studies conducted in the deep sea have shown that oxygen is only consumed, not produced, by the organisms that live there. Now, the team’s research was challenging this long-held assumption, finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis.
Sweetman first made the unexpected observation that “dark oxygen” was being produced on the seafloor while assessing marine biodiversity in an area that’s used for mining potato-sized polymetallic nodules (多金属结核). Metals contained in the nodules are in high demand for use in solar panels, electric car batteries and other green technology.
The team took some of the samples of polymetallic nodules back to study in the lab to try to understand exactly how oxygen was being produced. Working with scientists at Northwestern University, Dr. Sweetman discovered that the nodules produce a small amount of electricity. When the nodules are close together, they create enough electricity to produce the oxygen.
The discovery raises more concerns about deep-sea mining. Craig Smith from the University of Hawaii said he favored a pause on mining the nodules. Early attempts at mining efforts in the zone in the 1980s provided a warning. “In 2016 and 2017, marine biologists visited sites that were mined in the 1980s and found not even bacteria had recovered in mined areas,” said Smith. “In unmined regions, however, there are many species of sea life.”
12. Why did Sweetman send the sensors back to the producer
A. He broke them by accident. B. He didn’t need them anymore.
C. He wanted to replace them with the latest ones. D. He thought they were out of order.
13. According to the text, the team succeeded in ________.
A. inventing electric car batteries B. producing oxygen in the deep ocean
C. proving the long-held assumption wrong D. creating polymetallic nodules in the lab
14. What is Craig Smith’s attitude to deep-sea mining
A. Favorable. B. Opposed. C. Unconcerned. D. Unclear.
15. What is the best title for the text
A. New Research on the Indian Ocean. B. Dark Oxygen Was Found on the Seafloor.
C. It Is Important for Us to Protect Sea life. D. A Mysterious Study on Green Technology.
【答案】12. D 13. C 14. B 15. B
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
Anyone with a story to tell can write a book, either for their own enjoyment or to publish for all to see. The following are some tips to help you.
Understand why you’re writing a book. Before you start writing or even thinking about your book, be honest with yourself about your reasons for writing it. ___16___ Or do you simply have a great story that you want to share with the world
___17___ There’s no one ideal workspace for every writer. Some prefer a quiet room, while others work best in a coffee shop. Also, make sure that the place you choose works with your preferred writing medium. If you want to write on a desktop, make sure to have a suitable desk nearby. ___18___. That’s because it’s easy to lose focus if your back aches.
Establish daily and weekly writing goals. Instead of hoping to produce ten pages at a time, try setting a goal to write one page each day. Set your writing goal based on your writing speed and any specific deadlines. ___19___
Get feedback often. You might have a group of fellow writers, friends or family members with whom you can share your works in progress. It is likely that you’ll go through many rounds of feedback and revisions before your book is published. ___20___ — it’s all part of the process of writing the best book you can!
A. Don’t get discouraged
B. Choose a workspace that works for you
C. Is it necessary to further your education
D. And try not to change it after you’ve set it
E. Break your big idea into manageable pieces
F. Do you dream of seeing your name on a book cover
G. At the same time, remember to pick a supportive chair
【答案】16. F 17. B 18. G 19. D 20. A
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Raku Inoue is a talented artist. He specializes in ____21____ arranging flowers, leaves and other plant parts to ____22____ pop culture characters, animals, and pretty much anything else you can think of.
Inoue’s journey into painstaking floral art ____23____ one windy day in 2017. He was in his Montreal home watching the strong wind ____24____ dozens of pink flowers from a rose bush (花丛) in his backyard. Seeing these beautiful flowers on the ____25____, he thought to himself “What a ____26____!” and went to pick them up.
Looking at these ____27____, the artist came up with the idea to ____28____ them to create art. He arranged them in the ____29____ of a beetle (甲虫) with small tree branches for legs, and his little project turned out so good that he ____30____ it.
After that very first floral artwork, the ____31____ artist started adding seeds, leaves, and other plant parts to his ____32____. And he got better at arranging them with each ____33____ day. Soon, he was ____34____ to recreate all sorts of insects. Then he moved on to realistic-looking ____35____ like tigers and monkeys, and iconic characters like Nintendo’s Super Mario and Peach.
21. A. helplessly B. carefully C. secretly D. kindly
22. A. replace B. rescue C. reconsider D. recreate
23. A. began B. changed C. ended D. disappeared
24. A. improve B. test C. shake D. form
25. A. market B. beach C. water D. ground
26. A. waste B. surprise C. chance D. difference
27. A. trees B. flowers C. projects D. characters
28. A. paint B. sell C. use D. help
29. A. case B. history C. middle D. shape
30. A. kept at B. waited for C. complained about D. referred to
31. A. qualified B. gifted C. open-minded D. strong-willed
32. A. gardens B. stories C. designs D. foods
33. A. puzzling B. drinking C. frightening D. passing
34. A. nervous B. able C. expected D. guided
35. A. insects B. plants C. animals D. houses
【答案】21 B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. C
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。
As China enters autumn with the ____36____ (arrive) of the solar term liqiu, which means temperatures across most of ____37____ country have started to cool gradually, people are addicted to various foods to celebrate the seasonal change, hoping for health and a better life.
During liqiu, people in northern China traditionally join in a practice ____38____ (know) as tieqiubiao, a custom of eating more food, especially meat, to make up ____39____ the loss of weight during the hot summer.
Businesses, especially restaurants and stores selling meat ____40____ is traditionally eaten during liqiu, have prepared to meet the demand, with sales of meat ____41____ (dish) in many restaurants in Beijing increasing ____42____ (great), creating a bustling (熙熙攘攘的) market scene.
There is a store of time-honored food brand Daoxiangcun in Beijing’s Changping district. On Wednesday morning, customers poured into the store ____43____ (buy) ready-to-eat foods such as cooked pork, fried fish and sausages.
Store manager Liu Jianjun ____44____ (express) his satisfaction with recent sales and said, “In recent days, customers have been waiting outside the store even before ____45____ (open) hours, with the staff working tirelessly from morning till afternoon.”
【答案】36. arrival
37. the 38. known
39. for 40. that##which
41. dishes 42. greatly
43. to buy 44. expressed
45. opening
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是校英语社社长李华，你社计划举办以“My Favorite Chinese Festival”为主题的短视频展播活动。请你给在你校工作的外教Mr. Smith写一封邮件，邀请他参与录制一段短视频。内容包括：
1.说明邀请目的；
2.介绍视频主题与要求（如时长、语言等）。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Mr. Smith,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best regards,
Li Hua
【答案】One possible version:
Dear Mr. Smith,
I’m Li Hua, president of the English Club. We are organizing a short video event titled “My Favorite Chinese Festival” and would be delighted if you could participate.
We hope you can share your experience of a Chinese festival you enjoy, such as Spring Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival. The video should be around 2—3 minutes long, in English or with English subtitles. We believe your experience and insights will be valuable to our students.
Your involvement would greatly enrich our event. Thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Li Hua
第二节（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。
In 2005 New York, we sat on a bench in the outdoor holding area with other studio audience members, waiting to enter The Guy Talk program — this was an early morning show featuring male subjects, corresponding to the female-focused show The Coffee Chat. Its hosts included my favorite, Jake Miller. Show interns (实习生) handed out boards with questionnaires, all tied to the day’s topic: dating disasters. I sat between my niece Emma and best friend Sophia, coaching them on how to answer.
“They want people who’ll make good TV,” I explained. “Think of your funniest dating disaster.”
My own “disaster” involved a guy who’d pulled up outside my house, honking (发出响声) instead of coming to the door to walk with me. “He completely ruined the moment,” I wrote. “My mom was supposed to open the door, invite him in, and say I’d be right down — he’d taken away the big welcoming ceremony that was supposed to be held.”
I saw the intern smile as she collected my board and looked through my words. All I knew was I’d soon see Jake Miller in person, maybe even talk to him on camera. I turned up my enthusiasm, like I was at an audition (试镜).
Other women were interviewed, too, hoping Jake would talk to them, but I was sure it’d happen for me. I imagined it: Jake approaching with a microphone, and I talked about the rude date, laughing along with the audience. Perhaps my story might be included in the highlights collection of the program.
When we filed into the studio, I sweated even though it was freezing — I realized I had stage fright. As we took our seats, I caught the eye of the intern who’d smiled earlier; she smiled again. I turned to Sophia and said “They’re going to interview us on the show.”
“How do you know that ” Sophia asked.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“I just know,” I whispered, looking at the intern who’d smiled twice before.
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After the show ended, the intern walked straight to me with my board.
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【答案】One possible version:
“I just know,” I whispered, looking at the intern who’d smiled twice before. My heart beat hard as the studio lights got dark. Soon, Jake Miller stepped onto the stage, and the audience burst into cheers. Suddenly, the intern gave me a thumbs-up, and a staff member motioned for me to stand. My legs felt weak at first — stage fright going back. But when Jake held out the microphone and said, “Tell us about that guy who honked instead of knocking,” I laughed and began. The audience shouted at the “grand entrance” part, and Jake joked, “He really ruined your mom’s plan!” That moment made all my nervousness go away.
After the show ended, the intern walked straight to me with my board. She smiled warmly. “Jake loved your story,” she said. “We might use a part in our highlights collection. Would you sign this ” I gladly signed, my hands still shaking with excitement. As we were leaving, I saw Jake himself giving me a thumbs-up from across the room. Emma and Sophia couldn’t stop talking about how I’d been on TV. It wasn’t just about seeing Jake anymore; it was about being part of his show, even for a moment.