2023 级高三上学期期中校际联合考试 英语
2025.11
本试卷共四部分，共 12 页。满分 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。
注意事项
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What does the woman mean
A. They should talk with their neighbor.
B. The man shouldn't download computer games.
C. The neighborhood may have a network problem.
2.What is the man doing
A. Watching a travel show. B. Travelling in Germany. C. Talking with a local people.
3.How many chairs will there be in each row
A. Four. B. Eight. C. Fifteen.
4.What was the man's plan for the weekend
A. Checking his eyesight. B. Going hiking. C. Taking photos.
5.Why is the woman upset
A. She can't get any soap. B. She can't dry her hands. C. She can't find warm water.
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题
6.What happened to Rachel
A. She got promoted.
B. She lost a calendar.
C. She moved to a new office.
7.What will the man buy for Rachel
A. A mobile phone.
B. A desk calendar.
C. A photo frame.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题
8.Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In a bank.
B. In an office.
C. In a theater.
9.When did the woman lead a similar project
A. Last month.
B. Six months ago.
C. Twelve months ago.
10.What will the woman do on Friday
A. Start a new project.
B. Tell the team about a bonus.
C. Hold a team building activity.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题
11.What is the woman impressed by
A. Ben's selflessness.
B. Ben's time management.
C. Ben's strength.
12.What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Friends.
B. Colleagues.
C. Brother and sister
13.What was Ben's original plan for the evening
A. Finishing his science project.
B. Organizing a holiday trip.
C. Meeting his brother.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题
14.What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Observing the plants.
B. Watching the house.
C. Keeping pets.
15.What is Georgie
A. A fish.
B. A cat.
C. A dog.
16.What is the man like
A. Confident.
B. Carefree.
C. Considerate.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题
17.What was the speaker's original field of study
A. Art Teaching.
B. Communication Design.
C. Museum Administration.
18.What was a sad experience for the speaker
A. She couldn't get a suitable job in the museum field.
B. Creative museum projects were hard to find.
C. The museum she designed never opened.
19.Why did the speaker change her career
A. She wanted a well-paid job.
B. She realized she loved teaching.
C. She got tired of the museum industry.
20.How does the speaker feel about her career change
A. She is confident about her decision.
B. She feels excited about the challenge.
C. She is sorry to leave the museum industry.
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
Some of this year’s coolest fall festivals in the US are odd Here are the most delightfully popular ones in the US.
Trailing of the Sheep Festival
This year is the 29th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival, which runs from October 8-12, 2025. The festival actually involves running after sheep through the town, which occurs each year with the season change. It’s a direct callback to the area’s herding culture. Guests will have the chance to watch sheep-dog shows, shop around for woolen crafts, taste delicious treats and lamb-centric meals, and learn about the history and traditions of the town’s shepherding culture.
Sea Witch
From October 24-26, the Rehoboth Beach area comes alive with one of the country’s liveliest autumn festivals and Halloween parades. The festivities are pretty familiar, from costume contests to fair games, but there’s one star of the show that you won’t find elsewhere: the Sea Witch. According to local legend, treasure hunters flocked on a wreck (残骸) back in 1798. Some returned with stories of seeing a horrible weather witch, which tried to drown them during the hunt. In 2025, the Sea Witch is nothing more than a mascot (吉祥物) for the festivities. There’s even a Sea Witch hunt!
Greenville
Greenville is not reinventing the wheel when it comes to popular fall festivals in the US but they have one thing that others don’t. That’s a wide and diverse range of chefs, menus, and restaurants. It’s not too surprising that the city would showcase the state’s top culinary (烹饪) talents. From October 10-12, visitors can sample eats from 60 restaurants that are selling over 300 menu items. There are also over 50 beer and wine sellers, along with seven stages that will host over 80 musical performances.
1. What is the main purpose of the Trailing of the Sheep Festival
A. To boost woolen craft sales.
B. To present lamb cooking traditions.
C. To keep the local herding culture alive.
D. To promote sheep farming in the town.
2. What can people do in the 2025 Sea Witch
A. Explore a wreck back. B. Hunt for mascots.
C. Design a magical costume. D. Tell stories of a Sea Witch.
3. What makes Greenville different from the first two fall festivals
A. It is held earlier than other fall festivals.
B. It offers the most kinds of beer and wine.
C. It focuses on showing excellent cooking skills.
D. It holds fantastic and colorful costume contests.
B
By the time the nine-year-old Nicola Lathey had completed the trip to London for a dyslexia (阅读障碍) assessment, she had a pretty good idea that her brain worked slightly differently to her school friends.
When she went onto secondary school, she started to struggle more academically and her family worried she was getting in with the wrong crowd, so a great aunt offered to pay the fees to send her to the private Haberdashers’ Monmouth School in Wales. Lathey went all out and defied expectations to do well enough in her GCSEs to win a place at sixth-form college. “Everyone was more than shocked and they started to see me through a different lens.”
She moved to London to study speech sciences at University College London, where she was considered a “disabled student” due to her dyslexia. After graduating, she initially moved back to Wales and got a job working for the local National Health Service for three years before realizing that to spread her wings, she would have to move back to the capital. The next job, at the Royal Free hospital in northwest London, was where she met her husband Rhodri and they moved together to Oxford, where they started the Owl Centre. It now specializes in autism and ADHD diagnoses (诊断) and speech and language treatment.
At first their practice taught English to foreign students, but when that failed to pay the bills, Lathey started offering private speech treatment sessions. Her father-in-law invested 5,000, which was enough to create a website, put in a phone line and pay for some basic resources for the children’s assessments. The company grew quickly, and in 2015, they had opened further Owl Centers in Hertfordshire, Manchester and Cardiff. Today, the company operates two physical sites in Cheltenham and Oxford. However, the large majority of assessments are done online.
“It’s true there’s been a huge increase in the rate of diagnosis across the country, particularly among adults,” Lathey said. But she added: “That is because the signs have been missed in childhood, not necessarily because everyone is following the wellbeing trend. We have very strict diagnostic criteria.”
4. What does “defied” probably mean in paragraph 2
A. Stress over. B. Manage down. C. Set up. D. Go beyond.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Lathey’s challenges in landing a suitable job.
B. The road to the foundation of The Owl Centre.
C. The key to the diagnosis of autism and ADHD.
D. Lathey’s educational journey and working style.
6. What do we know about The Owl Centre
A. It offers assessment for autism and ADHD.
B. It is an online assessment platform for dyslexia.
C. It specializes in teaching English to foreign students.
D. It regained popularity with the help of Lathey’s father-in-law.
7. What can we infer from Lathey’s words in the last paragraph
A. People are seeking diagnoses for trendy reasons.
B. The number of adults’ diagnoses has increased sharply.
C. More and more adults focus on their mental wellbeing.
D. High-level diagnostic standards lead to early assessments.
C
People say honesty is the best policy, but we all sometimes bend the truth. The average person lies twice in the first ten minutes of meeting someone new and up to 50 percent of the time when speaking to their mother. A study showed that 99 percent of people lie, and even the few who claimed not to are probably also lying. What if, just for a day, you were incapable of telling a lie, no matter how small
According to anthropologists, there is a tribe that lives in the mountains of Central America who are unable to lie ever. The Tarahumara people, famed for their long-distance running, avoided the influence of outsiders for thousands of years. In doing so, they also maintained a strict moral principle based on utmost honesty.
The Tarahumara still place this value system above all else. Some psychologists believe that over time, their emphasis on truth-telling caused changes in brains’ chemical makeup. They may have less gray matter in the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for creating lies. What started as a moral duty to tell the truth may have become a physiological feature of the members of this unique tribe.
So does this mean that it’s possible for all humans to evolve out of lying Well, maybe, but it doesn’t sound very likely, does it According to some sources, lying was first used by humans to promote cooperation and to create bonds between individuals. That’s why one of the most common types of lies is a white lie. Often white lies are told to protect someone from hearing something that will hurt their feelings.
When language developed, lying quickly became easier and more common. Can you imagine how difficult it would be to lie without using any words Language makes it possible for humans as young as two to lie.
Instead of evolving out of lying, exactly the opposite is happening. As we evolve, we lie more. But there’s good news! Individually, we tell fewer lies as we age. We may not evolve out of lying as a species, but as individuals over the course of a single lifetime, there is still hope.
8. What does the first paragraph convey
A. Lying is common. B. Humans are born liars.
C. Honesty is valuable. D. Lying is culture-based.
9. How has the Tarahumara’s value system influenced them according to psychologists
A. It has increased their confidence.
B. It has strengthened their memory.
C. It has improved their language skills.
D. It has changed their brain chemistry.
10. Why did humans tell lies originally
A. For self-protection.
B. For avoiding hurting others.
C. For social connection.
D. For taking advantage of others.
11. Which of the following may the author agree with
A. People tend to be more honest as they grow old.
B. Honesty should be placed above everything else.
C. Biological evolution will stop people from telling lies.
D. Technological progress will make lying more difficult.
D
Generative AI is changing how we work. Tools like DeepSeek and ChatGPT help people write everything from emails to blog posts 40% faster than they used to, according to a 2023 MIT study. The new technologies are transforming technical jobs in particular. A study determined that gen AI coding tools can cut programming time by 56%, for instance.
How should workers use such time windfalls Generally, the popular view is that people will use AI-generated time savings to enhance their personal lives, develop innovations, or increase productivity. However, two surveys of 302 AI users and 57 managers from around the world, conducted by the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, in early 2024, challenge that thinking. The surveys asked questions like: Do you save time using gen AI Do you feel you have more time for other things Do you rearrange time for personal or work-related tasks How frequently do you waste the time you saved
The researchers found that gen AI saved the managers about 2 hours and 46 minutes a week on average. Eighty-two percent of them said that the technology helped them do their jobs faster. But many in that group failed to fully capitalize on their freed-up time: 38% of them admitted to wasting more than half of it. Similarly, 84% of people in the gen AI user group admitted to wasting at least a quarter of it. Few of them said they used it to connect with others, enjoy their families, learn new skills, or improve their physical and emotional health.
“Rearranging time savings requires people to track when they’re saving time,” says Isabelle Engeler, an associate professor at the University of Lausanne. Only once they have a good idea of how much they’ve gained can they decide how to benefit from it, she argues. “Unfortunately,” she notes, “many people don’t immediately notice it.”
To optimize (优化) AI-related time savings, Engeler suggests, managers can help employees improve work-life balance. However, any time rearrangement requires a deliberate, intentional, and ongoing approach.
12. Which word best describes generative AI in paragraph 1
A. Innovative. B. Time-saving. C. Ineffective. D. Cost-saving.
13. What do the two surveys say about AI-saved time
A. It was not fully used for meaningful activities.
B. It was primarily used for personal development.
C. It was effectively employed to enhance relationship.
D. It was mainly arranged for improving physical health.
14. What can we know from Isabelle Engeler’s words
A. People should use AI to save more time.
B. People should focus on their work-life balance.
C. People need to make good use of their work time.
D. People need to monitor and redirect AI-saved time.
15 What is a suitable title for the text
A. The AI Efficiency Problem
B. The Hidden Waste in AI Time Savings
C. The Productivity Paradox of Generative AI
D. The Approaches to Managing AI-related Time
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
It is your first day at the new school. Maybe your mind goes blank, and your stomach feels full of butterflies. You keep checking the clock and your throat suddenly goes dry. ____16____ They’re not signs of weakness, but your body’s way of preparing you for a new environment and social challenges.
In unfamiliar situations, our body goes through several changes to help us adapt. Increased alertness and sensitivity allow us to process new information faster. ____17____ By becoming more observant, we notice important details around us. Our body releases special chemicals to improve concentration and memory.
These reactions are part of what’s called the alertness response, the body’s way of dealing with new or unknown environments. They’re automatically activated by our nervous system, which helps us face uncertainty. This system sharpens our senses, enhances learning readiness, and helps us make quick decisions. ____18____
This natural adaptation system helped our ancestors recognize new territories and potential opportunities. Nowadays, we encounter very different situations from those our ancestors faced. ____19____ It activates when we meet new people, join a new club, or try a different learning method, helping us adjust to changes in our lives.
____20____ When the new situation becomes familiar, our brain typically signals our body to relax through another part of our nervous system. Our breathing deepens and slows down, muscle tension decreases, and comfortable feelings gradually return. Then we feel more at ease and confident. This shift back to a "calming mode" is just as crucial as the initial alertness, allowing for recovery and long-term adaptation.
The "alert mode" and the "calming mode" work together to help us navigate through various life experiences smoothly.
A. Therefore, it plays a vital role in our life.
B. Moreover, all of these feelings are quite natural.
C. However, this "alert mode" doesn’t stay on forever.
D. Our senses become sharper to take in more information.
E. Each change serves an important purpose for adaptation.
F. Yet this alertness system remains active and essential in our daily lives.
G. These physical signals might make you nervous, but they’re temporary.
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 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
What do Portugal’s monster waves, Arctic-circle coldness, and Indonesia’s tropical swells have in common They’ve all been overcome by a ____21____ who rides with one leg and zero limits.
“Pegleg” Bennett was born with a birth defect that led to the ____22____ of his left foot when he was a baby. Despite this, he never let it stop him from ____23____ his passion: surfing. Bennett, now 55 years old, has traveled the ____24____, surfing in famous places like Hawaii, Indonesia, and Portugal. He even ____25____ his country in a para surfing championship and helped a device research center to ____26____ better prosthetic (假体的) legs for surfers.
Bennett’s ____27____ for water began early, thanks to his father, a swimmer. Growing up, he ____28____ to surf with a special prosthetic leg, which helped him become a(n) ____29____ surfer. As a result, he ____30____ the limits of what he could do on the waves. In 2015, the first Adaptive Surfing World Championships were held, ____31____ a turning point for para surfing. Since then, the sport has grown ____32____, and Bennett has been a key figure, coaching people with various ____33____. He believes that no matter the challenge, anyone can surf if they have the right support.
Although para surfing didn’t make it to the 2028 Paralympics, there is hope that it will be ____34____ in 2032. Bennett’s story shows that with determination and the right attitude, no ____35____ is too big to overcome.
21. A. sailor B. captain C. swimmer D. surfer
22. A. pain B. loss C. damage D. failure
23. A. consuming B. decreasing C. following D. discovering
24. A. world B. country C. sea D. island
25. A. mentioned B. represented C. praised D. recommended
26. A. collect B. return C. sell D. develop
27. A. love B. respect C. demand D. desire
28. A. started B. promised C. learned D. remembered
29. A. proud B. expert C. energetic D. devoted
30. A. pushed B. set C. tested D. recognized
31. A. breaking B. predicting C. avoiding D. marking
32. A. naturally B. frequently C. speedily D. occasionally
33. A. hobbies B. disabilities C. ambitions D. diseases
34. A. included B. submitted C. replaced D. sponsored
35. A. difference B. fear C. injury D. barrier
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。
Chinese dough figurines, or Miansu, are a unique form of folk art that transforms simple flour and water into vibrant, three-dimensional sculptures. Rooted in over a thousand years of history, their origins are often linked to legends ____36____ eatable figures were used in ceremonies. This humble beginning evolved into a delicate craft, ____37____ (celebrate) for its complicated detail and expressive charm.
Using just dyed dough and simple tools like knives and scissors, skilled artisans knead, pinch, and carve the material into ____38____ (astonishing) lifelike forms. The diversity of figures is vast, ranging from beloved mythical figures ____39____ adorable animals and vivid characters from Chinese opera and folklore. Each piece is a pocket-sized universe, bursting with color and narrative.
More than just decorative objects, these figurines ____40____ (root) in Chinese culture. Historically, children cherished them as toys, while during festive times like the Spring Festival, they served as symbols of good fortune and ____41____ (blessing) for the year ahead.
Today, though ____42____ (face) modern challenges, dough figurine art is recognized as 63 ____43____ intangible cultural heritage. Artisans continue to preserve this delicate tradition, ensuring that this magical integration of cooking skill and artistic ____44____ (interpret), where common ingredients are elevated into poetic expressions of daily life and ancient dreams, _____45_____ (continue) to inspire future generations.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校外教Mr. Smith想了解学生对野外植物标本（specimen）采集活动的反馈。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
(1) 你的感受；
(2) 建议与期待。
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,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
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。
Liam and Alex had been close friends since childhood, but recently their interests had begun to differ. Liam became increasingly focused on acquiring the latest electronic devices and fashionable clothing, convinced that his next purchase would bring him lasting satisfaction.
One sunny afternoon, Liam proudly showed Alex his new high-end smartphone. “Look at this! Isn’t it fantastic This will finally make me happy,” Liam exclaimed, his eyes shining with brief excitement.
Alex took the phone, examined it for a moment, then returned it with a gentle smile. “It’s nice, Liam. But let me show you what really brings me joy.”
He led Liam to a small, hidden community garden behind their school. The air carried the sweet smell of blooming flowers, and bees buzzed peacefully among them. “My grandmother and I planted these sunflowers,” Alex said, pointing toward the bright yellow flowers. “We water them together every morning. It’s our special routine.”
Liam noticed how his friend’s face showed genuine happiness. “But it’s just... gardening,” he said, somewhat confused. “Liam,” Alex explained gently, “true happiness grows from inside us and from our connections with people we care about, not from things we own. Look around us. Our hearts find joy in the simplest things — the time I spend with my grandmother, these sunflowers we grew from tiny seeds, the bees visiting our garden. These simple pleasures don’t require expensive possessions to make us happy. And neither do we.”
Liam gazed at the sunflowers, their faces turned toward the sunlight, and then at Alex’s grandmother who was gently trimming (修剪) nearby rose bushes. Her wrinkled face wore a peaceful smile as she worked. “You know,” Liam began slowly, “I’ve been saving for the new gaming machine for months. But last week, when I finally bought it, the excitement lasted barely an hour.”
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。
Alex picked up a packet of seeds and handed it to Liam.
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After that, something changed within Liam.
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答案版
2023 级高三上学期期中校际联合考试 英语
2025.11
本试卷共四部分，共 12 页。满分 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。
注意事项
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What does the woman mean
A. They should talk with their neighbor.
B. The man shouldn't download computer games.
C. The neighborhood may have a network problem.
2.What is the man doing
A. Watching a travel show. B. Travelling in Germany. C. Talking with a local people.
3.How many chairs will there be in each row
A. Four. B. Eight. C. Fifteen.
4.What was the man's plan for the weekend
A. Checking his eyesight. B. Going hiking. C. Taking photos.
5.Why is the woman upset
A. She can't get any soap. B. She can't dry her hands. C. She can't find warm water.
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题
6.What happened to Rachel
A. She got promoted.
B. She lost a calendar.
C. She moved to a new office.
7.What will the man buy for Rachel
A. A mobile phone.
B. A desk calendar.
C. A photo frame.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题
8.Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In a bank.
B. In an office.
C. In a theater.
9.When did the woman lead a similar project
A. Last month.
B. Six months ago.
C. Twelve months ago.
10.What will the woman do on Friday
A. Start a new project.
B. Tell the team about a bonus.
C. Hold a team building activity.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题
11.What is the woman impressed by
A. Ben's selflessness.
B. Ben's time management.
C. Ben's strength.
12.What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Friends.
B. Colleagues.
C. Brother and sister
13.What was Ben's original plan for the evening
A. Finishing his science project.
B. Organizing a holiday trip.
C. Meeting his brother.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题
14.What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Observing the plants.
B. Watching the house.
C. Keeping pets.
15.What is Georgie
A. A fish.
B. A cat.
C. A dog.
16.What is the man like
A. Confident.
B. Carefree.
C. Considerate.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题
17.What was the speaker's original field of study
A. Art Teaching.
B. Communication Design.
C. Museum Administration.
18.What was a sad experience for the speaker
A. She couldn't get a suitable job in the museum field.
B. Creative museum projects were hard to find.
C. The museum she designed never opened.
19.Why did the speaker change her career
A. She wanted a well-paid job.
B. She realized she loved teaching.
C. She got tired of the museum industry.
20.How does the speaker feel about her career change
A. She is confident about her decision.
B. She feels excited about the challenge.
C. She is sorry to leave the museum industry.
听力答案：1-10 CABBA ACBCB 11-20 AACBC CBCBA
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
Some of this year’s coolest fall festivals in the US are odd Here are the most delightfully popular ones in the US.
Trailing of the Sheep Festival
This year is the 29th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival, which runs from October 8-12, 2025. The festival actually involves running after sheep through the town, which occurs each year with the season change. It’s a direct callback to the area’s herding culture. Guests will have the chance to watch sheep-dog shows, shop around for woolen crafts, taste delicious treats and lamb-centric meals, and learn about the history and traditions of the town’s shepherding culture.
Sea Witch
From October 24-26, the Rehoboth Beach area comes alive with one of the country’s liveliest autumn festivals and Halloween parades. The festivities are pretty familiar, from costume contests to fair games, but there’s one star of the show that you won’t find elsewhere: the Sea Witch. According to local legend, treasure hunters flocked on a wreck (残骸) back in 1798. Some returned with stories of seeing a horrible weather witch, which tried to drown them during the hunt. In 2025, the Sea Witch is nothing more than a mascot (吉祥物) for the festivities. There’s even a Sea Witch hunt!
Greenville
Greenville is not reinventing the wheel when it comes to popular fall festivals in the US but they have one thing that others don’t. That’s a wide and diverse range of chefs, menus, and restaurants. It’s not too surprising that the city would showcase the state’s top culinary (烹饪) talents. From October 10-12, visitors can sample eats from 60 restaurants that are selling over 300 menu items. There are also over 50 beer and wine sellers, along with seven stages that will host over 80 musical performances.
1. What is the main purpose of the Trailing of the Sheep Festival
A. To boost woolen craft sales.
B. To present lamb cooking traditions.
C. To keep the local herding culture alive.
D. To promote sheep farming in the town.
2. What can people do in the 2025 Sea Witch
A. Explore a wreck back. B. Hunt for mascots.
C. Design a magical costume. D. Tell stories of a Sea Witch.
3. What makes Greenville different from the first two fall festivals
A. It is held earlier than other fall festivals.
B. It offers the most kinds of beer and wine.
C. It focuses on showing excellent cooking skills.
D. It holds fantastic and colorful costume contests.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. C
B
By the time the nine-year-old Nicola Lathey had completed the trip to London for a dyslexia (阅读障碍) assessment, she had a pretty good idea that her brain worked slightly differently to her school friends.
When she went onto secondary school, she started to struggle more academically and her family worried she was getting in with the wrong crowd, so a great aunt offered to pay the fees to send her to the private Haberdashers’ Monmouth School in Wales. Lathey went all out and defied expectations to do well enough in her GCSEs to win a place at sixth-form college. “Everyone was more than shocked and they started to see me through a different lens.”
She moved to London to study speech sciences at University College London, where she was considered a “disabled student” due to her dyslexia. After graduating, she initially moved back to Wales and got a job working for the local National Health Service for three years before realizing that to spread her wings, she would have to move back to the capital. The next job, at the Royal Free hospital in northwest London, was where she met her husband Rhodri and they moved together to Oxford, where they started the Owl Centre. It now specializes in autism and ADHD diagnoses (诊断) and speech and language treatment.
At first their practice taught English to foreign students, but when that failed to pay the bills, Lathey started offering private speech treatment sessions. Her father-in-law invested 5,000, which was enough to create a website, put in a phone line and pay for some basic resources for the children’s assessments. The company grew quickly, and in 2015, they had opened further Owl Centers in Hertfordshire, Manchester and Cardiff. Today, the company operates two physical sites in Cheltenham and Oxford. However, the large majority of assessments are done online.
“It’s true there’s been a huge increase in the rate of diagnosis across the country, particularly among adults,” Lathey said. But she added: “That is because the signs have been missed in childhood, not necessarily because everyone is following the wellbeing trend. We have very strict diagnostic criteria.”
4. What does “defied” probably mean in paragraph 2
A. Stress over. B. Manage down. C. Set up. D. Go beyond.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Lathey’s challenges in landing a suitable job.
B. The road to the foundation of The Owl Centre.
C. The key to the diagnosis of autism and ADHD.
D. Lathey’s educational journey and working style.
6. What do we know about The Owl Centre
A. It offers assessment for autism and ADHD.
B. It is an online assessment platform for dyslexia.
C. It specializes in teaching English to foreign students.
D. It regained popularity with the help of Lathey’s father-in-law.
7. What can we infer from Lathey’s words in the last paragraph
A. People are seeking diagnoses for trendy reasons.
B. The number of adults’ diagnoses has increased sharply.
C. More and more adults focus on their mental wellbeing.
D. High-level diagnostic standards lead to early assessments.
【答案】4. D 5. B 6. A 7. B
C
People say honesty is the best policy, but we all sometimes bend the truth. The average person lies twice in the first ten minutes of meeting someone new and up to 50 percent of the time when speaking to their mother. A study showed that 99 percent of people lie, and even the few who claimed not to are probably also lying. What if, just for a day, you were incapable of telling a lie, no matter how small
According to anthropologists, there is a tribe that lives in the mountains of Central America who are unable to lie ever. The Tarahumara people, famed for their long-distance running, avoided the influence of outsiders for thousands of years. In doing so, they also maintained a strict moral principle based on utmost honesty.
The Tarahumara still place this value system above all else. Some psychologists believe that over time, their emphasis on truth-telling caused changes in brains’ chemical makeup. They may have less gray matter in the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for creating lies. What started as a moral duty to tell the truth may have become a physiological feature of the members of this unique tribe.
So does this mean that it’s possible for all humans to evolve out of lying Well, maybe, but it doesn’t sound very likely, does it According to some sources, lying was first used by humans to promote cooperation and to create bonds between individuals. That’s why one of the most common types of lies is a white lie. Often white lies are told to protect someone from hearing something that will hurt their feelings.
When language developed, lying quickly became easier and more common. Can you imagine how difficult it would be to lie without using any words Language makes it possible for humans as young as two to lie.
Instead of evolving out of lying, exactly the opposite is happening. As we evolve, we lie more. But there’s good news! Individually, we tell fewer lies as we age. We may not evolve out of lying as a species, but as individuals over the course of a single lifetime, there is still hope.
8. What does the first paragraph convey
A. Lying is common. B. Humans are born liars.
C. Honesty is valuable. D. Lying is culture-based.
9. How has the Tarahumara’s value system influenced them according to psychologists
A. It has increased their confidence.
B. It has strengthened their memory.
C. It has improved their language skills.
D. It has changed their brain chemistry.
10. Why did humans tell lies originally
A. For self-protection.
B. For avoiding hurting others.
C. For social connection.
D. For taking advantage of others.
11. Which of the following may the author agree with
A. People tend to be more honest as they grow old.
B. Honesty should be placed above everything else.
C. Biological evolution will stop people from telling lies.
D. Technological progress will make lying more difficult.
【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. A
D
Generative AI is changing how we work. Tools like DeepSeek and ChatGPT help people write everything from emails to blog posts 40% faster than they used to, according to a 2023 MIT study. The new technologies are transforming technical jobs in particular. A study determined that gen AI coding tools can cut programming time by 56%, for instance.
How should workers use such time windfalls Generally, the popular view is that people will use AI-generated time savings to enhance their personal lives, develop innovations, or increase productivity. However, two surveys of 302 AI users and 57 managers from around the world, conducted by the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, in early 2024, challenge that thinking. The surveys asked questions like: Do you save time using gen AI Do you feel you have more time for other things Do you rearrange time for personal or work-related tasks How frequently do you waste the time you saved
The researchers found that gen AI saved the managers about 2 hours and 46 minutes a week on average. Eighty-two percent of them said that the technology helped them do their jobs faster. But many in that group failed to fully capitalize on their freed-up time: 38% of them admitted to wasting more than half of it. Similarly, 84% of people in the gen AI user group admitted to wasting at least a quarter of it. Few of them said they used it to connect with others, enjoy their families, learn new skills, or improve their physical and emotional health.
“Rearranging time savings requires people to track when they’re saving time,” says Isabelle Engeler, an associate professor at the University of Lausanne. Only once they have a good idea of how much they’ve gained can they decide how to benefit from it, she argues. “Unfortunately,” she notes, “many people don’t immediately notice it.”
To optimize (优化) AI-related time savings, Engeler suggests, managers can help employees improve work-life balance. However, any time rearrangement requires a deliberate, intentional, and ongoing approach.
12. Which word best describes generative AI in paragraph 1
A. Innovative. B. Time-saving. C. Ineffective. D. Cost-saving.
13. What do the two surveys say about AI-saved time
A. It was not fully used for meaningful activities.
B. It was primarily used for personal development.
C. It was effectively employed to enhance relationship.
D. It was mainly arranged for improving physical health.
14. What can we know from Isabelle Engeler’s words
A. People should use AI to save more time.
B. People should focus on their work-life balance.
C. People need to make good use of their work time.
D. People need to monitor and redirect AI-saved time.
15 What is a suitable title for the text
A. The AI Efficiency Problem
B. The Hidden Waste in AI Time Savings
C. The Productivity Paradox of Generative AI
D. The Approaches to Managing AI-related Time
【答案】12. B 13. A 14. D 15. B
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
It is your first day at the new school. Maybe your mind goes blank, and your stomach feels full of butterflies. You keep checking the clock and your throat suddenly goes dry. ____16____ They’re not signs of weakness, but your body’s way of preparing you for a new environment and social challenges.
In unfamiliar situations, our body goes through several changes to help us adapt. Increased alertness and sensitivity allow us to process new information faster. ____17____ By becoming more observant, we notice important details around us. Our body releases special chemicals to improve concentration and memory.
These reactions are part of what’s called the alertness response, the body’s way of dealing with new or unknown environments. They’re automatically activated by our nervous system, which helps us face uncertainty. This system sharpens our senses, enhances learning readiness, and helps us make quick decisions. ____18____
This natural adaptation system helped our ancestors recognize new territories and potential opportunities. Nowadays, we encounter very different situations from those our ancestors faced. ____19____ It activates when we meet new people, join a new club, or try a different learning method, helping us adjust to changes in our lives.
____20____ When the new situation becomes familiar, our brain typically signals our body to relax through another part of our nervous system. Our breathing deepens and slows down, muscle tension decreases, and comfortable feelings gradually return. Then we feel more at ease and confident. This shift back to a "calming mode" is just as crucial as the initial alertness, allowing for recovery and long-term adaptation.
The "alert mode" and the "calming mode" work together to help us navigate through various life experiences smoothly.
A. Therefore, it plays a vital role in our life.
B. Moreover, all of these feelings are quite natural.
C. However, this "alert mode" doesn’t stay on forever.
D. Our senses become sharper to take in more information.
E. Each change serves an important purpose for adaptation.
F. Yet this alertness system remains active and essential in our daily lives.
G. These physical signals might make you nervous, but they’re temporary.
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. A 19. F 20. C
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 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
What do Portugal’s monster waves, Arctic-circle coldness, and Indonesia’s tropical swells have in common They’ve all been overcome by a ____21____ who rides with one leg and zero limits.
“Pegleg” Bennett was born with a birth defect that led to the ____22____ of his left foot when he was a baby. Despite this, he never let it stop him from ____23____ his passion: surfing. Bennett, now 55 years old, has traveled the ____24____, surfing in famous places like Hawaii, Indonesia, and Portugal. He even ____25____ his country in a para surfing championship and helped a device research center to ____26____ better prosthetic (假体的) legs for surfers.
Bennett’s ____27____ for water began early, thanks to his father, a swimmer. Growing up, he ____28____ to surf with a special prosthetic leg, which helped him become a(n) ____29____ surfer. As a result, he ____30____ the limits of what he could do on the waves. In 2015, the first Adaptive Surfing World Championships were held, ____31____ a turning point for para surfing. Since then, the sport has grown ____32____, and Bennett has been a key figure, coaching people with various ____33____. He believes that no matter the challenge, anyone can surf if they have the right support.
Although para surfing didn’t make it to the 2028 Paralympics, there is hope that it will be ____34____ in 2032. Bennett’s story shows that with determination and the right attitude, no ____35____ is too big to overcome.
21. A. sailor B. captain C. swimmer D. surfer
22. A. pain B. loss C. damage D. failure
23. A. consuming B. decreasing C. following D. discovering
24. A. world B. country C. sea D. island
25. A. mentioned B. represented C. praised D. recommended
26. A. collect B. return C. sell D. develop
27. A. love B. respect C. demand D. desire
28. A. started B. promised C. learned D. remembered
29. A. proud B. expert C. energetic D. devoted
30. A. pushed B. set C. tested D. recognized
31. A. breaking B. predicting C. avoiding D. marking
32. A. naturally B. frequently C. speedily D. occasionally
33. A. hobbies B. disabilities C. ambitions D. diseases
34. A. included B. submitted C. replaced D. sponsored
35. A. difference B. fear C. injury D. barrier
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. D
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。
Chinese dough figurines, or Miansu, are a unique form of folk art that transforms simple flour and water into vibrant, three-dimensional sculptures. Rooted in over a thousand years of history, their origins are often linked to legends ____36____ eatable figures were used in ceremonies. This humble beginning evolved into a delicate craft, ____37____ (celebrate) for its complicated detail and expressive charm.
Using just dyed dough and simple tools like knives and scissors, skilled artisans knead, pinch, and carve the material into ____38____ (astonishing) lifelike forms. The diversity of figures is vast, ranging from beloved mythical figures ____39____ adorable animals and vivid characters from Chinese opera and folklore. Each piece is a pocket-sized universe, bursting with color and narrative.
More than just decorative objects, these figurines ____40____ (root) in Chinese culture. Historically, children cherished them as toys, while during festive times like the Spring Festival, they served as symbols of good fortune and ____41____ (blessing) for the year ahead.
Today, though ____42____ (face) modern challenges, dough figurine art is recognized as 63 ____43____ intangible cultural heritage. Artisans continue to preserve this delicate tradition, ensuring that this magical integration of cooking skill and artistic ____44____ (interpret), where common ingredients are elevated into poetic expressions of daily life and ancient dreams, _____45_____ (continue) to inspire future generations.
【答案】36. where
37. celebrated
38. astonishingly
39. to 40. are rooted
41. blessing
42. facing 43. an
44. interpretation
45. will continue
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校外教Mr. Smith想了解学生对野外植物标本（specimen）采集活动的反馈。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
(1) 你的感受；
(2) 建议与期待。
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,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】
Dear Mr. Smith,
I’m glad to share my feedback on the wild plant specimen collection activity. It was really rewarding. I got close to nature and learned a lot about different plants, feeling a strong connection with the environment.
I have two small suggestions. First, could we have a guide to introduce more details about rare plants next time It would help us tell apart similar-looking species more easily. Second, it would be better if we can have a small exhibition to show our specimens.
I’m looking forward to more such meaningful activities.
Yours,
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。
Liam and Alex had been close friends since childhood, but recently their interests had begun to differ. Liam became increasingly focused on acquiring the latest electronic devices and fashionable clothing, convinced that his next purchase would bring him lasting satisfaction.
One sunny afternoon, Liam proudly showed Alex his new high-end smartphone. “Look at this! Isn’t it fantastic This will finally make me happy,” Liam exclaimed, his eyes shining with brief excitement.
Alex took the phone, examined it for a moment, then returned it with a gentle smile. “It’s nice, Liam. But let me show you what really brings me joy.”
He led Liam to a small, hidden community garden behind their school. The air carried the sweet smell of blooming flowers, and bees buzzed peacefully among them. “My grandmother and I planted these sunflowers,” Alex said, pointing toward the bright yellow flowers. “We water them together every morning. It’s our special routine.”
Liam noticed how his friend’s face showed genuine happiness. “But it’s just... gardening,” he said, somewhat confused. “Liam,” Alex explained gently, “true happiness grows from inside us and from our connections with people we care about, not from things we own. Look around us. Our hearts find joy in the simplest things — the time I spend with my grandmother, these sunflowers we grew from tiny seeds, the bees visiting our garden. These simple pleasures don’t require expensive possessions to make us happy. And neither do we.”
Liam gazed at the sunflowers, their faces turned toward the sunlight, and then at Alex’s grandmother who was gently trimming (修剪) nearby rose bushes. Her wrinkled face wore a peaceful smile as she worked. “You know,” Liam began slowly, “I’ve been saving for the new gaming machine for months. But last week, when I finally bought it, the excitement lasted barely an hour.”
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。
Alex picked up a packet of seeds and handed it to Liam.
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After that, something changed within Liam.
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【答案】参考范文：
Alex picked up a packet of seeds and handed it to Liam. “Why not plant them with someone you care about You’ll see the magic of growth,” Alex said softly. Liam took the seeds, his eyes brightening. That weekend, he invited his little sister to plant the seeds in their backyard. They watered them every day, and Liam watched carefully for any signs of sprouting. When the first green shoot appeared, he felt a joy he had never experienced from any electronic device.
After that, something changed within Liam. He no longer spent all his money on the latest gadgets. Instead, he started to spend more time with his family and friends. He helped his grandmother water her flowers and went hiking with his friends on weekends. He realized that the true happiness Alex talked about wasn’t in expensive things, but in the small, warm moments shared with loved ones. And those moments, he knew, would last forever.
