2025-2026学年外研版（2019）高中英语必修第一册期末质量检测练习卷（含解析）

外研版英语必修第一册期末质量检测练习卷
(考查范围：Unit 1—Unit 6　时间：100分钟　分值：120分)
Ⅰ. 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
A
Amsterdam is a special city. There are many places you should not miss during your visit. Here is our list of the best.
Amsterdam Canal Ring
The city old centre is formed from canal rings, which give you the feeling of space, freedom and peace. Walk through these canal streets or better take a trip by renting a boat yourself. Another way to explore the Venice of the North is to take a ride on a bicycle. Any way you decide for—enjoy this city.
The National Maritime Museum
The Maritime Museum is an attractive place to visit, especially with children. With many attractions in it, this colourful and enjoyable museum will help you understand the history of the Netherlands—a small nation which was one of the world's greatest sea powers.
Amsterdam Brown Café
When you enter Amsterdam old cafés called Brown, at first it will seem too much from the past and too crowded, but the atmosphere is unique. Relax and watch—most of people around will be locals. Feel like one of them—the real Amsterdammers.
Civic Guards Gallery
This gallery is filled with old paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. The exhibited canvas may be not always the masterpieces of art, but these group portraits of Amsterdam citizens and their wives are an exquisite (精致的) document of the Dutch civilisation and culture centuries ago.
To avoid waiting lines we advise you to buy your tickets in advance online through our Amsterdam attractions and museums tickets webpage.
1. How many ways are there for tourists to visit the city old centre
A．2. B．3.
C．4. D．5.
2. Where would you go to learn more about local life
A．Amsterdam Canal Ring.
B．The National Maritime Museum.
C．Amsterdam Brown Café.
D．Civic Guards Gallery.
3. Where does the passage probably come from
A．A travel guide. B．A novel.
C．A textbook. D．A science magazine.
B
When my son first began competing in school chess tournaments, I often chatted with other parents. Occasionally, I would ask if they played chess themselves. Normally, the reply was no. When I volunteered that I was learning to play, their tone was cheerfully joking, “Good luck with that！” If this game is so good, why are adults ignoring it Seeing someone playing smartphone games, I preferred to say, “Why are you having your kids do chess while you play？”
Sure, we parents had work to do, work that helped pay for the lessons our kids were enjoying. But I was also wondering if we were sending an unnoticeable message that learning was for the young. During one tournament, I saw a group of parents playing chess! Just then, a group of kids passed me. “Why are adults learning chess？” one asked, in an apparently joking tone.
I was tired of sitting on the sidelines. I wanted in, and that is why I got a membership card and started throwing myself in. “Early on, I was nervous, even the master can sometimes play badly，” as one grandmaster put it “a fan never”. And a fan I was. It was three hours of concentration and thinking with my phone off. It felt like a gym where I was trained to solve problems with focus, memory, logic, and occasional headaches. And of course hours of absence of digital devices would never be no good for thinking sharply.
Being a beginner can be hard at any age, but it gets harder when you are older. The phrase “adult beginner” has an fairly gentle pity. It implies the learning of something that you should have perhaps already learned.
4. What can we learn about other parents from their remarks
A．They were ignoring other learners.
B．They agreed on the idea of learning chess.
C．They thought it odd for an adult to learn chess.
D．They gave congratulations to the adult lessons.
5. How did the child in the second paragraph perceive adults learning chess
A．Laughable. B．Unimaginable.
C．Understandable. D．Sensible.
6. What do the underlined words “sitting on the sidelines” mean in Paragraph 3
A．Not being noticed.
B．Not being involved.
C．Expressing confusing ideas.
D．Following what others do.
7. What did the writer think of his experience of learning to play chess
A．It helped him remain calm.
B．It helped him train his brain.
C．It made him proud of himself.
D．It made him look rather funny.
C
There was a large fish market in northwest of Mumbai. Shark fins were sent onto tables. Tens of millions of sharks are killed for the fin trade every year, and a quarter of the world's sharks, rays, and ghost sharks are in danger. The international trade in many species is not allowed, but it can be nearly impossible for wildlife officials to tell whether the fins here are from protected species.
The samples could be sent to a lab for DNA testing, but the test would take a full day. But Shaili Johri, a post doctoral biology researcher at San Diego State University, had a handheld device, or tool, that can say what species a part belongs to in a short time, using only a small tissue (组织) sample. The gene sequencing (基因序列测定) done by the MinION device, which she was testing out at the fish market, is a promising new tool to help fight the illegal shark fin trade.
Johri with another author recently published a study in the journal Scientific Reports explaining the first use of the new device for keeping sharks and other wild animals safe from attacks. The smartphone-sized device is made by UK-based Oxford Nanopore Technologies. It has been used for the recognition of Ebola virus among others. It is also likely to help prevent wildlife crime.
It requires a small tissue sample and a laptop. It can tell a species in three or four hours. But it has one downside: the tool costs 1，000 dollars, including two original cartridges (测试盒). Every following sequencing cartridge, which can do 12 samples at once, costs an extra 500 dollars. That's roughly 42 dollars per sample. The traditional DNA analysis method costs as little as 5 dollars a sample.
Hollie Booth, a sharks and rays advisor, says the MinION could have lots of practical uses, including controlling wildlife trade across countries or illegal fishing in markets. And the possibilities of this device aren't just limited to sharks. These tools could be used to recognise elephant ivory, pangolin scales, and various other wildlife.
8. What did Johri use the MinION for at the fish market
A．Collecting tissue from endangered fish.
B．Discovering sharks' gene sequences.
C．Recognising the species of a shark.
D．Saving sharks from losing their fins.
9. What does the new study mainly tell us about the MinION
A．How it can help reduce wildlife crime.
B．Its use for wildlife protection purposes.
C．How it was developed by a UK company.
D．Its influence on different scientific fields.
10. What is a disadvantage of the MinION
A．It makes mistakes at times.
B．It requires more time.
C．It is hard to use.
D．It is expensive.
11. What does Booth probably think of the MinION
A．It will save many kinds of animals.
B．It should be used after further research.
C．It must make technological improvements.
D．It needs more support from wildlife officials.
D
My father started learning French at 57, drawn by the potential benefits of bilingualism (双语能力) in delaying dementia (痴呆). Now, 20 years later, he's on his third teacher. Many people like my father have attempted to pick up a new language. But can this really boost brain health
According to experts, regularly using a new language brings cognitive (认知的) benefits. If you're trying to recall the right words in another language, your brain is forced to inhibit your mother tongue. This process, called cognitive inhibition, helps improve your brain function. Repeating this process makes your brain more resistant to diseases like dementia. The more you challenge your brain, the better it functions, even if your brain health starts to decline.
However, evidence for the benefits of learning a second language in your 60s is weaker. Research by Dr Leo Antoniou found that older Italians who took English lessons for four months didn't see any difference in their cognition scores, but people who didn't saw their scores decline. Prof Diana Smith's 2023 studies found similar results.
Researchers offered a few potential explanations for their disappointing results. One is that the participants were highly motivated volunteers, probably of high cognitive level for their age, making it hard to see any improvements. “When choosing participants, we have to be careful, are they really representative of the population？” said Dr Judith Ware. Another is that the language interventions were perhaps too short. These studies have used language lessons that “were very different in their length and frequency，” said Prof Laura Grossman.
To Dr Antoniou, the limited findings are not entirely surprising. No one would say that learning a new language for six months would be the same as having used two languages for your entire life. But he does think that language lessons can provide cognitive benefits by being cognitively stimulating.
Perhaps more important, Prof Grossman said, learning another language offers other potential advantages, like travelling or connecting with new communities. My father, for example, has remained pen friends with his first teacher and travelled to France numerous times. And at 76, he's as sharp as ever.
12. What happens in the process of “cognitive inhibition”？
A．Memory improves.
B．Brain health worsens.
C．Dementia is cured.
D．Native language is held back.
13. Which is a possible explanation for the disappointing research results
A．The poor choice of research participants.
B．The great length of the language course.
C．The intervention of the first language.
D．The age difference of the research subjects.
14. Whose opinion does the author support by mentioning his father's experience
A．Leo Antoniou's.
B．Diana Smith's.
C．Laura Grossman's.
D．Judith Ware's.
15. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text
A．Is It Never Too Late to Learn a New Language
B．Can Learning a New Language Delay Dementia
C．Why Does My Father Start Learning a New Language
D．How Does Learning a New Language Benefit Aging Brain
Ⅱ. 七选五(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
How can teenagers keep themselves from suffering from loneliness Here are some suggestions for speeding a recovery from loneliness.
　16　 A smile and a friendly greeting for the student behind you in line at the cafeteria (自助餐厅) won't make you best friends. But it will make you both feel good. It can also make it easier to interact the next time, and the time after that.
Find a safe place to make connections. If going to the dancing party makes you feel like you just don't belong, try joining a special-interest group. 　17　 Just because you feel left out in one group doesn't mean you'll feel like an outsider in every other one. Look for a group that allows you to feel comfortable gradually.
Find other ways of making connections. Lonely people hunger for friendship. Sometimes feeling accepted and liked comes more easily when you do something for others rather than wait for them to make you feel better. 　18　 Teach a child in reading. Take notes for a disabled classmate. You might be surprised at the connections you make.
　19　 Loneliness is an absence of quality friendship, not of a particular quantity of friends. That's why it's important to know how to select a friend. The best friendships are those based on similar values and attitudes.
You get what you expect, so expect the best. If you expect others to be friendly, you will behave in proper ways that encourage people to be friendlier to you. Loneliness won't last long. 　20　
A．Choose the right people.
B．So consider becoming a volunteer.
C．Reach out to others but start small.
D．It can be hard work to be positive towards others.
E．Maybe it's the drama club or the marching band.
F．This harmful attitude can continue into adulthood.
G．But starting the first step of positive expectations can make all the difference.
Ⅲ. 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
After two years of online learning, I started middle school in person a few weeks ago. Since there was a big gap of online school, the middle school decided to give 　21　 lunches to all students.
Of course, you could 　22　 whether you wanted to take a meal from home or eat the school's meal. I took something from 　23　，while some of my friends had 　24　 from school. No matter if you had lunch from home or school, everyone knew that the school's juices that came with the lunch were 　25　．
Almost half the 　26　 school would just get the box of juice, including my friends and me. Today, like every day at lunch, my friends and I were 　27　 in line to get our juices. When we got to the front of the line and 　28　 the juices, the cashier said each juice is seventy-five cents.
We were 　29　 because we had gotten juices many times before this. 　30　 this I ran to my backpack to get some 　31　. I thought my friends would do the same, but they were just 　32　 there looking disappointed. I asked them what happened and they said none of them had any money.
As I looked at their faces, something in me 　33　. I felt like it was my 　34　 to get them the juices.
I immediately ran back to the lunch line and 　35　 the juices. When I returned to them with the juices, they were so happy. The feeling I felt there at that moment was better than any juices.
21.A．big B．free
C．small D．fresh
22.A．refuse B．doubt
C．realise D．choose
23.A．home B．tables
C．stores D．restaurants
24.A．breakfast B．tea
C．lunch D．supper
25.A．terrible B．salty
C．hot D．amazing
26.A．quiet B．entire
C．active D．crowded
27.A．waiting B．walking
C．talking D．leaving
28.A．accepted B．bought
C．asked for D．handed in
29.A．worried B．surprised
C．excited D．concerned
30.A．Forgetting B．Ignoring
C．Abandoning D．Hearing
31.A．money B．paper
C．food D．medicine
32.A．moving B．standing
C．reading D．reflecting
33.A．ran off B．started out
C．moved away D．kicked in
34.A．duty B．plan
C．wish D．decision
35.A．got B．missed
C．paid for D．looked for
Ⅳ. 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
Chess is a game of make-believe kings and queens, pawns (卒) and rooks (车). For 12-year-old Andre, chess is more 36. just a game.
He uses what he learned on the chessboard in real life, like, think before you move. He's just one of the students from some of Los Angeles's toughest neighbourhoods 37. (learn) to play.
Damen Fletcher, 38. learned how to play chess at age 13, grew up in Compton. After leaving the city 39. (attend) college, he came home to find his 40. (child) friends struggling.
“Some of 41. (they) had even fallen into prison (牢狱). I just wondered, ‘Why did I have such a different result？’ And it was chess，” he said.
He started Train of Thought to help kids of all 42. (age) find their inner king or queen.
“Every game of chess is 75 to 100 moves, and every single move that your opponent (对手) makes presents 43. new problem for you to solve，” he said.
So, how does Fletcher teach a 5-year-old how to play chess
“We have a really 44. (interest) story that we use to help kids that age set up a chessboard for the first time，” Fletcher said. “It goes: the king and the queen got married. They 45. (ride) on horses to their castle (城堡) and had eight children.”
Ⅴ. 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节　应用文写作(满分15分)
假设你是李华，最近你在学习英语诗歌时遇到一些困难。请给你校的外教琼斯(Mr Jones)写一封求助信。内容包括：
1. 发出求助；
2. 陈述你的问题；
3. 希望他提供帮助。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Jones，
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours，
Li Hua
第二节　读后续写(满分25分)
阅读材料，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。
Waking up, I looked at the overcast sky, thought a bit and then decided to go to work after all. This was two years ago, when I worked at a bank. As I travelled from my house, it kept raining. I reached the office quite smoothly, but a few hours later, our phones started buzzing with news of flooding in various parts of the city.
Looking out of the window, my colleagues and I found that the steady drizzle had grown into a downpour. We got a bit nervous, since none of us in the city have forgotten the city's worst floods a decade ago.
At about 12：30 pm, after an alert from the city government, the bank let the staff leave early. Some colleagues, who had already left, called to say that they were stranded (滞留). The train services had been blocked and there were not other means of transportation available either. A senior colleague, who happened to live in the same district, offered me a lift in his car. I agreed happily, and so did other colleagues, since it would have been crazy to walk into the driving rain.
The rain poured down continuously, with waist-high flood soon on the road. In the midway, the rainwater reached our car's engine. We had no option but to park nearby. The only dry place we found was under a giant tree. We also spotted a tea stall nearby and got ourselves some much-needed tea and refreshments.
All along, I got anxious phone calls from my wife and parents, who were tracking the flood situation on TV. We looked up weather updates on our mobile phones and got more and more tense—home seemed far away. If it had not been for my portable (便携的) power bank, all our phones would have been dead.
Our train of thoughts was suddenly interrupted by a raised voice. We looked up and found a lady calling out from the balcony of a building behind us. “Please come in and make yourselves comfortable. How long will you stand out there？” she shouted out. We thanked her, but continued to wait.
注意：续写词数应为150左右。
After half an hour or so, I felt a touch on my shoulder. _____________________________
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We didn't want further favours, but the family seemed to sense our must to spend the night.
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外研版英语必修第一册期末质量检测练习卷
(考查范围：Unit 1—Unit 6　时间：100分钟　分值：120分)
Ⅰ. 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
A
Amsterdam is a special city. There are many places you should not miss during your visit. Here is our list of the best.
Amsterdam Canal Ring
The city old centre is formed from canal rings, which give you the feeling of space, freedom and peace. Walk through these canal streets or better take a trip by renting a boat yourself. Another way to explore the Venice of the North is to take a ride on a bicycle. Any way you decide for—enjoy this city.
The National Maritime Museum
The Maritime Museum is an attractive place to visit, especially with children. With many attractions in it, this colourful and enjoyable museum will help you understand the history of the Netherlands—a small nation which was one of the world's greatest sea powers.
Amsterdam Brown Café
When you enter Amsterdam old cafés called Brown, at first it will seem too much from the past and too crowded, but the atmosphere is unique. Relax and watch—most of people around will be locals. Feel like one of them—the real Amsterdammers.
Civic Guards Gallery
This gallery is filled with old paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. The exhibited canvas may be not always the masterpieces of art, but these group portraits of Amsterdam citizens and their wives are an exquisite (精致的) document of the Dutch civilisation and culture centuries ago.
To avoid waiting lines we advise you to buy your tickets in advance online through our Amsterdam attractions and museums tickets webpage.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了阿姆斯特丹几个值得参观的地方。
1. How many ways are there for tourists to visit the city old centre
A．2. B．3.
C．4. D．5.
B　细节理解题。根据Amsterdam Canal Ring中的“Walk through these canal streets or better take a trip by renting a boat yourself. Another way to explore the Venice of the North is to take a ride on a bicycle.”可知，本文为游客介绍了三种参观老市中心的方式。故选B。
2. Where would you go to learn more about local life
A．Amsterdam Canal Ring.
B．The National Maritime Museum.
C．Amsterdam Brown Café.
D．Civic Guards Gallery.
C　推理判断题。根据Amsterdam Brown Café中的“When you enter Amsterdam old cafés called Brown, at first it will seem too much from the past and too crowded, but the atmosphere is unique. Relax and watch—most of people around will be locals.”可知，Amsterdam Brown Café非常独特，并且有许多当地的人，游客可以去那里了解更多关于当地的生活。故选C。
3. Where does the passage probably come from
A．A travel guide. B．A novel.
C．A textbook. D．A science magazine.
A　文章出处题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了阿姆斯特丹几处美丽的景点，所以本文很可能来自一本旅游指南。故选A。
B
When my son first began competing in school chess tournaments, I often chatted with other parents. Occasionally, I would ask if they played chess themselves. Normally, the reply was no. When I volunteered that I was learning to play, their tone was cheerfully joking, “Good luck with that！” If this game is so good, why are adults ignoring it Seeing someone playing smartphone games, I preferred to say, “Why are you having your kids do chess while you play？”
Sure, we parents had work to do, work that helped pay for the lessons our kids were enjoying. But I was also wondering if we were sending an unnoticeable message that learning was for the young. During one tournament, I saw a group of parents playing chess! Just then, a group of kids passed me. “Why are adults learning chess？” one asked, in an apparently joking tone.
I was tired of sitting on the sidelines. I wanted in, and that is why I got a membership card and started throwing myself in. “Early on, I was nervous, even the master can sometimes play badly，” as one grandmaster put it “a fan never”. And a fan I was. It was three hours of concentration and thinking with my phone off. It felt like a gym where I was trained to solve problems with focus, memory, logic, and occasional headaches. And of course hours of absence of digital devices would never be no good for thinking sharply.
Being a beginner can be hard at any age, but it gets harder when you are older. The phrase “adult beginner” has an fairly gentle pity. It implies the learning of something that you should have perhaps already learned.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者通过和其他家长聊国际象棋得到启发，下决心学国际象棋并使自己的大脑得到锻炼。
4. What can we learn about other parents from their remarks
A．They were ignoring other learners.
B．They agreed on the idea of learning chess.
C．They thought it odd for an adult to learn chess.
D．They gave congratulations to the adult lessons.
C　推理判断题。根据第一段中的“When I volunteered that I was learning to play, their tone was cheerfully joking, ‘Good luck with that！’ If this game is so good, why are adults ignoring it？”可知，这些家长开玩笑是觉得成年人学国际象棋很奇怪。故选C。
5. How did the child in the second paragraph perceive adults learning chess
A．Laughable. B．Unimaginable.
C．Understandable. D．Sensible.
A　推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Just then, a group of kids passed me. ‘Why are adults learning chess？’ one asked, in an apparently joking tone.”可知，孩子们是在开玩笑。由此可以推出，孩子们认为成年人学国际象棋这件事情很可笑。故选A。
6. What do the underlined words “sitting on the sidelines” mean in Paragraph 3
A．Not being noticed.
B．Not being involved.
C．Expressing confusing ideas.
D．Following what others do.
B　词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“I wanted in, and that is why I got a membership card and started throwing myself in.”可知，作者想学习国际象棋，并加入学习国际象棋的队伍当中。跟上文的“tired of”形成对比。由此推测出，作者应该是厌倦了坐在旁边看着大家下国际象棋的生活，想要加入进去。B项“不参与其中”符合句意。故选B。
7. What did the writer think of his experience of learning to play chess
A．It helped him remain calm.
B．It helped him train his brain.
C．It made him proud of himself.
D．It made him look rather funny.
B　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“It felt like a gym where I was trained to solve problems with focus, memory, logic, and occasional headaches.”可知，下国际象棋就像是把自己的脑子带去健身房接受训练来解决问题。故选B。
C
There was a large fish market in northwest of Mumbai. Shark fins were sent onto tables. Tens of millions of sharks are killed for the fin trade every year, and a quarter of the world's sharks, rays, and ghost sharks are in danger. The international trade in many species is not allowed, but it can be nearly impossible for wildlife officials to tell whether the fins here are from protected species.
The samples could be sent to a lab for DNA testing, but the test would take a full day. But Shaili Johri, a post doctoral biology researcher at San Diego State University, had a handheld device, or tool, that can say what species a part belongs to in a short time, using only a small tissue (组织) sample. The gene sequencing (基因序列测定) done by the MinION device, which she was testing out at the fish market, is a promising new tool to help fight the illegal shark fin trade.
Johri with another author recently published a study in the journal Scientific Reports explaining the first use of the new device for keeping sharks and other wild animals safe from attacks. The smartphone-sized device is made by UK-based Oxford Nanopore Technologies. It has been used for the recognition of Ebola virus among others. It is also likely to help prevent wildlife crime.
It requires a small tissue sample and a laptop. It can tell a species in three or four hours. But it has one downside: the tool costs 1，000 dollars, including two original cartridges (测试盒). Every following sequencing cartridge, which can do 12 samples at once, costs an extra 500 dollars. That's roughly 42 dollars per sample. The traditional DNA analysis method costs as little as 5 dollars a sample.
Hollie Booth, a sharks and rays advisor, says the MinION could have lots of practical uses, including controlling wildlife trade across countries or illegal fishing in markets. And the possibilities of this device aren't just limited to sharks. These tools could be used to recognise elephant ivory, pangolin scales, and various other wildlife.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了基因测序仪可以用于基因测序，打击非法鱼翅交易，还可以用来保护其他野生动物。
8. What did Johri use the MinION for at the fish market
A．Collecting tissue from endangered fish.
B．Discovering sharks' gene sequences.
C．Recognising the species of a shark.
D．Saving sharks from losing their fins.
C　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“But Shaili Johri, a post doctoral biology researcher at San Diego State University, had a handheld device, or tool, that can say what species a part belongs to in a short time, using only a small tissue (组织) sample.”可知，Johri在鱼市上使用MinION辨别鲨鱼的种类。故选C。
9. What does the new study mainly tell us about the MinION
A．How it can help reduce wildlife crime.
B．Its use for wildlife protection purposes.
C．How it was developed by a UK company.
D．Its influence on different scientific fields.
B　细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Johri with another author recently published a study in the journal Scientific Reports explaining the first use of the new device for keeping sharks and other wild animals safe from attacks.”可知，这项新的研究主要介绍了使用MinION这种新装置的目的是保护野生动物。故选B。
10. What is a disadvantage of the MinION
A．It makes mistakes at times.
B．It requires more time.
C．It is hard to use.
D．It is expensive.
D　推理判断题。根据第四段中的“But it has one downside: the tool costs 1，000 dollars, including two original cartridges (测试盒).Every following sequencing cartridge, which can do 12 samples at once, costs an extra 500 dollars. That's roughly 42 dollars per sample. The traditional DNA analysis method costs as little as 5 dollars a sample.”可知，MinION的缺点是价格高。故选D。
11. What does Booth probably think of the MinION
A．It will save many kinds of animals.
B．It should be used after further research.
C．It must make technological improvements.
D．It needs more support from wildlife officials.
A　推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Hollie Booth, a sharks and rays advisor, says the MinION could have lots of practical uses, including controlling wildlife trade across countries or illegal fishing in markets. And the possibilities of this device aren't just limited to sharks.”可知，Booth认为MinION能够拯救许多种类的动物。故选A。
D
My father started learning French at 57, drawn by the potential benefits of bilingualism (双语能力) in delaying dementia (痴呆). Now, 20 years later, he's on his third teacher. Many people like my father have attempted to pick up a new language. But can this really boost brain health
According to experts, regularly using a new language brings cognitive (认知的) benefits. If you're trying to recall the right words in another language, your brain is forced to inhibit your mother tongue. This process, called cognitive inhibition, helps improve your brain function. Repeating this process makes your brain more resistant to diseases like dementia. The more you challenge your brain, the better it functions, even if your brain health starts to decline.
However, evidence for the benefits of learning a second language in your 60s is weaker. Research by Dr Leo Antoniou found that older Italians who took English lessons for four months didn't see any difference in their cognition scores, but people who didn't saw their scores decline. Prof Diana Smith's 2023 studies found similar results.
Researchers offered a few potential explanations for their disappointing results. One is that the participants were highly motivated volunteers, probably of high cognitive level for their age, making it hard to see any improvements. “When choosing participants, we have to be careful, are they really representative of the population？” said Dr Judith Ware. Another is that the language interventions were perhaps too short. These studies have used language lessons that “were very different in their length and frequency，” said Prof Laura Grossman.
To Dr Antoniou, the limited findings are not entirely surprising. No one would say that learning a new language for six months would be the same as having used two languages for your entire life. But he does think that language lessons can provide cognitive benefits by being cognitively stimulating.
Perhaps more important, Prof Grossman said, learning another language offers other potential advantages, like travelling or connecting with new communities. My father, for example, has remained pen friends with his first teacher and travelled to France numerous times. And at 76, he's as sharp as ever.
【语篇解读】文章主要介绍了学习一门语言能否延缓失去智力以及与此相关的一些研究。
12. What happens in the process of “cognitive inhibition”？
A．Memory improves.
B．Brain health worsens.
C．Dementia is cured.
D．Native language is held back.
D　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“If you're trying to recall the right words in another language, your brain is forced to inhibit your mother tongue. This process, called cognitive inhibition, helps improve your brain function.”可知，在认知抑制的过程中，母语被抑制。故选D。
13. Which is a possible explanation for the disappointing research results
A．The poor choice of research participants.
B．The great length of the language course.
C．The intervention of the first language.
D．The age difference of the research subjects.
A　细节理解题。根据第四段中的“One is that the participants were highly motivated volunteers, probably of high cognitive level for their age, making it hard to see any improvements.”可知，研究结果不尽人意的一个可能的解释是研究参与者的选择不佳。故选A。
14. Whose opinion does the author support by mentioning his father's experience
A．Leo Antoniou's.
B．Diana Smith's.
C．Laura Grossman's.
D．Judith Ware's.
C　推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容可知，作者通过提到他父亲的经历来支持Laura Grossman的观点，即学习另一种语言提供了其他潜在的优势，如旅行或与新的社区建立联系。故选C。
15. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text
A．Is It Never Too Late to Learn a New Language
B．Can Learning a New Language Delay Dementia
C．Why Does My Father Start Learning a New Language
D．How Does Learning a New Language Benefit Aging Brain
B　标题归纳题。根据第一段中的“My father started learning French at 57, drawn by the potential benefits of bilingualism (双语能力) in delaying dementia (痴呆).”以及“But can this really boost brain health？”可知，文章的最佳标题为“学习一门新语言能延缓痴呆吗？”。故选B。
Ⅱ. 七选五(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
How can teenagers keep themselves from suffering from loneliness Here are some suggestions for speeding a recovery from loneliness.
　16　 A smile and a friendly greeting for the student behind you in line at the cafeteria (自助餐厅) won't make you best friends. But it will make you both feel good. It can also make it easier to interact the next time, and the time after that.
Find a safe place to make connections. If going to the dancing party makes you feel like you just don't belong, try joining a special-interest group. 　17　 Just because you feel left out in one group doesn't mean you'll feel like an outsider in every other one. Look for a group that allows you to feel comfortable gradually.
Find other ways of making connections. Lonely people hunger for friendship. Sometimes feeling accepted and liked comes more easily when you do something for others rather than wait for them to make you feel better. 　18　 Teach a child in reading. Take notes for a disabled classmate. You might be surprised at the connections you make.
　19　 Loneliness is an absence of quality friendship, not of a particular quantity of friends. That's why it's important to know how to select a friend. The best friendships are those based on similar values and attitudes.
You get what you expect, so expect the best. If you expect others to be friendly, you will behave in proper ways that encourage people to be friendlier to you. Loneliness won't last long. 　20　
A．Choose the right people.
B．So consider becoming a volunteer.
C．Reach out to others but start small.
D．It can be hard work to be positive towards others.
E．Maybe it's the drama club or the marching band.
F．This harmful attitude can continue into adulthood.
G．But starting the first step of positive expectations can make all the difference.
答案：16～20　CEBAG
Ⅲ. 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
After two years of online learning, I started middle school in person a few weeks ago. Since there was a big gap of online school, the middle school decided to give 　21　 lunches to all students.
Of course, you could 　22　 whether you wanted to take a meal from home or eat the school's meal. I took something from 　23　，while some of my friends had 　24　 from school. No matter if you had lunch from home or school, everyone knew that the school's juices that came with the lunch were 　25　．
Almost half the 　26　 school would just get the box of juice, including my friends and me. Today, like every day at lunch, my friends and I were 　27　 in line to get our juices. When we got to the front of the line and 　28　 the juices, the cashier said each juice is seventy-five cents.
We were 　29　 because we had gotten juices many times before this. 　30　 this I ran to my backpack to get some 　31　. I thought my friends would do the same, but they were just 　32　 there looking disappointed. I asked them what happened and they said none of them had any money.
As I looked at their faces, something in me 　33　. I felt like it was my 　34　 to get them the juices.
I immediately ran back to the lunch line and 　35　 the juices. When I returned to them with the juices, they were so happy. The feeling I felt there at that moment was better than any juices.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者为朋友们掏钱买果汁的暖心故事。
21.A．big B．free
C．small D．fresh
B　根据下文的“... the cashier said each juice is seventy-five cents.”以及“I asked them what happened and they said none of them had any money.”可推知，此处指学校的餐食原来是免费的，所以学生们跟往常一样前去打饭时才没有带钱。故选B。
22.A．refuse B．doubt
C．realise D．choose
D　根据下文的“... whether you wanted to take a meal from home or eat the school's meal.”可推知，此处指学生可以在从家里带饭和吃学校的饭之间做选择。故选D。
23.A．home B．tables
C．stores D．restaurants
A　根据上文的“... you could 　22　 whether you wanted to take a meal from home or eat the school's meal.”以及下文的“... while some of my friends had 　24　 from school.”可推知，此处指作者的一些朋友在学校吃饭，而作者从家里带饭。故选A。
24.A．breakfast B．tea
C．lunch D．supper
C　根据下文的“No matter if you had lunch from home or school...”可推知，此处指作者的一些朋友在学校吃午餐。故选C。
25.A．terrible B．salty
C．hot D．amazing
D　根据下文的“Almost half the 　26　 school would just get the box of juice, including my friends and me.”可推知，此处指学校的果汁味道不错，很多学生都喜欢。故选D。
26.A．quiet B．entire
C．active D．crowded
B　根据上文的“... everyone knew that the school's juices that came with the lunch were 　25　．”以及“Almost half the...”和下文的“... school would just get the box of juice, including my friends and me.”可推知，此处指果汁的味道很棒，几乎全校一半的人喝学校的果汁。故选B。
27.A．waiting B．walking
C．talking D．leaving
A　根据下文的“... in line to get our juices.”可推知，此处指作者和朋友们排队等待着领取果汁。故选A。
28.A．accepted B．bought
C．asked for D．handed in
C　根据上文的“... my friends and I were 　27　 in line to get our juices.”以及“we got to the front of the line”可推知，此处指作者与朋友们排队到柜台前面是为了要领取果汁。故选C。
29.A．worried B．surprised
C．excited D．concerned
B　根据上文的“... the cashier said each juice is seventy-five cents.”可推知，果汁原来是免费的，现在变成了收费的，所以作者和朋友们应该很惊讶。故选B。
30.A．Forgetting B．Ignoring
C．Abandoning D．Hearing
D　根据上文收银员的话以及下文的“I ran to my backpack”可推知，此处指作者听到果汁收费后的动作。故选D。
31.A．money B．paper
C．food D．medicine
A　根据上文的“... each juice is seventy-five cents.”“　30　 this I ran to my backpack...”以及下文的“... they said none of them had any money.”可推知，此处指作者听到果汁要收费的消息后立马跑回去拿钱。故选A。
32.A．moving B．standing
C．reading D．reflecting
B　根据下文的“... looking disappointed. I asked them what happened and they said none of them had any money.”可推知，此处指作者的朋友们因为没钱，所以很失望地站在原地，没有其他动作。故选B。
33.A．ran off B．started out
C．moved away D．kicked in
D　根据下文的“I felt like it was my 　34　 to get them the juices.”可推知，此处指作者看到朋友们的表现后，头脑中产生了某种想法。故选D。
34.A．duty B．plan
C．wish D．decision
A　根据上文的“... something in me 　33　．”以及下文的“... to get them the juices.”“The feeling I felt there at that moment was better than any juices.”可推知，此处指作者认为为朋友们买果汁是自己的使命。故选A。
35.A．got B．missed
C．paid for D．looked for
C　根据下文的“When I returned to them with the juices...”可推知，此处指作者支付了果汁的钱，为朋友们买了果汁。故选C。
Ⅳ. 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
Chess is a game of make-believe kings and queens, pawns (卒) and rooks (车). For 12-year-old Andre, chess is more 36. than just a game.
He uses what he learned on the chessboard in real life, like, think before you move. He's just one of the students from some of Los Angeles's toughest neighbourhoods 37. learning (learn) to play.
Damen Fletcher, 38. who learned how to play chess at age 13, grew up in Compton. After leaving the city 39. to attend (attend) college, he came home to find his 40. childhood (child) friends struggling.
“Some of 41. them (they) had even fallen into prison (牢狱). I just wondered, ‘Why did I have such a different result？’ And it was chess，” he said.
He started Train of Thought to help kids of all 42. ages (age) find their inner king or queen.
“Every game of chess is 75 to 100 moves, and every single move that your opponent (对手) makes presents 43. a new problem for you to solve，” he said.
So, how does Fletcher teach a 5-year-old how to play chess
“We have a really 44. interesting (interest) story that we use to help kids that age set up a chessboard for the first time，” Fletcher said. “It goes: the king and the queen got married. They 45. rode (ride) on horses to their castle (城堡) and had eight children.”
Ⅴ. 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节　应用文写作(满分15分)
假设你是李华，最近你在学习英语诗歌时遇到一些困难。请给你校的外教琼斯(Mr Jones)写一封求助信。内容包括：
1. 发出求助；
2. 陈述你的问题；
3. 希望他提供帮助。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Jones，
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours，
Li Hua
第二节　读后续写(满分25分)
阅读材料，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。
Waking up, I looked at the overcast sky, thought a bit and then decided to go to work after all. This was two years ago, when I worked at a bank. As I travelled from my house, it kept raining. I reached the office quite smoothly, but a few hours later, our phones started buzzing with news of flooding in various parts of the city.
Looking out of the window, my colleagues and I found that the steady drizzle had grown into a downpour. We got a bit nervous, since none of us in the city have forgotten the city's worst floods a decade ago.
At about 12：30 pm, after an alert from the city government, the bank let the staff leave early. Some colleagues, who had already left, called to say that they were stranded (滞留). The train services had been blocked and there were not other means of transportation available either. A senior colleague, who happened to live in the same district, offered me a lift in his car. I agreed happily, and so did other colleagues, since it would have been crazy to walk into the driving rain.
The rain poured down continuously, with waist-high flood soon on the road. In the midway, the rainwater reached our car's engine. We had no option but to park nearby. The only dry place we found was under a giant tree. We also spotted a tea stall nearby and got ourselves some much-needed tea and refreshments.
All along, I got anxious phone calls from my wife and parents, who were tracking the flood situation on TV. We looked up weather updates on our mobile phones and got more and more tense—home seemed far away. If it had not been for my portable (便携的) power bank, all our phones would have been dead.
Our train of thoughts was suddenly interrupted by a raised voice. We looked up and found a lady calling out from the balcony of a building behind us. “Please come in and make yourselves comfortable. How long will you stand out there？” she shouted out. We thanked her, but continued to wait.
注意：续写词数应为150左右。
After half an hour or so, I felt a touch on my shoulder. _____________________________
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We didn't want further favours, but the family seemed to sense our must to spend the night.
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【参考范文】
第一节　应用文写作
Dear Mr Jones，
I'm Li Hua, a student in English and American Literature Class. I'm writing to ask you for some help.
Actually I am a fan of English and American literature, so I like your class very much. Unfortunately, I have met some difficulty in learning English poetry recently. For example, there are so many new words in the poems that it is difficult for me to understand them. What's more, I cannot find exact Chinese for some poems. Would you be so kind as to offer some advice on how to learn English poetry
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours，
Li Hua
第二节　读后续写
After half an hour or so, I felt a touch on my shoulder.A lady living nearby came with her brother. They persuaded us to follow them. Grateful for everything, we assured them that we would leave as soon as the waters receded. However, the family insisted that we have dinner that was being cooked for us. Much to our surprise, we met around 12 other people, who had been accommodated just like we were.
We didn't want further favours, but the family seemed to sense our must to spend the night. Despite our hesitation, they brought in carpets and mats, spread them out and asked us to make ourselves comfortable. We were simply touched by their kindness. At about 4 am, the flood waters finally started to recede. Extremely relieved at this, we started heading out. Not wanting to disturb our sleeping hosts, we quietly slipped a thank-you note under their door and left.