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2023~2024学年度第二学期期中教学质量检测 高一英语试题 2024.04 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和试卷指定位置上。 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, 再选涂其他答案标号。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, 将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力 (共两节, 满分30分) 第一节 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。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. Β. £9.18. C. £9.15. 1. What color is the woman’s sweater? A. Black. B. Yellow. C. Green. 2. What is the man doing? A. Driving. B. Reading. C. Shopping. 3. What’s the weather like today? A. Fine. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy. 4. What do we know about Lucy? A. She is out of work. B. She doesn’t like chatting. C. She likes watching movie. 5. When was the camp held? A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday. 第二节 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 does the man think of the flight to Beijing? A. Crowded but safe. B. Long but enjoyable. C. Pricey but comfortable. 7. Which season is it in Beijing now? A. Spring. B. Summer C. Autumn. 听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。 8. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Waiter and customer. B. Husband and wife. C. Friends. 9. Where is the Chinese restaurant? A. On King Street. B. On Green Street. C. On Queen Street. 10. How will the woman most probably get to the place? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car. 听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。 11. What’s wrong with the woman? A. She felt upset for a long time. B. She has had a cough for three days. C. She injured her face the other day. 12. What might have caused the woman’s problem? A. The rain. B. The roses. C. The food. 13. What does the man tell the woman to do? A. Take a walk by the lake. B. Stay in bed for a couple of days. C. Come to see the doctor the next day. 听第9段材料, 回答第14至16题。 14. What does the man want to do? A. Mail a package. B. Ask for directions. C. Post a letter. 15. How long will it take the man to arrive at the post office? A. Six minutes. B. Ten minutes. C. Thirty minutes. 16. When will the parcel arrive if it is received before 10 a.m.? A. On Monday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday. 听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。 17. What is the topic of the talk? A. Table manners. B. Diet plans. C. Global travel. 18. In which country is it allowed to make a noise while eating? A. Mexico. B. Japan. C. Britain. 19. Which of the following is considered bad during a meal in Britain? A. Lifting the bowl for more food. B. Putting your hands on the table. C. Knocking on the table while eating. 20. What is considered impolite in Arab countries? A. Leaving without saying goodbye. B. Talking loudly while eating. C. Eating with the left hand. 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 Art Talk Live: The Tianlongshan Cave Temple Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 12:30 pm—1:00 pm The Harvard Art Museums present 25 stone fragments (片) from the Tianlongshan cave temples in China’s northern Shanxi Province. This talk will highlight the study that investigates the creation of the works and their meaning in Chinese culture. This talk will take place online through Zoom. Free admission, and no registration is required. Creature Feature: Various Fantastic Birds Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 10:00 am—10:20 am Creature Feature, an online series from the Harvard Art Museums, offers a chance for families to explore various magical creatures in watercolors through close looking and curious exploration with museum staff. The talks are free, open to explorers ages 6 and up, and offered once a month online through Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. Art Talk Live: Looking at Ancient Cloth Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 12:30 pm—1:00 pm Egyptian makers were skilled at using only a few materials to create a rich variety of clothes. Join Julie Wertz to explore what advanced techniques can teach us about the materials and methods these unknown makers once used. This talk will take place online through Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. Virtual Student Guide Tour: Exploring the Museum Together Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 4:00 pm—5:00 pm Join student guides for a special tour! Each student guide will talk about a work of art. Vlad Batagui will introduce the sculpture (雕像) Torso of a Young Girl by Constantin Brancusi while Sophia Mautz will talk about the oil painting Red and Pink by Georgia O’Keeffe. This interactive tour will take place online through Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. 1. What makes the talk about the Tianlongshan Cave Temple differ from the others? A. It needs no registration. B. It lasts the longest. C. It is held on the Internet. D. It takes place monthly. 2. When will the talk about the paintings of birds be held? A. Oct. 8. B. Oct. 16. C. Nov. 5. D. Nov. 16. 3. What does a student guide need to do at Exploring the Museum Together? A Teach students sculpture skills. B. Create an oil painting. C. Introduce a famous artwork. D. Host a celebrating party. 【答案】1. A 2. B 3. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了哈佛艺术博物馆即将举办的四个在线文化艺术教育活动的主题、时间以及活动的大概内容。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Art Talk Live: The Tianlongshan Cave Temple下的“Free admission, and no registration is required. (免费入场，不需登记。)”可知，关于天龙山石窟的演讲的不同之处在于它不需要登记，故选A项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Creature Feature: Various Fantastic Birds中的“Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 10:00 am—10:20 am (2024年10月16日星期三上午10:00-10:20)”可知，关于水彩画中各种鸟类的讲座在2024年10月16日举行，故选B项。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Virtual Student Guide Tour: Exploring the Museum Together中的“Each student guide will talk about a work of art. Vlad Batagui will introduce the sculpture (雕像) Torso of a Young Girl by Constantin Brancusi while Sophia Mautz will talk about the oil painting Red and Pink by Georgia O’Keeffe.(每位学生导游将谈论一件艺术作品。Vlad Batagui将介绍Constantin Brancusi的Torso of a Young Girl雕像，而Sophia Mautz将谈论Georgia O’Keeffe的油画Red and Pink。)”可知，学生导游需要介绍一件著名的作品，故选C项。 B Art is a global language. Music is an international language. Love is a worldwide language. Now, it’s the turn of sand to be mentioned in such terms. Sand artist Kseniya Simonova mixes art, music and love to create her own medium which can be understood and appreciated by everyone. Simonova fell in love with sand art “absolutely accidentally”. Her husband, a theatre director, advised her to give it a try. Over time, she has unstoppably taken the web by storm. “I never thought it would turn out to be what it is now,” says Simonova. In Follow your Dreams, Simonova told a heartfelt story honoring the love between a mother and her son — using only the sand in her hands. In only a couple of minutes, a phone turns into a house, then into two faces, then into a boy looking out of the window. . . The art Simonova creates is magical; however, the medium she uses is quite common. “It is ordinary river sand. There was a time when I did use the volcanic one, but actually it makes no difference. What truly matters in a performance is the storyline that is effectively communicated in the theatre through the medium of sand,” explains Simonova. The images created by the artist live only for a few seconds. However, Simonova is not in any way alarmed by the momentary character of sand art. “I know that my creations exist only for a while, but I believe that to be absolutely normal because art mirrors life. We live every moment of our life, but it’s not possible to repeat those. The same is the case with what I do,” Simonova adds. Sand art helps the artist to see the world in a new way, painting ever-changing life in every grain of sand. 4. How does Simonova feel about her success in sand art? A. Confident. B. Stressed. C. Confused. D. Surprised. 5. What is the most important in sand art performance according to Simonova? A. The medium. B. The type of sand. C. The theatre. D. The content of the story. 6. What does Simonova say about the momentary nature of sand art? A. It is a kind of regret. B. It encourages repetition. C. It reflects our life. D. It alarms many sand artists. 7. What can be the best title for the text? A. Sand Artists: Offering a Whole New World B. Simonova: Painting the World with Sand C. Sand Art: a New Form of Performance D. Sand: the Most Powerful Tool 【答案】4. D 5. D 6. C 7. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了沙画艺术家Kseniya Simonova以及她的创作过程和理念。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Simonova fell in love with sand art “absolutely accidentally”. Her husband, a theatre director, advised her to give it a try. Over time, she has unstoppably taken the web by storm. “I never thought it would turn out to be what it is now,” says Simonova.( Simonova喜欢上沙画纯属偶然。她的丈夫，一个戏剧导演建议她尝试一下。随着时间的推移，她已经势不可挡地席卷了网络。Simonova说道：“我从来没想过它会变成现在这个样子。”)”可知，Simonova对自己在沙画上的成就感到很惊讶。故选D项。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“What truly matters in a performance is the storyline that is effectively communicated in the theatre through the medium of sand,” explains Simonova.( Simonova解释道，在表演中真正重要的是故事线，通过沙子这一媒介，将故事有效地传达出来。)”可知，Simonova认为在沙画中，真正重要的是通过沙画传达的故事的内容。故选D项。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第四段““I know that my creations exist only for a while, but I believe that to be absolutely normal because art mirrors life. We live every moment of our life, but it’s not possible to repeat those. The same is the case with what I do,” Simonova adds.(“我知道我的作品只存在一段时间，但我相信这是绝对正常的，因为艺术反映了生活。我们过着生命中的每一刻，但不可能重复这些。我的工作也是如此，”Simonova补充道。)”可知，关于沙画短暂性，Simonova认为艺术反映了生活，生活中的每一刻都不可能重复。故选C项。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“Art is a global language. Music is an international language. Love is a worldwide language. Now, it’s the turn of sand to be mentioned in such terms. Sand artist Kseniya Simonova mixes art, music and love to create her own medium which can be understood and appreciated by everyone.(艺术是一种通用语言。音乐是国际的语言。爱是全世界语言。现在轮到沙子被这样提及了。在她的作品中，沙艺术家Kseniya Simonova将艺术、音乐和爱混合在一起，创造了她自己的媒介，可以被每个人理解和欣赏。)”以及全文内容可知，本文主要介绍Kseniya Simonova和她的沙画艺术，她用沙画描绘世界，感悟人生。B项“Simonova: Painting the World with Sand（Simonova：用沙子画出世界）”概括文章主旨，适合作为文章标题。故选B项。 C Ford, the motor company, has announced it has rented a pair of Boston Dynamics’ robotic dogs. Ford is using the robotic dogs to help it 3D-map its Van Dyke Plant. “By having the robots in our factory, we can see what it actually looks like now and build a new engineering model. That digital model is then used when we need to change the equipment in the factory for new products,” said Mark Goderis, Ford’s digital engineering manager. The robotic dogs are used to record 360-degree images of areas in the factory that are difficult to get to by using a traditional 3D camera. They’re equipped with five cameras and can climb steps and kneel (跪) down to get into hard-to-reach places. Their four legs allow the robots to walk like a dog, around the factory at speeds of up to 3 miles per hour — so they’re not very quick. Besides, the battery lasts for only two hours. Mark said that the old way of scanning (扫描) with a camera could take two weeks, yet using the robotic dogs cuts that time in half. It also used to cost $300,000 to do it the old way. The robotic dogs are cheaper, but Ford didn’t say by how much. At present, the robotic dogs are followed by their handler, Paula Wiebelhaus, who manages the robotic dogs through a controller with a screen that sees what the dogs see. But in the near future, Ford wants to program the robotic dogs to go to different parts of the factory and report back what they see without being followed by a human. They can also ask for a ride on the back of a mobile robot that Ford has named Scouter. Like the robotic dogs, it’s also taking 3D scans of its environment. 8. What can we learn about Ford? A. It needs help in building an engineering model. B. It aims to design more animal related products. C. It is the main producer of robotic dogs. D. It will use robots instead of engineers. 9. What are the robotic dogs expected to do in the factory? A. Serve as a short-term battery charger. B. Explore and record inaccessible areas. C. Carry heavy objects around the factory. D. Improve the quality of digital images. 10. What is stressed in Paragraph 3? A. The advantages of robotic dogs. B. Ford’s new way of saving money. C. Mark’s interest in high technology. D. The cost of traditional scanning. 11. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Robotic dogs are sometimes out of control. B. Scouter will take the place of robotic dogs. C. Ford will build more robotic dogs later. D The robotic dogs will be improved soon. 【答案】8. A 9. B 10. A 11. D 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了福特公司租用的机器狗的功能和用途。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段““By having the robots in our factory, we can see what it actually looks like now and build a new engineering model. That digital model is then used when we need to change the equipment in the factory for new products,” said Mark Goderis, Ford’s digital engineering manager.(福特的数字工程经理Mark Goderis说道：“通过在我们的工厂安装机器人，我们可以看到工厂现在实际的样子，并建立一个新的工程模型。当我们需要为新产品更换工厂设备时，就会使用这个数字模型。”)”可知，福特的工程经理表示，使用机器狗可以帮助他们建立新的工程模型，故他们公司在建立工程模型时需要帮助，故选A。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“The robotic dogs are used to record 360-degree images of areas in the factory that are difficult to get to by using a traditional 3D camera. They’re equipped with five cameras and can climb steps and kneel (跪) down to get into hard-to-reach places.(机器狗用于记录工厂中使用传统3D相机难以达到的区域的360度图像。他们配备了五个摄像头，能爬上台阶，跪下进入到难以达到的地方。)”可知，机器狗可以去到传统3D相机难以达到的地方进行探索和记录，故选B。 【10题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“Mark said that the old way of scanning (扫描) with a camera could take two weeks, yet using the robotic dogs cuts that time in half. It also used to cost $300,000 to do it the old way. The robotic dogs are cheaper, but Ford didn’t say by how much.( Mark说道，传统的用相机扫描的方式要花两周的时间，然而，使用机器狗所花的时间可以减半。而且传统的方式要花30万美元。机器狗更便宜，但是福特公司没具体说便宜了多少。)”可知，第三段主要在讲使用机器狗时的花费时间更短、价格更便宜的优势，故选A。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“But in the near future, Ford wants to program the robotic dogs to go to different parts of the factory and report back what they see without being followed by a human. They can also ask for a ride on the back of a mobile robot that Ford has named Scouter. Like the robotic dogs, it’s also taking 3D scans of its environment. (在不久的将来，福特希望能够通过编程让机器狗前往工厂的不同区域，并报告它们看到的情况，而不需要人类跟踪。他们还可以乘坐福特命名为Scouter的移动机器人。和机器狗一样，它也能捕捉周围环境的3D扫描。)”可知，在不久的将来，机器狗能够在不用人跟踪的情况下的单独工作，故很快，机器狗会得到改善，而故选D。 D We’ve seen it used numerous times, from the cover of publications to speeches by world leaders: “Data (数据) is the new oil.” But the analogy (类比) should stop there. Douglas Hofstadter, a philosopher, notes that this commonly-heard analogy belongs to those on which nonspecialists are likely to base their understandings of scientific ideas. Such analogies are probably easy to remember but in a certain context they can lead to complete dead ends. There is a fixed amount of oil on our planet to be extracted (提取). Unlike oil, increasing amounts of data are being produced at a rate that’s hard to fathom: in the next two years, 40 zettabytes of data will be created — an amount so large that there is no useful approach to showing or describing its size effectively. The value of oil comes from its limited amounts and the difficulty of extracting it. However, data is something quite different. For example, data is both created and used by autonomous cars interacting with connected equipment in a smart city. In San Francisco, there are 470,000 registered cars. If just 25% of those cars were autonomous, the amount of data produced yearly would be the same as about 300,000,000 Internet users. Imagine what will happen if this situation covers a whole country. Oil is also a single-use supply, while data can be reused and shared for new purposes. Recently, data from a test of drugs commonly used to treat heart problems was reused, leading to the discovery of a second use for the medicine: destroying a protein (蛋白质) related to nearly half of all cancers. In comparison, adding more oil doesn’t result in getting better quality oil. So the next time you hear someone say this analogy, ask them when the earth will have no more data to extract and see if you can get an answer. 12. What’s Hofstadter’s attitude to the famous analogy? A. Supportive. B. Objective. C. Negative. D. Unconcerned. 13. What does the underlined word “fathom” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Understand. B. Quicken. C. Discover. D. Reuse. 14. Why does the author take San Francisco as an example? A. To explain it has busy public transportation. B. To suggest it employs many autonomous cars. C. To prove it is in great demand of updated data. D. To show it alone creates large amounts of data. 15. What can we learn about the value of data according to Paragraph 5? A. It may prevent some cancers from happening. B. It promotes scientific creations and advances. C. It inspires healthy competition in the drug market. D. It makes medical treatment accessible to people. 【答案】12. C 13. A 14. D 15. B 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了为什么“数据就是石油”这一类比是不合适的。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Douglas Hofstadter, a philosopher, notes that this commonly-heard analogy belongs to those on which nonspecialists are likely to base their understandings of scientific ideas. Such analogies are probably easy to remember but in a certain context they can lead to complete dead ends. (哲学家Douglas Hofstadter指出，这种广为人知的类比属于非专业人士对于科学思想理解的基础。这样类比可能很容易记住，但在特定的背景下，它们可能会导致完全的死胡同。)”可知，在Douglas Hofstadter看来，这种类比是属于非专业人士的对于科学思想理解的基础，而且可能会导致完全的死胡同，故他对此类比是消极的态度，故选C。 【13题详解】 词句猜测题。根据文章第三段划线词fathom后的内容“in the next two years, 40 zettabytes of data will be created — an amount so large that there is no useful approach to showing or describing its size effectively. (在接下来的两年内，将产生40泽字节的数据，数量如此大以至于没有有效的方式来显示或者描述其大小。)”可推知，接下来的两年会产生40泽字节的数字，无法用有效的方式来显示或描述其大小，故可推知此处划线词fathom与A项“Understand理解”的意思相近，越来越多的数据正以令人难以理解的速度产生，故选A。 【14题详解】 推理判断题，根据文章第四段“The value of oil comes from its limited amounts and the difficulty of extracting it. However, data is something quite different. For example, data is both created and used by autonomous cars interacting with connected equipment in a smart city. In San Francisco, there are 470,000 registered cars. If just 25% of those cars were autonomous, the amount of data produced yearly would be the same as about 300,000,000 Internet users. Imagine what will happen if this situation covers a whole country. (石油的价值来源于其有限的数量和提取的困难。但是，数据是相当不同的。例如，数据是由自动驾驶汽车与智能城市中联网的设备交互创建和使用的。旧金山有47万台注册汽车。如果其中只有25%是自动驾驶的，那么每年产生的数据量将相当于3亿互联网用户。想象一下，如果这种情况覆盖整个国家会发生什么。)”可知，作者将旧金山拿来举例是为了表明它单独每年都能产生3亿互联网用户产生的数据量，故表明了它单独创造了大量的数据，故选D。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第五段“Recently, data from a test of drugs commonly used to treat heart problems was reused, leading to the discovery of a second use for the medicine: destroying a protein (蛋白质) related to nearly half of all cancers. (最近，一项用于治疗心脏病药物测试的数据被重复使用，从而发现了该药物的第二个用途：破坏与近一半癌症相关的蛋白质。)”可知，数据可以用来反复使用，从而发现药物的新的用途，故数据的价值在于提升了科学创新和进步，故选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。 Leave the Screens at Home on Your Next Family Road Trip The other day, a friend sent me an email, asking if I’d consider writing about educational apps for children to watch while on road trips. The email said, “___16___ And often with long car rides comes the use of on-screen entertainment. These educational apps can develop their art, math, science, engineering and design skills.” While the intention is well-meaning, I disagree with his idea. There is so much to see on a road trip! ___17___ So what can a child do in the car? There are plenty of off-screen activities that a child can do to pass the time. Take physical books along. Choose some novels for an older reader, get cartoon books, or take interactive books such as I Spy, coloring books, puzzle books, etc. Play games. ___18___ Print out a map of the country and color in each state as you notice a license plate from there. Keep a record of the different colored cars you see. Play the old classic alphabet game. ___19___ Parents can find online lists of good questions to get older kids talking, such as, “If you could travel anywhere in the world, what are your top three destinations and why?” “If you could have a dinner party with three people, who would you invite?” Not only is this fun, but it keeps the driver refreshed. Long road trips shouldn’t just be about endurance (耐力); they should also be about learning how to pass the time without a screen. So, challenge yourselves to a screen-free road trip the next time you go somewhere as a family. ___20___ A. Have some conversation starters ready. B. The Great License Plate Search is a fun one. C. You may be surprised at what a success it is. D. Collect your kids’ questions before starting off. E. Many are turning to road trips for a late-summer escape. F. Help your kids to make a list of things they’ll see on the trip. G. If they stare at a screen, they’ll miss everything outside the window. 【答案】16. E 17. G 18. B 19. A 20. C 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了如何在旅行的路上为孩子创造有趣的活动而不是一直让他们看手机等电子设备。 【16题详解】 根据空后“And often with long car rides comes the use of on-screen entertainment.(通常，长时间乘车往往会带来屏幕娱乐的使用。)”可知，空后提到了长时间乘车会带来屏幕娱乐的使用，且根据And可知，空后与本空递进，故E项“很多人会为了夏末的逃离而选择公路旅行。”符合，很多人会选择公路旅行，那么长时间的乘车就会带来荧幕娱乐的使用，故选E项。 【17题详解】 根据空后“So what can a child do in the car?(那么孩子能在车里做什么呢？)”可知，空后提出问题，且根据连词So可知，此空与空后构成因果关系，前文“There is so much to see on a road trip!(在公路旅行中有很多要看的东西！)”表明沿途有很多风景，故G项“如果他们只盯着屏幕，他们就会错过窗外的一切事物。”承上启下，符合。故选G项。 【18题详解】 根据空后“Print out a map of the country and color in each state as you notice a license plate from there. Keep a record of the different colored cars you see. (打印出一张国家地图，当你看到一个牌照时，就给每个州涂上颜色。记录下你看到不同颜色的汽车。)”可知，空后是对车牌大搜索这个游戏的解释，故B项“车牌大搜索是一个有趣的游戏。”符合，故选B项。 【19题详解】 根据空后“Parents can find online lists of good questions to get older kids talking, such as, “If you could travel anywhere in the world, what are your top three destinations and why?”(父母可以在网上找一些好的问题让大一点的孩子畅所欲言，比如说“如果你可以在世界上任何地方旅行，你的前三个目的地会是哪里？为什么？”)”可知，空后提出父母可以在网上找一些好的问题让大一点的孩子畅所欲言，故本段主要提出在出发前将问题准备好，故A项“准备好一些开场白。”符合本段首句，为本段的主旨句，表示在车上打发时间的具体方式之一，故选A项。 【20题详解】 根据空前“So, challenge yourselves to a screen-free road trip the next time you go somewhere as a family.(因此，下次当你和家人一起去某个地方时，挑战自己一下，进行一次无屏幕的公路旅行。)”可知，C项“你可能会为它的成功感到惊讶。”是空前的顺义承接，空前提出进行无屏幕公路旅行的倡议，本空说明它的效果令人惊讶，且C项的“it”指代空前的a screen-free road trip，故选C项。 第三部分 语言运用 (共三节, 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。 Math was my worst subject. I was so ___21___ when my math teacher called me to the blackboard to do a long division (除法) problem, since I often put the ___22___ in the wrong places or forgot to add in the zeros. As I ___23___ the blackboard, I looked at the golden-haired girl next to me, trying to ___24___ what she was writing. Although I tried my best, she went faster than I could understand. Why couldn’t I understand this even when I tried to ___25___ it? Why? Why? I ___26___ back salty tears and wrote some numbers randomly (随便地) on the board. The teacher read over our answers silently. “Now, class, Susie did this problem absolutely correctly.” “As for Tara,” the teacher said, ___27___ her eyes, “I don’t ___28___ know what she did.” The class burst into ___29___, and I felt my face turned red, hoping to ____30____ them from seeing me at all. However, after class, my teacher wrote me a note, ____31____, “No one will truly make a difference to you, unless you ____32____ yourself to succeed.” This ____33____ from middle school is the most impressive to me. The experience made me feel stronger, and gave me ____34____. When I get a bad grade in school, I think of that moment, which gives me the willingness to ____35____ all of those whys that I asked myself, and continue until perfection, or as close as I can get. 21. A. excited B. calm C. upset D. proud 22. A. numbers B. books C. papers D. exercises 23. A. cleaned B. approached C. touched D. repaired 24. A. explain B. forget C. copy D. correct 25. A. escape from B. depend on C. play with D. deal with 26. A. gave B. brought C. held D. push 27. A. rolling B. covering C. focusing D. opening 28. A. frequently B. really C. always D. relatively 29 A. anger B. laughter C. cheering D. enjoyment 30. A. protect B. excuse C. prevent D. shelter 31. A. saying B. writing C. showing D. asking 32. A. allow B. force C. advise D. beg 33. A. subject B. problem C. promise D. memory 34. A. determination B. explanation C. communication D. imagination 35. A. doubt B. repeat C. accept D. answer 【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。作者上中学时，数学是他最不擅长的学科。老师要求作者到黑板上做一道除法题，作者胡乱在黑板上写了几个数字。在老师讲解时，引来了同学们对作者的哄笑。课后老师给了作者一张条写着“没有人会在意你的感受，除非你强迫自己成功”。这段经历使作者印象深刻，使作者在以后的求学中更加坚强，更加有决心地去克服任何困难，坚持寻找问题的答案，去解决所有遇到的问题，直到完美或者接近完美。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我的数学老师叫我到黑板前做一道长除法题时，我非常沮丧，因为我经常把数字写错地方，或者忘记加零。A. excited兴奋的；B. calm冷静的；C. upset心烦的，沮丧的；D. proud骄傲的。根据上文“Math was my worst subject.”可知，作者数学很差，因此被老师要求做题时感到沮丧。故选C。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. numbers数字；B. books书；C. papers论文；D. exercises锻炼。根据“to do a long division (除法) problem”可知，因为是数学题目，因此涉及到数字。故选A。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我走近黑板时，我看到了坐在我旁边的金发女孩，她正在试着抄她正在写的东西。A. cleaned打扫；B. approached靠近；C. touched触摸；D. repaired修理。根据“when my math teacher called me to the blackboard to do a long division (除法) problem”可知，此处指走近黑板。故选B。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. explain解释；B. forget忘记；C. copy抄写；D. correct纠正，改正。根据“Although I tried my best, she went faster than I could understand.”可知，作者想要抄写旁边的金发女孩正在写的东西。故选C。 【25题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：为什么即使我试着去处理它，我也不能理解它？A. escape from从……逃跑；B. depend on依靠；C. play with和……一起玩；D. deal with处理。根据“do a long division (除法) problem”可知，此处指处理数学问题。故选D。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我忍住咸咸的眼泪，在黑板上胡乱地写了几个数字。A. gave back归还，返回；B. brought back使恢复，使回忆起；C. held back控制，抑制；D. push back推回。根据“Why couldn’t I understand this even when I tried to ___5___ it? Why? Why?”可知，作者感到深深地自责，因此强忍住泪水。故选C。 【27题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：“至于Tara，”老师翻着白眼说，“我真不知道她做了什么。”A. rolling滚动；B. covering覆盖；C. focusing集中于；D. opening打开。根据“wrote some numbers randomly (随便地) on the board.”可知，老师看到作者的答案很生气，因此翻着白眼说话。故选A。 【28题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意同上。A. frequently经常地；B. really真正地；C. always总是；D. relatively相当地，相对地。根据“wrote some numbers randomly (随便地)”可知，老师表示真的不知道作者写了什么。故选B。 【29题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：全班哄堂大笑起来，我觉得自己的脸变红了，希望完全不让他们看到我。A. anger生气；B. laughter笑；C. cheering欢呼，鼓励；D. enjoyment享受，愉快。根据“I felt my face turned red”可知，作者写错题被嘲笑了。burst into laughter为固定搭配，意为“突然大笑”。故选B。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. protect保护；B. excuse为……辩解；C. prevent阻止，预防；D. shelter躲避。根据“The class burst into ___9___, and I felt my face turned red”可知，作者被嘲笑后，希望完全不让同学们看到自己。prevent sb. from doing sth.为固定搭配，意为“阻止某人做某事”。故选C。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，下课后，我的老师给我写了一张纸条，上面写着:“没有人会真正对你产生影响，除非你强迫自己成功。”A. saying说，写着；B. writing写；C. showing展示；D. asking问。根据““No one will truly make a difference to you, unless you ___12___ yourself to succeed.””可知，此处指纸条上面写着的内容。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. allow允许；B. force强迫；C. advise建议；D. beg恳求。根据下文“When I get a bad grade in school, I think of that moment, which gives me the willingness to ___15___ all of those whys that I asked myself, and continue until perfection, or as close as I can get.”可知，此处表示强迫自己获得成功。故选B。 【33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：中学的这段记忆给我留下了最深刻的印象。A. subject主题，科目；B. problem问题；C. promise承诺；D. memory记忆。根据“from middle school”和“The experience made me feel stronger”可知，此处表示中学时期的记忆。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这次经历让我觉得自己更强大了，也给了我决心。A. determination决心；B. explanation解释；C. communication交流；D. imagination想象力。根据“which gives me the willingness to ___15___ all of those whys that I asked myself”可知，此处表示给了自己决心。故选A。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我在学校里得了一个很差的分数时，我就会想起那个时刻，它让我愿意回答我问过自己的所有那些为什么，并一直坚持到完美，或者尽可能接近完美。A. doubt怀疑；B. repeat重复；C. accept接受；D. answer回答。根据“all of those whys that I asked myself”可知，此处表示回答自己问过的那些为什么。故选D。 第二节 (共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分) 根据所给单词的汉语提示或首字母, 写出空缺处单词的正确形式, 每空一词。 36. Reading is ________ (有益的) to broadening our horizons. (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 【答案】beneficial 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词。句意：阅读对拓宽我们的视野有益。be beneficial to为固定短语，表示“对……有益”，空处为形容词作表语，故填beneficial。 37. He has made a great ________ (成就) in the field of chemistry. (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 【答案】achievement 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：他在化学领域做出了巨大成就。根据所给汉语提示可知，此处应用名词“成就achievement”作宾语，且空前有冠词a，故此处应用名词的单数形式，故填achievement。 38. The little boy ________ (慷慨地) donated his money to children in poor areas. (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 【答案】generously##enerously 【解析】 【详解】考查副词。句意：小男孩慷慨地将他的钱捐给了贫困山区的孩子。根据所给汉语提示可知，此处应用副词“generously慷慨地”作状语，修饰动词donated，故填generously。 39. Successfully solving the difficult problem gave me a sense of ________ (满足). (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 【答案】satisfaction 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：成功地解决这道难题给我一种满足感。此处需要名词satisfaction充当介词of的宾语，不可数，意为“满足感”，故填satisfaction。 40. My teacher ________ (祝贺) me on my success in the English speaking contest yesterday. (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 【答案】congratulated##ongratulated 【解析】 【详解】考查动词。句意：昨天我的老师祝贺我在英语演讲比赛中获胜。根据汉语提示可知应用动词congratulate，根据后文yesterday可知为一般过去时。故填congratulated。 41. Doing sports is thought to help prevent heart d________. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】disease##isease 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：做运动被认为有助于预防心脏病。根据单词首字母以及上文名词heart，可知应填名词disease，heart disease（心脏病）是指一种影响心脏健康的疾病类别，而不是指多种不同种类的心脏病，因此不需要用复数形式。故填disease。 42. She has a t________ northern accent that is easy to recognize. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】typical##ypical 【解析】 【详解】考查副词。句意：她有着典型的北方口音，很容易听出来。此处作定语，修饰名词短语northen accent，且此处意为“典型的”，故应用形容词typical，故填typical。 43. The d________ between the earth and the moon is about 384,000 kilometers. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】distance##istance 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：地球和月球之间的距离大约是384000千米。根据所给首字母和句意可知，此处意为“距离”，故应用名词distance，且谓语动词为单数is，故填distance。 44. The school is taking measures to e________ food safety for all the students. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】ensure##nsure 【解析】 【详解】考查动词。句意：学校正在采取措施确保所有学生的食品安全。根据单词首字母以及句意可知应用动词ensure，且上文为短语take measures to do sth.。故填ensure。 45. In Chinese culture, the color red r________ happiness, festivals, and good luck. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】represents##epresents 【解析】 【详解】考查动词。句意：在中国文化中，红色代表着幸福、节日和好运。根据单词首字母以及句意可知应用动词represent，陈述事实用一般现在时，主语为the color red，谓语用第三人称单数形式。故填represents。 第三节 (共5 小题; 每小题1分, 满分5分) 阅读下列各句, 在空白处填入1 个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 46. She is a beautiful girl who is always particular ________ what she wears. (用适当的词填空) 【答案】about 【解析】 【详解】考查介词。句意：她是一个美丽的女孩，总是对自己的穿着很挑剔。此处意为“对......挑剔”，表达为be particular about，故填about。 47. They have developed their friendship to a stage ________ they share happiness and sufferings. (用适当的词填空) 【答案】where 【解析】 【详解】考查定语从句。句意：他们的友谊已经到达了可以分享痛苦和幸福的阶段。此处引导定语从句，先行词为stage，在定语从句中作地点状语，故应用where引导，故填where。 48. Over the past eighty years, Jane Eyre ________ (translate) into more than 50 languages. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】has been translated 【解析】 【详解】考查时态。句意：在过去的八十年，《简爱》已经被翻译成了50多种语言。此空作谓语动词，Jane Eyre作主语，为单数，根据时间状语可知，此处应用现在完成时，且主语与translate之间为被动关系，故填has been translated。 49. The man ________ (stand) there with a book in his hand is my English teacher. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】standing 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：站在那里手里拿着一本书的那个人是我的英语老师。此处stand与man为主动关系，故用现在分词作定语。故填standing。 50. He worked around the clock and got his work ________ (complete) ahead of time. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】completed 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：他夜以继日地工作，提前完成了工作。此处complete与work构成被动关系，故用过去分词作宾补。故填completed。 第四部分 写作 (共两节, 满分40 分) 第一节 (满分15 分) 51. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Eric所在的中文学校将要举行主题为“我所知道的中国传统节日”的演讲比赛，希望你能推荐一个中国传统节日, 要点如下： 1. 节日简介； 2. 邀请来中国体验。 注意： 1. 词数80个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Eric, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua. 【答案】Dear Eric, Conveyed from the fact that you are preparing for the speech titled “the Chinese Traditional Festivals I know”, I hasten to write to you to recommend one to you. The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most significant festivals for Chinese. Falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat festival is observed in memory of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet in ancient times. During the festival, a wide range of activities are conducted such as racing dragon boats, drinking realgar wine and eating zongzi, which is sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. Since you will have a speech about the festival, why not come to China and get exposed to the festival in the flesh? Looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达为一篇应用文。要求学生给英国笔友Eric写信，推荐一个中国传统节日，以帮助他参加学校将要举行主题为“我所知道的中国传统节日”的演讲比赛。 【详解】1.词汇积累： 推荐：recommend→introduce 以……为主题：title→theme/name 为了纪念：in memory of→in honor of/to memorize 体验：get exposed to→experience/have a try 句式拓展： 简单句变复合句 原句：The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most significant festivals for Chinese. 拓展句：What I want to introduce to you is the Dragon Boat Festival, which is one of the most significant festivals for Chinese. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat festival is observed in memory of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet in ancient times.(运用了现在分词作状语以及名词短语作同位语) 【高分句型2】During the festival, a wide range of activities are conducted such as racing dragon boats, drinking realgar wine and eating zongzi, which is sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.(运用了which引导非限制性定语从句) 第二节 (满分25分) 52. 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。 Every time I sat down with my family and looked through our photos — holidays, trips, or vacations, there was always something missing. It was me. It was not just because I was the one behind the camera, but because I avoided being photographed. I always felt I looked awful in photos. There were a few photos of me on my birthday that always made me feel bad. Generally speaking, I didn’t hate my appearance; I just wasn’t very photogenic (上相的). Therefore, when it came to family photos, I was missing. Gradually, I didn’t feel and look confident, and seldom smiled. Then I met Mary. I was attending a writers’ meeting in North Carolina and she was a photographer who was good at photo shooting for writers. As a new writer, I needed a good personal photo for business cards and social media. I decided to give Mary a try. The day of my appointment (约定) arrived. I picked out clothes that were most suitable for me. I checked myself in the mirror and felt I looked okay, but I was not sure whether the photos would reflect that. By the time Mary was to take photos of me, it began to have a light rain. My hair had started out nicely, but I knew the rain would destroy it. I unwillingly walked into the room. Mary greeted me with a sunny smile. I felt relaxed. I was sure that she could sense I was not confident about my appearance because she immediately began to comfort me. She promised my photos would be wonderful. And she said how sad it made her that so many women thought so little of their appearance and how much this would hurt their self-respect. The light rain stopped. Mary led me outside onto the grass-covered grounds of the meeting center. With the bright new green of spring and flowers seen everywhere, it was the perfect place for photos, even on a cloudy day. 注意： 1, 续写词数应为100个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Mary first let me stand by a beautiful flower. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The next day, I sat by Mary’s computer and looked through the photos. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Mary first let me stand by a beautiful flower. She let me post there and then on a bench fixed under some trees. Looking through the eye of her camera, she told me something amazing. She said that I was beautiful. I was both surprised and skeptical. And I smelled as we walked over to a rock column. Letting me stand before the column, she told me how to pose my body and adjust my head. She was cheerful and encouraging, and I began feeling a tiny seed growing inside me. The next day, I sat by Mary’s computer and looked through the photos. When the first one was on the screen, I was surprised. Was that me? It looked great as Mary presented one after another. I found I enjoyed them all. The more excited I got, the bigger Mary’s smile grew. She was pleased because I liked not only the pictures but myself in the pictures. After that day, I never feared being photographed. Thanks to Mary, I became confident, and people thought I looked bright. Nowadays, I have a whole new outlook on myself, my relationships, and my future. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者在认识了摄影师玛丽后在拍照的过程中获得自信，重新认识自我的故事。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“玛丽先让我站在一朵美丽的花旁边。”可知，第一段可描写作者和玛丽的拍照过程。 ②由第二段首句内容“第二天，我坐在玛丽的电脑旁浏览照片。”可知，第二段可描写作者在欣赏照片时重新找到自我。 2.续写线索：避免拍照——遇到玛丽——约定拍照——拍照过程——欣赏照片——感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①喜欢：like /enjoy/love ②走过去：walk over /go over ③害怕：fear/scare 情绪类 ①令人鼓舞的：encouraging /inspiring ②感到惊讶的：surprised/amazed 【点睛】[高分句型1] She said that I was beautiful.（运用了that引导的宾语从句作said的宾语） [高分句型2] She was pleased because I liked not only the pictures but myself in the pictures.（运用了because引导的原因状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023~2024学年度第二学期期中教学质量检测 高一英语试题 2024.04 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和试卷指定位置上。 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, 再选涂其他答案标号。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, 将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力 (共两节, 满分30分) 第一节 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。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. Β. £9.18. C. £9.15. 1. What color is the woman’s sweater? A. Black. B. Yellow. C. Green. 2. What is the man doing? A. Driving. B. Reading. C. Shopping. 3. What’s the weather like today? A. Fine. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy. 4. What do we know about Lucy? A. She is out of work. B. She doesn’t like chatting. C. She likes watching movie. 5. When was the camp held? A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday. 第二节 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 does the man think of the flight to Beijing? A. Crowded but safe. B. Long but enjoyable. C. Pricey but comfortable. 7 Which season is it in Beijing now? A. Spring. B. Summer C. Autumn. 听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。 8. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Waiter and customer. B. Husband and wife. C. Friends. 9. Where is the Chinese restaurant? A. On King Street. B. On Green Street. C. On Queen Street. 10. How will the woman most probably get to the place? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car. 听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。 11. What’s wrong with the woman? A. She felt upset for a long time. B. She has had a cough for three days. C. She injured her face the other day. 12. What might have caused the woman’s problem? A. The rain. B. The roses. C. The food. 13. What does the man tell the woman to do? A Take a walk by the lake. B. Stay in bed for a couple of days. C. Come to see the doctor the next day. 听第9段材料, 回答第14至16题。 14. What does the man want to do? A. Mail a package. B. Ask for directions. C. Post a letter. 15. How long will it take the man to arrive at the post office? A. Six minutes. B. Ten minutes. C. Thirty minutes. 16. When will the parcel arrive if it is received before 10 a.m.? A. On Monday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday. 听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。 17. What is the topic of the talk? A. Table manners. B. Diet plans. C. Global travel. 18. In which country is it allowed to make a noise while eating? A. Mexico. B. Japan. C. Britain. 19. Which of the following is considered bad during a meal in Britain? A. Lifting the bowl for more food. B. Putting your hands on the table. C. Knocking on the table while eating. 20. What is considered impolite in Arab countries? A. Leaving without saying goodbye. B. Talking loudly while eating. C. Eating with the left hand. 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 Art Talk Live: The Tianlongshan Cave Temple Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 12:30 pm—1:00 pm The Harvard Art Museums present 25 stone fragments (片) from the Tianlongshan cave temples in China’s northern Shanxi Province. This talk will highlight the study that investigates the creation of the works and their meaning in Chinese culture. This talk will take place online through Zoom. Free admission, and no registration is required. Creature Feature: Various Fantastic Birds Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 10:00 am—10:20 am Creature Feature, an online series from the Harvard Art Museums, offers a chance for families to explore various magical creatures in watercolors through close looking and curious exploration with museum staff. The talks are free, open to explorers ages 6 and up, and offered once a month online through Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. Art Talk Live: Looking at Ancient Cloth Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 12:30 pm—1:00 pm Egyptian makers were skilled at using only a few materials to create a rich variety of clothes. Join Julie Wertz to explore what advanced techniques can teach us about the materials and methods these unknown makers once used. This talk will take place online through Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. Virtual Student Guide Tour: Exploring the Museum Together Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 4:00 pm—5:00 pm Join student guides for a special tour! Each student guide will talk about a work of art. Vlad Batagui will introduce the sculpture (雕像) Torso of a Young Girl by Constantin Brancusi while Sophia Mautz will talk about the oil painting Red and Pink by Georgia O’Keeffe. This interactive tour will take place online through Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. 1. What makes the talk about the Tianlongshan Cave Temple differ from the others? A. It needs no registration. B. It lasts the longest. C. It is held on the Internet. D. It takes place monthly. 2. When will the talk about the paintings of birds be held? A. Oct. 8. B. Oct. 16. C. Nov. 5. D. Nov. 16. 3. What does a student guide need to do at Exploring the Museum Together? A. Teach students sculpture skills. B. Create an oil painting. C. Introduce a famous artwork. D. Host a celebrating party. B Art is a global language. Music is an international language. Love is a worldwide language. Now, it’s the turn of sand to be mentioned in such terms. Sand artist Kseniya Simonova mixes art, music and love to create her own medium which can be understood and appreciated by everyone. Simonova fell in love with sand art “absolutely accidentally”. Her husband, a theatre director, advised her to give it a try. Over time, she has unstoppably taken the web by storm. “I never thought it would turn out to be what it is now,” says Simonova. In Follow your Dreams, Simonova told a heartfelt story honoring the love between a mother and her son — using only the sand in her hands. In only a couple of minutes, a phone turns into a house, then into two faces, then into a boy looking out of the window. . . The art Simonova creates is magical; however, the medium she uses is quite common. “It is ordinary river sand. There was a time when I did use the volcanic one, but actually it makes no difference. What truly matters in a performance is the storyline that is effectively communicated in the theatre through the medium of sand,” explains Simonova. The images created by the artist live only for a few seconds. However, Simonova is not in any way alarmed by the momentary character of sand art. “I know that my creations exist only for a while, but I believe that to be absolutely normal because art mirrors life. We live every moment of our life, but it’s not possible to repeat those. The same is the case with what I do,” Simonova adds. Sand art helps the artist to see the world in a new way, painting ever-changing life in every grain of sand. 4. How does Simonova feel about her success in sand art? A. Confident. B. Stressed. C. Confused. D. Surprised. 5. What is the most important in sand art performance according to Simonova? A. The medium. B. The type of sand. C. The theatre. D. The content of the story. 6. What does Simonova say about the momentary nature of sand art? A. It is a kind of regret. B. It encourages repetition. C. It reflects our life. D. It alarms many sand artists. 7. What can be the best title for the text? A. Sand Artists: Offering a Whole New World B. Simonova: Painting the World with Sand C. Sand Art: a New Form of Performance D. Sand: the Most Powerful Tool C Ford, the motor company, has announced it has rented a pair of Boston Dynamics’ robotic dogs. Ford is using the robotic dogs to help it 3D-map its Van Dyke Plant. “By having the robots in our factory, we can see what it actually looks like now and build a new engineering model. That digital model is then used when we need to change the equipment in the factory for new products,” said Mark Goderis, Ford’s digital engineering manager. The robotic dogs are used to record 360-degree images of areas in the factory that are difficult to get to by using a traditional 3D camera. They’re equipped with five cameras and can climb steps and kneel (跪) down to get into hard-to-reach places. Their four legs allow the robots to walk like a dog, around the factory at speeds of up to 3 miles per hour — so they’re not very quick. Besides, the battery lasts for only two hours. Mark said that the old way of scanning (扫描) with a camera could take two weeks, yet using the robotic dogs cuts that time in half. It also used to cost $300,000 to do it the old way. The robotic dogs are cheaper, but Ford didn’t say by how much. At present, the robotic dogs are followed by their handler, Paula Wiebelhaus, who manages the robotic dogs through a controller with a screen that sees what the dogs see. But in the near future, Ford wants to program the robotic dogs to go to different parts of the factory and report back what they see without being followed by a human. They can also ask for a ride on the back of a mobile robot that Ford has named Scouter. Like the robotic dogs, it’s also taking 3D scans of its environment. 8. What can we learn about Ford? A. It needs help in building an engineering model. B. It aims to design more animal related products. C. It is the main producer of robotic dogs. D. It will use robots instead of engineers. 9. What are the robotic dogs expected to do in the factory? A. Serve as a short-term battery charger. B. Explore and record inaccessible areas. C. Carry heavy objects around the factory. D. Improve the quality of digital images. 10. What is stressed in Paragraph 3? A. The advantages of robotic dogs. B. Ford’s new way of saving money. C. Mark’s interest in high technology. D. The cost of traditional scanning. 11. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Robotic dogs are sometimes out of control. B. Scouter will take the place of robotic dogs. C. Ford will build more robotic dogs later. D. The robotic dogs will be improved soon. D We’ve seen it used numerous times, from the cover of publications to speeches by world leaders: “Data (数据) is the new oil.” But the analogy (类比) should stop there. Douglas Hofstadter, a philosopher, notes that this commonly-heard analogy belongs to those on which nonspecialists are likely to base their understandings of scientific ideas. Such analogies are probably easy to remember but in a certain context they can lead to complete dead ends. There is a fixed amount of oil on our planet to be extracted (提取). Unlike oil increasing amounts of data are being produced at a rate that’s hard to fathom: in the next two years, 40 zettabytes of data will be created — an amount so large that there is no useful approach to showing or describing its size effectively. The value of oil comes from its limited amounts and the difficulty of extracting it. However, data is something quite different. For example, data is both created and used by autonomous cars interacting with connected equipment in a smart city. In San Francisco, there are 470,000 registered cars. If just 25% of those cars were autonomous, the amount of data produced yearly would be the same as about 300,000,000 Internet users. Imagine what will happen if this situation covers a whole country. Oil is also a single-use supply, while data can be reused and shared for new purposes. Recently, data from a test of drugs commonly used to treat heart problems was reused, leading to the discovery of a second use for the medicine: destroying a protein (蛋白质) related to nearly half of all cancers. In comparison, adding more oil doesn’t result in getting better quality oil. So the next time you hear someone say this analogy, ask them when the earth will have no more data to extract and see if you can get an answer. 12. What’s Hofstadter’s attitude to the famous analogy? A. Supportive. B. Objective. C. Negative. D. Unconcerned. 13. What does the underlined word “fathom” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Understand. B. Quicken. C. Discover. D. Reuse. 14. Why does the author take San Francisco as an example? A. To explain it has busy public transportation. B. To suggest it employs many autonomous cars. C. To prove it is in great demand of updated data. D. To show it alone creates large amounts of data. 15. What can we learn about the value of data according to Paragraph 5? A. It may prevent some cancers from happening. B. It promotes scientific creations and advances. C. It inspires healthy competition in the drug market. D. It makes medical treatment accessible to people. 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。 Leave the Screens at Home on Your Next Family Road Trip The other day, a friend sent me an email, asking if I’d consider writing about educational apps for children to watch while on road trips. The email said, “___16___ And often with long car rides comes the use of on-screen entertainment. These educational apps can develop their art, math, science, engineering and design skills.” While the intention is well-meaning, I disagree with his idea. There is so much to see on a road trip! ___17___ So what can a child do in the car? There are plenty of off-screen activities that a child can do to pass the time. Take physical books along. Choose some novels for an older reader, get cartoon books, or take interactive books such as I Spy, coloring books, puzzle books, etc. Play games. ___18___ Print out a map of the country and color in each state as you notice a license plate from there. Keep a record of the different colored cars you see. Play the old classic alphabet game. ___19___ Parents can find online lists of good questions to get older kids talking, such as, “If you could travel anywhere in the world, what are your top three destinations and why?” “If you could have a dinner party with three people, who would you invite?” Not only is this fun, but it keeps the driver refreshed. Long road trips shouldn’t just be about endurance (耐力); they should also be about learning how to pass the time without a screen. So, challenge yourselves to a screen-free road trip the next time you go somewhere as a family. ___20___ A. Have some conversation starters ready. B. The Great License Plate Search is a fun one. C. You may be surprised at what a success it is. D. Collect your kids’ questions before starting off. E. Many are turning to road trips for a late-summer escape. F. Help your kids to make a list of things they’ll see on the trip. G. If they stare at a screen, they’ll miss everything outside the window. 第三部分 语言运用 (共三节, 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。 Math was my worst subject. I was so ___21___ when my math teacher called me to the blackboard to do a long division (除法) problem, since I often put the ___22___ in the wrong places or forgot to add in the zeros. As I ___23___ the blackboard, I looked at the golden-haired girl next to me, trying to ___24___ what she was writing. Although I tried my best, she went faster than I could understand. Why couldn’t I understand this even when I tried to ___25___ it? Why? Why? I ___26___ back salty tears and wrote some numbers randomly (随便地) on the board. The teacher read over our answers silently. “Now, class, Susie did this problem absolutely correctly.” “As for Tara,” the teacher said, ___27___ her eyes, “I don’t ___28___ know what she did.” The class burst into ___29___, and I felt my face turned red, hoping to ____30____ them from seeing me at all. However, after class, my teacher wrote me a note, ____31____, “No one will truly make a difference to you, unless you ____32____ yourself to succeed.” This ____33____ from middle school is the most impressive to me. The experience made me feel stronger, and gave me ____34____. When I get a bad grade in school, I think of that moment, which gives me the willingness to ____35____ all of those whys that I asked myself, and continue until perfection, or as close as I can get. 21. A. excited B. calm C. upset D. proud 22. A. numbers B. books C. papers D. exercises 23. A. cleaned B. approached C. touched D. repaired 24. A. explain B. forget C. copy D. correct 25. A. escape from B. depend on C. play with D. deal with 26. A. gave B. brought C. held D. push 27. A. rolling B. covering C. focusing D. opening 28. A. frequently B. really C. always D. relatively 29. A. anger B. laughter C. cheering D. enjoyment 30. A. protect B. excuse C. prevent D. shelter 31. A. saying B. writing C. showing D. asking 32. A. allow B. force C. advise D. beg 33. A. subject B. problem C. promise D. memory 34. A. determination B. explanation C. communication D. imagination 35. A. doubt B. repeat C. accept D. answer 第二节 (共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分) 根据所给单词的汉语提示或首字母, 写出空缺处单词的正确形式, 每空一词。 36. Reading is ________ (有益的) to broadening our horizons. (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 37. He has made a great ________ (成就) in the field of chemistry. (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 38. The little boy ________ (慷慨地) donated his money to children in poor areas. (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 39. Successfully solving the difficult problem gave me a sense of ________ (满足). (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 40. My teacher ________ (祝贺) me on my success in the English speaking contest yesterday. (根据汉语提示单词拼写) 41. Doing sports is thought to help prevent heart d________. (根据首字母单词拼写) 42. She has a t________ northern accent that is easy to recognize. (根据首字母单词拼写) 43. The d________ between the earth and the moon is about 384,000 kilometers. (根据首字母单词拼写) 44. The school is taking measures to e________ food safety for all the students. (根据首字母单词拼写) 45. In Chinese culture, the color red r________ happiness, festivals, and good luck. (根据首字母单词拼写) 第三节 (共5 小题; 每小题1分, 满分5分) 阅读下列各句, 在空白处填入1 个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 46. She is a beautiful girl who is always particular ________ what she wears. (用适当词填空) 47. They have developed their friendship to a stage ________ they share happiness and sufferings. (用适当词填空) 48. Over the past eighty years, Jane Eyre ________ (translate) into more than 50 languages. (所给词的适当形式填空) 49. The man ________ (stand) there with a book in his hand is my English teacher. (所给词的适当形式填空) 50. He worked around the clock and got his work ________ (complete) ahead of time. (所给词的适当形式填空) 第四部分 写作 (共两节, 满分40 分) 第一节 (满分15 分) 51. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Eric所在的中文学校将要举行主题为“我所知道的中国传统节日”的演讲比赛，希望你能推荐一个中国传统节日, 要点如下： 1. 节日简介； 2. 邀请来中国体验。 注意： 1. 词数80个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Eric, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua. 第二节 (满分25分) 52. 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。 Every time I sat down with my family and looked through our photos — holidays, trips, or vacations, there was always something missing. It was me. It was not just because I was the one behind the camera, but because I avoided being photographed. I always felt I looked awful in photos. There were a few photos of me on my birthday that always made me feel bad. Generally speaking, I didn’t hate my appearance; I just wasn’t very photogenic (上相的). Therefore, when it came to family photos, I was missing. Gradually, I didn’t feel and look confident, and seldom smiled. Then I met Mary. I was attending a writers’ meeting in North Carolina and she was a photographer who was good at photo shooting for writers. As a new writer, I needed a good personal photo for business cards and social media. I decided to give Mary a try. The day of my appointment (约定) arrived. I picked out clothes that were most suitable for me. I checked myself in the mirror and felt I looked okay, but I was not sure whether the photos would reflect that. By the time Mary was to take photos of me, it began to have a light rain. My hair had started out nicely, but I knew the rain would destroy it. I unwillingly walked into the room. Mary greeted me with a sunny smile. I felt relaxed. I was sure that she could sense I was not confident about my appearance because she immediately began to comfort me. She promised my photos would be wonderful. And she said how sad it made her that so many women thought so little of their appearance and how much this would hurt their self-respect. The light rain stopped. Mary led me outside onto the grass-covered grounds of the meeting center. With the bright new green of spring and flowers seen everywhere, it was the perfect place for photos, even on a cloudy day. 注意： 1, 续写词数应为100个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Mary first let me stand by a beautiful flower. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The next day, I sat by Mary’s computer and looked through the photos. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$