甘肃省天水市麦积区天水市第二中学2024-2025学年高三上学期8月月考英语试题

天水市二中2025届高三月考试卷 英 语 (考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分) 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共5小题;每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At the cinema. B. At the hotel. C. At the customs 2. How much money will the man get back? A. $10. B. $4. C. $6. 3. How does the woman feel finally? A. Encouraged. B. Defeated. C. Depressed. 4. What does the man want? A. Pig dolls. B. Ship models. C. Some chips. 5. What made the woman wait so long for her clothes? A. The breaking-down of the company. B. Her not being informed in time. C. The wrong delivery of her package. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 6. How long will the speakers wait for? A. 60 minutes. B. 45 minutes. C. 55 minutes. 7. What will the speakers do next? A. Find another restaurant. B. Wait in line. C. Do some shopping. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 8. Who is the cake made for? A. The man’s daughter. B. The man. C. The woman. 9. What will they do first according to the recipe? A Brush the pan. B. Mix the flour. C. Heat the oven. 10. What will the man finally do? A. Write a message on the cake. B. Cut out a piece of cake. C. Put some fruit on the cake. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 11. Why was Mike’s brother crying? A. Mike didn’t let his brother play with his toys. B. Mike didn’t play with his brother. C. Mike didn’t give his brother’s things back. 12. What does the woman think of Mike’s behavior? A. Unselfish. B. Unfriendly. C. Unusual. 13. What does the woman advise Mike to do? A. To make an apology. B. To share things. C. To be more careful. 14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Father and daughter. C. Brother and sister. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 15. What do we know about this manned flight mission? A. It has the longest staying time. B. It is the hardest to operate. C. It travels at the fastest speed. 16. What do Taikonauts do to pass the time? A. Play cards. B. Play tennis. C. Play instruments. 17. What does the woman’s final words mean? A. Women are less suitable in this mission. B. Women are as excellent as men. C. Women undertake more than men do. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 18. Which pet may an outgoing person prefer? A. A bird. B. A dog. C. A cat. 19. What may a cat owner be like? A. Clever. B. Sociable. C. Careful. 20. What does the speech mainly talk about? A. Pet people’s personalities. B. More outgoing dog people. C. Less sociable cat people. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 A 2024 Western Colorado Elementary Science Fair EUREKA! and D51 are partnering to host our annual elementary (小学的) science fair! Here’s your chance to apply your love of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) by conducting your own scientific investigation. Participation is open to all 3-5th graders living in Wester Colorado, and students can either enter as an individual or as a team of no more than 3 members. Judging will be based on grade, and a team composed of students from multiple grades will be judged in the grade category of the oldest participant’s grade. Project Submission All participants must complete all of the following by March 7, 2024: ●Complete the registration form (one per team) ●Create a display poster (either physical or electronic) summarizing their project and email the file or a clear photo of it to the science fair committee ● Create a video presentation (less than 5 minutes) explaining their project to the judges, and submit it to the science fair committee Public Viewing Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Location: EUREKA! McConnell Science Museum Participants can display their posters and present their projects to the public (optional) . Safety Regulations It is important to wear proper protective gear (装备) when necessary in addition to disposing of (处理) waste properly when conducting a scientific investigation. We strongly recommend that guardians look up and study Safety Data Sheets for any chemicals that their students use and have responsibility for not allowing students to experiment with dangerous chemicals. EUREKA! holds the right to not display projects if they believe the components break our safety regulations. 1. What is an entry requirement for the science fair? A. A team must consist of three members. B. A team must be led by-the oldest participant. C. All participants must be from Western Colorado. D. Teams must be formed by students in the same grade. 2. What are participants required to do by the submission date? A. Submit a display poster. B. Video the investigation process. C. Present their project to the public. D. Fill in the registration form individually. 3. Which of the following will result in your project not being displayed? A. Disposing of waste improperly. B. Performing experiments without a guardian. C. Involving harmful chemicals in your project. D. Conducting your investigation without protective gear. B Humans have two different ages. There is chronological age (实际年龄), which measures how much time a person has spent on Earth, and then there is biological age, referring to how old a person seems. Many lifestyle factors like diet, exercise and psychological state can impact someone’s biological age. A new study from Deep Longevity, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Stanford University found that feelings that cause poor mental health like sadness, loneliness and general unhappiness add an extra 1.65 years to a person’s biological age. Meanwhile, smoking can add up to 1.25 years and suffering from restless sleep can add 0.44 years to a person’s biological age. However, being currently married can reduce 0.59 years, according to the study. As part of the study, researchers said they came up with a new “aging clock” based on data from 4,846 Chinese adults in 2015 as part of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. The data included 16 blood biomarkers (生物标志物) like cholesterol and glucose levels as well as other health information like blood pressure, body mass index, lung function and so on. Researchers compared the chronological age of CHARLS participants with the ages predicted by their new “aging clock”. The results found that the new age was roughly 5.6 years older than the CHARLS participants’ actual ages. The team also found that smokers and those with a history of stroke, liver or lung disease were predicted to be older than the remaining 4,451 healthy adults. “Chronological age isn’t how old we really are,” said professor David Sinclair, co-director of the Paul Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Harvard Medical School. “We all age biologically at different rates according to our genes, what we eat, and how much we exercise. Biological age is what determines our health and ultimately our lifespan. Biological age is a number of candles we really should be blowing out. In the future, with advances in our ability to control biological age, we may have even fewer candles on our cake than the previous one.” 4 Which of the following has the biggest negative effect on our biological age? A. Smoking. B. Poor sleep. C. Being married. D. Feeling lonely. 5. What can we infer about the CHARLS participants? A. Most of them smoke. B. They aren’t in good health. C. They have a history of stroke D. Most of them live by themselves. 6. What was professor David Sinclair’s attitude to the future of humans’ biological age? A. Worried. B. Pessimistic. C. Confident. D. Ambiguous. 7. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the text? A. What decides a person’s chronological age B. What adds years to a person’s biological age C. Chronological age — how old are you really? D. Biological age — you may be older than you are C A group of digital models dressed in sports outfits strutted down the runway in an online virtual fashion show during China Fashion Week in September. Led by Xijiajia, tech company Baidu Inc’s virtual spokesperson, they presented the latest clothes by homegrown sportswear maker Anta Sports in different virtual scenarios (场景)-stadiums, snowfields, the Gobi Desert and even outer space. Li Shiyan, head of Baidu’s digital human and robotics section, said that technologies, the production cost of virtual clothing has been reduced dramatically, and production periods shortened from more than one month to just a week. “The virtual human industry is still in an early stage, and there are some challenges, such as how to produce low-cost digital assets and digital content, and how to make digital humans interact with real people more naturally, “Li said. The size of China’s virtual human market is forecast to reach 270 billion yuan by 2030. According to experts, the fashion landscape is rapidly expanding its virtual horizon to prepare for a future populated by digital avatars, and the most accessible way for fashion brands to engage with virtual replicas is by dressing them in their latest collections. “Holding virtual fashion shows doesn’t just mean moving real-world shows online. More importantly, we can use digital space to expand our understanding of fashion and imagination for what is possible,“ said Chen Duan. For example, people can make use of textures that do not exist in the physical world, and digital humans are able to go beyond the biological limits of real humans and present new fashion styles in new ways. “Digital humans are increasingly being used in brand promotion, advertisement, livestreaming, gaming and entertainment,” said Zhu Xiaowen, an analyst. However, she added that a new set of problems have also emerged, such as personal privacy protection and data security. She said unregulated use of digital humans might open a way for fraud, given that digital humans can be difficult to distinguish from real people. 8. Why does the author describe a virtual fashion show in Paragraph 1? A to stress Baidu’s technological development. B to introduce the use of digital fashion avatars. C. to make ads for sportswear maker Anta Sports. D. to describe the work of some digital models. 9. What is one of the challenges of the virtual human industry? A. Digital humans fail to react with real people. B. The virtual human market isn’t clear. C. Producing digital contents costs more. D. Virtual beings aren’t widely accepted. 10. What does Chen Duan think of virtual fashion shows? A. They apply digital technology in daily life. B. They enrich people’s understanding of humans. C. They will replace real-world shows. D. They explore more possibilities for fashion. 11. What does Zhu Xiaowen stress about digital humans? A. the potential harm they do. B. their bright future in the fashion world. C. the need of their personal privacy. D. their betraying to real people. D Speaking in an interview, Naveen Jain, founder of a space exploration company called Moon Express, said that he believes moon travel is just a decade away. And his company, which is the first private firm to get approval from the U.S. government to carry out the project of moon travel, wants to play a role in helping people get to the moon surface. ''I believe in the next ten years, there is going to be gentlemen on their knees asking their sweethearts, honey, will you go to the moon with me for honey moon?'' Jain said in the interview. Many people in the technology and scientific communities are crazy about space exploration. Space presents an unprecedented(史无前例的)number of chances for scientific and human advancement. Companies, big and small, are determining how they can create technologies that would allow people to explore space, the moon, and even Mars. Other companies are eyeing ways to play a role in space travel. The key of that gold rush has been the declining cost of actually getting to space. Jain said that while it once cost billions of dollars to go to the moon, his company's unmanned space flight next year will cost just 7 million. As costs continue to decline(减少),he believes that within the next decade, getting to the moon will cost just $10,000.Better yet, it'll take just four hours to get there. Still, Mars is the final prize. And even Jain, whose company will focus on moon travel, said that ''Mars is certainly the right place to be finally. '' When asked if he'd like to stage space fights to Mars, Jain said ''of course'', adding that he believes Moon Express could partner with Elon Musk's SpaceX to make that happen. ''Elon will build the rocket and we do the travelers,'' Jain said of a theoretical partnership. ''Generally, he lays the cables and we do the last mile.'' SpaceX and Musk have not said whether they would work alongside Jain and Moon Express. Either way, it looks like hopping from the moon to Mars (and back) might be just a part of our lives. 12. We can learn about moon travel from the passage that A. it will take less time and money B. it is already available for all C. few people are interested in it D. its future is not bright at all 13. What does the author mean by saying ''Mars is the final prize''? A. Mars is the final destination difficult but valuable to reach. B. Mars is the final destination expensive but easy to reach. C. Mars is the first destination to choose for space travelers. D. Mars is the last destination to choose for space travelers. 14. What can we learn from the passage? A. Moon Express is certainly an ideal partner for SpaceX. B. SpaceX hasn't decided to cooperate with Moon Express. C. Moon Express and SpaceX used to be close partners. D. SpaceX has been successful in moon travel exploration. 15. The passage above is most probably taken from the ______section of a newspaper. A. entertainment B. education C. technology D. literature 第二节 七选五(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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Or in the simple, beautiful words of an old Chinese proverb: “___16___If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” ___17___A study by Professor Elizabeth Dunn of the University of British Columbia found that spending money on others promotes happiness more than spending money on oneself. In an experiment, participants were given an envelope containing either five or twenty dollars. Participants who spent the money on a gift for someone else or for a charitable donation reported greater happiness than those who spent the money on themselves. We hear throughout history, philosophy, and literature the same themes regarding giving.___18___It’s the source of true happiness, the meaning of life, the source of the greatest emotional and psychological returns. It’s the best way to recover from the worst tragedies. It’s a greater pleasure than the creation of wealth and the most direct route to happiness. ___19___What provides a feeling of security. What provides a sense of accomplishment. What gives inner peace. What brings great meaning, fulfillment, and happiness. ___20___Perhaps it is because we have not heard enough stories of how happy it can make us — stories from people we admire. I have had the privilege of meeting many of these people through my work. I’d heard their stories of how giving their time, resources, and talents to the causes they care about has brought them happiness and fulfillment far greater than they had ever imagined. A. So why don’t more of us give? B. Giving is what liberates the soul. C. Is it better to give than to receive? D. If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. E. Modern science has proved this phenomenon. F. Giving is the most satisfying thing you’ll ever do. G. Some people are in the habit of taking instead of giving. 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Every year, Dale Marks puts up a massive Christmas lights display at his home in Des Moines. It’s part of a neighborhood ___21___. For decades, people have come by the carload every December to the Beaverdale community to ___22___ the Markses’ house Christmas lights display. The holiday display ____23____ good cheer. The Markses put boxes at the end of their driveway and ask visitors to ___24___ money and food to the Food Bank of Iowa as they drive past. But this year, after ___25___ a heart attack, Marks was too ___26___ to hang lights while his wife was too busy with his care to ___27___the job. Bob Coffey, a stranger who owns a local construction company, heard the couple’s ___28___ and offered to help. So Coffey brought a group of ___29___ to their home to put up thousands of lights. Coffey and four of his workers spent ___30___ putting up lights and decorations throughout the yard. He ___31___ that there were at least 10,000 lights. Everyone ___32___, when at the end of the day, he plugged two cords (电线) together and ___33___ the display. “The ___34___ of that afternoon will last a lifetime,” Coffey said, explaining that seeing Dale and Julie Marks watching from the porch made it all ___35___. 21. A. reform B. mission C. initiative D. tradition 22. A. admire B. fetch C. report D. dismiss 23. A. responds to B. goes beyond C. aims at D. differs from 24. A. donate B. earn C. lend D. save 25. A. suffering B. identifying C. convincing D. acknowledging 26. A. urgent B. mighty C. weak D. panicked 27. A. take away B. take in C. take apart D. take on 28. A. resolution B. interruption C. outcome D. situation 29. A. volunteers B. doctors C. nurses D. students 30. A. weeks B. days C. hours D. minutes 31. A. imagined B. estimated C. suggested D. insisted 32. A. hesitated B. continued C. complained D. cheered 33. A. beat down B. lit up C. packed up D. prayed for 34. A. news B. truth C. goal D. memory 35. A. worthwhile B. harmonious C. incredible D. permanent 第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分) 语法填空 More wild bird species have appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, after bird-watchers and the forestry department protected their habitats. Since 2014, the number of black storks, which are under first-class national protection, ___36___ (rise). Bird-watchers can see dozens ___37___ them overwintering in Wuhan every year. In 2021, the local government banned businesses, motor vehicles and camping in the Tianxingzhou Wetland, ___38___ island with many places to visit. ___39___ (draw) more attention to these birds, the city’s environmental organization has set up a project. In the past five years, Wuhan has returned 6, 333 hectares of fishponds and about 667 hectares of farmland to wetland. And in the past two years, Wuhan has spent 120 million yuan ___40___ (protect) the Chenhu Wetland, a nature reserve listed as being of international ___41___ (important) by the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands. Now, many birds can ___42___ (see) in the lake’s wetland. The Wuhan Bird Watching Society has been watching the number and habitats of each wild bird species. “It’s interesting to watch all kinds of birds, listen to ‘bird talk’ and experience wild fun in the city,” said Yan Jun, ___43___ is head of the society. Birds are frequent ___44___ (visitor) to wetland and an important part of the environment. Their population size and activity status and the local environment are ___45___ (close) connected, Yan said. And he also said, “Though birds can’t speak, they vote with their feet.” 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 应用文写作(满分15分) 46. 假定你是高三学生李华，在目前的英语学科备考过程中遇到了一些困难，感到困惑。请给English Learning的编辑写一封邮件。内容包括： 1.写信目的； 2.你的情况； 3.你的愿望。 注意： 1.词数100左右； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.开头和结尾已为你写好。 Dear Editor, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写(满分25分) 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 It was exam time at Marc’s school. Every day, their teachers gave them loads of homework and told them the test was very important and that they ought to spare no effort to perform well in it. Everyone followed the teachers’ instructions and made preparations for it, except Marc. He just turned a deaf ear to it. He thought he would rather play football than study. His mum and dad repeated the importance of revision for exams over and over again. They told him that he should be working hard preparing for the test. But the weather was sunny and he thought he had better things to do. “Shall we go to the park?” he said to his friend Huck one afternoon. “It’s a nice day. We could play football and kick around.” Huck shook his head. “I’m supposed to review my lessons,” he said. “I’m going home to do some math.” Marc was amazed. “You’d rather do math than play football?” “Math is important. Besides, my mum says she will buy me a mountain bike if I do well in the math exam.” “That’s crazy,” said Marc. Huck shrugged (耸肩) and replied, “Wait until I beat you in the test and you will watch me riding past on my mountain bike!” “You won’t beat me,” said Marc. “Oh yes, I will.” “Oh no, you won’t! That will never happen. Just wait and see!” For the first time ever, Marc wanted to perform well. He couldn’t bear it if his friend came top and he did badly. So when he got home, he opened his math book. But there was so much to do. All of a sudden, he felt like he’d forgotten everything he had learned that year! He didn’t know where to start. When his sister Lily came in, he was sitting expressionlessly by the desk, just staring out of the window. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右; 2. 请按如下格式作答。 “You don’t look happy, Marc. What’s wrong?” she said. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On the day of the exam, Marc went to school with great confidence. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 天水市二中2025届高三月考试卷 英 语 (考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分) 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共5小题;每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At the cinema. B. At the hotel. C. At the customs 2. How much money will the man get back? A. $10. B. $4. C. $6. 3. How does the woman feel finally? A. Encouraged. B. Defeated. C. Depressed. 4. What does the man want? A. Pig dolls. B. Ship models. C. Some chips. 5. What made the woman wait so long for her clothes? A. The breaking-down of the company. B. Her not being informed in time. C. The wrong delivery of her package. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 6. How long will the speakers wait for? A. 60 minutes. B. 45 minutes. C. 55 minutes. 7. What will the speakers do next? A. Find another restaurant. B. Wait in line. C. Do some shopping. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 8. Who is the cake made for? A. The man’s daughter. B. The man. C. The woman. 9. What will they do first according to the recipe? A. Brush the pan. B. Mix the flour. C. Heat the oven. 10. What will the man finally do? A. Write a message on the cake. B. Cut out a piece of cake. C. Put some fruit on the cake. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 11. Why was Mike’s brother crying? A. Mike didn’t let his brother play with his toys. B. Mike didn’t play with his brother. C. Mike didn’t give his brother’s things back. 12. What does the woman think of Mike’s behavior? A. Unselfish. B. Unfriendly. C. Unusual. 13. What does the woman advise Mike to do? A. To make an apology. B. To share things. C. To be more careful. 14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Father and daughter. C. Brother and sister. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 15. What do we know about this manned flight mission? A. It has the longest staying time. B. It is the hardest to operate. C. It travels at the fastest speed. 16. What do Taikonauts do to pass the time? A. Play cards. B. Play tennis. C. Play instruments. 17. What does the woman’s final words mean? A. Women are less suitable in this mission. B. Women are as excellent as men. C. Women undertake more than men do. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 18. Which pet may an outgoing person prefer? A. A bird. B. A dog. C. A cat. 19. What may a cat owner be like? A. Clever. B. Sociable. C. Careful. 20. What does the speech mainly talk about? A. Pet people’s personalities. B. More outgoing dog people. C. Less sociable cat people. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 A 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1. C 2. A 3. C B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4. D 5. B 6. C 7. D C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. A 13. A 14. B 15. C 第二节 七选五(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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. D 17. E 18. F 19. B 20. A 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. D 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. D 33. B 34. D 35. A 第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分) 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. has risen 37. of 38. an 39. To draw 40. protecting 41. importance 42. be seen 43. who 44. visitors 45. closely 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 应用文写作(满分15分) 【46题答案】 【答案】Dear Editor, I am Li Hua a student of senior three. I’m going to take part in the College Entrance Examination in June. I have some trouble in learning English. It seems that I have made little progress in English. I hope that you can give me some useful advice. The problems I am facing now are as follows. I have never got satisfying marks. It is a hard job for me to remember and use grammatical rules. Besides, I find it difficult to write good English compositions. My English teacher is always explaining the language points in class and I can hardly take them down. I become worried and afraid that I will fall behind in English, which will eventually prevent me from going to college. Could you help me, please? Yours, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写(满分25分) 【47题答案】 【答案】“You don’t look happy, Marc. What’s wrong?” she said. Explaining what had happened, especially the bet between him and Huck, he told Lily his decision. He wanted to make careful preparations for the exam, but ran into difficulties with math. He was at a loss what to do next. “Don’t worry! I’ll help you. Just be confident!” replied Lily. The following days, Marc worked very hard and made great progress. Gradually, his confidence grew and he could solve math problems with ease, with the instructions appearing in his brain as if the teacher was standing at his side . On the day of the exam, Marc went to school with great confidence. He met Huck in the classroom, who looked delighted as if he was bound to win. But Marc didn’t care. When the exam began, Marc answered all the questions as best as he could. Several days later, the result came out. It turned out that Marc did much better than Huck. “Well done,” said Mom. “We could go to see a movie to celebrate, and you can choose one.” “I think Lily should choose,” said Marc. “I would never have gained such a great achievement without her help and encouragement .” 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$