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高2026届高二第一学期期初考试英语试题 （试卷满分120分, 考试时间120分钟） 第一部分: 听力（共两节, 满分30分） 第一节（共5小题; 每小题1分, 满分5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man do? A. A computer technician. B. A hotel receptionist. C. A shop assistant. 2. Where does the conversation take place? A. At the grocer's. B. At the tailor's. C. At the cleaner's. 3. How did the speakers come to Seattle? A. By plane. B. By car. C. By train. 4. What will the speakers have for dinner today? A. Fried rice. B. Noodles. C. Steak. 5. How is Sophie feeling now? A. Confused. B. Worried. C. Disappointed. 第二节（共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟; 听完后, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。 6. What does the man want to do before noon? A. Post a letter. B. Make a card. C. Write an email. 7. Whose birthday is it? A. Richard's. B. Sarah's. C. Vera's. 听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。 8. What course does Professor Brooks teach? A. Public Speaking. B. European History. C. English Literature. 9. Why does Vicky come to talk with Professor Brooks? A. To sign up for his course. B. To ask for a make-up test. C. To discuss her homework. 听第8段材料, 回答第10至13题。 10. What does Linda do for plays and shows? A. She gives actors advice. B. She assigns roles to actors. C. She designs actors' clothes. 11. What does Linda need to research? A. The setting of the story. B. The decoration of the stage. C. The names of the characters. 12. Who does Linda report her work to? A. The director. B. The editor. C. The photographer. 13. What does Linda say about her job? A. It pays very well. B. It requires team effort. C. It involves frequent travel. 听第9段材料, 回答第14至17题。 14 What does Kevin think of abstract art? A. It has lasting artistic value. B. It makes little sense to him. C It appeals mainly to children. 15. What impression did the first painting give the woman? A. Hopefulness. B. Nervousness. C. Coldness. 16. What color was used for the background in the second painting? A. Green. B. Purple. C. Red. 17. What will Kevin probably do this Saturday? A. Attend an art class. B. Visit an exhibition. C. Buy an abstract painting. 听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。 18. What caused the closure of Pittwater Road? A. A fallen tree. B. A flooded river. C. A car accident. 19. What happened at Town Hall Station? A. A police officer got hurt. B. A passenger went missing. C. The station roof was broken. 20. What are road users advised to do? A. Drive at low speed. B. Postpone their trips. C. Follow traffic signs. 第二部分 阅读（共两节, 满分40分） 第一节（共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30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 MINIBOSS & BIGBOSS SUMMER BUSINESS CAMP Join us at our award-winning International Summer Business Camp! Together with students from all over the world, you will dive into experiencing life and culture. We’ve served over 9,000 students from 27countries since 2000! LOCATION The camp is located 10 miles from Oxford, not far from London and Cambridge. ACCOMMODATIONS The camp provides full board. You will live in shared rooms in the boarding Thornton High School or Thornton College. Delicious English dishes are prepared by chefs. AGE GROUPS Miniboss groups: 9 — 11,12-15 Bigboss groups: 15 — 18 POWERFUL PROGRAMMES ☑Explore Yourself in Business This course provides you with a broad introduction to business, human full potential and self-realization. It equips you with the skills to successfully launch and manage your own business. Most importantly, you will develop the mindset to become a groundbreaking entrepreneur (企业家). ☑Aeademic Programme Immerse (使沉浸于) yourself in the exciting business world through case studies of world-famous companies. In addition to training, the camp has many recreational activities and sports, which alternate with business games and daily evening reflection. On this course, you will; ● Identify how to unlock your full potential and manage your own potential; ● Strengthen your problem-solving abilities; ● Develop cooperation skills; ● Examine how leading entrepreneurs achieve their goals; ● Learn to think like an entrepreneur. 1. What do we know about the camp? A. It has a history of 27 years. B. It is backed by Oxford and Cambridge. C. It is clearly targeted at teenagers. D. It is open to students of all nationalities. 2. What can campers learn from the Explore Yourself in Business course? A. Teamwork spirit. B. Interpersonal skills. C. Creative thinking. D. Problem-solving abilities. 3. What can the second programme do? A. Combine education with pleasure. B. Teach campers to set goals. C. Offer jobs in world-famous companies. D. Train campers to think like adults. 【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是应用文。文章主要介绍了英国商业夏令管的相关内容，包括地点、食宿、特色课程等。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Join us at our award-winning International Summer Business Camp! Together with students from all over the world, you will dive into experiencing life and culture. We’ve served over 9,000 students from 27countries since 2000!(加入我们屡获殊荣的国际暑期商务营吧！与来自世界各地的学生一起，你将深入体验生活和文化。自2000年以来，我们已经为来自27个国家的9000多名学生提供了服务！)”可知，夏令营对所有国籍的学生开放。故选D项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Explore Yourself in Business下的“This course provides you with a broad introduction to business, human full potential and self-realization. It equips you with the skills to successfully launch and manage your own business. Most importantly, you will develop the mindset to become a groundbreaking entrepreneur (企业家).(本课程为你提供商业、人的全部潜力和自我实现的广泛介绍。它装备你的技能，成功地启动和管理自己的企业。最重要的是，你将培养成为一名开创性企业家的心态)”可知，营员们能从Explore Yourself in Business课程中学到创造性思维。故选C项。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Aeademic Programme下的“Immerse (使沉浸于) yourself in the exciting business world through case studies of world-famous companies. In addition to training, the camp has many recreational activities and sports, which alternate with business games and daily evening reflection.(通过对世界著名公司的案例研究，让自己沉浸在令人兴奋的商业世界中。除了训练之外，营地还有许多娱乐活动和体育活动，这些活动与商业游戏和每天晚上的反思交替进行)”可知，这个项目把教育和娱乐结合起来。故选A项。 B Most people who ran the marathon last month spent days before resting up and days after recovering. But not Jacky Hunt-Broersma. In total, she ran 104 marathons in 104 days. If it’s confirmed by Guinness World Records, that would be a new world record. And she did it all with one leg and a prosthesis (假肢). “Someone able-bodied had done it previously. I wanted to see if I could do it on a prosthetic leg and see what would happen,” she said. “I thought it would be a great way to inspire others to push their limits because I truly believe that we’re stronger than what we think. And I’ve been so pleasantly surprised that my body is held up, everything is held up and I’ve made it to 104.” She actually did not pick up the sport until after she lost the lower part of her left leg in 2001 to a type of cancer called Ewing sarcoma. Runners using a prosthetic leg can’t use a regular one. They need a running blade (刀锋式跑步义肢). Hunt-Broersma has two, but she was only able to run with one because of the swelling she experienced in her left leg that made it impossible to connect to the other blade. But even with the pain that occurred, she has been able to put up with it and continued. All together, Hunt-Broersma ran over 4, 385 kilometers. During that time she has had a lot of time to think and has learned a few things about herself. “It has taught me how strong one can be and how important absolute determination is. If you’re mentally strong, you can do anything,” she said. “And our bodies are just amazing ... This whole journey was impressive and super hard, but it’s told me how strong I can be as a person and how far I can push myself.” 4. Why did Hunt-Broersma decide to run marathons? A. She wanted to set a new record. B. She intended to challenge herself. C. She was driven by her interest. D She was inspired by people like her. 5. What difficulty did Hunt-Broersma meet with? A. She didn’t get professional training. B. She found it hard to keep her balance. C. She suffered discomfort in her left leg. D. She couldn’t use regular running blades. 6. What message does the author express through the story? A. Rome wasn’t built in a day. B. Time works wonders. C. A good beginning is half the battle. D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 7. What may be the author’s attitude towards Hunt-Broersma? A. Annoyed. B. Sympathetic. C. Admiring. D. Humorous. 【答案】4. B 5. C 6. D 7. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Jacky Hunt-Broersma虽然由于癌症而左腿截肢，但是借助假肢连续104天跑104场马拉松的励志故事。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的““Someone able-bodied had done it previously. I wanted to see if I could do it on a prosthetic leg and see what would happen,” she said. (‘以前有健全的人这样做过。我想看看我能否在义肢上做到这一点，看看会发生什么。’她说。)”可知，先前曾有体格健全的人连续跑马拉松，Hunt-Broersma想看看自己戴着假肢能不能连续跑马拉松；由此可知，Hunt-Broersma决定跑马拉松是为了挑战自我。故选B。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的“Runners using a prosthetic leg can’t use a regular one. They need a running blade (刀锋式跑步义肢). Hunt-Broersma has two, but she was only able to run with one because of the swelling she experienced in her left leg that made it impossible to connect to the other blade. But even with the pain that occurred, she has been able to put up with it and continued.(使用假肢的跑步者不能使用普通的假肢。他们需要一个刀锋式跑步义肢。Hunt-Broersma两个刀锋式跑步义肢，但她只能用其中一个，因为她左腿肿胀，无法连接到另一把刀。但即使发生了痛苦，她也能够忍受并继续下去。)”可知，Hunt-Broersma跑马拉松时要忍受左腿肿胀带来的不适和痛苦。故选C。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是第三段中的“But even with the pain that occurred, she has been able to put up with it and continued.(但即使发生了痛苦，她也能够忍受并继续下去。)”和最后一段中的““It has taught me how strong one can be and how important absolute determination is. If you’re mentally strong, you can do anything,” she said. “And our bodies are just amazing ... This whole journey was impressive and super hard, but it’s told me how strong I can be as a person and how far I can push myself.”(‘它教会了我一个人可以有多坚强，以及绝对的决心有多重要。如果你内心强大，你可以做任何事情，’她说：‘我们的身体真是太棒了……整个旅程令人印象深刻，也非常艰难，但它告诉我，作为一个人，我可以有多强大，我可以把自己逼到多远。’)”可知，Hunt-Broersma克服身体的不适并坚持跑完了马拉松，虽然过程很艰难，但Hunt-Broersma明白了一个人可以有多强大，坚定的决心有多重要以及她自己究竟可以走多远。由此可知，作者通过Hunt-Broersma的故事告诉读者只要有坚定意志与决心，就没有不可能的事情，面对艰难困苦，只要我们迎难而上，坚持不懈，就能取得成功。故选D。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“Most people who ran the marathon last month spent days before resting up and days after recovering. But not Jacky Hunt-Broersma. In total, she ran 104 marathons in 104 days. If it’s confirmed by Guinness World Records, that would be a new world record. And she did it all with one leg and a prosthesis (假肢).(上个月跑马拉松的大多数人在赛前休息和赛后恢复上都花了几天时间。但Jacky Hunt-Broersma不是。她总共在104天内跑了104场马拉松。如果吉尼斯世界纪录证实，这将是一项新的世界纪录。她用一条腿和一个假肢完成了这一切。)”可知，Hunt-Broersma在104天内跑了104场马拉松，赛前没有休息，赛后也没有时间恢复；再结合第二段提到的她勇于挑战自己、第三段提到的她努力克服身体的不适以及最后一段她的感悟可知，作者对Hunt-Broersma的态度是钦佩赞赏的。故选C。 C “The Worthington Christian defeated the Westerville North by 2-1 in an Ohio boys’ soccer game on Saturday.” That’s according to a story that appeared last month in The Columbus Dispatch. That lead was written not by a sportswriter, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Many news organizations are now examining how AI might be used in their work. But if they begin their “experimenting” with high school sports because they are less momentous than war, peace, climate change and politics, they may miss something crucial. Nothing may be more important to the students who play high school sports, and to their families, neighborhoods, and sometimes, the whole town. That next game is what the students train for, work toward, and dream about. Someday, almost all student athletes will go on to have jobs in front of screens, in office parks, at schools, in hospitals or on construction sites. They may suffer blows and setbacks. But the high school games they played and watched, as well as their hopes and cheers, will stay vivid in their memories. I have a small idea. If newspapers will no longer send staff reporters to cover high school games, why not hire high school student journalists? News organizations can pay students an hourly wage to cover high school games. The young reporters might learn how to be fair to all sides, write vividly, and attract readers. That’s what some celebrities in sports did, and do. And think of the great writers who were inspired by sports: Hemingway on fishing, Bernard Malamud and Marianne Moore on baseball, Chen Zhongshi on football, and CLR James on cricket, who said, “There can be raw pain and bleeding where so many thousands see the inevitable (不可避免的) ups and downs of only a game.” A good high school writer, unlike a robot, could tell readers not just the score, but the stories of the game. 8. Why is the lead mentioned in the first paragraph? A. To introduce an original idea. B. To show AI’s wide application. C. To bring in the opinion about AI. D. To stress AI’s importance to news. 9. What does the author think of high school games? A. Hopeful. B. Eye-catching. C. Competitive. D. Far-reaching. 10. What is good sports news like according to the author? A. Rich in contents. B. Fair in comments. C. Centered on results. D. Targeted on readers. 11. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. News Organizations Are Abusing AI B. High Schoolers Can Do What AI Can’t C. Great Writers Are Crazy About Sports D. AI Ruins High School Students’ Memory 【答案】8 C 9. D 10. A 11. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章探讨了现在许多新闻机构不重视高中体育比赛的新闻报道，只用人工智能写手，因此新闻只是一个成绩公告，没有故事性。但是作者认为，高中的体育比赛会给学生带来美好的回忆，新闻机构可以雇用高中生记者进行报道。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段““The Worthington Christian defeated the Westerville North by 2—1 in an Ohio boys’ soccer game on Saturday.” That’s according to a story that appeared last month in The Columbus Dispatch. That lead was written not by a sportswriter, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. (“在周六的俄亥俄州男子足球比赛中，沃辛顿基督徒队以2比1击败了北方韦斯特维尔队。”这是根据上个月发表在《哥伦布快讯》上的一篇报道。这篇头条新闻不是体育记者写的，而是人工智能工具写的)”可知，本段主要介绍了这则新闻报道不是体育新闻记者写的，而是人工智能工具写的，再结合下文作者主要发表对人工智能用于学校体育新闻报道的看法可推知，这里提到该头条新闻是为了引出下文关于人工智能的观点。故选C项。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中“Nothing may be more important to the students who play high school sports, and to their families, neighborhoods, and sometimes, the whole town. That next game is what the students train for, work toward, and dream about. Someday, almost all student athletes will go on to have jobs in front of screens, in office parks, at schools, in hospitals or on construction sites. They may suffer blows and setbacks. But the high school games they played and watched, as well as their hopes and cheers, will stay vivid in their memories. (对于参加高中体育运动的学生，对他们的家庭，社区，有时甚至是整个城镇来说，没有什么比这更重要了。下一场比赛是学生们训练、努力和梦想的目标。总有一天，几乎所有的学生运动员都将在屏幕前、办公园区、学校、医院或建筑工地工作。他们可能遭受打击和挫折。但他们参加和观看的高中比赛，以及他们的希望和欢呼，将留在他们的记忆中)”可知，高中体育运动对于学生及他们周围的生活圈来说非常重要，这是他们学生时代努力的目标，也会在未来他们进入工作领域时影响他们，为他们提供美好的回忆。由此推知，作者认为高中体育比赛的影响很深远。故选D项。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段中引用的CLR James的话“There can be raw pain and bleeding where so many thousands see the inevitable (不可避免的) ups and downs of only a game. (成千上万的人看到的只是一场比赛不可避免的起起落落，可能会带来疼痛和流血)”以及“A good high school writer, unlike a robot, could tell readers not just the score, but the stories of the game. (一个优秀的高中作家，不像机器人，不仅能告诉读者比分，还能告诉他们比赛的故事)”可知，作者认为好的体育新闻不仅要告诉读者比赛的结果，还应内容丰富，讲述其故事，体现其起伏。故选A项。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章第一段介绍当前高中体育比赛的新闻报道不是体育新闻记者写的，而是人工智能工具完成的现象；第二段表示对人工智能撰写高中体育比赛新闻的反对，探讨高中体育比赛的积极影响；第三段建议新闻机构雇用高中生记者来报道高中体育比赛；最后一段提到高中生新闻撰写者比人工智能有优势。由此可知，本文主要讲述的是高中生能够做到人工智能做不到的事情——把高中体育比赛新闻撰写得有声有色，因此B项“高中生可以做人工智能做不到的事情”最适合作为文章标题。故选B项。 D For decades sleep scientists have thought over the link between dreaming and creative inspiration. They have long thought the insight came from the stage of rapid eye movement sleep, which is rich with dreams and begins around 90 minutes after one falling asleep. But new evidence puts the spotlight on a much earlier phase — the period that separates sleep and wakefulness. In a study by MIT, researchers show that people who take brief naps (小睡) that bring about the beginning of sleep score higher on several measures of creativity than those who undertake the tasks after staying awake. The findings suggest researchers could even exercise some measure of control over the dreaming process by directing people's dreams toward a specific topic. The more frequently people dreamed about that, the more creative they were on tasks related to it. “We can come to the conclusion that dreaming about a topic enhances your subsequent creativity on it,” says Robert Stickgold, a member of the study team. The experiment took advantage of a glovelike sleep detector, which charts sleep by monitoring one's muscle tone, skin conductance and heart rate through contacts on the wrist and hand. It communicates with an app that issues voice prompts (提示) for dreams and records dream reports. More than one famous thinker has capitalized on the phase called non-rapid eye movement sleep stage 1,or N1, illustrating the point about generating creative insights. The painter Salvador Dalí would deliberately nap, holding a set of keys above a metal plate, when thinking over an idea for a painting. As he nodded off, he'd drop the keys, which would hit the plate and wake him up, and he'd hold onto the image from his dream. Thomas Alva Edison is said to have used a similar technique with metal balls to gain insights. “It's exciting because, in principle, people could use the technology themselves to develop creativity,” says Jonathan Schooler, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of California. There seems to be no shortage of folks coming to try it. “So many different kinds of people have visited, knocking on the lab door and asking to have dreams,” co-lead investigator Haar Horowitz says. 12. Which phase boosts creative ideas according to the study? A. The initial sleep stage. B. The middle of the sleep cycle. C. The wakefulness after sleep. D. The rapid eye movement sleep stage. 13. What do the findings mentioned in paragraph 2 show? A. Physical changes reflect the sleep phase. B. Dream contents re late to real life. C. Creativity levels vary with the nap length. D. The theme of the dream can be guided. 14. What does the underlined word “charts” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Encourages. B. Improves. C. Tracks. D. Influences. 15. Why are Salvador Dalí and Thomas Alva Edison mentioned? A. To prove the effect of dreams. B. To provide support for the findings. C. To interpret the benefits of N1. D. To give examples of fueling creativity. 【答案】12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。实验表明，睡眠初始阶段的梦境是创造力最活跃的阶段，人类有希望利用这一睡眠阶段提升创造力。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“But now evidence pats the spotlight on a much earlier phase — the period that separates asleep and wakefulness. In a study by MIT, researchers show that people who take brief naps (小睡) that bring about the beginning of sleep score higher on several measures of creativity than three who undertake the tasks after staying awake.(但现在，证据将焦点投向了一个更早的阶段——介于睡眠和清醒之间的时期。麻省理工学院的一项研究表明，那些短暂小睡，进入睡眠初期的人，在多项创造力的测试中得分高于那些一直保持清醒状态完成任务的人)”可知，新的证据将焦点放在一个更早的阶段——睡眠和清醒之间的一段时间。研究发现在睡眠开始前短暂小睡的人在创造力方面得分更高。由此可知，睡眠的初始阶段是创新灵感的来源。故选A项。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“The findings suggest researchers could even exercise some measure of control over the dreaming process by directing people's dreams toward a specific topic(这项研究结果表明，研究人员甚至可以通过引导人们的梦境向特定主题发展，来对做梦过程进行一定程度的控制)”可知，研究结果表明，研究人员甚至可以通过将人们的梦境引向特定主题来对做梦过程进行某种程度的控制。由此可知，梦境的主题可以被引导。故选D项。 【14题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线词下文“by monitoring one's muscle tone, skin conductance and heart rate through contacts on the wrist and hand. It communicates with an app that issues voice prompts (提示) for dreams and records dream reports(通过手腕和手部的触点来监测一个人的肌肉紧张度、皮肤电导率和心率。它与一个应用程序通信，该应用程序会发出梦境提示并记录梦境报告)”可知，下文提到通过手腕和手上的接触器监测一个人的肌肉紧张性、皮肤电导率和心率，它与一个应用程序进行通信，该应用程序会发出梦境语音提示并记录梦境报告。由此推知，它应是能跟踪睡眠情况，划线词的含义应为“跟踪”，故选C项。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“More than one famous thinker has capitalized on the phase called non-rapid eye movement sleep stage 1, or N1, illustrating the point about generating creative insights. The painter Salvador Dalí would deliberately nap, holding a set of keys above a metal plate, when thinking over an idea for a painting. As he nodded off, he'd drop the keys, which would hit the plate and wake him up, and he'd hold onto the image from his dream. Thomas Alva Edison is said to have used a similar technique with metal balls to gain insights (不止一位著名思想家利用非快速眼动睡眠第一阶段（N1）来阐述激发创造性思维的观点。画家萨尔瓦多·达利在思考绘画创意时，会故意小憩，手里拿着一串钥匙悬在金属板上方。当他打盹时，钥匙会掉落在金属板上，将他惊醒，这时他会牢牢记住梦中的图像。据说托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生也使用了类似的金属球技巧来获取灵感)”可推知，本文提到萨尔瓦多·达利和托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生是为他们的发现提供佐证，来支撑研究发现，故选B项。 第二节（共5 小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分） 阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 It’s happened to all of us: a song comes on the radio, and we are immediately transported back to a time in our past. ____16____ There are a few things that connect tunes with our memories. Music is often a necessary element of many important life events, and it is also very effective in arresting our attention. ____17____ Besides, the emotional nature of music helps make it particularly memorable. We often become familiar with a piece of music because we hear it as background music. The more familiar a piece of music is, the more effective it is in bringing back memories. ____18____ The reason is that we are far more likely to hear a song over and over again than to watch a film or a TV programme in the same way. Tiffany Jenkins, writing for a culture column, has a different opinion: ____19____ She tells us how throughout history oral cultures have passed important knowledge from generation to generation through songs because of this characteristic. The rhythm (韵律) and rhyme in lines of songs all serve as memory aids. ____20____ This fact corresponds with what many experts call the “reminiscence bump (怀旧性记忆)”, where older adults (over forty) have increased recollection of events that occurred during their adolescence and early adulthood. It’s clear that our memories and music are closely linked — to the point that music is being used to help Alzheimer’s disease sufferers access memories that they thought they had lost. A. Familiarity is important. B. Music itself is easy to remember. C. But what makes music so effective in doing this? D. Our musical preference usually forms during our teens. E. This applies to music more than other cultural products. F. Pop music especially can be connected with an important memory. G. Music and these life events are likely to be linked together in our memories. 【答案】16. C 17. G 18. E 19. B 20. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章对音乐为什么总是会唤起人们的某些回忆进行了解释。 【16题详解】 根据前文“It’s happened to all of us: a song comes on the radio, and we are immediately transported back to a time in our past.(我们每个人都有过这样的经历：收音机里响起一首歌，我们立刻被传送回过去的某个时间。)”和后文“There are a few things that connect tunes with our memories.(有一些东西可以将音乐与我们的记忆联系起来。)”可知，此处是指音乐是如何与我们的回忆联系在一起的，所以选项C“但是什么让音乐在这方面如此有效呢？”切合文意。故选C。 【17题详解】 根据前文“Music is often a necessary element of many important life events, and it is also very effective in arresting our attention.(音乐往往是许多重要生活事件的必要元素，它也非常有效地吸引我们的注意力。)”可知，此处是指因此音乐和生活事件有可能在我们的记忆里产生联系，所以选项G“音乐和这些生活事件很可能在我们的记忆中联系在一起。”切合文意。故选G。 【18题详解】 根据后文“The reason is that we are far more likely to hear a song over and over again than to watch a film or a TV programme in the same way.(原因是我们更有可能一遍又一遍地听一首歌，而不是用同样的方式看电影或电视节目。)”可知，此处是指比起电影或电视节目等音乐更有可能唤起回忆，所以选项E“比起其他文化产品，这更适用于音乐。”切合文意。故选E。 【19题详解】 根据后文“She tells us how throughout history oral cultures have passed important knowledge from generation to generation through songs because of this characteristic. The rhythm (韵律) and rhyme in lines of songs all serve as memory aids.(她告诉我们，由于这一特点，在整个历史中，口头文化是如何通过歌曲将重要的知识代代相传的。歌词的节奏和韵律都可以帮助记忆。)”可知，此处是指音乐容易记忆，所以选项B“音乐本身很容易记住。”切合文意。故选B。 【20题详解】 根据后文“This fact corresponds with what many experts call the “reminiscence bump (怀旧性记忆)”, where older adults (over forty) have increased recollection of events that occurred during their adolescence and early adulthood.(这一事实与许多专家所说的“怀旧性记忆”相吻合，即老年人（40岁以上）对青春期和成年早期发生的事件的回忆增加。)”可知，此处是指我们的音乐喜好通常形成于青少年时期，所以选项D“我们的音乐偏好通常在青少年时期形成。”切合文意。故选D。 第三部分 语言运用（共两节, 满分 25分） 第一节（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、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I have been one of those men who set the same goals every year but rarely ___21___ any of them. I started hot and ready for a ___22___ year each year but that energy ___23___ by the end of February. I came to the end of each year feeling ___24___. At the end of 2016, I reached my ___25___ point. I was tired of being overweight and broke, ___26___ to pay my bills, in ___27___ relationships, and feeling like a(n)___28___ to those in my life. I said “enough”, and started at the beginning of 2017 in a place that ___29___ me — Maui, Hawaii. I spent mornings on the beach reflecting quietly and ___30___ my mentality to process trauma (创伤). I spent days ___31___ how to promote myself in the areas I wanted to, and I got to work. I left Maui a changed man, and the ___32___ to becoming the best version of myself hasn’t stopped since. One of my biggest realizations was the ___33___ of putting myself first and creating goals connected with where I wanted to go in life. Self-prioritization (自我优先) has helped me create goals I can go hard on all year. Self-prioritized goals have led to a better me for everyone else in my life. Life is more ___34___ since making the shift to self-prioritization in goal setting. Understanding and carrying out self-prioritization in your goal-setting can greatly ___35___ how you reach your goals and work on becoming the best version of yourself. 21. A. tried B. ignored C. replaced D. achieved 22. A. productive B. joyful C. colorful D. novel 23. A. picked up B. messed up C. turned away D. faded away 24. A. confused B. defeated C. frightened D. unsatisfied 25. A. turning B. starting C. breaking D. meeting 26. A. intending B. promising C. longing D. struggling 27. A. boring B. unhealthy C. dangerous D. direct 28. A. example B. pride C. disappointment D. annoyance 29. A. impressed B. tested C. attracted D. changed 30. A. enjoyed B. connected C. righted D. dreamed 31. A. discussing B. studying C. choosing D. judging 32. A. journey B. approach C. answer D. solution 33. A. ability B. definitions C. importance D. intention 34. A. rewarding B. precious C. beautiful D. mysterious 35. A. imply B. improve C. contain D. control 【答案】21. D 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. A 35. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者曾经面临一系列的不顺利，到了崩溃的边缘，于是开始寻求改变，把自己放在第一位，努力成为最好的自己。 【21题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我就是那种每年都设定同样目标却很少实现的人——一个也没有实现。A. tried尝试；B. ignored忽视；C. replaced代替；D. achieved实现。根据上文“set the same goals every year”此处指没能实现目标。故选D。 【22题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每年我都热热闹闹地开始，准备好迎接丰收的一年，但这种活力在2月底就消失了。A. productive多产的；B. joyful快乐的；C. colorful多彩的；D. novel新颖的。根据上文“I started hot and ready for a”指作者每年热闹地制定很多目标，准备好迎接丰收的一年，故选A。 【23题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：每年我都热热闹闹地开始，准备好迎接丰收的一年，但这种活力在2月底就消失了。A. picked up捡起；B. messed up弄乱；C. turned away转移；D. faded away消失。根据上文“but that energy”中but表示转折，说明这种活力在2月底就消失了。故选D。 【24题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每到年末，我都感到挫败。A. confused困惑的；B. defeated被击败的；C. frightened害怕的；D. unsatisfied不满足的。根据上文可知作者每年都没能实现目标，所以感到挫败。故选B。 【25题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：2016年底，我到了崩溃的边缘。A. turning转弯；B. starting开始；C. breaking崩溃，打破；D. meeting遇见。后文列举了作者一系列的不顺利，所以是到了崩溃的边缘。故选C。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我厌倦了超重和破产，厌倦了挣扎着支付账单，厌倦了不健康的人际关系，厌倦了对生活中的人感到失望。A. intending打算；B. promising承诺；C. longing渴望；D. struggling努力。根据后文“to pay my bills”指作者支付账单很挣扎，故选D。 【27题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我厌倦了超重和破产，厌倦了挣扎着支付账单，厌倦了不健康的人际关系，厌倦了对生活中的人感到失望。A. boring无聊的；B. unhealthy不健康的；C. dangerous危险的；D. direct直接的。根据上文“I was tired of being overweight and broke”可知，主要列举了作者一系列的不顺利，推测是不健康的关系。故选B。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我厌倦了超重和破产，厌倦了挣扎着支付账单，厌倦了不健康的人际关系，厌倦了对生活中的人感到失望。A. example例子；B. pride骄傲；C. disappointment失望；D. annoyance烦恼。根据上文提到了作者的人际关系不健康，所以是对生活中的人感到失望。故选C。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我说了“够了”，并于2017年初开始在一个改变了我的地方——夏威夷毛伊岛。A. impressed使印象深刻；B. tested测试；C. attracted吸引；D. changed改变。根据后文“how to promote myself in the areas I wanted to, and I got to work”可知，作者开始在2017年改变自己。故选D。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我每天早上都在海滩上静静地反思，调整自己的心态来处理创伤。A. enjoyed欣赏；B. connected连接；C. righted纠正；D. dreamed梦想。根据后文“my mentality to process trauma”指作者调整自己的心态来处理创伤。故选C。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我花了几天时间研究如何在我想要的领域提升自己，然后开始工作。A. discussing讨论；B. studying学习；C. choosing选择；D. judging判断。根据后文“how to promote myself in the areas I wanted to”指作者研究如何在想要的领域提升自己，故选B。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：离开毛伊岛后，我变了一个人，成为最好的自己的旅程从未停止过。A. journey旅程；B. approach方法；C. answer回答；D. solution解决方案。根据后文“to becoming the best version of myself hasn’t stopped since”可知，作者开始了成为最好的自己的旅程。故选A。 【33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我最大的认识之一就是把自己放在第一位，并制定与我想要的生活方向相关的目标。A. ability能力；B. definitions定义；C. importance重要性；D. intention意图。根据后文“of putting myself first”指把自己放在第一位的重要性是作者最大的认识之一。故选C。 【34题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：生活变得更有意义了，因为我们在设定目标的时候，改变了自己的优先顺序。A. rewarding有意义的；B. precious宝贵的；C. beautiful美丽的；D. mysterious神秘的。根据后文“making the shift to self-prioritization in goal setting”可知，当我们把自己放在了第一位，生活变得更有意义。故选A。 35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在你的目标设定中理解并执行自我优先级可以极大地改善你实现目标的方式，并努力成为最好的自己。A. imply暗示；B. improve改善；C. contain包含；D. control控制。呼应上文“how to promote myself”此处指改善实现目标的方式。故选B。 第二节（共10小题: 每小题1分, 满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 13-year-old twin brother and sister Zhao Ziqian and Zhao Qinman are from Dongguan, Guangdong Province. They enter the waters off Xinbu Island in Haikou ___36___ (participate) in a swimming challenge across the Qiongzhou Strait, ___37___ lies between the island province of Hainan and the Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong. On Aug. 21, 2023, the twins ___38___ (successful) swam across the country’s Qiongzhou Strait, becoming the first set of twins to achieve the swimming feat (功绩). They were also ___39___ first among the 84th batch (批) of challengers to reach the shore in the attempt to swim across the Qiongzhou Strait, which is about 20 kilometers at its ___40___ (narrow) point. A total of six challengers from Dongguan took part in the activity. They entered the waters off Xinbu Island, ___41___ (begin) their challenge at 4:34 a.m. on Aug. 21 under the ___42___ (guide) of local teams. According to Zhao Ziqian, the older brother, challengers could fuel their body with bottled water, bananas, chocolate and other food ___43___ (throw) down to them from protecting ships every 40 — 60 minutes. The twins’ parents ___44___ (stay) with them and cheered them on throughout the journey. Their father, a former soldier, said he sent his children to swimming classes to help them build toughness ____45____ that he would continue to strengthen their physical fitness. 【答案】36. to participate 37. which 38. successfully 39. the 40. narrowest 41. beginning 42. guidance 43. thrown 44. stayed 45. and 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要报导了来自中国广东东莞的13岁的双胞胎兄妹参加跨琼州海峡的游泳挑战的经历。 【36题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：他们进入海口新埠岛附近海域，参加横跨琼州海峡的游泳挑战，琼州海峡位于海南省和广东省雷州半岛之间。句子已有谓语，空处作句子的目的状语，表示“为了……”，participate“参与”应用不定式形式。故填to participate。 【37题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：他们进入海口新埠岛附近海域，参加横跨琼州海峡的游泳挑战，琼州海峡位于海南省和广东省雷州半岛之间。空处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the Qiongzhou Strait，先行词指物，关系词指代先行词在从句中作主语，应用关系代词which作引导词。故填which。 【38题详解】 考查副词。句意：2023年8月21日，这对双胞胎成功游过了琼州海峡，成为第一对完成游泳壮举的双胞胎。空处修饰动词swam，作状语，结合“becoming the first set of twins to achieve the swimming feat”可知，successful的副词形式successfully符合题意，意为“成功地”。故填successfully。 【39题详解】 考查冠词。句意：他们也是第84批试图游过琼州海峡的挑战者中第一批上岸的人，琼州海峡最窄处约20公里。空后为序数词first，空处应用定冠词the，表示“第一批上岸的人”。故填the。 【40题详解】 考查形容词最高级。句意：他们也是第84批试图游过琼州海峡的挑战者中第一批上岸的人，琼州海峡最窄处约20公里。根据“which is about 20 kilometers”可知，此处是介绍琼州海峡最窄处的宽度，空处应用narrow“狭窄的”的最高级形式。故填narrowest。 【41题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：他们于8月21日凌晨4点34分进入新埠岛海域，在当地团队的指导下开始了他们的挑战。句子已有谓语，空处是非谓语，作状语，begin“开始”和They逻辑上是主动关系，begin应用现在分词形式。故填beginning。 【42题详解】 考查名词。句意：他们于8月21日凌晨4点34分进入新埠岛海域，在当地团队的指导下开始了他们的挑战。空处作under的宾语，空前有冠词the，guide的名词形式guidance符合题意，意为“指导”，是不可数名词，短语under the guidance of…意为“在……的指导下”。故填guidance。 【43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：据哥哥赵子骞说，每隔40到60分钟，挑战者们就可以用从保护船上扔下来的瓶装水、香蕉、巧克力和其他食物来补充体力。句子已有谓语，空处是非谓语，作修饰bottled water, bananas, chocolate and other food的后置定语，throw“扔”和bottled water, bananas, chocolate and other food逻辑上是被动关系，throw应用过去分词形式。故填thrown。 【44题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：双胞胎的父母全程陪伴着他们，为他们加油打气。空处和cheered并列，作句子的谓语，此处在叙述过去发生的事情，时态为一般过去时。故填stayed。 【45题详解】 考查连词。句意：他们的父亲是一名退伍军人，他说他送孩子们去上游泳课是为了帮助他们增强韧性，他会继续加强他们的身体健康。空处连接前后两个并列的宾语从句，应用并列连词and。故填and。 第四部分 写作（共两节, 满分35分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，你校计划在下周举行以中华传统文化为主题的英文演讲比赛。请你给外教Robert写一封邮件邀请他做评委，内容包括： 1.比赛的具体时间和地点； 2.比赛的主要内容与流程。 注意： 1.写作词数应为80左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear Robert, I’m Li Hua from Class 3. Learning that you take great interest in traditional Chinese culture, I’m delighted to invite you to be one of our judges for our English speech contest. Scheduled to be held in the multi-media hall at 3:30 p.m. next Monday, the contest is themed with excellent traditional Chinese culture, which covers topics like medicine, local handicrafts and festivals. Each contestant will present their topics within five to ten minutes while being judged. After that, there will be comments on their performances. Any suggestions for their improvement will be greatly welcomed. I would appreciate it if you could come as expected. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。假定考生是李华，你校计划在下周举行以中华传统文化为主题的英文演讲比赛。请你给外教Robert写一封邮件邀请他做评委。 【详解】1.词汇积累 传统的：traditional→conventional 高兴的：delighted→pleased 举行：hold→throw 建议：suggestion→advice 2.句式拓展 同义句 原句：Learning that you take great interest in traditional Chinese culture, I’m delighted to invite you to be one of our judges for our English speech contest. 拓展句：Because I learn that you take great interest in traditional Chinese culture, I’m delighted to invite you to be one of our judges for our English speech contest. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Learning that you take great interest in traditional Chinese culture, I’m delighted to invite you to be one of our judges for our English speech contest.（运用了现在分词作状语和that引导宾语从句） 【高分句型2】Scheduled to be held in the multi-media hall at 3:30 p.m. next Monday, the contest is themed with excellent traditional Chinese culture, which covers topics like medicine, local handicrafts and festivals.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 高2026届高二第一学期期初考试英语试题 （试卷满分120分, 考试时间120分钟） 第一部分: 听力（共两节, 满分30分） 第一节（共5小题; 每小题1分, 满分5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man do? A. A computer technician. B. A hotel receptionist. C. A shop assistant. 2. Where does the conversation take place? A. At the grocer's. B. At the tailor's. C. At the cleaner's. 3. How did the speakers come to Seattle? A. By plane. B. By car. C. By train. 4. What will the speakers have for dinner today? A. Fried rice. B. Noodles. C. Steak. 5. How is Sophie feeling now? A. Confused. B. Worried. C. Disappointed. 第二节（共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟; 听完后, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。 6. What does the man want to do before noon? A. Post a letter. B. Make a card. C. Write an email. 7. Whose birthday is it? A. Richard's. B. Sarah's. C. Vera's. 听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。 8. What course does Professor Brooks teach? A. Public Speaking. B. European History. C. English Literature. 9. Why does Vicky come to talk with Professor Brooks? A. To sign up for his course. B. To ask for a make-up test. C. To discuss her homework. 听第8段材料, 回答第10至13题。 10. What does Linda do for plays and shows? A. She gives actors advice. B. She assigns roles to actors. C. She designs actors' clothes. 11. What does Linda need to research? A. The setting of the story. B. The decoration of the stage. C. The names of the characters. 12. Who does Linda report her work to? A. The director. B. The editor. C. The photographer. 13. What does Linda say about her job? A. It pays very well. B. It requires team effort. C. It involves frequent travel. 听第9段材料, 回答第14至17题。 14. What does Kevin think of abstract art? A. It has lasting artistic value. B. It makes little sense to him. C. It appeals mainly to children. 15. What impression did the first painting give the woman? A. Hopefulness. B. Nervousness. C. Coldness. 16. What color was used for the background in the second painting? A. Green. B. Purple. C. Red. 17. What will Kevin probably do this Saturday? A. Attend an art class. B. Visit an exhibition. C. Buy an abstract painting. 听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。 18. What caused the closure of Pittwater Road? A. A fallen tree. B. A flooded river. C. A car accident. 19. What happened at Town Hall Station? A. A police officer got hurt. B. A passenger went missing. C. The station roof was broken. 20. What are road users advised to do? A. Drive at low speed. B. Postpone their trips. C. Follow traffic signs. 第二部分 阅读（共两节, 满分40分） 第一节（共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30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 MINIBOSS & BIGBOSS SUMMER BUSINESS CAMP Join us at our award-winning International Summer Business Camp! Together with students from all over the world you will dive into experiencing life and culture. We’ve served over 9,000 students from 27countries since 2000! LOCATION The camp is located 10 miles from Oxford, not far from London and Cambridge. ACCOMMODATIONS The camp provides full board. You will live in shared rooms in the boarding Thornton High School or Thornton College. Delicious English dishes are prepared by chefs. AGE GROUPS Miniboss groups: 9 — 11,12-15 Bigboss groups: 15 — 18 POWERFUL PROGRAMMES ☑Explore Yourself in Business This course provides you with a broad introduction to business, human full potential and self-realization. It equips you with the skills to successfully launch and manage your own business. Most importantly, you will develop the mindset to become a groundbreaking entrepreneur (企业家). ☑Aeademic Programme Immerse (使沉浸于) yourself in the exciting business world through case studies of world-famous companies. In addition to training, the camp has many recreational activities and sports, which alternate with business games and daily evening reflection. On this course, you will; ● Identify how to unlock your full potential and manage your own potential; ● Strengthen your problem-solving abilities; ● Develop cooperation skills; ● Examine how leading entrepreneurs achieve their goals; ● Learn to think like an entrepreneur. 1. What do we know about the camp? A. It has a history of 27 years. B. It is backed by Oxford and Cambridge. C. It is clearly targeted at teenagers. D. It is open to students of all nationalities. 2. What can campers learn from the Explore Yourself in Business course? A. Teamwork spirit. B. Interpersonal skills. C. Creative thinking. D. Problem-solving abilities. 3. What can the second programme do? A. Combine education with pleasure. B. Teach campers to set goals. C. Offer jobs in world-famous companies. D. Train campers to think like adults. B Most people who ran the marathon last month spent days before resting up and days after recovering. But not Jacky Hunt-Broersma. In total, she ran 104 marathons in 104 days. If it’s confirmed by Guinness World Records, that would be a new world record. And she did it all with one leg and a prosthesis (假肢). “Someone able-bodied had done it previously. I wanted to see if I could do it on a prosthetic leg and see what would happen,” she said. “I thought it would be a great way to inspire others to push their limits because I truly believe that we’re stronger than what we think. And I’ve been so pleasantly surprised that my body is held up, everything is held up and I’ve made it to 104.” She actually did not pick up the sport until after she lost the lower part of her left leg in 2001 to a type of cancer called Ewing sarcoma. Runners using a prosthetic leg can’t use a regular one. They need a running blade (刀锋式跑步义肢). Hunt-Broersma has two, but she was only able to run with one because of the swelling she experienced in her left leg that made it impossible to connect to the other blade. But even with the pain that occurred, she has been able to put up with it and continued. All together, Hunt-Broersma ran over 4, 385 kilometers. During that time she has had a lot of time to think and has learned a few things about herself. “It has taught me how strong one can be and how important absolute determination is. If you’re mentally strong, you can do anything,” she said. “And our bodies are just amazing ... This whole journey was impressive and super hard, but it’s told me how strong I can be as a person and how far I can push myself.” 4. Why did Hunt-Broersma decide to run marathons? A. She wanted to set a new record. B. She intended to challenge herself. C. She was driven by her interest. D. She was inspired by people like her. 5. What difficulty did Hunt-Broersma meet with? A. She didn’t get professional training. B. She found it hard to keep her balance. C. She suffered discomfort in her left leg. D. She couldn’t use regular running blades. 6. What message does the author express through the story? A. Rome wasn’t built in a day. B. Time works wonders. C. A good beginning is half the battle. D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 7. What may be the author’s attitude towards Hunt-Broersma? A. Annoyed. B. Sympathetic. C. Admiring. D. Humorous. C “The Worthington Christian defeated the Westerville North by 2-1 in an Ohio boys’ soccer game on Saturday.” That’s according to a story that appeared last month in The Columbus Dispatch. That lead was written not by a sportswriter, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Many news organizations are now examining how AI might be used in their work. But if they begin their “experimenting” with high school sports because they are less momentous than war, peace, climate change and politics, they may miss something crucial. Nothing may be more important to the students who play high school sports, and to their families, neighborhoods, and sometimes, the whole town. That next game is what the students train for, work toward, and dream about. Someday, almost all student athletes will go on to have jobs in front of screens, in office parks, at schools, in hospitals or on construction sites. They may suffer blows and setbacks. But the high school games they played and watched, as well as their hopes and cheers, will stay vivid in their memories. I have a small idea. If newspapers will no longer send staff reporters to cover high school games, why not hire high school student journalists? News organizations can pay students an hourly wage to cover high school games. The young reporters might learn how to be fair to all sides, write vividly, and attract readers. That’s what some celebrities in sports did, and do. And think of the great writers who were inspired by sports: Hemingway on fishing, Bernard Malamud and Marianne Moore on baseball, Chen Zhongshi on football, and CLR James on cricket, who said, “There can be raw pain and bleeding where so many thousands see the inevitable (不可避免的) ups and downs of only a game.” A good high school writer, unlike a robot, could tell readers not just the score, but the stories of the game. 8. Why is the lead mentioned in the first paragraph? A. To introduce an original idea. B. To show AI’s wide application. C. To bring in the opinion about AI. D. To stress AI’s importance to news. 9. What does the author think of high school games? A Hopeful. B. Eye-catching. C. Competitive. D. Far-reaching. 10. What is good sports news like according to the author? A. Rich in contents. B. Fair in comments. C. Centered on results. D. Targeted on readers. 11. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. News Organizations Are Abusing AI B. High Schoolers Can Do What AI Can’t C Great Writers Are Crazy About Sports D. AI Ruins High School Students’ Memory D For decades sleep scientists have thought over the link between dreaming and creative inspiration. They have long thought the insight came from the stage of rapid eye movement sleep, which is rich with dreams and begins around 90 minutes after one falling asleep. But new evidence puts the spotlight on a much earlier phase — the period that separates sleep and wakefulness. In a study by MIT, researchers show that people who take brief naps (小睡) that bring about the beginning of sleep score higher on several measures of creativity than those who undertake the tasks after staying awake. The findings suggest researchers could even exercise some measure of control over the dreaming process by directing people's dreams toward a specific topic. The more frequently people dreamed about that, the more creative they were on tasks related to it. “We can come to the conclusion that dreaming about a topic enhances your subsequent creativity on it,” says Robert Stickgold, a member of the study team. The experiment took advantage of a glovelike sleep detector, which charts sleep by monitoring one's muscle tone, skin conductance and heart rate through contacts on the wrist and hand. It communicates with an app that issues voice prompts (提示) for dreams and records dream reports. More than one famous thinker has capitalized on the phase called non-rapid eye movement sleep stage 1,or N1, illustrating the point about generating creative insights. The painter Salvador Dalí would deliberately nap, holding a set of keys above a metal plate, when thinking over an idea for a painting. As he nodded off, he'd drop the keys, which would hit the plate and wake him up, and he'd hold onto the image from his dream. Thomas Alva Edison is said to have used a similar technique with metal balls to gain insights. “It's exciting because in principle, people could use the technology themselves to develop creativity,” says Jonathan Schooler, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of California. There seems to be no shortage of folks coming to try it. “So many different kinds of people have visited, knocking on the lab door and asking to have dreams,” co-lead investigator Haar Horowitz says. 12. Which phase boosts creative ideas according to the study? A. The initial sleep stage. B. The middle of the sleep cycle. C. The wakefulness after sleep. D. The rapid eye movement sleep stage. 13. What do the findings mentioned in paragraph 2 show? A. Physical changes reflect the sleep phase. B. Dream contents re late to real life. C. Creativity levels vary with the nap length. D. The theme of the dream can be guided. 14. What does the underlined word “charts” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Encourages. B. Improves. C. Tracks. D. Influences. 15. Why are Salvador Dalí and Thomas Alva Edison mentioned? A. To prove the effect of dreams. B. To provide support for the findings. C. To interpret the benefits of N1. D. To give examples of fueling creativity. 第二节（共5 小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分） 阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 It’s happened to all of us: a song comes on the radio, and we are immediately transported back to a time in our past. ____16____ There are a few things that connect tunes with our memories. Music is often a necessary element of many important life events, and it is also very effective in arresting our attention. ____17____ Besides, the emotional nature of music helps make it particularly memorable. We often become familiar with a piece of music because we hear it as background music. The more familiar a piece of music is, the more effective it is in bringing back memories. ____18____ The reason is that we are far more likely to hear a song over and over again than to watch a film or a TV programme in the same way. Tiffany Jenkins, writing for a culture column, has a different opinion: ____19____ She tells us how throughout history oral cultures have passed important knowledge from generation to generation through songs because of this characteristic. The rhythm (韵律) and rhyme in lines of songs all serve as memory aids. ____20____ This fact corresponds with what many experts call the “reminiscence bump (怀旧性记忆)”, where older adults (over forty) have increased recollection of events that occurred during their adolescence and early adulthood. It’s clear that our memories and music are closely linked — to the point that music is being used to help Alzheimer’s disease sufferers access memories that they thought they had lost. A. Familiarity is important. B. Music itself is easy to remember. C. But what makes music so effective in doing this? D. Our musical preference usually forms during our teens. E. This applies to music more than other cultural products. F. Pop music especially can be connected with an important memory. G. Music and these life events are likely to be linked together in our memories. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节, 满分 25分） 第一节（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、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I have been one of those men who set the same goals every year but rarely ___21___ any of them. I started hot and ready for a ___22___ year each year but that energy ___23___ by the end of February. I came to the end of each year feeling ___24___. At the end of 2016, I reached my ___25___ point. I was tired of being overweight and broke, ___26___ to pay my bills, in ___27___ relationships, and feeling like a(n)___28___ to those in my life. I said “enough”, and started at the beginning of 2017 in a place that ___29___ me — Maui, Hawaii. I spent mornings on the beach reflecting quietly and ___30___ my mentality to process trauma (创伤). I spent days ___31___ how to promote myself in the areas I wanted to, and I got to work. I left Maui a changed man, and the ___32___ to becoming the best version of myself hasn’t stopped since. One of my biggest realizations was the ___33___ of putting myself first and creating goals connected with where I wanted to go in life. Self-prioritization (自我优先) has helped me create goals I can go hard on all year. Self-prioritized goals have led to a better me for everyone else in my life. Life is more ___34___ since making the shift to self-prioritization in goal setting. Understanding and carrying out self-prioritization in your goal-setting can greatly ___35___ how you reach your goals and work on becoming the best version of yourself. 21. A. tried B. ignored C. replaced D. achieved 22. A. productive B. joyful C. colorful D. novel 23. A. picked up B. messed up C. turned away D. faded away 24. A. confused B. defeated C. frightened D. unsatisfied 25. A. turning B. starting C. breaking D. meeting 26. A. intending B. promising C. longing D. struggling 27. A. boring B. unhealthy C. dangerous D. direct 28. A. example B. pride C. disappointment D. annoyance 29. A. impressed B. tested C. attracted D. changed 30. A. enjoyed B. connected C. righted D. dreamed 31. A. discussing B. studying C. choosing D. judging 32. A. journey B. approach C. answer D. solution 33. A. ability B. definitions C. importance D. intention 34. A. rewarding B. precious C. beautiful D. mysterious 35. A. imply B. improve C. contain D. control 第二节（共10小题: 每小题1分, 满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 13-year-old twin brother and sister Zhao Ziqian and Zhao Qinman are from Dongguan, Guangdong Province. They enter the waters off Xinbu Island in Haikou ___36___ (participate) in a swimming challenge across the Qiongzhou Strait, ___37___ lies between the island province of Hainan and the Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong. On Aug. 21, 2023, the twins ___38___ (successful) swam across the country’s Qiongzhou Strait, becoming the first set of twins to achieve the swimming feat (功绩). They were also ___39___ first among the 84th batch (批) of challengers to reach the shore in the attempt to swim across the Qiongzhou Strait, which is about 20 kilometers at its ___40___ (narrow) point. A total of six challengers from Dongguan took part in the activity. They entered the waters off Xinbu Island, ___41___ (begin) their challenge at 4:34 a.m. on Aug. 21 under the ___42___ (guide) of local teams. According to Zhao Ziqian, the older brother, challengers could fuel their body with bottled water, bananas, chocolate and other food ___43___ (throw) down to them from protecting ships every 40 — 60 minutes. The twins’ parents ___44___ (stay) with them and cheered them on throughout the journey. Their father a former soldier, said he sent his children to swimming classes to help them build toughness ____45____ that he would continue to strengthen their physical fitness. 第四部分 写作（共两节, 满分35分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，你校计划在下周举行以中华传统文化为主题的英文演讲比赛。请你给外教Robert写一封邮件邀请他做评委，内容包括： 1.比赛的具体时间和地点； 2.比赛的主要内容与流程。 注意： 1.写作词数应为80左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$