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英语试题 考试时间：120 分钟 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并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What will the speakers do next? A. Go shopping. B. Take a holiday. C. Have something to eat. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How much will the man pay? A. $5. B. $10. C. $20. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Where did the woman most probably leave her wallet? A. In a cinema. B. On a bus . C. At a restaurant. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What do we know about Mary? A. She refused a job offer. B. She is hunting for a job. C. She was well-qualified for the position. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Who might Shelly be? A. A babysitter. B. The girl’s sister. C. The man’s wife. 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。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What are the speakers talking about in general? A. A piece of news. B. An interview. C. A program. 7. How does the woman feel ? A. Confident. B. Worried. C. Doubtful. 听下面一段对话，回答以下 小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. When will the woman take part in a basketball game? A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. In four days. 9. What is the woman going to do next ? A. Phone a shoe store. B. Buy a pair of shoes online. C. Go to Bob’s Shoes. 听下面一段对话，回答以下 小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. What does the man want to do? A. Open an account. B. Withdraw some money. C. Cash traveler’s checks. 11. Why does the man have to come back tomorrow? A. He doesn’t have enough money. B. The bank doesn’t have enough cash. C. He hasn’t got any proofs of ID on him. 12. What can we learn from the conversation? A. A Silver account can offer an interest rate of 5%. B. A Gold account allows the card holder to withdraw money at any time. C. A minimum of $500 deposit is needed for both Silver and Gold accounts. 听下面一段对话，回答以下 小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Manager and secretary. B. Customer and manager. C. Interviewer and interviewee. 14. What does the woman ask the man to do in the first place? A. Arrange a team meeting . B. Contact a customer . C. Reserve a meeting room . 15. When will the woman give a presentation ? A. This week. B. In two weeks. C. Next month. 16. What does the woman say about the report on the new project? A. It should be more specific. B. It is time - consuming. C. It’s not too urgent. 听下面一段独白，回答以下 小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. When will the weather clear up? A. By breakfast time. B. By lunchtime. C. By supper time. 18. What will the weather be like in England tomorrow morning? A. Clear. B. Showery. C. Foggy. 19. Where will the rain reach by Saturday afternoon? A. The north. B. The northwest. C. The south coast. 20. What will the temperatures be for the weekend? A. At about 21 degrees. B. At about 29 degrees. C. At about 30 degrees. 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，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项 A Volunteer by supporting a local animal rescue center in Costa Rica! If you like animals and are also interested in preserving the environment, you will be perfect for this program. You will be helping out in and supporting a local animal shelter. Not only does this shelter take in homeless animals, but also wild animals which are in bad condition. In addition to the caretaking of the animals, volunteers help us welcome visitors at the entrance and answer any questions that visitors may have about the shelter or its animals. As volunteers spend more days in the shelter, knowledge about wildlife management will grow. Requirements ＊You need to be at least 15 years old on the program start date at the high school level or above. ＊Speaking English is a basic requirement. ＊No restrictions on nationality. Helping hands both in Costa Rica and beyond are welcome. ＊Your helping hand will be required from 09:00 to 15:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Program fees ＊Booking payments (15%): The booking payment is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payment is made by PayPal. You can also pay using a credit card. ＊Final payments (85%): Your final payment will be agreed with Volunteer Now Costa Rica during the application process. 21. What can a volunteer do in the rescue center? A. Communicate with visitors. B. Get trained to place animals. C. Give lectures about animals. D. Search for homeless animals. 22. Who can volunteer in the program? A. A French-speaking adult. B. A primary schoolchild. C. A college student from America. D. A local person free on Fridays. 23. How much should a volunteer pay at least to make a reservation? A. $52.5. B. $105. C. $297.5. D. $350. B Growing up in Kenya, Lesein Mutunkei, together with his family, always celebrated significant occasions by planting trees, which motivated him to protect the environment. It’s what the now 18-year-old soccer player treasures, especially since Kenya has an ongoing problem with deforestation. Mutunkei follows in the footsteps of the late Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai who founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977. This initiative has resulted in the planting of over 51 million trees to date. In 2018, Lesein decided to start a movement of his own. He started by planting one tree for every goal he scored during a football match. He called it Trees4Goals, and it has grown so much that he now plants 11 trees, one for each member of his team, every time he scores. Through this, he wants to inspire young people, specifically his fellow athletes, to follow in his footsteps, take nature conservation seriously, and promise to plant trees every time they score. As a result, some of them have adapted this practice for their sports. “Seeing that they’re taking that responsibility because of the project I started, for me, that is the biggest achievement,” he said. The initiative has caught the attention of English football club Arsenal and Kenya’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry, which he now works with regularly and gets advice from. Like Green Belt Movement, Trees4Goals, which has planted 5,500 trees so far, has made it. While Lesein has received some recognition for his initiative, he sets his sights on making it a worldwide phenomenon. “Football is a universal game, and climate change is a universal problem,” he explains. “It has the power to unite, educate and inspire my generation to create a safer and greener future.” This is why he wants to work with the world’s biggest football federation FIFA. As for what others can do to fight deforestation or other environmental concerns, the teenager says it’s important to just get involved in some way, no matter how small. 24. What made Lesein get interested in environmental protection? A. The influence of his family. B. Wangari Maathai’s huge assistances. C. The demand of the football team. D. His fellow athletes’ encouragement. 25. Why did Lesein found Trees4Goals? A. To gain Kenya’s support. B. To set an example for others. C. To catch Arsenal’s attention. D. To show his achievements. 26. What is Lesein’s hope for the future of Trees4Goals? A. Promoting football’s development. B. Going global with the help of FIFA. C. Beating climate change completely. D. Getting beyond Green Belt Movement. 27. What can we learn from Lesein’s story? A. Fame is a great thirst of the young. B. A youth is to be regarded with respect. C. Positive thinking and action result in success. D. Success means getting personal desires satisfied. C Digging out potato tubers (茎块) is one of the greatest rewards gardens have to offer. Children in particular are surprised at seeing these tubers that almost magically become chips, mash (泥) or baked potatoes. Happily, potatoes are very easy to grow. Seed tubers are placed in good garden soil, ideally with some compost (堆肥) for every square meter, in a sunny spot, about 10cm deep at 30cm intervals in rows 60-70cm apart. Seed tubers are offered as earliest and second earliest and maincrop. The second earliest and maincrops can be stored for winter use but earliest are usually consumed in summer. Seasoned potato growers buy early seed potatoes in February and place them in a cool, reasonably light place and let them sprout (发芽). It takes six weeks for small sprouts to form. Early potatoes are typically planted from middle March in the South, but are likely to emerge before the first season finishes in May. The shoots are frost-sensitive requiring protection on cod nights with either earth or newspapers. Second early and maincrop potatoes are planted in middle April—the frost risk will be low, but not absent, by the time they emerge. As the stems (茎) grow, soil should be drawn around them until the leaves meet in the row in early summer. At this stage, the potato field is a series of ridges (脊，垄). The tubers form in the ridge, protected from light that turns them green. Covering with black plastic or a thick layer of compost is also accessible instead of ridging, but plastic is not sustainable and slugs (鼻涕虫) can multiply in compost. Once the flowers are fully open, it is time to dig plants when the tubers are the size of a hen’s egg. They grow rapidly but gradually lose their juicy new potato flavour, so harvest freely. 28 What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 1? A. To describe a magic process. B. To recall a childhood memory. C. To raise a potato-related topic. D. To introduce a gardening award. 29. What can we learn about seed tubers? A. The closer the intervals are, the faster they will grow. B. The warmer the weather is, the better they will grow. C. The earlier they are planted the healthier they will grow. D. The deeper they are planted, the stronger they will grow. 30. What helps potatoes grow in the long term? A. Frost. B. Plastic. C. Ridges. D. Slugs. 31. What’s the text mainly about? A. How to cook potatoes. B. How to grow potatoes. C. How to harvest potatoes. D. How to preserve potatoes. D Social media can lead to mental exhaustion (疲惫). And when mentally exhausted, you are more likely to be influenced by a high number of likes on posts — even to the point of clicking on ads for products you don't need or want. As a professor of advertising, I have studied social media behaviors for years. In late 2022, my colleague Eric Haley and I conducted three online studies on Americans aged 18 — 65 to test how people under various mental loads respond to ads differently. The control group in each study were given no introductory task — we just had them look at an ad. A second group had to memorize a nine-digit number and then look at the ad. The third group looked through the Internet for 30 seconds and then looked at the ad. Participants randomly saw an ad with a few hundred likes or tens of thousands of likes. After viewing the ad, each participant rated how willing they would be to buy the product, and how much mental effort it took to think about the information. The group that used the Internet first were the most likely to want to buy the featured product when there were lots of likes or comments, and they also reported using the most mental effort to assess the ad. Researchers refer to this mentally exhausted state as “cognitive (认知的) overload”. Using social media puts them in this state because they are constantly evaluating different types of texts, photos and video posts from so many different people. In the span of several seconds, they can see a text from their husband or wife, a photo from a co-worker, a video from a celebrity and an emoji from their brother. All of this evaluating leaves them feeling frazzled. Imagine asking your roommate if they want to go get pizza. Under normal conditions, the roommate might consider several factors such as cost, hunger, timing or their schedule. Now imagine asking your roommate the same question while they are on the phone with a sick relative. They no longer have the mental energy to logically consider whether pizza for dinner is a good idea. By understanding how social media influences them, consumers can be more thoughtful in regulating their use—and hopefully not buy yet another water bottle they don’t need. 32. Why did the author conduct three online studies on Americans aged 18-65? A. To investigate their online habits. B. To test their reactions to advertisements. C. To research what kind of advertising is effective. D. To discover why people suffer great mental stress. 33. What docs paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the study? A. Its purpose. B. Its process. C. Its finding. D. Its significance. 34. What does the underlined word “frazzled” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Interested. B. Depressed. C. Annoyed. D. Tired. 35. Why does the author mention “your roommate” in paragraph 5? A. To further explain cognitive overload. B. To stress the importance of. relationships. C. To strongly call on people to eat healthily. D To remind people not to rely on mobile phones. 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填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两项为多余选项 How long does it take to become an elite (精英) in your field? ___36___ That’s what John Hayes, a cognitive psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wanted to know. For decades, Hayes has been investigating the role of effort, practice and knowledge in top performers. ___37___ The research focused on people like Mozart and Picasso-to determine how long it took them to become world-class at their craft. Let’s talk about what Hayes has discovered about world-class-performers. And more importantly, let’s discuss how you can use these insights to achieve your goals and become your best. ___38___ He analyzed thousands of musical pieces produced from 1685 to 1900. The central question that drove his work was “How long after one becomes interested in music is it that one becomes world-class?” Eventually, Hayes developed a list of 500 pieces of “masterworks” in the field, which were created by a total of 76 composers. Hayes mapped out the timeline of each composers career. ___39___ What he discovered was that virtually every single “masterwork” was written after the tenth year of the composer’s career. Not a single person produced incredible work without putting in a decade of practice first. Even a genius like Mozart had to work for at least ten years before he produced something that became popular. ___40___ In follow-up studies, Hayes found similar patterns among famous painters and popular poets. These findings have been further confirmed by research from professors like K. Anders Ericsson, who produced research that revealed that you needed to put in “10, 000 hours” to become an elite or expert in your field. A. It takes time to achieve your goals. B And what do people like doing in their spare time? C. He has studied the most talented creators in history. D. Hayes started his research by examining successful composers E. Professor Hayes began to refer to this period as the “ten years of silence”. F. And what do the successful people do differently than the rest of us? G. And then he calculated how long they had been working before they created their popular works. 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A.B.C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项 Glen Edwards became a hero when he rescued a construction worker trapped on top of a 160-meter-high building. As a crane (吊车) ____41____ working on a construction site, Edwards ____42____ found himself in a life-saving mission when a fire broke out. He recalled how he ____43____ the trapped worker from his crane’s cabin (驾驶舱), and how he came up with the idea of saving the man by lowering a cage to him to let him ____44____ . However, his attempt to ____45____ the cage before the man was by no meansan easy job, as the wind would throw his crane off balance. Besides, the smoke and flames also added to the difficulty. ____46____ the great challenges, Edwards refused to give up and fought to ____47____ control. Luckily, someone on the ground offered ____48____ on where to land the cage through a radio. Edwards ____49____ the crane’s movements, inch by inch, until the cage hanged (盘旋) just inches from the edge of the ____50____ . With determination, Edwards successfully landed the cage. Eventually, Edwards watched the cage ____51____ the man away from the horrible fire below and lowering him to safety. The crowd ____52____ a big round of applause, a tribute (致敬) to the courage and skill ____53____ by Edwards. He knew that his quick thinking and strong ____54____ had made all the difference between life and death in the face of disaster. A GoFundMe page has now been set up to raise money for him—with organizers ____55____ people to “buy Glen a beer” for his life-saving efforts. 41. A. engineer B. operator C. cleaner D. salesman 42. A. regularly B. unfortunately C. intentionally D. unexpectedly 43. A. helped B. spotted C. realized D. guided 44. A. escape B. hide C. walk D. slide 45. A. clean B. cover C. position D. open 46. A. Despite B. Without C. For D. From 47. A. switch B. maintain C. lose D. give 48. A. instructions B. problems C. explanations D. courses 49. A. quickened B. described C. adjusted D. repeated 50. A. door B. garden C. crane D. roof 51. A. persuading B. lifting C. warning D. dragging 52. A. went on B. put on C. asked for D. broke into 53. A. displayed B. admitted C. exchanged D. required 54. A. preference B. response C. emotion D. determination 55. A. choosing B. ordering C. encouraging D. Teaching 第二节(共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Dragon Head-raising Day is celebrated on the second day of the second Chinese lunar month ____56____(show) respect for the dragon and pray for good weather for farming and big harvest, ____57____ is considered as the start of spring and farming. Dragon Head-raising Day has relation with spring and farming. After the cold winter, spring comes and animals are ____58____ (wake) , but because of the winter, the weather is dry and farming lacks water. To this climate phenomenon, there is a folk saying that ____59____ will rain when the dragon raise its head. On that day, there ____60____(be) lots of conventional celebration activities. First, in the early morning, every family would light a lantern and go to a river or a well to fetch water and back home, then light ____61____(candle) , burn incense (香) sticks and offer a sacrifice. Second, people would go to a temple ____62____ honour of the dragon. Third, it is to have a haircut, which ____63____ (view) as a sign of good luck. A saying tells that having a haircut on this day, you would be energetic in the whole year. ____64____ (final) , there is a thing about eating: eating long and thin noodles _____65_____(call) Longxumian (Dragon Beard Noodles) which has a symbolic meaning-a long life expectancy. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节(满分 15 分) 66. 假定你是李华，你校英语协会正在筹备中外学生篮球联谊赛(basketball friendship match)，现需要一名具有一定篮球知识的双语裁判员(bilingual referee)。请你给负责人写一封邮件申请做裁判，内容包括： 1.写信目的； 2.个人优势。 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。 Dear Sir or Madam, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 第二节(满分 25 分) 67. 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。 In a very cold January, a puppy wandered around Mr. Lacey’s house, where he lived with his wife Mamie and their daughter Doris. Icicles (冰锥) hung three feet or more from the roofs of houses and snow swallowed up cars. The puppy had been abandoned, and it made its way down the road toward the Laceys’ small house, with its ears down and trembling from shyness and cold. Doris, whose school had been called off because of the snow, was clearing the steps when she spotted the puppy on the road. “Come on, little dog!” she called it over. The puppy shyly wagged its tail when Doris approached. As soon as Doris put the dog down in the kitchen, her mom, Mrs. Lacey, asked where the dog came from. Mr. Lacey, who was cleaning his fingernails with his pocketknife at the table, said, “I don’t know where it came from, but I know for sure where it’s going.” Doris hugged the puppy hard against her. She said nothing. Because of the snowy weather, Mr. Lacey couldn’t take the puppy to the shelter right away. So, it stayed in the basement, and Doris fed it leftovers, even though her mom didn’t want to waste food. Doris thought the puppy was around six months old and would be quite noisy sometimes. Surprisingly, the puppy behaved well, didn’t cry or make trouble in the basement, and only followed Doris upstairs when she invited it. Doris often found it on the basement steps listening to the kitchen talk and smelling the food. She felt the puppy wanted company. Even after a week, Doris didn’t name the dog, knowing her parents wouldn’t let her keep it. Her father made so little money that any pets were out of the question. Desperate to keep the dog, Doris tried to convince her parents by praising the dog’s good behavior and expressing her love for it, but her parents didn’t give a definite answer. Despite her efforts, Doris secretly wished the bad weather would never go away, fearing the puppy’s unavoidable trip to the shelter. However, nine days after the dog had arrived, the sun was shining. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Doris knew it was time to say goodbye to the dog and felt rather worried. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Doris put her hand to her mouth and couldn’t believe what she had heard. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 英语试题 考试时间：120 分钟 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并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What will the speakers do next? A. Go shopping. B. Take a holiday. C. Have something to eat. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Oh, look at those dresses! Let’ s go into this store, Mike. M: Mmm, why not wait till Black Friday? Let’ s go to find a restaurant. I’ m starving to death. W: Fine. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How much will the man pay? A. $5. B. $10. C. $20. 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】M : Excuse me. How much are the tickets, please? W: They are $10 each, but students go half price. M : Two student tickets, please. Here are our student IDs. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Where did the woman most probably leave her wallet? A. In a cinema. B. On a bus . C. At a restaurant. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】W: My wallet is gone. I can’t find it in my jacket. Do you know where I left it? M: I remember you took it out on the bus to buy tickets. And then I paid for dinner. Well, maybe you dropped it on the bus. W: Yes, I think so. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What do we know about Mary? A. She refused a job offer. B. She is hunting for a job. C. She was well-qualified for the position. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】M: I just heard that Mary got the job offer . W: Well, actually, she probably was the best candidate for the position . 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Who might Shelly be? A. A babysitter. B. The girl’s sister. C. The man’s wife. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】W: I need help with my homework, Dad . M: I’m running out the door to meet your mother. Shelly should be here to help you soon. She is staying until 9:00 tonight and also making dinner for you and your sister. 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。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What are the speakers talking about in general? A. A piece of news. B. An interview. C. A program. 7. How does the woman feel ? A. Confident. B. Worried. C. Doubtful. 【答案】6. B 7. A 【解析】 【原文】M: How did it go? W: Umm, I think it went quite well. I did a lot of research and prepared a lot. I was in there for ... I don’ t know … half an hour? M: And ? What did they say? W: Nothing much. At the end I asked them “ What happens now ?” and the woman said, “We’ll call you back with news in three or four days.” M: Really? W: Yeah. I think I’ve got the job. There weren’t a lot of other people there. It was the only interview that day, you know. M: Well. Good luck with it. 听下面一段对话，回答以下 小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. When will the woman take part in a basketball game? A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. In four days. 9. What is the woman going to do next ? A. Phone a shoe store. B. Buy a pair of shoes online. C. Go to Bob’s Shoes. 【答案】8. B 9. C 【解析】 【原文】M: Hi, Paula. What are you doing on your computer? W: I’m looking for basketball shoes on the Internet. But I don’t think I can get them quick enough for the game the day after tomorrow. M: Why? W: It says it’ll take about four days to be delivered after I order. M: I see. Then, why don’t you go downtown? W: The stores downtown are too expensive. M: Bob’s Shoes is having a sale this week. But the sale ends today. W: Really? Did you buy yours there? M: Yes, I did. They’re very nice. But the store closes at 8:00 pm. Oh, it’s already 7 o’clock. W: I’d better go right now to buy new shoes. 听下面一段对话，回答以下 小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. What does the man want to do? A. Open an account. B. Withdraw some money. C. Cash traveler’s checks. 11. Why does the man have to come back tomorrow? A. He doesn’t have enough money. B. The bank doesn’t have enough cash. C. He hasn’t got any proofs of ID on him. 12. What can we learn from the conversation? A. A Silver account can offer an interest rate of 5%. B. A Gold account allows the card holder to withdraw money at any time. C. A minimum of $500 deposit is needed for both Silver and Gold accounts. 【答案】10. A 11. C 12. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Good morning, can I help you ? M: Yes, I’d like to open an account . W: Certainly sir. Would you like a Silver or a Gold account? M: What’s the difference? W: You can open a Silver account with just US dollars. The account comes with a cash card so that you can withdraw your money at any time. The Silver account currently pays 5% interest. For the Gold account you need a minimum of $500 and you have to give 14 days’ notice to withdraw money. The interest rate is 6.5%. M: I’ll go for the Silver account. W: How much would you like to put into the account? M: $500. W: And we need at least two proofs of ID: driver’s licence, credit card statement, and so on. M: Sorry, I don’t have any of those on me. I’ll come back tomorrow . 听下面一段对话，回答以下 小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Manager and secretary. B. Customer and manager. C. Interviewer and interviewee. 14. What does the woman ask the man to do in the first place? A. Arrange a team meeting . B. Contact a customer . C. Reserve a meeting room . 15. When will the woman give a presentation ? A. This week. B. In two weeks. C. Next month. 16. What does the woman say about the report on the new project? A. It should be more specific. B. It is time - consuming. C. It’s not too urgent. 【答案】13. A 14. B 15. C 16. C 【解析】 【原文】W : Hi , Mario. I need you to help me prepare some things for the next month. M : OK, great. What can I help you with? W : I need to visit the customer in Germany. It’s important. Can you send him an email to ask him when I can visit him next week? Please do this first. It’s a priority and very urgent. M : Right. I’ll do it today. W : Thanks.The next task is also important. Can you invite everyone to the next team meeting? M : Yes, I will. W : But first you need to reserve a meeting room. After that you can invite the people. M : Yes, of course. W : And finally, can you write a short report on our new project? I have to give a presentation to our managers next month. Please do it when you have time — sometime in the next two or three weeks. M : Sure, no problem. I can do it this week. W : There’s no hurry. Take your time. 听下面一段独白，回答以下 小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. When will the weather clear up? A. By breakfast time. B. By lunchtime. C. By supper time. 18. What will the weather be like in England tomorrow morning? A. Clear. B. Showery. C. Foggy. 19. Where will the rain reach by Saturday afternoon? A. The north. B. The northwest. C. The south coast. 20. What will the temperatures be for the weekend? A. At about 21 degrees. B. At about 29 degrees. C. At about 30 degrees. 【答案】17. B 18. A 19. C 20. A 【解析】 【原文】M: Hello and good morning! Well, we’re off to a good start in the south this week, as most of the rain from the weekend has disappeared. It will clear up by lunchtime, though. Over the next day or so, London and the area around Kent can expect a couple of showers, but mostly dry through until Thursday. It’s not such good news for the northwest this week. I’m afraid; more wet weather, and not much sunshine. Some of today’s showers will be heavy and even thundery in Manchester and across the Pennines. Leeds will escape the thunderstorms, with light rain only throughout the rest of the day and tonight. Elsewhere it becomes dry today, but with some foggy patches towards Wales. In England , tomorrow morning will see a dry, bright start in most places. We might see one or two thunderstorms appearing as the week goes on, with temperatures everywhere at 29 to 30 degrees. By the weekend, unfortunately, the dry weather will make way for mostly cloudy skies and rain. The rain will move from Scotland, down towards the north and reach the south coast by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures, at least, will stay mostly warm at around 21 degrees for the weekend. It might feel like a nice change from the high 20s and early 30s we’ ll see in the week. That’s all from me until tomorrow . 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，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项 A Volunteer by supporting a local animal rescue center in Costa Rica! If you like animals and are also interested in preserving the environment, you will be perfect for this program. You will be helping out in and supporting a local animal shelter. Not only does this shelter take in homeless animals, but also wild animals which are in bad condition. In addition to the caretaking of the animals, volunteers help us welcome visitors at the entrance and answer any questions that visitors may have about the shelter or its animals. As volunteers spend more days in the shelter, knowledge about wildlife management will grow. Requirements ＊You need to be at least 15 years old on the program start date at the high school level or above. ＊Speaking English is a basic requirement. ＊No restrictions on nationality. Helping hands both in Costa Rica and beyond are welcome. ＊Your helping hand will be required from 09:00 to 15:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Program fees ＊Booking payments (15%): The booking payment is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payment is made by PayPal. You can also pay using a credit card. ＊Final payments (85%): Your final payment will be agreed with Volunteer Now Costa Rica during the application process. 21. What can a volunteer do in the rescue center? A. Communicate with visitors. B. Get trained to place animals. C. Give lectures about animals. D. Search for homeless animals. 22. Who can volunteer in the program? A. A French-speaking adult. B. A primary schoolchild. C. A college student from America. D. A local person free on Fridays. 23. How much should a volunteer pay at least to make a reservation? A. $52.5. B. $105. C. $297.5. D. $350. 【答案】21. A 22. C 23. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。主要介绍了如何申请支持哥斯达黎加当地动物救援中心的志愿者。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“In addition to the caretaking of the animals, volunteers help us welcome visitors at the entrance and answer any questions that visitors may have about the shelter or its animals.”（除了照顾动物外，志愿者还帮助我们在入口处欢迎游客，并回答游客可能对收容所或动物的任何问题）可知，志愿者在救援中心可以与参观者沟通。故选A项。 【22题详解】 推理判断题。根据Requirements中“＊You need to be at least 15 years old on the program start date at the high school level or above.＊Speaking English is a basic requirement. ＊No restrictions on nationality. Helping hands both in Costa Rica and beyond are welcome.＊Your helping hand will be required from 09:00 to 15:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.”（*您需要在课程开始日期至少15岁，高中或以上水平。会说英语是基本要求。*国籍不限。欢迎来自哥斯达黎加和其他国家的援助之手。*星期一、二、三、四、六、日的09:00至15:00需要您的帮助）可知，一位来自美国的大学生可以自愿参加这个项目。故选C项。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据Program fees中“1week（minimum stay）$350”以及“Booking payments (15%)”（预订费用(15%)）可知，志愿者至少要付350×15%=52.5美元，才能预约。故选A项。 B Growing up in Kenya, Lesein Mutunkei, together with his family, always celebrated significant occasions by planting trees, which motivated him to protect the environment. It’s what the now 18-year-old soccer player treasures, especially since Kenya has an ongoing problem with deforestation. Mutunkei follows in the footsteps of the late Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai who founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977. This initiative has resulted in the planting of over 51 million trees to date. In 2018, Lesein decided to start a movement of his own. He started by planting one tree for every goal he scored during a football match. He called it Trees4Goals, and it has grown so much that he now plants 11 trees, one for each member of his team, every time he scores. Through this, he wants to inspire young people, specifically his fellow athletes, to follow in his footsteps, take nature conservation seriously, and promise to plant trees every time they score. As a result, some of them have adapted this practice for their sports. “Seeing that they’re taking that responsibility because of the project I started, for me, that is the biggest achievement,” he said. The initiative has caught the attention of English football club Arsenal and Kenya’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry, which he now works with regularly and gets advice from. Like Green Belt Movement, Trees4Goals, which has planted 5,500 trees so far, has made it. While Lesein has received some recognition for his initiative, he sets his sights on making it a worldwide phenomenon. “Football is a universal game, and climate change is a universal problem,” he explains. “It has the power to unite, educate and inspire my generation to create a safer and greener future.” This is why he wants to work with the world’s biggest football federation FIFA. As for what others can do to fight deforestation or other environmental concerns, the teenager says it’s important to just get involved in some way, no matter how small. 24. What made Lesein get interested in environmental protection? A. The influence of his family. B. Wangari Maathai’s huge assistances. C. The demand of the football team. D. His fellow athletes’ encouragement. 25. Why did Lesein found Trees4Goals? A. To gain Kenya’s support. B. To set an example for others. C. To catch Arsenal’s attention. D. To show his achievements. 26. What is Lesein’s hope for the future of Trees4Goals? A Promoting football’s development. B. Going global with the help of FIFA. C. Beating climate change completely. D. Getting beyond Green Belt Movement. 27. What can we learn from Lesein’s story? A. Fame is a great thirst of the young. B. A youth is to be regarded with respect. C. Positive thinking and action result in success. D. Success means getting personal desires satisfied. 【答案】24. A 25. B 26. B 27. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。在肯尼亚长大的Lesein Mutunkei是一名足球队员，他发起了“一球一树（Trees4Goals）运动”，每进球一次，他为球队的每一位成员种一棵树，激励其他年轻人去保护环境。到目前为止，该运动已经种植了5100万棵树。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Growing up in Kenya, Lesein Mutunkei, together with his family, always celebrated significant occasions by planting trees, which motivated him to protect the environment. (在肯尼亚长大的Lesein Mutunkei和他的家人总是通过植树来庆祝重要的节日，这促使他保护环境)”可知，在Lesein成长的过程中，他和他的家人总是以种树的方式来庆祝重要的节日，这激励他去保护环境。故选A。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Through this, he wants to inspire young people, specifically his fellow athletes, to follow in his footsteps, take nature conservation seriously, and promise to plant trees every time they score. (他希望借此激励年轻人，特别是他的运动员同伴，跟随他的脚步，认真对待自然保护，并承诺每次得分都要植树)”可知，Lesein发起“一球一树运动”是作出表率来激励他人保护环境。故选B。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“While Lesein has received some recognition for his initiative, he sets his sights on making it a worldwide phenomenon.(虽然莱辛的倡议得到了一些认可，但他的目标是让它成为一种全球现象)”及“This is why he wants to work with the world’s biggest football federation FIFA.(这就是为什么他想与世界上最大的足球联盟国际足联合作)”可知，在FIFA的帮助下，Lesein 希望“一球一树运动”走向全球。故选B。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Mutunkei follows in the footsteps of the late Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai who founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977. This initiative has resulted in the planting of over 51 million trees to date.(Mutunkei追随了已故的肯尼亚诺贝尔和平奖得主旺加里·马塔伊的脚步，后者于1977年创立了绿带运动。迄今为止，这一举措已导致种植了5100多万棵树)”及全文内容可知，Lesein从小耳濡目染，很有环保意识，后受到启发，发起了“一球一树运动”并取得了成功。可见，他的故事说明：积极的思考和行动会带来成功。故选C。 C Digging out potato tubers (茎块) is one of the greatest rewards gardens have to offer. Children in particular are surprised at seeing these tubers that almost magically become chips, mash (泥) or baked potatoes. Happily, potatoes are very easy to grow. Seed tubers are placed in good garden soil, ideally with some compost (堆肥) for every square meter, in a sunny spot, about 10cm deep at 30cm intervals in rows 60-70cm apart. Seed tubers are offered as earliest and second earliest and maincrop. The second earliest and maincrops can be stored for winter use but earliest are usually consumed in summer. Seasoned potato growers buy early seed potatoes in February and place them in a cool, reasonably light place and let them sprout (发芽). It takes six weeks for small sprouts to form. Early potatoes are typically planted from middle March in the South, but are likely to emerge before the first season finishes in May. The shoots are frost-sensitive requiring protection on cod nights with either earth or newspapers. Second early and maincrop potatoes are planted in middle April—the frost risk will be low, but not absent, by the time they emerge. As the stems (茎) grow, soil should be drawn around them until the leaves meet in the row in early summer. At this stage, the potato field is a series of ridges (脊，垄). The tubers form in the ridge, protected from light that turns them green. Covering with black plastic or a thick layer of compost is also accessible instead of ridging, but plastic is not sustainable and slugs (鼻涕虫) can multiply in compost. Once the flowers are fully open, it is time to dig plants when the tubers are the size of a hen’s egg. They grow rapidly but gradually lose their juicy new potato flavour, so harvest freely. 28. What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 1? A. To describe a magic process. B. To recall a childhood memory. C. To raise a potato-related topic. D. To introduce a gardening award. 29. What can we learn about seed tubers? A. The closer the intervals are, the faster they will grow. B. The warmer the weather is, the better they will grow. C. The earlier they are planted, the healthier they will grow. D. The deeper they are planted, the stronger they will grow. 30. What helps potatoes grow in the long term? A. Frost. B. Plastic. C. Ridges. D. Slugs. 31. What’s the text mainly about? A. How to cook potatoes. B. How to grow potatoes. C. How to harvest potatoes. D. How to preserve potatoes. 【答案】28. C 29. B 30. C 31. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍的是如何种植土豆。 【28题详解】 推理判断题。根据首段“Digging out potato tubers (茎块) is one of the greatest rewards gardens have to offer. Children in particular are surprised at seeing these tubers that almost magically become chips, mash (泥) or baked potatoes. (挖出土豆块茎是菜园能提供的最大奖励之一。孩子们尤其惊讶地看到这些块茎几乎神奇地变成了薯片、土豆泥或烤土豆。)”可知，本段介绍的是收获土豆是花园提供的最大的奖励，孩子们惊讶的是这些土豆变成了薯条、土豆泥或者烤土豆，结合第二段中的“Happily, potatoes are very easy to grow. (幸运的是，土豆很容易种植。)”以及下文中讲述的种植土豆的介绍可知，本段的目的是引出本文的相关话题。故选C项。 【29题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Seed tubers are placed in good garden soil, ideally with some compost (堆肥) for every square meter, in a sunny spot, about 10cm deep at 30cm intervals in rows 60-70cm apart. (块茎种放在良好的花园土壤中，最好每平方米加一些堆肥，在阳光充足的地方，每排60-70厘米，间隔30厘米，深约10厘米。)”可知，种薯被放置在阳光充足的地方，由此可推断，天气越好，种薯生长的就会越好。故选B项。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“As the stems (茎) grow, soil should be drawn around them until the leaves meet in the row in early summer. At this stage, the potato field is a series of ridges (脊，垄). The tubers form in the ridge, protected from light that turns them green. (随着茎的生长，土壤应该在茎的周围覆盖，直到初夏时叶子排成一行。在这个阶段，土豆田是一系列的垄。块茎在垄上形成，不受光线的影响，光线会使它们变绿。)”可知，随着茎的不断生长，用土壤将其覆盖形成一系列的垄，块茎在山脊上形成，根据下文“Covering with black plastic or a thick layer of compost is also accessible instead of ridging, but plastic is not sustainable and slugs (鼻涕虫) can multiply in compost. (用黑色塑料或一层厚厚的堆肥覆盖也可以代替垄沟，但塑料是不可持续的，蛞蝓可以在堆肥中繁殖。)”可知，也可以使用塑料或者堆肥代替垄，但是塑料是不可持续的，由此可知，从长远看来，垄帮助土豆的成长。故选C项。 【31题详解】 主旨大意题。根据首段“Digging out potato tubers (茎块) is one of the greatest rewards gardens have to offer. Children in particular are surprised at seeing these tubers that almost magically become chips, mash (泥) or baked potatoes. (挖出土豆块茎是菜园能提供的最大奖励之一。孩子们尤其惊讶地看到这些块茎几乎神奇地变成了薯片、土豆泥或烤土豆。)”引出本文讲述的话题与土豆有关，第二段的“Happily, potatoes are very easy to grow. (幸运的是，土豆很容易种植。)”可知，种植土豆是很容易的，结合下文中介绍的土豆种植的条件，种植方法以及生长特点的介绍可知，本文主要讲述的是如何种植土豆。故选B项。 D Social media can lead to mental exhaustion (疲惫). And when mentally exhausted, you are more likely to be influenced by a high number of likes on posts — even to the point of clicking on ads for products you don't need or want. As a professor of advertising, I have studied social media behaviors for years. In late 2022, my colleague Eric Haley and I conducted three online studies on Americans aged 18 — 65 to test how people under various mental loads respond to ads differently. The control group in each study were given no introductory task — we just had them look at an ad. A second group had to memorize a nine-digit number and then look at the ad. The third group looked through the Internet for 30 seconds and then looked at the ad. Participants randomly saw an ad with a few hundred likes or tens of thousands of likes. After viewing the ad, each participant rated how willing they would be to buy the product, and how much mental effort it took to think about the information. The group that used the Internet first were the most likely to want to buy the featured product when there were lots of likes or comments, and they also reported using the most mental effort to assess the ad. Researchers refer to this mentally exhausted state as “cognitive (认知的) overload”. Using social media puts them in this state because they are constantly evaluating different types of texts, photos and video posts from so many different people. In the span of several seconds, they can see a text from their husband or wife, a photo from a co-worker, a video from a celebrity and an emoji from their brother. All of this evaluating leaves them feeling frazzled. Imagine asking your roommate if they want to go get pizza. Under normal conditions, the roommate might consider several factors such as cost, hunger, timing or their schedule. Now imagine asking your roommate the same question while they are on the phone with a sick relative. They no longer have the mental energy to logically consider whether pizza for dinner is a good idea. By understanding how social media influences them, consumers can be more thoughtful in regulating their use—and hopefully not buy yet another water bottle they don’t need. 32. Why did the author conduct three online studies on Americans aged 18-65? A. To investigate their online habits. B. To test their reactions to advertisements. C. To research what kind of advertising is effective. D. To discover why people suffer great mental stress. 33. What docs paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the study? A. Its purpose. B. Its process. C. Its finding. D. Its significance. 34. What does the underlined word “frazzled” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Interested. B. Depressed. C. Annoyed. D. Tired. 35. Why does the author mention “your roommate” in paragraph 5? A. To further explain cognitive overload. B. To stress the importance of. relationships. C. To strongly call on people to eat healthily. D. To remind people not to rely on mobile phones. 【答案】32. B 33. B 34. D 35. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项研究，该研究发现，浏览社交媒体可能会使人精神疲惫，这时候人们更容易购买本来并不需要的产品。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“In late 2022, my colleague Eric Haley and I conducted three online studies on Americans aged 18—65 to test how people under various mental loads respond to ads differently. (2022年底，我和同事埃里克·海利对18-65岁的美国人进行了三项在线研究，以测试不同心理负荷下的人对广告的不同反应。)”可知，作者对18-65岁的美国人进行三项在线研究是为了测试他们对广告的反应。故选B。 【33题详解】 段落大意题。通读第三段“The control group in each study were given no introductory task—we just had them look at an ad. A second group had to memorize a nine-digit number and then look at the ad. The third group looked through the Internet for 30 seconds and then looked at the ad. Participants randomly saw an ad with a few hundred likes or tens of thousands of likes. After viewing the ad, each participant rated how willing they would be to buy the product, and how much mental effort it took to think about the information. (在每项研究中，控制组都没有得到任何介绍任务——我们只是让他们看一个广告。第二组被要求记住一个九位数，然后看广告。第三组在网上浏览了30秒，然后看了广告。参与者随机看到一个有几百个赞或上万个赞的广告。在看完广告后，每个参与者都对他们购买该产品的意愿进行了评估，以及他们花了多少精力来思考这些信息。)”可知，本段主要介绍了此次研究的过程。故选B。 【34题详解】 词义猜测题。根据画线词前“Researchers refer to this mentally exhausted state as “cognitive (认知的) overload”. Using social media puts them in this state because they are constantly evaluating different types of texts, photos and video posts from so many different people. In the span of several seconds, they can see a text from their husband or wife, a photo from a co-worker, a video from a celebrity and an emoji from their brother. (研究人员将这种精神疲惫的状态称为“认知超载”。使用社交媒体让他们处于这种状态，因为他们不断地评估来自不同人的不同类型的文本、照片和视频帖子。在几秒钟内，他们可以看到丈夫或妻子的短信、同事的照片、名人的视频和兄弟的表情符号。)”可推断，所有这些评估让他们感到疲惫，划线词的含义为“疲惫的”。A. Interested感兴趣的；B. Depressed沮丧的；C. Annoyed烦恼的；D. Tired累的。故选D。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段“Imagine asking your roommate if they want to go get pizza. Under normal conditions, the roommate might consider several factors such as cost, hunger, timing or their schedule. Now imagine asking your roommate the same question while they are on the phone with a sick relative. They no longer have the mental energy to logically consider whether pizza for dinner is a good idea. (想象一下，你问你的室友想不想去吃披萨。在正常情况下，室友可能会考虑几个因素，比如费用、饥饿、时间或他们的日程安排。现在想象一下，当你的室友和生病的亲戚打电话时，你问他们同样的问题。他们不再有精力去逻辑地考虑晚餐吃披萨是否是个好主意。)”可推断，作者提及“你的室友”是为了进一步解释认知超载。故选A。 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填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两项为多余选项 How long does it take to become an elite (精英) in your field? ___36___ That’s what John Hayes, a cognitive psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wanted to know. For decades, Hayes has been investigating the role of effort, practice and knowledge in top performers. ___37___ The research focused on people like Mozart and Picasso-to determine how long it took them to become world-class at their craft. Let’s talk about what Hayes has discovered about world-class-performers. And more importantly, let’s discuss how you can use these insights to achieve your goals and become your best. ___38___ He analyzed thousands of musical pieces produced from 1685 to 1900. The central question that drove his work was, “How long after one becomes interested in music is it that one becomes world-class?” Eventually, Hayes developed a list of 500 pieces of “masterworks” in the field, which were created by a total of 76 composers. Hayes mapped out the timeline of each composers career. ___39___ What he discovered was that virtually every single “masterwork” was written after the tenth year of the composer’s career. Not a single person produced incredible work without putting in a decade of practice first. Even a genius like Mozart had to work for at least ten years before he produced something that became popular. ___40___ In follow-up studies, Hayes found similar patterns among famous painters and popular poets. These findings have been further confirmed by research from professors like K. Anders Ericsson, who produced research that revealed that you needed to put in “10, 000 hours” to become an elite or expert in your field. A. It takes time to achieve your goals. B. And what do people like doing in their spare time? C. He has studied the most talented creators in history. D. Hayes started his research by examining successful composers E. Professor Hayes began to refer to this period as the “ten years of silence”. F. And what do the successful people do differently than the rest of us? G. And then he calculated how long they had been working before they created their popular works. 【答案】36. F 37. C 38. D 39. G 40. E 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了John Hayes教授对于成为顶级精英所需时间的研究。通过分析莫扎特、毕加索等大师的作品，Hayes发现几乎所有杰作都是在创作者生涯的第十年后诞生的，强调了“十年沉默期”的重要性 【36题详解】 上文“How long does it take to become an elite (精英) in your field?(成为你所在领域的精英需要多长时间？)”以及下文“That’s what John Hayes, a cognitive psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wanted to know.(这正是卡内基梅隆大学认知心理学教授John Hayes想要知道的)”说明John Hayes想要知道需要多久能成为所在领域的精英。空处和前文并列提出关于精英的问题，并引出下文。F项“成功人士与我们其他人有什么不同之处？”符合语境。故选F。 【37题详解】 上文“For decades, Hayes has been investigating the role of effort, practice and knowledge in top performers.(几十年来，海斯一直在研究努力、实践和知识在优秀员工中的作用)”说明Hayes教授多年研究顶尖表现者所付出的努力、练习和知识的作用。空处顺接前文，继续说明他的研究特点或范围，并引出下文。C项中的He指代前文中的Hayes，“the most talented creators ”和下文中的“people like Mozart and Picasso”相呼应，所以C项“他研究了历史上最有才华的创作者。”符合语境。故选C。 【38题详解】 下文“He analyzed thousands of musical pieces produced from 1685 to 1900. The central question that drove his work was, “How long after one becomes interested in music is it that one becomes world-class?”(他分析了1685年至1900年间创作的数千首乐曲。推动他工作的核心问题是，“一个人对音乐感兴趣多久后，他才能成为世界级的？”)”说明本段主要介绍了John Hayes研究了世界级表演者，以及如何利用这些见解实现目标。所以D项“海斯的研究始于考察成功的作曲家”符合语境，适合引出本段，该项中的“by examining successful composers”和下文中的“He analyzed thousands of musical pieces”相呼应。故选D。 【39题详解】 上文“Hayes mapped out the timeline of each composers career. (海斯为每一位作曲家的职业生涯绘制了时间表)”说明Hayes绘制了每位作曲家的职业生涯时间线。空处顺承上文，进一步描述他之后的分析步骤。G项中的they 指代前文中的“composers”，说明John Hayes计算了他们创作流行作品之前工作了多长时间。所以G项“然后他计算了他们创作流行作品之前工作了多长时间。”符合语境。故选G。 【40题详解】 上文“Not a single person produced incredible work without putting in a decade of practice first. Even a genius like Mozart had to work for at least ten years before he produced something that became popular.(没有一个人在不先投入十年实践的情况下创作出令人难以置信的作品。即使是像莫扎特这样的天才，也必须工作至少十年才能创作出受欢迎的作品)”说明几乎所有“杰作”都是在作曲家职业生涯的第十年后产生的。空处对前面的现象进行总结性命名。E项中的“this period”指代前文中的“work for at least ten years before he produced something that became popular”，所以E项“海斯教授开始将这段时期称为“沉默的十年”。”符合语境。故选E。 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A.B.C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项 Glen Edwards became a hero when he rescued a construction worker trapped on top of a 160-meter-high building. As a crane (吊车) ____41____ working on a construction site, Edwards ____42____ found himself in a life-saving mission when a fire broke out. He recalled how he ____43____ the trapped worker from his crane’s cabin (驾驶舱), and how he came up with the idea of saving the man by lowering a cage to him to let him ____44____ . However, his attempt to ____45____ the cage before the man was by no meansan easy job, as the wind would throw his crane off balance. Besides, the smoke and flames also added to the difficulty. ____46____ the great challenges, Edwards refused to give up and fought to ____47____ control. Luckily, someone on the ground offered ____48____ on where to land the cage through a radio. Edwards ____49____ the crane’s movements, inch by inch, until the cage hanged (盘旋) just inches from the edge of the ____50____ . With determination, Edwards successfully landed the cage. Eventually, Edwards watched the cage ____51____ the man away from the horrible fire below and lowering him to safety. The crowd ____52____ a big round of applause, a tribute (致敬) to the courage and skill ____53____ by Edwards. He knew that his quick thinking and strong ____54____ had made all the difference between life and death in the face of disaster. A GoFundMe page has now been set up to raise money for him—with organizers ____55____ people to “buy Glen a beer” for his life-saving efforts. 41. A. engineer B. operator C. cleaner D. salesman 42. A. regularly B. unfortunately C. intentionally D. unexpectedly 43. A. helped B. spotted C. realized D. guided 44. A. escape B. hide C. walk D. slide 45. A. clean B. cover C. position D. open 46. A. Despite B. Without C. For D. From 47. A. switch B. maintain C. lose D. give 48. A. instructions B. problems C. explanations D. courses 49. A. quickened B. described C. adjusted D. repeated 50. A. door B. garden C. crane D. roof 51. A. persuading B. lifting C. warning D. dragging 52. A. went on B. put on C. asked for D. broke into 53. A. displayed B. admitted C. exchanged D. required 54. A. preference B. response C. emotion D. determination 55. A. choosing B. ordering C. encouraging D. Teaching 【答案】41. B 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. C 46. A 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. D 51. B 52. D 53. A 54. D 55. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一名吊车操作员格伦·爱德华兹在一次建筑工地火灾中英勇救援一名被困工人的事迹。 【41题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：作为一名在建筑工地工作的吊车操作员，当一场火灾发生时，爱德华兹意外地发现自己正在执行一项拯救生命的任务。A. engineer工程师；B. operator操作员；C. cleaner清洁工；D. salesman售货员。根据下文“working on a construction site(在建筑工地工作)”可知，爱德华兹应该是一位吊车“操作员”。故选B项。 【42题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. regularly定期地；B. unfortunately不幸地；C. intentionally故意地；D. unexpectedly出乎意料地。根据下文“found himself in a life-saving mission (发现自己在执行拯救生命的任务)”可知，爱德华兹本是工地上一名吊车操作员，却发现自己正在执行一项救人的任务，所以此处应该是“意外地”。故选D项。 【43题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他回忆起他是如何从吊车的船舱里发现被困工人的，以及他是如何想出救这个人的主意的，他把一个笼子放下来让他逃脱。A. helped帮助；B. spotted发现；C. realized意识到；D. guided指导；根据空格后的the trapped worker可知，此处应该是指“发现”被困的工人。故选B项。 【44题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. escape逃跑；B. hide躲藏；C. walk步行；D. slide滑行；根据上文“how he came up with the idea of saving the man (他是怎么想到救那个人的)”可知，此处应该是指把笼子放下来让那个人“逃跑”。故选A项。 【45题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，他试图把笼子放置在那个人面前绝非易事，因为风会使他的吊车失去平衡。A. clean清理；B. cover覆盖；C. position放置；D. open开放。根据下文“as the wind would throw his crane off balance (因为风会使他的吊车失去平衡)”可知，风会让吊车失去平衡，所以此处指把笼子“放置”在那人面前绝非易事。故选C项。 【46题详解】 考查介词词义辨析。句意：尽管面临巨大的挑战，爱德华兹拒绝放弃，并努力保持控制权。A. Despite尽管；B. Without没有；C. For为了；D. From来自。根据下文“Edwards refused to give up (爱德华兹拒绝放弃)”可知，此处上下文是让步关系，指“尽管”面临巨大挑战，爱德华兹拒绝放弃。故选A项。 【47题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. switch转变；B. maintain维持；C. lose丢失；D. give给。根据上文“Edwards refused to give up (爱德华兹拒绝放弃)”可知，爱德华兹不想放弃，所以此处应该是努力“保持”对吊车的控制。故选B项。 【48题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：幸运的是，地面上有人通过无线电指导在哪里降落笼子。A. instructions指导；B. problems问题；C. explanations解释；D. courses过程。根据下文“where to land the cage through a radio (通过无线电把笼子放在哪里)”可知，此处是指通过无线电“指导”。故选A项。 【49题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：爱德华兹一寸一寸地调整吊机的动作，直到笼子离屋顶边缘只有几英寸。A. quickened加快；B. described描述；C. adjusted调整；D. repeated重复。根据下文“until the cage hanged (盘旋) just inches from the edge (直到笼子悬在离边缘只有几英寸的地方)”可知，此处应该是指“调整”吊车的动作。故选C项。 【50题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. door门；B. garden花园；C. crane吊车；D. roof屋顶。根据第一段“Glen Edwards became a hero when he rescued a construction worker trapped on top of a 160-meter-high building.(格伦·爱德华兹拯救了一名被困在160米高楼顶的建筑工人，成为了英雄)”可知，工人被困在楼顶，所以应该是笼子悬挂在离“屋顶”边缘几英寸。故选D项。 【51题详解】 考查动名词词义辨析。句意：最后，爱德华兹看着笼子把这个人从下面可怕的大火中抬了出来，把他送到了安全的地方。A. persuading说服；B. lifting抬起；C. warning警告；D. dragging拖拽。根据上文“ Edwards ____9____ the crane’s movements, inch by inch, until the cage hanged (盘旋) just inches from the edge of the ____10____. ”可知，爱德华兹利用吊车将笼子放到了屋顶边缘，所以应该是看着笼子把被困人从大火中“抬出”来。故选B项。 【52题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：人群中爆发出一阵热烈的掌声，这是对爱德华兹表现出的勇气和技巧的致敬。A. went on继续；B. put on穿上；C. asked for要求；D. broke into突然开始（某事）。根据下文“a tribute (致敬) to the courage and skill (这是对勇气和技巧的致敬)”可知，人们对爱德华兹致敬，所以应该是“突然爆发”热烈掌声。故选D项。 【53题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：人群中爆发出一阵热烈的掌声，这是对爱德华兹表现出的勇气和技巧的致敬。A. displayed展示；B. admitted承认；C. exchanged交换；D. required要求。根据空格前的courage and skill可知，此处是指“被展示出来的”勇气和技巧。故选A项。 【54题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他知道，在灾难面前，是他敏捷的思维和坚定的决心决定了他的生死。A. preference偏爱；B. response响应；C. emotion情感；D. determination决心。根据上文“With determination, Edwards successfully landed the cage.(凭着决心，爱德华兹成功地把笼子着陆了)”可知，此处是指坚定的“决心”。故选D项。 【55题详解】 考查动名词词义辨析。句意：现在GoFundMe网站已经建立了一个页面来为他筹集资金，组织者鼓励人们“给格伦买杯啤酒”来支持他的救命努力。A. choosing选择；B. ordering顺序；C. encouraging鼓励；D. Teaching教。根据下文“for his life-saving efforts.(来支持他的救命努力)”可知，此处是指“鼓励”人们去支持。故选C项。 第二节(共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Dragon Head-raising Day is celebrated on the second day of the second Chinese lunar month ____56____(show) respect for the dragon and pray for good weather for farming and big harvest, ____57____ is considered as the start of spring and farming. Dragon Head-raising Day has relation with spring and farming. After the cold winter, spring comes and animals are ____58____ (wake) , but because of the winter, the weather is dry and farming lacks water. To this climate phenomenon, there is a folk saying that ____59____ will rain when the dragon raise its head. On that day, there ____60____(be) lots of conventional celebration activities. First, in the early morning, every family would light a lantern and go to a river or a well to fetch water and back home, then light ____61____(candle) , burn incense (香) sticks and offer a sacrifice. Second, people would go to a temple ____62____ honour of the dragon. Third, it is to have a haircut, which ____63____ (view) as a sign of good luck. A saying tells that having a haircut on this day, you would be energetic in the whole year. ____64____ (final) , there is a thing about eating: eating long and thin noodles _____65_____(call) Longxumian (Dragon Beard Noodles) which has a symbolic meaning-a long life expectancy. 【答案】56. to show 57. which 58. awake 59. it 60. are 61. candles 62. in 63. is viewed 64. Finally 65. called 【解析】 【导游】本文是说明文。文章介绍了龙抬头节，中国的农历二月二的风俗传统和庆祝方式。 【56题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：龙抬头节在中国农历二月的第二天庆祝，以表示对龙的尊敬，祈求农业好天气和大丰收，被认为是春天和农业的开始。分析句子可知，本空要用动词不定式to show作目的状语。故填to show。 【57题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：龙抬头节在中国农历二月的第二天庆祝，以表示对龙的尊敬，祈求农业好天气和大丰收，被认为是春天和农业的开始。分析句子可知，空格处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词是前面的Dragon Head-raising Day，指物，在从句中作主语，用关系代词which，故填which。 【58题详解】 考查形容词。句意：寒冷冬天过后，春天来了，动物们醒了，但因为冬天，天气是干燥的，农业缺水。根据本空前的系动词are可知，此处应该填形容词，构成系表结构，动词wake表“醒来”，其同根形容词是awake“醒着的”。故填awake。 【59题详解】 考查代词。句意：对于这种气候现象，又一个民间谚语说龙抬起头就会下雨。根据句意，此处用it指代天气。故填it。 【60题详解】 考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：在那一天，有很多传统的庆祝活动。there be句型中的谓语动词单复数一般采用“就近原则”，与后面的名词保持人称和数的一致，后面的中心词是activities，所以要填复数形式，描述一般事实用一般现在时，故填are。 【61题详解】 考查名词单复数。句意：首先，在清晨，每个家庭都会点燃灯笼，去河边或井里取水回家，然后点燃蜡烛，烧香，献祭。candle是可数名词，根据句意，句中指很多蜡烛，应用复数形式。故填candles。 62题详解】 考查介词和固定短语。句意：第二，人们会去寺庙来纪念龙。in honour of是常见的介词短语，意为“向……表示敬意”。故填in。 【63题详解】 考查动词时态语态和主谓一致。句意：第三，要理发，这被视为好运的标志。根据本空前的is to have可知，此处要用一般现在时；关系代词which引导定语从句，指代主句中“have a haircut”这种行为，视为单数，与从句谓语动词view是被动关系，此处要用被动语态来表示“剃头被认为是好运的一个标志”，故填is viewed。 【64题详解】 考查副词。句意：最后，关于吃有一种说法：吃又长又细的叫做龙须面的面条，这种面条有一个象征意义——长寿。本空要用副词finally，修饰整个句子作状语，意为“最后”，另外，句首单词首字母大写。故填Finally。 【65题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：最后，关于吃有一种说法：吃又长又细的叫做龙须面的面条，这种面条有一个象征意义——长寿。分析句子可知，call作定语修饰名词noodles，是非谓语动词，与逻辑主语noodles构成被动关系，所以要用过去分词作后置定语。故填called。 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节(满分 15 分) 66. 假定你是李华，你校英语协会正在筹备中外学生篮球联谊赛(basketball friendship match)，现需要一名具有一定篮球知识的双语裁判员(bilingual referee)。请你给负责人写一封邮件申请做裁判，内容包括： 1.写信目的； 2.个人优势。 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。 Dear Sir or Madam, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Sir or Madam, Hearing that you are looking for a bilingual referee of this basketball friendship match, I am writing to apply for the position. I think I am qualified for this position for the following reasons. Firstly, I have been a volunteer in our school sports meetings and am very familiar with the responsibilities of a sports referee. Besides, I am good at English and Chinese and have mastered a lot of English rules and regulations about basketball. Lastly, I can solve the conflicts between the two sides well. I will ensure that the match is fair. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文写作中的自荐信。要求考生给中外学生篮球联谊赛负责人写一封邮件申请做裁判。 【详解】1.词汇积累 首先：firstly→ first of all 此外：besides → what’s more 擅长：be good at→ do well in 最后： lastly→ last but not least 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Firstly, I have been a volunteer in our school sports meetings and am very familiar with the responsibilities of a sports referee. 拓展句：Firstly, I have been a volunteer in our school sports meetings, which made me very familiar with the responsibilities of a sports referee. 【点睛】【高分句型1】I think I am qualified for this position for the following reasons.（运用了省略引导词that的宾语从句） 【高分句型2】I will ensure that the match is fair.（运用了that引导的宾语从句） 第二节(满分 25 分) 67. 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。 In a very cold January, a puppy wandered around Mr. Lacey’s house, where he lived with his wife Mamie and their daughter Doris. Icicles (冰锥) hung three feet or more from the roofs of houses and snow swallowed up cars. The puppy had been abandoned, and it made its way down the road toward the Laceys’ small house, with its ears down and trembling from shyness and cold. Doris, whose school had been called off because of the snow, was clearing the steps when she spotted the puppy on the road. “Come on, little dog!” she called it over. The puppy shyly wagged its tail when Doris approached. As soon as Doris put the dog down in the kitchen, her mom, Mrs. Lacey, asked where the dog came from. Mr. Lacey, who was cleaning his fingernails with his pocketknife at the table, said, “I don’t know where it came from, but I know for sure where it’s going.” Doris hugged the puppy hard against her. She said nothing. Because of the snowy weather, Mr. Lacey couldn’t take the puppy to the shelter right away. So, it stayed in the basement, and Doris fed it leftovers, even though her mom didn’t want to waste food. Doris thought the puppy was around six months old and would be quite noisy sometimes. Surprisingly, the puppy behaved well, didn’t cry or make trouble in the basement, and only followed Doris upstairs when she invited it. Doris often found it on the basement steps listening to the kitchen talk and smelling the food. She felt the puppy wanted company. Even after a week, Doris didn’t name the dog, knowing her parents wouldn’t let her keep it. Her father made so little money that any pets were out of the question. Desperate to keep the dog, Doris tried to convince her parents by praising the dog’s good behavior and expressing her love for it, but her parents didn’t give a definite answer. Despite her efforts, Doris secretly wished the bad weather would never go away, fearing the puppy’s unavoidable trip to the shelter. However, nine days after the dog had arrived, the sun was shining. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Doris knew it was time to say goodbye to the dog and felt rather worried. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Doris put her hand to her mouth and couldn’t believe what she had heard. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: Doris knew it was time to say goodbye to the dog and felt rather worried. She was sitting alone in the living room, hugging a pillow and rocking back and forth on the edge of a chair. She was trying not to cry but she was not strong enough. Her face was wet and red, her eyes full of sadness. Just as Doris was at her lowest, her parents appeared from the doorway. With a smile on Mrs. Lacey’s face, she said, “Honey, Papa and I have agreed to keep the puppy as a part of our family.” Doris put her hand to her mouth and couldn’t believe what she had heard. She looked at her parents surprisedly. “Doris, you were right. He has brought so much happiness to us,” Mr. Lacey continued, “and I drove by the local animal shelter yesterday. The conditions there are quite poor. We can’t leave him there.” Doris smiled with tears of happiness in her eyes and threw her arms around her parents. She knew they not only embraced the puppy into their family but also gave him a chance at a much happier life. 【解析】 【导语】本文以事件为线索展开，讲述了一个寒冷的一月，雪下地非常大，一只被遗弃的小狗来到Lacey一家的门口，被小女孩Doris发现并收留进家中。虽然Lacey先生表示之后要把小狗送去收容所，但是Doris内心希望把小狗留下，她认真地照顾着小狗。尽管小狗表现优秀，Doris试图说服父母允许自己留下小狗，但仍未得到确切答复。最终，随着天气转暖，小狗的命运成了悬念。 【详解】1. 段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“Doris知道是时候和狗说再见了，她感到相当担心”可知，第一段可描写Doris担心的神情和行为表现，以及父母突然告诉她可以把小狗留在家中的消息。 ②由第二段首句内容“Doris用手捂住嘴，简直不敢相信自己所听到的”可知，第二段可描写父母向Doris解释他们决定留下小狗的原因，以及Doris开心的行为举动。 2. 续写线索：Doris很担心——Doris的神情和行为——父母打算留下小狗——Doris不敢相信——父母解释原因——Doris很开心 3. 词汇激活 行为类 ①拥抱：hug/cuddle ②哭泣：cry/weep/shed tears ③出现：appear/show up ④笑：smile/beam/grin ⑤给予：give/offer 情绪类 ①悲伤：sadness/sorrow/unhappiness ②惊讶地：surprisedly/astonishedly ③开心：happiness/joy/delight 【点睛】[高分句型1] Just as Doris was at her lowest, her parents appeared from the doorway. (as引导时间状语从句) [高分句型2] She knew they not only embraced the puppy into their family but also gave him a chance at a much happier life. (that引导名词性从句作knew的宾语并被省略、not only… but also…固定句型) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null