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高二第一学期期初测试英语试题 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】 When did rock music begin to develop in America? A. In the 1940s. B. In the 1950s. C. In the 1960s. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】M: Karen, do you know when rock music started? W: As far as I know, it started in the 1940s and 1950s with the start of rock and roll. And it developed during and after the 1960s in the US. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Why won’t Jason take a trip to Italy? A. He has been to Italy. B. He wants to save money. C. He will buy a house with Alice. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】W: Jason, what about taking a trip to Italy with us next week? M: I really want to, but I just can’t. Alice and I have just bought a new house. We are saving money now. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What’s the relationship between the speakers? A. Waitress and customer. B. Manager and clerk. C. Cook and waiter. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: I must say, Miss, the food was great and I’ve never had better service. W: Well, thank you, sir. I’ll pass your praise on to the cook and the manager. And thanks too for the tip. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man most probably think of the news about John? A. Puzzling. B. Unsurprising. C. Disappointing. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】W: Can you believe it? John received more than $3 million in college scholarships and graduated from his high school with a 4. 3 GPA. And he was accepted to 44 colleges. M: Well, he was really talented and worked hard. He really deserved it. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The history homework. B. The weekend plan. C. Their teacher. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】W: How can our history teacher give us such a difficult assignment and only allow us a weekend to finish it? My plan to go camping this weekend is totally ruined. M: Monica, don’t be such a drama queen. I’m sure you can finish the project well and enjoy your weekend at the same time. 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。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What does Tom invite the woman to do? A. Go to a concert. B. Visit the Art Building. C. Prepare for an exam together. 7. What do we know about the Art Building? A. It’s the most beautiful building. B. There’s a green pond outside. C. It’s a good place to study. 【答案】6. A 7. C 【解析】 【原文】M: The week is finally over. I really want to do something entertaining this weekend. What about going to a concert tomorrow? W: Sorry, Tom, but I want to prepare for an exam this weekend. By the way, do you know any place in the city that allows me to study? M: Why not go to the Art Building? It is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city and the second floor has a lot of open windows. When you look out, you can see a blue pond. W: Do many people go to study there? M: No. It’s always quiet and never busy. W: Good. I’ll give it a try. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. What prevented Adam from completing the race probably? A. Lack of training. B. The hot weather. C. His disease. 9. When will the men’s 50-kilometerrace walk final in Tokyo begin? A. At 5:30 am. B. At 6:00 am. C. At 6:30 am. 【答案】8. B 9. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Adam, did you finish the men’s marathon event last week? M: No. I would have died if I hadn’t given up. You know, 18 of 73 failed to complete the course. W: I heard in the women’s marathon event 28 of 68 competitors who started the race failed to finish. M: That’s true. My friend Jennifer didn’t finish it, either. Though we had received much training for the races, we just couldn’t finish it. Though the races were held at midnight, the temperature was still 38℃ at the time. W: I’m afraid the marathons in Tokyo will face the same problem. M: Yes But they’ve decided to change the starting time to ease the heat effect on runners. W: When will they begin? M:The marathons in Tokyo are to start at 6：00 in the morning. And the men’s 50-kilometer race walk final is expected to start half an hour earlier than the marathons in the morning. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. Why did John go to Kenya? A. To take a business trip. B. To see wild animals. C. To visit his parents. 11. What did some farmers do with the elephant in that village? A. They put it to death. B. They drove it away. C. They protected it. 12. What solution is mentioned? A. Giving farmers more food. B. Removing the farmers. C. Offering elephants more space. 【答案】10. B 11. A 12. C 【解析】 【原文】W: John, did you go to China with your parents as planned in the summer? M: No. My father had to take a business trip in Kenya, so I went to that country with him instead. It was a great opportunity for me because I had always wanted to see wild animals there. W: So did you have a great time there? M: Yes. I saw many big animals there. But I also experienced something very bad. While I was visiting a village there, I saw some men killing an elephant. W: What? I just couldn’t believe that. Why did they do that? M: Well, the elephant was damaging their farm. The men didn’t want their farm to get damaged. W: That’s really sad. I do hope there’ll be safe methods to keep elephants from eating crops. M: Me, too. Also, I think farmers should plant new crops that require less land so that elephants can have more land to live on. After all, farmers are taking up their land. W: I cannot agree more. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. What did the speakers do last night? A. They watched a video. B. They attended a live concert. C. They went to a dancing party. 14. Who has the most beautiful voice in Greg’s opinion? A. Brenda. B. Justin. C. Carrie. 15. What does Greg want to do? A. Listen to more songs. B. Learn some dance steps. C. Join the school dance club. 16. What do the speakers have in common? A. They both like dancing. B. They both have musical talent. C. They both like Brenda very much. 【答案】13. B 14. A 15. B 16. C 【解析】 【原文】W: Did you enjoy the concert last night, Greg? In my opinion, Brenda K. Starr is one of the best performers in the world. She is my favorite artist. The concert was beyond my expectations. It was really amazing to see her perform live. M: That’s for sure, Patty. She is an excellent singer, and she is just about the best dancer I’ve ever seen. W: Really? I didn’t think you liked her that much. I thought you liked Justin Lakeford better. M: I do like Justin Lakeford, but my favorite female artist is Brenda. Well, I like her and Carrie Domino, but Brendahas a better voice than either Justin or Carrie. W: Did you notice how Brenda and all of the other dancers on stage moved together when they danced? Their costumes were also amazing! M: There’s no doubt about it. All of her costumes looked great! I am going to watch the video and learn some of those dance steps so that I can perform them in our school talent show. W: Great idea! 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. Where were the two award-winning books published? A. In the US and the UK. B. In Britain and Ireland. C. In Canada. 18. Which book won the Booker Prize in 2000? A. The Blind Assassin. B. Girl, Woman, Other. C. The Testaments. 19. Who is the first black woman to win the Booker Prize? A. Susan Brown. B. Margaret Atwood. C. Bernardine Evaristo. 20. What made this year’s prize special? A. Being given to two books. B. Having the strongest competitors. C. Being given to last year’s winner. 【答案】17. B 18. A 19. C 20. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Margaret Atwood’s book The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other both won the Booker Prize on October 14, 2019. The two writers will share the $62, 800 in prize money. Each will take half of it home. The award recognizes the best novel of the year written in English and published in Britain and Ireland. Margaret Atwood won the prize in 2000 for her book The Blind Assassin. The Testaments was published just one month before the award. It is the second book to the 79-year-old Canadian’s best-selling 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. Evaristo is the first black woman to win the prize. Her book Girl, Woman, Other tells the stories of 12 people living in Britain. They are mainly female and black. While the Booker Prize has been jointly awarded to two writers two times before, the rules changed in 1993 limiting the award to one person. The judges broke those rules, saying they could not agree on a winner between the two books. The judges chose from a list of six novels. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Risks at Your Table Some of the “everyday foods” we eat hide some unhealthy features, which most people ignore. We take a look at some of the health risks being served to you! Energy Drinks You’re tired and you still have to face a physical or mental stress, so what a better friend than an energy drink to overcome the effort? However, most energy drinks contain chemicals that are harmful if taken in quantities, with effects that are similar to the ones from several other illegal drugs, smoking and alcohol consumption. White Bread White bread is poorer in fiber and protein than other bread alternatives. Fiber helps our body to understand when it has eaten enough. The sense of fullness is important if we don’t want an extra-consumption of calories. Breakfast Cereals Breakfast cereals(麦片) fill out lots of shelves in every supermarket you get inside. They’re one of the favorite foods for our first meal of the day, because they’re simply delicious. What many people are not aware of is that these products are loaded with GM(转基因) organisms which affect our immune system. If you really can’t separate yourselves from breakfast cereals, maybe you could start considering some organic breakfast cereal alternatives. Fat-Free Foods Fat-free foods may look like the gold mine for a perfectly balanced and satisfying diet, but the reality is widely different. Fats are essential for many body functions and for its healthy development. A fat-cut is not advisable, especially when your workouts are regular. Plus, fat-free foods are usually high in processed sugar. 21. Which is particularly improper for a man going to the gym regularly? A. Energy drinks. B. White bread. C. Breakfast cereals. D. Fat-free foods. 22. What do the four foods have in common? A. They are delicious and healthy. B. They contain harmful chemicals. C. They hide some harmful features. D. They lack some essential nutrients. 23. In which section of a website can you probably find this passage? A. Health. B. Education. C. Economy. D. Science. 【答案】21. D 22. C 23. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍的是餐桌上的几种有健康风险的食物。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据Fat-Free Foods部分中的“A fat-cut is not advisable, especially when your workouts are regular. Plus, fat-free foods are usually high in processed sugar.(减少脂肪是不可取的，尤其是当你经常锻炼的时候。另外，无脂食品通常含有大量的加工糖。)”可知，经常锻炼的人使用脱脂的食物是不可取的，所以经常去健身的人脱脂的食物是特别不恰当的。故选D项。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据首段中的“Some of the “everyday foods” we eat hide some unhealthy features, which most people ignore. We take a look at some of the health risks being served to you!(我们吃的一些“日常食物”隐藏着一些不健康的特征，这是大多数人所忽视的。让我们来看看这些给你带来的健康风险吧！)”可知，本文主要介绍的是我们使用的一些隐藏着不健康特征的日常食物，所以这四种食物的共同点是拥有想一些有害的特征。故选C项。 【23题详解】 推理判断题。根据首段中的“We take a look at some of the health risks being served to you!(让我们来看看这些给你带来的健康风险吧!)”以及介绍的四种食物都与健康相关，所以本文可以在网站中的健康部分中见到。故选A项。 B Do you know what you’d like to be when you grow up? It takes most people many years to find out. For the young artist Alexandra Nechita, it never really seemed to be a question. From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist. Alexandra Nechita was born in Romania in 1985 and moved to California when she was still a baby. As a little child, she loved colouring in her colouring books. Her parents hoped she could spend more time playing with other children, so they took away her colouring books. Alexandra began drawing her own pictures and colouring them in. By the time Alexandra was seven years old, she had begun painting with oil paints. When Alexandra took a local art class, her teacher was amazed at the young artist’s unusual style of painting. Alexandra’s work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso. These artists did not use a realistic style of painting. They allowed their imaginations to play an important part in their work. The interesting thing was that little Alexandra had never seen the work of these artists. People called her “Little Picasso”. This was a great honour, but Alexandra’s style of painting was all her own. Alexandra’s first public show was held at a Los Angeles public library when she was only eight years old. People were amazed at how young Alexandra was, but mostly they loved her imaginative artwork. It did not take long for Alexandra and her work to become famous. She appeared on television programmes and in newspapers and magazines all over the world. The sale of a single piece can earn the young artist thousands of dollars. But that is not why Alexandra creates artwork. She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction. Today, Alexandra is a full-time artist. She also works to help support the arts in schools. Alexandra is a strong believer in the power of art as a tool of communication and a bridge to building peace throughout the world. 24. When did Alexandra begin drawing pictures? A. At the age of eight. B. At the age of seven. C. At the age of two. D. In the year of 1985. 25. Alexandra was called “Little Picasso” because . A. she learned to paint from Picasso B. her style of painting was like Picasso’s C. she was one of Picasso’s big fans D. her style of painting was unusual 26. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4? A. Only painting can make her so happy and satisfied. B. Only money can make her so happy and satisfied. C. Anything can make her feel happy and satisfied. D. Nothing can make her feel happy and satisfied. 27. According to the passage, which word can best describe Alexandra? A. Polite. B. Generous. C. Patient. D. Creative. 【答案】24. C 25. B 26. A 27. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了艺术家亚历山德拉·内奇塔的成长历程。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist.(从她两岁开始画画的那一天起，她就是一名艺术家。)”可知，亚历山德拉从两岁开始画画。故选C项。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“Alexandra’s work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso.(亚历山德拉的作品在某些方面与毕加索等著名艺术家的画作相似。)”可知，亚历山德拉被称为“小毕加索”，是因为她的绘画风格跟毕加索的风格相似。故选B项。 【26题详解】 句意猜测题。结合划线句“She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction.(她无法想象还有什么能给她带来这样的快乐和满足。)”句意可推知，亚历山德拉非喜欢绘画，只有绘画才能使她如此快乐和满足。故选A项。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中“When Alexandra took a local art class, her teacher was amazed at the young artist’s unusual style of painting.(当亚历山德拉参加当地的美术课时，她的老师对这位年轻艺术家不同寻常的绘画风格感到惊讶。)”、“People called her “Little Picasso”. This was a great honour, but Alexandra’s style of painting was all her own.(人们称她为“小毕加索”。这是一个巨大的荣誉，但亚历山德拉的绘画风格完全是她自己的。)”和第三段中“People were amazed at how young Alexandra was, but mostly they loved her imaginative artwork.(人们惊讶于亚历山德拉如此年轻，但他们更喜欢她富有想象力的艺术作品。)”可推知，年青的艺术家亚历山德拉·内奇塔极具创造力和想象力。故选D项。 C As this year’s graduates prepare to step into the workplace, many are either anxious or scared about the impact of artificial intelligence — particularly large language models such as ChatGPT — on their careers. According to a vote by the BestColleges website, six in ten US college students worry that the use of AI in their studies is lowering the value of earning a degree. Even worse, more than half expect that increasing use of AI in the workplace will further devalue the worth of their studies to potential employers. Fears are very common that women, who are not enough in computing and science degrees, will be kept out of the job market. Right now, company technology departments are mostly male. But the impact of AI on employability may be quite different outside of computer programming, some employers say. The rise of AI is already creating new opportunities for students who have studied liberal subjects (文科). This is particularly true for writing-intensive subjects, such as English and history, that draw more female students than technology and require students to pull together diverse sources of information. That is because the companies that are starting to use AI to deal with customers are hiring writers to produce scripts for chatbots to use. Once graduated, both genders also worry that AI could reshape the job market for entry level work. Early experiments in the economic and professional services industries do suggest that AI tools will change the way marketing, investment banking and legal documents are created. Those changes could free junior employees from boring work. But the more work that is turned over to AI, the fewer jobs will be needed. And most of these jobs now use an apprenticeship (学徒) way, where doing the simple work gives young employees a good place for more important work. Some also worry that the focus on tech will hit workplace diversity efforts. “It is automation at a completely different level, which is why I’m concerned about women. My biggest fear is that women will fall behind again,” says Roya Rahmani, chair of Delphos International, which provides investment markets advisory services. 28. What can we know from the first three paragraphs? A. It may be harder for graduates to find a job. B. It is certain that more women will lose jobs. C. The use of AI makes a degree more valuable. D. The impact of AI gives the graduates more hope. 29. Why do liberal arts students have new opportunities? A. The companies need to deal with customers. B. They are good at gathering diverse information. C. They may have an advantage of writing scripts. D. The subjects they learn are all writing-intensive. 30. What is the concern about the job market for entry level work? A. AI will make the job market more diverse. B. AI will transform the way some work is done. C. AI will make the boring work more interesting. D. AI will give more opportunities to junior employees. 31. What does Roya Rahmani worry about? A. The decrease of workplace diversity. B. The influence of AI on women’s careers. C. The lack of apprenticeship chances for women. D. The application of AI in the investment markets. 【答案】28. A 29. C 30. B 31. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了人工智能可能导致毕业生找工作更加困难的问题。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“According to a vote by the BestColleges website, six in ten US college students worry that the use of AI in their studies is lowering the value of earning a degree. Even worse, more than half expect that increasing use of AI in the workplace will further devalue the worth of their studies to potential employers.(根据BestColleges网站的一项投票，60%的美国大学生担心，在学习中使用人工智能会降低获得学位的价值。更糟糕的是，超过一半的人预计，在工作场所越来越多地使用人工智能，将进一步降低他们的学习对潜在雇主的价值)”可知，毕业生找工作可能会更难。故选A。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“The rise of AI is already creating new opportunities for students who have studied liberal subjects (文科). This is particularly true for writing-intensive subjects, such as English and history, that draw more female students than technology and require students to pull together diverse sources of information. That is because the companies that are starting to use AI to deal with customers are hiring writers to produce scripts for chatbots to use.(人工智能的兴起已经为学习人文学科的学生创造了新的机会。对于英语和历史等需要大量写作的学科来说尤其如此，这些学科吸引的女学生多于科技，而且要求学生将各种信息来源整合在一起。这是因为那些开始使用人工智能与客户打交道的公司正在雇佣作家来编写脚本，供聊天机器人使用)”可知，文科生有新的机会是因为他们可能有写剧本的优势。故选C。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段“Once graduated, both genders also worry that AI could reshape the job market for entry level work. Early experiments in the economic and professional services industries do suggest that AI tools will change the way marketing, investment banking and legal documents are created.(毕业后，男女都担心人工智能可能会重塑入门级工作的就业市场。经济和专业服务行业的早期实验确实表明，人工智能工具将改变营销、投资银行和法律文件的创建方式)”可知，入门级工作的就业市场担忧在于，人工智能将改变一些工作的完成方式。故选B。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段““It is automation at a completely different level, which is why I’m concerned about women. My biggest fear is that women will fall behind again,” says Roya Rahmani, chair of Delphos International, which provides investment markets advisory services.(“这是一种完全不同程度的自动化，这就是我担心女性的原因。我最担心的是，女性将再次落后，”提供投资市场咨询服务的德尔福国际董事长罗亚•拉赫马尼表示)”可知，罗亚·拉赫马尼担心人工智能对女性职业的影响。故选B。 D When we look at a lovely baby, a puppy or a really cute kitten many of us want to squeeze it. Why is that? According to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, it’s a typical experience of “cute aggression”. The experience results from the fight between the brain’s “emotion system”, which impels (驱使) people to squeeze cute things, and its “reward system” which deals with feelings of “wanting”. In the study, 54 participants between the ages of 18 and 40 were presented with four groups of photos. Two of the groups of photos were of cute human babies and animals and the other two were of less adorable adult humans and animals. As the participants looked at the photos, there searchers watched their brain activities. According to the researchers, the participants reward systems were found to be active as they looked at the cute babies, and they seemed to be overwhelmed(征服的). By contrast, the reward systems of the people looking at the less cute adults were found to be inactive, and they seemed to be less impelled by their reward systems. This suggests that cute things activate their emotion systems in such a way that people are overwhelmed by the experience of cuteness. But reward systems work against these emotions by creating the desire to protect cute things. As Katherine Stavropoulos, the lead researcher of this study at the University of California in the US told Science Alert, “The cute aggression is the brain’s way of ‘bringing us back down’ by balancing our feelings of being overwhelmed.” Stavropoulos compared this process of balancing to an evolutionary adaptation. Such an adaptation may have taken place to ensure that people are able to continue taking care of creatures they consider particularly cute. So, although cute babies and adorable animals may look completely helpless, their vulnerable( 易受伤害的) appearance may in fact help them to survive. 32. According to the text, “cute aggression” refers to . A the emotion of wanting to protect cute things B. the task of emotion system and reward system C. the adaptation of consistently taking care of cute creatures D. the behavior of squeezing a cute baby or animal when seeing it 33. In nature, “cute aggression” is caused by . A. the need of the brain to balance all feelings B. the photos of cute human babies and animals C. the vulnerable appearance of babies or animals D. the conflict between emotion system and reward system 34. Which of the following statements about the study is TRUE? A. Facial expressions of the participants were observed. B. Katherine Stavropoulos conducted this study on her own. C. Cute babies and animals affected brain activities of all the participants. D. The participants were divided into two groups in order to make comparison. 35. What is the author's purpose in writing this text? A. To persuade readers to protect cute animals. B. To stress the significance of cute aggression. C. To present research findings on cute aggression. D. To share an interesting phenomenon with readers 【答案】32. D 33. D 34. C 35. C 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了关于“cute aggression”的研究成果。 【32题详解】 词义猜测题。根据第一段第一句When we look at a lovely baby, a puppy or a rally cute kitten many of us want to squeeze it.“当我们看到可爱婴儿、小狗或拉力赛可爱的小猫时，我们很多人都想捏它。”由此可知“cute aggression”指的是看到可爱的婴儿或动物时捏它的行为。故选D。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中The experience results from the fight between the brain’s “emotion system”, which impels (驱使) people to squeeze cute things, and its “reward system” which deals with feelings of “wanting”.“这种体验来自于大脑的“情感系统”和“奖励系统”之间的斗争，前者促使人们挤压可爱的东西，后者处理“想要”的感觉。”可知，在自然界中，“cute aggression”是由情感系统与奖励系统的冲突引起的。故选D。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中According to the researchers, the participants reward systems were found to be active as they looked at the cute babies, and they seemed to be overwhelmed(征服的).“研究人员称，当参与者看着可爱的婴儿时，他们的奖励系统被发现是活跃的，而且他们似乎不知所措。”可知，可爱的婴儿和动物影响所有参与者的大脑活动。故选C。 【35题详解】 目的意图题。根据第六段As Katherine Stavropoulos, the lead researcher of this study at the University of California in the US told Science Alert, “The cute aggression is the brain’s way of ‘bringing us back down’ by balancing our feelings of being overwhelmed.” 美国加州大学这项研究的首席研究员凯瑟琳·斯塔夫罗普洛斯告诉《科学警报》杂志，“可爱的攻击性是大脑通过平衡我们被压垮的感觉来‘把我们拉回来’的方式。”可知，本文的写作目的是展示关于cute aggression的研究结果。故选C。 第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Have you ever gone to a museum or a show and been completely blown away by a piece? If you haven’t, go out and get cultured. I’m a student at the College of Visual and Performing Arts where we create all kinds of art every day. ____36____ But I don’t think those people truly know the difficulties and struggles in the process of making art. First of all, we need to be inspired. You may think that’s easy. In fact, anything can serve as a concept of a work of art. ____37____ Sometimes we will need people, volunteers, bodies to do so and finding willing people to work is hard. Other times we have a clear idea of what we want but we don’t know how to make other people fully understand what we’re trying to get at. ____38____ We need a space to be able to be creative and that can be tricky to acquire. Sometimes we need art supplies or certain equipment and costumes and that can cost money. Even if we do acquire what we need, visions change and mistakes happen so we might not end up using the resources. The process can take weeks, months, and even years to be fully realized. Once completed, we need to share it and find an audience and provide an environment to display our work. ____39____ What if nobody likes what we created? What if our vision isn’t what we thought though completed? Creating art is an art in itself. It is really not as easy as many people think. ____40____ It’s how we express ourselves and how we communicate with the rest of the world. A. Outsiders think our jobs easy. B. We should be quiet and creative. C. We might choose other fields as well. D Resources are also a huge factor in making art. E. The hard part comes when we put our ideas into reality. F. And the negative thoughts love to overpower our minds. G. It takes time, patience and space when things don’t go as expected. 【答案】36. A 37. E 38. D 39. F 40. G 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章开篇提出很多人认为艺术创作的工作很简单，但作者认为这些外行人士不懂艺术创作的艰难之处，并从艺术创作的灵感、资源、时间等方面论述艺术创作工作的不易，最后总结出艺术创作本身就是一件艺术，需要耐心、时间、空间。 【36题详解】 上文“I’m a student at the College of Visual and Performing Arts where we create all kinds of art every day.(我是一名视觉与表演艺术学院的学生，每天都在创作各种各样的艺术作品)”，下文“But I don’t think those people truly know the difficulties and struggles in the process of making art.(但是我认为那些人并不是真正了解艺术创作过程中的艰辛。)”，说明中间设空处需要填一个意思与其相反相对的表达。A项“Outsiders think our jobs easy.(外人认为我们的工作很容易。)”恰好与之对应，下文的those people指代A项中的Outsiders， 下文的difficult也与A项中的easy对应。故选A项。 【37题详解】 上文“First of all, we need to be inspired. You may think that’s easy. In fact, anything can serve as a concept of a work of art.(首先，我们需要灵感。你可能认为这很容易。事实上，任何东西都可以作为艺术作品的概念。)”提到了艺术创作需要灵感，而任何东西都可以作为艺术作品的概念，这是容易的部分。而下文“Sometimes we will need people, volunteers, bodies to do so and finding willing people to work is hard.(有时我们需要人、志愿者、人模来做这些，而找到愿意做这些工作的人很难。)”提到很难找到愿意做这些工作的人，属于艺术创作工作中难的部分。因此中间需要有过度，E项“The hard part comes when we put our ideas into reality.(我们要把想法变为实际时，困难就来了。)”恰好能把上下文衔接起来。故选E项。 【38题详解】 本题设空处位于段首，根据下文“We need a space to be able to be creative and that can be tricky to acquire. Sometimes we need art supplies or certain equipment and costumes and that can cost money. Even if we do acquire what we need, visions change and mistakes happen so we might not end up using the resources.(我们需要一个能够发挥创造力的空间，而这很难获得。有时我们需要一些艺术用品或某些设备和服装，这需要花钱。即使我们获得了我们需要的东西，我们的想法会发生变化，错误也会随之出现，所以我们可能最终不会使用这些资源。)”可知，整段内容都在讲艺术创作需要用到的资源，故段首句需要含括整段内容。结合选项可知，D项“Resources are also a huge factor in making art.(资源也是艺术创作的一个重要因素。)”一方面能概括整段内容，另一方面also与第二段的first of all对应。故选D项。 【39题详解】 上文“The process can take weeks, months, and even years to be fully realized. Once completed, we need to share it and find an audience and provide an environment to display our work.(这个过程可能需要几周、几个月、甚至几年的时间才能完全实现。一旦完成，我们需要分享它，找个观众，并提供一个环境来展示我们的作品。)”提到了作品完成后会做的事情；下文“What if nobody likes what we created? What if our vision isn’t what we thought though completed?(如果没有人喜欢我们创造的东西怎么办？如果我们的想法并不如我们所想的那样完成了呢？)”是对完成作品后可能出现问题的假设，且都是一些消极的想法，F项“And the negative thoughts love to overpower our minds.(我们的大脑里总是充斥着各种消极的想法。)”恰好与下文的消极设问对应。故选F项。 【40题详解】 上文“Creating art is an art in itself. It is really not as easy as many people think.(艺术创作本身就是一种艺术。这真的不像许多人想的那么容易。)”总结性地提到了艺术创作并不是那么容易的；下文“It’s how we express ourselves and how we communicate with the rest of the world.(它是我们表达自我的方式，也是我们与世界交流的方式。)”总结了艺术创作对从事艺术的人的意义，故中间同样需要一句总结性的话语，表明艺术创作的不易。G项“It takes time, patience and space when things don’t go as expected.(当事情不像预期那样发展时，需要时间、耐心和空间。)”恰好总结了前面几段的内容，符合文意。故选G项。 第三部分 语言运用(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’ve always wanted to be a millionaire. I believed money would give me more fun, more choices, and more ___41___. I carried the value of sacrifice (牺牲) and hard work with me as I sought my dream. I took part in various types of football competitions, ___42___ my skills to the point where I was invited to play overseas. At 21, a serious ___43___ forced me to leave football field. ___44___, I sought my dream and built a social media — Instagram following. At 25, I had 50,000 followers and was gifted a ___45___ watch. But I felt deeply unhappy. I thought about all the effort I’d spent and what I’d ___46___ in return. I always wanted to post something on Instagram. It was like Instagram had ___47___ me. The likes, the comments, and the ___48___ made me feel as if I’d “succeeded”, but I didn’t have any freedom or calmness within. I ___49___ to get serious and focus on real growth and building real ____50____. I sold my expensive watch and used the ____51____ to invest (投资). To find calmness, I walked and rode through the woods, where the fresh air ____52____ my mind. The biggest move I made was to quit Instagram totally. I ____53____ myself from negativity, stopped spending money on non-essentials, and ____54____ myself with those on the same mission (使命). Then it happened. I turned 29, and my investment ____55____. I’d made my first million. The success wasn’t just about the money. I experienced how sacrifice and hard work provides for real growth too. 41. A. right B. freedom C. health D. time 42. A. testing B. applying C. advancing D. sharing 43. A. injury B. talk C. order D. visit 44. A. Still B. Besides C. Meanwhile D. Therefore 45. A. plain B. free C. cheap D. precious 46. A. lost B. received C. experienced D. overcome 47. A. hurt B. inspired C. challenged D. controlled 48. A. followers B. photos C. accounts D. customers 49. A. pretended B. determined C. agreed D. happened 50. A. trust B. knowledge C. wealth D. reputation 51. A. savings B. pockets C. funds D. donations 52. A. filled B. crossed C. emptied D. cleared 53. A. distanced B. hid C. discouraged D. excused 54. A. impressed B. surrounded C. provided D. compared 55. A. added up B. broke down C. paid off D. ran out 【答案】41. B 42. C 43. A 44. A 45. D 46. B 47. D 48. A 49. B 50. C 51. C 52. D 53. A 54. B 55. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了作者不断尝试后找到适合自己的方向并最终实现自己的梦想的故事。 【41题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我相信钱会给我带来更多的乐趣、更多的选择和更多的自由。A. right权力；B. freedom自由；C. health健康；D. time时间。根据后文“but I didn’t have any freedom or calmness within”可知，作者觉得自己没有获得自由，推断出此处表示作者认为金钱会给他带来自由。故选B项。 【42题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我参加了各种类型的足球比赛，提高了我的技术，以至于我被邀请到海外踢球。A. testing测试；B. applying应用；C. advancing提高；D. sharing分享。根据后文“I was invited to play overseas”可知，作者被邀请到海外去踢球说明作者的技术有所提升。故选C项。 【43题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：21岁时，一次严重的伤病迫使我离开了足球场。A. injury受伤；B. talk谈话；C. order命令；D. visit拜访。根据后文“forced me to leave football field”可知，作者被迫离开球队，推断出作者有严重的伤病。故选A项。 【44题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：尽管如此，我还是追求了我的梦想，并在社交媒体Instagram上建立了一个粉丝群。A. Still尽管，仍然；B. Besides此外；C. Meanwhile同时；D. Therefore因此。根据前文“a serious ___3___ forced me to leave football field”和后文“I sought my dream and built a social media—Instagram following”可知，前后文内容发生了转折，作者虽然因为伤痛要离开足球场，但是他仍旧在追求自己的梦想。故选A项。 【45题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：25岁时，我有了5万名粉丝，还得到了一块珍贵的手表。A. plain朴素的；B. free免费的；C. cheap便宜的；D. precious珍贵的。根据后文“I sold my expensive watch”可知，作者的手表很贵，此处表示珍贵的手表。故选D项。 【46题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我想了想我付出的努力和我得到的回报。A. lost失去；B. received收到；C. experienced经历；D. overcome克服。根据后文“in return”可知，作者在想自己得到的回报。故选B项。 【47题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：就像Instagram控制了我。A. hurt伤害；B. inspired鼓励；C. challenged挑战；D. controlled控制。根据后文“The likes, the comments, and the ___8___ made me feel as if I’d “succeeded””可知，作者认为点赞、评论和关注让他觉得自己“成功了”，此处表示作者认为Instagram控制了自己。故选D项。 【48题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：点赞、评论和追随者们让我觉得自己“成功了”，但我内心没有任何自由和平静。A. followers追随者；B. photos照片；C. accounts账户；D. customers顾客。根据前文“I had 50,000 followers”可知，作者的追随者们让作者觉得自己“成功了”，followers为原词复现。故选A项。 【49题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我决定认真对待，专注于真正的增长和积累真正的财富。A. pretended假装；B. determined决定；C. agreed同意；D. happened发生。根据后文“get serious and focus on real growth and building real ___10___”可知，认真对待，专注于真正的增长和积累真正的财富，这是作者做出的决定。故选B项。 【50题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我决定认真对待，专注于真正的增长和积累真正的财富。A. trust信任；B. knowledge知识；C. wealth财富；D. reputation名誉。根据后文“I’d made my first million.”可知，作者已经赚到了第一个一百万，推断出作者之前做出的决定是积累财富。故选C项。 【51题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我卖掉了昂贵的手表，用这笔资金进行了投资。A. savings储蓄；B. pockets口袋；C. funds资金；D. donations捐赠。根据前文“I sold my expensive watch”可知，作者卖掉昂贵的手表，推断出作者获得了一笔资金。故选C项。 【52题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：为了找到平静，我在树林里散步和骑马，那里的新鲜空气使我头脑清醒。A. filled填满；B. crossed反对；C. emptied清空；D. cleared使变清醒。根据前文“To find calmness”可知，作者是为了找到平静，推测此处表示树林里的新鲜空气使作者头脑清醒。故选D项。 【53题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我让自己远离消极情绪，不再把钱花在非必需品上，和那些有同样使命的人在一起。A. distanced远离；B. hid隐藏；C. discouraged使沮丧；D. excused原谅。根据前文“The biggest move I made was to quit Instagram totally.”可知，作者做过的最大的一件事就是完全戒掉了Instagram，推断出作者这样做是为了远离消极情绪。故选A项。 【54题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我让自己远离消极情绪，不再把钱花在非必需品上，和那些有同样使命的人在一起。A. impressed留下印象；B. surrounded包围；C. provided提供；D. compared对比。根据后文“with those on the same mission”可知，作者和那些和自己有同样使命的人在一起，surrounded with意为“被……包围”符合句意。故选B项。 【55题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我29岁了，我的投资得到了回报。A. added up加起来；B. broke down坏掉；C. paid off得到回报；D. ran out用完。根据后文“I’d made my first million.”可知，作者赚到了自己的第一个一百万，说明作者的投资得到了回报。故选C项。 第二节 短文填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 For those looking to escape the concrete jungle, maybe it’s time to dive into the bamboo forests of southern Sichuan. A natural forest that people in Sichuan province tend ____56____(visit) is the Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea in Yibin. The 120-square-kilometer Bamboo Sea is the ____57____ (large) bamboo park in China and its average temperature seldom drops below zero degrees Celsius in winter ____58____ many parts of the country are covered with snow and ice. Known as one of the country’s 10 most beautiful forests, it ____59____(be) a popular tourist attraction since the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ____60____(shoot) there in 2001. Two years later, the bamboo forest received world-wide ____61____(recognize) as a bamboo reserve in December 2003, ____62____(become) the fourth tourism destination in China to be granted Green Globe 21 certification. The Bamboo Sea covers Changning and Jiang’an, two counties ____63____ (manage) by Yibin. Amazed at its vast expanse, Huang Tingjian, ____64____ poet from the Song Dynasty, described it as “bamboo waves”. As Huang was an ____65____(influence) man of letters, his description gave rise to the forest’s popular nickname — the Bamboo Sea. 【答案】56. to visit 57. largest 58. when 59. has been 60. was shot 61. recognition 62. becoming 63. managed 64. a 65. influential 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了四川境内的蜀南竹海。 【56题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：宜宾的蜀南竹海是四川人常去的天然森林。tend to do sth.意为“倾向于做某事”，故填to visit。 【57题详解】 考查形容词最高级。句意：120平方公里的竹海是中国最大的竹林公园，在冬季，当中国的许多地方被冰雪覆盖时，竹海的平均温度很少降到零摄氏度以下。根据 in China和空前的定冠词the可知，此处应用形容词的最高级，表示“最大的”，故填largest。 【58题详解】 考查定语从句。句意同上。空处引导定语从句，先行词为winter，关系词在从句中作时间状语，应用关系副词when。故填when。 【59题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：作为全国十大最美丽森林之一，自2001年奥斯卡获奖影片《卧虎藏龙》在这里拍摄以来，这里一直是一个受欢迎的旅游景点。根据since引导的时间状语从句可知，主句时态为现在完成时，主语it表示单数意义，故填has been。 【60题详解】 考查动词时态和语态。句意同上。根据时间状语in 2001可知，此处应用一般过去时，分析句子结构可知，主语Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon与shoot之间是被动关系，应用一般过去时的被动语态，主语表示单数意义，故填was shot。 【61题详解】 考查名词。句意：两年后，2003年12月，竹林作为竹林保护区获得遍及全世界范的认可，成为中国第四个获得绿色全球21认证的旅游目的地。根据句意及前文形容词“world-wide”的修饰可知，该空填名词作宾语，recognition“认可”，不可数名词，故填recognition。 【62题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。分析句子结构可知，此处应填非谓语动词，且the bamboo forest与become之间是主动关系，应用现在分词作状语，故填becoming。 【63题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：竹海覆盖宜宾市辖的长宁和江安两个县。manage和counties之间是动宾关系，应用过去分词作后置定语，故填managed。 【64题详解】 考查冠词。句意：宋朝诗人黄庭坚惊叹于它的浩瀚，将其形容为“竹波”。根据句意可知，此处作前文Huang Tingjian的同位语，补充说明黄庭坚是一位宋朝诗人，应用不定冠词，poet首字母的发音为辅音音素开头，故填a。 【65题详解】 考查形容词。句意：由于黄庭坚是一位有影响力的文学家，他的描述为这片森林带来了一个流行的绰号——竹海。根据句意和空后的名词可知，该空用形容词作定语，修饰名词man，故填influential。 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，下周你们班将组织一次围绕“Winning isn’t everything”为主题的班会，请你就此话题写一篇发言稿，内容包括： (1)分享一次关于“输赢”的经历； (2)你对“输赢”的理解。 注意： 1. 词数为80左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Good afternoon everyone, We all know winning has the victor walking on air, lost in the glory of the moment, while the loser is left with a bitter taste and a feeling of failure. I took part in an English speech contest last month, and I got the third prize. Although I did not win the first prize, I did learn a lot from the other candidates, and I also became good friends with some of them. So, though I think winning a contest is important to me, the process of trying and also making friends is just as important. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生为主题为“Winning isn’t everything”的班会写一篇发言稿。 【详解】1.词汇积累 参加：take part in→participate in 比赛：contest→competition 重要的：important→significant 痛苦的：bitter→painful 2.句式拓展 并列句变复合句 原句：I took part in an English speech contest last month, and I got the third prize. 拓展句：I took part in an English speech contest last month, in which I got the third prize. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Although I did not win the first prize, I did learn a lot from the other candidates, and I also became good friends with some of them.（运用了although引导的让步状语从句） 【高分句型2】So, though I think winning a contest is important to me, the process of trying and also making friends is just as important.（运用了though引导的让步状语从句、省略连词that的宾语从句和动名词作主语） 第二节 读后续写 (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。 Jimmy, who has a good heart, is an automotive mechanic (修理工), but unfortunately, he lost his job a few months ago. He was caught in a dilemma (困境), wanting to find a new job but fearing applying for a new job. One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview for a position in a well-known company, whose recruitment (招聘) advertisement said it needed someone who was skilled, but more importantly, kind-hearted. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car, wearing a worried expression. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. To Jimmy, it was an easy job though it took some time.When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Jimmy agreed. When Jimmy told the old man where he would go, the old man showed a smile and said, “I know the company. By the way, young man, you can call me Anderson.” Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease (机油) on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself, feeling his heart sinking. 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。 Finally his name was called. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disappointed, Jimmy left the office and unexpectedly met with Mr. Anderson. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Finally his name was called. With his heart pounding wildly, he entered the office. After giving a brief introduction, Jimmy waited for the interviewer to ask questions. But out of Jimmy’s expectations, the interviewer just stared at him, saying nothing. Jimmy felt the air frozen, not knowing what to do. After what seemed like a century, the interviewer opened his month, “You should wear a dirty shirt for the interview. It seems that you don’t take it seriously. ” Jimmy wanted to explain, but the interviewer just signed to him to leave. Disappointed, Jimmy left the office and unexpectedly met with Mr. Anderson. “Young man, you failed your interview because of your dirty shirt?” Mr. Anderson asked, with a smile on his face. When hearing the question, Jimmy nodded his head, feeling his face burning. “Do you regret helping me?” Mr. Anderson asked seriously. “No,” Jimmy answered firmly with a sincere expression and added he would come to others’ help as long as he was needed. Mr. Anderson nodded approvingly. “Congratulations, young man. You have passed the real interview.” It turned out the old man was the General Manager of the company. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了汽车修理工Jimmy丢了工作，要应聘新的工作。他去参加一家知名公司的面试，这家公司的招聘广告上说，需要有技术的人，但更重要的是，善良的人。在等待面试的时候，他好心地帮助一个老人修好了汽车。之后，他来不及换掉带着机油的衣服就参加了面试，正当他失望地离开招聘办公室的时候，遇到了他曾帮助修车的老人，原来那老人就是公司的经理。因为Jimmy的善良，他被录用了。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“最后，他的名字被叫到了。”可知，第一段可描写Jimmy参加招聘的过程。 ②由第二段首句内容“Jimmy失望地离开了办公室，意外地遇到了Anderson先生”可知，第二段可描写Anderson先生给了Jimmy一个意外的惊喜，他就是公司经理，Jimmy被录用了。 2.续写线索：介绍——提问——解释——离开——遇到——询问——录用——惊喜 3.词汇激活 行为类 ① 解释：explain/interpret ② 询问：ask/inquire ③ 帮助：come to one's help/assist 情绪类 ① 心脏狂跳：with his heart pounding wildly/with his heart beating quickly ② 坚定地：firmly/decidedly 【点睛】 [高分句型1]. But out of Jimmy’s expectations, the interviewer just stared at him, saying nothing. (运用了现在分词作状语) [高分句型2]. When hearing the question, Jimmy nodded his head, feeling his face burning. (运用了状语从句中的省略，现在分词作状语) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null 高二第一学期期初测试英语试题 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】 When did rock music begin to develop in America? A. In the 1940s. B. In the 1950s. C. In the 1960s. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Why won’t Jason take a trip to Italy? A. He has been to Italy. B. He wants to save money. C. He will buy a house with Alice. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What’s the relationship between the speakers? A. Waitress and customer. B. Manager and clerk. C. Cook and waiter. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man most probably think of the news about John? A. Puzzling. B. Unsurprising. C. Disappointing. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The history homework. B. The weekend plan. C. Their teacher. 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。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What does Tom invite the woman to do? A. Go to a concert. B. Visit the Art Building. C. Prepare for an exam together. 7. What do we know about the Art Building? A. It’s the most beautiful building. B. There’s a green pond outside. C. It’s a good place to study. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. What prevented Adam from completing the race probably? A. Lack of training. B. The hot weather. C. His disease. 9. When will the men’s 50-kilometerrace walk final in Tokyo begin? A. At 5:30 am. B. At 6:00 am. C. At 6:30 am. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. Why did John go to Kenya? A. To take a business trip. B. To see wild animals. C. To visit his parents. 11. What did some farmers do with the elephant in that village? A They put it to death. B. They drove it away. C. They protected it. 12. What solution is mentioned? A. Giving farmers more food. B. Removing the farmers. C. Offering elephants more space. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. What did the speakers do last night? A. They watched a video. B. They attended a live concert. C. They went to a dancing party. 14. Who has the most beautiful voice in Greg’s opinion? A. Brenda. B. Justin. C. Carrie. 15. What does Greg want to do? A. Listen to more songs. B. Learn some dance steps. C. Join the school dance club. 16. What do the speakers have in common? A They both like dancing. B. They both have musical talent. C. They both like Brenda very much. 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. Where were the two award-winning books published? A. In the US and the UK. B. In Britain and Ireland. C. In Canada. 18. Which book won the Booker Prize in 2000? A. The Blind Assassin. B. Girl, Woman, Other. C. The Testaments. 19. Who is the first black woman to win the Booker Prize? A. Susan Brown. B. Margaret Atwood. C. Bernardine Evaristo. 20. What made this year’s prize special? A. Being given to two books. B. Having the strongest competitors. C. Being given to last year’s winner. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Risks at Your Table Some of the “everyday foods” we eat hide some unhealthy features, which most people ignore. We take a look at some of the health risks being served to you! Energy Drinks You’re tired and you still have to face a physical or mental stress, so what a better friend than an energy drink to overcome the effort? However, most energy drinks contain chemicals that are harmful if taken in quantities, with effects that are similar to the ones from several other illegal drugs, smoking and alcohol consumption. White Bread White bread is poorer in fiber and protein than other bread alternatives. Fiber helps our body to understand when it has eaten enough. The sense of fullness is important if we don’t want an extra-consumption of calories. Breakfast Cereals Breakfast cereals(麦片) fill out lots of shelves in every supermarket you get inside. They’re one of the favorite foods for our first meal of the day, because they’re simply delicious. What many people are not aware of is that these products are loaded with GM(转基因) organisms which affect our immune system. If you really can’t separate yourselves from breakfast cereals, maybe you could start considering some organic breakfast cereal alternatives. Fat-Free Foods Fat-free foods may look like the gold mine for a perfectly balanced and satisfying diet, but the reality is widely different. Fats are essential for many body functions and for its healthy development. A fat-cut is not advisable, especially when your workouts are regular. Plus, fat-free foods are usually high in processed sugar. 21. Which is particularly improper for a man going to the gym regularly? A. Energy drinks. B. White bread. C. Breakfast cereals. D. Fat-free foods. 22. What do the four foods have in common? A. They are delicious and healthy. B. They contain harmful chemicals. C. They hide some harmful features. D. They lack some essential nutrients. 23. In which section of a website can you probably find this passage? A. Health. B. Education. C. Economy. D. Science. B Do you know what you’d like to be when you grow up? It takes most people many years to find out. For the young artist Alexandra Nechita, it never really seemed to be a question. From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist. Alexandra Nechita was born in Romania in 1985 and moved to California when she was still a baby. As a little child, she loved colouring in her colouring books. Her parents hoped she could spend more time playing with other children, so they took away her colouring books. Alexandra began drawing her own pictures and colouring them in. By the time Alexandra was seven years old, she had begun painting with oil paints. When Alexandra took a local art class, her teacher was amazed at the young artist’s unusual style of painting. Alexandra’s work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso. These artists did not use a realistic style of painting. They allowed their imaginations to play an important part in their work. The interesting thing was that little Alexandra had never seen the work of these artists. People called her “Little Picasso”. This was a great honour, but Alexandra’s style of painting was all her own. Alexandra’s first public show was held at a Los Angeles public library when she was only eight years old. People were amazed at how young Alexandra was, but mostly they loved her imaginative artwork. It did not take long for Alexandra and her work to become famous. She appeared on television programmes and in newspapers and magazines all over the world. The sale of a single piece can earn the young artist thousands of dollars. But that is not why Alexandra creates artwork. She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction. Today, Alexandra is a full-time artist. She also works to help support the arts in schools. Alexandra is a strong believer in the power of art as a tool of communication and a bridge to building peace throughout the world. 24. When did Alexandra begin drawing pictures? A. At the age of eight. B. At the age of seven. C. At the age of two. D. In the year of 1985. 25. Alexandra was called “Little Picasso” because . A. she learned to paint from Picasso B. her style of painting was like Picasso’s C. she was one of Picasso’s big fans D. her style of painting was unusual 26. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4? A. Only painting can make her so happy and satisfied. B. Only money can make her so happy and satisfied. C. Anything can make her feel happy and satisfied. D. Nothing can make her feel happy and satisfied. 27. According to the passage, which word can best describe Alexandra? A. Polite. B. Generous. C. Patient. D. Creative. C As this year’s graduates prepare to step into the workplace, many are either anxious or scared about the impact of artificial intelligence — particularly large language models such as ChatGPT — on their careers. According to a vote by the BestColleges website, six in ten US college students worry that the use of AI in their studies is lowering the value of earning a degree. Even worse, more than half expect that increasing use of AI in the workplace will further devalue the worth of their studies to potential employers. Fears are very common that women, who are not enough in computing and science degrees, will be kept out of the job market. Right now, company technology departments are mostly male. But the impact of AI on employability may be quite different outside of computer programming, some employers say. The rise of AI is already creating new opportunities for students who have studied liberal subjects (文科). This is particularly true for writing-intensive subjects, such as English and history, that draw more female students than technology and require students to pull together diverse sources of information. That is because the companies that are starting to use AI to deal with customers are hiring writers to produce scripts for chatbots to use. Once graduated, both genders also worry that AI could reshape the job market for entry level work. Early experiments in the economic and professional services industries do suggest that AI tools will change the way marketing, investment banking and legal documents are created. Those changes could free junior employees from boring work. But the more work that is turned over to AI, the fewer jobs will be needed. And most of these jobs now use an apprenticeship (学徒) way, where doing the simple work gives young employees a good place for more important work. Some also worry that the focus on tech will hit workplace diversity efforts. “It is automation at a completely different level, which is why I’m concerned about women. My biggest fear is that women will fall behind again,” says Roya Rahmani, chair of Delphos International, which provides investment markets advisory services. 28. What can we know from the first three paragraphs? A. It may be harder for graduates to find a job. B. It is certain that more women will lose jobs. C. The use of AI makes a degree more valuable. D. The impact of AI gives the graduates more hope. 29. Why do liberal arts students have new opportunities? A. The companies need to deal with customers. B. They are good at gathering diverse information. C. They may have an advantage of writing scripts. D. The subjects they learn are all writing-intensive. 30. What is the concern about the job market for entry level work? A. AI will make the job market more diverse. B. AI will transform the way some work is done. C. AI will make the boring work more interesting. D. AI will give more opportunities to junior employees. 31. What does Roya Rahmani worry about? A. The decrease of workplace diversity. B. The influence of AI on women’s careers. C. The lack of apprenticeship chances for women. D. The application of AI in the investment markets. D When we look at a lovely baby, a puppy or a really cute kitten many of us want to squeeze it. Why is that? According to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, it’s a typical experience of “cute aggression”. The experience results from the fight between the brain’s “emotion system”, which impels (驱使) people to squeeze cute things, and its “reward system” which deals with feelings of “wanting”. In the study, 54 participants between the ages of 18 and 40 were presented with four groups of photos. Two of the groups of photos were of cute human babies and animals and the other two were of less adorable adult humans and animals. As the participants looked at the photos, there searchers watched their brain activities. According to the researchers, the participants reward systems were found to be active as they looked at the cute babies, and they seemed to be overwhelmed(征服的). By contrast, the reward systems of the people looking at the less cute adults were found to be inactive, and they seemed to be less impelled by their reward systems. This suggests that cute things activate their emotion systems in such a way that people are overwhelmed by the experience of cuteness. But reward systems work against these emotions by creating the desire to protect cute things. As Katherine Stavropoulos, the lead researcher of this study at the University of California in the US told Science Alert, “The cute aggression is the brain’s way of ‘bringing us back down’ by balancing our feelings of being overwhelmed.” Stavropoulos compared this process of balancing to an evolutionary adaptation. Such an adaptation may have taken place to ensure that people are able to continue taking care of creatures they consider particularly cute. So, although cute babies and adorable animals may look completely helpless, their vulnerable( 易受伤害的) appearance may in fact help them to survive. 32. According to the text, “cute aggression” refers to . A. the emotion of wanting to protect cute things B. the task of emotion system and reward system C. the adaptation of consistently taking care of cute creatures D. the behavior of squeezing a cute baby or animal when seeing it 33. In nature, “cute aggression” is caused by . A. the need of the brain to balance all feelings B. the photos of cute human babies and animals C. the vulnerable appearance of babies or animals D. the conflict between emotion system and reward system 34. Which of the following statements about the study is TRUE? A. Facial expressions of the participants were observed. B. Katherine Stavropoulos conducted this study on her own. C. Cute babies and animals affected brain activities of all the participants. D. The participants were divided into two groups in order to make comparison. 35. What is the author's purpose in writing this text? A. To persuade readers to protect cute animals. B. To stress the significance of cute aggression. C. To present research findings on cute aggression. D. To share an interesting phenomenon with readers 第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Have you ever gone to a museum or a show and been completely blown away by a piece? If you haven’t, go out and get cultured. I’m a student at the College of Visual and Performing Arts where we create all kinds of art every day. ____36____ But I don’t think those people truly know the difficulties and struggles in the process of making art. First of all, we need to be inspired. You may think that’s easy. In fact, anything can serve as a concept of a work of art. ____37____ Sometimes we will need people, volunteers, bodies to do so and finding willing people to work is hard. Other times we have a clear idea of what we want but we don’t know how to make other people fully understand what we’re trying to get at. ____38____ We need a space to be able to be creative and that can be tricky to acquire. Sometimes we need art supplies or certain equipment and costumes and that can cost money. Even if we do acquire what we need, visions change and mistakes happen so we might not end up using the resources. The process can take weeks, months, and even years to be fully realized. Once completed, we need to share it and find an audience and provide an environment to display our work. ____39____ What if nobody likes what we created? What if our vision isn’t what we thought though completed? Creating art is an art in itself. It is really not as easy as many people think. ____40____ It’s how we express ourselves and how we communicate with the rest of the world. A. Outsiders think our jobs easy. B. We should be quiet and creative. C. We might choose other fields as well. D. Resources are also a huge factor in making art. E. The hard part comes when we put our ideas into reality. F. And the negative thoughts love to overpower our minds. G. It takes time, patience and space when things don’t go as expected. 第三部分 语言运用(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’ve always wanted to be a millionaire. I believed money would give me more fun, more choices, and more ___41___. I carried the value of sacrifice (牺牲) and hard work with me as I sought my dream. I took part in various types of football competitions, ___42___ my skills to the point where I was invited to play overseas. At 21, a serious ___43___ forced me to leave football field. ___44___, I sought my dream and built a social media — Instagram following. At 25, I had 50,000 followers and was gifted a ___45___ watch. But I felt deeply unhappy. I thought about all the effort I’d spent and what I’d ___46___ in return. I always wanted to post something on Instagram. It was like Instagram had ___47___ me. The likes, the comments, and the ___48___ made me feel as if I’d “succeeded”, but I didn’t have any freedom or calmness within. I ___49___ to get serious and focus on real growth and building real ____50____. I sold my expensive watch and used the ____51____ to invest (投资). To find calmness, I walked and rode through the woods, where the fresh air ____52____ my mind. The biggest move I made was to quit Instagram totally. I ____53____ myself from negativity, stopped spending money on non-essentials, and ____54____ myself with those on the same mission (使命). Then it happened. I turned 29, and my investment ____55____. I’d made my first million. The success wasn’t just about the money. I experienced how sacrifice and hard work provides for real growth too. 41 A. right B. freedom C. health D. time 42. A. testing B. applying C. advancing D. sharing 43. A. injury B. talk C. order D. visit 44. A. Still B. Besides C. Meanwhile D. Therefore 45. A. plain B. free C. cheap D. precious 46. A. lost B. received C. experienced D. overcome 47. A. hurt B. inspired C. challenged D. controlled 48 A. followers B. photos C. accounts D. customers 49. A. pretended B. determined C. agreed D. happened 50. A. trust B. knowledge C. wealth D. reputation 51. A. savings B. pockets C. funds D. donations 52. A. filled B. crossed C. emptied D. cleared 53. A. distanced B. hid C. discouraged D. excused 54. A. impressed B. surrounded C. provided D. compared 55. A. added up B. broke down C. paid off D. ran out 第二节 短文填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 For those looking to escape the concrete jungle, maybe it’s time to dive into the bamboo forests of southern Sichuan. A natural forest that people in Sichuan province tend ____56____(visit) is the Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea in Yibin. The 120-square-kilometer Bamboo Sea is the ____57____ (large) bamboo park in China and its average temperature seldom drops below zero degrees Celsius in winter ____58____ many parts of the country are covered with snow and ice. Known as one of the country’s 10 most beautiful forests, it ____59____(be) a popular tourist attraction since the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ____60____(shoot) there in 2001. Two years later, the bamboo forest received world-wide ____61____(recognize) as a bamboo reserve in December 2003, ____62____(become) the fourth tourism destination in China to be granted Green Globe 21 certification. The Bamboo Sea covers Changning and Jiang’an, two counties ____63____ (manage) by Yibin. Amazed at its vast expanse, Huang Tingjian, ____64____ poet from the Song Dynasty, described it as “bamboo waves”. As Huang was an ____65____(influence) man of letters, his description gave rise to the forest’s popular nickname — the Bamboo Sea. 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，下周你们班将组织一次围绕“Winning isn’t everything”为主题的班会，请你就此话题写一篇发言稿，内容包括： (1)分享一次关于“输赢”的经历； (2)你对“输赢”的理解。 注意： 1. 词数为80左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 读后续写 (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，使之构成一篇完整短文。 Jimmy, who has a good heart, is an automotive mechanic (修理工), but unfortunately, he lost his job a few months ago. He was caught in a dilemma (困境), wanting to find a new job but fearing applying for a new job. One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview for a position in a well-known company, whose recruitment (招聘) advertisement said it needed someone who was skilled, but more importantly, kind-hearted. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car, wearing a worried expression. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. To Jimmy, it was an easy job though it took some time.When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Jimmy agreed. When Jimmy told the old man where he would go, the old man showed a smile and said, “I know the company. By the way, young man, you can call me Anderson.” Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease (机油) on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself, feeling his heart sinking. 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。 Finally his name was called. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disappointed, Jimmy left the office and unexpectedly met with Mr. Anderson. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$