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2024～2025学年度第一学期高三年级英语独立作业一 （时间：120分钟 总分：150分） 第一部分 听力（共20题；每题1.5分，满分30分） 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man need to do with the tall green plant? A. Water it once every two weeks. B. Let it get enough sun. C. Keep it close to the roses. 2. What is the woman mainly talking about? A. The new sandwich. B. Her favorite shop. C. The delicious beef. 3. How does the man feel about finding the right place? A. Optimistic. B. Disappointed. C. Uninterested. 4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Friends. C. Cousins. 5. What is the coach giving advice about? A. Improving technique. B. Having a positive attitude. C. Being aware on the court. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Which character would the woman like to be? A. Juliet. B. Rosa. C. Nurse. 7. What does the woman care most about the play? A. Learning about the story. B. Being the lead role. C. Acting well. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where are the speakers probably? A. In a hotel. B. In a cottage. C. In an apartment. 9. How long will the speakers be staying? A. Two days. B. Four days. C. One week. 10. Why are the speakers in New York City? A. For a holiday. B. For a wedding. C. For a concert. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is Anna going to do this afternoon? A. Wash the car. B. Take some photos. C. Sell some clothes. 12. Where will Ben be a bit later today? A. Downtown. B. Inside his house. C. Around his neighborhood. 13. How long will Leah be at the market? A. A few days. B. A few weeks. C. A few months. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is similar between math problems and making eggs? A. They’re both hard to do. B. They’re both best to do in the morning. C. There are many different ways to do them. 15. What kind of eggs does the boy like best? A. Scrambled ones. B. Boiled ones. C. Fried ones. 16. What will the boy do next? A. Continue with his homework. B. Get help from Mr. Thompson. C. Eat dinner. 17. Where are the speakers talking? A. In a classroom. B. At home. C. In an office. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Who controlled Saudi Arabia in the 19th century? A. The British. B. The French. C. The Ottoman Empire. 19. When was the independent kingdom of Saudi Arabia founded? A. In 1916. B. In 1932. C. In 1938. 20. What happened right after the Saudis discovered oil? A. They made investments in finance. B. They signed agreements with other nations. C. They formed a new industry on their own. 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 Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame It is a free research-based app designed to help young children develop skills such as calming down and solving problems. This app encourages your child to help a monster friend calm down by taking long, deep breaths, and then to think of a solution to everyday challenges. The app is also great for teaching children skills such as self control and persistence. It is available in English and Spanish. Mindful PowersTM Mindful PowersTM is an award-winning app that is fully focused on the whole development of children through play. The app uses voice-guided stories to teach kids about managing emotions and about the power of mindfulness. Kids also get to practise calming their own FlibbertigibbetTM, a cute virtual pet. If your child is struggling with anxiety or concentration problems, you may want to try Mindful PowersTM to help him stay calm and focused. This app is available for free. Headspace Although the app initially was targeted at meditation (冥想) and mindfulness in adults, it now has many sections your entire family can use. This app has breathing exercises, tutorials, guided relaxations, comfortable sounds, visualizations and meditation exercises, broken down into different categories depending on the user’s age. The app also has short sessions and simple techniques for young children. Headspace also suggests a family subscription. A 7-day free trial is available, and the premium version (高级版) costs $12.99 per month. Stop, Breathe&Think Kids Stop, Breathe&Think Kids suggests mindful breathing exercises and guided meditation to help children learn how to meditate, focus, and identify and process big emotions. This app encourages them to focus on their feelings and on how their body feels, and therefore helps them connect with their inner selves. There are more than 20 free exercises available and the premium version costs $10 a month. 1. What do we know about Mindful PowersTM? A. It charges a small fee. B. It is combined with games. C. It advises kids to keep pets at home. D. It provides some mindful breathing exercises. 2. Which app is suitable for the whole family? A. Headspace. B. Mindful PowersTM. C. Stop, Breathe&Think Kids. D. Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame. 3. What benefit may these four apps bring to people? A. Improved sleep. B. Effective teamwork. C. Good eating habits. D. Better mental well-being. 【答案】1. B 2. A 3. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是应用文。文章详细介绍了四款针对儿童心理健康和情绪管理的应用程序，包括它们的功能、特点、适用人群以及价格等信息。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Mindful PowersTM下的“Mindful PowersTM is an award-winning app that is fully focused on the whole development of children through play.(Mindful PowersTM是一款屡获殊荣的应用程序，它完全专注于儿童通过游戏的整体发展)”可知，Mindful PowersTM与游戏相结合帮助孩子。故选B项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Headspace下的“Although the app initially was targeted at meditation (冥想) and mindfulness in adults, it now has many sections your entire family can use.(虽然这款应用最初针对的是成年人的冥想和正念，但现在它有很多部分可供全家人使用)”可知，Headspace适合全家使用。故选A项。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame下的“It is a free research-based app designed to help young children develop skills such as calming down and solving problems.(这是一款基于研究的免费应用程序，旨在帮助幼儿培养冷静和解决问题等技能)”，Mindful PowersTM下的“The app uses voice-guided stories to teach kids about managing emotions and about the power of mindfulness.(该应用程序使用语音引导的故事来教孩子们如何管理情绪和正念的力量)”，Headspace下的“Although the app initially was targeted at meditation (冥想) and mindfulness in adults, it now has many sections your entire family can use.(虽然这款应用最初针对的是成年人的冥想和正念，但现在它有很多部分可供全家人使用)”以及Stop, Breathe&Think Kids下的“Stop, Breathe&Think Kids suggests mindful breathing exercises and guided meditation to help children learn how to meditate, focus, and identify and process big emotions.(Stop, Breathe&Think Kids建议正念呼吸练习和引导冥想来帮助孩子们学习如何冥想，集中注意力，识别和处理大的情绪)”可知，这四个应用程序会给人们带来更好的心理健康。故选D项。 B The scene in the stands at Roland Garros’s Court Philippe-Chatrier was dotted with red banners, adding a glow to the already orange y air spreading the red clay court. There were hundreds of Chinese waving flags to support Qinwen Zheng, 21, who would soon take gold by defeating Croatia’s Donna Vedic in the women’s singles tennis final. As she lay down on the dirt, eyes skyward and fists extended into the Paris haze, the win’s gravity seemed to register: This was China’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in this sport. When talking about the Olympics, Zheng said, “I treated the Games differently — the emotion, the fight, the mentality. If you asked me to stay three more hours to fight, I could do it.” Born in 2002, Zheng started playing tennis at age seven. At age eight, she moved alone for better coaching. Since adolescence, she has deeply admired Chinese athletes, such as the tennis star Li Na, who joined the 2008 Beijing Games, and the runner Liu Xiang, who won gold at the 2004 Athens Games. “It was really tough,” Zheng said, looking back at those early days. “My mom used to come visit on weekends. When she left, I would hold her leg and cry. After 13, she decided to stay with me full-time to let me have better growth and care. After that, it got easier. And we moved to Europe when I was 17.” In Paris, Zheng performed exceptionally well on her road to gold, including toppling world number one Iga Swiatek. “With Iga, I was clear,” Zheng said. “I know why I lost to her before. I played rushed, made too many unforced errors, and wanted to hit faster than her. I wanted to prove my power. But in these Games, I didn’t think like this.” Zheng is conscious, too, of the effects that her milestone achievement in Paris will have. As we wrapped up our chat, she said, softly: “I was reading comments last night and some of them were talking about inspiration, and this makes me feel proud. If you watch my tennis and it brings you some extra strength in your life, that will make me happy.” 4. According to the passage which is TRUE about Qinwen Zheng? A. She considered all tennis games to be equally important. B. She felt confident to live alone at her early days of training. C. She secured the first Chinese Olympic tennis championship. D. As a teenager, she wanted to go beyond other Chinese athletes. 5. What does the underlined word “toppling” in the 6th paragraph mean? A. Challenging. B. Defeating. C. Discouraging. D. Declining. 6. Which words can best describe Qinwen Zheng? A. Competent and idealistic. B. Creative and independent. C. Sincere and ambitious. D. Strong-willed and reflective. 7. What can we infer from Qinwen Zheng’s words in the last paragraph? A. She feels delighted to read numerous comments on her match. B. She expects her achievement to motivate more people. C. She takes pride in attaining the Olympic gold medal. D. She hopes that her achievement will earn her fame. 【答案】4. C 5. B 6. D 7. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。报道了郑钦文正作为一名网球运动员在比赛中的表现和她的个人故事，特别强调了她在奥运会上为中国赢得首枚网球金牌的成就。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“This was China’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in this sport. (这是中国在这个项目上的首枚奥运金牌)”可知，她获得了第一个中国奥运网球冠军。故选C项。 【5题详解】 词句猜测题。根据文章第六段“In Paris, Zheng performed exceptionally well on her road to gold, including toppling world number one Iga Swiatek. (在巴黎，郑钦文在她的夺金之路上表现异常出色，包括toppling世界排名第一的Iga Swiatek)”可知，郑钦文获得了奥运会金牌，所以她在赢得金牌的道路上应该是击败头号种子伊加·斯维亚特克，所以划线单词的意思应与“击败”意义相近。故选B项。 6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中“When talking about the Olympics, Zheng said, “I treated the Games differently — the emotion, the fight, the mentality. If you asked me to stay three more hours to fight, I could do it.”(在谈到奥运会时，郑说：“我对比赛有不同的对待——情感、拼搏、心态。如果你让我再多坚持三个小时去拼搏，我也能做到。”)”及第六段““I know why I lost to her before. I played rushed, made too many unforced errors, and wanted to hit faster than her. I wanted to prove my power. But in these Games, I didn’t think like this.” (“我知道为什么以前会输给她。我打得急躁，出现了太多非受迫性失误，想比她更快地击球。我想证明自己的实力。但在本届比赛中，我没有这样想。”)”可知，郑钦文是一位意志坚定且善于反思的运动员。故选D项。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“As we wrapped up our chat, she said, softly: “I was reading comments last night and some of them were talking about inspiration, and this makes me feel proud. If you watch my tennis and it brings you some extra strength in your life, that will make me happy.” (当我们结束聊天时，她轻声说道：“我昨晚看了些评论，有些人谈到了激励，这让我感到自豪。如果你看了我的网球比赛，这能给你生活中带来一些额外的力量，那我会很高兴。”)”可知，她希望她的成就能激励更多的人。故选B项。 C Recently, after I gave a virtual presentation on my book Indistractable, a listener wrote something in the Zoom chat that drove me crazy, “This is great but wouldn’t work for me. I’m a Gemini (双子星座的人).” Ironically, the Zoom listener is right. If she thinks she’s incapable, she’ll prove it correct — whether it has anything to do with the stars and moon or not. Her inflexible self-identification denies her the chance to improve her life. It’s incredibly self-limiting. That’s why we should stop defining ourselves as fixed identities and nouns, and instead start describing ourselves using verbs. Words are powerful. Linguistic research shows that language shapes people and culture; it can also give us insight into ourselves and our behavior. In a well-known study, researchers Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobsen had all students in the same elementary school take a standard IQ test. Then they randomly selected a group of students, regardless of their test results, and told teachers the group would show “dramatic intellectual growth”. Eight months later, those students scored significantly higher on an IQ test. The study concluded that teachers’ positive perception of students correlated to those students’ high performance on intellectual and academic tests. The labels the children received became a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). That’s because language shapes expectations, which shape our reality. If we have experiences that lead us to label ourselves with specific nouns during our life, then we are likely to stick with those labels and the behaviors that go with them. Using verbs to identify ourselves is an effective method for releasing “trapped priors”—a term in psychology for a perception of reality that’s affected or trapped by past experiences. Verbs are action words well suited to describing short-lived behaviors that can and do change. They don’t lay claim to our entire identity, but they acknowledge that we are people first and foremost, not whatever a singular noun may say we are. So, instead of saying, “I am a procrastinator (拖拉者)”, you should say, “I am a person who often procrastinates.” By focusing on our behaviors, not fixed characteristics, we can release harmful perceptions of ourselves that hold us back from trying methods that might improve our lives — like those that can help us achieve the critical skill of being indistractable. 8. What does the author want to show through the example of the Zoom listener? A. The concept of flexible self-identification. B. His confusion about the way to self-identify. C. His understanding of proper self-identification. D. The negative effects of using nouns to define oneself. 9. What does the well-known study imply? A. Self-fulfilling prophecies change over time. B. Encouragement promotes students’ improvement. C. Language usage will have an impact on teaching. D. IQ has little to do with students’ academic performance. 10. How are teachers expected to evaluate students? A. By highlighting their behaviors. B. By focusing on their advantages. C. By analyzing their typical characteristics. D. By assessing their academic performance. 11. Which can be the best title for the text? A. Nouns are more powerful than verbs B. Your words can determine your future C. How we define ourselves really counts D Our option of words reflects our identity 【答案】8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讨论了人们如何定义自己，以及为何应该避免使用固定的名词来描述自己，而应该使用动词来关注自己的行为和变化。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Ironically, the Zoom listener is right. If she thinks she’s incapable, she’ll prove it correct — whether it has anything to do with the stars and moon or not. Her inflexible self-identification denies her the chance to improve her life. It’s incredibly self-limiting.(讽刺的是，Zoom的听众是对的。如果她认为自己无能为力，她会证明自己是对的——不管这是否与星星和月亮有关。她僵化的自我认同剥夺了她改善生活的机会。这是难以置信的自我限制)”可知，作者使用了Zoom听众将自己定义为双子座并认为这阻止了她实施书中策略的例子。这显示了使用固定的名词或身份来定义自己的负面影响，与使用动词来描述自己的行为和改变的可能性相对立。作者认为，这样的自我定义可能是自我限制的，并阻止人们尝试可能改善他们生活的方法。故选D。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第四段“In a well-known study, researchers Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobsen had all students in the same elementary school take a standard IQ test. Then they randomly selected a group of students, regardless of their test results, and told teachers the group would show “dramatic intellectual growth”. Eight months later, those students scored significantly higher on an IQ test. The study concluded that teachers’ positive perception of students correlated to those students’ high performance on intellectual and academic tests. The labels the children received became a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy (预言).(在一项著名的研究中，研究人员Robert Rosenthal和Lenore Jacobsen对同一所小学的所有学生进行了标准的智商测试。然后，他们随机选择了一组学生，不管他们的考试成绩如何，并告诉老师这组学生将表现出“戏剧性的智力增长”。八个月后，这些学生在智商测试中的得分显著提高。该研究得出结论，教师对学生的积极看法与学生在智力和学业测试中的优异表现有关。孩子们收到的标签成为一种自我实现的预言)”可知，这项研究表明教师的鼓励促进了学生的进步。故选B。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“By focusing on our behaviors, not fixed characteristics, we can release harmful perceptions of ourselves that hold us back from trying methods that might improve our lives — like those that can help us achieve the critical skill of being indistractable.(通过关注我们的行为，而不是固定的特征，我们可以释放对自己的有害看法，这些看法会阻止我们尝试可能改善我们生活的方法——比如那些可以帮助我们获得注意力不分散的关键技能的方法)”可知，文章认为通过关注我们的行为而不是固定的特征，我们可以摆脱那些阻碍我们尝试可能改善生活的方法的有害自我认知。这里强调的是行为的重要性，因为行为是短暂的、可以改变的，并且更能反映我们的努力和进步。将这个观点应用到教育领域，老师们被期望通过关注学生的行为来评价他们，因为这些行为更能准确地反映学生的学习态度和进步情况。故选A。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“That’s why we should stop defining ourselves as fixed identities and nouns, and instead start describing ourselves using verbs.(这就是为什么我们不应该把自己定义为固定的身份和名词，而应该开始用动词来描述自己)”以及全文内容可知，整篇文本主要讨论了我们是如何定义自己的，以及这种定义如何影响我们的行为和现实。文章通过Zoom听众的例子、Robert Rosenthal和Lenore Jacobsen的研究，以及使用动词和名词来描述自己的对比，强调了自我定义的重要性。它指出，使用动词来描述我们的行为而不是用名词来定义我们的身份，可以帮助我们摆脱过去的限制，尝试新的方法，并改善我们的生活。故选C。 D Nine out of every ten humans are right-handed, an imbalance that researchers for decades have attempted to explain, without definitive success. One of the ideas considered is the traditional fighting hypothesis, which suggests that left-handedness provides an advantage in battles, despite an overall hit to physical health that keeps lefties rare in the population. Indeed, males - who historically have competed most strongly for resources and mates - are left-handed at slightly higher rates than females. Moreover, studies suggest that lefties tend to outperform right-handed people in fighting sports as well as in sports that require hand-eye coordination (协调) like tennis, baseball, and volleyball. However, the predicted health disadvantage of the traditional fighting hypothesis hasn’t materialized in large studies. On the whole, left-handed people don’t seem to suffer from more health problems than right-handed people, nor do they live shorter lives. Noticing this issue, scientists from Lund University in Sweden proposed an update to the fighting hypothesis that is more in agreement with current data. According to their new fighting hypothesis, about three-quarters of the heart is situated in the left hemithorax (单侧胸), making the left side of the chest a more obvious target for a mortal blow. The researchers note that when humans battle with weapons, the hand utilized to hold the weapon determines which area of the chest is exposed to an opponent. A left-handed grip will rotate the left side of the chest, and thus most of the heart, toward an enemy, while a right-handed grip will rotate it away. Moreover, a free left hand could be used to hold a shield (盾) in battles to cover most parts of the heart. “Since there is no health disadvantage from being left-handed and fighting with pointy weapons is no longer an evolutionary pressure, we should see the proportion of left-handed people stay the same in modern society or broadly rise. Some studies suggest that left-handedness has increased in the 20th century, but it is uncertain if this is due to genetic or cultural reasons,” the coauthor Matz Larsson said. It should be noted that this new explanation for the preponderance (多数) of right-handed people is still very much a hypothesis. The modified fighting hypothesis is reasonable, but as yet unproven. 12. Why does the author write the second paragraph? A. To describe the advantages of left-handed people. B. To explain the difficulty in studying left-handedness. C. To stress the significance of the traditional fighting hypothesis. D. To point out the drawback of the traditional fighting hypothesis. 13. What can we learn from the new fighting hypothesis? A. Left-handed humans might be more accurate in targeting enemies. B. Left-handed humans might be more courageous in fighting battles. C. Right-handed humans might be more protected from a deadly strike. D. Right-handed humans might be more skillful in using pointy weapons. 14. What do Matz Larsson’s words show? A. More and more people are taught to be left-handed. B. Modern society pays little attention to who is left-handed. C. The increase in the number of lefties is influenced by many factors. D. More weapons are designed for left-handed people in modern society. 15. What is the author’s attitude towards the new fighting hypothesis? A. Objective. B. Dismissive. C. Approving. D. Unclear. 【答案】12. D 13. C 14. C 15. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了针对人群中左右撇子比例不平衡的问题，之前被考虑的观点是战斗假说，但该假说预测的健康劣势并未得到证实。目前科学家们更新了战斗假说，解决了预测不到健康劣势的问题，修正后的这一假说有一定说服力，但有待进一步验证。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中“One of the ideas considered is the traditional fighting hypothesis, which suggests that left-handedness provides an advantage in battles, despite an overall hit to physical health that keeps lefties rare in the population. Indeed, males—who historically have competed most strongly for resources and mates—are left-handed at slightly higher rates than females. Moreover, studies suggest that lefties tend to outperform right-handed people in fighting sports as well as in sports that require hand-eye coordination (协调) like tennis, baseball, and volleyball. However, the predicted health disadvantage of the traditional fighting hypothesis hasn’t materialized in large studies.”（其中一个被考虑的观点是传统的战斗假说，它认为左撇子在战斗中提供了优势，尽管总体上对身体健康的影响使左撇子在人口中很少见。事实上，男性左撇子的比例比女性略高，而在历史上，男性对资源和配偶的竞争最为激烈。此外，研究表明，左撇子在格斗运动以及网球、棒球和排球等需要手眼协调的运动中往往比右撇子表现得更好。然而，传统格斗假说所预测的健康劣势尚未在大型研究中得到证实。）可推知，作者写第二段是为了指出传统战斗假说的缺点。故选D项。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中“Noticing this issue, scientists from Lund University in Sweden proposed an update to the fighting hypothesis that is more in agreement with current data. According to their new fighting hypothesis, about three-quarters of the heart is situated in the left hemithorax (单侧胸), making the left side of the chest a more obvious target for a mortal blow. The researchers note that when humans battle with weapons, the hand utilized to hold the weapon determines which area of the chest is exposed to an opponent. A left-handed grip will rotate the left side of the chest, and thus most of the heart, toward an enemy, while a right-handed grip will rotate it away.”（注意到这个问题，瑞典隆德大学的科学家们提出了一个更新的战斗假设，更符合当前的数据。根据他们新的战斗假说，大约四分之三的心脏位于左半胸，这使得左胸更容易成为致命一击的目标。研究人员指出，当人类与武器战斗时，用来拿武器的手决定了胸部的哪个区域暴露给对手。左手握拳会将胸部的左侧，也就是心脏的大部分，旋转向敌人，而右手握拳则会将其旋转向别处。）可推知，我们能从新的战斗假说中了解到右撇子可能更能保护人类免受致命打击。故选C项。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“Some studies suggest that left-handedness has increased in the 20th century, but it is uncertain if this is due to genetic or cultural reasons,” the coauthor Matz Larsson said.”（“一些研究表明，左撇子在20世纪有所增加，但目前还不确定这是由于遗传还是文化原因，”该研究的合著者Matz Larsson说。）可推知，Matz Larsson的话说明了左撇子人数的增加受到许多因素的影响。故选C项。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“It should be noted that this new explanation for the preponderance (多数) of right-handed people is still very much a hypothesis. The modified fighting hypothesis is reasonable, but as yet unproven.”（应该指出的是，这个关于右撇子占优势的新解释在很大程度上仍然是一个假设。修正后的战斗假说是合理的，但尚未得到证实。）可推知，作者对新的战斗假说持客观的态度。故选A项。 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。 It’s a feeling — a quiet knowing or gentle persuasion that something is awesome, needs attention, or is off. Intuition is defined as a subtle ability to understand or know something without needing to think about it or use reason to discover it. ____16____ According to researchers at Leeds University, the brain uses your past experiences and the environment to make quick decisions, even before you’re consciously aware of them. Everyone possesses intuition. ____17____ Intuition serves as a communication channel between the subconscious and conscious mind. It’s fueled by real information, just like any other decision. The workings of intuition, including collecting, storing, and assembling information, happen outside your conscious awareness. ____18____ These synchronicities (共时性) could be as simple as someone recommending a book on a topic you’ve been privately reading or receiving an email from an old colleague offering you part-time jobs just after you got hit with an unexpected bill. To open yourself to your intuition, you must pay attention, trust your gut and feel. ____19____ When you start to notice and listen, good things will come your way. Can you feel your intuition is at play? If you allow yourself to, you’ll feel it. ____20____ Sometimes, it’s a subtle “knowing.” You’ll feel when something is right, clear and nourishing. And you’ll feel when something is off, perhaps an ache or a sense of flatness. Trusting your intuition may be challenging at first, but with time and bit by bit, you’ll learn to trust it more, and it’ll be worth it in the end. A. Therefore, embrace your intuition. B. Intuition is a more complex process. C. But not everyone chooses to listen to it. D. Sometimes external intuitive hints come into play. E. Your intuition can’t communicate with you if you’re not listening. F. It used to be regarded as pseudo-science, but now science supports it. G. It might cause sensations in your belly, a racing heart, or quickened breath. 【答案】16. F 17. C 18. D 19. E 20. G 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了直觉的定义、工作原理以及如何感知和利用直觉。 【16题详解】 上文“Intuition is defined as a subtle ability to understand or know something without needing to think about it or use reason to discover it.(直觉被定义为一种微妙的能力，即不需要思考或使用理性去发现就能理解或知道某事)”定义了直觉，F选项“It used to be regarded as pseudo-science, but now science supports it.(它曾经被认为是伪科学，但现在科学支持它)”承接上文，说明直觉现在得到了科学的支持，与上文构成顺承关系，同时引出下文“According to researchers at Leeds University, the brain uses your past experiences and the environment to make quick decisions, even before you’re consciously aware of them.(根据利兹大学的研究人员的说法，大脑利用你过去的经历和环境来快速做出决定，甚至在你有意识地意识到它们之前)”的相关科学研究，上下文语意连贯。故选F项。 【17题详解】 上文“Everyone possesses intuition.(每个人都有直觉)”说明每个人都有直觉，C选项“But not everyone chooses to listen to it.(但并不是每个人都选择倾听它)”与上文构成转折关系，说明虽然每个人都有直觉，但并不是每个人都会去倾听它，上下文中“everyone”形成呼应关系。故选C项。 【18题详解】 下文“These synchronicities (共时性) could be as simple as someone recommending a book on a topic you’ve been privately reading or receiving an email from an old colleague offering you part-time jobs just after you got hit with an unexpected bill.(这些共时性可能很简单，比如有人向你推荐一本关于你一直在私下阅读的主题的书，或者在你突然收到一笔意外的账单后，收到一位老同事给你的兼职工作的电子邮件)”列举一些外部的直觉暗示，是对D选项“Sometimes external intuitive hints come into play.(有时外部的直觉暗示会起作用)”中“external intuitive hints”的举例说明，上下文语意连贯。故选D项。 【19题详解】 下文“When you start to notice and listen, good things will come your way.(当你开始注意和倾听时，好事就会降临到你身上)”说明要注意和倾听直觉，E选项“Your intuition can’t communicate with you if you’re not listening.(如果你不听，你的直觉就无法与你交流)”与下文构成条件关系，说明如果不倾听，直觉就无法与你交流，也就无法带来好事，上下文语意连贯。故选E项。 【20题详解】 上文“Can you feel your intuition is at play? If you allow yourself to, you’ll feel it.(你能感觉到你的直觉在起作用吗？如果你允许自己，你就会感觉到它)”说明要感知直觉，G选项“It might cause sensations in your belly, a racing heart, or quickened breath.(它可能会在你的肚子里引起感觉，心跳加速，或呼吸加快)”承接上文，具体说明感知直觉时可能会有的身体反应，上下文语意连贯。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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 It was hot outside. My six-year-old and I were doing some work in the garden. It was sure to be relaxing. At least, I had ____21____ that it would be. ____22____, I was sweating, and arguing with my son about the proper way to pull weeds. My way was the better way, of course. It was the most ____23____. I pulled the weeds by the roots, removing them entirely and ____24____ a longer period before I would have to return and pull weeds again. My son ____25____ things his own way. He ripped (扯掉) the tops of the weeds off, moving quickly down the line as he left the ____26____ halves still imbedded in the soil. For some reason, I found this to be incredibly ____27____. “Why couldn’t you do it my way, and save me the ____28____ of having to re-do your portion of the garden?” I said. He replied, “Mom, I’ll go back and get the roots, too. People do things ____29____.” Suddenly, my annoyance vanished, and was _____30_____ by the realization that I’d just received a valuable _____31_____ from the person that I was supposed to be teaching. While trying to _____32_____ my kindergartener and a small farm full of animals and gardens, I considered efficiency a _____33_____ in the current season of my life. My son had reminded me that there was more than one route to any destination. Outside the realm (场所) of school, my son shouldn’t be _____34_____ to do things according to others’ rules. I went back to pulling weeds. “You’re _____35_____. Thanks for helping me,” I told my son. 21. A. mentioned B. noticed C. planned D. hoped 22. A. Besides B. Instead C. Therefore D. Otherwise 23. A. natural B. common C. advanced D. efficient 24. A. promising B. appointing C. recording D. justifying 25. A. talked about B. caught on C. went about D. fought off 26. A. green B. left C. opposite D. remaining 27. A. disappointing B. irritating C. confusing D. encouraging 28. A. cost B. embarrassment C. trouble D. chance 29. A. carefully B. differently C. unintentionally D. consistently 30. A. replaced B. caused C. confirmed D. influenced 31. A. reminder B. source C. opportunity D. scenario 32. A. protect B. help C. balance D. track 33. A. problem B. pleasure C. necessity D. gift 34. A. permitted B. required C. agreed D. entitled 35. A. busy B. kind C. brave D. right 【答案】21. D 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. A 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者与六岁的儿子一起打扫院子，儿子并未按照作者所教的方法除草，而是选择了自己的方式。在这次打扫庭院的过程中，作者一开始因为儿子不听取更高效的除草方法而感到恼怒，但后来作者认识到儿子拥有支配自己时间的权力，无需按照她的节奏而一味追求高效。 【21题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：至少，我希望是这样的。A. mentioned提及；B. noticed注意到；C. planned计划；D. hoped希望。根据上文“It was sure to be relaxing.”提到会让人放松，由此可知，此处应表示作者希望是这样的。故选D项。 【22题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，我满头大汗，和儿子争论拔草的正确方法。A. Besides此外；B. Instead相反的是；C. Therefore因此；D. Otherwise否则。根据上文提到的这肯定会让人放松，以及下文“I was sweating, and arguing with my son about the proper way to pull weeds.”提到满头大汗，由此可知，上下文形成转折关系。故选B项。 【23题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是最有效的。A. natural自然的；B. common共同的；C. advanced先进的；D. efficient有效的。根据上文“My way was the better way, of course.”由此可知，此处应表示这是最有效的方法。故选D项。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我把杂草连根拔起，把它们全部拔除，并承诺在一段较长的时间内，我不会再回来拔掉杂草。A. promising承诺；B. appointing约定；C. recording记录；D. justifying证明。根据句意以及下文“…a longer period before I would have to return and pull weeds again.”由此可知，此处应表示作者承诺在一段较长的时间内，我不会再回来拔掉杂草。故选A项。 【25题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我儿子做事有他自己的方式。A. talked about谈论；B. caught on理解，领会；C. went about进行，从事某事；D. fought off抵御，击退。根据上文提到的作者和儿子争论拔草的正确方法，以及下文“He ripped (扯掉) the tops of the weeds off, moving quickly down the line as he left the ____6____ halves still imbedded in the soil.”儿子的具体做法，由此可知，此处应表示作者儿子做事有他自己的方式。故选C项。 【26题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他把杂草的顶端拔了下来，沿着线快速移动，剩下的一半还埋在土里。A. green绿色的；B. left左边的；C. opposite对立的；D. remaining剩下的。根据上文“He ripped the tops of the weeds off”以及下文“halves still imbedded in the soil”由此可知，此处应表示他把杂草的顶端拔了下来，剩下的一半还埋在土里。故选D项。 【27题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：出于某种原因，我发现这非常令人恼火。A. disappointing令人失望的；B. irritating令人恼火的；C. confusing令人困惑的；D. encouraging鼓舞人心的。根据下文“Suddenly, my annoyance vanished”提到作者的恼怒，由此可知，此处应表示作者发现这非常令人恼火。故选B项。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：你为什么不能按我的方式来做呢？这样我就不用麻烦重新整理你那块花园了。A. cost成本；B. embarrassment尴尬；C. trouble麻烦；D. chance机会。根据上文“Why couldn’t you do it my way”以及下文“…of having to re-do your portion of the garden”由此可知，此处应表示作者不用麻烦重新整理你那块花园了。故选C项。 【29题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：人们做事的方式不同。A. carefully仔细地；B. differently不同地；C. unintentionally无意地；D. consistently一贯地。根据上文“He replied, “Mom, I’ll go back and get the roots, too.”提到作者的想法，由此可知，此处应表示人们做事的方式不同。故选B项。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，我的烦恼消失了，取而代之的是意识到我刚刚从我应该教的人那里收到了一个有价值的提醒。A. replaced代替；B. caused导致；C. confirmed证实；D. influenced影响。根据上文“Suddenly, my annoyance vanished”提到作者烦恼消失了，由此可知，此处应表示取而代之的是意识到我刚刚从我应该教的人那里收到了一个有价值的提醒。故选A项。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：突然，我的烦恼消失了，取而代之的是意识到我刚刚从我应该教的人那里收到了一个有价值的提醒。A. reminder提醒；B. source来源；C. opportunity机会；D. scenario场景。根据上文提到的儿子说人们做事的方式不同，由此可知，此处应表示作者刚刚从应该教的人那里收到了一个有价值的提醒。故选A项。 【32题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我努力在我的上幼儿园的儿童和一个满是动物和花园的小农场之间取得平衡时，我认为在我生活的这个季节，效率是必要的。A. protect保护；B. help帮助；C. balance平衡；D. track跟踪。根据句意以及下文“my kindergartener and a small farm full of animals and gardens”由此可知，此处应表示作者努力在她的上幼儿园的儿童和一个满是动物和花园的小农场之间取得平衡。故选C项。 33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我努力在我上幼儿园的儿童和一个满是动物和花园的小农场之间取得平衡时，我认为在我生活的这个季节，效率是必要的。A. problem问题； B. pleasure快乐；C. necessity必要；D. gift 礼物。根据上文“It was hot outside.”提到外面很热，由此可推知，此处应表示作者认为在生活的这个季节，效率是必要的。故选C项。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在学校之外，我的儿子不应该被要求按照别人的规则做事。A. permitted允许；B. required要求；C. agreed同意；D. entitled使享有权利。根据上文“My son had reminded me that there was more than one route to any destination.”提到儿子提醒我，通往任何目的地都不止一条路。由此可知，此处应表示儿子不应该被要求按照别人的规则做事。故选B项。 【35题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：你是对的。A. busy忙碌的；B. kind善良的；C. brave勇敢的；D. right正确的。根据下文“Thanks for helping me, I told my son.”提到作者对儿子的感谢，由此可知，此处应表示儿子的做法是正确的。故选D项。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Macanese patois, also known as Patuá, used to be widely spoken in Macau. But the language started falling out of use from ____36____ 1930s. In 2009, UNESCO ____37____ (official) listed it as a critically endangered language. Today, it’s thought that in Macau only a few aged people speak Patuá. It is almost non-existent among the young people. ____38____, all hope is not lost for the language, as a small group of locals are heading the effort ____39____ (revive) Patua as a medium of Macanese culture. Among them is Miguel de Senna Fernandes, ____40____ is in charge of Macau’s Patuá-language drama group called Dóci Papiaçádi Macau. For over 20 years, Miguel and his colleagues ____41____ (preserve) the language through original and humorous plays ____42____ (perform) in Patua. The group’s performances have become one of the ____43____ (attractive) regular features in the annual Macao Arts Festival. Another Macanese local who is passionate about protecting Patuá is Elisabela Larrea a PhD student and local expert on the language. Elisabela has initiated a bilingual blog that introduces Macanese culture and Patua dialect flashcards ____44____ English and Chinese readers. “I believe that Patuá, a dialect seen as facing _____45_____ (extinct), is like a terminal cancer; as a responsible doctor, we have to continue fighting, in hopes that a miracle will come,” says Larrea. 【答案】36. the 37. officially 38. However 39. to revive 40. who 41. have been preserving 42. performed 43. most attractive 44. to 45. extinction 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了澳门土语Patuá的现状以及为保护这一濒危语言所作出的努力。 【36题详解】 考查冠词。句意：但是这门语言从20世纪30年代开始就不再被使用了。“the+表示年份的基数词s”为固定搭配，意为“……世纪……年代”，故填the。 【37题详解】 考查副词。句意：2009年，联合国教科文组织正式将其列为极度濒危语言。提示词修饰动词listed，用副词officially作状语，意为“正式地”。故填officially。 【38题详解】 考查副词。句意：然而，这门语言并没有完全消失，因为一小群当地人正在努力复兴Patua，将其作为澳门文化的媒介。根据前文“Today, it’s thought that in Macau only a few aged people speak Patuá. It is almost non-existent among the young people.”和后文“all hope is not lost for the language”可知，虽然说Patuá的人越来越少，但仍有希望，前后文有转折关系，用连接副词however；句首单词首字母大写。故填However。 【39题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：然而，这门语言并没有完全消失，因为一小群当地人正在努力复兴Patua，将其作为澳门文化的媒介。“(revive) Patua as a medium of Macanese culture”是“are heading the effort”的目的，用不定式作目的状语。故填to revive。 【40题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：其中包括Miguel de Senna Fernandes，他负责澳门名为Dóci Papiaçádi Macau的Patua语言戏剧团。空处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词Miguel de Senna Fernandes，指人，关系词将其代入从句中作主语，需用关系代词who引导该定语从句。故填who。 【41题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：20多年来，Miguel和他的同事们一直通过原创和幽默的戏剧来保护这门语言，这些戏剧是用Patua表演的。preserve(保护)是谓语动词，结合时间状语“For over 20 years”可知，描述从过去某一时间开始一直延续到现在并还可能继续延续下去的动作，应用现在完成进行时，且主语Miguel and his colleagues是复数意义，助动词用have。故填have been preserving。 【42题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：20多年来，Miguel和他的同事们一直通过原创和幽默的戏剧来保护这门语言，这些戏剧是用Patua表演的。“(perform) in Patua”作后置定语，perform(表演)是非谓语动词，与其逻辑主语plays之间是被动关系，用过去分词表被动。故填performed。 【43题详解】 考查形容词最高级。句意：该团体的表演已经成为每年澳门艺术节上最具吸引力的常规节目之一。“one of the+形容词最高级+名词复数”是固定结构，意为“最……的……之一”，用形容词最高级most attractive作定语，表示“最吸引人的”。故填most attractive。 【44题详解】 考查介词。句意：Elisabela发起了一个双语博客，向英语和中文读者介绍澳门文化和Patua方言抽认卡。introduce...to...是固定搭配，意为“向……介绍”。故填to。 【45题详解】 考查名词。句意：我相信，被视为面临灭绝的方言Patuá就像晚期癌症一样；作为一个负责任的医生，我们必须继续战斗，希望奇迹会出现。提示词作宾语，用名词extinction，意为“灭绝”，不可数名词。故填extinction。 第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，即将结束在巴黎的暑期交换学习。离别之际，你为一起学习的英国室友Chris准备了一份礼物。请为这份礼物附上一张便条，内容包括： 1. 礼物简介； 2. 意义阐述； 3. 临别祝福。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Chris, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Chris, As our unforgettable summer exchange in Paris comes/draws to a close, I’ve compiled a handmade photo album that captures our shared experiences during this summer. The album is a mosaic of our friendship, with each photo a piece of our story. From our first awkward introductions to our deep conversations over coffee, from our collaborative projects to our exhilarating cheers at the Olympic games, these images document our growth and the bond we’ve formed. It’s a visual diary of our laughter, our triumphs, and the memories we’ve created side by side. As we part ways, I extend my best wishes for your future and also eagerly anticipate the day you visit China, either for study or leisure. Until then, may this album be a treasured reminder of our time together and the friendship we’ve built. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生为即将离别的英国室友Chris准备的一份礼物附上一张便条，内容包括礼物简介、意义阐述和临别祝福。 【详解】1.词汇积累 难忘的：unforgettable→memorable 合作的, 协作的：collaborative→cooperative 期待：anticipate→expect 珍贵的：treasured→cherished 2.句式拓展 同义句转换 原句：Until then, may this album be a treasured reminder of our time together and the friendship we’ve built. 拓展句：Until then, I hope that this album can be a treasured reminder of our time together and the friendship we’ve built. 【点睛】【高分句型1】As our unforgettable summer exchange in Paris comes/draws to a close, I’ve compiled a handmade photo album that captures our shared experiences during this summer.(运用了as引导的时间状语从句和that引导的定语从句) 【高分句型2】It’s a visual diary of our laughter, our triumphs, and the memories we’ve created side by side.(memories后运用了省略that的定语从句) 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 I was always afraid of water. This fear could not be explained, but I knew that the moment I stepped near any body of water, my legs would turn to jelly (果冻). I would imagine myself drowning in the water and thrashing around (乱扑腾) helplessly. That was why I had never gone into a swimming pool until swimming became a school requirement. My school wanted all pupils to pass a swimming test, and if they could not, then they would have to attend weekly swimming lessons in school, which made me tremble. Thus, my parents signed me up for swimming lessons at the pool near my house. With great unwillingness, I attended those weekly lessons, and each one was great suffering for me. I was naturally clumsy, and my fear of water did not help at all. Every lesson, I would be spending my time thrashing about in the water, while my classmates would be swimming countless laps effortlessly and even turning over like dolphins in the water. How was I going to pass the test at this rate? In my swimming class, there was an exceptionally athletic girl. Tall and muscular, her name was Kathy. She was the best swimmer in our class and always looked at me with disdain (鄙视), especially when I thrashed about hopelessly in the water. Once, after a particularly long and hard swimming lesson, I spotted Kathy swimming gracefully in the pool. Gathering my courage, I asked gently, “Kathy, can you teach me to swim?” She stared at me coldly. It was as if I stood at the edge of an endless ocean of inadequacy, my fears appearing like dark storm clouds threatening to drown me. Yet, in that moment, a glimmer of hope flashed within me, a desperate longing for guidance and acceptance. Would Kathy’s icy exterior (外表) melt under the warmth of empathy, or would I remain forever thrashing in the sea of my own fears? 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 To my surprise, she nodded after a few moments of silence. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “Congratulations!” Kathy said when she learnt I had passed the swimming test. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】参考范文： To my surprise, she nodded after a few moments of silence. From then on, Kathy stayed back for about an hour after every swimming lesson to coach me. She taught me how to propel myself forward in the water and I gradually gained confidence in the pool. Slowly but surely, I improved under her guidance and encouragement. Four months later, it was time for me to take my swimming test. I jumped into the pool and followed all of Kathy’s advice. I swam gracefully, just like a fish, and passed the test with flying colours. “Congratulations!” Kathy said when she learnt I had passed the swimming test. I threw my arms around her and hugged her tightly. “Thank you! You’re a wonderful friend! If it had not been for you, I would not have done so well!” I exclaimed. Since then, our friendship has blossomed. We met frequently to have fun with each other, sharing both joy and sorrow. Surprisingly, I grew to love the water. A friend like Kathy is hard to come by. She has a heart of gold and I will definitely treasure our precious friendship. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者非常怕水，但是学校要求所有学生都要通过游泳考试，于是父母在家附近为作者报了游泳课程，作者不情愿地去上课，上课过程也非常痛苦，Kathy是游泳课上表现最好的学生，一次艰难的游泳课后作者鼓起勇气问Kathy能否教自己有用，忐忑地等待Kathy的回答。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“令我吃惊的是，沉默了一会儿之后，她点了点头。”可知，第一段可描写Kathy指导作者游泳，作者顺利通过了游泳考试。 ②由第二段首句内容“‘恭喜你！’Kathy得知我通过了游泳考试后说。”可知，第二段可描写作者感谢Kathy并和Kathy成为了朋友。 2.续写线索：教游泳——进步——通过考试——感谢——成为朋友——爱上水 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①进步：improve/make progress ②拥抱：hug/embrace ③玩得开心：have fun/enjoy oneself 情绪类 ①自信：gain confidence/become confident ②惊讶：surprisingly/astinoshingly 【点睛】[高分句型1] If it had not been for you, I would not have done so well!（由if引导的虚拟条件句） [高分句型2] We met frequently to have fun with each other, sharing both joy and sorrow.（由现分词作状语） 听力1-5 BAACA 6-10 ABCBA 11-15 BCACC 16-20 ABCBB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024～2025学年度第一学期高三年级英语独立作业一 （时间：120分钟 总分：150分） 第一部分 听力（共20题；每题1.5分，满分30分） 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man need to do with the tall green plant? A. Water it once every two weeks. B. Let it get enough sun. C. Keep it close to the roses. 2 What is the woman mainly talking about? A. The new sandwich. B. Her favorite shop. C. The delicious beef. 3. How does the man feel about finding the right place? A. Optimistic. B. Disappointed. C. Uninterested. 4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Friends. C. Cousins. 5. What is the coach giving advice about? A. Improving technique. B. Having a positive attitude. C. Being aware on the court. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Which character would the woman like to be? A. Juliet. B. Rosa. C. Nurse. 7. What does the woman care most about the play? A. Learning about the story. B. Being the lead role. C. Acting well. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where are the speakers probably? A. In a hotel. B. In a cottage. C. In an apartment. 9. How long will the speakers be staying? A. Two days. B. Four days. C. One week. 10. Why are the speakers in New York City? A. For a holiday. B. For a wedding. C. For a concert. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is Anna going to do this afternoon? A. Wash the car. B. Take some photos. C. Sell some clothes. 12. Where will Ben be a bit later today? A. Downtown. B. Inside his house. C. Around his neighborhood. 13. How long will Leah be at the market? A. A few days. B. A few weeks. C. A few months. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is similar between math problems and making eggs? A. They’re both hard to do. B. They’re both best to do in the morning. C. There are many different ways to do them. 15. What kind of eggs does the boy like best? A. Scrambled ones. B. Boiled ones. C. Fried ones. 16. What will the boy do next? A. Continue with his homework. B. Get help from Mr. Thompson. C. Eat dinner. 17. Where are the speakers talking? A. In a classroom. B. At home. C. In an office. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Who controlled Saudi Arabia in the 19th century? A. The British. B. The French. C. The Ottoman Empire. 19. When was the independent kingdom of Saudi Arabia founded? A In 1916. B. In 1932. C. In 1938. 20. What happened right after the Saudis discovered oil? A. They made investments in finance. B. They signed agreements with other nations. C. They formed a new industry on their own. 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 Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame It is a free research-based app designed to help young children develop skills such as calming down and solving problems. This app encourages your child to help a monster friend calm down by taking long, deep breaths, and then to think of a solution to everyday challenges. The app is also great for teaching children skills such as self control and persistence. It is available in English and Spanish. Mindful PowersTM Mindful PowersTM is an award-winning app that is fully focused on the whole development of children through play. The app uses voice-guided stories to teach kids about managing emotions and about the power of mindfulness. Kids also get to practise calming their own FlibbertigibbetTM, a cute virtual pet. If your child is struggling with anxiety or concentration problems, you may want to try Mindful PowersTM to help him stay calm and focused. This app is available for free. Headspace Although the app initially was targeted at meditation (冥想) and mindfulness in adults, it now has many sections your entire family can use. This app has breathing exercises, tutorials, guided relaxations, comfortable sounds, visualizations and meditation exercises, broken down into different categories depending on the user’s age. The app also has short sessions and simple techniques for young children. Headspace also suggests a family subscription. A 7-day free trial is available, and the premium version (高级版) costs $12.99 per month. Stop, Breathe&Think Kids Stop, Breathe&Think Kids suggests mindful breathing exercises and guided meditation to help children learn how to meditate, focus, and identify and process big emotions. This app encourages them to focus on their feelings and on how their body feels, and therefore helps them connect with their inner selves. There are more than 20 free exercises available and the premium version costs $10 a month. 1. What do we know about Mindful PowersTM? A. It charges a small fee. B. It is combined with games. C. It advises kids to keep pets at home. D. It provides some mindful breathing exercises. 2. Which app is suitable for the whole family? A. Headspace. B. Mindful PowersTM. C. Stop, Breathe&Think Kids. D. Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame. 3. What benefit may these four apps bring to people? A. Improved sleep. B. Effective teamwork. C. Good eating habits. D. Better mental well-being. B The scene in the stands at Roland Garros’s Court Philippe-Chatrier was dotted with red banners, adding a glow to the already orange y air spreading the red clay court. There were hundreds of Chinese waving flags to support Qinwen Zheng, 21, who would soon take gold by defeating Croatia’s Donna Vedic in the women’s singles tennis final. As she lay down on the dirt, eyes skyward and fists extended into the Paris haze, the win’s gravity seemed to register: This was China’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in this sport. When talking about the Olympics, Zheng said, “I treated the Games differently — the emotion, the fight, the mentality. If you asked me to stay three more hours to fight, I could do it.” Born in 2002, Zheng started playing tennis at age seven. At age eight, she moved alone for better coaching. Since adolescence, she has deeply admired Chinese athletes, such as the tennis star Li Na, who joined the 2008 Beijing Games, and the runner Liu Xiang, who won gold at the 2004 Athens Games. “It was really tough,” Zheng said, looking back at those early days. “My mom used to come visit on weekends. When she left, I would hold her leg and cry. After 13, she decided to stay with me full-time to let me have better growth and care. After that, it got easier. And we moved to Europe when I was 17.” In Paris, Zheng performed exceptionally well on her road to gold, including toppling world number one Iga Swiatek. “With Iga, I was clear,” Zheng said. “I know why I lost to her before. I played rushed, made too many unforced errors, and wanted to hit faster than her. I wanted to prove my power. But in these Games, I didn’t think like this.” Zheng is conscious, too, of the effects that her milestone achievement in Paris will have. As we wrapped up our chat, she said, softly: “I was reading comments last night and some of them were talking about inspiration, and this makes me feel proud. If you watch my tennis and it brings you some extra strength in your life, that will make me happy.” 4. According to the passage, which is TRUE about Qinwen Zheng? A. She considered all tennis games to be equally important. B. She felt confident to live alone at her early days of training. C. She secured the first Chinese Olympic tennis championship. D. As a teenager, she wanted to go beyond other Chinese athletes. 5. What does the underlined word “toppling” in the 6th paragraph mean? A. Challenging. B. Defeating. C. Discouraging. D. Declining. 6. Which words can best describe Qinwen Zheng? A. Competent and idealistic. B. Creative and independent. C. Sincere and ambitious. D. Strong-willed and reflective. 7. What can we infer from Qinwen Zheng’s words in the last paragraph? A. She feels delighted to read numerous comments on her match. B. She expects her achievement to motivate more people. C. She takes pride in attaining the Olympic gold medal. D. She hopes that her achievement will earn her fame. C Recently, after I gave a virtual presentation on my book Indistractable, a listener wrote something in the Zoom chat that drove me crazy, “This is great but wouldn’t work for me. I’m a Gemini (双子星座的人).” Ironically, the Zoom listener is right. If she thinks she’s incapable, she’ll prove it correct — whether it has anything to do with the stars and moon or not. Her inflexible self-identification denies her the chance to improve her life. It’s incredibly self-limiting. That’s why we should stop defining ourselves as fixed identities and nouns, and instead start describing ourselves using verbs. Words are powerful. Linguistic research shows that language shapes people and culture; it can also give us insight into ourselves and our behavior. In a well-known study, researchers Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobsen had all students in the same elementary school take a standard IQ test. Then they randomly selected a group of students, regardless of their test results, and told teachers the group would show “dramatic intellectual growth”. Eight months later, those students scored significantly higher on an IQ test. The study concluded that teachers’ positive perception of students correlated to those students’ high performance on intellectual and academic tests. The labels the children received became a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). That’s because language shapes expectations, which shape our reality. If we have experiences that lead us to label ourselves with specific nouns during our life, then we are likely to stick with those labels and the behaviors that go with them. Using verbs to identify ourselves is an effective method for releasing “trapped priors”—a term in psychology for a perception of reality that’s affected or trapped by past experiences. Verbs are action words well suited to describing short-lived behaviors that can and do change. They don’t lay claim to our entire identity, but they acknowledge that we are people first and foremost, not whatever a singular noun may say we are. So, instead of saying, “I am a procrastinator (拖拉者)”, you should say, “I am a person who often procrastinates.” By focusing on our behaviors, not fixed characteristics, we can release harmful perceptions of ourselves that hold us back from trying methods that might improve our lives — like those that can help us achieve the critical skill of being indistractable. 8. What does the author want to show through the example of the Zoom listener? A. The concept of flexible self-identification. B. His confusion about the way to self-identify. C. His understanding of proper self-identification. D. The negative effects of using nouns to define oneself. 9. What does the well-known study imply? A. Self-fulfilling prophecies change over time. B. Encouragement promotes students’ improvement. C. Language usage will have an impact on teaching. D. IQ has little to do with students’ academic performance. 10. How are teachers expected to evaluate students? A. By highlighting their behaviors. B. By focusing on their advantages. C. By analyzing their typical characteristics. D. By assessing their academic performance. 11. Which can be the best title for the text? A. Nouns are more powerful than verbs B. Your words can determine your future C. How we define ourselves really counts D. Our option of words reflects our identity D Nine out of every ten humans are right-handed, an imbalance that researchers for decades have attempted to explain, without definitive success. One of the ideas considered is the traditional fighting hypothesis, which suggests that left-handedness provides an advantage in battles, despite an overall hit to physical health that keeps lefties rare in the population. Indeed, males - who historically have competed most strongly for resources and mates - are left-handed at slightly higher rates than females. Moreover, studies suggest that lefties tend to outperform right-handed people in fighting sports as well as in sports that require hand-eye coordination (协调) like tennis, baseball, and volleyball. However, the predicted health disadvantage of the traditional fighting hypothesis hasn’t materialized in large studies. On the whole, left-handed people don’t seem to suffer from more health problems than right-handed people, nor do they live shorter lives. Noticing this issue, scientists from Lund University in Sweden proposed an update to the fighting hypothesis that is more in agreement with current data. According to their new fighting hypothesis, about three-quarters of the heart is situated in the left hemithorax (单侧胸), making the left side of the chest a more obvious target for a mortal blow. The researchers note that when humans battle with weapons, the hand utilized to hold the weapon determines which area of the chest is exposed to an opponent. A left-handed grip will rotate the left side of the chest, and thus most of the heart, toward an enemy, while a right-handed grip will rotate it away. Moreover, a free left hand could be used to hold a shield (盾) in battles to cover most parts of the heart. “Since there is no health disadvantage from being left-handed and fighting with pointy weapons is no longer an evolutionary pressure, we should see the proportion of left-handed people stay the same in modern society or broadly rise. Some studies suggest that left-handedness has increased in the 20th century, but it is uncertain if this is due to genetic or cultural reasons,” the coauthor Matz Larsson said. It should be noted that this new explanation for the preponderance (多数) of right-handed people is still very much a hypothesis. The modified fighting hypothesis is reasonable, but as yet unproven. 12. Why does the author write the second paragraph? A. To describe the advantages of left-handed people. B. To explain the difficulty in studying left-handedness. C. To stress the significance of the traditional fighting hypothesis. D. To point out the drawback of the traditional fighting hypothesis. 13. What can we learn from the new fighting hypothesis? A. Left-handed humans might be more accurate in targeting enemies. B. Left-handed humans might be more courageous in fighting battles. C Right-handed humans might be more protected from a deadly strike. D. Right-handed humans might be more skillful in using pointy weapons. 14. What do Matz Larsson’s words show? A. More and more people are taught to be left-handed. B. Modern society pays little attention to who is left-handed. C. The increase in the number of lefties is influenced by many factors. D. More weapons are designed for left-handed people in modern society. 15. What is the author’s attitude towards the new fighting hypothesis? A. Objective. B. Dismissive. C. Approving. D. Unclear. 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。 It’s a feeling — a quiet knowing or gentle persuasion that something is awesome, needs attention, or is off. Intuition is defined as a subtle ability to understand or know something without needing to think about it or use reason to discover it. ____16____ According to researchers at Leeds University, the brain uses your past experiences and the environment to make quick decisions, even before you’re consciously aware of them. Everyone possesses intuition. ____17____ Intuition serves as a communication channel between the subconscious and conscious mind. It’s fueled by real information, just like any other decision. The workings of intuition, including collecting, storing, and assembling information, happen outside your conscious awareness. ____18____ These synchronicities (共时性) could be as simple as someone recommending a book on a topic you’ve been privately reading or receiving an email from an old colleague offering you part-time jobs just after you got hit with an unexpected bill. To open yourself to your intuition, you must pay attention, trust your gut and feel. ____19____ When you start to notice and listen, good things will come your way. Can you feel your intuition is at play? If you allow yourself to, you’ll feel it. ____20____ Sometimes, it’s a subtle “knowing.” You’ll feel when something is right, clear and nourishing. And you’ll feel when something is off, perhaps an ache or a sense of flatness. Trusting your intuition may be challenging at first, but with time and bit by bit, you’ll learn to trust it more, and it’ll be worth it in the end. A. Therefore, embrace your intuition. B. Intuition is a more complex process. C. But not everyone chooses to listen to it. D. Sometimes external intuitive hints come into play. E. Your intuition can’t communicate with you if you’re not listening. F. It used to be regarded as pseudo-science, but now science supports it. G. It might cause sensations in your belly, a racing heart, or quickened breath. 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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 It was hot outside. My six-year-old and I were doing some work in the garden. It was sure to be relaxing. At least I had ____21____ that it would be. ____22____, I was sweating, and arguing with my son about the proper way to pull weeds. My way was the better way, of course. It was the most ____23____. I pulled the weeds by the roots, removing them entirely and ____24____ a longer period before I would have to return and pull weeds again. My son ____25____ things his own way. He ripped (扯掉) the tops of the weeds off, moving quickly down the line as he left the ____26____ halves still imbedded in the soil. For some reason, I found this to be incredibly ____27____. “Why couldn’t you do it my way, and save me the ____28____ of having to re-do your portion of the garden?” I said. He replied, “Mom, I’ll go back and get the roots, too. People do things ____29____.” Suddenly, my annoyance vanished, and was _____30_____ by the realization that I’d just received a valuable _____31_____ from the person that I was supposed to be teaching. While trying to _____32_____ my kindergartener and a small farm full of animals and gardens, I considered efficiency a _____33_____ in the current season of my life. My son had reminded me that there was more than one route to any destination. Outside the realm (场所) of school, my son shouldn’t be _____34_____ to do things according to others’ rules. I went back to pulling weeds. “You’re _____35_____. Thanks for helping me,” I told my son. 21. A. mentioned B. noticed C. planned D. hoped 22. A. Besides B. Instead C. Therefore D. Otherwise 23. A. natural B. common C. advanced D. efficient 24. A. promising B. appointing C. recording D. justifying 25. A. talked about B. caught on C. went about D. fought off 26. A. green B. left C. opposite D. remaining 27. A. disappointing B. irritating C. confusing D. encouraging 28. A. cost B. embarrassment C. trouble D. chance 29. A. carefully B. differently C. unintentionally D. consistently 30. A. replaced B. caused C. confirmed D. influenced 31. A. reminder B. source C. opportunity D. scenario 32. A. protect B. help C. balance D. track 33. A. problem B. pleasure C. necessity D. gift 34. A. permitted B. required C. agreed D. entitled 35. A. busy B. kind C. brave D. right 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Macanese patois, also known as Patuá, used to be widely spoken in Macau. But the language started falling out of use from ____36____ 1930s. In 2009, UNESCO ____37____ (official) listed it as a critically endangered language. Today, it’s thought that in Macau only a few aged people speak Patuá. It is almost non-existent among the young people. ____38____, all hope is not lost for the language, as a small group of locals are heading the effort ____39____ (revive) Patua as a medium of Macanese culture. Among them is Miguel de Senna Fernandes, ____40____ is in charge of Macau’s Patuá-language drama group called Dóci Papiaçádi Macau. For over 20 years, Miguel and his colleagues ____41____ (preserve) the language through original and humorous plays ____42____ (perform) in Patua. The group’s performances have become one of the ____43____ (attractive) regular features in the annual Macao Arts Festival. Another Macanese local who is passionate about protecting Patuá is Elisabela Larrea, a PhD student and local expert on the language. Elisabela has initiated a bilingual blog that introduces Macanese culture and Patua dialect flashcards ____44____ English and Chinese readers. “I believe that Patuá, a dialect seen as facing _____45_____ (extinct), is like a terminal cancer; as a responsible doctor, we have to continue fighting, in hopes that a miracle will come,” says Larrea. 第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，即将结束在巴黎的暑期交换学习。离别之际，你为一起学习的英国室友Chris准备了一份礼物。请为这份礼物附上一张便条，内容包括： 1. 礼物简介； 2. 意义阐述； 3. 临别祝福。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Chris, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 I was always afraid of water. This fear could not be explained but I knew that the moment I stepped near any body of water, my legs would turn to jelly (果冻). I would imagine myself drowning in the water and thrashing around (乱扑腾) helplessly. That was why I had never gone into a swimming pool until swimming became a school requirement. My school wanted all pupils to pass a swimming test, and if they could not, then they would have to attend weekly swimming lessons in school, which made me tremble. Thus, my parents signed me up for swimming lessons at the pool near my house. With great unwillingness, I attended those weekly lessons, and each one was great suffering for me. I was naturally clumsy, and my fear of water did not help at all. Every lesson, I would be spending my time thrashing about in the water, while my classmates would be swimming countless laps effortlessly and even turning over like dolphins in the water. How was I going to pass the test at this rate? In my swimming class, there was an exceptionally athletic girl. Tall and muscular, her name was Kathy. She was the best swimmer in our class and always looked at me with disdain (鄙视), especially when I thrashed about hopelessly in the water. Once, after a particularly long and hard swimming lesson, I spotted Kathy swimming gracefully in the pool. Gathering my courage, I asked gently, “Kathy, can you teach me to swim?” She stared at me coldly. It was as if I stood at the edge of an endless ocean of inadequacy, my fears appearing like dark storm clouds threatening to drown me. Yet, in that moment, a glimmer of hope flashed within me, a desperate longing for guidance and acceptance. Would Kathy’s icy exterior (外表) melt under the warmth of empathy, or would I remain forever thrashing in the sea of my own fears? 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 To my surprise, she nodded after a few moments of silence. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “Congratulations!” Kathy said when she learnt I had passed the swimming test. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 听力1-5 BAACA 6-10 ABCBA 11-15 BCACC 16-20 ABCBB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$