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绝密★启用前 ·2024～2025学年度11月期中质量检测 高二英语 全卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2. 请按题号顺序在答题卡上各题目的答题区域内作答，写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3. 选择题用2B铅笔在答题卡上把所选答案的标号涂黑；非选择题用黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答；字体工整，笔迹清楚。 4. 考试结束后，请将试卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. Where is Peter working now? A. In a hospital. B. In a drug company. C. In a university. 2. What does the man probably give the woman? A A house. B. Some money. C. Some flowers. 3. What does the man say about the woman? A. She is brave. B. She is reliable. C. She is kind. 4. What should Jenny do according to the man? A. Eat more. B. Study much harder. C. Change learning habits. 5. Who did the man go camping with? A. Lily. B. Bob. C. Martin. 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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What was the woman doing when the man phoned her? A. She was watching a film. B. She was talking with her cousin. C. She was having a meeting. 7. Why did the man call the woman? A. To discuss the movie. B. To invite her to a party. C. To borrow her camera. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. How does the man feel about his summer job? A. Bored. B. Satisfied. C. Easy. 9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Workmates. C. Neighbours. 10. Where did the woman work last summer? A. In a clothes shop. B. In a shoe shop. C. In a bookshop. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11 What is the woman’s problem? A. She is too shy to speak English. B. She is inactive in the class. C. She can’t understand others. 12. What can we learn about the woman? A. She learned English three years ago. B. She’s afraid of making mistakes. C. She’ll go shopping on Saturday morning. 13. What is the man trying to do? A. Teach the woman English grammar. B. Encourage the woman to speak English. C. Introduce an English teacher to the woman. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. Why does the woman come to the restaurant? A. It serves cheap meat. B. Her friend recommended it. C. She thought the food was healthy. 15. What change will the restaurant make next month? A. It will reopen near a farm. B It will provide free snacks. C. It will serve more natural food. 16. What will the woman probably do next? A. Order her meal. B. Pay the bill. C. Wash her hands. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. When was Lucy born? A. In 1963. B. In 1961. C. In 1965. 18. What did teachers think of Lucy at school? A. She was patient. B. She was careful. C. She was capable. 19. What did Lucy start her career as? A. A nurse. B. A doctor. C. A teacher. 20. What are the names of Lucy’s twins? A. Belinda and George. B. John and Michael. C. Eric and Paul. 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 Chilean food company NotCo has been working on a popular meal for people in Latin America and Asia: turtle soup. The meal tastes like turtle soup but has no parts of the creature in it. The company says it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create the food. It hopes to raise awareness about the endangered reptile (爬行动物). Bernardo Moltedo leads the science behind the effort for NotCo. He used the term “impact” - meaning an effect or change - to describe the effort. NotCo uses an AI programme to help it decide what to use. The programme examined 300,000 plants and made 260 quintillion combinations until it found a mix of five proteins that most closely reproduced the taste of turtle meat. For now, neither the planit-based t urtle meat nor the soup are for sale. But the company plans on holding an online class to teach people how to prepare the soup. Other Foods With a presence in 12 countries NotCo creates foods such as hamburgers, milk, or ice cream from plants. These food creations have a similar taste and texture to foods prepared with traditional animal-based ingredients (原料). Background Information Green turtles - traditionally used in turtle soup - are on the International Union tor Conservation of Nature’s red list of endangered species. The creatures numbers are affected by pollution, extreme weather and fishing. The exploitation of these sea turtles is prohibited in most countries in the world. However, turtle soup remains in high demand in countries throughout Asia and Latin America, including China, Mexico, Peru, Malaysia and others. 1. What is the purpose of using AI to reproduce turtle soup? A. To improve NotCo’s reputation. B. To change traditional production methods. C. To raise public awareness of animal protection. D. To enhance the competitiveness of products. 2. Which plant-based product of NotCo has not yet been put into the market? A. Turtle soup. B. Hamburgers. C. Milk. D. Ice cream. 3. What is the text? A. A food advertisement. B. A biological survey report. C. A science fiction novel. D. A news article on technology. B Peter Bellerby makes globes in London. He thinks the human interest in finding “our place in the universe” is why globes remain popular. This is the case, although computers and smart phones can tell us exactly where we are and where we are going. Bellerby made a globe in 2008 for his father’s birthday. Although it cost a lot of money, the experience inspired him. Addicted to making globes, he started a globe-making business. Sixteen years later, he has more than 20 people who work with him. They are artists, mapmakers and woodworkers. Over time, Bellerby has also become an expert in world polities and borders. He said he often talks with officials in areas such as the Middle East, India, China and North Africa to be sure his globes have the correct markings. There is also the question of whether globes are useful or only works of art. Because they must be started and completed, they will only be a picture in time. National borders, for example, change. A globe shows things as they were at the time it was made. Bellerby’s globes are works of art. His small ones cost about $1,900 while the largest ones, which are more than one metre in diameter, can be tens of thousands of dollars. The company makes about 600 globes per year. The process begins with the sphere itself and progresses to placing map pieces, called “gores” on the globe. The gores fit together to completely cover the sphere. Artists then work to decorate the globe with paint — using deep blue and green for the oceans and yellow, green and brown for the land. The designs can be complex. They can include mountains, sea creatures — even dragons. Different kinds of people buy Bellerby’s products. They include people who want a family gift, political leaders, art collectors and movie studios. His globes have been in movies including Hugo and Tetris. One of the 1.2-metre models, called the Churchill, is on display in a museum in Berlin, Germany. While globes are works of art, Bellerby said, “Globemakıng is a political minefield.” If Bellerby makes a globe for a foreign buyer, a mistake about a sensitive name or border could cause customs officials to hold up a costly sale. Bellerby’s artists mark disputed (有争议的) borders on the globe. He said, “We cannot change or rewrite history.” 4. Why does Peter Bellerby engage in the business of making a globe? A. To please his father. B. To become a geography expert. C. To earn a living. D. To meet his interest. 5. How does the author develop Paragraph 5? A. By giving an example. B. By listing numbers. C. By asking experts. D. By doing an experiment. 6. What do we know about Bellerby’s products? A. They’re just single products and of low output. B. Their production process is simple and easy to operate. C. They can be widely used in military. D. The designs are serious and the division of labour is clear. 7. Which of the following may Bellerby agree with? A. The markings on the globe are fixed and unchanging. B. It is difficult to sell a globe worldwide. C. Individual errors in marking on the globe are allowed. D. The correct markings on the globe should not be taken lightly. C See if you know the answer to this riddle: I have been around for a very long time. Longer than toys, dogs, or anyone you know. My roots go back many centuries. Some of them even longer. I can connect you to the past, the present and the future. I make you human. Can you guess what I am? The answer is language. Children’s author Victor D. O. Santos asks readers that question in his book, What Makes Us Human. Each page on the book provides a clue to the riddle’s final answer. Artist Anna Forlati illustrated (加插图于) the book. The book is about the value of language. It is also meant to bring more attention to the world’s native languages. Native and indigenous (本土的) languages are disappearing quickly. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) estimates that 40 percent of the world’s 7,000 languages may disappear by the year 2100. Santos, who is also an educator and linguist (语言学家), has studied indigenous languages in his native country, Brazil. Santos said UNESCO offered to partner with him and help expand the book’s reach. The book has already been licensed into 22 different languages. Santos said the book might soon be published in native Hawaiian as well. One page has drawings of 12 indigenous groups around the world wearing their traditional clothing. The words to go along with the drawing note the fact that indigenous languages around the world are disappearing: “When one of me disappears, a culture may also disappear. A unique way to view and understand the world. Gone. Forever.” Santos said his book “has an adult layer to it. It’s not just for kids.” One page has a drawing of a parent and child fleeing a conflict or war. Another person is holding a sign that says, “No War.” “I can show you love. But also hurt you,” the page reads. Santos said there are several ways to understand the page’s message. “It’s to make people aware that words have weight,” he said. “Language can be used as a weapon and as a tool. And you can do good, or you can do ill with it.” 8. What’s the purpose of quoting a riddle in Paragraph 1? A. To introduce the topic. B. To make readers laugh. C. To stress the riddle’s importance. D. To explain a phenomenon. 9. Which inference concerning What Makes Us Human is INCORRECT? A. It is illustrated by Anna. B. It is also a book for adults. C. It has attracted the attention of UNESCO. D. It is an academic work on linguistics. 10. Which can replace the underlined word “reach” in Paragraph 5? A. Quality. B. Range. C. Evaluation. D. Content. 11. Which can express the meaning of Santos’ words in the last paragraph? A. Loose lips sink ships. B. Every coin has its two sides. C. Don’t judge a book by its cover. D. A bird in hand is worth than two in the bush. D Using genes from coffee plants from around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular kind of coffee. Scientists call it Coffea arabica. Coffee lovers know it simply as “arabica”. The researchers recently published a new study about coffee. They found that the species appeared around 600,000 years ago. The plant was likely the result of natural breeding(繁殖) of two other coffee species and likely developed without the help of humans. Wild coffee plants likely started in Ethiopia. But they are thought to have been first roasted (炒) and brewed in Yemen starting in the 1400s. In the 1600s, Indian monk Baba Budan is said to have taken seven raw coffee beans back to his homeland from Yemen, laying the beginnings for coffee’s worldwide takeover. Arabica coffee loved for its smooth and sweet flavour, now makes up 60 to 70 percent of the global coffee market. The rest of the market is made up of robusta, a stronger and more bitter - tasting coffee made from one of arabica’s parents, Coffea canephora. To learn about arabica coffee’s past, researchers studied the genetic information and they also studied more than 30 different arabica plants. One of the plants was a sample from the1700s provided by the Natural History Museum in London. The Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus used that plant to give coffee its scientific name. Researchers from Nestle, a big Swiss food company which owns several coffee brands, helped with the study. The arabica plant’s population changed over thousands of years before humans began growing it. The arabica plants did well during warm, wet periods and suffered through dry ones. These difficult times created what scientists call “population bottlenecks”, when only a small number of genetically similar plants survived. Today, these genetic similarities mean arabica coffee plants are more likely to be hurt by diseases like coffee leaf rust (锈病), which causes costly losses every year. The researchers explored the makeup of one arabica variety that is resistant to coffee leaf rust. They are interested in parts of its genetic code that could help protect the plant. Exploring arabica’ s past and present could help give information about how to keep coffee plants healthy — ensuring morning cups of coffee into the future. 12. When did people start creating coffee products probably? A. About 6,000,000 ago. B. In the 1400s. C. In the 1600s. D. In the 1700s. 13. What can we learn about Coffea canephora from the text? A. It occupies the vast majority of the market share. B. It is more popular among coffee lovers. C. It has a certain connection with Coffea arabica. D. Scientists use it to give coffee its scientific name. 14. Why have researchers established a family tree for Coffee arabica? A. To search for common genes. B. To explore the history of the coffee industry. C. To open up new coffee producing areas. D. To improve the disease resistance of coffee. 15. What is a suitable title for the text? A. Genetic Changes in Coffee B. Researchers Study Coffee’s Past C. Development of Various Types of Coffee D. The Situation Faced by the Coffee Industry 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。 Laughter is a universal language for humans to connect with each other and form social bonds. Even as babies, we giggle (咯咯笑) when our parents pull funny faces, and then gradually learn to make others laugh as we grow up. But, is it a uniquely human experience? ____16____ Have you ever seen dogs let people come close to their toy, and then playfully run away with it? Biologist Charles Darwin saw this as the dog’s version of a practical joke. Marc Bekoff, biology professor at the University of Colorado, also observed dogs playfully teasing (捉弄) each other by approaching slowly and then quickly running away. ____17____ And he’s also said that animals may spend time doing silly things as a way to cope with stress. In a 2024 study, Isabelle Laumer and colleagues watched four ape (猿类) species interact with each other. ____18____ They saw young apes approach quietly behind an adult, push them to surprise them and then wait and watch the response, behaviour similar to that shown by human children. So, a sense of humour may have appeared early in our evolutionary timeline. ____19____ While playing, dogs sometimes produce a breathy snort (喷鼻息) that could sound like laughter. Dolphins let out sounds of joy when play-fighting. Rats make a joyful squeak similar to a giggle when they are tickled (逗乐), says Jeffrey Burgdorf, professor at Northwestern University. But, is a rat’s giggle really a sign of a sense of humour? Are the apes in Laumer’s study really joking around or just attention-seeking? What would be the evolutionary purpose of animals teasing and pranking? “In humans, humour can serve as an ice-breaker, removing social barriers and strengthening relationships,” says Laumer. “____20____” A. What about laughing? B. The sound of their laughter died away. C. Dogs can hear much better than humans. D. His work concluded that dogs just want to have fun. E. Meanwhile, they observed 18 distinct teasing behaviours. F. We don’t know if it’s the same in apes or other animals, but it’s possible. G. Scientists have observed behaviours in animals that suggest your pets might be secret jokesters. 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。 Four Colombian children survived a plane crash only to be lost deep in the Amazon rainforest for well over a month. This is how they survived this ____21____ situation. It’s most people’s nightmare (噩梦): surviving a plane crash only to be trapped in a ____22____ with no way of ____23____ the outside world. But they ____24____ it. The children, aged 13, nine and four, as well as an 11-month-old baby, were ____25____ with their mother from their village in the Amazon to visit their father in San Jose’ del Guaviare. The single-engine Cessna on which they were flying experienced engine problems and ____26____ on May 1,2023. Bad weather prevented the army from finding the crash ____27____ for two weeks, where they then found the dead bodies of three adults, including the children’s mother. How did these children ____28____ conditions that would be a(n) ____29____ struggle for most adults? They are members of the Huitoto Indigenous (本地的) group and were raised in the jungle (丛林). As such, they have an intimate (详尽的) ______30______ of the rainforest. They know which fruits are ______31______ to eat and which plants should be avoided. Working with, rather than against, the Amazon, they survived on fruits and seeds, while ______32______ the baby water mixed with yucca flour that they found on the plane. While the children ______33______ the business of surviving, the army worked with Indigenous volunteers to ______34______ them. After 40 days of searching, the children were found and taken to ______35______ at a military hospital in Bogota. 21. A. current B. frightening C. embarrassing D. impossible 22. A. jungle B. sea C. village D. plane 23. A. judging B. recognising C. contacting D. drawing 24. A. believed B. made C. got D. had 25. A. flying B. communicating C. planning D. leaving 26. A. landed B. disappeared C. occurred D. passed 27. A. victims B. site C. process D. reason 28. A. survive B. expect C. accept D. control 29. A. armed B. common C. unimaginable D. short 30. A. awareness B. connection C. understanding D. friendship 31. A. safe B. delicious C. different D. valuable 32. A. feeding B. satisfying C. supporting D. showing 33. A. gave up B. tripped over C. gave way to D. got on with 34. A. protect B. find C. inspire D. warn 35. A. study B. recover C. volunteer D. wait 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 How can you better understand body language to feel more confident and be more effective in a range of situations? If you are struggling to understand how to interpret body language of colleagues in different cultural contexts and how to respond, you may find yourself ____36____ (search) for a checklist of dos and don’ ts. But this isn’t necessarily the ____37____ (great) approach. Besides, you can start your interpretation ____38____ analysing groups, rather than looking at each gesture in isolation. For example, imagine that you are presenting an idea for a new process in a meeting, and your boss is smiling. Many experts would advise you that smiling is ____39____ (cultural) universal, so you might assume that your boss must be happy with your presentation. However, making this ____40____ (assume) without deeper investigation could prove problematic. If you take ____41____ second look at your boss, you might notice that she is also laughing slightly, looking down and moving her pen. This could mean a range of different things. How can you understand your boss’s reaction correctly? The answer is to check that your analysis of their body language matches with ____42____ the person says and how they say it. To understand the cultural influences ____43____ have led to her behaviour, it is first important to understand what cultural identity is. Many people use the terms “culture” and “nationality” interchangeably. However, generalising ____44____ (base) only on nationality can be risky. To help avoid this, the British Council _____45_____ (develop) a description of culture in the last few years. 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，你们学校科技节举办了“未来学校”为主题的设计比赛，你的作品获得了一等奖。请给你的英国朋友Chris写一封邮件，内容包括： 1.你的作品获奖； 2.作品介绍和感想。 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, How’s everything going? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。 It was the golden autumn when a young musician was touring all around the world. The moment he arrived at a small town lying along a clear and sweet river, a feeling of ease and comfort embraced him. The peaceful night fell, appealing to the young musician. He was casually (随便地) out walking and passing a cottage with the door open, when he heard someone inside playing the piano. Though it didn’t go smoothly, he was sure that it was just one of his compositions. The musician stopped to listen, but the music stopped too. He got closer and overheard a conversation going—“It is too difficult! I can never play it well by myself! I’ve only heard someone else play it several times. It’s far from enough. How I wish I would gain a chance to attend a concert! What if it is played by the musician himself?”—a girl murmured (低语) and sighed. A man continued, “I can’t agree more, but we can’t afford to attend a concert. We are so poor.” “Sorry, Brother,” explained the girl, “Please let it go. I didn’t mean to. I was just kidding.” Though she tried to keep a calm tone, both the brother and the young musician could tell how much she wished to hear a real musician play it properly. The young musician pushed the door and got into the house. With a single candle, a man was making shoes while a young lady was sitting at the piano. Nothing inviting was in sight except the old piano. What was unexpected was that the beautiful young lady was blind. The brother was too astonished to pronounce a word. Kind but embarrassed, he smiled at the stranger. The musician smiled and nodded, approaching the piano slowly. Nervous and frightened, the brother dropped the shoe he was working on, jumped to his feet and rushed to protect his sister. “What are you doing? Keep off my sister!” The young lady was alarmed at the noise. She got off the piano, with head hanging and shoulders shaking. 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。 Not until then did the young musician realize he was misunderstood. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ He played so well that all of them were soaked (沉浸) in beautiful music. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 绝密★启用前 ·2024～2025学年度11月期中质量检测 高二英语 全卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2. 请按题号顺序在答题卡上各题目的答题区域内作答，写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3. 选择题用2B铅笔在答题卡上把所选答案的标号涂黑；非选择题用黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答；字体工整，笔迹清楚。 4. 考试结束后，请将试卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. Where is Peter working now? A. In a hospital. B. In a drug company. C. In a university. 2. What does the man probably give the woman? A. A house. B. Some money. C. Some flowers. 3. What does the man say about the woman? A. She is brave. B. She is reliable. C. She is kind. 4. What should Jenny do according to the man? A. Eat more. B. Study much harder. C. Change learning habits. 5. Who did the man go camping with? A. Lily. B. Bob. C. Martin. 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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What was the woman doing when the man phoned her? A. She was watching a film. B. She was talking with her cousin. C. She was having a meeting. 7. Why did the man call the woman? A. To discuss the movie. B. To invite her to a party. C. To borrow her camera. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. How does the man feel about his summer job? A. Bored. B. Satisfied. C. Easy. 9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Workmates. C. Neighbours. 10. Where did the woman work last summer? A. In a clothes shop. B. In a shoe shop. C. In a bookshop. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is the woman’s problem? A. She is too shy to speak English. B. She is inactive in the class. C. She can’t understand others. 12. What can we learn about the woman? A. She learned English three years ago. B. She’s afraid of making mistakes. C. She’ll go shopping on Saturday morning. 13. What is the man trying to do? A. Teach the woman English grammar. B. Encourage the woman to speak English. C. Introduce an English teacher to the woman. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. Why does the woman come to the restaurant? A. It serves cheap meat. B. Her friend recommended it. C. She thought the food was healthy. 15. What change will the restaurant make next month? A. It will reopen near a farm. B. It will provide free snacks. C. It will serve more natural food. 16. What will the woman probably do next? A. Order her meal. B. Pay the bill. C. Wash her hands. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. When was Lucy born? A. In 1963. B. In 1961. C. In 1965. 18. What did teachers think of Lucy at school? A. She was patient. B. She was careful. C. She was capable. 19. What did Lucy start her career as? A. A nurse. B. A doctor. C. A teacher. 20. What are the names of Lucy’s twins? A. Belinda and George. B. John and Michael. C. Eric and Paul. 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 Chilean food company NotCo has been working on a popular meal for people in Latin America and Asia: turtle soup. The meal tastes like turtle soup but has no parts of the creature in it. The company says it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create the food. It hopes to raise awareness about the endangered reptile (爬行动物). Bernardo Moltedo leads the science behind the effort for NotCo. He used the term “impact” - meaning an effect or change - to describe the effort. NotCo uses an AI programme to help it decide what to use. The programme examined 300,000 plants and made 260 quintillion combinations until it found a mix of five proteins that most closely reproduced the taste of turtle meat. For now, neither the planit-based t urtle meat nor the soup are for sale. But the company plans on holding an online class to teach people how to prepare the soup. Other Foods With a presence in 12 countries, NotCo creates foods such as hamburgers, milk, or ice cream from plants. These food creations have a similar taste and texture to foods prepared with traditional animal-based ingredients (原料). Background Information Green turtles - traditionally used in turtle soup - are on the International Union tor Conservation of Nature’s red list of endangered species. The creatures numbers are affected by pollution, extreme weather and fishing. The exploitation of these sea turtles is prohibited in most countries in the world. However, turtle soup remains in high demand in countries throughout Asia and Latin America, including China, Mexico, Peru, Malaysia and others. 1. What is the purpose of using AI to reproduce turtle soup? A. To improve NotCo’s reputation. B. To change traditional production methods. C. To raise public awareness of animal protection. D. To enhance the competitiveness of products. 2. Which plant-based product of NotCo has not yet been put into the market? A. Turtle soup. B. Hamburgers. C. Milk. D. Ice cream. 3. What is the text? A. A food advertisement. B. A biological survey report. C. A science fiction novel. D. A news article on technology. 【答案】1. C 2. A 3. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了一家食品公司研制出一种受欢迎的食品，旨在保护野生动物。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“The company says it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create the food. It hopes to raise awareness about the endangered reptile (爬行动物). (该公司表示，他们使用人工智能来制作食物。它希望提高人们对这种濒危爬行动物的认识。)”可知，用人工智能复制龟汤的目的是提高公众保护动物的意识。故选C。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“For now, neither the planit-based t urtle meat nor the soup are for sale. (目前，植物性龟肉和龟汤都不出售。)”可知，NotCo的龟汤还没有投入市场。故选A。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“Chilean food company NotCo has been working on a popular meal for people in Latin America and Asia: turtle soup. (智利食品公司NotCo一直在开发一种受拉丁美洲和亚洲人欢迎的食物：龟汤。)”以及文章介绍了一家食品公司研制出一种受欢迎的食品，旨在保护野生动物。可知，这是一篇科技类新闻。故选D。 B Peter Bellerby makes globes in London. He thinks the human interest in finding “our place in the universe” is why globes remain popular. This is the case, although computers and smart phones can tell us exactly where we are and where we are going. Bellerby made a globe in 2008 for his father’s birthday. Although it cost a lot of money, the experience inspired him. Addicted to making globes, he started a globe-making business. Sixteen years later, he has more than 20 people who work with him. They are artists, mapmakers and woodworkers. Over time, Bellerby has also become an expert in world polities and borders. He said he often talks with officials in areas such as the Middle East, India, China and North Africa to be sure his globes have the correct markings. There is also the question of whether globes are useful or only works of art. Because they must be started and completed, they will only be a picture in time. National borders, for example, change. A globe shows things as they were at the time it was made. Bellerby’s globes are works of art. His small ones cost about $1,900 while the largest ones, which are more than one metre in diameter, can be tens of thousands of dollars. The company makes about 600 globes per year. The process begins with the sphere itself and progresses to placing map pieces, called “gores” on the globe. The gores fit together to completely cover the sphere. Artists then work to decorate the globe with paint — using deep blue and green for the oceans and yellow, green and brown for the land. The designs can be complex. They can include mountains, sea creatures — even dragons. Different kinds of people buy Bellerby’s products. They include people who want a family gift, political leaders, art collectors and movie studios. His globes have been in movies including Hugo and Tetris. One of the 1.2-metre models, called the Churchill, is on display in a museum in Berlin, Germany. While globes are works of art, Bellerby said, “Globemakıng is a political minefield.” If Bellerby makes a globe for a foreign buyer, a mistake about a sensitive name or border could cause customs officials to hold up a costly sale. Bellerby’s artists mark disputed (有争议) borders on the globe. He said, “We cannot change or rewrite history.” 4. Why does Peter Bellerby engage in the business of making a globe? A. To please his father. B. To become a geography expert. C. To earn a living. D. To meet his interest. 5. How does the author develop Paragraph 5? A. By giving an example. B. By listing numbers. C. By asking experts. D. By doing an experiment. 6. What do we know about Bellerby’s products? A. They’re just single products and of low output. B. Their production process is simple and easy to operate. C. They can be widely used in military. D. The designs are serious and the division of labour is clear. 7. Which of the following may Bellerby agree with? A. The markings on the globe are fixed and unchanging. B. It is difficult to sell a globe worldwide. C. Individual errors in marking on the globe are allowed. D. The correct markings on the globe should not be taken lightly. 【答案】4. D 5. B 6. D 7. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了手工地球仪制造商Peter Bellerby如何开始从事地球仪制作的事业，并解释了地球仪的制作过程和其作品的价值和市场。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段关键句“Addicted to making globes, he started a globe-making business. (他沉迷于制作地球仪，开始了一项地球仪制作生意。)”可知，他开始地球仪制作生意是因为他沉迷于制作地球仪，由此可知，彼得·贝勒比从事制作地球仪的生意是为了满足他的兴趣。故选D项。 【5题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段内容“Bellerby’s globes are works of art. His small ones cost about $1,900 while the largest ones, which are more than one metre in diameter, can be tens of thousands of dollars. The company makes about 600 globes per year. (贝勒比的地球仪是艺术品。他的小地球仪售价约1900美元，而直径超过一米的最大地球仪售价可达数万美元。该公司每年生产约600个地球仪。)”可知，作者在第五段中利用数字来描述贝勒比的地球仪的售价及销售情况；由此可知，作者通过列出数字来发展第五段。故选B项。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段内容“The process begins with the sphere itself and progresses to placing map pieces, called “gores” on the globe. The gores fit together to completely cover the sphere. Artists then work to decorate the globe with paint — using deep blue and green for the oceans and yellow, green and brown for the land. The designs can be complex. They can include mountains, sea creatures — even dragons. (这个过程从球体本身开始，然后将地图块放置在地球上，称为‘三叶草’。这些三叶草拼凑在一起，完全覆盖了球体。然后，艺术家们用颜料装饰地球——深蓝色和绿色代表海洋，黄色、绿色和棕色代表陆地。设计可能很复杂。它们可以包括山脉、海洋生物，甚至龙。)”可知，贝勒比的地球仪设计严谨，从球体本身开始，逐步进行，并且分工明确，例如，艺术家们负责用颜料装饰地球；由此可知，贝勒比的产品设计严谨，分工明确。故选D项。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段关键句“Bellerby’s artists mark disputed (有争议的) borders on the globe. He said, “We cannot change or rewrite history.” (贝勒比的艺术家在全球范围内标记有争议的边界。他说：‘我们不能改变或改写历史。’)”可知，贝勒比的地球仪在全球范围内标记有争议的边界，他认为不能改变或改写历史；由此可知，贝勒比会赞同地球仪上的正确标记不应掉以轻心。故选D项。 C See if you know the answer to this riddle: I have been around for a very long time. Longer than toys, dogs, or anyone you know. My roots go back many centuries. Some of them even longer. I can connect you to the past, the present and the future. I make you human. Can you guess what I am? The answer is language. Children’s author Victor D. O. Santos asks readers that question in his book, What Makes Us Human. Each page on the book provides a clue to the riddle’s final answer. Artist Anna Forlati illustrated (加插图于) the book. The book is about the value of language. It is also meant to bring more attention to the world’s native languages. Native and indigenous (本土的) languages are disappearing quickly. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) estimates that 40 percent of the world’s 7,000 languages may disappear by the year 2100. Santos, who is also an educator and linguist (语言学家), has studied indigenous languages in his native country, Brazil. Santos said UNESCO offered to partner with him and help expand the book’s reach. The book has already been licensed into 22 different languages. Santos said the book might soon be published in native Hawaiian as well. One page has drawings of 12 indigenous groups around the world wearing their traditional clothing. The words to go along with the drawing note the fact that indigenous languages around the world are disappearing: “When one of me disappears, a culture may also disappear. A unique way to view and understand the world. Gone. Forever.” Santos said his book “has an adult layer to it. It’s not just for kids.” One page has a drawing of a parent and child fleeing a conflict or war. Another person is holding a sign that says, “No War.” “I can show you love. But also hurt you,” the page reads. Santos said there are several ways to understand the page’s message. “It’s to make people aware that words have weight,” he said. “Language can be used as a weapon and as a tool. And you can do good, or you can do ill with it.” 8. What’s the purpose of quoting a riddle in Paragraph 1? A. To introduce the topic. B. To make readers laugh. C. To stress the riddle’s importance. D. To explain a phenomenon. 9. Which inference concerning What Makes Us Human is INCORRECT? A. It is illustrated by Anna. B. It is also a book for adults. C. It has attracted the attention of UNESCO. D. It is an academic work on linguistics. 10. Which can replace the underlined word “reach” in Paragraph 5? A. Quality. B. Range. C. Evaluation. D. Content. 11. Which can express the meaning of Santos’ words in the last paragraph? A. Loose lips sink ships. B. Every coin has its two sides. C. Don’t judge a book by its cover. D. A bird in hand is worth than two in the bush. 【答案】8. A 9. D 10. B 11. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一本与语言有关书《What Makes Us Human》。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“See if you know the answer to this riddle: I have been around for a very long time. Longer than toys, dogs, or anyone you know. My roots go back many centuries. Some of them even longer. I can connect you to the past, the present and the future. I make you human. Can you guess what I am?(看看你是否知道这个谜语答案：我已经存在很长时间了。比玩具，狗，或者你认识的任何人都长久。我的根可以追溯到许多世纪以前。有些甚至更长。我可以把你和过去，现在和未来联系起来。我让你成为人类。你能猜出我是什么吗？)”，第二段“The answer is language.(答案是语言)”以及后文内容可推知，作者在第一段中引用谜语的目的是引出文章有关语言的话题。故选A项。 9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Artist Anna Forlati illustrated (加插图于) the book.(艺术家Anna Forlati为这本书配了插图。)”、第四段中“It is also meant to bring more attention to the world’s native languages. Native and indigenous (本土的) languages are disappearing quickly. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) estimates that 40 percent of the world’s 7,000 languages may disappear by the year 2100.(这也是为了让人们更多地关注世界上的母语。本土语言和土著语言正在迅速消失。联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）估计，到2100年，世界上7000种语言中有40%可能会消失。)”和倒数第三段中“Santos said his book “has an adult layer to it. It’s not just for kids.”(桑托斯说，他的书“有成人的一面”。它不只是为孩子们准备的。”)”可知，ABC选项均为原文实意相符，由此可知，D项“这是一本关于语言学的学术著作。”这个推论是不正确的。故选D项。 【10题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第五段中“The book has already been licensed into 22 different languages. Santos said the book might soon be published in native Hawaiian as well.(这本书已经被授权翻译成22种不同的语言。桑托斯说，这本书可能很快也会用夏威夷语出版。)”由此可知，此处为联合国教科文组织愿意与他合作，帮助扩大这本书的传播范围。故可猜测划线单词reach为“范围”的意思，和选项B项Range“范围”意思一致。故选B项。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段““It’s to make people aware that words have weight,” he said. “Language can be used as a weapon and as a tool. And you can do good, or you can do ill with it.”(“这是为了让人们意识到语言是有分量的，”他说。“语言可以用作武器，也可以用作工具。你可以用它做好事，也可以用它做坏事。”)”可推知，“凡事都有两面性”可以表达桑托斯最后一段话的意思。故选B项。 D Using genes from coffee plants from around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular kind of coffee. Scientists call it Coffea arabica. Coffee lovers know it simply as “arabica”. The researchers recently published a new study about coffee. They found that the species appeared around 600,000 years ago. The plant was likely the result of natural breeding(繁殖) of two other coffee species and likely developed without the help of humans. Wild coffee plants likely started in Ethiopia. But they are thought to have been first roasted (炒) and brewed in Yemen starting in the 1400s. In the 1600s, Indian monk Baba Budan is said to have taken seven raw coffee beans back to his homeland from Yemen, laying the beginnings for coffee’s worldwide takeover. Arabica coffee, loved for its smooth and sweet flavour, now makes up 60 to 70 percent of the global coffee market. The rest of the market is made up of robusta, a stronger and more bitter - tasting coffee made from one of arabica’s parents, Coffea canephora. To learn about arabica coffee’s past, researchers studied the genetic information and they also studied more than 30 different arabica plants. One of the plants was a sample from the1700s provided by the Natural History Museum in London. The Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus used that plant to give coffee its scientific name. Researchers from Nestle, a big Swiss food company which owns several coffee brands, helped with the study. The arabica plant’s population changed over thousands of years before humans began growing it. The arabica plants did well during warm, wet periods and suffered through dry ones. These difficult times created what scientists call “population bottlenecks”, when only a small number of genetically similar plants survived. Today, these genetic similarities mean arabica coffee plants are more likely to be hurt by diseases like coffee leaf rust (锈病), which causes costly losses every year. The researchers explored the makeup of one arabica variety that is resistant to coffee leaf rust. They are interested in parts of its genetic code that could help protect the plant. Exploring arabica’ s past and present could help give information about how to keep coffee plants healthy — ensuring morning cups of coffee into the future. 12. When did people start creating coffee products probably? A. About 6,000,000 ago. B. In the 1400s. C. In the 1600s. D. In the 1700s. 13. What can we learn about Coffea canephora from the text? A. It occupies the vast majority of the market share. B. It is more popular among coffee lovers. C. It has a certain connection with Coffea arabica. D. Scientists use it to give coffee its scientific name. 14. Why have researchers established a family tree for Coffee arabica? A. To search for common genes. B. To explore the history of the coffee industry. C. To open up new coffee producing areas. D. To improve the disease resistance of coffee. 15. What is a suitable title for the text? A. Genetic Changes in Coffee B. Researchers Study Coffee’s Past C. Development of Various Types of Coffee D. The Situation Faced by the Coffee Industry 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. D 15. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了研究人员利用来自世界各地的咖啡植物的基因，为世界上最受欢迎的一种咖啡建立了家谱。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“But they are thought to have been first roasted (炒) and brewed in Yemen starting in the 1400s.( 但人们认为，从15世纪开始，它们首先在也门被烘烤和酿造)”可知，人们大概是在15世纪开始生产咖啡产品的。故选B项。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中“The rest of the market is made up of robusta, a stronger and more bitter - tasting coffee made from one of arabica’s parents, Coffea canephora.(市场的其余部分由罗布斯塔咖啡构成，这是一种味道更浓、更苦的咖啡，由阿拉比卡的前身之一咖啡（Coffea canephora）制成)”可推知，Coffea canephora与阿拉比卡咖啡有一定的联系。故选C项。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Today, these genetic similarities mean arabica coffee plants are more likely to be hurt by diseases like coffee leaf rust (锈病), which causes costly losses every year. The researchers explored the makeup of one arabica variety that is resistant to coffee leaf rust. They are interested in parts of its genetic code that could help protect the plant.(如今，这些基因相似性意味着阿拉比卡咖啡树更容易受到像咖啡叶锈病这样的疾病的伤害，这种疾病每年都会造成昂贵的损失。研究人员探索了一种抗咖啡叶锈病的阿拉比卡咖啡品种的组成。他们对能够帮助保护这种植物的部分遗传密码很感兴趣)”可知，研究人员要建立阿拉比卡咖啡的家谱是为了提高咖啡的抗病性。故选D项。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章大意以及第一段“Using genes from coffee plants from around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular kind of coffee. Scientists call it Coffea arabica. Coffee lovers know it simply as “arabica”.( 研究人员利用来自世界各地咖啡植物的基因，为世界上最受欢迎的一种咖啡建立了一个家谱。科学家称其为阿拉比卡咖啡。咖啡爱好者将其简称为“阿拉比卡”)”可知，文章主要讲的是研究人员利用来自世界各地咖啡植物的基因，为世界上最受欢迎的一种咖啡建立了一个家谱。科学家称其为阿拉比卡咖啡。咖啡爱好者将其简称为“阿拉比卡”。由此可知，文章的合适标题是“研究人员研究咖啡的过去”。故选B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。 Laughter is a universal language for humans to connect with each other and form social bonds. Even as babies, we giggle (咯咯笑) when our parents pull funny faces, and then gradually learn to make others laugh as we grow up. But, is it a uniquely human experience? ____16____ Have you ever seen dogs let people come close to their toy, and then playfully run away with it? Biologist Charles Darwin saw this as the dog’s version of a practical joke. Marc Bekoff, biology professor at the University of Colorado, also observed dogs playfully teasing (捉弄) each other by approaching slowly and then quickly running away. ____17____ And he’s also said that animals may spend time doing silly things as a way to cope with stress. In a 2024 study, Isabelle Laumer and colleagues watched four ape (猿类) species interact with each other. ____18____ They saw young apes approach quietly behind an adult, push them to surprise them and then wait and watch the response, behaviour similar to that shown by human children. So, a sense of humour may have appeared early in our evolutionary timeline. ____19____ While playing, dogs sometimes produce a breathy snort (喷鼻息) that could sound like laughter. Dolphins let out sounds of joy when play-fighting. Rats make a joyful squeak similar to a giggle when they are tickled (逗乐), says Jeffrey Burgdorf, professor at Northwestern University. But, is a rat’s giggle really a sign of a sense of humour? Are the apes in Laumer’s study really joking around or just attention-seeking? What would be the evolutionary purpose of animals teasing and pranking? “In humans, humour can serve as an ice-breaker, removing social barriers and strengthening relationships,” says Laumer. “____20____” A. What about laughing? B. The sound of their laughter died away. C. Dogs can hear much better than humans. D. His work concluded that dogs just want to have fun. E. Meanwhile, they observed 18 distinct teasing behaviours. F. We don’t know if it’s the same in apes or other animals, but it’s possible. G. Scientists have observed behaviours in animals that suggest your pets might be secret jokesters. 【答案】16. G 17. D 18. E 19. A 20. F 【解析】 【导语】本书是一篇说明文。有些人认为幽默感和开怀大笑是人类独有的特质。但动物行为学家们可能不同意这个观点。有大量证据表明动物们像人类一样喜欢互相逗乐，而且它们这样做完全是出于好玩! 【16题详解】 根据上文“But, is it a uniquely human experience?(但是，这是人类独有的体验吗？)”可知，本句回答上文提出的问题，G选项中pets与第二段中的 dogs相呼应，故G选项“科学家已经观察到动物的行为，表明你的宠物可能是秘密的开玩笑者”符合语境。故选G。 【17题详解】 根据前文“Have you ever seen dogs let people come close to their toy, and then playfully run away with it? Biologist Charles Darwin saw this as the dog’s version of a practical joke. Marc Bekoff, biology professor at the University of Colorado, also observed dogs playfully teasing (捉弄) each other by approaching slowly and then quickly running away.(你有没有见过狗让人靠近它们的玩具，然后顽皮地带着它跑掉？生物学家查尔斯·达尔文认为这是狗的恶作剧。科罗拉多大学的生物学教授马克·贝科夫也观察到，狗会慢慢靠近对方，然后迅速跑开，以此开玩笑)”可知，上文讲述了狗的行为，本句承接上文，说明对这些狗的行为的研究发现，故D选项“他的研究结论是狗只是想找乐子”符合语境。故选D。 【18题详解】 根据上文“In a 2024 study, Isabelle Laumer and colleagues watched four ape (猿类) species interact with each other.(在2024年的一项研究中，伊莎贝尔·劳尔和同事观察了四种猿类相互作用)”以及后文“They saw young apes approach quietly behind an adult, push them to surprise them and then wait and watch the response, behaviour similar to that shown by human children. So, a sense of humour may have appeared early in our evolutionary timeline.(他们看到年轻的猿猴悄悄地靠近成年人的身后，推他们给他们惊喜，然后等待并观察他们的反应，这种行为与人类儿童的行为相似。所以，幽默感可能在我们进化的早期就出现了)”可知，上文提到了观察猿类，本句承接上文，说明观察的结果，故E选项“同时，他们观察到18种不同的戏弄行为”符合语境。故选E。 【19题详解】 根据后文“While playing, dogs sometimes produce a breathy snort (喷鼻息) that could sound like laughter. Dolphins let out sounds of joy when play-fighting. Rats make a joyful squeak similar to a giggle when they are tickled (逗乐), says Jeffrey Burgdorf, professor at Northwestern University.(狗在玩耍时，有时会发出像笑声一样的鼻息。海豚在打闹时发出欢快的声音。西北大学教授杰弗里·伯格多夫说，当老鼠被挠痒痒时，它们会发出欢快的吱吱声，类似于咯咯的笑声)”可知，本段主要说明了动物会发出笑声的情况，故A选项“那笑呢？”符合语境。故选A。 【20题详解】 根据上文““In humans, humour can serve as an ice-breaker, removing social barriers and strengthening relationships,” says Laumer.(“对于人类来说，幽默可以打破僵局，消除社会障碍，加强人际关系，”劳尔说)”可知，前文提到人类的幽默，本句可能会联想到猿类和其他动物是否也有类似的行为，故F选项“我们不知道猿或其他动物是否也有同样的情况，但这是可能的”符合语境。故选F。 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。 Four Colombian children survived a plane crash only to be lost deep in the Amazon rainforest for well over a month. This is how they survived this ____21____ situation. It’s most people’s nightmare (噩梦): surviving a plane crash only to be trapped in a ____22____ with no way of ____23____ the outside world. But they ____24____ it. The children, aged 13, nine and four, as well as an 11-month-old baby, were ____25____ with their mother from their village in the Amazon to visit their father in San Jose’ del Guaviare. The single-engine Cessna on which they were flying experienced engine problems and ____26____ on May 1,2023. Bad weather prevented the army from finding the crash ____27____ for two weeks, where they then found the dead bodies of three adults, including the children’s mother. How did these children ____28____ conditions that would be a(n) ____29____ struggle for most adults? They are members of the Huitoto Indigenous (本地的) group and were raised in the jungle (丛林). As such, they have an intimate (详尽的) ______30______ of the rainforest. They know which fruits are ______31______ to eat and which plants should be avoided. Working with, rather than against, the Amazon, they survived on fruits and seeds, while ______32______ the baby water mixed with yucca flour that they found on the plane. While the children ______33______ the business of surviving, the army worked with Indigenous volunteers to ______34______ them. After 40 days of searching, the children were found and taken to ______35______ at a military hospital in Bogota. 21. A. current B. frightening C. embarrassing D. impossible 22. A. jungle B. sea C. village D. plane 23. A. judging B. recognising C. contacting D. drawing 24. A. believed B. made C. got D. had 25. A. flying B. communicating C. planning D. leaving 26. A. landed B. disappeared C. occurred D. passed 27. A. victims B. site C. process D. reason 28. A. survive B. expect C. accept D. control 29. A. armed B. common C. unimaginable D. short 30. A. awareness B. connection C. understanding D. friendship 31. A. safe B. delicious C. different D. valuable 32. A. feeding B. satisfying C. supporting D. showing 33. A. gave up B. tripped over C. gave way to D. got on with 34. A. protect B. find C. inspire D. warn 35. A. study B. recover C. volunteer D. wait 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. C 31. A 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了四名哥伦比亚儿童在飞机失事后，在亚马逊雨林深处生存了一个多月并最终被救的故事，文章详细描述了他们的生存环境和生存方式，以及救援过程。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们就是这样在这种可怕的情况下幸存下来的。A. current当前的；B. frightening令人害怕的；C. embarrassing令人尴尬的；D. impossible不可能的。根据上文“Four Colombian children survived a plane crash only to be lost deep in the Amazon rainforest for well over a month.”可知，孩子们在坠机后又在亚马逊雨林里迷路一个多月，这肯定是令人害怕的情况。故选B。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是大多数人的噩梦：在飞机失事中幸存下来，却被困在丛林中，无法与外界联系。A. jungle丛林；B. sea海洋；C. village村庄；D. plane飞机。根据上文提到的“lost deep in the Amazon rainforest”可知，孩子们是在亚马逊雨林里迷路的，所以此空应填jungle。故选A。 23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. judging判断；B. recognising认识；C. contacting联系；D. drawing画画。根据上文“to be lost deep in the Amazon rainforest for well over a month.”可知，被困在丛林里肯定没有办法联系外面的世界。故选C。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是他们做到了。A. believed相信；B. made做到；C. got得到；D. had有。根据下文“How did these children ____8____ conditions that would be a(n) ____9____ struggle for most adults?”可知，下文讲的是孩子们如何生存下来的，所以此处是在说孩子们做到了。make it为固定搭配，意为“获得成功”。故选B。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这三个孩子分别是13岁、9岁和4岁，还有一个11个月大的婴儿，他们和母亲一起从亚马逊的村庄飞往圣何塞德尔瓜维亚雷探望他们的父亲。A. flying飞；B. communicating交流；C. planning计划；D. leaving离开。根据下文提到的“The single-engine Cessna on which they were flying”可知，孩子们是乘坐飞机去拜访他们的父亲的。故选A。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们乘坐的单引擎塞斯纳飞机于2023年5月1日出现发动机故障并失踪。A. landed着陆；B. disappeared消失；C. occurred发生；D. passed通过。根据上文“The single-engine Cessna on which they were flying experienced engine problems”和“surviving a plane crash only to be trapped in a ____2____”可知，根据上文提到的飞机遇到引擎问题和孩子们被困在雨林里可知，飞机是消失了。故选B。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：恶劣的天气使得军队用了两周时间才找到坠机地点，随后在那里发现了包括孩子们母亲在内的三名成年人的尸体。A. victims受害者；B. site地点；C. process过程；D. reason原因。根据“where they then found the dead bodies of three adults, including the children’s mother.”可知，此处指军队没有找到坠机的地点。故选B。 【28题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些孩子是如何在大多数成年人难以想象的艰难环境中幸存下来的？A. survive生存；B. expect期待；C. accept接受；D. control控制。根据下文“they survived on fruits and seeds”可知，此处是在说孩子们是如何生存下来的。故选A。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. armed武装的；B. common普通的；C. unimaginable难以想象的；D. short短的。根据上文“Four Colombian children survived a plane crash only to be lost deep in the Amazon rainforest for well over a month.”可知，大多数成年人都难以想象孩子们是如何在这种条件下生存下来的。故选C。 【30题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，他们对雨林有着深入的了解。A. awareness意识；B. connection联系；C. understanding理解；D. friendship友谊。根据上文“They are members of the Huitoto Indigenous (本地的) group and were raised in the jungle (丛林).”可知，孩子们从小在雨林里长大，所以他们对雨林有深入的理解。故选C。 【31题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们知道哪些水果可以安全食用，哪些植物应该避免。A. safe安全的；B. delicious美味的；C. different不同的；D. valuable有价值的。根据下文“which plants should be avoided”可知，孩子们知道哪些植物应该避免，所以此处是在说他们也知道哪些水果是安全的。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们顺应亚马逊雨林的环境，而不是与之对抗，靠水果和种子为生，同时用他们在飞机上找到的木薯粉兑水喂养婴儿。A. feeding喂养；B. satisfying使满意；C. supporting支持；D. showing展示。根据“mixed with yucca flour that they found on the plane”可知，此处是在说孩子们在照顾婴儿，给婴儿喂水。故选A。 【33题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：当孩子们继续为生存而努力时，军队与土著志愿者合作寻找他们。A. gave up放弃；B. tripped over绊倒；C. gave way to对……让步；D. got on with继续做。根据“the business of surviving”可知，此处是在说孩子们在继续做生存的事情。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. protect保护；B. find找到，发现；C. inspire激励；D. warn警告。根据上文“Bad weather prevented the army from finding the crash site for two weeks”可知，军队用了两周时间才找到坠机地点，此处是在说军队与当地的志愿者一起找到孩子们。故选B。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：经过40天的搜寻，孩子们被找到并送往波哥大的一家陆军医院接受康复治疗。A. study学习；B. recover恢复；C. volunteer志愿做；D. wait等待。根据上文“to be lost deep in the Amazon rainforest for well over a month.”可知，孩子们被困在雨林里一个多月，因此孩子们被找到后，需要被带到军医院恢复。故选B。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 How can you better understand body language to feel more confident and be more effective in a range of situations? If you are struggling to understand how to interpret body language of colleagues in different cultural contexts and how to respond, you may find yourself ____36____ (search) for a checklist of dos and don’ ts. But this isn’t necessarily the ____37____ (great) approach. Besides, you can start your interpretation ____38____ analysing groups, rather than looking at each gesture in isolation. For example, imagine that you are presenting an idea for a new process in a meeting, and your boss is smiling. Many experts would advise you that smiling is ____39____ (cultural) universal, so you might assume that your boss must be happy with your presentation. However, making this ____40____ (assume) without deeper investigation could prove problematic. If you take ____41____ second look at your boss, you might notice that she is also laughing slightly, looking down and moving her pen. This could mean a range of different things. How can you understand your boss’s reaction correctly? The answer is to check that your analysis of their body language matches with ____42____ the person says and how they say it. To understand the cultural influences ____43____ have led to her behaviour, it is first important to understand what cultural identity is. Many people use the terms “culture” and “nationality” interchangeably. However, generalising ____44____ (base) only on nationality can be risky. To help avoid this, the British Council _____45_____ (develop) a description of culture in the last few years. 【答案】36. searching 37. greatest 38. by 39. culturally 40. assumption 41. a 42. what 43. that##which 44. based 45. has developed 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了如何在不同的文化背景下解释他人的肢体语言以及如何做好回应，使自己感到更自信和更有效。 【36题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：如果你正在努力理解如何理解不同文化背景下同事的肢体语言，以及如何应对，你可能会发现自己正在寻找一份“注意事项”清单。短语“find +宾语+宾补”结构，search与宾语yourself之间为主动关系，所以此处使用现在分词形式作宾补。故填searching。 【37题详解】 考查形容词最高级。句意：但这并不一定是最好的方法。定冠词the后面用最高级形式greatest。故填greatest。 【38题详解】 考查介词。句意：此外，你可以通过分析群体来开始你的解读，而不是孤立地看待每个手势。结合句意，此处用by表示“通过某种方式”。故填by。 【39题详解】 考查副词。句意：许多专家会告诉你，微笑在文化中是普遍存在的，所以你可能会认为你的老板一定对你的演讲很满意。修饰形容词 universal可知用副词形式 culturally“在文化上”。故填culturally。 【40题详解】 考查名词。句意：然而，在没有更深入调查的情况下做出这一假设可能会有问题。作动词的宾语，应用名词assumption。故填assumption。 【41题详解】 考查冠词。句意：如果你再看一眼你的老板，你可能会注意到她也在微微笑着，低头并移动着她的笔。此处为固定短语take a second look at意为“再看一看”。故填a。 【42题详解】 考查宾语从句。句意：答案是检查你对他们肢体语言的分析是否与他们所说的以及他们说话的方式相匹配。此处为连接词引导宾语从句，从句缺少宾语，指的是事情，应用what。故填what。 【43题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：要理解导致她的行为的文化影响，首先要理解什么是文化认同。定语从句修饰先行词influences，在从句作主语，指物。故填that/which。 【44题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：然而，仅仅根据国籍进行概括是有风险的。短语be based on表示“根据”，此处为过去分词作定语。故填based。 【45题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：为了避免这种情况，英国文化协会在过去几年里发展了一种文化描述。此处为谓语动词，根据后文in the last few years可知为现在完成时，主语the British Council 为第三人称单数，助动词用has。故填has developed。 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，你们学校科技节举办了“未来学校”为主题的设计比赛，你的作品获得了一等奖。请给你的英国朋友Chris写一封邮件，内容包括： 1.你的作品获奖； 2.作品介绍和感想。 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, How’s everything going? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Chris, How’s everything going? We recently organized a design competition for “Future School” during our school’s science and technology festival and the exciting news is that my work had won the first prize. I can’t wait to tell you. In the future, schools will be very different from what we have today. My design mainly focuses on two themes: environmental protection and technology. With the advancement of technology, the space in the classroom will increase and the equipment will be more in line with individual requirements. In the future, the school will pay more attention to the students’ ability and their talents, so more classes will be opened to them. I’m happy after winning the competition, which will greatly boost my enthusiasm for learning. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文写作中的告知信。要求考生给英国朋友Chris写一封邮件，告知自己在学校科技节举办的“未来学校”为主题的设计比赛中获得一等奖一事，并介绍一下自己的作品和感想。 【详解】1.词汇积累 令人激动的：exciting→ thrilling 与……不同：be different from→ differ from 专注于：focus on→ concentrate on/fix on 高兴的：happy→ delighted 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：With the advancement of technology, the space in the classroom will increase and the equipment will be more in line with individual requirements. 拓展句：As the technology advances, the space in the classroom will increase and the equipment will be more in line with individual requirements. 【点睛】【高分句型1】We recently organized a design competition for “Future School” during our school’s science and technology festival and the exciting news is that my work had won the first prize.（运用了that引导的表语从句） 【高分句型2】In the future, schools will be very different from what we have today.（运用了what引导的宾语从句） 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。 It was the golden autumn when a young musician was touring all around the world. The moment he arrived at a small town lying along a clear and sweet river, a feeling of ease and comfort embraced him. The peaceful night fell, appealing to the young musician. He was casually (随便地) out walking and passing a cottage with the door open, when he heard someone inside playing the piano. Though it didn’t go smoothly, he was sure that it was just one of his compositions. The musician stopped to listen, but the music stopped too. He got closer and overheard a conversation going—“It is too difficult! I can never play it well by myself! I’ve only heard someone else play it several times. It’s far from enough. How I wish I would gain a chance to attend a concert! What if it is played by the musician himself?”—a girl murmured (低语) and sighed. A man continued, “I can’t agree more, but we can’t afford to attend a concert. We are so poor.” “Sorry, Brother,” explained the girl, “Please let it go. I didn’t mean to. I was just kidding.” Though she tried to keep a calm tone, both the brother and the young musician could tell how much she wished to hear a real musician play it properly. The young musician pushed the door and got into the house. With a single candle, a man was making shoes while a young lady was sitting at the piano. Nothing inviting was in sight except the old piano. What was unexpected was that the beautiful young lady was blind. The brother was too astonished to pronounce a word. Kind but embarrassed, he smiled at the stranger. The musician smiled and nodded, approaching the piano slowly. Nervous and frightened, the brother dropped the shoe he was working on, jumped to his feet and rushed to protect his sister. “What are you doing? Keep off my sister!” The young lady was alarmed at the noise. She got off the piano, with head hanging and shoulders shaking. 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。 Not until then did the young musician realize he was misunderstood. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ He played so well that all of them were soaked (沉浸) in beautiful music. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Not until then did the young musician realized he was misunderstood. He held back his feet and explained politely, “I am a tourist here and I happen to play the piano well. I am familiar with what the young lady was playing just now. Would you mind me playing for you?” Although they didn’t know who the stranger was, they were glad to listen to him play for them. He sat down and began to play. With the music going, the sister and the brother got relaxed and began to enjoy it. He played so well that all of them were soaked (沉浸) in beautiful music. Even when the lone candle in the room went out and the moon sent its lovely beams shining into the room, he still played! When he left, it was deep night. He was so inspired by the appreciation of his music by the young lady and the beauty of the atmosphere in and outside the room. Never had the poor sister and brother had such a splendid night. It was music that brought happiness to them all! 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了一位年轻的音乐家正在世界各地巡演，当他来到一个小镇时，经过一间开着门的小屋，听到里面有人在弹钢琴，是他的作品，但弹得并不好。弹钢琴的女孩希望听到一位真正的音乐家演奏这首曲子，音乐家推门而入，惊讶地发现原来女孩失明了，女孩和她的兄弟也因为音乐家的到来感到震惊。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“直到那时，这位年轻的音乐家才意识到自己被误解了。”可知，第一段可描写音乐家的解释及他的演奏。 ②由第二段首句内容“他演奏得很好，他们都沉浸在美妙的音乐中。”可知，第二段可描写兄妹二人享受音乐及音乐家的感悟。 2.续写线索：音乐家的解释——开始演奏——兄妹二人享受音乐——演奏结束——音乐家离开——音乐家的感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①熟悉：be familiar with/familiarize ②开始做某事：begin to do sth./start to do sth. ③欣赏：enjoy/admire 情绪类 ①高兴的：glad/happy ②快乐：happiness/pleasure 【点睛】[高分句型1]. I am familiar with what the young lady was playing just now.（由what引导的宾语从句） [高分句型2]. Although they didn’t know who the stranger was, they were glad to listen to him play for them.（由Although引导的让步状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$