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博雅学校2024-2025学年度高二英语第一学期半期考试英语试题 第一部分 听力 (共20小题;每小题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 are the speakers doing? A. Painting pictures. B. Playing chess. C. Moving house. 2. What is the man? A. A software engineer. B. An accountant. C. An architect. 3. Where are the speakers? A. At home. B. On a plain. C. In a zoo. 4. What is the woman looking for? A. Her glasses. B. Her homework. C. Her books. 5. What kind of food is the man having? A. Indian food. B. Korean food. C. Italian food. 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. Why did the man’s sister fail the cooking test? A. She put lots of sugar in the desserts. B. She didn’t make her pineapple pie well. C. She put too much salt in the dishes. 7. What did the man suggest his sister do? A. Find another job. B. Practice more. C. Consider others’ tastes. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is the advantage of the place according to the woman? A. It’s close to the city. B. It’s not noisy. C. It’s not cold. 9. What should people do when meeting a bear according to the man? A. Run away. B. Cry for help. C. Stay calm. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What can people have at Chris’ shop? A. Tea. B. Juice. C. Coffee. 11. Which ingredient did Chris’ aunt use for her desserts last month? A. Cheese. B. Chocolate. C. Fruit. 12. What do we know about Chris? A. He has one coffee house. B. He is the largest provider here now. C. He runs a family business. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Salesperson and customer. B. Homeowner and cleaner. C. Husband and wife. 14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer? A. One with three bedrooms. B. One without furniture. C. One near a market. 15. How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment? A. $350. B. $450. C. $500. 16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see? A. On Lake Street. B. On Mountain Street. C. On South Street. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What percent of Russian population live in Siberia? A.20%. B.25%. C.50%. 18. What is on the west side of Siberia? A. The Pacific Ocean. B. The Ural Mountains. C. Mongolia. 19. Who speaks Mongolian in Siberia? A. People in the southeastern part. B. People in the northeastern part. C. People in the southwestern part. 20. What is the origin of Siberia’s name according to the talk? A. A mountain. B. A volcano. C. A local language. 第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A There are a variety of free magazines that kids can receive in the mail. Kids love getting mail, so these magazines will bring double joy! Animal Wellness Magazine If your child loves animals, a free copy may provide him or her with hours of educational entertainment. This magazine is especially wonderful if you have a dog or a cat at home and want your child to learn about pet care. Kids Discover Online This is an excellent online resource (资源) where elementary school children can learn about different aspects of science and social studies topics. It gives you access (使用权) to 30 units with 200 topics. National Geographic Kids The content there is various. You can gain even more access by creating a free account. There are educational articles on dozens of countries around the world, as well as articles on animals, planets, and more. Aimed at children aged 8 to 14, this magazine is a great choice for learning and fun. Sports Illustrated Kids If you have children that are sports fans, look no further than the Sports Illustrated Kids. They can get analysis of recent games, forecasts about next season, and fun games. It’s all free, and your son or daughter will love getting to know the latest sports news. 1. Which will you choose if your son is fond of keeping a rabbit? A. National Geographic Kids. B. Kids Discover Online. C. Animal Wellness Magazine. D. Sports Illustrated Kids. 2. What do we know about Kids Discover Online? A. It is a magazine designed for teens. B. It covers a variety of different topics. C. It is only meant for kids who like fun games. D. It helps kids know about over 200 countries. 3. Who is the Sports Illustrated Kids intended for? A. Kids who are big fans of physical exercise. B. Kids who are interested in insects. C. Kids who are curious about the universe. D. Kids who dream of being a weather forecaster. 【答案】1. C 2. B 3. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四种免费且适合儿童阅读的电子杂志。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Animal Wellness Magazine部分“If your child loves animals, a free copy may provide him or her with hours of educational entertainment. This magazine is especially wonderful if you have a dog or a cat at home and want your child to learn about pet care.(如果你的孩子喜欢动物，一本免费的书可以为他或她提供数小时的教育娱乐。如果你家里有一只狗或一只猫，并且想让你的孩子了解宠物护理，这本杂志会特别精彩)”可知，该杂志是有关喂养宠物的，因此适合喜欢养兔子的孩子们看。故选C。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Kids Discover Online部分“This is an excellent online resource (资源) where elementary school children can learn about different aspects of science and social studies topics. It gives you access (使用权) to 30 units with 200 topics.(这是一个极好的在线资源，小学生可以在这里学习科学和社会研究主题的不同方面。它可以让你访问30个单元，200个主题)”可知，Kids Discover Online涵盖了多个主题。故选B。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Sports Illustrated Kids部分“If you have children that are sports fans, look no further than the Sports Illustrated Kids.(如果你的孩子是体育迷，那么Sports Illustrated Kids是不二的选择)”可知，该杂志的目标读者是爱好体育的小孩子。故选A。 B I tend puppies (小狗) that are blind and/or deaf. I’ve been volunteering for animal rescues for more than five years and so far have taken care of nearly 60 dogs. It’s always bittersweet when they leave to find their forever homes, but sometimes it’s so much harder than others. That’s what happened with Hawk. I fostered (代养) him and a brother and a sister. His siblings found homes first and I wanted to keep Hawk around a little bit longer. He was brilliant and was constantly surveying his world, never missing anything. After his siblings left, he became glued to us. He raced up and down the steps behind my rescue dog, Brodie, and fell asleep on my lap while I was reading or watching TV. Once he learned “sit” and “shake”, he would frequently park himself at our feet and lift his paw, showing off and hoping for treats. Puppies typically stay with me for a month or less. During that time, we work on potty training, nighttime sleeping, no biting, and orders like “sit” and “shake”. When they find their homes, it’s time for new puppies and we start all over again. Some puppies are harder than others. I always foster high-energy dogs. They’re too smart and some find ways to climb out of their pens, go through the puppy gate, and shred all of Brodie’s favorite toys. It’s amazing how well Brodie stands them all. I think he knows they’ll only be around for a few weeks. After spending weeks with these little lives, it’s so hard to hug and hold them one last time. When Hawk left last weekend, I cried and cried and was certain that I was making a mistake. I had whispered to him earlier, “I love you, but your new family will love you even more.” He buried his head into the crook of my arm after licking my jaw. I thought he understood. I do it because I know there will always be more puppies waiting for my help. No matter how hard it is to give up “your” dog, there are never-ending requests to help another and another. 4. What did Hawk do without his siblings? A. He tried to behave well. B. He stayed closer to the author. C. He got addicted to TV programs. D. He became curious about his world. 5. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A. Ways to train different dogs. B. Brodie’s attitude toward dogs. C. Dogs’ life in the author’s home. D. Kinds of dogs tended by the author. 6. What can we infer about the author from paragraph 4? A. She found Hawk a better master. B. She regretted sending Hawk away. C. She was too weak to hold Hawk up. D. She wanted Hawk to understand her. 7. What will the author do next? A. Adopt new dogs. B. Take Hawk home. C. Help other dogs in need. D. Offer treatment to disabled dogs. 【答案】4. B 5. C 6. B 7. C 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在代养有残疾的小狗时，与Hawk产生了深厚的感情。在送走Hawk后，作者感到无比后悔，但又明白，有更多的小狗需要作者的照顾。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“After his siblings left, he became glued to us.(在它的兄弟姐妹离开后，他变得更黏我们了。)”，可知，在Hawk的兄弟姐妹离开后，它变得更黏作者了，故选B。 【5题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“Puppies typically stay with me for a month or less. During that time, we work on potty training, nighttime sleeping, no biting, and orders like “sit” and “shake”. When they find their homes, it’s time for new puppies and we start all over again.(小狗通常会在我们身边待上一个月或者更短的时间。在这段时间里，我们进行如厕训练，夜间睡眠、不咬人以及“坐下”和“握手”等命令。当它们找到自己的家时是时候养新的小狗了，我们要重新开始。)”，可知，本段主要介绍了小狗们在作者家里的生活，故选C。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第四段“After spending weeks with these little lives, it’s so hard to hug and hold them one last time. When Hawk left last weekend, I cried and cried and was certain that I was making a mistake.(在与这些小生命相处了几个星期之后，很难最后一次拥抱他们。当Hawk上周末离开时，我哭了又哭，我确信自己犯了一个错误。)”可知，作者觉得在与这些小生命相处了几个月后，很舍不得他们，因此在Hawk离开时，作者哭了又哭，确信自己犯了错个错误，不应该把Hawk送走，故选B。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“I do it because I know there will always be more puppies waiting for my help. No matter how hard it is to give up “your” dog, there are never-ending requests to help another and another.(我这么做是因为我知道会有更多的小狗在等我的帮助。无论放弃“你的”狗有多困难，都会有无休止的帮助他人的请求。)”可知，作者知道会有更多的小狗在等着他的帮助，故作者接下来会帮助更多有需要的小狗，故选C。 C You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Comedy on Referral has taken that idea and run with it, using stand-up comedy to help treat people struggling with trauma (精神创伤) and anxiety in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS). The idea came from comedian Angie Belcher’s experiences teaching comedy at the University of Bristol. She found that students often told her how much stronger and more resilient (有适应力的) they were thanks to stand-up comedy. Inspired, she teamed up with the NHS in Bristol to create a six-week comedy course for patients struggling with trauma in January 2022. Following the success of this initial course, Comedy on Referral won NHS funding to help men with trauma in London. Belcher said, “Past traumas are perfect for comedy. Comedy doesn’t come from the happy, perfect moments of your life, but from our everyday struggles and major life events. People who’ve been through big life experiences such as losing a loved one and ill health often can’t wait to tell me their stories, mostly because there’s always something especially funny about the situation.” Research has shown that laughter has positive psychological effects, such as decreasing levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) and increasing endorphins (the hormone that reduces the feeling of pain). It can even have physiological benefits, although less research has been done in this area. Current research has linked laughter and humour with increased levels of pain tolerance as well as short-term cardiovascular (心血管的) benefits. More research is needed to prove these findings Nonetheless, the mental health benefits of regular laughter are widely accepted, and using comedy to treat mental health struggles could be a real breakthrough in the treatment of mental health. 8. Why is the phrase mentioned in paragraph 1? A. To explain the harm trauma causes. B. To stress the importance of laughter. C. To show the effect of stand-up comedy. D. To state the idea behind Comedy on Referral. 9. How was the first six-week comedy course for patients? A. Effective. B. Ambiguous. C. Fruitless. D. Controversial. 10. What may contribute to a comedy according to Belcher? A. Struggling moments. B. Funny moments. C. Successful moments. D. Boring moments. 11. What is the best title for the text? A. Comedy is one thing that can make you struggle B. Laughter is useful for people’s mental health C. Anxiety can also make you feel better D. Laughter will cure you of all diseases 【答案】8. D 9. A 10. A 11. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了转介喜剧采用“笑是最好的药”这一观念，与英国国民医疗服务体系合作，利用单口喜剧来帮助治疗那些与精神创伤和焦虑作斗争的人。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“You’ve probably heard the phrase, ‘Laughter is the best medicine.’ Comedy on Referral has taken that idea and run with it, using stand-up comedy to help treat people struggling with trauma (精神创伤) and anxiety in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS). ( 你可能听过这句话：“笑是最好的药。”转介喜剧采用了这一理念，并与英国国家医疗服务体系(NHS)合作，用单口喜剧来帮助治疗遭受创伤和焦虑困扰的人。)”可知，转介喜剧采纳了“笑是最好的药”这一想法，利用单口喜剧来帮助人们，由此可推知，作者在第一段提及此谚语是为了介绍转介喜剧背后的理念。故选D项。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“Inspired, she teamed up with the NHS in Bristol to create a six-week comedy course for patients struggling with trauma in January 2022. Following the success of this initial course, Comedy on Referral won NHS funding to help men with trauma in London. (受启发，她与布里斯托尔的英国国家医疗服务体系合作，于2022年1月为创伤患者开设了为期六周的喜剧课程。在这门初级课程取得成功后，转介喜剧获得了英国国家医疗服务体系的资助，帮助伦敦的男性创伤患者。)”可知，第一个六周的喜剧课程对病人是有效的。故选A项。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中Belcher所说“Past traumas are perfect for comedy. Comedy doesn’t come from the happy, perfect moments of your life, but from our everyday struggles and major life events. (过去的创伤是喜剧的完美素材。喜剧不是来自你生活中快乐、完美的时刻，而是来自我们每天的挣扎和生活中的重大事件。)”可知，在Belcher看来，是挣扎的时刻促成了一部喜剧。故选A项。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，根据第一段“You’ve probably heard the phrase, ‘Laughter is the best medicine.’ Comedy on Referral has taken that idea and run with it, using stand-up comedy to help treat people struggling with trauma (精神创伤) and anxiety in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS). ( 你可能听过这句话：“笑是最好的药。”转介喜剧采用了这一理念，并与英国国家医疗服务体系(NHS)合作，用单口喜剧来帮助治疗遭受创伤和焦虑困扰的人。)”可知，本文主要转介喜剧采用“笑是最好的药”这一观念，与英国国民医疗服务体系合作，利用单口喜剧来帮助治疗那些与精神创伤和焦虑作斗争的人。B“笑对人的心理健康有益”符合主题，故选B项。 D A machine can now not only beat you at chess, it can also outperform you in debate. Last week, in a public debate in San Francisco, a software program called Project Debater beat its human opponents, including Noa Ovadia, Israel’s former national debating champion. Brilliant though it is, Project Debater has some weaknesses. It takes sentences from its library of documents and prebuilt arguments and strings them together. This can lead to the kinds of errors no human would make. Such wrinkles will no doubt be ironed out, yet they also point to a fundamental problem. As Kristian Hammond, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Northwestern University, put it: “There’s never a stage at which the system knows what it’s talking about.” What Hammond is referring to is the question of meaning, and meaning is central to what distinguishes the least intelligent of humans from the most intelligent of machines. A computer works with symbols. Its program specifies a set of rules to transform one string of symbols into another. But it does not specify what those symbols mean. Indeed, to a computer, meaning is irrelevant. Humans, in thinking, talking, reading and writing, also work with symbols. But for humans, meaning is everything. When we communicate, we communicate meaning. What matters is not just the outside of a string of symbols, but the inside too, not just how they are arranged but what they mean. Meaning emerges through a process of social interaction, not of computation, interaction that shapes the content of the symbols in our heads. The rules that assign meaning lie not just inside our heads, but also outside, in society, in social memory, social conventions and social relations. It is this that distinguishes humans from machines. And that’s why, however astonishing Project Debater may seem, the tradition that began with Socrates and Confucius will not end with artificial intelligence. 12. Why does the author mention Noa Ovadia in the first paragraph? A. To explain the use of a software program. B. To show the cleverness of Project Debater. C. To introduce the designer of Project Debater. D. To emphasize the fairness of the competition. 13. What does the underlined word “wrinkles” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Arguments. B. Doubts. C. Errors. D. Differences. 14. What is Project Debater unable to do according to Hammond? A. Create rules. B. Comprehend meaning. C. Talk fluently. D. Identify difficult words. 15. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Social interaction is key to understanding symbols. B. The human brain has potential yet to be developed. C. Ancient philosophers set good examples for debaters. D. Artificial intelligence ensures humans a bright future. 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道，主要介绍的是在辩论中战胜人类的名为Project Debater的软件程序。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段的“Last week, in a public debate in San Francisco, a software program called Project Debater beat its human opponents, including Noa Ovadia, Israel’s former national debating champion.(上周，在旧金山的一场公开辩论中，一个名为Project Debater的软件程序击败了它的人类对手，其中包括以色列前全国辩论冠军Noa Ovadia。)”可知，作者在第一段提到Noa Ovadia的目的是展示Project Debater的聪明。故选B。 【13题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段的“Brilliant though it is, Project Debater has some weaknesses. It takes sentences from its library of documents and prebuilt arguments and strings them together. This can lead to the kinds of errors no human would make.(尽管Project Debater很聪明，但它也有一些弱点。它从文档库和预先构建的参数中提取句子，并将它们串在一起。这可能会导致人类不会犯的错误。)”和“will no doubt be ironed out(毫无疑问会被解决)”可知，划线词所在句子表示“这样的错误会被纠正，被解决”，划线词wrinkles的意思是“错误”，和errors意思相近，故选C。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“What Hammond is referring to is the question of meaning, and meaning is central to what distinguishes the least intelligent of humans from the most intelligent of machines. A computer works with symbols. Its program specifies a set of rules to transform one string of symbols into another. But it does not specify what those symbols mean. Indeed, to a computer, meaning is irrelevant.(Hammond所指的是意义的问题，而意义是区分最不聪明的人类和最聪明的机器的关键。计算机使用符号。它的程序指定了一组将一串符号转换为另一串符号的规则。但它并没有具体说明这些符号的含义。事实上，对于计算机来说，意义是无关紧要的。)”可知，根据Hammond的说法，Project Debater不能理解意义，故选B。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Meaning emerges through a process of social interaction, not of computation, interaction that shapes the content of the symbols in our heads. The rules that assign meaning lie not just inside our heads, but also outside, in society, in social memory, social conventions and social relations.(意义的产生是通过社会互动的过程，而不是计算的过程，这种互动塑造了我们头脑中符号的内容。赋予意义的规则不仅存在于我们的头脑中，也存在于社会之外，存在于社会记忆、社会习俗和社会关系中。)”可知，从最后一段我们能了解到社会互动是理解符号的关键。故选A。 【点睛】 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。 Health and fitness help a person live a good and healthy life. Often due to various pressures, we tend to ignore our health. ____16____ It is the fitness level of our body that helps us fight these diseases. ____17____ We need to be fit to have a healthy body. Similarly, if we are healthy we shall naturally be attracted towards maintaining the fitness of our body. Health is the state of our body at a given time. We may not have any disease but still have a weak body, which is ready to be targeted by viruses. ____18____ This does not definitely mean that we are not healthy. It means the fitness level is not in accordance with our age and the climatic conditions we live in. It is important for everyone to devote some time to health and fitness. ____19____ For instance, we must exercise daily regardless of our age and working style. There are different levels of exercises for different age groups and we must do them according to our own health and age. Additionally, it is important to relax our body. We should have at least six to eight hours of sleep every day. It helps in improving our immune (免疫) system and protects us against diseases. ____20____ This, in turn, gives us new goals of health and fitness. A Fitness levels decide the quality of life. B. Health and fitness are interrelated to each other. C. It also helps in keeping us calm and relaxes our mind. D. For instance, we may have a tendency to catch a cold easily. E. If we keep our body fit, we can enjoy life in a better manner. F. There are some activities which everyone should do in our life. G. This makes our body suffer and we will catch other diseases. 【答案】16. G 17. B 18. D 19. F 20. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲的是健康和健身之间密不可分的关系以及我们应该通过哪些健身的方式来让自己有一个健康的身体。 【16题详解】 根据空前“Health and fitness help a person live a good and healthy life. Often due to various pressures, we tend to ignore our health.(健康和健身帮助一个人过上良好和健康的生活。由于各种各样的压力，我们往往会忽视自己的健康。)”可知因为各种压力，我们的健康容易被忽视，根据空后“It is the fitness level of our body that helps us fight these diseases.(正是我们身体的健康水平帮助我们对抗这些疾病。)”可知身体的健康可以让我们应对各种疾病，空处承上启下，所以空处应该讲忽视健康对我们的身体及生活的影响。G项“This makes our body suffer and we will catch other diseases.(这使我们的身体遭受痛苦，而且我们会感染其他疾病。)”承接上文，引出下文，而且G项中的other diseases与空后的these diseases相互照应，符合上下文语境。故选G项。 【17题详解】 根据空后“We need to be fit to have a healthy body. Similarly, if we are healthy we shall naturally be attracted towards maintaining the fitness of our body.(为了拥有一个健康的身体我们需要健康。同样，如果我们是健康的，我们自然会被保持健康的身体所吸引。)”可知健康的身体与健身是密不可分的，空处位于句首，应是本段的主旨句，B项“Health and fitness are interrelated to each other.(健康和健身是相互关联的。)”概括全段的主要内容，符合上下文语境。故选B项。 【18题详解】 根据空前“Health is the state of our body at a given time. We may not have any disease but still have a weak body, which is ready to be targeted by viruses.(健康是在特定时间内我们身体的状态。我们可能没有任何疾病，但身体仍然虚弱，随时会被病毒攻击。)”可知我们的身体虽然没有生病，但也很虚弱，随时会生病，根据空后“This does not definitely mean that we are not healthy.(这并不一定意味着我们不健康。)”可知生病并不一定表明我们是不健康的。空处承上启下，所以空处应该举例说明我们的身体在虚弱的情况下会生病这样一种状况，D项“For instance, we may have a tendency to catch a cold easily.(例如，我们可能很容易感冒。)”举例说明我们的身体会在虚弱的情况下生病，承接上文，引出下文，而且空后的This指代D项的we may have a tendency to catch a cold easily这种情况，符合上下文语境。故选D项。 【19题详解】 根据空前“It is important for everyone to devote some time to health and fitness.(对每个人来说，花些时间在健康和健身方面是很重要的。)”可知我们应该花时间去健身，根据空后“For instance, we must exercise daily regardless of our age and working style.(例如，我们必须每天锻炼，不管我们的年龄和工作方式。)”可知我们应该每天坚持锻炼，空处承上启下，所以空处应该讲的是我们应该通过哪些活动来进行锻炼，F项“There are some activities which everyone should do in our life.(在我们的生活中有一些活动是每个人都应该做的。)”承接上文，引出下文，符合上下文语境。故选F项。 【20题详解】 根据空前“We should have at least six to eight hours of sleep every day. It helps in improving our immune (免疫) system and protects us against diseases.(我们每天至少应该有6到8个小时的睡眠。它有助于改善我们的免疫系统，保护我们抵抗疾病。)”可知我们应该保障充足的睡眠，根据空后“This, in turn, gives us new goals of health and fitness.(这反过来又给了我们健康和健身的新目标。)”可知充足的睡眠会对我们的健康和健身目标很有好处，空处承上启下，所以空处应该继续讲充足的睡眠的好处，C项“It also helps in keeping us calm and relaxes our mind.(它也帮助我们保持冷静和放松我们的大脑。)”进一步讲了充足的睡眠对于我们的好处，承接上文，引出下文，符合上下文语境。故选C项。 第三部分 语言运用 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。 I made up my mind to be a teacher at the age of 10. I could clearly see some of my teachers had unbelievable powers. In Grade 5, there was an English teacher who could ____21____ and effortlessly transport us to different worlds every day by telling us stories from books we would otherwise never ____22____. It was even shocking that my teacher could ____23____ the invisible. I was one of those who ____24____ insight (洞察). Yet my teacher would always notice me and the ____25____ message in her eyes suggested that she could see me through. She had another superpower and even after four decades, I could still ____26____ remember her lessons about the great masters of art and great geographers. She did this even though her ____27____ was not art, nor geography. I knew I wanted to be one of those all-seeing ones with the ____28____ that made children feel safe and valued. I know being a teacher isn’t the easiest or the most financially ____29____ of jobs. And there are potential ____30____ — your knees can become worn out from years of carrying piles of notebooks up and down the school staircase; your ____31____ can give in from too much talking. But despite all that, there are still those choosing this ____32____. To them, teaching is not merely a job — it is a science, an art and a craft, which calls for ____33____ labour and investment. I have taught for three decades. Occasionally, I meet my ____34____ students. Their obvious love for me and fond ____35____ of our time together are my treasures. 21. A. rarely B. magically C. deliberately D. accidentally 22. A. take away B. fall behind C. pick up D. leave alone 23. A. see B. cover C. break D. bear 24. A. lacked B. hated C. missed D. valued 25. A. upset B. urgent C. humorous D. unspoken 26. A. vividly B. partly C. hardly D. roughly 27. A. work B. task C. major D. duty 28. A. doubt B. empathy C. superpower D. desire 29. A. creative B. difficult C. demanding D. rewarding 30. A. errors B. threats C. skills D. stages 31. A. voice B. sight C. sense D. hearing 32. A. reason B. gift C. sign D. cause 33 A. slight B. cheap C. private D. emotional 34. A. present B. former C. patient D. polite 35. A. services B. memories C. adventures D. messages 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. A 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. D 34. B 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述作者受到五年级时一位英语老师影响，励志要做一名老师的故事。 【21题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：五年级时，有一位英语老师，他每天都能神奇地、毫不费力地把我们带到不同的世界，给我们讲一些我们永远不会读到的书中的故事。A. rarely稀有地；B. magically神奇地；C. deliberately不情愿地；D. accidentally意外地。根据下文“effortlessly transport us to different worlds every day”可知，作者的老师可以毫不费力地把他们带到不同的世界，所以是很神奇的事情。故选B。 【22题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：见第1题详解。A. take away带走；B. fall behind落后；C. pick up获得；D. leave alone不理睬。根据上文“by telling us stories from books we would otherwise never”可知，如果老师不讲的话，学生们是不会获得这样的学习内容和经历的。故选C。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：甚至令人震惊的是，我的老师竟然能看到那些看不见的东西。A. see看见；B. cover覆盖；C. break打破；D. bear容忍。根据上文“It was even shocking”几后文“ the invisible”可知，更令人震惊的应该是老师竟能看到那些看不见的东西。故选A。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我是那些缺乏洞察力的人之一。A. lacked缺少；B. hated讨厌；C. missed错过；D. valued珍惜。根据下文“she could see me through”可知，这里是把作者和老师相对比，老师可以一眼看穿他，他却不能，所以作者缺乏洞察力。故选A。 【25题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，我的老师总是会注意到我，她眼中不言而喻的信息表明她能看穿我。A. upset心烦的；B. urgent急迫的；C. humorous幽默的；D. unspoken不言而喻的。根据上文“my teacher would always notice me”和下文“suggested that she could see me through”可知，老师只是观察作者，所以眼中有的信息是不言而喻的。故选D。 【26题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：她还有另一种超能力，即使在四十年后，我仍然清楚地记得她关于伟大的艺术大师和伟大的地理学家的课。A. vividly生动地，清晰地；B. partly部分地；C. hardly几乎不；D. roughly大约。根据上文“even after four decades”可知，即使在四十年后，作者仍然记得老师的课，所以记忆很生动，很清楚。故选A。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：尽管她的专业不是艺术，也不是地理，她还是这么做了。A. work工作；B. task任务；C. major专业；D. duty责任。根据下文“was not art, nor geography”可知，这里指老师的专业不是艺术和地理。故选C。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我知道我想成为那些无所不知的人之一，拥有让孩子们感到安全和被重视的超能力。A. doubt怀疑；B. empathy同情；C. superpower超能力；D. desire欲望。根据上文“She had another superpower”可知，作者很佩服的是他的老师的超能力。故选C。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我知道当老师并不是最容易或最有经济回报的工作。A. creative有创造力的；B. difficult困难的；C. demanding要求高的；D. rewarding值得的，报酬高的。根据下文“teaching is not merely a job — it is a science, an art and a craft”可知，作者认为当老师并不是最容易或最有经济回报的工作。故选D。 【30题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：还有潜在的威胁——你的膝盖可能会因为多年来在学校楼梯上搬运成堆的笔记本而磨损；你说话太多，声音会变弱。A. errors错误；B. threats威胁；C. skills技能；D. stages阶段。根据下文“your knees can become worn out from years of carrying piles of notebooks up and down the school staircase”可知，这些情况是做老师的有的潜在的威胁。故选B。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：见第10题详解。A. voice声音；B. sight视觉；C. sense感觉；D. hearing听力。根据下文“give in from too much talking”可知，因为说话太多，声音会变弱。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：但尽管如此，仍有人选择这一事业。A. reason原因；B. gift礼物；C. sign符号；D. cause事业。根据下文“To them, teaching is not merely a job”可知，虽然做老师很辛苦，工资不高，但是仍然是许多人追求的事业。故选D。 【33题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对他们来说，教学不仅仅是一份工作，它是一门科学、一门艺术和一门手艺，需要情感劳动和投资。A. slight稍微的；B. cheap便宜的；C. private私有的；D. emotional情感的。根据上文“made children feel safe and valued”和“teaching is not merely a job — it is a science, an art and a craft”可知，教师不仅仅是一份工作，它还需要情感投入。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：偶尔，我会遇到以前的学生。A. present目前的；B. former以前的；C. patient有耐心的；D. polite有礼貌的。根据上文“I have taught for three decades.”可知，作者已经教了三十年了，所以偶尔会遇到以前教过的学生。故选B。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们对我明显的爱和我们在一起的美好回忆是我的宝藏。A. services服务；B. memories回忆；C. adventures冒险；D. messages信息。根据下文“our time together”可知，这里指作者和以前的学生在一起的美好回忆。故选B。 第二节 语法填空 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 ___36___ we all know, everyone has a dream. I ____37____(dream) of being a doctor since I entered into the primary school. Nowadays with modern life___38___(go) rapidly, many people suffer ___39___different kinds of diseases, both mentally and physically. As a result, doctors are in great need at home and abroad. My dream is to become____40____ successful doctor, ___41___(help)to save people’s lives.Although to be a good doctor ___42___(be) very difficult, I will do whatever I can ___43___(help) everyone healthy. To make my dream come true, I have told myself over and over again that I’ll concentrate more___44___ studies. After all, Only by ____45____(work) hard can one succeed． 【答案】36. As 37. have dreamed 38. going 39. from 40. a 41. helping 42. is 43. to help 44. on 45. working 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。作者介绍了自己的梦想，以及为实现这个梦想要付出的努力。 【36题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：众所周知，每个人都有一个梦想。空处引导非限制性定语从句，关系词指代后面的句子，在定语从句中作宾语，意为“正如”，需用关系代词as，位于句首，首字母需大写。故填As。 【37题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：从我上小学起，我就梦想成为一名医生。根据时间状语“since I entered into the primary school.”可知，使用现在完成时，主语为I，助动词用have。故填have dreamed。 【38题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：如今，随着现代生活的快速发展，许多人患有各种各样的疾病，无论是精神上的还是身体上的。“with+宾语+宾语补足语”为固定结构，modern life和go形成逻辑主谓关系，需用现在分词形式作宾语补足语。故填going。 【39题详解】 考查介词。句意同上。suffer from为固定短语，意为“遭受”。故填from。 【40题详解】 考查冠词。句意：我的梦想是成为一名成功的医生，帮助拯救人们的生命。doctor为可数名词，此处表示泛指，且successful发音以辅音音素开头，需用不定冠词a。故填a。 【41题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。help在句中作非谓语动词，且与逻辑主语I构成主动关系，故用现在分词形式。故填helping。 【42题详解】 考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：虽然成为一名好医生是很难的，但我会尽我所能帮助每个人健康。本句主语为to be a good doctor不定式短语，故谓语动词要用三人称单数形式，且描述客观事实用一般现在时。故填is。 【43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。本句中help做非谓语动词，作目状语故用不定式。故填to help。 【44题详解】 考查介词。句意：为了实现我的梦想，我一遍又一遍地告诉自己，我会更加专注于学习。concentrate on为固定短语，意为“专注于”。故填on。 【45题详解】 考查非谓语动词。毕竟，只有努力才能成功。位于介词by后面，需填动名词作宾语。故填working。 第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (满分15分) 46. 你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请你身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：1. 人物简介； 2. 尊敬和爱戴的原因。 注意：1.词数80左右； 2.短文题目已为你写好。 The person I respect _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】The person I respect There are many respectable people around us. As for me, my mother is the person I respect most. She plays an important role in my life, not only as a mother but also as a friend.  As a mother, she takes good care of the family and is never upset about my mistakes, which shows her great patience and love. She works hard in the company. Besides, she’s always warm-hearted and ready to help others. She sets a good example for me so that I have learned to work hard and respect people around. As a friend, she knows a lot about me and gives me help whenever it’s necessary.  My mother has a great influence on me and that’s why I respect her most． 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于记叙文。要求考生以“The person I respect”为题，写一篇短文参赛，描述自己身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人。 【详解】1.词汇积累 照顾：take care of→look after 热心肠的：warm-hearted→kind-hearted 此外：besides→furthermore 影响：influence→effect 2.句式拓展 同义句转换 原句：As for me, my mother is the person I respect most. 拓展句：If you ask me who is the most respectable person around us, I will tell you my mother is the person I respect most. 【点睛】【高分句型1】She plays an important role in my life, not only as a mother but also as a friend.（运用了not only…but also…并列结构） 【高分句型2】As a mother, she takes good care of the family and is never upset about my mistakes, which shows her great patience and love.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句） 第二节 短文续写 (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 James Selton was one of the rudest boys in the village where he lived: If a person in the street was well dressed, he would cry out, “Dandy(花花公子)!” If a person’s clothes were dirty or torn, he would throw stones at him, and annoy him in every way. One afternoon, just as the school was over, a stranger passed through the village. His dress was plain and somewhat old, but neat and clean. He carried a walking stick in his hand, on the end of which was a parcel, and he wore a round hat. No sooner had James seen the stranger than he winked to his playmates, and said, “Now for some fun!” He then silently went toward the stranger from behind, knocked off his hat, and ran away. The man turned and saw him, but James was out of hearing before the man could speak. The stranger put on his hat, and went on his way. Again James approached; but this time, the man caught him by the arm, and held him tightly. However, he contented himself with looking James a moment in the face, and then pushed him away. As soon as the naughty boy found himself free again, he began to throw dirt and stones at the stranger. But James was very frightened when the man was struck on the head by a brick and badly hurt. All the boys ran away, and James slipped across the fields to his home. As he drew near the house, his sister Caroline came out to meet him, holding up a beautiful gold chain and some new books for him to see. She told James that their uncle, who had been away several years, had come home, and was now in the house; that he had bought beautiful presents for the whole family; that he had left his carriage at the inn, a mile or two off and walked on foot so as to surprise his brother, their father. 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。 Paragraph. 1 She said while he was coming through the village, some wicked boys threw stones at him. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph. 2 His uncle went up to him but quickly stepping back he cried, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 She said while he was coming through the village, some wicked boys threw stones at him. He was severely hurt and the wound was just over the eye. Hearing this, James immediately realized that it was he that hurt his uncle. Shameful and frightened, he dared not step into the house. At that time, he heard his father calling him to come in. “What makes you look so pale?” asked Caroline, changing her tone. With palms sweating, he had no choice but to obey. Inside the room sat the stranger, or rather his uncle, with his forehead bound up, talking happily with his father. What a sense of shame did James now feel! Hanging down his head, he approached his uncle. His uncle went up to him but quickly stepping back, he cried, “Oh! It’s you!” But when his uncle saw the puzzled father, he immediately explained that he just met James in the street. In a flash, James learned that his uncle was ready to forgive him. But facing such a kind uncle, he couldn't conceal his guilt. Having confessed what he had done to his uncle, James felt relieved. He never forgot this lesson so long as he lived. It cured him entirely of his low and rude manners. 【解析】 【分析】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了James Selton是他住的村子里最粗鲁的男孩之一，他经常捉弄他人。一天下午，放学时，一个陌生人经过村子，James开始捉弄这个陌生人，用砖块击中陌生人的头部并受重伤。James吓坏了赶紧回家，妹妹告诉他，他们的叔叔离开这里多年，现在回到家里，并给他们全家买了漂亮的礼物。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“她说，当他穿过村子时，一些坏男孩向他扔石头。”可知，第一段可描写叔叔受伤的情况和James的担心和害怕，不敢回家。 ②由第二段首句内容“他的叔叔走到他面前，但很快后退了几步。”可知，第二段可描写James的叔叔认出来他。James向叔叔坦白了自己的一切，如释重负，决定改掉自己的无理和粗鲁。 2.续写线索：意识到——害怕——羞愧——坦白——改正 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①.意识到：realize/be aware of/become aware of ②.交谈：talk with/chat with/ have a chat with ③.坦白：confess/acknowledge/admit 情绪类 ①愉快地：happily /merrily/cheerfully ②.羞愧：shame /disgrace [高分句型1]. Hearing this, James immediately realized that it was he that hurt his uncle.(运用了现在分词作状语、宾语从句和强调句型) [高分句型2]. Inside the room sat the stranger, or rather his uncle, with his forehead bound up, talking happily with his father.(运用了倒装结构，with的复合结构，现在分词作状语) 1—5BCBAC 6—10ACBCC 11—15BCCAC 16—20 CABAC 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 博雅学校2024-2025学年度高二英语第一学期半期考试英语试题 第一部分 听力 (共20小题;每小题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 are the speakers doing? A. Painting pictures. B. Playing chess. C. Moving house. 2. What is the man? A. A software engineer. B. An accountant. C. An architect. 3. Where are the speakers? A. At home. B. On a plain. C. In a zoo. 4. What is the woman looking for? A. Her glasses. B. Her homework. C. Her books. 5. What kind of food is the man having? A. Indian food. B. Korean food. C. Italian food. 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. Why did the man’s sister fail the cooking test? A. She put lots of sugar in the desserts. B. She didn’t make her pineapple pie well. C. She put too much salt in the dishes. 7. What did the man suggest his sister do? A. Find another job. B. Practice more. C. Consider others’ tastes. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is the advantage of the place according to the woman? A. It’s close to the city. B. It’s not noisy. C. It’s not cold. 9. What should people do when meeting a bear according to the man? A. Run away. B. Cry for help. C. Stay calm. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What can people have at Chris’ shop? A. Tea. B. Juice. C. Coffee. 11. Which ingredient did Chris’ aunt use for her desserts last month? A. Cheese. B. Chocolate. C. Fruit. 12. What do we know about Chris? A. He has one coffee house. B. He is the largest provider here now. C. He runs a family business. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Salesperson and customer. B. Homeowner and cleaner. C. Husband and wife. 14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer? A. One with three bedrooms. B. One without furniture. C. One near a market. 15. How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment? A. $350. B. $450. C. $500. 16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see? A. On Lake Street. B. On Mountain Street. C. On South Street. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What percent of Russian population live in Siberia? A.20%. B.25%. C.50%. 18. What is on the west side of Siberia? A. The Pacific Ocean. B. The Ural Mountains. C. Mongolia. 19. Who speaks Mongolian in Siberia? A. People in the southeastern part. B. People in the northeastern part. C. People in the southwestern part. 20. What is the origin of Siberia’s name according to the talk? A. A mountain. B. A volcano. C. A local language. 第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A There are a variety of free magazines that kids can receive in the mail. Kids love getting mail, so these magazines will bring double joy! Animal Wellness Magazine If your child loves animals, a free copy may provide him or her with hours of educational entertainment. This magazine is especially wonderful if you have a dog or a cat at home and want your child to learn about pet care. Kids Discover Online This is an excellent online resource (资源) where elementary school children can learn about different aspects of science and social studies topics. It gives you access (使用权) to 30 units with 200 topics. National Geographic Kids The content there is various. You can gain even more access by creating a free account. There are educational articles on dozens of countries around the world, as well as articles on animals, planets, and more. Aimed at children aged 8 to 14, this magazine is a great choice for learning and fun. Sports Illustrated Kids If you have children that are sports fans, look no further than the Sports Illustrated Kids. They can get analysis of recent games, forecasts about next season, and fun games. It’s all free, and your son or daughter will love getting to know the latest sports news. 1. Which will you choose if your son is fond of keeping a rabbit? A. National Geographic Kids. B. Kids Discover Online. C. Animal Wellness Magazine. D. Sports Illustrated Kids. 2. What do we know about Kids Discover Online? A. It is a magazine designed for teens. B. It covers a variety of different topics. C. It is only meant for kids who like fun games. D. It helps kids know about over 200 countries. 3. Who is the Sports Illustrated Kids intended for? A. Kids who are big fans of physical exercise. B. Kids who are interested in insects. C. Kids who are curious about the universe. D. Kids who dream of being a weather forecaster. B I tend puppies (小狗) that are blind and/or deaf. I’ve been volunteering for animal rescues for more than five years and so far have taken care of nearly 60 dogs. It’s always bittersweet when they leave to find their forever homes, but sometimes it’s so much harder than others. That’s what happened with Hawk. I fostered (代养) him and a brother and a sister. His siblings found homes first and I wanted to keep Hawk around a little bit longer. He was brilliant and was constantly surveying his world, never missing anything. After his siblings left, he became glued to us. He raced up and down the steps behind my rescue dog, Brodie, and fell asleep on my lap while I was reading or watching TV. Once he learned “sit” and “shake”, he would frequently park himself at our feet and lift his paw, showing off and hoping for treats. Puppies typically stay with me for a month or less. During that time we work on potty training, nighttime sleeping, no biting, and orders like “sit” and “shake”. When they find their homes, it’s time for new puppies and we start all over again. Some puppies are harder than others. I always foster high-energy dogs. They’re too smart and some find ways to climb out of their pens, go through the puppy gate, and shred all of Brodie’s favorite toys. It’s amazing how well Brodie stands them all. I think he knows they’ll only be around for a few weeks. After spending weeks with these little lives, it’s so hard to hug and hold them one last time. When Hawk left last weekend, I cried and cried and was certain that I was making a mistake. I had whispered to him earlier, “I love you, but your new family will love you even more.” He buried his head into the crook of my arm after licking my jaw. I thought he understood. I do it because I know there will always be more puppies waiting for my help. No matter how hard it is to give up “your” dog, there are never-ending requests to help another and another. 4. What did Hawk do without his siblings? A. He tried to behave well. B. He stayed closer to the author. C. He got addicted to TV programs. D. He became curious about his world. 5. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A. Ways to train different dogs. B. Brodie’s attitude toward dogs. C. Dogs’ life in the author’s home. D. Kinds of dogs tended by the author. 6. What can we infer about the author from paragraph 4? A. She found Hawk a better master. B. She regretted sending Hawk away. C. She was too weak to hold Hawk up. D. She wanted Hawk to understand her. 7. What will the author do next? A. Adopt new dogs. B. Take Hawk home. C. Help other dogs in need. D. Offer treatment to disabled dogs. C You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Comedy on Referral has taken that idea and run with it, using stand-up comedy to help treat people struggling with trauma (精神创伤) and anxiety in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS). The idea came from comedian Angie Belcher’s experiences teaching comedy at the University of Bristol. She found that students often told her how much stronger and more resilient (有适应力的) they were thanks to stand-up comedy. Inspired, she teamed up with the NHS in Bristol to create a six-week comedy course for patients struggling with trauma in January 2022. Following the success of this initial course, Comedy on Referral won NHS funding to help men with trauma in London. Belcher said “Past traumas are perfect for comedy. Comedy doesn’t come from the happy, perfect moments of your life, but from our everyday struggles and major life events. People who’ve been through big life experiences such as losing a loved one and ill health often can’t wait to tell me their stories, mostly because there’s always something especially funny about the situation.” Research has shown that laughter has positive psychological effects, such as decreasing levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) and increasing endorphins (the hormone that reduces the feeling of pain). It can even have physiological benefits, although less research has been done in this area. Current research has linked laughter and humour with increased levels of pain tolerance as well as short-term cardiovascular (心血管的) benefits. More research is needed to prove these findings Nonetheless, the mental health benefits of regular laughter are widely accepted, and using comedy to treat mental health struggles could be a real breakthrough in the treatment of mental health. 8. Why is the phrase mentioned in paragraph 1? A To explain the harm trauma causes. B. To stress the importance of laughter. C. To show the effect of stand-up comedy. D. To state the idea behind Comedy on Referral. 9. How was the first six-week comedy course for patients? A. Effective. B. Ambiguous. C. Fruitless. D. Controversial. 10. What may contribute to a comedy according to Belcher? A. Struggling moments. B. Funny moments. C. Successful moments. D. Boring moments. 11. What is the best title for the text? A. Comedy is one thing that can make you struggle B. Laughter is useful for people’s mental health C. Anxiety can also make you feel better D. Laughter will cure you of all diseases D A machine can now not only beat you at chess, it can also outperform you in debate. Last week, in a public debate in San Francisco, a software program called Project Debater beat its human opponents, including Noa Ovadia, Israel’s former national debating champion. Brilliant though it is, Project Debater has some weaknesses. It takes sentences from its library of documents and prebuilt arguments and strings them together. This can lead to the kinds of errors no human would make. Such wrinkles will no doubt be ironed out, yet they also point to a fundamental problem. As Kristian Hammond, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Northwestern University, put it: “There’s never a stage at which the system knows what it’s talking about.” What Hammond is referring to is the question of meaning, and meaning is central to what distinguishes the least intelligent of humans from the most intelligent of machines. A computer works with symbols. Its program specifies a set of rules to transform one string of symbols into another. But it does not specify what those symbols mean. Indeed, to a computer, meaning is irrelevant. Humans, in thinking, talking, reading and writing, also work with symbols. But for humans, meaning is everything. When we communicate, we communicate meaning. What matters is not just the outside of a string of symbols, but the inside too, not just how they are arranged but what they mean. Meaning emerges through a process of social interaction, not of computation, interaction that shapes the content of the symbols in our heads. The rules that assign meaning lie not just inside our heads, but also outside, in society, in social memory, social conventions and social relations. It is this that distinguishes humans from machines. And that’s why, however astonishing Project Debater may seem, the tradition that began with Socrates and Confucius will not end with artificial intelligence. 12. Why does the author mention Noa Ovadia in the first paragraph? A. To explain the use of a software program. B. To show the cleverness of Project Debater. C. To introduce the designer of Project Debater. D. To emphasize the fairness of the competition. 13. What does the underlined word “wrinkles” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Arguments. B. Doubts. C. Errors. D. Differences. 14. What is Project Debater unable to do according to Hammond? A. Create rules. B. Comprehend meaning. C. Talk fluently. D. Identify difficult words. 15. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Social interaction is key to understanding symbols. B. The human brain has potential yet to be developed. C. Ancient philosophers set good examples for debaters. D. Artificial intelligence ensures humans a bright future. 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。 Health and fitness help a person live a good and healthy life. Often due to various pressures, we tend to ignore our health. ____16____ It is the fitness level of our body that helps us fight these diseases. ____17____ We need to be fit to have a healthy body. Similarly, if we are healthy we shall naturally be attracted towards maintaining the fitness of our body. Health is the state of our body at a given time. We may not have any disease but still have a weak body, which is ready to be targeted by viruses. ____18____ This does not definitely mean that we are not healthy. It means the fitness level is not in accordance with our age and the climatic conditions we live in. It is important for everyone to devote some time to health and fitness. ____19____ For instance, we must exercise daily regardless of our age and working style. There are different levels of exercises for different age groups and we must do them according to our own health and age. Additionally, it is important to relax our body. We should have at least six to eight hours of sleep every day. It helps in improving our immune (免疫) system and protects us against diseases. ____20____ This, in turn, gives us new goals of health and fitness. A. Fitness levels decide the quality of life. B. Health and fitness are interrelated to each other. C. It also helps in keeping us calm and relaxes our mind. D. For instance, we may have a tendency to catch a cold easily. E. If we keep our body fit, we can enjoy life in a better manner. F. There are some activities which everyone should do in our life. G. This makes our body suffer and we will catch other diseases. 第三部分 语言运用 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。 I made up my mind to be a teacher at the age of 10. I could clearly see some of my teachers had unbelievable powers. In Grade 5, there was an English teacher who could ____21____ and effortlessly transport us to different worlds every day by telling us stories from books we would otherwise never ____22____. It was even shocking that my teacher could ____23____ the invisible. I was one of those who ____24____ insight (洞察). Yet my teacher would always notice me and the ____25____ message in her eyes suggested that she could see me through. She had another superpower and even after four decades, I could still ____26____ remember her lessons about the great masters of art and great geographers. She did this even though her ____27____ was not art, nor geography. I knew I wanted to be one of those all-seeing ones with the ____28____ that made children feel safe and valued. I know being a teacher isn’t the easiest or the most financially ____29____ of jobs. And there are potential ____30____ — your knees can become worn out from years of carrying piles of notebooks up and down the school staircase; your ____31____ can give in from too much talking. But despite all that, there are still those choosing this ____32____. To them, teaching is not merely a job — it is a science, an art and a craft, which calls for ____33____ labour and investment. I have taught for three decades. Occasionally, I meet my ____34____ students. Their obvious love for me and fond ____35____ of our time together are my treasures. 21. A. rarely B. magically C. deliberately D. accidentally 22. A. take away B. fall behind C. pick up D. leave alone 23. A. see B. cover C. break D. bear 24. A. lacked B. hated C. missed D. valued 25. A. upset B. urgent C. humorous D. unspoken 26. A. vividly B. partly C. hardly D. roughly 27. A. work B. task C. major D. duty 28. A. doubt B. empathy C. superpower D. desire 29. A. creative B. difficult C. demanding D. rewarding 30. A. errors B. threats C. skills D. stages 31. A. voice B. sight C. sense D. hearing 32. A. reason B. gift C. sign D. cause 33. A. slight B. cheap C. private D. emotional 34. A. present B. former C. patient D. polite 35. A. services B. memories C. adventures D. messages 第二节 语法填空 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 ___36___ we all know, everyone has a dream. I ____37____(dream) of being a doctor since I entered into the primary school. Nowadays with modern life___38___(go) rapidly, many people suffer ___39___different kinds of diseases, both mentally and physically. As a result, doctors are in great need at home and abroad. My dream is to become____40____ successful doctor, ___41___(help)to save people’s lives.Although to be a good doctor ___42___(be) very difficult, I will do whatever I can ___43___(help) everyone healthy. To make my dream come true, I have told myself over and over again that I’ll concentrate more___44___ studies. After all, Only by ____45____(work) hard can one succeed． 第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (满分15分) 46. 你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请你身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：1. 人物简介； 2. 尊敬和爱戴的原因。 注意：1.词数80左右； 2.短文题目已为你写好。 The person I respect _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 短文续写 (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 James Selton was one of the rudest boys in the village where he lived: If a person in the street was well dressed, he would cry out, “Dandy(花花公子)!” If a person’s clothes were dirty or torn, he would throw stones at him, and annoy him in every way. One afternoon, just as the school was over, a stranger passed through the village. His dress was plain and somewhat old, but neat and clean. He carried a walking stick in his hand, on the end of which was a parcel, and he wore a round hat. No sooner had James seen the stranger than he winked to his playmates and said, “Now for some fun!” He then silently went toward the stranger from behind, knocked off his hat, and ran away. The man turned and saw him, but James was out of hearing before the man could speak. The stranger put on his hat, and went on his way. Again James approached; but this time, the man caught him by the arm, and held him tightly. However, he contented himself with looking James a moment in the face, and then pushed him away. As soon as the naughty boy found himself free again, he began to throw dirt and stones at the stranger. But James was very frightened when the man was struck on the head by a brick and badly hurt. All the boys ran away, and James slipped across the fields to his home. As he drew near the house, his sister Caroline came out to meet him, holding up a beautiful gold chain and some new books for him to see. She told James that their uncle, who had been away several years, had come home, and was now in the house; that he had bought beautiful presents for the whole family; that he had left his carriage at the inn, a mile or two off and walked on foot so as to surprise his brother, their father. 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。 Paragraph. 1 She said while he was coming through the village, some wicked boys threw stones at him. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph. 2 His uncle went up to him but quickly stepping back he cried, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1—5BCBAC 6—10ACBCC 11—15BCCAC 16—20 CABAC 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$