上海高二上学期期末复习模拟卷04（含听力）-2024-2025学年高二英语上学期期末考点大串讲（上海）

null 2024-2025学年高二英语上学期期末模拟卷（上海） I. Listening Comprehension （25分） Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1.A. Worried and frightened. B. Relaxed and happy. C. Quite embarrassed. D. Deeply ashamed. 2.A. Bill has never used a calculator. B. Bill is working with a calculator. C. Bill needs a calculator for this work. D. Bill can work better without a calculator. 3.A. To cut his jeans short. B. To go on a diet. C. To wear fitted clothes. D. To buy a pair of jeans. 4. A. Having an interview. B. Filling out a form. C. Talking with a friend. D. Asking for information. 5. A. Put her report on his desk. B. Read some papers he recommended. C. Mail her report to the publisher. D. Improve some parts of her paper. 6. A. Make some coffee. B. Meet the woman at the library. C. Do his history reading. D. Go out with some friends. 7. A. The man should buy a different meal ticket every month. B. Buying the meal ticket won’t save the man any money. C. It is better for the man to pay for each meal separately. D. The price of a meal may vary from month to month. 8. A. She missed the television program because of power failure. B. She doesn’t think the television program was funny. C. She doesn’t like talking about television programs. D. She watched the television program at a friend’s house. 9. A. He doubts the woman’s words. B. He hasn’t read the novel yet. C. He enjoyed reading the novel a lot. D. He is not interested in the novel at all. 10. A. The talks haven’t started yet. B. They have reached a general agreement. C. They will have more talks later. D. They argued and went no further. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you’ll be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. They learn singing and dancing. B. They attend outdoor music festivals. C. They work on the farm for charity. D. They volunteer to work for others. 12. A. On the beach. B. In a park. C. On a farm. D. In a stadium. 13. A. It is run on a profit-making basis. B. It has achieved growing success. C. Fans can have free lunch there. D. Only superstars are invited to perform. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The number of refugees is increasing sharply. B. Most refugees cannot get necessary services. C. Many refugee children cannot receive education. D. More children cannot afford to go to university. 15. A. No host nations want to change education systems. B. It is impossible to find so many extra teachers. C. Parents can’t afford to send their kids to school. D. The refugee population grows but there’s not enough money. 16. A. The necessity of education. B. The prohibition of child labor. C. The victims of armed conflicts. D. The living conditions of the poor. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. It has started a week-long promotion campaign. B. It has just launched its annual anniversary sales. C. It offers regular weekend sales all the year round. D. It specializes in the sale of men’s suits. 18. A. Price adjustments within seven days of purchase. B. Gift cards for customers with any purchases. C. Free delivery of purchases for senior customers. D. Price reductions for customers at any time. 19. A. Mail a gift card to her. B. Allow her to buy on credit. C. Credit it to her account. D. Give her cash directly. 20. A. It has already been sold out. B. It will be sent to the woman by mail. C. It is not available for the moment. D. It is one of the items on sale. II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20分) Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. City streets are littered with all kinds of refuse. On just about every street and sidewalk, one can find old newspaper, crushed cans, food wrappers, and discarded cigarettes, not to mention blobs (斑点) of old chewing gum 1 (stick) on walls, street poles, and on the ground. Of all these, gum is one of the hardest things to clean up. In its attempt 2 (clean) discarded gum off the streets and sidewalks, the authorities in London have tried everything from tools that shoot high-pressure water and steam to various kinds of chemicals 3 dissolve the gum. But nothing seems to work. The streets 4 (dot) with unattractive blobs of the stuff. Or at least they were unattractive 5 Ben Wilson came along. Ben Wilson is an artist on a mission. He wants to make good use of 6 others have thrown away and no one else wants: old chewing gum. When Mr. Wilson finds gum on the ground, down he goes with his painting supplies and sets out to create a work of art. He uses the discarded blobs of old gum 7 canvases (画布) for his mini paintings. After finishing a work, Mr. Wilson takes a picture of 8 for his archive. 9 (paint) all the gum on the streets of London could be a never-ending task for Ben Wilson. On a single street like High Street Barnet, it took him more than one month to paint all of the gum that he found in just three blocks. And new canvases are being spit out every day on streets. But he does not seem worried. As he told a reporter in one interview, “I’m just going to keep painting and see 10 the enthusiasm takes me.” Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A．avoid       B．diligent      C． flexible     D．guidance      E. imagination F. independent G. initiative  H. prospects     I. pursue       J. ruin          K. unrealistic Why don’t you get a proper job? Today’s 14-and 15-year-olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their 11 , but their career ideas are rather vague. A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead-end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to 12 traditionally female careers such as nursing. In the past, this might have counted as bad news. But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s 13 and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the 14 . This means that a 14-year-old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along, is not necessarily being 15 . However, she has to have the training and 16 to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid (死板的) preparation for a workplace that disappeared 20 years ago. So what is to be done? Agood first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less 17 and more obsessed (无法摆脱) with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction. Accurate, up-to-date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to 18 the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that our parents gave us, and step into our teenager’s shoes. Once we’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be 19 and resourceful. Give them the courage to follow their dreams—however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, 20 is a terrible thing to waste. III. Reading Comprehension (45分) Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B.C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long-term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers 21 ? Today’s 14 and 15-year-olds are 22 . They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather 23 . Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still 24 their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents. A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead-end but secure job that is 25 but pays the bills. In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counselors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. But the world has changed. The global economy is not 26 to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means it is not 27 being unrealistic that a 14-year-old sees her working future as a kind of 28 to be made up as she goes along. 29 , she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market. Many young people 30 that redundancy (冗余), downsizing (裁员) and freelancing (自由职业) are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the 31 game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves. So what is to be done? A good first step would be to 32 the way in which schools prepare young people or adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and sticks more to traditional skills at just the time that the job market is going in the 33 direction. What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to 34 all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Give them the courage to follow their dreams ---- however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, ambition is a terrible thing to 35 . 21．A．advisers B．planners C．reformers D．pursuers 22．A．curious B．ambitious C．depressed D．unrealistic 23．A．inspiring B．clear C．changeable D．vague 24．A．turn to B．turn up C．turn out D．turn into 25．A．well-paid B．temporary C．boring D．rewarding 26．A．common B．opposed C．kind D．devoted 27．A．normally B．necessarily C．nearly D．generally 28．A．adventure B．terminal C．destiny D．reality 29．A．Finally B．Instead C．Therefore D．However 30．A．claim B．declare C．conclude D．perceive 31．A．competition B．employment C．knowledge D．modernization 32．A．translate B．transport C．transform D．transfer 33．A．opposite B．former C．regular D．inevitable 34．A．take B．forget C．recall D．spoil 35．A．inherit B．keep C．simplify D．waste      Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. A A recent study has found that using wood for construction instead of concrete (混凝土) and steel can reduce emissions (排放). But Tim Searchinger at Princeton University says many of these studies are based on the false foundation that harvesting wood is carbon neutral (碳中和). “Only a small percentage of the wood gets into a timber (木料) product, and a part of that gets into a timber product that can replace concrete and steel in a building,” he says. Efficiencies vary in different countries, but large amounts of a harvested tree are left to be divided into parts, used in short-lived products like paper or burned for energy, all of which generate emissions. In a report for the World Resources Institute, Searchinger and his colleagues have modelled (塑造) how using more wood for construction would affect emissions between 2010 and 2050, accounting for the emissions from harvesting the wood. They considered various types of forests and parts of wood going towards construction. They also factored in the emissions savings from replacing concrete and steel. Under some circumstances, the researchers found significant emissions reductions. But each case required what they considered an unrealistically high portion (份额) of the wood going towards construction, as well as rapid growth only seen in warmer places, like Brazil. In general, they found a large increase in global demand for wood would probably lead to rising emissions for decades. Accounting for emissions in this way, the researchers reported in a related paper that increasing forest harvests between 2010 and 2050 would add emissions equal to roughly 10 percent of total annual emissions. Ali Amiri at Aalto University in Finland says the report’s conclusions about emissions from rising demand are probably correct, but the story is different for wood we already harvest. “Boosting the efficiency of current harvests and using more wood for longer lived purposes than paper would cut emissions,” he says. “We cannot just say we should stop using wood.” 36．What is wrong with previous researches according to Searchinger? A．They got wrong statistics. B．They used an incorrect concept. C．They included too many factors. D．They were applied in limited countries. 37．What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about? A．The process of the new research. B．The background of the new study. C．The challenge of the new research. D．The achievements of the new study. 38．Which is CORRECT according to the passage? A．Using concrete and steel can reduce emissions. B．All of timber product can can take the place of the concrete amd steel. C．Only small part of wood can get into timber. D．We all should use wood to build our houses. 39．What is Ali Amiri’s attitude toward the new result? A．Favorable. B．Doubtful. C．Critical. D．Objective. B Catch Our Star Attractions! Bird Paradise Park 2 Sunbird Terrace Hills, Shenzhen 628628 Open daily from 9am-6pm Don’t miss the chance to see 5000 birds fly, swim and roam FREELY in their special habitats! Sunbird Loft    This 9-storey high enclosure offers a 360° view of lush greenery. Experience our friendly, colourful sunbirds eating right out of your hands! Splish Splash Waterfall Admire this man-made waterfall with over 600 free-flying birds. Get up close to these beautiful birds as they flock to you to feed on their favourite food. Admission Price: Please donate whatever amount you wish. Bird ShowsTime: 10am, 1pm& 3pm Venue: Amphitheatre Watch the birds perform clever tricks! Shows are subject to weather conditions. Penguin Walk Home to nearly 100 penguins, this exhibit also includes a separate outdoor enclosure for the endangered African penguins. Breeding and Research Lab Go behind the scenes to our bird nursery, where eggs and chicks receive expert care. See how we nurture our adorable birds! Here’s what our visitor, Mr Ahmed has to say... When I was little, my father, who loves nature, would often take me to Bird Paradise Park. We never missed the bird shows and were awed by the birds’ show-stop ping antics. I loved watching the interactive feeding sessions and learning more about the birds. Now that I’m a father myself. I make it a point to bring my family here. Though my sons do not share my passion for feeding the birds, they’re always thrilled by the bird shows. I’m glad that the park is starting a campaign on saving the Blue Parrots from extinction. This park is fully funded by the Tan Foundation—a community effort to educate the public about wildlife conservation. 40．Which of the following educates visitors about the life cycle of birds? A．Bird Shows. B．Sunbird Loft. C．Penguin Walk. D．Breeding and Research Lab. 41．What do Mr. Ahmed’s sons like to do in the bird park? A．Enjoy the waterfall. B．Save the parrots. C．Feed the birds. D．Watch bird shows. 42．What do we know about the bird park? A．Its admission price is not a fixed amount. B．It wants the public to feed rare blue parrots. C．It is a theme park built by the Tan Foundation. D．It raises funds from the sale of the bird shows. C “If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect,” the media giant Ted Turner supposedly said sometime in the1990s. Why be modest? Aristotle said: “All men by nature desire to know.” Intellectual humility is a particular instance of humility, since you can be down-to-earth about most things but still ignore your mental limitations. Intellectual humility means recognising that we don’t know everything. Actually, it means we should acknowledge that we’re probably biased in our belief about just how much we understand and seek out the sources of wisdom that we lack. The Internet and digital media have created the impression of limitless knowledge at our fingertips. But, by making us lazy, they have opened up a space that ignorance can fill. The psychologist Tania Lombrozo of the University of California explained how technology enhances our illusions (错觉) of wisdom. She argues that the way we access information is critical to our understanding—and the more easily we can recall an image, word or statement, the more likely we’ll think we’ve successfully learned it, and so withdraw from effortful cognitive processing. Logical puzzles presented in an unfriendly font (字体), for example, can encourage someone to make extra effort to solve them. Yet this approach runs counter to the nice designs of the apps and sites that populate our screens, where our brain processes information in a “smooth” way. What about all the information that presents online? Well, your capacity to learn from it depends on your attitudes. Intellectually humble people don’t hide or ignore their weaknesses. In fact, they see them as sources of personal development, and use arguments as an opportunity to refine their views. People who are humble by nature tend to be more open-minded and quicker to resolve disputes, since they recognise that their own opinions might not be valid. At the other end of the scale lies intellectual arrogance. Such arrogance almost always originates from the egocentric bias—the tendency to overestimate their own virtue or importance, ignoring the role of chance or the influence of other people’s actions on their lives. This is what makes these people credit success to themselves and failure to circumstance. From an evolutionary perspective, intellectual arrogance can also be seen as a way of achieving dominance through forcing one’s view on others. Intellectually arrogant people hardly invest mental resources in discussion or working towards group consensus, thus making it hard for groups to work successfully. The Thrive Center for Human Development in California, which seeks to help young people turn into successful adults, is funding a series of major studies about intellectual humility. Their hypothesis is that humility, curiosity and openness are key to a fulfilling life. “Without humility, you are unable to learn,” Laszlo Bock, Google’s Head of People Operations, notes. 43．The passage is mainly about ___________. A．the harm arrogance does to us B．the key elements to a fulfilling life C．the significance of intellectual humility D．the way people access information online 44．Technology enhances our illusions of wisdom because it ___________. A．enables people to think critically B．offers too much unreliable information C．allows easy access to abundant information D．makes it hard for people to recall information 45．According to Para.4, intellectually humble people ___________. A．prefer to solve difficult problems B．are unwilling to show their strengths C．value others’ opinions more than their own D．use online information to better themselves 46．The author will probably agree that ___________. A．intellectual arrogance is the result of evolution B．intellectually arrogant people often lack team spirits C．successful people are often unaware of their limitations D．circumstances don’t favor intellectually arrogant people Section C Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Which Languages Take the Longest to Learn The difficulty in learning a foreign language lies not only in its inherent complexity. The main reason a language is hard is that it is different from your own. What underlies the difficulty of such languages for an English-speaker? The first thing many learners will think of is the writing system. 47 Chinese stands out for its difficulty. It is commonly said that a learner must memorize around 2, 000 characters to be able to read a newspaper. But even this estimate is criticized. Someone with 2, 000 characters will still have to look up unfamiliar ones in every few lines of text. A second way languages can be hard is with sounds and distinctions that do not exist in the learner's language. To an English-speaker, the novelties include the clicks of many African languages. 48 Mandarin and Cantonese have tones, meaning ma with an even pitch and ma with a falling one are different words. The vocabulary obviously matters too. Most European languages share an ancestor (called proto-Indo European) and so their words, too,  often come in related pairs.  If you know water in Spanish is agua, it is easy to figure out Italian acqua and English aquatic. Languages unrelated to the European ones (Arabic from the Semitic  family, or Chinese from the Sino-Tibetan one) will not only lack the “genetic” overlap in vocabulary. 49 . Finally,  there is grammar.  Many people associate tricky grammar with long lists of endings that change according to a word's use in a sentence. Many languages even feature an ending on verbs indicating how the speaker knows the information to be true. 50 If you want to learn a language just for fun,  start with Swedish. If you want to accumulate an impressive number, stay in Europe.  But if you really want to impress, mastering Mandarin is the sign of the true linguistic Ironman. A．They are culturally distant, and so have far less borrowed European vocabulary too. B．This more than anything else accounts for the difficulty of the language. C．Indeed, none of the hardest languages is written with the Latin alphabet used by most European languages. D．But foreign writing systems need not be difficult. E．The overall hardness of a language can be seen as the sum of the difficulty of its writing system, sounds, words and grammar. F．But just as hard is the problem of languages that differ from your own. IV. Summary Writing （10分） Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS. Use your own words as far as possible. Is fruit getting sweeter? Is modern fruit bred to be sweeter than in the past? The short answer is yes, though the longer answer is more complicated. Some of the most powerful evidence that fruit is sweeter than before comes from zoos. In 2018, it was reported that Melbourne Zoo in Australia had stopped giving fruit to most of its animals because cultivated fruit was now so sweet. Among fruit breeders, the word “quality” is now routinely used as a synonym for “high in sugar”. In 2010, a group of scientists wrote in an article that “in general, the sugar content” of many fruits is now higher than before “owing to continuous selection and breeding.” Modern apple varieties, the scientists noted, were on average sweeter than older cultivars. With the rise in sweeter fruit, our expectations of how fruit should taste have also changed. Whether we are talking about apples or peaches, Europeans and Americans tend to favor fruit that is both acid and sweet, whereas in Asia, the most popular fruit is intensely sweet with hardly any acidity. In Asian countries, the “honey” flavors of low-acid peaches are much appreciated, while European consumers prefer peaches that are slightly acidic. All around the world, the common thread in what people want from fruit is sweetness. But the excessive sweetness of modern fruit is not without its problems, especially for people with diabetes, who have to be careful to moderate their intake of higher-sugar fruits such as pineapple. Health aside, maybe the real problem with modern fruit is that it has become yet another sweet thing in a world full of sugar. Even grapefruit, which used to be encouragingly bitter, is sometimes now as sweet as oranges. Fruit that is bred for one-dimensional sweetness, as opposed to aroma or texture, denies us some of the contrast and variety of life. If you have never tasted a sour cherry, how can you fully appreciate a sweet one? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ V. Translation （15分） Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52．这是他第一次一本正经地评价我的衣着。 (comment) 53．人们通过在微信上分享照片让亲朋好友了解他们的近况。(keep) 54．所有飞往西班牙的乘客请等候，何时出发另行通知。（notice) 55．我们都没有想到，那个曾经腼腆的男孩竟然能在演讲比赛中一举夺魁。 (It) VI. Guided Writing （25分） Direction: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学的高中生张华，在本期学校英语报的“TROUBLESHOOTER (排忧解难)”专栏读到James的来信(内容如下)。你通过该专栏给James写一封回信，提供建议，帮助他改变父母的看法，你的回信须包括： (1)你的建议； (2)你的理由。 TroubleshooterI’ve been feeling quite frustrated lately because my parents don’t support me in participating in volunteer activities. They believe that my time should be fully dedicated to studying and preparing for college entrance exams. How can I change their mind? —James ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 试卷第20页，共29页 试卷第1页，共29页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024-2025学年高二英语上学期期末模拟卷（上海） I. Listening Comprehension （25分） Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1.A. Worried and frightened. B. Relaxed and happy. C. Quite embarrassed. D. Deeply ashamed. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】W: Weren’t you nervous when the professor called on you in class? M: I’d say I was shaking all over. Q: How did the man feel when he was called on? 2.A. Bill has never used a calculator. B. Bill is working with a calculator. C. Bill needs a calculator for this work. D. Bill can work better without a calculator. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Bill, have you finished this work? M: No, I can’t do this without a calculator. Q: What does Bill mean? 3.A. To cut his jeans short. B. To go on a diet. C. To wear fitted clothes. D. To buy a pair of jeans. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: I’m having trouble fitting into my jeans. Looks like I’ll have to get some new ones. W: Oh, maybe you should just cut down on what you eat. Q: What does the woman imply the man should do? 4. A. Having an interview. B. Filling out a form. C. Talking with a friend. D. Asking for information. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: Let me see. I’ve printed my name, date of birth and address. Anything else? W: No, that’s all right. We’ll fill in the rest of it if you just sign your name at the bottom. Q: What has the man been doing? 5. A. Put her report on his desk. B. Read some papers he recommended. C. Mail her report to the publisher. D. Improve some parts of her paper. 【答案】D 【解析】 【原文】W: Have you finished reading my research report? I put it on your desk last week. M: Yes, but you have to revise some parts of it, if you want to get it published. Q: What does the man suggest that the woman should do? 6. A. Make some coffee. B. Meet the woman at the library. C. Do his history reading. D. Go out with some friends. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Hey, Brian. Wanna meet us for coffee in a little while? M: Hmm. I would if I weren’t so far behind in this reading I’m doing for history. Q: What will the man probably do? 7. A. The man should buy a different meal ticket every month. B. Buying the meal ticket won’t save the man any money. C. It is better for the man to pay for each meal separately. D. The price of a meal may vary from month to month. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: Would it be better to buy a monthly meal ticket, or pay for each meal separately? W: What difference does it make, since the price per meal is the same either way? Q: What does the woman mean? 8. A. She missed the television program because of power failure. B. She doesn’t think the television program was funny. C. She doesn’t like talking about television programs. D. She watched the television program at a friend’s house. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: Did you watch that comedy special on TV last night? I don’t think I ever laughed so hard. W: Don’t even talk to me about it. The only night I really wanted to watch something and we had a power failure in my building. Q: What does the woman mean? 9. A. He doubts the woman’s words. B. He hasn’t read the novel yet. C. He enjoyed reading the novel a lot. D. He is not interested in the novel at all. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: I hope you like the novel I lent you. I wasn’t sure whether it was the kind of book you would be interested in. M: You know, I had the same doubt at first. But once I started, I simply couldn’t put it down. Q: What does the man mean? 10. A. The talks haven’t started yet. B. They have reached a general agreement. C. They will have more talks later. D. They argued and went no further. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: How are their talks going on? Have they reached any agreement? M: They only seemed to have agreed to set another date for further talks. Q: What can we infer from the conversation? Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you’ll be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. They learn singing and dancing. B. They attend outdoor music festivals. C. They work on the farm for charity. D. They volunteer to work for others. 12. A. On the beach. B. In a park. C. On a farm. D. In a stadium. 13. A. It is run on a profit-making basis. B. It has achieved growing success. C. Fans can have free lunch there. D. Only superstars are invited to perform. 【答案】11. B 12. C 13. B 【解析】 【原文】What’s your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants? It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals. Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular festival in the UK. It began in 1970 and the first festival was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of 1 pound — the ticket included free milk from the farm. Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength — in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying 112 pound each for a ticket to the three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Performers included superstars as well as new talent. Although many summer festivals are run on a profit-making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities. Questions: 11. What do thousands of young people in the UK do every summer according to the passage? 12. Where is the Glastonbury Festival held every year? 13. Which of the statements is true about The Glastonbury Festival according to the passage? Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The number of refugees is increasing sharply. B. Most refugees cannot get necessary services. C. Many refugee children cannot receive education. D. More children cannot afford to go to university. 15. A. No host nations want to change education systems. B. It is impossible to find so many extra teachers. C. Parents can’t afford to send their kids to school. D. The refugee population grows but there’s not enough money. 16. A. The necessity of education. B. The prohibition of child labor. C. The victims of armed conflicts. D. The living conditions of the poor. 【答案】14. C 15. D 16. A 【解析】 【原文】According to a new report from the United Nations refugee agency, 3.7 million children under the U.N. agency’s care are unable to attend school. The situation gets worse as the children get older. The percentage drops from 50 percent for young children to 22 percent at secondary school age. U.N. information also shows that only one percent of refugees attend a university, compared to 34 percent of the world’s population. As refugee children grow, their chances for education severely decrease. The issue of providing refugees with an education is more difficult because of the expanding population and a lack of necessary financing. According to the U.N. report, the population of school-age children grew by 30 percent in 2014. That number requires an extra 20,000 teachers. Many host nations already struggle to provide simple, but necessary services for refugees. But now, they must also find a place to hold classes and a way to purchase additional school supplies. The report also discusses the helpful effects of education, saying it helps children avoid child labor and membership in armed groups. It also said that not providing schooling only extends conflict and leads to more people being homeless. Questions: 14. What is the problem mentioned in the U.N. report? 15. Why is it more difficult to give refugees an education? 16. Which of the following issues is discussed in the report? Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. It has started a week-long promotion campaign. B. It has just launched its annual anniversary sales. C. It offers regular weekend sales all the year round. D. It specializes in the sale of men’s suits. 18. A. Price adjustments within seven days of purchase. B. Gift cards for customers with any purchases. C. Free delivery of purchases for senior customers. D. Price reductions for customers at any time. 19. A. Mail a gift card to her. B. Allow her to buy on credit. C. Credit it to her account. D. Give her cash directly. 20. A. It has already been sold out. B. It will be sent to the woman by mail. C. It is not available for the moment. D. It is one of the items on sale. 【答案】17. B 18. A 19. C 20. D 【解析】 【原文】M: Thank you for calling Fanny department store. How can I help you today? W: Hi. I was in your store this past weekend and bought a few items. Yesterday, my friend told me that the annual anniversary sales had begun. She bought the same sweater as I did, but for a much lower price. M: Yes. Our anniversary sale started on Monday. We do offer price adjustments within seven days of purchase to ensure our customer satisfaction. You said you did the purchase here this past weekend? W: Yes. I was shopping in your store last Sunday afternoon. M: That would definitely fall within the price adjustment window. Do you have an account with us? We can credit your account directly with the difference if you wish. Otherwise we can send a gift card by mail if you prefer. W: Crediting my account would be wonderful. Thank you. Now that you mention there’s a sale going on, I remember a dress I quite like when I was in the shop on Sunday. Is it on offer as well? M: Yes, ma’am. All the new arrivals are 15-20% off. W: That’s good news. The dress really caught my eye. M: If you like, I can set one aside for you. If you’re able to come this afternoon, you can give your name to the sales manager and they will be able to assist you. Questions: 17. What can we learn about Fanny department store? 18. Which of the following services does Fanny department store offer? 19. What does the woman want the store to do to address the price difference? 20. What can be learned about the dress the woman is interested in? II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20分) Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. City streets are littered with all kinds of refuse. On just about every street and sidewalk, one can find old newspaper, crushed cans, food wrappers, and discarded cigarettes, not to mention blobs (斑点) of old chewing gum 1 (stick) on walls, street poles, and on the ground. Of all these, gum is one of the hardest things to clean up. In its attempt 2 (clean) discarded gum off the streets and sidewalks, the authorities in London have tried everything from tools that shoot high-pressure water and steam to various kinds of chemicals 3 dissolve the gum. But nothing seems to work. The streets 4 (dot) with unattractive blobs of the stuff. Or at least they were unattractive 5 Ben Wilson came along. Ben Wilson is an artist on a mission. He wants to make good use of 6 others have thrown away and no one else wants: old chewing gum. When Mr. Wilson finds gum on the ground, down he goes with his painting supplies and sets out to create a work of art. He uses the discarded blobs of old gum 7 canvases (画布) for his mini paintings. After finishing a work, Mr. Wilson takes a picture of 8 for his archive. 9 (paint) all the gum on the streets of London could be a never-ending task for Ben Wilson. On a single street like High Street Barnet, it took him more than one month to paint all of the gum that he found in just three blocks. And new canvases are being spit out every day on streets. But he does not seem worried. As he told a reporter in one interview, “I’m just going to keep painting and see 10 the enthusiasm takes me.” 【答案】 1．stuck/sticking 2．to clean 3．which/that 4．are dotted/were dotted 5．before/until/when 6．what 7．as 8．it 9．Painting 10．where 【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。短文介绍了本·威尔逊把街上的废弃口香糖变成艺术品的故事。 1．考查非谓语。句意：在几乎每条街道和人行道上，你都能找到旧报纸、压碎的罐头、食品包装纸和丢弃的香烟，更不用说粘在墙上、电线杆上和地上的旧口香糖了。空处为非谓语动词，old chewing gum与stick为主动关系，用现在分词作后置定语。也可表示被动关系，用过去分词作后置定语。故填stuck/sticking。 2．考查动词不定式。句意：为了清理街道和人行道上的废弃口香糖，伦敦当局尝试了各种方法，从喷射高压水和蒸汽的工具到溶解口香糖的各种化学物质。in one’s attempt to do sth“某人试图做某事”，不定式作后置定语。故填to clean。 3．考查定语从句。句意：为了清理街道和人行道上的废弃口香糖，伦敦当局尝试了各种方法，从喷射高压水和蒸汽的工具到溶解口香糖的各种化学物质。先行词为chemicals，作定语从句的主语，关系代词为which或者that。故填which/that。 4．考查时态语态。句意：街上点缀着毫无吸引力的东西。be dotted with点缀着，为固定短语，可以表示现在的事实，也可以表示过去的事实，所以本句为一般现在时的被动语态或者一般过去时的被动语态。故填are/were dotted。 5．考查连词。句意：或者至少在本·威尔逊出现之前，他们是没有吸引力的/或者至少在本·威尔逊出现的时候，他们是没有吸引力的。根据句意可知，本句为before/until/when引导的时间状语从句。故填before/until/when。 6．考查连接词。句意：他想好好利用别人扔掉的、没人想要的东西:旧口香糖。of后接宾语从句，从句缺少宾语，指物，从句用连接代词what引导。故填what。 7．考查介词。句意：他用丢弃的旧口香糖块作为他的迷你画的画布。表示“作为”用介词as。故填as。 8．考查代词。句意：完成一件作品后，威尔逊先生会给它拍张照片存档。指代前文的work，用it。故填it。 9．考查动名词。句意：对本·威尔逊来说，在伦敦街头涂上所有的口香糖可能是一项永无止境的任务。动名词作主语，置于句首，首字母大写。故填Painting。 10．考查连接词。句意：我只是想继续画画，看看热情会把我带到哪里。see后接宾语从句，从句缺少表示地点的连接副词，故填where。 Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A．avoid       B．diligent      C． flexible     D．guidance      E. imagination F. independent G. initiative  H. prospects     I. pursue       J. ruin          K. unrealistic Why don’t you get a proper job? Today’s 14-and 15-year-olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their 11 , but their career ideas are rather vague. A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead-end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to 12 traditionally female careers such as nursing. In the past, this might have counted as bad news. But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s 13 and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the 14 . This means that a 14-year-old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along, is not necessarily being 15 . However, she has to have the training and 16 to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid (死板的) preparation for a workplace that disappeared 20 years ago. So what is to be done? Agood first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less 17 and more obsessed (无法摆脱) with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction. Accurate, up-to-date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to 18 the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that our parents gave us, and step into our teenager’s shoes. Once we’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be 19 and resourceful. Give them the courage to follow their dreams—however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, 20 is a terrible thing to waste. 【答案】 11．H 12．A 13．B 14．G 15．K 16．D 17．C 18．I 19．F 20．E 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲的是如何帮助青少年在当今快速变化的就业市场中找到自己的定位，发展适合市场的技能，并鼓励他们勇敢地追求自己的梦想。 11．考查名词。句意：他们对自己的前景很乐观，但他们的职业理想却相当模糊。由上文“Today’s 14-and 15-year-olds are ambitious”可知，句子表示“他们对自己的前景很乐观”，空格处意为“前景”，是prospect，要用复数，故选H。 12．考查不定式。句意：近一半的受访男孩希望他们的爱好能让他们找到合适的工作，而大多数女孩似乎决心避免从事护士等传统的女性职业。由上文“Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to”可知，句子表示“近一半的受访男孩希望他们的爱好能让他们找到合适的工作，而大多数女孩似乎决心避免从事护士等传统的女性职业”，空格处意为“避免”，是avoid，be determined to do是固定短语，意为“下定决心做某事”，因此空格处用动词原形，故选A。 13．考查形容词。句意：全球经济对昔日勤奋可靠的工人并不友好。由下文“The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious”可知，句子表示“全球经济对昔日勤奋可靠的工人并不友好”，空格处意为“勤奋的”，是diligent，故选B。 14．考查名词。句意：未来属于思维敏捷、足智多谋、雄心勃勃、能采取主动的人。由上文“resourceful, ambitious”可知，句子表示“未来属于思维敏捷，能采取主动的人”，空格处意为“主动性，积极性”，用名词作宾语，是initiative，take the initiative是固定短语，意为“采取主动”，故选G。 15．考查形容词。句意：这意味着，一个14岁的女孩把自己的工作未来视为一种冒险，可以随着她的发展而改变，这并不一定是不现实的。由上文“The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the __4__”可知，句子表示“一个14岁的女孩把自己的工作未来视为一种冒险，可以随着她的发展而改变，这并不一定是不现实的”，空格处意为“不现实的”，是unrealistic，故选K。 16．考查名词。句意：然而，她必须接受培训和指导，以帮助她发展适合当今市场的技能;而不是20年前消失的那种死板的职场准备。由上文“she has to have the training and”和下文“to help her develop the right skills for today’s market”可知，句子表示“她必须接受培训和指导”，空格处意为“指导”，是guidance，是不可数名词，故选D。 17．考查形容词。句意：教育体系正变得越来越不灵活，越来越注重传统技能，而与此同时，就业市场正朝着相反的方向发展。由下文“more obsessed (无法摆脱) with traditional skills”可知，句子表示“教育体系正变得越来越不灵活”，空格处意为“灵活的”，是flexible，故选C。 18．考查不定式。句意：年轻人需要关于他们追求梦想的职业所需的培训的可靠信息。由下文“the career of their dreams”可知，句子表示“年轻人需要关于他们追求梦想的职业所需的培训的可靠信息”，空格处意为“追求”，是pursue，空格处用不定式表目的，故选I。 19．考查形容词。句意：一旦我们做到了这一点，就更容易看出他们学会如何独立和足智多谋是多么重要。由上文“The best thing is to forget all the advice that our parents gave us, and step into our teenager’s shoes”可知，句子表示“他们学会如何独立”，空格处意为“独立的”，是independent，故选F。 20．考查名词。句意：在一个几乎不向任何人提供经济保障的世界里，浪费想象力是一件可怕的事情。由上文“Give them the courage to follow their dreams—however odd they might sound right now”可知，句子表示“浪费想象力是一件可怕的事情”，空格处意为“想象力”，是imagination，是不可数名词，故选E。 III. Reading Comprehension (45分) Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B.C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long-term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers 21 ? Today’s 14 and 15-year-olds are 22 . They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather 23 . Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still 24 their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents. A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead-end but secure job that is 25 but pays the bills. In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counselors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. But the world has changed. The global economy is not 26 to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means it is not 27 being unrealistic that a 14-year-old sees her working future as a kind of 28 to be made up as she goes along. 29 , she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market. Many young people 30 that redundancy (冗余), downsizing (裁员) and freelancing (自由职业) are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the 31 game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves. So what is to be done? A good first step would be to 32 the way in which schools prepare young people or adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and sticks more to traditional skills at just the time that the job market is going in the 33 direction. What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to 34 all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Give them the courage to follow their dreams ---- however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, ambition is a terrible thing to 35 . 21．A．advisers B．planners C．reformers D．pursuers 22．A．curious B．ambitious C．depressed D．unrealistic 23．A．inspiring B．clear C．changeable D．vague 24．A．turn to B．turn up C．turn out D．turn into 25．A．well-paid B．temporary C．boring D．rewarding 26．A．common B．opposed C．kind D．devoted 27．A．normally B．necessarily C．nearly D．generally 28．A．adventure B．terminal C．destiny D．reality 29．A．Finally B．Instead C．Therefore D．However 30．A．claim B．declare C．conclude D．perceive 31．A．competition B．employment C．knowledge D．modernization 32．A．translate B．transport C．transform D．transfer 33．A．opposite B．former C．regular D．inevitable 34．A．take B．forget C．recall D．spoil 35．A．inherit B．keep C．simplify D．waste 【答案】 21．A 22．B 23．D 24．A 25．C 26．C 27．B 28．A 29．D 30．D 31．B 32．C 33．A 34．B 35．D 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了父母在为孩子选择职业时往往给出不切实际的建议，而现在的孩子需要为多变的市场做准备，追求自己的梦想。 21．考查名词词义辨析。句意：为什么父母做糟糕的职业顾问？A. advisers顾问；B. planners计划者；C. reformers改革者；D. pursuers追求者。根据上文“She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long-term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension.”可知，父母和孩子的职业想法不同，因此父母可能是糟糕的职业顾问。故选A。 22．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：现在的14、15岁的孩子是很有抱负的。A. curious好奇的；B. ambitious有抱负的；C. depressed沮丧的；D. unrealistic不切实际的。根据后文“They are optimistic about their prospects”可知，他们对前景很乐观，因此是很有抱负的。故选B。 23．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们对自己的前景很乐观，但是他们的职业想法是相当模糊的。A. inspiring鼓舞人心的；B. clear清晰的；C. changeable多变的；D. vague模糊的。根据but可知，虽然他们对自己的前景很乐观，但他们对职业想法是不确定的，非常的模糊。故选D。 24．考查动词短语辨析。句意：尽管80%的人不打算追随父母的脚步，但69%的人仍然会向父母寻求建议。A. turn to转向，求助；B. turn up出现，调大；C. turn out结果是，证明是；D. turn into变成。根据Although以及空后“their parents for advice”可知，尽管很多青少年不打算追随父母的脚步，但他们会向父母寻求建议。故选A。 25．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一份没有前途但稳定却无聊工作，可以支付账单，也不在他们的考虑范围内。A. well-paid薪水高的；B. temporary暂时的；C. boring无聊的；D. rewarding有回报的。根据空前“neither is a dead-end but secure job”可知，这份工作很稳定，对于年轻人来说也很无聊。故选C。 26．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：全球经济对昨天勤奋可靠的工人并不友好。A. common普通的；B. opposed反对的；C. kind善良的；D. devoted忠诚的，献身的。根据下文“The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative.”可知，未来属于思维敏捷、足智多谋、有抱负并能采取主动的人，因此全球经济对那种勤奋可靠的工人不太友好。故选C。 27．考查副词词义辨析。句意：这意味着，一个14岁的孩子把她未来的工作看作是一种随着她的成长而逐渐形成的冒险，这并不一定是不切实际的。A. normally正常地；B. necessarily必然地；C. nearly几乎；D. generally通常。根据下“that a 14-year-old sees her working future as a kind of  _____  to be made up as she goes along”可知，青少年在成长中不断地去冒险，他们对于职业的想法不一定是不切实际的，not necessarily“不一定”。故选B。 28．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这意味着，一个14岁的孩子把她未来的工作看作是一种随着她的成长而逐渐形成的冒险，这并不一定是不切实际的。A. adventure冒险；B. terminal终端；C. destiny命运；D. reality现实。根据空后“to be made up as she goes along”可知，这是随着她的成长而逐渐形成的，因此像是一种冒险。故选A。 29．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，她必须接受培训和指导，以帮助她培养适合当今市场的技能。A. Finally最后；B. Instead相反；C. Therefore因此；D. However然而。根据上文“This means it is not ______ being unrealistic that a 14-year-old sees her working future as a kind of _____ to be made up as she goes along.”可知，一个14岁的孩子对未来的职业想法并不是不切实际的，但他们必须接受培训和指导。上文和下文形成转折关系，因此用副词However。故选D。 30．考查动词词义辨析。句意：许多年轻人意识到裁员、缩减规模和自由职业都是现代工作生活的一部分，但没有人告诉他们如何将这些新规则转化为自己的优势。A. claim声称；B. declare宣布；C. conclude得出结论；D. perceive意识到。根据后文“but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the ______ game to their advantage”可知，没有人告诉他们，因此是他们自己意识到的。故选D。 31．考查名词词义辨析。句意：许多年轻人意识到裁员、缩减规模和自由职业都是现代工作生活的一部分，但没有人告诉他们如何将这些新规则转化为自己的优势。A. competition竞争；B. employment就业，雇佣；C. knowledge知识；D. modernization现代化。根据上文“redundancy (冗余), downsizing (裁员) and freelancing (自由职业)”可知，“裁员、缩减规模和自由职业”这些都是和就业有关的。故选B。 32．考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个好的第一步将是改变学校为年轻人或成年人的生活做准备的方式。A. translate翻译；B. transport运输；C. transform改变；D. transfer转移。根据下文“The education system is becoming less flexible”可知，教育系统正在变得不那么灵活，因此需要改变学校为年轻人或成年人的生活做准备的方式。故选C。 33．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：就在就业市场朝着相反的方向发展的时候，教育系统却变得不那么灵活，更加坚持传统技能。A. opposite相反的；B. former以前的；C. regular常规的；D. inevitable不可避免的。根据上文“The education system is becoming less flexible”可知，教育系统正在变得不那么灵活，而就业市场却朝着相反的方向发展。故选A。 34．考查动词词义辨析。句意：最好的办法是忘记父母给你的所有建议，站在青少年的立场上。A. take拿走；B. forget忘记；C. recall回忆；D. spoil破坏。根据下文“and step into your teenager’s shoes”可知，要站在孩子的立场上，因此需要忘记父母给的所有建议。故选B。 35．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在这个几乎没有人享有经济保障的世界里，雄心壮志是不应该浪费的。A. inherit继承；B. keep保持；C. simplify简化；D. waste浪费。根据上文“Give them the courage to follow their dreams”可知，要给他们追求梦想的勇气，因为雄心壮志是不应该浪费的。故选D。 Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. A A recent study has found that using wood for construction instead of concrete (混凝土) and steel can reduce emissions (排放). But Tim Searchinger at Princeton University says many of these studies are based on the false foundation that harvesting wood is carbon neutral (碳中和). “Only a small percentage of the wood gets into a timber (木料) product, and a part of that gets into a timber product that can replace concrete and steel in a building,” he says. Efficiencies vary in different countries, but large amounts of a harvested tree are left to be divided into parts, used in short-lived products like paper or burned for energy, all of which generate emissions. In a report for the World Resources Institute, Searchinger and his colleagues have modelled (塑造) how using more wood for construction would affect emissions between 2010 and 2050, accounting for the emissions from harvesting the wood. They considered various types of forests and parts of wood going towards construction. They also factored in the emissions savings from replacing concrete and steel. Under some circumstances, the researchers found significant emissions reductions. But each case required what they considered an unrealistically high portion (份额) of the wood going towards construction, as well as rapid growth only seen in warmer places, like Brazil. In general, they found a large increase in global demand for wood would probably lead to rising emissions for decades. Accounting for emissions in this way, the researchers reported in a related paper that increasing forest harvests between 2010 and 2050 would add emissions equal to roughly 10 percent of total annual emissions. Ali Amiri at Aalto University in Finland says the report’s conclusions about emissions from rising demand are probably correct, but the story is different for wood we already harvest. “Boosting the efficiency of current harvests and using more wood for longer lived purposes than paper would cut emissions,” he says. “We cannot just say we should stop using wood.” 36．What is wrong with previous researches according to Searchinger? A．They got wrong statistics. B．They used an incorrect concept. C．They included too many factors. D．They were applied in limited countries. 37．What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about? A．The process of the new research. B．The background of the new study. C．The challenge of the new research. D．The achievements of the new study. 38．Which is CORRECT according to the passage? A．Using concrete and steel can reduce emissions. B．All of timber product can can take the place of the concrete amd steel. C．Only small part of wood can get into timber. D．We all should use wood to build our houses. 39．What is Ali Amiri’s attitude toward the new result? A．Favorable. B．Doubtful. C．Critical. D．Objective. 【答案】36．B 37．A 38．C 39．D 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。新的研究表明，用木材建造的建筑可能并不像想象中的那么环保。 36．细节理解题。根据第一段“But Tim Searchinger at Princeton University says many of these studies are based on the false foundation that harvesting wood is carbon neutral (碳中和). (但普林斯顿大学的Tim Searchinger表示，许多研究都是基于一个错误的基础，即砍伐木材是碳中和的)”可知，Searchinger认为以前的研究都基于一个错误的概念。故选B项。 37．主旨大意题。根据第二段“In a report for the World Resources Institute, Searchinger and his colleagues have modelled(塑造) how using more wood for construction would affect emissions between 2010 and 2050, accounting for the emissions from harvesting the wood. They considered various types of forests and parts of wood going towards construction. They also factored in the emissions savings from replacing concrete and steel. (在世界资源研究所(World Resources Institute)的一份报告中，Searchinger和他的同事们模拟了在2010年至2050年期间，使用更多的木材用于建筑将如何影响排放，其中包括砍伐木材产生的排放。他们考虑了各种类型的森林和用于建筑的部分木材。他们还考虑了更换混凝土和钢材所节省的排放。)”可知，第二段主要介绍新研究的过程。故选A项。 38．细节理解题。根据第一段的“Only a small percentage of the wood gets into a timber (木料) product, and a part of that gets into a timber product that can replace concrete and steel in a building (只有一小部分木材被制成木制品，其中的一部分被制成可以取代建筑中的混凝土和钢材的木制品)”可知，只有一小部分木头能进入木材。故选C项。 39．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Ali Amiri at Aalto University in Finland says the report’s conclusions about emissions from rising demand are probably correct, but the story is different for wood we already harvest. “Boosting the efficiency of current harvests and using more wood for longer lived purposes than paper would cut emissions,” he says. “We cannot just say we should stop using wood.””(芬兰阿尔托大学的阿里·阿米里表示，报告中关于需求增长导致的排放的结论可能是正确的，但对于我们已经收获的木材来说，情况就不同了。他说：“提高当前收成的效率，并将更多的木材用于比纸张寿命更长的目的，将减少排放。”。“我们不能只是说我们应该停止使用木材。”)”可知，Ali Amiri对此研究结果有一定的肯定性，但是他又表示我们不能说我们就应该停止使用木材。故他对此研究结果从正反两方面都进行了说明，其态度是客观公正的。故选D项。 B Catch Our Star Attractions! Bird Paradise Park 2 Sunbird Terrace Hills, Shenzhen 628628 Open daily from 9am-6pm Don’t miss the chance to see 5000 birds fly, swim and roam FREELY in their special habitats! Sunbird Loft    This 9-storey high enclosure offers a 360° view of lush greenery. Experience our friendly, colourful sunbirds eating right out of your hands! Splish Splash Waterfall Admire this man-made waterfall with over 600 free-flying birds. Get up close to these beautiful birds as they flock to you to feed on their favourite food. Admission Price: Please donate whatever amount you wish. Bird ShowsTime: 10am, 1pm& 3pm Venue: Amphitheatre Watch the birds perform clever tricks! Shows are subject to weather conditions. Penguin Walk Home to nearly 100 penguins, this exhibit also includes a separate outdoor enclosure for the endangered African penguins. Breeding and Research Lab Go behind the scenes to our bird nursery, where eggs and chicks receive expert care. See how we nurture our adorable birds! Here’s what our visitor, Mr Ahmed has to say... When I was little, my father, who loves nature, would often take me to Bird Paradise Park. We never missed the bird shows and were awed by the birds’ show-stop ping antics. I loved watching the interactive feeding sessions and learning more about the birds. Now that I’m a father myself. I make it a point to bring my family here. Though my sons do not share my passion for feeding the birds, they’re always thrilled by the bird shows. I’m glad that the park is starting a campaign on saving the Blue Parrots from extinction. This park is fully funded by the Tan Foundation—a community effort to educate the public about wildlife conservation. 40．Which of the following educates visitors about the life cycle of birds? A．Bird Shows. B．Sunbird Loft. C．Penguin Walk. D．Breeding and Research Lab. 41．What do Mr. Ahmed’s sons like to do in the bird park? A．Enjoy the waterfall. B．Save the parrots. C．Feed the birds. D．Watch bird shows. 42．What do we know about the bird park? A．Its admission price is not a fixed amount. B．It wants the public to feed rare blue parrots. C．It is a theme park built by the Tan Foundation. D．It raises funds from the sale of the bird shows. 【答案】40．D 41．D 42．A 【导语】这是一篇应用文。主要介绍了鸟类天堂公园的一些看点及参观信息。 40．细节理解题。根据Breeding and Research Lab部分“Go behind the scenes to our bird nursery, where eggs and chicks receive expert care. See how we nurture our adorable birds!”（到幕后参观我们的鸟类保育室，在那里鸟蛋和雏鸟得到专家的照顾。看看我们是如何养育我们可爱的小鸟的!）可知，在培育和研究实验室可以看到小鸟是如何成长的，即鸟类的生命周期。故选D项。 41．细节理解题。根据Here’s what our visitor, Mr Ahmed has to say...部分“Though my sons do not share my passion for feeding the birds, they’re always thrilled by the bird shows.”（虽然我的儿子们不像我那样热衷于喂鸟，但他们总是对鸟类表演感到兴奋。）可知，Mr. Ahmed的儿子们喜欢看鸟类表演。故选D项。 42．细节理解题。根据Admission Price部分“Please donate whateveramount you wish.”（你愿意捐多少就捐多少。）可知，它的入场费完全看个人意愿，不是固定的。故选A项。 C “If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect,” the media giant Ted Turner supposedly said sometime in the1990s. Why be modest? Aristotle said: “All men by nature desire to know.” Intellectual humility is a particular instance of humility, since you can be down-to-earth about most things but still ignore your mental limitations. Intellectual humility means recognising that we don’t know everything. Actually, it means we should acknowledge that we’re probably biased in our belief about just how much we understand and seek out the sources of wisdom that we lack. The Internet and digital media have created the impression of limitless knowledge at our fingertips. But, by making us lazy, they have opened up a space that ignorance can fill. The psychologist Tania Lombrozo of the University of California explained how technology enhances our illusions (错觉) of wisdom. She argues that the way we access information is critical to our understanding—and the more easily we can recall an image, word or statement, the more likely we’ll think we’ve successfully learned it, and so withdraw from effortful cognitive processing. Logical puzzles presented in an unfriendly font (字体), for example, can encourage someone to make extra effort to solve them. Yet this approach runs counter to the nice designs of the apps and sites that populate our screens, where our brain processes information in a “smooth” way. What about all the information that presents online? Well, your capacity to learn from it depends on your attitudes. Intellectually humble people don’t hide or ignore their weaknesses. In fact, they see them as sources of personal development, and use arguments as an opportunity to refine their views. People who are humble by nature tend to be more open-minded and quicker to resolve disputes, since they recognise that their own opinions might not be valid. At the other end of the scale lies intellectual arrogance. Such arrogance almost always originates from the egocentric bias—the tendency to overestimate their own virtue or importance, ignoring the role of chance or the influence of other people’s actions on their lives. This is what makes these people credit success to themselves and failure to circumstance. From an evolutionary perspective, intellectual arrogance can also be seen as a way of achieving dominance through forcing one’s view on others. Intellectually arrogant people hardly invest mental resources in discussion or working towards group consensus, thus making it hard for groups to work successfully. The Thrive Center for Human Development in California, which seeks to help young people turn into successful adults, is funding a series of major studies about intellectual humility. Their hypothesis is that humility, curiosity and openness are key to a fulfilling life. “Without humility, you are unable to learn,” Laszlo Bock, Google’s Head of People Operations, notes. 43．The passage is mainly about ___________. A．the harm arrogance does to us B．the key elements to a fulfilling life C．the significance of intellectual humility D．the way people access information online 44．Technology enhances our illusions of wisdom because it ___________. A．enables people to think critically B．offers too much unreliable information C．allows easy access to abundant information D．makes it hard for people to recall information 45．According to Para.4, intellectually humble people ___________. A．prefer to solve difficult problems B．are unwilling to show their strengths C．value others’ opinions more than their own D．use online information to better themselves 46．The author will probably agree that ___________. A．intellectual arrogance is the result of evolution B．intellectually arrogant people often lack team spirits C．successful people are often unaware of their limitations D．circumstances don’t favor intellectually arrogant people 【答案】43．C 44．C 45．D 46．B 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讲述了理智的谦逊的重要性。理智谦逊的人不会隐藏或忽视自己的弱点，他们把这视为个人发展的源泉，并把争论当作完善自己观点的机会。 43．主旨大意题。根据第一段“Intellectual humility is a particular instance of humility, since you can be down-to-earth about most things but still ignore your mental limitations.(理智上的谦逊是谦逊的一个特殊例子，因为你可以在大多数事情上脚踏实地，但仍然忽略你的精神局限。)”及全文可知，文章主要讲述了理解的谦逊的重要性。故选C。 44．细节理解题。根据第三段“The Internet and digital media have created the impression of limitless knowledge at our fingertips. (互联网和数字媒体创造了无限知识在我们指尖的印象。)”和“She argues that the way we access information is critical to our understanding—and the more easily we can recall an image, word or statement, the more likely we’ll think we’ve successfully learned it, and so withdraw from effortful cognitive processing.(她认为，我们获取信息的方式对我们的理解至关重要——我们越容易回忆起一个图像、单词或陈述，我们就越有可能认为我们已经成功地学会了它，从而退出了费力的认知过程。)”可知，技术增强了我们对智慧的幻想，因为它使我们能够容易地获得丰富的信息。故选C。 45．细节理解题。根据文章第四段“Intellectually humble people don’t hide or ignore their weaknesses. In fact, they see them as sources of personal development, and use arguments as an opportunity to refine their views.(理智上谦虚的人不会隐藏或忽视自己的弱点。事实上，他们将辩论视为个人发展的源泉，并利用辩论来完善自己的观点。)”可知，他们把网上的信息视为个人发展的源泉，是完善自我的机会。故选D。 46．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段“Intellectually arrogant people hardly invest mental resources in discussion or working towards group consensus, thus making it hard for groups to work successfully. (理智傲慢的人很少投入精力讨论或努力达成群体共识，从而使群体难以成功运作。)”可知，自大的智者缺乏合作精神。故选B。 Section C Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Which Languages Take the Longest to Learn The difficulty in learning a foreign language lies not only in its inherent complexity. The main reason a language is hard is that it is different from your own. What underlies the difficulty of such languages for an English-speaker? The first thing many learners will think of is the writing system. 47 Chinese stands out for its difficulty. It is commonly said that a learner must memorize around 2, 000 characters to be able to read a newspaper. But even this estimate is criticized. Someone with 2, 000 characters will still have to look up unfamiliar ones in every few lines of text. A second way languages can be hard is with sounds and distinctions that do not exist in the learner's language. To an English-speaker, the novelties include the clicks of many African languages. 48 Mandarin and Cantonese have tones, meaning ma with an even pitch and ma with a falling one are different words. The vocabulary obviously matters too. Most European languages share an ancestor (called proto-Indo European) and so their words, too,  often come in related pairs.  If you know water in Spanish is agua, it is easy to figure out Italian acqua and English aquatic. Languages unrelated to the European ones (Arabic from the Semitic  family, or Chinese from the Sino-Tibetan one) will not only lack the “genetic” overlap in vocabulary. 49 . Finally,  there is grammar.  Many people associate tricky grammar with long lists of endings that change according to a word's use in a sentence. Many languages even feature an ending on verbs indicating how the speaker knows the information to be true. 50 If you want to learn a language just for fun,  start with Swedish. If you want to accumulate an impressive number, stay in Europe.  But if you really want to impress, mastering Mandarin is the sign of the true linguistic Ironman. A．They are culturally distant, and so have far less borrowed European vocabulary too. B．This more than anything else accounts for the difficulty of the language. C．Indeed, none of the hardest languages is written with the Latin alphabet used by most European languages. D．But foreign writing systems need not be difficult. E．The overall hardness of a language can be seen as the sum of the difficulty of its writing system, sounds, words and grammar. F．But just as hard is the problem of languages that differ from your own. 【答案】47．C 48．F 49．A 50．E 【导语】本文是说明文，介绍了语言学习的困难因素。 47．上文“The first thing many learners will think of is the writing system.”说明文章介绍学语言困难的第一个因素是writing system。后文“Chinese stands out for its difficulty”说明汉语难学的因素主要原因是writing system。空格处承上启下，C句“Indeed, none of the hardest languages is written with the Latin alphabet used by most European languages.（事实上，大多数欧洲语言使用的拉丁字母并不是最难的语言中的任何一种所使用的书写系统）”的“writing system”与前后文呼应。故选C。 48．根据上文“To an English-speaker, the novelties include the clicks of many African languages. ”可知语言发音的新奇性是语言学习困难的一个因素。后文“Mandarin and Cantonese”的例子说明跟母语不一样的音调也会造成学习的困难。空格处跟前文“novelty”有顺承的关系，F选项“But just as hard is the problem of languages that differ from your own.（但同样困难的是与自己母语不同的语言的问题。）”适合此处。故选F。 49．上文“Languages unrelated to the European ones will not only lack the “genetic” overlap in vocabulary”中的“not only”说明空格处与前文应该有顺承关系。A选项“They are culturally distant, and so have far less borrowed European vocabulary too.（他们在文化上相距甚远，因此也借用了较少的欧洲词汇）”能够与上文构成递进关系。故选A。 50．本段是全文中心段。空格处全文的中心句，也是对全文的总结。根据前几段首句提到的语言学习的困难因素，可以总结为“The overall hardness of a language can be seen as the sum of the difficulty of its writing system, sounds, words and grammar.（语言的整体难度可以看作是其书写系统、语音、词汇和语法的难度之和。）”故选E。 IV. Summary Writing （10分） Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS. Use your own words as far as possible. Is fruit getting sweeter? Is modern fruit bred to be sweeter than in the past? The short answer is yes, though the longer answer is more complicated. Some of the most powerful evidence that fruit is sweeter than before comes from zoos. In 2018, it was reported that Melbourne Zoo in Australia had stopped giving fruit to most of its animals because cultivated fruit was now so sweet. Among fruit breeders, the word “quality” is now routinely used as a synonym for “high in sugar”. In 2010, a group of scientists wrote in an article that “in general, the sugar content” of many fruits is now higher than before “owing to continuous selection and breeding.” Modern apple varieties, the scientists noted, were on average sweeter than older cultivars. With the rise in sweeter fruit, our expectations of how fruit should taste have also changed. Whether we are talking about apples or peaches, Europeans and Americans tend to favor fruit that is both acid and sweet, whereas in Asia, the most popular fruit is intensely sweet with hardly any acidity. In Asian countries, the “honey” flavors of low-acid peaches are much appreciated, while European consumers prefer peaches that are slightly acidic. All around the world, the common thread in what people want from fruit is sweetness. But the excessive sweetness of modern fruit is not without its problems, especially for people with diabetes, who have to be careful to moderate their intake of higher-sugar fruits such as pineapple. Health aside, maybe the real problem with modern fruit is that it has become yet another sweet thing in a world full of sugar. Even grapefruit, which used to be encouragingly bitter, is sometimes now as sweet as oranges. Fruit that is bred for one-dimensional sweetness, as opposed to aroma or texture, denies us some of the contrast and variety of life. If you have never tasted a sour cherry, how can you fully appreciate a sweet one? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】The passage discusses how modern fruit has become sweeter due to continuous breeding and selection, causing a shift in consumers' expectations of fruit taste. This trend favors high-sugar content, as seen in apple and peach varieties. However, this excessive sweetness presents problems for individuals who have diabetes and reduces the variety of fruit flavors in the modern diet. 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。现代的水果比过去更甜，这是因为育种者们不断地选择和培育高糖分的品种。这也改变了人们对水果口味的期望。然而，现代水果过于甜可能会对糖尿病患者造成问题。此外，现代水果的一维甜味也剥夺了我们品尝酸味或口感的多样性。 【详解】1 要点摘录①In 2010, a group of scientists wrote in an article that “in general, the sugar content” of many fruits is now higher than before “owing to continuous selection and breeding.” ②With the rise in sweeter fruit, our expectations of how fruit should taste have also changed. ③Whether we are talking about apples or peaches, the most popular fruit is intensely sweet with hardly any acidity. ④But the excessive sweetness of modern fruit is not without its problems, especially for people with diabetes. ⑤Fruit that is bred for one-dimensional sweetness, as opposed to aroma or texture, denies us some of the contrast and variety of life. 2.缜密构思将第1、2两个要点进行整合，将第3个要点进行重组，将4、5两个要点进行整合。 3.遣词造句 The passage discusses how modern fruit has become sweeter due to continuous breeding and selection, causing a shift in consumers' expectations of fruit taste. This trend favors high-sugar content, as seen in apple and peach varieties. However, this excessive sweetness presents problems for individuals who have diabetes and reduces the variety of fruit flavors in the modern diet. 【点睛】[高分句型1] The passage discusses how modern fruit has become sweeter due to continuous breeding and selection, causing a shift in consumers' expectations of fruit taste.(使用了现在分词短语作状语)[高分句型2]However, this excessive sweetness presents problems for individuals who have diabetes and reduces the variety of fruit flavors in the modern diet.(使用了以individuals为先行词、关系代词who为引导词的定语从句) V. Translation （15分） Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52．这是他第一次一本正经地评价我的衣着。 (comment) 【答案】This/It is the first time that he has commented on / has made comments on my clothes seriously. 【详解】考查固定句式。This/It is the first time that+从句，表示“是某人第一次……”，主句是is,从句一般用现在完成时。“对…作出评价”可用固定搭配，可译成“make comments on”或“comment on”，故“这是他第一次一本正经地评价我的衣着。”可译为“This/It is the first time that he has commented on / has made comments on my clothes seriously”。 53．人们通过在微信上分享照片让亲朋好友了解他们的近况。(keep) 【答案】People keep their relatives and friends informed of their recent situations by sharing photos on WeChat. 【详解】考查动词短语和非谓语动词。根据所给中文提示词，主语是“人们”译为“people”，“让某人了解某事”用短语keep sb informed of sth，描述的是客观事实，用一般现在时，“亲朋好友”译为“their relatives and friends”，“他们的近况”，译为“their recent situations”，“通过在微信上分享照片”可用介词短语by doing sth.译为“by sharing photos on WeChat”。故译为：People keep their relatives and friends informed of their recent situations by sharing photos on WeChat. 54．所有飞往西班牙的乘客请等候，何时出发另行通知。（notice) 【答案】All passengers flying to Spain please wait until further notice. 【详解】考查固定搭配和非谓语动词。“飞往西班牙”可表示为fly to Spain；“乘客”可表示为passenger，为可数名词，表示“所有乘客”时应用复数，根据汉语提示，“所有飞往西班牙的”修饰“乘客”，且fly和passengers之间是主谓关系，所以应用现在分词作后置定语，即主语为：All passengers flying to Spain；“等候”可表示为wait，陈述事实，时态用一般现在时，放在please后用动词原形，“何时出发另行通知”可表示为until further notice，为介词短语做状语。故本句可翻译为：All passengers flying to Spain please wait until further notice. 55．我们都没有想到，那个曾经腼腆的男孩竟然能在演讲比赛中一举夺魁。 (It) 【答案】It never occurred to us that the boy who used to be/was shy should win the first prize in the speech contest. 【详解】考查时态、固定句型、定语从句。it occurs to sb that “（某人）想到……”为固定句型，结合句意“我们都没有想到”可知，事情发生在过去，故时态用一般过去时，故用It never occurred to us that，其中It为形式主语，that引导主语从句。主语从句中，表示“那个男孩竟然能在演讲比赛中一举夺魁”用the boy should win the first prize in the speech contest。表示“曾经腼腆的”用定语从句who used to be/was shy，先行词是the boy，关系词在从句中作主语，用关系代词who引导。故翻译为It never occurred to us that the boy who used to be/was shy should win the first prize in the speech contest. VI. Guided Writing （25分） Direction: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学的高中生张华，在本期学校英语报的“TROUBLESHOOTER (排忧解难)”专栏读到James的来信(内容如下)。你通过该专栏给James写一封回信，提供建议，帮助他改变父母的看法，你的回信须包括： (1)你的建议； (2)你的理由。 TroubleshooterI’ve been feeling quite frustrated lately because my parents don’t support me in participating in volunteer activities. They believe that my time should be fully dedicated to studying and preparing for college entrance exams. How can I change their mind? —James ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear James, I understand the frustration you’re feeling about your parents not supporting your participation in volunteer activities. It’s a common challenge for many students to balance their academic responsibilities with extracurricular interests. My suggestion is to approach your parents with a well-thought-out plan. Explain to them how volunteering can actually complement your studies. For instance, through volunteer work, you can develop important life skills such as time management, problem-solving, and teamwork, which are all valuable both academically and in later life. Moreover, you could propose a compromise. Offer to dedicate specific times to volunteering, while ensuring that your study schedule remains a priority. Show them through your actions that you can manage both effectively. Remember to be respectful and understanding of their concerns. With patience and a clear plan, you might be able to change their perspective. Best regards, Zhang Hua Mingqi High School 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生对于在本期学校英语报的“TROUBLESHOOTER (排忧解难)”专栏读到James的来信情况，通过该专栏给James写一封回信，提供建议，帮助他改变父母的看法。 【详解】1.词汇积累 建议：suggestion →advice 此外：Moreover → What’s more 提出：propose→ put forward 观点：perspective→ viewpoint 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：With patience and a clear plan, you might be able to change their perspective. 拓展句：If you are patient and have a clear plan, you might be able to change their perspective. 【点睛】【高分句型1】For instance, through volunteer work, you can develop important life skills such as time management, problem-solving, and teamwork, which are all valuable both academically and in later life.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句） 【高分句型2】It’s a common challenge for many students to balance their academic responsibilities with extracurricular interests.（运用了It作形式主语，动词不定式to do作真正主语的固定句型。） 试卷第20页，共29页 试卷第1页，共29页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$