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湖北省市级示范高中智学联盟2024年秋季高三年级12月联考 英语试题 本试卷共8页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，用签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What will Chris do next? A. Drink some coffee. B. Watch the World Cup. C. Go to sleep. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Relatives. B. Classmates. C. Strangers. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the woman’s attitude to the man’s suggestion? A. Negative. B. Tolerant. C. Favorable. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What can we learn about Tom? A. He’s smart for his age. B. He’s difficult to get along with. C. He’s unwilling to study. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What did Kevin do yesterday? A. He went swimming. B. He talked with his grandparents. C. He cleaned up his house. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. Who is arranging the meeting? A. Janet. B. DaviD. C. Peter. 7. When does the man prefer to have the meeting? A. This Wednesday. B. Next Monday. C. This Friday. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. What are the speakers talking about? A. Travel experiences. B. Vacation plans. C. Favorite seasons. 9. What does the man want to do? A. Find a summer job. B. Go to the beach. C. Move to Washington. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. What does the news say about big online spenders in the US? A. The number of them grows slowly. B. They make up half of all shoppers. C. There are more men than women. 11. How much did Americans spend shopping online last year? A. $453 billion. B. $990 billion. C. $1,500 billion. 12. What did George buy online last Sunday? A. A note by Mark Twain. B. A software package. C. An adventure novel. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. What has Richard been doing? A. Visiting a museum. B. Watching TV. C. Studying. 14. Why does Susan call Richard? A. To give thanks. B. To ask for help. C. To make an appointment. 15. What does Susan want to do? A. See an exhibition. B. Buy a new cell phone. C. Take pictures of the snow. 16. What will the speakers probably do? A. Go to a park. B. Play football. C. Attend a party. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. Where did the speaker learn about college? A. From her family. B. From the movies. C. From the books. 18. What helped change the speaker’s attitude towards study? A. Her professor’s advice. B. Her trip to Africa. C. Her graduate program. 19. How does the speaker feel when she talks about her past experiences? A. Regretful. B. Relieve D. C. Grateful. 20. Who is the speaker probably talking to? A. Conservation workers. B. High school students. C. College teachers. 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The Department of History invites you to join us for the 49th History Lecture Series. City and Citizens: Seattleites and Their Rights, 1850-2000 January 10 In this talk, Professor Emeritus John Findlay focuses on the changing number of residents of Seattle and how they were shaped by the nation’ s evolving concepts of citizenship. It examines the historical demographics (人口统计) of the city and look at what groups of people came to and settled in Seattle over the decades Strategies of Belonging for the Snohomish Indian Nation January 17 With varying degrees of success, Snohomish peoples met the challenges of settler expansion by trying to “work the colonial system,” including navigating the ever-changing bureaucracy (官僚机构) of federal policies and the settler economy. This talk by Professor Josh Reid focuses largely on the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century and discusses topics related to the formation of initial reservations in western Washington, Indian boarding schools, and the complexities of Coast Salish identities. Mediterranean Imprints and Erasures in Seattle January 24 From the Central District to Pike Place Market and beyond, migrants from the Mediterranean region have made a notable, if seldom noticed, impact on Seattle’s urban fabric over the past century, perhaps no group more than Sephardic Jews from the Ottoman Empire. Professor Devin Naa r takes a look at how Seattle became home to one of the largest communities in the United States of Jews from the Muslim (穆斯林) world. Homes for Some: Seattle’s History of Housing and Racial Exclusion February 7 Seattle has a long history of policies and practices that prevented people of certain racial and religious backgrounds from buying, renting, or occupying homes in many parts of the city and surrounding areas. Starting with the 1865 ordinance that banned Indigenous people, Professor James Gregory details this history of exclusion by showing how it was implemented through laws, zoning, deed restrictions, redlining, urban renewal. Tickets are available beginning December 10 through events. uw.edu/HLS2024 21. Who will deliver a speech related to population changes? A. Devin Naar. B. John Findlay. C. Josh Reid. D. James Gregory. 22 Which of the lecture talks about the Development of Jewish Communities? A. Homes for Some: Seattle’s History of Housing and Racial Exclusion. B. Mediterranean Imprints and Erasures in Seattle. C. City and Citizens: Seattleites and Their Rights, 1850-2000. D. Strategies of Belonging for the Snohomish Indian Nation. 23. What is the text? A. A historical research B. A textbook chapter C. An advertisement D. A news report B In August, Cai Yifan, 19 and Cai Yiming, 17, two brothers from Quanzhou, Fujian, won the Silver Award of the19th Soong Ching Ling Award for Children’s Invention. Their invention, a smart traffic police vest (马甲), impressed the judges and is set to change the way traffic police communicate. “With this vest, traffic police officers can communicate using long-distance, real-time voice-to-text technology”, the brothers explained. The vest features an LED screen that can display translated text, supporting transitions from Chinese into English, Japanese and Korean. The vest also features a smart Q&A function, allowing users to ask questions, with answers immediately appearing on the screen, much like a mobile search engine. The brothers’ inspiration came from personal experiences. “Our father once attended a police academy and often shared stories about the challenges police face”, Cai Yifan shared. One time, during a heavy rainstorm, they saw traffic officers struggling to direct cars due to poor invisibility. This situation sparked the idea for a vest that could visually display spoken instructions, helping to avoid miscommunication. Before developing the vest, the brothers conducted in-depth research by interviewing traffic police officers about the challenges they face on duty. They then identified key features such as voice recognition and translation functions. With the help of online tutorials and advice from their teachers, the brothers spent nearly four months developing the vest. Cai Yiming, who has strong hands-on skills, focused on assembling (组装) the hardware (硬件), while Cai Yifan handled the software development. “Our parents have always encouraged our curiosity”, Cai Yiming noted. From a young age, the brothers were interested in technology and began experimenting with programming and small inventions like simple circuits (电路) and model cars. Their invention has already been patented (获得专利); and they plan to test and refine it with the help of traffic police, hoping to apply it in real-world situations. 24. What do we know about the vest? A. It can translate Chinese into any other languages. B. It can ask and answer questions. C. It will completely change the way traffic police communicate. D. It can help traffic police communicate more efficiently. 25. What inspired the brothers to invent such a vest? A. Their curiosity about the world around them. B. Their parents’ encouragement. C. Their personal experiences. D. Their desire to become famous. 26. Which of the following can best describe the brothers? A. Imaginative and practical B. Friendly and curious C. Humorous and responsible D. Creative and determined 27. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. The vest has gained wide popularity. B. The vest has been applied to real-world situations. C. The brothers are confident about their invention. D. The brothers have difficulty improving their invention. C Two years after ChatGPT took the world by storm, generative artificial intelligence seems to have hit a bottleneck. The costs of building and using larger AI models are rising sharply, and breakthroughs seem to be becoming increasingly difficult. Currently, the development of AI has entered a difficult period. Researchers and entrepreneurs are competing to find ways to change the current situation. Their creativity will not only transform AI but also determine which companies will succeed, whether investors can make profits, and which country will be best able to seize the bonus brought by this technology. Large languages models have a huge demand for electricity. The energy consumed in training OpenAI’s GPT-4 model is sufficient to power 50 American households for a century. As the models get bigger, the cost will rise rapidly. It is estimated that the training cost of the largest models nowadays is $ 100 million, and the next generation may cost $ 1 billion, while the following one is likely to balloon to $ 10 billion. Over time, such inference costs may accumulate and exceed the training costs. This is terrifying news for investors, many of whom have bet big on AI. Nvidia, which designs the chips most commonly used in Al models, has seen its market capitalization increased by $ 2.5 trillion over the past two years. Since 2023, investors have poured nearly $95 billion into AI start-ups. However, there is no need to panic. Many technologies have hit bottlenecks before but eventually continued to thrive thanks to human creativity. The oil price shocks in the 1970s encouraged energy efficiency and alternative methods, including nuclear power generation, developed well in some countries. Thirty years later, fracturing technology made the extraction of oil and natural gas more economically sustainable. The development of AI has already shown how constraints can stimulate creativity. Companies are development chips specifically designed to run large language models. Such specialization means that they can operate more efficiently than general-purpose processors. Companies like Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all busily designing their own AI chips. Developers are also making adjustments to Al software. The large-scale reliance on computing power is giving way to smaller and more specialized systems. 28. What’s the third paragraph mainly about? A. The rapid development of language models. B. The comparison of different language models. C. The great demand for large language models. D. The energy consumption and cost issues of large language models. 29. How is paragraph 5 mainly developed? A. By illustrating results. B. By giving examples. C. By making comparison. D. By listing figures. 30. What does the underlined word “constraints” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Conflicts. B. Profits. C. Limitations. D. Innovations. 31. What’s the author’s attitude towards the future of AI? A. Uncertain. B. Skeptical. C. Ambiguous. D. Optimistic. D Cutting back on animal protein in our diets can save on resources and greenhouse gas emissions. But convincing meat-loving consumers to switch up their menu is a challenge. Looking at this problem from a mechanical engineering angle, Stanford engineers are pioneering a new approach to food texture (n.质地，纹理) testing that could pave the way for artificial steaks that fool even committed meat lovers. In a new paper in Science of Food, the team demonstrated that a combination of mechanical testing and machine learning can describe food texture with striking similarity to human taste testers. Such a method could speed up the development of better plant-based meats. The team also found that some plant-based products are already presenting the texture of the meats they’re imitating. “We were’ surprised to find that today’s plant-based products can reproduce the whole texture of animal meats,” said Ellen Kuhl, professor of mechanical engineering and senior author of the study. Meat substitutes have come a long way from when tofu was the only option, she added. Industrial animal agriculture contributes to climate change, pollution, habitat loss, and so on. That burden on the planet can be eased by exchanging animal proteins for plant proteins in diets. One study estimated that plant-based meats, on average, have half the environmental impact as animal meat. But many meat eaters are reluctant to change; only about a third of Americans in one survey indicated they were “very likely” to buy plant-based alternatives. “People love meat,” said Skyler St. Pierre, a PhD student in mechanical engineering and lead author of the paper. “If we want to convince the meat eaters that alternatives are worth trying, the closer we can imitate animal meat with plant-based products, the more likely people might be open to trying something new.” To successfully imitate animal meat, food scientists analyze the texture of plant-based meat products. Unfortunately, traditional food testing methods are not standardized and the results are rarely made available to science and to the public, said St. Pierre. This makes it harder for scientists to create new recipes for alternatives. 32. What is the purpose of the research by Stanford engineers? A. To reduce the consumption of meat. B. To test quality of plant-based meats. C. To convince meat-lovers to change diet. D. To develop a new food texture test. 33. What is an advantage of the new approach? A. It can worsen the quality of the plant-based meats. B. It can speed up the production of plant-based meats. C. It can make plant-based meat less expensive. D. It can describe food texture with high similarity to the way human taste testers feel it. 34. What prevents the development of plant-based meats according to the text? A. Insufficient variety of plant-based meats. B. Non-standardized production facilities. C. Consumers’ resistance. D. High production costs. 35. Which of the following is the best title for the article? A. Food Testing: A Key to Meat Revolution. B. Plant or Meat? That’ s a question. C. New Tech in Our Daily Food. D. Plant-based meat: The New Fashion on the Table. 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。 Knowing where you come in strong and where you need assistance can help you balance your personal life. ___36___ Write down what you do. ___37___ Spend a week or so writing them down throughout a given day, rating them from one to five, depending on how much you enjoy doing them. The more you come to know yourself, the easier it will be for you to identify your personal strengths. Reflect on your values. Sometimes, it can be difficult to identify our strengths and weaknesses because we haven’t clarified our core values. ___38___ They are fundamental to your way of approaching life. Spending time identifying your values will help you decide whether aspects of your life are strengths or weaknesses to you, regardless of what others may feel. Examine your responses for themes and patterns. Once you’ve reflected on your values examine the responses for things that may repeat. For example, perhaps you admire Bill Gates and Richard Branson for their entrepreneurial spirit and creativity. This suggests that you may value Ambition, Competition, and Originality. Perhaps you would change the poverty in your community so everyone has a home and food. Then you may value Community, Helping Society, or Making a Difference. ___39___ ___40___ Think about what makes strengths or weaknesses in your local social conventions. Social conventions are a set of rules for interpersonal interaction which have been established in specific areas or cultures, hopefully so as to help maintain healthy social boundaries. Knowing how these differ depending on where you live can help you determine what might be seen as a strength or weakness in the particular locations. A. Copy social rules. B. You can have several core values. C. Consider situational meanings. D. List all of the most memorable moments in your life. E. Though you mostly figure it out alone, there’ re exercises for identifying strengths and weaknesses. F. Think about the activities you either participate in the most or get the most pleasure out of. G. These are the beliefs that shape your thoughts about yourself, others and the world. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Although it happened over 10 years ago, I still remember the moment clearly. I had ___41___ a drink at a mall in Beijing. When it was ___42___, the server handed me a cup with laowai written on it, meaning “foreigner”. It was my second day in China, and this ___43___ the first of countless occasions when I would be called or ___44___ a laowai in public. As someone who doesn’t like being in the spotlight (聚光灯), ___45___ down the street and suddenly hearing someone say to their friend, “Look, a laowai”, is not the most enjoyable experience. It’s safe to say that most people wouldn’t ___46___ a stranger commenting out loud on their ___47___, like saying “tall guy” or “big head”. My Chinese friends tell me that laowai is a more ___48___ term than waiguoren because lao adds a ___49___ of respect and friendship. But in some ways, I find it hard to ___50___ the wai part, which means ___51___ . That said, of all the countless times I’ve been called laowai, I’ve never felt it came from a place of ___52___ or disrespect. And upon reflection, my frustration (沮丧) at being called a laowai shows me how much China means to me. The longer I ___53___ here, the more China feels like ___54___, and the more I just want to “___55___”. And that, I think, is something beautiful. 41. A. prepared B. served C. ordered D. tasted 42 A. ready B. fresh C. cold D. acceptable 43. A. meant B. fascinated C. began D. marked 44. A. monitor B. recalled C. labeled D. recognized 45. A. running B. walking C. riding D. driving 46. A. avoid B. rely C. permit D. appreciate 47 A. background B. attitude C. appearance D. behavior 48. A. confusing B. welcoming C. rewarding D. boring 49. A. magic B. touch C. preference D. connection 50. A. overlook B. secure C. guarantee D. forget 51. A. guest B. traveler C. candidate D. outsider 52. A. rudeness B. anger C. envy D. sadness 53. A. leave B. occupy C. visit D. live 54. A. town B. home C. country D. city 55. A. stand out B. break in C. fit in D. mix up 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Chinese table tennis icon (偶像) Ma Long received the Outstanding Sporting Career Award from the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) on (Oct 30, recognizing his exceptional achievements and contributions to the sport, Xinhua reported. The award ceremony ___56___ (hold) in the coastal town of Cascais, Portugal. During the ceremony, a video highlighted memorable ___57___ (moment) from Ma’s career. Ma, 36, has competed in four consecutive (连续的) Olympic Games since London 2012. Over his Olympic career, he has won six gold medals, becoming China’s best ___58___ (know) Olympian. “Hero,” “legend,” “genius”-Ma has been described with many ___59___ (inspire) words, but his journey has not been an easy one by any means. In 2007, Ma participated ___60___ his first World Table Tennis Championships but only reached the round of 16. In 2009,2011, and 2013, he made it to the semifinals but missed out on the finals each time, ___61___ was a cause of great frustration. His ___62___ (big) setback came at the end of 2014 during the ITTF Men’s World Cup, where he lost to Zhang Jike in a close match, 3 to 4. This ___63___ (pain) defeat pushed him to the brink (边缘) of giving up on table tennis. “I’m lucky because I ___64___ (find) my passion-table tennis — at a young age and dreamed about competing on the Olympic stage one day. So I have always had this dream, been willing ___65___ (give) my all to this sport, and I’ve never ever given up,” Ma said at the ceremony. 第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 66. 假设你是校英文广播站的小记者，上周你校组织了School English Speech Contest on How to Prevent Seasonal Flu（季节性流感）的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇短文报道此事，内容包括： 1.简要报道此活动； 2.举办该活动的意义。 注意： 1.写作字数为80左右； 2.请按如下格式作答，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 School English Speech Contest on How to Prevent Seasonal Flu (季节性流感) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节（满分25分） 67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整短文。 Dad and Mom have been crazy campers for years. Our neighbors said that they camped while dating, while taking a honeymoon, and even while pregnant. We three children had no chance to witness their past. What we do know is that we have had wonderful camping experiences since we could remember things. Some of our memories are funny, some are exciting, some are embarrassing. Every time when Dad pulls our camper (露营车) out of the garage, we are filled with a sense of excitement, wondering what camping fun and adventure we will experience. Once, we camped along Chalk Creek. Mom was worried that my two-year-old brother Jimmy would fall into the creek. She tied a rope around his waist to keep him near to our spot. That lasted about ten minutes. He was uncomfortable, and his crying let the whole campground know it. So instead of tying him up, she just kept a close eye on him. It worked — Jimmy didn’t end up in the creek. My five-year-old sister, Jessica, however, did. Luckily far-sighted Mom packed with her enough clothes for three of us, so she could hold her tears in time and became energetic again after getting changed. Another time, we rented a boat in Vallecito Lake. The sky was clear when we set off, but storms move in fast in the mountains, and this one quickly interrupted our peaceful morning trip. The wind picked up and thunder rolled. Dad stopped fishing to start the motor. Nothing. He tried again. No luck. We were stuck in the middle of the lake with a dead motor. Mom began to check our life jackets. She made sure every button was fastened properly. Dad took out a whistle from the bag and blew it, expecting to get some assistance from nearby people. Meanwhile he told us that both Mom and he were outstanding swimmers. If no rescue arrived, they would manage to push the boat toward the lakeside. 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。 We had no chance to cheer for their swimming skills that day since a fisherman in a boat showed up soon. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The minute all of us were safe home, Jessica asked when we would go camping next time. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 湖北省市级示范高中智学联盟2024年秋季高三年级12月联考 英语试题 本试卷共8页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，用签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What will Chris do next? A. Drink some coffee. B. Watch the World Cup. C. Go to sleep. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】W: Hey, Chris, you are alright? M: Yeah, I’m just a bit sleepy. The World Cup final last night, you know. W: Sure. Want some coffee? M: I wouldn’t say no. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Relatives. B. Classmates. C. Strangers. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Excuse me, could you possibly move your car forward a bit so I can get mine out? M: Just a second. Is it okay now? Do you need any help? 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the woman’s attitude to the man’s suggestion? A. Negative. B. Tolerant. C. Favorable. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: Wow! These dogs are so adorable. Can we take one? My friend Joy has a cat. W: No, Bill. I’m afraid we can’t. We live in a small apartment. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What can we learn about Tom? A. He’s smart for his age. B. He’s difficult to get along with. C. He’s unwilling to study. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Well, is Tom doing well in school these days？ M: Oh, well. Like boys at his age you know. I can’t get him to do his homework without a struggle. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What did Kevin do yesterday? A. He went swimming. B. He talked with his grandparents. C. He cleaned up his house. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】W: Hi, Kevin. I didn’t see you at the pool yesterday. What happened？ M: Oh, my grandparents came over to my place for a visit. I got the idea to interview them, and I saw how much they loved being listened to. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. Who is arranging the meeting? A. Janet. B. DaviD. C. Peter. 7. When does the man prefer to have the meeting? A. This Wednesday. B. Next Monday. C. This Friday. 【答案】6. A 7. C 【解析】 【原文】W: Peter, I don’t know if Janet has told you, but Wednesday afternoon’s sales meeting is cancelled. M: Oh, yeah? When is our next meeting then? W: Either this Friday morning or next Monday afternoon. Janet is checking David’s schedule. M: Why don’t we have it this Friday? I’ll be away on a business trip next week. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. What are the speakers talking about? A. Travel experiences. B. Vacation plans. C. Favorite seasons. 9. What does the man want to do? A. Find a summer job. B. Go to the beach. C. Move to Washington. 【答案】8. B 9. B 【解析】 【原文】W: I just bought a ticket to New York. I’m so excited to see the city. M: Good for you. When are you leaving？ W: Next week. I’m taking the red-eye flight. It’s cheaper. M: New York City is a magical place. You’ll have so much fun. W: I hope so. I’ll stay for a week and then take the train down to Washington, D. C. M: That sounds like a great vacation. I’m looking forward to a week at the beach for my summer vacation. I just want to relax. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. What does the news say about big online spenders in the US? A. The number of them grows slowly. B. They make up half of all shoppers. C. There are more men than women. 11. How much did Americans spend shopping online last year? A. $453 billion. B. $990 billion. C. $1,500 billion. 12. What did George buy online last Sunday? A. A note by Mark Twain. B. A software package. C. An adventure novel. 【答案】10. C 11. A 12. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Hi, George. I’ve just heard the news. Americans are not just shopping online, they are buying expensive products on the Internet. Nearly three out of ten online shoppers in the United States have bought a product that costs a thousand dollars or more. Those big online spenders are much more likely to be men than women. M: I’m not surprised. You know, men are usually the early adopters when it comes to technology. W: I can’t imagine that back in the 1990s online shopping wasn’t just awkward, it felt risky. People were afraid to give out their credit card numbers. They worried if products didn’t arrive in time. M: But now people are talking about the explosion in Internet shopping. W: “Yes, indeed.” Last year, U. S. shoppers spent S453 billion in shopping online, and many of them went big. What did they buy? Just about anything. M: Well, I am no exception. Last Sunday, I purchased a short note that Mark Twain had written regarding a missing package, and I paid about $1,500 for it. W: You’re really a more adventurous online shopper than me. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. What has Richard been doing? A. Visiting a museum. B. Watching TV. C. Studying. 14. Why does Susan call Richard? A. To give thanks. B. To ask for help. C. To make an appointment. 15. What does Susan want to do? A. See an exhibition. B. Buy a new cell phone. C. Take pictures of the snow. 16. What will the speakers probably do? A. Go to a park. B. Play football. C. Attend a party. 【答案】13. B 14. B 15. C 16. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Hi Richard, this is Susan. M: Hi Susan. W: What are you doing? M: Just watching TV. Pretty bored. You? W: Well, I was planning to go to the science museum today with Elaine, but it snowed. M: I hope it snows all night because I don’t want to go to school tomorrow. W: Do you know anyone who has a camera? I left mine at home. I want to take pictures of all this snow. M: No, I don’t. But why don’t you use your cell phone to take pictures? W: Well, I don’t think cell phones do a good job. I want to take some really nice pictures of this wonderful snow scene. You know, the college is preparing a photography exhibition next month. I hope my pictures will be selected. Oh, I know now. Have you seen Sarah today? She has a camera. M: No, she hasn’t been around lately. But do you know Mike? He has a camera. In fact, I know he’s interested in photography. W: Mike? You mean that tall boy, captain of our school football team? Okay, let’s ask him to go with us. M: Well, I don’t mind doing something interesting. We can 80 to Waterloo Park, a good place to take pictures. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. Where did the speaker learn about college? A. From her family. B. From the movies. C. From the books. 18. What helped change the speaker’s attitude towards study? A. Her professor’s advice. B. Her trip to Africa. C. Her graduate program. 19. How does the speaker feel when she talks about her past experiences? A. Regretful. B. Relieve D. C. Grateful. 20. Who is the speaker probably talking to? A. Conservation workers. B. High school students. C. College teachers. 【答案】17. B 18. C 19. C 20. B 【解析】 【原文】W: Hey, everyone. I’m really excited to be here to share my experiences since graduation. When I was leaving here about 10 years ago, I decided to go to college, which, when I think about it, is a little strange, because I come from a family where no one had ever gone to college. Everything I knew about college came from the movies. Once in college, I got a classic case of too much fun and too little class time. At the end of my second year, my major professor warned me, you’re never going to graduate unless something big changes. But it wasn’t until I entered my graduate program in conservation ecology that I felt I was on the right path. My conservation work has brought me joy, excitement, and adventure. I’ve done some research in the remote mountains of California. I’ve had dinners with important politicians. I’ve even stepped over snakes in Africa. But most important of all, it gave me something bigger than myself to fight for. When I look back, I feel fortunate to have chosen college, and particularly science, through which I have rediscovered myself and achieved liberation. And I’m sure you all can do the same. 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The Department of History invites you to join us for the 49th History Lecture Series. City and Citizens: Seattleites and Their Rights, 1850-2000 January 10 In this talk, Professor Emeritus John Findlay focuses on the changing number of residents of Seattle and how they were shaped by the nation’ s evolving concepts of citizenship. It examines the historical demographics (人口统计) of the city and look at what groups of people came to and settled in Seattle over the decades Strategies of Belonging for the Snohomish Indian Nation January 17 With varying degrees of success, Snohomish peoples met the challenges of settler expansion by trying to “work the colonial system,” including navigating the ever-changing bureaucracy (官僚机构) of federal policies and the settler economy. This talk by Professor Josh Reid focuses largely on the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century and discusses topics related to the formation of initial reservations in western Washington, Indian boarding schools, and the complexities of Coast Salish identities. Mediterranean Imprints and Erasures in Seattle January 24 From the Central District to Pike Place Market and beyond, migrants from the Mediterranean region have made a notable, if seldom noticed, impact on Seattle’s urban fabric over the past century, perhaps no group more than Sephardic Jews from the Ottoman Empire. Professor Devin Naa r takes a look at how Seattle became home to one of the largest communities in the United States of Jews from the Muslim (穆斯林) world. Homes for Some: Seattle’s History of Housing and Racial Exclusion February 7 Seattle has a long history of policies and practices that prevented people of certain racial and religious backgrounds from buying, renting, or occupying homes in many parts of the city and surrounding areas. Starting with the 1865 ordinance that banned Indigenous people, Professor James Gregory details this history of exclusion by showing how it was implemented through laws, zoning, deed restrictions, redlining, urban renewal. Tickets are available beginning December 10 through events. uw.edu/HLS2024 21. Who will deliver a speech related to population changes? A. Devin Naar. B. John Findlay. C. Josh Reid. D. James Gregory. 22. Which of the lecture talks about the Development of Jewish Communities? A. Homes for Some: Seattle’s History of Housing and Racial Exclusion. B. Mediterranean Imprints and Erasures in Seattle. C. City and Citizens: Seattleites and Their Rights, 1850-2000. D. Strategies of Belonging for the Snohomish Indian Nation. 23. What is the text? A. A historical research B. A textbook chapter C. An advertisement D. A news report 【答案】21. B 22. B 23. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了关于西雅图历史变化的系列讲座。 21题详解】 细节理解题。根据City and Citizens: Seattleites and Their Rights, 1850-2000部分“In this talk, Professor Emeritus John Findlay focuses on the changing number of residents of Seattle and how they were shaped by the nation’ s evolving concepts of citizenship.(在这次演讲中，名誉教授John Findlay重点介绍了西雅图居民人数的变化，以及他们是如何被国家不断发展的公民概念所塑造的)”可知，John Findlay将会做一个和人口变化有关的演讲。故选B项。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据Mediterranean Imprints and Erasures in Seattle部分“Professor Devin Naa r takes a look at how Seattle became home to one of the largest communities in the United States of Jews from the Muslim (穆斯林) world.(Devin Naar教授介绍了西雅图是如何成为美国最大的穆斯林世界犹太人社区之一的)”可知，Mediterranean Imprints and Erasures in Seattle这个讲座谈到了犹太人社区的发展。故选B项。 【23题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“The Department of History invites you to join us for the 49th History Lecture Series.(历史系邀请您参加第49届历史系列讲座)”以及文章内容可知，本文主要介绍了关于西雅图历史变化的系列讲座，详细介绍了四个讲座的主题、时间和主讲人等信息，最后还提到了门票预订的时间和方式，符合讲座宣传广告的特征，文章是一个宣传广告。故选C项。 B In August, Cai Yifan, 19 and Cai Yiming, 17, two brothers from Quanzhou, Fujian, won the Silver Award of the19th Soong Ching Ling Award for Children’s Invention. Their invention, a smart traffic police vest (马甲), impressed the judges and is set to change the way traffic police communicate. “With this vest, traffic police officers can communicate using long-distance, real-time voice-to-text technology”, the brothers explained. The vest features an LED screen that can display translated text, supporting transitions from Chinese into English, Japanese and Korean. The vest also features a smart Q&A function, allowing users to ask questions, with answers immediately appearing on the screen, much like a mobile search engine. The brothers’ inspiration came from personal experiences. “Our father once attended a police academy and often shared stories about the challenges police face”, Cai Yifan shared. One time, during a heavy rainstorm, they saw traffic officers struggling to direct cars due to poor invisibility. This situation sparked the idea for a vest that could visually display spoken instructions, helping to avoid miscommunication. Before developing the vest, the brothers conducted in-depth research by interviewing traffic police officers about the challenges they face on duty. They then identified key features such as voice recognition and translation functions. With the help of online tutorials and advice from their teachers, the brothers spent nearly four months developing the vest. Cai Yiming, who has strong hands-on skills, focused on assembling (组装) the hardware (硬件), while Cai Yifan handled the software development. “Our parents have always encouraged our curiosity”, Cai Yiming noted. From a young age, the brothers were interested in technology and began experimenting with programming and small inventions like simple circuits (电路) and model cars. Their invention has already been patented (获得专利); and they plan to test and refine it with the help of traffic police, hoping to apply it in real-world situations. 24. What do we know about the vest? A. It can translate Chinese into any other languages. B. It can ask and answer questions. C. It will completely change the way traffic police communicate. D. It can help traffic police communicate more efficiently. 25. What inspired the brothers to invent such a vest? A. Their curiosity about the world around them. B. Their parents’ encouragement. C. Their personal experiences. D. Their desire to become famous. 26. Which of the following can best describe the brothers? A. Imaginative and practical B. Friendly and curious C. Humorous and responsible D. Creative and determined 27. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. The vest has gained wide popularity. B. The vest has been applied to real-world situations. C. The brothers are confident about their invention. D. The brothers have difficulty improving their invention. 【答案】24. D 25. C 26. D 27. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。来自福建泉州的蔡一帆、蔡一鸣兄弟俩共同发明了一种“智能警用马甲”。其发明获得了第19届宋庆龄少年儿童发明奖银奖。目前该发明已申请了专利保护，将在交警配合下进行产品测试并持续优化，有望应用于实际中。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段““With this vest, traffic police officers can communicate using long-distance, real-time voice-to-text technology”, the brothers explained. The vest features an LED screen that can display translated text, supporting transitions from Chinese into English, Japanese and Korean. The vest also features a smart Q&A function, allowing users to ask questions, with answers immediately appearing on the screen, much like a mobile search engine.(兄弟俩解释说：“有了这种背心，交通警察可以使用远距离实时语音转文本技术进行通信。”背心上有一个LED屏幕，可以显示翻译后的文字，支持中文到英语、日语和韩语的转换。该背心还具有智能问答功能，允许用户提出问题，答案立即出现在屏幕上，很像移动搜索引擎)”可知，马甲可以帮助交警更有效地沟通。故选D。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“The brothers’ inspiration came from personal experiences.(兄弟俩的灵感来自于个人经历)”可知，是个人经历启发了兄弟俩发明这样一件背心。故选C。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段“Before developing the vest, the brothers conducted in-depth research by interviewing traffic police officers about the challenges they face on duty. They then identified key features such as voice recognition and translation functions. With the help of online tutorials and advice from their teachers, the brothers spent nearly four months developing the vest. Cai Yiming, who has strong hands-on skills, focused on assembling (组装) the hardware (硬件), while Cai Yifan handled the software development.(在开发背心之前，兄弟俩进行了深入的研究，采访了交警，了解他们在执勤时面临的挑战。然后，他们确定了语音识别和翻译功能等关键功能。在网上教程的帮助和老师的建议下，兄弟俩花了将近四个月的时间来制作这种背心。蔡一鸣的动手能力很强，他主要负责硬件的组装，而蔡一帆负责软件的开发)”可知，从他们能根据自身经历产生发明创意，且在研发过程中通过调研确定关键功能，花近四个月时间，一人负责硬件组装一人负责软件开发等，最后还获得专利并计划进一步完善应用等，可以看出他们有创造力（Creative）且有决心（Determined）去完成发明创造及后续完善等工作。故选D。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Their invention has already been patented (获得专利); and they plan to test and refine it with the help of traffic police, hoping to apply it in real-world situations.(他们的发明已经获得专利；他们计划在交警的帮助下对其进行测试和改进，希望将其应用于现实世界)”可知，兄弟对他们的发明很有信心。故选C。 C Two years after ChatGPT took the world by storm, generative artificial intelligence seems to have hit a bottleneck. The costs of building and using larger AI models are rising sharply, and breakthroughs seem to be becoming increasingly difficult. Currently, the development of AI has entered a difficult period. Researchers and entrepreneurs are competing to find ways to change the current situation. Their creativity will not only transform AI but also determine which companies will succeed, whether investors can make profits, and which country will be best able to seize the bonus brought by this technology. Large languages models have a huge demand for electricity. The energy consumed in training OpenAI’s GPT-4 model is sufficient to power 50 American households for a century. As the models get bigger, the cost will rise rapidly. It is estimated that the training cost of the largest models nowadays is $ 100 million, and the next generation may cost $ 1 billion, while the following one is likely to balloon to $ 10 billion. Over time, such inference costs may accumulate and exceed the training costs. This is terrifying news for investors, many of whom have bet big on AI. Nvidia, which designs the chips most commonly used in Al models, has seen its market capitalization increased by $ 2.5 trillion over the past two years. Since 2023, investors have poured nearly $95 billion into AI start-ups. However, there is no need to panic. Many technologies have hit bottlenecks before but eventually continued to thrive thanks to human creativity. The oil price shocks in the 1970s encouraged energy efficiency and alternative methods, including nuclear power generation, developed well in some countries. Thirty years later, fracturing technology made the extraction of oil and natural gas more economically sustainable. The development of AI has already shown how constraints can stimulate creativity. Companies are development chips specifically designed to run large language models. Such specialization means that they can operate more efficiently than general-purpose processors. Companies like Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all busily designing their own AI chips. Developers are also making adjustments to Al software. The large-scale reliance on computing power is giving way to smaller and more specialized systems. 28. What’s the third paragraph mainly about? A. The rapid development of language models. B. The comparison of different language models. C. The great demand for large language models. D. The energy consumption and cost issues of large language models. 29. How is paragraph 5 mainly developed? A. By illustrating results. B. By giving examples. C. By making comparison. D. By listing figures. 30. What does the underlined word “constraints” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Conflicts. B. Profits. C. Limitations. D. Innovations. 31. What’s the author’s attitude towards the future of AI? A. Uncertain. B. Skeptical. C. Ambiguous. D. Optimistic. 【答案】28. D 29. B 30. C 31. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。当前人工智能的发展进入艰难时期，一场推动人工智能超越当下极限的竞赛正在进行。一方面大语言模型训练和使用成本剧增，这使得投资者面临风险；另一方面，公司和开发者正在积极探索突破方法，这些努力将改变行业运行模式。 28题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第三段“Large languages models have a huge demand for electricity. The energy consumed in training OpenAI’s GPT-4 model is sufficient to power 50 American households for a century. As the models get bigger, the cost will rise rapidly. It is estimated that the training cost of the largest models nowadays is $ 100 million, and the next generation may cost $ 1 billion, while the following one is likely to balloon to $ 10 billion. Over time, such inference costs may accumulate and exceed the training costs.(大型语言模型对电力的需求巨大。训练OpenAI GPT-4模型所消耗的能量足以为50个美国家庭供电一个世纪。随着模型越来越大，成本将迅速上升。据估计，目前最大型号的培训成本为1亿美元，下一代可能需要10亿美元，而下一代则可能激增至100亿美元。随着时间的推移，这种推理成本可能会累积并超过培训成本)”可知，本段主要围绕大型语言模型展开，先提到其对电力有巨大需求，接着以GPT-4模型为例说明训练能耗情况，然后又阐述随着模型变大成本快速上升的情况，包括训练成本的不断增加以及推理成本可能超过训练成本等，所以本段主要是关于大型语言模型的能源消耗和成本问题。故选D。 【29题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段“Many technologies have hit bottlenecks before but eventually continued to thrive thanks to human creativity. The oil price shocks in the 1970s encouraged energy efficiency and alternative methods, including nuclear power generation, developed well in some countries. Thirty years later, fracturing technology made the extraction of oil and natural gas more economically sustainable.(许多技术以前都遇到过瓶颈，但最终由于人类的创造力而继续蓬勃发展。20世纪70年代的油价冲击鼓励了能源效率和替代方法，包括核能发电，在一些国家发展良好。三十年后，压裂技术使石油和天然气的开采在经济上更具可持续性)”可知，本段介绍许多技术曾经遭遇瓶颈，其后用20世纪70年代的油价冲击促进了能源效率的提高以及30年后水力压裂技术使得石油、天然气的开采更经济可行为例来说明人类创造性的伟大之处，即通过给出具体事例来支撑观点。故选B。 【30题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第一段“Two years after ChatGPT took the world by storm, generative artificial intelligence seems to have hit a bottleneck.(在ChatGPT席卷全球两年后，生成型人工智能似乎遇到了瓶颈)”、第五段“Many technologies have hit bottlenecks before but eventually continued to thrive thanks to human creativity.(许多技术以前都遇到过瓶颈，但最终由于人类的创造力而继续蓬勃发展)”以及最后一段“The development of AI has already shown how constraints can stimulate creativity. Companies are development chips specifically designed to run large language models. Such specialization means that they can operate more efficiently than general-purpose processors. Companies like Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all busily designing their own AI chips. Developers are also making adjustments to Al software. The large-scale reliance on computing power is giving way to smaller and more specialized systems. (人工智能的发展已经表明了constraints是如何激发创造力的。公司是专门为运行大型语言模型而设计的开发芯片。这种专业化意味着它们可以比通用处理器更有效地运行。亚马逊、苹果和微软等公司都在忙于设计自己的人工智能芯片。开发人员也在对Al软件进行调整。对计算能力的大规模依赖正在让位于更小、更专业的系统)”可知，生成型人工智能似乎遇到瓶颈，但最终由于人类的创造力继续蓬勃发展，公司和研发者们都在积极地探索突破方法，这表明局限性可以激发创造力，推测划线词表示“局限性”，与Limitations意思相近。故选C。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段“Many technologies have hit bottlenecks before but eventually continued to thrive thanks to human creativity.(许多技术以前都遇到过瓶颈，但最终由于人类的创造力而继续蓬勃发展)”以及最后一段“Companies are development chips specifically designed to run large language models. Such specialization means that they can operate more efficiently than general-purpose processors. Companies like Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all busily designing their own AI chips. Developers are also making adjustments to Al software. The large-scale reliance on computing power is giving way to smaller and more specialized systems. (公司是专门为运行大型语言模型而设计的开发芯片。这种专业化意味着它们可以比通用处理器更有效地运行。亚马逊、苹果和微软等公司都在忙于设计自己的人工智能芯片。开发人员也在对Al软件进行调整。对计算能力的大规模依赖正在让位于更小、更专业的系统)”可知，人工智能目前遇到瓶颈、成本上升等问题，但紧接着通过列举以往其他技术遇到瓶颈后凭借人类创造力继续发展的例子，以及阐述在人工智能领域公司和开发者采取的积极应对措施，如研发专门芯片、调整软件等，作者整体传达出一种对人工智能未来发展抱有希望的态度，即乐观的态度。故选D。 D Cutting back on animal protein in our diets can save on resources and greenhouse gas emissions. But convincing meat-loving consumers to switch up their menu is a challenge. Looking at this problem from a mechanical engineering angle, Stanford engineers are pioneering a new approach to food texture (n.质地，纹理) testing that could pave the way for artificial steaks that fool even committed meat lovers. In a new paper in Science of Food, the team demonstrated that a combination of mechanical testing and machine learning can describe food texture with striking similarity to human taste testers. Such a method could speed up the development of better plant-based meats. The team also found that some plant-based products are already presenting the texture of the meats they’re imitating. “We were’ surprised to find that today’s plant-based products can reproduce the whole texture of animal meats,” said Ellen Kuhl, professor of mechanical engineering and senior author of the study. Meat substitutes have come a long way from when tofu was the only option, she added. Industrial animal agriculture contributes to climate change, pollution, habitat loss, and so on. That burden on the planet can be eased by exchanging animal proteins for plant proteins in diets. One study estimated that plant-based meats, on average, have half the environmental impact as animal meat. But many meat eaters are reluctant to change; only about a third of Americans in one survey indicated they were “very likely” to buy plant-based alternatives. “People love meat,” said Skyler St. Pierre, a PhD student in mechanical engineering and lead author of the paper. “If we want to convince the meat eaters that alternatives are worth trying, the closer we can imitate animal meat with plant-based products, the more likely people might be open to trying something new.” To successfully imitate animal meat, food scientists analyze the texture of plant-based meat products. Unfortunately, traditional food testing methods are not standardized and the results are rarely made available to science and to the public, said St. Pierre. This makes it harder for scientists to create new recipes for alternatives. 32. What is the purpose of the research by Stanford engineers? A. To reduce the consumption of meat. B. To test quality of plant-based meats. C. To convince meat-lovers to change diet. D. To develop a new food texture test. 33. What is an advantage of the new approach? A. It can worsen the quality of the plant-based meats. B. It can speed up the production of plant-based meats. C. It can make plant-based meat less expensive. D. It can describe food texture with high similarity to the way human taste testers feel it. 34. What prevents the development of plant-based meats according to the text? A. Insufficient variety of plant-based meats. B. Non-standardized production facilities. C. Consumers’ resistance. D. High production costs. 35. Which of the following is the best title for the article? A. Food Testing: A Key to Meat Revolution. B. Plant or Meat? That’ s a question. C. New Tech in Our Daily Food. D. Plant-based meat: The New Fashion on the Table. 【答案】32. D 33. D 34. C 35. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了斯坦福大学工程师从机械工程角度出发，采用机械测试与机器学习相结合的新方法进行食品质地测试，旨在开发出能媲美真肉质地的人造牛排，以推动植物基肉类的发展，缓解因畜牧业对环境造成的压力，同时提及该研究的背景、新方法的优势、面临的挑战及意义等内容。 【32题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“Looking at this problem from a mechanical engineering angle, Stanford engineers are pioneering a new approach to food texture (n. 质地，纹理) testing that could pave the way for artificial steaks that fool even committed meat lovers.(从机械工程的角度来看这个问题，斯坦福大学的工程师们正在开创一种新的食品质地测试方法，这可能为人造牛排铺平道路，甚至欺骗了忠诚的肉类爱好者)”可知，斯坦福工程师正在开创一种新的食品质地测试方法，该方法可助力开发人造牛排等，目的在于开发新的食品质地测试手段。故选D项。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“In a new paper in Science of Food, the team demonstrated that a combination of mechanical testing and machine learning can describe food texture with striking similarity to human taste testers. Such a method could speed up the development of better plant-based meats.(在《食品科学》的一篇新论文中，该团队证明，机械测试和机器学习的结合可以描述与人类味觉测试仪惊人相似的食物质地。这种方法可以加快更好的植物性肉类的开发)”以及第三段“We were’ surprised to find that today’s plant-based products can reproduce the whole texture of animal meats,(我们惊讶地发现，今天的植物性产品可以再现动物肉类的全部质地)”可知，新方法的优势在于能够助力更好地开发植物基肉，让植物基肉在质地等方面更接近动物肉。故选D项。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“But many meat eaters are reluctant to change; only about a third of Americans in one survey indicated they were “very likely” to buy plant-based alternatives.(但许多肉食者不愿改变；在一项调查中，只有大约三分之一的美国人表示他们“非常有可能”购买植物性替代品)”可知，很多肉食者不愿意改变饮食习惯，如调查显示只有约三分之一的美国人表示“非常可能”购买植物基替代品，表明消费者的抵触是植物基肉类发展的阻碍。故选C项。 【35题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第二段“In a new paper in Science of Food, the team demonstrated that a combination of mechanical testing and machine learning can describe food texture with striking similarity to human taste testers. Such a method could speed up the development of better plant-based meats. The team also found that some plant-based products are already presenting the texture of the meats they’re imitating.(在《食品科学》的一篇新论文中，该团队证明，机械测试和机器学习的结合可以描述与人类味觉测试仪惊人相似的食物质地。这种方法可以加快更好的植物性肉类的开发。该团队还发现，一些植物性产品已经呈现出他们模仿的肉类的质地)”以及文章内容可知，文章核心围绕斯坦福大学开发的新食品质地测试方法展开，该方法对植物基肉类发展意义重大，可能引发肉类领域的变革，所以“食品检测：肉类革命的关键”适合作文章标题。故选A项。 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Knowing where you come in strong and where you need assistance can help you balance your personal life. ___36___ Write down what you do. ___37___ Spend a week or so writing them down throughout a given day, rating them from one to five, depending on how much you enjoy doing them. The more you come to know yourself, the easier it will be for you to identify your personal strengths. Reflect on your values. Sometimes, it can be difficult to identify our strengths and weaknesses because we haven’t clarified our core values. ___38___ They are fundamental to your way of approaching life. Spending time identifying your values will help you decide whether aspects of your life are strengths or weaknesses to you, regardless of what others may feel. Examine your responses for themes and patterns. Once you’ve reflected on your values, examine the responses for things that may repeat. For example, perhaps you admire Bill Gates and Richard Branson for their entrepreneurial spirit and creativity. This suggests that you may value Ambition, Competition, and Originality. Perhaps you would change the poverty in your community so everyone has a home and food. Then you may value Community, Helping Society, or Making a Difference. ___39___ ___40___ Think about what makes strengths or weaknesses in your local social conventions. Social conventions are a set of rules for interpersonal interaction which have been established in specific areas or cultures, hopefully so as to help maintain healthy social boundaries. Knowing how these differ depending on where you live can help you determine what might be seen as a strength or weakness in the particular locations. A. Copy social rules. B. You can have several core values. C. Consider situational meanings. D. List all of the most memorable moments in your life. E. Though you mostly figure it out alone, there’ re exercises for identifying strengths and weaknesses. F. Think about the activities you either participate in the most or get the most pleasure out of. G. These are the beliefs that shape your thoughts about yourself, others and the world. 【答案】36. E 37. F 38. G 39. B 40. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文。主要介绍了几种识别个人优势与劣势的方法，旨在帮助读者通过这些方法更好地了解自己，从而平衡个人生活，包括写下所做之事、反思个人价值观、审视自身反应中的主题与模式以及考虑情境意义等方面。 【36题详解】 根据前文“Knowing where you come in strong and where you need assistance can help you balance your personal life.(知道自己在哪些方面有优势，哪些方面需要帮助，可以帮助你平衡个人生活。)”可知，此处讲述了了解自己的优缺点有利于平衡自己的生活，结合下文给出了一些策略方法，因此推断E选项“虽然大多数情况下你都是自己想出来的，但还是有一些方法可以帮助你识别自己的优缺点。”符合语境，既承接上文关于了解自身优劣势对生活的重要性，又引出下文具体的识别练习，起到很好的过渡作用，表明虽需自我探索，但有相关练习可辅助。故选E。 【37题详解】 空后“Spend a week or so writing them down throughout a given day, rating them from one to five, depending on how much you enjoy doing them.(花一周左右的时间，在某一天把它们写下来，根据你喜欢做这些事情的程度，从一到五打分。)”提到花时间记录并依据是对其喜爱程度给某些事情打分。因此推断F选项“思考自己参与最多或从中获得最多乐趣的活动”与后文记录并评价活动的内容紧密相连，是对后文具体做法的前提铺垫，使文意连贯。故选F。 【38题详解】 前文“Sometimes, it can be difficult to identify our strengths and weaknesses because we haven’t clarified our core values.(有时候，我们很难确定自己的优势和劣势，因为我们没有明确自己的核心价值观。)”说因未明确核心价值观导致难以识别优劣势，后文“They are fundamental to your way of approaching life. Spending time identifying your values will help you decide whether aspects of your life are strengths or weaknesses to you, regardless of what others may feel.(它们是你对待生活方式的基础。花时间确定你的价值观会帮助你决定你生活的各个方面对你来说是优势还是劣势，而不管别人会怎么想。)”强调确定核心价值观对生活方式的基础性作用。G选项“这些信念塑造了你对自己、他人和世界的看法”详细解释核心价值观是塑造对自我、他人和世界看法的信念，在核心价值观的定义与作用之间建立起联系，让读者更清晰地理解其内涵与重要性，使前后文过渡自然。故选G。 【39题详解】 上文“For example, perhaps you admire Bill Gates and Richard Branson for their entrepreneurial spirit and creativity. This suggests that you may value Ambition, Competition, and Originality. Perhaps you would change the poverty in your community so everyone has a home and food. Then you may value Community, Helping Society, or Making a Difference.(例如，也许你钦佩比尔·盖茨和理查德·布兰森的企业家精神和创造力。这表明你可能看重野心、竞争和独创性。也许你会改变你所在社区的贫困状况，让每个人都有家和食物。那么你可能看重社区，帮助社会，或者有所作为。)”通过举例展示了可能存在多种被重视的品质，如创业精神、创造力、社区关怀等，B选项“你可以有几个核心价值观”对前文所列举的多样重视内容进行总结概括，符合逻辑顺序，使段落内容完整且有连贯性。故选B。 【40题详解】 后文“Think about what makes strengths or weaknesses in your local social conventions. Social conventions are a set of rules for interpersonal interaction which have been established in specific areas or cultures, hopefully so as to help maintain healthy social boundaries. Knowing how these differ depending on where you live can help you determine what might be seen as a strength or weakness in the particular locations.(想想当地社会习俗的优点和缺点。社会习俗是在特定地区或文化中建立的一套人际交往规则，希望能帮助保持健康的社会界限。了解这些差异如何取决于你所居住的地方，可以帮助你确定在特定地点可能被视为优势或劣势。)”着重讲述思考在当地社会习俗中什么构成优势或劣势，C选项“考虑情境意义”准确概括了这一内容主旨，能够引领该段落，使读者提前知晓此段围绕情境对优劣势判断的影响展开。故选C。 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Although it happened over 10 years ago, I still remember the moment clearly. I had ___41___ a drink at a mall in Beijing. When it was ___42___, the server handed me a cup with laowai written on it, meaning “foreigner”. It was my second day in China, and this ___43___ the first of countless occasions when I would be called or ___44___ a laowai in public. As someone who doesn’t like being in the spotlight (聚光灯), ___45___ down the street and suddenly hearing someone say to their friend, “Look, a laowai”, is not the most enjoyable experience. It’s safe to say that most people wouldn’t ___46___ a stranger commenting out loud on their ___47___, like saying “tall guy” or “big head”. My Chinese friends tell me that laowai is a more ___48___ term than waiguoren because lao adds a ___49___ of respect and friendship. But in some ways, I find it hard to ___50___ the wai part, which means ___51___ . That said, of all the countless times I’ve been called laowai, I’ve never felt it came from a place of ___52___ or disrespect. And upon reflection, my frustration (沮丧) at being called a laowai shows me how much China means to me. The longer I ___53___ here, the more China feels like ___54___, and the more I just want to “___55___”. And that, I think, is something beautiful. 41. A. prepared B. served C. ordered D. tasted 42. A. ready B. fresh C. cold D. acceptable 43. A. meant B. fascinated C. began D. marked 44. A. monitor B. recalled C. labeled D. recognized 45. A. running B. walking C. riding D. driving 46. A. avoid B. rely C. permit D. appreciate 47. A. background B. attitude C. appearance D. behavior 48. A. confusing B. welcoming C. rewarding D. boring 49. A. magic B. touch C. preference D. connection 50. A. overlook B. secure C. guarantee D. forget 51. A. guest B. traveler C. candidate D. outsider 52. A. rudeness B. anger C. envy D. sadness 53. A. leave B. occupy C. visit D. live 54. A. town B. home C. country D. city 55. A. stand out B. break in C. fit in D. mix up 【答案】41. C 42. A 43. D 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. C 48. B 49. B 50. A 51. D 52. A 53. D 54. B 55. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者在中国被称为“老外”的经历，从不适到接受，体现了对中国的深厚情感及渴望融入的愿望。 【41题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在北京的一家商场点了一杯饮料。A. prepared准备；B. served服务；C. ordered点餐；D. tasted尝起来，品尝。根据下文“When it was ___2___ , the server handed me a cup with laowai written on it, meaning “foreigner”.”可知，作者点了一杯饮料，服务员递给作者饮料。故选C。 【42题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当它准备好了，服务员递给我一个杯子，上面写着“老外”，意思是“外国人”。A. ready准备好的；B. fresh新鲜的；C. cold冷的；D. acceptable可接受的。根据下文“the server handed me a cup with laowai written on it, meaning “foreigner”.”以及常识可知，顾客点餐，饮品准备好之后，服务员会将饮品递给顾客。故选A。 【43题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是我在中国的第二天，这是我无数次在公共场合被称为或贴上“老外”标签中的第一次。A. meant意味着；B. fascinated深深吸引，迷住；C. began开始；D. marked做标记，标志。根据上文“the server handed me a cup with laowai written on it, meaning “foreigner””以及下文“the first of countless occasions when I would be called or ___4___ a laowai in public”可知，作者的杯子上写着“老外”，这标志着作者被贴上“老外”标签的无数次中的第一次。故选D。 【44题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. monitor监控；B. recalled回忆；C. labeled贴标签；D. recognized辨认出。根据上文“the server handed me a cup with laowai written on it, meaning “foreigner””可知，此处表示作者被贴上了“老外”的标签。故选C。 【45题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：作为一个不喜欢成为聚光灯下的人，走在街上，突然听到有人对他们的朋友说：“看，老外”，这并不是最愉快的经历。A. running跑步；B. walking步行；C. riding骑行；D. driving驾驶。根据上文“down the street and suddenly hearing someone say to their friend, “Look, a laowai””以及语境可知，此处描述日常行走时的情景，即作者走在街上。故选B。 【46题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：可以肯定地说，大多数人不会感激陌生人大声评论他们的外表，比如说“高个子”或“大头”。A. avoid避免；B. rely依赖；C. permit允许；D. appreciate欣赏，感激。根据上文“As someone who doesn’t like being in the spotlight (聚光灯), ___5___ down the street and suddenly hearing someone say to their friend, “Look, a laowai”, is not the most enjoyable experience.”可知，此处表示大多数人一般不会感激陌生人说自己是“高个子”或“大头”。故选D。 【47题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. background背景；B. attitude态度；C. appearance外表；D. behavior行为。根据下文“like saying “tall guy” or “big head””可知，此处表示评论人们的外表。故选C。 【48题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的中国朋友告诉我，“老外”这个词比“外国人”更受欢迎，因为“老”带有一点儿尊重和友谊的意味。A. confusing令人困惑的；B. welcoming欢迎的，友好的；C. rewarding值得做的，有益的；D. boring令人厌倦的。根据下文“term than waiguoren because lao adds a ___9___ of respect and friendship”可知，此处表示“老外”这个词比“外国人”这个词更友好。故选B。 【49题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. magic魔法；B. touch触感，感觉；C. preference偏好；D. connection连接。根据下文“of respect and friendship”以及语境可知，此处表示“老”增加了点尊重和友谊。a touch of“一点儿，少许”。故选B。 【50题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：但在某些方面，我发现很难忽视“外”这一部分，“外”这个词意味着“局外人”。A. overlook忽视；B. secure保护，使安全；C. guarantee保证；D. forget忘记。根据上文“My Chinese friends tell me that laowai is a more ___8___ term than waiguoren because lao adds a ___9___ of respect and friendship. But in some ways, I find it hard”可知，虽然作者的中国朋友描述了“老外”中的“老”字增加了点尊重和友谊，但是作者很难忽视“外”所带有的含义。故选A。 【51题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. guest客人；B. traveler旅行者；C. candidate候选人；D. outsider局外人，外来者。根据上文“the wai part”可知，此处表示“老外”中的“外”使作者感觉这意味着自己是“非本地人”，即“外来者”。故选D。 【52题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：也就是说，在我无数次被称为“老外”的时候，我从来没有觉得它是出于无礼或不尊重。A. rudeness无礼；B. anger生气；C. envy嫉妒；D. sadness悲伤。根据下文“or disrespect”以及语境可知，空处与disrespect并列，表示作者所感觉到的“老外”这一称呼背后的态度，即作者没有觉得它是出于无礼或者不尊重。故选A。 【53题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在这里住的时间越长，中国就越有家的感觉，我就越想“融入”。A. leave离开；B. occupy占据；C. visit拜访；D. live居住。根据上文“Although it happened over 10 years ago, I still remember the moment clearly.”以及语境可知，此处表示作者长期生活在中国，即在中国居住的时间越长。故选D。 【54题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. town镇；B. home家；C. country国家；D. city城市。根据上文“And upon reflection, my frustration (沮丧) at being called a laowai shows me how much China means to me.”可知，作者认为中国对自己而言很重要，所以此处表示在中国居住的时间越长，作者就越觉得中国有家的感觉。故选B。 【55题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意同上。A. stand out突出；B. break in插话，闯入；C. fit in融入；D. mix up混淆。根据上文“And upon reflection, my frustration (沮丧) at being called a laowai shows me how much China means to me. The longer I ___13___ here, the more China feels like ___14___ , and the more I just want to”可知，作者在中国居住的时间越长，就越觉得中国有家的感觉，就会越想融入其中， fit in表示“融入”，符合题意。故选C。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Chinese table tennis icon (偶像) Ma Long received the Outstanding Sporting Career Award from the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) on (Oct 30, recognizing his exceptional achievements and contributions to the sport, Xinhua reported. The award ceremony ___56___ (hold) in the coastal town of Cascais, Portugal. During the ceremony, a video highlighted memorable ___57___ (moment) from Ma’s career. Ma, 36, has competed in four consecutive (连续的) Olympic Games since London 2012. Over his Olympic career, he has won six gold medals, becoming China’s best ___58___ (know) Olympian. “Hero,” “legend,” “genius”-Ma has been described with many ___59___ (inspire) words, but his journey has not been an easy one by any means. In 2007, Ma participated ___60___ his first World Table Tennis Championships but only reached the round of 16. In 2009,2011, and 2013, he made it to the semifinals but missed out on the finals each time, ___61___ was a cause of great frustration. His ___62___ (big) setback came at the end of 2014 during the ITTF Men’s World Cup, where he lost to Zhang Jike in a close match, 3 to 4. This ___63___ (pain) defeat pushed him to the brink (边缘) of giving up on table tennis. “I’m lucky because I ___64___ (find) my passion-table tennis — at a young age and dreamed about competing on the Olympic stage one day. So I have always had this dream, been willing ___65___ (give) my all to this sport, and I’ve never ever given up,” Ma said at the ceremony. 【答案】56. was held 57. moments 58. known 59. inspiring 60. in 61. which 62. biggest 63. painful 64. found 65. to give 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。中国乒乓球偶像马龙于10月30日荣获奥委会联合会颁发的杰出体育生涯奖。文中介绍了颁奖情况及回顾其职业生涯，虽历经挫折，但马龙表示因热爱乒乓球从未放弃。 【56题详解】 考查动词时态语态。句意：颁奖典礼在葡萄牙海滨小镇卡斯凯什举行。句子描述发生在过去的动作，且hold与主语The award ceremony之间是被动关系，应用一般过去时的被动语态，主语The award ceremony是单数，be动词使用was。故填was held。 【57题详解】 考查名词。句意：在仪式上，一段视频突出了马职业生涯中难忘的时刻。根据空后from Ma’s career以及语境可知，此处指不止一个难忘的时刻，应用名词复数形式moments。故填moments。 【58题详解】 考查形容词。句意：在他的奥运生涯中，他赢得了六枚金牌，成为中国最著名的奥运选手。空处修饰Olympian，应用形容词known，表示“出名的，著名的”，符合题意。故填known。 【59题详解】 考查形容词。句意：“英雄”、“传奇”、“天才”——马有很多鼓舞人心的字眼，但他的旅程无论如何都不容易。空处修饰名词words，应用形容词形式作定语，且此处表示鼓舞人心的字眼，应用inspiring，表示“鼓舞人心的”，符合题意。故填inspiring。 【60题详解】 考查介词。句意：2007年，马参加了他的第一届世界乒乓球锦标赛，但只进入了16强。participate in是固定搭配，表示“参加，参与”，符合题意。故填in。 【61题详解】 考查关系代词。句意：在2009年、2011年和2013年，他都进入了半决赛，但每次都错过了决赛，这让他非常沮丧。空处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰前边的句子，关系词在从句中作主语，应用关系代词which引导从句。故填which。 【62题详解】 考查形容词最高级。句意：他最大的挫折发生在2014年底的国际乒联男子世界杯上，在一场势均力敌的比赛中，他以3比4输给了张继科。结合语意可知，马龙3比4输给张继科，这是马龙的最大的挫折，所以空处应用形容词的最高级形式biggest作定语，修饰名词setback。故填biggest。 【63题详解】 考查形容词。句意：这场痛苦的失败把他推到了放弃乒乓球的边缘。根据上文he lost to Zhang Jike in a close match, 3 to 4可知，此处表示这是一场痛苦的失败，空处应用形容词painful，作定语修饰名词defeat。故填painful。 【64题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：我很幸运，因为我在年轻的时候就找到了我的激情——乒乓球，并梦想有一天能在奥运舞台上比赛。根据句中at a young age和dreamed可知，because引导的原因状语从句描述过去的情况，使用一般过去时，动词使用过去式形式。故填found。 【65题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：所以我一直有这个梦想，愿意为这项运动付出一切，我从未放弃。be willing to do sth.是固定搭配，表示“愿意做某事”，所以空处应用动词不定式形式。故填to give。 第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 66. 假设你是校英文广播站的小记者，上周你校组织了School English Speech Contest on How to Prevent Seasonal Flu（季节性流感）的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇短文报道此事，内容包括： 1.简要报道此活动； 2.举办该活动的意义。 注意： 1.写作字数为80左右； 2.请按如下格式作答，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 School English Speech Contest on How to Prevent Seasonal Flu (季节性流感) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Version l: School English Speech Contest on How to Prevent Seasonal Flu Last week, our school successfully hosted an English speech contest centered around the theme of “How to Prevent Seasonal Flu”. The event drew enthusiastic participation from students across various grades. Contestants presented thoughtfully prepared speeches, sharing their unique perspectives and practical strategies for preventing seasonal flu. This activity holds great significance. It provides a valuable platform for students to hone their English speaking skills while also enhancing their awareness of seasonal flu prevention. By exchanging ideas, students can better safeguard their health and the well-being of those around them during flu season, thereby contributing to a healthier school community. Version 2: School English Speech Contest on How to Prevent Seasonal Flu Last week, our school witnessed an exciting English speech contest on the topic of “How to Prevent Seasonal Flu”. A large number of students actively engaged in the contest. They articulated their innovative ideas and offered practical advice on preventing seasonal flu in fluent English on stage. Their impressive performances made a lasting impression on the audience, including both students and teachers. The contest is indeed meaningful. It not only boosts students’ English communication abilities but also broadens their understanding of seasonal flu prevention. Furthermore, it fosters a stronger sense of health consciousness among students, which is instrumental in creating a safer and healthier campus environment during flu season. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于校园活动报道类作文，要求考生写一篇短文简要报道学校举办的“预防季节性流感”英语演讲比赛活动概况，并阐述该活动对于提升学生英语口语能力以及增强季节性流感意识等方面的重要意义。 【详解】1.词汇积累： 举办：host → stage/hold 策略：strategy →tactic/approach 提高：enhance→strengthen/boost 意识：awareness→consciousness/sense 2.句式拓展 合并句子 原句：This activity holds great significance. It provides a valuable platform for students to hone their English speaking skills while also enhancing their awareness of seasonal flu prevention.  拓展句：This activity holds great significance, which provides a valuable platform for students to hone their English speaking skills while also enhancing their awareness of seasonal flu prevention.  【点睛】【高分句型1】Last week, our school successfully hosted an English speech contest centered around the theme of “How to Prevent Seasonal Flu”.（运用了过去分词短语作后置定语） 【高分句型2】Contestants presented thoughtfully prepared speeches, sharing their unique perspectives and practical strategies for preventing seasonal flu.（运用了过去分词作前置定语、现在分词短语作状语以及动名词短语作宾语） 第二节（满分25分） 67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整短文。 Dad and Mom have been crazy campers for years. Our neighbors said that they camped while dating, while taking a honeymoon, and even while pregnant. We three children had no chance to witness their past. What we do know is that we have had wonderful camping experiences since we could remember things. Some of our memories are funny, some are exciting, some are embarrassing. Every time when Dad pulls our camper (露营车) out of the garage, we are filled with a sense of excitement, wondering what camping fun and adventure we will experience. Once, we camped along Chalk Creek. Mom was worried that my two-year-old brother Jimmy would fall into the creek. She tied a rope around his waist to keep him near to our spot. That lasted about ten minutes. He was uncomfortable, and his crying let the whole campground know it. So instead of tying him up, she just kept a close eye on him. It worked — Jimmy didn’t end up in the creek. My five-year-old sister, Jessica, however, did. Luckily far-sighted Mom packed with her enough clothes for three of us, so she could hold her tears in time and became energetic again after getting changed. Another time, we rented a boat in Vallecito Lake. The sky was clear when we set off, but storms move in fast in the mountains, and this one quickly interrupted our peaceful morning trip. The wind picked up and thunder rolled. Dad stopped fishing to start the motor. Nothing. He tried again. No luck. We were stuck in the middle of the lake with a dead motor. Mom began to check our life jackets. She made sure every button was fastened properly. Dad took out a whistle from the bag and blew it, expecting to get some assistance from nearby people. Meanwhile he told us that both Mom and he were outstanding swimmers. If no rescue arrived, they would manage to push the boat toward the lakeside. 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。 We had no chance to cheer for their swimming skills that day since a fisherman in a boat showed up soon. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The minute all of us were safe home, Jessica asked when we would go camping next time. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Version 1 We had no chance to cheer for their swimming skills that day since a fisherman in a boat showed up soon. We waved to him eagerly for help. The fisherman threw us a rope and towed us back to the shore. We thanked him gratefully. Subsequently, the four of us hurried to our camper to take shelter from the rain, while Dad dashed to the boat rental place. He had to tell the whole story to the staff members and handed the boat over to them for handling. As the rain was getting heavier and heavier and we were all wet, this time we had to cut back the trip and head back home. The minute all of us were safe home, Jessica asked when we would go camping next time. At her question, we all started to laugh. The situation that had seemed so urgent just moments ago now felt like an exciting story to tell. Dad smiled and said, “Soon, my dear. We can’t let a little storm stop us.” Looking at each other, we all knew that this was true. These camping trips, with their mix of mishaps and magic, made our family so special. We might face more challenges in the future, but we would face them together, with laughter and love, ready for the next adventure on our camping journeys. Version 2 We had no chance to cheer for their swimming skills that day since a fisherman in a boat showed up soon. We shouted loudly to attract his attention. The kind fisherman quickly rowed over and extended a long branch. We grasped it tightly and he pulled us ashore. After expressing our heartfelt gratitude we rushed back to our camper. Mom took out towels to dry us off as Dad went to deal with the boat rental issue. With the rain pouring down, we decided to end this trip too early and drive home. The minute all of us were safe home, Jessica asked when we would go camping next time. Hearing this, we burst into laughter. The previous danger now seemed like an interesting story. Dad grinned and replied, “Very soon. These little setbacks can’t weaken our enthusiasm.” We all nodded in agreement . Our camping trips, filled with thrills and accidents, had strengthened our family bond. No matter what difficulties lay ahead, we’d embrace them with joy and unity, looking forward to the next camping adventure. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者一家热衷于露营，有许多有趣的露营经历。一次在Chalk Creek露营，妈妈先是用绳子拴住弟弟防止他掉进小溪，后改为密切关注。结果弟弟没事，姐姐却掉进了小溪，幸好妈妈准备了足够的衣物。还有一次在Vallecito Lake划船，遭遇暴风雨，船的发动机坏了，爸爸妈妈做好了游泳推船回岸的准备。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“那天我们没机会为他们的游泳技巧喝彩，因为很快一艘小船上的渔夫出现了。”第一段可描写获救过程以及返程。 ②由第二段首句内容“我们所有人一安全到家，杰西卡就问我们下次什么时候去露营。”可知，第二段可描写家人们对杰西卡问题的响应，以及大家对露营的感悟与体会。 2.续写线索：遇到危险向渔夫求救并获救——回露营车避雨、还船——回家后谈下次露营——展现家庭对露营的热爱和期待 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①求助：wave for help/ ask for assistance ②冲：dash/ rush ③知道：know/ be aware 情绪类 ①感激地：gratefully/thankfully ②令人兴奋的：exciting/thrilling 【点睛】[高分句型1] As the rain was getting heavier and heavier and we were all wet, this time we had to cut back the trip and head back home.(运用了as引导的时间状语从句) [高分句型2] The situation that had seemed so urgent just moments ago now felt like an exciting story to tell.(运用了that引的导限制性定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null