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2025届高考调研模拟卷 (一) 英语 注意事项： 1. 本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3. 非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4. 考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。 1. Where is the man going? A. To the classroom. B. To the library. C. To the cinema. 2. How will the two speakers go? A. By horse. B. By car. C. On foot. 3. When will the man leave the hotel? A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Saturday. 4. Why does the woman make a call? A. She wants to change the time. B. She wants to book a table. C. She wants to change a table. 5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Boss and employee. B. Husband and wife. C. Traveler and hotel clerk. 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What can we know about the man? A. He's kind-hearted. B. He's useless. C. He's hesitant. 7. What will the man probably do? A. Have a coach. B. Help the cleaning. C. Tutor the kids. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is the man going to do? A. Buy clothes. B. Have clothes washed. C. Have clothes mended. 9. How much should the man pay? A. 10 yuan. B. 58 yuan. C. 48 yuan. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Who is Li Hua? A. A worker in the bookstore. B. A teacher. C. A student. 11. What did Li Hua order? A. Some story books. B. Some textbooks. C. Some picture books. 12 Why does Li Hua plan to call the manager? A. Because he wants to take several days off. B. Because he wants to say thanks to him. C. Because he hopes to get the problem dealt with. 听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。 13. Where did the man go yesterday? A. To the bookstore. B. To the woman's house. C. To a paint studio. 14. What do we know about Robert? A. He is a tall man. B. He likes travelling. C. He is a good friend of the woman. 15. How long did Robert stay in Alaska? A. For two months. B. For three years. C. For two years and ten months. 16. What does Robert want the woman to do? A. To get a book for him. B. To pay a visit to Alaska. C. To join him in operating a painting studio. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who need to get at least a B to pass? A. Business students. B. Engineering students. C. English majors. 18. How often do the students meet for the course? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 19. What should students work hardest at? A. In-class writings. B. Writing their essays. C. Their homework. 20. What will probably happen if a student misses 10% of the classes? A. He will need to take an exam. B. He will fail the class automatically. C. His final grade will be 10% lower. 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 Best devices for students 2023 External hard drive Price: about £50 The last thing you want is for your laptop to break (or get stolen) and to lose all of your work as a result. An external hard drive like this one from Western Digital can store a backup copy of pretty much your entire laptop. Amazon Kindle Price: about £130 Even if you’re a die-hard fan of physical books, the pain of carrying university textbooks around every day might change you. The latest model of the Kindle Paper white comes with Bluetooth and a front-lit screen that has an adjustable warm light and, as is the case with most e-readers, the battery can last for weeks on a single charge. Tile Mate key finder Price: about £20 If you’re the kind of person who’s always losing stuff — particularly your phone or keys — then this little device could be a lifesaver. Attach your Tile Mate key ring to your set of keys, and you can use the Tile Mate app to locate them if you happen to lose them. And best of all, if you’ve got your keys but can’t find your phone, hitting the button on the Tile Mate key ring will make your phone ring — even when it’s on silent.Genius. WiFi range extender Price: about £35 All too often, the routers supplied by broadband companies aren’t quite up to the job. We’ve used this WiFi range extender from NETGEAR and can confirm that it does a great job of improving the WiFi signal around the house. It plugs straight into the wall, and although you might need to trial a couple of different locations before finding the perfect position, you should notice the difference straight away. 1. What is the price of an external hard drive? A. About £20. B. About £35. C About £50. D. About £130. 2. What is the most striking feature of the Tile Mate key finder? A. It can be attached to your keys. B. It can be located very easily. C. It can save your life in time of emergency. D. It can make your phone ring — even when it’s on silent. 3. What is most needed by someone whose flat receives very poor broadband signal? A. External hard drive. B. Amazon Kindle. C. Tile Mate key finder. D. WiFi range extender. 【答案】1. C 2. D 3. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文，文章主要介绍了几款适合学生的设备。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据External hard drive部分中“Price: about £50(价格：大约50英镑)”可知，一个外部硬盘驱动器的价格是大约50美元，故选C。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Tile Mate key finder部分中最后一段“And best of all, if you’ve got your keys but can’t find your phone, hitting the button on the Tile Mate key ring will make your phone ring — even when it’s on silent.(最棒的是，如果你有钥匙却找不到手机，按一下Tile Mate钥匙圈上的按钮，手机就会响起来——即使是在静音状态下)”可知，Tile Mate钥匙追踪器最显著的特点是可以让手机响起来，即使手机是在静音状态下。故选D。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据WiFi range extender部分中最后一段“We’ve used this WiFi range extender from NETGEAR and can confirm that it does a great job of improving the WiFi signal around the house.(我们已经使用了NETGEAR的WiFi范围延伸器，可以确认它在改善家里的WiFi信号方面做得很好)”可知，WiFi范围延伸器可以改善家里的WiFi信号，故一个公寓宽带信号很差的人最需要WiFi范围延伸器，故选D。 B Like most people, I had a lot of time on my hands these past few years, and I spent most of it on my phone. This, together with anxiety medication (药物治疗), has made my brain weak. I’ve never had a very good memory, but by summer of 2021, I saw the little memory that I did have disappear suddenly while Googling “ben afleCk brther bad 1.” I grew frustrated. I couldn’t remember the name of Joan Holloway’s military husband from Mad Men without looking it up, or the name of my college friend, who would come into my dorm regularly to talk about how much he worked out. None of this was especially useful or life-changing information, but I wanted to remember it without making a shameful mess of my search history. Inspired by a desire to impress myself and others, I decided to stop looking stuff up online and see what happened. When I couldn’t remember the character from Mad Men, instead of instantly turning to my phone, I just sat there, thinking, very hard. (Aha! Greg was his name.) And so my new skill was born: Strong Brain. For a few months, I didn’t make any progress. Sometimes I would sit without knowing something for hours, well after whoever I was with had looked it up and had moved on to knowing the next thing that I couldn’t remember. I was frequently laughed at and made to feel stupid for sitting with my arms crossed. I was teased for not coming up with answers to things that no one on earth should know simply because I took an attitude against looking them up. But while the sounds of my haters got louder and louder, my brain beefed up in my defense. As friends tried to remember the name of the actor who played Robin Williams’s sweetheart in Jumanji, I spoke unthinkingly with ‘Bonnie Hunt’. If you’re like me and have always wanted to be the shiny, pretty person at a party that everyone is listening to and smiling at and wondering where she got her hair cut, I think Strong Brain is the party trick for you. 4. What do we learn about the author from paragraph 1? A. She was overusing the phone. B. She wasted a lot of time on the calls. C. She was addicted to anxiety medicine. D. She made many spelling errors while searching. 5. What did the author decide to do after the summer of 2021? A. Improve her recall. B. Seek help from medicine. C. Clear up her search history. D. Connect with her college friend. 6. What did other people think of the author’s new skill training? A. Difficult. B. Important. C. Ridiculous. D. Rewarding. 7. What is the best title of the text? A. My Concern over Anxiety. B. My Way to Be Brain-Strong. C. My Fight with High Technology. D. My Suffering from Poor Memory. 【答案】4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文。文章主要通过讲述作者因为长期玩手机导致记忆力下降，因此就利用最强大脑（Strong Brain）来让自己增强记忆力。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Like most people, I had a lot of time on my hands these past few years, and I spent most of it on my phone. (和大多数人一样，在过去的几年里，我有很多时间，大部分时间都花在了手机上。)”可知，作者大部分时间都花在了手机上，即她过度使用手机。故选A。 【5题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“Inspired by a desire to impress myself and others, I decided to stop looking stuff up online and see what happened. When I couldn’t remember the character from Mad Men, instead of instantly turning to my phone, I just sat there, thinking, very hard. (Aha! Greg was his name.) And so my new skill was born: Strong Brain. (出于给自己和他人留下深刻印象的愿望，我决定停止在网上查找资料，看看发生了什么。当我记不起《广告狂人》中的角色时，我没有立即转向手机，而是坐在那里，非常认真地思考。（啊哈！格雷格是他的名字。）于是我的新技能诞生了：最强大脑。)”可知，作者在2021年夏天开始训练自己，提高记忆力。故选A。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“I was frequently laughed at and made to feel stupid for sitting with my arms crossed. I was teased for not coming up with answers to things that no one on earth should know simply because I took an attitude against looking them up. (我经常因为双臂交叉坐着而被嘲笑，并感到自己很愚蠢。我被取笑没有对地球上没有人应该知道的事情给出答案，仅仅是因为我采取了不去查的态度。)”可知，其他人认为作者的行为很荒唐可笑的。故选C。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“I’ve never had a very good memory, but by summer of 2021, I saw the little memory that I did have disappear suddenly while Googling “ben afleCk brther bad 1.”(我的记忆力从来都不是很好，但到了2021夏天，我在谷歌上搜索“ben-afleCk brther bad 1”时，我发现自己的小记忆突然消失了。)”和第三段“Inspired by a desire to impress myself and others, I decided to stop looking stuff up online and see what happened. When I couldn’t remember the character from Mad Men, instead of instantly turning to my phone, I just sat there, thinking, very hard. (Aha! Greg was his name.) And so my new skill was born: Strong Brain. (出于给自己和他人留下深刻印象的愿望，我决定停止在网上查找资料，看看发生了什么。当我记不起《广告狂人》中的角色时，我没有立即转向手机，而是坐在那里，非常认真地思考。（啊哈！格雷格是他的名字。）于是我的新技能诞生了：最强大脑。)”可知，这篇文章主要讲述作者是如何通过最强大脑来提高自己的记忆力的事情，B项“我的最强大脑之路。”适合做文章标题。故选B。 C At first look, the playground at the Children’s Guild-Transformation Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, looks like any other. But it is not just a place for fun. Everything is specifically designed for kids aged 5 to 21 with autism (自闭症) spectrum disorder (ASD) and are lower-functioning. The goal of the school is to make the students as independent as possible in an effort to help them prepare for adult life. The school aims to provide help with developing communication and social skills, as well as practical abilities like cleaning or cooking. Parts of the playground that seem small are very important for children with autism and other disabilities. The surrounding fence extends into a wooded area to make it seem more open. And the ground under the play areas is made of soft, but solid materials to support students using wheelchairs. Instead of just one slide, there are two sitting side-by-side. That way, parents or teachers with older, larger students can go down the slide together with the kids. The playground’s designers say a number of sensory elements are also included to help the students. The benches (长凳) on the outside of the playground look simple from faraway but are “one of our most inclusive sensory” elements. They have many different colours that bring about feelings of calm and curiosity. They are also made with smooth material that can be felt and moved. If a child starts to feel uneasy, they can sit down and feel the bench, which can help them relax. One of the most important designs is a tower that can spray water on multiple children. This can be an important way for older children with autism to get over their fears of water, which for them can be over stimulating. Like the shower, much of the equipment is designed to persuade students to interact with each other, even though they might usually like playing alone. A swing set is designed to permit two kids to swing at the same time, for example. The school plans to open up the playground for everyone in the autism community, even if they do not attend Transformation Academy. 8. Which of the following can accurately describe Transformation Academy? A. An on-profit private organization. B. A special school for children with disabilities. C. A public school that integrates education and fitness. D. An important place for community children’s activities. 9. What are the basic principles for selecting materials within the play area? A. They should be soft and affordable. B. They should be small and comfortable. C. They should be cheap and eco-friendly. D. They should be safe and considered from multiple angles. 10. What is special about the benches on the playground? A. They are simple and uniform in colour. B. They are only for one person to sit alone. C. They are smooth and fixed in one position. D. They are a combination of various physical senses, 11. What can be inferred about the playground? A. It encourages students to play alone. B. It is not different from any other playground. C. It is only available for students from the school. D. It score is to create opportunities for secure communication. 【答案】8. B 9. D 10. D 11. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了专门为5至21岁患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）且功能较低的儿童设计的操场。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“Everything is specifically designed for kids aged 5 to 21 with autism spectrum disorder(ASD) and are lower-functioning.”（所有的东西都是专门为5到21岁患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)和低功能的孩子设计的。）和第二段中“The goal of the school is to make the students as independent as possible in an effort to help them prepare for adult life.”（学校的目标是使学生尽可能独立，努力帮助他们为成年生活做准备。）可知，转型学院即残疾儿童的特殊学校。故选B项。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中“And the ground under the play areas is made of soft, but solid materials to support students using wheelchairs.”（游乐区下面的地面由柔软但坚固的材料制成，以支持使用轮椅的学生。）以及第五段中“They are also made with smooth material that can be felt and moved.”（它们也是用光滑的材料制成的，可以触摸和移动。）可推知，所用材料从安全和多种角度考量。故选D项。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段中“The benches on the outside of the playground look simple from far away, but are ‘one of our most inclusive sensory’ elements. They have many different colours that bring about feelings of calm and curiosity. They are also made with smooth material that can be felt and moved. If a child starts to feel uneasy, they can sit down and feel the bench, which can help them relax.”（操场外面的长椅从远处看很简单，但却是“我们最具包容性的感官元素之一”。它们有许多不同的颜色，给人带来平静和好奇的感觉。它们也是用光滑的材料制成的，可以触摸和移动。如果孩子开始感到不安，他们可以坐下来摸摸长凳，这可以帮助他们放松。）可推知，操场上的长凳的特别之处是它们是各种身体感官的结合。故选D项。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“The goal of the school is to make the students as independent as possible in an effort to help them prepare for adult life. The school aims to provide help with developing communication and social skills, as well as practical abilities like cleaning or cooking.”（学校的目标是使学生尽可能独立，努力帮助他们为成年生活做准备。这所学校旨在帮助学生发展沟通和社交技能，以及清洁或烹饪等实践能力。）可知，关于操场我们可以推断出它的目的是为安全交流创造机会。故选D项。 D Machine learning sees reasoning as a categorization task with a fixed set of predetermined labels. It views the world as a fixed space of possibilities, calculating and weighing them all. This approach, of course, has achieved notable successes when applied to stable and well-defined situations such as chess or computer games. When such conditions are absent, however, machines struggle. In 2008, Google launched Flu Trends, a web service that aimed to predict flu-related doctor visits using big data. The project, however, failed to predict the 2009 HINI flu outbreak. After several unsuccessful adjustments to its algorithm (算法), Google finally stopped the project in2015. In such unstable situations, the human brain behaves differently. Sometimes, it simply forgets. Instead of getting trapped in irrelevant data, it relies only on the most recent information and makes creative decisions. This is a feature called intelligent forgetting. Adopting this approach, an algorithm that relies on a single data point would have reduced Google Flu Trends' prediction error by half. Intelligent forgetting is just one dimension of psychological AI, an approach to machine intelligence that also includes other features of human intelligence such as causal reasoning, intuitive (直觉) psychology, and physics. Soon, this approach to Al will finally be recognized as fundamental for solving poorly-defined problems. Exploring these amazing features of the human brain will finally allow us to make machine learning smart. One feature of psychological Al is that it is explainable. Until recently, researchers assumed that the more transparent an AI system was, the less accurate its predictions were. This mirrored the widespread but incorrect belief that complex problems always need complex solutions. Now, this idea will be laid to rest. As the case of flu predictions illustrates, powerful and simple psychological algorithms can often give more accurate predictions than complex algorithms. Psychological AI opens up a new vision for explainable AI: Instead of trying to explain complex systems, we can check first if psychological Al offers a simple and equally accurate solution. Without the help of human psychology, it will become clearer that the application of this type of machine learning to unstable situations eventually runs up against impassable limitations. We will finally recognize that more computing power makes machines faster. Not smarter. 12. Why is Flu Trends mentioned? A. To clarify a concept. B. To tell the serious outbreak. C. To support the author's idea. D. To provide readers with the truth. 13. What is the advantage of human brain according to the passage? A. It can think outside the box. B. It can avoid unclear problems. C. It is capable of learning over time. D. It is good at following instructions. 14. Which has the similar meaning with the underlined word “transparent” in paragraph 5? A. Similar. B. Unique. C. Complete. D. Clear. 15. What does the author intend to tell us? A. AI speeds up the computing greatly. B. Psychological Al can make smarter AI. C. AI system works well in stable situations. D. AI will outperform the human brain someday. 【答案】12. C 13. A 14. D 15. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了心理人工智能可以让人工智能变得更聪明。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“This approach, of course, has achieved notable successes when applied to stable and well-defined situations such as chess or computer games. When such conditions are absent, however, machines struggle.”（当然，这种方法在应用于国际象棋或电脑游戏等稳定且定义明确的情况时取得了显著的成功。然而，当没有这样的条件时，机器就会显得很吃力。）根据第二段“In 2008, Google launched Flu Trends, a web service that aimed to predict flu-related doctor visits using big data. The project, however, failed to predict the 2009 HINI flu outbreak. After several unsuccessful adjustments to its algorithm (算法), Google finally stopped the project in2015.”（2008年，谷歌推出了流感趋势，这是一项旨在利用大数据预测流感相关医生就诊情况的网络服务。然而，该项目未能预测2009年中国流感的爆发。在对算法进行了几次失败的调整后，谷歌终于在2015年停止了该项目）可知，提到流感趋势是为了支持作者的观点。故选C项。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“In such unstable situations, the human brain behaves differently. Sometimes, it simply forgets. Instead of getting trapped in irrelevant data, it relies only on the most recent information and makes creative decisions.”（在这种不稳定的情况下，人类的大脑会有不同的表现。有时候，它只是忘记了。它不会被无关的数据所困，而是只依赖于最新的信息，并做出创造性的决定。）可知，人脑的优势是它可以跳出框框思维。故选A项。 【14题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第五段“This mirrored the widespread but incorrect belief that complex problems always need complex solutions.”（这反映了一种普遍但不正确的观点，即复杂的问题总是需要复杂的解决方案）可知，直到最近，研究人员还认为人工智能系统越清晰，其预测就越不准确。故划线词的意思是“清晰的”。故选D。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文以及根据第四段“Exploring these amazing features of the human brain will finally allow us to make machine learning smart.”（探索人类大脑的这些惊人特征将最终使我们能够使机器学习变得智能。）根据最后一段“Without the help of human psychology, it will become clearer that the application of this type of machine learning to unstable situations eventually runs up against impassable limitations.”（如果没有人类心理学的帮助，将越来越清楚的是，将这种类型的机器学习应用于不稳定的情况最终会遇到不可逾越的限制）可知，作者想告诉我们心理人工智能可以让人工智能变得更聪明。故选B。 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。 Not all great writers are great spellers. If you want to be published, it's vital to submit a perfect, professionally presented manuscript (原稿). ____16____ No editor is likely to tolerate a writer who does not take the trouble to spell words correctly. I keep two reference books close-by on my desk: dictionary and thesaurus (同义词词典). I don't trust my laptop's spellchecker. ____17____ Of course, these days there are plenty of online dictionaries and thesauruses, but I'm old-fashioned enough to prefer a hard cover and pages I can leaf through with my fingers. I use the Concise Oxford Dictionary and the Collins Thesaurus. ____18____ It should give you a precise definition of each word, thus differentiating it from other words whose meanings are similar, but not identical. It will also usually show how the word is pronounced. In addition, I have an old two-volume copy of the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, picked up a few years ago in a bookshop sale for just 99 pence. Of course, with its 2,672 pages, it's not exactly short. It contains around 163,000 words, plus word combinations and idiomatic phrases. ____19____ However, if I need to check the origin of a word or to look up examples of its usage, there's nothing better. For well over a hundred years the most influential English dictionary was Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language published in 1755. "To make dictionaries is dull (乏味) work," wrote Johnson, illustrating one definition of "dull". ____20____ A few minutes spent casting your eye over a page or two can be a rewarding experience. A. I don't often use this dictionary. B. It takes no account of the context. C. But I still don't want to replace them. D. But a dictionary can be a pleasure to read. E. Of course, a dictionary is not only for spelling. F. That means good grammar and no spelling mistakes. G. Dictionaries don't always give you enough information. 【答案】16. F 17. B 18. E 19. A 20. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了作者使用英语词典的经验和心得以及从中获得的乐趣。 【16题详解】 上文“If you want to be published, it’s vital to submit a perfect, professionally presented manuscript(如果你想发表，提交一份完美的、专业的手稿是至关重要的)”提到了完美的、专业的手稿的重要性，手稿中不能有语法和拼写错误是专业的手稿的要求之一。F选项“That means good grammar and no spelling mistakes.(这意味着语法正确，没有拼写错误。)”是对手稿要求的进一步解释说明，符合题意。故选F项。 【17题详解】 上文“I don’t trust my laptop’s spellchecker.(我不相信我笔记本电脑的拼写检查器。)”提到了作者不相信电脑的拼写检查器;下文“Of course, these days there are plenty of online dictionaries and thesauruses, but I’m old-fashioned enough to prefer a hard cover and pages I can leaf through with my fingers.(当然，现在有很多在线词典和同义词库，但我是一个守旧的人，更喜欢精装的书和能用手指翻阅的书页。)”提到了作者更喜欢实体书和能用手指翻阅的书页，说明电子设备可能不会考虑上下文，所以B选项“It takes no account of the context.(它不考虑上下文。)”解释了上文的原因，具有承上启下的作用。故选B项。 【18题详解】 下文“It should give you a precise definition of each word, thus differentiating it from other words whose meanings are similar, but not identical. It will also usually show how the word is pronounced.(它应该给出每个单词的精确定义，从而将其与其他含义相似但不相同的单词区分开来。它通常还会显示单词的发音。)”提到了字典的功能，E选项“Of course, a dictionary is not only for spelling.(当然，字典不仅仅是用来拼写的。)”提到了字典的部分功能，能引起下文内容。故选E项。 【19题详解】 下文“However, if I need to check the origin of a word or to look up examples of its usage, there’s nothing better.(然而，如果我需要检查一个单词的来源或查找其用法的例子，没有什么比这更好的了。)”提到了字典的使用情况，A选项“I don’t often use this dictionary.(我不经常用这本字典。)”是对字典使用频率的说明，与下文构成转折关系。故选A项。 【20题详解】 上文“ “To make dictionaries is dull (乏味) work, ” wrote Johnson, illustrating one definition of ”dull".(约翰逊在解释“dull”的一个定义时写道：“编字典是件无聊的工作(乏味)。”)”提到了编写字典是件乏味的工作，下文“A few minutes spent casting your eye over a page or two can be a rewarding experience.(花几分钟的时间浏览一两页是一种有益的体验。)”提到浏览字典也是一种阅读的乐趣，D选项“But a dictionary can be a pleasure to read.(但是一本字典读起来是一种乐趣。)”是作者对字典的评价，与上文的“乏味”形成对比，与上文构成转折关系。故选D项。 【点睛】 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。 I never knew I was legally blind until my 17th birthday. I'd been going to ____21____ all the time to support my sister because of her eyes. That day, I also got ____22____ and was told that I had the same: ____23____ as my sister. I could finally make sense of my very ____24____ vision. After that day, I never spoke about it. When I was 26, I got a job. I was always trying to be better in the ____25____ that nobody would ever discover my condition. At work, I used humor to ____26____ my disability. Even smaller things would ____27____ me, like being unable to see the gender symbol on the toilet door, but I tried very hard to find ____28____ so that my colleagues couldn't “catch me out.” Over time, I became worn out trying to ____29____ that I could see. I had to see my doctor. It was a(n) ____30____ moment in my healing journey. The doctor told me that it wasn't my eyes that were the problem, it was my ____31____ with my eyes. He also told me I had damaged my eyes by not being ____32____ for my vision and not asking for help. He advised me to take some time off work so that my eyes could recover. On that day, I ____33____ to begin the journey that I am on today, of ____34____ who I am. Since then, I've been myself, doing social activities. I've stopped ____35____ about what other people think and whether I am going to fail. 21. A. lawyers B. doctors C. chemists D. professors 22. A. taken back B. calmed down C. checked up D. operated on 23. A. task B. condition C. goal D. response 24. A. cloudy B. normal C. sharp D. broad 25. A. fear B. event C. doubt D. hope 26. A. hide B. cure C. explain D. forget 27. A. comfort B. delay C. attract D. affect 28. A. places B. details C. solutions D. results 29. A. pretend B. promise C. discover D. admit 30. A. safe B. important C. quiet D. awkward 31. A. device B. satisfaction C. boredom D. relationship 32. A. happy B. anxious C. responsible D. grateful 33. A. decided B. waited C. hesitated D. remembered 34. A. protecting B. distinguishing C. describing D. accepting 35. A. joking B. worrying C. asking D. dreaming 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. C 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者从不接受自己的眼睛看不清的事实，不断隐藏自己的问题，最终接受自己的情况的故事。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：直到我17岁生日，我才知道自己在法律上是盲人。我一直去看医生支持我的妹妹，因为她的眼睛。A. lawyers律师；B. doctors医生；C. chemists化学家；D. professors教授。根据前文“blind”可知，眼睛看不见应该看医生，故选B项。 【22题详解】 考查动词词组词义辨析。句意：那天，我也做了检查，被告知我和我妹妹一样。A. taken back拿回，撤销；B. calmed down平静下来；C. checked up检查，核对；D. operated on给……做手术。根据下文“the same ____3____ as my sister”可在是在做了检查后得知妹妹和自己的情况一样的。故选C项。 【23题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：那天，我也做了检查，被告知我和我妹妹一样。A. task任务；B. condition状况；C. goal目标；D. response回应。根据前文“to support my sister because of her eyes”及“the same ____3____ as my sister”可是妹妹的请况和我一样，故选B项。 【24题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我终于可以理解我非常朦胧的视野了。A. cloudy泪眼朦胧的；B. normal正常的；C. sharp清晰的；D. broad宽广的。根据前文“because of her eyes”及“the same condition as my sister (和我妹妹状况一样)”，可知我的眼睛是“蒙胧的”，故选A项。 【25题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我一直在努力变得更好，希望没有人会发现我的病情。A. fear害怕；B. event事件；C. doubt怀疑；D. hope希望。in the hope that表示“怀着……的希望”，作者一直希望不被人知道，故选D项。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：工作中，我用幽默掩盖我的残疾。A. hide掩盖；B. cure治愈；C. explain解释；D. forget忘记。根据前文“nobody would ever discover my condition (没人发现我的病情)”，可知我不想让别人知道我的眼睛有问题。根据“humor (幽默)”以及“my disability (我的残疾)”，可知是用幽默来“掩盖”我的残疾。故选A项。 【27题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：再小的事也会影响我，就像看不到厕所门上的性别符号，但我非常努力地寻找解决办法，这样我的同事就无法“抓住我”。A. comfort安慰；B. delay推迟；C. attract吸引；D. affect影响。根据“like being unable to see the gender symbol on the toilet door (看不到厕所门的性别符号)”，可知再小的事也会“影响”到我，因为我害怕别人知道我的眼睛的问题，故选D项。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：再小的事也会影响我，就像看不到厕所门上的性别符号，但我非常努力地寻找解决办法，这样我的同事就无法“发现我”。A. places地方；B. details细节；C. solutions解决办法；D. results结果。根据 so that my colleagues couldn’t “catch me out” (这样我的同事就不会“发现我”)，可知我努力寻找“解决办法”来解决看不清楚性别符号这些小事，故选C项。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：随着时间的流逝，我对试图假装我能看到变得疲惫不堪。A. pretend假装；B. promise许诺；C. discover发现；D. admit承认。根据前文 “At work, I used humor to hide my disability. (工作中我用幽默掩盖我的残疾)”可知我一直在“假装”看得见，这让我疲惫不堪，故选A项。 【30题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是我康复之旅中的一个重要时刻。A. safe安全的；B. important重要的；C. quiet安静的；D. awkward尴尬的。根据“my healing journey (我的康复旅程)”可知看医生是康复旅程最“重要的”的一步，然后才知道该怎么做才能康复，故选B项。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：医生告诉我，问题不是我的眼睛，而是我厌烦我的眼睛。A. device设备；B. satisfaction满意；C. boredom厌烦；D. relationship关系。根据下文“I had damaged my eyes by not being ____12____ for my vision and not asking for help”可知，作者曾经损害自己的眼睛并且没有寻求帮助，可知是对眼睛的厌烦。故选C项。 【32题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他还告诉我，由于不对自己的视力负责，也没有寻求帮助，我的眼睛受到了伤害。A. happy高兴的；B. anxious渴望的，焦虑的；C. responsible负责任的；D. grateful感激的。根据“I had damaged my eyes (我损害了我的眼睛)”，可知我对我的眼睛是不负责任的，故选C项。 【33题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那一天，我决定开始我今天的旅程，接受我是谁。A. decided决定；B. waited等待；C. hesitated犹豫；D. remembered记得。根据“ of accepting who I am.(接受我是谁。)”所以我决定开始我今天的旅程，故选A项。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那一天，我决定开始我今天的旅程，接受我是谁。A. protecting保护；B. distinguishing区别；C. describing描述；D. accepting接受。结合选项，根据“who I am (我是谁)”，可知应该是“接受”我自己，故选D项。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我已经不再担心别人会怎么想，担心我是否会失败了。A. joking开玩笑；B. worrying担心；C. asking询问；D. dreaming梦想。根据前文“Since then, I’ve been myself, doing social activities. (从那以后，我就一直做自己，参加社会活动。)”因此我不再“担心”别人怎么想，故选B项。 第二节 (共10小题；每小题 1. 5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Chinese cultural elements commemorating (纪念) Tang Xianzu, ___36___ is known as “the Shakespeare of Asia,” add an international character to Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s hometown. Tang and Shakespeare were contemporaries and both died in 1616. Although they could never have met, there are common ___37___ (theme) in their works, said Paul Edmondson, head of research for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. “Some of the things that Tang was writing about ___38___ (be) also Shakespeare’s concerns. I happen to know that Tang’s play The Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》) is similar in some ways ___39___ Romeo and Juliet.” A statue commemorating Shakespeare and Tang was put up at Shakespeare’s Birthplace Garden in 2017. Two years later, a six-meter-tall pavilion, ___40___ (inspire)by The Peony Pavilion, ___41___ (build)at the Firs Garden, just ten minutes’ walk from Shakespeare’s birthplace. Those cultural elements have increased Stratford’s international ___42___ (visible), said Edmondson, adding that visitors walking through the Birthplace Garden were often amazed ___43___ (find)the connection between the two great writers. ___44___ (recall)watching a Chinese opera version of Shakespeare’s play Richard III in Shanghai and meeting Chinese actors who came to Stratford a few years ago to perform parts of The Peony Pavilion, Edmondson said, “It was very exciting to hear the Chinese language ____45____ see how Tang’s play was being performed.” 【答案】36. who 37. themes 38. were 39. to 40. inspired 41. was built 42. visibility 43. to find 44. Recalling 45. and 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国明代戏曲家汤显祖与英国戏剧家莎士比亚之间的联系和共同点，并展示了这种联系如何被纪念和展示在莎士比亚的故乡斯特拉特福德，且说明了这种联系对于提高斯特拉特福德国际知名度的重要性。 【36题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：为了纪念被誉为“亚洲莎士比亚”的汤显祖，中国文化元素为莎士比亚的故乡——埃文河畔的斯特拉特福增添了国际化的色彩。这里为定语从句的关系词，先行词为“Tang Xianzu”，在非限制性定语从句中担当主语，表示人，用关系代词who引导。故填who。 【37题详解】 考查名词的数。句意：莎士比亚故居信托基金会的研究主管Paul Edmondson说，尽管他们从未见过面，但他们的作品中都有共同的主题。本句为“there be”句型，为倒装句，根据谓语动词“are”可判断，本句主语为名词的复数形式。故填themes。 【38题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：“汤显祖所写的一些内容也是莎士比亚所关心的。我碰巧知道汤显祖的戏剧《牡丹亭》在某些方面与《罗密欧与朱丽叶》相似。”这里为本句谓语动词，根据句意以及定语从句时态可知，本句时态为一般过去时；主语为“some of the things”，复数。故填were。 【39题详解】 考查固定短语。句意：“汤显祖所写的一些内容也是莎士比亚所关心的。我碰巧知道汤显祖的戏剧《牡丹亭》在某些方面与《罗密欧与朱丽叶》相似。”固定短语：be similar to，意为“和……相似”，符合句意。故填to。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：两年后，一座六米高的亭子在菲斯花园落成，该花园距离莎士比亚故居仅十分钟步行路程，其灵感来自《牡丹亭》。非谓语动词担当后置定语，被修饰词“a six-meter-tall pavilion”和动词“inspire”之间为被动关系，用过去分词形式。故填inspired。 【41题详解】 考查时态和语态。句意：两年后，一座六米高的亭子在菲斯花园落成，该花园距离莎士比亚故居仅十分钟步行路程，其灵感来自《牡丹亭》。这里为本句谓语动词，根据时间状语“Two years later”可知，本句时态为一般过去时；主语为“a six-meter-tall pavilion”，单数，和动词“build”之间为被动关系，所以用被动语态。故填was built。 【42题详解】 考查名词。句意：Edmondson说，这些文化元素提高了斯特拉特福德的国际知名度，并补充说，游客们穿过故居花园时，常常惊讶于这两位伟大作家之间的联系。形容词international后接名词形式，visibility“知名度”为不可数名词作宾语。故填visibility。 【43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：Edmondson说，这些文化元素提高了斯特拉特福德的国际知名度，并补充说，游客们穿过故居花园时，常常惊讶于这两位伟大作家之间的联系。非谓语动词担当形容词“amazed”后的原因状语，用动词不定式形式。故填to find。 【44题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：回忆起几年前在上海观看莎士比亚戏剧《理查三世》的中国版，并遇见前来斯特拉特福德表演《牡丹亭》部分片段的中国演员时，Edmondson说：“听到中文，看到汤显祖的戏剧是如何被表演的，非常激动人心。”非谓语动词担当状语，主语“Edmondson”和动词“recall”之间为主动关系，用现在分词形式担当状语；出现在句首，首字母大写。故填Recalling。 【45题详解】 考查连词。句意：回忆起几年前在上海观看莎士比亚戏剧《理查三世》的中国版，并遇见前来斯特拉特福德表演《牡丹亭》部分片段的中国演员时，Edmondson说：“听到中文，看到汤显祖的戏剧是如何被表演的，非常激动人心。”空前“hear the Chinese language”和空后“see how Tang’s play was being performed”为并列结构，用and连接。故填and。 【点睛】 第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (满分15分) 46. 假定你是李华，上周五你们班在公园上了一堂美术课。请你给英国朋友Chris写一封邮件分享这次经历，内容包括： （1）你完成的作品； （2）你的感想。 注意： （1）写作词数应80个左右； （2）请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Dear Chris, I’m writing to share with you an art class I had in a park last Friday. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】 Dear Chris, I’m writing to share with you an art class I had in a park last Friday. We were tasked to draw or paint something that impressed us most. Inspired by the fantastic scenery, I decided to create a watercolor painting of the small bridge over the park’s pond, surrounded by blooming flowers. The entire experience was incredibly refreshing. Being surrounded by nature not only sparked my creativity but also offered a much-needed break from the usual hustle and bustle of school life. I felt a deep sense of peace as I painted. In a word, it was not just an art class; it was a moment of connection with nature that I truly cherished. Yours Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇是应用文写作。要求考生给Chris写一封信, 分享在公园上美术课的经历。 【详解】1. 词汇积累 决定：decide→determine 整个的：entire→whole 提供：offer→provide 总之：in a word→in short 2. 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Inspired by the fantastic scenery, I decided to create a watercolor painting of the small bridge over the park’s pond, surrounded by blooming flowers. 拓展句：Because I was inspired by the fantastic scenery, I decided to create a watercolor painting of the small bridge over the park’s pond, which was surrounded by blooming flowers. 【点睛】[高分句型1]We were tasked to draw or paint something that impressed us most. (that引导的定语从句) [高分句型2] I felt a deep sense of peace as I painted.(as引导的时间状语从句) 第二节 (满分25分) 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The Greatest Thanksgiving “Are you going grocery shopping today?” my husband, Roy asked when I picked up the telephone. “I plan to,” I answered. Thanksgiving was only a couple days away. Everyone in our family would be coming to our house. My funds were limited, therefore my box of coupons (优惠券) awaited me in the car. I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day. I had to stretch every dollar. For a few seconds, Roy sat silently on the other end of the line. “Why do you ask?” I uttered, fearing what he might say. “Nancy, there’s a family with a half dozen kids that will not have anything to eat for Thanksgiving. The little one is only five years old. While you’re at the store, could you possibly buy something for them?” Roy’s words echoed in my heart. My head began to spin (眩晕)thinking about the fifty dollars I had reserved for our family’ s Thanks giving dinner. In the back of my mind I counted the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner. I put my head down on my desk, already feeling defeated. There’s no way possible, I thought. But the sympathy I heard in my husband’s voice struck a nerve inside me. “Sure.” I replied. I finished my work and prayed all the way to the nearest grocery store. The turkeys were indeed on sale—29 cents a pound, but I discovered one big problem. When I read the sign posted on the freezer door, my heart sank. “Limit one.” “But I need two,” I uttered to myself, I decided to find the manager. I explained the problem. He made an exception. After tossing two turkeys in the cart, I began my shopping. It was amazing how many buy-one-get-one-free items were being featured that day. In addition, I had all the right coupons to get exactly what both families needed for a hearty Thanks giving dinner. I held my breath while the cashier rang up my groceries. To my surprise, I had enough money. I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the five-year-old who had stolen my heart, even though I had never met her. 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。 Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home filled with children of all ages. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On that Thanksgiving Day, my entire family also shared a hearty meal with us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home filled with children of all ages. I will never forget the smiles on the six kids’ faces, as they made several trips from my car carrying numerous bags of groceries inside. Surprised and excited, they couldn’t wait to talk about their Thanksgiving dinner. Meanwhile,the little one lit up at the sight of the cookies, jumping with great joy. The parents tightly held our hands with watery eyes, “Thank you for making our day.” On that Thanksgiving Day my entire family also shared a hearty meal with us. We had plenty to eat. We even had enough food left over for the evening meal. That afternoon, when I had time to think about what had happened, I imagined a home, not far from where I lived, where there was a mother, a father and six children sitting around the kitchen table, laughing and rejoicing. They enjoyed the same meal that our family had shared together that day. Right then I realized that miracles happen when we step out in faith and all things are possible. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，主要讲述了在感恩节前几天，作者的丈夫打电话问她是否要去商店买感恩节用的东西，作者回答是，丈夫告诉作者有个家庭有六个孩子他们感恩节什么吃的都没有，所以问作者能不能给他们买点东西，虽然作者预留资金也不多，但是作者答应了。于是作者拿着预留资金和一堆优惠券去了商店，给自己和那家人买了东西。幸运的是，作者带的钱足以支付买的东西。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“那天下午晚些时候，罗伊和我专程把东西送到一个满是各个年龄段孩子的家里。”可知，第一段可描写作者和丈夫给这家人送东西，以及这家人的反应。 ②由第二段首句内容“在那个感恩节，我们全家也一起吃了一顿丰盛的大餐。”可知，第二段可描写作者一家有足够的吃的，以及作者对自己和丈夫给这一家人送东西的感受。 2.续写线索：送东西——表现——感谢——全家吃大餐——作者感受 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①高兴起来：light up/cheer up ②考虑：think about/consider ③发生：happen/take place 情绪类 ①惊讶的：surprised/amazed ②兴奋的：excited/thrilled 【点睛】[高分句型1] I will never forget the smiles on the six kids’ faces, as they made several trips from my car carrying numerous bags of groceries inside. （由as引导的时间状语从句） [高分句型2] That afternoon, when I had time to think about what had happened, I imagined a home, not far from where I lived, where there was a mother, a father and six children sitting around the kitchen table, laughing and rejoicing. （由when引导的时间状语从句，what引导的宾语从句，和where引导的宾语从句） [高分句型3] Right then I realized that miracles happen when we step out in faith and all things are possible.（运用了that引导的宾语从句和when引导的时间状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2025届高考调研模拟卷 (一) 英语 注意事项： 1. 本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3. 非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4. 考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。 1. Where is the man going? A. To the classroom. B. To the library. C. To the cinema. 2. How will the two speakers go? A. By horse. B. By car. C. On foot. 3. When will the man leave the hotel? A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Saturday. 4. Why does the woman make a call? A. She wants to change the time. B. She wants to book a table. C. She wants to change a table. 5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Boss and employee. B. Husband and wife. C. Traveler and hotel clerk. 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What can we know about the man? A. He's kind-hearted. B. He's useless. C. He's hesitant. 7. What will the man probably do? A. Have a coach. B. Help the cleaning. C. Tutor the kids. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is the man going to do? A. Buy clothes. B. Have clothes washed. C. Have clothes mended. 9. How much should the man pay? A. 10 yuan. B. 58 yuan. C. 48 yuan. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Who is Li Hua? A. A worker in the bookstore. B. A teacher. C. A student. 11. What did Li Hua order? A. Some story books. B. Some textbooks. C. Some picture books. 12. Why does Li Hua plan to call the manager? A. Because he wants to take several days off. B. Because he wants to say thanks to him. C. Because he hopes to get the problem dealt with. 听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。 13. Where did the man go yesterday? A. To the bookstore. B. To the woman's house. C. To a paint studio. 14. What do we know about Robert? A. He is a tall man. B. He likes travelling. C. He is a good friend of the woman. 15. How long did Robert stay in Alaska? A. For two months. B. For three years. C. For two years and ten months. 16. What does Robert want the woman to do? A. To get a book for him. B. To pay a visit to Alaska. C. To join him in operating a painting studio. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who need to get at least a B to pass? A. Business students. B. Engineering students. C. English majors. 18. How often do the students meet for the course? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 19. What should students work hardest at? A. In-class writings. B. Writing their essays. C. Their homework. 20. What will probably happen if a student misses 10% of the classes? A. He will need to take an exam. B. He will fail the class automatically. C. His final grade will be 10% lower. 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 Best devices for students 2023 External hard drive Price: about £50 The last thing you want is for your laptop to break (or get stolen) and to lose all of your work as a result. An external hard drive like this one from Western Digital can store a backup copy of pretty much your entire laptop. Amazon Kindle Price: about £130 Even if you’re a die-hard fan of physical books, the pain of carrying university textbooks around every day might change you. The latest model of the Kindle Paper white comes with Bluetooth and a front-lit screen that has an adjustable warm light and, as is the case with most e-readers, the battery can last for weeks on a single charge. Tile Mate key finder Price: about £20 If you’re the kind of person who’s always losing stuff — particularly your phone or keys — then this little device could be a lifesaver. Attach your Tile Mate key ring to your set of keys, and you can use the Tile Mate app to locate them if you happen to lose them. And best of all if you’ve got your keys but can’t find your phone, hitting the button on the Tile Mate key ring will make your phone ring — even when it’s on silent.Genius. WiFi range extender Price: about £35 All too often, the routers supplied by broadband companies aren’t quite up to the job. We’ve used this WiFi range extender from NETGEAR and can confirm that it does a great job of improving the WiFi signal around the house. It plugs straight into the wall, and although you might need to trial a couple of different locations before finding the perfect position, you should notice the difference straight away. 1. What is the price of an external hard drive? A. About £20. B. About £35. C. About £50. D. About £130. 2. What is the most striking feature of the Tile Mate key finder? A. It can be attached to your keys. B. It can be located very easily. C. It can save your life in time of emergency. D It can make your phone ring — even when it’s on silent. 3. What is most needed by someone whose flat receives very poor broadband signal? A. External hard drive. B. Amazon Kindle. C. Tile Mate key finder. D. WiFi range extender. B Like most people, I had a lot of time on my hands these past few years, and I spent most of it on my phone. This, together with anxiety medication (药物治疗), has made my brain weak. I’ve never had a very good memory, but by summer of 2021, I saw the little memory that I did have disappear suddenly while Googling “ben afleCk brther bad 1.” I grew frustrated. I couldn’t remember the name of Joan Holloway’s military husband from Mad Men without looking it up, or the name of my college friend, who would come into my dorm regularly to talk about how much he worked out. None of this was especially useful or life-changing information, but I wanted to remember it without making a shameful mess of my search history. Inspired by a desire to impress myself and others, I decided to stop looking stuff up online and see what happened. When I couldn’t remember the character from Mad Men, instead of instantly turning to my phone, I just sat there, thinking, very hard. (Aha! Greg was his name.) And so my new skill was born: Strong Brain. For a few months, I didn’t make any progress. Sometimes I would sit without knowing something for hours, well after whoever I was with had looked it up and had moved on to knowing the next thing that I couldn’t remember. I was frequently laughed at and made to feel stupid for sitting with my arms crossed. I was teased for not coming up with answers to things that no one on earth should know simply because I took an attitude against looking them up. But while the sounds of my haters got louder and louder, my brain beefed up in my defense. As friends tried to remember the name of the actor who played Robin Williams’s sweetheart in Jumanji, I spoke unthinkingly with ‘Bonnie Hunt’. If you’re like me and have always wanted to be the shiny, pretty person at a party that everyone is listening to and smiling at and wondering where she got her hair cut, I think Strong Brain is the party trick for you. 4 What do we learn about the author from paragraph 1? A. She was overusing the phone. B. She wasted a lot of time on the calls. C. She was addicted to anxiety medicine. D. She made many spelling errors while searching. 5. What did the author decide to do after the summer of 2021? A. Improve her recall. B. Seek help from medicine. C. Clear up her search history. D. Connect with her college friend. 6. What did other people think of the author’s new skill training? A. Difficult. B. Important. C. Ridiculous. D. Rewarding. 7. What is the best title of the text? A. My Concern over Anxiety. B. My Way to Be Brain-Strong. C. My Fight with High Technology. D. My Suffering from Poor Memory. C At first look, the playground at the Children’s Guild-Transformation Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, looks like any other. But it is not just a place for fun. Everything is specifically designed for kids aged 5 to 21 with autism (自闭症) spectrum disorder (ASD) and are lower-functioning. The goal of the school is to make the students as independent as possible in an effort to help them prepare for adult life. The school aims to provide help with developing communication and social skills, as well as practical abilities like cleaning or cooking. Parts of the playground that seem small are very important for children with autism and other disabilities. The surrounding fence extends into a wooded area to make it seem more open. And the ground under the play areas is made of soft, but solid materials to support students using wheelchairs. Instead of just one slide, there are two sitting side-by-side. That way, parents or teachers with older, larger students can go down the slide together with the kids. The playground’s designers say a number of sensory elements are also included to help the students. The benches (长凳) on the outside of the playground look simple from faraway but are “one of our most inclusive sensory” elements. They have many different colours that bring about feelings of calm and curiosity. They are also made with smooth material that can be felt and moved. If a child starts to feel uneasy, they can sit down and feel the bench, which can help them relax. One of the most important designs is a tower that can spray water on multiple children. This can be an important way for older children with autism to get over their fears of water, which for them can be over stimulating. Like the shower, much of the equipment is designed to persuade students to interact with each other, even though they might usually like playing alone. A swing set is designed to permit two kids to swing at the same time, for example. The school plans to open up the playground for everyone in the autism community, even if they do not attend Transformation Academy. 8. Which of the following can accurately describe Transformation Academy? A. An on-profit private organization. B. A special school for children with disabilities. C. A public school that integrates education and fitness. D An important place for community children’s activities. 9. What are the basic principles for selecting materials within the play area? A. They should be soft and affordable. B. They should be small and comfortable. C. They should be cheap and eco-friendly. D. They should be safe and considered from multiple angles. 10. What is special about the benches on the playground? A. They are simple and uniform in colour. B. They are only for one person to sit alone. C. They are smooth and fixed in one position. D. They are a combination of various physical senses, 11. What can be inferred about the playground? A. It encourages students to play alone. B. It is not different from any other playground. C. It is only available for students from the school. D. It score is to create opportunities for secure communication. D Machine learning sees reasoning as a categorization task with a fixed set of predetermined labels. It views the world as a fixed space of possibilities, calculating and weighing them all. This approach, of course, has achieved notable successes when applied to stable and well-defined situations such as chess or computer games. When such conditions are absent, however, machines struggle. In 2008, Google launched Flu Trends, a web service that aimed to predict flu-related doctor visits using big data. The project, however, failed to predict the 2009 HINI flu outbreak. After several unsuccessful adjustments to its algorithm (算法), Google finally stopped the project in2015. In such unstable situations, the human brain behaves differently. Sometimes, it simply forgets. Instead of getting trapped in irrelevant data, it relies only on the most recent information and makes creative decisions. This is a feature called intelligent forgetting. Adopting this approach, an algorithm that relies on a single data point would have reduced Google Flu Trends' prediction error by half. Intelligent forgetting is just one dimension of psychological AI, an approach to machine intelligence that also includes other features of human intelligence such as causal reasoning, intuitive (直觉) psychology, and physics. Soon, this approach to Al will finally be recognized as fundamental for solving poorly-defined problems. Exploring these amazing features of the human brain will finally allow us to make machine learning smart. One feature of psychological Al is that it is explainable. Until recently, researchers assumed that the more transparent an AI system was, the less accurate its predictions were. This mirrored the widespread but incorrect belief that complex problems always need complex solutions. Now, this idea will be laid to rest. As the case of flu predictions illustrates, powerful and simple psychological algorithms can often give more accurate predictions than complex algorithms. Psychological AI opens up a new vision for explainable AI: Instead of trying to explain complex systems, we can check first if psychological Al offers a simple and equally accurate solution. Without the help of human psychology, it will become clearer that the application of this type of machine learning to unstable situations eventually runs up against impassable limitations. We will finally recognize that more computing power makes machines faster. Not smarter. 12. Why is Flu Trends mentioned? A. To clarify a concept. B. To tell the serious outbreak. C. To support the author's idea. D. To provide readers with the truth. 13. What is the advantage of human brain according to the passage? A. It can think outside the box. B. It can avoid unclear problems. C. It is capable of learning over time. D. It is good at following instructions. 14. Which has the similar meaning with the underlined word “transparent” in paragraph 5? A. Similar. B. Unique. C. Complete. D. Clear. 15. What does the author intend to tell us? A. AI speeds up the computing greatly. B. Psychological Al can make smarter AI. C. AI system works well in stable situations. D. AI will outperform the human brain someday. 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。 Not all great writers are great spellers. If you want to be published, it's vital to submit a perfect, professionally presented manuscript (原稿). ____16____ No editor is likely to tolerate a writer who does not take the trouble to spell words correctly. I keep two reference books close-by on my desk: dictionary and thesaurus (同义词词典). I don't trust my laptop's spellchecker. ____17____ Of course, these days there are plenty of online dictionaries and thesauruses, but I'm old-fashioned enough to prefer a hard cover and pages I can leaf through with my fingers. I use the Concise Oxford Dictionary and the Collins Thesaurus. ____18____ It should give you a precise definition of each word, thus differentiating it from other words whose meanings are similar, but not identical. It will also usually show how the word is pronounced. In addition, I have an old two-volume copy of the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, picked up a few years ago in a bookshop sale for just 99 pence. Of course, with its 2,672 pages, it's not exactly short. It contains around 163,000 words, plus word combinations and idiomatic phrases. ____19____ However, if I need to check the origin of a word or to look up examples of its usage, there's nothing better. For well over a hundred years the most influential English dictionary was Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language published in 1755. "To make dictionaries is dull (乏味) work," wrote Johnson, illustrating one definition of "dull". ____20____ A few minutes spent casting your eye over a page or two can be a rewarding experience. A. I don't often use this dictionary. B. It takes no account of the context. C. But I still don't want to replace them. D. But a dictionary can be a pleasure to read. E. Of course, a dictionary is not only for spelling. F. That means good grammar and no spelling mistakes. G. Dictionaries don't always give you enough information. 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。 I never knew I was legally blind until my 17th birthday. I'd been going to ____21____ all the time to support my sister because of her eyes. That day, I also got ____22____ and was told that I had the same: ____23____ as my sister. I could finally make sense of my very ____24____ vision. After that day, I never spoke about it. When I was 26, I got a job. I was always trying to be better in the ____25____ that nobody would ever discover my condition. At work, I used humor to ____26____ my disability. Even smaller things would ____27____ me, like being unable to see the gender symbol on the toilet door, but I tried very hard to find ____28____ so that my colleagues couldn't “catch me out.” Over time, I became worn out trying to ____29____ that I could see. I had to see my doctor. It was a(n) ____30____ moment in my healing journey. The doctor told me that it wasn't my eyes that were the problem, it was my ____31____ with my eyes. He also told me I had damaged my eyes by not being ____32____ for my vision and not asking for help. He advised me to take some time off work so that my eyes could recover. On that day, I ____33____ to begin the journey that I am on today, of ____34____ who I am. Since then, I've been myself, doing social activities. I've stopped ____35____ about what other people think and whether I am going to fail. 21. A. lawyers B. doctors C. chemists D. professors 22. A. taken back B. calmed down C. checked up D. operated on 23. A. task B. condition C. goal D. response 24. A. cloudy B. normal C. sharp D. broad 25. A. fear B. event C. doubt D. hope 26. A. hide B. cure C. explain D. forget 27. A. comfort B. delay C. attract D. affect 28. A. places B. details C. solutions D. results 29. A. pretend B. promise C. discover D. admit 30. A. safe B. important C. quiet D. awkward 31 A. device B. satisfaction C. boredom D. relationship 32. A. happy B. anxious C. responsible D. grateful 33. A. decided B. waited C. hesitated D. remembered 34. A. protecting B. distinguishing C. describing D. accepting 35. A. joking B. worrying C. asking D. dreaming 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 cultural elements commemorating (纪念) Tang Xianzu, ___36___ is known as “the Shakespeare of Asia,” add an international character to Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s hometown. Tang and Shakespeare were contemporaries and both died in 1616. Although they could never have met, there are common ___37___ (theme) in their works, said Paul Edmondson, head of research for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. “Some of the things that Tang was writing about ___38___ (be) also Shakespeare’s concerns. I happen to know that Tang’s play The Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》) is similar in some ways ___39___ Romeo and Juliet.” A statue commemorating Shakespeare and Tang was put up at Shakespeare’s Birthplace Garden in 2017. Two years later, a six-meter-tall pavilion, ___40___ (inspire)by The Peony Pavilion, ___41___ (build)at the Firs Garden, just ten minutes’ walk from Shakespeare’s birthplace. Those cultural elements have increased Stratford’s international ___42___ (visible), said Edmondson, adding that visitors walking through the Birthplace Garden were often amazed ___43___ (find)the connection between the two great writers. ___44___ (recall)watching a Chinese opera version of Shakespeare’s play Richard III in Shanghai and meeting Chinese actors who came to Stratford a few years ago to perform parts of The Peony Pavilion, Edmondson said, “It was very exciting to hear the Chinese language ____45____ see how Tang’s play was being performed.” 第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (满分15分) 46. 假定你是李华，上周五你们班在公园上了一堂美术课。请你给英国朋友Chris写一封邮件分享这次经历，内容包括： （1）你完成的作品； （2）你的感想。 注意： （1）写作词数应为80个左右； （2）请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Dear Chris, I’m writing to share with you an art class I had in a park last Friday. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节 (满分25分) 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The Greatest Thanksgiving “Are you going grocery shopping today?” my husband, Roy asked when I picked up the telephone. “I plan to,” I answered. Thanksgiving was only a couple days away. Everyone in our family would be coming to our house. My funds were limited, therefore my box of coupons (优惠券) awaited me in the car. I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day. I had to stretch every dollar. For a few seconds, Roy sat silently on the other end of the line. “Why do you ask?” I uttered, fearing what he might say. “Nancy, there’s a family with a half dozen kids that will not have anything to eat for Thanksgiving. The little one is only five years old. While you’re at the store, could you possibly buy something for them?” Roy’s words echoed in my heart. My head began to spin (眩晕)thinking about the fifty dollars I had reserved for our family’ s Thanks giving dinner. In the back of my mind I counted the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner. I put my head down on my desk, already feeling defeated. There’s no way possible, I thought. But the sympathy I heard in my husband’s voice struck a nerve inside me. “Sure.” I replied. I finished my work and prayed all the way to the nearest grocery store. The turkeys were indeed on sale—29 cents a pound, but I discovered one big problem. When I read the sign posted on the freezer door, my heart sank. “Limit one.” “But I need two,” I uttered to myself, I decided to find the manager. I explained the problem. He made an exception. After tossing two turkeys in the cart, I began my shopping. It was amazing how many buy-one-get-one-free items were being featured that day. In addition, I had all the right coupons to get exactly what both families needed for a hearty Thanks giving dinner. I held my breath while the cashier rang up my groceries. To my surprise, I had enough money. I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the five-year-old who had stolen my heart, even though I had never met her. 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。 Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home filled with children of all ages. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On that Thanksgiving Day, my entire family also shared a hearty meal with us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$