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名校高考模拟卷·英语（八） （120分钟 150分） 考生须知: 1. 本卷侧重: 高考评价体系之创新性。 2. 本卷怎么考: ①考查应对创新性素材的能力（阅读 C）; ②考查应对创新性设题的能力（题 28）。 3. 本卷典型情境题: 阅读第二节; 语言运用第一节。 4. 本卷测试范围: 高考全部内容。 第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分30分） 第一节（共5小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man think of the lecture? A. Boring. B. Unimportant. C. Popular. 2. What will the woman do? A. Clean the sitting room. B. Do some gardening. C. Make a snowman. 3. Why does the man make the phone call? A. To make an apology. B. To cancel a meeting. C. To reschedule an appointment. 4. What's the man going to do? A. Dance to the music. B. Turn the music down. C. Change some light music. 5. What is Jack doing? A. Doing his homework. B. Playing video games. C. Cooking a dinner. 第二节（共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟; 听完后, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 6. What did the man do? A. He left late. B. He canceled his trip. C. He lied to the woman. 7. How does the woman feel? A. Angry. B. Nervous. C. Excited. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 8. Who might the woman be? A. James' teacher. B. James' mother. C. James' classmate. 9. What are the speakers talking about? A. James' performance at school. B James' new school. C. James' growing pain. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 10. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At home. B. At the studio. C. At the cinema. 11. What did the man do just now? A. He talked to his neighbors. B. He watched the movie till the end. C. He slept for a while during the movie. 12. What does the girl say about the movie? A. The acting isn't bad. B. The story often happens in her life. C. She likes the leading role's hairstyle. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 13. What does the woman say about the last apartment? A. It is on the 5th floor. B. Its location is not bad. C. It doesn't have a dishwasher. 14. What is excluded in the rent for the last apartment? A. Cable TV and electricity. B. Heating and water. C. Water and electricity. 15. How much is the rent for the basement suite per month? A. $1,400. B. $1,600. C. $2,000. 16. What is the disadvantage of the studio? A. It's far from the city. B. It has no elevator. C. It's noisy at night. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17. When will the conference be held? A. On March 8th. B. On March 9th. C. On March 10th. 18. On which floor is the break room? A. The basement floor. B. The first floor. C. The third floor. 19. Who will prepare the identification for guests? A. Tanya. B. Mario. C. Eric. 20. Which group will be the first to present? A. The Paris group. B. The London group. C. The New York group. 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 Overall: LectroFan EVO Sound Machine Why You Should Get It This compact, stylish and affordable white noise machine is very easy to use. With a timer, a headphone connector and a large range of sounds, you’ll be able to find the right setup for you. That’s where it comes in to mask all that unwanted environmental noise, so you, can get more rest. Keep in Mind The device isn’t battery-operated, so it’ll need to stay plugged into a power source. It does everything you need it to for a very reasonable price. It plays non-repeating digital noise in a range of colors: It has 10 fan sounds, 10 environmental noise sounds — including pink and brown noise, and two ocean soundscapes. The device is super simple to use, and once you’ve picked your favorite type of noise, it will be saved in the settings, and the machine will automatically play that sound each time you turn it on. The speaker produces a clear and crisp sound, and there’s a wide volume range. It also comes with an optional timer you can set between one to eight hours, or play continuously, plus a 3.5 mm connector for headphones if your partner isn’t quite as keen on white noise as you are. It’s compact enough to travel everywhere with you, and it looks pretty good, too. It certainly won’t look out of place on your bedside table. You can power the LectroFan EVO via USB or the included A/C adaptor, but it doesn’t have an internal battery, so it does need to be plugged in, which could be a fault to somebody. Price at time of publishing: $35 Product Details: Dimensions; It’s 4.7 inches long and 3.3 inches in height. Its width is the same as its length. Sound options: 22 Timer: Yes Power: Plug-in 1. What is the device used for? A. Providing power. B. Recording nature. C. Helping sleep well. D. Editing music. 2. What might be a disadvantage of the device? A. It has poor sound quality. B. It has limited sound options. C. It is too large to carry around. D. It must remain plugged into a power source. 3. What is the size of the device? A. 4.7×4.7×3.3 in. B. 4.7×3.3×3.3 in. C. 4.7×4.7×3.5 in. D. 3.3×3.3×2.5 in. 【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。本文介绍了一款白噪声助眠仪 LectroFan EVO Sound Machine。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Why You Should Get It部分中“That’s where it comes in to mask all that unwanted environmental noise, so you, can get more rest.(这就是它的作用，它可以掩盖所有不必要的环境噪音，这样你就可以得到更多的休息)”可知，这款设备是用来助眠的。故选C。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Keep in Mind部分中“The device isn’t battery-operated, so it’ll need to stay plugged into a power source.(这个设备不是电池供电的，所以它需要一直插在电源上)”可知，这款设备不是电池供电的，因此它需要一直插着电，这可能会是它的一个缺陷。故选D。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Product Details部分中“Dimensions: It’s 4.7 inches long and 3.3 inches in height. Its width is the same as its length.(尺寸：长4.7英寸，高3.3英寸。它的宽度和长度是一样的)”可知，这个装置的尺寸是4.7×4.7×3.3英寸。故选A。 B The Grammys celebrate the best in music; but, behind every songwriter, performer, and producer that makes it to that stage are music-teachers and educators who inspired their craft and showed them the ropes, sometimes from a very young age. That’s why the Grammy Awards also hand out a Music Educator Award, which recognizes those who have made a significant contribution and demonstrated a commitment to music education. In 2024, the award went to Annie Ray, the performing arts department chair and orchestra director at Annandale High School in Fairfax County, Virginia — a community with many immigrants. With the creation of the Crescendo Orchestra, she works to make music accessible to all students, particularly those with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, she created a parent orchestra, in which 200 caregivers learn to play the same instrument as their child every year. Ray took home both a $10,000 prize and a matching grant for her school’s music program. In an interview following the Merit Award ceremony, Ray credited her pupils with this recognition. “This is the students’ award,” she said. “I’m just lucky enough to have been a part of their journey and their process and to have been taught by them.” Now, Ray will use the prize money to buy instruments — something the school had struggled to do. She also plans to create an ongoing scholarship for students who want to become musicians and music educators when they graduate. For Ray, the moment appears to be full circle, since it was a music teacher who first changed her life at age 5, when she learned to play the harp (竖琴). “The reason why I am where I am is that a teacher changed my life and made me want to be a music educator,” she said. 4. Why do the Grammys set up the Music Educator Award? A. To praise excellent music teachers. B. To help musicians with financial problems. C. To show the importance of primary education. D. To encourage people to work in the music industry. 5. What did Annie Ray do to help students with disabilities? A. She opened a new music school. B. She formed the Crescendo Orchestra. C. She organized music concerts for charity. D. She started a music scholarship program. 6. To whom did Annie Ray think the Award was owed? A. Her family. B. Her students. C. Her fellow teachers. D. The Grammy committee. 7. What does the author want to convey in the text? A. The importance of winning awards in the music industry. B. The struggles that music programs face in obtaining funding. C. The personal achievements of Annie Ray in her musical career. D. The significant impact of music educators on their students’ lives. 【答案】4. A 5. B 6. B 7. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要说明了一位音乐老师改变了Annie Ray的人生轨迹， 使她成了一名优秀的音乐教育工作者。Annie Ray获得“音乐教育家奖”之后，希望通过自己的努力去影响学生。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“That’s why the Grammy Awards also hand out a Music Educator Award, which recognizes those who have made a significant contribution and demonstrated a commitment to music education.(这就是为什么格莱美奖还颁发音乐教育家奖，以表彰那些对音乐教育做出重大贡献并投入其中的人)”可知，格莱美设立“音乐教育家奖”是为了表彰对音乐教育做出重大贡献的人。故选A。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“With the creation of the Crescendo Orchestra, she works to make music accessible to all students, particularly those with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities.(随着Crescendo Orchestra乐团的创建，她致力于让所有学生，特别是那些有严重智力和发育障碍的学生，都能接触到音乐)”可知，Annie Ray通过创建 Crescendo Orchestra使所有学生都可以接触到音乐，特别是那些有严重智力和发育障碍的学生。故选B。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“In an interview following the Merit Award ceremony, Ray credited her pupils with this recognition. “This is the students’ award,” she said. “I’m just lucky enough to have been a part of their journey and their process and to have been taught by them.”(在优异奖颁奖典礼后的一次采访中，Ray将这一荣誉归功于她的学生们。“这是学生奖，”她说。“我很幸运能成为他们的旅程和过程的一部分，并受到他们的教导。”)”可知，Annie Ray认为这个奖是属于学生们的， 她很幸运能够参与他们的成长过程。故选B。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，并根据第二段“With the creation of the Crescendo Orchestra, she works to make music accessible to all students, particularly those with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, she created a parent orchestra, in which 200 caregivers learn to play the same instrument as their child every year.(随着Crescendo Orchestra的创建，她致力于让所有学生，特别是那些有严重智力和发育障碍的学生，都能接触到音乐。此外，她还创建了一个家长管弦乐队，每年有200名照顾者和他们的孩子一起学习演奏同一种乐器)”推知，这体现了音乐教育工作者对学生的影响。故选D。 C You’ll need an organism — preferably one with hard bones or a shell. Add fine-grained sediment and rapid burial and in 10,000 years or so, you'll be well on your way to a deliciously durable fossil. It’s a cooking project that can only take place in Earth’s test kitchen, and the baking time is admittedly long. But what if there were a quicker way—think a microwave instead of a slow cooker? A group of paleontologists (古生物学家) think they’ve discovered a way that could give others in the field new insights into the way things fossilize. They published a paper on their method in the journal Paleontology. Typically, paleontologists use nature itself to figure out how fossils are made. In 1993, for example, a nationwide group of paleontologists banded together to create the Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative. The long-term project involves burying a variety of marine species beneath the Gulf of Mexico and the waters of the Bahamas, then periodically visiting and studying them to observe how they’ve decayed (腐烂) over the years. These kinds of experiments yield important insights into how fossilization works, but they have their limits, one of which is the issue of time. Though some experimental methods can nudge the process ahead, there’s nothing like ten or more millennia to make a fossil. For the less patient, there’s a new option: "bake" fossils by packing the work of tens of thousands of years into a 24-hour period. Field Museum researcher Evan Saitta and his colleagues call their method "sediment-encased maturation", and it involves pressing samples into clay tablets which are then baked in an oven at 3,500 psi, roughly equivalent to the pressure of rock in the shallow parts of Earth’s crust, where fossils are found. The result looks and acts like a real-life fossil. The researchers think they can use their method to compare what kinds of materials can survive fossilization, identify structures found in actual fossils, and better understand how soft tissues like skin respond to fossilization. By testing different variables using the process, paleontologists could possibly learn to identify what temperature or gases contributed to a real-life fossil’s formation. 8. Why is Earth’s natural fossilization compared to a slow cooker? A. It demands frequent adjustments. B. It needs a controlled environment. C. It requires constant heat and damp. D. It involves a long duration to complete. 9. Why was the Shelf and, Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative created? A. To create artificial fossils quickly in America. B. To study the effects of pollution on marine life. C. To observe the fossilization of marine species. D. To map the Gulf of Mexico and Bahamian waters. 10. What is the primary advantage of the “sediment-encased maturation” method? A. It requires no special equipment. B. It speeds up fossilization to 24 hours. C. It eliminates the need for high pressure. D. It uses natural processes to create fossils. 11. What is implied about the new method in the last paragraph? A. It is less accurate than natural fossilization. B. It is only applicable to certain types of materials. C. It can help reduce the time needed for fossilization. D. It can be used to test various factors affecting fossilization. 【答案】8. D 9. C 10. B 11. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。本文介绍了古生物学家发现的一种可以加速化石形成的新方法，并说明了其潜在的应用价值。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“You’ll need an organism — preferably one with hard bones or a shell. Add fine-grained sediment and rapid burial and in 10,000 years or so, you’ll be well on your way to a deliciously durable fossil.(你需要一个生物体，最好是有硬骨或外壳的生物体。再加上细粒沉积物和快速埋藏，大约一万年后，你就能找到一块美味耐用的化石了。)”以及第二段“It’s a cooking project that can only take place in Earth's test kitchen, and the baking time is admittedly long. But what if there were a quicker way—think a microwave instead of a slow cooker?(这是一个只能在地球的测试厨房里进行的烹饪项目，诚然，烘焙时间很长。但是，如果有一种更快的方法呢——想想微波炉而不是慢炖锅？)”可知，此处将自然化石形成比作慢炖锅，意在强调其耗时之长。即自然化石形成需要很长时间才能完成，故选D项。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“The long-term project involves burying a variety of marine species beneath the Gulf of Mexico and the waters of the Bahamas, then periodically visiting and studying them to observe how they’ve decayed over the years.(这个长期项目包括将各种海洋物种埋葬在墨西哥湾和巴哈马水域之下，然后定期探访和研究它们，以观察它们多年来是如何腐烂的。)”可知，创建“陆架和斜坡实验埋藏学计划”的目的是为了观察海洋物种的化石形成过程，故选C项。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段“For the less patient, there’s a new option: ‘bake’ fossils by packing the work of tens of thousands of years into a 24-hour period. Field Museum researcher Evan Saitta and his colleagues call their method ‘sediment-encased maturation’.(对于那些没有耐心的人来说，有一个新的选择：通过将数万年的工作压缩到24小时内来‘烘烤’化石。菲尔德博物馆的研究员埃文·赛塔和他的同事们将他们的方法称为‘沉积物包裹成熟化’。)”可知，“沉积物包裹成熟化”方法的主要优势是它将化石形成时间缩短至24小时。故选B项。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“By testing different variables using the process, paleontologists could possibly learn to identify what temperature or gases contributed to a real-life fossil’s formation.(通过使用该过程测试不同的变量，古生物学家可能会学会识别什么温度或气体促成了真实化石的形成。)”可知，最后一段暗示了新方法可以用来测试影响化石形成的各种因素。故选D项。 D Being sedentary (久坐) throughout the workday has long been criticized for its effects on health, especially in terms of heart function. Actually, sitting too much is tough on your brain as well. A recent clinical trial published in Journal of the American Heart Association noted that extended sedentary behavior is a risk factor for chronic disease, even for those who exercise regularly outside of the workday. To determine the effects of being more active at a job, researchers set up active workstations at an employee wellness center, focusing on standing desks, treadmills, and step machines, and using them for 45 to 55 minutes a day. After asking 44 participants to use these workstations for four days, researchers reported there was no significant difference in typing ability — meaning that just because you’re walking or stepping, work performance doesn’t sputter — but scores on cognitive function tests improved with each subsequent day. Researchers acknowledged that the short timeframe is a limitation of the study, so it’s unknown whether these cognitive improvements would continue in the long term. However, they did conclude that it seems active workstations could be a fundamental way to decrease sedentary time, providing advantages for cardiovascular (心血管的) conditions as well as cognitive performance. What if your boss isn’t ordering stair steppers and treadmill desks, though? The good news is that setting a schedule where you move more often can give you a brain boost — no matter what your workstation looks like. For example, just walking briskly around an office for five minutes improves health outcomes related to cardiovascular function, which could have a beneficial effect on mental function. Even short bursts of movement can literally-improve the function of your brain. And the biggest advantages tend to come with activity that is structured, planned, and repeated, rather than just moving around whenever you have the chance. Because of that, creating a consistent routine at your workplace for physical activity can be crucial for keeping your brain sharp, according to Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD, author of Habits of a Happy Brain. “Being active during a workday on a predictable schedule can get your brain fired up as that exercise period approaches,” Breuning said. 12. What can be inferred about reducing sedentary behavior during the workday? A. It may benefit our overall health. B. It has no significant health benefits. C. It is unnecessary if we exercise regularly. D. It hardly benefits those with chronic disease. 13. Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sputter” in paragraph 2? A. Decide. B. Decline. C. Impress. D. Improve. 14. Why is Loretta Graziano Breuning mentioned in the text? A. To introduce a new type of workstation. B. To stress the bad effects of sedentary behavior. C. To support the researchers’ conclusion of the clinical trial. D. To explain the benefits of exercising outside of work hours. 15. What could be the best title for the text? A. The benefits of taking exercise B. The negative effects of sedentary behavior C. Improve your typing skills with more moves D. Boost your brain and heart health with active workstations 【答案】12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。本文讨论了久坐对健康和认知能力的负面影响，并建议通过在日常工作中安排定时的身体锻炼来改善心脏健康和增强大脑功能。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“Being sedentary (久坐) throughout the workday has long been criticized for its effects on health, especially in terms of heart function. Actually, sitting too much is tough on your brain as well.(长期以来，人们一直批评在工作日久坐不动对健康的影响，尤其是对心脏功能的影响。事实上，久坐对你的大脑也不好)”可知，减少工作日的久坐行为可能有益于人们的整体健康。故选A。 【13题详解】 词句猜测题。根据上文“there was no significant difference in typing ability — meaning that just because you’re walking or stepping, work performance doesn’t(打字能力没有显著差异——这意味着仅仅因为你走路或踏步，工作表现不会……)”可知，研究报告称，步行或踏步对员工的打字能力没有显著影响，这意味着步行或踏步并不会导致工作效率下降。故画线词sputter的意思是“下降”。故选B。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Because of that, creating a consistent routine at your workplace for physical activity can be crucial for keeping your brain sharp, according to Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD, author of Habits of a Happy Brain. “Being active during a workday on a predictable schedule can get your brain fired up as that exercise period approaches,” Breuning said.(因此，根据《快乐大脑的习惯》一书的作者洛丽塔·格拉齐亚诺·布鲁宁博士的说法，在你的工作场所建立一个一致的体育锻炼计划对保持你的大脑敏捷至关重要。布鲁宁说：“在工作日里，按照一个可预测的时间表活跃起来，可以让你的大脑在锻炼时间临近时活跃起来。”)”可知，提到洛蕾塔·格拉齐亚诺·布劳宁是为了支持研究者对临床试验的结论。故选C。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“A recent clinical trial published in Journal of the American Heart Association noted that extended sedentary behavior is a risk factor for chronic disease, even for those who exercise regularly outside of the workday. To determine the effects of being more active at a job, researchers set up active workstations at an employee wellness center, focusing on standing desks, treadmills, and step machines, and using them for 45 to 55 minutes a day.(最近发表在《美国心脏协会杂志》上的一项临床试验指出，久坐不动的行为是慢性疾病的一个风险因素，即使对那些在工作日之外经常锻炼的人来说也是如此。为了确定在工作中更活跃的效果，研究人员在员工健康中心设置了活跃的工作站，重点放在站立式办公桌、跑步机和踏步机上，每天使用45到55分钟)”结合本文主要介绍了一项研究成果：在工作中使用活动工作站“如站立桌、跑步机和步行机”可以减少久坐行为并提升认知能力和改善心脏健康。因此，D项“通过使用活动工作站来改善大脑和心脏健康”为本文最佳标题。故选D。 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。 Why is a compliment so impactful? One of the most important things to humans is to feel valued and respected by others, says Vanessa Bohns, a social psychologist, who has researched compliments. According to her research, people feel “significantly better” after both giving and receiving a compliment. ____16____ “You handled that situation so well.” Bohns recently used her favorite compliment when she saw a server address a difficult situation with a customer at the bar. “I like it so much because you use it in anxious moments where the other person is often unsure of whether they handled a situation OK,” she says. In situations that call for a compliment, don’t second-guess yourself. Give your compliments generously. ____17____ That concern is unfounded. “____18____” This compliment — one of Bohns’ favorites — works well among romantic partners and close family members. “It’s a beautiful way to highlight how their presence turns life into something meaningful, despite boring routines of our everyday lives,” she says. If you’re afraid that giving a compliment like this will feel strange, you’re not alone. ____19____ If it makes you personally feel like the bar is lowered for you to give a compliment if you write it down, or if you practice saying it out loud or giving your pet cat the compliment first, do that. “Hey, great dress!” Feel free to compliment strangers. In Bohns’ research, students on a college campus were told to approach a stranger of the same gender and compliment them-about, for example, their nice shirt. Before heading out, the study participants tended to underestimate their positive effect while overestimating how annoying it would be. Across all contexts, strangers are more likely to be pleased than confused. Plus, who knows? ____20____ A. I love the way you bring out the best in people. B. Respect is essential when you deliver compliments. C. One way to overcome this fear is to do a practice run. D. You make even ordinary moments feel extraordinary. E. You might make a new friend in addition to making someone’s day. F. With that in mind, we asked her to share some of her favorite compliments. G. People sometimes worry that they’re going over and will start to sound insincere. 【答案】16. F 17. G 18. D 19. C 20. E 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文。文章主要通过引用社会心理学家Vanessa Bohns的研究和观点，来阐述赞美的重要性和如何有效地给予赞美。 【16题详解】 设空位于首段段尾，应是承接上文，引出下文作用，根据前文“Why is a compliment so impactful? One of the most important things to humans is to feel valued and respected by others, says Vanessa Bohns, a social psychologist, who has researched compliments. According to her research, people feel “significantly better” after both giving and receiving a compliment.(为什么赞美有这么大的影响力?研究赞美的社会心理学家凡妮莎·博恩斯(Vanessa Bohns)说，对人类来说，最重要的事情之一就是感到被别人重视和尊重。根据她的研究，人们在给予和接受赞美后都会感觉“好得多”)”可知，本文主要讲述了赞美的重要性，根据后文小标题可知，是一些赞美词，所以F项“With that in mind, we asked her to share some of her favorite compliments.(考虑到这一点，我们请她分享一些她最喜欢的赞美)”承接上文，并引出下文，符合文意。故选F项。 【17题详解】 根据前文“In situations that call for a compliment, don’t second-guess yourself. Give your compliments generously.(在需要赞美的情况下，不要怀疑自己。慷慨地赞美别人)”以及后文“That concern is unfounded.(这种担心是没有根据的)”可知，前文讲述慷慨的赞美别人，后文讲述一种担心，所以空处应是提出一种担心，所以G项“People sometimes worry that they’re going over and will start to sound insincere.(人们有时会担心自己说得过了头，听起来会不真诚)”符合文意。故选G项。 【18题详解】 分析设空，为本段小标题，是凡妮莎·博恩斯最喜欢的赞美，根据后文“This compliment—one of Bohns’ favorites—works well among romantic partners and close family members. “It’s a beautiful way to highlight how their presence turns life into something meaningful, despite boring routines of our everyday lives,” she says.(这是博恩斯最喜欢的赞美之一，在恋人和亲密的家庭成员之间很管用。她说：“这是一种美丽的方式，突显了他们的存在如何让生活变得有意义，尽管我们的日常生活很无聊。”)”可知，这个赞美适合浪漫伴侣和亲密的家庭成员之间使用，强调对方的存在如何使生活变得有意义，所以D项“You make even ordinary moments feel extraordinary.(你让平凡的时刻变得不平凡)”符合文意。故选D项。 【19题详解】 根据前文“If you’re afraid that giving a compliment like this will feel strange, you’re not alone.(如果你害怕这样的赞美会让你觉得奇怪，那么你并不孤单)”以及后文“If it makes you personally feel like the bar is lowered for you to give a compliment if you write it down, or if you practice saying it out loud or giving your pet cat the compliment first, do that.(如果你把赞美的话写下来，或者你先练习大声说出来，或者先赞美你的宠物猫，这会让你觉得赞美的门槛降低，那就去做吧)”可知，空格需要提供一个克服这种担忧的方法，所以C项“One way to overcome this fear is to do a practice run.(克服这种恐惧的一个方法是进行练习)”与这个语境非常吻合，它直接回应了前文的担忧，并提供了后文所描述的建议。故选C项。 【20题详解】 设空位于段尾，是对前文的总结，根据前文“Feel free to compliment strangers. In Bohns’ research, students on a college campus were told to approach a stranger of the same gender and compliment them-about, for example, their nice shirt. Before heading out, the study participants tended to underestimate their positive effect while overestimating how annoying it would be. Across all contexts, strangers are more likely to be pleased than confused. Plus, who knows?(你可以随意赞美陌生人。在博恩斯的研究中，大学校园里的学生被要求接近一个同性陌生人并赞美他们——比如，赞美他们漂亮的衬衫。在出发之前，研究参与者往往低估了他们的积极影响，而高估了他们会有多烦人。在所有情况下，陌生人更容易感到高兴而不是困惑。另外，谁知道呢?)”可知，E项“You might make a new friend in addition to making someone’s day.(除了让别人开心之外，你还可能交到一个新朋友)”与这个语境非常吻合，描述了赞美陌生人可能带来的社交好处，是对前文方法的总结。故选E项。 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四个选项中选出最佳选项。 While many cats love to go outdoors, they usually do not venture far from home. But some cats are the ___21___ . One cat has even made a busy railway station in the UK her second ___22___ . Although Nala, a four-year-old cat, has a home in Hertfordshire and a loving owner, she always loves ___23___ with an adventurous spirit. Her owner, Natasha Ambler, fitted her with a GPS tracking device. And Nala’s favorite place to ___24___ is the Stevenage Station where she ___25___ commuters (通勤者) every day. She comes in every day to greet hundreds of commuters. Ambler says that Nala goes to the station when it is the busiest because she enjoys the ___26___ . The staff at the station have grown very ___27___ of Nala. They say, “Her ___28___ always makes people smile and encourages cheerful conversations between the staff and passengers.” Nala wears a collar with ___29___ , including her name and owner’s phone number. Ambler says that she received around 20 calls a day from people telling her they ____30____ her cat. She had to make a second tag (标签) to tell people that Nala was not lost but just on a(n) ____31____ . Nala is so popular that Ambler ____32____ a website page where people can post photos of their ____33____ with the cat. One passenger posted, “She ____34____ my day when I get on the train to work.” Another said, “Nala is ____35____ a real celebrity of the Stevenage Station.” 21. A. competitors B. cases C. negotiators D. exceptions 22. A. circus B. zoo C. home D. workplace 23. A. eating B. wandering C. hunting D. sleeping 24. A. visit B. skip C. monitor D. advocate 25. A. challenges B. delights C. guides D. disturbs 26. A. debate B. news C. space D. attention 27. A. worthy B. careful C. fond D. proud 28. A. presence B. request C. performance D. trick 29. A. qualifications B. diaries C. details D. recommendations 30. A. found B. released C. struck D. adopted 31. A. business B. adventure C. exhibition D. diet 32. A. looked for B. referred to C. learned from D. set up 33. A. encounters B. fights C. quarrels D. comparisons 34. A. experiences B. makes C. explores D. ruins 35. A. directly B. relatively C. frequently D. definitely 【答案】21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. A 31. B 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了一只叫做娜拉的猫在车站给旅客和工作人员带去了欢乐。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：但有些猫是例外。A. competitors竞争者；B. cases具体情况，实例；病例；C. negotiators谈判代表；D. exceptions例外。根据上文“While many cats love to go outdoors, they usually do not venture far from home.”和下文“One cat has even made a busy railway station in the UK her second   ____2____ .”可知，有些猫是例外。故选D项。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：一只猫甚至把英国一个繁忙的火车站当成了她的第二个家。A. circus马戏团；B. zoo动物园；C. home家；D. workplace（办公室，工厂）等工作场所。根据上上文中的“home”可知，火车站成了猫的第二个家。故选C项。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管四岁的猫娜拉在赫特福德郡有一个家和一个爱她的主人，但她总是喜欢流浪，有一种冒险精神。A. eating吃；B. wandering徘徊，流浪；C. hunting狩猎；D. sleeping睡觉。根据下文“with an adventurous spirit”可知，猫喜欢流浪。故选B项。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：娜拉最喜欢去的地方是斯蒂夫尼奇车站，她每天都在那里给通勤者带来欢乐。A. visit拜访；B. skip 蹦蹦跳跳地走；跳绳；C. monitor监测；D. advocate提倡。根据上文“One cat has even made a busy railway station in the UK her second   ____2____ .”可知，娜拉最喜欢去的地方是斯蒂夫尼奇车站。故选A项。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：娜拉最喜欢去的地方是斯蒂夫尼奇车站，她每天都在那里给通勤者带来欢乐。A. challenges挑战；B. delights使高兴；C. guides指导；D. disturbs打扰。根据下文“She   ____14____   my day”可知，猫每天都在那里给通勤者带来欢乐。故选B项。 【26题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：安布勒说，娜拉在最繁忙的时候去车站，因为她喜欢受到关注。A. debate讨论；B. news消息；C. space空间；D. attention注意力。根据上文“when it is the busiest”可知，最忙时也是人最多的时候，所以人们更关注猫。故选D项。 27题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：车站的工作人员越来越喜欢娜拉。A. worthy值得的；B. careful仔细的；C. fond喜欢的；D. proud自豪的。根据下文“Her   ____8____   always makes people smile and encourages cheerful conversations between the staff and passengers.”可知，车站的工作人员越来越喜欢娜拉。故选C项。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们说：“她的出现总是让人们微笑，并鼓励工作人员和乘客之间愉快的交谈”。A. presence出现；B. request要求；C. performance表演；D. trick诡计。根据下文“makes people smile and encourages cheerful conversations between the staff and passengers.”可知，她的出现总是让人们微笑。故选A项。 【29题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：娜拉戴着一个有详细信息的项圈，包括她的名字和主人的电话号码。A. qualifications资格；B. diaries日记；C. details细节；D. recommendations推荐。根据下文“including her name and owner’s phone number.”可知，娜拉戴着一个有详细信息的项圈。故选C项。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：安布勒说，她每天接到大约20个电话，人们告诉她他们找到了她的猫。A. found发现，找到；B. released释放；C. struck打击； D. adopted采纳。根据上文“she received around 20 calls a day”可知，人们告诉她他们找到了她的猫。故选A项。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：她不得不做第二个标签，告诉人们娜拉没有迷路，只是在冒险。A. business商业；B. adventure冒险；C. exhibition展览会；D. diet饮食。根据上文“with an adventurous spirit”可知，娜拉喜欢冒险。故选B项。 【32题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：娜拉是如此受欢迎，以至于Ambler建立了一个网站页面，人们可以在上面发布他们与这只猫的相遇照片。A. looked for寻找；B. referred to指的是；C. learned from从……中学习；D. set up建立。根据下文“a website page”可知，Ambler建立了一个网站页面。故选D项。 【33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：娜拉是如此受欢迎，以至于Ambler建立了一个网站页面，人们可以在上面发布他们与这只猫的相遇照片。A. encounters偶遇；B. fights打仗；C. quarrels争吵；D. comparisons对比。根据上文“Ambler says that she received around 20 calls a day from people telling her they   ____10____   her cat.”可知，人们会偶遇娜拉。故选A项。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：一位乘客写道:“当我坐火车去上班时，她让我很开心。A. experiences经历；B. makes制作，使得；C. explores探索；D. ruins毁灭。根据上文“makes people smile”可知，猫的出现让他很开心。make one’s day“使某人开心”。故选B项。 【35题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：还有人说：“娜拉绝对是斯蒂夫尼奇车站的真正名人”。A. directly直接地；B. relatively相对地；C. frequently频繁地；D. definitely确定地。根据上文可知，娜拉受到了很多人的喜欢，所以娜拉绝对是斯蒂夫尼奇车站的真正名人。故选D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。 Visitors who travel to Jiayu county, Xianning City, in Central China’s Hubei Province for ___36___ first time are often impressed with its food, especially the fish and lotus roots. Almost every restaurant offers food ___37___ (feature) these ingredients. A poet from Beijing once ___38___ (remark) on how amazing it is that some restaurants can make an entire table of ___39___ (dish) with either ingredient. Located in the south of Hubei, renowned as a province of a thousand lakes, Jiayu covers an area of over 1,000 square kilometers, and about one-third of that ___40___ (cover) in water. It has 21 lakes, is home ___41___ 15 types of fish and yields 60,000 tons of lotus roots a year. Jiayu, ___42___ literally means ‌“good fish” in Chinese, is one of the two counties ___43___ (name) after the aquatic creatures. The other is Yutai in Shandong Province. Aside from its food Jiayu is also famous for its lotus roots, wudu (a clay instrument) ___44___ culture of the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). With the title of the National Garden City conferred by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China, Jiayu’s appeal to visitors is the ____45____ (strong) in spring, when sprouts emerge from willow branches by the lakes. 【答案】36. the 37. featuring 38. remarked 39. dishes 40. is covered 41. to 42. which 43. named 44. and 45. strongest 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国湖北嘉鱼县，提及这里的美食以鱼和莲藕为特色，还介绍了当地的水域、名称由来、其他特色及吸引力最强的时节。 【36题详解】 考查冠词。句意：首次前往中国中部湖北省咸宁市嘉鱼县旅游的游客，往往会对当地美食印象深刻，尤其是鱼和莲藕。“for the first time”是固定短语，意为“首次，第一次”。故填the。 【37题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：几乎每家餐馆都提供以这些食材为特色的美食。句子的谓语动词是offers，“(feature) these ingredients”作后置定语修饰名词food，feature(以……为特色)是非谓语动词，与其逻辑主语food之间是主动关系，用现在分词表主动。故填featuring。 【38题详解】 考查时态。句意：一位来自北京的诗人曾感慨，有些餐馆仅用这两种食材中的任意一种就能做出一整桌菜肴，实在令人惊叹。remark(评述)是谓语动词，与主语“A poet”之间是主动关系，根据时间状语“once”可知，该句描述过去发生的动作，用一般过去时态。故填remarked。 【39题详解】 考查名词。句意：一位来自北京的诗人曾感慨，有些餐馆仅用这两种食材中的任意一种就能做出一整桌菜肴，实在令人惊叹。可数名词dish作宾语，意为“菜肴”，根据“an entire table of”可知，应用复数形式。故填dishes。 【40题详解】 考查时态语态和主谓一致。句意：嘉鱼位于素有“千湖之省”美誉的湖北南部，面积超1,000平方公里，其中约三分之一被水覆盖。cover(覆盖)是分句谓语动词，与主语“one third of that”之间是被动关系，描述客观事实，故用一般现在时的被动语态，“one third of that”中that指代名词an area，是单数名词，be动词用is。故填is covered。 【41题详解】 考查介词。句意：它有21个湖泊，是15种鱼类的栖息地，每年产出6万吨莲藕。“be home to”是固定短语，意为“是……的栖息地”。故填to。 【42题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：嘉鱼，在中文里字面意思是“好鱼”，是两个以水生生物命名的县之一。“_____ literally means ‘good fish’ in Chinese”为非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词“Jiayu”，指物，将关系词代入定语从句中作主语，应使用关系代词which引导该从句。故填which。 【43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：嘉鱼，在中文里字面意思是“好鱼”，是两个以水生生物命名的县之一。句子的谓语动词为is，“(name) after the aquatic creatures”作后置定语，修饰名词counties，name(命名)与其逻辑主语counties之间是被动关系，用过去分词表被动。故填named。 【44题详解】 考查连词。句意：除了美食，嘉鱼还以莲藕、呜嘟(一种陶土乐器)和三国时期(220-280年)的文化而闻名。“lotus roots”、“wudu (a clay instrument)”和“culture of the Three Kingdoms period”是并列关系，用连词and连接。故填and。 【45题详解】 考查形容词最高级。句意：嘉鱼被中华人民共和国住房和城乡建设部授予“国家园林城市”称号，春季对游客的吸引力最强，此时湖边柳树抽芽。结合定冠词“the”和“in spring”可知，是和其他季节对比，表示“最强”，应用形容词最高级。故填strongest。 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，上周三你们班进行了一次有趣的科学实验。请你给英国朋友Lucy写一封邮件分享这次经历。内容包括： (1)介绍实验； (2)你的收获。 注意：(1)写作词数应为80个左右； (2)请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 Dear Lucy, I’m writing to share with you a fascinating science experiment we conducted last Wednesday. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Lucy, I’m writing to share with you a fascinating science experiment we conducted last Wednesday. We explored the principles of chemical reactions by mixing baking soda and vinegar to create a volcanic eruption. The experiment was both fun and educational. Watching the eruption was exciting and it helped me understand the concepts better. It was a wonderful experience that made learning more enjoyable and memorable. The experiment sparked my interest in chemistry and I look forward to conducting more experiments in the future. I can’t wait to share more exciting school activities with you. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给英国朋友Lucy写一封邮件分享科学实验经历。 【详解】1.词汇积累 实施：conduct→carry out 难忘的：memorable→unforgettable 激发：spark→stimulate 激动人心的：exciting→thrilling 2.句式拓展 简单句变复杂句 原句：Watching the eruption was exciting and it helped me understand the concepts better. 拓展句：It was exciting for me to watch the eruption, which helped me understand the concepts better. 【点睛】[高分句型1] We explored the principles of chemical reactions by mixing baking soda and vinegar to create a volcanic eruption. (运用了动名词mixing作宾语) [高分句型2] Watching the eruption was exciting and it helped me understand the concepts better. (运用了动名词Watching作主语) 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。 During my freshman year at college, I faced many challenges adjusting to the new environment. I missed home terribly, struggled with my courses, and found it hard to make trustable friends. The social and academic pressures were overwhelming, and I often considered quitting and going back home. However, my English professor, Dr Adams, noticed my struggles and took a special interest in my well-being. One day, Dr Adams suggested I join the college literary club. Initially, I was hesitant.My confidence was low, and I doubted whether I had anything to contribute to a group that likely shared a deep passion for literature. Yet, she persisted, assuring me that the club was a welcoming place for everyone, regardless of their skill level or background in literature. She believed that engaging with literature could offer a new perspective and perhaps a way for me to connect with others. Reluctantly, I attended my first meeting. To my surprise, the members were not only welcoming but also shared their own stories of adaptation and growth. The club focused on reading diverse literature and discussing it in a way that was both enlightening and supportive. Dr Adams often attended the meetings, provided insights and encouraged us to express our thoughts freely. Gradually, as I engaged more with the club and its activities, my outlook began to change. I found peace of mind in literature, discovering that many writers had overcome challenges similar to mine. Discussions on various themes such as resilience, identity, and belonging resonated (产生共鸣) deeply with me, and I began to feel less lonely. My academic performance improved as I became more engaged in my studies and found a supportive community among my peers. With each meeting, I felt a growing sense of belonging and confidence. The literary club became a crucial part of my college life, helping me to understand that every challenge is manageable with the right support and mindset. 注意： （1）续写词数应为150个左右； （2）请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 By the end of the semester, my transformation was evident to everyone who knew me. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On the final day of the semester, Dr Adams asked to speak with me after our last club meeting, with a book in her hand. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 By the end of the semester, my transformation was evident to everyone who knew me. Not only had I improved academically but also had emerged as a confident contributor in the literary club. The words of various authors had not just filled the pages I read; they had altered my perspectives, giving me the courage to embrace challenges and the unknown. I had become an enthusiastic participant in discussions, often sharing how the themes we read about mirrored my own experiences and growth. On the final day of the semester, Dr Adams asked to speak with me after our last club meeting, with a book in her hand. She handed me the book, a personal favorite of hers, saying, “I hope you will find in this book the inspiration it once gave me.” Her eyes sparkled with pride as she continued, “You’ve made significant progress this semester and I’m proud of you. Remember, literature is not just about understanding others’ stories; it’s about discovering your own.” Her words strengthened my determination to continue my journey in literature, not just as a student but as a life-long learner. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者在上大学一年级时，面临着许多的挑战。作者想要放弃，但是英语教授亚当斯博士注意到了作者的状况并且给了作者极大的帮助，她鼓励作者参加文学俱乐部，终于在新学期结束时作者找到了自信并且有了很大的改变，在学期的最后一天亚当斯博士送给作者了一本书并且对作者进行了表扬与鼓励，而她的话也愈发坚定了作者继续文学之旅的决心。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“学期结束时，认识我人都看到了我的转变。”可知，第一段可描写学期结束时我的积极变化有哪些。 ②由第二段首句内容“在学期的最后一天，亚当斯博士在我们最后一次俱乐部会议后想要和我谈谈，她手里拿着一本书。”可知，第二段可描写亚当斯博士与我进行交谈时对我的肯定及鼓励以及我的感受与决心。 2.续写线索：我的学业进步，信心增强——我的转变——亚当斯博士与我进行交谈的内容——我的感悟和决心 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①提高：improve/promote ②出现：emerge/appear ③改变：alter/change ④闪耀；闪烁：sparkle/flare 情绪类 ①为……感到骄傲：be proud of/take pride in ②热情的；热心的：enthusiastic/eager 【点睛】【高分句型1】Not only had I improved academically but also had emerged as a confident contributor in the literary club. (运用了部分倒装) 【高分句型2】I had become an enthusiastic participant in discussions, often sharing how the themes we read about mirrored my own experiences and growth. (运用了现在分词短语作状语) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 名校高考模拟卷·英语（八） （120分钟 150分） 考生须知: 1. 本卷侧重: 高考评价体系之创新性。 2. 本卷怎么考: ①考查应对创新性素材的能力（阅读 C）; ②考查应对创新性设题的能力（题 28）。 3. 本卷典型情境题: 阅读第二节; 语言运用第一节。 4. 本卷测试范围: 高考全部内容。 第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分30分） 第一节（共5小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man think of the lecture? A. Boring. B. Unimportant. C. Popular. 2. What will the woman do? A. Clean the sitting room. B. Do some gardening. C. Make a snowman. 3. Why does the man make the phone call? A. To make an apology. B. To cancel a meeting. C. To reschedule an appointment. 4. What's the man going to do? A. Dance to the music. B. Turn the music down. C. Change some light music. 5. What is Jack doing? A. Doing his homework. B. Playing video games. C. Cooking a dinner. 第二节（共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟; 听完后, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 6. What did the man do? A. He left late. B. He canceled his trip. C. He lied to the woman. 7. How does the woman feel? A. Angry. B. Nervous. C. Excited. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 8. Who might the woman be? A. James' teacher. B. James' mother. C. James' classmate. 9. What are the speakers talking about? A. James' performance at school. B. James' new school. C. James' growing pain. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 10. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At home. B. At the studio. C. At the cinema. 11. What did the man do just now? A. He talked to his neighbors. B. He watched the movie till the end. C. He slept for a while during the movie. 12. What does the girl say about the movie? A. The acting isn't bad. B. The story often happens in her life. C. She likes the leading role's hairstyle. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 13. What does the woman say about the last apartment? A. It is on the 5th floor. B. Its location is not bad. C. It doesn't have a dishwasher. 14. What is excluded in the rent for the last apartment? A. Cable TV and electricity. B Heating and water. C. Water and electricity. 15. How much is the rent for the basement suite per month? A. $1,400. B. $1,600. C. $2,000. 16. What is the disadvantage of the studio? A. It's far from the city. B. It has no elevator. C. It's noisy at night. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17. When will the conference be held? A. On March 8th. B. On March 9th. C. On March 10th. 18. On which floor is the break room? A. The basement floor. B. The first floor. C. The third floor. 19. Who will prepare the identification for guests? A. Tanya. B. Mario. C. Eric. 20. Which group will be the first to present? A. The Paris group. B. The London group. C. The New York group. 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 Overall: LectroFan EVO Sound Machine Why You Should Get It This compact, stylish and affordable white noise machine is very easy to use. With a timer, a headphone connector and a large range of sounds, you’ll be able to find the right setup for you. That’s where it comes in to mask all that unwanted environmental noise, so you, can get more rest. Keep in Mind The device isn’t battery-operated so it’ll need to stay plugged into a power source. It does everything you need it to for a very reasonable price. It plays non-repeating digital noise in a range of colors: It has 10 fan sounds, 10 environmental noise sounds — including pink and brown noise, and two ocean soundscapes. The device is super simple to use, and once you’ve picked your favorite type of noise, it will be saved in the settings, and the machine will automatically play that sound each time you turn it on. The speaker produces a clear and crisp sound, and there’s a wide volume range. It also comes with an optional timer you can set between one to eight hours, or play continuously, plus a 3.5 mm connector for headphones if your partner isn’t quite as keen on white noise as you are. It’s compact enough to travel everywhere with you, and it looks pretty good, too. It certainly won’t look out of place on your bedside table. You can power the LectroFan EVO via USB or the included A/C adaptor, but it doesn’t have an internal battery, so it does need to be plugged in, which could be a fault to somebody. Price at time of publishing: $35 Product Details: Dimensions; It’s 4.7 inches long and 3.3 inches in height. Its width is the same as its length. Sound options: 22 Timer: Yes Power: Plug-in 1. What is the device used for? A. Providing power. B. Recording nature. C. Helping sleep well. D. Editing music. 2. What might be a disadvantage of the device? A. It has poor sound quality. B. It has limited sound options. C. It is too large to carry around. D. It must remain plugged into a power source. 3. What is the size of the device? A. 4.7×4.7×3.3 in. B. 4.7×3.3×3.3 in. C. 4.7×4.7×3.5 in. D. 3.3×3.3×2.5 in. B The Grammys celebrate the best in music; but, behind every songwriter, performer, and producer that makes it to that stage are music-teachers and educators who inspired their craft and showed them the ropes, sometimes from a very young age. That’s why the Grammy Awards also hand out a Music Educator Award, which recognizes those who have made a significant contribution and demonstrated a commitment to music education. In 2024, the award went to Annie Ray, the performing arts department chair and orchestra director at Annandale High School in Fairfax County, Virginia — a community with many immigrants. With the creation of the Crescendo Orchestra, she works to make music accessible to all students, particularly those with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, she created a parent orchestra, in which 200 caregivers learn to play the same instrument as their child every year. Ray took home both a $10,000 prize and a matching grant for her school’s music program. In an interview following the Merit Award ceremony, Ray credited her pupils with this recognition. “This is the students’ award,” she said. “I’m just lucky enough to have been a part of their journey and their process and to have been taught by them.” Now, Ray will use the prize money to buy instruments — something the school had struggled to do. She also plans to create an ongoing scholarship for students who want to become musicians and music educators when they graduate. For Ray, the moment appears to be full circle, since it was a music teacher who first changed her life at age 5, when she learned to play the harp (竖琴). “The reason why I am where I am is that a teacher changed my life and made me want to be a music educator,” she said. 4. Why do the Grammys set up the Music Educator Award? A. To praise excellent music teachers. B. To help musicians with financial problems. C. To show the importance of primary education. D. To encourage people to work in the music industry. 5. What did Annie Ray do to help students with disabilities? A. She opened a new music school. B. She formed the Crescendo Orchestra. C. She organized music concerts for charity. D. She started a music scholarship program. 6. To whom did Annie Ray think the Award was owed? A. Her family. B. Her students. C. Her fellow teachers. D. The Grammy committee. 7. What does the author want to convey in the text? A. The importance of winning awards in the music industry. B. The struggles that music programs face in obtaining funding. C. The personal achievements of Annie Ray in her musical career. D. The significant impact of music educators on their students’ lives. C You’ll need an organism — preferably one with hard bones or a shell. Add fine-grained sediment and rapid burial and in 10,000 years or so, you'll be well on your way to a deliciously durable fossil. It’s a cooking project that can only take place in Earth’s test kitchen, and the baking time is admittedly long. But what if there were a quicker way—think a microwave instead of a slow cooker? A group of paleontologists (古生物学家) think they’ve discovered a way that could give others in the field new insights into the way things fossilize. They published a paper on their method in the journal Paleontology. Typically, paleontologists use nature itself to figure out how fossils are made. In 1993, for example, a nationwide group of paleontologists banded together to create the Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative. The long-term project involves burying a variety of marine species beneath the Gulf of Mexico and the waters of the Bahamas, then periodically visiting and studying them to observe how they’ve decayed (腐烂) over the years. These kinds of experiments yield important insights into how fossilization works, but they have their limits, one of which is the issue of time. Though some experimental methods can nudge the process ahead, there’s nothing like ten or more millennia to make a fossil. For the less patient there’s a new option: "bake" fossils by packing the work of tens of thousands of years into a 24-hour period. Field Museum researcher Evan Saitta and his colleagues call their method "sediment-encased maturation", and it involves pressing samples into clay tablets which are then baked in an oven at 3,500 psi, roughly equivalent to the pressure of rock in the shallow parts of Earth’s crust, where fossils are found. The result looks and acts like a real-life fossil. The researchers think they can use their method to compare what kinds of materials can survive fossilization, identify structures found in actual fossils, and better understand how soft tissues like skin respond to fossilization. By testing different variables using the process, paleontologists could possibly learn to identify what temperature or gases contributed to a real-life fossil’s formation. 8. Why is Earth’s natural fossilization compared to a slow cooker? A. It demands frequent adjustments. B. It needs a controlled environment. C. It requires constant heat and damp. D. It involves a long duration to complete. 9. Why was the Shelf and, Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative created? A. To create artificial fossils quickly in America. B. To study the effects of pollution on marine life. C. To observe the fossilization of marine species. D. To map the Gulf of Mexico and Bahamian waters. 10. What is the primary advantage of the “sediment-encased maturation” method? A. It requires no special equipment. B. It speeds up fossilization to 24 hours. C. It eliminates the need for high pressure. D. It uses natural processes to create fossils. 11. What is implied about the new method in the last paragraph? A. It is less accurate than natural fossilization. B. It is only applicable to certain types of materials. C. It can help reduce the time needed for fossilization. D. It can be used to test various factors affecting fossilization. D Being sedentary (久坐) throughout the workday has long been criticized for its effects on health, especially in terms of heart function. Actually, sitting too much is tough on your brain as well. A recent clinical trial published in Journal of the American Heart Association noted that extended sedentary behavior is a risk factor for chronic disease, even for those who exercise regularly outside of the workday. To determine the effects of being more active at a job, researchers set up active workstations at an employee wellness center, focusing on standing desks, treadmills, and step machines, and using them for 45 to 55 minutes a day. After asking 44 participants to use these workstations for four days, researchers reported there was no significant difference in typing ability — meaning that just because you’re walking or stepping, work performance doesn’t sputter — but scores on cognitive function tests improved with each subsequent day. Researchers acknowledged that the short timeframe is a limitation of the study, so it’s unknown whether these cognitive improvements would continue in the long term. However, they did conclude that it seems active workstations could be a fundamental way to decrease sedentary time, providing advantages for cardiovascular (心血管的) conditions as well as cognitive performance. What if your boss isn’t ordering stair steppers and treadmill desks, though? The good news is that setting a schedule where you move more often can give you a brain boost — no matter what your workstation looks like. For example, just walking briskly around an office for five minutes improves health outcomes related to cardiovascular function, which could have a beneficial effect on mental function. Even short bursts of movement can literally-improve the function of your brain. And the biggest advantages tend to come with activity that is structured, planned, and repeated, rather than just moving around whenever you have the chance. Because of that, creating a consistent routine at your workplace for physical activity can be crucial for keeping your brain sharp, according to Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD, author of Habits of a Happy Brain. “Being active during a workday on a predictable schedule can get your brain fired up as that exercise period approaches,” Breuning said. 12. What can be inferred about reducing sedentary behavior during the workday? A. It may benefit our overall health. B. It has no significant health benefits. C. It is unnecessary if we exercise regularly. D. It hardly benefits those with chronic disease. 13. Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sputter” in paragraph 2? A. Decide. B. Decline. C. Impress. D. Improve. 14. Why is Loretta Graziano Breuning mentioned in the text? A. To introduce a new type of workstation. B. To stress the bad effects of sedentary behavior. C. To support the researchers’ conclusion of the clinical trial. D. To explain the benefits of exercising outside of work hours. 15. What could be the best title for the text? A. The benefits of taking exercise B. The negative effects of sedentary behavior C. Improve your typing skills with more moves D. Boost your brain and heart health with active workstations 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。 Why is a compliment so impactful? One of the most important things to humans is to feel valued and respected by others, says Vanessa Bohns, a social psychologist, who has researched compliments. According to her research, people feel “significantly better” after both giving and receiving a compliment. ____16____ “You handled that situation so well.” Bohns recently used her favorite compliment when she saw a server address a difficult situation with a customer at the bar. “I like it so much because you use it in anxious moments where the other person is often unsure of whether they handled a situation OK,” she says. In situations that call for a compliment, don’t second-guess yourself. Give your compliments generously. ____17____ That concern is unfounded. “____18____” This compliment — one of Bohns’ favorites — works well among romantic partners and close family members. “It’s a beautiful way to highlight how their presence turns life into something meaningful, despite boring routines of our everyday lives,” she says. If you’re afraid that giving a compliment like this will feel strange, you’re not alone. ____19____ If it makes you personally feel like the bar is lowered for you to give a compliment if you write it down, or if you practice saying it out loud or giving your pet cat the compliment first, do that. “Hey, great dress!” Feel free to compliment strangers. In Bohns’ research, students on a college campus were told to approach a stranger of the same gender and compliment them-about, for example, their nice shirt. Before heading out, the study participants tended to underestimate their positive effect while overestimating how annoying it would be. Across all contexts, strangers are more likely to be pleased than confused. Plus, who knows? ____20____ A. I love the way you bring out the best in people. B. Respect is essential when you deliver compliments. C. One way to overcome this fear is to do a practice run. D. You make even ordinary moments feel extraordinary. E. You might make a new friend in addition to making someone’s day. F. With that in mind, we asked her to share some of her favorite compliments. G. People sometimes worry that they’re going over and will start to sound insincere. 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四个选项中选出最佳选项。 While many cats love to go outdoors they usually do not venture far from home. But some cats are the ___21___ . One cat has even made a busy railway station in the UK her second ___22___ . Although Nala, a four-year-old cat, has a home in Hertfordshire and a loving owner, she always loves ___23___ with an adventurous spirit. Her owner, Natasha Ambler, fitted her with a GPS tracking device. And Nala’s favorite place to ___24___ is the Stevenage Station where she ___25___ commuters (通勤者) every day. She comes in every day to greet hundreds of commuters. Ambler says that Nala goes to the station when it is the busiest because she enjoys the ___26___ . The staff at the station have grown very ___27___ of Nala. They say, “Her ___28___ always makes people smile and encourages cheerful conversations between the staff and passengers.” Nala wears a collar with ___29___ , including her name and owner’s phone number. Ambler says that she received around 20 calls a day from people telling her they ____30____ her cat. She had to make a second tag (标签) to tell people that Nala was not lost but just on a(n) ____31____ . Nala is so popular that Ambler ____32____ a website page where people can post photos of their ____33____ with the cat. One passenger posted, “She ____34____ my day when I get on the train to work.” Another said, “Nala is ____35____ a real celebrity of the Stevenage Station.” 21. A. competitors B. cases C. negotiators D. exceptions 22. A. circus B. zoo C. home D. workplace 23. A. eating B. wandering C. hunting D. sleeping 24. A. visit B. skip C. monitor D. advocate 25. A. challenges B. delights C. guides D. disturbs 26. A. debate B. news C. space D. attention 27. A. worthy B. careful C. fond D. proud 28. A. presence B. request C. performance D. trick 29. A. qualifications B. diaries C. details D. recommendations 30. A. found B. released C. struck D. adopted 31. A. business B. adventure C. exhibition D. diet 32. A. looked for B. referred to C. learned from D. set up 33. A. encounters B. fights C. quarrels D. comparisons 34. A. experiences B. makes C. explores D. ruins 35 A. directly B. relatively C. frequently D. definitely 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。 Visitors who travel to Jiayu county, Xianning City, in Central China’s Hubei Province for ___36___ first time are often impressed with its food, especially the fish and lotus roots. Almost every restaurant offers food ___37___ (feature) these ingredients. A poet from Beijing once ___38___ (remark) on how amazing it is that some restaurants can make an entire table of ___39___ (dish) with either ingredient. Located in the south of Hubei, renowned as a province of a thousand lakes, Jiayu covers an area of over 1,000 square kilometers, and about one-third of that ___40___ (cover) in water. It has 21 lakes, is home ___41___ 15 types of fish and yields 60,000 tons of lotus roots a year. Jiayu, ___42___ literally means ‌“good fish” in Chinese, is one of the two counties ___43___ (name) after the aquatic creatures. The other is Yutai in Shandong Province. Aside from its food, Jiayu is also famous for its lotus roots, wudu (a clay instrument) ___44___ culture of the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). With the title of the National Garden City conferred by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China, Jiayu’s appeal to visitors is the ____45____ (strong) in spring, when sprouts emerge from willow branches by the lakes. 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，上周三你们班进行了一次有趣的科学实验。请你给英国朋友Lucy写一封邮件分享这次经历。内容包括： (1)介绍实验； (2)你的收获。 注意：(1)写作词数应为80个左右； (2)请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 Dear Lucy, I’m writing to share with you a fascinating science experiment we conducted last Wednesday. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。 During my freshman year at college, I faced many challenges adjusting to the new environment. I missed home terribly, struggled with my courses, and found it hard to make trustable friends. The social and academic pressures were overwhelming, and I often considered quitting and going back home. However, my English professor, Dr Adams, noticed my struggles and took a special interest in my well-being. One day, Dr Adams suggested I join the college literary club. Initially, I was hesitant.My confidence was low, and I doubted whether I had anything to contribute to a group that likely shared a deep passion for literature. Yet, she persisted, assuring me that the club was a welcoming place for everyone, regardless of their skill level or background in literature. She believed that engaging with literature could offer a new perspective and perhaps a way for me to connect with others. Reluctantly, I attended my first meeting. To my surprise, the members were not only welcoming but also shared their own stories of adaptation and growth. The club focused on reading diverse literature and discussing it in a way that was both enlightening and supportive. Dr Adams often attended the meetings, provided insights and encouraged us to express our thoughts freely. Gradually, as I engaged more with the club and its activities, my outlook began to change. I found peace of mind in literature, discovering that many writers had overcome challenges similar to mine. Discussions on various themes such as resilience, identity, and belonging resonated (产生共鸣) deeply with me, and I began to feel less lonely. My academic performance improved as I became more engaged in my studies and found a supportive community among my peers. With each meeting, I felt a growing sense of belonging and confidence. The literary club became a crucial part of my college life, helping me to understand that every challenge is manageable with the right support and mindset. 注意： （1）续写词数应为150个左右； （2）请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 By the end of the semester, my transformation was evident to everyone who knew me. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On the final day of the semester, Dr Adams asked to speak with me after our last club meeting, with a book in her hand. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null