精品解析：福建省厦门第一中学2024-2025学年高三下学期第一次质检模拟英语试题

福建省厦门第一中学2024-2025学年 高三下英语 （试卷满分：150分，考试时间：120分钟） 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 is the woman waiting for? A．A package delivery. B．A message from Tony. C．A change in weather. 2．When did the woman get the news about her promotion? A．On Friday. B．On Saturday. C．On Sunday. 3．What happened to the man? A．He lost his concert ticket. B．He was involved in a car crash. C．He failed to buy the tickets online. 4．Where are the speakers probably? A．In a camera factory. B．At a photo exhibition. C．In a photography studio. 5．Which is usually the man’s best subject? A．English. B．Physics. C．Maths. 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。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6．What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A．Brother and sister. B．Teacher and student. C．Father and daughter. 7．What does the woman think of her history teacher? A．Cautious B．Serious. C．Humorous. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8．How much will a member pay the sports club a month? A．£40. B．£20. C．£14. 9．What class is offered at weekends? A．Weightlifting. B．Swimming. C．Kickboxing. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10．What is the main reason for the man to seek a job in software engineering? A．High salary. B．Great talent. C．Personal interest. 11．What is special about the coffee cup the man has invented? A．It lights up. B．It cools quickly. C．It cleans itself. 12．What does the man really want to be? A．A designer. B．An engineer. C．A professor. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13．Where are the speakers? A．In a kitchen. B．In a greenhouse. C．In a grocery store. 14．How many tomato plants does the woman give the man? A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. 15．What is probably the man’s new hobby? A．Cooking. B．Motorcycling. C．Gardening. 16．What will the woman give Wendy for her birthday? A．Fresh flowers. B．Homegrown plants. C．Motorbike parts. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17．What might the speaker be best known as? A．A comedy actor. B．A ceremony host. C．A popular lecturer. 18．How many people in total will give speeches at the ceremony? A．Only two. B．Around 12. C．At least 24. 19．What type of movie is probably the speaker’s favorite? A．Horror. B．Action. C．Fantasy. 20．What will the speaker do next? A．Perform a comedy on the stage. B．Announce the winner of an award. C．Introduce another movie candidate. 第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分50分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A COOKING CLASSES Whether you are a green hand in the kitchen or on your way to becoming the next celebrity chef our cooking classes suit all ability levels. Join us for an enjoyable and informative time in the kitchen, learning some new skills and easy-to-recreate dishes to impress your family at home! Highlights: ·Taught by experienced chefs in a professional and enjoyable environment. Feel comfortable asking them questions. ·Learn the importance of proper knife skills that will help speed up your prep time and promote the safety of using knives in the kitchen. Please note: ·Suitable for teens over 13. ·Drinking water is provided throughout the class. ·Most dietary requirements can be satisfied with advance notice. Please contact us at least 2 business days before the class if you have any dietary requirements or allergies (过敏). ·If you have attended one of our classes previously, please note in the Special Comments section the items you have cooked previously so we can avoid repeating the same items where possible. Upcoming classes: DIY Dumplings AU $150.00 Weeknight evenings from 6:00 pm & Saturday or Sunday mornings at 10:30 am 12 guests Middle Eastern Banquet AU $140.00 Weeknight evenings from 6:30 pm & Saturday at 10:00 am 10-14 guests Easy Home Cooking AU $130.00 Weeknight evenings from 7:00 pm & Saturday at 3:00 pm. 10-12 guests Perfect Pasta & Gnocchi AU $120.00 Weeknight evenings from 7:30 pm & Saturday at 10:30 am or 3:00 pm 10-12 guests 1. Who would most probably sign up for the classes? A. A celebrity chef. B. A 15-year-old beginner cook. C. A man who cares about food safety. D. A mom who’s no good with knives. 2. What should you do if you have an allergy? A. Ask experienced chefs for advice. B. Avoid attending any of the classes. C. Report your requirements in advance. D. Leave a note in the Special Comments section. 3. Which class can you take if you are free after 7:30 pm on Friday? A. DIY Dumplings. B. Perfect Pasta &Gnocchi. C. Middle Eastern Banquet. D. Easy Thai Home Cooking. B I have always been proud of my handwriting, a skill I was taught in grade school. The teacher was teaching us the Palmer Penmanship Method, drilling into us the importance of forming big flowing lines when we wrote g’s and s’s as well as beautiful f’s that in my mind were like fairy tale princesses wearing fancy hats while extending their right foot. We were strictly prohibited from using block letters on our homework, as they lack the beauty. Now it becomes apparent that young people no longer learn cursive (草书). They type everything, mostly on their phones. Beautiful handwriting is a thing of the past. This has become a source of great sadness among traditionalists. But recently something happened that shook my faith in cursive. To my complete disbelief, not one but two of my close friends complained about the handwriting on my postcards. They were grateful for the beautiful postcards I regularly sent, but they said they honestly couldn't read a thing I had written. One friend went so far as to ask if I could use block letters next time so that she could understand what I was writing. Initially, I was angry. I had made the effort to cover an entire postcard with what I viewed as not just handwriting but calligraphy. But then I showed an English friend a postcard I'd just written, and he said that the only thing that was readily understandable was the letters “U. S. A.” The rest of it, he politely suggested, looked like “chicken scrawl”. Looking at the postcard dispassionately I unwillingly admit that he has a point. All the m’s and n’s run together, and the l’s look like l’s. The a’s are indistinguishable from the q’s. So, from now on, I'm taking their advice and using block letters to communicate. In fact I just now sent an old friend a postcard. But this time, I simply wrote — in big block letters: DEAR ALICE: HI. JOE. I hope she gets the message. 4. What do we know about the Palmer Penmanship Method? A. It is characterized by big flowing lines. B. It is rarely appreciated by traditionalists. C. It was not allowed in students'homework. D. It is viewed as a trend in handwriting styles. 5. What weakened the writer’s belief in cursive? A. The popularity of block letters in recent times. B. The younger generation’s disinterest in cursive. C. His friends’ failure to comprehend his postcards. D. His English friend's suggestion on postcard design. 6. Why did the writer switch to block letters for communication? A. To deliver his message clearly. B. To improve his handwriting skills. C. To win praise from his friends. D. To show his passion for calligraphy. 7. What is the text mainly about? A. The wide use of cursive. B. The sad decline of cursive. C. The value of preserving cursive. D. The technique of writing in cursive. C Is modern fruit cultivated (培育) to be sweeter than in the past? The short answer is yes, though the longer answer is more complicated. Some of the most powerful evidence that fruit is sweeter than before comes from zoos. In 2018, it was reported that Melboume Zoo in Australia had stopped giving fruit to most of its animals because cultivated fruit was now so sweet that it was causing tooth decay (蛀牙) and weight gain. The monkeys at the zoo were provided with a lower-sugar vegetable-based diet instead of bananas. Among fruit cultivators, the word “quality” is now routinely used as an equal for “high in sugar” (though firmness, color and size are also considerations). In 2010, in an article looking at ways to enhance the sweetness of fruit using “molecuiar (分子的) approaches”, a group of plant scientists of the Republic of Korea wrote that “in general, the sugar content” of many fruits is now higher than before “owing to continuous selection and breeding”. Modern apple varieties, the scientists noted, were on average sweeter than older ones. Cultivation isn’t the only reason that modern fruit is sweeter; there’s also climate change. Research from Japan found that since the 1970s, with rising temperatures, Fuji apples (which were already a sweet variety) have become significantly sweeter and softer. The lead researcher, Toshihoko Sugiura, said that “if you could taste an apple harvested 30 years ago, you would feel the difference”. It is sometimes claimed that the sweetness of modern fruit is not due to higher sugar content so much as the fact that the bitterness and sourness of wild fruit have been steadily cultivated out of it. There’s a grain — but only a grain — of truth in this. Studies of wild apples do indeed suggest that some ancient varieties were just as high in sugar as a modern Pink Lady or Honeycrisp. The difference is that there was much wider variation in sugar content across wild apples, whereas the modern supermarket apple seldom drops below a certain level of sweetness. 8. Why did Melbourne Zoo stop giving fruit to most of its animals? A. The animals preferred a vegetable- based diet. B. Modern fruit did great harm to animals’ teeth. C. The sugar content of modern fruit is lower than before. D. The flavor of modern fruit was not good for the animals. 9. What can we learn from paragraph 3? A. The sugar content is breeders’ first priority. B. Sweeter fruits are just a result of natural selection. C. The sweetness of modern apples is equal to the average of older ones. D. Molecular approaches are adopted to add the sweetness of modern fruit. 10. What do studies of wild apples in the last paragraph suggest? A. Apples of old species tasted less sweet. B. The sugar content of wild apples varied greatly. C. The sweetness of modern apples is of the same level. D. Fruit is sweet because bitterness in it has disappeared. 11. What’s the best title for this passage? A Modern or Old: Which Is Better? B. Modern Fruit: Sweetness Is Quality. C. Fruit Is Sweeter: It’s Not a Misconception. D. Melbourne Zoo: Animals Stop Eating Fruits. D As new technologies take on increasingly humanlike qualities, there’s been a push to make them genderless. “People are stereotyping (形成刻板印象) their gendered objects in very traditional ways.” says Ashley Martin, a Stanford associate professor of organizational behavior. Removing gender from the picture altogether seems like a simple way to fix this. Yet as Martin has found in her work, gender is one of the fundamental ways people form connections with objects, particularly those designed with human characteristics. In her study, Martin asked participants to rate their attachment to male, female, and genderless versions of a digital voice assistant and a self-driving car known as “Miuu.” It was found that gender increased users’ feelings of attachment to these devices and their interest in purchasing them. For example, participants said they would be less likely to buy a genderless voice assistant than versions with male or female voices. While gendering a product may be good marketing, it may also strengthen outdated or harmful ideas about power and identity. The stereotypes commonly associated with men, such as competitiveness and dominance, are more valued than those associated with women. These qualities, in turn, are mapped onto products that have been assigned a gender. Martin’s study also found that creating a genderless object was difficult. For instance, if an object s name was meant to sound to sound genderless, like Miuu, participants would still assign a gender to it — they would assume Miuu was a “he” or “she.” Martin sees a silver lining, however: She believes that anthropomorphism (拟人化) “provides an opportunity to change stereotypes.” When women are put into positions of leadership like running companies, it reduces negative stereotypes about women. Similarly, anthropomorphized products could be created to take on stereotype — inconsistent roles — a male robot that assists with nursing or a female robot that helps do calculations, for instance. 12. What is the purpose of making new technologies genderless? A. To reduce stereotypes. B. To meet public demand. C. To cut production costs. D. To encourage competition. 13. What were the participants probably asked to do in the study? A. Design a product. B. Respond to a survey. C. Work as assistants. D. Take a language test. 14. Why is it difficult to create genderless objects? A. They cannot be mass-produced. B. Naming them is a challenging task. C. People assume they are unreliable. D. Gender is rooted in people’s mind. 15. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A. The quality of genderless products. B. The upside of gendering a product. C. The meaning of anthropomorphism. D. The stereotypes of men and women. 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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 It’s believed that everything you need to know can be found in a book. People have always received life-guiding wisdom from certain types of non-fiction, often from “self-help” books. ____16____ A random sentence in a thriller (惊悚小说) will give you unexpected insight. There is a proud tradition of extracting (摘录) lines from poetry and songs and using them in this way. Some people argue that lines from novels and plays are dependent on what surrounds them. ____17____ I don’t buy this. It ignores the way that your brain collects, sorts and combines information. We can find meaning in everything. Today, we often over-schedule our days and complain constantly about being too busy. Books are uniquely suited to helping us change our relationship to the rhythms and habits of daily life. ____18____ They demand that we briefly put aside our work at hand and listen to someone else. You can rant against (咆哮) a book, or even throw it out the window. Still, you won’t change the words on the page. We all ask each other a lot of questions: “How did you sleep?” “Where did you go on your holidays?” But there’s one question we should ask of one another a lot more often, and that is: “What are you reading?” It isn’t a simple question when asked with genuine curiosity. ____19____ You can also learn about the person who wrote the book by assessing their writing techniques, such as ideas, word choice, style, tone, and content. ____20____ Similarly, examining the characters in books can give us a better grasp of human emotions and actions. Understanding others helps us to empathize with them, which creates a more compassionate society. A. They demand our attention. B. But they seem out of reach for most of us. C. It’s improper to grab the odd line here and there. D. It’s really a way of finding out what you are becoming. E But actually all sorts of books can carry this kind of wisdom. F. An analysis of these aspects can reveal things about the author. G. So they spend their life collecting words and sentences from them. 第三部分 语言知识运用 （共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共1小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 It was a cold, rainy day, and I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she ___21___ that I come to see something at the top of the mountain. So here I was, ___22___ making the two-hour journey through thick fog. Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I ___23___ along the dangerous highway. Turning down a narrow track, we ___24___ and got out. We walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles. Huge black-green evergreens (常青树) ___25___ over us. Gradually, the peace and silence of the place began to ___26___ my mind. Then we turned a corner and stopped at the top of the mountain and I was entirely held in ___27___. There across fields and valleys were rivers of fully-opened yellow flowers from the light one to the most brilliant. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and ___28___ the mountainside in gold. ___29___ occurred to my mind. Who created such beauty? How? When? As we approached the house that stood in the center of the property, we saw a ____30____ that read: “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking.” The first answer was: “One Woman —Two Hands, Two Feet and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “____31____ at a Time.” The third: “Started in 1958.” As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen that I could ____32____ speak. “She changed the world,” I finally said, “one small plant at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the ____33____ of an idea, but she kept at it.” The wonder of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a dream and ____34____ it, just a little bit every day, what might I have accomplished?” Carolyn looked at me sideways, smiling. “Start tomorrow,” she said, “____35____ yet, start today.” 21. A. asked B. insisted C. commanded D. predicted 22. A. unwillingly B. undoubtedly C. unknowingly D. unexpectedly 23. A. walked B. wandered C. inched D. fled 24. A. turned up B. stepped down C. looked up D. pulled over 25. A. greeted B. towered C. reached D. flowed 26. A. admit B. slip C. fill D. read 27. A. amazement B. curiosity C. amusement D. confusion 28. A. pushed B. moved C. swung D. bathed 29. A. Questions B. Ideas C. Problems D. Requests 30. A. signal B. symbol C. symptom D. sign 31. A. Each B. Some C. One D. That 32. A. surely B. barely C. mostly D. instantly 33. A. beginning B. intention C. ending D. shortage 34. A. set off B. worked out C. set down D. worked at 35. A. Later B. Better C. Happier D. Harder 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。 The price of fashion — economically and environmentally — has led to the rise of ____36____ new way of dressing, and it’s beginning to take off in Australia, too. As people now choose to wear more clothes fewer ____37____ (time), clothing rental services have become increasingly popular. “I think it’s an amazing idea,” says Tanya Perilli, who owns a clothing rental shop. “Customers today look past the fact that something is secondhand and focus instead ____38____ the fact that they have something unique to wear ____39____ are not overstuffing their own wardrobes (衣柜) or contributing to landfill. Tanya’s shop offers fashion clothes for women ____40____ (rent) rather than purchase them outright, providing a less expensive ____41____ (solve) to one-time event dressing. The concept ____42____ (be) certainly not new — men have been renting good suits for decades -but for female shoppers, it is just taking off. This clothing-as-service model follows the broader societal movement towards shared economies Tanya is also looking beyond special-occasion dresses to less formal clothing, ____43____ she plans to package as capsule wardrobes and offer to travellers, such as those headed to weddings abroad, with a longer-term rental period. “I really want to make this work for ____44____ (people) lives today, and I know that doesn’t always mean _____45_____ (return) a dress on the Monday after a special weekend,” she says. 第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （满分15分） 46. 假如你是学校学生会主席李华。下个月学生会将组织举办一场校园慈善音乐会，请给你校的英国留学生Chris写一封邮件，邀请他来演出，内容包括： 1．活动介绍 2．表演形式建议 注意：1．写作词数应为80词左右；2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Chris, I am Li Hua, chairman of the Students Union. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。 Ballet was a way of life in Kelly’s family. Her elder sister Serena was now dancing at a college. Though Kelly’s mom always wanted her to follow in her sister’s footsteps and Kelly herself was good at ballet, her love for ballet had faded years before, and she was eager for a new challenge. One day at school, as Kelly left the dance studio, she walked past the gym, fascinated by boxers training inside the boxing ring (拳击赛场). She was deeply impressed by how hard they hit and how fast they moved. In fact, she’d long been attracted to boxing. She pulled a piece of paper from her backpack. On the familiar Oakwood High School Club Sign-up Sheet was the phrase: BOXING CLUB TRYOUT (选拔). That was what Kelly really wanted to do. She knew her mom had high expectations for her when it came to ballet. Tired of trying to keep with her sister, Kelly was ready to carve (开辟) her own path. The next day, she gathered her courage and told Serena about her new passion. At first, Serena didn’t understand and thought she was just joking. But when she saw Kelly was serious, she replied, “You know Mom wants you to be a ballet dancer, right? Besides, boxing is only for boys, and you’re so good at ballet. Lean into your strength, Kelly.” “But this is where I want to put my strength,” Kelly insisted, “and what exactly does ‘only for boys’ mean, anyway? Boxing is a sport for everyone!” Gradually, touched by her determination and passion, Serena began to understand and support her. Kelly could feel it. Her sister was going to respect her decision, no matter what. But that was nothing compared to the preparations for the tryout, where she was required to show her footwork (步法) and punching (击打) abilities with other candidates (候选人). Boxing didn’t come natural to Kelly, but she had made úp her mind to stick with her choice. 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。 Para l: Then Kelly began her training for the tryout, keeping it a secret from her mom. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Para 2: The following Monday, results of the boxing tryout were posted. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-5 AACCA 6-10 CCBBA 11-15 CABCC 16-20 BACBB 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 福建省厦门第一中学2024-2025学年 高三下英语 （试卷满分：150分，考试时间：120分钟） 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 is the woman waiting for? A．A package delivery. B．A message from Tony. C．A change in weather. 2．When did the woman get the news about her promotion? A．On Friday. B．On Saturday. C．On Sunday. 3．What happened to the man? A．He lost his concert ticket. B．He was involved in a car crash. C．He failed to buy the tickets online. 4．Where are the speakers probably? A．In a camera factory. B．At a photo exhibition. C．In a photography studio. 5．Which is usually the man’s best subject? A．English. B．Physics. C．Maths. 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。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6．What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A．Brother and sister. B．Teacher and student. C．Father and daughter. 7．What does the woman think of her history teacher? A．Cautious B．Serious. C．Humorous. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8．How much will a member pay the sports club a month? A．£40. B．£20. C．£14. 9．What class is offered at weekends? A．Weightlifting. B．Swimming. C．Kickboxing. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10．What is the main reason for the man to seek a job in software engineering? A．High salary. B．Great talent. C．Personal interest. 11．What is special about the coffee cup the man has invented? A．It lights up. B．It cools quickly. C．It cleans itself. 12．What does the man really want to be? A．A designer. B．An engineer. C．A professor. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13．Where are the speakers? A．In a kitchen. B．In a greenhouse. C．In a grocery store. 14．How many tomato plants does the woman give the man? A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. 15．What is probably the man’s new hobby? A．Cooking. B．Motorcycling. C．Gardening. 16．What will the woman give Wendy for her birthday? A．Fresh flowers. B．Homegrown plants. C．Motorbike parts. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17．What might the speaker be best known as? A．A comedy actor. B．A ceremony host. C．A popular lecturer. 18．How many people in total will give speeches at the ceremony? A．Only two. B．Around 12. C．At least 24. 19．What type of movie is probably the speaker’s favorite? A．Horror. B．Action. C．Fantasy. 20．What will the speaker do next? A．Perform a comedy on the stage. B．Announce the winner of an award. C．Introduce another movie candidate. 第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分50分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A COOKING CLASSES Whether you are a green hand in the kitchen or on your way to becoming the next celebrity chef, our cooking classes suit all ability levels. Join us for an enjoyable and informative time in the kitchen, learning some new skills and easy-to-recreate dishes to impress your family at home! Highlights: ·Taught by experienced chefs in a professional and enjoyable environment. Feel comfortable asking them questions. ·Learn the importance of proper knife skills that will help speed up your prep time and promote the safety of using knives in the kitchen. Please note: ·Suitable for teens over 13. ·Drinking water is provided throughout the class. ·Most dietary requirements can be satisfied with advance notice. Please contact us at least 2 business days before the class if you have any dietary requirements or allergies (过敏). ·If you have attended one of our classes previously, please note in the Special Comments section the items you have cooked previously so we can avoid repeating the same items where possible. Upcoming classes: DIY Dumplings AU $150.00 Weeknight evenings from 6:00 pm & Saturday or Sunday mornings at 10:30 am 12 guests Middle Eastern Banquet AU $140.00 Weeknight evenings from 6:30 pm & Saturday at 10:00 am 10-14 guests Easy Home Cooking AU $130.00 Weeknight evenings from 7:00 pm & Saturday at 3:00 pm. 10-12 guests Perfect Pasta & Gnocchi AU $120.00 Weeknight evenings from 7:30 pm & Saturday at 10:30 am or 3:00 pm 10-12 guests 1. Who would most probably sign up for the classes? A. A celebrity chef. B. A 15-year-old beginner cook. C. A man who cares about food safety. D. A mom who’s no good with knives. 2. What should you do if you have an allergy? A. Ask experienced chefs for advice. B. Avoid attending any of the classes. C. Report your requirements in advance. D. Leave a note in the Special Comments section. 3. Which class can you take if you are free after 7:30 pm on Friday? A. DIY Dumplings. B. Perfect Pasta &Gnocchi. C. Middle Eastern Banquet. D. Easy Thai Home Cooking. 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了13岁以上青少年可以参加的一个烹饪课程。 1题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章Please note部分“Suitable for teens over 13(适合13岁以上的青少年)”可知，一个15岁的初学者很可能会报名参加这些课程。故选B项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章Please note部分“Please contact us at least 2 business days before the class if you have any dietary requirements or allergies.(如果您有任何饮食要求或过敏，请在上课前至少2个工作日与我们联系)”可知，如果您过敏，请提前报告您的需求。故选C项。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Upcoming classes部分“Weeknight evenings from 7:30 pm & Saturday at 10:30 am or 3:00 pm(工作日晚上7:30，周六上午10:30或下午3:00)”对应课程“Perfect Pasta & Gnocchi”可知，如果你星期五晚上7:30以后有空，可以去上Perfect Pasta &Gnocchi课程。故选B项。 B I have always been proud of my handwriting, a skill I was taught in grade school. The teacher was teaching us the Palmer Penmanship Method, drilling into us the importance of forming big flowing lines when we wrote g’s and s’s as well as beautiful f’s that in my mind were like fairy tale princesses wearing fancy hats while extending their right foot. We were strictly prohibited from using block letters on our homework, as they lack the beauty. Now it becomes apparent that young people no longer learn cursive (草书). They type everything, mostly on their phones. Beautiful handwriting is a thing of the past. This has become a source of great sadness among traditionalists. But recently something happened that shook my faith in cursive. To my complete disbelief, not one but two of my close friends complained about the handwriting on my postcards. They were grateful for the beautiful postcards I regularly sent, but they said they honestly couldn't read a thing I had written. One friend went so far as to ask if I could use block letters next time so that she could understand what I was writing. Initially, I was angry. I had made the effort to cover an entire postcard with what I viewed as not just handwriting but calligraphy. But then I showed an English friend a postcard I'd just written, and he said that the only thing that was readily understandable was the letters “U. S. A.” The rest of it, he politely suggested, looked like “chicken scrawl”. Looking at the postcard dispassionately, I unwillingly admit that he has a point. All the m’s and n’s run together, and the l’s look like l’s. The a’s are indistinguishable from the q’s. So, from now on, I'm taking their advice and using block letters to communicate. In fact, I just now sent an old friend a postcard. But this time, I simply wrote — in big block letters: DEAR ALICE: HI. JOE. I hope she gets the message. 4. What do we know about the Palmer Penmanship Method? A. It is characterized by big flowing lines. B. It is rarely appreciated by traditionalists. C. It was not allowed in students'homework. D. It is viewed as a trend in handwriting styles. 5. What weakened the writer’s belief in cursive? A. The popularity of block letters in recent times. B. The younger generation’s disinterest in cursive. C. His friends’ failure to comprehend his postcards. D. His English friend's suggestion on postcard design. 6. Why did the writer switch to block letters for communication? A. To deliver his message clearly. B. To improve his handwriting skills. C. To win praise from his friends. D. To show his passion for calligraphy. 7. What is the text mainly about? A. The wide use of cursive. B. The sad decline of cursive. C. The value of preserving cursive. D. The technique of writing in cursive. 【答案】4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者从小学时对自己的草书书法感到自豪，到意识到现代趋势使草书变得不那么实用和容易理解的历程。尽管作者的朋友们很欣赏草书的美丽，但看不懂他们手写的明信片，所以为了清晰起见，他决定改用印刷体。这一转变象征着一个更广泛的社会转变，从手写交流向打字交流转变，显示了传统美感与实际易读性之间的斗争。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“The teacher was teaching us the Palmer Penmanship Method, drilling into us the importance of forming big flowing lines when we wrote g’s and s’s as well as beautiful f’s that in my mind were like fairy tale princesses wearing fancy hats while extending their right foot.”（老师正在教我们帕尔默书法法，在我们写g和s以及美丽的f时，向我们灌输形成大而流畅的线条的重要性，在我的脑海中，f就像童话故事中的公主戴着华丽的帽子，同时伸出右脚）可知，帕尔默书法它的特点是线条大而流畅。故选A项。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“But recently something happened that shook my faith in cursive. To my complete disbelief, not one but two of my close friends complained about the handwriting on my postcards. They were grateful for the beautiful postcards I regularly sent, but they said they honestly couldn't read a thing I had written.”（但最近发生的一件事动摇了我对草书的信心。让我完全难以置信的是，我的两个好朋友竟然抱怨我明信片上的字迹。他们很感激我定期寄给他们的漂亮明信片，但他们说他们真的看不懂我写的东西）可知，作者朋友们无法理解他的明信片削弱了作者对草书的信念。故选C项。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Looking at the postcard dispassionately, I unwillingly admit that he has a point. All the m’s and n’s run together, and the l’s look like l’s. The a’s are indistinguishable from the q’s. So, from now on, I'm taking their advice and using block letters to communicate.”（冷静地看着明信片，我不情愿地承认他说得有道理。所有的m和n连在一起，l看起来像l。a和q是无法区分的。所以，从现在开始，我接受他们的建议，用大写字母交流）可知，作者改用大写字母来交流是为了清楚地传达他的信息。故选A项。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章大意以及第二段“Now it becomes apparent that young people no longer learn cursive. They type everything, mostly on their phones. Beautiful handwriting is a thing of the past. This has become a source of great sadness among traditionalists.”（现在很明显，年轻人不再学草书了。他们用手机打字。漂亮的书法是过去的事了。这已经成为传统主义者巨大悲伤的来源）可知，文章主要讲的是草书可悲的衰落。故选B项。 C Is modern fruit cultivated (培育) to be sweeter than in the past? The short answer is yes, though the longer answer is more complicated. Some of the most powerful evidence that fruit is sweeter than before comes from zoos. In 2018, it was reported that Melboume Zoo in Australia had stopped giving fruit to most of its animals because cultivated fruit was now so sweet that it was causing tooth decay (蛀牙) and weight gain. The monkeys at the zoo were provided with a lower-sugar vegetable-based diet instead of bananas. Among fruit cultivators, the word “quality” is now routinely used as an equal for “high in sugar” (though firmness, color and size are also considerations). In 2010, in an article looking at ways to enhance the sweetness of fruit using “molecuiar (分子的) approaches”, a group of plant scientists of the Republic of Korea wrote that “in general, the sugar content” of many fruits is now higher than before “owing to continuous selection and breeding”. Modern apple varieties, the scientists noted, were on average sweeter than older ones. Cultivation isn’t the only reason that modern fruit is sweeter; there’s also climate change. Research from Japan found that since the 1970s, with rising temperatures, Fuji apples (which were already a sweet variety) have become significantly sweeter and softer. The lead researcher, Toshihoko Sugiura, said that “if you could taste an apple harvested 30 years ago, you would feel the difference”. It is sometimes claimed that the sweetness of modern fruit is not due to higher sugar content so much as the fact that the bitterness and sourness of wild fruit have been steadily cultivated out of it. There’s a grain — but only a grain — of truth in this. Studies of wild apples do indeed suggest that some ancient varieties were just as high in sugar as a modern Pink Lady or Honeycrisp. The difference is that there was much wider variation in sugar content across wild apples, whereas the modern supermarket apple seldom drops below a certain level of sweetness. 8. Why did Melbourne Zoo stop giving fruit to most of its animals? A. The animals preferred a vegetable- based diet. B. Modern fruit did great harm to animals’ teeth. C. The sugar content of modern fruit is lower than before. D. The flavor of modern fruit was not good for the animals. 9. What can we learn from paragraph 3? A. The sugar content is breeders’ first priority. B. Sweeter fruits are just a result of natural selection. C. The sweetness of modern apples is equal to the average of older ones. D. Molecular approaches are adopted to add the sweetness of modern fruit. 10. What do studies of wild apples in the last paragraph suggest? A. Apples of old species tasted less sweet. B. The sugar content of wild apples varied greatly. C. The sweetness of modern apples is of the same level. D. Fruit is sweet because bitterness in it has disappeared. 11. What’s the best title for this passage? A. Modern or Old: Which Is Better? B. Modern Fruit: Sweetness Is Quality. C. Fruit Is Sweeter: It’s Not a Misconception. D. Melbourne Zoo: Animals Stop Eating Fruits. 【答案】8. B 9. D 10. B 11. C 【解析】 【导语】文章是说明文。文章主要讲述了现代农业技术使得现代水果比以前更甜。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的“In 2018, it was reported that Melboume Zoo in Australia had stopped giving fruit to most of its animals because cultivated fruit was now so sweet that it was causing tooth decay(蛀牙) and weight gain.(据报道，2018年，澳大利亚墨尔本动物园已经停止给大多数动物提供水果，因为现在种植的水果太甜了，会导致蛀牙和体重增加。)”可知现代水果对动物的牙齿有很大的危害，因此停止了给动物供应水果。故选B项。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Among fruit cultivators, the word “quality” is now routinely used as an equal for “high in sugar”(though firmness, color and size are also considerations). In 2010, in an article looking at ways to enhance the sweetness of fruit using “molecuiar(分子的) approaches”, a group of plant scientists of the Republic of Korea wrote that “in general, the sugar content” of many fruits is now higher than before “owing to continuous selection and breeding”. (在水果种植者中，“优质”这个词现在通常被用作“高糖”的同义词(尽管硬度、颜色和大小也要考虑在内)。2010年，韩国的一组植物科学家在一篇文章中探讨了如何利用“分子方法”来提高水果的甜度，他们写道，“总的来说，由于不断的选择和育种”，现在许多水果的“含糖量”比以前要高。)”可知，现代水果的甜度采用分子方法，故选D项。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的“The difference is that there was much wider variation in sugar content across wild apples, whereas the modern supermarket apple seldom drops below a certain level of sweetness.(不同之处在于，野生苹果的含糖量变化更大，而现代超市里的苹果很少低于一定的甜度。)” 可知野生苹果的含糖量变化很大，故选B项。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段内容“Is modern fruit cultivated(培育) to be sweeter than in the past? The short answer is yes, though the longer answer is more complicated.( 现代种植的水果比过去更甜吗?简短的回答是肯定的，但较长的回答更为复杂)”并通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了现代农业技术使得现代水果比以前更甜。可知C项“水果更甜：这不是一个误解。”为最佳标题，故选C项。 D As new technologies take on increasingly humanlike qualities, there’s been a push to make them genderless. “People are stereotyping (形成刻板印象) their gendered objects in very traditional ways.” says Ashley Martin, a Stanford associate professor of organizational behavior. Removing gender from the picture altogether seems like a simple way to fix this. Yet as Martin has found in her work, gender is one of the fundamental ways people form connections with objects, particularly those designed with human characteristics. In her study, Martin asked participants to rate their attachment to male, female, and genderless versions of a digital voice assistant and a self-driving car known as “Miuu.” It was found that gender increased users’ feelings of attachment to these devices and their interest in purchasing them. For example, participants said they would be less likely to buy a genderless voice assistant than versions with male or female voices. While gendering a product may be good marketing, it may also strengthen outdated or harmful ideas about power and identity. The stereotypes commonly associated with men, such as competitiveness and dominance, are more valued than those associated with women. These qualities, in turn, are mapped onto products that have been assigned a gender. Martin’s study also found that creating a genderless object was difficult. For instance, if an object s name was meant to sound to sound genderless, like Miuu, participants would still assign a gender to it — they would assume Miuu was a “he” or “she.” Martin sees a silver lining however: She believes that anthropomorphism (拟人化) “provides an opportunity to change stereotypes.” When women are put into positions of leadership like running companies, it reduces negative stereotypes about women. Similarly, anthropomorphized products could be created to take on stereotype — inconsistent roles — a male robot that assists with nursing or a female robot that helps do calculations, for instance. 12. What is the purpose of making new technologies genderless? A. To reduce stereotypes. B. To meet public demand. C. To cut production costs. D. To encourage competition. 13. What were the participants probably asked to do in the study? A. Design a product. B. Respond to a survey. C. Work as assistants. D. Take a language test. 14. Why is it difficult to create genderless objects? A. They cannot be mass-produced. B. Naming them is a challenging task. C. People assume they are unreliable. D. Gender is rooted in people’s mind. 15. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A. The quality of genderless products. B. The upside of gendering a product. C. The meaning of anthropomorphism. D. The stereotypes of men and women. 【答案】12. A 13. B 14. D 15. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讨论了新技术性别化的问题，包括其目的、影响以及创造无性别对象的困难，同时也提到了拟人化在改变刻板印象方面的积极作用。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“As new technologies take on increasingly humanlike qualities, there’s been a push to make them genderless. ‘People are stereotyping their gendered objects in very traditional ways,’ says Ashley Martin, a Stanford associate professor of organizational behavior. Removing gender from the picture altogether seems like a simple way to fix this.(随着新技术越来越具有人性化的特质，人们开始推动其无性别化。斯坦福大学组织行为学副教授阿什利·马丁说：‘人们正以非常传统的方式对他们的性别化对象进行刻板印象。’完全消除性别似乎是一种解决这个问题的简单方法)”可知，使新技术无性别化的目的是减少刻板印象。故选A。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“In her study, Martin asked participants to rate their attachment to male, female, and genderless versions of a digital voice assistant and a self-driving car known as ‘Miuu’.(在她的研究中，马丁要求参与者对他们对男性、女性和无性别版本的数字语音助手和名为‘Miuu’的自动驾驶汽车的依恋程度进行评分)”可知，在这项研究中，参与者可能被要求对一份调查做出回应。故选B。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“Martin’s study also found that creating a genderless object was difficult. For instance, if an object’s name was meant to sound genderless, like Miuu, participants would still assign a gender to it—they would assume Miuu was a ‘he’ or ‘she’.(马丁的研究还发现，创造一个无性别的物体是很困难的。例如，如果一个物体的名字听起来是无性别的，比如Miuu，参与者仍然会给它分配一个性别——他们会认为Miuu是‘他’或‘她’)”可推知，创造无性别对象很困难是因为性别观念根深蒂固于人们的头脑中。故选D。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段“Martin sees a silver lining, however: She believes that anthropomorphism ‘provides an opportunity to change stereotypes’…Similarly, anthropomorphized products could be created to take on stereotype-inconsistent roles — a male robot that assists with nursing or a female robot that helps do calculations, for instance.(然而，马丁看到了希望：她相信拟人化‘提供了一个改变刻板印象的机会’……同样，可以创造出拟人化的产品来承担与刻板印象不一致的角色——例如，一个协助护理的男性机器人，或者一个帮助计算的女性机器人。)”可知，最后一段主要讲了给产品赋予性别的好处，即可以利用拟人化来打破性别刻板印。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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 It’s believed that everything you need to know can be found in a book. People have always received life-guiding wisdom from certain types of non-fiction, often from “self-help” books. ____16____ A random sentence in a thriller (惊悚小说) will give you unexpected insight. There is a proud tradition of extracting (摘录) lines from poetry and songs and using them in this way. Some people argue that lines from novels and plays are dependent on what surrounds them. ____17____ I don’t buy this. It ignores the way that your brain collects, sorts and combines information. We can find meaning in everything. Today, we often over-schedule our days and complain constantly about being too busy. Books are uniquely suited to helping us change our relationship to the rhythms and habits of daily life. ____18____ They demand that we briefly put aside our work at hand and listen to someone else. You can rant against (咆哮) a book, or even throw it out the window. Still, you won’t change the words on the page. We all ask each other a lot of questions: “How did you sleep?” “Where did you go on your holidays?” But there’s one question we should ask of one another a lot more often, and that is: “What are you reading?” It isn’t a simple question when asked with genuine curiosity. ____19____ You can also learn about the person who wrote the book by assessing their writing techniques, such as ideas, word choice, style, tone, and content. ____20____ Similarly, examining the characters in books can give us a better grasp of human emotions and actions. Understanding others helps us to empathize with them, which creates a more compassionate society. A. They demand our attention. B. But they seem out of reach for most of us. C. It’s improper to grab the odd line here and there. D. It’s really a way of finding out what you are becoming. E. But actually all sorts of books can carry this kind of wisdom. F. An analysis of these aspects can reveal things about the author. G. So they spend their life collecting words and sentences from them. 【答案】16. E 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. F 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章说明了各种书籍都可以帮助读者获得指导人生的智慧。 【16题详解】 上文“People have always received life-guiding wisdom from certain types of non-fiction, often from “self-help” books. (人们总是从某些类型的非小说类书籍（通常是“自助”类书籍）中获得指导人生的智慧。)”说明人们总是从某些类型的非小说类书籍中获得指导人生的智慧，选项E“但实际上，各种各样的书都能传递这种智慧。”转折上文语义，说明各种书籍（包括小说类）也能传递这种智慧，引出下文“A random sentence in a thriller (惊悚小说) will give you unexpected insight.(惊悚小说中随便的一句话会给你意想不到的洞察力。)”说明惊悚小说就能传递这种智慧。故选E项。 【17题详解】 上文“Some people argue that lines from novels and plays are dependent on what surrounds them. (有些人认为，小说和戏剧的台词取决于周围的环境。)”和下文“I don’t buy this.(我不相信这个。)”说明作者不相信台词取决于周围的环境，选项C“到处抓奇怪的台词是不合适的。”承上启下，符合语境。故选C项。 【18题详解】 上文“Books are uniquely suited to helping us change our relationship to the rhythms and habits of daily life. (书籍是唯一适合帮助我们改变我们与日常生活节奏和习惯的关系。)”说明书籍对我们非常重要，选项A “它们需要我们的关注。”承接上文，和上文之间存在因果关系，所以我们要关注书籍。故选A项。 【19题详解】 上文“But there’s one question we should ask of one another a lot more often, and that is: “What are you reading?” It isn’t a simple question when asked with genuine curiosity. (但有一个问题我们应该经常问对方，那就是：“你在读什么?”当你带着真正的好奇心问这个问题时，这可不是一个简单的问题。)”说明带着好奇心去探索所读的内容能够深入了解他人，选项D“这其实是一种了解自己正在成为什么样的人的方式。”承接上文，说明通过这样的方式可以让自己知道自己想要成为什么样的人。下文中的also也说明这样做也可以了解作者，故选D项。 【20题详解】 上文“You can also learn about the person who wrote the book by assessing their writing techniques, such as ideas, word choice, style, tone, and content. (你也可以通过评估他们的写作技巧来了解作者，比如思想、用词、风格、语气和内容。)”介绍了另一种了解作者的方法，说明可以通过评估写作技巧来了解作者，选项F“对这些方面的分析可以揭示有关作者的信息。”承接上文说明分析所读内容可以了解作者的一些情况。故选F项。 第三部分 语言知识运用 （共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共1小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 It was a cold, rainy day, and I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she ___21___ that I come to see something at the top of the mountain. So here I was, ___22___ making the two-hour journey through thick fog. Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I ___23___ along the dangerous highway. Turning down a narrow track we ___24___ and got out. We walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles. Huge black-green evergreens (常青树) ___25___ over us. Gradually, the peace and silence of the place began to ___26___ my mind. Then we turned a corner and stopped at the top of the mountain and I was entirely held in ___27___. There across fields and valleys were rivers of fully-opened yellow flowers from the light one to the most brilliant. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and ___28___ the mountainside in gold. ___29___ occurred to my mind. Who created such beauty? How? When? As we approached the house that stood in the center of the property, we saw a ____30____ that read: “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking.” The first answer was: “One Woman —Two Hands, Two Feet and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “____31____ at a Time.” The third: “Started in 1958.” As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen that I could ____32____ speak. “She changed the world,” I finally said, “one small plant at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the ____33____ of an idea, but she kept at it.” The wonder of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a dream and ____34____ it, just a little bit every day, what might I have accomplished?” Carolyn looked at me sideways, smiling. “Start tomorrow,” she said, “____35____ yet, start today.” 21. A. asked B. insisted C. commanded D. predicted 22. A. unwillingly B. undoubtedly C. unknowingly D. unexpectedly 23. A. walked B. wandered C. inched D. fled 24. A. turned up B. stepped down C. looked up D. pulled over 25. A. greeted B. towered C. reached D. flowed 26. A. admit B. slip C. fill D. read 27. A. amazement B. curiosity C. amusement D. confusion 28. A. pushed B. moved C. swung D. bathed 29. A. Questions B. Ideas C. Problems D. Requests 30. A. signal B. symbol C. symptom D. sign 31 A. Each B. Some C. One D. That 32. A. surely B. barely C. mostly D. instantly 33. A. beginning B. intention C. ending D. shortage 34. A. set off B. worked out C. set down D. worked at 35. A. Later B. Better C. Happier D. Harder 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. D 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者跟女儿来到山顶，看到满山的鲜花，作者被眼前的景色惊呆了。得知这是一位女士多年努力的结果，作者感受颇深：如果我有一个梦想，并为之努力，每天努力一点，我会取得什么样的成就呢？ 【21题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：但她坚持要我来看山顶上的东西。A. asked问；B. insisted坚持；C. commanded命令；D. predicted预测。根据上文的“I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house.”和空格前的but可知，肯定是女儿的坚持才让作者跟女儿去山顶。再由下文的come可知，come前面省略了should，所以空格处应该用command或insist，根据作者和女儿的身份关系以及句意，此处不能用command。故选B项。 【22题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：所以我来到这里，不情愿地在浓雾中进行两小时的旅行。A. unwillingly不情愿地；B. undoubtedly毫无疑问地；C. unknowingly不知不觉地；D. unexpectedly出乎意料地。根据下文的“Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I ___3___ along the dangerous highway.”可知，作者是不情愿来这儿的。故选A项。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我在危险的公路上缓慢前行时，我想，没有什么值得这样做了。A. walked步行；B. wandered游荡；C. inched缓慢移动；D. fled逃离。根据下文的“the dangerous highway”可知，公路很危险，所以作者在路上开得很慢。故选C项。 【24题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们拐进一条狭窄的小路，把车停在路边，下了车。A. turned up出现；B. stepped down退下；C. looked up查阅；D. pulled over靠边停车。根据下文的“got out”可知，作者把车停下了。故选D项。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：巨大的墨绿色常青树高耸在我们头顶。A. greeted打招呼；B. towered高于，屹立；C. reached到达；D. flowed流动。根据句意和下文的“over us”可知，这些树是高耸在我们头顶上。故选B项。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：渐渐地，这个地方的平静和寂静开始充斥着我的脑海。A. admit承认；B. slip滑动；C. fill填充；D. read读取。根据后文“my mind”可知，此处是指这个地方的平静和寂静开始充斥着我的脑海。故选C项。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后我们拐了个弯，停在山顶上，我完全被惊呆了。A. amazement惊讶；B. curiosity好奇心；C. amusement娱乐；D. confusion混乱。根据后文“There across fields and valleys were rivers of fully-opened yellow flowers from the light one to the most brilliant. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and ___8___ the mountainside in gold.”可知，作者被这儿的景色惊呆了。故选A项。 【28题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：看起来就像太阳翻了过来，把山腰沐浴在金色之中。A. pushed推动；B. moved移动；C. swung摆动；D. bathed沐浴。根据上文的“tip over”和下文的“in gold”可知，此处指山坡阳光沐浴着。故选D项。 【29题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的脑子里出现了一些问题。A. Questions问题；B. Ideas想法；C. Problems麻烦；D. Requests请求。根据下文的“Who created such beauty? How? When?”可知，作者脑中出现了一些问题，应用questions。故选A项。 【30题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我们走近位于庄园中心的房子时，看到一块牌子上写着：“我知道你们在问的问题的答案。”A. signal信号；B. symbol符号；C. symptom症状；D. sign标牌。根据后文“that read: “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking.” The first answer was: “One Woman—Two Hands, Two Feet and Very Little Brain.””可知，此处说的应该是标牌上的内容。故选D项。 【31题详解】 考查限定词词义辨析。句意：第二个（答案）是：“一次一棵”。A. Each每个；B. Some一些；C. One一个；D. That那个。根据下一段的“one small plant at a time.”可知，此处指的是每次种一棵。故选C项。 【32题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：在开车回家的路上，我被眼前的景象感动得几乎说不出话来。A. surely当然；B. barely几乎不；C. mostly主要地；D. instantly立即。根据上文的“As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen that”可知，作者感动得几乎说不出话来。故选B项。 【33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：她大约在40年前就开始了，可能开始只是一个想法，但她坚持了下来。A. beginning开始；B. intention意图；C. ending结束；D. shortage缺乏。根据句意和句中的“started”以及“kept at it”可知，此处指的是可能开始只是一个想法，但她坚持了下来。故选A项。 【34题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：“想象一下，”我说，“如果我有一个梦想，并为之努力，每天努力一点，我会取得什么样的成就呢?”A. set off出发；B. worked out制定；C. set down放下；D. worked at致力于。句中的it指的是上文的dream，work at the dream指的是“为梦想而努力”。故选D项。 【35题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“明天开始，”她说，“今天就开始更好。”A. Later稍后；B. Better好的；C. Happier更快乐的；D. Harder更困难的。根据上文的“Start tomorrow”和空格后的“start today”可知，此处是说今天开始更好，所以应该用better yet（更好的是）。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。 The price of fashion — economically and environmentally — has led to the rise of ____36____ new way of dressing, and it’s beginning to take off in Australia, too. As people now choose to wear more clothes fewer ____37____ (time), clothing rental services have become increasingly popular. “I think it’s an amazing idea,” says Tanya Perilli, who owns a clothing rental shop. “Customers today look past the fact that something is secondhand and focus instead ____38____ the fact that they have something unique to wear ____39____ are not overstuffing their own wardrobes (衣柜) or contributing to landfill. Tanya’s shop offers fashion clothes for women ____40____ (rent) rather than purchase them outright, providing a less expensive ____41____ (solve) to one-time event dressing. The concept ____42____ (be) certainly not new — men have been renting good suits for decades -but for female shoppers, it is just taking off. This clothing-as-service model follows the broader societal movement towards shared economies Tanya is also looking beyond special-occasion dresses to less formal clothing, ____43____ she plans to package as capsule wardrobes and offer to travellers, such as those headed to weddings abroad, with a longer-term rental period. “I really want to make this work for ____44____ (people) lives today, and I know that doesn’t always mean _____45_____ (return) a dress on the Monday after a special weekend,” she says. 【答案】36. a 37. times 38. on 39. and 40. to rent 41. solution 42. is 43. which 44. people’s 45. returning 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了服装租赁服务这一新兴时尚趋势，以及其对经济和环境的影响。 【36题详解】 考查冠词。句意：时尚（在经济和环境方面）的代价催生了一种新的穿衣方式的兴起，这种方式在澳大利亚也开始逐渐流行起来。way为可数名词，此处表示泛指，且new发音以辅音音素开头，需用不定冠词a修饰。故填a。 【37题详解】 考查名词。句意：随着人们现在选择穿衣的次数增多，但每次穿的衣服件数减少，服装租赁服务变得越来越受欢迎。time意为“次数”，为可数名词，fewer修饰可数名词复数形式。故填times。 【38题详解】 考查介词。句意：如今的顾客不再纠结于商品是否是二手的，而是更关注于他们能买到独一无二的服饰，同时避免了自己的衣柜过度堆砌，也减少了对垃圾填埋场的贡献（即减少了浪费）。focus on为固定搭配，意为“集中于”。故填on。 【39题详解】 考查连词。句意同上。此处需要填入一个连词，连接两个并列的句子成分，根据语境可知，“have something unique to wear”和“are not overstuffing their own wardrobes or contributing to landfill”是两个并列的谓语动词。故填and。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：Tanya的商店提供女性时尚服装租赁服务，而非直接购买，为一次性活动着装提供了一个更经济的解决方案。此处为后置定语修饰名词clothes，需用动词不定式的主动形式表示被动。故填to rent。 【41题详解】 考查名词。句意同上。空处需填名词作宾语，不定冠词a修饰单数可数名词。故填solution。 【42题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：这个概念当然并不新鲜——男性几十年来一直都在租借西装——但对于女性购物者来说，这才刚刚开始流行起来。陈述客观事实，使用一般现在时，主语为the concept，谓语动词使用第三人称单数形式。故填is。 【43题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：Tanya的目光不仅局限于特殊场合的礼服，她还计划将不那么正式的服装打包成胶囊衣橱，提供给需要长时间租赁的旅行者，比如那些要去国外参加婚礼的人。空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词是“less formal clothing”，指物，且在定语从句中作宾语，关系代词which引导。故填which。 【44题详解】 考查名词所有格。句意：“我真的想让这个服务贴近人们当下的生活，我知道这并不总是意味着在特别的周末之后，周一就把裙子还回来，”她说。修饰名词lives，需用名词所有格people’s，作定语。故填people’s。 【45题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。mean doing sth.是固定搭配，表示“意味着做某事”。故填returning。 第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （满分15分） 46. 假如你是学校学生会主席李华。下个月学生会将组织举办一场校园慈善音乐会，请给你校英国留学生Chris写一封邮件，邀请他来演出，内容包括： 1．活动介绍 2．表演形式建议 注意：1．写作词数应为80词左右；2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Chris, I am Li Hua, chairman of the Students Union. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Chris, I am Li Hua, chairman of the Students Union. Next month, our Students Union will host a campus charity concert aimed at helping the underprivileged students in our school. It will take place in the school auditorium on a Saturday evening. We know you have a passion for music. You could play some classic British folk music on the piano or perform some popular English songs. Your participation will definitely make the concert more appealing. We sincerely hope you can be part of this meaningful event. Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生对于下个月学生会将组织举办一场校园慈善音乐会这一情况，给英国留学生Chris写一封邮件，邀请他来演出。 【详解】1.词汇积累 举办：host→ hold 热情：passion→ enthusiasm 一定：definitely→ certainly 有意义的：meaningful→ significant 2.句式拓展 扩写句子 原句：We know you have a passion for music. 拓展句：Because we know you have a passion for music, it will be a good opportunity to show your musical talent. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Next month, our Students Union will host a campus charity concert aimed at helping the underprivileged students in our school.（运用了非谓语动词中的过去分词作后置定语修饰concert） 【高分句型2】We sincerely hope you can be part of this meaningful event.（运用了省略从属连词that引导的宾语从句） 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。 Ballet was a way of life in Kelly’s family. Her elder sister Serena was now dancing at a college. Though Kelly’s mom always wanted her to follow in her sister’s footsteps and Kelly herself was good at ballet, her love for ballet had faded years before, and she was eager for a new challenge. One day at school, as Kelly left the dance studio, she walked past the gym, fascinated by boxers training inside the boxing ring (拳击赛场). She was deeply impressed by how hard they hit and how fast they moved. In fact, she’d long been attracted to boxing. She pulled a piece of paper from her backpack. On the familiar Oakwood High School Club Sign-up Sheet was the phrase: BOXING CLUB TRYOUT (选拔). That was what Kelly really wanted to do. She knew her mom had high expectations for her when it came to ballet. Tired of trying to keep with her sister, Kelly was ready to carve (开辟) her own path. The next day, she gathered her courage and told Serena about her new passion. At first, Serena didn’t understand and thought she was just joking. But when she saw Kelly was serious, she replied, “You know Mom wants you to be a ballet dancer, right? Besides, boxing is only for boys, and you’re so good at ballet. Lean into your strength, Kelly.” “But this is where I want to put my strength,” Kelly insisted, “and what exactly does ‘only for boys’ mean, anyway? Boxing is a sport for everyone!” Gradually, touched by her determination and passion, Serena began to understand and support her. Kelly could feel it. Her sister was going to respect her decision, no matter what. But that was nothing compared to the preparations for the tryout, where she was required to show her footwork (步法) and punching (击打) abilities with other candidates (候选人). Boxing didn’t come natural to Kelly, but she had made úp her mind to stick with her choice. 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。 Para l: Then Kelly began her training for the tryout, keeping it a secret from her mom. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Para 2: The following Monday, results of the boxing tryout were posted. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Para l: Then Kelly began her training, keeping it a secret from her mom. Every day after school, Kelly dashed to the boxing gym, occupying herself with the intense training. Even when she was made fun of by boys in the gym, she bit her lip tightly and continued her training. Finally, the tryout came. Extremely nervous though, she stepped into the boxing ring, moved fast and punched hard to the surprise of other candidates. After the tryout, Kelly left the gym confidently, knowing she did her best. Para 2: The following Monday, results of the boxing tryout were posted. To her delight, Kelly found her name on the list. At dinner that day, Kelly gathered her courage and said to her mom, “I'm sorry, Mom. I've made the boxing team and I'm ready to carve my own path.” At first, a flicker of disbelief and shock crossed her mom's face, but after a long, heart-to-heart talk, she gave Kelly a bear hug and whispered softly, “I'm so proud of you for being yourself. ” 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了Kelly的家人希望她像姐姐一样发挥自己的特长学习芭蕾，但是她自己却爱好上拳击。开始受到家人的反对，但很快得到姐姐的支持，然后偷偷参加拳击选拔，坚持自己的选择。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“然后Kelly开始了选拔赛的训练，并对她妈妈保密。”可知，第一段可描写Kelly瞒着妈妈接受拳击训练并参加选拔赛的过程。 ②由第二段首句内容 “接下来的星期一，拳击选拔赛的结果出来了。”可知，第二段可描写Kelly用选拔赛的结果说服妈妈，得到妈妈的同意。 2.续写线索：坚持学习拳击——练习拳击——参加选拔赛——查看结果被选中——说服妈妈——妈妈同意 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①.急速去：dash to/rush to ②.嘲笑：make fun of/laugh at ③.感到骄傲：be proud of/take a pride in 情绪类 ①.紧张：showing one’s nervousness / nervous ②.自信地：confidently / with confidence 【点睛】[高分句型1]. Even when she was made fun of by boys in the gym, she bit her lip tightly and continued her training.（由连接词when引导的时间状语从句） [高分句型2]. After the tryout, Kelly left the gym confidently, knowing she did her best.（由现在分词作状语和省略that的宾语从句） [高分句型3]. 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