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吕梁市2024—2025学年高二第一学期期末调研测试 英语试题 （本试题满分150分，考试时间120分钟。答案一律写在答题卡上） 注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。 2. 答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息。 3. 考试作答时，请将答案正确地填写在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无效。 4. 第Ⅰ卷听力部分满分30分，不计入总分。 5. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第Ⅰ卷 选择题 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 most probable relationship between the speakers? A. Boss and clerk. B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son. 2. Why did the woman call the front desk? A. To make a complaint. B. To fix the shower. C. To check out of her room. 3. When will the man probably get the shirts? A. By Friday morning. B. By Friday afternoon. C. By Saturday afternoon. 4. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a taxi. B. In a market. C. In a stadium. 5. What does the man want to do? A. Book air tickets. B. Buy one stamp. C. Send postcards. 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。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7小题。 6. What does the woman study? A. Cooking. B. Computer. C. Medicine. 7. What is the man? A. A staff member in IBM. B. A teacher at Harvard. C. A student at Harvard. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8. What season is it now in San Francisco? A. Summer. B. Autumn. C. Winter. 9. When is the best time to visit San Francisco? A. In May. B. In June. C. In July. 10. How does the man sound at the end of the conversation? A. Caring. B. Grateful. C. Humorous. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至13小题。 11. What happened to the woman last night? A. She went out with the man. B. She left a note to the man. C. A man came to look for her. 12. At what age is the stranger probably? A. Twenty. B. Thirty. C. Forty. 13. Why is the man NOT sure about his answer concerning the stranger? A. He didn’t turn on the light. B. He didn’t wear his glasses. C. He didn’t pay much attention. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至16小题。 14. When will the woman probably go to Xi’an? A. On June 6th. B. On June 16th. C. On July 16th. 15. How long will the woman stay in Xi’an? A. One week. B. Two weeks. C. Three weeks. 16. Why is Monica going to Harbin again? A. Her parents live there. B. She wants to save money. C. She doesn’t have enough time. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至20小题。 17. How did the speaker help the old lady? A. He took her to hospital. B. He walked her back home. C. He called her son. 18. Why did the speaker tell the old lady a white lie? A. To comfort her. B. To cheat her of money. C. To win her trust. 19. What did the old lady do for the speaker’s family thirty years ago? A. She moved away with his family. B. She looked after his family. C. She left her house to his family. 20. What did the speaker’s father feel about the old lady? A. She’s grateful. B. She’s proud. C. She’s helpful. 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 Wild Places for Outdoor Adventures in Canada Best for geological wonders: Gros Morne Despite being home to landscapes so breathtaking, Newfoundland and Labrador remains one of Canada’s most overlooked provinces. Taking pride of place on its west coast is UNESCO-listed Gros Morne National Park. The park’s calling card is an ancient treasure — the Tablelands, a plateau pushed up by tectonic (地壳的) plate shifts and one of only a few places in the world you can walk on the earth’s mantle (地幔). Best for soft adventure: Thousand Islands One of Canada’s smallest national parks, Ontario’s Thousand Islands is located in a region of the same name, and made up of 21 islands and numerous smaller islands in the St. Lawrence River. Formed from the worn-down peaks of ancient mountains, much of it is open for camping — a popular, family-friendly option here. Best for a national park pilgrimage: Banff Canada’s first national park, Banff sits in the palm of the snow-dusted Rocky Mountains and has drawn travellers to its natural hot springs since it first opened in 1885. Those mineral baths also inspired the construction of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, a 135-year-old, Scottish baronial-style castle. The action here centres around the skiing town of Banff, but the mountains are home to wildlife such as moose and grizzly bears. Best for wildlife: Jasper Banff’s northern, lesser-visited neighbour, Jasper, is double its size and the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies. A hiker’s region of wild peaks, it’s hard not to bump into wildlife here. Elk, bighorn sheep, and wolves are abundant. Time your visit for spring or autumn when wildlife-watching is at its peak. Non-hikers can enjoy cable-rides for valley views and star-gazing at night — Jasper is the second-largest Dark Sky Preserve, in the world. 1. What makes Gros Morne National Park attractive geologically? A. The availability of camping. B. The Tablelands, an ancient plateau. C. The presence of natural hot springs. D. Its location in Newfoundland and Labrador. 2. Where can you find a family-friendly camping option in Ontario? A. In Banff National Park. B. In Jasper National Park. C. In Thousand Islands Park. D. In Gros Morne National Park. 3. What do Banff and Jasper have in common? A. Their hot season is spring. B. Their hot springs attract tourists. C. They have a history of over 100 years. D. A wide range of wildlife can be found there. B When I was a little girl, I liked drawing, freely and joyously making marks on the walls at home. In primary school, I learned to write using chalks. Writing seemed to be another form of drawing. I shaped individual letters into repeating lines, which were abstract forms, delightful but meaningless patterns. In secondary school art was my favourite subject. Since I loved it so much I thought I was good at it. For the art standardized (标准化) exam I had to present an oil painting. I found it difficult, but still hoped to pass. I failed, with a low grade. I’d been over-confident. Now I’d been declared talentless. But other channels of creativity stayed open: I went on writing poems and stories. Still, I went to exhibitions often. I continued my habitual drawing, which I now characterised as childish doodling (乱画). In my 30s, I made painter friends and learned new ways of looking at art. However, I couldn’t let myself have a go at actually doing it. Though these new friends were abstract painters using oil paints, or were printmakers or sculptors, I took oil painting as the taboo (禁忌) high form I wasn’t allowed to practice. One night, in my early 40s, I dreamed that a big woman in red approached me, handed me a bag of paints, and told me to start painting. The dream felt so convincing that it shook me. It was a form of energy, giving me back something I’d lost. Accordingly, I started by experimenting with water colours. Finally, I bought some oil paints. Although I have enjoyed breaking my decades-long taboo about working with oil paints, I have discovered I now prefer chalks and ink. I let my line drawings turn into cartoons I send to friends. It all feels free and easy. Un-anxious. This time around, I can accept my limitations but keep going. Becoming a successful painter calls for being determined. I realised I was always afraid of wanting too much. That dream reminded me that those fears and desires could encourage me to take risks and make experiments. 4. What did the author think of her drawing before the standardised exam? A. Discouraging. B. Meaningless. C. Satisfying. D. Empowering. 5. In her 30s, the author ______. A. avoided oil painting practice B. searched for a painting career C. took oil painting seriously D. began water colours as a hobby 6. What attracted the author to oil paintings at last? A. Her ambition. B. Her dream. C. Her grade. D. Her taboo. 7. What can we learn from this passage? A. Practice makes perfect. B. It never rains but it pours. C. Dreams are the reflections of realities. D. Strong will can move mountains. C The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is looking to hire five people — a base leader, a shop manager, and three general assistants — to work at the “Penguin Post Office” in Port Lockroy, Antarctica. The five-month project is open to UK residents over the age of 18. It will begin in early October 2024 and last until March 2025. Responsibilities will include organizing the over 80,000 letters and postcards sent by the 18,000 tourists or so. Employees will also help sell postage stamps, run the small gift shop, and look after the aging building. But their most important duty will be to keep track of about 1,500 penguins. Exciting as it may sound, the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust warns applicants that the jobs are not for the weak-hearted. Even during summer, temperatures on the icy continent can drop as low as -5℃. Additionally, the five people will live in a single bedroom with a tiny gas-powered kitchen. They will use a camping toilet, which must be emptied daily. There is limited phone and Internet access and no running water. Visiting ships offer workers showers every few days. But in poor weather conditions, they may have to do without a shower for extended periods. Emergency medical services could take up to a week! However, the biggest challenge will be the smell of penguin waste that will surround them for five months! Despite these difficulties, the positions, which open up every summer, receive thousands of applications each year. Camilla Nichol, the Trust’s CEO, is not surprised. She believes that for the right individuals, the jobs provide a unique opportunity to live in a landscape that makes people feel the beauty and power of nature. 8. What do we know about the “Penguin Post Office”? A. It’s open to all British. B. It will run for half a year. C. Its employees will mainly interact with tourists. D. Its positions are only available in the summer of Antarctic. 9. What will challenge applicants most? A. The low temperature. B. No water for a shower. C. The smell of penguin waste. D. Limited access to the Internet. 10. What can be inferred about the project from the passage? A. It is well received. B. It is open throughout the year. C. It needs five more general assistants. D. It offers jobs for the heat-resistant. 11. What’s mainly talked about in the passage? A. Difficulties of living in the Antarctic. B. Individuals wanted by penguins. C. Benefits of working in the Polar Area. D. Challenges penguins are facing. D A research team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson ’s Sarver Heart Center found that a group of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart muscle, which may open the door to new ways to treat and perhaps someday cure heart failure. According to official statistics, heart failure affects nearly 7 million U.S. adults and is responsible for 14% of deaths per year. The only treatment for advanced heart failure, other than a transplant, is pump replacement through an artificial heart, called a left ventricular (心室的) assist device, which can help the heart pump blood. Sadek led a collaboration between international experts to investigate whether heart muscles can regenerate. The project began with tissue from artificial heart patients provided by colleagues at the University of Utah Health and School of Medicine. The investigators found that patients with artificial hearts regenerated muscle cells at more than six times the rate of healthy hearts. “This is the strongest evidence we have, so far, that human heart muscle cells can actually regenerate, which really is exciting, because it strengthens the thought that there is an intrinsic capacity of the human heart to regenerate naturally,” Sadek said. “It also strongly supports the view that the inability of the heart muscle to ‘rest’ is a major driver of the heart’s lost ability to regenerate shortly after birth.” “It’s not clear why some patients respond and some don’t, but it’s very clear that the ones who respond have the ability to regenerate heart muscle,” he said. “The exciting part now is to determine how we can make everyone a responder, because if you can, you can essentially cure heart failure. The beauty of this is that a mechanical heart is not a therapy we hope to deliver to our patients in the future — these devices are tried and true, and we’ve been using them for years.” Next, Sadek wants to figure out why only about 25% of patients are “responders” to artificial hearts, meaning that their heart muscle regenerates. 12. What is the significance of the new finding according to the first paragraph? A. To help doctors implant artificial hearts in operations. B. To assist researchers to develop artificial heart muscle. C. To help find approaches to treating and even curing heart failure. D. To assist scientists to find new ways to regenerate heart muscle. 13. What is the only treatment for advanced heart failure besides a transplant? A. To implant an artificial heart to replace pump. B. To help the heart pump blood through the body. C. To regenerate the heart muscle by taking medicine. D. To replace patients’ hearts with real human hearts. 14. What does the underlined word “intrinsic” in paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Endangered. B. Acquired. C. Inborn. D. Implanted. 15. What will Sadek study next? A. To figure out why the human heart fails to rest. B. To develop a new artificial heart for “responders”. C. To find the best cure for heart failure for “responders”. D. To work out why heart muscle regenerates merely in some patients. 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。 Learning a foreign language is crucial, yet many individuals consider it impossible to master another tongue. As someone fluent in 10 languages, I can witness the advantages of bilingualism. ____16____. Initially, it’s essential to dispel (消除) four prevalent misconceptions about acquiring new languages. Learning a new language can be tough. The truth is that it’s only hard if you don’t really want to learn. It takes some time, but it’s not really complicated. The main things you need to do are listen and read. ____17____. I’ve done it lots of times. Before you know it, you’ll feel really proud of yourself for understanding another language. ____18____. Nonsense. As a matter of fact, whoever wants to learn can learn. In Sweden and Holland most people speak more than one language. They can’t just all be gifted at languages. Foreign athletes in North America usually learn to speak English faster than people in more formal learning environments. In language learning it is attitude, not aptitude, that determines success. You have to live where the language is spoken. Some immigrants to North America never learn to speak more than halting (结结巴巴的) English. ____19____. In 1968, I learned to speak Mandarin fluently while living in Hong Kong, where few people spoke it. With the Internet, language content is available to anyone with a computer, and you can download it to your iPod and listen. Where you live is not an obstacle. Only children can learn to speak another language well. Recent brain research has demonstrated that our brains remain active well into old age. Adults who lose their eyesight have to learn a new language, braille. They have already had a wide vocabulary in their native language. ____20____. The only thing they need is just the willingness to have a shot. A. Trust me, it’s really straightforward. B. However, they found it tough to learn the new language. C. You need to have a natural talent for picking up languages. D. We just need to change our approach to learning languages. E. Therefore, they are more likely to be better at the language than kids. F. You must attend formal classes for language learning instruction. G. On the contrary, we meet people in Asian countries who speak fluent English. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I used to avoid talking with strangers when I was young. The year I began my junior high, I had to move into a new city with my parents. Being new to the school made me even ____21____, so it was beyond my understanding when Ms Black asked me to list the reasons why I refused to ____22____ to anyone around me. Now I was paying the price — to write a five-page ____23____ on “Why I Should Not Talk in Class”. That would take all night! Unwilling to get down to my ____24____, I killed my time petting the cat after I got home — postponing the pain. When I finally sat down to ____25____, I began with the reasons Ms Black would want to hear. Talking kept me and my neighbors from ____26____. One paragraph was there. Now what? I ____27____ on my pencil. Aha! What if talking were the first step towards life as a criminal? Without the ____28____ I missed, I’d turn to theft and go to prison. When I got out, people would say, “She used to talk in class.” The pages began ____29____. But when mum got home from work, I was still ____30____. “Five pages! That’s impossible!” “Well, you’d better get back to work,” she said, “and I want to read it when you’re ____31____.” Soon after dinner, I handed the essay to mum. I half expected a ____32____ — at least an “I hope you’ve learned your lesson”. ____33____, mum laughed and laughed as she read. The next day, when Ms Black read the essay to the class, everyone laughed. I could ____34____ they weren’t making fun of me: they laughed because I had the power to tell a funny story. My ____35____ still needed some nudging (激发), but I did learn I wasn’t shy in print. 21. A. braver B. shyer C. calmer D. happier 22. A. nod B. point C. listen D. chat 23. A. essay B. letter C. diary D. booklet 24. A. promise B. arrangement C. assignment D. priority 25. A. view B. listen C. write D. read 26. A. learning B. playing C. planning D. laughing 27. A. put B. reflected C. drew D. chewed 28. A. permission B. education C. intention D. attention 29. A. standing out B. flying by C. breaking up D. checking in 30. A. celebrating B. longing C. complaining D. warning 31. A. down B. through C. across D. in 32. A. lecture B. reason C. reward D. solution 33. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Meanwhile D. Instead 34. A. hope B. imagine C. tell D. predict 35. A. confidence B. patience C. tolerance D. independence 第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 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。 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM in short) ____36____ (originate) in ancient China. It is a science studying the human life process as well as the fight against diseases. It has ____37____ (it) unique charm. The philosophy in TCM shows the soul of Chinese culture. Through the analysis of the cultural environment and cultural background which breed TCM, it is easy ____38____ (find) that the agriculture-oriented culture in ancient China has a great influence ____39____ TCM. Characteristics including pragmatism (务实主义) and natural ____40____ (adapt) are fully shown in the TCM system. All the aspects constituting the Chinese ____41____ (society) life system, such as philosophy, religion, science, technology, ethics, and art, have a profound impact on the formation and development of TCM. The thinking methods, such as predicting the internal organs’ illness changes by observing the external appearance of life or comparing the similarity of the appearances of the diseases and natural phenomena, ____42____ (be) the means to understand human body and diseases ____43____ (base) on the above-mentioned traditional Chinese medicine theories. Characteristics of the traditional Chinese culture included in TCM once were taken as ____44____ weapon by some people to criticize TCM. They thought that these characteristics were an important proof showing that TCM was unscientific. _____45_____, it is these characteristics that make TCM fascinating and are the inner factors for the survival and development of TCM. 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，你的英国笔友Chris来信祝贺中国传统佳节——春节申遗成功，并向你咨询春节的相关情况，请你回信告知。 内容包括：1. 表达感谢； 2. 春节简介； 3. 邀请来中国共度佳节。 注意：写作词数应为80个左右。 Dear Chris, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。 It’s Sunday, a sunny Sunday, a rare Sunday, especially after a two-week preparation for a speech contest. I invited my best friend Jane to have a walk in the nearby park. We spent the whole morning happily, catching up on our stories and appreciating the refreshing scenery. To my amazement, she gave me an iron heart-shaped decoration and I hung it on the key fob (钥匙扣) with my keys. Time flew. We had to wave goodbye. At the front door, I dug around in my pockets for the keys. No luck. I returned to the paths we’d taken immediately. I spent an hour looking, brushing aside tall grasses, but the keys remained lost. I was beginning to get upset as I thought of the consequences of losing them, so I continued to retrace our steps, but it was all in vain. At home again, I pulled the backup key from its hiding place, let myself in the house, and fell on the couch in exhaustion. I began to think about my lost keys. The house key wasn’t that important as I had an extra. The mail key was a big deal because getting a new one took a lot of time. I had a spare motorbike key, but it had no remote control. Now my iron heart! It was precious beyond measure. Just thinking of it being gone forever made tears come to my eyes. That night, it turned colder and began to snow. The night was peaceful until I heard the horrific screech (尖叫) of my motorbike alarm blasting from the yard. I rushed to the motorbike, inserted the key and finally the alarm stopped. I felt my face burning as I thought of my angry neighbors. I went back in the house but it alarmed again. I stopped it, went back inside, and the alarm rang again. I repeated the process. 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。 Surprisingly, the next sound was the front doorbell. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thrilled and amazed, I took the keys in my hands. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 听力1-5 ABCAC 6-10 CACCA 11-15 CBCCA 16-20 ABABC 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 吕梁市2024—2025学年高二第一学期期末调研测试 英语试题 （本试题满分150分，考试时间120分钟。答案一律写在答题卡上） 注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。 2. 答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息。 3. 考试作答时，请将答案正确地填写在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无效。 4. 第Ⅰ卷听力部分满分30分，不计入总分。 5. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第Ⅰ卷 选择题 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 most probable relationship between the speakers? A. Boss and clerk. B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son. 2. Why did the woman call the front desk? A. To make a complaint. B. To fix the shower. C. To check out of her room. 3. When will the man probably get the shirts? A. By Friday morning. B. By Friday afternoon. C. By Saturday afternoon. 4. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a taxi. B. In a market. C. In a stadium. 5. What does the man want to do? A. Book air tickets. B. Buy one stamp. C. Send postcards. 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。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7小题。 6. What does the woman study? A. Cooking. B. Computer. C. Medicine. 7. What is the man? A. A staff member in IBM. B. A teacher at Harvard. C. A student at Harvard. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8. What season is it now in San Francisco? A. Summer. B. Autumn. C. Winter. 9. When is the best time to visit San Francisco? A. In May. B. In June. C. In July. 10. How does the man sound at the end of the conversation? A. Caring. B. Grateful. C. Humorous. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至13小题。 11. What happened to the woman last night? A. She went out with the man. B. She left a note to the man. C. A man came to look for her. 12. At what age is the stranger probably? A. Twenty. B. Thirty. C. Forty. 13. Why is the man NOT sure about his answer concerning the stranger? A. He didn’t turn on the light. B. He didn’t wear his glasses. C. He didn’t pay much attention. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至16小题。 14. When will the woman probably go to Xi’an? A. On June 6th. B. On June 16th. C. On July 16th. 15. How long will the woman stay in Xi’an? A. One week. B. Two weeks. C. Three weeks. 16. Why is Monica going to Harbin again? A. Her parents live there. B. She wants to save money. C. She doesn’t have enough time. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至20小题。 17. How did the speaker help the old lady? A. He took her to hospital. B. He walked her back home. C. He called her son. 18. Why did the speaker tell the old lady a white lie? A. To comfort her. B. To cheat her of money. C. To win her trust. 19. What did the old lady do for the speaker’s family thirty years ago? A. She moved away with his family. B. She looked after his family. C. She left her house to his family. 20. What did the speaker’s father feel about the old lady? A. She’s grateful. B. She’s proud. C. She’s helpful. 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 Wild Places for Outdoor Adventures in Canada Best for geological wonders: Gros Morne Despite being home to landscapes so breathtaking, Newfoundland and Labrador remains one of Canada’s most overlooked provinces. Taking pride of place on its west coast is UNESCO-listed Gros Morne National Park. The park’s calling card is an ancient treasure — the Tablelands, a plateau pushed up by tectonic (地壳的) plate shifts and one of only a few places in the world you can walk on the earth’s mantle (地幔). Best for soft adventure: Thousand Islands One of Canada’s smallest national parks, Ontario’s Thousand Islands is located in a region of the same name, and made up of 21 islands and numerous smaller islands in the St. Lawrence River. Formed from the worn-down peaks of ancient mountains, much of it is open for camping — a popular, family-friendly option here. Best for a national park pilgrimage: Banff Canada’s first national park, Banff sits in the palm of the snow-dusted Rocky Mountains and has drawn travellers to its natural hot springs since it first opened in 1885. Those mineral baths also inspired the construction of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, a 135-year-old, Scottish baronial-style castle. The action here centres around the skiing town of Banff, but the mountains are home to wildlife such as moose and grizzly bears. Best for wildlife: Jasper Banff’s northern, lesser-visited neighbour, Jasper, is double its size and the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies. A hiker’s region of wild peaks, it’s hard not to bump into wildlife here. Elk, bighorn sheep, and wolves are abundant. Time your visit for spring or autumn when wildlife-watching is at its peak. Non-hikers can enjoy cable-rides for valley views and star-gazing at night — Jasper is the second-largest Dark Sky Preserve, in the world. 1. What makes Gros Morne National Park attractive geologically? A. The availability of camping. B. The Tablelands, an ancient plateau. C. The presence of natural hot springs. D. Its location in Newfoundland and Labrador. 2. Where can you find a family-friendly camping option in Ontario? A. In Banff National Park. B. In Jasper National Park. C. In Thousand Islands Park. D. In Gros Morne National Park. 3. What do Banff and Jasper have in common? A. Their hot season is spring. B. Their hot springs attract tourists. C. They have a history of over 100 years. D. A wide range of wildlife can be found there. 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要讲述了加拿大四个适合户外探险的地方，分别介绍了它们各自的特色和吸引力。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Best for geological wonders: Gros Morne部分中“The park’s calling card is an ancient treasure — the Tablelands, a plateau pushed up by tectonic (地壳的) plate shifts and one of only a few places in the world you can walk on the earth’s mantle (地幔).(这个公园的名片是一处古老的宝藏——Tablelands，这是一个由地壳板块移动推升形成的高原，也是世界上仅有的几个可以在地球地幔上行走的地方之一。)”可知，从地质学角度来说，Tablelands，这个古老的高原使得格罗斯莫恩国家公园具有吸引力。故选B项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Best for soft adventure: Thousand Islands部分中“One of Canada’s smallest national parks, Ontario’s Thousand Islands is located in a region of the same name, and made up of 21 islands and numerous smaller islands in the St. Lawrence River. Formed from the worn-down peaks of ancient mountains, much of it is open for camping — a popular, family-friendly option here.(加拿大最小的国家公园之一，安大略省的千岛湖位于同名地区，由圣劳伦斯河中的21个岛屿和众多较小的岛屿组成。它由古老山脉被侵蚀的山峰形成，这里的大部分区域都开放供露营——这是一个受欢迎的、适合家庭的选择。)”可知，在安大略省的千岛湖公园可以找到适合家庭的露营选择。故选C项。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Best for a national park pilgrimage: Banff部分中“The action here centres around the skiing town of Banff, but the mountains are home to wildlife such as moose and grizzly bears.(这里的活动以班夫滑雪小镇为中心，但这些山脉是驼鹿和灰熊等野生动物的家园。)”以及Best for wildlife: Jasper部分中“A hiker’s region of wild peaks, it’s hard not to bump into wildlife here. Elk, bighorn sheep, and wolves are abundant.(这是一个徒步旅行者的野峰地区，在这里很难不遇到野生动物。麋鹿、大角羊和狼数量众多。)”可知，在Banff和Jasper都能发现各种各样的野生动物。故选D项。 B When I was a little girl, I liked drawing, freely and joyously making marks on the walls at home. In primary school, I learned to write using chalks. Writing seemed to be another form of drawing. I shaped individual letters into repeating lines, which were abstract forms, delightful but meaningless patterns. In secondary school art was my favourite subject. Since I loved it so much I thought I was good at it. For the art standardized (标准化) exam I had to present an oil painting. I found it difficult, but still hoped to pass. I failed, with a low grade. I’d been over-confident. Now I’d been declared talentless. But other channels of creativity stayed open: I went on writing poems and stories. Still, I went to exhibitions often. I continued my habitual drawing, which I now characterised as childish doodling (乱画). In my 30s, I made painter friends and learned new ways of looking at art. However, I couldn’t let myself have a go at actually doing it. Though these new friends were abstract painters using oil paints, or were printmakers or sculptors, I took oil painting as the taboo (禁忌) high form I wasn’t allowed to practice. One night, in my early 40s, I dreamed that a big woman in red approached me, handed me a bag of paints, and told me to start painting. The dream felt so convincing that it shook me. It was a form of energy, giving me back something I’d lost. Accordingly, I started by experimenting with water colours. Finally, I bought some oil paints. Although I have enjoyed breaking my decades-long taboo about working with oil paints, I have discovered I now prefer chalks and ink. I let my line drawings turn into cartoons I send to friends. It all feels free and easy. Un-anxious. This time around, I can accept my limitations but keep going. Becoming a successful painter calls for being determined. I realised I was always afraid of wanting too much. That dream reminded me that those fears and desires could encourage me to take risks and make experiments. 4. What did the author think of her drawing before the standardised exam? A. Discouraging. B. Meaningless. C. Satisfying. D. Empowering. 5. In her 30s, the author ______. A. avoided oil painting practice B. searched for a painting career C. took oil painting seriously D. began water colours as a hobby 6. What attracted the author to oil paintings at last? A. Her ambition. B. Her dream. C. Her grade. D. Her taboo. 7. What can we learn from this passage? A. Practice makes perfect. B. It never rains but it pours. C. Dreams are the reflections of realities. D. Strong will can move mountains. 【答案】4. C 5. A 6. B 7. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者从小热爱画画，经历挫折后重拾画笔的故事。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。由文章第二段中“In secondary school art was my favourite subject. Since I loved it so much I thought I was good at it. (上中学时，美术是我最喜欢的科目。因为我太喜欢它了，所以我觉得自己很擅长)”可知，作者认为自己在画画方面很擅长，所以对自己的绘画感到满意。故选C。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。由文章第三段中“However, I couldn’t let myself have a go at actually doing it. Though these new friends were abstract painters using oil paints, or were printmakers or sculptors, I took oil painting as the taboo (禁忌) high form I wasn’t allowed to practice. (三十多岁的时候，我交了一些画家朋友，学到了欣赏艺术的新视角。然而，我还是不敢真正尝试画画。虽然这些新朋友有的是使用油画颜料的抽象画家，有的是版画家，还有的是雕塑家，但我把画油画当作一种禁忌，认为自己不被允许去尝试这种高级的艺术形式)”可知，在30多岁时，作者避免练习油画。故选A。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。由文章第四段“One night, in my early 40s, I dreamed that a big woman in red approached me, handed me a bag of paints, and told me to start painting. The dream felt so convincing that it shook me. It was a form of energy, giving me back something I’d lost. Accordingly, I started by experimenting with water colours. Finally, I bought some oil paints. (在我四十出头的一个晚上，我做了个梦，梦里一个穿红衣服的高大女人向我走来，递给我一袋颜料，让我开始画画。这个梦太真实了，让我深受触动。它就像一股能量，让我找回了失去的东西。于是，我开始尝试用水彩作画。最后，我买了一些油画颜料)”可知，是梦让作者开始尝试画油画。故选B。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是由文章最后一段“Becoming a successful painter calls for being determined. I realised I was always afraid of wanting too much. That dream reminded me that those fears and desires could encourage me to take risks and make experiments. (要成为一名成功的画家需要有决心。我意识到自己一直害怕有太多的欲望。那个梦提醒我，那些恐惧和渴望可以激励我去冒险和尝试)”可知，文章主要讲述了作者从儿时热爱画画到后来不敢尝试油画，再到最后勇敢尝试并享受画画的过程，体现了作者坚强的意志，“Strong will can move mountains (坚定的意志可以移山)”符合题意。故选D。 C The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is looking to hire five people — a base leader, a shop manager, and three general assistants — to work at the “Penguin Post Office” in Port Lockroy, Antarctica. The five-month project is open to UK residents over the age of 18. It will begin in early October 2024 and last until March 2025. Responsibilities will include organizing the over 80,000 letters and postcards sent by the 18,000 tourists or so. Employees will also help sell postage stamps, run the small gift shop, and look after the aging building. But their most important duty will be to keep track of about 1,500 penguins. Exciting as it may sound, the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust warns applicants that the jobs are not for the weak-hearted. Even during summer, temperatures on the icy continent can drop as low as -5℃. Additionally, the five people will live in a single bedroom with a tiny gas-powered kitchen. They will use a camping toilet, which must be emptied daily. There is limited phone and Internet access and no running water. Visiting ships offer workers showers every few days. But in poor weather conditions, they may have to do without a shower for extended periods. Emergency medical services could take up to a week! However, the biggest challenge will be the smell of penguin waste that will surround them for five months! Despite these difficulties, the positions, which open up every summer, receive thousands of applications each year. Camilla Nichol, the Trust’s CEO, is not surprised. She believes that for the right individuals, the jobs provide a unique opportunity to live in a landscape that makes people feel the beauty and power of nature. 8. What do we know about the “Penguin Post Office”? A. It’s open to all British. B. It will run for half a year. C. Its employees will mainly interact with tourists. D. Its positions are only available in the summer of Antarctic. 9. What will challenge applicants most? A. The low temperature. B. No water for a shower. C. The smell of penguin waste. D. Limited access to the Internet. 10. What can be inferred about the project from the passage? A. It is well received. B. It is open throughout the year. C. It needs five more general assistants. D. It offers jobs for the heat-resistant. 11. What’s mainly talked about in the passage? A. Difficulties of living in the Antarctic. B. Individuals wanted by penguins. C. Benefits of working in the Polar Area. D. Challenges penguins are facing. 【答案】8. D 9. C 10. A 11. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了“Penguin Post Office”招聘助手的情况，并列举了招聘岗位及工作要求。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“It will begin in early October 2024 and last until March 2025.(它将于2024年10月初开始，持续到2025年3月)”可知，职位只有在南极的夏天才有。故选D。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“However, the biggest challenge will be the smell of penguin waste that will surround them for five months!(然而，最大的挑战将是企鹅粪便的气味，这将围绕他们五个月！)”可知，申请者最大的挑战是企鹅粪便的味道。故选C。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Despite these difficulties, the positions, which open up every summer, receive thousands of applications each year.(尽管存在这些困难，这些每年夏天开放的职位每年都会收到数千份申请)”可知，这个项目很受欢迎。故选A。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is looking to hire five people — a base leader, a shop manager, and three general assistants — to work at the “Penguin Post Office” in Port Lockroy, Antarctica.(英国南极遗产信托基金会正在招聘5人——一名基地负责人、一名商店经理和三名一般助理——在南极洲洛克洛港的“企鹅邮局”工作)”以及文章主要列举了招聘岗位及工作要求等内容可知，这篇文章主要讨论了“Penguin Post Office”招聘助手的情况，是企鹅所需要的工作人员。故选B。 D A research team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson ’s Sarver Heart Center found that a group of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart muscle, which may open the door to new ways to treat and perhaps someday cure heart failure. According to official statistics, heart failure affects nearly 7 million U.S. adults and is responsible for 14% of deaths per year. The only treatment for advanced heart failure, other than a transplant, is pump replacement through an artificial heart, called a left ventricular (心室的) assist device, which can help the heart pump blood. Sadek led a collaboration between international experts to investigate whether heart muscles can regenerate. The project began with tissue from artificial heart patients provided by colleagues at the University of Utah Health and School of Medicine. The investigators found that patients with artificial hearts regenerated muscle cells at more than six times the rate of healthy hearts. “This is the strongest evidence we have, so far, that human heart muscle cells can actually regenerate, which really is exciting, because it strengthens the thought that there is an intrinsic capacity of the human heart to regenerate naturally,” Sadek said. “It also strongly supports the view that the inability of the heart muscle to ‘rest’ is a major driver of the heart’s lost ability to regenerate shortly after birth.” “It’s not clear why some patients respond and some don’t, but it’s very clear that the ones who respond have the ability to regenerate heart muscle,” he said. “The exciting part now is to determine how we can make everyone a responder, because if you can, you can essentially cure heart failure. The beauty of this is that a mechanical heart is not a therapy we hope to deliver to our patients in the future — these devices are tried and true, and we’ve been using them for years.” Next, Sadek wants to figure out why only about 25% of patients are “responders” to artificial hearts, meaning that their heart muscle regenerates. 12. What is the significance of the new finding according to the first paragraph? A. To help doctors implant artificial hearts in operations. B. To assist researchers to develop artificial heart muscle. C. To help find approaches to treating and even curing heart failure. D. To assist scientists to find new ways to regenerate heart muscle. 13. What is the only treatment for advanced heart failure besides a transplant? A. To implant an artificial heart to replace pump. B. To help the heart pump blood through the body. C. To regenerate the heart muscle by taking medicine. D. To replace patients’ hearts with real human hearts. 14. What does the underlined word “intrinsic” in paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Endangered. B. Acquired. C. Inborn. D. Implanted. 15. What will Sadek study next? A. To figure out why the human heart fails to rest. B. To develop a new artificial heart for “responders”. C. To find the best cure for heart failure for “responders”. D. To work out why heart muscle regenerates merely in some patients. 【答案】12. C 13. A 14. C 15. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。介绍了一个国际研究团队发现了在心脏衰竭后移植了人工心脏的患者身上发现了心脏肌肉可以再生的证据。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“A research team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson ’s Sarver Heart Center found that a group of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart muscle, which may open the door to new ways to treat and perhaps someday cure heart failure.(由亚利桑那大学医学院图森萨维尔心脏中心的一名内科科学家共同领导的一个研究小组发现，一组人造心脏病人可以再生心肌，这可能为治疗心脏衰竭的新方法打开大门，也许有一天可以治愈心脏衰竭。)”可知，新发现可以帮助找到治疗甚至治愈心力衰竭的方法。故选C。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“The only treatment for advanced heart failure, other than a transplant, is pump replacement through an artificial heart, called a left ventricular (心室的) assist device, which can help the heart pump blood.(除了移植之外，晚期心力衰竭的唯一治疗方法是通过人工心脏替代泵，称为左心室辅助装置，它可以帮助心脏泵血。)”可知，除了移植之外，晚期心力衰竭的唯一治疗方法是植入人工心脏替代泵。故选A。 【14题详解】 词义猜测题。根据第四段划线单词前文“This is the strongest evidence we have, so far, that human heart muscle cells can actually regenerate, which really is exciting(这是迄今为止我们所拥有的最有力的证据，证明人类心肌细胞实际上可以再生，这真的很令人兴奋)”及后文“the human heart to regenerate naturally(人的心脏自然再生)”可知，人类心脏本身具有再生能力，这是天生自带的能力。因此划线单词的含义是“天生的”。故选C。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Next, Sadek wants to figure out why only about 25% of patients are “responders” to artificial hearts, meaning that their heart muscle regenerates.(接下来，Sadek想弄清楚为什么只有大约25%的病人对人工心脏有“反应”，这意味着他们的心脏肌肉再生了。)”可知，Sadek接下来将研究为什么心肌只在一些病人中再生。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。 Learning a foreign language is crucial, yet many individuals consider it impossible to master another tongue. As someone fluent in 10 languages, I can witness the advantages of bilingualism. ____16____. Initially, it’s essential to dispel (消除) four prevalent misconceptions about acquiring new languages. Learning a new language can be tough. The truth is that it’s only hard if you don’t really want to learn. It takes some time, but it’s not really complicated. The main things you need to do are listen and read. ____17____. I’ve done it lots of times. Before you know it, you’ll feel really proud of yourself for understanding another language. ____18____. Nonsense. As a matter of fact, whoever wants to learn can learn. In Sweden and Holland most people speak more than one language. They can’t just all be gifted at languages. Foreign athletes in North America usually learn to speak English faster than people in more formal learning environments. In language learning it is attitude, not aptitude, that determines success. You have to live where the language is spoken. Some immigrants to North America never learn to speak more than halting (结结巴巴的) English. ____19____. In 1968, I learned to speak Mandarin fluently while living in Hong Kong, where few people spoke it. With the Internet, language content is available to anyone with a computer, and you can download it to your iPod and listen. Where you live is not an obstacle. Only children can learn to speak another language well. Recent brain research has demonstrated that our brains remain active well into old age. Adults who lose their eyesight have to learn a new language, braille. They have already had a wide vocabulary in their native language. ____20____. The only thing they need is just the willingness to have a shot. A. Trust me, it’s really straightforward. B. However, they found it tough to learn the new language. C. You need to have a natural talent for picking up languages. D. We just need to change our approach to learning languages. E. Therefore, they are more likely to be better at the language than kids. F. You must attend formal classes for language learning instruction. G. On the contrary, we meet people in Asian countries who speak fluent English. 【答案】16. D 17. A 18. C 19. G 20. E 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。介绍了关于语言学习应该消除的四个常见的误解。 【16题详解】 根据上文“As someone fluent in 10 languages, I can witness the advantages of bilingualism.(作为一个能流利说 10 种语言的人，我可以见证双语的优势。)”以及下文“Initially, it’s essential to dispel (消除) four prevalent misconceptions about acquiring new languages.(首先，消除关于学习新语言的四个普遍误解是很重要的。)”可知，上文提到了学习外语的好处，后文提到了语言学习要消除的四个常见误解，推测此处需要一个过渡句，讲述学好语言的方法，D选项“We just need to change our approach to learning languages.(我们只需要改变我们学习语言的方法。)”符合语境，起到了承上启下的作用，故选D项。 【17题详解】 根据上文“The truth is that it’s only hard if you don’t really want to learn. It takes some time, but it’s not really complicated. The main things you need to do are listen and read.(事实是，只有当你真的不想学习时，学习一门新语言才会很难。这需要一些时间，但并不复杂。你需要做的主要事情就是听和读。)”以及下文“I’ve done it lots of times. Before you know it, you’ll feel really proud of yourself for understanding another language.(我已经做过很多次了。在你意识到之前，你会为自己能理解另一种语言而感到非常自豪。)”可知，此处是在强调学习语言其实很简单。而A选项“Trust me, it’s really straightforward.(相信我，这真的很简单。)”符合语境，进一步强调了学习语言的简单性。故选A项。 【18题详解】 根据下文“As a matter of fact, whoever wants to learn can learn. In Sweden and Holland most people speak more than one language. They can’t just all be gifted at languages. Foreign athletes in North America usually learn to speak English faster than people in more formal learning environments. In language learning it is attitude, not aptitude, that determines success.(事实上，任何想学习的人都可以学习。在瑞典和荷兰，大多数人会说不止一种语言。他们不可能都有语言天赋。在北美的外国运动员通常比在更正式的学习环境中的人学英语更快。在语言学习中，决定成功的是态度，而不是天赋。)”可知，这一段主要是在反驳“学习语言需要有天赋”这一观点。而C选项“You need to have a natural talent for picking up languages.(你需要有学习语言的天赋。)”符合这一段的主旨，是这一段要反驳的观点，即是要消除的误解之一。故选C项。 【19题详解】 根据小标题“You have to live where the language is spoken.(你必须住在说这种语言的地方。)”、上文“Some immigrants to North America never learn to speak more than halting (结结巴巴的) English.(一些移民到北美的人除了结结巴巴的英语之外，从来没有学会说更多的英语。)”以及下文“In 1968, I learned to speak Mandarin fluently while living in Hong Kong, where few people spoke it.(1968 年，我在香港生活时学会了流利地说普通话，而在香港很少有人说普通话。)”可知，此处是在反驳“必须生活在说这种语言的地方才能学好语言”这一观点，需要一个与上文形成对比的句子。而G选项“On the contrary, we meet people in Asian countries who speak fluent English.(相反，我们遇到一些亚洲国家的人，他们能说流利的英语。)”通过对比说明不一定要生活在说某种语言的地方才能学好该语言，符合语境。故选G项。 【20题详解】 根据上文“Recent brain research has demonstrated that our brains remain active well into old age. Adults who lose their eyesight have to learn a new language, braille. They have already had a wide vocabulary in their native language.(最近的大脑研究表明，我们的大脑在年老时仍然保持活跃。失去视力的成年人必须学习一种新语言——盲文。他们在母语中已经有了广泛的词汇量。)”可知，此处是在说明成年人学习语言的优势。而E选项“Therefore, they are more likely to be better at the language than kids.(因此，他们比孩子更有可能擅长这门语言。)”与上文构成因果关系，进一步说明了成年人因为有母语词汇量等优势，所以在学习语言上可能比孩子更有优势。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四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I used to avoid talking with strangers when I was young. The year I began my junior high, I had to move into a new city with my parents. Being new to the school made me even ____21____, so it was beyond my understanding when Ms Black asked me to list the reasons why I refused to ____22____ to anyone around me. Now I was paying the price — to write a five-page ____23____ on “Why I Should Not Talk in Class”. That would take all night! Unwilling to get down to my ____24____, I killed my time petting the cat after I got home — postponing the pain. When I finally sat down to ____25____, I began with the reasons Ms Black would want to hear. Talking kept me and my neighbors from ____26____. One paragraph was there. Now what? I ____27____ on my pencil. Aha! What if talking were the first step towards life as a criminal? Without the ____28____ I missed, I’d turn to theft and go to prison. When I got out, people would say, “She used to talk in class.” The pages began ____29____. But when mum got home from work, I was still ____30____. “Five pages! That’s impossible!” “Well, you’d better get back to work,” she said, “and I want to read it when you’re ____31____.” Soon after dinner, I handed the essay to mum. I half expected a ____32____ — at least an “I hope you’ve learned your lesson”. ____33____, mum laughed and laughed as she read. The next day, when Ms Black read the essay to the class, everyone laughed. I could ____34____ they weren’t making fun of me: they laughed because I had the power to tell a funny story. My ____35____ still needed some nudging (激发), but I did learn I wasn’t shy in print. 21. A. braver B. shyer C. calmer D. happier 22. A. nod B. point C. listen D. chat 23. A. essay B. letter C. diary D. booklet 24. A. promise B. arrangement C. assignment D. priority 25. A. view B. listen C. write D. read 26. A. learning B. playing C. planning D. laughing 27. A. put B. reflected C. drew D. chewed 28. A. permission B. education C. intention D. attention 29. A. standing out B. flying by C. breaking up D. checking in 30. A. celebrating B. longing C. complaining D. warning 31. A. down B. through C. across D. in 32. A. lecture B. reason C. reward D. solution 33. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Meanwhile D. Instead 34. A. hope B. imagine C. tell D. predict 35. A. confidence B. patience C. tolerance D. independence 【答案】21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文，作者因害羞在新学校很少说话，被老师要求写一篇关于“我为什么不应该在课堂上说话”的文章，作者起初感到很痛苦，但最终通过夸张的写作手法将作文写得幽默风趣，获得了老师和同学们的认可，也让作者意识到自己并不缺乏表达能力，只是需要克服害羞，提升自信。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：刚来这所学校让我更加害羞，所以当Black女士让我列出我拒绝和周围任何人聊天的原因时，我无法理解。A. braver更勇敢的；B. shyer更害羞的；C. calmer更冷静的；D. happier更高兴的。根据上文“I used to avoid talking with strangers when I was young.(我小时候常常避免和陌生人说话)”以及“Being new to the school”可知，作者很害羞，搬到一个新地方让作者更加害羞，故选B。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. nod点头；B. point指向；C. listen听；D. chat聊天。结合上文“avoid talking”和下文“Why I Should Not Talk in Class”可知，此处和talk同义，作者害羞所以拒绝和周围任何人聊天，故选D。 【23题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：现在我正在付出代价——写一篇五页的文章，题目是“为什么我不应该在课堂上说话”。A. essay文章；B. letter信；C. diary日记；D. booklet小册子。根据“five-page”和下文“I handed the essay to mum”可知，作者要写一篇五页的文章，故选A。 【24题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不愿意认真对待我的作业，回家后我就用抚摸猫来打发时间，以推迟痛苦。A. promise承诺；B. arrangement安排；C. assignment作业，任务；D. priority优先事项。根据上文“Ms Black asked me to list the reasons”和“write a five-page ____3____”可知，老师给作者布置了作业，写一篇五页的文章，故选C。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我终于坐下来开始写作时，我从Black女士想听的理由开始。A. view观看，视为；B. listen听；C. write写；D. read阅读。根据上文“write a five-page ____3____”可知，作者要写一篇文章，此处指开始写，故选C。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：交谈使我和我附近的人无法学习。A. learning学习；B. playing玩；C. planning计划；D. laughing大笑。根据上文“to write a five-page ____3____ on ‘Why I Should Not Talk in Class’”可知，作者要写关于“为什么不能在课堂上说话”，推知如果作者在课堂上说话会影响自己和周围同学学习，故选A。 【27题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我咬我的铅笔。A. put放置；B. reflected反映；C. drew画；D. chewed咬住，不停地啃。根据上文“One paragraph was there. Now what?(已经写了一段了。现在写什么？)”和语境可知，作者在绞尽脑汁地在想写什么，推知此处指“咬铅笔”，故选D。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果没有那些我错过的教育，我就会去偷窃，进监狱。A. permission允许；B. education教育；C. intention意图，计划；D. attention注意力。结合上文提到说话影响学习以及“I’d turn to theft and go to prison”可知，作者认为如果在课堂上说话就影响学习，错过了受教育就会走向犯罪，故选B。 【29题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：书页飞快地飞过去。A. standing out突出；B. flying by飞过；C. breaking up分手；D. checking in登记，报到。根据上文“When I got out, people would say, “She used to talk in class.””可知，作者写在课堂上说话会导致走向犯罪，出狱时人们会说自己以前常常在课堂上说话，推知作者开始文思泉涌，写了一页又一页，fly by在此处表示事情进展得很快，故选B。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是当妈妈下班回家时，我还在抱怨。A. celebrating庆祝；B. longing渴望；C. complaining抱怨；D. warning警告。根据“Five pages! That’s impossible!”可知，作者抱怨不可能完成五页的文章，故选C。 【31题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：“好吧，你还是回去写吧，”她说，“我想等你看完后再读。”A. down向下；B. through通过，完成，结束；C. across横过；D. in进入。根据“you’d better get back to work”可知，妈妈让作者继续写，推知是等作者写完了妈妈要读一下，故选B。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我还以为会听到一顿说教——至少是一句“我希望你吸取了教训”。A. lecture教训，谴责；B. reason原因；C. reward回报；D. solution解决办法。根据“at least an “I hope you’ve learned your lesson”.”可知，作者本以为妈妈会借此教训自己，故选A。 【33题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，妈妈一边读一边笑个不停。A. Therefore因此；B. Moreover此外；C. Meanwhile同时；D. Instead相反。下文“mum laughed and laughed as she read”妈妈的反应和作者期望的相反，故选D。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我看得出他们不是在取笑我：他们笑是因为我有能力讲一个有趣的故事。A. hope希望；B. imagine想象；C. tell看出，确切地判断；D. predict预测。根据“they weren’t making fun of me: they laughed because I had the power to tell a funny story”可知，作者看得出老师和同学们大笑不是在取笑自己，故选C。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的自信仍然需要一些鼓励，但我确实知道我在文字创造上并不害羞。A. confidence自信；B. patience耐心；C. tolerance容忍；D. independence独立。根据上文提到作者害羞可知，作者在自信心方面仍需某种激发从而使之增强，故选A。 第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 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。 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM in short) ____36____ (originate) in ancient China. It is a science studying the human life process as well as the fight against diseases. It has ____37____ (it) unique charm. The philosophy in TCM shows the soul of Chinese culture. Through the analysis of the cultural environment and cultural background which breed TCM, it is easy ____38____ (find) that the agriculture-oriented culture in ancient China has a great influence ____39____ TCM. Characteristics including pragmatism (务实主义) and natural ____40____ (adapt) are fully shown in the TCM system. All the aspects constituting the Chinese ____41____ (society) life system, such as philosophy, religion, science, technology, ethics, and art, have a profound impact on the formation and development of TCM. The thinking methods, such as predicting the internal organs’ illness changes by observing the external appearance of life or comparing the similarity of the appearances of the diseases and natural phenomena, ____42____ (be) the means to understand human body and diseases ____43____ (base) on the above-mentioned traditional Chinese medicine theories. Characteristics of the traditional Chinese culture included in TCM once were taken as ____44____ weapon by some people to criticize TCM. They thought that these characteristics were an important proof showing that TCM was unscientific. _____45_____, it is these characteristics that make TCM fascinating and are the inner factors for the survival and development of TCM. 【答案】36. originated 37. its 38. to find 39. on 40. adaptation 41. social 42. are 43. based 44. a 45. However 【解析】 【导语】本文为说明文。介绍中医起源，阐述其受古代农耕文化影响，还提及中医文化特征及曾面临的争议。 【36题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：中医（简称TCM）起源于古代中国。根据in ancient China可知为一般过去时。故填originated。 【37题详解】 考查代词。句意：它有它独特的魅力。修饰名词charm用形容词性物主代词its。故填its 。 【38题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：通过对中医孕育的文化环境和文化背景的分析，不难发现中国古代的农业文化对中医有着很大的影响。此处为句型it be adj. to do sth.，不定式作真正主语，故填to find。 【39题详解】 考查介词。句意：通过对中医孕育的文化环境和文化背景的分析，不难发现中国古代的农业文化对中医有着很大的影响。have an influence on somebody/something表示“对某人/某物有影响”。故填on。 【40题详解】 考查名词。句意：中医体系充分体现了实用主义和自然适应的特点。作介词including的宾语应用名词adaptation。故填adaptation。 【41题详解】 考查形容词。句意：哲学、宗教、科学、技术、伦理、艺术等构成中国社会生活体系的各个方面都对中医的形成和发展产生了深刻的影响。修饰life system，作定语，应用形容词social。故填social。 【42题详解】 考查谓语动词。句意：通过观察生命的外表或比较疾病的外表与自然现象的相似度来预测内脏器官的疾病变化等思维方法，是在上述中医理论的基础上认识人体和疾病的手段。陈述事实用一般现在时，主语为The thinking methods，谓语用复数。故填are。 【43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：通过观察生命的外表或比较疾病的外表与自然现象的相似度来预测内脏器官的疾病变化等思维方法，是在上述中医理论的基础上认识人体和疾病的手段。be based on“基于”是固定搭配，该句中作后置定语，修饰名词means，所以用过去分词based，已转化为形容词。故填based。 【44题详解】 考查冠词。句意：中医所包含的中国传统文化特征曾被一些人作为批判中医的武器。weapon为泛指，且是发音以辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。 【45题详解】 考查副词。句意：然而，正是这些特点使中医魅力四射，是中医生存和发展的内在因素。结合前后文语境可知为转折关系，有逗号隔开，应用however。首字母大写，故填However。 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，你的英国笔友Chris来信祝贺中国传统佳节——春节申遗成功，并向你咨询春节的相关情况，请你回信告知。 内容包括：1. 表达感谢； 2. 春节简介； 3. 邀请来中国共度佳节。 注意：写作词数应为80个左右。 Dear Chris, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Chris, I’m also glad to hear the Spring Festival was listed in the World Intangible Heritage. Thank you for your congratulations. I’m more than proud to introduce the festival to you. It’s a great time for people to get together, enjoying delicious food and exchanging their own experiences with beloved ones. From Egypt in Africa to Brazil in South America, and from the Empire State Building in New York to the Sydney Opera House, the Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese Lunar New Year has started a “Chinese Wind” across the globe. Eager to spend the coming festival with you. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给你的英国笔友Chris回信告知春节的相关情况。其内容包括：表达感谢、春节简介和邀请来中国共度佳节。 【详解】1.词汇积累 高兴的：glad→happy 美味的：delicious→tasty 开始：start →begin 即将到来的：coming→upcoming 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：From Egypt in Africa to Brazil in South America, and from the Empire State Building in New York to the Sydney Opera House, the Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese Lunar New Year has started a “Chinese Wind” across the globe. 拓展句：From Egypt in Africa to Brazil in South America, and from the Empire State Building in New York to the Sydney Opera House, the Spring Festival, which is also known as the Chinese Lunar New Year has started a “Chinese Wind” across the globe. 【点睛】【高分句型1】I’m also glad to hear the Spring Festival was listed in the World Intangible Heritage. （运用了省略that的宾语从句） 【高分句型2】 It’s a great time for people to get together, enjoying delicious food and exchanging their own experiences with beloved ones.（运用了现在分词作状语） 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。 It’s Sunday, a sunny Sunday, a rare Sunday, especially after a two-week preparation for a speech contest. I invited my best friend Jane to have a walk in the nearby park. We spent the whole morning happily, catching up on our stories and appreciating the refreshing scenery. To my amazement, she gave me an iron heart-shaped decoration and I hung it on the key fob (钥匙扣) with my keys. Time flew. We had to wave goodbye. At the front door, I dug around in my pockets for the keys. No luck. I returned to the paths we’d taken immediately. I spent an hour looking, brushing aside tall grasses, but the keys remained lost. I was beginning to get upset as I thought of the consequences of losing them, so I continued to retrace our steps, but it was all in vain. At home again, I pulled the backup key from its hiding place, let myself in the house, and fell on the couch in exhaustion. I began to think about my lost keys. The house key wasn’t that important as I had an extra. The mail key was a big deal because getting a new one took a lot of time. I had a spare motorbike key, but it had no remote control. Now my iron heart! It was precious beyond measure. Just thinking of it being gone forever made tears come to my eyes. That night, it turned colder and began to snow. The night was peaceful until I heard the horrific screech (尖叫) of my motorbike alarm blasting from the yard. I rushed to the motorbike, inserted the key and finally the alarm stopped. I felt my face burning as I thought of my angry neighbors. I went back in the house but it alarmed again. I stopped it, went back inside, and the alarm rang again. I repeated the process. 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。 Surprisingly, the next sound was the front doorbell. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thrilled and amazed, I took the keys in my hands. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Surprisingly, the next sound was the front doorbell. Being prepared for a sea of criticism, I opened the door slowly and turned on the light with apologies ready. To my great surprise, in the light snow stood a girl, a neighbor from several streets away. With a small familiar object in her gloved hand, she grinned from ear to ear. “Sorry about all the noise, but I had to depend on the remote control in your key fob to find your home,” she explained. “Oh, my goodness! My keys!” I cried. She handed the keys over, the heart sparkling. Thrilled and amazed, I took the keys in my hands. What a clever neighbor and how timely the help! “Thank you so much. You really saved me from a huge trouble,” I said, feeling an overwhelming sense of appreciation. With a simple “Glad I could help.”, she stepped towards the door and waved goodbye. The snow was still blanketing the ground, but my heart was swelling with warmth. Sometimes, what warms our heart is just a warm-hearted and clever neighbor. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述周日，作者忙完演讲比赛准备后，与好友简在公园愉快游玩，简送铁制心形装饰。分别时作者发现钥匙丢失，寻觅无果。当晚摩托车警报莫名多次响起，作者反复出门关闭警报，心烦不已。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“令人惊讶的是，接下来响起的是前门的门铃声。”可以预测续写这段主要内容： 邻居女孩按响门铃，归还钥匙，原来她靠钥匙扣遥控器寻到作者家，钥匙上的心形装饰闪烁。 ②由第二段首句内容“我既激动又惊喜，双手接过钥匙。”可以预测续写这段主要内容：作者感激邻居归还钥匙，邻居暖心回应后离去，雪天里作者因邻居善举心中满是温暖。 2.续写线索： 邻居女孩按响门铃——归还钥匙——感激邻居—— 心中充满温暖 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①.依赖：depend on/rely on ②.大叫：cry /scream ③.帮助：help/aid 情绪类 ①.惊讶：surprise/astonishment/amazement ②.高兴的：glad/happy 【点睛】[高分句型1]. Being prepared for a sea of criticism, I opened the door slowly and turned on the light with apologies ready. （运用了现在分词作状语） [高分句型2]. She handed the keys over, the heart sparkling.（运用了独立主格形式） [高分句型3]. Sometimes, what warms our heart is just a warm-hearted and clever neighbor. （运用what引导的主语从句） 听力1-5 ABCAC 6-10 CACCA 11-15 CBCCA 16-20 ABABC 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $