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2025届高三第二学期英语统练五
第一部分 知识运用(共两节,30分)
第一节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In my childhood, I envied my classmates very much as my absence from school was not allowed due to my strict parents. I had to be ___1___ in order to stay home. My parents used to say that they were leading me to have a good work ethie (职业道德). Not until last week did I see the ___2___.
I was on a bus, and behind was a man who was ___3___ to his friend about his life. His dream was to become a director but he wouldn’t continue to follow it because he had no idea if he could make enough money. And he didn’t want to waste ___4___ because it probably would take months or years to make it big. Then he admitted to thinking about becoming a(n) ___5___ because he thought he could ___6___ make six figures within one year. His friend agreed because as he put it, “I have no ___7___ to work long hours and not make much money. Taking pictures is good because you can make big money and only work short hours.”
Many people these days don’t realize that when things seem to happen immediately, it is only because a lot of ___8___, determination and time have gone into it. Someone once told me that you may know whether someone is an expert in his given field by how easy he makes it look. The easier it looks, the more hours go into it.
There is no ___9___ for laziness. In the television show Fame, the dance teacher told her students, “If you want fame, fame _____10_____ and here’s how you start paying for it, in sweat.” Every time I watch that show, my dad would repeat how right she was because in order to succeed, you have to work hard. He would go on and on about how bad it is to be lazy.
1. A. shaking B. smiling C. shouting D. lying
2. A. evidence B. significance C. answer D. result
3. A. writing B. explaining C. reflecting D. complaining
4. A. luck B. money C. time D. opportunity
5. A. dancer B. lawyer C. actor D. photographer
6. A. gently B. eagerly C. easily D. carefully
7. A. choice B. time C. desire D. chance
8. A. decision B. effort C. pressure D. intelligence
9 A. explanation B. statement C. excuse D. possibility
10. A. matters B. arises C. works D. costs
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
A
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Today’s social justice values respond to this reality, calling on us to criticize oppressive and harmful figures and to gain power for those ____11____ have been powerless. But when adult children use the most effective tool they have-themselves-to gain a sense of security and ban their parents ____12____ their lives, the roles are ____13____ (simple) switched, and the pain only deepens.
B
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Information in your brain ____14____ (collect), stored and recalled by neural pathways. These pathways are responsible for your abilities to solve problems, remember familiar faces and tasks, without paying a ton of efforts. Millions of these neural pathways begin developing from the time ____15____ you are growing into a baby. ____16____ (keep) our memory healthy, we need to create new pathways continually.
C
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
When her ____17____ (edit), Dave Ellis, saw the photo of the couple, he suggested they go back and restore damaged photos for even more people. So in January 2006, with ____18____ (pay) time off from the paper, the two set up shop in Pass Christian. After posting a notice in the community newsletter, Rebecca and Dave received 500 photos in four days. For each, the pair ____19____ (take) a new digital picture, then used high-tech software to erase water spots and restore colors. It just so happened that a popular website linked to Dave’s blog about the experience, and soon Operation Photo Rescue, ____20____ we all know, had emails from hundreds of volunteers, including photographers and restoration experts, eager to help.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,38分)
第一节(共14小题;每小题2分,共28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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Picnic Shelter Reservations
Vancouver Parks and Recreation maintains four covered picnic shelters that are available for reservation at the following parks:
Fisher Basin Community Park
Leroy Haagen Memorial Park
Marine Community Park
Marshall Community Park
Picnic shelters are available to reserve between May 1 and September 30 each year. Reservations are for the entire day with a reservation fee of $100. When not reserved, shelters are available for free. Reserve a picnic shelter by calling 360-487-7100.
Shelter Reservation Cancellation Policy
If canceled one month or more before the rental date, 100% of the fee will be refunded. If canceled 1-4 weeks before the rental date, 75% of the fee will be refunded. No refunds will be granted if the reservation is canceled less than one week prior to the rental date.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is there a way to find out if an event is already scheduled at a park?
Yes. Contact Marshall Community Center at 360-487-7100 to find out about events taking place in our parks.
Q: What amenities (设施) are included with a picnic shelter reservation?
Reservations include use of all picnic tables located within the shelter and electricity (there is no electricity at Marine Park). Playground amenities and restrooms will be shared with the public.
Park Use Permits
Depending on the type of event you’re hosting, you will need to get a Park Use Permit from Vancouver Parks and Recreation. A Park Use Permit gives you permission to bring special items and equipment into the park.
21. If you cancel 3 weeks before the rental date, how much money will you get back?
A. $100. B. $75. C. $25. D. $0.
22 What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To explain the rules of park management.
B. To recommend shelters of different parks.
C. To introduce the functions of picnic shelters.
D. To provide information of shelter reservations.
23. Where is this passage most likely from?
A. A book review. B. A news report.
C. A travel brochure D. A science journal.
B
Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad's car. She let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them. "Dad, there's a deer there!" Alexis said. It was a male deer with sharp antlers (角) on each side of its head.
As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the deer's head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer's head. Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged closer. "I knew I was in trouble," Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for self-defense, and the deer charged. It lifted her with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg. Within seconds, the deer had pushed her off the road.
When Alexis and her father pulled up, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman's terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. "I was kicking it to get its attention," she says. Then her father, who had followed his daughter, pushed the deer away from the women.
Alexis helped Sue into the car, and then applied a piece of cloth to Sue's injured leg. "We're going to get you to a hospital," Alexis said. Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer's head and neck, but the blows didn't scare it away. "I was losing faith," she says. "A couple more strikes, Alexis," said her father. "You can do it."
Turning the hammer around, Alexis closed her eyes and beat the deer's neck with all her strength. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away.
Alexis got in the driver's seat and sped toward the nearest hospital.
After Sue was treated, she tearfully thanked her rescuers. "You expect a teenage girl to get on the phone and call for help," she says, "not to beat up a deer."
24. What was Sue doing when she was attacked by the deer?
A. She was driving home.
B. She was resting on the road.
C. She was taking exercise.
D. She was feeding wild animals.
25. What did Alexis do to save Sue?
A. She pushed the deer away.
B. She hit the deer with her feet.
C. She drove the car to hit the deer.
D. She beat the deer with a hammer.
26. Which of the following words can best describe Alexis?
A. Strong. B. Cruel. C. Energetic. D. Brave.
27. What is the best title for the passage?
A. A Woman Was Seriously Injured
B. A Dangerous Deer Attacked a Woman
C. A Girl Rescued Her Father Successfully
D. A Teenager Saved Others from a Deer Attack
C
In general, our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic (官僚主义的) management in which man becomes a small, well-oiled cog in the machinery. The oiling is done with higher wages, well-equipped factories and piped music, and by psychologists and “human-relations” experts; yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and he is bored with it. In fact, the blue-collar and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management.
The worker and employee are anxious, seemingly because they might find themselves out of a job or they would say that they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction or interest in life. In fact, they feel desperate as they live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings.
Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious. Their lives are no less empty than those of their subordinates. They are even more insecure in some respects. They are in a highly competitive race. To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect. When they apply for their first job, they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness and independence. From the moment on they are tested again and again by the psychologists, for whom testing is a big business, and by their superiors, who judge their behavior, sociability, capacity to get along, etc. This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one’s fellow-competitor creates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness.
Am I suggesting that we should return to the pre-industrial mode of production or to nineteenth-century “free enterprise” capitalism? Certainly not. Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities — those of all love and of reason — are the aims of social arrangements. Production and consumption should serve as means to this end, and should be prevented from ruling man.
28. By “a well-oiled cog in the machinery”, the author expresses the idea that man is ______.
A. an essential part of society though individual’s function is negligible
B. expected to work in reasonable harmony with the rest of society
C. a replaceable component of society, though functioning smoothly
D. responsible for the smooth running of society and business operations
29. From the passage we can infer that real happiness of life belongs to those who ______.
A. hold well-paid and life-long jobs
B. enjoy high social status and reputation
C. outperform their fellow-competitors
D. stay away from over-competitiveness
30. To solve the present social problems the author suggests that we should ______.
A. resort to the production mode of our ancestors
B. offer higher wages to workers and employees
C. enable man to fully develop his potentialities
D. escape consumerism and embrace humanism
D
Experts frequently warn about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI). Sadly, the rapid advancement of AI technology in recent years has not led to a common understanding of its risks, as it should have. Actually, beneath the surface of AI discussions lies conflict among divided groups, which may mislead lawmakers and the public and prevent competent regulatory measures. Understanding the motivations behind these differing views is crucial to addressing AI’s societal impact.
The loudest perspective is a frightening vision from doomsayers (末日论者), who present AI as a threat to human existence, capable of wiping out life and controlling everything. This doomsaying is heightened by influential tech figures using tools like ChatGPT to shape the conversation. Some in this group focus on extreme disastrous risks and emphasize the distant future implications of our actions. While many doomsayers claim they are reasonable, their exaggerated concerns about hypothetical (假设的) existential risks amount to a misguided bet with humanity’s future. Technology historian David Brock calls such fears “wishful worries” — that is, problems that it would be nice to have, in contrast to the actual struggles of the present.
While doomsayers focus on the distant future, reformers focus on immediate issues. They view AI reform as a matter of integrity, urging Big Tech to prioritize the public good over profit. These experts advocate for regulators to address current harms caused by AI, such as misinformation, monitoring, and algorithmic (算法的) unfairness. They propose initiatives like civil education for AI literacy and the design of human-centered systems to fight growing societal inequalities.
Warriors, another group, describe AI through the language of national security and competitiveness. Their views benefit some tech giants and government agencies. Top AI firms seek costly regulations that they claim guard against crime and terrorism, which could secure their market dominance and limit startup competition. Governments, tightly connected to these firms, may prioritize defense applications over moral concerns, leading to regulatory blind spots.
In conclusion, the differing viewpoints on AI underline the complexity of addressing its societal impact. To minimize potential harms and ensure that AI serves the public interest, it is crucial to strengthen legal frameworks that close existing gaps and hold corporations accountable. Expanding regulatory strategies can help restrict corporate overreach and foster transparency in AI development. Publicly directed projects can counterbalance corporate influence, ensuring that AI benefits society as a whole. By prioritizing accountability and collective welfare, we can shape a future where AI empowers everyone, not just a select few.
31. What is the consequence of diverse points of view on AI?
A. Enhancing our ability to tackle AI issues.
B. Advancing the standardization of AI guidelines.
C. Delaying the creation of effective AI regulations.
D. Breaking the integrity of current AI legal framework.
32 The author quotes David Brock’s words in order to ______.
A. prove that AI has positive impacts
B. confirm that doomsayers’ worries are justified
C. suggest that the concerns over AI are overstated
D. show that current struggles have serious outcomes
33. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. A publicly directed AI project will ultimately empower the select few.
B. Reformers advocate human-centered AI systems to gain personal profits.
C. Warriors pursue dominance in national security by improving AI morally.
D. Lawmakers should toughen rules limiting corporate influence for public good.
34 Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Battle over AI: Power and Benefit
B. Perspectives on AI: Individualism or Collectivism
C. The Argument about AI: Reformers vs. Doomsayers
D. Debates on the Future of AI: Innovation or Regulation
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,共10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Third-Culture Kids
Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a totally different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid!
The term “third-culture kid” (or TCK) was coined in the 1960s by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they form their very own. ___35___About 90 percent of them have a university degree, while 40 percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals.
___36___ In fact many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. A third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves completely to their new surroundings as expected. Instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. Max, for example, experienced this fundamental feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a third-culture kid. ___37___ While this can be a way to create a network of friends all around the world, it can be difficult for a third-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships.
For a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new foreign country than to return to their “home” country. After living in Australia and South Korea for many years, Louis finally returned to Turkey as a teenager. But she felt out of place when she returned to the country where she was born. ___38___ She did not share the same values as her friends’ even years after going back home.
While a third-culture kid must let go of their identity as foreigner when he/she returns, the home country can prove to be more foreign than anything he/she came across before. The peer group they face does not match the idealized image children have of “home”.___39___
As a part of the growing “culture”, TCKs may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places.
A. Yet being a third-culture kid is not always easy.
B. In general, they often reach excellent academic results.
C. This often makes it hard for them to form their own identity.
D. However, their parents can help them see the opportunities of a mobile lifestyle.
E. Their experience abroad helps them to gain a better understanding of cultural differences.
F. Unlike other teens of her age, she didn’t know anything about current TV shows or fashion trends.
G. Additionally, making new friends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid.
第三部分 书面表达(共两节,32分)
第一节(共4小题;第40、41题各2分,第42题3分,第43题5分,共12分)
阅读下面短文,根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
Four Colombian children survived a plane crash only to be lost deep in the Amazon rainforest for well over a month. This is how they survived this horrifying situation.
It’s most people’s nightmare: surviving a plane crash only to be trapped in a jungle with no way of contacting the outside world. But they survived. The children, aged 13, nine and four, as well as an 11-month-old baby, were flying with their mother from their village in the Amazon to visit their father in San José del Guaviare. The single-engine Cessna on which they were flying experienced engine problems and disappeared on May 1, 2023.
Bad weather prevented the army from finding the crash site for two weeks, where they then found the dead bodies of three adults, including the children’s mother. How did these children survive conditions that would be an unimaginable struggle for most adults? They are members of the Huitoto Indigenous group and were raised in the jungle. As such, they have an intimate understanding of the rainforest. They know which fruits are safe to eat and which plants should be avoided.
Working with, rather than against, the Amazon, they survived on fruits and seeds, while feeding the baby water mixed with yucca flour that they found on the plane. While the children got on with the business of surviving, the Colombian army worked with Indigenous volunteers to find them. After 40 days of searching, the children were found and taken to recover at a military hospital in Bogota.
While many around the world have taken this survival story to be a miracle, others point out that it is the result of an ancient and intimate knowledge of the rainforest that has been passed down through Indigenous communities over the generations. Indigenous tribes have a close relationship to the Amazon, marked by a deep respect for the forest that provides them with shelter and nutritious ingredients. It is their close connection to and understanding of the rainforest that undoubtedly helped the children to survive.
40. What made the plane on which they were flying crash?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
41. Why did it take the army so long to find the children after the accident?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The children survived the horrifying situation by fighting against the Amazon rainforest.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
43. What lesson can you learn from the story? (In about 40 words)
____________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节(20分)
44. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华,高考备考使你压力很大,你的英国朋友Jim经常通过邮件给你鼓励、疏导情绪,使你能够调整状态,重新投入学习。请你用英语给Jim写封邮件,内容包括:
1.表示对他感谢;
2.描述你状态。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
2.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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学科网(北京)股份有限公司
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2025届高三第二学期英语统练五
第一部分 知识运用(共两节,30分)
第一节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In my childhood, I envied my classmates very much as my absence from school was not allowed due to my strict parents. I had to be ___1___ in order to stay home. My parents used to say that they were leading me to have a good work ethie (职业道德). Not until last week did I see the ___2___.
I was on a bus, and behind was a man who was ___3___ to his friend about his life. His dream was to become a director but he wouldn’t continue to follow it because he had no idea if he could make enough money. And he didn’t want to waste ___4___ because it probably would take months or years to make it big. Then he admitted to thinking about becoming a(n) ___5___ because he thought he could ___6___ make six figures within one year. His friend agreed because as he put it, “I have no ___7___ to work long hours and not make much money. Taking pictures is good because you can make big money and only work short hours.”
Many people these days don’t realize that when things seem to happen immediately, it is only because a lot of ___8___, determination and time have gone into it. Someone once told me that you may know whether someone is an expert in his given field by how easy he makes it look. The easier it looks, the more hours go into it.
There is no ___9___ for laziness. In the television show Fame, the dance teacher told her students, “If you want fame, fame _____10_____ and here’s how you start paying for it, in sweat.” Every time I watch that show, my dad would repeat how right she was because in order to succeed, you have to work hard. He would go on and on about how bad it is to be lazy.
1. A. shaking B. smiling C. shouting D. lying
2. A. evidence B. significance C. answer D. result
3. A. writing B. explaining C. reflecting D. complaining
4. A. luck B. money C. time D. opportunity
5. A. dancer B. lawyer C. actor D. photographer
6. A. gently B. eagerly C. easily D. carefully
7. A. choice B. time C. desire D. chance
8. A. decision B. effort C. pressure D. intelligence
9. A. explanation B. statement C. excuse D. possibility
10. A. matters B. arises C. works D. costs
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. D
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇夹叙夹议文。为了让作者有良好的职业道德,严格的父母不允许作者缺课。直到上周,在公交上听到一个男子抱怨自己的生活,作者才明白其意义。任何事情的成功,必须有长期坚持不懈的努力。
【1题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:为了待在家里,我不得不撒谎。A. shaking摇晃;B. smiling微笑;C. shouting喊叫;D. lying说谎。根据上文“as my absence from school was not allowed due to my strict parents.”可知,父母对作者很严格,不允许作者缺课,结合下文“in order to stay home”作者为了待在家里,必须撒谎。故选D项。
【2题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:直到上周我才意识到它的重要性。A. evidence证据;B. significance重要性;C. answer回答;D. result结果。根据下文第三段“it is only because a lot of ___8___, determination and time have gone into it.”及第四段内容可知,作者意识到了父母这样做的重要性。故选B项。
【3题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我在一辆公共汽车上,后面是一个男人,他正在向他的朋友抱怨他的生活。A. writing写作;B. explaining解释;C. reflecting反映;D. complaining抱怨。根据下文“but he wouldn’t continue to follow it because he had no idea if he could make enough money. And he didn’t want to waste ___4___ because it probably would take months or years to make it big.”可知,这是公交车的男人抱怨的内容。故选D项。
【4题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:他不想浪费时间,因为它可能需要几个月或几年的时间才能有所成就。A. luck运气;B. money金钱;C. time时间;D. opportunity机会。根据下文“it probably would take months or years to make it big”可知,男人认为需要几个月或者几年的时间才能有所成就,所以不想浪费这个时间。故选C项。
【5题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:然后他承认他想成为一名摄影师,因为他认为他可以在一年内轻松地赚到六位数。A. dancer舞者;B. lawyer律师;C. actor男演员;D. photographer摄影师。根据下文“Taking pictures is good because you can make big money and only work short hours.”可知,这个男人想要拍照,所以是成为一名摄影师。故选D项。
【6题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:然后他承认他想成为一名摄影师,因为他认为他可以在一年内轻松地赚到六位数。A. gently温柔地;B. eagerly渴望地;C. easily容易地;D. carefully仔细地。根据上文“And he didn’t want to waste ___4___ because it probably would take months or years to make it big.”可知,这个男人不想花太多时间,但是想要赚大钱,结合下文“make six figures within one year.”可知,他想要用最短的时间赚最多的钱,推测,他认为摄影是很容易赚钱的。故选C项。
【7题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我不希望长时间工作而挣不了多少钱。A. choice选择;B. time时间;C. desire渴望;D. chance机会。根据下文“to work long hours and not make much money”及上文男人描述他想花最少的时间赚大钱可知,这个男人不愿意长时间工作而不挣钱。故选C项。
【8题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:现在很多人都没有意识到,当事情似乎立即发生时,那只是因为付出了大量的努力、决心和时间。A. decision决定;B. effort努力;C. pressure压力;D. intelligence智商。根据下文“determination and time have gone into it”可知,当事情立即发生时,是因为投入了大量的努力,决心和时间。故选B项。
【9题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:懒惰是没有借口的。A. explanation解释;B. statement说明;C. excuse借口;D. possibility可能性。根据下文“If you want fame, fame ____10____ and here’s how you start paying for it, in sweat.”及“He would go on and on about how bad it is to be lazy.”可知,如果想要名声,是需要努力的,所以没有懒惰的借口。故选C项。
【10题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:如果你想要名声,名声是有代价的,获得的方式是——用汗水。A. matters要紧;B. arises产生,出现;C. works起效果;D. costs花费。根据下文“and here’s how you start paying for it, in sweat”可知,获得名声是有代价的。故选D项。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
A
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Today’s social justice values respond to this reality, calling on us to criticize oppressive and harmful figures and to gain power for those ____11____ have been powerless. But when adult children use the most effective tool they have-themselves-to gain a sense of security and ban their parents ____12____ their lives, the roles are ____13____ (simple) switched, and the pain only deepens.
【答案】11. who
12. from 13. simply
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇议论文,主要讨论了当代社会正义价值观与家庭角色转变之间的关系。
【11题详解】
考查关系代词。句意:今天的正义价值观呼吁我们批评压迫性和有害的人物,并为那些一直无权力的人争取权力。设空处引导定语从句,修饰先行词“those”,且在从句中作主语,故用关系代词“who”。故填who。
【12题详解】
考查介词。句意:但当成年子女使用他们最有效的工具——他们自己——来获得安全感,并禁止他们的父母进入他们的生活时,角色就简单地互换了,痛苦只会加深。此处为固定短语“ban sb from sth/doing sth”表示“禁止某人做某事”符合句意,所以此处使用介词from。故填from。
【13题详解】
考查副词。句意:但当成年子女使用他们最有效的工具——他们自己——来获得安全感,并禁止他们的父母进入他们的生活时,角色就简单地互换了,痛苦只会加深。设空处修饰动词switched,所以此处使用simple的副词形式simply作状语。故填simply。
B
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Information in your brain ____14____ (collect), stored and recalled by neural pathways. These pathways are responsible for your abilities to solve problems, remember familiar faces and tasks, without paying a ton of efforts. Millions of these neural pathways begin developing from the time ____15____ you are growing into a baby. ____16____ (keep) our memory healthy, we need to create new pathways continually.
【答案】14. is collected
15. when 16. To keep
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文,介绍了大脑如何保持健康记忆力。
【14题详解】
考查动词时态和语态。句意:大脑中的信息是通过神经通路收集、储存和回忆的。空处作谓语,information与动词collect构成逻辑上的被动关系,句子描述科学事实,用一般现在时的被动语态,主语为不可数名词,be动词用is。故填is collected。
【15题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:数以百万计的神经通路从你成长为婴儿的时候就开始发育。空处引导限制性定语从句,代替先行词time在从句中作时间状语,用关系副词when引导。故填when。
【16题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:为了保持我们的记忆健康,我们需要不断地创造新的路径。空处表示目的,用不定式作目的状语,放在句首,首字母大写。故填To keep。
C
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
When her ____17____ (edit), Dave Ellis, saw the photo of the couple, he suggested they go back and restore damaged photos for even more people. So in January 2006, with ____18____ (pay) time off from the paper, the two set up shop in Pass Christian. After posting a notice in the community newsletter, Rebecca and Dave received 500 photos in four days. For each, the pair ____19____ (take) a new digital picture, then used high-tech software to erase water spots and restore colors. It just so happened that a popular website linked to Dave’s blog about the experience, and soon Operation Photo Rescue, ____20____ we all know, had emails from hundreds of volunteers, including photographers and restoration experts, eager to help.
【答案】17. editor
18. paid 19. took
20. as
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文,讲述了Rebecca和Dave修复受损照片,发起“照片救援行动”,吸引众多志愿者参与的事迹。
17题详解】
考查名词。句意:当她的编辑戴夫·埃利斯看到这对夫妇的照片时,他建议他们回去为更多的人修复损坏的照片。形容词性物主代词her后接名词,Dave Ellis是编辑名称,用edit对应的名词editor“编辑”,此处指戴夫,应用单数形式。故填editor。
【18题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:因此,2006年1月,在带薪休假期间,两人在帕斯克里斯蒂安(Pass Christian)开了一家店。空处修饰time作定语,表示“带薪的”,即“被支付的”,用pay的过去分词。故填paid。
【19题详解】
考查动词时态。句意:两人分别拍了一张新的数码照片,然后用高科技软件擦掉水渍,恢复颜色。空处作谓语,根据used可知,句子描述过去,用一般过去时。故填took。
20题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:碰巧有一个很受欢迎的网站链接到戴夫关于这次经历的博客,很快,我们都知道,“照片救援行动”收到了数百名志愿者的电子邮件,其中包括摄影师和修复专家,他们渴望提供帮助。空处表示“正如”,指代and后面的句子内容,用as引导非限制性定语从句。故填as。
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,38分)
第一节(共14小题;每小题2分,共28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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Picnic Shelter Reservations
Vancouver Parks and Recreation maintains four covered picnic shelters that are available for reservation at the following parks:
Fisher Basin Community Park
Leroy Haagen Memorial Park
Marine Community Park
Marshall Community Park
Picnic shelters are available to reserve between May 1 and September 30 each year. Reservations are for the entire day with a reservation fee of $100. When not reserved, shelters are available for free. Reserve a picnic shelter by calling 360-487-7100.
Shelter Reservation Cancellation Policy
If canceled one month or more before the rental date, 100% of the fee will be refunded. If canceled 1-4 weeks before the rental date, 75% of the fee will be refunded. No refunds will be granted if the reservation is canceled less than one week prior to the rental date.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is there a way to find out if an event is already scheduled at a park?
Yes. Contact Marshall Community Center at 360-487-7100 to find out about events taking place in our parks.
Q: What amenities (设施) are included with a picnic shelter reservation?
Reservations include use of all picnic tables located within the shelter and electricity (there is no electricity at Marine Park). Playground amenities and restrooms will be shared with the public.
Park Use Permits
Depending on the type of event you’re hosting, you will need to get a Park Use Permit from Vancouver Parks and Recreation. A Park Use Permit gives you permission to bring special items and equipment into the park.
21. If you cancel 3 weeks before the rental date, how much money will you get back?
A. $100. B. $75. C. $25. D. $0.
22. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To explain the rules of park management.
B. To recommend shelters of different parks.
C. To introduce the functions of picnic shelters.
D. To provide information of shelter reservations.
23. Where is this passage most likely from?
A. A book review. B. A news report.
C. A travel brochure D. A science journal.
【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇关于温哥华公园野餐棚预订信息的说明文。文章主要介绍了野餐棚的位置、预订时间、费用、取消政策以及常见问题解答等内容。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Shelter Reservation Cancellation Policy”段“If canceled 1-4 weeks before the rental date, 75% of the fee will be refunded (如果在租赁日期前1-4周取消,将退还75%的费用)”可知,如果在租赁日期前3周取消预订,将退还75%的费用,即100美元的75%,也就是75美元,故选B项。
【22题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段“Picnic shelters are available to reserve between May 1 and September 30 each year. Reservations are for the entire day with a reservation fee of $100 (野餐棚每年5月1日至9月30日可供预订。预订费用为100美元,预订为全天)”及全文可知,文章的主要目的是提供野餐棚预订的相关信息,故选D项。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Depending on the type of event you’re hosting, you will need to get a Park Use Permit from Vancouver Parks and Recreation (根据您举办的活动类型,您需要从温哥华公园和娱乐部门获取公园使用许可证)”可知,这是一篇关于公园野餐棚预订的说明文,主要面向游客或当地居民提供实用信息。这篇文章最有可能出现在旅游手册中,故选C项。
B
Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad's car. She let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them. "Dad, there's a deer there!" Alexis said. It was a male deer with sharp antlers (角) on each side of its head.
As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the deer's head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer's head. Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged closer. "I knew I was in trouble," Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for self-defense, and the deer charged. It lifted her with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg. Within seconds, the deer had pushed her off the road.
When Alexis and her father pulled up, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman's terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. "I was kicking it to get its attention," she says. Then her father, who had followed his daughter, pushed the deer away from the women.
Alexis helped Sue into the car, and then applied a piece of cloth to Sue's injured leg. "We're going to get you to a hospital," Alexis said. Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer's head and neck, but the blows didn't scare it away. "I was losing faith," she says. "A couple more strikes, Alexis," said her father. "You can do it."
Turning the hammer around, Alexis closed her eyes and beat the deer's neck with all her strength. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away.
Alexis got in the driver's seat and sped toward the nearest hospital.
After Sue was treated, she tearfully thanked her rescuers. "You expect a teenage girl to get on the phone and call for help," she says, "not to beat up a deer."
24. What was Sue doing when she was attacked by the deer?
A. She was driving home.
B. She was resting on the road.
C. She was taking exercise.
D. She was feeding wild animals.
25. What did Alexis do to save Sue?
A. She pushed the deer away.
B. She hit the deer with her feet.
C. She drove the car to hit the deer.
D. She beat the deer with a hammer.
26. Which of the following words can best describe Alexis?
A. Strong. B. Cruel. C. Energetic. D. Brave.
27. What is the best title for the passage?
A. A Woman Was Seriously Injured
B. A Dangerous Deer Attacked a Woman
C. A Girl Rescued Her Father Successfully
D. A Teenager Saved Others from a Deer Attack
【答案】24. C 25. B 26. D 27. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Alexis和父亲一起在野外开车时,遇到素不相识的Sue被公鹿攻击。Alexis 跳出车去救Sue,用脚去踢凶猛的公鹿,并且在父亲被公鹿攻击时,用锤子和公鹿搏斗,赶跑了公鹿,最终将Sue送到医院的故事。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run(Alexis意识到这只鹿在攻击一个女人。 Sue,一位44岁的母亲,一直在晨跑)”可知,她正在锻炼时,遭受到鹿的攻击。故选C。
【25题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“…the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. “I was kicking it to get its attention,” she says(少年迅速跳下车,向那只鹿跑去。“我踢它是为了引起它的注意,” 她说)”可知,她用她的脚踢那只鹿。故选B。
【26题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中的“I was kicking it to get its attention(我踢它是为了引起它的注意)”、第四段中的“Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer's head and neck(然后她听到父亲大声喊叫。 他被击倒在地。 亚历克西斯从车里拿起一把锤子,跑到她父亲仰面躺着的地方。 她打鹿的头和脖子)”和第五段中的“Turning the hammer around, Alexis closed her eyes and beat the deer's neck with all her strength. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away(亚历克西斯把锤子转过来,闭上眼睛,用尽全力捶打鹿的脖子。当她睁开眼睛时,那只鹿正在逃跑)”可知,Alexis 跳出车去救Sue,用脚去踢凶猛的公鹿,并且在父亲被公鹿攻击时,用锤子和公鹿搏斗,可以看出Alexis非常勇敢。故选D。
【27题详解】
主旨大意题。文章讲述了Alexis 和父亲一起在野外开车时,遇到素不相识的Sue 被公鹿攻击。Alexis 跳出车去救Sue,用脚去踢凶猛的公鹿,并且在父亲被公鹿攻击时,用锤子和公鹿搏斗,赶跑了公鹿,最终将Sue送到医院的故事。D选项(一个少年从鹿的攻击中拯救了其他人)可以概括文章大意。故选D。
C
In general, our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic (官僚主义的) management in which man becomes a small, well-oiled cog in the machinery. The oiling is done with higher wages, well-equipped factories and piped music, and by psychologists and “human-relations” experts; yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and he is bored with it. In fact, the blue-collar and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management.
The worker and employee are anxious, seemingly because they might find themselves out of a job or they would say that they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction or interest in life. In fact, they feel desperate as they live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings.
Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious. Their lives are no less empty than those of their subordinates. They are even more insecure in some respects. They are in a highly competitive race. To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect. When they apply for their first job, they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness and independence. From the moment on they are tested again and again by the psychologists, for whom testing is a big business, and by their superiors, who judge their behavior, sociability, capacity to get along, etc. This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one’s fellow-competitor creates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness.
Am I suggesting that we should return to the pre-industrial mode of production or to nineteenth-century “free enterprise” capitalism? Certainly not. Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities — those of all love and of reason — are the aims of social arrangements. Production and consumption should serve as means to this end, and should be prevented from ruling man.
28. By “a well-oiled cog in the machinery”, the author expresses the idea that man is ______.
A. an essential part of society though individual’s function is negligible
B. expected to work in reasonable harmony with the rest of society
C. a replaceable component of society, though functioning smoothly
D. responsible for the smooth running of society and business operations
29. From the passage we can infer that real happiness of life belongs to those who ______.
A. hold well-paid and life-long jobs
B. enjoy high social status and reputation
C. outperform their fellow-competitors
D. stay away from over-competitiveness
30. To solve the present social problems the author suggests that we should ______.
A. resort to the production mode of our ancestors
B. offer higher wages to workers and employees
C. enable man to fully develop his potentialities
D. escape consumerism and embrace humanism
【答案】28. C 29. D 30. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了不同阶层的人持续的焦虑现状。
【28题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中“yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and he is bored with it.(然而,所有这些加油并不能改变这样一个事实:人已经变得无能为力,他不能全心全意地投入工作,他对工作感到厌倦)”可知,通过“机器上润滑良好的齿轮”,作者表达了这样一个观点,即人是社会的一种可替代的组成部分,尽管运行平稳。故选C。
29题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one’s fellow-competitor creates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness. (这种不断需要证明自己与竞争对手一样好或更好的需求,造成了持续的焦虑和压力,而这正是不快乐和疾病的根源)”可知,真正的幸福生活属于远离竞争的人。故选D。
【30题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段中“I suggest transforming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities — those of all love and of reason — are the aims of social arrangements.(我建议把我们的社会制度从以最大限度地生产和消费为目的的官僚管理的工业主义转变为以人及其潜能——所有爱和理性的潜能——的充分发展为社会安排目标的人道主义工业主义)”可知,为了解决目前的社会问题,作者建议,我们应该充分开发人的潜力。故选C。
D
Experts frequently warn about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI). Sadly, the rapid advancement of AI technology in recent years has not led to a common understanding of its risks, as it should have. Actually, beneath the surface of AI discussions lies conflict among divided groups, which may mislead lawmakers and the public and prevent competent regulatory measures. Understanding the motivations behind these differing views is crucial to addressing AI’s societal impact.
The loudest perspective is a frightening vision from doomsayers (末日论者), who present AI as a threat to human existence, capable of wiping out life and controlling everything. This doomsaying is heightened by influential tech figures using tools like ChatGPT to shape the conversation. Some in this group focus on extreme disastrous risks and emphasize the distant future implications of our actions. While many doomsayers claim they are reasonable, their exaggerated concerns about hypothetical (假设的) existential risks amount to a misguided bet with humanity’s future. Technology historian David Brock calls such fears “wishful worries” — that is, problems that it would be nice to have, in contrast to the actual struggles of the present.
While doomsayers focus on the distant future, reformers focus on immediate issues. They view AI reform as a matter of integrity, urging Big Tech to prioritize the public good over profit. These experts advocate for regulators to address current harms caused by AI, such as misinformation, monitoring, and algorithmic (算法的) unfairness. They propose initiatives like civil education for AI literacy and the design of human-centered systems to fight growing societal inequalities.
Warriors, another group, describe AI through the language of national security and competitiveness. Their views benefit some tech giants and government agencies. Top AI firms seek costly regulations that they claim guard against crime and terrorism, which could secure their market dominance and limit startup competition. Governments, tightly connected to these firms, may prioritize defense applications over moral concerns, leading to regulatory blind spots.
In conclusion, the differing viewpoints on AI underline the complexity of addressing its societal impact. To minimize potential harms and ensure that AI serves the public interest, it is crucial to strengthen legal frameworks that close existing gaps and hold corporations accountable. Expanding regulatory strategies can help restrict corporate overreach and foster transparency in AI development. Publicly directed projects can counterbalance corporate influence, ensuring that AI benefits society as a whole. By prioritizing accountability and collective welfare, we can shape a future where AI empowers everyone, not just a select few.
31 What is the consequence of diverse points of view on AI?
A. Enhancing our ability to tackle AI issues.
B. Advancing the standardization of AI guidelines.
C. Delaying the creation of effective AI regulations.
D. Breaking the integrity of current AI legal framework.
32. The author quotes David Brock’s words in order to ______.
A. prove that AI has positive impacts
B. confirm that doomsayers’ worries are justified
C. suggest that the concerns over AI are overstated
D. show that current struggles have serious outcomes
33. What can be inferred from the passage?
A A publicly directed AI project will ultimately empower the select few.
B. Reformers advocate human-centered AI systems to gain personal profits.
C. Warriors pursue dominance in national security by improving AI morally.
D. Lawmakers should toughen rules limiting corporate influence for public good.
34. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Battle over AI: Power and Benefit
B. Perspectives on AI: Individualism or Collectivism
C. The Argument about AI: Reformers vs. Doomsayers
D. Debates on the Future of AI: Innovation or Regulation
【答案】31. C 32. C 33. D 34. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了关于人工智能的不同观点,包括末日论者、改革者和战士等不同群体对人工智能的看法,最后强调,为了最小化潜在危害并确保人工智能服务于公共利益,需要加强法律框架,限制企业过度扩张,促进人工智能发展的透明度,并通过公共指导的项目平衡企业影响力。
【31题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“Actually, beneath the surface of AI discussions lies conflict among divided groups, which may mislead lawmakers and the public and prevent competent regulatory measures.(实际上,在人工智能讨论的表面之下,存在着不同群体之间的冲突,这可能会误导立法者和公众,并阻碍有效的监管措施)”可知,对于人工智能持不同观点会导致有效的监管措施被阻碍,即延迟制定有效的人工智能法规。故选C。
【32题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中“While many doomsayers claim they are reasonable, their exaggerated concerns about hypothetical (假设的) existential risks amount to a misguided bet with humanity’s future. Technology historian David Brock calls such fears “wishful worries” — that is, problems that it would be nice to have, in contrast to the actual struggles of the present.(尽管许多末日论者声称他们是合理的,但他们对假想存在风险的夸大担忧相当于对人类未来的错误押注。科技历史学家David Brock称这种担忧为“一厢情愿的担忧”——也就是说,与目前的实际斗争相比,最好有这些问题)”可推知,前一句提到许多末日论者夸大了人工智能的风险,后一句是引用David Brock的话是为了证明前一句的观点。故选C。
【33题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“To minimize potential harms and ensure that AI serves the public interest, it is crucial to strengthen legal frameworks that close existing gaps and hold corporations accountable. Expanding regulatory strategies can help restrict corporate overreach and foster transparency in AI development. Publicly directed projects can counterbalance corporate influence, ensuring that AI benefits society as a whole.(为了最大限度地减少潜在危害并确保人工智能服务于公众利益,加强法律框架以缩小现有差距并使企业承担责任至关重要。扩大监管战略有助于限制企业的过度扩张,提高人工智能发展的透明度。公共指导的项目可以抵消企业的影响,确保人工智能造福整个社会)”可推知,立法者应该加强规则,限制企业的影响力,以造福公众。故选D。
【34题详解】
主旨大意题。根据全文内容,结合第一段中“Understanding the motivations behind these differing views is crucial to addressing AI’s societal impact.(理解这些不同观点背后的动机对于解决人工智能的社会影响至关重要)”和最后一段中“Publicly directed projects can counterbalance corporate influence, ensuring that AI benefits society as a whole. By prioritizing accountability and collective welfare, we can shape a future where AI empowers everyone, not just a select few.(公共指导的项目可以抵消企业的影响,确保人工智能造福整个社会。通过优先考虑问责制和集体福利,我们可以塑造一个人工智能赋予每个人权力的未来,而不仅仅是少数人)”可知,文章主要讲述了关于人工智能的不同观点,包括末日论者、改革者和战士等不同群体对人工智能的看法,最后强调,为了最小化潜在危害并确保人工智能服务于公共利益,需要加强法律框架,限制企业过度扩张,促进人工智能发展的透明度,并通过公共指导的项目平衡企业影响力。由此可知,A项“人工智能之战:权力与利益”适合作文章最佳标题。故选A。
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,共10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Third-Culture Kids
Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a totally different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid!
The term “third-culture kid” (or TCK) was coined in the 1960s by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they form their very own. ___35___About 90 percent of them have a university degree, while 40 percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals.
___36___ In fact many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. A third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves completely to their new surroundings as expected. Instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. Max, for example, experienced this fundamental feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a third-culture kid. ___37___ While this can be a way to create a network of friends all around the world, it can be difficult for a third-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships.
For a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new foreign country than to return to their “home” country. After living in Australia and South Korea for many years, Louis finally returned to Turkey as a teenager. But she felt out of place when she returned to the country where she was born. ___38___ She did not share the same values as her friends’ even years after going back home.
While a third-culture kid must let go of their identity as foreigner when he/she returns, the home country can prove to be more foreign than anything he/she came across before. The peer group they face does not match the idealized image children have of “home”.___39___
As a part of the growing “culture”, TCKs may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places.
A. Yet being a third-culture kid is not always easy.
B. In general, they often reach excellent academic results.
C. This often makes it hard for them to form their own identity.
D. However, their parents can help them see the opportunities of a mobile lifestyle.
E. Their experience abroad helps them to gain a better understanding of cultural differences.
F. Unlike other teens of her age, she didn’t know anything about current TV shows or fashion trends.
G. Additionally, making new friends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid.
【答案】35. B 36. A 37. G 38. F 39. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了“第三文化儿童”这一社会现象,介绍了这类人群的特点以及遇到的困难。
【35题详解】
根据后文“About 90 percent of them have a university degree, while 40 percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals.(其中约90%的人拥有大学学位,40%的人攻读研究生或博士学位。他们通常会从跨文化的经历中受益,这有助于他们成长为成功的学者和专业人士)”可知,第三文化的孩子大多数拥有大学学位,40%的人攻读研究生或博士学位,可见他们的学习都很好,学术成绩都很优秀。故B选项“一般来说,他们的学术成绩都很优秀”符合语境。故选B。
【36题详解】
根据后文“In fact many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. A third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves completely to their new surroundings as expected. Instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. Max, for example, experienced this fundamental feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a third-culture kid.(事实上,这种现象可能会带来很多困难。第三种文化的孩子可能无法像预期的那样完全适应新环境。相反,在不同的东道主文化中,他们可能永远是一个局外人。例如,马克斯作为一个第三种文化的孩子,在他的一生中经历了这种基本的陌生感)”可知,后文列举了第三种文化的孩子遇到的困难,可见他们的生活并不总是容易的。故A选项“然而,作为第三种文化背景的孩子并不总是容易的”符合语境。故选A。
【37题详解】
根据后文“While this can be a way to create a network of friends all around the world, it can be difficult for a third-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships.(虽然这是一种在世界各地建立朋友网络的方法,但对于像马克斯这样的第三文化孩子来说,维持亲密的友谊和关系可能是困难的)”可知,后文提到了维持友谊和关系的困难,可推测本句是在说明第三文化孩子在交友方面的困难。故G选项“此外,结交新朋友和告别老朋友在某种程度上会成为第三文化孩子的例行公事”符合语境。故选G。
【38题详解】
根据上文“For a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new foreign country than to return to their “home” country. After living in Australia and South Korea for many years, Louis finally returned to Turkey as a teenager. But she felt out of place when she returned to the country where she was born.(对于第三种文化背景的孩子来说,移居到一个新的国家往往比回到他们的“祖国”更容易。在澳大利亚和韩国生活多年后,路易终于在十几岁时回到土耳其。但当她回到她出生的国家时,她感到很不自在)”以及后文“She did not share the same values as her friends’ even years after going back home.(即使回国多年后,她也没有和朋友们分享同样的价值观)”可知,本句应是在说明路易回到出生国家感到不自在的地方,故F选项“不像其他同龄人,她对当前的电视节目或时尚趋势一无所知”符合语境。故选F。
【39题详解】
根据上文“While a third-culture kid must let go of their identity as foreigner when he/she returns, the home country can prove to be more foreign than anything he/she came across before. The peer group they face does not match the idealized image children have of “home”.(当第三种文化背景的孩子回国时,必须放弃他们作为外国人的身份,而祖国可能会证明比他/她之前遇到的任何东西都更外国。他们所面对的同龄群体与孩子们心目中理想的“家”形象并不相符)”可知,本段主要是关于第三文化孩子关于身份的形成困难,C选项中identity对应上文中identity。故C选项“这常常使他们很难形成自己的身份”符合语境。故选C。
第三部分 书面表达(共两节,32分)
第一节(共4小题;第40、41题各2分,第42题3分,第43题5分,共12分)
阅读下面短文,根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
Four Colombian children survived a plane crash only to be lost deep in the Amazon rainforest for well over a month. This is how they survived this horrifying situation.
It’s most people’s nightmare: surviving a plane crash only to be trapped in a jungle with no way of contacting the outside world. But they survived. The children, aged 13, nine and four, as well as an 11-month-old baby, were flying with their mother from their village in the Amazon to visit their father in San José del Guaviare. The single-engine Cessna on which they were flying experienced engine problems and disappeared on May 1, 2023.
Bad weather prevented the army from finding the crash site for two weeks, where they then found the dead bodies of three adults, including the children’s mother. How did these children survive conditions that would be an unimaginable struggle for most adults? They are members of the Huitoto Indigenous group and were raised in the jungle. As such, they have an intimate understanding of the rainforest. They know which fruits are safe to eat and which plants should be avoided.
Working with, rather than against, the Amazon, they survived on fruits and seeds, while feeding the baby water mixed with yucca flour that they found on the plane. While the children got on with the business of surviving, the Colombian army worked with Indigenous volunteers to find them. After 40 days of searching, the children were found and taken to recover at a military hospital in Bogota.
While many around the world have taken this survival story to be a miracle, others point out that it is the result of an ancient and intimate knowledge of the rainforest that has been passed down through Indigenous communities over the generations. Indigenous tribes have a close relationship to the Amazon, marked by a deep respect for the forest that provides them with shelter and nutritious ingredients. It is their close connection to and understanding of the rainforest that undoubtedly helped the children to survive.
40. What made the plane on which they were flying crash?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
41. Why did it take the army so long to find the children after the accident?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The children survived the horrifying situation by fighting against the Amazon rainforest.
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43. What lesson can you learn from the story? (In about 40 words)
____________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】40. Engine problems.
41. Because the weather was bad.
42. The children survived the horrifying situation by fighting against the Amazon rainforest.
According to the passage, the children survived because they worked with the Amazon forest and survived on fruits and seeds, while feeding the baby water mixed with yucca flour that they found on the plane.
43. The story highlights the importance of traditional knowledge and respect for the environment. It emphasizes the value of indigenous wisdom and their deep understanding of nature, showcasing how this knowledge can be crucial for survival in challenging situations.
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了四名哥伦比亚儿童在亚马逊失事后幸存超过一个月,靠着他们土著背景和对雨林的熟悉生存下来。他们知道如何在丛林中找到食物,并且与亚马逊和谐相处。经过40天的搜救,他们被发现并送往医院康复。
【40题详解】
考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“The single-engine Cessna on which they were flying experienced engine problems and disappeared on May 1, 2023.(他们乘坐的单引擎塞斯纳飞机在2023年5月1日出现了发动机问题,随后消失了。)”可知,他们乘坐的飞机坠毁了是因为引擎出了问题。故答案为Engine problems.
【41题详解】
考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“Bad weather prevented the army from finding the crash site for two weeks, where they then found the dead bodies of three adults, including the children’s mother. (恶劣的天气使军队在两周内无法找到坠机地点,后来他们在那里发现了三具成年人的尸体,其中包括孩子们的母亲。)”可知,事故发生后军队花了很长时间才找到孩子们是因为恶劣的天气。故答案为Because the weather was bad.
【42题详解】
考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“Working with, rather than against, the Amazon, they survived on fruits and seeds, while feeding the baby water mixed with yucca flour that they found on the plane.(他们与亚马逊合作,而不是对抗亚马逊,他们靠水果和种子生存,同时给婴儿喂食他们在飞机上找到的混合了丝兰粉的水。)”可知,孩子们幸存下来不是因为他们与雨林作斗争,而是因为他们利用了对雨林的深入了解。他们知道哪些水果可以安全食用,哪些植物应该避免食用,利用雨林的资源而不是与之对抗,因此错误的部分为“fighting against(对抗亚马逊雨林)”,故答案为The children survived the horrifying situation by fighting against the Amazon rainforest. According to the passage, the children survived because they worked with the Amazon forest and survived on fruits and seeds, while feeding the baby water mixed with yucca flour that they found on the plane.
【43题详解】
开放性试题。通读全文,根据最后一段中的“While many around the world have taken this survival story to be a miracle, others point out that it is the result of an ancient and intimate knowledge of the rainforest that has been passed down through Indigenous communities over the generations. Indigenous tribes have a close relationship to the Amazon, marked by a deep respect for the forest that provides them with shelter and nutritious ingredients. It is their close connection to and understanding of the rainforest that undoubtedly helped the children to survive.(虽然世界上许多人都认为这个幸存的故事是一个奇迹,但也有人指出,这是土著社区世代相传的古老而亲密的热带雨林知识的结果。土著部落与亚马逊有着密切的关系,他们深深尊重为他们提供住所和营养成分的森林。毫无疑问,正是他们与雨林的密切联系和对雨林的了解帮助了孩子们的生存。)”可知,这个故事强调了传统知识和尊重环境的重要性。它强调了土著智慧的价值和他们对自然的深刻理解,展示了这些知识如何对在充满挑战的情况下生存至关重要,故答案为The story highlights the importance of traditional knowledge and respect for the environment. It emphasizes the value of indigenous wisdom and their deep understanding of nature, showcasing how this knowledge can be crucial for survival in challenging situations.
第二节(20分)
44. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华,高考备考使你压力很大,你的英国朋友Jim经常通过邮件给你鼓励、疏导情绪,使你能够调整状态,重新投入学习。请你用英语给Jim写封邮件,内容包括:
1.表示对他感谢;
2.描述你的状态。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
2.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】
Dear Jim,
I’m writing this email to pour out my heartfelt gratitude to you. As the college entrance examination approaches, the study load has become truly overwhelming. Endless mock exams and piles of assignments had almost crushed my spirit, leaving me in a state of constant anxiety.
However, your emails were like a beam of light in the dark. Your words of encouragement and rational advice gave me the strength to face my fears. Because of you, I’ve learned effective stress - relieving techniques and regained my focus. Now, I’m full of energy, actively engaging in review. Each day, I’m making progress, confident that I’ll perform well in the exam.
Once again, thank you. I’m incredibly lucky to have you as a friend.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文,要求考生就英国朋友Jim经常通过邮件给予鼓励、疏导情绪,使自己能够调整状态,重新投入学习这事,给他写封邮件感谢。其内容包括:示对他感谢和描述你的状态。
【详解】1.词汇积累
感谢:gratitude→thankfulness
不计其数的:endless→countless
然而:however→ nevertheless
建议:advice→suggestion
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句:Endless mock exams and piles of assignments had almost crushed my spirit, leaving me in a state of constant anxiety.
拓展句:Endless mock exams and piles of assignments had almost crushed my spirit,which left me in a state of constant anxiety.
【点睛】【高分句型1】 As the college entrance examination approaches, the study load has become truly overwhelming.(运用了as引导的时间状语从句)
【高分句型2】Each day, I’m making progress, confident that I’ll perform well in the exam.(运用了that引导的宾语从句)
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