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南充高中高2023级高二下学期期中考试 英语试题 (考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分) 注意事项： 1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。 2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。 3.答非选择题时，将答案书写在答题卡相应位置上，写在本试卷上无效。 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。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. What does the woman want to do tomorrow? A. Go shopping. B. Visit her aunt. C. Attend a birthday party. 2. What did the woman do this morning? A. She went on a trip. B. She did the packing. C. She checked the windows. 3. What is mentioned in the email about the fitness center? A. It will be in use next month. B. It will lengthen business hours. C. It will be open to the employees. 4. How does the man feel about the news? A. Happy. B. Confused. C. Surprised. 5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Co-workers. B. Baker and customer. C. Delivery man and customer. 第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What does the man like doing in the park? A Hiking. B. Bird-watching. C. Picnicking. 7. What does the man ask the woman to do in the end? A. Book a tour guide. B. Show him around. C. Have something to eat together. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What sport does the man learn to do? A. Tennis. B. Football. C. Basketball. 9. What did the man do first in the lesson? A. He played a game. B. He jumped. C. He ran. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. How many parts are there in the smartwatch? A. Five. B. Six. C. Eleven. 11. Where is the power button of the smartwatch? A. At the back. B. On the right side. C. At the bottom left. 12. Which function does the man care about most? A. The microphone. B. Heart rate monitor. C. The touch screen. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. How Martina chose her course. B. What Martina’s teacher looks like. C. Whether Martina enjoys her campus life. 14. What do we know about the art teacher? A. He is from France. B. He has a bad accent. C. He advises Martina on choices. 15. What subject does Martina like best? A. Art. B. Science. C. History. 16. Why did Martina decide to major in English? A. It was more practical for her future. B. It is easier to learn than other subjects. C. She liked the English teacher. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Which building has a gym? A. Blake Residence. B. Brown Hall. C. Queen’s Building. 18. Why is Blake Residence peaceful? A. Only girls live there. B. No visitors can come in. C. Everyone has a private room. 19. What is the advantage of Queen’s Building? A. It has shower rooms. B. It has a computer room. C. It has its own private garden. 20. Why is the Parkway Flats expensive? A. Parking there is charged. B. There are the largest rooms. C. The fees include the cost of meals. 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 This is a comprehensive list of the most worthwhile and genuine writing competitions currently available. Genres include short stories, novels, poetry, etc. All competitions on this site are carefully assessed. Scribbble Short Story Competition This quarterly contest from Scribble magazine is for stories in any genre and on any subject, running to no more than 3,000 words. Winners are chosen by the magazine’s readers. Closing: Quarterly. Prizes:1st-£75. 2nd-£25. 3rd-£15 Entry Fee: £3. Fish Poetry Prize Poems of up to 60 lines in any style are invited for this annual international contest from Fish Publishing based in southern Ireland. Billy Collins will be judging. Closing: August 31, 2025. Prizes: 1st-£1,000. 2nd-£300, plus a writing course. 3rd-£300. Ten poems will be published in the Fish Anthology 2025. The writers will each receive five free copies and will be invited to read at the launch ceremony at the West Cork Literary Festival in December 2025. Entry Fee: £14. MTP Short Story Competition Here we have a repeat of last year’s contest from Michael Terence Publishing of Oxford. Now open to all authors worldwide, it is for fiction, science fiction, and non-fiction running to no more than 3,000 words. Closing: August 31, 2025. Opens for entries on June 1, 2025. Prizes: lst-£1,000. 2nd-£500. 3rd-£250. Winners will be published online and in a printed and e-book anthology. Entry Fee: £8. Aesthetica Writing Award The writing in question for this contest from Aestheica magazine is short fiction running to no more than 2,000 words, and poetry of up to 40 lines. Submissions can be on any subject and may have been previously published. Closing: August 31, 2025. Prize (in each category): £2,500 plus other writing-related prizes. Finalists will be published in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual. Entry Fee: £18 for fiction, £l2 for poetry. 1. How often is the Scribble Short Story Competition held? A. Once a year. B. Twice a year. C. Three times a year. D. Four times a year. 2. Which of the following allows participants to share their works at a festival? A. Scribble Short Story Competition. B. Fish Poetry Prize. C. MTP Short Story Competition. D. Aesthetica Writing Award. 3. What will result in disqualification for the Aesthetica Writing Award? A. Contributing in August 2025. B. A poem about children’s life C. A story of over 2,000 words. D. Submitting published works B In 2023, “Britain’s Got Talent” (BGT) discovered a musical genius named Malakai Bayoh who impressed the audience with flawless high-note singing. The London-based 13-year-old boy appeared for the show’s audition (海选) in April, 2023 and was accompanied by his mom and sister. “My big dream is to be an opera singer. I started singing at 7,” said Malakai to the BGT team. He then added jokingly, “My mom made me join the choir because she’s very bossy.” The teenager mentioned she was his biggest fan. Malakai’s mom was worried as he was about to perform and said, “It scares me because, on his first show, somebody heckled (对……起哄) him. It was sad to see someone boo a child on stage because it might destroy his confidence completely.” Contrary to his mom’s fear, Malakai set the stage on fire singing a beautiful song and the entire crowd was impressed by his amazing voice. As he ended his song, the audience and the judges gave him a standing ovation. The performance won him Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer, sending him straight to the semifinals of the show. The other judges called Malakai’s performance “flawless” and “heavenly”. His angelic voice blew the audience away and the judges thanked the teen for coming to the show. Malakai went on to become one of the finalists of the show and signed a record deal with Universal Music. Malakai’s audition at the BGT went viral on social media. “I’m a trained singer, and a music teacher by profession, and sang this song as a young performer myself, I can say with absolute certainty this is the best I’ve ever heard this song sung, with proper technique and proper breathing. This boy is a gifted singer,” @mayacorinne878 posted. 4. Which of the following best describes Malakai? A. Shy. B. Active. C. Humorous. D. Determined. 5. What made Malakai’s mom feel worried? A. A bad experience. B. The judges’ expressions. C. Malakai’s performance on stage. D. Malakai’s diffculty in singing in public. 6. What does the underlined word “ovation” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Image. B. Support. C. Welcome. D. Clapping. 7. What does the text mainly talk about? A. The history of “BGT”. B. The rise of a musical genius. C. The impact of social media. D. The challenge of young people. C A recent discovery shows that birds might have appeared on Earth 20 million years earlier than initially thought. This claim is based on a set of fossils found two years ago in Fujian’s county of Zhenghe. A team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey said in a recent study the fossils belong to a bird from the late Middle Jurassic period about 150 million years ago. Its fossils appear to be the only known clear-cut record of Jurassic birds and rewrite the history of their evolution. Published in Nature journal on Feb 13, the study focuses on the bird species called Baminornis zhenghensis (政和八闽鸟). CAS scientists said the fossils revealed the bird’s unique features, such as birdlike shoulders and hand structures, common in non-avian (非鸟类的) dinosaurs. More importantly, Baminornis’ tail gives us a better understanding of how different it was from dinosaurs, “What makes the Baminornis unique is that it has a short tail that consists of the pygostyle (尾综骨),” CAS researcher Wang Min said. “This is a key feature of the modern bird’s body plan.” Also, birds tend to have shorter tails than dinosaurs with fewer tail vertebrae (尾椎骨), the last few of which for a pygostyle. This adaptation was crucial because it shifted the body’s center of gravity forward. Besides, independent movement of the back legs and tail gave it better flight capabilities. Before scientists learned about the Baminornis 160 years ago, the Archaeopteryx (始祖鸟) was considered the earliest bird because of its feather fossils, “At that time, feathers were considered exclusive to birds,” said Zhou Zhonghe, another CAS scientist. However, we can’t rely on single-trait classification anymore. Thanks to evolutionary relationships, we now know that some dinosaurs also had feathers, Zhou added. Stephen Brusatte, from the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, considers the Baminornisa landmark discovery which “ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery of the Archaeopteryx in the early 1860s”. 8. What is the signifcance of the Baminornis discovery? A. It redefines when birds first appeared. B. It confirms the earliest ancestors of birds. C. It proves that birds evolved from dinosaurs. D It challenges existing theories of bird evolution. 9. What makes the Baminornis different from dinosaurs? A. Its tail features a pygostyle. B. It has a long, feathered tail. C. It lacks vertebrae in the tail. D. It has birdlike hand structures. 10. What does Zhou suggest about feathers in evolution? A. They are the most important discovery. B. They are the key to studying birds. C. They are not unique to birds. D. They are the only feature to birds. 11. How does Stephen Brusatte view the discovery? A. As a minor adjustment. B. As a turning point. C. As an unproven theory. D. As a rediscovery. D Most of us have an “inner voice”, and we assume everybody does. Recent evidence suggests people vary widely in the extent to which they experience inner speech. The study by cognitive (认知的) scientists Gary Lupyan and Johanne Nedergaard shows these differences are real and impact our cognition. As part of their ongoing research, Lupyan previously assessed 1,037 people using a measure called the Internal Representations Questionnaire (IRQ). For the verbal (口头的) part of the IRQ, participants indicated agreement with statements like: “I think about problems in my mind in the form of a conversation with myself” on a one-to-five rating. For their new study, Lupyan and Nedergaard selected 47 participants who scored high for having an inner voice and 46 who scored low. They then gave participants four language-related tasks they thought might be influenced by the use of inner speech. In the first, participants were shown five words and asked to repeat them back. The second involved saying whether the names of objects in two pictures rhymed. In both tasks, the group with less inner speech was less accurate. For the rhyme judgments, people with more inner speech were also faster. “This study really tests what inner speech gives us in terms of cognitive benefits,” says psychologist Charles Fernyhough. The other two experiments tested task switching and participants’ ability to spot differences between two silhouettes (轮图形) that were from either the same or a different category. The groups showed no differences on these tasks. “People can probably employ numerous other strategies for task switching,” suggests Lupyan. The research may have medical implications. “Someone with more inner speech might be more reliant on language in their thinking,” Lupyan says, “so language difficulty from a stroke (中风) could have a more severe effect.” Understanding how inner speech develops has implications for education, says neuroscientist Ladislas Nalborczyk. “Variations in children’s ability to represent speech sounds may impact their ability to learn the relation between sounds and writing,” he says. This may affect the way they learn to read and write, which probably has a huge impact on education. The researchers propose giving a lack of inner speech a name: “anendophasia.” “It helps scientists find and integrate research on a topic.” Lupyan says. “If people studying something are calling it by different names, the research becomes more disorganized.” 12 What was the purpose of using IRQ? A. To change people’s experience of inner speech. B To measure people’s agreement with certain statements. C. To identify the percentage of people without inner speech. D. To make people think about problems in a conversation form. 13. How does inner speech help with tasks? A. It aids in better performance. B. It offers more inspiration. C. It makes people more patient. D. It changes the way of thinking. 14. What does Lupyan suggest about task switching? A. Inner speech is the primary strategy for it. B. It is mainly affected by external environment. C. It can be achieved through various methods. D. Inner speech has little influence on its complexity. 15. Why do the researchers try to name the lack of inner speech? A. To make it easier to remember. B. To create a new concept for study. C. To tell it apart from other speech forms. D. To assist scientists in arranging research on it. 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。 As for many regions and countries, tourism is one of the most important sources of their financial income. ____16____ For example, it can cause the loss of a destination’s cultural identity and even pollution. To avoid these issues, we have to consider sustainable travel, which means traveling without harming natural and cultural environments. ____17____ Be adaptable and understanding. Keep an open mind and don’t demand everything you’re used to in your own city. This will put less pressure on your destination and its people. ____18____ Save water while on vacation by choosing short showers instead of baths and turning off the water while brushing teeth or shaving. Always research weather and trail conditions before hiking or taking a road trip to avoid getting lost or injured and having to get rescued, which can consume important public resources. Respect natural places. Remember that marked hiking trails are there for a reason, usually to help preserve the surrounding environment. ____19____ Keep your distance from wildlife and never feed or touch wild animals, for your own safety and for the safety of the animals themselves. Find ways to give back. ____20____ This can be as simple as picking up a piece of trash in the park or volunteering for a beach clean-up. Or take a trip where volunteering is the primary objective. A. Support locals directly. B. Be mindful of local resources. C. Don’t leave your sustainable habits at home. D. So take out what you brought in and don’t litter. E. Here are some tips on being a sustainable traveler. F. Consider the ways you can contribute to the local community. G. However, if not managed properly, tourism can have incredibly negative impacts. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 It was my birthday, and I was celebrating it as I had for years: by watching the annual August sky show, the Perseid meteor shower (英仙座流星雨). But this year was ____21____. At 23, I was away from my family for the first time, starting my graduate degree in pharmacy, a path I had ____22____ for 15 years. Yet, as I watched the shooting stars cross the sky, I began to ____23____ that choice. Later, I met people with jobs in fields I had never ____24____ — brain science, history, and even space studies. Could my lifelong love for looking at stars be more than a ____25____? Growing up in a small town, I was driven to ____26____ my education and become a pharmacist. Chapel Hill, only a 3.5-hour drive from home, felt like a ____27____ away. As the Perseids arrived, I considered whether to ____28____ my plans or jump into something new. Another sky event helped me ____29____. I traveled back to the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the Moon _____30_____ slid in front of the Sun, the world around me became dark. The water was _____31_____ and I felt peace inside. I ____32____ what I had to do. I dropped out of pharmacy school to explore previously _____33_____ options. The next four years were _____34_____. Through my tireless efforts, I eventually began a Ph.D. program in space studies. As a graduate student, I have been helping other students gain access to educational opportunities by _____35_____ this view of the universe. 21. A. bright B. ordinary C. boring D. different 22. A. doubted B. planned C. avoided D. forgotten 23. A. understand B. regret C. question D. accept 24. A. brought up B. spoken about C. cared for D. thought about 25. A. hobby B. duty C. habit D. task 26. A. design B. overlook C. postpone D. pursue 27. A. dream B. world C. cloud D. point 28. A. take over B. give up C. stick to D. rely on 29. A. decide B. rise C. grow D. appear 30. A. especially B. probably C. generally D. gradually 31. A. noisy B. still C. clean D. icy 32. A. stopped B. resisted C. knew D. denied 33. A. unimagined B. unwanted C. unrelated D. unexpected 34. A. predictable B. challenging C. pleasant D. interesting 35. A. sharing B. correcting C. painting D. collecting 第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The area of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, known as the “roof of the world” or the world’s third pole, ____36____ (inhabit) for 50,000 years, rather than 40,000 years as previously known, according to the latest archaeological study of a prehistoric cave site. ____37____ (uncover) this history, archaeologists from the Xizang Regional Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) have carried out six years of ____38____ (dig) at the Melong Tagphug cave site in Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Archaeologists have unearthed more than 10,000 pieces of cultural items, including stone, bone, pottery, bronze artifacts, and plant ____39____ (remain) dating from the Paleolithic Age to the early Metal Ages in an area of over 1,000 square meters of the cave, ____40____ is located on a highland 4,700 meters above the sea level. Zhang Xiaoling from the IVPP said the ____41____ (old) cultural items in the cave are dated earlier than 53,000 years ago, with some, ____42____ (potential) dating back to 80,000 years ago. The top layer was dated to about 1,000 years ago. There are rock paintings of straight lines and human figures ____43____ (paint) in red ochre (红赭石) inside the cave. According to the study, the cave had been deserted due to climatic factors or cave collapses ____44____ locals settled there again in the later period. Multi-period cultural items were discovered in the cave, providing important pieces of evidence of ancient humans exploring _____45_____(survive) capabilities in the extreme environment, showing their migration patterns and social organization forms. 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，你校于上周举行了运动会，你的新西兰朋友Terry很想了解该活动，请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括： 1. 运动会情况； 2. 你的感受和收获。 注意： (1)写作词数应为80个左右； (2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Terry, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。 Her pale face stood out against the blackness of her hair. She looked much younger than her fifteen years, a worn coat hanging loose above her. We weren’t supposed to take a child, but an emergency call came through that morning. A home was needed for a young girl immediately. I, together with four children, hurried to get her room ready. The kids were great. Joanne, our second-eldest daughter, did the cleaning and Margaret, Rob and Jeff helped make the bed. I felt my heart pounding in my chest. I was excited, but scared at the same time because I was told an adopted child might give us a lot of trouble. That afternoon, Trudy arrived with the social worker Mrs. Kline. She stepped into the front hall and stood against the wall. I will never forget the look in her eyes. The first thing that came to my mind was that she looked like a hunted animal. The children moved towards her, and Jeff grabbed her hand and said proudly, “Come and see your room. I helped make your bed.” Trudy pulled back, speechless. At this point, I stepped towards her and said, "Welcome to our home, Trudy. “She looked at me with such blank eyes. But with her head bowed, she simply said, eyes moving back and forth like a creature looking for a way out, “No, thank you.” For the first two weeks, Trudy was very quiet. She would come into the kitchen while I was working, and we would discuss school and what she would like to do in the future. Mrs. Kline had given us all the information about her history, but I never mentioned the terrible things that had happened to her. As the days went by, Trudy became a delight to have around. Very quickly, it seemed like she had always been with us. The girls would sit in each other’s rooms and giggle(咯咯笑) like typical teenagers. It was a sound that warmed my soul. However, when they talked about new clothes, Trudy fell silent again. 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。 I took Joanne shopping for a winter coat, and Trudy came too. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Back home, I presented the jacket Trudy had tried on. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 南充高中高2023级高二下学期期中考试 英语试题 (考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分) 注意事项： 1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。 2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。 3.答非选择题时，将答案书写在答题卡相应位置上，写在本试卷上无效。 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。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. What does the woman want to do tomorrow? A. Go shopping. B. Visit her aunt. C. Attend a birthday party. 2. What did the woman do this morning? A. She went on a trip. B. She did the packing. C. She checked the windows. 3. What is mentioned in the email about the fitness center? A. It will be in use next month. B. It will lengthen business hours. C. It will be open to the employees. 4. How does the man feel about the news? A. Happy. B. Confused. C. Surprised. 5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Co-workers. B. Baker and customer. C. Delivery man and customer. 第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What does the man like doing in the park? A. Hiking. B. Bird-watching. C. Picnicking. 7. What does the man ask the woman to do in the end? A. Book a tour guide. B. Show him around. C. Have something to eat together. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What sport does the man learn to do? A. Tennis. B. Football. C. Basketball. 9. What did the man do first in the lesson? A. He played a game. B. He jumped. C. He ran. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. How many parts are there in the smartwatch? A. Five. B. Six. C. Eleven. 11. Where is the power button of the smartwatch? A. At the back. B. On the right side. C. At the bottom left. 12. Which function does the man care about most? A. The microphone. B. Heart rate monitor. C. The touch screen. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. How Martina chose her course. B. What Martina’s teacher looks like. C. Whether Martina enjoys her campus life. 14. What do we know about the art teacher? A. He is from France. B. He has a bad accent. C. He advises Martina on choices. 15. What subject does Martina like best? A. Art. B. Science. C. History. 16. Why did Martina decide to major in English? A. It was more practical for her future. B. It is easier to learn than other subjects. C She liked the English teacher. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Which building has a gym? A. Blake Residence. B. Brown Hall. C. Queen’s Building. 18. Why is Blake Residence peaceful? A. Only girls live there. B. No visitors can come in. C. Everyone has a private room. 19. What is the advantage of Queen’s Building? A. It has shower rooms. B. It has a computer room. C. It has its own private garden. 20. Why is the Parkway Flats expensive? A. Parking there is charged. B. There are the largest rooms. C. The fees include the cost of meals. 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 This is a comprehensive list of the most worthwhile and genuine writing competitions currently available. Genres include short stories, novels, poetry, etc. All competitions on this site are carefully assessed. Scribbble Short Story Competition This quarterly contest from Scribble magazine is for stories in any genre and on any subject, running to no more than 3,000 words. Winners are chosen by the magazine’s readers. Closing: Quarterly. Prizes:1st-£75. 2nd-£25. 3rd-£15 Entry Fee: £3. Fish Poetry Prize Poems of up to 60 lines in any style are invited for this annual international contest from Fish Publishing based in southern Ireland. Billy Collins will be judging. Closing: August 31, 2025. Prizes: 1st-£1,000. 2nd-£300, plus a writing course. 3rd-£300. Ten poems will be published in the Fish Anthology 2025. The writers will each receive five free copies and will be invited to read at the launch ceremony at the West Cork Literary Festival in December 2025. Entry Fee: £14. MTP Short Story Competition Here we have a repeat of last year’s contest from Michael Terence Publishing of Oxford. Now open to all authors worldwide, it is for fiction, science fiction, and non-fiction running to no more than 3,000 words. Closing: August 31, 2025. Opens for entries on June 1, 2025. Prizes: lst-£1,000. 2nd-£500. 3rd-£250. Winners will be published online and in a printed and e-book anthology. Entry Fee: £8. Aesthetica Writing Award The writing in question for this contest from Aestheica magazine is short fiction running to no more than 2,000 words, and poetry of up to 40 lines. Submissions can be on any subject and may have been previously published. Closing: August 31, 2025. Prize (in each category): £2,500 plus other writing-related prizes. Finalists will be published in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual. Entry Fee: £18 for fiction, £l2 for poetry. 1. How often is the Scribble Short Story Competition held? A. Once a year. B. Twice a year. C. Three times a year. D. Four times a year. 2. Which of the following allows participants to share their works at a festival? A. Scribble Short Story Competition. B. Fish Poetry Prize. C. MTP Short Story Competition. D. Aesthetica Writing Award. 3. What will result in disqualification for the Aesthetica Writing Award? A. Contributing in August 2025. B. A poem about children’s life C. A story of over 2,000 words. D. Submitting published works 【答案】1. D 2. B 3. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了几个不同类型且值得参加的写作比赛相关信息。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Scribbble Short Story Competition部分的“This quarterly contest from Scribble magazine is for stories in any genre and on any subject, running to no more than 3,000 words.(《Scribble》杂志举办的这个季度性比赛面向任何体裁和主题的故事，字数不超过 3000 字。)”可知，该比赛一年举办四次。故选D项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Fish Poetry Prize部分的“Ten poems will be published in the Fish Anthology 2025. The writers will each receive five free copies and will be invited to read at the launch ceremony at the West Cork Literary Festival in December 2025.(十首诗将被收录在2025年《Fish诗集》中。作者每人将获赠五本免费诗集，并将受邀在2025年12月的西科克文学节发布仪式上朗诵作品。)”可知，Fish Poetry Prize允许参赛者在西科克文学节上分享作品。故选B项。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Aesthetica Writing Award部分的“The writing in question for this contest from Aestheica magazine is short fiction running to no more than 2,000 words, and poetry of up to 40 lines.(Aestheica 杂志举办的这个比赛要求参赛作品为不超过2000字的短篇小说，以及不超过 40 行的诗歌。)”可知，超过2000字的故事会导致失去参赛资格。故选C项。 B In 2023, “Britain’s Got Talent” (BGT) discovered a musical genius named Malakai Bayoh who impressed the audience with flawless high-note singing. The London-based 13-year-old boy appeared for the show’s audition (海选) in April, 2023 and was accompanied by his mom and sister. “My big dream is to be an opera singer. I started singing at 7,” said Malakai to the BGT team. He then added jokingly, “My mom made me join the choir because she’s very bossy.” The teenager mentioned she was his biggest fan. Malakai’s mom was worried as he was about to perform and said, “It scares me because, on his first show, somebody heckled (对……起哄) him. It was sad to see someone boo a child on stage because it might destroy his confidence completely.” Contrary to his mom’s fear, Malakai set the stage on fire singing a beautiful song and the entire crowd was impressed by his amazing voice. As he ended his song, the audience and the judges gave him a standing ovation. The performance won him Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer, sending him straight to the semifinals of the show. The other judges called Malakai’s performance “flawless” and “heavenly”. His angelic voice blew the audience away and the judges thanked the teen for coming to the show. Malakai went on to become one of the finalists of the show and signed a record deal with Universal Music. Malakai’s audition at the BGT went viral on social media. “I’m a trained singer, and a music teacher by profession, and sang this song as a young performer myself, I can say with absolute certainty this is the best I’ve ever heard this song sung, with proper technique and proper breathing. This boy is a gifted singer,” @mayacorinne878 posted. 4. Which of the following best describes Malakai? A. Shy. B. Active. C. Humorous. D. Determined. 5. What made Malakai’s mom feel worried? A. A bad experience. B. The judges’ expressions. C. Malakai’s performance on stage. D. Malakai’s diffculty in singing in public. 6. What does the underlined word “ovation” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Image. B. Support. C. Welcome. D. Clapping. 7. What does the text mainly talk about? A. The history of “BGT”. B. The rise of a musical genius. C. The impact of social media. D. The challenge of young people. 【答案】4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了音乐天才马拉凯・贝奥在《英国达人秀》上凭借出色表现崭露头角的故事。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中的““My big dream is to be an opera singer. I started singing at 7,” said Malakai to the BGT team.(“我的远大梦想是成为一名歌剧演唱家。我从七岁就开始唱歌了。”马拉凯对《英国达人秀》节目组说道。)”以及第三段中的“Contrary to his mom’s fear, Malakai set the stage on fire singing a beautiful song and the entire crowd was impressed by his amazing voice.(与他母亲的担忧相反，马拉凯演唱了一首美妙的歌曲，在舞台上大放异彩，他那惊人的嗓音给全场观众都留下了深刻的印象。)”可知，马拉凯在《英国达人秀》上克服压力、展现完美表演，由此可知，他从7岁就有成为歌剧演唱家的梦想，并且一直为之努力，即使面临压力也能在舞台上出色发挥，所以他是一个有决心的人。故选D项。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Malakai’s mom was worried as he was about to perform and said, “It scares me because, on his first show, somebody heckled (对……起哄) him. It was sad to see someone boo a child on stage because it might destroy his confidence completely.”(马拉凯即将登台表演时，他的妈妈很担心，说道：“这让我很害怕，因为在他的首场演出中，有人对他起哄。看到有人在舞台上对一个孩子喝倒彩真的很让人难过，因为这可能会彻底摧毁他的信心。”)”可知，马拉凯的妈妈担心是因为他曾在第一场演出时被人起哄，这是一次糟糕的经历。故选A项。 【6题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线单词前的“Contrary to his mom’s fear, Malakai set the stage on fire singing a beautiful song and the entire crowd was impressed by his amazing voice.(与他母亲的担忧相反，马拉凯演唱了一首美妙的歌曲，在舞台上大放异彩，他那惊人的嗓音给全场观众都留下了深刻的印象。)”以及划线单词后的“The performance won him Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer, sending him straight to the semifinals of the show.(这场表演为他赢得了西蒙・考威尔的Golden Buzzer奖，使他直接晋级到了该节目的半决赛。)”可知，他表演出色，由此可知，观众和评委对他的表演很认可，起立“鼓掌”符合语境，所以划线单词的意思与“鼓掌”意义相近。故选D项。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据首段“In 2023, “Britain’s Got Talent” (BGT) discovered a musical genius named Malakai Bayoh who impressed the audience with flawless high-note singing.(2023 年，《英国达人秀》（BGT）发掘出了一位名叫马拉凯・贝奥的音乐天才，他凭借完美无瑕的高音演唱给观众留下了深刻的印象。)”可知，文章开篇介绍马拉凯・贝奥在《英国达人秀》上给观众留下深刻印象，结合下文讲述他参加海选的情况、过往经历以及出色表演带来的积极结果，如赢得Golden Buzzer奖、进入决赛、与环球音乐签约等，整体围绕这位音乐天才的崛起展开，由此可知，本文主要讲述的是音乐天才的崛起。故选B项。 C A recent discovery shows that birds might have appeared on Earth 20 million years earlier than initially thought. This claim is based on a set of fossils found two years ago in Fujian’s county of Zhenghe. A team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey said in a recent study the fossils belong to a bird from the late Middle Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago. Its fossils appear to be the only known clear-cut record of Jurassic birds and rewrite the history of their evolution. Published in Nature journal on Feb 13, the study focuses on the bird species called Baminornis zhenghensis (政和八闽鸟). CAS scientists said the fossils revealed the bird’s unique features, such as birdlike shoulders and hand structures, common in non-avian (非鸟类的) dinosaurs. More importantly, Baminornis’ tail gives us a better understanding of how different it was from dinosaurs, “What makes the Baminornis unique is that it has a short tail that consists of the pygostyle (尾综骨),” CAS researcher Wang Min said. “This is a key feature of the modern bird’s body plan.” Also, birds tend to have shorter tails than dinosaurs with fewer tail vertebrae (尾椎骨), the last few of which for a pygostyle. This adaptation was crucial because it shifted the body’s center of gravity forward. Besides, independent movement of the back legs and tail gave it better flight capabilities. Before scientists learned about the Baminornis 160 years ago, the Archaeopteryx (始祖鸟) was considered the earliest bird because of its feather fossils, “At that time, feathers were considered exclusive to birds,” said Zhou Zhonghe, another CAS scientist. However, we can’t rely on single-trait classification anymore. Thanks to evolutionary relationships, we now know that some dinosaurs also had feathers, Zhou added. Stephen Brusatte, from the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, considers the Baminornisa landmark discovery which “ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery of the Archaeopteryx in the early 1860s”. 8. What is the signifcance of the Baminornis discovery? A. It redefines when birds first appeared. B. It confirms the earliest ancestors of birds. C. It proves that birds evolved from dinosaurs. D. It challenges existing theories of bird evolution. 9. What makes the Baminornis different from dinosaurs? A. Its tail features a pygostyle. B. It has a long, feathered tail. C. It lacks vertebrae in the tail. D. It has birdlike hand structures. 10 What does Zhou suggest about feathers in evolution? A. They are the most important discovery. B. They are the key to studying birds. C. They are not unique to birds. D. They are the only feature to birds. 11. How does Stephen Brusatte view the discovery? A. As a minor adjustment. B. As a turning point. C. As an unproven theory. D. As a rediscovery. 【答案】8. A 9. A 10. C 11. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍的是政和八闽鸟化石的发现及其对鸟类演化历史的重要意义。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“A recent discovery shows that birds might have appeared on Earth 20 million years earlier than initially thought. This claim is based on a set of fossils found two years ago in Fujian’s county of Zhenghe. A team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey said in a recent study the fossils belong to a bird from the late Middle Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago.(最近的一项发现表明，鸟类在地球上出现的时间可能比最初认为的早2000万年。这一说法是基于两年前在福建政和县发现的一组化石。中国科学院（CAS）和福建省地质调查研究院的一组科学家在最近的一项研究中表示，这些化石属于大约1.5亿年前中侏罗世晚期的一种鸟类。)”以及第二段“Its fossils appear to be the only known clear-cut record of Jurassic birds and rewrite the history of their evolution.(它的化石似乎是已知的唯一明确的侏罗纪鸟类记录，并改写了它们的进化史。)”可知，政和八闽鸟的发现重新定义了鸟类首次出现的时间。故选A项。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“More importantly, Baminornis’ tail gives us a better understanding of how different it was from dinosaurs, “What makes the Baminornis unique is that it has a short tail that consists of the pygostyle (尾综骨),” CAS researcher Wang Min said.(更重要的是，政和八闽鸟的尾巴让我们更清楚地了解到它与恐龙的不同之处。中国科学院研究员王敏表示：“使政和八闽鸟独特之处在于它拥有一条由尾综骨组成的短尾巴。”)”可知，政和八闽鸟与恐龙的不同之处在于它的尾巴具有尾综骨。故选A项。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Before scientists learned about the Baminornis 160 years ago, the Archaeopteryx (始祖鸟) was considered the earliest bird because of its feather fossils, “At that time, feathers were considered exclusive to birds,” said Zhou Zhonghe, another CAS scientist.(在科学家于160年前发现政和八闽鸟之前，始祖鸟因其羽毛化石被认为是最早的鸟类。另一位中国科学院科学家周忠和表示：“在那个时期，羽毛被认为是鸟类所独有的特征。”)”以及根据第五段 “Thanks to evolutionary relationships, we now know that some dinosaurs also had feathers, Zhou added.(由于进化关系，我们现在知道一些恐龙也有羽毛，周补充说)”可知，周指出，羽毛不再是鸟类独有的特征，一些恐龙也拥有羽毛，由此可知，羽毛并非鸟类专属。故选C项。 【11题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Stephen Brusatte, from the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, considers the Baminornisa landmark discovery which “ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery of the Archaeopteryx in the early 1860s”.(来自英国爱丁堡大学地球科学学院的史蒂芬·布鲁萨特认为，政和八闽鸟的发现是一项具有里程碑意义的发现，它“自19世纪60年代初始祖鸟被发现以来，位列最重要的鸟类化石之一”。)”可知，斯蒂芬・布鲁萨特认为这一发现是一个转折点。故选B项。 D Most of us have an “inner voice”, and we assume everybody does. Recent evidence suggests people vary widely in the extent to which they experience inner speech. The study by cognitive (认知的) scientists Gary Lupyan and Johanne Nedergaard shows these differences are real and impact our cognition. As part of their ongoing research, Lupyan previously assessed 1,037 people using a measure called the Internal Representations Questionnaire (IRQ). For the verbal (口头的) part of the IRQ, participants indicated agreement with statements like: “I think about problems in my mind in the form of a conversation with myself” on a one-to-five rating. For their new study Lupyan and Nedergaard selected 47 participants who scored high for having an inner voice and 46 who scored low. They then gave participants four language-related tasks they thought might be influenced by the use of inner speech. In the first, participants were shown five words and asked to repeat them back. The second involved saying whether the names of objects in two pictures rhymed. In both tasks, the group with less inner speech was less accurate. For the rhyme judgments, people with more inner speech were also faster. “This study really tests what inner speech gives us in terms of cognitive benefits,” says psychologist Charles Fernyhough. The other two experiments tested task switching and participants’ ability to spot differences between two silhouettes (轮图形) that were from either the same or a different category. The groups showed no differences on these tasks. “People can probably employ numerous other strategies for task switching,” suggests Lupyan. The research may have medical implications. “Someone with more inner speech might be more reliant on language in their thinking,” Lupyan says, “so language difficulty from a stroke (中风) could have a more severe effect.” Understanding how inner speech develops has implications for education, says neuroscientist Ladislas Nalborczyk. “Variations in children’s ability to represent speech sounds may impact their ability to learn the relation between sounds and writing,” he says. This may affect the way they learn to read and write, which probably has a huge impact on education. The researchers propose giving a lack of inner speech a name: “anendophasia.” “It helps scientists find and integrate research on a topic.” Lupyan says. “If people studying something are calling it by different names, the research becomes more disorganized.” 12. What was the purpose of using IRQ? A. To change people’s experience of inner speech. B To measure people’s agreement with certain statements. C. To identify the percentage of people without inner speech. D. To make people think about problems in a conversation form. 13. How does inner speech help with tasks? A. It aids in better performance. B. It offers more inspiration. C. It makes people more patient. D. It changes the way of thinking. 14. What does Lupyan suggest about task switching? A. Inner speech is the primary strategy for it. B. It is mainly affected by external environment. C. It can be achieved through various methods. D. Inner speech has little influence on its complexity. 15. Why do the researchers try to name the lack of inner speech? A. To make it easier to remember. B. To create a new concept for study. C. To tell it apart from other speech forms. D. To assist scientists in arranging research on it. 【答案】12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍的是关于“内心声音”（inner speech）的研究，探讨其在认知过程中的作用以及缺乏内心声音对学习和医疗可能产生的影响。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“For the verbal (口头的) part of the IRQ, participants indicated agreement with statements like: “I think about problems in my mind in the form of a conversation with myself” on a one-to-five rating.(在IRQ的言语部分，参与者需对自己是否同意诸如“我在脑海中以与自己对话的形式思考问题”这样的陈述进行1到5分的评分。)”可知，使用IRQ的目的是测量人们对某些陈述的认同程度。故选B项。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“In both tasks, the group with less inner speech was less accurate. For the rhyme judgments, people with more inner speech were also faster.(在这两项任务中，内心声音较少的组表现更不准确。在押韵判断任务中，内心声音较多的人反应也更快。)”可知，内心声音较多的人反应更快，由此可知，内心声音有助于更好地完成任务。故选A项。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中的““People can probably employ numerous other strategies for task switching,” suggests Lupyan.(Lupyan表示，人们可能会采用许多其他策略来进行任务切换。)”可知，Lupyan认为任务切换可以通过多种方式实现。故选C项。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段““The researchers propose giving a lack of inner speech a name: “anendophasia.”It helps scientists find and integrate research on a topic.” Lupyan says. “If people studying something are calling it by different names, the research becomes more disorganized.”(研究人员建议给这种缺乏内心声音的现象起一个名字：“anendophasia”。“这有助于科学家找到并整合关于一个主题的研究。”Lupyan说，“如果研究某事物的人用不同的名称来称呼它，研究就会变得更加杂乱无章。”)”可知，研究人员试图为缺乏内心声音命名是为了帮助科学家整理关于它的研究。故选D项。 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。 As for many regions and countries, tourism is one of the most important sources of their financial income. ____16____ For example, it can cause the loss of a destination’s cultural identity and even pollution. To avoid these issues, we have to consider sustainable travel, which means traveling without harming natural and cultural environments. ____17____ Be adaptable and understanding. Keep an open mind and don’t demand everything you’re used to in your own city. This will put less pressure on your destination and its people. ____18____ Save water while on vacation by choosing short showers instead of baths and turning off the water while brushing teeth or shaving. Always research weather and trail conditions before hiking or taking a road trip to avoid getting lost or injured and having to get rescued, which can consume important public resources. Respect natural places. Remember that marked hiking trails are there for a reason, usually to help preserve the surrounding environment. ____19____ Keep your distance from wildlife and never feed or touch wild animals, for your own safety and for the safety of the animals themselves. Find ways to give back. ____20____ This can be as simple as picking up a piece of trash in the park or volunteering for a beach clean-up. Or take a trip where volunteering is the primary objective. A. Support locals directly. B. Be mindful of local resources. C. Don’t leave your sustainable habits at home. D. So take out what you brought in and don’t litter. E. Here are some tips on being a sustainable traveler. F. Consider the ways you can contribute to the local community. G. However, if not managed properly, tourism can have incredibly negative impacts. 【答案】16. G 17. E 18. B 19. D 20. F 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍旅游业对许多地区和国家的重要性，以及提出可持续旅行的建议以避免负面影响。 【16题详解】 上文“As for many regions and countries, tourism is one of the most important sources of their financial income.(对于许多地区和国家来说，旅游业是最重要的经济来源之一)”强调了旅游业的重要性，结合下文的“For example, it can cause the loss of a destination’s cultural identity and even pollution.(例如，它可能导致一个目的地文化身份的丧失，甚至造成污染。)”可知，下文介绍的是旅游带来的问题，由此可知，上下文之间发生转折，空格处引出下文，需要指出旅游业可能带来的问题，G选项“However, if not managed properly, tourism can have incredibly negative impacts.(然而，如果管理不当，旅游业可能会产生极其负面的影响)”中的“However”表转折，指出旅游业管理不当会有负面影响，与上文形成对比，且引出下文对负面影响的举例说明，符合语境。故选G。 【17题详解】 上文“To avoid these issues, we have to consider sustainable travel, which means traveling without harming natural and cultural environments.(为了避免这些问题，我们必须考虑可持续旅行，这意味着旅行时不应损害自然和文化环境)”引出了可持续旅行的主题，空格处需要进一步阐述如何实现这一目标，结合下文“Be adaptable and understanding.(灵活应变，善解人意。)”是关于可持续旅行的具体建议可知，此空应引出下文介绍的关于可持续旅行的具体建议。E选项“Here are some tips on being a sustainable traveler.(以下是一些成为可持续旅行者的建议)”直接引出后文的具体建议，起到了过渡的作用。故选E。 【18题详解】 分析语篇，此处应为本段的主题，结合其它段落的主题句的结构可知，此处应为祈使句，结合下文“Save water while on vacation by choosing short showers instead of baths and turning off the water while brushing teeth or shaving.(在度假时选择短时间淋浴而非泡澡，并在刷牙或剃须时关闭水龙头来节约用水)”具体描述了节约资源的方法，空格处需概括本段主题，B选项“Be mindful of local resources.(注意当地的资源)”为祈使句，与下文内容一致，点明了该段的核心思想，即关注并合理使用当地资源，符合语境。故选B。 【19题详解】 上文“Remember that marked hiking trails are there for a reason, usually to help preserve the surrounding environment.(记住，标记的徒步路线的存在是有原因的，通常是为了帮助保护周围的环境)”提醒游客遵循规定的徒步路径以保护环境，下文“Keep your distance from wildlife and never feed or touch wild animals, for your own safety and for the safety of the animals themselves.(与野生动物保持距离，为了你自己和动物的安全，永远不要喂食或触摸野生动物。)”也是保护自然环境和生物的内容，由此可知，空格处应继续强调环境保护的重要性，D选项“So take out what you brought in and don’t litter.(所以带走你带进来的东西，不要乱扔垃圾)”是对前一句的补充，与保护自然环境相关，且“sustainable habits”与上文保护周围环境相呼应，符合语境。故选D。 【20题详解】 根据本段的主题句“Find ways to give back.(想办法回馈。)”提出要回馈当地，下文“This can be as simple as picking up a piece of trash in the park or volunteering for a beach clean-up. Or take a trip where volunteering is the primary objective.(这可以像在公园里捡一块垃圾或志愿参加海滩清理一样简单。或者进行一次以志愿服务为主要目的的旅行。)”是回馈当地社区的具体方式，F选项“Consider the ways you can contribute to the local community.(考虑一下你可以为当地社区做出贡献的方式。)”中的“contribute to the local community”与上文“give back”相呼应，且引出下文的具体贡献方式，符合语境。故选F。 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 It was my birthday, and I was celebrating it as I had for years: by watching the annual August sky show, the Perseid meteor shower (英仙座流星雨). But this year was ____21____. At 23, I was away from my family for the first time, starting my graduate degree in pharmacy, a path I had ____22____ for 15 years. Yet, as I watched the shooting stars cross the sky, I began to ____23____ that choice. Later, I met people with jobs in fields I had never ____24____ — brain science, history, and even space studies. Could my lifelong love for looking at stars be more than a ____25____? Growing up in a small town, I was driven to ____26____ my education and become a pharmacist. Chapel Hill, only a 3.5-hour drive from home, felt like a ____27____ away. As the Perseids arrived, I considered whether to ____28____ my plans or jump into something new. Another sky event helped me ____29____. I traveled back to the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the Moon _____30_____ slid in front of the Sun, the world around me became dark. The water was _____31_____ and I felt peace inside. I ____32____ what I had to do. I dropped out of pharmacy school to explore previously _____33_____ options. The next four years were _____34_____. Through my tireless efforts, I eventually began a Ph.D. program in space studies. As a graduate student, I have been helping other students gain access to educational opportunities by _____35_____ this view of the universe. 21. A. bright B. ordinary C. boring D. different 22. A. doubted B. planned C. avoided D. forgotten 23. A. understand B. regret C. question D. accept 24. A. brought up B. spoken about C. cared for D. thought about 25. A. hobby B. duty C. habit D. task 26. A. design B. overlook C. postpone D. pursue 27. A. dream B. world C. cloud D. point 28. A. take over B. give up C. stick to D. rely on 29. A. decide B. rise C. grow D. appear 30. A. especially B. probably C. generally D. gradually 31. A. noisy B. still C. clean D. icy 32. A. stopped B. resisted C. knew D. denied 33. A. unimagined B. unwanted C. unrelated D. unexpected 34. A. predictable B. challenging C. pleasant D. interesting 35. A. sharing B. correcting C. painting D. collecting 【答案】21. D 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述作者在生日看英仙座流星雨时对自己选择的药学研究生道路产生质疑，后因一次日食经历做出改变，转而投身太空研究的故事。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但今年不同。A. bright明亮的；B. ordinary普通的；C. boring无聊的；D. different不同的。根据上文“and I was celebrating it as I had for years: by watching the annual August sky show, the Perseid meteor shower (英仙座流星雨). But this year was”可知，作者多年来都以同样方式庆祝生日，但今年用了“but”转折，说明今年“不同”符合语境。故选D项。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：23岁的我第一次离开家，开始攻读药学研究生学位，这是我15年来一直计划的道路。A. doubted怀疑；B. planned计划；C. avoided避免；D. forgotten忘记。根据上文的“At 23, I was away from my family for the first time, starting my graduate degree in pharmacy”以及下文的“for 15 years”可知，此处为同位语部分对主句进行解释说明，结合语境可知，攻读药学研究生学位是作者15年来一直“计划”的事情。故选B项。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我看着流星划过天空时，我开始质疑这个选择。A. understand理解；B. regret后悔；C. question质疑；D. accept接受。根据下文 “Could my lifelong love for looking at stars be more than a 5 ?”可知，作者对自己的选择产生了疑问，所以是“质疑”这个选择。故选C项。 【24题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：后来，我遇到了一些人，他们从事的工作领域我从未考虑——脑科学、历史，甚至太空研究。A. brought up提出，养育；B. spoken about谈论；C. cared for照顾，喜欢；D. thought about思考。根据上文的“Later, I met people with jobs in fields”以及下文的“brain science, history, and even space studies”可知，这些领域是作者之前“从未考虑”的。故选D项。 【25题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我一生对看星星的热爱难道仅仅是一种爱好吗？A. hobby爱好；B. duty职责；C. habit习惯；D. task任务。根据上文“Yet, as I watched the shooting stars cross the sky, I began to ____3____ that choice.”可知，作者对自己选择的药学道路产生质疑，结合“It was my birthday, and I was celebrating it as I had for years: by watching the annual August sky show, the Perseid meteor shower (英仙座流星雨).”可知，作者热爱看星星，由此可推断，此处指的是作者思考对星星的热爱是否只是一种“爱好”符合语境。故选A项。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在一个小镇长大，我渴望追求自己的教育，成为一名药剂师。A. design设计；B. overlook忽视；C. postpone推迟；D. pursue追求。根据上文“At 23, I was away from my family for the first time, starting my graduate degree in pharmacy, a path I had ___2____ for 15 years.”可知，作者想要成为药剂师，所以是“追求”自己的教育。故选D项。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：教堂山，距离家只有3.5小时的车程，感觉就像一个不同的世界。A. dream梦想；B. world世界；C. cloud云；D. point点。根据上文“At 23, I was away from my family for the first time”可知，作者第一次离开家，虽然距离家车程不算远，但感觉像是到了一个不同的“世界”符合语境。故选B项。 【28题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：当英仙座流星雨到来时，我在考虑是坚持我的计划，还是投入新的事物中。A. take over接管；B. give up放弃；C. stick to坚持；D. rely on依靠。根据下文的“or jump into something new”可知，此处是作者在考虑是“坚持”原来的计划，还是投入新事物。故选C项。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：另一个天文事件帮助我做了决定。A. decide决定；B. rise上升；C. grow成长；D. appear出现。根据下文“I dropped out of pharmacy school to explore previously ____13____ options.”可知，作者做出了从药学院退学的决定，所以另一个天文事件帮助作者做了“决定”符合语境。故选A项。 【30题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：当月亮逐渐从太阳前面滑过时，我周围的世界变得黑暗。A. especially特别地；B. probably可能地；C. generally一般地；D. gradually逐渐地。根据下文的“the world around me became dark”以及日食的常识可知，月亮是“逐渐”从太阳前面滑过的。故选D项。 【31题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：水面平静，我内心感到平静。A. noisy吵闹的；B. still静止的，平静的；C. clean干净的；D. icy冰冷的。根据下文的“I felt peace inside”可知，作者内心平静，结合语境，水面应该是“平静的”符合语境。故选B项。 【32题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我知道我该做什么了。A. stopped停止；B. resisted抵制；C. knew知道；D. denied否认。根据下文“I dropped out of pharmacy school to explore previously ____13____ options.”可知，作者做出了决定，所以是“知道”自己该做什么了。故选C项。 【33题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我从药学院退学，去探索以前从未想象过的选择。A. unimagined未想象过的；B. unwanted不想要的；C. unrelated不相关的；D. unexpected意外的。根据上文“Later, I met people with jobs in fields I had never ____4____ — brain science, history, and even space studies.”可知，这些领域是作者之前未想过的，所以此处是探索以前 “从未想象过的”选择。故选A项。 【34题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：接下来的四年充满挑战。A. predictable可预测的；B. challenging有挑战性的；C. pleasant令人愉快的；D. interesting有趣的。根据 “Through my tireless efforts, I eventually began a Ph.D. program in space studies.”可知，作者通过不懈努力才进入太空研究的博士项目，说明接下来的四年是 “充满挑战的”符合语境。故选B项。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：作为一名研究生，我一直通过分享对宇宙的这种看法，帮助其他学生获得教育机会。A. sharing分享；B. correcting纠正；C. painting绘画；D. collecting收集。根据上文的“helping other students gain access to educational opportunities”以及下文的“this view of the universe”可知，作者是通过“分享”对宇宙的看法来帮助其他学生。故选A项。 第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The area of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, known as the “roof of the world” or the world’s third pole, ____36____ (inhabit) for 50,000 years, rather than 40,000 years as previously known, according to the latest archaeological study of a prehistoric cave site. ____37____ (uncover) this history, archaeologists from the Xizang Regional Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) have carried out six years of ____38____ (dig) at the Melong Tagphug cave site in Ngari Prefecture, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Archaeologists have unearthed more than 10,000 pieces of cultural items, including stone, bone, pottery, bronze artifacts, and plant ____39____ (remain) dating from the Paleolithic Age to the early Metal Ages in an area of over 1,000 square meters of the cave, ____40____ is located on a highland 4,700 meters above the sea level. Zhang Xiaoling from the IVPP said the ____41____ (old) cultural items in the cave are dated earlier than 53,000 years ago, with some, ____42____ (potential) dating back to 80,000 years ago. The top layer was dated to about 1,000 years ago. There are rock paintings of straight lines and human figures ____43____ (paint) in red ochre (红赭石) inside the cave. According to the study, the cave had been deserted due to climatic factors or cave collapses ____44____ locals settled there again in the later period. Multi-period cultural items were discovered in the cave, providing important pieces of evidence of ancient humans exploring _____45_____(survive) capabilities in the extreme environment, showing their migration patterns and social organization forms. 【答案】36. has been inhabited 37. To uncover 38. digging 39. remains 40. which 41. oldest 42. potentially 43. painted 44. before 45. suvival 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。主要介绍最新考古研究发现青藏高原地区人类居住史可追溯至 5 万年前及相关考古成果。 【36题详解】 考查时态和语态。句意：根据一项对史前洞穴遗址最新考古研究，被称为 “世界屋脊”或世界第三极的青藏高原地区，人类已在此居住了 5 万年，而非此前认为的 4 万年。此处为谓语动词，主语The area of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau与inhabit之间是被动关系，且时间状语for 50,000 years表示从过去持续到现在的一段时间，所以此处应用现在完成时的被动语态，其结构为 “have/has been +过去分词”，主语为单数。故填has been inhabited。 【37题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：为了揭示这段历史，西藏自治区文物保护研究所和中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所的考古学家们，对位于中国西南部西藏自治区阿里地区的梅龙达普洞穴遗址进行了六年的挖掘工作。此处为非谓语动词作状语，结合句意，此处表示目的，应用动词不定式作目的状语，且位于句首单词首字母需大写。故填To uncover。 【38题详解】 考查名词。句意：西藏自治区文物保护研究所和中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所的考古学家们，对位于中国西南部西藏自治区阿里地区的梅龙达普洞穴遗址进行了六年的挖掘工作。of为介词，后接名词作宾语，dig的名词形式为digging。故填digging。 【39题详解】 考查名词复数。句意：考古学家在洞穴内 1000 多平方米的区域内，出土了 1 万多件文化遗物，包括石器、骨器、陶器、青铜器以及旧石器时代至早期金属时代的植物遗骸，该洞穴位于海拔 4700 米的高原上。此处为名词作宾语，remain表示“遗迹；残骸”时常用复数形式remains。故填remains。 【40题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：考古学家在洞穴内 1000 多平方米的区域内，出土了 1 万多件文化遗物，包括石器、骨器、陶器、青铜器以及旧石器时代至早期金属时代的植物遗骸，该洞穴位于海拔 4700 米的高原上。此处为关系词引导的非限制性定语从句，先行词为the cave，指物，关系词在从句中作主语，所以用关系代词which。故填which。 【41题详解】 考查形容词最高级。句意：中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所的张晓凌表示，洞穴中最古老的文化遗物可追溯到5.3万年前，其中一些可能可追溯到8万年前。此处为形容词作定语修饰名词items，根据句意以及空前的the可知，此处表示 “最古老的”，应用形容词最高级，old的最高级为oldest。故填oldest。 【42题详解】 考查副词。句意：中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所的张晓凌表示，洞穴中最古老的文化遗物可追溯到5.3万年前，其中一些可能可追溯到8万年前。此处应用副词作状语，修饰动词dating，potential的副词形式为potentially意为“可能”符合句意。故填potentially。 【43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：洞穴内有用红赭石绘制的直线和人物岩画。句中已有谓语动词are，此处用非谓语动词，paint与rock paintings之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词painted作后置定语。故填painted。 【44题详解】 考查连词。句意：研究表明，由于气候因素或洞穴坍塌，该洞穴曾一度被废弃，后来当地人又重新在此定居。此处为连词引导的状语从句，根据语境可知，“洞穴曾一度被废弃”发生在“当地人又重新在此定居”之前，所以用before引导时间状语从句。故填before。 【45题详解】 考查名词。句意：洞穴中发现了多时期的文化遗物，为研究古代人类在极端环境中探索生存能力提供了重要证据，展示了他们的迁徙模式和社会组织形式。此处应用名词作定语修饰capabilities，survive的名词形式为survival，survival capabilities表示“生存能力”。故填survival。 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，你校于上周举行了运动会，你的新西兰朋友Terry很想了解该活动，请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括： 1. 运动会情况； 2. 你的感受和收获。 注意： (1)写作词数应为80个左右； (2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Terry, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】 Dear Terry, How is everything going? Knowing that you are interested in the sports meeting held in our school, I am writing to share the details with you. Last week, our school held its annual sports meeting, which was full of excitement! The event included track and field competitions, relay races, and even a fun tug-of-war. Our class won second place in the relay race, and I managed to finish third in the 800-meter run! It was a great opportunity for us to bond with our classmates and have some fun while exercising. I really enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to similar events in the future. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给新西兰朋友Terry写邮件，分享上周学校运动会的具体情况以及个人感受和收获。 【详解】1.词汇积累 举行：hold→stage 包括：include→comprise 乐趣：fun→enjoyment/pleasure 期待：look forward to→anticipate/expect 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：It was a great opportunity for us to bond with our classmates and have some fun while exercising. 拓展句：It was a great opportunity, which provided us with a platform to bond with our classmates and engage in enjoyable physical activities simultaneously. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Knowing that you are interested in the sports meeting held in our school, I am writing to share the details with you. (运用了现在分词作状语和that引导的宾语从句) 【高分句型2】Last week, our school held its annual sports meeting, which was full of excitement! (运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句) 第二节 (满分25分) 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Her pale face stood out against the blackness of her hair. She looked much younger than her fifteen years, a worn coat hanging loose above her. We weren’t supposed to take a child, but an emergency call came through that morning. A home was needed for a young girl immediately. I, together with four children, hurried to get her room ready. The kids were great. Joanne, our second-eldest daughter, did the cleaning and Margaret, Rob and Jeff helped make the bed. I felt my heart pounding in my chest. I was excited, but scared at the same time because I was told an adopted child might give us a lot of trouble. That afternoon, Trudy arrived with the social worker Mrs. Kline. She stepped into the front hall and stood against the wall. I will never forget the look in her eyes. The first thing that came to my mind was that she looked like a hunted animal. The children moved towards her, and Jeff grabbed her hand and said proudly, “Come and see your room. I helped make your bed.” Trudy pulled back, speechless. At this point, I stepped towards her and said, "Welcome to our home, Trudy. “She looked at me with such blank eyes. But with her head bowed, she simply said, eyes moving back and forth like a creature looking for a way out, “No, thank you.” For the first two weeks, Trudy was very quiet. She would come into the kitchen while I was working, and we would discuss school and what she would like to do in the future. Mrs. Kline had given us all the information about her history, but I never mentioned the terrible things that had happened to her. As the days went by, Trudy became a delight to have around. Very quickly, it seemed like she had always been with us. The girls would sit in each other’s rooms and giggle(咯咯笑) like typical teenagers. It was a sound that warmed my soul. However, when they talked about new clothes, Trudy fell silent again. 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。 I took Joanne shopping for a winter coat, and Trudy came too. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Back home, I presented the jacket Trudy had tried on. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: I took Joanne shopping for a winter coat, and Trudy came too. Thrilled, Joanne tried on one coat after another. Trudy stared at her with eyes wide open. “It looks so nice on you!” she babbled, but her eyes were glued to a jacket. Then, Joanne encouraged her to try it on. Excitement shining on her face, Trudy picked the jacket out, posing at ease. However, she turned, replaced it, and rejoined Joanne. While they were busy, I quietly asked the salesperson to wrap up the jacket. Back home, I presented the jacket Trudy had tried on. Unexpectedly, Trudy started sobbing. “No one has ever bought me a beautiful jacket like this.” My voice shook, “You really deserve it.” I slid into my room so she would not see me crying. Suddenly, a knock came at the door, where stood my children. Margaret stepped forward, “Mom, we hope we can keep her forever.” Others nodded in agreement. My eyes welled up with tears, whispering, “Trudy is really lucky, but I am luckiest.” 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者一家收养了一个十五岁的女孩Trudy，这个女孩刚到她家时，整个人很茫然很安静，后来慢慢适应，变得活泼的故事。 【详解】1.段落续写 由第一段首句内容“我带乔安妮去买冬衣，特鲁迪也来了。”可知，第一段可描写作者带着Joanne和Trudy去买冬衣时的经过。 由第二段首句内容“回到家，我拿出特鲁迪试穿过的那件夹克。”可知，第二段可描写作者将偷偷买回来的夹克拿出来后，Trudy的反应以及家人的想法和举动。 2.续写线索：带去买衣服——试衣服——放回——偷买夹克——感受 3.词汇激活 行为类 盯着看：stare at / gaze at / peer at 全神贯注地看着：be glued to / be wrapped up in 涌出泪水：well up with tears / burst into tears 情绪类 感到兴奋的：thrilled / excited 幸运的：lucky / fortunate 【点睛】【高分句型1】While they were busy, I quietly asked the salesperson to wrap up the jacket.(运用了while引导的时间状语从句) 【高分句型2】Suddenly, a knock came at the door, where stood my children.(运用了where引导的非限制性定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$