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泸州高中2025年春期高2024级半期考试 英语试题 （试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟） 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What will the woman do tonight? A Eat out. B. Watch a movie. C. Go to the library. 2. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Family members. C. Classmates. 3. Why does the man like blue? A. It looks soft. B. It makes him feel peaceful. C. It goes well with his skin tone. 4. What are the speakers talking about? A. A travel experience. B. A new museum. C. A plan to visit the Great Wall. 5. When was the man supposed to hand in the work plan? A. On Wednesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday. 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where does the conversation take place? A. At the airport. B. Over the phone. C. At home. 7. What is the weather like now? A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Foggy. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Why does Jim want to start a company? A. He can make more money. B. He follows his parents’ advice. C. He has interest in doing business. 9. What do we know about the woman’s plan after graduation? A. She hasn’t decided yet. B. She’ll step into workplace. C. She’ll continue her studies. 10. What are the speakers going to do next? A. Watch a movie. B. Enjoy their meal. C. Make dumplings. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. Where could the woman read the article? A. From a medical magazine. B. From a storybook. C. From a musical journal. 12. How does Justin sound after hearing the woman’s words at first? A. Unhappy. B. Excited. C. Surprised. 13. What is the limit of comfortable sound that the human ear can accept? A. 85 decibels B.75 decibels C. 100 decibels 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. What is Nancy doing? A. Surfing the Internet. B. Doing her homework. C. Reading newspapers. 15. How long has Aung Thiha Han studied Chinese? A.6 years. B. 11 years. C. 17 years. 16. How does Aung Thiha Han mainly learn Chinese? A. By watching TV. B. By reading books. C. By taking classes. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is Choi’s nationality? A. American. B. Korean. C. French. 18. What is Choi’s advantage in learning breaking(霹雳舞)? A. Her gymnastics background. B. Her parents’ support. C. Her natural quality. 19. What was Choi’s job after graduation? A. A cosmetics executive. B. A teacher. C. A coach. 20. When did Choi qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics? A. In 2021. B. In 2022. C. In 2023. 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。 If you pay no attention to your mental health, it can lead to depression, burnout, anxiety, and so much more. So whether you’re in your youth or you want to help someone you love, these are some of the best mental health websites for young people. TeenHelp As the name suggests, TeenHelp is specifically targeted towards those in their teen years. The website covers mental health topics from teen depression to anger issues. The great thing about TeenHelp is that it is not only for teenagers but parents, too. It includes a particular column for parents to find online resources like how to choose a psychologist. YoungMinds Even if you’re not in the UK, YoungMinds gives you access to a library of helpful advice, information, support, and resources. Please choose whether you are a parent, you work with young people, or you are a young person yourself. From there you can use various helplines, read real stories, and learn more about mental health conditions. There is even a YoungMinds online store where you can buy fun clothing, postcards, and prints. ReachOut ReachOut offers something for everyone, whether you’re a young person looking for help or a parent. Do you need help with mental health issues such as addiction, self-harm, or anxiety? ReachOut has got you covered. But what makes ReachOut so special is that it offers an online community of young people and free chats with a peer (同龄人) worker. 1. What is special about YoungMinds? A. It only serves British users. B. It works with a local library. C. It asks users to share stories. D. It sells various goods online. 2. What do the three websites have in common? A. They welcome teens and parents. B. They offer free chats with peers. C They hire famous psychologists. D. They have a column for parents. 3. What is the purpose of the text? A. To report. B. To inform. C. To analyse. D. To describe. 【答案】1. D 2. A 3. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了三个适合年轻人的心理健康网站。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据YoungMinds部分中“There is even a YoungMinds online store where you can buy fun clothing, postcards, and prints.(甚至还有一个YoungMinds网上商店，在那里你可以买到有趣的衣服、明信片和印刷品。)”可知，YoungMinds的特别之处在于它在网上销售各种各样的商品。故选D项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据TeenHelp部分中“The great thing about TeenHelp is that it is not only for teenagers but parents, too. It includes a particular column for parents to find online resources like how to choose a psychologist.(TeenHelp的伟大之处在于，它不仅适合青少年，也适合父母。它包括一个专门的专栏，供父母寻找在线资源，比如如何选择心理医生。)”和YoungMinds部分中“Please choose whether you are a parent, you work with young people, or you are a young person yourself.(请选择你是否为人父母，你与年轻人一起工作，或者你自己就是一个年轻人。)”以及ReachOut部分中“ReachOut offers something for everyone, whether you’re a young person looking for help or a parent.(ReachOut为每个人提供了一些东西，无论你是寻求帮助的年轻人还是父母。)”可知，这三个网站的共同之处在于它们都有一个家长专栏。故选A项。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“So whether you’re in your youth or you want to help someone you love, these are some of the best mental health websites for young people.(所以，无论你是年轻人还是想帮助你爱的人，这些都是适合年轻人的最好的心理健康网站。)”可知，这篇文章就是介绍一些心理健康网站，写作目的为告知。故选B项。 Nicholas Sparks is an American novelist known for his best-selling tales of romance (浪漫) and heartbreak. Sparks grew up mainly in north-central California, where his family moved when he was eight. He attended the University of Notre Dame on a track scholarship, but an injury ended his athletic career and led him to write his first unpublished novel. In 1988, he graduated with a major in business and held a variety of jobs. In the early 1990s, he and his wife, Cathy Cote, settled in North Carolina, which later provided a setting for his novels. While working his day job, Sparks continued to write. He cooperated with former Olympic runner Billy Mills on Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding. The book, which was inspired by a Native American legend, was published in 1990. Determined to become a professional writer, Sparks spent several months working on The Notebook, his first published novel, which hit The New York Times best-seller list immediately after it reached the public in 1996. By the time the film adaptation (改编) was released in 2004, Sparks had published seven more novels. Although Sparks’s fiction usually involves love stories, he rejects the suggestion that he is a “romance novelist”. His supporters agree that Sparks explores more-serious subject matter, such as loneliness, sadness, and loss, and that many of his books feature less-than-happy endings. That is also evident in his only nonfiction work, Three Weeks with My Brother, in which he and his brother, Micah, share their own emotional responses to the deaths of their parents and sister. Sparks has devoted much of his time and literary profits to writing programs at Notre Dame and to charitable causes, most notably the Nicholas Sparks Foundation, which he and his wife established in 2011. 4. What led Sparks to write his first novel? A. A scholarship. B. His marriage. C. An accident. D. His major. 5. What do we know about The Notebook? A. It arrived in cinemas in 2004. B. It was written by two authors. C. It became a hit due to a report. D. It was Sparks’ nonfiction work. 6. Why isn’t Sparks a romance novelist? A. His stories have nothing to do with love. B. He prefers to record real events in lives. C. His books never end with happiness. D. He pays attention to various themes. 7. Which words can best describe Sparks? A. Lucky and careful. B. Tough and caring. C. Honest and brave. D. Tolerant and calm. 【答案】4. C 5. A 6. D 7. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了美国小说家Nicholas Sparks的成长经历、写作生涯，他作品的特点以及他在慈善方面的贡献。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“He attended the University of Notre Dame on a track scholarship, but an injury ended his athletic career and led him to write his first unpublished novel.(他凭借田径奖学金进入圣母大学，但一次受伤结束了他的运动生涯，并促使他写出了第一部未出版的小说)”可知，一次受伤(即意外事故)促使Sparks写了他的第一部小说。故选C项。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Determined to become a professional writer, Sparks spent several months working on The Notebook, his first published novel, which hit The New York Times best seller list immediately after it reached the public in 1996. By the time the film adaptation was released in 2004, Sparks had published seven more novels.(决心成为一名职业作家的Sparks花了几个月时间创作了他的第一部出版小说《恋恋笔记本》，该书于1996年面向公众发行后立即登上了《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。到2004年电影改编版上映时，Sparks又出版了七部小说)”可知，《恋恋笔记本》于2004年被改编成电影上映。故选A项。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中“Although Sparks’s fiction usually involves love stories, he rejects the suggestion that he is a ‘romance novelist’. His supporters agree that Sparks explores more serious subject matter, such as loneliness, sadness, and loss, and that many of his books feature less than happy endings.(虽然Sparks的小说通常包含爱情故事，但他不认同自己是“言情小说家”这一说法。他的支持者们一致认为，Sparks探讨了更严肃的主题，如孤独、悲伤和失落，而且他的许多书都以不太圆满的结局收尾)”可知，Sparks不仅仅关注爱情故事，还关注各种不同的主题，所以他不是言情小说家。故选D项。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“He attended the University of Notre Dame on a track scholarship, but an injury ended his athletic career and led him to write his first unpublished novel.(他凭借田径奖学金进入圣母大学，但一次受伤结束了他的运动生涯，并促使他写出了第一部未出版的小说)”和第三段“Determined to become a professional writer, Sparks spent several months working on The Notebook, his first published novel, which hit The New York Times best seller list immediately after it reached the public in 1996.(决心成为一名职业作家的Sparks花了几个月时间创作了他的第一部出版小说《恋恋笔记本》，该书于1996年面向公众发行后立即登上了《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜)”可知，Sparks在受伤结束运动生涯后，没有放弃，而是坚持写作并取得成功，体现了他的坚韧。再根据最后一段“Sparks has devoted much of his time and literary profits to writing programs at Notre Dame and to charitable causes, most notably the Nicholas Sparks Foundation, which he and his wife established in 2011.(Sparks将大量的时间和文学收益投入到圣母大学的写作项目以及慈善事业中，其中最著名的是他和妻子在2011年成立的Nicholas Sparks基金会)”可知，他很有爱心，愿意为慈善事业付出。所以“Tough and caring(坚韧且有爱心)”最能描述他。故选B项。 If you're daydreaming of future travels while stuck at home during the Covid-19 outbreak, why fantasize about the beaches of Ball or the canals of Venice when vacationing in space could be in your future? Back in 2019, Californian company the Gateway Foundation released plans for a hotel that could one day float above the Earth's atmosphere. This futuristic concept was scheduled to be fully operational by 2027. Now the hotel, Voyager Station, is set to be built by Orbital Assembly Corporation, a new construction company run by former pilot John Blincow, who also heads up the Gateway Foundation. In a recent interview, Blincow explained there had been some Covid-related delays, but construction on the space hotel is expected to begin in 2026, and a hotel in space could be a reality by 2027. "We're trying to make the public realize that this golden age of space travel is just around the corner. It's coming. It's coming fast," said Blincow. Space tourism is becoming an increasingly hot topic, and there are several companies trying to make it happen — from Virgin Galactic to Elon Musk's SpaceX. The team behind Voyager Station have said they're hoping to eventually make a stay at the hotel equal to "a trip to Disneyland ". The team are also hoping to build research stations and spark space tourism and commerce opportunities. They imagine the government or private companies might use the space hotel for training crews heading to the moon, Mars and beyond. The eventual goal, as the team put it in 2019, is "to create a starship culture where people are going to space, and living in space, and working in space. And we believe that there's a demand for that." 8. What can we learn about the space hotel from the text? A. Its construction has already begun. B. It has been delayed due to Covid-19. C. It can float to the moon, Mars and beyond. D. It is in great demand worldwide. 9. Who will possibly use the space hotel for training? A. The Gateway Foundation. B. Orbital Assembly Corporation. C. The government. D. The universities. 10. What do John Blincow and his team aim at? A. Exploring outer space. B. Competing with other companies. C. Opposing space tourism. D. Building a spaceship culture. 11. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. First Ever Space Hotel Is Coming B. There Is A Place Like No Other C. Research Stations Are Getting Popular D. Human Explorations Are Endless 【答案】8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文，文章介绍了人类第一个计划中的太空旅馆。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中“In a recent interview, Blincow explained there had been some Covid-related delays(在最近的一次采访中，Blincow解释说有一些与新冠肺炎有关的延误)”可知，由于新冠肺炎，太空旅馆有一些延误。故选B项。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“They imagine the government or private companies might use the space hotel for training crews heading to the moon, Mars and beyond.(他们设想政府或私人公司可能会利用太空旅馆来培训前往月球、火星和更远地方的宇航员)”可知，政府可能使用太空旅馆来培训宇航员。故选C项。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段内容“The eventual goal, as the team put it in 2019, is "to create a starship culture where people are going to space, and living in space, and working in space. And we believe that there's a demand for that."(正如该团队在2019年所说，最终目标是“创造一种星际飞船文化，让人们去太空，在太空生活，在太空工作。我们相信这是有需求的。”)”可知，John Blincow和其团队的目标是打造太空文化。故选D项。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，结合第五段内容“"We're trying to make the public realize that this golden age of space travel is just around the corner. It's coming. It's coming fast," said Blincow.(“我们正努力让公众意识到，太空旅行的黄金时代已经不远了。它就要到来。它正快速到来。”Blincow说。)”可知，文章主要介绍了人类第一个计划中的太空旅馆的建设情况，太空旅行时代即将到来，A项“第一个太空旅馆即将到来”适合作为文章标题。故选A项。 People’s voices frighten wildlife even more than the snarls (低吼) of lions, suggesting that we are the scariest animals. Giraffes, elephants, and more than a dozen other species of animals in a South African wildlife reserve ran away from loudspeakers twice as often when they heard the sounds of humans compared with those of lions, found by a study led by Michael Clinchy at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. “This is a protected area, so these animals should not be fearful of us,” he says. “But whether you’re a wildlife tourist, or a poacher (盗猎者), or whatever, you’re all going to be seen as the same thing. The presence of the human is equally dangerous, regardless of what type of human you are.” Clinchy and his colleagues had already discovered that the fear of predators (捕食者) can cause species to decline in number. Wanting to find out which was the most feared, the team decided to test humans against lions often seen as the world’s most fearsome predator on land, says Clinchy. They set up loudspeakers and cameras on trees 10 meters away from animal paths near 21 waterholes in Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, which hosts one of the largest remaining lion populations in the world. When animals approached the waterholes, the speakers immediately played back one of four kinds of recordings, all at the same volume. These included men and women speaking calmly in local languages, lions snarling, gun shots with or without barking dogs and the calls of regional birds. The researchers captured 15,000 videos of 19 species of animals reacting to their recordings. They found that wildlife except lions ran around in response to human voices more than to any other sounds, and were also 40 percent quicker to escape. The findings highlight the damaging impact that our presence could potentially be having significant ecological (生态的) results. Even so, the findings could lead to positive outcomes as well. Human voices might prevent wildlife from entering crop fields or farms. 12. Why are some animals fearful of human beings? A. Human beings are the strongest. B. Human beings make them out of water. C. Human beings may have caused great damage. D. Human beings can make the loudest voice in the world. 13. What can be inferred about Greater Kruger National Park? A. There are many lions there. B. There are 21 waterholes there. C. It is easy to set up loudspeakers there. D. It is easy to record the local people’s activities. 14. Which animal responded to human voices least? A. Elephants. B. Giraffes. C. Lions. D. Dogs. 15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. The advantages of human voices to animals. B. The damaging impact of human presence. C. The significant ecological results of human voices. D. The impact and possible application of human voices. 【答案】12. C 13. A 14. C 15. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了科学家的一项研究：野生动物其实更害怕人类的声音。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段的“But whether you’re a wildlife tourist, or a poacher (盗猎者), or whatever, you’re all going to be seen as the same thing. The presence of the human is equally dangerous, regardless of what type of human you are.(但无论你是野生动物游客，还是偷猎者，或者其他什么人，你都会被视为同样的东西。人类的存在同样危险，不管你是什么类型的人)”可知，不管你是什么类型的人——观看野生动物的游客、盗猎者或其他什么人，在野生动物眼里，你都是一样的——人类的存在对它们来说都是一样的危险，因此可以推断出，动物们曾经被人类伤害过，给它们带来过危险，所以它们才会非常恐惧人类。故选C。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中的“They set up loudspeakers and cameras on trees 10 meters away from animal paths near 21 waterholes in Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, which hosts one of the largest remaining lion populations in the world.(他们在距离南非大克鲁格国家公园21个水坑附近的动物通道10米远的树上安装了扬声器和摄像头，这里是世界上现存狮子数量最多的国家之一)”可知，南非大克鲁格国家公园是世界上现存狮子数量最多的地方之一，即那里有很多的狮子。故选A。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二句“They found that wildlife except lions ran around in response to human voices more than to any other sounds, and were also 40 percent quicker to escape.(他们发现，除了狮子之外，野生动物对人类声音的反应比其他任何声音都要快，而且逃跑的速度也快40%)”可知，他们发现除了狮子之外，野生动物对人类声音的反应比其他任何声音都要快。故选C。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段内容“The findings highlight the damaging impact that our presence could potentially be having significant ecological (生态的) results. Even so, the findings could lead to positive outcomes as well. Human voices might prevent wildlife from entering crop fields or farms.(这些发现强调了我们的存在可能会产生重大生态结果的破坏性影响。即便如此，这些发现也可能带来积极的结果。人类的声音可能会阻止野生动物进入农田或农场)”可知，这些发现强调了我们的存在可能会产生重大的破坏性的生态后果；同时，这些发现也可能带来积极的结果，人类的声音可能会阻止野生动物进入农田或农场，即最后一段讲述的是人类的声音所带来的影响和可能的应用。故选D。 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 People hate packaging. And, yes, there’s a lot of bad and wasteful packaging out there. ___16___ When it comes to protecting and dispensing (分发) food, the right package can greatly reduce waste. Here are a few examples. Packaging keeps the meat fresh. We throw away a fifth of the beef we buy — the equivalent (等量) of 8 million cows each year — often because it goes bad before we cook it. The solution? ___17___ Case-ready packaging can lengthen that shelf life to up to 21 days. If the meat you bought isn’t going to be eaten within a few days, case-ready packaging is the better choice for the environment. ___18___ This dairy waste can be avoided with packaging technology such as Tetra Pak (利乐包装纸盒), which is commonly used in Europe and Asia to keep milk from spoiling, even without refrigeration. Recycled or not, Tetra Pak is a good environmental bet because it can lengthen the shelf life of milk up to nine months. ___19___ Once again, the environmental benefit of the food-protection technology outweighs the harmful impact of the packaging itself. Packaging Fixes Sticky Situations. ___20___ One example of waste-reducing packaging is the concept project shown from designer Drew Stanley. He designed a peanut butter jar made of a soft material which can be turned inside out and scraped (刮掉) clean, avoiding sticky food sticking to your fingers. A. Packaging protects milk. B. Using Tetra Pak packaging. C. But packaging isn’t always the enemy. D. We should pay attention to the rubbish produced by packaging. E. Scientists have developed packaging that can keep refrigerated meat fresh for weeks. F. It can reduce the need for refrigeration and the amount of milk that goes wasted. G. Food left behind in jars and bottles makes up a surprising amount of waste. 【答案】16. C 17. E 18. A 19. F 20. G 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了正确的包装可以有效减少浪费。 【16题详解】 空格前的句子“People hate packaging. And, yes, there’s a lot of bad and wasteful packaging out there.(人们讨厌包装。是的，有很多糟糕和浪费的包装。)”说因为浪费，人们讨厌包装。而空格后的句子“When it comes to protecting and dispensing (分发) food, the right package can greatly reduce waste.(在保护和分配食物时，正确的包装可以大大减少浪费。)”又说正确的包装可以大大减少浪费。由此可推知，观点发生了转变，故空处应该填转折句进行过渡。C项“But packaging isn’t always the enemy.(但包装并不总是环境的敌人)”填入空格处，符合文章行文逻辑。故选C项。 【17题详解】 根据空格前的句子“We throw away a fifth of the beef we buy—the equivalent (等量) of 8 million cows each year—often because it goes bad before we cook it. The solution?(我们扔掉了我们购买的五分之一的牛肉——相当于每年800万头牛——通常是因为它们在我们烹饪之前就变质了。解决方案?)”可知，空格处的句子应该提到防止牛肉变质的解决方案。所以E项“Scientists have developed packaging that can keep refrigerated meat fresh for weeks.(科学家们已经开发出一种可以使冷藏肉类保持数周新鲜的包装。)”填入空格处，符合语境。故选E项。 【18题详解】 空格处是该部分的主题句。根据下文的内容“This dairy waste can be avoided with packaging technology such as Tetra Pak (利乐包装纸盒), which is commonly used in Europe and Asia to keep milk from spoiling, even without refrigeration. Recycled or not, Tetra Pak is a good environmental bet because it can lengthen the shelf life of milk up to nine months.(使用利乐包等包装技术可以避免这种乳制品浪费。利乐包在欧洲和亚洲通常用于防止牛奶变质，即使没有冷藏。无论回收与否，利乐包都是一个很好的环保选择，因为它可以将牛奶的保质期延长到9个月。)”可知，该部分主要是说利乐包对牛奶的保护作用。所以，A项“Packaging protects milk.(包装保护牛奶。)”填入空格处，可以作为该部分的主题句，符合语境。故填A项。 【19题详解】 根据空格后的句子“Once again, the environmental benefit of the food-protection technology outweighs the harmful impact of the packaging itself.(再一次，食品保护技术的环境效益超过了包装本身的有害影响。)”可知，空格处的句子应该表明食品保护技术的环境效益超过了包装本身有害影响的事实。所以，F项“It can reduce the need for refrigeration and the amount of milk that goes wasted.(它可以减少对冷藏的需求和浪费的牛奶量。)”填入空格处，符合语境。因为冷藏需要能量，而浪费牛奶也是对环境有害。故选F项。 【20题详解】 空格后的句子“One example of waste-reducing packaging is the concept project shown from designer Drew Stanley. He designed a peanut butter jar made of a soft material which can be turned inside out and scraped clean, avoiding sticky food sticking to your fingers.(设计师德鲁·斯坦利展示的概念项目就是减少废物包装的一个例子。他设计了一种用柔软材料制成的花生酱罐，可以翻转过来刮干净，避免粘稠的食物粘在手指上。)”提到了设计师Drew Stanley设计了一种新的方式来解决罐装食物的浪费，由此可推知，空格处应与罐装食品造成浪费有关。G项“Food left behind in jars and bottles makes up a surprising amount of waste.(留在罐子和瓶子里的食物造成了惊人的浪费)”填入空格处，符合语境。故选G项。 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）。 第一节 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） When I was a little boy, I loved drawing. I ___21___ presented a new picture to my mother a few times a day at least. She would ___22___ them up on the refrigerator as I’m sure all parents do, but she quickly ___23___ room. When that happened, she would ask me to ___24___ which picture we would remove to make room for the ___25___ one. She would then take the removed picture and ___26___ me she would put it somewhere safe — a great ___27___ to tell a little kid so they didn’t suspect their drawing was destined (注定) for the trash can. Decades later, my mother passed away from cancer, and I was ___28___ for cleaning her home to prepare it to be sold. As I ___29___ the things in her room, I found a box stuffed full of paper. It contained every one of the ____30____ I’d created as a kid, separated into folders based on the ____31____ I was when I drew it. It was located near her bed table and had every indication of being ____32____ on a regular basis. She really had saved and ____33____ my terrible drawings all these years. I’m a fully-grown, strong military man who never shows ____34____. Yet holding my own six-year-old scribblings (涂鸦) in my hands, I ended up ____35____ my heart out in my mother’s room. 21. A. finally B. cautiously C. proudly D. casually 22. A. match B. hang C. mix D. hand 23. A. ran out of B. made use of C. took place of D. got rid of 24. A. display B. decorate C. pick D. prepare 25. A. initial B. popular C. expensive D. new 26. A. promise B. persuade C. appreciate D. remind 27. A. speech B. policy C. investment D. lie 28. A. grateful B. responsible C. anxious D. convenient 29. A. gave away B. showed off C. sorted through D. put back 30. A. toys B. pills C. frames D. pictures 31. A. age B. theory C. volume D. principle 32 A. signed B. checked C. restored D. fixed 33. A. complained B. tolerated C. enjoyed D. commented 34. A. progress B. happiness C. decline D. weakness 35. A. crying B. singing C. moving D. burning 【答案】21. C 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述的是作者在母亲去世后，发现她珍藏了他儿时所有画作，触动心灵的故事。 【21题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我每天至少会骄傲地给妈妈看几次新图片。A. finally最后；B. cautiously谨慎地；C. proudly自豪地；D. casually随意地。根据后文“to my mother a few times a day at least”可知，小时候作者会每天至少几次骄傲地给妈妈展示图画。故选C。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：她会像所有父母一样把它们挂在冰箱上，但是她很快就没地方挂了。A. match匹配；B. hang悬挂；C. mix混合；D. hand递送。根据下文“up on the refrigerator”可知，母亲将作者的画作挂在冰箱上。故选B。 【23题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：同上。A. ran out of用完；B. made use of利用；C. took place of 取代；D. got rid of摆脱。根据后文“which picture we would remove to make room for the pick one”可知，母亲会让作者选择要移除哪张照片来为新的图画腾出空间，由此表明冰箱上很快就没有空间挂画了即母亲很快就没地方挂画了。故选A。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当这种情况发生时，她会让我选择我们要移除哪张图画来为新的腾出空间。A. display展示；B. decorate装饰；C. pick挑选；D. prepare准备。根据后文“which picture we would remove to make room for the ___5___ one.”可知，母亲总是会让作者挑选（选择）要移除哪张图画来腾出地方。故选C。 【25题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. initial 最初的；B. popular流行的；C. expensive昂贵的；D. new 新的。根据前文“which picture we would remove to make room”可知，母亲总是会让作者挑选（选择）要移除哪张图画来为新画腾出地方。故选D。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后，她会拿着被那张被拿走的画，向我保证她会把它放在一个安全的地方——对一个小孩子来说，这是一个很大的谎言，这样他们就不会怀疑他们的画注定要被扔进垃圾桶。A. promise承诺；B. persuade说服；C. appreciate欣赏，感激；D. remind提醒。根据后文“she would put it somewhere safe”可知，母亲向作者保证她会把画放在一个安全的地方。故选A。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. speech演讲；B. policy政策；C. investment投资；D. lie谎言。根据后文“to tell a little kid so they didn’t suspect their drawing was destined (注定) for the trash can.”可知，母亲告知作者将替换下来得画放在一个安全的地方，对一个小孩子来说，这是一个很大的谎言，这样他们就不会怀疑他们的画是要被扔进垃圾桶的。故选D。 【28题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：几十年后，我的母亲因癌症去世了，我负责打扫她的房子，准备出售。A. grateful 感激的；B. responsible 负责任的；C. anxious焦虑的；D. convenient 方便的。根据后文“for cleaning her home”可知，作者负责打扫母亲的房子。故选B。 【29题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我整理她房间里的东西时，我发现了一个装满纸张的盒子。 A. gave away赠送，泄露；B. showed off 炫耀；C. sorted through分类整理；D. put back放回原处。根据后文“the things in her room”可知，作者整理母亲房间里的东西。故选C。 【30题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：它包含了我小时候画的每一张画，根据我画的年龄分成了几个文件夹。A. toys玩具；B. pills药片；C. frames框架；D. pictures图画。根据前文第一段中“When I was a little boy, I loved drawing.”以及后文“I’d created as a kid”可知，盒子里装满了作者小时候所画的每一张画。故选D。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. age年龄；B. theory理论；C. volume音量；D. principle原则。根据上文“separated into folders based on”以及后文“I was when I drew it.”可知，盒子里的画是根据作者画的年龄分成了几个文件夹。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：它位于她的床头柜附近，种种迹象表明它经常被查看。A. signed签名；B. checked检查；C. restored恢复；D. fixed修理。根据本句中“indication”以及后文的“on a regular basis”可知，种种迹象表明，母亲总是会把作者小时候所画的画定期地拿出来查看。故选B。 【33题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些年来，她真的收藏了并欣赏了我那些糟糕的画作。A. complained抱怨；B. tolerated忍受；C. enjoyed享受；D. commented评论。根据前面的“It was located near her bed table and had every indication of being ___12___ on a regular basis.”以及后文的“my terrible drawings”可知，作者的母亲收藏了并欣赏了作者的那些糟糕的画作。故选C。 【34题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我是个成熟强壮的军人从不示弱。A. progress进步；B. happiness幸福；C. decline减少；D. weakness软弱。根据前文“I’m a fully-grown, strong military man”可知，作者是一个成熟稳重、身强力壮的军人，从不示弱。故选D。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，我手里拿着自己六岁时的涂鸦，最后在母亲的房间里哭得很伤心。A. crying哭泣；B. singing唱歌；C. moving移动，感动；D. burning燃烧。根据前文“I’m a fully-grown, strong military man who never shows ____14____ .”以及“Yet”可知，前后两句构成转折关系，即作者是个成熟强壮的军人从不示弱，但是当手里拿着自己六岁时的画作（母亲所收藏并保留下来的画作）时，作者在母亲的房间里哭得很伤心。故选A。 第II卷（非选择题，共50分） 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。 Chengdu, an old city in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, enjoys a history that ____36____ (date) back more than 2,400 years. With ____37____ (it) great cultural heritage and natural environment, the region has been called “a land of abundance”. The city is known for keeping Chinese traditions and developing ____38____ pleasant atmosphere in a way that other cities don’t. Likewise, Chengdu’s cultural heritage is rich, attracting millions of tourists every year who are eager ____39____ (learn) about its China Panda Base, delicious food, leisure and scenic spots and tea. According to its urban development plan, Chengdu will become a ____40____ (full) realized “garden city” by 2035, ____41____ (reflect) a creative and fresh model for urban design. The development model is driven by an “ecological civilization” spirit, ____42____ stresses striking a balance between environmental protection and economic ____43____ (grow). The city’s high-tech goals ____44____ (strengthen) by its 49 colleges and universities, including Sichuan University, Chengdu University of Electronic Science and Technology and Southwest Jiaotong University, positioning it as a centre of start-ups that will strengthen the new economy. On a global scale, Chengdu is an important gateway to the West that’s connected ____45____ more than 50 overseas cities and 16 Chinese cities. 【答案】36. dates 37. its 38. a 39. to learn 40. fully 41. reflecting 42. which 43. growth 44. are strengthened 45. to 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国四川省的城市成都。 【36题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：成都，中国西南部四川省的一座古城，拥有可追溯到2400多年前的历史。空处为that引导的定语从句的谓语，先行词为history，that在从句中作主语，句子陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时，且that指代history，为单数，谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填dates。 【37题详解】 考查形容词性物主代词。句意：凭借其丰富的文化遗产和自然环境，这个地区被誉为“天府之国”。空处应用形容词性物主代词its，作定语，修饰名词短语cultural heritage and natural environment。故填its。 38题详解】 考查冠词。句意：这座城市以保留中国传统并以其他城市所没有的方式营造出一种宜人的氛围而闻名分析句子结构可知，此处表示“一种宜人的氛围”，为泛指，且pleasant发音以辅音音素开头，应用不定冠词a修饰。故填a。 【39题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：同样，成都的文化遗产丰富，每年吸引着数百万渴望了解中国大熊猫基地、美食、休闲景点和茶文化的游客。be eager to do sth.为固定短语，意为“渴望做某事”，空处应用不定式形式。故填to learn。 【40题详解】 考查副词。句意：根据其城市发展规划，到2035年，成都将成为一个充分实现的“花园城市”，体现了一种富有创意且新颖的城市设计模式。空处应用副词fully，作状语，修饰动词realized。故填fully。 【41题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：根据其城市发展规划，到2035年，成都将成为一个充分实现的“花园城市”，体现了一种富有创意且新颖的城市设计模式。本句已有谓语动词will become，空处应用非谓语动词作状语，reflect与逻辑主语Chengdu之间为主动关系，应用现在分词形式。故填reflecting。 【42题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：这种发展模式由“生态文明”精神驱动，强调在环境保护和经济增长之间取得平衡。空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为spirit，指物，关系词在从句中作主语，应用关系代词which引导从句。故填which。 【43题详解】 考查名词。句意：这种发展模式由“生态文明”精神驱动，强调在环境保护和经济增长之间取得平衡。空处应用名词growth，与protection并列，作介词between的宾语，意为“增长”，为不可数名词。故填growth。 【44题详解】 考查时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：成都的高科技发展目标得到了包括四川大学、电子科技大学和西南交通大学在内的49所高校的支持，这使成都成为了加强新经济发展的初创企业中心。“The city’s high-tech goals”与“strengthen”之间是被动关系，陈述客观事实，所以用一般现在时的被动语态，goals是复数，be动词用are。故填are strengthened。 【45题详解】 考查介词。句意：在全球范围内，成都是通往西部的重要门户，与50多个海外城市和16个中国城市相连。be connected to为固定短语，意为“与…… 相连”，空处应用介词to。故填to。 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，即将代表学校参加泸州市的“用英语讲好中国故事”(Telling Chinese Stories in English)的演讲比赛，请你用英语给上一届比赛中担任过评委的外国友人Ted写一封信，邀请他为你做演讲指导。主要内容包括： 1.指导的时间、地点；2.指导的具体内容 注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Ted, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Ted, I’m Li Hua, and I’m honored to represent my school in the “Telling Chinese Stories in English” speech-contest in Luzhou. Knowing you were a judge in the last-term competition, I sincerely hope you can offer me some guidance. I was wondering if you could spare some time at 3:00 p.m. next Friday in the school hall. As for the content, it would be great if you could help me polish my story-telling skills, such as pronunciation, intonation and body language. Also, some advice on selecting suitable Chinese stories would be highly appreciated. I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达是一篇应用文。要求考生给外国友人Ted写一封信，邀请他为自己做演讲指导。 【详解】1.词汇积累 提供某人某物：offer sb. sth.→provide sb. with sth. 指导：guidance→instruction 帮助：help→assist 建议：advice→suggestion 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Also, some advice on selecting suitable Chinese stories would be highly appreciated. 拓展句：Also some advice which is related to select suitable Chinese stories would be highly appreciated. 【点睛】[高分句型1]Knowing you were a judge in the last - term competition, I sincerely hope you can offer me some guidance.（运用了现在分词作状语，以及省略了that的宾语从句） [高分句型2]I was wondering if you could spare some time at 3:00 p.m. next Friday in the school hall.（运用了if引导宾语从句） 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150 左右。 Lorena parted the curtain in her living room and looked out onto the wet street. She was relieved the sunlight appeared. If it didn't stop raining it would ruin her day. Her mother had promised to drive her to Fashion Fair if it were sunny. Lorena was eager to go there because she had to replace a Nike jacket. Earlier that Wednesday afternoon, Eddie, the most popular seventh-grader, had given Lorena his jacket and asked her to keep an eye as he would play basketball in a hurry. Lorena was quite happy to be of help. During her last class, the biology teacher made them cut apart dead frogs. For fear of getting blood on Eddie's jacket, Lorena folded it and placed it on a chair. Then she took the knife and cut the skin quickly. She felt sick opening the frog's belly. When the bell rang Lorena hurried out because the bus she caught for home left ten minutes after school. She raced to board the bus and found a seat. After a few minutes the driver started the engine and drove away when Lorena looked out of the window and saw Eddie. "The jacket!" she screamed. She shot from her seat and ran up to the driver. "You've got to stop! I forgot Eddie's jacket!" "Who's Eddie? " the driver said angrily. "Sit down." All that evening she was upset and blamed her biology teacher for her problem. If he hadn't made them dissect(解剖) frogs, ,she wouldn't have been so absent-minded. The next day Lorena rushed from the bus to the biology room. The jacket was not there! "How can I ever tell Eddie?" she closed her eyes. She spent most of her break and lunch period in the rest room, brushing her hair and worrying. On Friday she stayed home to avoid Eddie. She told her mother she wanted to go shopping to buy her a gift for her birthday, which was the next week. Actually, she wanted to buy a Nike jacket with her life savings at Fashion Fair. Paragraph 1 : Mom drove Lorena to Fashion Fair and left, asking her not to waste money. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 : Lorena was about to leave when she saw Eddie in his Nike jacket. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Paragragh 1 Mom drove Lorena to Fashion Fair and left, asking her not to waste money. Lorena promised and ran in. Stopping at a rack of Nike jackets, she wondered what size Eddie wore. She tried one on and found the sleeves coming down over her hands. She felt it must be the size. She walked to the cash register and paid the money. She was overjoyed to have settled the problem. Then she headed for the perfume department to buy a gift for Mom. It was too bad she didn’t have enough money. Paragragh 2 Lorena was about to leave when she saw Eddie in his Nike jacket. With a tight face, Eddie scolded Lorena why she had left his jacket in the biology room. “I thought we could be friends.” he complained. “I can explain.” Lorena begged. “You’re of no help at all.” Eddie rushed off. “What the hell’s going on?” Lorena wondered. Realizing some people could never be friends, she wiped her eyes, returned the jacket, bought Mom some cheese instead of the romantic perfume and went home. 【解析】 【分析】本文以时间和人物为线索展开，讲述了Lorena帮Eddie拿着他的夹克，因为他要去打篮球，Lorena很乐意能帮忙，她拿着夹克去上生物课，为了防止夹克被解剖青蛙的血弄脏，她把夹克放在了椅子上，下课后她匆匆忙忙赶公交车回家，忘了拿夹克，第二天Lorena去生物室发现夹克不在那儿了，Lorena很想去买件Nike的夹克。 【详解】段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“妈妈开车带罗瑞娜去了时装展，然后离开了，让她不要浪费钱”可知，第一段可描写Lorena如何在时装展上购买夹克。 ②由第二段首句内容“罗瑞娜正要离开时，看见了穿着耐克夹克的埃迪”可知，第二段可描写Lorena和埃迪之间的对话。 2.续写线索：试穿——付钱——埃迪责备——埃迪抱怨 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①试穿：try on/put on/pull on ②付钱：pay the money/give the money ③责备：scold /blame ④抱怨：complain/grumble 情绪类 ①.高兴：be overjoyed /be delighted/be happy 【点睛】[高分句型1] Stopping at a rack of Nike jackets, she wondered what size Eddie wore.（现在分词表主动，作状语） [高分句型2] Lorena was about to leave when she saw Eddie in his Nike jacket.（be about to do…when…固定句型） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 泸州高中2025年春期高2024级半期考试 英语试题 （试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟） 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What will the woman do tonight? A. Eat out. B. Watch a movie. C. Go to the library. 2. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Family members. C. Classmates. 3. Why does the man like blue? A. It looks soft. B. It makes him feel peaceful. C It goes well with his skin tone. 4. What are the speakers talking about? A. A travel experience. B. A new museum. C. A plan to visit the Great Wall. 5. When was the man supposed to hand in the work plan? A. On Wednesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday. 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where does the conversation take place? A. At the airport. B. Over the phone. C. At home. 7. What is the weather like now? A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Foggy. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Why does Jim want to start a company? A. He can make more money. B. He follows his parents’ advice. C. He has interest in doing business. 9. What do we know about the woman’s plan after graduation? A. She hasn’t decided yet. B. She’ll step into workplace. C. She’ll continue her studies. 10. What are the speakers going to do next? A. Watch a movie. B. Enjoy their meal. C. Make dumplings. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. Where could the woman read the article? A. From a medical magazine. B. From a storybook. C. From a musical journal. 12. How does Justin sound after hearing the woman’s words at first? A. Unhappy. B. Excited. C. Surprised. 13. What is the limit of comfortable sound that the human ear can accept? A. 85 decibels B.75 decibels C. 100 decibels 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. What is Nancy doing? A. Surfing the Internet. B. Doing her homework. C. Reading newspapers. 15. How long has Aung Thiha Han studied Chinese? A.6 years. B. 11 years. C. 17 years. 16. How does Aung Thiha Han mainly learn Chinese? A. By watching TV. B. By reading books. C. By taking classes. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is Choi’s nationality? A. American. B. Korean. C. French. 18. What is Choi’s advantage in learning breaking(霹雳舞)? A. Her gymnastics background. B. Her parents’ support. C. Her natural quality. 19. What was Choi’s job after graduation? A. A cosmetics executive. B. A teacher. C. A coach. 20. When did Choi qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics? A. In 2021. B. In 2022. C. In 2023. 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。 If you pay no attention to your mental health, it can lead to depression, burnout, anxiety, and so much more. So whether you’re in your youth or you want to help someone you love, these are some of the best mental health websites for young people. TeenHelp As the name suggests, TeenHelp is specifically targeted towards those in their teen years. The website covers mental health topics from teen depression to anger issues. The great thing about TeenHelp is that it is not only for teenagers but parents, too. It includes a particular column for parents to find online resources like how to choose a psychologist. YoungMinds Even if you’re not in the UK, YoungMinds gives you access to a library of helpful advice, information, support, and resources. Please choose whether you are a parent, you work with young people, or you are a young person yourself. From there you can use various helplines, read real stories, and learn more about mental health conditions. There is even a YoungMinds online store where you can buy fun clothing, postcards, and prints. ReachOut ReachOut offers something for everyone, whether you’re a young person looking for help or a parent. Do you need help with mental health issues such as addiction, self-harm, or anxiety? ReachOut has got you covered. But what makes ReachOut so special is that it offers an online community of young people and free chats with a peer (同龄人) worker. 1. What is special about YoungMinds? A. It only serves British users. B. It works with a local library. C. It asks users to share stories. D. It sells various goods online. 2. What do the three websites have in common? A. They welcome teens and parents. B. They offer free chats with peers. C. They hire famous psychologists. D. They have a column for parents. 3. What is the purpose of the text? A. To report. B. To inform. C. To analyse. D. To describe. Nicholas Sparks is an American novelist known for his best-selling tales of romance (浪漫) and heartbreak. Sparks grew up mainly in north-central California, where his family moved when he was eight. He attended the University of Notre Dame on a track scholarship, but an injury ended his athletic career and led him to write his first unpublished novel. In 1988, he graduated with a major in business and held a variety of jobs. In the early 1990s, he and his wife, Cathy Cote, settled in North Carolina, which later provided a setting for his novels. While working his day job, Sparks continued to write. He cooperated with former Olympic runner Billy Mills on Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding. The book, which was inspired by a Native American legend, was published in 1990. Determined to become a professional writer, Sparks spent several months working on The Notebook, his first published novel, which hit The New York Times best-seller list immediately after it reached the public in 1996. By the time the film adaptation (改编) was released in 2004, Sparks had published seven more novels. Although Sparks’s fiction usually involves love stories, he rejects the suggestion that he is a “romance novelist”. His supporters agree that Sparks explores more-serious subject matter, such as loneliness, sadness, and loss, and that many of his books feature less-than-happy endings. That is also evident in his only nonfiction work, Three Weeks with My Brother, in which he and his brother, Micah, share their own emotional responses to the deaths of their parents and sister. Sparks has devoted much of his time and literary profits to writing programs at Notre Dame and to charitable causes, most notably the Nicholas Sparks Foundation, which he and his wife established in 2011. 4. What led Sparks to write his first novel? A. A scholarship. B. His marriage. C. An accident. D. His major. 5. What do we know about The Notebook? A. It arrived in cinemas in 2004. B. It was written by two authors. C. It became a hit due to a report. D. It was Sparks’ nonfiction work. 6. Why isn’t Sparks a romance novelist? A His stories have nothing to do with love. B. He prefers to record real events in lives. C. His books never end with happiness. D. He pays attention to various themes. 7. Which words can best describe Sparks? A. Lucky and careful. B. Tough and caring. C. Honest and brave. D. Tolerant and calm. If you're daydreaming of future travels while stuck at home during the Covid-19 outbreak, why fantasize about the beaches of Ball or the canals of Venice when vacationing in space could be in your future? Back in 2019, Californian company the Gateway Foundation released plans for a hotel that could one day float above the Earth's atmosphere. This futuristic concept was scheduled to be fully operational by 2027. Now the hotel, Voyager Station, is set to be built by Orbital Assembly Corporation, a new construction company run by former pilot John Blincow, who also heads up the Gateway Foundation. In a recent interview, Blincow explained there had been some Covid-related delays, but construction on the space hotel is expected to begin in 2026, and a hotel in space could be a reality by 2027. "We're trying to make the public realize that this golden age of space travel is just around the corner. It's coming. It's coming fast," said Blincow. Space tourism is becoming an increasingly hot topic, and there are several companies trying to make it happen — from Virgin Galactic to Elon Musk's SpaceX. The team behind Voyager Station have said they're hoping to eventually make a stay at the hotel equal to "a trip to Disneyland ". The team are also hoping to build research stations and spark space tourism and commerce opportunities. They imagine the government or private companies might use the space hotel for training crews heading to the moon, Mars and beyond. The eventual goal, as the team put it in 2019, is "to create a starship culture where people are going to space, and living in space, and working in space. And we believe that there's a demand for that." 8. What can we learn about the space hotel from the text? A. Its construction has already begun. B. It has been delayed due to Covid-19. C. It can float to the moon, Mars and beyond. D. It is in great demand worldwide. 9. Who will possibly use the space hotel for training? A. The Gateway Foundation. B. Orbital Assembly Corporation. C. The government. D. The universities. 10. What do John Blincow and his team aim at? A. Exploring outer space. B. Competing with other companies. C. Opposing space tourism. D. Building a spaceship culture. 11. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. First Ever Space Hotel Is Coming B. There Is A Place Like No Other C. Research Stations Are Getting Popular D. Human Explorations Are Endless People’s voices frighten wildlife even more than the snarls (低吼) of lions, suggesting that we are the scariest animals. Giraffes, elephants, and more than a dozen other species of animals in a South African wildlife reserve ran away from loudspeakers twice as often when they heard the sounds of humans compared with those of lions, found by a study led by Michael Clinchy at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. “This is a protected area, so these animals should not be fearful of us,” he says. “But whether you’re a wildlife tourist, or a poacher (盗猎者), or whatever, you’re all going to be seen as the same thing. The presence of the human is equally dangerous, regardless of what type of human you are.” Clinchy and his colleagues had already discovered that the fear of predators (捕食者) can cause species to decline in number. Wanting to find out which was the most feared, the team decided to test humans against lions often seen as the world’s most fearsome predator on land, says Clinchy. They set up loudspeakers and cameras on trees 10 meters away from animal paths near 21 waterholes in Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, which hosts one of the largest remaining lion populations in the world. When animals approached the waterholes, the speakers immediately played back one of four kinds of recordings, all at the same volume. These included men and women speaking calmly in local languages, lions snarling, gun shots with or without barking dogs and the calls of regional birds. The researchers captured 15,000 videos of 19 species of animals reacting to their recordings. They found that wildlife except lions ran around in response to human voices more than to any other sounds, and were also 40 percent quicker to escape. The findings highlight the damaging impact that our presence could potentially be having significant ecological (生态的) results. Even so, the findings could lead to positive outcomes as well. Human voices might prevent wildlife from entering crop fields or farms. 12. Why are some animals fearful of human beings? A Human beings are the strongest. B. Human beings make them out of water. C. Human beings may have caused great damage. D. Human beings can make the loudest voice in the world. 13. What can be inferred about Greater Kruger National Park? A. There are many lions there. B. There are 21 waterholes there. C. It is easy to set up loudspeakers there. D. It is easy to record the local people’s activities. 14. Which animal responded to human voices least? A. Elephants. B. Giraffes. C. Lions. D. Dogs. 15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. The advantages of human voices to animals. B. The damaging impact of human presence. C The significant ecological results of human voices. D. The impact and possible application of human voices. 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。 People hate packaging. And, yes, there’s a lot of bad and wasteful packaging out there. ___16___ When it comes to protecting and dispensing (分发) food the right package can greatly reduce waste. Here are a few examples. Packaging keeps the meat fresh. We throw away a fifth of the beef we buy — the equivalent (等量) of 8 million cows each year — often because it goes bad before we cook it. The solution? ___17___ Case-ready packaging can lengthen that shelf life to up to 21 days. If the meat you bought isn’t going to be eaten within a few days, case-ready packaging is the better choice for the environment. ___18___ This dairy waste can be avoided with packaging technology such as Tetra Pak (利乐包装纸盒), which is commonly used in Europe and Asia to keep milk from spoiling, even without refrigeration. Recycled or not, Tetra Pak is a good environmental bet because it can lengthen the shelf life of milk up to nine months. ___19___ Once again, the environmental benefit of the food-protection technology outweighs the harmful impact of the packaging itself. Packaging Fixes Sticky Situations. ___20___ One example of waste-reducing packaging is the concept project shown from designer Drew Stanley. He designed a peanut butter jar made of a soft material which can be turned inside out and scraped (刮掉) clean, avoiding sticky food sticking to your fingers. A. Packaging protects milk. B. Using Tetra Pak packaging. C. But packaging isn’t always the enemy. D. We should pay attention to the rubbish produced by packaging. E. Scientists have developed packaging that can keep refrigerated meat fresh for weeks. F. It can reduce the need for refrigeration and the amount of milk that goes wasted. G. Food left behind in jars and bottles makes up a surprising amount of waste. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）。 第一节 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） When I was a little boy, I loved drawing. I ___21___ presented a new picture to my mother a few times a day at least. She would ___22___ them up on the refrigerator as I’m sure all parents do, but she quickly ___23___ room. When that happened, she would ask me to ___24___ which picture we would remove to make room for the ___25___ one. She would then take the removed picture and ___26___ me she would put it somewhere safe — a great ___27___ to tell a little kid so they didn’t suspect their drawing was destined (注定) for the trash can. Decades later, my mother passed away from cancer, and I was ___28___ for cleaning her home to prepare it to be sold. As I ___29___ the things in her room, I found a box stuffed full of paper. It contained every one of the ____30____ I’d created as a kid, separated into folders based on the ____31____ I was when I drew it. It was located near her bed table and had every indication of being ____32____ on a regular basis. She really had saved and ____33____ my terrible drawings all these years. I’m a fully-grown, strong military man who never shows ____34____. Yet holding my own six-year-old scribblings (涂鸦) in my hands, I ended up ____35____ my heart out in my mother’s room. 21. A. finally B. cautiously C. proudly D. casually 22. A. match B. hang C. mix D. hand 23. A. ran out of B. made use of C. took place of D. got rid of 24. A. display B. decorate C. pick D. prepare 25. A. initial B. popular C. expensive D. new 26. A. promise B. persuade C. appreciate D. remind 27. A. speech B. policy C. investment D. lie 28. A. grateful B. responsible C. anxious D. convenient 29. A. gave away B. showed off C. sorted through D. put back 30. A. toys B. pills C. frames D. pictures 31. A. age B. theory C. volume D. principle 32. A. signed B. checked C. restored D. fixed 33. A. complained B. tolerated C. enjoyed D. commented 34. A. progress B. happiness C. decline D. weakness 35. A. crying B. singing C. moving D. burning 第II卷（非选择题，共50分） 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。 Chengdu, an old city in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, enjoys a history that ____36____ (date) back more than 2,400 years. With ____37____ (it) great cultural heritage and natural environment, the region has been called “a land of abundance”. The city is known for keeping Chinese traditions and developing ____38____ pleasant atmosphere in a way that other cities don’t. Likewise, Chengdu’s cultural heritage is rich, attracting millions of tourists every year who are eager ____39____ (learn) about its China Panda Base, delicious food, leisure and scenic spots and tea. According to its urban development plan, Chengdu will become a ____40____ (full) realized “garden city” by 2035, ____41____ (reflect) a creative and fresh model for urban design. The development model is driven by an “ecological civilization” spirit, ____42____ stresses striking a balance between environmental protection and economic ____43____ (grow). The city’s high-tech goals ____44____ (strengthen) by its 49 colleges and universities, including Sichuan University, Chengdu University of Electronic Science and Technology and Southwest Jiaotong University, positioning it as a centre of start-ups that will strengthen the new economy. On a global scale, Chengdu is an important gateway to the West that’s connected ____45____ more than 50 overseas cities and 16 Chinese cities. 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，即将代表学校参加泸州市的“用英语讲好中国故事”(Telling Chinese Stories in English)的演讲比赛，请你用英语给上一届比赛中担任过评委的外国友人Ted写一封信，邀请他为你做演讲指导。主要内容包括： 1.指导的时间、地点；2.指导的具体内容 注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Ted, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。续写的词数应为150 左右。 Lorena parted the curtain in her living room and looked out onto the wet street. She was relieved the sunlight appeared. If it didn't stop raining it would ruin her day. Her mother had promised to drive her to Fashion Fair if it were sunny. Lorena was eager to go there because she had to replace a Nike jacket. Earlier that Wednesday afternoon, Eddie, the most popular seventh-grader, had given Lorena his jacket and asked her to keep an eye as he would play basketball in a hurry. Lorena was quite happy to be of help. During her last class, the biology teacher made them cut apart dead frogs. For fear of getting blood on Eddie's jacket, Lorena folded it and placed it on a chair. Then she took the knife and cut the skin quickly. She felt sick opening the frog's belly. When the bell rang Lorena hurried out because the bus she caught for home left ten minutes after school. She raced to board the bus and found a seat. After a few minutes the driver started the engine and drove away when Lorena looked out of the window and saw Eddie. "The jacket!" she screamed. She shot from her seat and ran up to the driver. "You've got to stop! I forgot Eddie's jacket!" "Who's Eddie? " the driver said angrily. "Sit down." All that evening she was upset and blamed her biology teacher for her problem. If he hadn't made them dissect(解剖) frogs, ,she wouldn't have been so absent-minded. The next day Lorena rushed from the bus to the biology room. The jacket was not there! "How can I ever tell Eddie?" she closed her eyes. She spent most of her break and lunch period in the rest room, brushing her hair and worrying. On Friday she stayed home to avoid Eddie. She told her mother she wanted to go shopping to buy her a gift for her birthday, which was the next week. Actually, she wanted to buy a Nike jacket with her life savings at Fashion Fair. Paragraph 1 : Mom drove Lorena to Fashion Fair and left, asking her not to waste money. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 : Lorena was about to leave when she saw Eddie in his Nike jacket. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$