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2024—2025学年度第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试题 试卷总分：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和试卷指定位置。 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。 3. 回答非选择题时，请用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡指定区域作答，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。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How can the man improve his article? A. By deleting unnecessary words. B. By adding a couple of points. C. By correcting grammar mistakes. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: Ms. Miller, could you tell me how I can improve this article? I got a B plus. W: It’s quite good, actually. The language use is good and the main points are covered. There’s just too much repetition. You could have said everything within two pages. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How much will the man pay? A. $20. B. $80. C. $100. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: How much is that in total? W: $100. But if you have a membership card, I can give you a 20% discount. M: Great, this is my membership card. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man do? A. He is a tailor. B. He is a waiter. C. He is a shop assistant. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】M: Good morning, madam. What can I do for you? W: Well, the sleeves of this jacket are too long. Can you make them shorter? M: Let me take a look. Okay, I can do it for 20 dollars. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Manager and assistant. C. Driver and policewoman. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】W: Slow down, Jason. You’re driving too fast. It’s dangerous. M: Sorry, dear. But I’m going to be late for work. My manager will be mad at me. W:Well, maybe I should wake you up earlier tomorrow morning. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What are the speakers talking about? A. Ways of cooking. B. Healthy food for kids. C. Kids helping in the kitchen. 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】M: Do you often ask your kid to help in the kitchen? W: Yeah, Sarah enjoys pouring, mixing, and serving her creations to family members. M: Good! According to an article I’ve just read, that encourages healthy eating in kids. 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What did the woman eat last time in this restaurant? A. Pizza. B. Spaghetti. C. Lasagna. 7. Why does the man order the fish? A. His colleague advised him to taste it. B. The fish in the picture looks tasty. C. He loves dishes made with fish. 【答案】6. B 7. C 【解析】 【原文】M: Let me see the menu.Well, the spaghetti in the picture looks good. W: It is! I had it the last time I was in this restaurant. M: But I just had some spaghetti yesterday How is the pizza? W: I haven’t tasted this dish here before. And I’ll try the lasagna this time. M: The pizza in the picture looks really tasty. I’ll order one. W: OK. Well. I know you love fish. I heard from my colleague that the fish here is delicious. Do you want one? M: Yes! I enjoy any dish made with fish! 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a college. B. At Maria’s place. C. In a bookstore. 9. What is Maria’s major? A. French. B. Computer Science. C. Hotel Management. 10. What does Dave do to cover his living costs? A. He applies for a scholarship. B. He asks his parents for money. C. He does a part-time job. 【答案】8. B 9. B 10. C 【解析】 【原文】W: Oh, hi, Dave! What have brought you here? M: Hi, Maria. I was in the neighborhood and thought I’d stop by to say hello. W: It’s great to see you! Come on in and have a seat. How have you been? How’s college treating you? M: It’s been going well. I’m majoring in Hotel Management. How about you? W: I initially wanted to major in French, but I realized it might be difficult to find a job with a degree in that major. Therefore, I finally chose Computer Science. With the right skills, it should be easier to find a job in the technology industry. M: That sounds like a wise decision. Actually, I’m working part-time in a bookstore near my college. I haven’t asked my parents for money since I started college. W: Really? That’s impressive. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 11. What subject do the speakers both struggle with? A. Physics. B. Biology. C. Chemistry. 12. Why can’t Alex join the speakers’ study group? A. He has joined another study group. B. He has to look after his sick mother. C. He is preparing for a competition. 13. Which word best describes Owen? A. Humorous. B. Boring. C. Patient. 【答案】11. A 12. B 13. C 【解析】 原文】M: Emma, with exams coming up, I think we should form a study group and review together. W: That’s a great idea, Jack. M: I’m good at chemistry but struggle with biology and physics. You’re good at biology but need help with physics and chemistry. Let’s start by dividing the subjects. W: Okay. I can help you with biology, and you can help me with chemistry. M: Yes. We should ask someone who is good at physics to join us. W: Agreed. Miles, Lucas and Alex are all good at it. I am thinking of asking Alex. He gets top marks in physics every time. M: But his mother is ill. He has to take care of his mother after school. Miles and Lucas have been busy preparing for a physics competition these days. Ah, how about Owen? He is not only good at physics but also a great explainer. He is never tired of explaining how to solve problems. W: That’s true. I’ll ask Owen right now. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 14. What’s the purpose of the activity? A. To encourage people to protect animals. B. To raise money for endangered animals. C. To do research on animals for college work. 15. Where did the man photograph the male bird? A. In China. B. In India. C. In Vietnam. 16. What color do the female birds’ bodies feature? A. Brown. B. Blue. C. White. 17. When will the speakers head back home? A. At 5:00 p.m. B. At 5:30 p.m. C. At 7:00 p.m. 【答案】14. A 15. B 16. A 17. B 【解析】 【原文】W: Thanks for inviting me today. I’ve never tried bird-watching before. I thought it would be boring. But I actually really like it. It’s so calm and peaceful. M: Well, we organize this activity to call on people to protect the animals that live with us. Many birds are endangered now. W: What you are doing is meaningful. Look, here is a beautiful bird. What is it called? M: It’s a white-tailed flycatcher (白尾蓝仙鹤). W: Are they very unusual? M: Not really. But you don’t see many in this part of China. They’re quite common in Vietnam, though. W: Have you ever seen one before? M: I’ve seen a male. I took a bus tour through India before I went to college, and I managed to photograph it. W: Wow, cool! M: But I’d love to see a female. They’re much harder to see because their bodies are light brown. The males are bright blue. Oh! It’s 5:00 p.m. now, and I promised I’d be home before 7:00 p.m. W: I can give you a lift, so you don’t need to wait for a bus. How about staying for another 30 minutes, and then head home? M: Good plan. Thanks. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 18. How many legs does the robot guide dog have? A. Three. B. Four. C. Six. 19. Which of the following challenges does China face? A. The limited number of guide dogs. B. The high cost of training guide dogs. C. Difficulties in caring for guide dogs. 20. What is Professor Gao’s opinion about robot guide dogs in the end? A. The development of them is promising. B. The technology for them is not very advanced. C. They can’t provide good service as traditional ones do. 【答案】18. C 19. A 20. A 【解析】 【原文】W: Researchers in Shanghai are developing a robot guide dog that could help blind people. The robot is currently being tested in Shanghai and uses AI to recognize voices, plan ways and identify traffic lights. It has six legs instead of four because the extra legs make it more stable, making its movements smoother. Professor Gao Feng, the head of the research team, is developing the robot at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “When three legs are lifted, there are still three legs. It is the most stable shape,” he said. China has a big shortage of traditional guide dogs. Pet ownership and service animals are relatively new concepts in the country. Many workplaces and public areas do not welcome a usual service dog like a Labrador. The supply of real guide dogs is limited by training needs. Gao said the production of robot guide dogs could be increased to an industrial level. There could be a large market for his robot dogs. “There might be tens of millions of people in the world who need robot guide dogs,” he added. 第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节　(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A Down House, home of Charles Darwin: Fun fact Charles Darwin, his wife, Emma, and their children lived at Down House for 40 years from 1838. Several rooms appear as if the family still live here: with croquet sets thrown into an under-stairs cupboard, a half-played game of backgammon on a side table and Emma’s knitting(毛线) left on a chair in the drawing room. Upstairs, an exhibition showcases Darwin’s voyage aboard HMS Beagle, including a reconstruction of his cabin. Outside, visitors can explore the sheltered gardens which Darwin used as an open-air laboratory, and the greenhouse in which he planted rare plants and devised botanical experiments. No room at Down House escaped Darwin’s experiments. In the drawing room he once placed a jar of earthworms on the grand piano to see whether they could hear. Getting there A 15-minute drive from the A21/Farnborough. Free parking. The R8 bus from Orpington stops nearby (except Sundays) or the 146 bus from Bromley North and South terminates (终点站) in Downe village, half a mile from the property. The nearest railway stations are Chelsfield or Orpington, about four miles away. Value for money? It’s ￡12 (adult), ￡7.20 (child), or ￡31.30 (family with 2 adults). Under 5s go free. Opening hours Open daily 10am-6pm from 30 March to 30 September; daily 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. between 1 to 31 October. Opening times vary through the winter (check website for details). Verdict(评价) 8/10. An unstuffy educational, gentle day-trip attraction with friendly, knowledgeable staff. 21. What can visitors do in Down House? A. Play the grand piano. B. Set sail in HMS Beagle. C. Explore Darwin’s work and life. D. Try food sourced from the garden. 22. How much would a couple with their 4-year-old twin sons pay for admission? A. ￡38.40. B. ￡26.20. C. ￡31.30. D. ￡24. 23. What do we know about Down House? A. It is highly thought of. B. It charges parking fees. C. It has fixed opening hours. D. It is inconveniently located. 【答案】21. C 22. D 23. A 【解析】 【导语】本篇是应用文。文章主要介绍了参观达尔文故居的情况。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据Fun fact部分中“Outside, visitors can explore the sheltered gardens which Darwin used as an open-air laboratory, and the greenhouse in which he planted rare plants and devised botanical experiments.(在外面，游客可以探索达尔文用作露天实验室的遮蔽花园，以及他种植稀有植物和设计植物学实验的温室)”可知，游客在这里可以探索了解达尔文当年的工作生活情况，故选C。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据Value for money部分中“It’s ￡12 (adult), ￡7.20 (child), or ￡31.30 (family with 2 adults). Under 5s go free.(成人￡12，儿童￡7.20，或￡31.30（一个有2个成年人的家庭）。5岁以下免费)”可知，四岁孩子不要钱，父母带两个四岁孩子的最优惠价格是12+12=24英镑，故选D。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据Verdict部分“8/10. An unstuffy educational, gentle day-trip attraction with friendly, knowledgeable staff.(8/10。一个充满教育气息、温和的一日游景点，拥有友好、知识渊博的工作人员)”可知该处景点评价很高，故选A。 B After their three children grew up and left home, Margaret Thompson and her husband, Kenneth, stretched their legs together on walking holidays in Switzerland. In Interlaken, year after year, they would head up the mountain and watch the paragliders (空中滑翔) launch themselves into the sky. Back in town, in a large park, they watched them return to earth. “Some day I’d love to do that,” Thompson told Kenneth. But there was always so much to do in Interlaken. So she continued to watch the gliders take flight and land. Kenneth died in 2005. Eleven years later, and three decades after those walking holidays, Thompson finally took to the skies herself, in a paraglider with an instructor. Thompson was 80. Recently, Thompson heard from an instructor that grown men, when airborne, sometimes cry and beg to be brought down. But what she remembers is “feeling free. You feel weightless. It’s quite windy. It blows you around. You sail along and look around you, and see all the toy houses down below. You feel like you are up in heaven somewhere there, watching everyone down below.” Thirty years seems a long time to hold on to a dream. “It was,” she says. Why did it take so long? “I wanted to do it, but I felt somebody should benefit from it.” She did not think of just enjoying the experience? “I don’t think so. There had to be a cause at the end of it all,” she says. With her first paraglide, she raised ￡1,500 for Moorfields eye hospital in London, most of it with the aid of social clubs run by the Presbyterian church she regularly attends. Is she scared of getting older? “Fear? No. People say: ‘Isn’t getting old awful?’ I say: ‘No. You are free to do more things that you want to do.” Thompson felt no fear paragliding. “I mean, you sort of say to yourself: Well, if anything happens to me now, I’m OK. People might worry about falling, it being the end of them. But that didn’t bother me at all. When it’s your time, it’s your time. No matter where you are.” 24. Why didn’t Thompson take up paragliding after her children left home? A. She was engaged. B. She preferred walking. C. She was afraid of heights. D. She had to tend her husband. 25. How did Thompson feel when airborne? A. She lost his direction. B. She was scared to death. C. She regretted paragliding. D. She had a sense of freedom. 26. Why could Thompson hold on to her dream for three decades? A. She got support from social clubs. B. She wanted to make it meaningful. C. She hoped to contribute to the church. D. She had a good cause to experience fun. 27. What’s Thompson’s attitude towards falling? A. Terrified. B. Helpless. C. Calm. D. Doubtful. 【答案】24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文，讲述了一位八十高龄妇女从事空中滑翔的故事。 【24题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段的“But there was always so much to do in Interlaken. So she continued to watch the gliders take flight and land. (但在Interlaken总是有很多事情要做。于是她继续观看滑翔机飞行和降落。)”可知，Thompson在她的孩子离开家后没有从事滑翔伞运动是因为她很忙，故选A。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“But what she remembers is “feeling free”. You feel weightless. It’s quite windy. It blows you around. You sail along and look around you, and see all the toy houses down below. You feel like you are up in heaven somewhere there, watching everyone down below.” (但她记得的是“自由的感觉”。你感到失重。风很大。它把你吹来吹去。你航行着，环顾四周，看到下面所有的玩具房子。看着下面的每个人，你会觉得自己好像在天堂的某个地方。)”可知，Thompson在空中有种自由的感觉，故选D。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段的““I don’t think so. There had to be a cause at the end of it all,” she says. With her first paraglide, she raised ￡1,500 for Moorfields eye hospital in London, most of it with the aid of social clubs run by the Presbyterian church she regularly attends. (“我不这么认为。在这一切结束时，必须有一个原因，”她说。凭借她的第一次滑翔伞，她为伦敦的Moorfields眼科医院筹集了1500英镑，其中大部分资金来自她经常参加的长老会教堂经营的社交俱乐部的帮助。)”可知，Thompson一直坚持着梦想是她想利用空中滑翔做公益事业，想让它有意义。故选B。 27题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段的“Thompson felt no fear paragliding. “I mean, you sort of say to yourself: Well, if anything happens to me now, I’m OK. People might worry about falling, it being the end of them. But that didn’t bother me at all. When it’s your time, it’s your time. No matter where you are.” (Thompson对滑翔伞毫无畏惧。“我的意思是，你会对自己说：好吧，如果我现在发生了什么事，我没事。人们可能会担心摔倒，这是他们的末日。但这一点也不困扰我。轮到你的时候，就是你的时候。不管你在哪里。”)”可知，Thompson很平静，故选C。 C Earthquakes are among the most mysterious and terrifying natural disasters. While we can sometimes predict major ones, others strike without warning, devastating cities and causing fires, landslides and tsunamis. With climate change leading to increased wildfires and hurricanes, could it also make earthquakes more common? The most dangerous earthquakes are tectonic (地壳构造的) earthquakes, caused by the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates. These plates shift about 1.5 centimeters per year due to internal heat, building pressure until they suddenly move, which releases energy and causes earthquakes. Unlike other disasters, it’s almost impossible to predict when earthquakes will happen, making planned evacuations (疏散) next to impossible. Unfortunately, climate change could make quakes happen closer together and with more intensity, experts told Live Science. With global warming, glaciers are melting at an increased rate. When melted glacier water flows off land and into the sea, the land that used to sit underneath it rises, said John Cassidy, an earthquake seismologist at the Geological Survey of Canada and the University of Victoria. More concerning than glacial-melt earthquakes are those that could be caused by an increase in sea level. As sea levels rise, pressure underwater on the seafloor also goes up, said Marco Bohnhoff, a geophysicist at GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam and Free University Berlin in Germany. As water pressure spikes, the pressure on fault (断层) lines near the coast will also increase. Even if we stopped using greenhouse gases now, it would take up to 1,000 years for sea level rise to stop, Bohnhoff added. He predicts that over that time, the gaps between big coastal earthquakes will become shorter. Cassidy is uncertain if sea level rise will cause giant quakes to happen faster within our lifetimes. He emphasized that climate change will make them more dangerous. “It’s an important topic, and one that I’m sure we’ll see a lot of information coming out on in the coming months and years,” he said. “But no matter what we’ve discovered, it’s not good news.” 28. What does the article tell us about tectonic earthquakes? A. They are easier to predict than others. B. They happen mostly near coastal areas. C. They result from the shifting of Earth’s plates. D. They rarely lead to other natural disasters. 29. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to? A. The land. B. The glacier. C. The quake. D. The sea. 30. What does Bohnhoff imply? A. Coastal areas will be safer over time. B. Sea level rise will eventually stabilize. C. Human actions have long-term effects. D. Earthquakes will become more predictable. 31. What is Cassidy’s attitude toward the future impact of climate change on earthquakes? A. Hopeful. B. Concerned. C. Uncaring. D. Skeptical. 【答案】28. C 29. B 30. C 31. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了气候变化可能通过冰川融化和海平面上升加剧地震活动，专家指出其影响具有长期性，并对此表示担忧。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“The most dangerous earthquakes are tectonic (地壳构造的) earthquakes, caused by the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates. (最危险的地震是构造地震，由地球板块运动引发)”可知，构造地震是由地球板块运动引起的。故选C项。 【29题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第四段中“With global warming, glaciers are melting at an increased rate. When melted glacier water flows off land and into the sea, the land that used to sit underneath it rises (随着全球变暖，冰川正加速融化。当冰川融水从陆地流入海洋后，曾被它覆盖的地表会随之抬升)”可知，冰川融化且流往海洋后，曾被冰川覆盖的地表会抬升，画线词指代的是前面提到的“冰川”。故选B项。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据第六段中“Even if we stopped using greenhouse gases now, it would take up to 1,000 years for sea level rise to stop, Bohnhoff added. (Bohnhoff补充道：“即便我们现在就停止排放温室气体，海平面上升仍将持续长达1000年才会停止”)”可知，海平面上升的持续时间将很漫长，Bohnhoff在暗示人类的行为有长期的影响。故选C项。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“He emphasized that climate change will make them more dangerous. “It’s an important topic, and one that I’m sure we’ll see a lot of information coming out on in the coming months and years,” he said. “But no matter what we’ve discovered, it’s not good news.” (他强调，气候变化将使地震更具破坏性。“这是个重要课题，未来数月乃至数年肯定会有大量相关研究涌现，但无论发现什么，都不会是好消息。”他表示)”可知，Cassidy强调气候变化会使地震更危险，且任何发现不会带来好消息，这体现了他担忧的态度。故选B项。 D NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore finally returned on March 19, having endured a nine-month wait on the International Space Station for a rescue mission to be organized. Seeing the difficulties the US government had in rescuing the astronauts, law experts are now questioning who would be responsible if privately-run space missions go wrong. According to the United Nations (UN), international space law dates back to the 1960s. At that time, space exploration was led by governments and mostly involved the US and the Soviet Union. Private companies going into space were not considered possible and so were not clearly included in international law, wrote Anna Brennan, a researcher at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, on The Conversation. However, the commercial space industry has grown quickly in recent years. The World Economic Forum said that by 2035, the space economy is expected to reach 1.8 trillion dollars (around 13 trillion yuan), rising from 630 billion dollars in 2023 and growing faster than global GDP. By the end of February, the US company Blue Origin had launched 52 civilians into space. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is also designed to allow civilians with little training to travel to space, said Euronews. These changes have revealed legal gaps. One significant issue lies in the wording. As noted in an article published in Khalifa University Science and Tech Review, the UN Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the related Rescue Agreement of 1968 state that, in emergencies, all countries are responsible for rescuing “astronauts”. In contrast, international maritime law uses the broader term “persons”, rather than specific words like “sailors”. This difference creates a gray area because it means civilians on private space missions are not technically covered by the universal rescue obligation, said the article. Although the 1979 Moon Treaty considers anyone on the moon an astronaut, none of the few countries with independent crewed launch capabilities (i.e. the US, Russia and China) have signed this treaty. This reduces the treaty’s relevance, the article further explained. Even in the US, the meaning of “astronaut” changes between agencies, reported NBC News. NASA requires a person to meet several standards, including finishing serious training, to earn the title. But the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, 美国联邦航空管理局) accepts anyone who flies above 80 kilometers on an FAA-licensed spacecraft. Experts are calling for a broader definition of “astronaut”, said New Scientist. Brennan also noted on The Conversation that space law must find a balance between keeping people safe and allowing space businesses to grow. 32. How does the author introduce the topic of the passage? A. By interviewing two astronauts. B. By quoting well-known experts. C. By discussing an international space law. D. By describing a recent return from space. 33. Why were private space companies not clearly included in international space law? A. They showed no interest in space travel. B. They refused to follow space regulations. C. The UN didn’t recognize private space flights. D. They were seen as being unable to go to space. 34. What do the underlined words “a gray area” in paragraph 5 refer to? A. The unclear legal status of space tourists. B. The dangerous conditions of space travel. C. The training requirements for space travel. D. The financial risks of commercial spaceflight. 35. What does Anna Brennan suggest about space law? A. It should redefine the word “astronaut”. B. It should adopt maritime rescue law to for space. C. It should protect people and support space businesses. D. It should restrict private spaceflights for safety reasons. 【答案】32. D 33. D 34. A 35. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了随着商业太空行业的快速发展，现有的国际太空法律在应对私人太空任务方面存在的法律空白和挑战。 【32题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore finally returned on March 19, having endured a nine-month wait on the International Space Station for a rescue mission to be organized. Seeing the difficulties the US government had in rescuing the astronauts, law experts are now questioning who would be responsible if privately-run space missions go wrong.(美国宇航局宇航员Suni Williams和Butch Wilmore终于在3月19日返回，他们在国际空间站忍受了9个月的等待，等待救援任务的组织。鉴于美国政府在营救宇航员方面遇到的困难，法律专家现在质疑，如果私营太空任务出错，谁来负责)”可知，文章开篇讲述了NASA宇航员Suni Williams和Butch Wilmore在国际空间站等待九个月后于2025年3月 19日返回地球这一事件，随后引出法律专家对私人太空任务出错责任归属的质疑，进而展开对太空法律相关问题的讨论，所以文章是通过描述一次近期的太空返回事件来引入主题，故选D。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Private companies going into space were not considered possible and so were not clearly included in international law(私营公司进入太空被认为是不可能的，因此没有明确列入国际法)”可知，当时私人太空公司未被明确写进国际法，是因为人们认为它们进入太空是不可能的，故选D。 【34题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第四段“the UN Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the related Rescue Agreement of 1968 state that, in emergencies, all countries are responsible for rescuing “astronauts”. In contrast, international maritime law uses the broader term “persons”, rather than specific words like “sailors”.(《联合国外层空间条约》（OST）和1968年的相关救援协定规定，在紧急情况下，所有国家都有责任营救“宇航员”。相比之下，国际海事法使用更广泛的术语“人”，而不是像“水手”这样的具体词汇)”和第五段“civilians on private space missions are not technically covered by the universalrescue duty(执行私人太空任务的平民在技术上不受普遍救援义务的保护)”可知，“a gray area”指的是私人太空任务中的平民在法律上的地位不明确，即太空游客不明确的法律地位，故选A。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Brennan also noted on The Conversation that space law must find a balance between keeping people safe and allowing space businesses to grow.(Brennan还在“对话”节目中指出，太空法必须在保障人们的安全与允许太空企业发展之间找到平衡)”可知，Anna Brennan认为太空法必须在保障人们安全和促进太空商业发展之间找到平衡，也就是太空法要保护人们并支持太空商业，故选C。 第二节　(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Workplace recognition is a powerful way of making employees feel valued and enhancing their performance. ____36____ Make people feel valued Employees want to know that they are making a difference in what they do—big or small—and workplace recognition can make a considerable difference. ____37____ One of them focused on the impact of letters of appreciation. The letters roughly read: Your continued dedication and hard work make children and families in the region better off every day. Appreciation can greatly improve morale(士气). Improve employees’ retention (保留) ____38____ Not only does this boost their confidence, but it also helps improve your company’s retention rate and secure top talent. It is predicted that replacing a salaried worker costs 6-9 months of the position’s annual wages. Boost motivation and productivity A study found that employee engagement, productivity, and performance are 14% higher in organizations with a specific recognition programme in place. ____39____ It means that your team is more present in their day-to-day roles, they produce optimal work quality and feel personally connected to the company and the work they do for its growth. Ultimately, workplace recognition leads to happy, driven, and productive workers. Improve employees’ well-being It’s common for businesses of all sizes to experience stressful periods. ____40____ Especially when your team is small and the workload high, people can feel extensive burnout and stress, leading to time off work. Gratitude increases our positive emotions, like happiness, making us more resilient against future stress. A. How does this benefit the organizations? B. What exactly does this mean for businesses? C. Here are some tips on securing workplace recognition. D. When your workers are happy, they’re less likely to leave. E. The Harvard Business Review conducted a series of studies on workplace morale. F. But small companies and start-ups require more work and attention to develop. G. Here are the benefits of workplace recognition for both employers and employees. 【答案】36. G 37. E 38. D 39. B 40. F 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了职场认可的对雇主和员工的一些好处。 【36题详解】 下文小标题“Make people feel valued (让人们感到被重视)”、“Improve employees’ retention (保留) (提高员工的忠诚度)”、“Boost motivation and productivity (提高动力和生产力)”以及“Improve employees’ well-being (提高员工的幸福感)”说明本文阐述了职场认可对于雇主和员工的好处，因此G项“以下是工作场所认可对雇主和雇员的好处。”概括本文主旨，故选G。 【37题详解】 下文“Appreciation can greatly improve morale (士气). (感谢能极大地提高士气。)”说明的是对感谢信的影响的研究，因此E项“《哈佛商业评论》对职场士气进行了一系列研究。”符合语境，故选E。 【38题详解】 小标题“Improve employees’ retention (保留) (提高员工的忠诚度)”说明本段主要内容是职场认可会提高员工保留率，因此D项“当你的员工感到高兴时，他们就不太可能离开。”符合语境，故选D。 【39题详解】 下文“It means that your team is more present in their day-to-day roles, they produce optimal work quality and feel personally connected to the company and the work they do for its growth. (这意味着你的团队更多地参与到他们的日常角色中，他们产生了最佳的工作质量，并感觉到与公司以及他们为公司发展所做的工作有着个人联系。)”说明这句话是回答上文提出的问题：这意味着什么？因此B项“这对企业究竟意味着什么？”符合语境，故选B。 【40题详解】 上文“It’s common for businesses of all sizes to experience stressful periods. (各种规模的企业都会经历压力时期，这是很常见的。)”以及下文“Especially when your team is small and the workload high, people can feel extensive burnout and stress. (特别是当你的团队规模小、工作量大时，人们可能会感到广泛的倦怠和压力。)”说明压力很常见，但是小公司更让人产生疲倦和压力，小公司员工更需要幸福感。因此F项“但小公司和初创企业的发展需要更多的工作和关注。”连接前后两句，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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Camping is a rite of passage (成人仪式) if you grow up in Canada. It’s a child’s first ____41____ of what living in the wild really means. But growing up as an immigrant from India, I thought it was ____42____. Then I ____43____ 26 and started trying new things. I had been ____44____ mental health issues for quite some time and I discovered being out in nature helped me calm down. ____45____, I decided to try camping. Then I overheard a(n) ____46____ between my father and mother. “Why does she have to do this? Doesn’t she know she can just stay at home?” my father asked. “This is what Canadian kids do, it’s okay, she’ll be fine!” my mom____47____. My parents had no ____48____ in me surviving one night in the wild. My friends and I ____49____ our campsite in the woods. As the day went on, we ate, played by the water and met our camping neighbors. Time felt like it ____50____; life felt gentler and easier. As the day turned into night, the stars came out and I was amazed by all the ____51____ lights above me. Morning came. I didn’t even realize I was ____52____ to leave until we started packing everything up. I wasn’t just leaving, having accomplished something I ____53____ thought I would do. I was leaving with a real sense of community, a real sense of ____54____ for what the great outdoors had to offer, and a completely different ____55____ to an activity that I had thought strange for so many years. 41. A. attempt B. proposal C. taste D. target 42. A. odd B. amazing C. rough D. awkward 43. A. grew B. observed C. recalled D. turned 44. A. involving B. experiencing C. surviving D. abandoning 45. A. Overall B. Moreover C. Therefore D. Somehow 46. A. argument B. debate C. conversation D. quarrel 47. A. insisted B. explained C. prayed D. interrupted 48. A. faith B. mercy C. empathy D. preference 49. A. beat down B. drew on C. rose to D. set up 50. A. shot up B. broke out C. slowed down D. put off 51. A. swinging B. bouncing C. rolling D. twinkling 52. A. curious B. upset C. enthusiastic D. desperate 53. A. constantly B. ultimately C. merely D. barely 54. A. appreciation B. foundation C. resolution D. recognition 55. A. contrast B. priority C. exposure D. attitude 【答案】41. C 42. A 43. D 44. B 45. C 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. D 50. C 51. D 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者作为一名来自印度的移民，在加拿大参加露营活动的经历。 【41题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一个孩子第一次体验到野外生活的真正意义。A. attempt试图；B. proposal提议；C. taste体验；D. target目标。根据前文“Camping is a rite of passage (成人仪式) if you grow up in Canada.”、“a child’s first”可知，野营作为成人仪式，是一个孩子对野外生活的真正意义的初次体验。故选C项。 【42题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但作为一个来自印度的移民，我觉得这很奇怪。A. odd奇怪的；B. amazing令人惊叹的；C. rough粗糙的；D. awkward尴尬的。根据前文“growing up as an immigrant from India”和后文“an activity that I had thought strange for so many years”可知，作为一名移民，作者认为露营是一种成人仪式是奇怪的，体现了文化差异。故选A项。 【43题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：后来我26岁了，开始尝试新事物。A. grew生长；B. observed观察；C. recalled回想起；D. turned达到（一定年龄或时间）。根据后文“26 and started trying new things”可知，此处是指作者到了26岁。故选D项。 【44题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我已经经历了相当长一段时间的心理健康问题，我发现置身于大自然中能帮助我冷静下来。A. involving包括；B. experiencing经历；C. surviving幸存；D. abandoning放弃。根据后文“mental health issues for quite some time and I discovered being out in nature helped me calm down”可知，作者经历了心理健康问题很长时间，然后他发现大自然能帮助自己冷静。故选B项。 【45题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：因此，我决定尝试露营。A. Overall全部，总计；B. Moreover此外；C. Therefore因此；D. Somehow以某种方式。根据前文“I discovered being out in nature helped me calm down”和后文“I decided to try camping”存在因果关系可知，应用表示因果关系的Therefore。故选C项。 【46题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后我无意中听到爸爸和妈妈之间的一段对话。A. argument争论；B. debate辩论；C. conversation对话；D. quarrel争吵。根据后文“‘Why does she have to do this? Doesn’t she know she can just stay at home?’ my father asked. ‘This is what Canadian kids do, it’s okay, she’ll be fine!’”可知，作者听到父亲和母亲之间的对话。故选C项。 【47题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：妈妈解释道，“这是加拿大孩子做的事，没关系，她会没事的！”A. insisted坚持；B. explained解释；C. prayed祈祷；D. interrupted打断。根据前文“‘Why does she have to do this? Doesn’t she know she can just stay at home?’ my father asked. ‘This is what Canadian kids do, it’s okay, she’ll be fine!’”可知，前面父亲问问题，进而母亲对父亲的提问进行解释。故选B项。 【48题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我父母不相信我能在野外存活一晚。A. faith信任，信念；B. mercy仁慈；C. empathy共情；D. preference偏爱。根据前文“My parents had no”和后文“in me surviving one night in the wild”可知，父母不相信作者能在野外过一晚。have no faith in“不相信”为固定搭配。故选A项。 【49题详解】 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：我和朋友们在树林里搭建了露营地。A. beat down砸开，砸破（门等）；B. drew on利用；C. rose to上升到；D. set up搭建。根据后文“our campsite”可知，此处是指搭建营地。故选D项。 【50题详解】 考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：时间好像慢了下来；生活变得更平和、更轻松了。A. shot up迅速长高，陡增；B. broke out爆发；C. slowed down慢下来；D. put off推迟。根据后文“life felt gentler and easier”可知，生活更平和、更轻松，由此推知，时间好像慢了下来。故选C项。 【51题详解】 考查形容词和动词词义辨析。句意：当白天变成夜晚时，星星出来了，我被我头顶上闪烁的光惊呆了。A. swinging时髦活跃的；B. bouncing健壮的；C. rolling起伏的；D. twinkling闪烁。根据前文“the stars came out”可知，星星出来了，头顶上闪烁的星光让作者惊叹。故选D项。 【52题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：直到我们开始收拾东西，我才意识到我对离开感到难过。A. curious好奇的；B. upset沮丧的，难过的；C. enthusiastic热情的；D. desperate绝望的。根据前文“Time felt like it ___10___; life felt gentler and easier. As the day turned into night, the stars came out and I was amazed by all the ___11___ lights above me.”和后文“to leave”可知，作者在户外感受到了大自然的美好，由此推知，对离开感到难过。故选B项。 【53题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我不仅仅是离开，因为我完成了一些我几乎没想过自己会做的事情。A. constantly不断地；B. ultimately最终；C. merely仅仅；D. barely几乎不。根据前文“My parents had no ___8___ in me surviving one night in the wild.”可知，父母不相信作者能在野外过一晚，由此推知，作者完成了几乎没有想过自己会做的事情。故选D项。 【54题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我带着一种真正的社区意识离开了，对户外活动所提供的东西有着真正的感激之情，对一项我多年来一直认为奇怪的活动有着完全不同的态度。A. appreciation感激；B. foundation基础；C. resolution决心；D. recognition认可。根据后文“for what the great outdoors had to offer”可知，作者对户外活动所提供的东西有着真正的感激之情。故选A项。 【55题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. contrast对比；B. priority优先权；C. exposure暴露；D. attitude态度。根据上文“But growing up as an immigrant from India, I thought it was ____2____.”以及后文“to an activity that I had thought strange for so many years”可知，作者对一项多年来一直认为奇怪的活动，即露营这项活动，有着完全不同的态度。故选D项。 第二节　(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 In ancient Chinese mythology, the tale of Hou Yi shooting the sun is ____56____ well-known legend. Legend has it ____57____ there were once ten suns in the sky, scorching the earth and causing great suffering. To save the people who were struggling under the ____58____ (mercy) heat, the skilled archer Hou Yi was chosen to shoot down nine of the suns with his bow and arrow, bringing relief to the world. ____59____ a reward for his heroic deeds, he was given the elixir, ____60____ was said to grant eternal life to whoever drank it. However, ____61____ (face) with a choice between eternal life and love, he chose to remain on earth with his beloved wife, Chang’e. Tragedy ____62____ (strike) when Hou Yi’s apprentice attempted to steal the elixir. In a moment of ____63____ (desperate), Chang’e consumed the potion and ascended to the moon, becoming the goddess associated with the lunar sphere. The story of Hou Yi shooting the sun ____64____ (symbol) courage, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love, and is celebrated during the Mid-Autumn Festival as a reminder of their eternal bond, a legend that has been passed down through generations ____65____ (inspire) courage and devotion. 【答案】56. a 57. that 58. merciless 59. As 60. which 61. faced 62. struck 63. desperation 64. symbolizes 65. to inspire 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了后羿射下九日拯救苍生，获赠仙丹，在爱情与永生间选择与妻子嫦娥留在人间，后嫦娥为保护仙丹奔月的故事。 【56题详解】 考查冠词。句意：在中国古代神话中，后羿射日的故事是一个著名的传说。legend是可数名词单数，此处表示泛指“一个传说”，且well - known发音以辅音音素开头，所以用不定冠词a。故填a。 【57题详解】 考查固定句型。句意：传说曾经天空中有十个太阳，炙烤着大地，给人们带来巨大的痛苦。‌Legend has it that...是一个固定句型，表示“据传说……”。故填that。 【58题详解】 考查形容词。句意：为了拯救在无情酷热下挣扎的人们，技艺高超的弓箭手后羿被选中用他的弓箭射下了九个太阳，给世界带来了安宁。空格后的heat是名词，需要用形容词来修饰，mercy是名词，其形容词merciless表示“无情的”，符合语境。故填merciless。 【59题详解】 考查介词。句意：作为对他英勇行为的奖励，他得到了仙丹，据说谁喝了它就能长生不老。根据句意和空格后的名词a reward可知，空格处应该填入一个介词，且意义为“作为”，所以用介词as。as a reward for的意为“作为对……的奖励”，首字母大写。故填As。 【60题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：作为对他英勇行为的奖励，他得到了仙丹，据说谁喝了它就能长生不老。分析句子结构可知，　5　was said to grant eternal life to whoever drank it是一个非限定性定语从句，修饰先行词the elixir，先行词指物，关系词替代先行词在从句中作主语，所以用关系代词which引导。故填which。 【61题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：然而，面对永生和爱情的抉择，他选择和他心爱的妻子嫦娥留在地球上。be faced with是固定短语，意为“面对”。空格处是非谓语动词作状语，动词face与句子主语he之间是逻辑被动关系，所以用过去分词faced作状语。故填faced。 【62题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：当后羿的徒弟试图偷仙丹时，悲剧发生了。空格处是谓语动词，故事描述的是过去发生的事情，用一般过去时，strike的过去式是struck。故填struck。 【63题详解】 考查名词。句意：在绝望的时刻，嫦娥喝下了药水，飞到了月亮上，成为了与月球相关的女神。of是介词，后面接名词作宾语，desperate是形容词，其名词形式是desperation，in a moment of desperation表示“在绝望的时刻”。故填desperation。 【64题详解】 考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：后羿射日的故事象征着勇气、牺牲和永恒的爱的力量，在中秋节被传颂，提醒人们他们永恒的纽带，这是一个代代相传的传说，激励着人们的勇气和奉献精神。空格处是谓语动词，句子描述的是客观事实，用一般现在时，主语The story of Hou Yi shooting the sun是第三人称单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，symbol的第三人称单数是symbolizes，故填symbolizes。 【65题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：后羿射日的故事象征着勇气、牺牲和永恒的爱的力量，在中秋节被传颂，提醒人们他们永恒的纽带，这是一个代代相传的传说，激励着人们的勇气和奉献精神。空格处作目的状语，应该用不定式形式。故填to inspire。 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 （满分15分） 66. 假设你校将举办一场题为“扛起责任，做时代的脊梁”的英语演讲比赛，你报名参加了此次比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿，包含以下要点： 1. 承当责任的重要性； 2. 如何承担责任。 注意： 1. 词数 80 左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Distinguished judges and dear fellow students, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you very much for your attention! 【答案】范文： Distinguished judges and dear fellow students, Responsibility is of utmost significance, which is not a weight that burdens us, but rather a foundation which will support our future development and better the development of society. Those who assume their responsibilities can contribute positively. For instance, medical workers, who shoulder the responsibility of saving lives, have protected public health. As students, studying hard to equip ourselves is a must. By acquiring knowledge, it’s more likely for us to make great contributions to our country in the future. Moreover, caring about others and participating in volunteer work also count. Only when we take on responsibilities actively can we become the backbone of our era. Thank you very much for your attention! 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文写作中的演讲稿。要求考生以“扛起责任，做时代的脊梁”为主题写一篇演讲稿，参加学校组织的英语演讲比赛。 【详解】1.词汇积累 重要性：significance→ importance 此外：moreover→ what’s more 参加：participate in→ take part in 重要的：count→ matter 2.句式拓展 同义句 原句：By acquiring knowledge, it’s more likely for us to make great contributions to our country in the future. 拓展句：By acquiring knowledge, it’s more likely that we can make great contributions to our country in the future. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Responsibility is of utmost significance, which is not a weight that burdens us, but rather a foundation which will support our future development and better the development of society.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句、that引导的定语从句和which引导的定语从句） 【高分句型2】Those who assume their responsibilities can contribute positively.（运用了who引导的定语从句） 第二节　(满分25分) 67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整短文。 Early one cold November morning, my mother dressed me in thick clothes. “Now come outside with me.” she said. Once outside, she handed me a brown paper bag that held something that smelled like wet dirt.” We need to plant bulbs before the first hard freeze. I have already dug the holes.” she said. “So take each bulb from the bag, drop it in the hole, and then gently push the dirt back into the hole covering the bulb—like so.” I opened the bag. “These bulbs are ugly and look dead!” “You're right They’re not at all pretty. But they’re not dead; they’re just sleeping until spring.” “And all the bulbs look alike,” I continued. “How do we know what they’ll look like next spring?” “We won’t know for sure until spring, but that’s the joy of gardening. We’ll just have to be patient.” All winter long I hoped that the flowers would bloom some day. One day in late April, I found some pink pushing up through the ground. My mother was excited when I showed her. "Perfect!” she said. “They'll be ready at just the right time.” A few days later, she took me to the local store where she gathered up colored paper, colored ribbons, and all the baskets on sale. “Okay, now we’re ready to make May baskets.” “May baskets? What are May baskets?” “They are small baskets filled with fresh flowers and secretly left at someone’s front door.” Her eyes shone with delight. “So when we get home we’ll cut the flowers that are blooming in the garden to make May baskets. Then tomorrow, May first, we’ll get up early and take them to our neighbors. Doesn’t that sound like fun?” “But I waited all winter for the flowers to bloom, and they’re so beautiful. And... and... I thought we would keep them forever,” I said, close to tears. “I know you’re disappointed, sweetie, but flowers—like kindness—are meant to be shared. Their beauty is not ours to keep. You understand?” my mother replied in a tender voice. 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。 “No! I don’t understand. I want to keep the flowers.” I protested. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shortly after dawn the next morning, we began our journey through the neighborhood. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 “No! I don’t understand. I want to keep the flowers forever.” I protested. Noticing my obvious reluctance, Mom knelt down and petted my face, “I know you do, sweetie. But in the end, you’ll understand that every drop of kindness you give away returns to you in another way. Just wait and see.” So later that afternoon, we cut most of the flowers from the garden, tied them with colored ribbons, wrapped them in colored paper, and then placed them in the refrigerator to keep them fresh overnight. Afterward, I headed to bed, but all night the uneasiness of losing those beautiful flowers gripped my heart, making it hard for me to fall asleep. Shortly after dawn the next morning, we began our journey through the neighborhood. At each house, we hid behind our neighbors’ bushes. I ran to the front door, left the basket and then rang the doorbell, giggling as I ran for cover. When I saw our neighbors’ faces cracked into delighted smiles because of those anonymous May baskets, a surge of pride and happiness flooded in waves. My mother was right—every drop of kindness you give away returns to you in another way. 【解析】 【分析】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者和妈妈在寒冬去种鳞茎植物，到了四月这些植物开始发芽，妈妈却要把这些花装进篮子里，在五月份分送给邻居，作者对此表示不解，想要独自留着这些花，妈妈却说鲜花就像善意是应该要与人分享的东西。好在作者最后理解了母亲的想法，认识到给予别人的每一点恩惠都会以另一种方式回报给自己。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“‘不!我不明白你的意思。我想留着这些花。’我抗议道。”可知，第一段可描写母亲如何对待作者的抗议，以及他们是如何准备这些花的。 ②由第二段首句内容“第二天拂晓后不久，我们开始了穿越这片街区的旅程。”可知，第二段可描写作者和母亲分发花的经过和作者的感悟。 2.续写线索：作者抗议——母亲安慰——准备花——分发花——作者感受——作者感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 放置：place/ put 睡觉：head to bed / go to bed 跑向：run to/ rush to 情绪类 不情愿：reluctance / unwillingness 高兴：delighted/ pleased 【点睛】[高分句型1] Afterward, I headed to bed, but all night the uneasiness of losing those beautiful flowers gripped my heart, making it hard for me to fall asleep. (运用了动名词作宾语) [高分句型2] When I saw our neighbors’ faces cracked into delighted smiles because of those anonymous May baskets, a surge of pride and happiness flooded in waves. (运用了when引导时间状语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$英语听力部分，该部分分为第一第二两节。注意做题时请先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。听力考试现在开始。第一节听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的ABC3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，现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。Miss Miller, could you tell me how I can improve this article? I got AB plus. It's quite good actually. The language uses good and the main points are covered. There's just too much repetition. You could have said everything within two pages. How much is that? In total? One hundred dollars. But if you have a membership card, I can give you a twenty percent discount. Great, this is my membership card. Good morning, madam. What can I do for you? Well, the sleeves of this jacket are too long. Can you make them shorter? Let me take a look. okay. I can do IT for twenty dollars. Slow down, Jason. You're driving too fast. It's dangerous. Sorry, dear, but i'm going to be late for work. My manager will be mad at me. Well, maybe I should wake you up earlier tomorrow morning. Do you often ask your kid to help in the kitchen? yeah. Sarah a enjoys pouring, mixing and serving her creations to family members. Good, according to an article life just read that encourages healthy eating and kids. 第一节到此结束，第二节听下面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ABC3个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第六和第7两个小题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。Let me see the menu. Well, this speaking, I in the picture looks good. IT is I had at the last time I was in this restaurant. but I just had some spaghetti the day. How's the pizza? I haven't tasted this dish here before. And i'll try to lonnie this time. The pizza in the picture looks really tasty. I'll order one. okay? Well, I know you love fish. I heard from my colleagues that the fish here is delicious. Do you want one? Yes, I enjoy any dish made with fish. Let me see the menu. Well, the spaghetti picture looks good. IT is I had at the last time I was in this restaurant. but I just had some spaetzle terday. How's the pizza? I haven't tasted this dish here before, and i'll try to lizana this time. The pizza in the picture looks really tasty. I'll order one. okay? Well, I know you love fish. I heard from my colleagues that the fish here is delicious. Do you want one? Yes, I enjoy any dish made with fish. 听下面一段对话，回答第八至第13个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Oh, hi dave. What has brought you here? Hi maria. I was in the neighborhood and thought i'd stopped buying to say hello. It's great to see you come on in and have a seat. How have you been? How's college treating you? It's been going well. I'm majoring in in hotel management. How about you? I initially . wanted to major in french, but I realized that might be difficult to find a job with a degree in that major. Therefore, I finally chose computer science with the right skills. IT should be easier to find a job in the technology industry. That sounds like a wise decision. actually. I'm working part time in a bookstore near my college. I haven't asked my parents for money since I started college. Really, that's impressive. Oh, hi dave. What has brought you here? Hi maria. I was in neighborhood and thought I had stopped ed bi to say hello. It's great to see you come on in and have a seat. How have you been? How's college treating you? It's been going well. I'm majoring in hotel management. How about you? I initially . wanted to major in french, but I realized that might be difficult to find a job with a degree in that major. Therefore, I finally chose computer science with the right skills. IT should be easier to find a job in the technology industry. That sounds like a wise decision. actually. I'm working part time in a bookstore near my college. I haven't asked my parents for money since I started college. Really, that's impressive. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13 3个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Emma, with exams coming up, I think we should form a study group and review together. That's a great idea. Jack. i'm good at chemistry, but struggle with biology and physics. You're good at biology, but need help with physics and chemistry. Let's start by dividing . the subjects. Okay, I can help you with biology and you can help me with chemistry. Yes, we should ask someone who is good at physics to join us. agreed. Miles, lucas and alex are all good at IT. I'm thinking of asking alex. He gets top Marks in physics every time. but his mother is ill. He has to take care of his mother after school. Miles and lucas have been busy preparing for a physics competition these days. How about oin? He is not only good at physics, but also a great explainer. He is never tired of explaining how to solve problems. That's true. I'll ask all in right now. Ma, with exams coming up, I think we should form a study group and review together. That's a great idea. jack. I'm good at chemistry, but struggle with biology and physics. You're good at biology, but need help with physics and chemistry. Let's start by dividing . the subjects. Okay, I can help you with biology and you can help me with chemistry. Yes, we should ask someone who is good at physics to join us. agreed. Miles, lucas and alex are all good at IT. I'm thinking of asking alex. He gets top Marks in physics every time. but his mother is ill. He has to take care of his mother after school. Miles and lucas have been busy preparing for a physics competition these days. 啊，how about oin? He is not only good at physics, but also a great explainer. He is never tired of explaining how to solve problems. That's true. I'll ask. Oh, right now. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17 4个小题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。Thanks for inviting me today. I ve never tried bird watching before. I thought I would be boring, but I actually really like IT. It's so column and peaceful. Well, we organize this activity to call on people to protect the animals that live with us. Many birds are in danger. Now what you are doing is meaningful. Look, here is a beautiful bird. What is IT called? It's a White tailed fly ketcher. Are they very unusual? Not really. But you don't see many in this part of china. They're quite common in vietnam though. Have you ever seen one? Before i've seen a male. I took a buster through india before I went to college, and I managed to photograph. wow, cool. But i'd love to see a female. There are much harder to see because their bodies are light Brown. The males are bright blue. Oh, it's five P, M now. And I promised i'd be home before seven PM. I can give you a lift so you don't need to wait for a bus. How about staying for another thirty minutes and then had home? Good plan. thanks. Thanks for inviting me today. I've never tried bird watching before. I thought I would be boring, but I actually really like IT. It's so column peaceful. Well, we organize this activity to call on people to protect the animals that live with us. Many birds are in danger. Now what you are doing is meaningful. Look, here is a beautiful bird. What is IT called? It's a White tailed fly catcher. Are they very unusual? Not really. But you don't see many in this part of china. They're quite common in vietnam though. Have you ever seen one before? I've seen a male. I took a busters through india before I went to college, and I managed to photograph. wow, cool. But i'd love . to see a female. They're much harder to see because their bodies are light Brown. The males are bright blue. Oh, it's five P. M. now. And I promised i'd be home before seven P. M. I can give you a lift so you don't need to wait for a bus. How about staying for another thirty minutes and then had home? Good plan. thanks. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第23个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Researchers in shanghai are developing a robot guy dog that could help blind people. The robot is currently being tested in shanghai and uses AI to recognize voices, plan ways and identify traffic lights. IT has six legs instead of four, because the extra legs make IT more stable, making its movement smoother. Professor gal fung, the head of the research team, is developing the robot at shanghai jail tongue university. When three legs are lifted, there are still three legs. IT is the most stable shape, he said. China has a big shortage of traditional guide dogs. Pet ownership and service animals are relatively new concepts in the country. Many workplaces and public areas do not welcome a usual service dog like a. The supply of real guide de dogs is limited by training needs, gw said. The production of robot guide dogs could be increased to an industrial level. There could be a large market for his robot dogs. There might be tens of millions of people in the world who need robot guide dogs, he added. Researchers in shanghai are developing a robot guy dog that could help blind people. The robot is currently being tested in shanghai and uses AI to recognize voices, plan ways and identify traffic lights. IT has six legs instead of four, because the extra legs make IT more stable, making its movement smoother. Professor gu ung, the head of the research team, is developing the robot at shanghai geo tongue university. When three legs are lifted, there are still three legs. IT is the most stable shape, he said. China has a big shortage of traditional guide dogs. Pet ownership and service animals are relatively new concepts in the country. Many workplaces and public areas do not welcome a usual service dog like a. The supply of real guide dogs is limited by training needs, gw said. The production of robot guide dogs could be increased to an industrial level. There could be a large market for his robot dogs. There might be tens of millions of people in the world who need robot guide dogs, he added. 第二节到此结束，现在你有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。听力部分到此结束。 2024—2025学年度第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试题 试卷总分：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和试卷指定位置。 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。 3. 回答非选择题时，请用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡指定区域作答，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。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How can the man improve his article? A. By deleting unnecessary words. B. By adding a couple of points. C. By correcting grammar mistakes. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How much will the man pay? A. $20. B. $80. C. $100. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What does the man do? A. He is a tailor. B. He is a waiter. C. He is a shop assistant. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Manager and assistant. C. Driver and policewoman. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What are the speakers talking about? A. Ways of cooking. B. Healthy food for kids. C. Kids helping in the kitchen. 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. What did the woman eat last time in this restaurant? A. Pizza. B. Spaghetti. C. Lasagna. 7. Why does the man order the fish? A. His colleague advised him to taste it. B. The fish in the picture looks tasty. C. He loves dishes made with fish. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a college. B. At Maria’s place. C. In a bookstore. 9. What is Maria’s major? A. French. B. Computer Science. C. Hotel Management. 10. What does Dave do to cover his living costs? A. He applies for a scholarship. B. He asks his parents for money. C. He does a part-time job. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 11. What subject do the speakers both struggle with? A. Physics. B. Biology. C. Chemistry. 12. Why can’t Alex join the speakers’ study group? A. He has joined another study group. B. He has to look after his sick mother. C. He is preparing for a competition. 13. Which word best describes Owen? A. Humorous. B. Boring. C. Patient. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 14. What’s the purpose of the activity? A. To encourage people to protect animals. B. To raise money for endangered animals. C. To do research on animals for college work. 15. Where did the man photograph the male bird? A. In China. B. In India. C. In Vietnam. 16. What color do the female birds’ bodies feature? A. Brown. B. Blue. C. White. 17. When will the speakers head back home? A. At 5:00 p.m. B. At 5:30 p.m. C. At 7:00 p.m. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 18. How many legs does the robot guide dog have? A. Three. B. Four. C. Six. 19. Which of the following challenges does China face? A. The limited number of guide dogs. B. The high cost of training guide dogs. C Difficulties in caring for guide dogs. 20. What is Professor Gao’s opinion about robot guide dogs in the end? A. The development of them is promising. B. The technology for them is not very advanced. C. They can’t provide good service as traditional ones do. 第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节　(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A Down House, home of Charles Darwin: Fun fact Charles Darwin, his wife, Emma, and their children lived at Down House for 40 years from 1838. Several rooms appear as if the family still live here: with croquet sets thrown into an under-stairs cupboard, a half-played game of backgammon on a side table and Emma’s knitting(毛线) left on a chair in the drawing room. Upstairs, an exhibition showcases Darwin’s voyage aboard HMS Beagle, including a reconstruction of his cabin. Outside, visitors can explore the sheltered gardens which Darwin used as an open-air laboratory, and the greenhouse in which he planted rare plants and devised botanical experiments. No room at Down House escaped Darwin’s experiments. In the drawing room he once placed a jar of earthworms on the grand piano to see whether they could hear. Getting there A 15-minute drive from the A21/Farnborough. Free parking. The R8 bus from Orpington stops nearby (except Sundays) or the 146 bus from Bromley North and South terminates (终点站) in Downe village, half a mile from the property. The nearest railway stations are Chelsfield or Orpington, about four miles away. Value for money? It’s ￡12 (adult), ￡7.20 (child), or ￡31.30 (family with 2 adults). Under 5s go free. Opening hours Open daily 10am-6pm from 30 March to 30 September; daily 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. between 1 to 31 October. Opening times vary through the winter (check website for details). Verdict(评价) 8/10. An unstuffy educational, gentle day-trip attraction with friendly, knowledgeable staff. 21. What can visitors do in Down House? A. Play the grand piano. B. Set sail in HMS Beagle. C. Explore Darwin’s work and life. D. Try food sourced from the garden. 22. How much would a couple with their 4-year-old twin sons pay for admission? A. ￡38.40. B. ￡26.20. C. ￡31.30. D. ￡24. 23. What do we know about Down House? A. It is highly thought of. B. It charges parking fees. C. It has fixed opening hours. D. It is inconveniently located. B After their three children grew up and left home, Margaret Thompson and her husband, Kenneth, stretched their legs together on walking holidays in Switzerland. In Interlaken, year after year, they would head up the mountain and watch the paragliders (空中滑翔) launch themselves into the sky. Back in town, in a large park, they watched them return to earth. “Some day I’d love to do that,” Thompson told Kenneth. But there was always so much to do in Interlaken. So she continued to watch the gliders take flight and land. Kenneth died in 2005. Eleven years later, and three decades after those walking holidays, Thompson finally took to the skies herself, in a paraglider with an instructor. Thompson was 80. Recently, Thompson heard from an instructor that grown men, when airborne, sometimes cry and beg to be brought down. But what she remembers is “feeling free. You feel weightless. It’s quite windy. It blows you around. You sail along and look around you, and see all the toy houses down below. You feel like you are up in heaven somewhere there, watching everyone down below.” Thirty years seems a long time to hold on to a dream. “It was,” she says. Why did it take so long? “I wanted to do it, but I felt somebody should benefit from it.” She did not think of just enjoying the experience? “I don’t think so. There had to be a cause at the end of it all,” she says. With her first paraglide, she raised ￡1,500 for Moorfields eye hospital in London, most of it with the aid of social clubs run by the Presbyterian church she regularly attends. Is she scared of getting older? “Fear? No. People say: ‘Isn’t getting old awful?’ I say: ‘No. You are free to do more things that you want to do.” Thompson felt no fear paragliding. “I mean, you sort of say to yourself: Well, if anything happens to me now, I’m OK. People might worry about falling, it being the end of them. But that didn’t bother me at all. When it’s your time, it’s your time. No matter where you are.” 24. Why didn’t Thompson take up paragliding after her children left home? A. She was engaged. B. She preferred walking. C. She was afraid of heights. D. She had to tend her husband. 25. How did Thompson feel when airborne? A. She lost his direction. B. She was scared to death. C. She regretted paragliding. D. She had a sense of freedom. 26. Why could Thompson hold on to her dream for three decades? A. She got support from social clubs. B. She wanted to make it meaningful. C. She hoped to contribute to the church. D. She had a good cause to experience fun. 27. What’s Thompson’s attitude towards falling? A. Terrified. B. Helpless. C. Calm. D. Doubtful. C Earthquakes are among the most mysterious and terrifying natural disasters. While we can sometimes predict major ones, others strike without warning, devastating cities and causing fires, landslides and tsunamis. With climate change leading to increased wildfires and hurricanes, could it also make earthquakes more common? The most dangerous earthquakes are tectonic (地壳构造的) earthquakes, caused by the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates. These plates shift about 1.5 centimeters per year due to internal heat, building pressure until they suddenly move, which releases energy and causes earthquakes. Unlike other disasters, it’s almost impossible to predict when earthquakes will happen, making planned evacuations (疏散) next to impossible. Unfortunately, climate change could make quakes happen closer together and with more intensity, experts told Live Science. With global warming, glaciers are melting at an increased rate. When melted glacier water flows off land and into the sea, the land that used to sit underneath it rises, said John Cassidy, an earthquake seismologist at the Geological Survey of Canada and the University of Victoria. More concerning than glacial-melt earthquakes are those that could be caused by an increase in sea level. As sea levels rise, pressure underwater on the seafloor also goes up, said Marco Bohnhoff, a geophysicist at GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam and Free University Berlin in Germany. As water pressure spikes, the pressure on fault (断层) lines near the coast will also increase. Even if we stopped using greenhouse gases now, it would take up to 1,000 years for sea level rise to stop, Bohnhoff added. He predicts that over that time, the gaps between big coastal earthquakes will become shorter. Cassidy is uncertain if sea level rise will cause giant quakes to happen faster within our lifetimes. He emphasized that climate change will make them more dangerous. “It’s an important topic, and one that I’m sure we’ll see a lot of information coming out on in the coming months and years,” he said. “But no matter what we’ve discovered, it’s not good news.” 28. What does the article tell us about tectonic earthquakes? A. They are easier to predict than others. B. They happen mostly near coastal areas. C. They result from the shifting of Earth’s plates. D. They rarely lead to other natural disasters. 29. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to? A. The land. B. The glacier. C. The quake. D. The sea. 30. What does Bohnhoff imply? A. Coastal areas will be safer over time. B. Sea level rise will eventually stabilize. C. Human actions have long-term effects. D. Earthquakes will become more predictable. 31. What is Cassidy’s attitude toward the future impact of climate change on earthquakes? A. Hopeful. B. Concerned. C. Uncaring. D. Skeptical. D NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore finally returned on March 19, having endured a nine-month wait on the International Space Station for a rescue mission to be organized. Seeing the difficulties the US government had in rescuing the astronauts, law experts are now questioning who would be responsible if privately-run space missions go wrong. According to the United Nations (UN), international space law dates back to the 1960s. At that time, space exploration was led by governments and mostly involved the US and the Soviet Union. Private companies going into space were not considered possible and so were not clearly included in international law, wrote Anna Brennan, a researcher at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, on The Conversation. However, the commercial space industry has grown quickly in recent years. The World Economic Forum said that by 2035, the space economy is expected to reach 1.8 trillion dollars (around 13 trillion yuan), rising from 630 billion dollars in 2023 and growing faster than global GDP. By the end of February, the US company Blue Origin had launched 52 civilians into space. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is also designed to allow civilians with little training to travel to space, said Euronews. These changes have revealed legal gaps. One significant issue lies in the wording. As noted in an article published in Khalifa University Science and Tech Review, the UN Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the related Rescue Agreement of 1968 state that, in emergencies, all countries are responsible for rescuing “astronauts”. In contrast, international maritime law uses the broader term “persons”, rather than specific words like “sailors”. This difference creates a gray area because it means civilians on private space missions are not technically covered by the universal rescue obligation, said the article. Although the 1979 Moon Treaty considers anyone on the moon an astronaut, none of the few countries with independent crewed launch capabilities (i.e. the US, Russia and China) have signed this treaty. This reduces the treaty’s relevance, the article further explained. Even in the US, the meaning of “astronaut” changes between agencies, reported NBC News. NASA requires a person to meet several standards, including finishing serious training, to earn the title. But the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, 美国联邦航空管理局) accepts anyone who flies above 80 kilometers on an FAA-licensed spacecraft. Experts are calling for a broader definition of “astronaut”, said New Scientist. Brennan also noted on The Conversation that space law must find a balance between keeping people safe and allowing space businesses to grow. 32. How does the author introduce the topic of the passage? A. By interviewing two astronauts. B. By quoting well-known experts. C. By discussing an international space law. D. By describing a recent return from space. 33. Why were private space companies not clearly included in international space law? A. They showed no interest in space travel. B. They refused to follow space regulations. C. The UN didn’t recognize private space flights. D. They were seen as being unable to go to space. 34. What do the underlined words “a gray area” in paragraph 5 refer to? A. The unclear legal status of space tourists. B. The dangerous conditions of space travel. C. The training requirements for space travel. D. The financial risks of commercial spaceflight. 35. What does Anna Brennan suggest about space law? A. It should redefine the word “astronaut”. B. It should adopt maritime rescue law to for space. C. It should protect people and support space businesses. D. It should restrict private spaceflights for safety reasons. 第二节　(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Workplace recognition is a powerful way of making employees feel valued and enhancing their performance. ____36____ Make people feel valued Employees want to know that they are making a difference in what they do—big or small—and workplace recognition can make a considerable difference. ____37____ One of them focused on the impact of letters of appreciation. The letters roughly read: Your continued dedication and hard work make children and families in the region better off every day. Appreciation can greatly improve morale(士气). Improve employees’ retention (保留) ____38____ Not only does this boost their confidence, but it also helps improve your company’s retention rate and secure top talent. It is predicted that replacing a salaried worker costs 6-9 months of the position’s annual wages. Boost motivation and productivity A study found that employee engagement, productivity, and performance are 14% higher in organizations with a specific recognition programme in place. ____39____ It means that your team is more present in their day-to-day roles, they produce optimal work quality and feel personally connected to the company and the work they do for its growth. Ultimately, workplace recognition leads to happy, driven, and productive workers. Improve employees’ well-being It’s common for businesses of all sizes to experience stressful periods. ____40____ Especially when your team is small and the workload high, people can feel extensive burnout and stress, leading to time off work. Gratitude increases our positive emotions, like happiness, making us more resilient against future stress. A. How does this benefit the organizations? B. What exactly does this mean for businesses? C Here are some tips on securing workplace recognition. D. When your workers are happy, they’re less likely to leave. E. The Harvard Business Review conducted a series of studies on workplace morale. F. But small companies and start-ups require more work and attention to develop. G. Here are the benefits of workplace recognition for both employers and employees. 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Camping is a rite of passage (成人仪式) if you grow up in Canada. It’s a child’s first ____41____ of what living in the wild really means. But growing up as an immigrant from India, I thought it was ____42____. Then I ____43____ 26 and started trying new things. I had been ____44____ mental health issues for quite some time and I discovered being out in nature helped me calm down. ____45____, I decided to try camping. Then I overheard a(n) ____46____ between my father and mother. “Why does she have to do this? Doesn’t she know she can just stay at home?” my father asked. “This is what Canadian kids do, it’s okay, she’ll be fine!” my mom____47____. My parents had no ____48____ in me surviving one night in the wild. My friends and I ____49____ our campsite in the woods. As the day went on, we ate, played by the water and met our camping neighbors. Time felt like it ____50____; life felt gentler and easier. As the day turned into night, the stars came out and I was amazed by all the ____51____ lights above me. Morning came. I didn’t even realize I was ____52____ to leave until we started packing everything up. I wasn’t just leaving, having accomplished something I ____53____ thought I would do. I was leaving with a real sense of community, a real sense of ____54____ for what the great outdoors had to offer, and a completely different ____55____ to an activity that I had thought strange for so many years. 41. A. attempt B. proposal C. taste D. target 42. A. odd B. amazing C. rough D. awkward 43. A. grew B. observed C. recalled D. turned 44. A. involving B. experiencing C. surviving D. abandoning 45. A. Overall B. Moreover C. Therefore D. Somehow 46. A. argument B. debate C. conversation D. quarrel 47. A. insisted B. explained C. prayed D. interrupted 48. A. faith B. mercy C. empathy D. preference 49 A. beat down B. drew on C. rose to D. set up 50. A. shot up B. broke out C. slowed down D. put off 51. A. swinging B. bouncing C. rolling D. twinkling 52. A. curious B. upset C. enthusiastic D. desperate 53. A. constantly B. ultimately C. merely D. barely 54. A. appreciation B. foundation C. resolution D. recognition 55. A. contrast B. priority C. exposure D. attitude 第二节　(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 In ancient Chinese mythology, the tale of Hou Yi shooting the sun is ____56____ well-known legend. Legend has it ____57____ there were once ten suns in the sky, scorching the earth and causing great suffering. To save the people who were struggling under the ____58____ (mercy) heat, the skilled archer Hou Yi was chosen to shoot down nine of the suns with his bow and arrow, bringing relief to the world. ____59____ a reward for his heroic deeds, he was given the elixir, ____60____ was said to grant eternal life to whoever drank it. However, ____61____ (face) with a choice between eternal life and love, he chose to remain on earth with his beloved wife, Chang’e. Tragedy ____62____ (strike) when Hou Yi’s apprentice attempted to steal the elixir. In a moment of ____63____ (desperate), Chang’e consumed the potion and ascended to the moon, becoming the goddess associated with the lunar sphere. The story of Hou Yi shooting the sun ____64____ (symbol) courage, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love, and is celebrated during the Mid-Autumn Festival as a reminder of their eternal bond, a legend that has been passed down through generations ____65____ (inspire) courage and devotion. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 （满分15分） 66. 假设你校将举办一场题为“扛起责任，做时代的脊梁”的英语演讲比赛，你报名参加了此次比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿，包含以下要点： 1. 承当责任的重要性； 2. 如何承担责任。 注意： 1. 词数 80 左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Distinguished judges and dear fellow students, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you very much for your attention! 第二节　(满分25分) 67. 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。 Early one cold November morning, my mother dressed me in thick clothes. “Now come outside with me.” she said. Once outside, she handed me a brown paper bag that held something that smelled like wet dirt.” We need to plant bulbs before the first hard freeze. I have already dug the holes.” she said. “So take each bulb from the bag, drop it in the hole, and then gently push the dirt back into the hole covering the bulb—like so.” I opened the bag “These bulbs are ugly and look dead!” “You're right. They’re not at all pretty. But they’re not dead; they’re just sleeping until spring.” “And all the bulbs look alike,” I continued. “How do we know what they’ll look like next spring?” “We won’t know for sure until spring, but that’s the joy of gardening. We’ll just have to be patient.” All winter long I hoped that the flowers would bloom some day. One day in late April, I found some pink pushing up through the ground. My mother was excited when I showed her. "Perfect!” she said. “They'll be ready at just the right time.” A few days later, she took me to the local store where she gathered up colored paper, colored ribbons, and all the baskets on sale. “Okay, now we’re ready to make May baskets.” “May baskets? What are May baskets?” “They are small baskets filled with fresh flowers and secretly left at someone’s front door.” Her eyes shone with delight. “So when we get home we’ll cut the flowers that are blooming in the garden to make May baskets. Then tomorrow, May first, we’ll get up early and take them to our neighbors. Doesn’t that sound like fun?” “But I waited all winter for the flowers to bloom, and they’re so beautiful. And... and... I thought we would keep them forever,” I said, close to tears. “I know you’re disappointed, sweetie, but flowers—like kindness—are meant to be shared. Their beauty is not ours to keep. You understand?” my mother replied in a tender voice. 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。 “No! I don’t understand. I want to keep the flowers.” I protested. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shortly after dawn the next morning, we began our journey through the neighborhood. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$