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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，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。现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。Text one, if the traffic wasn't so bad, I should have been home at six o'clock. What a pity Henry was here to see you. Text too. Good afternoon. This is dick Williams at world travel company. Is mr. Baker there? No, he's out for lunch. Text three, could I have a few words with you? mr. Chairman. I am very busy at the moment. Please contact my secretary to fix a date for another interview. Text for well, we have considered carefully about allowing friends at the party, but we've decided against IT since it's paid by student fees. Sorry about that. I guess if I can only bring myself, I ll give IT a miss. Text five, I have waited so long in this line and my feet hurt. I just hope that the tickets aren't sold out. I ve heard them singing before, and I think the weight will be worth at. 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，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。听下面一段对话，回答第六至第83个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Text six, I didn't know that in foreign countries, men should always pick up the bill or pay for cinema tickets. IT sounds very good to me. So other examples are opening doors for women, helping them put on their coat, Carrying heavy bags or luggage, helping them sit down at the table. Men take care of women because . men don't need to do that. IT just gives you the idea that girls and women can open the door for themselves. IT puts women in a bad position. Men and women are equal. Women can. yeah, they should Carry their own heavy bags and pay for the ticket to the . cinema sometimes, yes, and men should help to do the dishes and. I didn't know that in foreign countries, men should always pick up the bill or pay for cinema tickets. IT sounds very good to me. So other examples are opening doors for a women, helping them put on their coats, Carrying heavy bags or luggage, helping them sit down at the table, may take care of women because men . don't need to do that. IT just gives you the idea that girls and women can open the door for themselves. IT puts women in a bad position. Men and women are equal. Women can, yeah, they should Carry their own heavy bags and pay for the . ticket to the cinema sometimes. And men should help to do the dishes and. 听下面一段对话，回答第九至第11 3个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Text seven, excuse me, could you help me? I have a problem with this disk player. I bought IT here yesterday afternoon. I see what seems to be the problem. IT doesn't work. I put in AC, D and press the play button, but nothing happened. I haven't been able to play any. IM going . to hear that. Could you let me have a look at the disk player? So here, IT is. you're right. IT doesn't play. Let me just check the batteries. No, they're okay. There must be something wrong inside. Now I have to send them back to the manufacturer to be repaired. I'm very sorry. Would you like a replacement model? Yes, I would. thanks. And excuse me, could you help me? I have a problem with this disk player. I bought IT here yesterday afternoon. I see what seems to be the problem. IT doesn't work. I put in AC, D and press the play button, but nothing happened. I haven't been able to play any thing. I very hard to hear that. Could you let me have a look at the disk player? So here, IT is. you're right. IT doesn't play. Let me just check the batteries. No, they're okay. There must be something wrong inside. Now I have to send them back to the manufacturer to be repaired. I'm very sorry. Would you like a replacement model? Yes, I would. thanks. 听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14 3个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Text eight look at this three bedroom house. IT has two bats, a desk and a fireplace. And just look at the Price, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. That's just the asking Price. Well, that's true, but we haven't even seen IT yet, and I didn't know we were looking for a new house. Well, interest rates are low, and it's a very good time to get a mortgage. We'd probably need a twenty percent down payment. Where are we going to get twenty four thousand dollars? We'd have to sell our house. Of course, our house is only valued at seventy five thousand. yes, but we only know about thirty thousand on the mortgage. If we sold that, we would have forty five thousand dollars to use. Maybe we should just take a look at IT first. Look at this three bedroom house. IT has two bats, a desk and a fireplace. And just look at the Price and one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. that's just the asking Price. Well, that's true. But we haven't even seen IT yet, and I didn't know we were looking for a new house. Well, interest rates are low, and it's a very good time to get a mortality. We'd probably need a twenty percent down payment. Where are we going to get twenty four thousand dollars? We'd have to sell our house. Of course, our house is only valued at seventy five thousand. yes, but we only know about thirty thousand on the mortgage. If we sold that, we would have forty five thousand dollars to use. Maybe we should just take a look at at first. 听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17 3个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。Text nine, we have just moved into a house. congratulations. Thank you. And we want to buy a new television. What kind of television do you want to buy? Color T. V, of course, but i'm not sure about the size. Maybe we should buy a big one. If we buy a smaller one, we might have to change IT in a few years for a bigger one. That would be a waste of money. What is your opinion? In my opinion, I don't think it's necessary to buy a very big one. Any reason? Yes, if you're sitting room isn't big enough, you put in a very big television that would be bad for your eyes. But a smaller sized TV can also pick up good programs. Um that's quite true. I'll think about IT. You'd Better make a quick decision because the Price may go up now. We have just moved into a house. congratulations. Thank you. And we want to buy a new television. What kind of television do you want to buy? Color T, V, of course, but i'm not sure about the size. Maybe we should buy a big one. If we buy a smaller one, we might have to change IT in a few years for a bigger one. That would be a waste of money. What is your opinion? In my opinion, I don't think it's necessary to buy a very big one. Any reason? Yes, if you're sitting room isn't big enough, you put in a very big television that would be bad for your eyes. But a smaller sized T, V can also pick up . good programs. Um that's quite true. I'll think about IT. You'd Better make a quick decision because the Price may go up now. 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。Text ten good evening class. Before we begin tonight, the lesson I want to remind you about next thursday's mid term. Remember to review chapters one through eight. In the book, you will be responsible for knowing all of the information in the chapters, plus all of the other topics we have discussed in class. Last week, we talked about the importance of using note cards and visual aides to prepare your speeches. Tonight, i'll tell you the details that can help you with your speech delivery. Please take careful notes. The first and perhaps the most important thing of good speech delivery is eye contact. IT is extremely important, especially in the english speaking world, to make eye contact with all your audience. This may be very difficult for you. If you come from a culture we're making, direct eye contact is a sign of disrespect, but you really need to practice this skill until you are comfortable looking directly at all of your audience members. When you are speaking to them, please note that you need to look at the entire audience. Please don't direct your attention to just one person or one side of the room, and don't stare into the eyes of anyone for a long time. Good evening, class. Before we begin tonight's lesson, I want to remind you about next thursday's mid term. Remember to review chapters one through eight. In the book, you will be responsible for knowing all of the information in the chapters, plus all of the other topics we have discussed in class. Last week, we talked about the importance of using note cards and visual aides to prepare your speeches. Tonight, i'll tell you the details that can help you with your speech delivery. Please take careful notes. The first and perhaps the most important thing of good speech delivery, his eye contact IT is extremely important, especially in the english speaking world, to make eye contact with all your audience. This may be very difficult for you. If you come from a culture we're making, direct eye contact is a sign of disrespect, but you really need to practice the skill until you are comfortable looking directly at all of your audience members. When you are speaking to them, please note that you need to look at the entire audience. Please don't direct your attention to just one person or one side of the room, and don't stare into the eyes of anyone for a long time. 2024~2025学年度高一下学期期中测试 英语 2025.04 (考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分) 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】 When did the man get home? A. Before six o’clock. B. After six o’clock. C. At six o’clock. 【答案】B 【解析】 【原文】M: If the traffic wasn’t so bad, I should have been home at six o’clock. W: What a pity! Henry was here to see you. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Where is Mr. Baker now? A. At his office. B. At the travel company. C. At the restaurant. 【答案】C 【解析】 原文】M: Good afternoon. This is Dick Williams at World Travel Company. Is Mr. Baker there? W: No. He’s out for lunch. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What’s the man’s reaction to the woman’s request? A. He is warm-hearted. B. He wants his secretary to be here at once. C. He doesn’t like to be interviewed at the moment. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: Could I have a few words with you, Mr. Chairman? M: I’m very busy at the moment. Please contact my secretary to fix a date for another interview. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What do we know about the man? A. He won’t go to the party. B. He will attend the party alone. C. He will take friends to the party. 【答案】A 【解析】 【原文】W: Well, we have considered carefully about allowing friends at the party, but we’ve decided against it since it’s paid by student fees. Sorry about that. M: I guess if I can only bring myself, I’ll give it a miss. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What are the tickets for? A. A movie. B. A football game. C. A concert. 【答案】C 【解析】 【原文】W: I have waited so long in this line and my feet hurt. M: I just hope that the tickets aren’t sold out. W: I have heard them singing before, and I think the wait will be worth it. 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 are the speakers talking about? A. Lady first. B Racial equality. C. Good manners. 7. Which of the following do not the speakers mention? A. Men pick the women up. B. Men take care of the women. C. Men help the women with the luggage. 8. What can be concluded from the conversation? A. Men like to help women in many ways. B. The woman thinks men should open doors for women. C. The woman doesn’t think men should always care for women. 【答案】6. A 7. A 8. C 【解析】 【原文】W: I didn’t know that in foreign countries men should always pick up the bill or pay for cinema tickets. It sounds very good to me. M: So, other examples are opening doors for women, helping them put on their coats, carrying heavy bags or luggage, helping them sit down at the table… Men take care of women because… W: Men don’t need to do that. It just gives you the idea that girls and women can’t open the door for themselves. It puts women in a bad position. Men and women are equal. Women can... M: Yeah, they should carry their own heavy bags and pay for the ticket to the cinema… W: Yes. Sometimes, yes. And men should help to do the dishes and… 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】 9. How long has the man kept the disc player? A. One day. B. One week. C. Two weeks. 10. What is wrong with the disc player probably? A. The play button can’t be pressed. B. There’s something wrong inside. C. Something is wrong with the batteries. 11. How does the woman deal with the matter? A. Ask the manager for help. B. Return the money to the man. C. Change another player for the man. 【答案】9. A 10. B 11. C 【解析】 【原文】M: Excuse me. Could you help me? I have a problem with this disc player. I bought it here yesterday afternoon. W: I see. What seems to be the problem? M: It doesn’t work! I put in a CD and pressed the play button, but nothing happened. I hav en’t been able to play any CDs at all since I bought it. W: I’m very sorry to hear that. Could you let me have a look at the disc player? M: Sure. Here it is. W: You’re right. It doesn’t play. Let me just check the batteries. No, they’re OK. There must be something wrong inside. I’ll have to send it back to the manufacturer to be repaired. I’m very sorry. Would you like a replacement model? M: Yes, I would. Thanks. 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】 12. What do the speakers want to do according to the conversation? A. Rent a bigger office. B. Buy a bigger house. C. Rent a bigger house. 13. How much does the speakers’ present house worth? A. 24,000 dollars. B. 45,000 dollars. C. 75,000 dollars. 14. What is the man’s suggestion? A. Selling the old house. B. Renting the new house. C. Paying a 35% down payment. 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. A 【解析】 【原文】M: Look at this three-bedroom house. It has two baths, a desk and a fireplace. W: And just look at the price: 120,000 dollars. M: That’s just the asking price. W: Well, that’s true. But we haven’t even seen it yet. And I didn’t know we were looking for a new house. M:Well, interest rates are low and it’s a very good time to get a mortgage (抵押贷款). W: We’d probably need a 20% down payment. Where are we going to get 24,000 dollars? M: We’d have to sell our house, of course. W: Our house is only valued at 75,000. M: Yes, but we only owe about 30,000 on the mortgage. If we sold it, we would have 45,000 dollars to use. W: Maybe we should just take a look at it first. 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】 15. What kind of color TV does the man want to buy? A. A smaller one. B. A bigger one. C. A cheaper one. 16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Teacher and student. C. Good friends. 17. Why does the woman suggest the man buy a smaller TV? A. Because the man’s sitting room isn’t very big. B. Because the bigger TV would be a waste of money. C. Because the smaller TV would be out of fashion in a few years. 【答案】15. B 16. C 17. A 【解析】 【原文】M: We have just moved into a house. W: Congratulations! M: Thank you, and we want to buy a new television. W: What kind of television do you want to buy? M: A color TV, of course, but I’m not sure about the size. Maybe we should buy a big one. If we buy a smaller one, we might have to change it in a few years for a bigger one. That would be a waste of money. What is your opinion? W: In my opinion, I don’t think it’s necessary to buy a very big one. M: Any reason? W: Yes. If your sitting room isn’t big enough, you put in a very big television, that will be bad for your eyes, but a smaller size TV can also pick up good programs. M: Um, that’s quite true. I’ll think about it. W: You’d better make a quick decision because the price may go up now. 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. What will the students do next Thursday? A. Take an exam. B. Review lessons. C. Begin a new book. 19. Which is the most important thing of good speech delivery? A. Eye contact. B. Note cards. C Visual aids. 20. What will you do if you want to make a good speech? A. Look directly at one man all the time. B. Always stare at one man’s eyes. C. Look at the entire audience. 【答案】18. A 19. A 20. C 【解析】 【原文】 M: Good evening, class. Before we begin tonight’s lesson, I want to remind you about next Thursday’s mid-term. Remember to review chapters one through eight in the book. You will be responsible for knowing all of the information in the chapters plus all of the other topics we have discussed in class. Last week, we talked about the importance of using note cards and visual aids to prepare your speeches. Tonight I’ll tell you the details that could help you with your speech delivery. Please take careful notes. The first and perhaps the most important thing of good speech delivery is eye contact. It is extremely important, especially in the English-speaking world, to make eye contact with all your audience. This may be very difficult for you if you come from a culture where making direct eye contact is a sign of disrespect. But, you really need to practice this skill until you are comfortable looking directly at all of your audience members when you are speaking to them. Please note that you need to look at the entire audience. Please don’t direct your attention to just one person or one side of the room, and don’t stare into the eyes of anyone for a long time. 第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Edinburgh is famous for its many museums where you can learn its rich history. Museum on the Mound Located in the heart of Edinburgh’s city center, this appealing museum takes a fresh look at money — and much, much more. You will see coins and banknotes from over the ages, including the first Scottish banknote printed in 1727. There are also interesting interactive displays and you can even try your hand at opening a safe! The Writers’ Museum It is housed in the beautiful Lady Stair’s House, a category A listed building. The collection celebrates the legacy of Scotland’s literary contributions, with special emphasis given to Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns. The museum is home to numerous paintings, books and manuscripts (手稿), and you can also see Burns’ writing desk and Scott’s chess set. Our Dynamic Earth It celebrates the beauty of the earth via technology. Interactive exhibits allow visitors to experience earthquakes, the ocean floor, ice ages and mountains by the use of computer software. Particularly interesting is the “tour” around the eleven Earthscapes. It is educational fun for the whole family and can serve as a good introduction to concepts surrounding the formation of the planet and the creatures we share the earth with. National Museum of Scotland The diverse collections here include the history of Scotland with exhibitions of international interest. The natural world, science and technology, discoveries, art, and world cultures are all explored. There are interactive elements and activities to suit children of all ages, including science experiments and musical instruments. 21. Which might be the most attractive to finance majors? A. Our Dynamic Earth. B. The Writers’ Museum. C. Museum on the Mound. D. National Museum of Scotland. 22. What can you do at Our Dynamic Earth? A. Play with your family. B. Tour the world virtually. C. Design computer software. D. Learn about ancient creatures. 23. What do The Writers’ Museum and National Museum of Scotland have in common? A. They have interactive exhibits. B. They showcase world cultures. C. They provide hands-on activities. D. They have an artistic atmosphere. 【答案】21. C 22. B 23. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四个爱丁堡的博物馆。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据Museum on the Mound部分中“Located in the heart of Edinburgh’s city center, this appealing museum takes a fresh look at money — and much, much more. You will see coins and banknotes from over the ages, including the first Scottish banknote printed in 1727. There are also interesting interactive displays and you can even try your hand at opening a safe!(位于爱丁堡市中心的心脏地带，这个吸引人的博物馆以全新的眼光看待金钱——以及更多。你会看到历代的硬币和钞票，包括1727年印制的第一张苏格兰钞票。还有有趣的互动展示，你甚至可以尝试打开一个保险箱！)”可知，Museum on the Mound对金融专业的学生最有吸引力。故选C。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据Our Dynamic Earth部分中“Interactive exhibits allow visitors to experience earthquakes, the ocean floor, ice ages and mountains by the use of computer software. Particularly interesting is the “tour” around the eleven Earthscapes.(互动式展览可以让游客通过电脑软件体验地震、海底、冰河时代和山脉。特别有趣的是围绕11个地球景观的“游览”)”可知，你能在Our Dynamic Earth进行虚拟世界之旅。故选B。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“The museum is home to numerous paintings, books and manuscripts (手稿), and you can also see Burns’ writing desk and Scott’s chess set.(博物馆里有许多绘画、书籍和手稿，你还可以看到伯恩斯的写字台和斯科特的国际象棋)”以及最后一段“The natural world, science and technology, discoveries, art, and world cultures are all explored.(自然世界，科学技术，发现，艺术和世界文化都被探索)”可知，作家博物馆和苏格兰国家博物馆的共同之处是都有一种艺术氛围。故选D。 B With millions of riders on the road, China’s food delivery industry has long prided itself on being able to reach every corner of the country. Now, Meituan is even offering to deliver takeout to the Great Wall — dropped off not by a worker on an electric bike, but by a drone (无人机) sliding from the sky. For the millions of tourists who visit the Great Wall each year, the drone delivery service offers a new level of convenience. Visitors can now order meals and drinks via their smartphones, with drones delivering their orders to their locations on the wall, which eliminates the need for tourists to leave their spots, allowing them to fully engage in the experience of visiting the Great Wall without interruptions. The Great Wall drone route extends from a nearby hotel rooftop to a watchtower on the southern part of Badaling, an area previously free of commercial (商业的) facilities. “That’s where drones can help,” Yan Yan, public affairs director of Meituan’s drone business, told CCTV. “Through drones, we can make trips that take 50 minutes on foot in five minutes and deliver heat relief objects and emergency supplies to visitors.” Once an order is received, a Meituan worker will pick it up from a nearby store and bring it to the hotel rooftop, where it will be weighed and packaged. An operator then ties the package to the drone, which will fly on autopilot to the watchtower, where another worker waits to receive it and hands it over to the customer. The company will initially offer free delivery while it tests the service, and claims that pricing will stay similar to that of regular deliveries afterward. Meituan’s drone delivery at the Great Wall is another example of how drone technology can be used for the last mile. The program could serve as a model for similar services in other tourist-heavy or geographically challenging locations worldwide and have a promising future. 24. What does the underlined word “eliminates” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Ignores. B. Identifies. C. Satisfies. D. Removes. 25. How does Yan Yan sound about the drone delivery? A. Critical. B. Doubtful. C. Approving. D. Unconcerned. 26. What are the main features of Meituan’s drone delivery service at the Great Wall? A. Convenient and innovative. B. Pricy but dependable. C. Dangerous and time-consuming. D. Traditional but high-cost. 27. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us? A. How the packages are attached to the drones. B. How the drone delivery service is carried out. C. How operators control the routes of the drones. D. How customers’ order information is received. 【答案】24. D 25. C 26. A 27. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了美团提供无人机送货服务，为长城上的游客提供便利。 【24题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段“For the millions of tourists who visit the Great Wall each year, the drone delivery service offers a new level of convenience.(对于每年参观长城的数百万游客来说，无人机送货服务提供了一个新的便利水平)”；划线词上文“Visitors can now order meals and drinks via their smartphones, with drones delivering their orders to their locations on the wall(游客现在可以通过智能手机点餐和饮料，无人机会把他们点的东西送到他们在长城上的位置)”以及后文“the need for tourists to leave their spots, allowing them to fully engage in the experience of visiting the Great Wall without interruptions(……离开景点的需要，让他们完全沉浸在游览长城的体验中，不受干扰)”可知，游客现在可以通过智能手机点餐和饮料，无人机会把他们点的东西送到他们在长城上的位置，这样就去除了离开景点的需要，让他们完全沉浸在游览长城的体验中，不受干扰。故划线词意思是“去除”。故选D。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段““That’s where drones can help,” Yan Yan, public affairs director of Meituan’s drone business, told CCTV. “Through drones, we can make trips that take 50 minutes on foot in five minutes and deliver heat relief objects and emergency supplies to visitors.”(“这就是无人机能帮上忙的地方，”美团无人机业务公共事务总监闫燕在接受中央电视台采访时表示。“通过无人机，我们可以在5分钟内完成步行50分钟的行程，并为游客提供散热物品和应急物资。”)”可知，燕燕支持无人机送货。故选C。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Now, Meituan is even offering to deliver takeout to the Great Wall — dropped off not by a worker on an electric bike, but by a drone (无人机) sliding from the sky.(现在，美团甚至提供送外卖到长城的服务——不是由骑着电动自行车的工人送外卖，而是由一架从空中滑翔的无人机送外卖)”以及第二段“For the millions of tourists who visit the Great Wall each year, the drone delivery service offers a new level of convenience.(对于每年参观长城的数百万游客来说，无人机送货服务提供了一个新的便利水平)”可知，美团长城无人机送货服务的主要特点是方便、创新。故选A。 【27题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第四段“Once an order is received, a Meituan worker will pick it up from a nearby store and bring it to the hotel rooftop, where it will be weighed and packaged. An operator then ties the package to the drone, which will fly on autopilot to the watchtower, where another worker waits to receive it and hands it over to the customer.(一旦收到订单，美团的工作人员就会从附近的商店取货，送到酒店的屋顶，在那里称重和包装。然后一名操作人员将包裹绑在无人机上，无人机将自动飞行到瞭望塔，另一名工作人员等待接收并将其交给客户)”可知，第4段主要告诉我们无人机送货服务是如何进行的。故选B。 C Pets may seem like something of a luxury (奢侈品). In return for a lifetime of food and love, they don’t seem to offer practical value. When was the last time you saw a pet dog helping a farmer in a field or taking groceries off the car? So what do pets really give us? Well, that depends on who you ask. It turns out, some people may like animals by nature-likely because animals first tricked their way into our ancestors’ (祖先) lives by offering a very real service. Somewhere between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago, humans started domesticating (驯化) animals. Separating them from wild animals was necessary, or it would have slowed down the domestication. So, to make sure the wild stayed wild and the domestic stayed domestic, a few fortunate animals were allowed to live indoors and more closely alongside humans. Eventually those protected animals did what animals do. They formed a close relationship with people. People with an understanding of animals and animal keeping developed more quickly than those without, who had to continue to depend on hunting to get meat. The very same genes (基因) that spread among those early farmers make some people more likely to keep their first cat or dog today. Early farmers valued a real service provided by animals, like guarding crops, farming and providing food. Over time, this valuing has become an appreciation for animals in general. Maybe that’s why efforts to create robotic dogs have not become popular yet. A robotic dog may walk like a dog and bark like a dog and even look like a dog. But our genes tell us it isn’t a dog. Will we be able to appreciate and connect with this creature the way our ancestors did with real animals? It’s hard to imagine the robotic dog being able to learn that very old trick. 28. What helped animals domestication? A. Keeping wild and domestic animals apart. B. Forming a close connection with animals. C. Making sure the wild stayed domestic. D. Allowing more animals to live indoors. 29. What happened to the animal-keeping people later? A. They created robotic dogs. B. They depended on hunting. C. They lived a better life. D. They quit keeping animals. 30. Why are robotic dogs unpopular? A. They are unable to play tricks. B. They fail to connect with humans. C. They do not bark like real dogs. D. They are unfriendly to humans. 31. Where do people’s love for pets come from? A. Their birthplaces. B. Their work. C. Their education. D. Their genes. 【答案】28. A 29. C 30. B 31. D 【解析】 【导语】本文说明文。主要讲述了为什么人们无条件的喜欢宠物其实是因为人与动物之间的联系是天生的是由基因决定的，而这恰恰是机器狗无法比拟的。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“Separating them from wild animals was necessary, or it would have slowed down the domestication. So, to make sure the wild stayed wild and the domestic stayed domestic, a few fortunate animals were allowed to live indoors and more closely alongside humans.(将他们与野生动物分开是必要的，否则就会减慢驯化的速度。因此，为了确保野生动物保持野生，家养动物保持家养，一些幸运的动物被允许住在室内，与人类更密切地生活在一起)”可知，把野生动物和家养动物分离开来是必须的，否则将会减慢驯化的进程。故选A。 【29题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“Eventually those protected animals did what animals do. They formed a close relationship with people. People with an understanding of animals and animal keeping developed more quickly than those without, who had to continue to depend on hunting to get meat.(最终，这些受保护的动物做了动物该做的事。他们与人建立了密切的关系。了解动物和动物饲养的人比那些不了解动物和动物饲养的人发展得更快，后者不得不继续依靠狩猎来获取肉类)”可知，对动物和动物抚养表示理解的人通常发展得要比那些没有理解的人更快，因此可以推出他们生活地更好。故选C。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Maybe that’s why efforts to create robotic dogs have not become popular yet. A robotic dog may walk like a dog and bark like a dog and even look like a dog. But our genes tell us it isn’t a dog. Will we be able to appreciate and connect with this creature the way our ancestors did with real animals? It’s hard to imagine the robotic dog being able to learn that very old trick.(也许这就是制造机器狗的努力还没有流行起来的原因。机器狗可能会像狗一样走路，像狗一样叫，甚至看起来像狗。但我们的基因告诉我们它不是狗。我们能像我们的祖先对待真正的动物那样欣赏并与这种生物建立联系吗？很难想象机器狗能够学会这个古老的把戏)”可知，机器狗尽管叫的声音和长得都像真的狗，但是它不可能和真的动物一样和我们人类建立真正的联系。故选B。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“The very same genes (基因) that spread among those early farmers make some people more likely to keep their first cat or dog today. Early farmers valued a real service provided by animals, like guarding crops, farming and providing food. Over time, this valuing have become an appreciation for animals in general.(在这些早期农民中传播的基因使一些人今天更有可能养他们的第一只猫或狗。早期的农民重视动物提供的真正的服务，比如保护庄稼、耕种和提供食物。随着时间的推移，这种价值已经成为一种对动物的普遍欣赏)”以及最后一段“But our genes tell us it isn’t a dog.(但我们的基因告诉我们它不是狗)”以及纵观全文可知，人们对于动物的喜爱是天生的也就是基因决定的。故选D。 D California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor(因素). The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46, 000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds. No area was spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles. In the Sierra high country, the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent; in parts of southern California the decline was nearly 75 percent. Many factors contributed to the decline, said Patrick McIntyre, an ecologist who was the lead author of the study. Woodcutters targeted big trees. Housing development pushed into the woods. Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources(资源). But in comparing a study of California forests done in the 1920s and 1930s with another one between 2001 and 2010, McIntyre and his colleagues documented a widespread death of big trees that was evident even in wildlands protected from woodcutting or development. The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage. The researchers figured out water stress with a computer model that calculated how much water trees were getting in comparison with how much they needed, taking into account such things as rainfall, air temperature, dampness of soil, and the timing of snowmelt(融雪). Since the 1930s, McIntyre said, the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures, which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season. 32. What is the second paragraph mainly about? A. The seriousness of big-tree loss in California. B. The increasing variety of California big trees. C. The distribution of big trees in California forests. D. The influence of farming on big trees in California. 33. Which of the following is well-intentioned but may be bad for big trees? A. Ecological studies of forests. B. Banning woodcutting. C. Limiting housing development. D. Fire control measures. 34. What is a major cause of the water shortage according to McIntyre? A. Inadequate snowmelt. B. A longer dry season. C. A warmer climate. D. Dampness of the air. 35. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. California’s Forests: Where Have All the Big Trees Gone? B. Cutting of Big Trees to Be Prohibited in California Soon C. Why Are the Big Trees Important to California Forests? D. Patrick McIntyre: Grow More Big Trees in California 【答案】32. A 33. D 34. C 35. A 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文。根据一项研究显示，自20世纪30年代以来，加州已经损失了一半的大树，而气候变化似乎是其主要因素。 【32题详解】 主旨大意题。第二段中，作者用具体数据说明了大树损失在各个地区的严重程度，没有任何地区幸免或不受影响，故选A。 【33题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources(资源).可知，对野火的控制使得加利福尼亚的森林里挤满了小树，与大树争夺资源，也就是对野火的控制是善意的，但对大树产生了不利的影响。故选D。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures, which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season.可知，造成加州水资源短缺的最大因素是温度升高，这导致树木向空气中流失更多的水分，以及更早的融雪，这减少了旱季对树木的供水量。故选C。 【35题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，自20世纪30年代以来，加州已经损失了一半的大树，文章分析了引起该现象的几个主要因素。全文围绕“加州森林的大树都去哪儿了”话题展开，故选项A。 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。 The power of positive thinking Is your glass of milk half-full or half-empty? ____36____ Do they focus on the positives (a half-full glass) or the negatives (a half-empty one)? Thinking positively, with a belief that most things will turn out well, is called optimism — and it’s known to boost your well-being. The good news is that everybody can learn to think more positively. ____37____ Research shows that people who are optimistic and think positively tend to experience less stress and cope well when faced with life’s challenges. People who are more pessimistic (expect that the worst will happen) may find it hard to believe that these challenges will pass. Worrying is like a fire alarm. Everybody can worry from time to time. Worrying can help to keep you safe — if you were never worried and were overly positive about how things would turn out, you wouldn’t recognize risks. “____38____ It’s like a fire alarm,” says child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas. “The trouble is that sometimes it goes off when there isn’t a huge danger to face.” When this happens, you can feel anxious and hopeless about what lies ahead. Learn to think positively. Optimism is shaped by your genes which carry characteristics inherited from your parents and by what happens to you. ____39____ Research has shown that it can help to draw or write an outcome that’s positive-for example, an image of you playing guitar, having passed your next grade. ____40____ A. Your genes will in turn help obtain it. B. This question makes you lost in thought. C. Why is thinking positively good for you? D. Imagining this can motivate you to work to achieve it. E. Worrying is our brain warning us of something threatening. F. However, whatever your starting point is, everyone can learn it. G. This saying is often used to test people’s outlook in a situation. 【答案】36. G 37. C 38. E 39. F 40. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文。主要介绍了积极的思考带来的好处，以及怎么样学会积极的思考。 【36题详解】 根据前文“Is your glass of milk half-full or half-empty?(你的牛奶是半满的还是半空的?)”以及后文“Do they focus on the positives (a half-full glass) or the negatives (a half-empty one)?(他们关注的是积极的一面(半满的杯子)还是消极的一面(半空的杯子)?)”可知，空处应是对前一句的解释，前句是做什么用的，所以G项“This saying is often used to test people’s outlook in a situation.(这句话经常被用来测试人们在某种情况下的看法)”符合文意，其中This saying指代前文那句话。故选G项。 【37题详解】 分析设空，可知是本段的小标题，是对本段的概括，根据下文“Research shows that people who are optimistic and think positively tend to experience less stress and cope well when faced with life’s challenges. People who are more pessimistic (expect that the worst will happen) may find it hard to believe that these challenges will pass.(研究表明，乐观和积极思考的人在面对生活挑战时往往会经历更少的压力，并能很好地应对。更悲观的人(认为最坏的事情会发生)可能很难相信这些挑战会过去)”可知，本段主要讲述了，乐观和积极思考的好处，所以C项“Why is thinking positively good for you?(为什么积极思考对你有好处?)”符合文意。故选C项。 【38题详解】 根据前文“Everybody can worry from time to time. Worrying can help to keep you safe—if you were never worried and were overly positive about how things would turn out, you wouldn’t recognize risks.(每个人都会时不时地担心。担心可以帮助你保持安全——如果你从不担心，对事情的结果过于乐观，你就不会意识到风险)”可知，本段主要讲述了担心的好处，在根据本段小标题“Worrying is like a fire alarm.(忧虑就像火警)”，可知E项“Worrying is our brain warning us of something threatening.(担心是我们的大脑警告我们有危险。)”符合本段主题，其中Worrying为同词复现。故选E项。 【39题详解】 根据前文“Optimism is shaped by your genes, which carry characteristics inherited from your parents, and by what happens to you.(乐观是由你的基因塑造的，它带有从你父母那里遗传来的特征，也由你身上发生的事情决定)”以及后文“Research has shown that it can help to draw or write an outcome that’s positive —for example, an image of you playing guitar, having passed your next grade. (研究表明，画或写一个积极的结果会有所帮助——例如，你弹吉他的画面，已经通过了下一个等级)”可知，F项“However, whatever your starting point is, everyone can learn it.(然而，无论你的出发点是什么，每个人都可以学习它)”和前文构成转折关系，且和后文构成顺承关系。故选F项。 【40题详解】 分析设空，谓语段尾，应是对前文的总结，所以根据前文“Research has shown that it can help to draw or write an outcome that’s positive-for example, an image of you playing guitar, having passed your next grade.(研究表明，画或写一个积极的结果是有帮助的——比如，你弹吉他的画面，通过了下一个等级)”可知，前文讲述想象积极的结果是有帮助的，所以D项“Imagining this can motivate you to work to achieve it.(想象这个可以激励你致力于去实现它)”符合文意，是对前文的总结。故选D项。 第三部分 语言知识运用(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。 Dress shopping for my thirty- year high school reunion had become very frustrating because I’d gained ____41____ over the years. How could I attend the reunion looking like this? I felt embarrassed and ____42____. I finally ____43____ on a simple black dress, one size too big, so it would be ____44____ and cover my body. That evening I tried on the dress again in front of the mirror at home. The dress looked ____45____! Just then my husband and son walked in. “Mom, what are you wearing?” My son giggled. “That dress is too big!” My husband agreed. I looked at my ____46____ once more; I looked like I was wearing a sack (麻袋). I don’t know what came over me, but I started to ____47____ until happy tears fell. It must have been infectious, because we all stood there roaring with laughter. I ____48____ the dress the next day and I bought a bright red, well- fitting dress! This time when I stood in front of the ____49____, I couldn’t believe it -I loved what I saw. “Wow, you’re beautiful!” my husband said, when I twirled (旋转) around to show him. On the day of there union I was nervous. I _____50_____ walked into the venue (场所). Just then, one of my friends ran over to hug me. “You look amazing with that cute dress!” she said, excited. That evening I talked, laughed and _____51_____ the night away. That was a _____52_____ point for me. Since then, I have learned to _____53_____ my body instead of hiding it. I realized later that those dresses I tried on didn’t look bad on my body; it was my _____54_____ that made them look bad. My reflection in the mirror was the reflection of my lack of _____55_____. 41. A. height B. weight C. strength D. health 42 A. delighted B. confused C. ashamed D. impatient 43. A. settled B. depended C. stepped D. held 44. A. long B. solid C. tight D. loose 45. A. shiny B. horrible C. casual D. formal 46. A. reflection B. expression C. movement D. behaviour 47. A. laugh B. cry C. scream D. scold 48. A. refunded B. returned C. purchased D. lost 49. A. store B. house C. mirror D. dress 50. A. anxiously B. calmly C. steadily D. excitedly 51. A. broke B. blew C. danced D. backed 52. A. breaking B. freezing C. turning D. meeting 53. A. touch B. build C. separate D. embrace 54. A. inaccuracy B. indifference C. inflexibility D. insecurity 55. A. determination B. confidence C. ability D. condition 【答案】41. B 42. C 43. A 44. D 45. B 46. A 47. A 48. B 49. C 50. A 51. C 52. C 53. D 54. D 55. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述的是作者为高中同学聚会买衣服的经历让作者意识到缺乏自信会让衣服看起来很糟糕。 【41题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：为我三十年的高中同学聚会买衣服变得非常令人沮丧，因为这些年来我的体重增加了。A. height高度；B. weight重量，体重；C. strength力量；D. health健康。由下文“one size too big”可知，这里指作者长胖增了“体重”，所以要穿大号衣服。故选B项。 【42题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我感到尴尬和羞愧。A. delighted高兴的；B. confused困惑的；C. ashamed羞愧的；D. impatient没有耐心的。由上文“I felt embarrassed ”以及语境可知，作者长胖了，从而感觉尴尬和“羞愧”。故选C项。 【43题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我最终决定穿一件简单的黑色连衣裙，一件码很大的裙子，所以它会很宽松，遮住我的身体。A. settled解决，确定；B. depended依赖；C. stepped行走；D. held举行。由下文“on a simple black dress”可知，这里指作者最终“确定”试一件黑色连衣裙。故选A项。 【44题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我最终决定穿一件简单的黑色连衣裙，一件码很大的裙子，所以它会很宽松，遮住我的身体。A. long长的；B. solid固体的；C. tight紧的；D. loose宽松的。由上文“one size too big”可知，这里指衣服很“宽松”。故选D项。 【45题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这件衣服看起来很糟糕！A. shiny闪亮的；B. horrible可怕的，糟糕的；C. casual随意的；D. formal正式的。由下文“I looked like I was wearing a sack (麻袋)”可知，这件衣服穿起来很“糟糕的”。故选B项。 【46题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我又看了看自己的倒影；我看起来像是穿着麻袋。A. reflection 反思，映照出的影像；B. expression表情；C. movement运动；D. behaviour行为。由上文“I tried on the dress again in front of the mirror at home”可知，这里指作者看镜子里“映照出的影像”。故选A项。 【47题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不知道自己怎么了，但我开始笑，直到幸福的泪水落下。A. laugh笑；B. cry哭；C. scream尖叫；D. scold责骂。由下文“It must have been infectious, because we all stood there roaring with laughter.”可知，作者也开始“笑”了。故选A项。 【48题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二天我把裙子还了回去，买了一件鲜红、合身的裙子！A. refunded退款；B. returned返回，退回；C. purchased购买；D. lost失去。由下文“I bought a bright red”可知，这里指作者“退回”那件糟糕的裙子，又重新买了一件。故选B项。 【49题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这一次，当我站在镜子前时，我简直不敢相信——我喜欢我所看到的。A. store商店；B. house房子；C. mirror镜子；D. dress连衣裙。由上文“That evening I tried on the dress again in front of the mirror at home”以及语境可知，这里指作者又穿着新裙子照“镜子”。故选C项。 【50题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我焦急地走进会场。 A. anxiously焦急地，忧虑地；B. calmly冷静地；C. steadily稳步地；D. excitedly兴奋地。由上文“I was nervous”可知，这里指作者“忧虑地”走进会场。故选A项。 【51题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那天晚上，我边聊边笑，彻夜跳舞。A. broke打断；B. blew吹；C. danced跳舞；D. backed烘烤。由上文“That evening I talked, laughed”以及语境可知，这里指作者很高兴，彻夜“跳舞”。故选C项。 【52题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那对我来说是一个转折点。A. breaking打破；B. freezing冷冻；C. turning转向；D. meeting遇见。由下文“I realized”以及语境可知，作者通过这件事有了新的领悟感受，所以这件事对作者来说是转折点，turning point，表“转折点”，符合语境。故选C项。 【53题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：从那以后，我学会了欣然接受我的身体，而不是隐藏它。A. touch触摸；B. build构建；C. separate分开；D. embrace拥抱，欣然接受。由下文“instead of hiding it”可知，这里指作者开始“欣然接受”自己长胖的身体而不是隐藏它。故选D项。 【54题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：是我的心神不定让他们看起来很糟糕。A. inaccuracy不准确；B. indifference冷漠；C. inflexibility缺乏灵活性；D. insecurity不放心；心神不定。由上文“those dresses I tried on didn’t look bad on my body”以及语境可知，这里指是作者自己“心神不定”而不是裙子的问题让他们看起来很糟糕。故选D项。 【55题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我在镜子里的倒影反映了我缺乏自信。A. determination决定；B. confidence信心；C. ability能力；D. condition条件。由上文“it was my 　14　　that made them look bad.”以及语境可知，这里指镜子里的倒影反映了作者的不“自信”。故选B项。 第二节 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 ChatGPT is an exciting new technology that____56____ (take) the online world by storm recently. As a natural language ____57____ (process) system, it uses artificial intelligence to generate text. It is based on a powerful and sophisticated AI model designed to understand the context ____58____ the structure of natural language, allowing it to generate text both meaningful and comprehensive. It can also learn from its input and continually improve its performance. ChatGPT is a great tool for businesses and organizations ____59____ need to quickly generate large amounts of content, like blog posts, articles, and other types of text-based content. It is also useful for customer service, allowing businesses to quickly respond ____60____ customer inquiries with natural sounding answers. In the medical field, ChatGPT can be used to generate medical reports, disease____61____ (analysis), and medical documents, allowing professionals to save time and focus on other tasks. And in education, ChatGPT ____62____ (serve) as a helping hand for teachers to provide course materials, assignments, and other educational contents. This could be especially ____63____ (benefit) for teachers struggling to prepare teaching materials. ChatGPT is an ____64____ (incredible) powerful tool that has the potential to revolutionize the way people communicate and interact with each other. It is a thrilling technology revolution that is sure to have a major impact on the world in the years _____65_____ (come). 【答案】56. has taken 57. processing 58. and 59. that##which 60. to 61. analyses 62. serves 63. beneficial 64. incredibly 65. to come 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一项席卷网络世界的新技术ChatGPT在商业、组织，医疗及教育领域的应用。 【56题详解】 考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：ChatGPT是一项令人兴奋的新技术，最近席卷了网络世界。空格处在定语从句中作谓语，根据时间状语recently可知，应用现在完成时，先行词technology为可数名词单数，在定语从句中作主语，谓语应用第三人称单数形式。故填has taken。 【57题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：作为一个自然语言处理系统，它使用人工智能生成文本。谓语是uses，空格处应填非谓语动词作定语，被修饰名词system和process之间是主谓关系，应用现在分词。故填processing。 【58题详解】 考查连词。句意：它基于一个强大而复杂的人工智能模型，旨在理解自然语言的上下文和结构，使其能够生成有意义和全面的文本。the context和the structure of natural language作动词understand的并列宾语，应用连词and连接。故填and。 【59题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：对于需要快速生成大量内容（如博客文章、文章和其他类型的基于文本的内容）的企业和组织来说，ChatGPT是一个很好的工具。空格处引导定语从句修饰先行词tool，在从句中作主语，应用关系代词that/which引导。故填that/which。 【60题详解】 考查介词。句意：它对客户服务也很有用，使企业能够用听起来自然的答案快速响应客户的询问。respond to为固定短语，意为“对……反应”。故填to。 【61题详解】 考查名词的数。句意：在医疗领域，ChatGPT可用于生成医疗报告、疾病分析和医疗文档，使专业人员能够节省时间并专注于其他任务。根据空格前的定语disease可知，空格处应填名词，空格处和medical reports及medical documents构成并列关系，应用名词的复数形式。故填analyses。 【62题详解】 考查动词的时态和主谓一致。句意：在教育方面，ChatGPT为教师提供课程材料、作业和其他教育内容。空格处作谓语，结合句意应用一般现在时，主语ChatGPT为第三人称单数，谓语应用第三人称单数形式。故填serves。 【63题详解】 考查形容词。句意：这对努力准备教材的教师来说尤其有益。根据空格前的系动词be可知，空格处应填形容词作表语，结合句意“有益的”是beneficial。故填beneficial。 【64题详解】 考查副词。句意：ChatGPT是一个功能强大的工具，有可能彻底改变人们相互交流和互动的方式。空格处修饰形容词powerful，作状语，应用副词形式。故填incredibly。 【65题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这是一场激动人心的技术革命，肯定会在未来几年对世界产生重大影响。空格处作后置定语，修饰名词years，构成固定搭配in the years to come，意为“在未来的几年里”。故填 to come。 第四部分 写作(共两节 满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 66. 假如你是李华。4月23日是“世界读书日”，为此，你校上周开展了一系列与读书相关的活动。请给你的笔友Tom写一封邮件，内容包括： 1. 活动目的； 2. 活动内容； 3. 分享个人收获。 注意：1. 写作词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Tom, With the World Reading Day coming, I am writing to share some related information with you. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【答案】One possible version: Dear Tom, With the World Reading Day coming, I am writing to share some related information with you. In a gesture to trigger students’ passion for reading and enrich our school life, our school held a series of wonderful reading-related activities last week. To begin with, we had a book fair on the playground where different classes set up their booths, displaying a wide range of books. We could wander around, flip through the pages, and even exchange books with each other. What’s more, several well-known local authors were invited to give lectures, who talked about their writing experiences and the significance of reading in their lives. Personally, I’ve reaped great benefits from these activities. Not only have I discovered some new books that I’m really eager to dive into but also I have realized that reading is a journey of self-improvement. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生以书信形式向笔友Tom介绍学校围绕“世界读书日”开展的活动，内容需涵盖活动目的、具体内容及个人收获。 【详解】1. 词汇积累 激发：trigger → arouse 著名的：well-known → famous 交换：exchange → swap 收获：reap → gain 2. 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：With the World Reading Day coming, I am writing to share some related information with you. 拓展句：As the World Reading Day is coming, I am writing to share some related information with you. 【点睛】【高分句型1】To begin with, we had a book fair on the playground where different classes set up their booths, displaying a wide range of books.（运用了where引导的定语从句） 【高分句型2】Not only have I discovered some new books that I’m really eager to dive into but also I have realized that reading is a journey of self-improvement.（运用了“not only... but also...”连接两个并列结构以及not only位于句首引出的倒装结构） 第二节 读后续写(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。 The Trouble With Chores (家庭杂务) The twins, Jenna and Jeff, were good at most things. Their dad was good at most things, too. But there was one thing the twins and Dad were not good at—that was chores. It wasn’t that Dad and the twins didn’t want to do their chores. It was just that they always seemed to have reasons not to do them. And they had such good excuses. “You’re right, my dear,” said Mum. “The grass does need cutting. But a spider has spun a wonderful web on the lawn mower and I haven’t the heart to put all her hard work to waste.” “Mum,” said Jenna, “I know it’s my week to put up my cards. It’s just that I’m waiting for them to dry. They’ll be easier to scoop up that way.” “Mum,” said Jeff, “may I skip setting the table tonight? There’s a TV show on the Ice Age, and I have to do a report on the Beast of Baluchistan.” There were also the endless quarrels about who did what and who got the easy job. Mum sighed. If only Dad and the twins were as good at doing their chores as they were at arguing about them, life would be easier. Talking of chores, Mum thought instead of pushing them for chores, it would be a lot easier to do them herself. And that was what she did. She put away all cards and set and cleared the table. She chased the dust bunnies from under the furniture and cleaned up the twins’ messy room. The twins did pick up and put away things occasionally. Dad did cut the grass once in a while. Not surprisingly, things began to slide. Everybody got a little unhappy, especially Mum, who spent much time doing chores. Something had to be done. But what? 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。 Mum decided to host a family meeting. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Living in all that messy build-up wasn’t much fun. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Mum decided to host a family meeting. “My dear,” she said, “there’s a lot more to life than chores. I’ve been so concerned with the house that I haven’t been to the gym for weeks.” “Go to the gym to work out,” Dad and the twins applauded. The whole family enjoyed themselves and not worrying about chores worked pretty well at first. But bit by bit, messy build-up began to take up the house. Living in all that messy build-up wasn’t much fun. Dad decided to host a family meeting, too. No sooner had the meeting begun than everybody decided to do something about the awful mess. They picked up all the wet towels. They got the dishes out of the sink and banished the dust bunnies. Then they sat down, exhausted but pleased. At last, they realized there were a lot of meaningful things in life, including chores. 【解析】 【分析】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了双胞胎和爸爸在大多数事情上都很擅长。但有一件事他们都不擅长，那就是做家务。并不是他们不愿意做家务。只是他们似乎总有理由不去做。他们有很好借口；有时这对双胞胎确实偶尔会收拾东西，爸爸确实偶尔割草，但是似乎每个人都有点不高兴尤其是妈妈，因为她花了很多时间做家务。妈妈意识到必须做点什么。 【详解】1.段落续写: ①由第一段首句内容“妈妈决定召开一次家庭会议”可知，第一段可描写家庭会议的计划和安排。 ②由第二段首句内容“生活在如此混乱的环境中并没有多少乐趣。”可知，第二段可描写大家决定一起打扫如此混乱的环境。 2.续写线索：家务——找借口——拒绝——混乱——收拾干净——感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①拒绝：have excuses/didn’t want to do/refuse politely 情绪类 ①.高兴：pleased/happy ②.担心： concerned/worry 【点睛】 [高分句型1]. At last, they realized there were a lot of meaningful things in life, including chores.（省略连接词that的宾语从句作realize的宾语） [高分句型2] No sooner had the meeting begun than everybody decided to do something about the awful mess. （否定词置于句首的半倒装句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024~2025学年度高一下学期期中测试 英语 2025.04 (考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分) 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】 When did the man get home? A. Before six o’clock. B. After six o’clock. C. At six o’clock. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Where is Mr. Baker now? A. At his office. B. At the travel company. C. At the restaurant. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What’s the man’s reaction to the woman’s request? A. He is warm-hearted. B. He wants his secretary to be here at once. C. He doesn’t like to be interviewed at the moment. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What do we know about the man? A. He won’t go to the party. B. He will attend the party alone. C. He will take friends to the party. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 What are the tickets for? A. A movie. B. A football game. C A concert. 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 are the speakers talking about? A. Lady first. B. Racial equality. C. Good manners. 7. Which of the following do not the speakers mention? A. Men pick the women up. B. Men take care of the women. C. Men help the women with the luggage. 8. What can be concluded from the conversation? A. Men like to help women in many ways. B. The woman thinks men should open doors for women. C. The woman doesn’t think men should always care for women. 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】 9. How long has the man kept the disc player? A. One day. B. One week. C. Two weeks. 10. What is wrong with the disc player probably? A. The play button can’t be pressed. B. There’s something wrong inside. C. Something is wrong with the batteries. 11. How does the woman deal with the matter? A. Ask the manager for help. B. Return the money to the man. C. Change another player for the man. 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】 12. What do the speakers want to do according to the conversation? A. Rent a bigger office. B. Buy a bigger house. C. Rent a bigger house. 13. How much does the speakers’ present house worth? A. 24,000 dollars. B. 45,000 dollars. C. 75,000 dollars. 14. What is the man’s suggestion? A. Selling the old house. B. Renting the new house. C. Paying a 35% down payment. 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】 15. What kind of color TV does the man want to buy? A. A smaller one. B. A bigger one. C A cheaper one. 16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Teacher and student. C. Good friends. 17. Why does the woman suggest the man buy a smaller TV? A. Because the man’s sitting room isn’t very big. B. Because the bigger TV would be a waste of money. C. Because the smaller TV would be out of fashion in a few years. 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. What will the students do next Thursday? A. Take an exam. B. Review lessons. C. Begin a new book. 19. Which is the most important thing of good speech delivery? A. Eye contact. B. Note cards. C. Visual aids. 20. What will you do if you want to make a good speech? A Look directly at one man all the time. B. Always stare at one man’s eyes. C. Look at the entire audience. 第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Edinburgh is famous for its many museums where you can learn its rich history. Museum on the Mound Located in the heart of Edinburgh’s city center, this appealing museum takes a fresh look at money — and much, much more. You will see coins and banknotes from over the ages, including the first Scottish banknote printed in 1727. There are also interesting interactive displays and you can even try your hand at opening a safe! The Writers’ Museum It is housed in the beautiful Lady Stair’s House, a category A listed building. The collection celebrates the legacy of Scotland’s literary contributions, with special emphasis given to Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns. The museum is home to numerous paintings, books and manuscripts (手稿), and you can also see Burns’ writing desk and Scott’s chess set. Our Dynamic Earth It celebrates the beauty of the earth via technology. Interactive exhibits allow visitors to experience earthquakes, the ocean floor, ice ages and mountains by the use of computer software. Particularly interesting is the “tour” around the eleven Earthscapes. It is educational fun for the whole family and can serve as a good introduction to concepts surrounding the formation of the planet and the creatures we share the earth with. National Museum of Scotland The diverse collections here include the history of Scotland with exhibitions of international interest. The natural world, science and technology, discoveries, art, and world cultures are all explored. There are interactive elements and activities to suit children of all ages, including science experiments and musical instruments. 21. Which might be the most attractive to finance majors? A. Our Dynamic Earth. B. The Writers’ Museum. C. Museum on the Mound. D. National Museum of Scotland. 22. What can you do at Our Dynamic Earth? A. Play with your family. B. Tour the world virtually. C. Design computer software. D. Learn about ancient creatures. 23. What do The Writers’ Museum and National Museum of Scotland have in common? A. They have interactive exhibits. B. They showcase world cultures. C. They provide hands-on activities. D. They have an artistic atmosphere. B With millions of riders on the road, China’s food delivery industry has long prided itself on being able to reach every corner of the country. Now, Meituan is even offering to deliver takeout to the Great Wall — dropped off not by a worker on an electric bike, but by a drone (无人机) sliding from the sky. For the millions of tourists who visit the Great Wall each year, the drone delivery service offers a new level of convenience. Visitors can now order meals and drinks via their smartphones, with drones delivering their orders to their locations on the wall, which eliminates the need for tourists to leave their spots, allowing them to fully engage in the experience of visiting the Great Wall without interruptions. The Great Wall drone route extends from a nearby hotel rooftop to a watchtower on the southern part of Badaling, an area previously free of commercial (商业的) facilities. “That’s where drones can help,” Yan Yan, public affairs director of Meituan’s drone business, told CCTV. “Through drones, we can make trips that take 50 minutes on foot in five minutes and deliver heat relief objects and emergency supplies to visitors.” Once an order is received, a Meituan worker will pick it up from a nearby store and bring it to the hotel rooftop, where it will be weighed and packaged. An operator then ties the package to the drone, which will fly on autopilot to the watchtower, where another worker waits to receive it and hands it over to the customer. The company will initially offer free delivery while it tests the service, and claims that pricing will stay similar to that of regular deliveries afterward. Meituan’s drone delivery at the Great Wall is another example of how drone technology can be used for the last mile The program could serve as a model for similar services in other tourist-heavy or geographically challenging locations worldwide and have a promising future. 24. What does the underlined word “eliminates” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Ignores. B. Identifies. C. Satisfies. D. Removes. 25. How does Yan Yan sound about the drone delivery? A. Critical. B. Doubtful. C. Approving. D. Unconcerned. 26. What are the main features of Meituan’s drone delivery service at the Great Wall? A. Convenient and innovative. B. Pricy but dependable. C. Dangerous and time-consuming. D. Traditional but high-cost. 27. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us? A. How the packages are attached to the drones. B. How the drone delivery service is carried out. C. How operators control the routes of the drones. D. How customers’ order information is received. C Pets may seem like something of a luxury (奢侈品). In return for a lifetime of food and love, they don’t seem to offer practical value. When was the last time you saw a pet dog helping a farmer in a field or taking groceries off the car? So what do pets really give us? Well, that depends on who you ask. It turns out, some people may like animals by nature-likely because animals first tricked their way into our ancestors’ (祖先) lives by offering a very real service. Somewhere between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago, humans started domesticating (驯化) animals. Separating them from wild animals was necessary, or it would have slowed down the domestication. So, to make sure the wild stayed wild and the domestic stayed domestic, a few fortunate animals were allowed to live indoors and more closely alongside humans. Eventually those protected animals did what animals do. They formed a close relationship with people. People with an understanding of animals and animal keeping developed more quickly than those without, who had to continue to depend on hunting to get meat. The very same genes (基因) that spread among those early farmers make some people more likely to keep their first cat or dog today. Early farmers valued a real service provided by animals, like guarding crops, farming and providing food. Over time, this valuing has become an appreciation for animals in general. Maybe that’s why efforts to create robotic dogs have not become popular yet. A robotic dog may walk like a dog and bark like a dog and even look like a dog. But our genes tell us it isn’t a dog. Will we be able to appreciate and connect with this creature the way our ancestors did with real animals? It’s hard to imagine the robotic dog being able to learn that very old trick. 28 What helped animals domestication? A. Keeping wild and domestic animals apart. B. Forming a close connection with animals. C. Making sure the wild stayed domestic. D. Allowing more animals to live indoors. 29. What happened to the animal-keeping people later? A. They created robotic dogs. B. They depended on hunting. C. They lived a better life. D. They quit keeping animals. 30. Why are robotic dogs unpopular? A. They are unable to play tricks. B. They fail to connect with humans. C. They do not bark like real dogs. D. They are unfriendly to humans. 31. Where do people’s love for pets come from? A. Their birthplaces. B. Their work. C. Their education. D. Their genes. D California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor(因素). The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46, 000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds. No area was spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles. In the Sierra high country, the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent; in parts of southern California the decline was nearly 75 percent. Many factors contributed to the decline, said Patrick McIntyre, an ecologist who was the lead author of the study. Woodcutters targeted big trees. Housing development pushed into the woods. Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources(资源). But in comparing a study of California forests done in the 1920s and 1930s with another one between 2001 and 2010, McIntyre and his colleagues documented a widespread death of big trees that was evident even in wildlands protected from woodcutting or development. The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage. The researchers figured out water stress with a computer model that calculated how much water trees were getting in comparison with how much they needed, taking into account such things as rainfall, air temperature, dampness of soil, and the timing of snowmelt(融雪). Since the 1930s, McIntyre said, the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures, which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season. 32. What is the second paragraph mainly about? A. The seriousness of big-tree loss in California. B. The increasing variety of California big trees. C. The distribution of big trees in California forests. D. The influence of farming on big trees in California. 33. Which of the following is well-intentioned but may be bad for big trees? A. Ecological studies of forests. B. Banning woodcutting. C. Limiting housing development. D. Fire control measures. 34. What is a major cause of the water shortage according to McIntyre? A. Inadequate snowmelt. B. A longer dry season. C. A warmer climate. D. Dampness of the air. 35. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. California’s Forests: Where Have All the Big Trees Gone? B. Cutting of Big Trees to Be Prohibited in California Soon C. Why Are the Big Trees Important to California Forests? D. Patrick McIntyre: Grow More Big Trees in California 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。 The power of positive thinking Is your glass of milk half-full or half-empty? ____36____ Do they focus on the positives (a half-full glass) or the negatives (a half-empty one)? Thinking positively, with a belief that most things will turn out well, is called optimism — and it’s known to boost your well-being. The good news is that everybody can learn to think more positively. ____37____ Research shows that people who are optimistic and think positively tend to experience less stress and cope well when faced with life’s challenges. People who are more pessimistic (expect that the worst will happen) may find it hard to believe that these challenges will pass. Worrying is like a fire alarm. Everybody can worry from time to time. Worrying can help to keep you safe — if you were never worried and were overly positive about how things would turn out, you wouldn’t recognize risks. “____38____ It’s like a fire alarm,” says child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas. “The trouble is that sometimes it goes off when there isn’t a huge danger to face.” When this happens, you can feel anxious and hopeless about what lies ahead. Learn to think positively. Optimism is shaped by your genes which carry characteristics inherited from your parents and by what happens to you. ____39____ Research has shown that it can help to draw or write an outcome that’s positive-for example, an image of you playing guitar, having passed your next grade. ____40____ A. Your genes will in turn help obtain it. B. This question makes you lost in thought. C. Why is thinking positively good for you? D. Imagining this can motivate you to work to achieve it. E. Worrying is our brain warning us of something threatening. F. However, whatever your starting point is, everyone can learn it. G. This saying is often used to test people’s outlook in a situation. 第三部分 语言知识运用(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。 Dress shopping for my thirty- year high school reunion had become very frustrating because I’d gained ____41____ over the years. How could I attend the reunion looking like this? I felt embarrassed and ____42____. I finally ____43____ on a simple black dress, one size too big, so it would be ____44____ and cover my body. That evening I tried on the dress again in front of the mirror at home. The dress looked ____45____! Just then, my husband and son walked in. “Mom, what are you wearing?” My son giggled. “That dress is too big!” My husband agreed. I looked at my ____46____ once more; I looked like I was wearing a sack (麻袋). I don’t know what came over me, but I started to ____47____ until happy tears fell. It must have been infectious, because we all stood there roaring with laughter. I ____48____ the dress the next day and I bought a bright red, well- fitting dress! This time when I stood in front of the ____49____, I couldn’t believe it -I loved what I saw. “Wow, you’re beautiful!” my husband said, when I twirled (旋转) around to show him. On the day of there union I was nervous. I _____50_____ walked into the venue (场所). Just then, one of my friends ran over to hug me. “You look amazing with that cute dress!” she said, excited. That evening I talked, laughed and _____51_____ the night away. That was a _____52_____ point for me. Since then, I have learned to _____53_____ my body instead of hiding it. I realized later that those dresses I tried on didn’t look bad on my body; it was my _____54_____ that made them look bad. My reflection in the mirror was the reflection of my lack of _____55_____. 41. A. height B. weight C. strength D. health 42. A. delighted B. confused C. ashamed D. impatient 43. A. settled B. depended C. stepped D. held 44. A. long B. solid C. tight D. loose 45. A. shiny B. horrible C. casual D. formal 46. A. reflection B. expression C. movement D. behaviour 47. A. laugh B. cry C. scream D. scold 48. A. refunded B. returned C. purchased D. lost 49. A. store B. house C. mirror D. dress 50. A. anxiously B. calmly C. steadily D. excitedly 51. A. broke B. blew C. danced D. backed 52. A. breaking B. freezing C. turning D. meeting 53. A. touch B. build C. separate D. embrace 54. A. inaccuracy B. indifference C. inflexibility D. insecurity 55. A. determination B. confidence C. ability D. condition 第二节 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 ChatGPT is an exciting new technology that____56____ (take) the online world by storm recently. As a natural language ____57____ (process) system, it uses artificial intelligence to generate text. It is based on a powerful and sophisticated AI model designed to understand the context ____58____ the structure of natural language, allowing it to generate text both meaningful and comprehensive. It can also learn from its input and continually improve its performance. ChatGPT is a great tool for businesses and organizations ____59____ need to quickly generate large amounts of content, like blog posts, articles, and other types of text-based content. It is also useful for customer service, allowing businesses to quickly respond ____60____ customer inquiries with natural sounding answers. In the medical field, ChatGPT can be used to generate medical reports, disease____61____ (analysis), and medical documents, allowing professionals to save time and focus on other tasks. And in education, ChatGPT ____62____ (serve) as a helping hand for teachers to provide course materials, assignments, and other educational contents. This could be especially ____63____ (benefit) for teachers struggling to prepare teaching materials. ChatGPT is an ____64____ (incredible) powerful tool that has the potential to revolutionize the way people communicate and interact with each other. It is a thrilling technology revolution that is sure to have a major impact on the world in the years _____65_____ (come). 第四部分 写作(共两节 满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 66. 假如你是李华。4月23日是“世界读书日”，为此，你校上周开展了一系列与读书相关的活动。请给你的笔友Tom写一封邮件，内容包括： 1. 活动目的； 2. 活动内容； 3. 分享个人收获。 注意：1. 写作词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Tom, With the World Reading Day coming, I am writing to share some related information with you. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写(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。 The Trouble With Chores (家庭杂务) The twins, Jenna and Jeff, were good at most things. Their dad was good at most things, too. But there was one thing the twins and Dad were not good at—that was chores. It wasn’t that Dad and the twins didn’t want to do their chores. It was just that they always seemed to have reasons not to do them. And they had such good excuses. “You’re right, my dear,” said Mum. “The grass does need cutting. But a spider has spun a wonderful web on the lawn mower and I haven’t the heart to put all her hard work to waste.” “Mum,” said Jenna, “I know it’s my week to put up my cards. It’s just that I’m waiting for them to dry. They’ll be easier to scoop up that way.” “Mum,” said Jeff, “may I skip setting the table tonight? There’s a TV show on the Ice Age, and I have to do a report on the Beast of Baluchistan.” There were also the endless quarrels about who did what and who got the easy job. Mum sighed. If only Dad and the twins were as good at doing their chores as they were at arguing about them, life would be easier. Talking of chores, Mum thought instead of pushing them for chores, it would be a lot easier to do them herself. And that was what she did. She put away all cards and set and cleared the table. She chased the dust bunnies from under the furniture and cleaned up the twins’ messy room. The twins did pick up and put away things occasionally. Dad did cut the grass once in a while. Not surprisingly, things began to slide. Everybody got a little unhappy, especially Mum, who spent much time doing chores. Something had to be done. But what? 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。 Mum decided to host a family meeting. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Living in all that messy build-up wasn’t much fun. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$