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泉州五中2024-2025学年第二学期期末试卷 高二英语 注意事项: 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. When will the speakers meet? A. At 2: 50. B. At 3: 00. C. At 4: 00. 2. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. On a farm. B. In the street. C. At a supermarket. 3. What will the man do next year? A. Attend a marketing course. B. Look for a part-time job. C. Continue to work in the company. 4. What was damaged in the storm? A. The car. B. The roof. C. A window. 5. What are the speakers talking about? A. The road conditions. B. A driving experience. C. A car accident. 第二节（共15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Where are the cups? A. In the plastic bag. B. In the box. C. In the back of the car. 7. What have the speakers left behind? A. The frying pan. B. The plates. C. The tent. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. How does the woman feel about the dance competition? A. Excited. B. Nervous. C. Confident. 9. What is the woman looking forward to most? A. Dancing in front of many people. B. Watching good dancers on stage. C. Making some good new friends. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What did the man do today? A. He watched Pamela Anderson's new movie. B. He took photos with Pamela Anderson. C. He got Pamela Anderson's signature. 11. What did the man get for the woman? A. A photo. B. A poster. C. A magazine. 12. What does the man think of Pamela Anderson? A. She is a great actress. B. She looks younger than on the screen. C. She attracts people because of her appearance. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. How does Kirsty go to the sports village every morning? A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot. 14. What does Kirsty do at midday? A. She practices shooting. B. She meets her coaches. C. She takes a walk. 15. What exercise does Kirsty do before supper? A. She goes running. B. She goes swimming. C. She plays football. 16. When does Kirsty finish her football practice? A. At'6: 30. B. At 7: 30. C. At 9: 00. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is the speaker's mother? A. A designer. B. A doctor. C. A teacher. 18. What did the speaker do first after he left high school? A. He got a full-time job. B. He did a business course. C. He went to an art college. 19. How long did the speaker stay in Milan? A. One year. B. Two years. C. Three years. 20. What difficulty did the speaker have in New York? A. He was homesick. B. His parents didn't support him. C. He could not start a company there. 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。 A Power of Public Speaking has partnered with ASI Innovation Labs to integrate artificial intelligence into the Pops Classroom platform for improving public speaking skills. The first project is the Pops Advisor which provides an automatic evaluation of students’ video presentations with visual feedback. The Advisor offers on-demand comments to students practicing public speaking from anywhere. This flexibility benefits instructors, who can be as hands-on or hands-off during practice. While students can operate autonomously with the tool, instructors can also choose to keep track of students’ progress. Criteria Using machine learning models, the Pops Advisor analyzes the following criteria: Delivery Introduction Body Conclusion Vocal Style Vocal Quality Vocal Filler Eye Contact Body Language Credibility Attention Central Idea Preview Connective Support Language Connective Credibility Organization Signaling Ending Summary Memorable Ending Credibility Feedback The presenter receives feedback on the above four categories. And this feedback is given in the following formats: Recommendations To provide presenters with valuable feedback for the next practice, recommendations focus on specific aspects needing improvement. For instance, the recommendation can be “Your message is clear, but be sure you are grabbing your audience’s attention in your introduction to ensure they are listening.” Speech Metrics (指标) Useful speech metrics serve as quantitative descriptors on several aspects of the presentation including number of words, total presentation time, speaking rate and vocal fillers percentage. Pops Advisor can be used in any classroom setting where students are presenting particularly in the Basic Public Speaking Course. When you are considering what can be achieved by your students toward skill development in a single school semester, Advisor increases the overall development. 1. What is the Pops Advisor? A. An evaluation tool. B. A time tracker. C. A video player. D. A voice assistant. 2. Which of the following categories provides feedback on facial expressions? A. Body. B. Delivery. C. Conclusion. D. Introduction. 3. Who is the text intended for? A. Lab technicians. B. Foreign language learners. C. Artificial Intelligence engineers. D. Public speech instructors. 【答案】1. A 2. B 3. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章通过介绍Power of Public Speaking与ASI Innovation Labs合作开发的Pops Advisor工具，阐述人工智能如何融入公共演讲教学平台。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The first project is the Pops Advisor which provides an automatic evaluation of students’ video presentations with visual feedback.(首个项目是Pops Advisor，它通过视觉反馈对学生的视频演讲进行自动评估)”可知，Pops Advisor的核心功能是“自动评估演讲”，属于评估工具。选A项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。在“Criteria”部分，“Delivery (表达)”包含“Eye Contact (眼神交流)”，而眼神交流属于面部表情相关的评估维度。故选B项。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“This flexibility benefits instructors, who can be as hands-on or hands-off during practice. While students can operate autonomously with the tool, instructors can also choose to keep track of students’ progress.(这种灵活性有利于教师，他们可以在练习中亲力亲为或放手不管。学生可以使用该工具自主操作，教师也可以选择跟踪学生的进度)”和最后一段中的“Pops Advisor can be used in any classroom setting where students are presenting, particularly in the Basic Public Speaking Course.(Pops Advisor可以在任何学生演讲的课堂环境中使用，特别是在基础公共演讲课程中)”可知，该工具对教师和学生有益处，且可以在任何学生演讲的课堂环境中使用，特别是在基础公共演讲课程中。由此推知，文章的目标读者是“公共演讲讲师”。故选D项。 B It turns out patience isn’t always a virtue. By the time Nalin Kamat was 13, the Toronto teen was well on his way to becoming a working artist. He had already had his first show at a local arts hub, showcasing his series titled Dispositions, charcoal sketches of the human body as a metaphor for his own transformation during adolescence. Yet he wanted more-specifically to start showing his work in a juried exhibition (评审展览), where art experts would evaluate and select pieces in a competitive review process. That’s when he hit an obstacle, discovering that the minimum age for submission was 18. That rejection stimulates his creation. “There was a void in the art world, and I thought it’d be really cool if I could provide the opportunity for more young artists,” says Nalin, now 15. With the support of his parents, Nalin founded in 2023 Little ‘EGG Gallery, a commercial studio specially for underage artists. The gallery, which is now profitable enough to break even, charges a small hanging fee for any displayed work and takes a 15 percent commission fee on sales. In turn, Little EGG helps promote young talents by showcasing their work. Not long after opening, Ontario College of Art and Design University professor and artist David Griffin stumbled upon the gallery while taking a casual walk with his wife in their neighbourhood. An exhibition was being installed at the time, and some of Nalin’s own work was on the walls. Upon meeting Nalin, Griffin says he understood that he was speaking with someone special: “a strong young artist with a really excellent idea, which was to provide a space for showing the local community the easy, natural genius of young people.” A connection was formed, and Nalin asked Griffin to help judge an upcoming competition. The first juried show was last spring, and the top three winners each received a $50 cash prize. Five-year-old Jack Gamble won for his abstract painting titled Pokemon. 4. What mainly drove Nalin to start Little EGG Gallery? A. The support of his parents. B. The desire to create his own studio. C. The wish to offer young artists chances. D. The approval from the local community. 5. What does the underlined phrase “stumbled upon” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Withdrew from. B. Came across. C. Looked around. D. Headed for. 6. Which of the following best describes Nalin Kamat? A. Patient and humble. B. Determined and sympathetic. C. Competitive and cooperative. D. Creative and devoted. 7. What can we learn from David Griffin’s words? A. Nalin’s uniqueness impressed him a lot. B. Nalin’s idea received wide recognition. C. Nalin’s platform boosted young artists’ creativity. D. Nalin’s efforts brought about the neighborhood unity. 【答案】4. C 5. B 6. D 7. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Nalin Kamat创立Little EGG Gallery为年轻艺术家提供展示机会的故事。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段““There was a void in the art world, and I thought it’d be really cool if I could provide the opportunity for more young artists,” says Nalin, now 15. (“艺术界存在一个空白，我想如果我能为更多年轻艺术家提供机会，那将非常酷，”现年15岁的Nalin说)”可知，为年轻艺术家提供机会的愿望驱使Nalin创办了Little EGG Gallery。故选C。 【5题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第四段“Not long after opening, Ontario College of Art and Design University professor and artist David Griffin stumbled upon the gallery while taking a casual walk with his wife in their neighbourhood. (开业不久，安大略艺术设计大学教授兼艺术家David Griffin在与妻子在附近散步时stumbled upon这个画廊)”可知，David Griffin和妻子在附近散步，推测他们是偶然发现了这个画廊，划线短语stumbled upon意为“偶然发现”，与Came across意思相近。故选B。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“By the time Nalin Kamat was 13, the Toronto teen was well on his way to becoming a working artist. (当Nalin Kamat 13岁时，这位多伦多少年就已经踏上了成为一名职业艺术家的道路)”以及第三段“With the support of his parents, Nalin founded in 2023 Little ‘EGG Gallery, a commercial studio specially for underage artists.(在父母的支持下，Nalin于2023年创立了Little ‘EGG Gallery，这是一家专门为未成年艺术家打造的商业工作室)”可知，他13岁就踏上了成为一名职业艺术家的道路，并于2023年创办画廊为年轻艺术家提供机会，由此可推知，Nalin Kamat是富有创造力和奉献精神的。故选D。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“Upon meeting Nalin, Griffin says he understood that he was speaking with someone special: “a strong young artist with a really excellent idea, which was to provide a space for showing the local community the easy, natural genius of young people.” (在与Nalin会面后，Griffin表示，他明白自己正在与一位特别的人交谈：“一位强大的年轻艺术家，他有一个非常好的想法，那就是为当地社区提供一个展示年轻人轻松、自然天赋的空间。”)”可知，David Griffin认为Nalin是特别的，是强大的年轻艺术家，并且有很好的想法，为年轻艺术家提供展示的机会，由此可推知，Nalin的独特性给David Griffin留下了深刻印象。故选A。 C A dropped bag of chips disturbed a cave ecosystem in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. This cave is almost cut off from the outside world, so introducing anything foreign can be harmful. “Things in the damp cave get wet quickly,” says park guide Ashley. The snack attracts tiny organisms, causing unwanted growth. Soon, small animals like crickets and spiders came to eat, spreading the pollution. Rangers found the bag within hours. “But that can be all it takes,” says Ashley. “I’m sure some crickets got a bit of the snack.” Over 500 million people visit American public lands each year, creating many chances to harm wild places. “When you look at the numbers, it’s incredible,” says Watts, head of the Leave No Trace Center in Colorado, an organization aimed at minimizing human impact on nature. Food waste takes a long time to break down, especially in certain areas. “It takes much longer for an apple core to rot in a desert than in a forest,” says Blye, a teacher at the University of Utah. Leaving waste introduces animals to an unnatural diet and changes their behavior with sometimes disastrous results. Bears who taste garbage and become a threat to humans may have to be put down. “Bears can get used to unnatural food in three weeks,” says Watts. “Everyone loses in this case.” Biological waste is also problematic. Dog waste brings new bacteria into the ecosystem and scares away deer. Meanwhile, human waste and toilet paper introduces dangerous bacteria into water sources. In national parks, trails (小路) are designed to avoid sensitive areas. Stepping off the trail, even for a quick photo, can scare wildlife away. Impacts from many visitors result in long-term damage to nature and wildlife. But people don’t think of that when they see the perfect photo opportunity. “It’s just such a hard thing to resist,” says Blye. The risk to sensitive ecosystems isn’t obvious. “It’s easy to think, oh, there’s wildflowers over there. I shouldn’t step on that,” says Blye, but these tiny ecosystems full of microscopic organisms essential to desert life provide many benefits, including reducing the risk of erosion (侵蚀) and helping absorb rainfall, and can take hundreds of years to return to its original state. 8. What does Ashley mean by “But that can be all it takes.”? A. The rangers’ work is efficient. B. The damage has been done. C. The cleanup takes a long time. D. The pollution has spread widely. 9. What is a result of foreign waste in public lands? A. A shift in animal behavior. B. A shortage of food supplies. C. A decline in bacterial species. D. An increase in conflicts between animals. 10. Why does the writer mention wildflowers in paragraph 5? A. To praise their benefits to desert life. B. To highlight our ignorance of wildlife. C. To stress their significance for photography. D. To show our unawareness of nature’s sensitivity. 11. It is conveyed in this passage that we should ________. A. encourage wildlife protection B. leave no trace in the wild C. promote national park tourism D. restore ecological damage 【答案】8. B 9. A 10. D 11. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了人类活动，特别是游客在自然保护区的不当行为，对自然环境造成的负面影响。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“A dropped bag of chips disturbed a cave ecosystem in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. This cave is almost cut off from the outside world, so introducing anything foreign can be harmful. (在新墨西哥州的卡尔斯巴德洞穴国家公园，一袋掉落的薯片扰乱了洞穴生态系统。这个洞穴几乎与外界隔绝，因此引入任何外来物质都可能带来危害。)”和“The snack attracts tiny organisms, causing unwanted growth. Soon, small animals like crickets and spiders came to eat, spreading the pollution. Rangers found the bag within hours. (这种零食会吸引微小生物，导致不必要的生长。很快，蟋蟀和蜘蛛等小动物前来觅食，从而传播了污染。公园管理员在几小时内就发现了这个袋子。)”可知，一袋薯片掉落在洞穴里，虽然护林员在几小时内就发现了薯片，但是在此之前薯片已经吸引了微小生物，导致了不必要的生物生长，蟋蟀和蜘蛛等小动物也跑来觅食并扩散了污染。所以Ashley说“But that can be all it takes.”意思是损害已经造成了。故选B。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Leaving waste introduces animals to an unnatural diet and changes their behavior with sometimes disastrous results. Bears who taste garbage and become a threat to humans may have to be put down. “Bears can get used to unnatural food in three weeks,” says Watts. “Everyone loses in this case.” (留下垃圾会让动物接触到非自然的食物，并改变它们的行为，有时甚至会带来灾难性的后果。尝到过垃圾味道并对人类构成威胁的熊可能不得不被杀死。“熊能在三周内习惯非自然的食物，”Watts说。“在这种情况下，大家都输了。”)”可知，在公共土地上留下的外来垃圾会让动物接触到非自然的食物，进而改变它们的行为，有时还会带来灾难性的后果，比如尝到垃圾味道的熊会对人类构成威胁。故选A。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第五段““It’s just such a hard thing to resist,” says Blye. The risk to sensitive ecosystems isn’t obvious. “It’s easy to think, oh, there’s wildflowers over there. I shouldn’t step on that,” says Blye, but these tiny ecosystems full of microscopic organisms essential to desert life provide many benefits, including reducing the risk of erosion (侵蚀) and helping absorb rainfall, and can take hundreds of years to return to its original state. (“这真的很难抗拒，”Blye说。敏感生态系统面临的风险并不明显。“人们很容易想，哦，那边有野花。我不应该踩到它们，”Blye说，但这些充满对沙漠生活至关重要的微生物的微小生态系统提供了许多好处，包括减少侵蚀的风险和帮助吸收降雨，而且可能需要数百年才能恢复到原始状态。)”可知，作者提到野花是为了举例说明：人们可能知道不应该踩踏野花，但却没意识到野花所在的微小生态系统对沙漠至关重要，且恢复难度极大，即突出人们对自然敏感性的无知。故选D。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“A dropped bag of chips disturbed a cave ecosystem in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. (在新墨西哥州的卡尔斯巴德洞穴国家公园，一袋掉落的薯片扰乱了洞穴生态系统。)”、第二段“Over 500 million people visit American public lands each year, creating many chances to harm wild places. (每年有超过5亿人参观美国的公共土地，这为破坏野生环境提供了许多机会。)”和第三段“Leaving waste introduces animals to an unnatural diet and changes their behavior with sometimes disastrous results. (留下垃圾会让动物接触到非自然的食物，并改变它们的行为，有时甚至会带来灾难性的后果。)”以及第五段“The risk to sensitive ecosystems isn’t obvious. (敏感生态系统面临的风险并不明显。)”可知，文章开篇以一袋薯片扰乱洞穴生态系统为例，接着讲述了食物垃圾、生物垃圾等人类在公共土地上留下的废弃物对生态系统的危害，如改变动物行为、引入有害细菌等，还提到游客踏出小径拍照等行为对自然和野生动物造成长期损害，强调了人类活动对自然环境的不良影响。所以文章传达的是我们应该在野外不留下痕迹。故选B。 D Studies have shown the mere exposure effect(曝光效应), also known as the familiarity principle, inspires our decisions. It is a helpful psychological mechanism(机制) that helps us maintain our energy and focus our attention on other things. Getting used to new things takes effort and it can be tiring. So unless we have a terrible experience, we are likely to buy from companies we've got used to. That is why companies spend so much money on advertising and marketing and why insurance companies openly charge existing customers more than new ones. It's not the case that we only desire things we already know. Some studies suggest when invited to share our preferences, we sometimes see less familiar choices as more desirable. But when acting on that preference, we fall back to what we know. This might explain why sometimes the things we want and the things we do don't quite match up. We might even return to companies that treated us poorly in the past or stay in bad relationships. It's easy to paint the familiarity principle as an enemy or something to battle as if it is something that holds us back from living our dreams. But this attitude might be overwhelming because it tends to encourage us toward big-picture thinking, which requires a huge and sudden change that we don't feel ready for. Some articles suggest the solution to familiarity disappointment is complete exposure to new things. While this can appear effective in the short run, we may only end up replacing one problem with another. It also risks overwhelm and burnout. So what if we can work with the familiarity principle instead? Familiarity is something we can learn to play with and enjoy. It is a setting for creativity and a pathway to expansion. We can broaden the zone of familiarity little by little. If we think of familiarity as something that can expand, we can consider changing the conditions in and around our lives to make more space for our preferences to take root and grow gently. From here, we will start to make decisions, drawing from an ever-deepening pool of valuable choices. 12. What allows insurance companies to charge old customers more? A. The law of the market. B. The advertising cost. C. The improved service. D. The familiarity principle. 13. What can be learned from paragraph 2? A. Our preferences affect our decisions. B. The familiarity principle is a double-edged sword. C. There can be a mismatch between desires and actions. D. Familiarity tends to result in disrespect. 14. What is the author's attitude to complete exposure to new things? A. Negative. B. Favorable. C. Neutral. D. Effective. 15. Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. Step Out Of Your Familiarity Zone. B. Gently Expand Your Familiarity Zone. C. Spare A Thought For Your Preference. D. Change The Mere Exposure Effect. 【答案】12 D 13. C 14. A 15. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要探讨了熟悉性原则对我们决策的影响，并提出了一种平衡的观点来看待这个原则，而不是将其视为阻碍，作者建议我们可以通过逐步扩展熟悉区域来利用这一原则来促进创造性和成长。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Studies have shown the mere exposure effect (曝光效应), also referred to as the familiarity principle, inspires our decisions. It is a helpful psychological mechanism (机制) that helps us maintain our energy and focus our attention on other things. Getting used to new things takes effort and it can be tiring. So unless we have a terrible experience, we are likely to buy from companies we’ve got used to. That is why companies spend so much money on advertising and marketing and why insurance companies openly charge existing customers more than new ones.(研究表明，单纯的曝光效应，也被称为熟悉原则，会激发我们的决定。这是一种有益的心理机制，可以帮助我们保持精力充沛，把注意力集中在其他事情上。习惯新事物需要努力，而且可能会很累。因此，除非我们有糟糕的经历，否则我们很可能会从我们熟悉的公司购买产品或服务。这就是为什么公司在广告和营销上花那么多钱，为什么保险公司公开向现有客户收取比新客户更高的费用)”可知，熟悉原则让保险公司向老客户收取更多费用。故选D。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“It's not the case that we only desire things we already know. Some studies suggest when invited to share our preferences, we sometimes see less familiar choices as more desirable. But when acting on that preference, we fall back to what we know. This might explain why sometimes the things we want and the things we do don’t quite match up. We might even return to companies that treated us poorly in the past or stay in bad relationships.(这并不是说我们只想要已知的东西。一些研究表明，当被邀请分享我们的偏好时，我们有时会认为不太熟悉的选择更可取。但当我们按照这种偏好行事时，我们又回到了我们所知道的。这也许可以解释为什么有时候我们想要的和我们做的并不完全匹配。我们甚至可能回到过去对我们不好的公司，或者保持糟糕的关系)”可知，本段解释了为什么有时候我们想要的和我们做的并不完全匹配，也就是说有时候我们的欲望和行动可能不匹配。故选C。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中的 “Some articles suggest the solution to familiarity disappointment is complete exposure to new things. While this can appear effective in the short run, we may only end up replacing one problem with another. It also risks overwhelm and burnout.(一些文章认为，解决熟悉感带来的失望的方法是完全接触新事物。虽然这在短期内可能看起来有效，但我们最终可能只是用一个问题取代了另一个问题。它还存在让人不知所措和精疲力竭的风险。)” 可知，作者认为 “完全接触新事物” 虽短期看似有效，但会带来新问题（如精疲力竭），态度是负面的。故选A。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“Studies have shown the mere exposure effect(曝光效应), also referred to as the familiarity principle, inspires our decisions. It is a helpful psychological mechanism (机制) that helps us maintain our energy and focus our attention on other things. Getting used to new things takes effort and it can be tiring.(研究表明，单纯的曝光效应，也被称为熟悉原则，会激发我们的决定。这是一种有益的心理机制，可以帮助我们保持精力充沛，把注意力集中在其他事情上。习惯新事物需要努力，而且可能会很累)”以及最后一段“We can broaden the zone of familiarity little by little. If we think of familiarity as something that can expand, we can consider changing the conditions in and around our lives to make more space for our preferences to take root and grow gently. From here, we will start to make decisions, drawing from an ever-deepening pool of valuable choices.(我们可以一点一点地扩大熟悉的范围。如果我们认为熟悉是一种可以扩展的东西，我们可以考虑改变我们生活内部和周围的条件，为我们的偏好提供更多的空间，让它生根发芽。从这里开始，我们将开始从不断加深的有价值的选择中做出决定)”可知，文章主要讨论了熟悉性原则对我们决策的影响，以及如何利用这一原则进行创新和拓展。文章强调了我们可以逐步扩大熟悉的范围，通过改变生活中的条件，为我们的偏好提供更多的空间，使其能够生根并温和地成长。因此，选项B“慢慢扩大你的熟悉范围”最能概括文章的标题。故选B。 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。 As a baby Jack’s remarkable swimming journey began. At ten months, he already practiced with swim aids. At six, he won his first swimming competition in a group for kids ten-and-under. At seven, he stayed at the pool from nine in the morning till eight hours later. His mother, recognizing his gift, took it as her duty to guide him. ____16____ By a young age, Jack had been ranked the number one swimmer of the country, a title he held for a record-breaking duration. ____17____ He played skiing, tennis, soccer, and many more. Sam was a kid who loved to play, and his parents had no particular athletic ambitions for him. It was nearing his teens that he began to focus more on basketball. ____18____ In his mid-thirties, an age by which many professional basketball players are typically retired, Sam was still in the national basketball team. Top athletes like Jack at the peak of their abilities do spend more time on focused, deliberate practice than their peers. But scientists also find that potential champions typically devote less time to deliberate practice in childhood, but more to “sampling” various activities. ____19____ In a world that demands people to specialize early, we face a challenge to keep the benefits of diverse experiences and delayed concentration. There’s a need for those with Jack’s early focus. ____20____ — People who start with many different things and accept various experiences. A. There was no time to waste. B. And it was all going according to plan. C. The growing complexity of the world also calls for more Sams. D. But it didn’t seem to hold back his development in the long run. E. In reality, Sam’s path to success is far more common, yet less told. F. However, Sam showed no interest in swimming as a kid. G. Unlike the swimming talent, Sam’s early years were filled with a variety of sports. 【答案】16. B 17. G 18. D 19. E 20. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章通过杰克和山姆不同运动成长经历，探讨了早期专注专项训练与多样活动体验对成为冠军的不同影响，进而思考当下社会所需人才类型。 【16题详解】 根据上文“His mother, recognizing his gift, took it as her duty to guide him. (他的母亲发现了他的天赋，便将引导他视为己任。)”和下文“By a young age, Jack had been ranked the number one swimmer of the country, a title he held for a record-breaking duration. (杰克年纪轻轻就成为了全国游泳冠军，并且这一头衔保持了创纪录的时间。)”可知，本空要表达母亲认识到杰克的天赋后，如何指导他，以及杰克如何取得全国排名第一的游泳运动员称号。根据下文杰克取得的成绩，可以看出母亲的指导非常有效，一切都在按照计划进行。选项B“And it was all going according to plan. (一切都在按计划进行。)”既呼应了母亲的引导，又引出后续杰克的成功，能承上启下。故选B。 【17题详解】 根据下文“He played skiing, tennis, soccer, and many more. Sam was a kid who loved to play, and his parents had no particular athletic ambitions for him. (他玩滑雪、网球、足球等等。山姆是个热爱运动的孩子，他的父母对他没有特别的运动抱负。)”可知，本空需引出“山姆” 这一人物，并与上文杰克专注游泳的经历形成对比，点明山姆早期运动的多样性。选项G“Unlike the swimming talent, Sam’s early years were filled with a variety of sports. (与那位游泳天才不同的是，山姆的早年生活充满了各种各样的运动。)”通过对比杰克，引出山姆的经历，统领本段内容，并引出下文，符合题意。故选G。 【18题详解】 根据上文“It was nearing his teens that he began to focus more on basketball. (直到快到十几岁时，他才开始更加专注于篮球。)”和下文“In his mid-thirties, an age by which many professional basketball players are typically retired, Sam was still in the national basketball team. (在山姆三十多岁的时候，这个年龄正是许多职业篮球运动员通常退役的年纪，但他仍然在国家篮球队中。)”可知，此处描述山姆在篮球方面的成就，尽管他少年时没有专注，临近青少年才专注篮球，但这并未阻碍他的长远发展。选项D“But it didn’t seem to hold back his development in the long run. (但从长远来看，这似乎并没有阻碍他的发展。)”恰好说明这个转折和强调，能承接上文，引出下文，符合题意。故选D。 【19题详解】 根据上文“Top athletes like Jack at the peak of their abilities do spend more time on focused, deliberate practice than their peers. But scientists also find that potential champions typically devote less time to deliberate practice in childhood, but more to “sampling” various activities. (像杰克这样处于巅峰状态的顶级运动员，确实比同龄人花费更多的时间进行专注、有目的的训练。但科学家们也发现，有潜力的冠军在儿童时期通常投入较少的时间进行有目的的训练，而是更多地“尝试”各种活动。)”可知，科学家发现潜在的冠军通常在童年时花较少时间于刻意练习，而是更多地尝试各种活动。选项E“In reality, Sam’s path to success is far more common, yet less told. (事实上，山姆的成功之路其实更为普遍，只是鲜为人知。)”指出实际上像山姆这样的成功之路更为普遍，但却较少被提及，是对上文科学研究的总结和升华。故选E。 【20题详解】 根据上文“In a world that demands people to specialize early, we face a challenge to keep the benefits of diverse experiences and delayed concentration. There’s a need for those with Jack’s early focus. (在一个要求人们尽早专业化的世界里，我们面临着保持多样化经验和延迟专注力的挑战。对于那些像杰克一样早期就专注于某项技能的人来说，这是必要的。)”和下文“People who start with many different things and accept various experiences. (那些从多方面入手、愿意接受各种经历的人。)”可知，上文已经提到了对于早期专注的需求，那么接下来应该会讲到世界对多样性和延迟专注的需求。选项C“The growing complexity of the world also calls for more Sams. (世界日益复杂，也需要更多的“山姆”。)”能承接上文，引出下文，符合题意。故选C。 第三部分: 英语知识运用（共四节，满分45分） 第一节: 完形填空（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。 I once worked in the remote but beautiful countryside. All farm work can, in my experience, ___21___ a person to develop a Spartan (斯巴达的) spirit. From the age of eight, I had to contribute my share of ___22___ along with my parents and two elder brothers. On the hottest summer days when the air ___23___ flowed, I knelt in a paddy field (稻田) with my knees deep in mud. The bugs and worms in the water ___24___ into my skin, and the sun burned upon my ___25___ back. Sweat streamed down; if a drop ran into the eyes, it would ___26___ tears. So I always kept my face as low as possible. I told myself, “Be ___27___!” If my parents and brothers could go on taking it, so could I. ___28___ I pulled myself together and dragged myself forward. I learned not to be afraid of difficulties and the meaning of “you reap (收获) what you ___29___.” “Judge a man not by his face, but by his ___30___,” my mother used to say. The land is ___31___, as long as you are willing to work on it. When the wind blew and the rice plants moved like ___32___ in the sea, breathtakingly beautiful, a deep sense of satisfaction ___33___ in me. Although later I went into academic research, I shall always remember what working in the paddy fields taught me: ___34___ your feet firmly on the ground, never give up and you will be ___35___. 21. A. remind B. warn C. attract D. train 22. A. wealth B. luck C. labour D. wisdom 23. A. gently B. hardly C. loudly D. usually 24. A. climbed B. bit C. cut D. fell 25. A. arched B. broad C. strong D. straightened 26. A. hold B. produce C. drop D. replace 27. A. quick B. proud C. quiet D. patient 28. A. Slowly B. Slightly C. Safely D. Sadly 29. A. pick B. find C. sow D. wish 30. A. fields B. books C. neighbors D. clothes 31. A. affordable B. acceptable C. dependable D. adjustable 32. A. boats B. weeds C. fishes D. waves 33. A. welled up B. broke up C. cooled off D. held off 34. A. drag B. kick C. plant D. lift 35. A. promoted B. educated C. comforted D. rewarded 【答案】21. D 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者回忆了自己在农村稻田劳作的经历，阐述了这段经历培养了自己的坚韧精神，让自己懂得了脚踏实地、不放弃就会有收获的道理。 【21题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：根据我的经验，所有的农活都能培养一个人形成斯巴达式的精神。A. remind提醒；B. warn警告；C. attract吸引；D. train培养，训练。根据下文“develop a Spartan (斯巴达的) spirit”和“I learned not to be afraid of difficulties”可知，通过做农活，作者学会了不要害怕困难，所以农活能起到培养精神的作用。故选D项。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：从八岁起，我就不得不和父母以及两个哥哥一起分担劳动。A. wealth财富；B. luck运气；C. labour劳动；D. wisdom智慧。根据上文“From the age of eight, I had to contribute my share”和下文“I knelt in a paddy field (稻田) with my knees deep in mud”可知，此处表达的是作者和家人一起分担劳动。故选C项。 【23题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：在最热的夏天，空气几乎不流动的时候，我跪在稻田里，膝盖深陷在泥里。A. gently温柔地；B. hardly几乎不；C. loudly大声地；D. usually通常。根据上文“On the hottest summer days”可知，此处表达的是夏天最热的时候，空气几乎不流动。故选B项。 24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：水里的虫子和蠕虫叮咬进我的皮肤，太阳炙烤着我弓着的后背。A. climbed爬；B. bit咬；C. cut割；D. fell落下。根据上文“The bugs and worms in the water”和下文“into my skin”可知，此处表达的是虫子和蠕虫叮咬人的皮肤。故选B项。 【25题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：水里的虫子和蠕虫叮咬进我的皮肤，太阳炙烤着我弓着的后背。A. arched弯曲的；B. broad宽阔的；C. strong强壮的；D. straightened伸直的。根据上文“I knelt in a paddy field (稻田) with my knees deep in mud”可知，作者跪在稻田里，所以背是弯曲的。故选A项。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：汗水流下来；如果一滴汗流进眼睛里，就会流泪。A. hold持有；B. produce产生；C. drop掉落；D. replace代替。根据上文“Sweat streamed down; if a drop ran into the eyes”可知，汗水流进眼睛会刺激眼睛产生眼泪。故选B项。 【27题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我告诉自己：“要有耐心！”A. quick快速的；B. proud骄傲的；C. quiet安静的；D. patient耐心的。根据下文“If my parents and brothers could go on taking it, so could I. (如果我的父母和哥哥们都能坚持，我也能。)”可知，作者告诉自己要有耐心，坚持下去。故选D项。 【28题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：慢慢地，我振作起来，拖着自己向前走。A. Slowly慢慢地；B. Slightly轻微地；C. Safely安全地；D. Sadly悲伤地。根据上文“I told myself, “Be  7 !””和下文“I pulled myself together and dragged myself forward”可知，做农活很艰难，作者告诉自己要有耐心，坚持下去。作者也在自我鼓励后，慢慢地振作起来。故选A项。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我学会了不要害怕困难，也懂得了“一分耕耘，一分收获”的含义。A. pick采摘；B. find找到；C. sow播种；D. wish希望。“you reap what you sow”是固定谚语，意为“一分耕耘，一分收获”。故选C项。 【30题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：“判断一个人，不看其外表，而看其田地（的劳作成果）”我母亲过去常说。A. fields田地；B. books书籍；C. neighbors邻居；D. clothes衣服。根据上文“I once worked in the remote but beautiful countryside. All farm work can, in my experience,  1  a person to develop a Spartan (斯巴达的) spirit.”和“I learned not to be afraid of difficulties and the meaning of “you reap (收获) what you  9 .””可知，作者回忆了自己和父母、哥哥们一起在农村稻田劳作的经历，这段经历培养了自己的坚韧精神，妈妈的话应与农活相关，fields（田地）代表劳作成果，与face（外表）形成对比。故选A项。 【31题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：土地是可靠的，只要你愿意在上面劳作。A. affordable负担得起的；B. acceptable可接受的；C. dependable可靠的；D. adjustable可调节的。根据上文“you reap (收获) what you  9 ”和下文的“as long as you are willing to work on it”可知，只要在土地上劳作就会有收获，说明土地是可靠的。故选C项。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：当风吹过，稻苗像大海里的波浪一样起伏，美得令人惊叹，一种深深的满足感在我心中涌起。A. boats船；B. weeds杂草；C. fishes鱼；D. waves波浪。根据上文“When the wind blew and the rice plants moved”和下文的“in the sea”可知，此处指风吹动的稻田就像海浪一样。故选D项。 【33题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：当风吹过，稻苗像大海里的波浪一样起伏，美得令人惊叹，一种深深的满足感在我心中涌起。A. welled up涌起；B. broke up分手，破裂；C. cooled off冷却，镇静下来；D. held off推迟。根据上文“breathtakingly beautiful, a deep sense of satisfaction”可知，此处指作者看到风吹稻田呈现的美景，心中涌起满足感。故选A项。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然后来我从事学术研究，但我将永远记住在稻田劳作教给我的道理：脚踏实地，永不放弃，你就会得到回报。A. drag拖；B. kick踢；C. plant放置，植根于；D. lift举起。根据上文“I knelt in a paddy field (稻田) with my knees deep in mud”和“what working in the paddy fields”可知，此处指从事学术研究和种植水稻一样，要脚踏实地，不辞辛劳，plant your feet firmly on the ground为固定表达，意为“脚踏实地”。故选C项。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然后来我从事学术研究，但我将永远记住在稻田劳作教给我的道理：脚踏实地，永不放弃，你就会得到回报。A. promoted提升；B. educated教育；C. comforted安慰；D. rewarded回报。根据上文“you reap (收获) what you  9 ”和“never give up and you will be”可知，脚踏实地、永不放弃就会有收获，也就是会得到回报。故选D项。 第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。 Modern farms are increasingly automated — from GPS-controlled combine harvesters to machines that shake apples from trees. One task, though, seems stubbornly ____36____ (resist) to being handed to robots: picking grapes. Like all soft fruit, grapes have a narrow window of ____37____ (ripe), and are easy to being crushed if picked by clumsy metallic fingers. Matters are worse if the fruit ____38____ (intend) for fine wine. A project at Saffron Grange vineyard in Essex, however, aims to change some minds. Engineers working with Extend Robotics, are building a grape-picking robot ____39____ (equip) with visual sensors powered by AI to tell when fruit is ripe, and pressure sensitive fingers ____40____ (grasp) and cut bunches（串）from vines ____41____ having to shake any fruit loose. The project is still in its early stages. The current version of the robot has to be awkwardly controlled in real-time — by a pilot wearing a VR headset. The owners of Saffron Grange vineyard ____42____ (provide) leaf, grape and juice samples to train the AI systems already and committed to planting half a field of vines（葡萄藤） ____43____ the robot can run freely. Robotic help would be a blessing for the vineyard. Harvest time is short and intense — a ten-day intensive activity when ____44____ typical English vineyard's staff will swell five-fold. With a robot, Paul Harrison, the vineyard's manager, imagines ____45____ (turn) grape-picking into a 24-hour operation by hiring skilled laborers in Australia who could dial into the VR controls and pick grapes remotely, after his local workers have clocked off for the day. 【答案】36. resistant 37. ripeness 38. is intended 39. equipped 40. to grasp 41. without 42. have provided 43. where 44. a 45. turning 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了埃塞克斯郡藏红花田葡萄园正在开展的一个旨在研发葡萄采摘机器人的项目。文章阐述了葡萄采摘难以自动化的原因，描述了机器人的设计特点、项目进展情况以及其对葡萄园采摘工作的潜在意义。 【36题详解】 考查形容词。句意：然而，有一项任务似乎坚决抗拒交给机器人：采摘葡萄。此处作seem的表语，应用形容词形式，resist的形容词为resistant，意为“抗拒的”，be resistant to表示“对……抗拒”。故填resistant。 【37题详解】 考查名词。句意：和所有浆果类水果一样，葡萄的成熟采摘期很短暂，而且如果被笨拙的金属手指采摘，很容易被压坏。a narrow window of 后接名词，ripe的名词形式为ripeness，意为“成熟”。故填ripeness。 【38题详解】 考查动词语态。句意：如果这些水果是用来酿造优质葡萄酒的，情况就更糟了。be intended for表示“打算用于；为……而准备”，此处描述一般情况，应用一般现在时，主语the fruit为不可数名词，所以用is intended。故填is intended。 【39题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：与Extend Robotics合作的工程师们正在制造一款葡萄采摘机器人，该机器人配备了由人工智能驱动的视觉传感器，用于判断水果何时成熟，还有能感知压力的手指，无需晃动水果就能从葡萄藤上抓取并剪下葡萄串。be equipped with表示“配备有”，此处为非谓语动词作后置定语，修饰a grape-picking robot，所以用equipped。故填equipped。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：与Extend Robotics合作的工程师们正在制造一款葡萄采摘机器人，该机器人配备了由人工智能驱动的视觉传感器，用于判断水果何时成熟，还有能感知压力的手指，无需晃动水果就能从葡萄藤上抓取并剪下葡萄串。此处用动词不定式作目的状语，表示“为了抓取和剪下葡萄串”。故填to grasp。 【41题详解】 考查介词。句意：与Extend Robotics合作的工程师们正在制造一款葡萄采摘机器人，该机器人配备了由人工智能驱动的视觉传感器，用于判断水果何时成熟，还有能感知压力的手指，无需晃动水果就能从葡萄藤上抓取并剪下葡萄串。根据语境，此处表示“无需”晃动水果，应用介词without。故填without。 【42题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：藏红花田葡萄园的所有者已经提供了叶子、葡萄和果汁样本，用于训练人工智能系统，并承诺种植半块地的葡萄藤，这样机器人就可以自由运行。根据时间状语already可知，此处强调过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响，应用现在完成时，其结构为“have/has +过去分词”，主语The owners为复数，助动词用have。故填have provided。 【43题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：藏红花田葡萄园的所有者已经提供了叶子、葡萄和果汁样本，用于训练人工智能系统，并承诺种植半块地的葡萄藤，这样机器人就可以自由运行。此处为定语从句，先行词为half a field of vines，关系词在从句中作地点状语，所以用关系副词where。故填where。 【44题详解】 考查冠词。句意：收获季节短暂而紧张——在这为期十天的高强度活动中，一个典型的英国葡萄园的员工数量会增加五倍。此处表示泛指“一个典型的英国葡萄园”，typical是以辅音音素开头的单词，所以用不定冠词a。故填a。 【45题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：有了机器人，葡萄园经理保罗·哈里森设想，在当地工人下班后，雇佣澳大利亚的熟练工人通过远程接入VR控制系统来采摘葡萄，将葡萄采摘变成一项24小时的作业。imagine doing sth.为固定搭配，意为“设想做某事”，所以此处用turning。故填turning。 第三节: （共10题；每小题1分，满分10分） 单句语法填空。（每小题1分，满分5分） 46. The museum's ________(interact) exhibit allows visitors to control the display with hand gestures. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】interactive 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词。意：博物馆的互动展览允许参观者用手势控制展示。interactive在句中作定语，描述exhibit具有互动的特性。故填interactive。 47. Climate change is causing ________(drama) shifts in global weather patterns. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】dramatic 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词。句意：气候变化正导致全球天气模式发生巨大变化。形容词dramatic在句中作定语。故填dramatic。 48. The tech ________ (consult) helped the firm upgrade its cyber-security system. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】consultant 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：这位技术顾问帮助公司升级了网络安全系统。consult是动词，意为“咨询；请教”，这里需要一个名词作主语，表示“技术顾问”，且为单数意义，consultant为名词，意为“顾问”。故填consultant。 49. The movie is a faithful ________ (adapt) of the classic novel, preserving most of the original plot. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】adaptation 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：这部电影是对这部经典小说的忠实改编，保留了原著的大部分情节。根据空前形容词faithful可知，空处需填名词，作表语，所给词adapt为动词，意为“改编”，其对应的名词形式为adaptation，意为 “改编本”，是可数名词，根据空前不定冠词a可知，空处需用名词单数形式。故填adaptation。 50. The scientist measured the chemical reaction ________ (precise) to ensure accurate results. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】precisely 【解析】 【详解】考查副词。句意：这位科学家精确地测量化学反应以确保结果准确。precise是形容词，意为“精确的”，这里需要用其副词形式precisely来修饰动词measured。故填precisely。 第四节: （共5题；每小题1分，满分5分） 词组填空: 根据句意从方框中选出合适的短语，用其适当形式完成句子。其中两项为多余选项。 be qualified for originate from adjust to be applied to end up submit to deal with 51. According to the company's policy, all customer complaints should ________________ within 24 hours. 52. Students are required ________________ the professor their assignments by Friday. 53. Unexpectedly, the project that was supposed to take a month ________________ taking three. 54. International students often struggle with ________________ a new educational system. 55. In recent years, the treatment ________________ thousands of patients with positive results. 【答案】51. be dealt with 52. to submit to 53. ended up 54. adjusting to 55. has been applied to 【解析】 【51题详解】 考查被动语态和短语。句意：根据公司政策，所有客户投诉应在24小时内得到处理。“deal with”意为“处理”符合语境，主语“customer complaints”与“deal with”之间是被动关系，且should是情态动词，后接动词原形，故填be dealt with。 【52题详解】 考查固定搭配。句意：学生们被要求在周五前向教授提交作业。“submit to sb. sth.”意为“向某人提交某物”符合语境，“be required to do sth.”表示“被要求做某事”，故填to submit to。 【53题详解】 考查时态和短语。句意：出乎意料的是，原本预计需要一个月的项目最终花了三个月。“end up doing sth.”意为“最终做某事”符合语境，根据“was supposed to”可知，此处用一般过去时，故填ended up。 【54题详解】 考查动名词。句意：国际学生经常在适应新的教育体系方面遇到困难。“adjust to”意为“适应”符合语境，“struggle with doing sth.”表示“在做某事方面有困难”，故填adjusting to。 【55题详解】 考查时态语态。句意：近年来，这种治疗方法已应用于数千名患者，并取得了积极的效果。“be applied to”意为“应用于”符合语境，根据“In recent years”可知，此处用现在完成时，主语“the treatment”是单数，故填has been applied to。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分） 56. 假定你是李华，上周你参加了学校组织的“走进新农村(Exploring New Rural China)”研学活动。请你给新西兰朋友Oliver写一封邮件分享这次经历，内容包括： (1)你的见闻；(2)你的感想。 注意：(1)写作词数应为100左右； (2)请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Dear Oliver, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】A possible version: Dear Oliver, How have you been? I’m excited to share the study tour “Exploring New Rural China” organized by our school last week. The village we visited was a shining example of rural revitalization. What left the deepest impression on me was the high-tech farm, where advanced technologies such as drip irrigation and drones were being utilized. Additionally, local artisans showcased their centuries-old bamboo weaving techniques, creating exquisite artworks that are sold globally through e-commerce platforms. This eye-opening experience reshaped my understanding of rural China. I realized that technological advancements are not only breathing new life into villages but also maintaining cultural continuity. I’m genuinely proud of the rural development in our country. Hope you can visit China’s countryside someday to experience its unique charm firsthand! Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给新西兰朋友Oliver写一封邮件分享上周你参加了学校组织的“走进新农村(Exploring New Rural China)”研学活动。内容包括：你的见闻和你的感想 【详解】1.词汇积累 激动的：excited→thrilled 使用：utilize →use 而且：additionally→in addition 展示：showcase→display 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句： I’m excited to share the study tour “Exploring New Rural China” organized by our school last week. 拓展句： I’m excited to share the study tour “Exploring New Rural China” which was organized by our school last week. 【点睛】【高分句型1】 The village we visited was a shining example of rural revitalization.（运用了省略which或that的定语从句） 【高分句型2】What left the deepest impression on me was the high-tech farm, where advanced technologies such as drip irrigation and drones were being utilized. （运用了what引导的主语从句和where引导的非限制性定语从句） 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 57. 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。 I never imagined that a single piece of paper could change my entire perspective on life. I was a librarian, a job that had defined my existence for over two decades. My days were spent among the quiet rows of books. I knew every corner of the library, every title on the shelves, and yet, I felt as if my own life was missing a chapter. It was a typical Tuesday morning. I was sorting through a box of old donations, preparing to catalog some rare books, when I found a small, yellowed envelope between the pages of an ancient journal. It had no address, no stamp, and no indication of its origin. Curious, I carefully opened it. The handwriting was elegant but faded, the ink barely visible against the paper. The letter read, “Dear Stranger, If you are reading this, know that you are not alone. Life has a way of making us feel isolated, as if our stories are insignificant. But every life matters. Every story is important. I hope the letter finds someone who needs to hear these words. You are stronger than you think. You have the power to change your world, one small act at a time. Don’t be afraid to take risks, to follow your dreams, and to embrace the unknown. The greatest journeys begin with a single step. With hope, A Friend” I read the letter over and over, feeling a strange mix of emotions. The words resonated deeply within me, as if they were written specifically for me. I had always been content with my life, but lately, I felt a growing sense of restlessness. The library was my sanctuary (庇护所), but it had also become my prison. I had lost sight of my own dreams, my own story. That evening, as I closed the library, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the letter was a sign. I had always been cautious, preferring the safety of routine to the uncertainty of change. But the letter reminded me that life was meant to be lived, not just observed. 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。 Paragraph 1: The next morning, I walked into the library director’s office, saying with resolution, “I have an idea.” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Weeks later, the moveable library program started, bringing libraries to different communities. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】The next morning, I walked into the library director’s office, saying with resolution, “I have an idea.” The director looked up from her desk, her eyes filled with curiosity. Taking a deep breath, I explained my idea to organize a moveable library program, bringing books and stories to those who had no access. I suggested reaching out to schools, nursing homes, and shelters - places where people might need a little bit of hope and connection. The director’s expression softened, and she nodded thoughtfully. “That’s a wonderful idea,” she agreed. With her support, I threw myself into the project. After hours of planning, contacting local organizations, and gathering resources, I enlisted the help of a few enthusiastic volunteers. The preparation work went smoothly. Weeks later, the moveable library program started, bringing libraries to different communities. The first stop was a local elementary school, where we set up a reading corner in the library, equipped with colorful books and cozy seats. As I read aloud to a group of wide-eyed children, I saw their faces light up with wonder. For a moment, I forgot about my own doubts and fears. I was reminded of the joy that books could bring, and the importance of sharing that joy with others. The following months witnessed our library touched the lives of countless people in diverse places ranging from nursing homes, orphanages to hospitals. Each visit was a reminder of the letter’s words: “You have the power to change your world, one small act at a time.” 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述身为图书管理员的作者在整理旧书时发现一封鼓励信，它让作者对生活有了新感悟，觉得这是一种指引。 【详解】1. 段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“第二天早上，我坚定地走进图书馆馆长的办公室，说道：‘我有个主意。’”可知，第一段可描写作者向馆长提出开展流动图书馆项目的想法，获得馆长支持后积极投入筹备工作。 ②由第二段首句内容“几周后，流动图书馆项目启动，将图书馆带到了不同的社区。”可知，第二段可描写项目开展的情况，如第一站是小学，作者给孩子们读书，以及项目后续影响了很多人。 2. 续写线索：提出项目想法——获得馆长支持——筹备项目——项目启动——影响众人 3. 词汇激活： 行为类 ①建议：suggest/advise/propose ②联系：contact/get in touch with ③建立：set up/establish 情绪类 ①怀疑：doubt/suspicion ②快乐：joy/delight/happiness 【点睛】[高分句型1] Taking a deep breath, I explained my idea to organize a moveable library program, bringing books and stories to those who had no access. (运用了关系代词who引导的限制性定语从句) [高分句型2] As I read aloud to a group of wide eyed children, I saw their faces light up with wonder. (运用了从属连词as引导的时间状语从句) [高分句型3] The following months witnessed our library touched the lives of countless people in diverse places ranging from nursing homes, orphanages to hospitals. (运用了现在分词作后置定语) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 泉州五中2024-2025学年第二学期期末试卷 高二英语 注意事项: 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. When will the speakers meet? A. At 2: 50. B. At 3: 00. C. At 4: 00. 2. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. On a farm. B. In the street. C. At a supermarket. 3. What will the man do next year? A. Attend a marketing course. B. Look for a part-time job. C. Continue to work in the company. 4. What was damaged in the storm? A. The car. B. The roof. C. A window. 5. What are the speakers talking about? A. The road conditions. B. A driving experience. C. A car accident. 第二节（共15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Where are the cups? A. In the plastic bag. B. In the box. C. In the back of the car. 7. What have the speakers left behind? A. The frying pan. B. The plates. C. The tent. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. How does the woman feel about the dance competition? A. Excited. B. Nervous. C. Confident. 9. What is the woman looking forward to most? A. Dancing in front of many people. B. Watching good dancers on stage. C. Making some good new friends. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What did the man do today? A. He watched Pamela Anderson's new movie. B. He took photos with Pamela Anderson. C. He got Pamela Anderson's signature. 11. What did the man get for the woman? A. A photo. B. A poster. C. A magazine. 12. What does the man think of Pamela Anderson? A. She is a great actress. B. She looks younger than on the screen. C. She attracts people because of her appearance. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. How does Kirsty go to the sports village every morning? A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot. 14. What does Kirsty do at midday? A. She practices shooting. B. She meets her coaches. C. She takes a walk. 15. What exercise does Kirsty do before supper? A. She goes running. B. She goes swimming. C. She plays football. 16. When does Kirsty finish her football practice? A. At'6: 30. B. At 7: 30. C. At 9: 00. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is the speaker's mother? A. A designer. B. A doctor. C. A teacher. 18. What did the speaker do first after he left high school? A. He got a full-time job. B. He did a business course. C. He went to an art college. 19. How long did the speaker stay in Milan? A One year. B. Two years. C. Three years. 20. What difficulty did the speaker have in New York? A. He was homesick. B. His parents didn't support him. C. He could not start a company there. 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。 A Power of Public Speaking has partnered with ASI Innovation Labs to integrate artificial intelligence into the Pops Classroom platform for improving public speaking skills. The first project is the Pops Advisor which provides an automatic evaluation of students’ video presentations with visual feedback. The Advisor offers on-demand comments to students practicing public speaking from anywhere. This flexibility benefits instructors, who can be as hands-on or hands-off during practice. While students can operate autonomously with the tool, instructors can also choose to keep track of students’ progress. Criteria Using machine learning models, the Pops Advisor analyzes the following criteria: Delivery Introduction Body Conclusion Vocal Style Vocal Quality Vocal Filler Eye Contact Body Language Credibility Attention Central Idea Preview Connective Support Language Connective Credibility Organization Signaling Ending Summary Memorable Ending Credibility Feedback The presenter receives feedback on the above four categories. And this feedback is given in the following formats: Recommendations To provide presenters with valuable feedback for the next practice, recommendations focus on specific aspects needing improvement. For instance, the recommendation can be “Your message is clear, but be sure you are grabbing your audience’s attention in your introduction to ensure they are listening.” Speech Metrics (指标) Useful speech metrics serve as quantitative descriptors on several aspects of the presentation including number of words, total presentation time, speaking rate and vocal fillers percentage. Pops Advisor can be used in any classroom setting where students are presenting, particularly in the Basic Public Speaking Course. When you are considering what can be achieved by your students toward skill development in a single school semester, Advisor increases the overall development. 1. What is the Pops Advisor? A. An evaluation tool. B. A time tracker. C. A video player. D. A voice assistant. 2. Which of the following categories provides feedback on facial expressions? A. Body. B. Delivery. C. Conclusion. D. Introduction. 3. Who is the text intended for? A. Lab technicians. B. Foreign language learners. C. Artificial Intelligence engineers. D. Public speech instructors. B It turns out patience isn’t always a virtue. By the time Nalin Kamat was 13, the Toronto teen was well on his way to becoming a working artist. He had already had his first show at a local arts hub, showcasing his series titled Dispositions, charcoal sketches of the human body as a metaphor for his own transformation during adolescence. Yet he wanted more-specifically to start showing his work in a juried exhibition (评审展览), where art experts would evaluate and select pieces in a competitive review process. That’s when he hit an obstacle, discovering that the minimum age for submission was 18. That rejection stimulates his creation. “There was a void in the art world, and I thought it’d be really cool if I could provide the opportunity for more young artists,” says Nalin, now 15. With the support of his parents, Nalin founded in 2023 Little ‘EGG Gallery, a commercial studio specially for underage artists. The gallery, which is now profitable enough to break even, charges a small hanging fee for any displayed work and takes a 15 percent commission fee on sales. In turn, Little EGG helps promote young talents by showcasing their work. Not long after opening, Ontario College of Art and Design University professor and artist David Griffin stumbled upon the gallery while taking a casual walk with his wife in their neighbourhood. An exhibition was being installed at the time, and some of Nalin’s own work was on the walls. Upon meeting Nalin, Griffin says he understood that he was speaking with someone special: “a strong young artist with a really excellent idea, which was to provide a space for showing the local community the easy, natural genius of young people.” A connection was formed, and Nalin asked Griffin to help judge an upcoming competition. The first juried show was last spring, and the top three winners each received a $50 cash prize. Five-year-old Jack Gamble won for his abstract painting titled Pokemon. 4. What mainly drove Nalin to start Little EGG Gallery? A. The support of his parents. B. The desire to create his own studio. C. The wish to offer young artists chances. D. The approval from the local community. 5. What does the underlined phrase “stumbled upon” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Withdrew from. B. Came across. C. Looked around. D. Headed for. 6. Which of the following best describes Nalin Kamat? A. Patient and humble. B. Determined and sympathetic. C. Competitive and cooperative. D. Creative and devoted. 7. What can we learn from David Griffin’s words? A. Nalin’s uniqueness impressed him a lot. B. Nalin’s idea received wide recognition. C. Nalin’s platform boosted young artists’ creativity. D. Nalin’s efforts brought about the neighborhood unity. C A dropped bag of chips disturbed a cave ecosystem in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. This cave is almost cut off from the outside world, so introducing anything foreign can be harmful. “Things in the damp cave get wet quickly,” says park guide Ashley. The snack attracts tiny organisms, causing unwanted growth. Soon, small animals like crickets and spiders came to eat, spreading the pollution. Rangers found the bag within hours. “But that can be all it takes,” says Ashley. “I’m sure some crickets got a bit of the snack.” Over 500 million people visit American public lands each year, creating many chances to harm wild places. “When you look at the numbers, it’s incredible,” says Watts, head of the Leave No Trace Center in Colorado, an organization aimed at minimizing human impact on nature. Food waste takes a long time to break down, especially in certain areas. “It takes much longer for an apple core to rot in a desert than in a forest,” says Blye, a teacher at the University of Utah. Leaving waste introduces animals to an unnatural diet and changes their behavior with sometimes disastrous results. Bears who taste garbage and become a threat to humans may have to be put down. “Bears can get used to unnatural food in three weeks,” says Watts. “Everyone loses in this case.” Biological waste is also problematic. Dog waste brings new bacteria into the ecosystem and scares away deer. Meanwhile, human waste and toilet paper introduces dangerous bacteria into water sources. In national parks trails (小路) are designed to avoid sensitive areas. Stepping off the trail, even for a quick photo, can scare wildlife away. Impacts from many visitors result in long-term damage to nature and wildlife. But people don’t think of that when they see the perfect photo opportunity. “It’s just such a hard thing to resist,” says Blye. The risk to sensitive ecosystems isn’t obvious. “It’s easy to think, oh, there’s wildflowers over there. I shouldn’t step on that,” says Blye, but these tiny ecosystems full of microscopic organisms essential to desert life provide many benefits, including reducing the risk of erosion (侵蚀) and helping absorb rainfall, and can take hundreds of years to return to its original state. 8. What does Ashley mean by “But that can be all it takes.”? A. The rangers’ work is efficient. B. The damage has been done. C. The cleanup takes a long time. D. The pollution has spread widely. 9. What is a result of foreign waste in public lands? A. A shift in animal behavior. B. A shortage of food supplies. C. A decline in bacterial species. D. An increase in conflicts between animals. 10. Why does the writer mention wildflowers in paragraph 5? A. To praise their benefits to desert life. B. To highlight our ignorance of wildlife. C. To stress their significance for photography. D. To show our unawareness of nature’s sensitivity. 11. It is conveyed in this passage that we should ________. A. encourage wildlife protection B. leave no trace in the wild C. promote national park tourism D. restore ecological damage D Studies have shown the mere exposure effect(曝光效应), also known as the familiarity principle, inspires our decisions. It is a helpful psychological mechanism(机制) that helps us maintain our energy and focus our attention on other things. Getting used to new things takes effort and it can be tiring. So unless we have a terrible experience, we are likely to buy from companies we've got used to. That is why companies spend so much money on advertising and marketing and why insurance companies openly charge existing customers more than new ones. It's not the case that we only desire things we already know. Some studies suggest when invited to share our preferences, we sometimes see less familiar choices as more desirable. But when acting on that preference, we fall back to what we know. This might explain why sometimes the things we want and the things we do don't quite match up. We might even return to companies that treated us poorly in the past or stay in bad relationships. It's easy to paint the familiarity principle as an enemy or something to battle as if it is something that holds us back from living our dreams. But this attitude might be overwhelming because it tends to encourage us toward big-picture thinking which requires a huge and sudden change that we don't feel ready for. Some articles suggest the solution to familiarity disappointment is complete exposure to new things. While this can appear effective in the short run, we may only end up replacing one problem with another. It also risks overwhelm and burnout. So what if we can work with the familiarity principle instead? Familiarity is something we can learn to play with and enjoy. It is a setting for creativity and a pathway to expansion. We can broaden the zone of familiarity little by little. If we think of familiarity as something that can expand, we can consider changing the conditions in and around our lives to make more space for our preferences to take root and grow gently. From here, we will start to make decisions, drawing from an ever-deepening pool of valuable choices. 12. What allows insurance companies to charge old customers more? A. The law of the market. B. The advertising cost. C. The improved service. D. The familiarity principle. 13. What can be learned from paragraph 2? A. Our preferences affect our decisions. B. The familiarity principle is a double-edged sword. C. There can be a mismatch between desires and actions. D. Familiarity tends to result in disrespect. 14. What is the author's attitude to complete exposure to new things? A. Negative. B. Favorable. C. Neutral. D. Effective. 15. Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. Step Out Of Your Familiarity Zone. B. Gently Expand Your Familiarity Zone. C. Spare A Thought For Your Preference. D. Change The Mere Exposure Effect. 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。 As a baby, Jack’s remarkable swimming journey began. At ten months, he already practiced with swim aids. At six, he won his first swimming competition in a group for kids ten-and-under. At seven, he stayed at the pool from nine in the morning till eight hours later. His mother, recognizing his gift, took it as her duty to guide him. ____16____ By a young age, Jack had been ranked the number one swimmer of the country, a title he held for a record-breaking duration. ____17____ He played skiing, tennis, soccer, and many more. Sam was a kid who loved to play, and his parents had no particular athletic ambitions for him. It was nearing his teens that he began to focus more on basketball. ____18____ In his mid-thirties, an age by which many professional basketball players are typically retired, Sam was still in the national basketball team. Top athletes like Jack at the peak of their abilities do spend more time on focused, deliberate practice than their peers. But scientists also find that potential champions typically devote less time to deliberate practice in childhood, but more to “sampling” various activities. ____19____ In a world that demands people to specialize early, we face a challenge to keep the benefits of diverse experiences and delayed concentration. There’s a need for those with Jack’s early focus. ____20____ — People who start with many different things and accept various experiences. A. There was no time to waste. B. And it was all going according to plan. C. The growing complexity of the world also calls for more Sams. D. But it didn’t seem to hold back his development in the long run. E. In reality, Sam’s path to success is far more common, yet less told. F. However, Sam showed no interest in swimming as a kid. G. Unlike the swimming talent, Sam’s early years were filled with a variety of sports. 第三部分: 英语知识运用（共四节，满分45分） 第一节: 完形填空（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。 I once worked in the remote but beautiful countryside. All farm work can, in my experience, ___21___ a person to develop a Spartan (斯巴达的) spirit. From the age of eight, I had to contribute my share of ___22___ along with my parents and two elder brothers. On the hottest summer days when the air ___23___ flowed, I knelt in a paddy field (稻田) with my knees deep in mud. The bugs and worms in the water ___24___ into my skin, and the sun burned upon my ___25___ back. Sweat streamed down; if a drop ran into the eyes, it would ___26___ tears. So I always kept my face as low as possible. I told myself, “Be ___27___!” If my parents and brothers could go on taking it, so could I. ___28___ I pulled myself together and dragged myself forward. I learned not to be afraid of difficulties and the meaning of “you reap (收获) what you ___29___.” “Judge a man not by his face, but by his ___30___,” my mother used to say. The land is ___31___, as long as you are willing to work on it. When the wind blew and the rice plants moved like ___32___ in the sea, breathtakingly beautiful, a deep sense of satisfaction ___33___ in me. Although later I went into academic research, I shall always remember what working in the paddy fields taught me: ___34___ your feet firmly on the ground, never give up and you will be ___35___. 21. A. remind B. warn C. attract D. train 22. A. wealth B. luck C. labour D. wisdom 23. A. gently B. hardly C. loudly D. usually 24. A. climbed B. bit C. cut D. fell 25. A. arched B. broad C. strong D. straightened 26. A. hold B. produce C. drop D. replace 27. A. quick B. proud C. quiet D. patient 28. A. Slowly B. Slightly C. Safely D. Sadly 29. A. pick B. find C. sow D. wish 30. A. fields B. books C. neighbors D. clothes 31. A. affordable B. acceptable C. dependable D. adjustable 32. A. boats B. weeds C. fishes D. waves 33. A. welled up B. broke up C. cooled off D. held off 34. A. drag B. kick C. plant D. lift 35. A. promoted B. educated C. comforted D. rewarded 第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。 Modern farms are increasingly automated — from GPS-controlled combine harvesters to machines that shake apples from trees. One task, though, seems stubbornly ____36____ (resist) to being handed to robots: picking grapes. Like all soft fruit, grapes have a narrow window of ____37____ (ripe), and are easy to being crushed if picked by clumsy metallic fingers. Matters are worse if the fruit ____38____ (intend) for fine wine. A project at Saffron Grange vineyard in Essex, however, aims to change some minds. Engineers working with Extend Robotics, are building a grape-picking robot ____39____ (equip) with visual sensors powered by AI to tell when fruit is ripe, and pressure sensitive fingers ____40____ (grasp) and cut bunches（串）from vines ____41____ having to shake any fruit loose. The project is still in its early stages. The current version of the robot has to be awkwardly controlled in real-time — by a pilot wearing a VR headset. The owners of Saffron Grange vineyard ____42____ (provide) leaf, grape and juice samples to train the AI systems already and committed to planting half a field of vines（葡萄藤） ____43____ the robot can run freely. Robotic help would be a blessing for the vineyard. Harvest time is short and intense — a ten-day intensive activity when ____44____ typical English vineyard's staff will swell five-fold. With a robot, Paul Harrison, the vineyard's manager, imagines ____45____ (turn) grape-picking into a 24-hour operation by hiring skilled laborers in Australia who could dial into the VR controls and pick grapes remotely, after his local workers have clocked off for the day. 第三节: （共10题；每小题1分，满分10分） 单句语法填空。（每小题1分，满分5分） 46. The museum's ________(interact) exhibit allows visitors to control the display with hand gestures. (所给词的适当形式填空) 47. Climate change is causing ________(drama) shifts in global weather patterns. (所给词适当形式填空) 48. The tech ________ (consult) helped the firm upgrade its cyber-security system. (所给词的适当形式填空) 49. The movie is a faithful ________ (adapt) of the classic novel, preserving most of the original plot. (所给词的适当形式填空) 50. The scientist measured the chemical reaction ________ (precise) to ensure accurate results. (所给词的适当形式填空) 第四节: （共5题；每小题1分，满分5分） 词组填空: 根据句意从方框中选出合适的短语，用其适当形式完成句子。其中两项为多余选项。 be qualified for originate from adjust to be applied to end up submit to deal with 51. According to the company's policy, all customer complaints should ________________ within 24 hours. 52. Students are required ________________ the professor their assignments by Friday. 53. Unexpectedly, the project that was supposed to take a month ________________ taking three. 54. International students often struggle with ________________ a new educational system. 55. In recent years, the treatment ________________ thousands of patients with positive results. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分） 56. 假定你是李华，上周你参加了学校组织的“走进新农村(Exploring New Rural China)”研学活动。请你给新西兰朋友Oliver写一封邮件分享这次经历，内容包括： (1)你的见闻；(2)你的感想。 注意：(1)写作词数应为100左右； (2)请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Dear Oliver, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 57. 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。 I never imagined that a single piece of paper could change my entire perspective on life. I was a librarian, a job that had defined my existence for over two decades. My days were spent among the quiet rows of books. I knew every corner of the library, every title on the shelves, and yet, I felt as if my own life was missing a chapter. It was a typical Tuesday morning. I was sorting through a box of old donations, preparing to catalog some rare books, when I found a small, yellowed envelope between the pages of an ancient journal. It had no address, no stamp, and no indication of its origin. Curious, I carefully opened it. The handwriting was elegant but faded, the ink barely visible against the paper. The letter read, “Dear Stranger, If you are reading this, know that you are not alone. Life has a way of making us feel isolated, as if our stories are insignificant. But every life matters. Every story is important. I hope the letter finds someone who needs to hear these words. You are stronger than you think. You have the power to change your world, one small act at a time. Don’t be afraid to take risks, to follow your dreams, and to embrace the unknown. The greatest journeys begin with a single step. With hope A Friend” I read the letter over and over, feeling a strange mix of emotions. The words resonated deeply within me, as if they were written specifically for me. I had always been content with my life, but lately, I felt a growing sense of restlessness. The library was my sanctuary (庇护所), but it had also become my prison. I had lost sight of my own dreams, my own story. That evening, as I closed the library, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the letter was a sign. I had always been cautious, preferring the safety of routine to the uncertainty of change. But the letter reminded me that life was meant to be lived, not just observed. 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。 Paragraph 1: The next morning, I walked into the library director’s office, saying with resolution, “I have an idea.” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Weeks later, the moveable library program started, bringing libraries to different communities. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $