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清华附中朝阳学校望京学校高中部 2025—2026学年第一学期期中质量监测 高二年级英语试卷 2025. 11 考试时间100分钟 试卷满分100分 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分） 第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 I had always loved hip-hop dancing, so when senior year began, I couldn’t wait for what I thought would be another exciting hip-hop class. But my heart ____1____ when I learned we had a new teacher — Ms. Barton, a strict ballet instructor. On that first day, I ____2____ in the crowd. While all the other girls wore perfect ballet outfits, I showed up in my baggy hip-hop clothes. My face burned when Ms. Barton made me demonstrate a grand plié (大屈膝), then told the class, “This is exactly how not to do it.” That night, I almost ____3____. But something ____4____ inside me refused to give up and I kept trying. While Ms. Barton never smiled, I started noticing little nodes of ____5____. Then came the shock — she asked me to join a ballet dance for our year-end show! During practice, I tripped, I stumbled, but I kept going. On opening night, as the spotlight hit me during the finale, all my ____6____ melted away. The audience’s cheers washed over me like warm sunshine. Another shock came on the last day of school. When Ms. Barton called my name for the “Ballerina” award, I nearly ____7____ my books. That serious teacher was actually smiling at me. As I received the award, a bit teary-eyed, I smiled back at Ms. Barton and said, “Thank you for challenging me.” Holding the ____8____, I realized something important — my biggest ____9____ had become my proudest moment. In that instant, it hit me. When you ____10____ in life, make it part of your dance. 1. A. beat B. sank C. pumped D. hardened 2. A. came out B. came by C. stood by D. stood out 3. A. complained B. failed C. hesitated D. quit 4. A. stubborn B. humble C. passionate D. sensitive 5. A. dismissal B. approval C. proposal D. withdrawal 6. A. loneliness B. sadness C. nervousness D. emptiness 7. A. opened B. dropped C. threw D. collected 8. A. hand B. breath C. prize D. book 9. A. achievement B. acknowledgement C. embarrassment D. disappointment 10. A. trip B. jump C. run D. turn 【答案】1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者热爱嘻哈舞，却遇严格芭蕾老师，经坚持与挑战，最终获认可并领悟成长道理的故事。 【1题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：但当我得知我们有了一位新老师 —— 巴顿女士，一位严格的芭蕾教练时，我的心沉了下去。A. beat跳动；B. sank下沉；C. pumped泵送；D. hardened变硬。根据上文“I couldn’t wait for another exciting hip-hop class”和下文“a strict ballet instructor”的对比可知，作者心情失落，heart sank为固定表达，表“心沉下去”。故选B项。 2题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：第一天，我在人群中很显眼。A. came out出现；B. came by经过；C. stood by支持；D. stood out突出，显眼。根据下文“While all the other girls wore perfect ballet outfits, I showed up in my baggy hip-hop clothes”可知，作者的穿着与其他人不同，因此很显眼。故选D项。 【3题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那天晚上，我几乎要放弃了。A. complained抱怨；B. failed失败；C. hesitated犹豫；D. quit放弃。根据上文老师批评作者“This is exactly how not to do it.”，结合下文“refused to give up”可知，此处指作者差点放弃。故选D项。 【4题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但我内心深处某种固执的东西拒绝放弃，我继续努力。A. stubborn固执的，执着的；B. humble谦逊的；C. passionate热情的；D. sensitive敏感的。根据下文“refused to give up and I kept trying”可知，作者内心坚持不放弃，stubborn此处含褒义指“执着的”。故选A项。 【5题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：虽然巴顿女士从不微笑，但我开始注意到一些认可的迹象。A. dismissal解雇；B. approval认可；C. proposal提议；D. withdrawal撤回。根据下文“she asked me to join a ballet dance for our year-end show”可知，老师对作者的态度有了转变，此处指细微的认可。故选B项。 【6题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：开幕当晚，当最后一幕聚光灯照在我身上时，我所有的紧张都消失了。A. loneliness孤独；B. sadness悲伤；C. nervousness紧张；D. emptiness空虚。根据上文“During practice, I tripped, I stumbled”和下文“The audience’s cheers washed over me”可知，作者上台前的紧张在观众欢呼中消散。故选C项。 【7题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当巴顿女士叫我的名字颁发“芭蕾舞者”奖时，我差点掉了手里的书。A. opened打开；B. dropped掉落；C. threw扔；D. collected收集。根据上文“Another shock came”可知，作者获奖感到意外，震惊到差点掉书。故选B项。 【8题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：拿着奖品，我意识到一件重要的事 —— 我最大的尴尬变成了我最骄傲的时刻。A. hand手；B. breath呼吸；C. prize奖品；D. book书。根据上文“received the award”可知，此处指拿着获得的奖品。故选C项。 【9题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：拿着奖品，我意识到一件重要的事 —— 我最大的尴尬变成了我最骄傲的时刻。A. achievement成就；B. acknowledgement认可；C. embarrassment尴尬；D. disappointment失望。根据上文老师批评作者、作者穿着不合时宜等经历可知，这些曾是作者的尴尬时刻。故选C项。 【10题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当你在生活中跌倒时，让它成为你人生之舞的一部分。A. trip绊倒；B. jump跳跃；C. run奔跑；D. turn转弯。根据上文“During practice, I tripped, I stumbled”可知，此处人生中遭遇的挫折，在生活中跌倒时，trip 与前文呼应。故选A项。 第二节 课文填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分） A 课文填空 To be at the top in sport, I have to face enormous fears and worries on a day-to-day____11____ (base). I am always tired and every workout has a mental intensity that seems too much for most ____12____ (handle). I have little time to get together with my families. In order to find a swimming pool to train in, I ____13____ (ruin) a family holiday in France. You may think my lifestyle is ____14____ (healthy) and my preparations are overdone. However, if you want to be an Olympic champion and reach the winner’s platform, you’d better be totally ____15____ (commit) to your sport. Doing the extra little bit sets us ____16____ from other competitors. And ____17____ (get) to the top inspires everyone to strive for greatness. 【答案】11. basis 12. to handle 13. ruined 14. unhealthy 15. committed 16. apart 17. getting 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。本文讲述了奥运冠军候选人为登顶体坛所付出的代价与坚持。 【11题详解】 考查名词。句意：要在体育界登顶，我每天都得面对巨大的恐惧和担忧。on a day-to-day basis是固定搭配，意为“日复一日地；日常地”。名词basis作宾语。故填basis。 【12题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：我总是疲惫不堪，每次训练的精神强度，对大多数人来说都难以承受。too much for sb. to do sth.是固定句型，意为“对某人来说太…… 而不能做某事”。故填to handle。 【13题详解】 考查时态。句意：我几乎没什么时间和家人团聚。为了找到一个泳池训练，我毁掉了在法国的一次家庭假期。句子描述过去发生的具体事件（破坏了法国的家庭假期），需用一般过去时。故填ruined。 14题详解】 考查形容词。句意：你可能会觉得我生活方式不健康，而且准备工作也做得过头了。前文提到“总是疲惫、没时间陪家人、破坏家庭假期”，后文用“however”转折，说明前文的看法是负面的，空处应用形容词unhealthy“不健康的”作表语。故填unhealthy。 【15题详解】 考查形容词。句意：然而，如果你想成为奥运冠军、站上领奖台，你最好全身心投入到自己的运动中。be committed to是固定短语，意为“致力于；全身心投入于”。故填committed。 【16题详解】 考查固定短语。句意：多付出那一点点努力，就能让我们与其他竞争者拉开差距。set apart from是固定短语，意为“使……与……不同；区分开”。故填apart。 【17题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：而登顶的目标，会激励所有人追求卓越。空处在句中作主语，应用动名词形式，故填getting。 B 课文填空 The third mass extinction was known as the “Great Dying”, ____18____ killed 90% to 96% of all species. And the fifth event, which ____19____(occur) 66 million years ago, caused the death of the dinosaurs. The reasons for extinctions are varied, including volcanic eruptions, asteroids ____20____(hit) the earth from space and global warming. Many scientists say we are entering the sixth mass extinction. This time, human activity will be ____21____(blame). Although it is not unusual for species to die ____22____ naturally, the rate at which this is now happening is cause for concern. 【答案】18. which 19. occurred 20. hitting 21. to blame 22. out 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章简要介绍了地球历史上第三次和第五次大规模灭绝事件的情况、灭绝原因，以及当前人类活动可能引发第六次大规模灭绝的现状。 【18题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：第三次大规模灭绝被称为“大灭绝”，导致了90%到96%的物种消失。此处为非限制性定语从句，先行词the “Great Dying”指物，关系代词在从句中作主语，应用关系代词which作引导词。故填which。 【19题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：而发生在6600万年前的第五次灭绝事件，导致了恐龙的灭绝。根据时间状语66 million years ago可知，此处用一般过去时，occur的过去式为occurred，故填occurred。 【20题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：物种灭绝的原因多种多样，包括火山爆发、小行星从太空撞击地球以及全球变暖。空处应用动名词形式hitting与asteroids构成动名词复合结构，作介词including的宾语。故填hitting。 【21题详解】 考查固定搭配。句意：这一次，人类活动将是罪魁祸首。be to blame为固定短语，意为“该受责备、应负责任”，故填to blame。 【22题详解】 考查固定短语。句意：虽然物种自然灭绝并不罕见，但目前这种灭绝速度令人担忧。die out为固定短语，意为“灭绝、消失”，符合句意。故填out。 C 课文填空 Can a sixth extinction ____23____(avoid)? Experts say it is not yet too late if we take action now. We need to take steps to save endangered species, including setting up special areas ____24____ plants and animals can be protected. We need to change how we work and travel by using cleaner, ____25____(natural) sources of energy. If we want to survive, we need to stop ____26____(destroy) the planet. 【答案】23. be avoided 24. where 25. more natural 26. destroying 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章探讨了第六次物种大灭绝是否可避免，提出需采取建立保护区、使用清洁能源、停止破坏地球等行动来挽救濒危物种。 【23题详解】 考查被动语态。句意：第六次灭绝可以被避免吗？主语a sixth extinction与谓语动词avoid之间是被动关系，且情态动词 can后接动词原形，故填be avoided。 【24题详解】 考查定语从句关系副词。句意：我们需要采取措施拯救濒危物种，包括建立可以保护动植物的特殊区域。空处引导限制性定语从句，先行词为special areas，在从句中作地点状语，应用关系副词where作引导词。故填where。 【25题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：我们需要通过使用更清洁、更天然的能源来改变我们的工作和出行方式。结合前文cleaner可知，此处用比较级表示并列递进，natural的比较级为more natural，故填more natural。 【26题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：如果我们想生存下去，就需要停止破坏地球。stop doing sth.为固定搭配，意为“停止做某事”，强调停止正在进行的动作，符合句意，故填destroying。 D 课文填空 How often do we get ____27____(stick) in traffic jams? How often do we arrive at work or school, ____28____(stress) out, tired and angry? For many, the answer is every day. But personal ____29____(angry) and stress are nothing ____30____(compare) to the real costs socially. 【答案】27. stuck 28. stressed 29. anger 30. compared 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章探讨了人们频繁遭遇交通堵塞的现状，以及由此引发的个人情绪问题，同时指出其社会层面的实际代价更为严重。 【27题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：我们多久会陷入一次交通堵塞？get stuck in 为固定短语，意为“陷入、被困在”，此处用形容词化的过去分词stuck作表语，故填stuck。 【28题详解】 考查形容词。句意：我们多久会压力巨大、疲惫又愤怒地到达工作地点或学校？stressed out“压力大的”是固定搭配，此处为形容词作状语，修饰主语we。故填stressed。 【29题详解】 考查名词。句意：但个人的愤怒和压力，与社会层面的实际代价相比根本不值一提。此处与stress并列作主语，需用名词形式，angry的名词为anger，且为不可数名词，故填anger。 【30题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：但个人的愤怒和压力，与社会层面的实际代价相比根本不值一提。句中已有谓语动词are，空处应用非谓语动词，compare和逻辑主语personal anger and stress之间是被动关系，用过去分词，作状语。故填compared。 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分） 第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分） 阅读下列短文，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A This Summer, It’s All Gas, No Breaks! School’s out. Time to Go All Out! Whatever you’re into — whether it’s a hobby, a passion, or a new pursuit — we’re here to fuel your drive. With the High School Summer PassTM, you can get FREE access to participating Planet Fitness (PF) in New York City. No excuses. No holding back. No cost. Planet Fitness’ High School Summer PassTM High School Summer PassTM is Planet Fitness’ free summer membership that welcomes high school teens ages 14-19 to work out throughout NYC! High School Summer Pass is here from June 1st through August 31st! Participants must work out at the location they sign up at and are not permitted to use other locations. Make this the summer of getting stronger at Planet Fitness with our best-in-class equipment at a convenient location near you. How It Works Teens age-appropriate can sign up for FREE online or in-club. Under 18? Bring a parent or guardian to sign the electronic agreement. Register for the High School Summer Pass program with three simple steps. ① REGISTER NOW Register TODAY and get ready for a strong summer! Sign up online at planetfitness.com/ summer pass. ② DOWNLOAD THE PF APP Create an account using the same email you used to register and get your digital club pass in the FREE PF app. ③ GET MOVING Start working out at your home club for FREE now through August 31st. Further Notes Your Fitness Journey Continues! Transition to paid membership is optional after August 31st. Classic memberships begin at $15 per month and PF Black Card@ memberships begin at $24.99 per month, billed monthly. Memberships may include12-month commitment. Prices may vary depending on location. Locations independently owned and operated. 31. Who can gain free access to PF? A. A 19-year-old outside NYC. B. A 17-year-old registering alone in July. C. A 13-year-old with a parent within NYC. D. A 16-year-old with a guardian at the registered club. 32. What will happen to PF memberships after August 31? A. Free access will extend through December. B. Memberships will auto-renew at $15 per month. C. Members can choose to continue paid membership. D. Members should upgrade to a PF Black Card® membership. 33. What is the text? A. A safety notice. B. A program promotion. C. A parental guide. D. A gym introduction. 【答案】31. D 32. C 33. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍纽约市Planet Fitness推出的“高中暑期通行证”项目，包括免费使用资格、参与流程及后续会员政策，以吸引青少年参与。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Planet Fitness’ High School Summer PassTM”中的“High School Summer PassTM is Planet Fitness’ free summer membership that welcomes high school teens ages 14-19 to work out throughout NYC! (高中暑期通行证是Planet Fitness的免费暑期会员资格，欢迎14-19岁的高中生在纽约市各地锻炼！)”和“Participants must work out at the location they sign up at and are not permitted to use other locations.(参与者必须在其注册的地点进行锻炼，不得使用其他地点。)”及“How It Works”中的“Under 18? Bring a parent or guardian to sign the electronic agreement.(18岁以下？需带家长或监护人签署电子协议。)”可知，16岁（14-19岁范围内）且有监护人陪同在注册俱乐部参与的青少年可免费使用PF。故选D项。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Further Notes”中的“Your Fitness Journey Continues! Transition to paid membership is optional after August 31st.(您的健身之旅仍在继续！8月31日后，可选择转为付费会员。)”可知，8月31日后，会员可选择继续使用付费会员服务。故选C项。 【33题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，根据首段“With the High School Summer PassTM, you can get FREE access to participating Planet Fitness (PF) in New York City. (凭借 the High School Summer PassTM，您可免费进入纽约市参与活动的Planet Fitness（PF）健身房。)”可知，文章开头以“免费使用纽约市参与活动的Planet Fitness”为吸引点，随后详细介绍“高中暑期通行证”的适用人群、使用时间、参与步骤及后续付费会员政策，核心目的是推广该暑期健身项目，因此，本文是一篇项目推广文。故选B项。 B From an early age, Edward Norton was taught what protecting the environment really requires. His father, an environmental lawyer, founded the Grand Canyon Trust and his grandfather was a pioneer in low-income housing policy. Norton built his own career in a different field, becoming one of his generation’s most respected actors. When Norton first became famous, he concluded that he wasn’t interested in ordinary celebrity ambassador work. “I am not interested in being some weak sauce kind of spokesperson,” he says. “It’s not that I don’t believe those things are important, but that held no nourishment for me.” What does nourish Norton is his work with a Kenya-based organization called the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust which helps the Maasai people to make a living from their land through innovative means. One project that Norton is particularly proud of channels profits from the sale of carbon offsets (碳补偿) to local Maasai communities who use that money to support health, education, and conservation initiatives. One challenge that concerns Norton would be familiar to his father and grandfather: raising funds. This led Norton to a realization. “We can’t have the conservation movement depend only on donor-funded charity,” he says, “It not only can’t scale; it’s fundamentally unstable.” A new model is needed. Norton and his partners argue that tourist dollars being spent in fragile places ought to remain in-country — or better yet, in-community. Norton and his team have started a company called Conservation Equity that will invest in tourism in critical places and will reinvest its profits locally, instead of paying distant shareholders. Norton is optimistic about the model’s prospects, “I think what we are doing has no previous example to follow. The needs of people are not going to take a lower priority to the spiritual value of nature. If protecting and restoring nature can’t produce a stronger and more reliable economy, the effort will fail.” 34. How did Norton feel about being a typical celebrity spokesperson? A. Enthusiastic. B. Tolerant. C. Dissatisfied. D. Confused. 35. What is special about Norton’s new model of conservation? A. Downplaying the value of nature. B. Raising funds from distant donors. C. Focusing on local children’s education. D. Benefiting local economic development. 36. Which of the following words best describe Norton? A. Confident and honest. B. Generous and talented. C. Practical and pioneering. D. Ambitious and conventional. 【答案】34. C 35. D 36. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了演员爱德华·诺顿致力于环境保护，创立新模式促进当地经济发展，对未来充满信心的事情。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“When Norton first became famous, he concluded that he wasn’t interested in ordinary celebrity ambassador work. “I am not interested in being some weak sauce kind of spokesperson,” he says. “It’s not that I don’t believe those things are important, but that held no nourishment for me.”(当诺顿刚成名时，他意识到自己对普通的名人代言工作并不感兴趣。“我不想成为那种没分量的发言人，”他说，“这并不是说我不认为那些事情重要，而是那些工作对我来说没有意义。”)”可知，诺顿对成为典型的名人代言人感到不满意。故选C。 【35题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“Norton and his team have started a company called Conservation Equity that will invest in tourism in critical places and will reinvest its profits locally, instead of paying distant shareholders.(诺顿和他的团队成立了一家名为“Conservation Equity”的公司，该公司将对关键地区的旅游业进行投资，并将利润再投资于当地，而不是支付给遥远的股东。)”可知，诺顿的新的保护模式的特别之处在于有利于当地经济发展。故选D。 36题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“One challenge that concerns Norton would be familiar to his father and grandfather: raising funds. This led Norton to a realization. “We can’t have the conservation movement depend only on donor-funded charity,” he says, “It not only can’t scale; it’s fundamentally unstable.”(诺顿面临的一个挑战，他的父亲和祖父都很熟悉：筹集资金。这让诺顿意识到：“我们不能让保护运动仅仅依赖于捐赠者资助的慈善事业，”他说，“它不仅无法扩大规模；从根本上来说是不稳定的。”)”以及倒数第二段中“Norton and his team have started a company called Conservation Equity that will invest in tourism in critical places and will reinvest its profits locally, instead of paying distant shareholders.(诺顿和他的团队成立了一家名为“Conservation Equity”的公司，该公司将对关键地区的旅游业进行投资，并将利润再投资于当地，而不是支付给遥远的股东。)”可推知，诺顿很务实，且具有开创性。故选C。 C Is text-messaging driving us apart? These days, we talk to each other a lot with our thumbs — sending six billion text messages a day, and likely a few billion more on services like Whats App. But some worry that so much messaging leads to less communication. For instance, when hanging out with friends, we’d be texting secretively at the same time, pretending to maintain eye contact but mentally somewhere else. New technologies often upset the way we relate to one another, of course. But such division caused by texting has a strong echo in the arguments we had over telephone a hundred years ago. The small device gave us a new way to contact one another and quickly promote new forms of socializing. Callers arranged regular “visiting” calls, dialing remote family to catch up on news. Soon, though, social critics thought it would be so easy to talk that we’d never leave each other alone. Others worried that the telephone sped up life, demanding instant reactions. The use of the telephone gave little room for reflection. It produced a craziness in the ordinary concerns of life which didn’t make for domestic happiness. “We shall soon be nothing but transparent piles of jelly (果冻) to each other,” a London writer moaned in 1897. However, nowadays the telephone call seems like a throwback to a gentler era. When Jenna Birch, a communication professor at the University of Iowa, started dating a man who insisted on calling her on the phone, she found it warm and delightful. So she doesn’t think the shift to texting has degraded our interactions. According to her study, teenagers who text the most are also those who spend the most time face to face with friends. Communication, it seems, brings more communication, and — as she argues — just because talk happens in text doesn’t mean it’s not meaningful. Michéle Martin of Carleton University, thinks we’re living through a replay of the telephone, where the things that made it valuable — instant communications — are the same that made it annoying. “People believe they are liberated because they can bring the mobile phone everywhere,” Martin says. “But at the same time, they are slaves to it.” 37. What’s the function of the first paragraph? A. To introduce the topic. B. To describe a scene. C. To offer an argument. D. To issue a warning. 38. According to paragraph 4, what does telephone use cause? A. People experience very tight schedule. B. People tend to lack individuality. C. People become narrow and uninformed. D. People lose the ability to reflect. 39. What can we learn from paragraph 5? A. Telephone calls are particularly welcomed in dating. B. Teenagers are addicted to communicating by texting. C. The shift to texting is destructive to face-to-face time. D. The meaning of communication goes beyond medium. 40. What’s the best title for the text? A. Oh My God! We’ve Been Here Before! B. Gone with the Wind, Dear Texting! C. Life is Too Short for So Many Texting. D. Oh, Telephone, a Tale of Two Sides. 【答案】37. A 38. B 39. D 40. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讨论了短信交流是否导致人与人之间疏远，通过对比短信与电话交流的影响来探讨这一问题。 【37题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“Is text-messaging driving us apart? These days, we talk to each other a lot with our thumbs — sending six billion text messages a day, and likely a few billion more on services like Whats App.(短信正在让我们疏远吗？如今，我们经常用拇指互相交谈——每天发送60亿条短信，而在Whats App等服务上可能还会多发送几十亿条。)”可知，第一段通过提出“短信是否让我们疏远”的问题，并给出当前短信发送量的数据，来引出文章要讨论的主题。故选A。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“ Soon, though, social critics thought it would be so easy to talk that we’d never leave each other alone. Others worried that the telephone sped up life, demanding instant reactions. The use of the telephone gave little room for reflection. It produced a craziness in the ordinary concerns of life which didn’t make for domestic happiness. “We shall soon be nothing but transparent piles of jelly ( 果冻 ) to each other,” a London writer moaned in 1897.(然而不久之后，社会评论家们认为，仅仅通过通话就能交流得如此顺畅，以至于我们根本无法独处片刻。还有人担心电话会加快生活节奏，要求人们立即做出反应。电话的使用几乎没有给人们留下思考的空间。它让日常生活中原本平凡的事情变得混乱不堪，这不利于家庭的幸福。“我们很快就会变成彼此透明的果冻般的存在了。”1897 年，一位伦敦作家如此哀叹道。)”可知，文章第四段提到，反对电话的人认为，电话使得人们交流过于便捷，会让人失去独处的时间，还会加速生活节奏，要求人们即时回应，且缺乏思考空间，甚至认为这会让人们在日常事务中变得 “疯狂”，一位伦敦作家还抱怨 “我们很快会变成彼此面前透明的果冻”，暗示人们会因电话失去个性和隐私。A 选项 “日程紧张” 并非原文强调的核心问题；C 选项 “视野狭窄、信息闭塞” 与电话促进沟通的特点相悖；D 选项 “失去思考能力” 原文表述为 “缺乏思考空间（gave little room for reflection）”，并非 “失去思考能力”，表述不准确，故 B 选项正确。电话的使用导致人们往往缺乏个性。故选B。 【39题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段“However, nowadays the telephone call seems like a throwback to a gentler era. When Jenna Birch, a communication professor at the University of Iowa, started dating a man who insisted on calling her on the phone, she found it warm and delightful. So she doesn’t think the shift to texting has degraded our interactions. According to her study, teenagers who text the most are also those who spend the most time face to face with friends. Communication, it seems, brings more communication, and — as she argues — just because talk happens in text doesn’t mean it’s not meaningful.(但如今，打电话反而像是回到了更温和的旧时光。爱荷华大学的传播学教授珍娜・伯奇曾和一个坚持打电话联系她的人约会，她觉得这种方式温暖又愉快。因此她认为，转向短信交流并没有降低我们互动的质量。根据她的研究，发短信最多的青少年，也是和朋友面对面相处时间最长的群体。看来，沟通只会带来更多沟通——而且正如她所说，不能仅仅因为交流是通过短信进行的，就否定它的意义。)”可知，沟通的意义超越了媒介本身。故选D。 【40题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章首先提出短信是否导致人与人之间疏远的问题，然后通过对比短信与电话交流的影响，指出新技术往往会改变我们彼此相处的方式，但短信交流并不一定意味着沟通没有意义。文章最后提到，我们正在经历电话时代的重演，其中使电话有价值的东西——即时通讯——也是使它令人讨厌的东西。因此，A选项“Oh My God! We’ve Been Here Before!(天哪！我们以前来过这里！)”最符合文章主旨，既表达了短信与电话交流影响的相似性，又带有一种对历史重演的感慨，适合用作标题。故选A。 D Doctor Dolittle, the well-known, fictional naturalist who famously possesses the ability to converse with animals and understand their languages has now inspired a high-paying science prize aimed at cracking the challenge of interspecies communication. A grand prize of $500,000, awaits whichever research team can make real progress: not just decoding the language of another species but using it to draw a reply from an animal. Last week, an initial $100,000 went to a US team studying dolphin whistles — after decades of recording bottlenose dolphins in Florida, they identified around 20 distinct messaging whistles. The Coller Dolittle Challenge financed by Jeremy Coller, a vegan and animal lover, is unashamedly modelled on the Turing test (图灵测试). That 20th-century test promotes efforts to design a machine capable of imitating human conversation, and became a touchstone in the evolution of AI. It also became a focus for concerns about machines tricking, even taking over, humans. The ability to commune with other species is likely to raise similar, unsettling questions as research progresses. If we were able to decode animal chatter, should this knowledge change how we treat them, whether as pets, labour or food? The prize presents a moral challenge and it forces us to reconsider our relationships with other species. Philosopher Jonathan Birch, also a judge of the Jeremy Coller Centre, stressed that the Challenge is looking beyond the interspecies communication we have with pets, or that a farmer has with a sheepdog. Those relationships involve signalling and behavioural responses, Birch explains, “but that’s not telling us how animals communicate with each other... this prize is about understanding it so well that we can start to join the conversation.” While Coller hopes his charity will reshape our attitude to animals, the truth is that even groundbreaking research has largely failed to move the dial on their welfare. Recent work on cephalopod’s (头足类动物) intelligence has not stopped plans to farm the creatures. We might one day be able to understand what animals are saying — but there is no guarantee we will listen. 41. Why is Turing test mentioned in the passage? A. To stress its role and value in AI progress. B. To show its difference from the Challenge. C. To warn of concerns the Challenge may face. D. To show its use in interspecies communication. 42. Which research would Birch approve of to win the prize? A. People communicating with their pets. B. People directing sheepdogs during work. C. Researchers recording how cattle communicate. D. Researchers interacting with birds using whistles. 43. What does the “move the dial” mean in the last paragraph? A. Make a change. B. Win the prize. C. Slow the process. D. Continue the research. 44. What’s the author’s attitude toward the practical effect of the research? A. Optimistic. B. Doubtful. C. Objective. D. Dismissive. 【答案】41. C 42. D 43. A 44. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍以杜立德医生为灵感设立的科勒·杜立德挑战奖，旨在推动跨物种交流研究，同时探讨该研究面临的道德问题与实际效果争议。 【41题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The Coller Dolittle Challenge financed by Jeremy Coller, a vegan and animal lover, is unashamedly modelled on the Turing test (图灵测试). That 20th-century test promotes efforts to design a machine capable of imitating human conversation, and became a touchstone in the evolution of AI. It also became a focus for concerns about machines tricking, even taking over, humans. The ability to commune with other species is likely to raise similar, unsettling questions as research progresses. (由素食主义者兼动物爱好者杰里米·科勒资助的“科勒·杜立德挑战奖”，毫不避讳地以图灵测试为蓝本。这项诞生于20世纪的测试，推动了人们研发能够模仿人类对话的机器，成为人工智能发展史上的一块试金石。它同时也引发了人们的担忧——担心机器会欺骗甚至掌控人类。而随着研究的推进，与其他物种进行交流的能力，也可能引发类似的、令人不安的问题)”可知，提及图灵测试是为了指出该挑战奖可能面临与图灵测试类似的担忧。故选C项。 【42题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“Philosopher Jonathan Birch, also a judge of the Jeremy Coller Centre, stressed that the Challenge is looking beyond the interspecies communication we have with pets, or that a farmer has with a sheepdog. Those relationships involve signalling and behavioural responses, Birch explains, “but that’s not telling us how animals communicate with each other... this prize is about understanding it so well that we can start to join the conversation.”(哲学家乔纳森·伯奇同时也是杰里米·科勒中心的评委，他强调，该挑战关注的跨物种交流，远不止我们与宠物之间、或是农民与牧羊犬之间的那种交流。伯奇解释道：“那些关系涉及信号传递和行为反应，但这并不能让我们了解动物之间是如何交流的……这个奖项的目的，是要充分理解动物间的交流方式，从而让我们能够参与到这种交流之中。”)”可知，伯奇认可的获奖研究应是能让人类参与到动物交流中的研究，“研究人员用口哨与鸟类互动”符合“参与交流”的特点。故选D项。 【43题详解】 词句猜测题。根据最后一段中的“While Coller hopes his charity will reshape our attitude to animals, the truth is that even groundbreaking research has largely failed to move the dial on their welfare. Recent work on cephalopod’s intelligence has not stopped plans to farm the creatures.(虽然科勒希望他的慈善项目能改变我们对动物的态度，但事实是，即使是突破性的研究，在很大程度上也未能move the dial动物的福利状况。最近关于头足类动物智力的研究，也未能阻止养殖这类动物的计划)”可知，“头足类动物智力研究未能阻止其养殖计划”是对“未能move the dial on their welfare”的举例说明，由此可推测“move the dial”意为“产生改变、带来影响”。故选A项。 【44题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“While Coller hopes his charity will reshape our attitude to animals, the truth is that even groundbreaking research has largely failed to move the dial on their welfare. Recent work on cephalopod’s (头足类动物) intelligence has not stopped plans to farm the creatures. We might one day be able to understand what animals are saying — but there is no guarantee we will listen. (虽然科勒希望他的慈善项目能改变我们对动物的态度，但事实是，即便具有突破性的研究，在很大程度上也未能改变动物的福利状况。最近关于头足类动物智力的研究，并未阻止人们养殖这类动物的计划。也许有一天我们能理解动物在说什么——但无法保证我们会听从它们的声音)”可知，作者指出研究在改善动物福利方面效果有限，对研究的实际效果持怀疑态度。故选B项。 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Blind boxes, or mystery boxes, are sealed packages containing surprise items. Buyers don’t know exactly what they’re purchasing until they open the box. ___45___ It transforms the way collectibles are marketed and purchased. Today, brands like Pop Mart have perfected the formula, offering themed blind boxes that cater to different tastes. The blind box phenomenon isn’t limited to collectibles. ___46___ Businesses across sectors can incorporate this trend to increase customer engagement, attract a wider audience, and enhance the shopping experience. Here are a few ideas for how different types of businesses can incorporate blind box concepts. Create mystery product boxes. Introduce a line of mystery boxes for your products. For example, a beauty brand could create blind boxes with a mix of skincare or makeup products. ___47___ Each box could include items of varying values, creating an element of surprise for customers. ___48___ Create exclusive (独有的) blind box series that feature one-of-a-kind items or unique packaging, which can increase demand and bring in regular customers. Offering these boxes on a seasonal or limited-time basis also adds an element of urgency, motivating customers to act quickly. Incorporate blind boxes in loyalty programs. For businesses with loyalty programs, offering blind boxes as part of a rewards program can drive engagement. ___49___ This would give them a unique stimulation to continue buying and interacting with your brand. Adopting the blind box model can help businesses tap into the excitement and mystery that drives this trend, while also providing a fun and memorable experience for customers. By adding elements of exclusivity and variety, brands can boost sales and customer loyalty, turning each purchase into an engaging experience. A. Consider rarity an artistic focus. B. Launch limited-edition blind boxes. C. This trend started in Japan and quickly spread worldwide. D. And a fashion shop might offer mystery gift packs. E. Regular customers could exchange points for mystery boxes. F. There are countless social media groups discussing the blind boxes. G. It has also become a business model for industries ranging from fashion to beauty. 【答案】45. C 46. G 47. D 48. B 49. E 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了盲盒现象的起源、发展及其在各行业中的应用，并给出了不同类型企业如何融入盲盒概念的建议。 【45题详解】 由上文“Blind boxes, or mystery boxes, are sealed packages containing surprise items. Buyers don’t know exactly what they’re purchasing until they open the box.(盲盒，或称神秘盒，是装有惊喜物品的密封包装。买家在打开盒子之前不知道他们到底在买什么。)”及下文“It transforms the way collectibles are marketed and purchased. Today, brands like Pop Mart have perfected the formula, offering themed blind boxes that cater to different tastes.(它改变了收藏品的营销和购买方式。如今，像泡泡玛特这样的品牌已经完善了这一模式，提供迎合不同口味的主题盲盒。)”可知，本空需概括盲盒现象的起源和传播。C选项“This trend started in Japan and quickly spread worldwide.(这一趋势始于日本，并迅速传播到全球。)”符合题意。故选C。 【46题详解】 由上文“The blind box phenomenon isn’t limited to collectibles.(盲盒现象不仅限于收藏品。)”可知，本空需进一步说明盲盒现象在哪些行业中也有应用。G选项“It has also become a business model for industries ranging from fashion to beauty.(它也成为从时尚到美容等行业的商业模式。)”能承接上文，符合题意。故选G。 【47题详解】 由上文“Introduce a line of mystery boxes for your products. For example, a beauty brand could create blind boxes with a mix of skincare or makeup products.(为你的产品推出一系列神秘盒子。例如，一个美容品牌可以创建包含护肤品或化妆品的盲盒。)”可知，本空应说明盲盒在其他行业的应用情况。D选项“And a fashion shop might offer mystery gift packs.(一家时尚店可能会提供神秘礼品包。)”能承接上文，符合题意。故选D。 【48题详解】 由下文“Create exclusive (独有的) blind box series that feature one-of-a-kind items or unique packaging, which can increase demand and bring in regular customers. (创建独有的盲盒系列，其中包含独一无二的物品或独特的包装，这可以增加需求并吸引回头客。)”可知，本空应概括本段的主题，即推出限量版盲盒。B选项“Launch limited-edition blind boxes.(推出限量版盲盒。)”能概括本段的主题，符合题意。故选B。 【49题详解】 由上文“For businesses with loyalty programs, offering blind boxes as part of a rewards program can drive engagement.(对于有忠诚度计划的企业来说，将盲盒作为奖励计划的一部分可以提高参与度。)”可知，本空应具体说明如何通过忠诚度计划来利用盲盒。E选项“Regular customers could exchange points for mystery boxes.(老顾客可以用积分兑换神秘盒子。)”能承接上文，符合题意。故选E。 第三部分：书面表达（共两节，32分） 第一节 阅读表达（共4小题；共12分） 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。 Growing up, I idealised independence. I always wanted my own efforts to be enough. When I decided to pursue a postgraduate degree, I wanted to develop a novel research programme and quickly establish myself as an independent scientist. But I was unrealistically optimistic about what I could achieve. As I began designing experiments, my committee members warned me about the challenges I would face. But my need for independence drove me to push forward with my research plan. As a result, the first four years of my postgraduate career were defined by a series of failures. During my second year, I failed my comprehensive exam because my proposal was unclear. During my third year, I discovered that after treating thousands of seeds, I obtained just one plant I could use for experiments. By my fourth year, my desperation to succeed overshadowed my desire for independence. My adviser and I devised (想出) a somewhat unusual solution: I would spend three months in a collaborating (合作的) lab to obtain specialised training. I worked extensively with other students, constantly asked questions, and helped with ongoing projects to learn everything I could. Finally, I conducted an elegant experiment that would not have been possible without the help of the members in the lab. My adviser saw this experience as a groundbreaking success, emphasising the collaborating skills I acquired. A few months later, when I repeated the experiment in my home lab, I produced more publishable data. By learning when to ask for help, I eventually found myself on the way to becoming an independent scientist. 50. In the beginning, what drove the author to push forward with the research plan? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 51. What was the solution by the adviser and the author after those repeated failures? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 52. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. > The adviser considered the author’s experience in the lab a groundbreaking success because publishable data had been produced. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 53. From this story, what can you learn about “independence”? (In about 40 words) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】50. The need to be recognized as an independent scientist. 51. The author would spend three months in a collaborating lab to obtain specialised training. 52. The adviser considered the author’s experience in the lab a groundbreaking success because publishable data had been produced. It is because the author had acquired the collaborating skills by working with others there so that the adviser considered the author’s experience in the lab a groundbreaking success. 53. In the story, success in becoming an independent scientist was ultimately achieved through collaboration, adaptive learning, and resilience in the face of setbacks. From the story, we learn that while independence is initially idealised and pursued passionately, true independence often involves recognizing the value of collaboration and learning than to seek help. (答案言之有理即可) 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者在追求科学研究的独立过程中遇到的挑战、失败、学习和成长的故事。 【50题详解】 考查细节理解。根据第二段“As I began designing experiments, my committee members warned me about the challenges I would face. But my need for independence drove me to push forward with my research plan. (当我开始设计实验时，我的委员会成员警告我，我将面临的挑战。但是我对独立的需求驱使我推进我的研究计划)”可知，一开始，是作者对独立的需求驱使作者推进这个研究计划。故答案为：The need to be recognized as an independent scientist. 【51题详解】 考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段“My adviser and I devised (想出) a somewhat unusual solution: I would spend three months in a collaborating (合作的) lab to obtain specialised training. (我的导师和我想出了一个有点不同寻常的解决方案：我将在一个合作实验室里待上三个月，接受专门培训)”可知，在反复的失败之后，导师和作者的解决方案是，作者将花三个月的时间在合作实验室接受专门培训。故答案为：The author would spend three months in a collaborating lab to obtain specialised training. 【52题详解】 考查细节理解。根据最后一段“My adviser saw this experience as a groundbreaking success, emphasising the collaborating skills I acquired. A few months later, when I repeated the experiment in my home lab, I produced more publishable data.(我的导师认为这段经历是一次开创性的成功，强调了我获得的合作技能。几个月后，当我在家里的实验室里重复这个实验时，我得到了更多可发表的数据)”可知，导师认为作者在实验室的经历是一次开创性的成功，这是因为作者通过与他人合作获得了合作技能，而不是因为产生了可发表的数据。故答案：The adviser considered the author’s experience in the lab a groundbreaking success because publishable data had been produced. It is because the author had acquired the collaborating skills by working with others there so that the adviser considered the author’s experience in the lab a groundbreaking success. 【53题详解】 开放性问题。答案言之有理即可。通读全文可知，作者成为一名独立科学家的成功最终是通过合作、适应性学习和面对挫折的韧性来实现的。从这个故事中，我们了解到，虽然独立最初是理想化的，并被热情地追求，但真正的独立往往包括认识到合作的价值，并学会何时寻求帮助。故答案为：In the story, success in becoming an independent scientist was ultimately achieved through collaboration, adaptive learning, and resilience in the face of setbacks. From the story, we learn that while independence is initially idealised and pursued passionately, true independence often involves recognizing the value of collaboration and learning when to seek help. 【点睛】 第二节（20分） 54. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jim打算参加其学校举办的“Campus Upgrade Tips”校园环境优化创意征集大赛，来信寻求你的建议。请你用英文给Jim写一封回信，建议一项具体方案，内容要点包括： 1 说明优化做法； 2. 说明理由。 注意： 词数不少于80词。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear Jim, I’m glad to hear you’re joining the “Campus Upgrade Tips” contest. I’d like to suggest setting up outdoor shared study corners on campus—they’re practical and popular. You could place weather-proof desks, chairs and solar-powered charging ports in quiet lawn areas or near libraries. Add some potted plants for a nicer atmosphere. This way, students can study outdoors while enjoying fresh air, which helps relieve stress from indoor classes. It also encourages social interaction among peers who share the space. This idea is easy to implement and meets students’ daily needs. Hope it helps you win the contest! Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给笔友Jim写一封回信，就他参加学校主题为“Campus Upgrade Tips”的校园环境优化创意征集大赛提供一项具体方案。 【详解】1.词汇积累 建立：set up→establish 减轻：relieve→ease/reduce 实施：implement→carry out 高兴的：glad→delighted/overjoyed 2.句式拓展 句型转换 原句：This idea is easy to implement and meets students’ daily needs. 拓展句：Not only is this idea easy to implement but it also meets students’ daily needs. 【点睛】【高分句型1】 I’m glad to hear you’re joining the “Campus Upgrade Tips” contest. （运用了省略连接词that的宾语从句） 【高分句型2】 This way, students can study outdoors while enjoying fresh air, which helps relieve stress from indoor classes.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句） 【高分句型3】  It also encourages social interaction among peers who share the space.（运用了who引导的限制性定语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 清华附中朝阳学校望京学校高中部 2025—2026学年第一学期期中质量监测 高二年级英语试卷 2025. 11 考试时间100分钟 试卷满分100分 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分） 第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 I had always loved hip-hop dancing, so when senior year began, I couldn’t wait for what I thought would be another exciting hip-hop class. But my heart ____1____ when I learned we had a new teacher — Ms. Barton, a strict ballet instructor. On that first day, I ____2____ in the crowd. While all the other girls wore perfect ballet outfits, I showed up in my baggy hip-hop clothes. My face burned when Ms. Barton made me demonstrate a grand plié (大屈膝), then told the class, “This is exactly how not to do it.” That night, I almost ____3____. But something ____4____ inside me refused to give up and I kept trying. While Ms. Barton never smiled, I started noticing little nodes of ____5____. Then came the shock — she asked me to join a ballet dance for our year-end show! During practice, I tripped, I stumbled, but I kept going. On opening night, as the spotlight hit me during the finale, all my ____6____ melted away. The audience’s cheers washed over me like warm sunshine. Another shock came on the last day of school. When Ms. Barton called my name for the “Ballerina” award, I nearly ____7____ my books. That serious teacher was actually smiling at me. As I received the award, a bit teary-eyed, I smiled back at Ms. Barton and said, “Thank you for challenging me.” Holding the ____8____, I realized something important — my biggest ____9____ had become my proudest moment. In that instant, it hit me. When you ____10____ in life, make it part of your dance. 1. A. beat B. sank C. pumped D. hardened 2. A. came out B. came by C. stood by D. stood out 3. A. complained B. failed C. hesitated D. quit 4. A. stubborn B. humble C. passionate D. sensitive 5 A. dismissal B. approval C. proposal D. withdrawal 6. A. loneliness B. sadness C. nervousness D. emptiness 7. A. opened B. dropped C. threw D. collected 8. A. hand B. breath C. prize D. book 9. A. achievement B. acknowledgement C. embarrassment D. disappointment 10. A. trip B. jump C. run D. turn 第二节 课文填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分） A 课文填空 To be at the top in sport, I have to face enormous fears and worries on a day-to-day____11____ (base). I am always tired and every workout has a mental intensity that seems too much for most ____12____ (handle). I have little time to get together with my families. In order to find a swimming pool to train in, I ____13____ (ruin) a family holiday in France. You may think my lifestyle is ____14____ (healthy) and my preparations are overdone. However, if you want to be an Olympic champion and reach the winner’s platform, you’d better be totally ____15____ (commit) to your sport. Doing the extra little bit sets us ____16____ from other competitors. And ____17____ (get) to the top inspires everyone to strive for greatness. B 课文填空 The third mass extinction was known as the “Great Dying”, ____18____ killed 90% to 96% of all species. And the fifth event, which ____19____(occur) 66 million years ago, caused the death of the dinosaurs. The reasons for extinctions are varied, including volcanic eruptions, asteroids ____20____(hit) the earth from space and global warming. Many scientists say we are entering the sixth mass extinction. This time, human activity will be ____21____(blame). Although it is not unusual for species to die ____22____ naturally, the rate at which this is now happening is cause for concern. C 课文填空 Can a sixth extinction ____23____(avoid)? Experts say it is not yet too late if we take action now. We need to take steps to save endangered species, including setting up special areas ____24____ plants and animals can be protected. We need to change how we work and travel by using cleaner, ____25____(natural) sources of energy. If we want to survive, we need to stop ____26____(destroy) the planet. D 课文填空 How often do we get ____27____(stick) in traffic jams? How often do we arrive at work or school, ____28____(stress) out, tired and angry? For many, the answer is every day. But personal ____29____(angry) and stress are nothing ____30____(compare) to the real costs socially. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分） 第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分） 阅读下列短文，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A This Summer, It’s All Gas, No Breaks! School’s out. Time to Go All Out! Whatever you’re into — whether it’s a hobby, a passion, or a new pursuit — we’re here to fuel your drive. With the High School Summer PassTM, you can get FREE access to participating Planet Fitness (PF) in New York City. No excuses. No holding back. No cost. Planet Fitness’ High School Summer PassTM High School Summer PassTM is Planet Fitness’ free summer membership that welcomes high school teens ages 14-19 to work out throughout NYC! High School Summer Pass is here from June 1st through August 31st! Participants must work out at the location they sign up at and are not permitted to use other locations. Make this the summer of getting stronger at Planet Fitness with our best-in-class equipment at a convenient location near you. How It Works Teens age-appropriate can sign up for FREE online or in-club. Under 18? Bring a parent or guardian to sign the electronic agreement. Register for the High School Summer Pass program with three simple steps. ① REGISTER NOW Register TODAY and get ready for a strong summer! Sign up online at planetfitness.com/ summer pass. ② DOWNLOAD THE PF APP Create an account using the same email you used to register and get your digital club pass in the FREE PF app. ③ GET MOVING Start working out at your home club for FREE now through August 31st. Further Notes Your Fitness Journey Continues! Transition to paid membership is optional after August 31st. Classic memberships begin at $15 per month and PF Black Card@ memberships begin at $24.99 per month, billed monthly. Memberships may include12-month commitment. Prices may vary depending on location. Locations independently owned and operated. 31. Who can gain free access to PF? A. A 19-year-old outside NYC. B. A 17-year-old registering alone in July. C. A 13-year-old with a parent within NYC. D. A 16-year-old with a guardian at the registered club. 32. What will happen to PF memberships after August 31? A. Free access will extend through December. B. Memberships will auto-renew at $15 per month. C. Members can choose to continue paid membership. D. Members should upgrade to a PF Black Card® membership. 33. What is the text? A. A safety notice. B. A program promotion. C. A parental guide. D. A gym introduction. B From an early age, Edward Norton was taught what protecting the environment really requires. His father, an environmental lawyer, founded the Grand Canyon Trust and his grandfather was a pioneer in low-income housing policy. Norton built his own career in a different field, becoming one of his generation’s most respected actors. When Norton first became famous, he concluded that he wasn’t interested in ordinary celebrity ambassador work. “I am not interested in being some weak sauce kind of spokesperson,” he says. “It’s not that I don’t believe those things are important, but that held no nourishment for me.” What does nourish Norton is his work with a Kenya-based organization called the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust which helps the Maasai people to make a living from their land through innovative means. One project that Norton is particularly proud of channels profits from the sale of carbon offsets (碳补偿) to local Maasai communities who use that money to support health, education, and conservation initiatives. One challenge that concerns Norton would be familiar to his father and grandfather: raising funds. This led Norton to a realization. “We can’t have the conservation movement depend only on donor-funded charity,” he says, “It not only can’t scale; it’s fundamentally unstable.” A new model is needed. Norton and his partners argue that tourist dollars being spent in fragile places ought to remain in-country — or better yet, in-community. Norton and his team have started a company called Conservation Equity that will invest in tourism in critical places and will reinvest its profits locally, instead of paying distant shareholders. Norton is optimistic about the model’s prospects, “I think what we are doing has no previous example to follow. The needs of people are not going to take a lower priority to the spiritual value of nature. If protecting and restoring nature can’t produce a stronger and more reliable economy, the effort will fail.” 34. How did Norton feel about being a typical celebrity spokesperson? A. Enthusiastic. B. Tolerant. C. Dissatisfied. D. Confused. 35. What is special about Norton’s new model of conservation? A. Downplaying the value of nature. B. Raising funds from distant donors. C. Focusing on local children’s education. D. Benefiting local economic development. 36 Which of the following words best describe Norton? A. Confident and honest. B. Generous and talented. C. Practical and pioneering. D. Ambitious and conventional. C Is text-messaging driving us apart? These days, we talk to each other a lot with our thumbs — sending six billion text messages a day, and likely a few billion more on services like Whats App. But some worry that so much messaging leads to less communication. For instance, when hanging out with friends, we’d be texting secretively at the same time, pretending to maintain eye contact but mentally somewhere else. New technologies often upset the way we relate to one another, of course. But such division caused by texting has a strong echo in the arguments we had over telephone a hundred years ago. The small device gave us a new way to contact one another and quickly promote new forms of socializing. Callers arranged regular “visiting” calls, dialing remote family to catch up on news. Soon, though, social critics thought it would be so easy to talk that we’d never leave each other alone. Others worried that the telephone sped up life, demanding instant reactions. The use of the telephone gave little room for reflection. It produced a craziness in the ordinary concerns of life which didn’t make for domestic happiness. “We shall soon be nothing but transparent piles of jelly (果冻) to each other,” a London writer moaned in 1897. However, nowadays the telephone call seems like a throwback to a gentler era. When Jenna Birch, a communication professor at the University of Iowa, started dating a man who insisted on calling her on the phone, she found it warm and delightful. So she doesn’t think the shift to texting has degraded our interactions. According to her study, teenagers who text the most are also those who spend the most time face to face with friends. Communication, it seems, brings more communication, and — as she argues — just because talk happens in text doesn’t mean it’s not meaningful. Michéle Martin of Carleton University, thinks we’re living through a replay of the telephone, where the things that made it valuable — instant communications — are the same that made it annoying. “People believe they are liberated because they can bring the mobile phone everywhere,” Martin says. “But at the same time, they are slaves to it.” 37. What’s the function of the first paragraph? A. To introduce the topic. B. To describe a scene. C. To offer an argument. D. To issue a warning. 38. According to paragraph 4, what does telephone use cause? A. People experience very tight schedule. B. People tend to lack individuality. C People become narrow and uninformed. D. People lose the ability to reflect. 39. What can we learn from paragraph 5? A. Telephone calls are particularly welcomed in dating. B. Teenagers are addicted to communicating by texting. C. The shift to texting is destructive to face-to-face time. D. The meaning of communication goes beyond medium. 40. What’s the best title for the text? A. Oh My God! We’ve Been Here Before! B. Gone with the Wind, Dear Texting! C. Life is Too Short for So Many Texting. D. Oh, Telephone, a Tale of Two Sides. D Doctor Dolittle, the well-known, fictional naturalist who famously possesses the ability to converse with animals and understand their languages has now inspired a high-paying science prize aimed at cracking the challenge of interspecies communication. A grand prize of $500,000, awaits whichever research team can make real progress: not just decoding the language of another species but using it to draw a reply from an animal. Last week, an initial $100,000 went to a US team studying dolphin whistles — after decades of recording bottlenose dolphins in Florida, they identified around 20 distinct messaging whistles. The Coller Dolittle Challenge financed by Jeremy Coller, a vegan and animal lover, is unashamedly modelled on the Turing test (图灵测试). That 20th-century test promotes efforts to design a machine capable of imitating human conversation, and became a touchstone in the evolution of AI. It also became a focus for concerns about machines tricking, even taking over, humans. The ability to commune with other species is likely to raise similar, unsettling questions as research progresses. If we were able to decode animal chatter, should this knowledge change how we treat them, whether as pets, labour or food? The prize presents a moral challenge and it forces us to reconsider our relationships with other species. Philosopher Jonathan Birch, also a judge of the Jeremy Coller Centre, stressed that the Challenge is looking beyond the interspecies communication we have with pets, or that a farmer has with a sheepdog. Those relationships involve signalling and behavioural responses, Birch explains, “but that’s not telling us how animals communicate with each other... this prize is about understanding it so well that we can start to join the conversation.” While Coller hopes his charity will reshape our attitude to animals, the truth is that even groundbreaking research has largely failed to move the dial on their welfare. Recent work on cephalopod’s (头足类动物) intelligence has not stopped plans to farm the creatures. We might one day be able to understand what animals are saying — but there is no guarantee we will listen. 41. Why is Turing test mentioned in the passage? A. To stress its role and value in AI progress. B. To show its difference from the Challenge. C. To warn of concerns the Challenge may face. D. To show its use in interspecies communication. 42. Which research would Birch approve of to win the prize? A. People communicating with their pets. B. People directing sheepdogs during work. C. Researchers recording how cattle communicate. D. Researchers interacting with birds using whistles. 43. What does the “move the dial” mean in the last paragraph? A. Make a change. B. Win the prize. C. Slow the process. D. Continue the research. 44. What’s the author’s attitude toward the practical effect of the research? A. Optimistic. B. Doubtful. C. Objective. D. Dismissive. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Blind boxes, or mystery boxes, are sealed packages containing surprise items. Buyers don’t know exactly what they’re purchasing until they open the box. ___45___ It transforms the way collectibles are marketed and purchased. Today, brands like Pop Mart have perfected the formula, offering themed blind boxes that cater to different tastes. The blind box phenomenon isn’t limited to collectibles. ___46___ Businesses across sectors can incorporate this trend to increase customer engagement, attract a wider audience, and enhance the shopping experience. Here are a few ideas for how different types of businesses can incorporate blind box concepts. Create mystery product boxes Introduce a line of mystery boxes for your products. For example, a beauty brand could create blind boxes with a mix of skincare or makeup products. ___47___ Each box could include items of varying values, creating an element of surprise for customers. ___48___ Create exclusive (独有的) blind box series that feature one-of-a-kind items or unique packaging, which can increase demand and bring in regular customers. Offering these boxes on a seasonal or limited-time basis also adds an element of urgency, motivating customers to act quickly. Incorporate blind boxes in loyalty programs. For businesses with loyalty programs, offering blind boxes as part of a rewards program can drive engagement. ___49___ This would give them a unique stimulation to continue buying and interacting with your brand. Adopting the blind box model can help businesses tap into the excitement and mystery that drives this trend, while also providing a fun and memorable experience for customers. By adding elements of exclusivity and variety, brands can boost sales and customer loyalty, turning each purchase into an engaging experience. A Consider rarity an artistic focus. B. Launch limited-edition blind boxes. C. This trend started in Japan and quickly spread worldwide. D. And a fashion shop might offer mystery gift packs. E. Regular customers could exchange points for mystery boxes. F. There are countless social media groups discussing the blind boxes. G. It has also become a business model for industries ranging from fashion to beauty. 第三部分：书面表达（共两节，32分） 第一节 阅读表达（共4小题；共12分） 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。 Growing up, I idealised independence. I always wanted my own efforts to be enough. When I decided to pursue a postgraduate degree, I wanted to develop a novel research programme and quickly establish myself as an independent scientist. But I was unrealistically optimistic about what I could achieve. As I began designing experiments, my committee members warned me about the challenges I would face. But my need for independence drove me to push forward with my research plan. As a result, the first four years of my postgraduate career were defined by a series of failures. During my second year, I failed my comprehensive exam because my proposal was unclear. During my third year, I discovered that after treating thousands of seeds, I obtained just one plant I could use for experiments. By my fourth year, my desperation to succeed overshadowed my desire for independence. My adviser and I devised (想出) a somewhat unusual solution: I would spend three months in a collaborating (合作的) lab to obtain specialised training. I worked extensively with other students, constantly asked questions, and helped with ongoing projects to learn everything I could. Finally, I conducted an elegant experiment that would not have been possible without the help of the members in the lab. My adviser saw this experience as a groundbreaking success, emphasising the collaborating skills I acquired. A few months later, when I repeated the experiment in my home lab, I produced more publishable data. By learning when to ask for help, I eventually found myself on the way to becoming an independent scientist. 50. In the beginning, what drove the author to push forward with the research plan? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 51. What was the solution by the adviser and the author after those repeated failures? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 52. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. > The adviser considered the author’s experience in the lab a groundbreaking success because publishable data had been produced. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 53. From this story, what can you learn about “independence”? (In about 40 words) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节（20分） 54. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jim打算参加其学校举办的“Campus Upgrade Tips”校园环境优化创意征集大赛，来信寻求你的建议。请你用英文给Jim写一封回信，建议一项具体方案，内容要点包括： 1. 说明优化做法； 2. 说明理由。 注意： 词数不少于80词。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $