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西宁二中教育集团2025—2026学年度第一学期 高一年级英语期中考试卷 第一部分：听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How did the man get to the party? A. By motorbike. B. By car. C. By bus. 2. When does Michelle usually get up? A. At 6:00 a.m. B. At 6:30 a.m. C. At 7:00 a.m. 3. What will the man probably do next Monday? A. Buy a book. B. Borrow a novel. C. Visit a writer. 4. How much did the woman spend on the dress? A. $120. B. $280. C. $400. 5. Why does the woman want to quit her job? A. To work more flexibly. B. To spend more time reading. C. To take care of her family. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Why does Kate choose the first part of the work? A. To watch a video. B. To realize her dream. C. To shoot campus life. 7. What will Marie be responsible for? A. Interviewing. B. Shooting. C. Editing. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What does the woman say about the room? A. It rents for 25 pounds a month B. It doesn’t have a refrigerator. C. It faces north. 9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Landlady and customer. B. Boss and employee. C. Guide and tourist. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is the exhibition about? A. The science behind everyday devices. B. The application of virtual reality. C. The history of workshops. 11. What particularly attracts the woman to the exhibition? A Prices of smart phones. B. Displays on smart home technology. C. Workshops on making simple devices. 12. What is the benefit of buying tickets early according to the man? A. Receiving small gifts. B. Having special discounts. C. Entering the museum without queuing. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What kind of work does the woman want to get? A. Temporarily work. B. Part-time work. C. Permanent work. 14. When can the woman start to work? A. On July 8th. B. On July 10th. C. On July 11th. 15. Which job does the woman prefer to do? A. An assistant animal keeper. B. An assistant cook. C. A café waitress. 16. What will the man do next? A. Give the woman an offer. B. Pass the application on. C. Make a phone call. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Which place will probably attract secondary school pupils? A. The City Library. B. The Norchester Theatre. C. The Conference Centre. 18. What can visitors to Science in a Suitcase do? A. Have a singing competition. B. Watch crazy experiments. C. Make other people laugh. 19. Which event is about building a bridge? A. Waterworld. B. Ropes and Hangings. C. Paper and Time. 20. What will the speaker talk about next? A. The origin of the festival. B. Tickets and transport to the festival. C. Detailed information about the festival. 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Summer camps everywhere are filling up fast, but opportunities remain open for camps where fun and games come around food- growing it, that is. Your kids will learn how to tend to vegetables and livestock (家畜) and almost certainly taste the fruits of their labor. Here’s a small sampling of what’s out there. Muscot, New York This farm, offers a half-day Wangler Camp for kids (a livestock-centred experience) and a two-week long Young Farmers camp for kids in grades one through eight. Camps range from $150 for weeklong half-day sessions to $350 for full-day sessions Sproutai’ Up, Colorado An agriculture farm with a focus on education, Sprout’ Up offers skill-building programs for teens throughout the year, but their summer camp for kids is all about fun. In addition to farm activities the kids spend time at a local climbing gym. Three weekly half-day sessions are available for half-day sessions are available for $200 each. Humboldt, California Located north of San Francisco, this sleepaway camp spreads out over several hundredacres in the coastal hills of Sonoma County. The lodging (住处) is tent-style, with outdoorshowers. A range of farm activities are available throughout the summer. Alegre, Georgia Your kids will clean and brush a horse, and learn to milk a goat at this camp. Three-daysessions (mornings only) cost $125, and parents can attend with their children for an extrafee. 1. Which camp best suits kids who enjoy climbing? A. Muscot. B. Sproutai'Up. C. Humbold. D. Alge. 2. What can kids do in Alegre? A. Interact with animals. B. Have sessions in the afternoon. C. Sleep in tents at night. D. Enjoy the scenery of coastal hills. 3. What do the four camps have in common? A. They provide full-day camps. B. They offer farm-themed camps. C. They are located in the same state. D. They focus on health education. 【答案】1. B 2. A 3. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了与农业相关的夏令营活动。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Sproutai’ Up, Colorado下的“In addition to farm activities the kids spend time at a local climbing gym.(除了农场活动，孩子们还在当地的攀岩馆消磨时间)”可知，Sproutai’ Up最适合喜欢攀岩的孩子。故选B项。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Alegre, Georgia下的“Your kids will clean and brush a horse, and learn to milk a goat at this camp.(你的孩子们将在这个营地里给马洗澡，给马刷牙，学习给山羊挤奶)”可知，在Alegre孩子们能与动物互动。故选A项 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Muscot, New York下的“This farm, offers a half-day Wangler Camp for kids (a livestock-centred experience) and a two-week long Young Farmers camp for kids in grades one through eight.(这个农场为孩子们提供了半天的旺格勒夏令营(以牲畜为中心的体验)，为一年级到八年级的孩子们提供了为期两周的青年农民夏令营)”，Sproutai’ Up, Colorado下的“An agriculture farm with a focus on education, Sprout’ Up offers skill-building programs for teens throughout the year, but their summer camp for kids is all about fun.(Sprout’ Up是一个专注于教育的农场，全年为青少年提供技能培养项目，但他们为孩子们举办的夏令营都是为了好玩)”，Humboldt, California下的“A range of farm activities are available throughout the summer.(整个夏天都有一系列的农场活动)”以及Alegre, Georgia下的“Your kids will clean and brush a horse, and learn to milk a goat at this camp.(你的孩子们将在这个营地里给马洗澡，给马刷牙，学习给山羊挤奶)”可知，这四个夏令营都提供农场主题的营地。故选B项。 B When Wang Aimin, then a professor of oceanic science at Hainan University, started helping with marine ranching (牧场经营) by dropping artificial reefs (礁) into seawater in 2011, he was laughed at. Now, more than a decade later, Wang’s efforts have paid off. By placing artificial reefs and transplanting corals underwater, he and his team helped restore (修复) the marine ecology in the waters of Wuzhizhou Island, a tourist destination in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province. Currently, hundreds of marine species thrive (茁壮成长) in the marine ranch near the island. It is China’s first tropical marine ranch. “There were many different varieties of fish here in the early days,” said Ding Feng, who works with the tourist site. “Since the spot opened to the public in 2000, we have had countless visitors.” However, long-term overfishing degraded the eco-environment there, and the fish population decreased considerably in the following years. “We were looking for ways to help restore the marine environment, and around 2010, the agricultural authorities suggested the idea of marine ranching,” Ding said, adding that the tourist attraction started to invite experts and gather investment to launch the marine ranching project thereafter. But building a ranch beneath the water surface appeared to be difficult. “I had limited knowledge about marine ranching at the very beginning,” Wang said. After preparations, Wang led his team and started the project in 2011. Thanks to years of efforts, the fish population in the waters near Wuzhizhou Island has increased by up to 10 times compared with 2011, and more than 120 corals are thriving in the area. “Marine ranching certainly helped restore the biodiversity,” said Chen Jingyuan, a local official. Now Wang Aimin retired, but he planned to continue his marine ranching efforts. “I hope that the experience we have gained here in Wuzhizhou Island will set a good example for similar projects in the rest of the country,” Wang said. 4. What is the purpose of the marine ranching project? A. To develop the tourist attraction. B. To train local divers. C. To help fishermen catch more fish. D. To help restore the marine environment. 5. How did the marine ranching project affect Wuzhizhou Island? A. The project made it open to the public. B. The project helped it restore the biodiversity. C. The project damaged the eco-environment there. D The project made the fish population reduce there. 6. What does the underlined word “degraded” in paragraph 5 mean? A. Worsened. B. Promoted. C. protected. D. Improved. 7. What can we learn about the marine ranching project from the last two paragraphs? A It has made Wang Aimin promoted. B. It can create great economic value. C. It can serve as a model for other similar projects. D. It has become the best marine ranching project in the world. 【答案】4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 【解析】 【导语】这一篇说明文。文章讲述王爱民团队在海南蜈支洲岛开展海洋牧场项目，通过投放人工礁、移植珊瑚，成功恢复当地海洋生态，其经验可为全国类似项目提供借鉴。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第六段“We were looking for ways to help restore the marine environment, and around 2010, the agricultural authorities suggested the idea of marine ranching,(我们一直在寻找帮助恢复海洋环境的方法，大约在2010年，农业部门提出了海洋牧场的想法)”可知，海洋牧场项目的目的是帮助恢复海洋环境。故选D项。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第八段“Thanks to years of efforts, the fish population in the waters near Wuzhizhou Island has increased by up to 10 times compared with 2011, and more than 120 corals are thriving in the area. (经过多年的努力，蜈支洲岛附近海域的鱼类种群数量较2011年增长了高达10倍，该区域已有超过120种珊瑚长势喜人)”和第九段“ “Marine ranching certainly helped restore the biodiversity,” said Chen Jingyuan, a local official.(“海洋牧场当然有助于恢复生物多样性，”当地官员陈景远表示)”可知，该项目帮助蜈支洲岛恢复了生物多样性。故选B项。 【6题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第五段“However, long-term overfishing degraded the eco-environment there, and the fish population decreased considerably in the following years.(然而，长期的过度捕捞degraded那里的生态环境，随后几年鱼类数量大幅减少。)”可知，“degraded”与“鱼类数量减少”存在因果关系，结合语境可推断其意为“使恶化”，与worsen同义。故选A项。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段““I hope that the experience we have gained here in Wuzhizhou Island will set a good example for similar projects in the rest of the country,” Wang said.(王说：“我希望我们在蜈支洲岛获得的经验能为全国其他类似项目树立良好的榜样。”)”可知，该海洋牧场项目可以作为其他类似项目的典范。故选C项。 C What would you do to earn money if all you had was five dollars and two hours? This is the assignment (任务) I gave students in my very first course at the Stanford School. What would you do if you were given this challenge? When I asked this question to most groups, someone usually shouted out “Go to Las Vegas” or “Buy a lottery ticket”. This got a big laugh. These folks would take a significant risk in return for a small chance of earning a big reward. The next most common suggestion was to set up a car wash or lemonade stand, using the five dollars to purchase starting materials. This was a fine option for anyone interested in earning a few extra dollars of spending money in two hours. But most of the students eventually found a way to move far beyond the standard responses. They took seriously the challenge to question traditional assumptions, exposing a wealth of possibilities, in order to create as much value as possible. How did they do this? Here’s a clue: The teams that made the most money didn’t use the five dollars at all. They realized that focusing on the money actually framed the problem too tightly. They understood that five dollars is nearly nothing and decided to reinterpret (重新解读) the problem more broadly: What can you do to make money if you start with nothing? I count the Five-Dollar Challenge as a success in teaching students about thinking like an entrepreneur (企业家). In fact, they tapped into their talents and unlocked their creativity to identify problems — problems that they experienced or noticed others experiencing, or that they might have seen before but had never thought to solve. By discovering these problems and then working to solve them, the winning team brought in more than six hundred dollars, and the average rate of return on the five-dollar investment was 4 000 percent! If you take into account that many of the teams didn’t use the funds at all, then their financial returns were infinite (极大的). 8. What can we infer about the students who put forward the second most common suggestion? A. They are creative. B. They are practical. C. They like taking chances. D. They like trying new things. 9. What’s the author’s suggestion about his assignment? A. Ignoring the money. B. Getting some support. C. Raising more money. D. Asking for some advice. 10. How much did the students make with the five-dollar investment on average? A. 100 dollars. B. 200 dollars. C. 400 dollars. D. 600 dollars. 11. What’s the purpose of the author assignment for his students? A. To turn them into entrepreneurs. B. To help them make more money. C. To encourage them to think creatively. D. To create some opportunities for them. 【答案】8. B 9. A 10. B 11. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。斯坦福教授给学生布置“5美元2小时赚钱”任务，多数学生跳出常规，部分未用初始资金，靠创造力赚高收益，任务旨在教会学生创造性思考。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“The next most common suggestion was to set up a car wash or lemonade stand, using the five dollars to purchase starting materials. This was a fine option for anyone interested in earning a few extra dollars of spending money in two hours. (第二个最常见的建议是开洗车店或柠檬水摊，用这5美元购买启动材料。对于那些想在两小时内多赚点零花钱的人来说，这是个不错的选择。)”可知，提出这个建议的学生选择了利用现有资金、步骤明确且能快速获利的方式，体现了务实的特质。故选B项。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“The teams that made the most money didn’t use the five dollars at all. They realized that focusing on the money actually framed the problem too tightly. They understood that five dollars is nearly nothing and decided to reinterpret (重新解读) the problem more broadly: What can you do to make money if you start with nothing? (赚得最多的团队根本没动用那5美元。他们意识到，过分关注这笔钱实际上会把问题框得太死。他们明白5美元几乎毫无价值，于是决定更宽泛地重新解读问题：如果一无所有，你能做些什么来赚钱？)”可知，作者通过成功案例暗示，完成任务的关键是忽略这5美元，跳出资金限制思考。故选A项。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“By discovering these problems and then working to solve them, the winning team brought in more than six hundred dollars, and the average rate of return on the five-dollar investment was 4 000 percent! (通过发现这些问题并着力解决，获胜团队赚得超过600美元，而这5美元投资的平均回报率竟高达4000%！)”可知，平均收益计算为：5美元 ×4000% = 200美元。故选B项。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“I count the Five-Dollar Challenge as a success in teaching students about thinking like an entrepreneur (企业家). In fact, they tapped into their talents and unlocked their creativity to identify problems-problems that they experienced or noticed others experiencing, or that they might have seen before but had never thought to solve. (我认为“5 美元挑战”成功教会了学生像企业家一样思考。事实上，他们充分发挥自身才能、激发创造力，从而发现了各类问题 —— 这些问题要么是他们自己经历过的、注意到他人正在遭遇的，要么是他们以前可能见过但从未想过要去解决的。)”可知，作者布置该任务的目的是鼓励学生创造性思考。故选C项。 D About 20 years ago, some 15,000 red pandas wandered the treetops of the Himalaya forests in South Asia. But with the large number of people entering their habitats, these shy and solitary (独处的) creatures can’t meet each other and reproduce. Now the population has declined by more than 50 percent. To save the red pandas here, Lama and his research team need to know which parts of the forests the remaining pandas are living in. That’s where the tracking devices come in. “Mapping the path they travel will let us know which areas of the forest need to be reforested to connect the most red pandas to one another,” Lama says. Because red pandas can be hard to spot and catch, no one had ever used GPS collars to study them in the wild. But Lama and his team had a great plan. They first would make sure the animals would be comfortable wearing the collars. So, they tested the collars on two red pandas in a local zoo. “We convinced them to let us measure their necks and fit them with the collars by letting them choose a reward — grapes, apples, or bananas.” Lama says. Then came the next challenge: catching red pandas. Once they spotted a red panda, a team of vets set up a tall, fence-like tarp (油布) around the base of the tree with a box trap at the bottom. That way when the red panda climbed down the tree surrounded by the tarp, it had no choice but to enter the trap. It was then quickly controlled, collared and released. From September to December 2019, the team trapped 10 red pandas — six females and four males. Their collars recorded their location every two hours and sent the information to researchers once a day. Over the next year, the team tracked the red pandas’ movements so that they identified where to plant new forests and helped red pandas meet more easily. 12. What has led to the smaller number of red pandas in South Asia? A. Their normal lives are badly disturbed. B. They aren’t adapted to living in groups. C. Their ability to reproduce is weakened. D. They try to avoid meeting each other. 13. Why did the research team track the movements of red pandas? A. To study their living behaviors. B. To protect them from hunters. C. To know where to plant forests. D. To find if they can often meet. 14. How did the research team convince red pandas to wear collars? A. By offering them treats. B. By using traps. C. By setting tarps. D. By measuring their necks. 15. What does this passage mainly talk about? A. The research on red pandas’ reproduction. B. The clever way to keep track of red pandas. C. The shrinking population of red pandas. D. The way of building habitats for red pandas. 【答案】12. A 13. C 14. A 15. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文，本文主要介绍Lama及其研究团队通过给红熊猫佩戴颈圈的方式追踪红熊猫，以便他们确定应该在哪里种植新森林。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“But with the large number of people entering their habitats, these shy and solitary(独处的) creatures can’t meet each other and reproduce.(但随着大量的人进入它们的栖息地，这些害羞和孤独的生物无法相遇和繁殖)”可知，南亚红熊猫的正常生活被严重干扰导致了该物种数量下降。故选A项。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“To save the red pandas here, Lama and his research team need to know which parts of the forests the remaining pandas are living in. That’s where the tracking devices come in.(为了拯救这里的小熊猫，Lama和他的研究团队需要知道剩下的熊猫生活在森林的哪些部分。这就是追踪设备的作用)”及最后一段中“Over the next year, the team tracked the red pandas’ movements so that they identified where to plant new forests and helped red pandas meet more easily.(在接下来的一年里，研究小组跟踪了小熊猫的活动，以便他们确定在哪里种植新森林，并帮助小熊猫更容易见面)”可知，研究人员追踪小熊猫是为了确定应该在哪里种植森林。故选C项。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“‘We convinced them to let us measure their necks and fit them with the collars by letting them choose a reward—grapes, apples, or bananas.’ Lama says.(‘我们说服它们让我们测量它们的脖子并安装颈圈，让它们选择奖励——葡萄、苹果或香蕉。’Lama说)”可知，研究团队通过给红熊猫提供食物作为奖励来使它们愿意佩戴颈圈。故选A项。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章内容，结合最后一段中“Over the next year, the team tracked the red pandas’ movements so that they identified where to plant new forests and helped red pandas meet more easily.(在接下来的一年里，研究小组跟踪了小熊猫的活动，以便他们确定在哪里种植新森林，并帮助小熊猫更容易见面)”可知，本文主要介绍Lama及其研究团队通过给红熊猫佩戴颈圈的方式追踪红熊猫，以便他们确定应该在哪里种植新森林，故B项“追踪红熊猫的聪明办法”能够概括本文大意。故选B项。 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Handwritten thank-you letters are such a simple way of making other people feel good, it is strange that so few people write them anymore. At work, a thank-you letter to employees is unbelievably effective. It costs little and has no side effects. The effort involved in writing letters very low. The pleasure on receiving them is very high. ___16___ Doug Conant, manager of Campbell’s Soup Company since 2001, knows the power of thank you letters. He said that every day he works with an assistant, searching the company for people deserving thanks. ___17___ Over the past 10 years he has sent 30, 000 thank-you letters to his employees — more than 10 each day. The reward is huge: his company has remained one of the most successful in its field for years. ___18___ There seem to be three reasons. Firstly, chief executives (主管) running companies think their own work is more valuable than that of others. ___19___ Secondly, they aren’t close enough to the business to know who deserves thanks. Thirdly, they have forgotten the strange human truth that almost everyone would do almost anything in return for a few words of appreciation. In these days of such busy schedules and people running all over the place and trying to get ahead, sometimes we forget the simplest things in life are the most powerful and rewarding. You need to think to yourself about a time someone sent you a thank-you and how much it meant to you. ___20___ A. He then writes them a thank-you letter. B. Why are thank-you letters so important? C. You may ask what side effects exactly mean. D. This makes them an excellent way to reward and motivate staff. E. But if these letters are so inspiring, why don’t more managers write them? F. Always remember to “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you!” G. Since no one ever writes them thank-you letters they don’t write any themselves. 【答案】16. D 17. A 18. E 19. G 20. F 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了手写感谢信在工作中的积极作用，作者通过Doug Conant的例子证明了手写感谢信不需要巨大的付出，但是影响深远，同时提及了很多经理没有采取行动写感谢信的原因，最后，作者倡导如果你想得到别人的感谢，那么也请你感谢别人。 【16题详解】 根据前文“The effort involved in writing letters very low. The pleasure on receiving them is very high.(写信所费的功夫很低。收到礼物的快乐是非常高的。)”可知，该部分的主题应是手写感谢信，因此设空句应承接前文进行总结。选项D“This makes them an excellent way to reward and motivate staff.(这使它们成为奖励和激励员工的绝佳方式。)”提到手写感谢信是奖励和激励员工的绝佳方式，是对前文的总结，句中“This”指代前文内容，前后呼应。故选D项。 【17题详解】 设空句在段中，应承接前文内容。前文“He said that every day he works with an assistant, searching the company for people deserving thanks.(他说，他每天和助手一起在公司里寻找值得感谢的人。)”提及“寻找值得感谢的人”，由此可推知，承接此内容，设空句应讲到如何感谢这个人。选项A“He then writes them a thank-you letter.(然后他会给他们写一封感谢信。)”提到会写一封感谢信，在句意上符合语境，且句中“then”与前文构成顺承关系。故选A项。 【18题详解】 根据后文“There seem to be three reasons.(似乎有三个原因。)”解释了原因，因此设空句应是在问为什么。选项E“But if these letters are so inspiring, why don’t more managers write them?(但如果这些信如此鼓舞人心，为什么没有更多的经理来写呢? )”为“为什么”句，与后文在语境语意上衔接紧密，且句中“But”与前文构成转折关系，符合语境分析。故选E项。 【19题详解】 设空句应承接前文，进一步解释不写感谢信的原因。前文“Firstly, chief executives running companies think their own work is more valuable than that of others.(首先，运营公司的首席执行官认为自己的工作比别人的更有价值。)”只提到在运营公司的主管看来，他们认为自己有价值，并未就“为什么不写感谢信”进行进一步解释。因此，设空句应呼应前文“自己的价值”和“不写感谢信”，由此可推知，设空句应包含“他们的价值没有得到感谢信形式的肯定，也不会以此方式对待其他员工”含义。选项G“Since no one ever writes them thank-you letters they don’t write any themselves.(因为没人给他们写过感谢信，所以他们自己也不写感谢信了。)”符合语境分析。故选G项。 【20题详解】 根据前文“You need to think to yourself about a time someone sent you a thank-you and how much it meant to you.(你需要想想有一次有人给你发了一封感谢信，这对你来说有多重要。)”可知，在作者看来，感谢信的意义重大，因此，作为结尾句，设空句应鼓励写感谢信。选项F“Always remember to ‘Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you!’(永远记住“你希望别人怎么对你，你就怎么对别人!”)”表达了“如果你想得到感谢信，就要先给别人写感谢信”，符合语境分析，可作为总结建议句。故选F项。 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Irma started a business, but later because of lack money, he had to close it. After that he started to feel very ____21____. This problem of Irma was later ____22____ by Professor Krishnan. One day he ____23____ Irma to his home and asked, "Are you still ____24____?" "Yes, all my efforts have been ____25____." Ima answered. Hearing this, the professor ____26____ him a dead tomato plant and said, "I take care of it carefully, ____27____ it still died. There is always something ____28____ that happens." "If success is only a matter of luck, what is the ____29____ of doing so much?" asked Irma. "You will understand after you open that door," said the professor. Irma opened it, and saw lots of _____30_____ and healthy tomato plants there. "Oh! How did you do that?" asked Irma. "Of course, not all my efforts have been wasted; so it is with yours. If you _____31_____ doing the right things, then your _____32_____ of success are greatly increased. But if you feel defeated because of failure, life won't give you any _____33_____. "At last, Irma understood the lesson of success, _____34_____ what to do and came out with renewed energy. Finally he had a very big business. It is true that no matter what we try, we can't _____35_____ the result, but it's also true that those, who never give up, achieve success in the end. 21. A. scared B. depressed C. shocked D. determined 22. A. discovered B. analyzed C. valued D. complained 23. A. wished B. encouraged C. invited D. permitted 24. A. interested B. determined C. committed D. annoyed 25. A. recognized B. wasted C. acknowledged D. ignored 26. A. mailed B. returned C. showed D. indicated 27. A. but B. so C. or D. and 28. A. unusual B. unfortunate C. unforgettable D. unexpected 29. A. importance B. purpose C. advantage D. theory 30. A. strong B. new C. weak D. regular 31. A. avoid B. consider C. keep D. enjoy 32. A. options B. chances C. features D. virtues 33. A. reward B. property C. money D. harvest 34. A. pointed out B. figured out C. left out D. gave out 35. A. replace B. select C. control D. indicate 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是Irma没钱做生意后来在Krishnan教授的点拨下走向成功的故事。故事告诉我们“只要从不放弃，最终取得成功。” 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：从那以后，他开始感到非常沮丧。A. scared害怕的；B. depressed 沮丧的；C. shocked震惊的；D. determined坚决的。根据文章第一句Irma started a business, but later because of lack money, he had to close it.“Irma开始做生意，但后来因为缺钱，他不得不把它关掉。” 由此可知，生意不能做了，Irma“感到沮丧”。故选B。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：Irma的这个问题后来被Krishnan教授发现。A. discovered发现；B. analyzed分析；C. valued估价，珍惜；D. complained抱怨。根据第2空前后内容This problem of Irma was later 和 by Professor Krishnan可知，Professor Krishnan“发现”了Irma的问题。故选A。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一天，他邀请Irma到他家，问他:“你还在烦恼吗?”A. wished希望；B. encouraged鼓励；C. invited邀请；D. permitted许可。根据第3空的Irma to his home可知，Professor Krishnan“邀请”Irma。故选C。 【24题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有一天，他邀请Irma到他家，问她:“你还在烦恼吗?”A. interested感兴趣的；B. determined坚决的；C. committed坚定的；D. annoyed烦恼的。根据文章第一句Irma started a business, but later because of lack money, he had to close it. “Irma开始做生意，但后来因为缺钱，他不得不把它关掉。”由此可知，生意不能做了，Irma会很“烦恼”。故选D。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：“是的，我所有的努力都白费了。”A. recognized认可；B. wasted浪费；C. acknowledged承认；D. ignored忽视。根据第4空前的Yes, all my efforts have been可知，Irma还在烦恼，所以自己的努力就“白费了”。故选B。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：教授听了，指给他看一株死了的番茄说:“我精心照料它，但它还是死了。总有一些意想不到的事情发生。”A. mailed邮寄；B. returned归还，返回；C. showed展示；D. indicated表明。根据第6空下文him a dead tomato plant可知，教授让他看一株死了的番茄。故选C。 【27题详解】 考查并列连词。句意：教授听了，指给他看一株死了的番茄说:“我精心照料它，但它还是死了。总有一些意想不到的事情发生。”A. but但是；B. so所以；C. or 或者；D. and和。根据第7空前后内容I take care of it carefully, 和it still died. 可知前后是一种转折关系，故选A。 【28题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：教授听了，指给他看一株死了的番茄说:“我精心照料它，但它还是死了。总有一些意想不到的事情发生。”A. unusual不寻常的；B. unfortunate不幸的；C. unforgettable难忘的；D. unexpected出乎意料的。 根据上文“精心照料番茄，它也会死”，可知，生活中总有一些“意想不到的”事情。故选D。 【29题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：“如果成功只是运气的问题，那么做这么多有什么好处呢?”Irma问。A. importance重要性；B. purpose目的；C. advantage优势；D. theory理论。根据第9空前后的If success is only a matter of luck, what is 和 of doing so much? 由此可知，这里在说做这么多的“好处”。故选C。 【30题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Irma打开了盒子，看到里面有很多又大又好的番茄植物。A. strong强壮的；B. new新的；C. weak虚弱的；D. regular有规律的。根据第10空后的healthy tomato plants there.可知，番茄植物很“大”很健康。故选A。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果你坚持做正确的事情，那么你成功的机会就会大大增加。A. avoid避免；B. consider考虑，认为；C. keep保持；D. enjoy享受，喜爱。 根据第11空前一句Of course, not all my efforts have been wasted; so it is with yours.“当然，我的努力并非全白费了;你的情况也是如此。”由此可知，此处指“持续不断”做某事。故选C。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果你坚持做正确的事情，那么你成功的机会就会大大增加。A. options选择；B. chances机会；C. features特色；D. virtues美德。根据第12空后的of success are greatly increased.可知此处指只要坚持做，成功的“机会”会增加。故选B。 【33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是如果你因为失败而感到挫败，生活不会给你任何奖励。A. reward报酬；B. property财产；C. money金钱；D. harvest收获。根据第13空前的if you feel defeated because of failure, life won't give you any可知，此处指失败不会给你带来任何“奖励”。故选A。 【34题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：最后，Irma明白了成功的教训，弄清楚了该做什么，带着新的活力走了出来。A. pointed out指出；B. figured out明白，理解；C. left out忽略；D. gave out分发，发出。根据第14空前后的At last, Irma understood the lesson of success,和what to do and came out with renewed energy.可知， Irma“弄清楚”该做什么。故选B。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是事实，无论我们尝试什么，我们不能控制结果，但这也是事实，那些从不放弃，最终取得成功。A. replace替代；B. select选择；C. control控制；D. indicate表明。根据第15空后的but it's also true that those, who never give up, achieve success in the end.“但是，那些永不放弃的人最终会获得成功，这也是事实。”由此可知，我们不能“控制”结果。故选C。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Recently, an unmanned (无人的) supermarket opened on our campus, causing excitement among students. Here I can hardly wait ____36____ (detail) this shopping experience. Walking into the store felt like ____37____ (step) into a sci-fi movie. The store has smart shelves and self-checkout counters. After I picked up a snack and a drink ____38____ scanned their QR codes, the system, which ____39____ (base) on the technology of facial recognition, immediately showed the total, taking less than 2 minutes. ____40____ shopkeepers, the store depends on students’ honesty to pay for items. This tryout in trust and respect, which saves time, develops ____41____ (responsible) and encourages conversations about innovation, made me proud of our campus community. While the idea is promising, a few improvements could enhance the experience. First, ____42____ (add) more self-checkout machines would reduce waiting time during busy periods. Second, ____43____ (clear) labels explaining the shopping steps might help first-time users, as I didn’t know how and where to scan items at first. The unmanned supermarket is a brave step toward a tech-driven campus life and ____44____ (set) a good example for other schools so far. After all, combining technology with trust does make our campus ____45____ (true) special. 【答案】36. to detail 37. stepping 38. and 39. is based 40. Without 41. responsibility 42. adding 43. clearer 44. has set 45. truly 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在校园无人超市的购物体验及对该超市的看法和建议。 【36题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：在这里，我迫不及待地想详细描述这次购物体验。这里考查“can hardly wait to do sth.”，为固定搭配，意为“迫不及待做某事”，应用动词不定式to detail。故填to detail。 【37题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：走进商店就像走进了科幻电影。这里考查“feel like doing sth.”，为固定搭配，意为“感觉像做某事”，应用动名词stepping。故填stepping。 【38题详解】 考查连词。句意：我拿起一份零食和一瓶饮料并扫描它们的二维码后，基于人脸识别技术的系统立即显示了总价，耗时不到2分钟。分析句子结构可知，“picked up”与“scanned”为并列谓语，表顺承动作，应用连词and连接。故填and。 【39题详解】 考查时态和语态。句意：我拿起一份零食和一瓶饮料并扫描它们二维码后，基于人脸识别技术的系统立即显示了总价，耗时不到2分钟。此空考查谓语动词，be based on，为固定搭配，意为“基于……”；句子描述客观事实，应用一般现在时，主语the system为单数。故填is based。 【40题详解】 考查介词。句意：这家商店没有店员，依靠学生的诚信来付款购物。结合语境，这里表示 “无人超市没有店员”，应用介词without，表“无、没有”，且句首时首字母应大写。故填Without。 【41题详解】 考查名词。句意：这种基于信任与尊重的尝试不仅节省时间，还能培养责任感，并引发关于创新的讨论，这让我为我们的校园社区感到自豪。分析句子结构可知，此空应填名词作宾语，responsibility，表“责任感”，为不可数名词，符合语境。故填responsibility。 【42题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：首先，增加更多自助结账机将减少繁忙时段的等待时间。所填空在句中作主语，应用动词add的动名词形式adding。故填adding。 【43题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：其次，更清晰的标签解释购物步骤可能会对首次使用的用户有所帮助，因为我一开始不知道如何以及在哪里扫描商品。由语境可知，此处表示“更清晰的”，应用形容词比较级clearer，作定语，修饰名词labels。故填clearer。 【44题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：到目前为止，这家无人超市是迈向科技驱动型校园生活的勇敢一步，也为其他学校树立了良好榜样。此空考查谓语动词，主语The unmanned supermarket与set为主动关系，再根据时间状语so far可知，这里应用现在完成时；主语the unmanned supermarket为单数。故填has set。 【45题详解】 考查副词。句意：毕竟，将技术与信任相结合，确实让我们的校园变得格外特别。所填空修饰形容词special，需用形容词true的副词形式truly，符合语境。故填truly。 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节：书面表达（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，你校拟近期组织一次踏青活动。请给外教Michael写封邮件，邀请他参加，内容包括： 1. 活动目的； 2. 具体安排。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Michael, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Michael, I hope this email finds you well. I am delighted to invite you to participate in our upcoming spring outing, which aims to promote community spirit and appreciation for nature. The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. this Saturday at the school gate. From there, we’ll take a bus to our destination, Daming Lake. We’ll enjoy a brief walk along the lakeshore, taking in fresh air and admiring breathtaking views. This will be followed by some fun team-building activities for relaxation. Your presence would mean a lot to us. Looking forward to your participation! Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给Michael写一封邀请信，邀请他一起参加踏青活动，告知活动目的以及活动安排。 【详解】1. 词汇积累 高兴的：delighted→happy/glad 参加：participate in→take part in 促进：promote→enhance 欣赏：admire→appreciate 2. 句式拓展 独立的简单句合并为复合句 原句：The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. this Saturday at the school gate. From there, we’ll take a bus to our destination, Daming Lake. 拓展句：The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. this Saturday at the school gate, from where we’ll take a bus to our destination, Daming Lake. 【点睛】【高分句型1】I am delighted to invite you to participate in our upcoming spring outing, which aims to promote community spirit and appreciation for nature.(使用了不定式分别作状语、宾补和宾语，which引导非限制性定语从句) 【高分句型2】We’ll enjoy a brief walk along the lakeshore, taking in fresh air and admiring breathtaking views. (使用了现在分词作状语) 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Monty was the son of a horse trainer. Like his father, the young boy would go from stable to stable, farm to farm and ranch (大牧场) to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about who he wanted to be and what he wanted to do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the tracks. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. Much to his surprise, on the front page was a large red F with a note that read, “See me after class.” The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I receive an F?” The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from a poor horse trainer family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock (良种畜) and later you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.” 注意： 1．续写词数应为150左右; 2．请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 The boy went home and asked his father what he should do. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Several years later, that same schoolteacher brought 30kids to camp out on Monty’s ranch for a week. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】The boy went home and asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.” Finally, after thinking about it for a night, the young boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He said, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream. And I will sit in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch.” Several years later, that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on Monty’s ranch for a week. It came as a big surprise when the teacher knew Monty was the owner of the horse ranch. When the teacher was leaving, she said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately, you are firm and don’t give up.” Monty was glad that he could stick to his dream. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了Monty Roberts上高中时，有一次老师让写一篇关于自己的梦想的论文，Monty Roberts在文中描述了他想拥有一个大的牧场。结果交上论文后，老师给了他一个不及格，老师让他重写一个符合实际的梦想的论文。多年后，Monty Roberts真的实现了自己的梦想，当老师带着学生去他的牧场露营时，老师为自己当年的行为道了歉，鼓励学生应该追求自己的梦想。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“男孩回到家，问他的父亲他该怎么办。”可知，本段可描写男孩与父亲之间的对话，以及父亲对孩子的鼓励。 ②由第二段首句内容“几年后，格林女士带着30个孩子在Monty的牧场露营了一周。”可知，第二段可描写老师在得知Monty真的实现了自己的梦想后的反应，她向Monty道了歉，很高兴他坚持了自己的梦想。 2.续写线索：回家寻求父亲建议——梦想实现——重遇老师——老师道歉——老师为他坚持自己的梦想而感到高兴。 3.词汇激活： 行为类： ①上交：turn in/hand in ②坐：sit/be seated ③知道：know/be aware of 情绪类： ①惊讶：surprise/astonishment/amazement ②坚定的：firm/steadfast/unswerving 【点睛】【高分句型1】 Finally, after thinking about it for a night, the young boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.(运用了现在分词作状语。) 【高分句型2】 Monty was glad that he could stick to his dream.(运用了that引导宾语从句。) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 西宁二中教育集团2025—2026学年度第一学期 高一年级英语期中考试卷 第一部分：听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How did the man get to the party? A. By motorbike. B. By car. C. By bus. 2. When does Michelle usually get up? A. At 6:00 a.m. B. At 6:30 a.m. C. At 7:00 a.m. 3. What will the man probably do next Monday? A. Buy a book. B. Borrow a novel. C. Visit a writer. 4. How much did the woman spend on the dress? A $120. B. $280. C. $400. 5. Why does the woman want to quit her job? A. To work more flexibly. B. To spend more time reading. C. To take care of her family. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Why does Kate choose the first part of the work? A. To watch a video. B. To realize her dream. C. To shoot campus life. 7. What will Marie be responsible for? A. Interviewing. B. Shooting. C. Editing. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What does the woman say about the room? A. It rents for 25 pounds a month B. It doesn’t have a refrigerator. C. It faces north. 9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Landlady and customer. B. Boss and employee. C. Guide and tourist. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is the exhibition about? A. The science behind everyday devices. B. The application of virtual reality. C. The history of workshops. 11. What particularly attracts the woman to the exhibition? A. Prices of smart phones. B. Displays on smart home technology. C. Workshops on making simple devices. 12 What is the benefit of buying tickets early according to the man? A. Receiving small gifts. B. Having special discounts. C. Entering the museum without queuing. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What kind of work does the woman want to get? A. Temporarily work. B. Part-time work. C. Permanent work. 14. When can the woman start to work? A. On July 8th. B. On July 10th. C. On July 11th. 15. Which job does the woman prefer to do? A. An assistant animal keeper. B. An assistant cook. C. A café waitress. 16. What will the man do next? A. Give the woman an offer. B. Pass the application on. C. Make a phone call. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Which place will probably attract secondary school pupils? A. The City Library. B. The Norchester Theatre. C. The Conference Centre. 18. What can visitors to Science in a Suitcase do? A. Have a singing competition. B. Watch crazy experiments. C. Make other people laugh. 19. Which event is about building a bridge? A. Waterworld. B. Ropes and Hangings. C. Paper and Time. 20. What will the speaker talk about next? A. The origin of the festival. B. Tickets and transport to the festival. C. Detailed information about the festival. 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Summer camps everywhere are filling up fast, but opportunities remain open for camps where fun and games come around food- growing it, that is. Your kids will learn how to tend to vegetables and livestock (家畜) and almost certainly taste the fruits of their labor. Here’s a small sampling of what’s out there. Muscot, New York This farm, offers a half-day Wangler Camp for kids (a livestock-centred experience) and a two-week long Young Farmers camp for kids in grades one through eight. Camps range from $150 for weeklong half-day sessions to $350 for full-day sessions Sproutai’ Up, Colorado An agriculture farm with a focus on education, Sprout’ Up offers skill-building programs for teens throughout the year, but their summer camp for kids is all about fun. In addition to farm activities the kids spend time at a local climbing gym. Three weekly half-day sessions are available for half-day sessions are available for $200 each. Humboldt, California Located north of San Francisco, this sleepaway camp spreads out over several hundredacres in the coastal hills of Sonoma County. The lodging (住处) is tent-style, with outdoorshowers. A range of farm activities are available throughout the summer. Alegre, Georgia Your kids will clean and brush a horse, and learn to milk a goat at this camp. Three-daysessions (mornings only) cost $125, and parents can attend with their children for an extrafee. 1. Which camp best suits kids who enjoy climbing? A. Muscot. B. Sproutai'Up. C. Humbold. D. Alge. 2. What can kids do in Alegre? A. Interact with animals. B. Have sessions in the afternoon. C Sleep in tents at night. D. Enjoy the scenery of coastal hills. 3. What do the four camps have in common? A. They provide full-day camps. B. They offer farm-themed camps. C. They are located in the same state. D. They focus on health education. B When Wang Aimin, then a professor of oceanic science at Hainan University, started helping with marine ranching (牧场经营) by dropping artificial reefs (礁) into seawater in 2011, he was laughed at. Now, more than a decade later, Wang’s efforts have paid off. By placing artificial reefs and transplanting corals underwater, he and his team helped restore (修复) the marine ecology in the waters of Wuzhizhou Island, a tourist destination in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province. Currently, hundreds of marine species thrive (茁壮成长) in the marine ranch near the island. It is China’s first tropical marine ranch. “There were many different varieties of fish here in the early days,” said Ding Feng, who works with the tourist site. “Since the spot opened to the public in 2000, we have had countless visitors.” However, long-term overfishing degraded the eco-environment there, and the fish population decreased considerably in the following years. “We were looking for ways to help restore the marine environment, and around 2010, the agricultural authorities suggested the idea of marine ranching,” Ding said, adding that the tourist attraction started to invite experts and gather investment to launch the marine ranching project thereafter. But building a ranch beneath the water surface appeared to be difficult. “I had limited knowledge about marine ranching at the very beginning,” Wang said. After preparations, Wang led his team and started the project in 2011. Thanks to years of efforts, the fish population in the waters near Wuzhizhou Island has increased by up to 10 times compared with 2011, and more than 120 corals are thriving in the area. “Marine ranching certainly helped restore the biodiversity,” said Chen Jingyuan, a local official. Now Wang Aimin retired, but he planned to continue his marine ranching efforts. “I hope that the experience we have gained here in Wuzhizhou Island will set a good example for similar projects in the rest of the country,” Wang said. 4. What is the purpose of the marine ranching project? A. To develop the tourist attraction. B. To train local divers. C. To help fishermen catch more fish. D. To help restore the marine environment. 5. How did the marine ranching project affect Wuzhizhou Island? A. The project made it open to the public. B. The project helped it restore the biodiversity. C. The project damaged the eco-environment there. D. The project made the fish population reduce there. 6. What does the underlined word “degraded” in paragraph 5 mean? A. Worsened. B. Promoted. C. protected. D. Improved. 7. What can we learn about the marine ranching project from the last two paragraphs? A. It has made Wang Aimin promoted. B. It can create great economic value. C. It can serve as a model for other similar projects. D. It has become the best marine ranching project in the world. C What would you do to earn money if all you had was five dollars and two hours? This is the assignment (任务) I gave students in my very first course at the Stanford School. What would you do if you were given this challenge? When I asked this question to most groups, someone usually shouted out “Go to Las Vegas” or “Buy a lottery ticket”. This got a big laugh. These folks would take a significant risk in return for a small chance of earning a big reward. The next most common suggestion was to set up a car wash or lemonade stand, using the five dollars to purchase starting materials. This was a fine option for anyone interested in earning a few extra dollars of spending money in two hours. But most of the students eventually found a way to move far beyond the standard responses. They took seriously the challenge to question traditional assumptions, exposing a wealth of possibilities, in order to create as much value as possible. How did they do this? Here’s a clue: The teams that made the most money didn’t use the five dollars at all. They realized that focusing on the money actually framed the problem too tightly. They understood that five dollars is nearly nothing and decided to reinterpret (重新解读) the problem more broadly: What can you do to make money if you start with nothing? I count the Five-Dollar Challenge as a success in teaching students about thinking like an entrepreneur (企业家). In fact, they tapped into their talents and unlocked their creativity to identify problems — problems that they experienced or noticed others experiencing, or that they might have seen before but had never thought to solve. By discovering these problems and then working to solve them, the winning team brought in more than six hundred dollars, and the average rate of return on the five-dollar investment was 4 000 percent! If you take into account that many of the teams didn’t use the funds at all, then their financial returns were infinite (极大的). 8. What can we infer about the students who put forward the second most common suggestion? A. They are creative. B. They are practical. C. They like taking chances. D. They like trying new things. 9. What’s the author’s suggestion about his assignment? A. Ignoring the money. B. Getting some support. C. Raising more money. D. Asking for some advice. 10 How much did the students make with the five-dollar investment on average? A. 100 dollars. B. 200 dollars. C. 400 dollars. D. 600 dollars. 11. What’s the purpose of the author assignment for his students? A. To turn them into entrepreneurs. B. To help them make more money. C. To encourage them to think creatively. D. To create some opportunities for them. D About 20 years ago, some 15,000 red pandas wandered the treetops of the Himalaya forests in South Asia. But with the large number of people entering their habitats, these shy and solitary (独处的) creatures can’t meet each other and reproduce. Now the population has declined by more than 50 percent. To save the red pandas here, Lama and his research team need to know which parts of the forests the remaining pandas are living in. That’s where the tracking devices come in. “Mapping the path they travel will let us know which areas of the forest need to be reforested to connect the most red pandas to one another,” Lama says. Because red pandas can be hard to spot and catch, no one had ever used GPS collars to study them in the wild. But Lama and his team had a great plan. They first would make sure the animals would be comfortable wearing the collars. So, they tested the collars on two red pandas in a local zoo. “We convinced them to let us measure their necks and fit them with the collars by letting them choose a reward — grapes, apples, or bananas.” Lama says. Then came the next challenge: catching red pandas. Once they spotted a red panda, a team of vets set up a tall, fence-like tarp (油布) around the base of the tree with a box trap at the bottom. That way when the red panda climbed down the tree surrounded by the tarp, it had no choice but to enter the trap. It was then quickly controlled, collared and released. From September to December 2019, the team trapped 10 red pandas — six females and four males. Their collars recorded their location every two hours and sent the information to researchers once a day. Over the next year, the team tracked the red pandas’ movements so that they identified where to plant new forests and helped red pandas meet more easily. 12. What has led to the smaller number of red pandas in South Asia? A. Their normal lives are badly disturbed. B. They aren’t adapted to living in groups. C. Their ability to reproduce is weakened. D. They try to avoid meeting each other. 13. Why did the research team track the movements of red pandas? A. To study their living behaviors. B. To protect them from hunters. C. To know where to plant forests. D. To find if they can often meet. 14. How did the research team convince red pandas to wear collars? A. By offering them treats. B. By using traps. C. By setting tarps. D. By measuring their necks. 15. What does this passage mainly talk about? A. The research on red pandas’ reproduction. B. The clever way to keep track of red pandas. C. The shrinking population of red pandas. D. The way of building habitats for red pandas. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Handwritten thank-you letters are such a simple way of making other people feel good, it is strange that so few people write them anymore. At work, a thank-you letter to employees is unbelievably effective. It costs little and has no side effects. The effort involved in writing letters very low. The pleasure on receiving them is very high. ___16___ Doug Conant, manager of Campbell’s Soup Company since 2001, knows the power of thank you letters. He said that every day he works with an assistant, searching the company for people deserving thanks. ___17___ Over the past 10 years he has sent 30, 000 thank-you letters to his employees — more than 10 each day. The reward is huge: his company has remained one of the most successful in its field for years. ___18___ There seem to be three reasons. Firstly, chief executives (主管) running companies think their own work is more valuable than that of others. ___19___ Secondly, they aren’t close enough to the business to know who deserves thanks. Thirdly, they have forgotten the strange human truth that almost everyone would do almost anything in return for a few words of appreciation. In these days of such busy schedules and people running all over the place and trying to get ahead, sometimes we forget the simplest things in life are the most powerful and rewarding. You need to think to yourself about a time someone sent you a thank-you and how much it meant to you. ___20___ A. He then writes them a thank-you letter. B. Why are thank-you letters so important? C. You may ask what side effects exactly mean. D. This makes them an excellent way to reward and motivate staff. E. But if these letters are so inspiring, why don’t more managers write them? F. Always remember to “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you!” G. Since no one ever writes them thank-you letters they don’t write any themselves. 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Irma started a business, but later because of lack money, he had to close it. After that he started to feel very ____21____. This problem of Irma was later ____22____ by Professor Krishnan. One day he ____23____ Irma to his home and asked, "Are you still ____24____?" "Yes, all my efforts have been ____25____." Ima answered. Hearing this, the professor ____26____ him a dead tomato plant and said, "I take care of it carefully, ____27____ it still died. There is always something ____28____ that happens." "If success is only a matter of luck, what is the ____29____ of doing so much?" asked Irma. "You will understand after you open that door," said the professor. Irma opened it, and saw lots of _____30_____ and healthy tomato plants there. "Oh! How did you do that?" asked Irma. "Of course, not all my efforts have been wasted; so it is with yours. If you _____31_____ doing the right things, then your _____32_____ of success are greatly increased. But if you feel defeated because of failure, life won't give you any _____33_____. "At last, Irma understood the lesson of success, _____34_____ what to do and came out with renewed energy. Finally he had a very big business. It is true that no matter what we try, we can't _____35_____ the result, but it's also true that those, who never give up, achieve success in the end. 21. A. scared B. depressed C. shocked D. determined 22. A. discovered B. analyzed C. valued D. complained 23. A. wished B. encouraged C. invited D. permitted 24. A. interested B. determined C. committed D. annoyed 25. A. recognized B. wasted C. acknowledged D. ignored 26. A. mailed B. returned C. showed D. indicated 27. A. but B. so C. or D. and 28. A. unusual B. unfortunate C. unforgettable D. unexpected 29. A. importance B. purpose C. advantage D. theory 30. A. strong B. new C. weak D. regular 31. A. avoid B. consider C. keep D. enjoy 32. A. options B. chances C. features D. virtues 33. A. reward B. property C. money D. harvest 34. A. pointed out B. figured out C. left out D. gave out 35. A. replace B. select C. control D. indicate 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Recently, an unmanned (无人的) supermarket opened on our campus, causing excitement among students. Here I can hardly wait ____36____ (detail) this shopping experience. Walking into the store felt like ____37____ (step) into a sci-fi movie. The store has smart shelves and self-checkout counters. After I picked up a snack and a drink ____38____ scanned their QR codes, the system, which ____39____ (base) on the technology of facial recognition, immediately showed the total, taking less than 2 minutes. ____40____ shopkeepers, the store depends on students’ honesty to pay for items. This tryout in trust and respect, which saves time, develops ____41____ (responsible) and encourages conversations about innovation, made me proud of our campus community. While the idea is promising, a few improvements could enhance the experience. First, ____42____ (add) more self-checkout machines would reduce waiting time during busy periods. Second, ____43____ (clear) labels explaining the shopping steps might help first-time users, as I didn’t know how and where to scan items at first. The unmanned supermarket is a brave step toward a tech-driven campus life and ____44____ (set) a good example for other schools so far. After all, combining technology with trust does make our campus ____45____ (true) special. 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节：书面表达（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，你校拟近期组织一次踏青活动。请给外教Michael写封邮件，邀请他参加，内容包括： 1. 活动目的； 2. 具体安排。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Michael, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 第二节（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Monty was the son of a horse trainer. Like his father, the young boy would go from stable to stable, farm to farm and ranch (大牧场) to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about who he wanted to be and what he wanted to do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the tracks. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. Much to his surprise, on the front page was a large red F with a note that read, “See me after class.” The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I receive an F?” The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from a poor horse trainer family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock (良种畜) and later you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.” 注意： 1．续写词数应为150左右; 2．请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 The boy went home and asked his father what he should do. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Several years later, that same schoolteacher brought 30kids to camp out on Monty’s ranch for a week. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $