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天津市耀华中学2025-2026学年度第一学期期中学情调研 高一年级英语学科 ★请同学们将试题答案填涂或填写在答题卡上 本试卷包含Ⅰ卷（选择题）和Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共100分，考试时间100分钟。 答卷前，请务必将自己的相关信息填写在答题卡上和密封线外相应位置。答卷时，务必将答案涂写在答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。祝各位同学考试顺利！ Ⅰ卷（75分） Ⅰ. 听力理解（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分） 第一节 听下面5段对话，每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What juice does the man want? A. Orange. B. Apple. C. Pear. 2. How did the woman buy the tickets? A. By phone. B. On the Internet. C. In person. 3. Who might collect the kids today? A. Their mother. B. Their father. C. Their grandmother. 4. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Business partners. B. Colleagues. C. Interviewer and interviewee. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. When to have a day out together. B. How to work to the deadline. C. Whether to go out today. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What will the speakers do tomorrow afternoon? A. Go sailing. B. Go water-skiing. C. Go windsurfing. 7. Where will the speakers meet? A. Outside the cafe. B. At the football field. C. At the water sports center. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is Linda asked to do first? A. Meet Mr. Brown. B. Complete some forms. C. Hand in the recommendation letter. 9. What will Linda do in Room 201? A. Charge her phone. B. Have an interview. C. Read the email. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What will the kids do with the egg in the workshop? A. Make a protective cover for it. B. Place it safely at a certain height. C. Learn the method of breaking it. 11. What is the competition about? A. Designing cars. B. Blowing up balloons. C Building towers. 12. What does the man think of the activities? A. They are hard. B. They are special. C. They are interesting. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. How many days does the festival last? A. Three. B. Four. C. Six. 14. What will happen around 2:00 on the first day? A. The crowd will gather. B The opening will begin. C. The performances will finish. 15. What event comes next after the speech? A. A short play. B. A firework display. C. A band performance. 16. Where is the best place to watch fireworks? A. The city theater. B. The park. C. The beach. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Where is the coatroom? A. Behind the reception. B. Next to the bathroom. C. Opposite the ticket office. 18. What is special about the Great Bath? A. It’s very imaginative. D It’s the deepest. C. It’s the largest. 19. What is in the center of the site? A. The bath. B. The spring. C. The temple. 20. What do we know about the temple? A. It was poorly preserved. B. It was built a century ago. C. It is the only Roman temple in Britain. Ⅱ. 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分；满分15分） 1. —Susan, you water the plants in the garden and I will cook the dinner. —________. I’m looking forward to your dinner. A. OK, that’s settled B. You are welcome C. Forget it D. That’s right 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查情景交际。句意：——Susan，你给花园里的植物浇水，我来做饭。——好吧，就这么定了。我期待着你的晚餐。A. OK, that’s settled好的，就这么定了；B. You are welcome不客气；C. Forget it算了吧；D. That’s right就是那样。根据上文“Susan, you water the plants in the garden and I will cook the dinner.”可知，此处是一份计划，安排，所以应该用“OK, that’s settled好的，就这么定了”回答符合语境。故选A项。 2. The outdoor store has a wide ________ of camping equipment to choose from, including tents, sleeping bags; cooking stoves, and hiking gear. A. series B. range C. section D. resource 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：户外用品店有各种各样的露营设备可供选择，包括帐篷、睡袋、炊具和徒步装备。A. series系列；B. range范围，种类；C. section部分；D. resource资源。根据“including tents, sleeping bags; cooking stoves, and hiking gear”可知，露营设备种类繁多的，a wide range of意为“各种各样的”，符合句意。故选B项。 3. The handmade jewelry is truly ________. Its exceptional design makes it stand out from the mass-produced ones in the market and nowhere else can you find another similar one. A. typical B. unique C. specific D. various 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：手工制作的珠宝真是独一无二。它独特的设计使它从市场上大量生产的产品中脱颖而出，在其他任何地方都找不到类似的产品。A. typical典型的；B. unique独一无二的；C. specific明确的，具体的；D. various各种各样的。根据下文“ Its exceptional design”和“nowhere else can you find another similar one.”可知，手工制作的珠宝是独特的。故选B。 4. A survey carried out last year showed that 90% of the aged ________ in support of that idea. A. is B. are C. was D. were 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查主谓一致与动词时态。句意：去年进行的一项调查显示，90%的老年人支持那个想法。主语“90% of the aged”中，“the aged”表示“老年人”这一群体，为复数概念，谓语动词需用复数形式，结合时间状语“last year”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，“are”的过去式为were。故选D项。 5. ________ far away from his hometown for six months, Tom is looking forward to meeting his parents. A. Worked B. To work C. Having been worked D. Having worked 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：汤姆已经远离家乡工作六个月了，他盼望着见到父母。空格处为非谓语动词作状语，逻辑主语“Tom”与动词“work”是主动关系，且“工作”的动作发生在“盼望”之前，需用现在分词的完成式Having worked。故选D项。 6. The one who has changed a lot is my father, ________ hair is turning grey. A. that B. which C. who D. whose 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查定语从句关系词。句意：变化很大的那个人是我父亲，他的头发正在变白。此句为定语从句，先行词是my father，关系词在从句中作定语，修饰hair，表示“我父亲的”头发，所以用关系代词whose。而that、which、who在定语从句中不能作定语修饰名词。故填whose。 7. I heard that your team won the football match yesterday afternoon. You ______ have performed quite well. A. can B. must C. should D. need 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查情态动词。句意：听说你们队赢得了昨天下午的足球比赛。你肯定表现很不错。根据I heard that your team won the football match yesterday afternoon可知，球队已经获胜，由此可推断球队表现好的可能性是很大的。must have done表示对过去事实肯定的推测。故选B项。 8. Mr. Smith________ these days. I think he should take a holiday before he burns out. A. has been overworking B. overworked C. has overworked D. was overworking 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查时态。句意：史密斯先生这些天一直在加班，我想他应该在精疲力尽之前去度个假。根据本句中时间状语these days和后文 before he burns out，可知，史密斯先生的忙碌的动作是从过去开始，延续到现在，还要继续持续，所以时态用现在完成进行时。选项A符合题意，故选A。 9. The designer is ________ when it comes to fabric(面料) — he will reject any material that doesn’t meet his high standards. A. strict B. particular C. careless D. patient 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这位设计师在面料方面很挑剔——他会拒绝任何不符合他高标准的材料。A.strict 严格的；B.particular 挑剔的、讲究的；C.careless 粗心的；D.patient 耐心的。根据he will reject any material that doesn’t meet his high standards可知，设计师对面料“挑剔、讲究”，故选B。 10. Nowadays, we can move around the world and still ________ the people that we want to remain friends with ________ modern social media tools. A. correspond with; regardless of` B. stay in touch with; thanks to C. lose track of; due to D. communicate with; in spite of 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查动词短语与介词短语辨析。句意：如今，多亏了现代社交媒体工具，我们可以环游世界，仍然能与那些我们想保持朋友关系的人保持联系。A. correspond with与……通信； regardless of不管`；B. stay in touch with与……保持联系； thanks to多亏； C. lose track of失去……的联系； due to由于；D. communicate with与……交流； in spite of尽管。结合语境可知，这里指“环游世界仍能保持朋友关系”需靠社交媒体工具助力，stay in touch with和 thanks to搭配最契合语义。故选B项。 11. Successful and unique people always determine who they are________ common people always change their faith. A. until B. before C. although D. while 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查连词词义辨析。句意：成功和独特的人总是决定他们自己是谁（做一个什么样的人），而普通人总是改变他们的信念。A.until直到......才......; B.before 在......之前；C.although尽管； D.while（对比两件事物）……而。根据句意可知，前后之间是对比，用while连接。故选D。 12. The employers often give the job to________they believe has work experience with strong sense of duty. A. whoever B. who C. those who D. whomever 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查宾语从句。句意：雇主通常把这份工作给那些他们认为有工作经验和强烈责任感的人。分析句子可知，设空处在句中引导从句，在从句中作主语，根据从句谓语动词has可知，主语应为单数形式，those who引导从句时，从句谓语形式与先行词those保持一致，为复数形式，故排除；whomever引导从句时，在从句中作宾语或表语，故排除；结合句意可知，此处应表示“无论谁”，没有范围，whoever更合适。故选A项。 13. Most parents said there were significant differences in their approach ________ their children compared with ________ of their parents. A. to educating; that B. to educate; one C. to educate; that D. to educating; those 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查固定搭配和代词。句意：大多数父母表示，与他们自己的父母相比，他们教育孩子的方式有很大的不同。第一空，approach to doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“做某事的方法”，其中to是介词，后面接动名词作宾语，所以用to educating；第二空处用that指代前面提到的approach，表示同类事物中的特指，而one指代同类事物中的泛指，those指代复数名词，均与语境不符。故选A项。 14. A tour bus __________body huge flowers were painted, appeared in Tianjin during the SCO Summit. A. of which B. across whose C. across which D. of whose 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查定语从句。句意：一辆车身喷涂着巨大花朵的旅游巴士在上海合作组织峰会期间出现在天津。 此处为“介词+关系词”引导的定语从句，先行词为“a tour bus”，与空后的“body”之间为所属关系，表示“巴士的车身”，需用关系代词whose，across意为“遍及、覆盖”，契合“花朵喷涂在车身各处”的语境。故选B项。 15. —Learning a language isn’t easy. It takes time. —I agree. ________. There is no shortcut. A. Never have a frog in your throat B. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater C. Rome wasn’t built in a day D. Never have butterflies in your stomach 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查英语谚语辨析。句意：——学习一门语言并不容易，需要时间。——我同意，罗马不是一天建成的，没有捷径可走。A. Never have a frog in your throat嗓子不哑；B. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater不要因小失大；C. Rome wasn’t built in a day罗马不是一天建成的；D. Never have butterflies in your stomach不紧张不安，根据“There is no-short cut”可知，“罗马不是一天建成的”，强调事情的完成需要长期积累，与“学习需要时间、无捷径”意义相关。故选C项。 Ⅲ. 完形填空（每小题1分；满分20分） Always believe in yourself no matter what happens. It is the ____16____ of life that is useful for everyone. I think that if people want to lead a happy life, they must believe in and ____17____ themselves. You never realize how easy your life becomes until you have ____18____. If you say I can do this, you are likely to finish the task that you ____19____. I have already ____20____ with having trust in myself many times in my life. When I was nine, I began ____21____ piano lessons. I fought with the tasks such as completing a(n) ____22____ on the piano. I remembered that I got very ____23____ at that time because I had to play a song at a recital (演奏会) which was ____24____ soon. I had a piece that I needed to memorize. Coming home with a feeling of frustration and poor attitude, I was ____25____ about accomplishing this task. I sat at my piano and told myself that I would never get it ____26____. I couldn’t help crying. My mother came to me and ____27____ me. She said, “Whatever you do, you should say I can. ____28____ when you believe you can, is nothing difficult for you.” Mother’s ____29____ showed me an important life lesson. I did end up finishing the piece and the recital went ____30____. The important point is that you can accomplish anything you want to do if you believe yourself and ____31____ your best. Now, when I become ____32____ in realizing the goal in life, I never give it up or think that I cannot do it. Always beginning with a ____33____ attitude, I sit down and tell myself that I can accomplish my goal if I put my ____34____ to it. I realize that I should have this attitude in everything I do. Believe that you can accomplish anything you ____35____ pains to do. 16. A. nature B. rule C. condition D. length 17. A. choose B. admire C. accept D. control 18. A. confidence B. ability C. power D. knowledge 19. A. long for B. make up C. care about D. take on 20. A. struggled B. dealt C. agreed D. gone 21. A. ordering B. getting C. bringing D. having 22. A. piece B. course C. operation D. application 23. A. strange B. happy C. nervous D. cool 24. A. approaching B. appearing C. staying D. developing 25. A. eager B. doubtful C. sure D. hopeful 26. A. across B. through C. out D. up 27. A. informed B. surprised C. encouraged D. blamed 28. A. Yet B. Even C. Exactly D. Only 29. A. ideas B. responsibility C. words D. performance 30. A. correctly B. smoothly C. carefully D. heavily 31. A. move B. show C. put D. try 32. A. pleased B. funny C. frustrated D. ashamed 33. A. free B. fresh C. polite D. positive 34. A. body B. mind C. fame D. fate 35. A. take B. use C. spare D. make 【答案】16. B 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. A 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者童年学习钢琴时遇到困难，在母亲“永远要说‘我能’”的鼓励下，他最终克服困难完成演奏，并将这种信念延续到人生各个阶段，始终坚持“只要相信自己并全力以赴，就能达成目标”的生活法则。 【16题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是对每个人都有用的生活法则。A. nature自然；B. rule法则；C. condition条件；D. length长度。根据上文“Always believe in yourself no matter what happens.”可知，“无论发生什么，都要相信自己”是一种生活法则。故选B。 【17题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我认为，如果人们想过幸福的生活，他们必须相信和接受自己。A. choose选择；B. admire钦佩；C. accept接受；D. control控制。根据上文“they must believe in”和下文“themselves”可知，相信自己也意味着接受自己。故选C。 【18题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：你永远不会意识到你的生活变得多么容易，直到你有信心。A. confidence信心；B. ability能力；C. power力量；D. knowledge知识。根据上文“Always believe in yourself no matter what happens.”可知，作者强调要对自己有信心。故选A。 【19题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：如果你说“我能做到这一点”，你很可能完成你承担的任务。A. long for渴望；B. make up组成；C. care about关心；D. take on承担。根据上文“finish the task”可知，人们需要完成自己承担的任务。故选D。 【20题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我生活中，我已经多次为信任自己而挣扎。A. struggled挣扎；B. dealt处理；C. agreed同意；D. gone去。根据下文“Coming home with a feeling of frustration and poor attitude”可知，作者带着挫败感和糟糕的态度回到家，说明在怀疑自己的能力，因此是指为信任自己而挣扎。故选A。 【21题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我九岁时，我开始上钢琴课。A. ordering订购；B. getting得到；C. bringing带来；D. having进行。根据下文“piano lessons”可知，作者此时开始上钢琴课，短语have lessons意为“上课”。故选D。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我努力完成一些任务，比如完成一首钢琴作品。A. piece作品；B. course课程；C. operation操作；D. application申请。根据下文“I had a piece that I needed to memorize.”可知，作者需要完成一首钢琴作品，即弹奏一首钢琴曲。故选A。 【23题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我记得当时我非常紧张，因为我必须在即将到来的独奏会上演奏一首曲子。A. strange奇怪的；B. happy快乐的；C. nervous紧张的；D. cool凉爽的。根据下文“Coming home with a feeling of frustration and poor attitude”可知，作者带着挫败感和糟糕的态度回到家，说明完成任务很困难，因此会很紧张。故选C。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我记得当时我非常紧张，因为我必须在即将到来的独奏会上演奏一首曲子。A. approaching临近；B. appearing出现；C. staying停留；D. developing发展。根据上文“at a recital (演奏会)”和下文“soon”可知，演奏会即将到来。故选A。 【25题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：带着挫败感和糟糕的态度回到家，我怀疑是否能完成这项任务。A. eager渴望的；B. doubtful怀疑的；C. sure确定的；D. hopeful有希望的。根据上文“Coming home with a feeling of frustration and poor attitude”可知，作者带着挫败感和糟糕的态度回到家，因此是怀疑自己是否能完成这项任务。故选B。 【26题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我坐在钢琴前，告诉自己我永远也不会完成它。A. (get) across传达，使理解；B. (get) through完成；C. (get) out泄露；D. (get) up起床。根据上文“I had to play a song at a recital (演奏会) which was ____9____ soon. I had a piece that I needed to memorize.”可知，作者需要在独奏会上演奏一首曲子，需要记住这首曲子，作者是觉得自己永远也不会完成这个任务。故选B。 【27题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的母亲来到我身边，鼓励我。A. informed告知；B. surprised使惊讶；C. encouraged鼓励；D. blamed责备。根据下文“Whatever you do, you should say I can.”可知，母亲告诉作者要说“我能”，这是在鼓励作者。故选C。 【28题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：只有当你相信你能做到的时候，对你来说就没有困难了。A. Yet然而；B. Even甚至；C. Exactly确切地；D. Only只有。根据下文“when you believe you can, is nothing difficult for you”可知，母亲强调只有作者相信自己能做到的时候，他才能克服困难，此处“only+状语从句”位于句首引起主句部分倒装。故选D。 【29题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：母亲的话给我上了重要的人生一课。A. ideas想法；B. responsibility责任；C. words话语；D. performance表现。根据上文“She said”可知，母亲说的话给作者上了重要的人生一课。故选C。 【30题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我最终完成了这首作品，独奏会进行得很顺利。A. correctly正确地；B. smoothly顺利地；C. carefully小心地；D. heavily沉重地。根据上文“I did end up finishing the piece”可知，作者最终完成了这首作品，说明独奏会进行得很顺利。故选B。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：重要的一点是，如果你相信自己并尽了最大的努力，你就能完成任何你想做的事情。A. move移动；B. show展示；C. put放置；D. try尝试。根据上文“you can accomplish anything you want to do if you believe yourself”可知，完成任何想做的事情的前提是相信自己并尽了最大的努力，短语try one’s best意为“尽某人最大的努力”。故选D。 【32题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：现在，当我在实现人生目标时感到沮丧时，我从不放弃或认为我做不到。A. pleased高兴的；B. funny有趣的；C. frustrated沮丧的；D. ashamed羞愧的。根据下文“I never give it up or think that I cannot do it”可知，作者是在对实现人生目标时感到沮丧时，采取不放弃的做法和想法。故选C。 【33题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我总是以积极的态度开始，坐下来告诉自己，如果我投入去做，我就能实现我的目标。A. free自由的；B. fresh新鲜的；C. polite礼貌的；D. positive积极的。根据下文“I sit down and tell myself that I can accomplish my goal”可知，作者坚信能实现自己的目标，因此是以积极的态度开始。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我总是以积极的态度开始，坐下来告诉自己，如果我投入去做，我就能实现我的目标。A. body身体；B. mind头脑；C. fame名声；D. fate命运。根据上文“I can accomplish my goal”可知，能实现个人目标的前提是投入去做，短语put one’s mind to意为“全神贯注于，投入”。故选B。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：相信你能完成任何你努力去做的事情。A. take拿；B. use使用；C. spare节省；D. make制作。根据下文“pains to do”可知，短语take pains to do“尽力做某事，努力去做某事”符合语境，表示“能完成任何你努力去做的事情”。故选A。 Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分；满分30分） A In order to make sure Harvard is an affordable choice for your undergraduate education, you can consider financial aid packages made up of a combination of four types of funding. ● Scholarships & Grants Because Harvard is committed to affordability our scholarships are designed to cover 100% of your financial need. Here is our process: — Establish your parent contribution; — Factor in student employment and outside awards; — Cover the remaining needs by scholarship funds which never need to be repaid. ● Outside Awards Like many of our students, you may receive funds from sources outside Harvard, such as secondary schools, your parental employers, etc. Since the intention of these awards is that they be used for educational purposes, you must report them to Harvard and apply them to your college expenses. We will consider your outside awards as a part of your overall financial aid funding. ● Student Employment If you receive financial aid from Harvard, you will likely be expected to contribute to your education through employment. Your expected term-time work expectation is often around 10 to 12 hours per week. All wages earned are paid directly to you and can be used to help pay for your out-of-pocket personal expenses. ● Loans You are not expected to take out loans, since our aid packages are designed to cover your financial need without additional borrowing. However, you may choose to pursue loans to help cover your student or family contribution. If you are interested in a loan, we will help you find one that works for you. Types of Student Loans for Year 22-23 — Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan — Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan — Harvard Loans — Additional loan information 36. Who may be the target readers of the text? A. Parents unable to afford university fees. B. Students with excellent academic performance. C. College freshmen with financial concerns. D. Undergraduates with outside financial supports. 37. How can scholarship funds help you? A. By bridging your financial gap in college. B. By covering 100% of your expenses. C. By balancing your earnings and awards. D. By helping your parents to pay off debts. 38. According to the passage, which of the following may help cover your personal expenses? A. Scholarships & Grants. B. Student Employment. C. Outside Awards. D. Loans. 39. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To advertise the Harvard students’ loan system. B. To introduce Harvard financial aid packages. C. To show students the importance to get financial aid. D. To introduce Harvard students scholarship. 【答案】36. C 37. A 38. B 39. B 【解析】 【导语】本篇是一篇应用文。文章介绍了哈佛大学的四种经济援助计划。 【36题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一句话“In order to make sure Harvard is an affordable choice for your undergraduate education, you can consider financial aid packages made up of a combination of four types of funding.(为了确保哈佛大学是你本科教育的一个负担得起的选择，你可以考虑由四种类型的资金组合组成的经济援助计划)”可推知，本文的目标读者是有经济困难的读本科的学生。故选C项。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“● Scholarships & Grants”下文中的“Establish your parent contribution; Factor in student employment and outside awards; Cover the remaining needs by scholarship funds which never need to be repaid.(确定你父母的供款；考虑学生就业和外部奖励；剩余的费用由奖学金支付，这些奖学金永远不需要偿还)”可知，奖学金可以帮助你弥补大学期间的资金缺口。故选A项。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据“● Student Employment”下文中“All wages earned are paid directly to you and can be used to help pay for your out-of-pocket personal expenses.(所有的工资都直接支付给你，可以用来帮助支付你的自付个人开支)”可知，学生就业可以帮助支付你的个人开支。故选B项。 【39题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“In order to make sure Harvard is an affordable choice for your undergraduate education, you can consider financial aid packages made up of a combination of four types of funding.(为了确保哈佛大学是你本科教育的一个负担得起的选择，你可以考虑由四种类型的资金组合组成的经济援助计划)”以及下文内容可知，文章主要介绍了哈佛大学由四种类型的资金组合组成的经济援助计划，这个经济援助计划可以确保学生支付得起哈佛大学本科教育。由此推知，本文的目的是介绍哈佛的经济援助计划。故选B项。 B Exams never made me break out in a nervous sweat — but this one did. Even booking my piano exam reduced me to a mess of anxiety. I feel permanently scared inside churches where piano exams are held — no longer admiring their beauty because over the years I have received terrible marks from examiners. Despite being 15 — too old, too cool to be frightened — I remember trembling inside the bathroom before my tests. I wished I never had to play in front of others. This time, after booking my Level 8 Royal Conservatory of Music piano exam, I went back to my normal routine. A little practice here; a little practice there. And then it happened. My trusty, 10-year-old electric piano gave out. When I told my father what had happened to my piano, he only glared at me with disappointment, “When I was your age, I learned to be resourceful.” Hmm. I had a broken piano, an exam coming up in a few months and a father who refused to buy me a new piano because he wanted to teach me a “life lesson”. I finally came up with a decision: I’d practice at school. The school had many pianos but only a few in tune. Within a few days of searching, I headed off to a music room at every available opportunity. I loved finding new pianos in hidden corners of the school and spent hours practicing. As my exam drew near, all the music teachers knew to look for me in the piano rooms after school. In anticipation of my assessment, one of my music teachers let me perform for her as a mini practice exam. To my surprise, she was greatly impressed. Music had never been the love of my life but that was changing. When I played, my worries about how others judged me and how I viewed myself merged to reveal who I really am. All my adolescent thoughts made me feel like I was in a cage, but music gave me the key. Within a few months I went from not caring about my playing to feeling actually kind of proud of my work. In my favorite, soundproof music room, I discovered that behind the piano, I could become anyone. Talking to other people never came easy to me, but I was able to express myself through music. I became overjoyed. When the time came to play in front of an examiner, all the anxiety I had about going up on stage dimmed, and all I could think about was the marvelous journey I’d had to get here. Trilling the keys reminded me of the bittersweet music experiences of past years and my happiness nowadays. Many days later, I received my mark — a rarely mentioned “well done”. Now whenever I get caught up in the daily struggle, I remember the hard work that it took to reach my goal. Whenever I feel discouraged, I never forget to look at the gleaming keys of my new upright piano. As my father always says, some lessons are just learned the hard way. 40. What made the author so stressful inside churches these years? A. The religious atmosphere. B. The artistic performance. C. The horrible surroundings. D. Her colorful fantasy. 41. What can be inferred according to the underlined sentence in Para 3? A. The author’s family was too poor to afford a new piano. B. The father was quite angry about the author’s bad behavior. C. The father wanted the author to solve the problem independently. D. The author showed great dissatisfaction about her father. 42. The author changed her attitude towards music mainly because of ________. A. her hard work and determination. B. her own understanding of musical value. C. her teachers’ constant encouragement. D her family’s enthusiastic support. 43. What might be the best title of this passage? A. An Important Music Test B. A Hard but Enjoyable Life C. My Favorite Piano D. The “Key” to Happiness 【答案】40. B 41. C 42. B 43. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者因钢琴考试焦虑，钢琴损坏后靠自身努力在校练习，过程中重拾对音乐的热爱，领悟成长意义，最终顺利通过考试。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“I feel permanently scared inside churches where piano exams are held — no longer admiring their beauty because over the years I have received terrible marks from examiners.(在举行钢琴考试的教堂里，我永远感到害怕——不再欣赏它们的美丽，因为多年来我从考官那里得到的分数很糟糕。)”可知，作者曾参加的钢琴考试在教堂里举行，而且长久以来从考官那里得到的分数都很糟糕。由此可知，在这里进行过的钢琴考试表演的经历（即“艺术表演”）使得作者在教堂里感到有压力。故选B项。 【41题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“Hmm. I had a broken piano, an exam coming up in a few months and a father who refused to buy me a new piano because he wanted to teach me a “life lesson”. I finally came up with a decision: I’d practice at school.(嗯。我有一架坏了的钢琴，几个月后就要考试了，父亲拒绝给我买一架新钢琴，因为他想给我上一堂“人生课”。我最后做了一个决定：在学校练习。)”可知，在钢琴坏了之后，父亲并没有给作者购置一架新钢琴以进行备考练习，这样的情况迫使作者自己想办法解决问题，这就是父亲想要给作者上的“独立解决问题的人生课”，由此语境揭示了划线句“When I told my father what had happened to my piano, he only glared at me with disappointment, “When I was your age, I learned to be resourceful.””的真正含义，即，“当作者告知父亲钢琴坏了的时候，父亲认为作者只会向他人求助，没有像他一样在相同龄时自己解决问题”。因此根据划线句可推知，父亲希望作者能够自己独立解决问题。故选C项。 【42题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第七段内容“All my adolescent thoughts made me feel like I was in a cage, but music gave me the key.(我所有青春期的想法都让我觉得自己被关在笼子里，但音乐给了我钥匙。)”以及第八段内容“In my favorite, soundproof music room, I discovered that behind the piano, I could become anyone. Talking to other people never came easy to me, but I was able to express myself through music. I became overjoyed.(在我最爱的隔音音乐室里，我发现躲在钢琴后，我可以成为任何想成为的人。与人交流对我来说向来不易，但我却能通过音乐表达自我。我欣喜若狂。)”可知，音乐给青春期的作者带来了钥匙，可以通过音乐表达自己，因此可推知，作者对音乐有了与以往不同的理解，认识到音乐给自己带来了价值，以致于对音乐的态度有了改变。故选B项。 【43题详解】 主旨大意题。通过阅读文章可知，文章末尾段内容“Now whenever I get caught up in the daily struggle, I remember the hard work that it took to reach my goal. Whenever I feel discouraged, I never forget to look at the gleaming keys of my new upright piano.(现在，每当我陷入日常斗争时，我都会想起为实现目标所付出的辛勤工作。每当我感到气馁时，我永远不会忘记看我那架新立式钢琴闪闪发光的琴键。)”揭示了文章的主旨要义，即，文章主要讲述了作者对待音乐上的心态上改变，经过一系列事件，通过努力付出，最终发现音乐对于自己的真正意义是钥匙，可以让自己很欢喜。选项D“The “Key” to Happiness(幸福的“钥匙（琴键）”)”一语双关，key即可理解为“琴键”也可理解为“钥匙”，且贴合文章主旨。故选D项。 C Should we focus on our goal, or on the process? What happened to Brenda Martinez, a US Olympic runner, may provide us with the answer. She lost her balance in the 800 m race and failed to qualify for the Olympics. Focusing on everything that would give her another chance, she quickly let go of what happened in the 800m race and got back to her routine. A week later, she won the third place in the 1500 m race to qualify for the Olympics in Rio. Instead of attaching herself to the goal of making the Olympic team, she concentrated on the process. Generally, overemphasizing goals based on ultimate outcomes often leads to risk-taking, unethical (不道德的) behavior and reduced motivation. We see this happen in the real world all the time: someone becomes driven by the external rewards and recognition that he hopes accomplishing his goal will bring, and, in the worst case, he’ll go to any extreme to achieve it such as taking harmful diet pills to lose weight or using banned drugs in a competition. These are all predictable side effects of overemphasizing goals. Another danger of only focusing on goals is giving up all the merits after completing them. For example, some marathon runners experience what’s called the “post-race blues”. Achieving their goal may cause them to drop the good habits that got them there. Dieters often experience this in what’s called “yo-yo dieting” — gaining all the weight back while resuming their bad habits after they drop down to a desired weight. However, focusing on the process will help you to achieve little victories on your way to achieving long-term goals and leave you with a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, regardless of the ultimate outcome. It means breaking down a goal into little parts and concentrating on those parts. For Martinez, this meant not worrying about her bad luck in the 800m race, but rather ensuring she got in the right nutrition, sleep and workouts to give herself the best chance to run a good race in the 1500m race. Therefore, after you set a goal, it’s best to shift your focus from the goal itself to the process that gives you the best chance of achieving the goal, and to judge yourself based on how well you do in the process. 44. With a question at the beginning of the passage, the author intends to ______. A. enhance the persuasion B. persuade readers to accept his views C. provide convincing evidence D. inspire readers to reflect on the topic 45. Brenda Martinez’s example shows that ______ . A. it is important to set big goals B. failure is the mother of success C. focusing on the process can lead to success D. opportunity favors the prepared mind 46. What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3 and 4? A. Giving too much attention to goals can bring about harmful effects. B. Post-race blues is sure to happen after a marathon race. C. In order to achieve the goals people can adopt aggressive behavior. D. It is normal to feel down after achieving the goal. 47. According to the author, what benefits can we obtain by focusing on the process? A. Avoiding failure during the process. B. Gaining a sense of satisfaction by achieving small targets. C. Reducing some unpredictable risk. D. Ensuring enough sleep and good mood. 【答案】44. D 45. C 46. A 47. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过美国奥运长跑运动员布伦达•马丁内斯的故事向读者表明专注于过程会带来成功，而专注于结果会有很多坏处，并建议读者把一个大目标分成几个小目标，然后专注于过程。 【44题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“Should we focus on our goal, or on the process?”（我们应该关注我们的目标，还是过程?）和第二段中“What happened to Brenda Martinez, a US Olympic runner, may provide us with the answer.”（发生在美国奥运选手布伦达·马丁内斯身上的事情或许可以为我们提供答案。）可知，作者在文章的开头提出问题的目的是激发读者思考这个话题，进而引出下文的探讨。故选D。 【45题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中“What happened to Brenda Martinez, a US Olympic runner, may provide us with the answer.”（发生在美国奥运选手布伦达·马丁内斯身上的事情或许可以为我们提供答案。）和“A week later, she won the third place in the 1500 m race to qualify for the Olympics in Rio. Instead of attaching herself to the goal of making the Olympic team, she concentrated on the process.”（一周后，她在1500米比赛中获得第三名，获得了参加里约奥运会的资格。她没有把自己放在进入奥运代表队的目标上，而是把注意力集中在过程上。）可推知，布兰达•马丁内斯的例子表明专注于过程会带来成功。故选C。 【46题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句“Generally, overemphasizing goals based on ultimate outcomes often leads to risk-taking, unethical （不道德的）behavior and reduced motivation.”（一般来说，过分强调基于最终结果的目标往往会导致冒险、不道德行为和动机降低。）和第四段第一句“Another danger of only focusing on goals is giving up all the merits after completing them.”（只关注目标的另一个危险是在完成目标后放弃所有的优点。）可知，作者在第三段和第四段中表达的观点是过分关注目标会带来有害的影响。故选A。 【47题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段第一句“However, focusing on the process will help you to achieve little victories on your way to achieving long-term goals and leave you with a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, regardless of the ultimate outcome.”（然而，关注过程会帮助你在实现长期目标的道路上取得小的胜利，不管最终结果如何，都会给你带来满足感和成就感。）可知，通过关注过程我们可以通过实现小目标获得满足感。故选B。 D The temperature is sharply rising with each passing day. People, including many experts, find it difficult to slow down the process. However, leaving coal and major fossil fuels in the ground could help to limit climate change in the future, according to a new study. That is to say, a third of oil reserves on the earth, half of gas reserves and over 80 percent of current coal reserves should not be used before the year 2050. If we are to prevent global temperatures from rising above 2 degrees Celsius in the near future, we ought to carry some measures to severely control the emissions from factories, vehicles and even our daily-life cooking. However, it is a goal that seems to be impossible in our eyes. “Policy makers in different countries must realize that their attempt to completely use the fossil fuels within their countries is wholly incompatible (矛盾的) with their hope to reach the 2-degree goal,” Dr. Christophe Mc Glade at University College London’s Energy Institute said in a statement. “If they go ahead with developing their own resources,” he added, “they must be asked which reserves elsewhere should remain unburned in order for the carbon budget not to go beyond the limit.” It’s not surprising to see how tapping into these unused reserves would be attractive. Energy-related industry is a big business all over the world. There are many coal reserves in China, Russia and the United States, along with over 260 thousand million barrels of oil reserves in the Middle East. Not to mention that oil is currently being developed in the Arctic. Companies spent over $670 billion last year in the expansion of fossil fuels, but according to the new model used in this latest study, developers may need to rethink their plans to develop these underground resources so as to make some contributions to control the world temperature from rising high in the future. “We’ve now got practical figures of the quantities and locations of fossil fuels that should remain unused in trying to keep within the 2-degree temperature limit,” added Mc Glade. World leaders and policy makers should take the advice to heart, because a recent IPCC report warned that if immediate and great actions are not taken soon, climate change will cause irreversible (不可逆转的) impacts on environments worldwide, leaving the world an unsafe place for us to live in. 48. According to Paragraph 1 our goal is to ________. A. discover more fossil fuels for the future generation B. slow down the climate change C. keep the temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius D. refuse to use reserves on the earth 49. According to what Mc Glade said in Paragraph 2. all countries should ________. A. make full use of their fossil fuels B. work together towards the 2-degree goal C. find better ways to dig out the coal D. increase the global carbon budget 50. We can infer from Paragraph 3 that great efforts have been made in ________. A. developing fossil fuels around the world B. getting people to rethink their fuel plans C. digging out the oil in the Middle East D. developing energy-related industry worldwide 51. What is the author’s attitude towards the future of temperature control? A. Confident. B. Unclear. C. Satisfied D. Negative. 【答案】48. C 49. B 50. A 51. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章围绕全球气候变化和化石燃料使用的问题展开讨论，提出了限制化石燃料开采和使用以控制全球温度上升的观点。 【48题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“If we are to prevent global temperatures from rising above 2 degrees Celsius in the near future, we ought to carry some measures to severely control the emissions from factories, vehicles and even our daily-life cooking. However, it is a goal that seems to be impossible in our eyes.(如果我们要防止全球气温在不久的将来上升超过2摄氏度，我们应该采取一些措施来严格控制工厂车辆甚至我们日常生活中的烹饪的排放。然而，在我们看来，这是一个似乎不可能实现的目标。)”可知，我们的目标是把温度上升控制在2摄氏度以下。故选C项。 【49题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段““Policy makers in different countries must realize that their attempt to completely use the fossil fuels within their countries is wholly incompatible (矛盾的) with their hope to reach the 2-degree goal,” Dr. Christophe Mc Glade at University College London’s Energy Institute said in a statement. “If they go ahead with developing their own resources,” he added, “they must be asked which reserves elsewhere should remain unburned in order for the carbon budget not to go beyond the limit.”(伦敦大学学院能源研究所的Christophe Mc Glade博士在一份声明中说：“不同国家的政策制定者必须意识到，他们在国内完全使用化石燃料的尝试与他们实现2摄氏度目标的希望是完全不相容的。如果他们继续开发自己的资源，”他补充说，“必须问他们，其他地方的哪些储量应该保留下来，以使碳预算不超过限制。”)”可推知，根据Mc Glade说的，所有国家都应该共同努力实现2摄氏度的目标。故选B项。 【50题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中“There are many coal reserves in China, Russia and the United States, along with over 260 thousand million barrels of oil reserves in the Middle East. Not to mention that oil is currently being developed in the Arctic. Companies spent over $670 billion last year in the expansion of fossil fuels, but according to the new model used in this latest study, developers may need to rethink their plans to develop these underground resources so as to make some contributions to control the world temperature from rising high in the future.(中国、俄罗斯和美国有大量的煤炭储量，中东地区有超过2600亿桶的石油储量。更不用说目前正在北极开发的石油了。去年，公司在化石燃料的开发上花费了超过6700亿美元，但根据这项最新研究中使用的新模型，开发商可能需要重新考虑他们开发这些地下资源的计划，以便为控制未来的全球气温上升做出一些贡献。)”可推知，世界各地在开发化石燃料方面做出了巨大的努力。故选A项。 【51题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“If we are to prevent global temperatures from rising above 2 degrees Celsius in the near future, we ought to carry some measures to severely control the emissions from factories vehicles and even our daily-life cooking. However, it is a goal that seems to be impossible in our eyes.(如果我们要防止全球气温在不久的将来上升超过2摄氏度，我们应该采取一些措施来严格控制工厂车辆甚至我们日常生活中的烹饪的排放。然而，在我们看来，这是一个似乎不可能实现的目标。)”可知，作者认为这是一个似乎不可能实现的目标，所以是消极的。故选D项。 E This year marks the centenary of the Palace Museum, an important occasion that celebrates its transformation from an imperial fortress into a world-renowned sign of culture and history. Over the past century, it has not only kept China’s glorious past but has also dynamically reinvented itself for a global audience. The museum’s journey began in 1925, following the expulsion of the last emperor. The once-forbidden gates were opened to the public, turning a symbol of supreme power into a shared treasure for all. The early years were filled with immense challenges. The most notable was the “Southern Migration” of its artifacts, a heroic and hard effort to protect over 13,000 crates of precious treasures from the damages of war, ensuring their survival for future generations. In recent decades, the Palace Museum has masterfully balanced preservation with innovation (创新). A comprehensive, ongoing restoration project aims to protect its ancient wooden structures and delicate artwork. Meanwhile, a digital revolution has taken place. The museum has launched high-definition virtual tours, developed engaging mobile apps, and created immersive VR experiences that allow visitors to “walk” through recreated historical scenes. Its savvy use of social media and wildly popular cultural creative products, from ancient-style lipsticks to miniature porcelain (瓷器), have made history overpowering trendy, catching the hearts of young Chinese. The centenary exhibition, “Timeless Splendor,” is the most important part of this evolution. It is not merely a display of artifacts but a narrative of the museum’s own century-long story. It shows priceless objects from its collection while using multimedia equipment to illustrate its transformation from an inaccessible palace to a vibrant, educational center. It highlights how the museum has become a center for international cultural dialogue, collaborating with institutions worldwide. The story of the Palace Museum’s first hundred years is a microcosm (缩影) of China’s broader cultural renaissance. It demonstrates a profound commitment to safeguarding a priceless heritage while confidently accepting the future. No longer just a static repository (贮藏室) of relics, the Palace Museum today is a living, breathing entity. It stands as a testament to the idea that understanding the past is essential for inspiring creativity and awe in the present, ensuring its legacy (遗产) will continue to enlighten minds for the next century to come. 52. The word “savvy” as used in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________. A. cautious and hesitant B. clever and practical C. extensive and expensive D. occasional and unpredictable 53. According to the passage, which of the following best describes the dual focus of the Palace Museum’s modern strategy? A. Profit generation and international expansion. B. Architectural protection and historical replan. C. Physical preservation and digital innovation. D. Academic research and public entertainment. 54. What can be inferred from the passage about the “Timeless Splendor” exhibition? A. It is the first exhibition to use multimedia technology. B. Its significance lies partly in its self-reflective nature. C. It focuses mainly on artifacts from the “Southern Migration” D. It is primarily aimed at general tourists and scholars. 55. The author’s attitude toward the transformation of the Palace Museum is best described as ________. A. neutral and analytical B. longing and critical C. admiring and optimistic D. positive and cautious 【答案】52. B 53. C 54. B 55. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲的是故宫博物院百年来的发展与转变。 【52题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第三段划线词后文“social media and wildly popular cultural creative products, from ancient-style lipsticks to miniature porcelain, have made history overpowering trendy, catching the hearts of young Chinese. (社交媒体以及从古风口红到微型瓷器等大受欢迎的文化创意产品，让历史强势引领潮流，深深吸引了中国年轻人的心。)”可知，故宫巧妙地使用社交媒体以及从古风口红到微型瓷器等大受欢迎的文化创意产品，划线词savvy的意思是“巧妙的”，和clever and practical表达的意思相近，故选B。 【53题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“In recent decades, the Palace Museum has masterfully balanced preservation with innovation. A comprehensive, ongoing restoration project aims to protect its ancient wooden structures and delicate artwork. Meanwhile, a digital revolution has taken place.(近几十年来，故宫博物院巧妙地兼顾了文物保护与创新发展。一项全面且持续进行的修缮工程，旨在保护其古老的木质建筑和精致的艺术品。与此同时，一场数字化变革也已拉开帷幕。)”可知，故宫博物院现代化战略的双重重点是实体保护与数字创新。故选C。 【54题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“It is not merely a display of artifacts but a narrative of the museum’s own century-long story. It shows priceless objects from its collection while using multimedia equipment to illustrate its transformation from an inaccessible palace to a vibrant, educational center. It highlights how the museum has become a center for international cultural dialogue, collaborating with institutions worldwide.(它不仅仅是一场文物展陈，更是一部讲述故宫博物院自身百年历程的叙事篇章。它既展出馆藏的无价之宝，又运用多媒体设备，生动呈现故宫从一座难以亲近的宫殿转变为充满活力、兼具教育功能的中心的蜕变过程。它着重凸显了故宫博物院如何成为国际文化对话的中心，与世界各地的机构开展合作。)”可知，“永恒的辉煌”展览的意义部分在于它的自我反思性质。故选B。 【55题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“It demonstrates a profound commitment to safeguarding a priceless heritage while confidently accepting the future. No longer just a static repository of relics, the Palace Museum today is a living, breathing entity. It stands as a testament to the idea that understanding the past is essential for inspiring creativity and awe in the present, ensuring its legacy will continue to enlighten minds for the next century to come.(它彰显出对守护无价遗产的深切承诺，同时也自信地拥抱未来。如今的故宫博物院不再仅仅是静态的文物贮藏之所，而是一个鲜活灵动、充满生机的存在。它印证了这样一种理念：理解过去对于激发当下的创造力与敬畏之心至关重要，确保其遗产在未来一个世纪乃至更久远的时光里，都能持续启迪人们的心智。)”可知，作者对故宫博物院的转变持欣赏和乐观的态度，故选C。 Ⅱ卷（满分25分） Ⅴ. 阅读表达（每小题1分，满分5分）阅读下列短文，按照要求用英文回答问题。 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题. I started drawing houses at six. Unlike most girls, my dream was to build a backyard clubhouse-an unrealistic dream because we lived in an apartment. By high school I continued drawing and my dreams broadened—to become an architect. My elder brother told me that took a university education. But my family couldn't afford that kind of education. Still, I fanned the name of hope. I got a part-time job at Bayside Bowl and started saving money. My bank account however, was growing quite slowly. When I looked at college catalogues, I couldn't imagine how I would ever get there. I decided to shrink（缩小）my dreams to a more realistic size. Soon after that, a newcomer started frequenting Bayside Bowl. She arrived alone and always carried a pink hag with a hall inside. Her dark, wrinkled skin and curly gray hair made her stand out among our younger customers. She talked to me whenever I cleaned near her lane（球道）. I learned her name was Bessie. She had been a singer for as long as she could remember. In her 20s she had tried to get a job as a restaurant singer, "I was a young black woman, and in the early 1950s doors didn't exactly open wide for me. Zilch!（无价值之人）" she said. But I appreciated her advice. "Life's like bowling," she would say. "Set your eyes on your target and follow through. " Indeed, Bessie hadn't let the "zilches" stop her. She had saved up and enrolled in the Brightwood Music Academy. It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was the Bessie Richards, a recording artist of the 1960s. Before leaving, Bessie left me some lines of poetry she had copied from a book. Bessie said, "Read this when the going seems tough. It'll help you follow through and reach for your goal." These are the lines: Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. A year has passed since I last bowled with Bessie, and I've restarted my drawing. I'm working and saving money, taking drafting classes, and applying for internships（实习）. Whenever I'm discouraged, I reread those lines of poetry, There'll be no barren（盆脊）field of frozen snow nor zilches for me. Inspired by Bessie and the poem, I plan to continue to dream. 56. What was the author's dream when she was in high school?（no more than 5 words） 57. Why did the author shrink her dream to a realistic size?（no more than 10 words） 58. How do you understand the underlined sentence "Life is like bowling"?（no more than 20 words） 59. Describe one of Bessie's characteristics and explain why.（no more than 15 words） 60. Who is the "Bessie" in your life? How does he or she help you to pursue your dream?（no more than 30 words） 【答案】56. To become an architect. Or: Becoming an architect. 57. Because her family/she couldn’t afford a university education. 58. Just like playing bowling, we need to set our eyes on the target in life and follow through. 59. She is/was inspiring because she encouraged the author to pursue her dream. Or: She is/was determined /brave /persistent because she strove for/worked towards her goal. 60. Open.（作答时一定要结合自身生活经历，要体现正能量。） My mom is my “Bessie”. It was my mom who encouraged me to keep playing the piano when I considered quitting and now I can play well. 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，作者喜爱画画，梦想成为建筑师，虽然家庭经济不好，但作者不放弃，自己兼职去追梦，一位顾客的追梦故事和鼓励话语让作者坚定了追梦的心。 【56题详解】 考查细节理解。由第一段中的“By high school I continued drawing and my dreams broadened—to become an architect.”（到了高中，我继续画画，我的梦想扩大到成为一名建筑师。），可知作者在高中时的梦想是成为一名建筑师。故答案为：To become an architect. / Becoming an architect. 【57题详解】 考查推理判断。由第一段中的“Unlike most girls, my dream was to build a backyard clubhouse — a dream that was unrealistic given that we lived in an apartment. By high school I continued drawing and my dreams broadened—to become an architect. My older brother told me that look a university education. But my family couldn't afford that kind of education.”（与大多数女孩不同的是，我的梦想是在后院建一个会所——考虑到我们住在公寓里，这个梦想是不现实的。到了高中，我继续画画，我的梦想扩大到成为一名建筑师。我哥哥告诉我那看起来像大学教育。但我的家人负担不起这样的教育。）和第二段中的“I got a part-time job at Bayside Bowl and started saving money. My bank account, however, was growing quite slowly. When I looked at college catalogs, I couldn't imagine how I would ever get there.”（我在Bayside Bowl找到了一份兼职工作，开始存钱。然而，我的银行账户增长相当缓慢。当我看大学的目录时，我无法想象我将如何到达那里。），可知作者一开始想建一个会所，但由于自己的住宿条件，这不现实，之后想成为一名建筑师，哥哥说家人负担不起，作者虽兼职挣钱，但钱不多，说明是作者的家庭状况不好、自己付不起上大学的费用才把自己的梦想缩小到现实的大小。故答案为：Because her family/she couldn’t afford a university education. 【58题详解】 考查推理判断。由第四段中的“"Life's like bowling." she would say. "Set your eyes on your target and follow through."”（“生活就像打保龄球，”她会说。“把你的眼睛盯着你的目标，然后坚持到底。”），可知那位女士对作者说“Life is like bowling”是为了告诉作者，生活就像打保龄球一样，像把目光放在保龄球上一样，我们需要把目光放在生活的目标上，并坚持到底。故答案为：Just like playing bowling, we need to set our eyes on the target in life and follow through. 【59题详解】 考查推理判断。由最后一段中的“Inspired by Bessie and the poem, I plan to continue to dream.”（受到贝西和这首诗的启发，我打算继续做梦。），可得出贝西很鼓舞人心，鼓励作者追梦，故答案为：She is/was inspiring because she encouraged the author to pursue her dream.；由第四段中的“Indeed, Bessie hadn't let the "zilches"stop her. She had saved up and enrolled in the Brightwood Music Academy.”（事实上，贝西并没有让那些“困难”阻止她。她攒钱进了布莱特伍德音乐学院。），可得出贝西为自己的目标而奋斗，很有决心、勇敢、坚持不懈，故答案为：She is/was determined /brave /persistent because she strove for her goal.。 【60题详解】 开放式题目。学生可根据本文大意结合生活经历，找到生活中的“Bessie（贝西）”并谈谈他或她如何帮助你实现你的梦想的。此处只要言之有理即可。故答案为：My mom is my “Bessie”. It was my mom who encouraged me to keep playing the piano when I considered quitting and now I can play well. Ⅵ. 单词填空 根据句意或所给提示用词语的正确形式填空（每题1分；共5分） 61. The book that you r_________ to in the meeting yesterday is really useful. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】referred##eferred 【解析】 【详解】考查固定短语和时态。句意：你昨天在会上提到的那本书真的很有用。由“in the meeting”可知，句子表示“你昨天在会上提到的那本书真的很有用”，空格处意为“提到”，由首字母提示r可知，是refer，refer to是固定短语，意为“提到”；空处为从句谓语动词，由yesterday可知，句子描述过去的事情，时态用一般过去时，空格处用过去式，故填referred。 62. His story r_________ me of my happy childhood. (made me think of…)（根据首字母单词拼写） 【答案】reminded##eminded 【解析】 【详解】考查动词。句意：他的故事让我想起了我快乐的童年。根据首字母和括号内的英文提示可知，此空应填remind，表“使...想起”，为动词，在本句中作谓语；句子描述过去的情况应用一般过去时，符合语境。故填reminded。 63. Look! Now we are leaving the business district and a _________ the harbor. (快到了) (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 【答案】approaching##pproaching 【解析】 【详解】考查动词。句意：看！现在我们正离开商业区，快到港口了。根据首字母“a”及中英文提示“快到了”可知，此处为动词approach；结合“Look!”和“are leaving”可知，句子用现在进行时，其结构为“am/is/are +现在分词”，所以此处为approach的现在分词approaching。故填approaching。 64. Let me give an example to i_________ my point. (阐明我的观点)（根据中英文提示单词拼写） 【答案】illustrate##llustrate 【解析】 【详解】考查动词。句意：让我举个例子来阐明我的观点。根据首字母和中文提示可知，表示“阐明、说明”应用动词illustrate。空前的to为不定式符号，后接动词原形。故填illustrate。 65. D_________ the bad weather, they succeeded in climbing that high mountain. (根据首字母单词拼写) 【答案】Despite##espite 【解析】 【详解】考查介词。句意：尽管天气不好，他们还是成功地爬上了那座高山。由the bad weather, they succeeded in climbing that high mountain可知，句子表示“尽管天气不好，他们还是成功地爬上了那座高山”，空格处意为“尽管”，由首字母提示D可知，是Despite。故填Despite。 Ⅶ. 短语填空 根据句意选择正确短语并用其正确形式填空（每题1分；共15分） 根据句意选择正确短语并用其正确形式填空 be about to go all out jump in with both feet wind up look back on come across make progress agree with turn up add to care about focus on throw a party leave behind turn to settle for lose track of hold one’s head up long for work out 66. After spending hours trying to fix the old radio, we finally __________ taking it to a repair shop because none of our attempts worked. 67. Fresh fruit __________ the healthiness of breakfast. 68. While walking through the forest, we __________ a group of hikers who shared stories of their journey through the mountains. 69. I couldn’t afford the house I wanted, so I __________ second best. 70. If a person, country, or organization __________ they remain at a lower level than others because they are not as quick at understanding things or developing. 71. With all his attention __________ his work, he didn’t notice what happened outside. 72. We __________ last weekend to celebrate our team’s big win. 73. They __________ in learning English since they started taking the course attentively. 74. There is always someone busier than you who ___________. 75. I __________ throw everything away when my mother came in. 76. He founded a company by to realize his dream. 77. After graduation I __________ most of my classmates and only kept in touch with a few. 78. He finally __________ at the meeting after three phone reminders. 79. __________ the day, you will find it hard to deny that a horseback safari is as close as you will ever come to answering the call of the wild. 80. Faced with the sudden breakdown of his laptop while he was rushing to finish an important work report, he spent nearly an hour trying various methods but still couldn’t fix it, eventually __________ a professional technician he had met at a tech seminar for emergency help. 【答案】66. wound up 67. adds to 68. came across 69. settled for 70. is left behind 71. focused on 72. threw a party 73. have made progress 74. is working out 75. was about to 76. going all out 77. lost track of 78. turned up 79. Looking back on 80. turning to 【解析】 【66题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：花了几个小时试图修理那台旧收音机后，我们最终还是把它送到了修理店，因为我们的所有尝试都失败了。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，wind up，表“最终处于某种状态”，结合语境“尝试失败后最终选择送修”，且句子描述过去发生的事用一般过去时，wind的过去式为wound。故填wound up。 【67题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：新鲜水果能增加早餐的健康度。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，add to，表“增加”，句子陈述客观事实用一般现在时，主语Fresh fruit为不可数名词，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，符合“水果对早餐健康的作用”语境。故填adds to。 【68题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：在森林中行走时，我们偶遇了一群徒步旅行者，他们分享了自己的山地旅行故事。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，come across，表“偶然遇见”，结合语境“行走中偶然遇到”，且句子描述过去发生的事用一般过去时。故填came across。 【69题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：我买不起我想要的房子，所以只好退而求其次。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，settle for，表“勉强接受、退而求其次”，句子描述过去的经历用一般过去时，符合“买不起心仪房子后的选择”语境。故填settled for。 【70题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：如果一个人、国家或组织被落在后面，他们就会处于比别人低的水平，因为他们理解事物或发展的速度不够快。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，leave behind，表“落后、落在后面”，结合语境“被他人超越而处于劣势”，句子主语“a person, country, or organization”与“leave behind”存在被动关系，需用被动语态；且句子陈述客观规律用一般现在时，主语为单数概念，被动语态结构为“is + 过去分词”，leave的过去分词为left。故填is left behind。 【71题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：他所有的注意力都集中在工作上，没有注意到外面发生的事。分析句子结构可知，此处为“with + 宾语 + 宾语补足语”结构，focus on，表“集中于”，与attention为逻辑上的被动关系，用过去分词形式作补足语，符合“注意力集中在工作上”语境。故填focused on。 【72题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：上周末我们举办了一场派对，庆祝我们团队的重大胜利。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，throw a party，表“举办派对”，结合时间状语last weekend 可知用一般过去时，符合“庆祝胜利”的语境。故填threw a party。 【73题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：自从开始认真学习这门课程以来，他们在英语学习上已经取得了进步。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，make progress，表“取得进步”。结合时间状语 “since they started taking the course attentively”（自从开始认真上课以来），该结构通常与现在完成时连用，强调“从过去动作开始到现在的结果”；主语they为复数，现在完成时结构为“have + 过去分词”，make的过去分词为made，符合“持续学习后产生的进步成果”语境。故填have made progress。 【74题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：总有比你更忙的人正在努力解决（问题 / 困境）。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，work out，表“努力解决、设法应对（问题或困难）”。结合语境“比你忙的人仍在积极处理事务”，句子强调“当前正在进行的动作”，用现在进行时；先行词someone为单数概念，现在进行时结构为“is + 动词 - ing”，work的现在分词为working，符合“忙碌者的持续行动”语境。故填is working out。 【75题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：我正要把所有东西都扔掉，这时妈妈进来了。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，be about to，表“正要、即将”，常与when引导的时间状语从句连用，描述过去即将发生的动作，主语为I，对应的be动词用was。故填was about to。 【76题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：他全力以赴创办了一家公司来实现自己的梦想。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作介词by的宾语，go all out，表“全力以赴”，介词后接动名词形式，符合“通过全力奋斗创办公司”的语境。故填going all out。 【77题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：毕业后，我和大多数同学失去了联系，只和少数几个人保持着联络。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，lose track of，表“失去联系”，句子描述过去的情况用一般过去时，符合“毕业后与同学失联”的语境。故填lost track of。 【78题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：经过三次电话提醒，他终于出现在了会议上。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作谓语，turn up，表“出现、露面”，句子描述过去发生的事用一般过去时，符合“多次提醒后参会”的语境。故填turned up。 【79题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：回首那一天，你会发现很难否认，骑马游猎是你最接近响应野性召唤的一次经历。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作状语，look back on，表“回首、回顾”，与逻辑主语you为主动关系，用现在分词形式，位于句首首字母大写。故填Looking back on。 【80题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：他正赶着重写一份重要的工作报告，笔记本电脑却突然出了故障，他花了将近一个小时尝试各种方法仍无法修复，最终向一位在科技研讨会上认识的专业技术人员寻求紧急帮助。分析句子结构可知，此空应填动词短语作结果状语，turn to，表“求助于”，与逻辑主语he为主动关系，用现在分词形式。故填turning to。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 天津市耀华中学2025-2026学年度第一学期期中学情调研 高一年级英语学科 ★请同学们将试题答案填涂或填写在答题卡上 本试卷包含Ⅰ卷（选择题）和Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共100分，考试时间100分钟。 答卷前，请务必将自己的相关信息填写在答题卡上和密封线外相应位置。答卷时，务必将答案涂写在答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。祝各位同学考试顺利！ Ⅰ卷（75分） Ⅰ. 听力理解（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分） 第一节 听下面5段对话，每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What juice does the man want? A. Orange. B. Apple. C. Pear. 2 How did the woman buy the tickets? A. By phone. B. On the Internet. C. In person. 3. Who might collect the kids today? A. Their mother. B. Their father. C. Their grandmother. 4. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Business partners. B. Colleagues. C. Interviewer and interviewee. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. When to have a day out together. B. How to work to the deadline. C. Whether to go out today. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What will the speakers do tomorrow afternoon? A. Go sailing. B. Go water-skiing. C. Go windsurfing. 7. Where will the speakers meet? A. Outside the cafe. B. At the football field. C. At the water sports center. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is Linda asked to do first? A. Meet Mr. Brown. B. Complete some forms. C. Hand in the recommendation letter. 9. What will Linda do in Room 201? A. Charge her phone. B. Have an interview. C. Read the email. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What will the kids do with the egg in the workshop? A. Make a protective cover for it. B. Place it safely at a certain height. C. Learn the method of breaking it. 11. What is the competition about? A. Designing cars. B. Blowing up balloons. C Building towers. 12. What does the man think of the activities? A. They are hard. B. They are special. C. They are interesting. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. How many days does the festival last? A. Three. B. Four. C. Six. 14. What will happen around 2:00 on the first day? A. The crowd will gather. B The opening will begin. C. The performances will finish. 15. What event comes next after the speech? A. A short play. B. A firework display. C. A band performance. 16. Where is the best place to watch fireworks? A. The city theater. B. The park. C. The beach. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Where is the coatroom? A. Behind the reception. B. Next to the bathroom. C. Opposite the ticket office. 18. What is special about the Great Bath? A. It’s very imaginative. D It’s the deepest. C. It’s the largest. 19. What is in the center of the site? A. The bath. B. The spring. C. The temple. 20. What do we know about the temple? A. It was poorly preserved. B. It was built a century ago. C. It is the only Roman temple in Britain. Ⅱ. 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分；满分15分） 1. —Susan you water the plants in the garden and I will cook the dinner. —________. I’m looking forward to your dinner. A. OK, that’s settled B. You are welcome C. Forget it D. That’s right 2. The outdoor store has a wide ________ of camping equipment to choose from, including tents, sleeping bags; cooking stoves, and hiking gear. A. series B. range C. section D. resource 3. The handmade jewelry is truly ________. Its exceptional design makes it stand out from the mass-produced ones in the market and nowhere else can you find another similar one. A. typical B. unique C. specific D. various 4. A survey carried out last year showed that 90% of the aged ________ in support of that idea. A. is B. are C. was D. were 5. ________ far away from his hometown for six months, Tom is looking forward to meeting his parents. A. Worked B. To work C. Having been worked D. Having worked 6. The one who has changed a lot is my father, ________ hair is turning grey. A. that B. which C. who D. whose 7. I heard that your team won the football match yesterday afternoon. You ______ have performed quite well. A. can B. must C. should D. need 8. Mr. Smith________ these days. I think he should take a holiday before he burns out. A. has been overworking B. overworked C. has overworked D. was overworking 9. The designer is ________ when it comes to fabric(面料) — he will reject any material that doesn’t meet his high standards. A. strict B. particular C. careless D. patient 10. Nowadays, we can move around the world and still ________ the people that we want to remain friends with ________ modern social media tools. A. correspond with; regardless of` B. stay in touch with; thanks to C. lose track of; due to D. communicate with; in spite of 11. Successful and unique people always determine who they are________ common people always change their faith. A. until B. before C. although D. while 12. The employers often give the job to________they believe has work experience with strong sense of duty. A. whoever B. who C. those who D. whomever 13. Most parents said there were significant differences in their approach ________ their children compared with ________ of their parents. A. to educating; that B. to educate; one C. to educate; that D. to educating; those 14. A tour bus, __________body huge flowers were painted, appeared in Tianjin during the SCO Summit. A. of which B. across whose C. across which D. of whose 15. —Learning a language isn’t easy. It takes time. —I agree. ________. There is no shortcut. A. Never have a frog in your throat B. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater C. Rome wasn’t built in a day D. Never have butterflies in your stomach Ⅲ. 完形填空（每小题1分；满分20分） Always believe in yourself no matter what happens. It is the ____16____ of life that is useful for everyone. I think that if people want to lead a happy life, they must believe in and ____17____ themselves. You never realize how easy your life becomes until you have ____18____. If you say I can do this, you are likely to finish the task that you ____19____. I have already ____20____ with having trust in myself many times in my life. When I was nine, I began ____21____ piano lessons. I fought with the tasks such as completing a(n) ____22____ on the piano. I remembered that I got very ____23____ at that time because I had to play a song at a recital (演奏会) which was ____24____ soon. I had a piece that I needed to memorize. Coming home with a feeling of frustration and poor attitude, I was ____25____ about accomplishing this task. I sat at my piano and told myself that I would never get it ____26____. I couldn’t help crying. My mother came to me and ____27____ me. She said, “Whatever you do, you should say I can. ____28____ when you believe you can, is nothing difficult for you.” Mother’s ____29____ showed me an important life lesson. I did end up finishing the piece and the recital went ____30____. The important point is that you can accomplish anything you want to do if you believe yourself and ____31____ your best. Now, when I become ____32____ in realizing the goal in life, I never give it up or think that I cannot do it. Always beginning with a ____33____ attitude, I sit down and tell myself that I can accomplish my goal if I put my ____34____ to it. I realize that I should have this attitude in everything I do. Believe that you can accomplish anything you ____35____ pains to do. 16. A. nature B. rule C. condition D. length 17. A. choose B. admire C. accept D. control 18. A. confidence B. ability C. power D. knowledge 19. A. long for B. make up C. care about D. take on 20. A. struggled B. dealt C. agreed D. gone 21. A. ordering B. getting C. bringing D. having 22. A. piece B. course C. operation D. application 23. A. strange B. happy C. nervous D. cool 24. A. approaching B. appearing C. staying D. developing 25. A. eager B. doubtful C. sure D. hopeful 26. A. across B. through C. out D. up 27. A. informed B. surprised C. encouraged D. blamed 28. A. Yet B. Even C. Exactly D. Only 29. A. ideas B. responsibility C. words D. performance 30. A. correctly B. smoothly C. carefully D. heavily 31. A. move B. show C. put D. try 32. A. pleased B. funny C. frustrated D. ashamed 33. A. free B. fresh C. polite D. positive 34. A. body B. mind C. fame D. fate 35. A. take B. use C. spare D. make Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分；满分30分） A In order to make sure Harvard is an affordable choice for your undergraduate education, you can consider financial aid packages made up of a combination of four types of funding. ● Scholarships & Grants Because Harvard is committed to affordability, our scholarships are designed to cover 100% of your financial need. Here is our process: — Establish your parent contribution; — Factor in student employment and outside awards; — Cover the remaining needs by scholarship funds which never need to be repaid. ● Outside Awards Like many of our students, you may receive funds from sources outside Harvard, such as secondary schools, your parental employers, etc. Since the intention of these awards is that they be used for educational purposes, you must report them to Harvard and apply them to your college expenses. We will consider your outside awards as a part of your overall financial aid funding. ● Student Employment If you receive financial aid from Harvard, you will likely be expected to contribute to your education through employment. Your expected term-time work expectation is often around 10 to 12 hours per week. All wages earned are paid directly to you and can be used to help pay for your out-of-pocket personal expenses. ● Loans You are not expected to take out loans, since our aid packages are designed to cover your financial need without additional borrowing. However, you may choose to pursue loans to help cover your student or family contribution. If you are interested in a loan, we will help you find one that works for you. Types of Student Loans for Year 22-23 — Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan — Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan — Harvard Loans — Additional loan information 36. Who may be the target readers of the text? A. Parents unable to afford university fees. B. Students with excellent academic performance. C. College freshmen with financial concerns. D. Undergraduates with outside financial supports. 37. How can scholarship funds help you? A. By bridging your financial gap in college. B. By covering 100% of your expenses. C. By balancing your earnings and awards. D. By helping your parents to pay off debts. 38. According to the passage, which of the following may help cover your personal expenses? A. Scholarships & Grants. B. Student Employment. C. Outside Awards. D. Loans. 39. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To advertise the Harvard students’ loan system. B. To introduce Harvard financial aid packages. C. To show students the importance to get financial aid. D. To introduce Harvard students scholarship. B Exams never made me break out in a nervous sweat — but this one did. Even booking my piano exam reduced me to a mess of anxiety. I feel permanently scared inside churches where piano exams are held — no longer admiring their beauty because over the years I have received terrible marks from examiners. Despite being 15 — too old, too cool to be frightened — I remember trembling inside the bathroom before my tests. I wished I never had to play in front of others. This time, after booking my Level 8 Royal Conservatory of Music piano exam, I went back to my normal routine. A little practice here; a little practice there. And then it happened. My trusty, 10-year-old electric piano gave out. When I told my father what had happened to my piano, he only glared at me with disappointment, “When I was your age, I learned to be resourceful.” Hmm. I had a broken piano, an exam coming up in a few months and a father who refused to buy me a new piano because he wanted to teach me a “life lesson”. I finally came up with a decision: I’d practice at school. The school had many pianos but only a few in tune. Within a few days of searching, I headed off to a music room at every available opportunity. I loved finding new pianos in hidden corners of the school and spent hours practicing. As my exam drew near, all the music teachers knew to look for me in the piano rooms after school. In anticipation of my assessment, one of my music teachers let me perform for her as a mini practice exam. To my surprise, she was greatly impressed. Music had never been the love of my life but that was changing. When I played, my worries about how others judged me and how I viewed myself merged to reveal who I really am. All my adolescent thoughts made me feel like I was in a cage, but music gave me the key. Within a few months I went from not caring about my playing to feeling actually kind of proud of my work. In my favorite, soundproof music room, I discovered that behind the piano, I could become anyone. Talking to other people never came easy to me, but I was able to express myself through music. I became overjoyed. When the time came to play in front of an examiner, all the anxiety I had about going up on stage dimmed, and all I could think about was the marvelous journey I’d had to get here. Trilling the keys reminded me of the bittersweet music experiences of past years and my happiness nowadays. Many days later, I received my mark — a rarely mentioned “well done”. Now whenever I get caught up in the daily struggle, I remember the hard work that it took to reach my goal. Whenever I feel discouraged, I never forget to look at the gleaming keys of my new upright piano. As my father always says, some lessons are just learned the hard way. 40. What made the author so stressful inside churches these years? A. The religious atmosphere. B. The artistic performance. C. The horrible surroundings. D. Her colorful fantasy. 41. What can be inferred according to the underlined sentence in Para 3? A. The author’s family was too poor to afford a new piano. B. The father was quite angry about the author’s bad behavior. C. The father wanted the author to solve the problem independently. D. The author showed great dissatisfaction about her father. 42. The author changed her attitude towards music mainly because of ________. A. her hard work and determination. B. her own understanding of musical value. C. her teachers’ constant encouragement. D. her family’s enthusiastic support. 43. What might be the best title of this passage? A. An Important Music Test B. A Hard but Enjoyable Life C. My Favorite Piano D. The “Key” to Happiness C Should we focus on our goal, or on the process? What happened to Brenda Martinez, a US Olympic runner, may provide us with the answer. She lost her balance in the 800 m race and failed to qualify for the Olympics. Focusing on everything that would give her another chance, she quickly let go of what happened in the 800m race and got back to her routine. A week later, she won the third place in the 1500 m race to qualify for the Olympics in Rio. Instead of attaching herself to the goal of making the Olympic team, she concentrated on the process. Generally, overemphasizing goals based on ultimate outcomes often leads to risk-taking, unethical (不道德的) behavior and reduced motivation. We see this happen in the real world all the time: someone becomes driven by the external rewards and recognition that he hopes accomplishing his goal will bring, and, in the worst case, he’ll go to any extreme to achieve it such as taking harmful diet pills to lose weight or using banned drugs in a competition. These are all predictable side effects of overemphasizing goals. Another danger of only focusing on goals is giving up all the merits after completing them. For example, some marathon runners experience what’s called the “post-race blues”. Achieving their goal may cause them to drop the good habits that got them there. Dieters often experience this in what’s called “yo-yo dieting” — gaining all the weight back while resuming their bad habits after they drop down to a desired weight. However, focusing on the process will help you to achieve little victories on your way to achieving long-term goals and leave you with a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, regardless of the ultimate outcome. It means breaking down a goal into little parts and concentrating on those parts. For Martinez, this meant not worrying about her bad luck in the 800m race, but rather ensuring she got in the right nutrition, sleep and workouts to give herself the best chance to run a good race in the 1500m race. Therefore, after you set a goal, it’s best to shift your focus from the goal itself to the process that gives you the best chance of achieving the goal, and to judge yourself based on how well you do in the process. 44. With a question at the beginning of the passage, the author intends to ______. A. enhance the persuasion B. persuade readers to accept his views C. provide convincing evidence D. inspire readers to reflect on the topic 45. Brenda Martinez’s example shows that ______ . A. it is important to set big goals B. failure is the mother of success C. focusing on the process can lead to success D. opportunity favors the prepared mind 46. What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3 and 4? A. Giving too much attention to goals can bring about harmful effects. B. Post-race blues is sure to happen after a marathon race. C. In order to achieve the goals people can adopt aggressive behavior. D. It is normal to feel down after achieving the goal. 47. According to the author, what benefits can we obtain by focusing on the process? A. Avoiding failure during the process. B. Gaining a sense of satisfaction by achieving small targets. C. Reducing some unpredictable risk. D. Ensuring enough sleep and good mood. D The temperature is sharply rising with each passing day. People, including many experts, find it difficult to slow down the process. However, leaving coal and major fossil fuels in the ground could help to limit climate change in the future, according to a new study. That is to say, a third of oil reserves on the earth, half of gas reserves and over 80 percent of current coal reserves should not be used before the year 2050. If we are to prevent global temperatures from rising above 2 degrees Celsius in the near future, we ought to carry some measures to severely control the emissions from factories, vehicles and even our daily-life cooking. However, it is a goal that seems to be impossible in our eyes. “Policy makers in different countries must realize that their attempt to completely use the fossil fuels within their countries is wholly incompatible (矛盾的) with their hope to reach the 2-degree goal,” Dr. Christophe Mc Glade at University College London’s Energy Institute said in a statement. “If they go ahead with developing their own resources,” he added, “they must be asked which reserves elsewhere should remain unburned in order for the carbon budget not to go beyond the limit.” It’s not surprising to see how tapping into these unused reserves would be attractive. Energy-related industry is a big business all over the world. There are many coal reserves in China Russia and the United States, along with over 260 thousand million barrels of oil reserves in the Middle East. Not to mention that oil is currently being developed in the Arctic. Companies spent over $670 billion last year in the expansion of fossil fuels, but according to the new model used in this latest study, developers may need to rethink their plans to develop these underground resources so as to make some contributions to control the world temperature from rising high in the future. “We’ve now got practical figures of the quantities and locations of fossil fuels that should remain unused in trying to keep within the 2-degree temperature limit,” added Mc Glade. World leaders and policy makers should take the advice to heart, because a recent IPCC report warned that if immediate and great actions are not taken soon, climate change will cause irreversible (不可逆转的) impacts on environments worldwide, leaving the world an unsafe place for us to live in. 48. According to Paragraph 1, our goal is to ________. A. discover more fossil fuels for the future generation B. slow down the climate change C. keep the temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius D. refuse to use reserves on the earth 49. According to what Mc Glade said in Paragraph 2. all countries should ________. A. make full use of their fossil fuels B. work together towards the 2-degree goal C. find better ways to dig out the coal D. increase the global carbon budget 50. We can infer from Paragraph 3 that great efforts have been made in ________. A. developing fossil fuels around the world B. getting people to rethink their fuel plans C. digging out the oil in the Middle East D. developing energy-related industry worldwide 51. What is the author’s attitude towards the future of temperature control? A. Confident. B. Unclear. C. Satisfied D. Negative. E This year marks the centenary of the Palace Museum, an important occasion that celebrates its transformation from an imperial fortress into a world-renowned sign of culture and history. Over the past century, it has not only kept China’s glorious past but has also dynamically reinvented itself for a global audience. The museum’s journey began in 1925 following the expulsion of the last emperor. The once-forbidden gates were opened to the public, turning a symbol of supreme power into a shared treasure for all. The early years were filled with immense challenges. The most notable was the “Southern Migration” of its artifacts, a heroic and hard effort to protect over 13,000 crates of precious treasures from the damages of war, ensuring their survival for future generations. In recent decades, the Palace Museum has masterfully balanced preservation with innovation (创新). A comprehensive, ongoing restoration project aims to protect its ancient wooden structures and delicate artwork. Meanwhile, a digital revolution has taken place. The museum has launched high-definition virtual tours, developed engaging mobile apps, and created immersive VR experiences that allow visitors to “walk” through recreated historical scenes. Its savvy use of social media and wildly popular cultural creative products, from ancient-style lipsticks to miniature porcelain (瓷器), have made history overpowering trendy, catching the hearts of young Chinese. The centenary exhibition, “Timeless Splendor,” is the most important part of this evolution. It is not merely a display of artifacts but a narrative of the museum’s own century-long story. It shows priceless objects from its collection while using multimedia equipment to illustrate its transformation from an inaccessible palace to a vibrant, educational center. It highlights how the museum has become a center for international cultural dialogue, collaborating with institutions worldwide. The story of the Palace Museum’s first hundred years is a microcosm (缩影) of China’s broader cultural renaissance. It demonstrates a profound commitment to safeguarding a priceless heritage while confidently accepting the future. No longer just a static repository (贮藏室) of relics, the Palace Museum today is a living, breathing entity. It stands as a testament to the idea that understanding the past is essential for inspiring creativity and awe in the present, ensuring its legacy (遗产) will continue to enlighten minds for the next century to come. 52. The word “savvy” as used in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________. A. cautious and hesitant B. clever and practical C. extensive and expensive D. occasional and unpredictable 53. According to the passage, which of the following best describes the dual focus of the Palace Museum’s modern strategy? A. Profit generation and international expansion. B. Architectural protection and historical replan. C. Physical preservation and digital innovation. D. Academic research and public entertainment. 54. What can be inferred from the passage about the “Timeless Splendor” exhibition? A. It is the first exhibition to use multimedia technology. B. Its significance lies partly in its self-reflective nature. C. It focuses mainly on artifacts from the “Southern Migration” D. It is primarily aimed at general tourists and scholars. 55. The author’s attitude toward the transformation of the Palace Museum is best described as ________. A. neutral and analytical B. longing and critical C admiring and optimistic D. positive and cautious Ⅱ卷（满分25分） Ⅴ. 阅读表达（每小题1分，满分5分）阅读下列短文，按照要求用英文回答问题。 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题. I started drawing houses at six. Unlike most girls, my dream was to build a backyard clubhouse-an unrealistic dream because we lived in an apartment. By high school I continued drawing and my dreams broadened—to become an architect. My elder brother told me that took a university education. But my family couldn't afford that kind of education. Still, I fanned the name of hope. I got a part-time job at Bayside Bowl and started saving money. My bank account however, was growing quite slowly. When I looked at college catalogues, I couldn't imagine how I would ever get there. I decided to shrink（缩小）my dreams to a more realistic size. Soon after that, a newcomer started frequenting Bayside Bowl. She arrived alone and always carried a pink hag with a hall inside. Her dark, wrinkled skin and curly gray hair made her stand out among our younger customers. She talked to me whenever I cleaned near her lane（球道）. I learned her name was Bessie. She had been a singer for as long as she could remember. In her 20s she had tried to get a job as a restaurant singer, "I was a young black woman, and in the early 1950s doors didn't exactly open wide for me. Zilch!（无价值之人）" she said. But I appreciated her advice. "Life's like bowling," she would say. "Set your eyes on your target and follow through. " Indeed, Bessie hadn't let the "zilches" stop her. She had saved up and enrolled in the Brightwood Music Academy. It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was the Bessie Richards, a recording artist of the 1960s. Before leaving, Bessie left me some lines of poetry she had copied from a book. Bessie said, "Read this when the going seems tough. It'll help you follow through and reach for your goal." These are the lines: Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. A year has passed since I last bowled with Bessie, and I've restarted my drawing. I'm working and saving money, taking drafting classes, and applying for internships（实习）. Whenever I'm discouraged, I reread those lines of poetry, There'll be no barren（盆脊）field of frozen snow nor zilches for me. Inspired by Bessie and the poem, I plan to continue to dream. 56. What was the author's dream when she was in high school?（no more than 5 words） 57. Why did the author shrink her dream to a realistic size?（no more than 10 words） 58. How do you understand the underlined sentence "Life is like bowling"?（no more than 20 words） 59. Describe one of Bessie's characteristics and explain why.（no more than 15 words） 60. Who is the "Bessie" in your life? How does he or she help you to pursue your dream?（no more than 30 words） Ⅵ. 单词填空 根据句意或所给提示用词语的正确形式填空（每题1分；共5分） 61. The book that you r_________ to in the meeting yesterday is really useful. (根据首字母单词拼写) 62. His story r_________ me of my happy childhood. (made me think of…)（根据首字母单词拼写） 63. Look! Now we are leaving the business district and a _________ the harbor. (快到了) (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 64. Let me give an example to i_________ my point. (阐明我的观点)（根据中英文提示单词拼写） 65. D_________ the bad weather, they succeeded in climbing that high mountain. (根据首字母单词拼写) Ⅶ. 短语填空 根据句意选择正确短语并用其正确形式填空（每题1分；共15分） 根据句意选择正确短语并用其正确形式填空 be about to go all out jump in with both feet wind up look back on come across make progress agree with turn up add to care about focus on throw a party leave behind turn to settle for lose track of hold one’s head up long for work out 66. After spending hours trying to fix the old radio, we finally __________ taking it to a repair shop because none of our attempts worked. 67. Fresh fruit __________ the healthiness of breakfast. 68. While walking through the forest, we __________ a group of hikers who shared stories of their journey through the mountains. 69. I couldn’t afford the house I wanted, so I __________ second best. 70. If a person, country, or organization __________ they remain at a lower level than others because they are not as quick at understanding things or developing. 71. With all his attention __________ his work, he didn’t notice what happened outside. 72. We __________ last weekend to celebrate our team’s big win. 73. They __________ in learning English since they started taking the course attentively. 74. There is always someone busier than you who ___________. 75. I __________ throw everything away when my mother came in. 76. He founded a company by to realize his dream. 77. After graduation I __________ most of my classmates and only kept in touch with a few. 78. He finally __________ at the meeting after three phone reminders. 79. __________ the day, you will find it hard to deny that a horseback safari is as close as you will ever come to answering the call of the wild. 80. Faced with the sudden breakdown of his laptop while he was rushing to finish an important work report, he spent nearly an hour trying various methods but still couldn’t fix it, eventually __________ a professional technician he had met at a tech seminar for emergency help. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $