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天津市第二十一中学2025-2026学年度第一学期高一年级 英语期中质量调查 第Ⅰ卷 一、听力（共15小题；满分15分） 第一节 短对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面五段对话。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有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. What’s the time now? A. 9:00. B. 7:50. C. 8:00. 2. What does the man suggest? A. Playing tennis. B. Dining outside. C. Repairing his bike. 3. How much will the man pay for the two air-conditioners? A. 720 dollars. B. 1800 dollars. C. 360 dollars. 4. What’s the man’s opinion about the car? A. It’s cheap. B. It’s expensive. C. It’s of high quality. 5. Who wanted to borrow the man’s tape recorder? A. His sister. B. His brother. C. His new neighbour. 第二节 长对话及独白（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前，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。每段材料读两遍。 听听第6段材料，回答第6至第8小题。 6. Where is the group from? A. Britain. B. Italy. C. America. 7. Which song will they sing tonight? A. Flying in the wind. B. If you let me go. C. Promises in the wind. 8. How will they go there? A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What is the man? A. A doctor. B. A salesman in a supermarket. C. A repairman. 10. When will the man come? A. Tomorrow afternoon. B. Tomorrow morning. C. Soon. 11. How much will the woman pay the man if it’s not serious? A. 90 dollars. B. 19 dollars. C. 69 dollars. 听第8段材料，回答第12至15题。 12. What job did Lucy do for thirty years? A. An electrician. B. A cashier. C. An artist. 13. How many children do Lucy and Frank have? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. 14. What’s the relationship between Ted and Billy? A. Father and son. B. Brothers. C. Grandfather and grandson. 15. What’s Kimberly? A. An electrician. B. A teacher. C. A lawyer. 二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. —Sophie, I wonder if I could ask you some questions about some unfamiliar English expressions? —______. A. Never mind B. Go ahead C. It’s hard to say D. You are welcome 2. —Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been? —I went to Ningxia and ________ there for one year, teaching as a volunteer. A. lived B. live C. had lived D. am living 3. —I have not heard from Mark for a long time. I’m quite worried about him. —OK. I’ll let you know the minute I ________ anything. A. will hear B. am hearing C. heard D. hear 4. “I look forward to ________ researchers expand our understanding of the issue so we can translate it into effective education and policy.” the professor said. A. to see B. saw C. seeing D. having seen 5. To raise people’s ________ of protecting the monarch butterfly, scientists have been doing researches on this wonderful creature. A. eagerness B. impression C. amazement D. awareness 6. English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, _________ uses it differently. A. all of which B. each of which C. all of them D. each of them 7. Joining the company as a clerk (职员), he got rapid promotion (晋升), and ______ working as a manager. A. ended up B. came across C. settled for D. focused on 8. —Did you have difficulty finding Ann'house? —Not really.She___us clear directions and we were able to find it easily。 A. was to give B. had given C. was giving D. would give 9. —How long have you been learning English? —About four months. —________! Your English is so good. A. You can’t be serious B. You got it C. I couldn’t agree more D. I’m stuck 10. Mary has always thought of herself as a good dancer and never forgets to ________ others of it. A. remember B. remind C. know D. introduce 11. The fog is so heavy that the cars are ________ even at a distance of 10 meters. A. plain B. invisible C. unusual D. entire 12. Christmas is ________ and we are busy shopping and decorating our house. A. in the way B. in panic C. around the clock D. around the corner 13. Please remain________. Let’s have a discussion and try to find a solution acceptable to both sides. A. seating B. seated C. to seat D. to be seated 14. Dr. Rowan, ______ secretary resigned two weeks ago, has had to do all his own typing. A. whose B. of whom C. of which D. which 15. Tim is in good shape physically__________he doesn't get much exercise. A. if B. even though C. unless D. as long as 三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） When I was 10, I decided that I was going to be a teacher, because I wanted superpowers. When I was in primary school I could clearly see that some of my ____16____ had extraordinary powers. There was our English-language teacher in fifth grade who could magically ____17____ us to different worlds every day. Then there was the school principal (校长), who knew everything about every child, and even about their parents and grandparents. But our class teacher in fourth grade could see the invisible (看不见的). I was one of those who remained invisible, being rather ____18____ as a child. Yet my teacher would ____19____ me. The unspoken message in her eyes told me: “I see you. I know you, I understand you.” She clearly had a ____20____, after four decades I can still remember her lessons about the great masters of art. She did this even though her subject wasn’t art but ____21____. I don’t remember much of the geography now, ____22____ I do remember how she made me feel. Teaching is not just a job — it is a science and an art. All my life, I’ve gone to work at 7 am each day. When I look back, what gives me ____23____ is remembering the children who felt happier in school because I was their teacher. Their obvious love for me is my best ____24____. It wasn’t until I was past 40 that I began to ____25____ that there was so much more to being a teacher than I had imagined. Twenty-five years ago my mother started teaching a group of out of school children under a tree on the outskirts (郊区) of Kolkata. The numbers ____26____ steadily (稳定地), from eight to 40 to 60. Now there are 300 children and a full school. An entire village has ____27____ because of the work my mother did. I learned from my mother that education is not a privilege (特权), it is a(n) ____28____. And every child has that right. When I meet others who want to acquire superpowers, like the new teacher struggling to perfect her skills, or the one in a ____29____ school traveling 70 kilometers each way just for his pupils, I feel ____30____ to belong to the same group. 16. A. students B. teachers C. friends D. classmates 17. A. tell B. treat C. limit D. lead 18. A. shy B. kind C. polite D. smart 19. A. worry B. believe C. notice D. praise 20. A. time B. patience C. thought D. power 21. A. science B. history C. geography D. math 22. A. since B. because C. so D. but 23. A. joy B. surprise C. regret D. fear 24. A. answer B. reward C. effort D. choice 25. A. expect B. accept C. realize D. predict 26. A. grew B. slowed C. cycled D. happened 27. A. fun B. trust C. attitude D. hope 28. A. interest B. ability C. chance D. right 29. A. quiet B. beautiful C. faraway D. small 30. A. confident B. brave C. proud D. free 四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A A Guide to the University Food The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study. If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Cafe located in the bottom level of the Douglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching. Relaxation The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays. Health Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30pm. Academic Support All students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30-minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free. Transportation The TWU Express is a shuttle service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1. 31. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria? A. Do homework and watch TV B. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts C. have meals and meet with friends D. Add money to your ID and play chess 32. The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre ________. A. is open six days a week B. offers services free of charge C. trains students in medical care D. gives advice on mental health 33. How can you seek help from the Writing Centre? A. By applying online B. By calling the centre C. By filling in a sign-up form D. By going to the centre directly B “Look how stupid he is!” A 7-year-old said to her dad Daniel Funke, pointing to a picture of a famous person on the Internet. The photo showed the man signing his name—with his pen turned upside down. Of course, the photo was not the original one. It had been changed to look like him using the pen the wrong way. Funke quickly pointed out the mistake, and his daughter got an on-the-spot education in fake (假的) news. By then, however, many people had already shared it on social media. “The pitfalls of sharing misinformation and fake news can be very serious,” says Laeeq Khan, who heads the Social Media Analytics Lab at Ohio University in Athens. Sharing something that’s not true can cost people their lives, he notes. Last year, people in India used a messaging app, WhatsApp, to spread fake stories about a kidnapping ring(绑架团伙). The lies caused violent attacks in which people died. Fake news stories hurt people in other ways, too. For example, fake reports lead some parents to refuse vaccines(疫苗) for their children. Yet without vaccines, children can get deadly diseases. Fake news can even hurt people who aren’t its target(目标). “About seven in ten Americans were telling us that fake news has a big influence on the confidence in our government,” says Jeffrey Gottfried. He’s a journalism and media-research expert at Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C.. Researchers there did a survey in the United States about the influence of made-up news. About half the people in the survey said they had shared misinformation online. Most of them said they didn’t realize it at the time. Besides causing serious results, sharing a fake story makes it harder for people to tell what’s real. And when people find out a story is not real, they may not trust other information from a person who spread it. Therefore, it’s important to do fact-checking before sharing news stories. 34. What is the purpose of the first two paragraphs? A. To bring up the topic of the text. B. To tell an interesting news story. C. To provide the main idea of the text. D. To list people’s popular online behavior. 35. What does the underlined word “pitfalls” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Mistakes. B. Problems. C. Advantages. D. Possibilities 36. What will probably be discussed if the text is continued? A. The ways to check whether a news story is real. B. What people should do when they discover fake news. C. What makes it hard for people to spot misinformation. D. The reasons why we should think twice before sharing news. 37. What does the text mainly talk about? A. The causes of fake news. B. The bad effects of fake news. C. The person of making fake news. D. The process of making fake news. C Ants are good navigators (导航员). They often travel long distances to search for food and carry it back to their nests. But how do they do it? An international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of Edinburgh, UK, has recently come up with an explanation According to the findings, ants use visual (视觉的) memories of their environments and the sun’s position to find their way home. And they can even do it while traveling backwards. The researchers studied a group of desert ants in Seville, Spain. The study’s purpose was to find out how ants navigate when they carry pieces of food of different sizes. To make it work, the scientists first trained the ants to follow a particular path back home, including a challenging 90-degree turn. Then the ants were given either a small or a large piece of food to test their navigational skills. Ants with small pieces of food walked forward and cleared the 90-degree turn just fine. However, those with larger pieces sometimes had to turn backwards to drag them. Generally, these ants would set of in the correct direction. But if they stayed too long in the backward position, they would miss the correct turn to reach the nest. Interestingly, not ail of the backward-walking ants were that stubborn. Some would drop the food occasionally (偶尔) to check their surroundings. So after turning back to pick up their food, the ants would find themselves back on the nest. Researchers believe the ants were taking advantage of a mix of different information to navigate backwards. This may include local landmarks (地标), the position of the sun, and their position in the environment. To prove this, they used a mirror to make it look like the sun was on the other side of the sky. In that case, the backward ants would turn toward the opposite direction. Barbara Webb, a professor from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics, said the findings could help people make smarter robots in future. “Understanding their behavior gives us new insights into brain function and has inspired us to build robot systems that mimic (模仿) their functions,” she told the BBC. Scientists have been able to copy the neural (神经的) network in the ant’s brain. The hope is to invent robots that can explore by themselves in natural areas such as forests. 38. According to the new study ants ________. A. mainly depend on local landmarks to guide them home B. cannot navigate well when they are carrying food with them C. prefer to travel in groups to avoid being lost on long-distance journeys D. use the sun’s position and visual memories of their surroundings to navigate 39. What can be concluded about the ants in the study? A. They were motivated by food to follow a particular path. B. They were sure to lose their way when making. C. They could not find the correct way back once lost. D. They sometimes got lost if they traveled backwards for too long. 40. What is the article mainly about? A. How scientists test ants’ navigational skills. B. The link between ants’ traveling habits and brain functions. C. Ants’ navigational skills and their possible application. D. Different ways ants carry food pieces of various sizes. 41. What inspiration does the researchers get from their findings? A. Robots can be used to explore the forest. B. Ants’ neural network can be moved into robots. C. Findings help understand humans’ brain function better. D. People can make cleverer robots imitating ants’ brain functions D A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and other things including cups-porcelain (瓷杯子), glass, crystal (水晶杯), some plain looking, some expensive, some elegant — telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate. When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said: “I notice that all the nice looking and expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you’re drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive, and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate we have. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Thanks for your blessings in 2024. And enjoy your hot chocolate in 2025!” 42. When did they decide to go to see their professor? A. After the reunion. B. Before they graduated. C. During the get-together. D. Just after the professor retired. 43. Why did the professor offer them different cups? A. Because cups were not enough for everyone. B. Because cups were beautiful. C. Because hot chocolate should be contained in different cups. D. Because the professor wanted to teach them something. 44. What caused the professor to say those words? A. Their complaints. B. Their reunion. C. Their visit. D. Their graduation. 45. What is the purpose of the professor’s words? A. To tell them life is not easy, so try their best to be happy. B. To educate them that the happiest people don’t have the best of everything. C. To use different cups to tell them they should try different things in life. D. To wish them to be grateful for their life and make the best of everything that they have. 第Ⅱ卷 五、阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 Years ago, I took a class on writing for children. In this class, the students turned in a manuscript every week. One week I wrote a story that I really liked. It was about a small boy who was constant(经常地)in trouble. At this point, I made a mistake beginning writers often make. I fell in love with my first draft. I typed it up, and sent the manuscript out to five publishers. For some reason, the teacher decided to read this story in class. At first, I thought she'd chosen the story because it was so good. But the teacher stopped after the first paragraph and pointed out the problems. The characters were flat, and the plot wasn't logical(合逻辑的). She couldn't find one good thing to say. I wanted to hide myself. How could I have been stupid enough to think the story was good? After that, I dropped out of the class. As the weeks went by, one by one, all the manuscripts came back. Only one copy never came back, and I figured it had been lost in the mail. I decided that, based on what my teacher said, the story was a loser. I was not made for writing. A year later, I got a call from the fifth publisher. An editor had read my story and wanted to publish it! I put down the phone and danced around the room. The publisher, Follett, did publish my book, The Grumpus Under the Rug. It has sold more than 40,000 copies. So who was right? Did the teacher have a point? Well, yes, because the characters were flat. Was the editor who took the story wrong to publish it? Well, no, because, despite its shortcomings, the story did have kid appeal. Stories are like people, and they are imperfect. You have to find a way to believe in yourself, even if others don't. You may think successful writers have some special talent that allows them to avoid all this heartbreak. They don't. They just stick with their own dreams. 46. What does the underlined word probably mean in Paragraph 2? (1 word) 47. What was the author considering doing before getting the editor's call? (no more than 5 words) 48. What did the fifth publisher think of the author's story? (no more than 10 words) 49. Why are some writers successful according to the author? (no more than 10 words) 50. What will you do if you meet with difficulties? Please explain. (no more than 20 words) 六、书面表达（15分） 51. 假设你是李津，高一学生Bob表示，进入高中以来他与不在同一学校的好朋友Jim渐渐疏远，他非常苦恼，写信求助，请你给他写一封回信，内容如下： 1. 表示安慰 2. 提出建议（加强交流沟通；分享快乐或悲伤；关心互助等） 3. 表示祝福 注意：1. 词数不少于100；2. 可适当增加细节。 Dear Bob, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Jin 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 天津市第二十一中学2025-2026学年度第一学期高一年级 英语期中质量调查 第Ⅰ卷 一、听力（共15小题；满分15分） 第一节 短对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面五段对话。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有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. What’s the time now? A. 9:00. B. 7:50. C. 8:00. 2. What does the man suggest? A. Playing tennis. B. Dining outside. C. Repairing his bike. 3. How much will the man pay for the two air-conditioners? A. 720 dollars. B. 1800 dollars. C. 360 dollars. 4. What’s the man’s opinion about the car? A. It’s cheap. B. It’s expensive. C. It’s of high quality. 5. Who wanted to borrow the man’s tape recorder? A. His sister. B. His brother. C. His new neighbour. 第二节 长对话及独白（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前，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。每段材料读两遍。 听听第6段材料，回答第6至第8小题。 6. Where is the group from? A. Britain. B. Italy. C. America. 7. Which song will they sing tonight? A. Flying in the wind. B. If you let me go. C. Promises in the wind. 8. How will they go there? A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What is the man? A. A doctor. B. A salesman in a supermarket. C. A repairman. 10. When will the man come? A. Tomorrow afternoon. B. Tomorrow morning. C. Soon. 11. How much will the woman pay the man if it’s not serious? A. 90 dollars. B. 19 dollars. C. 69 dollars. 听第8段材料，回答第12至15题。 12. What job did Lucy do for thirty years? A. An electrician. B. A cashier. C. An artist. 13. How many children do Lucy and Frank have? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. 14. What’s the relationship between Ted and Billy? A. Father and son. B. Brothers. C. Grandfather and grandson. 15. What’s Kimberly? A. An electrician. B. A teacher. C. A lawyer. 二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. —Sophie, I wonder if I could ask you some questions about some unfamiliar English expressions? —______. A. Never mind B. Go ahead C. It’s hard to say D. You are welcome 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查情景交际。句意：—— sophie，我可以问你一些不熟悉的英语表达吗？——问吧。A. Never mind没关系，不用担心；B. Go ahead请便吧，说吧；C. It’s hard to say难说；D. You are welcome不用客气。根据上文中的问语可知，此处表示对方问你是否可以提出问题，所以此处应使用“说吧”符合语境。故选B项。 2. —Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been? —I went to Ningxia and ________ there for one year, teaching as a volunteer. A. lived B. live C. had lived D. am living 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查时态。句意：——好久没见到你了！你去哪儿了？——我去了宁夏，在那里生活了一年，作为志愿者教学。结合上文 I went to Ningxia and 可知描述过去发生的事用一般过去时，动词使用过去式。故选 A。 3. —I have not heard from Mark for a long time. I’m quite worried about him. —OK. I’ll let you know the minute I ________ anything. A. will hear B. am hearing C. heard D. hear 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查时态。句意：——我很长时间没有收到马克的来信了。我相当担心他。——好的。我一听到什么消息就会让你知道。在时间状语从句中，遵循“主将从现”原则，即主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时表将来。本题中“I’ll let you know”是主句，用一般将来时，“the minute I ________ anything”是从句，需用一般现在时，主语是I，谓语动词用原形hear。故选D。 4. “I look forward to ________ researchers expand our understanding of the issue so we can translate it into effective education and policy.” the professor said. A. to see B. saw C. seeing D. having seen 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：“我期待着看到研究人员扩大我们对这个问题的理解，这样我们就能将其转化为有效的教育和政策。”教授说。look forward to中的to为介词，此处为作介词宾语，使用动名词形式作宾语。故选C。 5. To raise people’s ________ of protecting the monarch butterfly, scientists have been doing researches on this wonderful creature. A. eagerness B. impression C. amazement D. awareness 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：为了提高人们对黑脉金斑蝶的认识，科学家们一直在研究这种美丽的生灵。A. eagerness 渴望；B. impression 印象；C. amazement 惊讶；D. awareness 意识。根据“scientists have been doing researches on this wonderful creature”可知，科学家们想提高人们对黑脉金斑蝶的意识。故选 D 项。 6. English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, _________ uses it differently. A. all of which B. each of which C. all of them D. each of them 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】本题考查定语从句。解题步骤：1. 确定从句：从空格到句末是定语从句。排除CD项，这两项并不是定语从句。2. 确定成分：从句_________ uses it differently.缺少主语，根据前一句可知，先行词是several diverse cultures，在定语从句里使用which指代先行词作为介词of的宾语。3. 确定选项：A项在定语从句中作主语的时候，谓语动词要使用复数形式，定语从句中的uses说明A项是错误的。B项中的each作主语，谓语动词使用单数形式。句意：英语是一个被很多不同的文化共同使用的语言，每一种文化使用英语的方法都是不一样的。故选B。 7. Joining the company as a clerk (职员), he got rapid promotion (晋升), and ______ working as a manager. A. ended up B. came across C. settled for D. focused on 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查动词短语的辨析。句意：他以职员的身份加入公司，很快就升职了，最后当上了经理。A. ended up（通常指意外地）最终到达；最终；结果；B. came across偶然发现；偶然遇见；C. settled for选择；（尤指）勉强接受，将就；D. focused on关注，聚焦于。根据句意，他的工作履历是职员、晋升，最后经理，故选A。 8. —Did you have difficulty finding Ann'house? —Not really.She___us clear directions and we were able to find it easily。 A. was to give B. had given C. was giving D. would give 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查时态。句意：——你觉得找到安娜家的位置困难么?——不会。她告诉我们很清晰的方向，并且我们很容易就找到了。根据题干可知，安娜告诉他们方向发生在他们找到她家之前，因此，发生在过去动作之前的动作要采用过去完成时。故选B。 【点睛】本题考查学生对时态的掌握情况，现在完成时和过去完成时都是考试中常出的考点。分析前后两句两个动作，判断出后者的动作发生在前者的动作之前，是过去的过去，用过去完成时。 9. —How long have you been learning English? —About four months. —________! Your English is so good. A. You can’t be serious B. You got it C. I couldn’t agree more D. I’m stuck 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查情景交际。——你学英语多久了？——四个月左右。——别开玩笑了！你的英语这么棒。A. You can’t be serious别开玩笑了，不是认真的吧；B. You got it你说对了；C. I couldn’t agree more我完全同意；D. I’m stuck难住我了。根据“Your English is so good.”，可知，第二人仅用四个月就能把英语学得这么好，第一个人觉得觉得有些不可思议，因此此处表示“别逗了、不是认真的吧”，突出惊讶之情，故选A。 考点：考查词组辨析 10. Mary has always thought of herself as a good dancer and never forgets to ________ others of it. A. remember B. remind C. know D. introduce 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：玛丽一直认为自己是个好舞者，而且从不忘记提醒别人这一点。A. remember记得；B. remind提醒；C. know知道；D. introduce介绍。结合句意可知，remind符合题意，remind sb. of sth.提醒某人某事，使某人记起某事，表示玛丽从不忘记提醒别人自己是好舞者。故选B项。 11. The fog is so heavy that the cars are ________ even at a distance of 10 meters. A. plain B. invisible C. unusual D. entire 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：雾太大了，这些车即使在 10米的范围都看不见。A. plain简单的，朴素的；B. invisible看不见的；C. unusual异常的，不平常的；D. entire全部的，整个的。根据“The fog is so heavy”可知，雾很大，车在 10 米的范围也看不见。故选B项。 12. Christmas is ________ and we are busy shopping and decorating our house. A. in the way B. in panic C. around the clock D. around the corner 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查介词短语辨析。句意：圣诞节即将来临，我们正忙着购物和装饰我们的房子。A. in the way妨碍，挡道；B. in panic惊慌地；C. around the clock日夜不停地；D. around the corner即将来临，在附近。结合“we are busy shopping and decorating our house”可知，空格处应表达“即将来临”，与后文“我们正忙着购物和装饰房子”相呼应，用around the corner。故选D。 13. Please remain________. Let’s have a discussion and try to find a solution acceptable to both sides. A. seating B. seated C. to seat D. to be seated 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查过去分词。句意：请继续坐着。让我们讨论一下，试着找到一个双方都能接受的解决方案。设空处句子为祈使句，相当于省略了主语，设空处和主语之间是被动关系，应用过去分词接在系动词之后作表语，故选B。 14. Dr. Rowan, ______ secretary resigned two weeks ago, has had to do all his own typing. A. whose B. of whom C. of which D. which 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查定语从句。句意:罗文博士的秘书两周前辞职了，他现在只能自己打字。______ secretary resigned two weeks ago是非限制性定语从句，修饰Dr. Rowan，引导词在从句中作定语，表示“Dr. Rowan’s ”，表示“……的” ，应用关系代词whose引导该从句，故选A。 15. Tim is in good shape physically__________he doesn't get much exercise. A. if B. even though C. unless D. as long as 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：Tim身材很好，即使他不经常锻炼。A. If如果；B.even though 虽然，即使；C.unless除非，如果不；D.as long as只要。If、unless和as long as通常引导条件状语从句。根据句意，此处用even though引导让步状语从句。 三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） When I was 10, I decided that I was going to be a teacher, because I wanted superpowers. When I was in primary school I could clearly see that some of my ____16____ had extraordinary powers. There was our English-language teacher in fifth grade who could magically ____17____ us to different worlds every day. Then there was the school principal (校长), who knew everything about every child, and even about their parents and grandparents. But our class teacher in fourth grade could see the invisible (看不见的). I was one of those who remained invisible, being rather ____18____ as a child. Yet my teacher would ____19____ me. The unspoken message in her eyes told me: “I see you. I know you, I understand you.” She clearly had a ____20____, after four decades I can still remember her lessons about the great masters of art. She did this even though her subject wasn’t art but ____21____. I don’t remember much of the geography now, ____22____ I do remember how she made me feel. Teaching is not just a job — it is a science and an art. All my life, I’ve gone to work at 7 am each day. When I look back, what gives me ____23____ is remembering the children who felt happier in school because I was their teacher. Their obvious love for me is my best ____24____. It wasn’t until I was past 40 that I began to ____25____ that there was so much more to being a teacher than I had imagined. Twenty-five years ago my mother started teaching a group of out of school children under a tree on the outskirts (郊区) of Kolkata. The numbers ____26____ steadily (稳定地), from eight to 40 to 60. Now there are 300 children and a full school. An entire village has ____27____ because of the work my mother did. I learned from my mother that education is not a privilege (特权), it is a(n) ____28____. And every child has that right. When I meet others who want to acquire superpowers, like the new teacher struggling to perfect her skills, or the one in a ____29____ school traveling 70 kilometers each way just for his pupils, I feel ____30____ to belong to the same group. 16. A. students B. teachers C. friends D. classmates 17. A. tell B. treat C. limit D. lead 18. A. shy B. kind C. polite D. smart 19. A. worry B. believe C. notice D. praise 20. A. time B. patience C. thought D. power 21. A. science B. history C. geography D. math 22. A. since B. because C. so D. but 23. A. joy B. surprise C. regret D. fear 24. A. answer B. reward C. effort D. choice 25. A. expect B. accept C. realize D. predict 26. A. grew B. slowed C. cycled D. happened 27. A. fun B. trust C. attitude D. hope 28. A. interest B. ability C. chance D. right 29. A. quiet B. beautiful C. faraway D. small 30. A. confident B. brave C. proud D. free 【答案】16. B 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. D 21. C 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. D 29. C 30. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要讲述作者小时候因羡慕老师的“超能力”立志从教，长大后践行教育事业，又从母亲的支教经历中领悟教育真谛，为身为教师而自豪的故事。 【16题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：上小学时，我能清楚地看到我的一些老师拥有非凡的能力。A. students学生；B. teachers老师；C. friends朋友；D. classmates同学。根据前文“I decided that I was going to be a teacher, because I wanted superpowers”可知，因为作者看到了老师的“超能力”，所以作者想要成为一名老师。故选B项。 【17题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们五年级的英语老师，每天都能神奇地把我们带到不同的世界。A. tell告诉；B. treat对待；C. limit限制；D. lead带领。根据后文“to different worlds every day.”可知，老师通过教学“带领”学生领略不同的世界，符合“超能力”的语境。故选D项。 【18题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我是那些隐形的孩子之一，小时候相当害羞。A. shy害羞的；B. kind善良的；C. polite有礼貌的；D. smart聪明的。根据前文“I was one of those who remained invisible”可知，因为作者总是让自己像隐形人一样，由此可知，作者小时候害羞。故选A项。 【19题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而我的老师会注意到我。A. worry担心；B. believe相信；C. notice注意到；D. praise表扬。根据后文“I see you. I know you, I understand you.”可知，老师能“注意到”隐形的作者，体现其“超能力”。故选C项。 【20题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：她显然拥有一种力量，四十年过去了，我仍然记得她关于伟大艺术大师的课程。A. time时间；B. patience耐心；C. thought想法；D. power力量。根据前文“had extraordinary powers”和老师的“超能力”语境可知，此处指老师拥有一种“力量”。故选D项。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：她这样做尽管她的科目不是艺术而是地理。A. science科学；B. history历史；C. geography地理；D. math数学。根据后文“I don’t remember much of the geography now”可知，老师的科目是“地理”，前后语义呼应。故选C项。 【22题详解】 考查连词词义辨析。句意：我现在不太记得地理知识了，但我确实记得她给我的感觉。A. since自从；B. because因为；C. so所以；D. but但是。根据前文“I don’t remember much of the geography now”与后文“I do remember how she made me feel.”可知，“不记得地理知识”与“记得她给我的感觉”形成转折关系，应用“but”连接。故选D项。 【23题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：回首往事，让我感到快乐的是想起那些因为我是他们的老师而在学校里感到更快乐的孩子。A. joy快乐；B. surprise惊讶；C. regret后悔；D. fear恐惧。根据后文“the children who felt happier in school because I was their teacher.”可知，孩子们因为作者是他们的老师而高兴，这也让作者高兴。故选A项。 【24题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们对我明显的喜爱是我最好的回报。A. answer答案；B. reward回报；C. effort努力；D. choice选择。根据前文的“When I look back, what gives me _____8_____ is remembering the children who felt happier in school because I was their teacher.”可知，孩子们高兴作者也高兴，所以孩子们的爱，对于作者来说是最好的回报。故选B项。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：直到40多岁，我才开始意识到，当老师比我想象的要复杂得多。A. expect期待；B. accept接受；C. realize意识到；D. predict预测。根据后文“there was so much more to being a teacher than I had imagined”可知，这是作者多年后才“意识到”的事情。故选C项。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：人数稳步增长，从8人到40人再到60人。A. grew增长；B. slowed放慢；C. cycled循环；D. happened发生。根据后文“from eight to 40 to 60. Now there are 300 children and a full school.”可知，学生人数在“增长”。故选A项。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：因为我母亲的工作，整个村庄都有了希望。A. fun乐趣；B. trust信任；C. attitude态度；D. hope希望。根据后文的“because of the work my mother did”可知，母亲支教的行为让失学儿童有了受教育的机会，给村庄带来了“希望”。故选D项。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我从母亲那里学到，教育不是一种特权，而是一种权利。A. interest兴趣；B. ability能力；C. chance机会；D. right权利。根据后文“every child has that right”可知，教育是每个孩子的“权利”，前后语义一致。故选D项。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我遇到其他想要获得超能力的人时，比如努力完善自己技能的新老师，或者在偏远学校任教、为了学生每天往返70公里的老师，我为能成为这个群体的一员而感到自豪。A. quiet安静的；B. beautiful美丽的；C. faraway偏远的；D. small小的。根据后文“traveling 70 kilometers each way just for his pupils”可知，学校是“偏远的”，才需要长途往返。故选C项。 【30题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我遇到其他想要获得超能力的人时，比如努力完善自己技能的新老师，或者在偏远学校任教、为了学生每天往返70公里的老师，我为能成为这个群体的一员而感到自豪。A. confident自信的；B. brave勇敢的；C. proud自豪的；D. free自由的。结合前文作者对教师职业的认同和母亲的榜样影响可知，作者为身为教师群体的一员而“自豪”。故选C项。 四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A A Guide to the University Food The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study. If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Cafe located in the bottom level of the Douglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching. Relaxation The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays. Health Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30pm. Academic Support All students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30-minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free. Transportation The TWU Express is a shuttle service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1. 31. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria? A. Do homework and watch TV B. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts C. have meals and meet with friends D. Add money to your ID and play chess 32. The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre ________. A. is open six days a week B. offers services free of charge C. trains students in medical care D. gives advice on mental health 33. How can you seek help from the Writing Centre? A. By applying online B. By calling the centre C. By filling in a sign-up form D. By going to the centre directly 【答案】31. C 32. D 33. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文，广告介绍了大学部分服务项目的情况。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。在TWU的自助餐厅你可以做什么？根据Food部分第一段第二句“It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals.(这里供应小吃、饮料、雪糕和正餐)”可知可以在这里吃饭；根据本段中“Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.(即使你不在自助餐厅买食物，你也可以用桌子吃午餐，开会和学习)”可知可以在这里遇见朋友，所以C项符合。（选项D的内容都是Food部分的内容，选项D提到的充钱是在TWU的自助餐厅，而下棋是在the Lower Café，故排除D）。故选C。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。The Guide告诉我们the Wellness Center什么？根据Health部分中“A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice.(如果你有健康问题或需要立即的医疗帮助或个人建议，医生和护士会随时待命)”可知这里能够给出关于个人健康一些建议，故选D。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。你怎样从the Writing Center寻求帮助？根据Academic Support部分中“You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30-minute appointments per week maximum.(你可以在门外的登记表上登记预约，每周最多两次30分钟的预约)”可知要想得到帮助需要填写登记表，故选C。 B “Look how stupid he is!” A 7-year-old said to her dad Daniel Funke, pointing to a picture of a famous person on the Internet. The photo showed the man signing his name—with his pen turned upside down. Of course, the photo was not the original one. It had been changed to look like him using the pen the wrong way. Funke quickly pointed out the mistake, and his daughter got an on-the-spot education in fake (假的) news. By then, however, many people had already shared it on social media. “The pitfalls of sharing misinformation and fake news can be very serious,” says Laeeq Khan, who heads the Social Media Analytics Lab at Ohio University in Athens. Sharing something that’s not true can cost people their lives, he notes. Last year, people in India used a messaging app, WhatsApp, to spread fake stories about a kidnapping ring(绑架团伙). The lies caused violent attacks in which people died. Fake news stories hurt people in other ways, too. For example, fake reports lead some parents to refuse vaccines(疫苗) for their children. Yet without vaccines, children can get deadly diseases. Fake news can even hurt people who aren’t its target(目标). “About seven in ten Americans were telling us that fake news has a big influence on the confidence in our government,” says Jeffrey Gottfried. He’s a journalism and media-research expert at Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C.. Researchers there did a survey in the United States about the influence of made-up news. About half the people in the survey said they had shared misinformation online. Most of them said they didn’t realize it at the time. Besides causing serious results, sharing a fake story makes it harder for people to tell what’s real. And when people find out a story is not real, they may not trust other information from a person who spread it. Therefore, it’s important to do fact-checking before sharing news stories. 34. What is the purpose of the first two paragraphs? A. To bring up the topic of the text. B. To tell an interesting news story. C. To provide the main idea of the text. D. To list people’s popular online behavior. 35. What does the underlined word “pitfalls” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Mistakes. B. Problems. C. Advantages. D. Possibilities 36. What will probably be discussed if the text is continued? A. The ways to check whether a news story is real. B. What people should do when they discover fake news. C. What makes it hard for people to spot misinformation. D. The reasons why we should think twice before sharing news. 37. What does the text mainly talk about? A. The causes of fake news. B. The bad effects of fake news. C. The person of making fake news. D. The process of making fake news. 【答案】34. A 35. B 36. A 37. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讨论了假新闻的危害以及其带来的严重后果。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段““Look how stupid he is!” A 7-year-old said to her dad Daniel Funke, pointing to a picture of a famous person on the Internet. The photo showed the man signing his name—with his pen turned upside down.(“你看他多傻呀！”一个7岁的小女孩指着网上一张名人的照片，对爸爸丹尼尔・芬克说道。照片里，这位名人正在签名——但他的笔拿倒了。)”和第二段“Of course, the photo was not the original one. It had been changed to look like him using the pen the wrong way. Funke quickly pointed out the mistake, and his daughter got an on-the-spot education in fake (假的) news. By then, however, many people had already shared it on social media.( 当然，这张照片并非原图。它是经过修改的，刻意让他看起来用错了笔的握法。芬克很快指出了这个破绽，女儿也当场上了一堂关于假新闻的课。然而，彼时这张照片早已被许多人在社交媒体上转发了。)”可知，这两段通过一个具体事例引出了假新闻的话题，所以前两段的目的是引出文章的主题。故选A。 【35题详解】 词句猜测题。根据下文“Sharing something that’s not true can cost people their lives, he notes.(他指出，传播不实信息可能会危及他人生命。)”可知，分享错误信息和假新闻的问题可能非常严重，由此可知，pitfalls意为“问题”。故选B。 【36题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Therefore, it’s important to do fact-checking before sharing news stories.(因此，在分享新闻报道之前进行事实核查是很重要的。)”可推测出，如果文章继续下去，可能会讨论核实新闻报道是否真实的方法。故选A。 【37题详解】 主旨大意题。文章第三段提到分享错误信息和假新闻的问题可能非常严重，分享不真实的东西可能会危及人们的生命，第四段提到假新闻报道在其他方面也会伤害人们，第五段提到假新闻甚至会伤害到不是其目标的人，最后一段提到分享假故事除了会造成严重后果外，还会让人们更难分辨真假，由此可知，文章主要讲了假新闻的不良影响。故选B。 C Ants are good navigators (导航员). They often travel long distances to search for food and carry it back to their nests. But how do they do it? An international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of Edinburgh, UK, has recently come up with an explanation According to the findings, ants use visual (视觉的) memories of their environments and the sun’s position to find their way home. And they can even do it while traveling backwards. The researchers studied a group of desert ants in Seville, Spain. The study’s purpose was to find out how ants navigate when they carry pieces of food of different sizes. To make it work, the scientists first trained the ants to follow a particular path back home, including a challenging 90-degree turn. Then the ants were given either a small or a large piece of food to test their navigational skills. Ants with small pieces of food walked forward and cleared the 90-degree turn just fine. However, those with larger pieces sometimes had to turn backwards to drag them. Generally, these ants would set of in the correct direction. But if they stayed too long in the backward position, they would miss the correct turn to reach the nest. Interestingly, not ail of the backward-walking ants were that stubborn. Some would drop the food occasionally (偶尔) to check their surroundings. So after turning back to pick up their food, the ants would find themselves back on the nest. Researchers believe the ants were taking advantage of a mix of different information to navigate backwards. This may include local landmarks (地标), the position of the sun, and their position in the environment. To prove this, they used a mirror to make it look like the sun was on the other side of the sky. In that case, the backward ants would turn toward the opposite direction. Barbara Webb, a professor from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics, said the findings could help people make smarter robots in future. “Understanding their behavior gives us new insights into brain function and has inspired us to build robot systems that mimic (模仿) their functions,” she told the BBC. Scientists have been able to copy the neural (神经的) network in the ant’s brain. The hope is to invent robots that can explore by themselves in natural areas such as forests. 38. According to the new study ants ________. A. mainly depend on local landmarks to guide them home B. cannot navigate well when they are carrying food with them C. prefer to travel in groups to avoid being lost on long-distance journeys D. use the sun’s position and visual memories of their surroundings to navigate 39. What can be concluded about the ants in the study? A. They were motivated by food to follow a particular path. B. They were sure to lose their way when making. C. They could not find the correct way back once lost. D. They sometimes got lost if they traveled backwards for too long. 40. What is the article mainly about? A. How scientists test ants’ navigational skills. B. The link between ants’ traveling habits and brain functions. C. Ants’ navigational skills and their possible application. D. Different ways ants carry food pieces of various sizes. 41. What inspiration does the researchers get from their findings? A. Robots can be used to explore the forest. B. Ants’ neural network can be moved into robots. C. Findings help understand humans’ brain function better. D. People can make cleverer robots imitating ants’ brain functions 【答案】38. D 39. D 40. C 41. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍蚂蚁的导航技能及研究发现，还提及该发现对制造更智能机器人的潜在应用。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“According to the findings, ants use visual (视觉的)memories of their environments and the sun’s position to find their way home.(根据研究结果，蚂蚁利用对环境的视觉记忆和太阳的位置来找到回家的路。)”可知，蚂蚁通过环境的视觉记忆和太阳位置进行导航。故选D项。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“But if they stayed too long in the backward position, they would miss the correct turn to reach the nest.(但如果它们在倒退的姿势中停留太久，就会错过到达巢穴的正确转弯处。)”可知，蚂蚁若倒退行走时间过长，有时会迷路。故选D项。 【40题详解】 主旨大意题。阅读文章内容，并根据第二段“According to the findings, ants use visual(视觉的) memories of their environments and the sun's position to find their way home.( 根据研究结果，蚂蚁通过对周围环境和太阳位置的视觉记忆来找到回家的路)”和最后一段“Scientists have been able to copy the neural(神经的) network in the ant's brain. The hope is to invent robots that can explore by themselves in natural areas such as forests.( 科学家已经能够复制蚂蚁大脑中的神经网络。希望是发明能够在森林等自然区域自行探索的机器人)”可知，蚂蚁可以利用太阳的位置和对周围环境的视觉记忆来导航，这样可以找到回家的路；科学家希望能够复制蚂蚁大脑中的神经网络以便于在将来可能发明特殊功能机器人。由此可知，本文主要讲述了蚂蚁的特殊的导航技能及其可能的应用。故选C项。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据第七段中的“the findings could help people make smarter robots in future.(这些发现可能有助于人们在未来制造出更智能的机器人。)”和第八段中的““Understanding their behavior gives us new insights into brain function and has inspired us to build robot systems that mimic(模仿) their functions,” she told the BBC.(“了解它们的行为能让我们对大脑功能有新的认识，还启发我们打造出模仿其功能的机器人系统。” 她向英国广播公司（BBC）如是说道)”可知，研究人员从发现中获得的启发是，可制造模仿蚂蚁大脑功能的更聪明机器人。故选D项。 D A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and other things including cups-porcelain (瓷杯子), glass, crystal (水晶杯), some plain looking, some expensive, some elegant — telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate. When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said: “I notice that all the nice looking and expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you’re drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive, and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate we have. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Thanks for your blessings in 2024. And enjoy your hot chocolate in 2025!” 42. When did they decide to go to see their professor? A. After the reunion. B. Before they graduated. C. During the get-together. D. Just after the professor retired. 43. Why did the professor offer them different cups? A. Because cups were not enough for everyone. B. Because cups were beautiful. C. Because hot chocolate should be contained in different cups. D. Because the professor wanted to teach them something. 44. What caused the professor to say those words? A. Their complaints. B. Their reunion. C. Their visit. D. Their graduation. 45. What is the purpose of the professor’s words? A. To tell them life is not easy, so try their best to be happy. B. To educate them that the happiest people don’t have the best of everything. C. To use different cups to tell them they should try different things in life. D. To wish them to be grateful for their life and make the best of everything that they have. 【答案】42. C 43. D 44. A 45. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章通过一群毕业生拜访退休教授并讨论工作和生活中的压力这一情境，引出教授对生活和幸福的理解与看法。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to visit their old university professor, now retired.(一群事业有成的毕业生在同学聚会上聊天，决定去看望他们已经退休的大学老教授)”可知，他们是在聚会期间决定去看望教授的。故选C。 【43题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，文章第二段提到教授给客人们提供了不同种类的杯子，包括瓷杯、玻璃杯、水晶杯等，然后在第三段通过他们选择杯子的行为引出了一个深刻的道理，即人们往往只关注外在的物质和地位，而忽视了生活的本质。由此推知，教授给他们提供不同的杯子是为了教他们一些东西。故选D。 【44题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives.(在拜访期间，谈话转到了对工作和生活压力的抱怨上)”以及第三段讲述的教授通过提供不同种类的杯子并观察他们的选择，引出了一个深刻的道理，即人们往往只关注外在的物质和地位，而忽视了生活的本质。由此可知，是毕业生们的抱怨引发了教授的这些言论。故选A。 【45题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第三段“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Thanks for your blessings in 2024. And enjoy your hot chocolate in 2025!(最幸福的人并不是拥有一切最好的东西。他们只是充分利用自己所拥有的一切。生活简朴。慷慨去爱。深切关怀。言语和善。感谢你们在2024年的祝福。在2025年享受你的热巧克力吧！)”可推知，教授的话的目的是祝愿他们感激自己的生活，并充分利用他们所拥有的一切。故选D。 第Ⅱ卷 五、阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 Years ago, I took a class on writing for children. In this class, the students turned in a manuscript every week. One week I wrote a story that I really liked. It was about a small boy who was constant(经常地)in trouble. At this point, I made a mistake beginning writers often make. I fell in love with my first draft. I typed it up, and sent the manuscript out to five publishers. For some reason, the teacher decided to read this story in class. At first, I thought she'd chosen the story because it was so good. But the teacher stopped after the first paragraph and pointed out the problems. The characters were flat, and the plot wasn't logical(合逻辑的). She couldn't find one good thing to say. I wanted to hide myself. How could I have been stupid enough to think the story was good? After that, I dropped out of the class. As the weeks went by, one by one, all the manuscripts came back. Only one copy never came back, and I figured it had been lost in the mail. I decided that, based on what my teacher said, the story was a loser. I was not made for writing. A year later, I got a call from the fifth publisher. An editor had read my story and wanted to publish it! I put down the phone and danced around the room. The publisher, Follett, did publish my book, The Grumpus Under the Rug. It has sold more than 40,000 copies. So who was right? Did the teacher have a point? Well, yes, because the characters were flat. Was the editor who took the story wrong to publish it? Well, no, because, despite its shortcomings, the story did have kid appeal. Stories are like people, and they are imperfect. You have to find a way to believe in yourself, even if others don't. You may think successful writers have some special talent that allows them to avoid all this heartbreak. They don't. They just stick with their own dreams. 46. What does the underlined word probably mean in Paragraph 2? (1 word) 47. What was the author considering doing before getting the editor's call? (no more than 5 words) 48. What did the fifth publisher think of the author's story? (no more than 10 words) 49. Why are some writers successful according to the author? (no more than 10 words) 50. What will you do if you meet with difficulties? Please explain. (no more than 20 words) 【答案】46. Dull/Plain. 47. Planning to give up writing. 48. Although imperfect, it appealed to kids. 49. Because they stick to their dreams. 50. When facing difficulties, I will try to overcome them and never give up, because only by persistence can we succeed. 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章通过作者写作和出版的经历告诉我们，只有通过坚持才能实现自己的梦想。 【46题详解】 考查词义猜测。根据第二段的“The characters were flat, and the plot wasn't logical(合逻辑的). She couldn't find one good thing to say.（角色非常flat，情节也不合乎逻辑，她连一句好话都说不出来）”可知，老师认为作者的文章写得非常不好，由此推知此处是指角色是非常“平淡的”。故填Dull/Plain. 【47题详解】 考查推理判断。根据第三段的“I decided that, based on what my teacher said, the story was a loser. I was not made for writing.（根据老师的说法，我认为这个故事是失败的。我天生不适合写作）”可知，作者认为自己不适合写作。由此推知他准备放弃写作。故填：Planning to give up writing. 【48题详解】 考查推理判断。根据最后一段的“Was the editor who took the story wrong to publish it? Well, no, because, despite its shortcomings, the story did have kid appeal. Stories are like people, and they are imperfect. （是编辑弄错了发表这篇文章吗?不，因为尽管有缺点，这个故事对孩子还是有吸引力的。故事和人一样，都是不完美的） ”可推知，第五位出版商认为作者的文章虽然不完美，但能吸引孩子，因此愿意出版。故填：Although imperfect, it appealed to kids. 【49题详解】 考查推理判断。根据最后一段的“You may think successful writers have some special talent that allows them to avoid all this heartbreak. They don't. They just stick with their own dreams.（你可能会认为成功的作家有一些特殊的才能，让他们避免所有这些心碎。他们没有。他们只是坚持自己的梦想） ”可推知，作者认为一些作家之所以成功是因为他们坚持自己的梦想。故填：Because they stick to their dreams. 【50题详解】 开放性问题。结合文章主要内容，和要传达的思想，只要言之有理即可。例如：When facing difficulties, I will try to overcome them and never give up, because only by persistence can we succeed. 【点睛】 六、书面表达（15分） 51. 假设你是李津，高一学生Bob表示，进入高中以来他与不在同一学校的好朋友Jim渐渐疏远，他非常苦恼，写信求助，请你给他写一封回信，内容如下： 1. 表示安慰 2. 提出建议（加强交流沟通；分享快乐或悲伤；关心互助等） 3. 表示祝福 注意：1. 词数不少于100；2. 可适当增加细节。 Dear Bob, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Jin 【答案】Dear Bob, I’m sorry to hear you’re feeling distant from Jim. It’s completely normal to miss the closeness you once shared, especially when high school keeps you apart. Change can be tough, but remember, true friendships often evolve rather than fade away. To bridge the gap, try to communicate more often — whether through quick texts, video calls, or sharing small moments from your day. Open up about your joys and struggles; it’s these shared experiences that keep bonds strong. Offer support when Jim needs it, and be patient if he’s busy adjusting too. Mutual understanding goes a long way. Wishing you both all the best. Distance may test friendships, but effort and care can keep them thriving. Stay positive, and I’m sure your connection will grow even stronger. Yours, Li Jin 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给高一学生Bob写一封回信，就他的苦恼表示安慰、提出建议并表示祝福。 【详解】1.词汇积累 完全：completely→totally 分开：apart→separate 记住：remember→keep in mind 而不是：rather than→instead of 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：To bridge the gap, try to communicate more often — whether through quick texts, video calls, or sharing small moments from your day. 拓展句：Try to communicate more often — whether through quick texts, video calls, or sharing small moments from your day so that you can bridge the gap. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Open up about your joys and struggles; it’s these shared experiences that keep bonds strong.（运用了强调句型） 【高分句型2】Offer support when Jim needs it, and be patient if he’s busy adjusting too.（运用了when引导的时间状语从句和if引导的条件状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $