福建省厦门外国语学校2023-2024高三上学期12月月考英语试题

厦外2023-2024学年第一学期高三12月月考 英语试题 第二部分阅读(共20题，每题2.5分，共50分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A These science-themed field trips will offer you fantastic experiences. London's sites of scientific interest Explore London's notable sites of scientific interest along the River Thames,starting at Kew Bridge and walking to the Thames Barrier during the day with talks in the evening with some professors. Visit the London Wetland Centre,Kew Gardens, Battersea Power Station, and the Greenwich Observatory. You will never be far from the river as you experience a wide range of topics including wildlife, medicine,power generation,engineering,physics and astronomy. The science history of Scotland Discover Edinburgh and Glasgow's most famous scientific thinkers,and learn how their ideas supported our emerging understanding of the world from the 16th century onwards. Enjoy expert talks and explore key sites from the Scottish Enlightenment(启蒙).Learn about the wide cast of advocates and hear from guest speakers,take part in walking seminar and enjoy several museum trips, as well as visits to two industrial wonders,the Falkirk Wheel and the Whitelee Windfarm. Pre-Historic Southwest England Involve yourself in the early human periods the Bronze and Iron Ages.A gentle walking tour that explores the pre-historic origins and evidence across Wiltshire and Dorset. Visit several National Trust,English Heritage and UNESCO listed sites including Stonchenge and Maiden Castle and hear talks from the directors of the Wiltshire and Salisbury museums. 21.Which site can you visit along the River Thames? A.Maiden Castle. B.The Falkirk Wheel. C.The Wetland Centre. D.The Salisbury museums. 22.What is the visit to the Southwest England aimed at? A.closer look at the past. B.brief exposure to nature. C.new view about mysteries. D. deeper understanding of art. 23.What can visitors expect during all the three trips? A.Talks with experts. B.Visits to museums. C.History explorations. D.Scientific research. 【答案】CAA 【主旨大意】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了以科学为主题的旅行。 21.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据London's sites of scientific interest中的第二段“Visit the London Wetland Centre,Kew Gardens,Battersea Power Station,and the Greenwich Observatory.(参观伦敦湿地中心、邱园、巴特西发电站和格林威治天文台。)”可知，沿着泰晤士河你可以参观到湿地中心。故选C。 22.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据Pre-Historic Southwest England中的第一段"Involve yourself in the early human periods the Bronze and Iron Ages.A gentle walking tour that explores thepre-historic origins and evidence across Wiltshire and Dorset.(让自己置身于人类早期的青铜和铁器时代。一次温和的徒步旅行，探索威尔特郡和多塞特郡的史前起源和证据。)”可知，访问英格兰西南部的目的是仔细看看过去。故选A。 23.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据London's sites of scientific interest中的第一段“Explore London's notable sites of scientific interest along the River Thames,starting at Kew Bridge andwalking to the Thames Barrier during the day with talks in the evening with some professors.(沿着泰晤士河探索伦敦著名的科学景点，从邱桥开始，白天步行到泰晤士河屏障，晚上听取一些教授演讲。)”、The science history of Scotland中的第二段“Enjoy expert talks and explore key sites from the Scottish Enlightenment (启蒙).(享受专家讲座，探索苏格兰启蒙运动的重要遗址。)”和Pre-Historie Southwest England中的第二段“Visit several National Trust,English Heritage and UNESCO listed sites including Stonehenge and Maiden Castle and heartalks from the directors of the Wiltshire and Salisbury museums.(参观几个国家信托、英国遗产和联合国教科文组织列出的景点，包括巨石阵和少女城堡，并听取威尔特郡和索尔兹伯里博物馆馆长的演讲。)”可知，在这三次旅行中，游客可以听取专家的演讲。故选A。 B During the summer of 2021,Beverly Wax had an experience that filled her with awe.It was the sight of her son, Justin, dragging a 36-kilogram portable air conditioner upstairs.Beverly's central air conditioning had stopped working in the middle of a 32°C heat wave.She had mentioned to her son and he'd shown up as a surprise.As she watched him sweat and struggle while fixing it, she felt a wave of gratitude and appreciation. Awe is that feeling we get when something is so vast that it stops us in our tracks.Often,it challenges or expands our thinking.Research shows that awe experiences decrease stress and increase overall satisfaction. It can also help our relationships,making us feel more sympathetic and less greedy,more supported by and more likely to help others. Most of us associate awe with something rare and beautiful:nature,music or a spiritual experience.But people can bring about awe,and not just public heroes.Often,this interpersonal awe is a response to life's big,sweeping changes.We can be awed by our nearest and dearest —the people sitting next to us on the sofa,or chatting on the phone.But it happens in smaller moments,too.John Bargh, a psychologist,said he was truly awestruck by his then-five-year-old daughter.When she heard another child crying,she grabbed her toy,walked over to the boy and handed it to him. Unfortunately,we can't make someone else behave in a way that's awesome.But we can prepare ourselves to notice it when they do —and take steps to boost the emotion's positive effects. 24.Why does the writer tell Beverly's story? A.To show sympathy for her. B.To cite an example of awe. C.To express appreciation to her son. D.To start a discussion about awe. 25.What is the benefit of awe? A.It stops our anxiety. B.It simplifies our thinking. C.It satisfies regular needs. D.It promotes positive emotions. 26.In which situation can we feel awed between the nearest? A.Admiring scenery in a national park. B.Enjoying classic music in a concert hall. C.Receiving a call from a long-lost friend. D.Getting the signature of a famous athlete. 27.What can be implied from the last paragraph? A.Arise in time of trouble. B.Behave in an awesome way. C.Sense amazement in daily life. D.Increase chance of finding awe. 【答案】BDCC 【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了研究表明敬畏会让我们感觉得更好。 24.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段“During the summer of 2021,Beverly Wax had an experience that filled her with awe.(在2021年的夏天，贝弗利·瓦克斯经历了一次让她充满敬畏的经历)”及第一段可推断，作者讲述贝弗莉的故事是为了举一个敬畏的例子。故选B。 25.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段“Research shows that awe experiences decrease stress and increase overall satisfaction.It can also help our relationships,making us feel more sympathetic and less greedy,more supported by and more likely to help others.(研究表明，敬畏体验可以减轻压力，提高整体满意度。它还可以帮助我们的人际关系，使我们更有同情心，不那么贪婪，更有可能得到别人的支持和帮助)”和第三段“Most of us associate awe with something rare and beautiful:nature,music or a spiritual experience.(我们大多数人都将敬畏与稀有而美丽的事物联系在一起：自然、音乐或精神体验)”可推断，敬畏的好处是可以促进积极情绪。故选D。 26.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段“We can be awed by our nearest and dearest—the people sitting next to us on the sofa,or chatting on the phone.(我们可以敬畏我们最亲近的人——坐在我们旁边的沙发上，或者在电话里聊天的人)”可知，接到久违朋友的电话会让我们对最亲近的人感到敬畏。故选C。 27.【答案】C 【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段"Unfortunately,we can't make someone else behave in a way that's awesome.But we can prepare ourselves to notice it when they do—and take steps to boost the emotion's positive effects.(不幸的是，我们不能让别人表现得很好。但我们可以做好心理准备，在情绪出现时注意到它，并采取措施增强这种情绪的积极影响)”可推断，感受日常生活中的惊奇，可以让我们感受到敬畏。故选C。 4 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 C One summer midnight,standing outside a wooden house in Michigan's Upper Peninsula,I looked up. The sight of thousands of stars was almost enough to make me,a non-believer,offer a word of gratitude up into the star-filled sky.But to whom?Perhaps to Johan Eklof,author of The Darkness Manifesto. A bat scientist, Eklof works in the night shadows in western Sweden.His work requires an absolute kind of darkness unpolluted by light.But this category of darkness is threatened.In the 1980s, Eklof tells readers, two-thirds of the churches in Sweden housed bat caves.Not any longer.“Today,this number has been reduced by a third due to light pollution,because the churches all glow brightly in the night."he writes. We have all noticed it when driving through any city at night.Empty places are floodlit.The night sky in Hong Kong is 1200 times brighter than an unlit one.Citizens of some large cities,writes Eklof, have never allowed their eyes to adapt to true night vision.But we are only now beginning to understand the effects. Too much light is incredibly destructive to the complex eco-systems many animals inhabit.It scares away the bats that Eklof studies;reef fish eggs go unhatched;birds forget to even sing. So how can we deal with the too much light?In 2019,France passed laws limiting how much light can be sent into the sky.In Vienna,Austria,the city's lights are turned off at 11 p.m.Some measures,like artificial lights that do not reflect light upward,are already within our grasp.“We could just turn it all off, but I guess we don't want to,because darkness is not safe for everyone.”said Eklof in a recent interview. “So it's vital we find a middle way.” Right now, it's hard to know what that middle way might look like.In 50 years,every city could be lit by environmentally low-impact lights,or we might have completely forgotten what darkness is -the sky filled with little moons. 28.What do we know about Eklof's work? A.It reduces light pollution. B.It focuses on stars and sky. C.It strengthens people's belief. D.It requires a specific condition. 29.What can replace the underlined “it”in meaning in paragraph 3? A.Darkness B.An unlit city. C.Floodlighting. D.The night sky. 30.What are paragraphs 4 and 5 mainly about regarding light pollution? A.Cause and damage. B.Effect and solution. C.Consequence and disadvantage. D.Analysis and potential. 31.What is the writer's attitude toward lighting management? A.Balanced. B.Negative. C.Unclear. D.Conservative. 【答案】DCBA 【主旨大意】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍光污染对动物造成的影响，以及当前的一些应对办法。 28.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段的“A bat scientist,Eklof works in the night shadows in western Sweden.His work requires an absolute kind of darkness unpolluted by light.(Eklof是一名蝙蝠科学家，他在瑞典西部的夜色中工作。他的作品需要一种完全没有光线污染的黑暗)”可知，Eklof的工作需要特定的条件——没有光线污染的黑暗。故选D。 29.【答案】C 【解析】词句猜测题。根据第三段的"We have all noticed it when driving through any city at night.Empty places are floodlit.(晚上开车经过任何一个城市时，我们都注意到了这一点。空的地方都被强力照明)”可知，晚上我们开车经过任何一个城市都会注意到空的地方都有强光。由此猜测，it指的是强力照明的情况。故选C。 30.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段“Too much light is incredibly destructive to the complex eco-systems many animals inhabit.It scares away the bats that Eklof studies;reef fish eggs go unhatched;birds forget to even sing.(过多的光线对许多动物栖息的复杂生态系统造成了难以置信的破坏。它吓跑了Eklof研究的蝙蝠；珊瑚礁鱼卵不孵化；鸟儿甚至忘记唱歌)”可知，第四段介绍了强力照明带来的影响；根据第五段的“In 2019,France passed laws limiting how much light can be sent into the sky.In Vienna,Austria,the city's lights are turned off at 11 p.m.Some measures,like artificial lights that do not reflect light upward,are already within our grasp.(2019年，法国通过了限制向天空发射光线数量的法律。在奥地利维也纳，该市的灯在晚上11点关闭。一些措施，如不向上反射光线的人造灯，已经在我们的掌握之中)”可知，第五段主要介绍了应对光污染的方法。即四五段是关于光污染的影响和解决方法。故选B。 31.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段“Right now,it's hard to know what that middle way might look like.In 50 years,every city could be lit by environmentally low-impact lights,or we might have completely forgotten what darkness is —the sky filled with little moons.(现在，很难知道“middle way”方法会是什么样子。50年后，每个城市都可以用对环境影响小的灯照亮，或者我们可能已经完全忘记了黑暗是什么——天空中布满了小月亮)”可知，“middle way”有可能是让人们使用对环境影响小的灯照明，也可能让天空挂满了小月亮。由此推知，作者对解决光污染的方法持中立态度。故选A。 D Feeling a hug from each other via the internet may be a possibility in the near future.A research team led by City University of Hong Kong recently developed a wireless,soft e-skin that can both detect and deliver the sense of touch,and form a touch network allowing one-to-multiuser interaction.It offers great potential for improving the distance touch communication. While there are numerous devices in the market to simulate(模拟)the sense of touch in the virtual world,they provide only touch sensing or touch response.The uniqueness of the novel e-skin is that it can perform self-sensing and touch reproducing functions on the same interface. The e-skin is a 7cm×10cm,4.2mm-thick device containing 16 flexible actuators (驱动器),a microcontroller unit,a Bluetooth module,and other electronics on a flexible circuit board.The actuator serves as the core part of the e-skin.Once the actuator is pressed and released by a force,a current is produced to provide electrical signals that are turned into digital signals by a converter (转换器)and then sent to another e-skin via Bluetooth.When the signals are received,a current is caused to reproduce the touch response on the receiver's e-skin through mechanical vibration(振动).The process can be reversed to deliver vibrations from the receiver's e-skin to the corresponding actuator of the sender's. The e-skin can communicate with Bluetooth devices and send data through the internet with smartphones and computers to perform long-distance touch,and to form a touch Internet of Things (IoT) system,where one-to-one and one-to-multiple touch delivery could be realized. Friends and family in different places could use it to “feel”each other.This form of touch overcomes the limitations of space and greatly reduces the sense of distance in human communication. Next, the research team will focus on practical applications for people with visual disability,who could wear the e-skin to gain remote directional guidance and read Braille messages. 32.What is the unique feature of the e-skin? A.It provides hugs for users. B.It builds a social network. C.It provides touch sensing and copying. D.It monitors the process of self-sensing. 33.What does the underlined word “reversed”mean? A.Started. B.Disturbed. C.Completed D.Exchanged 34.What can we learn about e-skin? A.It strengthens bonds across distance. B.Its converter vibrates when working. C.It sends electrical signals to receivers. D.Its system delivers touch with phones. 35.What would be the best title of the text? A.A signal-sending application. B.An invention for the disabled. C.A device for virtual interaction. D.A long distance communication. 【答案】CDAC 【主旨大意】这是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍了一种可以让人们通过互联网感受“拥抱”的电子皮肤。 28.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段的“The uniqueness of the novel e-skin is that it can perform self-sensing and touch reproducing functions on the same interface.(这种新型电子皮肤的独特之处在于它可以在同一界面上实现自我感知和触感再现功能)”可知，这种电子皮肤的独特之处是提供并复制触感。故选C。 29.【答案】D 【解析】词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“When the signals are received,a current is caused to reproduce the touch response on the receiver's e-skin through mechanical vibration(振动).(当接收到信号时，会产生电流，通过机械振动在接收器的电子皮肤上重现触摸反应)”和下文“deliver vibrations from the receiver's e-skin to the corresponding actuator of the sender's.(将振动从接收器的电子皮传递到发送器的相应致动器)”可知，机械振动可以让接收器感受触摸，也将接收器由此产生的震动发送给相应的致动器。由此可知，这个过程是可以互换的。由此猜测划线词意为“互换”,与exchange同义。故选D。 30.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段的"Friends and family in different places could use it to “feel”each other.This form of touch overcomes the limitations of space and greatly reduces the sense of distance in human communication.(不同地方的朋友和家人可以用E来“感受”彼此。这种形式的触摸克服了空间的限制，大大减少了人类交流中的距离感)”可知，这种电子皮肤减少了人们交流中的距离感，即它可以加强跨越距离的联系。故选A。 31.【答案】C 【解析】主旨大意题。通读全文，并结合第一段“Feeling a hug from each other via the internet may be a possibility in the near future.A research team led by City University of Hong Kong recently developed a wireless,soft e-skin that can both detect and deliver the sense of touch,and form a touch network allowing one-to-multiuser interaction.It offers great potential for improving the distance touch communication.(在不久的将来，通过互联网感受彼此的拥抱可能是可能的。由香港城市大学领导的一个研究团队最近开发了一种无线、柔软的电子皮肤，它可以检测和传递触觉，并形成允许一对多用户交互的触觉网络。它为改善远程触摸通信提供了巨大的潜力)”可知，本文主要介绍了一种可以让人们通过互联网感受“拥抱”的电子皮肤，它通过提供和传递触感减少人们交流中的距离感，加强跨距离的联系。因此C项“A device for virtual interaction(一个用于虚拟互动的设备)”可以作为本文最佳标题。故选C。 第二节(共5 小题；每小题2.5 分，共12.5 分) 根据内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Traveling itself is an experience hard to be described in words. 36 .Especially the solo (独自) traveling experience is so transforming that it lives with you forever.Here I am sharing some lessons. 37 .Thinking how I would manage my entire day among strangers on campus,I pretended to be sick.Then I had the same feeling when I was planning to travel alone.Exploring a city on my own was a big fear for me but I successfully managed it all and now,I seek out new opportunities and experiences.I love to push myself 38 . Having grown up and lived all my life in a single place,I had a small set of friends since my school days which continued till my college days. 39 .I met a few very interesting people with whom I could feel an instant connect and got some new friends for life. I totally agree that traveling with family and friends is fun and enjoying.But traveling alone is satisfying too.It's among those few things that you do for yourself and nobody else. 40 .During my solo travels I have explored my inner self and have expanded my boundaries which people around me have acknowledged at times. A. I want to experience more. B. But all this changed with my first solo trip. C. I never thought I would travel alone in my life. D. I was so scared when I went to school first time. E. Every journey prepares you for the journey of life. F. The farther you travel, the more independent you become. G. After all, you need to take care of yourself a bit too at times. 【答案】EDABG 【主旨大意】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过自己的经历介绍了独自旅行的好处。 36．【答案】E 【解析】根据上文“Traveling itself is an experience hard to be described in words.(旅行本身就是一种难以用语言描述的体验)”和下文“Especially the solo(独自)traveling experience is so transforming that it lives with you forever.(尤其是独自旅行的经历能给人带来巨大的改变，它永远与你同在)”可知，上下文都陈述了旅行对人的好处。由此可知，空处内容应与上下文一致，讲旅行的好处。E项“Every journey prepares you for the journey of life.(每一次旅行都会让你为人生的旅程做好准备)”符合语境。故选E。 37．【答案】D 【解析】根据下文“Thinking how I would manage my entire day among strangers on campus,I pretended to be sick.(想着如何在校园里与陌生人相处一整天，我假装生病了)”推知，作者上学第一天非常害怕。D项“I was so scared when I went to school first time.(我第一次上学的时候非常害怕)”符合语境。故选D。 38．【答案】A 【解析】空处位于段末应承接上文。根据上文“Exploring a city on my own was a big fear for me but I successfully managed it all and now,I seek out new opportunities and experiences.I love to push myself.(独自探索一座城市对我来说是一大恐惧，但我成功地完成了这一切，现在，我寻求新的机会和经验。我喜欢鞭策自己)”可知，经历挑战后，作者寻求新的机会和经验。由此推知，作者想更多的类似体验。A项“I want to experience more.(我想体验更多)”符合语境。故选A。 39．【答案】B 【解析】根据上文“Having grown up and lived all my life in a single place,I had a small set of friends since my school days which continued till my college days.(我在一个地方长大并生活了一辈子，从上学到大学，我一直有一小群朋友)”和下文"I met a few very interesting people with whom I could feel an instant connect and got some new friends for life.(我遇到了一些非常有趣的人，我可以立即与他们建立联系，并结交了一些终身新朋友)”可知，作者从前只有一小群固定的朋友，没有走出自己出生和长大的地方，但后来他遇到了一些有趣的人，并和他们成为朋友。结合本文讲述独自旅行的好处推知，空处应陈述一次独自旅行改变了作者。B项“But all this changed with my first solo trip.(但这一切随着我第一次独自旅行而改变)”符合语境，承上启下。故选B。 40．【答案】G 【解析】根据上文"I totally agree that traveling with family and friends is fun and enjoying.But traveling alone is satisfying too.It's among those few things that you do for yourself and nobody else.(我完全同意与家人和朋友一起旅行是有趣和享受的。但独自旅行也令人满意。这是你为自己而不是为别人做的少数几件事之一)”可知，相较于和家人朋友一起旅行，独自旅行是为自己做的事情。由此推知，空处应陈述独自旅行的好处。G项“After all you need to take care of yourself a bit too at times.(毕竟你有时也需要照顾好自己)”符合语境。故选G。 第三部分语言运用(共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分) It had been a few weeks into lockdown because of the COVID-19.My father's 41 had become in desperate need of help.So I 42 to work part-time as a tea lady. 43 I also wanted to keep an eye on my father.Ever since he 44 from dementia (痴呆),I had become concerned about his well-being.So I 45 ,wheeling a teapot around the ground floor. It was a peculiar kind of 46 at first.I saw how we were 47 every day.I would often come away sweating.And saddened,for the home lost a lot of. 48 to COVID-19 in a short span of time and seeing the suddenly empty beds was 49 But it was also surprisingly good 50 .Joking and stories made time easy. I began to . 51 to see the old lady who would say "Thank you" and give me a 52 every time I left her a cup of tea. And my father, who was almost paralyzed like a stone, 53 looked cheered up at seeing me around with the tea trolley (推车). The figures I had . 54 so often taught me that sitting by a sunny window drinking a cup of warm tea held its value.It is simple,and wholesome,and brings clarity and . 55 helping me handle everything peacefully.To me,this has been lockdown's greatest gift. 41. A.training school B.business firm C.care home D.field camp 42. A.registered B.pretended C.refused D.volunteered 43. A.Ultimately B.Fortunately C.Definitely D.Actually 44. A.suffered B.learned C.freed D.escaped 45. A.broke up B.turned up C.picked up D.took up 46. A.job B.dream C.plan D.art 47. A.thrilled B.concentrated C.separated D.occupied 48. A.physicians B.partners C.patients D.professionals 49. A.amazing B.shocking C.pressing D.relaxing 50. A.fun B.pity C.shame D.hope 51. A.afford B.pretend C.forget D.expect 52. A.break B.chance C.hug D.hand 53. A.ever B.even C.still D.yet 54. A.encountered B.inspired C,instructed D.educated 55. A.kindness B.loneliness C.weakness D.calmness 【答案】41-45 CDDAB 46-50 ADCBA 51-55 DCBAD 【解析】 【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者在父亲的养老院做志愿者工作，既可以照看父亲，又可以和那里的人交流，作者也从中学到了很多。 41．【答案】C 【解析】考查名词短语辨析。句意：我父亲的养老院急需帮助。A.training school培训学校；B.business firm商业公司；C.care home养老院；D.field camp野外营地。根据下文“And saddened,for the home lost a lot of_________to COVID-19 in a short span of time and seeing the suddenly empty beds was_______.”可知，此处表示作者的父亲所在的养老院急需帮助。故选C。 42．【答案】D 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以我自愿做兼职茶女。A.registered登记，注册；B.pretended假装；C.refused拒绝；D.volunteered自愿。根据上文“My father's___________had become in desperate need of help.”可知，父亲的养老院需要帮助，所以此处表示作者自愿提供帮助，做兼职茶女。故选D。 43．【答案】D 【解析】考查语境判断之上下文推断。句意：用木棍做了一个桥梁。A. bucket水桶 B. stone石头C. rope绳子 D. Stick 小木棍。故选D项。 44．【答案】A 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意：自从他患了痴呆症，我就开始担心他的健康。A.suffered遭受；B.learned学习；C.freed释放；D.escaped逃离。根据下文“from dementia(痴呆)”可知，此处表示作者的父亲患了痴呆症，suffer from表示“受某种病折磨”。故选A。 45．【答案】B 【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：于是我出现了，推着茶壶在一楼转来转去。A.broke up打碎；B.turned up出现；C.picked up捡起；D.took up占据。根据上文“So I______to work part-time as a tea lady.”以及下文“wheeling a teapot around the ground floor.”可知，作者出现在父亲的养老院。故选B。故选B项。 46．【答案】A 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：一开始这是一份特殊的工作。A.job工作；B.dream梦想；C.plan计划；D.art艺术。根据上文“So I________to work part-time as a tea lady.”可知，作者来父亲的养老院做志愿者，这是一份工作。故选A。 47．【答案】D 【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我看到我们每天都很忙。A.thrilled兴奋的；B.concentrated集中的；C.separated分开的；D.occupied忙于……的。根据下文“I would often come away sweating.”可知，作者经常会汗流浃背地离开，由此可推知作者每天都很忙。故选D。 48．【答案】C 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：令人悲伤的是，这家养老院在短时间内失去了很多患新冠肺炎的病人，看到突然空荡荡的病床令人震惊。A.physicians医生；B.partners同伴；C.patients病人；D.professionals专业人员。根据下文“to COVID-19 in a short span of time and seeing the suddenly empty beds was________."可知，此处表示养老院失去了很多患新冠肺炎的病人。故选C。 49．【答案】B 【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：令人悲伤的是，这家养老院在短时间内失去了很多患新冠肺炎的病人，看到突然空荡荡的病床令人震惊。A.amazing令人惊叹的；B.shocking令人震惊的；C.pressing紧迫的；D.relaxing令人轻松的。根据上文“for the home lost a lot of________to COVID-19 in a short span of time and seeing the suddenly empty beds was"可知，很多病人在短时间去世，所以看到突然空荡荡的病床是令人震惊的。故选B。 50．【答案】A 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：但它也出奇地有趣。A.fun乐趣；B.pity同情；C.shame羞耻；D.hope希望。根据下文“Joking and stories made time easy.”可知，他们会讲笑话和故事，这份工作也是有趣的，fun意为“乐趣”。故选A。 51．【答案】D 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我开始期待看到这位老太太，每次我给她一杯茶，她都会说“谢谢”,并给我一个拥抱。A.afford支付得起；B.pretend假装；C.forget忘记；D.expect期待。根据下文“who would say“Thank you”and give me a_______every time I left her a cup of tea."可推知，老太太对作者很友好，所以作者期待看到她。故选D。 52．【答案】C 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：我开始期待看到这位老太太，每次我给她一杯茶，她都会说“谢谢”,并给我一个拥抱。A.break休息；B.chance机会；C.hug拥抱；D.hand手。根据上文“I began to________to see the old lady who would say“Thank you”and give me a"可推知，此处表示老太太很友好，会对作者说谢谢，给作者一个拥抱。故选C。 53．【答案】B 【解析】考查副词词义辨析。句意：我的父亲几乎像石头一样瘫痪了，看到我推着茶车走来走去，他甚至看起来很高兴。A.ever曾经；B.even甚至；C.still仍然；D.yet还没。根据上文“my father,who was almost paralyzed like a stone,”以及下文"looked cheered up at seeing me around with the tea trolley (推车).”可知，虽然作者的父亲瘫痪了，但是看见作者推着茶车走来走去，他甚至会看起来很高兴。故选B。 54．【答案】A 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我经常遇到的那些人告诉我，坐在阳光明媚的窗前喝一杯热茶是很有价值的。A.encountered遇到；B.inspired激励；C.instructed指示；D.educated教育。根据下文“so often taught me that sitting by a sunny window drinking a cup of warm tea held its value.”以及语境可知，此处表示作者遇到的人告诉作者坐在阳光明媚的窗前喝热茶是有价值的。故选A。 55．【答案】D 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：它简单，有益健康，并带来清晰和平静，帮助我和平地处理一切。A.kindness善良；B.loneliness孤独；C.weakness缺点；D.calmness平静。根据下文"helping me handle everything peacefully"可知，此处表示它给作者带来清晰和平静。故选D。 第Ⅱ卷(共55分) 第四部分 单句语法填空(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 56. Nowadays, many modern businesses show a __________________ (prefer) for the concept of outsourcing. 57. On hearing the news,we were extremely excited and couldn't resist the desire __________________ (involve)in the activity. 58. It's a good habit to put __________________ the tools where you take them. 59. From medicinal aids to mental exercises,there are lots of ways to gain stress __________________ (relieve). 60. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect regardless of __________________ .(occupy),gender or social status. 61. Some experts believe that immunity debt is what accounts __________________ the many cases of flu and pneumonia in China this winter. 62. The magic about reading novels is that I am always drawn into the fictional world and feel myself getting __________________ (attach)to the characters. 63. The father seemed to have suffered great chest pain and passed __________________soon after. Fortunately,he came to after the CPR by the paramedics. 64. Any success only buys an __________________ (admit)ticket to a more difficult question.--Henry Kissinger(亨利·基辛格1923-2023) 65. Butterfly Effect refers to the effect of a very small difference in the initial state of a system __________________ the whole system later on. 66. The online course can come in different packages, __________________ (vary)from 30-day trails to yearly subscriptions. 67. Education is what __________________ (survive)when what has been learned has been forgotten. 68. A __________________ (fright)look swiftly swept across his face as the man fixed his eyes on Frankenstein. 69. An idea suddenly occurred to her __________________ she could wave the yellow blouse in the air to catch the pilot's attention. 70. __________________ they are in a committed relationship is evident from their public displays of affection. 【答案】 56. preference 【解析】前面有冠词a，故需要名词形式。故将prefer改成其名词形式，即 preference 57.to be involved 【解析】desire作名词，后面加to do。be involved in“参与”，故填to be involved 58.away 【解析】句意：把工具放好是一个好习惯。put away“收好，放好”故填away。 59.relief 【解析】根据句意本题填relieve的名词形式，即relief。stress relief“减压” 60.occupation 【解析】前面有介词of，故需要名词形式，即occupation 61.for 【解析】本题考查介词。account for表示“解释，说明，占据，对...负责” 62.attached 【解析】考查形容词，get attached to表示“喜欢上” 63.out 【解析】考查介词。pass out“昏倒”句意：父亲似乎遭受了巨大的胸痛，不久就昏倒了 64.admission 【解析】前面有冠词an，故需要名词形式，即admission 65.on 【解析】考查介词。对...有影响 effect on sth，故填on 66.varying 【解析】考查非谓语。can come是谓语动词，无连词，vary为非谓语动词，vary from“不同于”，表主动，故填varying 67.survives 【解析】考查谓语动词。survive作what引导的表语从句中的谓语动词。语态为主动语态，结合句子其他谓语的时态，判断为一般现在时，故填survives 68.frightened 【解析】考查形容词，fright形容词为frightened或frightening，形容人的表情用frightened，故填frightened。 69.that 【解析】考查同位语从句引导词。先行词为idea，从句结构完成且不缺意思，用that引导。 70.That 【解析】考查主语从句引导词。主语从句中缺引导词，从句结构完整且不缺意思，故填That。 第五部分写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 假定你是高三学生李华，现担任校英文话剧社的社长。近期，社团将进行一年一度的换届大选。在辞旧纳新的换届大会上，你发表感言，内容包括： 1. 社团的意义； 2. 回忆三年来社团所组织的活动； 3. 对新成员寄语。 注意： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 请勿透露真实学校和姓名。 参考答案： Dear teachers and friends, On behalf of the president of the drama club of our school,I am honored to deliver my speech at the annual general meeting.Our club is aimed at helping students to learn more about Dramatic art form and enrich our school life. In the three years since the club was founded,we have organized a variety of activities,such as the New Year drama Festival,Chinese traditional culture drama exchange conference and other colorful performances.All the club members participated actively and had a good performance. I hope to attract more new members to join our club in the future,which will strengthen our club strength.As long as everyone play steam spirit well,our club will go better and better. That's all.Thanks. . 第二节 读后续写(满分25分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The weather was extremely hot as the midday sun shone with all its might. 23-year-old Richard had just gotten down from a truck he hitchhiked(搭便车) and could barely stand on the hot road.His feet were getting baked in his smelly sneakers. He panted heavily,looking around for a drink.But as far as his sunken eyes could see,there was not a drop of water. Since Richard's band in Los Angeles broke up several weeks ago,he had to come to reunite with his parents.Just as he finished a two-mile hike on the deserted highway,he stopped on the roadside.Suddenly, he noticed a little bike lying there. When he approached near,he saw a water bottle and a small helmet lying nearby.He leaned closer and noticed fresh little muddy footsteps disappearing into the woods. Richard's brows shot up in terror as he hurried toward the entrance of the dense forest.It seemed very unusual for a little kid to be all alone there. Imagine a little kid out there alone! Richard's instincts(直觉) told him something was wrong, so he cupped his hands around his mouth and called out to the child.Suddenly,he heard a faint cry from the heart of the woods.It was a little girl's cry for help. “Don't give up! I'm coming!” Richard ran quickly after noticing a little girl and her dog holding onto a log(原木)and floating on the river. The current was washing away almost everything on its course,and the girl was lucky that the log was stuck onto something under the surface.But that would not hold on for long as the current grew faster and stronger. Richard wanted to pull the two out to the shore before they were washed toward the edge of the waterfall,which was just meters away.However,he couldn't think of anything immediately.Just then,his mind acted fast,and he ran back to get something. “Hold on…I'll be right back,” he assured her. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Paragraph 1:Moments later,Richard returned with a long vine(藤). Paragraph 2:“Thank you so much!”The girl cried as she finally fell on the muddy shore. 参考答案： Moments later,Richard returned with a long vine(藤).He tied one end of the vine around his waist and the other end around a big tree.He dived into the river and swam toward the girl and her dog.Since the water was muddy,Richard couldn't see clearly,and it choked his breath.However,he kept going."Give me your hand,"he told the girl.Although the girl was terrified,she threw her hands and legs into the water and tried to get close to Richard and grab his hand.Richard used all his might and pulled the girl and her dog toward him. Thank you so much!”the girl cried as she finally fell on the muddy shore.After the girl calmed down,she told Richard the reason why she was there.It turned out that her dog ran away after hearing the sound of firecrackers.She was scared that he would go missing,so she followed him on her bike to catch him.The girl was grateful that Richard had saved them.Learning the girl was from his hometown,Richard decided to leave her at her house first before going to see his parents. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 厦外2023-2024学年第一学期高三12月月考 英语试题 第二部分阅读(共20题，每题2.5分，共50分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A These science-themed field trips will offer you fantastic experiences. London's sites of scientific interest Explore London's notable sites of scientific interest along the River Thames,starting at Kew Bridge and walking to the Thames Barrier during the day with talks in the evening with some professors. Visit the London Wetland Centre,Kew Gardens, Battersea Power Station, and the Greenwich Observatory. You will never be far from the river as you experience a wide range of topics including wildlife, medicine,power generation,engineering,physics and astronomy. The science history of Scotland Discover Edinburgh and Glasgow's most famous scientific thinkers,and learn how their ideas supported our emerging understanding of the world from the 16th century onwards. Enjoy expert talks and explore key sites from the Scottish Enlightenment(启蒙).Learn about the wide cast of advocates and hear from guest speakers,take part in walking seminar and enjoy several museum trips, as well as visits to two industrial wonders,the Falkirk Wheel and the Whitelee Windfarm. Pre-Historic Southwest England Involve yourself in the early human periods the Bronze and Iron Ages.A gentle walking tour that explores the pre-historic origins and evidence across Wiltshire and Dorset. Visit several National Trust,English Heritage and UNESCO listed sites including Stonchenge and Maiden Castle and hear talks from the directors of the Wiltshire and Salisbury museums. 21.Which site can you visit along the River Thames? A.Maiden Castle. B.The Falkirk Wheel. C.The Wetland Centre. D.The Salisbury museums. 22.What is the visit to the Southwest England aimed at? A.closer look at the past. B.brief exposure to nature. C.new view about mysteries. D. deeper understanding of art. 23.What can visitors expect during all the three trips? A.Talks with experts. B.Visits to museums. C.History explorations. D.Scientific research. 3 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 B During the summer of 2021,Beverly Wax had an experience that filled her with awe.It was the sight of her son, Justin, dragging a 36-kilogram portable air conditioner upstairs.Beverly's central air conditioning had stopped working in the middle of a 32°C heat wave.She had mentioned to her son and he'd shown up as a surprise.As she watched him sweat and struggle while fixing it, she felt a wave of gratitude and appreciation. Awe is that feeling we get when something is so vast that it stops us in our tracks.Often,it challenges or expands our thinking.Research shows that awe experiences decrease stress and increase overall satisfaction. It can also help our relationships,making us feel more sympathetic and less greedy,more supported by and more likely to help others. Most of us associate awe with something rare and beautiful:nature,music or a spiritual experience.But people can bring about awe,and not just public heroes.Often,this interpersonal awe is a response to life's big,sweeping changes.We can be awed by our nearest and dearest —the people sitting next to us on the sofa,or chatting on the phone.But it happens in smaller moments,too.John Bargh, a psychologist,said he was truly awestruck by his then-five-year-old daughter.When she heard another child crying,she grabbed her toy,walked over to the boy and handed it to him. Unfortunately,we can't make someone else behave in a way that's awesome.But we can prepare ourselves to notice it when they do —and take steps to boost the emotion's positive effects. 24.Why does the writer tell Beverly's story? A.To show sympathy for her. B.To cite an example of awe. C.To express appreciation to her son. D.To start a discussion about awe. 25.What is the benefit of awe? A.It stops our anxiety. B.It simplifies our thinking. C.It satisfies regular needs. D.It promotes positive emotions. 26.In which situation can we feel awed between the nearest? A.Admiring scenery in a national park. B.Enjoying classic music in a concert hall. C.Receiving a call from a long-lost friend. D.Getting the signature of a famous athlete. 27.What can be implied from the last paragraph? A.Arise in time of trouble. B.Behave in an awesome way. C.Sense amazement in daily life. D.Increase chance of finding awe. 4 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 C One summer midnight,standing outside a wooden house in Michigan's Upper Peninsula,I looked up. The sight of thousands of stars was almost enough to make me,a non-believer,offer a word of gratitude up into the star-filled sky.But to whom?Perhaps to Johan Eklof,author of The Darkness Manifesto. A bat scientist, Eklof works in the night shadows in western Sweden.His work requires an absolute kind of darkness unpolluted by light.But this category of darkness is threatened.In the 1980s, Eklof tells readers, two-thirds of the churches in Sweden housed bat caves.Not any longer.“Today,this number has been reduced by a third due to light pollution,because the churches all glow brightly in the night."he writes. We have all noticed it when driving through any city at night.Empty places are floodlit.The night sky in Hong Kong is 1200 times brighter than an unlit one.Citizens of some large cities,writes Eklof, have never allowed their eyes to adapt to true night vision.But we are only now beginning to understand the effects. Too much light is incredibly destructive to the complex eco-systems many animals inhabit.It scares away the bats that Eklof studies;reef fish eggs go unhatched;birds forget to even sing. So how can we deal with the too much light?In 2019,France passed laws limiting how much light can be sent into the sky.In Vienna,Austria,the city's lights are turned off at 11 p.m.Some measures,like artificial lights that do not reflect light upward,are already within our grasp.“We could just turn it all off, but I guess we don't want to,because darkness is not safe for everyone.”said Eklof in a recent interview. “So it's vital we find a middle way.” Right now, it's hard to know what that middle way might look like.In 50 years,every city could be lit by environmentally low-impact lights,or we might have completely forgotten what darkness is -the sky filled with little moons. 28.What do we know about Eklof's work? A.It reduces light pollution. B.It focuses on stars and sky. C.It strengthens people's belief. D.It requires a specific condition. 29.What can replace the underlined “it”in meaning in paragraph 3? A.Darkness B.An unlit city. C.Floodlighting. D.The night sky. 30.What are paragraphs 4 and 5 mainly about regarding light pollution? A.Cause and damage. B.Effect and solution. C.Consequence and disadvantage. D.Analysis and potential. 31.What is the writer's attitude toward lighting management? A.Balanced. B.Negative. C.Unclear. D.Conservative. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 D Feeling a hug from each other via the internet may be a possibility in the near future.A research team led by City University of Hong Kong recently developed a wireless,soft e-skin that can both detect and deliver the sense of touch,and form a touch network allowing one-to-multiuser interaction.It offers great potential for improving the distance touch communication. While there are numerous devices in the market to simulate(模拟)the sense of touch in the virtual world,they provide only touch sensing or touch response.The uniqueness of the novel e-skin is that it can perform self-sensing and touch reproducing functions on the same interface. The e-skin is a 7cm×10cm,4.2mm-thick device containing 16 flexible actuators (驱动器),a microcontroller unit,a Bluetooth module,and other electronics on a flexible circuit board.The actuator serves as the core part of the e-skin.Once the actuator is pressed and released by a force,a current is produced to provide electrical signals that are turned into digital signals by a converter (转换器)and then sent to another e-skin via Bluetooth.When the signals are received,a current is caused to reproduce the touch response on the receiver's e-skin through mechanical vibration(振动).The process can be reversed to deliver vibrations from the receiver's e-skin to the corresponding actuator of the sender's. The e-skin can communicate with Bluetooth devices and send data through the internet with smartphones and computers to perform long-distance touch,and to form a touch Internet of Things (IoT) system,where one-to-one and one-to-multiple touch delivery could be realized. Friends and family in different places could use it to “feel”each other.This form of touch overcomes the limitations of space and greatly reduces the sense of distance in human communication. Next, the research team will focus on practical applications for people with visual disability,who could wear the e-skin to gain remote directional guidance and read Braille messages. 32.What is the unique feature of the e-skin? A.It provides hugs for users. B.It builds a social network. C.It provides touch sensing and copying. D.It monitors the process of self-sensing. 33.What does the underlined word “reversed”mean? A.Started. B.Disturbed. C.Completed D.Exchanged 34.What can we learn about e-skin? A.It strengthens bonds across distance. B.Its converter vibrates when working. C.It sends electrical signals to receivers. D.Its system delivers touch with phones. 35.What would be the best title of the text? A.A signal-sending application. B.An invention for the disabled. C.A device for virtual interaction. D.A long distance communication. 6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 第二节(共5 小题；每小题2.5 分，共12.5 分) 根据内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Traveling itself is an experience hard to be described in words. 36 .Especially the solo (独自) traveling experience is so transforming that it lives with you forever.Here I am sharing some lessons. 37 .Thinking how I would manage my entire day among strangers on campus,I pretended to be sick.Then I had the same feeling when I was planning to travel alone.Exploring a city on my own was a big fear for me but I successfully managed it all and now,I seek out new opportunities and experiences.I love to push myself 38 . Having grown up and lived all my life in a single place,I had a small set of friends since my school days which continued till my college days. 39 .I met a few very interesting people with whom I could feel an instant connect and got some new friends for life. I totally agree that traveling with family and friends is fun and enjoying.But traveling alone is satisfying too.It's among those few things that you do for yourself and nobody else. 40 .During my solo travels I have explored my inner self and have expanded my boundaries which people around me have acknowledged at times. A. I want to experience more. B. But all this changed with my first solo trip. C. I never thought I would travel alone in my life. D. I was so scared when I went to school first time. E. Every journey prepares you for the journey of life. F. The farther you travel, the more independent you become. G. After all, you need to take care of yourself a bit too at times. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 第三部分语言运用(共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分) It had been a few weeks into lockdown because of the COVID-19.My father's 41 had become in desperate need of help.So I 42 to work part-time as a tea lady. 43 I also wanted to keep an eye on my father.Ever since he 44 from dementia (痴呆),I had become concerned about his well-being.So I 45 ,wheeling a teapot around the ground floor. It was a peculiar kind of 46 at first.I saw how we were 47 every day.I would often come away sweating.And saddened,for the home lost a lot of. 48 to COVID-19 in a short span of time and seeing the suddenly empty beds was 49 But it was also surprisingly good 50 .Joking and stories made time easy. I began to . 51 to see the old lady who would say "Thank you" and give me a 52 every time I left her a cup of tea. And my father, who was almost paralyzed like a stone, 53 looked cheered up at seeing me around with the tea trolley (推车). The figures I had . 54 so often taught me that sitting by a sunny window drinking a cup of warm tea held its value.It is simple,and wholesome,and brings clarity and . 55 helping me handle everything peacefully.To me,this has been lockdown's greatest gift. 41. A.training school B.business firm C.care home D.field camp 42. A.registered B.pretended C.refused D.volunteered 43. A.Ultimately B.Fortunately C.Definitely D.Actually 44. A.suffered B.learned C.freed D.escaped 45. A.broke up B.turned up C.picked up D.took up 46. A.job B.dream C.plan D.art 47. A.thrilled B.concentrated C.separated D.occupied 48. A.physicians B.partners C.patients D.professionals 49. A.amazing B.shocking C.pressing D.relaxing 50. A.fun B.pity C.shame D.hope 51. A.afford B.pretend C.forget D.expect 52. A.break B.chance C.hug D.hand 53. A.ever B.even C.still D.yet 54. A.encountered B.inspired C,instructed D.educated 55. A.kindness B.loneliness C.weakness D.calmness 8 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 第Ⅱ卷(共55分) 第四部分 单句语法填空(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 56. Nowadays, many modern businesses show a __________________ (prefer) for the concept of outsourcing. 57. On hearing the news,we were extremely excited and couldn't resist the desire __________________ (involve)in the activity. 58. It's a good habit to put __________________ the tools where you take them. 59. From medicinal aids to mental exercises,there are lots of ways to gain stress __________________ (relieve). 60. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect regardless of __________________ .(occupy),gender or social status. 61. Some experts believe that immunity debt is what accounts __________________ the many cases of flu and pneumonia in China this winter. 62. The magic about reading novels is that I am always drawn into the fictional world and feel myself getting __________________ (attach)to the characters. 63. The father seemed to have suffered great chest pain and passed __________________soon after. Fortunately,he came to after the CPR by the paramedics. 64. Any success only buys an __________________ (admit)ticket to a more difficult question.--Henry Kissinger(亨利·基辛格1923-2023) 65. Butterfly Effect refers to the effect of a very small difference in the initial state of a system __________________ the whole system later on. 66. The online course can come in different packages, __________________ (vary)from 30-day trails to yearly subscriptions. 67. Education is what __________________ (survive)when what has been learned has been forgotten. 68. A __________________ (fright)look swiftly swept across his face as the man fixed his eyes on Frankenstein. 69. An idea suddenly occurred to her __________________ she could wave the yellow blouse in the air to catch the pilot's attention. 70. __________________ they are in a committed relationship is evident from their public displays of affection. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 第五部分写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 假定你是高三学生李华，现担任校英文话剧社的社长。近期，社团将进行一年一度的换届大选。在辞旧纳新的换届大会上，你发表感言，内容包括： 1. 社团的意义； 2. 回忆三年来社团所组织的活动； 3. 对新成员寄语。 注意： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 请勿透露真实学校和姓名。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 第二节 读后续写(满分25分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The weather was extremely hot as the midday sun shone with all its might. 23-year-old Richard had just gotten down from a truck he hitchhiked(搭便车) and could barely stand on the hot road.His feet were getting baked in his smelly sneakers. He panted heavily,looking around for a drink.But as far as his sunken eyes could see,there was not a drop of water. Since Richard's band in Los Angeles broke up several weeks ago,he had to come to reunite with his parents.Just as he finished a two-mile hike on the deserted highway,he stopped on the roadside.Suddenly, he noticed a little bike lying there. When he approached near,he saw a water bottle and a small helmet lying nearby.He leaned closer and noticed fresh little muddy footsteps disappearing into the woods. Richard's brows shot up in terror as he hurried toward the entrance of the dense forest.It seemed very unusual for a little kid to be all alone there. Imagine a little kid out there alone! Richard's instincts(直觉) told him something was wrong, so he cupped his hands around his mouth and called out to the child.Suddenly,he heard a faint cry from the heart of the woods.It was a little girl's cry for help. “Don't give up! I'm coming!” Richard ran quickly after noticing a little girl and her dog holding onto a log(原木)and floating on the river. The current was washing away almost everything on its course,and the girl was lucky that the log was stuck onto something under the surface.But that would not hold on for long as the current grew faster and stronger. Richard wanted to pull the two out to the shore before they were washed toward the edge of the waterfall,which was just meters away.However,he couldn't think of anything immediately.Just then,his mind acted fast,and he ran back to get something. “Hold on…I'll be right back,” he assured her. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Paragraph 1:Moments later,Richard returned with a long vine(藤). Paragraph 2:“Thank you so much!”The girl cried as she finally fell on the muddy shore. $