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厦门双十中学2025-2026学年第一学期高一年第二次月考 英语试题 满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 第一卷（选择题，共95分） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How will the man get to college today? A. By walking. B. By riding a bus. C. By taking a car. 2. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At an entrance to the zoo. B. In the main zoo. C. In a theater. 3. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Bill’s hairstyle. B. The woman’s hairdresser. C. A hair salon. 4. What is the relationship between the man and Mr. Ryan? A. Classmates. B. Parent and child. C. Teacher and student. 5. What will the woman do in the afternoon? A. Drive to the restaurant at 4:30 p. m. B. Attend a meeting at 5:00 p. m. C. Meet the man at 5:30 p. m. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What did Jake do at lunchtime? A. He bought a pair of shoes. B. He went out to play sports. C. He washed his dirty sports shoes. 7. How does the woman sound? A. Careless. B. Tired. C. Annoyed. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What did Robert bring back? A. Photos. B. Apples. C. A sandwich. 9. What was Alice doing when Robert saw her? A. She was taking photos. B. She was making food. C. She was running. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is wrong with the woman’s computer? A. It makes a strange noise. B. It always has a blue screen. C. It lacks the latest operating system. 11. What does the woman want to know? A. The update time. B. The laptop model. C. The repair cost. 12. What does the man offer to do for the woman? A. Give her a reasonable repair price. B. Repair her computer today. C. Ring her up tomorrow. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. How often does Larry go to the gym? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 14. What encouraged Larry to start working out? A. That he wanted to be together with his friends. B. That he needed to lose some weight. C. That he struggled to catch a bus. 15. What kind of exercise does Larry do most? A. Running. B. Swimming. C. Cycling. 16. How many pounds has Larry lost so far? A. 14. B. 10. C. 7. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Why does the speaker give the talk? A. To introduce some tourist spots. B. To appeal to tourists. C. To offer job opportunities. 18. What is the purpose of starting this group? A. To design travel plans. B. To lead group tours. C. To train tour guides. 19. Who are Alex and Jules? A. Famous travel bloggers. B. Tour guides of the company. C. The founders of the company. 20. When was Adventure Consultants founded? A. One week ago. B. One month ago. C. One year ago. 第二部分 阅读理解（共2节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Which book you should read based on your next travel destination Haruki Murakami’s “1Q84”is a dystopian adventure that’s perfect for the plane ride to Japan. Famed Japanese author Haruki Murakami creates an fictional 1984 called 1Q84 where nothing feels right and everything is slightly different. Set in Tokyo, Japan, this dystopian, mystery-filled fantasy novel is sure to keep you captivated during your trip. Bring “One Hundred Years of Solitude” to read in South America. A significant work of literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s classic follows generations of the Buendia family as they live in their South-American town. Garcia Marquez’s magical realism paired with his vivid descriptions makes the book a perfect read for visiting some of the breathtaking sights of South America. Consider picking up “The Great Gatsby” if you’re going to The Hamptons in New York. Although the “West Egg” and “East Egg” in the classic novel are more like the Great-Neck and Port-Washington peninsulas (半岛) on Long Island, F. Scott Fitzgerald is believed to have been inspired by the Hamptons when crafting this book. Set in the Jazz Age, the book’s decade, hot summers, and longing for past lovers make it a great companion for pool hopping, charcuterie eating, and luxury shopping in The Hamptons. As you’re travelling around Amsterdam, read “The Fault in Our Stars”. Previously adapted into a film in 2014, John Green’s story of star-crossed teenagers famously includes a trip to Amsterdam. The Anne Frank House and The Rijksmuseum are two of many major destinations mentioned in the book. Plus, the bench from the film adaptation of this novel has ever become its own tourist spot. 1. If you are into parallel existence and you are full of imagination, which book would you like to pick up? A. 1Q84. B. One Hundred Years of Solitude. C. The Great Gatsby. D. The Fault in Our Stars. 2. Which one of the followings is TRUE? A. 1Q84 can help tourists have a better understanding of Tokyo. B. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a book mainly about the sights of South America. C. The Great Gatsby is about the colorful lite of people in The Hamptons during the summer. D. The film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars has boosted tourism to certain locations in Amsterdam. 3. An excerpt (摘录) from the book: One might wonder at the insanity(疯狂) of the situation: A mother sends her 16-year-old daughter alone with a 17-year old boy out into a foreign city. According to the introduction mentioned above, which city is probably this foreign city? A. Tokyo. B. New York. C. Amsterdam. D. Sao Paulo. B My grandma passed away last week. My mum began the painful yet necessary task of sorting through her belongings. “Is there anything you want from grandma’s flat?” Mum texted me. “Her aloe (芦荟), please.” I required zero thinking time. Sometime around 1975, Grandma, always believing good things would happen in the future, received this plant as a gift, which she appreciated and placed in her doorway. It came from the local butcher. Five years later, my mum married the butcher’s son and had me. Grandma revealed to me this particular plant was a living relationship between the two families. And so was I. Recently, whenever we visited Grandma’s flat, I attempted to fix this concept in my children’s minds. “That was a gift your great-grandma bought your other great-grandma! It’s older than me!” Then my kids would nod and ask Grandma for a sweet. Numerous times, Grandma gave me cuttings or clippings of the plant, hoping I might raise my own and continue the legend. Yet, every time, my new branch died with my awful gardening skills. But that didn’t used to matter, because I could turn to Grandma, who would wait and accept my disturbance without becoming upset. Then I got another clipping and tried again. But now I can’t. So, I decided that the plant will go and live with Ann, my mother-in-law, who is a genius with a greenhouse. The plan is for Ann to keep hold of the original plant. In time, she can teach me how to deal with its cuttings properly, and then maybe one day I can settle the plant in my place. In the meantime, Ann will allocate (分配) clippings among my relatives, as Grandma used to do. My wife’s two sisters, for example, are both better at tending plants than I am, so it is quite imaginable that they, too, will offer cuttings of the plant to their partners, spreading this loving plant across my entire extended family. 4. Why did the author want his grandma’s aloe? A. He wanted to pass it down to others. B. He showed a preference for gardening. C. He had a pleasant memory of the plant. D. He received it as a gift from his grandma. 5. Which of the following best describes the author’s grandma? A. Optimistic and patient. B. Generous and helpful. C. Honest and fashionable. D. Humorous and skillful. 6. The author took the aloe to his mother-in-law to A. display his skills in gardening B. have the plant better cared for C. announce his grandma’s death D. protect the plant from dying out 7. What may be the best title for the text? A. Aloe: my family bond B. Aloe: a mysterious plant C. Grandma: my life coach D. Grandma: a lovely gardener C After Taylor Swift, the “Mona Lisa” is probably the most recognizable female face in the world. Every day around 20,000 people stare at the Leonardo da Vinci’s painting in the Louvre. Yet it became famous not due to a tempting semi-smile. Until a worker stole the masterpiece in 1911, it was still mostly unknown; viewers flooded in to see what a French newspaper called “an enormous, horrific, gaping void (空白)”. Classics of art, literature and music are supposed to carry some mysterious appeal that endures across the ages. But as Rochelle Gurstein, a historian, writes in a new book, the “timeless classic” is anything but. “What I believed was written in stone was actually written in water”, she argues. Classics come and go. Take other celebrated works of art. Until the end of the 19th century Michelangelo’s “David” had only his fig leaf to protect him from the weather in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. He attracted more pigeons than visitors; visitors preferred the artists’ sculpture of Moses in Rome. Before the famous “Venus de Milo” was discovered in 1820, viewers were crazy about “Venus de Medici”, a delicate sculpture most people alive today have never heard of. Much as in art, the classics of music and literature have not always been set in stone either. Today, Johann Sebastian Bach is often regarded as the master of classical music. But after his death in 1750, Bach’s compositions fell out of fashion until Felix Mendelssohn, a German composer, rediscovered them in the 1820s. Herman Melville’s masterpiece “Moby Dick” was largely forgotten until critics such as Raymond Weaver, a professor at Columbia University rescued him from the depth of a nobody around the centenary of his birth in 1919. “The status of classics” depends on critics and shows the power of passionate writers to change the way people look at art. Tastes evolve, and they should. But culture lives on only as long as people continue to argue over what counts as a classic today. The true enemy of the classic is not relativism or awakening. It is silence. 8. What made the painting “Mona Lisa” well-known? A. Its innovative artistic techniques. B. The incident of it being stolen. C. The public’s curiosity concerning its creator. D. The long-term research on it by scholars. 9 What does Rochelle think of classics? A. Enduring. B. Fading. C. Changeable. D. Admirable. 10. How does the author develop paragraph 4? A. By studying the causes for people’s shifting opinions. B. By tracing the historical development of public taste standards. C. By citing examples of some forgotten classics regaining fame. D. By comparing the artistic values of different classic works. 11. What might ultimately discourage the development of classics? A. The ignorance of culture. B. The course of time. C. The evolution of tastes. D. The lack of criticism. D Extreme weather events, such as tornadoes, can cause widespread damage to forests, leading to environmental and financial losses. When trees fall during these storms, ecosystems might be influenced, increasing forest management costs. As climate change worsens, severe storms are expected to become more frequent, making it important to understand how forests respond to wind stress. While previous studies have explored how trees react to wind, it is unclear whether these responses remain the same across different forest configurations. With this aim, a team of researchers led by Associate Professor Kana Kamimura, tested how trees move under various forest arrangements and weather conditions, including how trees withstand wind. The research aims to explain how winds directly impact trees and how trees reduce the stress from wind to survive. To achieve this, researchers set up two experimental areas of cedar trees, in November 2017. In the first plot, P-100 was made up of 3,000 trees per hectare, creating a thick forest. In the second plot, P-50, half of the trees were removed for this research, leaving 1,500 trees per hectare. Over two years, the team watched 24 trees in the dense (密集的) area and 12 in the thinned area, using tools to track the range of trees movement during various wind conditions. The tracking period included many typhoons, such as Typhoon Trami, in 2018, which caused significant damage to the thinned plot. The researchers found that cedar trees show two completely different swaying patterns depending on wind speed. In light winds, the trees swayed at around 2 to 2.3 cycles per second, with their branches taking in much of the wind energy, protecting the trunks and roots from wind stress. However, at higher wind speeds, the trees changed to a slower swaying pattern of 0.2 to 0.5 cycles per second. In this case, the whole tree swayed together, changing force across the trunk and roots, increasing the probability of breakage or uprooting. Interestingly the change between these two swaying patterns occurred at different wind speeds, depending on the forest density. In the dense area, the trees switched patterns at wind speeds between 1.79 and 7.44 meters per second. In contrast, in the thinned plot, the change occurred at slightly lower wind speeds, ranging from 1.57 to 5.63 meters per second. This study offers valuable understanding for balancing thinning with wind resistance in forest management to support long-lasting forestry practices, and help forests go through extreme climate changes. 12. What is the first paragraph mainly about? A. The results of the previous studies. B. The practical reasons for the research. C The potential effects of extreme weather. D. The challenges brought by climate changes. 13. What does the underlined word “configurations” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Areas. B. Sizes. C. Types. D. Layouts. 14. What can we infer from the study conducted by the researchers? A. The trees tend to sway more violently as the wind becomes stronger. B. The branches of trees took in most of the wind energy in strong wind. C. Planting trees in a thinned pattern can help protect trees from storms. D. Trees in thinned plots change their swaying pattern in lighter winds. 15. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To call on people to plant more trees in thinned area. B. To raise people’s awareness of environment protection. C. To offer ideas for a more reasonable forest management. D. To compare the different swaying patterns of trees in storms. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的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。 How AI Will Help Predict Natural Disasters? Beneath California lie faults — places where rocks slide past, over, or under one another. When they move at an alarming rate, the ground shakes violently, causing destructive earthquakes. Nothing can be done to stop them, but understanding where they are likely to happen and how powerful they may be means communities can prepare. ____16____ They employ seismometers (地震仪) to record seismic waves — a bit like music, with notes and rhythm changes that reveal what created them, where they lie, and how they behave. Because California is so geologically active, the region has massive amounts of data. ____17____ Many tiny, imperceptible quakes are difficult to spot, especially when their signals are similar to background noise from traffic. Inspired by machine-learning programs that can identify and categorize elements within images with unmatched accuracy, a researcher at Caltech applied a similar idea to seismology. He used algorithms (算法) to search for patterns of tiny quakes in seismic data and soon identified nearly two million hidden events from 2008 to 2017. ____18____ Although early programs could only find quakes similar to those they had been trained on, newer self-learning systems can recognize novel events and make predictions about the future. ____19____ They are now used across California to spot slowly slow-moving earthquake faults invisible to traditional methods. ____20____ In areas at high risk of earthquakes like Tokyo, for instance, AI software analyzes images from cameras positioned around the city to recognize fires and building collapse and to alert authorities instantly. Such systems save precious time for search and rescue. While AI will not replace human scientists, it is becoming as ordinary — and as vital — as the seismometers themselves. A. AI may also improve earthquake early-warning systems. B. In some way, AI, trained with enough data, may one day take the place of human instincts. C. It is covered in so many seismometers that there is more data than human experts could reasonably handle. D. These machine-learning programs are still evolving and have gone beyond detecting quiet quakes and hidden faults. E. To reduce the effects of future disasters, researchers draw maps of the underworld, charting every fault and monitoring its behavior. F. Such programs as mentioned are still being tested for real-life applications. G. This revealed a complex network of faults that previous studies had missed. 第三部分 语言知识运用（共三节，满分40分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 At 44, I never thought I’d dive headfirst — literally — into learning to swim. Yet, here I was. I showed up for my first lesson, feeling ____21____ in my son’s old goggles (泳镜) and a bathing suit more suitable for hanging around. It turned out that the coach and my classmates were ____22____. They told me by breaking the process down into ____23____ steps: first floating, then gliding, then kicking. By the end of my first class, I had not only learned the basics but also ____24____ something else: the beauty of the water. It was the first time for me to ____25____ the length of the pool. In the process, the sense of ____26____ was beyond words. With every cheer from my coach and classmates, I ____27____ that I wasn’t just learning to swim — I was proving to myself that I could face a lifelong fear and come out ____28____. Long after the lesson ended, that feeling ____29____ me. I found myself ____30____ replaying it in my head: the cool water wrapping me, my arms and legs moving in a rhythm (节奏) I’d never thought I’d master, and the ____31____ I felt when I finally touched the opposite wall. For years, I’d ____32____ pools — even beach trips — because the fear of not knowing how to swim made me feel small, like I was ____33____ something everyone else took for granted. But that day, my life was ____34____. So, to other adults hesitant to try something new, my advice is to start small. Begin in the shallow end and take it one step at a time — you just might give yourself a ____35____. 21. A. proud B. inspired C. awkward D. bored 22. A. relaxed B. demanding C. cheerful D. supportive 23. A. familiar B. changeable C. necessary D. manageable 24. A. discovered B. related C. selected D. expected 25. A. record B. cover C. measure D. determine 26 A. belonging B. responsibility C. urgency D. achievement 27. A. insisted B. realized C. imagined D. signaled 28. A. quieter B. healthier C. stronger D. younger 29. A. protected B. stopped C. disturbed D. flooded 30 A. powerfully B. eventually C. continually D. effectively 31. A. relief B. freedom C. tiredness D. curiosity 32. A. avoided B. designed C. stressed D. explored 33. A. going through B. missing out on C. setting down D. making up for 34. A. scheduled B. transformed C. rescued D. regarded 35. A. goal B. choice C. surprise D. promise 第二卷（非选择题，共55分） 答案请工整地写在答题卡上 第二节 语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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（不超过三个单词）。 Strange phenomena occurred in northeastern Hebei before the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. For a few days, The water in wells rose and fell, with ____36____ (smell) gas coming out of it. At 3:42 a. m., a massive quake ____37____ (strike) fiercely, reducing the city to ruins. ____38____ number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000. About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings and all of its hospitals were gone. The strong aftershocks ____39____ (specific) worsened the damage to the already cracked bridges and highways. ____40____ all the hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150.000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those ____41____ (trap) under the ruins and to built shelters for those ____42____ homes had been destroyed. Through the ____43____ (tire) efforts of the people, Tangshan got back up ____44____ its feet, with great improvements in transportation and environment, proving that unity and ____45____ (wise) can help overcome disasters. 第三节 单句语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过三个单词），使句子形式准确，意义完整。 46. Students should realize the effect perseverance can have ________ achieving their long-term academic goals. (用适当的词填空) 47. After practicing the piano for three years, Lily finally realized her long-held ________ (expect) of performing on the school stage. (所给词的适当形式填空) 48. The small island with beautiful beaches and clear waters is referred to ________ a “paradise on earth” by tourists. (用适当的词填空) 49. Life is like a long race ________ we compete with others to go beyond ourselves. (用适当的词填空) 50. ________(bury) in her study, she paid no attention to what was happening. (所给词的适当形式填空) 51. There was a terrible epidemic in the small town decades ago, ________ which people suffered a lot both physically and mentally. (用适当的词填空) 52. She looked at me as if she ________ (see) a ghost, her face pale with shock. (所给词的适当形式填空) 53. I was cooking in the kitchen ________ there was a knock at the door. (用适当的词填空) 54. ________ being busy, he always helps others. (用适当的词填空) 55. I greatly appreciate ________(give) such a great chance to serve the students. (所给词的适当形式填空) 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 应用文（满分15分） 56. 假定你是李华，现准备参加中学生英语演讲比赛，你在准备过程中遇到了一些困难。请给你的外籍英语口语教师David写封信，请他帮忙提出建议。 内容包括：1.写信目的；2.遇到的具体困难；3.希望指导。 注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 概要写作（满分15分） 57. 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。 Learning a new language can feel like performing magic. Suddenly, a whole other world opens up and you discover a completely new side of life. Of course, learning a language doesn't happen by magic, but rather through study. Here are some advantages about how the brain changes during language learning. It sounds like something a child may ask: does learning new things make my brain grow bigger? It turns out that this is what language learning does to the brain. The researchers from Lund University in Sweden studied a group of students from the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, who were going through a language learning program. For a control group, the researchers selected students who were studying medicine and cognitive（认知的）science at Umea University. The researchers discovered that brain structure changed only in the language learning group. The results suggest that language learning is a promising way to keep the brain in shape, and offers cognitive benefits more than other forms of study. Many of us dream of being able to focus better, and according to a study published in the journal Brain and Language, learning new languages could help make that dream come true. The researchers from Northwestern University tested bilingual（双语的）and monolingual（单语的）individuals using a language comprehension task. The task involved listening to a word, and then selecting the corresponding image from a group of four. Bilingual participants were obviously better at figuring out the target word. It shows that being bilingual comes with more ability to leave aside unnecessary information, which is key to increasing focus. Several other studies have shown a link between being bilingual and delaying the beginning of Alzheimer's disease by an average of four years. The reason for this delay, the researchers believe, is that learning a language challenges our gray cells, which helps prevent them from worsening. So just like exercising your body, providing your brain with a workout like learning languages has considerable health benefits. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 厦门双十中学2025-2026学年第一学期高一年第二次月考 英语试题 满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 第一卷（选择题，共95分） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How will the man get to college today? A. By walking. B. By riding a bus. C. By taking a car. 2. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At an entrance to the zoo. B. In the main zoo. C. In a theater. 3. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Bill’s hairstyle. B. The woman’s hairdresser. C. A hair salon. 4. What is the relationship between the man and Mr. Ryan? A. Classmates. B. Parent and child. C. Teacher and student. 5. What will the woman do in the afternoon? A. Drive to the restaurant at 4:30 p. m. B. Attend a meeting at 5:00 p. m. C. Meet the man at 5:30 p. m. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What did Jake do at lunchtime? A. He bought a pair of shoes. B. He went out to play sports. C. He washed his dirty sports shoes. 7. How does the woman sound? A. Careless. B. Tired. C. Annoyed. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What did Robert bring back? A. Photos. B. Apples. C. A sandwich. 9. What was Alice doing when Robert saw her? A. She was taking photos. B. She was making food. C. She was running. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is wrong with the woman’s computer? A. It makes a strange noise. B. It always has a blue screen. C. It lacks the latest operating system. 11. What does the woman want to know? A. The update time. B. The laptop model. C. The repair cost. 12. What does the man offer to do for the woman? A. Give her a reasonable repair price. B. Repair her computer today. C. Ring her up tomorrow. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. How often does Larry go to the gym? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 14. What encouraged Larry to start working out? A. That he wanted to be together with his friends. B. That he needed to lose some weight. C. That he struggled to catch a bus. 15. What kind of exercise does Larry do most? A. Running. B. Swimming. C. Cycling. 16. How many pounds has Larry lost so far? A. 14. B. 10. C. 7. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Why does the speaker give the talk? A. To introduce some tourist spots. B. To appeal to tourists. C. To offer job opportunities. 18. What is the purpose of starting this group? A. To design travel plans. B. To lead group tours. C. To train tour guides. 19. Who are Alex and Jules? A. Famous travel bloggers. B Tour guides of the company. C. The founders of the company. 20. When was Adventure Consultants founded? A. One week ago. B. One month ago. C. One year ago. 第二部分 阅读理解（共2节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Which book you should read based on your next travel destination Haruki Murakami’s “1Q84”is a dystopian adventure that’s perfect for the plane ride to Japan. Famed Japanese author Haruki Murakami creates an fictional 1984 called 1Q84 where nothing feels right and everything is slightly different. Set in Tokyo, Japan, this dystopian, mystery-filled fantasy novel is sure to keep you captivated during your trip. Bring “One Hundred Years of Solitude” to read in South America. A significant work of literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s classic follows generations of the Buendia family as they live in their South-American town. Garcia Marquez’s magical realism paired with his vivid descriptions makes the book a perfect read for visiting some of the breathtaking sights of South America. Consider picking up “The Great Gatsby” if you’re going to The Hamptons in New York. Although the “West Egg” and “East Egg” in the classic novel are more like the Great-Neck and Port-Washington peninsulas (半岛) on Long Island, F. Scott Fitzgerald is believed to have been inspired by the Hamptons when crafting this book. Set in the Jazz Age, the book’s decade, hot summers, and longing for past lovers make it a great companion for pool hopping, charcuterie eating, and luxury shopping in The Hamptons. As you’re travelling around Amsterdam, read “The Fault in Our Stars”. Previously adapted into a film in 2014, John Green’s story of star-crossed teenagers famously includes a trip to Amsterdam. The Anne Frank House and The Rijksmuseum are two of many major destinations mentioned in the book. Plus, the bench from the film adaptation of this novel has ever become its own tourist spot. 1. If you are into parallel existence and you are full of imagination, which book would you like to pick up? A. 1Q84. B. One Hundred Years of Solitude. C. The Great Gatsby. D. The Fault in Our Stars. 2. Which one of the followings is TRUE? A. 1Q84 can help tourists have a better understanding of Tokyo. B. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a book mainly about the sights of South America. C. The Great Gatsby is about the colorful lite of people in The Hamptons during the summer. D. The film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars has boosted tourism to certain locations in Amsterdam. 3. An excerpt (摘录) from the book: One might wonder at the insanity(疯狂) of the situation: A mother sends her 16-year-old daughter alone with a 17-year old boy out into a foreign city. According to the introduction mentioned above, which city is probably this foreign city? A. Tokyo. B. New York. C. Amsterdam. D. Sao Paulo. 【答案】1. A 2. D 3. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了根据旅行目的地推荐的四本书籍。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Famed Japanese author Haruki Murakami creates an fictional 1984 called 1Q84 where nothing feels right and everything is slightly different.(著名日本作家村上春树创造了一个虚构的1984年，名为1Q84，在这个世界里，一切都感觉不对劲，一切都略有不同。)”可知，如果对平行存在感兴趣，并且充满想象力，会想读《1Q84》。故选A。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据As you’re travelling around Amsterdam, read “The Fault in Our Stars”部分“Previously adapted into a film in 2014, John Green’s story of star-crossed teenagers famously includes a trip to Amsterdam. The Anne Frank House and The Rijksmuseum are two of many major destinations mentioned in the book. Plus, the bench from the film adaptation of this novel has ever become its own tourist spot.(约翰・格林这部关于“命运多舛少年”的小说此前曾在 2014 年被改编成电影，书中有一个著名情节是去阿姆斯特丹旅行。安妮・弗兰克故居和荷兰国立博物馆是书中提到的众多主要景点中的两个。此外，这部小说电影版里出现过的那把长椅，甚至已经成了一个独立的旅游景点。)”可知，《星运里的错》的电影改编促进了阿姆斯特丹某些地区的旅游业。故选D。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据As you’re travelling around Amsterdam, read “The Fault in Our Stars”部分Previously adapted into a film in 2014, John Green’s story of star-crossed teenagers famously includes a trip to Amsterdam.(约翰・格林这部关于“命运多舛的少年”的小说此前曾在 2014 年被改编成电影，书中有一个著名情节是去阿姆斯特丹旅行。)”可知，这个外国城市可能是阿姆斯特丹。故选C。 B My grandma passed away last week. My mum began the painful yet necessary task of sorting through her belongings. “Is there anything you want from grandma’s flat?” Mum texted me. “Her aloe (芦荟), please.” I required zero thinking time. Sometime around 1975, Grandma, always believing good things would happen in the future, received this plant as a gift, which she appreciated and placed in her doorway. It came from the local butcher. Five years later, my mum married the butcher’s son and had me. Grandma revealed to me this particular plant was a living relationship between the two families. And so was I. Recently, whenever we visited Grandma’s flat, I attempted to fix this concept in my children’s minds. “That was a gift your great-grandma bought your other great-grandma! It’s older than me!” Then my kids would nod and ask Grandma for a sweet. Numerous times, Grandma gave me cuttings or clippings of the plant, hoping I might raise my own and continue the legend. Yet, every time, my new branch died with my awful gardening skills. But that didn’t used to matter, because I could turn to Grandma, who would wait and accept my disturbance without becoming upset. Then I got another clipping and tried again. But now I can’t. So, I decided that the plant will go and live with Ann, my mother-in-law, who is a genius with a greenhouse. The plan is for Ann to keep hold of the original plant. In time, she can teach me how to deal with its cuttings properly, and then maybe one day I can settle the plant in my place. In the meantime, Ann will allocate (分配) clippings among my relatives, as Grandma used to do. My wife’s two sisters, for example, are both better at tending plants than I am, so it is quite imaginable that they, too, will offer cuttings of the plant to their partners, spreading this loving plant across my entire extended family. 4. Why did the author want his grandma’s aloe? A. He wanted to pass it down to others. B. He showed a preference for gardening. C. He had a pleasant memory of the plant. D. He received it as a gift from his grandma. 5. Which of the following best describes the author’s grandma? A. Optimistic and patient. B. Generous and helpful. C. Honest and fashionable. D. Humorous and skillful. 6. The author took the aloe to his mother-in-law to A. display his skills in gardening B. have the plant better cared for C. announce his grandma’s death D. protect the plant from dying out 7. What may be the best title for the text? A. Aloe: my family bond B. Aloe: a mysterious plant C. Grandma: my life coach D. Grandma: a lovely gardener 【答案】4. C 5. A 6. B 7. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要记叙了奶奶去世后，留给了作者一种可爱的植物芦荟，这种特殊的植物是家人之间的一种活生生的关系，后来作者努力把这种可爱的植物传播到整个大家庭。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“My grandma passed away last week. My mum began the painful yet necessary task of sorting through her belongings.(我奶奶上周去世了。我妈妈开始了一项痛苦但必要的工作：整理她的物品)”及下文可知，本文主要是记叙了奶奶去世后，留给了作者一种可爱的植物芦荟，这种特殊的植物是家人之间的一种活生生的关系，后来作者努力把这种可爱的植物传播到整个大家庭。由此推知，作者想要他祖母的芦荟，因为他对这种植物有一段美好的回忆。故选C项。 【5题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“Sometime around 1975, Grandma, always believing good things would happen in the future, received this plant as a gift, which she appreciated and placed in her doorway.(1975年左右的某个时候，奶奶总是相信未来会有好事发生，她收到了这种植物作为礼物，她很感激并把它放在门口)”可推知，奶奶是乐观的；根据第六段“Numerous times, Grandma gave me cuttings or clippings of the plant, hoping I might raise my own and continue the legend. Yet, every time, my new branch died with my awful gardening skills. But that didn’t used to matter, because I could turn to Grandma, who would wait and accept my disturbance without becoming upset.(奶奶给了我很多次这种植物的剪枝，希望我能自己养，继续这个传说。然而，每一次，我的新枝条都因我糟糕的园艺技能而枯萎。但这在过去并不重要，因为我可以求助于奶奶，她会等着接受我的打扰，而不会感到不安)”可推知，奶奶是有耐心的，从来不会因我的打扰而烦恼。故选A项。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据第六段“Numerous times, Grandma gave me cuttings or clippings of the plant, hoping I might raise my own and continue the legend. Yet, every time, my new branch died with my awful gardening skills. But that didn’t used to matter, because I could turn to Grandma, who would wait and accept my disturbance without becoming upset. Then I got another clipping and tried again. But now I can’t. So, I decided that the plant will go and live with Ann, my mother-in-law, who is a genius with a greenhouse.(奶奶给了我很多次这种植物的剪枝，希望我能自己养，继续这个传说。然而，每一次，我的新枝条都因我糟糕的园艺技能而枯萎。但这在过去并不重要，因为我可以求助于奶奶，她会等着接受我的打扰，而不会感到不安。然后我又剪了一枝，然后再试了一次。但现在我不能了。所以，我决定让这株植物去和我的岳母住在一起，她是一个养温室绿植的天才)”可知，作者把芦荟带给了他的岳母是为了让植物得到更好的照顾。故选B项。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“My grandma passed away last week. My mum began the painful yet necessary task of sorting through her belongings.(我奶奶上周去世了。我妈妈开始了一项痛苦但必要的工作：整理她的物品)”及下文可知，本文主要是记叙了奶奶去世后，留给了作者一种可爱的植物芦荟，这种特殊的植物是家人之间的一种活生生的关系，后来作者努力把这种可爱的植物传播到整个大家庭。由此可知，Aloe: my family bond(芦荟：我的家庭纽带)适合作本文最佳标题。故选A项。 C After Taylor Swift, the “Mona Lisa” is probably the most recognizable female face in the world. Every day around 20,000 people stare at the Leonardo da Vinci’s painting in the Louvre. Yet it became famous not due to a tempting semi-smile. Until a worker stole the masterpiece in 1911, it was still mostly unknown; viewers flooded in to see what a French newspaper called “an enormous, horrific, gaping void (空白)”. Classics of art, literature and music are supposed to carry some mysterious appeal that endures across the ages. But as Rochelle Gurstein, a historian, writes in a new book, the “timeless classic” is anything but. “What I believed was written in stone was actually written in water”, she argues. Classics come and go. Take other celebrated works of art. Until the end of the 19th century Michelangelo’s “David” had only his fig leaf to protect him from the weather in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. He attracted more pigeons than visitors; visitors preferred the artists’ sculpture of Moses in Rome. Before the famous “Venus de Milo” was discovered in 1820, viewers were crazy about “Venus de Medici”, a delicate sculpture most people alive today have never heard of. Much as in art, the classics of music and literature have not always been set in stone either. Today, Johann Sebastian Bach is often regarded as the master of classical music. But after his death in 1750, Bach’s compositions fell out of fashion until Felix Mendelssohn, a German composer, rediscovered them in the 1820s. Herman Melville’s masterpiece “Moby Dick” was largely forgotten until critics such as Raymond Weaver, a professor at Columbia University rescued him from the depth of a nobody around the centenary of his birth in 1919. “The status of classics” depends on critics and shows the power of passionate writers to change the way people look at art. Tastes evolve, and they should. But culture lives on only as long as people continue to argue over what counts as a classic today. The true enemy of the classic is not relativism or awakening. It is silence. 8. What made the painting “Mona Lisa” well-known? A. Its innovative artistic techniques. B. The incident of it being stolen. C. The public’s curiosity concerning its creator. D. The long-term research on it by scholars. 9. What does Rochelle think of classics? A. Enduring. B. Fading. C. Changeable. D. Admirable. 10. How does the author develop paragraph 4? A. By studying the causes for people’s shifting opinions. B. By tracing the historical development of public taste standards. C. By citing examples of some forgotten classics regaining fame. D. By comparing the artistic values of different classic works. 11. What might ultimately discourage the development of classics? A. The ignorance of culture. B. The course of time. C. The evolution of tastes. D. The lack of criticism. 【答案】8. B 9. C 10. C 11. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章通过《蒙娜丽莎》的成名、艺术史上其他经典作品的例子以及音乐和文学领域的经典作品地位的变化，探讨了经典作品的地位并非永恒不变，而是取决于评论家和人们的观点，同时指出缺乏批评才是经典发展的真正敌人。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“Yet it became famous not due to a tempting semi-smile. Until a worker stole the masterpiece in 1911, it was still mostly unknown; viewers flooded in to see what a French newspaper called “an enormous, horrific, gaping void (空白)”.(然而，它的声名鹊起并非因为那抹诱人的蒙娜丽莎微笑。在1911年一名工人盗走这幅杰作之前，它始终寂寂无闻——直到观众蜂拥而至，只为一睹被法国报纸称作“巨大骇人空白”的失画现场)”可知，《蒙娜丽莎》被盗的事件使其闻名于世。故选B项。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中“But as Rochelle Gurstein, a historian, writes in a new book, the “timeless classic” is anything but. “What I believed was written in stone was actually written in water”, she argues. Classics come and go.(但正如历史学家Rochelle Gurstein在新书中所言，所谓“永恒经典”实则不然。她指出：“我曾深信镌刻在石碑上的经典，其实不过是写在水中的幻影。”经典之作始终在流动变迁中。)”可推知，Rochelle认为经典作品不过是写在水中的幻影，不是永恒不变的，而是可变的。故选C项。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中“Today, Johann Sebastian Bach is often regarded as the master of classical music. But after his death in 1750, Bach’s compositions fell out of fashion until Felix Mendelssohn, a German composer, rediscovered them in the 1820s. Herman Melville’s masterpiece “Moby Dick” was largely forgotten until critics such as Raymond Weaver, a professor at Columbia University rescued him from the depth of a nobody around the centenary of his birth in 1919.(如今，约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫常被尊为古典乐巨匠。然而自1750年逝世后，巴赫的作品便淡出公众视野，直到1820年代才被德国作曲家费利克斯·门德尔松重新发掘。赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的杰作《白鲸》同样遭遇沉寂——在1919年他百年诞辰之际，经由哥伦比亚大学教授雷蒙德·韦弗等评论家的力荐，这部巨著才从湮没无闻的深渊中被拯救出来)”可知，本段通过列举巴赫的作品和赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的杰作《白鲸》的例子，说明了一些被遗忘的经典作品后来又重新获得了声誉。故选C项。 【11题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段““The status of classics” depends on critics and shows the power of passionate writers to change the way people look at art. Tastes evolve, and they should. But culture lives on only as long as people continue to argue over what counts as a classic today. The true enemy of the classic is not relativism or awakening. It is silence.(“经典的地位”取决于评论家，这彰显了充满激情的作家改变人们艺术视角的力量。审美趣味在不断演变，且理应如此。但文化唯有在人们持续争论何为当代经典的过程中才能生生不息。经典真正的敌人并非相对主义或觉醒意识，而是永恒的沉寂)”可知，文化唯有在人们持续争论过程中才能生生不息，所以经典真正的敌人是永恒的沉寂，即，没有争论或缺乏批评，最终会阻碍经典作品的发展。故选D项。 D Extreme weather events, such as tornadoes, can cause widespread damage to forests, leading to environmental and financial losses. When trees fall during these storms, ecosystems might be influenced, increasing forest management costs. As climate change worsens, severe storms are expected to become more frequent, making it important to understand how forests respond to wind stress. While previous studies have explored how trees react to wind, it is unclear whether these responses remain the same across different forest configurations. With this aim, a team of researchers led by Associate Professor Kana Kamimura, tested how trees move under various forest arrangements and weather conditions, including how trees withstand wind. The research aims to explain how winds directly impact trees and how trees reduce the stress from wind to survive. To achieve this, researchers set up two experimental areas of cedar trees, in November 2017. In the first plot, P-100 was made up of 3,000 trees per hectare, creating a thick forest. In the second plot, P-50, half of the trees were removed for this research, leaving 1,500 trees per hectare. Over two years, the team watched 24 trees in the dense (密集的) area and 12 in the thinned area, using tools to track the range of trees movement during various wind conditions. The tracking period included many typhoons, such as Typhoon Trami, in 2018, which caused significant damage to the thinned plot. The researchers found that cedar trees show two completely different swaying patterns depending on wind speed. In light winds, the trees swayed at around 2 to 2.3 cycles per second, with their branches taking in much of the wind energy, protecting the trunks and roots from wind stress. However, at higher wind speeds, the trees changed to a slower swaying pattern of 0.2 to 0.5 cycles per second. In this case, the whole tree swayed together, changing force across the trunk and roots, increasing the probability of breakage or uprooting. Interestingly, the change between these two swaying patterns occurred at different wind speeds, depending on the forest density. In the dense area, the trees switched patterns at wind speeds between 1.79 and 7.44 meters per second. In contrast, in the thinned plot, the change occurred at slightly lower wind speeds, ranging from 1.57 to 5.63 meters per second. This study offers valuable understanding for balancing thinning with wind resistance in forest management to support long-lasting forestry practices, and help forests go through extreme climate changes. 12. What is the first paragraph mainly about? A. The results of the previous studies. B. The practical reasons for the research. C. The potential effects of extreme weather. D. The challenges brought by climate changes. 13. What does the underlined word “configurations” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Areas. B. Sizes. C. Types. D. Layouts. 14. What can we infer from the study conducted by the researchers? A. The trees tend to sway more violently as the wind becomes stronger. B. The branches of trees took in most of the wind energy in strong wind. C. Planting trees in a thinned pattern can help protect trees from storms. D. Trees in thinned plots change their swaying pattern in lighter winds. 15. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To call on people to plant more trees in thinned area. B. To raise people’s awareness of environment protection. C. To offer ideas for a more reasonable forest management. D. To compare the different swaying patterns of trees in storms. 【答案】12. B 13. D 14. D 15. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了因极端天气频发，研究人员测试不同森林布局和天气下树木的反应，发现其摇曳模式随风速和密度变化，为森林管理提供参考。 【12题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“Extreme weather events, such as tornadoes, can cause widespread damage to forests, leading to environmental and financial losses. When trees fall during these storms, ecosystems might be influenced, increasing forest management costs. As climate change worsens, severe storms are expected to become more frequent, making it important to understand how forests respond to wind stress.(极端天气事件，比如龙卷风，可能会对森林造成大面积破坏，从而导致环境和经济方面的损失。在这些风暴中树木倒塌时，生态系统可能会受到影响，进而增加森林管理的成本。随着气候变化的加剧，预计强风暴将会变得更加频繁，因此了解森林如何应对风力压力变得尤为重要)”可知，第一段主要说明了开展相关研究的现实原因，故选B。 【13题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线词后文“With this aim, a team of researchers led by Associate Professor Kana Kamimura, tested how trees move under various forest arrangements and weather conditions, including how trees withstand wind.(为此，由副教授金木川领导的一组研究人员进行了相关测试，他们考察了树木在各种森林布局和天气条件下（包括树木如何抵御风力）的移动情况)”可知，先前研究探索了树木对风的反应，但不清楚这些反应在不同森林布局中是否相同”。故“configurations”指森林的布局、结构，即“layouts”。故划线词意思是“布局”。故选D。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段“Interestingly, the change between these two swaying patterns occurred at different wind speeds, depending on the forest density. In the dense area, the trees switched patterns at wind speeds between 1.79 and 7.44 meters per second. In contrast, in the thinned plot, the change occurred at slightly lower wind speeds, ranging from 1.57 to 5.63 meters per second.( 有趣的是，这两种摇摆模式之间的转变发生在不同的风速下，且取决于森林的密度。在茂密的区域，树木在风速介于1.79米/秒至7.44米/秒之间时会改变模式。相比之下，在疏伐过的区域，这种转变发生在稍低的风速下，范围在1.57米/秒至5.63米/秒之间)”可知，在疏伐后的林地中，树木在微风中摆动的模式会发生变化。故选D。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“This study offers valuable understanding for balancing thinning with wind resistance in forest management to support long-lasting forestry practices, and help forests go through extreme climate changes.(这项研究为在森林管理中平衡树木的稀疏生长与抵御风力提供了宝贵的见解，有助于支持长期的林业实践，并帮助森林应对极端气候变化)”可知，文章最后一段明确指出，该研究为平衡森林疏伐与抗风性提供了见解，有助于更合理的森林管理和长期林业实践。因此，主要目的是为森林管理提供思路，故选C。 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的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。 How AI Will Help Predict Natural Disasters? Beneath California lie faults — places where rocks slide past, over, or under one another. When they move at an alarming rate, the ground shakes violently, causing destructive earthquakes. Nothing can be done to stop them, but understanding where they are likely to happen and how powerful they may be means communities can prepare. ____16____ They employ seismometers (地震仪) to record seismic waves — a bit like music, with notes and rhythm changes that reveal what created them, where they lie, and how they behave. Because California is so geologically active, the region has massive amounts of data. ____17____ Many tiny, imperceptible quakes are difficult to spot, especially when their signals are similar to background noise from traffic. Inspired by machine-learning programs that can identify and categorize elements within images with unmatched accuracy, a researcher at Caltech applied a similar idea to seismology. He used algorithms (算法) to search for patterns of tiny quakes in seismic data and soon identified nearly two million hidden events from 2008 to 2017. ____18____ Although early programs could only find quakes similar to those they had been trained on, newer self-learning systems can recognize novel events and make predictions about the future. ____19____ They are now used across California to spot slowly slow-moving earthquake faults invisible to traditional methods. ____20____ In areas at high risk of earthquakes like Tokyo, for instance, AI software analyzes images from cameras positioned around the city to recognize fires and building collapse and to alert authorities instantly. Such systems save precious time for search and rescue. While AI will not replace human scientists, it is becoming as ordinary — and as vital — as the seismometers themselves. A. AI may also improve earthquake early-warning systems. B. In some way AI, trained with enough data, may one day take the place of human instincts. C. It is covered in so many seismometers that there is more data than human experts could reasonably handle. D. These machine-learning programs are still evolving and have gone beyond detecting quiet quakes and hidden faults. E. To reduce the effects of future disasters, researchers draw maps of the underworld, charting every fault and monitoring its behavior. F. Such programs as mentioned are still being tested for real-life applications. G. This revealed a complex network of faults that previous studies had missed. 【答案】16. E 17. C 18. G 19. D 20. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了人工智能在预测自然灾害方面的应用。 【16题详解】 上文“Nothing can be done to stop them, but understanding where they are likely to happen and how powerful they may be means communities can prepare.(没有什么办法可以阻止它们，但了解它们可能发生在哪里以及它们可能有多强大意味着社区可以做好准备。)”指出要减少灾害影响，就要搞清楚地震可能在哪儿发生、强度多大；下文“They employ seismometers to record seismic waves.(他们使用地震仪来记录地震波。)”指出他们用地震仪记录地震波，来“听出”地下的情况。由此可知，空处应该描述研究人员为了减少未来灾害的影响所采取的行动，选项E“为了减少未来灾害的影响，研究人员绘制了地下世界的地图，绘制了每一条断层并监测其行为”符合语境，选项E中的“To reduce the effects of future disasters”与上文提到的“communities can prepare”相呼应，选项E中的“charting every fault and monitoring its behavior”与下文提到的“employ seismometers to record seismic waves”相呼应。故选E。 【17题详解】 上文“Because California is so geologically active, the region has massive amounts of data.(由于加州地质活动频繁，该地区拥有大量的数据。)”指出加州地质活跃，数据量巨大。下文“Many tiny, imperceptible quakes are difficult to spot, especially when their signals are similar to background noise from traffic.(许多微小的、难以察觉的地震很难被发现，尤其是当它们的信号与交通背景噪音相似时。)”指出很多小地震很难被发现，暗示 “数据太多、太杂，人眼/人脑处理不过来”。由此可知，空处应该描述加州地震数据之多以及人类专家处理这些数据的困难，选项C“这里布满了地震仪，数据之多超出了人类专家的合理处理能力”符合语境，选项C中的“more data than human experts could reasonably handle”与上文提到的“massive amounts of data”相呼应，选项C中的“covered in so many seismometers”与下文提到的“Many tiny, imperceptible quakes are difficult to spot”相呼应。故选C。 【18题详解】 上文“He used algorithms to search for patterns of tiny quakes in seismic data and soon identified nearly two million hidden events from 2008 to 2017.(他使用算法在地震数据中搜索微小地震的模式，并很快从2008年到2017年发现了近200万起隐藏事件。)”指出用算法找到了大量 “隐藏的小地震”。由此可知，空处应该描述这一发现带来了什么结果，选项G“这揭示了一个复杂的断层网络，而先前的研究遗漏了这一点”符合语境，选项G中的“This revealed a complex network of faults”与上文提到的“identified nearly two million hidden events”相呼应。故选G。 【19题详解】 上文“Although early programs could only find quakes similar to those they had been trained on, newer self-learning systems can recognize novel events and make predictions about the future.(尽管早期的程序只能找到与它们训练过的类似的地震，但新的自学系统可以识别新事件并对未来做出预测。)”指出早期程序只能找 “见过的” 地震，新的自学习系统能识别新情况、做预测。下文“They are now used across California to spot slowly slow-moving earthquake faults invisible to traditional methods.(它们现在在加州各地被用来发现传统方法无法看到的缓慢移动的地震断层。)”指出现在已经在加州广泛使用，用来发现传统方法看不到的缓慢移动断层。由此可知，空处说明这些机器学习程序在进化，功能已经不止于发现小地震。选项D“这些机器学习程序仍在不断发展，已经超越了检测静地震和隐藏断层的能力”符合语境，选项D中的“These machine-learning programs are still evolving”与上文提到的“newer self-learning systems”相呼应，选项D中的“have gone beyond detecting quiet quakes and hidden faults”与下文提到的“spot slowly slow-moving earthquake faults invisible to traditional methods”相呼应。故选D。 【20题详解】 下文“In areas at high risk of earthquakes like Tokyo, for instance, AI software analyzes images from cameras positioned around the city to recognize fires and building collapse and to alert authorities instantly.(例如，在东京等地震高风险地区，人工智能软件分析城市周围摄像头拍摄的图像，识别火灾和建筑物倒塌，并立即向当局发出警报。)”指出人工智能软件在地震高风险地区的应用。由此可知，空处应该描述人工智能在地震预警方面的应用，选项A“人工智能还可以改进地震预警系统”符合语境，选项A中的“AI may also improve earthquake early-warning systems”与下文提到的“AI software analyzes images…to alert authorities instantly”相呼应。故选A。 第三部分 语言知识运用（共三节，满分40分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 At 44, I never thought I’d dive headfirst — literally — into learning to swim. Yet, here I was. I showed up for my first lesson, feeling ____21____ in my son’s old goggles (泳镜) and a bathing suit more suitable for hanging around. It turned out that the coach and my classmates were ____22____. They told me by breaking the process down into ____23____ steps: first floating, then gliding, then kicking. By the end of my first class, I had not only learned the basics but also ____24____ something else: the beauty of the water. It was the first time for me to ____25____ the length of the pool. In the process, the sense of ____26____ was beyond words. With every cheer from my coach and classmates, I ____27____ that I wasn’t just learning to swim — I was proving to myself that I could face a lifelong fear and come out ____28____. Long after the lesson ended, that feeling ____29____ me. I found myself ____30____ replaying it in my head: the cool water wrapping me, my arms and legs moving in a rhythm (节奏) I’d never thought I’d master, and the ____31____ I felt when I finally touched the opposite wall. For years, I’d ____32____ pools — even beach trips — because the fear of not knowing how to swim made me feel small, like I was ____33____ something everyone else took for granted. But that day, my life was ____34____. So, to other adults hesitant to try something new, my advice is to start small. Begin in the shallow end and take it one step at a time — you just might give yourself a ____35____. 21. A. proud B. inspired C. awkward D. bored 22. A. relaxed B. demanding C. cheerful D. supportive 23. A. familiar B. changeable C. necessary D. manageable 24. A. discovered B. related C. selected D. expected 25. A. record B. cover C. measure D. determine 26. A. belonging B. responsibility C. urgency D. achievement 27. A. insisted B. realized C. imagined D. signaled 28. A. quieter B. healthier C. stronger D. younger 29. A. protected B. stopped C. disturbed D. flooded 30. A. powerfully B. eventually C. continually D. effectively 31. A. relief B. freedom C. tiredness D. curiosity 32. A. avoided B. designed C. stressed D. explored 33. A. going through B. missing out on C. setting down D. making up for 34. A. scheduled B. transformed C. rescued D. regarded 35. A. goal B. choice C. surprise D. promise 【答案】21. C 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. A 33. B 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者44岁时克服对游泳的恐惧，开始学习游泳并最终成功游完泳池长度的经历，鼓励成年人勇敢尝试新事物。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：第一次上课时，我戴着儿子旧的泳镜，穿着更适合在旁边闲逛的泳衣，感觉有些尴尬。A. proud骄傲的；B. inspired受鼓舞的；C. awkward尴尬的；D. bored无聊的。根据下文“in my son’s old goggles (泳镜) and a bathing suit more suitable for hanging around”可知，作者戴着儿子的旧泳镜，穿着不适合游泳的泳衣，所以感到尴尬。故选C。 【22题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：结果发现，教练和同学们都非常支持我。A. relaxed放松的；B. demanding要求高的；C. cheerful高兴的；D. supportive支持的。根据下文“They told me by breaking the process down into ______ steps”可知，教练和同学们帮助作者学习，所以是支持作者的。故选D。 【23题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们告诉我，把整个过程拆成容易掌握的步骤：先漂浮，然后滑行，再踢腿。A. familiar熟悉的；B. changeable易变的；C. necessary必要的；D. manageable可控制的。根据下文“first floating, then gliding, then kicking”可知，教练把学习游泳的过程分解成可以控制的步骤。故选D。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：第一节课结束时，我不仅学会了基本动作，还发现了别的东西：水的美丽。A. discovered发现；B. related联系；C. selected选择；D. expected期待。根据下文“the beauty of the water”可知，作者还发现了水的美丽。故选A。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那是我第一次游完整个泳池长度。A. record记录；B. cover覆盖，游过；C. measure测量；D. determine决定。根据下文“the length of the pool”可知，此处指游完泳池的长度。故选B。 【26题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这个过程中，那种成就感难以言喻。A. belonging归属感；B. responsibility责任；C. urgency紧迫性；D. achievement成就感。根据上文“It was the first time for me to ______ the length of the pool.”可知，作者第一次游完游泳池的长度，所以有成就感。故选D。 【27题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：随着教练和同学们的每一次加油，我意识到自己不只是在学游泳——我是在向自己证明，我可以面对一个伴随一生的恐惧，并变得更强大。A. insisted坚持；B. realized意识到；C. imagined想象；D. signaled示意。根据下文“that I wasn’t just learning to swim — I was proving to myself that I could face a lifelong fear”可知，作者意识到自己不仅仅是在学习游泳，还是在向自己证明可以面对恐惧。故选B。 【28题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. quieter更安静的；B. healthier更健康的；C. stronger更强壮的；D. younger更年轻的。根据上文“I was proving to myself that I could face a lifelong fear”可知，作者向自己证明可以面对恐惧，因此变得更强大。故选C。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：课程结束后很久，那种感觉仍然涌上心头。A. protected保护；B. stopped停止；C. disturbed打扰；D. flooded淹没，充斥。根据下文“replaying it in my head”可知，那种成就感一直萦绕在作者心头。故选D。 【30题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我发现自己不断地在脑海里回放：清凉的水包裹着我，手臂和腿以一种我从未想过自己能掌握的节奏移动，以及当我终于触到对面池壁时的那种释然。 A. powerfully强大地；B. eventually最终；C. continually不断地；D. effectively有效地。根据下文“replaying it in my head”可知，作者不断地在脑海中回放游泳的场景。故选C。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. relief解脱；B. freedom自由；C. tiredness疲惫；D. curiosity好奇心。根据上文“when I finally touched the opposite wall”可知，作者最终触到对面的墙，因此感到解脱。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：多年来，我一直避开游泳池——甚至海滩旅行——因为不会游泳的恐惧让我觉得自己很渺小，好像错过了一些每个人都认为理所当然的东西。A. avoided避免；B. designed设计；C. stressed强调；D. explored探索。根据下文“because the fear of not knowing how to swim made me feel small”可知，作者因为不会游泳而避开游泳池和海滩旅行。故选A。 【33题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意同上。A. going through经历；B. missing out on错过；C. setting down写下；D. making up for弥补。根据下文“something everyone else took for granted”可知，作者觉得自己错过了每个人都认为理所当然的东西。故选B。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：但那一天，我的生活被改变了。A. scheduled安排；B. transformed改变；C. rescued拯救；D. regarded看待。根据上文“By the end of my first class, I had not only learned the basics but also ______ something else: the beauty of the water.”和“I ______ that I wasn’t just learning to swim — I was proving to myself that I could face a lifelong fear and come out ______.”可知，作者克服了恐惧，学会了游泳，所以生活发生了改变。故选B。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：从浅水区开始，一步一步来——你可能会给自己一个惊喜。 A. goal目标；B. choice选择；C. surprise惊喜；D. promise承诺。根据上文“So, to other adults hesitant to try something new, my advice is to start small. Begin in the shallow end and take it one step at a time”可知，作者鼓励成年人勇敢尝试新事物，可能会给自己一个惊喜。故选C。 第二卷（非选择题，共55分） 答案请工整地写在答题卡上 第二节 语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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（不超过三个单词）。 Strange phenomena occurred in northeastern Hebei before the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. For a few days, The water in wells rose and fell, with ____36____ (smell) gas coming out of it. At 3:42 a. m., a massive quake ____37____ (strike) fiercely, reducing the city to ruins. ____38____ number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000. About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings and all of its hospitals were gone. The strong aftershocks ____39____ (specific) worsened the damage to the already cracked bridges and highways. ____40____ all the hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150.000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those ____41____ (trap) under the ruins and to built shelters for those ____42____ homes had been destroyed. Through the ____43____ (tire) efforts of the people, Tangshan got back up ____44____ its feet, with great improvements in transportation and environment, proving that unity and ____45____ (wise) can help overcome disasters. 【答案】36. smelly 37. struck 38. The 39. specifically 40. But 41. trapped 42. whose 43. tireless 44. on 45. wisdom 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了1976年唐山地震前发生的奇怪现象、地震造成的损失以及震后人们采取的行动和唐山的恢复情况。 【36题详解】 考查形容词。句意：几天来，井里的水涨了又跌，冒出难闻的气味。空处需用形容词作定语修饰名词gas，smell的形容词为smelly。故填smelly。 【37题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：凌晨3点42分，一场强烈的地震猛烈地袭来，把这座城市变成了废墟。此处是句子谓语动词，根据时间状语At 3:42 a. m.可知，此处描述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时。故填struck。 【38题详解】 考查冠词。句意：地震中死亡或重伤的人数超过40万。固定搭配the number of，表示“……的数量”，空处位于句首，首字母需大写。故填The。 【39题详解】 考查副词。句意：强烈的余震尤其加剧了已经开裂的桥梁和高速公路的破坏。空处需用副词作状语修饰动词worsened，specific的副词为specifically。故填specifically。 【40题详解】 考查连词。句意：但并不是所有的希望都破灭了。上文描述地震造成的破坏，和下文并不是所有的希望都破灭了之间是转折关系，应用转折连词but连接，空处位于句首，首字母需大写。故填But。 【41题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：地震发生后不久，军队派了15万名士兵到唐山，挖出被困在废墟下的人，并为房屋被毁的人建造避难所。已有谓语动词sent，此处需用非谓语动词作后置定语修饰those，动词trap和those之间是被动关系，应用过去分词作后置定语。故填trapped。 【42题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：地震发生后不久，军队派了15万名士兵到唐山，挖出被困在废墟下的人，并为房屋被毁的人建造避难所。空处引导限制性定语从句，先行词是those，指人，关系词在定语从句中作定语，修饰名词homes，应用关系代词whose引导定语从句，故填whose。 【43题详解】 考查形容词。句意：通过人们不懈的努力，唐山重新站了起来，交通和环境都有了很大的改善，证明了团结和智慧可以帮助克服灾难。空处需用形容词作定语修饰名词efforts，表示“不懈的，不知疲倦的”应用形容词tireless。故填tireless。 【44题详解】 考查介词。句意：通过人们不懈的努力，唐山重新站了起来，交通和环境都有了很大的改善，证明了团结和智慧可以帮助克服灾难。固定搭配on one’s feet，表示“站起来”。故填on。 【45题详解】 考查名词。句意：通过人们不懈的努力，唐山重新站了起来，交通和环境都有了很大的改善，证明了团结和智慧可以帮助克服灾难。空处和unity并列作主语，应用不可数名词wisdom。故填wisdom。 第三节 单句语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过三个单词），使句子形式准确，意义完整。 46. Students should realize the effect perseverance can have ________ achieving their long-term academic goals. (用适当的词填空) 【答案】on 【解析】 【详解】考查介词。句意：学生们应该意识到，毅力对实现他们的长期学业目标会产生怎样的影响。have the effect on为固定搭配，意为“对……有影响”，空处需填介词on。故填on。 47. After practicing the piano for three years, Lily finally realized her long-held ________ (expect) of performing on the school stage. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】expectation 【解析】 【详解】考查名词。句意：练习钢琴三年后，莉莉终于实现了她长久以来想在学校舞台上表演的愿望。此处作宾语，应用名词expectation“愿望”。故填expectation。 48. The small island with beautiful beaches and clear waters is referred to ________ a “paradise on earth” by tourists. (用适当的词填空) 【答案】as 【解析】 【详解】考查介词。句意：这个有着美丽海滩和清澈海水的小岛被游客们称为“人间天堂”。be referred to as...是固定搭配，意为“被称为……”。故填as。 49. Life is like a long race ________ we compete with others to go beyond ourselves. (用适当的词填空) 【答案】where 【解析】 【详解】考查定语从句。句意：人生就像一场长跑，在这场长跑中我们与他人竞争以超越自我。空格处引导定语从句，修饰先行词 race。从句结构完整，关系词在从句中作地点状语，应用关系副词where引导。故填where。 50. ________(bury) in her study, she paid no attention to what was happening. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】Buried 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：她埋头于学习中，没有注意到正在发生的事情。be buried in...是固定搭配，意思是“埋头于……、专心于……”，空处作状语，省略be动词，保留过去分词，位于句首，首字母需大写。故填Buried。 51. There was a terrible epidemic in the small town decades ago, ________ which people suffered a lot both physically and mentally. (用适当的词填空) 【答案】from 【解析】 【详解】考查介词。句意：几十年前，这个小镇发生了一场可怕的流行病，人们在身体和精神上都遭受了巨大的痛苦。，本句为“介词 + 关系代词”引导的非限制性定语从句，先行词为a terrible epidemic，指物；结合固定搭配suffer from“遭受……之苦”可知，空处需填介词from。故填from。 52. She looked at me as if she ________ (see) a ghost, her face pale with shock. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】had seen 【解析】 【详解】考查虚拟语气。句意：她看着我，好像看见了鬼一样，脸吓得发白。as if引导方式状语从句，表示“好像、仿佛”，当从句内容与事实不符或为假设时，要用虚拟语气，主句用一般过去时looked，从句表示“与过去事实相反”，用had seen。故填had seen。 53. I was cooking in the kitchen ________ there was a knock at the door. (用适当的词填空) 【答案】when 【解析】 【详解】考查固定句型。句意：我正在厨房做饭，这时有人敲门。sb be doing...when...为固定句型，意为“某人正在做……这时突然……”。故填when。 54. ________ being busy, he always helps others. (用适当的词填空) 【答案】Despite 【解析】 【详解】考查介词。句意：尽管很忙，他总是帮助别人。空格后是动名词短语being busy，需要一个介词表示“尽管”，despite是介词，表示“尽管、不管”，后接名词、代词或动名词，符合要求。位于句首，首字母需大写。故填Despite。 55. I greatly appreciate ________(give) such a great chance to serve the students. (所给词的适当形式填空) 【答案】being given 【解析】 【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：我非常感谢被给予这样一个为学生服务的好机会。固定搭配appreciate doing sth.“感激做某事”，主语I与give之间是被动关系，应用动名词的被动语态。故填being given。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 应用文（满分15分） 56. 假定你是李华，现准备参加中学生英语演讲比赛，你在准备过程中遇到了一些困难。请给你的外籍英语口语教师David写封信，请他帮忙提出建议。 内容包括：1.写信目的；2.遇到的具体困难；3.希望指导。 注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 Dear David, I am Li Hua from your class. I am writing to seek your constructive advice as I prepare for an upcoming English speech contest. I am encountering some problems which bother me a lot. To begin with, I have trouble in organizing my ideas into a logical flow, making my speech less persuasive. In addition, I find it challenging to deliver the speech with natural intonation and adequate confidence. What troubles me most is my limited vocabulary, which weakens the expressiveness of my content. I would be truly grateful if you could offer some guidance. Thank you for your kind assistance. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达是一篇应用文。要求考生给外籍英语口语教师David写封信，请他就准备过程中遇到的一些困难提出建议。 【详解】1.词汇积累 寻求：seek→go in quest of 即将到来的：upcoming→forthcoming 遇到：encounter→run into 有限的：limited→restricted 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：To begin with I have trouble in organizing my ideas into a logical flow, making my speech less persuasive. 拓展句：To begin with, I have trouble in organizing my ideas into a logical flow, which makes my speech less persuasive. 【点睛】[高分句型1] I am writing to seek your constructive advice as I prepare for an upcoming English speech contest.（运用了as引导时间状语从句） [高分句型2] What troubles me most is my limited vocabulary, which weakens the expressiveness of my content.（运用了what引导主语从句，which引导非限制性定语从句） 第二节 概要写作（满分15分） 57. 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。 Learning a new language can feel like performing magic. Suddenly, a whole other world opens up and you discover a completely new side of life. Of course, learning a language doesn't happen by magic, but rather through study. Here are some advantages about how the brain changes during language learning. It sounds like something a child may ask: does learning new things make my brain grow bigger? It turns out that this is what language learning does to the brain. The researchers from Lund University in Sweden studied a group of students from the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, who were going through a language learning program. For a control group, the researchers selected students who were studying medicine and cognitive（认知的）science at Umea University. The researchers discovered that brain structure changed only in the language learning group. The results suggest that language learning is a promising way to keep the brain in shape, and offers cognitive benefits more than other forms of study. Many of us dream of being able to focus better, and according to a study published in the journal Brain and Language, learning new languages could help make that dream come true. The researchers from Northwestern University tested bilingual（双语的）and monolingual（单语的）individuals using a language comprehension task. The task involved listening to a word, and then selecting the corresponding image from a group of four. Bilingual participants were obviously better at figuring out the target word. It shows that being bilingual comes with more ability to leave aside unnecessary information, which is key to increasing focus. Several other studies have shown a link between being bilingual and delaying the beginning of Alzheimer's disease by an average of four years. The reason for this delay, the researchers believe, is that learning a language challenges our gray cells, which helps prevent them from worsening. So just like exercising your body, providing your brain with a workout like learning languages has considerable health benefits. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: Learning a new language, which happens through study, exerts positive impacts on your brain. According to researchers, it makes your brain grow better and brings more cognitive advantages. It can also keep you away from distractions and help you concentrate on what you are doing. Moreover; it brings health benefits as well, slowing down the aging of your brain. 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍说，学习新的语言就像魔法，会对你的大脑产生积极的影响。根据研究人员的说法，它能让你的大脑变得更好，带来更多的认知优势。而且还能锻炼注意力。另外，也会带来健康的影响，延缓大脑衰老。 【详解】1 要点摘录 ①Learning a new language can feel like performing magic. ②Of course, learning a language doesn't happen by magic, but rather through study. Here are some advantages about how the brain changes during language learning. ③The researchers discovered that brain structure changed only in the language learning group. The results suggest that language learning is a promising way to keep the brain in shape, and offers cognitive benefits more than other forms of study. ④Many of us dream of being able to focus better, and according to a study published in the journal Brain and Language, learning new languages could help make that dream come true. ⑤Several other studies have shown a link between being bilingual and delaying the beginning of Alzheimer's disease by an average of four years. ⑥So just like exercising your body, providing your brain with a workout like learning languages has considerable health benefits. 2.缜密构思 将第1、2两个要点进行重组，将第3、4两个要点进行整合，将第5、6两个要点进行概括总结。 3.遣词造句 Learning a new language has positive impacts on your brain. Learning a language makes your brain grow better and offers more cognitive benefits. It can also help you focus on what you are doing. It brings health benefits as well, slowing down the aging of your brain. 【点睛】[高分句型1] Learning a new language, which happens through study, exerts positive impacts on your brain. (which引导非限制性定语从句) [高分句型2]It can also keep you away from distractions and help you concentrate on what you are doing.(what引导宾语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $