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石嘴山市第一中学2025-2026学年第一学期高二年级期末考试 英语试题 本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 听力（满分 30 分） 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分） 第一节（共 15 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 37. 5 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A After years of writing papers and cramming for tests, many young travelers look forward to their cap toss and the celebratory trip, which serves the purpose of celebrating the completion of this phase of schooling. Danube River, Europe Experience Europe by booking your family on a Danube River Cruise to have a great trip with your college-age kids. You can visit eight cities in four different countries as you cruise from Germany to Hungary, having a peep into European history and culture. New York City, New York If your college-going kids are into theater, a visit to New York City’s Broadway will be the perfect family vacation destination you can gift them. There is some new show that’s happening there always and could even be on the bucket list of the young adults in your family! London, England If your young ones have been bitten by the Harry Potter bug, a visit to the Wizarding World in London will be irresistible for them. See Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in his West End home, and then proceed to the Palace Theatre. Kruger National Park, South Africa South Africa’s Kruger National Park covers nearly two million hectares of land with a wide diversity of life forms along with historical and archaeological sights. The Cape buffalo, African elephant, leopard, the fish eagle and Marula trees are within sight. For more information, please refer to the chart below: Ratings Danube River, Europe New York City, New York London, England Kruger National Park South Africa Activities Attractions 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 Affordability 3/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 Safety 4/5 3. 5/5 5/5 4/5 Accessibility 3/5 5/5 5/5 4/5 Accommodation Options 5/5 5/5 4/5 4/5 1. Which destination appeals to animal enthusiasts? A. Danube River, Europe. B. New York City, New York. C. London, England. D. Kruger National Park, South Africa. 2. What may concern travelers to New York City most? A. Accommodation choices. B. Financial costs. C. Personal security. D. Transport system. 3. Who is this passage targeted at? A. Graduates. B. Parents. C. Travel bloggers. D. Tour guides. B At my first lesson in Chinese calligraphy, my teacher told me plainly: “Now I will teach you how to write your name. And to make it beautiful.” I felt my breath catch. I was curious. Growing up in Singapore, I had an unusual relationship with my Chinese name. My parents are ethnically Chinese, so they asked fortune tellers to decide my name, aiming for maximum luck. As a result, I ended up with a nonsense and embarrassing name: Chen Yiwen, meaning, roughly, “old”, “barley (薏米)” and “warm”. When I arrived in America for college at 18, I put on an American accent and abandoned my Chinese name. When I moved to Hong Kong in 2021, after 14 years in the States, I decided to learn calligraphy. Why not get back in touch with my heritage? I thought. In calligraphy, the idea is to copy the old masters’ techniques, thereby refining your own. Every week, though, my teacher would give uncomfortably on-the-nose assessments of my person. “You need to be braver,” he once observed. “Have confidence. Try to produce a bold stroke (笔画).” For years, I had prided myself on presenting an image of confidence, but my writing betrayed me. I was trying to make sense of this practice. You must visualize the word as it is to be written and leave a trace of yourself in it. As a bodily practice calligraphy could go beyond its own cultural restrictions. Could it help me go beyond mine? My teacher once said to me, “When you look at the word, you see the body. Though a word on the page is two-dimensional, it contains multitudes, conveying the force you’ve applied, the energy of your grip, the arch of your spine.” I had been learning calligraphy to get in touch with my cultural roots, but what I was really seeking was a return to myself. Now I have sensed that the pleasure out of calligraphy allows me to know myself more fully. During a recent lesson my teacher pointed at the word I had just finished, telling me: “This word is much better. I can see the choices you made, your calculations, your flow. Trust yourself. This word is yours.” He might as well have said, “This word is you.” 4. What can we learn about the author’s Chinese name? A. It was given by the author’s teachers. B. It has a meaningful and elegant meaning. C. It was decided by fortune - tellers as the author’s parents wished for good luck. D. The author has always been proud of it. 5. Why did the author decide to learn calligraphy when moving to Hong Kong? A To make more friends in Hong Kong. B. To get back in touch with Chinese heritage. C. To improve writing skills for exams. D. To teach calligraphy in the future. 6. The underlined phrase “on - the - nose” in Paragraph 4 probably means? A. very direct and accurate B. not relevant at all C. hard to understand D. full of mistakes 7. What does the author really seek through learning calligraphy? A. To become a famous calligrapher. B. To show off calligraphy skills. C. A return to herself and a better understanding of herself. D. To make her Chinese name more beautiful only. C Think of your most prized possession. Now, imagine you decide you must sell this item. How much is it worth to you? How much would you charge for it? And would anyone else want to buy it at that price? Let’s consider the real-world example of a yard sale. Before your neighbors come to look at your things, you must first decide on the prices for them. For you, each item has a story, and some items may even evoke strong emotions. Let’s say you’re selling a pair of special edition sports shoes that you took care of and really enjoyed wearing on special occasions. With these sweet memories in mind, you put a price tag of $130 on the shoes. However, a customer offers $50 for them. You think, “How could they not see how special and valuable these are?” In financial transactions like this, sellers often believe their own items are worth more than what buyers are willing to pay. This occurs because buyers do not have the seller’s experiences with and emotional attachment to the items. Buyers want a good deal, and they’re not willing to pay what the seller is asking for. This negotiation process can even feel a little painful for the seller—over losing something and the buyer not valuing it as much. Economists suggest this dynamic occurs through the endowment effect (禀赋效应)—people’s tendency to value things they own more highly than they would if they did not own them. The endowment effect can take hold anytime we feel a sense of ownership over a product, and it can happen quickly. As the saying goes, “Emotions get the best of us.” There is nothing wrong with being proud of owning things and treasuring your experiences with them. But when you consider selling a prized possession, think about whether you’re fully ready to part with it. The past is the past, though. Removing your emotional attachment to material possessions can help you make more accurate assessments of how much your items are truly worth. 8. What does the underlined word “evoke” in paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Advocate. B. Cause. C. Identify. D. Control. 9. What makes you put a price tag of $130 on your shoes according to paragraph3? A. Your fondness for the shoes. B. Your ignorance of the market. C. The high quality of the shoes. D. The special function of the shoes. 10. Which can best illustrate the result of endowment effect? A. One likes collecting old things. B. One tends to buy expensive goods. C. One offers a lower price when shopping. D. One charges a higher-than-usual price for something. 11. What’s the purpose of the last paragraph? A. To make a suggestion. B. To introduce a theory. C. To analyze a phenomenon. D. To provide some evidence. D Robots have worked alongside people for decades, and traditionally, they’ve been incredibly specialized - a bot on a General Motors’ assembly line, for example, might move pieces of metal from one place to another over and over again. This has meant business owners would need to purchase multiple (usually expensive) robots if they wanted to automate multiple tasks. However, tech startup Sanctuary AI has introduced a general-purpose robot designed to perform many workplace tasks currently handled by people - working with humans or without them. Canada-based Sanctuary AI is one of several companies attempting to overcome the challenge and bring a general-purpose robot to market, and on May 16, it revealed its sixth-generation robot, an AI-powered humanoid named “Phoenix.” Phoenix is 5’ 7”, weighs 155 pounds, and is capable of lifting up to 55 pounds. Its human-like hands have 20 degrees of freedom and haptic (触觉的) sensors that allow it to perform tasks that require dexterity and precision, such as labeling packages or picking fruit. According to Sanctuary, Phoenix also has human-like intelligence thanks to a proprietary AI control system called Carbon. It acts as the bot’s “brain” and can be trained to complete new tasks in computer simulations. Alternatively, Phoenix can “learn from demonstration.” With this approach, a human uses a VR headset to see what the bot sees and a special rig to guide it through completing a new task. This setup can also be used for remote control, which could enable people to work from home, prevent injuries due to physical labor, and increase the number of jobs available to people with disabilities. Sanctuary demonstrated the potential of robot remote work with a pilot test at a Mark’s retail store near its headquarters in January. Over the course of one week, a human guided the startup’s fifth-general-purpose robot through 110 tasks - about 40% of the jobs a typical employee needs to be able to do at the store. The ultimate goal is still a robot that could step into the workplace and complete tasks without the need for constant human supervision, and it’s not clear how much Phoenix can do autonomously or how long it takes to train the bot on something new. We should know more soon, though, as Sanctuary is starting to deploy its general-purpose robot at other locations near its headquarters. Customers don’t have to buy a bot to enjoy its benefits, either - they can hire one by the hour. 12. What has been the traditional limitation of robots in the workplace prior to the development of general-purpose robots? A. They were only capable of performing simple tasks. B. They required constant human supervision to function. C. They were designed to perform highly specialized tasks. D. They could not physically interact with the environment. 13. What does the underlined word “dexterity” in Paragraph 2 mean? A Strength. B. Skillfulness. C. Energy. D. Wisdom. 14. What can we learn about the AI control system called Carbon? A. It enables Phoenix to perform a broad set of work tasks. B. It allows Phoenix to learn from human demonstration. C. It serves as a remote control for Phoenix. D. It is a VR headset used for training purposes. 15. What was the significance of the pilot test conducted at a Mark’s retail store? A. It showcased Phoenix’s capability to replace all human employees in a store. B. It demonstrated Phoenix’s ability to perform remote work tasks effectively. C. It proved that Phoenix could handle tasks requiring physical strength. D. It indicated that Phoenix could autonomously learn from observing other workers. 第二节（共 5 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 If you have a great sense of humor, and you’re interested in writing, you may be wondering how to combine your talents. ____16____ Here are some ways to let your tales bring loud laughter to others. Identify your style of humor. When you sit down to write a funny story, you need to be aware of your personal style of humor. If you’re trying to write in a style that doesn’t fit your strengths as a comedian or a storyteller, then your story may not be as strong as it could be. ____17____ Some of the most popular include observational humor, anecdotal （轶事的） humor, dark humor, and dry humor. ____18____ You need to have some idea about the story before you write it. It’s not enough to have jokes or a funny scenario. The story needs to be strong so that it can support the humorous elements. Create a conflict and a tension. ____19____ Once you create your story’s conflict, tell your readers what’s at risk for your characters if they don’t resolve it. You should create a conflict and a tension that move your plot forward. If so, your readers will find the events of your story more interesting. Choose a point of view. Choosing a story’s point of view requires you to decide who would tell the story best, and how that information should be delivered. The main options are the first person, the second person, and the third person. There is no objectively right or wrong choice. ____20____ A. Decide what your story is about. B. There are many different types of humor. C. Write as many jokes as possible in the story. D. The conflict and the tension usually make no difference. E. Writing a funny story is not as difficult as you may think. F. Ideally, your story’s conflict should explore human nature. G. That’s because it all depends on what works best for your story. 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节（共 15 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When life hands you lemons, sometimes it takes a village to make lemonade. That’s exactly what happened when Rebecca and Josh Caldwell’s sweet summer business turned ____21____. The Caldwell ____22____ were sitting on their front lawn selling lemonade when a stranger approached their ____23____ in Chesapeake, Virginia. “He said it was cool that we were doing a lemonade business,” Rebecca recalled. What happened next caught them completely off guard — the man ____24____ their money jar and sped away with about $40 of hard-earned cash. “I was pretty scared,” Rebecca said. “And it made me mad.” They ran inside to tell their mom, Annetta Caldwell, who called the police. “They came in very upset and I was ____25____ angry,” Annetta said.” However, after her disbelief and anger ____26____, Annetta decided to turn the experience into a life lesson about ____27____ and resilience (恢复力). So she and her husband ____28____ their children to host another lemonade stand. “I didn’t want them to be afraid of doing them,” Annetta said. “And I talked to them about forgiving the guy because I know if you don’t forgive, you’re going to have ____29____ in your heart.” _______30_______ spread quickly, and when their new lemonade stand opened for business, the scene was _______31_______. More than 650 people came from near and far. Friends, neighbors, local firefighters, police officers, and even bikers arrived to show their support. “I was _______32_______ by the support of the community and how much love we felt,” Annetta said. “Oh my goodness, it was festive. It was like a big _______33_______ party,” said Mark Reeves, a family friend who came to _______34_______. “We wanted to show the opposite of what the spirit was when this man stole from them — instead of stealing, we’re going to _______35_______.” 21. A. smelly B. fragrant C. sour D. spicy 22. A. siblings B. couples C. relatives D. sisters 23. A. store B. stand C. stadium D. studio 24. A. robbed B. carried C. lifted D. snatched 25. A. deliberately B. roughly C. narrowly D. desperately 26. A. died down B. turned up C. broke out D. ran out 27. A. eagerness B. skillfulness C. friendliness D. forgiveness 28. A. encouraged B. restricted C. conducted D. convinced 29. A. sympathy B. bitterness C. satisfaction D. politeness 30. A. Rumour B. Gossip C. Word D. Thought 31. A. disordered B. depressed C. extraordinary D. imaginary 32. A. put away B. broken up C. laid off D. blown away 33. A. block B. department C. committee D. tribe 34. A. discourage B. support C. reward D. distribute 35. A. curse B. accuse C. bless D. praise 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。 Festivals around the world have a wide range of ____36____(origin), including seasons, religions, famous figures and significant events. The harvest festival ____37____ usually takes place after all the crops have been gathered is the most common one in different cultures. People celebrate it ____38____(show) that they are grateful for the harvest. In some regions, it’s a day for people to show ____39____(they) respect for nature. ____40____(decorate) with flowers and fruits, many churches become a joyful place for people to get together to celebrate festival. Customs have a great impact ____41____ festivals, but they can change over time. For example, some Chinese cities give up the typical custom of lighting firecrackers, for it ____42____(make) the air pollution more serious. In recent years, festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with businesses ____43____(take) advantage of the celebrations. Online shopping websites and social media apps have made it much ____44____(convenient) for the public to spend more on gifts than before. In spite of that, festivals are an important part of society, because they reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths and attitudes towards life. They are ____45____(absolute) significant occasions that we should take advantage of to stay with our family and to relax and enjoy life. 三、写作（共40分） 46. “世界读书日”即将到来，你校要举办一场读书活动。请你用英文写一篇文章，向同学们推荐你最喜欢的一本书，内容包括以下要点： 1. 书籍简介；2. 推荐理由。 注意： 1. 词数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 One morning in April, when I found something was wrong with Alice’s mother, it rained. It seemed as if the Texas sky were sobbing (啜泣). I didn’t know what kind of cancer Mrs. Hastings had until later, but I knew her condition was serious — very serious. I love Mr. and Mrs. Hastings almost as much as I love my own parents, and Alice is my best friend. But I didn’t want to go to school that day. And I sure didn’t want to see Alice. What could I possibly say to her? What do people say to their friends at such a time? I tried every trick I knew to avoid going to school. But my mother insisted. “You have a history test this morning, Linda,” she said, looking at me as if she’d crawled into my mind and knew I was just making excuses. Then she smiled and said, “Be sure to stay close to Alice, especially today, because that poor girl is going to need your strength.” Strength? What was Mother talking about? I had no strength. I didn’t even know what to say to my best friend. I hid out in the reading room between classes in the hope of avoiding meeting with Alice, but she was never out of my thoughts. I kept trying to come up with something appropriate to say to her because I really wanted to get it right. Alice and I had the last class in Mrs. Green’s class. I’d avoided seeing her all day, I was going to have to face her in the last period, and I still didn’t have a plan. However, I worried needlessly because Alice never showed up for class. When the English class was over, Mrs. Green said, “Linda, Alice Hastings is your best friend, and she is coming here in a few minutes to get her lesson assignments.” It seemed as if something was torturing (折磨) my heart and I trembled inwardly. I still didn’t know what to say to Alice, and time was running out. 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。 I left the classroom, racing down the hall and out of the front gate of our school. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As I drew nearer to her, my throat tightened, making it impossible to speak. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 石嘴山市第一中学2025-2026学年第一学期高二年级期末考试 英语试题 本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 听力（满分 30 分） 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分） 第一节（共 15 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 37. 5 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A After years of writing papers and cramming for tests, many young travelers look forward to their cap toss and the celebratory trip, which serves the purpose of celebrating the completion of this phase of schooling. Danube River, Europe Experience Europe by booking your family on a Danube River Cruise to have a great trip with your college-age kids. You can visit eight cities in four different countries as you cruise from Germany to Hungary, having a peep into European history and culture. New York City, New York If your college-going kids are into theater, a visit to New York City’s Broadway will be the perfect family vacation destination you can gift them. There is some new show that’s happening there always and could even be on the bucket list of the young adults in your family! London, England If your young ones have been bitten by the Harry Potter bug, a visit to the Wizarding World in London will be irresistible for them. See Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in his West End home, and then proceed to the Palace Theatre. Kruger National Park, South Africa South Africa’s Kruger National Park covers nearly two million hectares of land with a wide diversity of life forms along with historical and archaeological sights. The Cape buffalo African elephant, leopard, the fish eagle and Marula trees are within sight. For more information, please refer to the chart below: Ratings Danube River, Europe New York City, New York London, England Kruger National Park, South Africa Activities Attractions 5/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 Affordability 3/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 Safety 4/5 3. 5/5 5/5 4/5 Accessibility 3/5 5/5 5/5 4/5 Accommodation Options 5/5 5/5 4/5 4/5 1. Which destination appeals to animal enthusiasts? A. Danube River, Europe. B. New York City, New York. C. London, England. D. Kruger National Park, South Africa. 2. What may concern travelers to New York City most? A. Accommodation choices. B. Financial costs. C. Personal security. D. Transport system. 3. Who is this passage targeted at? A. Graduates. B. Parents. C. Travel bloggers. D. Tour guides. 【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四个适合大学毕业生旅行的目的地，并对这些目的地的各项指标进行了评分。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章“South Africa’s Kruger National Park covers nearly two million hectares of land with a wide diversity of life forms along with historical and archaeological sights. The Cape buffalo, African elephant, leopard, the fish eagle and Marula trees are within sight.(南非的克鲁格国家公园占地近两百万公顷，拥有丰富多样的生命形态以及历史和考古遗址。非洲水牛、非洲象、豹、鱼鹰和马鲁拉树都在视线之内)”可知，克鲁格国家公园是动物爱好者的首选。故选D。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据题干concern travelers to New York City most，可在表格中对数据进行纵向比较，safety只有3.5/5，因此安全问题应是最让游客担心的。故选C。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。根据Danube River，Europe中出现的“your family, your college-age kids(你的家庭，你上大学的孩子)”；New York City，New York中出现的“your college-going kids(你上大学的孩子)”及London, England中出现的“your young ones(你的孩子)”可推知，这篇文章针对的是高中毕业生的父母。故选B。 B At my first lesson in Chinese calligraphy, my teacher told me plainly: “Now I will teach you how to write your name. And to make it beautiful.” I felt my breath catch. I was curious. Growing up in Singapore, I had an unusual relationship with my Chinese name. My parents are ethnically Chinese, so they asked fortune tellers to decide my name, aiming for maximum luck. As a result, I ended up with a nonsense and embarrassing name: Chen Yiwen, meaning, roughly, “old”, “barley (薏米)” and “warm”. When I arrived in America for college at 18, I put on an American accent and abandoned my Chinese name. When I moved to Hong Kong in 2021, after 14 years in the States, I decided to learn calligraphy. Why not get back in touch with my heritage? I thought. In calligraphy, the idea is to copy the old masters’ techniques, thereby refining your own. Every week, though, my teacher would give uncomfortably on-the-nose assessments of my person. “You need to be braver,” he once observed. “Have confidence. Try to produce a bold stroke (笔画).” For years, I had prided myself on presenting an image of confidence, but my writing betrayed me. I was trying to make sense of this practice. You must visualize the word as it is to be written and leave a trace of yourself in it. As a bodily practice, calligraphy could go beyond its own cultural restrictions. Could it help me go beyond mine? My teacher once said to me, “When you look at the word, you see the body. Though a word on the page is two-dimensional, it contains multitudes, conveying the force you’ve applied, the energy of your grip, the arch of your spine.” I had been learning calligraphy to get in touch with my cultural roots, but what I was really seeking was a return to myself. Now I have sensed that the pleasure out of calligraphy allows me to know myself more fully. During a recent lesson, my teacher pointed at the word I had just finished, telling me: “This word is much better. I can see the choices you made, your calculations, your flow. Trust yourself. This word is yours.” He might as well have said, “This word is you.” 4. What can we learn about the author’s Chinese name? A. It was given by the author’s teachers. B. It has a meaningful and elegant meaning. C. It was decided by fortune - tellers as the author’s parents wished for good luck. D. The author has always been proud of it. 5. Why did the author decide to learn calligraphy when moving to Hong Kong? A. To make more friends in Hong Kong. B. To get back in touch with Chinese heritage. C. To improve writing skills for exams. D. To teach calligraphy in the future. 6. The underlined phrase “on - the - nose” in Paragraph 4 probably means? A. very direct and accurate B. not relevant at all C. hard to understand D. full of mistakes 7. What does the author really seek through learning calligraphy? A. To become a famous calligrapher. B. To show off calligraphy skills. C. A return to herself and a better understanding of herself. D. To make her Chinese name more beautiful only. 【答案】4. C 5. B 6. A 7. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述作者学习中国书法以寻回文化根源并重新认识自我的经历。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“My parents are ethnically Chinese, so they asked fortune tellers to decide my name, aiming for maximum luck. As a result, I ended up with a nonsense and embarrassing name: Chen Yiwen, meaning, roughly, “old”, “barley (薏米)” and “warm”. (我的父母是华人，所以他们请算命先生为我取名，希望带来最大的好运。结果，我得到了一个荒谬又尴尬的名字：陈艺文（音译），大致意思是“老”，“薏米”和“温暖”。)”可知，作者的中文名是算命先生应父母祈求好运的愿望而定的。故选C项。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“When I moved to Hong Kong in 2021, after 14 years in the States, I decided to learn calligraphy. Why not get back in touch with my heritage? I thought.(在美国待了14年后，我于2021年搬到香港，决定学习书法。我想，为什么不重新接触我的文化根源呢？)”可知，作者搬到香港后决定学习书法是为了重新接触中国文化遗产。故选B项。 【6题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第四段中的““You need to be braver,” he once observed. “Have confidence. Try to produce a bold stroke (笔画).” For years, I had prided myself on presenting an image of confidence, but my writing betrayed me. (“你需要更勇敢，”有一次他说。“要有信心。试着写出一笔大胆的笔画。”多年来，我一直以展现自信的形象为荣，但我的字迹背叛了我。)”可知，老师对作者的评价直接且准确，所以划线单词“on-the-nose”意为“非常直接和准确的”，与“very direct and accurate”同义。故选A项。 【7题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“I had been learning calligraphy to get in touch with my cultural roots, but what I was really seeking was a return to myself. Now I have sensed that the pleasure out of calligraphy allows me to know myself more fully.(我学习书法是为了接触我的文化根源，但我真正寻求的是回归自我。现在我感觉到，书法带来的乐趣让我更充分地了解自己。)”可知，作者通过学习书法真正寻求的是回归自我和更好地了解自己。故选C项。 C Think of your most prized possession. Now imagine you decide you must sell this item. How much is it worth to you? How much would you charge for it? And would anyone else want to buy it at that price? Let’s consider the real-world example of a yard sale. Before your neighbors come to look at your things, you must first decide on the prices for them. For you, each item has a story, and some items may even evoke strong emotions. Let’s say you’re selling a pair of special edition sports shoes that you took care of and really enjoyed wearing on special occasions. With these sweet memories in mind, you put a price tag of $130 on the shoes. However, a customer offers $50 for them. You think, “How could they not see how special and valuable these are?” In financial transactions like this, sellers often believe their own items are worth more than what buyers are willing to pay. This occurs because buyers do not have the seller’s experiences with and emotional attachment to the items. Buyers want a good deal, and they’re not willing to pay what the seller is asking for. This negotiation process can even feel a little painful for the seller—over losing something and the buyer not valuing it as much. Economists suggest this dynamic occurs through the endowment effect (禀赋效应)—people’s tendency to value things they own more highly than they would if they did not own them. The endowment effect can take hold anytime we feel a sense of ownership over a product, and it can happen quickly. As the saying goes, “Emotions get the best of us.” There is nothing wrong with being proud of owning things and treasuring your experiences with them. But when you consider selling a prized possession, think about whether you’re fully ready to part with it. The past is the past, though. Removing your emotional attachment to material possessions can help you make more accurate assessments of how much your items are truly worth. 8. What does the underlined word “evoke” in paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Advocate. B. Cause. C. Identify. D. Control. 9. What makes you put a price tag of $130 on your shoes according to paragraph3? A. Your fondness for the shoes. B. Your ignorance of the market. C. The high quality of the shoes. D. The special function of the shoes. 10. Which can best illustrate the result of endowment effect? A. One likes collecting old things. B. One tends to buy expensive goods. C. One offers a lower price when shopping. D. One charges a higher-than-usual price for something. 11. What’s the purpose of the last paragraph? A. To make a suggestion. B. To introduce a theory. C To analyze a phenomenon. D. To provide some evidence. 【答案】8. B 9. A 10. D 11. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了“禀赋效应”的现象，并建议消除对物质财富的情感依恋，更准确地评估物品的价值。 【8题详解】 词句猜测题。根据上文“For you, each item has a story(对你来说，每件物品都有一个故事)”和下文的emotions可知，此处是指一些物品可能会“唤起”一些情感，所以推知划线词是“引起、唤起”的意思。故选B项。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Let’s say you’re selling a pair of special edition sports shoes that you took care of and really enjoyed wearing on special occasions. With these sweet memories in mind, you put a price tag of $130 on the shoes.(假设你正在销售一双特别版的运动鞋，你很喜欢在特殊场合穿它。带着这些甜蜜的回忆，你给这双鞋标上了130美元的价格。)”可知，你对这双鞋的喜爱让你给这双鞋贴上了130美元的价格标签。故选A项。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段“Economists suggest this dynamic occurs through the endowment effect (禀赋效应)—people’s tendency to value things they own more highly than they would if they did not own them.(经济学家认为，这种动态是通过禀赋效应发生的——人们倾向于认为自己拥有的东西比自己没有拥有的东西更有价值。)”可知，一个人对某物收取比平常更高的价格，最能说明禀赋效应的结果。故选D项。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“The past is the past, though. Removing your emotional attachment to material possessions can help you make more accurate assessments of how much your items are truly worth.(不过，过去的就让它过去吧。消除对物质财富的情感依恋可以帮助你更准确地评估你的物品到底值多少钱。)”可知，最后一段的目的是提出建议。故选A项。 D Robots have worked alongside people for decades, and traditionally, they’ve been incredibly specialized - a bot on a General Motors’ assembly line, for example, might move pieces of metal from one place to another over and over again. This has meant business owners would need to purchase multiple (usually expensive) robots if they wanted to automate multiple tasks. However, tech startup Sanctuary AI has introduced a general-purpose robot designed to perform many workplace tasks currently handled by people - working with humans or without them. Canada-based Sanctuary AI is one of several companies attempting to overcome the challenge and bring a general-purpose robot to market, and on May 16, it revealed its sixth-generation robot, an AI-powered humanoid named “Phoenix.” Phoenix is 5’ 7”, weighs 155 pounds, and is capable of lifting up to 55 pounds. Its human-like hands have 20 degrees of freedom and haptic (触觉的) sensors that allow it to perform tasks that require dexterity and precision, such as labeling packages or picking fruit. According to Sanctuary, Phoenix also has human-like intelligence thanks to a proprietary AI control system called Carbon. It acts as the bot’s “brain” and can be trained to complete new tasks in computer simulations. Alternatively, Phoenix can “learn from demonstration.” With this approach, a human uses a VR headset to see what the bot sees and a special rig to guide it through completing a new task. This setup can also be used for remote control, which could enable people to work from home, prevent injuries due to physical labor, and increase the number of jobs available to people with disabilities. Sanctuary demonstrated the potential of robot remote work with a pilot test at a Mark’s retail store near its headquarters in January. Over the course of one week, a human guided the startup’s fifth-general-purpose robot through 110 tasks - about 40% of the jobs a typical employee needs to be able to do at the store. The ultimate goal is still a robot that could step into the workplace and complete tasks without the need for constant human supervision, and it’s not clear how much Phoenix can do autonomously or how long it takes to train the bot on something new. We should know more soon, though, as Sanctuary is starting to deploy its general-purpose robot at other locations near its headquarters. Customers don’t have to buy a bot to enjoy its benefits, either - they can hire one by the hour. 12. What has been the traditional limitation of robots in the workplace prior to the development of general-purpose robots? A. They were only capable of performing simple tasks. B. They required constant human supervision to function. C. They were designed to perform highly specialized tasks. D. They could not physically interact with the environment. 13. What does the underlined word “dexterity” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Strength. B. Skillfulness. C. Energy. D. Wisdom. 14. What can we learn about the AI control system called Carbon? A. It enables Phoenix to perform a broad set of work tasks. B. It allows Phoenix to learn from human demonstration. C. It serves as a remote control for Phoenix. D. It is a VR headset used for training purposes. 15. What was the significance of the pilot test conducted at a Mark’s retail store? A. It showcased Phoenix’s capability to replace all human employees in a store. B. It demonstrated Phoenix’s ability to perform remote work tasks effectively. C. It proved that Phoenix could handle tasks requiring physical strength. D. It indicated that Phoenix could autonomously learn from observing other workers. 【答案】12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了加拿大科技公司Sanctuary AI研发的一款多用途机器人Phoenix，该机器人能够执行多种工作场所的任务，具备高度的灵活性和精确度，通过专有AI控制系统Carbon实现智能化，可以接受训练完成新任务，并可以通过虚拟现实技术进行远程操控。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Robots have worked alongside people for decades, and traditionally, they’ve been incredibly specialized - a bot on a General Motors’ assembly line, for example, might move pieces of metal from one place to another over and over again. This has meant business owners would need to purchase multiple (usually expensive) robots if they wanted to automate multiple tasks. (几十年来，机器人一直与人类并肩工作。传统上，它们的功能极其专业化——例如，通用汽车装配线上的一个机器人，可能会一遍又一遍地将金属零件从一个地方移动到另一个地方。这意味着，如果企业主想要实现多项任务的自动化，他们就需要购买多个（通常价格昂贵）机器人。)”可知，传统上，机器人功能极其专业化，例如通用汽车装配线上的机器人只会一遍又一遍地做将金属零件从一个地方移动到另一个地方这样特定的任务，如果企业主想要实现多项任务自动化，就需要购买多个机器人。这表明在通用机器人出现之前，传统机器人的局限性在于它们被设计来执行高度专业化的任务。故选C。 【13题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线单词所在句“Its human-like hands have 20 degrees of freedom and haptic (触觉的) sensors that allow it to perform tasks that require dexterity and precision, such as labeling packages or picking fruit. (它那类似人类的手有20个活动自由度，还配备了触觉传感器，使其能够执行需要……和精确性的任务，比如给包裹贴标签或采摘水果。)”可知，Phoenix机器人类似人类的手有20个活动自由度和触觉传感器，能执行像给包裹贴标签或采摘水果这类需要“dexterity”和精确性的任务。而给包裹贴标签和采摘水果这类任务需要的是灵巧和熟练的技能，由此可知，划线单词的意思和“熟练”相似。选项B“Skillfulness”，意为“熟练”，与此相符。故选B。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第三段“According to Sanctuary, Phoenix also has human-like intelligence thanks to a proprietary AI control system called Carbon. It acts as the bot’s “brain” and can be trained to complete new tasks in computer simulations. Alternatively, Phoenix can “learn from demonstration.” (据圣所人工智能公司称，由于有一个名为“Carbon”的专有人工智能控制系统，“凤凰”还具备类似人类的智能。这个系统就像是机器人的“大脑”，可以通过计算机模拟训练它来完成新任务。)”可知，Carbon是Phoenix的AI控制系统，它充当机器人的“大脑”，使Phoenix能够完成新的任务。这意味着Carbon系统赋予了Phoenix执行多种任务的能力。故选A。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第四段“Sanctuary demonstrated the potential of robot remote work with a pilot test at a Mark’s retail store near its headquarters in January. Over the course of one week, a human guided the startup’s fifth-general-purpose robot through 110 tasks - about 40% of the jobs a typical employee needs to be able to do at the store. (Sanctuary AI于1月在公司总部附近的一家Mark’s零售店进行了一项试点测试，展示了机器人远程工作的潜力。在一周的时间里，一个人类引导了该公司的第五代通用机器人完成了110项任务，约占一个普通员工在该店需要完成的工作量的40%。)”可推测，试点测试的重要意义在于展示了Phoenix机器人有效执行远程工作任务的能力。故选B。 第二节（共 5 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 If you have a great sense of humor, and you’re interested in writing, you may be wondering how to combine your talents. ____16____ Here are some ways to let your tales bring loud laughter to others. Identify your style of humor. When you sit down to write a funny story, you need to be aware of your personal style of humor. If you’re trying to write in a style that doesn’t fit your strengths as a comedian or a storyteller, then your story may not be as strong as it could be. ____17____ Some of the most popular include observational humor, anecdotal （轶事的） humor, dark humor, and dry humor. ____18____ You need to have some idea about the story before you write it. It’s not enough to have jokes or a funny scenario. The story needs to be strong so that it can support the humorous elements. Create a conflict and a tension. ____19____ Once you create your story’s conflict, tell your readers what’s at risk for your characters if they don’t resolve it. You should create a conflict and a tension that move your plot forward. If so, your readers will find the events of your story more interesting. Choose a point of view. Choosing a story’s point of view requires you to decide who would tell the story best, and how that information should be delivered. The main options are the first person, the second person, and the third person. There is no objectively right or wrong choice. ____20____ A. Decide what your story is about. B There are many different types of humor. C. Write as many jokes as possible in the story. D. The conflict and the tension usually make no difference. E. Writing a funny story is not as difficult as you may think. F. Ideally, your story’s conflict should explore human nature. G. That’s because it all depends on what works best for your story. 【答案】16. E 17. B 18. A 19. F 20. G 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了如何结合幽默感与写作技巧来创作幽默故事，并给出了具体的建议。 【16题详解】 上文“If you have a great sense of humor, and you’re interested in writing, you may be wondering how to combine your talents.(如果你有很强的幽默感，并且对写作感兴趣，你可能想知道如何结合你的才能)”说明读者可能想尝试但还未行动。下文“Here are some ways to let your tales bring loud laughter to others.(以下是一些让你的故事逗人开怀大笑的方法)”开始提供具体建议。空处需要起到承上启下的作用，缓解读者的畏难情绪并引出下文。E项“写一个有趣的故事并不像你想象的那么难。”符合语境。故选E。 【17题详解】 上文“When you sit down to write a funny story, you need to be aware of your personal style of humor.(当你坐下来写一个有趣的故事时，你需要意识到自己的幽默风格)”说明写有趣的故事需要意识到自己的幽默风格。下文“Some of the most popular include observational humor, anecdotal （轶事的） humor, dark humor, and dry humor.(一些最受欢迎的包括观察幽默、轶事幽默、黑色幽默和冷幽默)”说明幽默有很多种类型。空处承上启下，需要引出关于幽默种类的话题。所以B项“幽默有很多种类型。”符合语境。故选B。 【18题详解】 下文“You need to have some idea about the story before you write it. It’s not enough to have jokes or a funny scenario. The story needs to be strong so that it can support the humorous elements.(在写之前，你需要对故事有一些想法。仅仅有笑话或有趣的场景是不够的。故事需要足够强大，才能支撑幽默元素)”说明在写之前，你需要对故事有一些想法。空处作为本段主旨句，说明需要决定故事的内容。所以A项“决定你的故事是关于什么的。”符合语境。故选A。 【19题详解】 上文“Create a conflict and a tension.(制造冲突和紧张感)”说明要制造冲突和紧张感。下文“Once you create your story’s conflict, tell your readers what’s at risk for your characters if they don’t resolve it.(一旦你创造了故事的冲突，告诉你的读者，如果角色不解决冲突，他们会面临什么风险)”说明冲突应该探索人性。空处承上启下，应是对冲突的具体建议。所以F项“理想情况下，你的故事的冲突应该探索人性。”符合语境。故选F。 【20题详解】 上文“There is no objectively right or wrong choice.(没有客观上正确或错误的选择)”说明没有客观上正确或错误的选择。空处和前文为因果关系，需要解释其原因。所以G项“这是因为这完全取决于什么最适合你的故事。”符合语境。故选G。 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节（共 15 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When life hands you lemons, sometimes it takes a village to make lemonade. That’s exactly what happened when Rebecca and Josh Caldwell’s sweet summer business turned ____21____. The Caldwell ____22____ were sitting on their front lawn selling lemonade when a stranger approached their ____23____ in Chesapeake, Virginia. “He said it was cool that we were doing a lemonade business,” Rebecca recalled. What happened next caught them completely off guard — the man ____24____ their money jar and sped away with about $40 of hard-earned cash. “I was pretty scared,” Rebecca said. “And it made me mad.” They ran inside to tell their mom, Annetta Caldwell, who called the police. “They came in very upset and I was ____25____ angry,” Annetta said.” However, after her disbelief and anger ____26____, Annetta decided to turn the experience into a life lesson about ____27____ and resilience (恢复力). So she and her husband ____28____ their children to host another lemonade stand. “I didn’t want them to be afraid of doing them,” Annetta said. “And I talked to them about forgiving the guy because I know if you don’t forgive, you’re going to have ____29____ in your heart.” _______30_______ spread quickly, and when their new lemonade stand opened for business, the scene was _______31_______. More than 650 people came from near and far. Friends, neighbors, local firefighters, police officers, and even bikers arrived to show their support. “I was _______32_______ by the support of the community and how much love we felt,” Annetta said. “Oh my goodness, it was festive. It was like a big _______33_______ party,” said Mark Reeves, a family friend who came to _______34_______. “We wanted to show the opposite of what the spirit was when this man stole from them — instead of stealing, we’re going to _______35_______.” 21. A. smelly B. fragrant C. sour D. spicy 22. A. siblings B. couples C. relatives D. sisters 23. A. store B. stand C. stadium D. studio 24. A. robbed B. carried C. lifted D. snatched 25. A. deliberately B. roughly C. narrowly D. desperately 26. A. died down B. turned up C. broke out D. ran out 27. A. eagerness B. skillfulness C. friendliness D. forgiveness 28. A. encouraged B. restricted C. conducted D. convinced 29. A. sympathy B. bitterness C. satisfaction D. politeness 30. A. Rumour B. Gossip C. Word D. Thought 31. A. disordered B. depressed C. extraordinary D. imaginary 32. A. put away B. broken up C. laid off D. blown away 33. A. block B. department C. committee D. tribe 34. A. discourage B. support C. reward D. distribute 35. A. curse B. accuse C. bless D. praise 【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述的是考德威尔兄妹俩在维吉尼亚州的柠檬水摊被抢后，父母鼓励他们重新开业，社区很多人前来支持，展现了宽恕和团结的力量。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当丽贝卡和乔什·考德威尔的甜蜜夏日生意遭遇不幸时，就发生了这样的事。A. smelly发臭的；B. fragrant芳香的；C. sour坏的，令人不快的；D. spicy辛辣的。根据下文的“What happened next caught them completely off guard— the man ____4____ their money jar and sped away with about $40 of hard-earned cash.”可知，考德威尔兄妹俩个的血汗钱被人抢走，由此可知，此处指的是他们的生意遭遇不幸，所以此处使用柠檬的酸涩感来表达它们在经历这种遭遇的感受，turn sour意为“变坏；恶化；出毛病”。故选C项。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在弗吉尼亚州切萨皮克，考德威尔兄妹俩正坐在自家门前的草坪上卖柠檬水，这时一个陌生人走近了他们的小摊。A. siblings兄妹；B. couples夫妇；C. relatives亲戚；D. sisters姐妹。根据下文的“They ran inside to tell their mom”以及他们的名字可知，此事发生在考德威尔兄妹俩身上，由此可知，此处指的是“兄弟”符合语境。故选A项。 【23题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在弗吉尼亚州切萨皮克，考德威尔兄妹俩正坐在自家门前的草坪上卖柠檬水，这时一个陌生人走近了他们的小摊。A. store商店；B. stand摊位；C. stadium体育馆；D. studio演播室。结合语境和下文的“So she and her husband ____8____ their children to host another lemonade stand.”可知，安内塔和她的丈夫让孩子们再弄一个新的柠檬摊，由此可知，此处指的是“摊位”符合语境。故选B项。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：接下来发生的事情让他们完全措手不及——这名男子抢走了他们的钱罐，迅速带走了大约40美元的血汗钱。A. robbed抢劫；B. carried携带；C. lifted升起；D. snatched一把抓起。根据下文的“and sped away with about $40 of hard-earned cash.”可知，这名男子带着40美元的血汗钱快速逃离，由此可知，此处指的是“一把抓起”钱罐，然后迅速离开，符合语境，rob后应是被抢夺的对象（人活地点），而此处抢夺的物品。故选D项。 【25题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：“他们进来时非常沮丧，我非常生气，”安内塔说。A. deliberately故意地；B. roughly大约；C. narrowly狭窄的；D. desperately非常。根据上文的““I was pretty scared,” Rebecca said. “And it made me mad.” They ran inside to tell their mom, Annetta Caldwell, who called the police.”可知，两个愤怒的孩子回来告诉他们的妈妈安内塔情况，安内塔应该是“非常”生气。故选D项。 【26题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：然而，当她的怀疑和愤怒消失后，安内塔决定把这段经历变成一个关于宽恕和坚韧的人生课程。A. died down逐渐削弱；B. turned up出现；C. broke out爆发；D. ran out耗尽。根据上文的“However”以及下文的“Annetta decided to turn the experience into a life lesson about ____7____ and resilience (恢复力).”可知，上文提到安内塔知道情况后非常生气，而后来又决定把这段经历变成一个关于坚韧的人生课程，由此可知，此处指的是怀疑和愤怒“逐渐削弱”后，符合语境。故选A项。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，当她的怀疑和愤怒消失后，安内塔决定把这段经历变成一个关于宽恕和恢复力的人生课程。A. eagerness渴望；B. skillfulness灵巧；C. friendliness亲切；D. forgiveness宽恕。根据下文的“And I talked to them about forgiving the guy because I know if you don’t forgive…”可知，安内塔让孩子们宽恕那个人，由此可知，此处指的是一个关于“宽恕”和恢复力的人生课程。故选D项。 【28题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以她和丈夫鼓励孩子们再摆一个柠檬水摊。A. encouraged鼓励；B. restricted限制；C. conducted管理；D. convinced使相信。根据上文的“Annetta decided to turn the experience into a life lesson about ____7____ and resilience (恢复力).”可知，安内塔决定把这段经历变成一个关于宽恕和坚韧的人生课程，结合下文的““I didn’t want them to be afraid of doing them,” Annetta said.”可知，安内塔不想让孩子们害怕做这些事，所以，此处应是“鼓励”他们再摆一个柠檬水摊。故选A项。 【29题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我告诉他们要原谅那个人，因为我知道如果你不原谅，你心里就会有痛苦。A. sympathy同情；B. bitterness痛苦；C. satisfaction满意；D. politeness礼貌。根据上文的“And I talked to them about forgiving the guy because I know if you don’t forgive”可知，安内塔让孩子们宽恕那个人，结合“Annetta decided to turn the experience into a life lesson about ____7____ and resilience (恢复力).”可知，安内塔决定把这段经历变成一个关于宽恕和恢复力的人生课程，由此可推断，此处指的是如果不宽恕那个人，他们的心里可能会有“痛苦”符合语境。故选B项。 【30题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：消息很快就传开了，当他们的新柠檬水摊开业时，场面非常壮观。A. Rumour谣言；B. Gossip流言；C. Word消息；D. Thought思想。根据上文的“So she and her husband ____8____ their children to host another lemonade stand.”以及下文的“More than 650 people came from near and far. Friends, neighbors, local firefighters, police officers, and even bikers arrived to show their support.”可知，在孩子的摊位出现状况后，安内塔和她的丈夫鼓励孩子们再重新开一个柠檬摊，很多人从四面八方赶来支持，由此可推断，此处指的是“消息”很快传开，符合语境。故选C项。 【31题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：消息很快就传开了，当他们的新柠檬水摊开业时，场面非同一般。A. disordered混乱的；B. depressed抑郁的；C. extraordinary非凡的，不一般的；D. imaginary想象的。根据下文的“More than 650 people came from near and far. Friends, neighbors, local firefighters, police officers, and even bikers arrived to show their support.”可知，超过650人从四面八方赶来，朋友、邻居、当地消防员、警察，甚至骑自行车的人都赶来表示支持，由此可知，此处指的是开业的场面是“不一般的”符合语境。故选C项。 【32题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：“我被社区的支持和我们感受到的爱所震撼，”安内塔说。A. put away收拾，整理；B. broken up解体，分手；C. laid off下岗；D. blown away给某人留下深刻印象。根据上文的“More than 650 people came from near and far. Friends, neighbors, local firefighters, police officers, and even bikers arrived to show their support.”可知，超过650人从四面八方赶来，朋友、邻居、当地消防员、警察，甚至骑自行车的人都赶来表示支持，这给安内塔留下深刻印象，也就是被社区的支持和我们感受到的爱所震撼。故选D项。 【33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：“哦，我的天哪，这是节日。这就像一个大型街区派对。”他们家的朋友马克·里夫斯（Mark Reeves）前来支持他说。A. block街区；B. department部门；C. committee委员；D. tribe部落。根据上文的““I was ____12____ by the support of the community and how much love we felt,” Annetta said.”可知，安内塔被社区的支持和我们感受到的爱所震撼，结合“Oh my goodness, it was festive.”可知，此处描述的是新柠檬摊在社区开业时，来自四面八方的人们来支持的场景像过节一样，所以此处指的是“街区”派对，符合语境。故选A项。 【34题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：“哦，我的天哪，这是节日。这就像一个大型街区派对。”他们家的朋友马克·里夫斯（Mark Reeves）前来支持他说。A. discourage使泄气；B. support支持；C. reward奖励；D. distribute分发。根据上文的“Friends, neighbors, local firefighters, police officers, and even bikers arrived to show their support.”可知，朋友、邻居、当地消防员、警察，甚至骑自行车的人都赶来表示支持，所以此处指的是“支持”。故选B项。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们想展示的是从他们那里偷东西时那个人的精神相反的东西——我们要做的不是偷窃，而是祝福。A. curse诅咒；B. accuse指控；C. bless祝福，祈祷；D. praise赞扬。根据上文的“We wanted to show the opposite of what the spirit was when this man stole from them”可知，安内塔想展示的是与从他们那里偷东西的那个人的精神相反的东西，结合语境可知，很多人来支持他们新柠檬摊的开业，所以，不是去偷窃，而是“祝福”符合语境。故选C项。 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。 Festivals around the world have a wide range of ____36____(origin), including seasons, religions, famous figures and significant events. The harvest festival ____37____ usually takes place after all the crops have been gathered is the most common one in different cultures. People celebrate it ____38____(show) that they are grateful for the harvest. In some regions, it’s a day for people to show ____39____(they) respect for nature. ____40____(decorate) with flowers and fruits, many churches become a joyful place for people to get together to celebrate festival. Customs have a great impact ____41____ festivals, but they can change over time. For example, some Chinese cities give up the typical custom of lighting firecrackers, for it ____42____(make) the air pollution more serious. In recent years, festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with businesses ____43____(take) advantage of the celebrations. Online shopping websites and social media apps have made it much ____44____(convenient) for the public to spend more on gifts than before. In spite of that, festivals are an important part of society, because they reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths and attitudes towards life. They are ____45____(absolute) significant occasions that we should take advantage of to stay with our family and to relax and enjoy life. 【答案】36. origins 37. that##which 38. to show 39. their 40. Decorated 41. on##upon 42. makes 43. taking 44. more convenient 45. absolutely 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了节日有着广泛的起源和庆祝方式，习俗在节日中起着重要的作用，但随着时间的推移，习俗也会发生变化。 【36题详解】 考查名词复数。句意：世界各地的节日起源广泛，包括季节、宗教、著名人物和重大事件。a wide range of表示“各种各样的”，则空处需要填可数名词origin的复数形式作宾语，故填origins。 【37题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：在不同的文化中，丰收节是最常见的节日，它通常是在所有的庄稼都收割完之后。分析句子结构可知，空格处引导限定性定语从句，先行词是“the harvest festival”，指物，从句中缺少主语，则使用关系代词that或which引导定语从句，故填that或which。 【38题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：人们庆祝它是为了表达对丰收的感激之情。结合句意的需要可知，空处表达人民庆祝的目的，则用动词不定式作目的状语，故填to show。 【39题详解】 考查物主代词。句意：在一些地区，这是人们表达对自然尊重的日子。此处需要填代词指代本句中的people，表示“他们的”，则填入they的形容词性物主代词，故填their。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：许多教堂装饰着鲜花和水果，成为人们欢聚一堂庆祝节日的欢乐场所。分析句子结构可知，decorate在句子中不作为谓语动词使用，句子主语many churches承受decorate的动作，因此使用decorate的过去分词作状语，空格位于句首，故填Decorated。 【41题详解】 考查介词。句意：习俗在节日中扮演着重要的角色，但它们会随着时间而改变。固定搭配have a great impact on/upon“对……有很大的影响”，故填on或upon。 【42题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：例如，一些中国城市放弃了燃放鞭炮的典型习俗，因为这会使空气污染更加严重。根据“some Chinese cities give up the typical custom of lighting firecrackers”可知，句子陈述目前事实，make使用一般现在时，主语it为单数意义，动词使用第三人称单数形式，故填makes。 43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：近年来，商家利用庆祝活动使得节日变得越来越商业化。分析句子结构可知，take不是谓语动词，它与businesses为主动关系，因此使用现在分词作宾语补足语，构成了with的复合结构，即“with businesses taking”，故填taking。 【44题详解】 考查比较级。句意：在线购物网站和社交媒体应用程序使公众比以前更方便地在礼物上花更多的钱。根据“than before”可知，此处使用convenient的比较级，故填more convenient。 【45题详解】 考查副词。句意：它们绝对是重要的时刻，我们应该利用这些机会与家人呆在一起，放松和享受生活。空处修饰形容词significant，需要填absolute的副词形式作状语，故填absolutely。 三、写作（共40分） 46. “世界读书日”即将到来，你校要举办一场读书活动。请你用英文写一篇文章，向同学们推荐你最喜欢的一本书，内容包括以下要点： 1. 书籍简介；2. 推荐理由。 注意： 1. 词数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: With World Book Day approaching, I’d like to recommend my favorite book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Set in the 1930s American South, the story follows Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending a black man falsely accused of a crime. Through the eyes of his young daughter Scout, the novel explores themes of justice, compassion, and moral growth. I recommend this book because it challenges readers to confront prejudice and embrace empathy. Atticus’s unwavering integrity and Scout’s innocent yet insightful observations make the story both thought-provoking and heartwarming. It’s a timeless classic that encourages us to question societal norms and stand up for what is right. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生在“世界读书日”来临之际，向同学们推荐一本最喜欢的书，并说明书籍简介和推荐理由。 【详解】1.词汇积累 推荐：recommend → suggest 探索：explore → delve into 挑战：challenge → confront 永恒的：timeless → enduring 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Set in the 1930s American South, the story follows Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending a black man falsely accused of a crime. 拓展句：The story, which is set in the 1930s American South, follows Atticus Finch, a lawyer who defends a black man falsely accused of a crime. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Through the eyes of his young daughter Scout, the novel explores themes of justice, compassion, and moral growth.（运用了“Through the eyes of...”介词短语作方式状语。） 【高分句型2】It’s a timeless classic that encourages us to question societal norms and stand up for what is right.（运用了“that”引导的定语从句。） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 One morning in April, when I found something was wrong with Alice’s mother, it rained. It seemed as if the Texas sky were sobbing (啜泣). I didn’t know what kind of cancer Mrs. Hastings had until later, but I knew her condition was serious — very serious. I love Mr. and Mrs. Hastings almost as much as I love my own parents, and Alice is my best friend. But I didn’t want to go to school that day. And I sure didn’t want to see Alice. What could I possibly say to her? What do people say to their friends at such a time? I tried every trick I knew to avoid going to school. But my mother insisted. “You have a history test this morning, Linda,” she said, looking at me as if she’d crawled into my mind and knew I was just making excuses. Then she smiled and said, “Be sure to stay close to Alice, especially today, because that poor girl is going to need your strength.” Strength? What was Mother talking about? I had no strength. I didn’t even know what to say to my best friend. I hid out in the reading room between classes in the hope of avoiding meeting with Alice, but she was never out of my thoughts. I kept trying to come up with something appropriate to say to her because I really wanted to get it right. Alice and I had the last class in Mrs. Green’s class. I’d avoided seeing her all day, I was going to have to face her in the last period, and I still didn’t have a plan. However, I worried needlessly because Alice never showed up for class. When the English class was over, Mrs. Green said, “Linda, Alice Hastings is your best friend, and she is coming here in a few minutes to get her lesson assignments.” It seemed as if something was torturing (折磨) my heart and I trembled inwardly. I still didn’t know what to say to Alice, and time was running out. 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。 I left the classroom, racing down the hall and out of the front gate of our school. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As I drew nearer to her, my throat tightened, making it impossible to speak. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】I left the classroom, racing down the hall and out of the front gate of our school. I was so nervous to see her. I told myself to calm down and thought about what my mother had told me this morning. I said to myself, “I am her best friend. Encouraging her to face her mother’s illness bravely is what I should do.” I wrote down the words which I wanted to say, hoping my letter would comfort her and give her courage. After finishing the letter, a familiar figure came into my sight. That was Alice. I ran to her immediately. As I drew nearer to her, my throat tightened, making it impossible to speak. I wanted to reach out to her, to offer a hug or at least a reassuring smile, but my body seemed frozen in place. Alice looked at me and tears dropped from her eyes. I hugged her and summoned up the courage to say, “I am sorry to know your mother’s illness. Remember whenever you need help, and I will be your side. Be brave and don’t let your mother down. Then I handed my letter to her. Alice took over it and held my hand tightly. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，本文主要讲述了主人公在得知好友爱丽丝的母亲患上重病后，内心挣扎不知如何面对爱丽丝。在母亲的鼓励下，主人公决定给爱丽丝写信安慰她，但在见到爱丽丝时仍紧张得说不出话。最终，主人公鼓起勇气拥抱了爱丽丝，并向她表达了自己的支持和鼓励，同时将写好的信交给了她。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“我离开教室，跑过大厅，冲出学校的大门。”可知，第一段可描写作者急切盼望见到爱丽丝和内心的苦苦挣扎与纠结。 ②由第二段首句内容“我越靠近她，喉咙就越紧，说不出话来。”可知，第二段可描写作者给予爱丽丝安慰并鼓励她。 2.续写线索： 听从妈妈的建议给爱丽丝写信——等待爱丽丝——鼓起勇气给爱丽丝送信——爱丽丝接受作者信件——作者表达歉意以及鼓励——二人和好如初 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①写下：write down/set down ②.鼓起勇气：summoned up the courage/pluck up the courage ③.拥抱：hug/embrace 情绪类 ①.紧张的：nervous/intense ②.勇敢地：bravely/courageously 【点睛】[高分句型1]. Encouraging her to face her mother’s illness bravely is what I should do. （使用动名词作主语以及what引导表语从句的结构） [高分句型2]. I wrote down the words which I wanted to say, hoping my letter would comfort her and give her courage（句中含有which引导的定语从句以及现在分词作状语的结构） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $