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广州市真光中学2026届高三期末测试—高三英语
第二部分 阅读理解(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和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Major Causes of Road Traffic Accidents
Road traffic accidents are caused by a number of factors which can be grouped into three categories: human factors, vehicle factors and road environment factors. Table l explains such factors and gives examples.
Table 1: Factors involved in road traffic accidents
Factor
Description
Example
Human
Things people do or don’t do
Speeding, not obeying traffic rules, using phones while driving
Vehicle
Things that are wrong with the vehicle
Weak brakes, no seat belts in car, old tyres
Road environment
Things outside the vehicle that affect driving
Condition of road, time of day, weather conditions, road repairs
One factor alone or several factors together can cause an accident. However, human actions are by far the greatest causes of car accidents.
Diagram 1 shows that human factors are involved in 95% of all car accidents. Although other factors are also involved in 28% of these accidents, in 67% of cases, human factors alone are the cause of the accident.
Although behavior such as not paying attention to the road, turning suddenly to avoid an animal and eating while driving causes accidents, most road deaths are caused by speeding, driving after drinking alcohol, driving when tired and not wearing seat belts. As shown in Diagram 2, speeding is involved in more deaths than any other behavior in both city (50%) and country accidents (32%). Drivers and/ or passengers not wearing seat belts is the second most common cause of road deaths. It is important to note that the statistics in Diagram 2 add up to more than 100%. This is because two or more factors are often combined to cause an accident.
1. Which belongs to the second highest causes of road accidents?
A. People not wearing seat belts. B. Lights not functioning in roads.
C. Drivers not obeying traffic rules. D. Things not going well with the car.
2. What can be learned from Diagram 2?
A. Country drivers are less likely to get tired.
B. Drunk driving causes more deaths in cities.
C. City drivers tend to drive faster than country drivers.
D. Speeding causes more deaths in cities than in countries.
3. What will probably be discussed in the following paragraphs?
A. How to design a safer vehicle. B. The dangers of driving a car.
C. How to prevent deaths on roads. D. The effect of alcohol on driving.
B
Bonnie Blumberg had always known her mother, Janice Goldstein, was creative and kind. Goldstein spent countless hours sewing costumes for her daughter’s school plays — and even for the entire class, a dedication Blumberg took for granted.
Everything changed in 2017 when Goldstein suffered multiple strokes, losing the use of her right side and eventually needing a wheelchair. Two years ago, while helping her mother move to a smaller home, Blumberg discovered three unfinished knit (编织) sweaters: one blue-and-white for her mother, one purple for herself, and a cardigan for her daughter.
Not a knitter herself, Blumberg brought the sweaters to a local knitting store. There, she learned about Loose Ends, a nonprofit that connects volunteers with unfinished craft projects left by loved ones who have died or become disabled. Founded about two years ago, the organization now has nearly 30,000 “finishers” who have taken over about 3,500 projects.
Through Loose Ends, Blumberg was matched with Anna Minmier, a skilled knitter since age nine. She came across the Loose Ends project on the internet and immediately signed up to be a finisher. The project reminded her of her own family: Her grandmother was a knitter as well, until her old age made it hard to complete those delicate waltz-like movements.
Minmier spent months finishing the sweaters, and said she was happy to have a part in what she saw as a beautiful story connecting generations. For Minmier, knitting these pieces became a labor of love. She spent her evenings carefully following patterns, enjoying both the challenge and the emotional significance of the work. “Honestly, it feels a little selfish,” she said, “I get to do my hobby for free while helping someone.”
When Blumberg finally received the completed sweaters — after her mother passed away in September last year — she held more than clothing; she held memories knitted with love across generations.
As Loose Ends co-founder Jennifer Simonic explains, “It’s not just being nice. It’s giving people something they can hug when missing someone. That’s a big deal.”
4. Why did Bonnie Blumberg turn to a knitting store?
A. To learn how to knit herself from experts.
B. To ask for advice on storing handmade clothes.
C. To find someone to finish her mother’s sweaters.
D. To donate the sweaters to a nonprofit organization.
5. What can we infer about Anna Minnier from the passage?
A. She joined Loose ends for extra income.
B. She got inner satisfaction from the project.
C. She started knitting to honor her grandmother.
D. She preferred simple patterns to challenging ones.
6. According to Jennifer Simonic, what matters most to Loose ends?
A. Preserving emotional bonds through items.
B. Providing free craft training for volunteers.
C. Helping disabled people learn knitting skills.
D. Connecting knitters with professional designers.
7. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. A Finisher’s Story B. A Family Tradition
C. A Mother’s Last Wish D. A Tight-knit Community
C
Do people from different cultures and environments see the world differently? Two recent studies offer opposite views on this long-standing question, and the answer is more complex than either suggests.
Ivan Kroupin from the London School of Economics studied people’s understanding of the Coffer illusion (错觉). He found that people in the UK and US mostly saw squares first, while rural Namibians usually saw circles. To explain this, his team used the “carpentered world” hypothesis (“木匠世界”假说), first put forward over 60 years ago. This hypothesis says Westerners live in environments full of straight lines and right angles (such as modern buildings), which train their eyes to notice these shapes. However, rural Namibians live in areas with round huts and fewer sharp angles, so they tend to notice circles first. Other similar experiments also supported this conclusion.
People also applied the “carpentered world” hypothesis to explain the Müller-Lyer illusion, which refers to a visual phenomenon where two equal-length lines seem different because of arrowheads pointing inward or outward. They once claimed that Westerners’ sensitivity to this illusion came from their carpentered environments. However, Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone’s study on the Müller-Lyer illusion carefully and convincingly challenge this explanation. They point out that animals like guppies and pigeons also experience this illusion in both senses of touch and sight. Besides, in one of their referring experiments, nine children born blind due to eye disease felt this illusion right after the recovery surgery. Not only had these children not seen highly carpentered environments — they hadn’t seen anything before at all.
Why the discrepancy? There are several possibilities. Perhaps there are reasons why cross-cultural variability should be expected for the Coffer but not the Müller-Lyer illusion: the Coffer illusion may depend on attention rather than basic perception. It’s also worth noting that the Kroupin study has some potential weaknesses. For example, the UK/US and Namibian participants were exposed to the illusions using very different methods.
In fact, while cultural differences in perception seem reasonable, the key truth is that perception is not a direct reflection of the world. The objective world no doubt exists, but the world we experience is always an active construction, in which the brain uses sensory signals to update and adjust its best interpretation of what’s going on. What we experience is this interpretation, not a “readout” of the sensory information.
8. What can be learned from Kroupin’s study?
A. Namibians were trained to notice straight lines.
B. People from diverse cultures saw shapes differently.
C. UK participants saw circles more often than squares.
D. People’s living environments affect their visual habits.
9. What evidence did Amir and Firestone use to challenge the hypothesis?
A. Both illusions affect people in carpentered environments.
B. Westerners are more sensitive to the Müller-Lyer illusion.
C. Animals like guppies and pigeons can see two lines of equal length.
D. Müller-Lyer illusion even works for kids recovering from visual loss.
10. What does the underlined word “discrepancy” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Belief. B. Contrast. C. Explanation. D. Expectation.
11. Why does the author mention “active construction” in the last paragraph?
A. To encourage people to trust the sensory information.
B. To prove perception is a direct reflection of the world.
C. To stress brains build interpretations via sensory signals.
D. To give an example of cultural differences in perception.
D
Chinese scientists have recently developed the world’s first robot capable of conducting the full-process breeding of plants, highlighting the deep integration of biotechnology and artificial intelligence technologies in the agricultural intelligent breeding sector.
GEAIR, the name of this new AI-based robot model, is expected to facilitate a breeding shift from experience-driven to precision agriculture. A scene once limited to a science fiction movie has now become a reality in a greenhouse, where GEAIR accurately identified a flower and extended its robotic arms to gently complete hybrid pollination. It moved effectively among the flowers and precisely carried out the whole breeding process. “AI and robots offer vast opportunities in shifting hybrid breeding toward precision agriculture to enhance crop yields, reduce costs and promote sustainable practices,” said Xu Cao, a researcher at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Hybrid breeding, which seeks to ensure the “superior birth and raising” of crops, is an important way to enhance both crop yield and quality. However, massive repetitive cross-pollination operations are time-consuming and labor-intensive, according to Xu. Compared with the process involved in producing well-known hybrid rice varieties, GEAIR can apply new-generation breeding technologies, such as a speed-breeding approach, to achieve rapid customized breeding of superior varieties.
Through AI visual recognition and positioning technologies, GEAIR is able to accurately move among crops to perform cross-pollination operations, thereby enhancing breeding efficiency. For instance, in soybean breeding, this robotized approach is expected to break through a bottleneck in soybean hybrid breeding and significantly increase per-unit yield, Xu revealed.
“Our study initiated an intelligent breeding model of integrated biotechnology, AI and robot labor, marking China’s successful pioneering efforts in realizing intelligent robotized hybrid breeding,” Xu said. “It also shows the application prospects of ‘AI for science’ in the sector of biological breeding,” he added.
The study team has demonstrated the potential of GEAIR in boosting efficiency and lowering costs through automated, faster breeding of climate-resistant crops, said Yang Minghao, an associate researcher of the Institute of Automation of the CAS.
12. What is an advantage of GEAIR?
A. Being experience-driven.
B. Producing superior varieties.
C. Performing accurate operations.
D. Moving rapidly among the plants.
13. How is paragraph 3 developed?
A. By making contrast.
B. By giving a definition.
C. By analyzing causes.
D. By providing examples.
14. What is the possible result of using GEAIR?
A. Speeding up the crop harvesting.
B. Increasing breeding productivity.
C. Overcoming a bottleneck in sowing.
D. Reducing the cost of transporting seeds.
15. What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?
A. The efforts of the study team.
B. The integration of technology.
C. The significance of the robot model.
D. The prospect of biological breeding.
第二节 七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分。)
根据短文内容,从文后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。
Can you imagine taking your house apart, piece by piece, and putting it back together again every time you move to a new location? That’s just what many families in Mongolia do, as often as three or four times a year.
In small groups of two to six households, Mongolian nomads (游牧民) traditionally travel from grassland to grassland. ____16____ However, all this moving would be much more difficult without a round, portable tent called a ger. Members of a Mongolian family can take a ger apart in less than an hour. Then they load the pieces on the backs of camels or on an animal-drawn cart, an SUV, or a small truck. ____17____
Nomads treat the ger’s entrance with respect. ____18____ Instead, they shout, “Nokhoi khor!”, which means “Hold your dog!” Traditionally, relatives, friends, and even strangers may drop in at any time. The family always keeps a bowl of dried cheese balls and other treats ready for guests.
Although some of their details have changed through the years, gers have sheltered Mongolians since the time of Genghis Khan. Their core design has remained largely unchanged for centuries. Nowadays, even some permanent town residents live in gers. ____19____ For instance, rapid urbanization and climate change have led to a decrease in grassland, making it increasingly difficult for nomadic families to sustain their herding lifestyle.
____20____ Nevertheless, the round white ger remains the symbol of home, warmth, and hospitality in Mongolia.
A. It takes about an hour to put the house back together.
B. Visitors never knock on the colorfully decorated door.
C. Today, the future of the nomadic way of life is uncertain.
D. This makes sure their herds will have enough grass to feed on.
E. Many nomads rely on traditional skills to fit together gers quickly.
F. Meanwhile, the lifestyle centering on the ger has faced increased threats.
G. This reflects their belief that the fire place, vital for survival, deserves great respect.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分30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四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Five years ago, my husband Ken and I walked into our new country backyard and spotted two apple trees. I instantly ____21____ Grandma and Mama’s apple pies. They always competed with each other, offering their own special apple pies, and the kitchen was always filled with a(n) ____22____ smell.
“Even if you’re penniless,” Grandma said, “you always have a ____23____ with an apple tree.” Though our family wasn’t ____24____, we lived in a town where everyone had apple trees. I could still remember those cooler autumn evenings when the family enjoyed pies with coffee in the doorway, waiting for the stars to emerge.
Ken smiled as I stared at the trees, fascinated. “My whole childhood was ____25____ with apple pies, and I’ll bake lots of them now,” I said as I picked one fruit from the tree, only to be ____26____ to find it was a Red Delicious, good for snacking but not pies. Fortunately, the other tree grew Golden Delicious, perfect for ____27____.
I hummed as I looked for Grandma’s old ____28____, but soon was reminded of my lifelong trouble: I could never make a proper crust (外壳). No matter how hard I tried, my crusts always felt like rough leather. Frustrated, I put the recipe away, and decided to ____29____ the apple trees — symbols of my ____30____.
But this past autumn as the economy ____31____, Grandma’s words came back to me. I wandered into the backyard and collected a basket of Golden Delicious. ____32____, I made my first “impossible” apple pie perfectly — it made its own crust! Encouraged by this success, I ____33____ to try an apple crisp, apple cheese bread and even a special dish called glazed apple daisy.
After all my efforts, I’ve mentally awarded myself an A. I might not be as skilled as Grandma or Mama, but I’m just as ____34____. And by baking all our desserts myself, I’d saved enough to buy Grandpa’s special coffee flavoring — a small luxury that feels like an ____35____ to our sweet-filled past.
21. A. forgot B. recalled C. doubted D. imagined
22. A. pleasant B. strong C. strange D. terrible
23. A. gift B. choice C. treat D. reward
24. A. well-off B. hard-working C. kind-hearted D. low-key
25. A. left B. marked C. equipped D. stuck
26. A. excited B. relieved C. disappointed D. ashamed
27. A. selling B. planting C. storing D. baking
28. A. recipe B. book C. tool D. dish
29. A. water B. ignore C. protect D. observe
30. A. hesitation B. resolution C. effort D. defeat
31 A. recovered B. worsened C. stabilized D. developed
32. A. Hopefully B. Gradually C. Unexpectedly D. Naturally
33. A. went on B. made sure C. slowed down D. took over
34. A. generous B. economical C. stubborn D. curious
35 A. honor B. apology C. alternative D. exception
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分。)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As temperatures drop in Beijing, the city’s ski season is officially open for business. Since hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, the ski industry ____36____ (become) a major driver of growth for China’s winter sports sector. The Yanqing Olympic Zone, hosting Alpine events during the Games, now attracts numerous families and young enthusiasts. To meet growing demand, its managers are expanding beginner areas while ____37____ (maintain) Olympic-standard snow quality.
A 14-kilometer track, praised ____38____ one of Asia’s longest, offers beginners a thrilling experience. The ____39____ (major) of visitors are young people, who regard skiing as ____40____ essential part of their winter leisure activities. Their willingness to invest in high-tech equipment and ski fashion is ____41____ (effective) driving the emergence of innovative consumption patterns in the industry. The popularity shows ____42____ ice and snow resources are transforming into cultural tourism ____43____ (highlight).
The integration of ice and snow resources into cultural tourism industries has brought significant economic benefits to local areas. Skiing not only provides people with opportunities to engage in outdoor sports but also ____44____ (extend) the lasting influence of the Olympics, promoting the healthy. development of related industries. This progress signals a bright future for snow sports, ____45____ (fuel) by post-Olympic enthusiasm and increasing public participation.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分 40分)
第一节 应用文写作(共1题,满分15分)
46. 学校英语俱乐部计划在校园科技节举行英文演讲比赛,主题是“AI生成的艺术作品算不算真正的艺术?”请你写一篇英文演讲稿,内容包括:
1.你的看法;
2.你的理由。
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Are AI-generated Artworks Real Art?
Good afternoon, dear teachers and classmates.
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Thank you for listening!
第二节 读后续写(共1题,满分25分)
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。
Seeking peace away from the busy city life, Lilan came to Mulei, hoping for quietness and simplicity. Surprisingly, she found something deeper — a connection with the land and the people.
Lilan was a lifestyle blogger who often shared stories of slow living and rural beauty online. Though she had come to Mulei simply to rest and recharge, her camera had quietly captured the golden fields, the morning mist over the farmland, and the warm faces of the villagers — moments full of quiet strength and natural charm.
This year, Mulei was blessed with bright sunshine and favorable weather. Thanks to abundant sunlight and clean groundwater, the chickpea fields stretched out in a golden sea of promise. After harvest, the villagers turned these chickpeas into delicious dishes and shared with Lilan. As she tasted the warm chickpea bread, creamy chickpea soymilk, and fresh yogurt topped with roasted chickpeas, Lilan exclaimed in admiration, saying that in big cities, such original and unprocessed foods would surely be very popular. However, along with the good harvest came worries.
One day when Lilan was filming the natural beauty near the field, she noticed the villagers’ frowns. Sister Hong let out a long breath as she wiped sweat from her forehead. “We’ve taken care of these crops every day, watering at dawn and weeding until dark,” she said. “But now, local buyers are offering very low prices. It’s not even enough to pay for seeds and our hard work.” She looked down at her rough hands. “If things don’t change, all this effort will be wasted.”
Uncle Xu nodded in agreement. He held out a handful of dried chickpeas. “There are so many imported beans in the market now,” he said quietly. “We can’t sell ours easily. We don’t know how to reach customers outside the village.”
Lilan listened in silence and was lost in thought. Since arriving in Mulei, the villagers ha treated her like family. Their smiles were honest, their hearts open. Now, seeing their frustration, Lilan felt a strong desire to help. She looked at the golden fields around her, then at the tired faces of the farmers.
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。
As someone with many online followers, an idea came to her.
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When the last batch of beans was shipped out, the villagers held a small celebration.
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广州市真光中学2026届高三期末测试—高三英语
第二部分 阅读理解(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和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Major Causes of Road Traffic Accidents
Road traffic accidents are caused by a number of factors which can be grouped into three categories: human factors, vehicle factors and road environment factors. Table l explains such factors and gives examples.
Table 1: Factors involved in road traffic accidents
Factor
Description
Example
Human
Things people do or don’t do
Speeding, not obeying traffic rules, using phones while driving
Vehicle
Things that are wrong with the vehicle
Weak brakes, no seat belts in car, old tyres
Road environment
Things outside the vehicle that affect driving
Condition of road, time of day, weather conditions, road repairs
One factor alone or several factors together can cause an accident. However, human actions are by far the greatest causes of car accidents.
Diagram 1 shows that human factors are involved in 95% of all car accidents. Although other factors are also involved in 28% of these accidents, in 67% of cases, human factors alone are the cause of the accident.
Although behavior such as not paying attention to the road, turning suddenly to avoid an animal and eating while driving causes accidents, most road deaths are caused by speeding, driving after drinking alcohol, driving when tired and not wearing seat belts. As shown in Diagram 2, speeding is involved in more deaths than any other behavior in both city (50%) and country accidents (32%). Drivers and/ or passengers not wearing seat belts is the second most common cause of road deaths. It is important to note that the statistics in Diagram 2 add up to more than 100%. This is because two or more factors are often combined to cause an accident.
1. Which belongs to the second highest causes of road accidents?
A. People not wearing seat belts. B. Lights not functioning in roads.
C. Drivers not obeying traffic rules. D. Things not going well with the car.
2. What can be learned from Diagram 2?
A. Country drivers are less likely to get tired.
B. Drunk driving causes more deaths in cities.
C. City drivers tend to drive faster than country drivers.
D. Speeding causes more deaths in cities than in countries.
3. What will probably be discussed in the following paragraphs?
A. How to design a safer vehicle. B. The dangers of driving a car.
C. How to prevent deaths on roads. D. The effect of alcohol on driving.
【答案】1. B 2. D 3. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了道路交通事故的主要原因,包括人为、车辆和道路环境因素,并强调超速是致死主因。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一个图表可知“Road environment factors(道路环境因素)”属于交通事故的第二大原因,占比28%。“Lights not functioning in roads.(道路上的灯不亮。)”属于道路环境因素。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二个图表和最后一段中“As shown in Diagram 2, speeding is involved in more deaths than any other behavior in both city (50%) and country accidents (32%).(如图2所示,在城市(50%)和乡村(32%)事故中,超速行驶导致死亡人数比其他任何行为都多。)”可知,超速在城市导致的死亡人数比在乡村多。故选D。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文,尤其是由最后一段“Although behavior such as not paying attention to the road, turning suddenly to avoid an animal and eating while driving causes accidents, most road deaths are caused by speeding, driving after drinking alcohol, driving when tired and not wearing seat belts. As shown in Diagram 2, speeding is involved in more deaths than any other behavior in both city (50%) and country accidents (32%). Drivers and/ or passengers not wearing seat belts is the second most common cause of road deaths. It is important to note that the statistics in Diagram 2 add up to more than 100%. This is because two or more factors are often combined to cause an accident.(尽管诸如不注意路况、为躲避动物突然转向以及开车时吃东西等行为会引发交通事故,但大多数道路死亡事故是由超速、酒后驾车、疲劳驾驶以及不系安全带造成的。如图2所示,无论是在城市(占比50%)还是乡村(占比32%)的交通事故中,超速导致的死亡人数比其他任何行为都多。司机和/或乘客不系安全带是导致道路死亡的第二大常见原因。需要注意的是,图2中的统计数据总和超过了100%。这是因为一场事故往往是由两个或更多因素共同作用导致的。)”可知,接下来可能会讨论如何预防这些道路死亡,即如何采取措施减少道路交通事故的发生。故选C。
B
Bonnie Blumberg had always known her mother, Janice Goldstein, was creative and kind. Goldstein spent countless hours sewing costumes for her daughter’s school plays — and even for the entire class, a dedication Blumberg took for granted.
Everything changed in 2017 when Goldstein suffered multiple strokes, losing the use of her right side and eventually needing a wheelchair. Two years ago, while helping her mother move to a smaller home, Blumberg discovered three unfinished knit (编织) sweaters: one blue-and-white for her mother, one purple for herself, and a cardigan for her daughter.
Not a knitter herself, Blumberg brought the sweaters to a local knitting store. There, she learned about Loose Ends, a nonprofit that connects volunteers with unfinished craft projects left by loved ones who have died or become disabled. Founded about two years ago, the organization now has nearly 30,000 “finishers” who have taken over about 3,500 projects.
Through Loose Ends, Blumberg was matched with Anna Minmier, a skilled knitter since age nine. She came across the Loose Ends project on the internet and immediately signed up to be a finisher. The project reminded her of her own family: Her grandmother was a knitter as well, until her old age made it hard to complete those delicate waltz-like movements.
Minmier spent months finishing the sweaters, and said she was happy to have a part in what she saw as a beautiful story connecting generations. For Minmier, knitting these pieces became a labor of love. She spent her evenings carefully following patterns, enjoying both the challenge and the emotional significance of the work. “Honestly, it feels a little selfish,” she said, “I get to do my hobby for free while helping someone.”
When Blumberg finally received the completed sweaters — after her mother passed away in September last year — she held more than clothing; she held memories knitted with love across generations.
As Loose Ends co-founder Jennifer Simonic explains, “It’s not just being nice. It’s giving people something they can hug when missing someone. That’s a big deal.”
4. Why did Bonnie Blumberg turn to a knitting store?
A. To learn how to knit herself from experts.
B. To ask for advice on storing handmade clothes.
C. To find someone to finish her mother’s sweaters.
D. To donate the sweaters to a nonprofit organization.
5. What can we infer about Anna Minnier from the passage?
A. She joined Loose ends for extra income.
B. She got inner satisfaction from the project.
C. She started knitting to honor her grandmother.
D. She preferred simple patterns to challenging ones.
6. According to Jennifer Simonic, what matters most to Loose ends?
A. Preserving emotional bonds through items.
B. Providing free craft training for volunteers.
C. Helping disabled people learn knitting skills.
D. Connecting knitters with professional designers.
7. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. A Finisher’s Story B. A Family Tradition
C. A Mother’s Last Wish D. A Tight-knit Community
【答案】4. C 5. B 6. A 7. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了布隆伯格通过非营利组织完成母亲未织完毛衣,传递爱与情感纽带的故事。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Two years ago, while helping her mother move to a smaller home, Blumberg discovered three unfinished knit (编织) sweaters: one blue-and-white for her mother, one purple for herself, and a cardigan for her daughter. (两年前,在帮母亲搬到小一点的房子时,布隆伯格发现了三件未完成的编织毛衣:一件蓝白相间的是给母亲的,一件紫色的是给自己的,还有一件开衫是给女儿的。)”、第三段中“Not a knitter herself, Blumberg brought the sweaters to a local knitting store. There, she learned about Loose Ends, a nonprofit that connects volunteers with unfinished craft projects left by loved ones who have died or become disabled. (布隆伯格自己不会编织,她把毛衣带到了当地一家编织店。在那里,她了解到“未竟之线”,这是一个非营利组织,将志愿者与已故或残疾亲人留下的未完成的手工艺品项目联系起来。)”可知,布隆伯格去编织店是想找个人完成她母亲的毛衣。故选C。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第五段中“Minmier spent months finishing the sweaters, and said she was happy to have a part in what she saw as a beautiful story connecting generations. For Minmier, knitting these pieces became a labor of love. She spent her evenings carefully following patterns, enjoying both the challenge and the emotional significance of the work. “Honestly, it feels a little selfish,” she said, “I get to do my hobby for free while helping someone.” (明米尔花了几个月的时间织完毛衣,她说她很高兴能参与这个在她看来是一个连接几代人的美丽故事。对明米尔来说,编织这些作品成了爱的劳动。她晚上仔细地按照图案编织,享受着这项工作的挑战和情感意义。“说实话,这感觉有点自私,”她说,“我可以在免费做自己的爱好的同时帮助别人。”)”可知,安娜·明米尔从这个项目中获得了内心的满足。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段中“As Loose Ends co-founder Jennifer Simonic explains, “It’s not just being nice. It’s giving people something they can hug when missing someone. That’s a big deal.” (正如“未竟之线”联合创始人詹妮弗·西蒙尼克解释的那样:“这不仅仅是善意。这是给人们一些东西,让他们在想某人的时候可以拥抱。这很重要。”)”可知,对“未竟之线”来说,最重要的是通过物品保存情感纽带。故选A。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文,尤其是根据最后一段中“As Loose Ends co-founder Jennifer Simonic explains, “It’s not just being nice. It’s giving people something they can hug when missing someone. That’s a big deal.” (正如“未竟之线”联合创始人詹妮弗·西蒙尼克解释的那样:“这不仅仅是善意。这是给人们一些东西,让他们在想某人的时候可以拥抱。这很重要。”)”可知,文章主要讲述了布隆伯格的母亲因中风无法完成编织的毛衣,通过非营利组织“未竟之线”找到了志愿者安娜·明米尔帮忙完成,体现了人与人之间的情感联系和社区互助精神。D选项“A Tight-knit Community (一个紧密联系的社区)”最符合文章主旨,适合作标题。故选D。
C
Do people from different cultures and environments see the world differently? Two recent studies offer opposite views on this long-standing question, and the answer is more complex than either suggests.
Ivan Kroupin from the London School of Economics studied people’s understanding of the Coffer illusion (错觉). He found that people in the UK and US mostly saw squares first, while rural Namibians usually saw circles. To explain this, his team used the “carpentered world” hypothesis (“木匠世界”假说), first put forward over 60 years ago. This hypothesis says Westerners live in environments full of straight lines and right angles (such as modern buildings), which train their eyes to notice these shapes. However, rural Namibians live in areas with round huts and fewer sharp angles, so they tend to notice circles first. Other similar experiments also supported this conclusion.
People also applied the “carpentered world” hypothesis to explain the Müller-Lyer illusion, which refers to a visual phenomenon where two equal-length lines seem different because of arrowheads pointing inward or outward. They once claimed that Westerners’ sensitivity to this illusion came from their carpentered environments. However, Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone’s study on the Müller-Lyer illusion carefully and convincingly challenge this explanation. They point out that animals like guppies and pigeons also experience this illusion in both senses of touch and sight. Besides, in one of their referring experiments, nine children born blind due to eye disease felt this illusion right after the recovery surgery. Not only had these children not seen highly carpentered environments — they hadn’t seen anything before at all.
Why the discrepancy? There are several possibilities. Perhaps there are reasons why cross-cultural variability should be expected for the Coffer but not the Müller-Lyer illusion: the Coffer illusion may depend on attention rather than basic perception. It’s also worth noting that the Kroupin study has some potential weaknesses. For example, the UK/US and Namibian participants were exposed to the illusions using very different methods.
In fact, while cultural differences in perception seem reasonable, the key truth is that perception is not a direct reflection of the world. The objective world no doubt exists, but the world we experience is always an active construction, in which the brain uses sensory signals to update and adjust its best interpretation of what’s going on. What we experience is this interpretation, not a “readout” of the sensory information.
8. What can be learned from Kroupin’s study?
A. Namibians were trained to notice straight lines.
B. People from diverse cultures saw shapes differently.
C. UK participants saw circles more often than squares.
D. People’s living environments affect their visual habits.
9. What evidence did Amir and Firestone use to challenge the hypothesis?
A. Both illusions affect people in carpentered environments.
B Westerners are more sensitive to the Müller-Lyer illusion.
C. Animals like guppies and pigeons can see two lines of equal length.
D. Müller-Lyer illusion even works for kids recovering from visual loss.
10. What does the underlined word “discrepancy” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Belief. B. Contrast. C. Explanation. D. Expectation.
11. Why does the author mention “active construction” in the last paragraph?
A. To encourage people to trust the sensory information.
B. To prove perception is a direct reflection of the world.
C. To stress brains build interpretations via sensory signals.
D. To give an example of cultural differences in perception.
【答案】8. D 9. D 10. B 11. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讨论了不同文化环境对视觉感知的影响,并指出感知是大脑的主动建构。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中“This hypothesis says Westerners live in environments full of straight lines and right angles (such as modern buildings), which train their eyes to notice these shapes. However, rural Namibians live in areas with round huts and fewer sharp angles, so they tend to notice circles first. (这一假说认为,西方人生活在充满直线和直角的环境中(如现代建筑),这训练了他们的眼睛去注意这些形状。然而,纳米比亚农村人生活在有圆形小屋和较少尖角的地区,所以他们倾向于先注意到圆形。)”可知,人们的生活环境会影响他们的视觉习惯。故选D。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“People also applied the “carpentered world” hypothesis to explain the Müller-Lyer illusion, which refers to a visual phenomenon where two equal-length lines seem different because of arrowheads pointing inward or outward. They once claimed that Westerners’ sensitivity to this illusion came from their carpentered environments. However, Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone’s study on the Müller-Lyer illusion carefully and convincingly challenge this explanation. They point out that animals like guppies and pigeons also experience this illusion in both senses of touch and sight. Besides, in one of their referring experiments, nine children born blind due to eye disease felt this illusion right after the recovery surgery. Not only had these children not seen highly carpentered environments — they hadn’t seen anything before at all. (人们也曾用“木匠世界”假说来解释“穆勒-莱尔错觉”—— 这是一种视觉现象,即两条等长的线段会因箭头向内或向外而看起来长度不同。他们曾声称,西方人对这种错觉的敏感度源于他们所处的“木匠化”环境。然而,多尔萨・阿米尔和查兹・费尔斯通针对穆勒-莱尔错觉的研究,严谨且有力地挑战了这一解释。他们指出,孔雀鱼和鸽子等动物在触觉和视觉上也会感受到这种错觉。此外,在他们的一项参考实验中,9名因眼疾先天失明的儿童在康复手术后立刻感受到了这种错觉。这些孩子不仅从未见过高度“木匠化”的环境 —— 他们之前根本什么都没见过。)”可知,二人用“穆勒-莱尔错觉甚至对视力恢复的儿童也起作用”这一证据来挑战该假说。故选D。
【10题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第二段中“Ivan Kroupin from the London School of Economics studied people’s understanding of the Coffer illusion (错觉). (伦敦政治经济学院的伊万・克鲁平研究了人们对“科弗错觉”的理解。)”、“To explain this, his team used the “carpentered world” hypothesis (“木匠世界”假说), first put forward over 60 years ago. (为了解释这一现象,他的团队采用了60多年前首次提出的“木匠世界”假说。)”。第三段“People also applied the “carpentered world” hypothesis to explain the Müller-Lyer illusion, which refers to a visual phenomenon where two equal-length lines seem different because of arrowheads pointing inward or outward. They once claimed that Westerners’ sensitivity to this illusion came from their carpentered environments. However, Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone’s study on the Müller-Lyer illusion carefully and convincingly challenge this explanation. They point out that animals like guppies and pigeons also experience this illusion in both senses of touch and sight. Besides, in one of their referring experiments, nine children born blind due to eye disease felt this illusion right after the recovery surgery. Not only had these children not seen highly carpentered environments — they hadn’t seen anything before at all. (人们也曾用“木匠世界”假说来解释“穆勒-莱尔错觉”—— 这是一种视觉现象,即两条等长的线段会因箭头向内或向外而看起来长度不同。他们曾声称,西方人对这种错觉的敏感度源于他们所处的“木匠化”环境。然而,多尔萨・阿米尔和查兹・费尔斯通针对穆勒-莱尔错觉的研究,严谨且有力地挑战了这一解释。他们指出,孔雀鱼和鸽子等动物在触觉和视觉上也会感受到这种错觉。此外,在他们的一项参考实验中,9名因眼疾先天失明的儿童在康复手术后立刻感受到了这种错觉。这些孩子不仅从未见过高度“木匠化”的环境 —— 他们之前根本什么都没见过。)”可知,前文提到克鲁平的研究用“木匠世界”假说解释了“科弗错觉”的文化差异,而多尔萨・阿米尔和查兹・费尔斯通的研究却对用该假说解释穆勒-莱尔错觉提出了挑战,两者结论存在差异。由此可推知,discrepancy意为“差异,对比”,与contrast意思相近。故选B。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“The objective world no doubt exists, but the world we experience is always an active construction, in which the brain uses sensory signals to update and adjust its best interpretation of what’s going on. (客观世界无疑是存在的,但我们所体验的世界始终是一种主动建构,在这个过程中,大脑利用感官信号来更新和调整它对正在发生事情的最佳解读。)”可知,作者提到“主动建构”是为了强调大脑通过感官信号构建解读。故选C。
D
Chinese scientists have recently developed the world’s first robot capable of conducting the full-process breeding of plants, highlighting the deep integration of biotechnology and artificial intelligence technologies in the agricultural intelligent breeding sector.
GEAIR, the name of this new AI-based robot model, is expected to facilitate a breeding shift from experience-driven to precision agriculture. A scene once limited to a science fiction movie has now become a reality in a greenhouse, where GEAIR accurately identified a flower and extended its robotic arms to gently complete hybrid pollination. It moved effectively among the flowers and precisely carried out the whole breeding process. “AI and robots offer vast opportunities in shifting hybrid breeding toward precision agriculture to enhance crop yields, reduce costs and promote sustainable practices,” said Xu Cao, a researcher at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Hybrid breeding, which seeks to ensure the “superior birth and raising” of crops, is an important way to enhance both crop yield and quality. However, massive repetitive cross-pollination operations are time-consuming and labor-intensive, according to Xu. Compared with the process involved in producing well-known hybrid rice varieties, GEAIR can apply new-generation breeding technologies, such as a speed-breeding approach, to achieve rapid customized breeding of superior varieties.
Through AI visual recognition and positioning technologies, GEAIR is able to accurately move among crops to perform cross-pollination operations, thereby enhancing breeding efficiency. For instance, in soybean breeding, this robotized approach is expected to break through a bottleneck in soybean hybrid breeding and significantly increase per-unit yield, Xu revealed.
“Our study initiated an intelligent breeding model of integrated biotechnology, AI and robot labor, marking China’s successful pioneering efforts in realizing intelligent robotized hybrid breeding,” Xu said. “It also shows the application prospects of ‘AI for science’ in the sector of biological breeding,” he added.
The study team has demonstrated the potential of GEAIR in boosting efficiency and lowering costs through automated, faster breeding of climate-resistant crops, said Yang Minghao, an associate researcher of the Institute of Automation of the CAS.
12. What is an advantage of GEAIR?
A. Being experience-driven.
B. Producing superior varieties.
C. Performing accurate operations.
D Moving rapidly among the plants.
13. How is paragraph 3 developed?
A. By making contrast.
B. By giving a definition.
C. By analyzing causes.
D By providing examples.
14. What is the possible result of using GEAIR?
A. Speeding up the crop harvesting.
B. Increasing breeding productivity.
C. Overcoming a bottleneck in sowing.
D. Reducing the cost of transporting seeds.
15. What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?
A. The efforts of the study team.
B. The integration of technology.
C. The significance of the robot model.
D. The prospect of biological breeding.
【答案】12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了中国科学家研发出全球首个可完成植物全流程育种的机器人GEAIR,它通过人工智能与生物技术实现精准育种,提升效率、降低成本,标志着中国在智能育种领域取得开创性突破。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“A scene once limited to a science fiction movie has now become a reality in a greenhouse, where GEAIR accurately identified a flower and extended its robotic arms to gently complete hybrid pollination. It moved effectively among the flowers and precisely carried out the whole breeding process.(曾经只存在于科幻电影中的场景,如今在温室里已成为现实。在这个场景中,GEAIR 系统能够准确识别花朵,并伸出其机械手臂,以轻柔的方式完成杂交授粉。它在花丛中灵活移动,精确地完成了整个育种过程)” 可知,GEAIR 的优势是操作精准。故选C。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“However, massive repetitive cross-pollination operations are time-consuming and labor-intensive, according to Xu. Compared with the process involved in producing well-known hybrid rice varieties, GEAIR can apply new-generation breeding technologies(徐教授表示,大规模、重复性的人工授粉操作既耗时又费力。与培育知名杂交水稻品种的过程相比,GEAIR可应用新一代育种技术)” 可知,本段通过对比传统育种与GEAIR的育种方式展开说明。故选A。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“Through AI visual recognition and positioning technologies, GEAIR is able to accurately move among crops to perform cross-pollination operations, thereby enhancing breeding efficiency.(通过人工智能视觉识别和定位技术,GEAIR能够在作物间精准移动完成授粉操作,从而提高育种效率)” 可知,使用GEAIR可以提高育种生产力。故选B。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第五段““Our study initiated an intelligent breeding model of integrated biotechnology, AI and robot labor, marking China’s successful pioneering efforts in realizing intelligent robotized hybrid breeding,” Xu said.(徐说:“我们的研究开创了一种融合生物技术、人工智能与机器人作业的智能育种模式,标志着中国在实现智能化、机器人化杂交育种方面取得了开创性的成功。”)” 及最后一段“The study team has demonstrated the potential of GEAIR in boosting efficiency and lowering costs through automated, faster breeding of climate-resistant crops, said Yang Minghao, an associate researcher of the Institute of Automation of the CAS.(中国科学院自动化研究所的副研究员杨明浩表示,该研究团队已经证明了GEAIR技术在提高效率和降低成本方面的潜力,其通过自动化、快速培育抗气候变化的作物来实现这一目标)”可知,最后两段主要讲述该机器人模型的重要意义。故选C。
第二节 七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分。)
根据短文内容,从文后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。
Can you imagine taking your house apart, piece by piece, and putting it back together again every time you move to a new location? That’s just what many families in Mongolia do, as often as three or four times a year.
In small groups of two to six households, Mongolian nomads (游牧民) traditionally travel from grassland to grassland. ____16____ However, all this moving would be much more difficult without a round, portable tent called a ger. Members of a Mongolian family can take a ger apart in less than an hour. Then they load the pieces on the backs of camels or on an animal-drawn cart, an SUV, or a small truck. ____17____
Nomads treat the ger’s entrance with respect. ____18____ Instead, they shout, “Nokhoi khor!”, which means “Hold your dog!” Traditionally, relatives, friends, and even strangers may drop in at any time. The family always keeps a bowl of dried cheese balls and other treats ready for guests.
Although some of their details have changed through the years, gers have sheltered Mongolians since the time of Genghis Khan. Their core design has remained largely unchanged for centuries. Nowadays, even some permanent town residents live in gers. ____19____ For instance, rapid urbanization and climate change have led to a decrease in grassland, making it increasingly difficult for nomadic families to sustain their herding lifestyle.
____20____ Nevertheless, the round white ger remains the symbol of home, warmth, and hospitality in Mongolia.
A. It takes about an hour to put the house back together.
B. Visitors never knock on the colorfully decorated door.
C. Today, the future of the nomadic way of life is uncertain.
D. This makes sure their herds will have enough grass to feed on.
E. Many nomads rely on traditional skills to fit together gers quickly.
F. Meanwhile, the lifestyle centering on the ger has faced increased threats.
G. This reflects their belief that the fire place, vital for survival, deserves great respect.
【答案】16. D 17. A 18. B 19. F 20. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了蒙古游牧民的生活方式,特别是蒙古包在他们生活中的重要性及其面临的挑战。
【16题详解】
由上文“In small groups of two to six households, Mongolian nomads (游牧民) traditionally travel from grassland to grassland. (蒙古游牧民传统上以两到六户人家的小群体形式,从一个草原迁移到另一个草原。)”可知,上文说明了蒙古游牧民族的传统迁徙方式,本空应说明迁徙的原因。D选项“This makes sure their herds will have enough grass to feed on. (这确保了他们的畜群有足够的草吃。)”能承接上文,符合题意。故选D。
【17题详解】
由下文“Members of a Mongolian family can take a ger apart in less than an hour. Then they load the pieces on the backs of camels or on an animal-drawn cart, an SUV, or a small truck. (蒙古家庭成员可以在不到一个小时的时间内将蒙古包拆开。然后他们把零件装在骆驼背上,或者装在畜力车、越野车或小卡车上。)”可知,上文说明了蒙古家庭成员拆解蒙古包并运输的过程,本空应描述蒙古包重新搭建的过程,A选项“It takes about an hour to put the house back together. (把房子重新组装起来大约需要一个小时。)”能承接上文,说明重新搭建蒙古包所需的时间,符合题意。故选A。
【18题详解】
由上文“Nomads treat the ger’s entrance with respect. (游牧民族对蒙古包的入口非常尊重。)”及下文“Instead, they shout, “Nokhoi khor!”, which means “Hold your dog!” (相反,他们会大喊:“Nokhoi khor!”,意思是“看好你的狗!”)”可知,上文说明了游牧民族对蒙古包入口的尊重,下文引出游牧民族进入蒙古包时的特殊方式,本空应说明游牧民族的特殊进入方式。B选项“Visitors never knock on the colorfully decorated door. (访客从不敲装饰华丽的门。)”能承上启下,符合语境。故选B。
【19题详解】
由上文“Nowadays, even some permanent town residents live in gers. (如今,甚至一些永久性城镇居民也住在蒙古包里。)”及下文“For instance, rapid urbanization and climate change have led to a decrease in grassland, making it increasingly difficult for nomadic families to sustain their herding lifestyle. (例如,快速的城市化和气候变化导致草原减少,使得游牧家庭越来越难以维持他们的放牧生活方式。)”可知,上文说明了蒙古包在现代生活中的使用情况,下文引出游牧民族面临的问题,本空应说明游牧民族的生活方式面临威胁。F选项“Meanwhile, the lifestyle centering on the ger has faced increased threats. (与此同时,以蒙古包为中心的生活方式也面临着越来越多的威胁。)”能承上启下,符合语境。故选F。
【20题详解】
由下文“Nevertheless, the round white ger remains the symbol of home, warmth, and hospitality in Mongolia. (尽管如此,圆形白色蒙古包仍然是蒙古家庭、温暖和好客的象征。)”可知,下文说明了蒙古包在蒙古的象征意义,此处说明游牧生活的未来状况。C选项“Today, the future of the nomadic way of life is uncertain. (今天,游牧生活方式的未来是不确定的。)”能引出下文,符合语境。故选C。
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分30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四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Five years ago, my husband Ken and I walked into our new country backyard and spotted two apple trees. I instantly ____21____ Grandma and Mama’s apple pies. They always competed with each other, offering their own special apple pies, and the kitchen was always filled with a(n) ____22____ smell.
“Even if you’re penniless,” Grandma said, “you always have a ____23____ with an apple tree.” Though our family wasn’t ____24____, we lived in a town where everyone had apple trees. I could still remember those cooler autumn evenings when the family enjoyed pies with coffee in the doorway, waiting for the stars to emerge.
Ken smiled as I stared at the trees, fascinated. “My whole childhood was ____25____ with apple pies, and I’ll bake lots of them now,” I said as I picked one fruit from the tree, only to be ____26____ to find it was a Red Delicious, good for snacking but not pies. Fortunately, the other tree grew Golden Delicious, perfect for ____27____.
I hummed as I looked for Grandma’s old ____28____, but soon was reminded of my lifelong trouble: I could never make a proper crust (外壳). No matter how hard I tried, my crusts always felt like rough leather. Frustrated, I put the recipe away, and decided to ____29____ the apple trees — symbols of my ____30____.
But this past autumn, as the economy ____31____, Grandma’s words came back to me. I wandered into the backyard and collected a basket of Golden Delicious. ____32____, I made my first “impossible” apple pie perfectly — it made its own crust! Encouraged by this success, I ____33____ to try an apple crisp, apple cheese bread and even a special dish called glazed apple daisy.
After all my efforts, I’ve mentally awarded myself an A. I might not be as skilled as Grandma or Mama, but I’m just as ____34____. And by baking all our desserts myself, I’d saved enough to buy Grandpa’s special coffee flavoring — a small luxury that feels like an ____35____ to our sweet-filled past.
21. A. forgot B. recalled C. doubted D. imagined
22. A. pleasant B. strong C. strange D. terrible
23. A. gift B. choice C. treat D. reward
24. A. well-off B. hard-working C. kind-hearted D. low-key
25. A. left B. marked C. equipped D. stuck
26. A. excited B. relieved C. disappointed D. ashamed
27. A. selling B. planting C. storing D. baking
28. A. recipe B. book C. tool D. dish
29. A. water B. ignore C. protect D. observe
30. A. hesitation B. resolution C. effort D. defeat
31. A. recovered B. worsened C. stabilized D. developed
32. A. Hopefully B. Gradually C. Unexpectedly D. Naturally
33. A. went on B. made sure C. slowed down D. took over
34. A. generous B. economical C. stubborn D. curious
35. A. honor B. apology C. alternative D. exception
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者通过烘焙苹果派重拾生活信心与甜蜜回忆。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我立刻回想起奶奶和妈妈做的苹果派。A. forgot忘记;B. recalled回想起;C. doubted怀疑;D. imagined想象。根据上文“my husband Ken and I walked into our new country backyard and spotted two apple trees”和下文“Grandma and Mama’s apple pies. They always competed with each other, offering their own special apple pies”可知,奶奶和妈妈做的苹果派给作者留下了深刻印象,所以看到苹果树时,作者立刻回想起她们做的苹果派。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:他们总是相互竞争,各自制作出独具特色的苹果派,厨房里总是弥漫着令人愉悦的气味。A. pleasant令人愉悦的;B. strong强烈的;C. strange奇怪的;D. terrible糟糕的。根据上文“They always competed with each other, offering their own special apple pies”可知,奶奶和妈妈做的苹果派很美味,所以厨房里弥漫的气味是令人愉悦的。故选A。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:奶奶说:“即使你身无分文,有一棵苹果树你就总能有美味享用”A. gift礼物;B. choice选择;C. treat款待;D. reward奖励。根据上文“you always have a”下文和“I’ll bake lots of them now”可知,作者打算用苹果树上的苹果做苹果派来款待自己,所以这里表示即使身无分文,也能用苹果树款待自己。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:虽然我们家并不富裕,但我们住在一个每个人都有苹果树的小镇上。A. well-off富裕的;B. hard-working勤劳的;C. kind-hearted善良的;D. low-key低调的。根据上文“Even if you’re penniless”可知,这里与“身无分文”相对应,表示虽然作者家并不富裕,但小镇上每个人都有苹果树。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:“我的整个童年都充满了苹果派的印记,现在我要做很多苹果派,”我一边说着,一边从树上摘下一个果子,结果却失望地发现那是红蛇果,这种苹果适合当零食吃,但不适合做派。A. left离开;B. marked标记;C. equipped装备;D. stuck粘贴。根据上文“They always competed with each other, offering their own special apple pies”可知,奶奶和妈妈总是互相竞争,提供自己特别的苹果派,说明她的童年充满了苹果派,be marked with表示“带有……印记”,符合语境。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. excited兴奋的;B. relieved宽慰的;C. disappointed失望的;D. ashamed羞愧的。根据下文“good for snacking but not pies”可知,摘到的苹果适合当零食吃,但不适合做派,所以作者感到失望。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:幸运的是,另一棵树结的是金冠苹果,非常适合烘焙。A. selling卖;B. planting种植;C. storing储存;D. baking烘焙。根据上文“I’ll bake lots of them now”、“Fortunately, the other tree grew Golden Delicious, perfect for”可知,作者打算做苹果派,所以这里表示金冠苹果非常适合烘焙。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我哼着歌找奶奶的旧食谱,但很快就想起了我一生的麻烦:我从来做不好派皮。A. recipe食谱;B. book书;C. tool工具;D. dish菜肴。根据下文“put the recipe away”可知,下文描述作者把食谱收了起来,所以这里表示作者找奶奶的旧食谱。故选A。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:沮丧之下,我把食谱收了起来,决定忽略这些苹果树——它们是我失败的象征。A. water浇水;B. ignore忽略;C. protect保护;D. observe观察。根据上文“No matter how hard I tried, my crusts always felt like rough leather. Frustrated, I put the recipe away, and decided to”可知,作者做不好派皮,感到沮丧,所以决定忽略这些苹果树。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. hesitation犹豫;B. resolution决心;C. effort努力;D. defeat失败。根据上文“No matter how hard I tried, my crusts always felt like rough leather”可知,作者尝试了很多次都做不好派皮,所以这里表示苹果树是作者失败的象征。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:但去年秋天,随着经济恶化,奶奶的话又回响在我耳边。A. recovered恢复;B. worsened恶化;C. stabilized稳定;D. developed发展。根据上文“Frustrated, I put the recipe away, and decided to ______ the apple trees”、“But this past autumn, as the economy”和下文“I wandered into the backyard and collected a basket of Golden Delicious”、“And by baking all our desserts myself, I’d saved enough to buy Grandpa’s special coffee flavoring — a small luxury”可知,作者做不好派皮,决定不做苹果派,但是明经济可能不景气,所以才又决定开始做苹果派,所以这里表示随着经济恶化。且下文描述节省钱也表明经济状况不好。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:出乎意料的是,我完美地做出了第一个“不可能”的苹果派——它自己形成了派皮!A. Hopefully有希望地;B. Gradually逐渐地;C. Unexpectedly出乎意料地;D. Naturally自然地。根据上文“I could never make a proper crust”和下文“I made my first ‘impossible’ apple pie perfectly — it made its own crust”可知,作者以前从来做不好派皮,但这次却完美地做出了苹果派,所以这是出乎意料的。故选C。
【33题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:受到这次成功的鼓舞,我继续尝试做苹果酥、苹果奶酪面包,甚至还有一种叫做釉面苹果雏菊的特色菜。A. went on继续;B. made sure确保;C. slowed down减速;D. took over接管。根据下文“to try an apple crisp, apple cheese bread and even a special dish called glazed apple daisy”可知,作者受到成功的鼓舞,继续尝试做其他苹果制品。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我可能不如奶奶或妈妈那么熟练,但我也一样节俭。A. generous慷慨的;B. economical节俭的;C. stubborn固执的;D. curious好奇的。根据下文“And by baking all our desserts myself, I’d saved enough to buy Grandpa’s special coffee flavoring”可知,作者自己烘焙所有甜点,节省了钱,所以这里表示作者也一样节俭。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:通过自己烘焙所有甜点,我节省了足够的钱给爷爷买特殊的咖啡调味料——这是一种小小的奢侈,感觉就像是对我们充满甜蜜的过去的致敬。A. honor致敬;B. apology道歉;C. alternative替代品;D. exception例外。根据下文“to our sweet-filled past”可知,作者用省钱买的东西纪念过去的美好,是对过去充满甜蜜的致敬。故选A。
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分。)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As temperatures drop in Beijing, the city’s ski season is officially open for business. Since hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, the ski industry ____36____ (become) a major driver of growth for China’s winter sports sector. The Yanqing Olympic Zone, hosting Alpine events during the Games, now attracts numerous families and young enthusiasts. To meet growing demand, its managers are expanding beginner areas while ____37____ (maintain) Olympic-standard snow quality.
A 14-kilometer track, praised ____38____ one of Asia’s longest, offers beginners a thrilling experience. The ____39____ (major) of visitors are young people, who regard skiing as ____40____ essential part of their winter leisure activities. Their willingness to invest in high-tech equipment and ski fashion is ____41____ (effective) driving the emergence of innovative consumption patterns in the industry. The popularity shows ____42____ ice and snow resources are transforming into cultural tourism ____43____ (highlight).
The integration of ice and snow resources into cultural tourism industries has brought significant economic benefits to local areas. Skiing not only provides people with opportunities to engage in outdoor sports but also ____44____ (extend) the lasting influence of the Olympics, promoting the healthy. development of related industries. This progress signals a bright future for snow sports, ____45____ (fuel) by post-Olympic enthusiasm and increasing public participation.
【答案】36. has become
37. maintaining
38. as 39. majority
40. an 41. effectively
42. how##that
43. highlights
44. extends
45. fueled
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了北京滑雪产业蓬勃发展及其积极影响。
【36题详解】
考查时态。句意:自举办2022年冬奥会以来,滑雪产业已成为中国冬季体育产业增长的主要驱动力。根据“Since hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics”可知,用现在完成时,主语the ski industry为第三人称单数,助动词用has,谓语用has become。故填has become。
【37题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:为了满足不断增长的需求,其管理人员正在扩大初学者区域,同时保持奥运标准的雪质。while引导时间状语从句,当从句主语和主句主语一致,且从句含有be动词时,可将从句主语和be动词省略,此处省略they are,maintain“保持,维持”应用现在分词形式。故填maintaining。
【38题详解】
考查介词。句意:一条14公里长的赛道被誉为亚洲最长的赛道之一,为初学者提供了激动人心的体验。be praised as为固定短语,意为“被誉为”。故填as。
【39题详解】
考查名词。句意:大多数游客是年轻人,他们把滑雪视为冬季休闲活动的重要组成部分。the majority of为固定短语,意为“大多数”。故填majority。
【40题详解】
考查冠词。句意:大多数游客是年轻人,他们把滑雪视为冬季休闲活动的一个重要组成部分。此处表示泛指“一个重要组成部分”,应用不定冠词,且essential为元音音素开头的单词,应用an。故填an。
【41题详解】
考查副词。句意:他们愿意投资于高科技设备和滑雪时尚,有效地推动了该行业创新消费模式的出现。此处修饰动词driving,应用副词effectively“有效地”,作状语。故填effectively。
【42题详解】
考查宾语从句。句意:这种受欢迎程度表明,冰雪资源正在(如何)转变为文化旅游亮点。此处引导宾语从句,从句不缺成分或含义,应用that引导。或者本空表示“如何”用how引导。故填that/how。
【43题详解】
考查名词复数。句意:这种受欢迎程度表明,冰雪资源正在转变为文化旅游亮点。highlight“亮点”为可数名词,此处表示不止一个亮点,应用复数形式。故填highlights。
【44题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意:滑雪不仅为人们提供了进行户外运动的机会,也延续了奥运会的持久影响,促进了相关产业的健康发展。此处与provides并列,应用一般现在时,主语Skiing为第三人称单数,谓语动词用extend“延续”的第三人称单数。故填extends。
【45题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:这一进展预示着冰雪运动的光明未来,受到后奥运热情和公众参与度不断提高的推动。此处与a bright future for snow sports为逻辑动宾关系,应用fuel“推动”的过去分词,作后置定语。故填fueled。
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分 40分)
第一节 应用文写作(共1题,满分15分)
46. 学校英语俱乐部计划在校园科技节举行英文演讲比赛,主题是“AI生成的艺术作品算不算真正的艺术?”请你写一篇英文演讲稿,内容包括:
1.你的看法;
2.你的理由。
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Are AI-generated Artworks Real Art?
Good afternoon, dear teachers and classmates.
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Thank you for listening!
【答案】Version 1:赞成观点
Good afternoon, dear teachers and classmates. When AI creates paintings or music, a question arises: are these works real art? My answer is definitely yes.
AI is never a replacement for artists, but a powerful assistant that amplifies creativity. Just as a photographer uses a camera to capture beauty, artists leverage AI to turn their inspirations into reality. These AI works not only look visually appealing but also touch our hearts. They bring new styles to the art world, proving that technology and art can go hand in hand. After all, art is about expression, and AI-generated works fully deliver that.
Let’s welcome this new form of art.
Thank you for listening!
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生就“AI生成的艺术作品算不算真正的艺术?”这一主题发表个人看法并阐述理由。
【详解】1.词汇积累
肯定地:definitely→ emphatically
替代品:replacement → substitute
证明:prove → demonstrate
吸引人的:appealing → charming
2.句式拓展
同义句转换
原句:These AI works not only look visually appealing but also touch our hearts.
拓展句:Not only do these AI works appear visually attractive, but they also move our hearts deeply.
【点睛】【高分句型1】When AI creates paintings or music, a question arises: are these works real art?(运用了When引导的时间状语从句)
【高分句型2】They bring new styles to the art world, proving that technology and art can go hand in hand.(运用了that引导的宾语从句和现在分词作状语)
第二节 读后续写(共1题,满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给的段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Seeking peace away from the busy city life, Lilan came to Mulei, hoping for quietness and simplicity. Surprisingly, she found something deeper — a connection with the land and the people.
Lilan was a lifestyle blogger who often shared stories of slow living and rural beauty online. Though she had come to Mulei simply to rest and recharge, her camera had quietly captured the golden fields, the morning mist over the farmland, and the warm faces of the villagers — moments full of quiet strength and natural charm.
This year, Mulei was blessed with bright sunshine and favorable weather. Thanks to abundant sunlight and clean groundwater, the chickpea fields stretched out in a golden sea of promise. After harvest, the villagers turned these chickpeas into delicious dishes and shared with Lilan. As she tasted the warm chickpea bread, creamy chickpea soymilk, and fresh yogurt topped with roasted chickpeas, Lilan exclaimed in admiration, saying that in big cities, such original and unprocessed foods would surely be very popular. However, along with the good harvest came worries.
One day, when Lilan was filming the natural beauty near the field, she noticed the villagers’ frowns. Sister Hong let out a long breath as she wiped sweat from her forehead. “We’ve taken care of these crops every day, watering at dawn and weeding until dark,” she said. “But now, local buyers are offering very low prices. It’s not even enough to pay for seeds and our hard work.” She looked down at her rough hands. “If things don’t change, all this effort will be wasted.”
Uncle Xu nodded in agreement. He held out a handful of dried chickpeas. “There are so many imported beans in the market now,” he said quietly. “We can’t sell ours easily. We don’t know how to reach customers outside the village.”
Lilan listened in silence and was lost in thought. Since arriving in Mulei, the villagers ha treated her like family. Their smiles were honest, their hearts open. Now, seeing their frustration, Lilan felt a strong desire to help. She looked at the golden fields around her, then at the tired faces of the farmers.
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。
As someone with many online followers, an idea came to her.
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When the last batch of beans was shipped out, the villagers held a small celebration.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
As someone with many online followers, an idea came to her. She realized that she could use her platform to help the villagers sell their chickpeas. Lilan quickly got to work, creating posts that showcased the beauty of Mulei and the delicious dishes made from the chickpeas. She shared stories about the villagers’ hard work and their struggles with low prices. Her followers, who were always interested in authentic and natural products, responded enthusiastically. Orders began to pour in from all over the country, which was what she had expected.
When the last batch of beans was shipped out, the villagers held a small celebration. They gathered in the village square, laughing and chatting as they enjoyed the chickpea dishes that had become so popular. Sister Hong smiled broadly as she handed Lilan a basket of fresh chickpeas. “Thank you,” she said. “You’ve not only helped us sell our beans but also shown us that there’s hope beyond our village.” Lilan felt a warm sense of satisfaction, knowing that her small idea had made a big difference to the people of Mulei.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开。Lilan为逃离城市喧嚣来到穆雷,本想寻求宁静与简单,却意外与土地和村民建立深厚联系。村民虽丰收却面临低价销售难题,Lilan见状决心利用自己的影响力帮助他们。
【详解】1.段落续写
①由第一段句首内容“作为一位拥有众多网络粉丝的人,她灵机一动。”可知,第一段可以描写Lilan意识到可以利用自己的网络影响力帮助村民售卖鹰嘴豆,以及她的迅速行动以及成果。
②由第二段句首内容“当最后一批豆子发货后,村民们举办了一场小型庆祝活动。”可知,第二段可以描写庆祝的情况和村民对她的感谢,Lilan的感受。
2.续写线索:Lilan突发想法——Lilan利用平台助力销售——粉丝积极响应、订单涌入——最后一批豆子发货——村民举办庆祝活动、表达感激——Lilan收获满足感、实现价值
3.词汇激活
行为类
①意识到:realize/become aware
②开始工作:get to work/start working/begin one’s task
③创建帖子:create posts/make posts/publish posts
情绪类
①感兴趣的:interested/fascinated
②感到满足:feel a sense of satisfaction/be content/feel fulfilled
【点睛】【高分句型1】She realized that she could use her platform to help the villagers sell their chickpeas. (运用了that引导的宾语从句)
【高分句型2】Her followers, who were always interested in authentic and natural products, responded enthusiastically. (运用了who引导的定语从句)
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