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2024级高一下期期末考试押题卷（三） 英 语 （考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. At what time will the woman take a taxi? A. 10:45 a. m. B. 11:15 a. m. C. 11:30 a. m. 2. What can we learn from the dialogue? A. They like summer. B. The woman doesn’t like summer. C. They think hot weather is coming. 3. Where can Mary probably be found? A. In a different school. B. On Christmas day. C. In the same school with the girl. 4. What can the man’s grandma do? A. Use the telephone. B. Repair the computer. C. Do online shopping. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A snack place. B. Food from Taiwan. C. Bad economy. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听材料，回答下列小题。 6. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Friends. C. Leader and member. 7. Why does the woman have to leave? A. To have a more wonderful future. B. To take care of her parents. C. To have a good rest. 听材料，回答下面小题。 8. What is the woman going to do this Friday? A. Have a lesson. B. Do some washing. C. See a film. 9. When will the speakers meet? A. Next Friday. B. This Saturday. C. This Friday. 听材料，回答下面小题。 10. What is the present condition of hotline like today? A. Poor. B. Popular. C. Rare. 11. What is the purpose of starting the hotline for teenagers? A. To gain the belief of teenagers. B. To make teenagers study hard. C. To protect teenagers’ rights. 12. What does the woman think of the hotline for teenagers? A. It won’t last long. B. It will be useful. C. It will save many lives. 听材料，回答下面小题。 13. When does the man usually read? A. At night. B. Early in the morning. C. When traveling on the bus. 14. How many hours does the man spend reading per week? A. About five hours. B. About four hours. C. About three hours. 15. What kind of books does the man like? A. Travel books. B. Love stories. C. Science fiction. 16. What does the woman think of love fiction? A. It helps people relax. B. It wastes time. C. It can teach people a lot. 听材料，回答下面小题。 17. Where did the story probably happen? A. In a clothing shop. B. At a bus station. C. In a restaurant. 18. How did the young people feel when the old lady came to them? A. Embarrassed. B. Delighted. C. Surprised. 19. What did the young couple do when the old lady left? A. They waved her goodbye. B. They called a taxi for her. C. They took a photo with her. 20. What can we know from the story? A. The old lady was kind and polite. B. The couple was glad to do a good deed. C. The manager thought they were a family. 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A It can be hard to keep kids busy sometimes, especially when school is out. Whether your kid is in pre-school or high school, there are fun, educational, and even some free apps on this list for them. ABCmouse.com ABCmouse.com is available both as an app and a website. It uses fun storyline-based videos, quizzes, and activities — there’s even a virtual map outlining your child’s learning path to keep kids engaged. Ages: 4-8 Cost: One-month free trial, then $ 10 /month subscription (订阅). EPIC! Epic! is an app for kids with an e-book library that contains over 35,000 children’s books. This app is a perfect way to take reading wherever your device goes, and it’s great for families with kids of various ages. Ages: 2-12 Cost: one-month free trial, then $ 8 /month. QUIDK MATH Kids know that math can be boring, but this app transforms numbers into something more creative and interactive (互动的). Quick Math Jr. is an app for kids with 12 different math games that feature fundamental math skills and concepts. Ages: 4 - 8 Cost: free BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week For 20 years, BrainPOP has been providing kids all over the world with in-depth, yet easy to understand educational videos on everything ranging from Mozart to food allergies. BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week is an app that helps younger kids get these videos, plus short quizzes on them. Ages: 6-9 Cost: free, optional subscription (订阅) is $ 6. 99 /month 1. How much is it if you want to use EPIC! for half a year? A. $56. B. $36. C. $40. D. $48. 2. Which app will be suitable if a child wants to watch educational videos of different topics? A. QUICK Math B. EPIC! C. ABCmouse.com D. BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week 3. What do the four apps have in common? A. They are educational. B. They are interactive. C. Players have quizzes. D. They are free of charge. 【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四款有助于孩子教育的应用程序。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据EPIC!中的“Cost: one-month free trial, then $ 8/month.(费用：一个月免费试用，然后每月8美元)”可知，因为有一个月免费，所以半年EPIC!的费用是：6×8-8=40美元。故选C。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week中的“For 20 years, BrainPOP has been providing kids all over the world with in-depth, yet easy to understand educational videos on everything ranging from Mozart to food allergies. (20年来，BrainPOP一直在为世界各地的孩子们提供深入而易懂的教育视频，内容从莫扎特到食物过敏)”可知，如果孩子想看不同主题的教育视频，应用程序BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week更合适。故选D。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Whether your kid is in pre-school or high school, there are fun, educational, and even some free apps on this list for them.(无论你的孩子是在学前班还是高中，在这个列表上都有一些有趣的、有教育意义的甚至是免费的应用程序)”结合下文介绍的四个应用程序可知，本文主要介绍了有助于孩子教育的应用程序，所以这四款应用程序的共同点在于都具有教育意义。故选A。 B Barbara McClintock was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. She made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes(染色体). Barbara McClintock was born in 1902 in Hartford, Connecticut. Her family moved to the Brooklyn area of New York City in 1908. Barbara was an active child with interests in sports and music. She also developed an interest in science. She studied science at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Barbara was among a small number of undergraduate students to receive training in genetics in 1921. Years later, she noted that few college students wanted to study genetics. Barbara McClintock decided to study botany, the scientific study of plants, at Cornell University. She completed her undergraduate studies in 1923. McClintock decided to continue her education at Cornell. She completed the master’s degree in 1925. Two years later, she finished all her requirements for the doctorate degree. McClintock stayed at Cornell after she completed her education. She taught students botany. The 1930s was not a good time to be a young scientist in the United States. The country was in the middle of the great economic depression. Millions of Americans were unemployed. Male scientists were offered jobs. But female geneticists were not much in demand. An old friend from Cornell, Marcus Rhoades, invited McClintock to spend the summer of 1941 working at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. It is a research center on Long Island, near New York City. McClintock started a temporary job with the genetics department. A short time later, she accepted a perpetual position in the laboratory and got continual incomes. This gave her the freedom to continue her research without repeatedly asking for financial aid. By the 1970s, her discoveries had had an effect on everything from genetic engineering to cancer research. McClintock won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for her discovery of the ability of genes to change positions on chromosomes. She was the first American woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize. 4. When did McClintock get a doctorate degree? A. In 1921. B. In 1923. C. In 1925. D. In 1927 5. In the middle of the great economic depression in the US, ________. A. male scientists were in great demand B. male scientists were out of work C. female geneticists were not in demand at all D. young female scientists might have trouble finding a job 6. Which of the following jobs was beneficial to McClintock’s research? A. A permanent position in the laboratory. B. A temporary job in the genetics department. C. A job as a botany teacher. D. A job to research cancer. 7. Why was McClintock awarded a Nobel Prize? A. Because she received a degree in genes and chromosomes. B. Because she contributed to genetic engineering and cancer research. C. Because she made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes. D. Because she was the first American woman who studied genes and chromosomes. 【答案】4. D 5. D 6. A 7. C 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述Barbara McClintock的经历和成就，她是二十世纪最重要的科学家之一，在基因和染色体方面有重大发现并获得诺贝尔奖。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第四段“McClintock decided to continue her education at Cornell. She completed a master’s degree in 1925. Two years later, she finished all her requirements for a doctorate degree. (McClintock 决定在康奈尔大学继续她的研究。在1925年她完成了硕士学位。两年后，她完成了博士学位的所有的要求)”可知，她在1927年取得博士学位，故选D。 【5题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第三段“The country was in the middle of the great economic Depression. Millions of Americans were unemployed. Male scientists were offered jobs. But female geneticists were not much in demand.(当时美国正处于经济大萧条时期。数百万美国人失业。男性科学家得到了工作。但女性遗传学家的需求并不大)”可知，当时女性遗传学家需求量不大。由此推断出，在美国经济大萧条时期，年轻的女科学家可能很难找到工作，故选D。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“A short time later, she accepted a permanent position with the laboratory. This gave her the freedom to continue her research without having to teach or repeatedly ask for financial aid.(不久之后，她接受了实验室的一个永久职位。这给了她继续研究的自由，而不必去教书或反复要求经济资助)”可知，在实验室的永久职位对McClintock的研究最有帮助。故选A。 【7题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句“McClintock won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for her discovery of the ability of genes to change positions on chromosomes.(McClintock因发现了基因在染色体上改变位置的能力而获得了1983年的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖)”可知，由于她在基因与染色体方面的发现，她获得了诺贝尔奖，故选C。 C On the side of a busy road leading into Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, the blades (叶片) of a small wind turbine (涡轮机) move in the wind of passing cars and trucks. It is charging a battery that is below the ground. This is an invention by Sanwal Muneer, a young engineer from Pakistan. Muneer was inspired to create the turbine as he stood on the side of a racetrack several years ago. “At first, the light wind from the cars was just a welcome relief from the heat,” he says. “Then I started to think about how we could use that energy.” The turbine stands two-and-a-half metres tall. Made of recyclable carbon fibre, it weighs just nine kilogrammes, making it easy to transport and set up. The fully-charged battery can hold a kilowatt of electricity, enough to run two lamps and a fan for around 40 hours. The idea is that this could be a source of electricity for rural communities in developing countries, or could power traffic lights or road signs in urban areas. Dundee City Council is the first local authority to allow Muneer’s company, Capture Mobility, to test the turbine beside its roads. “We want to help engineers create something inventive which is also beneficial to the city.” says Neil Gellatly, head of roads and transportation for Dundee City Council. Capture Mobility moved to Scotland from Pakistan in 2015. The Scottish government is investing (投资) in cleaner-energy technologies. Wind is also strong and plentiful all year round here. This made it a good location for Muneer’s company. Production costs remain the company’s biggest challenge. The turbines must be affordable in developing countries, but achieving this will depend on commercial (商业的) scale (规模). Capture Mobility is now analysing data from the turbine. Later this year, the company plans to send the next stage of the design to the producers. “I am passionate about engineering,” Muneer says. “But engineering is only a success if it improves lives.” 8. How does the author introduce the topic of the text? A. By sharing opinions about turbines. B. By offering the definition of turbines. C. By introducing the inventor’s experience. D. By describing the scene of a turbine at work. 9. What can we learn about Muneer’s turbine? A. It is fixed to the ground. B. It turns traffic into energy. C. It has been used to power traffic lights. D. It is inspired by a rechargeable fan. 10. Why did Capture Mobility move to Scotland? A. To make full use of its wind with the Scottish government’s permission. B. To work with its inventive engineers. C. To help solve its energy shortage. D. To answer its government’s invitation. 11. What might Capture Mobility do in the future? A. Make the turbine out of recyclable materials. B. Invest in cleaner-energy technologies. C. Test the turbine in Dundee. D. Mass-produce the turbine. 【答案】8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一个新的发明，可以利用道路上汽车等交通工具驶过时带来的风能，将其通过风力涡轮机转变成电能，从而成为社区的电力来源。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“On the side of a busy road leading into Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, the blades(叶片)of a small wind turbine(涡轮机)move in the wind of passing cars and trucks. It is charging a battery that is below the ground.(在通往苏格兰东海岸邓迪的一条繁忙道路的一侧，一台小型风力涡轮机的叶片在驶过的汽车和卡车的风中移动。它正在为地下的电池充电。)”可推断，作者通过描述了一个涡轮机在工作的场景从而引出主题。故选D。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“Muneer was inspired to create the turbine as he stood on the side of a racetrack several years ago. “At first, the light wind from the cars was just a welcome relief from the heat,” he says. “Then I started to think about how we could use that energy.”(几年前，当Muneer站在赛道边上时，他受到了创造涡轮机的启发。“一开始，汽车吹来的轻风只是为了缓解炎热。”他说，“然后我开始思考如何利用这些能量。”)”可知，他所设计的涡轮机是将交通工具产生的风能变成电能。故选B。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“Capture Mobility moved to Scotland from Pakistan in 2015. The Scottish government is investing(投资)in cleaner-energy technologies. Wind is also strong and plentiful all year round here. This made it a good location for Muneer’s company.(2015年，Capture Mobility从巴基斯坦迁至苏格兰。苏格兰政府正在投资清洁能源技术。这里一年四季的风也很大。这使它成为Muneer公司的一个好地点。)”可推断，搬到苏格兰的原因是在苏格兰政府的支持下充分利用风能。故选A。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段“Dundee City Council is the first local authority to allow Muneer’s company, Capture Mobility, to test the turbine beside its roads.(Dundee市议会是第一个允许Muneer的公司Capture Mobility在路边测试涡轮机的地方当局。)”以及最后一段“Capture Mobility is now analysing data from the turbine.(Capture Mobility现在正在分析来自涡轮机的数据。)”可推断，接下来该公司将在Dundee测试涡轮机。故选C。 D Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks. All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left bebind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have dange according to some seientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about. However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world. There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed; they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence. 12. The new products become more and more time-saving beeause_________. A. our love on speed seems never-ending B. time is limited C. the prices are increasingly high D. the manufacturers boast a lot 13. What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Imaginary life. B. Simple life in the past. C. Times of inventions. D. Time for constant activity. 14. What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology? A. Critical. B. Objective. C. Optimistic. D. Negative. 15. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The present and past times. B. Machinary and human beings. C. Imaginations and inventions. D. Modern technology and its influence. 【答案】12. A 13. B 14. B 15. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述现代科技发明极大的提高了人们的生活，但同时也带来了一些影响。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. (事实上，这种对速度的热爱似乎永无止境。)”可知，因为我们一直追求速度，对速度的热爱永不停息，所以新产品越来越省时，故选A。 【13题详解】 短语猜测题。根据第三段 “when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world. (当时我们可能静静地听收音机里的故事，让想象力把我们带入另一个世界。)”及第四段“There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. (曾经有一段时间，有些人的生命只是致力于耕种土地或照顾牛。那里没有多任务处理；他们的生活以更温和的速度继续，并以熟悉的模式进行。对于这样的生活方式，我们可能会羡慕很多东西。)”可知，the days是指过去那种慢节奏的、生活简单的日子。故选B。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. (但是，我们该如何利用节省的时间呢？当然不会放松，至少看起来是这样。我们习惯于不断的活动，以至于我们发现很难坐下来什么都不做，甚至一次只做一件事。)”及最后一段“There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed; they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence. (曾经有一段时间，有些人的生命只是致力于耕种土地或照顾牛。那里没有多任务处理；他们的生活以更温和的速度继续，并以熟悉的模式进行。对于这样的生活方式，我们可能会羡慕很多东西。然而，在我们这样做之前，我们必须考虑我们的祖先所承担的艰巨任务。他们赤手空拳地耕种，经常生活在饥饿的边缘，不得不用木头和石头制作工具。现代机械将人们从原始的生活方式中解放出来。)”可知，一方面作者对于现代发明给人们带来的便利予以肯定，另一方面又承认了它的负面影响，所以作者的观点是中立的、客观的。故选B。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. (现代发明惊人地加快了人们的生活。)”及“However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. (但是，我们该如何利用节省的时间呢？当然不会放松，至少看起来是这样。我们习惯于不断的活动，以至于我们发现很难坐下来什么都不做，甚至一次只做一件事。)”可知，本文主要讲述了现代发明提高了人们的生活，同时讲述了它所带来的负面影响。故文章主要讨论现代技术及其影响，故选D。 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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to become a scientist Be curious. Scientists choose to become scientists because they are curious about the world around them and how the things in it work. This curiosity leads them to investigate the how and why behind what they see. ____16____. Becoming a scientist takes a long time. There are very few careers that take longer than this one. Even when you’re doing with your education, you still have to get research under your belt. If you’re an instant-gratification(即时满足) type of person, thiș may not be the right career for you, Be diligent and persevere. It’s been said that jobs in science are the lowest paid in the US. What this is getting at is that because of the long path to success, for a while you won’t be living lavishly(丰富地). ____17____ Have the need to always keep learning. ____18____ Whether it’s reading peer-reviewed journals, attending seminars, or working toward getting yourself published, you’ll always be learning. ____19____. In those years of waiting for results, you need to constantly be looking for the smallest changes in what you expect to see. Your eye needs to be focused and ready at all times. Think differently. Think back to Newton’s apple falling on his head or Archimedes’ jumping into his tub and displacing water. Most people would think nothing of these events, but these men saw something else, something no one else was seeing at the time. ____20____ A. Observation skills are also necessary. B. Be patient in climbing the career ladder. C. Things are going to be tough for a while. D. Then you’re probably made of the right stuff. E. As the saying goes, “Where there is a will, there is a way.” F. Actually what every scientist does is seek out knowledge. G. To make progress in human knowledge, you have to think differently. 【答案】16. B 17. C 18. F 19. A 20. G 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要从五个方面介绍了如何成为一名科学家，包括要好奇、有耐心、持之以恒、观察和从不同角度思考。 【16题详解】 根据后文“Becoming a scientist takes a long time. There are very few careers that take longer than this one. (成为科学家需要很长时间。成为一名科学家需要很长时间。)”可知，成为科学家这样的职业需要有耐心。所以B选项“Be patient in climbing the career ladder.(在攀登职业阶梯时要有耐心。)”符合上下文语境。故选B。 【17题详解】 根据前句“What this is getting at is that because of the long path to success, for a while you won’t be living lavishly(丰富地). (这句话的意思是，由于通往成功的道路很长，有一段时间你的生活不会很奢侈。)”可知，通往成功的道路可能会很艰难。所以C选项“Things are going to be tough for a while (一段时间内情况会很艰难。)”符合上下文语境。故选C。 【18题详解】 根据前句“Have the need to always keep learning.(有不断学习的需要。)”和后句“Whether it’s reading peer-reviewed journals, attending seminars, or working toward getting yourself published, you’ll always be learning. (无论是阅读同行评议的期刊，参加研讨会，还是努力让自己的作品发表，你总是在学习。)”可知，科学家无时不刻在学习，也就是寻求知识，所以F选项“Actually what every scientist does is seek out knowledge. (实际上，每个科学家所做的就是寻求知识。)”符合上下文语境。故选F。 【19题详解】 根据后文“In those years of waiting for results, you need to constantly be looking for the smallest changes in what you expect to see. Your eye needs to be focused and ready at all times. (在等待结果的那些年里，你需要不断地寻找你期望看到的最小的变化。你的眼睛需要时刻保持专注和准备。)”可知，成为科学家需要有观察能力。所以A选项“Observation skills are also necessary. (观察能力也是必要的。)”符合上下文语境。故选A。 【20题详解】 根据本段主旨句“Think differently. (以不同的方式思考。)”可知，本段主要是介绍成为科学家的条件之一，那就是从不同角度思考问题。所以G选项“To make progress in human knowledge, you have to think differently. (要在人类的知识上取得进步，你必须以不同的方式思考。)”符合上下文语境。故选G。 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，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。 Martha and Sandy have been running a tech charity — pass IT on — for 15 years. Pass IT on is a charity that repurposes old tech, such as computers and tablets, for people with ____21____ who cannot access public computers. Sandy and Martha ____22____ that no matter what your health, social or financial circumstances, everyone should be treated ____23____ and participate in society. Today, that means making computers ____24____. Their charity, pass IT on, ____25____ computers and IT equipment to disabled people in Edinburgh. Each computer is ____26____ to the requirements of the individual and the team help with ____27____ an Internet connection and installing the equipment in the client’s home free of charge. One of their clients, Callum, is 12 years old and has autism (孤独症). After Callum ____28____ a free adapted computer, his father ____29____ to pass IT on saying that his son’s “manual skillfulness has ____30____ and his communication skills are much better”. Callum is just one of the many people whose lives have been ____31____ by Martha, Sandy and pass IT on. To thank Martha and Sandy for their ____32____, their local communities have come together to ____33____ a surprise party. Former trustee Allan Wilson said, “I can’t think of more deserving people for this surprise party than Martha and Sandy.” Another ____34____, “It’s lovely to be able to do something like this for them.” The pair were described as “____35____ heroes.” 21. A. potentials B. disabilities C. responsibilities D. requests 22. A. believe B. promise C. comment D. advertise 23. A. coolly B. seriously C. differently D. equally 24. A. accessible B. personal C. avoidable D. beneficial 25. A. removed B. restarted C. donated D. accessed 26. A. compared B. committed C. changed D. connected 27. A. calling for B. taking off C. bringing up D. setting up 28. A. damaged B. received C. appreciated D. discovered 29. A. wrote B. explained C. reported D. announced 30. A. worsened B. varied C. kept D. improved 31. A. encouraged B. affected C. recognized D. guided 32. A. appreciation B. ambition C. generosity D. curiosity 33. A. find B. signal C. select D. throw 34. A. added B. ordered C. attempted D. reflected 35. A. unsung B. unlikely C. forgotten D. fallen 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Martha和Sandy经营慈善机构帮助残疾人士并获得社区感谢的故事。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：Pass IT on是一个慈善机构，它重新利用旧的科技产品，比如电脑和平板电脑，为那些无法使用公共电脑的残疾人服务。A. potentials潜力；B. disabilities残疾；C. responsibilities责任；D. requests请求。根据下文“computers and IT equipment to disabled people in Edinburgh”可知，他们的慈善机构Pass IT on为爱丁堡的残疾人捐赠电脑和 IT 设备，此处表示为残疾人服务。故选B。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：Sandy和Martha认为，无论你的健康、社会或经济状况如何，每个人都应该得到平等的对待并参与社会。A. believe认为；B. promise承诺；C. comment评论；D. advertise广告。根据下文“that no matter what your health, social or financial circumstances, everyone should be treated 3 and participate in society”可知，后文描述两人的理念与观点，这是她们认为的内容。故选A。 【23题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：Sandy和Martha认为，无论你的健康、社会或经济状况如何，每个人都应该得到平等的对待并参与社会。A. coolly冷静地；B. seriously严肃地；C. differently不同地；D. equally平等地。根据上文“no matter what your health, social or financial circumstances, everyone should be treated ”可知，此处强调不论条件如何，都应平等对待。故选D。 【24题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：今天，这意味着让电脑变得触手可及。A. accessible可得到的；B. personal个人的；C. avoidable可避免的；D. beneficial有益的。根据上文“who cannot access public computers”和“everyone should be treated ______ and participate in society. Today, that means making computers”可知，前文提到有人无法使用公共电脑，因此该机构的目标是让电脑可被使用。故选A。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们的慈善机构pass IT on向爱丁堡的残疾人捐赠电脑和IT设备。A. removed移除；B. restarted重新开始；C. donated捐赠；D. accessed接近。根据上文“Their charity, pass IT on”和下文“computers and IT equipment to disabled people in Edinburgh”可知，慈善机构的行为是捐赠设备帮助他人，此处表示捐赠电脑和IT设备。故选C。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：每台电脑都根据个人的需求进行调整，团队还免费帮助客户建立互联网连接并在家中安装设备。A. compared比较；B. committed承诺；C. changed改变；D. connected连接。根据下文“to the requirements of the individual”可知，电脑会根据使用者需求改装适配，此处表示每台电脑都根据个人的需求进行调整。故选C。 【27题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：每台电脑都根据个人的需求进行调整，团队还免费帮助客户建立互联网连接并在家中安装设备。A. calling for要求；B. taking off起飞；C. bringing up养育；D. setting up建立。根据下文“an Internet connection”可知，使用电脑需要连接网络，此处表示建立互联网连接。故选D。 【28题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在Callum收到一台免费改装的电脑后，他的父亲写信给pass IT on，说他的儿子的“动手能力提高了，沟通能力也好多了”。A. damaged损坏；B. received收到；C. appreciated感激；D. discovered发现。根据下文“a free adapted computer”可知，作为受助者会收到慈善机构捐赠的东西，此处表示收到一台免费改装的电脑。故选B。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在Callum收到一台免费改装的电脑后，他的父亲写信给pass IT on，说他的儿子的“动手能力提高了，沟通能力也好多了”。A. wrote写；B. explained解释；C. reported报道；D. announced宣布。根据下文“to pass IT on saying that his son’s “manual skillfulness has 10 and his communication skills are much better”.”可知，收到了慈善机构捐赠的电脑，儿子的能力提高，此处表示父亲写信给pass IT on表示感谢。故选A。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在Callum收到一台免费改装的电脑后，他的父亲写信给pass IT on，说他的儿子的“动手能力提高了，沟通能力也好多了”。A. worsened恶化；B. varied变化；C. kept保持；D. improved提高。根据上文“manual skillfulness has”和下文“his communication skills are much better”可知，父亲写信给pass IT on表示感谢，原因是儿子能力得到了提升。故选D。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：Callum只是众多被Martha、Sandy和pass IT on影响的人之一。A. encouraged鼓励；B. affected影响；C. recognized认出；D. guided指导。根据上文“his son’s “manual skillfulness has ______ and his communication skills are much better”.”可知，慈善行为改变并影响了受助者的生活。故选B。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：为了感谢Martha和Sandy的慷慨，当地社区联合起来为他们举办了一个惊喜派对。A. appreciation感激；B. ambition野心；C. generosity慷慨；D. curiosity好奇心。根据上文“Pass IT on is a charity that repurposes old tech, such as computers and tablets, for people with ______ who cannot access public computers”可知，二人无偿帮助他人，体现出慷慨无私。故选C。 【33题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：为了感谢Martha和Sandy的慷慨，当地社区联合起来为他们举办了一个惊喜派对。A. find发现；B. signal发信号；C. select选择；D. throw举行聚会，扔。根据下文“a surprise party”可知，此处表示举办了一个惊喜派对。throw a party意为“举办派对”。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：另一个人补充说：“能为他们做这样的事真是太好了。”A. added补充；B. ordered命令；C. attempted尝试；D. reflected反映。根据上文“Former trustee Allan Wilson said, “I can’t think of more deserving people for this surprise party than Martha and Sandy.”和下文“It’s lovely to be able to do something like this for them”可知，前文已有一人发言，此处是另一人补充话语。故选A。 【35题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这对搭档被描述为“无名英雄”。A. unsung未被赞颂的；B. unlikely不太可能的；C. forgotten被遗忘的；D. fallen落下的。根据上文“I can’t think of more deserving people for this surprise party than Martha and Sandy.”和“It’s lovely to be able to do something like this for them.”可知，此处表示这对搭档被描述为“无名英雄”。unsung heroes为固定表达，指“默默奉献的无名英雄”。故选A。 第二节（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。 Most Chinese people are familiar with shadow puppetry (皮影戏). Thinking about shadow puppetry, they are reminded of the experience of watching shadow plays in some fairs _____36_____ they were little. But now, one can enjoy a whole shadow show just by _____37_____ (put) on a virtual reality (VR) headset. “We’ve been looking for a connection between traditional art _____38_____ modern technology, ” said the VR game _____39_____ (design) Zhang Qing. Shadow puppetry is a Chinese folk art _____40_____ (know) for its unique storytelling techniques, which dates from 2,000 years ago. However, since films and TV series _____41_____ (be) major entertainment options nowadays, shadow plays are becoming weaker. _____42_____ (bring) the ancient art back to life via VR, Zhang visited puppeteers at Houma in north China’s Shanxi Province where shadow puppetry once boomed (繁荣). A puppeteer Zhu Chao says that he only gets to perform five or six times a year and the art is far _____43_____ its peak (顶峰). Zhu hopes the combination of shadow puppetry and VR technology can attract _____44_____ (many) young people and pass down this ancient art as it is ______45______ (gradual) fading away. 【答案】36. when； 37. putting； 38. and； 39. designer； 40. known； 41. are； 42. To bring； 43. from； 44. more； 45. gradually； 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国传统艺术皮影戏的现状，以及借助现代科技VR技术让皮影戏重获新生的尝试，旨在通过科技手段吸引更多年轻人传承这一古老艺术。 【36题详解】 考查状语从句。句意：一想到皮影戏，他们就会想起小时候在一些集市上看皮影戏的经历。此处应填入连词引导时间状语从句，表示“当……时候”，故填when。 【37题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：但现在，只要戴上虚拟现实（VR）头戴设备，人们就能欣赏到完整的皮影戏。介词by后面应接动名词作宾语。故填putting。 【38题详解】 考查连词。句意：VR游戏设计师张青说：“我们一直在寻找传统艺术与现代科技之间的联系。”根据“traditional art(传统艺术)”以及“modern technology(现代科技)”可知，上下文之间为并列关系，且“between...and... ”是固定短语，意为“在……和……之间”。故填and。 【39题详解】 考查名词。句意：同上。空白处在句子中做主语使用指人的名词，应用名词designer，意为“设计师”。故填designer。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：皮影戏是一种以其独特的叙事技巧而闻名的中国民间艺术，距今已有2000年的历史。分析句子结构，art与know之间是被动关系，即艺术“被知晓”，应用过去分词known作后置定语，be known for意为“以……闻名”。故填known。 【41题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：然而，由于如今电影和电视剧是主要的娱乐选择，皮影戏正变得越来越式微。since引导原因状语从句，从句描述的是现在的情况，应用一般现在时，主语films and TV series是复数，be动词应用are。故填are。 【42题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：为了通过VR让这种古老的艺术重获新生，张青拜访了中国北部山西省侯马市的皮影艺人，那里曾是皮影戏繁荣之地。空白处作目的状语，应用不定式，句首首字母大写。故填To bring。 【43题详解】 考查固定短语、介词。句意：一位名叫朱超的皮影艺人说，他一年只能表演五六次，这种艺术已远不如巅峰时期。分析句子结构，far from是固定搭配，意为“远离；远非”。故填from。 【44题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：朱超希望皮影戏与VR技术的结合能吸引更多的年轻人，传承这门古老的艺术，因为它正逐渐消失。根据“young people and pass down this ancient art (……年轻人并传承这门古老的艺术)”可知，此处说的是吸引更多的年轻人，应用形容词的比较级形式。故填more。 【45题详解】 考查副词。句意：同上。空白处修饰动词短语fading away，应用副词形式作状语。故填gradually。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（满分 15 分） 46. 假设你是李华，你校英语俱乐部正在开展“Beat Plastic Pollution 塑战速决”环保宣传活动，以保护环境。请你代表俱乐部用英文写一封倡议书。内容包括：1. 活动意义；2. 发出倡议。 注意：（1）100词左右；（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear fellow students, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The English Club 【答案】Dear fellow students, Plastic pollution has become a global crisis, seriously threatening our environment. To address this issue, our English Club is launching the “Beat Plastic Pollution” campaign, aiming to raise public awareness and inspire action. The significance of this campaign cannot be overstated. By reducing plastic use, we can protect wildlife habitats, decrease landfill waste, and safeguard our oceans. Now, we sincerely call on each of you to join us. Refuse single-use plastic items like straws and plastic bags. Opt for reusable alternatives such as cloth bags and metal water bottles. Encourage your family and friends to do the same. Let’s take immediate action and make a real difference. Together, we can beat plastic pollution and create a cleaner, greener world. The English Club 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生对于你校英语俱乐部正在开展“Beat Plastic Pollution 塑战速决”环保宣传活动，以保护环境这一情况，代表俱乐部用英文写一封倡议书。 【详解】1.词汇积累 解决：address→ solve 增强，提升：raise→ enhance 保护：safeguard→ protect 战胜：beat→ defeat 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Plastic pollution has become a global crisis, seriously threatening our environment. 拓展句：Plastic pollution has become a global crisis, which seriously threatens our environment. 【点睛】【高分句型1】To address this issue, our English Club is launching the “Beat Plastic Pollution” campaign, aiming to raise public awareness and inspire action.（运用了非谓语动词中的现在分词作状语。） 【高分句型2】Plastic pollution has become a global crisis, seriously threatening our environment.（运用了现在分词作状语。） 第二节（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。 I still remember the day when we decorated the house, I was ten and it was two weeks before Christmas. I was looking forward to my presents. Since I’m the youngest in the family, all of the family members would give me a gift one way or another. Sometimes it was a cookie or a hug but it was always there. I was the only center of attention and it was feeling good. My uncles usually would ask me what I wanted before Christmas and that year I knew what I wanted. It was the spaceship I saw in the ads. I was dreaming of opening a big gift box, and it was there. But that year it came in a way that I wasn’t expecting. It was two weeks before Christmas. Just two weeks. She couldn’t wait. My dear mother told my father that it was time, and then we went to the hospital. After an hour, they told me that I had a sister now. But I didn’t want a sister. I wanted a spaceship. The next few days went so fast. No one was caring about me. Everyone was talking about her and I knew that my life is never going to be the same ever again. I wasn’t ready to grow up, to be a big brother. But it just happened in an instant. On the day before Christmas, everyone was in our home, talking only about my newborn sister. My family was becoming hers. Even my uncles didn’t ask me anything about the gift. She stole everything I’d ever had, my life and my presents. Thinking about this, I cried to sleep. I had a nightmare (噩梦) and woke up at the middle of the night. Shadows were all around me, and I was defenseless and so weak. I ran into my parents’ bedroom but couldn’t wake up my poor parents who were just too worn out. I was standing near their bed, trying not to cry when I saw her. She was awake and looking at me with her big eyes in her small bed. 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。 Suddenly a long shadow came into the bedroom and she started crying. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ After having comforted her, something slowly changed inside me. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Suddenly a long shadow came into the bedroom and she started crying. Panic at first, I then realized that it was just a car passing by. But she felt uneasy, her mouth wide opening, arms waving, and legs kicking. I thought she might be scared too, so I held out my hand to hold hers, patting her on the back with the other. I even moved a bit closer to her little bed, whispering my favorite song to her ears, just as my mum did when I got scared. Surprisingly, she seemed to understand me and stopped crying. Looking into her big eyes, I breathed a sigh of relief. After having comforted her, something slowly changed inside me. The sense of loneliness was replaced by the responsibility of being an elder brother. Even though her arrival took over the center of the whole family initially, she started to become the center of my attention too. With her cute round face and sparkling eyes, she also won my love and care for her. I looked around and found my parents, awake, smiling at me. With a shadow of a happy family cast on the window, I felt my little sister was the best gift I'd ever got. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者每年都会收到家里人的圣诞节礼物，而且作者是家里的唯一焦点，这种感觉很好，但是那一年的圣诞节似乎不一样，作者的妹妹在离圣诞节两周的时候出生了，于是在圣诞节的前一天，所有人的关注点都转移到了妹妹身上，没人问作者礼物的事情，作者很伤心，于是哭着睡着了，做了噩梦，在半夜醒来，跑进父母卧室却叫不醒父母，结果发现妹妹醒了，正用她的大眼睛看着作者。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“突然，一个长长的影子走进卧室，她哭了起来。”可知，第一段可描写作者的妹妹被长长的影子吓到害怕的哭了起来，作者安慰妹妹的过程。 ②由第二段首句内容“安慰了她之后，我的内心慢慢发生了变化。”可知，第二段可描写作者的内心变化，有了当哥哥的责任感并且开始关心妹妹。 2.续写线索：妹妹被吓哭——安抚——妹妹停止哭泣——感到作为哥哥的责任感——关心妹妹——感到幸福 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①.经过：pass by /go through ②.低声说：whisper/ murmur ③.代替：replace /take place of 情绪类 ①.可爱的：cute / lovely ②.不安的：uneasy /disturbed/upset 【点睛】 [高分句型1]. I thought she might be scared too, so I held out my hand to hold hers, patting her on the back with the other.（省略连词的宾语从句和现在分词作状语） [高分句型2]. I even moved a bit closer to her little bed, whispering my favorite song to her ears, just as my mum did when I got scared.（现在分词作状语和连词when引导的时间状语从句） [高分句型3]. Even though her arrival took over the center of the whole family initially, she started to become the center of my attention too.（Even though连接的让步状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2024级高一下期期末考试押题卷（三） 英 语 （考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. At what time will the woman take a taxi? A. 10:45 a. m. B. 11:15 a. m. C. 11:30 a. m. 2. What can we learn from the dialogue? A. They like summer. B. The woman doesn’t like summer. C. They think hot weather is coming. 3. Where can Mary probably be found? A. In a different school. B. On Christmas day. C. In the same school with the girl. 4. What can the man’s grandma do? A. Use the telephone. B. Repair the computer. C. Do online shopping. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A snack place. B. Food from Taiwan. C. Bad economy. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听材料，回答下列小题。 6. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Friends. C. Leader and member. 7. Why does the woman have to leave? A. To have a more wonderful future. B. To take care of her parents. C. To have a good rest. 听材料，回答下面小题。 8. What is the woman going to do this Friday? A. Have a lesson. B. Do some washing. C. See a film. 9. When will the speakers meet? A. Next Friday. B. This Saturday. C. This Friday. 听材料，回答下面小题。 10. What is the present condition of hotline like today? A. Poor. B. Popular. C. Rare. 11. What is the purpose of starting the hotline for teenagers? A. To gain the belief of teenagers. B. To make teenagers study hard. C. To protect teenagers’ rights. 12. What does the woman think of the hotline for teenagers? A. It won’t last long. B. It will be useful. C. It will save many lives. 听材料，回答下面小题。 13. When does the man usually read? A. At night. B. Early in the morning. C. When traveling on the bus. 14. How many hours does the man spend reading per week? A. About five hours. B. About four hours. C. About three hours. 15. What kind of books does the man like? A. Travel books. B. Love stories. C. Science fiction. 16. What does the woman think of love fiction? A. It helps people relax. B. It wastes time. C. It can teach people a lot. 听材料，回答下面小题。 17. Where did the story probably happen? A. In a clothing shop. B. At a bus station. C. In a restaurant. 18. How did the young people feel when the old lady came to them? A. Embarrassed. B. Delighted. C. Surprised. 19. What did the young couple do when the old lady left? A. They waved her goodbye. B. They called a taxi for her. C. They took a photo with her. 20. What can we know from the story? A. The old lady was kind and polite. B. The couple was glad to do a good deed. C. The manager thought they were a family. 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A It can be hard to keep kids busy sometimes, especially when school is out. Whether your kid is in pre-school or high school, there are fun, educational, and even some free apps on this list for them. ABCmouse.com ABCmouse.com is available both as an app and a website. It uses fun storyline-based videos, quizzes, and activities — there’s even a virtual map outlining your child’s learning path to keep kids engaged. Ages: 4-8 Cost: One-month free trial, then $ 10 /month subscription (订阅). EPIC! Epic! is an app for kids with an e-book library that contains over 35,000 children’s books. This app is a perfect way to take reading wherever your device goes, and it’s great for families with kids of various ages. Ages: 2-12 Cost: one-month free trial, then $ 8 /month. QUIDK MATH Kids know that math can be boring, but this app transforms numbers into something more creative and interactive (互动的). Quick Math Jr. is an app for kids with 12 different math games that feature fundamental math skills and concepts. Ages: 4 - 8 Cost: free BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week For 20 years, BrainPOP has been providing kids all over the world with in-depth, yet easy to understand educational videos on everything ranging from Mozart to food allergies. BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week is an app that helps younger kids get these videos, plus short quizzes on them. Ages: 6-9 Cost: free, optional subscription (订阅) is $ 6. 99 /month 1. How much is it if you want to use EPIC! for half a year? A. $56. B. $36. C. $40. D. $48. 2. Which app will be suitable if a child wants to watch educational videos of different topics? A. QUICK Math B. EPIC! C. ABCmouse.com D. BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week 3. What do the four apps have in common? A. They are educational. B. They are interactive. C. Players have quizzes. D. They are free of charge. B Barbara McClintock was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. She made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes(染色体). Barbara McClintock was born in 1902 in Hartford, Connecticut. Her family moved to the Brooklyn area of New York City in 1908. Barbara was an active child with interests in sports and music. She also developed an interest in science. She studied science at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Barbara was among a small number of undergraduate students to receive training in genetics in 1921. Years later, she noted that few college students wanted to study genetics. Barbara McClintock decided to study botany, the scientific study of plants, at Cornell University. She completed her undergraduate studies in 1923. McClintock decided to continue her education at Cornell. She completed the master’s degree in 1925. Two years later, she finished all her requirements for the doctorate degree. McClintock stayed at Cornell after she completed her education. She taught students botany. The 1930s was not a good time to be a young scientist in the United States. The country was in the middle of the great economic depression. Millions of Americans were unemployed. Male scientists were offered jobs. But female geneticists were not much in demand. An old friend from Cornell, Marcus Rhoades, invited McClintock to spend the summer of 1941 working at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. It is a research center on Long Island, near New York City. McClintock started a temporary job with the genetics department. A short time later, she accepted a perpetual position in the laboratory and got continual incomes. This gave her the freedom to continue her research without repeatedly asking for financial aid. By the 1970s, her discoveries had had an effect on everything from genetic engineering to cancer research. McClintock won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for her discovery of the ability of genes to change positions on chromosomes. She was the first American woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize. 4. When did McClintock get a doctorate degree? A. In 1921. B. In 1923. C. In 1925. D. In 1927 5. In the middle of the great economic depression in the US, ________. A. male scientists were in great demand B. male scientists were out of work C. female geneticists were not in demand at all D. young female scientists might have trouble finding a job 6. Which of the following jobs was beneficial to McClintock’s research? A. A permanent position in the laboratory. B. A temporary job in the genetics department. C. A job as a botany teacher. D. A job to research cancer. 7. Why was McClintock awarded a Nobel Prize? A. Because she received a degree in genes and chromosomes. B. Because she contributed to genetic engineering and cancer research. C. Because she made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes. D. Because she was the first American woman who studied genes and chromosomes. C On the side of a busy road leading into Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, the blades (叶片) of a small wind turbine (涡轮机) move in the wind of passing cars and trucks. It is charging a battery that is below the ground. This is an invention by Sanwal Muneer, a young engineer from Pakistan. Muneer was inspired to create the turbine as he stood on the side of a racetrack several years ago. “At first, the light wind from the cars was just a welcome relief from the heat,” he says. “Then I started to think about how we could use that energy.” The turbine stands two-and-a-half metres tall. Made of recyclable carbon fibre, it weighs just nine kilogrammes, making it easy to transport and set up. The fully-charged battery can hold a kilowatt of electricity, enough to run two lamps and a fan for around 40 hours. The idea is that this could be a source of electricity for rural communities in developing countries, or could power traffic lights or road signs in urban areas. Dundee City Council is the first local authority to allow Muneer’s company, Capture Mobility, to test the turbine beside its roads. “We want to help engineers create something inventive which is also beneficial to the city.” says Neil Gellatly, head of roads and transportation for Dundee City Council. Capture Mobility moved to Scotland from Pakistan in 2015. The Scottish government is investing (投资) in cleaner-energy technologies. Wind is also strong and plentiful all year round here. This made it a good location for Muneer’s company. Production costs remain the company’s biggest challenge. The turbines must be affordable in developing countries, but achieving this will depend on commercial (商业的) scale (规模). Capture Mobility is now analysing data from the turbine. Later this year, the company plans to send the next stage of the design to the producers. “I am passionate about engineering,” Muneer says. “But engineering is only a success if it improves lives.” 8. How does the author introduce the topic of the text? A. By sharing opinions about turbines. B. By offering the definition of turbines. C. By introducing the inventor’s experience. D. By describing the scene of a turbine at work. 9. What can we learn about Muneer’s turbine? A. It is fixed to the ground. B. It turns traffic into energy. C. It has been used to power traffic lights. D. It is inspired by a rechargeable fan. 10. Why did Capture Mobility move to Scotland? A. To make full use of its wind with the Scottish government’s permission. B. To work with its inventive engineers. C. To help solve its energy shortage. D. To answer its government’s invitation. 11. What might Capture Mobility do in the future? A. Make the turbine out of recyclable materials. B. Invest in cleaner-energy technologies. C. Test the turbine in Dundee. D. Mass-produce the turbine. D Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks. All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left bebind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have dange according to some seientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about. However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world. There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed; they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence. 12. The new products become more and more time-saving beeause_________. A. our love on speed seems never-ending B. time is limited C. the prices are increasingly high D. the manufacturers boast a lot 13. What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Imaginary life. B. Simple life in the past. C. Times of inventions. D. Time for constant activity. 14. What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology? A. Critical. B. Objective. C. Optimistic. D. Negative. 15. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The present and past times. B. Machinary and human beings. C. Imaginations and inventions. D. Modern technology and its influence. 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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to become a scientist Be curious. Scientists choose to become scientists because they are curious about the world around them and how the things in it work. This curiosity leads them to investigate the how and why behind what they see. ____16____. Becoming a scientist takes a long time. There are very few careers that take longer than this one. Even when you’re doing with your education, you still have to get research under your belt. If you’re an instant-gratification(即时满足) type of person, thiș may not be the right career for you, Be diligent and persevere. It’s been said that jobs in science are the lowest paid in the US. What this is getting at is that because of the long path to success, for a while you won’t be living lavishly(丰富地). ____17____ Have the need to always keep learning. ____18____ Whether it’s reading peer-reviewed journals, attending seminars, or working toward getting yourself published, you’ll always be learning. ____19____. In those years of waiting for results, you need to constantly be looking for the smallest changes in what you expect to see. Your eye needs to be focused and ready at all times. Think differently. Think back to Newton’s apple falling on his head or Archimedes’ jumping into his tub and displacing water. Most people would think nothing of these events, but these men saw something else, something no one else was seeing at the time. ____20____ A. Observation skills are also necessary. B. Be patient in climbing the career ladder. C. Things are going to be tough for a while. D. Then you’re probably made of the right stuff. E. As the saying goes, “Where there is a will, there is a way.” F. Actually what every scientist does is seek out knowledge. G. To make progress in human knowledge, you have to think differently. 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，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。 Martha and Sandy have been running a tech charity — pass IT on — for 15 years. Pass IT on is a charity that repurposes old tech, such as computers and tablets, for people with ____21____ who cannot access public computers. Sandy and Martha ____22____ that no matter what your health, social or financial circumstances, everyone should be treated ____23____ and participate in society. Today, that means making computers ____24____. Their charity, pass IT on, ____25____ computers and IT equipment to disabled people in Edinburgh. Each computer is ____26____ to the requirements of the individual and the team help with ____27____ an Internet connection and installing the equipment in the client’s home free of charge. One of their clients, Callum, is 12 years old and has autism (孤独症). After Callum ____28____ a free adapted computer, his father ____29____ to pass IT on saying that his son’s “manual skillfulness has ____30____ and his communication skills are much better”. Callum is just one of the many people whose lives have been ____31____ by Martha, Sandy and pass IT on. To thank Martha and Sandy for their ____32____, their local communities have come together to ____33____ a surprise party. Former trustee Allan Wilson said, “I can’t think of more deserving people for this surprise party than Martha and Sandy.” Another ____34____, “It’s lovely to be able to do something like this for them.” The pair were described as “____35____ heroes.” 21. A. potentials B. disabilities C. responsibilities D. requests 22. A. believe B. promise C. comment D. advertise 23. A. coolly B. seriously C. differently D. equally 24. A. accessible B. personal C. avoidable D. beneficial 25. A. removed B. restarted C. donated D. accessed 26. A. compared B. committed C. changed D. connected 27. A. calling for B. taking off C. bringing up D. setting up 28. A. damaged B. received C. appreciated D. discovered 29. A. wrote B. explained C. reported D. announced 30. A. worsened B. varied C. kept D. improved 31. A. encouraged B. affected C. recognized D. guided 32. A. appreciation B. ambition C. generosity D. curiosity 33. A. find B. signal C. select D. throw 34. A. added B. ordered C. attempted D. reflected 35. A. unsung B. unlikely C. forgotten D. fallen 第二节（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。 Most Chinese people are familiar with shadow puppetry (皮影戏). Thinking about shadow puppetry, they are reminded of the experience of watching shadow plays in some fairs _____36_____ they were little. But now, one can enjoy a whole shadow show just by _____37_____ (put) on a virtual reality (VR) headset. “We’ve been looking for a connection between traditional art _____38_____ modern technology, ” said the VR game _____39_____ (design) Zhang Qing. Shadow puppetry is a Chinese folk art _____40_____ (know) for its unique storytelling techniques, which dates from 2,000 years ago. However, since films and TV series _____41_____ (be) major entertainment options nowadays, shadow plays are becoming weaker. _____42_____ (bring) the ancient art back to life via VR, Zhang visited puppeteers at Houma in north China’s Shanxi Province where shadow puppetry once boomed (繁荣). A puppeteer Zhu Chao says that he only gets to perform five or six times a year and the art is far _____43_____ its peak (顶峰). Zhu hopes the combination of shadow puppetry and VR technology can attract _____44_____ (many) young people and pass down this ancient art as it is ______45______ (gradual) fading away. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（满分 15 分） 46. 假设你是李华，你校英语俱乐部正在开展“Beat Plastic Pollution 塑战速决”环保宣传活动，以保护环境。请你代表俱乐部用英文写一封倡议书。内容包括：1. 活动意义；2. 发出倡议。 注意：（1）100词左右；（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear fellow students, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The English Club 第二节（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。 I still remember the day when we decorated the house, I was ten and it was two weeks before Christmas. I was looking forward to my presents. Since I’m the youngest in the family, all of the family members would give me a gift one way or another. Sometimes it was a cookie or a hug but it was always there. I was the only center of attention and it was feeling good. My uncles usually would ask me what I wanted before Christmas and that year I knew what I wanted. It was the spaceship I saw in the ads. I was dreaming of opening a big gift box, and it was there. But that year it came in a way that I wasn’t expecting. It was two weeks before Christmas. Just two weeks. She couldn’t wait. My dear mother told my father that it was time, and then we went to the hospital. After an hour, they told me that I had a sister now. But I didn’t want a sister. I wanted a spaceship. The next few days went so fast. No one was caring about me. Everyone was talking about her and I knew that my life is never going to be the same ever again. I wasn’t ready to grow up, to be a big brother. But it just happened in an instant. On the day before Christmas, everyone was in our home, talking only about my newborn sister. My family was becoming hers. Even my uncles didn’t ask me anything about the gift. She stole everything I’d ever had, my life and my presents. Thinking about this, I cried to sleep. I had a nightmare (噩梦) and woke up at the middle of the night. Shadows were all around me, and I was defenseless and so weak. I ran into my parents’ bedroom but couldn’t wake up my poor parents who were just too worn out. I was standing near their bed, trying not to cry when I saw her. She was awake and looking at me with her big eyes in her small bed. 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。 Suddenly a long shadow came into the bedroom and she started crying. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ After having comforted her, something slowly changed inside me. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $