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2025-2026学年度第二学期 高二英语调研试卷 （满分150分，130分钟完成。答案一律写在答题纸上。） 第一卷 Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension (25’) Section A (10’) Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. The taxi must have gone away already. B. The man should not have left his phone in the taxi. C. The man should go out and look for another taxi. D. The taxi may still be waiting in line for customers. 2. A. 530 yuan. B. 440 yuan. C. 1590 yuan. D. 1320 yuan. 3. A. They are too expensive to eat. B. They are not as healthy but they taste better. C. Although they are a bit more expensive, they are tasty and good for your health. D. Since they are more expensive, they must be healthy and tasty. 4. A. At a hotel. B. At a box office. C. At a restaurant. D. At a book shop. 5. A. Pan-fried salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with cheese sauce. B. Pan-fried salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with no sauce. C. Grilled salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with no sauce. D. Grilled salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with cheese sauce. 6. A. 2 hours. B. 2 hours 10 minutes. C. 2 hours 20 minutes. D. 2 hours 25 minutes. 7. A. Hiring more temporary staff. B. Finding a consultant to get more advice. C. Hiring more workers during the summer holidays. D. Hiring more regular workers during the year-end holidays. 8. A. The woman. B. The company of the candleholder. C. The express company. D. Her friend. 9. A. To extend the life spans of old people. B. To send nurses to people’s homes. C. To increase old people’s years of activity. D. To instruct old people on healthy lifestyles. 10. A. Ma Chao’s achievement is just a coincidence. B. Ma Chao’s employee evaluation report is too general. C. Ma Chao is doing a good enough job to get promoted. D. 11 out of 12 projects Ma has worked on are quite successful. Section B(1.5’*10=15’) Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Question 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Caribbean curry house. B. Old Montreal. C. Notre-Dame Basilica. D. Rue St. Denis. 12. A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By metro. D. Walking. 13. A. The botanical garden. B. Notre-Dame Basilica. C. The school for religious study. D. The art galleries and museums. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. He is skilled at teamwork. B. He contributes a lot value to the company. C. He communicates well with all the clients. D. He is good at managing the people in his team. 15. A. To get a raise. B. To get a promotion. C. To become a fireman. D. To be the team leader 16. A. Because he is eager to continue his role as a fireman. B. Because he is the go-to guy who always gets called to put out real fires. C. Because he brings more technical know-know to each project. D. Because he is the one who gets called to save troubled projects. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Harmony and peace. B. Trust and reassurance. C. Innovation and adaptability. D. Simplicity and liveliness 18. A. It has a happy, feel-good style that can attract senior people. B. Its modern-looking design matches the company image. C. The light, carefree and friendly image portrays buying insurance as an easy decision. D. The semicircular design matches the pyramid theme in some of the advertisements. 19. A. The complex color design. B. The triangle design. C. The lovely cartoon. D. The simple color combination of red and white 20. A. The light, carefree, friendly image. B. The semicircle design and the lively lettering. C. The hand-painted look and the basic triangle shape. D. The old-fashioned thick, block lettering in red. Ⅲ. Vocabulary (1’*20=10’) *Section A (10’) 1. She wore a ________ silk gown with intricate embroidery to the elegant evening gala. A. humble B. weary C. fancy D. shallow 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她穿着一件带有复杂刺绣的精致丝绸礼服参加了优雅的晚间盛会。A. humble谦逊的；B. weary疲惫的；C. fancy华丽的，精致的；D. shallow浅的。结合“with intricate embroidery”可知，空格处应表达“精致的”，用来修饰“丝绸礼服”，用fancy。故选C。 2. Persistent ________ about corporate restructuring have gradually hurt employee morale this quarter. A. whispers B. bricks C. visions D. contents 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：本季度以来，关于公司重组的持续传闻逐渐损害了员工的士气。A. whispers传闻，谣言；B. bricks砖块；C. visions视野，想象；D. contents内容。结合“about corporate restructuring”可知，此处指关于公司重组的持续传闻，应用名词whispers。故选A。 3. The economic crisis ________ from a combination of factors, including inflation and political instability. A. stems B. branches C. retreats D. recovers 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：经济危机是由多种因素共同导致的，包括通货膨胀和政治不稳定。A. stems源于，封堵；B. branches分支；C. retreats撤退；D. recovers恢复。结合“from a combination of factors, including inflation and political instability”可知，经济危机是由多种因素导致的，空格处应表达“源于”，stem from为固定短语，意为“源于”。故选A。 4. Completion of a statistics course is a mandatory ________ for students who wish to enroll in the advanced economics seminar. A. request B. order C. command D. requirement 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：希望报名参加高级经济学研讨会的学生必须完成统计学课程。A. request请求；B. order命令；C. command指令；D. requirement要求。结合“for students who wish to enroll in the advanced economics seminar”可知，空格处应表达“要求”，表示完成统计学课程是报名参加研讨会的一个必要条件，故用requirement。request语气弱、可商量，故排除。故选D。 5. The accomplice chose to turn himself ________ rather than face the mounting pressure of evading capture. A. back B. down C. in D. against 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：这个同谋者选择自首，而不是面对逃避追捕的越来越大的压力。A. (turn) back（使）返回；B. (turn) down拒绝；C. (turn oneself) in自首；D. (turn) against（使）与……反目，（使）反对。结合“rather than face the mounting pressure of evading capture”可知，空格处应表达“自首”，用turn in。故选C。 6. The factory workers voted unanimously to ________ after management refused to negotiate overtime compensation fairly. A. cling B. strike C. struggle D. dedicate 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：在管理层拒绝就加班补偿进行公平谈判后，工厂的工人们一致投票决定罢工。A. cling紧紧抓住；B. strike罢工；C. struggle挣扎；D. dedicate奉献。结合“after management refused to negotiate overtime compensation fairly”可知，空格处应表达“罢工”，用strike，位于不定式符号to后，用动词原形。故选B。 7. The groom looked ________ with uncontainable joy as his bride walked slowly down the flower-lined aisle. A. shading B. striking C. beaming D. coping 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当新娘沿着鲜花簇拥的通道缓缓走来时，新郎满面笑容，洋溢着难以抑制的喜悦。A. shading遮蔽；B. striking打击；C. beaming面露喜色；D. coping应对，处理。结合“with uncontainable joy”可知，空格处应表达“面露喜色”，用beaming。故选C。 8. Amid the chaos of her turbulent career, her sister remained the only ________ she could unconditionally depend on. A. constant B. reminder C. sacrifice D. peer 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：在她动荡的职业生涯一片混乱之中，她的姐姐仍然是她唯一可以无条件依赖的依靠。A. constant恒定不变的事物，依靠；B. reminder提醒物；C. sacrifice牺牲；D. peer同等的人，同龄人。结合“she could unconditionally depend on”可知，空格处应表达“依靠”，说明姐姐是她可以依赖的恒定不变的存在，用constant。故选A。 9. The professor quickly ________ the historical context before diving into the complex theoretical framework. A. applauded B. marked C. sketched D. informed 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：教授在深入探讨复杂的理论框架之前，迅速勾勒了历史背景。A. applauded鼓掌，称赞；B. marked标记；C. sketched(简单地)描述，勾勒；D. informed通知。结合“the historical context before diving into the complex theoretical framework”可知，空格处应表达“(简单地)描述，勾勒”，即教授先简单介绍了历史背景，再深入探讨理论框架，用sketched。故选C。 10. The team somehow ________ a stunning victory despite being behind by twenty points at halftime. A. pulled through B. pulled over C. pulled together D. pulled off 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管在半场时落后了20分，这支球队不知怎么地还是取得了惊人的胜利。A. pulled through(使)恢复健康，(使)渡过难关；B. pulled over(车)驶向路边，停下；C. pulled together齐心协力；D. pulled off(成功地)完成，做成(困难的事情)。根据“a stunning victory despite being behind by twenty points at halftime”可知，此处指“取得了惊人的胜利”，应用pulled off。故选D。 Section B (10’) Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. ruling B. effective C. prehistoric D. rising E. production F. flooding G. populated H. multiple I. beat J. wounded K. decision Go snorkeling (浮潜) in a lot of places, you’ll find coral. But what about on Israel’s Mediterranean coast? “I think it’s the only place in the world that you can find whole ___11___ villages submerged under the sea.” Ehud Galili is an underwater archaeologist (考古学家) at the University of Haifa. He says one submerged village, called Tel Hreiz, sits 5 to 10 feet below the surface of the water. The community was ___12___ some 7,000 years ago. There, the archaeologists have found pottery and flint, human skeletons, the remains of deer, cows, pigs and dogs, and hundreds of olive pits — probably the remains of olive oil ___13___. And the researchers also found a 300-foot-long stretch of huge boulders — a wall. After ___14___ out other possible uses for the wall — like defense against enemies or corralling animals — the scientists determined that the formation was actually an ancient seawall, the oldest known example in the world. The results are in the journal PLOS ONE. The boulders that kept the waters of the Mediterranean from ___15___ the village came from riverbeds a mile or two away. And the researchers say that it would have taken ___16___ people — or strong beasts of burden — to move them into place, suggesting that constructing the wall was a well-organized community effort. But eventually, the sea ___17___ the barrier. “Little by little, the sea level continued to rise, and then it became no more ___18___. At some point, the cost of continuing to struggle with the sea was too high economically, and they made a(n) ___19___ to abandon the village.” Of course, our technology is far more advanced than what they had seven millennia ago. But this sunken seawall is still a warning of what can happen when humans battle ___20___ seas. 【答案】11. C 12. G 13. E 14. A 15. F 16. H 17. I 18. B 19. K 20. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了以色列地中海沿岸一个被淹没的史前村庄Tel Hreiz，水下考古学家在这里发现了古代海堤的遗迹，并指出尽管当时的人们努力建造海堤来抵御海水的侵袭，但最终还是被不断上升的海平面所淹没，这一发现对现代人类应对海平面上升具有警示意义。 【11题详解】 考查形容词。句意：我认为这是世界上唯一一个你可以发现整个史前村庄淹没在海里的地方。根据下文“The community was ______ some 7,000 years ago.”可知，这个村庄是史前的，此处应用形容词prehistoric“史前的”，作定语，修饰名词villages。故选C。 【12题详解】 考查动词。句意：这个社区大约在7000年前就有人居住了。根据下文“There, the archaeologists have found pottery and flint, human skeletons, the remains of deer, cows, pigs and dogs, and hundreds of olive pits”可知，这个社区有人居住，用动词populate“居住于，构成……的人口”，与主语The community为被动关系，本空用过去分词，与空前的was构成一般过去时的被动语态。故选G。 【13题详解】 考查名词。句意：在那里，考古学家发现了陶器和燧石、人类骸骨、鹿、牛、猪和狗的遗骸，以及数百个橄榄核——可能是橄榄油生产的遗骸。根据空前的“olive oil”可知，此处指橄榄油的生产，用名词production“生产”，作介词of的宾语。故选E。 【14题详解】 考查动词。句意：在排除了其他可能的用途之后——比如防御敌人或围捕动物的墙——科学家们确定，这种结构实际上是一座古老的海堤，是世界上已知最古老的例子。根据下文“out other possible uses for the wall”和“the scientists determined that the formation was actually an ancient seawall”可知，科学家们排除了其他可能的用途之后才确定这种结构是海堤，用动词rule“排除”的动名词形式作介词After的宾语，rule out表示“排除”，为固定短语。故选A。 【15题详解】 考查动词。句意：阻止地中海海水淹没村庄的巨石来自一两英里外的河床。根据空前的“kept the waters of the Mediterranean from”可知，此处指阻止海水淹没村庄，用动词flood“淹没”的动名词形式作介词from的宾语，keep...from doing...表示“阻止……做……”，为固定短语。故选F。 【16题详解】 考查形容词。句意：研究人员说，需要很多人——或者强壮的牲畜——才能把它们移动到位，这表明建造这堵墙是一项有组织的社区努力。根据下文“suggesting that constructing the wall was a well-organized community effort”可知，建造这堵墙需要很多人，用形容词multiple“许多的”，作定语，修饰名词people。故选H。 【17题详解】 考查动词。句意：但最终，大海冲垮了屏障。根据下文“At some point, the cost of continuing to struggle with the sea was too high economically, and they made a(n) ______ to abandon the village.”可知，大海冲垮了屏障，继续与大海抗争的代价实在太高，于是他们决定放弃这座村庄。此处应用动词beat“冲垮”，本句描述过去发生的事情，时态用一般过去时，谓语用过去式beat。故选I。 【18题详解】 考查形容词。句意：渐渐地，海平面继续上升，然后它不再有效了。根据下文“At some point, the cost of continuing to struggle with the sea was too high economically”可知，继续与大海抗争的代价实在太高，海堤不再有效了，此处应用形容词effective“有效的”，作表语。故选B。 【19题详解】 考查名词。句意：在某个阶段，从经济上看，继续与大海抗争的代价实在太高，于是他们决定放弃这座村庄。根据下文“to abandon the village”可知，继续与大海抗争的成本在经济上太高了，所以他们决定放弃这个村庄，此处应用名词decision“决定”，作宾语，make a decision表示“做决定”，为固定短语。故选K。 【20题详解】 考查形容词。句意：但这堵沉没的海堤仍然是一个警告，当人类与不断上涨的海平面抗争时，可能会发生什么。根据上文“But this sunken seawall is still a warning of what can happen when humans battle”可知，此处指不断上涨的海平面，用形容词rising“上升的”，作定语，修饰名词seas。故选D。 Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (15’+30’=45’) Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Does your boss make you sick? Employers who overwork and micromanage their staff are doing just that, researchers have found. A study of more than 7000 people who were middle-aged and otherwise ____21____ has found those in high-stress offices were more likely to need two weeks or more off work a year and experience ____22____ like chest pain and shortness of breath. Study author Sam Harvey said it wasn’t just overwork that seemed to be making people feel sick, but how much control they had over their ____23____. “At a ____24____ level, it’s about how much control you have over the every day, minute by minute in your job — but at a broader level it’s about how much control you have in an organization and your ability to ____25____ problems and come up with solutions,” he said. The study, published in the journal Plos One, found one in every 15 cases of long-term sick leave, defined as lasting more than two weeks, could be ____26____ if workplaces became less stressful. But Dr Harvey, a psychiatrist and researcher at the Black Dog Institute and the University of NSW, said the ____27____ was not just as simple as people being worked so hard they had a heart attack or developed depression. “I think there’s good evidence that ____28____ of high-demand and low control can cause health problems like cardiovascular disease and depression and anxiety, but it’s also much harder for people to return to work when they have developed health problems,” he said. “Very often it’s a(n) ____29____ of problems that have reached a point where they can no longer work, and very often what’s written on the sick note doesn’t ____30____ that.” He said the Black Dog Institute was developing programs to bring in to workplaces to help lower stress levels, while many workplaces were looking at ways to improve control among ____31____. “From an organizational point of view, that’s something that’s ____32____ more easily modified or improved than thinking about the level of demands placed on people,” he said. Simple changes included giving people more ____33____ over rostering (排班), and creating systems for people to fix workplace problems. “____34____, being at work is good for people’s mental health… what we are trying to push towards is how to make workplaces more mental health enhancing,” he said. The study used people living in Norway, where a unique ID system for every worker enabled the team to know exactly how much ____35____ participants took in the year after they were interviewed about their health and work environment. 21. A. confident B. stressed C. depressed D. healthy 22. A. distresses B. attacks C. disasters D. symptoms 23. A. time B. life C. job D. economy 24. A. senior B. high C. simple D. complex 25. A. put out B. leave out C. take out D. point out 26. A. avoided B. extended C. diagnosed D. discovered 27. A. question B. relationship C. principle D. procedure 28. A. comparison B. separation C. mix D. input 29. A. accumulation B. consideration C. exposure D. resolution 30. A. expect B. reflect C. launch D. lower 31. A. staff B. employers C. stress D. positions 32. A. scarcely B. occasionally C. potentially D. equivalently 33. A. victory B. advantage C. argument D. say 34. A. What’s more B. In general C. On the contrary D. By then 35. A. great care B. sick leave C. harmful medicine D. unnecessary risk 【答案】21. D 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. A 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了研究发现高压力工作环境对员工健康的影响及应对措施。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一项针对7000多名中年且原本身体健康的人的研究发现，身处高压办公环境的人更有可能每年休两周及以上的病假。A. confident自信的；B. stressed有压力的；C. depressed沮丧的；D. healthy健康的。根据上文“Does your boss make you sick?”和“middle-aged and otherwise”可知，上文提出问题“你的老板让你生病了吗？”，所以研究对象是中年且原本身体健康的人。故选D。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. distresses苦恼；B. attacks攻击；C. disasters灾难；D. symptoms症状。根据下文“like chest pain and shortness of breath”可知，胸痛、呼吸急促属于身体不适的具体症状。故选D。 【23题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：研究报告的作者萨姆·哈维说，让人们感到不舒服的似乎不仅仅是过度工作，还有他们对工作的控制程度。A. time时间；B. life生活；C. job工作；D. economy经济。根据上文“micromanage their staff”、“it wasn’t just overwork that seemed to be making people feel sick, but how much control they had over their”和下文“At a ______ level, it’s about how much control you have over the every day, minute by minute in your job”可知，上文描述微观管理员工，下文描述这是关于在工作中每天每分钟能控制多少，因此是对工作的掌控权。故选C。 【24题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：从简单的层面来说，这是关于你在工作中每天每分钟能控制多少，但从更广泛的层面来说，这是关于你在一个组织中能控制多少，以及你指出问题并提出解决方案的能力。A. senior高级的；B. high高的；C. simple简单的；D. complex复杂的。根据下文“it’s about how much control you have over the every day, minute by minute in your job — but at a broader level it’s about how much control you have in an organization”可知，这是关于你在工作中每天每分钟能控制多少，且此处与broader形成对比，这是简单的层面。故选C。 【25题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意同上。A. put out扑灭；B. leave out遗漏；C. take out取出；D. point out指出。根据下文“problems and come up with solutions”可知，先指出问题，再提出解决方案，符合逻辑。故选D。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这项发表在《公共科学图书馆·综合》杂志上的研究发现，如果工作场所的压力降低，每15例长期病假（定义为持续两周以上）中就有一例可以避免。A. avoided避免；B. extended扩展；C. diagnosed诊断；D. discovered发现。根据下文“if workplaces became less stressful”可知，减少职场压力，就能避免部分长期病假的发生。故选A。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是，新南威尔士大学布莱克狗研究所的精神病学家和研究人员哈维博士说，这种关系并不像人们工作太辛苦以至于心脏病发作或患上抑郁症那么简单。A. question问题；B. relationship关系；C. principle原则；D. procedure程序。根据下文“not just as simple as people being worked so hard they had a heart attack or developed depression”可知，此处指职场压力与健康问题之间的关联并不简单。故选B。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我认为有充分的证据表明，高要求和低控制的结合会导致心血管疾病、抑郁和焦虑等健康问题，但当人们出现健康问题时，他们也很难重返工作岗位。A. comparison比较；B. separation分离；C. mix结合，混合；D. input投入。根据下文“high-demand and low control”可知，高工作要求加上低自主权，二者结合导致健康问题。故选C。 【29题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他说：“很多时候，这是问题积累到无法再工作的程度，而很多时候，病假条上写的并不能反映这一点。”A. accumulation积累；B. consideration考虑；C. exposure暴露；D. resolution解决。根据下文“of problems that have reached a point where they can no longer work”可知，多种问题累积后，才让人无法工作。故选A。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. expect期望；B. reflect反映；C. launch发射；D. lower降低。根据上文“Very often it’s a(n) ______ of problems that have reached a point where they can no longer work, and very often what’s written on the sick note doesn’t”可知，上文提到的问题积累，此处指病假条上写的并不能反映问题的积累。故选B。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他说，布莱克狗研究所正在开发一些项目，引入工作场所，帮助降低压力水平，而许多工作场所正在寻找方法，提升员工的工作掌控权。A. staff员工；B. employers雇主；C. stress压力；D. positions位置。根据上文“while many workplaces were looking at ways to improve control among”可知，职场中需要提升工作自主权的对象是员工，许多工作场所正在寻找提升员工的工作掌控权的方法。故选A。 【32题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：他说：“从组织的角度来看，这比考虑对人们提出的要求水平更容易修改或改进。”A. scarcely几乎不；B. occasionally偶尔；C. potentially潜在地，可能地；D. equivalently同样地。根据下文“more easily modified or improved than thinking about the level of demands placed on people”可知，提升员工自主权是更有可能、更容易实施的改进措施。故选C。 【33题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：简单的改变包括让员工在排班上有更多的发言权，并建立系统让人们解决工作场所的问题。A. victory胜利；B. advantage优势；C. argument争论；D. say发言权。根据下文“creating systems for people to fix workplace problems”可知，此处指让员工在排班上有更多的发言权。have a say over sth.表示“对某事有决定权”，符合提升掌控权的语境。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查固定短语辨析。句意：他说：“总的来说，工作对人们的心理健康有好处……我们正在努力推动的是如何让工作场所更有利于心理健康。”A. What’s more此外；B. In general总的来说；C. On the contrary相反；D. By then到那时。根据下文“being at work is good for people’s mental health”可知，此处为总结性表述，说明工作整体上利于心理健康。故选B。 【35题详解】 考查名词短语辨析。句意：这项研究使用了挪威人的数据，挪威有一个独特的工人身份识别系统，使研究小组能够准确了解参与者在接受关于健康和工作环境的采访后一年内请了多少病假。A. great care极大关心；B. sick leave病假；C. harmful medicine有害药物；D. unnecessary risk不必要的风险。根据上文“long-term sick leave”和“enabled the team to know exactly how much”可知，全文核心话题为职场压力引发的病假，此处指请了多少病假。故选B。 Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) I’m in Marrakech, the heart of Morocco at the base of the Atlas Mountains, with my son, Sam. He’s eight. We’ve come here with Mohamed, a friend who owns a store in our New York neighborhood. We’re regular customers at Mohamed’s store, where Sam can often be found negotiating with his friend. When they’re not bargaining, they’re chatting about swords, or camels, or the desert. “You need to come to Marrakech,” Mohamed told me. “I’ll show you around and teach Sam how to really get a bargain!” So here we are. We meet up with Mohamed over a cup of tea at a table outside the tiny Café ben Youssef, deep in the old city of Marrakech. We’re sitting in an area bordering the stalls of the marketplace. Vendors with carts offer freshly squeezed orange juice, others sell dates or figs. Nearby are the workshops that supply the goods to this world-famous market. Later, as we walk around, Mohamed begins the first of his bargaining tutorials for Sam. “Everything in Morocco is open to negotiation, Sam. When you hear a price, the first thing you say is Too much-bezaf and then walk away.” “But what if I like it?” “When you see something you like, maybe a lamp, you ask about something else instead. Then, as you walk out, you ask, ‘And how much is that lamp?’ as though you’d just noticed it and aren’t really that interested in it.” We turn a corner and are greeted with sweet-smelling orange blossoms. “Don’t always give an offer. Make them continue to lower the price. Oh, and wear something Moroccan,” Mohamed continues, as we enter a fairly large shop. Most of the stalls in Marrakech specialize in one thing, but not this one. Decorative and lethal-looking swords hang beside soft hand-dyed fabrics; large camel bones covered in writing sit beside massive copper lamps. It is here that Sam spots a box. “Look, a treasure chest!” It’s made of wood and painted red and gold. He opens the lid, then closes it. “Cool.” Then he spots a tall, cobalt blue, tear-shaped old perfume bottle. “Four hundred dirham,” the shopkeeper pronounces. Fifty dollars. Sam says nothing. Whether he’s too shy or is practicing Mohamed’s bargaining technique, I can’t tell. He eventually agrees to pay 200 dirham, about $24. I’d say the bottle is worth $10, at most. Clearly, his negotiating skills need a little work. “Just to get started, Dad,” Sam says to me as he pays for the bottle. 36. Why did the author decide to bring Sam to Marrakech? A. Because Sam had been begging to see camels and the desert for a long time. B. Because Mohamed promised to teach Sam the art of bargaining in person. C. Because the author wanted to buy swords at a better price in the local market. D. Because Mohamed’s store in New York was closing and they needed a farewell trip. 37. What does Mohamed advise Sam to do when he finds something he likes? A. To look for something similar in another shop. B. To complain to the vendor about its high price. C. To conceal his real preference from the vendor. D. To ask the vendor about the price as soon as possible. 38. What does the writer imply about Sam’s first negotiating experience? A. It is far from successful. B. It is a good opportunity for practice. C. It reveals Sam’s potential in negotiation. D. It shows that Sam is too shy for negotiation. 39. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. A Shopping Trip B. The Charm of the Market C. A Busy City D. The Art of the Deal 【答案】36. B 37. C 38. A 39. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者带儿子萨姆到马拉喀什，朋友穆罕默德教萨姆讨价还价技巧及萨姆的首次尝试。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中““You need to come to Marrakech,” Mohamed told me. “I’ll show you around and teach Sam how to really get a bargain!” So here we are.(“你需要来马拉喀什，”穆罕默德告诉我。“我带你四处看看，教萨姆如何真正讨价还价！”所以我们来了。)”可知，作者决定带萨姆去马拉喀什是因为穆罕默德答应亲自教萨姆讨价还价的技巧。故选B。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据第六段中““When you see something you like, maybe a lamp, you ask about something else instead. Then, as you walk out, you ask, ‘And how much is that lamp?’ as though you’d just noticed it and aren’t really that interested in it.”(“当你看到你喜欢的东西，比如一盏灯，你就问别的东西。然后，当你走出去的时候，你问，‘那盏灯多少钱？’就好像你刚刚注意到它，对它并不真正感兴趣。”)”可知，穆罕默德建议萨姆在看到喜欢的东西时，要向卖家询问其他东西，然后假装不经意地询问喜欢的东西的价格，即向卖家隐藏自己的真实偏好。故选C。 【38题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“I’d say the bottle is worth $10, at most. Clearly, his negotiating skills need a little work. “Just to get started, Dad,” Sam says to me as he pays for the bottle.(我想说这个瓶子最多值10美元。显然，他的谈判技巧还需要提高。“只是刚开始，爸爸，”萨姆一边付钱一边对我说。)”可知，作者认为萨姆买的瓶子最多值10美元，而萨姆花了24美元，由此可推知，作者认为萨姆的第一次谈判经历远不成功。故选A。 【39题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段中““You need to come to Marrakech,” Mohamed told me. “I’ll show you around and teach Sam how to really get a bargain!” So here we are.(“你需要来马拉喀什，”穆罕默德告诉我。“我带你四处看看，教萨姆如何真正讨价还价！”所以我们来了。)”可知，文章主要讲述了作者带儿子萨姆到马拉喀什，朋友穆罕默德教萨姆讨价还价技巧及萨姆的首次尝试，因此选项D“The Art of the Deal(交易的艺术)”最符合文章主旨。故选D。 (B) Which Way Home, a documentary by Rebecca Cammisa, charts the journeys to Mexican and Central American children who leave their home countries to come to the United States riding on top of a train they call “La Bestia” (the beast). All of the children dream of a better life for themselves and their families. Some of them hope to reunite with family members in the U. S. Others have dreams of going to school or getting a job so they can send money back home. Kevin Fourteen-year-old Kevin is from Honduras. A seemingly happy-go-lucky guy, Kevin is the group’s ring leader, telling jokes, making leaps across car roofs, and providing some comic relief in the film. Kevin has a strong sense of duty to his family. His mother, Lupe, tells him to buy a house for them in the U. S., so she can escape Kevin’s violent stepfather. He plans to head to Manhattan once he crosses the border, but during the filming he is taken off of the train by American border agents who send him back to Honduras. Without hesitation, Kevin leaves Honduras again and jumps on the train. Throughout his journey, Kevin encounters violence and brutality that should never be a part of childhood. Juan Carlos Juan Carlos is a 13-year-old from Guatemala. When we meet him, we learn that his father abandoned the family years ago and moved to America for a better life, leaving Juan Carlos’s mother, Esmeralda, to care for several children on her own. His younger brother, Francisco, made it into the U. S. a month earlier and now lives with their grandmother in Los Angeles. Juan Carlos feels responsible for providing for his mother and his other family members and decides he must do something to help support them. With the weight of the world on his shoulders, he writes a letter telling Esmeralda that he, too, is leaving for the U. S. Olga Olga is the only female migrant featured in the film. She is nine years old and travelling with her friend, Freddy, who is also nine. They are being taken to the U. S. illegally. Both are headed for Minnesota, where Olga hopes to reunite with her mother, and Freddy hopes to find his father. During the making of the documentary, the film crew loses track of Olga and Freddy, and we never find out what becomes of them. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Feature-Length Documentary. Director Rebecca Camissa said her goal for the film was to create public awareness of child migration, and to “promote a dialogue that leads to creating humane immigration policy reform in the United States 40. Which of the following is true of Which Way Home? A. It is adapted from a book which tells stories about three child migrants. B. It won an Academy Award for its theme that corresponds to the reality. C. It aims to make viewers conscious of the phenomenon of child migration. D. Its director has managed to create humane immigration policy reform 41. While the documentary was being made, the crew lost touch with ________. A. Kevin and Juan Carlos B. Juan Carlos and Olga C. Juan Carlos and Freddy D. Olga and Freedy 42. What can be learned from the passage about Kevin and Juan Carlos? A. Both of them felt responsible for their families B. Neither of them managed to get to the United States C. Neither of them had any relative in the United States D. Both of them were found on the way to their destinations 【答案】40. C 41. D 42. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了由丽贝卡.卡米萨所录制的纪录片《回家的路》。该纪录片记录了墨西哥和中美洲的孩子们离开祖国来到美国的旅程，他们乘坐一辆被他们称为“野兽”的火车来到美国。所有的孩子都梦想着自己和家人过上更好的生活。他们中的一些人希望与在美国的家人团聚。另一些人梦想上学或找到一份工作，这样他们就可以寄钱回家。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Feature-Length Documentary.Director Rebecca Camissa said her goal for the film was to create public awareness of child migration, and to “promote a dialogue that leads to creating humane immigration policy reform in the United States.(这部电影获得了奥斯卡长篇纪录片奖的提名。导演Rebecca Cammisa说，她拍摄这部电影的目的是让公众意识到儿童移民的问题，并促进对话，从而在美国进行人道主义的移民政策改革)”可知，这部电影的目的是让观众意识到儿童移民的现象。故选C项。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第四段“ During the making of the documentary, the film crew loses track of Olga and Freddy, and we never find out what becomes of them.(在纪录片的制作过程中，摄制组失去了奥尔加和弗雷迪的踪迹，我们从未知道他们的下落)”可知，在纪录片摄制期间，他们与奥尔加和弗雷迪失去了联系。故选D项。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Kevin has a strong sense of duty to his family.(Kevin对他的家庭有强烈的责任感)”可知“Kevin对家庭负责人；根据第三段“Juan Carlos feels responsible for providing for his mother and his other family members and decides he must do something to help support them.(Juan Carlos感到有责任养活他的母亲和其他家庭成员。决定他必须做点什么来帮助支持他们)”可知Juan Carlos也是对家庭负责任；由此可知，Kevin和Juan Carlos都对家庭负有责任感。故选A项。 (C) Traditional accountancy methods focus on a park’s saleable value, or its operational costs associated with maintenance. So England’s 27,000 parks are considered as financial liabilities rather than the amazing asset to our health and wellbeing that any of their 37 million regular users could prove. Our green spaces are shrinking and decaying despite the fact that they deliver a range of ecosystem services such as improving air and water quality, lowering the risk by absorbing water run-off, and cooling the urban environment as well as providing much-needed space for wildlife. By using a “natural capital” accountancy approach that puts a value on all these social, environmental and economic contributions, scientists discovered that for every £1 spent on its parks, they produce £34 of benefits. Yet this true value is not widely measured or recognized. Ian Walmsley, a green space manager in England, said that “an argument has never been successfully made that if you spend X on a park, there will be a saving in the health budget and therefore you should take money out of the health budget and put it into parks.” As a result, the government inquiry report published last week warned that parks are at a tipping point of decline, spoiled by a 92% reduction in their budgets since 2010 because of local authority cuts. Less money means less maintenance, more litter and uncivilized behavior and gradually much-loved local parks have been turned into dangerous eyesores. Tragically it’s the small, green spaces in poorer, built-up areas that suffer most from the disproportionate cuts to maintenance. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Andrew Hinchley, green space development officer at the London Borough of Camden, said that if we had new ways of valuing the services parks provide for improving water quality, for example, then you could ask water companies to pay towards their upkeep. The local government is urged to publish strategic plans to recognize the real value of parks and to set out how they will be managed to maximize their contribution to wider local authority goals such as promoting healthier lifestyles. It is suggested that the government’s health strategy could fund parks. It could be a legal requirement for councils to produce such strategies. 43. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that from an traditional accounting perspective, parks are considered ________. A. more a burden than a treasure B. more beneficial than harmful C. more a provider than a consumer D. more uncontrollable than manageable 44. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the writer is________. A. sure that parks in built-up areas will be better funded B. confused why a 92% reduction is a tipping point of decline C. dissatisfied that money put into parks comes from the health budget D. upset by the fact that underfunded parks give rise to some social problems 45. According to the passage, the writer is for the opinion that ________. A. parks’ water systems should be improved B. the roles that parks can play should be reassessed C. new technology should be applied to upgrade park facilities D. strategies should be developed to cut parks’ operational costs 46. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. Parks: A Money Waster B. Parks: Just Green Spaces? C. Parks: More Needed in Poorer Areas D. Parks: An Indicator of Economic Growth? 【答案】43. A 44. D 45. B 46. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讨论了传统会计方法对公园价值的低估以及公园对健康、环境和经济的重要贡献，呼吁重新评估公园的角色并采取措施保护它们。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中中“So England’s 27,000 parks are considered as financial liabilities rather than the amazing asset to our health and wellbeing that any of their 37 million regular users could prove.(因此，英格兰的27,000个公园被视为财务负担，而不是其3700万常规用户中任何一人都能证明的、对我们健康和福祉而言惊人的资产。)”可知，从传统会计的角度来看，公园被视为负担而非财富。故选A。 【44题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中中“Less money means less maintenance, more litter and uncivilized behavior and gradually much-loved local parks have been turned into dangerous eyesores. Tragically it’s the small, green spaces in poorer, built-up areas that suffer most from the disproportionate cuts to maintenance.(资金减少意味着维护减少，垃圾增多，不文明行为增多，渐渐地，深受喜爱的当地公园变成了危险的碍眼之物。不幸的是，在较贫穷的建成区，小型绿地因维护费用不成比例地削减而遭受的损失最大。)”可知，作者对资金不足的公园引发的一些社会问题感到不安。故选D。 【45题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中“But it doesn’t have to be this way. Andrew Hinchley, green space development officer at the London Borough of Camden, said that if we had new ways of valuing the services parks provide for improving water quality, for example, then you could ask water companies to pay towards their upkeep.(但情况不一定要这样。伦敦卡姆登区的绿地发展官员Andrew Hinchley说，如果我们有新的方法来评估公园为改善水质等提供的服务价值，那么你就可以要求自来水公司为公园的维护支付费用。)”以及第四段中中“The local government is urged to publish strategic plans to recognize the real value of parks and to set out how they will be managed to maximize their contribution to wider local authority goals such as promoting healthier lifestyles.(敦促地方政府公布战略计划，以承认公园的真正价值，并制定如何管理公园的计划，以最大限度地发挥它们对更广泛的地方政府目标（如促进更健康的生活方式）的贡献。)”可知，作者认为应该重新评估公园可以发挥的作用。故选B。 【46题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段中中“Our green spaces are shrinking and decaying despite the fact that they deliver a range of ecosystem services such as improving air and water quality, lowering the risk by absorbing water run-off, and cooling the urban environment as well as providing much-needed space for wildlife.(尽管我们的绿地提供了一系列生态系统服务，如改善空气和水质、通过吸收径流降低风险、冷却城市环境以及为野生动物提供急需的空间，但它们仍在缩小和衰退。)”以及最后一段中“The local government is urged to publish strategic plans to recognize the real value of parks and to set out how they will be managed to maximize their contribution to wider local authority goals such as promoting healthier lifestyles.(敦促地方政府公布战略计划，以承认公园的真正价值，并制定如何管理公园的计划，以最大限度地发挥它们对更广泛的地方政府目标（如促进更健康的生活方式）的贡献。)”可知，文章主要讨论了公园不仅仅是绿地，它们对健康、环境和经济都有重要贡献，因此应该重新评估它们的价值并采取措施保护它们。所以B项“Parks: Just Green Spaces?(公园：仅仅是绿地吗？)”作为题目最合适。故选B。 Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences in the box. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need. What specifically can you do to increase learning when faced with stress at work? Start internally. ___47___ When stress emerges, change the message you tell yourself from “this is a stressful work assignment/situation” to “this is a challenging but rewarding opportunity to learn.” Interpreting stressful tasks as learning possibilities shifts your mindset and better prepares you to approach the task with an orientation toward growth and longer-term gains. Work and learn with others. Instead of struggling with a stressful challenge solely in your own head, try to get input from others. Getting out and discussing a stressor with your peers and colleagues might reveal hidden insights, either from their experience or from the questions and perspectives they raise. ___48___ Alongside purely relaxing breaks — either short ones like meditating or longer ones like taking days off — consider recasting learning itself as a break from your routine tasks at work. This might seem like a mere mental rebranding, but if a learning activity allows you to divert from the type of effort you use in regular work activities (e.g., numeric thinking, interacting with clients), and if the activity also fits your real interests, it can refill you psychologically. ___49___ However, approaching it as a form of pause can make it more appealing and more likely to create positive, enjoyable experiences. Embracing learning can be a more active way to cushion yourself from negative effects of stress at work. ___50___ Even without pressing problems, engaging in learning as a central feature of your work life will help you build personal resources and equip you to be resilient and prepared in navigating future stress at work. A. Viewing learning as “more work” will make it less attractive in an already stressful situation. B. Simply practice “buckle down and power through” to focus on getting the stressful work done. C. Temporarily disconnect from work and get “work breaks” from the stressful environment. D. At the same time, there is no need to wait for stress to arise before seeking learning opportunities. E. Craft learning activities as a new form of “work break.” F. Practice reframing stressful work challenges in your mind. 【答案】47. F 48. E 49. A 50. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了在工作压力下如何通过改变心态、与他人合作、将学习视为休息等方式来增加学习并缓解压力。 【47题详解】 由上文“Start internally. (从内部开始。)”及下文“When stress emerges, change the message you tell yourself from “this is a stressful work assignment/situation” to “this is a challenging but rewarding opportunity to learn.” (当压力出现时，把你要告诉自己的信息从“这是一项有压力的工作任务/情况”改为“这是一个具有挑战性但值得学习的机会。”)”可知，上文提出要从内部开始应对压力，下文具体说明了要改变对压力的看法，本空应强调从内心转变对压力的看法，重新定义有压力的工作挑战。F选项“Practice reframing stressful work challenges in your mind. (练习在脑海中重新构建有压力的工作挑战。)”能承上启下，符合语境。故选F。 【48题详解】 由下文“Alongside purely relaxing breaks — either short ones like meditating or longer ones like taking days off — consider recasting learning itself as a break from your routine tasks at work. (除了纯粹的放松休息——无论是像冥想这样的短暂休息，还是像休假这样的长时间休息——考虑将学习本身重新定义为工作常规任务之外的一种休息。)”可知，本段核心是把学习活动当作一种新型的工作休息方式。E选项“Craft learning activities as a new form of “work break.” (将学习活动设计为一种新的“工作休息”形式。)”能概括本段主旨，符合语境。故选E。 【49题详解】 由上文“This might seem like a mere mental rebranding, but if a learning activity allows you to divert from the type of effort you use in regular work activities (e.g., numeric thinking, interacting with clients), and if the activity also fits your real interests, it can refill you psychologically. (这可能看起来只是心理上的重新定位，但如果一项学习活动能让你从常规工作活动中使用的努力类型（例如，数字思考、与客户互动）中转移出来，并且如果这项活动也符合你的真正兴趣，那么它就能在心理上给你充电。)”及下文“However, approaching it as a form of pause can make it more appealing and more likely to create positive, enjoyable experiences. (然而，将其视为一种暂停形式可以使其更具吸引力，更有可能创造积极、愉快的体验。)”可知，上文说明了将学习视为休息的好处，下文转折说明如果将其视为额外的工作则吸引力会降低，本空应表述与上文相反的观点，即把学习看作额外工作会带来负面效果。A选项“Viewing learning as “more work” will make it less attractive in an already stressful situation. (在已经很有压力的情况下，将学习视为“额外的工作”会降低它的吸引力。)”能承上启下，符合语境。故选A。 【50题详解】 由下文“Even without pressing problems, engaging in learning as a central feature of your work life will help you build personal resources and equip you to be resilient and prepared in navigating future stress at work. (即使没有紧迫的问题，将学习作为工作生活的核心特征也将帮助你建立个人资源，使你能够有韧性并准备好应对未来的工作压力。)”可知，下文说明即使没有压力，学习也能帮助应对未来压力，本空应说明不要等到压力出现才寻求学习机会，D选项“At the same time, there is no need to wait for stress to arise before seeking learning opportunities. (同时，没有必要等到压力出现才寻求学习机会。)”能引出下文，符合语境。故选D。 第二卷 Ⅳ. Grammar (10’) Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. How Horseshoe Crabs Save Lives Anytime a foreign object or substance enters the human body, there’s a risk of introducing infection. ____51____ you’ve had vaccination, an intravenous treatment, a surgery of any kind, or had a medical device ____52____ (implant) in your body, you owe your very survival to the horseshoe crab. Horseshoe crabs have copper-rich blood ____53____ appears to be striking blue in color. Proteins in the horseshoe crab’s blood cells are released in response to even ____54____ (small) amount of bacterial endotoxin, such as E. coli. The presence of bacteria causes horseshoe crab blood to clot or gel, part of its hypersensitive immune response system. In ____55____ 1960s, two researchers, Frederick Bang and Jack Levin, developed a method of using these coagulation (凝结) factors to test for contamination of medical devices. By 1970, their Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test was being used commercially ____56____ (make) sure everything from scalpels to artificial hips could safely be introduced into the human body. ____57____ such testing is crucial to safe medical treatments, the practice has taken a toll on horseshoe crab populations. Horseshoe crab blood is in high demand, and the medical testing industry catches as many as 500,000 horseshoe crabs each year to drain them of their blood. The crabs aren’t killed outright in the process; they ____58____ (catch), bled, and released. But biologists suspect the stress results in a percentage of the released horseshoe crabs ____59____ (die) once they are put back in the water. The International Union on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources lists the Atlantic horseshoe crab ____60____ vulnerable, just one category below endangered in the extinction risk scale. Fortunately, management practices are now in place to protect the species. 【答案】51. If 52. implanted 53. that 54. smaller 55. the 56. to make 57. Although##Though##While 58. are caught 59. dying 60. as 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了鲎的血液对医疗安全的重要性及其面临的生存挑战。 【51题详解】 考查连词。句意：如果你接种过疫苗、接受过静脉治疗、做过任何类型的手术，或者体内植入过医疗器械，你的生存都要归功于鲎。本空引导条件状语从句，表示“如果”，用if引导，句首单词，首字母大写。故填If。 【52题详解】 考查非谓语。句意：如果你接种过疫苗、接受过静脉治疗、做过任何类型的手术，或者体内植入过医疗器械，你的生存都要归功于鲎。本句已有谓语动词have had，implant用非谓语形式，have sth. done“让某事被做”，medical device与implant为被动关系，用过去分词，作宾语补足语。故填implanted。 【53题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：鲎的血液富含铜，呈现出醒目的蓝色。本空引导定语从句，先行词是blood，指物，关系词在从句中作主语，用关系代词which或that引导。故填which/that。 【54题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：鲎血细胞中的蛋白质，即使对极少量的细菌内毒素（如大肠杆菌）也会释放出来。此处表示“更少的”，用small的比较级smaller。故填smaller。 【55题详解】 考查冠词。句意：20世纪60年代，两位研究人员Frederick Bang和Jack Levin开发了一种利用这些凝血因子检测医疗器械污染的方法。此处表达“在20世纪60年代”，用in the 1960s，空处需填定冠词the。故填the。 【56题详解】 考查非谓语。句意：到1970年，他们的鲎试剂（LAL）检测已被商业化使用，以确保从手术刀到人工髋关节的所有东西都能安全地植入人体。本句已有谓语动词was being used，所以make用非谓语形式，此处表目的，用不定式to make作目的状语。故填to make。 【57题详解】 考查连词。句意：虽然这种检测对安全医疗至关重要，但这种做法对鲎的数量造成了影响。根据句意可知，此处表达“虽然”，用although或though/while引导让步状语从句，位于句首，首字母大写。故填Although/Though/While。 【58题详解】 考查动词语态。句意：鲎这个过程中不会被直接杀死；它们被捕获、放血，然后被放生。本空在句中作谓语，此处描述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语they（代指鲎）和catch之间是被动关系，用一般现在时的被动语态，主语they是复数，be动词用are。故填are caught。 【59题详解】 考查非谓语。句意：但生物学家怀疑，这种压力会导致一部分被放生的鲎一旦被放回水中就会死亡。本句已有谓语动词results in，die用非谓语形式，result in sb./sth. doing sth. 为固定搭配，意为“导致某人/某物做某事”，本空用动名词dying。故填dying。 【60题详解】 考查介词。句意：国际自然与自然资源保护联盟将大西洋鲎列为易危物种，在灭绝风险等级中仅比濒危物种低一个等级。此处表达“将……列为”，用固定短语list...as...。故填as。 Ⅴ. Summary (10’) 61. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Breaking up is hard to do but men’s hearts hurt most When it comes to break-ups, men suffer more emotional pain than women, a study has found. The first-of-its-kind analysis used online relationships to map the most common problems experienced by couples who told their stories outside the therapist’s office. A team of researchers at Lancaster University helped to produce the report. Charlotte Entwistle, the lead author, said: “Most of what we know comes from studies of people in couples therapy: a specific set of people. We wanted to understand not only what relationship problems are most commonly experienced by the public, but who experiences by the public, but who experiences which problems more.” To bridge the gap the team analysed the characteristics of more than 184,000 people who had posted their problems to an anonymous online forum, and they created a “map” of the most common issues. Communication was the most frequent, cited by nearly one in five people, while one in eight reported that trust was a struggle. The outcomes came as no surprise but the team was taken aback at the obvious gender differences. The theme that kept cropping up was the “heartache” felt, and the team recorded specific words such as “regret”, “break up”, “cry”, and “heart-broken”. Contrary to expectation, men talked about heartbreak significantly more than women. The findings suggest that the stereotype of men being less emotionally invested in relationships may be inaccurate. The researchers also found that men were more likely to seek online professional help. Dr Ryan Boyd, the lead researcher, said: “When you remove the traditional social stigmas against men for seeking help and sharing their emotions, they seem just as invested in working through rough patches in their relationships as women.” The researchers hope that an accurate picture of relationship problems could help couples avoid common setbacks. Boyd said: “This gives us serious hope that we can use help-seeking behavior to better understand all types of social and psychological issues.” The study was published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: A research group studying relationship problems found that men emotionally suffer more in break-ups through analysis of an online forum. While analyzing, the researchers surprisingly discovered that emotions, such as heartbreak, appear more often in men’s descriptions. Besides, men tend to ask for help more. This research gives hope to understanding and solving common problems for couples. 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。研究小组通过分析一个在线论坛发现，男人在分手时情绪上更痛苦。在分析过程中，研究人员惊奇地发现，心碎等情绪在男性的描述中出现的频率更高。此外，男性更倾向于寻求帮助。本研究为理解和解决夫妻共同面临的问题提供了希望。 【详解】要点摘录 ①When it comes to break-ups, men suffer more emotional pain than women, a study has found. ②Men talked about heartbreak significantly more than women. ③The researchers also found that men were more likely to seek online professional help ④This gives us serious hope that we can use help-seeking behavior to better understand all types of social and psychological issues 2.缜密构思将第2、3两个要点进行重组，将第3、4两个要点进行整合。 3.遣词造句 A research group studying relationship problems found that men emotionally suffer more in break-ups through analysis of an online forum. Emotions, such as heartbreak, appear more often in men’s descriptionsThe researchers also found that men were more likely to seek online professional help 【点睛】[高分句型1] A research group studying relationship problems found that men emotionally suffer more in break-ups through analysis of an online forum. （运用了that引导的宾语从句） [高分句型2]This research gives hope to understanding and solving common problems for couples.（运用了非谓语动词作宾语） *Ⅵ. Translation (3’+3’+4’+5’=15’) 62. 这家酒店的招牌下午茶可以在藤蔓满墙的花园中享用。（serve）(汉译英) ________________________________________________________________ 【答案】The signature afternoon tea of this hotel can be served in the garden with vines covering the walls. 【解析】 【详解】考查被动语态和with的复合结构。表示“这家酒店的招牌下午茶”用the signature afternoon tea of this hotel，作主语；表示“可以”用情态动词can，后接动词原形；表示“端上（食物）”用serve，与主语之间是被动关系，用be served，与can构成含情态动词的被动语态；表示“在藤蔓满墙的花园中”用in the garden with vines covering the walls，其中with的复合结构作后置定语修饰名词garden，表示“藤蔓”用vines，表示“覆盖”用cover，vines与cover之间是主动关系，用现在分词作宾语补足语。故翻译为The signature afternoon tea of this hotel can be served in the garden with vines covering the walls. 63. 外面狂风伴着暴雨，好心的店主招手让我进店躲躲。（accompany）(汉译英) ________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Outside, a violent wind was accompanied by heavy rain, and the kind shopkeeper waved me into the shop to take shelter. 【解析】 【详解】考查时态、非谓语动词和 并列句。表示“外面”用outside，作地点状语；表示“狂风”用strong wind，作主语；表示“伴随”用accompany，本句描述过去发生的事情，用一般过去时，主语strong wind与accompany为被动关系，用一般过去时的被动语态，谓语用was accompanied，用by引出发出动作者；表示“暴雨”用heavy rain，作by的宾语；用and连接两个并列的句子。表示“好心的店主”用the kind shopkeeper，作主语；表示“招手示意”用wave，此处描述过去发生的事情，故用一般过去时，谓语用过去式；表示“我”用me，作waved的宾语；表示“进店”用into the shop；表示“躲躲”用take shelter，作目的状语，用动词不定式。故翻译为Outside, a violent wind was accompanied by heavy rain, and the kind shopkeeper waved me into the shop to take shelter. 64. 回顾我的求学之路，我发现每当我等待考试结果揭晓的时候，时间仿佛静止了一般。(inform) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Looking back on my school years, I find that whenever I waited to be informed of my exam results, time seemed to stand still. 【解析】 【详解】考查时态、非谓语、宾语从句、时间状语从句。表示“我”用I，作主语；表示“发现”用find，本句描述一般事实，时态用一般现在时，主语为I，谓语用动词原形，其后用宾语从句。表示“每当……时候”用whenever，引导时间状语从句，从句主语用I；表示“等待”用wait，此处描述的是过去发生的事情，用一般过去时，谓语用waited；表示“揭晓”即“被告知”，inform sb. of sth.“告知某人某事”和I之间为被动关系，用不定式的被动形式to be informed of作宾语；表示“我的考试结果”用my exam results，作宾语；表示“时间”用time，作主语；表示“仿佛静止了一般”用seem to stand still，此处描述的是过去发生的事情，用一般过去时，谓语用过去式seemed。宾语从句不缺少成分或含义，用that引导。表示“回顾我的求学之路”用look back on my school years，作状语，和主句主语I之间为主动关系，用现在分词形式，位于句首，首字母大写。故翻译为Looking back on my school years, I find that whenever I waited to be informed of my exam results, time seemed to stand still. 65. 这家公司的新管理层以员工福利和顾客信任为代价，追求降本增效，难怪它的声誉这么快就崩塌了。（expense）(汉译英) ________________________________________________________________ 【答案】The new management of this company pursued cost reduction and efficiency improvement at the expense of employee benefits and customer trust, and no wonder that its reputation collapsed so quickly. 【解析】 【详解】考查时态、固定句型。表示“这家公司的新管理层”用the new management of this company，作主语。表示“追求降本增效”用pursue cost reduction and efficiency improvement，作谓语，事情发生在过去，用一般过去时，谓语用过去式pursued。表示“以……为代价”用at the expense of，为固定搭配。表示“员工福利和顾客信任”用employee benefits and customer trust，作宾语。表示“难怪”用固定句型no wonder that，表示“它的声誉”用its reputation，作主语。表示“崩塌”用collapse，事情发生在过去，用一般过去时，谓语用过去式collapsed。表示“这么快”用so quickly。故翻译为：The new management of this company pursued cost reduction and efficiency improvement at the expense of employee benefits and customer trust, and no wonder that its reputation collapsed so quickly. Ⅶ. Guided Writing (25*) 66. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学的学生李华，近期，学校英语报开设“Crossroads”专栏，邀请同学们分享人生中面临重要抉择的经历。请你投稿，内容包括： 1）描述你曾经面临的一个艰难选择及你的最终决定； 2）阐述这次选择带给你的成长感悟。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Crossroads: A Tough Choice That Shaped Me Last year, I faced a difficult decision: whether to focus on preparing for the college entrance exam or join the school’s debate team, which I had dreamed of since middle school. The exam was crucial for my future, but the debate team offered a chance to improve my skills and make friends. After days of thinking, I chose to balance both, though it meant sacrificing some leisure time. This choice taught me that growth comes from stepping out of comfort zones. What I feared most — failing the exam or disappointing the team — didn’t happen. Instead, I learned time management and perseverance, which are skills that will benefit me forever. The experience also showed me that life is full of crossroads, and the courage to choose wisely matters more than avoiding risks. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生以李华的身份，为学校英语报“Crossroads”专栏投稿，分享一次重要抉择的经历及感悟。 【详解】1.词汇积累 困难的：difficult → tough 重要的：crucial → vital 勇气：courage → bravery 坚持：perseverance → persistence 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：The exam was crucial for my future, but the debate team offered a chance to improve my skills and make friends. 拓展句：The exam was crucial for my future while the debate team offered a chance which could improve my skills and make friends. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Last year, I faced a difficult decision: whether to focus on preparing for the college entrance exam or join the school’s debate team, which I had dreamed of since middle school. (运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句) 【高分句型2】After days of thinking, I chose to balance both, though it meant sacrificing some leisure time. (运用了though引导的让步状语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2025-2026学年度第二学期 高二英语调研试卷 （满分150分，130分钟完成。答案一律写在答题纸上。） 第一卷 Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension (25’) Section A (10’) Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. The taxi must have gone away already. B. The man should not have left his phone in the taxi. C. The man should go out and look for another taxi. D. The taxi may still be waiting in line for customers. 2. A. 530 yuan. B. 440 yuan. C. 1590 yuan. D. 1320 yuan. 3. A. They are too expensive to eat. B. They are not as healthy but they taste better. C. Although they are a bit more expensive, they are tasty and good for your health. D. Since they are more expensive, they must be healthy and tasty. 4. A. At a hotel. B. At a box office. C. At a restaurant. D. At a book shop. 5. A. Pan-fried salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with cheese sauce. B. Pan-fried salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with no sauce. C. Grilled salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with no sauce. D. Grilled salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with cheese sauce. 6. A. 2 hours. B. 2 hours 10 minutes. C. 2 hours 20 minutes. D. 2 hours 25 minutes. 7. A. Hiring more temporary staff. B. Finding a consultant to get more advice. C. Hiring more workers during the summer holidays. D. Hiring more regular workers during the year-end holidays. 8. A. The woman. B. The company of the candleholder. C. The express company. D. Her friend. 9. A. To extend the life spans of old people. B. To send nurses to people’s homes. C. To increase old people’s years of activity. D. To instruct old people on healthy lifestyles. 10. A. Ma Chao’s achievement is just a coincidence. B. Ma Chao’s employee evaluation report is too general. C. Ma Chao is doing a good enough job to get promoted. D. 11 out of 12 projects Ma has worked on are quite successful. Section B(1.5’*10=15’) Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Question 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Caribbean curry house. B. Old Montreal. C. Notre-Dame Basilica. D. Rue St. Denis. 12. A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By metro. D. Walking. 13. A. The botanical garden. B. Notre-Dame Basilica. C. The school for religious study. D. The art galleries and museums. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. He is skilled at teamwork. B. He contributes a lot value to the company. C. He communicates well with all the clients. D. He is good at managing the people in his team. 15. A. To get a raise. B. To get a promotion. C. To become a fireman. D. To be the team leader 16. A. Because he is eager to continue his role as a fireman. B. Because he is the go-to guy who always gets called to put out real fires. C. Because he brings more technical know-know to each project. D. Because he is the one who gets called to save troubled projects. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Harmony and peace. B. Trust and reassurance. C. Innovation and adaptability. D. Simplicity and liveliness 18. A. It has a happy, feel-good style that can attract senior people. B. Its modern-looking design matches the company image. C. The light, carefree and friendly image portrays buying insurance as an easy decision. D. The semicircular design matches the pyramid theme in some of the advertisements. 19. A. The complex color design. B. The triangle design. C. The lovely cartoon. D. The simple color combination of red and white 20. A. The light, carefree, friendly image. B. The semicircle design and the lively lettering. C. The hand-painted look and the basic triangle shape. D. The old-fashioned thick, block lettering in red. Ⅲ. Vocabulary (1’*20=10’) *Section A (10’) 1. She wore a ________ silk gown with intricate embroidery to the elegant evening gala. A. humble B. weary C. fancy D. shallow 2. Persistent ________ about corporate restructuring have gradually hurt employee morale this quarter. A. whispers B. bricks C. visions D. contents 3. The economic crisis ________ from a combination of factors, including inflation and political instability. A. stems B. branches C. retreats D. recovers 4. Completion of a statistics course is a mandatory ________ for students who wish to enroll in the advanced economics seminar. A. request B. order C. command D. requirement 5. The accomplice chose to turn himself ________ rather than face the mounting pressure of evading capture. A. back B. down C. in D. against 6. The factory workers voted unanimously to ________ after management refused to negotiate overtime compensation fairly. A. cling B. strike C. struggle D. dedicate 7. The groom looked ________ with uncontainable joy as his bride walked slowly down the flower-lined aisle. A. shading B. striking C. beaming D. coping 8. Amid the chaos of her turbulent career, her sister remained the only ________ she could unconditionally depend on. A. constant B. reminder C. sacrifice D. peer 9. The professor quickly ________ the historical context before diving into the complex theoretical framework. A. applauded B. marked C. sketched D. informed 10. The team somehow ________ a stunning victory despite being behind by twenty points at halftime. A. pulled through B. pulled over C. pulled together D. pulled off Section B (10’) Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. ruling B. effective C. prehistoric D. rising E. production F. flooding G. populated H. multiple I. beat J. wounded K. decision Go snorkeling (浮潜) in a lot of places, you’ll find coral. But what about on Israel’s Mediterranean coast? “I think it’s the only place in the world that you can find whole ___11___ villages submerged under the sea.” Ehud Galili is an underwater archaeologist (考古学家) at the University of Haifa. He says one submerged village, called Tel Hreiz, sits 5 to 10 feet below the surface of the water. The community was ___12___ some 7,000 years ago. There, the archaeologists have found pottery and flint, human skeletons, the remains of deer, cows, pigs and dogs, and hundreds of olive pits — probably the remains of olive oil ___13___. And the researchers also found a 300-foot-long stretch of huge boulders — a wall. After ___14___ out other possible uses for the wall — like defense against enemies or corralling animals — the scientists determined that the formation was actually an ancient seawall, the oldest known example in the world. The results are in the journal PLOS ONE. The boulders that kept the waters of the Mediterranean from ___15___ the village came from riverbeds a mile or two away. And the researchers say that it would have taken ___16___ people — or strong beasts of burden — to move them into place, suggesting that constructing the wall was a well-organized community effort. But eventually, the sea ___17___ the barrier. “Little by little, the sea level continued to rise, and then it became no more ___18___. At some point, the cost of continuing to struggle with the sea was too high economically, and they made a(n) ___19___ to abandon the village.” Of course, our technology is far more advanced than what they had seven millennia ago. But this sunken seawall is still a warning of what can happen when humans battle ___20___ seas. Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (15’+30’=45’) Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Does your boss make you sick? Employers who overwork and micromanage their staff are doing just that, researchers have found. A study of more than 7000 people who were middle-aged and otherwise ____21____ has found those in high-stress offices were more likely to need two weeks or more off work a year and experience ____22____ like chest pain and shortness of breath. Study author Sam Harvey said it wasn’t just overwork that seemed to be making people feel sick, but how much control they had over their ____23____. “At a ____24____ level, it’s about how much control you have over the every day, minute by minute in your job — but at a broader level it’s about how much control you have in an organization and your ability to ____25____ problems and come up with solutions,” he said. The study, published in the journal Plos One, found one in every 15 cases of long-term sick leave, defined as lasting more than two weeks, could be ____26____ if workplaces became less stressful. But Dr Harvey, a psychiatrist and researcher at the Black Dog Institute and the University of NSW, said the ____27____ was not just as simple as people being worked so hard they had a heart attack or developed depression. “I think there’s good evidence that ____28____ of high-demand and low control can cause health problems like cardiovascular disease and depression and anxiety, but it’s also much harder for people to return to work when they have developed health problems,” he said. “Very often it’s a(n) ____29____ of problems that have reached a point where they can no longer work, and very often what’s written on the sick note doesn’t ____30____ that.” He said the Black Dog Institute was developing programs to bring in to workplaces to help lower stress levels, while many workplaces were looking at ways to improve control among ____31____. “From an organizational point of view, that’s something that’s ____32____ more easily modified or improved than thinking about the level of demands placed on people,” he said. Simple changes included giving people more ____33____ over rostering (排班), and creating systems for people to fix workplace problems. “____34____, being at work is good for people’s mental health… what we are trying to push towards is how to make workplaces more mental health enhancing,” he said. The study used people living in Norway, where a unique ID system for every worker enabled the team to know exactly how much ____35____ participants took in the year after they were interviewed about their health and work environment. 21. A. confident B. stressed C. depressed D. healthy 22. A. distresses B. attacks C. disasters D. symptoms 23. A. time B. life C. job D. economy 24. A. senior B. high C. simple D. complex 25. A. put out B. leave out C. take out D. point out 26. A. avoided B. extended C. diagnosed D. discovered 27. A. question B. relationship C. principle D. procedure 28. A. comparison B. separation C. mix D. input 29. A. accumulation B. consideration C. exposure D. resolution 30. A. expect B. reflect C. launch D. lower 31. A. staff B. employers C. stress D. positions 32. A. scarcely B. occasionally C. potentially D. equivalently 33. A. victory B. advantage C. argument D. say 34. A. What’s more B. In general C. On the contrary D. By then 35. A. great care B. sick leave C. harmful medicine D. unnecessary risk Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) I’m in Marrakech, the heart of Morocco at the base of the Atlas Mountains, with my son, Sam. He’s eight. We’ve come here with Mohamed, a friend who owns a store in our New York neighborhood. We’re regular customers at Mohamed’s store, where Sam can often be found negotiating with his friend. When they’re not bargaining, they’re chatting about swords, or camels, or the desert. “You need to come to Marrakech,” Mohamed told me. “I’ll show you around and teach Sam how to really get a bargain!” So here we are. We meet up with Mohamed over a cup of tea at a table outside the tiny Café ben Youssef, deep in the old city of Marrakech. We’re sitting in an area bordering the stalls of the marketplace. Vendors with carts offer freshly squeezed orange juice, others sell dates or figs. Nearby are the workshops that supply the goods to this world-famous market. Later, as we walk around, Mohamed begins the first of his bargaining tutorials for Sam. “Everything in Morocco is open to negotiation, Sam. When you hear a price, the first thing you say is Too much-bezaf and then walk away.” “But what if I like it?” “When you see something you like, maybe a lamp, you ask about something else instead. Then, as you walk out, you ask, ‘And how much is that lamp?’ as though you’d just noticed it and aren’t really that interested in it.” We turn a corner and are greeted with sweet-smelling orange blossoms. “Don’t always give an offer. Make them continue to lower the price. Oh, and wear something Moroccan,” Mohamed continues, as we enter a fairly large shop. Most of the stalls in Marrakech specialize in one thing, but not this one. Decorative and lethal-looking swords hang beside soft hand-dyed fabrics; large camel bones covered in writing sit beside massive copper lamps. It is here that Sam spots a box. “Look, a treasure chest!” It’s made of wood and painted red and gold. He opens the lid, then closes it. “Cool.” Then he spots a tall, cobalt blue, tear-shaped old perfume bottle. “Four hundred dirham,” the shopkeeper pronounces. Fifty dollars. Sam says nothing. Whether he’s too shy or is practicing Mohamed’s bargaining technique, I can’t tell. He eventually agrees to pay 200 dirham, about $24. I’d say the bottle is worth $10, at most. Clearly, his negotiating skills need a little work. “Just to get started, Dad,” Sam says to me as he pays for the bottle. 36. Why did the author decide to bring Sam to Marrakech? A. Because Sam had been begging to see camels and the desert for a long time. B. Because Mohamed promised to teach Sam the art of bargaining in person. C. Because the author wanted to buy swords at a better price in the local market. D. Because Mohamed’s store in New York was closing and they needed a farewell trip. 37. What does Mohamed advise Sam to do when he finds something he likes? A. To look for something similar in another shop. B. To complain to the vendor about its high price. C. To conceal his real preference from the vendor. D. To ask the vendor about the price as soon as possible. 38. What does the writer imply about Sam’s first negotiating experience? A. It is far from successful. B. It is a good opportunity for practice. C. It reveals Sam’s potential in negotiation. D. It shows that Sam is too shy for negotiation. 39. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. A Shopping Trip B. The Charm of the Market C. A Busy City D. The Art of the Deal (B) Which Way Home, a documentary by Rebecca Cammisa, charts the journeys to Mexican and Central American children who leave their home countries to come to the United States riding on top of a train they call “La Bestia” (the beast). All of the children dream of a better life for themselves and their families. Some of them hope to reunite with family members in the U. S. Others have dreams of going to school or getting a job so they can send money back home. Kevin Fourteen-year-old Kevin is from Honduras. A seemingly happy-go-lucky guy, Kevin is the group’s ring leader, telling jokes, making leaps across car roofs, and providing some comic relief in the film. Kevin has a strong sense of duty to his family. His mother, Lupe, tells him to buy a house for them in the U. S., so she can escape Kevin’s violent stepfather. He plans to head to Manhattan once he crosses the border, but during the filming he is taken off of the train by American border agents who send him back to Honduras. Without hesitation, Kevin leaves Honduras again and jumps on the train. Throughout his journey, Kevin encounters violence and brutality that should never be a part of childhood. Juan Carlos Juan Carlos is a 13-year-old from Guatemala. When we meet him, we learn that his father abandoned the family years ago and moved to America for a better life, leaving Juan Carlos’s mother, Esmeralda, to care for several children on her own. His younger brother, Francisco, made it into the U. S. a month earlier and now lives with their grandmother in Los Angeles. Juan Carlos feels responsible for providing for his mother and his other family members and decides he must do something to help support them. With the weight of the world on his shoulders, he writes a letter telling Esmeralda that he, too, is leaving for the U. S. Olga Olga is the only female migrant featured in the film. She is nine years old and travelling with her friend, Freddy, who is also nine. They are being taken to the U. S. illegally. Both are headed for Minnesota, where Olga hopes to reunite with her mother, and Freddy hopes to find his father. During the making of the documentary, the film crew loses track of Olga and Freddy, and we never find out what becomes of them. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Feature-Length Documentary. Director Rebecca Camissa said her goal for the film was to create public awareness of child migration, and to “promote a dialogue that leads to creating humane immigration policy reform in the United States 40. Which of the following is true of Which Way Home? A. It is adapted from a book which tells stories about three child migrants. B. It won an Academy Award for its theme that corresponds to the reality. C. It aims to make viewers conscious of the phenomenon of child migration. D. Its director has managed to create humane immigration policy reform 41. While the documentary was being made, the crew lost touch with ________. A. Kevin and Juan Carlos B. Juan Carlos and Olga C. Juan Carlos and Freddy D. Olga and Freedy 42. What can be learned from the passage about Kevin and Juan Carlos? A. Both of them felt responsible for their families B. Neither of them managed to get to the United States C. Neither of them had any relative in the United States D. Both of them were found on the way to their destinations (C) Traditional accountancy methods focus on a park’s saleable value, or its operational costs associated with maintenance. So England’s 27,000 parks are considered as financial liabilities rather than the amazing asset to our health and wellbeing that any of their 37 million regular users could prove. Our green spaces are shrinking and decaying despite the fact that they deliver a range of ecosystem services such as improving air and water quality, lowering the risk by absorbing water run-off, and cooling the urban environment as well as providing much-needed space for wildlife. By using a “natural capital” accountancy approach that puts a value on all these social, environmental and economic contributions, scientists discovered that for every £1 spent on its parks, they produce £34 of benefits. Yet this true value is not widely measured or recognized. Ian Walmsley, a green space manager in England, said that “an argument has never been successfully made that if you spend X on a park, there will be a saving in the health budget and therefore you should take money out of the health budget and put it into parks.” As a result, the government inquiry report published last week warned that parks are at a tipping point of decline, spoiled by a 92% reduction in their budgets since 2010 because of local authority cuts. Less money means less maintenance, more litter and uncivilized behavior and gradually much-loved local parks have been turned into dangerous eyesores. Tragically it’s the small, green spaces in poorer, built-up areas that suffer most from the disproportionate cuts to maintenance. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Andrew Hinchley, green space development officer at the London Borough of Camden, said that if we had new ways of valuing the services parks provide for improving water quality, for example, then you could ask water companies to pay towards their upkeep. The local government is urged to publish strategic plans to recognize the real value of parks and to set out how they will be managed to maximize their contribution to wider local authority goals such as promoting healthier lifestyles. It is suggested that the government’s health strategy could fund parks. It could be a legal requirement for councils to produce such strategies. 43. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that from an traditional accounting perspective, parks are considered ________. A. more a burden than a treasure B. more beneficial than harmful C. more a provider than a consumer D. more uncontrollable than manageable 44. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the writer is________. A. sure that parks in built-up areas will be better funded B. confused why a 92% reduction is a tipping point of decline C. dissatisfied that money put into parks comes from the health budget D. upset by the fact that underfunded parks give rise to some social problems 45. According to the passage, the writer is for the opinion that ________. A. parks’ water systems should be improved B. the roles that parks can play should be reassessed C. new technology should be applied to upgrade park facilities D. strategies should be developed to cut parks’ operational costs 46. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. Parks: A Money Waster B. Parks: Just Green Spaces? C. Parks: More Needed in Poorer Areas D. Parks: An Indicator of Economic Growth? Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences in the box. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need. What specifically can you do to increase learning when faced with stress at work? Start internally. ___47___ When stress emerges, change the message you tell yourself from “this is a stressful work assignment/situation” to “this is a challenging but rewarding opportunity to learn.” Interpreting stressful tasks as learning possibilities shifts your mindset and better prepares you to approach the task with an orientation toward growth and longer-term gains. Work and learn with others. Instead of struggling with a stressful challenge solely in your own head, try to get input from others. Getting out and discussing a stressor with your peers and colleagues might reveal hidden insights, either from their experience or from the questions and perspectives they raise. ___48___ Alongside purely relaxing breaks — either short ones like meditating or longer ones like taking days off — consider recasting learning itself as a break from your routine tasks at work. This might seem like a mere mental rebranding, but if a learning activity allows you to divert from the type of effort you use in regular work activities (e.g., numeric thinking, interacting with clients), and if the activity also fits your real interests, it can refill you psychologically. ___49___ However, approaching it as a form of pause can make it more appealing and more likely to create positive, enjoyable experiences. Embracing learning can be a more active way to cushion yourself from negative effects of stress at work. ___50___ Even without pressing problems, engaging in learning as a central feature of your work life will help you build personal resources and equip you to be resilient and prepared in navigating future stress at work. A. Viewing learning as “more work” will make it less attractive in an already stressful situation. B. Simply practice “buckle down and power through” to focus on getting the stressful work done. C. Temporarily disconnect from work and get “work breaks” from the stressful environment. D. At the same time, there is no need to wait for stress to arise before seeking learning opportunities. E. Craft learning activities as a new form of “work break.” F. Practice reframing stressful work challenges in your mind. 第二卷 Ⅳ. Grammar (10’) Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. How Horseshoe Crabs Save Lives Anytime a foreign object or substance enters the human body, there’s a risk of introducing infection. ____51____ you’ve had vaccination, an intravenous treatment, a surgery of any kind, or had a medical device ____52____ (implant) in your body, you owe your very survival to the horseshoe crab. Horseshoe crabs have copper-rich blood ____53____ appears to be striking blue in color. Proteins in the horseshoe crab’s blood cells are released in response to even ____54____ (small) amount of bacterial endotoxin, such as E. coli. The presence of bacteria causes horseshoe crab blood to clot or gel, part of its hypersensitive immune response system. In ____55____ 1960s, two researchers, Frederick Bang and Jack Levin, developed a method of using these coagulation (凝结) factors to test for contamination of medical devices. By 1970, their Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test was being used commercially ____56____ (make) sure everything from scalpels to artificial hips could safely be introduced into the human body. ____57____ such testing is crucial to safe medical treatments, the practice has taken a toll on horseshoe crab populations. Horseshoe crab blood is in high demand, and the medical testing industry catches as many as 500,000 horseshoe crabs each year to drain them of their blood. The crabs aren’t killed outright in the process; they ____58____ (catch), bled, and released. But biologists suspect the stress results in a percentage of the released horseshoe crabs ____59____ (die) once they are put back in the water. The International Union on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources lists the Atlantic horseshoe crab ____60____ vulnerable, just one category below endangered in the extinction risk scale. Fortunately, management practices are now in place to protect the species. Ⅴ. Summary (10’) 61. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Breaking up is hard to do but men’s hearts hurt most When it comes to break-ups, men suffer more emotional pain than women, a study has found. The first-of-its-kind analysis used online relationships to map the most common problems experienced by couples who told their stories outside the therapist’s office. A team of researchers at Lancaster University helped to produce the report. Charlotte Entwistle, the lead author, said: “Most of what we know comes from studies of people in couples therapy: a specific set of people. We wanted to understand not only what relationship problems are most commonly experienced by the public, but who experiences by the public, but who experiences which problems more.” To bridge the gap the team analysed the characteristics of more than 184,000 people who had posted their problems to an anonymous online forum, and they created a “map” of the most common issues. Communication was the most frequent, cited by nearly one in five people, while one in eight reported that trust was a struggle. The outcomes came as no surprise but the team was taken aback at the obvious gender differences. The theme that kept cropping up was the “heartache” felt, and the team recorded specific words such as “regret”, “break up”, “cry”, and “heart-broken”. Contrary to expectation, men talked about heartbreak significantly more than women. The findings suggest that the stereotype of men being less emotionally invested in relationships may be inaccurate. The researchers also found that men were more likely to seek online professional help. Dr Ryan Boyd, the lead researcher, said: “When you remove the traditional social stigmas against men for seeking help and sharing their emotions, they seem just as invested in working through rough patches in their relationships as women.” The researchers hope that an accurate picture of relationship problems could help couples avoid common setbacks. Boyd said: “This gives us serious hope that we can use help-seeking behavior to better understand all types of social and psychological issues.” The study was published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Ⅵ. Translation (3’+3’+4’+5’=15’) 62. 这家酒店的招牌下午茶可以在藤蔓满墙的花园中享用。（serve）(汉译英) ________________________________________________________________ 63. 外面狂风伴着暴雨，好心的店主招手让我进店躲躲。（accompany）(汉译英) ________________________________________________________________ 64. 回顾我的求学之路，我发现每当我等待考试结果揭晓的时候，时间仿佛静止了一般。(inform) (汉译英) ________________________________________________________________ 65. 这家公司的新管理层以员工福利和顾客信任为代价，追求降本增效，难怪它的声誉这么快就崩塌了。（expense）(汉译英) ________________________________________________________________ Ⅶ. Guided Writing (25*) 66. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学的学生李华，近期，学校英语报开设“Crossroads”专栏，邀请同学们分享人生中面临重要抉择的经历。请你投稿，内容包括： 1）描述你曾经面临的一个艰难选择及你的最终决定； 2）阐述这次选择带给你的成长感悟。 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $