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高三英语 注意事项： 1.答题前，务必将自己的个人信息填写在答题卡上，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有2分钟的时间将试卷上的答案 转涂到答题卡上。 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。每段对话读两遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C. 1. What does the woman mean? A. Alex missed the meeting. B. Alex arrived just in time. C. Alex prepared a long report. 2. What part about the painting does the man like best? A. It improves concentration. B. It allows for self-expression. C. It helps him get relaxed. 3. What does the man plan to do during the holiday? A. Explore the city. B. Rest at home. C. Try local cuisine. 4. What does the man think of the online course? A. It is highly engaging. B. It is a bit challenging. C. It takes too much time. 5. How much will the man pay for the tickets? A. $15. B. $30. C. $45. 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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What is Betty shopping for? A. Posters. B. Curtains. C. Lamps. 7. Why is Thomas going with Betty? A. To return a product. B. To buy some things for his study. C. To look for something for his living room. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What will the speakers cook? A. Pork. B. Fish. C. Duck. 9. What will the speakers’ father be offered to drink? A. Tea. B. Coffee. C. Milk. 10. Why does the speakers’ father refuse to stay with them? A. He can’t cancel the hotel reservation. B. He has to visit his co-workers. C. He prefers to have his own space. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. Where is James planning to hike? A. The Rocky Mountains. B. A nearby national park. C. The coastal path. 12. What does James think is very important for his hiking trips? A. Taking photos. B. Depending on friends. C. Choosing proper tools. 13. How does James find hiking alone? A. It’s a unique pleasure. B. It’s unnecessarily dangerous. C. It’s a common practice. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the man doing? A. Buying a painting. B. Visiting an exhibition. C. Conducting an interview. 15. Why will the woman give away some artworks? A. To attract media attention. B. To thank her supporters. C. To decorate a public space. 16. What’s the probable relationship between the woman and David L? A. Business partners. B. Brother and sister. C. Husband and wife. 17. How does the woman feel about her early paintings being published? A. Embarrassed. B. Satisfied. C. Understanding. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What is a special attraction for children? A. A toy store. B. A treasure hunt. C. Cartoon films. 19. What are the listeners reminded to do if they want a special activity? A. Book the tickets online. B. Check the schedule board. C. Ask at the information desk. 20. What appeals to both children and adults? A. The giant interactive globe. B. The hands-on science lab. C. The gift shop. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The annual Earth Day Fairfax Festival returns this year on Saturday, April 25 and will be held at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston instead of Sully Historic Site. Admission is free but there is a $10 parking fee per car. Earth Day Fairfax is the largest Earth Day event in Fairfax County. Relocating to Lake Fairfax Park will provide an enhanced visitor experience while highlighting the park’s natural lakefront environment. “We’re excited to host this year’s event at Lake Fairfax and eager to introduce new visitors to a space they can enjoy well beyond the festival,” says Shera White, Events Manager with the Fairfax County Park Authority. The festival attracts families from all over the region and will feature an entertaining mix of education, eco-friendly activities and attractions that guests have come to love. New additions this year will be outdoor endurance challenges, eco-experiments, community resources and electric bike demos. Returning activities include outdoor discovery activities, nature exhibits, farm animal petting area, different kinds of food trucks, two stages of live bands and entertainment, free giveaways and earth-friendly vendors. For adults, the popular Craft Beer Garden return s featuring a local Reston favorite, Bike Lane Brewing. Volunteers play a vital role in ensuring the event is successful. Community organizations, school groups, students and adults are encouraged to sign up to volunteer through the Earth Day Fairfax web page. This event is sponsored by the Fairfax Park Foundation. Sponsorships for Earth Day Fairfax are available. Visit www.fairfaxparkfoundation.org/ to learn more about supporting the event. For more information about the Earth Day Fairfax Festival, and for vendor and volunteer opportunities, please visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/ earth-day-festival. 1. Where is the Earth Day Fairfax Festival held this year? A. At Sully Historic Site. B. In the Fairfax County Park Authority. C. At a local school. D. At Lake Fairfax Park in Reston. 2. What is new at this year’s festival? A. Free parking for all visitors. B. Outdoor challenges and eco-experiments. C. Nature exhibits and food trucks. D. Opportunities to interact with wild animals. 3. What does one need to do to become a volunteer? A. Apply to Fairfax Park Foundation. B. Access www.fairfaxparkfoundation.org/. C. Register on the Earth Day Fairfax website. D. Submit the application at the community center. 【答案】1. D 2. B 3. C 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍了费尔法克斯地球日今年的举办时间、新举办地点、全新活动与经典项目、志愿者招募方式以及活动赞助和官方查询渠道等相关信息。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第一段“The annual Earth Day Fairfax Festival returns this year on Saturday, April 25 and will be held at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston (一年一度的费尔法克斯地球日庆典将于今年4月25日周六回归，活动将在雷斯顿的费尔法克斯湖公园举办)” 可知，今年的节日在雷斯顿的费尔法克斯湖公园举办。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第三段“New additions this year will be outdoor endurance challenges, eco-experiments, community resources and electric bike demos.(今年的全新项目包括户外耐力挑战、生态实验、社区资源展示以及电动自行车示范。)” 可知，户外挑战和生态实验是今年新增的活动。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第四段“Community organizations, school groups, students and adults are encouraged to sign up to volunteer through the Earth Day Fairfax web page.(主办方鼓励社区组织、学校团体、学生及成年人通过费尔法克斯地球日网页报名成为志愿者。)” 可知，想要成为志愿者需要在费尔法克斯地球日官方网站注册报名。 B The other day, a new research idea struck me. The conceptual path was clear, but putting it into practice would require real effort — writing code, training models, and performing statistical analysis. Just a few years ago, the next step would have been a no-brainer. I would recruit (招收) a graduate student into my lab and allow him to run the project. This time, an uncomfortable thought came into my head: Should I just give these tasks to AI rather than take a chance on a student? I thought about the skills I had when I started graduate school more than a decade ago. I had zero research experience. One professor saw past my ignorance and agreed to take me on. The first few months were a hard reality check. I worked tirelessly, yet whenever I presented my work, my adviser would send me back to start from scratch. But she didn’t give up on me. It took a year or so before I finally produced something we could build on. Years later, when I became a professor, I watched my own students struggle, just as I once had. Eventually, the investment paid off, and I experienced the deep satisfaction of watching them transform into capable junior collaborators. Now, AI has introduced a new option. It can competently handle a lot of the work I need to finish immediately. The issue is not whether my students are valuable — in the long run, they are invaluable. The issue is that their value emerges slowly, whereas AI delivers immediate returns. Close colleagues are quietly holding back from taking on as many students as they used to. My immediate thought is to expect any student I recruit to contribute at a much higher level from the beginning. But to meet those expectations, a student would likely rely heavily on AI tools. The real danger is that the common assumption that taking on students is part of a professor’s academic journey will quietly disappear. Personally, I am seriously tempted (诱惑) not to take a chance on a beginner for my new project — which means today, I probably wouldn’t recruit my younger self. 4. What would be the author’s reaction to the new research idea a few years ago? A. Using AI for all the work. B. Giving the tasks to a student. C. Seeking help from friends. D. Asking for his adviser’s opinions. 5. Why does the author mention his own experience as a graduate student? A. To show how difficult research is. B. To explain why he became a professor. C. To criticize his former adviser’s methods. D. To prove the value of patience in teaching. 6. What is the author’s main concern about AI in education? A. It threatens the tradition of teaching. B. It lengthens students’ academic journey. C. It takes the place of teachers. D. It increases professors’ workload greatly. 7. What can be inferred about the author now? A. He hesitates to take new students. B. He values processes more than results. C. He refuses to use AI in his projects. D. He will build a student team soon. 【答案】4. B 5. D 6. A 7. A 【解析】 【导语】这篇文章主要讲述了一位教授面对新研究时，在 AI 与招收学生间陷入犹豫。AI 能快速交付成果，但培养学生有长期价值，这正威胁着学术传承的传统。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“Just a few years ago, the next step would have been a no-brainer. I would recruit (招收) a graduate student into my lab and allow him to run the project.( 就在几年前，迈出这一步还是一件轻而易举的事情。我会招募一名研究生进入我的实验室，让他负责这个项目。)”可知，几年前，作者遇到新研究项目时，会毫不犹豫地招收研究生来负责执行，这是当时的常规做法。 【5题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“I thought about the skills I had when I started graduate school more than a decade ago. I had zero research experience. One professor saw past my ignorance and agreed to take me on. The first few months were a hard reality check. I worked tirelessly, yet whenever I presented my work, my adviser would send me back to start from scratch. But she didn’t give up on me. It took a year or so before I finally produced something we could build on.( 我回想起自己十多年前刚进入研究生阶段时所拥有的技能。当时我毫无研究经验。一位教授看穿了我的无知，并同意收留我。最初的几个月是一次残酷的现实检验。我拼命工作，但每次展示我的研究成果时，我的导师都会让我重新从头开始。但她并没有放弃我。大约一年后，我终于有了可以进一步发展的成果。)”可知，作者回忆自己读研时毫无经验，在导师的耐心指导下历经一年才做出成果；后来自己成为教授，也见证了学生从挣扎到成长的过程。这段经历旨在证明耐心培养学生的长期价值，为下文对比 AI 的即时回报做铺垫。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段中“The real danger is that the common assumption that taking on students is part of a professor’s academic journey will quietly disappear.( 真正的危险在于，人们普遍认为招收学生是教授学术生涯的一部分这一观念会悄然消失。)”可知，作者认为 AI 带来的最大风险不是取代学生本身，而是会让“教授带学生是学术生涯一部分”这一传统观念逐渐消失，破坏学术传承。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Personally, I am seriously tempted (诱惑) not to take a chance on a beginner for my new project — which means today, I probably wouldn’t recruit my younger self.( 就我个人而言，我确实很犹豫是否要在新项目中冒险聘用一个新手——这意味着今天我可能不会招募年轻时的自己。)”可知，作者坦言自己现在强烈倾向于不招收新手学生，甚至认为如果是年轻时的自己，现在也不会被录用，这表明他在招新学生这件事上非常犹豫。 C It’s normal to see a little hair come out in the shower, but noticing handfuls of hair pile up in the pipe opening is a bit alarming. On social media, lots of people are attributing (把……归因于) their hair loss concerns to one reason in particular: hard water. Hard water is incredibly mineral-rich. “The higher the calcium and magnesium levels, the harder the water,” says Gaurav Agnihotri, a clinical associate at UChicago Medicine. There are tests you can use to measure the hardness of your water, but here’s an easy indicator: “If white chalk builds up around the taps, the sink, shower heads or even your coffee maker, those could be signs that you have hard water,” he says. Showering with hard water isn’t bad for you in itself, but it “can potentially harm the hair texture, making the hair feel either too dry or even too oily,” Agnihotri says. “Shampooing (洗发) with hard water can leave mineral buildups on your hair,” added Agnihotri. Over time, this buildup on the skin on your head can give the appearance of oily hair, even if you’ve freshly washed it. Alongside this, you might begin to notice your hair become more dull and straw-like, and your hair more likely to suffer breakage, says Mary Ann Bentz, a doctor at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in Connecticut. Washing your hair with hard water can make your hair drier and more brittle, studies have shown, but “there’s no direct evidence in the medical literature linking the exposure to hard water with hair loss,” says Agnihotri. It’s normal to lose around 50 to 100 hairs a day, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. Anything beyond that, it’s time to head to the doctor’s office, says Bentz. To mitigate mineral buildup, experts recommend periodically using something that has EDTA as an active ingredient. You could also try using a clarifying shampoo once a week, she says. Whichever product you use, the key is to apply the shampoo directly to your skin and gently massage — not rub harshly — your hair, says Agnihotri. 8. What is a sign of hard water at home? A. Hair loss becomes increasingly serious. B. Water pressure in the shower gets lower. C. Skin feels unusually dry after being washed. D. White mineral substances form on water facilities. 9. What effect can hard water have, according to paragraph 3? A. It directly causes permanent hair loss. B. It makes hair look oily and easy to break. C. It changes the natural color of the hair. D. It prevents shampoo from working effectively. 10. What can we know from paragraph 4? A. No clear medical proof connects hard water and hair loss. B. More research is needed to solve the hair loss problem. C. It’s normal for adults to lose over 100 hairs per day. D. Hair loss cannot be cured in a short time. 11. What does the underlined word “mitigate” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Strengthen. B. Highlight. C. Illustrate. D. Relieve. 【答案】8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍了硬水的判断特征、硬水对发质的不良影响，说明硬水并不会直接导致脱发，并给出了减少矿物质堆积、养护头发的实用建议。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第二段“If white chalk builds up around the taps, the sink, shower heads or even your coffee maker, those could be signs that you have hard water (如果水龙头、水槽、淋浴喷头甚至咖啡机周围堆积白色水垢，这些可能就是硬水的迹象。)” 可知，用水设备上出现白色矿物质沉淀物是家中存在硬水的标志。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第三段“Over time, this buildup on the skin on your head can give the appearance of oily hair, even if you’ve freshly washed it. Alongside this, you might begin to notice your hair become more dull and straw-like, and your hair more likely to suffer breakage (久而久之，头皮上的矿物质堆积会让头发看起来油腻，即便刚洗完头也是如此。与此同时，你会发现头发干枯毛躁，更容易断裂。)” 可知，硬水会让头发油腻且易断裂。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第四段“but “there’s no direct evidence in the medical literature linking the exposure to hard water with hair loss,” says Agnihotri.(但Agnihotri表示，“医学文献中没有直接证据能证明接触硬水与脱发有关。”)” 可知，没有明确的医学证据可以将硬水和脱发联系起来。 【11题详解】 词句猜测题。根据原文最后一段“To mitigate mineral buildup, experts recommend periodically using something that has EDTA as an active ingredient. (为了mitigate矿物质堆积，专家建议定期使用以EDTA为有效成分的清洁用品。)” 可知，这些做法是为了缓解、减轻矿物质堆积，因此mitigate表示缓解、减轻。 D Are you worried about your data being stolen on public WiFi? Concerned about devices being hacked on public charging points? Hesitant about scanning that QR code? Don’t be: these are fears based in myth. Experts have written an open letter to “correct a set of persistent myths about digital risk to everyday people and small businesses”. Top of the list is to “avoid public WiFi”, which many credible sources still say is unsafe. In October, Google offered advice in a report on text scams — avoid using public WiFi whenever possible, as these networks can be insecure and easily used by attackers. But the experts say that “large-scale attacks via public WiFi are exceptionally rare today. Modern products use encryption (加密) technologies to protect your traffic even on open networks and operating systems, and browsers now warn users about untrusted connections”. They also break the myth of avoiding QR codes — “there is no evidence of widespread crime originating from QR-code scanning itself” — and the myth of turning off Bluetooth and contactless capability — “wireless attacks in the wild are extraordinarily rare and typically require specialized hardware and physical nearness.” If you regularly change your password or clear cookies (缓存), then don’t bother, the experts add. Deleting cookies “doesn’t meaningfully improve security or stop modern tracking.” Changing your password often leads to weaker passwords and reuse across accounts, which are security “no-nos”. The letter is the brainchild of Bob Lord, former security chief for Yahoo and Twitter, who has been annoyed by “hacklore” for some time. He said someone sent him an article that talked about public WiFi, QR codes, USB charging stations and a few other things. And he said, “I need to turn my eye-rolling into something productive and to share it with the world.” Lord emphasized that the advice in the letter was aimed at the public but high-risk individuals such as activists and officials would need tailored protections. The protections that do matter for everyone, according to the letter, are: keeping your devices and apps updated; enabling multi-factor identity confirmation on sensitive accounts; starting to use passkeys, a new sign-in technology that is replacing passwords. 12. What is the main purpose of the experts’ open letter? A. To warn of digital threats. B. To correct wrong ideas about online risks. C. To advise against using the public network. D. To introduce advanced security technology. 13. What do experts say about public WiFi today? A. It should be avoided by all means. B. It is safe for sending important messages. C. Serious attacks through it are very uncommon. D. Its risks have increased due to modern technology. 14. What is considered really important for online safety? A. Changing passwords very often. B. Turning off all wireless functions. C. Updating software and using passkeys. D. Following the advice for high-risk groups. 15. Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. Public WiFi: A Common Danger B. How to Protect Our Data in Public? C. Are Some Common Online Fears Myths? D. Security: A Top Priority in the Digital Age 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. C 15. C 【解析】 【导语】这篇文章主要介绍了安全专家发表公开信，纠正公共 WiFi、二维码、频繁改密码等常见数字安全误区，并指出更新软件、使用密钥等真正有效的防护措施。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“Experts have written an open letter to “correct a set of persistent myths about digital risk to everyday people and small businesses”. ( 专家们写了一封公开信，旨在“纠正有关对普通民众和小企业数字风险的一系列长期错误观念”。)”可知，专家撰写公开信的核心目的是纠正大众和小企业关于数字风险的一系列长期存在的错误观念。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“But the experts say that “large-scale attacks via public WiFi are exceptionally rare today.( 但专家们表示，“通过公共 Wi-Fi 进行大规模攻击如今极为罕见。)”可知，专家明确指出，如今通过公共 WiFi 发起的大规模攻击极为罕见，现代加密技术和浏览器警告已经能有效保护用户。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段中“The protections that do matter for everyone, according to the letter, are: keeping your devices and apps updated; enabling multi-factor identity confirmation on sensitive accounts; starting to use passkeys, a new sign-in technology that is replacing passwords.( 根据这封信所述，对所有人来说，真正重要的保护措施包括：保持设备和应用程序的更新；在敏感账户上启用多因素身份验证；开始使用密码钥匙，这是一种正在取代密码的新登录技术。)”可知，专家认为真正有效的安全措施包括：保持设备和应用更新、开启多因素认证、使用密钥。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，全文围绕“纠正常见的数字安全误区”展开，依次破除了公共 WiFi 危险、二维码不安全、频繁改密码有用等多个流传甚广的错误观念。C选项“Are Some Common Online Fears Myths?( 一些常见的网络恐惧是否为谬论？)”以设问形式精准概括了文章的核心议题，适合作文文章的标题。 第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 In today’s fast-paced, screen-filled world, boredom is often viewed as something to be avoided. ____16____ When used correctly, it helps students think more thoroughly, absorb information better, and develop creativity, all skills that make tutoring sessions and study time far more effective. Boredom isn’t a sign that learning isn’t happening. On the contrary, it creates the mental space where deep thinking, understanding, and creativity can flourish. Why will students benefit from boredom? • ____17____ When students rush through assignments or tutoring sessions, they often miss the chance to internalize the information. Brief moments of pause allow the brain to organize ideas and make sense of new knowledge, improving long-term memory. • Their creativity and problem-solving ability will be enhanced. Boredom encourages imagination. When students aren’t constantly entertained, their minds begin to explore possibilities. ____18____ • Their focus and concentration will be improved. By learning to sit with boredom, students strengthen their ability to focus. This makes study sessions, homework, and tutoring more effective and reduces the need for constant guidance. • They will achieve greater emotional resilience (韧性). Learning isn’t always easy, and students need to tolerate small struggles. Moments of boredom teach patience and resilience, preparing students to face challenges in school and beyond. Next time you feel bored, embrace it. Ask yourself: What do I already understand? What am I curious about? ____19____ These moments of reflection can lead to breakthroughs in understanding, boost creativity, and make learning feel more meaningful. By incorporating structured reflection and “thinking time” into learning, students can turn boredom into a powerful learning tool and transform spare moments into opportunities for growth. They can improve focus, creativity, and confidence along the way. ____20____ It’s a little bit of boredom. A. What if I finally figure it out? B. They will gain better understanding. C. How could I explore this topic differently? D. Boredom is an immediate indicator of failure in learning. E. Sometimes, the most effective tool for learning isn’t a textbook or even a teacher. F. However, for students, boredom can actually be a powerful tool that boosts learning. G. This can inspire innovative solutions and help students develop independent thinking skills. 【答案】16. F 17. B 18. G 19. C 20. E 【解析】 【导语】这篇文章指出无聊并非学习障碍，反而能提升学生的理解、创造力、专注力与情绪韧性，是促进成长的强大学习工具。 【16题详解】 前文“In today’s fast-paced, screen-filled world, boredom is often viewed as something to be avoided.(在当今这个快节奏、满是屏幕的世界里，无聊常常被视为需要避免的事情。)”指出“无聊通常被视为需要避免的东西”，后文“When used correctly, it helps students think more thoroughly, absorb information better, and develop creativity, all skills that make tutoring sessions and study time far more effective.(如果使用得当，它可以帮助学生更彻底地思考，更好地吸收信息，培养创造力，所有这些技能都可以使辅导和学习时间更加有效。)”转而阐述无聊对学习的诸多益处，此处需要一个强转折句来衔接两种对立观点。F选项“However, for students, boredom can actually be a powerful tool that boosts learning.( 但对于学生来说，无聊实际上可以成为一种强大的促进学习的工具。)”以“However”开头，直接点明“无聊对学生而言是促进学习的强大工具”，完美承接上文并引出全文核心论点。 【17题详解】 此处是分论点小标题，与后文“创造力提升”、“专注力提升”以及“情绪韧性提升”构成并列结构，且需概括本段内容。根据下文“When students rush through assignments or tutoring sessions, they often miss the chance to internalize the information. Brief moments of pause allow the brain to organize ideas and make sense of new knowledge, improving long-term memory.(当学生匆忙完成作业或辅导任务时，他们往往会错失内化信息的机会。短暂的停顿能让大脑整理思路，理解新知识，从而提高长期记忆。)”可知本段核心讲“短暂的停顿让大脑组织想法、内化新知识，提高长期记忆力”，本质是帮助学生获得更好的理解，B选项“They will gain better understanding.( 他们会获得更深入的理解。)”精准概括本段主旨，且句式与其他分论点完全一致。 【18题详解】 前文“Boredom encourages imagination. When students aren’t constantly entertained, their minds begin to explore possibilities.(无聊能激发想象力。当学生不再持续受到娱乐的刺激时，他们的思维开始探索各种可能性。)”指出“无聊激发想象力，让大脑探索各种可能性”；G选项“This can inspire innovative solutions and help students develop independent thinking skills.( 这可以激发创新的解决方案，并帮助学生培养独立思考的能力。)”，承接上文，说明“探索可能性”带来的具体结果，选项中的“This”指代前文“大脑开始探索各种可能性”，与本段“创造力和问题解决能力提升”的分论点高度契合。 【19题详解】 前文“Next time you feel bored, embrace it. Ask yourself: What do I already understand? What am I curious about? (下次当你感到无聊时，请接受它。问问自己：我已经了解了什么？我还有哪些地方感到好奇？)”连续提出两个引导反思的问句（“我已经理解了什么？”“我对什么感到好奇？”），结合下文“These moments of reflection(这些反思的时刻)”可知，此处需要一个同类型的反思问句保持句式和逻辑的一致性。C选项“How could I explore this topic differently?(我怎样才能以不同的方式来探讨这个主题呢？)”是关于“如何用不同方式探索主题”的反思问题，与前两个问句共同构成引导学生深度思考的系列问题，符合语境。 【20题详解】 根据前文“students can turn boredom into a powerful learning tool and transform spare moments into opportunities for growth. They can improve focus, creativity, and confidence along the way. (学生可以把无聊变成一个强大的学习工具，把空闲时间变成成长的机会。他们可以提高注意力、创造力和自信心。)”以及后文“It’s a little bit of boredom.(这只是一点点的无聊。)”可知，作者强调“无聊”本身是有效工具，E选项“Sometimes, the most effective tool for learning isn’t a textbook or even a teacher.(有时候，最有效的学习工具并非教科书，甚至也不是老师。)”先否定“教科书”和“老师”这两种传统学习工具，引出“无聊”这一核心工具做铺垫，形成强烈的对比和强调，完美收束全文。 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Her name was Edith Borngeeser. It is a name I will never forget. She drove me to school from the time I was in kindergarten until I was old enough to ____21____ busy Newbridge Road in North Bellmore and ride my bicycle to Martin Avenue School. Mrs. Borngeeser loved to ____22____ songs while driving to school. I remember one of her favorites was “The Dummy”. I usually joined in the ____23____. Though it was ____24____ to be driven by Mrs. Borngeeser, she did not ____25____ any bad behavior. No silly behavior was tolerated, and she was always treated with respect. She could keep you in check with a backward glance if you didn’t obey the rules or by ____26____ ending a song in progress and beginning again only when order was ____27____. Mrs. Borngeeser was not a family friend or a member of a shared carpool. She was my school bus driver. She drove me and probably 30 to 40 other children to school every day, in all kinds of weather. I remember her ____28____ parents warmly at each stop along the way. We always arrived safely at our ____29____. Now, decades later, I wonder if my own child, or my grandson who recently began driving himself to high school, in a car not on a bicycle, had any ____30____ like mine. Were there any Mrs. Borngeesers at the ____31____ on their trips to school, keeping passengers ____32____ and well-behaved by leading them in song? A school bus driver is surely one of the noble and unsung ____33____ in our country. Each day, parents take an enormous leap of faith and entrust (委托) the ____34____ of their children to school bus drivers. After all, what could be more ____35____ than the well-being of our children? 21. A. cross B. check C. avoid D. mark 22. A. write B. sing C. record D. choose 23. A. game B. story C. chorus D. drive 24. A. fun B. rare C. inconvenient D. unnecessary 25. A. look forward to B. get hold of C. make up for D. put up with 26. A. casually B. suddenly C. apparently D. gradually 27. A. restored B. challenged C. ignored D. explained 28. A. helping B. thanking C. greeting D. accompanying 29. A. checkpoint B. residence C. destination D. landmark 30. A. lessons B. adventures C. lifestyles D. experiences 31. A. seat B. wheel C. door D. window 32. A. engaged B. honest C. confident D. humorous 33. A. ambitions B. candidates C. sponsors D. occupations 34. A. future B. success C. safety D. honor 35. A. delicate B. essential C. dynamic D. complex 【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. B 【解析】 【导语】这篇文章主要讲述了作者回忆起童年善良且严格的校车司机，她一路唱歌、维持秩序，守护孩子们安全上学。数十年后，作者怀念这段经历，并赞美校车司机平凡而伟大的职业价值。 【21题详解】 考查动词。句意：从我上幼儿园起，她就一直接送我上学，直到我长大到能够穿过北贝尔莫尔繁忙的新布里奇路，骑自行车去马丁大道学校。A. cross穿过；B. check检查，核对；C. avoid避免，避开；D. mark标记，做记号。根据下文“ride my bicycle to Martin Avenue School”提到骑自行车去学校，可知，前提是孩子足够大能够“穿过”繁忙的马路。 【22题详解】 考查动词。句意：博恩吉泽尔夫人喜欢在开车送我去上学的时候唱歌。A. write写，创作；B. sing唱歌；C. record录制，记录；D. choose选择。根据后文明确提到“one of her favorites was “The Dummy””且下一句说作者“joined in”由此可知司机在开车时喜欢“唱歌”。 【23题详解】 考查名词。句意：我记得她最喜欢的一首歌是《The Dummy》。我通常也会加入合唱。A. game游戏；B. story故事；C. chorus合唱，副歌；D. drive驾驶。根据上文“Mrs. Borngeeser loved to ________ songs”司机在唱歌，作者作为乘客自然是“跟着一起合唱”。“join in the chorus”是固定表达，意为“跟着一起唱”，完美承接上文。 【24题详解】 考查形容词。句意：虽然由博恩吉泽尔夫人开车接送很有趣，但她不会容忍任何不良行为。A. fun有趣的，令人愉快的；B. rare罕见的，稀有的；C. inconvenient不方便的；D. unnecessary不必要的。根据本句含有转折连词“Though”，后半句“she did not________ any bad behavior”说“她不容忍任何不良行为”，因此前半句应表达积极含义，即“坐博恩吉泽尔夫人的车很有趣”。 【25题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：虽然由博恩吉泽尔夫人开车接送很有趣，但她不会容忍任何不良行为。A. look forward to期待，盼望；B. get hold of抓住，得到；C. make up for弥补，补偿；D. put up with容忍，忍受。根据下一句“No silly behavior was tolerated”是对本句的进一步解释，因此空格处应填入与“tolerated”同义的短语“put up with”。 【26题详解】 考查副词。句意：如果你不遵守规则，她会回头看你一眼，或者突然结束正在进行的歌曲，直到秩序恢复后才重新开始。A. casually随意地；B. suddenly突然地；C. apparently显然地；D. gradually逐渐地。根据句意以及上文“She could keep you in check with a backward glance”可知，司机用这种方式来约束不守规矩的孩子，只有“突然”中断正在唱的歌，才能起到有效的威慑作用，让孩子们立刻安静下来。 【27题详解】 考查动词。句意：如果你不遵守规则，她会回头看你一眼，或者突然结束正在进行的歌曲，直到秩序恢复后才重新开始。A. restored恢复；B. challenged挑战；C. ignored忽视；D. explained解释。根据句意以及上文“ending a song in progress and beginning again”可知，司机中断歌曲是因为秩序混乱，因此只有当“秩序恢复”时，她才会重新开始唱歌。“restore order”是固定搭配，意为“恢复秩序”。 【28题详解】 考查动词。句意：我记得她在沿途的每个站点都会热情地问候家长。A. helping帮助；B. thanking感谢； C. greeting问候，打招呼；D. accompanying陪伴。根据下文“warmly at each stop along the way”可知，校车司机在每个站点接送孩子，与家长的日常互动最合理的是“热情地问候”，这符合校车司机的职业行为特点。 【29题详解】 考查名词。句意：我们总是安全地到达目的地。A. checkpoint检查站；B. residence住所，住宅；C. destination目的地；D. landmark地标，里程碑。根据语境以及上文“We always arrived safely”可知，孩子们坐校车的目的是去学校，因此“我们总是安全到达目的地”符合逻辑。 【30题详解】 考查名词。句意：数十年过去，如今我不禁思索：我的孩子，还有最近已经自驾汽车、不再骑车上学的孙子，是否也曾拥有过和我相似的童年经历。A. lessons教训，课程；B. adventures冒险，奇遇；C. lifestyles生活方式；D. experiences经历；体验。根据语境以及上文“I wonder if my own child, or my grandson who recently began driving himself to high school, in a car not on a bicycle”可知，作者在回忆自己童年坐校车的美好经历，因此想知道自己的孩子和孙子有没有过类似的“经历”。 【31题详解】 考查名词。句意：在他们去学校的路上，有没有像博恩吉泽尔夫人那样的司机坐在驾驶座上，通过唱歌来引导乘客保持专注和良好行为呢？A. seat座位；B. wheel方向盘，车轮；C. door门；D. window窗户。根据句意以及下文“on their trips to school”可知，这里指有没有像博恩吉泽尔夫人那样的司机在开车送他们上学。“at the wheel”是英语固定习语，意为“在驾驶座上；开车”。 【32题详解】 考查形容词。句意：在他们去学校的路上，有没有像博恩吉泽尔夫那样的司机坐在驾驶座上，通过唱歌来引导乘客保持专注和良好行为呢？A. engaged投入的，忙碌的；B. honest诚实的；C. confident自信的；D. humorous幽默的。根据句意以及下文“and well-behaved by leading them in song”可知，司机带领大家唱歌，目的是让乘客们“投入其中”，不会因为无聊而捣乱，同时保持良好的行为举止。 【33题详解】 考查名词。句意：学校巴士司机无疑是我们国家中一种崇高而又默默无闻的职业。A. ambitions 野心，抱负；B. candidates候选人；C. sponsors赞助商；D. occupations职业。根据语境以及上文“one of the noble and unsung”可知，校车司机是一种一种崇高而又默默无闻的职业，准确概括了校车司机的职业特点。 【34题详解】 考查名词。句意：每天，家长们都要做出巨大的信任之举，将孩子的安全托付给学校巴士司机。A. future未来；B. success成功；C. safety安全；D. honor荣誉。根据下文“the well-being of our children”可知，家长把孩子托付给校车司机，最关心的无疑是孩子的“安全”，“孩子的幸福安康”与“safety”形成呼应。 【35题详解】 考查形容词。句意：毕竟，还有什么比孩子们的幸福更重要呢？A. delicate脆弱的，精美的；B. essential至关重要的；C. dynamic动态的，有活力的。D. complex复杂的。根据句子结构以及下文“than the well-being of our children”可知，本句是反问句，强调“孩子的安康是最重要的事情”，因此essential“至关重要的”最符合语境。 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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。 Picture a city where every airport lounge, subway station, and even the bank lobby (大厅) features ____36____ (shelf) lined with books — spaces where teenagers, seniors, and commuters pause to read, not just hang around. Imagine the scene when taking a high-speed train, passengers put away their mobile phones and use a book to entertain ____37____ (they) during the journey. This is not an imaginary vision, ____38____ a future that China’s new Regulations (法规) on the Promotion of Nationwide Reading aims ____39____ (bring) within reach. Approved by the Executive Meeting of the State Council on Thursday, this regulation marks a leap for reading in China. ____40____ was once a cultural campaign has become a matter of public law. The regulation promises to ensure the right to read, expand access ____41____ quality content, and create a more inclusive reading environment for all — from curious children to lifelong learners. The significance of this regulation cannot be overstated. For years, “national reading” ____42____ (be) a slogan, a campaign, and a hope voiced by educators and cultural advocates. A ____43____ (various) of actions are being taken across the country to promote reading for all. For instance, Wuhan, Hubei Province, has integrated the city’s literary spirit into its transportation network in recent years, ____44____ (introduce) subway self-service libraries and offering digital reading resources. Yet, regulation alone cannot build a nation of readers. Regulation is a catalyst (催化剂), but reading must be ____45____ (deep) rooted in people’s life. Social atmosphere, family habits, and personal motivation are also important engines of a reading culture. 【答案】36. shelves 37. themselves 38. but 39. to bring 40. What 41. to 42. has been 43. variety 44. introducing 45. deeply 【解析】 【导语】本篇文章主要介绍了我国出台全民阅读促进条例，将全民阅读从文化活动上升为法律保障，阐述该法规的意义、各地推行的阅读举措，并指出法规需结合社会氛围与个人习惯，才能让阅读真正深入人心。 【36题详解】 考查名词。句意：想象这样一座城市，每个机场贵宾室、地铁站，甚至银行大厅都设有摆满书籍的书架 —— 在这些空间里，青少年、老年人和通勤者都会驻足阅读，而非只是闲逛。shelf为可数名词，此处表示多处书架，需用复数形式shelves。 【37题详解】 考查代词。句意：想象一下这样的场景：乘坐高铁时，乘客收起手机，用书来打发旅途时光、自娱自乐。主语 passengers与宾语指代同一主体，需用反身代词themselves，表“自娱自乐”。 【38题详解】 考查连词。句意：这并非空想，而是中国全新《全民阅读促进条例》力求实现的未来图景。固定搭配not...but...意为“不是…… 而是……”。 【39题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。固定搭配aim to do sth. 意为“旨在做某事；力求做某事”。 【40题详解】 考查主语从句。句意：曾经的一项文化活动，如今已上升为国家法规。空格引导主语从句，且从句内部缺少主语，指代事物，用连接代词What，首字母大写。 【41题详解】 考查介词。句意：该条例保障公民阅读权利，拓宽优质阅读内容的获取渠道，为所有人打造包容的阅读环境—— 无论是求知的孩童，还是终身学习者。固定搭配access to意为 “使用/获得…… 的机会、渠道”。 【42题详解】 考查时态。句意：多年来，“全民阅读” 一直是教育工作者与文化倡导者呼吁的口号、活动与美好愿景。时间状语For years为现在完成时标志，主语为单数概念,用现在完成时has been。 【43题详解】 考查名词。句意：全国各地正在开展多种多样的全民阅读推广活动。固定搭配a variety of意为“各种各样的”，需将形容词various 变为名词形式variety。 【44题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：近年来，湖北武汉将城市人文底蕴融入交通网络，增设地铁自助图书馆，并提供数字阅读资源。句中已有谓语动词has integrated，故空处需填非谓语动词，句子主语Wuhan与introduce为主动关系，用现在分词introducing作伴随状语。 【45题详解】 考查副词。句意：法规只是催化剂，阅读必须深度扎根于人们的日常生活中。此处修饰动词rooted，需用副词形式，deeply表 “深刻地、深入地”。 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 46. 假定你是李华，你校与英国某高中联合举办了“跨文化备考交流”活动。你被选中与即将参加A-Level考试的Harry交流备考情况。请你给他写封邮件，内容包括： 1. 介绍你的备考现状； 2. 询问对方相关事宜。 注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Harry, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Harry, I’m delighted to join this cross-cultural exam preparation exchange and share our study with each other. Recently, I have made full preparations for my coming exams. I stick to reviewing key knowledge every day, finishing targeted exercises and sorting out error logs regularly. Meanwhile, I arrange my time reasonably to avoid burnout and keep a positive state. Knowing you are preparing for the A-Level exams, I’m wondering how your preparation is going. Could you share your effective revision methods? Besides, I’d like to know how you relieve study pressure. Hope we can learn from each other and make progress together. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面要求考生对于你校与英国某高中联合举办了“跨文化备考交流”活动，你被选中与即将参加A-Level考试的Harry交流备考情况这一事情，给他写封邮件，介绍你的备考现状。 【详解】1.词汇积累 坚持：stick to→ insist on 与此同时：meanwhile→ at the same time 合理地：reasonably→ wisely 缓解：relieve→ ease 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Meanwhile, I arrange my time reasonably to avoid burnout and keep a positive state. 拓展句：Meanwhile, I arrange my time reasonably so that I can avoid burnout and stay positive. 【高分句型1】Knowing you are preparing for the A-Level exams, I’m wondering how your preparation is going. (运用了现在分词作状语、省略连词that的宾语从句和how引导宾语从句) 【高分句型2】Besides, I’d like to know how you relieve study pressure. (运用了how引导宾语从句) 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。 Recently, I was in downtown Chicago, visiting from Michigan. I spent a few hours in Millennium Park, enjoying the lively atmosphere and casually observing the tourists and locals passing by. On the way back to my car, as I reached for my keys, I realized my purse was missing. I was seized by panic. My purse held my ID, credit cards, medications and hundreds of dollars in cash. I started to feel anxiety, first in my legs, then in my gut and then right on top of my chest. I couldn’t think straight. My mind was racing with the worst possibilities as I anxiously retraced my steps. After about an hour, I stopped in front of a Millennium Park gift shop and walked in, just to see if maybe someone had turned in my purse. I went up to the cashier and asked if anyone had brought in a black purse. The woman’s eyes widened; she said someone had. At that moment, all of the tears and sobs came out. I was overwhelmed with a wave of relief as she said that about half an hour earlier, two women had come into the gift shop with a black purse. It turned out that they had spotted the purse on a park bench near the store, but noticed a man going through it. They immediately became suspicious. “They walked up to the man and asked if it was his. He mumbled that his wife had lost it. And they just didn’t believe him,” the cashier told me. The women pretended the purse was theirs, and wrestled it from his hands. Purse in hand, the women hurried to the gift shop and went inside. They waited for about half an hour to see if the owner would return, but no one appeared. They left the purse with a security guard. Five minutes later, I walked in. 注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右; 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 I rushed to the security guard. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ However, the two women didn’t leave any of their information. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 I rushed to the security guard. My hands trembling, I explained my situation and showed my ID to prove the purse was mine. He smiled warmly and handed me the black purse, saying, “Those two women were really quick-witted and brave. They wouldn’t let that thief get away with it.” I checked every item carefully — my ID, credit cards, cash and medications were all there, untouched. Tears of relief welled up in my eyes as I imagined the women standing up to the stranger for me. However, the two women didn’t leave any of their information. I asked the cashier and the security guard repeatedly, hoping to get their names or contact details to thank them properly, but they had just hurried off after handing over the purse. I stood there for a long time, feeling both grateful and regretful that I couldn’t thank them face-to-face. Even so, their kindness has stayed with me ever since. They taught me that courage and goodness are always around us, and I promised myself I would pass on this warmth to others whenever I could. 【解析】 【导语】本文以作者的钱包失而复得为线索展开，讲述了作者在芝加哥千禧公园丢失钱包后焦急万分，最终发现钱包被两位勇敢机智的女士从可疑男子手中夺回并交给礼品店保安保管的故事。 【详解】1.段落续写： ① 由第一段首句可知，第一段可描写作者向保安核实身份、取回钱包的过程。 ② 由第二段首句可知，第二段可描写作者因无法当面道谢的遗憾，以及这份善意带给自己的触动与传递温暖的决心。 2.续写线索：冲向保安→核实身份取回钱包→物品完好的安心→无法联系到好心女士的遗憾→感悟善意→决心传递温暖 词汇激活 3.行为类 ① 颤抖：tremble/shake/quiver ② 展示：show/present/display 情绪类 ① 感谢某人：thank sb/express thanks to sb/show gratitude to sb ② 释然，放松：relief/comfort/ease 【点睛】[高分句型 1] Tears of relief welled up in my eyes as I imagined the women standing up to the stranger for me.(运用了as引导的时间状语从句) [高分句型 2] They taught me that courage and goodness are always around us, and I promised myself I would pass on this warmth to others whenever I could. (运用了that引导的宾语从句和whenever引导时间状语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 高三英语 注意事项： 1.答题前，务必将自己的个人信息填写在答题卡上，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有2分钟的时间将试卷上的答案 转涂到答题卡上。 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。每段对话读两遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C. 1. What does the woman mean? A. Alex missed the meeting. B. Alex arrived just in time. C. Alex prepared a long report. 2. What part about the painting does the man like best? A. It improves concentration. B. It allows for self-expression. C. It helps him get relaxed. 3. What does the man plan to do during the holiday? A. Explore the city. B. Rest at home. C. Try local cuisine. 4. What does the man think of the online course? A. It is highly engaging. B. It is a bit challenging. C. It takes too much time. 5. How much will the man pay for the tickets? A. $15. B. $30. C. $45. 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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What is Betty shopping for? A. Posters. B. Curtains. C. Lamps. 7. Why is Thomas going with Betty? A. To return a product. B. To buy some things for his study. C. To look for something for his living room. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What will the speakers cook? A. Pork. B. Fish. C. Duck. 9. What will the speakers’ father be offered to drink? A. Tea. B. Coffee. C. Milk. 10. Why does the speakers’ father refuse to stay with them? A. He can’t cancel the hotel reservation. B. He has to visit his co-workers. C. He prefers to have his own space. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. Where is James planning to hike? A. The Rocky Mountains. B. A nearby national park. C. The coastal path. 12. What does James think is very important for his hiking trips? A. Taking photos. B. Depending on friends. C. Choosing proper tools. 13. How does James find hiking alone? A. It’s a unique pleasure. B. It’s unnecessarily dangerous. C. It’s a common practice. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the man doing? A. Buying a painting. B. Visiting an exhibition. C. Conducting an interview. 15. Why will the woman give away some artworks? A. To attract media attention. B. To thank her supporters. C. To decorate a public space. 16. What’s the probable relationship between the woman and David L? A. Business partners. B. Brother and sister. C. Husband and wife. 17. How does the woman feel about her early paintings being published? A. Embarrassed. B. Satisfied. C. Understanding. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What is a special attraction for children? A. A toy store. B. A treasure hunt. C. Cartoon films. 19. What are the listeners reminded to do if they want a special activity? A. Book the tickets online. B. Check the schedule board. C. Ask at the information desk. 20. What appeals to both children and adults? A. The giant interactive globe. B. The hands-on science lab. C. The gift shop. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The annual Earth Day Fairfax Festival returns this year on Saturday, April 25 and will be held at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston instead of Sully Historic Site. Admission is free but there is a $10 parking fee per car. Earth Day Fairfax is the largest Earth Day event in Fairfax County. Relocating to Lake Fairfax Park will provide an enhanced visitor experience while highlighting the park’s natural lakefront environment. “We’re excited to host this year’s event at Lake Fairfax and eager to introduce new visitors to a space they can enjoy well beyond the festival,” says Shera White, Events Manager with the Fairfax County Park Authority. The festival attracts families from all over the region and will feature an entertaining mix of education, eco-friendly activities and attractions that guests have come to love. New additions this year will be outdoor endurance challenges, eco-experiments, community resources and electric bike demos. Returning activities include outdoor discovery activities, nature exhibits, farm animal petting area, different kinds of food trucks, two stages of live bands and entertainment, free giveaways and earth-friendly vendors. For adults, the popular Craft Beer Garden return s featuring a local Reston favorite, Bike Lane Brewing. Volunteers play a vital role in ensuring the event is successful. Community organizations, school groups, students and adults are encouraged to sign up to volunteer through the Earth Day Fairfax web page. This event is sponsored by the Fairfax Park Foundation. Sponsorships for Earth Day Fairfax are available. Visit www.fairfaxparkfoundation.org/ to learn more about supporting the event. For more information about the Earth Day Fairfax Festival, and for vendor and volunteer opportunities, please visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/ earth-day-festival. 1. Where is the Earth Day Fairfax Festival held this year? A. At Sully Historic Site. B. In the Fairfax County Park Authority. C. At a local school. D. At Lake Fairfax Park in Reston. 2. What is new at this year’s festival? A. Free parking for all visitors. B. Outdoor challenges and eco-experiments. C. Nature exhibits and food trucks. D. Opportunities to interact with wild animals. 3. What does one need to do to become a volunteer? A. Apply to Fairfax Park Foundation. B. Access www.fairfaxparkfoundation.org/. C. Register on the Earth Day Fairfax website. D. Submit the application at the community center. B The other day, a new research idea struck me. The conceptual path was clear, but putting it into practice would require real effort — writing code, training models, and performing statistical analysis. Just a few years ago, the next step would have been a no-brainer. I would recruit (招收) a graduate student into my lab and allow him to run the project. This time, an uncomfortable thought came into my head: Should I just give these tasks to AI rather than take a chance on a student? I thought about the skills I had when I started graduate school more than a decade ago. I had zero research experience. One professor saw past my ignorance and agreed to take me on. The first few months were a hard reality check. I worked tirelessly, yet whenever I presented my work, my adviser would send me back to start from scratch. But she didn’t give up on me. It took a year or so before I finally produced something we could build on. Years later, when I became a professor, I watched my own students struggle, just as I once had. Eventually, the investment paid off, and I experienced the deep satisfaction of watching them transform into capable junior collaborators. Now, AI has introduced a new option. It can competently handle a lot of the work I need to finish immediately. The issue is not whether my students are valuable — in the long run, they are invaluable. The issue is that their value emerges slowly, whereas AI delivers immediate returns. Close colleagues are quietly holding back from taking on as many students as they used to. My immediate thought is to expect any student I recruit to contribute at a much higher level from the beginning. But to meet those expectations, a student would likely rely heavily on AI tools. The real danger is that the common assumption that taking on students is part of a professor’s academic journey will quietly disappear. Personally, I am seriously tempted (诱惑) not to take a chance on a beginner for my new project — which means today, I probably wouldn’t recruit my younger self. 4. What would be the author’s reaction to the new research idea a few years ago? A. Using AI for all the work. B. Giving the tasks to a student. C. Seeking help from friends. D. Asking for his adviser’s opinions. 5. Why does the author mention his own experience as a graduate student? A. To show how difficult research is. B. To explain why he became a professor. C. To criticize his former adviser’s methods. D. To prove the value of patience in teaching. 6. What is the author’s main concern about AI in education? A. It threatens the tradition of teaching. B. It lengthens students’ academic journey. C. It takes the place of teachers. D. It increases professors’ workload greatly. 7. What can be inferred about the author now? A. He hesitates to take new students. B. He values processes more than results. C. He refuses to use AI in his projects. D. He will build a student team soon. C It’s normal to see a little hair come out in the shower, but noticing handfuls of hair pile up in the pipe opening is a bit alarming. On social media, lots of people are attributing (把……归因于) their hair loss concerns to one reason in particular: hard water. Hard water is incredibly mineral-rich. “The higher the calcium and magnesium levels, the harder the water,” says Gaurav Agnihotri, a clinical associate at UChicago Medicine. There are tests you can use to measure the hardness of your water, but here’s an easy indicator: “If white chalk builds up around the taps, the sink, shower heads or even your coffee maker, those could be signs that you have hard water,” he says. Showering with hard water isn’t bad for you in itself, but it “can potentially harm the hair texture, making the hair feel either too dry or even too oily,” Agnihotri says. “Shampooing (洗发) with hard water can leave mineral buildups on your hair,” added Agnihotri. Over time, this buildup on the skin on your head can give the appearance of oily hair, even if you’ve freshly washed it. Alongside this, you might begin to notice your hair become more dull and straw-like, and your hair more likely to suffer breakage, says Mary Ann Bentz, a doctor at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in Connecticut. Washing your hair with hard water can make your hair drier and more brittle, studies have shown, but “there’s no direct evidence in the medical literature linking the exposure to hard water with hair loss,” says Agnihotri. It’s normal to lose around 50 to 100 hairs a day, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. Anything beyond that, it’s time to head to the doctor’s office, says Bentz. To mitigate mineral buildup, experts recommend periodically using something that has EDTA as an active ingredient. You could also try using a clarifying shampoo once a week, she says. Whichever product you use, the key is to apply the shampoo directly to your skin and gently massage — not rub harshly — your hair, says Agnihotri. 8. What is a sign of hard water at home? A. Hair loss becomes increasingly serious. B. Water pressure in the shower gets lower. C. Skin feels unusually dry after being washed. D. White mineral substances form on water facilities. 9. What effect can hard water have, according to paragraph 3? A. It directly causes permanent hair loss. B. It makes hair look oily and easy to break. C. It changes the natural color of the hair. D. It prevents shampoo from working effectively. 10. What can we know from paragraph 4? A. No clear medical proof connects hard water and hair loss. B. More research is needed to solve the hair loss problem. C. It’s normal for adults to lose over 100 hairs per day. D. Hair loss cannot be cured in a short time. 11. What does the underlined word “mitigate” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Strengthen. B. Highlight. C. Illustrate. D. Relieve. D Are you worried about your data being stolen on public WiFi? Concerned about devices being hacked on public charging points? Hesitant about scanning that QR code? Don’t be: these are fears based in myth. Experts have written an open letter to “correct a set of persistent myths about digital risk to everyday people and small businesses”. Top of the list is to “avoid public WiFi”, which many credible sources still say is unsafe. In October, Google offered advice in a report on text scams — avoid using public WiFi whenever possible, as these networks can be insecure and easily used by attackers. But the experts say that “large-scale attacks via public WiFi are exceptionally rare today. Modern products use encryption (加密) technologies to protect your traffic even on open networks and operating systems, and browsers now warn users about untrusted connections”. They also break the myth of avoiding QR codes — “there is no evidence of widespread crime originating from QR-code scanning itself” — and the myth of turning off Bluetooth and contactless capability — “wireless attacks in the wild are extraordinarily rare and typically require specialized hardware and physical nearness.” If you regularly change your password or clear cookies (缓存), then don’t bother, the experts add. Deleting cookies “doesn’t meaningfully improve security or stop modern tracking.” Changing your password often leads to weaker passwords and reuse across accounts, which are security “no-nos”. The letter is the brainchild of Bob Lord, former security chief for Yahoo and Twitter, who has been annoyed by “hacklore” for some time. He said someone sent him an article that talked about public WiFi, QR codes, USB charging stations and a few other things. And he said, “I need to turn my eye-rolling into something productive and to share it with the world.” Lord emphasized that the advice in the letter was aimed at the public but high-risk individuals such as activists and officials would need tailored protections. The protections that do matter for everyone, according to the letter, are: keeping your devices and apps updated; enabling multi-factor identity confirmation on sensitive accounts; starting to use passkeys, a new sign-in technology that is replacing passwords. 12. What is the main purpose of the experts’ open letter? A. To warn of digital threats. B. To correct wrong ideas about online risks. C. To advise against using the public network. D. To introduce advanced security technology. 13. What do experts say about public WiFi today? A. It should be avoided by all means. B. It is safe for sending important messages. C. Serious attacks through it are very uncommon. D. Its risks have increased due to modern technology. 14. What is considered really important for online safety? A. Changing passwords very often. B. Turning off all wireless functions. C. Updating software and using passkeys. D. Following the advice for high-risk groups. 15. Which of the following is the best title for the text? A. Public WiFi: A Common Danger B. How to Protect Our Data in Public? C. Are Some Common Online Fears Myths? D. Security: A Top Priority in the Digital Age 第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 In today’s fast-paced, screen-filled world, boredom is often viewed as something to be avoided. ____16____ When used correctly, it helps students think more thoroughly, absorb information better, and develop creativity, all skills that make tutoring sessions and study time far more effective. Boredom isn’t a sign that learning isn’t happening. On the contrary, it creates the mental space where deep thinking, understanding, and creativity can flourish. Why will students benefit from boredom? • ____17____ When students rush through assignments or tutoring sessions, they often miss the chance to internalize the information. Brief moments of pause allow the brain to organize ideas and make sense of new knowledge, improving long-term memory. • Their creativity and problem-solving ability will be enhanced. Boredom encourages imagination. When students aren’t constantly entertained, their minds begin to explore possibilities. ____18____ • Their focus and concentration will be improved. By learning to sit with boredom, students strengthen their ability to focus. This makes study sessions, homework, and tutoring more effective and reduces the need for constant guidance. • They will achieve greater emotional resilience (韧性). Learning isn’t always easy, and students need to tolerate small struggles. Moments of boredom teach patience and resilience, preparing students to face challenges in school and beyond. Next time you feel bored, embrace it. Ask yourself: What do I already understand? What am I curious about? ____19____ These moments of reflection can lead to breakthroughs in understanding, boost creativity, and make learning feel more meaningful. By incorporating structured reflection and “thinking time” into learning, students can turn boredom into a powerful learning tool and transform spare moments into opportunities for growth. They can improve focus, creativity, and confidence along the way. ____20____ It’s a little bit of boredom. A. What if I finally figure it out? B. They will gain better understanding. C. How could I explore this topic differently? D. Boredom is an immediate indicator of failure in learning. E. Sometimes, the most effective tool for learning isn’t a textbook or even a teacher. F. However, for students, boredom can actually be a powerful tool that boosts learning. G. This can inspire innovative solutions and help students develop independent thinking skills. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Her name was Edith Borngeeser. It is a name I will never forget. She drove me to school from the time I was in kindergarten until I was old enough to ____21____ busy Newbridge Road in North Bellmore and ride my bicycle to Martin Avenue School. Mrs. Borngeeser loved to ____22____ songs while driving to school. I remember one of her favorites was “The Dummy”. I usually joined in the ____23____. Though it was ____24____ to be driven by Mrs. Borngeeser, she did not ____25____ any bad behavior. No silly behavior was tolerated, and she was always treated with respect. She could keep you in check with a backward glance if you didn’t obey the rules or by ____26____ ending a song in progress and beginning again only when order was ____27____. Mrs. Borngeeser was not a family friend or a member of a shared carpool. She was my school bus driver. She drove me and probably 30 to 40 other children to school every day, in all kinds of weather. I remember her ____28____ parents warmly at each stop along the way. We always arrived safely at our ____29____. Now, decades later, I wonder if my own child, or my grandson who recently began driving himself to high school, in a car not on a bicycle, had any ____30____ like mine. Were there any Mrs. Borngeesers at the ____31____ on their trips to school, keeping passengers ____32____ and well-behaved by leading them in song? A school bus driver is surely one of the noble and unsung ____33____ in our country. Each day, parents take an enormous leap of faith and entrust (委托) the ____34____ of their children to school bus drivers. After all, what could be more ____35____ than the well-being of our children? 21. A. cross B. check C. avoid D. mark 22. A. write B. sing C. record D. choose 23. A. game B. story C. chorus D. drive 24. A. fun B. rare C. inconvenient D. unnecessary 25. A. look forward to B. get hold of C. make up for D. put up with 26. A. casually B. suddenly C. apparently D. gradually 27. A. restored B. challenged C. ignored D. explained 28. A. helping B. thanking C. greeting D. accompanying 29. A. checkpoint B. residence C. destination D. landmark 30. A. lessons B. adventures C. lifestyles D. experiences 31. A. seat B. wheel C. door D. window 32. A. engaged B. honest C. confident D. humorous 33. A. ambitions B. candidates C. sponsors D. occupations 34. A. future B. success C. safety D. honor 35. A. delicate B. essential C. dynamic D. complex 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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。 Picture a city where every airport lounge, subway station, and even the bank lobby (大厅) features ____36____ (shelf) lined with books — spaces where teenagers, seniors, and commuters pause to read, not just hang around. Imagine the scene when taking a high-speed train, passengers put away their mobile phones and use a book to entertain ____37____ (they) during the journey. This is not an imaginary vision, ____38____ a future that China’s new Regulations (法规) on the Promotion of Nationwide Reading aims ____39____ (bring) within reach. Approved by the Executive Meeting of the State Council on Thursday, this regulation marks a leap for reading in China. ____40____ was once a cultural campaign has become a matter of public law. The regulation promises to ensure the right to read, expand access ____41____ quality content, and create a more inclusive reading environment for all — from curious children to lifelong learners. The significance of this regulation cannot be overstated. For years, “national reading” ____42____ (be) a slogan, a campaign, and a hope voiced by educators and cultural advocates. A ____43____ (various) of actions are being taken across the country to promote reading for all. For instance, Wuhan, Hubei Province, has integrated the city’s literary spirit into its transportation network in recent years, ____44____ (introduce) subway self-service libraries and offering digital reading resources. Yet, regulation alone cannot build a nation of readers. Regulation is a catalyst (催化剂), but reading must be ____45____ (deep) rooted in people’s life. Social atmosphere, family habits, and personal motivation are also important engines of a reading culture. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 46. 假定你是李华，你校与英国某高中联合举办了“跨文化备考交流”活动。你被选中与即将参加A-Level考试的Harry交流备考情况。请你给他写封邮件，内容包括： 1. 介绍你的备考现状； 2. 询问对方相关事宜。 注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Harry, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 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。 Recently, I was in downtown Chicago, visiting from Michigan. I spent a few hours in Millennium Park, enjoying the lively atmosphere and casually observing the tourists and locals passing by. On the way back to my car, as I reached for my keys, I realized my purse was missing. I was seized by panic. My purse held my ID, credit cards, medications and hundreds of dollars in cash. I started to feel anxiety, first in my legs, then in my gut and then right on top of my chest. I couldn’t think straight. My mind was racing with the worst possibilities as I anxiously retraced my steps. After about an hour, I stopped in front of a Millennium Park gift shop and walked in, just to see if maybe someone had turned in my purse. I went up to the cashier and asked if anyone had brought in a black purse. The woman’s eyes widened; she said someone had. At that moment, all of the tears and sobs came out. I was overwhelmed with a wave of relief as she said that about half an hour earlier, two women had come into the gift shop with a black purse. It turned out that they had spotted the purse on a park bench near the store, but noticed a man going through it. They immediately became suspicious. “They walked up to the man and asked if it was his. He mumbled that his wife had lost it. And they just didn’t believe him,” the cashier told me. The women pretended the purse was theirs, and wrestled it from his hands. Purse in hand, the women hurried to the gift shop and went inside. They waited for about half an hour to see if the owner would return, but no one appeared. They left the purse with a security guard. Five minutes later, I walked in. 注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右; 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 I rushed to the security guard. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ However, the two women didn’t leave any of their information. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $