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七宝中学 2025 学年第二学期高二年级期中考试 英语试卷 考生注意： 1．本试卷共13页，考试时间120分钟，满分150分。 2．全卷包括五大题，每个大题由若干小题组成；选择题只有一个正确答案。 3．答卷前。务必在答题纸正面清楚地填写姓名、班级、学号。 4．答案必须全部做在答题纸上，用黑色水笔填写。 I. Listening Comprehension (30’) Section A Directions: In Section A, you’ll 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 a 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. 7:50 B. 8:05 C. 8:25 D. 9:05 2. A. Teacher and student B. Doctor and patient C. Editor and reporter D. Boss and clerk 3. A. Patient B. Friendly C. Annoyed D. Surprised 4. A. History B. Philosophy C. Politics D. Literature 5. A. The woman didn’t skip breakfast. B. Her deskmate had breakfast alone. C. The woman stayed hungry until 12:30. D. Her deskmate had at least 2 meals today. 6. A. He didn’t notice the change of place in time. B. He went to the wrong meeting place. C. The email was sent to him at the last minute. D. The meeting place was decided late. 7. A. The man focused more on Kevin’s outfit. B. Kevin was confident and well prepared. C. The man had little praise for the presentation. D. Kevin’s presentation was impressive. 8. A. She has already accepted the offer. B. She will refuse the offer anyway. C.Her decision depends on a condition. D. She wants to begin work this spring. 9. A. Daniel has nearly finished the project. B. Daniel tracks project on a notebook. C. Daniel’s notebook is rarely used. D. Daniel has made very limited progress. 10. A. He plans to shorten the speech to save time. B. Careful preparation greatly increases the chance of success. C. The first half of the contest matters more than the second half. D. Finishing the speech is easier than starting it. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the 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. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Hunan B. Guangdong C. Guangxi D. Szechuan 12. A. To remove some of the smell. B. To soften them and balance the taste. C. To tighten and colour the skin quickly. D. To make them easier to cut. 13. A. Cook the vegetables→cut the pork→boil the pork→steam the dish B. Boil the pork→colour the skin→place the sliced pork→steam it with the vegetables C. Fry the pork→wash the preserved vegetables→boil the pork→add soy sauce D. Slice the pork→cook the vegetables→steam the pork→put the vegetables on top Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. It had about 27 stops. B. A full trip usually took 75 minutes. C. It once covered 11 stops in 26 minutes. D. Its speed was about 22 km/h. 15. A. The bus used to run faster than a taxi. B. The whole route now takes longer time. C. Wheels often caught fire after sudden stops. D. The turning machine bent the handrail. 16. A. It was a perfect location for passengers to do pull-ups. B. It was where the bus reached its highest speed. C. Its circular ramp exhibited the line’s legendary speed. D. It was the place where the handrail was bent. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. It centred fortune items and false beliefs. B. It concerned comfort, light and fresh air. C. It dealt with movement and convenience. D. It boosted privacy, safety, and sleep. 18. A. The sofa faced the entrance and welcomed guests at once. B. The room allowed easy movement and avoided direct exposure. C. The table stood close to the passage and saved more room. D. The dining space connected naturally with the bedroom area. 19. A. It left too little room beside the window for daily use. B. It made the bedroom look untidy and poorly balanced. C. It put the sleeper straight in line with noise and view. D. It kept the person in bed from seeing the entrance. 20. A. Replace it with a rounder one for a softer look. B. Keep it beside the bed to brighten the room. C. Move it away because it may disturb her at night. D. Turn it toward the door to improve the layout. II. Grammar and Vocabulary (40’) Section A (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. During a visit to Beijing many years ago, I had lunch with three PhD students in the Chinese Department at Peking University, all native speakers of Chinese. As I had caught a cold, I tried to write a short note to cancel an afternoon appointment, but suddenly found that I ____1____ not remember how to write the Chinese characters for the word “sneeze”. I asked my three friends to write it for me. To my surprise, ____2____ of them could do so correctly. Since Peking University is often regarded as the “Harvard of China”, the incident was striking. It is difficult to imagine three Harvard PhD students in English literature ____3____ (forget) how to write the English word “sneeze”. This was my first direct encounter with ____4____ is now widely known in China as “character amnesia”: even highly educated people are forgetting how to write common Chinese characters by hand. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the spread of the internet and the rise of a digitised information environment brought major changes to the use of Chinese characters. ____5____ the exponential growth of computer memory, Chinese word processing became increasingly routine and convenient. The standard QWERTY keyboard could support not only Pinyin input but also various other entry systems, enabling Chinese characters, ____6____ alphabetic writing, to function easily in cyberspace. Almost overnight, Chinese users adopted smartphones and tablets, relying on Pinyin input, and speech-to-text technology. Yet these advances have produced a distinctive problem: nowadays people ____7____ (lose) the ability to write characters by hand. Certainly, such lapses are not entirely new. Chinese has long had the expression tibiwangzi — “lift the pen, forget the character” — ____8____ (describe) this tendency. However, the digitally intensified version is more serious than occasionally forgetting a rare or complex character. Even highly literate people now fail to write characters in very ordinary words such as “kitchen”, “lips”, “cough”, and “broom”. ____9____ there have been few rigorous empirical studies, informal surveys by China Daily suggest that about 80% of respondents experience character amnesia in daily life. Some research has been launched to explore the causes, though the data remain difficult to evaluate ____10____ occupations and disciplines. 【答案】1. could 2. none 3. forgetting 4. what 5. With 6. unlike 7. are losing##have lost 8. to describe 9. Although##Though##While 10. across 【解析】 【导语】文章介绍随着网络与数码设备普及、拼音输入盛行，国人出现提笔忘字的现象，分析了成因、现状及相关调查情况。 【1题详解】 考查情态动词。句意：由于我感冒了，我打算写一张便条取消下午的约会，却突然发现自己想不起“喷嚏”这个词的汉字该怎么写。根据主句谓语found可知，此处描述过去发现的情况，表过去“不能够”记得，用一般过去时，情态动词can用过去式could。 【2题详解】 考查代词。句意：令我惊讶的是，他们三个人没有一个能正确写出这个字。前文提到三个朋友，none指代三者及以上“都不”，none of them符合“三个都没能正确写出来”的语境。 【3题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：很难想象哈佛大学三名英国文学专业的博士生会忘记“喷嚏”这个英文单词怎么拼写。固定搭配imagine (sb.) doing sth.，意为“想象某人做某事”，用forget的动名词形式forgetting，作宾语。 【4题详解】 考查宾语从句。句意：这是我第一次直接接触到如今在中国广为人知的所谓“汉字失忆症”：即使是受过高等教育的人也越来越忘记如何手写常见的汉字。with后接宾语从句，从句缺主语，指代“如今被称为‘汉字失忆症’的现象”，用连接代词what来引导。 【5题详解】 考查介词。句意：随着计算机内存的指数级增长，汉字文字处理变得越来越常规且便捷。介词with表伴随，意为“随着”，句首首字母需大写。 【6题详解】 考查介词。句意：标准的QWERTY键盘不仅支持拼音输入，还支持多种其他输入方式，使得和字母文字不同的汉字也能在网络空间轻松运行。 此处表示“和……不同，不像”，应用介词unlike作插入语，将汉字和字母文字对。 【7题详解】 考查时态和主谓一致。句意：然而这些进步也催生了一个独特的问题：如今人们正在逐渐丧失手写汉字的能力。空处作谓语，时间状语为nowadays，表现阶段正在持续发生的状态，用现在进行时，主语people为复数，系动词用are；“人们失去手写能力”是数字化发展带来的结果，也可用现在完成时。 【8题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：汉语中早就有“提笔忘字”这一说法，用来描述这种现象。句子已有谓语has had，空处表目的，用不定式作目的状语。 【9题详解】 考查状语从句。句意：虽然严谨的实证研究寥寥无几，但《中国日报》的非正式调查显示，约八成受访者在日常生活中都有汉字失忆症的经历。空处引导让步状语从句，用although/though/while，意为“尽管”，句首首字母需大写。 【10题详解】 考查介词。句意：已有相关研究着手探究其成因，但这些数据仍难以跨职业、跨学科进行评估。介词across表示“跨（不同领域）”，此处指“数据跨不同职业、学科很难评估”。 Section B (30’) (A) Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need. A. imperceptible B. empathetic C. exposure D. modest AB. positioning AC. farewell AD. various BC. drew BD. mechanical CD. advance ABC. characterised Yu Yi, a respected Chinese educator whose life came to embody the moral seriousness and intellectual ambition of modern Chinese schooling, has died in Shanghai at the age of 97. Her death on March 14 ____11____ mourning across the education sector: she’d long been regarded not merely as a teacher, but as a figure of national significance. From her early years, Yu believed that ____12____ to great language, history and civic feeling could shape not only a student’s intellect but also the structure of character itself. Born in Zhenjiang in February 1929, she graduated from the Department of Education at Fudan University in 1951 and began a teaching career that would extend across more than seven decades. Over the years she served in key educational posts, including as honorary principal of Shanghai Yangpu Senior High School, while remaining, in spirit, a classroom teacher first and last. The force of her influence was at times almost ____13____ in its manner, yet immense in its reach. Yu was widely admired for a pedagogy ____14____ by precision, cultural depth and emotional gravity. She argued that language teaching should not be reduced to ____15____ drills, but must unite utility with humanity. In an age often tempted by slogans or fashionable shortcuts, she insisted on intellectual honesty, rigorous preparation and respect for the inner lives of students. Former pupils and younger teachers alike remembered her as exacting without coldness, disciplined yet profoundly ____16____, because she believed the young were worthy of much. Her public stature grew with the transformation of Chinese education itself. In 1978 she was named among the country’s first group of specially accredited senior teachers. She later helped ____17____ Chinese-language curriculum reform, trained large numbers of younger educators, delivered nearly 2,000 public lessons, and produced millions of words in scholarly works. In 2019, the Chinese state awarded her the honorary title “People’s Educator”, ____18____ her as the sole representative from basic education among the inaugural recipients of that distinction. Yu Yi often said that one should spend a lifetime being a teacher and a lifetime learning how to be one. That formulation, at once ____19____ and severe, now reads like the creed of her life. She belonged to a generation that viewed education not as a technical profession alone, but as a moral undertaking bound up with the fate of a nation. In mourning her, China is not only bidding ____20____ to an eminent schoolwoman; it is also saluting a vanishing model of intellectual conscience in public life. 【答案】11. BC 12. C 13. A 14. ABC 15. BD 16. B 17. CD 18. AB 19. D 20. AC 【解析】 【导语】本文缅怀中国著名教育家于漪先生。 【11题详解】 考查动词。句意：她于3月14日离世，引发了整个教育界的哀悼：她长久以来不仅被视作一名普通教师，更被看作具有全国影响力的标杆人物。根据后文“mourning across the education sector”可知，她的去世引发了整个教育界的哀悼，表示“引发”应用动词draw，描述过去发生的事情用一般过去时。 【12题详解】 考查名词。句意：于漪早年就认为，接触优美的语言、厚重的历史与公民情怀，不仅能塑造学生的学识，更能塑造其人格品性。根据后文“to great language, history and civic feeling”可知，此处指接触伟大的语言、历史和公民情感，表示“接触”应用名词exposure，作主语，为不可数名词。 【13题详解】 考查形容词。句意：她的影响力，有时润物无声、难以察觉，辐射范围却无比深远。根据下文“yet immense in its reach”可知，yet表示转折，说明影响力有时几乎是无法察觉的，表示“无法觉察的”应用形容词imperceptible，作表语。 【14题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：于漪的教学风格以严谨精准、文化底蕴深厚、情感厚重为特点，广受推崇。根据后文“by precision, cultural depth and emotional gravity”可知，此处指教学以精确、文化深度和情感重力为特征，表示“以……为特征”应用动词characterise，a pedagogy和characterise为逻辑动宾关系，此处用过去分词作定语。 【15题详解】 考查形容词。句意：她主张语言教学不应沦为机械的题海训练，而必须兼顾实用价值与人文情怀。根据后文“drills”可知，此处指语言教学不应简化为机械练习，表示“机械的”应用形容词mechanical，作定语。 【16题详解】 考查形容词。句意：往届学子与青年教师都铭记：她要求严格却不冷漠，自律克制又极具共情力，因为她坚信年轻人值得被用心栽培。根据上文“disciplined yet profoundly”可知，yet表示转折，说明纪律严明但富有同情心，表示“富有同情心的”应用形容词empathetic，作表语。 【17题详解】 考查动词。句意：此后她助力推进语文课程改革，培养大批青年教育工作者，开设近2000节公开课，著述达数百万字。根据后文“Chinese-language curriculum reform”可知，此处指帮助推进了语文课程改革，表示“推进”应用动词advance，help do sth.为固定搭配，意为“帮助做某事”，空处需填动词原形。 【18题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：2019年，国家授予她“人民教育家”荣誉称号，定位她为该荣誉首届获奖者中基础教育领域的唯一代表。根据后文“her as the sole representative from basic education among the inaugural recipients of that distinction.”可知，此处指将她定位为首批获得该荣誉的基础教育唯一代表，表示“将……定位”应用position，the Chinese state和position构成被动关系，故用过去分词作状语。 【19题详解】 考查形容词。句意：这句箴言既谦逊又严厉，如今已然成为她一生的信条。根据后文“and severe”可知，这句箴言既谦逊又严厉，表示“谦逊的”应用形容词modest，作表语。 【20题详解】 考查名词。句意：举国哀悼于漪，不仅是向这位杰出的教育大家告别，更是在致敬公共生活中正在渐渐消逝的知识分子良知典范。根据上文“In mourning her, China is not only bidding”可知，在哀悼她的同时，中国也在向她告别，表示“告别”应用名词farewell，作宾语，bid farewell to为固定短语意为“向……告别、送别”。 (B) Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need. A. cover B. landscape C. narrative D. meant AB. celebrated AC. proportion AD. elaborate BC. fake BD. inherited CD. caution ABC. seasonal Visitors to Shanghai are often advised to admire the skyline, respect the traffic, and prepare for prices that may occasionally hurt their feelings. To this list, the internet has lately added another ___21___: do not, under any emotional impulse, raise a cup of Mixue Ice Cream & Tea too close to the Oriental Pearl, lest the ___22___ tower, acting in its newly-given capacity as an urban defence tower, open fire upon where you stand. In Shanghai, a wrong ceremonial choice leads to a grave danger. Shanghai is not merely a city but a(n) ___23___ , examination of taste. One may pass through it safely with a silk scarf, a restrained coffee order, and an expression suggesting that one has never compared prices in public. Mixue, however, enters this ___24___ like a cheerful Cinderella in a marble ballroom: innocent, inexpensive, and therefore intolerably easy to notice. How then is one to proceed? First, conceal panic. Nothing invites the Pearl’s laser attack faster than guilt. Walk calmly. Hold the cup not like illegal goods, but like ___25___ family treasure. Should passers-by glance in your direction, look faintly bored, as though your lemon tea were a limited ___26___ collaboration available only to those with strong emotional discipline. Second, choose the location wisely. The truly careful do not stand in open plazas beneath the skyline, waving a one-yuan ice-cream. One drinks in side streets, under huge trees, or beside a convenience store where every class of city life has long kept a practical peace. Urban survival, as ever, depends on ___27___. Third, upgrade the ___28___. If questioned, never say, “I bought Mixue because it was cheap.” That is the language of vulnerability. Say instead that you are conducting field research into mass-market beverage culture, or testing the resilience of popular brands in presence of the Pearl’s hostility. A serious tone can rescue any beverage. Lastly, remember that this article is only ___29___ as a funny joke. The Oriental Pearl has not yet destroyed a single citizen for crimes against boutique consumption. Shanghai remains a city where luxury and bargain, pride and joy, coexist in an uneasy but lively mixture. So drink your Mixue boldly — only not too boldly. Civilisation, after all, depends on ___30___ 【答案】21. CD 22. AB 23. AD 24. B 25. BD 26. ABC 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. AC 【解析】 【导语】本文以调侃的语气讲述在上海东方明珠附近手持蜜雪冰城的“生存技巧”，介绍了如何低调、得体地在高端城市景观中平价消费，语言风趣，暗含对城市消费文化的趣味观察。 【21题详解】 考查名词。最近，网络在这份建议清单上又多加了一条告诫：无论出于何种情绪冲动，都不要把蜜雪冰城的杯子举得离东方明珠太近，以免这座著名的塔楼以城市防御塔的新身份，向你所站的位置“开火”。another后接名词，结合语境表示“提醒、告诫”，应用名词caution作宾语。 【22题详解】 考查形容词。句意：同上。修饰 tower，需用形容词，celebrated意为“著名的、闻名的”，符合东方明珠的地位。 【23题详解】 考查形容词。句意：上海不仅仅是一座城市，更是一场讲究精致的品味考验。修饰名词examination，需用形容词，表示“精心的、精致考究的”。 【24题详解】 考查名词。句意：然而，蜜雪冰城闯入这片城市景观，就像灰姑娘出现在大理石宴会厅里一样。this后接名词，landscape 表示“景观、景致”，对应上海的城市风貌。 【25题详解】 考查形容词。句意：拿着杯子的样子不要像拿着违禁品，而要像捧着祖传的家族宝物。修饰名词family treasure，表示“继承下来的、祖传的”，应用形容词inherited。 【26题详解】 考查形容词。句意：仿佛你的柠檬茶是一款限量季节性联名款，只供应给情绪自控力强的人。修饰名词collaboration，表示“季节的、季节性的”，应用形容词seasonal作定语。 【27题详解】 考查名词。句意：人们会在小巷里、大树下，或是便利店旁喝（蜜雪冰城）—— 在这些地方，城市里各个阶层的人早已达成一种现实的和睦。城市生存之道，一如既往，在于隐蔽。此处应用名词作宾语，表示“掩护，隐蔽”，为名词cover，不可数。 【28题详解】 考查名词。句意：第三，优化你的说辞。此处应用名词作宾语，upgrade the narrative表示 “把说法包装得更体面”，符合语境。 【29题详解】 考查动词。句意：最后记住，这篇文章只是被当作一个有趣的玩笑而已。be meant as为固定搭配，意为“本意是、被当作”。 【30题详解】 考查名词。句意：毕竟，文明取决于分寸与适度。此处应用名词作宾语，proportion表示“比例、适度、恰当的尺度”，符合语境。 III. Reading Comprehension (55’) Section A (15’) 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. The sudden death of Zhang Xuefeng has pushed him into the centre of public debate. For many Chinese students and parents, he was not merely an internet educator. He was also a powerful symbol of a highly ___31___ age, in which college majors were judged mainly by salary, stability, and the chance of entering the civil service. This is why the debate around him should not end with ___32___ alone. The real question is whether choosing a university major must be as utilitarian (pursuing investment pay-offs) as he often suggested. Zhang became famous partly because he spoke in a direct and practical way. His remarks on journalism and his claim that “liberal arts are all service industries” caused strong ___33___, and he later apologized. Yet these remarks also won support from many anxious families, because they seemed to offer clear answers in a(n) ___34___ world. To be fair, a practical view of education is not entirely wrong. For many ordinary families, especially those without much social capital, a college major is not a(n) ___35___ choice. It is closely connected with future income, employment pressure, and class mobility. In such cases, it is ___36___ that parents care about whether a subject can lead to a stable job. A poor family may simply not have the luxury to treat higher education as a(n) ___37___ adventure. In this sense, Zhang did meet a real social need: he turned hidden information into public advice, and he gave many families a sense of direction when they felt lost. ___38___, practicality should not become the only standard. The problem with extreme utilitarianism is that it reduces knowledge to a mere tool and turns students into machines designed for the ___39___ market. A major is then valued only by one question: “Will it help me get a job quickly?” But society changes too fast for such calculations to remain ___40___. Today’s “safe” major may be overcrowded tomorrow; today’s “useless” field may become newly ___41___ in a different economic or cultural climate. If everyone rushes toward the same options, the result may be not security, but another form of competition and disappointment. More importantly, education should do more than produce ___42___. Literature, history, philosophy, journalism, and other humanities subjects may not always lead directly to high salaries, but they help people understand society, language, memory, justice, and the meaning of human life. Without such training, a person may become efficient, yet remain intellectually ___43___. A society that laughs at all “useless” knowledge may lose the ability to reflect on itself. Therefore, college-major selection should be practical, but not blindly utilitarian. Students must consider jobs and reality, yet they should also consider interest, ability, and the deeper value of knowledge. Zhang Xuefeng’s popularity showed the anxiety of the age; his death now reminds us of something else: life is short, and education should not be reduced to nothing more than a race for ___44___ return. Between dream and survival, what young people need is not one extreme or the other, but a wiser ___45___. 31. A. developed B. competitive C. digitised D. globalised 32. A. morality B. personality C. employment D. mourning 33. A. approval B. embarrassment C. controversy D. reflection 34. A. uncertain B. diverse C. unique D. massive 35. A. subjective B. abstract C. habitual D. psychological 36. A. regrettable B. understandable C. questionable D. admirable 37. A. rewarding B. commercial C. strategic D. romantic 38. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. Furthermore 39. A. labour B. academic C. consumer D. financial 40. A. changeable B. beneficial C. flexible D. reliable 41. A. innovative B. irreplaceable C. demanding D. irreversible 42. A. workers B. scientists C. adventurers D. creators 43. A. productive B. instructive C. reflective D. passive 44. A. profitable B. immediate C. marginal D. successive 45. A. balance B. escape C. alternative D. pursuit 【答案】31. B 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. B 36. B 37. D 38. C 39. A 40. D 41. B 42. A 43. D 44. B 45. A 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了张雪峰之死引发的关于大学专业选择应实用但不应盲目功利化的讨论。 【31题详解】 考查形容词。句意：对于许多中国学生和家长来说，他不仅仅是一个网络教育者，他还是一个高度竞争时代的有力象征，在这个时代，大学专业主要通过薪资、稳定性和进入公务员系统的机会来评判。A. developed发达的；B. competitive竞争的；C. digitised数字化的；D. globalised全球化的。根据后文“in which college majors were judged mainly by salary, stability, and the chance of entering the civil service”可知，大学专业主要通过薪资、稳定性和进入公务员系统的机会来评判，可见这是一个竞争激烈的时代。 【32题详解】 考查名词。句意：这就是为什么围绕他的争论不应该仅仅以哀悼告终。A. morality道德；B. personality个性；C. employment就业；D. mourning哀悼。根据前文“The sudden death of Zhang Xuefeng has pushed him into the centre of public debate.”可知，张雪峰的突然去世使他成为公众辩论的中心，所以此处指围绕他的争论不应该仅仅以哀悼告终。 【33题详解】 考查名词。句意：他对新闻学的评论以及他声称“文科都是服务业”引起了强烈争议，后来他道歉了。A. approval批准；B. embarrassment尴尬；C. controversy争议；D. reflection反思。根据前文“His remarks on journalism and his claim that “liberal arts are all service industries” caused strong”和后文“and he later apologized”可知，他后来道歉了，说明他的“文科都是服务业”言论引起了争议。 【34题详解】 考查形容词。句意：然而，这些言论也得到了许多焦虑家庭的支持，因为它们似乎在一个不确定的世界中提供了明确的答案。A. uncertain不确定的；B. diverse多样的；C. unique独特的；D. massive巨大的。根据上文“won support from many anxious families”可知，这些言论得到了许多焦虑家庭的支持，说明这个世界是不确定的，所以人们需要明确的答案。 【35题详解】 考查形容词。句意：对许多普通家庭，尤其是那些没有多少社会资本的家庭来说，大学专业不是一个抽象的选择。A. subjective主观的；B. abstract抽象的；C. habitual习惯的；D. psychological心理的。根据后文“It is closely connected with future income, employment pressure, and class mobility.”可知，大学专业与未来收入、就业压力和阶级流动性密切相关，所以这不是一个抽象的选择。 【36题详解】 考查形容词。句意：在这种情况下，父母关心一门学科是否能带来稳定的工作是可以理解的。A. regrettable遗憾的；B. understandable可理解的；C. questionable可疑的；D. admirable令人钦佩的。根据前文“It is closely connected with future income, employment pressure, and class mobility.”可知，大学专业与未来收入、就业压力和阶级流动性密切相关，所以父母关心学科是否能带来稳定的工作是可以理解的。 【37题详解】 考查形容词。句意：一个贫穷的家庭可能根本没有奢侈把高等教育当作一次浪漫的冒险。A. rewarding有回报的；B. commercial商业的；C. strategic战略的；D. romantic浪漫的。根据前文“A poor family may simply not have the luxury”可知，贫穷的家庭没有奢侈，所以他们不会把高等教育当作一次浪漫的冒险。 【38题详解】 考查副词。句意：然而，实用性不应该成为唯一的标准。A. Therefore因此；B. Moreover此外；C. However然而；D. Furthermore此外。根据后文“practicality should not become the only standard”可知，前文认可务实选专业有合理性，后文说务实不应成为唯一标准，前后转折关系，用However。 【39题详解】 考查名词。句意：极端功利主义的问题在于，它把知识仅仅当作一种工具，把学生变成专为劳动力市场设计的机器。A. labour劳动力；B. academic学术；C. consumer消费者；D. financial金融。根据前文“turns students into machines”可知，学生被变成机器，说明这是为劳动力市场设计的。 【40题详解】 考查形容词。句意：但社会变化太快，这样的计算无法保持可靠。A. changeable可变的；B. beneficial有益的；C. flexible灵活的；D. reliable可靠的。根据前文“society changes too fast”可知，社会变化太快，所以这样的计算无法保持可靠。 【41题详解】 考查形容词。句意：如今热门稳妥的专业，明天可能就会人满为患；当下看似“无用”的领域，在不同经济与文化环境下，或许会变得无可替代。A. innovative创新的；B. irreplaceable不可替代的；C. demanding要求高的；D. irreversible不可逆转的。根据前文“Today’s “safe” major may be overcrowded tomorrow; today’s “useless” field may become newly”和下文“If everyone rushes toward the same options, the result may be not security, but another form of competition and disappointment.”可知，如果所有人都扎堆涌向同一个选择，结果往往不是安稳稳妥，而是另一种内卷竞争与失望落空。所以当下看似“无用”的领域，在不同经济与文化环境下，或许会变得无可替代。 【42题详解】 考查名词。句意：更重要的是，教育应该做的不仅仅是培养工人。A. workers工人；B. scientists科学家；C. adventurers冒险家；D. creators创造者。根据前文将大学专业和工作收入相联系的观点和后文“Literature, history, philosophy, journalism, and other humanities subjects may not always lead directly to high salaries”可知，文学、历史、哲学、新闻学和其他人文学科可能并不总是直接带来高薪，说明教育不仅仅是为了培养工人。 【43题详解】 考查形容词。句意：没有这样的训练，一个人可能会变得高效，但在智力上仍然是被动的。A. productive多产的；B. instructive有启发性的；C. reflective反思的；D. passive被动的。根据前文“a person may become efficient, yet remain intellectually”可知，一个人可能会变得高效，但在智力上没有受到启发，所以仍然是被动的。 【44题详解】 考查形容词。句意：生命短暂，教育不应沦为一场只为追求即时回报的竞赛。A. profitable有利可图的；B. immediate立即的；C. marginal边缘的；D. successive连续的。根据前文“education should not be reduced to nothing more than a race”可知，教育不应沦为一场竞赛，说明不是为了追求即时回报。 【45题详解】 考查名词。句意：在梦想和生存之间，年轻人需要的不是非此即彼，而是一种更明智的平衡。A. balance平衡；B. escape逃跑；C. alternative替代品；D. pursuit追求。根据前文“not one extreme or the other”可知，年轻人需要不走极端，做出明智的平衡。 Section B (32’) Directions: Read the following four 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 read. (A) For three days she remained at the grand and magnificent gate of the television station, as though once planted there she could no longer be lifted out of the ground. She was a thin village girl with a strange accent, all elbows and knees, her body so slight that the coarse cloth of her jacket seemed to hang from bone rather than flesh. Her face was browned by sun and wind; her hair, parted in the middle, was drawn back without softness. When she stood still, she looked dry and narrow as a stalk left after harvest. Yet she did not often stand still. She was always watching. The guard had refused her at the very beginning. No papers. No pass. No entry. She had listened with her head slightly lowered, her hands hanging by her sides, the fingers rough and reddened, opening and then closing. When she heard that the station director wore glasses, she lifted her face at once. After that, her eyes hardly left the gate. Each time a prospect came out, she would dart forward two or three steps, quick and abrupt, stopping so suddenly that the soles of her shoes scraped the ground. She would tip her head back to look at his face, staring first at the glasses, then at the mouth, as if comparing him with some image she had made in her own mind. “Are you the director?” she would ask. The question was always the same. No greeting, no apology, no explanation beforehand. Her voice was flat, dry, and direct, carrying the accent of the countryside in every syllable. When the answer was no, she stood aside and waited for the next pair of glasses. By the second day her lips had gone pale. Dust clung to her trouser legs. She squatted when she was tired, arms wrapped round her knees, but even then she kept turning her head toward the doorway. At the slightest movement, she sprang up again. “Are you the director?” Sometimes she asked it quickly, almost before the man had fully crossed the threshold; sometimes she spoke more slowly, each word pushed out with effort after hours of waiting. At night she did not leave. In the morning she was still there, hair rumpled, eyes swollen from lack of sleep, asking the same question in the same tone, as if the three days had not lengthened time at all, but merely worn away everything except that single sentence. 46. The girl’s appearance and behaviour at the TV station reveals that she __________. A. tried to adapt to the TV station rules. B. gave in to the guard’s denial of her entry. C. didn’t belong to the modern world. D. was energetic amongst people’s indifference. 47. The underlined sentence in paragraph 3 best reveals that she __________ A. wanted to challenge the guard. B. fixed more on her purpose than on manners. C. thought city people disliked long talks. D. was afraid her accent would be laughed at. 48. Which of the following descriptions is LEAST related to showing the girl’s persistence? A. She looked dry and narrow as a stalk left after harvest. B. After that, her eyes never left the gate. C. She stood aside and waited for the next pair of glasses. D. At the slightest movement, she sprang up again. 49. How does the writer build up the image of the girl in the passage? A. Symbolism B. Parallelism C. Exaggeration D. Contrast 【答案】46. C 47. B 48. A 49. D 【解析】 【导语】文章讲述了一位淳朴瘦弱的乡村女孩连续三天守在电视台大门口，不顾门卫阻拦、不顾身心疲惫，执着地寻找戴眼镜的台长，作者通过外貌、动作、言行刻画了女孩质朴执拗、与都市环境格格不入的形象。 【46题详解】 推理判断题。根据原文第一段“She was a thin village girl with a strange accent, all elbows and knees, her body so slight that the coarse cloth of her jacket seemed to hang from bone rather than flesh.(她是一个瘦弱的乡下女孩，口音怪异，身形嶙峋单薄，身上粗布外套松垮地挂在骨架上，仿佛底下没有血肉。)”及“For three days she remained at the grand and magnificent gate of the television station (整整三天，她一直守在气派恢宏的电视台大门口)” 可知，女孩的外貌、口音和行事方式都透着乡土气息，与都市电视台的环境格格不入，仿佛不属于现代都市世界。 【47题详解】 推理判断题。根据原文第三段“No greeting, no apology, no explanation beforehand.(没有问候，没有客套致歉，也没有事先多余的解释。)” 可知，女孩一心只想确认对方是不是台长，直奔目的，完全不在意世俗的礼貌客套。 【48题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第一段“When she stood still, she looked dry and narrow as a stalk left after harvest.(她静静站着时，干瘪瘦削，像秋收后遗留在田里的枯秸秆。)” 可知，这句话只是描写女孩的身形外貌，和她执着等候台长的坚持毫无关联。 【49题详解】 推理判断题。根据原文第一段“For three days she remained at the grand and magnificent gate of the television station (整整三天，她一直守在气派恢宏的电视台大门口)”及“She was a thin village girl with a strange accent, all elbows and knees, her body so slight that the coarse cloth of her jacket seemed to hang from bone rather than flesh.(她是一个瘦弱的乡下女孩，口音怪异，身形嶙峋单薄，身上粗布外套松垮地挂在骨架上，仿佛底下没有血肉。)”及原文第三段“No greeting, no apology, no explanation beforehand.(没有问候，没有客套致歉，也没有事先多余的解释。)”和最后一段“At the slightest movement, she sprang up again.(一有丝毫动静，她就立刻猛地站起身来。) ” 等内容可知，文中将女孩枯瘦土气的外形、质朴直白的言行，与电视台规整气派的环境、世俗客套的待人方式形成反差对比，女孩自身的极度疲惫憔悴与执着等候也形成了鲜明对比，以此塑造了女孩独特的人物形象。 (B) And certaynly our langage now vsed varyeth ferre from that whiche was vsed and spoken when I was borne. For we Englysshmen ben borne vnder the domynacyon of the mone1, whiche is neuer stedfaste2, but euer wauerynge, wexynge one season and waneth another season. And that comyn Englysshe that is spoken in one shyre3 varyeth from another. In my dayes happed that certayn marchauntes4 were in a shippe in Thames, for to haue sayled ouer the see into Zelande; and for lacke of wynde they taryed5 at forlond, and wente to lande for to refreshe them. And one of theym named Sheffelde, a mercer, cam into an hows and axed6 for mete; and specyally he axyd after egges. And the good wyf answerde that she coude speke no Frenshe. And the marchaunt was angry, for he also coude speke no Frenshe, but wolde haue hadde egges, and she vnderstode hym not. And thenne at laste another sayd that he wolde haue eyren. Then the good wyf sayd that she vnderstode hym wel. Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, egges or eyren? Certaynly it is harde to playse euery man, by cause of dyuersite and chaunge of langage. Tips: 01. In Old English, y and i were often used interchangeably. (e.g. certaynly) 02. In Old English, v used to be replaced by u where necessary. (e.g. neuer) 03. Some old words share the same meaning and pronunciation with modern versions. (e.g. wyf) Explanations for unfamiliar words: 1. mone: moon 2. stedfaste: fixed in a single state 3. Shyre: county 4. marchantes: businessmen 5. taryed: stopped for a while 6. axed: asked 50. Paragraph 1 mainly shows us that English__________ A. used to be shaped by old ideas about nature. B. is constantly influenced by the moon. C. once followed the same order as nature. D. is subjected to change rather than at rest. 51. Which of the following pictures best illustrates the underlined part in paragraph 1? A. B. C. D. 52. Which of the following is NOT true according to the story in paragraph 2 and 3? A. The story shows that the same language may vary from region to region. B. The housewife couldn’t understand the man’s French because she spoke it differently. C. The misunderstanding arose because the two sides used different words for the same thing. D. The contrast between “egges” and “eyren” indicates linguistic change across areas. 53. What is the main idea of the passage? A. It mainly tells how businessmen landed because of bad weather and looked for food. B. It concerns linguistic change by showing different spellings in various parts of France. C. It shows English experiences change constantly, making it hard to satisfy every reader. D. It mainly discusses the spread of French and its influence on English. 【答案】50. D 51. A 52. B 53. C 【解析】 【导语】这篇文章指出英语随时代与地域不断变化，作者借商人因鸡蛋不同方言说法产生误会的事例，说明语言多样多变，难以迎合所有人的表达习惯。 【50题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“And certaynly our langage now vsed varyeth ferre from that whiche was vsed and spoken when I was borne. For we Englysshmen ben borne vnder the domynacyon of the mone1, whiche is neuer stedfaste2, but euer wauerynge, wexynge one season and waneth another season.( 我们现今所说的话，诚然与我生下来的时候所说的不同。因为我们英格兰人是在受月亮支配下出生的，而月亮是变化无常的，时而稳定，时而动荡，一个季节繁荣，另一个季节萧条。)”可知，第一段核心观点是英语一直在发生变化。作者用“受月亮支配”作比喻，指出月亮“never stedfaste（永不固定），ever wauerynge（始终摇摆），wexynge one season and waneth another season（此消彼长）”，以此类比英语也处于持续变化中，而非静止不变。 【51题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线部分“wexynge one season and waneth another season”意为 “一个季节渐盈，另一个季节渐亏”，描述的是月亮阴晴圆缺的周期性变化。A选项图片展示了满月（盈）和弯月（亏），完美对应划线内容。 【52题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“And the good wyf answerde that she coude speke no Frenshe. And the marchaunt was angry, for he also coude speke no Frenshe, but wolde haue hadde egges, and she vnderstode hym not.( 善良的女店主说她不会说法语。而这位商人也不会说法语，但他想要鸡蛋，而她没有理解他的意思。)”可知，两人都不会说法语，误解产生的原因是英语不同方言中“鸡蛋”的说法不同（egges vs eyren），而非法语差异。 【53题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章开篇指出英语随时间不断变化，接着通过商人与农妇的故事说明英语的地区性差异，最后总结“由于语言的多样性和变化，很难让所有人都满意”。全文围绕 “英语的持续变化及其带来的影响”展开。由此可知，这篇文章的主旨是“它表明英语一直在不断变化，这使得很难满足每一位读者的需求”。 (C) There are careers in popular music which proceed in a straight, glittering line, and there are others which are tested in fierce fire before they attain their full reputation. Lady Gaga belongs unmistakably to the latter order. To regard her merely as a provider of marvellous performances is to mistake the lightning for the storm. Behind the masks, the stunning concerts, and the uproar of fame, there has long stood a woman of uncommon endurance, who has had to earn, more than once, the right to remain herself. The gravest trial of her middle career came with ARTPOP, issued in 2013, a record born with extravagant ambition and fashioned in ignorance of ordinary taste. Yet, though it opened strongly, it did not win the unanimous applause that had delivered her earlier triumphs. In time, Gaga herself spoke of that season as one of desolation. She recalled becoming deeply depressed, worn out by conflict, and haunted by a sadness so heavy that, in her own description, she could scarcely feel the beat of her heart. On another occasion, reflecting on the same period, she confessed that she had not wished to sing any more. Such words, from an artist built so visibly for the stage, carry the chill of true torture. It was then that Tony Bennett entered not merely as a collaborator, but as a rescuer of the spirit. Their partnership on Cheek to Cheek did more than widen her range of music talents; it restored to her a simpler faith in music itself. Bennett, by her own repeated witnesses, wanted nothing from her but her friendship and her voice. In an industry governed by appetite, calculation, and noise, such generosity must have seemed almost antique. That an elder statesman of song could steady a younger artist at the brink of inward collapse is one of the more moving episodes in recent musical history. Gaga would say, with no hint of theatrical excess, he had saved her life. What followed is the true measure of her greatness. She did not vanish into self-pity, nor did she allow one grievous chapter to define the remainder of her story. She worked, adapted, sang in new idioms, acted, endured, and returned. Most touching of all, perhaps, was the reconciliation that came in the summer of 2025, when The Mayhem Ball restored ARTPOP songs such as Aura and Applause to her live stage after years of her refusal to play them. It was not only a set-list alteration; it was an act of artistic pardon. She had gone back to the wounded province of her own past and lit it, at last, with acceptance. For this reason Lady Gaga deserves admiration beyond fashion or fandom (饭圈). She has shown that greatness in art lies not in never falling, but in returning from humiliation with one’s voice enlarged, one’s dignity protected, and one’s courage made visible to the world. 54. What made Gaga’s ARTPOP period especially painful? A. Public reduction of her work to mere display. B. Mental strain caused by conflict and sorrow. C. Fading praise, mental collapse, refusal to sing. D. Weakening and saddened belief in music. 55. What was Tony Bennett’s greatest importance to Gaga? A. Renewal of her trust in song. B. Enlargement of her artistic scope. C. Repair of her public standing. D. Escape from a calculating profession. 56. What gave Gaga’s 2025 return to ARTPOP songs its special meaning? A. Recovery of a once-failed record. B. Recognition of overdue public acceptance. C. Peace with a painful career experience. D. Correction of critical opinion on the album. 57. What is the main focus of the passage? A. The burden of fame in pop culture. B. The healing force of artistic companionship. C. The later defence of a troubled album. D. The greatness of persistence through failure. 【答案】54. C 55. A 56. C 57. D 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了Lady Gaga在艺术生涯中历经挫折后坚持并取得伟大成就的故事。 【54题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“The gravest trial of her middle career came with ARTPOP, issued in 2013, a record born with extravagant ambition and fashioned in ignorance of ordinary taste. Yet, though it opened strongly, it did not win the unanimous applause that had delivered her earlier triumphs.(她职业生涯中期遭遇的最大考验，来自 2013 年发行的《ARTPOP》专辑。这张作品怀揣着极致宏大的野心，创作风格全然不顾大众世俗审美。 尽管专辑开局势头强劲，却没能收获像她早期作品那般万众一致的赞誉与满堂喝彩。)”和“In time, Gaga herself spoke of that season as one of desolation. She recalled becoming deeply depressed, worn out by conflict, and haunted by a sadness so heavy that, in her own description, she could scarcely feel the beat of her heart. On another occasion, reflecting on the same period, she confessed that she had not wished to sing any more.(后来，Gaga自己将那个时期描述为荒凉。她回忆起自己变得极度沮丧，被冲突耗尽，被一种沉重的悲伤所困扰，用她自己的话说，她几乎感觉不到自己的心跳。在另一个场合，回顾同一时期，她承认自己不想再唱歌了。)”可知，Gaga的《ARTPOP》时期尤其痛苦是因为赞誉消退、精神崩溃、拒绝唱歌。 【55题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“It was then that Tony Bennett entered not merely as a collaborator, but as a rescuer of the spirit. Their partnership on Cheek to Cheek did more than widen her range of music talents; it restored to her a simpler faith in music itself.(就在这时，Tony Bennett走进了她的生活，他不仅是合作搭档，更是治愈她心灵的救赎者。两人合作的专辑《Cheek to Cheek》，不仅拓宽了她的音乐天赋边界，更让她重新找回了对音乐纯粹的信仰。)”可知，Tony Bennett对Gaga最大的重要性是让她重新信任歌曲。 【56题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中“Most touching of all, perhaps, was the reconciliation that came in the summer of 2025, when The Mayhem Ball restored ARTPOP songs such as Aura and Applause to her live stage after years of her refusal to play them. It was not only a set-list alteration; it was an act of artistic pardon. She had gone back to the wounded province of her own past and lit it, at last, with acceptance.(也许最令人感动的是，2025年夏天，在《The Mayhem Ball》上，她拒绝演奏多年的《ARTPOP》中的歌曲，如《Aura》和《Applause》，重新回到了她的现场舞台。这不仅仅是一次曲目更改，更是一种艺术上的宽恕。她回到了自己过去受伤的领域，最终用接受照亮了它。)”可知，2025年重新演唱旧作，象征她与这段痛苦的职业经历达成和解。 【57题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段中“For this reason Lady Gaga deserves admiration beyond fashion or fandom (饭圈). She has shown that greatness in art lies not in never falling, but in returning from humiliation with one’s voice enlarged, one’s dignity protected, and one’s courage made visible to the world.(因此，Lady Gaga值得人们超越时尚或粉丝圈的钦佩。她已经表明，艺术的伟大不在于从不跌倒，而在于从屈辱中归来，声音更加洪亮，尊严得到保护，勇气让全世界看到。)”可知，文章讲述Lady Gaga遭遇事业挫败与精神低谷，不沉溺自怜、坚持成长并与过往和解，诠释历经失败仍坚守初心、坚韧重生的伟大。 (D) In the last episode of Feud: Bette and Joan, a biographical TV series that portrays the life of two legendary actresses, Joan Crawford, on the brink of death, pictures Bette Davis seated across from her table. They play at “Regrets”. Joan admits that she was not more generous towards Bette; Bette answers that she wishes she had been a friend to Joan. The sting of the scene lies in the suggestion that two great women, after years of mutual injury, had been made to inhabit a story already written for them: that of the female quarrel, elegant, marketable, and ruinous. Their hostility against each other is sharpened by an industry eager to profit from women at war. That, I think, is the true matter before us. When women appear in the same field, be it at the Oscars or at a fashion show, the public imagination hastens to cast them as rivals before it allows them to be artists or workers. A handsome gown becomes a weapon; a photograph of two actresses becomes a contest in which one slays and the other sucks; a rumour becomes an entire mythology of jealousy. Recent commentary in American outlets has observed how stubbornly popular culture continues to pit famous women against each other, from old tabloids to the modern Tiktok. The old Hollywood history of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford fits this pattern with almost indecent neatness. Their hostility was fed by studio publicity, tabloid appetite, and an industry delighted by the scene of two ageing actresses being forced to scrap over diminishing opportunities. The film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane proved a late-career triumph for both, but the triumph itself was narrated through bitterness and insult, as though the public could not endure the thought that two formidable women might occupy the same frame without one devouring the other. The “catfight” was one of its most saleable products. What has changed since then is chiefly the speed of circulation. Yesterday’s gossip columns have become today’s comment sections, fan edits, sales charts, and weaponised superlatives. The vocabulary is newer, the instinct antique. Women in music are measured against one another’s trophies; actresses are ranked by looks, youth, and desirability; even friendship is reported as strategy and civility as surrender. Such habits train audiences to treat women’s public lives as a scarcity drama in which admiration must be rationed and solidarity dismissed as pretence. For media, these narratives are often exaggerated, sometimes invented, but in all cases profitable. Bette and Joan might have spoken differently had the world not eagerly purchased their hostility. Whenever we say that one actress “overshadows” another, or cheer the supposed feud between female stars as though it were a sporting fixture, we become shareholders in the same shabby (卑鄙的) enterprise. A civilised press ought to describe women as more than mirrors arranged face to face, each reflecting the other into a loser. 58. In paragraph 1, what does the game “Regrets” scene reveal? A. Bette and Joan’s story was based on historical accuracy, not dramatic effect. B. Bette and Joan’s private regret outweighed the professional rivalry. C. Bette and Joan’s long-standing quarrel was, in the end, completely resolved. D. Bette and Joan were victims of a narrative reducing them to rivals. 59. In paragraph 3, the feud between Bette and Joan __________. A. reflected their disappointment over the reception of Baby Jane. B. was intensified by an industry that found women’s conflict profitable. C. became famous because people were interested in the life of ageing stars. D. was less significant itself than the TV retellings that turned it into legend. 60. The underlined part in paragraph 4 means that __________. A. Despite language change, the habit of shaping women as rivals remains. B. New words are created for female rivalry earlier generations don’t understand. C. The public today speaks of female stars in a more direct and creative manner. D. As celebrity culture becomes more refined, the judgement gets more severe. 61. Which of the following best states the central argument of the passage? A. The media should avoid female star coverage that draws ill-intended comments. B. The entertainment industry always depends on personal bitterness to attract audience. C. The interest in female feuds shows people treat women stars as if they must compete. D. Female feud has been exaggerated, but it’s an unavoidable part of actresses’ life. 【答案】58. D 59. B 60. A 61. C 【解析】 【导语】文章以传奇女演员贝蒂・戴维斯与琼・克劳馥的恩怨为切入点，指出娱乐行业和大众舆论热衷于刻意塑造女性名人之间的对立竞争关系，从老牌好莱坞到如今社交媒体，这种将女性包装成竞争对手、靠女性不和牟利的固有模式从未改变，作者呼吁打破这种刻板叙事。 【58题详解】 推理判断题。根据原文第一段“The sting of the scene lies in the suggestion that two great women, after years of mutual injury, had been made to inhabit a story already written for them: that of the female quarrel, elegant, marketable, and ruinous.(这一幕的刺痛之处在于，两位伟大的女性在历经多年相互伤害后，终究陷入了早已为她们写好的宿命叙事：女性间的纷争，体面、有商业价值，却极具毁灭性。)” 可知，贝蒂和琼沦为被刻板叙事定义成竞争对手的受害者。 【59题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第三段“Their hostility was fed by studio publicity, tabloid appetite, and an industry delighted by the scene of two ageing actresses being forced to scrap over diminishing opportunities.(制片方的宣传、小报的猎奇心理，以及乐于看两位年长女演员为日渐稀缺的机会相互争斗的行业环境，不断加剧了二人的对立。)”可知，贝蒂和琼的恩怨因行业从女性冲突中牟利而被不断激化。 【60题详解】 推理判断题。根据原文第四段“Yesterday’s gossip columns have become today’s comment sections, fan edits, sales charts, and weaponised superlatives.(昔日的八卦专栏，如今变成了评论区、粉丝剪辑作品、销量榜单，以及被刻意用来拉踩造势的溢美之词。)”及“Women in music are measured against one another’s trophies; actresses are ranked by looks, youth, and desirability; even friendship is reported as strategy and civility as surrender.(乐坛女歌手相互比拼奖杯成就；女演员按容貌、年纪和人气被划分等级；就连女星之间的友好往来也被解读为刻意算计，谦和礼让反倒被视作示弱妥协。)”以及承上启下的划线句“The vocabulary is newer, the instinct antique.(说辞与时俱进，但这种固有偏见由来已久。)” 可知，虽然表述用词更新了，但将女性塑造成竞争对手的固有陋习依然存在。 【61题详解】 主旨大意题。根据原文第一段“The sting of the scene lies in the suggestion that two great women, after years of mutual injury, had been made to inhabit a story already written for them: that of the female quarrel, elegant, marketable, and ruinous.(这一幕的刺痛之处在于，两位伟大的女性在历经多年相互伤害后，终究陷入了早已为她们写好的宿命叙事：女性间的纷争，体面、有商业价值，却极具毁灭性。)”及第四段“The vocabulary is newer, the instinct antique.(说辞与时俱进，但这种固有偏见由来已久。)” 并结合全文内容可知，文章围绕大众和媒体热衷于炒作女性名人恩怨展开，指出这种现象背后折射出人们固有观念：默认女性名人之间必须相互竞争、彼此对立。 Section C (8’) Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than need At the Milano Cortina Winter Games, Miss Eileen Gu was asked a question that revealed rather more about modern spectatorship than about sport itself. ____62____ Miss Gu answered with admirable calmness that such a view was “a ridiculous perspective to take,” adding that Olympic medals are life-changing in themselves and that she was already doing what no woman in her discipline had done before. The reply travelled swiftly around the world, not merely because it was sharp, but because it struck a nerve. The young public woman understood, perhaps better than her questioner, the disease of our sporting age: the habit of converting excellence into deficiency (瑕疵). ____63____ By that logic, every athlete but one must be classed as a disappointment, and every triumph must apologise for not being still greater. Such language does not honour but impoverishes competition. Her rebuke was not a flash of vanity, but a defence of proportion. ____64____ By winning silver in big air on 16 February, Gu became the most decorated female freeskier in Olympic history, reaching five Olympic medals before the Games were even over. A few days later, she defended her halfpipe title and left Italy with one gold and two silvers from these Games, six Olympic medals in all, a record for freeskiering overall. These are not the statistics of a woman in want of vindication. They are the statistics of a champion being punished for setting her own standard too high. There was, too, something bracingly modern in the spirit of her answer, though the principle itself is old-fashioned enough: that one ought to judge achievement by substance rather than by external expectation. Miss Gu did not ask for forgiveness. She simply refused the mean and fashionable custom of speaking as though greatness counts for little unless it arrives in its most glittering form. ____65____ In an era addicted to superlatives, she restored, for one excellent instant, the dignity of perspective. A. What made the exchange still more striking was the context. B. After she had taken silver in both women’s slopestyle and big air, a reporter pressed her to say whether these were “two silvers gained” or “two golds lost.” C. Yet the reporter’s question was not entirely unfair, for elite sport has always been governed by the ruthless logic that only victory truly satisfies. D. That attitude deserves notice beyond the snowfields of Italy. E. A silver medal, once a distinction enough to crown a career, is now treated by the impatient imagination as a failed gold. The arithmetic is cruel and absurd. F. Instead, she suggested that the burden of expectation is the unavoidable price paid by every athlete who has once stood at the summit. 【答案】62. B 63. E 64. A 65. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述谷爱凌在米兰科尔蒂纳冬奥会期间接受记者采访时，针对 “银牌是获得还是失去金牌” 的尖锐问题作出有力回应，批判了当代体育界“将优秀视为不足”的畸形评价观，赞扬她坚守正确价值观、捍卫体育尊严的态度。 【62题详解】 前文“At the Milano Cortina Winter Games, Miss Eileen Gu was asked a question that revealed rather more about modern spectatorship than about sport itself. (在米兰・科尔蒂纳冬奥会上，谷爱凌女士被问到了一个问题，这个问题更多暴露的是现代观众的观赛心态，而非体育本身。)”，后文“Miss Gu answered with admirable calmness that such a view was “a ridiculous perspective to take,” adding that Olympic medals are life-changing in themselves and that she was already doing what no woman in her discipline had done before.(谷爱凌以令人钦佩的冷静回应道，这种观点是 “非常荒谬的”；她补充说，奥运奖牌本身就足以改变人生，而且她已经取得了该项目中女性运动员从未有过的成就 。)”，空处需要具体说明记者提出的是什么问题。B项 “在她获得女子坡面障碍技巧和大跳台两项银牌后，记者追问她这是‘获得两枚银牌’还是‘失去两枚金牌’” 准确引出具体问题，与前后文紧密衔接。 【63题详解】 前文“The young public woman understood, perhaps better than her questioner, the disease of our sporting age: the habit of converting excellence into deficiency (瑕疵).(这位年轻的公众人物或许比提问者更懂得我们这个体育时代的弊病：人们总习惯把优秀当成不足。)”，后文“By that logic, every athlete but one must be classed as a disappointment, and every triumph must apologise for not being still greater.(按照这种逻辑，除了一人之外的所有运动员都必须被归为失望者，每一次胜利都必须为没有取得更大的成就而道歉。)”，空处需要解释这种弊病的具体表现。E 项“银牌曾经足以成就一生荣耀，如今却被浮躁的看法视为未拿到的金牌，这种算法残酷又荒谬”承接“弊病”，并引出后文的逻辑批判，与上下文一致。 【64题详解】 前文讲谷爱凌回应的合理性，后文“By winning silver in big air on 16 February, Gu became the most decorated female freeskier in Olympic history, reaching five Olympic medals before the Games were even over. A few days later, she defended her halfpipe title and left Italy with one gold and two silvers from these Games, six Olympic medals in all, a record for freeskiering overall. These are not the statistics of a woman in want of vindication. They are the statistics of a champion being punished for setting her own standard too high.(2 月 16 日，谷爱凌凭借大跳台银牌，成为奥运会历史上获得奖牌最多的女子自由式滑雪运动员—— 赛事尚未结束，她已斩获五枚奥运奖牌。几天后，她成功卫冕 U 型场地冠军。本届冬奥会，她带着一金两银离开意大利，奥运奖牌总数达到六枚，创下自由式滑雪项目的历史纪录。 这些成绩，绝不是一个需要自证清白的人交出的答卷。相反，这些成绩说明：她是一位因给自己设定的标准过高，而被苛责的冠军。)”详细列举她在本届冬奥会取得的历史性成绩与纪录，空处需要起到承上启下、突出背景的作用。A 项“让这次对话更加令人瞩目的是当时的背景”引出后文她的辉煌战绩，使回应更具说服力，逻辑通顺。 【65题详解】 前文“Miss Gu did not ask for forgiveness. She simply refused the mean and fashionable custom of speaking as though greatness counts for little unless it arrives in its most glittering form. (谷爱凌没有请求谅解。她只是拒绝了那种低俗又流行的论调—— 仿佛伟大只有以最耀眼的形式呈现才算数，否则便一文不值。)”讲谷爱凌拒绝以 “最耀眼形式” 衡量伟大，坚持以实质评判成就，后文“In an era addicted to superlatives, she restored, for one excellent instant, the dignity of perspective.(在这个沉迷于极致赞美的时代，她在那精彩的一瞬间，重拾了理性看待事物的尊严。)”总结她在极致赞美泛滥的时代恢复了理性视角的尊严。D 项“这种态度值得在意大利雪场之外被广泛关注”总结她的态度价值，并引出全文升华，与后文衔接自然。 IV. Summary Writing (10’) 66. Directions: Reading 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. Above the little town, thin clouds moved slowly across the sky. Tree branches shifted in the wind, and leaves brushed against one another with a dry, faint sound. By the lake, ripples travelled over the water and faded among the reeds at the shore. On the farms beyond the houses, horses kept their heads low in the grass, while cows and sheep stood apart across the open ground. Along the narrow stone road, fences threw broken shadows, and from a few chimneys smoke rose into the air in pale, wavering threads. But all this ended abruptly. The first interruption came when a delivery truck overturned in the middle of the town. Boxes split open on the ground, and fruit, bottles, and paper packages were thrown across the road. People ran out from nearby shops, while the driver climbed out in shock and stared at the mess around him. The accident soon caused a serious traffic jam in the town centre. Cars stood bumper to bumper along the narrow street, and impatient drivers began pressing their horns again and again. Even people on foot found it difficult to pass. as the crowd, the fallen goods, and the waiting vehicles had turned the area into a knot of confusion. Yet the town had scarcely begun to settle again when another unease, subtler at first, passed from door to door. Curtains were drawn aside. Heads appeared at windows. Beyond the far end of the lake, a thin line of smoke had begun to rise, and soon a red glow showed itself behind the trees. Before long, flames were seen climbing up the side of an old warehouse. The accident caused enormous economic loss to the family who owned the building. Much of their stored grain was destroyed, several pieces of farming equipment were damaged beyond repair, and a large supply of animal feed was reduced to ash. With their grain, tools and supplies ruined, the family faced serious difficulty in carrying on their work. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】The peaceful town was disturbed by several accidents. A delivery truck fell over, leading to a terrible traffic jam at the centre of the town. Apart from that, an old warehouse was caught in fire, causing a huge economic loss to the owner’s family. As a result, the family had great difficulty dealing with their work. 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍说这个宁静的小镇遭到了几起事故的干扰。一辆送货卡车侧翻，导致镇中心出现了严重的交通堵塞。除此之外，一座老旧的仓库起火了，给主人一家造成了巨大的经济损失。因此，这家人很难应对日常工作。 【详解】1.要点摘录 ①The first interruption came when a delivery truck overturned in the middle of the town. The accident soon caused a serious traffic jam in the town centre. ②Before long, flames were seen climbing up the side of an old warehouse. The accident caused enormous economic loss to the family who owned the building. ③With their grain, tools and supplies ruined, the family faced serious difficulty in carrying on their work.④ 2.缜密构思 将第1个要点进行综述，将第2、3两个要点进行整合。 3.遣词造句 The peaceful town was disturbed by several accidents. A delivery truck fell over, leading to a terrible traffic jam at the centre of the town. Apart from that, an old warehouse was caught in fire, causing a huge economic loss to the owner’s family. As a result, the family had great difficulty dealing with their work. 【点睛】[高分句型1] A delivery truck fell over, leading to a terrible traffic jam at the centre of the town.（运用了现在分词短语作状语） [高分句型2] As a result, the family had great difficulty dealing with their work.(运用了动名词短语作宾语) V. Translation (3’+3’+4’+5’) Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 67. 被老板狠狠地批评了一顿，所以他没心情和同事们吃午饭了。(greet) （汉译英） _________________________________________________ 【答案】(Having been) greeted with the boss’s fierce criticism, he is/was in no mood to have lunch with colleagues. 【解析】 【详解】be greeted with sth.可表示“受到某种对待”，“狠狠地批评”译为 fierce criticism，“被老板狠狠地批评了一顿”在句中作状语，逻辑主语是主句主语he，和greet构成被动关系，可用过去分词greeted with the boss’s fierce criticism作状语，也可强调“被批评”发生在“没心情”之前，用现在分词的完成被动式having been greeted with the boss’s fierce criticism作状语，句首单词首字母大写；“没心情做某事”用be in no mood to do sth.，句子可叙述当下的情况、现在的状态，时态用一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，be动词用is，或者用一般过去时，表示过去发生的事情，be动词用was，“和同事们吃午饭”可译为have lunch with colleagues。 68. 没有顾客的允许，餐厅无权向顾客收取额外的服务费。(position) （汉译英） _________________________________________________ 【答案】Without customers’ permission, a restaurant is in no position to charge customers for additional service(s). 【解析】 【详解】表示“没有顾客的允许”应用without customers’ permission；表示“餐厅”应用a restaurant；表示“无权做”应用be in no position to do，陈述客观事实，使用一般现在时，主语为单数名词，be动词用is；表示“向……收取”应用charge…for…；表示“顾客”应用customers；表示“额外的服务费”应用additional service(s)。 69. 正因为从儿时接受了不同文化的熏陶，如今她才能用多元化的视角观察世界。(expose) （汉译英） _________________________________________________ 【答案】It is because she has been exposed to different cultures since childhood that she is now able to observe the world from diverse perspectives. 【解析】 【详解】“正是……才……”采用强调句结构It is...that...；“因为”是because，引导原因状语从句；“从儿时”是since childhood ；“接受……熏陶”即“接触”，用be exposed to，从儿时到现在，用现在完成时，主语she是第三人称单数，助动词用has；“不同文化”为different cultures ；“能够”是be able to ，“观察世界”是observe the world ，“（从）多元化的视角”表达为from diverse perspectives。 70. 组长本打算安排她接手组里的新任务，但她眼前一堆活没干完，所以想都没想就拒绝了。(with) （汉译英） _________________________________________________ 【答案】The team leader had meant to arrange for her to take over the team’s new task, but she turned it down without hesitation with a pile of unfinished work before her (eyes). 【解析】 【详解】“组长”表达为the team leader，句首单词首字母需大写；“打算”表达为动词mean，在句中作谓语，结合“本打算”及句意可知，此处表过去的过去，应用过去完成时，用had meant；“安排”表达为动词arrange，作mean的宾语，用动词不定式形式；arrange for sb. to do sth.为固定搭配，故“安排她接手”表达为arrange for her to take over；“组里的新任务”表达为the team’s new task；“但她”表达为but she；“眼前一堆活没干完”用with的复合结构with a pile of unfinished work before her (eyes)，work与finish是被动关系，因此用过去分词unfinished作定语修饰work；“所以想都没想”表达为without hesitation，“就拒绝了”表达为turn it down，句子描述过去发生的事件，用一般过去时，turn的过去式为turned。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 七宝中学 2025 学年第二学期高二年级期中考试 英语试卷 考生注意： 1．本试卷共13页，考试时间120分钟，满分150分。 2．全卷包括五大题，每个大题由若干小题组成；选择题只有一个正确答案。 3．答卷前。务必在答题纸正面清楚地填写姓名、班级、学号。 4．答案必须全部做在答题纸上，用黑色水笔填写。 I. Listening Comprehension (30’) Section A Directions: In Section A, you’ll 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 a 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. 7:50 B. 8:05 C. 8:25 D. 9:05 2. A. Teacher and student B. Doctor and patient C. Editor and reporter D. Boss and clerk 3. A. Patient B. Friendly C. Annoyed D. Surprised 4. A. History B. Philosophy C. Politics D. Literature 5. A. The woman didn’t skip breakfast. B. Her deskmate had breakfast alone. C. The woman stayed hungry until 12:30. D. Her deskmate had at least 2 meals today. 6. A. He didn’t notice the change of place in time. B. He went to the wrong meeting place. C. The email was sent to him at the last minute. D. The meeting place was decided late. 7. A. The man focused more on Kevin’s outfit. B. Kevin was confident and well prepared. C. The man had little praise for the presentation. D. Kevin’s presentation was impressive. 8. A. She has already accepted the offer. B. She will refuse the offer anyway. C.Her decision depends on a condition. D. She wants to begin work this spring. 9. A. Daniel has nearly finished the project. B. Daniel tracks project on a notebook. C. Daniel’s notebook is rarely used. D. Daniel has made very limited progress. 10. A. He plans to shorten the speech to save time. B. Careful preparation greatly increases the chance of success. C. The first half of the contest matters more than the second half. D. Finishing the speech is easier than starting it. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the 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. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Hunan B. Guangdong C. Guangxi D. Szechuan 12. A. To remove some of the smell. B. To soften them and balance the taste. C. To tighten and colour the skin quickly. D. To make them easier to cut. 13. A. Cook the vegetables→cut the pork→boil the pork→steam the dish B. Boil the pork→colour the skin→place the sliced pork→steam it with the vegetables C. Fry the pork→wash the preserved vegetables→boil the pork→add soy sauce D. Slice the pork→cook the vegetables→steam the pork→put the vegetables on top Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. It had about 27 stops. B. A full trip usually took 75 minutes. C. It once covered 11 stops in 26 minutes. D. Its speed was about 22 km/h. 15. A. The bus used to run faster than a taxi. B. The whole route now takes longer time. C. Wheels often caught fire after sudden stops. D. The turning machine bent the handrail. 16. A. It was a perfect location for passengers to do pull-ups. B. It was where the bus reached its highest speed. C. Its circular ramp exhibited the line’s legendary speed. D. It was the place where the handrail was bent. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. It centred fortune items and false beliefs. B. It concerned comfort, light and fresh air. C. It dealt with movement and convenience. D. It boosted privacy, safety, and sleep. 18. A. The sofa faced the entrance and welcomed guests at once. B. The room allowed easy movement and avoided direct exposure. C. The table stood close to the passage and saved more room. D. The dining space connected naturally with the bedroom area. 19. A. It left too little room beside the window for daily use. B. It made the bedroom look untidy and poorly balanced. C. It put the sleeper straight in line with noise and view. D. It kept the person in bed from seeing the entrance. 20. A. Replace it with a rounder one for a softer look. B. Keep it beside the bed to brighten the room. C. Move it away because it may disturb her at night. D. Turn it toward the door to improve the layout. II. Grammar and Vocabulary (40’) Section A (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. During a visit to Beijing many years ago, I had lunch with three PhD students in the Chinese Department at Peking University, all native speakers of Chinese. As I had caught a cold, I tried to write a short note to cancel an afternoon appointment, but suddenly found that I ____1____ not remember how to write the Chinese characters for the word “sneeze”. I asked my three friends to write it for me. To my surprise, ____2____ of them could do so correctly. Since Peking University is often regarded as the “Harvard of China”, the incident was striking. It is difficult to imagine three Harvard PhD students in English literature ____3____ (forget) how to write the English word “sneeze”. This was my first direct encounter with ____4____ is now widely known in China as “character amnesia”: even highly educated people are forgetting how to write common Chinese characters by hand. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the spread of the internet and the rise of a digitised information environment brought major changes to the use of Chinese characters. ____5____ the exponential growth of computer memory, Chinese word processing became increasingly routine and convenient. The standard QWERTY keyboard could support not only Pinyin input but also various other entry systems, enabling Chinese characters, ____6____ alphabetic writing, to function easily in cyberspace. Almost overnight, Chinese users adopted smartphones and tablets, relying on Pinyin input, and speech-to-text technology. Yet these advances have produced a distinctive problem: nowadays people ____7____ (lose) the ability to write characters by hand. Certainly, such lapses are not entirely new. Chinese has long had the expression tibiwangzi — “lift the pen, forget the character” — ____8____ (describe) this tendency. However, the digitally intensified version is more serious than occasionally forgetting a rare or complex character. Even highly literate people now fail to write characters in very ordinary words such as “kitchen”, “lips”, “cough”, and “broom”. ____9____ there have been few rigorous empirical studies, informal surveys by China Daily suggest that about 80% of respondents experience character amnesia in daily life. Some research has been launched to explore the causes, though the data remain difficult to evaluate ____10____ occupations and disciplines. Section B (30’) (A) Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need. A. imperceptible B. empathetic C. exposure D. modest AB. positioning AC. farewell AD. various BC. drew BD. mechanical CD. advance ABC. characterised Yu Yi, a respected Chinese educator whose life came to embody the moral seriousness and intellectual ambition of modern Chinese schooling, has died in Shanghai at the age of 97. Her death on March 14 ____11____ mourning across the education sector: she’d long been regarded not merely as a teacher, but as a figure of national significance. From her early years, Yu believed that ____12____ to great language, history and civic feeling could shape not only a student’s intellect but also the structure of character itself. Born in Zhenjiang in February 1929, she graduated from the Department of Education at Fudan University in 1951 and began a teaching career that would extend across more than seven decades. Over the years she served in key educational posts, including as honorary principal of Shanghai Yangpu Senior High School, while remaining, in spirit, a classroom teacher first and last. The force of her influence was at times almost ____13____ in its manner, yet immense in its reach. Yu was widely admired for a pedagogy ____14____ by precision, cultural depth and emotional gravity. She argued that language teaching should not be reduced to ____15____ drills, but must unite utility with humanity. In an age often tempted by slogans or fashionable shortcuts, she insisted on intellectual honesty, rigorous preparation and respect for the inner lives of students. Former pupils and younger teachers alike remembered her as exacting without coldness, disciplined yet profoundly ____16____, because she believed the young were worthy of much. Her public stature grew with the transformation of Chinese education itself. In 1978 she was named among the country’s first group of specially accredited senior teachers. She later helped ____17____ Chinese-language curriculum reform, trained large numbers of younger educators, delivered nearly 2,000 public lessons, and produced millions of words in scholarly works. In 2019, the Chinese state awarded her the honorary title “People’s Educator”, ____18____ her as the sole representative from basic education among the inaugural recipients of that distinction. Yu Yi often said that one should spend a lifetime being a teacher and a lifetime learning how to be one. That formulation, at once ____19____ and severe, now reads like the creed of her life. She belonged to a generation that viewed education not as a technical profession alone, but as a moral undertaking bound up with the fate of a nation. In mourning her, China is not only bidding ____20____ to an eminent schoolwoman; it is also saluting a vanishing model of intellectual conscience in public life. (B) Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need. A. cover B. landscape C. narrative D. meant AB. celebrated AC. proportion AD. elaborate BC. fake BD. inherited CD. caution ABC. seasonal Visitors to Shanghai are often advised to admire the skyline, respect the traffic, and prepare for prices that may occasionally hurt their feelings. To this list, the internet has lately added another ___21___: do not, under any emotional impulse, raise a cup of Mixue Ice Cream & Tea too close to the Oriental Pearl, lest the ___22___ tower, acting in its newly-given capacity as an urban defence tower, open fire upon where you stand. In Shanghai, a wrong ceremonial choice leads to a grave danger. Shanghai is not merely a city but a(n) ___23___ , examination of taste. One may pass through it safely with a silk scarf, a restrained coffee order, and an expression suggesting that one has never compared prices in public. Mixue, however, enters this ___24___ like a cheerful Cinderella in a marble ballroom: innocent, inexpensive, and therefore intolerably easy to notice. How then is one to proceed? First, conceal panic. Nothing invites the Pearl’s laser attack faster than guilt. Walk calmly. Hold the cup not like illegal goods, but like ___25___ family treasure. Should passers-by glance in your direction, look faintly bored, as though your lemon tea were a limited ___26___ collaboration available only to those with strong emotional discipline. Second, choose the location wisely. The truly careful do not stand in open plazas beneath the skyline, waving a one-yuan ice-cream. One drinks in side streets, under huge trees, or beside a convenience store where every class of city life has long kept a practical peace. Urban survival, as ever, depends on ___27___. Third, upgrade the ___28___. If questioned, never say, “I bought Mixue because it was cheap.” That is the language of vulnerability. Say instead that you are conducting field research into mass-market beverage culture, or testing the resilience of popular brands in presence of the Pearl’s hostility. A serious tone can rescue any beverage. Lastly, remember that this article is only ___29___ as a funny joke. The Oriental Pearl has not yet destroyed a single citizen for crimes against boutique consumption. Shanghai remains a city where luxury and bargain, pride and joy, coexist in an uneasy but lively mixture. So drink your Mixue boldly — only not too boldly. Civilisation, after all, depends on ___30___ III. Reading Comprehension (55’) Section A (15’) 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. The sudden death of Zhang Xuefeng has pushed him into the centre of public debate. For many Chinese students and parents, he was not merely an internet educator. He was also a powerful symbol of a highly ___31___ age, in which college majors were judged mainly by salary, stability, and the chance of entering the civil service. This is why the debate around him should not end with ___32___ alone. The real question is whether choosing a university major must be as utilitarian (pursuing investment pay-offs) as he often suggested. Zhang became famous partly because he spoke in a direct and practical way. His remarks on journalism and his claim that “liberal arts are all service industries” caused strong ___33___, and he later apologized. Yet these remarks also won support from many anxious families, because they seemed to offer clear answers in a(n) ___34___ world. To be fair, a practical view of education is not entirely wrong. For many ordinary families, especially those without much social capital, a college major is not a(n) ___35___ choice. It is closely connected with future income, employment pressure, and class mobility. In such cases, it is ___36___ that parents care about whether a subject can lead to a stable job. A poor family may simply not have the luxury to treat higher education as a(n) ___37___ adventure. In this sense, Zhang did meet a real social need: he turned hidden information into public advice, and he gave many families a sense of direction when they felt lost. ___38___, practicality should not become the only standard. The problem with extreme utilitarianism is that it reduces knowledge to a mere tool and turns students into machines designed for the ___39___ market. A major is then valued only by one question: “Will it help me get a job quickly?” But society changes too fast for such calculations to remain ___40___. Today’s “safe” major may be overcrowded tomorrow; today’s “useless” field may become newly ___41___ in a different economic or cultural climate. If everyone rushes toward the same options, the result may be not security, but another form of competition and disappointment. More importantly, education should do more than produce ___42___. Literature, history, philosophy, journalism, and other humanities subjects may not always lead directly to high salaries, but they help people understand society, language, memory, justice, and the meaning of human life. Without such training, a person may become efficient, yet remain intellectually ___43___. A society that laughs at all “useless” knowledge may lose the ability to reflect on itself. Therefore, college-major selection should be practical, but not blindly utilitarian. Students must consider jobs and reality, yet they should also consider interest, ability, and the deeper value of knowledge. Zhang Xuefeng’s popularity showed the anxiety of the age; his death now reminds us of something else: life is short, and education should not be reduced to nothing more than a race for ___44___ return. Between dream and survival, what young people need is not one extreme or the other, but a wiser ___45___. 31. A. developed B. competitive C. digitised D. globalised 32. A. morality B. personality C. employment D. mourning 33. A. approval B. embarrassment C. controversy D. reflection 34. A. uncertain B. diverse C. unique D. massive 35. A. subjective B. abstract C. habitual D. psychological 36. A. regrettable B. understandable C. questionable D. admirable 37. A. rewarding B. commercial C. strategic D. romantic 38. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. Furthermore 39. A. labour B. academic C. consumer D. financial 40. A. changeable B. beneficial C. flexible D. reliable 41. A. innovative B. irreplaceable C. demanding D. irreversible 42. A. workers B. scientists C. adventurers D. creators 43. A. productive B. instructive C. reflective D. passive 44. A. profitable B. immediate C. marginal D. successive 45. A. balance B. escape C. alternative D. pursuit Section B (32’) Directions: Read the following four 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 read. (A) For three days she remained at the grand and magnificent gate of the television station, as though once planted there she could no longer be lifted out of the ground. She was a thin village girl with a strange accent, all elbows and knees, her body so slight that the coarse cloth of her jacket seemed to hang from bone rather than flesh. Her face was browned by sun and wind; her hair, parted in the middle, was drawn back without softness. When she stood still, she looked dry and narrow as a stalk left after harvest. Yet she did not often stand still. She was always watching. The guard had refused her at the very beginning. No papers. No pass. No entry. She had listened with her head slightly lowered, her hands hanging by her sides, the fingers rough and reddened, opening and then closing. When she heard that the station director wore glasses, she lifted her face at once. After that, her eyes hardly left the gate. Each time a prospect came out, she would dart forward two or three steps, quick and abrupt, stopping so suddenly that the soles of her shoes scraped the ground. She would tip her head back to look at his face, staring first at the glasses, then at the mouth, as if comparing him with some image she had made in her own mind. “Are you the director?” she would ask. The question was always the same. No greeting, no apology, no explanation beforehand. Her voice was flat, dry, and direct, carrying the accent of the countryside in every syllable. When the answer was no, she stood aside and waited for the next pair of glasses. By the second day her lips had gone pale. Dust clung to her trouser legs. She squatted when she was tired, arms wrapped round her knees, but even then she kept turning her head toward the doorway. At the slightest movement, she sprang up again. “Are you the director?” Sometimes she asked it quickly, almost before the man had fully crossed the threshold; sometimes she spoke more slowly, each word pushed out with effort after hours of waiting. At night she did not leave. In the morning she was still there, hair rumpled, eyes swollen from lack of sleep, asking the same question in the same tone, as if the three days had not lengthened time at all, but merely worn away everything except that single sentence. 46. The girl’s appearance and behaviour at the TV station reveals that she __________. A. tried to adapt to the TV station rules. B. gave in to the guard’s denial of her entry. C. didn’t belong to the modern world. D. was energetic amongst people’s indifference. 47. The underlined sentence in paragraph 3 best reveals that she __________ A. wanted to challenge the guard. B. fixed more on her purpose than on manners. C. thought city people disliked long talks. D. was afraid her accent would be laughed at. 48. Which of the following descriptions is LEAST related to showing the girl’s persistence? A. She looked dry and narrow as a stalk left after harvest. B. After that, her eyes never left the gate. C. She stood aside and waited for the next pair of glasses. D. At the slightest movement, she sprang up again. 49. How does the writer build up the image of the girl in the passage? A. Symbolism B. Parallelism C. Exaggeration D. Contrast (B) And certaynly our langage now vsed varyeth ferre from that whiche was vsed and spoken when I was borne. For we Englysshmen ben borne vnder the domynacyon of the mone1, whiche is neuer stedfaste2, but euer wauerynge, wexynge one season and waneth another season. And that comyn Englysshe that is spoken in one shyre3 varyeth from another. In my dayes happed that certayn marchauntes4 were in a shippe in Thames, for to haue sayled ouer the see into Zelande; and for lacke of wynde they taryed5 at forlond, and wente to lande for to refreshe them. And one of theym named Sheffelde, a mercer, cam into an hows and axed6 for mete; and specyally he axyd after egges. And the good wyf answerde that she coude speke no Frenshe. And the marchaunt was angry, for he also coude speke no Frenshe, but wolde haue hadde egges, and she vnderstode hym not. And thenne at laste another sayd that he wolde haue eyren. Then the good wyf sayd that she vnderstode hym wel. Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, egges or eyren? Certaynly it is harde to playse euery man, by cause of dyuersite and chaunge of langage. Tips: 01. In Old English, y and i were often used interchangeably. (e.g. certaynly) 02. In Old English, v used to be replaced by u where necessary. (e.g. neuer) 03. Some old words share the same meaning and pronunciation with modern versions. (e.g. wyf) Explanations for unfamiliar words: 1. mone: moon 2. stedfaste: fixed in a single state 3. Shyre: county 4. marchantes: businessmen 5. taryed: stopped for a while 6. axed: asked 50. Paragraph 1 mainly shows us that English__________ A. used to be shaped by old ideas about nature. B. is constantly influenced by the moon. C. once followed the same order as nature. D. is subjected to change rather than at rest. 51. Which of the following pictures best illustrates the underlined part in paragraph 1? A. B. C. D. 52. Which of the following is NOT true according to the story in paragraph 2 and 3? A. The story shows that the same language may vary from region to region. B. The housewife couldn’t understand the man’s French because she spoke it differently. C. The misunderstanding arose because the two sides used different words for the same thing. D. The contrast between “egges” and “eyren” indicates linguistic change across areas. 53. What is the main idea of the passage? A. It mainly tells how businessmen landed because of bad weather and looked for food. B. It concerns linguistic change by showing different spellings in various parts of France. C. It shows English experiences change constantly, making it hard to satisfy every reader. D. It mainly discusses the spread of French and its influence on English. (C) There are careers in popular music which proceed in a straight, glittering line, and there are others which are tested in fierce fire before they attain their full reputation. Lady Gaga belongs unmistakably to the latter order. To regard her merely as a provider of marvellous performances is to mistake the lightning for the storm. Behind the masks, the stunning concerts, and the uproar of fame, there has long stood a woman of uncommon endurance, who has had to earn, more than once, the right to remain herself. The gravest trial of her middle career came with ARTPOP, issued in 2013, a record born with extravagant ambition and fashioned in ignorance of ordinary taste. Yet, though it opened strongly, it did not win the unanimous applause that had delivered her earlier triumphs. In time, Gaga herself spoke of that season as one of desolation. She recalled becoming deeply depressed, worn out by conflict, and haunted by a sadness so heavy that, in her own description, she could scarcely feel the beat of her heart. On another occasion, reflecting on the same period, she confessed that she had not wished to sing any more. Such words, from an artist built so visibly for the stage, carry the chill of true torture. It was then that Tony Bennett entered not merely as a collaborator, but as a rescuer of the spirit. Their partnership on Cheek to Cheek did more than widen her range of music talents; it restored to her a simpler faith in music itself. Bennett, by her own repeated witnesses, wanted nothing from her but her friendship and her voice. In an industry governed by appetite, calculation, and noise, such generosity must have seemed almost antique. That an elder statesman of song could steady a younger artist at the brink of inward collapse is one of the more moving episodes in recent musical history. Gaga would say, with no hint of theatrical excess, he had saved her life. What followed is the true measure of her greatness. She did not vanish into self-pity, nor did she allow one grievous chapter to define the remainder of her story. She worked, adapted, sang in new idioms, acted, endured, and returned. Most touching of all, perhaps, was the reconciliation that came in the summer of 2025, when The Mayhem Ball restored ARTPOP songs such as Aura and Applause to her live stage after years of her refusal to play them. It was not only a set-list alteration; it was an act of artistic pardon. She had gone back to the wounded province of her own past and lit it, at last, with acceptance. For this reason Lady Gaga deserves admiration beyond fashion or fandom (饭圈). She has shown that greatness in art lies not in never falling, but in returning from humiliation with one’s voice enlarged, one’s dignity protected, and one’s courage made visible to the world. 54. What made Gaga’s ARTPOP period especially painful? A. Public reduction of her work to mere display. B. Mental strain caused by conflict and sorrow. C. Fading praise, mental collapse, refusal to sing. D. Weakening and saddened belief in music. 55. What was Tony Bennett’s greatest importance to Gaga? A. Renewal of her trust in song. B. Enlargement of her artistic scope. C. Repair of her public standing. D. Escape from a calculating profession. 56. What gave Gaga’s 2025 return to ARTPOP songs its special meaning? A. Recovery of a once-failed record. B. Recognition of overdue public acceptance. C. Peace with a painful career experience. D. Correction of critical opinion on the album. 57. What is the main focus of the passage? A. The burden of fame in pop culture. B. The healing force of artistic companionship. C. The later defence of a troubled album. D. The greatness of persistence through failure. (D) In the last episode of Feud: Bette and Joan, a biographical TV series that portrays the life of two legendary actresses, Joan Crawford, on the brink of death, pictures Bette Davis seated across from her table. They play at “Regrets”. Joan admits that she was not more generous towards Bette; Bette answers that she wishes she had been a friend to Joan. The sting of the scene lies in the suggestion that two great women, after years of mutual injury, had been made to inhabit a story already written for them: that of the female quarrel, elegant, marketable, and ruinous. Their hostility against each other is sharpened by an industry eager to profit from women at war. That, I think, is the true matter before us. When women appear in the same field, be it at the Oscars or at a fashion show, the public imagination hastens to cast them as rivals before it allows them to be artists or workers. A handsome gown becomes a weapon; a photograph of two actresses becomes a contest in which one slays and the other sucks; a rumour becomes an entire mythology of jealousy. Recent commentary in American outlets has observed how stubbornly popular culture continues to pit famous women against each other, from old tabloids to the modern Tiktok. The old Hollywood history of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford fits this pattern with almost indecent neatness. Their hostility was fed by studio publicity, tabloid appetite, and an industry delighted by the scene of two ageing actresses being forced to scrap over diminishing opportunities. The film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane proved a late-career triumph for both, but the triumph itself was narrated through bitterness and insult, as though the public could not endure the thought that two formidable women might occupy the same frame without one devouring the other. The “catfight” was one of its most saleable products. What has changed since then is chiefly the speed of circulation. Yesterday’s gossip columns have become today’s comment sections, fan edits, sales charts, and weaponised superlatives. The vocabulary is newer, the instinct antique. Women in music are measured against one another’s trophies; actresses are ranked by looks, youth, and desirability; even friendship is reported as strategy and civility as surrender. Such habits train audiences to treat women’s public lives as a scarcity drama in which admiration must be rationed and solidarity dismissed as pretence. For media, these narratives are often exaggerated, sometimes invented, but in all cases profitable. Bette and Joan might have spoken differently had the world not eagerly purchased their hostility. Whenever we say that one actress “overshadows” another, or cheer the supposed feud between female stars as though it were a sporting fixture, we become shareholders in the same shabby (卑鄙的) enterprise. A civilised press ought to describe women as more than mirrors arranged face to face, each reflecting the other into a loser. 58. In paragraph 1, what does the game “Regrets” scene reveal? A. Bette and Joan’s story was based on historical accuracy, not dramatic effect. B. Bette and Joan’s private regret outweighed the professional rivalry. C. Bette and Joan’s long-standing quarrel was, in the end, completely resolved. D. Bette and Joan were victims of a narrative reducing them to rivals. 59. In paragraph 3, the feud between Bette and Joan __________. A. reflected their disappointment over the reception of Baby Jane. B. was intensified by an industry that found women’s conflict profitable. C. became famous because people were interested in the life of ageing stars. D. was less significant itself than the TV retellings that turned it into legend. 60. The underlined part in paragraph 4 means that __________. A. Despite language change, the habit of shaping women as rivals remains. B. New words are created for female rivalry earlier generations don’t understand. C. The public today speaks of female stars in a more direct and creative manner. D. As celebrity culture becomes more refined, the judgement gets more severe. 61. Which of the following best states the central argument of the passage? A. The media should avoid female star coverage that draws ill-intended comments. B. The entertainment industry always depends on personal bitterness to attract audience. C. The interest in female feuds shows people treat women stars as if they must compete. D. Female feud has been exaggerated, but it’s an unavoidable part of actresses’ life. Section C (8’) Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than need At the Milano Cortina Winter Games, Miss Eileen Gu was asked a question that revealed rather more about modern spectatorship than about sport itself. ____62____ Miss Gu answered with admirable calmness that such a view was “a ridiculous perspective to take,” adding that Olympic medals are life-changing in themselves and that she was already doing what no woman in her discipline had done before. The reply travelled swiftly around the world, not merely because it was sharp, but because it struck a nerve. The young public woman understood, perhaps better than her questioner, the disease of our sporting age: the habit of converting excellence into deficiency (瑕疵). ____63____ By that logic, every athlete but one must be classed as a disappointment, and every triumph must apologise for not being still greater. Such language does not honour but impoverishes competition. Her rebuke was not a flash of vanity, but a defence of proportion. ____64____ By winning silver in big air on 16 February, Gu became the most decorated female freeskier in Olympic history, reaching five Olympic medals before the Games were even over. A few days later, she defended her halfpipe title and left Italy with one gold and two silvers from these Games, six Olympic medals in all, a record for freeskiering overall. These are not the statistics of a woman in want of vindication. They are the statistics of a champion being punished for setting her own standard too high. There was, too, something bracingly modern in the spirit of her answer, though the principle itself is old-fashioned enough: that one ought to judge achievement by substance rather than by external expectation. Miss Gu did not ask for forgiveness. She simply refused the mean and fashionable custom of speaking as though greatness counts for little unless it arrives in its most glittering form. ____65____ In an era addicted to superlatives, she restored, for one excellent instant, the dignity of perspective. A. What made the exchange still more striking was the context. B. After she had taken silver in both women’s slopestyle and big air, a reporter pressed her to say whether these were “two silvers gained” or “two golds lost.” C. Yet the reporter’s question was not entirely unfair, for elite sport has always been governed by the ruthless logic that only victory truly satisfies. D. That attitude deserves notice beyond the snowfields of Italy. E. A silver medal, once a distinction enough to crown a career, is now treated by the impatient imagination as a failed gold. The arithmetic is cruel and absurd. F. Instead, she suggested that the burden of expectation is the unavoidable price paid by every athlete who has once stood at the summit. IV. Summary Writing (10’) 66. Directions: Reading 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. Above the little town, thin clouds moved slowly across the sky. Tree branches shifted in the wind, and leaves brushed against one another with a dry, faint sound. By the lake, ripples travelled over the water and faded among the reeds at the shore. On the farms beyond the houses, horses kept their heads low in the grass, while cows and sheep stood apart across the open ground. Along the narrow stone road, fences threw broken shadows, and from a few chimneys smoke rose into the air in pale, wavering threads. But all this ended abruptly. The first interruption came when a delivery truck overturned in the middle of the town. Boxes split open on the ground, and fruit, bottles, and paper packages were thrown across the road. People ran out from nearby shops, while the driver climbed out in shock and stared at the mess around him. The accident soon caused a serious traffic jam in the town centre. Cars stood bumper to bumper along the narrow street, and impatient drivers began pressing their horns again and again. Even people on foot found it difficult to pass. as the crowd, the fallen goods, and the waiting vehicles had turned the area into a knot of confusion. Yet the town had scarcely begun to settle again when another unease, subtler at first, passed from door to door. Curtains were drawn aside. Heads appeared at windows. Beyond the far end of the lake, a thin line of smoke had begun to rise, and soon a red glow showed itself behind the trees. Before long, flames were seen climbing up the side of an old warehouse. The accident caused enormous economic loss to the family who owned the building. Much of their stored grain was destroyed, several pieces of farming equipment were damaged beyond repair, and a large supply of animal feed was reduced to ash. With their grain, tools and supplies ruined, the family faced serious difficulty in carrying on their work. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ V. Translation (3’+3’+4’+5’) Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 67. 被老板狠狠地批评了一顿，所以他没心情和同事们吃午饭了。(greet) （汉译英） _________________________________________________ 68. 没有顾客的允许，餐厅无权向顾客收取额外的服务费。(position) （汉译英） _________________________________________________ 69. 正因为从儿时接受了不同文化的熏陶，如今她才能用多元化的视角观察世界。(expose) （汉译英） _________________________________________________ 70. 组长本打算安排她接手组里的新任务，但她眼前一堆活没干完，所以想都没想就拒绝了。(with) （汉译英） _________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $