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石嘴山市第一中学2025-2026学年第二学期高三年级期中考试 英语试题 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分） 第一节（共 15 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 37. 5 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Appreciate valuable moments and unlock creativity with these notebooks and art sketchbooks (速写本). Leather Bound Artist’s Sketch Books Simply beautiful leather sketch books are perfect for drawing, writing, painting, sketching and treasuring forever! They are handmade in our Sussex bookbinding workshop and stocked in an amazing range of colors with new designs introduced every season. Our books are made using high-quality recycled materials, the perfect gifts for your eco-friendly friends! Dear Grandma Memory Gift Journal A guided memory journal filled with fun and inspiring questions, carefully collected to make it easy for your grandmother to tell her story. Inspired by thoughtful, guided questions on each page, this journal is designed to inspire your grandmother to record some of her life’s key memories and experiences, and share her wonderful memories and aspirations with you. Dear Dad Memory Gift Journal A guided memory journal is carefully designed for your father to tell his story. All in their precious handwriting, your father can recall moments, funny stories and memories that make up his life. The thoughtful questions are designed to help him enjoy telling his story. Alongside his handwritten memories, there’s also space for him to add photos and souvenirs. Personalised Artist Sketchbook The perfect gift for artists and creatives, this personalised sketchbook is a great way to store all your drawings, sketches and artwork. It includes the personalised text, making a truly unique gift. The design is printed directly onto the wood in full color. Please provide the required personalisation text in the box provided, entering it exactly as you would like it to appear on the product such as “Madison’s Sketchbook” and “Let the creativity flow!” 1. What is special about Leather Bound Artist’s Sketch Books? A. They can be used to record family stories. B. They’re made of recycled materials. C. They are perfect presents for friends. D. They are mainly used to show artwork. 2. What can people do in the Dear Dad Memory Gift Journal? A. Take photos for family. B. Buy special presents online. C. Draw pictures and artwork. D. Record life stories and memories. 3. What do the two gift journals have in common? A. They help people record life stories. B. They have gold stamped covers. C. They include encouraging questions, D. They allow adding pictures on them. 【答案】1. B 2. D 3. A 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍了四款特色本子，并依次介绍了各自的材质、用途、特点和适用人群。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文Leather Bound Artist’s Sketch Books部分“Our books are made using high-quality recycled materials, the perfect gifts for your eco-friendly friends!(我们的本子采用优质环保再生材料制作，是送给注重环保的朋友的绝佳礼物！)”可知，Leather Bound Artist’s Sketch Books的特别之处在于采用再生材料制作。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文Dear Dad Memory Gift Journal部分“A guided memory journal is carefully designed for your father to tell his story. All in their precious handwriting, your father can recall moments, funny stories and memories that make up his life.(这是一本专为父亲讲述自己人生故事而精心设计的引导式回忆日记本。父亲可以用珍贵的手写笔迹，回忆构成自己人生的点滴瞬间、趣事和过往记忆。)” 可知，人们可以在Dear Dad Memory Gift Journal中记录人生故事与过往回忆。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文Dear Grandma Memory Gift Journal部分“this journal is designed to inspire your grandmother to record some of her life’s key memories and experiences, and share her wonderful memories and aspirations with you.(这本日记本旨在引导祖母记录人生重要的回忆与经历，并与你分享她美好的回忆和心愿。)”以及原文Dear Dad Memory Gift Journal部分“A guided memory journal is carefully designed for your father to tell his story. All in their precious handwriting, your father can recall moments, funny stories and memories that make up his life.(这是一本专为父亲讲述自己人生故事而精心设计的引导式回忆日记本。父亲可以用珍贵的手写笔迹，回忆构成自己人生的点滴瞬间、趣事和过往记忆。)” 可知，两款回忆日记本的共同点是都可以帮助人们记录人生故事。 B Where does the inspiration come from? Photographer Levon Biss got it when looking at beetles (甲虫) from his garden. He recently bought a microscope for his son. For fun, they placed a beetle under the lens. “It blew me away,” Biss recalls. “It was beautiful.” He wondered if he could capture that beauty in a photograph. Until then, Biss had made a career as a commercial photographer. Insects gave his work a new goal. Around the world, insect populations are in decline because of pesticides (杀虫剂), habitat loss, and climate change. Biss thought that if people could see what he saw through his son’s microscope, they would care more about protecting insects. “I’ve got a photographic technique and a skill,” he says. “If I can do this, I should use it for a better purpose.” Biss turned to a type of photography that involves taking close-up pictures of small things, like flowers or bugs. His pictures show the insects in all their wonderful, microscopic detail. A few years ago, Biss exhibited his first insect project, Microsculpture. That’s a scientific term. For his latest exhibition, Extinct and Endangered, Biss photographed bugs from the collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. With the help of the museum’s scientists, he selected bugs that were either extinct or endangered. What is more wonderful is that Biss blows them up into larger-than-life images to be displayed in the exhibition. Some are eight feet tall. “It’s a humbling experience when you’re holding an insect that’s extinct,” Biss says. “The human species is responsible for the current insect crisis. It’s sad to know this insect will never be on this planet again.” Biss hopes his photographs will get people thinking the same way. “The way I work is through pictures. I communicate visually in the way a writer communicates through words,” he says. “Hopefully, these pictures can shake things up and get people to pay attention.” 4. What inspired Biss to take pictures of insects? A. His job as a photographer. B. The insect’s beauty he found. C. The microscope he had bought. D. His dream to hold an exhibition. 5. What does the underlined phrase “a better purpose” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Taking close-up pictures of flowers or bugs. B. Practicing his relevant photography skills. C. Encouraging people to protect insects. D. Passing on knowledge about endangered insects. 6. What can we infer about Biss’ latest exhibition? A. It’s held in the American Museum of Natural History. B. Its photos were about common living insects. C. It features insects from his personal collection. D. Its pictures were much larger than normal insects. 7. What is the text mainly about? A. A photographer’s action to protect insects. B. A new way to take pictures of insects. C. The quiet beauty of declining insects. D. Learn more about insects’ present situation. 【答案】4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A 【解析】 【导语】文章讲述了摄影师莱文・比斯因偶然发现甲虫的微观之美，开始拍摄昆虫，借微距摄影及濒危、灭绝昆虫巨型影像展览，唤醒大众保护昆虫的意识。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Where does the inspiration come from? Photographer Levon Biss got it when looking at beetles (甲虫) from his garden. He recently bought a microscope for his son. For fun, they placed a beetle under the lens. “It blew me away,” Biss recalls. “It was beautiful.” He wondered if he could capture that beauty in a photograph. (灵感从何而来？摄影师莱文・比斯的灵感，源自观察自家花园里的甲虫。他曾为儿子购置了一台显微镜。父子俩一时兴起，将一只甲虫放到镜头下观察。“我瞬间被震撼了，”比斯回忆道，“它美得不可思议”他开始思考，能否用镜头定格这份独特的美丽。)”可知，比斯和儿子把花园里的甲虫放在显微镜下后，被甲虫的美震撼，于是想要把这种美用照片捕捉下来，因此是他发现的昆虫之美激发了他拍摄昆虫的想法。 【5题详解】 词义猜测题。根据第二段中“Around the world, insect populations are in decline because of pesticides (杀虫剂), habitat loss, and climate change. Biss thought that if people could see what he saw through his son’s microscope, they would care more about protecting insects. “I’ve got a photographic technique and a skill,” he says. “If I can do this, I should use it for a better purpose.” (受杀虫剂使用、栖息地破坏与气候变化影响，全球昆虫数量正在不断减少。比斯认为，如果人们能看到他在显微镜下所见的景象，就会更加重视昆虫保护。“我拥有摄影技法与专业能力”他说，“倘若可以做到，我就该用这份能力去a better purpose”)”可知，前文提到全球昆虫数量因为人类活动下降，比斯认为如果人们看到昆虫的美，就会更愿意保护昆虫，因此他说的“a better purpose”就是用自己的摄影技术呼吁人们保护昆虫。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中“For his latest exhibition, Extinct and Endangered, Biss photographed bugs from the collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. With the help of the museum’s scientists, he selected bugs that were either extinct or endangered. What is more wonderful is that Biss blows them up into larger-than-life images to be displayed in the exhibition. Some are eight feet tall. (最新展览《灭绝与濒危》中，他拍摄了纽约美国自然历史博物馆馆藏的昆虫标本。在馆内科学家的协助下，他挑选出已经灭绝或濒临灭绝的昆虫。更令人惊叹的是，他将这些影像放大，制作成远超昆虫实际尺寸的展品，部分画作高达八英尺。)”可知，比斯把昆虫照片放大到比昆虫本身还大，部分照片甚至有八英尺高，因此可以推断照片比真实昆虫大很多。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段“Biss hopes his photographs will get people thinking the same way. “The way I work is through pictures. I communicate visually in the way a writer communicates through words,” he says. “Hopefully, these pictures can shake things up and get people to pay attention.” (比斯希望他的照片也能让人们以同样的方式思考。“我的工作方式是通过照片。我以视觉的方式交流，就像作家通过文字交流一样”他说。“希望这些照片能改变现状，引起人们的关注”)”可知，全文围绕摄影师比斯展开：从偶然发现昆虫微观美，到用摄影技术拍摄展出濒危昆虫，目的是唤醒大众保护昆虫的意识，文章核心是这位摄影师为保护昆虫做出的行动。 C Why are some people more motivated to handle difficult things? And is there a way to make doing difficult things easy? To answer this question, we need to look at this: dopamine (多巴胺). Dopamine is often considered a pleasure molecule (分子). But that’s not quite what it does. Dopamine is what makes us desire things. And it’s that desire that gives us the motivation to get up and do things. In fact, your brain considers something more important than others mainly depending on how much dopamine it’s expecting to get. If an activity releases too little dopamine, you won’t have much motivation to do it. But if an activity releases a lot of dopamine, you’ll be motivated to repeat it, over and over. So which behavior releases dopamine? Any activity where you expect there’s a possible reward releases it. And in today’s digital society, we are flooding our brains with unnaturally high amounts of dopamine on a daily basis, even if we don’t know it. Some examples of high dopamine behavior include: visiting social media websites, playing video games, etc. And you might think, “Oh so what? It’s not like it’s harming me in any way.” But you’d be wrong. Our bodies have a biological system called homeostasis (体内动态平衡). Whenever an imbalance occurs, our body adapts to it. Basically your brain gets used to having high levels of dopamine and those levels become your new normal. Thus you develop a dopamine tolerance. This can be a huge problem because the things that don`t give you as much dopamine don’t interest you any longer. That’s why people tend to prefer playing video games or surfing the Internet, compared to studying or working on their business. But it is possible to make doing difficult things feel easier. Separate yourself from the unnaturally high amounts of dopamine, or at least expose yourself to it far less frequently. Only then will normal, everyday, low dopamine activities become exciting again and you’ll be able to do them for longer. That’s why you might want to limit your phone and computer usage, along with other high dopamine-releasing behavior. We are all dopamine addicts to a certain extent. And that’s a good thing because dopamine motivates us to achieve our goals and improve ourselves. But it’s up to you to decide where you’re going to get your dopamine. Are you going to get it from things that don’t benefit you? Or are you going to get it from working on your long-term goals? The choice is yours. 8. According to the passage, dopamine is what __________. A. determines our mindset B. motivates us to act C. enables us to tackle difficult tasks D. causes our emotions 9. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us about? A. The adaptability of our brain. B. The problem of dopamine tolerance. C. The imbalance of the dopamine levels. D. The biological system called homeostasis. 10. What does the author suggest to make doing difficult things feel easier? A. Reducing the usage of digital devices. B. Making difficult things more exciting C. Forcing our body to adapt to dopamine. D. Exposing ourselves more to social media. 11. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Being addicted to dopamine benefits us. B. Dopamine can be made use of to better ourselves. C. Dopamine is to blame for our improper behaviour. D. Working on long-term goals releases more dopamine. 【答案】8. B 9. B 10. A 11. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。多巴胺是一种可以让人产生欲望驱动人们做事情的东西，但是现在社会的人们往往由于接触电子设备等东西产生了多巴胺耐受性，这让人们对低多巴胺的事情不再感兴趣。如何利用多巴胺来提升自我是需要我们自己选择的事情。文章对此进行了介绍。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段最后两句“Dopamine is what makes us desire things. And it’s that desire that gives us the motivation to get up and do things.(多巴胺让我们产生欲望。正是这种欲望给了我们起床做事的动力。)”可知，多巴胺可以给我们行动的动力。故选B。 【9题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第四段前两句“And you might think, “Oh so what? It’s not like it’s harming me in any way.” But you’d be wrong.(你可能会想，“哦，那又怎样？这对我没有任何伤害。”但你错了。)”和第六句第七句“Thus you develop a dopamine tolerance. This can be a huge problem because the things that don`t give you as much dopamine don’t interest you any longer.(因此，你会产生多巴胺耐受性。这可能是一个大问题，因为不能给你那么多多巴胺的事情不再让你感兴趣。)”可知，第四段主要是讲多巴胺耐受性会带来的问题。故选B。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段最后一句“That’s why you might want to limit your phone and computer usage, along with other high dopamine-releasing behavior.(这就是为什么你可能想要限制手机和电脑的使用，以及其他高多巴胺释放行为。)”可知，作者建议通过减少使用数码设备让做困难的事情变得容易。故选A。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句“And that’s a good thing because dopamine motivates us to achieve our goals and improve ourselves.(这是一件好事，因为多巴胺会激励我们实现目标，提高自我。)”可知，多巴胺可以用来提升自己。故选B。 D Tiles (牌) Suit (花色): Characters (万子) Suit: Bamboos (条子) Suit: Dots (筒子) Mahjong has been a very popular game in China, but the rules of this game differ from places to places. In Chengdu-Chongqing region, people usually play the same kind of Mahjong known for interesting and exciting rules. Mahjong uses 108 simple tiles (牌). They are divided into three suits: dots, bamboos, and characters. There are four players in a game. At the start, each player gets 13 or 14 tiles. During the game, they take turns to draw tiles (抓牌) and discard tiles (出牌) until completing a winning hand. The key rule in this kind of Majong is “Que Yi Men”. It means that at the start of the game, each player must choose one suit to abandon. This pushes for quick decisions—do you abandon dots, bamboos, or characters? Another important rule in this game is “Xue Zhan Dao Di” (“Bloody Battle to the End”). That means even if one player wins, the game will continue until there is only one person left who doesn’t have a winning hand. This creates more than one winner and endless excitement. The basic winning hand (“Ping Hu”) is made of 4 sets and 1 pair of tiles. There are two set types. One is “Sequence”, which is made of 3 consecutive (连续的) tiles of the same suit(1-2-3 of Bamboos(). The other is “Triplet”, which is made of 3 identical (相同的) tiles (e. g. three 5 of characters ).“Pair” is made of 2 identical tiles (e. g. two 6 of Dots ) “Ping Hu” doesn’t need much thinking to complete. More difficult is “Qing Yi Se”, where all tiles are related to only one suit. “Qi Dui” is the most difficult, where no sets are needed and all the tiles can be divided into seven pairs. ★ The more difficult the winning hand is, the more points the player will get. Because of these fun rules, this kind of Mahjong in Chengdu and Chongqing is really popular. It brings players lots of exciting moments. Also, while playing it, people get better at thinking clearly and making smart choices. 12. According to the passage, which statement is TRUE? A. Players get 16 tiles at the start. B. There is only one winner in the game C. Players don’t have to abandon one suit at the start. D. Players draw and discard tiles until completing a winning hand. 13. Which of the following tiles can help complete a basic winning hand? A. One of Characters. B. Five of Characters C. Six of Characters. D. Seven of Characters. 14. How does the writer develop the passage? A. By giving examples and making conclusions. B. By introducing the topic, explaining the exciting rules and making conclusions. C. By listing the good sides and bad sides of playing Mahjong. D. By comparing different kinds of Mahjong games and showing the reasons 15. Which of the following can be put in ★ ? A. This really needs good luck and smart choices. B. This can be completed quickly without special tile combinations. C. This relies only on careful planning rather than any luck. D. This is easier to achieve than “Qing Yi Se” with basic skills 【答案】12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A 【解析】 【导语】文章介绍了成渝麻将的基础牌具、参与人数、核心特色规则、多种胡牌牌型及游玩带来的益处。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“During the game, they take turns to draw tiles (抓牌) and discard tiles(出牌) until completing a winning hand.(在游戏过程中，他们轮流抓牌和出牌，直到凑成一副胡牌)”可知，玩家轮流抓牌出牌直至胡牌。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段中的“The basic winning hand (“Ping Hu”) is made of 4 sets and 1 pair of tiles. There are two set types. One is “Sequence”, which is made of 3 consecutive (连续的) tiles of the same suit. The other is “Triplet”, which is made of 3 identical (相同的) tiles.“Pair” is made of 2 identical tiles.(基础胡牌（平胡）由四组牌和一对牌组成。组牌有两种类型。一种是顺子，由三张同花色、点数连续的牌组成。另一种是刻子，由三张完全相同的牌组成。对子由两张完全相同的牌组成)”可知，基础胡由四组牌和一对牌组成，结合题干的牌面可知，已经有三组牌和一对牌，需要一个三万或者六万就能胡牌。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。文章开篇引出成渝麻将这一话题，中间分段详细讲解专属核心玩法、各类胡牌规则与牌型，结尾总结趣味玩法优势、游玩好处并收尾总结。全文按照引入话题—讲解趣味规则—归纳总结的行文思路展开。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据前后““Ping Hu” doesn’t need much thinking to complete. More difficult is “Qing Yi Se”, where all tiles are related to only one suit. “Qi Dui” is the most difficult, where no sets are needed and all the tiles can be divided into seven pairs.(平胡不需要过多思考就能凑成。清一色难度更高，所有牌只能属于一种花色。七对难度最高，不需要组成牌组，所有牌都能分成七个对子)”和下文“The more difficult the winning hand is, the more points the player will get.(胡牌牌型难度越高，玩家获得的分数就越多)”可知，前文依次说明平胡难度低、清一色难度较高、七对难度最高，后文衔接胡牌难度越高、得分越多。空缺处需要衔接高难度牌型，贴合打牌需要运气和思考判断的语境。A项“这真的需要运气和明智的选择”衔接自然贴合全文麻将游玩的核心语境。 第二节（共 5 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Benefits of Boredom to Embrace Boredom is good medicine for the brain. It sounds a little strange, right? After all, what could anyone gain from sitting around with nothing to do? But, in the fast pace of modern living, slowing down every now and then can do wonders for your well-being. ____16____ So, embrace boredom by setting aside time each day without distractions. It boosts creativity. If you ever face a creative block, try doing nothing at all! Boredom provides a powerful catalyst (催化剂) for creativity. It stimulates divergent thinking—the thought process our brains use to come up with new, innovative ideas. ____17____ It gives your brain a chance to rest. Having tech devices everywhere you go can lead to digital burnout and sensory overload. ____18____ Even breaks as short as ten minutes a day help your brain rest, so you can come back clear-headed and more focused. It improves social connections. Burnout can be bad for relationships. ____19____ Your brain restores and gets refreshed when it’s unused. Then, when you interact with your family and friends, you’ll feel more at ease and energized. ____20____ Managing boredom has surprising benefits, like improving your self-control and ability to concentrate. Experiencing boredom at a young age helps develop self-control skills, such as managing one’s thoughts and reactions. A. It encourages problem-solving. B. It helps focus and self-discipline. C. Boredom, however, offers your brain a much-needed break. D. When your mind isn’t occupied, it creates space for self-reflection. E. Thus, it makes you self-aware and emotionally in tune with yourself. F. So the next time you feel stuck, step away and let the ideas come to you. G. It leads to emotional exhaustion, making it difficult to connect with others. 【答案】16. D 17. F 18. C 19. G 20. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了无聊的好处。 【16题详解】 根据上文“But, in the fast pace of modern living, slowing down every now and then can do wonders for your well-being.(但是，在现代生活的快节奏中，偶尔放慢脚步可以为你的幸福创造奇迹。)”和下文“So, embrace boredom by setting aside time each day without distractions.(所以，每天留出时间不受干扰，拥抱无聊。)”可知，空处承上启下，应讲述放慢节奏、留出空闲时间、让头脑空白时会产生的好处，D项“当你的头脑没有被占据时，它会为自我反思创造空间。”符合题意。故选D。 【17题详解】 根据前文“It boosts creativity. If you ever face a creative block, try doing nothing at all! Boredom provides a powerful catalyst(催化剂) for creativity. It stimulates divergent thinking—the thought process our brains use to come up with new, innovative ideas.(它促进创造力。如果你遇到创意障碍，试着什么都不做！无聊给创造力提供强大催化剂。它刺激发散思维——我们的大脑用来产生新的创新想法的思维过程。)”可知，本段主要讲述了无聊有助于产生创造力，所以空处应总结上文，鼓励在思绪遇阻时停下来，等待无聊激发创造性，F项“所以，下次你觉得卡住的时候，暂时离开，让想法来找你。”符合题意。故选F。 【18题详解】 根据上文“Having tech devices everywhere you go can lead to digital burnout and sensory overload.(无论你走到哪里，科技设备都会导致数字倦怠和感官超载。)”和下文“Even breaks as short as ten minutes a day help your brain rest, so you can come back clear-headed and more focused.(即使每天休息十分钟，也能帮助你的大脑休息，这样你就可以头脑清醒、注意力更集中地回来。)”可知，空处应与上文形成转折，衔接下文，指出无聊有助于大脑休息，C项“然而，无聊会让你的大脑得到急需的休息。”符合题意，offers your brain a much-needed break和下文的help your brain rest照应。故选C。 【19题详解】 根据上文“Burnout can be bad for relationships.(倦怠可能对人际关系有害。)”可知，空处应承接上文，补充说明倦怠对人际关系的害处，G项“它会导致情绪疲惫，使人难以与他人联系。”符合题意。故选G。 【20题详解】 空处是本段主旨句，根据上文每段首句可知，这里应以It...的形式。根据下文“Managing boredom has surprising benefits, like improving your self-control and ability to concentrate. Experiencing boredom at a young age helps develop self-control skills, such as managing one’s thoughts and reactions.(做到无聊有着令人惊讶的好处，比如提高你的自我控制能力和集中注意力的能力。在年轻时经历无聊有助于培养自我控制能力，例如管理自己的想法和反应。)”可知，本段主要讲述了无聊有助于提高自我控制能力和集中注意力的能力，所以B项“它有助于集中注意力和自律。”符合题意。故选B。 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节（共 15 小题;每小题 1 分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When my family moved from New Orleans to Chicago, the freezing February wind made me miss our sunny balcony garden. The city was vast and impersonal, with its towering buildings and ____21____ faces. Everything felt ____22____ until Mom joined a community garden project. On the first Saturday, I paced slowly behind her, ____23____ my shoes, feeling like an outsider who didn’t belong. The garden was full of people — a Mexican grandmother teaching kids to plant chili seeds, a Polish couple arguing about fertilizer ratios (比例). Mrs. Rodriguez handed me a shovel (铲子), her smile ____24____ the language barrier. I froze when ____25____ to work with Mr. Petrov, a serious Russian man. He pointed at sunflower sprouts, ____26____ “Solntse! Solntse!” Seeing my ____27____, he drew a ____28____ in the soil: ⊙. “Ah, sun!” I nodded. His eyes lit up — our first ____29____. Weeks later, my sunflowers _____30_____ taller than anyone’s. I kept tending them _____31_____ every afternoon. At the harvest festival, Mr. Petrov gave me a jar of seeds, whispering “Med… for your hardworking _____32_____.” I realized he’d noticed my planting efforts. Mom smiled warmly at me, “You _____33_____ more than fruits.” Now, when neighbors _____34_____ gardening tips, I see roots connecting beneath the soil. We’re all sowing seeds of understanding, waiting for the _____35_____ of shared laughter to help them grow. 21. A. unconfident B. unfamiliar C. impolite D. imperfect 22. A. strange B. calm C. safe D. dangerous 23. A. searched for B. looked into C. stared at D. took off 24. A. creating B. bridging C. enlarging D. building 25. A. assigned B. honored C. permitted D. warned 26. A. whistling B. shouting C. complaining D. announcing 27. A. curiosity B. anxiety C. hesitation D. confusion 28. A. symbol B. number C. letter D. map 29. A. contradiction B. celebration C. correction D. connection 30. A. remained B. hung C. stood D. lay 31. A. causally B. simply C. attentively D. carelessly 32. A. hands B. eyes C. legs D. minds 33. A. plant B. water C. store D. harvest 34. A. criticize B. hide C. invent D. exchange 35. A. rainbow B. sunshine C. moonlight D. snowfall 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. D 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者搬到陌生的芝加哥后，通过照料向日葵与多元文化邻居建立起友谊，体会到邻居间彼此联结的温暖。 【21题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这座城市很大，没有人情味，高楼大厦林立，面孔陌生。A. unconfident不自信的；B. unfamiliar陌生的、不熟悉的；C. impolite不礼貌的；D. imperfect不完美的。根据上文“The city was vast and impersonal”可知，作者觉得芝加哥这座城市很大，没有人情味，因此他遇到的是陌生的面孔。故选B。 【22题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一切都很陌生，直到妈妈参加了一个社区花园项目。A. strange陌生的；B. calm平静的；C. safe安全的；D. dangerous危险的。根据上文“When my family moved from New Orleans to Chicago, the freezing February wind made me miss our sunny balcony garden.”可知，作者一家从新奥尔良搬到芝加哥，因此他会觉得这里的一切都很陌生。故选A。 【23题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：第一个星期六，我跟在她后面慢慢地走着，盯着我的鞋子，感觉自己像一个不属于这里的局外人。A. searched for寻找；B. looked into调查；C. stared at盯着；D. took off起飞。根据下文“feeling like an outsider who didn’t belong”可知，作者感觉自己像一个不属于这里的局外人，这种感觉会让人不安，作者会低头盯着自己的鞋子。故选C。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：罗德里格斯夫人递给我一把铲子，她的微笑消融了语言隔阂。A. creating创造；B. bridging消除、弥合；C. enlarging扩大；D. building建造。根据上文“her smile”和下文“the language barrier”可推知，她的微笑展示了友好，会消融两人之间的语言隔阂。故选B。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我被指派与严肃的俄罗斯人彼得罗夫先生一起工作时，我僵在原地。A. assigned指派；B. honored尊敬；C. permitted允许；D. warned警告。根据上文“until Mom joined a community garden project”可知，作者和妈妈在参加社区花园项目，因此他是被指派与严肃的俄罗斯人彼得罗夫先生一起工作。故选A。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他指着向日葵芽，喊道：“Solntse！Solntse！”A. whistling吹口哨；B. shouting喊叫；C. complaining抱怨；D. announcing宣布。根据下文“Solntse! Solntse!”可推知，俄罗斯人彼得罗夫先生是在喊叫，告诉一同工作的作者向日葵芽的信息。故选B。 【27题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：看到我的困惑，他在土里画了一个符号：⊙。A. curiosity好奇心；B. anxiety焦虑；C. hesitation犹豫；D. confusion困惑。根据上文“Mr. Petrov, a serious Russian man”和“Solntse! Solntse!”可知，俄罗斯人彼得罗夫先生说的是作者听不懂的语言，因此作者很困惑。故选D。 【28题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：看到我的困惑，他在土里画了一个符号：⊙。A. symbol符号；B. number数字；C. letter字母；D. map地图。根据上文“drew”和下文“⊙”可知，他在土里画了一个符号，以便作者理解他的意思。故选A。 【29题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的眼睛亮了起来——这是我们第一次心灵相通。A. contradiction矛盾；B. celebration庆祝；C. correction纠正；D. connection联通。根据上文““Ah, sun!” I nodded. His eyes lit up”可知，作者成功理解了彼得罗夫先生的意思，彼得罗夫先生很高兴，这是两人第一次心灵相通。故选D。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：几周后，我的向日葵长得比任何人的都高。A. remained保持；B. hung悬挂；C. stood挺立；D. lay躺。根据上文“my sunflowers”和下文“taller than anyone’s”可推知，作者的向日葵长得很好，笔直挺立，比任何人的都高。故选C。 【31题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我每天下午都专心致志地照料它们。A. causally偶然地；B. simply简单地；C. attentively专注地；D. carelessly粗心地。根据下文“I realized he’d noticed my planting efforts.”可知，作者为向日葵付出了努力，因此是在专心致志地照料它们。故选C。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在收获节上，彼得罗夫先生给了我一罐种子，低声说：“Med……感谢你辛勤的双手。”A. hands手；B. eyes眼睛；C. legs腿；D. minds头脑。根据上文“I kept tending them ____11____ every afternoon.”可知，作者每天下午都照料向日葵，彼得罗夫先生是感谢作者辛勤的双手。故选A。 【33题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：妈妈热情地笑着对我说：“你收获的不仅仅是果实。”A. plant种植；B. water浇水；C. store储存；D. harvest收获。根据上文“At the harvest festival”可知，这是在收获节上，妈妈是说作者收获的不仅仅是果实。故选D。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在，当邻居们交流园艺技巧时，我看到土壤下的根连接在一起。A. criticize批评；B. hide隐藏；C. invent发明；D. exchange交流。根据下文“I see roots connecting beneath the soil”可知，作者用土壤下的根连接在一起比喻邻居们相互联结的状态，因此他们是在交流园艺技巧。故选D。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们都在播下理解的种子，等待着共同欢笑的阳光来帮助它们成长。A. rainbow彩虹；B. sunshine阳光；C. moonlight月光；D. snowfall降雪。根据下文“to help them grow”可推知，能帮助种子成长的是阳光。故选B。 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 On hot summer days, when high temperatures often reduce people’s appetite, cold desserts tend to sound far more refreshing than a bowl of hot noodles. In ancient China, nobles enjoyed a special cold food known as Sushan, ____36____ many scholars regard as the earliest form of ice cream. The name Sushan, meaning crispy mountain, originally ____37____ (come) from its shape as well as its breakable structure. It looked like a small mountain of shaved ice ____38____ (combine) with milk, butter and sugar, and ____39____ (make) it more popular on special occasions, it was sometimes decorated with flowers and leaves. During the Tang Dynasty, the emperor’s court ____40____ (far) developed this dessert. Milk was sweetened, sometimes thickened with flour, and then iced through advanced ____41____ (cool) methods. Metal containers holding the mixture were often placed in ice with saltpeter (硝石), ____42____ substance that lowers the freezing point of water. This technique made it possible for the upper class to enjoy cold dishes ____43____ the fact that the weather itself was not that cold. Although Sushan was not exactly the same as modern ice cream, it shared several essential characteristics, and ____44____ (present) in a partly frozen state occasionally. It reflected not only the _____45_____ (innovate) of ancient Chinese people, but also the special status that frozen desserts held in court life. 【答案】36. which 37. came 38. combined 39. to make 40. further 41. cooling 42. a 43. despite 44. was presented 45. innovation 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。本文介绍了中国古代冷饮酥山，被视为最早的冰淇淋雏形。它由冰与奶等制成，唐代宫廷进一步改良，体现了古人的智慧与当时的饮食文化。 【36题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：在古代中国，贵族们享用一种名为“酥山”的特殊冷食，许多学者认为这种食物是最早的冰淇淋形式。非限制性定语从句修饰先行词Sushan，在从句作宾语，指物，故填which。 【37题详解】 考查时态。句意：“酥山”这个名字的意思是“酥脆的山丘”，它的得名源于其形状以及易碎的结构特点。动作发生在过去用一般过去时。故填came。 【38题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：它看起来就像一堆由碎冰、牛奶、黄油和糖混合而成的“冰山”，为了在特殊场合更受欢迎，有时还会用鲜花和树叶加以装饰。此处combine与a small mountain of shaved ice构成被动关系，故用过去分词作后置定语。故填combined。 【39题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：它看起来就像一堆由碎冰、牛奶、黄油和糖混合而成的“冰山”，为了在特殊场合更受欢迎，有时还会用鲜花和树叶加以装饰。此处make作目的状语，用不定式形式。故填to make。 【40题详解】 考查副词。句意：在唐朝时期，皇帝的宫廷进一步完善了这种甜点的制作工艺。修饰动词develop，表示“进一步”用副词further。故填further。 【41题详解】 考查形容词。句意：牛奶经过了加糖处理，有时还会用面粉加以增稠，然后通过先进的冷却技术进行冰制。修饰methods用形容词cooling。故填cooling。 【42题详解】 考查冠词。句意：用于盛装混合物的金属容器通常会被置于装有硝石的冰块之中。硝石是一种能降低水的凝固点的物质。此处substance为泛指，且是发音以辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。 【43题详解】 考查固定句型。句意：这种技术使得上层阶级即便在天气并不十分寒冷的情况下也能享用冷食。despite the fact that表示“尽管……，即便是……”。故填despite。 【44题详解】 考查时态语态。句意：虽然酥山与现代冰淇淋并非完全相同，但它具备一些共同的特性，并且有时也会以部分冷冻的状态呈现出来。主语it与谓语present构成被动关系，根据上文shared可知为一般过去时的被动语态，谓语用单数。故填was presented。 【45题详解】 考查名词。句意：它不仅体现了中国古代人民的创新精神，还反映了冰冻甜品在宫廷生活中所具有的特殊地位。作动词reflected的宾语，用名词innovation，不可数。故填innovation。 三、写作 46. 假如你是李华，你发现校图书馆的书籍存在被勾画涂写的现象。请你向英文报投稿，内容包括： (1)具体说明情况； (2) 呼吁爱护书籍。 注意： (1) 写作词数应为80个左右； (2)请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Treasure Library Books: Our Shared Responsibility ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Treasure Library Books: Our Shared Responsibility Recently, I’ve noticed a disturbing phenomenon in our school library. Many books have been scribbled and defaced. Some pages are filled with random drawings, while others have important passages underlined or crossed out. Even worse, some books have been torn. These books are our shared assets, not personal notebooks. They deserve our respect and care. Every mark on them not only ruins the reading experience for others but also shortens their lifespan. Let’s treasure our library books, keeping them in good condition. After all, a well-kept library is a reflection of our school’s culture and our own good character. 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。考生发现校图书馆的藏书存在被勾画涂改的现象。请你向校园电台投稿。 【详解】1.词汇积累 财产：asset → possession/property 乱涂乱画：scribble → scrawl 满是：be filled with → be stuffed with 寿命：lifespan → life expectancy 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Many books have been scribbled and defaced. 拓展句：There are many books that have been scribbled and defaced. 【点睛】【高分句型 1】Let’s treasure our library books, keeping them in good condition.（运用了现在分词作状语） 【高分句型 2】 Some pages are filled with random drawings, while others have important passages underlined or crossed out.（运用了while连接并列句，表对比） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Every Saturday morning, I volunteered at the local animal shelter. My job was to walk the dogs and socialize with them to increase their chances of adoption. I loved the routine, but one dog, a scruffy terrier named Max, always made me sad. He was too energetic and anxious; families would pet him, but they always chose the calmer dogs. One rainy afternoon, as I was cleaning Max’s kennel, a young couple entered the shelter with their 5-year-old daughter, Lily. Lily was wearing a bright yellow raincoat and holding a stuffed animal. As they walked down the aisle, the other dogs barked and jumped, trying to get attention. Max, however, did something different. He sat quietly and gently wagged his tail when Lily approached. Lily stopped in front of Max’s cage. Instead of screaming like other children, she pressed her small hand against the bars and smiled. Max cautiously reached out his nose and sniffed her fingers. A spark of connection seemed to fly between them. The parents looked surprised but pleased. “He’s different,” the father said to the shelter manager. “He doesn’t seem desperate.” I felt a glimmer of hope for Max. Maybe this was his chance. But then, a sudden thunderclap shook the building. The lights flickered and went out, plunging the shelter into darkness. The peaceful atmosphere vanished instantly. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 The shelter erupted into chaos as the dogs started barking frantically. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When the lights came back on ten minutes later, the scene was shocking. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】参考范文： The shelter erupted into chaos as the dogs started barking frantically. The thunder terrified them, and they jumped against their cages, howling in panic. I rushed to secure the doors, my heart pounding. Amidst the deafening noise, I suddenly heard the shelter manager shouting, “Where is Lily?” I froze. Pushing through the darkness, I followed the manager’s flashlight beam. To my horror, I found Lily’s parents frantically searching near Max’s empty kennel. “He got out during the commotion!” the mother screamed, her voice trembling with fear. When the lights came back on ten minutes later, the scene was shocking. Max was lying on the floor, but he wasn't hurt. Lily was curled up beside him, fast asleep, her small hand resting on his scruffy fur. Max had his nose buried in her yellow raincoat, shielding her. It turned out that during the blackout, Max had broken free not to escape, but to comfort the crying child. Seeing this, the parents looked at each other, tears in their eyes. Without a word, they signed the adoption papers right then. Max finally found his forever home, proving that sometimes, the most anxious souls just need the right moment to show their love. 【解析】 【导语】本文以流浪犬Max的收养经历为线索展开，讲述了作者每周六在动物收容所做志愿者，特别心疼一只精力旺盛、焦虑好动而难以被收养的小狗Max；一个雨天，一对夫妇带着女儿Lily来到收容所，Max对Lily表现出异常的温顺，两人产生奇妙联结；突然雷雨导致停电，收容所陷入混乱，Max趁乱逃出狗舍，最终在灯光恢复后，众人发现Max并非逃跑，而是在安慰受惊的Lily，这对夫妇深受感动，当场决定收养Max，让Max终于找到永久的家，凸显“善意与陪伴能温暖不安的灵魂”的核心主题。 【详解】1. 段落续写： ① 由第一段首句内容“狗舍里突然陷入混乱，狗狗们开始疯狂吠叫”可知，第一段可描写雷雨停电后狗狗们的恐慌状态、收容所的混乱场景，作者和工作人员的应对，以及众人发现Lily失踪、Max逃出狗舍的焦急与慌乱。 ② 由第二段首句内容“十分钟后灯光恢复时，眼前的场景令人震惊”可知，第二段可描写灯光恢复后看到的画面，揭示Max逃出的真相，以及Lily父母的感动与决定，最终Max成功被收养。 2. 续写线索：停电后混乱——狗狗恐慌吠叫——众人慌乱应对——发现Lily失踪、Max逃出——灯光恢复——看到Max守护Lily——得知真相——父母感动——收养Max——Max找到归宿 3. 词汇激活 行为类 ①. 寻找：search/hunt for ②. 跳动：pound/race ③. 逃避：escape/run away 情绪类 ①. 恐惧地：with fear/fearfully ②.安慰：comfort/console 【点睛】[高分句型1]. Pushing through the darkness, I followed the manager’s flashlight beam.（现在分词短语Pushing through...作伴随状语） [高分句型2]. It turned out that during the blackout, Max had broken free not to escape, but to comfort the crying child.（运用固定句型it turned out that...主语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 石嘴山市第一中学2025-2026学年第二学期高三年级期中考试 英语试题 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分） 第一节（共 15 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 37. 5 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Appreciate valuable moments and unlock creativity with these notebooks and art sketchbooks (速写本). Leather Bound Artist’s Sketch Books Simply beautiful leather sketch books are perfect for drawing, writing, painting, sketching and treasuring forever! They are handmade in our Sussex bookbinding workshop and stocked in an amazing range of colors with new designs introduced every season. Our books are made using high-quality recycled materials, the perfect gifts for your eco-friendly friends! Dear Grandma Memory Gift Journal A guided memory journal filled with fun and inspiring questions, carefully collected to make it easy for your grandmother to tell her story. Inspired by thoughtful, guided questions on each page, this journal is designed to inspire your grandmother to record some of her life’s key memories and experiences, and share her wonderful memories and aspirations with you. Dear Dad Memory Gift Journal A guided memory journal is carefully designed for your father to tell his story. All in their precious handwriting, your father can recall moments, funny stories and memories that make up his life. The thoughtful questions are designed to help him enjoy telling his story. Alongside his handwritten memories, there’s also space for him to add photos and souvenirs. Personalised Artist Sketchbook The perfect gift for artists and creatives, this personalised sketchbook is a great way to store all your drawings, sketches and artwork. It includes the personalised text, making a truly unique gift. The design is printed directly onto the wood in full color. Please provide the required personalisation text in the box provided, entering it exactly as you would like it to appear on the product such as “Madison’s Sketchbook” and “Let the creativity flow!” 1. What is special about Leather Bound Artist’s Sketch Books? A. They can be used to record family stories. B. They’re made of recycled materials. C. They are perfect presents for friends. D. They are mainly used to show artwork. 2. What can people do in the Dear Dad Memory Gift Journal? A. Take photos for family. B. Buy special presents online. C. Draw pictures and artwork. D. Record life stories and memories. 3. What do the two gift journals have in common? A. They help people record life stories. B. They have gold stamped covers. C. They include encouraging questions, D. They allow adding pictures on them. B Where does the inspiration come from? Photographer Levon Biss got it when looking at beetles (甲虫) from his garden. He recently bought a microscope for his son. For fun, they placed a beetle under the lens. “It blew me away,” Biss recalls. “It was beautiful.” He wondered if he could capture that beauty in a photograph. Until then, Biss had made a career as a commercial photographer. Insects gave his work a new goal. Around the world, insect populations are in decline because of pesticides (杀虫剂), habitat loss, and climate change. Biss thought that if people could see what he saw through his son’s microscope, they would care more about protecting insects. “I’ve got a photographic technique and a skill,” he says. “If I can do this, I should use it for a better purpose.” Biss turned to a type of photography that involves taking close-up pictures of small things, like flowers or bugs. His pictures show the insects in all their wonderful, microscopic detail. A few years ago, Biss exhibited his first insect project, Microsculpture. That’s a scientific term. For his latest exhibition, Extinct and Endangered, Biss photographed bugs from the collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. With the help of the museum’s scientists, he selected bugs that were either extinct or endangered. What is more wonderful is that Biss blows them up into larger-than-life images to be displayed in the exhibition. Some are eight feet tall. “It’s a humbling experience when you’re holding an insect that’s extinct,” Biss says. “The human species is responsible for the current insect crisis. It’s sad to know this insect will never be on this planet again.” Biss hopes his photographs will get people thinking the same way. “The way I work is through pictures. I communicate visually in the way a writer communicates through words,” he says. “Hopefully, these pictures can shake things up and get people to pay attention.” 4. What inspired Biss to take pictures of insects? A. His job as a photographer. B. The insect’s beauty he found. C. The microscope he had bought. D. His dream to hold an exhibition. 5. What does the underlined phrase “a better purpose” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Taking close-up pictures of flowers or bugs. B. Practicing his relevant photography skills. C. Encouraging people to protect insects. D. Passing on knowledge about endangered insects. 6. What can we infer about Biss’ latest exhibition? A. It’s held in the American Museum of Natural History. B. Its photos were about common living insects. C. It features insects from his personal collection. D. Its pictures were much larger than normal insects. 7. What is the text mainly about? A. A photographer’s action to protect insects. B. A new way to take pictures of insects. C. The quiet beauty of declining insects. D. Learn more about insects’ present situation. C Why are some people more motivated to handle difficult things? And is there a way to make doing difficult things easy? To answer this question, we need to look at this: dopamine (多巴胺). Dopamine is often considered a pleasure molecule (分子). But that’s not quite what it does. Dopamine is what makes us desire things. And it’s that desire that gives us the motivation to get up and do things. In fact, your brain considers something more important than others mainly depending on how much dopamine it’s expecting to get. If an activity releases too little dopamine, you won’t have much motivation to do it. But if an activity releases a lot of dopamine, you’ll be motivated to repeat it, over and over. So which behavior releases dopamine? Any activity where you expect there’s a possible reward releases it. And in today’s digital society, we are flooding our brains with unnaturally high amounts of dopamine on a daily basis, even if we don’t know it. Some examples of high dopamine behavior include: visiting social media websites, playing video games, etc. And you might think, “Oh so what? It’s not like it’s harming me in any way.” But you’d be wrong. Our bodies have a biological system called homeostasis (体内动态平衡). Whenever an imbalance occurs, our body adapts to it. Basically your brain gets used to having high levels of dopamine and those levels become your new normal. Thus you develop a dopamine tolerance. This can be a huge problem because the things that don`t give you as much dopamine don’t interest you any longer. That’s why people tend to prefer playing video games or surfing the Internet, compared to studying or working on their business. But it is possible to make doing difficult things feel easier. Separate yourself from the unnaturally high amounts of dopamine, or at least expose yourself to it far less frequently. Only then will normal, everyday, low dopamine activities become exciting again and you’ll be able to do them for longer. That’s why you might want to limit your phone and computer usage, along with other high dopamine-releasing behavior. We are all dopamine addicts to a certain extent. And that’s a good thing because dopamine motivates us to achieve our goals and improve ourselves. But it’s up to you to decide where you’re going to get your dopamine. Are you going to get it from things that don’t benefit you? Or are you going to get it from working on your long-term goals? The choice is yours. 8. According to the passage, dopamine is what __________. A. determines our mindset B. motivates us to act C. enables us to tackle difficult tasks D. causes our emotions 9. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us about? A. The adaptability of our brain. B. The problem of dopamine tolerance. C. The imbalance of the dopamine levels. D. The biological system called homeostasis. 10. What does the author suggest to make doing difficult things feel easier? A. Reducing the usage of digital devices. B. Making difficult things more exciting C. Forcing our body to adapt to dopamine. D. Exposing ourselves more to social media. 11. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Being addicted to dopamine benefits us. B. Dopamine can be made use of to better ourselves. C. Dopamine is to blame for our improper behaviour. D. Working on long-term goals releases more dopamine. D Tiles (牌) Suit (花色): Characters (万子) Suit: Bamboos (条子) Suit: Dots (筒子) Mahjong has been a very popular game in China, but the rules of this game differ from places to places. In Chengdu-Chongqing region, people usually play the same kind of Mahjong known for interesting and exciting rules. Mahjong uses 108 simple tiles (牌). They are divided into three suits: dots, bamboos, and characters. There are four players in a game. At the start, each player gets 13 or 14 tiles. During the game, they take turns to draw tiles (抓牌) and discard tiles (出牌) until completing a winning hand. The key rule in this kind of Majong is “Que Yi Men”. It means that at the start of the game, each player must choose one suit to abandon. This pushes for quick decisions—do you abandon dots, bamboos, or characters? Another important rule in this game is “Xue Zhan Dao Di” (“Bloody Battle to the End”). That means even if one player wins, the game will continue until there is only one person left who doesn’t have a winning hand. This creates more than one winner and endless excitement. The basic winning hand (“Ping Hu”) is made of 4 sets and 1 pair of tiles. There are two set types. One is “Sequence”, which is made of 3 consecutive (连续的) tiles of the same suit(1-2-3 of Bamboos(). The other is “Triplet”, which is made of 3 identical (相同的) tiles (e. g. three 5 of characters ).“Pair” is made of 2 identical tiles (e. g. two 6 of Dots ) “Ping Hu” doesn’t need much thinking to complete. More difficult is “Qing Yi Se”, where all tiles are related to only one suit. “Qi Dui” is the most difficult, where no sets are needed and all the tiles can be divided into seven pairs. ★ The more difficult the winning hand is, the more points the player will get. Because of these fun rules, this kind of Mahjong in Chengdu and Chongqing is really popular. It brings players lots of exciting moments. Also, while playing it, people get better at thinking clearly and making smart choices. 12. According to the passage, which statement is TRUE? A. Players get 16 tiles at the start. B. There is only one winner in the game C. Players don’t have to abandon one suit at the start. D. Players draw and discard tiles until completing a winning hand. 13. Which of the following tiles can help complete a basic winning hand? A. One of Characters. B. Five of Characters C. Six of Characters. D. Seven of Characters. 14. How does the writer develop the passage? A. By giving examples and making conclusions. B. By introducing the topic, explaining the exciting rules and making conclusions. C. By listing the good sides and bad sides of playing Mahjong. D. By comparing different kinds of Mahjong games and showing the reasons 15. Which of the following can be put in ★ ? A. This really needs good luck and smart choices. B. This can be completed quickly without special tile combinations. C. This relies only on careful planning rather than any luck. D. This is easier to achieve than “Qing Yi Se” with basic skills 第二节（共 5 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Benefits of Boredom to Embrace Boredom is good medicine for the brain. It sounds a little strange, right? After all, what could anyone gain from sitting around with nothing to do? But, in the fast pace of modern living, slowing down every now and then can do wonders for your well-being. ____16____ So, embrace boredom by setting aside time each day without distractions. It boosts creativity. If you ever face a creative block, try doing nothing at all! Boredom provides a powerful catalyst (催化剂) for creativity. It stimulates divergent thinking—the thought process our brains use to come up with new, innovative ideas. ____17____ It gives your brain a chance to rest. Having tech devices everywhere you go can lead to digital burnout and sensory overload. ____18____ Even breaks as short as ten minutes a day help your brain rest, so you can come back clear-headed and more focused. It improves social connections. Burnout can be bad for relationships. ____19____ Your brain restores and gets refreshed when it’s unused. Then, when you interact with your family and friends, you’ll feel more at ease and energized. ____20____ Managing boredom has surprising benefits, like improving your self-control and ability to concentrate. Experiencing boredom at a young age helps develop self-control skills, such as managing one’s thoughts and reactions. A. It encourages problem-solving. B. It helps focus and self-discipline. C. Boredom, however, offers your brain a much-needed break. D. When your mind isn’t occupied, it creates space for self-reflection. E. Thus, it makes you self-aware and emotionally in tune with yourself. F. So the next time you feel stuck, step away and let the ideas come to you. G. It leads to emotional exhaustion, making it difficult to connect with others. 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节（共 15 小题;每小题 1 分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When my family moved from New Orleans to Chicago, the freezing February wind made me miss our sunny balcony garden. The city was vast and impersonal, with its towering buildings and ____21____ faces. Everything felt ____22____ until Mom joined a community garden project. On the first Saturday, I paced slowly behind her, ____23____ my shoes, feeling like an outsider who didn’t belong. The garden was full of people — a Mexican grandmother teaching kids to plant chili seeds, a Polish couple arguing about fertilizer ratios (比例). Mrs. Rodriguez handed me a shovel (铲子), her smile ____24____ the language barrier. I froze when ____25____ to work with Mr. Petrov, a serious Russian man. He pointed at sunflower sprouts, ____26____ “Solntse! Solntse!” Seeing my ____27____, he drew a ____28____ in the soil: ⊙. “Ah, sun!” I nodded. His eyes lit up — our first ____29____. Weeks later, my sunflowers _____30_____ taller than anyone’s. I kept tending them _____31_____ every afternoon. At the harvest festival, Mr. Petrov gave me a jar of seeds, whispering “Med… for your hardworking _____32_____.” I realized he’d noticed my planting efforts. Mom smiled warmly at me, “You _____33_____ more than fruits.” Now, when neighbors _____34_____ gardening tips, I see roots connecting beneath the soil. We’re all sowing seeds of understanding, waiting for the _____35_____ of shared laughter to help them grow. 21. A. unconfident B. unfamiliar C. impolite D. imperfect 22. A. strange B. calm C. safe D. dangerous 23. A. searched for B. looked into C. stared at D. took off 24. A. creating B. bridging C. enlarging D. building 25. A. assigned B. honored C. permitted D. warned 26. A. whistling B. shouting C. complaining D. announcing 27. A. curiosity B. anxiety C. hesitation D. confusion 28. A. symbol B. number C. letter D. map 29. A. contradiction B. celebration C. correction D. connection 30. A. remained B. hung C. stood D. lay 31. A. causally B. simply C. attentively D. carelessly 32. A. hands B. eyes C. legs D. minds 33. A. plant B. water C. store D. harvest 34. A. criticize B. hide C. invent D. exchange 35. A. rainbow B. sunshine C. moonlight D. snowfall 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 On hot summer days, when high temperatures often reduce people’s appetite, cold desserts tend to sound far more refreshing than a bowl of hot noodles. In ancient China, nobles enjoyed a special cold food known as Sushan, ____36____ many scholars regard as the earliest form of ice cream. The name Sushan, meaning crispy mountain, originally ____37____ (come) from its shape as well as its breakable structure. It looked like a small mountain of shaved ice ____38____ (combine) with milk, butter and sugar, and ____39____ (make) it more popular on special occasions, it was sometimes decorated with flowers and leaves. During the Tang Dynasty, the emperor’s court ____40____ (far) developed this dessert. Milk was sweetened, sometimes thickened with flour, and then iced through advanced ____41____ (cool) methods. Metal containers holding the mixture were often placed in ice with saltpeter (硝石), ____42____ substance that lowers the freezing point of water. This technique made it possible for the upper class to enjoy cold dishes ____43____ the fact that the weather itself was not that cold. Although Sushan was not exactly the same as modern ice cream, it shared several essential characteristics, and ____44____ (present) in a partly frozen state occasionally. It reflected not only the _____45_____ (innovate) of ancient Chinese people, but also the special status that frozen desserts held in court life. 三、写作 46. 假如你是李华，你发现校图书馆的书籍存在被勾画涂写的现象。请你向英文报投稿，内容包括： (1)具体说明情况； (2) 呼吁爱护书籍。 注意： (1) 写作词数应为80个左右； (2)请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Treasure Library Books: Our Shared Responsibility ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Every Saturday morning, I volunteered at the local animal shelter. My job was to walk the dogs and socialize with them to increase their chances of adoption. I loved the routine, but one dog, a scruffy terrier named Max, always made me sad. He was too energetic and anxious; families would pet him, but they always chose the calmer dogs. One rainy afternoon, as I was cleaning Max’s kennel, a young couple entered the shelter with their 5-year-old daughter, Lily. Lily was wearing a bright yellow raincoat and holding a stuffed animal. As they walked down the aisle, the other dogs barked and jumped, trying to get attention. Max, however, did something different. He sat quietly and gently wagged his tail when Lily approached. Lily stopped in front of Max’s cage. Instead of screaming like other children, she pressed her small hand against the bars and smiled. Max cautiously reached out his nose and sniffed her fingers. A spark of connection seemed to fly between them. The parents looked surprised but pleased. “He’s different,” the father said to the shelter manager. “He doesn’t seem desperate.” I felt a glimmer of hope for Max. Maybe this was his chance. But then, a sudden thunderclap shook the building. The lights flickered and went out, plunging the shelter into darkness. The peaceful atmosphere vanished instantly. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 The shelter erupted into chaos as the dogs started barking frantically. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When the lights came back on ten minutes later, the scene was shocking. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $