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上海市七宝中学2025-2026学年高三下学期5月练习
英语试卷
时间: 120分钟 总分: 150分
I. Listening Comprehension (10'+20'=30')
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1.A. A laundry staff member. B. A tailor for men's clothes.
C. A telephone operator. D. A mine worker.
2.A. Driving. B. Reading. C. Shopping. D. Walking.
3.A. $15. B. $5. C. $10. D. $20.
4.A. A yellow light. B. A road accident. C. A robbery. D. A TV program.
5.A. There will be too many people at the party.
B. He feels sorry that the woman is not coming.
C. It makes people happier to have more parties.
D. The woman can bring her brother to the party.
6.A. The woman could use his ruler.
B. He's faster at doing calculations.
C. He'll finish the measurement soon.
D. The woman's ruler is better than his.
7.A. The final begins next week.
B. The man should check with his doctor again.
C. She wants the man to attend the final with her.
D. She hopes the man will be able to play in the final.
8.A. He's angry.
B. He feels sick.
C. He gets on well with others.
D. He prefers to study alone.
9.A. It provides reading materials for waiting people.
B. He had to wait a long time for a seat there.
C. The seats used there are uncomfortable.
D. He wasn't able to find a seat there.
10.A. Go to the ballet later in the year.
B. Take ballet lessons with his sister.
C. Find a schedule of future performances.
D. Get a ticket from his sister.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and the conversation. 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Colleagues have face-to-face conversation with her.
B. Colleagues in the same office email her at work.
C. She has to use LinkedIn for work and jobs.
D. She feels isolated from her family.
12.A. Time travel. B. 3D printers. C. Internet of things. D. Fitness apps.
13.A. Curious. B. Doubtful. C. Uninterested. D. Confident.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. A social trend. B. A writer. C. A shoe company. D. A book.
15.A. New styles of shoes were developed.
B. Designers started wearing the shoes.
C. The company made efforts to advertise its shoes.
D. Manhattan clubs promoted the shoes to the customers.
16.A. They will spread much faster.
B. Advertising campaigns stopped.
C. Only a few people will notice them.
D. Word-of-mouth marketing began to work.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Classmates. B. Roommates. C. Cousins. D. Colleagues.
18.A. He couldn't decide on a topic for his paper.
B. He hadn't heard from his family in a while.
C. He thought the woman had been ill.
D. He thought his paper was late.
19.A. To classify different kinds of honey. B. To find their way back home.
C. To locate favourite plants. D. To identify relatives.
20.A. Write a paper. B. Visit his parents.
C. Plan a family reunion. D. Observe bees in the lab.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (15'+10'=25')
Section A
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.
About the Gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
A California man was arrested Saturday night in connection with a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, law enforcement officials said. The man, ___1___ (identify) as Cole Thomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif, was taken into custody shortly after the shooting at the Washington Hilton hotel.
Officials said evidence suggested that the suspect ___2___(intend) to target government officials, potentially including President Trump. He was armed with a knife, a shotgun and a handgun, according to two law enforcement officials, ___3___ spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The suspect was known to law enforcement before the attack, officials said, ___4___ he provided no details about previous contacts. He is expected to appear in federal court in Washington on Monday to face charges including using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon.
No government officials were injured in the attack. A hotel worker suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.
The shooting ___5___(unfold) during the annual dinner, a black-tie event attended by journalists, politicians, celebrities and administration officials. President Trump was at the dinner and had delivered remarks shortly before the shooting. Panic spread quickly through the ballroom ___6___ guests heard gunshots and saw law enforcement officers rushing to respond. Many described a chaotic scene with people diving under tables, rushing for exits and calling family members ___7___fear.
Investigators were examining a manifesto-style document that the suspect had posted online before the attack, officials said. The document expressed anti-government and anti-Christian views, according to three people who have reviewed parts of it. “It is not Christian ___8___(turn) the other cheek when others are oppressed,” the document said. “That is complicity in the crimes of the oppressor.”
During an interview on Fox News ___9___ President Trump mentioned about the document amounted to the fact that the suspect “had a manifesto” and “hates Christians.” “This was a man with a lot of turmoil inside,” the president said.
Having long been a symbol of press-government relations, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner grew tense this year amid harsh criticism from the president, and the shooting has sparked fresh concerns over security at high-profile political events and threats ____10____(face) officials and journalists.
Law enforcement agencies continued to investigate the suspect’s motives, contacts and plans on Sunday. Additional security measures are expected at political gatherings in the capital in the wake of the attack.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. committees B. Profoundly C. channels D. coverage E. persists F. resumes
G. manual H. spans I. Notably J. distinct K. dynamics
To gain an in-depth understanding of China’s urban labor market, the Institute of Population and Labor Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IPLE-CASS) conducted the fifth wave of the China Urban Labor Survey in 2023, which ____11____ five rounds over more than two decades and covers eight major representative cities. The survey collected 9,122 household questionnaires and 26,145 individual questionnaires from 381 neighborhood ____12____. Graduate students from the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (UCASS) were recruited to serve as supervisors and reviewers. Quality control included facial recognition, GPS verification, automated detection of paradata anomalies and questionnaire data outliers, and ____13____ review.
Based on this data, the report systematically analyzes employment, wages, educational attainment, and social security among China’s urban workforce. Additionally, job search methods combine market-based ____14____ with traditional social networks.
Key findings include an inverted U-shaped age pattern of labor force participation, with a widening gender gap after childbearing age. Compared with men, women’s age-related labor participation distribution more clearly demonstrates the impact of childbearing. While, generally stable from 30 to 50, women face a ____15____ slump in participation during the childbearing years (ages 30–35). Participation rebounds somewhat after age 35, but it never fully recovers to its peak level. It then ____16____ a gradual decline and begins a sharp descent from age 50 onward.
____17____, the gender wage gap ____18____ and widens over the life cycle, while employed women now have higher average years of schooling than men. Rural-to-urban migrants show higher labor force participation rates but remain disadvantaged in wages, education, and social security ____19____. By rigorously tracking labor market ____20____ and household welfare through standardized surveys, this work fulfills an urgent need for theoretical and policy development in labor economics. Thus, this survey provides a comprehensive picture of the structural characteristics and challenges of China’s urban labor market, providing a solid data foundation for academic research and public policy design.
III. Reading Comprehension (15'+30'=45')
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Will It Work for His Successor?
Sometimes a company reflects the spirit of its time. Ford’s Model T ___21___ the go-getting mood of the Roaring Twenties; IBM embodied the tech optimism of the computer age; and in recent years, Apple has stood as the ___22___ brand of our era. Its iPhone, a sleek gateway to the app economy, has become as iconic as big hair was to the 1980s, while its ___23___ of globalization—especially its focus on China as a manufacturing and sales hub—has ___24___ its success. This focus on China has not only made the country a key production base but also a major market, with Apple’s revenue from China growing exponentially under Tim Cook’s leadership, accounting for more than 12% of its total revenue by 2013.
For the past 15 years, Apple has been led by Tim Cook. Though Steve Jobs ___25___ up the iPhone, it was Mr. Cook who turned it into a global phenomenon, putting the device into 1.5 billion pockets and making the Apple logo a familiar ___26___ from San Francisco to Seoul. Under his leadership, Apple’s market value soared; and its shareholders reaped huge rewards—with cumulative profits that run into the trillions. Now, Mr. Cook will ___27___, and his successor John Ternus faces a critical question: does the winning formula that drove Apple’s success—smartphones, global supply chains, and a focus on China—still ___28___ in an era of AI and shifting global dynamics?
Mr. Cook’s ___29___ was a bet on globalization: he leaned into global supply chains and China’s growing market, turning Apple into an empire. Yet his term saw no products as ____30____as the iPhone or iPad, even the Vision Pro, with its ____31____ price tag, failed to make a lasting mark. ____32____, he built his legacy on refining what worked—improving the iPhone, expanding its reach, and ____33____ its place in the global market.
This approach thrived in an era of open trade, but the world is changing. Geopolitical tensions are rising, trade barriers are returning, and AI is reshaping the tech ____34____. Ternus, who has worked at Apple since 2001 and currently serves as senior vice president of hardware engineering, overseeing products like the iPhone and Vision Pro, faces the daunting task of adapting Apple’s strategy. For Mr. Ternus, the challenge is clear: to ____35____ Apple’s formula for a new age, integrating AI into its core products without losing the core that made it great—quality, innovation, and global appeal.
21. A. captured B. featured C. advocated D. guaranteed
22. A. spreading B. trending C. defining D. lasting
23. A. integration B. embrace C. challenge D. nature
24. A. pursued B. achieved C. promised D. shaped
25. A. dressed B. dreamed C. held D. set
26. A. brand B. device C. sight D. touch
27. A. step down B. carry on C. show up D. give in
28. A. hold B. hit C. stick D. count
29. A. command B. preference C. approval D. strategy
30. A. fashionable B. transformative C. favorable D. accessible
31. A. decent B. advanced C. aggressive D. steep
32. A. Meanwhile B. Besides C. Instead D. Therefore
33. A. solidifying B. reclaiming C. occupying D. acquiring
34. A. impact B. landscape C. product D. service
35. A. create B. abandon C. maintain D. update
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Often when we’re confronted with situations of feeling out of place or unqualified, we try to “fake it till we make it.”
It doesn’t work — and trust me, I’ve tried.
Years ago, when I was in college, I had an enduring feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt. As one of four females majoring in electrical engineering, I had a fear of being stereotyped so I tried to act the part of the masculine persona typical of engineering majors. I postured and pretended, but no matter what amount of “faking it” I put out, I found myself with more self-doubt than when I started. Even after college, in a new role at a company, I discovered that my go-to solution to the problems involved in constantly being on the outside of the “elite” in-circle was to, as a friend put it, act with the confidence of a “plain white male.”
I am hardly the only person who has tried this approach to no avail. In one paper on authenticity, my colleagues and I have noted that being inauthentic has negative effects on perceptions of performance in the long term. This negative side certainly held true for me. Overwhelmingly, when I acted like a man — or how I thought a man would act — I got pushback. People saw me as aggressive. I felt superficial, came across as inauthentic and wasn’t getting the sort of support or social acceptance that my “elite” male peers were.
But before long, I discovered that I too had the ability to make honest and authentic connections with senior leaders in my organization. Once I accidentally shared a ride with the senior VP of my division. Over the course of the drive, we had a natural conversation where I felt confident and comfortable. I asked him for advice on things that came up organically. And he saw that I was a smart, insightful person. He even invited me to give a presentation to his internal team. To this day, he remains one of my most trusted mentors.
It’s important to remember that we all have something that others are judging us on. In the long term, on a macro level, posturing and faking it provides only temporary value. What ends up being more long-standing is a belief that inevitably holds people back — a feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt.
We can’t try to cater to what we think others want, because we have no idea how to do that or exactly what they want. Instead, we have to be smart enough to seize chances to demonstrate who we really are, being unapologetic and confident.
36. The root cause of the author’s “faking it” is probably ________.
A. her gender and major
B. her self-doubt and fear
C. her desire to be typical
D. her confidence in males
37. What may be the negative effect of being inauthentic on a person who “fakes it”?
A. Trying the approach of “fakes it” to no avail.
B. Overwhelming perceptions of performance.
C. Meeting resistance to the supposed aggression.
D. Being regarded as unsupportive and unaccepted.
38. The author suggests that we should _________.
A. remember to ask others to judge us on something
B. eliminate the temporary value “fakes it” provides
C. hold back the feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt
D. display our true selves confidently at the right time
39. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Why “Fake It Till You Make It” Is Terrible Advice.
B. Make It Rather Than Fake It Or Doubt Yourself.
C. Stop Faking the Fake, Start Trusting the Trusted.
D. Don’t Let the Chances Slip Through Your Fingers.
(B)
The Shimmering State
by Meredith Westgate.
Atria Books, 2021 ($27)
Memoroxin, a personalized pill that replaces memories in people with Alzheimer’s, is being abused as a recreational drug. Disconnected from reality, Lucien and Sophie meet at a “Mem” health recovery center in Los Angeles, where personal psychological traumas, along with foreign memories, can be removed. They feel drawn to each other; have they met before? Like the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , The Shimmering State explores whether the joys and pains of love can ever be fully erased. Through interconnected relationships, the novel delves into some of the moral dilemmas of a technology that can catalog and edit consciousness.
—Jen Schwartz
Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
by Christopher Kemp.
W.W. Norton, 2022 ($26.95) Navigation is one of the most complex cognitive tasks humans engage in daily. In this fascinating dive into the brain, neurobiology researcher Christopher Kemp explores how we orient where we’re going, why we lose our way, and what scientists know about how we do both these things. Kemp’s explanations of concepts such as grid cells are clear and engaging, but the book shines brightest in his entertaining descriptions of his own chronic lostness, as well as in surprisingly moving stories about people who have wandered dangerously off route. Some make it home, but others don’t.
—Tess Joosse
Secret Worlds: The Extraordinary Senses of Animals
by Martin Stevens.
Oxford University Press, 2021 ($25.95)
Ecologist Martin Stevens catalogs animals’ sensory systems and how they exceed our own while informing and challenging our reality as humans. The book has a narrative and inquisitive style that will show examples of the amazing capabilities they allow, from nocturnal dung beetles that orientate by using the Milky Way to sea turtles that navigate currents by reading the earth’s magnetic fields. Secret Worlds is filled with lessons on how different species evolved to perceive the world.
—Jen St.Jude
Once There Were Wolves
by Charlotte McConaghy.
Flatiron Books, 2021 ($27.99)
Australian writer Charlotte McConaghy (author of Migrations ) delivers a thrilling and touching novel about a woman named Inti Flynn and her team of biologists who reintroduce gray wolves into Scotland’s remote Highlands. At first, the wolves seem to thrive, but when a farmer gets hurt, she suspects the man she loves. Her story unfolds as a social and scientific meditation on the consequences of influencing ecosystems, while reminding us that humans and animals alike can break our hearts.
—Amy Brady
40. What can we infer from the introduction of The Shimmering State?
A. Memoroxin, which cures Alzheimer’s, is a recreational drug.
B. Lucien and Sophie feel drawn to each other for foreign memories.
C. The book suggests the joys and pains of love should be completely removed.
D. Editing consciousness by a technology may bring about some moral problems.
41. It can be learned from the whole passage that__________.
A. among the four books, only Dark and Magical Places touches upon the topic of navigation
B. the heroine in Once There Were Wolves doesn’t believe the farmer is hurt by wolves
C. the highlights of Dark and Magical Places are Kemp’s explanations of some concepts
D. McConaghy’s novel merely focuses on the social and scientific impact on the ecosystems
42. If Bob is interested in science and wants to gain more insight into animals’ perception of the world, which of the books should be recommended?
A. The Shimmering State B. Dark and Magical Places
C. Secret Worlds D. Once There Were Wolves
(C)
Types of Social Groups
Life places us in a complex web of relationships with other people. Our humanness arises out of these relationships in the course of social interaction. Moreover, our humanness must be sustained through social interaction -- and fairly constantly so. When an association continues long enough for two people to become linked together by a relatively stable set of expectations, it is called a relationship.
People are bound within relationships by two types of bonds: expressive ties and instrumental ties. Expressive ties are social links formed when we emotionally invest ourselves in and commit ourselves to other people. Through association with people who are meaningful to us, we achieve a sense of security, love, acceptance, companionship, and personal worth. Instrumental ties are social links focused when we cooperate with other people to achieve some goal.
Occasionally, this may mean working with, instead of against, competitors. More often, we simply cooperate with others to reach some end without endowing the relationship with any larger significance.
Sociologists have built on the distinction between expressive and instrumental ties to distinguish between two types of groups: primary and secondary. A primary group involves two or more people who enjoy a direct, intimate, cohesive relationship with one another. Expressive ties predominate in primary groups: we view the people as ends in themselves and valuable in their own right. A secondary group entails two or more people who are involved in an impersonal relationship and have come together for a specific, practical purpose. Instrumental ties predominate in secondary groups ; we perceive people as means to ends rather than as ends in their own right. sometimes primary group relationships evolve out of secondary group relationships. This happens in many work settings. People on the job often develop close relationships with coworkers as they come to share gripes, jokes, gossip, and satisfactions.
A number of conditions enhance the likelihood that primary groups will arise. First, group size is important. We find it difficult to get to know people personally when they are milling about and dispersed in large groups. In small groups we have a better chance to initiate contact and establish rapport with them. Second, face - to - face contact allows us to size up others. Seeing and talking with one another in close physical proximity makes possible a subtle exchange of ideas and feelings. And third, the probability that we will develop primary group bonds increases as we have frequent and continuous contact. Our ties with people often deepen as we interact with them across time and gradually evolve interlocking habits and interests.
Primary groups are fundamental to us and to society. Sociologists view primary groups as bridges between individuals and the larger society because they transmit, mediate, and interpret a society’s cultural patterns and provide the sense of oneness so critical for social solidarity. Primary groups, then serve both as carriers of social norms and as enforcers of them.
43. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is true of a relationship?
A. It is a structure of associations with many people.
B. It should be studied in the course of social interaction.
C. It places great demands on people.
D. It develops gradually over time.
44. Which of the following can be inferred from the author’s claim in paragraph 4 that primary group relationships sometimes evolve out of secondary group relationships?
A. Secondary group relationships begin by being primary group relationships.
B. A secondary group relationship that is highly visible quickly becomes a primary group relationship.
C. Sociologists believe that only primary group relationships are important to society.
D. Even in secondary groups, frequent communication serves to bring people into close relationships.
45. The phrase “size up” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “________”.
A. enlarge B. evaluate
C. impress D. accept
46. This passage is developed primarily by ________.
A. drawing comparisons between theory and practice
B. presenting two opposing theories
C. defining important concepts
D. discussing causes and their effects
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. 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 you need.
If you’re like most people, you think you are smart enough to avoid advertising. _____47_____ That, at least, is what we tell ourselves. But what we tell ourselves is wrong. Advertising works, which is why, even in hard economic times, Madison Avenue is a $34 billion-a-year business.
Lindstrom is a practitioner of neuromarketing research, in which consumers are exposed to ads while connected to machines that monitor brain activity, pupil dilation, sweat responses and flickers in facial muscles, all of which are markers of emotion. According to his studies, 83% of all forms of advertising principally engage only one of our senses:sight. Hearing, however, can be just as powerful, though advertisers have taken only limited advantage of it. Historically, ads have relied on slogans to catch our ear, largely ignoring everyday sounds—a steak sizzling, a baby laughing and other noises our bodies can’t help paying attention to. _____48_____
To figure out what most appeals to our ear, Lindstrom wired up his volunteers, then played recordings of dozens of familiar sounds, from MeDonald’s ubiquitous “I’m Lovin’ It” slogan to cigarettes being lit. The sound that blew the doors off(远远胜过)all the rest—both in terms of interest and positive feelings—was a baby giggling. The other high-ranking sounds were less original but still powerful. The repetitive sound of a cell phone was Lindstrom’s second-place winner. Others that followed were an ATM distributing cash and a soda being popped and poured. In all of these cases, it didn’t take a professional to invent the sounds, infuse them with meaning and then play them over and over until the subjects internalized them. _____49_____
TV advertisers aren’t the only ones who may start putting sound to greater use. Retailers are also catching on. The 0101 department store in Japan, for example, has been designed as a series of soundscapes, playing different sound effects such as children at play, birdsongs and lapping water in the sportswear, fragrance and formal-wear sections. Lindstrom is consulting with clients about employing a similar strategy in European supermarkets, piping the sound of fizzing soda into the beverage department.
None of this means that advertisers just have to turn the audio dials and consumers will come running. Indeed, sometimes, they flee. In the early years of mainstream cell-phone use, the Nokia ringtone was recognized by 42% people in the UK—and soon became widely disliked. That, Lindstrom says, was partly because so few users practiced cell-phone etiquette and the blasted things kept going off in movie theatres. _____50_____, because people so often hear it when they are rebooting after their computer has crashed. In these cases, manufacturers themselves must reboot by changing the offending sound slightly or replacing it entirely.
A. Weave this stuff into an ad campaign, and we may be powerless to resist it.
B. Even when we solve the problem about when advertising works, we need to move on to the larger problem of predicting what works.
C. The Microsoft start-up sound has taken on similarly negative associations.
D. Major companies realized the importance of taking advantage of consumers’ curiosity about new commodities and make it a marketing strategy.
E. Rather, the sounds already had meaning and thus triggered a series of reactions: hunger, thirst, happy expectation.
F. You flip right past newspaper ads, never click on ads online and leave the room during TV commercials.
IV. Summary Writing (10')
51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage. Use your own words as far as possible.
Take flu outbreaks far more seriously
The usual response to the annual flu is not enough to combat the risks we currently face, let alone prepare us for an ever deadlier pandemic flu that most experts agree will come in the future. People suffer and die needlessly. In the U.S. alone, seasonal flu can cause up to 36 million infections, three quarters of a million hospitalizations and 56,000 deaths. We are not taking the time and investing the resources needed to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our communities.
Why not? We haven’t been hit by a truly devastating pandemic in a long time. So as individuals, we let down our guard as our leaders quietly defund and destaff the services we need to protect us. Since 2003 the federal government has cut per capita funding by 60% for the U.S. Public Health Emergency Preparedness program. This has contributed to the loss of more than 45,700 jobs at state and local health departments since 2008.
Why do we as a nation continue to leave ourselves vulnerable? The simple answer lies in our collective complacency. As soon as headlines about the flu are gone, hospitals are emptied of flu patients, schools are back in session and workplace absenteeism declines, we go back to business as usual.
At the personal level, you can learn the essentials of reducing flu transmission in your family and local community. You can make sure that everyone in your family receives the flu shot. And you can reach out to your congressional representatives to encourage them to support funding that strengthens local, state and national pandemic-preparedness programs. Your action today may be a matter of life and death for you and your loved ones.
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V. Translation (15')
52. 放学后,务必把教室门窗关好。(see to) (汉译英)
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53. 站在山顶,大自然的壮美让我们惊叹不已。(amaze) (汉译英)
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54. 一个新的科学真理不是因为说服了它的反对者而胜出的,而是因为熟悉这个想法的新一代人长大了。(convince) (汉译英)
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55. 你可曾料到,自己多年前直播助农的决定会让自己在网上爆火,一夜之间收获成千上万的粉丝?(occur) (汉译英)
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VI. Guided Writing (25')
56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120–150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
随着 AI 作业助手 (AI homework assistants) 的普及,越来越多中学生开始用它们完成作业、解答难题。有人认为这类工具能帮学生高效解决学习难点,节省时间;也有人担心过度依赖会削弱学生的独立思考能力和解题能力。假设你是高中生李华,在校园论坛上看到相关讨论,决定回帖表达你的看法。回帖内容应包括:
1.你对中学生使用 AI 作业助手的态度;
2.你的理由(至少两点)。
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英语试卷
时间: 120分钟 总分: 150分
I. Listening Comprehension (10'+20'=30')
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1.A. A laundry staff member. B. A tailor for men's clothes.
C. A telephone operator. D. A mine worker.
2.A. Driving. B. Reading. C. Shopping. D. Walking.
3.A. $15. B. $5. C. $10. D. $20.
4.A. A yellow light. B. A road accident. C. A robbery. D. A TV program.
5.A. There will be too many people at the party.
B. He feels sorry that the woman is not coming.
C. It makes people happier to have more parties.
D. The woman can bring her brother to the party.
6.A. The woman could use his ruler.
B. He's faster at doing calculations.
C. He'll finish the measurement soon.
D. The woman's ruler is better than his.
7.A. The final begins next week.
B. The man should check with his doctor again.
C. She wants the man to attend the final with her.
D. She hopes the man will be able to play in the final.
8.A. He's angry.
B. He feels sick.
C. He gets on well with others.
D. He prefers to study alone.
9.A. It provides reading materials for waiting people.
B. He had to wait a long time for a seat there.
C. The seats used there are uncomfortable.
D. He wasn't able to find a seat there.
10.A. Go to the ballet later in the year.
B. Take ballet lessons with his sister.
C. Find a schedule of future performances.
D. Get a ticket from his sister.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and the conversation. 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Colleagues have face-to-face conversation with her.
B. Colleagues in the same office email her at work.
C. She has to use LinkedIn for work and jobs.
D. She feels isolated from her family.
12.A. Time travel. B. 3D printers. C. Internet of things. D. Fitness apps.
13.A. Curious. B. Doubtful. C. Uninterested. D. Confident.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. A social trend. B. A writer. C. A shoe company. D. A book.
15.A. New styles of shoes were developed.
B. Designers started wearing the shoes.
C. The company made efforts to advertise its shoes.
D. Manhattan clubs promoted the shoes to the customers.
16.A. They will spread much faster.
B. Advertising campaigns stopped.
C. Only a few people will notice them.
D. Word-of-mouth marketing began to work.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Classmates. B. Roommates. C. Cousins. D. Colleagues.
18.A. He couldn't decide on a topic for his paper.
B. He hadn't heard from his family in a while.
C. He thought the woman had been ill.
D. He thought his paper was late.
19.A. To classify different kinds of honey. B. To find their way back home.
C. To locate favourite plants. D. To identify relatives.
20.A. Write a paper. B. Visit his parents.
C. Plan a family reunion. D. Observe bees in the lab.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (15'+10'=25')
Section A
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.
About the Gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
A California man was arrested Saturday night in connection with a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, law enforcement officials said. The man, ___1___ (identify) as Cole Thomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif, was taken into custody shortly after the shooting at the Washington Hilton hotel.
Officials said evidence suggested that the suspect ___2___(intend) to target government officials, potentially including President Trump. He was armed with a knife, a shotgun and a handgun, according to two law enforcement officials, ___3___ spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The suspect was known to law enforcement before the attack, officials said, ___4___ he provided no details about previous contacts. He is expected to appear in federal court in Washington on Monday to face charges including using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon.
No government officials were injured in the attack. A hotel worker suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.
The shooting ___5___(unfold) during the annual dinner, a black-tie event attended by journalists, politicians, celebrities and administration officials. President Trump was at the dinner and had delivered remarks shortly before the shooting. Panic spread quickly through the ballroom ___6___ guests heard gunshots and saw law enforcement officers rushing to respond. Many described a chaotic scene with people diving under tables, rushing for exits and calling family members ___7___fear.
Investigators were examining a manifesto-style document that the suspect had posted online before the attack, officials said. The document expressed anti-government and anti-Christian views, according to three people who have reviewed parts of it. “It is not Christian ___8___(turn) the other cheek when others are oppressed,” the document said. “That is complicity in the crimes of the oppressor.”
During an interview on Fox News ___9___ President Trump mentioned about the document amounted to the fact that the suspect “had a manifesto” and “hates Christians.” “This was a man with a lot of turmoil inside,” the president said.
Having long been a symbol of press-government relations, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner grew tense this year amid harsh criticism from the president, and the shooting has sparked fresh concerns over security at high-profile political events and threats ____10____(face) officials and journalists.
Law enforcement agencies continued to investigate the suspect’s motives, contacts and plans on Sunday. Additional security measures are expected at political gatherings in the capital in the wake of the attack.
【答案】1. identified
2. had intended
3. who 4. but
5. unfolded
6. when##as
7. in 8. to turn
9. what 10. facing
【解析】
【导语】这篇文章主要报道了加州一名男子涉嫌在白宫记者晚宴制造枪击事件被捕,其预谋袭击政要、持有凶器,还发表极端言论。此次事件引发各界对大型政治活动及公职人员安保隐患的新担忧。
【1题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:该男子被确认为31岁的科尔·托马斯·艾伦,来自加利福尼亚州托伦斯市。枪击事件发生在华盛顿希尔顿酒店后不久,这名男子便被警方拘捕。此处为非谓语动词作后置定语,修饰主语The man,男子与“被识别身份”是被动关系,故用identify的过去分词形式。
【2题详解】
考查动词时态。句意:官员们表示,证据表明嫌疑人原本打算袭击政府官员,可能包括特朗普总统。宾语从句中,“意图袭击政府官员”的动作发生在“证据表明”(suggested)之前,即“过去的过去”,需用过去完成时。
【3题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:据两名执法官员称,他携带了一把刀、一把猎枪和一把手枪。由于讨论正在进行的调查,这两名执法官员要求匿名。设空处引导非限制性定语从句,先行词是two law enforcement officials(指人),关系词在从句中作主语,故用 who。
【4题详解】
考查连词。句意:官员们称,在此次袭击发生前,警方已掌握该嫌疑人的相关情况,但他未提供有关以往接触的任何细节。根据句意可知,前后句为转折关系:“嫌疑人此前已被警方熟知”与“警方未透露任何过往接触细节”形成对比,故用转折连词 but。
【5题详解】
考查动词时态。句意:枪击事件发生在一年一度的晚宴上,这是一场有记者、政客、名人和政府官员参加的正式晚宴。全文讲述过去发生的枪击事件,用一般过去时。unfold意为 “发生、展开”,过去式为unfolded。
【6题详解】
考查时间状语从句。句意:当宾客们听到枪声并看到执法人员匆忙赶来应对时,恐慌迅速在宴会厅蔓延开来。此处为连词引导时间状语从句,意为“当客人们听到枪声、看到执法人员冲去处置时,恐慌迅速在宴会厅蔓延”,用when或as引导。
【7题详解】
考查固定短语。句意:许多人都描述了混乱的场景,人们纷纷躲到桌子底下,冲向出口,并惊恐地打电话给家人。此处为固定搭配in fear 意为“恐惧地、害怕地”,作状语修饰calling family members。
【8题详解】
考查动词不定式。句意:“当他人受到压迫时,不能逆来顺受,这是不忠于基督教的表现,”该文件写道。此处为it作形式主语,真正的主语是后面的不定式短语。固定句型 It is + 形容词 + to do sth. 意为“做某事是……的”。
【9题详解】
考查主语从句。句意:在福克斯新闻的一次采访中,特朗普总统谈到这份文件时提到,嫌疑人“有一份宣言”并且“憎恨基督徒”。设空处引导主语从句,在从句中作mentioned 的宾语。“what President Trump mentioned about the document”意为“特朗普总统关于这份文件所提到的内容”,所以为连接代词what引导。
【10题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:长期以来,白宫记者晚宴一直是媒体与政府关系的象征,但在总统的严厉批评下,今年的晚宴气氛变得紧张起来,枪击事件引发了人们对高调政治活动的安全问题以及官员和记者面临的威胁的新担忧。此处为非谓语动词作后置定语修饰threats,threats和face为主动关系,所以为现在分词形式。
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. committees B. Profoundly C. channels D. coverage E. persists F. resumes
G. manual H. spans I. Notably J. distinct K. dynamics
To gain an in-depth understanding of China’s urban labor market, the Institute of Population and Labor Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IPLE-CASS) conducted the fifth wave of the China Urban Labor Survey in 2023, which ____11____ five rounds over more than two decades and covers eight major representative cities. The survey collected 9,122 household questionnaires and 26,145 individual questionnaires from 381 neighborhood ____12____. Graduate students from the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (UCASS) were recruited to serve as supervisors and reviewers. Quality control included facial recognition, GPS verification, automated detection of paradata anomalies and questionnaire data outliers, and ____13____ review.
Based on this data, the report systematically analyzes employment, wages, educational attainment, and social security among China’s urban workforce. Additionally, job search methods combine market-based ____14____ with traditional social networks.
Key findings include an inverted U-shaped age pattern of labor force participation, with a widening gender gap after childbearing age. Compared with men, women’s age-related labor participation distribution more clearly demonstrates the impact of childbearing. While, generally stable from 30 to 50, women face a ____15____ slump in participation during the childbearing years (ages 30–35). Participation rebounds somewhat after age 35, but it never fully recovers to its peak level. It then ____16____ a gradual decline and begins a sharp descent from age 50 onward.
____17____, the gender wage gap ____18____ and widens over the life cycle, while employed women now have higher average years of schooling than men. Rural-to-urban migrants show higher labor force participation rates but remain disadvantaged in wages, education, and social security ____19____. By rigorously tracking labor market ____20____ and household welfare through standardized surveys, this work fulfills an urgent need for theoretical and policy development in labor economics. Thus, this survey provides a comprehensive picture of the structural characteristics and challenges of China’s urban labor market, providing a solid data foundation for academic research and public policy design.
【答案】11. H 12. A
13. G 14. C
15. J 16. F
17. I 18. E
19. D 20. K
【解析】
【导语】这篇文章主要介绍了社科院开展中国城市劳动力调查并严格把控数据,研究发现男女劳动参与率、薪资存在差异,该调研为相关学术研究与政策制定提供了可靠数据依据。
【11题详解】
考查动词。句意:为了深入了解中国的城市劳动力市场,中国社会科学院人口与劳动经济研究所(IPLE-CASS)于2023年开展了第五轮中国城市劳动力调查,该调查历时超过二十年,涵盖八个具有代表性的大城市,共收集了9122份家庭问卷和 26145 份个人问卷,这些问卷来自381个社区。此处为动词作句子的谓语成分,与covers并列,用动词第三人称单数,根据“five rounds over more than two decades”可知,此处指“表示该调查跨度超过二十多年,共完成五轮”,spans“跨越(时间/空间),持续”为动词,符合语境。
【12题详解】
考查名词。句意:此次调查收集了9122份家庭问卷和26145份个人问卷,来自381个社区委员会。此处为名词作宾语成分,committees为名词,意为“委员会”。构成固定搭配neighborhood committees 指“社区居委会”,符合语境,是调查数据的采集单位。
【13题详解】
考查形容词。句意:质量控制措施包括面部识别、GPS验证、自动检测辅助数据异常和问卷数据离群值,以及人工审查。分析句子可知,此空作定语修饰review,manual为形容词,意为“人工的、手动的”。结合上文“Graduate students from the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (UCASS) were recruited to serve as supervisors and reviewers.”可知,此处指“人工审核”,是质量控制的重要环节,与前文“automated detection(自动检测)”形成对比,形容词manual“手工的,手动的”符合语境。
【14题详解】
考查名词。句意:此外,求职方式结合了市场渠道和传统社交网络。空前market-based为形容词短语,此处为名词形式作combine宾语,结合“job search methods”以及“traditional social networks”可知,此处指求职方法结合了市场化渠道与传统社交网络,符合就业市场的实际情况,channels为名词,意为“渠道”,符合语境。
【15题详解】
考查形容词。句意:然而,从30岁到50岁期间总体保持稳定,但在生育年龄段(30至35岁)女性的参与率却出现了明显的下降。此处作定语修饰slump,distinct为形容词,意为“明显的、显著的”,符合语境,表示女性在生育年龄(30至35岁)面临明显的劳动参与率下降。
【16题详解】
考查动词。句意:随后又开始逐渐下降,并从50岁以后急剧下降。此处为动词作谓语成分,陈述客观现状,用一般现在时;前文提到 35 岁后参与率有所反弹但未达峰值,此处指随后恢复逐渐下降的趋势,resumes为动词,意为“恢复、重新开始”,符合语境。
【17题详解】
考查副词。句意:值得注意的是,性别工资差距在整个生命周期中持续存在并不断扩大,而目前就业女性的平均受教育年限高于男性。此处为副词作状语,修饰后面的句子,置于句首,首字母大写;Notably为副词,意为“值得注意的是”,用于句首引出另一个核心研究发现,起到强调和过渡的作用,符合语境。
【18题详解】
考查动词。句意:值得注意的是,性别工资差距在整个生命周期中持续存在并不断扩大,而目前就业女性的平均受教育年限高于男性。此处与widens并列作谓语成分,用动词第三人称单数;persists为动词,意为“持续存在”,符合语境,说明性别工资差距不仅持续存在,还会在整个生命周期中进一步拉大。
【19题详解】
考查名词。句意:从农村到城市的移民的劳动力参与率较高,但在工资、教育和社会保障覆盖方面仍处于不利地位。与空前wages, education并列,作in宾语为名词,此处也应为名词形式,coverage为名词,意为“覆盖范围”,构成固定搭配social security coverage 指“社会保障覆盖”,是农民工处于劣势的领域之一,符合语境。
【20题详解】
考查名词。句意:通过严格跟踪劳动力市场动态和家庭福利情况,并通过标准化调查进行研究,这项工作满足了劳动力经济学理论和政策发展的迫切需求。此处作宾语成分,dynamics为名词,意为“动态、变化趋势”,labor market dynamics 指 “劳动力市场动态”,是该调查长期追踪的核心对象,符合语境,与household welfare并列,作tracking宾语。
III. Reading Comprehension (15'+30'=45')
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Will It Work for His Successor?
Sometimes a company reflects the spirit of its time. Ford’s Model T ___21___ the go-getting mood of the Roaring Twenties; IBM embodied the tech optimism of the computer age; and in recent years, Apple has stood as the ___22___ brand of our era. Its iPhone, a sleek gateway to the app economy, has become as iconic as big hair was to the 1980s, while its ___23___ of globalization—especially its focus on China as a manufacturing and sales hub—has ___24___ its success. This focus on China has not only made the country a key production base but also a major market, with Apple’s revenue from China growing exponentially under Tim Cook’s leadership, accounting for more than 12% of its total revenue by 2013.
For the past 15 years, Apple has been led by Tim Cook. Though Steve Jobs ___25___ up the iPhone, it was Mr. Cook who turned it into a global phenomenon, putting the device into 1.5 billion pockets and making the Apple logo a familiar ___26___ from San Francisco to Seoul. Under his leadership, Apple’s market value soared; and its shareholders reaped huge rewards—with cumulative profits that run into the trillions. Now, Mr. Cook will ___27___, and his successor John Ternus faces a critical question: does the winning formula that drove Apple’s success—smartphones, global supply chains, and a focus on China—still ___28___ in an era of AI and shifting global dynamics?
Mr. Cook’s ___29___ was a bet on globalization: he leaned into global supply chains and China’s growing market, turning Apple into an empire. Yet his term saw no products as ____30____as the iPhone or iPad, even the Vision Pro, with its ____31____ price tag, failed to make a lasting mark. ____32____, he built his legacy on refining what worked—improving the iPhone, expanding its reach, and ____33____ its place in the global market.
This approach thrived in an era of open trade, but the world is changing. Geopolitical tensions are rising, trade barriers are returning, and AI is reshaping the tech ____34____. Ternus, who has worked at Apple since 2001 and currently serves as senior vice president of hardware engineering, overseeing products like the iPhone and Vision Pro, faces the daunting task of adapting Apple’s strategy. For Mr. Ternus, the challenge is clear: to ____35____ Apple’s formula for a new age, integrating AI into its core products without losing the core that made it great—quality, innovation, and global appeal.
21. A. captured B. featured C. advocated D. guaranteed
22. A. spreading B. trending C. defining D. lasting
23. A. integration B. embrace C. challenge D. nature
24. A. pursued B. achieved C. promised D. shaped
25. A. dressed B. dreamed C. held D. set
26. A. brand B. device C. sight D. touch
27. A. step down B. carry on C. show up D. give in
28. A. hold B. hit C. stick D. count
29. A. command B. preference C. approval D. strategy
30. A. fashionable B. transformative C. favorable D. accessible
31. A. decent B. advanced C. aggressive D. steep
32. A. Meanwhile B. Besides C. Instead D. Therefore
33. A. solidifying B. reclaiming C. occupying D. acquiring
34. A. impact B. landscape C. product D. service
35. A. create B. abandon C. maintain D. update
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. D
【解析】
【导语】这篇文章主要报道了库克依靠全球化与中国市场壮大苹果,任期内少颠覆性新品,多优化旧产品。如今他即将卸任,继任者需顺应 AI 时代,革新发展策略谋求新发展。
【21题详解】
考查动词。句意:福特的 T 型车体现了20 世纪 20 年代那种积极进取的精神;IBM 则体现了计算机时代的技术乐观精神;而近年来,苹果已成为我们这个时代最具代表性的品牌。A. captured捕捉,体现;B. featured以…为特色,特写;C. advocated提倡,拥护;D. guaranteed保证,担保。根据句意以及下文“IBM embodied the tech optimism of the computer age”可知,此处指福特 T 型车精准体现了“咆哮的二十年代”的进取精神。capture the mood为固定搭配,意为“捕捉/体现某种时代情绪”。
【22题详解】
考查形容词。句意:福特的 T 型车体现了20 世纪 20 年代那种积极进取的精神;IBM 则体现了计算机时代的技术乐观精神;而近年来,苹果已成为我们这个时代最具代表性的品牌。A. spreading传播的;B. trending流行的,趋势性的;C. defining定义性的,标志性的;D. lasting持久的。根据后文“has become as iconic as big hair was to the 1980s”明确提到 iPhone像80年代的大发型一样具有标志性,说明苹果是定义了我们这个时代的品牌。
【23题详解】
考查名词。句意:苹果的iPhone是通向应用经济的一扇时髦的大门,它已经成为了20世纪80年代的标志性产品,而它对全球化的拥抱——尤其是对中国作为制造和销售中心的关注——塑造了它的成功。A. integration整合,一体化;B. embrace拥抱,接纳;C. challenge挑战;D. nature本质,天性。根据破折号后解释“especially its focus on China as a manufacturing and sales hub”提到尤其将中国作为制造和销售中心,可知,这是苹果主动接纳全球化的具体表现,embrace of globalization是常用表达。
【24题详解】
考查动词。句意:其 iPhone 这款产品,作为通往应用经济的便捷入口,已成为与 20 世纪 80 年代的夸张发型一样具有标志性的存在,同时,苹果对全球化的重视——尤其是将中国作为制造和销售中心的策略——也促成了其成功。A. pursued追求;B. achieved实现(目标、成功);C. promised承诺;D. shaped塑造,决定……的发展。根据句意以及上文“especially its focus on China as a manufacturing and sales hub”可知,此处指全球化战略塑造了苹果的成功。
【25题详解】
考查动词短语。句意:虽然苹果手机的设计理念是由史蒂夫·乔布斯提出的,但将其变成全球现象的却是库克先生,这款设备进入了 15 亿人的口袋,让苹果的标志从旧金山到首尔都随处可见。A. dressed (up) 打扮,装饰;B. dreamed (up) 构思,发明,凭空想出;C. held (up) 举起,支撑;D. set (up) 建立,设立。根据常识以及下文“the iPhone”可知,史蒂夫・乔布斯是 iPhone 的发明者和构思者,dream up 准确表达了“从无到有创造出新产品”的含义。
【26题详解】
考查名词。句意:虽然苹果手机的设计理念是由史蒂夫·乔布斯提出的,但将其变成全球现象的却是库克先生,这款设备进入了 15 亿人的口袋,让苹果的标志从旧金山到首尔都随处可见。A. brand品牌;B. device设备;C. sight景象,可见之物;D. touch触摸,触感触摸;触感。根据上文“and making the Apple logo a familiar”以及下文“from San Francisco to Seoul”可知,此处指的是让苹果的标志从旧金山到首尔都随处可见。
【27题详解】
考查动词短语。句意:现在,库克先生将卸任,而他的继任者约翰·特纳斯面临着一个关键问题:在人工智能时代以及全球形势不断变化的背景下,推动苹果取得成功的那些成功模式——智能手机、全球供应链以及对中国的专注——是否仍然适用?A. step down卸任,辞职;B. carry on继续;C. show up出现,露面;D. give in屈服,让步。根据后文“his successor John Ternus”直接提到他的继任者约翰・特努斯,由此可知蒂姆・库克即将卸任。
【28题详解】
考查动词。句意:现在,库克先生将卸任,而他的继任者约翰·特纳斯面临着一个关键问题:在人工智能时代以及全球形势不断变化的背景下,推动苹果取得成功的那些成功模式——智能手机、全球供应链以及对中国的专注——是否仍然适用?A. hold仍然有效,站得住脚;B. hit击中,达到;C. stick粘贴,坚持;D. count重要;有价值。根据句意以及上文“does the winning formula that drove Apple’s success—smartphones, global supply chains, and a focus on China”可知,此处指的是驱动苹果成功的制胜公式在 AI 时代和全球格局变化的背景下是否仍然适用、有效。
【29题详解】
考查名词。句意:库克先生的战略是押注于全球化:他依赖全球供应链和中国不断增长的市场,将苹果打造成了一个庞大的帝国。A. command命令,指挥;B. preference偏好;C. approval批准,认可;D. strategy战略,策略。根据后文“he leaned into global supply chains and China’s growing market”提到他依靠全球供应链和中国不断增长的市场,可知,此处指的是对库克经营战略的具体说明。
【30题详解】
考查形容词。句意:然而,在他的任期内,并没有出现像 iPhone 或 iPad 那样具有变革性的产品,即便是价格高昂的 Vision Pro 也未能留下持久的影响。A. fashionable时尚的;B. transformative变革性的,产生巨大改变的;C. favorable有利的,讨人喜欢的;D. accessible可及的,易懂的。根据后文“failed to make a lasting mark”提到Vision Pro未能留下持久印记可知,此处指的是没有出现具有变革性的产品。
【31题详解】
考查形容词。句意:然而,在他的任期内,并没有出现像 iPhone 或 iPad 那样具有变革性的产品,即便是价格高昂的 Vision Pro 也未能留下持久的影响。A. decent体面的,相当好的;B. advanced先进的;C. aggressive激进的,有攻击性的;D. steep(价格)过高的,昂贵的。根据句意以及下文“price tag”可知,Vision Pro以其极高的售价著称,这也是它未能广泛普及的原因之一。固定搭配steep price tag 意为“高昂的价格”。
【32题详解】
考查副词。句意:相反,他凭借对现有成功模式的改进——提升iPhone 的性能、扩大其市场覆盖范围以及巩固其在全球市场的地位——建立了自己的功绩。A. Meanwhile 同时;B. Besides此外;C. Instead相反,反而;D. Therefore因此。根据前句“Yet his term saw no products as ______as the iPhone or iPad”可知,说库克任期内没有推出像 iPhone 那样的变革性产品,后句说他的遗产是“refining what worked”由此可知,前后句是转折关系。
【33题详解】
考查动词。句意:相反,他凭借对现有成功模式的改进——提升 iPhone 的性能、扩大其市场覆盖范围以及巩固其在全球市场的地位——建立了自己的功绩。A. solidifying巩固,加强;B. reclaiming收回,重新利用; C. occupying占据,占领;D. acquiring获得;收购。根据前文“improving the iPhone, expanding its reach”提到改进 iPhone、扩大覆盖范围,由此可知,此处是并列的递进动作,solidify its place in the global market 意为“巩固其在全球市场的地位”,逻辑连贯。
【34题详解】
考查名词。句意:地缘政治紧张局势加剧,贸易壁垒重新出现,人工智能正在重塑科技格局。A. impact影响;B. landscape格局,景象;C. product 产品;D. service服务。根据前文 “shifting global dynamics”提到变化的全球格局,可知,此处指 AI 正在重塑整个科技行业的格局。固定搭配tech landscape 意为“科技格局”
【35题详解】
考查动词。句意:对于特纳斯先生而言,面临的挑战十分明确:要对苹果的经营模式进行革新,以适应新时代的需求,将人工智能融入其核心产品之中,同时又不牺牲使其成为杰出企业的那些核心要素——品质、创新以及全球影响力。A. create创造;B. abandon放弃;C. maintain维持;D. update更新,升级。根据后文“integrating AI into its core products without losing the core that made it great”提到将 AI 融入核心产品,同时保留使其伟大的核心,可知,此处说明不是完全创造新公式,也不是放弃或维持旧公式,而是为新时代更新苹果的成功模式。
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Often when we’re confronted with situations of feeling out of place or unqualified, we try to “fake it till we make it.”
It doesn’t work — and trust me, I’ve tried.
Years ago, when I was in college, I had an enduring feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt. As one of four females majoring in electrical engineering, I had a fear of being stereotyped so I tried to act the part of the masculine persona typical of engineering majors. I postured and pretended, but no matter what amount of “faking it” I put out, I found myself with more self-doubt than when I started. Even after college, in a new role at a company, I discovered that my go-to solution to the problems involved in constantly being on the outside of the “elite” in-circle was to, as a friend put it, act with the confidence of a “plain white male.”
I am hardly the only person who has tried this approach to no avail. In one paper on authenticity, my colleagues and I have noted that being inauthentic has negative effects on perceptions of performance in the long term. This negative side certainly held true for me. Overwhelmingly, when I acted like a man — or how I thought a man would act — I got pushback. People saw me as aggressive. I felt superficial, came across as inauthentic and wasn’t getting the sort of support or social acceptance that my “elite” male peers were.
But before long, I discovered that I too had the ability to make honest and authentic connections with senior leaders in my organization. Once I accidentally shared a ride with the senior VP of my division. Over the course of the drive, we had a natural conversation where I felt confident and comfortable. I asked him for advice on things that came up organically. And he saw that I was a smart, insightful person. He even invited me to give a presentation to his internal team. To this day, he remains one of my most trusted mentors.
It’s important to remember that we all have something that others are judging us on. In the long term, on a macro level, posturing and faking it provides only temporary value. What ends up being more long-standing is a belief that inevitably holds people back — a feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt.
We can’t try to cater to what we think others want, because we have no idea how to do that or exactly what they want. Instead, we have to be smart enough to seize chances to demonstrate who we really are, being unapologetic and confident.
36. The root cause of the author’s “faking it” is probably ________.
A. her gender and major
B. her self-doubt and fear
C. her desire to be typical
D. her confidence in males
37. What may be the negative effect of being inauthentic on a person who “fakes it”?
A. Trying the approach of “fakes it” to no avail.
B. Overwhelming perceptions of performance.
C. Meeting resistance to the supposed aggression.
D. Being regarded as unsupportive and unaccepted.
38. The author suggests that we should _________.
A. remember to ask others to judge us on something
B. eliminate the temporary value “fakes it” provides
C. hold back the feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt
D. display our true selves confidently at the right time
39. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Why “Fake It Till You Make It” Is Terrible Advice.
B. Make It Rather Than Fake It Or Doubt Yourself.
C. Stop Faking the Fake, Start Trusting the Trusted.
D. Don’t Let the Chances Slip Through Your Fingers.
【答案】36. B 37. C 38. D 39. A
【解析】
【导语】这篇文章主要讲述了作者结合自身经历指出,遇事刻意伪装自己并无用处,还会招致抵触、加深自我怀疑。唯有真诚待人、把握机会自信展现真实自我,才能收获认可与成长。
【36题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“Years ago, when I was in college, I had an enduring feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt. As one of four females majoring in electrical engineering, I had a fear of being stereotyped so I tried to act the part of the masculine persona typical of engineering majors. I postured and pretended, but no matter what amount of “faking it” I put out, I found myself with more self-doubt than when I started.( 多年前,当我还在上大学时,我一直有一种不确定和自我怀疑的感觉。作为电气工程专业中唯一的四位女生之一,我害怕被贴上刻板印象的标签,所以我就努力模仿工程专业学生通常所具有的男性形象。我摆姿势、假装自己,但无论我如何“假装”,我发现自己反而比刚开始时更加缺乏自信。)”可知,自我怀疑和对被刻板印象评判的恐惧,是作者试图伪装自己的核心驱动力。
【37题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中“This negative side certainly held true for me. Overwhelmingly, when I acted like a man — or how I thought a man would act — I got pushback. People saw me as aggressive. I felt superficial, came across as inauthentic and wasn’t getting the sort of support or social acceptance that my “elite” male peers were.( 这种消极的一面对我来说当然是正确的。绝大多数情况下,当我表现得像个男人——或者我认为男人会有的样子——我都会遭到反对。人们会认为我咄咄逼人。我感觉自己肤浅,显得不真实,而且没有得到那些“精英”男性同龄人所拥有的那种支持或社会认可。)”可推知,不真实的伪装会让他人产生误解,将正常的表现误判为攻击性,进而引发抵触,这是直接的负面影响。
【38题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“We can’t try to cater to what we think others want, because we have no idea how to do that or exactly what they want. Instead, we have to be smart enough to seize chances to demonstrate who we really are, being unapologetic and confident.( 我们不能试图迎合我们认为别人想要的东西,因为我们不知道如何去做到这一点,也不知道他们到底想要什么。相反,我们必须足够聪明,抓住机会来展现真实的自我,要毫不退缩、充满自信地去做到这一点。)”可知,作者建议我们在恰当的时候自信地展现真实的自我。
【39题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章大意以及第一段“Often when we’re confronted with situations of feeling out of place or unqualified, we try to “fake it till we make it.”(通常,当我们遭遇感到格格不入或能力不足的情况时,我们往往会试图“先假装一切正常,直到真正做好为止”。)”和第二段“It doesn’t work—and trust me, I’ve tried.( 但这根本不起作用——相信我,我试过这种方法。)”可知,文章以“‘假装成功直到真的成功’行不通”开篇,通过作者的亲身经历和研究结果,详细论证了这种做法的长期危害,最后提出“做真实的自己”的正确观点。由此可知,这篇文章的最佳标题是A项“为何‘假装成功直到真的成功’这一建议实则糟糕”。
(B)
The Shimmering State
by Meredith Westgate.
Atria Books, 2021 ($27)
Memoroxin, a personalized pill that replaces memories in people with Alzheimer’s, is being abused as a recreational drug. Disconnected from reality, Lucien and Sophie meet at a “Mem” health recovery center in Los Angeles, where personal psychological traumas, along with foreign memories, can be removed. They feel drawn to each other; have they met before? Like the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , The Shimmering State explores whether the joys and pains of love can ever be fully erased. Through interconnected relationships, the novel delves into some of the moral dilemmas of a technology that can catalog and edit consciousness.
—Jen Schwartz
Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
by Christopher Kemp.
W.W. Norton, 2022 ($26.95) Navigation is one of the most complex cognitive tasks humans engage in daily. In this fascinating dive into the brain, neurobiology researcher Christopher Kemp explores how we orient where we’re going, why we lose our way, and what scientists know about how we do both these things. Kemp’s explanations of concepts such as grid cells are clear and engaging, but the book shines brightest in his entertaining descriptions of his own chronic lostness, as well as in surprisingly moving stories about people who have wandered dangerously off route. Some make it home, but others don’t.
—Tess Joosse
Secret Worlds: The Extraordinary Senses of Animals
by Martin Stevens.
Oxford University Press, 2021 ($25.95)
Ecologist Martin Stevens catalogs animals’ sensory systems and how they exceed our own while informing and challenging our reality as humans. The book has a narrative and inquisitive style that will show examples of the amazing capabilities they allow, from nocturnal dung beetles that orientate by using the Milky Way to sea turtles that navigate currents by reading the earth’s magnetic fields. Secret Worlds is filled with lessons on how different species evolved to perceive the world.
—Jen St.Jude
Once There Were Wolves
by Charlotte McConaghy.
Flatiron Books, 2021 ($27.99)
Australian writer Charlotte McConaghy (author of Migrations ) delivers a thrilling and touching novel about a woman named Inti Flynn and her team of biologists who reintroduce gray wolves into Scotland’s remote Highlands. At first, the wolves seem to thrive, but when a farmer gets hurt, she suspects the man she loves. Her story unfolds as a social and scientific meditation on the consequences of influencing ecosystems, while reminding us that humans and animals alike can break our hearts.
—Amy Brady
40. What can we infer from the introduction of The Shimmering State?
A. Memoroxin, which cures Alzheimer’s, is a recreational drug.
B. Lucien and Sophie feel drawn to each other for foreign memories.
C. The book suggests the joys and pains of love should be completely removed.
D. Editing consciousness by a technology may bring about some moral problems.
41. It can be learned from the whole passage that__________.
A. among the four books, only Dark and Magical Places touches upon the topic of navigation
B. the heroine in Once There Were Wolves doesn’t believe the farmer is hurt by wolves
C. the highlights of Dark and Magical Places are Kemp’s explanations of some concepts
D. McConaghy’s novel merely focuses on the social and scientific impact on the ecosystems
42. If Bob is interested in science and wants to gain more insight into animals’ perception of the world, which of the books should be recommended?
A. The Shimmering State B. Dark and Magical Places
C. Secret Worlds D. Once There Were Wolves
【答案】40. D 41. B 42. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要以书籍推荐的形式,分别介绍了四本不同类型的书籍,包括科幻小说、神经生物学科普书、动物感官科普书和生态主题小说,简要说明了每本书的作者、出版社、定价及核心内容。
【40题详解】
推理判断题。根据《The Shimmering State》部分中的“Through interconnected relationships, the novel delves into some of the moral dilemmas of a technology that can catalog and edit consciousness.(这部小说通过人与人之间紧密相连的关系,深入探讨了一种能够记录并编辑人类意识的技术所引发的一些道德困境)”可推断,利用该技术编辑意识可能会带来一些道德层面的问题。故选D。
【41题详解】
细节理解题。根据《Once There Were Wolves》部分中的“At first, the wolves seem to thrive, but when a farmer gets hurt, she suspects the man she loves.(起初,这些狼似乎适应得很好,但当一位农夫遭遇意外受伤后,她却怀疑上了自己深爱的男人)”可知,农夫受伤后,女主角并未怀疑是狼造成的,反而怀疑自己爱的人,由此可推断她不相信农夫是被狼所伤。故选B。
【42题详解】
细节理解题。根据《Secret Worlds: The Extraordinary Senses of Animals》部分中的“Ecologist Martin Stevens catalogs animals’ sensory systems and how they exceed our own while informing and challenging our reality as humans.(生态学家马丁·史蒂文斯详细记载了动物的感官系统,以及这些系统如何超越人类的感官系统,同时为人类认知现实提供新的视角,也对人类既有的认知提出挑战)”和“Secret Worlds is filled with lessons on how different species evolved to perceive the world.(《神秘世界》一书详细阐述了不同物种如何进化出感知世界的能力)”可知,这两句话明确说明该书围绕动物的感官系统展开,讲解了不同动物感知世界的方式,恰好契合Bob想要了解动物对世界的感知这一需求。故选C。
(C)
Types of Social Groups
Life places us in a complex web of relationships with other people. Our humanness arises out of these relationships in the course of social interaction. Moreover, our humanness must be sustained through social interaction -- and fairly constantly so. When an association continues long enough for two people to become linked together by a relatively stable set of expectations, it is called a relationship.
People are bound within relationships by two types of bonds: expressive ties and instrumental ties. Expressive ties are social links formed when we emotionally invest ourselves in and commit ourselves to other people. Through association with people who are meaningful to us, we achieve a sense of security, love, acceptance, companionship, and personal worth. Instrumental ties are social links focused when we cooperate with other people to achieve some goal.
Occasionally, this may mean working with, instead of against, competitors. More often, we simply cooperate with others to reach some end without endowing the relationship with any larger significance.
Sociologists have built on the distinction between expressive and instrumental ties to distinguish between two types of groups: primary and secondary. A primary group involves two or more people who enjoy a direct, intimate, cohesive relationship with one another. Expressive ties predominate in primary groups: we view the people as ends in themselves and valuable in their own right. A secondary group entails two or more people who are involved in an impersonal relationship and have come together for a specific, practical purpose. Instrumental ties predominate in secondary groups ; we perceive people as means to ends rather than as ends in their own right. sometimes primary group relationships evolve out of secondary group relationships. This happens in many work settings. People on the job often develop close relationships with coworkers as they come to share gripes, jokes, gossip, and satisfactions.
A number of conditions enhance the likelihood that primary groups will arise. First, group size is important. We find it difficult to get to know people personally when they are milling about and dispersed in large groups. In small groups we have a better chance to initiate contact and establish rapport with them. Second, face - to - face contact allows us to size up others. Seeing and talking with one another in close physical proximity makes possible a subtle exchange of ideas and feelings. And third, the probability that we will develop primary group bonds increases as we have frequent and continuous contact. Our ties with people often deepen as we interact with them across time and gradually evolve interlocking habits and interests.
Primary groups are fundamental to us and to society. Sociologists view primary groups as bridges between individuals and the larger society because they transmit, mediate, and interpret a society’s cultural patterns and provide the sense of oneness so critical for social solidarity. Primary groups, then serve both as carriers of social norms and as enforcers of them.
43. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is true of a relationship?
A. It is a structure of associations with many people.
B. It should be studied in the course of social interaction.
C. It places great demands on people.
D. It develops gradually over time.
44. Which of the following can be inferred from the author’s claim in paragraph 4 that primary group relationships sometimes evolve out of secondary group relationships?
A. Secondary group relationships begin by being primary group relationships.
B. A secondary group relationship that is highly visible quickly becomes a primary group relationship.
C. Sociologists believe that only primary group relationships are important to society.
D. Even in secondary groups, frequent communication serves to bring people into close relationships.
45. The phrase “size up” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “________”.
A. enlarge B. evaluate
C. impress D. accept
46. This passage is developed primarily by ________.
A. drawing comparisons between theory and practice
B. presenting two opposing theories
C. defining important concepts
D. discussing causes and their effects
【答案】43. D 44. D 45. B 46. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了人们在关系中被两种纽带所束缚:表达性联系和工具性联系,分别说明了这两种联系的含义,以及在此基础上的两种群体类型:主要群体和次要群体,以及这两种群体的含义和区别。以及提高初级群体出现可能性的三个条件。最后表达初级群体的意义:它是我们和社会的基础,它既是社会规范的载体,又是社会规范的执行者。
【43题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中When an association continues long enough for two people to become linked together by a relatively stable set of expectations, it is called a relationship.(当一段关系持续足够长的时间,使两个人通过一组相对稳定的期望联系在一起时,这就叫做关系。)可知一段关系随着时间的推移而逐渐发展。故选D。
【44题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段中This happens in many work settings. People on the job often develop close relationships with coworkers as they come to share gripes, jokes, gossip, and satisfactions.(这在很多工作环境中都会发生。在工作中,当人们分享抱怨、笑话、八卦和乐事时,他们经常会与同事建立亲密的关系。)可知从作者在第4段中提出的主要群体关系有时由次要群体关系演变而来的观点中,我们可以推断出即使在第二群体中,频繁的交流也有助于人们建立亲密的关系。故选D。
【45题详解】
词义猜测题。根据下文Seeing and talking with one another in close physical proximity makes possible a subtle exchange of ideas and feelings.可知近距离的观察和交谈使思想和感情的微妙交流成为可能。即面对面的接触让我们能够评估他人。故短语意思为“评估”,故选B。
【46题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章主要内容,尤其是第二段主要说明了人们关系中的两种纽带关系的含义,以及第四段说明了由这两种关系而发展而来的两个群体的含义和区别。可推知这篇文章主要是通过定义重要的概念来展开的。故选C。
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. 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 you need.
If you’re like most people, you think you are smart enough to avoid advertising. _____47_____ That, at least, is what we tell ourselves. But what we tell ourselves is wrong. Advertising works, which is why, even in hard economic times, Madison Avenue is a $34 billion-a-year business.
Lindstrom is a practitioner of neuromarketing research, in which consumers are exposed to ads while connected to machines that monitor brain activity, pupil dilation, sweat responses and flickers in facial muscles, all of which are markers of emotion. According to his studies, 83% of all forms of advertising principally engage only one of our senses:sight. Hearing, however, can be just as powerful, though advertisers have taken only limited advantage of it. Historically, ads have relied on slogans to catch our ear, largely ignoring everyday sounds—a steak sizzling, a baby laughing and other noises our bodies can’t help paying attention to. _____48_____
To figure out what most appeals to our ear, Lindstrom wired up his volunteers, then played recordings of dozens of familiar sounds, from MeDonald’s ubiquitous “I’m Lovin’ It” slogan to cigarettes being lit. The sound that blew the doors off(远远胜过)all the rest—both in terms of interest and positive feelings—was a baby giggling. The other high-ranking sounds were less original but still powerful. The repetitive sound of a cell phone was Lindstrom’s second-place winner. Others that followed were an ATM distributing cash and a soda being popped and poured. In all of these cases, it didn’t take a professional to invent the sounds, infuse them with meaning and then play them over and over until the subjects internalized them. _____49_____
TV advertisers aren’t the only ones who may start putting sound to greater use. Retailers are also catching on. The 0101 department store in Japan, for example, has been designed as a series of soundscapes, playing different sound effects such as children at play, birdsongs and lapping water in the sportswear, fragrance and formal-wear sections. Lindstrom is consulting with clients about employing a similar strategy in European supermarkets, piping the sound of fizzing soda into the beverage department.
None of this means that advertisers just have to turn the audio dials and consumers will come running. Indeed, sometimes, they flee. In the early years of mainstream cell-phone use, the Nokia ringtone was recognized by 42% people in the UK—and soon became widely disliked. That, Lindstrom says, was partly because so few users practiced cell-phone etiquette and the blasted things kept going off in movie theatres. _____50_____, because people so often hear it when they are rebooting after their computer has crashed. In these cases, manufacturers themselves must reboot by changing the offending sound slightly or replacing it entirely.
A. Weave this stuff into an ad campaign, and we may be powerless to resist it.
B. Even when we solve the problem about when advertising works, we need to move on to the larger problem of predicting what works.
C. The Microsoft start-up sound has taken on similarly negative associations.
D. Major companies realized the importance of taking advantage of consumers’ curiosity about new commodities and make it a marketing strategy.
E. Rather, the sounds already had meaning and thus triggered a series of reactions: hunger, thirst, happy expectation.
F. You flip right past newspaper ads, never click on ads online and leave the room during TV commercials.
【答案】47. F 48. A 49. E 50. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍了我们在日常生活中总是试图远离广告,但这是徒劳的,广告对我们的影响是巨大的。
【47题详解】
前文“If you’re like most people, you think you are smart enough to avoid advertising.(如果你和大多数人一样,你认为自己足够聪明,可以远离广告。)”说明常人对广告的错误认知,后文“That, at least, is what we tell ourselves. But what we tell ourselves is wrong. Advertising works, which is why, even in hard economic times, Madison Avenue is a $34 billion-a-year business.(至少,这是我们告诉自己的。但我们告诉自己的是错误的。广告是有效的,这就是为什么即使在经济困难时期,麦迪逊大道也是一家年收入340亿美元的企业。)”举例子说明人们的主观感受是错误的。选项F(你掠过报纸广告的信息,从不点击在线广告,在电视广告期间离开房间)承接前文,指出“聪明的”人们是如何远离广告的,又呼应了下文对人们主观认为的“看似聪明”的做法的评价,that指代的便是选项F中人们的做法。故选F。
【48题详解】
前文的“According to his studies, 83% of all forms of advertising principally engage only one of our senses; sight. Hearing, however, can be just as powerful, though advertisers have taken only limited advantage of it. Historically, ads have relied on slogans to catch our ear, largely ignoring everyday sounds—a steak sizzling, a baby laughing and other noises our bodies can’t help paying attention to. (根据他的研究,83%的所有形式的广告主要只涉及我们的一种感官:视觉。然而,听觉也同样强大,尽管广告商只是有限地利用了它。从历史上看,广告一直依靠口号来吸引我们的耳朵,而在很大程度上忽略了日常的声音——牛排嘶嘶作响、婴儿大笑和其他我们身体忍不住要注意的声音。)”提到了过去的广告忽略了声音的作用,A项(把这些东西编进广告活动,我们可能无力抵抗。)承接上文,说明声音对顾客的影响是很大的,选项中的this stuff指的便是前文出现的“a steak sizzling, a baby laughing and other noises our bodies can’t help paying attention to(牛排嘶嘶作响、婴儿大笑和其他我们身体忍不住要注意的声音)”,故选A。
【49题详解】
前文“In all of these cases, it didn’t take a professional to invent the sounds, infuse them with meaning and then play them over and over until the subjects internalized them. (在所有这些情况下,不需要专业人员就可以创造声音并赋予其意义,也不需要反复播放直到受试者将其内化。)”提到了。 E项(而这些声音已经有了意义,因此引发了一系列反应,即对“饥饿、口渴、快乐”的期待。)承接前文,说明,这些声音能够吸引顾客产生购买的欲望,无需额外做什么,解决本题的关键词是前文出现的“it didn’t take…”,其中的not与选项E的rather建立了语义上的联系,“not…rather…”解释为“不是……而是……”。故选E。
【50题详解】
前文“ the blasted things kept going off in movie theatres.(电影院里的喧闹声此起彼伏)”提到了让人们感到反感的声音,C选项(微软初创公司的声音也出现了类似的负面联想。)承接前文,指出了微软初创公司的类似情况,与后文的“ because people so often hear it when they are rebooting after their computer has crashed(因为人们在电脑崩溃后重新启动时经常听到这种声音)”相呼应,C选项中的it指的是“微软初创公司电脑崩溃后重新启动时的声音”。故选C。
IV. Summary Writing (10')
51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage. Use your own words as far as possible.
Take flu outbreaks far more seriously
The usual response to the annual flu is not enough to combat the risks we currently face, let alone prepare us for an ever deadlier pandemic flu that most experts agree will come in the future. People suffer and die needlessly. In the U.S. alone, seasonal flu can cause up to 36 million infections, three quarters of a million hospitalizations and 56,000 deaths. We are not taking the time and investing the resources needed to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our communities.
Why not? We haven’t been hit by a truly devastating pandemic in a long time. So as individuals, we let down our guard as our leaders quietly defund and destaff the services we need to protect us. Since 2003 the federal government has cut per capita funding by 60% for the U.S. Public Health Emergency Preparedness program. This has contributed to the loss of more than 45,700 jobs at state and local health departments since 2008.
Why do we as a nation continue to leave ourselves vulnerable? The simple answer lies in our collective complacency. As soon as headlines about the flu are gone, hospitals are emptied of flu patients, schools are back in session and workplace absenteeism declines, we go back to business as usual.
At the personal level, you can learn the essentials of reducing flu transmission in your family and local community. You can make sure that everyone in your family receives the flu shot. And you can reach out to your congressional representatives to encourage them to support funding that strengthens local, state and national pandemic-preparedness programs. Your action today may be a matter of life and death for you and your loved ones.
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【答案】参考范文:
Not taking flu seriously makes it hard for us to deal with the risk of a deadly flu. The absence of a pandemic flu leads to inadequate preparedness. What’s more, people’s satisfaction with current situation leaves us vulnerable. We should learn about flu transmission, persuade our family to get flu shots and urge the government to support preparedness programs.
【解析】
【导语】这篇文章主要介绍了人们对流感的忽视以及对疫情准备不足,使他们容易受到流感的威胁。因此,我们应当了解流感的传播方式,接种疫苗,并呼吁政府为流感预防项目提供支持。
【详解】1 要点摘录
①The usual response to the annual flu is not enough to combat the risks we currently face, let alone prepare us for an ever deadlier pandemic flu that most experts agree will come in the future.
②Why not? We haven't been hit by a truly devastating pandemic in a long time.
③Why do we as a nation continue to leave ourselves vulnerable?
④At the personal level, you can learn the essentials of reducing flu transmission in your family and local community.
⑤You can make sure that everyone in your family receives the flu shot.
2.缜密构思将第1、2点整合为问题描述,第3、4整合为两种具体策略,第5点作为结果和总结。
3.遣词造句
Ignoring the issue of influenza will make it difficult for us to deal with the threat of a deadly flu.
What’s more, people’s satisfaction with the current situation leaves vulnerable.
We should learn about flu transmission, persuade our family to get flu shots and urge the government to support preparedness programs.
【点睛】[高分句型1] Not taking flu seriously make it hard for us to deal with the risk of a deadly flu.(运用了动名词短语作主语,以及it作形式宾语,动词不定式to do作真正宾语的固定句型)
[高分句型2] We should learn about flu transmission, persuade our family to get flu shots and urge the government to support preparedness programs.(运用了and连接的并列谓语动词的并列句型)
V. Translation (15')
52. 放学后,务必把教室门窗关好。(see to) (汉译英)
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【答案】See to it that the doors and windows of the classroom are closed after school./ See to it that you close the doors and windows of the classroom after school.
【解析】
【详解】“放学后”表达为after school,作时间状语;“务必”可用see to it that...结构,其中it为形式宾语,真正的宾语是that引导的从句,句子是祈使句;“把教室门窗关好”有两种表达,一是用被动语态the doors and windows of the classroom are closed,强调门窗被关好的状态;二是用主动形式you close the doors and windows of the classroom,突出动作执行者you。
53. 站在山顶,大自然的壮美让我们惊叹不已。(amaze) (汉译英)
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【答案】Standing on the top of the mountain, we are amazed at/by the magnificence of nature.
【解析】
【详解】表示“站在山顶”译为现在分词短语standing on the top of the mountain,与主语we构成主动关系;表示“让……惊叹不已”译为be amazed at/by;表示“大自然的壮美”译为the magnificence of nature。陈述客观事实,用一般现在时即可。
54. 一个新的科学真理不是因为说服了它的反对者而胜出的,而是因为熟悉这个想法的新一代人长大了。(convince) (汉译英)
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【答案】A new scientific truth triumphs doesn’t succeed because it has convinced its opponents but rather because a new generation that is familiar with the idea has grown up.
【解析】
【详解】“一个新的科学真理”表达为A new scientific truth;“胜出”常见表达为triumph ;“成功”为 succeed;“说服”是convince,“它的反对者”即its opponents ,所以“说服了它的反对者”是convince its opponents ,陈述过去动作对现在造成的影响,用现在完成时;“不是……而是……”结构为not...but...;“因为”这里用because引导原因状语从句;“熟悉”表达为become familiar with,“新一代人”是the new generation ,that becomes familiar with the idea是定语从句修饰the new generation;“长大”用grow up。主句句子陈述客观事实,用一般现在时。
55. 你可曾料到,自己多年前直播助农的决定会让自己在网上爆火,一夜之间收获成千上万的粉丝?(occur) (汉译英)
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【答案】Did it occur to you that your decision years ago to become a livestreamer to help farmers would make you become an Internet sensation and gain thousands of followers overnight?
【解析】
【详解】“料到”表达为occur to,“你可曾料到”用一般过去时的一般疑问句Did it occur to you ,it作形式主语,真正的主语是that引导的从句;“直播”表达为become a livestreamer ,“助农”用动词不定式to help farmers表目的;“决定”是your decision;“多年前”为years ago ;“自己多年前直播助农的决定”用动词不定式作后置定语修饰名词decision,即your decision years ago to become a livestreamer to help farmers;“会在网上爆火”用过去将来时,结合主语可知转述为“会使你在网上爆火”表达为would make you become an Internet sensation;“一夜之间”是overnight ;“收获”用gain,“成千上万的粉丝”为thousands of followers ,作宾语,and连接并列的宾语的宾语补足语make和gain,调整语序翻译为and gain thousands of followers overnight。
VI. Guided Writing (25')
56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120–150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
随着 AI 作业助手 (AI homework assistants) 的普及,越来越多中学生开始用它们完成作业、解答难题。有人认为这类工具能帮学生高效解决学习难点,节省时间;也有人担心过度依赖会削弱学生的独立思考能力和解题能力。假设你是高中生李华,在校园论坛上看到相关讨论,决定回帖表达你的看法。回帖内容应包括:
1.你对中学生使用 AI 作业助手的态度;
2.你的理由(至少两点)。
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【答案】 Nowadays, AI homework assistants are widely used among middle school students, causing heated debates online. As Li Hua, I hold the view that we should use such AI tools wisely rather than rely on them blindly.
For one thing, AI assistants can effectively help us tackle difficult problems and clear up learning confusion. They offer detailed explanations, saving us much time spent thinking alone. For another, excessive dependence will do great harm to us. If we copy answers directly, we will gradually lose the ability of independent thinking and problem-solving, which is essential for our long-term study.
In short, AI is just a useful helper. We should think independently first and turn to it only when necessary. Only in this way can we make progress in our studies.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生对于随着 AI 作业助手 (AI homework assistants) 的普及,越来越多中学生开始用它们完成作业、解答难题。有人认为这类工具能帮学生高效解决学习难点,节省时间;也有人担心过度依赖会削弱学生的独立思考能力和解题能力这一情况,表达你的看法。
【详解】1.词汇积累
激烈的:heated → intense
明智地:wisely → advisably
解决:tackle → solve
至关重要的:essential → crucial
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句:For one thing, AI assistants can effectively help us tackle difficult problems and clear up learning confusion.
拓展句:For one thing, AI assistants can operate efficiently so that they can help us tackle difficult problems and clear up learning confusion.
【点睛】【高分句型1】If we copy answers directly, we will gradually lose the ability of independent thinking and problem-solving, which is essential for our long-term study.(运用了If引导的条件状语从句以及which引导的非限制性定语从句)
【高分句型2】Nowadays, AI homework assistants are widely used among middle school students, causing heated debates online.(运用了非谓语动词中的现在分词作状语)
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