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高二英语训练
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)
做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅该下一小题。每段对话该两遍。
1. Why does the man come to the woman?
A. To return a form. B. To buy a computer. C. To find a job.
2. What is the man invited to do this evening?
A. See an art show. B. Go to the cinema. C. Go to the library.
3. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Clean her shoes. B. Buy some shoes now. C. Wait for the sales.
4. What does the woman think of Emma's lecture?
A. Boring. B. Meaningful. C. Difficult.
5. What color does the woman choose for her walls?
A. White. B. Yellow. C. Blue.
第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Colleagues.
B. Receptionist and visitor.
C. Student and teacher.
7. What does the woman give the man?
A. A guidebook. B. A city map. C. A schedule.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. Why did the man leave the gym?
A. It was too crowded there.
B. The membership fee was too high.
C. The equipment was in poor condition.
9. Where are the speakers going to look for the wallet?
A. To the cinema. B. To the shopping mall. C. To the café.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. What is Isabel's?
A. A clothing shop. B. A school. C. A restaurant.
11. When did Lucy buy the evening dress?
A. Last month.
B. Yesterday.
C. The day before yesterday.
12. What will the speakers probably do first?
A. Fill up the car. B. Go to a party. C. Have lunch.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At home. B. In a hotel. C. In a meeting room.
14. What is the woman doing now?
A. Making a complaint.
B. Expecting an apology.
C. Asking for some advice.
15. How many problems does the woman describe in the room?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
16. What could the man probably be?
A. A repairman. B. A cleaner. C. A manager.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What is the closing date for the submission of paintings?
A. August 30th. B. October 5th. C. November 1st.
18. What is the topic of this year's competition?
A. The Cities. B. The World. C. The Future.
19. What is the special prize for school groups?
A. A course from an artist.
B. Some famous pictures.
C. Children's storybooks.
20. What does Harry Roberts do now?
A. A painter. B. A reporter. C. A teacher.
第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
We are committed to encouraging the creation of works of poetry and to building readerships. Welcome to our competition of 2026!
Eligibility (资格)
·All competitors shall be at least 18 years old at the time of entry submission.
·Entries may be submitted from anywhere in the world.
·All entries must be primarily in English. The inclusion of a few non-English words or phrases is acceptable.
·If a poem is scheduled to be published elsewhere on or before September 30 of the competition year, it must be immediately withdrawn. If a poem, accepted elsewhere simultaneously (同时地), is to be published after September 30 of the competition year, it remains eligible and need not be withdrawn. In that case, successful competitors will ensure that first publication by us is duly acknowledged in the subsequent publication.
·Submissions must be original; any submission that is found to have been created by or with the use or assistance of AI will be disqualified.
Notice
All entries must be entered exclusively using the online submission platform linked to our website.
An entry fee is required for each entry. Entries will not be refunded (退款) under any circumstances. Fees are based on early and final entry deadlines, and first or additional entry status. The applicable fees are as follows:
① $25 for a first entry during the early entry period;
② $28 for a first entry during the later entry period;
③ $20 for every additional entry.
The Prize and the Publications
Sixty poems will be chosen for publication. Of these, we will select one poem as winner of the single prize of $20,000 in funds. The winner will be announced by December 1.
1. What will cause a competitor to be disqualified for the competition?
A. Getting AI involved in poem writing. B. Using minor foreign terms in the poem.
C. Handing in entries from overseas regions. D. Planning to publish the work in late October.
2. What can we learn about the competition?
A. Publishing the selected works will be charged. B. Winners can claim rewards prior to December.
C. Offline entry submission is totally unavailable. D. All the submissions can apply to be published.
3. What is the total fee for two late-period submissions?
A. $45. B. $48. C. $53. D. $56.
B
A few years ago, Casey Harrell was diagnosed with a deadly brain disease. The disease left him unable to say a word. But last year, a doctor implanted tiny electrodes in the speech center of Harrell’s brain. They picked up brainwaves that a computer could translate into words. Today, the middle-aged man can “speak” again.
Using recordings of his voice taken prior to his disease, scientists were able to train an artificial intelligence (AI) model. With its help, Harrell now “speaks” through an electronic voice synthesizer (语音合成器). And thanks to that AI, his synthetic voice sounds similar to the natural voice he once had.
“One of the things that people with my disease suffer from is isolation and depression,” Harrell says. Without the new technology, these individuals don’t feel they are valued by society any longer. With it, he and others like him may be able to actively participate in society again.
“This new technology offers by far the most accurate speech-decoding ever described,” says David Brandman, the neurosurgeon at the University of California, Davis Health, who implanted the devices in Harrell’s brain. His team shared details of how the technology worked in the August 14 New England Journal of Medicine. Brandman emphasizes this technology isn’t a mind reader. It can’t listen to someone’s secret thoughts. It only works when the users want it to — when they are trying to speak. “There are thousands of people in the US right now who want to talk, but can’t,” says Brandman. “They are trapped in their own bodies.” One day, this technology may assist many of them to get their voices back.
Electrical signals from the brain travel along neurons to control every movement in the body. Different parts of the brain turn on each time a person waves a hand, runs, or smiles. Those electrical signals travel down pathways to activate the muscles one wants to use. But injury or disease can damage parts of those neural pathways. This can keep the electrical signals from reaching the muscles needed to move or speak.
4. How do scientists make Harrell’s synthetic voice so natural?
A. By curing his voice and recording it.
B. By recording AI voice and training it.
C. By using AI to copy his previous voice.
D. By picking up brainwaves to translate them.
5. Which aspect of Harrell does the new technology improve?
A. Political status. B. Economic income.
C. Artistic appreciation. D. Communicative competence.
6. What does Brandman think of the new technology?
A. It reads mind accurately. B. It discloses the users’ secrets.
C. It is helpful with a great prospect. D. It activates users to think normally.
7. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The little significance of brainwaves. B. The original source of electrical signals.
C. The key role of the brain in the human body. D. The work principle behind the new technology.
C
The seemingly lifeless Arctic water below the ice near Northern Finland has a temperature only slightly above 0 ℃. But some people are about to jump down there to venture under the ice. Sophie Kalkowski-Pope is one of the divers preparing to visit this strange, upside-down world where she will swim below a ceiling of smooth ice. The marine biology graduate is part of an ice-diving training party that has gathered here.
It’s so freezing that even with thermal clothing and special gloves, divers find it hard to use their hands after just 30 minutes underwater. There are other dangers, too, so strict safety rules are in place. Divers are tied to the surface, using a safety rope, with a handler on the surface communicating with the diver via rope signals. One tug for “OK”, two tugs for “stop”, three for “come back”.
Scientists, driven to understand the changes unfolding here, are going to extremes to carry out their fieldwork. Some are learning ice diving techniques, so that they may observe underwater Arctic ecosystems and document the quickening disappearance of the ice. Their short and sometimes dangerous expeditions are revealing the secrets of a rapidly melting world. By studying changes in sea ice, scientists are able to gain a better understanding of how quickly climate change is unfolding. Ice diving, in particular, allows researchers to collect first-hand data on ice thickness, density (密度) and movement as well as water temperatures and salinity. The polar regions also have unique plants and animals adapted to living in extremely cold conditions, and some of these organisms are visible during ice dives.
“Climate change is progressing at such a rate that decisions are sometimes not made with the latest available scientific knowledge. This is a problem. We need to keep science at the forefront,” said Sophie. But there is also the exciting attraction of fieldwork like this — going to places where few humans can, in order to document our planet a little better. That keeps researchers like her returning to the dark world under the ice. “There is, of course, also an element of adventure that drives us,” she added.
8. What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 1?
A. To draw readers’ attention.
B. To state the topic of the text.
C. To highlight researchers’ hardship.
D. To show a strange party for graduates.
9. Why do some researchers learn to dive under ice?
A. To test warm diving equipment.
B. To track rapid environmental shifts.
C. To experience adventurous fieldwork.
D. To study creatures in the cold-water sea.
10. Which word can best describe Sophie?
A. Fearless. B. Cautious. C. Demanding. D. Mysterious.
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A. The Fast Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice
B. A Scientific Mission Below the Freezing Point
C. A Way to Find Out Secret s Under the Arctic Ice
D. The Dangers of Arctic Ice Diving for Researchers
D
In the TV series, Doctor Who, treeborgs supply fresh air to spaceship passengers. Part tree, part robot, these devices transform starlight into oxygen. In Nnedi Okorafor’s novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, children receive their own “flora (植物群) computers”. These are personal machines made of leaves, grown from CPU seeds and shaped into useful tech. Although these devices may be fictional, flower-powered machines are getting real. This new generation of devices is a type of biohybrid technology.
Engineers have attempted to make robots that work like living things. “But re-creating the complex functions of a hand or a leaf is impossible with artificial materials,” says Anand Mishra, an engineer at Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y. Using life-forms to build machines can overcome some limits of human technology, though. Researchers like Mishra are looking at how fungi (真菌) and plants can give machines abilities they couldn’t achieve with electronics alone. Among these life-forms, fungi have drawn special attention for their unique biological features.
Fungi aren’t plants. They’re more closely related to animals. But Mishra used one of the fungi’s most plantlike features, mycelia (菌丝), to help his bots sense their surroundings. Fungi use these rootlike structures to tunnel through soil for nutrients. Mycelia also detect environmental cues such as light, heat, and chemicals.
Mishra’s team grew mycelia directly into electrodes (电极) on two robots. The fungi communicated with the robots via electrical signals known as action potentials, whose electrical pulses are similar to those generated by the human heart and nerve cells. Mycelia could produce natural action potentials, and such random electrical bursts enabled the biobots to walk or move around. When exposed to external light, mycelia sent out stronger electrical pulses, which changed the robots’ gait and proved their ability to sense environmental changes.
Using fungi in biohybrid robots is still “pretty new”, Mishra says. His team now hopes to test how such tech responds to other cues, such as gases and chemicals. One day, their robots’ sensory superpowers may help out in agriculture. Future mushroom bots may walk through crop fields, testing soil health and other conditions as they go.
12. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?
A. By giving examples. B. By analyzing causes.
C. By raising questions. D. By making comparisons.
13. Why did Mishra choose mycelia for the research?
A. Because of its rich nutrients. B. Because of its limited forms.
C. Because of its sensory ability. D. Because of its external features.
14. What does the underlined word “gait” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The source of light. B. The way of walking.
C. The reason for change. D. The potential for growth.
15. What does the last paragraph stress about fungal robots?
A. Their weaknesses. B. Their prospects.
C. Their research process. D. Their production background.
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。
Are you starting work on a sci-fi story but stuck on how to design its background? Here are some tips.
Decide when your story takes place. Sure, sci-fi is often set in the future, but it doesn’t have to be. You could have aliens rolling into a small town in the 2050s, or write a time travel story that goes back into the past. Picking the distant future gives you tons of freedom to get creative. If you set it in the past, you’re more boxed in. ____16____
Research real locations and their histories to incorporate them into your world. Even if your story takes place on a distant planet, take influence from cultures and events here on Earth. ____17____ Experiment with mixing different cultural practices when creating an alien race. For example, you may blend a nomadic (游牧的) culture in which characters dress like the Vikings.
____18____ Most of your science should be loosely rooted in reality. Otherwise, readers may get lost in the universe you’re creating. If you’re introducing new technology that is completely foreign to readers, be sure to describe it in enough detail for them to picture it clearly. The sci-fi novel The Martian relies on real science to send a man to Mars. ____19____
Figure out what the main conflict of the story is. This will give the story an end goal and frame the narrative for readers. ____20____ The battle may be between your alien characters or between an alien character and a human character. Say your aliens have taken over the human world because their planet is no longer habitable. This setup may then result in a human hero who tries to fight the aliens with a special ability.
A. Keep track of recent scientific breakthroughs.
B. Ground your world’s rules in existing science
C. This human is then able to access their conversations.
D. That little connection will make your story easier to relate to.
E. Then it shows how he manages to survive after being left behind.
F. It will also allow you to heighten tension through your characters.
G. You’ll have to do your homework on what was happening back then.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Over the years, Chelsea had always struggled — both academically and with self-confidence. Her mother had died ____21____ a battle with cancer when Chelsea was a fifth grader. As she began sixth grade, Chelsea was still ____22____.
Each fall, we would take sixth graders for a five-day ____23____ at Wolf Ridge, a learning center in the woods. The week is filled with team building and overcoming challenges that ____24____ seemed impossible. The ____25____ of students at Wolf Ridge becomes a metaphor (隐喻) we will use when they encounter challenges in the classroom.
The ____26____ part is the High Adventure Ropes Course, where the rope stretches from tower to tower, forty feet above the ground. I knew Chelsea was ____27____ to fear this experience. When it was her ____28____, Chelsea was already shaking. The harness (安全带) protected the body, but not much ____29____ comfort. Chelsea stepped hesitantly onto the rope, her shaking body ____30____ the rope swaying (摇摆). From down below, her partner shouted up supportively, “Chelsea, you’re doing great!”
____31____, Chelsea stepped out and slowly inched her way across. When she moved to the middle of the rope, we sensed Chelsea’s internal ____32____. Her classmates had gathered below and kept offering ____33____ by moving forward together as a group, ____34____ Chelsea’s slow, step-by-step progress. Ultimately, she reached the destination, ____35____ in the waiting arms of classmates, worn out but proud.
21. A. following B. winning C. fearing D. ignoring
22. A. emerging B. focusing C. negotiating D. hurting
23. A. celebration B. adventure C. delay D. protest
24. A. actually B. finally C. initially D. officially
25. A. growth B. recipe C. state D. dream
26. A. lowest B. toughest C. funniest D. latest
27. A. ashamed B. ready C. bound D. unable
28. A. field B. style C. fault D. turn
29. A. mental B. potential C. previous D. occasional
30. A. relying on B. adding to C. holding back D. taking over
31. A. Astonished B. Annoyed C. Confused D. Inspired
32. A. struggle B. criticism C. energy D. liberation
33. A. supplies B. funds C. cheers D. shelters
34. A. predicting B. matching C. expanding D. reducing
35. A. assembling B. persevering C. dominating D. collapsing
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China began piloting garbage sorting in 2000 in 8 cities. Then, in 2017, the country implemented mandatory (强制的) waste classification in 46 key cities. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, 92.6 percent of residential communities in cities ____36____ (equip) with garbage-sorting facilities so far.
Despite standout success in a few major cities, China’s national garbage-sorting campaign is still in ____37____ (it) early stages in many other cities, with many residents not yet adopting the practice, according to a report by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.
The conclusion is based on data from ____38____ initiative the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) launched five years ago, ____39____ uses photo and video uploads to promote public oversight and participation in urban waste management.
The organization also developed a garbage sorting index (指标) ____40____ (evaluate) the performance of different cities in promoting waste classification. To date, the NGO has collected 260,000 pieces of data. The ____41____ (assess) of the data shows that China’s urban waste-sorting efforts have developed from experimental trials into an increasingly systematic framework, the report said.
This progress is marked by world-class garbage-sorting systems in leading cities ____42____ Suzhou and Shanghai, it noted. However, key ____43____ (challenge) still exist, particularly uneven (不均衡的) implementation across regions and the low recovery rates ____44____ (associate) with low-value recyclables.
A researcher at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, said the practices in Shanghai and Suzhou had achieved remarkable success, _____45_____ (suggest) that Chinese cities are fully capable of establishing a complete waste classification system.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 为了让学生意识到健康的生活方式的重要性,你校英文报正在举办主题为“Living well”的征文活动。请你写一篇短文投稿,内容包括:
(1)你坚持的良好生活习惯;
(2)该习惯给你带来的影响。
注意:
(1)写作词数应为80个左右;
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My Healthy Habit
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第二节 (满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When I was eighteen, I worked in fast food. But I didn’t like it. It didn’t start out that way. When I first started working, that little restaurant was my whole social life. I’d been a sheltered kid, and it was exciting to hang around such a diverse, worldly crew of young adults. For a while, I loved everything about it: making the food on the line, learning a whole new cuisine I’d never eaten before, joking with coworkers and customers at the front counter.
Over time, though, it started to wear on me. There were buses that pulled in one minute before closing time, letting off kids who’d mess up the place and make me clean it again. The split shifts (轮班) I was assigned took up my entire day, but in the end, they didn’t really bring in much extra pay.
Then I was assigned to work in the drive-through window, where customers could be served without having to get out of their cars. Loud vehicles rattled my eardrums and overpowered the voice of the person who was ordering. There were people who spoke so softly that I assumed they were talking to each other in the car until they shouted at me because I hadn’t acknowledged them.
There were also some people who were talking to each other and got mad at me when I asked them to confirm that I’d gotten their order right. There were people who left their radios on, which also obscured (使……模糊) their voices. Other people came to the window stinking (有难闻的气味) of smoke. They shouted at me for getting orders wrong after they had changed their minds five times at the ordering station.
I came to fear every day I was scheduled to work. It didn’t take long for me to realize this was unsustainable. Nothing was going to change unless it was me. I had two choices: be miserable or figure out how to get into a better mental space at work.
注意:
(1)续写词数应为150个左右;
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I decided to change my way of serving the customers driving past my window.
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The change made a big difference.
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高二英语训练
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)
做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅该下一小题。每段对话该两遍。
1. Why does the man come to the woman?
A. To return a form. B. To buy a computer. C. To find a job.
2. What is the man invited to do this evening?
A. See an art show. B. Go to the cinema. C. Go to the library.
3. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Clean her shoes. B. Buy some shoes now. C. Wait for the sales.
4. What does the woman think of Emma's lecture?
A. Boring. B. Meaningful. C. Difficult.
5. What color does the woman choose for her walls?
A. White. B. Yellow. C. Blue.
第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Colleagues.
B. Receptionist and visitor.
C. Student and teacher.
7. What does the woman give the man?
A. A guidebook. B. A city map. C. A schedule.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. Why did the man leave the gym?
A. It was too crowded there.
B. The membership fee was too high.
C. The equipment was in poor condition.
9. Where are the speakers going to look for the wallet?
A. To the cinema. B. To the shopping mall. C. To the café.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. What is Isabel's?
A. A clothing shop. B. A school. C. A restaurant.
11. When did Lucy buy the evening dress?
A. Last month.
B. Yesterday.
C. The day before yesterday.
12. What will the speakers probably do first?
A. Fill up the car. B. Go to a party. C. Have lunch.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At home. B. In a hotel. C. In a meeting room.
14. What is the woman doing now?
A. Making a complaint.
B. Expecting an apology.
C. Asking for some advice.
15. How many problems does the woman describe in the room?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
16. What could the man probably be?
A. A repairman. B. A cleaner. C. A manager.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What is the closing date for the submission of paintings?
A. August 30th. B. October 5th. C. November 1st.
18. What is the topic of this year's competition?
A. The Cities. B. The World. C. The Future.
19. What is the special prize for school groups?
A. A course from an artist.
B. Some famous pictures.
C. Children's storybooks.
20. What does Harry Roberts do now?
A. A painter. B. A reporter. C. A teacher.
第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
We are committed to encouraging the creation of works of poetry and to building readerships. Welcome to our competition of 2026!
Eligibility (资格)
·All competitors shall be at least 18 years old at the time of entry submission.
·Entries may be submitted from anywhere in the world.
·All entries must be primarily in English. The inclusion of a few non-English words or phrases is acceptable.
·If a poem is scheduled to be published elsewhere on or before September 30 of the competition year, it must be immediately withdrawn. If a poem, accepted elsewhere simultaneously (同时地), is to be published after September 30 of the competition year, it remains eligible and need not be withdrawn. In that case, successful competitors will ensure that first publication by us is duly acknowledged in the subsequent publication.
·Submissions must be original; any submission that is found to have been created by or with the use or assistance of AI will be disqualified.
Notice
All entries must be entered exclusively using the online submission platform linked to our website.
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The Prize and the Publications
Sixty poems will be chosen for publication. Of these, we will select one poem as winner of the single prize of $20,000 in funds. The winner will be announced by December 1.
1. What will cause a competitor to be disqualified for the competition?
A. Getting AI involved in poem writing. B. Using minor foreign terms in the poem.
C. Handing in entries from overseas regions. D. Planning to publish the work in late October.
2. What can we learn about the competition?
A. Publishing the selected works will be charged. B. Winners can claim rewards prior to December.
C. Offline entry submission is totally unavailable. D. All the submissions can apply to be published.
3. What is the total fee for two late-period submissions?
A. $45. B. $48. C. $53. D. $56.
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. B
【解析】
【导语】文章介绍了2026年某诗歌比赛的参赛信息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Eligibility部分“·Submissions must be original; any submission that is found to have been created by or with the use or assistance of AI will be disqualified.(提交的作品必须为原创;任何被发现由人工智能创作或使用人工智能辅助完成的作品将被取消资格)”可知,使用AI创作或AI辅助创作的作品将被取消资格。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Notice部分“All entries must be entered exclusively using the online submission platform linked to our website.(所有参赛作品必须通过我们网站链接的在线提交平台独家提交)”可知,该比赛只接受在线投稿。所以,线下投稿完全不可行。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据Notice部分“① $25 for a first entry during the early entry period; ② $28 for a first entry during the later entry period; ③ $20 for every additional entry.(①早鸟报名期首次报名25美元;②晚期报名期首次报名28美元;③每次额外报名20美元)”可知,后期首次投稿费用为28美元,每篇额外的投稿费用为20美元。因此,后期两篇投稿费用为48美元。
B
A few years ago, Casey Harrell was diagnosed with a deadly brain disease. The disease left him unable to say a word. But last year, a doctor implanted tiny electrodes in the speech center of Harrell’s brain. They picked up brainwaves that a computer could translate into words. Today, the middle-aged man can “speak” again.
Using recordings of his voice taken prior to his disease, scientists were able to train an artificial intelligence (AI) model. With its help, Harrell now “speaks” through an electronic voice synthesizer (语音合成器). And thanks to that AI, his synthetic voice sounds similar to the natural voice he once had.
“One of the things that people with my disease suffer from is isolation and depression,” Harrell says. Without the new technology, these individuals don’t feel they are valued by society any longer. With it, he and others like him may be able to actively participate in society again.
“This new technology offers by far the most accurate speech-decoding ever described,” says David Brandman, the neurosurgeon at the University of California, Davis Health, who implanted the devices in Harrell’s brain. His team shared details of how the technology worked in the August 14 New England Journal of Medicine. Brandman emphasizes this technology isn’t a mind reader. It can’t listen to someone’s secret thoughts. It only works when the users want it to — when they are trying to speak. “There are thousands of people in the US right now who want to talk, but can’t,” says Brandman. “They are trapped in their own bodies.” One day, this technology may assist many of them to get their voices back.
Electrical signals from the brain travel along neurons to control every movement in the body. Different parts of the brain turn on each time a person waves a hand, runs, or smiles. Those electrical signals travel down pathways to activate the muscles one wants to use. But injury or disease can damage parts of those neural pathways. This can keep the electrical signals from reaching the muscles needed to move or speak.
4. How do scientists make Harrell’s synthetic voice so natural?
A. By curing his voice and recording it.
B. By recording AI voice and training it.
C. By using AI to copy his previous voice.
D. By picking up brainwaves to translate them.
5. Which aspect of Harrell does the new technology improve?
A. Political status. B. Economic income.
C. Artistic appreciation. D. Communicative competence.
6. What does Brandman think of the new technology?
A. It reads mind accurately. B. It discloses the users’ secrets.
C. It is helpful with a great prospect. D. It activates users to think normally.
7. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The little significance of brainwaves. B. The original source of electrical signals.
C. The key role of the brain in the human body. D. The work principle behind the new technology.
【答案】4. C 5. D 6. C 7. D
【解析】
【导语】Casey Harrell因病失语,一项新技术配合AI复刻他往日嗓音,让他能够通过电子语音合成器“说话”并回归社会生活。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“Using recordings of his voice taken prior to his disease, scientists were able to train an artificial intelligence (AI) model. With its help, Harrell now “speaks” through an electronic voice synthesizer (语音合成器). And thanks to that AI, his synthetic voice sounds similar to the natural voice he once had.(科学家利用他在患病前录制的声音,训练出一个人工智能(AI)模型。借助这一模型,哈雷尔现在可以通过电子语音合成器“说话”。多亏了这个AI,他的合成声音听起来与他曾经的自然声音十分相似)”可知,科学家利用Harrell患病前的语音录音训练人工智能模型,以此复刻他往日的嗓音,使合成语音听起来很自然。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段““One of the things that people with my disease suffer from is isolation and depression,” Harrell says. Without the new technology, these individuals don’t feel they are valued by society any longer. With it, he and others like him may be able to actively participate in society again.(“患有我这种疾病的人常常会经历孤独和抑郁,”哈雷尔说。如果没有这项新技术,这些人便不再觉得社会重视他们了。有了它,他和其他类似的人或许能够重新积极参与到社会中来)”可知,该项新技术提高了他的交际能力。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段““This new technology offers by far the most accurate speech-decoding ever described,” says David Brandman, the neurosurgeon at the University of California, Davis Health, who implanted the devices in Harrell’s brain. His team shared details of how the technology worked in the August 14 New England Journal of Medicine. Brandman emphasizes this technology isn’t a mind reader. It can’t listen to someone’s secret thoughts. It only works when the users want it to-when they are trying to speak. “There are thousands of people in the US right now who want to talk, but can’t,” says Brandman. “They are trapped in their own bodies.” One day, this technology may assist many of them to get their voices back.(“这项新技术提供了迄今为止最精确的语音解码技术,”加州大学戴维斯分校医疗中心的神经外科医生大卫·布兰德曼表示,他将这些设备植入了哈雷尔的大脑。他的团队在8月14日出版的《新英格兰医学杂志》上分享了该技术的工作原理。布兰德曼强调,这项技术并非心灵读取器,无法监听人们的内心秘密,而仅在用户主动想要时起作用——即当他们试图说话时。“目前美国有成千上万的人想说话却无法实现,”布兰德曼说,“他们被困在自己的身体里。” 未来,这项技术或许能帮助其中许多人重新获得发声能力)”可知,Brandman表示该项新技术的语音解码精确度极高,但它并非读心工具,未来还能帮助全美众多失语人群重获发声能力。由此可知,该项新技术的实用价值突出且前景广阔。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。根据最后一段“Electrical signals from the brain travel along neurons to control every movement in the body. Different parts of the brain turn on each time a person waves a hand, runs, or smiles. Those electrical signals travel down pathways to activate the muscles one wants to use. But injury or disease can damage parts of those neural pathways. This can keep the electrical signals from reaching the muscles needed to move or speak.(大脑发出的电信号通过神经元传递,控制着身体的每一个动作。每当一个人挥手、跑步或微笑时,大脑的不同部位就会被激活。这些电信号沿着特定路径下行,以激活想要使用的肌肉。但若出现损伤或疾病,可能会损害这些神经通路的部分,导致电信号无法传达到运动或说话所需的肌肉)”可知,最后一段说明了新技术背后的工作原理。
C
The seemingly lifeless Arctic water below the ice near Northern Finland has a temperature only slightly above 0 ℃. But some people are about to jump down there to venture under the ice. Sophie Kalkowski-Pope is one of the divers preparing to visit this strange, upside-down world where she will swim below a ceiling of smooth ice. The marine biology graduate is part of an ice-diving training party that has gathered here.
It’s so freezing that even with thermal clothing and special gloves, divers find it hard to use their hands after just 30 minutes underwater. There are other dangers, too, so strict safety rules are in place. Divers are tied to the surface, using a safety rope, with a handler on the surface communicating with the diver via rope signals. One tug for “OK”, two tugs for “stop”, three for “come back”.
Scientists, driven to understand the changes unfolding here, are going to extremes to carry out their fieldwork. Some are learning ice diving techniques, so that they may observe underwater Arctic ecosystems and document the quickening disappearance of the ice. Their short and sometimes dangerous expeditions are revealing the secrets of a rapidly melting world. By studying changes in sea ice, scientists are able to gain a better understanding of how quickly climate change is unfolding. Ice diving, in particular, allows researchers to collect first-hand data on ice thickness, density (密度) and movement as well as water temperatures and salinity. The polar regions also have unique plants and animals adapted to living in extremely cold conditions, and some of these organisms are visible during ice dives.
“Climate change is progressing at such a rate that decisions are sometimes not made with the latest available scientific knowledge. This is a problem. We need to keep science at the forefront,” said Sophie. But there is also the exciting attraction of fieldwork like this — going to places where few humans can, in order to document our planet a little better. That keeps researchers like her returning to the dark world under the ice. “There is, of course, also an element of adventure that drives us,” she added.
8. What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 1?
A. To draw readers’ attention.
B. To state the topic of the text.
C. To highlight researchers’ hardship.
D. To show a strange party for graduates.
9. Why do some researchers learn to dive under ice?
A. To test warm diving equipment.
B. To track rapid environmental shifts.
C. To experience adventurous fieldwork.
D. To study creatures in the cold-water sea.
10. Which word can best describe Sophie?
A. Fearless. B. Cautious. C. Demanding. D. Mysterious.
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A. The Fast Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice
B. A Scientific Mission Below the Freezing Point
C. A Way to Find Out Secret s Under the Arctic Ice
D. The Dangers of Arctic Ice Diving for Researchers
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. A 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文介绍了科研人员在北极开展冰潜训练,冒着极端低温与风险深入冰下,收集海冰与气候数据、开展生态研究的科研故事。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“The seemingly lifeless Arctic water below the ice near Northern Finland has a temperature only slightly above 0 ℃. But some people are about to jump down there to venture under the ice.(芬兰北部冰层下看似毫无生机的北极水域,温度仅略高于零摄氏度。但仍有人打算跳入这里,在冰下展开探险。)”可知,作者开篇描绘极端严酷的冰下环境,再引出冰潜科研人员的特殊行动,目的是制造反差感,抓住读者好奇心,吸引读者继续阅读。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Some are learning ice diving techniques, so that they may observe underwater Arctic ecosystems and document the quickening disappearance of the ice.(部分科研人员学习冰潜技术,是为了观察北极水下生态系统,记录加速消融的海冰。)”以及“By studying changes in sea ice, scientists are able to gain a better understanding of how quickly climate change is unfolding.(通过研究海冰变化,科学家能够更清晰地了解气候变化的发展速度。)” 可知,研究人员学习冰潜是为了追踪快速变化的北极环境与气候。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Sophie Kalkowski-Pope is one of the divers preparing to visit this strange, upside-down world where she will swim below a ceiling of smooth ice.(索菲・卡尔科夫斯基 - 波普是准备探索这个奇异倒置世界的潜水员之一,她将在光滑的冰盖下方游动。)”以及最后一段她的表述“There is, of course, also an element of adventure that drives us,(当然,冒险精神也是驱动我们的动力之一,)”可知,索菲主动参与危险的冰潜科研,不惧极端环境与风险,是无畏的人。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第三段“Scientists, driven to understand the changes unfolding here, are going to extremes to carry out their fieldwork.(为了弄清这里正在发生的变化,科学家们采取极端方式开展实地研究。)”并结合全文内容可知,文章核心讲述科研人员冒着风险在北极冰点以下的冰下开展科研工作,收集气候与生态数据,所以B项“A Scientific Mission Below the Freezing Point(冰点以下的科学任务)”符合语境。
D
In the TV series, Doctor Who, treeborgs supply fresh air to spaceship passengers. Part tree, part robot, these devices transform starlight into oxygen. In Nnedi Okorafor’s novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, children receive their own “flora (植物群) computers”. These are personal machines made of leaves, grown from CPU seeds and shaped into useful tech. Although these devices may be fictional, flower-powered machines are getting real. This new generation of devices is a type of biohybrid technology.
Engineers have attempted to make robots that work like living things. “But re-creating the complex functions of a hand or a leaf is impossible with artificial materials,” says Anand Mishra, an engineer at Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y. Using life-forms to build machines can overcome some limits of human technology, though. Researchers like Mishra are looking at how fungi (真菌) and plants can give machines abilities they couldn’t achieve with electronics alone. Among these life-forms, fungi have drawn special attention for their unique biological features.
Fungi aren’t plants. They’re more closely related to animals. But Mishra used one of the fungi’s most plantlike features, mycelia (菌丝), to help his bots sense their surroundings. Fungi use these rootlike structures to tunnel through soil for nutrients. Mycelia also detect environmental cues such as light, heat, and chemicals.
Mishra’s team grew mycelia directly into electrodes (电极) on two robots. The fungi communicated with the robots via electrical signals known as action potentials, whose electrical pulses are similar to those generated by the human heart and nerve cells. Mycelia could produce natural action potentials, and such random electrical bursts enabled the biobots to walk or move around. When exposed to external light, mycelia sent out stronger electrical pulses, which changed the robots’ gait and proved their ability to sense environmental changes.
Using fungi in biohybrid robots is still “pretty new”, Mishra says. His team now hopes to test how such tech responds to other cues, such as gases and chemicals. One day, their robots’ sensory superpowers may help out in agriculture. Future mushroom bots may walk through crop fields, testing soil health and other conditions as they go.
12. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?
A. By giving examples. B. By analyzing causes.
C. By raising questions. D. By making comparisons.
13. Why did Mishra choose mycelia for the research?
A. Because of its rich nutrients. B. Because of its limited forms.
C. Because of its sensory ability. D. Because of its external features.
14. What does the underlined word “gait” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The source of light. B. The way of walking.
C. The reason for change. D. The potential for growth.
15. What does the last paragraph stress about fungal robots?
A. Their weaknesses. B. Their prospects.
C. Their research process. D. Their production background.
【答案】12. A 13. C 14. B 15. B
【解析】
【导语】本文讲述了科研人员利用真菌菌丝的感知能力研发新型生物混合机器人,说明了研究原理、研发过程与当前成果,并展望了这类机器人未来的应用前景。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“In the TV series, Doctor Who, treeborgs supply fresh air to spaceship passengers...In Nnedi Okorafor’s novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, children receive their own “flora (植物群) computers”...Although these devices may be fictional, flower-powered machines are getting real. This new generation of devices is a type of biohybrid technology.(在电视剧《神秘博士》中,树博格为飞船乘客提供新鲜空气……在妮狄·欧柯拉福的小说《寻风者扎赫拉》中,孩子们拥有了属于自己的“植物计算机”……尽管这些设备还只是虚构,但花动力机器正在成为现实。这种新一代设备是一种生物混合技术。)”可知,作者列举了两部作品中的植物相关科技发明,进而引出本文“生物混合机器科技”的主题,因此作者是通过举例的方式引入主题的。
【13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“ But Mishra used one of the fungi’s most plantlike features, mycelia ( 菌丝 ), to help his bots sense their surroundings. Fungi use these rootlike structures to tunnel through soil for nutrients. Mycelia also detect environmental cues such as light, heat, and chemicals.(但米什拉利用了真菌最类似植物的特征之一——菌丝,来帮助他的机器人感知周围环境。真菌利用这些类似根系的结构在土壤中钻孔以获取养分。菌丝还能感知光、热和化学物质等环境信号)”可知,米什拉选择菌丝进行研究是因为菌丝出色的感知能力。
【14题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第四段“Mycelia could produce natural action potentials, and such random electrical bursts enabled the biobots to walk or move around. When exposed to external light, mycelia sent out stronger electrical pulses, which changed the robots’ gait and proved their ability to sense environmental changes.(菌丝可以产生自然动作电位,这种随机电脉冲让生物机器人可以行走或四处移动。当暴露在外部光照下时,菌丝会发出更强的电脉冲,这改变了机器人的gait,也证明了它们感知环境变化的能力。)”可知,电脉冲让机器人可以移动行走,光照增强后电脉冲变强,进而改变的应该是机器人的行走方式,因此gait指的是“行走方式”。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。根据最后一段“Using fungi in biohybrid robots is still “pretty new”, Mishra says. His team now hopes to test how such tech responds to other cues, such as gases and chemicals. One day, their robots’ sensory superpowers may help out in agriculture. Future mushroom bots may walk through crop fields, testing soil health and other conditions as they go.(米什拉表示,在生物混合机器人中使用真菌仍然“相当新颖”。他的团队目前希望测试这类技术对气体、化学物质等其他信号的反应。未来某一天,这些机器人的超强感知能力或许可以助力农业发展。未来的蘑菇机器人或许可以穿行在农田中,在行走过程中检测土壤健康和其他环境条件。)”可知,本段介绍了真菌机器人未来的研究方向和应用场景,强调了这类机器人的发展前景。
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。
Are you starting work on a sci-fi story but stuck on how to design its background? Here are some tips.
Decide when your story takes place. Sure, sci-fi is often set in the future, but it doesn’t have to be. You could have aliens rolling into a small town in the 2050s, or write a time travel story that goes back into the past. Picking the distant future gives you tons of freedom to get creative. If you set it in the past, you’re more boxed in. ____16____
Research real locations and their histories to incorporate them into your world. Even if your story takes place on a distant planet, take influence from cultures and events here on Earth. ____17____ Experiment with mixing different cultural practices when creating an alien race. For example, you may blend a nomadic (游牧的) culture in which characters dress like the Vikings.
____18____ Most of your science should be loosely rooted in reality. Otherwise, readers may get lost in the universe you’re creating. If you’re introducing new technology that is completely foreign to readers, be sure to describe it in enough detail for them to picture it clearly. The sci-fi novel The Martian relies on real science to send a man to Mars. ____19____
Figure out what the main conflict of the story is. This will give the story an end goal and frame the narrative for readers. ____20____ The battle may be between your alien characters or between an alien character and a human character. Say your aliens have taken over the human world because their planet is no longer habitable. This setup may then result in a human hero who tries to fight the aliens with a special ability.
A. Keep track of recent scientific breakthroughs.
B. Ground your world’s rules in existing science
C. This human is then able to access their conversations.
D. That little connection will make your story easier to relate to.
E. Then it shows how he manages to survive after being left behind.
F. It will also allow you to heighten tension through your characters.
G. You’ll have to do your homework on what was happening back then.
【答案】16. G 17. D 18. B 19. E 20. F
【解析】
【导语】文章介绍了设计科幻故事背景的四个技巧。
【16题详解】
根据上文“Decide when your story takes place. Sure, sci-fi is often set in the future, but it doesn’t have to be. You could have aliens rolling into a small town in the 2050s, or write a time travel story that goes back into the past. Picking the distant future gives you tons of freedom to get creative. If you set it in the past, you’re more boxed in.(决定你的故事发生的时间。当然,科幻作品通常设定在未来,但这并非必须如此。你可以设想外星人于2050年代降临一个小镇,也可以写一部穿越回过去的时空故事。选择遥远的未来能让你拥有极大的创作自由。而如果设定在过去,则会受到更多限制)”可知,上文提到将故事设定在过去会受到更多限制,G项“你必须研究当时发生的事情”承接上文,说明设定在过去需要做的准备工作,符合逻辑。
【17题详解】
根据上文“Research real locations and their histories to incorporate them into your world. Even if your story takes place on a distant planet, take influence from cultures and events here on Earth.(研究真实地点及其历史,将其融入你的世界。即使你的故事发生在遥远的星球上,也可以借鉴地球上各种文化与事件的影响)”可知,上文建议从地球上的文化和事件中汲取灵感,D项“那一点联系会让你的故事更容易引起共鸣”解释了这样做的目的和好处,其中That little connection 指代上文的借鉴行为。
【18题详解】
根据后文“Most of your science should be loosely rooted in reality. Otherwise, readers may get lost in the universe you’re creating. If you’re introducing new technology that is completely foreign to readers, be sure to describe it in enough detail for them to picture it clearly. The sci-fi novel The Martian relies on real science to send a man to Mars.(你的大部分科学内容应大致基于现实。否则,读者可能会迷失在你所构建的宇宙中。如果你要介绍一种对读者完全陌生的新技术,务必详细描述,以便他们能够清晰地想象出来。科幻小说《火星救援》正是依靠真实科学知识,将人类送上火星的)”可知,该段核心是科学设定应基于现实,B项“将你的世界规则建立在现有科学基础上”概括了段落主旨,是段落主题句。
【19题详解】
根据上文“The sci-fi novel The Martian relies on real science to send a man to Mars.(科幻小说《火星救援》正是依靠真实科学知识,将人类送上火星的)”可知,上文提到小说《火星救援》依赖真实科学,E项“然后它展示了他是如何在被留下后幸存下来的”进一步举例说明该小说如何运用科学,与上文构成顺承关系。
【20题详解】
根据上文“Figure out what the main conflict of the story is. This will give the story an end goal and frame the narrative for readers.(弄清楚故事的主要冲突是什么。这将为故事设定一个最终目标,并为读者构建叙事框架)”以及后文“The battle may be between your alien characters or between an alien character and a human character. Say your aliens have taken over the human world because their planet is no longer habitable. This setup may then result in a human hero who tries to fight the aliens with a special ability.(战斗可能发生在你的外星角色之间,也可能发生在外星角色与人类角色之间。假设你的外星人因为他们的星球不再适宜居住而占领了人类世界。这种设定可能会导致一位人类英雄试图利用特殊能力与外星人作战)”可知,上文指出确定主要冲突能为故事提供目标和框架,F项“它还能让你通过角色加剧紧张感”进一步说明冲突的作用,It will also与上文形成递进关系,且下文具体举例说明了角色之间的冲突。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Over the years, Chelsea had always struggled — both academically and with self-confidence. Her mother had died ____21____ a battle with cancer when Chelsea was a fifth grader. As she began sixth grade, Chelsea was still ____22____.
Each fall, we would take sixth graders for a five-day ____23____ at Wolf Ridge, a learning center in the woods. The week is filled with team building and overcoming challenges that ____24____ seemed impossible. The ____25____ of students at Wolf Ridge becomes a metaphor (隐喻) we will use when they encounter challenges in the classroom.
The ____26____ part is the High Adventure Ropes Course, where the rope stretches from tower to tower, forty feet above the ground. I knew Chelsea was ____27____ to fear this experience. When it was her ____28____, Chelsea was already shaking. The harness (安全带) protected the body, but not much ____29____ comfort. Chelsea stepped hesitantly onto the rope, her shaking body ____30____ the rope swaying (摇摆). From down below, her partner shouted up supportively, “Chelsea, you’re doing great!”
____31____, Chelsea stepped out and slowly inched her way across. When she moved to the middle of the rope, we sensed Chelsea’s internal ____32____. Her classmates had gathered below and kept offering ____33____ by moving forward together as a group, ____34____ Chelsea’s slow, step-by-step progress. Ultimately, she reached the destination, ____35____ in the waiting arms of classmates, worn out but proud.
21. A. following B. winning C. fearing D. ignoring
22. A. emerging B. focusing C. negotiating D. hurting
23. A. celebration B. adventure C. delay D. protest
24. A. actually B. finally C. initially D. officially
25. A. growth B. recipe C. state D. dream
26. A. lowest B. toughest C. funniest D. latest
27. A. ashamed B. ready C. bound D. unable
28. A. field B. style C. fault D. turn
29. A. mental B. potential C. previous D. occasional
30. A. relying on B. adding to C. holding back D. taking over
31. A. Astonished B. Annoyed C. Confused D. Inspired
32. A. struggle B. criticism C. energy D. liberation
33. A. supplies B. funds C. cheers D. shelters
34. A. predicting B. matching C. expanding D. reducing
35. A. assembling B. persevering C. dominating D. collapsing
【答案】21. A 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. D
【解析】
【导语】文章讲述切尔西因母亲离世变得自卑脆弱,在户外探险的高空绳索项目中,她在同伴的鼓励下勇敢坚持,最终成功完成挑战,虽疲惫却倍感自豪。
【21题详解】
考查介词和动词。句意:切尔西上五年级时,母亲在与癌症抗争后去世。A. following在……之后;B. winning赢得;C. fearing害怕;D. ignoring忽视。结合前文“Her mother had died”可知,母亲是抗癌失败后离世。
【22题详解】
考查动词。句意:升入六年级时,切尔西依旧内心痛苦。A. emerging出现;B. focusing专注;C. negotiating协商;D. hurting痛苦。根据上文“Her mother had died”可知,母亲离世让她一直深陷悲伤之中。
【23题详解】
考查名词。句意:每年秋天,我们都会带领六年级学生前往林间的沃尔夫里奇学习中心,开展为期五天的户外探险活动。A. celebration庆祝;B. adventure探险;C. delay延误;D. protest抗议。根据后文克服挑战、高空绳索课程等内容,可知这是探险活动。
【24题详解】
考查副词。句意:这一周的活动包含团队建设,以及战胜那些起初看似无法完成的挑战。A. actually实际上;B. finally最终;C. initially起初;D. officially正式地。结合上文“The week is filled with team building and overcoming challenges that”可知,挑战在最开始会让人觉得难以完成。
【25题详解】
考查名词。句意:学生们在沃尔夫里奇的成长经历,也成为我们教导他们应对学业挑战的一种隐喻。A. growth成长;B. recipe秘诀;C. state状态;D. dream梦想。根据后文“becomes a metaphor we will use when they encounter challenges in the classroom”可知,学生在此克服挑战、得到成长,这段经历具有借鉴意义。
【26题详解】
考查形容词最高级。句意:最难的项目是高空冒险绳索课程,绳索架在两座高塔之间,离地四十英尺。A. lowest最低的;B. toughest最难的;C. funniest最有趣的;D. latest最新的。根据后文“where the rope stretches from tower to tower, forty feet above the ground”可知,高空绳索项目难度大、令人畏惧,是所有项目里最难的。
【27题详解】
考查形容词。句意:我知道切尔西必定会害怕这项体验。A. ashamed羞愧的;B. ready准备好的;C. bound必定的;D. unable不能的。根据后文“Chelsea was already shaking”结合她缺乏自信且经历丧母之痛的状态,她一定会畏惧高空项目,be bound to表示“必定”。
【28题详解】
考查名词。句意:轮到她上场时,切尔西已经浑身发抖。A. field场地;B. style风格;C. fault过错;D. turn轮次。根据后文“Chelsea was already shaking”可知,该切尔西上场了,it is one’s turn意为“轮到某人”。
【29题详解】
考查形容词。句意:安全带能保护身体,却无法带来多少心理上的慰藉。A. mental心理的;B. potential潜在的;C. previous先前的;D. occasional偶然的。根据上文“The harness protected the body, but not much”可知,安全带仅起到防护作用,无法缓解她内心的恐惧,对应心理层面。
【30题详解】
考查动词短语。句意:切尔西犹豫地踏上绳索,她颤抖的身体让绳索晃得更厉害了。A. relying on依靠;B. adding to增加;C. holding back阻挡;D. taking over接管。根据上文“Chelsea stepped hesitantly onto the rope, her shaking body”可知,身体的晃动加剧了绳索的摇摆。
【31题详解】
考查形容词。句意:受到鼓舞,切尔西迈出脚步,慢慢一点点向前挪动。A. Astonished惊讶的;B. Annoyed恼怒的;C. Confused困惑的;D. Inspired受鼓舞的。根据上文“Chelsea, you’re doing great!”可知,下方同伴不断加油,让她受到鼓舞并开始前行。
【32题详解】
考查名词。句意:当她走到绳索中间时,我们能感受到她内心的挣扎。A. struggle挣扎;B. criticism批评;C. energy精力;D. liberation解脱。根据上文“When she moved to the middle of the rope,”可知,此处指身处高空绳索中央,她内心充满纠结与挣扎(不知道继续前进还是放弃)。
【33题详解】
考查名词。句意:同学们围在下面,一边不断鼓掌加油,一边齐步向前,跟切尔西缓慢而稳健的推进步伐保持一致。A. supplies物资;B. funds资金;C. cheers欢呼、鼓励;D. shelters庇护所。结合上文“Her classmates had gathered below and kept offering”以及“Chelsea, you’re doing great!”可知,同学们不断呐喊加油。
【34题详解】
考查动词。句意:同学们围在下面,一边不断鼓掌加油,一边齐步向前,跟切尔西缓慢而稳健的推进步伐保持一致。A. predicting预测;B. matching匹配、配合;C. expanding拓展;D. reducing减少。根据后文“Chelsea’s slow, step-by-step progress”指大家放慢脚步,配合她的行进速度。
【35题详解】
考查动词。句意:最终她抵达终点,疲惫地倒在等候的同学们怀中,虽然筋疲力尽却满心自豪。A. assembling集合;B. persevering坚持;C. dominating支配;D. collapsing瘫倒。根据后文“in the waiting arms of classmates, worn out but proud.”可知,完成艰难的挑战后她身心俱疲,瘫倒在同学怀里。
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China began piloting garbage sorting in 2000 in 8 cities. Then, in 2017, the country implemented mandatory (强制的) waste classification in 46 key cities. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, 92.6 percent of residential communities in cities ____36____ (equip) with garbage-sorting facilities so far.
Despite standout success in a few major cities, China’s national garbage-sorting campaign is still in ____37____ (it) early stages in many other cities, with many residents not yet adopting the practice, according to a report by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.
The conclusion is based on data from ____38____ initiative the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) launched five years ago, ____39____ uses photo and video uploads to promote public oversight and participation in urban waste management.
The organization also developed a garbage sorting index (指标) ____40____ (evaluate) the performance of different cities in promoting waste classification. To date, the NGO has collected 260,000 pieces of data. The ____41____ (assess) of the data shows that China’s urban waste-sorting efforts have developed from experimental trials into an increasingly systematic framework, the report said.
This progress is marked by world-class garbage-sorting systems in leading cities ____42____ Suzhou and Shanghai, it noted. However, key ____43____ (challenge) still exist, particularly uneven (不均衡的) implementation across regions and the low recovery rates ____44____ (associate) with low-value recyclables.
A researcher at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, said the practices in Shanghai and Suzhou had achieved remarkable success, _____45_____ (suggest) that Chinese cities are fully capable of establishing a complete waste classification system.
【答案】36. have been equipped
37. its 38. an
39. which 40. to evaluate
41. assessment
42. like 43. challenges
44. associated
45. suggesting
【解析】
【导语】文章介绍了中国城市垃圾分类的实施进展,包括当前取得的成就与存在的挑战。
【36题详解】
考查时态和语态。句意:据住房和城乡建设部消息,目前城市92.6%的住宅小区已配备垃圾分类设施。根据该句中的时间状语so far可知,此处应用现在完成时。主语residential communities与动词equip之间为被动关系,故用现在完成时的被动语态,助动词用have。
【37题详解】
考查代词。句意:根据公共与环境事务研究所的一份报告,尽管中国在一些主要城市取得了显著成效,但在许多其他城市,全国垃圾分类行动仍处于初期阶段,许多居民尚未采取相关做法。此处应用形容词性物主代词its修饰后面的名词短语early stages。
【38题详解】
考查冠词。句意:该结论基于非政府组织(NGO)五年前发起的一项倡议所收集的数据,该倡议通过上传照片和视频,促进公众对城市垃圾管理的监督与参与。此处泛指一项倡议,且initiative的发音以元音音素开头,故用不定冠词an。
【39题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:该结论基于非政府组织(NGO)五年前发起的一项倡议所收集的数据,该倡议通过上传照片和视频,促进公众对城市垃圾管理的监督与参与。空处引导非限制性定语从句,先行词是initiative,指物,关系代词在从句中作主语,应用关系代词which。
【40题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:该组织还制定了一项垃圾分类指数,用以评估各城市在推动垃圾分类方面的表现。此处用不定式作目的状语,即“制定垃圾分类指数”的目的是“评估各城市在推动垃圾分类方面的表现”。
【41题详解】
考查名词。句意:报告指出,数据分析表明,中国的城市垃圾分类工作已从试验性尝试逐步发展为日益系统化的框架。定冠词The后面应接名词assessment,作主语。
【42题详解】
考查介词。句意:该报告指出,苏州和上海等主要城市的世界级垃圾分类系统标志着这一进展。此处举例说明领先城市,like意为“例如”,用于列举。
【43题详解】
考查名词复数。句意:然而,仍存在一些关键挑战,尤其是各地区实施不均,以及低价值可回收物的回收率较低。根据particularly uneven implementation...and the low recovery rates可知,挑战不止一个,故应用复数形式 challenges。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:然而,仍存在一些关键挑战,尤其是各地区实施不均,以及低价值可回收物的回收率较低。名词recovery rates与动词 associate之间为逻辑上的被动关系,故用过去分词作后置定语。
【45题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:中国环境科学研究院的一位研究人员表示,上海和苏州的实践取得了显著成效,表明中国城市完全有能力建立完善的垃圾分类体系。动词suggest与其逻辑主语(上海和苏州的实践取得了显著成效)之间为主动关系,故用现在分词作状语。
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 为了让学生意识到健康的生活方式的重要性,你校英文报正在举办主题为“Living well”的征文活动。请你写一篇短文投稿,内容包括:
(1)你坚持的良好生活习惯;
(2)该习惯给你带来的影响。
注意:
(1)写作词数应为80个左右;
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My Healthy Habit
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【答案】范文:
My Healthy Habit
I’d like to share a habit I have consistently maintained — ensuring adequate sleep. Every evening, I make it a rule to sleep for at least eight hours. I deliberately disconnect from electronic devices around 10 p.m., which helps me enjoy a quality sleep.
The positive effects of sufficient sleep on my life have been profound. Firstly, it significantly enhances my concentration and cognitive performance during daytime classes, allowing me to absorb information more effectively. Secondly, proper rest stabilizes my mood and reduces stress, enabling me to interact with others in a more patient and positive manner.
I’m convinced that living well truly begins with resting well.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生写一篇短文投稿,说明你坚持的良好生活习惯以及该习惯给你带来的影响。
【详解】1.词汇积累
故意地:deliberately → intentionally
加强:enhance → strengthen
减少:reduce → decrease
与……互动:interact with → communicate with/socialize with
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句:Secondly, proper rest stabilizes my mood and reduces stress, enabling me to interact with others in a more patient and positive manner.
拓展句:Secondly, proper rest stabilizes my mood and reduces stress so that I am able to interact with others more patiently and positively.
【点睛】【高分句型1】Firstly, it significantly enhances my concentration and cognitive performance during daytime classes, allowing me to absorb information more effectively. (运用了现在分词作状语)
【高分句型2】I’m convinced that living well truly begins with resting well. (运用了that引导宾语从句)
第二节 (满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When I was eighteen, I worked in fast food. But I didn’t like it. It didn’t start out that way. When I first started working, that little restaurant was my whole social life. I’d been a sheltered kid, and it was exciting to hang around such a diverse, worldly crew of young adults. For a while, I loved everything about it: making the food on the line, learning a whole new cuisine I’d never eaten before, joking with coworkers and customers at the front counter.
Over time, though, it started to wear on me. There were buses that pulled in one minute before closing time, letting off kids who’d mess up the place and make me clean it again. The split shifts (轮班) I was assigned took up my entire day, but in the end, they didn’t really bring in much extra pay.
Then I was assigned to work in the drive-through window, where customers could be served without having to get out of their cars. Loud vehicles rattled my eardrums and overpowered the voice of the person who was ordering. There were people who spoke so softly that I assumed they were talking to each other in the car until they shouted at me because I hadn’t acknowledged them.
There were also some people who were talking to each other and got mad at me when I asked them to confirm that I’d gotten their order right. There were people who left their radios on, which also obscured (使……模糊) their voices. Other people came to the window stinking (有难闻的气味) of smoke. They shouted at me for getting orders wrong after they had changed their minds five times at the ordering station.
I came to fear every day I was scheduled to work. It didn’t take long for me to realize this was unsustainable. Nothing was going to change unless it was me. I had two choices: be miserable or figure out how to get into a better mental space at work.
注意:
(1)续写词数应为150个左右;
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I decided to change my way of serving the customers driving past my window.
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The change made a big difference.
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【答案】范文
I decided to change my way of serving the customers driving past my window. Instead of focusing on the noise, the smoke, or the rudeness, I looked for something good in every person. “What beautiful earrings!” I said to a tired-looking woman, who immediately broke into a surprised smile. “I like your shirt!” I told a young man, and his expression softened. And a stressed businessman actually laughed after I praised his choice of coffee. Besides, I praised their neat cars, smiled at kids sitting beside them, and thanked them patiently for their careful orders. At first, I felt awkward greeting strangers with warm words, but it became a natural practice soon.
The change made a big difference. Unexpectedly, most customers responded to my positive words with genuine smiles and polite replies in return. Fewer people complained sharply or lost their tempers over small order mistakes. The noisy, tiring drive-through work turned warm and relaxing little by little. My daily pressure faded away slowly, and I no longer feared each scheduled working day. Most importantly, I learned that adopting a positive attitude in our life can not only totally change our own mood, but may also brighten up a tough day of others. Because of my choice to be positive, the customers were happier. And so was I.
【解析】
【导语】本文讲述了作者十八岁时在快餐店打工,起初十分喜爱这份工作,后来却因难缠的顾客、不合理轮班以及汽车通道的糟心事倍感煎熬。他决定转变心态,主动友善地夸赞顾客。此举收获了善意回应,工作氛围逐渐变得轻松。作者也从中领悟到,积极的心态既能改善自身心情,也能为他人带去温暖。
【详解】1. 段落续写:
①由第一段首句内容可知,第一段可描写作者转变心态,主动友善地夸赞顾客。
②由第二段首句内容可知,第二段可描写此举收获了善意回应,工作氛围逐渐变得轻松。作者也从中领悟到,积极的心态既能改善自身心情,也能为他人带去温暖。
2. 续写线索:转变心态→主动夸赞→收获善意回应→氛围轻松→作者感悟
3. 词汇激活
行为类
①专注于:focus on/concentrate on
②称赞:praise/compliment
情绪类
①紧张的:stressed/nervous
②尴尬的:awkward/embarrassed
【点睛】【高分句型1】I said to a tired-looking woman, who immediately broke into a surprised smile. (运用了who引导非限制性定语从句)
【高分句型2】Most importantly, I learned that adopting a positive attitude in our life can not only totally change our own mood, but may also brighten up a tough day of others. (运用了that引导宾语从句)
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