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吴淞中学2025-2026学年高一年级第二学期 英语学科期末(试卷) 完卷时间90分钟 满分100分 I. Listening Comprehension (20’) 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 visa officer. B. An interviewer. C. A student. D. A manager. 2. A. In a factory. B. At an airport. C. In a post office. D. In a cafe. 3. A. She enjoys traveling this summer vacation. B. She had an unpleasant experience in Sydney. C. She is considering whether to travel abroad. D. She speaks highly of her experience last year. 4.A. Wait till the end of the year. B. Walk to his workplace. C. Take public transportation. D. Buy the car right now 5. A. A gift. B. A trip. C.A job. D. A visit. 6. A. The man is said to be a vegetarian. B. The man dislikes American food. C. The man has got used to American food. D.The man is ill because of American food. 7. A. Doubtful. B. Upset. C. Disappointed. D. Annoyed. 8. A. Manager and secretary. B. Doctor and patient. C. Employer and employee. D. Teacher and student. 9. A. She will probably go to see a doctor right away. B. She has refused to take medicine for her throat. C. She’d better avoid speaking even in a low voice. D. She can’t make herself understood when whispering. 10.A. The woman doesn’t like to drink coffee in any case. B. The woman drinks coffee just to prepare for finals. C. The man doesn’t drink coffee when meeting people. D. The man drinks coffee when making more products. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the longer conversation. The passages and the longer 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. Because a monthly fee has to he paid. B. Because it goes wrong on hot, sunny days. C. Because it’s hard and expensive to be installed. D. Because it often makes us confused when used. 12. A. It’s a dream that will come true sooner or later. B. It’s a now and good way to track your vehicle. C. It’s a regular device that works with a smartphone. D. It’s a tracking device that is changing our life greatly. 13. A. Efficient but expensive. B. Innovative bu time-consuming. C. Free but hard to install. D. Small but user-friendly. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A.3%. B.15%. C. About 18%. D Over 30%. 15. A. British’s senior managers. B. Patients in mental hospital. C. Prime ministers. D. American presidents. 16. A. Factors of affecting people’s success. B. Importance of keeping emotional health. C. Encouraging children to have ambitions. D. Relationships between hardship and success. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17.A.Because he thought smoking would do good to his heart. B. Because he didn’t believe smoking would be that harmful. C. Because he thought smoking could help him feel relaxed. D. Because he believed smoking could make him feel excited. 18. A. Air pollution. B. Smoke. C. Secondhand smoke. D. Third-hand smoke. 19. A. Because the government hasn’t taken any effective measures to stop smoking. B. Because each year many children’s death is connected with secondhand smoke. C. Because smoking and secondhand smoke do more harm to children than adults. D. Because the government has passed the relevant law to prevent from smoking. 20. A. The smell of tobacco smoke left on things such as clothes, furniture and so on. B. The tobacco smoke accidentally caused by the third person who smokes nearby. C. The poisonous chemicals released from things like clothes, furniture and so on. D. The poisonous chemicals from tobacco smoke left on things like clothes etc. II. Grammar and Vocabulary(20’) 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. How to choose the right career? Deciding on a career can be one of the most important decisions of your life. Getting ____1____ (stick) with a job that isn’t right for you can have a big negative impact on your happiness, but by following a careful thought process when deciding which path to pursue, you should be well on your way to ____2____ (make) the right choice. Set Goals Although it may sound cheesy (虚伪的), following your passion can be exceptionally important when looking for a satisfying job. If you choose a job without much deliberation, it can be boring and difficult to stick with. If you spend some time considering what you like to do, chances are that you’ll find that there are dozens of careers ____3____ could match your interests. Considering ____4____ your personal goals are can be a great first step. Your goals shouldn’t be limited to concerns about career interests, although these are important, but ____5____ instead be a combination of work, lifestyle, and long-term things that you want to have or do. Once you know exactly what you’re aiming for, you can have a sturdy (坚固的)foundation to start brainstorming for careers that could help you accomplish your goals. Consider Logistics (后勤) It can be important that you find a job that is not only exciting to you but ____6____ (make) sense in a practical way. If you’re planning on raising kids, then you’ll probably have to decide whether you want to work full time or if you need time ____7____ work to take care of them. You should also look for opportunities that exist in the area where you want to live. If you find that your dream job isn’t in demand where you live you may have to move or reconsider your choices. Deciding how much money you need to make a year in order to maintain your desired lifestyles ____8____ (be) also vital. By doing research, you should be able to find average incomes for just about any job you’re interested in. ____9____ not always precise, the averages can give you a good idea of where you will stand if you pursue that job. Research Once you know what you’re looking for in a job then it should be time to get into details. Research careers that interest you and find out which ones look the most interesting. You can work towards getting hired into your dream job by using job matching websites _____10_____ (connect) you with opportunities. It can be worth putting in some time in front of a computer looking up different jobs. 【答案】1. stuck 2. making 3. that##which 4. what 5. should 6. makes 7. off 8. is 9. Though##Although##While 10. to connect 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了选择合适职业的三种方法，分别是设定目标、考量现实因素以及开展相关调研。 【1题详解】 考查形容词。句意：困在一份不适合自己的工作中会对你的幸福感产生极大的负面影响，但如果在选择发展道路时经过缜密思考，你就能顺利做出正确的选择。此处为固定搭配get stuck with，意为“陷入、被困于”，stuck为形容词作表语。 【2题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：困在一份不适合自己的工作中会对你的幸福感产生极大的负面影响，但如果在选择发展道路时经过缜密思考，你就能顺利做出正确的选择。固定搭配on one’s way to doing sth.，此处to是介词，后接动名词形式，所以此处为making作宾语。 【3题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：如果你花些时间思考自己喜欢做什么，你很可能会发现有数十种职业能够契合你的兴趣。此处为定语从句，先行词careers指物，关系词在从句中作主语，可用关系代词that或which。 【4题详解】 考查宾语从句。句意：思考你的个人目标是什么会是很好的第一步。此处引导宾语从句，从句中缺少表语，表示“什么”，所以用连接代词what。 【5题详解】 考查情态动词。句意：你的目标不应只局限于关注职业兴趣方面（尽管这很重要），反而应当结合工作、生活方式以及你想要拥有或完成的长期规划。前半句出现情态动词shouldn’t，结合“but”可知，并列结构中后半句对应使用情态动词should。 【6题详解】 考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：找到一份既能让你充满热情，又在实际层面合理可行的工作十分重要。固定结构not only...but (also)...连接并列谓语结构，主语为a job，是第三人称单数，根据前面的is可知句子时态为一般现在时，因此谓语动词用makes。 【7题详解】 考查介词。句意：如果你打算养育孩子，那么你或许需要决定是全职工作，还是需要离岗时间照顾孩子。固定搭配time off work，意为“休假、离岗时间”，介词off表示“离开”。 【8题详解】 考查动词时态和主谓一致。句意：确定你每年需要赚取多少收入才能维持理想生活方式也至关重要。本句主语为动名词短语Deciding how much money you need to make a year in order to maintain your desired lifestyles，视作单数，陈述客观事实，时态为一般现在时，谓语动词用is。 【9题详解】 考查让步状语从句。句意：尽管这些平均薪资数据并不总是精准，但能让你大致了解从事这份工作后的收入水平。结合句意，此处引导让步状语从句，意为“尽管、虽然”，可使用though、although或while，使用了省略结构，省略从句主语和be动词。位于句首，首字母需大写。 【10题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：你可以借助职业匹配网站对接各类工作机会，朝着获得理想工作的目标努力。此处用非谓语动词作状语，结合句意，此处说明使用求职网站的目的，use sth. to do sth.意为“使用某物做某事”，所以使用动词不定式to connect作目的状语。 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. ultimately B. crowned C. string D.distancing E. secure F. sights G. entitled H. commitment I. edge J. sustaining K. literarily Just Focus on Your Own Way Lang, a significant cultural icon in China rose to prominence as a volleyball player in the early 1980s. She, along with her teammates, was ____11____ four-time world champions in international competitions between 1981 and 1985. This ____12____ of victories pushed women’s volleyball to the forefront of Chinese sports discussions. Before this time, only table tennis had taken on a characterization as the sport in which the Chinese boasted about an absolute ____13____. As the leading outside hitter, Lang herself was honored as the MVP of women’s volleyball at the 1984 Olympics. After she retired from playing, Lang moved to the United States to experience what she called a “normal life”, ____14____ herself from her national fame. In 1987, she started coaching the women’s volleyball team at the University of New Mexico. Having honed (磨练) her coaching skills with these young athletes over a five-year period, Lang became the head coach of China women’s national team in 1995. She ____15____ led the team to a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and a second place at the World Championship two years later. In 2005, Lang set her ____16____ on a new challenge: coaching the U.S. women’s national volleyball team. The first foreign female to coach a major sport for the United States, she devoted herself to the job, despite ____17____ criticism back home. Lang returned to coach the Chinese national team for the second time in 2013. After guiding the team to the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, she became the first person in volleyball history to ____18____ Olympic titles both as a player and as a coach. However, when asked about her success, Lang just said, “It’s not important for me to make history. But I’m so happy for the girls. They trained very hard.” Lang’s spectacular life is displayed in a documentary ____19____ The Iron Hammer, named after her nickname. The film not only tells her story but showcases her internal strength and_____20_____ to greatness in the sport. Furthermore, her ability to break down gender barriers has inspired women to achieve new heights in the sport, a legacy that still inspires hope in the youth of today. 【答案】11. B 12. C 13. I 14. D 15. A 16. F 17. J 18. E 19. G 20. H 【解析】 【导语】主要讲述郎平作为女排运动员与教练的职业生涯，介绍其辉煌战绩、海外执教经历与执着的体育追求。 【11题详解】 考查动词过去分词。句意：1981至1985年间，她和队友四次斩获国际赛事世界冠军。空处和was构成被动语态，根据下文“four-time world champions in international competitions between 1981 and 1985”可知，此处表示荣获冠军，crowned意为“授予桂冠，荣获冠军”。 【12题详解】 考查名词。句意：这一连串胜利让女排走进国内体育舆论的核心。空处在This后作句子主语，根据上文“four-time world champions in international competitions between 1981 and 1985.”可知，四次夺冠的连续赛事成绩，所以此处为a string of意为“一连串的”，string意为“一系列，一连串”。 【13题详解】 考查名词。句意：在此之前，只有乒乓球被视作拥有绝对领先优势的国球。空处在形容词absolute后作宾语，根据上文“Before this time, only table tennis had taken on a characterization as the sport”可知，此处指有优势，edge意为“优势，上风”。 【14题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：退役后郎平前往美国体验她口中的普通生活，拉开自己与国内盛名的距离。根据上文“Lang moved to the United States to experience what she called a “normal life””可知，此处为固定搭配distance oneself from意为“与……保持距离”，空处为非谓语动词作状语，与逻辑主语之间为主动的关系，所以此处使用现在分词形式distancing。 【15题详解】 考查副词。句意：她最终带队拿下1996年奥运会银牌，并在两年后世锦赛再获亚军。空处修饰谓语动词led作状语，根据下文“led the team to a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and a second place at the World Championship two years later”可知，此处指最终获得奥运金牌，ultimately“最终，终于”符合题意。 【16题详解】 考查名词。句意：2005年，郎平将目光投向全新挑战：执教美国女排。空处在形容词性物主代词her后作宾语，根据下文“on a new challenge: coaching the U.S. women’s national volleyball team”可知，此处指把目光投向新的目标，set one’s sights on为固定短语，意为“把目光投向……”，sights意为“目光，视线”。 【17题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：她是首位执教美国主流球类项目的外籍女性，全身心投入这份工作，尽管在国内不断承受非议。空处在介词despite后用动名词，根据上文“she devoted herself to the job”以及国内非议的语境可知，sustain criticism表示“承受非议”，所以此处使用sustain的动名词形式sustaining。 【18题详解】 考查动词原形。句意：2016年带队拿下奥运金牌后，她成为排球史上首位以球员、教练双重身份斩获奥运金牌的人。空处在不定式to后用动词原形，根据上文“guiding the team to the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics”可知，此处指斩获奥运金牌，secure Olympic titles意为“斩获奥运冠军头衔”，secure意为“获得，取得”。 【19题详解】 考查过去分词。句意：一部名为《铁榔头》的纪录片展现了郎平精彩的人生，片名取自她的绰号。空处后置修饰documentary作定语，根据下文“The Iron Hammer, named after her nickname”可知，此处为entitled意为“名为，标题为”符合语境。 【20题详解】 考查名词。句意：影片不仅讲述她的经历，更展现她内在的力量与对排球事业走向卓越的执着坚守。空处和internal strength并列作宾语，根据全文讲述郎平数十年深耕排球事业的内容可知，commitment意为“投入，执着，奉献”符合语境。 III. Reading Comprehension(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. So far, to reduce congestion, cities have mainly tried a combination of discouraging driving and encouraging walking and cycling. Paris has ____21____ traffic from some streets, while Barcelona has received much international attention for its plan to organise the city into a series of “superblocks” — where cars are restricted to certain big roads, with streets in-between ____22____ pedestrian-only parks and playgrounds. But new technologies could bring more changes. Micromobility, including electric scooters (电动车) and bikes, is seen as a potential solution to moving people more ____23____ around cities. Dozens of start-ups including Bird, Lime, Voi and Bolt have ____24____ cities with shared scooters that can be rented by the minute. In a survey, some 34 per cent of riders in Portland, Oregon, said they had used a scooter ____25____ driving a personal car or using a ride-hailing app or taxi for their most recent ride. Scooter safety, however, is making city planners ____26____. Sweden’s transport agency is calling for electric scooters to be banned following the death of a man riding a Voi scooter in Helsingborg. For scooters to work, cities will have to ____27____ more safe pathways for them — possibly high above the city streets. Xiamen in southeast China, ____28____, has built a nearly 8 km elevated cycle-way for bikes. BMW group and China’s Tongji University, meanwhile, have drawn up even more ambitious plans for a network of covered tubes above the streets for scooter and bike traffic. They say several cities have expressed ____29____. Electric self-driving cars could also greatly change the ____30____ of cities. Such cars could change the way cities are laid out, says Willem Strijbosch, head of self-driving at Tom Tom, the mapping company. “It could ____31____ a lot of space. If the vast majority of transport is done by self-driving vehicles, the streets could be narrower,” he says. Self-driving cars communicating with each other through a wireless network would be able to pass each other with centimeter ____32____. “You may be able to fit four lanes in where you previously had three. Traffic lights will be no longer needed. Cars will communicate by means of maps, and will ____33____ right of way at crossings in a different way.” Public transport could become highly personalised, says Warwick Goodall, a partner at PA Consulting, who focuses on transport and mobility. “For the last century, transport has been about building train sets. The next decades of transport will be built around personal ____34____. That is why Uber and other ride-hailing services have grown so quickly — you can hail a cab and it will arrive in two minutes. We will go from transport on ____35____ rails and routes to one that is highly personalised.” 21. A. removed B. retired C. distinguished D. discouraged 22. A. traded with B. turned into C. based upon D. mistaken for 23. A. naturally B. directly C. efficiently D. regularly 24. A. flooded B. designed C. presented D. struck 25. A. in spite of B. with regard to C. in addition to D. instead of 26. A. decide B. hesitate C. compete D. request 27. A. affect B. close C. guard D. create 28. A. even so B. for example C. in a word D. what’s more 29. A. concern B. frustration C. surprise D. interest 30. A. look B. role C. centre D. economy 31. A. call for B. use up C. free up D. make for 32. A. length B. width C. precision D. scale 33. A. figure out B. hand over C. stand for D. relate to 34. A. behaviours B. needs C. feelings D. commitments 35. A. varied B. old C. fixed D. new 【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【导语】文章介绍城市缓解拥堵的现有措施，分析电动微出行与自动驾驶汽车两类新技术对城市交通带来的多重变革。 【21题详解】 考查动词。句意：巴黎已经禁止部分街道通行机动车，而巴塞罗那因一项规划城市为一系列“超级街区”的方案广受国际关注。在超级街区内，机动车仅能在主干道行驶，街区之间的小路则被改造为仅供行人使用的公园与活动场地。A. removed移除；B. retired退休；C. distinguished区分；D. discouraged劝阻。根据后文“where cars are restricted to certain big roads”可知，巴黎将车流从部分街道清走以缓解拥堵。 【22题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：巴黎已经禁止部分街道通行机动车，而巴塞罗那因一项规划城市为一系列“超级街区”的方案广受国际关注。在超级街区内，机动车仅能在主干道行驶，街区之间的小路则被改造为仅供行人使用的公园与活动场地。A. traded with与……交易；B. turned into转变为；C. based upon基于；D. mistaken for误认为。根据前文“cars are restricted to certain big roads”可知，内部街道不再通车，转变为行人专属区域。 【23题详解】 考查副词。句意：微型交通工具包括电动滑板车与自行车，被视作能让市民在城市内更高效出行的潜在方案。A. naturally自然地；B. directly直接地；C. efficiently高效地；D. regularly定期地。根据前文“to reduce congestion”可知，治理城市拥堵，小型代步工具可以提升出行效率、缓解堵车。 【24题详解】 考查动词。句意：包括Bird、Lime、Voi和Bolt在内的数十家初创企业向各大城市投放了大量可按分钟租赁的共享电动滑板车。A. flooded涌入、充斥；B. designed设计；C. presented呈现；D. struck撞击。根据后文“shared scooters that can be rented by the minute”可知，各类共享滑板车铺满城市各处。 【25题详解】 考查介词短语。句意：一项调查显示，俄勒冈州波特兰市约34%的使用者表示，他们最近一次出行选择滑板车，而非私家车、网约车或出租车。A. in spite of尽管；B. with regard to关于；C. in addition to除……之外；D. instead of代替、而不是。根据后文“driving a personal car or using a ride-hailing app or taxi”可知，滑板车替代了传统机动车出行。 【26题详解】 考查动词。句意：但滑板车的安全隐患，让城市规划者犹豫不决。A. decide决定；B. hesitate犹豫；C. compete竞争；D. request要求。根据后文“the death of a man riding a Voi scooter”可知，出现致死事故，部分地区提议禁行，安全问题令规划者难以抉择。 【27题详解】 考查动词。句意：要让电动滑板车普及落地，城市必须为其修建更多安全专用通道 —— 通道或许可以修建在城市道路上空。A. affect影响；B. close关闭；C. guard守护；D. create修建、开辟。根据后文“has built a nearly 8 km elevated cycle-way for bikes”可知，厦门修建空中车道，城市需要开辟专属通路。 【28题详解】 考查短语。句意：比如中国东南部的厦门，就修建了一条近8公里的空中自行车专用道。A. even so即便如此；B. for example例如；C. in a word总而言之；D. what’s more此外。根据前文“possibly high above the city streets”可知，此处提出高空通道设想，后文列举厦门工程作为实例。 【29题详解】 考查名词。句意：企业称已有多座城市对此方案表达出兴趣。A. concern担忧；B. frustration沮丧；C. surprise惊讶；D. interest兴趣。根据前文“drawn up even more ambitious plans for a network of covered tubes”可知，不少城市愿意了解采纳该管网方案。 【30题详解】 考查名词。句意：电动自动驾驶汽车也会极大改变城市的整体面貌。A. look外观、样貌；B. role作用；C. centre中心；D. economy经济。根据后文“Such cars could change the way cities are laid out”可知，自动驾驶车辆会改变城市整体布局样貌。 【31题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：它能够腾出大量城市空间。A. call for需要；B. use up耗尽；C. free up腾出；D. make for促成。根据后文“the streets could be narrower”可知，道路可以修建得更窄，车道占用的空间会被释放出来。 【32题详解】 考查名词。句意：通过无线网络互通信息的自动驾驶车辆，能够以厘米级的精准度会车避让。A. length长度；B. width宽度；C. precision精准度；D. scale规模。根据前文“with centimeter”可知，厘米级体现车辆交互避让的操作精准程度极高。 【33题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：车辆依靠地图互通信息，并且会以全新方式判断路口的通行优先权。A. figure out弄清楚、判定；B. hand over移交；C. stand for代表；D. relate to与……相关。根据后文“right of way at crossings”可知，路口无红绿灯，车辆自主判定路权顺序。 【34题详解】 考查名词。句意：未来数十年的交通体系将以满足个人需求为核心搭建。A. behaviours行为；B. needs需求；C. feelings感受；D. commitments承诺。根据后文“you can hail a cab and it will arrive in two minutes”可知，网约车贴合每个人的出行诉求。 【35题详解】 考查形容词。句意：我们将从依托固定轨道与固定线路的交通模式，转向高度个性化的出行服务。A. varied多样的；B. old老旧的；C. fixed固定的；D. new崭新的。根据前文“building train sets”可知，传统火车拥有固定轨道、固定行驶路线，和后文个性化灵活出行形成对比。 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) I am chocolate, and have always been, a symbol of love, richness, and joy. Lucky kids wear me across their mouths and on their fingertips as a sign of ultimate childhood satisfaction. I’m the Valentine’s Day gift for celebrating romance. But prepare for your chocolate-loving hearts to break just a bit, folks. My life story is not entirely sweet. I am native to the equatorial regions of the Americas and have been round for several thousand years. I come from a small evergreen tree that grows football-shaped pods (荚) — not on its branches, like most fruit trees, but on the trunk. The pods have leathery skins that cover a sweet-sour flesh and house roughly 40 seeds each. I was likely first grown 5,000 years ago in current-day Ecuador — for something like wine. (Yes, my flesh can be made into an alcoholic drink.) But soon enough, my seeds — cacao beans — became the forever focus. The Mayans, among others, made them into cocoa flour and mixed with water to make a drink. One early European colonizer who tasted the mix said I was “more a drink for pigs than a drink for humanity.” In time, he grew to enjoy the drink, eating his words as noblemen across Europe took to drinking a similar mixture made with rose water, egg yolks, or almonds. Beyond satisfying the early human sweet tooth, cacao beans have turned out to be full of compounds, like fiber, antioxidants, monounsaturated fat, and flavanols, which 21st-century humans know are important to overall health. To be perfectly honest, however, I didn’t really become a treat for the masses as a result of technology. To this day, I am a product of labor and hardship. Since my pods ripen at irregular times and are attached to my tree by a delicate stem that would be damaged by a machine, all my harvesting and processing must be done by hand. Much of the mass-market chocolate you buy at the grocers is produced by the more than 2 million 12-to-18-year-old West African children who travel alone across borders to labor, often not paid at all, for cacao farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the biggest chocolate-growing countries in the world. If you’ve lost your sweet tooth at the thought of this background, there are ways to consume me with a freer conscience. Look for labels on chocolate that indicate ethical labor standards. 36. Which of the following statements is true of chocolate? A. The pods grew on the tree branches. B. Only the flesh was made into a drink at first. C. People loved it because of the shape of the pods. D. It was European colonizers who brought it to America. 37. What does the phrase “eating his words” (paragraph 3) most probably mean? A. admitting he was wrong B. predicting what would happen C. promising he would take action D. finding an excuse for his behaviour 38. What does the writer imply about the production of chocolate? A. Technology has raised its production efficiency. B. Cacao farmers depend on the weather for the harvest. C. Much of chocolate is still produced in an unethical way. D. New machinery has been developed to produce chocolate 39. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Sweet, but with a Dark Side B. Exploring the Health Benefits of Cocoa C. The Art and Science of Chocolate’s Production D. A Sweet Affair with Irresistible Temptation 【答案】36. B 37. A 38. C 39. A 【解析】 【导语】本文以巧克力第一人称视角介绍可可起源、发展与健康价值，同时揭露其背后残酷童工劳作的黑暗现实。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“I was likely first grown 5,000 years ago in current-day Ecuador — for something like wine. (Yes, my flesh can be made into an alcoholic drink.)(我最早可能是5000年前在今天的厄瓜多尔种植的——为了制作葡萄酒之类的东西。（是的，我的肉可以做成酒精饮料。）)”可知，最初只有可可果肉被制成饮品。 【37题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第三段中的“One early European colonizer who tasted the mix said I was “more a drink for pigs than a drink for humanity.” In time, he grew to enjoy the drink, eating his words as noblemen across Europe took to drinking a similar mixture made with rose water, egg yolks, or almonds.(一位早期欧洲殖民者品尝过这种饮品后，评价我“与其说是给人喝的，不如说是给猪喝的”。后来他渐渐爱上了这款饮品，eating his words，彼时欧洲各地的贵族也开始饮用添加玫瑰水、蛋黄或杏仁调制而成的同类饮品。)”可知，这位殖民者起初贬低可可饮品，后来却喜爱上它，前后观点完全相反，因此，短语“eating his words”暗示“承认自己之前说错了话”。 【38题详解】 推理判断题。根据第五段中的“Much of the mass-market chocolate you buy at the grocers is produced by the more than 2 million 12-to-18-year-old West African children who travel alone across borders to labor, often not paid at all, for cacao farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the biggest chocolate-growing countries in the world.(你在杂货店买到的大部分大众量产巧克力，都由两百多万名12至18岁的西非儿童生产。这些孩子独自跨境务工，在全球两大可可生产国科特迪瓦与加纳为可可农场主干活，且常常分文不取。)”可知，市面上大量巧克力的生产方式违背道德伦理。 【39题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段中的“I am chocolate, and have always been, a symbol of love, richness, and joy. Lucky kids wear me across their mouths and on their fingertips as a sign of ultimate childhood satisfaction. I’m the Valentine’s Day gift for celebrating romance. But prepare for your chocolate-loving hearts to break just a bit, folks. My life story is not entirely sweet. (我是巧克力，向来象征着爱意、富足与欢愉。幸运的孩童将我沾在嘴角、抹在指尖，这是童年极致满足的模样。我是情人节承载浪漫的礼物。但是，爱巧克力的人们要准备好心碎一点点了。我的人生故事并不全是甜蜜的。)”以及第五段讲述童工劳作的残酷内容可知，文章既介绍巧克力甜蜜美好的一面，又揭露其生产背后不人道的黑暗现状，因此“甜蜜，却暗藏阴暗面”能够完整概括全文核心内容，适合作为最佳标题。 (B) INNOVATION CUP 2027 Great minds come together at Merck What’s in it for me? If you are a post-graduate student with an interest in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, the Merck Innovation Cup is your chance to gain in-depth knowledge about research and development, to network with top students from around the world and to build a business case together with experienced professionals. How it works: During a one-week Summer Camp, 50 selected students will attend in-depth presentations about the pharmaceutical and chemical industry given by Merck researchers and managers. The participants will be divided into teams, work together to develop a business plan and present it to a grand jury, who will award the Merck Innovation Cup for the best plan along with a cash prize of EUR 20,000 plus EUR 5,000 for the runner-up. A conference with alumni of previous Innovation Cup editions will be held on the first day of the Summer Camp. Further information about the program and how to apply online from November 1, 2026, until January 31, 2027：http:/innovationcup.merckgroup.com Location: Near Frankfurt, Germany, June 20-26, 2027. Travel, accommodation and food expenses will be paid by Merck. Who can apply: Advanced students and postdocs in the fields of life science, data science and business administration from all over the world can apply: ▲Sciences: Post graduate students on their way towards a PhD in biology, medicine, biotech, bioinformatics, data sciences, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacy, physics or engineering. ▲Business: Advanced MBA students and recent MBA graduates with an interest in the pharmaceutical and chemical business and a science background. The Innovation Cup will comprise the following team topics: oncology, immuno-oncology, autoimmunity, drug discovery technologies digitalization. 40. Who can apply to participate in the event? A. High school students interested in life science. B. Post-graduate students majoring in mathematics. C. MBA graduates knowledgeable about finance. D. Advanced students specializing in developing new drugs. 41. What’s the purpose of this passage? A. To deepen top students’ interest in innovation. B. To attract talents to the Innovation Cup competition. C. To promote the Merck company around the world. D. To inform alumni of an important conference. 42. Which of the following is true about the event? A. Merck will cover the expenses of travel, research and food. B. The event plans to select 50 researchers to give presentations. C. The top two winners of the Cup will be awarded cash prizes. D. Applicants should apply online within a duration of two months. 【答案】40. D 41. B 42. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍2027默克创新杯活动，包含参赛对象、举办流程、时间地点、奖金福利以及线上报名渠道等相关详情。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据Who can apply部分中的“Advanced students and postdocs in the fields of life science, data science and business administration from all over the world can apply:▲Sciences: Post graduate students on their way towards a PhD in biology, medicine, biotech, bioinformatics, data sciences, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacy, physics or engineering.(全球生命科学、数据科学、工商管理领域高年级学生及博士后均可报名：▲理科方向包含正在攻读生物学、医学、生物技术、生物信息学、数据科学、生物化学、化学、药学、物理学或工程学博士学位的研究生。)”可知，主攻新药研发相关专业的高年级学生符合参赛报名条件。 【41题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是“What’s in it for me?”部分中的“If you are a post-graduate student with an interest in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, the Merck Innovation Cup is your chance to gain in-depth knowledge about research and development, to network with top students from around the world and to build a business case together with experienced professionals.(如果你是一名对制药与化工行业抱有兴趣的研究生，默克创新杯将为你提供一次机会：深入学习研发相关专业知识、结识全球顶尖学子，并与资深行业专家共同完成一份商业方案。)”可知，文章完整介绍赛事福利、流程、报名要求等内容，由此能推断出本文写作目的是吸引优秀人才参与本次创新杯竞赛。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据How it works部分中的“The participants will be divided into teams, work together to develop a business plan and present it to a grand jury, who will award the Merck Innovation Cup for the best plan along with a cash prize of EUR 20,000 plus EUR 5,000 for the runner-up. (参赛人员将分组协作，共同撰写商业计划书，并向评审团进行展示；评审团会为最佳方案颁发默克创新杯，冠军奖金20000欧元，亚军奖金5000欧元。)”可知，赛事会为冠亚两组优胜者分别发放现金奖励。 (C) On January 15th, the Guardian showed off its new, smaller look, shifting from its distinctive “Berliner” format to a tabloid(娱乐小报) shape with a redesigned logo in black type. But the more dramatic makeover is of the financial books of Guardian Media Group (GMG), publisher of the Sunday Observer and the daily Guardian, which may find its new operation in the black next financial year. A newspaper business that two years ago was threatened with existentially worrying losses appears on the edge of breaking even. The turnaround is partly due to steep cost-cutting, which is a dog-bites-man story in journalism. But the Guardian would manage the achievement while still giving away news free online, and that is a story worth telling. In January 2016 David Pemsel, the new chief executive of GMG, and Katharine Viner, the new editor-in-chief of the Guardian, informed staff that GMG’s endowment fund, meant to ensure the financial security of the paper in the long run, had lost £100m ($140m) in just half a year, taking it to £740m. Mr Pemsel was advised by industry peers to cut costs and put online news behind a paywall. He and Ms Viner cut costs by 20%, or more than £50m. Alan Rusbridger, Ms Viner’s predecessor(前任), had led the newspaper to global relevance with a large online readership. But he spent without thinking of the consequences. In two years GMG has reduced its employees by 400, to about 1,500. Yet unlike a growing number of newspapers, the Guardian has not put up a paywall. Instead it has pursued a membership model, asking online readers to contribute whatever they like. About 600,000 now do, with annual payments or one-off amounts. American readers tend to choose the latter option, Ms Viner says. GMG says the total figure amounts to tens of millions of pounds per year. Ms Viner says revenue from readers (including 200,000 print subscribers) is now greater than revenue from advertisers. The result is steadily declining operating losses: from £69m two years ago to £45m last financial year and, Mr Pemsel says, less than £25m in the year that ends on April 1st. He predicts breaking even next year. Giving up its own printing presses and going tabloid will help, saving several million pounds a year. The Guardian may now physically look more like its peers, but its turnaround story remains distinctive. 43. The phrase “in the black”(Paragraph 1) most probably means ______. A. making profit B. taking on a new look C. losing support D. enjoying great popularity 44. What does the writer imply about Alan Rusbridger? A. He advised GMG to cost costs. B. He got the Guardian into trouble. C. He was the founder of GMG’s endowment fund. D. He was fired due to his failure to bring the Guardian online. 45. What does the Guardian allow its online readers to do? A. To pay as they like. B. To skip the advertisements. C. To join its membership club. D. To connect to other newspapers. 46. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? A. The Guardian has been reduced to a tabloid. B. The Guardian succeeds by giving away news free online. C. The Guardian turns around by looking more likes its peers. D. The Guardian has broken even by cutting its operation costs. 【答案】43. A 44. B 45. C 46. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了《卫报》改变了自己的报纸外观，从独特的“柏林型版式”形式到小报形式，并采用会员制模式，这有助于改善其经济亏损的状况。 【43题详解】 短语猜测题。根据下句“A newspaper business that two years ago was threatened with existentially worrying losses appears on the edge of breaking even.(一家报社两年前面临着令人担忧的关乎生死的亏损威胁，现在它正处于盈亏平衡的边缘。)”可知，Guardian Media Group之前因为亏损而处于生死存亡的边缘，而现在它马上就要盈亏平衡了。由此可推测出，in the black表示“有结余”，与“making profit”意思相近，这里是说这家出版商在下一个经济年度运转时可能会有结余。故选A。 【44题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Alan Rusbridger, Ms Viner’s predecessor(前任), had led the newspaper to global relevance with a large online readership. But he spent without thinking of the consequences. In two years GMG has reduced its employees by 400, to about 1,500.(Viner女士的前任Alan Rusbridger带领该报在全球范围内拥有大量在线读者。但他花钱的时候没有考虑后果。在两年的时间里，GMG减少了400名员工，减少到1500名左右。)”可知，《卫报》前任主编Alan Rusbridger虽然增加了全球读者数量，但他花钱过多，导致GMG不得不裁员，由此可推测出，他让《卫报》陷入了困难。故选B。 【45题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Instead it has pursued a membership model, asking online readers to contribute whatever they like.(相反，它采用了会员制模式，要求在线读者添加他们喜欢的任何东西。)”可知，《卫报》允许在线读者加入会员俱乐部。故选C。 【46题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“On January 15th, the Guardian showed off its new, smaller look, shifting from its distinctive ‘Berliner’ format to a tabloid(娱乐小报) shape with a redesigned logo in black type.(1月15日，《卫报》展示了其新的、较小的外观，从其独特的‘柏林型版式’格式转变为小报形状，并重新设计了黑色标志。)”可知，《卫报》从1月15日开始就将其版面从独特的“柏林型版式”格式转变为小报形状，由此可推测出，《卫报》已经简化为小报了。故选A。 Section C Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. The Truth About Breakfast Is skipping breakfast a terrible way to start your day? Will you get hungry later, eat all the wrong things and put on weight? That is certainly what Public Health England and NHS guidelines currently say. But is it true? ____47____ A study last year from the German Diabetes Centre in Dusseldorf, for example, found that when they compared a group of people who skipped breakfast with a group who ate breakfast, those who skipped it were not only heavier but were also 33 percent more likely to have type 2 diabetes (糖尿病) than those who didn’t. ____48____ The fact is that people who regularly eat breakfast also smoke less, drink less and tend to be more active than those who skip breakfast, factors which are likely to be of much greater importance than when you decide to break your fast. The best way to resolve the question is to do randomised controlled studies in which you ask breakfast skippers to eat breakfast, and vice versa, and see what happens. The good news is that a large number of these studies have been done. The bad news, for the advocates of ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’, is that randomised controlled trials have, on the whole, shown that getting people to eat breakfast may not serve the intended purpose. A large analysis recently published in the British Medical Journal pulled together results from a dozen studies. ____49____ In fact, the scientists found that people who are asked to skip breakfast, on average, take in 260kcal less a day than those who eat it. They also weigh, on average, 0.44kg less. The researchers concluded that, “____50____” So the message is, if you enjoy eating breakfast (as I do), then fine. But if you prefer to wait and break your fast later in the day, then no harm done. A. There is plenty of evidence from numerous studies that eating breakfast is good for your health. B. It also pointed out that the alleged benefits for children are weak and largely observational. C. It found that although people who skip breakfast do eat more later in the day, they don’t eat enough to make up for the calories they skipped early on. D. Does eating ‘the most important meal of the day’ help you stay healthy? E. But just because people who skip breakfast tend to be less healthy, it doesn’t mean that breakfast is the reason. F. Caution is needed when recommending breakfast for weight loss in adults, as it could have the opposite effect. 【答案】47. A 48. E 49. C 50. F 【解析】 【导语】本文主要围绕吃早餐是否有益健康展开讨论，对比观察研究与对照实验，指出不吃早餐不一定危害健康，早餐对减重反而可能起反作用。 【47题详解】 根据空后的“A study last year from the German Diabetes Centre in Dusseldorf, for example, found that when they compared a group of people who skipped breakfast with a group who ate breakfast, those who skipped it were not only heavier but were also 33 percent more likely to have type 2 diabetes (糖尿病) than those who didn’t.(例如，去年杜塞尔多夫德国糖尿病中心的一项研究发现，将不吃早餐的人群和吃早餐的人群对比，与吃早餐的人相比，不吃早餐的人不仅体重更重，患上二型糖尿病的概率也高出33%)”可知，句中for example说明后文是举例论证，空格处需要总述存在大量证明早餐有益健康的研究证据。A选项“There is plenty of evidence from numerous studies that eating breakfast is good for your health.(大量研究提供了充分证据，证明吃早餐对身体健康有益)”总领下文实验案例，逻辑上先提出观点再举例支撑，符合语境。 【48题详解】 根据空前段落介绍不吃早餐人群健康状况更差的研究结果，以及空后的“The fact is that people who regularly eat breakfast also smoke less, drink less and tend to be more active than those who skip breakfast, factors which are likely to be of much greater importance than when you decide to break your fast.(事实是，规律吃早餐的人比不吃早餐的人抽烟更少、饮酒更少，也往往更爱运动，这些因素带来的影响远比进食早餐的时间重要)”可知，后文推翻了“不吃早餐导致健康变差”的直接因果关系，空格需要转折，说明不能将健康差异完全归咎于早餐。E选项“But just because people who skip breakfast tend to be less healthy, it doesn’t mean that breakfast is the reason.(但仅仅因为不吃早餐的人健康状况普遍较差，并不代表早餐是造成该现象的原因)”使用转折连词But，承接前文观察结论，引出后文真正的影响因素，符合语境。 【49题详解】 根据空前的“A large analysis recently published in the British Medical Journal pulled together results from a dozen studies.(一篇近期发表在《英国医学杂志》上的大型分析整合了十几项研究的结果)”可知，后文需要介绍这份综合分析得出的具体实验结论；再结合空后的“In fact, the scientists found that people who are asked to skip breakfast, on average, take in 260kcal less a day than those who eat it.(事实上，科学家发现，被要求不吃早餐的人平均每日摄入热量比吃早餐的人少260千卡)”可知，内容围绕热量摄入展开。C选项“It found that although people who skip breakfast do eat more later in the day, they don’t eat enough to make up for the calories they skipped early on.(该分析发现，尽管不吃早餐的人会在当天晚些时候吃得更多，但摄入的热量不足以弥补早上缺失的热量)”中的主语It可指代前句的A large analysis，内容和后文热量相关结论吻合，符合语境。 【50题详解】 根据空前的“The researchers concluded that(研究人员得出结论)”可知，空格处需要填入研究最终总结性观点，结合“In fact, the scientists found that people who are asked to skip breakfast, on average, take in 260kcal less a day than those who eat it. They also weigh, on average, 0.44kg less.(事实上，科学家发现，被要求不吃早餐的人平均每天比吃早餐的人少摄入260千卡热量，体重平均也轻0.44千克。)”可知，前文全部数据证明不吃早餐总热量摄入更低、体重更轻。F选项“Caution is needed when recommending breakfast for weight loss in adults, as it could have the opposite effect.(向成年人推荐吃早餐来减重需要谨慎，因为这可能起到相反的效果)”基于前文热量、体重数据得出总结结论，完美承接上文实验结果，符合语境。 IV. Translation(15’) Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 51. 每天用电动牙刷刷两次牙有助于维护口腔健康。(oral)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Brushing teeth twice a day with an electric toothbrush helps maintain oral health. 【解析】 【详解】句子陈述事实，用一般现在时；主语“每天用电动牙刷刷两次牙”是动作，需转化为动名词短语作主语，此时谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式，“用电动牙刷”可表示为with electric toothbrush，“刷牙”可表示为brush teeth，“每天两次”可表示为twice a day，主语“每天用电动牙刷刷两次牙”为Brushing teeth twice a day with an electric toothbrush；“有助于做某事”可用help do sth.，help用第三人称单数形式helps；“维护”可表示为maintain；“口腔健康”可表示为oral health。 52. 在数字时代，人们仍会因为收到纸质信件而欣喜不已。(delight) (汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 【答案】 In the digital age, people still take great delight in receiving paper letters. 【解析】 【详解】本句描述普遍现状，用一般现在时。句首表示“在数字时代”为 In the digital age；主语“人们”为people；表示“仍然”为副词still；表示“欣喜不已”为 take great delight in；表示“收到纸质信件”为动名词短语receiving paper letters，作宾语。 53. 昨天王教授提到的那篇文章是关于我所不熟悉的“远程手术”。(unfamiliar) (汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 【答案】The article mentioned by Professor Wang yesterday is about “remote surgery” that I am unfamiliar with. 【解析】 【详解】根据句意以及提示词可知，表示“那篇文章”为名词The article；后接非谓语动词作后置定语修饰article，表示“提到”的动词mention和article为被动关系，所以为过去分词形式，所以“昨天王教授提到的那篇文章”可译为The article mentioned by Professor Wang yesterday；表示“是”为系动词is；表示“关于”为介词about；表示“远程手术”应为名词短语remote surgery；后接that引导的定语从句对该先行词remote surgery的修饰，从句中，表示“对……不熟悉”应为动词短语be unfamiliar with；结合句意可知，该句应为陈述一般事实，为一般现在时。 54. 在我看来，他们实验失败的主要原因是因为缺乏创新精神和团队合作。(lack) (汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 【答案】 In my opinion, the main reason why they failed the experiment is that they lack the spirit of innovation and teamwork. 【解析】 【详解】本句为客观观点陈述，主句和表语从句用一般现在时，实验失败为过去动作用一般过去时。句首表示 “在我看来”为 In my opinion；表示“他们实验失败的主要原因”为 the main reason why they failed the experiment，why引导定语从句修饰 reason；“是”用系动词is；that引导表语从句说明原因，表示“缺乏创新精神和团队合作”为lack the spirit of innovation and teamwork，使用主语they。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 吴淞中学2025-2026学年高一年级第二学期 英语学科期末(试卷) 完卷时间90分钟 满分100分 I. Listening Comprehension (20’) 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 visa officer. B. An interviewer. C. A student. D. A manager. 2. A. In a factory. B. At an airport. C. In a post office. D. In a cafe. 3. A. She enjoys traveling this summer vacation. B. She had an unpleasant experience in Sydney. C. She is considering whether to travel abroad. D. She speaks highly of her experience last year. 4.A. Wait till the end of the year. B. Walk to his workplace. C. Take public transportation. D. Buy the car right now 5. A. A gift. B. A trip. C.A job. D. A visit. 6. A. The man is said to be a vegetarian. B. The man dislikes American food. C. The man has got used to American food. D.The man is ill because of American food. 7. A. Doubtful. B. Upset. C. Disappointed. D. Annoyed. 8. A. Manager and secretary. B. Doctor and patient. C. Employer and employee. D. Teacher and student. 9. A. She will probably go to see a doctor right away. B. She has refused to take medicine for her throat. C. She’d better avoid speaking even in a low voice. D. She can’t make herself understood when whispering. 10.A. The woman doesn’t like to drink coffee in any case. B. The woman drinks coffee just to prepare for finals. C. The man doesn’t drink coffee when meeting people. D. The man drinks coffee when making more products. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the longer conversation. The passages and the longer 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. Because a monthly fee has to he paid. B. Because it goes wrong on hot, sunny days. C. Because it’s hard and expensive to be installed. D. Because it often makes us confused when used. 12. A. It’s a dream that will come true sooner or later. B. It’s a now and good way to track your vehicle. C. It’s a regular device that works with a smartphone. D. It’s a tracking device that is changing our life greatly. 13. A. Efficient but expensive. B. Innovative bu time-consuming. C. Free but hard to install. D. Small but user-friendly. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A.3%. B.15%. C. About 18%. D Over 30%. 15. A. British’s senior managers. B. Patients in mental hospital. C. Prime ministers. D. American presidents. 16. A. Factors of affecting people’s success. B. Importance of keeping emotional health. C. Encouraging children to have ambitions. D. Relationships between hardship and success. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17.A.Because he thought smoking would do good to his heart. B. Because he didn’t believe smoking would be that harmful. C. Because he thought smoking could help him feel relaxed. D. Because he believed smoking could make him feel excited. 18. A. Air pollution. B. Smoke. C. Secondhand smoke. D. Third-hand smoke. 19. A. Because the government hasn’t taken any effective measures to stop smoking. B. Because each year many children’s death is connected with secondhand smoke. C. Because smoking and secondhand smoke do more harm to children than adults. D. Because the government has passed the relevant law to prevent from smoking. 20. A. The smell of tobacco smoke left on things such as clothes, furniture and so on. B. The tobacco smoke accidentally caused by the third person who smokes nearby. C. The poisonous chemicals released from things like clothes, furniture and so on. D. The poisonous chemicals from tobacco smoke left on things like clothes etc. II. Grammar and Vocabulary(20’) 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. How to choose the right career? Deciding on a career can be one of the most important decisions of your life. Getting ____1____ (stick) with a job that isn’t right for you can have a big negative impact on your happiness, but by following a careful thought process when deciding which path to pursue, you should be well on your way to ____2____ (make) the right choice. Set Goals Although it may sound cheesy (虚伪的), following your passion can be exceptionally important when looking for a satisfying job. If you choose a job without much deliberation, it can be boring and difficult to stick with. If you spend some time considering what you like to do, chances are that you’ll find that there are dozens of careers ____3____ could match your interests. Considering ____4____ your personal goals are can be a great first step. Your goals shouldn’t be limited to concerns about career interests, although these are important, but ____5____ instead be a combination of work, lifestyle, and long-term things that you want to have or do. Once you know exactly what you’re aiming for, you can have a sturdy (坚固的)foundation to start brainstorming for careers that could help you accomplish your goals. Consider Logistics (后勤) It can be important that you find a job that is not only exciting to you but ____6____ (make) sense in a practical way. If you’re planning on raising kids, then you’ll probably have to decide whether you want to work full time or if you need time ____7____ work to take care of them. You should also look for opportunities that exist in the area where you want to live. If you find that your dream job isn’t in demand where you live you may have to move or reconsider your choices. Deciding how much money you need to make a year in order to maintain your desired lifestyles ____8____ (be) also vital. By doing research, you should be able to find average incomes for just about any job you’re interested in. ____9____ not always precise, the averages can give you a good idea of where you will stand if you pursue that job. Research Once you know what you’re looking for in a job then it should be time to get into details. Research careers that interest you and find out which ones look the most interesting. You can work towards getting hired into your dream job by using job matching websites _____10_____ (connect) you with opportunities. It can be worth putting in some time in front of a computer looking up different jobs. 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. ultimately B. crowned C. string D.distancing E. secure F. sights G. entitled H. commitment I. edge J. sustaining K. literarily Just Focus on Your Own Way Lang, a significant cultural icon in China rose to prominence as a volleyball player in the early 1980s. She, along with her teammates, was ____11____ four-time world champions in international competitions between 1981 and 1985. This ____12____ of victories pushed women’s volleyball to the forefront of Chinese sports discussions. Before this time, only table tennis had taken on a characterization as the sport in which the Chinese boasted about an absolute ____13____. As the leading outside hitter, Lang herself was honored as the MVP of women’s volleyball at the 1984 Olympics. After she retired from playing, Lang moved to the United States to experience what she called a “normal life”, ____14____ herself from her national fame. In 1987, she started coaching the women’s volleyball team at the University of New Mexico. Having honed (磨练) her coaching skills with these young athletes over a five-year period, Lang became the head coach of China women’s national team in 1995. She ____15____ led the team to a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and a second place at the World Championship two years later. In 2005, Lang set her ____16____ on a new challenge: coaching the U.S. women’s national volleyball team. The first foreign female to coach a major sport for the United States, she devoted herself to the job, despite ____17____ criticism back home. Lang returned to coach the Chinese national team for the second time in 2013. After guiding the team to the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, she became the first person in volleyball history to ____18____ Olympic titles both as a player and as a coach. However, when asked about her success, Lang just said, “It’s not important for me to make history. But I’m so happy for the girls. They trained very hard.” Lang’s spectacular life is displayed in a documentary ____19____ The Iron Hammer, named after her nickname. The film not only tells her story but showcases her internal strength and_____20_____ to greatness in the sport. Furthermore, her ability to break down gender barriers has inspired women to achieve new heights in the sport, a legacy that still inspires hope in the youth of today. III. Reading Comprehension(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. So far, to reduce congestion, cities have mainly tried a combination of discouraging driving and encouraging walking and cycling. Paris has ____21____ traffic from some streets, while Barcelona has received much international attention for its plan to organise the city into a series of “superblocks” — where cars are restricted to certain big roads, with streets in-between ____22____ pedestrian-only parks and playgrounds. But new technologies could bring more changes. Micromobility, including electric scooters (电动车) and bikes, is seen as a potential solution to moving people more ____23____ around cities. Dozens of start-ups including Bird, Lime, Voi and Bolt have ____24____ cities with shared scooters that can be rented by the minute. In a survey, some 34 per cent of riders in Portland, Oregon, said they had used a scooter ____25____ driving a personal car or using a ride-hailing app or taxi for their most recent ride. Scooter safety, however, is making city planners ____26____. Sweden’s transport agency is calling for electric scooters to be banned following the death of a man riding a Voi scooter in Helsingborg. For scooters to work, cities will have to ____27____ more safe pathways for them — possibly high above the city streets. Xiamen in southeast China, ____28____, has built a nearly 8 km elevated cycle-way for bikes. BMW group and China’s Tongji University, meanwhile, have drawn up even more ambitious plans for a network of covered tubes above the streets for scooter and bike traffic. They say several cities have expressed ____29____. Electric self-driving cars could also greatly change the ____30____ of cities. Such cars could change the way cities are laid out, says Willem Strijbosch, head of self-driving at Tom Tom, the mapping company. “It could ____31____ a lot of space. If the vast majority of transport is done by self-driving vehicles, the streets could be narrower,” he says. Self-driving cars communicating with each other through a wireless network would be able to pass each other with centimeter ____32____. “You may be able to fit four lanes in where you previously had three. Traffic lights will be no longer needed. Cars will communicate by means of maps, and will ____33____ right of way at crossings in a different way.” Public transport could become highly personalised, says Warwick Goodall, a partner at PA Consulting, who focuses on transport and mobility. “For the last century, transport has been about building train sets. The next decades of transport will be built around personal ____34____. That is why Uber and other ride-hailing services have grown so quickly — you can hail a cab and it will arrive in two minutes. We will go from transport on ____35____ rails and routes to one that is highly personalised.” 21. A. removed B. retired C. distinguished D. discouraged 22. A. traded with B. turned into C. based upon D. mistaken for 23. A. naturally B. directly C. efficiently D. regularly 24. A. flooded B. designed C. presented D. struck 25. A. in spite of B. with regard to C. in addition to D. instead of 26. A. decide B. hesitate C. compete D. request 27. A. affect B. close C. guard D. create 28. A. even so B. for example C. in a word D. what’s more 29. A. concern B. frustration C. surprise D. interest 30. A. look B. role C. centre D. economy 31. A. call for B. use up C. free up D. make for 32. A. length B. width C. precision D. scale 33. A. figure out B. hand over C. stand for D. relate to 34. A. behaviours B. needs C. feelings D. commitments 35. A. varied B. old C. fixed D. new 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) I am chocolate, and have always been, a symbol of love, richness, and joy. Lucky kids wear me across their mouths and on their fingertips as a sign of ultimate childhood satisfaction. I’m the Valentine’s Day gift for celebrating romance. But prepare for your chocolate-loving hearts to break just a bit, folks. My life story is not entirely sweet. I am native to the equatorial regions of the Americas and have been round for several thousand years. I come from a small evergreen tree that grows football-shaped pods (荚) — not on its branches, like most fruit trees, but on the trunk. The pods have leathery skins that cover a sweet-sour flesh and house roughly 40 seeds each. I was likely first grown 5,000 years ago in current-day Ecuador — for something like wine. (Yes, my flesh can be made into an alcoholic drink.) But soon enough, my seeds — cacao beans — became the forever focus. The Mayans, among others, made them into cocoa flour and mixed with water to make a drink. One early European colonizer who tasted the mix said I was “more a drink for pigs than a drink for humanity.” In time, he grew to enjoy the drink, eating his words as noblemen across Europe took to drinking a similar mixture made with rose water, egg yolks, or almonds. Beyond satisfying the early human sweet tooth, cacao beans have turned out to be full of compounds, like fiber, antioxidants, monounsaturated fat, and flavanols, which 21st-century humans know are important to overall health. To be perfectly honest, however, I didn’t really become a treat for the masses as a result of technology. To this day, I am a product of labor and hardship. Since my pods ripen at irregular times and are attached to my tree by a delicate stem that would be damaged by a machine, all my harvesting and processing must be done by hand. Much of the mass-market chocolate you buy at the grocers is produced by the more than 2 million 12-to-18-year-old West African children who travel alone across borders to labor, often not paid at all, for cacao farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the biggest chocolate-growing countries in the world. If you’ve lost your sweet tooth at the thought of this background, there are ways to consume me with a freer conscience. Look for labels on chocolate that indicate ethical labor standards. 36. Which of the following statements is true of chocolate? A. The pods grew on the tree branches. B. Only the flesh was made into a drink at first. C. People loved it because of the shape of the pods. D. It was European colonizers who brought it to America. 37. What does the phrase “eating his words” (paragraph 3) most probably mean? A. admitting he was wrong B. predicting what would happen C. promising he would take action D. finding an excuse for his behaviour 38. What does the writer imply about the production of chocolate? A. Technology has raised its production efficiency. B. Cacao farmers depend on the weather for the harvest. C. Much of chocolate is still produced in an unethical way. D. New machinery has been developed to produce chocolate 39. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Sweet, but with a Dark Side B. Exploring the Health Benefits of Cocoa C. The Art and Science of Chocolate’s Production D. A Sweet Affair with Irresistible Temptation (B) INNOVATION CUP 2027 Great minds come together at Merck What’s in it for me? If you are a post-graduate student with an interest in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, the Merck Innovation Cup is your chance to gain in-depth knowledge about research and development, to network with top students from around the world and to build a business case together with experienced professionals. How it works: During a one-week Summer Camp, 50 selected students will attend in-depth presentations about the pharmaceutical and chemical industry given by Merck researchers and managers. The participants will be divided into teams, work together to develop a business plan and present it to a grand jury, who will award the Merck Innovation Cup for the best plan along with a cash prize of EUR 20,000 plus EUR 5,000 for the runner-up. A conference with alumni of previous Innovation Cup editions will be held on the first day of the Summer Camp. Further information about the program and how to apply online from November 1, 2026, until January 31, 2027：http:/innovationcup.merckgroup.com Location: Near Frankfurt, Germany, June 20-26, 2027. Travel, accommodation and food expenses will be paid by Merck. Who can apply: Advanced students and postdocs in the fields of life science, data science and business administration from all over the world can apply: ▲Sciences: Post graduate students on their way towards a PhD in biology, medicine, biotech, bioinformatics, data sciences, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacy, physics or engineering. ▲Business: Advanced MBA students and recent MBA graduates with an interest in the pharmaceutical and chemical business and a science background. The Innovation Cup will comprise the following team topics: oncology, immuno-oncology, autoimmunity, drug discovery technologies digitalization. 40. Who can apply to participate in the event? A. High school students interested in life science. B. Post-graduate students majoring in mathematics. C. MBA graduates knowledgeable about finance. D. Advanced students specializing in developing new drugs. 41. What’s the purpose of this passage? A. To deepen top students’ interest in innovation. B. To attract talents to the Innovation Cup competition. C. To promote the Merck company around the world. D. To inform alumni of an important conference. 42. Which of the following is true about the event? A. Merck will cover the expenses of travel, research and food. B. The event plans to select 50 researchers to give presentations. C. The top two winners of the Cup will be awarded cash prizes. D. Applicants should apply online within a duration of two months. (C) On January 15th, the Guardian showed off its new, smaller look, shifting from its distinctive “Berliner” format to a tabloid(娱乐小报) shape with a redesigned logo in black type. But the more dramatic makeover is of the financial books of Guardian Media Group (GMG), publisher of the Sunday Observer and the daily Guardian, which may find its new operation in the black next financial year. A newspaper business that two years ago was threatened with existentially worrying losses appears on the edge of breaking even. The turnaround is partly due to steep cost-cutting, which is a dog-bites-man story in journalism. But the Guardian would manage the achievement while still giving away news free online, and that is a story worth telling. In January 2016 David Pemsel, the new chief executive of GMG, and Katharine Viner, the new editor-in-chief of the Guardian, informed staff that GMG’s endowment fund, meant to ensure the financial security of the paper in the long run, had lost £100m ($140m) in just half a year, taking it to £740m. Mr Pemsel was advised by industry peers to cut costs and put online news behind a paywall. He and Ms Viner cut costs by 20%, or more than £50m. Alan Rusbridger, Ms Viner’s predecessor(前任), had led the newspaper to global relevance with a large online readership. But he spent without thinking of the consequences. In two years GMG has reduced its employees by 400, to about 1,500. Yet unlike a growing number of newspapers, the Guardian has not put up a paywall. Instead it has pursued a membership model, asking online readers to contribute whatever they like. About 600,000 now do, with annual payments or one-off amounts. American readers tend to choose the latter option, Ms Viner says. GMG says the total figure amounts to tens of millions of pounds per year. Ms Viner says revenue from readers (including 200,000 print subscribers) is now greater than revenue from advertisers. The result is steadily declining operating losses: from £69m two years ago to £45m last financial year and, Mr Pemsel says, less than £25m in the year that ends on April 1st. He predicts breaking even next year. Giving up its own printing presses and going tabloid will help, saving several million pounds a year. The Guardian may now physically look more like its peers, but its turnaround story remains distinctive. 43. The phrase “in the black”(Paragraph 1) most probably means ______. A. making profit B. taking on a new look C. losing support D. enjoying great popularity 44. What does the writer imply about Alan Rusbridger? A. He advised GMG to cost costs. B. He got the Guardian into trouble. C. He was the founder of GMG’s endowment fund. D. He was fired due to his failure to bring the Guardian online. 45. What does the Guardian allow its online readers to do? A. To pay as they like. B. To skip the advertisements. C. To join its membership club. D. To connect to other newspapers. 46. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? A. The Guardian has been reduced to a tabloid. B. The Guardian succeeds by giving away news free online. C. The Guardian turns around by looking more likes its peers. D. The Guardian has broken even by cutting its operation costs. Section C Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. The Truth About Breakfast Is skipping breakfast a terrible way to start your day? Will you get hungry later, eat all the wrong things and put on weight? That is certainly what Public Health England and NHS guidelines currently say. But is it true? ____47____ A study last year from the German Diabetes Centre in Dusseldorf, for example, found that when they compared a group of people who skipped breakfast with a group who ate breakfast, those who skipped it were not only heavier but were also 33 percent more likely to have type 2 diabetes (糖尿病) than those who didn’t. ____48____ The fact is that people who regularly eat breakfast also smoke less, drink less and tend to be more active than those who skip breakfast, factors which are likely to be of much greater importance than when you decide to break your fast. The best way to resolve the question is to do randomised controlled studies in which you ask breakfast skippers to eat breakfast, and vice versa, and see what happens. The good news is that a large number of these studies have been done. The bad news, for the advocates of ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’, is that randomised controlled trials have, on the whole, shown that getting people to eat breakfast may not serve the intended purpose. A large analysis recently published in the British Medical Journal pulled together results from a dozen studies. ____49____ In fact, the scientists found that people who are asked to skip breakfast, on average, take in 260kcal less a day than those who eat it. They also weigh, on average, 0.44kg less. The researchers concluded that, “____50____” So the message is, if you enjoy eating breakfast (as I do), then fine. But if you prefer to wait and break your fast later in the day, then no harm done. A. There is plenty of evidence from numerous studies that eating breakfast is good for your health. B. It also pointed out that the alleged benefits for children are weak and largely observational. C. It found that although people who skip breakfast do eat more later in the day, they don’t eat enough to make up for the calories they skipped early on. D. Does eating ‘the most important meal of the day’ help you stay healthy? E. But just because people who skip breakfast tend to be less healthy, it doesn’t mean that breakfast is the reason. F. Caution is needed when recommending breakfast for weight loss in adults, as it could have the opposite effect. IV. Translation(15’) Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 51. 每天用电动牙刷刷两次牙有助于维护口腔健康。(oral)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 52. 在数字时代，人们仍会因为收到纸质信件而欣喜不已。(delight) (汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 53. 昨天王教授提到的那篇文章是关于我所不熟悉的“远程手术”。(unfamiliar) (汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 54. 在我看来，他们实验失败的主要原因是因为缺乏创新精神和团队合作。(lack) (汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $