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上海市行知中学2025-2026学年高三第二学期 5月英语月考试卷 I. Listening Comprehension 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. English. B. Biology. C. Literature. D. Psychology. 2. A. It offers various rides. B. It's worth the long wait. C. It's quite disappointing. D. It's beyond expectation. 3. A. He changed the venue. B. He waited in Room 302. C. He missed the group discussion. D. He attended the wrong discussion. 4. A. He will release a new TV special soon. B. He often changes his jokes for live shows. C. He is more popular on TV than in live shows. D. He seldom performs in front of a live audience. 5. A. The East Wing is under repair. B. They arrived at the museum too late. C. This section is reserved for a private tour. D. The Impressionists' paintings are on loan. 6. A. Rewrite the essay later. B. Take a break from his work. C. Stick with the draft for a while. D. Focus less on polishing the draft. 7. A. Cheap cars often have problems. B. She should buy a brand-new car. C. Second-hand cars are usually cheap. D. He can help the woman choose a car. 8. A. The position is suitable for her. B. She needs more time to get ready. C. She is confident about her chances. D. She is worried about the competition. 9. A. The woman should make use of the gap year. B. Gap year experience is useless for job hunting. C. Gap year experience is valued in the job market. D. The woman may lack competitiveness in job hunting. 10. A. She was deeply impressed by the content. B. She thought the presentation was too long. C. She had some reservations about the ideas. D. She showed great interest in the discussion. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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. To explain the fundraising goals. B. To persuade more sponsors to donate after the race. C. To encourage runners to compete for a personal best. D. To give safety instructions and key event arrangements. 12. A. Near the finish line. B. At the registration desk. C. At the 1.5K and 3K marks. D. Along the entire route at regular intervals. 13. A. Collect their medal. B. Attend the awards ceremony. C. Enjoy some snacks at the tent. D. Report to the medical staff for a check-up. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. To track firefighters' locations. B. To relay alerts to firefighters on the scene. C. To monitor conditions and firefighters' state. D. To provide real-time footage to a command center. 15. A. It received a grant through a competition. B. It was founded by firefighter Joan Herrera. C. It has designed a five-year charity program. D. It developed its Al system together with IBM. 16. A. It offers training to firefighters on the front lines. B. Its members all have rich firefighting experience. C. It is made up of volunteers from different countries. D. It combines professional knowledge from different fields. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Her lab will be closed soon. B. Her sponsor needs early results. C. She must finish safety training in time. D. The room will be unavailable next week. 18. A. A safety certificate. B. An ethics approval code. C. The sponsor's written permission. D. Personal information of participants. 19. A. No charge is made. B. An extra $50 is needed C. Half the fee is still charged. D. The booking will be canceled automatically. 20. A. To get full technician help. B. To shorten the research time. C. To get ready for formal tests. D. To cut down the total cost of the study. II. Grammar and vocabulary Section A Directions: Read the following passage. 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. Every weekend, after hiking in the Saneum Healing Forest east of Seoul, the firefighters sip tea and enjoy an arm massage. The aim of the program is ____1____ (offer) “forest healing”; the firefighters all have certain types of stress disorder. Saneum is one of three official healing forests in South Korea, which offer a range of programs from meditation to woodcraft to camping. Soon there will be 34 more. South Koreans, many of whom suffer from work stress, digital addiction, and intense academic pressures, ____2____ (welcome) the medicalization of nature with great enthusiasm. In fact, the government is investing a hundred million dollars ____3____ a healing complex next to Sobaeksan National park. There is increasing evidence ____4____ being outside in a pleasant natural environment is good for us. But what is frustrating is that fewer and fewer of us actually enjoy nature regularly. According to Lisa Nisbet, a psychology professor at Canada’s Trent University, evidence for the benefits of nature is pouring at a time ____5____ we are most disconnected from it. The pressures of modern life lead to long hours spent working indoors. Digital addiction and strong academic pressure add to the problem. In America, visits to parks have been declining since the dawn of email, and so ____6____ visits to the backyard. Research indicates that only about 10 percent of American teens spend time outside every day. So what are some of the benefits of nature that Nisbet refers to? ____7____ (surround) by nature has one obvious effect: the more time we spend in nature, the ____8____ (stressful) we become. This has been shown to lower blood pressure, heart rates, and levels of the stress hormone, as well as reduce feelings of fear or anger. But studies also indicate that spending time in nature can do more than provide an ____9____ (improve) sense of well-being; it can lower rates of heart disease and diabetes. That is probably ____10____ we evolved in nature and have been adapted to the natural environment. Section B Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. translates B. potential C. struggle D. integrates E. dominate F. inspired G. fade H. decline I. undisturbed J. hits K. spelled Can Animal Influencers Be Ambassadors for Conservation? Recently, the internet found a new darling: Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo who’s as round as a wet rock. Videos and memes of this grey, roly-poly creature have melted people’s hearts, making her the latest in a long line of cute animals that have become internet ____11____. But while we all enjoy a good “aww” moment, there is more to Moo Deng’s story than meets the eye. And it’s not all sunshine and viral fame. Pygmy hippos like Moo Deng are endangered, with fewer than 2,500 individuals still remaining in the wild. Habitat loss, human overpopulation, and hunting have led to a rapid ____12____ in their numbers. Thus, while Moo Deng may appear to be a chubby, waddling internet star, she represents a much larger issue: the ongoing ____13____ to protect species on the edge of extinction. On a positive note, Moo Deng’s internet fame could help raise awareness of endangered animals. Conservationists hope that as more people fall in love with her, they will be ____14____ to support efforts to protect her species and preserve their habitat. Just imagine a world where internet fame ____15____ into real-world conservation action. Now, wouldn’t that be something? However, Moo Deng’s newfound fame has also ____16____ unwanted trouble. Some zoo visitors, in their eagerness to interact with her, have gone too far by throwing food into her enclosure and even pouring water on her while she was peacefully napping. In response, the zoo has increased security to make sure that Moo Deng stays safe and ____17____. This reminds us that even internet-famous animals need protection from the pressures of fame. Moo Deng’s story also raises a question: What about the less “cute” species? While animals like pygmy hippos, pandas and koalas consistently ____18____ on social media, countless other endangered species often go unnoticed. Asian elephants, for example, are disappearing due to habitat loss and fragmentation but rarely receive the same attention. Though they may not tug at our heartstrings in the same way, less cute animals are equally vital to their ecosystems and worthy of just as much care and protection. Moo Deng’s fame will ____19____ as she grows, but her story highlights the importance of protecting a lot of Earth’s amazing creatures. That adorable little hippo, like China’s beloved pandas, has the ____20____ to bring about real change. Her popularity can encourage people to think beyond clicking “like” and take meaningful steps to protect endangered species. After all, isn’t that what real fame should be about? III. Reading Comprehension 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. “Every technology has improved over the years except batteries! Why can’t someone invent a better battery?” These are the words we often hear from technology fans. In fact, though, the average technology fan is ___21___ two huge points about batteries. First point: The batteries you probably ___22___ most are the ones in your phone or laptop. But you could argue — and many scientists do that batteries are the keys to handling much, much bigger problems, like energy, transportation and climate change. ___23___, today electric cars represent only about 1 percent of U.S. new car sales. One reason is they cost more than gas-powered cars. Another is ___24___ anxiety — consumers’ fear they’ll run out of charge far from home. The ___25___, higher-capacity (容量) batteries now under development aim to solve both those problems. Then there’s the grid (输电网). Electric utilities (电力公司) spend their days coping with swings in energy ___26___. There’s almost no demand at night, when everyone’s asleep, and then tremendous increase at 5 p.m., when people get home from work. Utilities actually ___27___ expensive, inefficient, occasionally used backup power plants just to handle demand increase, as occurs during heat waves. Batteries connected to the grid could even out those strange swings. Maybe even more important, grid batteries could capture solar power while the sun’s shining — and wind power when it’s blowing — for use when we really ___28___it. Thus far we haven’t been able to make the sun and wind respect our lifestyle ___29___ . The other important point: Batteries have been getting better over the decades. The reason why we don’t ___30___ it is that our devices have been getting faster, more powerful and more power hungry at the same time. If you could put a ___31___ iPhone battery into a 1995 phone, it’d probably go a year on a single charge. Other great things are ___32___. Materials scientist Mike Zimmerman has succeeded in replacing the liquid electrolyte (液体电解质), which can burn easily, with a single piece of special plastic film. That is, batteries ___33___ exploding. And because it’s unblowuppable, Zimmerma can use lithium metal, which has a much higher energy density but is considered too ___34___ to us with today’s liquid-electrolyte batteries. That is: batteries with a longer life. So if you do want to complain about your batteries, get it out now. It won’t be long before they have a much better___35___. 21. A. solving B. following C. missing D. weighing 22. A. think about B. take up C. get across D. see through 23. A. In summary B. In addition C. By contrast D. For example 24. A. range B. power C. state D. stress 25. A. stronger B. cheaper C. safer D. cleaner 26. A. price B. demand C. stock D. control 27. A. maintain B. evaluate C. abandon D. identify 28. A. emphasize B. stop C. neglect D. need 29. A. varieties B. directions C. schedules D. purposes 30. A. notice B. doubt C. support D. ignore 31. A. charged B. used C. dead D. modern 32. A. at a loss B. in the darkness C. on the way D. with a question 33. A. inconvenient for B. incapable of C. sensitive to D. different from 34. A. popular B. dangerous C. common D. economical 35. A. comparison B. opportunity C. understanding D. reputation 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 Facial Recall Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially overwhelming. Pressure to learn people’s names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue — but privacy experts recommend proceeding with caution. The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial recognition, potentially eliminating the need for formal introductions. “It breaks down these social barriers we all have in terms of initiating the protocol (礼仪) to meet somebody,” says Barry Sandrew, whose start-up, also called SocialRecall, created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1,000 people. After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, a prospective user is asked to take two selfies and sign in via social media. At the event the app is active within a previously defined geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee’s face, the app identifies the individual, displays the person’s name, and links to his or her social media profile. To protect privacy, it recognizes only those who have agreed to participate. And the app’s creators say it automatically wipes users’ data after an event. Ann Cavoukian, a privacy expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence at Ryerson University in Toronto, praises the app’s creators for these protective measures. She cautions, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that “there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another context that might come back to bite you.” The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia, or “face blindness,” a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met. (Sandrew, who has prosopagnosia himself, notes that the app has not yet been tested on others with the condition.) To use this app, a person first acquires an image of someone’s face, from either the smartphone’s camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user’s phone, according to the team behind the app. Jason Schultz, a professor of clinical law at New York University, who was not involved with the app’s creation, remains wary: “The cost to everyone whom you are surveilling (监视) with this app is very, very high, and I don’t think it respects the consent (认同) politics involved with capturing people’s images.” 36. The app, SocialRecall, is not targeted at those ________. A. who are afraid of social gatherings B. who are suffering from face blindness C. who want to enlarge their social circles D. who have difficulty in socializing with others 37. Why do lots of privacy experts not advocate the facial-recognition app? A. Because it is only active within a defined area. B. Because the technology behind is still not mature. C. Because the app has not been tested on a large scale. D. Because users’ personal information might be misused. 38. The word “wary” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ________. A. Confident B. cautious C. optimistic D. jealous 39. Where does this passage most probably appear? A. A science journal. B. A travel brochure. C. An advertisement column. D. An entertainment magazine. B A BRIEF HISTORY OF Shark attacks in U.S. waters It was around noon when the shark struck. Arthur Medici, a 26-year-old from Brazil, was attacked on Sept. 16 just off Cape Cod’s Newcomb Hollow Beach. Although a friend dragged him from the water, he soon succumbed (抵挡不住) to his injuries in the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts since 1936. Coming just weeks after a 61-year-old was hospitalized following a bite a few miles up the beach, the death frightened a region unaccustomed to the presence of these famous predators. The first American shark panic began in the hot summer of 1916, when a chain of attacks of the Jersey Shore killed four in two weeks. This was thought to be the work of a single great white shark — a species native to the Atlantic coast and the same likely involved in recent attacks. In an era when little was known about beasts from the deep, the deaths were big news. One paper warned that, facing a scarcity of fish, the shark had “probably acquired a taste for human flesh.” But 1916 did not signify a new era of human-hunting sharks. The rate of attacks in the U.S. stayed relatively stable, at two or three per year, for decades. From the 1950s on, that number rose with human population growth, and its subsequent increase of people in the water. Globally, both numbers have been climbing faster since the late 1980s and into the 21st century, but such encounters with sharks are still remarkably uncommon given that the human population is some 7.5 billion. In 2017, 53 of the world’s 88 confirmed unprovoked attacks took place on U.S. coastlines, with 31 in Florida — but even there, you’re far less likely to be killed by a shark than by lightning. Thanks to beach safety and hospital access, only five of last year’s global attacks were fatal. We now know the Jersey Shore shark was probably just confused after straying (偏离) from its home in deeper waters. “If sharks were actively hunting people, we’d see far more attacks,” Gavin Naylor, director at the Florida Museum’s Program for Shark Research, tells TIME. “When sharks attack humans, it’s always a case of mistaken identity.” Instead, great whites are usually looking for seals, which helps explain the Cape Cod attacks. The East Coast is feeling the effects of the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act, which has boosted the numbers of seals to unusually high levels. As the seals venture closer to shore, so do the sharks, says Naylor. Statistically, sharks have far more to fear from us than we do from them — fisheries wipe out an estimated 100 million each year, and climate change and other human activity have threatened shark habitats, sending their global population into decline. But that doesn’t make it any less distressing when the beasts bite back. 40. What can we conclude from Paragraph 2? A. The shark’s taste was thought to have changed. B. Great white sharks blame people for the lack of fish. C. Multiple attacks were launched by several sharks. D. Four attacks happened in two weeks at the Jersey Shore in the summer of 1916. 41. “Both numbers” in Paragraph 4 refer to the numbers of ________. A. shark attacks and human population B. people in the water and shark encounters C. human-hunting sharks and shark attacks D. human population and unprovoked attacks 42. The great white shark attacked Arthur Medici probably because ________. A. being lost made him scared and violent B. many seals were swimming closer to shore C. it mistook the young man for a swimming seal D. it was hungry and was hunting humans for food C Hatching a theory Just as dinosaurs characterized the cretaceous (白垩纪的) period, which ended with their extinction 66 million years ago, and mammals made up the Holocene (全新世), which extends to the present day, many scientists believe we need to designate (命名) a new geologic age, called the Anthropocene, that reflects the impact of humankind on the planet. That raises the question. What will constitute the most noticeable feature of the Anthropocene in the fossil record? It’s likely to be chicken bones, according to a study by Carys Bennett, from the U.K.’s University of Leicester, and colleagues published last month in Royal Society Open Science. Humans eat a lot of chicken, which means a lot of chicken bones are being buried, and many of them are likely to survive in fossilized form. According to Bennett’s paper, 65.8 billion chickens were slaughtered (屠宰) globally in 2016, and another 22.7 billion live birds await this fate today. The “biomass” of all poultry (家禽) is 10 times greater than of all wild birds put together. What’s more, growth in the consumption of chicken is outpacing that of all other forms of livestock. Since 1961, annual production of chickens has soared from less than 10 million metric tons to more than 100 million metric tons in 2016. “Chicken is the most commonly eaten meat worldwide, and their bones are components of house-hold trash,” says Bennett. “Industrial broiler (meat chicken) farms are spread around the world, and chickens are also buried at these sites.” We’re not just eating a lot of poultry, we’ve also put our mark on the birds themselves. Since chicken consumption started taking off in the 1950s, the size and shape of the species — their skeleton, bone chemistry and genetics — have changed radically from their wild ancestors. The rapid growth of chicken’s leg and breast muscle means that its organs, including the heart and liver, are proportionally smaller. We’ve shortened the life span of broiler chickens, which can no longer survive without “intensive human intervention,” the authors write. Because we engineered the species, and because it has become such a major feature of food consumption, it will be considered a marker of the Anthropocene, Bennett predicts. “The significance of the post-mid-20th-century chicken is that it is the first really good example we have of what paleontologists (古生物学家) call a new ‘morphospecies’ — that is, a distinctive kind of skeleton that can be identified as a fossil — that appeared in the Anthropocene (i.e., post-1950) and in that time became hugely abundant pretty well around the world,” she says. “In the future, humans will find and use chickens as a marker — or index species — of our age.” The age of chicken bones may be brief, however. Food producers such as Tyson and Perdue Farms are investing in plant-based replacements for chicken. “People are looking for food that is better for the environment, as well as their wallet,” says Bennett. “Times are changing.” 43. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph? A. The Anthropocene is followed by the Holocene. B. Dinosaurs died out about 66 million years ago. C. Human beings dominate the period of the Holocene. D. Fossil records help scientists name each period. 44. What does the author mean by saying “we engineered the species” in paragraph 6? A. That there is much technology involved in the raising of chickens. B. That chicken industry has become an important food industry in the world. C. That humans have genetically modified the species to satisfy humans’ needs. D. That there are many artificial parts of the species compared with their wild ancestors. 45. Chicken has been the commonly eaten meat worldwide since ________. A. 2016 B. 1961 C. the 1900s D. the 1950s 46. Why can future generations know us by our chicken bones, according to Carys Bennett? A. Because chicken is an important marker to human beings. B. Because the only thing that may remain as fossil is chicken bones. C. Because man has engineered this species as a widely consumed food. D. Because chicken bones are being thrown and buried in large numbers. Section C Directions: 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. Nurturing empathy with a sense of balance As the year’s end approaches, many Americans get bombarded (大量提问) by requests for donations to all manner of charities. I’m an easy target, a softy readily tricked by impassioned requests to help improve the well-being of people, animals and the environment, and I often respond to more appeals than my earnings. This year will be different, thanks to advice from one of the leading experts on empathy, Dr. Helen Riess, associate professor of psychiatry (精神病学) at Harvard Medical School and author of a new book, The Empathy Effect, that explores the neuroscience behind concern for others and offers advice on how to nurture and implement it most effectively. Instead of a scattershot of small gifts to a dozen or more charities, Dr. Riess suggested in an interview that I “pick one or two where a more substantial contribution can really make a difference.” Empathy doesn’t mean saying “yes” to every request, she emphasized. “___47___.” Let something from your own life experience determine which issues are closest to your heart and most deserve your money, she suggests in her book. For me, that would be education and food security; I’ll leave it to others to save abandoned pets and the planet this year. Perhaps no one knows the importance of balancing feelings with thoughts better than Dr. Judith Orloff, a Los Angeles-based psychiatrist and the author of The Empath’s Survival Guide. Her book can help highly sensitive people avoid taking on everyone else’s needs and problems, which Dr. Riess says can lead to “compassion fatigue” and burnout. “___48___” Dr. Orloff said in an interview. “It’s important to be empathetic but also to set healthy limits and boundaries rather than being a doormat (受气包). If you’re a highly sensitive person, you have to learn how to channel your energy. Healthy empathy is when you give from your heart, but not martyr yourself.” Research by Dr. Riess and her collaborators has shown that we are each born with a given number of neurons that participate in an empathetic response. But whether this potential to care appropriately for one’s fellow beings is realized or undermined is largely molded by early life experiences, starting at birth and continuing throughout childhood. How, then, can a healthy degree of empathy be instilled in a child? “___49___” Dr. Riess told me. “We’re all born with a certain talent, but it can be dramatically up-regulated or down-regulated depending upon environmental factors” — especially, she said, by the examples set by a child’s caregivers. Dr. Riess urges parents to be role models who show respect and caring for others. Dr. Riess has vivid memories of how her parents demonstrated empathy, by taking turkeys before Thanksgiving to the homes of people who had almost nothing. “Kids tend to focus on what they don’t have — this exposes them to people who have so much less and gives them the gift of being a giver.” With older children, parents might take them to help out in a soup kitchen or visit a nursing home, Dr. Riess suggested. “___50___” she wrote. A. There is healthy giving and there is unhealthy, codependent giving that can ultimately make you feel worse. B. As a more rational, less emotional approach, “cognitive empathy” is an ideal approach. C. It’s never too late to guide a child toward greater appreciation of others' feelings. D. Recognize that you can’t save the world, and give to organizations that are most important to you. E. Empathy is a changeable quality; it can be taught. F. Caregivers can cultivate empathy by acknowledging rather than dismissing a child’s distress. IV. Summary Writing 51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.  The science of sibling rivalry We don’t choose our siblings. Brothers and sisters are just sort of there. And yet, when it comes to our development, they can be more influential than parents. Part of siblings’ influence has to do with their presence. Eighty-two percent of kids live with a sibling (a greater share than live with a father), and about 75 percent of 70-year-olds have a living sibling. For those of us who have brothers or sisters, our relationships with them will likely be the longest of our life. Whether these relationships make our life better or worse is a more complicated question. On the upside, positive interactions with siblings during adolescence foster empathy, prosocial (亲社会的) behavior, and academic achievement. This effect can be complicated by a full house, however. Kids with more siblings do worse in school — although the universality of this finding has been challenged by several studies. When a sibling relationship is bad, however, it can be really bad — as in messing-up-your-life bad. Tense sibling relationships make people more likely to be depressed and anxious in adolescence. Moreover, sibling bullying makes a kid more likely to engage in self-harm as a teen and to become psychotic (精神病的) by age 18. Whether a person models herself after her siblings or tries to distinguish herself has particularly important consequences. One study found that siblings who felt positively about each other tended to achieve similar education levels, while those who spent unequal time with their dad and got unequal parental treatment had different educational fortunes. Research suggests that as siblings’ relationships with their parents grow more different over time, their relationship with each other may become warmer. And imitating your sibling can be a mistake, depending on what she’s up to: Girls are more likely to get pregnant in their teens and teenagers are more likely to engage in risky behavior if an older sibling did so first. One way or another, sibling influence is lasting. A study of more than 1 million Swedes found that one’s risk of dying of a heart attack spikes (微增) after a sibling dies of one, due not only to shared DNA but also to the stress of losing such a key figure. Which makes sense: Most of us are different people than we'd have been if our brothers or sisters were never born. Siblings seem like they’re just there only until they aren’t. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ V. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 这些年，他一直与我们保持着密切的联系。（maintain）（汉译英） 53. 长途跋涉就为在那家老字号餐馆用餐，值得吗？(worthwhile) （汉译英） _______________________________________________ 54. 传统工作模式不再能满足年轻人对自由的渴望，他们偏爱灵活就业倒也不足为奇。(it) （汉译英） _______________________________________________ 55. 重庆是一座被群山环抱的大都市，在那里，山水、城市与森林和谐共生，并提供诸多独特的观光体验。(where) （汉译英） _______________________________________________ VI. Guided Writing 56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是中华中学的学生王欣。近日, 你参观了一个关于中国传统文化的展览, 深受启发。 你决定写一封感谢信给展览主办方, 内容包括: 你参观展览的时间和感受; 展览中你最喜欢的部分及原因; 你对文化传承的看法及感谢。 注: 信中不得透露你的真实信息。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 上海市行知中学2025-2026学年高三第二学期 5月英语月考试卷 I. Listening Comprehension 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. English. B. Biology. C. Literature. D. Psychology. 2. A. It offers various rides. B. It's worth the long wait. C. It's quite disappointing. D. It's beyond expectation. 3. A. He changed the venue. B. He waited in Room 302. C. He missed the group discussion. D. He attended the wrong discussion. 4. A. He will release a new TV special soon. B. He often changes his jokes for live shows. C. He is more popular on TV than in live shows. D. He seldom performs in front of a live audience. 5. A. The East Wing is under repair. B. They arrived at the museum too late. C. This section is reserved for a private tour. D. The Impressionists' paintings are on loan. 6. A. Rewrite the essay later. B. Take a break from his work. C. Stick with the draft for a while. D. Focus less on polishing the draft. 7. A. Cheap cars often have problems. B. She should buy a brand-new car. C. Second-hand cars are usually cheap. D. He can help the woman choose a car. 8. A. The position is suitable for her. B. She needs more time to get ready. C. She is confident about her chances. D. She is worried about the competition. 9. A. The woman should make use of the gap year. B. Gap year experience is useless for job hunting. C. Gap year experience is valued in the job market. D. The woman may lack competitiveness in job hunting. 10. A. She was deeply impressed by the content. B. She thought the presentation was too long. C. She had some reservations about the ideas. D. She showed great interest in the discussion. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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. To explain the fundraising goals. B. To persuade more sponsors to donate after the race. C. To encourage runners to compete for a personal best. D. To give safety instructions and key event arrangements. 12. A. Near the finish line. B. At the registration desk. C. At the 1.5K and 3K marks. D. Along the entire route at regular intervals. 13. A. Collect their medal. B. Attend the awards ceremony. C. Enjoy some snacks at the tent. D. Report to the medical staff for a check-up. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. To track firefighters' locations. B. To relay alerts to firefighters on the scene. C. To monitor conditions and firefighters' state. D. To provide real-time footage to a command center. 15. A. It received a grant through a competition. B. It was founded by firefighter Joan Herrera. C. It has designed a five-year charity program. D. It developed its Al system together with IBM. 16. A. It offers training to firefighters on the front lines. B. Its members all have rich firefighting experience. C. It is made up of volunteers from different countries. D. It combines professional knowledge from different fields. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Her lab will be closed soon. B. Her sponsor needs early results. C. She must finish safety training in time. D. The room will be unavailable next week. 18. A. A safety certificate. B. An ethics approval code. C. The sponsor's written permission. D. Personal information of participants. 19. A. No charge is made. B. An extra $50 is needed C. Half the fee is still charged. D. The booking will be canceled automatically. 20. A. To get full technician help. B. To shorten the research time. C. To get ready for formal tests. D. To cut down the total cost of the study. II. Grammar and vocabulary Section A Directions: Read the following passage. 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. Every weekend, after hiking in the Saneum Healing Forest east of Seoul, the firefighters sip tea and enjoy an arm massage. The aim of the program is ____1____ (offer) “forest healing”; the firefighters all have certain types of stress disorder. Saneum is one of three official healing forests in South Korea, which offer a range of programs from meditation to woodcraft to camping. Soon there will be 34 more. South Koreans, many of whom suffer from work stress, digital addiction, and intense academic pressures, ____2____ (welcome) the medicalization of nature with great enthusiasm. In fact, the government is investing a hundred million dollars ____3____ a healing complex next to Sobaeksan National park. There is increasing evidence ____4____ being outside in a pleasant natural environment is good for us. But what is frustrating is that fewer and fewer of us actually enjoy nature regularly. According to Lisa Nisbet, a psychology professor at Canada’s Trent University, evidence for the benefits of nature is pouring at a time ____5____ we are most disconnected from it. The pressures of modern life lead to long hours spent working indoors. Digital addiction and strong academic pressure add to the problem. In America, visits to parks have been declining since the dawn of email, and so ____6____ visits to the backyard. Research indicates that only about 10 percent of American teens spend time outside every day. So what are some of the benefits of nature that Nisbet refers to? ____7____ (surround) by nature has one obvious effect: the more time we spend in nature, the ____8____ (stressful) we become. This has been shown to lower blood pressure, heart rates, and levels of the stress hormone, as well as reduce feelings of fear or anger. But studies also indicate that spending time in nature can do more than provide an ____9____ (improve) sense of well-being; it can lower rates of heart disease and diabetes. That is probably ____10____ we evolved in nature and have been adapted to the natural environment. 【答案】1. to offer 2. have welcomed##welcome 3. in 4. that 5. when 6. have 7. Being surrounded 8. less stressful 9. improved 10. because 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了韩国的一个养身项目：亲近大自然。 【1题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这个项目的目的是提供“森林治疗”。分析句子结构可知，此处用非谓语动词作表语，由于主语是the aim，故用不定式作表语，说明主语的具体内容，故填to offer。 【2题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：许多饱受工作压力、网络成瘾和巨大的学习压力之苦的韩国人，他们以极大的热情欢迎将自然疗法。根据句意可知，此句讲的是现在韩国人欢迎这种方式，故可用一般现在时；若强调韩国人过去开始欢迎，截止到现在，故可用现在完成时，主语是“South Koreans”为复数，故谓语动词也是复数，故填have welcomed/welcome。 【3题详解】 考查介词。句意：事实上，政府正在小白山国立公园附近投资1亿美元建设疗养设施。invest... in为固定搭配，意为“投资于......”，故填in。 【4题详解】 考查名词性从句。句意：越来越多的证据表明，在户外一个宜人的自然环境对我们是有好处的。分析句子结构可知，此句为同位语从句，且从句中不缺成分，故填that。 【5题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：加拿大特伦特大学心理学教授丽莎•尼斯贝特表示，在我们与大自然最隔绝的时候，大自然的益处正源源不断地涌现。分析句子结构可知，此句为定语从句，先行词为“ a time”，在从句中作时间状语，故填when。 【6题详解】 考查倒装。句意：在美国，自从电子邮件出现以来，去公园的人越来越少，去后院的人也越来越少。根据句意可知，此处表示“后一句和前一句具有相同的情况”，故用“so+助动词+名词”的倒装结构，根据前句中的“have been declining ”可知，此处助动词为have，故填have。 【7题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意： 被大自然包围有一个明显的影响:我们在大自然中花的时间越多，我们的压力就越小。分析句子结构可知，此空为主语，故填动名词，“by nature”可知此处为动名词被动用法，故填Being surrounded。 【8题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：被大自然包围有一个明显的影响:我们在大自然中花的时间越多，我们的压力就越小。分析“ the more time we spend in nature”可知，此处表示“在大自然中花的时间越多，我们的压力就越小”，结构为“the+比较级...the +比较级”故填形容词的比较级，故填less stressful。 【9题详解】 考查形容词。句意：但研究也表明，花时间在大自然中可以做的不仅仅是提高幸福感。分析句子结构可知，此处填写形容词作定语，与名词“ sense of well-being”之间为被动关系，故填improved。 【10题详解】 考查表语从句。句意：这可能是因为我们在自然中进化，已经适应了自然环境。分析句子可知，本句为表语从句，此句为上文的原因，故填because。 Section B Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. translates B. potential C. struggle D. integrates E. dominate F. inspired G. fade H. decline I. undisturbed J. hits K. spelled Can Animal Influencers Be Ambassadors for Conservation? Recently, the internet found a new darling: Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo who’s as round as a wet rock. Videos and memes of this grey, roly-poly creature have melted people’s hearts, making her the latest in a long line of cute animals that have become internet ____11____. But while we all enjoy a good “aww” moment, there is more to Moo Deng’s story than meets the eye. And it’s not all sunshine and viral fame. Pygmy hippos like Moo Deng are endangered, with fewer than 2,500 individuals still remaining in the wild. Habitat loss, human overpopulation, and hunting have led to a rapid ____12____ in their numbers. Thus, while Moo Deng may appear to be a chubby, waddling internet star, she represents a much larger issue: the ongoing ____13____ to protect species on the edge of extinction. On a positive note, Moo Deng’s internet fame could help raise awareness of endangered animals. Conservationists hope that as more people fall in love with her, they will be ____14____ to support efforts to protect her species and preserve their habitat. Just imagine a world where internet fame ____15____ into real-world conservation action. Now, wouldn’t that be something? However, Moo Deng’s newfound fame has also ____16____ unwanted trouble. Some zoo visitors, in their eagerness to interact with her, have gone too far by throwing food into her enclosure and even pouring water on her while she was peacefully napping. In response, the zoo has increased security to make sure that Moo Deng stays safe and ____17____. This reminds us that even internet-famous animals need protection from the pressures of fame. Moo Deng’s story also raises a question: What about the less “cute” species? While animals like pygmy hippos, pandas and koalas consistently ____18____ on social media, countless other endangered species often go unnoticed. Asian elephants, for example, are disappearing due to habitat loss and fragmentation but rarely receive the same attention. Though they may not tug at our heartstrings in the same way, less cute animals are equally vital to their ecosystems and worthy of just as much care and protection. Moo Deng’s fame will ____19____ as she grows, but her story highlights the importance of protecting a lot of Earth’s amazing creatures. That adorable little hippo, like China’s beloved pandas, has the ____20____ to bring about real change. Her popularity can encourage people to think beyond clicking “like” and take meaningful steps to protect endangered species. After all, isn’t that what real fame should be about? 【答案】11. J 12. H 13. C 14. F 15. A 16. K 17. I 18. E 19. G 20. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是议论文。文章首先以网红小河马Moo Deng为例，引出动物网红现象，进而探讨动物网红能否成为保护濒危物种的大使。 【11题详解】 考查名词。句意：这只灰色、胖乎乎的小动物的视频和表情包融化了人们的心，使她成为一长串在网上走红的可爱动物中的最新一员。空前是系动词，所以空处应填形容词或者名词作表语，根据internet可知，应是hits，构成固定搭配：internet hits意为“互联网热门”符合语境。故选J项。 【12题详解】 考查名词。句意：栖息地丧失、人口过剩和狩猎导致它们的数量迅速下降。空前是形容词，所以空处应填名词作宾语，根据句意，此处应是decline意为“减少”符合语境。故选H项。 【13题详解】 考查名词。句意：因此，虽然Moo Deng看起来只是一个胖乎乎、摇摇摆摆的网红，但她代表了一个更大的问题：保护濒临灭绝物种的持续斗争。空前是形容词，所以空处应填名词，根据句意，应是struggle意为“斗争”符合语境。故选C项。 【14题详解】 考查形容词。句意：环保人士希望，随着越来越多的人爱上她，他们会受到启发，支持保护她的物种和保护它们的栖息地。空前是系动词，所以空处应填形容词作表语，根据句意，应是inspired，构成固定搭配：be inspired to意为“得到启发”符合语境。故选F项。 【15题详解】 考查动词。句意：想象一下，如果网络上的名声转化为现实世界的保护行动。本句是where引导的定语从句，从句缺少谓语，所以空处应填动词，根据句意，应是translate意为“转变”符合语境，根据前文，用的都是一般现在时，此处也用一般现在时，主语为第三人称单数。故选A项。 【16题详解】 考查动词。句意：然而，Moo Deng的新名声也带来了不必要的麻烦。本句缺少谓语，所以空处应填动词，根据句意，应是spell意为“招致”，根据空前的has可知，用现在完成时，所以空处用过去分词形式。故选K项。 【17题详解】 考查形容词。句意：作为回应，动物园加强了安全措施，以确保Moo Deng的安全不受干扰。根据空前的and可知，空处和safe并列，应填形容词作表语，根据句意，应是undisturbed意为“未被打搅的”符合语境。故选I项。 【18题详解】 考查动词。句意：虽然像侏儒河马、熊猫和考拉这样的动物一直在社交媒体上占据主导地位，但无数其他濒危物种却经常被忽视。本句缺少谓语，所以空处应填动词，根据句意，应是dominate意为“支配”符合语境。故选E项。 【19题详解】 考查动词。句意：Moo Deng的名气会随着她的成长而减弱，但她的故事凸显了保护地球上许多神奇生物的重要性。空前是助动词will，所以空处应填动词原形，根据句意，应是fade意为“逐渐消失”符合语境。故选G项。 【20题详解】 考查名词。句意：那只可爱的小河马，就像中国受人喜爱的熊猫一样，有可能带来真正的改变。空前是动词，所以空处应填名词作宾语，根据句意，应是potential意为“潜力”符合语境。故选B项。 III. Reading Comprehension 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. “Every technology has improved over the years except batteries! Why can’t someone invent a better battery?” These are the words we often hear from technology fans. In fact, though, the average technology fan is ___21___ two huge points about batteries. First point: The batteries you probably ___22___ most are the ones in your phone or laptop. But you could argue — and many scientists do that batteries are the keys to handling much, much bigger problems, like energy, transportation and climate change. ___23___, today electric cars represent only about 1 percent of U.S. new car sales. One reason is they cost more than gas-powered cars. Another is ___24___ anxiety — consumers’ fear they’ll run out of charge far from home. The ___25___, higher-capacity (容量) batteries now under development aim to solve both those problems. Then there’s the grid (输电网). Electric utilities (电力公司) spend their days coping with swings in energy ___26___. There’s almost no demand at night, when everyone’s asleep, and then tremendous increase at 5 p.m., when people get home from work. Utilities actually ___27___ expensive, inefficient, occasionally used backup power plants just to handle demand increase, as occurs during heat waves. Batteries connected to the grid could even out those strange swings. Maybe even more important, grid batteries could capture solar power while the sun’s shining — and wind power when it’s blowing — for use when we really ___28___it. Thus far we haven’t been able to make the sun and wind respect our lifestyle ___29___ . The other important point: Batteries have been getting better over the decades. The reason why we don’t ___30___ it is that our devices have been getting faster, more powerful and more power hungry at the same time. If you could put a ___31___ iPhone battery into a 1995 phone, it’d probably go a year on a single charge. Other great things are ___32___. Materials scientist Mike Zimmerman has succeeded in replacing the liquid electrolyte (液体电解质), which can burn easily, with a single piece of special plastic film. That is, batteries ___33___ exploding. And because it’s unblowuppable, Zimmerma can use lithium metal, which has a much higher energy density but is considered too ___34___ to us with today’s liquid-electrolyte batteries. That is: batteries with a longer life. So if you do want to complain about your batteries, get it out now. It won’t be long before they have a much better___35___. 21. A. solving B. following C. missing D. weighing 22. A. think about B. take up C. get across D. see through 23. A. In summary B. In addition C. By contrast D. For example 24. A. range B. power C. state D. stress 25. A. stronger B. cheaper C. safer D. cleaner 26. A. price B. demand C. stock D. control 27. A. maintain B. evaluate C. abandon D. identify 28. A. emphasize B. stop C. neglect D. need 29. A. varieties B. directions C. schedules D. purposes 30. A. notice B. doubt C. support D. ignore 31. A. charged B. used C. dead D. modern 32. A. at a loss B. in the darkness C. on the way D. with a question 33. A. inconvenient for B. incapable of C. sensitive to D. different from 34. A. popular B. dangerous C. common D. economical 35. A. comparison B. opportunity C. understanding D. reputation 【答案】21. C 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. D 【解析】 【导语】文章讲述人们总抱怨电池技术停滞不前，却忽略两个关键点：电池能解决电动车、电网储能等能源难题，且多年来一直在进步。新型安全高容量电池正在研发，未来电池的口碑将会大幅改善。 【21题详解】 考查动词。句意：但事实上，普通科技爱好者忽略了关于电池的两大重点。A. solving解决；B. following跟随；C. missing忽略，漏掉；D. weighing权衡。根据后文“First point”以及语境可知，下文分两点讲解大众不了解的电池相关关键信息，所以此处指爱好者遗漏了两个重要要点。 【22题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：第一点，你最可能想到的电池就是手机或笔记本电脑里的电池。A. think about想到；B. take up占据；C. get across使理解；D. see through看穿。根据后文“the ones in your phone or laptop”和“like energy, transportation and climate change”描述大众只会联想到数码设备电池，不会联想到电动汽车、电网储能电池可知，手机或笔记本电脑里的电池是人们最先想到的电池。 【23题详解】 考查介词短语。句意：例如，如今电动汽车仅占美国新车销量的1%。A. In summary总之；B. In addition此外；C. By contrast相比之下；D. For example例如。前文“batteries are the keys to handling much, much bigger problems, like energy, transportation and climate change”提出电池能解决交通、能源等重大难题，而后文用电动汽车的现状举例佐证观点可知，For example符合语境。 【24题详解】 考查名词。句意：另一个原因是续航焦虑 —— 消费者担心在离家很远的地方电量耗尽。A. range续航；B. power电力；C. state状态；D. stress压力。根据后文“they’ll run out of charge far from home”解释该词含义为担心电动车电量不足、半路没电可知，此处指续航焦虑，range anxiety是固定搭配，表示“续航焦虑”，符合语境。 【25题详解】 考查形容词。句意：目前正在研发更便宜、容量更大的电池，旨在解决这两个问题。A. stronger更强的；B. cheaper更便宜的；C. safer更安全的；D. cleaner更清洁的。根据前文“they cost more than gas-powered cars”提出电动车售价高于燃油车以及语境可知，此处指更便宜的电池可解决高价问题。 【26题详解】 考查名词。句意：电力公司每天都要应对电力需求的波动。A. price价格；B. demand需求；C. stock储备；D. control控制。根据后文“There’s almost no demand at night”以及语境可知，此处指昼夜对电力需求的波动，demand为原词复现，符合语境。 【27题详解】 考查动词。句意：电力公司维持昂贵、低效、偶尔启用的备用发电厂，只为应对用电激增。A. maintain维持，保有；B. evaluate评估；C. abandon舍弃；D. identify识别。根据后文“used backup power plants just to handle demand increase, as occurs during heat waves”提到备用电厂仅用电高峰启用，却需要长期投入运营可知，此处指电力公司需要维护、保有这些设施。 【28题详解】 考查动词。句意：更重要的是，电网电池可以储存白天太阳能、有风时的风能，供我们真正需要能源时使用。A. emphasize强调；B. stop停止；C. neglect忽视；D. need需要。根据前文“grid batteries could capture solar power”以及语境可知，此处指储能电池的作用是平抑用电波动，把富余能源留到我们真的需要用电高峰期使用。 【29题详解】 考查名词。句意：到目前为止，我们还无法让太阳能、风能匹配我们的生活作息。A. varieties种类；B. directions方向；C. schedules作息，时间安排；D. purposes目的。根据前文“solar power while the sun’s shining — and wind power when it’s blowing”描述白天阳光充足、风力充足，但人们傍晚下班才大量用电可知，此处指能源产出时间和人们生活作息时间不匹配。 【30题详解】 考查动词。句意：我们没注意到电池一直在进步，是因为设备同时变得更快、功率更高、耗电更多。A. notice注意到；B. doubt怀疑；C. support支持；D. ignore忽视。根据开篇“Every technology has improved over the years except batteries!”描述人们总吐槽电池技术停滞不前可知，此处指大家没有察觉到电池一直在升级改进。 【31题详解】 考查形容词。句意：如果把现代苹果手机电池装到1995年的手机里，充一次电大概能用一年。A. charged充好电的；B. used用过的；C. dead没电的；D. modern现代的。根据后文“into a 1995 phone”以及语境可知，此处将新款电池和老式手机搭配对比续航，所以这里指当下新款手机的电池。 【32题详解】 考查介词短语。句意：其他重大突破也即将到来。A. at a loss困惑；B. in the darkness在黑暗中；C. on the way即将到来；D. with a question存有疑问。根据后文“Materials scientist Mike Zimmerman has succeeded in replacing the liquid electrolyte”介绍科学家研发出新型电池技术可知，此处指更多电池创新技术正在研发、即将问世。 【33题详解】 考查形容词短语。句意：也就是说，电池不会爆炸。A. inconvenient for不方便；B. incapable of不能；C. sensitive to对……敏感；D. different from不同于。根据前文“the liquid electrolyte (液体电解质), which can burn easily”以及语境可知，此处指用不易燃的塑料薄膜替换易燃烧的液体电解质，新型电池不会发生爆炸，incapable of符合语境。 【34题详解】 考查形容词。句意：而且由于该电池不会爆炸，齐默曼得以采用金属锂。金属锂能量密度要高得多，但如果搭配如今的液态电解质电池使用，会被认为风险过高。A. popular受欢迎的；B. dangerous危险的；C. common普通的；D. economical经济的。根据前文“the liquid electrolyte (液体电解质), which can burn easily”描述老式液体电解质容易燃烧，此处指锂金属在旧电池体系中十分危险。 【35题详解】 考查名词。句意：用不了多久，电池的口碑就会大幅好转。A. comparison对比；B. opportunity机会；C. understanding理解；D. reputation口碑，名声。根据开篇“Every technology has improved over the years except batteries!”描述大众普遍吐槽电池性能差，后文介绍多项电池技术突破可知，此处指未来电池性能提升，人们对电池的评价与口碑会变好。 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 Facial Recall Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially overwhelming. Pressure to learn people’s names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue — but privacy experts recommend proceeding with caution. The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial recognition, potentially eliminating the need for formal introductions. “It breaks down these social barriers we all have in terms of initiating the protocol (礼仪) to meet somebody,” says Barry Sandrew, whose start-up, also called SocialRecall, created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1,000 people. After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, a prospective user is asked to take two selfies and sign in via social media. At the event the app is active within a previously defined geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee’s face, the app identifies the individual, displays the person’s name, and links to his or her social media profile. To protect privacy, it recognizes only those who have agreed to participate. And the app’s creators say it automatically wipes users’ data after an event. Ann Cavoukian, a privacy expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence at Ryerson University in Toronto, praises the app’s creators for these protective measures. She cautions, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that “there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another context that might come back to bite you.” The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia, or “face blindness,” a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met. (Sandrew, who has prosopagnosia himself, notes that the app has not yet been tested on others with the condition.) To use this app, a person first acquires an image of someone’s face, from either the smartphone’s camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user’s phone, according to the team behind the app. Jason Schultz, a professor of clinical law at New York University, who was not involved with the app’s creation, remains wary: “The cost to everyone whom you are surveilling (监视) with this app is very, very high, and I don’t think it respects the consent (认同) politics involved with capturing people’s images.” 36. The app, SocialRecall, is not targeted at those ________. A. who are afraid of social gatherings B. who are suffering from face blindness C. who want to enlarge their social circles D. who have difficulty in socializing with others 37. Why do lots of privacy experts not advocate the facial-recognition app? A. Because it is only active within a defined area. B. Because the technology behind is still not mature. C. Because the app has not been tested on a large scale. D. Because users’ personal information might be misused. 38. The word “wary” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ________. A. Confident B. cautious C. optimistic D. jealous 39. Where does this passage most probably appear? A. A science journal. B. A travel brochure. C. An advertisement column. D. An entertainment magazine. 【答案】36. C 37. D 38. B 39. A 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍了一款人脸识别社交应用SocialRecall的功能、隐私保护措施及专家对其潜在风险的看法。 【36题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially overwhelming. Pressure to learn people’s names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue — but privacy experts recommend proceeding with caution.(婚礼和会议等大型聚会可能会让人不知所措。学习别人名字的压力只会增加压力。一款新的面部识别应用程序可能会起到救援作用，但隐私专家建议谨慎行事)”以及第四段“The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia, or “face blindness,” a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met.(这家初创公司还为患有面容失认症或“脸盲”的人开发了一个版本的应用程序，这种疾病会阻止人们认出他们遇到的人)”可知，该APP帮助社交畏难人群和脸盲人群，并未针对想扩大社交圈的人群。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中“She cautions, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that “there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another context that might come back to bite you.”(然而，她警告说，当人们选择与应用程序共享个人信息时，他们应该知道“这些信息在另一个环境中使用可能会产生意想不到的后果，这些后果可能会反过来伤害你。”)”可知，专家们担心用户的个人信息可能在未来被用在其他情境中，造成不良后果。 【38题详解】 词句猜测题。根据最后一段中Jason Schultz的评价“The cost to everyone whom you are surveilling (监视) with this app is very, very high, and I don’t think it respects the consent (认同) politics involved with capturing people’s images.(使用此应用程序监视的每个人的成本都非常非常高，我认为它不尊重捕捉人们图像所涉及的同意政治)”可知，他对该应用持保留态度，认为其监视成本很高且不尊重他人的同意权。因此，wary意为“谨慎的、警惕的”。 【39题详解】 推理判断题。文章介绍了SocialRecall这款应用的技术功能、隐私保护措施及相关专家观点，内容涉及科技与社会议题，具有科学报道性质，最可能出现在科学期刊中。 B A BRIEF HISTORY OF Shark attacks in U.S. waters It was around noon when the shark struck. Arthur Medici, a 26-year-old from Brazil, was attacked on Sept. 16 just off Cape Cod’s Newcomb Hollow Beach. Although a friend dragged him from the water, he soon succumbed (抵挡不住) to his injuries in the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts since 1936. Coming just weeks after a 61-year-old was hospitalized following a bite a few miles up the beach, the death frightened a region unaccustomed to the presence of these famous predators. The first American shark panic began in the hot summer of 1916, when a chain of attacks of the Jersey Shore killed four in two weeks. This was thought to be the work of a single great white shark — a species native to the Atlantic coast and the same likely involved in recent attacks. In an era when little was known about beasts from the deep, the deaths were big news. One paper warned that, facing a scarcity of fish, the shark had “probably acquired a taste for human flesh.” But 1916 did not signify a new era of human-hunting sharks. The rate of attacks in the U.S. stayed relatively stable, at two or three per year, for decades. From the 1950s on, that number rose with human population growth, and its subsequent increase of people in the water. Globally, both numbers have been climbing faster since the late 1980s and into the 21st century, but such encounters with sharks are still remarkably uncommon given that the human population is some 7.5 billion. In 2017, 53 of the world’s 88 confirmed unprovoked attacks took place on U.S. coastlines, with 31 in Florida — but even there, you’re far less likely to be killed by a shark than by lightning. Thanks to beach safety and hospital access, only five of last year’s global attacks were fatal. We now know the Jersey Shore shark was probably just confused after straying (偏离) from its home in deeper waters. “If sharks were actively hunting people, we’d see far more attacks,” Gavin Naylor, director at the Florida Museum’s Program for Shark Research, tells TIME. “When sharks attack humans, it’s always a case of mistaken identity.” Instead, great whites are usually looking for seals, which helps explain the Cape Cod attacks. The East Coast is feeling the effects of the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act, which has boosted the numbers of seals to unusually high levels. As the seals venture closer to shore, so do the sharks, says Naylor. Statistically, sharks have far more to fear from us than we do from them — fisheries wipe out an estimated 100 million each year, and climate change and other human activity have threatened shark habitats, sending their global population into decline. But that doesn’t make it any less distressing when the beasts bite back. 40. What can we conclude from Paragraph 2? A. The shark’s taste was thought to have changed. B. Great white sharks blame people for the lack of fish. C. Multiple attacks were launched by several sharks. D. Four attacks happened in two weeks at the Jersey Shore in the summer of 1916. 41. “Both numbers” in Paragraph 4 refer to the numbers of ________. A. shark attacks and human population B. people in the water and shark encounters C. human-hunting sharks and shark attacks D. human population and unprovoked attacks 42. The great white shark attacked Arthur Medici probably because ________. A. being lost made him scared and violent B. many seals were swimming closer to shore C. it mistook the young man for a swimming seal D. it was hungry and was hunting humans for food 【答案】40. A 41. A 42. C 【解析】 【导语】文章简述美国海域鲨鱼袭击历史，1916 年引发恐慌，近年袭击增多源于下海人群与海豹数量上涨，鲨鱼多认错猎物，人类对鲨鱼危害远大于鲨鱼伤人。 【40题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“One paper warned that, facing a scarcity of fish, the shark had “probably acquired a taste for human flesh.” (一篇论文警告称，面对鱼类短缺，鲨鱼“可能已经对人类的肉产生了兴趣”。)”可知，人们认为鲨鱼的口味发生了变化。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“From the 1950s on, that number rose with human population growth, and its subsequent increase of people in the water. (自20世纪50年代以来，随着人口增长，这一数字也随之上升，随后水中的人口也不断增多。)”以及第四段“Globally, both numbers have been climbing faster since the late 1980s and into the 21st century, but such encounters with sharks are still remarkably uncommon given that the human population is some 7.5 billion. (全球范围内，这两个数字自20世纪80年代末以来一直以更快的速度上升，并持续到21世纪。然而，考虑到全球人口约为75亿，与鲨鱼的接触仍然极为罕见。)”可知，第四段中的“both numbers”指的是鲨鱼袭击事件的数量和人类人口数量。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“When sharks attack humans, it’s always a case of mistaken identity. (当鲨鱼攻击人类时，总是误把人当成猎物。)”可知，大白鲨袭击亚瑟·梅迪奇，可能是因为它误将这名年轻人当作了一只游泳的海豹。 C Hatching a theory Just as dinosaurs characterized the cretaceous (白垩纪的) period, which ended with their extinction 66 million years ago, and mammals made up the Holocene (全新世), which extends to the present day, many scientists believe we need to designate (命名) a new geologic age, called the Anthropocene, that reflects the impact of humankind on the planet. That raises the question. What will constitute the most noticeable feature of the Anthropocene in the fossil record? It’s likely to be chicken bones, according to a study by Carys Bennett, from the U.K.’s University of Leicester, and colleagues published last month in Royal Society Open Science. Humans eat a lot of chicken, which means a lot of chicken bones are being buried, and many of them are likely to survive in fossilized form. According to Bennett’s paper, 65.8 billion chickens were slaughtered (屠宰) globally in 2016, and another 22.7 billion live birds await this fate today. The “biomass” of all poultry (家禽) is 10 times greater than of all wild birds put together. What’s more, growth in the consumption of chicken is outpacing that of all other forms of livestock. Since 1961, annual production of chickens has soared from less than 10 million metric tons to more than 100 million metric tons in 2016. “Chicken is the most commonly eaten meat worldwide, and their bones are components of house-hold trash,” says Bennett. “Industrial broiler (meat chicken) farms are spread around the world, and chickens are also buried at these sites.” We’re not just eating a lot of poultry, we’ve also put our mark on the birds themselves. Since chicken consumption started taking off in the 1950s, the size and shape of the species — their skeleton, bone chemistry and genetics — have changed radically from their wild ancestors. The rapid growth of chicken’s leg and breast muscle means that its organs, including the heart and liver, are proportionally smaller. We’ve shortened the life span of broiler chickens, which can no longer survive without “intensive human intervention,” the authors write. Because we engineered the species, and because it has become such a major feature of food consumption, it will be considered a marker of the Anthropocene, Bennett predicts. “The significance of the post-mid-20th-century chicken is that it is the first really good example we have of what paleontologists (古生物学家) call a new ‘morphospecies’ — that is, a distinctive kind of skeleton that can be identified as a fossil — that appeared in the Anthropocene (i.e., post-1950) and in that time became hugely abundant pretty well around the world,” she says. “In the future, humans will find and use chickens as a marker — or index species — of our age.” The age of chicken bones may be brief, however. Food producers such as Tyson and Perdue Farms are investing in plant-based replacements for chicken. “People are looking for food that is better for the environment, as well as their wallet,” says Bennett. “Times are changing.” 43. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph? A. The Anthropocene is followed by the Holocene. B. Dinosaurs died out about 66 million years ago. C. Human beings dominate the period of the Holocene. D. Fossil records help scientists name each period. 44. What does the author mean by saying “we engineered the species” in paragraph 6? A. That there is much technology involved in the raising of chickens. B. That chicken industry has become an important food industry in the world. C. That humans have genetically modified the species to satisfy humans’ needs. D. That there are many artificial parts of the species compared with their wild ancestors. 45. Chicken has been the commonly eaten meat worldwide since ________. A. 2016 B. 1961 C. the 1900s D. the 1950s 46. Why can future generations know us by our chicken bones, according to Carys Bennett? A. Because chicken is an important marker to human beings. B. Because the only thing that may remain as fossil is chicken bones. C. Because man has engineered this species as a widely consumed food. D. Because chicken bones are being thrown and buried in large numbers. 【答案】43. B 44. C 45. D 46. C 【解析】 【导语】文章介绍科学家提出鸡骨会成为人类世化石标志性痕迹，阐述肉鸡被人类改造、全球消耗量巨大的现状，同时提及人造鸡肉或在未来改变这一现状。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Just as dinosaurs characterized the cretaceous (白垩纪的) period, which ended with their extinction 66 million years ago, and mammals made up the Holocene (全新纪), which extends to the present day, many scientists believe we need to designate (命名) a new geologic age, called the Anthropocene, that reflects the impact of humankind on the planet. (正如恐龙是6600万年前以大灭绝落幕的白垩纪的标志性生物，哺乳动物构成了延续至今的全新世的主体，许多科学家提出，我们应当划定一个名为“人类世”的全新地质年代，以此体现人类对地球造成的深刻影响。)”可知，恐龙大约在6600万年前灭绝。 【44题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第五段“Since chicken consumption started taking off in the 1950s, the size and shape of the species — their skeleton, bone chemistry and genetics — have changed radically from their wild ancestors.(自二十世纪五十年代鸡肉消费激增以来，鸡的体型、骨骼、骨骼化学成分和基因相比野生祖先发生了彻底改变。)”，结合画线句所在段落“Because we engineered the species, and because it has become such a major feature of food consumption, it will be considered a marker of the Anthropocene (贝内特预测：we engineered the species，且该物种现已成为人类饮食消费中的重要组成部分，因此它将会被视作人类世的标志性印记。)”可知， we engineered the species指人类通过基因选育改造鸡这个物种以满足食用需求。 【45题详解】 细节理解题。根据第五段“Since chicken consumption started taking off in the 1950s, the size and shape of the species — their skeleton, bone chemistry and genetics — have changed radically from their wild ancestors.(自二十世纪五十年代鸡肉消费激增以来，鸡的体型、骨骼、骨骼化学成分和基因相比野生祖先发生了彻底改变。)”以及第四段“Chicken is the most commonly eaten meat worldwide, and their bones are components of house-hold trash,(鸡肉是全球食用最广泛的肉类，鸡骨也成了生活垃圾的组成部分)”可知，自20世纪50年代起鸡肉成为全球主流食用肉类。 【46题详解】 推理判断题。根据第六段“The significance of the post-mid-20th-century chicken is that it is the first really good example we have of what paleontologists (古生物学家) call a new ‘morphospecies’ — that is, a distinctive kind of skeleton that can be identified as a fossil — that appeared in the Anthropocene (i.e., post-1950) and in that time became hugely abundant pretty well around the world,” she says. “In the future, humans will find and use chickens as a marker — or index species — of our age.(她表示：“20 世纪中叶之后鸡的重要意义在于，它是我们所能找到的首个绝佳实例，印证了古生物学家所说的一种新型‘形态种’—— 也就是一类特征鲜明、能够作为化石被辨识的骨骼生物。该物种诞生于人类世（即1950年之后），并在这一时期迅速遍布全球、数量激增。未来的人类会将鸡视作我们这个时代的标志，也就是标准化石种。”)”以及结合第五段人类改造鸡的基因与身体结构的内容可知，人类改造培育鸡并将其大规模作为食物，所以后世人类能够通过鸡骨了解我们所处的时代。 Section C Directions: 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. Nurturing empathy with a sense of balance As the year’s end approaches, many Americans get bombarded (大量提问) by requests for donations to all manner of charities. I’m an easy target, a softy readily tricked by impassioned requests to help improve the well-being of people, animals and the environment, and I often respond to more appeals than my earnings. This year will be different, thanks to advice from one of the leading experts on empathy, Dr. Helen Riess, associate professor of psychiatry (精神病学) at Harvard Medical School and author of a new book, The Empathy Effect, that explores the neuroscience behind concern for others and offers advice on how to nurture and implement it most effectively. Instead of a scattershot of small gifts to a dozen or more charities, Dr. Riess suggested in an interview that I “pick one or two where a more substantial contribution can really make a difference.” Empathy doesn’t mean saying “yes” to every request, she emphasized. “___47___.” Let something from your own life experience determine which issues are closest to your heart and most deserve your money, she suggests in her book. For me, that would be education and food security; I’ll leave it to others to save abandoned pets and the planet this year. Perhaps no one knows the importance of balancing feelings with thoughts better than Dr. Judith Orloff, a Los Angeles-based psychiatrist and the author of The Empath’s Survival Guide. Her book can help highly sensitive people avoid taking on everyone else’s needs and problems, which Dr. Riess says can lead to “compassion fatigue” and burnout. “___48___” Dr. Orloff said in an interview. “It’s important to be empathetic but also to set healthy limits and boundaries rather than being a doormat (受气包). If you’re a highly sensitive person, you have to learn how to channel your energy. Healthy empathy is when you give from your heart, but not martyr yourself.” Research by Dr. Riess and her collaborators has shown that we are each born with a given number of neurons that participate in an empathetic response. But whether this potential to care appropriately for one’s fellow beings is realized or undermined is largely molded by early life experiences, starting at birth and continuing throughout childhood. How, then, can a healthy degree of empathy be instilled in a child? “___49___” Dr. Riess told me. “We’re all born with a certain talent, but it can be dramatically up-regulated or down-regulated depending upon environmental factors” — especially, she said, by the examples set by a child’s caregivers. Dr. Riess urges parents to be role models who show respect and caring for others. Dr. Riess has vivid memories of how her parents demonstrated empathy, by taking turkeys before Thanksgiving to the homes of people who had almost nothing. “Kids tend to focus on what they don’t have — this exposes them to people who have so much less and gives them the gift of being a giver.” With older children, parents might take them to help out in a soup kitchen or visit a nursing home, Dr. Riess suggested. “___50___” she wrote. A. There is healthy giving and there is unhealthy, codependent giving that can ultimately make you feel worse. B. As a more rational, less emotional approach, “cognitive empathy” is an ideal approach. C. It’s never too late to guide a child toward greater appreciation of others' feelings. D. Recognize that you can’t save the world, and give to organizations that are most important to you. E. Empathy is a changeable quality; it can be taught. F. Caregivers can cultivate empathy by acknowledging rather than dismissing a child’s distress. 【答案】47. D 48. A 49. E 50. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了如何平衡培养同理心，多位专家给出捐赠取舍、设立边界、从小引导孩子同理心的可行方法。 【47题详解】 上文“Empathy doesn’t mean saying “yes” to every request, she emphasized. (她强调，同理心并不意味着对每一个请求都说“是”。)”指出不必答应所有捐赠请求，下文“Let something from your own life experience determine which issues are closest to your heart and most deserve your money, she suggests in her book. (她在书中建议，让你自己的生活经历决定哪些问题最贴近你的心，最值得你花钱。)”说明要选定心仪机构捐赠。D选项“Recognize that you can’t save the world, and give to organizations that are most important to you. (要认清你无法拯救全世界，只捐助对你最重要的机构。)”承接上文观点，引出下文挑选捐赠方向，符合语境。 【48题详解】 下文“It’s important to be empathetic but also to set healthy limits and boundaries rather than being a doormat (受气包). (同理心很重要，但也要设定健康的限制和界限，而不是成为受气包。)”区分适度同理心与无底线付出，A选项“There is healthy giving and there is unhealthy, codependent giving that can ultimately make you feel worse. (付出分为健康型付出与不健康的依附式付出，后者最终会让你身心俱疲。)”总领本段，划分两种付出模式，与后文论述相呼应，符合语境。 【49题详解】 上文“How, then, can a healthy degree of empathy be instilled in a child? (那么该如何培养孩子适度健康的同理心能力？)”提出如何培养孩子同理心的问题，下文“We’re all born with a certain talent, but it can be dramatically up-regulated or down-regulated depending upon environmental factors (我们天生具备同理心潜能，但环境会大幅增强或削弱这种能力)”说明同理心会受后天环境影响改变。E选项“Empathy is a changeable quality; it can be taught. (同理心是可改变的特质，能够后天培养。)”回答前文提问，衔接后文环境影响的内容，符合语境。 【50题详解】 上文“With older children, parents might take them to help out in a soup kitchen or visit a nursing home, Dr. Riess suggested. (里斯博士建议，家长可以带年龄较大的孩子去救济食堂、养老院做志愿。)”介绍引导大龄孩子同理心的实践方式，前文也提到孩童时期同理心可塑造，C选项“It’s never too late to guide a child toward greater appreciation of others’ feelings. (引导孩子学会体谅他人感受，永远为时不晚。)”承接前文亲子培养同理心的话题，总结对年长孩子开展同理心教育的观点，符合语境。 IV. Summary Writing 51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.  The science of sibling rivalry We don’t choose our siblings. Brothers and sisters are just sort of there. And yet, when it comes to our development, they can be more influential than parents. Part of siblings’ influence has to do with their presence. Eighty-two percent of kids live with a sibling (a greater share than live with a father), and about 75 percent of 70-year-olds have a living sibling. For those of us who have brothers or sisters, our relationships with them will likely be the longest of our life. Whether these relationships make our life better or worse is a more complicated question. On the upside, positive interactions with siblings during adolescence foster empathy, prosocial (亲社会的) behavior, and academic achievement. This effect can be complicated by a full house, however. Kids with more siblings do worse in school — although the universality of this finding has been challenged by several studies. When a sibling relationship is bad, however, it can be really bad — as in messing-up-your-life bad. Tense sibling relationships make people more likely to be depressed and anxious in adolescence. Moreover, sibling bullying makes a kid more likely to engage in self-harm as a teen and to become psychotic (精神病的) by age 18. Whether a person models herself after her siblings or tries to distinguish herself has particularly important consequences. One study found that siblings who felt positively about each other tended to achieve similar education levels, while those who spent unequal time with their dad and got unequal parental treatment had different educational fortunes. Research suggests that as siblings’ relationships with their parents grow more different over time, their relationship with each other may become warmer. And imitating your sibling can be a mistake, depending on what she’s up to: Girls are more likely to get pregnant in their teens and teenagers are more likely to engage in risky behavior if an older sibling did so first. One way or another, sibling influence is lasting. A study of more than 1 million Swedes found that one’s risk of dying of a heart attack spikes (微增) after a sibling dies of one, due not only to shared DNA but also to the stress of losing such a key figure. Which makes sense: Most of us are different people than we'd have been if our brothers or sisters were never born. Siblings seem like they’re just there only until they aren’t. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】For reference: Sibling influence is strong and lasting, in a positive or negative way. A healthy relationship with siblings helps us to be a better person and do better at school, while a bad one might bring great harm to our physical and psychological health. Moreover, whether siblings set good examples matters a lot, because people might follow their siblings’ steps. 【解析】 【导语】文章指出兄弟姐妹对个人成长影响深远且持久，积极的手足关系益处良多，恶劣关系危害极大，且手足间的模仿与差异也会深刻影响人生。 【详解】1. 要点摘录 ①When it comes to our development, they can be more influential than parents. ②Part of siblings’ influence has to do with their presence. On the upside, positive interactions with siblings during adolescence foster empathy, prosocial (亲社会的) behavior, and academic achievement. ③Tense sibling relationships make people more likely to be depressed and anxious in adolescence. Moreover, sibling bullying makes a kid more likely to engage in self-harm as a teen and to become psychotic (精神病的) by age 18. ④Whether a person models herself after her siblings or tries to distinguish herself has particularly important consequences. ⑤One way or another, sibling influence is lasting. ⑥Which makes sense: Most of us are different people than we'd have been if our brothers or sisters were never born. 2.缜密构思 将第①⑤要点整合，概括手足影响的长期性；将②③要点对比整合，归纳手足关系的利弊；提炼第④⑥要点，补充手足模仿与差异带来的影响。 3.遣词造句 Siblings exert long-lasting and profound influences on people’s growth. Positive sibling relationships bring many benefits while bad ones cause physical and mental damage. Siblings often imitate each other, and their different experiences also shape their growth paths. 【高分句型1】A healthy relationship with siblings helps us to be a better person and do better at school, while a bad one might bring great harm to our physical and psychological health.（运用while引导的并列句） 【高分句型3】Moreover, whether siblings set good examples matters a lot, because people might follow their siblings’ steps. （运用whether引导主语从句、because引导原因状语从句） V. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 这些年，他一直与我们保持着密切的联系。（maintain）（汉译英） 【答案】Over the years, he has maintained close contact with us. 【解析】 【详解】考查动词、短语和名词。表示“这些年”应用短语over the years，作时间状语；表示“一直保持着”动词为has maintained，动词用现在完成时，主语是单数，谓语动词用单数形式；表示“密切的联系”名词为close contact，close为形容词，作前置定语。表达“和我们”用介词短语with us。故翻译为Over the years, he has maintained close contact with us. 53. 长途跋涉就为在那家老字号餐馆用餐，值得吗？(worthwhile) （汉译英） _______________________________________________ 【答案】Is it worthwhile to travel a long distance just to dine/eat at that time-honored restaurant? 【解析】 【详解】考查it作形式主语、非谓语动词。表示“值得做某事”用固定句型it is worthwhile to do sth.，其中it为形式主语，不定式作真正的主语，本句为一般疑问句，将系动词is放在句首，首字母大写。表示“长途跋涉”用travel a long distance，位于不定式符号to后，动词用原形。表示“只是”用just。表示“在那家老字号餐馆用餐”用dine/eat at that time-honored restaurant，用不定式，作目的状语，其中time-honored表示“历史悠久的，老字号的”，作前置定语，修饰restaurant。故翻译为Is it worthwhile to travel a long distance just to dine/eat at that time-honored restaurant? 54. 传统工作模式不再能满足年轻人对自由的渴望，他们偏爱灵活就业倒也不足为奇。(it) （汉译英） _______________________________________________ 【答案】Traditional work models can no longer satisfy young people’s desire for freedom, so it is no surprise that they prefer flexible jobs. 【解析】 【详解】考查it作形式主语、主语从句。句子在陈述现在的情况，用一般现在时，表示“传统工作模式”用traditional work models，作主语，句首单词，首字母大写。“不再能满足”用can no longer satisfy，其中no longer表示“不再”。“年轻人对自由的渴望”用young people’s desire for freedom，desire for表示“对……的渴望”。“所以”用so，连接前后两个分句。“不足为奇”用it is no surprise that...，其中it为形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的从句。“他们偏爱灵活就业”用they prefer flexible jobs，prefer表示“偏爱”，从句不缺成分或含义，用that引导。故翻译为Traditional work models can no longer satisfy young people’s desire for freedom, so it is no surprise that they prefer flexible jobs. 55. 重庆是一座被群山环抱的大都市，在那里，山水、城市与森林和谐共生，并提供诸多独特的观光体验。(where) （汉译英） _______________________________________________ 【答案】Chongqing is a mountainous metropolis where landscapes, urban life/the city and forests coexist in harmony, offering many unique sightseeing experiences. 【解析】 【详解】考查时态、定语从句和非谓语动词。句子描述一般性事实，应用一般现在时。句子为主从复合句，“重庆是一座被群山环抱的大都市”为主句，主语“重庆”Chongqing，系动词用is，“一座被群山环抱的大都市”译为a mountainous metropolis；“在那里，山水、城市与森林和谐共生，并提供诸多独特的观光体验”可处理为非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词metropolis，先行词在从句中作地点状语，用关系副词where引导，从句中主语“山水、城市与森林”可译为landscapes, urban life/the city and forests，“和谐共生”译为coexist in harmony，“并提供诸多独特的观光体验”可处理为非谓语动词形式，“提供”offer与逻辑主语Chongqing之间是主动关系，用现在分词offering作状语，“诸多独特的观光体验”译为many unique sightseeing experiences。故翻译为Chongqing is a mountainous metropolis where landscapes, urban life/the city and forests coexist in harmony, offering many unique sightseeing experiences. VI. Guided Writing 56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是中华中学的学生王欣。近日, 你参观了一个关于中国传统文化的展览, 深受启发。 你决定写一封感谢信给展览主办方, 内容包括: 你参观展览的时间和感受; 展览中你最喜欢的部分及原因; 你对文化传承的看法及感谢。 注: 信中不得透露你的真实信息。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear Sir or Madam, I am Wang Xin, a student from Zhonghua High School. I visited your exhibition on Chinese traditional culture last week and was deeply impressed by the rich displays. The exhibits allowed me to learn about ancient art forms and historical customs in an engaging way. What I liked best was the interactive section, where I could try my hand at traditional paper-cutting. This hands-on experience helped me appreciate the skill and creativity of the craftsmen, and it made the culture feel alive. In my view, cultural heritage must be cherished and passed on, as it connects different generations and reminds us of our roots. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for organizing such an inspiring event. Thank you for all your efforts in promoting our valuable traditions. Sincerely, Wang Xin 【解析】 【导语】本篇是应用文写作。近日, 你参观了一个关于中国传统文化的展览, 深受启发，要求考生写一封感谢信给展览主办方。 【详解】1. 词汇积累 展品：display→exhibit 技能：skill→technique 观点：view→opinion 感激：gratitude→appreciation 2. 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：I visited your exhibition on Chinese traditional culture last week and was deeply impressed by the rich displays. 拓展句：When I visited your exhibition on Chinese traditional culture last week, I was deeply impressed by the rich displays. 【点睛】[高分句型1]What I liked best was the interactive section, where I could try my hand at traditional paper-cutting.(what引导的主语从句) [高分句型2]In my view, cultural heritage must be cherished and passed on, as it connects different generations and reminds us of our roots.(as引导的原因状语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $