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绝密★启用前 2026届高三全真模拟适应性考试 英语 注意事项: 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、听力-选择题：本大题共20小题，共30分。 1.Which instrument does the man play now? A. The guitar. B. The piano. C. The violin. 2.Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In an office. B. In a library. C. In a bookstore. 3.​​​​​​​What do we know about the man? A. He gets up early. B. He dislikes running. C. He had little for breakfast. 4.​​​​​​​What does the man think of the printer? A. Itˈs not very easy to use. B. Itˈs the best office equipment. C. Itˈs worth buying. 5.What does the man want the woman to do? A. Stop washing clothes. B. Listen to him carefully. C. Speak louder. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 6.How does the man sound to the woman's problem？ A. Strange. B. Nervous. C. Polite. 7.What does the man offer to do？ A. Change the phone. B. Correct the address. C. Repair the phone. ​​​​​​​听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 8.In what aspect does the man care about the electric heater? A. The brand. B. The price. C. The model. 9.How much will the man pay? A. $250. B. $200. C. $180. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 10.How many years' experience does the woman have? A. Three years. B. Two years. C. One year. 11.Why does the woman want this job? A. The pay is good. B. It is related to photography. C. The working hours are suitable for her. 12.When will the woman have an interview? A. This Wednesday afternoon. B. Next Wednesday morning. C. Next Wednesday afternoon. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 13.Who is the speaker？ A. An invited guest. B. A news reporter. C. A radio presenter. 14.In what way has the speaker changed？ A. He speaks faster. B. He becomes heavier. C. He cooks more often. 15.What is difficult for the speaker to get used to？ A. The food. B. The weather. C. The language. 16.What does the speaker think of the French people？ A. A bit cold. B. Friendly. C. Easy-going. ​​​​​​​听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17.Where did cholera probably begin? A. In Europe. B. In North America. C. In the Indian subcontinent. 18.When did cholera break out in Indonesia? A. In 2010. B. In 1961. C. In 1900. 19.What was the cause of cholera in Haiti between 2010 and 2015? A. Trade contacts. B. The earthquake. C. The polluted water. 20.What can we learn from the talk? A. Cholera was widespread in the 19th century. B. People wrote about cholera in the 7th century. C. John Snow found the cause of cholera in 1845. 二、阅读理解：本大题共15小题，共37.5分。 A Chinatown Dragon Boat Festival 2025 Highlights Stage Performances Along Smith Street One of the main highlights of the weekend is the brilliant stage performances happening along Smith Street. There will be the deafening beats of a festival drum performance by students from Chung Cheng High School, and the dramatic talent of a face-changing show. Audiences can also enjoy a Chinese traditional dance performance and a Teochew opera performance by Er Woo Amateur Musical & Dramatic Association. Lion Dance Performance Adding to the exciting atmosphere at the Chinatown Dragon Boat Festival 2025, there will be Lion and Dragon Dance by the award-winning troupe Tian Eng Dragon and Lion Dance Centre. The Lion Dance takes place on ●31 May, 1 pm to 1:30 pm ●1 June, 1 pm to 1:20 pm Dragon Boat Rowing Race The Dragon Boat Rowing Race is also going to make its return. This brings together teams and individuals in a spirit of friendly competition and community bonding. In this land-based race, participants compete on dragon-inspired rowing machines in one-minute rounds, with the highest number of strokes (划) winning a prize. This takes place on Killiney Street on ●31 May, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm ●1 June, 2:20 pm to 2:45 pm Art Corner Head over to the Art Corner, a quiet space within the busy Smith Street, where visitors are invited to stop, reflect, and learn more about the Dragon Boat Festival. Visitors can look through a thoughtfully chosen collection of books on seasonal traditions, pen their thoughts or well-wishes in the Festival Reflections Journal, and explore symbolic items such as mugwort (艾蒿) bundles, festive bookmarks, and greeting cards. 1. Where can you enjoy performances by students? A. At the Art Corner. B. On Smith Street. C. At Lion Dance Centre. D. On Killiney Street. 2. What plays the key role in winning the Dragon Boat Rowing Race? A. Creativity. B. Distance. C. Speed. D. Teamwork. 3. What can the participants do at the Art Corner? A. Give blessings by writing. B. Learn face-changing skills. C. Attend various art classes. D. Watch lion dance performances. 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了2025年唐人街端午节的几大亮点活动，同时说明了各活动的具体内容、参与团队及举办时间和地点。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Stage Performances Along Smith Street”部分的描述“There will be the deafening beats of a festival drum performance by students from Chung Cheng High School, and the dramatic talent of a face-changing show.(将有中正中学学生带来震耳欲聋的节日鼓乐表演，以及极具观赏性的变脸表演)”可知，能欣赏到学生表演的地点是史密斯街。故选B。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Dragon Boat Rowing Race”部分的介绍“In this land-based race, participants compete on dragon-inspired rowing machines in one-minute rounds, with the highest number of strokes (划) winning a prize.(在这场陆上比赛中，参赛者使用龙舟造型的划船机进行一分钟一轮的比拼，划桨次数最多者获胜)”可知，一分钟内划桨次数越多（即划桨速度越快）越容易获胜，因此速度是赢得龙舟划船比赛的关键。故选C。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Art Corner”部分的内容“Visitors can look through a thoughtfully chosen collection of books on seasonal traditions, pen their thoughts or well-wishes in the Festival Reflections Journal, and explore symbolic items such as mugwort (艾蒿) bundles, festive bookmarks, and greeting cards.(游客可以翻阅精心挑选的关于季节传统的书籍，在节日感悟日记中写下自己的想法或美好祝愿，还可以参观艾蒿束、节日书签、贺卡等具有象征意义的物品)”可知，参与者在艺术角可以通过书写来表达祝福。故选A。 B We’ve all been there: in a line with a basket of a few items for payment, cash or credit cards prepared, perhaps with only one or two customers ahead of us. And so it was today for me at a shop a mile or so from my home. I had three items. A woman with her teenage boys ahead of me had twice as many items as mine. The customer at the register, a white-haired woman, had already begun to bag her items and was holding out cash to pay for them. Then came the problem. Sometimes it’s a customer who forgot to weigh a piece of fruit, or someone searching for exact change. Fair enough. One waits. But today, it was something else. For whatever reason, this white-haired woman didn’t have enough money. And so she began choosing which items to keep and which to hand back. She looked at each one for a long time before keeping or giving it up. We waited. Longer lines rushed ahead. The wait went on and on. Outside, my bus came and went. Finally in the black, the woman turned back to us as she left, with her face turning red. We waved off her discomfiture. It could happen to anyone. We were honestly understanding. But I had no idea just how understanding the family ahead of me were until their turn came. The woman with the teenagers asked the cashier to add all the items the white-haired woman had left to her list as quickly as possible. The cashier did as told. Then the two boys rushed to the white-haired woman with the small bag of items. When they returned, it was clear their task had been completed. All it took to witness this act of kindness was waiting a little longer in a checkout line. I could have caught the next bus. But I felt so light on my feet that I walked home instead. 4. How does the author start the text? A. By introducing a way of payment. B. By describing a situation in a shop. C. By comparing customers’ behaviours. D. By showing the preparation for shopping. 5. What problem did the white-haired woman have? A. She couldn’t afford all the goods she chose. B. She didn’t have some of the goods weighed. C. She didn’t know how to return the goods. D. She couldn’t find the accurate change. 6. What does the underlined word “discomfiture” in paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Confusion. B. Anger. C. Tiredness. D. Awkwardness. 7. What was the two teenagers’ task? A. Putting the items into the small bags. B. Helping the cashier to add up the items. C. Sending the white-haired woman her unpaid items. D. Placing the white-haired woman’s items on the shelf. 【答案】4. B 5. A 6. D 7. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者以 “超市结账排队” 这一常见场景切入，讲述了自己的亲身经历：在超市排队付款时，前方一位白发妇人因钱不够无法支付所选商品，只能逐一挑选取舍，导致队伍延误。排在作者前方的一位母亲在轮到自己结账时，主动要求收银员将白发妇人放弃的商品加入自己的账单，并让儿子们把这些商品送给了这位妇人。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。通过阅读文章可知，第一段内容“We’ve all been there: in a line with a basket of a few items for payment, cash or credit cards prepared, perhaps with only one or two customers ahead of us.(我们每个人都有过这样的经历：排着队准备付款，手里拿着装着少量商品的购物篮，而此时前面可能只有寥寥几位顾客还在排队。)”引出“超市排队付款”的常见场景，然后在第二段开头“And so it was today for me at a shop a mile or so from my home.(所以，今天在我离家一英里左右的一家商店里，就发生了这样的事。)”切入作者当天的购物经历，属于典型的“场景描述式开头”。由此推知，文章是以描述商店里的一种场景而开头的。故选B项。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段内容“For whatever reason, this white-haired woman didn’t have enough money.(不管出于什么原因，这位白发妇人手头并没有足够的钱。)”可知，白发妇人的问题是没有足够的钱支付商品。故选A项。 【6题详解】 词义猜测题。根据前文内容“We waited. Longer lines rushed ahead. The wait went on and on. Outside, my bus came and went. Finally in the black, the woman turned back to us as she left, with her face turning red.(我们一直等着。更长的队伍都在迅速往前移动。等待仿佛没有尽头。外面，我要搭乘的公交车来了又走。终于，天色彻底黑了下来，这位妇人离开时转过身看向我们，满脸通红。)”可知，这位白发妇人因钱不够无法支付，耽误了大家的时间，离开时脸红，这是典型的“尴尬”表现。而后文“It could happen to anyone. We were honestly understanding.(这可能发生在任何人身上。我们真诚地理解了。)”则表明大家都能理解这种情况，挥手告别以示安慰。因此可推知，画线单词应是“尴尬”含义，与D项“Awkwardness.(尴尬。)”表达含义一致。故选D项。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第五段内容“The woman with the teenagers asked the cashier to add all the items the white-haired woman had left to her list as quickly as possible. The cashier did as told. Then the two boys rushed to the white-haired woman with the small bag of items. When they returned, it was clear their task had been completed.(这位带着十几岁孩子的女士要求收银员尽快将这位白发妇人留下的所有物品添加到她的清单上。收银员按照吩咐做了。然后，两个男孩拿着一小袋东西冲向那个白发妇人。当他们回来时，很明显他们的任务已经完成了。)”可知，母亲让收银员将白发妇人“放弃的商品”加入自己的账单，然后男孩们带着装有这些商品的小袋子冲向妇人，归来时袋子已经没了。由此推断，他们的任务是将白发妇人未能购买的商品送给她。故选C项。 C Being bilingual (双语的) means learning to deal with two different ways of naming and perceiving reality. That requires the bilingual brain to learn to think in both languages and to switch between them effortlessly, a process known as code switching. Some researchers believe this process gives multilingual people an edge. Historically, the scientific community held the belief that second language acquisition could slow down a child’s academic progress. However, contemporary understanding firmly acknowledges the cognitive (认知的) benefits bilingual children possess. Dr Fraser Lauchlan, an honorary lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, noted that faulty research from the 1930s to 1950s, since discredited, had caused the misperception that bilingualism could be harmful to a child’s academic achievements. Subsequent studies, especially the landmark research by Peal and Lambert in 1962, have clearly demonstrated that bilingualism brings no disadvantages and, in fact, offers advantages in specific language and cognitive areas: selective attention, metalinguistic awareness, creative and flexible thinking (including problem-solving), and short-term memory. In a study headed by Lauchlan, involving primary school students from Scotland (learning Gaelic and English concurrently) and Sardinia (exposed to Italian and Sardinian), the cognitive differences between monolingual (单语的) and bilingual children were measured. Of the 121 participants, 62 were bilingual and exhibited superior task-completion capabilities. Notably, Gaelic-speaking children outperformed their Sardinian counterparts. Lauchlan put this down to the former’s formal education in Gaelic, while Sardinian was mostly an oral language lacking standardized form. Ellen Bialystok of York University in Toronto has conducted extensive research, concluding that bilingualism promotes a child’s development. Lauchlan advises that for the best bilingualism, children should start learning a second language alongside their first, or at least as early as possible. Research indicates that bilinguals have an easier time acquiring further languages and display greater cultural receptivity (接受度). Moreover, in the globalized era, bilingualism also offers practical advantages in career prospects. Multinational corporations often seek employees with multilingual abilities to facilitate international business operations. A bilingual marketing professional can better understand and target diverse consumer groups, bridging cultural gaps and enhancing market share. Thus, developing bilingual capabilities from an early age can open doors to a broader range of opportunities in the future. 8. What is a misconception of bilingualism’s impact? A. Bilingualism does harm to children’s creative thinking. B. Bilingualism is of little academic benefit to children. C. Bilingual children tend to develop short-term memory. D. Bilingual children are less likely to achieve success in career. 9. What can we infer from the study led by Lauchlan? A. Bilingual children perform better in all aspects. B. Children from Scotland are more intelligent than those from Sardinia. C. The more languages a child learns, the better their cognitive abilities. D. Formal education in a second language contributes to bilingual children’s better performance. 10. Why is a bilingual marketing professional mentioned in the last paragraph? A. To explain why learning marketing skills is necessary for bilinguals. B. To prove that marketing is the most suitable career for bilinguals. C. To display that bilinguals can get higher salaries in the marketing field. D. To illustrate how bilingualism brings benefits in international business. 11. What is the main idea of the text? A. The cognitive and practical advantages of being bilingual. B. The history of bilingual education and its future development. C. The comparison between different bilingual learning methods. D. The challenges children face when learning a second language. 【答案】8. B 9. D 10. D 11. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了关于双语的研究以及研究发现第二语言的正规教育有助于双语儿童更好的表现，促进儿童的发展，并且双语能力可以在国际商务中带来好处。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“Dr Fraser Lauchlan, an honorary lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, noted that faulty research from the 1930s to 1950s, since discredited, had caused the misperception that bilingualism could be harmful to a child’s academic achievements.(斯特拉斯克莱德大学名誉讲师弗雷泽·劳克伦博士指出，20世纪30年代至50年代的错误研究，自从被怀疑以来，导致了双语可能对孩子的学业成绩有害的误解)”可知，对双语影响的误解是双语对孩子的学习没有什么好处。故选B。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“Notably, Gaelic-speaking children outperformed their Sardinian counterparts. Lauchlan put this down to the former’s formal education in Gaelic, while Sardinian was mostly an oral language lacking standardized form.(值得注意的是，说盖尔语的孩子比撒丁语的孩子表现更好。劳克伦把这归因于前者接受的是盖尔语的正规教育，而撒丁语主要是一种缺乏标准化形式的口头语言)”可知，第二语言的正规教育有助于双语儿童更好的表现。故选D。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Moreover, in the globalized era, bilingualism also offers practical advantages in career prospects. Multinational corporations often seek employees with multilingual abilities to facilitate international business operations. A bilingual marketing professional can better understand and target diverse consumer groups, bridging cultural gaps and enhancing market share.(此外，在全球化时代，双语能力在职业前景方面也有实际优势。跨国公司经常寻找具有多语言能力的员工，以促进国际业务运作。双语营销专业人员可以更好地了解和瞄准不同的消费群体，弥合文化差距，提高市场份额)”可知，在最后一段提到了双语营销专业人员是为了说明双语能力如何在国际商务中带来好处。故选D。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“Being bilingual (双语的) means learning to deal with two different ways of naming and perceiving reality. That requires the bilingual brain to learn to think in both languages and to switch between them effortlessly, a process known as code switching. Some researchers believe this process gives multilingual people an edge.(双语意味着学习处理两种不同的命名和感知现实的方式。这就要求双语大脑学会用两种语言思考，并在两种语言之间毫不费力地转换，这个过程被称为代码转换。一些研究人员认为，这一过程让懂多种语言的人更有优势)”结合文章主要说明了关于双语的研究以及研究发现第二语言的正规教育有助于双语儿童更好的表现，促进儿童的发展，并且双语能力可以在国际商务中带来好处。可知，这篇文章的主旨是掌握双语的认知和实践优势。故选A。 D Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities at Columbia University since 1998. He loves the job, but it has changed. Over the past decade, students have become bewildered by the thought of finishing multiple books a semester. This development puzzled Dames until a first-year student shared how challenging she had found the early assignments. The student said that at her public high school, she was only assigned passages, but not entire books. “My jaw dropped,” Dames told me. This helped explain the change: It’s not that they don’t want to read. It’s that they don’t know how. Failing to complete a 14-line poem without giving in to distraction (干扰) suggests one familiar explanation for the decrease in reading ability: smartphones. Teenagers are constantly drawn by their devices. Reading books, even for pleasure, can’t compete with TikTok. In 1976, about 40 percent of high-school seniors said they had read at least six books for fun in the previous year, compared with 11.5 percent who hadn’t read any. By 2022, those percentages had flipped. But high school kids appear to be encountering fewer and fewer books in the classroom as well. Since the ability to read an entire book is difficult to assess, teachers focus on skills that are easier to measure. They have shifted from books to short passages, followed by questions about the author’s main idea, just as standardized reading-comprehension tests do. Faced with this situation, many college professors feel they have no choice but to assign less reading and lower their expectations. This means students will miss out on the mental development that comes from reading entire books. Reading enlarges your sympathies. Deep reading — sustained focus on a text — encourages a number of valuable mental habits, including critical thinking and self-reflection, in ways that skimming or reading in short passages does not. I can imagine worse preparations for the trials, and thrills, of Literature Humanities. But we’ve never forgotten the originals. To understand the human condition, and to appreciate humankind’s greatest achievements, you still need to read The Iliad — all of it. 12. What does the underlined word “bewildered” mean in paragraph 1? A. Delighted. B. Confused. C. Satisfied. D. Relieved. 13. Why does the author list numbers in paragraph 2? A. To highlight the rise of social media. B. To clarify the problems of smartphones. C. To illustrate the change in reading methods. D. To demonstrate the decline in book reading. 14. What is a result of professors assigning less reading? A. The shortage of learning motivation. B. The reduction of genuine sympathies. C. The loss of cognitive growth opportunities. D. The restriction of personal academic progress. 15. What is the author’s attitude towards reading originals? A. Supportive. B. Doubtful. C. Cautious. D. Indifferent. 【答案】12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了学生阅读量较少这一现象及其对学生的影响。 【12题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线单词下文“The student said that at her public high school, she was only assigned passages, but not entire books. “My jaw dropped,” Dames told me. This helped explain the change: It’s not that they don’t want to read. It’s that they don’t know how.(这名学生表示，在她所在的公立高中，老师只布置篇章片段的阅读任务，而不布置整本书的阅读任务。“我震惊不已，”Dames告诉我。这有助于解释发生改变的原因：并非他们不想读书，而是他们不知道该怎么读。)”可知，学生们在高中时老师只分配一些段落而不是整本书让他们去读。由此猜测，学生们对一个学期读完多本书的想法感到困惑。划线单词意为“困惑的”，和Confused意思相近。故选B。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“Failing to complete a 14-line poem without giving in to distraction (干扰) suggests one familiar explanation for the decrease in reading ability: smartphones. Teenagers are constantly drawn by their devices. Reading books, even for pleasure, can’t compete with TikTok. In 1976, about 40 percent of high-school seniors said they had read at least six books for fun in the previous year, compared with 11.5 percent who hadn’t read any. By 2022, those percentages had flipped.(无法专注完成一首14行诗，这暗示了阅读能力下降的一个常见原因：智能手机。青少年总是被他们的电子设备吸引。读书，哪怕是为了消遣，也无法与抖音（TikTok）相抗衡。1976年，约40%的高三学生表示，他们在过去一年中至少读了6本消遣类书籍，相比之下，有11.5%的学生表示一本都没读过。而到了2022年，这些比例发生了反转。)”可推知，作者在第2段列出数字是为了证明学生读书量的下降。故选D。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“Faced with this situation, many college professors feel they have no choice but to assign less reading and lower their expectations. This means students will miss out on the mental development that comes from reading entire books. Reading enlarges your sympathies. Deep reading — sustained focus on a text — encourages a number of valuable mental habits, including critical thinking and self-reflection, in ways that skimming or reading in short passages does not.(面对这种状况，许多大学教授感到别无选择，只能减少阅读任务量并降低期望值。这意味着学生将错失因阅读整本书而带来的心智成长。阅读能拓宽你的同理心。深度阅读——即对文本保持持续专注——能以浏览或片段式阅读所无法企及的方式，培养诸多宝贵的思维习惯，包括批判性思维和自我反思。)”可知，教授分配的阅读量减少，学生将错过阅读整本书所带来的智力发展，以及错失培养一些有价值的心理习惯的机会。由此可知，教授分配的阅读量减少的结果是学生的认知成长机会丧失。故选C。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“I can imagine worse preparations for the trials, and thrills, of Literature Humanities. But we’ve never forgotten the originals. To understand the human condition, and to appreciate humankind’s greatest achievements, you still need to read The Iliad — all of it.(我可以想象为文学人文学科的考验和刺激做好更糟糕的准备。但我们从未忘却那些经典原著。要理解人类处境，并欣赏人类最伟大的成就，你仍需通读《伊利亚特》——整部作品。)”可推知，作者对于阅读原著的态度是支持的，故选A。 三、阅读七选五：本大题共5小题，共12.5分。 Talking over text is a convenient way to get to know someone new or catch up with old friends, but sometimes it can be hard to figure out what to say next. ___16___. Ask open-ended questions. Open-ended questions require more thoughtful and detailed responses. ___17___. If the other person just told you something about themselves, ask them to elaborate on that, or come up with your own open-ended question. This gives the other person an opportunity to talk about their interests in-depth. ___18___. Ask the other person to tell you about something. To have a good conversation, both people should be asking and answering questions. If you feel like you’ve mainly been talking about yourself, redirect the conversation to the other person. Avoid dry, short answers. ___19___. Remember, conversations are a two-way street, so make sure you put in the effort to respond to the person you’re texting. If someone asks you a question and you give them a one-word answer, you’re forcing them to do all the work to keep the conversation flowing. Ask about the other person’s day. Show them you’re interested in their life. Asking about someone’s day is a pretty low-effort question that can actually lead to a lot of interesting conversations. Consider also telling them something about your day, so you have something to talk about if they don’t have much to add. Ask follow-up questions. Let the other person elaborate on their responses. Instead of moving on with the conversation, ask follow-up questions about what the other person just said. ___20___ and making an effort to engage with them. A. Find the shared interest B. Shift the focus to the other person C. It’s better to give the other person something to work with D. Luckily, there are a ton of ways you can keep things interesting E. This means that you are avoiding getting involved in a boring topic F. This shows them that you’re paying attention to what they’ re saying G. They encourage the other person to answer with more than “yes” or “no” 【答案】16. D 17. G 18. B 19. C 20. F 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要讨论了如何通过文本聊天与新人建立联系或与老朋友保持联系，并提供了几种有效的对话技巧。 【16题详解】 前文“but sometimes it can be hard to figure out what to say next(但有时很难弄清楚接下来该说什么)”提到通过文字交流有时很难知道接下来该说什么，后文“Ask open-ended questions.(提出开放式问题。)”，“Avoid dry, short answers.(避免枯燥、简短的回答。)”等各段落则具体介绍了一些让交流更顺畅、有趣的方法。由此可知，设空句为承上启下句，既承接前文话题“文字交流”，也能引出后文“交流方法”。D选项“Luckily, there are a ton of ways you can keep things interesting(幸运的是，有很多方法可以让事情变得有趣)”在句意方面起到了承上启下的作用，引出后文的具体方法。故选D项。 【17题详解】 前文“Open-ended questions require more thoughtful and detailed responses.(开放式问题需要更周到和详细的回答。)”指出开放式问题需要更有深度和思考的回答，由此推知，设空句应是就该话题“开放式问题”进行进一步的解释，以使读者理解开放式问题的有用之处。G选项“They encourage the other person to answer with more than ‘yes’ or ‘no’(它们鼓励对方给出不仅仅是“是”或“否”的回答)”进一步说明了开放式问题的特点和作用，与前文逻辑连贯。故选G项。 【18题详解】 设空句为该段主题句，应是该段主旨。根据后文内容“Ask the other person to tell you about something. To have a good conversation, both people should be asking and answering questions. If you feel like you’ve mainly been talking about yourself, redirect the conversation to the other person.(请对方告诉你一些事情。为了进行良好的交谈，双方都应该提问和回答问题。如果你觉得你主要是在谈论自己，那就把话题转移到别人身上。)”可知，该段主要内容是要让对方讲述一些事情，当感觉自己主要在谈论自己时，要把对话引向对方。B选项“Shift the focus to the other person(把焦点转移到对方身上)”符合该段主旨，能够概括该段内容。故选B项。 【19题详解】 根据主题句“Avoid dry, short answers.(避免枯燥、简短的回答。)”可知，该段强调“避免回答得过于简短和枯燥”。设空句紧跟其后，应是具体解释什么样的回答是不简短的。选项C“It’s better to give the other person something to work with(最好是给对方一些可以进一步展开的内容)”是对“不简短”的解释，同时表示一种建议或推荐，符合上下文的语气和逻辑。故选C项。 【20题详解】 前文“Instead of moving on with the conversation, ask follow-up questions about what the other person just said.(与其继续谈话，不如就对方刚刚说的话问一些后续问题。)”提出要就对方的话题跟进，这是一项建议，由此推知，设空句应是就该建议的好处进行说明，以说服读者。F选项“This shows them that you’re paying attention to what they’re saying(这表明你在关注他们说的话)”解释了问跟进问题的作用和意义，与前文逻辑一致。故选F项。 四、完形填空：本大题共15小题，共15分。 Sometime around 1974, long before Steve Jobs coined the phrase “Think Different”, my dad and I were walking on Hope Street. Suddenly, I ____21____ a lottery (彩票) store and asked my father excitedly, “Daddy, can we ____22____ the lottery? Maybe we can make money!” Without hesitation he replied, “We just did. We ____23____ a dollar every time we pass the store without buying a ____24____.” Daddy’s ____25____ led me to think of money, investing and opportunity cost in “____26____” ways. For instance, when I was at the University of Pennsylvania, the cost of each hour of class time was extremely expensive — about $140 for each hour of instruction. Thus, I never ____27____ a class. Similarly, when I was in credit card debt at a 20% interest rate, every time I spent $20 I ____28____ thought of it as a $24 purchase to ____29____ myself to pay off the debt faster. So if there is a(n) ____30____ force that has guided my life, it was born from my father believing that he won $1 every time he didn’t buy a lottery ticket. This different way of thinking ____31____ my overall view of everything that most people consider to be “____32____.” Like everything else, thinking differently has its advantages and disadvantages. I have lived such an ____33____ life that it has caused me to be separated from most people whose minds are used to following ____34____ patterns. However, I still believe that the greatest breakthroughs come when you break free from the ____35____ of your own mind. 21. A. got involved in B. heard of C. caught sight of D. looked forward to 22. A. play B. consider C. check D. compete 23. A. lose B. create C. win D. drop 24. A. magazine B. ticket C. snack D. drink 25. A. words B. resistance C. memory D. prediction 26. A. practical B. similar C. different D. strange 27. A. prepared B. enjoyed C. missed D. recorded 28. A. hardly B. gradually C. frequently D. actually 29. A. manage B. motivate C. appeal D. promise 30. A. embarrassing B. driving C. outgoing D. confusing 31. A. shaped B. rated C. interrupted D. replaced 32. A. normal B. minor C. difficult D. interesting 33. A. organized B. unconventional C. important D. active 34. A. subjective B. loose C. special D. familiar 35. A. goals B. lessons C. assumptions D. limits 【答案】21. C 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. A 32. A 33. B 34. D 35. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述父亲的独特金钱观影响作者形成不同思维方式并指引人生的经历。 【21题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：突然，我看见了一家彩票店，兴奋地问爸爸：“爸爸，我们可以买彩票吗？也许我们能赚钱呢！”A. got involved in参与；B. heard of听说；C. caught sight of瞥见、看见；D. looked forward to期待。根据前文“my dad and I were walking on Hope Street”以及后文提到彩票店的内容可知，作者是在走路时看见了彩票店。故选C项。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，我看见了一家彩票店，兴奋地问爸爸：“爸爸，我们可以买彩票吗？也许我们能赚钱呢！”A. play参与、进行（游戏、活动等）；B. consider考虑；C. check检查；D. compete竞争。根据后文“the lottery? Maybe we can make money!”可知，他们要去买彩票。“play the lottery”是固定搭配，意为“买彩票”。故选A项。 【23题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他毫不犹豫地回答：“我们刚刚就买了呀。每次我们路过这家店却不买彩票的时候，我们就赢了一美元。”A. lose失去；B. create创造；C. win赢得；D. drop掉落。根据后文爸爸独特的观点以及最后一段“he won $1 every time he didn’t buy a lottery ticket”可知，爸爸认为不买彩票就是赢了一美元。故选C项。 【24题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：每次我们路过这家店却不买彩票的时候，我们就赢了一美元。”A. magazine杂志；B. ticket票；C. snack零食；D. drink饮料。根据前文提到的“lottery store”以及后文“he won $1 every time he didn’t buy a lottery ticket”可知，此处指不买彩票。故选B项。 【25题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：爸爸的话让我开始以“不同的”方式思考金钱、投资和机会成本。A. words话语；B. resistance抵抗；C. memory记忆；D. prediction预测。根据前文“We just did. We ____ a dollar every time we pass the store without buying a ____.”可知，爸爸关于买彩票的回答启发了作者的思考。故选A项。 【26题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：爸爸的话让我开始以“不同的”方式思考金钱、投资和机会成本。A. practical实际的；B. similar相似的；C. different不同的；D. strange奇怪的。根据文章开头“long before Steve Jobs coined the phrase ‘Think Different’”以及最后一段“thinking differently”可知，爸爸的观点让作者形成了不同的思维方式。故选C项。 【27题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，我从来没有缺过一节课。A. prepared准备；B. enjoyed享受；C. missed错过、缺勤；D. recorded记录。根据前文“the cost of each hour of class time was extremely expensive — about $140 for each hour of instruction”可知，作者认为上课时间成本很高，所以不会缺课。故选C项。 【28题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：同样地，当我背负着20%利率的信用卡债务时，每次我花20美元，我实际上都把它看作是一笔24美元的消费，以此激励自己更快还清债务。A. hardly几乎不；B. gradually逐渐地；C. frequently频繁地；D. actually实际上。根据前文提到的机会成本思维以及后文“thought of it as a $24 purchase”可知，作者实际上会把利息也算进消费成本里，以此提醒自己。故选D项。 【29题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：同样地，当我背负着20%利率的信用卡债务时，每次我花20美元，我实际上都把它看作是一笔24美元的消费，以此激励自己更快还清债务。A. manage管理；B. motivate激励；C. appeal呼吁；D. promise承诺。根据前文“thought of it as a $24 purchase”以及后文“to pay off the debt faster.”作者把消费金额算上利息，是为了激励自己减少消费、尽快还债。故选B项。 【30题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以，如果说有一股驱动力指引着我的人生，那它源于我的父亲——他认为每次不买彩票自己就赢了1美元。A. embarrassing令人尴尬的；B. driving驱动的、起推动作用的；C. outgoing外向的；D. confusing令人困惑的。根据后文“has guided my life”可知，爸爸的理念是指引作者人生的驱动力。故选B项。 【31题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这种不同的思维方式塑造了我对大多数人认为是“正常”事物的整体看法。A. shaped塑造；B. rated评价；C. interrupted打断；D. replaced取代。根据前文爸爸的话对作者的影响以及后文“my overall view of everything”可知，这种思维方式塑造了作者的世界观。故选A项。 【32题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这种不同的思维方式塑造了我对大多数人认为是“正常”事物的整体看法。A. normal正常的；B. minor次要的；C. difficult困难的；D. interesting有趣的。根据前文“thinking differently”以及后文作者与大多数人的不同可知，此处指大多数人眼中正常的事物。故选A项。 【33题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的生活如此非传统，以至于我和大多数习惯于遵循熟悉模式的人疏远了。A. organized有条理的；B. unconventional非传统的、不拘一格的；C. important重要的；D. active积极的。根据前文作者与众不同的思维方式以及后文“caused me to be separated from most people”可知，作者过着非传统的生活。故选B项。 【34题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的生活如此非传统，以至于我和大多数习惯于遵循熟悉模式的人疏远了。A. subjective主观的；B. loose松散的；C. special特别的；D. familiar熟悉的。根据前文作者与大多数人的差异以及“most people”可知，大多数人习惯于遵循熟悉的生活和思维模式。故选D项。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，我仍然相信，最大的突破源于你打破自己思维的局限。A. goals目标；B. lessons教训；C. assumptions假设；D. limits局限。根据前文“thinking differently”以及“break free from”可知，作者认为突破源于打破思维的局限。故选D项。 五、语法填空：本大题共1小题，共15分。 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Representing wisdom, power, and wealth, dragons are respected and honored in Chinese culture, which are said ___36___ (scare) away evil spirits and bad luck. In ancient times, when there was no rain for a long time, people not only prayed ___37___ rain with a dragon dance, ___38___ prayed against insect attacks after planting. If you’ve seen a Chinese New Year parade (庆祝游行), you’ve probably seen a colorful dragon ___39___ (wind) its way down the street. The dragon dance, ___40___ time-honored traditional folk activity in Chinese culture dating back to the Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago, ___41___ (observe) during festive celebrations much like the lion dance. Dragon dances can be performed in different ways with dragon costumes of different colors. ___42___ (specific), as many as 9 to 15 dancers use long poles to guide the dragon’s head and snakelike body, the tricks of ___43___ are often jumps or moves that make the dragon turn in ___44___ (variety) of ways. The culture of dragon and lion dances has spread beyond China to southeast Asia, and even to some regions with significant Chinese communities in Europe, America, Australia, and New Zealand. It has become a ___45___ (substance) symbol of Chinese culture. 【答案】36. to scare 37. for 38. but 39. winding 40. a 41. is observed 42. Specifically 43. whom 44. varieties 45. substantial 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。介绍中国传统的舞龙习俗和文化。 【36题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：龙代表着智慧、力量和财富，在中国文化中受到尊重和尊敬，据说龙可以吓跑恶鬼和坏运气。which引导的定语从句谓语为are said，be said to do sth.“据说作某事”为固定搭配，应用scare“使害怕”的不定式。故填to scare。 【37题详解】 考查介词。句意：在古代，当长时间不下雨时，人们不仅用舞龙祈求下雨，而且在种植后祈祷昆虫袭击。pray for意为“祈祷得到”，为固定短语，与后文pray against形成对比。故填for。 【38题详解】 考查连词。句意：在古代，当长时间不下雨时，人们不仅用舞龙祈求下雨，而且在种植后祈祷昆虫袭击。 “not only... but...”意为“不仅……而且”，为固定句型。故填but。 【39题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：如果你看过中国新年游行，你可能会看到一条彩色的龙在街上蜿蜒而行。see sb/sth doing，“看到某人/某物正在做……”，用wind“蜿蜒”的现在分词，作宾补。故填winding。 【40题详解】 考查冠词。句意：舞龙是中国文化中一项历史悠久的传统民间活动，可以追溯到2000年前的汉代。在节日庆祝活动中，舞龙和舞狮很像。此处泛指“一种历史悠久的传统民间活动”，且time-honored以辅音音素开头，应用不定冠词a。故填a。 【41题详解】 考查动词语态和主谓一致。句意：舞龙是中国文化中一项历史悠久的传统民间活动，可以追溯到2000年前的汉代。在节日庆祝活动中，舞龙和舞狮很像。结合语境可知本句陈述事实，故时态用一般现在时，且observe“庆祝”与主语The dragon dance之间为被动关系，用一般现在时的被动语态，主语为第三人称单数，be动词用is。故填is observed。 【42题详解】 考查副词。句意：具体来说，多达9到15名舞者用长杆引导龙头和蛇一样的身体，他们的技巧通常是跳跃或移动，使龙以各种方式转动。本空用副词specifically，意为“具体来说”，作状语，修饰句子。首字母大写。故填Specifically。 【43题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：具体来说，多达9到15名舞者用长杆引导龙头和蛇一样的身体，他们的技巧通常是跳跃或移动，使龙以各种方式转动。本空引导非限制性定语从句，先行词是dancers，指人，关系词代替先行词在从句中作the trick of中of的宾语，应用关系代词whom引导。the trick of whom构成从句的主语。故填whom。 【44题详解】 考查名词的数。句意：具体来说，多达9到15名舞者用长杆引导龙头和蛇一样的身体，他们的技巧通常是跳跃或移动，使龙以各种方式转动。varieties of为固定搭配，意为“各种各样的”。故填varieties。 【45题详解】 考查形容词。句意：它已经成为中国文化的重要象征。该空应用形容词substantial“重大的”，作定语，修饰名词symbol。故填substantial。 六、书面表达：本大题共1小题，共15分。 46. 假定你是李华，你的英国好友Jim正在准备主题为“保护野生动物”的演讲稿，发来邮件咨询相关信息，请你给他回复邮件，内容包括： 1.野生动物的生存现状； 2.保护野生动物的措施。 注意： 1.写作词数应为80左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Jim, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】Dear Jim, I’m glad to know you’re preparing a speech on protecting wild animals. At present, many wild animals are facing the threat of extinction due to habitat loss and illegal hunting. Additionally, climate change also poses a significant challenge to their survival. What’s more, we should also encourage sustainable development to ensure a harmonious coexistence between humans and wild animals. To protect them, we should take measures like strengthening laws to ban illegal hunting, setting up more nature reserves, and raising public awareness of wildlife protection. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给英国好友Jim回复邮件，介绍野生动物的生存现状以及保护野生动物的措施。 【详解】1. 词汇积累 面临：face → be confronted with 威胁：threat → menace 重要的：significant → crucial/important 保护：protection → conservation  2. 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：What’s more, we should also encourage sustainable development to ensure a harmonious coexistence between humans and wild animals. 拓展句：What’s more, we should also encourage sustainable development so that we can ensure a harmonious coexistence between humans and wild animals. 【点睛】[高分句型1] I’m glad to know you’re preparing a speech on protecting wild animals.(运用了省略连词that的宾语从句) [高分句型2] To protect them, we should take measures like strengthening laws to ban illegal hunting, setting up more nature reserves, and raising public awareness of wildlife protection. (运用了动词不定式To protect作目的状语，动名词strengthening作宾语) 七、任务型读写：本大题共1小题，共25分。 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Our church in Toronto had a special way of helping those in financial difficulties. Money was placed into an offering box with only the recipient’s name on the envelope, ensuring the giver remained anonymous (匿名的). This thoughtful practice protected the dignity of those receiving help. There was a time when my husband and I didn’t have enough money. We didn’t tell anyone about our problem, not even our children. We had to stop buying many things. Our children probably knew we were worried, but we hoped they didn’t know how serious it was. We didn’t want to make them sad with a problem they couldn’t fix. As our situation failed to improve, despair began to creep in. Just when we felt we had exhausted all options, a glimmer of hope appeared. Our church handed us an envelope from the offering box. To our immense relief and joy, it contained a substantial amount of money—enough to see us through that desperate time. We were overwhelmed with gratitude, constantly wondering who our secret benefactor could be. A year passed, and life moved forward. Our seventeen-year-old son began applying for university. He needed to use the money he had saved from his part- time job. But then we found out something shocking: his savings account was almost empty. We were very upset and worried. We thought he had been saving his money for school. I confronted him, my voice tight with concern and disappointment. “Where has all your money gone?” I asked. He avoided my eyes, refusing to answer. His silence only fueled (增加了) my anxiety and frustration. I couldn’t let it go; I pressed him repeatedly, determined to uncover the truth. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150个左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Finally, under my persistent questioning, my son broke down in tears. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hearing his confession (忏悔), I was completely speechless. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Finally, under my persistent questioning, my son broke down in tears. He confessed that he had donated all his hard-earned savings to the church’s offering box. He had remembered how that anonymous donation had once saved our family from financial despair and wanted to do the same for someone else in need. His heart was filled with empathy and a desire to pass on the kindness that had been shown to us. Hearing his confession, I was completely speechless. My initial shock quickly gave way to a profound sense of pride and admiration. Here was my son, showing such selflessness and compassion at such a young age. I hugged him tightly, tears of joy and gratitude streaming down my face. We decided to work together to find ways to support his university dreams while also encouraging his generous spirit. His actions had reminded me that kindness is a cycle, one that can uplift and inspire others in ways we can never imagine. 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了多伦多某教会通过匿名捐款箱向经济困难者提供援助。作者夫妇瞒着孩子暗中陷入财务危机时，意外收到教会转交的大额匿名捐款，得以渡过难关。一年后，当作者夫妇发现17岁儿子的大学储蓄金几乎清零并严厉质问时，儿子含泪沉默。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“最后，在我不断的追问下，儿子终于失声痛哭。”可知，第一段可描写儿子在母亲逼问下流泪坦白真相。 ②由第二段首句内容“听了他的坦白，我无语了。”可知，第二段可描写母亲听到儿子坦白后的情感反应与后续行动。 2.续写线索：真相揭露——说明动机——心理揭示——母亲情感转变——家庭决策——感悟 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①坦白：confess/acknowledge ②被取代：give way to/be replaced by ③拥抱：hug/embrace 情绪类 ①绝望：despair/desperation ②震惊：shock/astonishment 【点睛】[高分句型1] His heart was filled with empathy and a desire to pass on the kindness that had been shown to us. (由关系代词that引导的限制性定语从句) [高分句型2] His actions had reminded me that kindness is a cycle, one that can uplift and inspire others in ways we can never imagine. (由that引导的宾语从句和关系代词that引导的限制性定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 绝密★启用前 2026届高三全真模拟适应性考试 英语 注意事项: 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、听力-选择题：本大题共20小题，共30分。 1.Which instrument does the man play now? A. The guitar. B. The piano. C. The violin. 2.Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In an office. B. In a library. C. In a bookstore. 3.​​​​​​​What do we know about the man? A. He gets up early. B. He dislikes running. C. He had little for breakfast. 4.​​​​​​​What does the man think of the printer? A. Itˈs not very easy to use. B. Itˈs the best office equipment. C. Itˈs worth buying. 5.What does the man want the woman to do? A. Stop washing clothes. B. Listen to him carefully. C. Speak louder. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 6.How does the man sound to the woman's problem？ A. Strange. B. Nervous. C. Polite. 7.What does the man offer to do？ A. Change the phone. B. Correct the address. C. Repair the phone. ​​​​​​​听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 8.In what aspect does the man care about the electric heater? A. The brand. B. The price. C. The model. 9.How much will the man pay? A. $250. B. $200. C. $180. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 10.How many years' experience does the woman have? A. Three years. B. Two years. C. One year. 11.Why does the woman want this job? A. The pay is good. B. It is related to photography. C. The working hours are suitable for her. 12.When will the woman have an interview? A. This Wednesday afternoon. B. Next Wednesday morning. C. Next Wednesday afternoon. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 13.Who is the speaker？ A. An invited guest. B. A news reporter. C. A radio presenter. 14.In what way has the speaker changed？ A. He speaks faster. B. He becomes heavier. C. He cooks more often. 15.What is difficult for the speaker to get used to？ A. The food. B. The weather. C. The language. 16.What does the speaker think of the French people？ A. A bit cold. B. Friendly. C. Easy-going. ​​​​​​​听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17.Where did cholera probably begin? A. In Europe. B. In North America. C. In the Indian subcontinent. 18.When did cholera break out in Indonesia? A. In 2010. B. In 1961. C. In 1900. 19.What was the cause of cholera in Haiti between 2010 and 2015? A. Trade contacts. B. The earthquake. C. The polluted water. 20.What can we learn from the talk? A. Cholera was widespread in the 19th century. B. People wrote about cholera in the 7th century. C. John Snow found the cause of cholera in 1845. 二、阅读理解：本大题共15小题，共37.5分。 A Chinatown Dragon Boat Festival 2025 Highlights Stage Performances Along Smith Street One of the main highlights of the weekend is the brilliant stage performances happening along Smith Street. There will be the deafening beats of a festival drum performance by students from Chung Cheng High School, and the dramatic talent of a face-changing show. Audiences can also enjoy a Chinese traditional dance performance and a Teochew opera performance by Er Woo Amateur Musical & Dramatic Association. Lion Dance Performance Adding to the exciting atmosphere at the Chinatown Dragon Boat Festival 2025, there will be Lion and Dragon Dance by the award-winning troupe Tian Eng Dragon and Lion Dance Centre. The Lion Dance takes place on ●31 May, 1 pm to 1:30 pm ●1 June, 1 pm to 1:20 pm Dragon Boat Rowing Race The Dragon Boat Rowing Race is also going to make its return. This brings together teams and individuals in a spirit of friendly competition and community bonding. In this land-based race, participants compete on dragon-inspired rowing machines in one-minute rounds, with the highest number of strokes (划) winning a prize. This takes place on Killiney Street on ●31 May, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm ●1 June, 2:20 pm to 2:45 pm Art Corner Head over to the Art Corner, a quiet space within the busy Smith Street, where visitors are invited to stop, reflect, and learn more about the Dragon Boat Festival. Visitors can look through a thoughtfully chosen collection of books on seasonal traditions, pen their thoughts or well-wishes in the Festival Reflections Journal, and explore symbolic items such as mugwort (艾蒿) bundles, festive bookmarks, and greeting cards. 1. Where can you enjoy performances by students? A. At the Art Corner. B. On Smith Street. C. At Lion Dance Centre. D. On Killiney Street. 2. What plays the key role in winning the Dragon Boat Rowing Race? A. Creativity. B. Distance. C. Speed. D. Teamwork. 3. What can the participants do at the Art Corner? A. Give blessings by writing. B. Learn face-changing skills. C. Attend various art classes. D. Watch lion dance performances. B We’ve all been there: in a line with a basket of a few items for payment, cash or credit cards prepared, perhaps with only one or two customers ahead of us. And so it was today for me at a shop a mile or so from my home. I had three items. A woman with her teenage boys ahead of me had twice as many items as mine. The customer at the register, a white-haired woman, had already begun to bag her items and was holding out cash to pay for them. Then came the problem. Sometimes it’s a customer who forgot to weigh a piece of fruit, or someone searching for exact change. Fair enough. One waits. But today, it was something else. For whatever reason, this white-haired woman didn’t have enough money. And so she began choosing which items to keep and which to hand back. She looked at each one for a long time before keeping or giving it up. We waited. Longer lines rushed ahead. The wait went on and on. Outside, my bus came and went. Finally in the black, the woman turned back to us as she left, with her face turning red. We waved off her discomfiture. It could happen to anyone. We were honestly understanding. But I had no idea just how understanding the family ahead of me were until their turn came. The woman with the teenagers asked the cashier to add all the items the white-haired woman had left to her list as quickly as possible. The cashier did as told. Then the two boys rushed to the white-haired woman with the small bag of items. When they returned, it was clear their task had been completed. All it took to witness this act of kindness was waiting a little longer in a checkout line. I could have caught the next bus. But I felt so light on my feet that I walked home instead. 4. How does the author start the text? A. By introducing a way of payment. B. By describing a situation in a shop. C. By comparing customers’ behaviours. D. By showing the preparation for shopping. 5. What problem did the white-haired woman have? A. She couldn’t afford all the goods she chose. B. She didn’t have some of the goods weighed. C. She didn’t know how to return the goods. D. She couldn’t find the accurate change. 6. What does the underlined word “discomfiture” in paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Confusion. B. Anger. C. Tiredness. D. Awkwardness. 7. What was the two teenagers’ task? A. Putting the items into the small bags. B. Helping the cashier to add up the items. C. Sending the white-haired woman her unpaid items. D. Placing the white-haired woman’s items on the shelf. C Being bilingual (双语的) means learning to deal with two different ways of naming and perceiving reality. That requires the bilingual brain to learn to think in both languages and to switch between them effortlessly, a process known as code switching. Some researchers believe this process gives multilingual people an edge. Historically, the scientific community held the belief that second language acquisition could slow down a child’s academic progress. However, contemporary understanding firmly acknowledges the cognitive (认知的) benefits bilingual children possess. Dr Fraser Lauchlan, an honorary lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, noted that faulty research from the 1930s to 1950s, since discredited, had caused the misperception that bilingualism could be harmful to a child’s academic achievements. Subsequent studies, especially the landmark research by Peal and Lambert in 1962, have clearly demonstrated that bilingualism brings no disadvantages and, in fact, offers advantages in specific language and cognitive areas: selective attention, metalinguistic awareness, creative and flexible thinking (including problem-solving), and short-term memory. In a study headed by Lauchlan, involving primary school students from Scotland (learning Gaelic and English concurrently) and Sardinia (exposed to Italian and Sardinian), the cognitive differences between monolingual (单语的) and bilingual children were measured. Of the 121 participants, 62 were bilingual and exhibited superior task-completion capabilities. Notably, Gaelic-speaking children outperformed their Sardinian counterparts. Lauchlan put this down to the former’s formal education in Gaelic, while Sardinian was mostly an oral language lacking standardized form. Ellen Bialystok of York University in Toronto has conducted extensive research, concluding that bilingualism promotes a child’s development. Lauchlan advises that for the best bilingualism, children should start learning a second language alongside their first, or at least as early as possible. Research indicates that bilinguals have an easier time acquiring further languages and display greater cultural receptivity (接受度). Moreover, in the globalized era, bilingualism also offers practical advantages in career prospects. Multinational corporations often seek employees with multilingual abilities to facilitate international business operations. A bilingual marketing professional can better understand and target diverse consumer groups, bridging cultural gaps and enhancing market share. Thus, developing bilingual capabilities from an early age can open doors to a broader range of opportunities in the future. 8. What is a misconception of bilingualism’s impact? A. Bilingualism does harm to children’s creative thinking. B. Bilingualism is of little academic benefit to children. C. Bilingual children tend to develop short-term memory. D. Bilingual children are less likely to achieve success in career. 9. What can we infer from the study led by Lauchlan? A. Bilingual children perform better in all aspects. B. Children from Scotland are more intelligent than those from Sardinia. C. The more languages a child learns, the better their cognitive abilities. D. Formal education in a second language contributes to bilingual children’s better performance. 10. Why is a bilingual marketing professional mentioned in the last paragraph? A. To explain why learning marketing skills is necessary for bilinguals. B. To prove that marketing is the most suitable career for bilinguals. C. To display that bilinguals can get higher salaries in the marketing field. D. To illustrate how bilingualism brings benefits in international business. 11. What is the main idea of the text? A. The cognitive and practical advantages of being bilingual. B. The history of bilingual education and its future development. C. The comparison between different bilingual learning methods. D. The challenges children face when learning a second language. D Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities at Columbia University since 1998. He loves the job, but it has changed. Over the past decade, students have become bewildered by the thought of finishing multiple books a semester. This development puzzled Dames until a first-year student shared how challenging she had found the early assignments. The student said that at her public high school, she was only assigned passages, but not entire books. “My jaw dropped,” Dames told me. This helped explain the change: It’s not that they don’t want to read. It’s that they don’t know how. Failing to complete a 14-line poem without giving in to distraction (干扰) suggests one familiar explanation for the decrease in reading ability: smartphones. Teenagers are constantly drawn by their devices. Reading books, even for pleasure, can’t compete with TikTok. In 1976, about 40 percent of high-school seniors said they had read at least six books for fun in the previous year, compared with 11.5 percent who hadn’t read any. By 2022, those percentages had flipped. But high school kids appear to be encountering fewer and fewer books in the classroom as well. Since the ability to read an entire book is difficult to assess, teachers focus on skills that are easier to measure. They have shifted from books to short passages, followed by questions about the author’s main idea, just as standardized reading-comprehension tests do. Faced with this situation, many college professors feel they have no choice but to assign less reading and lower their expectations. This means students will miss out on the mental development that comes from reading entire books. Reading enlarges your sympathies. Deep reading — sustained focus on a text — encourages a number of valuable mental habits, including critical thinking and self-reflection, in ways that skimming or reading in short passages does not. I can imagine worse preparations for the trials, and thrills, of Literature Humanities. But we’ve never forgotten the originals. To understand the human condition, and to appreciate humankind’s greatest achievements, you still need to read The Iliad — all of it. 12. What does the underlined word “bewildered” mean in paragraph 1? A. Delighted. B. Confused. C. Satisfied. D. Relieved. 13. Why does the author list numbers in paragraph 2? A. To highlight the rise of social media. B. To clarify the problems of smartphones. C. To illustrate the change in reading methods. D. To demonstrate the decline in book reading. 14. What is a result of professors assigning less reading? A. The shortage of learning motivation. B. The reduction of genuine sympathies. C. The loss of cognitive growth opportunities. D. The restriction of personal academic progress. 15. What is the author’s attitude towards reading originals? A. Supportive. B. Doubtful. C. Cautious. D. Indifferent. 三、阅读七选五：本大题共5小题，共12.5分。 Talking over text is a convenient way to get to know someone new or catch up with old friends, but sometimes it can be hard to figure out what to say next. ___16___. Ask open-ended questions. Open-ended questions require more thoughtful and detailed responses. ___17___. If the other person just told you something about themselves, ask them to elaborate on that, or come up with your own open-ended question. This gives the other person an opportunity to talk about their interests in-depth. ___18___. Ask the other person to tell you about something. To have a good conversation, both people should be asking and answering questions. If you feel like you’ve mainly been talking about yourself, redirect the conversation to the other person. Avoid dry, short answers. ___19___. Remember, conversations are a two-way street, so make sure you put in the effort to respond to the person you’re texting. If someone asks you a question and you give them a one-word answer, you’re forcing them to do all the work to keep the conversation flowing. Ask about the other person’s day. Show them you’re interested in their life. Asking about someone’s day is a pretty low-effort question that can actually lead to a lot of interesting conversations. Consider also telling them something about your day, so you have something to talk about if they don’t have much to add. Ask follow-up questions. Let the other person elaborate on their responses. Instead of moving on with the conversation, ask follow-up questions about what the other person just said. ___20___ and making an effort to engage with them. A. Find the shared interest B. Shift the focus to the other person C. It’s better to give the other person something to work with D. Luckily, there are a ton of ways you can keep things interesting E. This means that you are avoiding getting involved in a boring topic F. This shows them that you’re paying attention to what they’ re saying G. They encourage the other person to answer with more than “yes” or “no” 四、完形填空：本大题共15小题，共15分。 Sometime around 1974, long before Steve Jobs coined the phrase “Think Different”, my dad and I were walking on Hope Street. Suddenly, I ____21____ a lottery (彩票) store and asked my father excitedly, “Daddy, can we ____22____ the lottery? Maybe we can make money!” Without hesitation he replied, “We just did. We ____23____ a dollar every time we pass the store without buying a ____24____.” Daddy’s ____25____ led me to think of money, investing and opportunity cost in “____26____” ways. For instance, when I was at the University of Pennsylvania, the cost of each hour of class time was extremely expensive — about $140 for each hour of instruction. Thus, I never ____27____ a class. Similarly, when I was in credit card debt at a 20% interest rate, every time I spent $20 I ____28____ thought of it as a $24 purchase to ____29____ myself to pay off the debt faster. So if there is a(n) ____30____ force that has guided my life, it was born from my father believing that he won $1 every time he didn’t buy a lottery ticket. This different way of thinking ____31____ my overall view of everything that most people consider to be “____32____.” Like everything else, thinking differently has its advantages and disadvantages. I have lived such an ____33____ life that it has caused me to be separated from most people whose minds are used to following ____34____ patterns. However, I still believe that the greatest breakthroughs come when you break free from the ____35____ of your own mind. 21. A. got involved in B. heard of C. caught sight of D. looked forward to 22. A. play B. consider C. check D. compete 23. A. lose B. create C. win D. drop 24. A. magazine B. ticket C. snack D. drink 25. A. words B. resistance C. memory D. prediction 26. A. practical B. similar C. different D. strange 27. A. prepared B. enjoyed C. missed D. recorded 28. A. hardly B. gradually C. frequently D. actually 29. A. manage B. motivate C. appeal D. promise 30. A. embarrassing B. driving C. outgoing D. confusing 31. A. shaped B. rated C. interrupted D. replaced 32. A. normal B. minor C. difficult D. interesting 33. A. organized B. unconventional C. important D. active 34. A. subjective B. loose C. special D. familiar 35. A. goals B. lessons C. assumptions D. limits 五、语法填空：本大题共1小题，共15分。 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Representing wisdom, power, and wealth, dragons are respected and honored in Chinese culture, which are said ___36___ (scare) away evil spirits and bad luck. In ancient times, when there was no rain for a long time, people not only prayed ___37___ rain with a dragon dance, ___38___ prayed against insect attacks after planting. If you’ve seen a Chinese New Year parade (庆祝游行), you’ve probably seen a colorful dragon ___39___ (wind) its way down the street. The dragon dance, ___40___ time-honored traditional folk activity in Chinese culture dating back to the Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago, ___41___ (observe) during festive celebrations much like the lion dance. Dragon dances can be performed in different ways with dragon costumes of different colors. ___42___ (specific), as many as 9 to 15 dancers use long poles to guide the dragon’s head and snakelike body, the tricks of ___43___ are often jumps or moves that make the dragon turn in ___44___ (variety) of ways. The culture of dragon and lion dances has spread beyond China to southeast Asia, and even to some regions with significant Chinese communities in Europe, America, Australia, and New Zealand. It has become a ___45___ (substance) symbol of Chinese culture. 六、书面表达：本大题共1小题，共15分。 46. 假定你是李华，你的英国好友Jim正在准备主题为“保护野生动物”的演讲稿，发来邮件咨询相关信息，请你给他回复邮件，内容包括： 1.野生动物的生存现状； 2.保护野生动物的措施。 注意： 1.写作词数应为80左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Jim, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 七、任务型读写：本大题共1小题，共25分。 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Our church in Toronto had a special way of helping those in financial difficulties. Money was placed into an offering box with only the recipient’s name on the envelope, ensuring the giver remained anonymous (匿名的). This thoughtful practice protected the dignity of those receiving help. There was a time when my husband and I didn’t have enough money. We didn’t tell anyone about our problem, not even our children. We had to stop buying many things. Our children probably knew we were worried, but we hoped they didn’t know how serious it was. We didn’t want to make them sad with a problem they couldn’t fix. As our situation failed to improve, despair began to creep in. Just when we felt we had exhausted all options, a glimmer of hope appeared. Our church handed us an envelope from the offering box. To our immense relief and joy, it contained a substantial amount of money—enough to see us through that desperate time. We were overwhelmed with gratitude, constantly wondering who our secret benefactor could be. A year passed, and life moved forward. Our seventeen-year-old son began applying for university. He needed to use the money he had saved from his part- time job. But then we found out something shocking: his savings account was almost empty. We were very upset and worried. We thought he had been saving his money for school. I confronted him, my voice tight with concern and disappointment. “Where has all your money gone?” I asked. He avoided my eyes, refusing to answer. His silence only fueled (增加了) my anxiety and frustration. I couldn’t let it go; I pressed him repeatedly, determined to uncover the truth. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150个左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Finally, under my persistent questioning, my son broke down in tears. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hearing his confession (忏悔), I was completely speechless. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $