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2027届高三英语限时训练一答案解析
A
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了国际语言学奥林匹克竞赛(IOL)的赛事背景、样题示例、比赛规则及奖项设置等相关信息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段“To compete at the IOL, no special knowledge is required, only basic language concepts, logic, patience, and creative thinking.(参加IOL比赛不需要特殊知识,只需要基本的语言概念、逻辑、耐心和创造性思维。)”以及样题的解题过程可知,解决样题谜题的关键在于逻辑推理能力。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Contest Rules部分“The individual contest involves solving five problems in six hours, whereas the team contest features one problem with two hours less.(个人赛是在6小时内解决5道题,而团队赛是解决1道题,时间少2小时。)”可知,个人赛和团队赛的不同之处在于比赛时长。故选A。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据Awards部分“In the individual contest, the number of gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded shall be in the ratio1: 2: 3, with the total number of medals being between one quarter and one third of the contestants.(在个人赛中,金牌、银牌和铜牌的颁发数量比例为1:2:3,且奖牌总数应在参赛人数的四分之一到三分之一之间。)”可知,若有240名个人参赛者,则奖牌总数应在240乘以四分之一等于60,和240乘以三分之一等于80之间。在这个区间的为72。故选C。
B
【答案】4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者高中化学老师对其产生的深远影响。化学老师跨学科的教学方式不仅激发了作者对化学的兴趣,更培养了他的好奇心、开放思维和跨学科视野,最终引导作者走上中国文学研究的道路,并终身受益。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“My tenth-grade chemistry teacher could tell that I wasn’t the next Mendeleev.(我上高二那年的化学老师就能看出,我绝不可能成为下一个门捷列夫那样的杰出人物)”可知,作者在化学方面缺乏天赋。故选A。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“He used to tell us, with a twinkle in his eye, that chemistry was the most important subject, followed by math, with the humanities (such as history, literature, and philosophy) coming last. However, he sometimes brought Chinese trinkets (小件饰物) and showed us videos about Chinese culture. It seemed that in practice, he didn’t follow his own ranking system.(他过去常常笑着告诉我们,化学是最重要的学科,其次是数学,而人文科学(如历史、文学和哲学)则排在最后。然而,他有时会带来一些中国的小饰品,并给我们播放有关中国文化的视频。看起来实际上他并没有遵循自己设定的排名顺序)”可知,这种言行不一表明他实际对人文学科的重视远超其口头承认。故选C。
【6题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第四段“My father, an engineer, viewed math and sciences as superior to the humanities, which made me decide to prove that the humanities were better.(我的父亲是一名工程师,他认为数学和自然科学比人文科学更优越,这促使我决心证明人文科学其实更出色)”以及划线词后文“freely mixed cultural studies, literature recommendations, and family tips into our classes(将文化研究、文学推荐以及家庭建议等元素自由地融入课程之中)”可知,老师只是口头敷衍赞同,行动上却完全相反。故B项“Pretending to offer support” (假装提供支持) 符合“口头宣称支持但无实际行动”的语境。故选B。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。全文主旨在于强调化学老师对作者产生的深远持久的影响。末段明确点出“Now, I may not be teaching chemistry, but the curiosity, openness, and cross-disciplinary thinking my chemistry teacher instilled in me are at the heart of what I do.(如今,我或许并非教授化学课程,但我的化学老师所培养给我的好奇心、开放态度以及跨学科的思维方式,正是我所从事工作的核心所在)”可知,D项“持久的一课:我的化学老师如何塑造我的世界”最符合文章标题。故选D。
C
【答案】8. D 9. C 10. D 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了布宜诺斯艾利斯大学的研究人员成功利用机器人导师,让一种南美小鸟——雄性红领带鹀重新学会了一首曾是该物种文化一部分,但已消失半个多世纪的歌曲,以及研究过程、结果和意义。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Researchers from the University of Buenos Aires have successfully used a robotic tutor to teach the male chingolo, a kind of small bird in South America, a song that was once part of the species’ culture but had been lost for more than half a century.(布宜诺斯艾利斯大学的研究人员已成功使用机器人导师,教南美一种小型鸟类 —— 雄性红领带鹀 学习一首曾属于该物种文化、但已消失半个多世纪的鸣唱)”以及最后一段“This is about preserving not just genetic, but cultural biodiversity (这不仅是为了保护遗传多样性,也是为了保护文化多样性)”可知,研究人员教鸟儿这首歌是为了保护鸟类的文化遗产。故选D项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“It serves to attract females and protect territory. It is the bird’s way of saying, “This is me, and here I am.” (它用来吸引雌鸟和保护领地。这是鸟儿表达“这就是我,我就在这里”的方式。)”可知,红领带鹀的歌声是它们的社会身份标识。故选C项。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“There were random pauses (停顿) in between so that the birds interpreted the playback from the three devices placed in the area as a real exchange, as if these devices were responding to each other. This stimulated the birds’ vocal responses. (中间有随机停顿,这样鸟儿就会把放置在该区域的三个设备播放的声音当作真实的交流,就好像这些设备在互相回应一样。这刺激了鸟类的发声反应。)”可知,随机停顿的目的是诱使鸟儿进行互动。故选D项。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Young chingolos learned and adopted the song, though they added their own population’s “accent” to the final trill (颤音) , which showed that their singing is shaped by learned behaviors and inborn characteristics. (年轻的红领带鹀学习并采用了这首歌,尽管它们在最后的颤音中加入了自己种群的“口音”,这表明它们的歌声是由习得行为和先天特征共同塑造的。)”可知,从红领带鹀的学习结果中我们可以了解到它们的歌声表现出特殊的发声特征。故选B项。
D
【答案】12. C 13. C 14. B 15. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了俄罗斯斯科尔科沃理工学院的研究人员开发的一种探索记忆功能的数学模型,阐述了该模型对记忆痕迹的建模过程、关键发现,并指出研究成果对机器人技术、人工智能及人类记忆理解的意义。
【12题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段“Following an early 20th-century research tradition, the team focused on modeling engrams (记忆痕迹), the basic units of memory. An engram is a scattered (分散的) set of neurons across different brain regions that activate together, each representing a concept defined by specific features. For humans, these features are related to sensory experiences: the concept of a banana, for example, includes its look, smell, taste, and other sensory traits. In this framework, a banana becomes a five-dimensional object in the brain’s mental space that holds all stored memories.(遵循20世纪早期的一种研究传统,该团队专注于对记忆的基本单元——“记忆图元”进行建模。记忆图元是在不同大脑区域分散分布的一组神经元,它们共同激活,每个图元都代表由特定特征所定义的一个概念。对于人类而言,这些特征与感官体验相关:例如,香蕉的概念包括其外观、气味、味道以及其他感官特征。在这个框架中,香蕉在大脑的思维空间中成为一个五维的物体,它承载着所有存储的记忆)”可知,作者在第二段中提及“香蕉”这一概念是为了说明感官特征是如何形成概念的。故选C。
13题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Engrams evolve over time, becoming sharper or more unclear depending on how often they are activated by external sensory input. This process mirrors how humans learn and forget through interactions with the environment. “We have mathematically demonstrated that engrams tend to evolve toward a steady state,” explained study co-author Professor Nikolay Brilliantov of Skoltech AI. “After some short period, a ‘mature’ distribution of engrams emerges and continues.”(记忆痕迹会随着时间的推移而发生变化,其清晰度会因外部感官输入的激活频率而有所不同。这一过程与人类通过与环境的互动来学习和遗忘的方式如出一辙。“我们已经通过数学方法证明,记忆痕迹往往会趋向于一个稳定状态,”斯科尔泰克人工智能学院的研究合著者尼古拉·布里利托夫教授解释道。“在一段时间后,会出现一种‘成熟’的记忆痕迹分布,并持续下去。”)”以及第四段““Somewhat surprisingly, we found that the number of distinct engrams stored in the steady state is greatest for a seven-dimensional concept space,” Brilliantov noted. This led to the “seven senses claim”: if each dimension corresponds to a sense, seven senses would maximize memory capacity and deepen overall understanding of the world.(“令人有些意外的是,我们发现,在稳定状态下所存储的不同记忆单元的数量,在七维概念空间中是最为多的。”布里利塔夫说道。这便引出了“七种感官论”:如果每个维度都对应一种感官,那么七种感官将能最大限度地提升记忆容量,并加深对世界的整体理解)”可知,“记忆痕迹”是一个七维空间存储着最为独特的记忆片段。故选C。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“While the conclusion about human senses is highly theoretical, Brilliantov added that the findings, however, are useful for robotics and AI theory. Advancing the theoretical models of memory will be instrumental to gaining new insights into the human mind and creating humanlike memory in AI agents.(虽然关于人类感官的结论具有很强的理论性,但布里利托夫补充说,这些发现对于机器人学和人工智能理论来说是有用的。推进记忆的理论模型将有助于我们对人类思维有新的理解,并在人工智能系统中创造出类似人类的记忆)”可知,Brilliantov对研究成果持“乐观态度”。故选B。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。文章开篇即点明核心—Skoltech研究人员开发数学模型探索记忆功能“,后续围绕该模型展开:介绍模型对记忆痕迹的建模逻辑、推导的记忆痕迹进化规律、“七维空间与记忆容量“的关键发现,最后提及研究意义。整体旨在“介绍一种记忆数学模型及其发现”。故选D。
七选五
【答案】16. A 17. D 18. B 19. F 20. E
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章通过作者的虚拟现实体验引入,探讨了虚拟旅行与现实旅行的区别,指出虚拟现实无法替代真实旅行所带来的感官体验和情感联结。
【16题详解】
前文“I put on a headset, and within seconds I am somewhere else. (我戴上头戴设备,几秒钟后就置身于别处。)”为接下来的虚拟现实旅游做好准备,继而描述作者在虚拟现实中的沉浸体验。后文“This is the promise of virtual reality (VR): a world delivered to us without leaving home. (这就是虚拟现实(VR)的愿景:一个无需离家便能抵达的世界。)”是对前文的概括总结,A选项“我没有移动,却正在旅行”概括了前文的虚拟旅行体验,又引出后文要讨论的核心内容,承接上文并点明主题。故选A。
【17题详解】
根据前文“There is much to appreciate in this form of travel. (这种旅行方式有很多值得欣赏的地方。)”可知,接下来应说明虚拟旅行的优点。D选项“虚拟旅行方便、省时且易于实现。”具体阐述了虚拟旅行的优势,与上文形成顺承关系。故选D。
【18题详解】
空处为本段第一句,应起总起作用。后文“Travelers wander through unfamiliar streets, sample local dishes, and engage face-to-face with people shaped by different traditions. Such encounters awaken the senses and create lasting memories. More importantly, they change how places feel to us, not just how we understand them. (旅行者漫步在陌生的街道上,品尝当地美食,与来自不同传统背景的人面对面交流。这些体验唤醒感官,创造持久的记忆。更重要的是,它们改变了我们对一个地方的情感认知,而不仅仅是理性理解。)”描述了真实旅行的独特体验和深刻影响,B选项“然而真实的旅行留下更深的印记。”引出对真实旅行的进一步阐述。故选B。
【19题详解】
根据前文“Real travel, by contrast, is shaped by unpredictability. (相比之下,真实旅行充满不可预测性。)”可知,本空应进一步说明这种不可预测性带来的影响。F选项“它要求人们做出选择、不断适应,并时刻留意突发情况。”具体解释了真实旅行中不可预测性所带来的挑战与体验,与前文形成解释关系。故选F。
【20题详解】
前文“Travel is not simply about seeing farther; it is also about feeling where you stand. (旅行不仅仅是看得更远,更是感受你所在的地方。)”强调真实旅行中的情感体验与身体在场的重要性,E选项“有些知识似乎只有当你脚踏实地时才能获得。”是前文内容的升华,点明真实旅行不可替代的价值。故选E。
完形填空
【答案】21. D 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章以作者个人亲身经历为例,指出群聊虽能维系远距离友谊,却较真实友谊浅薄,无法满足所有情感需求,真正的友谊需线下陪伴与真诚交流,建议重启一对一通话、优先见面以维系。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:在我们的群聊中,一位朋友宣布要搬到纽卡斯尔去,这让我百感交集——既为去纽卡斯尔而兴奋,又为因伦敦见面机会变少而难过。A. positive积极的;B. unspoken未说出口的;C. artificial人造的;D. mixed混合的。根据后文明确提到“excitement to visit, yet sadness over rare London meetings”(想去拜访的兴奋,却因伦敦见面机会变少而难过),两种对立情绪并存,因此是“混合的”感受。故选D项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:这些时刻提醒我,没有我们,生活照样继续。A. hide隐藏;B. ignore忽视;C. remind提醒;D. forget忘记。根据上文“another friend shared career updates abroad or photos of unfamiliar kids.”可知,朋友分享海外事业、陌生孩子的照片等场景,让“我”意识到“生活在我们缺席的情况下依然在前行”,这是一种“提醒”。故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我每天通过信息、表情符号或表情包与朋友交流,但感觉很空洞。A. compete竞争;B. communicate交流;C. argue争论;D. work工作。根据后文 “through messages, emojis, or memes”(通过信息、表情或梗图)是沟通方式,因此对应 “交流”。故选B项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:群聊,曾经热闹的数字走廊,现在突显了面对面的聚会是如何被工作、家庭和成人责任所取代的。A. deny否认;B. highlight凸显;C. reduce减少;D. forget忘记。根据句意以及下文“how in-person hangouts have been replaced by jobs, family, and adult responsibilities”可知,曾经热闹的群聊,如今“凸显”了面对面聚会被工作、家庭和成人责任取代的现实 —— 群聊的存在让这种替代关系更明显。故选B项。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:那种在青春时期毫不费力的亲密感已经消逝;现在的聚会需要数周的计划。A. faded消退;B. grown成长;C. returned回归;D. strengthened强化。根据前文“effortless closeness of youth”(年轻时毫不费力的亲密感)与后文“meetups now demand weeks of planning”(现在见面需数周规划)形成对比,说明亲密感已“消退”。故选A项。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我们称群聊为生命线,保持着跨越距离联系。A. breaking打破;B. ignoring忽视;C. losing失去;D. sustaining维持。根据前文“We call group chats lifelines”称群聊为“生命线”,作用是“跨越距离维持联系”。故选D项。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:它们通过定期更新和照片提供一种虚假的存在感。A. sense感觉;B. truth真相;C. effect效果;D. danger危险。根据句意以及下文“presence through periodic updates and photos”可知,群聊通过偶尔的更新和照片,营造出一种“虚假的在场感”,“a sense of presence”(在场感)是固定搭配。故选A项。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:但是这种交流比真正的友谊要浅薄——许多人觉得它很累人,就像兼职一样。A. thicker更浓厚的;B. deeper更深的;C. thinner更浅薄;D. stronger更强的。根据后文“many find it exhausting, like a part-time job”转折“很多人觉得这很累,像份兼职”,说明这种沟通比真正的友谊“更浅薄”。故选C项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:他们不能满足所有的情感需求。A. miss错过;B. meet满足;C. avoid避免;D. increase增加。根据句意以及下文“all emotional needs”可知,群聊的浅薄决定了它们无法“满足所有情感需求”,“meet needs”(满足需求)是固定搭配。故选B项。
【30题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:有些人只会用表情包说话;有些人什么也不说,只是随便点“赞”一个月前的评论。A. deliberately故意地;B. eagerly急切地;C. randomly随机地;D. regularly定期地。根据前文“Some treat them as calendars, others as therapy; some only speak in memes”描述群聊中不同人的敷衍状态,“随机点赞一个月前的评论”符合“从未主动发言,仅偶尔互动”的敷衍感。故选C项。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:重要的生活事件——比如失业、分手或悲伤——在这种情况下往往难以分享。A. setting场景、环境;B. office办公室;C. moment时刻;D. room空间。根据上文“Important life events—like job loss, breakups, or grief”可知,此处指“场景、环境”,即失业、分手、悲伤等重要人生事件,很难在群聊这种“场景”中分享。故选A项。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:群聊有帮助,但还不够。A. enough足够的;B. useful有用的;C. new新的;D. fun有趣的。根据前文“Group chats help”提到“群聊有帮助”,但后文强调“真正的友谊需要付出时间、超越表情的交流”,说明群聊 “不够”(无法替代真正的友谊)。故选A项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:真正的友谊需要不方便的存在,表情符号之外的语言,即使困难也要努力出现。A. excuse借口;B. effort努力;C. offer提议;D. mistake错误。根据句意以及下文“to show up even when hard”可知,真正的友谊需要“即使困难也愿意出现的努力”。故选B项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:重新开始一对一通话。A. Ignore忽视;B. Delete删除;C. Restart重新开始;D. Forget忘记。 根据前文“Change is possible.”说“改变是可能的”,后文提出具体建议,可知,“重新开始一对一通话”是积极的改变措施。故选C项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我们所爱的人生活在我们的手机里——我们必须邀请他们到现实世界中来。A. prevent阻止;B. keep保持;C. let保持;D. invite邀请。根据前文“Our loved ones live in our phones”以及后文“invite them out into the real world”(邀请他们走进现实)形成“从线上到线下”的转折。故选D项。
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【答案】36. where 37. translated 38. depth 39. is divided 40. genuinely 41. sensed 42. illustrations 43. into 44. Reading 45. a
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章介绍了许渊冲翻译的唐诗合集《Where the Deer Hide in the Woods》。
【36题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:当我第一次翻开《林间鹿隐》时,仿佛踏入了一个作者文字如轻音乐般流淌的世界。空处引导限制性定语从句,先行词是world,在从句中作地点状语,故用关系副词where引导。故填where。
【37题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:这些唐诗,在许渊冲大师的笔触下被翻译出来,用两种声音轻声诉说——中文与英文——每一种都回荡着宁静、美感与深沉的底蕴。空处为非谓语动词作后置定语,修饰名词Tang poems,且Tang poems与translate之间是被动关系,故用过去分词。故填translated。
【38题详解】
考查名词。句意同上。空处为名词作宾语,deep的名词是depth,意为“深度”,不可数名词。故填depth。
【39题详解】
考查时态和语态。句意:这本书被分为六个章节,每一章展现一种独特的情感意境:悲伤、安宁、爱、思念、孤独与沉思。空处作谓语,此处是对客观事实的描述,应用一般现在时,且主语the book与divide之间是被动关系,应用被动语态,又因主语是单数,be动词用is。故填is divided。
【40题详解】
考查副词。句意:当我读到“两岸猿声啼不住,轻舟已过万重山”时,我由衷地被打动。空处修饰动词moved,应填为副词作状语,genuine的副词是genuinely,意为“真正地”。故填genuinely。
【41题详解】
考查时态。句意:我真切地感受到了李白那自由豁达的灵魂——他被皇帝赦免后的喜悦——流淌在字里行间。空处作谓语,根据I was可知,此处应用一般过去时。故填sensed。
【42题详解】
考查名词。句意:书中每一页都配有精心的注释、生动的背景故事与中国传统国画风格的插图。空处为名词作宾语,illustration意为“插图”,是可数名词,此处表示泛指,且没有冠词限定,应用复数形式。故填illustrations。
【43题详解】
考查介词。句意:许渊冲巧妙地将中国诗歌的韵律转化为英文的音乐美,这种再创作既尊重原作,又赋予其新的形式。transform…into…是固定短语,意为“把……转化为……”。故填into。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:阅读这本书,就像一场穿越心灵与山水的旅程。空处为非谓语动词作主语,应用动名词形式,句首首字母应大写。故填Reading。
【45题详解】
考查冠词。句意:对于任何珍爱诗歌、绘画,或是珍视两种文化完美交融的人来说,《林间鹿隐》都是一本必读之作,它优美地担当起了桥梁的作用。must-read是可数名词,意为“必读书目”,此处表示泛指,且must-read是以辅音音素开头,应用不定冠词a修饰。故填a。
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The International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) is a competition for pre-university students, held in a different country each year since 2003. It challenges participants, both individually and in teams, to solve linguistic (语言学的) puzzles. To compete at the IOL, no special knowledge is required, only basic language concepts, logic, patience, and creative thinking. Try this beginner sample to see if the IOL is right for you.
A Puzzle
The names of some South American countries are written in Georgian (格鲁吉亚语) with their English translations:
Brazil
Peru
Uruguay
Q: What is the English name of this country “”?
The Solution
●The Georgian forms of “Peru” and “Uruguay” have the same number of letters as their English names, showing a direct letter match.
●The repeated U in “Uruguay” further confirms Georgian is written left-to-right.
●“Brazil” has fewer letters than the Georgian version, but thanks to the two other names, we already know: →R, →A, →G, →E.
●With these letters, the pattern can be translated as “A R G E _ _ _ _ A, ” which is “Argentina. ”
Contest Rules
● Each individual contestant or team must choose a working language for their problems and solutions, a choice that cannot be changed less than two weeks before the Olympiad begins.
● The individual contest involves solving five problems in six hours, whereas the team contest features one problem with two hours less.
● Unless instructed, giving multiple answers will receive zero marks. Besides, a detailed explanation is required for each answer; failure to provide one will result in a lower score.
Awards
The team contest will award up to one gold two silver, and three bronze medals. In the individual contest, the number of gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded shall be in the ratio 1: 2: 3, with the total number of medals being between one quarter and one third of the contestants. Click here to find out other awards.
1 Which is essential to solve the sample puzzle?
A. Linguistic fluency. B. Reasoning ability.
C. Geographic knowledge. D. Mathematical calculation.
2. What is different about the rules for the individual and team contest?
A. The duration of the competition. B. The deadline for language choice.
C. The result of giving multiple answers. D. The requirement for answer explanations.
3. If there are 240 individual contestants, how many medals could be awarded in total?
A. 40. B. 54. C. 72. D. 84.
B
My tenth-grade chemistry teacher could tell that I wasn’t the next Mendeleev. Early in the year, he gave us tough exams, warning that students who struggled should reconsider staying in the advanced-level class. I’d never excelled in science, so I determined that if I could not get an A on the next assignment, I would drop down a level. Before returning the assignment, he asked if anyone was taking the new Chinese class. I raised my hand hesitantly.
I got an A on the assignment, and my chemistry teacher had written what looked like two Chinese characters on the label of the folder. When I asked him what they meant, he explained they formed the Chinese characters for “chemistry”.
He used to tell us, with a twinkle in his eye, that chemistry was the most important subject, followed by math, with the humanities (such as history, literature, and philosophy) coming last. However, he sometimes brought Chinese trinkets (小件饰物) and showed us videos about Chinese culture. It seemed that in practice, he didn’t follow his own ranking system.
My father, an engineer, viewed math and sciences as superior to the humanities, which made me decide to prove that the humanities were better. My chemistry teacher, though paying lip service to the same ideas as my father, freely mixed cultural studies, literature recommendations, and family tips into our classes. He also invited teachers from China to tell us what schools were like there. These experiences didn’t distract me from chemistry, but rather enhanced it, helping me understand how it worked and why it mattered.
It turned out that I was indeed no Mendeleev. I didn’t major in chemistry, but I got a PhD in Chinese literature. Now, I may not be teaching chemistry, but the curiosity, openness, and cross-disciplinary thinking my chemistry teacher instilled in me are at the heart of what I do.
4. What can we know from the first paragraph?
A. The author was not gifted in chemistry. B. The author wanted to be the top student.
C. The author didn’t enjoy traditional classes. D. The author didn’t get along with the teacher.
5. What can be inferred about the chemistry teacher?
A. He disliked chemistry in reality.
B. He was indifferent to the humanities.
C. He valued the humanities more than he admitted.
D. He found Chinese more engaging than chemistry.
6. What does the underlined phrase “paying lip service” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Voicing strong criticism. B. Pretending to offer support.
C. Rejecting in a direct manner. D. Expressing sincere agreement.
7. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?
A. The Final Decision: Dropping Advanced Chemistry
B. A Father’s Influence: Shaping a Career in Literature
C. The Unexpected Path: From Chemistry to Chinese Literature
D. A Lasting Lesson: How My Chemistry Teacher Shaped My World
C
Researchers from the University of Buenos Aires have successfully used a robotic tutor to teach the male chingolo, a kind of small bird in South America, a song that was once part of the species’ culture but had been lost for more than half a century.
Male chingolos learn their unique, two-second melody from adult males. “It is a distinctive song — like a fingerprint, but learned,” says one of the researchers. “It serves to attract females and protect territory. It is the bird’s way of saying, “This is me, and here I am.” However, urbanization and habitat loss have broken this learning chain, causing local song “dialects” to disappear.
Driven by this problem, researchers took on a pioneering task: bringing back a song that had disappeared from the wild — known only from a musical record made in the 1960s — to a population of chingolos.
Using physics-based modeling of the bird’s vocal tract (声道) , the team first created an accurate artificial version of the lost song. They then engineered this model into a physical device designed to broadcast the forgotten melody — a “robotic tutor.” This artificial song was introduced to the chingolos in the park during their critical learning period from October to February. The sessions took place during peak singing hours and were limited to a maximum of eight hours. There were random pauses (停顿) in between so that the birds interpreted the playback from the three devices placed in the area as a real exchange, as if these devices were responding to each other. This stimulated the birds’ vocal responses.
The results were impressive. Young chingolos learned and adopted the song, though they added their own population’s “accent” to the final trill (颤音) , which showed that their singing is shaped by learned behaviors and inborn characteristics.
“This is about preserving not just genetic, but cultural biodiversity,” says another researcher. The team is now developing AI systems to automatically identify individual bird songs and planning to study cultural spread in bird populations to ensure that bird culture is not lost again.
8. Why did the researchers teach the birds the song?
A. To save an endangered species. B. To study the birds’ brain structure.
C. To develop new robotic devices. D. To preserve the birds’ cultural heritage.
9. What is a role of chingolos’ song?
A. It keeps hunters away from them. B. It helps them adapt to urban growth.
C. It functions as their social identity. D. It makes them remember their habitat.
10. What is the purpose of the random pauses?
A. To protect the birds’ vocal tract. B. To test the birds’ reaction speed.
C. To push the birds to catch the beat. D. To trick the birds into interaction.
11. What can we learn from chingolos’ learning results?
A. The song has spread to other bird species. B. Their singing shows special vocal features.
C. Their response to the song needs improving. D. The effectiveness depends on their population.
D
Skoltech researchers have developed a mathematical model to explore memory function, with findings published in Scientific Reports that could advance robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and our understanding of human memory storage. Notably, the study suggests an ideal number of senses may exist — indicating that humans’ five traditional senses might not be sufficient.
Following an early 20th-century research tradition, the team focused on modeling engrams (记忆痕迹), the basic units of memory. An engram is a scattered (分散的) set of neurons across different brain regions that activate together, each representing a concept defined by specific features. For humans, these features are related to sensory experiences: the concept of a banana, for example, includes its look, smell, taste, and other sensory traits. In this framework, a banana becomes a five-dimensional object in the brain’s mental space that holds all stored memories.
Engrams evolve over time, becoming sharper or more unclear depending on how often they are activated by external sensory input. This process mirrors how humans learn and forget through interactions with the environment. “We have mathematically demonstrated that engrams tend to evolve toward a steady state,” explained study co-author Professor Nikolay Brilliantov of Skoltech AI. “After some short period, a ‘mature’ distribution of engrams emerges and continues.”
A key discovery came when the team examined the ultimate capacity of conceptual spaces with different numbers of dimensions. “Somewhat surprisingly, we found that the number of distinct engrams stored in the steady state is greatest for a seven-dimensional concept space,” Brilliantov noted. This led to the “seven senses claim”: if each dimension corresponds to a sense, seven senses would maximize memory capacity and deepen overall understanding of the world.
Importantly, this number is stable — it doesn’t rely on the model’s specific details. While the conclusion about human senses is highly theoretical, Brilliantov added that the findings, however, are useful for robotics and AI theory. Advancing the theoretical models of memory will be instrumental to gaining new insights into the human mind and creating humanlike memory in AI agents.
12. Why does the author mention the concept of a banana in paragraph 2?
A. To show five sensory formations of bananas.
B. To compare different ways of storing memories.
C. To explain how sensory features form a concept.
D. To show the five-dimensional structure of the brain.
13. What can we learn about engrams from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4?
A. Their mature distribution appears fast but lasts short.
B. They get unclear only with rare internal signal activation.
C. A seven-dimensional space stores the most distinct engrams.
D. Their evolution has no link to human learning and forgetting.
14. What is Brilliantov’s attitude toward the study’s findings?
A. Doubtful. B. Optimistic. C. Unconcerned. D. Critical.
15. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To discuss human senses’ evolution. B. To compare different memory storage theories.
C. To explain how AI recreatest humanlike memory.
D. To introduce a memory mathematical model and its findings.
第二节 (共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I put on a headset, and within seconds I am somewhere else. Ice sheets float on dark water. Wind brushes past my ears, sharp and restless. In the distance, mountains glow (发光) under the moonlight. Moments later, I find myself inside a museum, leaning close to a painting I have never seen in real life. ___16___ This is the promise of virtual reality (VR): a world delivered to us without leaving home.
There is much to appreciate in this form of travel. ___17___ There is no need to consider weather conditions, health issues or financial pressure. You may enter distant places at any moment and leave just as freely. For those restricted by schedule, health, or income, VR quietly removes barriers that traditional travel often sets in place.
___18___ Travelers wander through unfamiliar streets, sample local dishes, and engage face-to-face with people shaped by different traditions. Such encounters awaken the senses and create lasting memories. More importantly, they change how places feel to us, not just how we understand them.
This distinction is clear, because learning about a destination is not the same as being there. Virtual travel offers designed scenes and programmed sensations, but it remains carefully controlled. Real travel, by contrast, is shaped by unpredictability. ___19___ In those unplanned moments, understanding becomes lived rather than recorded.
Virtual reality will undoubtedly continue to evolve, enriching how we preview journeys and imagine distant worlds. Still, it cannot replace actual presence. Travel is not simply about seeing farther; it is also about feeling where you stand. ___20___
A. I am not moving, yet I am traveling.
B. Yet real travel leaves a deeper mark.
C. My feet ache as my journey stretches across the day.
D. Virtual journeys are convenient, time-saving, and widely accessible.
E. Some knowledge, it seems, only arrives when your feet are on the ground.
F. It demands choices, adaptation, and constant awareness of the unexpected.
G. But the convenience may gradually weaken our desire to explore the real world.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A friend’s announcement in our group chat about moving to Newcastle brought ____21____ feelings — excitement to visit, yet sadness over rare London meetings. Around then, another friend shared career updates abroad or photos of unfamiliar kids. These moments ____22____ me how life moves forward without us.
I ____23____ with friends daily through messages, emojis, or memes (梗图), yet it feels hollow. Group chats, once lively digital hallways, now ____24____ how in-person hangouts have been replaced by jobs, family, and adult responsibilities. That effortless closeness of youth has ____25____; meetups now demand weeks of planning.
We call group chats lifelines, ____26____ connections across distances. They offer a false ____27____ of presence through periodic updates and photos. But this communication is ____28____ than true friendship — many find it exhausting, like a part-time job. They can’t ____29____ all emotional needs. Some treat them as calendars, others as therapy; some only speak in memes; some will never say anything but ____30____ “like” a comment from a month ago. Important life events — like job loss, breakups, or grief — are often too difficult to share in this _____31_____.
This isn’t rejecting technology. Group chats help but aren’t ____32____. True friendship needs inconvenient presence, words beyond emojis, and the ____33____ to show up even when hard.
Change is possible. ____34____ one-on-one calls. Prioritize meetups despite difficulties. Our loved ones live in our phones — we must ____35____ them out into the real world. Friendship, like all living things, needs air and attention to survive.
21. A. positive B. unspoken C. artificial D. mixed
22. A. hide B. ignore C. remind D. forget
23. A. compete B. communicate C. argue D. work
24. A. deny B. highlight C. reduce D. forget
25. A. faded B. grown C. returned D. strengthened
26. A. breaking B. ignoring C. losing D. sustaining
27. A. sense B. truth C. effect D. danger
28. A. thicker B. deeper C. thinner D. stronger
29. A. miss B. meet C. avoid D. increase
30. A. deliberately B. eagerly C. randomly D. regularly
31. A. setting B. office C. moment D. room
32. A. enough B. useful C. new D. fun
33. A. excuse B. effort C. offer D. mistake
34. A. Ignore B. Delete C. Restart D. Forget
35. A. prevent B. keep C. let D. invite
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I first opened Where the Deer Hide in the Woods, I felt as if I were stepping into a world ____36____ the author’s words flow like gentle music. The Tang poems, ____37____ (translate) with the master touch of Xu Yuanchong, speak softly in two voices — one Chinese, one English — each echoing (回响) with calm, beauty, and quiet ____38____ (deep).
The book ____39____ (divide) into six chapters, each unfolding a distinct landscape of emotion— sorrow, peace, love, longing, solitude, and reflection. I was ____40____ (genuine) moved when I read “The monkeys on both banks are still calling; my light boat has sailed past a thousand hills.” I fully ____41____ (sense) Li Bai’s liberated soul — his joy at being pardoned by the emperor — flowing through the lines.
Each page of the book is enriched with thoughtful notes vivid background stories, and traditional Chinese brush-style ____42____ (illustration). Xu’s artful work transforms the rhythm (节奏) of Chinese poems ____43____ English music, a recreation that honors both the original and its new form.
____44____ (read) this book feels like a journey through hearts and landscapes. For anyone who treasures poetry, painting, or the meeting of two cultures in perfect harmony, Where the Deer Hide in the Woods is ____45____ must-read that beautifully serves as the bridge.
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