江苏省扬州中学联培部2025-2026学年高二上学期2月期末英语试题

江苏省扬州中学联培部二月期末考试 英语（英才D） 2026.2 满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENT TASK DESCRIPTION Year 11 History: Understanding the Modern World (Task 2) Handed out: Week 4 Draft due: Friday Week 7 Draft must be submitted: ·via email (in Word) ·to teacher(hard copy) Due: Friday Week 9 Final copy must be submitted: ·via email(in Word) ·to teacher(hard copy) ·PLUS hard copy of teacher’s comments on draft Type: Analytical essay Length: 1000-1500 words Resources: open access to relevant resources A．Over eight weeks, we have studied two transformative movements: the 1750-1890s Industrial Revolution and the late 20th-century “information revolution”, including their foundational ideas and widespread adoption reasons. B．The essay must analyze both movements by addressing: Causes and key supporting ideas; Key milestones; Major figures involved; Immediate positive/ negative impacts on society, economy, and environment; Predicted long-term impacts. C． The essay must be student’s original work; Class and home preparation time to be provided; Formal teacher feedback on one draft to be provided, one week before final due date; Full access to class resources and materials. D．Students will use and acknowledge all sources appropriately and submit a signed Declaration of Authenticity form along with their final copy. E. All materials must be submitted by 4:00 pm on the due date. Extensions are only granted by the Head of History (application forms available from teacher/ Head of History). Late submissions are considered non-submissions, with a potential Fail grade. 1．What do students need to include in their analytical essay? A．The number of class resources used in the research. B．The reasons why the two movements spread widely. C．The predicted long-term effects of the two revolutions. D．The influence of the two revolutions on today’s environment. 2．What is the consequence of a late submission? A．It may be treated as non-submission. B．The Head will award a lower score. C．The student will receive late feedback. D．The teacher may permit an extension. 3．How many items are required to be submitted for the final assessment? A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four. 【答案】1．C 2．A 3．D 【难度】0.85 【知识点】学习、应用文 【导语】这是一篇应用文。该文是高中11年级历史评估任务说明，要求写工业革命与信息革命分析论文，明确提交节点、内容要求、材料及迟交后果，需原创并合规引用。 【详解】1．细节理解题。根据表格B部分“Predicted long-term impacts.(预计的长期影响)”可知，学生在撰写分析性文章时需要包含这两次革命所预计产生的长期影响。故选C。 2．细节理解题。根据表格E部分“Late submissions are considered non-submissions, with a potential Fail grade.(逾期提交的作业将被视为未提交，可能会被评定为不及格)”可知，逾期提交可能会被视为未提交。故选A。 3．细节理解题。根据Final copy must be submitted部分“·via email(in Word) ·to teacher(hard copy) ·PLUS hard copy of teacher’s comments on draft (·通过电子邮件（以 Word 格式）·寄给老师（纸质版）·另附老师对草稿的评语的纸质版文件)”以及D部分“Students will use and acknowledge all sources appropriately and submit a signed Declaration of Authenticity form along with their final copy.(学生们将正确引用并标明所有参考文献，并在最终提交的作业中附上已签名的“真实性声明”表格)”可知，最终评估需要提交4项内容。故选D。 B When I win at my favourite games, my opponents tend to say: ‘OH, you’re so competitive!’ But when I lose, they smile good-naturedly and say: ‘Bad luck! Good game!’ This suggests that accurate sporting expressions should go something like this: I am sporty. You are competitive. They can’t bear to lose. Or: I gave it a go. You did your best. He tried desperately hard. I’m not saying I don’t have a competitive personality. We all do. On walks, I like to be out in front. In traffic jams, I find myself focusing on cars in other lanes, and fret if they edge ahead of me. I tense up while waiting for trains, determined to be first aboard. The other day, I was one of the first to board a train, grabbing a perfect spot in first class. Yes, I had won! Just halfway, I went to get a free drink for a first-class seat from the buffet. But I had left my ticket on my table. I worked out that, if I moved very swiftly, I could nip (快走) through two carriages, and nip back without anyone taking my place at the front of the queue. So I rushed back, picking up my ticket, and turned back. I was at the beginning of the second carriage, when, to my horror, I noticed, another figure, roughly my size, shooting towards the buffet from the other direction. Desperate to arrive before he did, I started walking faster. But at exactly the same moment, he started walking faster, too. Trying to retain my dignity, I broke into a running. Whatever happened, I was determined to win! But, annoyingly, at the same time as I sped up, so did he. The race was on. Finally, in my rush, I knocked into a suitcase and stumbled slightly. Still with my eyes on my challenger, I noticed that-strange but true-exactly the same thing had happened to him. It was only as we both lifted ourselves up in exactly the same way that I realised that, throughout the race, I had been looking at a reflection of myself in the sliding door! My competitor for first place in the buffet queue was...me. 4．Which sporting expression can replace “Bad luck! Good game!” in paragraph 1? A．I gave it a go. B．You did your best. C．You are competitive. D．He tried desperately hard. 5．What does the underlined word “fret” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Get anxious. B．Become relaxed. C．Feel disappointed. D．Remain excited. 6．What can we learn about the author? A．He never fails to beat anyone in his life. B．He has a gift for games and competitions. C．He is sporty but often aggressive to others. D．He is highly competitive and desperate to win. 7．Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text? A．Sad competitor? I can surely beat myself B．Bad loser? No, but I can be a first-class fool C．Competitiveness works? Not in my case D．More haste? It will only result in less speed 【答案】4．B 5．A 6．D 7．B 【难度】0.4 【知识点】记叙文、个人经历、生活故事 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者介绍了自己因过于在乎竞争，时刻想要超越别人而在一次火车途中，为了获得免费饮料而误以为车厢反射的自己的影子是竞争对手的一次荒诞的经历。 4．推理判断题。根据第一段“When I win at my favourite games, my opponents tend to say: ‘OH, you’re so competitive!’ But when I lose, they smile good-naturedly and say: ‘Bad luck! Good game!’(当我在最喜欢的比赛中获胜时，我的对手往往会说：‘哦，你太好胜了！’但当我输了的时候，他们和蔼地微笑着说：‘运气不好！玩得好！”)”可知，对手的意思是“你玩的不错，但是运气较差，所以输了”。“Good game!”可以被“You did your best.(你尽力了)”替换。故选 B 。 5．词句猜测题。根据第三段中“On walks, I like to be out in front.(散步时，我喜欢走在前面)”以及“I tense up while waiting for trains, determined to be first aboard.(等火车时我紧张起来，决心第一个上车)”可推知，作者一直很好胜，在看到其他车往前走时，自己会比较着急。由此推知，划线词fret和A 选项Get anxious(变得焦虑)意思相近。故选A项。 6．推理判断题。根据第三段中“I’m not saying I don’t have a competitive personality. We all do. On walks, I like to be out in front. In traffic jams, I find myself focusing on cars in other lanes, and fret if they edge ahead of me. I tense up while waiting for trains, determined to be first aboard. (我不是说我没有好胜的性格。我们都有。散步时，我喜欢走在前面。在交通堵塞的时候，我发现自己会把注意力集中在其他车道的汽车上，如果它们挤到我前面，我就会烦恼。等火车时我紧张起来，决心第一个上车)”以及第五段“Whatever happened, I was determined to win! But, annoyingly, at the same time as I sped up, so did he. The race was on.(无论发生什么，我都决心要赢！但是，烦人的是，在我加快速度的同时，他也加快了速度。比赛开始了)”可推知，作者好胜心很强，急于求胜。故选D项。 7． 主旨大意题。从全文概括以及最后一段“My competitor for first place in the buffet queue was…me.(我在自助餐队伍中争夺第一名的对手是……我)”可知，本文是讲述一次自己为了获得免费饮料而误以为车厢反射的自己的影子是竞争对手的一次荒诞的经历。由此可知，B项“Bad loser? No, but I can be a first-class fool(输不起的人吗？不，但我可以做一个一流的傻瓜)”是本文最好的标题。故选B。 C Humans have always assumed that there is a huge gulf between animal behavior and human development. However, recent research into animals shows that animals are continuously designing innovative methods to finish their tasks. Examining the nature and results of their creativity can help us understand evolution. Research shows that animals too can be creative. By inventing new behavioral patterns and adjusting their behavior to new contexts, as well as to changes in social and ecological environments, researchers show that animal innovation too can be diverse. For instance, chimpanzees (猩猩) use tools such as sharp spines and stalks to remove the hearts of palm vegetables from trees. Herring gulls (鲜鱼海鸥) found out quite a cruel way of killing rabbits-drowning them in the sea. Innovative species tend to survive when they enter new places, but novel behavior cannot be recognized unless “normal” behavior is studied. Researchers can now count and document the innovations that have been created by species, which would help them to quantify their creativity. Studies also show us that all animals are not equally inventive, with primates (灵长目动物) tending to be more innovative due to their bigger brains. The greatest scientific significance has been the innovation shown by animals such as apes, capuchins and macaques among primates. These species of primates possess the biggest brains in proportion to their body sizes. They are also heavy tool users. Their broad diets and complex forms of learning are also insightful. They indicate an evolutionary strategy that gave them new solutions to life’s challenges. However, even if these animals show innovativeness, they do not have the ability to improve upon solutions of others. Unless they share information accurately and copy each other’s inventions. their creative inventions are likely to vanish before they can be innovated further. This ability can be managed only by humans, for we are able to build on shared knowledge. 8．What does the underlined word “gulf” in the first paragraph mean? A．Difference. B．Conflict. C．Balance. D．Connection. 9．Why does the author mention “chimpanzees” and “Herring gulls” in Paragraph 2? A．They are both creative. B．They are both heavy tool users. C．They create innovations in different ways. D．They kill other animals in the same cruel way. 10．What can we learn about animal creativity? A．It is equally distributed among animals. B．It helps animals adapt to the environment. C．Animals’ innovations are easy to be identified. D．Animals’ innovations are facing huge challenges. 11．What aspect of animals does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A．Their ability to share information accurately. B．Their willingness to learn from each other. C．Their inability to take creativity forward. D．Their unwillingness to cooperate effectively. 【答案】8．A 9．C 10．B 11．C 【难度】0.65 【知识点】动物、科普知识 、说明文 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲的是研究发现动物并不像人类一直以来所认为的那样与人类的发展有着巨大的差距，实际上动物也是不断地通过创新来完成它们的任务的，而这一点进一步提高了它们适应环境的能力。 【详解】8．词句猜测题。根据文章第一段“However, recent research into animals shows that animals are continuously designing innovative methods to finish their tasks.(然而，最近对动物的研究表明，动物在不断地设计创新的方法来完成它们的任务。)”可知动物们在完成任务方面同人类一样是在不断创新的，副词however表示前后意思相反，所以划线词所在句子想要表达的意思是人们一直以来以为动物在行为方面是远远落后于人类发展的，即动物行为与人类发展之间存在很大的差距，所以划线词gulf的意思与A项“Difference(差距)”意思相近。故选A项。 9．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Research shows that animals too can be creative. By inventing new behavioral patterns and adjusting their behavior to new contexts, as well as to changes in social and ecological environments, researchers show that animal innovation too can be diverse.(研究表明，动物也有创造力。通过发明新的行为模式，调整它们的行为以适应新的环境，以及社会和生态环境的变化，研究人员表明，动物的创新也可以是多样化的。)”可知研究表明，动物的创新也可以是多样化的，而后文为了证明这一点举了两个例子——猩猩和鲜鱼海鸥，而这也就说明了猩猩和鲜鱼海鸥在以不同的方式进行创新。故选C项。 10．推理判断题。根据文章第四段“Their broad diets and complex forms of learning are also insightful. They indicate an evolutionary strategy that gave them new solutions to life’s challenges.(它们广泛的饮食和复杂的学习形式也很有见地。它们表明了一种进化策略，为它们提供了应对生活挑战的新方法。)”可知动物的创造力代表了一种进化策略，而这种进化使得动物们更加灵活地适应环境。故选B项。 11．主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段“However, even if these animals show innovativeness, they do not have the ability to improve upon solutions of others. Unless they share information accurately and copy each other’s inventions. their creative inventions are likely to vanish before they can be innovated further. This ability can be managed only by humans, for we are able to build on shared knowledge.(然而，即使这些动物表现出创新能力，它们也没有能力改进其它动物的解决方案。除非它们准确地共享信息并复制彼此的发明。它们的创造性发明很可能在进一步创新之前就消失了。这种能力只能由人类来管理，因为我们能够建立在共享知识的基础上。)”可知动物不能像人类那样共享知识，也就意味着它们不能改进其它动物的解决方案，所以最后一段主要讲的是动物不能改进它们的创造力。故选C项。 D Every language and culture has curse words (脏话). What gives a curse word its power is partly its meaning and partly its sound. “In English, for example, curse words tend to contain a high percentage of plosive sounds—including P, T and K,” said Ryan McKay, a psychologist at University of London. Dr. McKay teamed up with his colleague Shiri Lev-Ari to learn whether this familiar pattern went beyond English. They wondered whether it might even represent what’s called sound symbolism. Sound symbolism is when a word sounds like what it means. The researchers first asked fluent speakers of Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean and Russian to list the most vulgar (粗俗的) words they could think of. Once they’d made a list of each language’s most frequently used curse words, the researchers compared these with neutral words from the same language. In these languages, they didn’t find the plosive sounds that seem common in English curse words. “Instead, we found that the vulgar words were defined by what they lacked: the approximant sounds that include letters I, L, R, W and Y, ”Dr. Lev-Ari said. Next, the scientists invited 215 native speakers of six languages: Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. The participants listened to pairs of words in a language they didn’t speak, and guessed which word in each pair was offensive. In reality, all the words were invented. For example, the researchers started with the Albanian word “zog, ” for “bird, ”and created the pair of fake words “yog" and “tsog. ”Participants were more likely to guess that words without approximants, such as “tsog, ” were curses. Finally, the researchers combed through the dictionary for English curse words and their cleaned-up versions. Once again, the clean versions included more of the sounds I, L, R, W and Y. A 20th-century linguistic (语言学的)principle claimed that the sounds of words were arbitrary: Any word could have any meaning. With curse words, though, as in other cases of sound symbolism, “the sounds themselves seem to carry meaning, ”said Lev-Ari. “That’s a new thing, ”said linguist Benjamin Bergen. “Curse words across languages, unrelated to each other, may pattern similarly. ”He also pointed out, to make sure the pattern of approximants missing from curses isn’t an accident, it would be nice to find it in an even larger sample of languages. 12．What is the purpose of McKay and Lev-Ari’s research? A．To analyze a phenomenon. B．To confirm an assumption. C．To explain a definition. D．To challenge a theory. 13．What were the participants asked to do in the second part of the research? A．To decide which curse words are used more frequently. B．To make up new curse words from real words. C．To guess a word’s offensiveness according to its sound. D．To identify the approximants in curse words. 14．According to Lev-Ari, which of the four is likely to sound offensive? A．Tusck B．Sola C．Darn D．Biach 15．What can we learn from the last paragraph? A．The old linguistic principle of sounds and meanings is wrong. B．In sound symbolism, a word’s sound represents its meaning. C．The research reveals the similarities between different languages. D．The result of the research is not fully accepted by scientists. 【答案】12．B 13．C 14．A 15．D 【难度】0.4 【知识点】语言与文化 、科普知识 、说明文 【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一项研究表明每种语言和文化都有脏话。脏话的力量部分来自它的意思，部分来自它的发音，但是研究结果还需要进一步的证实。 【详解】12．推理判断题。根据第一段中“In English, for example, curse words tend to contain a high percentage of plosive sounds—including P, T and K, ”said Ryan McKay, a psychologist at University of London.”（伦敦大学的心理学家瑞恩·麦凯说：“以英语为例，骂人的话往往含有很高比例的爆破音，包括P、T和K。”）以及第二段中“Dr. McKay teamed up with his colleague Shiri Lev-Ari to learn whether this familiar pattern went beyond English. They wondered whether it might even represent what’s called sound symbolism.”（麦凯博士与他的同事希里·列弗-阿里(Shiri Lev-Ari)合作，研究这种熟悉的模式是否适用于英语以外的语言。他们想知道这是否代表了所谓的声音象征主义。）可推知，麦凯和列弗-阿里研究的目的是证实一种假设。故选B项。 13．细节理解题。根据第四段中“Next, the scientists invited 215 native speakers of six languages: Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. The participants listened to pairs of words in a language they didn’t speak, and guessed which word in each pair was offensive.”（接下来，科学家们邀请了215名以阿拉伯语、汉语、芬兰语、法语、德语和西班牙语为母语的人。参与者听了几组他们不会说的语言的单词，并猜测每组单词中哪个是冒犯性的。）可知，在第二部分研究中，参与者被要求根据一个词的发音来猜测它的冒犯性。故选C项。 14．推理判断题。根据第三段中“Instead, we found that the vulgar words were defined by what they lacked: the approximant sounds that include letters I, L, R, W and Y, ”Dr.  Lev-Ari said.”（“相反，我们发现粗俗词汇是由它们所缺乏的东西来定义的：包括字母I、L、R、W和Y在内的近似音。” 列弗-阿里说道。）可知，结合四个选项单词，只有A项tusck没有这五个字母I、L、R、W和Y以及其字母在内近似的发音。BCD选项都涉及到这五个字母的发音。故选A项。 15．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“That’s a new thing, ”said linguist Benjamin Bergen. “Curse words across languages, unrelated to each other, may pattern similarly. ” He also pointed out, to make sure the pattern of approximants missing from curses isn’t an accident, it would be nice to find it in an even larger sample of languages.”（语言学家本杰明·卑尔根说：“这是一个新事物。“跨语言的脏话，彼此之间没有关联，可能会有相似的模式。”他还指出，为了确保诅咒中缺少近似值的模式不是偶然，最好能在更大量的语言样本中找到它。）可推知，从最后一段我们能了解这项研究的结果没有被科学家们完全接受。故选D项。 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下列短文，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。 When is bedtime? 16 Inside every living thing is a clock that follows the sun. For a long time, people assumed that daylight told animals when to go to sleep or wake up. See light, wake. See dark, sleep. Then, in 1729, a French scientist named Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan did an experiment with a mimosa (含羞草), a plant that folds up its leaves at night. 17 From time to time, he peeked inside. To his surprise, the leaves continued to open and close each day as usual, even in total darkness. And he had discovered a new thing about living creatures. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock that keeps track of whether it’s morning, noon, or night on the 24-hour cycle of a day. 18 Every cell in the body has its own tiny time-clicker. A master timekeeper in the brain keeps all these cell clocks in step. For humans, a small group of cells at the back of the eye are in charge of the special job. 19 The master clock then sends “wake up” or “sleep” chemicals to all your cells. You can feel light reset your clock if you fly to a different time zone. For a few days you get sleepy at bedtime back home even if it’s afternoon in your new place. This is called “jet lag”. 20 But soon the bright light in the morning and dark at night will reset your master clock to match the local time where you are, and you’re back on schedule. So don’t worry if you forget your watch—your clock inside will keep you on sun time. A．Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock. B．That’s your body’s internal clock at work. C．If you don’t have a phone or watch, don’t worry. D．To learn more about this, scientists did some research. E．They signal when they see strong daylight or growing darkness. F．He put some of the plants in a cupboard and kept them in constant darkness. G．These timekeepers cause cells to do different things at different times of day. 【答案】16．C 17．F 18．G 19．E 20．B 【难度】0.85 【知识点】科普知识 【导语】这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了生物钟的作用。 【详解】16．根据上文“When is bedtime?”（什么时候睡觉？）并根据下文“Inside every living thing is a clock that follows the sun.”（每个生物体内都有一个时钟，它跟随太阳转动。）可知，每个人体内都有生物钟，所以什么时候睡觉不需要依赖手机或者手表。故C选项“如果你没有手机或手表，也不用担心”切题。故选C项。 17．根据上文“Then, in 1729, a French scientist named Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan did an experiment with a mimosa (含羞草), a plant that folds up its leaves at night.”（1729年，法国科学家Jean-Jacques d 'Ortous de Mairan用含羞草做了一个实验，含羞草是一种夜间折叠叶子的植物。）可知，选项承接上文继续说明在含羞草在黑夜的实验。故F选项“他把一些植物放在橱柜里，让它们一直处于黑暗中。”切题。故选F项。 18．根据上文“And he had discovered a new thing about living creatures. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock that keeps track of whether it’s morning, noon, or night on the 24-hour cycle of a day.”（他发现了一个关于生物的新现象。在每个细胞内，都有一个微小的时钟，记录着一天24小时周期中的早晨、中午或者晚上。）可知，选项承接上文说明微小的时钟（计时细胞）的工作情况。故G选项“这些计时器使细胞在一天的不同时间做不同的事情。”切题。These timekeepers与前文“a tiny clock”呼应。故选G项。 19．根据上文“For humans, a small group of cells at the back of the eye are in charge of the special job.”（对于人类来说，眼睛后部的一小群细胞负责这项特殊的工作）及下文“But soon the bright light in the morning and dark at night will reset your master clock to match the local time where you are, and you’re back on schedule.”（但很快，早晨明亮的光线和晚上黑暗的光线会重置你的主时钟，使其与你所在的地方的时间相匹配，你就又回到了计划中。）可知，选项承接上文说明这些细胞对光的反应。故E选项“当它们看到强烈的日光或逐渐变暗时，就会发出信号”切题。故选E项。 20．根据上文“This is called “jet lag”.”（这就是所谓的“时差”）可知，选项承接上文说明时差产生的原因。故B选项“这是你身体内部的生物钟在起作用”切题。故选B项。 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Years ago, as a shy and uncertain post-graduate, I took a decent job but felt like wearing ill-fitting shoes. Lost and 21 , I waited for inspiration to strike. And inspiration did strike. I 22 The Artist's Way, a 12-week course to unlock 23 . Julia Cameron, its creator, believes we all 24 an inner creativity; we just block ourselves from that urge. The path she lays out is simple yet requires 25 . There are weekly readings. For months, I'd discuss with members about our reading and 26 our progress, frustrations, and aha moments. One key 27 was writing “morning pages” — no stopping and no editing for at least three full pages. It felt writing nonsense at first. But as I 28 , it helped me realize I'd use excuses to 29 a dance class or job opportunity. I found I tend to avoid any 30 . Another practice was “artist dates” — solo activities to inspire fun. Cameron emphasized that 31 our limiting beliefs was only half the battle; we must also 32 seek joy. So, I invited 33 pleasures: baking cookies, collecting fallen flowers, etc. I even rented a car to a coastal town. At sunset, I'd roll down my car window, sing loudly and 34 the pink sky. Joy entered my serious life. A year later, I quitted my job and 35 one in a creative field. It took three more years to dance on stage. As for publishing short stories, perhaps next summer. 21．A．confused B．motivated C．annoyed D．impatient 22．A．set up B．reflected on C．turned down D．came across 23．A．mystery B．creativity C．achievement D．passion 24．A．display B．expect C．possess D．mention 25．A．flexibility B．commitment C．fortune D．cooperation 26．A．memorize B．deny C．share D．forget 27．A．contest B．suggestion C．trial D．task 28．A．persisted B．surveyed C．complained D．wondered 29．A．establish B．take C．abandon D．miss 30．A．risk B．guidance C．strategy D．praise 31．A．promoting B．recognizing C．illustrating D．preserving 32．A．helplessly B．humbly C．actively D．cautiously 33．A．original B．permanent C．intense D．simple 34．A．admire B．paint C．decorate D．brighten 35．A．designed B．landed C．refused D．inquired 【答案】 21．A 22．D 23．B 24．C 25．B 26．C 27．D 28．A 29．C 30．A 31．B 32．C 33．D 34．A 35．B 【难度】0.65 【知识点】哲理感悟、记叙文、个人经历 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者从一个害羞、迷茫且对工作不满的研究生，通过参与“艺术家之路”这门课程，逐步发掘自身创造力、克服内心局限、积极寻求快乐，最终辞去原有工作并在创意领域开启新职业道路的自我成长历程。 【详解】21．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：既迷茫又困惑，我等待灵感来袭。 A. confused困惑的；B. motivated有动力的；C. annoyed恼怒的；D. impatient不耐烦的。前文提到“I took a decent job but felt like wearing ill-fitting shoes. (我找了一份体面的工作，但感觉自己穿了一双不合脚的鞋子。)”可知作者找的工作不适合自己，再结合“Lost”，空处需填与“迷茫”并列的负面情绪，所以应是既迷茫又困惑，故选A。 22．考查动词短语辨析。句意：我偶然发现了“艺术家之路”，这是一个为期12周的课程，旨在释放创造力。A. set up建立；B. reflected on反思；C. turned down拒绝；D. came across偶然发现，遇见。前文说“inspiration did strike (灵感真的来了)”，后文引出“The Artist's Way”这一课程，说明是偶然发现这一课程，它能带来灵感，故选D。 23．考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. mystery神秘；B. creativity创造力；C. achievement成就；D. passion热情。后文明确提到“Julia Cameron, its creator, believes we all 　　4　　 an inner creativity”课程创始人认为我们都有内在创造力，直接提示课程的核心是“解锁创造力”，故选B。 24．考查动词词义辨析。句意：它的创造者朱莉娅·卡梅伦（Julia Cameron）认为，我们都拥有内在的创造力；我们只是阻止了自己的冲动。A. display展示；B. expect期待；C. possess拥有；D. mention提到。后文“we just block ourselves from that urge”我们只是阻止了自己的冲动，说明Julia Cameron的观点是我们都有内在的创造力，故选C。 25．考查名词词义辨析。句意：她提出的道路很简单，但需要付出努力。A. flexibility灵活性；B. commitment投入，专注；C. fortune运气；D. cooperation合作。前文说“path she lays out is simple (路径简单)”和“yet”表转折，说明道路简单但需要投入，并且后文“weekly readings (每周阅读)” “discuss with members (和成员讨论)”等行为均需持续投入，坚持。故选B。 26．考查动词词义辨析。句意：几个月来，我和成员们讨论我们的阅读，分享我们的进步、挫折和顿悟时刻。A. memorize记忆；B. deny否认；C. share分享；D. forget忘记。前文“I'd discuss with members about our reading”可知，和成员们讨论我们的阅读目的是分享这些进步、挫折和顿悟时刻，故选C。 27．考查名词词义辨析。句意：其中一项关键任务是写“晨间笔记”——至少要写满三页——不能停下来，也不能编辑。 A. contest比赛；B. suggestion建议；C. trial尝试；D. task任务。根据下文“no stopping and no editing for at least three full pages”可知，这是要完成的任务，故选D。 28．考查动词词义辨析。句意：但当我坚持下去的时候，它让我意识到，我会找借口放弃舞蹈课或工作机会。A. persisted坚持；B. surveyed调查；C. complained抱怨；D. wondered想知道。前文“It felt writing nonsense at first. ”和But可知前后是转折，说明起初感觉无聊，后来坚持了下来，故选A。 29．考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. establish建立；B. take参加；C. abandon放弃；D. miss错过。根据“use excuses to”可知，使用借口放弃舞蹈课和工作，和前文坚持晨间笔记后发现自身问题相呼应，故选C。 30．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我发现我倾向于避免任何风险。A. risk风险；B. guidance指导；C. strategy策略；D. praise赞扬。前文提到“I'd use excuses to 　　9　　 a dance class or job opportunity”放弃舞蹈课和工作机会，这些机会本质是需要尝试的风险（如学舞蹈可能失败、新工作可能不适应），因此应是我倾向于避免任何风险。故选A。 31．考查动词词义辨析。句意：卡梅伦强调，认识到我们的限制性信念只是成功的一半；我们也必须积极寻求快乐。 A. promoting促进；B. recognizing意识到；C. illustrating说明；D. preserving保护。后文“...our limiting beliefs was only half the battle”再结合前文“用借口放弃机会”，所以应是先意识到限制，再做后续行动，故选B。 32．考查副词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. helplessly无助地；B. humbly谦虚地；C. actively积极地；D. cautiously谨慎地。后文“So, I invited 　　13　　 pleasures: baking cookies, collecting fallen flowers, etc.”说明是积极地寻找快乐，故选C。 33．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以，我邀请了一些简单的快乐：烤饼干，收集落花等等。A. original原创的；B. permanent永久的；C. intense强烈的；D. simple简单的。后文“baking cookies, collecting fallen flowers, etc.”烤饼干，收集落花等等都是日常的行为，所以是简单的快乐，故选D。 34．考查动词词义辨析。句意：日落时分，我摇下车窗，大声唱歌，欣赏粉红色的天空。A. admire欣赏；B. paint画画；C. decorate装饰；D. brighten使明亮。前文“At sunset”可知，在日落时欣赏粉色的天空，是寻求快乐的具体体现，故选A。 35．考查动词词义辨析。句意：一年后，我辞掉了工作，在创造领域找到了一份工作。A. designed设计；B. landed获得；C. refused拒绝；D. inquired询问。前文“I quitted my job”以及后文“one in a creative field”可知，作者辞掉了原来的工作，在创造领域又找了一份工作，故选B。 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式 Dujiangyan, 36 (trace) back to the State of Qin as an irrigation (灌溉) and flood control system, is a remarkable example of ancient 37 (engineer) skill and is still in use today. During the Warring States period, the 38 (settle) along the river suffered from constant flood destruction. An irrigation engineer, Li Bing, led a team to construct an embankment (堤坝) to redirect part of the river’s flow upon thorough investigation. They needed to cut a channel through Mount Yulei to let out the extra water. However, cutting the channel 39 (prove) a much more challenging task than anticipated, as the mountain’s rock was so hard that traditional tools was 40 (adequate). Therefore, they used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they broke 41 could be removed. Once completed, the system prevented floods and made Sichuan one of China’s most productive agricultural regions by using the redirected water 42 irrigation. Now if you visit Dujiangyan, you will see an unusual construction 43 looks like a fish’s mouth. This famous attraction, Yuzui, together with two other important parts, namely, Feishayan and Baopingkou, 44 (design) originally to control the water flow throughout the year. Recognized as 45 UNESCO heritage site, Dujiangyan has irrigated farms while preventing floods for over 2,000 years. 【答案】 36．tracing 37．engineering 38．settlements 39．proved 40．inadequate 41．and 42．for 43．that/which 44．was designed 45．a 【难度】0.65 【知识点】人文地理 【导语】这是一篇说明文。本文介绍了都江堰的历史与成就。 【详解】36．考查非谓语动词。句意：都江堰始建于秦朝，是一个灌溉和防洪系统，是古代工程技术的杰出典范，至今仍在使用。空处为非谓语动词作定语，Dujiangyan与trace back to之间为主动关系，所以使用现在分词形式。故填tracing。 37．考查名词。句意同上。空处为名词作定语修饰名词skill，表示“工程”应用engineering。故填engineering。 38．考查名词。句意：战国时期，沿河的定居点经常遭受洪水破坏。空处为名词作主语，settle的名词形式settlement“定居点”符合题意，为可数名词，根据“along the river”及“suffered from constant flood destruction”可知，此处指河流沿岸的多个定居点，故用复数settlements。故填settlements。 39．考查时态。句意：然而，事实证明，开凿这条水道比预期的要困难得多，因为山上的岩石太硬，传统工具不够用。空处为谓语动词，此处描述的是过去的事情，所以使用一般过去时，prove的过去式为proved。故填proved。 40．考查形容词。句意同上。空处为形容词作表语，根据“the mountain’s rock was so hard” 可知，岩石坚硬导致传统工具“不够用”，表示“不足的”应用inadequate。故填inadequate。 41．考查连词。句意：因此，他们用火和水结合的方法来加热和冷却岩石，直到岩石破裂并被移走。broke和could be removed为两个并列的动作，用and连接，表示“岩石破裂并被移走”，体现动作的顺承关系。故填and。 42．考查介词。句意：一建成，该系统就通过使用重新定向的水进行灌溉，防止了洪水，并使四川成为中国生产力最高的农业地区之一。use sth. for sth.为固定结构，意为“将某物用于……”。故填for。 43．考查定语从句。句意：现在，如果你参观都江堰，你会看到一个看起来像鱼嘴的不寻常的建筑。空处引导定语从句，从句中缺少主语，所以使用关系代词，先行词construction指物，使用that或者which。故填that/which。 44．考查时态和语态。句意：这个著名的景点鱼嘴，连同另外两个重要的部分，即飞沙堰和宝瓶口，最初是为了控制全年的水流而设计的。空处为谓语动词，根据时间状语originally可知，此处使用一般过去时，design与主语This famous attraction之间为被动关系，且主语为单数名词，所以be动词使用was。故填was designed。 45．考查冠词。句意：都江堰被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产，2000多年来一直在灌溉农田，同时防止洪水泛滥。此处泛指“一个联合国教科文组织遗产地”，所以使用不定冠词，UNESCO为辅音音素开头的单词，所以使用不定冠词a。故填a。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分） 46．假定你是李华，交换生Emily想参加中国日报社主办的“印象中国(My China Moments)”英文作品征集活动，来信向你咨询。请给她写一封回信，内容包括： (1)作品类型； (2)作品内容及创意。 注意： (1)写作词数应为80个左右； (2)请在答题纸的相应位置作答。 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Dear Emily, I’m glad to hear that you’re interested in participating in the “My China Moments” contest organized by China Daily. Here’s some information that might help you. The contest accepts various types of submissions, including photography, short videos, paintings, and articles. The content should revolve around China’s culture, landscapes, people, and daily life, showcasing the unique charm and diverse culture of China. For creativity, you could consider capturing a moment that reflects the harmony between tradition and modernity. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Yours, Li Hua 【难度】0.65 【知识点】学校活动 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生给Emily写一封回信，介绍“印象中国”英文作品征集活动的情况。 【详解】1.词汇积累 高兴：glad→delighted 各种各样的：various→a variety of 参加：participate in→take part in 比赛：contest→competition 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：The content should revolve around China’s culture, landscapes, people, and daily life, showcasing the unique charm and diverse culture of China. 拓展句：The content should revolve around China’s culture, landscapes, people, and daily life, which should showcase the unique charm and diverse culture of China. 【点睛】[高分句型1] I’m glad to hear that you’re interested in participating in the “My China Moments” contest organized by China Daily. (运用了that引导宾语从句) [高分句型2] If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. (运用了if引导条件状语从句) 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 47．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The old workshop door creaked open. Clara walked in quietly. Her shoes stepped on wood shavings (刨花) that sparkled in the sunlight. Through the dusty windows, the morning light shone on Grandfather’s rough hands. He was gluing a maple chair leg. The wall calendar still showed January. Its yellowed pages were curling, just like dry leaves. An open order book lay on the desk. February’s page was empty. There had been no new orders since mid-January. Clara held her breath and recorded Grandfather with her phone. She focused on his quick hands as he measured angles with a metal ruler. “This might help him,” she thought, eager to show how skilled he was. However, when she posted the video online, negative comments flooded in. “Old ways for a dying business!” “No wonder the business is failing!” Saddened, Clara deleted the video quickly. A spider crawled over the empty order book. Its blank pages showed not many people wanted handmade things these days. “Want to see my treasure?” Grandpa’ s voice broke the silence. He opened a leather album filled with pencil sketches (草图) like library chairs from 1958 and park benches from 1962. A faded photo slipped out: a smiling boy missing two teeth was grinning at the camera, holding a curved (弯曲的) spoon proudly. “Timmy, my former student,” Grandfather smiled, touching the curve of the spoon in the photo. “Now he designs furniture for tall buildings. Last month’s newspaper had an article about his curved stairs. It was inspired by this very spoon.” He tapped the photo, adding, “Machines make things fast, but hands remember stories.” Clara looked at the photo — the curved spoon, Timmy’s smile, and Grandpa’s young handwriting on the back: Timmy’s first repair, age 7. Beside her, fresh wood shavings were shining. “Stories must be told,” Clara murmured, taking out her phone again. This time, she aimed to share not just the work, but the story behind it. 注意： (1)续写词数应为150左右; (2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Paragraph 1: The next morning, Clara uploaded a new video. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: A week later, Timmy, now a famous furniture designer, walked in the workshop. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】The next morning, Clara uploaded a new video. This time, her camera swept across the leather album’s sketches of Timmy’s curved spoon and lingered on a yellowed newspaper clipping featuring his iconic stairs. As Grandfather narrated their story, she zoomed in on his hands — wrinkled yet steady — shaping a piece of wood into art. The video ended with his voice, “Hands remember stories machines forget.” By noon, comments exploded, “Hands of a legend!” “Need this magic in my home!” Shares of the video skyrocketed. Amid the flood of praise, Clara spotted a message, “I’m coming to see you soon, Master-back to where the magic began!” Her eyes widened at Timmy’s profile picture which just matched the same grin from that faded photo. A week later, Timmy, now a famous furniture designer, walked in the workshop. He embraced Grandfather, tears glistening. “Your spoon taught me curves have souls,” he said, placing the curved spoon on the desk. Together, they designed a signature chair — Timmy sketching modern lines on his tablet while Grandfather penciling his classic curves. Clara captured the moment: their four hands shaping a maple chair leg together, mirroring the one Grandfather had glued a week before. When Timmy posted the video, orders poured in: new chairs with curved legs, and even wooden benches for the town park. Wood shavings danced in the sunlight as the workshop came back to life, the order book’s empty February page now filled with March’s growing demands. 【难度】0.65 【知识点】生活故事 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，主要讲述了 Clara 的祖父经营的手工坊生意惨淡，Clara 首次上传祖父工作视频遭负面评价后删除。祖父向她展示了皮革相册里学生 Timmy 的相关物品，讲述 Timmy 受自己影响成为著名家具设计师的故事，Clara 决定再次拍摄视频，这次要分享手工背后的故事 。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“第二天早上，Clara上传了一个新视频。”可知，第一段可描述新视频的内容，如视频里展现了祖父的哪些故事和技艺，以及该视频发布后在网络上引发的反应，包括网友的评论、分享量等情况 ②由第二段首句内容“一周后，蒂米走进了工作室，他现在已经是一位著名的家具设计师了。”可知，第二段可描写Timmy 来到工作室后的情节展开，如他与祖父的互动，他们之间的对话、情感交流，以及他们共同做了什么事情，最终对工作室产生了怎样的影响。 2.续写线索：上传新视频（介绍视频内容）→视频引发热烈反响（网友评论、分享）→Timmy 看到视频决定拜访→Timmy来到工作室与祖父相聚（拥抱、对话）→两人共同设计椅子（描述设计过程）→Clara记录时刻→Timmy 发布视频→订单涌入，工作室重焕生机 。 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①发现：spot/find ②放置：place/put ③拥抱：embrace/hug ④开始：begin/start 情绪类 赞扬：praise/compliment 【点睛】[高分句型1] Her eyes widened at Timmy’s profile picture which just matched the same grin from that faded photo. (运用了which引导的定语从句) [高分句型2] When Timmy posted the video, orders poured in: new chairs with curved legs, and even wooden benches for the town park. (运用了when引导的时间状语从句） 试卷第22页，共1页 试卷第21页，共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 江苏省扬州中学联培部二月期末考试答案与解析 英语（英才D） 2026.2 满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENT TASK DESCRIPTION Year 11 History: Understanding the Modern World (Task 2) Handed out: Week 4 Draft due: Friday Week 7 Draft must be submitted: ·via email (in Word) ·to teacher(hard copy) Due: Friday Week 9 Final copy must be submitted: ·via email(in Word) ·to teacher(hard copy) ·PLUS hard copy of teacher’s comments on draft Type: Analytical essay Length: 1000-1500 words Resources: open access to relevant resources A．Over eight weeks, we have studied two transformative movements: the 1750-1890s Industrial Revolution and the late 20th-century “information revolution”, including their foundational ideas and widespread adoption reasons. B．The essay must analyze both movements by addressing: Causes and key supporting ideas; Key milestones; Major figures involved; Immediate positive/ negative impacts on society, economy, and environment; Predicted long-term impacts. C． The essay must be student’s original work; Class and home preparation time to be provided; Formal teacher feedback on one draft to be provided, one week before final due date; Full access to class resources and materials. D．Students will use and acknowledge all sources appropriately and submit a signed Declaration of Authenticity form along with their final copy. E. All materials must be submitted by 4:00 pm on the due date. Extensions are only granted by the Head of History (application forms available from teacher/ Head of History). Late submissions are considered non-submissions, with a potential Fail grade. 1．What do students need to include in their analytical essay? A．The number of class resources used in the research. B．The reasons why the two movements spread widely. C．The predicted long-term effects of the two revolutions. D．The influence of the two revolutions on today’s environment. 2．What is the consequence of a late submission? A．It may be treated as non-submission. B．The Head will award a lower score. C．The student will receive late feedback. D．The teacher may permit an extension. 3．How many items are required to be submitted for the final assessment? A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four. B When I win at my favourite games, my opponents tend to say: ‘OH, you’re so competitive!’ But when I lose, they smile good-naturedly and say: ‘Bad luck! Good game!’ This suggests that accurate sporting expressions should go something like this: I am sporty. You are competitive. They can’t bear to lose. Or: I gave it a go. You did your best. He tried desperately hard. I’m not saying I don’t have a competitive personality. We all do. On walks, I like to be out in front. In traffic jams, I find myself focusing on cars in other lanes, and fret if they edge ahead of me. I tense up while waiting for trains, determined to be first aboard. The other day, I was one of the first to board a train, grabbing a perfect spot in first class. Yes, I had won! Just halfway, I went to get a free drink for a first-class seat from the buffet. But I had left my ticket on my table. I worked out that, if I moved very swiftly, I could nip (快走) through two carriages, and nip back without anyone taking my place at the front of the queue. So I rushed back, picking up my ticket, and turned back. I was at the beginning of the second carriage, when, to my horror, I noticed, another figure, roughly my size, shooting towards the buffet from the other direction. Desperate to arrive before he did, I started walking faster. But at exactly the same moment, he started walking faster, too. Trying to retain my dignity, I broke into a running. Whatever happened, I was determined to win! But, annoyingly, at the same time as I sped up, so did he. The race was on. Finally, in my rush, I knocked into a suitcase and stumbled slightly. Still with my eyes on my challenger, I noticed that-strange but true-exactly the same thing had happened to him. It was only as we both lifted ourselves up in exactly the same way that I realised that, throughout the race, I had been looking at a reflection of myself in the sliding door! My competitor for first place in the buffet queue was...me. 4．Which sporting expression can replace “Bad luck! Good game!” in paragraph 1? A．I gave it a go. B．You did your best. C．You are competitive. D．He tried desperately hard. 5．What does the underlined word “fret” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Get anxious. B．Become relaxed. C．Feel disappointed. D．Remain excited. 6．What can we learn about the author? A．He never fails to beat anyone in his life. B．He has a gift for games and competitions. C．He is sporty but often aggressive to others. D．He is highly competitive and desperate to win. 7．Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text? A．Sad competitor? I can surely beat myself B．Bad loser? No, but I can be a first-class fool C．Competitiveness works? Not in my case D．More haste? It will only result in less speed C Humans have always assumed that there is a huge gulf between animal behavior and human development. However, recent research into animals shows that animals are continuously designing innovative methods to finish their tasks. Examining the nature and results of their creativity can help us understand evolution. Research shows that animals too can be creative. By inventing new behavioral patterns and adjusting their behavior to new contexts, as well as to changes in social and ecological environments, researchers show that animal innovation too can be diverse. For instance, chimpanzees (猩猩) use tools such as sharp spines and stalks to remove the hearts of palm vegetables from trees. Herring gulls (鲜鱼海鸥) found out quite a cruel way of killing rabbits-drowning them in the sea. Innovative species tend to survive when they enter new places, but novel behavior cannot be recognized unless “normal” behavior is studied. Researchers can now count and document the innovations that have been created by species, which would help them to quantify their creativity. Studies also show us that all animals are not equally inventive, with primates (灵长目动物) tending to be more innovative due to their bigger brains. The greatest scientific significance has been the innovation shown by animals such as apes, capuchins and macaques among primates. These species of primates possess the biggest brains in proportion to their body sizes. They are also heavy tool users. Their broad diets and complex forms of learning are also insightful. They indicate an evolutionary strategy that gave them new solutions to life’s challenges. However, even if these animals show innovativeness, they do not have the ability to improve upon solutions of others. Unless they share information accurately and copy each other’s inventions. their creative inventions are likely to vanish before they can be innovated further. This ability can be managed only by humans, for we are able to build on shared knowledge. 8．What does the underlined word “gulf” in the first paragraph mean? A．Difference. B．Conflict. C．Balance. D．Connection. 9．Why does the author mention “chimpanzees” and “Herring gulls” in Paragraph 2? A．They are both creative. B．They are both heavy tool users. C．They create innovations in different ways. D．They kill other animals in the same cruel way. 10．What can we learn about animal creativity? A．It is equally distributed among animals. B．It helps animals adapt to the environment. C．Animals’ innovations are easy to be identified. D．Animals’ innovations are facing huge challenges. 11．What aspect of animals does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A．Their ability to share information accurately. B．Their willingness to learn from each other. C．Their inability to take creativity forward. D．Their unwillingness to cooperate effectively. D Every language and culture has curse words (脏话). What gives a curse word its power is partly its meaning and partly its sound. “In English, for example, curse words tend to contain a high percentage of plosive sounds—including P, T and K,” said Ryan McKay, a psychologist at University of London. Dr. McKay teamed up with his colleague Shiri Lev-Ari to learn whether this familiar pattern went beyond English. They wondered whether it might even represent what’s called sound symbolism. Sound symbolism is when a word sounds like what it means. The researchers first asked fluent speakers of Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean and Russian to list the most vulgar (粗俗的) words they could think of. Once they’d made a list of each language’s most frequently used curse words, the researchers compared these with neutral words from the same language. In these languages, they didn’t find the plosive sounds that seem common in English curse words. “Instead, we found that the vulgar words were defined by what they lacked: the approximant sounds that include letters I, L, R, W and Y, ”Dr. Lev-Ari said. Next, the scientists invited 215 native speakers of six languages: Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. The participants listened to pairs of words in a language they didn’t speak, and guessed which word in each pair was offensive. In reality, all the words were invented. For example, the researchers started with the Albanian word “zog, ” for “bird, ”and created the pair of fake words “yog" and “tsog. ”Participants were more likely to guess that words without approximants, such as “tsog, ” were curses. Finally, the researchers combed through the dictionary for English curse words and their cleaned-up versions. Once again, the clean versions included more of the sounds I, L, R, W and Y. A 20th-century linguistic (语言学的)principle claimed that the sounds of words were arbitrary: Any word could have any meaning. With curse words, though, as in other cases of sound symbolism, “the sounds themselves seem to carry meaning, ”said Lev-Ari. “That’s a new thing, ”said linguist Benjamin Bergen. “Curse words across languages, unrelated to each other, may pattern similarly. ”He also pointed out, to make sure the pattern of approximants missing from curses isn’t an accident, it would be nice to find it in an even larger sample of languages. 12．What is the purpose of McKay and Lev-Ari’s research? A．To analyze a phenomenon. B．To confirm an assumption. C．To explain a definition. D．To challenge a theory. 13．What were the participants asked to do in the second part of the research? A．To decide which curse words are used more frequently. B．To make up new curse words from real words. C．To guess a word’s offensiveness according to its sound. D．To identify the approximants in curse words. 14．According to Lev-Ari, which of the four is likely to sound offensive? A．Tusck B．Sola C．Darn D．Biach 15．What can we learn from the last paragraph? A．The old linguistic principle of sounds and meanings is wrong. B．In sound symbolism, a word’s sound represents its meaning. C．The research reveals the similarities between different languages. D．The result of the research is not fully accepted by scientists. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下列短文，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。 When is bedtime? 16 Inside every living thing is a clock that follows the sun. For a long time, people assumed that daylight told animals when to go to sleep or wake up. See light, wake. See dark, sleep. Then, in 1729, a French scientist named Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan did an experiment with a mimosa (含羞草), a plant that folds up its leaves at night. 17 From time to time, he peeked inside. To his surprise, the leaves continued to open and close each day as usual, even in total darkness. And he had discovered a new thing about living creatures. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock that keeps track of whether it’s morning, noon, or night on the 24-hour cycle of a day. 18 Every cell in the body has its own tiny time-clicker. A master timekeeper in the brain keeps all these cell clocks in step. For humans, a small group of cells at the back of the eye are in charge of the special job. 19 The master clock then sends “wake up” or “sleep” chemicals to all your cells. You can feel light reset your clock if you fly to a different time zone. For a few days you get sleepy at bedtime back home even if it’s afternoon in your new place. This is called “jet lag”. 20 But soon the bright light in the morning and dark at night will reset your master clock to match the local time where you are, and you’re back on schedule. So don’t worry if you forget your watch—your clock inside will keep you on sun time. A．Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock. B．That’s your body’s internal clock at work. C．If you don’t have a phone or watch, don’t worry. D．To learn more about this, scientists did some research. E．They signal when they see strong daylight or growing darkness. F．He put some of the plants in a cupboard and kept them in constant darkness. G．These timekeepers cause cells to do different things at different times of day. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Years ago, as a shy and uncertain post-graduate, I took a decent job but felt like wearing ill-fitting shoes. Lost and 21 , I waited for inspiration to strike. And inspiration did strike. I 22 The Artist's Way, a 12-week course to unlock 23 . Julia Cameron, its creator, believes we all 24 an inner creativity; we just block ourselves from that urge. The path she lays out is simple yet requires 25 . There are weekly readings. For months, I'd discuss with members about our reading and 26 our progress, frustrations, and aha moments. One key 27 was writing “morning pages” — no stopping and no editing for at least three full pages. It felt writing nonsense at first. But as I 28 , it helped me realize I'd use excuses to 29 a dance class or job opportunity. I found I tend to avoid any 30 . Another practice was “artist dates” — solo activities to inspire fun. Cameron emphasized that 31 our limiting beliefs was only half the battle; we must also 32 seek joy. So, I invited 33 pleasures: baking cookies, collecting fallen flowers, etc. I even rented a car to a coastal town. At sunset, I'd roll down my car window, sing loudly and 34 the pink sky. Joy entered my serious life. A year later, I quitted my job and 35 one in a creative field. It took three more years to dance on stage. As for publishing short stories, perhaps next summer. 21．A．confused B．motivated C．annoyed D．impatient 22．A．set up B．reflected on C．turned down D．came across 23．A．mystery B．creativity C．achievement D．passion 24．A．display B．expect C．possess D．mention 25．A．flexibility B．commitment C．fortune D．cooperation 26．A．memorize B．deny C．share D．forget 27．A．contest B．suggestion C．trial D．task 28．A．persisted B．surveyed C．complained D．wondered 29．A．establish B．take C．abandon D．miss 30．A．risk B．guidance C．strategy D．praise 31．A．promoting B．recognizing C．illustrating D．preserving 32．A．helplessly B．humbly C．actively D．cautiously 33．A．original B．permanent C．intense D．simple 34．A．admire B．paint C．decorate D．brighten 35．A．designed B．landed C．refused D．inquired 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Dujiangyan, 36 (trace) back to the State of Qin as an irrigation (灌溉) and flood control system, is a remarkable example of ancient 37 (engineer) skill and is still in use today. During the Warring States period, the 38 (settle) along the river suffered from constant flood destruction. An irrigation engineer, Li Bing, led a team to construct an embankment (堤坝) to redirect part of the river’s flow upon thorough investigation. They needed to cut a channel through Mount Yulei to let out the extra water. However, cutting the channel 39 (prove) a much more challenging task than anticipated, as the mountain’s rock was so hard that traditional tools was 40 (adequate). Therefore, they used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they broke 41 could be removed. Once completed, the system prevented floods and made Sichuan one of China’s most productive agricultural regions by using the redirected water 42 irrigation. Now if you visit Dujiangyan, you will see an unusual construction 43 looks like a fish’s mouth. This famous attraction, Yuzui, together with two other important parts, namely, Feishayan and Baopingkou, 44 (design) originally to control the water flow throughout the year. Recognized as 45 UNESCO heritage site, Dujiangyan has irrigated farms while preventing floods for over 2,000 years. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分） 46．假定你是李华，交换生Emily想参加中国日报社主办的“印象中国(My China Moments)”英文作品征集活动，来信向你咨询。请给她写一封回信，内容包括： (1)作品类型； (2)作品内容及创意。 注意： (1)写作词数应为80个左右； (2)请在答题纸的相应位置作答。 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 47．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The old workshop door creaked open. Clara walked in quietly. Her shoes stepped on wood shavings (刨花) that sparkled in the sunlight. Through the dusty windows, the morning light shone on Grandfather’s rough hands. He was gluing a maple chair leg. The wall calendar still showed January. Its yellowed pages were curling, just like dry leaves. An open order book lay on the desk. February’s page was empty. There had been no new orders since mid-January. Clara held her breath and recorded Grandfather with her phone. She focused on his quick hands as he measured angles with a metal ruler. “This might help him,” she thought, eager to show how skilled he was. However, when she posted the video online, negative comments flooded in. “Old ways for a dying business!” “No wonder the business is failing!” Saddened, Clara deleted the video quickly. A spider crawled over the empty order book. Its blank pages showed not many people wanted handmade things these days. “Want to see my treasure?” Grandpa’ s voice broke the silence. He opened a leather album filled with pencil sketches (草图) like library chairs from 1958 and park benches from 1962. A faded photo slipped out: a smiling boy missing two teeth was grinning at the camera, holding a curved (弯曲的) spoon proudly. “Timmy, my former student,” Grandfather smiled, touching the curve of the spoon in the photo. “Now he designs furniture for tall buildings. Last month’s newspaper had an article about his curved stairs. It was inspired by this very spoon.” He tapped the photo, adding, “Machines make things fast, but hands remember stories.” Clara looked at the photo — the curved spoon, Timmy’s smile, and Grandpa’s young handwriting on the back: Timmy’s first repair, age 7. Beside her, fresh wood shavings were shining. “Stories must be told,” Clara murmured, taking out her phone again. This time, she aimed to share not just the work, but the story behind it. 注意： (1)续写词数应为150左右; (2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Paragraph 1: The next morning, Clara uploaded a new video. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: A week later, Timmy, now a famous furniture designer, walked in the workshop. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 试卷第2页，共11页 试卷第1页，共11页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $