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市西初级九年级第一学期英语学科调研试卷 （满分140分，考试时间100分钟） 2026.10 考生注意：本卷有6大题，共74小题。试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。 Part 1 Listening（第一部分 听力） I. Listening comprehension（听力理解）（30分） A. Listen and choose the right picture（根据听到的句子，选出相应的图片。每句播放两遍）（本大题共5题，每题1分，共5分） 1. A. B. C. 2. A. B. C. 3. A. B. C. 4. A. B. C. 5. A. B. C. B. Listen to the short conversations and choose the best answer to each question you hear （根据听到的短对话，选出最恰当的答案。对话和问题都播放两遍）（本大题共5题，每题1分，共5分） 6. A. A teacher. B. A lawyer. C. A librarian. 7. A. A manager. B. A hairdresser. C. A painter. 8. A. In a supermarket. B. In a park. C. In a restaurant. 9. A. High-paid. B. Tiring. C. Meaningful. 10. A. The man is a community volunteer. B. The man has done volunteer work before. C. The man is having a job interview. C. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear （根据听到的短文，选出最恰当的答案。短文播放两遍）（本大题共5题，每题2分，共10分） 11. What time does the trainee chef begin to work in the kitchen? A. 5:30. B. 6:00. C. 6:30. 12. Why does everything have to be ready by eleven o'clock? A. Because regular customers start arriving at eleven o'clock. B. Because the head chef leaves the kitchen at eleven o'clock. C. Because the restaurant doesn't open for lunch at eleven o'clock. 13. What does the trainee chef do in the afternoon? A. Have free time. B. Clean the kitchen. C. Buy ingredients. 14. How long does the trainee chef stand every day? A. Eleven hours. B. Fourteen hours. C. Sixteen hours. 15. What is the trainee chef's future dream? A. Being a head chef. B. Opening a restaurant. C. Cooking for famous people. D. Listen to the passage and complete the table（根据听到的短文完成表格。每空不超过三个词。短文播放两遍）（本大题共5题，每题2分，共10分） Job Fields Basic Requirements Core Tasks & Details News Media Need a university degree or some kind of 16. ___________ A 17. ___________ is someone who interviews people and writes reports. Medical Care Must be patient and spend a long period studying. A dentist uses 18. ___________ that helps them check the mouth clearly. Logistics Must have a driving license if you want to be 19. ___________ It is an important job which sends every single 20. ___________ Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar （第二部分 词汇和语法）（30分） II. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）（本大题共10题，每题1分，共10分） The Spring Festival has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产名录). People across China and in Chinese communities around the world are celebrating this honor with pride. The decision was made at a UNESCO meeting in December 2024. The organization praised the festival for its colorful traditions, its focus on family, and the way ____1____ we spend time with our family. The festival shows people’s hopes for a better life and their love for both their family and country. The Spring Festival is the ____2____ holiday for Chinese people. It has a history of over 4,000 years. Today, it is still a joyful time for family reunions, enjoying festive meals, giving red envelopes, and lighting fireworks. Traditional art forms such as dragon dances, paper cutting, and lantern shows continue ____3____ the season. The news spread quickly online. On the social media, a hashtag (话题标签) about UNESCO’s decision drew more than 400 million views. Many users suggested calling the festival by its Chinese name, Chunjie. This is like how more people now use “loong” ____4____ “dragon” to highlight the unique character of the Chinese creature. ____5____ UNESCO’s official recognition, the festival is seen as a cultural treasure for all — one that brings joy, hope and togetherness to people everywhere. 1. A. who B. that C. what 2. A. important B. more important C. most important 3. A. to brighten B. to brightening C. brighten 4. A. as well B. instead of C. without 5. A. Although B. Due to C. Because 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了春节入选联合国非遗名录的消息，阐述了其文化意义、庆祝方式及国际影响。 【1题详解】 句意：该组织赞扬了这个节日丰富多彩的传统、对家庭的关注以及我们与家人共度时光的方式。 空处引导定语从句“we spend time with our family”，先行词是表示事物的“the way”，且在从句中作状语，应用关系词that。who只能修饰人，what不能引导定语从句。 【2题详解】 句意：春节是中国人最重要的节日。 空前有定冠词“the”，且句子没有两者比较的含义，因此应用最高级most important，表示在所有节日中是最重要的。important“重要的（原级）”；more important“更重要的（比较级）”，均不符合语境。 【3题详解】 句意：传统艺术形式如舞龙、剪纸和灯展继续点亮这个季节。 固定搭配continue to do sth.表示“继续做某事”，要接动词不定式形式，因此选to brighten。 【4题详解】 句意：这就像现在越来越多的人用“loong”代替“dragon”来突出中国龙的特征一样。 根据上文“Many users suggested calling the festival by its Chinese name, Chunjie.”可知，此处指人们用“loong”代替“dragon”来凸显中国龙的独特属性，instead of“代替”符合语境。as well“也”；without“没有”，均不符合逻辑。 【5题详解】 句意：由于联合国教科文组织的官方认可，这个节日被视为所有人的文化瑰宝，它给世界各地的人们带来欢乐、希望和归属感。 空后为名词短语“UNESCO’s official recognition”，应用介词短语Due to“由于”表示原因。Although“虽然”，引导让步状语从句；Because“因为”，引导原因状语从句，均不能与短语搭配使用。 Chua Lam, a famous food critic (评论家) in the Chinese-speaking world, died at 83 in 2025. Known as one of Hong Kong’s “four great talents”, Chua was a popular movie producer, a writer and a host of food and travel shows. Here’s an ____6____ with him in 2016. Host: Why did you turn from movies to food writing? Chua: When I was a film producer, I had to travel around the world to find film locations. Other team members focused on the scenery ____7____ I focused more on food, which I am always interested in. I was invited to write a column (专栏) and the publishers let me write anything I liked. So, I wrote a lot about food and restaurants. Now, people see ____8____ as a food critic. Host: What is good food? Chua: A good meal is more than just the taste. It is related to your memory and preference. Many people think the food cooked by their mother is the best. Many migrants love the food of the countries where they come from. I was born in Singapore and I like many Singaporean dishes. But now I think the lifestyle has changed so much in Singapore that the taste is ____9____ when I was young. Host: Who is the cook at home, you or your wife? Chua: I am the cook at home. I can cook 30 different types of noodles in a month, one dish for each day.I believe one should eat whatever they enjoy and keep ____10____ all the time. A happy person will also be a healthy person. 6. A. interview B. survey C. program 7. A. because B. while C. so 8. A. me B. myself C. mine 9. A. the same as B. similar to C. different from 10. A. smile B. smiling C. to smile 【答案】6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了著名美食家蔡澜的生平，包括他从电影转向美食写作的经历、对美食的看法以及他的生活态度，展现了他的人生智慧。 【6题详解】 句意：这是2016年对他的一个采访。 根据后文主持人和蔡澜的问答形式可知，这是一次采访，interview“采访”符合语境，且空前有不定冠词an，应用元音音素开头的单词。survey调查；program节目，均不符合这里“一段对话访谈”的语境和语法规则。 【7题详解】 句意：其他团队成员专注于风景，而我更专注于食物，这是我一直感兴趣的。 这里是对比“其他团队成员专注于景色”和“我更关注食物”两个不同的行为，while可以作连词表“而、与此同时”的对比含义。because因为，表原因、so所以，表结果，都不符合逻辑。 【8题详解】 句意：现在，人们把我看作美食评论家。 动词see后面要跟人称代词的宾格作宾语，me是I的宾格。myself是反身代词“我自己”；mine是名词性物主代词“我的（东西）”，都不符合此处语法和语义。 【9题详解】 句意：但是现在新加坡的生活方式发生了很大的变化，口味和我年轻时不一样了。 根据前文“ the lifestyle has changed so much in Singapore”可知，现在新加坡的生活方式改变了很多，说明如今的味道和小时候不一样，different from“与……不同”符合语境。the same as与……一样；similar to与……相似，均不符合语境。 【10题详解】 句意：我相信一个人应该吃自己喜欢的东西，并一直保持微笑。 固定搭配keep doing sth.，表示“一直保持做某事”，所以要跟动名词smiling。keep后面不能直接跟动词原形或不定式。 III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once （将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（本大题共10题，每题1分，共10分） A. emergency B. equipment C. interior D. quickly E. slowly F. patient A firefighter is a hero in our community. He must be ____11____ with frightened people when carrying out rescues. Before every mission, he carefully checks his fire-fighting ____12____ to make sure everything works properly. When a(n) ____13____ happens, he will react ____14____ and rush to the scene. When he enters the ____15____ part of a burning building, he moves carefully and watches out for possible dangers. The work is full of risks. It teaches us that people in such jobs stick to their duties and protect others with courage. 【答案】11. F 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了消防员的职责、工作流程以及他们勇敢保护他人的精神。 【11题详解】 句意：在进行救援时，他必须对受惊的人有耐心。be动词后接形容词作表语，be patient with为固定搭配，意为“对……有耐心”，符合对待受惊者的语境。 【12题详解】 句意：每次执行任务前，他都会仔细检查消防设备，确保一切正常。形容词性物主代词his后接名词，根据“checks”和“works properly”可知，此处指消防设备，equipment“设备”符合语境。 【13题详解】 句意：当发生紧急情况时，他会迅速反应并冲到现场。冠词a(n)后接名词单数，根据“happens”和“rush to the scene”可知，此处指紧急情况发生时，emergency“突发事件，紧急情况”符合语境。 【14题详解】 句意：当发生紧急情况时，他会迅速反应并冲到现场。修饰动词react需用副词，根据“rush to the scene”可知，反应需要快速，quickly“迅速地，快速地”符合语境。 【15题详解】 句意：当他进入燃烧的建筑物内部时，他会小心翼翼地移动，注意可能存在的危险。the后接名词或形容词修饰part，根据“enters”和“burning building”可知，此处指进入着火建筑的内部区域，interior“内部的”符合语境。 A. organise B. standard C. period D. background E. fix F. scientific Mr Li is a community researcher. He has a strong educational ____16____ and rich working experience. He will ____17____ a survey on teenagers’ after-school lives. During this ____18____ of time, he will set a high ____19____ for all collected data. He will use ____20____ methods to study the information. He hopes to find out what troubles young people most. He will talk with students and their parents. He believes the results can help schools understand teenagers better and offer proper support. 【答案】16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. F 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了社区研究员李先生计划开展一项关于青少年课后生活的调查，包括他的背景、调查计划及研究方法。 【16题详解】 句意：他有着扎实的教育背景和丰富的工作经验。形容词educational后面需要接名词；background意为“背景”，educational background是固定搭配，表示“教育背景”，符合语境，故填D。 【17题详解】 句意：他将组织一项关于青少年课后生活的调查。will后面接动词原形；organise意为“组织”，organise a survey表示“组织一项调查”，符合语境，故填A。 【18题详解】 句意：在这段时期内，他会为所有收集到的数据设定一个高标准。this后面接名词；period意为“时期，阶段”，this period of time是固定搭配，表示“这段时期”，符合语境，故填C。 【19题详解】 句意：在这段时期内，他会为所有收集到的数据设定一个高标准。a high后面接名词；standard意为“标准”，set a high standard表示“设定高标准”，符合语境，故填B。 【20题详解】 句意：他将使用科学的方法来研究这些信息。名词methods前面需要用形容词修饰；scientific意为“科学的”，scientific methods表示“科学的方法”，符合语境，故填F。 IV. Complete the dialogue（补全对话）（本大题共5题，每题2分，共10分） Situation: Amy is talking with Ms Chen about her dream job. Amy: Ms Chen, I’m thinking about my future job. Could you give me some ideas on how to get my dream job? Ms Chen: Ok, sure. What would you like to do? Amy: ________21________.（表达想要成为一名社交媒体博主） Ms Chen: Sounds cool! ________22________?（询问为什么想要做这个职业） Amy: Because I like making short videos online. I think I need to be good at video-making skills. Ms Chen: Yes, it’s necessary for you to master video-making skills. It’s also your duty to create positive and useful content. Amy: I see. ________23________.（表达我的职责是传递正能量给人们） Ms Chen: You’re right. You also need skills in organising creative ideas and communicating with your followers. Amy: Got it. I will work hard for it. ________24________.（表达自己也要努力获取一些经验） Ms Chen: Can’t agree more! You can start posting short videos on your own social media account. Amy: Sounds great. ________25________.（对陈老师的建议表示感谢） Ms Chen: You’re welcome. Set a goal and keep practising. Your dream will come true. 【答案】21. I want to be a social media blogger 22. Why do you want to be a social media blogger 23. It’s my duty to spread positive energy to people 24. I will also try to get some experience 25. Thank you for your advice 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了Amy向陈老师咨询如何实现梦想职业（社交媒体博主）的对话。 【21题详解】 从括号提示“表达想要成为一名社交媒体博主”及Ms Chen询问“What would you like to do?”可知，Amy在回答自己想从事的职业，想成为社交媒体博主。应填I want to be a social media blogger。 【22题详解】 从括号提示“询问为什么想要做这个职业”及Amy回答“Because I like making short videos online.”可知，Ms Chen在询问Amy想做这份职业的原因。应填Why do you want to be a social media blogger。 【23题详解】 从括号提示“表达我的职责是传递正能量给人们”及前文Ms Chen说“It's also your duty to create positive and useful content.”可知，Amy在回应自己的职责是传递正能量。应填It’s my duty to spread positive energy to people。 【24题详解】 从括号提示“表达自己也要努力获取一些经验”及后文Ms Chen说“You can start posting short videos on your own social media account.”可知，Amy在说自己打算积累经验。应填I will also try to get some experience。 【25题详解】 从括号提示“对陈老师的建议表示感谢”及后文Ms Chen回答“You’re welcome.”可知，Amy在向陈老师表达感谢。应填Thank you for your advice。 Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分 阅读与写作） V. Reading Comprehension（阅读理解）（60分） A. Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）（每题2分，共12分） Riverside Town sits between the West River and the East Hills. Every autumn, visitors can follow a Career Trail to meet the people who keep the town alive and to find out why they work. Ms Lin, who works in the Old Book Studio by the river, repairs books that are hundreds of years old. “Every page I save is a piece of history,” she says. Dr Chen is a heart surgeon at Riverside Hospital in the north. He often stays late because a small mistake can cost a life. Mr Zhou, a dough sculptor at the Heritage Craft Yard in the East Hills, learnt the skill from his grandfather. Few young people want to take it up. Firefighter Wu works near Town Square. He says he works not for money, but to keep families safe. Ms Gao, who designed the high-speed rail that connects the town to the city, is not on today’s trail. “A good job is one that helps others and makes you proud,” Ms Lin told a group of visitors. Lily’s Career Trail Schedule 08:30 Meet at Town Square (centre of the map) 09:00-10:20 Old Book Studio—Ms Lin, west by the river 10:40-12:00 Riverside Hospital—Dr Chen, north near the hills 13:30-14:40 Heritage Craft Yard—Mr Zhou, East Hills 15:00-16:00 Fire Station—Firefighter Wu, near Town Square 16:20 Return to Town Square for a sharing talk 26. Where will you most likely find this text and map? A. In a science report on how rivers are formed. B. In a local magazine introducing jobs in the town. C. In a tourist brochure for an amusement park. D. In a notice telling patients how to find the hospital. 27. From the text and the map, we can infer that Ms Lin’s job ________. A. is popular among young people in the East Hills B. requires her to work outdoors on the river all day C. is valued more for its meaning than for high pay D. is the only stop that Lily will make before lunch 28. Which picture was most likely taken at the Heritage Craft Yard? A. B. C. D. 29. The following sentences are describing ________. This quiet workplace stands beside the water. The person who works here spends hours repairing things that are old and fragile. She believes that a small piece of paper can carry a whole story from the past. A. Riverside Hospital B. Old Book Studio C. Heritage Craft Yard D. Fire Station 30. Which of the following sentences is TRUE? A. Lily can finish the hospital visit and still arrive at the Craft Yard before 12:00. B. The Fire Station is farther from Town Square than the Heritage Craft Yard. C. Lily spends more time with Ms Lin than with Firefighter Wu. D. Ms Gao will give a talk at Town Square at 16:20. 31. A visitor is waiting at Town Square. She wants to meet someone whose work can put lives at risk if a mistake is made. She only has time for a workplace next to the square, not a long walk north or a climb into the East Hills. Who is she most likely to meet? A. Ms Lin. B. Dr Chen. C. Mr Zhou. D. Firefighter Wu. 【答案】26. B 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. C 31. D 【解析】 【导语】本文围绕河畔镇的“职业小径”活动展开，介绍了镇上修书师、心脏外科医生、面塑师、消防员等不同职业从业者的工作内容与职业理念，同时配有小镇地图和莉莉的职业小径行程表，清晰呈现了相关地点的分布与活动安排。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Every autumn, visitors can follow a Career Trail to meet the people who keep the town alive and to find out why they work.”，结合全文对小镇各类职业的介绍、配套行程表与地图，可知该内容是介绍小镇的职业相关信息，最可能刊登在介绍小镇工作的当地杂志上。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“‘Every page I save is a piece of history,’ she says.”以及第三段“‘A good job is one that helps others and makes you proud,’ Ms Lin told a group of visitors.”，可推知林女士十分看重自己工作的历史意义与社会价值，认为好工作的核心是帮助他人、带来自豪感，因此她的工作更重视意义而非高薪。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Mr Zhou, a dough sculptor at the Heritage Craft Yard in the East Hills, learnt the skill from his grandfather.”可知，Heritage Craft Yard的从业者是面塑艺人周先生，对应展示手工制作面塑的图片，其余图片分别对应医院、消防站、渔猎场景，均不符合。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Ms Lin, who works in the Old Book Studio by the river, repairs books that are hundreds of years old. ‘Every page I save is a piece of history,’ she says.”可知，题干中“紧邻水边、修复老旧易碎物品、纸张承载过往故事”的描述，完全符合旧书工作室的特征。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据行程表中“09:00-10:20 Old Book Studio—Ms Lin, west by the river”可知，莉莉和林女士相处时长为80分钟，根据“15:00-16:00 Fire Station—Firefighter Wu, near Town Square”可知，莉莉和吴消防员相处时长为60分钟，因此莉莉和林女士相处的时间更长。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Firefighter Wu works near Town Square. He says he works not for money, but to keep families safe.”可知，吴消防员的工作地点紧邻镇广场，符合“无需远走北边、攀爬东山，工作地点在广场附近”的位置要求；他的职责是守护人们的安全，若工作出现失误会危及生命，符合“工作出错会危及生命”的要求。 B. Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）（每题2分，共12分） Helen Brooks-A Lock Keeper When I left school, I worked in a shop in town. The pay was fine, but I spent all day indoors and missed being outside. One weekend I took a boat trip on the canal with a friend. I watched the lock keeper open the heavy wooden gates so our boat could move up to the next level of water. It looked peaceful, and I thought, “I want that job.” A few months later a position came up near my village. I applied, not really expecting to get it. The first weeks were harder than I had imagined. I had thought I would just open and close gates when boats arrived. In fact, I had to learn how water levels are controlled, how to check safety equipment every morning, and what to do when a boat breaks down. I also needed to know about local wildlife, because injured birds and dirty water have to be reported. After a short course with an experienced keeper, I was allowed to work on my own. People often think a lock keeper only helps boats through. That is part of it, of course, but it is not the whole story. I cut the grass, paint the gates, pull rubbish out of the canal and answer visitors’ questions about the village. The most useful skill, though, is staying calm when several boats arrive at once, or when a family has never used a lock before. You cannot show them that you are worried; you just give clear instructions and keep everyone safe. I live in a small house beside the lock, so I am never really off duty. Walkers knock on my door for directions, and boat owners sometimes call late if something goes wrong. It can be tiring, but I would not go back to the shop. When a boat moves smoothly through and the people on board wave and thank me, I know why I stay. Those moments, and the quiet evenings by the water, matter more to me than a higher salary in town. 32. Why did Helen first become interested in working as a lock keeper? A. She was offered the job by a friend on a boat trip. B. She wanted to earn more than she did in the shop. C. She saw the work being done and thought she would enjoy it. D. She needed to live closer to her village. 33. What does Helen say about her early days in the job? A. She was surprised how much there was to learn. B. She already knew how to control the water. C. She was left alone from the first morning. D. She found the training course unnecessary. 34. What does “That” refer to in the sentence “That is part of it, of course, but it is not the whole story”? A. Answering visitors’ questions. B. Helping boats through the lock. C. Staying calm with new boat owners. D. Checking the safety equipment. 35. What does Helen feel is the most useful skill in her work? A. Being able to repair boats that have broken down. B. Knowing a lot about the history of the village. C. Keeping calm and giving clear help when it is busy. D. Making the lock look attractive for tourists. 36. Why has Helen written this text? A. To advertise vacant jobs on the local canal. B. To show how her understanding of the job has grown. C. To warn first-time visitors that locks are dangerous. D. To argue that outdoor work should be better paid. 37. If Helen were offered her old shop job again, with better pay, she would probably ________. A. take it for the extra money B. take it to have free evenings C. stay at the lock D. take it only in winter 【答案】32. C 33. A 34. B 35. C 36. B 37. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文，讲述了Helen Brooks从商店店员转行成为运河船闸管理员的经历，介绍了她对这份工作产生兴趣的缘由、入职初期的学习、工作的具体内容，以及她对这份工作的热爱，认为这份工作带来的满足感远胜于城镇里的高薪工作。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“I watched the lock keeper open the heavy wooden gates so our boat could move up to the next level of water. It looked peaceful, and I thought, "I want that job."”可知，Helen在乘船旅行时看到船闸管理员的工作状态，觉得这份工作很平和，自己会喜欢，因此对该工作产生兴趣。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“The first weeks were harder than I had imagined. I had thought I would just open and close gates when boats arrived. In fact, I had to learn how water levels are controlled, how to check safety equipment every morning, and what to do when a boat breaks down.”可知，Helen入职初期发现需要学习的内容远多于自己的预期，对此感到惊讶。 【34题详解】 词句猜测题。根据文章第三段“People often think a lock keeper only helps boats through. That is part of it, of course, but it is not the whole story.”可知，That指代前文中人们普遍认知里船闸管理员的工作，也就是帮助船只通过船闸。 【35题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段“The most useful skill, though, is staying calm when several boats arrive at once, or when a family has never used a lock before. You cannot show them that you are worried; you just give clear instructions and keep everyone safe.”可知，Helen认为工作中最有用的技能是在繁忙时保持冷静，给出清晰的指引，保障所有人的安全。 【36题详解】 主旨大意题。文章从Helen最初对船闸管理员工作的浅显认知，讲到入职后了解到工作的丰富内容，再到自己体会到工作的意义，整体呈现了她对这份工作的理解不断加深的过程，这是她写作本文的目的。 【37题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“It can be tiring, but I would not go back to the shop. Those moments, and the quiet evenings by the water, matter more to me than a higher salary in town.”可知，Helen认为船闸管理员的工作带来的精神满足比高薪更重要，因此即使旧工作提供更高的薪水，她也会留在船闸做管理员。 C. Choose the best answer to complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（每题2分，共20分） Do you ever let an AI tool finish your homework in one minute? It feels efficient, and many classmates now do the same after a long day at school. New studies, however, suggest that this shortcut may be more ____38____ than it first appears. A nationwide survey by the China Youth and Children Research Center found that more than 60 percent of primary and secondary students have used AI. Nearly one in five use it regularly. Among them, about 71 percent said they turn to AI for ideas or for schoolwork. That sounds like a smart shortcut at first. Speed, though, is not the same as understanding. Researchers wanted to know what happens to students' thinking. Once the screen goes dark, they must work ____39____. An OECD report in 2026 offered an uncomfortable result. Students who practised maths with AI looked strong on practice questions. They even finished those questions faster than the other group. On closed-book tests, they fell 17 percent behind classmates who had practised without it. The practice score, in other words, had ____40____ them. Why does this gap appear? When an answer arrives in seconds, the hard part of the task disappears. The hard part is exactly what trains the brain. Without that effort, a skill is not lost. It is simply never given a chance to make any real ____41____. Teachers see the same problem in writing class. A student can hand in a clean essay in five minutes. The sentences look fine on the page. The homework mark may be high, ____42____ the writer cannot explain the ideas the next day. A professor writing in China Daily made the same point. If every difficult step is handed to a machine, students may leave school with fluent sentences. Those sentences can impress a reader at first sight. They still cannot hide a lack of real ____43____. Thinking needs time, and time is what AI takes away. Some teenagers also tell AI about their worries. The tool replies at once and never laughs at them. That can feel safe at midnight. Teachers still say a machine cannot ____44____ a talk with someone who knows the student's real life. Parents and friends ask follow-up questions. A chatbot usually does not. There is a further problem. AI often writes in polished English, so the whole text can look ____45____, even with a mistake. Students who do not check the facts may accept a wrong idea just because it reads well. The English is clean, but the facts may not be. Chinese education officials now ask schools to guide AI use by age. Middle school students may study AI-generated text, but they should not hand it in as their own. The aim is not to ban the tool. It is to make sure students still ____46____ the difficult parts themselves. A safer habit, experts say, is to treat AI as a tutor. Let it explain one step. Then shut the page and try the next problem without it. Only that second step shows whether the idea has been ____47____ understood. Used in this way, AI can still help. Used as a ghostwriter, it cannot build the thinking you will need when no screen is allowed. 38. A. useful B. serious C. popular D. modern 39. A. alone B. together C. quickly D. easily 40. A. supported B. amused C. fooled D. impressed 41. A. progress B. comfort C. silence D. payment 42. A. so B. because C. yet D. if 43. A. responsibility B. value C. requirements D. judgement 44. A. translate B. record C. delay D. replace 45. A. perfect B. personal C. patient D. foolish 46. A. practice B. deliver C. celebrate D. avoid 47. A. truly B. hardly C. politely D. widely 【答案】38. B 39. A 40. C 41. A 42. C 43. D 44. D 45. A 46. A 47. A 【解析】 【导语】本文指出学生依赖AI写作业虽高效但损害思考能力，导致成绩下降。专家建议将AI视为辅导工具，亲自练习难点，确保真正理解知识。 【38题详解】 句意：然而，新研究表明，这个捷径可能比乍看起来更严重。 根据后文提到的负面影响（成绩下降、损害学习），可知问题比表面看起来更“严重”，serious意为“严重的”符合警示语境。 【39题详解】 句意：一旦屏幕变黑，他们必须独自工作。 根据“Once the screen goes dark”，说明脱离AI辅助，学生需“独自”完成工作。alone“独自”符合无辅助的语境。 【40题详解】 句意：换句话说，练习分数误导了他们。 根据前文“练习看起来强”但“封闭考试落后”，可知分数给了假象，“误导”了学生，所以选择fooled意为“欺骗/误导”。 【41题详解】 句意：它只是从未有机会取得任何真正的进步。 根据“Without that effort”，可知技能无法提升，即无法取得“进步”，应填progress。 【42题详解】 句意：作业分数可能很高，然而作者第二天无法解释观点。 根据“分数高”与“无法解释”之间的转折关系，可知需要转折连词。yet意为“然而”符合转折语境。so“所以”和because“因为”都是表示因果，if“如果”表示条件，均不符。 【43题详解】 句意：它们仍不能掩盖缺乏真正判断力的事实。 根据上文“无法解释观点”及主题“思考能力”，可知指缺乏独立思考的“判断力”。judgement意为“判断力”符合认知能力语境。 【44题详解】 句意：老师仍说机器不能取代了解学生真实生活的人的谈话。 根据后文父母朋友能问后续问题而聊天机器人不能，可知机器无法“取代”真人。replace意为“取代”符合语境逻辑。 【45题详解】 句意：人工智能写出的英文往往文笔精良，所以即便存在一处错误，整篇文本依旧看起来很完美。 根据“polished English”，可知错误容易被掩盖，因此文本显得“完美”，导致学生接受。perfect意为“完美的”符合文意。 【46题详解】 句意：目的是确保学生仍然自己练习困难部分。 根据教育目的及“themselves”，可知学生需亲自“练习”难点。practice“练习”符合学习过程。 【47题详解】 句意：只有第二步才能显示想法是否被真正理解。 根据“try the next problem without it”，可知是为了确认是否“真正”理解。truly意为“真正地”符合验证的目的。 D. Read the passage and complete the tasks（根据短文内容完成任务）（第68至72题，每题2分；第73题6分；共16分） Does a longer day mean more work? When the school bell rings at four, some students still sit over their books until late at night. Many adults do the same at the office. They stay after six, answer messages at supper, and call it hard work. A simple question is worth asking: does more time at the desk always mean more real work? In 2022, 61 companies in the United Kingdom tried a four-day week. About 2,900 people worked fewer hours but kept the same pay. After six months, most companies did not lose money. Some even did a little better. Workers said they slept more and felt less burned out. Ninety-two percent of the firms chose to keep the shorter week. This surprised people who believe that time and output rise together, like two trains on the same track (轨道). Scientists who study attention say the two trains often run apart. Most of us think most clearly between nine and eleven in the morning. After lunch, around two or three, the brain dips. Sitting through that dip with more emails does not make the morning brain come back. It only makes the evening longer. Fang Hongbo, chairman of the Chinese company Midea, once said that more than 95 percent of overtime is empty. He does not work after six. The company later stopped meetings after hours. His point was not that work is unimportant. It was that looking busy is not the same as being useful. Extra hours ____________. A tired person can fill eight extra hours and still leave the real problem untouched. None of these means that difficult tasks need no time. A doctor on a night shift or a student before an exam—they cannot always finish their work at five. The lesson is smaller and stricter. First, decide what must be done. Then, give it the hours when the mind is awake. The rest of the clock is not automatically gold. If Jacob finishes his key maths in the morning and walks at dusk (黄昏), he may learn more than his classmate Kevin who just copies notes until midnight. Work, like sleep, has a shape. Stretching (拉伸) it without care does not make it larger. It only makes it thinner. Task 1: Answer the questions. 48. Did most of the British companies lose money after they tried a four-day week? ________________________________________________________________________ 49. What does “burned out” in paragraph 2 mean? ________________________________________________________________________ 50. What do scientists mean by “two trains that often run apart” in paragraph 3? ________________________________________________________________________ 51. According to paragraph 4, what can be filled in the blank? ________________________________________________________________________ 52. Why may Jacob learn more than Kevin? ________________________________________________________________________ Task 2: 53. Imagine you are Fang Hongbo. An employee always stays after 6 p.m. and looks very busy. What would you say to him? (Write about 30 words) ________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】48. No, they didn’t. 49. It means tired/exhausted. 50. Time and output do not always rise together. 51. are not always useful 52. Because Jacob works when his mind is awake. 53. I appreciate your hard work, but staying late doesn’t mean being useful. Please go home at 6 p.m. and rest. We value efficiency, not just long hours. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要探讨了工作时间长短与工作效率之间的关系，通过英国四天工作制实验、科学家研究及美的集团方洪波的例子，说明延长工作时间并不等于增加实际工作量，效率更重要。 【48题详解】 根据文章第2段“After six months, most companies did not lose money.”可知，大多数公司没有亏钱，所以回答是否定的。 【49题详解】 根据文章第2段“Workers said they slept more and felt less burned out.”及上下文语境可知，该词意为“疲惫”或“精疲力竭”。 【50题详解】 根据文章第3段“This surprised people who believe that time and output rise together, like two trains on the same track (轨道). Scientists who study attention say the two trains often run apart.”可知，时间和产出并不总是一起增长。 【51题详解】 根据文章第4段“It was that looking busy is not the same as being useful. Extra hours ____________.”及后文“A tired person can fill eight extra hours and still leave the real problem untouched.”可知，额外的时间并非总是有用的。 【52题详解】 根据文章第5段“Then, give it the hours when the mind is awake. The rest of the clock is not automatically gold. If Jacob finishes his key maths in the morning... he may learn more than his classmate Kevin who just copies notes until midnight.”可知，Jacob在头脑清醒时学习效率高。 【53题详解】 根据文章第4段方洪波的观点“looking busy is not the same as being useful”及第5段效率优先的理念，作为方洪波应劝员工注重效率而非加班时长，字数约30词，合理即可，答案不唯一。示例：I appreciate your hard work, but staying late doesn’t mean being useful. Please go home at 6 p.m. and rest. We value efficiency, not just long hours. VI. Writing（作文）（共20分） 54. 学校学生发展中心王老师正在招募校园岗位志愿者。假设你是李华，请从下列岗位中任选一个，向王老师递交一封不少于60词的英文申请信： A. School Radio Host（校园广播站主播） B. Peer Support Letter Responder（心理互助信箱回信员） C. Lab Safety Helper（实验室安全助理） 申请信内容包括： 1.你申请这个岗位的原因； 2.你胜任这个岗位的条件； 3.你能为学校带来的改变； 4.你为此需要做出的努力。 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文： Dear Mr. Wang,         I’m Li Hua. I’m writing to apply for the School Radio Host.         I love this job because I enjoy sharing news. I speak English fluently and won a speech contest last term. Also, I’m outgoing and responsible. If I become a host, I will bring wonderful music to relax students. To do better, I will practice daily and learn more about radio programs.         I hope I can have the chance. Yours Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】写作步骤 [第一步：审题立意] 确定文体：书信作文（申请信），以一般现在时为主 明确要点：申请岗位的原因、胜任岗位的条件、能为学校带来的改变、为此需要做出的努力 确定人称：第一人称（I/my） 注意事项：语言简洁礼貌，符合书信格式，要点齐全，逻辑清晰，不少于60词 [第二步：构思布局] 三段式结构： 开头段：向王老师表明申请校园广播站主播岗位 主体段：分层说明申请原因、个人优势；阐述当选后能带来的改变和自身努力计划 结尾段：表达希望获得机会，礼貌收尾 [第三步：要点展开] 要点一：表明写信目的，申请岗位 岗位名称：School Radio Host/Peer Support Letter Responder/Lab Safety Helper 写信目的：apply for.../write to apply for the position等 要点二：申请岗位的原因 个人爱好：enjoy sharing news/love broadcasting等 要点三：胜任岗位的条件 语言能力：speak English fluently/won a speech contest等 个人品质：outgoing/responsible/careful等 要点四：能为学校带来的改变 改变：bring wonderful music/relax students/share fresh information/enrich school life/bring interesting stories/add fun to school days等 要点五：为此需要做出的努力 行动计划：practice daily/learn more about radio programs/collect useful materials/improve my skills/prepare carefully/practise pronunciation等 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 市西初级九年级第一学期英语学科调研试卷 （满分140分，考试时间100分钟） 2026.10 考生注意：本卷有6大题，共74小题。试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。 Part 1 Listening（第一部分 听力） I. Listening comprehension（听力理解）（30分） A. Listen and choose the right picture（根据听到的句子，选出相应的图片。每句播放两遍）（本大题共5题，每题1分，共5分） 1. A. B. C. 2. A. B. C. 3. A. B. C. 4. A. B. C. 5. A. B. C. B. Listen to the short conversations and choose the best answer to each question you hear （根据听到的短对话，选出最恰当的答案。对话和问题都播放两遍）（本大题共5题，每题1分，共5分） 6. A. A teacher. B. A lawyer. C. A librarian. 7. A. A manager. B. A hairdresser. C. A painter. 8. A. In a supermarket. B. In a park. C. In a restaurant. 9. A. High-paid. B. Tiring. C. Meaningful. 10. A. The man is a community volunteer. B. The man has done volunteer work before. C. The man is having a job interview. C. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear （根据听到的短文，选出最恰当的答案。短文播放两遍）（本大题共5题，每题2分，共10分） 11. What time does the trainee chef begin to work in the kitchen? A. 5:30. B. 6:00. C. 6:30. 12. Why does everything have to be ready by eleven o'clock? A. Because regular customers start arriving at eleven o'clock. B. Because the head chef leaves the kitchen at eleven o'clock. C. Because the restaurant doesn't open for lunch at eleven o'clock. 13. What does the trainee chef do in the afternoon? A. Have free time. B. Clean the kitchen. C. Buy ingredients. 14. How long does the trainee chef stand every day? A. Eleven hours. B. Fourteen hours. C. Sixteen hours. 15. What is the trainee chef's future dream? A. Being a head chef. B. Opening a restaurant. C. Cooking for famous people. D. Listen to the passage and complete the table（根据听到的短文完成表格。每空不超过三个词。短文播放两遍）（本大题共5题，每题2分，共10分） Job Fields Basic Requirements Core Tasks & Details News Media Need a university degree or some kind of 16. ___________ A 17. ___________ is someone who interviews people and writes reports. Medical Care Must be patient and spend a long period studying. A dentist uses 18. ___________ that helps them check the mouth clearly. Logistics Must have a driving license if you want to be 19. ___________ It is an important job which sends every single 20. ___________ Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar （第二部分 词汇和语法）（30分） II. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）（本大题共10题，每题1分，共10分） The Spring Festival has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产名录). People across China and in Chinese communities around the world are celebrating this honor with pride. The decision was made at a UNESCO meeting in December 2024. The organization praised the festival for its colorful traditions, its focus on family, and the way ____1____ we spend time with our family. The festival shows people’s hopes for a better life and their love for both their family and country. The Spring Festival is the ____2____ holiday for Chinese people. It has a history of over 4,000 years. Today, it is still a joyful time for family reunions, enjoying festive meals, giving red envelopes, and lighting fireworks. Traditional art forms such as dragon dances, paper cutting, and lantern shows continue ____3____ the season. The news spread quickly online. On the social media, a hashtag (话题标签) about UNESCO’s decision drew more than 400 million views. Many users suggested calling the festival by its Chinese name, Chunjie. This is like how more people now use “loong” ____4____ “dragon” to highlight the unique character of the Chinese creature. ____5____ UNESCO’s official recognition, the festival is seen as a cultural treasure for all — one that brings joy, hope and togetherness to people everywhere. 1. A. who B. that C. what 2. A. important B. more important C. most important 3. A. to brighten B. to brightening C. brighten 4. A. as well B. instead of C. without 5. A. Although B. Due to C. Because Chua Lam, a famous food critic (评论家) in the Chinese-speaking world, died at 83 in 2025. Known as one of Hong Kong’s “four great talents”, Chua was a popular movie producer, a writer and a host of food and travel shows. Here’s an ____6____ with him in 2016. Host: Why did you turn from movies to food writing? Chua: When I was a film producer, I had to travel around the world to find film locations. Other team members focused on the scenery ____7____ I focused more on food, which I am always interested in. I was invited to write a column (专栏) and the publishers let me write anything I liked. So, I wrote a lot about food and restaurants. Now, people see ____8____ as a food critic. Host: What is good food? Chua: A good meal is more than just the taste. It is related to your memory and preference. Many people think the food cooked by their mother is the best. Many migrants love the food of the countries where they come from. I was born in Singapore and I like many Singaporean dishes. But now I think the lifestyle has changed so much in Singapore that the taste is ____9____ when I was young. Host: Who is the cook at home, you or your wife? Chua: I am the cook at home. I can cook 30 different types of noodles in a month, one dish for each day.I believe one should eat whatever they enjoy and keep ____10____ all the time. A happy person will also be a healthy person. 6. A. interview B. survey C. program 7. A. because B. while C. so 8. A. me B. myself C. mine 9. A. the same as B. similar to C. different from 10. A. smile B. smiling C. to smile III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once （将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（本大题共10题，每题1分，共10分） A. emergency B. equipment C. interior D. quickly E. slowly F. patient A firefighter is a hero in our community. He must be ____11____ with frightened people when carrying out rescues. Before every mission, he carefully checks his fire-fighting ____12____ to make sure everything works properly. When a(n) ____13____ happens, he will react ____14____ and rush to the scene. When he enters the ____15____ part of a burning building, he moves carefully and watches out for possible dangers. The work is full of risks. It teaches us that people in such jobs stick to their duties and protect others with courage. A. organise B. standard C. period D. background E. fix F. scientific Mr Li is a community researcher. He has a strong educational ____16____ and rich working experience. He will ____17____ a survey on teenagers’ after-school lives. During this ____18____ of time, he will set a high ____19____ for all collected data. He will use ____20____ methods to study the information. He hopes to find out what troubles young people most. He will talk with students and their parents. He believes the results can help schools understand teenagers better and offer proper support. IV. Complete the dialogue（补全对话）（本大题共5题，每题2分，共10分） Situation: Amy is talking with Ms Chen about her dream job. Amy: Ms Chen, I’m thinking about my future job. Could you give me some ideas on how to get my dream job? Ms Chen: Ok, sure. What would you like to do? Amy: ________21________.（表达想要成为一名社交媒体博主） Ms Chen: Sounds cool! ________22________?（询问为什么想要做这个职业） Amy: Because I like making short videos online. I think I need to be good at video-making skills. Ms Chen: Yes, it’s necessary for you to master video-making skills. It’s also your duty to create positive and useful content. Amy: I see. ________23________.（表达我的职责是传递正能量给人们） Ms Chen: You’re right. You also need skills in organising creative ideas and communicating with your followers. Amy: Got it. I will work hard for it. ________24________.（表达自己也要努力获取一些经验） Ms Chen: Can’t agree more! You can start posting short videos on your own social media account. Amy: Sounds great. ________25________.（对陈老师的建议表示感谢） Ms Chen: You’re welcome. Set a goal and keep practising. Your dream will come true. Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分 阅读与写作） V. Reading Comprehension（阅读理解）（60分） A. Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）（每题2分，共12分） Riverside Town sits between the West River and the East Hills. Every autumn, visitors can follow a Career Trail to meet the people who keep the town alive and to find out why they work. Ms Lin, who works in the Old Book Studio by the river, repairs books that are hundreds of years old. “Every page I save is a piece of history,” she says. Dr Chen is a heart surgeon at Riverside Hospital in the north. He often stays late because a small mistake can cost a life. Mr Zhou, a dough sculptor at the Heritage Craft Yard in the East Hills, learnt the skill from his grandfather. Few young people want to take it up. Firefighter Wu works near Town Square. He says he works not for money, but to keep families safe. Ms Gao, who designed the high-speed rail that connects the town to the city, is not on today’s trail. “A good job is one that helps others and makes you proud,” Ms Lin told a group of visitors. Lily’s Career Trail Schedule 08:30 Meet at Town Square (centre of the map) 09:00-10:20 Old Book Studio—Ms Lin, west by the river 10:40-12:00 Riverside Hospital—Dr Chen, north near the hills 13:30-14:40 Heritage Craft Yard—Mr Zhou, East Hills 15:00-16:00 Fire Station—Firefighter Wu, near Town Square 16:20 Return to Town Square for a sharing talk 26. Where will you most likely find this text and map? A. In a science report on how rivers are formed. B. In a local magazine introducing jobs in the town. C. In a tourist brochure for an amusement park. D. In a notice telling patients how to find the hospital. 27. From the text and the map, we can infer that Ms Lin’s job ________. A. is popular among young people in the East Hills B. requires her to work outdoors on the river all day C. is valued more for its meaning than for high pay D. is the only stop that Lily will make before lunch 28. Which picture was most likely taken at the Heritage Craft Yard? A. B. C. D. 29. The following sentences are describing ________. This quiet workplace stands beside the water. The person who works here spends hours repairing things that are old and fragile. She believes that a small piece of paper can carry a whole story from the past. A. Riverside Hospital B. Old Book Studio C. Heritage Craft Yard D. Fire Station 30. Which of the following sentences is TRUE? A. Lily can finish the hospital visit and still arrive at the Craft Yard before 12:00. B. The Fire Station is farther from Town Square than the Heritage Craft Yard. C. Lily spends more time with Ms Lin than with Firefighter Wu. D. Ms Gao will give a talk at Town Square at 16:20. 31. A visitor is waiting at Town Square. She wants to meet someone whose work can put lives at risk if a mistake is made. She only has time for a workplace next to the square, not a long walk north or a climb into the East Hills. Who is she most likely to meet? A. Ms Lin. B. Dr Chen. C. Mr Zhou. D. Firefighter Wu. B. Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）（每题2分，共12分） Helen Brooks-A Lock Keeper When I left school, I worked in a shop in town. The pay was fine, but I spent all day indoors and missed being outside. One weekend I took a boat trip on the canal with a friend. I watched the lock keeper open the heavy wooden gates so our boat could move up to the next level of water. It looked peaceful, and I thought, “I want that job.” A few months later a position came up near my village. I applied, not really expecting to get it. The first weeks were harder than I had imagined. I had thought I would just open and close gates when boats arrived. In fact, I had to learn how water levels are controlled, how to check safety equipment every morning, and what to do when a boat breaks down. I also needed to know about local wildlife, because injured birds and dirty water have to be reported. After a short course with an experienced keeper, I was allowed to work on my own. People often think a lock keeper only helps boats through. That is part of it, of course, but it is not the whole story. I cut the grass, paint the gates, pull rubbish out of the canal and answer visitors’ questions about the village. The most useful skill, though, is staying calm when several boats arrive at once, or when a family has never used a lock before. You cannot show them that you are worried; you just give clear instructions and keep everyone safe. I live in a small house beside the lock, so I am never really off duty. Walkers knock on my door for directions, and boat owners sometimes call late if something goes wrong. It can be tiring, but I would not go back to the shop. When a boat moves smoothly through and the people on board wave and thank me, I know why I stay. Those moments, and the quiet evenings by the water, matter more to me than a higher salary in town. 32. Why did Helen first become interested in working as a lock keeper? A. She was offered the job by a friend on a boat trip. B. She wanted to earn more than she did in the shop. C. She saw the work being done and thought she would enjoy it. D. She needed to live closer to her village. 33. What does Helen say about her early days in the job? A. She was surprised how much there was to learn. B. She already knew how to control the water. C. She was left alone from the first morning. D. She found the training course unnecessary. 34. What does “That” refer to in the sentence “That is part of it, of course, but it is not the whole story”? A. Answering visitors’ questions. B. Helping boats through the lock. C. Staying calm with new boat owners. D. Checking the safety equipment. 35. What does Helen feel is the most useful skill in her work? A. Being able to repair boats that have broken down. B. Knowing a lot about the history of the village. C. Keeping calm and giving clear help when it is busy. D. Making the lock look attractive for tourists. 36. Why has Helen written this text? A. To advertise vacant jobs on the local canal. B. To show how her understanding of the job has grown. C. To warn first-time visitors that locks are dangerous. D. To argue that outdoor work should be better paid. 37. If Helen were offered her old shop job again, with better pay, she would probably ________. A. take it for the extra money B. take it to have free evenings C. stay at the lock D. take it only in winter C. Choose the best answer to complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（每题2分，共20分） Do you ever let an AI tool finish your homework in one minute? It feels efficient, and many classmates now do the same after a long day at school. New studies, however, suggest that this shortcut may be more ____38____ than it first appears. A nationwide survey by the China Youth and Children Research Center found that more than 60 percent of primary and secondary students have used AI. Nearly one in five use it regularly. Among them, about 71 percent said they turn to AI for ideas or for schoolwork. That sounds like a smart shortcut at first. Speed, though, is not the same as understanding. Researchers wanted to know what happens to students' thinking. Once the screen goes dark, they must work ____39____. An OECD report in 2026 offered an uncomfortable result. Students who practised maths with AI looked strong on practice questions. They even finished those questions faster than the other group. On closed-book tests, they fell 17 percent behind classmates who had practised without it. The practice score, in other words, had ____40____ them. Why does this gap appear? When an answer arrives in seconds, the hard part of the task disappears. The hard part is exactly what trains the brain. Without that effort, a skill is not lost. It is simply never given a chance to make any real ____41____. Teachers see the same problem in writing class. A student can hand in a clean essay in five minutes. The sentences look fine on the page. The homework mark may be high, ____42____ the writer cannot explain the ideas the next day. A professor writing in China Daily made the same point. If every difficult step is handed to a machine, students may leave school with fluent sentences. Those sentences can impress a reader at first sight. They still cannot hide a lack of real ____43____. Thinking needs time, and time is what AI takes away. Some teenagers also tell AI about their worries. The tool replies at once and never laughs at them. That can feel safe at midnight. Teachers still say a machine cannot ____44____ a talk with someone who knows the student's real life. Parents and friends ask follow-up questions. A chatbot usually does not. There is a further problem. AI often writes in polished English, so the whole text can look ____45____, even with a mistake. Students who do not check the facts may accept a wrong idea just because it reads well. The English is clean, but the facts may not be. Chinese education officials now ask schools to guide AI use by age. Middle school students may study AI-generated text, but they should not hand it in as their own. The aim is not to ban the tool. It is to make sure students still ____46____ the difficult parts themselves. A safer habit, experts say, is to treat AI as a tutor. Let it explain one step. Then shut the page and try the next problem without it. Only that second step shows whether the idea has been ____47____ understood. Used in this way, AI can still help. Used as a ghostwriter, it cannot build the thinking you will need when no screen is allowed. 38. A. useful B. serious C. popular D. modern 39. A. alone B. together C. quickly D. easily 40. A. supported B. amused C. fooled D. impressed 41. A. progress B. comfort C. silence D. payment 42. A. so B. because C. yet D. if 43. A. responsibility B. value C. requirements D. judgement 44. A. translate B. record C. delay D. replace 45. A. perfect B. personal C. patient D. foolish 46. A. practice B. deliver C. celebrate D. avoid 47. A. truly B. hardly C. politely D. widely D. Read the passage and complete the tasks（根据短文内容完成任务）（第68至72题，每题2分；第73题6分；共16分） Does a longer day mean more work? When the school bell rings at four, some students still sit over their books until late at night. Many adults do the same at the office. They stay after six, answer messages at supper, and call it hard work. A simple question is worth asking: does more time at the desk always mean more real work? In 2022, 61 companies in the United Kingdom tried a four-day week. About 2,900 people worked fewer hours but kept the same pay. After six months, most companies did not lose money. Some even did a little better. Workers said they slept more and felt less burned out. Ninety-two percent of the firms chose to keep the shorter week. This surprised people who believe that time and output rise together, like two trains on the same track (轨道). Scientists who study attention say the two trains often run apart. Most of us think most clearly between nine and eleven in the morning. After lunch, around two or three, the brain dips. Sitting through that dip with more emails does not make the morning brain come back. It only makes the evening longer. Fang Hongbo, chairman of the Chinese company Midea, once said that more than 95 percent of overtime is empty. He does not work after six. The company later stopped meetings after hours. His point was not that work is unimportant. It was that looking busy is not the same as being useful. Extra hours ____________. A tired person can fill eight extra hours and still leave the real problem untouched. None of these means that difficult tasks need no time. A doctor on a night shift or a student before an exam—they cannot always finish their work at five. The lesson is smaller and stricter. First, decide what must be done. Then, give it the hours when the mind is awake. The rest of the clock is not automatically gold. If Jacob finishes his key maths in the morning and walks at dusk (黄昏), he may learn more than his classmate Kevin who just copies notes until midnight. Work, like sleep, has a shape. Stretching (拉伸) it without care does not make it larger. It only makes it thinner. Task 1: Answer the questions. 48. Did most of the British companies lose money after they tried a four-day week? ________________________________________________________________________ 49. What does “burned out” in paragraph 2 mean? ________________________________________________________________________ 50. What do scientists mean by “two trains that often run apart” in paragraph 3? ________________________________________________________________________ 51. According to paragraph 4, what can be filled in the blank? ________________________________________________________________________ 52. Why may Jacob learn more than Kevin? ________________________________________________________________________ Task 2: 53. Imagine you are Fang Hongbo. An employee always stays after 6 p.m. and looks very busy. What would you say to him? (Write about 30 words) ________________________________________________________________________ VI. Writing（作文）（共20分） 54. 学校学生发展中心王老师正在招募校园岗位志愿者。假设你是李华，请从下列岗位中任选一个，向王老师递交一封不少于60词的英文申请信： A. School Radio Host（校园广播站主播） B. Peer Support Letter Responder（心理互助信箱回信员） C. Lab Safety Helper（实验室安全助理） 申请信内容包括： 1.你申请这个岗位的原因； 2.你胜任这个岗位的条件； 3.你能为学校带来的改变； 4.你为此需要做出的努力。 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $