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2026学年第一学期阶段练习 高三英语试卷 （考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分） Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answer on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. In a gym. B. At a circus. C. In a car. D. At a restaurant. 2. A. It is outstanding. B. It needs more promotion. C. It features a famous artist. D. It is far from his expectation. 3. A. What the conference is about. B. When the conference will be held. C. How they are going to the conference. D. Where they will go for the conference. 4. A. She would like some help. B. She does not want any help. C. She already has enough help. D. She is unsure if she needs help. 5. A. Work harder. B. Take a break. C. Change her job. D. Ignore the stress. 6. A. It will have sci-fi elements. B. It will inspire a sci-fi movie. C. It will have an age-old theme. D. It will ask participants to dress casually. 7. A. He failed to get the tickets. B. He got the tickets but it was difficult. C. He found a way to get the tickets easily. D. He decided to give up the tickets to the woman. 8. A. She is definitely going. B. She has decided not to go. C. She thinks the event will be boring. D. She is hesitant about whether to go. 9. A. She dislikes her new job. B. Last year was terrible for her. C. They have been busy for the last year. D. They need to accomplish more next year. 10. A. Success takes time and effort. B. He should rush his preparation. C. The presentation is unimportant. D. He should devote more to preparation. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Food traditions. B. Farming customs. C. Eating techniques. D. Animal domestication. 12. A. What they could plant as food. B. What animals they kept at home. C. What farming techniques they developed. D. What they could find in their surroundings. 13. A. Chopsticks. B. A seashell. C. Pointed knives. D. Spoons. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The future of the English language. B. The impact of the English language. C. The evolution of the English language. D. The protection of the English language. 15. A. English became standardized. B. English grammar became simpler. C. French was absorbed into English. D. French replaced English for a short time. 16. A. People all over the world had adapted it. B. The world needed a language for business. C. English was considered a flexible language. D. English contained a rich and large vocabulary. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Approaches to gardening. B. The benefits of gardening. C. A community gardening project. D. Recipes for home-grown tomatoes. 18. A. He is greatly interested in gardening B. He spends a lot of time on gardening. C. Gardening brings him close to nature. D. Gardening enables him to see various plants. 19. A. They allow for social bonding. B. They often involve big gardens. C. They require more special skills. D. They are popular among citizens. 20. A. The idea of making homemade salad. B. The opportunity to grow unusual plants. C. The suggestion to join a community garden D. The availability of gardening tools at home. I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Hoverflies: Small Insects with a Big Job When people think about insects that help flowers reproduce, bees are usually the first ones they remember. This is understandable, as bees play a leading role in carrying pollen (花粉) from flower to flower. But they are not the only hard workers in nature. Hoverflies, small insects that look a bit like bees, are also important. Studies have shown that they help many of the world’s crops and wild plants grow ____1____ moving pollen between flowers. Even ____2____ (interesting) is that some hoverflies travel great distances. Scientists in Britain once found that billions of them cross the English Channel every year. ____3____ they fly so far, they may help mix plant genes between different areas and make ecosystems stronger. To find out ____4____ far their influence could reach, researchers decided to collect hoverflies from a place without any plants nearby — an oil platform in the North Sea, between Scotland and Norway. During four research trips between 2021 and 2023, 112 hoverflies ____5____ (catch) on the platform as they stopped for a short rest. On nearly all of them, they found pollen, sometimes from as many as 14 kinds of plants. In total, the scientists discovered pollen from more than 100 species. The most common came from wild plants such as nettles and black elder, but some also came from crops grown ____6____ (produce) vegetables, cereals, nuts, and fruits. By examining air movements, the researchers learned that these insects probably came from the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, and that they might ____7____ (continue) their journey to Scotland or Norway. The places ____8____ they were heading also had the same plant types as the pollen they carried. This suggests that hoverflies quietly connect faraway regions, ____9____ (help) plants hundreds of kilometres apart to reproduce. Though often ____10____ (ignore), they play a key role in keeping our world both productive and beautifully balanced. 【答案】1. by 2. more interesting 3. Because##As##Since 4. how 5. were caught 6. to produce 7. have continued 8. where 9. helping 10. ignored 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了食蚜蝇虽小但对植物授粉和生态系统有重要作用。 【1题详解】 考查介词。句意：研究表明，它们通过在花朵之间传播花粉，帮助世界上许多作物和野生植物生长。此处表示“通过”，用介词by，故填by。 【2题详解】 考查形容词比较级。句意：更有趣的是，一些食蚜蝇会长途飞行。此处表示“更有趣的”，用形容词比较级more interesting，作表语，故填more interesting。 【3题详解】 考查状语从句。句意：因为它们飞得这么远，它们可能有助于不同地区之间的植物基因混合，使生态系统更加强大。前后文是因果关系，本空引导原因状语从句，可用because/as/since“因为”引导，句首单词，首字母大写。故填Because/As/Since。 【4题详解】 考查宾语从句。句意：为了弄清楚它们的影响能有多远，研究人员决定从附近没有任何植物的地方——苏格兰和挪威之间的北海的一个石油平台上收集食蚜蝇。本空引导宾语从句，表示“多么”，用how引导。故填how。 【5题详解】 考查动词语态。句意：在2021年至2023年的四次研究旅行中，112只食蚜蝇在平台上短暂休息时被捕获。且“During four research trips between 2021 and 2023”可知，句子描述过去发生的事，时态用一般过去时，catch“捕捉”和主语112 hoverflies是被动关系，用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是复数，be动词用were，故填were caught。 【6题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：最常见的来自野生植物，如荨麻和黑接骨木，但有些也来自种植用于生产蔬菜、谷物、坚果和水果的作物。本句谓语为came，此处为非谓语动词，作目的状语，用produce“生产”的不定式形式，故填to produce。 【7题详解】 考查情态动词+have done。句意：通过分析气流运动，研究人员发现这些昆虫可能来自荷兰、德国和丹麦，而且它们或许已经继续飞往苏格兰或挪威了。前面宾语从句的谓语是过去式came，“that they might ... their journey...”是并列的宾语从句，是对过去已发生事件的可能性推测，应该是might + have done。故填have continued。 【8题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：它们要去的地方也有和它们携带的花粉相同的植物类型。空处引导定语从句，先行词是places，关系词代替先行词在从句中作地点状语，用关系副词where，故填where。 【9题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：这表明，食蚜蝇悄悄地连接着遥远的地区，帮助相隔数百公里的植物繁殖。从句谓语为connect，此处为非谓语动词，且hoverflies与help“帮助”为主动关系，应用现在分词，作状语。故填helping。 【10题详解】 考查状语从句中的省略。句意：尽管常常被忽视，但它们在维持地球物产丰饶和生态平衡方面发挥着关键作用。当让步状语从句的主语与主句主语一致，且从句中含有 be 动词时，可省略从句的主语和 be 动词。ignore“忽视”。本句中的让步状语从句完整句子为Though they are often ignored，省略they are，保留过去分词。故填ignored。 Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. clocked B. flexibility C. operational D. stress-related E. favor F. productivity G. scale H. strain I. granted J. shift K. excessive A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a trial at Microsoft suggest that such an arrangement could work even for major corporations. The company launched a program in Japan called the “Work-Life Choice Challenge.” During the trial, it shut down its offices every Friday and ____11____ all employees an additional day off each week. The results were striking. While the amount of time spent at work was substantially reduced, ____12____, measured by sales per employee, rose by nearly 40 percent compared with the same period the previous year. In addition to cutting working hours, managers urged staff to reduce the time spent in meetings and responding to emails. Meetings were generally limited to 30 minutes, while employees were encouraged to ____13____ some of their communication from lengthy face-to-face meetings to an online messaging platform. The new arrangement found considerable ____14____ among employees, with more than 90 percent of those involved responding positively to the measures. Closing the offices for an extra day also helped the company reduce ____15____ costs, including electricity expenses. The initiative came at an important time. Japan has long struggled with a culture of overwork that can have serious, and sometimes fatal, consequences. The problem is so severe that the country has coined a term for death from overwork, often resulting from ____16____ illnesses or severe depression. Several widely reported deaths later drew international attention to the issue. Investigations showed that the demands placed on some employees had become ____17____, far exceeding what could reasonably be expected in a normal working environment. In one case, a journalist’s employer disclosed that she had ____18____ 159 hours of overtime in the month preceding her death. These cases have prompted both businesses and the government to seek solutions. Some companies have begun offering employees greater ____19____ in when and where they work, while government campaigns have encouraged workers to leave the office earlier on selected Fridays. Microsoft has continued to explore ways of improving work-life balance without sacrificing efficiency. If similar experiments continue to produce positive results, companies may eventually ____20____ up such initiatives, testing whether shorter workweeks can succeed on a much broader level. 【答案】11. I 12. F 13. J 14. E 15. C 16. D 17. K 18. A 19. B 20. G 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述微软在日本开展四天工作制试验成效显著，这也为日本过劳问题提供新的解决思路。 【11题详解】 考查动词。句意：在试验期间，它每周五关闭办公室，并给予所有员工额外一天假期。结合空后“all employees an additional day off each week”可知，是给予员工额外的一天假期，grant sb. sth.“给予某人某物”，and连接并列谓语，时态为一般过去时，grant用过去式granted。 【12题详解】 考查名词。句意：虽然在岗工作时间大幅减少，但以人均销售额衡量的生产力，较去年同期上升了近40%。根据后文 “measured by sales per employee”可知，此处指生产力，名词productivity“生产力”符合题意，作句子主语。 【13题详解】 考查动词。句意：会议一般限制在30分钟，同时鼓励员工把一部分沟通方式从冗长的面对面会议转向线上消息平台。结合下文“from lengthy face-to-face meetings to an online messaging platform”可知，此处指把工作转移到线上消息平台，shift …from…to…“把……从……转向……”；encourage sb. to do是固定搭配，空处填动词shift的原形。 【14题详解】 考查名词。句意：这项新安排在员工中大受青睐，超过90%的参与者对这些举措给出积极反馈。结合下文“with more than 90 percent of those involved responding positively to the measures”可知，这项新安排受到员工的青睐，名词favor“青睐”符合题意，find favor among sb.“受到某人欢迎、获得青睐”，作宾语。 【15题详解】 考查形容词。句意：额外关闭一天办公室也帮助公司降低运营成本，包括电费。结合下文“including electricity expenses”可知，此处指公司的运营成本，形容词operational“运营的”符合题意，作定语，operational costs表示“运营成本”。 【16题详解】 考查形容词。句意：这个问题十分严峻，日本甚至创造了过劳死一词，这类死亡常常由和压力相关的疾病或重度抑郁引发。根据上文“death from overwork”可知，此处指压力过大导致的疾病，形容词stress-related“和压力相关的”符合题意，作定语。 【17题详解】 考查形容词。句意：调查显示，施加在部分员工身上的工作需求已经过度，远超正常工作环境下的合理预期。become 后接形容词作表语，结合下文“far exceeding what could reasonably be expected in a normal working environment”可知，此处指过度的工作要求，形容词excessive“过多的，过度的”符合题意，作表语。 【18题详解】 考查动词。句意：在一个案例中，一名记者的雇主透露，她在去世前一个月累计加班时长达到159小时。结合下文“159 hours of overtime in the month”可知，此处指加班的累计时长，clock作动词表示“（时间）累计达到”，had接过去分词clocked。 【19题详解】 考查名词。句意：一些公司开始给员工在工作时间和地点上提供更大的灵活度。呼应下文“while government campaigns have encouraged workers to leave the office earlier on selected Fridays.”此处指公司在工作时间和地点上提供更大的灵活度，名词flexibility“灵活性”符合题意，作宾语。 【20题详解】 考查动词。句意：如果类似试验持续产出好结果，企业最终可能扩大这类试点项目，测试短工时制能否在更广的范围落地。结合上文“If similar experiments continue to produce positive results”可知，企业可能扩大这类试点项目，scale up“扩大规模”，情态动词may后接动词原形。 II. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. An asylum (避难)-seeker trying to enter Britain, an Australian approaching retirement, and the parent of a child with special needs may seem to have little in common. Yet each knows more about what the British state can offer than the government expects. The British government has long assumed people are, in general, ____21____ the state’s obligations. Increasingly, the opposite is the ____22____: people know too much. The knowledge comes from unexpected sources. TikTok is a wealth of information for people trying to claim asylum. Reddit forums offer expert guidance to people dealing with the Department for Work and Pensions. Memes about ____23____, shared on WhatsApp and Facebook, can get the message across better than government campaigns. What happens when people are more knowledgeable than the state assumes? Some consequences are ____24____. Governments have long struggled to sign up older people for pension credit, which ____25____ the income of low-income pensioners. Until recently, a third of qualifying pensioners did not apply for something worth up to £4,300 ($5,600) a year. Labour’s decision to cancel the less valuable winter-fuel allowance (worth about £300) for everyone except those on pension credit changed that. Social media helped spread the word across generations, and this time pensioners actually signed up for free money. About 235,000 people applied for pension credit after the announcement, up 81% from the same period the previous year. Cutting the winter-fuel allowance was intended to reduce public spending. With far more pensioners now claiming the more valuable benefit, however, those savings may prove less ____26____ than expected. Other consequences are negative. When unlikely flaws appear, they go viral. Britain is changing its rules on making national-insurance contributions for earlier years to qualify for a pension. This has caused unexpected interest in, of all places, Australia. A three-year period working in Britain — common enough among Australians — can make someone eligible for part of a state pension, provided that additional contributions are made. Given that a state pension is worth at least £3,000 per year from retirement, it is a good deal. How-to guides have spread widely on Instagram. Up to 2m people could qualify, even if few are likely to apply. The sudden interest does not necessarily point to ____27____; rather, people are simply learning to claim benefits they were already entitled to. Relying on unawareness about entitlements has long been a tool of the British state. When it comes to asylum, it no longer ____28____. Asylum-seekers trying to reach Britain have detailed knowledge of both Britain’s and the EU’s asylum systems. Again, the knowledge comes from the same sources: on TikTok smugglers (走私者) advertise their services, while advice about the British asylum system circulates freely on messaging apps. Britain, like much of Europe, introduced generous asylum obligations in the ____29____ that few people would come. Now lots do. The fact that many eligible people do not actually claim benefits is the secret behind many British welfare programs. Because not everyone who qualifies actually claims these benefits, the British state can, at times, afford to be ____30____. Under one government-supported scheme, disabled people can exchange a mobility allowance worth about £75 a week for a car. Thanks to various government subsidies and guarantees — since the government pays the scheme directly, its cost of borrowing is low and it is VAT-exempt (免税的) — it is a bargain. A BMW i4 costs about £650 a month from a normal rental company; it is ____31____ that under the scheme. About 815,000 people use it, while another 1.6m people are entitled to it. Some prefer the cash. Plenty of others simply do not yet know what ____32____ the scheme offers. Thanks to TikTok, Reddit and X, they soon will. What happens when everyone tries to claim what they are ____33____? Special-needs provision is an unhappy example. Education, Health and Care plans allow parents to claim benefits worth tens of thousands if their child has learning difficulties. The number of children on such plans has risen from under 240,000 in 2014 to nearly 600,000 in 2024. Partly, this is due to an increase in cases. Often, it is ____34____. Parents are guided by a large amount of advice, from Reddit to Mumsnet, an influential message board, to TikTok. The result? About 20 councils are at risk of ____35____ solely because of the cost of special-needs provision. 21. A. responsible for B. ignorant about C. subject to D. free from 22. A. deception B. meaning C. creation D. norm 23. A. tech struggles B. internet cultures C. welfare entitlements D. childhood nostalgia 24. A. essential B. mixed C. grave D. controversial 25. A. measures B. supplements C. replaces D. guarantees 26. A. immediate B. substantial C. predictable D. sustainable 27. A. abuse B. inequality C. generosity D. confusion 28. A. matters B. exists C. works D. changes 29. A. spirit B. expectation C. name D. claim 30. A. generous B. bureaucratic C. conservative D. controversial 31. A. roughly double B. just half C. the same as D. slightly over 32. A. firm policy B. short-term strategy C. good value D. pioneering work 33. A. owed B. accused C. called D. trained 34. A. misunderstanding B. stress C. awareness D. budget 35. A. exploitation B. injustice C. independence D. bankruptcy 【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. C 35. D 【解析】 【导语】文章探讨了英国政府福利制度中一个矛盾现象——政府长期假设民众对福利权益无知，但社交媒体的普及使民众获取信息能力远超预期，导致福利申请激增，带来正反双重影响。 【21题详解】 考查形容词短语。句意：英国政府长期以来认为，总的来说，人们对国家的义务一无所知。A. responsible for对……负责；B. ignorant about不了解；C. subject to受制于；D. free from免于。后文“the opposite is the ____ : people know too much”表明政府原假设民众“不了解”。 【22题详解】 考查名词。句意：情况正越来越相反，这种相反的状态已成为常态：民众知道的太多了。A. deception欺骗；B. meaning意义；C. creation创造；D. norm常态。根据下文“The knowledge comes from unexpected sources. TikTok is a wealth of information for people trying to claim asylum. Reddit forums offer expert guidance to people dealing with the Department for Work and Pensions. ”可知，民众知晓福利权益的情况是常态。 【23题详解】 考查名词短语。句意：在WhatsApp和脸书上传播的关于福利权益的表情包，比政府宣传活动能更好地传递信息。A. tech struggles技术困境；B. internet cultures网络文化；C. welfare entitlements福利权益；D. childhood nostalgia童年怀旧。全文围绕福利政策展开，且前文提到“claim asylum”和“Reddit forums offer expert guidance to people dealing with the Department for Work and Pensions.”均与福利相关。 【24题详解】 考查形容词。句意：这种现象带来的后果是好坏参半的。A. essential必要的；B. mixed混合的；C. grave严重的；D. controversial有争议的。后文分别阐述了“养老金申请率提升，更多老年人获得补贴”的积极后果，以及“特殊需求福利申请激增，地方议会面临风险”的消极后果，可见后果是“好坏混合”的。 【25题详解】 考查动词。句意：政府长期难以让老年人申领养老金补贴，该补贴补充低收入养老金领取者的收入。A. measures测量；B. supplements补充；C. replaces替代；D. guarantees保证。根据上文“pension credit”和下文“the income of low-income pensioners”可知，补贴是用来补充养老金收入。 【26题详解】 考查形容词。句意：然而，随着更多养老金领取者申领这份价值更高的福利，这些节省下来的资金可能被证明不如预期那样可观。A. immediate立刻的；B. substantial大量的、可观的；C. predictable可预测的；D. sustainable可持续的。根据上文“Cutting the winter-fuel allowance was intended to reduce public spending. With far more pensioners now claiming the more valuable benefit”可知，政府原本想省钱，但因为申领福利的人数大增，省下的钱变少，数量没那么可观。 【27题详解】 考查名词。句意：这种突然的关注未必指向滥用；相反，人们只是学着申领他们本就有权享受的福利。A. abuse滥用；B. inequality不平等；C. generosity慷慨；D. confusion困惑。根据后文“rather, people are simply learning to claim benefits they were already entitled to.”可知，这不是滥用福利。 【28题详解】 考查动词。句意：在难民庇护这件事上，这套办法不再奏效。A. matters要紧；B. exists存在；C. works起作用、奏效；D. changes改变。英国原本依靠民众不知情来控制福利支出，结合下文“Asylum-seekers trying to reach Britain have detailed knowledge of both Britain’s and the EU’s asylum systems.”难民现在熟知庇护规则可知，该手段失效。 【29题详解】 考查名词。句意：和欧洲大部分地区一样，英国定下宽松的庇护义务，当时的预期是很少人会前来。A. spirit精神；B. expectation预期；C. name名义；D. claim声称。根据后文“Now lots do”可知，如今有很多人前来寻求庇护，英国最初推出政策时，“预期”的情况与现状相反，即“没多少人会来”。 【30题详解】 考查形容词。 句意：因为不是每个符合资格的人都会申领福利，英国政府有时可以做到慷慨大方。A. generous慷慨的；B. bureaucratic官僚的；C. conservative保守的；D. controversial有争议的。根据上文“Because not everyone who qualifies actually claims these benefits”可知，申请的人少，政府在福利支出上压力小，从而表现出“慷慨”的姿态。 【31题详解】 考查其他短语。句意：一家普通租赁公司租一辆宝马i4每月大约650英镑；在该方案下租金仅为一半。A. roughly double约两倍；B. just half仅一半；C. the same as相同；D. slightly over略高。 根据上文“Thanks to various government subsidies and guarantees — since the government pays the scheme directly, its cost of borrowing is low and it is VAT-exempt (免税的) — it is a bargain. ”可知，福利项目下的价格肯定低很多，“仅为一半”符合语境。 【32题详解】 考查名词短语。句意：还有很多人根本不知道该计划的价值有多高。A. firm policy坚定政策；B. short-term strategy短期策略；C. good value高性价比；D. pioneering work开创性工作。前文提到的补贴计划“租金低、有补贴，很划算”，且“约160万符合条件的人未申请”可知，未申请的原因之一是民众不知道该计划的“高价值”。 【33题详解】 考查动词。句意：当每个人都试图主张自己应得的福利时，会发生什么？A. owed应给予；B. accused指控；C. called称为；D. trained训练。前文围绕“民众了解自身福利权益后，申请相关福利”展开，此处使用“claim what they are owed”指“主张自己应得的福利”，符合上下文“权益申请”的主题。 【34题详解】 考查名词。句意：而通常情况下，是因为民众的认知提高了。A. misunderstanding误解；B. stress压力；C. awareness认知；D. budget预算。根据下文“Parents are guided by a large amount of advice, from Reddit to Mumsnet, an influential message board, to TikTok.”可知，社交媒体让民众对“特殊需求福利”的认知提高，进而促使申请人数增加。 【35题详解】 考查名词。句意：结果呢？大约20个地方议会仅仅因为特殊需求帮扶的开支，面临破产风险。A. exploitation剥削；B. injustice不公；C. independence独立；D. bankruptcy破产。前文“unhappy example”和“risk”指向财政危机，申请人数激增意味着政府支出大幅增加，地方议会可能因资金不足面临“破产”风险。 Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) MY GARDEN IS MY REFUGE; I find reflective isolation in it. I have seven children, so our house is a scene of lively confusion. For a long time, I guarded this place of peace and quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would hand out chores. “Here: you weed the beans, you water the onions.” Soon they would be hot or their backs would hurt from bending over, and they would leave me to myself. Then one day, I was trying to prepare the soil, and I honestly wasn’t enjoying my time of peace and loneliness. My 13-year-old son, Josiah, picked up a spare spade and began helping. Working as a team, we had the pea patch dug up and fertilized in no time at all. I thanked Josiah, realizing that l had enjoyed his company. The same thing happened with picking up rocks and planting the seeds —one or two of the children would appear to watch and then participate. Each time, I would feel surprised to find the work was lighter for their help, and their laughter made time pass faster. So I stopped resenting their company and instead I began to share my gardening secrets. As spring became summer and the real work began, I expected the children to disappear, but no, there they were, watering, pulling weeds and checking for insects. One day I slipped out by myself to the garden, feeling a little bit guilty. I had a suspicion that the sugar snap peas were ripe, and I wanted a taste. As I walked along the row, a little voice piped up behind me. “What are you eating, Mama?” Abby’s big blue eyes sparkled as I showed her how to pull the strings off and pop (剥出) the peas into her mouth. She just loved how tasty they were. Then my sweet seven-year-old girl put me to shame. “Mama, I’ve got to pick a bunch. Won’t the others love them? I can’t wait to share.” I realized how selfish I had been. I’d tried to keep the joys of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn’t wait to share with her brothers and sisters. I held back tears and said, “Sure, honey, let’s pick some and I’ll show you how to prepare them. We’ll make the most wonderful supper.” 36. Why did the writer ask her children to do chores whenever they were in the garden? A. She didn’t want to do all the work on her own. B. She intended to show the hard labor of gardening. C. She didn’t want them to get hurt or get too tired. D. She was determined to keep the garden to herself. 37. What were the children like? ① loud ② lively ③ guilty ④ loving ⑤ strong A. ①②③④ B. ①②④ C. ①②③ D. ④⑤ 38. The underlined word “resent” probably means________. A. dislike B. expect C. keep D. sacrifice 39. What did the writer try to tell the readers with this story? A. The best way to communicate with children is by working together. B. The golden rule of gardening is that many hands make light work. C. Everything feels better when shared with your family or your friend. D. Parents should spend as much time with their children as possible. 【答案】36. D 37. B 38. A 39. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者喜欢在自己的花园里独处，享受这份宁静祥和，可是孩子们很喜欢在花园里帮助作者干活，慢慢作者喜欢和孩子们一起在花园里干活，同时意识到自己的自私，认识到应该和家人一起分享园艺的乐趣。 【36题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“MY GARDEN IS MY REFUGE; I find reflective isolation in it. I have seven children, so our house is a scene of lively confusion. For a long time, I guarded this place of peace and quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would hand out chores. “Here: you weed the beans, you water the onions.” Soon they would be hot or their backs would hurt from bending over, and they would leave me to myself.(我的花园是我的避难所，我在里面找到了与世隔绝的感觉。我有七个孩子，所以我们家现在是一片混乱。很长一段时间，我守卫着这个宁静祥和的地方。当孩子们跟着我走进花园时，我会给他们分配任务。“在这里，你给豆子除草，给洋葱浇水”很快他们就会热起来，或者他们的背会因为弯腰而疼痛，最后他们就会留我一人在花园。)”可知，作者很爱在花园里独处，享受着宁静祥和，但是孩子们来到花园后，作者无法享受这份宁静，由此可以推断出，作者给孩子们分配任务，是因为等他们累了，他们就会离开花园，把作者一个人留在花园里，这样作者就能独立待在花园里，故选D。 【37题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“I have seven children, so our house is a scene of lively confusion.(我有七个孩子，所以我们家现在是一片混乱，非常热闹。)”可知，作者的孩子很吵闹，也很活泼，根据第二段中“My 13-year-old son, Josiah, picked up a spare spade and began helping.(我13岁的儿子Josiah拿起一把备用铲子开始帮忙。)”和第三段中“Each time, I would feel surprised to find the work was lighter for their help, and their laughter made time pass faster(每一次，我都会惊讶地发现，因为他们的帮助，工作变得更轻松，他们的笑声让时间过得更快)”可知，孩子们总是帮助作者，所以说他们很有爱心，由此可知，孩子们是吵闹，活泼和有爱心的，故选B。 【38题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第三段上文“Each time, I would feel surprised to find the work was lighter for their help, and their laughter made time pass faster.(每一次，我都会惊讶地发现，因为他们的帮助，工作变得更轻松，他们的笑声让时间过得更快)”可知，有了孩子们的帮助，工作变得很轻松，笑声也让时间过得更快，这说明作者开始喜欢和孩子们在花园里一起工作，结合划线单词下文“instead I began to share my gardening secrets.(相反我开始分享我的园艺秘诀。)”可知，作者开始喜欢和孩子们在花园里一起工作，不再讨厌孩子们的陪伴，而且开始和孩子们一起分享自己的园艺秘密，由此可推知，划线单词“resent”和dislike(不喜欢)意思一样，故选A。 【39题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是最后一段“I realized how selfish I had been. I’d tried to keep the joys of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn’t wait to share with her brothers and sisters. I held back tears and said, “Sure, honey, let’s pick some and I'll show you how to prepare them. We’ll make the most wonderful supper.”(我意识到自己有多自私。我一直想把园艺的乐趣留给自己，而这个孩子迫不及待地想和她的兄弟姐妹们分享。我忍住眼泪说“当然，亲爱的，我们摘一些，我教你怎么做。我们会做出最美味的晚餐”)”可知，文章主要讲述了作者喜欢在自己的花园里独处，享受这份宁静祥和，可是孩子们很喜欢在花园里帮助作者干活，慢慢作者喜欢和孩子们在花园里一起干活，同时意识到自己的自私，认识到应该和家人一起分享园艺的乐趣，由此可知，作者写这篇文章是为了告诉读者，和你的家人或朋友分享，一切都会感觉更好。故选C。 (B) If you have no difficulty in understanding what native English speakers say in daily life, there is a whole new world of brilliant podcast (播客) series to explore. If you aren’t sure where to start, have a look at these: The Joc Rogan Experience ★★★★★ The Joc Rogan Experience is a great learning device because of its interesting English conversations between Rogan and his guests. At the time of writing there have been over 1,660 episodes with subjects ranging from comedy and science to politics and sports. Rogan is also a famous stand-up comedian, so the show is full of cultural references and idioms. This American Life ★★★★★ This American Life is a great choice for English learners who want an insight into the culture of the USA. It is a mixture of journalism and storytelling, focusing on real-life tales from citizens of all regions of the country. The stories are new and varied. One episode was taped for 24 hours in an all-night restaurant; another interviewed workers on strike. The Writer's Voice ★★★★☆ The New Yorker is a famous American magazine, and every week it prints a new short story. In this podcast, the week's story is read aloud by its writer. The published work covers a wide range of life experiences across the United States and beyond. It's a great way to enjoy some of the best new fiction in the country. Overheard at National Geographic ★★★★★ National Geographic is a much-loved American magazine (and TV channel) famous for incredible stories and photography related to science and the environment. Overheard is about the discussions Nat Geo employees have had while taking breaks. Expect crazy stories from explorers, photographers, and scientists from around the world. 40. In order to fully enjoy these podcasts, you should________. A. have interaction with hosts B. have good English competence C. be interested in being a podcaster D. be familiar with American social life 41. Which podcast gives you more stories behind the scene? A. The Writer's Voice. B. This American Life. C. The Joe Rogan Experience. D. Overheard at National Geographic. 42. What do these podcasts have in common? A. They enjoy great popularity. B. Their stories are set in America. C. They are attached to magazines. D. Their works are updated weekly. 【答案】40. B 41. D 42. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要向在日常生活中理解以英语为母语的人说的话没有困难的人介绍了全新的精彩播客系列。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“If you have no difficulty in understanding what native English speakers say in daily life, there is a whole new world of brilliant podcast series to explore.(如果你在日常生活中理解以英语为母语的人说的话没有困难，还有一个全新的精彩播客系列等着你去探索)”可知，如果想要完全享受这些播客，首先你要有好的英语能力。故选B项。 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段倒数第二句“Overheard is about the discussions Nat Geo employees have had while taking breaks.(偶然听到的是国家地理员工在休息时的讨论)”可知，Overheard at National Geographic可以让你听到更多的幕后故事。故选D项。 【42题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一个小标题下第二句“At the time of writing there have been over 1,660 episodes with subjects ranging from comedy and science to politics and sports.(到我写这篇文章的时候，已经有1660多集了，主题从喜剧、科学到政治和体育)”和其余三个小标题的第一句“This American Life is a great choice for English learners who want an insight into the culture of the USA.(《美国生活》对于想要深入了解美国文化的英语学习者来说是一个很好的选择)”“The New Yorker is a famous American magazine, and every week it prints a new short story.(《纽约客》是美国著名的杂志，它每周出版一篇新的短篇小说)”“National Geographic is a much-loved American magazine (and TV channel) famous for incredible stories and photography related to science and the environment.(《国家地理》是一本深受喜爱的美国杂志(和电视频道)，以与科学和环境有关的令人难以置信的故事和照片而闻名)”可知，这几个播客的共同点是它们都很受欢迎。故选A项。 (C) It is a common misconception that geology is “just” about rocks. True, geologists are trained to read what rocks tell us about Earth’s past, present and possible future structure and evolution. But, as I will explain as part of this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, geological processes and climate are closely linked. Numerous complex physical and chemical links and feedbacks exist between Earth’s surface and subsurface rocks, its atmosphere, oceans and ice caps and life in all these places. Volcanic eruptions bring carbon from deep within the planet to the surface and the air, enhancing the green-house effect. In contrast, weathering of exposed rocks at the surface and the action of shell-forming animals in the oceans remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing global warming. The rocks and fossils (化石) in the geological record bear witness to these processes, showing us that Earth’s climate has changed continually since the planet formed around 4.6 million years ago. This same record also shows that atmospheric CO2 is at its highest level in at least the past 3 million years, and that the current pace of planetary warming is never before seen in Earth’s history. The geological record can also be used to assess the accuracy of complex numerical models used to predict future climate and its impact on Earth’s habitability. Geology has improved our understanding of global warming and hopefully will help us to reduce it. There is an irony to that, given geologists play a role in locating and exploiting climate-heating fossil fuels. Now, more than ever, our discipline needs to fully adopt the concept of “sustainable geoscience”. This isn’t a new idea and nor is it limited to climate change. The many and varied historical contributions of geology to tackling some of our greatest societal challenges can be seen by looking at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. To name just a couple of examples, geologists study the origin, natural transportation and behaviour of pollutants like arsenic and lead, critical to the provision of safe and reliable water supplies, and they explore the origin of natural hazards such as landslides and earthquakes, and so help strengthen communities across the world. But geologists must redouble their engagement with other scientists and politicians to develop and ultimately help apply solutions to the many environmental and resource challenges we face. Students of geology should be made aware of the broader contributions their multidisciplinary skill set can make to global well-being, beyond just energy provision — although ensuring energy supply, we should not forget, underpins many of the Sustainable Development Goals. 43. The examples of volcanic eruptions and the weathering of rocks are intended to _____. A. demonstrate what geological activities geologists mainly study B. highlight the importance of studying volcanic activity in geology C. illustrate the enormous and destructive power of geological processes D. show the dynamic interactions between geological activities and climate 44. In the sentence “There is an irony to that”, the irony refers to _____. A. the profession’s role in both causing and solving global warming B. sustainable geoscience’s unexpected popularity across various fields C. the disagreement between geological records and current climate models D. geologists’ focus on energy provision which goes against their original goal 45. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. Energy supply is in critical shortage. B. Geologists are able to work across various fields. C. Pollutants spread far and wide due to modern transportation. D. Fossil fuel exploitation does not contribute to climate change. 46. What is the main point the author is making in the passage? A. Geologists primarily study rocks to understand Earth’s climate. B. Climate models are often inaccurate without the geological record. C. Geology is crucial for addressing global challenges beyond the study of rocks. D. The field of geology focuses on exploiting fossil fuels and studying climate change. 【答案】43. D 44. A 45. B 46. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了地质学在应对气候变化等方面也能发挥重要作用。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“Numerous complex physical and chemical links and feedbacks exist between Earth’s surface and subsurface rocks, its atmosphere, oceans and ice caps and life in all these places. Volcanic eruptions bring carbon from deep within the planet to the surface and the air, enhancing the green-house effect. In contrast, weathering of exposed rocks at the surface and the action of shell-forming animals in the oceans remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing global warming.(地球表面和地下岩石、大气、海洋和冰盖以及所有这些地方的生命之间存在着许多复杂的物理和化学联系和反馈。火山爆发将地球深处的碳带到地表和空气中，增强了温室效应。相比之下，地表裸露岩石的风化和海洋中成壳动物的活动会从大气中去除二氧化碳，从而减缓全球变暖)”可知，火山爆发和岩石风化的例子旨在说明地质活动与气候之间的动态相互作用。故选D。 【44题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第四段“The geological record can also be used to assess the accuracy of complex numerical models used to predict future climate and its impact on Earth’s habitability. Geology has improved our understanding of global warming and hopefully will help us to reduce it.(地质记录还可以用来评估用于预测未来气候及其对地球宜居性影响的复杂数值模型的准确性。地质学提高了我们对全球变暖的认识，并有望帮助我们减少全球变暖)”以及倒数第三段“There is an irony to that, given geologists play a role in locating and exploiting climate-heating fossil fuels.(具有讽刺意味的是，地质学家在寻找和开采气候变暖的化石燃料方面发挥着重要作用)”可知，在“There is a irony to that”这句话中，讽刺的是这个行业在造成和解决全球变暖方面所扮演的角色。故选A。 【45题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“This isn’t a new idea and nor is it limited to climate change. The many and varied historical contributions of geology to tackling some of our greatest societal challenges can be seen by looking at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.(这不是一个新想法，也不局限于气候变化。通过查看联合国可持续发展目标，我们可以看到地质学在解决一些最大的社会挑战方面做出了许多不同的历史贡献)”以及最后一段“But geologists must redouble their engagement with other scientists and politicians to develop and ultimately help apply solutions to the many environmental and resource challenges we face.(但是，地质学家必须加倍与其他科学家和政治家合作，制定并最终帮助应用解决方案来应对我们面临的许多环境和资源挑战)”可知，地质学家能够在不同的领域工作。故选B。 【46题详解】 主旨大意题。根据全文内容及第一段“It is a common misconception that geology is “just” about rocks. True, geologists are trained to read what rocks tell us about Earth’s past, present and possible future structure and evolution. But, as I will explain as part of this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, geological processes and climate are closely linked.(认为地质学“只”与岩石有关是一种普遍的误解。诚然，地质学家们接受的训练是通过解读岩石来了解地球的过去、现在和可能的未来的结构和演化。但是，正如我将在今年的皇家学会圣诞讲座中解释的那样，地质过程和气候是紧密相连的)”结合文章主要说明了地质学在应对气候变化等方面也能发挥重要作用。可知，作者在文章中想表达的主要观点是地质学对于解决岩石研究以外的全球挑战至关重要。故选C。 Section C Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Home is where the heart is The researchers began the project after noting the lack of studies on children from immigrant families in Britain. They focused on East London schools with a significant South Asian community that often visits Bangladesh. The research explored ‘home’ and ‘journeys’ through art workshops and diary-writing tasks. The children were given art materials to use in painting and model-making. ____47____ When the researchers looked at the art, they said they found it wasn’t immediately clear which pieces referred to which place. Dr. Kanwal Mand explained that the children used color categories — blue for ‘home’ and red for ‘away’ — in their prints or pictures. They avoided specific names like Bangladesh or Britain to let the children define ‘home’ and ‘away’ for themselves. Dr Katy Gardner, co-author of the research, explained that when the children compared ‘home’ and ‘away’, there were some surprising results. ____48____ Other pictures showed images of Mecca next to Big Ben and other London landmarks. Consumer goods such as Nintendos, mobile phones and football shirts were linked to Bangladesh. Dr Mand suggested that this might be because the children could afford to buy such objects there. ____49____ They were well adapted to living in London and were skilled translators. Dr Gardener said that the children often thought of Bangladesh as other Londoners might. They complained about the heat, mosquito bites, and the spiders and frogs. Many of them saw Bangladesh also as a tourist destination and talked about its shopping malls and fun fairs. She added that if the children had family in Bangladesh they saw that as home, and if they had relations in London they saw that as home, too. ____50____ Home is simply where the family are. A. Some images, like those showing the Asian tradition of painting hands, were found in both the ‘home’ and ‘away’ piles. B. Some of their relations in Bangladesh were positioned really close to the children in the image. C. The children did not appear confused by the two sides of their identity and were not suffering from any conflict of culture. D. It seems that people view home through family. E. In one task, the nine- and ten-year-olds divided the art they had made into two categories — ‘home’ and ‘away’. F. In one workshop, the pupils were asked to write down what is important to them. 【答案】47. E 48. A 49. C 50. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了研究者针对英国东伦敦有孟加拉国背景的南亚裔儿童，通过艺术工作坊和日记任务探究其对“家”与“远方”的认知，发现儿童以色彩定义两地、对双重文化无冲突感，且认为家人所在之地即是家。 【47题详解】 空前“The children were given art materials to use in painting and model-making.(孩子们获得了绘画和模型制作所需的艺术材料。)”提到孩子们获得艺术材料用于绘画和模型制作，即描述了艺术创作任务；而空后则“When the researchers looked at the art, they said they found it wasn’t immediately clear which pieces referred to which place.(然而研究者观察这些作品时表示，无法立刻分辨出哪些作品对应哪个地方。)”转折指出研究人员观察艺术作品时，无法立刻分辨哪些作品对应哪个地方。选项E“In one task, the nine- and ten-year-olds divided the art they had made into two categories — ‘home’ and ‘away’.(在一项任务中，9岁和10岁的孩子将自己创作的艺术品分为两类——家和远方。)”既承接了前文的“艺术创作”，又通过分类为家和远方引出后文无法分辨作品对应哪个地方的矛盾，逻辑一致。故选E。 【48题详解】 下文“Other pictures showed images of Mecca next to Big Ben and other London landmarks. Consumer goods such as Nintendos, mobile phones and football shirts were linked to Bangladesh. (另有一些画作将麦加的景象与大本钟及其他伦敦地标并置；而任天堂游戏机、手机、足球衫等消费品，则被孩子们与孟加拉国关联在一起。)”提到其他图片的内容。选项A“Some images, like those showing the Asian tradition of painting hands, were found in both the ‘home’ and ‘away’ piles.(一些图像（例如展现亚洲手绘传统的画面）在家和远方两类作品中均有出现。)”中的“some images”和下文的“other pictures”内容一致。故选A。 【49题详解】 下文“They were well adapted to living in London and were skilled translators. Dr Gardener said that the children often thought of Bangladesh as other Londoners might. They complained about the heat, mosquito bites, and the spiders and frogs. Many of them saw Bangladesh also as a tourist destination and talked about its shopping malls and fun fairs.(他们很好地适应了伦敦的生活，并且是熟练的翻译者（能在两种文化间顺畅转换）。Gardener博士称，孩子们对孟加拉国的看法，有时和伦敦本地人的视角相似 —— 他们会抱怨那里的炎热、蚊虫叮咬，以及随处可见的蜘蛛和青蛙。许多孩子还将孟加拉国视为旅游目的地，兴致勃勃地谈论当地的购物中心和游乐场。)”围绕孩子们的状态展开，指出孩子们对两种文化的适应，无矛盾感。选项C“The children did not appear confused by the two sides of their identity and were not suffering from any conflict of culture.(孩子们似乎并未因双重身份感到困惑，也没有经历文化冲突。)”直接概括了后文的所有具体表现，与本段内容相符。故选C。 【50题详解】 上文“She added that if the children had family in Bangladesh they saw that as home, and if they had relations in London they saw that as home, too.(她补充道，如果孩子在孟加拉国有家人，就会把那里当作家；如果伦敦有亲友，也会将伦敦视作家。)”指出孩子们会将有家人的地方视为家。而下文“Home is simply where the family are. (家，归根结底就是家人所在的地方。)”进一步指出家就是家人所在的地方。选项D“It seems that people view home through family. (似乎人们总是通过家人来定义家的含义。)”承接上文内容，自然引出本文总结句，符合逻辑。故选D。 III. Summary Writing 51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Is an “expedition” better than a holiday? Expeditions used to be the preserve of professionals: scientists, academics and explorers setting off for parts unknown with the goal of furthering the field of human knowledge. An emerging industry of expedition tourism, however, is laying open the thrill of discovery to the general public. Tours are increasingly being accompanied by experts in their respective fields, who lead visits to conservation areas, historical sites, or scientific institutions, offering in-depth explanations of what guests are experiencing. There’s one key factor that’s driving people’s desire to travel: the spirit of scientific research. Kevin Currie, director of New Scientist Discovery Tours (NSDT), added that people no longer just want to sit on a beach and that there is now a greater desire for self-fulfillment. He explained his company had launched in June 2019, during a time when experiential tours were growing at twice the rate of normal tourism, and that this trend had resumed after the pandemic. Many of the new breed of expedition tours extend the scope of the trip beyond mere tourism. Yet all of them raise the question: how valuable can a tourist truly be to scientific research? Currie is doubtful about the usefulness of citizen science activities being offered as part of an expedition tour, stating scientific research is a serious endeavor and should not be treated causally. Other experts have expressed concerns that some expedition tours may be causing more damage to the environment than they are able to help resolve. Some experts, however, are optimistic about the citizen science tourism. When done right, this tourism can not only gather useful data, but can empower participants to take further action, which positively impacts conservation going forward. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Expedition tourism, which is led by experts, offers the public an engaging alternative to traditional holidays. Some have expressed concerns about the potential contribution of tourist-led research and worry about environmental impacts. Some says that scientific research is a serious issue that should not be treated lightly. Others see value in inspiring participants to support conservation efforts and data collection. 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章讨论了探险旅游作为传统度假的一种替代品。探险旅游让公众能够在专家的带领下体验科学研究、历史和保护工作。尽管有人质疑游客研究的贡献和潜在的环境影响，但也有专家认为这种旅游可激励参与者支持保护，并为数据收集做出贡献。 【详解】1.要点摘录 ①An emerging industry of expedition tourism, however, is laying open the thrill of discovery to the general public. Tours are increasingly being accompanied by experts in their respective fields, who lead visits to conservation areas, historical sites, or scientific institutions, offering in-depth explanations of what guests are experiencing. ②Currie is doubtful about the usefulness of citizen science activities being offered as part of an expedition tour, stating scientific research is a serious endeavor and should not be treated causally. Other experts have expressed concerns that some expedition tours may be causing more damage to the environment than they are able to help resolve. ③Other experts have expressed concerns that some expedition tours may be causing more damage to the environment than they are able to help resolve. ④Some experts, however, are optimistic about the citizen science tourism. When done right, this tourism can not only gather useful data, but can empower participants to take further action, which positively impacts conservation going forward.. 2.缜密构思 将1、2、3、4三个要点进行分说。 3.遣词造句 Expedition tourism, which is led by experts, offers the public an engaging alternative to traditional holidays, focusing on conservation, history, and science. Some have expressed concerns about the potential contribution of tourist-led research and worry about environmental impacts. Some says that scientific research is a serious that should not be treated lightly. Others see value in inspiring participants to support conservation efforts and data collection. 【点睛】[高分句型1] Expedition tourism, which is led by experts, offers the public an engaging alternative to traditional holidays.（运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句） [高分句型2]Some says that scientific research is a serious issue that should not be treated lightly.（运用了that引导的宾语从句） IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 在某些地方，缺水主要因为天热。（blame）(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】In some places, the shortage of water is mainly blamed on the hot weather. 【解析】 【详解】考查短语和时态。“在某些地方”翻译为In some places，在句中作地点状语；“缺水”翻译为the shortage of water，在句中作主语；“因为”意译为be blamed on，意为“被归咎于”；“天热”翻译为the hot weather。陈述客观事实，用一般现在时。故翻译为In some places, the shortage of water is mainly blamed on the hot weather. 53. 这项新政策是否真正可行，悬而未决。（it）（汉译英） ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】It remains to be seen whether the new policy is really practical. 【解析】 【详解】本句描述当前的客观现状，使用一般现在时， “悬而未决”固定表达为it remains to be seen，此处it为形式主语，用来替代后续较长的主语内容，避免句子头重脚轻，符合英语表达习惯； “这项新政策”表达为the new policy；“是否真正可行”表达为whether the new policy is really practical，是句子真正的主语，用whether引导主语从句，从句不缺成分。 54. 当被问及成功的秘诀时，这位科学家把荣誉归功于团队每一位成员的通力合作。（credit v.）（汉译英） ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 When asked about the secret of success, the scientist credited the honor to the joint efforts of every team member. 【解析】 【详解】陈述过去发生的事情，使用一般过去时，表示“这位科学家”应用the scientist；表示“把……归功于”应用credit...to...；表示“荣誉”应用the honor；表示“团队每一位成员的通力合作”应用the joint efforts of every team member；表示“当被问及”应用When asked about；主从句主语均为the scientist，从句含be动词，可省略主语和be动词，表达为When asked about；表示“成功的秘诀”应用the secret of success。 55. 要牢记：我们看待一个问题的角度越多， 就越有可能找到解决问题的方法，拓宽对世界的理解。（Bear）(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Bear in mind that the more perspectives we have on a problem, the more likely we are to find a solution to it and broaden our understanding of the world. 【解析】 【详解】考查固定句型和宾语从句。“牢记”用固定短语bear in mind，使用祈使句，省略主语you，将动词原形置于句首，首字母大写，后接that引导的宾语从句，从句使用“the + 比较级+主语+谓语，the + 比较级+主语+谓语”结构，表示“越……就越……”，“看待……的角度”译为have perspectives on，“多的”的比较级形式是more，主语“我们”we，“一个问题”a problem，从句使用一般现在时，主语是we，谓语动词使用原形形式，即the more perspectives we have on a problem，“越有可能”the more likely，“找到解决问题的方法”译为find a solution to it，“拓宽对世界的理解”是broaden our understanding of the world，主句描述将来的情况，使用一般将来时，即the more likely we are to find a solution to it and broaden our understanding of the world。故翻译为Bear in mind that the more perspectives we have on a problem, the more likely we are to find a solution to it and broaden our understanding of the world. V. Guided Writing 56. Directions: Write an English composition in about 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假如你是明启中学的学生李明，你校准备以班级为单位，在校园周边老年社区开展“爱满社区”的社会实践活动，并在校园网公布了如下方案，征求师生意见。写一封邮件给活动组织者，内容须包括： 1）你认为方案中需要改进的地方； 2）你的修改建议及理由。 活动方案 时间 重阳节（农历九月初九）周五 时长 半天 地点 社区图书馆 活动内容 ●组织老年人打太极 ●组织老年人做剪纸 ●学生才艺表演展示 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Dear Event Organizer, I am Li Ming from Mingqi High School. I appreciate the initiative to engage our community on the Double Ninth Festival. However, I have some suggestions to enhance the event. Firstly, while tai chi and paper-cutting are great, they might not appeal to all seniors. To include more participants, we could add activities like music appreciation or storytelling sessions that cater to different interests and abilities. Secondly, to make the most of the half-day event, a detailed schedule should be created and shared beforehand. This will help ensure smooth transitions between activities and allow participants to prepare accordingly. Lastly, to foster deeper connections, I propose making the talent show interactive by inviting a few seniors to share their stories or talents alongside the students. This would create a more collaborative and intergenerational atmosphere. Thank you for considering my suggestions. I believe these adjustments will make the event more meaningful and memorable for everyone involved. Best regards, Li Ming 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生以明启中学学生李明的身份给活动组织者写一封邮件，针对校园网公布的“爱满社区”社会实践活动方案提出改进建议。邮件内容需包括认为方案中需要改进的地方以及修改建议及理由。 【详解】1.词汇积累 建议：suggestion → advice 充分利用：make the most of → take advantage of 才艺表演：talent show → performance showcase 互动的：interactive → participatory 2.句式拓展 合并句子 原句：Secondly, to make the most of the half-day event, a detailed schedule should be created and shared beforehand. This will help ensure smooth transitions between activities and allow participants to prepare accordingly. 拓展句：Secondly, to make the most of the half-day event, a detailed schedule should be created and shared beforehand, which will help ensure smooth transitions between activities and allow participants to prepare accordingly. 【点睛】【高分句型1】To include more participants, we could add activities like music appreciation or storytelling sessions that cater to different interests and abilities. (使用了关系代词that引导的定语从句) 【高分句型2】I believe these adjustments will make the event more meaningful and memorable for everyone involved.(使用了省略that引导的宾语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2026学年第一学期阶段练习 高三英语试卷 （考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分） Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answer on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. In a gym. B. At a circus. C. In a car. D. At a restaurant. 2. A. It is outstanding. B. It needs more promotion. C. It features a famous artist. D. It is far from his expectation. 3. A. What the conference is about. B. When the conference will be held. C. How they are going to the conference. D. Where they will go for the conference. 4. A. She would like some help. B. She does not want any help. C. She already has enough help. D. She is unsure if she needs help. 5. A. Work harder. B. Take a break. C. Change her job. D. Ignore the stress. 6. A. It will have sci-fi elements. B. It will inspire a sci-fi movie. C. It will have an age-old theme. D. It will ask participants to dress casually. 7. A. He failed to get the tickets. B. He got the tickets but it was difficult. C. He found a way to get the tickets easily. D. He decided to give up the tickets to the woman. 8. A. She is definitely going. B. She has decided not to go. C. She thinks the event will be boring. D. She is hesitant about whether to go. 9. A. She dislikes her new job. B. Last year was terrible for her. C. They have been busy for the last year. D. They need to accomplish more next year. 10. A. Success takes time and effort. B. He should rush his preparation. C. The presentation is unimportant. D. He should devote more to preparation. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Food traditions. B. Farming customs. C. Eating techniques. D. Animal domestication. 12. A. What they could plant as food. B. What animals they kept at home. C. What farming techniques they developed. D. What they could find in their surroundings. 13. A. Chopsticks. B. A seashell. C. Pointed knives. D. Spoons. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The future of the English language. B. The impact of the English language. C. The evolution of the English language. D. The protection of the English language. 15. A. English became standardized. B. English grammar became simpler. C. French was absorbed into English. D. French replaced English for a short time. 16. A. People all over the world had adapted it. B. The world needed a language for business. C. English was considered a flexible language. D. English contained a rich and large vocabulary. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Approaches to gardening. B. The benefits of gardening. C. A community gardening project. D. Recipes for home-grown tomatoes. 18. A. He is greatly interested in gardening B. He spends a lot of time on gardening. C. Gardening brings him close to nature. D. Gardening enables him to see various plants. 19. A. They allow for social bonding. B. They often involve big gardens. C. They require more special skills. D. They are popular among citizens. 20. A. The idea of making homemade salad. B. The opportunity to grow unusual plants. C. The suggestion to join a community garden D. The availability of gardening tools at home. I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Hoverflies: Small Insects with a Big Job When people think about insects that help flowers reproduce, bees are usually the first ones they remember. This is understandable, as bees play a leading role in carrying pollen (花粉) from flower to flower. But they are not the only hard workers in nature. Hoverflies, small insects that look a bit like bees, are also important. Studies have shown that they help many of the world’s crops and wild plants grow ____1____ moving pollen between flowers. Even ____2____ (interesting) is that some hoverflies travel great distances. Scientists in Britain once found that billions of them cross the English Channel every year. ____3____ they fly so far, they may help mix plant genes between different areas and make ecosystems stronger. To find out ____4____ far their influence could reach, researchers decided to collect hoverflies from a place without any plants nearby — an oil platform in the North Sea, between Scotland and Norway. During four research trips between 2021 and 2023, 112 hoverflies ____5____ (catch) on the platform as they stopped for a short rest. On nearly all of them, they found pollen, sometimes from as many as 14 kinds of plants. In total, the scientists discovered pollen from more than 100 species. The most common came from wild plants such as nettles and black elder, but some also came from crops grown ____6____ (produce) vegetables, cereals, nuts, and fruits. By examining air movements, the researchers learned that these insects probably came from the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, and that they might ____7____ (continue) their journey to Scotland or Norway. The places ____8____ they were heading also had the same plant types as the pollen they carried. This suggests that hoverflies quietly connect faraway regions, ____9____ (help) plants hundreds of kilometres apart to reproduce. Though often ____10____ (ignore), they play a key role in keeping our world both productive and beautifully balanced. Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. clocked B. flexibility C. operational D. stress-related E. favor F. productivity G. scale H. strain I. granted J. shift K. excessive A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a trial at Microsoft suggest that such an arrangement could work even for major corporations. The company launched a program in Japan called the “Work-Life Choice Challenge.” During the trial, it shut down its offices every Friday and ____11____ all employees an additional day off each week. The results were striking. While the amount of time spent at work was substantially reduced, ____12____, measured by sales per employee, rose by nearly 40 percent compared with the same period the previous year. In addition to cutting working hours, managers urged staff to reduce the time spent in meetings and responding to emails. Meetings were generally limited to 30 minutes, while employees were encouraged to ____13____ some of their communication from lengthy face-to-face meetings to an online messaging platform. The new arrangement found considerable ____14____ among employees, with more than 90 percent of those involved responding positively to the measures. Closing the offices for an extra day also helped the company reduce ____15____ costs, including electricity expenses. The initiative came at an important time. Japan has long struggled with a culture of overwork that can have serious, and sometimes fatal, consequences. The problem is so severe that the country has coined a term for death from overwork, often resulting from ____16____ illnesses or severe depression. Several widely reported deaths later drew international attention to the issue. Investigations showed that the demands placed on some employees had become ____17____, far exceeding what could reasonably be expected in a normal working environment. In one case, a journalist’s employer disclosed that she had ____18____ 159 hours of overtime in the month preceding her death. These cases have prompted both businesses and the government to seek solutions. Some companies have begun offering employees greater ____19____ in when and where they work, while government campaigns have encouraged workers to leave the office earlier on selected Fridays. Microsoft has continued to explore ways of improving work-life balance without sacrificing efficiency. If similar experiments continue to produce positive results, companies may eventually ____20____ up such initiatives, testing whether shorter workweeks can succeed on a much broader level. II. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. An asylum (避难)-seeker trying to enter Britain, an Australian approaching retirement, and the parent of a child with special needs may seem to have little in common. Yet each knows more about what the British state can offer than the government expects. The British government has long assumed people are, in general, ____21____ the state’s obligations. Increasingly, the opposite is the ____22____: people know too much. The knowledge comes from unexpected sources. TikTok is a wealth of information for people trying to claim asylum. Reddit forums offer expert guidance to people dealing with the Department for Work and Pensions. Memes about ____23____, shared on WhatsApp and Facebook, can get the message across better than government campaigns. What happens when people are more knowledgeable than the state assumes? Some consequences are ____24____. Governments have long struggled to sign up older people for pension credit, which ____25____ the income of low-income pensioners. Until recently, a third of qualifying pensioners did not apply for something worth up to £4,300 ($5,600) a year. Labour’s decision to cancel the less valuable winter-fuel allowance (worth about £300) for everyone except those on pension credit changed that. Social media helped spread the word across generations, and this time pensioners actually signed up for free money. About 235,000 people applied for pension credit after the announcement, up 81% from the same period the previous year. Cutting the winter-fuel allowance was intended to reduce public spending. With far more pensioners now claiming the more valuable benefit, however, those savings may prove less ____26____ than expected. Other consequences are negative. When unlikely flaws appear, they go viral. Britain is changing its rules on making national-insurance contributions for earlier years to qualify for a pension. This has caused unexpected interest in, of all places, Australia. A three-year period working in Britain — common enough among Australians — can make someone eligible for part of a state pension, provided that additional contributions are made. Given that a state pension is worth at least £3,000 per year from retirement, it is a good deal. How-to guides have spread widely on Instagram. Up to 2m people could qualify, even if few are likely to apply. The sudden interest does not necessarily point to ____27____; rather, people are simply learning to claim benefits they were already entitled to. Relying on unawareness about entitlements has long been a tool of the British state. When it comes to asylum, it no longer ____28____. Asylum-seekers trying to reach Britain have detailed knowledge of both Britain’s and the EU’s asylum systems. Again, the knowledge comes from the same sources: on TikTok smugglers (走私者) advertise their services, while advice about the British asylum system circulates freely on messaging apps. Britain, like much of Europe, introduced generous asylum obligations in the ____29____ that few people would come. Now lots do. The fact that many eligible people do not actually claim benefits is the secret behind many British welfare programs. Because not everyone who qualifies actually claims these benefits, the British state can, at times, afford to be ____30____. Under one government-supported scheme, disabled people can exchange a mobility allowance worth about £75 a week for a car. Thanks to various government subsidies and guarantees — since the government pays the scheme directly, its cost of borrowing is low and it is VAT-exempt (免税的) — it is a bargain. A BMW i4 costs about £650 a month from a normal rental company; it is ____31____ that under the scheme. About 815,000 people use it, while another 1.6m people are entitled to it. Some prefer the cash. Plenty of others simply do not yet know what ____32____ the scheme offers. Thanks to TikTok, Reddit and X, they soon will. What happens when everyone tries to claim what they are ____33____? Special-needs provision is an unhappy example. Education, Health and Care plans allow parents to claim benefits worth tens of thousands if their child has learning difficulties. The number of children on such plans has risen from under 240,000 in 2014 to nearly 600,000 in 2024. Partly, this is due to an increase in cases. Often, it is ____34____. Parents are guided by a large amount of advice, from Reddit to Mumsnet, an influential message board, to TikTok. The result? About 20 councils are at risk of ____35____ solely because of the cost of special-needs provision. 21. A. responsible for B. ignorant about C. subject to D. free from 22. A. deception B. meaning C. creation D. norm 23. A. tech struggles B. internet cultures C. welfare entitlements D. childhood nostalgia 24. A. essential B. mixed C. grave D. controversial 25. A. measures B. supplements C. replaces D. guarantees 26. A. immediate B. substantial C. predictable D. sustainable 27. A. abuse B. inequality C. generosity D. confusion 28. A. matters B. exists C. works D. changes 29. A. spirit B. expectation C. name D. claim 30. A. generous B. bureaucratic C. conservative D. controversial 31. A. roughly double B. just half C. the same as D. slightly over 32. A. firm policy B. short-term strategy C. good value D. pioneering work 33. A. owed B. accused C. called D. trained 34. A. misunderstanding B. stress C. awareness D. budget 35. A. exploitation B. injustice C. independence D. bankruptcy Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) MY GARDEN IS MY REFUGE; I find reflective isolation in it. I have seven children, so our house is a scene of lively confusion. For a long time, I guarded this place of peace and quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would hand out chores. “Here: you weed the beans, you water the onions.” Soon they would be hot or their backs would hurt from bending over, and they would leave me to myself. Then one day, I was trying to prepare the soil, and I honestly wasn’t enjoying my time of peace and loneliness. My 13-year-old son, Josiah, picked up a spare spade and began helping. Working as a team, we had the pea patch dug up and fertilized in no time at all. I thanked Josiah, realizing that l had enjoyed his company. The same thing happened with picking up rocks and planting the seeds —one or two of the children would appear to watch and then participate. Each time, I would feel surprised to find the work was lighter for their help, and their laughter made time pass faster. So I stopped resenting their company and instead I began to share my gardening secrets. As spring became summer and the real work began, I expected the children to disappear, but no, there they were, watering, pulling weeds and checking for insects. One day I slipped out by myself to the garden, feeling a little bit guilty. I had a suspicion that the sugar snap peas were ripe, and I wanted a taste. As I walked along the row, a little voice piped up behind me. “What are you eating, Mama?” Abby’s big blue eyes sparkled as I showed her how to pull the strings off and pop (剥出) the peas into her mouth. She just loved how tasty they were. Then my sweet seven-year-old girl put me to shame. “Mama, I’ve got to pick a bunch. Won’t the others love them? I can’t wait to share.” I realized how selfish I had been. I’d tried to keep the joys of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn’t wait to share with her brothers and sisters. I held back tears and said, “Sure, honey, let’s pick some and I’ll show you how to prepare them. We’ll make the most wonderful supper.” 36. Why did the writer ask her children to do chores whenever they were in the garden? A. She didn’t want to do all the work on her own. B. She intended to show the hard labor of gardening. C. She didn’t want them to get hurt or get too tired. D. She was determined to keep the garden to herself. 37. What were the children like? ① loud ② lively ③ guilty ④ loving ⑤ strong A. ①②③④ B. ①②④ C. ①②③ D. ④⑤ 38. The underlined word “resent” probably means________. A. dislike B. expect C. keep D. sacrifice 39. What did the writer try to tell the readers with this story? A. The best way to communicate with children is by working together. B. The golden rule of gardening is that many hands make light work. C. Everything feels better when shared with your family or your friend. D. Parents should spend as much time with their children as possible. (B) If you have no difficulty in understanding what native English speakers say in daily life, there is a whole new world of brilliant podcast (播客) series to explore. If you aren’t sure where to start, have a look at these: The Joc Rogan Experience ★★★★★ The Joc Rogan Experience is a great learning device because of its interesting English conversations between Rogan and his guests. At the time of writing there have been over 1,660 episodes with subjects ranging from comedy and science to politics and sports. Rogan is also a famous stand-up comedian, so the show is full of cultural references and idioms. This American Life ★★★★★ This American Life is a great choice for English learners who want an insight into the culture of the USA. It is a mixture of journalism and storytelling, focusing on real-life tales from citizens of all regions of the country. The stories are new and varied. One episode was taped for 24 hours in an all-night restaurant; another interviewed workers on strike. The Writer's Voice ★★★★☆ The New Yorker is a famous American magazine, and every week it prints a new short story. In this podcast, the week's story is read aloud by its writer. The published work covers a wide range of life experiences across the United States and beyond. It's a great way to enjoy some of the best new fiction in the country. Overheard at National Geographic ★★★★★ National Geographic is a much-loved American magazine (and TV channel) famous for incredible stories and photography related to science and the environment. Overheard is about the discussions Nat Geo employees have had while taking breaks. Expect crazy stories from explorers, photographers, and scientists from around the world. 40. In order to fully enjoy these podcasts, you should________. A. have interaction with hosts B. have good English competence C. be interested in being a podcaster D. be familiar with American social life 41. Which podcast gives you more stories behind the scene? A. The Writer's Voice. B. This American Life. C. The Joe Rogan Experience. D. Overheard at National Geographic. 42. What do these podcasts have in common? A. They enjoy great popularity. B. Their stories are set in America. C. They are attached to magazines. D. Their works are updated weekly. (C) It is a common misconception that geology is “just” about rocks. True, geologists are trained to read what rocks tell us about Earth’s past, present and possible future structure and evolution. But, as I will explain as part of this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, geological processes and climate are closely linked. Numerous complex physical and chemical links and feedbacks exist between Earth’s surface and subsurface rocks, its atmosphere, oceans and ice caps and life in all these places. Volcanic eruptions bring carbon from deep within the planet to the surface and the air, enhancing the green-house effect. In contrast, weathering of exposed rocks at the surface and the action of shell-forming animals in the oceans remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing global warming. The rocks and fossils (化石) in the geological record bear witness to these processes, showing us that Earth’s climate has changed continually since the planet formed around 4.6 million years ago. This same record also shows that atmospheric CO2 is at its highest level in at least the past 3 million years, and that the current pace of planetary warming is never before seen in Earth’s history. The geological record can also be used to assess the accuracy of complex numerical models used to predict future climate and its impact on Earth’s habitability. Geology has improved our understanding of global warming and hopefully will help us to reduce it. There is an irony to that, given geologists play a role in locating and exploiting climate-heating fossil fuels. Now, more than ever, our discipline needs to fully adopt the concept of “sustainable geoscience”. This isn’t a new idea and nor is it limited to climate change. The many and varied historical contributions of geology to tackling some of our greatest societal challenges can be seen by looking at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. To name just a couple of examples, geologists study the origin, natural transportation and behaviour of pollutants like arsenic and lead, critical to the provision of safe and reliable water supplies, and they explore the origin of natural hazards such as landslides and earthquakes, and so help strengthen communities across the world. But geologists must redouble their engagement with other scientists and politicians to develop and ultimately help apply solutions to the many environmental and resource challenges we face. Students of geology should be made aware of the broader contributions their multidisciplinary skill set can make to global well-being, beyond just energy provision — although ensuring energy supply, we should not forget, underpins many of the Sustainable Development Goals. 43. The examples of volcanic eruptions and the weathering of rocks are intended to _____. A. demonstrate what geological activities geologists mainly study B. highlight the importance of studying volcanic activity in geology C. illustrate the enormous and destructive power of geological processes D. show the dynamic interactions between geological activities and climate 44. In the sentence “There is an irony to that”, the irony refers to _____. A. the profession’s role in both causing and solving global warming B. sustainable geoscience’s unexpected popularity across various fields C. the disagreement between geological records and current climate models D. geologists’ focus on energy provision which goes against their original goal 45. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. Energy supply is in critical shortage. B. Geologists are able to work across various fields. C. Pollutants spread far and wide due to modern transportation. D. Fossil fuel exploitation does not contribute to climate change. 46. What is the main point the author is making in the passage? A. Geologists primarily study rocks to understand Earth’s climate. B. Climate models are often inaccurate without the geological record. C. Geology is crucial for addressing global challenges beyond the study of rocks. D. The field of geology focuses on exploiting fossil fuels and studying climate change. Section C Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Home is where the heart is The researchers began the project after noting the lack of studies on children from immigrant families in Britain. They focused on East London schools with a significant South Asian community that often visits Bangladesh. The research explored ‘home’ and ‘journeys’ through art workshops and diary-writing tasks. The children were given art materials to use in painting and model-making. ____47____ When the researchers looked at the art, they said they found it wasn’t immediately clear which pieces referred to which place. Dr. Kanwal Mand explained that the children used color categories — blue for ‘home’ and red for ‘away’ — in their prints or pictures. They avoided specific names like Bangladesh or Britain to let the children define ‘home’ and ‘away’ for themselves. Dr Katy Gardner, co-author of the research, explained that when the children compared ‘home’ and ‘away’, there were some surprising results. ____48____ Other pictures showed images of Mecca next to Big Ben and other London landmarks. Consumer goods such as Nintendos, mobile phones and football shirts were linked to Bangladesh. Dr Mand suggested that this might be because the children could afford to buy such objects there. ____49____ They were well adapted to living in London and were skilled translators. Dr Gardener said that the children often thought of Bangladesh as other Londoners might. They complained about the heat, mosquito bites, and the spiders and frogs. Many of them saw Bangladesh also as a tourist destination and talked about its shopping malls and fun fairs. She added that if the children had family in Bangladesh they saw that as home, and if they had relations in London they saw that as home, too. ____50____ Home is simply where the family are. A. Some images, like those showing the Asian tradition of painting hands, were found in both the ‘home’ and ‘away’ piles. B. Some of their relations in Bangladesh were positioned really close to the children in the image. C. The children did not appear confused by the two sides of their identity and were not suffering from any conflict of culture. D. It seems that people view home through family. E. In one task, the nine- and ten-year-olds divided the art they had made into two categories — ‘home’ and ‘away’. F. In one workshop, the pupils were asked to write down what is important to them. III. Summary Writing 51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Is an “expedition” better than a holiday? Expeditions used to be the preserve of professionals: scientists, academics and explorers setting off for parts unknown with the goal of furthering the field of human knowledge. An emerging industry of expedition tourism, however, is laying open the thrill of discovery to the general public. Tours are increasingly being accompanied by experts in their respective fields, who lead visits to conservation areas, historical sites, or scientific institutions, offering in-depth explanations of what guests are experiencing. There’s one key factor that’s driving people’s desire to travel: the spirit of scientific research. Kevin Currie, director of New Scientist Discovery Tours (NSDT), added that people no longer just want to sit on a beach and that there is now a greater desire for self-fulfillment. He explained his company had launched in June 2019, during a time when experiential tours were growing at twice the rate of normal tourism, and that this trend had resumed after the pandemic. Many of the new breed of expedition tours extend the scope of the trip beyond mere tourism. Yet all of them raise the question: how valuable can a tourist truly be to scientific research? Currie is doubtful about the usefulness of citizen science activities being offered as part of an expedition tour, stating scientific research is a serious endeavor and should not be treated causally. Other experts have expressed concerns that some expedition tours may be causing more damage to the environment than they are able to help resolve. Some experts, however, are optimistic about the citizen science tourism. When done right, this tourism can not only gather useful data, but can empower participants to take further action, which positively impacts conservation going forward. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 在某些地方，缺水主要因为天热。（blame）(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 53. 这项新政策是否真正可行，悬而未决。（it）（汉译英） ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 54. 当被问及成功的秘诀时，这位科学家把荣誉归功于团队每一位成员的通力合作。（credit v.）（汉译英） ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 55. 要牢记：我们看待一个问题的角度越多， 就越有可能找到解决问题的方法，拓宽对世界的理解。（Bear）(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________________________________ V. Guided Writing 56. 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